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; PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. J. F. OLTNKSOALES, 1 Editors and .0.0. LANGSTON, J Pbopbietoes. %\-;. THTJBSDAY, MAY 9, TWO. TEEIMS: . OKKYBAIU-~._. 81.50. BIX MOUTHS-.?_??_._ 75o. V -Last Tuesday President Harrison ap? pointed Theodore Roosevelt, of New Yort, and Hugh S. Thompson, of Sooth Caro? lina, to be Civil Service-Commissioners. / Senator legal is says that in his opinion : there will be an extra session of Congress ;cal!6d next fall, probably about the middle of October. This course has been ^deemed judicious, with a view to organiz? ing thehou8Q of representatives and get? ting legislation in shape before the holi? day recess. ' The election on the question of "li? cense" or "no license" for the sale of spirituous Honors in Oconee County was -held on Wednesday, 1st inst., under a Special Act of the last Legislature, sub minting the question to the qualified elec? tors of the County. There ms much : interest manilfeated in the election, and "no license" won the battle by about 500 majority. The law goes into -effect Jan. j;lsj, 1890. The New York Times estimates that 11,269,945 persons visited that city to attend the Centennial ceremonies. The rush of travel on the elevated roads was tremendous. Col. Hain, superintendent of the roads, said that the work done was one of the greatest railroading feats ever known-. The passengers were subjected to no delays, and no one suffered any injury or even a scratch by any accident. On Monday the number of passengers that rode over the roads was 765,000, on ?? Tuesday it was 825,000, and on Wednes? day about tho same number was carried, making a total of2,415,000. The Washington Centennial in New York last week was perhaps the grand? est demonstration th- has ever been Rade on American sr . More than one million strangers vis? i the great metrop? olis to Bee and par ipate in the exer? cises, every section our country being 'represented^ Th ilitaryofthe North ar d South met, a' the utmost harmony ^ahd'good feeling prevailed throughout - the celebration, showing that if such men as Sherman and'his stripe were out of the way there would be no sectional lines ia our glorious country. New York accommodated the crowd, and took good care of her visitors. ?-- Judge Robert Monro died at his home in Union, S. C, on last Monday afternoon, at the ripe old age of 93 years. This announcement will be read with sorrow by many of the older residents of Ander? son. A few years before the war Judge Munro ' moved from Charleston to Anderson, where he resided until after the war, when he moved to Union. He was one of the oldest lawyers in the State. When in his prime be was elected a Judge of the Circuit Court, and for a number of years served his State with honor and dignity. A grand old man has fallen, and his name will go down pth history linked together with the frames of other, lamented statesmen of ; . tb> old Palmetto State. : "The negro problem in the South is ?^ rapidly, solving itself," said Ex Governor Bullock, of Georgia, to a reporter for the New York Star the other day. "When a black man becomes a property holder /he at once becomes one of "the most con servative and law-demanding citizens V-'"of his neighborhood. He wants his .'.- property protected and any kind of crime severely punished, and the more small landowners of this class, or in fact any other class we get in the Sou$h, tne more rapid imd permanent ^"our material advancement. As a rule, .too much education demoralizes all kinds of labor, be it black or white. A good common school education for the masses - is about all that should be expected free. / The difficulty with a collegiate training ^Ib^that, as a role, it unfits a man for a ; mechanical or industrial life. Naturally there are many exceptions to this rule, and they are, many times, interesting and \f- ludicrous. For instance, I have a col? ored man working for me for seven dol? lars a week handling cotton baleB. He t- is a college graduate, and for his own ^"cofivenience, markB his cotton with Greek ,< characters. Aa a rule, a man with his education would refuse to earn a living y by labor and would want a professional I - ?' life."X he New York correspondent of the ^Philadelphia Ledger says: "The statis? tics of the Centennial travel give an idea of the number of persons in this city during the three days' celebration. Over 607,000 persons crossed the Brooklyn bridge, 468,000 in the care and 138,000 on the foot path. Six hundred and forty two thousand crossed the Brooklyn fer? ries. The elevated railroads in this city carried 765,000 persons on Monday, 825, 000 on Tuesday and 756,000 on Wednes dav^a-tofcal of 2,346,000 during the three fays. This is about 800,000 more than what the ordinary travel would have been. The New York Central Railroad landed about 50,000 persons in this city, ;the Harlem Railroad about 40,000 and #he New Haven Railroad more than 50, $00. The Pennsylvania carried nearly ?,000 Centennial passengers. The ie, the Delawa-e, Lackawanna and utern and the Jersey Central carried ibibly 150,000, and the Staten Island jtj not less than 40,000. About iOG people came down on the Albany lib and as many more on theConnecti f and Massachusetts boats. It is eati _Jted that about 1,300,000 people visited the city during the Centennial, including those from Brooklyn and the suburbs. Many of the strangers still linger in the city, but a great body of them have de? parted. _^^tmmmmamimKmm^mmmmiami ? Mrs. Bessie Douglass, a highly esteemed lady, on returning from Sunday school at Hopewell Methodist church on Sunday, April 21st, while walking a plank over Cbauga Creek, under the Chauga trestle, fell a distance of thirty-six feet ..-on ? bank of dirt, breaking one of her legs and receiving a number of other injurie". Her little girl, who was walking the r^aak at the same time with her, ahio fe\\, but fortunately received no serious viounda. Mrs. Douglass is the wife of Captsdc Douglass, Section Master on ihe d Air Line Road. We regret to hear of her painful and serious accident.?Keowce f Courisr. _ ? The prejudice against horse fiesh ?inaa now so faded out in Paris that there : are 132 recognized butcher shops where V horse flesh is openly sold. EiOOAZi NEWS COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. The Graced School. Editors Intelligencer: Your local aud the Teachers' Column refer to a peti? tion for the establishment of a Graded School. An impression prevails that its establishment would not increase our taxes. This is a mistake. The proposed school tax is not a substitute for the pres? ent two mill tax, but is an addition to it. It would, therefore, add at least two mills to it, besides an indefinite amount for buildings, which in Greenville amounted to $18,000, and in Union $12,000. Our taxes this year for State and County. 9i mills. Constitutional School tax.2 mills. City tax for general purposes.... 3 mills. Savannah Valley R. R.41 mills. Making.182 mills. Then add the proposed tax.2 mills. And we have.20i mills. The electric lights and the proposed Waterworks, with the $12,000 or ?18,000 for Graded School buildings, our taxes would be simply enormous. The time has come when the margin for profits in all branches of business and industry is very short, and in the future will still be closer. These heavy taxes would cause capital to go into non taxable securities, and would be a heavy burden on trade and manufactories. If the Graded School ?honld be a suc? cess, it does not clearly appear that it would benefit our private schools or the proposed Female College. It looks more like requiring the stockholders in these institutions to pay a heavy tax to support an institution competing with their own for patronage. Some of them look at in this light To carry out the plan will re? quire additional legislation, but this can be'had for the asking. And when ob? tained, somebody else will be blamed for such rniuons taxation. B. .' The Farmers' Alliance. Mr. Editor : Thinking that a few facts or items in reference to the Farmers' Al? liance in Anderson Connty might not be uninteresting to your readers, I have con? cluded to write you a short article. The first sub-Alliances were organized in this County the last of August, 1888, and for some time after their organization very little was done, on account of delay in getting outfits, Imperfect instruction in the practical workings of the Order, and hinderances growing out of these causes. Ni withstanding these hinderances, the Order assumed shape and began to grow, until by the 31st of December, 1888, the membership had grown from a mere handful to 938. During the first quarter of 1889, so far as .reported, there have been 630 initia? tions in the various sab-Alliances in the County. Four sub-Alliances are not in? cluded in the report, and would prob&bly increase the number of initiations to 700 lor the quarter. There are now thirty-four sub-Alliances in Anderson County in working order, representing every community, and em? bracing in their membership the repre? sentative farming population of our County. As a matter of grateful interest, no seisms or divisions have occurred iu the workings of our County Alliance, but harmony and onen ess of interest and pur? pose have governed our proceedings. The members of the Alliance, and even out? siders, are beginning to better understand that the Farmers' Alliance was not organ? ized for a warfare or crusade against the merchants, or any other class of citizents, but was and is intended for mutual pro? tection and help among the farmers and others entitled to admission who think proper to identify ihemselves with the or? ganization. No doubt errors have been and will be committed and mistakes made, but we believe that the Farmers' Alliance, in some form, is an organization that has come "to stay," and that by the influence of its associations and the helps which it brings, the Agricultural population of this grand southland of ours, will become before many years self-supporting, pro? ducing a living at home and become sellers of diversified produce, instead Of buyers of prime necessities. That instead of anxious inquiry and investigation as to "where and hew necessaries or supplies can be most cheaply purchased," the cry will be where can ?. market be found for the surplus products of the farm. It is, also, rattier rather remarkable, and a matter of profound gratitude to God, that since the organization com? menced in the County, running through a period of nine months, not a single death has occurred among its members, so far as the statistical reports shew, made March 31st, 1889. Excuse the length of this article, and when I have time I will furnish you with some thoughts as to other featnres of the organization. W. E. "Wat/tees, Secretary Anderson Co. Alliance. flonea Path Items. Mrs. Lowery, wife of Rev. Dr. LoWery, of Dalton, Ga., has been on a visit to her uncle, Rev. M. McGee. Miss Ella Gray, of Northeast Georgia, is here teaching a writing school. Mrs. Watt is on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Ella Hudgens. Last Sunday was a big day at Barker's Creek Church. The Sunday School had bought a fine gold-headed cane to give to the Superintendent, and at the close of the morning's services Rev. D. W. Hiott, on behalf of the school, presented the cane in a short address. The cane bore the follow? ing engraving: "Barker's Creek Sunday School to M. S. Strickland, 1889." . Bro. Strickland has been at the head of the school for more than four years, and the people wanted to show some appreciation of his faithfulness. The Church at Barker's have bought a beautiful communion set. Dr. James O. Rosamond, of Brushy Creek, S. C, paid our town a \ visit last week. From what we hear, his business was very important, but not professional. Mr. Wm. Smith came to town Monday morning, bought a quarter of a pound of powder, put it in his pocket, went to the blacksmith shop, when a spark from the hot iron ignited the powder and behold an explosion occurred, setting his eoat tail on fire, and making the rear part of his pants to look black, &c He was not much hurt, t but very much frightened. | Mr. G. W. Grubbs, of Rocky River, spent Saturday night in town. He came to bring his daughter, Miss Anna, to school. We gladly welcome all such pupils to our school. One of our young men is having his buggy repainted. He Bays he is having it done for a special occasion. Ring out! Ring out! Ye wedding bells and call the people in. The fattest bachelor in town says he means to marry some time. He deserves a good wife, and we sometimes hope that some rosy-cheek maiden will come along and propose. We think the reason we have so many single boys is bocause they haven't the courage to ask the important question. Boys, try the following plan: The next time you go just take hold of her hand and see if it won't naturally come to you what to say. Mr. C. B. Smith, of the Greenville News, is now in town working up an interest in the paper. We wish him much success. The Greenville News deserves liberal pat? ronage by the up country people. Every? body ought to take a County paper, and as many other papers as he can pay for and read. Messenger. Belton Items. Last Saturday was the annual pio nie season at Cooley's Bridge, and Belton turned out to witness the hand-shaking of Anderson and Greenville across Saluda. Mr. J. T. Rice kindly furnished a seat, and we joined the party of pleasure-seek? ers. Buggies, road-carts and wagons were pressed into services. It was a con? venient day for our students, and they, both Cadets and girls, took advantage of it. Of course, they preferred wagons, and on wagons went the jolly crowd. An hour was all that our fine roadster needed to carry us over the well graded road. So rapidly did we go that scarcely a glance could be had at the farms on the way; many cultivate on improved agricultural methods, with young crops growing beau I tifully. At the pic nie grounds we found both banks of the river and the ontire island, apparently, covered with convey? ances and people. The number was vari? ously estimated at from one [thousand to three thousand persons. We began to feel alarmed, lest our little party should be lost and become scattered in this im? mense crowd. No one else entertained I such fears, and all were soon taking part I in the dance, promenade, or other pleas? urable sports. Boys and girls alike did their best?boys to win and merit the ohampionships in gallantry, and tho girls strove with each other in efforts to excel in manifestations of appreciation, and nobody seemed disappointed, or love-sick beyond hope of recovery. In thisi bee? hive crowd it was the extent of our ability to respond to the claims of our Belton parjy, though they needed no guardian protection. Any one of them, with nu? merous old friends and newly made acquaintances around, could have been as gay as the gayest; but they had joined hands for a day's fun and pleasure in com? mon, and they left nothing undone that would contribute to the same. While there were other handsome young men and pretty girls?plenty of them?among whom could have been found a ready partner for the day, yet they were under obligations to each other, and besides wore conscious of the fact that a loss would have been sustained in Buch ex? change. We left them for a moment to speak to Mr. Langston. He will tell of the crowds, the gay and happy, and the superabundance of the best dinner ever set on any like occasions. That will be left for him to do, but not all the dinner for him to eat. Alas! for him, were he to do so in a month's time. We both had the good fortune to fall in at the table of our old friend, J. M. Cox, who well nigh succeeded in forcing each of us to the conclusion that the Intelligencer and its correspondent get fully the worth of their mohoy at their respective boarding house tables. Many others dined with Mr. Cox, among the number, several Ca? dets of Belton Academy and of Patrick's Military Institute, who have played sol? diers long enough to make a proper use of auch opportunities, and they demon? strated it to perfection, and did quite right in it; still two-thirds of that splen? did dinner was untouched. But your correspondent had remained there already too long, and as a consequence was ob? liged to decline an invitation to make a pio nie speech, and to force himself from the company of many old Greenville friends,| and hunted up his companion for the day and beat a retreat to Belton, leaving the remainder of the party to re? turn later, which they did as comic sere? nades. A more lively and happy party, and composed of handsomer boys and girls, 'was not that day seen at Cooley's Bridge. Altogether, the day was too much for your correspondent. Sunday found him holding the cover on his bed, instead of getting the needed share of a fine sermon delivered by Dr. Charles Manly. He will try to be ready for the Doctor's next. The Doctor gives us his best each time he comes down, and we enjoy- them all. The disappointment was too much, though, in not being able to be at hand when J. W. Poore invited his friends to partake of bis first mess of Irish potatoes. Dr. Harris, too, has had his first served. Mr. McGee and Dr. Todd, you are getting behind.' You promised to be first. You surely are not eating them on the sly. Don't do that. Let us hear from you. If potatoes were a little more like onions than merely growing in the ground, there would be no. necessity for yon saying, "I have had potatoes." It would be known in due season. Miss Gertrude Hoyt, of Greenville, is visiting Miss Eva Stringer, and Mrs. F. H. Rhodes, of Suawanee, Georgia, is with friends in town for a few days. Judge Cox was here Sunday. Come again. We are always glad to see you. I Those handsome new buggies that Lewis & Moorehead are sending out are going to cause some wedding dresses to be made. Who else would ever have thought that buggy trade should be a branch of a first-class millinery store and dress making establishment? Their splendid trade in both lines proves the success of the experiment. Another ride, another dress. ? Kappa. Lebanon Items. Yes, the prognosticators were right this time; the frost did come in May. On Sat? urday morning the ground was white, cotton being the greatest sufFerer. In some places it is so killed that it will have to be replanted. Have never heard of so much complaint about bad stands of cotton. A great many of our farmers are plowing up and planting over, while others are going to wait on its coming up. Some have worked over, and still it does not come. If there is any truth in the old adage, "a bad beginning makes a good ending," we are all right. Wheat and oats are beginning to make a litt] j better show, and the outlook now is very good for a good harvest. In the absence of our pastor, Rev. A. A. Marshall, who has gone to the Convention, his pulpit was filled by Rev. Mr. Estes Saturday and Sunday, who gave us two good and instructive sermons. Our people were well pleased with him. . Miss Lillie Milford has been visiting in our neighborhood for a week, being the guest of Dr. Duckworth, where her sister, Miss Rosa, is boarding. We are always glad to meet our old friends, and especially school-mates. It refreshes our minds, and carries us back to days of yore. Hope she will come back and stay longer with us. Dr. Duckworth and wife will attend the pic nie at Erwin's mill. The doctor needs just such recreation as that?rest from his labors. Yes, we can say truthfully he is a faithful laborer among his people, and we know the good people with whom he so? journs know how to make one forget his troubles and cares, and can but feel assured it will do him good. Will not say anything about our exhibi? tion, as you have already been informed of it; besides am not much in the humor to talk to you, Mr. Editor, about that, as you promised to come and did not do it. Let me ask you, confidentially, are yon ashamed to come out hero? I know you are not afraid, for I promised I would not let you get hurt j so it must be you don't want to let folks see what kind of thing you are. Mr. L. H. Welborn has a cow that by the time she is four and a half years old, will be the mother of six calves. Who can beat that ? W. A Good Suggestion. Mr. Eoitor : May I ask if the next best thing the City Council could do would be to put a sprinkler on the streets The advancement now being made in every other department, and the accumu? lation of dust on the streets caused by hauling debris and clay on the streets, de? mands and justifies some protection to the merchants and others from the clouds of dust that enter their places of business and dwellings. We doubt if there is anothor city with Anderson's proportions but that has this great preventive of dust. We respectfully call attention of our worthy Mayor and Aldermen to what we consider something very much needed. "One of Many." CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. . Raleigh, N, C, May 2.?Warsaw, ia the eastern part of this State, was struck by a terrific cyclone this morning at 4 o'clock. Hail fell with such rapidity and violence as to lie eight inches deep in thirty secouds. Many small houses were blown away almost bodily. Large houses were torn up so they are not habi? table. The Seminary building was split open and nearly destroyed. The Presby? terian church was totally demolished, not a stick of timber being left that may be used in rebuilding. Fences were torn up and scattered like leaves. No loss of life is reported. Strawberries are the principal article of early production here, and hundreds of acres were ruined. Exclusive of the loss of these cropp, the damage will exceed $12,000. Raleigh, N. 0., May 4.?At 11 o'clock to-night United States Deputy Collector Vanderford arrived here and brought news that moonshiners had shot and perhaps mortally wounded Briscoo B. Bouldin, who is also a deputy collector, and who is a native of Charlotte County, Virginia, and a ton of Judge Bouldin. Bouldin, Vanderford and Deputy Marehal A. H. Temple were after moonshiners, having located twenty-two stills. While Temple and Vanderford were cutting up one still, Bouldin was at the other, a mile away, watching for the moonshiner, and when the latter came up arrested him and began to destroy the still. Sud? denly the moonshiner stepped aside^ took his gun, which was concealed behind a log and shot Bouldin. The latter return? ed the fire even after he had been shot in the chest and stomach, and knocked the moonshiner down. Vanderford and Temple found Bouldin terribly wounded. He was taken to the house of a physician and then Vanderford came here for fur? ther aid. He says the house was full of moonshiners. The place where the shooting occurred is in Johnston County, seventeen miles south of this city and in a very bad neighborhood. Peoria, III., May 2?A most distress? ing accident occurred here yesterday in which the "unleaded" revolver figured prominently. While in the office of her affianced, William Smith, Miss Jennie Benning picked up an "empty" revolver and placed it to her head with the re? mark : "I wonder if I can kill myself." Unfortunately the weapon contained one cartridge, which was discharged, lodging a bullet in her brain. The young lady was but 18 years of age, and was soon to have been married to Mr. Smith, who is but a few years her senior. Chicago, May 6?A dispatch from Wheeling, Va., says a terrible accident is reported from Braxton, in that State. B. Harr and family lived in a thinly settled district and yesterday he and his wife and two children started to visit a neighbor. A mountain stream in their path was swollen out of its oanks but Harr attemp? ted to cross it in a canoe. Half way over the boat capsized and the whole family were thrown out. The wife and one child immediately sank. Harr, who was an expert swimmer,- Beized another child and made desperate efforts to escape. He caught on to the canoe but was swept down the stream and perished before help could reach him. The bodies have been recovered. A New Southern Question, Detroit, May 2.?The "Southern question," which Northern politicians trouble themselves about, says the Newt of to-day, may possibly soon disappear before another "Southern question" of much graver interest to Northern business men and farmers, namely: "Is the South to enter the field as a competitor of the North in the production of bread stuffs and manufactures ? It has already been demonstrated that the cruder forms of iron can be produced in Alabama and other parts ef the South cheaper than anywhere in the North. The same is true of several grades of cotton, factories for the manufacture of which are spring? ing up in the immediate vicinity of the cotton fields of the South Atlantic States. There is little or no exportation as yet, merely because the facilities have not yet reached the ?tage of development necessary to supply the home demand; but the quantity of Northern iron and cotton Bent South is rapidly diminishing, and the time cannot be far off when Southern staples in these lines will begin to come northward to enter into compe? tition with the products of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts in their own proper fields. In respect to breadstuffs, the reports are something tremendous. The Manu? facturers' Record, of Baltimore, will this ?"?.ek publiah some startling figures illus? ive of the Southern boom. Business it. the North is dull, and complaints are heard everywhere from New York to San Francisco. Agricultural products are so low that they scarcely pay the cost of production ia our colder Northern climate where the necessities of the laborer's life?warm clothing, fuel and abundant animal food?nearly exhaust. the capacity of the land. In the South, instead of complaints, congratulations are heard on every hand for the usual activity in all lines of industry, and es? pecially in agriculture, whose abundant results are produced at insignificant ex? pense from the richest of soils, and in a climate where the laborer needs no fuel to keep him warm, and only clothes enough to partly cover his nakedness, and where any sort of shelter is sufficient for health and comfort. The Southern bankers are jubilant from Texas to Virginia, one of the best indices of busi? ness prosperity. In the States which composed the Confederacy, during the last two years, 10,000 new industrial establishments were started, 6,000 miles of railroad were built, and 14,000,000 bales of cotton, 1,000,000,000 bushel* of oats and wheat were raised. The total agricultural pro? duct averaged 1800,000,000 per year. Some years ago, a northern congress? man, rebuking his Southern opponents, advised them to "go home and raise more corn and less hell." They have followed the advice with a vengeance, and it is the Northern statesmen to whom this sage counsel should now be addressed. We commend it to some of them, who imagine that the chief duty of Northern representatives at Washington is to look after the South, and to teach the South? ern people how to govern their States. The Northern States now need a little attention from the superfluous wisdom of these gentlemen. The South seems to be taking care of herself pretty well,? Charleston World. Will ?o South. Newb?ryport, April 29.?The direc? tors of the Whitfield cotton mills have decided to remove the machinery and equipment of their null here to Spartan burg, S. C, where the company has a large mill under construction. The agent of the company, Mr. Stephen Green, states to a Herald representative that this step has been taken because of a desire to avail themselves of the immense ad van - tage the South possesses for manufactures, among which he clairao are cheaper raw material, cheaper fuel, lower cost of liv? ing and consequently cheaper labor, and last, but not least, more favorable legisla? tion, or rather absence of legislation, in regard to labor in South Carolina. Mr. Green is of the opinion that the Legisla? ture of Massachusetts by continued so called labor legislation is gradually crowding manufacturers to the wall, and will ultimately drive all manufacturers South. The Whitfieid mills have been under its present management about two years; the present number of employees is 425, weekly pay roll $8.000. It is not believed that the milla at the South will be roady for occupancy before early fall, which gives the operatives a chance to turn around. The buildings cover three fourths of an acre of ground, 175, 000 feet of fioorage surface, with steam and fire apparatus in excellent condition. It will not remain unoccupied, a3 it was ascertained yesterday that one of the enterprises; would undoubtedly occupy the premises. The firm of Lockwood, Green & Co., mill engineers, connected with the above corporation, will remain in th>s city, for the present at least, and, perhaps, permanently.?Boston Herald, TflK DEVIL'S TREE; Discovery of a Third Specimen of the Car Chihuahua, Mex., April 22.?I, Mr. John H. Betterman, American and whi? lom resident of this city, beg to commun? icate to the Globe-Democrat a most singu? lar discovery which I have recently made. I have taken much interest in the Btudy of botany during my sojourn in this country, the flora of which presents one of the richest fields for the scientist in the world, and have wandered some dis? tance from town on several occasions in my search for specimens. On one of these expeditions I noticed a dark object on one of the outlying spurs of the Sierra Madre mountains, which object excited my curiosity so much that I examined it carefully through my field glass. This revealed that the object was a tree or shrub of such an unusual appearance that I resolved to visit the spot. I rode to the mountain, the sides of which sloped sufficiently for me to take my way on horseback to within a few rods of the summit. But here I was stopped by an abrupt rise eo steep that I despaired of reaching it even on foot. I went aroun d it several times seeking for some way to climb up, but the jagged, beetling rocks afforded not the slightest foothold. On bhe top of this knob stands the tree I had seen. From the spot on which I now stood I could see that it somewhat resembled in form the weeping willoiv, but the long, drooping whip like limbs were of a dark and apparently slimy ap? pearance, and seemed possessed of a horrible life-like power of coiling and uncoiling. Occasionally the whole tree would seem a writhing, squirming mass. My desire to investigate this strange veg? etable product increased on each of the many expeditions I made to the spot, and at last I saw a Bight one day which made me believe I had certainly discover? ed an unheard-of thing. A bird, which I had watched circling about for some ! time, finally settled on the top of the tree, when the branches began to awaken, as it were, and to curl upwards. They twined and twisted like snakes about the bird, which began to scream, and drew it down in their fearful embrace until I lost sight of it. Horror stricken, I seized the nearest rock in an attempt to climb the knob. I had so often tried in vain to do this that I was not surprised when I fell back, but the rock was loos? ened and fell also. It narrowly missed me, but I sprang up unhurt, and saw that the fallen rock had left a considerable cavity. I put my face to it and looked in. Something like a cavern, the floor of which had an upward tendency met my sight, and I felt a current of fresh air blowing on me, with a dry, earthly smell. Evidently there was another opening somewhere, undoubtedly at the summit. Using my trowel, which I always carried on my botanizing expedi? tions, I enlarged the hole, and then pushed my way up through the passage. looked out cautiously to see if I should emerge within reach of that diabolical tree. But I found it nowhere near the aperture, so I sprang out. I was just in time to see the flattened carcass of the bird drop to the ground, which was cov? ered with bones and feathers. I ap? proached as closely as I dared and ex? amined the tree. It was low in size, not more than twenty feet high, but covering a great area. Its trunk was of prodigious thickness, knotted and scaly. From the top of this trunk, a few feet from the ground, its slimy branches curved upward and downward, nearly touching the ground with their tapering tips. Its ap? pearance was that of a gigantic tarantula awaiting its prey. On my venturing to lightly touch one of the limbs, it closed upon my hand with such force that when I tore it loose the skin came with it. I descended then, and closing the passage returned home. I went back next day, carrying half a dozen chickens with which to feed the tree. The moment I tossed it the fowls, a violent agitation shook its branches, which swayed to and fro with a sinuous, snaky motion. After devouring the fowls, these branches, fully gorged, drooped to their former position, and the tree, giving no sign of animation, I dared approach it and take the limbs in my hand. They were covered with suckers, resembling the tentacles of an octopus. There was no foliage, of course, of any kind. Without speaking of my discovery to any one about, I wrote an account of it to the world-famous botanist, Professor Wordenhaupt, of the university of Heidelberg. His reply states that my tree is the Arbor Diaboli, only two speci? mens of which have ever been known one on a peak of the Himalayas and the other on the island of Sumatra. Mine is the third. Professor Wordenhaupt says that the Arbor Diaboli and the plant known as Venus fly-trap are the only known specimens, growing on the land, of those forms of life which partake of the nature of both the animal and vegetable kingdoms, although there are instances too numerous to mention found of this class in the sea. The Portuguese man-of war may be mentioned, however, as one, and the sponge as the best known speci? men of this class.?Correspondence of the Globe Democrat. Cotton Covering for Cotton. The Conference of Southern cotton manufacturers and representatives of the Farmers' Alliance in South Carolina and Georgia, which was held in Augusta on Wednesday, fully justified the expecta? tions that were entertained with regard to its probable usofulnesa. The joiut committee which was ap? pointed to confer upon the question re? ported that it is practicable to substitute cotton bagging for jute bagging, that cot? ton bagging can be manufactured, yard for yard, at the same or Inas cost than the jute bagging, if it shall be generally adopted as a covering for cotton bales, and recommended the Association of Manufacturers to adopt resolutions look? ing to an equitable readjustment of the allowance for "tare," which would becouib necessary when the lighter covering is used. ThiB recommendation was promptly acted on. The companies represented in the Association agree to pay 10 cents a hundred pounds for whatever cotton they buy, provided the substitute bagging does not weigh more than three-quarters of a pound to the yard, and this allow? ance appears to have been satisfactory to the representatives of the Alliance, who constituted two-thirds of the committee. The immediate result of the Conference was that two of the mills represented in the Association closed a contract the same night with the representatives of the Alliance in South Carolina and Geor? gia to supply the farmers of those States with four million yards of cotton bagging in time to be used in covering the next crop. This is advantageous to the mills, of course, and will make the farmers of the two Stales practically independent of the Jute Trust for a year, which is the object nearest in view. The cotton farmers will now have the Southern cotton factories to help them in their fight against the Jute TruBt, and the issue can nodonger be regarded as doubtful. The Alabama Alliance, and the Mississippi Alliance, we believe, have already pledged their members to the use of the cotton bagging exclusive. The Cotton Convention at Birmingham on the 15th instant will probably lead to the general adoption of the cotton covering this year; and if so, the Jute Trust will be buried forthwith, without ceremony and without regret, in the shroud of its own weaving.?News and Courier. ? Mrs. Mead, of California, prefers ploughing to hou?ework, so la?t fall she hired a girl to drudge indoors and herself took charge of a four horse plow. Be? tween her and Mr. Mead they put in 290 acres of wheat, and are mutually delighted with the experiment. ? The American Baptist Year Book for 1880 preaenta an array of statistics. The whole number of members of Baptist Churches in the United States is given at 3,000,000. Of these about 750,000 are found iu the Northern States. Of the Baptists in the Southern States about 1,250,000 are colored and about 1,000,000 white. These 3,000,000 membera iure divided among 32,900 churches, bo that there are, on the average, Iobs than 100 members to n church, nlvorouH Arbor Diaboli. reached the top I Tho Negro, in the North and South. A colored clergyman, Eev. H?tchens 0. Bishop, rector of St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church, New York city, who has been interviewed by a Times reporter, complains of the race prejudices in Northern cities, which practically ex? clude colored people from mechanical occupation and decent modes of life. Mr. Bishop's personal experience and obser? vation go very far to prove that the lot of the colored people in the South is much better in many ways than in the North, where the attitude of the whites is one of extreme prejudice and hostility. He shows that they are denied accesB to me? chanical occupations and are paid lower wages in servile positions than white people receive for equivalent service. "The forms," he says, "that prejudice takes in the North are often more humil ating than the political antagonism the colored people encounter from their for mer masters in the South. These colored men work Bide by side with their white colleagues in all the mechanical trades, and no effort is made to prerent them from learning any branch of industrial employment they may choose. The ma? terial and moral and intellectual aspira? tions of the colored man are not interfered with iu the South, but on the contrary are encouraged in many ways by the white people, who learned before the war to look to him for all the mechanical work that was wanted. When the color? ed artisan comes North and triea to find work at his trade, and is met by a refusal of white men to work alongside of him, he encounters a kind of antipathy and prejudice that are unknown in the South." Negroes going North will find that the Northern color line :is drawn very sharply by people who don't want them as neighbors, fellow-workmen or as? sociates, yet who would put them in po? litical control of the South. ? Many of the fashionable carriages that go by on the favorite drives do so with a quietude that causes people to turn and wonder what is the matter. The only noise heard is the clatter of the horses' hoofs and the wheels seem like pieces of well oiled machinery. The ex? planation is the noiseless rubber tire which is now being bo extensively used on the 'finest carriages? Philadelphia Times. ? There is a young married lady in Elberton who is a snake charmer. She is fearless of these reptiles, and will cap? ture with her hands any snake she finds in the woods, and has tamed several of them for pets. Once she captured a large snake that seized ber hand. This lady did not experience any trouble from its fangs, and continued her sport of capturing them. She seems to have a strange power over reptiles, and it is sel? dom they offer any resistance.?Elberton, Oa., Star. ? It is not often that iiuch a little mat? ter as three minutes stand between a man and the penitentiary. Yet that was the case in Toledo the other day when it was shown that a theft was committed just that period of time before sunset, and hence was petty larceny and not a bur? glary. Great is the ingenuity of the Toledo lawyer. A Safe Investment. Is one which is guaranteed lo bring you satisfactory results, or in caso of failure a return of purchase price. On this sale plan you can buy from our advertised Druggist a bottle of Dr. Kind's New Dis? covery for Consumption. It ia guaranteed to bring relief in every caae, when used for any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest, snch as Consumption, Inflamftation of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whoopinc Cough, Croup, etc., etc. It ia pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can always be depended upon. Trial bottles free at Hill Bros'. Drug store. 1 Merit Wins, We desire to say to our citizens, that for years we have been selling Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's New Life Pills, Buckleu's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell, as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not follow their ubc. These remedies have won their great popularity purely on their merits. For sale by Hill Bros. MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE ! Tho Bloody Work of a Foul Hearted Georgian! The Good Name of every Georgian Stained by one Black Heart. Yes, murder in first degree is what the jury put it. The murdered had been in our town for years. A peaceful and quiet life was his. He was a close friend to some of our merchants?in fact, the right hand man of some ; he had made so many of their sales profitable. The above fact may have had some effect on the finding of the jury, for it was composed of the dead man's inti? mate associates?some of Anderson's best citizens. When you ask our good merchants why they look down hearted and wilted like a sick chicken or col lard leaf, they answer, "Our friend, Mr. Price, is dead." A Mr. Pluck, engaged with C. S. Minor & Co. at "Piedmont 10c. Store" did the killing. He confidently believes the good people of Anderson?yes, the whole State?will sustain him. 0. S. Minor & Co. love to tell how their Pluck has buried Mr. Hjgh Price, and how they hare trotted to the front Mr. Low Price, who, by the way, i8 a more welcome fellow. That accounts for the crowds that have swarmed at "Pied? mont 10c. Store" during the last-week. BS?" LoBt bundles at 10c. Store: 4 pieces dress goods, 1 hat, 1 shawl, 3 pie? ces ribbon, 5 pieces lace, 1 handkerchief. Call and claim, if yours. ? It is estimated that Ameiicaus will spend $-10,000,000 in Europe this year. ? Gen. Stephen D. Lee, President of the Mississippi Agricultural College, baa formally announced hims elf a candidate for Governor of Mississippi. ? The Kev. Joseph Jordan, who was ordained in Philadelphia lately, is the first colored man to enter the ministry of Universalist Church. He is to engage in mission work in the South. ? "Arbor Day," May 1, was very generally celebrated throughout New York State. Thousands of pupils in up? wards of three hundred schools joined in the exercises, and many thousands of trees were planted. FOR SALE. AVALUABLE STORE ROOM and Warehouse, now occupied by R. S. Hilfk on Granite Row, is offered for sale. For further information, apply to WM. B?KRISS, Sr. May 9,18S9_44_3? FRANK ASTER! THE only Asteroid Stallion in the coun? try, and with lineage as good as the best, will stand the season at Woodlawn. the farm of C. O. Burrias, 21 miles north of Anderson, and half mile west of White Hall. Service, fifteen dollars. May 9, 1889_44_3? GEORGE E. PRINCE, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ANDERSON, S. C. ALL business promptly attended to. ?$T Special attention given to col? lections. May 9, 1889 44 3m WARNING. ALL persons are warned not to hnrbor or hire Fannie Geer or George U'eer, as they are under contract to work for me until the last day of July, 1889. Any per? son or persons disregarding this notice will be held responsible. R. F. HAMBY. May 9,18S9 44 1 REWARD. HENRY WILLIAMS, colored, has left me without cause. I will give five dollars reward to any one who will bring him to me again. He is about eighteen years old. five feet and four inches high, and weighs about one hundred and fifty pounds ; heavy built; his eye3 are large ; he has a small mole or bump on his chin. A. M. STRICKLAND, Storeville, S. C. May 9,1889 44 1 NOTICE, ALL pereons are hereby notified to re? move all rafts, brush, and other ob? structions, from the running streams through their lands during the present month, as provided by the Statutes of this State, and failing so to do, we will proceed against the defaultors as required of us by law. B. C. MARTIN, A. W. PICKENS, W. T. McGILL, Board Co. Com.. Anderson Co., S. C. Per E. W, LONG, Clerk. May 9,1889_44_1 O.TEA The Choicest Tea Ever Offered.' ABSOLUTELY PURE.. A MOST DELICIOUS BEVERAGE. THY IT. 7oi will lioror bio u" other; Quality senr TiAm 1 It 1b the Hiomurx Grads Lea?, picked from the beat plantations and guaranteed absolutely pnro and free from all adulterations or coloring matter. The packages are hermetically scaled and warranted fuU weight. It le more econ? omical in uwc than the lower grades. Oriental & Occidental Tea Co., L't'd', Haul Office,. 35 Burling Slip, Now Torlh For Sale by McCULLY, CATHCARTf& CO., Anderson, S. C. ho: hurrah: FOB THE lOOtb Anniversary OF American National Existence. HURRAH I for the crowds that have flocked to NEW YORK in honor there? of, but? C, S. MINOR & CO. Comes to the front and heralds to the joyous people that the? " PIEDMONT 10c. STORE " Went, by proxy, to the great metropolis of trade, and an immense variety of its best bargains are now rolling into the "Piedmont 10c. Store." For seven years Mr. Holloway has been noted for his ability to please the ladies; but this time he has excelled himself in the choice selections of a one thouaand dollar stock. Mr. Browne is jubilant; in fact, the whole shebang is wild with enthusiasm over the wonderful assortment of new Goods, new Prices and new everything. Our brother and friend, Capt. J. P, Minor, is with us for a while, and will be glad to meet the friends of Piedmont 10c. Store and Low Prices. Yours for 10c, etc., C. S. MINOR & CO. BE SURE YOU DON'T READ THESE PRICES! They Can't be Beat! Men women and children continue to pass out from the "PIEDMONT IOC. STORE," Burthened, yet pleased, with the loads they get for a few Ten Cent Pieces! ? LITTLE 10c, WILL BUY Lace, 18s20 Sifters, large Hammers, Tack Hammers, Hatchets A-bu. Basket, No. 8 Wash Pans, 6-qt. Milk Pans, extra deep Pudding Pans, 3 Pie Plates, 1 gal. Milk Buckets, Torchons, Fancy School Buckets, Cullenders, 2-qt. Dippers, 1-qt. Measures, Oriental Lace, Wooden-handle Dippers, Frying Pans, Shovels, Rolling Pins, Edgings. Feather Dusters, Whisk Brooms, Hearth Brooms, 80 feet Clothes Line. 7 pin Hat Racks, Iron Basting Spoons, Real Plated Jewelry, School Bags, Bustles, 3 hole Mouse Traps, Work Baskets, Pillow Case Lace, 8x12 Slates, 16x34 Linen Towels, 16x34 Turkish TowelB, all Rubber Suspenders, Sewing Machine Oil, Valenciennes Lace, Curry Comhq. Buggy Whips, Lemon Squeezers, Plated Collar Buttons, Bowl Strainers, small Monkey Wrenches, Egg Beaters, 2 ft. Boxwood Rules, Moire Lace, Padlocks, Spring Balances, Irish Silk Handkerchiefs, 24x26 Turkey Red Hankerchiefs, Fine Dress Scarfs, Crumb Trays, Plated Breast Pins, Oil Cloth Aprons, 6 papers Needles, Purses, Dress Extenders, Safety Pins, Ladies' Collars and Cuffs, Feath Braid, Hair Brushes, 8 inch Rubber Combs, Round Combs, Embroideries, Box Paper and Envelopes, Swan down, Hose 10?3. for S'*>; Half Hose 10?3 for 25; large No. 4 Shears, Wood Pipes. Hosiery, Counter Books, Splashers, Frosted Tinsel 10?3 for 25; Baby Caps, Gent's Collars snd Cuffs, White Gloves, Table Spoons 10c Set, Tea Spoons 10c Set, Looking Glasses, Butcher Knife, Glass Cake Plates, Butter and Sugar Dishes, our Jewelry is Plated, Cream Pitchers, Lamps and Lamp Burners, Engraved Lamp Chimneys, Syrup Pitchers, Stamped Splashers, Stamped Pillow Shams, Stamped Bibs, Lace Cap3, new lot Lace, Base Balls. FIVE CENTS BUYS 2 half pound Bars Soap, 3 Boxes Blueing, 24 Clothes Pins, Wash Basins, Jelly Cake Pans, 1 qt. Dippers, 2 qt. Baking Pans, Lace and Jewelry, 2 papers Needles, 5 Spools Silk Twist, 1 Spool Silk, 12 yards Rickrack, 12 Safety Pins, 144 Rice Buttons, 12 Covered Slate Pencils, Round Combs, Lilly White, Quire Paper, 25 En? velopes, 1 pair Elastics, 1 yard Elastic, Gold and Silver Plated Jewelry, Linen Lace, 2 ThimbleB. Ribbon, 2 balls Cotton Embroidery, Silk Floss. 6x9 Slates, 2 Crochet Needles, 3 balls Thread, 2 Spools Thread, 1 pair Socks, 2 boxes No. 4 Blacking, 400 good Matches, Mason's No. 4 Blacking, 2 papers Tacks, Butt Hinges, 6 Lamp Wicks, 12 Lead Pencils, Tooth Brushes, Pocket Knives, Midnight Black Ink, Berry Bowls, 2 Salt Cellars, Goblets, Tumblers, Sink Oilers, Socks, Lace and Jewelry, Charm Knives, Coffee and Teapot Strainers, Lamp Chimneys, Glass Mngs, best sewing and laundry Wax, 2 Efandltevohiefs, 3 Handkerchiefs. Look for our adverli.urnont in the paper, read our circulars, and come to see us every timo you come to town. New goods every day. Trulv yours for 10c. C. S. MINOR & CO., BR0YLES BUILDING, SOUTH WAIN STREET. P. S.?Don't forget that Mr. Holloway is making some special bargains with the factories for us, and will soon return to help us show them. GRAND AND SUBLIME! ALL PAST ENDEAVORS OUTDONE! OUR GRAND COLLOSSAL SALE! .AVING just returned from New York we resppctfully invite our friends and the trading public generally to call and inspect our very large Stock, which we can Bay, with all candor, will please the most fastidious. Farmers' Choice. This iBjhe name of our new brand Bleaching. It 1b one yard wMe, and free from starch. Price only 7c. Martha Washington. This is the best brand of Indigo Calico .manu? factured in the United States. We have bought largely, thereby securing all trade discount. Or? dinary merchant's price is 8j<?c. Our price only Cochenr, Simpson, Arnold, . And all of our beat Calico w? have reduced to the unlfotm price of 5c. per yard. Is it Possible ? American Satine for Dresses comes % yard wide, warranted fast colors. We bought one solid case, containing aixty Bolts. Begular price else? where 12J4c Our price Is much lower, 8J^c. Pacific Nan's Veiling. This beautiful and Sheer Dress Goods fabric will be worn this season extensively. We can show them in every shade manufactured. We bought them low, and place them in the reach of all?only 15c. What we Found In our search for Bargains! We secured one hundred pieces of Bonnet and Apron Ginghams that we offer at the low price of 5c. per yard. Our Donble Width Dress Goods In Solid Colors, Stripes snd Check*, takes the lead for style, durability, cheapness. We offer at lC^c._ White Check Nainsook, Imported Goods?good enough for a Queen to> wear. Our price is only 7c. _ _ This it what yon Want. A beautiful White Mull Check or Striped Dreai. You know you have paid 20:. per yard. Please re? member we offer one hundred pieces at 10c. per yard, and have Swiss Embroidery to match, and fine Pearl Buttons. Direct Iroiu Headquarters. 575 yards Fine Lace Curtain Net. one yard wide, warranted to wash, and will be an ornament to any Parlor. Listen to our price?10c._ Cotton Crash for Towels. No excuse now for not having clean Towels. This is a great bargain?Cc. per yard._ Clothing. This Spring we aro making Men's and Boys' Clothing a specialty. We have nothing but Fine Goods. Don't carry any printed Satinets or shod? dy stuff. We will do you good by buying from na Shoes. We carry an immense line of Shoes, every pain warranted not to contain pa]i*;r soles. We clairai to l.e Headquarters. OUR THREE GRAND OFFERS! To auy one who may purchase goods to the amount of Five Dollars from onr Establishment we will present, free of charge, one Brussell Foot Stool. To any one who may purchase Ten Dollars worth we will present, free of charge, one Grand Embroidered Lambrequin. To any one who may purchase Fifteen Dollars worth we will prpsent, free of charge, one Grand Flush Table Cover. Come and see our Grand Stock, hear our Prices, and if they do not suit you,, don't bny. NOW FOR THE BABY. Any mother buying $2.50 from our Store will receive as a gift a handao'me White Embroidery Cap. If our price is not lower than our competitors don't buy. Remember we carry Mattings, Bugs, Laces, Flouncings, Notions, Sailor Eats, Men's Hats, Parasols. Remember the Place? Brick Range?Next Door to John E. Peoples. LESSEE &s GO. ONE MINUTE, PLEASE. IF YOTT ARE LOOKING TOR THE BEST GOODS, FOR THE LEAST MONEY, CALL ON THEIR STOCK IS SIMPLY IMMENSE! m JL HEY are clever, conscientious fellows, and being a new Firm with a trade to build up, they are selling at? ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. THEIR ENTIRE STOCK IS BEAN NEW A.NT> FRESH. YOU WILL FIND THERE a SPLENDID LINE OF Gents' Ready Made Clothing, most compdlIte stock Hats, Cravats, Boots, Shoes.. 'T A TYTW Q HfiTFQ ever brought LAUliliO onUiliD to this market. THEIR DRY GOODS STOCK Is full of the most cttractive SPRING STYLES of Ladies' Fine Dress Goods;, Satines, Batiste* Challies, Ginghams, Lawns, Laces, Ribbons, &c, At prices so low they will astonish you. Their Grocery Room IS FILLED WITH PLANTATION SUPPLIES, And their prices on FLOUR will "DOWN" anything in the market. Their Hoes, Plows, Plow Stocks, Shovels, Trace Chains, Collars, &c, are sold at prices that cannot fail to build up a trade. Don't buy anything until you try at E. W. BROWN & SONS JORDAN HOUSE. MRS. E. C. JORDAN, Proprietress. Rates Reasonable, PRIVATE and Transient Board solicit? ed. The table is supplied with the best the market affords, and every atten? tion given to guests. April 25,1889 42 Everything on Wheels. lO per* cent cheaper thun anybody. Don't bny before getting our pries ami caUiiog?es. TE E GEO. W. STOCKELL CO., Name tbis paper. Nashville, Tenn. April 4, 1889 39 4