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;^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.
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