The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 23, 1888, Image 2

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ffnumber of " vetoes sent to Mr. Cleveland since he be lin'e- President is 233, being eight times ^^D^af sent by arjy other President, "tore.than twice as' many as sent 11 his predecessors in tbe President's ^^l<pipatch;- from New York, dated 3t l8tb, says the total visible supply tcbtton^for the; world is 984,934 bales, of iclt:. .655,034 bales are American, ?ainst 1,311,265 and 688J65 respective it year; receipts at all interior towns ^receipts' from plantations 15,308; ^Sightj>,933,068. satorBlair-has given up all hopes iving hia celebrated educational bill sented to the House as the committee iposed to it on constitutional grounds. pr3iair is peraistent, however, and re will presen t the bill in the next igress and continue to r.rge it as long ??remainsin.CJongress. Jfr^loied^clubKin Little Bock; ^?^baire cut loose from the Ee blican party. Among the resolutions )i^^wlu:;the.'following:' -'That the ^longer is the political issue in y^?ntry - .that, all of his rights are ~ iteed to him by the. constitution of ited'States, and that his future ntyjJependB upon bis own exer level?pment." - ~ ? ". ho National Democratic Managers are ivrag/the most encouraging reports all parts of the country. Tbey have, tears with regard to any of the socall oubtful States, and are beginning to ^ey?;have a .chance of cairyiog shire, Illinois, Wisconsin, aml Minnesota. Cleveland ia geFthani he was four years ago, and an is a power on the ticket. ';? - .-.V : ?? . ~ ? ?? -" ? g Commiasioner.of Agriculture will ^^T^ive;frpm:the^?armei9' sarn? ie?, foe exhibition, of cotton, corn, wheat, ^ryej r3ra,-7^tatoesf sugar cane, sor :^pjSas'(and all other agricultural fellas, well as of fruit of all kinds, ih'tributions to ? the State- exhibit. Tsent ^r express at the expense of Apartment, and should be plainly i to the Commissior e ? of Agricu> Columbia, and marked with the igMd address of the contributor. iae^ Grangers and members of tbe ler's Alliance in North Carolina are lerabjy.exercised on account ofxthe jg.tru8t. They are holding leeungs 'aiid pledging themselves not to base any bagging at the present bitant prices, but to use. some other riaI.:>?or - their cotton. They, are attempts toMiscover a substitute bagging and to urge the co operation ?es?and Alliances all over the IK^n'this movement against raonopo ;. notable defection from Republican? isms-reported from Lebanon, Bopne inly; Ind^:that'".ofStephen.- Neil who ^the.original amendment known BiSliirteenfchto the constitution and it toQ. S. Orth, then in ton. It was; adopted s ?bst an }rgja}ie wrote it. Thus honored, he. .always felt an attachment to the Ee bU^n;party,; He declined recently to impany- a delegation of 1,480 voters idianapolis and introduce them to 'if&^zRe ? now; declares himself jly for^ Glevsland.-': He objects .to the 'ja^id'whislcy. planks of the Chicago >rm and the tendency of the Bepub larty.to perpetuate strife and un c .-feelings between the North and pters of Anderson County should feet going to. their clubs on the bis!mohth and voting for the men Hey think most competent to fill the eat'offices. The efficiency of the men ect to office depends upon onr own i&t'in the elections, and tbe faithful j|ppar privelege in depositing jc^ftsllattu - Side issues and prejudices ^^t^iave no"place in elections, but the, n and principle issues should be com tency.^and^'fitness. Every voter ia ?d in the offices, and on him rests _^I^be'responsibility as to how S^fijl^ -:and- if they remain at and the- men of their choice are Selected, they will have only them ^af to^blame; It is important then t'there should be a full turnout on the ^pf the^next primary election in order fc?here.fjhall be a full expression of r'ehoice of the people. So remember ?5&^he;3Iat. J iarleston is making extensive prepa*. p?svf?r a grand Gala Week this fall, ?judging from the way her citizens wkfegyit.will no.doubt be a big i atrleaat so .'far as pleasure and usementa may go to make it a success, make it. a success, financially, a wd of visitors will be necessary, these, the railroads will have raL : Every Summer Charles i are permitted to come up to the tains foe five or six dollars railroad the . round trip, but when the mountaineers want to go down to |Cbarle3ton: they are forced to pay twelve " dollars railroad fare. Now, if SHgek Committee will secure a far;rate for the up country people jS^venlurc that Charleston will i.visitors than she can accom orieg the occasion. now reasonably certain that Con not^adjourn mnch if any before is not at all relished by the of thelower Hons?, but it is made "by ihe new movement in the vget^up "a tariff measure. But oea this delay seriously trouble of the House who are anxious to: get heme to shake?hands with their ^ql^^Dtspflttend. country faire, and look after their own election, but it will present the work of many committees whicb/have^important matters committed tb^them-'for investigation. The commit teeVto'investigate tbe beef trust in the .yea^tbe ./committee to examine into j^r^^vrolations by Great Britain ; the .jn^f^tefej-vcommerce committee, and ^a^^jB?,rwin.bot-be able to get to. ^orfebefcre,tbe. next session of Congress ^fwj&Jbisl will throw the proposed US,|BUU VI Irjorfc'-pver until tho summer of1889. , So pirTs^nd thoagbt of the Eepnblicans of ]($&^ a proposed, J^tt^kiwvvfll not and cannot pass, will greatly prolong the present ses? sion and defeat at the same time some legislation very greatly needed because the necessary information cannot be ob? tained by committees. . WASHINGTON LETTER. From our Washington Coirespondent. Washington, D. C, Aug. 20,1888. . Mb. Editor?The result .of the ap? proaching presidential election, with all its momentous and far-reaching conse? quences, may depend largely on the action of three or fonr members of the" senate, on certain comparatively unimptr-tant questions soon to. arise iu that body. These questions relate to the duties to be levied on lumber, salt, rice and sugar. If a motion to amend the senate substitute for the Mills bill, by making lumbar free, shall receive the snpport of three or four western Senators, the republicans will be unable to carry through the senate any substitute for that bill. It is impossible to over estimate the influence of such a failure on the pending canvass. ' The river and harbor bill has become a law, without the signature of the presi? dent, who, while he.disapproved some of its provisions, and was therefore unwill? ing to sign it, at the same time recogniz? ed the importance of the measure, as a whole, and was unwilling to destroy it by bis vefcC t 'lt is difficult to get at the "true in wardness" of the little game, which the. Senators are now playing. Do both parties -seek to prolong the session?or "only one?and, if only one, .which one ? The Republicans seem to be laying ont a superabundance of work for the senate on the substitute ior the Mills bill; and the Democrats are talking against time on the fisheries treaty. Is everybody, or nobody, in earnest ? "Go read the answer in the stars, for mortals know it no6." . Senators George and Hoar cudgelled each other, "to their hearts' content," in the Senate on Monday last, without the. slightest interference on the part of the police. Had they used their knuckles and fists, there had been two funerals. But they only used rhetorical clubs. So -the spectators laughed ; and Hector and Achilles"live to fight another day." The postmaster-general calls for a deficiency appropriation of $250,000, for mail service. He gays that the deficiency, is occasioned by the excess in the cost of of new railway service over'the estimates. ! The effect of the enfranchisement of the black race on the political power of the whites of the south is a surprise to many statesmen. It- was expected,, by the majority of those who thought upon the subject, that enfranchisement of the blacks would diminish the power, of the southern whites in the federal govern? ment But the result is very different. The addition-of two-fifths of the blacks to the voting population of the south has resulted in conferring a corresponding increase of political power upon the whites of the south. An eloquent senator, of convivial hab? it^ figures'in a good story current at the capital. He was called out, at a dinner party, for a post-prandial speech. Ris? ing, with great difficulty, to his feet/and steadying himself, as well as be could, against the table, he spoke, to the great delight of his auditors, on the tariff, the national banks, and other topics, and finally on the national debt. "The na? tional, debt," said he, in deep chested, magnificent tones, drawing himself up to his.greatest height, "rests upon the solemn Sromise of the government of the United tates. It is a debt of honor of the American republic. It will be paid. It mustbepaid. It shall be paid. (Pulling out his lank pocket-book and taking therefrom a couple of one-dollar bills). D?n it it, I'll pay it myself. How much is it ? I'll pay it now, and done with it." Very truly, Woodstock. A Frightful Disaster. ? ?" New Yojbk, August 16.?The steam? ship Wireland, Capt Albers, from Ham? burg August 5, via Havre August 7, with merchandise and 113 cabin and 445 steerage passengers, arrived to day and reports that on August 14, thirty miles south of Sable Islands noon, she saw the Danish steamer* Thingvalla from Copenhagen for New York, with signals of distress. The Thingvalla had collided on the 14th at 4 A. M. with the steamer Geiser of the same line from New York August 11 for Copenhagen. The Geiser sank in about five minutes. .Fourteen passengers and seventeen of the crew, among them. Capt, Mailer, are saved. Seventy-two passengers and thirty three of the crew were lost. The steamer vVireland brought 455 passengers from the Thingvalla and those saved from the steamer Geiser to New York. ? The Thingvalla will endeavor to reach Halifax, N. S. The GeiBer left this port on August 11, bound for.Stettin. The Thingvalla was on her way to this city, and was adver tised to leave here on August 25. A very heavy sea and dense fog were experienced through the night and early on the morning of August 14. It is aaici that an object could not be distinguished fifty feet away by reason of the fog. Stories differ as to where the liability lies, if not due wholly to the fog and heavy sea, but the Thingvalla struck the Geiser on the starboard side amidships. The boats quickly recoiled and within, five minutes the Geiser sank. The crew of the Thingvalla did all they could to save the Geiser's crew and and passengers, while still in doubt whether the Thingvalla was not danger? ously disabled, but owing to the heavy sea only thirty one were saved. The Sorghum Experiment a Failure. The Agricultural Department has just sent out a report of the experiments made with sorghum. From the general tenor of the report the sorghum experiment may be regarded as a failure, the worst feature of the business being the variable results obtained, as the results of one year's work can in no way be counted on as a sample of what the next may be. The report contains the results of "analy? tical work" at Fort Scott, Kansas, Rio Grande, New Jersey, and Magnolia, Lousisiana. ' The experiments, for which an award of $1,200 was given by the Commissioner of Agriculture, are also given, and comprise work from all sec? tions of the country. Iu the main the results may be said to be nnfavorable, as any climatic change, no matter how slight, will change the character of the product. The yield of sugar as compared with that of molasses also differs widely, and no definite percentage of sugar can be fixed as being present in a ceitain amount of sorghum cane. A Challenge to Blalne. Washington, August 18.?The Star this evening has the following: "A proposition is under consideration by the Democratic campaign managers to arrange for a joint discussion of the tariff question by Speaker Carlisle and Blaine. It is proposed to challenge Blaine to meet Carlisle and dispute the question in "alternate speeches in the twelve principal cities of the Union, six to be named by Blaine and six by the Speaker. The opinions of a number of prominent Democratic Congressmen as to the advisability of such course have been asked, and there is very general concurrence of approval." ? A year or two ago the marriage of Lula Hurst, the Georgia magnetic girl, was announced. Now comes the start? ling fact that she has a Bon, supposed to I inherit bis mother's peculiar capabilities. When this interesting infant has colic we imagine it will be a toss up for preference between^the Hurst residence and an ener? getic seismic centre.?Greenville News. ? Georgia, is now shipping grapes by the carload, and at $1,500 net per carload finds them a paying crop; also that there is money in any quantity in raising pears and peaches at 25 cents per bushel. I I CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. ~ Memphis, Aog 20.?Walter Kirby, an I engineer on the Memphis and Charleston I Road, dreamed bis train collided with I another, and jumped out of a four story window at Iuka, Miss. He will die. Tn delirium he calls for bis fireman to jump, and asks how many were hurt: ! Steubenville, Ohio, August 18.? An accident occurred near this city I yesterday resulting in the death of George I Owens, his wife and his son. The men were killed by a rope breaking in a well when drawing then) up. The women died when both bodies were brought home. Greenfield, Mass., Aug. 17.?Dea? con Lovering, aged ninety, his sister and housekeeper, Mrs. Richardson, were instantly killed by lightning about mid I night, and the farm bouse, barns and buildings were burned. The old man was found sitting in a chair dead. His sister's body was burned to a crisp. J Chicago, August 16.?A collision oc? curred on the Illinois Central Railway at South Lawn, fifty miles south of this city, this morning. The Illinois Central I passenger train, bound for Chicago, came in collision with a freight train. Seven persons were more or less seriously in? jured. There were over two hundred passengers on the train, and their escape was miraculous. Washington, Aug, 19.?Terrible mor tality in this city among infants still con? tinues, and the agitation as to the cause grows violent. Since April 7 over 800 babies under three years of age have j died, and for the last two weeks the I deaths have averaged ten per day. A writer in one of the Sunday papers tu day, charges impure cow's milk as the great enemy of children, and boldly avers that not fifty gallons of pure milk are sold in. this city daily, the rest being adulterat ed. Clabkson, Ky., August 16.?A terri? ble tragedy, which has greatly excited the whole community, occurred here Tuesday evening. Will Johnson and Alice Sy 1 ? I vester, two popular young people, started to drive to a minister's in a neighboring town to be married. Yesterday morning early a passing farmer saw two bodies at the bottom of a ravine through which Rocky Creek runs. On investigation they were found to be those of Johnson and Miss Sylvester. It was evident that they had .driven off the embankment in the dark and so met death. Columbia, S. C, August 16.?In Ker sbaw county yesterday evening .Henry Shropshire and his wife went to church, about two miles from their house, taking their baby with them but leaving at home their other children, aged respectively six and eight years. When they return? ed, three hours later, they found their house in smoking ruins and the charred remains of the two children. The father fainted, and when be recovered conscious? ness it was found that bis reason was dethroned. The mother is prostrated by the-shock and her life iB despaired of. New York) August 18;?The Herald's Wilmington special says a serious acci? dent occurred on the Wilmington, Co? lumbia and Augusta Railroad about sixty miles south of Wilmington yesterday morning. The fast mail train from I Charleston bad stopped to make some j repairs and j was run into by another passenger train. A sleeping car was .completely demolished. Two passengers were killed outright, two fatally injured and a Mr. Hart of Edgefield, S. C, seri? ously hurt. The names of the killed and, injured have not yet been ascertained, but it is said two were negroes. New Philadelphia, Ohio, August 16.?Emma Traxel, the eighteen-year old daughter of Jacob Traxel, of Crooked [Run near here, narrowly escaped being buried alive yesterday. On Saturday morning she was taken sick, and to all ap? pearances died. She was prepared for burial and placed in a coffin. The funeral wbs Bet for Monday. On Sunday evening Miss Traxel, to the astonishment of all, suddenly came to, and arose as it were from the dead. She had been in a trance thirty six hours, and was conscious of all surroundings. She heard the weeping friends and the hour set for her funeral, and her feelings during these long, horri ble hours, as she describes them, can only be imagined. She has nearly recovered from the terrible shock. ?Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 20.?Ad? vices from Ashville bring particulars of a frightful'waterspout on Will's creek, in Transylvania county. The day was clear and warm and suddenly a black cloud formed overhead, apparently covering about one third of the heavens. From it came what appeared a solid column of water that inundated the whole creek bottom, carrying away mill dams, mills, timber, barns, etc. On the farm of Robert Hamilton over 10 acres of meadow has the surface completely washed away. Haslin's flour mill is gone. The farm? house of James Weaver is gone. The water rose so fast in the house of "Poke" Gordon that two children were drowned. An old lady named Westerly was drowned Jerome Echels, in attempting to save hit> family lost his life. The total loss of property is about $300,000. Birmingham, Ala., August 16.? ' John Wesley Dubose, a lifo convict at the Pratt mines, who is insane on the subject of religion, is again trying to starve himself to death and bids fair to lower the fasting record. Since the 28th day of July nothing has passed his lips except a few swallows of water. He bears up under this long fast remarkably well and is strong enough to walk about his prison. He declares that the Lord has ordered him to fast and pray, and says that those who would force him to eat are but trying to do the work of the devil. Dubose before fasted about twenty days, and food was finally forced down j his throat. He is sane on every subject except religion. He says angels visit him every night and order him to prolong his fast as he is obeying the commands of God. Atlanta, August 17.?The town of Irwinville has for two months been in arms over the conjuring of its colored citizens. These people would become sick in the most unaccountable manner. At last Jeff Whittaker, a bronze-colored citizen, was seized as the man who had done the mischief. In.his pocket was found what is known as the conjurer's jack. A committee of colored men brought the jack to Dr. Julian for exam? ination. He found it to be a red flannel bag, one and a half inches long and half an inch wide, containing ten No. 4 gun? shot and one buckshot, all well wrapped in a small piece of red flannel. To one end of the bag was attached a piece of black thread about ten inches long. Now that Dr. Julian is in possession of the dangerous article, the aick are recovering from their illness. Whittaker has been ordered to leave at once, and if he does not he will fall a victim to his excited friends. Chlcag.0, August 18.'?The latest nov? elty in the Chicago criminal record is a trio of female sand-baggers. Early this morning Minnie Daily, a noted Pick? pocket and shop-lifter and the wife of an expert burglar, accompanied by two other women well known to the police, stopped a well dressed gentleman in front of the Prescott House on Madison street and attempted to rob him. Two of the women seized him, while the third streck him several times in the face with brass knuckles. The man shouted for help and an officer heard him and went to the rescue. At the sight of the officer a cab driver put two of the women into his cab and started away at a rapid pace. Min? nie Daly made her escape through an alley. The officer followed the cab and ordered the .driver to stop, but be refused. The officer finally got into a buggy and caught the cab. The women and driver were placed under arrest. On the way to the station the women offered the officer $100 to allow them to go free, but was refused. _ ? The* Elgin Watch Company baa recently declared a dividend, of 40 per cent, and the announcement is now made that the Essex Cotton Mill, in New bury, port, Mass., has just made a dividend of 42$ percent, the net earnings of the mill the past year, And yet these mill owners, who reap the 40 per cent divi? dends, vigorous by oppose a proposed re? duction of about 5 per cent on tariff du? ties. ' A Clear an?* Telling Speech. Judge Thurman, candidate for Vice President, opened the campaign at Tole? do, Ohio, on Auguat 20. After express? ing his gratification at his cordial recep? tion Thurman said : "Now the few remark* that I tshall make to you will be confined to a single topic?not that there is but one thing that might attract your attention in this campaign or that might not ho well spo? ken of, but there in one tratiMcendant theme, about which so much is said, so much is written, so much is printed, that people are eager to learn exactly what is the truth. "I refer to the tariff question, as it is commonly called. Now I presume that there is no man in this vast audience who does not know what is meant by the word 'tariff,' or the term 'tariff law.' And yet it can do us no harm, and may lead to precision of speech and to com? prehension of what I have to say, if I begin by a definition of what is the tariff. "Tariff, my friends, is nothing else in this world than a tax levied by the General Government upon importations brought into the United States for sale, the effect of which is to raise the price of all domestic commodities of the same nature made within the United States. 'This tax is paid by the consumer of the article. When your State tax is -levied it is levied on property: it is paid by property. A man of much property pays much more than a man of little property: and a man of no property pays none at all. "But the tariff is a tax that is paid by the consumerof so-called protected arti? cles. Be pays it, not to the tax-gatherer, not to any officer of the Government, but he pays it in the price which he gives for every protected article that he buys. Let me suppose for instance, by way of illus? tration, that an importer purchases in England a thousand dollars' worth. No, I won't take so much as that: I will say enough cloth to make a suit of clothes for a man. "He pays for it then, say $10. He brings it to the United States. Before he can even get it out of the custom House at the place where he lands, be must pay on that a tax called a tariff, and the probability is among the enormous rates in the schedule on woollen goods, that he will pay a tax of not less than "So cents on the dollar. That is, that he will pay six dollars tax on ten dollars' worth of cloth that he has bought. Then it has cost $16?that cloth has. "Now if any man who imports that cloth sells it to a wholesale merchant, he must, of course, put the tax that he pays on to it in price, otherwise he would lose money by the operation, and so when ibis importer sells to the wholesale merchant he charges him $16 for that which cost him originally but $10. Nay, more, he charges him $16 and his mercantile profit on the $6 tax as well as on $10, the original cost of the goods. The wholesale merchant sells it to the retail merchant, and the retail merchant sells it to his customers. "Of course this price with eacb merchant's profit continues and is in the goods when they are sold to the consumer. So that by the time one of you buys that cloth you find you have to pay for it from 416 to $20, perhaps^ not less than $20 for that which originally cost $10. So here has been a tax imposed on the consumer which amounts in effect to nearly or quite as much as the original cost of the goods. "Now, my friends, this is so true that there is scarcely a thing that you wear the price of which is not increased by this tariff tax. There are men audacious enough to Bay?'men who are advocating high protective duties of tariffs?there are men audacious enough to say that a high protective tariff is for the benefit of the laboring man. "Why, in the name of all that is common sense and reason, how can a laboring man be aided by a tax that begins with the crown of his head and extends to the soles of bis feet, (applause and laughter;) that taxes him on bis bat, taxes him on bis shirt, taxes him on his coat, taxes him on his pants, taxes him on bis underclothing, taxes him on his stockings, and taxes him on his shoes, and even to the little necktie that is around bis neck, it levies a tax upon it. How in the name of Heaven can it be that a laboring man is benefited by such a tax ? No, my friends, of all humbugs by which men ever were attempted to be deceived, this humbug of the laboring man being benefited by a high protective tariff is the creates t ever I heard of. "Ah, but, says some One, it enables the manufacturers in this country to pay higher wages to their hired men and therefore is a benefit to them ? My friends, did yon ever know any manu? facturer that paid higher wages to his bands on account of an increase of tariff? If you did you have mot with something I have never seen. - "There is a man named Barnuui in this country, a great showman, a man who has gathered together in his show more curious things than perhaps can be found in any other single place on the face of the earth, but among all bis curiosities be has never found such a curiosity as a manufacturer who paid higher wages to bis hands because of the raise in the tariff. [Laughter and ap plauae.] "Nay, that is not so at all. I do not want to speak harshly of manufacturers, bu?they are human beings like other human beings. But I must pass on. "Another one of the deceptions of the tariff orators, or high protection theorists, is to say that the consumer does not pay the tax. I have shown you how he did pay it in the pripe that he gives for articles, but I want to ask any man who tells me or tells you that the consumer don't pay the tax, if he don't pay it, in God's name, who does, who does pay it? "How comes it that the goods that cost but $10 before there was any tax upon them, after that sells for the price of $10 and the tax added, and merchants' profit upon that, if that is not ultimately paid by the consumer ? But, my friends, that is not all. A man who stands fair in your community and who has a face that would license him as a preache r of the Gospel jusl upon his looks, such a man will get up before his fellow citizens and tell them that high tariff lessens in? stead of increases the price of commodi? ties. "Why, my friends, if that is the case' if a high tariff reduces prices, please tell me why it is that all manufacturers are in favor of a high tariff? Do they want to reduce the price of their own goods? Do they want to make less money? Why do tbcy work bo hard to increase the tariff, if to increase it would reduce the price of goods? "That is another one of the absurdi? ties of these men who are going around trying to persuade the people of this country that a high tariff is for the bene fit of the people. "Now, my friends, there j'b another thing theBe people say. They come before you and they draw a glowing picture of tbe wealth aud prosperity of our country. That, is all very well, indeed, although it would be a little fairer if they would give the other side of tbe picture, and show bow tbe agricultu? ral interests and value of agricultural property has so wonderfully decreased since they had this high tariff in opera? tion. "But let that pass. I want you to ask any one of them who talks to you about the country being made rich by a high protective tariff by what kind of hocus pocus ia it, by what kind of operation unknown to experience, that a country can be made rich by this Government taxing its people far beyond any necessi? ty that Government has for taxation ? ? Hanson Craig, of Kentucky, is probably the heaviest man in the world. His weight is given at 792 pounds, and it requires thirty-seven yards of cloth to make him a suit. He h six feet four and one-half inches in height, is 31 years old, and weighed eleven pounds at birth. When 2 years old he took a $1,000 prize at the baby show in New York, tipping tbe beam at 306 pounds' at that time. His father weighed 115 pounds and bis mother 122. The Last Confederate Soldier Return? from the War. Macon, Ga., August 16.?Mr, Mile3 Kennedy, the last of the Confederates, has at last reached his old home in Sumter County, and was welcomed in Americus yesterday in a royal manner. He passed through Macon ou the 9th inst., on his way to Sumter County for the first time since he shouldered his gun in 1861 and went to the war. He waa wounded near Richmond during the dying days of the Confederacy and was laid up for some time-after Lee's surren? der at a farm house six miles from Richmond, and there tenderly nursed until fully recovered by the daughter of j the man at whose house be was staying. The war being over, and being solely without means, be married the girl and went to farming. On the fourth day of last April he hitched up his faithful and only steer to his wagon, and with his wife and ten children, and $8 in money, all he possess ed, turned the steer's head toward old Georgia. His travel was necessarily slow, and it was often that Mr. Kennedy had to stop on his way and work for money with which to purchase food for his steer and family. The children kept healthy all the way, only one of them being at all Mck, but the steer at one time was taken down, and for a time there was gloomy prospects for the old soldier and his brood. Finally the steer got well and Kennedy and his family ar rived at Americus yesterday morning, He was met some distance out by a delegation of citizens, beaded by the Americus brass band, and escorted to the court house square, where the citizens had turned out en masse to receive him. A photographer photographed the family beside the ox and wagon. Colonel A. S. Cutts then formally welcomed him home in the presence of 1,000 people. In the crowd was bis sister, Mrs. M. M. Hart. The meeting between them brought tears to many eyes. By slight effort, about $100 in money and provisions v? as soon raised for him and his dependent family. A pair of twins, six years old, having never been named were named Jackson and Lee by Mrs. J. ?. Hall. Mr. Kennedy stated that he felt grateful for the kind and substantial manner in which he,had been received home; that the yearnings of bis heart for all these years have ever been Southward, and now that be has reached home, all he wants is a fair chance to work for a living. Is He Charlie Ross 1 Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 20.?This morn? ing a young man walked into Col. Ben Abbott's office and asked him if he knew anything about the history of Charlie Ross. ''Yes," replied the Colonel, "I know all about it. Are you Charlie Ross ?" "I do not know, sir," replied the stranger, "hut people tell me that I am." Thoroughly interested by this time, Col. Abbott requested his visitor to take a chair, and in the course of half an hour, drew from him a detailed story of his life. In 1874, when he was about four years old, the youngster was found wandering about in Southwest Georgia. He was picked up and duly cared for, but when he was found he had under? gone so many hardships that he was unable to give bis name or to tell whence be camel His age corresponds with that of Charlie Ross, provided he is living at the present time. On one leg he has a singular mark?a mark that was also borne by Charlie Ross. His nose turns up, his eyes are brown, and in every respect he fills the bill. Col. Abbott will take the case in hand and see what there is in it. There is no reason why this should not be the,genuine Charlie Ross. He is the only one answering that de? scription who has ever turned up in Georgia. Competition in Whisky. St. Louib, August 19.?Twenty-four wholesale liquor dealers of St. Louis have formed a*corporation to build a gigantic distillery in this city. The purpose of the organization is to directly oppose the whisky trust, .which has put the price of high wines at a figure which the organi zation claims is altogether too high in comparison with distilled goods, notably Kentucky brands. The corporation is is capitalized at $100,000, and it is pro posed to put up a distillery with a capaci? ty of 200 barrels a day. Nearly all the stock has been taken and there will be violent opposition to the Whisky Trust from now on. A Wonderful Woman. Clinton, Ia , AuguBt 18.?Mrs. Leoa Loeb, the electric girl, is here attending the Spiritualists' camp meeting and as? tonishing people with her wonderful power. Though weighing but ninety four pounds and only 16 years old she pu5hed five strong men all about the room at once, in daylight, and held a man weigh? ing 300 pounds suspended from the floor in a chair, though ten other men were pulling down on the chair so stro; gu? that it whs pulled in pieces. Her other feats are as wonderful. ? Should the bill granting Mrs. Irene H?cker Sheridan a pension of $5,000 per annum, introduced by Senator Far well, become a law, it will become the only case where this amount is ? given to any person except the widow of an Ex-Presi? dent of the United States. Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Hancock and Mrs. Blair each re? ceive $2,000 as the widow of a major general. A pension of $3,000 was given Mrs. Lincoln on July 14, 1870, and on February 2, 1882, the amount was in? creased to $5,000. Mrs. Grant has re? ceived the same amount since December, 1885, and Mrs. Garfield since 1881 j Mrs. Polk has received the same sum since 1881. Mrs. Tyler has received this amount since 1870 and had previously drawn $1,200 on account of her husband's services in the war of 1812. ? Gen.Stepben D. Lee, a distinguish? ed Confederate officer, has just acted as a peacemaker between two quick tempered citizens of Columbus, Miss. They fell out about a trivial matter, and a bitter correspondence and arrangements for a hostile meeting was the result. At this point Gen. Lee's good offices were invok? ed by mutual friends. He examined the correspondence, decided that there was no sufficient cause for difference between the belligerent gentlemen, and that all personally offensive communications should be repa]led and apologized for in the order in which the same were writ? ten, and that former pleasant relations should be resumed. The award was accepted and a bloody encounter, perhaps, averted by the cool, conservative judg? ment of Gen. Lee, who was always re cognized as the bravest of the brave, where there was occasion for the display of genuine courage. HOW TO OVEECOME THE DAN GEBS OF EXPOSURE, Francis O'Reilly, the well-known livery man of No. 18 Prince street, New York, says of Allock'a Porous Plasters : "For the last forty-two years I have been engaged in the livery and hacking busi? ness. I am greatly aided by my four boys. We are much exposed to the weather, and wo have found Allock's Plasters of very great service. We use them as chest pro? tectors, placing one on the chest and one on the pit of the stomach. They not only ward off the cold, but act as a tonic. We are frequently affected .with rheuma? tism, kinks in the back, and pains in the side; but one or two of Allock's Plasters quickly cure us. My wife and daughter have been using Allock's Plasters for weak back and think the world of them. I have now been using them for twenty years, and always have a box in the house." LAND FOR SALE. THE undersigned will sell to the highest bidder, at Anderson C. H., 8. C, on Saleday in September next, at the usual hour of sale, One Hundred Acres of Land, situate in Anderson County, adjoining lands of Thomas H. Anderson, the Chas. Haynie lands and others. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and the balance on credit of twelve months, with interest from date of sale at ten per cent, per annum, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises?purchaser to pay extra for papers. BIRD PHILLIPS, Per J. L. Tribble, Attorney in Fact. August 23,1888 7 2 , announce!*! ents. For Solicitor. W. C. McGOWAN, of Abbeville, is hereby an? nounced as u candidate for Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit, subject, to tbo action of the Democratic party, in either Primary or Convention. We are authorized to announce M. F. ANSEL, Esq., of Greenville, as a candidate for Solicitor of the Eighth Judiclul Circuit, subject to the action of the Democratic party, either iu Convention or Primary Election. For House of Bepresentatives. It. P. CLINKSCALES is respectfully announced as a candidate for the House of Bepresentatives, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. At the solicitation of my friends I hereby an? nounce myself as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Dem ocratic Party. If elected, I shall favor accepting the Clemson bequest as soon as it is practicable to do so, for the purpose of establishing an Agricul? tural and Mechanical College. _J. E. BBEAZEALE. For School Commissioner. The friends of D. H. RUSSELL respectfully an? nounce him as a candidate for School Commis? sioner, subject to the action of the Democratic primary election._ For County Commissioner. Tho friends of C B. GILMER respectfully place his name before the people of Anderson County as a suitable candidate for County Com? missioner, subject to the action of the Demo? cratic party. The friends of Capt. B. C. MARTIN respect? fully present his name to the voters of Anderson County as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the Democratic primary election. Tho friends of W. T. McGILLhereby announce him as a candidate for the office of County Com? missioner, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. The friends of R. S. BAILEY respectfully pre? sent bis name to the people of Anderson County as a suitable man for County Commissioner, sub? ject to the action of tho Democratic primary. The friends of ANDREW W. PICKENS respect? fully announce him as a suitable candidate tor County Commissioner, subject to the action of the Democratic party. SCHOOlTyOTICE. Mrs. O. R.. Murray WILL open her School at her residence on Main Street, on MONDAY, the 3rd of SEPTEMBER next. August 23,1888 _7__ 2 WARNING. ALL persons are hereby warned not to harbor or hire Henry Williams, col? ored, as he is nnder contract to work for me until January 1,1889. The law will be en? forced against any person or persons disre? garding this notice. 8. D. ELBOD. August 23, 1888 7_3*_ Notice to Contractors. THE contract for repairing or rebuilding ? Major's Bridge, on Generostee Creek, will be let to the lowest bidder on Tuesday, August 28th, at 12 m. The right to reject any and all-bids re? served. J. JAMESON, J. P. McGEE, A. 0. NOBRIS, Board Co. Com. A. C, 8. C. Office County Commissioners, Anderson. S. C, April 21, 1888. . Per E. W. LONG, Clerk. Aug 23, 1888_7_1 LAND TAXES. Office of County Auditor, ' Anderson C, H., S. C, Aug. 23.1888. Xn compliance with instructions from the Comptroller General, and in obedience to requirements of the Act, the following is published for the information of the peo? ple. T. J. WEBB, Auditor Anderson County. A.TS ACT, To allow Unimproved Lands which have not been on the Tax Books since 1875 to be Listed without Penalty. Section 1. Be it- enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by authority of the same, That in all cases where unimproved land which has not been on the tax books since the fiscal year commencing Novem? ber 1st, 1875, and which are not on the for? feited list, shall at any time before the 1st day of October, 1*88, be returned to the County Auditor for taxation, the said Au? ditor be, and he is hereby, instructed to assess the same and to enter it upon the duplicate of the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1887, with the simple taxes of that year. Sec. 2. That all such lands as may be re? turned to the Auditor for taxation between the first day of October, 1888, and the first day of October, 1889, shall be assessed and charged with the simple taxes of the two fiscal years commencing respectively on the first day of November, 1887, and the first day of November, 1888. Sec 3. That as soon aa practicable after the passage of this Act the Comptroller General is directed to furnish a copy of the same to each Auditor in the State, and the Auditors are required to publish the same in each of their County, papers once a week for three months during the year 1888, and for the same period ot time du? ring the j ear 1889; and the cost of such publication shall be paid by the County Treasurer, upon the order of the County Commissioners, out ol the ordinary Coun? ty tax last collected, Approved December 19, 1887. August 23,1888 7_ 3m 5 TON WAGON SCALES, Iroc Leven, Bid Beirinc*. BraM T.ro Beta ?odSeam ?cI, _and NM b?p?7? li.fr.lf ht-for tr*. Ttle? Utt mention SSXSSSSi ??mi JONES OF BINQHAMTON, Aug 23, 1888_7 en fcrj b o 5 s 2 'S.a o rrp n o o p g o W . ?< H X m n > o > ^ 3 A ? CD-I ^ IS. *? o.~>< a P > 'S ? m Tf g-2S?S crc?g?s.o 2 a (n < " a 2 p^r- c re ^ ? Ift f 3 HgoS ST go? 's o "T ?5rag2, S1" S? ? mm ?? ? " ? ? SE* ? ? ft i 2 nBHBii S "VT0TICE T0 CREDITORS. J^l All persons having demands against the Estate of Thos. L. Reid, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. SAMUEL McCRARY, Administrator with Will annexed. August 2,1888 4 3 DENTAL CARD. IHEREBY inform my friends and pa? trons that 1 have located in the room on Benson Street, next door to the Ladies' Store, where I will be glad to serve them in all kinds of Dental Work. A. P. JOHNSTONE. Jan 5,1887_26_ PROBATE JUDGE'S SALE, State of South Carolina, County'of Anderson. In Probate Court. Susan E; Cater, as Executrix, Ac, Plain? tiff, against Lavina M. Cater, and others, Defendants.?Petition for Sale of Land, payment of Debts, Final Settlement, &c. "OY virtue of an order in the above case _fiD made in this Court, I will sell on Salesday in September next, at Anderson C. H., S. C, the Equity of Redemption in 132 acres of Land, situate in the corporate limits of the City, of Anderson, adjoining lands of S. Bleckley, John Catlett, Susan E. Cater and others. Terms of Sale?Cash, Purchaser to pay extra for papsrs. W. P. COX, Probate Judge. Aug 9, 1888 5 4 A BRAN FIRE NEW FIRM MADE OUT OF AN OLD ONE! S. BLECKLEY CO., SUCCESSORS TO BLECKLEY. BROWN & FRETWELL, ABE NOW PREPARED WITH A LARGE STOCK OF GOODS To do business at the old Stand, and respectfully invite the Trading Fubiic to call un them when in want of Goods of almost any kind, especially GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, BAGGING AMD TIES, SHOES, HATS, WAGONS, &C. Gome along and trade with us. We will do you right no mistake. Very respectfully, S. BLECKLEY CO. Anderson, S. C , August 22, 1888. TEN NEW COTTON GINS AT LESS THAN COST. ALOT of NEW FEEDERS and CONDENSERS at a CUT PRICE. These Gins, Feeders and Condensers are pat down to piices that will close them out this season. I GREAT BARGAINS IN GIN MACHINERY. Headquarters ior all Kinds Farm Machinery, Engines, Presses, Saw Mills, &c. &c. Rubber and Leather Belting, The best Machine Oil on the market, Steam Engine Fittings and Repairs. | M a n)n i n icl wil1 RePair Bogines and other machinery V^UI mdV/l II 11 IS I promptly on the farm, and we FULLY GU AB AN1EE HIS WOEK. Do away with the old troublesome Pump, and4et us attach to your Engine the Celebrated GRESHAM INJECTOR?a nev.tr failing boiler feed. Do not forget us when in want of Machinery or Hardware. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. WANTED! TRAVELING and Local Sales? men for Agricultural and Machine? ry Specialties to sell to the trade. State age, references, amount expected for salary and expenses. Address, MASSEY & CO., Montezuma, Ga. July 20,1888_3_6m MALE HIGH SCHOOL, williamston, s. c. *T?XERCISES resumed on Monday, Sep Tj tember 3rd, 1888. Discipline firm, and all the improved methods of instruction. For particulars address L. S. MacSWAIN, Principal. July 26,1888 3 7 TO RENT, THE STOREHOUSE on Granite Row, lately occupied by Bleckley, Brown & Fretwell for Dry Goods. Also, the new four-room COTTAGE on Greenville Street, lately occupied b^ Mr. Tolbert. Possession of both given at once. Apply to S. BLECKLEY & CO. August 16, 1888 6 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Estate of Sarah J. Rogers, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, ami those indebted to make payment j. G. CLINKSCALES. Ex'r. JULIA P CLEMENT, Ex'x. Aug IG, 1888 _fl_3_ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of Hiram B. Majors, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and all per? sons indebted to said Estate must make pavment. SALLIE MAJORS, MOLLIE C. 8KELTON. Administratrix*. August 2 1888 5 3 SCHOOL NOTICE. MISS MAGGIE EVANS will resume her School for Young Ladies and Children on Tuesday, Sept. 4th. The most approved methods of teaching are employ? ed ; thorough instruction in all branches ; discipline firm but kind. Vocal Music and Drawing without extra charge. Credit given for all public money received. August 16, 4888_6_ FURMAN UNIVERSITY, greenville, s. c. THE next Session begins September 26th, 1888. Thorough instruction in the usual College courses is given. Good board cheap in private families, still cheap? er in the messes. For catalogue, apply to Dr. C. Manlv, President, or to Prof. H. T. Oook. 3-4 HOMESCHOOL. KISS LENOHA C. HTJBBAED, Principal. If ALL TERM begins on MONDAY, 1 SEPL 3. Only pupils who are willing to study and obey all the rnles of the 8chool will be admitted. We reserve the right to suspend or expel any pupil whose conduct is injurious to the reputation of the School. Should a sufficient number apply, a epecial Kindergarten Class will be formed for little ones under six years of age, to be taught only two hours each day. The number of pupils in each grade is limited, and preference will be given to those applying before Sept. 1. For other information apply to the Prin? cipal. August 10, 1S8S_6_3_ C AUTIO N ! Bewaro of Fraud, as mv Dame and the price are stamped on the bottom of all my advertised Shews before leaving the factory, which protect the wear? ers against high piices and inferior goods. If a dealer olTers W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes at a reduced price, or says he has them without my name and price stamped on the bottom, put bJm down as a fraud. W. L DOUGLAS $3 SHOE. FOR GENTLEMEN. The only fine calf 83 Seamless Shoe In-the world made without tacks or nails. As stylish and durable as those costing 85 or 86, and baying no tacks or nails to wear the stocking or hurt the feet, makes them as comfortable ana well-fitting ns a hand sewed shoo. Buy the best. None genu? ine unless stamped on bottom "W. L. Douglas $3 Shoe, warranted." W. L. DOUGLAS $4 SHOE, the original and only hand sewed welt 84 shoe which equals cus? tom-made shoes costing from 86 to 89. V- L. DOUGLAS $2 00 SHOE is unexcelled for heavy wear. W. L. DOUGLAS $2 SHOE is worn by all Bays, and is the best school shoe in the world. All the above goods are made in Congress, But? ton and Lace, and i f not sold by your dealer, write W. L. DOUGLAS, Brookton, Mass. C. F. JONES <& CO., Ajrents. Anderson, 8. C. Jan 26,1888 29 doe'l NEVER LEFT i . , BEHIND. "Whenever yon hear talk of Special Bargains, great inducements to cash buy? ers, (fee., &c., please bear in mind that there is one Store in Town that does not do much blowing, but when it comes to meet ing and beating competition, R. S. HILL Has never taken a back seat yet He bb? an immense 8TOCK ol Dress Goods* Trimmings* Shoes, Millinery* Etc., Etc., A portion of which was bought at our half value to begtu with, and he would very much like his GOODS and PRICES to be compared with any Stock in the country, whether offered at Cost or not. All we ask is a careful inspection* JUST RECEIVED, Another large invoice LADIES' HATS In the newest shapes, which "we will sell you almost at your own price. Our Mantua-Maker, MISS MALLA lien, will return to Baltimore in a very short while. Any Lady wishing a Drees, made will please send in her order this week. . Remember, we can show the largest assortment of Goods iu Town, and if our price don't suit, maybe yours will. Very respectfully, K,. S. HILL. P. s. We have some SPECIAL BARGAINS in Plain and Striped SURAHS, RHA DAMES, SATINS and SUMMER SILKS, in Black and Colors. All fresh new Goods, we now offer at one-half value. R. S. HILL.