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"?JPUSLISJSSD S7SBZ THURSDAY. S J. IV CLINKSCALES,) Edttobs akd ^Cv^lANGSXON, . J Pbopbtetoes. ;^V.-;;;:'r' THURSDAY, .JUNE 13, 1R?9. J ?huykab.,.^._*-._81.50. 8EC months.,.:-.? 750. ? ;. Mr. J; 0. Hunter, the efficient Demo 9; cratic}-Postmaster at Union, S. 0., has : V been re-appointed by President Harrison. . .The people of Union are rejoicing over : the appointment. r "^Sixteen cotton seed oil mills have ap l^pliecl f? the Secretary of State for -char g^^terat, and.iti is/expected that at least half S^ofthsmwill be in operation, when the ^:-nexfr cotton season opens. - : A bill .will be brought before the summer sivsession of the Georgia. Legislature provi ; ding for the establishment of a State In :. duairrisl Schools for girls. A similar step C.;; lias been taken in "Mississippi, where :. girls are to be admitted to the Agricnl ff tural Slate College. , '? The Governor of Wyoming has just h ?pardoned a man sentenced to a term of ?. years foramurderous'assault, onrtfiecon ^dition that if the convict - ever drinks . another drop of liquor he Bhall forfeit his. $h^liberty and be sent back to prison. A ^a??lar pardon was granted in Mississippi ^;^a;f?w"year3 ago. ? v ; v r.; ; A delegation of colored .Republicans ? ^called onithe President last Saturday to ^protest /against any recognition of.Ma . 'hone in the distribution of patronage in ^^tr^inia. They claimed to represent ^Cninetypercent. of: the colored Republi? cans of the State, and that they would ^ riot ^ The ^impression had got out, they said, that ^?a^one was being ie^ by the ^-'a^inistration. The President, in reply/ di them; thst he did . not contemplate '.;roc^gniringyMabona ? _ ^|^3Jho'Augusta Exchange has just com f;'; piled;the answers of its correspondents in. ?S'rjeply'Jto .crop inquiries in seventeen. ^counties in .Georgia" and five counties in iv/South:Cardlina. Seyehty-srx correspon? dents :feport;the^tame. acreage as last ?^^^year'.V;f?rt^Beven report' a decrease: of 10 per cent and six an increase of 5 per >">cent. .;'^ven^-8e.yenrreport' planting as. ^having progressed favora bly. Sixty- six re ^pbrtjthat it hasjnot Only one corresp .^dent:outnf!83 reports the plant up with ^ ? good stands.' AU; report the bad effects 4^ from ;c??l nights" retarding growth, and ^producing lice. 'The general tenor of all - . is. thatthe crop is nol; in good condition. ->,One hundred; and sight correspondents |r^oH the^rop? from ten days to two ^"eef?late,; ? Manyreports were sent in. ^bofor^ time "thecro^h^^ '??;' 'The Savannah (Ga.) Afcutf-says .some ; inewspapeira-in both, tie North ? and- the '.South are talking about the possible die ;franchis^ment -of ti.e colored. voters. ^There is.One thing that may be said with :.' entire.confidencein this connection, and. ^iHathis:'Tf the colc>red voters are dis ^franchised, it.wDlbe the act of Eepubli : cans and'not ofDemosrats". The Republi ^JcaM were m responsible for giving ^thO voting privilege to the colored peo* pie. They gave it to them because they thought the Republican party would be p]^efit^;.7-tnbreby. - The Republican '0ax#?yi?s benefited ifot a little; while, .but now the. colored people generally. ^"Kaye lost interest in elections, and many /.decline to vote the - "Republican ticket -when they vote at all. Therefore, ac ^cordingr'to:the -Eepublican method; of ^Masoning, they must have the voting ^myileg'si, taken away from 'them. Re :J,'pnblicari3may not: reason this way ^penty-but asIz rule they think colored ^peopleshould'vote the Eepublican ticket, y or be disfranchised. Itmaybe gratifying't^^ at ; large to learn. that the period of ..human ?We-isJengthenmg, Dr. Todd, of. the ^P^ox^a ^Medical Society, in a recent .. speech at Atlanta gave some, interesting -^gnres upon this subject..- He says tbat the average life of the Romans in the ^time;'of the Casare was eighteen years; inow itis forty. In Prance, the average : life has increased within fifty years from ttveaty-eight to forty-eight and one-half 0esa. T In England, the average-life now is fifty years in. cities and fifty-four in the country. Three centuries ago it was but ; twenty years. In the United States Dr. iTodd^ of life at fifty-five years. ' These figures will strike "most persons as too high, but Dr. Todd says that the oldest life insurance com? panies of the United States have found factual deaths only 85 per cent; of the . number expected, which shows that, the rate of mortality had previously been put too high. We most give medical science due credit for its share, in producing results which extend the term of life. . Greater cleanliness, better drainage and . sanitation have been largely instrumental, but the fact a till remains that all must die at last. Brother Jasper as a.Prophet, V Richmond, Ya., June 2.?Everybody is talking of Rev. John Jasper's prophecy about the storms, floods and loss of life. The famous colored preacher made the announcement from his pulpit two weeks ago, and then gave May SI as the day on which the most frightful of all catas? trophes would occur, and his dream came ':. true with Btartlicg results. Not only did .-the freshet come upon the James River ?Valley on that day, but the Johnstown horror happened on tbat fatal Friday. A well known colored minister said yester? day : "Yes, Brother Jasper certainly gave, true outlines of events to happen. Never was & prochecy more fully realized." Police Justice Crotchfield aaid he heard two colored men conversing Saturday evening about "the dream," and they agreed that Jasper was the one true prophet of the day. ? -'Scores"of prominent citizens heard their servants relate Jasper's dream, and the negroes were looking anxiously for the coming of the 31st of the month. Jasper did not preach in Richmond yes? terday. He conducted services in the country and has not yet returned. A coal-black representative of the colored race said yesterday: "I started up to hear Brother Jasper, but mot the sexton, and he told me about Jasper being out in the country. I wanted to bear what application he would make of his dream. His dreams never fail to come true. This one about the freshet and the loss <bf life makes the third dream to my knowledge that has come true. Jasper has some gift from God to foretell what .is to happen, so he may warn his people of the evils and destruction nigh unto them." : - _ ?:'x ? Twenty factories, with the aggregate capital of $1,500,000, have been estab? lished in Florence, Ala., a town of some 2,500 people during the seven menths just IiOOAIi NEWS. COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. Honea Path Items. Last JMday' afternoon the Academy building was literally packed with people eager to witness the exhibition of the school, which consisted of dialogues, reci? tations, lie. It was estimated that between one thousand and fifteen hundred people were in and around the house. The even? ing was warm, but notwithstanding all the inconveniences the people sat, stood and stooped for about seven hours, and looked on and listened with intense interest to the elose. The teachers and pupils acquit? ted themselves with great credit. It wa3 a grand success, when we remember that Prof. Watkins only, gave one week for practice. The Due West String Band dis? coursed sweet music during the evening. One of the most interesting features of the occasion was an address by Col. J. H. I Rice, State Superintendent of Education. The speech was plain and very practical, giving the law governing the office of -Commissioners and Trustees. But, like the preacher who preached a special ser? mon for the benefit of certain members, he finds that he nearly always has to preach it in the absence of those members. Neither Commissioners or Trustees were present. We were glad to Bee in the audi? ence Prof. JVC. Cork, of Ninety-Six, Edi? tor Laugston, of Anderson, Mr. J. N. Watkins, of Anderson, Mr. H. Dargan, of Greenville, Mr. Newton Mitchell, of Mid? way, and many others who oheered ns "with their presence. We now find that our teaoher is so popular that we are forced to give him up or make more room' to accommodate the school, so we have appointed a meeting for next Thurs? day afternoon to decide what additions will be necessary.' Of course we mean to keep him (Watkins) if we have to build all over an acre of ground. Dr. W. J. Dargan, of Greenville, was on a visit to his daughter, Miss Anna, who has been teaching so acceptably in our school for the past few months. We are very anxious for her to-be assistant teacher next session. We think -that she will come back and-teach if she don't get -well, I will not say that yet. Miss Lillie Rice, of, Seneca, .has glad? dened the hearts of her many friends by a visit. She once taught music here and is very popular with, our people, especially with they?-well, yon may guess the rest. MissClatie McDaniel, of Laurons, was present during the Commencement. Our people are always glad to see Miss Clatie. It looked to me that one of our young ;mon was almost lackey while she stayed. Our streets look lonely now, nearly all the students gone, and now Prof. Wat? kins is on a visit to his mother in Green? ville, and will probably stay during the Commencement there. I reckon fish will get plentiful on Broadmouth while he is gone. Mrs. Emoline Cummings, an aged and honored member of tbo Baptist Church at Barker's Creek, died last Sunday after? noon. The funeral services were con? ducted by hflr pastor, Rev. D. W. Hiotr, in the presence of a large congregation. ' Wm. Lindsey (col.) had his hand on a wire fence last Sunday' afternoon while the cloud was passing over, lightning struck him or. near him, throwing him several feet. Aa soon as he could he got up and put for home. He says that he is sore yet. ' ?'*.-?' /,' We are already making preparations for Prof. Showalter's Normal Music School in August. Let every lover of singing make their arrangement to come, we want to make it the largest school that he has ever taught in the South. Mr. Julien Martin spent Saturday ;night in town, , Mr. J. A. Brock, of Anderson, spent several days last week in our town with his mother, and worshipped in the Bap? tist Church on Sunday. We are always glad to see him in town. Messenger. , GraytonvlUo Items. After a long period of rapturous silence we grasp our pen again to write" of the happenings and .doings of "the world's garden spot." Health is very good, with a few cases of whooping-cough excepted. ' This section had a good rain on last Sun-/ day evening, being , the first season since April 14th. It was very much needed. The little harvest is on hand now. Wheat is very good, and oats that were sowed in the Fall; but Spring oats, whioh, coyer the larger area are very sorry. Peas, beans and "crap collards" have failed to supply the usual demand, but cherry pie and honey comes along, and is accepted as a popular dish. It's a lucky man who gets fried chicken in this section { occasionally we hear of one so fortunate, but it is gene? rally, too late to do us any good. There has not been enough rain and warm sun? shine to bring worms and bugs from their dens and shells, consequently the mother hen toils and worries in vain, unless she is able to catch a crust at the dining-room door before Fido gets there. Some of our neighbors have what is called "six weeks chickens," because it just takes them six weeks to find a worm. Not long since we had a conversation with old uncle Eben Ashley, our neighbor. He is eighty-five years old. Aunt Betty, his wife, Is seventy-five. They live alone, and seem to enjoy life in their extreme de? clining years. They have seventeen acres in cotton and eight in com, and every? thing in. good fix. Mr. Ashley has been plowing ever since he was twelve years old?seventy-three years. Who can beat that? He was born in the State of Mary? land, and came to South Carolina in the early part of the nineteenth century. His memory is good yet, and it is a treat to any one, who is interested in the history of South Carolina, to hear him speak of the old times, and the customs and habits of the old settlers, who were scattered over the. forest, sometimes five and ten miles apart. Mr. J. B. Armstrong, of Honea Path, was with ns at Mt. Bethel last Sunday. Honea Path ia-ireating him well. The Sunday School at Mt. Bethel at present is in a flourishing condition. It meets semi-monthly.. The school lacked one thing, and that was a good organ. On last fourth Sabbath we determined to delay no longer. After about ten minutes of so? licitation by Mr. John Milford a sufficient amount was raised, and Mr. John L. Hay nie, of Greenville, was notified at once. He delivered the organ last Saturday. .It is a splendid organ, and the school is well pleased with it. On Sunday morning the school met at an early hour, and devoted considerable time in singing, with Miss Effle Hays as organist, and Mr. John Mil ford as leader. At 11 o'clock the house was filled to its utmost capacity, and the pastor delivered a well-prepared sermon to tho attentive audience. Mr. Frank Hall was among us again. Old Mt. Bethel affords attraction for all. Mr. Hall was raised among us, and he knows where to "go to meet fair, bright, charming faces. We are always glad to have our old friends with us. tome ? again, Frank, and bring others with you. We think our girls very sociable, and if you are so*forf.unate as to win "one," we will not consider ourselves imposed on, _CB4.te. : Alliance Meetings. | A mass meeting of all Alliances conven- < lent to Sandy Springs is called for that place on Friday, 21st inst., and also at Starr on Saturday, 22nd inst., to consider important questions. J. Belton Watsoh, W. A. Neal, John M. Glenn, Executive Committee. Holland's Storo. Mr. J. F. McClure and Miss Mattie P. Shearer were married at Shiloh on laf-t Sabbath by Rev. M. L. Carswell. Rev. Mr. Carswell preached a fine ser? mon on last Sunday at Shiloh from the toxt, "And the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom." This section was visited by a heavy rain on last Sunday evening, greatly dam? aging corn on low lands, and washing cot? ton fields in some places to a fearful ex? tent. A little son oi Mr. W. L. Dean was hurt quite severely on last Saturday by a heavy loaded wagon running over him. The little fellow was thrown off, and before the driver could stop the team he was caught by one of the wheels. Dr. With erapoon is attending him and thinks his injuries will nor, prove fatal. Miss Minnie Surriss, of your city, is at present visiting friends in this vicinity. The darkey who was shot a few days ago by Mr. Shaw is getting on very well. The bullet is sti'l in his body. Rev. Hugh IdcLees will commence, at Antloch school house, a series of sermons the first Sunday in July, running through some three or lour months, on the exter? nal evidences of Christianity. We bespeak for him a respectable hearing. The wheat crop will all be harvested this week and will be ready for the thresher In a short while. We had the pleasure on last Sabbath of dining with Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Gillespie, and, with a best of other goods things, partook of souae honey, only Beven years old. We would just like to hear any? thing- to beat it. Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie are certainly :*s" happy Christians as it was ever our pleasure to be with. Their very presence seems to throw the most brilliant rays of sunlight over life's rug? ged pathway. What a blessing to be en? dowed with a temperament that is at all times cheerful and looking only on the bright side of things. Burke, Fleroetown Items. Crops are splendid. Wheat is being harvested and very good. Spring oats will ? be Sne if we can get more rain. Mrs. M. B. Williams is veiy ill indeed, but we hope aha may soon be restored to health. There will be a pic nie at. Liberty Springs School House on Saturday, 15th inst. Will have an exhibition in the afternoon, which will, without a doubt, be a success. Everybody come and enjoy themselves and bring plenty of "grub." The Sunday Schools of Friendship and Beaverdam will celebrate Children's Day at Friendship. next Sunday. Parents, bring your little ones. The larger ones will come, I am sere. M. Berry Williams has two acres planted in Soja loans. They are looking fine. Clod Hopper. ? A Card. We cleBire to return many thanks to our many friend:-: and neighbors, also to Capt. and Lieut. Patrick, and the com? rades of our son, Alfred M. Neal, for their kindness shown ns during his sickness and death. J. B- Neal and Family. A Car.?. oi Thanks. I desire to return my sincere thanks to the friends and neighbors who so kindly ministered to my mother during her re? cent illness. Sueh acts of kindness are never forgotten, aid are highly apprecia? ted by our entire family. C, C. Cummings. Fledtnont Sane--y School Institute. The Piedmont Sunday School Institute convenes with the Corinth Baptist Church, No. 2, four miles east of Pendle ton, on Saturday before the fifth Sabbath inst., at 10 o'clock a. m. A full attend? ance is desired and gach School requested to send up a small amount of money to pay for printing minutes. J. Jameson, Clerk. Commencement Exercises. WiLLiAM8T0K,.June 10,1889.' Editors LiteUigenw: The prosperity of our BChools, Williamaton Female College and Williamston Male High Sohool, has induced the officer.? of these institutions to arrange a varied and interesting pro? gramme for Commencement week. The' following is the order of the Commence? ment Exercises Tuesday, June 18th: Commencement exercises of the Wil llamston Male Higb. School, including a debate on the query. Resolved, "That the co-education of the seses is inexpedient." Dialogues, Recitations, etc. Wednesday, June 19tb, Commence? ment Sermon by Rev. A. A. Marshall, of Anderson, S. C. Thursday, June 20th, Annual Address before the Eirosophio. Literary Society by Rev. C. Clifton, of Spartanburg, S. C. E. C. H. ObIf.*.ary. Died, June 4th, little Sam., son of Mr. J. A. and Ella Jone1:, age three years. It was my pleasure to meet and spend the day with little Sam a few weeks ago, and did not think that ere long would be called on to pay our last respects to one we all love, and who was cut down in the bloom of health. His remains was in? terred in the Andersonville graveyard to await the judgment d?y. We extend our sympathy to the heart-broken lather and mother, and may God sustain and uphold them in their afflictlooB. A Fbtekd. 'Tis scarcely a month since the angel of death rapped loudly at our door, and we fain would have barrod him out, but God's will must be done, eo on the evening of May 5tb, he entered and bore away in his icy embrace the pure spirit of our dar? ling sou and brother, Alfred M. Neal. He was cut down in the midst of his purity and in the bud of bis sweet, young manhood. With many a pany and many a heartache did we see his dear young body consigned to the tomb. Alfred's was a true heart an>3 a pure sou', from whose centre emanated streams of kind? ness and love for every one he knew. Though taken from the home where affeo tlon held him dear, ani love was his dally portion, wu feel sure he has been trans? ported to u more beautiful home where Sleasures are. real, and happiness eternal. Ve cherish his memory as a green isle in the sea of time, and the waves never steeped an isle of purer charms. Dear departed one we hope ta meet you in that bright haven, "Over tbere." A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled, A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled. God in His wisdom has recalled, The boon His love had given; And though the body molders here, The soul is safe in Haven. M. ? Amasa Sprague, of Rhode Island, once worth $10,000,040, is now glad to get a position at $400 a year. ? The success of the Paris Exhibition on its financial side is now freely conce- j ded even by those who up to the time of i its opening were prepared to make a con? trary prediction. The enormous crowds it draws and the income from its various concessions must make the bodies that guaranteed it and set it in operation very easy over its future. Up to a compara? tively recent period it was alleged by some croakers that it did not have a full official character. Ab a matter of fact, it; was founded on an official notice by the President of France! iu November, 1884, and on a subsequent law by which the National Government '.ontributed $3,400, 000 and the city of Paris $1,600,000, while for the remaining sum needed, then estimated as possibly $8,600,000, a private association made itself responsible. As this association included all the largest railway companies, tba Bank of France, tbe'CreditFencier, and the leading finan cial bodies, the Bon Marche ana other famous shops, and, in short, the commer-1 cial strength of the capital, it was tolera? bly eure that the enteiprise would be pushed through to Buccess. Apparently Paris has begun to reap a rich harvest from this enterprise, and it is well deserv. The People and the "Bagging Trost.? One of the most startling events of the past twenty years, occurred in Birming ham a month ago! The allied farmers of the cotton States had met iu convention. Before them came a gentleman representing a com? mittee of three men, who make up what is known as the "bagging trust." He gave to the farmers the figures at which he would let them have bagging for thia season. When asked if he would agree that the same figures should prevail for the next year, he declined to answer 1 Now consider this I Here are the representatives of an industry that occu? pies 70 per cent of our population and is .the basa of our prosperity. They are discussing an article of prime necessi? ty and of variable price.; They are met by a man who tells them that he con? trols every pound of that article controls every mill that is making it? and then fixes a price, absolutely arbi? trary and dependent on his own whim, and tells the farmers they can pay that or do without bagging ! When asked if he would graciously consent not to cut deeper into the quivering flesh of the farmer for the next year, he replied that he couldn't make any such agreement! In other words, if he and his associates took a notion to levy an additional mil? lion or so on the farmers in 1890, he wanted to be bound by no hastily-made promise to limit his forced tribute. Wars have been fought for less oppres? sion than thh, and men have been strung to lamp-posts for less wanton insolence! If submitted to it means the abjectest slavery for the farmers and unlimited power to the bagging trust kings. Last year they took from the farmers?as un? righteously as the highwayman who halts a traveler and forces him at the end of a pistol?more than a million dollars in excess of what was paid the year before. The price named for thia year added even more. An extra million could be?and doubtless would be?put on next year. And so the levying might go od, as long as the farmer had a dollar left, or until public indignation was fatigued and the unwritten law of hnman rights declared! It is to the everlasting honor of the farmers that they refused to barter with their despoiler and oppressor. This man had no right to make terms with them, while he whirled his lash above their heads. It is the solemn duty of every farmer to stand by the declaration of principles made by their representatives ?even if he does so at a temporary loas. It is the duty of every merchant?of every man?to stand by the farmers in this struggle, with every helpful and legitimate agency! This issue is broader than moat men think. If the bagging trust whips the federated farmers, after the issue ha? been deliberately joined, in that defeat will be forged the chains for us all! The oil and gas we burn?the fuel we use? the coffee we drink?the sugar it holds? almost every article of prime necessity is involved by syndicate or trust. Let the flagrant and infamous greed of the bag? ging kings prevail over the power of the farmere'organization? over the farmers' plighted word?over the solemn protest he nas entered?over the aroused public sentiment that condemns it?let it prevail over all these things and the kings pocket their looted booty in safety and in insolence, and it will not be long before every class will have the chalice put to its own lips and the bitter waters forced down its averted throat! There in no limit to human rapacity except the power to extort?and the assurance that it may hold securely what it has extorted! Let it be shown?as the defeat of the* farmers in this fight will show?that against banded insolence and oppression, neither individual nor class organization, neither public sentiment nor private indignation can avail?and there is no article so mean that the "trusts" wUl not seize it and no field so acanty that they will not greedily invade? We confess that this question goes deeper than any other. If no limit be Bet to corporate power, then individual liberty is lost. If the government cannot cure the swift apprehension under-which capital is consolidating, or limit the powers it is thus acquiring, or check the method by which it increases its own undue and toppling mass by robbing the helpless and the poor?then the govern? ment will lose that cordial respect and affection of the people without which no government can endure! We had rath? er see this power to rob, if it must exist, lodged in the government, for govern? ment is responsible and subject to control. We bad rather almost any barrier broken down, or any bulwark erected, than to see the people made the defenseless prey of the rapacious, and scourged by oli? garchs from a rampart of money-bags I But this will come later. The duty in hand is to whip the bagging trust. Pledged to do this, the farmers stand embattled ! In many towns and. cities the merchants, have joined hands' with them. The universal sympathy of the people is theirs,-?Atlanta Constitution. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Ridgeway, S. 0., June 6.?0. R. Means, a respectable negro, shot and killed Alfred Prioleau, also colored, on the street at 5 a. m. for the seduction of his daughter. The negroes are much ex? cited, and threats of lynching have been made. The local constabulaly are fully able to protect the prisoner, who surren? dered himself immediately. Montgomery, Ala., June 7.?The southbound lightning express train of the Alabama Great Southern, -due here at 2 o'clock this morning, met with a serious accident about one and a half miles north of Carthage, Ala., on the trestle known as the Carthage gravel pit treatle. The trestle was on fire and before the engineer discovered it and could stop his train he ran into it. The fireman jumped from the engine. Seventy feet of the trestle was consumed, also the engine, mail car and baggage car. Most of the mail was saved. No one was hurt. Carthage, Tenn., June 5.?Two little daughters of Lou RuBsell, near here, were poisoned yesterday iu a remarkable man? ner. They were playing around the yard and ate some red roses, Both were taken violently ill in a short time, and the elder j girl died last night. The younger linger i ered in great agony until this morning, I and then died. Investigation shows that ! the roses were full of little green insects, ' and these aie supposed by tho physicians to have been poison. The girls were seven and six years old respectively. Red Oak, Io., June 6.?J. L. Cleaver, a farmer living near here, died yesterday from the effects of a peculiar accident which happened two days before. While going after a load of hay his team stopped in crossing a ditch, and to urge them on he tapped one of the horses with a pitch? fork. The animal kicked, striking the pitchfork and driving the end of the han? dle against the farmer's side. He went on and loaded up the hay, but soon after returning home inflammation of the bowels set in and death carne after great suffering. Wichita, Kansas, June 8.?This sec? tion was visited by a most severe storm. The Western part of Sedgewick County and the Eastern part of Kingman County suffered most, and a space twenty miles long by ;ave miles wide was swept over by a cyclone. A farmer named Rogers and his family were killed, and many others were rendered homeless. Heavy rain and hall followed, which laid low the grain and fruit crops. In West Sedgewick County many houses and barns and acres of crops wero leveled to the ground. TJtica, N. Y., June 10.?Word was received here this morning that a terrific wind storm passed through Port Leyden, Lewis County, and the lower portion or Jefferson County, about fonr o'clock yes? terday afternoon, unroofing houses, over? turning trees, fences and ouildings, and doing much damage. The steeple of the Catholic Church at Port Leyden wag blown down and the Methodist Church waB moved in such a manner as to make it dangerous. One house was picked up and carried about 100 feet, an old gentle? man and. lady therein being injured. The most damage was done in a path about eighty rods wide, though tho trees and fences were overturned on a wide territory. The wires are all dowp and particulars cannot now be obtained. St. Louis, June 7.?A special to the Republican from Arkansas City, Ark., gives the details of a terrible cyclone which swept through the city last night. The Methodist and Baptist churches and several residences were wrecked, while the roof of the Arkansas elevator, in which ie located the Missouri Pacific depot, was blown across the tracks, de* molishing a number of loaded freight cars. The only lives lost were those of Kate Walton, aged 15; Tudy Walton, aged 9; Mrs. Walton, the mother, was badly injured, aud another daughter, Lizzie Walton, had a hip dislocated. Seattle, W. T., June 7.?This city has been almost wiped out by the flames. Nothing but smoking rnins mark what was yesterday the business portion of one of the most prosperous towns on the Pa? cific coast. It is estimated that the loss in buildings alone will reach $10,000,000, and that the loss of personal property will swell the amount to almost $30,000, 000. Sixty-four acres comprised the business district. It is not vet known whether there is much Iobs of life. The burned district presents the aspect of a huge oven of burning coals, and threatens even further destruction. Crowds of people, penniless and homeless, wandered through the streets all night. The mili? tia and extra police are guarding the property against thieves and vandals. Over 100 arrests have already been made. The flames totally destroyed every news? paper office, hotel, telegraph office, rail? road depot and wharf, the entire water front, including all wharves and docks, coal bunkers and railroad tracks, the wholesale quarter and everything south of Union street and west of Second street, and reaching around to the gas works above Fourth street on Jackson. Eleven churches were destroyed. Charleston, June 8.?As a freight train of twenty three cars, mostly loaded with lumber, was coming into the city over the Northeastern Railroad at 11 o'clock last night, and when between the city and the junction, the engine .left the track and a number of carloads of lumber were wrecked.- Engineer Dunning was killed on his engine ; the.fireman, John Davis, colored, died at three o'clock, and a car sealer named James Corcoran, a white man, died at about the same hour. Where the accident occurred the tracks of the Northeastern and the South Caro? lina railways run close together and the lumber and wrecked cars were piled upon both tracks. The train from Columbia was due within five minutes, but the conductor of the freight, who was not injured, sent a runner back and signalled the Columbia train, which was stopped just before reaching the scene of the disaster?otherwise a horrible double wreck might have ensued. The spreading of the track at that point is thought to be the cense. ? Hon. E. J. Gay, of Louisiana, who died the other day, was the richest man in the Sonth. He was worth $10,000,000. ? The gamblers of Louisiana have of? fered to pay the State debt? $12,000,000 ?for a fifty year license. ? A recent report of the American consul at Amoy, China, furniBhed some startling facts as to the adulteration of tea shipped from tbat country to the American market. Next to England this country is the greatest tea market in the world ; and as the system of British in? spection is now very strict, Chinese mer? chants are hunting up other fields, to which tbey may send their spurious and doctored goods. ? The prize recently offered by a Little Rock, Ark., paper 'for the largest family' in the State has just been awarded to W. D. Green and wife, of Murfeeaborougb, Pike county. They were married in 1835, and have had twenty-three children eighteen of whom are living. More than fifty families applied for the prize. Green, who is a blacksmith, has lived in the one town for forty years, and his statement is attested under the seal of the county clerk.. . - ? A single mile in thirty-nine seconds, and eight miles covered at this prodigous speed, was the record made the other day on the Bound Brook Railroad by Engine No. 206, of the Wootten pattern, that drew the fast train which leaves Phila? delphia at 7:30 A. M. There were five cars in the train, and John Hogan, a veteran engineer, was in the cab. The speed recorded is equivalent to a rate of over ninety miles an hour. It has been decided by the Pennsylvania Railroad to send one of its best engines to England to be tried on the roads there. It will make its first appearance on the'London and Northwestern Railroad. As the English railroads are much straighter than those in this country, railroadmen are much interested to see what an American locomotive can do on a bee-line track. ? On her last trip from London to Rio de Janeiro the British steamship Hawk burst, Capt. Robertson, sailed 2,300 miles with her cargo on fire; this, too, with the knowledge that there were 7,000 barrels of oil stowed away in the hold. Everything was battened down for seven dayB. ? Woman's right to clothe herself in masculine garments is fast being recog? nized in Paris. Formerly it was prose? cuted, but it is now tolerated by the po? lice, and it is recognized as permission in high social circles. One well known authoress is eaid to exhibit herself almost every day on the boulevards in the disguise of a man. maiiri?u??? ??^.^m???.^.??i?? WARNING. ALL parties are warned not to hire or harbor Ben. Parks or Jane Norris, as they are under written contract to work for me for the year 1889, and have left their crops without cause. JOHN LOAN. .June 13,1880 49_1? NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLMENT. Notice ia hereby given thafthe un? dersigned will apply to the Judge of Pro? bate at Anderson 0. H., S. O, on the 15th of July, 1889, for a Final Settlement of the Estate of Hirvm B. Majors, deceased, and a discharge from their office as Ad minis atrixs of said Estate. AIRS. SALLIE if AJOES, MRS. MOLLIE C, SKELTON, Administratrizs. June 13, 1889 49_6 Competitive Examination I THE Competitive Examination to be held Wednesday, July 3rd, at each County Court House- in the State, for the appointment of State Beneficiaries in the Winthrop School w:Ul include Arithmetic, Grammar. Geography, United States His? tory, Reading, Writing and Spelling, and will be similar in character to the usual County Examinations. The successful applicant will receive the State Appointment, equivalent to $150.00 for one session of nine months, and the one ranking second will receive the Schol? arship for Tuition only, given by the Win? throp School to each County of the State. Provided both examinations are satisfac? tory. Thirty dollars of the $160.00 will go to the Winthrop School for luition, text-books and the other necessary school expenses of the beneficiary. The remaining $120.00 will be paid to the appointee to assist her in defraying her personal expenses, such as board, railway fare and the like. The students of the school will board at the Winthrop School Boarding House, which is under the management of an esti? mable Christian lady, who will do every? thing possible to provide the comforts of a home for the young ladies placed under her care. Her charge for board, including fuel and light, will be $15.00 a month, or $135.00 for the entire session. This place is exclusively for the accommodation of the young women of the Training School, and is under the supervision of the Faculty, and its hours conform to the daily pro? gramme of the Winthrop School. A student may board elsewhere for spe? cial reasons satisfactory to the Superinten? dent. Applicants for Scholarships must be not lees than eighteen years of age. The school session will begin September 25 and continue for nine months, closing in June. The students are required to be present on the opening day of the school. The Superintendent will meet all stu? dents at the trains. The graduates of the school are entitled to teach in the public schools of the State as first grade teachers, without further ex? amination. . The design of the school is to prepare for teachers young* women who already have a good education by training them in methods of teaching and school manage? ment. The student-teachers of the Win? throp School are taught how to teach those studies which they have pursued as pupils in good schools elsewhere before entering the Training School for Teachers. The aim of the school is strictly professional;; and only those pupils are wanted who are ready to undertakethe work with a feeling of personal interest in teaching. Former graduates have promptly secured good po? sitions in many parts cf che State, and have taught with much success. The course of study includes the follow? ing studies and methods of teaching them: Beading, Spelling, English Language, Ge? ography, Arithmetic, Physiology, History of the United States, Lessons on Form and Color, Lessons on Minerals, Plants and Animals, Elements of Physics,. Writing, Drawing, Vocal Music and Calisthenics, Psychology, History of Education, School Organization and Management, Practice in Teaching. The fee fdr tuition for pay pupils will be $2.00 a month, or $5.00 a term of three months in advance. The total expense of a student need not exceed 4165.00 for the entire session. In accordance with the above circular a competitive examination will be held at the School Commissioner's offlos on Wed? nesday, the 3rd* Jnly, for the Scholarship in the Winthrop School. Examination to begin at 9 a. m. D, H. RUSSELL, v School Commissioner. June 13, L5a9 _ .40 1 ANOTHER SENSATION IN ANDERSON! -o STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS. o-;? Whole Community Shocked ! -o ONE of the Proprietors of the "Piedmont 10c. Store" skipped between two sons, with the other's wife, baby and all the money, and only Hollo way and Browne are left to tell the sad tale of blasted hopes and ruined prospects. It came like a thunder-clap in a clear sky. The hand that wrote, and the brain that conceived, the ads. that have hitherto appeared in the Intelligencer, have gone where the "woodbine twineth" and the "wbangdoodle mourneth tor her first born.'' Yob, indeed, every one that knew Mr. Minor tho.ight so well of him?he' was sober, attentive to business, pleasant in mannais, and In every way thought to be a gentleman; but, alas I how deceptive are appearances I Ofttime those on whom we lean and trust most are first to betray confidence. There are different surmises as to the cause of his sud? den departure. The most reasonable construction that we can possibly put on it, is on account of that awful scythe-blade cut that Hollo way and Browne perpetrated while they were on that other drunk, thereby entailing loss of money to the Firm, and Minor, foreseeing disaster and rujn in the near future, took advantage of the situa? tion, and quietly hied himself and assets to "fairer fields and pastures new." F/very one who has passed the ordeal through which Mr. Holloway is passing can readily appreciate his feelings?business ruined, money gone, confidence in a true friend gone, and worst of all, wife and sweet little baby gone. It is enough to make a man desperate, and he is perfectly, desperately desperate. Who wouldn't be? In fact, Mr. Holloway dechres that as we have trotted out goods lively before Minor left, but now they shall go out in regular "lightning sxpress," "cannon ball" style. The long and short of it is, the goods have got to go, or at least the money has gqt to come, for a lot of goods will be coming in on every train that were ordered before Minor skipped, and of course must be paid for and bills discounted, or else some "other fellow" will shortly join the "American colony in Canada." Mr. Holloway may stay awhile longer, but can't tell right now. 'He and Browne may get another "high-lonesome." IP. S.?LATEST. Confidential, to our most intimate friends. Ye*, Mr. Minor has gone?gone to Commencement at his "Alma Mater," Milledgeville, Qa., and while away will visit Cincinnati, Ohio, where he willjmake another "big deal" with the manufacturers, and you know what that means. Mrs. Hollotyoy and the baby are visiting relatives in Georgia, and will return soon. So spare your sympathies. Those chpap FRUIT JARS will be in this week. Confidentially and Teu-Centually yours, C, S. MINOR & CO., POYLES BUILDING, SOUTH MAjN STREET. DON'T FAIL TO CALL AT ONCE AND SEE OUR FRESH ARRIVAL OE SPRING GOODS, ONE OF THE LARGEST, MOST VABIED and BEST SELECTED ASSORTMENTS OF SPRING and SUMMER DRY GOODS, Dress Goods, Shoes, Custom-made Fine Clothing, Notions, EVER BROUGHT TO THIS MARKET EMBRACING ALL THE STYLES AND NOVELTIES. 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 cordially, ?T LESSER &c CO. Brick Range, Next Door to J, E. Peoples & Co. TO THE PUBLIC IF YOU WANT TO BUY HEAVY GROCERIES CHEAP, CALL AT OUR WAREHOUSE, BACK of OUR OLD STAND. We will sell Groceries here for the next sixty days. _ MeCEE & LICOW. SPECIAL. BARGAINS - AT - SYLVESTER BLECKLEY GO'S. IG STORE I For the next Thirty Days. Eureka Side Harrows and Cultivators, Josh Berry 14-Finger Grain Cradles, Single and Double-foot Flow Stocks, Heel Sweeps, Hoes, Shovels, Forks, &c. RUBBER BELTIUG, Large stock, well assorted, and of the best quality. Ready-Made Clothing, Straw Hats, Ladies' Hats, in endless variety. We extend a special invitation to the Ladies to call and examine our immense stock of? And make their headquarters at our Store when in town. Yours anxious to Bell, SYLVESTER BLECKLEY CO. 5-Ton Got ion Gin Scales, $60 beam box brass Tare beam. Warranted (or S Yctrs might Paid. agents wanted. B-end for Ttrmi. "JONES HE PAY8 THE FREIGHT." For Free Price List,'Address J0HE3 of BINGSAHTON, Binghanvton. H. Y. ANNUAL MEETING. NOTICE is hereby given that the An? 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. in., on Thursday, the 13th day of June, 1889, for the purpose of electing officers for the en? suing year, and transacting-such other bus? iness as may come before the meeting. J. D. MAXWELL, Seo. and Treas. April 25,1889_42_5_ FOR SALE_OR RENT! PREMISES at Honea Path, S. C, for? merly belonging to Mrs. W. G. Smith. Two and a half acres of land, with buildings thereon. Apply to GREIG & MATTHEWS, Charleston, S. C. April 18,1889 41 Gm Application for Charter. "VTOTICE 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, 1889, for a Charter for Generostee Baptist Church. T. J. HARRIS, and others. May 23,18S9 46 4 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. 0. Burriss, 2i miles north of | Anderson,- and half mile west of White Hall. Service, fifteen dollars. May 9,1889 44 3? JORDAN HOUSE. MRS. E. 0- JORDAN, Proprietress. Ratei Reasonable, PRIVATE and Transient Board solicit, ed. The table is supplied with the beat the market affords, and every atten? tion given to guests. April 25, 1889 4a (Tr?i? Kirk.) IMPERIAL EGG FOOD will largely increase Egg production, strengthen weak and drooping fowls, promote the healthy gTOWth 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. 8T?RTEVANT, - Manufacturer of Ground Oyster Shells and all Poultry Supplies. Mills 162, 164, and 166 Commerce street. Office, 216 State street, Hartford, Ct. For sale by HILL BROS., Anderson, S. C. Price, 50c. a package. Feb 28,1889 34 -IN THE LEAD Rh S. HILLj ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. SLOAN, HaVING just returned from the East? ern Markets, where they spent a long while in search of? RARE BARGAINS, Now take pleaaure in stating that we never bought a Stock of Goods more to our own satisfaction than we did this time. In our opinion, we can show not only? The Largest. Handsomest, And most Varied SPRING STOCK Ever offered on this market, hut taking QUALITY of material into considera? tion? By Far i tapst ? DRESS GOODS. every Style, Color and Texture, Including Ckallies, Henriettas, Brillian tines, Mohairs, Silks, Satins, Velvets, Sateens and White Goods, world withou end. In fact, all the NEW GOODS, In every imaginable shade that the markets afford. Our Stock of? TRIMMINGS Is replete with all this season's Novel? ties, including Persian Band Embroide? ries, Braids of all kinds?Silver, Gold . and Hercnles, in different shades. Also, those new-and beautiful Felt and Bfaid Trimmings combined, as well as G a imps and Garnitures of every description, BTJTTOITS! Never before has it been onKgpod fortnne to rnn upon such a handsome,; tasty and elegant lot of Buttons i ave'no w waiting your inspection. Don't forget that as we were the first o introduce those soft-finish, 'elegant DRESS LININGS, we stfll give this line our personal attention, MISS MALLALBEU .Continues her - dress making In our Establishment, and is better pre? pared than ever before to fill, in a thor? ough and stylish manner, all orders entrusted to bei. A full and carefully selected? A STOGK OF HOSIERY, Hank ere hiefs, Gloves and Parasols. In Laces and Mull Embroideries we defy competition. As usual we take the? LEAD IN MILLINERY Of every description. We have had exceptional advantages in bnying this year. We begin with our leader?u nice shade Hat, in black and white, at 20c. Staying late enough to attend all the retail openings, we are not only laden with the most beautiful and stylish 1 Goods ever shown here, but ?avTa thor-N* ough knowledge of how to manipulate j them. So that with stylish Shapes, beautiful Flowers, airy Laces and en? trancing Ribboni, the latest French and New York fashions, and above all ?PHE \ LOWEST PRICES ever offered, we are bound to bring joy to the hearts of many customers, old and new. i Very respectfully, r. s. hill. 1