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THURSDAY, JUNE 6, I8R9.
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gr1 ? The Ex-Confederate Association of
Chicago is making an effort to erect a
'%'-}?monument to the 4,300 ex-Confederates
;; ^.huried in Oakwood cemetery in that city.
Mr. Theedore Noel, chairman of the com
v. mitte? iix charge of the work,"has a list
.of all the ex-Confederates baried there,
giving their Company and Regiment.
,'v y: The State Democratic Execative Com
'?'?[ milttee met in Columbia last Thursday
;: " night and unanimously elected Col. John
C. Haskell member of the National Demo?
cratic Committee to^ fill the vacancy
:?: caused by the death of .CteptrF. W. Daw
son. QoL--Hs:ke11 was nominated by
. """Hon. E. B. Murray, of Anderson, in a
short speetA. There were no other nom
>" ^nations, though several gentlemen had
been mentioned for the place. A better
r . selection could not have been made.
Mr. Roswell P. Flower, of New York,
\>'; has a veryhigh opinion of Ex-President
Cleveland. He says: "I think Cleve
land made a Btfong President, and his
: ; . position on the tariff question wasabrave
? " one.;. .'The people of the country, in spite
^? v, of the fact that the republicans won a
victory last fall; demandla reduction in
? the tariff, and if the present Administra?
tion ; is wise it will give it 'to them.
Should.they fail to do so they are certain
. ';' 6f defeat in 1892. A reduction' in the
. tariff would do the country a vast amount
_ of good."
The terrible disaster that has happened
:. in Pennsylvania is appalling, and has
?^f never before been equalled in America
, in the loaa of life and destruction of prop?
erty. Since Saturday the daily papers
. have beea/filled with the news from the
. the flooded districts, and each day the
-^r .nfcwa.would be more horrible. It ises
: . timated that from 10,000 to 12,000 people
perished in the disaster. A great deal.pf
property has also been swept away, which
will cause great destitution. The people
are responding yberally with contribu
^^onijani ffe ' pe. the entire South will
contribute to e sufferers. -.
. The Staff it Mississippi," besides ad
mi iltingyo /ladies into her university
and agricr iral and'mechani cal college,
has had feu five or six years, \n success
;: -Vfu).operation, an "Industrial Institute
and College'^ for the higher educatiou of
he?-white girls. The, Jast; catalogue
shows twenty six-members of the* faculty
and an enrollment of 385 young ladies.
B?ndes the literary and scientific course,
" artr taught bookkeeping, telegraphy,
phonography and "typewritting, dress
making, painting and mnsic. The school
v is located at Columbus, which city con
?? ytributed twenty acres of ground, a large
. unfurnished brick school building and
% $50^)00; the State donating about $100,
000 to build and equip the institute, and
annually appropriates between twenty
and thiriy. thousand dollars for its sup
T port.
;-':'? T1IE SODXH'3 MARCH OF PROGRESS.
* ?; :y There is no halting in the steady march
of progress which the South. is making,
?fesayj the Manufacturer's' Record. Every.
whore there is a houyaut, enthusiastic
;. feeding. The old towns and cities, as well
S3 the new ones, are pressing forward
y ' vigorously'. The low price of iron has
[if--not dampened tbe.ardor of the mostex
.-: : perienced and conservative businessmen
for the building of new furnaces. The
.-.' greatest single contract made for many
months has been the closing of an agree
. ment between English and Northern iron
-makers to build four furnaces, steel works
%i an(^a.rollirig mill at the new town of
;:\'M^^?b?ri>ngna.?y.tat a coai; of about
. $3,000,000. Other fumaceu are project
? ed at several points, and coutracts are to
- be'made at once for two steel plants in
AUibama. Steel works are also projected
? ^at^oanoke,Va. . Hbn.Abram. S.Hew
itt's.Btatement, published in the Manu
: faeiwrer'8 'Record, that pig iron can be
v made in Alabama at $7.50 a ton, will
prove somewhat of a sensation to many.
;JThe remarkable activity previously re?
ported in cotton seed oil mill building
. .con tinues, and five or six new mills, to
cost about* $100,000 each, have been or?
ganized. A $75,000 oil mill is to be built
l .-^AtiFlorence, Ala., by the Farmers' Alli?
ance, three $100,000 mills in South Care
- lina by the Cotton Seed Oil. Company, of
^?^Philadelphia, and one or two other mills
?vj.by-different companies. At Fcrt Payne,
Abu, a $500,000 company has been or?
ganized for the development of property,
building dummy lines, etc.; stone works
are to be started at the same place. Large
glats works are projected at Radford, Va.,
?.: a $50,000 furniture factory iwmpany at
Anniston, a nine-story $500,000 hotel at
Dallas,-Texas, and many other enterpria
- . es, large and small. The outlook is
;':.': indeed cheering, and to quote the enthu?
siastic language of Mr. Chas. A. Dana,
th e distinguished editor of th e New York
.v : jShn, who has just returned from the
South and is enraptured at its marvel?
lous progress, "it is a great country, and
the blessing of God rests upon it.;;
Cleveland for 1892,
^Montgomery, Ala., May 29.?Senator
John T. Morgan is in Montgomery, and
to day said: s
"I am not at all surprised but highly
gratified, that Mr. Cleveland has again
expressed his well-known views on the
question of the tariff and other matters
of government policy so successfully in
augnrated and pursued under his admin?
istration. I 'ook upon Mr. Cleveland as
one of the best informed and most con?
scientious men in the United States. His
administration of tbe Government was
one of integrity and great ability, and
will compare favorably with that of any
. other which the country has ever had.
* The government and the people are cer
.. .taihily very ranch better for having had
the benefit and oxperience of his upright
honest, straightforward, splendid admin?
istration of public affairs for four years.
. His honesty and uprightness were uni
* . versufly acknowledged, and the people
:- <fally "appreciate tbe value of his great
-services."' j
"Do you think Mr. Cleveland is a can
ddate for President or that he will be the
. nominee in 1892?"
"Mr. Cleveland is not a candidate for
the Presidency. Personally he cares very
: . little about it But when the time comes
. to sekct a candidate for the Presidency
to" l??d the Democratic party to victory,
'< un/ess there i's some great revolution of
h r.Fintiment and change in the popular
' mind, the people will rise up in their
^ might and name "Mr. Cleveland. From
^v&V present outlook Mr. Cleveland's
: will be the only name mentioned in con?
nection with the Democratic nonaination
' i I for the Presidency in 1S92."
&0>?A;E4 NEWS*
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
That Graded School Again.
Editobs Intelligences: LikeBanquo's
ghost "will not down," and may, per?
chance, have come to stay, though it par'
alyze (f) trade and bankrupt the community.
Where is the proof that it will do either ?
Is Greenville bankrupt, with her flourish?
ing seats of learning, and the hum of her
busy manufactures heard on every side,
and all the marts of trade crowded ? But
'?the cases are not parallel." Are Winns
l boro, Spartanburg, Yorkville, Rock Hill,
Camden, and numerous other sister towns,
parallel cases, and are they bankrupt?
Will Seneca do for a parallel case, and is
she a bankrupt ? Are graded schools such
deadly, dangerous things that they throw
a pall over every community, blighting
every interest ? We have not so read the
history of them. On the contrary the
universal testimony is, with trcaceiy an
exception, to tijgir-Krccess and efficiency,
and whenever a failure has occurred, it has
been the fault of the administration and
not the fault of the system. But "it will
injure the Military School and the pro?
posed Female College." How? Bare as?
sertions are not proof. The" writer yields
to none in his pride in the Military School
and in his desire to see the Female College
established, and if shown conclusively
that it will do either or both will drop the
matter at once. Possibly at first it may
draw off the primary patronage from the
Military School, but this will be more than
offset by the increased patronage of higher
grade brought into our midst by increased
population. As to the other, we thought
that the proposition was to establish a Col?
lege, and not an institution with which a
Graded School would compete, and if this
be true the statement of the proposition
famishes its own answer. Not a competi?
tor but a feeder.
That it will "injure and destroy" our
present effective schools we deny, but that
it will absorb thorn and render them more
efficient we confess and desire. It will ren?
der them more effective by opening the
doors of the school-room to every poor
boy and girl in our midst, many of whom
are now denied this privilege by reason of
the great cost, and every one of whom
have a right to expect those privileges,
even though some of it does come out of
"somebody else's pocket." The publio
have a right to expect it because it has a
greater interest in the moral and educa?
tional advancement and material well
being of the boys and girls than it has in
"somebody else's pocket." "Somebody
else's pocket" demands and has a right to
the protection of the law, and when "some?
body else's pocket" lies down to sleep at
night there stands by his door an eternal
vigil, the silent majesty of the law; and
what greater strength and support can the
law have than when founded and ground
! ed on the virtue and intelligence of an ed?
ucated community? And shall "some?
body else's pocket" contribute nothing to
the support of the very majesty of the law
to which it appeals, for protection ? -
But this smacks of "communism!" If
it does then make the most of it, for it is
the kind of communism that has prevailed
in this country for over two centuries, and
has in a .large degree made our country
great, and is at once both our glory and
our strength, and is embodied in the prin?
ciple that the property of the State should
' educate the children of the State?a prin
| ciple than which no other is more thor
j oughly engrafted upon American institu?
tions. Away, then, with such niggardli?
ness as "me and my wife, my son John
and his wife."
But "those who are able should help ed?
ucate others," Exactly. But do they do
I it ? "Somebody else's pocket" is a close
fisted fellow, and generally looks out for
himself alone, leaving his poorer neighbor
to help himself as best he can. It seems
clear, then, that the fear of injuring the
Military School and the Female College as
reasons for opposing the Graded School
j will not stand the test of a critical exami?
nation, but that probably the true reason
is a more sordid and a more selfish one.
_ .. Citizen.
A. Delightful Occasion.
Editobb Intelligence* : We attended
the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
B. B. Breazeale last Friday evening. Af?
ter a delightful' drive from town we arrived
at his beautiful home about dark, where
we found the yard full of horses and bug?
gies. When we entered the house we
found to our amazement four large rooms
and a broad passage thrown open, where
there was assembled a large crowd of beau?
tiful young ladies and handsome young
men, some talking, some singing, and oth?
ers enjoying the merry dance. We asked
our hospitable friend where he found so
many charming young ladies; he informed
us that they were his neighbors, with rep?
resentatives from Greenville, Williamston,
Toney Creek, Belton and Anderson. As
many as could then assembled in the par?
lor, where' Mr. Breazeale gave us a few
words of welcome, telling us to make our?
selves at home, enjoy ourselves in any way
we liked. We then congratulated him,
and wished them both many more years of
happiness. At the close of his beautiful
remarks he then invited us upstairs to sup?
per. We cannot describe the table?a long
one?loaded down with everything deli?
cious. No wedding suppor could surpass
this in either quality or quantity. With
our charming companion this BUpper will
be one long to be remembered. Coming
down stairs we took a bird's-eye view of
the scene. The radiant faces and Spark?
ling eyes that greeted us on all sides made
a picture that words cannot describe. We
j had to compliment Mr. B. upon his good
taste that evening, as well as twenty-three
. years before. In the left hand room as?
sembled the sociable crowd; in the next
they were dancing; in the parlor Mr.
Foore and several ladies gave us some de?
lightful music on the violin and piano.
We certainly came to the conclusion that
this was a home with love, music, books
and flowers, filled with culture, harmony
and fragrance. We shall never forget the
kindness shown us by Mr. and Mrs. Brea?
zeale. She is certainly a queen in her own
home, and knows exactly how to make
the young 'people happy, and our dear
young lady friends did certainly do their
part in making all happy. There is true
enjoyment in their friendship, it greatly
sweetens life, easing it from many a bitter
burden. May such friendship gather yet
more fragrant blossoms to spread their
aroma along the road of life. We were
sorry when the small hours came, and we
had to part with so many of our dear
friends, and regret, Mr. Editor, that you
could not attend 8nd enjoy this most de?
lightful occasion. Visitob.
Honea Path Items. !
C. E. Horton, of Williamston, was in
town last week. Mr. H. is agent for the
Continental Insurance Co., and is a first
class man in every respect. We are al ways
glad to have such men visit us.
Mr. J. N. McElreath, contractor and
builder of Easley, was here this week, look?
ing at the plan, &c, of Mr. B. M. Shirley's
store-house. Mr. Mc. is a fine workman.
Mr. Sweeney, of North Carolina, was also i
here, and offered to do Mr. Shirley's work.
The house will add very much to the beau?
ty of our pretty little town.
The young men of Prof. Watkins' school
entertained our citizens on Monday night
with an interesting debate. Subject, "Be
it resolved that the governmeut and the
people should encourage the education of
the negro." Messrs. J. S. Acker, P. C.
Johnson and W. R. Earle spoke on the
affirmative, and Messrs. L. C. Branyon,
W. B. West.and J. L, Chapman supported
the negative. Some of the young men did
well. Messrs. C. E. Hsrper, R. M. Shir,
ley and Dr. J. P. Shirley were requested to
act as a deciding committee. Their decis?
ion was in favor of the affirmative. Mr.
Ohas. E. Burts delivered the valedictory
address, which was a v??ry fine speech and
well delivered. He gave the boys the
very best advice, and Bj;x,Ke of the teacher
in the highest terms of praiso. The clos?
ing exercises of our school will take placo
next Friday, 7th inst., at 2 p. m. Col. J,H.
Bice, State Superintendent of Education,
will deliver an address at 4 p. m. Then at
night there will be dialogues, <fcc. The
public invited. Mr. Editor, we give you
a special invitation to come. Bro. W.'s
school has been a great 'success, and I be?
lieve I tell the truth when I say that every
man, woman and child; in this community
wants him to remain with us. We can
ney er tell what a blessing a teacher with
Bound morals is to our children. We can
hardly refrain from tears when we think of
parting with the noble boys and girls who
have been with us for the" past few months.
May the blessings of otir Heavenly Father
rest upon both teachers and pupils, and
grant us the pleasure of meeting again, tf
not here, may we meet in a better world,
to part no more.
Mr. Enoch GambrcH, near Broadmouth,
died last Saturday, after a long and painful
illness. He was about sixty years old, was
a member of Broadmouth Baptist Church,
in whose grave-yard he was buried on
Sunday. "Be ye also ready."
Messenger.
Belton Items.
The tree-frog stoppet? his croaking com?
plaints and joined the craw-fish, just
abandoning his dry-weather fortifications,
to give attention to the merry eonoert of
the pond-frogs. All were as joyous as
such folks could be when another arctic
breath owept away thw songs, and hurried
each disappointed minstrel and listener
to his comfortable duelling. But this
certainly was soon forgotten when sun?
shine came with the?- .era! invitation to
attend the grasshoppjgs jubilee over his
bright prospects in tt? farmer's pea field
and "'tater" patch. The patches gladden
as well the heart of the farmer, so
recently repented of uselessly (?) expended
labor. Now, no kind, class or rank of
folks complain. All have had water.
Stop, one complaint, The carpenters
of Belton were about to call an indigna?
tion meeting, but have decided first to
make diligent enquiry into the causes,
lest injustice be done the Walhalla lum?
ber contractor that has, by failing to send
in the promised material, sent them
home several Saturday nights without
their usual cash and needed household
supplies. What is the trouble, Mr. Lum?
berman? Did you let the fire go out in
your drying kiln. Pick up some pine
knots and start it at once. You could
have dried it in the sun by this time,
?unless your axemen, instead of outting
logs, have been trying to help friend Bie
man unload his heavy stock and turned
over themselves with a top had. Was the
trouble broken knives in your planing
mill ? We could have restored the edge
with a flint rock in one-fourth the time
bur carpenters grieve after. Send on the
lumber, and when you chance to need
another order come down and see if Bel?
ton needs what you can promptly supply.
Cadet W; K. Stringer met with a pain?
ful accident in spraining an ankle last
week. He will be on duty again in a few
days.
While Misses Nora and Mattie Brown
were out driving, their horse became un?
manageable, and Miss Mattie leaping
from the buggy dislocated an ankle,
besides sustaining other painful bruises.
Intendant Aaron Geer is so ill that he
is confined to his bed. We hope he will
soon be at his post again.
Mrs. Carrie Latimer, of Anderson, has
been visiting the family of A. C. Latimer.
Kappa.
StorovlUe Items.
The farmers are busy harvesting their
grain.
The Farmers' Alliance of this place had
a very interesting meeting on laut Satur?
day evening, and will hold their regular
meeting on the fifth Saturday evening.
Misses Bosa and Lillie Milford, of At?
lanta and Honea Path, are visiting their
Bister, Mrs. W. E. Walters.
Rev. T. W. Slgler will preach at Cars
well Institute next Sunday evening at 3
o'olock p. m.
Mr. D. M. Stephens and wife, of An?
derson, spent last Sunday visiting their
daughter at this place, Mrs. E. F. Mc
Adams.
Mr. W. L. Brown closed his Boh^u., at
Carswell Institute, last Friday for a five
weeks' vacation. The patrons were in?
vited to visit the school on last evening
and many of them were out. Though no
special preparation had been made for a
show-off on this occasion, the pupils did
credit to themselves and the teacher in
their recitations, which showed that pains
had beon used in their instruction, as
well as the superiority of their own minds.
Mr. Brown announced that he would
begin hiB school again July 1st, and in?
sisted on all to enter the first day. He
stated, also, that he had promiso of a
dozen or more pupils to attend his school
in the Summer than had been in it dur?
ing the Spring. This will give him
nearly a hundred pupils, and we will not
be surprised if he reaches that number.
His brother, Mr. James Brown, will be
with him again during the Summer,
Judd.
Sunday School FJo Nie.
The pic nie of the Methodist Sunday
School last Saturday on Rocky River,
near Lowndesville, in Abbeville County,
was much enjoyed by every one who at?
tended. The party, composed of about
125 persons, left on the early train of the
P. R. <fc W. C. R. B., arriving at the pic
nio grounds at Si o'clock a. m., where
Capt. Waiden, the clever and accommo?
dating Conductor on the line, stopped the
train long enough for the pic nickers to
disembark.
All then went to amuse themselves fish?
ing, hunting and playing, &c, and at
1 o'olock p. m. a basket dinner was par?
taken of; the good ladies having indeed
shown more than usual kindness in pre?
paring so elegant and sumptuous a repast.
There was plenty to eat for everybody
and plenty left
The place selected for the pic nie was a
beautiful grove- on the banks of Rocky
River, with a fine spring convenient,
located near the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Hutchison, who showed the pic
nickers much kind attention, for which
they are very grateful.
The train returned with its happy
freight about 6 o'clock p. m., and the
joyful hours spent will long be remem?
bered and cherished by those who partici?
pated. W. R. D.
Commcucement Sxerclses.
Arrangem.entjj are now being made for
the Commencement eserpisps of the Patrick
Military Institute, and our people are;
looking forward to the occasion with pleas?
ant anticipation:;.
The following programme has been ar?
ranged :
Friday evening, Jun6 U, at 81 o'clock?
Exercises in Declamation at the" Chapel.
Sunday, June 16.?Commencement Ser?
mon at the Baptist Church, by Eev. J.
Walter Dickson..
Monday evening, June 17?Joint Debate
of the Literary Society at the Chapel.
Tuesday morning, June 12, at JO o'clock
?Commencement exercises of the Institute,
and an address ' y Col. W. C. McGowan, of j
Abbeville. ,
The friends and patrous of the Institute
are cordially inyited to atieuci all of the ex?
ercises.
The Institute is closing & very prosperous
session. The following Cadets will gradu?
ate at this Commencement: J. A. Coker,
Darlington; Thoa. W. Gary, Newbei ry; J.
D. Lowrance, Columbia ; G. W. Whitlock,
Union; M. A. Dean. J. M. Fant, C. A.
Milford, and Percy Sliarpe, Anderson,
Notes From TownvIUe.
Capfc. Andrew Hunter bad a valuable
horse to die last week.
The 18-months old son of Mr. James
Sullivan, which was his only child, died
last Saturday.
Mr. Millard C. Hunt, of Laurens, is
spending it. month here with his brother,
Dr. W. T. Hunt.
Miss Eliza Gantt, a most amiable young
lady, who was seriously hurt at Seneca a
few weeks ago by jumping from a buggy
to escape ta9 dangers of a runaway is im?
proving.
Major D. L. Cox returned Saturday
from an extended tour of inspection
through Taxas. The Major was in poor
health when he left home, but returns
much improved. He bought 160 acres in
Grayson County at $30 per acte, and will
remove there next Fall. He gives a
cheering account of the crops there.
Miss Mattie McCarley, one of Town
ville's chief ornaments, is on a visit among
relatives and friends at Seneca.
Rev. W. H. King, of Seneca, preached
in the Baptist Church here last Saturday.
q. Dbiver.
Respectfully Referred to Anderson County.
From the Greenville News.
Anderson, C. H., S. C, May 29, '89.
To the Editor of (lie Greenville fictvs: 1
have a few lines which I think the pnblic
ought to know, and if you can find room
in your columns I trust you will print it.
I learn it from Mr. Noel Fleming, who
was put in our County jail for a debt
which he thought was settled. He says
he don't get enough to eat and that he suf?
fers, he says, worse than the war which he
went all through and was wounded six
times; but he says the treatment hero is
worse than the war, and I think its wrong
for him to suffer for something to eat in
our Countyjail. I think the law requires
men in j ail waiting for trial to have plenty
to keep them from suffering from hunger,
and I think the public ought to know
something about the way prisoners are
treated here- He says they get in the
morning some sour bread and some mo?
lasses mixed with ants, and some hot
stained water which he can't eat. It gives
him. the bowel complaint. About one
o'clock he gets a piece of corn bread and
about one ounce of hog meat. This is all
he gets for twenty-four hours, and the
diet is never changed?hog; no beef, and
onlv about three bites of that, and if he
sends out for something to eat the Sheriff
grumbles at them for bringing it. He
don't want them to have anything only
what he sees proper to bring, and a white
man can't eat it. Why, the niggers grum?
ble, and they are used to eating just such
Btuff. This man Noel P. Fleming was
born and raised in this County and weut
through the whole war. Last year he
moved to Georgia and left property here to
pay all he owed, but the party kept it,
thinking he would never see him again.
Mr. Fleming is a stout, hearty man, and
has always had plenty at home. He has
also been a good citizen, and it is wrong
for him to suffer.
What he gets at noon is all he gets that
he can eat, and I tell you that's mighty
hard on him. He is now 51 years old.
Please attend to this. You know Ander?
son County is able to feed her prisoners
better than this and the law requires it.
j. N. vandiver.
Anderson, S. C, June 1.?You will par?
don me for asking that you do me the
kindness to send me, or to some other
responsible man in this town, the original
of the letter, which you published in yes?
terday's issue of your paper, touching my
treatment of the prisoners, now in jail
here. You will see from the enclosed affi?
davit, that J. N. Yandiver denies all
knowledge of it, and I desire to know who
is the real author. I shall say nothing
further than that I shall ask the Grand
Jury, at the next term of our Court, to
make a thorough investigation of the mat?
ter, and that I am confident of a complete
vindication. 1 herewith inclose a state*
ment of the foreman of our Grand Jury,
and ask that it be published.
Respectfully,
Wm. L. Bolt.
Sheriff Anderson County.
me statement of foreman andrew.
Anderson, S. C, May 31st, 1889.
Mr. W. L: Bolt, Sheriff Anderson County.
?Dear Sir : In reply to your enquiry in
regard to the information I received from
the prisoners in the County jail at the last
term of the Court when I visited them as
foreman of the Grand Jury. As to their
condition, comfort and fare, would say,
tha t the Grand Jury visited the jail in a
body, and found that a heater had been
placed in position underneath the build?
ing with registers in the rooms above for
the comfort of the prisoners, as recom?
mended by the Grand Jury at the preced?
ing term of the Court. And I questioned
one or more of the inmates of each cell as
to their comfort. Their reply was that
since the jail had been furnished with a
heater that their cells were perfectly com?
fortable. They were also carefully inter?
rogated by myself and other members of
the Grand Jury as to the general treatment
and fare they received at your hands.
They replied that they received kind treat?
ment and plenty to eat, and called my
attention to the amount of good substan?
tial food left on their plates at breakfast.
There was no c omplaint from any source.
W C. Andrew,
Foreman Grand Jury.
me. vandiver's affidavit.
State of Anderson Carolina, 1
County of Anderson. J
Personally comes J. N. Vandiver, who
on oath says, that he knows nothing
whatever of the authorship of the article
appearing in the Greenville News of this
dato over what purports to be his signa?
ture. That he neither wrote it nor signed
it, nor has he at any time authorized any
one whomsoever to write and publish said
article over his signature.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
31st day of May. 1889.
J. N. Vakdiveb.
Qeo. E. Pbince,
Notary Public, S. C.
[The communication referred to was
signed "J. N. Vandiver," and came in an
envelope on which the name of "J. N.
Vandiver" was written as the peraon to
whom the letter wbb to be delivered if not
delivered within five days. The original
communication has been sent to J. W.
Quattlebaum, of Anderson, who will put
it at Sheriff Bolt's disposal for use in de?
tecting the writer. That should, appa
ently, be an eusy task with the evidence
in hand.?Ed. Gbeenville Daily News.]
a RUSH OF WATERS.
Sudden Destruction of a Pennsylvania
Town.
Pittsb?rg, Pa., May 31.?A sudden
freshet is reported in Forth Fork river
esst of Johnston, Pa,, in the Allegany
Mountains. Two-thirds of Johnstown is
said to be under water, and the railroad
and telegraph lines are washed out. It is
said that a reservoir above the town broke
about 5 o'clock this evening and
an enormous volume of water
rushed down to the city, carrying with it
death and destruction. Houses with
their occupants were swept away and
Bcores,
probably hundreds of people were
pbowned.
There is no communication with Johns?
town, but the telegraph operator on the
Pennsylvania Eailroad tower at Sang
Hollow, twelve miles thiB side of Johns?
town, nays at least seventy-five dead
bodies have floated past.
New Florence, Pa., June 1.?Cor?
respondents have arrived here from six
miles from Johnstown, the scene of last
ght's terrible calamity. The reports
which have reached here show not only
that the earlier news was not exaggerated
but it did not fully describe the horror of
the disaster.
1,500 drowned.
The number of dead is estimated now
at 1,600, but there is every reason to
believe this number will be exceeded.
devastation, ruin and death.
The whole beautiful valley of the Oo
nemaugh in Gambria county, is a scene
of devastation, ruin and death. Wrecks
of housed, stores and factories are scatter?
ed all along the banks of the river for
miles.
25,000 homeless.
A doaen villages and the city of Johns?
town, with it* population of 25,00.0 are
utterly destroyed. To add to the horror
of the flood, the debris paught fire at
Johnstown and the flames are still burn?
ing fiercely and spreading. The big
Cambrift iron works are entirely submerg?
ed and wild be a total ruin,
terrible jncidents.
The' stories of scenes during the flood
iti %\\ of terrible a:.d pathetic incident l
Many persons were still in their houses
when the surging waters rushed down
upon the town and some were even caught
at their avocations aud
drowned at their tosts.
Others rushed to the upper stories, only
tobeovertakeD there, ana even when they
reached the roofs they were washed away
with the tide, and in many cases either
dashed to pieces against Borne obstacle in
the torrent or drowned.
the village of conematjgh
was the first place reached by the flood.
Its homes and business houses were torn
away by the waters, leaving her 2,500
residents without shelter.
Woodvale with 2,000 inhabitants, a
mile below, and the city of Johnstown,
another mile down the valley, with the
suburbs of Cambria City and Conemaug
boro were next caught by tbe flood.
The torrent had traveled eighteen miles
and was
forty feet deep
when it swept over Johnston. In two
hours time ouly two roofs in the city
could be seen above the water, and during
those two hours a most dreadful scene
was witnessed by those who had reached
places of safety.
awful scenes.
Trees torn up by the roots swept by
with hundreds of drowning victims
clinging to the branches. Houses and
bulky articles of furniture went by also
laden with human freight. The struggles
of the helpless victims in tbe turbid wa?
ters were heartrending in the extreme.
countless dead bodies
were also Been rolling and tossed about
in the waters, some of them still clinging
to floating articles.
At Bollivar the water spread in five
minutes over the whole county, and men,
women and children went floating away,
shrieking wildly.
A little child's prayer.
One touching scene is related of a little
girl who was swept down the current on
a bit of flooring. She was kneeling, her
hands clasped in prayer, as she passed on
to her death further down the river,
where her frail raft was dashed against a
tree.
Pittsburg, June 1.?The latest ac?
counts from Johnstown estimated that
the number dead will reach several
thousand. Up to 10 o'clock to day, 1,755
bodies have been recovered. The water
is stated to he forty feet deep all over
town, and there is
not a house standing.
It is impossible to make an approximate
estimate of the pecuniary damage. All
interest is centered in the terrible Iobs of
human life.
fire and flood.
The natural gas pipes at Johnstown
burst, setting fire to the wrecked buildings,
adding horror to the sceneB already be?
yond description.
At a small place called Niveveh, near
Johnstown,
two hundred dead bodies
are awaiting identification. Several bod?
ies which were rescued from the river at
Pittsburg were washed down from Johns?
town, and the terrible force of the current,
i may be realized when the distance is
given by river as 100 miles.
three thousand dead.
Estimates of the dead are placed as
high as 3,000, but at the present excited
condition, that estimate must be taken
with cansiderable allowance.
Measures for relief have alreaey been
taken.
aid froh everywfere.
The newspaper men here have organiz?
ed and sent out relief trains, and the
mayors of Pittsburg and Alleghany called
public meetings this afternoon to promote
the measures of assistance.
Tbe mayor of this city wired Governor
Beaver to send tents to Johnstown.
AH the telegraph offices of the vicinity
of the disaster are thronged with crowds
of heart broken people, anxious for newB
of the dead and missing.
A late dispatch from Johnstown this
afternoon places the loss at ?20,000,000,
and s.iys that 5,000 houses were swept
away yesterday.
Pittsburg, Pa., June 1.?The raging
storms that have prevailed through Penn?
sylvania in the past few dayB have re?
sulted in an appalling loss of life.
Tbe scene of a terrible disaster is at
Johnstown, Pa., in Gambria County, on
the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad and the
Conemaugh River. Two and a half miles
northeast of the town is a reservoir owned
by a rich, fishing club. It is the largest
reservoir in the United States, being
three and a half miles long, and from one
to one and a half miles wide.
Its depth in some places is 100 feet.
It holds more water than any other reser?
voir, natural or artificial, in the United
States. The lake has been quadrupled in
size by artificial means and was held in
check by a dam from 700 to 1,000 feet
wide. It is 90 feet in thickness at the
base and the height is 110 feet. The top
has a breadth of over 20 feet. Recogniz?
ing the menace which the lake had to the
region below, the South Fork Club had
the dam inspected once a month by
Pennsylvania Bailroad engineers and
their investigation shows that nothing
less than some convulsion of nature would
tear the barrier away and loosen the
weapon of death.
The steady rains of the past twenty
four hours increased the volume of water
in all the mountain streams, which were
already swelled by the lesser rains early
in the week, "prom the best information
obtainable at this time it is evident that
something in the nature of a cloud burst
must have been the culmination of the
struggle of water against the embank?
ment.
The difficulty of obtaining definite in?
formation added tremendously to tbe
excitement and apprehension. The course
of the torrent from the broken dam at
the foot of the lake to Johnstown is
almost eighteen miles, and with the ex?
ception of one locality, the water passed
through a narrow V Bhaped valley. Four
miles below the dam lay tbe town of
South Fork, where the South Fork itself
empties into the Conemaugh Biver. The
town contained about 2,000 inhabitants.
It has not been heard from, but it is said
that fourfifths of it has been swept away.
Four miles further down the Conemaugh
Biver was the town of Mineral Point.
It had 800 inhabitants, 90 per cent, of
the houses being on a flat close to the '
river. It seems impossible at this time to
hope that any of them have escaped.
Six miles further down was the town of j
Conemaugh, and here alone was there a |
topographical possibility of the spreading
of the flood and the breaking of its force.
It contained 2,500 inhabitants, and
must be almost devastated. Woodvale,
with 2,000 people, lay a mile below Co?
nemaugh in a flat, and one mile further
down were Johnstown and its cluster of
sister towns, Gambria and Conemaugh
borough, with a total population of 3,000
on made ground, and stretched along
right at the river's verge were tha immense
iron works ot'theCambria Iron and Steel
Company, who have five million dollars
invested in their plant. Besides this
there are many other large industrial es?
tablishments on the bank of tbe river, the
damage to which cannot be estimated.
Song Hollow, Pa., June 1.?The firBt
reports of the loss of life were entirely
too low. It iD believed that fully 8,000
persons have perished. Of these 700 or
800 were burned in the fiery furnace at
the viaduct. Two thousand coffins have
been ordered for bodies already rescued.
Freeport, Pa., June 1.?The water is
receding here now, having reached twen?
ty one feet in the channel, but is running
full of logs of all dimensions. Half a
million have passed to-day and a gentle?
man just arrived from Bedbank says a
million will pass here to-night. This
morning the river was full of everything,
pianos, organs, trunks, bedding, beer, lard,
oil, soda fountains, etc. No dead bodies
have been found here, but at Lordsburg
six have been takon out. Tbe loss along
the Kinnesets Biver is inestimable.
? In the ten months ended April 30,
1289, the number of immigrants who ar?
rived in the United States was 318,307,
against 372,901 during the corresponding
period of the previous year. The great?
est decline is in immigration from Italy,
which has fallen in these two periods
from 34,037 to 15,846.
? The latest railway signal indicates
automatically the time that has elapsed,
up to twenty mi nutes, since the last train
passed it.
? The correspondent of the Louisville
Courier Jout nal writes (May 22:) I met
Mr. Randall in the postofBce department
to-day. There was a large crowd of
office-seekers present, each seemingly
determined to have the first interview
with the postmaster general. "These
men are earnest and persistent for office/'
I said to the well-known Congressman.
"Yes," he replied, "and they should have
them. They do the work and win the hat
ties, and are entitled to the rewards. There
is where we missed it. Had we looked to
the interests of the boys in our party the
Republicans would never have got into
power sgain." "Don't you think it looks
a little gloomy for the Democrats in the
future?" I asked. "No, I don't. I
think it looks the best kind for us. I
feel sure of the next House and the next
President. We fellows have .all got to
get together, and I am certain that we
will, and we will whip them out of their
boots in '92."
NOTICE.
Office of County Commissioners,
Anderson, S. C, June 4,1889.
WHEREAS, in certain portions of the
County the Roads have been too
dry to work until recently, and wishing to
avoid trouble in prosecuting delinquent
Overseers, we therefore hereby extend the
time of working the Roads and making a
return to this office of the same until the
22nd instant, on which day wo will meet
in this office to receive reports, and to take
steps to prosecute all delinquent Overseers.
Section 5 of an Act passed by the last
General Assembly of this State to provide
for a more efficient system of working the
Public Roads, requires Overseers to make
a report after each working.
Section 10 of the same Act requires the
County Commissioners to enforce the law,
and for neglect or refusal to do the same,
they are liable to a fine of not less than
Ten or more than Fifty Dollars in each
case.
We are glad to say that near seven
eighths of the Overseers of the County
have put in the required time, and made a
report of the same. We hope to have no
trouble, but the law must be complied with.
B. C. MARTIN, Ch'm'n,
A. W. PICKENS,
W. T. McGILL,
Board Co. Cora., Anderson Co., S. C.
Per E. W. LONG, Clerk.
June 6,1889_48 1
? Peter Laing, who is 104 years of
age, has just been admitted to church
membership in Elgin, Scotland. He
admits that he has been a little tardy in
joining the church, but now that he has
joined he intends to go right in with the
other young folks and do bis share of
active work.
American
Fruit
Preserving
Powder
AND
liquid!
-o
"Vi^E have sold this valuable Prepara?
tion for several years, and take great pleas?
ure in offering it again this season. The
fruit crop having been short for several
years, we advise our friends to take advan?
tage of the abundant crop in prospect this
season, and provide for what may be a
short crop next.
With One Dollar's worth of the Prepa?
ration, and a great deal less trouble than
the old-fashioned way of canning, you can
savo enough to do a large family the
whoie Winter, and you can open and use
nut of the jar from time to time without
injury.
Of course it suits some people to run
this Preparation down, because it inter?
feres with their business, but ask T D.
Sloan, of this city, and a thousand others
throughout the County who have tried it
with success, and you will very soon see
there is no humbug about it.
HILL BROTHERS.
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, ana every atten?
tion given to guests.
April 25, 1880_42 ;_
"PIEDMONT 10c. STORE,"
HANDLES THE DIMES, AND
The Dollars Take Care of Themselves !
You may boast the wealth of Rothschild,
Or of Croesus in your rhymes,
But to make our smiles grow broader,
Just bring along your dimes.
When we first dreamed of merchants,
And saw their fogy iah crimes,
We thought 'twould be a blessing to substitute for dollars,
The jingling little dimes.
So we went about the factories,
To learn their prices well,
For we knew "it can't be did,"
At the cos; old fogies tell.
' We learned the terms of factories
To men who planked down dimes,
We saw that cash discounts would help us all be cheerful,
Through these miserly, hardened times.
Then we commenced to hunt a place,
Where dimes would have a showing;
We saw that Anderson could not be beat
By any of our knowing.
For prices were high, so very high,
They kept the custom raving,
Old fogies "laughed and grew fat," and grew fat and laughed,
And heeded not upbraiding.
The next thing to do was "rent a house,"
Wa secured Broylea' Building;
This house ia a famous place for commercial war,
And general high price riddling.
New York in a far-famed city,
Good merchants all go hither, *
And we coulld not half fill our shelves,
'Till we bid tried its weather.
R. L. Holloway, our expert buyer,
Struck out for Northern markets ;
He traveled fast, both night and day,
With hands on well filled pockets.
New York was reached in proper time,
'Twas streck in its cheapest season ;
Oh 1 he struck her with one million dime*,
And koocked her out of reason.
The 10c. goods came crowding in,
And caused a great commotion;
And still the folks come flowing in,
Like the tides of some great ocean.
Now, seeing that we were not force enough
To wait on this good town,
We did about to find some help.
And struck 4- Eving Browne,
Mr. Browne's a man of sense, you know,
And a salesman of renown ;'
To pleaBe our patrons half so well,
No other could be found.
Our Mrs. Holloway is not slow to tell
What she may know or think;
And the goods she selects for our ladies' sakes.
Make all competitors blink.
Now, good bye friends 1
O. 8. Minor's off to visit foreign climes ;
When he returns he'll bring great joy
To those who have the dimes.
YES! YES! YES!
Once more we are bound to empty Bome of the great factory warehouaes right
into Anderson. We loye tq see our competitors get sick, and droop like chickens
with the pip; we love to see their under lips hang lower than their chins, for we
know our customers rejoice. We are going to have a larger stock than ever before;
we are going to get drunk again and cut prices worse than ever.
Yours always, for 10c.
C. S. MINOR & CO.,
BR0YLES BUILDING, SOUTH MAIN STREET.
P. S.?A lot of bundles have been left at our Store, which we would be glad
for the owners to call for. They were left by accident, and the owners doubtless
have forgotten where they left them.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
- AT -
SYLVESTER BLECKLEY CO'S.
BIO- STORE I
For the next Thirty Days.
Eureka Side Harrows and Cultivators,
Josh Berry 14-Finger Grain Cradles,
Single and Double?foot Plow Stocks,
Heel Sweeps, Hoes, Shovels, Forks, &c.
RUBBER BBLTIHG,
Large stock, well assorted, and of the best quality.
Kpady-Made Clothing,
Straw Hats,
Ladies' Hats, in endless variety.
We extend a special invitation to the Ladies lo call and examine our
Immense stock of?
^nd make their headquarters at our Store when in town.
Yours anxious to sell,
SYLVESTER BLECKWEY CO,
DON'T FAIL TO CALL AT ONCE
AND SEK OUR
FRESH ARRIVAL
OE
SPRING GOODS,
ONE OF THE LARGEST,
MOST VARIED and
BEST SELECTED
ASSORTMENTS OF
CPRiNG and SUMMER DRY GOODS,
Dress Goods,
Shoes,
Custom-made Fine Clothing,
Notions,
EVER BROUGHT TO THIS MARKET
EMBRACING ALL THE
STYLES AND NOYELTIES.
The quality of our Goods are unsurpassed in Western
Carolina. Our prices are the lowest on record.
Thanking the public for their generous patronage, we
greet them cordiaUy.
LBSSEB &d CO.
Brick Range, Next Door to J, E. Peoples & Co.
TO THE PUBLIC
IF YOU WANT TO BUY
HEAVY GROCERIES CHEAP.,
CALL AX OUR WAREHOUSE,
BACK07 OUR OLD STAND.
. We wUl sell Groceries here for the next sixty days.
McCEE & LIGON.
LAVA
FLOOR PAINTS,
Six: Colors,
Makes a very Hard Finish,
And Dries Hard overnight.
IT IS JUST THE THING!
Also, all other kinds of
PAINTS AND OILS,
- AT -
SIMPSON, REID & GO'S.
DRUG STOR75.
Attention, Gentlemen!
THE undersigned begs to inform the
gentlemen of Anderson and sur?
rounding country that lie has in bis em?
ploy Mr. W. M. Robinson, formerly of
Nashville, a first-class Barber, who will do
all work in the tonsorial line. The pa?
tronage of the public is solicited. Satis?
faction guaranteed or no pay.
J. W. SHIELDS.
May 30, 1889_47_2_
Worth Your Attention.
E are Agents for the Cortland
Wagon Co., and have in Store
A NICE LINE OF BUGGIES.
Also, the
Genuine Spiral Spring Road Cart,
The best on ihe market.
Prices LOW. Call and see us. We can
please you.
Seventy-five Barrels of good, sound
FLOUR at 83,50 per Barrel.
CUNNINGHAM BEOS.
May 30,1889 " 47"' 4
Application for Charter.
NOTICE is hereby given that applica?
tion will be made to the Clerk of
Court of Court of Anderson County, on
the 18th day of June, 188t), for a Charter
for Generoitee Baptist Church.
T. J. HARRIS, and others.
May 23,1889 40 4
JUST RECEIVED,
A fine lot of
Children's Carriages,
With Steel Wheels.
ALSO, 4
A Lot of Refrigerators,
w
HICH will be sold at low prices at
TOIXY'S FURNITURE STORJBr
May 23,1839_46
?E0RGE E. PRINCE,
ATTORNEY
AND
COUNSELLOR AT LAW.,
ANDERSON, S. C.
ALL business promptly attended to.
?S- Special attention given to col?
lections.
May 9,1889_44_3m
GUN and LOCKSMITH.
THE undersigned will be found at L. H.
Seel's Stove and Tin House, and w?l
do all kinds of work upon Guns, Locks
and Musical Instruments. Work guaran?
teed or no pay.
W. & H. C. HARRIS.
April 4,1889 39_2m
ANNUAL MEETING. *
XTOTICE is hereby giv-.n that the An
JLJl nual Meeting of the Stockholders of
the Anderson Building and Loan Associa?
tion will be held in the Court House in the
City of Anderson, at 11 o'clock a. m., on
Thursday, the 13th day of June, 1889, for
the purpose of electing officers for the en?
suing year, and transactin&suc'a other bus?
iness as may come before the meeting,
J. D. MAXWELL, Sec. and Treat.
April 25,1S89 42_5
FOE SALE_0R RENT!
PREMISES at Hones Path, S. OV for?
merly belonging to Mrs. W. G.
Smith. Two and a half acres of land,
with buildings tbereon. Apply to
GREIG & MATTHEWS,
Charleston, S. C.
April IS, 1889 41 6m
FRANK ASTER!
THE only Asteroid Stallion in the conn
try, and with lineage as good as the
best, will stand the season at Woodlawn.
the farm of C. 0. Burriss, 2i miles north of
Anderson, and half mile west of White
Hall. Service, fifteen dollars.
May 9. 1889 44 3*
IMPERIAL EG(5 FOOU will largelv (
increase Egg production, strengthen weak
and drooping fowls, promote the healthy
growth and development of all varieties
of poultry, and insure fine condition and
smooth plumage. This is no forcing pro?
cess ; you simply give them the chemicals
to make eggs, at a cost of less than one
cent a week for each fowl.
F, C. STTJRTEVANT,
Manufacturer of Ground Oyster Shells and
all Poultry Sunpliea. Mills 162, 164.
and 166 Commerce street Office, 216;
State street, Hartford, Ot ~(
For sale by HILL BROS., Andersan.>
S.C. Price, 60c- a package.
Feb 28, 1889 54