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jTa&general impression - is that the
llow^^eiwis:^ For
f? lAstcwe^ek: the-Chamber of new cases
imlifes^ more than fifty
at' Qntade of Florida the epidem*
i weU under control, and the whole
Cshree weeks between thiaand the
?n|;&^the Oampaign grows exceed
?rlively and interesting The Demo
atfrare^qm^
^ca^the'sa^e
^fjvrite^^
S^^i^o^erStotf?. ;? The Eepublicaus
TO^or^o^^eq??lly confident of their
tt?/electHarrison. The contest
f b^^ery-closei but: there is more than
^r^babilityi^ success.
^Mnj?W. M. Dills of Springfield, Mo.,
a.aaid*tnbe:the.b
&?ia$;yalley^ is a Southern
and;Comes>from the :blue grass;
^oA-of: Kentucky,- the State famed for
?'borses, its pretty girls, and its whisky.
~ l%bas^JOt^ieglected- her. h?ase
^^^ir. her atock-fsrm, \ and ehe
J an. interesting family. " It ia
cfby -one ;who^^iaa^raade some',
the 8uyectlffiRt-when
^^owB'n^n^^'ett ;resourcea:
j^dwari^ to:be
[bated" orilyStd^the:dangiite^
id. .; _ m '
S^e^Tpeisecutio and- bulldozing
^l|u^bwnSirir Jj3diaria.^E; 0.
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ap^li? h
ilo^eesit^^
^.r,g6t^ut;^ going
kau desperate effort this campaign,
^m^^?mngi^^^jii ?If Hsrri
V ? IKt^n^areri:elected^ ;I" :msy'
they; are
Sf^cha^ge^every. D
ielljithis' Intimidation. ? The : ^n?te;
felispt^himi
|fjhi^
?jted:S&^^
tion. ' Tta-co^
le^principal cities have" looked into
^nrl-have i disrovered:: that
ind^is :a strong favorite. They
Je?rned:'; that-;lhe men ;^with
^w^^^e :not as^pleutifal' as
lefally^ are in presidential years,
ejla^bai^^
j.: 'The:; odds ' appear, to stand^
*^^in|C}evebibd,a/avp^Betaqf;
~T,?MuIe; ih^New- York: city, in
\ in. Washington, in Omaha,:
t^MIl^
6|^^e;generall^W
jwojwd.: sip-Deayer the odds are 6 tcV
^Crfeveland^s favor, while in Ciricm
^^?leyelandj; And 'Portland,, Oregon/
ctbets are the rale on the two candi
- :?. - ; - ?
peq^.16^
^^pgr^t;S^ke^^ Bnrigirig iivith it a
of personal mcon venjeh The
jftj&^ street-cars in
?""orthVa^^ of. the city/
;. mbrices : all theionera?ves of the
?^^fd^iaat^e^ir not ^car'-waa;
|yh'"^
i|i
satamonut of iuconYenince., The
S^^qyvnetfeipay and . for.r*ewef
^f^|q^?niit is;hot .too.much to
in their.;de"mahda:t^
lthy of the poople. Public
ineEtiisfalmqst^
l^trfen:and .Terystrdrigiy again it .the
?icate that controls both lines.- The
^ra^esertw^ divisions . were very
ghVi'?p^
^elphiac^^^
>::bee'n? ever since. without
L 'fregar^'fdr^-iny^thing ;except the
cets'^qf:;the ;ownera. The men-have
Iq.vifOTcrked:^^^^^^^^ and
borne it as long as possible, and the
iK ciime. wfiich has Raited in -vtying,
BKmwr3p--two divisions of the city.
L5;piese2t both ,partie3*seem determined
<it"oufc. r A-large number of m^iri
been imported east and
^Oity^bqt they nosoonerget
w^^quietJarid^ orderly/and nnvio
^^^^cfed/jaor will it. be allowed
^^a-who;are influential with the
ggj^f^ plenty
l^sans^^that &xe^ used to temporarily
3S3B -
THE BE AND OF FLOOD.
/Ittlasirable Ending of a Horrible Berles
ofTragedle?.
GrccnviUo News, lAth inst. ,
^^t&erable"wooden shanty off a b h or t
"^?rprri Bancomba street, near where it
:jbinediy' Eutherf?rd, a wretchedTnan
tj^^^^h?.'.were; accustomed to see
ijgg^ibrm and hollow, Bnoken eyes
"low.cheeks,-matted with tangled
3 jincarn at ion of utter misery, he was
)lyr.-"old :man.tDayenport,7'. or more
f<?ir^hine;Davenpqrt," an outcast
_ir. To others who knew his
i'a history,- he was an emoodiaient of
~ 6ri:3egradation, a man, in short, who
srought himself from a position of
By wealth and respectability, had ta
ii^ffi&siayery;?f a" debasing habit;
for filthy money's hire killed a fellow
. |in'col$ Wq?d had - escapjed the just
engeance of the law and bad come forth
*^$$ofi?ifd:-&1l-'io-sink deeper and
*ntf inmiseiy:until death came to end
tirsedfdrama of his life. T-^ri
Imosfeeverybody .knew Wm. Daven
)rf, bnt'few ever thought his life's hiatbr:
^xqncealed Vthe story of a: dramatic
*?^e came to Greenville twelve
, Jn^earsr^agb.He then bore?
) pretentious to respectability, but the
jWe?habit was hia curse arid it
iaally brought him down until he
ied'a scant living by catting wood and
"Tchbrea arid-managed in that way
y begging to keep himself supplied
_ the drug which was to him life and
je];an. vHis method of using the opiate
s'by injection, and at his death scarcely
pot remained on his body where the
fcatepoiatofthe morphine syrioge had:
" Wetrated. He gave way.nnder the'l
jes of the habit last week and
became weaker until he died at
'clockyesterday morning. He had been
ied with food and medicines by char
.hia last Bickness, and his death was
iof misery than bis life had
of the crime that stained his
tory of the ?'bushwhacking"
years-! immediately, following
ri?June, 1865, the year of the
John Wilson Meets was mur
dered at Breazeale's mill Id Anderson
county, about midway between Anderson
Court House and Belton. Meeks had
volunteered at the outbreak of the war
and had fought through it until the
surrender, when he took up the long
tramp for his home and the. wife and
children he had left there. He had
married a daughter of Harvey Yandiver,
aBaptist preacher who lived at Breazeale's
mill, and they had lived happily together
until the war and separation came. When
he retarned he found all changed.- His
wife had gone to live with her father at
the mill and there were rumors that she
had lived on terms of too much intimacy
with Dave Breazeale, the son of widow
Breazeale, whb owned the mill.
The husband's return was followed by a
quarrel with his father in law. and he wtjb
forbidden to enter the house where his
wife was; One interview he secured with
her. He told her-then that he was trying
to get a house that be could carry her and
the children lo and that he would, meet
her at the well in the yard about eight
X>*<jlock that night to tell her of the
arrangements he had made. He. then
went away and during' the day that
followed secured a home where he
expected to carry'bis wife and children.
A dark plot was forming meanwhile.
..The' unfaithful wife tojd her father and
Breazeale of the appointment her husband
! had made.. The night came, and with it
I the hour appointed for the rendezvous at
the well. Suspecting nothing, Meeks
approached the spot where he imagined
he would fiDd his wife waiting for him,
and wishing, maybe, for the time when he
should not be. forced to meet her thus
?clandestinely. ;
Bat the wife did not keep the appoint*
ment. She remained in the house and in
i her stead three men sought the well and
in the' darkness lay in wait for Meeks. As
he approached Davenport, who was one of.
the three and. was waiting, armed with
?as* army gun, shot him in the breast.. The;
wound was not fatal, and the would:be!
murderer^oined-with his victim, in a.
scuffle, which was terminated by one of
the other men, wb oseized the gun and re*
versing it, crushed! in the skull of the vie-;
tim with a heavy blow with its stock. The
third manatood looking on. but took no
active patt in the struggle. The only
bthereye witness was a negro named Bill-;
Brock, who had been impressed to help in
ithe bloody: work, but that, the deed was]
known to others was shown when-a wild
ikriek followed the discharge of the gun,;
issuing from, the.:interior of the house.
It-was the cry of .the wife at the death.
knell of the husband she had betrayed. -
!?5:rTh8 murder was accomplished; what
. should be done with the. body was the
question. The three accomplices,- aided
?by.'the negro; hurriedly carried the body
Winto the woods, four , or five hundred
yards.-. Tools hastily picked up were plied
with feverish impatience and a hoie, shal?
low and without semblance of -a,, grave,
was excavated, in the depth of the wood.
'The;corpwvwas:thrown in and the dirt
piled over it, the dead man's hat having
been 'first placed over his face. One
murderer stood on the grave as his fellow
?ghouls threw on the dirt and packed it
down.
f^?ix or: seven years passed, in all of
which time the! Buddon] disappearance of
John Wilson Meeks was put down as one
of the unsolved mysteries of the troublous
and disordered times just ^ follo wing- the
^war. . There was much bushwhacking,
thenj and it^was;supposed that he was
-another victim of the bushwhackers, and
no investigation was made. Very soon
after Meeks' disappearance, youDg Brea?
zeale left the country, it was supposed to
go to Texas. Davenport, who was a large
farmer in the neighborhood, and who was
comparatively a rich man, having in before
the war days owned a number of slaves,1
lived quietly and-as usual on nis farmj
enjoying the respect of his neighbors and
makiDg a good citizen as things went.
The disappearance of Meeks had long since
ceased to be interesting gossip, and as the
[suspicion: had never hunted out the real
murderers, it looked as if .vengeance had
passed them in its terrible sway over j the
ranks of the guilty:
" The dream of; peace and safety was ?
rudely broken. -One day about seven'
years after'the murder, a message: came,
rfrom Bill BrockjHhe negro who had been
the one disinterested; witness of the'
killing to a brother of the . murdered
m$.n; jThe npgrp was visited and reveal?
ed the whoieistory of the murder, detail
by detail, declaring that it had haunted
bis mind until he could get no rest. He
told of the shooting at -the well and of
'the burial of the body in the blackness
and ghostly silence of the forest; describ?
ing the exact location of the grave and
telling the position of the body. War?
rants were quickly, sworn 'out for Vandi?
ver, the preacher, and Davenport, the
ones still in the country implicated by.
the - negro's-story. Vandi vor got wind
of the discovery and fled -but was captured
somewhere -!: near the' Georgia' line.
Davenport was the first captured, and
when the officers approached the house
beset a violent bull dog on them, which
nearly killed one. of the men. : The pair
were fioall v lodged in jail at'Anderson.
? The.trial came on before-Judge Orr.
The "principal 'witness was! the negro
'Brock; who had tamed Slate's evidence
and escaped punishment thereby. The
trial resulted in " the conviction of both
Davenport and Vandiver, and they were
sentenced to be hanged. In neither case
wasr the sentence executed. The aged
ex-preacher died in jail before the day
for the execution and the easy justice of
Governor Moses released Davenport by
an executive pardon, bought, it was said,
at the expense of all' bis possessions.
Davenport.went back to his home near
Belton and lived there for a number of
years until he came here. He had ac
quired the morphine habit, it was said,
before his imprisonment and trial and at
the jail when visitors camo in he would
-beg for'money to buy the drug. After
his release the deadly opiate drew.him
more and more into its slavery, and the
soul of the murderer became the soul of
the morally depraved opiate victim, dead
and callona to every moral sense. His
property drifted away, health and char?
acter were lost and misery accumulated
on him. .
This does not finish the tale of horrors.
One day after the murder of Meeks his
little daughter said in the presence of
her grandfather,' the elder Vandiver:
"I would have a father now if it hadn't
been for grandpa." The guilty man
heard with dismay the accusation from
the lips of the child. The next day the
child was dead, and it was whispered
and believed that she was poisoned by
her grandfather because she knew of the
'murder that had been done. .
The chronicle of blood was written
again, when; on the arrest of Harvey
Vandiver, his wife, driven to desperation
by her knowledge of the double murder
Of her son-in-law and grandchild, com?
mitted suicide, by tying a hank of yarn
about her neck, attaching the other end
to the bed post, and rolling off on the
floor.
The strange fatally attending the
actors in the tragedy was exampled again
when after Wm. Davenport had moved
to Greenville, one of his daughters, at
the time an operative in the Camperdown
mills, fell from one of the buildings on
the brink of the bluff to the rocks below
and was killed. The death of the chief
actor yesterday does not end the list, the
third man, at whose instance it is said
Meeks was killed, having fled to the
West. It is reported that he is living ?nd
13 the sheriff of a county in Texas, but
there is no verification for the statement.
James Meeks, the janitor of Furman
University, is a brother of John W.
Meeks who was,.killed, and the story of
the affair given above is substantially as
he told it to a News reporter yesterday.
Many of the statements ate verified by
men who remember the sensational trial
of .the case at Anderson. The family of
the unfortunate Davenport consists of
his wife, three daughters and a son, who
is in Texas. Two of his daughters are in
Atlanta and one is here, a victim like her
wretched father to the morphine curse,
and a beggar on the streets.
? There are 493 mountain peaks in
the United States more than 10,000 feet
in height The highest mountain east of
the Mississippi is Mount Balsam Cone,
in the Black Mountains of North Caroli?
na, that is 6,671 feet high,
FEARFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
The Horror of Chattsworth Eclipsed la
Pennsylvania.
Wl LK ES BAHRE, PA., Oct. 11.?About
10 o'clock last night a dreadful accident
on the Lehigh Valley Railroad was ru?
mored to have , taken place, and further
report said the wrecked train was a
section of an excursion train returning
from Hazleton. Nearly 6,000 Luzerne
and Lackawana people had gone there,
and no one knew just who had returned.
The railroad officials were mute; they
knew nothing. Gradually the stories
took a terrible form. ' It leaked out that
Superintendent Mitchell and others had
gone down the road on a special engine.
Then a private telegram arrived, Baying
an accident had occurred at Mud Run,
one section of the excursion train running
into another. Forty persons were repor?
ted killed.
The people were in agony, and the
crowd at the depot swelled to hundreds.
Still the officials, were mute. No dis?
patches could be gotten over the wires.
Many well known citizens were seen at
the depot wringing their hands, the faces
tearful and pale with dread. Women
thronged the depot, with terror stricken
countenances, sobbing, crying, or silent
and trembling with dreadful uncertainty.
Still the railway officials preserved their
terribly cruel silence, declaring that tbey
knew nothing. Every means was taken
to get information, but all to no purpose.
The New Jersey Central train finally
brought news to the effect that eighty
were killed, and the excitement grew
intense. AH the white Haven-physicians
had gone to the scene.
. . There were seventy-eight cars from
Wilkesbarre to Hazleton, the number of
passengers being about 5,500. The sec?
tions were all crowded to suffocation,
furnishing a condition for terrible loss of
life in case of wreck.
Throughout the night the depot was.
thronged by hundreds of persons, suffer?
ing untold agony over uncertainty. The
throng was loud in its denunciation of
the company for refusing all information
and causing needless Buffering.
At 3.30 a. m. the report was in circu?
lation that arrangements had been made
for the receipt of a large number of:
wounded at the' hospital, The rumor
was Boon confirmed. The officials were
expecting, twenty-five of the victims.
With such a list of wounded coming in
this direction,. the public pulse stood
still over the horrible possibilities, and a
thousand fainting hearts quivered in
dread.
Many persons wanted to get to the
scene of the disaster, and endeavored to
charter a locomotive. The Rev.-Father:
Moy lan of Scran ton offered to pay cash
for any expense in that direction, but the
favor could not be obtained, owing to
: the absence of Superintendent Mitchell
: :af the wreck. i?'.:;-v..
. Many persons, after waiting during the
long weary hours from 10 to 3 in the
morning, took the South, bound train,
I which passed here at 3.10, and went to
I the Bcene of the: appalling disaster. It
was there learned that the third section
of the excursion train had stood on the
track a few hundred yards from Mud
Run, waiting for the section ahead to get
out of the way. A flagman, some say,
I had been sent back with a lantern to
Suard the train from the rear. Suddenly
ie passengers on: the rear platform saw
a train approach at a high rate of speed.
Several of these passengers, who Raw the
! danger jumped -and escaped. In an
instant the flash of the headlight illumi?
nated the in terior of the ill-fated rear
car. There was a frightful crash, and
i the engine plunged her full length into
the crowded mass of humanity. The
] shock drove the rear car through the
the next one for two-thirds of its length,
and the second car was forced into the
third. X ??-???-.?*'
Not a single person escaped from the
rear car. The second was crowded with
maimed and bleeding bodies, and the
third car had but few passengers who
escaped uninjured; but the terror
stricken passengers of both trains made
their way out of the cars, .and oh going
to the telescoped engine and cars, the
full horror of the terribladisaeter dawned
on them.
The shattered engine was pouring forth
streams of scalding steam.. and water,
which hid from their eyes the fullest
measure of the horrible scene, while the
hissing ionnd deadened the shrieks and
groans of thoee injured in the wreck.
Ghastly white facea peered into the
windows, to be greeted by. faces far more
ghastly. Some of the dead sat pinioned
in their seats, erect as r in life, staring
open eyed, as if aware of their horrible
surroundings.
Aa the steam and smoke cleared from
the rear car, its awful sights' were
revealed. The timbers were crushed and
wrenched, while on all. Bides hung man?
gled bodies and limbs. ? The few bodies
which were not mangled were burned
and scalded by the steam, and little re?
mained in the car which bore human
semblance.
When the shock of the first crash had
in a measure subsided, the uniujured be?
gan to do what, could be done for their
unfortunate companions. The few light
tools on the train were called into requi?
sition, but proved feeble instruments
indeed. The St. Francis Pioneer Corps,
who were on the .train; plied with zeal
their broadnxes, which were meant for
-holiday, occasions. They were, however,
but little adapted to work, and were soon
rendered useless.
In the. meantime the windows of the
cars were smashed in ; brave men entered
and released those least hurt or least en?
tangled.
In one car they found John Lynch of
Wilkesbarre banging from the roof by one
leg. His cries brought friends, who, to
relieve his suffering, stood upon wreckage
and held his weight upon their backs
until he was released from his* terrible
position.
- A young lady was found caught by the
lower limbs. One of her limbs was quick?
ly released, but the other could not be
' freed, and an unfortunately mis-directed
blow of an axe severed it from her body.
She heroically bore her toiture, and, tak?
ing out her gold watch, she handed it to
an. acquaintance as a gift to a friend at
home. She was nut on board one of the
trains and given all possible care, but she
could not survive her terrible iojuriea, and
died in the arms of friends on board the
car.
To free the bodies in the car the train?
men attached the locomotive to the
wrecked engine and started to pull it from
the wreck. The first movement of the
shattered wreck brought from the wound?
ed tucb awful cries of distress that
surrounding friends ordered the engineer
to desist on pain of his life, ^aey did not
wish to see the mangled forms still further
mutilated.
The few houses about the spot were
thrown open to the Buffering, and bonfires
were lighted to aid in the work of relief.
Passengers on the train state that they
saw the train ahead when far down the
road. Tbey sprang from their 'seats and
stared in wonder and surprise that the
train did not slacken its speed. Suddenly
their engineer and fireman were seen to
jump. Then came the shock. Engineer
Harry Cook and firemen Hugh Gallagher
sustained alight injuries. The fireman
subsequently stated that he saw a red
light, informed the engineer and then
jumped.
Passengers gave many different accounts
of the probable cause of the accident.
Some attribute it to negligence of t ie
flagman in not going back with a red
light. Others say the fourth secl-on,
which ran into the third, bad no air
brakes.
After news was received at the hospital
confirming the worst fears, the scenes at
the depot were heart-rending indeed.
Several hundred persons assembled as the
report spread that a tram was approach
in;-; then a rush was made for the plat
foiui. A line of policemen and railroad
employees were drawn up to keep back
the crowd. It was then reportdd that
the wounded were on board, and were
to be taken ou to MLi Creek, near the
hospital, and there to be transferred.
One desperate man, hearing this, sprang
forward, and, with an awful imprecation,
declared his family were on board the
train and that any attempt to keep him
from them would cost a life, It was
learned a little later that no wouuded were
on board.
As tbe train drew up it was found to
contain many from Pleasant Valley and
Minook, who bad left dead friends be?
hind. As they alighted and met acquain?
tances their shrieks and wails were pitiful
to hear. One young woman moaned
that her father and sister were dead ;
another a brother, and so it went. Tbe
crowd became wild with excitement.
Gradually the facts narrated above were
gleaned from the more composed.
A sad incident was the presence on the
platform of Michael Whalen of Pleasant
Valley. Up and down he wandered,
questioning each one as to his two boys,
aged respectively 12 and 14 years.- Fi?
nally one of tbe passengers remembered
that one of the boys was hurt. The strong
man groaned. His .informant hurried
away and told a reporter that he thought
both boys were dead.
The report getting abroad in Scran ton,
a number of persona who had friends on
the train hired a special train, on which
they came down to this city. They were
desirous of going on .to the scene of the
wreck, but were refused permission by the
company, They were highly indignant
at the treatment received.
A special train of three cars, in charge
of Dr. W. Trimmer of White Haven, ar?
rived here at 5 -o'clock this morning from
the wreck with 24 injured persons. They
were placed in care of Dr. W. G. Weaver
of-this ciy, who accompaniod them to
the city hospital. Dr. Trimmer reports
that many of the injured are badly burned
by the mass- coming from the engine
stack.
The list of identified dead now foots up
sixty one, and the number of iujured
twenty two. Two of the injured brought
here died to-day in the hospital, and five
or six more are likely to die.
The number of injured is surprisingly
small in proportion to the total casualties.
Therestill remain a number of unidentified
bodies.
? An old observer tells that one's eye?
brows are an infallible guide to his age.
No matter, he says, hew young' looking
the person may be, if bis eye brows lack
a gloss and do not lie flat and smooth, be
is no longer a young man.
Ex-Speaker of the Assembly of the State
of Hew York.
My-family for the last twelve years have
been using Allcock's Porous Plasters, and
have found them wonderfully efficacious
in coughs, oolds, and pains in the side and
back.
About ten years ago I was thrown from
a wagon and badly bruised. In three
days these plasters entirely removed the
pain .and soreness. Twice they have cured
me of severe colds which" threatened pul?
monary trouble. They also, oured my son
of rheumatism in the shoulder, from
which he had suffered two years.
James W. Husteo.
O
Store Room to Bent
N PTJBLIO SQUARE.
FOR SALE.
Portable Engine, Planer, Gin, Feeder,
Cotton Press, 2-inch Shaft, Pulleys, Ac.
JOHN W. DANIELS,
Oct 18. 1888 15 2
Land For Sale.
IWILL sell at Anderson, S. C., on Sale
day in November, before the Court
House door. 268 acres of land, six miles
Northeast of Anderson, adjoining lands of
J. S. Fowler, A. B. Bowden and others.
Terms?One-half \ cash, balance on a
credit of twelve months time at 7 per cent.
J, N. WHITTAKEE,
Oct 18,1888 15 2
Important to the Five Forks Sec?
tion.
IDESIRE to inform the citizens of the
. Five Forks community that I am now
located at the, Fivo Forks, and am prepared
to make a beautiful. Feroetype of every per?
son who may desire a picture. Call soon
and get your picture, as I will only re?
main here two or three weeks.
J. G. BOWEN, Artist.
. Oct 18. 1388 15 . 1
Application for Charter.
"VTOTICE is hereby given that a petition
'JJi to charter Royal Baptist Church, lo?
cated in tbe city of Anderson, has been
filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for
Anderson County, and that application for
the Charter will be made thirty days from
this date. T. J. HARRIS, Pastor.
Oct. 17, 1888 ; 15 4
EXECUTOR'S SALE.
?N Saleday in November next, the un?
dersigned will sell at Anderson C. H.
all the personal property of Mrs. Fannie
Garrison, deceased, consisting of Household
and Kitchen Furniture. Terms of sale,
cssh. ? HENRY GARRISON,
J08EPH C. WINTER,
Executors.
Oct 18, 1888 ' , 15 3
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All persons having demands against
the Estate of Mrs. Fannie Garrison, dee'd,
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
payment.
? HENRY GARRISON,
J. 0. WINTER.
Executors.
Oct 18,1888_15__3
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
tbe Estate of Jas. Webb, deceased, are
hereby notified to present them, prop?
erly' proven, to the undersigned within the
time prescribed by law, and those indebted
to make payment.
T. R. SIMPSON,
W. A. G. McWHORTER,
Executors.
Oct 18,1888 ; .15 3
LEBANON
HIGH SCHOOL
"DEGINS its -Fourth Session Oot. 29,
X> 1888. Tuition $10, $12.50, $15 and
$18 per session of ten months. No deduc?
tion for fraction of month, unless on ac?
count of illness. Those who begin with
the opening of the School, and send regu?
larly, will have decidedly the advantage.
The School is under the control of a
strong Stock Company, who are determin?
ed to make it a success.
For farther information address
W. P. HOLLAND, Principal,
Or T. T. WAKEFIELD, Secretary.
Oct 18,1888_15 3?
Notice to Teachers.
THE attention .of the Teachers of the
Public Schoels of Anderson County is
hereby called to the following action of
the County Board of Examiners.
The Board met on Saturday, October 13,
and adopted tbe following books for tne
use of the common schools of this County
for the ensuing five years :
Readers?Appleton's, with Harper's as
supplemental.
^Supplemental Readers?D. C. Heaths, and
Appleton's Beading Charts.
Histories?Davidson's South Carolina,
Barne's Primary United States, Barnes's
Brief United States and Barnes's General
History.
Arithmetics?Wentworth's First Steps
in Numbers, Sanford'b Intermediate and
Sanford's Common School.
Geographies?Maury's, and Heath's Pro?
gressive Outline Mans.
Grammars?Hyde s Practical Lessons.
Dictionaries?Webster's.
Penmanshi p?Harper's.
Spellars?Reed's Word Lessons.
Drawing?ICrusi's Series.
Music?Wavelet.
Agriculture?Lupton's Elements of Sci?
entific Agriculture.
Physiology and Hygiene?Smith's Prim?
er of Physiology and Hygiene, and Smith's
The Human Body and its Health.
The following regulations have been
prescribed by the State Board of Examin?
ers:
1st, Schools needing more than a single
series, can use others from the State list, on
application to the County Board at any
time.
2nd. Schools beginning earlier than No?
vember 1st, 1888, cannot be affected by this
action until fall, 1889. All others must,
where possible, begin the use of the scries
with the new session, but certainly not
later than the fall of 1889.
3rd. Upon the application from the
teacher and trustees of any school within
thirty days from the date of this adoption,
or thirty days after the establishment
of any new school, on good and sufficient
reasons being shown, tho County Board
may allow trie substitution of any other
book on the same subject from the list
adopted by the State Board.
D. H. RUSSELL,
Chairman Board of Examiners.
Oct. 18,1888 15 1.
Notice to the Taxpayers of Slab
town School District.
THE tax-payers of Slabtown School Dis?
trict are requested to meet at the
Academy, Saturday, the 27th oust., at
3 o'clock p. m., to consider the question of
levying a special tax for next fiscal year.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
W. C. SMITH, Chairman.
Oct 18,1888 15 2*
FOR SALE.
THE undersigned has One Thou?
sand Bushels of Bed Rust
Prool Oats for sale at a reasonable
price. Apply at my residence, four miles
East of Anderson.
W. Q. HAMMOND.
Oct 18,1888_lt>_1
State Election Notice.
AN election will be held on Tuesday, the sixth
day of November, 7888, at the various'voting pre?
cincts, established bylaw, in Anderson County
for the following State officers, to wit: Governor,
Lieutenant-Gov6rnor, Secretary of State, Attorney
General, Comptroller General, Adjutant and In?
spector General, Superintendent of Education,
and Solicitor for 8th Judicial Circuit. Also, for
;he following County officers, to wit: Four Bepre
sentstives, one Clerk of Court, one Sheriff, one
Coroner, one Probate Judge, one School Commis?
sioner and three County Commissioners. Also,
at the same time and place, there will be submit?
ted to the qualified electors two Constitutional
Amendments, the first relating to' the term of
office of Probate Judge, and the second relating
to the office of School Commissioner.
' The polls will be opened at 7 o'clock In the
forenoon and close at 6 o'clock In the afternooB.
At the close of the election the managers shall
immediately proceed publicly to count tho ballots.
Within three days thereafter, the chairman of
the Board of Managers, or one of them, to be de?
signated in writing by the Board, shall deliver to
the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the
boxes containing the ballots, and a written state?
ment of the result of the election in his precinct
At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of
Election for State and County officers, held at
Anderson Court House, S. C, October 18th, 1838,
the following named persons were appointed man?
agers at the different voting precincts in Ander?
son County, to wit:
Anderson?J. T. McFall, D. M. Stephens and J.
Boyce Burriss.
HPcndleton?J- W. Simpson, J. Norton Hunter
und B. E. Sloan.
Sandy Springs?S. L. Eskew, J. D. McElroy and
W. D. Garrison.
Centreyille?S. N. Brown, J. A. Stevenson and
M. D. Mays.
Bethany?James A. Carson, Leard Newton and
Warren Martin.
Hopewell?C. C. Xing, William Brown and S. S.
Newell.
Greenwood?J. M. Glenn, G. A. Banltln and
J. P. Smith.
Williamson?T. B. Crymes, B, V. Acker and
J.J. Cooley. x
Belton?B. D. Dean, J. T. Cox and L. L, McGee.
' Hon'ea.Path?J.B. Collaham, M. I. Brock and
W. A Shirley. ?
Craytonville?L. M Wilson, W. L Mitchell and
Le vi Martin.
Carswell Institute?W. E. Walters, A P. War
nock and W. C. Haddon.
Cedar Wreath School House?S. M. SItton, Ma?
rion Merritt and J. A Coly.
Dork Corner?Bobert Sherard, J. M. Beed and
J. L. Bryan. '
Williford's?B. F. Shirley, W. T. Cbamblee and
Joseph Anderson.
Brown Sc. Farmer's Store?J. C. Gantt, J. P. Led
better and William Dobbins.
Marett's Store?W. F. M. Fant, G. W/ Farmer
and G. N. C. Boleman.
Geo. Stevenson's?E. C. Pruitt, James A. Mc?
Allster and A E. Scudday.
Holland's Store?A B. Sullivan, W. L. Dean and
William Burriss.
Pelzer?E. M. Snipes, Abner McGee and Biley
Taylor.
The Managers of Election will please meet the
Commissioners at Anderson, S. C, at the Drug
Store of W?hlte & Wllhite, on Saturday, the 3rd
day of November, 1888, for the purpose of receiv?
ing the boxes and further instructions.
F. T. WILHITE,
G. F. TOLLY,
P. X. McCULLY,
Commissioners of Election for Anderson County.
Oct 18,1888 15 ?_2_
Federal Election Notice.
Andeeson, S. C, Oct 15,1888.
NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned,
Commissioners of Election for Federal officers, to
be held in Anderson County on the Sixth day of
November, 1888, that the following named persons
have been appointed by them as Managers of such
election:
Anderson?J. W. Quattlebaum, J.' L. Glenn and
S. H. Preyost.
Pendleton?W. H. D. Galllard, James Duke and
J.P.GaUIard.
Sandy .Springs?John C. Watkins, W. A. G. Mc
Whorter and W. L.Milam.
Centreville?John L. Jolly, J. H. Smith and
J. A. Burnett.
Bethany?W. H. McMui try, Ed. Whitten and
Henry Martin.
Hopewell School House?W. A. Neal, Wolborn
Martin and II. H. Gray.
Greenwood?Willis Watkins, J. W. Dawson and
E. A. Eussell.
Williamston?N. C. Dacus, T. M. Mahon and
S. J. Duckworth.
Belton?Joel T. Bice, John T.Green and J. N.
Sutherland.
Honea Path?J. C. Milford, C. E. Harper and
J. J. Trussell.
Craytonville?e, B. A. Bobinson, J. B. Pennell
and John T. Martin.
Carswell Institute?S. 0. Jackson, W. M. Spoon
and Henry T?te.
Cedar Wreath-S. G. Williams, I. W. Plckens
and B. C.Johnson.
Dark Corner?D. J. Sherard, John G. McCurry
and C. C. Simpson.
Wllllford'o Store?C. B. Gllmer, S. A. Jones and
J. H. Little.
Brown &. Farmer's Store?W. P. Snelgrove, Jas.
Broyles and N. 0. Farmer.
Marel's Store?G. W. Maret, Thomas Dalrymple
and P. A Mahofiey,
George Stevenson's?W.W. Adams, CS. L. Stew?
art and William Jones,
Holland's Store?T J Holland, J L 0 Shaw and
William Wright.
Pelzer?H M Prince, W G Field and A B Car?
penter.
The polls will be opened at 7 o'clock in the fore?
noon and close at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, after
which the votes shall be counted, and the poll list,
the boxes containing the ballots, with a written
statement of the result ot the election in the va?
rious precincts, shall be delivered to the Commis?
sioners of Election, as provided by law.
The Managers will please meet the Commission?
ers of Election at Anderson, S. C, at the office of
Murray, Breazeale & Murray, on tho 3rd day ot
November, 1888, for the purpose of receiving the
boxes and further Instructions.
J. E. BREAZEALE,
J. D. MAXWELL,
J. M. PAYNE,
Commissioners of Federal Election.
Oct 18,1888_15_2
OPEN LETTER
Andeeson, S. C, Oct. 17,1888.
My Dear Friends :
To every one wishing to buy good
GoodB, at low prices, I invite them to
call at my Store, see my Goods and get
prices. I keep Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats
and CapB, Hardware, Groceries, Provis?
ions, Fancy Groceries, Wagon and Buggy
Material, Wall Paper, and many other
articles too tedious to mention, but will
call special attention to my Charlotte
Vxlle Cassimebe, the best wearing
goods in the United States. Bay State
Shoes have no superiors. I have recent?
ly had customers to tell me that Shoes
they bought from me lasted two years,
and one man wanted a pair for his wife ;
he had bought a pair three years ago,
and they had just given out.
A splendid assortment of Hats and
Caps.
Fine Blankets and Jeans.
A fancy article of N. 0. Molasses.
Best Flour, Cheese, Macaroni, Sugar
and Coffee, Crockery and Glassware.
Fine Tea a Specialty.
A handsome lot of Wall Paper and
Bordering.
Wagon and Baggy Materials, Corn
Shellers, &c. &c.
I beg my friends and customers to give
me a call.
Bring on your Cotton and pay past
indebtedness, and oblige.
BeBpectfully yours,
A. B. TOWEBS,
No. 4 Granite Bow,
P. S.?A large assortment of Carpets,
Bugs and Mats. A. B. T.
Oct 18, 1888 15
NEW YORK ?ND HOME I
Startling Bargains Now in Store j
f
HOUSE FILLED FROM CELLAR TO DOME!
To commence is Fall's Miess we lave made a ami M is le way of Bargains for all. Just till of our
Wool Pacific Cashmere,
For Ladies' Dresses, in all shades, at
10c a yard. _
Plain Silk Lustre.
This magnificent Dress Goods is appre?
ciated by all; we have~all shades and
prices. It is in the reach of all?Ten
Cents per yard._
Crepe Suitings.
This is a new and very desirable fabric
for Ladies' Dresses, and is beyond all
donbt tbe thing for house and street wear.
Sold north, east, south and west for 25c.
Onr price 15.
Whip Cord Yard Wide Dress
Goods.
This is the first season for this hand?
some Parisian Cloth, and to be apprecia?
ted must be seen. Just think how low
you can buy it?only 25c. _
Henrietta Cloth.
This handsome Dress Goods is.acknowl?
edged to be the best value offered for the
money; we Bbow all shades, 40 inches
wide, all wool and silk. Our price 75c.
Showing Fine Silks.
Black and Colored Silks in Surahs and
Faille Francrasse. Our stock of these
goods is immense?please call and ex?
amine.
Mrs. Cleveland's Choice.
Camel'B Hair Serge is Mrs. Cleveland's
favorite dress for this season. We have
them in Suits, with either Plush or Silk
Gimp for trimmings to match. We offer
at the very low price of $7.00 per Suit,
including trimmings, buttons and linings.
This is what you Want.
LESSEE'S yard wide Bleaching, free
from starch; we have one thousand yards
on hand, and offer at the low price of 7c.
A Household Necessity.
Having bought very'largely of Canton
Flannel, we offer a special bargain in tbe
way of a heavy article that is sold every?
where at 12* c. Our price iB in the reach
of all, 8:1c.
Don't Miss This.
Ladies' hem-atitched Colored Border
Handkerchiefs, warranted not to fade.
We havo one thousand dozen on hand,
Tell yonr friends about it. Two and a
half cents a piece.
Leaser's Pacific E. R. Jeans,
This splendid brand of Jeans is made
in North Carolina for our special .trade,
and we claim that it is the best goods for
the money in Anderson. Our competi?
tors ask 40c?our price 25c._
Calico, Calico.
New and lovely styles, dyed in oil and
warranted not to fade. Onr price 6Jc.
Other goods not so good at 5c._
listen, while I Sing.
Toboggan Caps for Children will be all
the rage this Fall. Beautiful, stylish,
warm, and last but not least, very cheap,
only 25c.
Lost, but Found.
We find ten bolts of Check Nainsook
on hand, and not feeling disposed to carry
i over i.uiii next siaaon, we will name a
? price that will clear them out of our
I way, Bemember, they are Satin finish,
i and 7c will tell the tale.
Towels, Towels.
No end to our stock?all bought low
for cash-5,10,121,15 to 50c.
Shoes, Shoes.
We cannot say enough about our Shoe
.stock. We have a tremendous lot on
hand, we sell no shoddy or paper soles,
and every pair sold is guaranteed, or
money refunded.
Clothing, Clothing.
We have bought largely this season,
and can knock the spots out of any house
in upper Carolina. Our Suits from $6.00
to $8.00 is something worth seeing.
Gentlemen, come to see us. Mothers,
bring your boys to see us. .
Overcoats.
This winter we expect to have lots of
cold weather; we have just 470 Overcoats
on band, and we bought them to sell,
and low prices is our aim.
Calico by the Pound.
We succeeded in obtaining a lot of
Calico in which you can save money.
They run 8 yards to the pound, and the
price is only 25c.
We Bought them AIL
A Glove manufacturer retiring from
business offered us one thousand dozen
Ladies' Cashmere Gloves?all wool, em?
broidered backs, six button length; they
are worth 50c elsewhere; we offer ours,
at 25c.
Keep your Boys Warm.
Onr Celebrated Virginia Wool Cassi
meres are regular beauties, and for wear
are unequalled. Just pause for one
moment and hear our price?50c a yard.
A Great Variety
Of Ladies' Undervests, Gents' Under?
shirts, Gents' White Shirts, Trunks,
ValiBea, Cravats, Hats, Suspenders, Em?
broidery, Laces, Corsets, Silk Handker
kerchiefs, Bustles, Buttons, Satins, Silk
FIobs, Kid Gloves, Bed Flannel, White
Flannel, and a thousand other beautiful
things for sale lower than elsewhere..
M&- Give us a call. Bemember the place?next door to J, E. Peoples & Co. on Brick Bange. Polite attention to all.
if purchaser or not.. Look over the door for our large Sign.
LESSEE & GO.
THE OLD STORY.
Delicious Qualities will Delight Patrons and pay
Dividends to Consumers.
J. P. SULLIVAN & COS.
CONSTANT AIM IS TO SELL THE
Best Rio Coffee
They Can Find.
PATENT FLOUR,
And all other Choice grades. They keep a close watch after,
and are prepared to give bottom prices, notwith?
standing the advance.
Tlae Clo tiling 33 usiness.
They have a nice stock of MEN'S, YOUTH'S and BOYS' CLOTHING
cheaper than you can imagine. They have taken time and pains to get up this
stock, and are ready to offer good Bargains.
KENTUCKY AND ATHENS JEANS,
DRY GOODS OF ALL KINDS,
From the cheapest Prints to fine Cashmeres.
BOOTS -AJSID SHOES)
The best stock they have ever had.
EVERYTHING?THEIR STOCK IS GENERAL.
J. 3?. Sullivan & Co.
GILT EDGE STORE!
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, J
E. W. Brown & Sons,
vs.
Hiffh Prices.
Anderson County.
Action
to
Sell Goods.
Y virtue of a right vested in us, we will Bell in our New Store Rooms, on the
? Southeast Corner of the Public Square, at Anderson C. H., S. C,
Unparallelled Bargains in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Including all kinds of Jeans, Shirting, Drilling, Sheeting, Checks, Flannels,
Blankets, Calicoes, Cashmeres, Tricots, Satins, Silks, Plush, &c. &c.
BOOTS AND SHOES?We are agents for the famous Bay State Boots and
Shoes?the best made?of which we have an immense stock.
HATS, CAPS and GENTS' UNDERWEAR.
FLOUR?A large Bupply from beBt mills.
SUGARS, COFFEES and TEAS?The finest the market affords. We are
agents for Chase & Sanborn's Fine Parched Coffees.
BACON, HAMS and LARD?Pure grades. Cheese, Cracker* and Candies.
The cheapest because the best?always fresh.
TOBACCO?Full stock on hand, and more coming.
POCKET KNIVES of all qualities.
We want it distinctly understood that we keep nothing but the BEST GCODS
at LOWEST PRICES.
Don't forget that we are in the Cotton Market, and the old and reliable Cotton
Buyer? "LIGE" BROWN of our Firm?will pay you the highest prices in Spot
Cash.
Thanks to our friends and customers who have given us such a liberal patronage
that our most sanguine expectations have been realized.
Come.and see for yourselves, and we guarantee a sale and satisfaction.
Oct 18,1888
E. W. BROWN & SONS.
15
ESTRAY COW.
ARED COW, with short horns, in good
order, was taken up on my premises
about two weeks ago. The owner can get
her by paying for this advertisement and
feed.
P. K. NORRLS.
Oct 11,.1688 14
Valuable Land for Sale!
-| A f\ ACRES?one-half well timber
S.zk\J ed, balance in cultivation.
Good water, comfortable buildings. Loca?
ted two miles Southeast of Anderson, S. C.
Will be sold on easy terms. For further
particulars call on W. E. Archer on the
place, or J. B. Lewis, Anderson, S. C.
Oct 4, 1888 13 2
A BIG BOOM!
She is receiving 400 Bales of Cotton daily, the Streets are
Crowded with Wagons and vehicles of every descrip?
tion, Crops are good, the Savannah Valley Bail-"
road a grand success, more new enterprises on
hand than ever before! What more is
needed to make a people happy ? Why,
nothing but to step into '
SYLVESTER BLECKLEY CO S.
i BIG STORE,
I WhICH is always filled with plenty of all kinds of Goods, delighted, customers,
polite attention, men to wait on them, and sell them their numerous Bargains at
prices that are really astonishing. These are cut down so fine that they could not
afford to sell them at it if it were not for the large quantitylof Goods they handle.
It was predicted that the building of the Savannah Valley Bailroad would
injure Anderson?that a large share of the Cotton would be marketed at Stations >
along its line. But all these predictions have proven untrue, because Anderson gets
better receipts in Cotton than ever before. And why? Because she contains live,
energetic merchants, who pay the farmers more for their Cotton than they can get
for it at these small Stations where they have only one buyer, and then they sell you
Goods so low, besides?heap cheaper than you can buy them elsewhere. Just listen
to a few lines:
In GBOCEBIES we carry EVERYTHING, and have in stock now?.
Eight Car Loads Flour,
Bought before the recent heavy advance.
One Car Load of assorted NAILS just received.
One Car Load of TENNESSEE WAGONS to arrive in the next few days,
although we can now fix you up with almost any size Wagon you may want
10 Cases of Ladies' Walking Shoes just received at 75c, worth
$1.00 anywhere.
5 Cases of Ladies' Walking Shoes at $1.25, worth $2.00.
Children's Shoes at your own price.
500 yards Flannel at 7c per yard, worth 15c.
1000 yards All-Wool Cashmere, 40 inches wide, at 25c, worth 40c.
Blankets, large 10-4 size, at $1.50, worth $2.00,
AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN PROPORTION.
???
Our Store is so crowded with Goods that we are obliged to sell them in order to
make room. 1 .
Our Mr. JOE FBETWELL can be found on the street at all times, prepared
to make you a good caah bid on your Cotton, while the rest of our large force will
be ready to attend to yoir wants iu the Store. We assure you polite and prompt
attention in every department of our business, and earnestly solicit your trade, being r
perfectly satisfied that you cannot better yourself anywhere, as we are fully prepared
to give you as good Goods for as little money as anybody else can.
So come in and see us when you are in Town. We will be pleased to show you
our Goods, even if you don't buy them, as it is a pleasure to us to wait on you. *
And do bring the Ladies and the Little Ones along, too, for we have many
things to please them.
Yours, very sincerely,
SYLVESTER BLECKLEY CO.
Oct18,1888 16
CUNNINGHAM BROS.
Are occupying their New and Commodious Store Room, and
are every day receiving new and attractive addi?
tions to their complete Stock of
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Boots and Shoes,
Hardware and G-roceries.
We are, no doubt, Headquarters for FLOUR. The "Woman Head Flour," you
know, is "ahead" of all.
Wo have Choice Groceries of*all Kinds.
The Finest Teas, Roasted Coffee and Cream Cheese, &c. We guarantee satisfaction
in regard to PRICES and QUALITY.
The politest attention to all. Come to see us, and we will make you comfortable
while with us, and send you home happy,
We are in the Cotton market.
Your friend?,
CUNNINGHAM BROS*
Sept 13, 18g8_10_ 3m
CLARK &c BIRO.,
MERCHANT TAILORS.
PULL LIFE SAMPLES.
Suits Made to Order and Fits Guaranteed.
SSP We'employ best Workmen, and give satisfaction.
CLARK & BRO., Whitner Street.
is
March 23, 1888