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^^rgfTTSP XVEBT THURSDAY. . CMNKSG?LES, 7 Editobs ?hd 'Xji. ff> EANGSTONr^ y Pbo^rtetoes. y: IHITB3DAY, APRIL 19, ? - ;' TERMS: " .OKK y&Uw^^.?1-50. " SDC MOHTH?^?.......?5c. DK^OCKATIO COITNTY CONVENTION. '-'?.^Pursuant to a resolution of the Exec? utive .Committee of the Democratic of Anderson County, a Convention ~ of the said party w?l be held in the ; ; Court House in Anderson, S. 0., on Mon fed^the 14th. day of May, 1888, at 11 % /? o'clock a. m. The Democratic Clubs of | ? I the County will be entitled to two repre ^^^?TfiS'&r the .first.: twenty-five mem I -.beis, and one additional delegate for . each additional twenty-five members. ^The delegates will be elected on the basis v -of the existing Club rolls. 'i:'- : The several Democratic Clubs of the %?&Gua?y- are requested to meet at their ;^wii?;plae6 of:-.meeting on Saturday, the day of April inst., at two o'clock m.y for the purpose of sleeting "officera ??the ensuing campaign and delegates the County Convention. If for. any sa any Club shall fail to meet at that e, the President and officers of such fSffib will please arrange for a meeting at ??ier time, previoue to the meeting a County Convention, e County Convention will assemble organize the party, elect officers for ensuing two years, elect ten delegates State Convention, which meets in umbia on the 17th day of May, and transact any other business which come before the Convention. E. B. MURE AY, County Chairman. ?1. A. 3L McClure,-the able editor of F Philadelphia Times say a that South Itna is naturally the richest State of Re union, without any exception, ;that there is no other part of the " where bo little labor will produce inch.; Ingalls has written a letter to /Massachusetts friend, in which he said friend that the "Southern federacy is an active, organized polit power as much as it was in 1861." Jy tho Confederate ghosts are haunt and torturing the restless Ingalls, "\notdo1tp. . [ =^t is useless for the citizens of a town > expect foreign capital to come-in and -the place on a boom when the home do not. show their faith by ting in enterprises of public benefit, ictoty of every citizen is therefore l. Eysry mart should invest as much is able in works of public benefit. j - Selma (Ala.) Tones says it is that the Diocesan Convention ^Episcopal. Church, which meets jnth, will be called upon to elect it bishop, and that among the f-oes otdistinguished divines that will ^p^es?nfed to lie convention will be of'the Eev. Ellison Capers, of Co : a', S. C. ife'money and bonds find a ? sale at good prices In Nashville :other Southern cities, records I New York; World. Many of the are curiosity seekers, who bills for relics, but. there. are other buyers who invest in the itrin. the fond hops that they may ly be redeemed. ^ajmost. every place in the South factories have been established $ are on foot to either estab j or enlarge those already in lQttv'-|Tfie;'facti8, factories through ie South are paying handsomely, he community that goes to the / extent in the manufacturing 'is.the one that is going to attain ites't.growth and prosperity. ',Zi W. Leither, Secretary of State, , Jddenly at his home in Columbia ^b^by . morning. The news of his /was a great shock to his many throughout ttbe. State. Major f-ifi?&Miwas a native of.Fairfield County, |^,aborrt 59 years of age. He was r, a true patriot and a high? ian gentleman. He.was'a .'soldier in the late war, and par 1 in all those . celebrated battles to Gettysburg, in which hi3 right leg. In his death poshes, one of. her most devoted ffiuthful officers. I deal is being said just at this gjat what the Democracy ought jreppV to do. We recognize the ^a party must, in a large meas? ure responsive to the will of its j|;and yet we should not lose bas' one fact: Democracy does Its principles are immuta l:no matter what incongruous .JnirTbr. dimunitions may here and '^W^^'madQ in its voting strength, it /mu^talways be the party of local self-: government, the opponent of centraliza l^s^ehampion of individual rights, |?emy of everything that tends e -the rulers at the expense of Let as not lose sight of these st in. the. political firmauisnt ice. fof our County Demo )mmittee last Tuesday W. Daniels was unanimously ior Secretary of State, to fill incy caused by the death of W. Z. v Before his friends had time to I'name,before the Governor, who ;vacancy by. appointment, his jfeocy had. appointed Mr. J. Q. illj of Columbia. The haste in [>g 'the appointment Is considered [r citizens as. hardly fair. It gave Ice; advantage to aspirants who ^near Columbia, and shut ; of Anderson County's choice, Cevei>; a chance of hearing. All ^is^^Qadr show, and if we don't igroufr as good a man as the State let us faiL We think the ap itmenfcw?s "a little too previous." correspondent of the News and Com ^who'lsigpsi himself "Low Country ^yV jaoniio^d Col. R. W. Simpson iretary of .State, and in speaking of |jjix?f "<T^ SimpsonJIs a Democrat :^?er:done;feithful work for his ^^^^-; H* w? conspicuous among ~^fSP??*IM #76, andhis voice was feeard in the famous Wallace House. ^?^]i]Oomtj that has never iouored" with a place on the "buthas always done its full tf^p^y, ; If Gov. Richardson ^ta*ppoint Coi??? w? SimP' Jeraon,'to fill the unexpired term ?f Secretary of State Leitoer, he would make an appointment that would give offence to none, and one that would give pleasure to many all over the State." Col. Simpson would, indeed, have made a model officer, and his friends all over the State would have been delighted had he been appointed Secretary of State. The Chattanooga Tradesman's reports of new industries actually organized and erected in the South since January 1, 1888, indicate no abatement in its indus? trial growth. The reports show great activity in cotton and woolen factories. Within the past month thirty new com? panies have been formed, and in most cases all the necessary stock has been subscribed. There is also much activity in mining operations, the total number of mining and quarrying companies formed in the South since January 1, being fifty-six; in wood-working branches, however, the development has been greatest, the number of new plants in three, months being eighty-six. Reports also show that Southern timber lands are in demand, chiefly by lumbermen from the Northwest. Over 500,000 acres have been sold since January 1. Northwes? tern manufacturers are erecting mills in various Southern States. ! The importance of Anderson County having an exhibit at the Augusta Expo? sition next fall cannot bo over-estimated, as it will afford the most favorable means of displaying to the world the resources I and industries of our County. The Ex f position offers a premium of $1000 for the j best county exhibit of the products of I Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry and the products of Domestic Skill and I Industry. If the matter is taken hold of j at once and pushed for all it is worth, I Anderson County can get up a very in? teresting exhibit?one thai will attract j attention and be of incalculable benefit I to our whole section. All of our farmers j should feel an interest in this exhibit, j and'in harvesting their crops, they should 1 reserve some of their best specimens and I offer them to those who will have in hand j the business of getting up the County exhibit. The Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway, with its usual enter J prise, has issued a circular stating that I it will transport free, to and from Augns* ta, the exhibits of the several Counties I traversed by its line, when entered for the I premium. ! Since 'the termination of hostilities I between the States the enormous sum of $888,400,000 has be u paid to pensioners j ?a sum unparalleled in the history of j the whole world. In 1879 the report of I the Commissioners of Pensions showed I thai, when Congress passed the arrears j of the Pension Act, there were aome [ 86,835 applications' for invalid pensions. (?The act was passed in 1880 and the ! applications, jumped to 110,573. Not j withstanding fifteen years had elapsed since Gen. Lee surrendered atAppomat toxin 1865. Now, then, the question arises*, where were theae 80,000 and more ! invalids who are entitled to pensions from [the government through all these fifteen [years? They did not know that they I had been disabled until after this law I had passed, and Congress putting a limi? tation upon time for applying the num I ber of applicants jumped in one single I year, by the record, from 30,000 to 110, 1000,'and the amount of disbursements from $30,000 to $57,000,000. The pen? sion-rolls show that out of 2,300,000 men enrolled in the federal army, 800,000 I were disabled by disease or by shot and j shell. Nearly 50 per cent, of all the men [ enrolled in the federal army, according I to the pension reports, are now appli I cants for pensions, or have been. While I it is generally conceded that the Confed I erate soldiers wasn't more than ha.f I clothed and half-armed and half-fed; yet j according to this report every Confeder I ate soldier disabled three of his ad versa j ries. /_' _ The death of the Secretary of. State, j Hon. W. Z. Leitner, creates a vacancy j in that office, and Governor Richardson I will be called upon to fill it in a few days. I There wil', no doubt, be many appli j cants for the position, and as the office is I one of the most important in the State j government, Gov. Richardson should I inquire carefully into the merits of each I candidate before the appointment is I made.. The-friends of Capt. John W. I Daniels, of this city, will present his j name for tho position, and urge his j appointment. Capt. Daniels is id every j way qualified for the position, and the I Governor could not name a man. who I would make a more efficient officer. For I twenty years Capt. Daniels very accep? tably filled the office of Clerk of Court I of this County, and for the past two I years has served in the State Legislature. I He* is thoroughly posted as to the laws I of South Carolina, and is a gentleman of I fine executive ability and practical judg I ment. He was a gaUant soldier in the j late war, and from the effects of a wound j received there is compelled to use his crutches. He is a high-toned, Christian I gentleman, and would be a worthy suc I cessor to the lamented Leitner. Capt. I Daniels is peculiarly fitted for the posi? tion, and we are confident that if Gov. Richardson will place him in the office I he will never -have cause to regret the j act. Anderson County asks for the I appointment, and we think she iB enti I tied to it. No County in the State has done more for the Democracy and good I government, and she has never yet had I one of her sons honored with a position, I either elective or appointive, of any im j portance. When she brings forward a candidate, who is thoroughly competent for the position asked for, as in this instance, we think her claims should receive some consideration, j [Since the above was pot in type a j private telegram has been received in [the city stating that Capt. J. Q. Mar j shall, of Columbia, had been appointed Secretary of State.- What we have said I about Capt. Daniels is the sentiment of j Anderson County, therefore wo will let it stand.] I . ? For several days Atlanta has been enjoying the sensation of a blind bride? groom,'the owner of gold mines in Mon? tana, who had won Miss Sarah Aught man, aged'18, to be his wife, although he himself was 60 years old. The first thing he did on Monday morning last was to I take her around to the jewelry and dry j goods stores, and on Tuesday morning she made her appearance arrayed in the finest of fabrics and the most exquisite of jewelry. On Wednesday night an officer tore her blind husband from her side and j he is now an inmate of the calaboose. This summary proceeding was the resnlt j of a telegram received from Attorney General Horratt, of Effingham, III., which I stated that the old sinner had played the I same game in that town last November, Miss Anne Montgomery being the vic? tim. The new wife is disconsolate, but believes implicitly in her husband. The Illinois lady is on. her way to claim her own, and altogether an interesting sensa? tion is ahead. . A GLORIOUS GIFT. Thomas G. Clemson's Bequest to the Farmers of South Carolina. Greenville News. No event of recent years has aroused more interest among the farmers, and the people generally, than the death, last , Saturday, of Thomas G. Clemson, the venerable son-in-law and heir of John C. Calhoun and his bequest of "Fort Hill," Mr. Calhoun's home during the latter days of his life, to the State of South Car? olina for use aB an agricultural college. A reporter for the Greenville Daily News went to Fort Hill on yesterday to obtain particulars in confirmation of and addition to the few facts heretofore given the pnblic. He was fortunate enough to meet there the Hon. R. W. Simpson, Mr. Clemson's trusted friend and agent and executor, who had gone from Pendleton to Fort Hill with Mr. Lee, of New York, who married Mr. Clemson's daughter; and Miss Lee, a very young lady, the dead man's only grand child and the j great-grand-daughter of Mr. Calhoun. Miss Lee has not been to Fort Hill be? fore since she was a small child and there was a very picturesque scene soon after her arrival when the old family servants, some of them with snow white hair and beard, gathered in the old fashioned, moss covered porch of the homestead to see and pay their loyal respects to the youngest representative of the family with which they have been identified so long. Mr. Simpson is the only living person wbo has seen and read Mr. Clemson's will, and as.he has not yet probated it he was evidently reluctant to talk of its con? tents in detail. As so much has been published, however, most of it based on I statements made by Mr. Clemson before his death and some of it incorrect, Mr. Simpson commucicated the most impor? tant facts.. . Mr. ClemBon's will was drawn several years ago by the late Col. Jas. H. Rion, but several amendments and additions more recently made were drawn by Mr. Simpson. He bequeaths to his grand? daughter, Miss Lee, $15,000 in money and securities and 330 acres of the Fort Hill place, with the provision that that tract may be bought in and added to the remainder of the estate at a fixed price. Other legacies amount 'to $10,000, of which $7,000 was paid before his death. All the remainder of the ,'Fort Hill [es? tate, with the buildingB and the magnifi? cent collection of rare pictures, except the family pictures, which go to Miss ' Lee, Mr. Calhoun's furniture and books I remaining in the house and the stocks, j bonds, money and other securities of Mr. Clemson, go to the State for the estab? lishment and maintenance of an agricul I tural college. The Fort Hill place contains 1,150 acres. Of this 330 acres, as already stated, go to Miss Lee, but can be pur? chased to keep the estate intact, at a fixed reasonable price. Those intimate with Mr. Clemson's affairs estimate that the securities and cash remaining after the payment of all encumbrances and expen? ses will be between $50,000 and $00,000, available for developing and endowing the college. The magnificence of the bequest can not well be' appreciated without an un? derstanding of what and where Fort Hill is. It is in Oconee county just at the point where Oconee, Pickens and Anderson unite. It runs for some distance along the Seneca river and thence back into rolling uplands and heavily timbered woodbind. The house stands on the crest of a gently rising hill in the midst of a wide park, an avenue of old and beautiful cedars leading to it. From the front there is a glorious view directly to the mountains until their purple lines mingle with the horizon ; on another side the view overlooks the Seneca, wending its way among the hills, and the old Brit? ish fort, from which the place takes its name and which is on the Fort Hill plan? tation. The residence is in sight of the Rich? mond & Danville railroad track, at a dis? tance of half a mile, and is four miles from Pendleton, on the Blue Ridge rail? road, four miles from Central, on the Richmond & Danville road, and seven miles from Seneca City, the meeting point of the two railroads mentioned. It is hard to imagine a requisite for an agricultural college.which Fort Hill does not possess. It has nearly 200 acres of the finest bottom land, creek and river bottom, cleared upland, pasture land in wide stretches and a great belt of first growth timber, and its upland soil is partly gray and partly red land. It is abundantly watered with springs, wells and creeks and has all possible natural convenience 'for dairy, bathing houses and laundry purposes. Where a creek on it empties into the Seneca river there is a good water power which has been used for a mill which did the neighbor? hood grinding. A fair estimate of the value of the real and personal property included in the bequest makes it exceed $100,000, with? out, of course, including the pictures and furniture, which are priceless. Contrary to general expectation, the library is a very ordinary one, most of the more val? uable books having been borrowed, stolen or otherwise lost during Mr. Clemson's long period of retirement and partial illness. The property is given to the State to be used as an institution for instruction in agriculture, hut the will directs that the college shall not be exclusively agri cultural,*and that proper attention be given to other studies and to a general collegiate course for students. If the State accepts the gift, the college is to be under the management of seven trustees, named in the will: Messrs. R. W. Simp? son, D. K. Norrie, B. R. Tillman, M. L. Donaldson, R. ?. Bowen, J. E. Bradley and J. E. Wannamaker. In case the State refuses to accept the gift these trustees are authorized and directed to proceed with the establishment of the college, using an amount specified in the will for buildings and making tuition as nearly free as they may find it possible or advisable. , It was no sudden freak that inspired Mr. Clemson's action. As long ago as 1866 he was interested in the establish? ment of such an institution as his will provides for, and he was then active in forwarding a scheme to procure private gifts and subscriptions for the purpose. After the tragic death of his only son, killed by a railroad accident in 1871, he became more than ever before interested and evolved and publicly announced his ?purpose of promoting practical agricul? tural education. Since then he has thought and talked much of the subject and his will was no surprise to those who knew him best or to Mr. Lee, his son-in law, who knew long ago the destination intended for the property. On returning from Fort Hill, the Green? ville News representative met at Central, D. K. Norris, now the foremost leader of the "farmers' movement," and since Mr. Tillman's formal retirement, the most prominent and persistent advocate for a separate farmer's college. Mr. Norris ??ras quiet on the subject of the Clemson bequest, but evidently deeply enthused and very much in earnest. He said the gift put the whole matter of the college iu the hands of the farm? ers, and they could secure a magnificent institution for agricultural education if they will use the opportunity. With the amom ' im the land scrip now given the Sot Carolina College and the mon? ey from tue fertilizer tax now diverted to the college annex and other purposes? every cent of which, he said, was legally and morally for the use of tho farmers for educating farmers?an income of $40,000 a year would be secured for the new college, with its grounds and build? ings all provided and some income from the surplus endowment. That was more than the State Military Academy and the State College have together, he said, and would give a splendid, thoroughly effi? cient agricultural college, capable of ac? commodating hundreds of students, without the addition of one cent to the taxes. He did not believe, be said, in free tuition. That question had been settled in the case of the State college. But he thought it probable a system would be adopted by which students would be enabled to pay the whole or a large part of their expenses by extra work I and service in the institution. One valuable feature of the Fort Hill library will probably puzzle the executor and the trustees to dispose of it. It is the manuscript of the completed first vol? ume of the life of John C. Calhoun, prepared by the late Pinckoey Starke, with the aid of Mr. Clemson. It is, how? ever, all in a peculiar short hand invented by Mr. Starke himself, and appears to defy all efforts to translate it. Many of; the documents, reports and other manu? scripts used by Mr. Starke and collected by him and E. M. Hunter, of Virginia, who undertook to prepare a life of Mr. Calhoun, but was compelled by poverty to relinquish it, are in an old trunk in the library building and may be found valuable by some later biographer. After some talk with CoT. Simpson and Col. Norris and after seeing the 'intense earnestness with which they appear to be inspired in the execution of the work left with them to do, the News representative bad no difficulty in bringing to his mind's eye the picture that was doubtless pre eented to Mr. Clemson's imagination many times?the picture of the homely house, hallowed by the name of the grim old statesman whose face with its Celtic cheek bones and blazing eyes looks with lifelike gaze from the inner walls, the centre of a group of statelier buildings? of the rounded slopes of velvet green, made deep and dark beneath the inter? lacing branches of the sturdy cedars and of lighter and more delicate and {shifting tints where they fall away in the sunlight to the silver river on one side and the murmuring, sparkling stream and bend? ing willows on the other, peopled with the young and sturdy bone and sinew of the State Calhoun loved so well and rep? resented so grandly, learning how to make her richer, grander and happier? the glorious, fruitful home of a people as prosperous and strong as they have ever been brave, generous and free. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Birmingham, Ala., April 13.?A construction train on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Road was wrecked sixty miles west of here at 7.30 last evening. Four workmen were killed, one injured! fatally and nine others se? riously injured. The train was backing at a high rate of speed, struck a cow and was ditched. Utica, N. Y., April 13.?The First National Bank of St. Johns ville was en? tered by burglars last night and robbed of $10,000 cash, and valuables worth $2, 000 more. There is no clue to the rob? bers. The bank is doing business as usual. The burglars dug a hole through the brick wall to gain entrance to the building and blew off the vault doors. New Richmond, Ind., April 13.?The family of John Green, consisting of Green, his wife, three daughters and two sons, are afflicted with trichinosis and have been without knowing it since Easter Sunday. Mrs. Green has died, and it is expected that the three daughters will also die, and Green and his sons may, but there are favorable indications in their cases. Woodbuby, N. J., April 14.?Consta? ble Jacob Yearicks of Red Rank is one of the "death watch" over George Dunham, in jail for murder. His wife visited him to-day, and as they sat side by Bide on Yeatick's cot in the jail corridor, Yea rick's stooped to pick up a book and his heavy revolver dropped from his pocket upon the stone floor and was discharged. The bullet entered Mrs. Yearick's heart, killing her instantly. Orangebubo, April 15.?News reach? ed here to-day that at Sistrunks, twelve miles North of here, one negro was killed and two more negroes and a white man were wounded. Later it was learned that B. Lee JefFcot was retailing whiskey to negroes on the road, when the. vere fired into from ambush. One negro was killed and three wounded. JefFcot was hit between the eyes and is in a critical condition. The coroner and sheriff are at the scene of the affray. Washington, April 13.?Mrs. Grassie Bulkley committed suicide last night by taking poison. Mrs. Bulkley was the on? ly daughter of Judge Hillyer, and was about to marry Mr. Trenholm, of South Carolina, the boo of Comptroller Tren? holm, when she eloped with young Bulk ley. Immediately after the marriage they separated, and she returned to her father's house. In a few aays she went to live with her husband, but a short time afterwards returned to her parents. It is supposed she was temporarily in? sane. Cleveland, O., April 14.?At Akron, Ohio, this morning, Charles F. Leits, a German merchant tailor, aged 45 years, beat his wife's brains out with a base ball bat, and then committed suicide by drowning in a canal a short distance from bis house. Mrs. Feits is not yet dead, but her injuries are fatal. From her it was learned that she and her husband bad quarelled about money matters, and that he assaulted her because he thought she had persuaded one of her sons not to let his father have some money, for which Leits had asked. Weatheeford, Texas, April 10?N. Aston, a farmer living sixteen miles North of here, killed his daughter yester? day. A. W. Turpin, a merchant, had waited on his daughter, but Alston threatened to kill Turpin if his daughter married him. On the night of April 2nd Turpin, with two companions, drove up to Alston's house. The two men held him while Turpin placed the girl in the buggy and drove off. The next day they were married. Alston went to see them yesterday, and his daughter told him ehe planned the elopement. ' Alston, who was greatly angered, then stabbed her fourteen times in the breast, face and neck, killing her instantly. Montgomery, Ala., April 14.?A box car containing 100 kegs of powder standing in the Louisville & Nashville Railroad yards here blew up to day. An engineer on a passing switch engine no? ticed the car smoking and he and his fireman jumped off and ran out of the way. About that time the explosion oc? curred, shaking the whole town to the distance of .a mile. Windows are broken half a mile away, and plastering was shaken down in the upper stories. of hall buildings at a greater distance. A negro car coupler standing near was blown to pieces. The loss is about $1,000. The car is supposed to have caught fire from the sparks of a passing engine. The Sowder was assigned to McCormack & Richardson, Eufala. Columbia, S. C, April 10.?A double crime was committed in Lexington coun? ty, near this city, yesterday afternoon. D. C. Smith, a tobacco drummer from Darlington, was coming to the city in company with Larry Davis, a young ne? gro who had been traveling through the State with him. When about six miles from Columbia Smith alighted in order to arrange some of the harness. On get? ting back into the wagon he observed the negro jump out from the rear end with his bag of money, containing $180. On calling on him to halt, Dayis produced Smith's pistol and fired, the shot taking effect in the latter's right thigh. Smith gave chase to the negro who fired two more shots, neither of which took effect. The situation was then reversed by Davis turning upon his pursuer, who retreated and avoided another shot by plunging into the woods. Smith's wound is not serious. New York, April 15.?One of the electric light poles which line East Broadway made itself felt last evening in a rather peculiar way. A boy was walk? ing down East Broadway a little after midnight. He brushed up against the polo in front of No. 7 East Broadway, when he suddenly staggered back and fell reeling to the ground. Two* men who saw him fall thought he had a fit, and called a policeman. It was soon seen that he was suffering from an elec? tric shock, and an ambulance was called. A few moments later a man was passing another pole further down the street when he suddenly fell and began to wry the on the sidewalk. He also receiv? ed a shock. One of the bystanders said that loose wires dangled from poles, and that when the wires brushed against the poles jet3 of flames could be seen spitting from them. Both the boy and the man were removed to the Chambers Street Hospital. The boy died shortly after his admissionto the hospital. A Widow Ron out of Town. East Liverpool, Ohio, April 13.? Yesterday afternoon George Burton, a well-to-do man of this city, turned his wife out of the house and left for Pitts burg. Last evening he returned and brought with him a dashing widow named Mrs. Fenton, who, at Burton's re? quest, had come on from Trenton, N. J. The woman was installed in the house, and when Mrs. Burton applied for ad? mittance she was Bent away, her husband saying that he had somebody else to care for him now. The news spread around, and the female neighbors decided to revenge the wife's wrongs. After 10 o'clock last night 800 women, armed with rotten eggs, assaulted the home and beat the doors open. Burton and the woman, both in scant costume, were dragged out. The man was chased several blocks, while rotten eggs flew after him. The widow was pounded and pummelled, and at last she fell in the street and the enraged women kicked her until the marshal appeared and rescued her. The mob gathered in numbers and both Burton and the woman were locked up for safe keeping. The neighbors then ransacked the house, which this morning looks as if a tornado had struck it. At 9 o'clock this morning hundreds of the women gathered around the city jail, armed wtth rotten eggs, and vowed they would keep watch for Mrs. Fenton and drive her out of town. This afternoon she took the train for Trenton. She was dressed in a rich black Bilk costume, and was conspicuous with a large purple plume in her bonnet. A mob of three hundred witnessed the departure. A number of women were present, but the police prevented any violence. ? A New England constable, who has reat experience with tramps, says that e has never yet seen one with a bald head. ? A German paper says that a com? pany has been formed to manufacture watches to be run by electricity instead of a spring. ? During the first three months of this year 5,000 more immigrants arrived at New York than in the same time last year. There were 28,945 arrivals in March. ? There has grown up such a demand for alligator skins, and there has been such an effort to supply the demand, that the big sauriaus of the South are becom? ing scarce, particularly in Florida. ? A Resolution providing for the sub? mission to the people of a prohibition amendment to the constitution was adop? ted in the New York Assembly Thursday. The Republicans voted for and the Dem? ocrats against it. ? It is said that there is a postoffice for every 1,000 men, women and children in the United States, and that if the ex? pense of carrying the mails was paid directly by the people pro rata, each citizen would pay an average of 85 cents a year. ? The only woman lawyer in.Georgia is Mrs Hamilton Douglas, of Atlanta. She is a graduate of the Law School of the University of Michigan, and when she graduated was complimented by Judge Oooley on her legal attainments. ? Dr. Eli Fay, a wealthy Unitarian I minister, has offered to give $500,000 for the purpose of establishing a college for the free education of young women in Georgia. Atlanta is thought to be the most available place in Georgia, and can get the college if any. steps are taken to secure it. ? Edward L. Palmer, of New York city, was arraigned in the Tombs Police Court in New York City, a few days ago on a charge of vagrancy. Twelve years ago he was president of a bank and street railway company in the metropolis. He was ruined by drink and speculation in Wall street. ? A lover of the "curious in number" has arrived at some interesting facts about Berlin. The city has 210 miles of streets, so that a person might walk ten days in the capital without retracing bis steps. If the 1,400,000 inhabitan ts should march in double file tbey would form a line nearly 750 miles in length. If the citizens should determine to start upon a journey at the same time, all the cars of Germany would accommodate but two thirds of the number. ? Probably the largest pension ever awarded to a private soldier is the one the government has just paid to John Vice, who lives near Owingsville, Ky. He has been totally blind for a number of years, and his pension, $72 per month, dates back to the first year of the war, and amounts to ?14,000. For all this time he has been a street beggar with a helpless family. This magnificent pen? sion is beyond his wildest dream. Why has it been withheld so long is not known. ? The condition of American divorce laws 1b a disgrace, as well as a serious complication. David Dudley Field, in an article printed by the American Law Review, argues that, bad as this state of things is, it is preferable to any regula? tive action on the part of Congress. He says: "We live in danger of drifting into a consolidation of the States, and the danger is increasing day by day. For this reason I would not go another step it that direction, and bo I would not ac? cede to the proposal of placing marriage under the control of Congress." ? Boston has juct received from Africa the largest gorilla ever landed in this country. His name is Jack, and he is five feet in height when standing erect and measures seven feet from the end of one outstretched hand to the other. He i weighs about 125 pounds, and exhibits enormous strength, compared with which that of a man seems like a child's. He arrived in a large box made of planking two and a half inches thick, and when being removed from the ship he tore large splinters from the hard wood planks with as much ease as a child would break a twig. ? A watch dial now being made in the Waltham works contains, instead of the usual numerals, twelve small but distinct silhouette figures representing a woman with a very young child in her arms. At 1 o'clock the lady and her little baby are clearly depicted, the infant being in long clothes. At 2 oclock the same figures appear, but the child is a little larger. At 3 o'clock mamma is still there, but the infant is in short clothes. At 8 o'clock he goes to Bchool for the first time. At 9 o'clock he may be seen with his college gown and mortar board, and the happy smile of the now elderly but happy mother. At 10 o'clock the deathbed scene, where he parts with his beloved mother. At 11 o'clock he is a middle-aged man, over whom the snows of many win? ters have passed. At 12 o'clock an old and decrepit specimen of humanity pray ing for a better land. ? On Saturday last, William Johnson, a colored resident of this city, paid 25 cents for a pair of shad and wended his way home little dreaming that he would have his fish and make money besides. Such was the case, however, for when his wife cleaned and pulled the shad, she discovered in the entrails of ono a 5 cent silver piece, and upon further examina? tion came across 50 cents in silver. The half dollar piece was so corroded that it was almost black.? Wilmington Messen' ger. ? A year ago the Legislature of Mich? igan passed a law authorizing a bounty of one cent per head for every dead spar? row, but the law has been inoperative because no fund was provided for the paying of the bounty. The other day the city council of Detroit set $2,500 aside for this purpose, because the spar? row nuisance in that city bas become intolerable. Important to the Ladies ! MRS. REBECCA ROBINSON wishes to inform her patrons here, and at a distance, that she is located on Wbitner St., in the house formerly owned by T. C. Lipon, where she is Dress Making, Cutting and Fitting in all the newest styles. She will be pleased to shop for any who desire, match trimmings and send samples of Goods. April 19, 18S8 41 r 1* MACHINERY FOR SALE. WILL sell for LOW FIGURES and on EASY TERMS? One Six-horse Peerless Engine. One Sixty-Saw Hall Gin?with Feeder, Condenser, Counter Shaft, Belting and Fire Extinguisher?all comparatively new. One KingCotton Press. One VanWinkle Cotton Press. Two Reapers. All in good order. A chance to get a first-class Ginning outfit cheap. The En? gine is mounted, and will suit for Thresh? ing. J. S. FOWLER. April 19,1888 41 3 Insurance License. Executive Department, Office of Comptroller General, Columbia, S. C, April 1,1888. ICERTIFY that Geo. E. Taylor, of Pen die ton, S, C, agent of the Con? tinental Fire Insurance Company, incor? porated by the State of New York, has complied with the requisitions of the Act of the General Assembly entitled "An Act to regulate the Agencies of Insurance Com? panies not incorporated in the State of South Carolina," and I hereby license the said Geo. E. Taylor, Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact all business of In? surance in this State, in the County of An? derson, for and in behalf of said Com? pany. Expires March 31st, 1889, J. S. VERNER, Comptroller General. April 19,1888_41 . 1 Insurance License. Office of Comptroller General, Columbia, S. C, April 1st, 1888. ICERTIFY that Mr. A. B. Towers, agent of the Georgia Home Fire Insurance Company, incorporated by the State of Georgia ; the Sun Mutual Fire Insurance Company, incorporated by the State of Louisiana, and the Hanover and Citizens Fire Insurance Company, incorporated by the Stute of New York, bas complied with the requitions of the Act of the General Assembly entitled "An Act to regulate the Agencies of Insurance Companies not incorporated in the State of South Carolina," and I hereby license the said Mr. A. B. Towers, Agent- aforesaid, to take risk" and transact all business of In? surance in this State, in the County of Anderson, for and in behalf of said Com? panies. Expires March 31st, 1889. J. S. VERNER, Comptroller General. April 19, 1888 41 1 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE COURT OP PROBATE. Ex Parte John W. Daniels, as Administrator of the Estate of Anderson Brock, deceased.?Peti? tion for Final Settlement and Discharge. To the children of Jeremiah Biock, deceased, names and number unknown, children of Mrs. ? Leach, deceased, names and number un unknown, and children of Mrs. - Dodd. de? ceased, names and number unknown, and whose age are unknown: rpAKE notice that the undersigned will apply to A the Judge of Probato at Anderson C. IT., S. C, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of July, A. D. 1888, at 11 o'clock a. m., for a Final Settlement of the Estate of Anderson Brock, deceased, and discharge from the office of Administrator of said Estate. Dated 13th day of April, A. D. 1888, JOHN W. DANIELS, Administrator. To the absent Defendants above named: Take notice that the Petition herein and Sum. nions, of which the foregoing is a copy, were filed in the office of the Probate Judge at Anderson C. H., 8. C, on the 13th day of April, 1888. Infant Defendants will also take notice that unless they apply for the appointment of a Guardian, adlitem, to defend their interests, within twenty days after the service hereof, the undersigned will apply to tua Court for such appointment in their behalf. The Bald absent Defendants will further take no? tice that unless they appear and set up their claim for an interest in said Estate on or before the first Monday in August next, they will be barred of all interest therein. Anderson. S. C, April 13.1888. JOHN W. DANIELS. Administrator. April IS, 1688 41 6 NEW BRAZILIAN FLOUR CORN! TRY IT. KAFFIR CORN - AT - SIMPSON, BED) k GO'S. DRUG STORE, Waverly House Corner. SO KEEP COOL I IN connection with GROCERIES, which we are selling AS LOW as anybody in Town, (it matters not who,) we propose to keep on band during the Summer months, a lot of FRESH ICE, and will be pleased to have your patronage. Suitable arrangements will be made to accommodate you on Sunday. E, W. TAYLOR &, CO. April 19, 1888_41_ly_ NEW GOODS?LOW PRICES. WE we offering to our customers this season a carefully selected Stock of Goods, embraced in.our various departments of Dress Goods, Notions, Hats and Shoes, equal in quality and at as low prices as any sold. DRESS GOODS. In this Department we include tho latest and most popular shades of All-Wool Henrietta Cloth, Cashmere, Albatros, Nun's Veiling, Bunting, Beige, dec, ranging in price from 10c to $1.00 per yard. OUR NOTION DEPARTMENT Is replete with the latest Novelties of the soason, and our Lawns and Muslins are as pretty and as cheap as any displayed in Anderson. AND DON'T FORGET That we sell Zeigler Bros. Fine Shoes, the best and most popular Shoe in the market. Our Shoe Department is in keeping with the times, and embrace an extensive line of Gents', Ladies', Misses' and Children's Shoes and Slippers, at from 40c to $7 per pair. WE INVITE YOU To oome and see our Goods and learn our prices before making your purchases. W, A. CHAPMAN, No. 0 Granite Row. April 12,1888 28 ly BLECILEY, BROWN & FRETWELL. Everybody is invited to Call during1 the next ten days, as we are Reducing Prices in every line of our IMMENSE STOCK. FIFTEEN patterns of beautiful Black and Striped SILKS at $1.00 per yard. Value, $1.50. SATINS and SILKS for Trimmings to match?any shade you want, at proportionately reduced prices. 10,000 yards WHITE INDIA LAWN at 7c per yard. We bought these at an auction sale, and they are really worth 123c. 500 yards Women's Stripes, blue and red, at 12Jc?worth 20c. 1250 yards of Satin Stripes at prices ranging from 10c to 15c, and are well worth 20c to 25c per yard. The handsomest lines of Parasols, checks and stripes to suit any dress you may select, at your own price. We are agents for? CHARLOTTESVILLE C?SSIMERES, The best gocds made, and will have them made up for you in the latest style cheap ly. This is now the best way of getting a good suit of clothes at the lowest possible price and a good fit. Sugars, Coffees, IJIour, Rice, Corn, Meat, Always in stock, at prices that cannot be undersold. A new car load of TENNESSEE WAGONS, the best lot we ever did receive, has just come in, and as we bought them lower than ever before, we can afford to sell them a little cheaper for cash, or prompt paying customers on time until Fall. B@? Don't fail to call and see us, as we will try our levelest best to make it interesting to you, and will always be pleased to show you our Goods and quote prices. Yours, very truly, BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL. BACK FROM NEW YORK With much pleasure we can point with pride towards, our Tremendous Stock of Goods, Having spent three weeks in the Northern markets enabled us to find some great Bar gains for our customers. French Satine fay the Pound, While out hunting we found several ca? ses French Satine, yard wide, suitable for every household to have. They contain 8 yards to the pound, and all they cost is 25c lor 8 yards. Just to Think! 1,000 yards beautiful Check Nainsook, that most merchants ask 10c for. We se? cured a big lot, all size patterns, Satin fin? ish. We mark in plain figures only 8c. Grand beyond Description. Those beautiful Mull White Dress Goods which are so very popular up North this season. We were compelled to buy fifty bolts in order to get"them at our price. Most merchants pay lie for them, but we will sell ours at 121c. Competition, Stand from Under. 5,000 yards best Dress Ginghams. Price all over Anderson is 10c to 12c. Our pat? terns are grand, We want to sell 10,000 yards this summer, and iu order to do so, we will sell from now on at 9c. Cheap as Dirt. 6,000 yards fine yard wide Sea Island. Our competitors ask 10c for it. We be? lieve in turning our money over. See it ? Only 7c._ Bleaching Department. We make this one of our pets. Our stock is full and complete this season. Our hobby is a brand called "Nameless." Full yard wide, no starch, good, heavy weight. Is equal to New York Mills, but price is much lower?only 8&c._ Here is a Stunner. 2,000 yards fine imported yard wide Satine. They come in solid colors, striped, oriental patterns. Beat Summer or Spring drees a lady can wear. A reward of Ten Dollars will be paid if you can purchase elsewhere for less than 20c. Our price is in the reach of all. Only twelve and a half cents I_ We Speak Again. Our famous Tricotine Dress Goods?the latest out?in all the Spring shades, both in solids, checks and stripes,, 40 inches wide. Just think of the price?25c a yard. Decline in cotton Enables us to offer Athens Checks at Glo. Best goods made?styles the handsomest. Keep Cool this Summer. . Just to think! A beautiful India Linen Lawn, soft and sheer, and 40 inches wide. This is worth its weight in gold. We re? peat, please don't forget the width?40 inches wide?one yard and four inches. And the price tells the tale?only 10c. Cottonades. For Men's and Boys' Summer wear our celebrated Virginia Cottonades cannot be excelled. For instance, our 8 oz. you can buy at 125, our 8 oz. at 15, and our 10 oz. at 20c. Old time merchants will ask you 18, 25 and 33k. Cassimeres and Tweeds. In this department we have spared no pains. We can suit you all, old and yonng. We begin at 30c and stop at $1.00._ Look How Cheap. Pepperell two and a half yard wide Sheet? ing, bleached and unbleached. Best goods made, wear unequalled by any. We nave a large lot in stock, tand propose to sell ei? ther bleached or unbleached at 25c. Hickory Shirting For the millions. Our best brands, either in blue or brown, now on sale at ten cents per yard, Other Stores get 12ac,_ Scrim and Curtain Net. We succeeded in closing out a lot of Scrim used for curtains. You know they are worth 12;c, but we are selling ours at 8 jc. Also, a lot of handsome Lace Curtain Net which 1b of very fine make. Itis good enough for a palace, and the price only reads 12jc_ Beats Them All. 100 Ladies' Black Boncle Jerseys. For house or street wear they are certainly nice. We bought them cheap, and propose to give the trading public the benefit of same. Remember, they are black, and sizes 34, 30,38, 40, 42. Now is the time to strike for a Jersey. Price only 60c. Kyber Cloth. This is a bran new Dress Goods, just im? ported from abroad. Wholesale Merchants say they cannot get enough to supply the demand. To be appreciated they must be seen. To make a lovely dress, this is what you want. How much did you say ??15c. Bed Tic for AH. Our low-priced Bed Tic at 8Jc is a mon? ster. Our next grade at 10c is a hummer, and to cap the climax our 15c brand will hold not only feathers, but will hold water. Shirts. Our Celebrated Pearl Shirt, unl&undrled, made of New York Mills Bleaching, fine linen bosom, reinforced?sold all over An? derson for $1.00-k)ur price is only 75c Gents' Linen Collars, turn down or stand? ing, at ten cents each. Gents' 4-ply Linen Cuffs at 15c. Gents' Undershirts at 25, 35, and50c._ Shoes. Shoes. This Spring we are making Shoes one of our special leaders. Zieglers Fine Shoes for Ladies, either in Kid or Goat, at $2.50. Best Shoe on earth. We guarantee every pair of our Shoes to contain no shoddy soles, and p;esent from now on to all pur? chasers, free of cost, a bottle of Shoe Polish with every pair of Ziegler Shoes. Clothing. We keep Men's and Boys' Clothing, Hats, Caps. We will save you mon^y, and propose to misrepresent no goods. Remember the place?Brick Range, nest door to John E. Peoples & Go. Look for our large Sigo. Polite treatment to all, if purchaser or not, LESSER &c CO,, March 25,1888 LEADER OF LOW PRICES. 37 Sm DENTISTRY! IDESIRE to inform the public that on and after this date I can be found in my office daily, and will be pleased to serve my friends and patrons in any kind of Dentistry they may want done. Respectfully. A. C. STRICKLAND. . Febl0,1888 32 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Dr. G. T. T?te, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County on the 17th day of April, 1888, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and dis? charge from his office as Administrator. H. M. T?TE, Adrn'r. March 13,1888 jM. ? SPRING GOODS! THE STORE of R. So HILL is the CENTRE <* ATTRACTION for the LADIES now: -0 mm mm IN all styles and qualities. WOOLENS, In all the new weaves, shades, and combinations. Those lovely new Herring-bone and Henriettas, Wool Batistes, the latest French Novelty of the season. Everything, In fact, that is new, stylish and pretty, from 10c per yard up. WHITE DRESS GOODS. Never before has there been such a selec? tion of White Goods brought to Upper Carolina. Remember, that four weeks has been spent by us in untiring devotion to these Departments, going through all the known and unknown markets of Baltimore, Phil? adelphia and New fork, and we now In vite you to come and see with what success our efforts have been crowned. LACES, BRAIDS, BUTTONS, LININGS, And every necessary article has been se? lected with great care, to match all the different classes of Goods. MLLE, MALLALEIN, Our Artistic Dress Maker from the North, will take pleasure in filling all orders with promptness, taste and style. Parties from a distance can send orders forSuii- stating style, color and price they desire, an 1 have an elegant costume sent, ready to put on, finished in first-class order, a perfect fit insured, and as cheap as .the cheapest. This Department we have added at the re? quest of a number of our Lady friends, and if we can only make it self-sustaining our object will have been folly accom? plished. MILLINERY. This Department is foil to overflowing; in all the lovely new Spring styles, more bewilderingly beautiful than ever before. All those lovely Ombro Ribbons, Laces,. Etc., and such Flowers and Feathers and* Guimpes, and Velvets, and many more things too numerous to mention, but which we will always take time and pleas? ure in showing you. ??- It matters not what inducements' others may offer, If you will only do us the favor to call and look through our immense Stock, we can easily convince you that it Is to your interest to bny all your Goods from us. Very respectfully, I