The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 03, 1889, Image 2

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^j&UEL233ED EVERT THURSDAY. ^^tS?N^??LES, IEoriOBiJ and ^ THURSDAY,1 OCT. "3, 1889. ai.so. ^pi^LQn??n ijwHce, a newspaper, says BthVfcJ?V-th'e- people bow liviog in the ^^^r?^iuti,400,O0?,00O. could find j ^standing room within the limits of a field "^l^rjajil^-'square, and by the aid of a ^e^one conlci be addressed by a single ^p||;-. . ? . : f |-3il?;.Baltuaqrb, Manufacture) S Record j-|o??\i^^?'ii?ya comparative statement Vofthe' new entcrprise3 organized during ^^J^f^inl9;months in the South, show |zn?i^ organ iizecli'.RB against 2,042 in the same period ^of;i888i and'that the amount of capital Ifr^plce^ntedi^ the enterprises is $154, |l^700:fn'l889, :as against $121,415,000 cable property of our State has ;.;iaiOT?be^>.in; the past year $3,304^89, pc'coMia'gfiRa^statement made up by the. Comptroller, General. The'.division of ^&^|ea3e:^f-,for personal property P^gei6^t-property $254,596, 'rail ^^|^6?y'.$92o,979k. In the .State the P^i^^pf >eironrai '.property. ? is $43, ^l^pd^roperty :$17i243,373^ ^f^yibAi.'W?. Moore's paper, The Centen ?^^>:^^^^fy*':?na4Q'- its .appearance, after |a7su%onem^^^ months. It .is |no^pnbUshed" at'. Florence by Messrs. ^^^^Stern-MWvTheo. H. Hill js' ^|^fo1rl:1^:E.Ii;fi.;' Willis and. her -f^pnij^^ Eola, ?haye '^^cgifpli ihei' literary and art department, ^taiiMe^buBm is in charge Ers^v^Moore.>Itisan eight page ^^^wramn-p'ap^^.and. presents a very jgfi^j^ppearauce;; Itisfpublishc 1 monthly ^p^S^i&the subscription price, one ^^^yeaife.v.;-' ...','."?'? ^^.te^:?K^#l^b^n?^.taken?? t? raise the ^m^l^fe^jkfi^mpnnment to private sol ^xersvand^ to baere^^ in .Richmond, ^^^The^people' of the.entire South are I^Kb^/^'e^ttp'?n to v contribute..... The ||^lgn! w3I ^ in granite, |pTj|hel^ Egypt, ^mm??^ ^ool?mnV ^ a bronze j f^ni^^^i^,ii^3S.n'in the Oonfeder- j ^^pmy?^?Pffiere shall be '- inscribed on th^face'?f thebaBe, ^'.Confederate soldiers' jmd:s^^ If each of the l^^eri Stateiohceicomposing the Con ederacy^ contributes ? "block of granite ^^^haf^.theri on another face of the Ja^tbe^^ wprds are fo be inscribed. s :shaft :is - composed of thirteen locks, conlributed by tbe thirteen Con aSw":Stat<!3," ':'C.The-Atlanta Constiiiiiicn announces ^^^p^qw ^ready : to begin ^^^cjton"pf.th.e main building for the ?oh federate; Ho me of . Georgia.. The ^designed by the architect, the ni^papOTsSys,^lo^smore like a couri |5i^^ha.iy:?isoldiers' home, has every ^Syehience>andv comfort for the old is' and is surrounded with immense Jsll^will be placed in a beautiful n^U^^wflr.b'e; ready for occupancy i;?s'p?ii;aji'the. contractors can finish j'^^eje ? money enough on hand-to vfpr''; it. - The . parchase money ^^^^IpaiUc'S has been paid and a force |^^^ndVbaBl?en at work for two months ^^|^g!^at;r<;|ad3 . and Maying out. the' "^^aafchifects are now at work ^^th^^ttajjes, stables, dairy and other W&^In^the'msantiirte the directors ^?te^iye^ scores; of applications from ?[nd their wives- who want rndiui less than six months every ie btthem^vill have a home. ^^c;<X".. - .;?? ^^he/^deirjon corresponcient , of ? the S^reett^le;..^ffw?,- in a recent article, !;^mcjvement being on foot to i?d a yi>rn mill on the installment plan, la'scheme seems to be-entirely feasible. g^Ia^ aVw^.understand it, is as fol ^pttec whole number of shares will ?;one thousand, at fifty dollars per share. ^W<ehty-five centB.on each, share will be w^feach: week, which will give two Ireland fifty dollars a week, or thir thousand dollars in one year. In ptwb'-years we. would have $26,000, exclu? sive of intareflt, which would amply pay g^peiisesVof. collecting, investing, &c. ?|By.y this- plan at the end of eighteen ^onths we w0n]d have about $20,000, a ^urrisuScient.to erect the buildings, and | r^the':;end of twenty:four months we rouid-bave enough on hand to buy some linery, and "by mortgaging the build ? other amount needed could easily ^ raiWd. l Of course, this last sum would j'paid off as fast as the money , was paid which would be at the same t?te as it of the first two years. Theptacti* L^ult of; the plan would be tha\at l^o^end of four years we would have a Que mill, fully paid for, and consuming a E$8erable number, of bales of cotton ^yewv^vTheVmost attractive feature ^proposed enterprise is that it will fe^n^yqung men a place.to pot away t safe investment a fixed sum each week, V^ocinstancej let a young man, who is paid ^?TQ/ri?pliara per month, put two : and a half dollars a week, or ten dollars :monthj in.an investment of this kind. 4^ih>ehdf of four years he will have Id^op bis-stock, and will have ten larea, or live hundred dollars, saved. r.rially^represents money that he has aved,.andinsuch way as not to miss it, j^Mchw? think we are safe in saying be would have spent in foolishness, if not reckless! dissipation. it has been sug geated that 'a meeting be called for young imei^only? (we mean unmarried men) some night in this or next week to take f?prJrit?toty steps in organizing the .fiBachel?c Yarn Mills of Anderson." ^hat.say you, young men ? It will pay, ?young men. Let's have the mill. ' r' ? ?. .. . . ; ? ? : Coal,'and oil are fonnd in every nnr^>of Wyoming. The territorial 2ologist jtbinks the coal fields cover 0,000 Equare. miles. .-v-^There was a romantic wedding the 'ifl^rday on top of the Alleghany moun " "in;?/3ffltf;bririe%astruly fair tobehold, eing one of the rosy mountain girls, JlissHonard. The groom was a splendid ^tjecimeui: of -manhood. The mountain elected.^ 13 directly upon the border ^{^^a->jAdt\yirginia9. The bride and ^'pm;rode~iip And dismounted. They i^e-raet'there by Rev. Mr.' Suerren, a |re^^iainiinister Irom White Sulphur 'pnu^. ^'The wedded couple stood upon ;jei .-Virginia: side- while the clergyman toe^pverthe line in West Virginia, as "^^ff.adt^-pejforij the ceremony iu! THE ROAD QUESTION. I The Public Road question has been before the public so often, and bo much has been said in reference thereto that it is with some reluctance that we again broach the subject. Indeed, it is only our sense of the great importance of the question to onr people as a whole, that impels us to write this article, in the hope that some some step will be taken by our next Legislature to effect the end so much desired. It will not be denied that a change for the better in our road system is needed, for while the roads in Anderson County are (thanks to the Murray Road Law) worked, perhaps, better and more effectually than those of any other County'in the State, there is still great room for improvement. Without going into any of the plans suggested by recent writers on the sub? ject, and some of their plans are to be commended, we think some system shou Id be adopted by which not only our pres? ent force of road workers could be more effectively used, but one that would ena? ble us to utilize labor which is now lost entirely?we mean those persons who are confined in our County Jails, either ?before or after trial. Persons who are charged with some offense beyond the jurisdiction of Trial Justices, and who, in default of bail, are sent to jail to await the convening of the Court, of Sessions. They should be put to work on the roads, arfd if upon their trial they should, be acquitted, let the County pay them a fixed sum for their labor, first deducting the cost for their keeping; .but if they are convicted, let.their net earnings, before ccnv;ctiob,go toward paying their fine or in-mitigating their punishment, what? ever that might be. Of course, it would be necessary in framing a bill to carry into .effect the above suggestions, to clearly define the cases in which this law is to apply. Perhaps it would be well to draw the line at felonies', and make the law applicable only in offences below that grade. It would also be nece-sary to make some adequate provis? ion to carry out the purposes of such a law, but we think the end could be ac? complished by a chain gang. The Coun tj would certainly lose nothing, as by the present system we not only have to feed them, but have to keep them in idleness. It is our opinion, however, that we would save not only in actual cash, but get the value of the labor on our roads besides. Perhaps if we could get -the Road Congress, which several of our exchanges have lately discussed, some plan could then-be devised. We may .have something further to say on this subject, and in the rreantime hope to have an expression of opinion from all parts of the State on this all-important question. The seventy-third annual report of the American Bible society, just issued, shows how easily and quietly an almost fabu? lous business is carried on by this remark? able organization. During the last year the society has printed 343,225 bible?, 525,450 testaments, 125,420 portions, and 853 volumes for the blind, making a grand total of 994,448 volumes. Not; only so, but the society has imported from abroad enough copies. of the bible, or portions thereof, to bring the total up to 1,440,357 volumes. Of all theBe 1,440, 455 have been distributed in foreign countries, The largest distributions have been as follows: -9,000 at Constantinople, 23,000 at Beirut, 238,300 in China, 2,500 in Siam, and 61,150 in Japan. The income of the. society from all source? was $497,823.56 and its expenses $464, 172. One of the curious things about the report is its record of work in our own country. During the last sis years the resupplying of the United States by means of colporteurs has been under? taken, and-during that time 2,718,266 families have been visited, of whom 374, 177 were found to be without bibles, of which nearly all were provided with them, either by gift or purchase. It is not easy to understand how so large a work has been carried on so cheaply and unostentatiously as that of the American Bible society. . Another Invention/ The Birmingham (Ala.) Age Herald gives some particulars of a patented, scheme which, if equal to representation, might revolutionize the cotton industry of the South. The project is said to comprise a cotton ginnery, a machine to prepare the cotton for the spindle, spin dies to turn it into yarns and looms to convert it into cloth, the cost of the whole plant not to exceed $10,000. A machine is put up at some central point in a cotton grpwing country. Its ginning capacity is three bales per day. Within a radius of three or four miles it will draw enough cotton to supply it for a year. The farmer hauls his cotton to the machine just as he now does to the gin. Now he pays for having it ginned and packed, also for bagging and ties, and then must come and get it and haul it away to some railway station or market town. With the new process he sells his cotton in the seed at the market price to the company or owner of the gin. The machine will take the seed cotton, gin it, pnt it into rolls, the rolls be transferred to the spindles. These yarns are bundled op and shipped directly to the mills to be woven into cloth/ The saving js the freight of the cotton to the market town, the cost of packing and the difference between the cost of bagging and ties and the lighter covering of the yarn bales; also the commission, insurance and ware? house charges and weighing, altogether about $3 or $4 per bale. Nearly all this difference would go into the planter's pocket. In addition to the enhanced price of the cotton to the producer, there would be a vast amount of money kept at home which goes to the people employed in spinning the raw cotton. Every neighborhood would have its own factory, giving employment to its own people and keeping the wages in circulation as well the profits of the mill owner. Next after the Bpindle would come the loom. From turning the cotton into yarns would come the turning it into cloth. It is not like? ly that these little neighborhood estab? lishments would ever get to making the finer goods, but they could turn out cloth sufficiently fine for common use. The inventor is Mr. H. M. Allen, who propo? ses to exhibit his machinery at the Ala? bama State Fair, to be held at Birming? ham. The invention is now the property of a stock company, which has determin? ed, since the recent successful test ?t Tuscaloosa, to push it, Prominent among the stockholders are Judge J. B. Head and Mr. Robert Warnock, of Birming? ham. Mr. Allen himself was brought up in a cotton factory, and be and bis brother built the Allen factory, at Pratt ville.?The South. ? A company drilling for natural gas at upper Sandusky, Ohio, one day last week, struck a gushing stream with a great flow. It was impossible to stop it. A visitor on Saturday evening tossed a lighted match into the flowing gas, which was ignited and sprang up in a fame that quickly enveloped the great derrick and sheds.adjoining. In a few minutes they were reduced to ashes and the great waving stream of gas sprang upward un? obstructed. Tbe light could be seen for many miles. The strip of woods near the well took fire, and as it is very dry the flames there raged furiously. No means of stopping the flow of gas are at band, as<J nothing can be done to check it. COUNTY CORRESPONDEN?Ev Beitob Heins. Last week we unintentionally omitted to mention that the Executive Board of the Saluda Association held its meeting in tho Baptist Church here. There were present Rev. A. A. Marshall, Chairman, Rb-7. M. McGee, Secretary, Judge W; F. Cox, Treasurer, Hon. J. S. McGee, T. L. Clickscalee, Sr., Dr. John A. Robinson, J. W. Poore, C. E. Horton, Rev. J. S. Murray, Sr., and J. A. Hall. Two were | absent, Rev. R. W. Burts, Sr., and A.N. J Richardson. Previous to the session of the Board the assembled congregation greutly enjoyed a most excellent sermon by Rev. A. A. Marshall. Immediately af? ter the sermon a few minutes were de? voted to hearty hand-shakings among the merabers of the Board and welcoming frirads. How delightful are such meet? ings ! How much good feeling awakened and promoted. Be!ton needs such visitor-", and, indeed, appreciated and enjoyed the occasion. The next session of the Board will be held here, at night, on Wednesday after the Beoond Sunday in December. Belton will look forward to the time with much genuine pleasure. It was our good fortune to meet again our old friend, Prof. J. 8. Murray, Jr., attending the session. We received warm congratulations from Rev. A. A. Mar shail and other true and valued friends of Belton on the successful opening of Bel ton's school. Our town appreciates all such words of encouragement and indirect manifestations of interest in her welfare. Sh? would like to have them here as often and long as possible. We wish induce? ments would move them from their re spoolivo abodes, that we might gain some mOiO model citizens. Such as they could fall In-line and feel at home in auy of our best places or positions. Business is turning his wheels and taking in the coins this week. Cotton and merchandise from our stores are on the move, and nobody feels the worse for it. Rice Brothers have been obliged to meet the demand by putting up a large blacksmith shop for Mr. Hanks, who has "his hands full, even when he lays aside his hammer and tongs. They have just completed & neat office near the oil mill and the large warehouse furnished a few days ago. j But for the timely efforts in preventing the act, we should have had to report a case of suicide this week. Mr. Eugene Prather made an attempt to drink a vial of laudanum. Mer.?,al aberation the proba? ble cause. Light but continued rain checked the gathering of cotton for a few days, but the return of sunshine and the breezes from the Southwest have removed the. dif? ficulty and started the pickers again. Sunday wo bad no preaching, but a good number ofBeltou's people attended the Union Meeting at Whitefield. It was not cur pleasure to be there, but a friend sent us a copy of the minntes. From then we notice the reelelection of J. W. Poore Moderator, Rev. E. C. Rice, who has been pressed into service all over the County, was put on extra duty reading letters from the various schools, preached the introductory sermon and elected on Sunday Secretary. Plenty of work, 'tis true, but he is able to do it, and consider? ing he fact that he is at home, he ought to frei that he owes us extra services. The programme-was' opened on Saturday with devotional exercises conducted by Mr. Louis E. Campbell. He is such en earnest worker that it could but be ex? pected that he would give the proceedings such a lively and happy start that one of the best Union Meetings held in this As? sociation would be the result. Then Mr. J. A. Copeland, too well known tore quire introduction, opened Saturday's devotional exercises with so much zeal and earnestness that Kev. M. McGee found the people ready to .give his splen? did sermon the undivided attention that it merited. Ho served as It oder ate r in the absence of J. W. Poore till Sunday, when Mr. Poore was present. The usual Sunday School business waii duly trans? acted. The reports from ihe different schools indicated vigorous growth, and sor".i, faultless fruit from them. May the interest never slack, nor the necossary attention and work in the least diminish. The best of results may be looked for after the meeting. Everybody went there de? termined to do his or her part, and each one eeemed to think that1 part must be done. It was done, too, and never better before. Delegates and visitors were made to j eel that they were at home and with God's people. Rev. W. A. Gaines preeched an appreciated, sermon on tem? perance on Sunday. Short talks on mis ' sions by Rev. M. McGee and others, an address by Mr. A. R. Cox, the usual col? lections, and the appointment of various committees, ended the Union, to meet next at Hopewell Church. Mr. E. F. Allgood has paid our town a visit. He brings another student for Bel ton Academy. We are glad to meet such gentlemen as Mr. Allgood. He has the right name and proves his judgment to be equal to it by bringing his son here. Kappa. Brushy Creek Items. A fchooting affair occurred in this sec? tion a few days ago, in which a negro man shot a negro woman in the shoulder, the ball coming to the surface near the elbow. Jealousy was the cause. We will give Mr. Newton some fodder pulling. Mr. R. W. Pickens and a hired hand pulled seven hundred and fifty throe four-hand bundles in one day, while Spence Collins, colored, pulled for Mr. Fred. Bagwell five hundred and thir? teen three-hand bundles in one day. The farmers are gathering their cotton as fast as possible. Some are getting it picked three hundred pounds for a dollar. These are not Alliance men. Capt. John M. Glenn, the efficient Post? master at Equality, has had a new roof placed on his dwelling. A coat of paint next, Captain. Ginning is getting to a fine point. Some of the ginuers are ginning for the 25tb, bagging and ties free. A number of our boys and girls have gone off to school. Miss Emma Allgood to Williamson Female College. Miss Ad? dis Pickens to Greenville Female College, and Wofford, Easily and Belton takes care of the boys. Miss Margaret Pickle died at the resi? dence of her brother-in-law, Mr. John Smith, on Thursday, 26th inst, and was buried at the Pickens graveyard next day. She was a daughter of the late Jasol Pickle. Malarial fever has taken hold on some of the residents along Brushy Creek. No wonder, the old ditches are full of stag? nated water. An incendiary fire destroyed a tenant house on a place belonging to Col. W. S. PickenB on last Tuesday, 24th lost. We join Brother '"Jay" in his proposal. W-2 would like to see the faces of the men who write items for tho Intelligencer. Brush t. Survivors' Meeting. There will be a meeting of the Ander? son County Survivors' Association in the Court House, on Salesday in October next, at 11 o'clock a. ni., for the purpose of elect? ing officers'of the Association, and five members to compose tho Board of Pen? sion Commissioners for Anderson County. Every Survivor in the County is urged to be present. ^ W. W. HuMriiBKYS, president. . L, Mauv>in, Secretary. Calhoun Items. Alter a silence- of some time we will again give you a few dot1'. The farmers are very busy now gather? ing and selling their cotton. Tho patrons of the school have again elected Miss May Russell for nest year. Miss May is a good teacher. Miss Qeorgie McDavid, of Belton. was with us Saturday and Sunday. We are always glad to 5'ee Miss Georgie. The health of the comrhnnity is very good. Messrs. J. S. Acker, Jr., and J. M. Vaughn left Tuesday for Greenville, where they will attend Furman University, Our country wishes them great success. Mr. H. A. Griffin went to Belton Tues? day, where he will take a position as clerk 'for Stringer & Poore. Mr. Griffin is mov? ing for the purpose of sending his children to school. We regret to give them up, but at the same time we know they will be a help to Belton, Lrrx&E Wnt*Ett. Two Trains Meld Up, , Mobile, Ala , September 25,?The Mobile and Ohio Southbound mail and passenger train was held up at 3:10 o'clock this morniog by train robbers at Buckatunna, MisB., a station seven'y mileB North of Mobile. The train wa due here at 6 a. m, Just before the train left Buckatunna, two meo mounted behind the teuder of the train, and, climbing over, covered Engineer Sack Tberrel and Fireman Thomas Host with their revolvers. The robbers were disguised with red bandanna handkerchiefs over the lower part of their faces. Tbe leader ordered the engi? neer to pull out and stop at a bridge two miles below Buckatunna, and to place the train so that the express and mail car uhould be on tbe further side of the bridge from the rest of the train, the bridge being a trestle over a deep creek. "You obey instructions, or its death," they'said. The engineer looked down the barrel of the'pistol and slowly pulled the lever. The train ran rapidly down to the spot indicated and tbe engineer ran the train just where the men with pistols wanted it. Then there appeared a third robber, disguised like the other two. These three made the engineer and fireman come with thorn to the express car, and tbe engineer had to call the expressman, J. W. Dunning, to open the door of the car. Tbe wooden door was already open, but tbe iron barred door was closed and locked. Dunning was seated with his back to the door, and when he turned round he looked down the muzzle of three revol? vers. Tbe command was given aud Dunning opened the barred door, and in the chief robber jumped. The other two remained outside to guard the engi? neer and fireman. The leader made the messenger dump the contents of the safe into a canvas sack, but noticing that he was not closely watched, Dunning shoved some of the money aside, so that about $1,000 was ?hidden, tbe robbers getting $2,700. All this money belonged to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad company. Alongside the express car door was a pile of seventy thousand dollars government money, en route to Florida, which the robbers failed to notice. ? Then the robbers made tie express man get out of the car aud go with them to the mail car. W. C. Bell, tho mail agent, had suspected that a robbery was going on, and tried to get into the baggage car with a number of registered packages of mail. Just as he stepped to the end door of the car he saw through the glass that the robbers had intercepted him. The robber leader, supposed to be Bunch, faced him, pistol in hand, and finding Bell's arms full of packages, said "Dump those here on my left arm." There were twenty-four packages in all, and Bell dumped them as requested. The robber made Bell hand him the registered pouch, and ordered the agent to opeu it; but Bell had no key, so tbe robber carried the pouch off with him. The pouch was ? made up at Meridian, and its contents and their value are unknown. Just then Billy Scholes, the conductor, who had been trying to find out the trou? ble, and had armed himself with a . Win? chester, cams out of the rear of tbe train, having his lantern, and shouted, "What's the matter?" The robbers fired two shots at him, crying out, "Come up here and you'll see what's tbe matter." The engineer told the robber to let up on shooting, as the train hands would open fire and, be shooting their own men.. There was no more shooting, and tbe train was ordered to pull out at once, which it did, tbe robbers disappearing in the undergrowth on the West side of the trick. The train pulled down to Citro uelle aud swapped time with* the accom? modation train engine, and one car was sent back to tbe scene of tbe robbery with detectives and an armed posse. The leader of the robbers is a man six feet high, of about 170 pounds weight, dressed in common clothes and a slouch hat. His assistan tB wore common clothes and had nothing to distinguish them. When tbe handkerchief slipped down a little off tbe leader's face, the express messenger says he saw he had a black moustache, and thinks be had a beard. the same game played in texas. Chicago, September 25.?A dispatch from Fort Worth, Texas, says: At a late hour last night, as the Northbound Santa Fe train was pulling out of Crowley, ten miles south of this city, three men board? ed the train and two others jumped on the locomotive. The two on the engine placed pistols to the heads of the engineer and firemau aud told them to stop. The robbers cut the engine, baggage, mail and express cars from the rest of the (rain aud made the engineer pull half a mile further. One of tbe men then got into the express car and ordered the messen? ger to show them the money. He point? ed to three bags of Mexican silver. One of the men ripped open the Back and shoveled the silver out the door, while tbe other one threw out tbe other sacks. They took two packages said to contain ?5,000 each, but overlooked three or four packages for Fort Worth. The engineer was then made to couple up and move. The train reached here at midnight, and a posse of twenty men started in pursuit at once. The Weight or a Bushel of Meal. The resolution of the Oakland Alliance, published elsewhere, is upon a subject which was discussed by the Board of Trade some months ago, the result of which was the appointment of a commit: tee to investigate tbe weight of a bushel of meal. It was then ascertained that the law differed in South Carolina from almost every other place, In North Carolina, Georgia and all the western Slates, from whence meal is generally brought, a bushel is estimated to weigh only 46 pounds, while in South Carolina the statutory weight is 48 poundB. Meal is quoted at 46 pounds to the bushel in all commercial price lists, and is sold to the retailers on that basis. If 48 pounds is called for, the extra two pounds are charged. There are a few mills, however, which sell meal by the 100 pounds, and the retailer calculates bis prices per bushel at the rate per pound, making different prices for.-? 48 pound bushel. 46 poundB are generally estimated a bushel for the sake of uniformity. We are informed that all points on the C. C. & A. R. R. between Augusta and Char? lotte reckon 46 pounds to the bushel in selling or quoting prices. There is noth? ing wrong about it, and the custom has grown out of the necessities of the case. It would not do for one place to quote 46 pounds for a bushel and another place quote 48 pounds. It would be mislead? ing. Columbia sells at 46 pounds and adjoining places have fallen into the practice for the purpose of competing. Tbe law in this State should be changed in order to avoid the confusion and mis? understanding which grow out of the fact that what is sold for a bushel of meal is not-* bushel.? Winnaboro News. ? Irrigation has raised the value of some California land from $7 nn acre to 6ver$ouQ.' CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Huntington, W. Va., Sept. 27.?On Big Heart creek, Lincoln county, Al. Brumfield and bis newly married wife were returning home after their wedding trip when they were ambushed by a man who shot tbem both. Mrs. Brun;Geld died in a few hours. Brumfield is dying. He claims to have recognized the assas? sin, but refuses to say who it was. It is tbe belief in the neighborhood that a former suitor of Mrs. Brumfield, who failed to win her, is the murderer. GoochlandC. H, Va., Sept. 26.? Intense excitement was created here to night dating a church meeting by the appearance of Amy Boggs, a small color? ed girl, in the congregation, flourishing a razor. Men, women and children ran in all directions. Some women fainted, others tumbled in the mud, and the girl was soon in possession of the church, her eyes glaring and her slight figure tremb? ling with frerty. When she had driven the last person from the church, Bhe cried out: "Now I want to see the devil." She waB finally overpowered by two con? stables, and an examination showed that she was in a religious ecetacy and was looking for the devil, whose throat Bhe had taken a vow to cut. It was fortun? ate that the congregation fled before her, as she bad been told that the devil was in some people, and Bhe designed cutting them open to get at him. i Odessa, September 27?The wiping out of an entire family of seven persona, which has just occurred here, makes one of the saddest' stories of tragedy ever recorded In the city. The head.of'the family was a teacher named Sause. Overworked and depreesed he was driven to commit suicide. He left a widow and five children. The woman's mind waB unbalanced by the burden of care thrown entirely upon her by ber husband's death and while in this crazed condition she killed all the children. Their little bodies she threw down to the ground from a third-story window of the house. Then, with a despairing cry, the poor woman jumped from the window herself, and striking heavily on the ground re? ceived injuries from which she cannot recover, Negaunee, Mich., September 30.?A brakeman named Thomas Higgins slipped between two freight cars on a moving train, near Maple Ridge, to day. The signal to stop was given by another brakeman who saw the fall, and the train stopped and backed up to where Higgins lay. Eight cars passed over bis body, which was frightfully mangled. His head was completely severed from his body and lay several feet from tbe track. Fireman Byo picked up the head and was horror-Btricken to see the eyelids close and again open aud partly close again. This was seen by Engineer Wil? liam Whitney and the brakeman. All three were badly frightened. This sign of consciousness was given several min? utes after the head was severed from the body. The three witnesses are reliable men. WAynesboro, Ga., Sept. 30.?Green Howell is a negro who owns a plantation and is well to do in life, and lives in the lower part of Ireland district, near tbe home of Captain A. L. Archer. He is highly respected by all who know him, both white and colored. Green is fifty two years old, and once he was as black as auv of tho fifteenth amendments, and now he is nearly white all over. Shortly after the close of the late war, two small white epots, about the size of a nickel, appeared on his wrist about two inches apart, and they remained for a short lime and disappeared, and nothing more was thought of it till 1885, whea they return? ed in the same place and have been spreading since that time, and now he is spotted all over, and in a few years he will be white all. over. He does not suffer any pain from the spots, and he says the only inconvenience he experien? ces is from the sun, and it causes them to blister. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 30.?A Ti tusville special says: M. H. Adams, postal clerk on the route between here and Jupiter Inlet, died a horrible death last night from tue effects of a rattlesnake bite. About midnight Saturday night he accidentally stepped on a snake as be was walking on tbe public highway. The serpent attacked him and buried his fangs I in Adams' leg. He twisted a handker I chief about the wound, and hurried to a J physician. The wound was copped and poulticed and whisky used freely, but the treatment availed nothing, the patient suffering intensely until the poison fin? ished its work. Adams was originally from Montreal. Darien, Ga., Sept. 30.?Mr. James O'Brien, Jr., came in from the Ridge, and was caught in. the rain, being pretty well soaked when be arrived at his livery sta? ble. He at once proceeded to bis room for the purpose of changing his clothing. After selecting all necessary articles, with the exception of a pair of socks, he pulled open the bottom drawer of the bureau, I expecting to find tbem there, but to his I great astonishment upon opening a box, in which he usually kept his ties, he found I coiled therein a snake about twenty-six inches long. Jim in opening the box, I touched the snake with his hand, and was I so frightened, fell backward, knocking over chairs and everything movcable and with three backward Bomereaults, was safely through two doors, und out of harms way. Oue of the bued men killed the snake, and Jim again entered the room, but could not be induced to touch even the hem of the counterpane. But the mystery is, how did the snake find its way into the drawer, and into the box? j Death of Gen. D. II. Hill. Raleigh, N. C, September 25.?Ex Confederate Gen. D. H. Hill died yester? day at Charlotte, N. C. Daniel Harvey Hill was born at Hill's Iron Works, York district, S. C., on July 12, 1821. His great grandfather came from Ireland and settled in York, Pa., whence his grandfather, William. Hill, removed to South Carolina, and estab? lished Hill's Iron Works, in connection with his friend, Col. Isaac Hayne. Solomon Hill, Gen. Hill's father, joined with Edmund Hayne, son of Col. Isaac Hayne, in reviving the iron works?de? stroyed during the Revolutionary war? which they conducted for some yeafs? until Mr. Hill's death. The8onwas graduated at West Point in 1842, and went immediately to Maine to serve on the frontier during the trou< bles with England in reference to the boundary line. He waB in nearly every important battle in the Mexican war, and was a member of the storming party at Chapultapec, where he and Lieut. James Stewart had a foot race for the honor of being the first to enter a strongly occupied Mexican fort. For service in this battle Capt. Hill was brevetted major, as he had been previously brevetted captain for "gallant and meritorious conduct" at Contreras and Churubusco. 1 Just after the Mexican war be resigned I his commission, and was elected professor of mathematics in Washington College, Lexington, Va. He held this place for I six years, and for five years filled the same chair in Davidson College, N. C, and went thence to be superintendent of j the North Carolina Military Institute at Charlotte. At the beginning of the civil war he was made colonel of tbe 1st North Carolina regiment, in command of which J be fought and won the battle of Big j Bethel, 10th June, 1861, soon after which he waB made brigadier general and Bent to command the extreme left of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army at Leebburg, Va. i He was promoted to major general March 26, 1862, and distinguished him? self in the seven days' battles in the peninsula. During the first Maryland campaign Gen. Hill made a stubborn fight at Boonesville. He also participated in the battle of Fredericksburg. During the Chaocellorsville campaign he was in 1 North Carolina, and during the Gettys j burg campaign he commanded the defen? ces of Richmond and Petersburg. In July, 1863, he was comoii as i o n ed lieulen I ant general and placed at tho head of a j corps in Bragg's army. He was at Chickamauga and shared tho fortunes of the Army of the Tennessee until"be sur? rendered with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in North Carolina in April, I860. j For some years after tbe war he edite:! I "The Lar.d We Lavs," a monthly msga zine, which he founded at Charlotte, N. C. In 1877 he was elected President of the University of Arkansas, and in 1877 president of the Military and Agricultu? ral College of Georgia at Miliedgeville. Gen. Hill was a contributor to general literature, and has published two theolo? gical works and an algebra and arithme? tic. He had intensely Southern prejudi? ces ; was a good hater as well as a fighter, and his arithmetic con tains some remark? able "sums" or examples, in which the comparative running qualities of two "Yankees" at the battle of Buena Vista, and "Connecticut wooden nntmegs" are introduced. Gen. Hiil and Gen. Stone? wall Jackson married sisters, and Gen. Hill was one of the great chieftain's most ardent admirers, and like him a most zealous, it may be almost said, fanatical Presbyterian. Meditating KetalJaiiou. Shanghai, September 23.?The action of the United States in forbidding Chinese immigration is having its inevi? table result and the government is medi? tating measures of retaliation. Accord? ing to telegrams from Pekiu the Empe rior and his Privy Council are now delib? erating upon a memorial from Censor j .Su, demanding the expulsion from the country of all Americans in Chinese employ. Not only is this drastic step in contemplation against Americans who occupy subordinate positions, but there is a strong agitation in favor of greater restrictions Upon the presence of Ameri? can merchants and missionaries in treaty ports. Best Goods in the Market. JUST RECEIVED-VIrginia Cassi meres?from Charlottesville Wool en Mills._A. B. TOWERS. A BARGAIN! AHOUSE AND LOT, with all necessa? ry outbuildings, on McDu?ie Street, one block from the Public Square, for sale cheap. Call on BREAZEALE & LONG, Real Estate Agents. Oct 3,1889_13_2_ REMOVAL. BREAZEALE & LONG, Attorneys, have removed their Law Office to rooms in Brick Range, above stairs, over S. T. Craig's Store, and opposite Law Office of Whitner & Simpson. Oct 3, 1889_13_3_ Pendleton Female High School! THE Trustees of the Pendleton Female High School have secured the services of Miss Calhoun, of Due West, Abbeville Co., an experienced and competent Teach? er, who will open the School on the first Monday in October. The boarding depart? ment will be under the management of Mrs. Wright and her (laughter, Miss Lnla. Pupils from abroad will be under the per? sonal care and supervision of the Teacher at all times. J. B. SITTON, Chairman Board Trustees. Oct 3, 1889_J3_2__ Books of Subscription. UNDER and by virtue of a Commis? sion issued by the Secretary of State, the undersigned will open Books of Sub? scription to the Capital Stock of the An? derson Opera Company at the Probate Judge's office, at Anderson C. H., S. 0,, oil Wednesday, the 9th of October instant, at 9 o'clock a. m. W. P. COX,, F. T. WILHITE, W. W. HUMPHREYS, Oct 3,18S9_13_1 ; NOTICE. , NOTICE is hereby given that the un? dersigned, Commissioners for that purpose, pursuant to authority given ns by the Secretary of State, will open Books of Subscription to the Capital Stock of "The Anderson Warehouse and Manufac? turing Company," at the store room of McCully, Cathcart & Co., iu the City of Anderson, S. C. on Tuesday, the 8th day of October, A. D. 1889, at eleven o^clock a m. P. K: McCULLY, E. W. BROWN, Sr. J. J. PRETWELL, ' J. FI?ASTER BROWN, Board of Corporators. Oct 3, 1889_13_1 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PJL Ii AS. Mary H. Smith. Plaintiff, against James R. Wil? son, Lena E. Smith, Marion II. Smith- and Charles ?. Smith, Defendants.?Summons for Relief?Complaint Served. To the Defendants above named: r0U are hereby sommoned and requhed to an ? swer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and filed in the omcc of the Clerk of the Cuurr, of Common Pleas, at Anderson Court House, S. C, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint un the subscribers' at their office, a nderson C. h., s. c, within twenty days after the service hereof, ex? clusive of the day of such service; and If you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid the plaintiff in this action will, apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. ? Dated Anderson, S. C, Oetober 2nd, a. D. 1880. MURRAY & MURRAY, Plaintiffs Attorneys, [Skal.] M. P. Tkibdle, C. C, P: To the Defendants, James R. Wilson, Lena ?. Smith, Marion II. Smith and Charles E. Smith : TAKE NOTICE, that the Summons in this ac? tion, of which tho foregoing is a topy aud the Complaint therein, were tiled in tho otiico of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. II., S. C, on the 2nd da> of October A. V. 1839. MURRAY <fc MURRAY, Plaintiff's Attornoys. -To the Minor Defendants, Lena E. Smith, Marion H. Smith and Charles E. Smith, and A. M. Smith their father and with whom thcyieside: TAKE NOTICE, that unless you procure the appointment of a Guardiau ad lilem, to appear and defend this action ou your behalf, within iwenty days from the service of the Summons herein upon you, an application will bo made to this Court, fur an Order appointing some suitable and competent person Guardian ad liten for you and authorizing and direcUnjj him to appear and defend the above entitled action on your behalf, and for such other and further relief as may be just. Anderson, S. C. October 2nd. 1889. MURRAY fc MURRAY, i'laintKl's Attorneys. Oct. 3,1880 13 IS s T?TE OF SOUTH CA ROLINA, Ande uson- County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probale. WHEREAS, J. P. Clardy htm ap? plied fo rrie to grant hirn Letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and elTects~of Mary A. Stegall, deceasod. % These are therol'ore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Mary A. Stegall, deceased, to bo uml ap Eear before mein Court of Probate, to e held at Anderson Court House, on the 17th day of October, 1889, after pub? lication hereof, to show cauno, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 2nd day of October, 1H89. W. F. COX, Judge of Probate. Oct 3, 1889 13 2 Hats, Hats, Hats! IAM receiving the largest line of Fall and Winter Millinery that I have ever handled; which I am selling remarkably cheap. Trimmed Hats from fiOc. up. Come; sec nnd be convinced. I am veiling all my goods choaper Until they have ever been sold before. Have some pretty Pat? tern Hats and Bonnets. Special invitation (c t>U. [>. EltSKlNE. rqidU&r, S.T, TO MY CUSTOMERS AND - FRIENDS! -o Xt is wilb pleasure that we inform (he TRADING P?BXIC, and the Alliance Men Especially, That we are at last In Our New Quarters, The two Elegant New Rooms Vi * And are fast receiving by far the Largest, Host Magnificent, And best Bought Stock of General MERCHANDISE Ever exhibited in this country, consisting of a Mammoth Stock of Dry Goods, Trimmings, Notions, Novelties, &C The Handsomest and Cheapest line of Millinery, Wraps and Ladies' Furnishings Generally it has ever been our good fortune to display. A Large Stock of Men's, Boys' and Youths' Clothing-, * Hat? and Furnishing Goods, Moat of which we are selling at actual manufacturers' -. .'wholesale prices. We have-more SHOES Than we know what to do with, and arc selling at prices never before heard of. We have a good stock of? Groceries, Hardware, Woodenware, Crockery and Farmers Supplies. In Khort, we bought more Goods than anybody in this section of the country, AVE BOUGHT CHEAPER, Therefore, we can and will SELL CHEAPER We have one uniform LOW PRICE for all, and our terms are STRICTLY CASH, On the delivery uf the Goods, so pleaee DO NOT ASK FOR CREDIT, As we will be obliged to refuse it Even when Goods are taken out on trial we require the Caah, and will, of course, refund when they are returned. SEEING IS BELIEVING. All that wo ask is au inspection of our Good* and Prices, and a fair trial. - Wry respectfully, CAREFUL BUYING IS NINE POINTS OF SUCCESS ! AND THE EOAD TO SUCCESS LEADS STRAIGHT THROUGH E. W. BROWN & SONS' STORE! They selected from the Northern Markets THE RIGHT GOODS, at the RIGHT PRICES, AND MEAN TO SELL THEM RIGHT! Two Large Store Rooms, Warehouses and Cellar Filled with Goods! AN IMMENSE DRY GOODS STOCK. The latest and most Stylish DRESS PATTERNS, With handsome TRIMMINGS to match. The celebrated Eagle and Phccnix JEANS, DOMESTICS of every description, SHAWLS, SKIRTS,' CORSETS, HOSIERY, And all those little Notions so necessary to a complete stock. GENTS' READY MADE CLOTHING! ELEGANT STYLES, LARGE ASSORTMENT, and a PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. t BOOTS ?ND SHOES. The largest line of Ladies' aud Gents' Shoes ever brought to this market. La? dies' Shoes a specialty. Every desirable style kept, from the FAT BABY SHOE' to the Low Cut Easy Shoe for the aged. We are. the only Firm handling the celebrated Bay State, Morrow, and Evitt Bro. Shoes. GROCERIES. Six Car Loads fresh ground new Flour, all grades and prices. One thousand bushels Texas Bed Bust Proof J)ats. One thousand Bundles Ties, new and second hand. Bountiful supply Piece Bagging in 50 yard'rolls, guar? anteed 2 pounds to yard. \ Bacon, Lard, Meal, Sugar, Coffee, and everything else ne? cessary to make a complete Grocery stock. Fancy Groceries a specialty. SPOT CASH COTTON BUYERS. Bring us y our Cotton, look at our stock and get our prices. E. W. Brown & Sons. READY FOR THE FALL TRADE. SEEING IS BELIEVING. OUR STOCK LARGER THAN EVER. PRICES EXTRAORDINARY LOW. 0 OUR PROPOSITION. UR Buyer, after visiting the Metropolis and other large Cities of this country, returns to his post of-duty much encouraged by being in possession of so many GOOD BARGAINS, and coupled together with the bright prospect of so good a crop, and the large increnne of our city, we have resolved to increase our trade fifty per cent., and to do ihi* we want the aid of our friends and the trading public generally. In consideration of same, we pledge ourselves to divide our commission in every instance, und to offer good, honest goods at a price much lower than can be purchased elsewhere. ? DEPARTMENT NO. 1. Fruit of the Loom Bleaching. One yard wide, at only Sl/fi._ Athens Cheeks. For which we aro agents, has been reduced' to 6c. by yard or 4% by bolt. Lesser's 9 Oz. Jeans, Which was manufactured expressly for us, and in all candor we can say it is tho best goods in the world for the money. Our price is 25c. while oth? er merchants get 35c. This is what you Need. Canton Flannel?a very henry article. We hare 500 yards. Cost you any where else except Lesser's 12}<Jc?our price is only 8}<Jc. Farmer's Sea Island, One ya?d w :>'s?fioo, nice goods. Our price is only 7c. Renfrew Dress Gingham, Which is the best brand made, warranted not to fade, at only 8%c. 50 Pieces Apron Gingham, At the rery low price of 5c. per yard. Beat it if you Can I, 500 White Quilts, bought at the recant atietion sales, Beruember, they are three yards long and same square?heary goods, free from starch. Our price $1.00. DEPARTMENT NO. 2. Red Flannel. Our bills Ml) for 2,612 yards of Red Flannel; we wish to unload. While we know it is too hot yet to purchase such goods, we are willing tcyoffer you big bargains, so it will pay you to make tho invent men t. Listen : 15,16,17,18,19, 20,22, 25c. White Flannel. Our stock is tremendous. Big bargains for ere* ry one?we can and will sare you money. DEPARTMENT NO, 3. Red Damask. Apron Linen. This is something that nerer goes out of style wo can please you as to quality and price. Warranted not to fado or money refunded. Our special offer is one lot 2-yards wide, dyed in oil, German imported goods, handsome designs. Our price 50c?other merchants get 75c. to Si.00. Scrim, , Colored as well as white?all extra wide and fine goods. We closed out a lot, and make two prices. Lot No. 1 at i%, and lot No. 2 at 10c. Very cheap, rail and see._ Satines. New Fallnatterns, lorely goods, just the thin for early Fall wear. Hear in mlud?oue wide ana price lower than ever, Yix/jz. hing yard Bed Tick I ?*> Cassimeres! This line of goods can be purchased from ns lower than elsewhere. Just think, a Castdmere for boys tit 25c, a good Cassimers fo.~ a man at 50?, a better one for 75c, 81.00 and Si 25._ Towels I We have got them all. Our 12^c Towel is a big bonanza, all linon. Crash I One lot at 5c, oue lot at 10c, one lot at l!i!l$o. Felt! In all shades, double width, else $1.25?our price $1.00. Cost you anywhere We buy these good? direct from the mill, and are now offering twenty grades, commencing at 7c. and 9c. up to 2oc. Opera Flannel 1 Hasket Flannel, Cashmct Flaunt;!, Eiderdown Flannel, in all the new shad s. Tbi-y are lorely. 'Call and look ai them. ' DRESS GOODS FOR EVERYBODY. Too much stress cannot be laid upon our immense stock of Dress Goods. It includes evory fabric, from a leu cent Cashmere to a very tine imported Robe, costing $15.00 per suit. We have all the stylish Trimmings and Huttous to match. We can suit every one'who wants a nice, cheap drexs for tnls Fall. Kid Gloves Hickory Stripes, Both in blue and brown, 8 oz. Duck, Driilis, yard wide Sheeting, Shirting. I'M Sheeting, Pillow Case, Calicoe.i?all in profusion and very cheap. White Goods. All of our Summer White Goods to be sold way under value. We have seveial pieces Check Mull which we now offer at 10c, reduced from IU. Wo have secured the agen.ey tor ihe celebrated Alexander Kid Glares. We curry nil sizes and all :ill shades of tun, brown"* und black. We guarantee <'very pair not to rip, if so, money re iihid.d and no questions asked. Price in reach of all?iiiie dollar. Cashmere Gloves. Of this we cat i) lb rev prudes, otic at 15c, oue at 2.pm:ami one ??."We Oui 2.jcaiilcle Is a hummer, all wool. CLOTHING! We have Invested very largC'V lMs aeasoi] In Meu'o, Boys' and Children's Suits. We buy direct from manufacturers, &?i,-eq>ie;itiy saw you lire middle man profit. We say without hesitation that wc cm and will >nv? jor, irutn ?J0U t<> i'i iiO <>ri every Suit purchased from us. Our stock is as large as any in the eitj fiiOuoii.tlile, aurraiited lo wear, uot to rip?lit perfect. We can mit the dude, the youuf; mau, iim middle av.il man and ili-old man. Gents, give us a call. SHOES! We curry probabl? t < ice u^ many Su??n as any other merchant in Anderson; we buy in large lota and bell ?i small |iruttti ; we huve all grades and makes. For an example, our Dollar Brogan bra beau? ty. Our Men's Ureas Shoe in Congress or Lace for $1.25 cannot be matched' in the city. Our Ladles' Calf Shoe lor $1.25 is a humtnw. Our Ladies' Kid Button for $1.50 is a perfect beauty. Buy your Shoes from us?we have no paper soles or shoddy iu an form?wn warrant every, pair. TO ?UJt COUSTBYFttlEXDS ; When you visit our City make our Store your headquarters. Wc aro at all limes glwl lo tee you, and take good care of you. TO OtT5t CITY l-'RIEXDS : When you leave ytur homes to go ."hopping remember LESSF.B'S. Wc have a very large stock to select trow, and while wc do not care blow our horn loo loud, can only say a dollar sarcd is a dollar made. Remember the Place?Brick Bange?next door to Peoples & Burnsc. UffiSSEJR & CO.