The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 24, 1889, Image 2

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'PUBLISHED EVER Y TSU2SDA K i.' ' J, P. OLINKSOALESa E&rroas ab? \C^.C.jLANGSTONi j PsoieKiirtOBS, TH?ESDAY, OCT. 24, 1R?9. it-VTS\y^Xf\ ._.-" 31.00. FOOD- FOB THOUGHT. 1; "liaiit week we finished the publication j ?of the articles from the pen of our saga? cious townsman, Capt. "A.T, Broyles. .'These:articles ran through three issues 'of- th:r. .Intelligencer, and Tve hope I have been*arefully read by our readers, -especially by our farmers, far there is .much food for thought ia them. It would .bo ? jfjood idea to save the three articles aod read them: again carefully. They 'were jMrefully prepared, and were intend i;tO:promote the interest of the farmer. Aa'th-gj \ appeared in separate articles, we wiirt?*y to make a summary of them. h i "first was intended to impress on ^the^mers'the importance of making ;-their':/6ffti supplies. It shows that our ?ei^enditur^ for; the last three years on this,account have amounted in round .nujnbeirs to $580,000, a sum more than iuffiicfenl to pnt in operation five cotton anufietoiiea, with a capital of ?100,000 eh;^ These outlays bave to be deduct ^ifrouV the sales of the cotton.crop, and must reduce the profits of the farmer. He saya the farmer should make the rent 'of his land, the interest upon his capital, and-the. laborers?' wages, and that the crop,?;nfter making these allowances, should b? sufficient to leave him a clear H*~:->^profit besides, and that unless it doeB this/farming cannot bo profitable. This ? is'dbne.by the merchant, and those en? gaged in all'of the other branches of '^^i?'?n^ir^i-^'.This^'he/sftjs, is' not done by Lthe-farmer, and, for the purpose of show ingjitj in^the second article'he takes the ' value of the farms in this-Coun? ty, farming implements, horses mules, ^r7&aj ftrtilksra and agricul tural supplies represented by liens alone, as shown by the census of 1880. The Interest on these " "8um3v^vith one-third of the crop of that ryeaV,\&>r laborer's wages, amounted to $1, }is,23i), so that the whole cotton crop, of ^s^ylw, . being. 21,897 bales, at $4&00 "per bale, and, worth $985,305. was notBuf ^?vficiept to. cover these -allowances, and, therefore, the farmer for that year made viVna'clear-profit. It is ;hrj clear profit, ^ia^er Ae?e allowances are deducted from le crp?:, - that is capital, and capital is vjhat he needs, and cannot be accumula ? unUi he makes his own supplies. ' ^The third article shows that thevwago8 )f farm laborers and the value of irm-',tj1andi in manufacturing States, ire higher than in this State, which is almost!wholly, dependent on-agriculture - :2ad, further; that if our farmers would -raiseiaeir.own "supplies they might lay : : up a capital'of their own, which would I enable, them either to extend their farm? ing operations,'or to invest it in mechaa . icalsnd manufacturing enterprises, which would increase the amount and variety of jut products and the amount of money fcrilbblation.' 'By becoming their own iufacturera, they, would be made inde? pendent of the' rise iu. prices of articles purchased in outside markets, occasion ' " by trusts and protective tariffs, and enabli) themjo save at home the profits they, jay others for the things they are ?b?iged to purchase. ?here are'6,066,000 bushels of wheat in Minnesota and Dakota this year, ^against not quite 4,000,003 last year at l^fchesame season. In Dakota the farmers 5>!;wereinanyof them too busy threshing i#tq goto the polls to vote, even though it was, the firat State election. Wheat is < better than politics. ' .i . W; H* Ellis, of San Antonio, who is ^?gettin j; up a colony of Texas negroes to jSQttle in Mexico, talks hopefully. He -expects- to obtain from the Mexican jovernraent $2,000,000 in ca3h and 450,. . JOO.acres of land. The colonists will - raise cotton. In Mexico, when the seed ti?in once planted, Ellis says, it grows and k lourishes for seven years, and after the ?t year the planter has nothing to do jut gather nis crop. -. - -v -?- .i? Why is it that although the increase y of the cotton crop in ithe decade between "jpand 1882 was from about 4,000,000 t?^?OOOjOOO bales, during the seven years of the present decade the increase is less than 1,000,000 bales? Does this ohow that-the consumption of cotton goods is plot increasing according-to the increase of" .ju'iation, or that the exports of cot? ton have not increassd the demand for cotton in foreign couu tries being supplied by Egypt and India ? This is-au interest? ing qaestion._? ^??The.Indian as a political factor is a f featoife of politics which is likely in the ^ near future to attract public attention. By recent acts of Congress every Indian ?over 21 years of age who receives an al? lotment of land in severalty becomes a . voter^ clothed with every attribute that ^attaches to citizenship. The successful , ;.termiua tiqn ' of the negotiations . with ^tie Sxoiix Indians, by which they sur? render s/large part of their reservation in iDakota, wilkjt is estimated, by next year :sthrow. into the politics of the State the w^rtain quantity of 4.937 voters. This vote, thrown solidly, aa it probably will s, in both State and national elections, h likely to become an important factor , ia that State. Negotiations now in progress with other Indian tribes will soon make many tbousauds more Indian voters.; At the Interior Department ^XWashington, D. C, it is thought that npward.of 20^000 Indians will be entitled / "to vote in the. next Presidential election. -.. - How the red man will conduct himself | a3 a'part and parcel of the nation and ; not as its ward will be watched with in? terest by all who are interested in the solution of the Indian problem. A Horrible Sitnatlon. 'c?rr ^ CHICAGO, Oct. 17.?A dispatch from : Columbus, Ohio, says the mayor of San !&i'Vdusky,.Ohio, has telegraphed the State v . Board of Health in rega rd to small pox ravages atPelee Island, a famous fishing ^; -resort in take Erie. The dispatch eays ?v ; 'the wildest excitement exists, over one .=^;;;^-iinndreCcaaes of small pox having devel ? tjd there within the last four days. The island has about 1,000 population every <>ne'of whom is it feared will contract the disease. Ail avenues of escape from the .;;. place have been closed by the American I nod Canadian authorities. Every one of | the entire group of Lake Erie islands, iu . i;>--:cradio^Pat-in-Bay, North Bass, Middle ^7i? B?ssi Kelleys and others have quaranrin ^d; against Pelee and .he Canadian au |s ivVlioriuea havfe quarantined the main land V?aih2? the island, which has become a vast isolated peat houie. Dr. Probst, p : .Secretary of the State Board, has sent in ' ? ViVuctioua aiid has taken vigorioas steps t?lprevetit the disease spreading. Fartii?r*.* Son Replies to Alliance Han. MESSRS* EdItobs: "Alliance Man,": in your last week's issue, endeavored to' reply to my suggestion as to IT ate facto? ries; In the first plate, Mr. "Alliance Man" ffrccseosUpon a faloe premise, for' cott?? lagging, weighing one pound to the yard, cannot be bought for 12} cents per yard. This year tbs co'tton cloth used as cotton covering costs 'from IG to 20 centB a pound. "fchsreiore, if it wan made heavy tn??gh to weigh a pound to the yard, it would cost at least sixteen cents a yard, according to present prices. That would mako six yards cost 96 cents instead of 75. This six pounds is Bold for 60 "cents, a loss of 36 cents to the bale. What about Jute? Jute bagging, weighing 2J- pounds to the yard, costs ten cents. Take nine yards to the bale, and that is ninety cents. This nine yards weighs 201 pounds, and issold at $2.02}, a gain or profit of.$1.12* to the bale. To this add the 53 cents loss on the cotton bagging, and you have $1.48}, the actual loss sustained by the man who uses cotton covering instead of Jute. What has my friend, "Alliance Man," n say to this? Say there are 7,000,000 bales made, what would the loss be? $10,395,000. And yet it will pay to use cotton covering. In my first suggestion I showed that it would take 106,000 bales, weighing 500 pounds each,, to cover 7,000,000 bales. This 105,000, at $50 a bale, would be worth $5,250,000, about half of the leas in the use of cotton covering. How does this sound ? My fiiocd says: "Figures will show that as long as cotton sells for less than 15c. per pound, it is to the interest of the cotton farmer to use cotton bagging." ? Let me, in the best of feelings, ask "Alliance Man" to make the figures that will Bhow this. It is easy to say a thing, but it id-sometimes very turd to show it. Now, let me make one more suggestion in reference to the use of Jute bagging. The tare is five per cent., consequently thirty pounds on a five hundred pound bale. I wish to show that if the cotton farmer will take my first suggestion, and b.*ve Jute bagging made here, as It can be done, at a cost of ten cents a yard for 2} pound Jute, and put 9 yards to the bale, and use best ties, which weigh about 2 pounds, each, and put six to the bale, he will have 9 x 2??22} pounds bagging to the bale; 6 x 2?12 pound ties to the bale; 22} x 12?34} pounds bagging and ties to the bale. Thirty pounds are taken off for tare, and 4} pounds are left for gain : . OosU Sells For The 22} pound bagging... 90c. $2 25 The 12 pound Ties.28c. 1 20 Total.$118 $3 45 Gain.....$2.27. Let my friend make a showing for cotton bagging like this. In using Jute bagging use the heaviest you can get, and put on nine yards to the bale. Use heaviest ties and put six to the bale, and thus put on more than the Liverpool men "tare" off. However, we must not lose sight of the fact there is no such thing as "tare" in the United States. Here all cotton is.Bold at gros* we ight, and the cotton planter almost icvari ably parts with his interest in the cotfon he raises before it is exported, consequently he is not affect? ed by the tare, except so far as it affects the price of cotton. What I am trying to do is to aid the "hor ney ? handed" sonsoftoilingettingat the best solution of the bagging question. Anybody who will only stop and calmly thick will Bee that it is not to the interest of the cotton farmer to cover his cotton in cotton bagging. For as stated in my first suggestion, it will al? ways be a los3 to buy manufactured goods and sell it again at the price of lint cot? ton. The consumer must sustain as a Iofa the difference in the price of manufac? tured and unmanufactured cotton. This is too plain to need demonstration. It is an axiomatic proposition. Let us not fuss over these questions, but calmly and carefully consider them from all sides, and finding the ? truth, cling to it like "grim death' to a dead nigger." Very respectfully; Faemeb's Son. Death Ends a Murder Case. Abbeville, October 17.?John T, Lyon, who was indicted for the murder of L. Mabry, and whose case was called in court yesterday and continued on ac? count of the critical illness of the defen? dant, died in jail here at 1 o'clock this morning, of nervous prostration. Lyon was 62 years of age. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church and had many friends and relatives throughout the County. A widow survives him.? Columbia Register. Earthquake In the Mountains. Columbia, Oct. 17.?Advices from Flat Rock, *N. C, received here to-night state that sharp earthquake shocks have been felt iu the mountains and have caused considerable excitement. Night before last there was a shake so strong as almost to knock a lamp from a table in one house, while it shook down a pillar of the porch of a second residence and toppled over the chimney of a third. The quakes are said to be much more se? vere than were felt at the time of the great Charleston convulsion. Chester's Prize Acre of Corn. Mr. R. T. Gillespie's prize acre of corn was gathered last Thursday, the witness? es being F. H. Brown, Robert Glenn. A. M. Black and F. Huffman. Mr. Brown was the representative of the American Agriculturist. The yield from the acre was one hundred and ten bush? els and ten pounds. The manner of ascertaining the yield was as follows: Each witness gathered from the acre one hundred pounds of average ears and weighed them. The corn was then shuck? ed and ah et led, and each lot of one hun? dred pounds of ears produced eighty-one pounds, clear of the cob. From this a calculation was made of the yield of the acre, when the above amount of one hundred and ten bushels and ten pounds from the acre was obtained as the re? sult. Only about one bushel of unmerchant? able or bad corn was obtained from the acre. Some of the ears were very large and weighed each a pound and a half. The yield ought to have been greater, but the corn was much damaged by wind storms and high waters. If the remarkable corn that grew on Mr. Gillespie's acre could only produce 110 bushel and ten pounds, even if hurt by storms and water, as it was, we have much doubt about 200 bushels ever hav? ing been produced on an acre by any? body. Major White will harvest his prize acre to-morrow. Mr. W. J. Waters has been appointed to represent the American Agriculturist.?Chester Reporter. Indianapolis, Oct. 17.?Henry R. Smith, a junk dealer, was arrested this afternoon on a peace surety prepared by his wife. Entering the court room he saw his wife and crying out: "See what you have done," plunged a knife into her throat. The wouid proved fatal. %&\)NtY CORRESPONDENCE. ' Do(S Sfirbm Hamilton. Let up, please. The press of the conn- j try S6em to he in a bad.fix tor some'thing to write abotft. fever smlm 'tlie election of j Harrison as President, the readers of the papers have been surfeited with articles on the solution of the "negro 4oroMem," and the best that can tie saia of any of them la "that confusion is worse confounded.". Let the negro alone. The law protects him the same as It does the white man, in the rights of citizenship, and let us see what he makes 01 these great privileges. Let tip, fl?sse, on the interminable ntegro question. It will Set? tle itself If Mt alone, Another'question about which the peo? ple are surfeited is the tariff question. An amusing incident took place In our last Legislative can va?s, which illustrates forcibly tbo? exact status of the tariff question before the people. One of the candidates for Legislative hon? ors bad led off in a labored ar? gument on the question, which really did not interest the people of the State, as it was a National question, when one of his competitors who was announced to suc? ceed bim, rewarded as be commenced his speech that Bill Nye was near the truth when he said that there but two men in the United States who understood the tar? iff question, and one of them was dead, and the other was in the lunatic asylum. It is more of an economic question than political, anyway, and a commission of merchants, manufacturers and farmers could settle this whole question on busi? ness principles in half the time, and tar more satisfactorily than a Congress of politicians is likely to do. There are other practical questions looming up before the people which ought to engage i more of the attention of our editors than these threadbare questions of the negro problem and the tariff. For instance, so far as this State is concerned tb'e people are more interested On the subject of tax? ation and public education. Giles J. Pat? terson, of Chester, has recently contribu? ted an exhaustive article on taxation, which ought to be discussed thoroughly by the press of the country.. The public school system needs improvement, so that they may become, to the masses of onr people, the colleges of the land. Then there Is tb'e road law, which concerns everybody, and its comitamt, an effective drainage law. This last more immedi? ately involves tbe general health of our County, and is therefore entitled to tbe first consideration. And then, for varie? ties sake, if we must have a National Stestion of great practical importance, let e press agitate tbe currency question. Some of these questions, as for instance the free Coinage of silver, was bravely introduced to. public attent ion by Mr. Ter? rell, the Alliance Lecturer. In this field of discussion there is- ample room for a display of the editorial talent cf the State. Let up on the. negro and the tariff, and give us something practical. Mrs. W. I. Kendrick, and Misses Mamio and Fanny, daughters, of Green? ville, are on a visit to .her Bister, Mrs. E. A. Russell, of Hamilton. They bring good newB from Greenville as to the pro? ductiveness of the present crop. ' Cotton is resuming her u way as king, at least in the South. Within a radius of two miles we can count eht cotton gins in full blast. Cotton need is becoming an importer faction in the value of this qrop, but we would warn the farmers against tbe delusion of selling the cotton seed from the farm. As a fertilizer, It is nnequaled for cotton or wheat. T. H. R. Anderson* Ule :itemr. We had a pleasant visit from our much esteemed friend, Rev. T. W. Vernon, of Georgia, a few days ago. He reports good crops in bis travels, but thinks cotton has been overestimated to some extent, as so many had to replant, and it will be too late to mature. He is President of the Hart Connty Allianos, and is very hope? ful for the farmer. Mr. Vernon is one of Georgia's best men. He has passed bis three-score year, and is still hale and hearty, and can pick his hundred pounds of cotton yet in one day. We are glad to hisar that Mis. W. H. Brown, who has been very low for some time with fever, is able to be up again. Mrs. Rebecca Durham, who has been visiting her daughter near Varennos, has returned to her son's, W. B. Durham, after an absence of three months. She was in very feeble health i on tier return, but is now able to plok cotton. Mr. J. R. Caldwell has about completed his dwelling house. It is a very substan? tial one and does crediit to the workmen, Messrs. Bobo <fc Edwards. The good people of this section have organized a prayer meeting at Shady Grove school house, which meets regu? larly every Sunday Evening, and is largely attended by both old and young. We hope great pood may be accomplished I through the instrumentality of the meet? ing. Mrs. Henry Caldwell, an esteemed lady, has been very low, but at this writing is thought to be a little on the mend. We wish for her a speedy recovery. Rev. J. T. W. Veirnon will preach at Andersonville the 4tfa. Sunday in October, at eleven o'clock, if not providentially hindered. The Good Book suys "Judge not, that ye be not Judged," and again, "Judge a tree by its fruit." Now, we judge from tbe actions of a certai n young couple not far off, we hope ere long to have the pleas? ure of, writing a raiuriage notice. We hope our name will, not be forgotten. Hav'nt been to none in a long time! Mr. D. M. Tippens bad the misfortune to lose a valuable young cow, and her death is a mystery. Her maw was bunted?whether from e. fall some time ago, or from eating a piece of glass and it cutting its way through?we do not know. Ray, Five Forks Items. Our crops are turning out somewhat less than we once thonght. The frost has cut some of our cotton badly. One of our neighbors thinks his crop is not more than one-half open as yet, and the bolls are dead, but we hope he will be mistaken, to some extent at least. There have been several new, commodi? ous dwellings erected in our neighborhood this Fall. Messrs. T. M. Welborn and C. M. Duckworth have finished theirs. The Alliance is still growing, and our farmers are determined to "stick." " Messrs. Duckworth and Welborn have ginned 176 bales of cotton and covered but one with jute. What neighborhood or Al? liance can say more? We are not howling as loud as some, but we are 'sticking." Dr. Duckworth will leave about the 29th of this month for New York to take a post? graduate course in medicine. Our country will be lost without him, not only pro? fessionally but as a citizen. Dr. M. L. Sharps will be with us while our Doctor is absent. He will come aH near filling his place as any one in our knowledge, as he has many staunch friends in this section. Mr. D. P. Bowen has sold his place to Prof. Holland and bought the old home? stead of the late Dr. Mil ford. He will move soon. Rev. A. A. Marshall preached to a large congregation Sunday evening. His theme was "Final perseverance of the Saint3." His discourse was replete, showing the im Eossibility for a man to he lost after once orn into the kingdom of God. He is giv? ing us a series of doctrinal sermons, and those who miss them are missing a rare treat, as well as permanent food lor their souls. The Pendlutou, Hopewell and Lebanon Churches have ngreed to call the same pas? tor. We have invited Rev. Mr. Yarbo rough to preach before the churches, and if we like him will give him a call. He will preach at Hopewell next Saturday at 11 o'clock, at Pendieton Sunday, and Lebanon Sunday night. We hope the members generally will turn out and hear him. W. ' A Visitor's; Impression of Anderson. Mr. Frank McKinney, one of Ander? son's pleasant and accom modating police? men, kindly showed us around the city one day last week. Standing in front of the Court House, he pointed out the most prominent build? ings of the city, and briefly narrated their history. Our curiosity being excited, we desired to learn more of these buildings and, led by Mr. McKinney, we at once proceeded to the Anderson Hotel, which is, beyond doubt, tbe largest hotel wo have seen In the State. The rooms are commodious and well ventilated, and when completed will have all the modern improvements?everythitig necessary to the comfort of the weary traveller. The modern elevator, by which one can be quickly rasied from the first to the fourth uoor. or lowered from the fourth to the first floor, will evidently be of incalculable advantage to this finely located and at? tractive hotel. Tbe culinary department, where viands rare are to be prepared to strengthen the "inner man," if well ar? ranged. The dining room Is commodious, and is well in keeping with the other por? tions of the building. The largo halls on the second, third and fourth floors will amply accommodate many visitors dur? ing the Christmas festivities, Fourth-of Jul}' dinners, and during other important occasions. On reaching the top of this hotel, which is a long distance from the ground, our guide pointed' out to us the different places of iuterest, even those which could be seen northward in the far distance among the rugged cliffs of the Blue Ridge Mountains, or those located in the Has rugged southern or- eastern portions of this "Eden of America"?An? derson County. ?, , r. When our guidqhad fip.ts^'od,. totaling out to us (jdlr.the.princibai public build? ings and tno Beautiful residences of An de^sotrs distinguished citizens, and many of her humblerjoottages, we reluctantly left this splendid and gigantic building ahd quickly making otir way doWn the stone paved street In front of the Anderson Ban? {'wliicb, by tbe way, is under the management of Col. J. N. Brown, who bears the reputation of being on.e of the best financiers lu the up country, if. not in the State,) We <?oon rc*r.he'd the Masonic Temple-. This is ? fine building, and is nearly completed. Here, too, Mr. McKinney showed lis a number of rooms which, when completed, ara to^be rised as law offices. Just at the neati of the stairway on the Reccnd lloor is a very large room, which is 16 be fitted up for theatrical pur? poses. . The nexl; place of interest reached was the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, which is by far the most beautifully finished bank we have seen In the up-country. Here we had the pica.-ure of cultivating the acquaintance of Mir. J. R. Vandiver, the p'olitb aha accommodating Cashier, and here, coo, It Wais our pleasure to re? ceive an introduction to the genial Mr. J. Boyce Burxiss, teller of this well-manag? ed bank. We completed our rounds by visiting the Hubbard Bros. JeWelry Store, which is very attractive Indeed and reflects grrat credit on these energetic and deserving young geatlemen. Many thanks to you, Mr. McKinney, for your kindness. Visitor. Hoaea Fath Itotm. Our town Is alive with bu siness jus now. Cotton, cotton,, cotton and cotton seed are all the (50. Our merchants are selling goods very low. Tbe Alliance Store is in full blast with accommodating salesmen. They seem to be doing well. Be it said to the honor of our merchants that they have all treated tbe Alliance Store with much respect. Messrs. Shirley, Finley & Shirley have employed our popular young friend, Mr. T. J. Clutwortby, as salesman in tbeir store. We extend to bim our hand of welcome. Make yourself at home among us, "Thomas." About twenty bales of cotton caught on fire at the gin of Mr. C. E. Harper, but by the timely assistance of many friends the fire was extinguished before much damage was donfr. Messrs. ?. M. Greer and C. E. Harper have been very sick, but are on the street again. Mrs. T. H. Brock and Johnnie Kirkpatrick are very sick, but we trust they will be well soon. Messrs. J. R. Donald and T. R. Finley are on a trip to Charleston with a Car load of cattle. Our Ch?rbheS in this community are alKdoing well. Rev. R. J. Williams, of Greenville, has been called to preach for the Baptist Church at Shady Grove twice a month. Barker's Creek and Honea Path Baptist Churohes have re-elected Rev. D. W. Hiott for another year. Mt. Bethel Baptist Church re-elected Rev. B. Hayes. He has been pastor for more than twenty years. Mr. H. S Shumate has moved his fam? ily to town. We extend to them, on be? half of tbe town, the hand of welcome A good many of our citizens went up to Anderson Tuesday. We suppose they went to see the show. We have been wondering how much money Church members will spend to see the show ? We expect they will give?that is some of them?as much to see. tbe show as they have given during the year for missions. But of course they, e. g. Church members, just go to let the children see the animals, nothing more. Our people will give an ontertainmcnt or hot supper on Friday night, tbe 8th of November next, for the benefit of the school bouse. The people of Honea Path never make a failure in anything of the kind, so ?et everybody who can save a lit? tle money and come to the bot supper. It is thought that some of our bachelors will get off soon. We heard tbe other day that one of our .merchant bachelors was so attentive to a certain young lady that when she came into the store that he would not let the clerks wait on her, but he would wait on her himself. Our young friend, W. Glenn McGee, has decided to study Denttstryjundtr the pop? ular Dentist of Anderson, Dr. A. C. Strick? land. We wish him much success in his chosen profession. W. C. Bowen, of Little River section, has decided to make an M. D. of himself. We wish him much pleasure and success. Mr. Thad. Galnes, of Townvllle, was on a visit to special friends here last week. Messenger Notes from Townvllle. After a protracted visit here, Miss Mag? gie Matt is on has returned to Greenville. Miss Lessie Moore, of Anderson, spent several days pleasantly among friends here last week. Col. John G. Cox, who last Spring in? vested in real estate at and near the grow? ing city of Amorillo, in the Panhandle of Texas, returned last week to assist his Barents in their departure for their future ome in Grayson County, Texas. An enterprising young roan of this place has possessed himself of a first-class planing machine, and it Is a pleasure to note that his venture is meeting with suc? cess. Few places as remote from railroads have such a convenience. . Dr. W. K. Sharp,' with his little sens, John and Vandiver, is on a visit to bis brother, Col. J. J. A. Sharp, at Walesca, Cherokee County, Ga. The Doctor will do tbe Piedmont Exposition enpassant The Methodists at Smith Chapel, with commendable spirit, have put blinds in the windows of their Church. No other Church in all this Fork country has blinds. The Fork points with pride to the fact that two of her young men at tbe Patrick Military Institute of the city of Auderson ?Lawrence Leroy Hatcher and Albert 8idney Farmer?have been made 'com? missioned officors In the Institute battal? ion. Rev. J. R. Earle has beeu re-elected to supply the Baptist Congregation at this place for next year, which will be his tenth consecutive year in this pastorate. Mrs. H. T. Brown and her sister, Mrs. E. E. Ledbettor, are visiting relatives at Kingston and elsewhere in North Geor? gia. Mrs Brown is eighty years of age, and the measure of her long life has been filled with activity and benevolence. The young people have organized a lit? erary circle, whose meetings are proving both interesting and profitable Miss Eliza Uantt is visiting this week the family of Rev. 8. Y. Jameson, who is pastor of the West End Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. . D. piedmont, S. q., Oct. 17, 18S9. Mr. Editoe: Your Brushy Creek cor? respondent made a mistake in reporting Spence Collins' fodder pulling last week, which Mr. Fred. Bagwell asked me to cor? rect. Mr. Bagwell hired Collins to pull the fodder for fifty cents for every one hundred and fifty bundles. Collins Eulled four hundred and forty-five four and bundles for three days in succession, making a total of one thousand three hun? dred and uhirty-five bundles. Now, re? duce it to three hands to the bundle, or five hundred and ninety-three bundles per day for three days, and we have a total of one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine three hand bundles. The fodder was counted by Mr. Bagwell, and paid for by him at the above figures. Who gets that "hat?" I go a quarter. Try, try again. Piedmonter. ? Col. R. A. Child, of Pickens, one of the most talented lawyers of upper South Carolina, has decided to go from the bar to the pulpit. At the quarterly Confer? ence at Pickens on last Saturday Mr. Child was recommended to the Annual Conference, soon to convene, for admis? sion into tbe traveling connection. He has sold his valuable law library to his partner, James P. Cary, Esq., and will at once enter upon his ministerial duties. He has beeu an able local preacher in the Methodist Church for some time, and now that he relinquishes the law and devotes all his time and talent to the preaching of the Gospel, we predict for him a career of great usefulness.? Wal? halla Courier. A Long Winter Predicted. Portland, Oregon, October 16.?N. K. Masten, formerly Cashier of the Ne vada Dank of San Francisco and a resi? dent of the coast for sixty years, predict* the longest and coldest winter the Pacific coast has ever experienced. "All signs go to prove that," he said. "I hav6 just come from California, and it is already begiouing to get cold. Low ranges of mountains?in fact, parts of the foothills that have never been known to have snow on them even in the dead of winter? are already covered with a while mantle aud have been for Heveral weeks. There is one, to me, significant fact, aud that is that the fall geete flight is almost over^ uow, and not one year for the last fifty1 has this flight begun until October 15." Favors Capital Punishment, Baltimore, (October 16.?Cardinal Gibbons sees in the tahliness with which justice id ateled out to criminals a seri? ous menace to good order and good gov? ernment. He favors and is a believer in the efficiency of capital punishment, and is of the opinion that there are too many loopholes through which guilty persons may escape punishment fur crime. In his new work, "Our Christian Heritage," Boon to be published, the Cnrdinal says! ? r ? - ? "A fcryinjj evil Is the wide interval that so bffen interposes between a criminal conviction and the.execution of the sen tence, and the frequent defeat of justice by the delay. Human life i? indeed sa? cred; but the l?lidable f?hrt to guard it has gone beyond bounds. Of late years the difficulty to convict, in murder trials especially, has greatly iticreased from the widened application of the pleas in bar?notably that of iusanity. When a conviction has been reached innumera? ble delays generally stay the execution. The many grouads of exception allowed to the counsel, the appeals from one court to another, with final application to the Governor, and the facility with which signatures for pardon are obtained bav3 combined to throw around culprits an extravagant protective system, and gone far to rob jury trial of its substance and efficacy. A prompt execution of the law's sentence after a fair trial is that vhich strikes terror into evil doers and satisfies the public conscience. The reverse of this among us has brought reproach upnn the administration of justice, and given plausible grounds for the application of lynch law." Almost Hurled Alive. Montreal, Oct. 15.?Auguste Arch ambault, a farmer of Coaticooke, a town near Montreal, narrowly escaped being buried alive yesterday. Arcbambault, who is well off, had been seriously ill for some weeks with supposed typhoid fever. Friday night he began to sink rapidly and early Saturday all signs of life ceased, and the doctor pronounced him dead. The usual wake was held, and yester? day being fixed upon for burying the supposed deceased, the remains were ta? ken to the village church and afterward to the graveyard. Tbe friendB of the farmer were gathered around the grave, into which the coffin was being lowered, when all were startled by hearing a groan from it. The coffin was at once burst open, when it was found that Arch arabault was alive. He was hurriedly carried to his home, and though very weak the two physicians who were called have hopes of completely restoring him to health. Very Mixed Family Relations. Jeffersonville, Ind., Oct. 16 ? There lives in Union township in this County a family that can boast of tbe most curiously complicated relationship. Some years ago a widower named Hor gan, who had a grown son, married a widow who had a grown daughter. Af? ter while he and hia wife secured a di? vorce. His son then fell In love with bis father's divorced wife and married her. The father got married to the daughter of the woman from whom he had been di? vorced. Each couple has children, and the two families aro terribly mixed as to their relationship. The old man is his own father in law, the brother in law of his son. and the stepfather of his wife, while the son is father in law of hia fath? er, h:"s own stepson, stepfather of his stepmother, and so on. The relationship of the children who are the issue of the last marriages is too complicated for any one to puzz'e his bead over.? Columbia Eegisier. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 17.?Henry Wig fall, a colored barber working in the shop of William Hunt, met with a peculiar death this afternoon. He was walking up Jones street, eating a lunch of bread and fish, when a fish bone lodged in his windpipe and pinned down tbe glottis, stopping his breath and suffocating him immediately. Di. Custis was sent for, but the man died before aid could arrive. Charleston, S. C, Oct. 18.?A horri ble outrage committed by a negro woman upon another has just come to light. A negro woman named Eebecca Parkins, on her way home from Church last night was horribly burned by a rival with a can of vitriol or concentrated lye which was thrown in her face. The victim's eyes were burned out and her face was horribly scarified. There have been no arrests as yet, but a woman who keeps company with a gardener who lives on the premises is nuspected. The two wo? men belong to Emanuel A.M. Church, and had been attending service. The police have charge of the case, Engine and Saw Mill for Sale. ONE 10-HOR8E POWER ENGINE, well mounted, with SAW MILL, all in good running order, for sale. J. D. PINSON, Belton, S. C. Oct 24, 1889_16_ ^TOTICE TO CREDITORS. XN All persons having claims against the Estate of James A. Cowan, deceased, are hereby notified to present theni. prop I erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to malte payment. J. J. ROBINSON,) Tr . W. P. WRIGHT,J ra Oct 24,1839_1G_ 3* NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of Mary A. Stegall, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, anil those indebted to make payment. JOHN F. CLARDY, Adm'r. " Oct 21, 1889_16_3_ Notice to Stockholders. THE Business Manager, R. S. Hill, and Treasurer R. M. Burriss having exe? cuted bonds as required by the Board of Directors, we request that all who have subscribed to the Capital Stock of the Alliance Co-operative Store, call on the Treasurer as soon as possible and pay their respective subscriptions. A. C. LATIMER, . President Board Directors A. C. S. Oct 24, 1889_16_ AN ORDINANCE To Prohibit Persons from Drum? ming on Streets for Sale of Spirituous or Malt Liquors. 'E it Ordained by the Mayor and Al? dermen of the City of Anderson, now met and in Council assembled, and by author? ity thereof? 1. That it shall be deemed a misdemean? or for any person engaged in the selling of spirituous or malt liquors in the City of Anderson, either iu person or by their servants, agents or employees, or by any other person or persons, to go upon the streets or side-walks of the City of Ander? son and solicit patronago from persons passing by. 2. That any person found engaged in drumming up patronage fur any of the Bar-rooms or Saloons in said City in vio? lation oi this Ordinance, shall be fined in a sum not lens than Two Dollar-i nor more than Ten Dollars for each and every offenic, or imprisoned and required to work upon the Streets during such imprison? ment, not less than two days nor more than fifteen days for evory offense. Doue and ratified in Council, and the seal of the Corporation of the City [si:al] of Anderson affixed thereto, this the 19th of October, A. D. 1889. J. L. TRIBIJLE, Mayor. J. E. BREAZEALE, City Clerk. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persona having claims against the Estale ?f Elraina J. McChlly, deceased, are hereby notified to present theni; prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, aud those indebted to make payment. JAMES L. ORR, Executor. Oct. 17, 1S&9 lfi :? -OFFER Fifteen Thousand Dollars worth Goods To be Sold Lower than any one else. We must unload, and Low Prices are our only method. Come and see us, hear our Prices and you will be fully convinced. Every piece of Goods marked at cut rate, and that way down at Rock Bottom Prices. Now in the reach, of all. LESSER & CO., E-riok Hange. - OF CUNNINGHAM BROS. irr i -igg=5BS w*?*f OUR STOCK OF GOODS, COMPRISING DRY GOODS, SHOES, GROCERIES AND HARDWARE, Is COMPLETE, and we feel confident that we can sell you at prices that will be satisfactory. Our MOTTO IS, and HAS ALWAYS BEEN? Honest., Square Dealing, with Polite Attention. Come and see u?. We are in the COTTON MARKET, and pay the Highest Cash Prices. CUNNINGHAM BROS. NOTICE. THE Medical Notes and Accounts of Dr. R F. Smith are in my bands for collection. Those owing, wishing to save cost will do well to settle at onoe. ? J. JAMISON* Trial Justice. Oct. 10,1880 14_3 Farm and Vineyard for Sale. SIX miles from Anderson on Pendleton Road. Same as advertised in this pa per three week ago. This Farm will be sold very cheap, and on easy terms. Ap? ply to J. A. DANIELS. Oct 1?, I860_15 _ TO RENT. * THE undersigned has three HOUSES to rent. One is now occupied by G. E. Prince, Esq., and the other two are adjoin? ing, situated near Patrick's Military Insti? tute. For iurther information apply to MRS. A. J. ALLEN. Oct 17.1889 15 2 FOE SALE OR LEASE. MY PLANTATION of Four Hundred Acres, in the vicininy of Due West, known as the John Prati; homestead. Im? provements worth the price-asked for land. Apply at once. JOHN A. ROBINSON, M. D., P. O. Box 31, Due West, S. C. Oct 17, 1889 15 _2 LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL. rpHE Lebanon High School will begin _L its next session Nov. 4,1889. TermB ?$1.25, ?1 50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.2S per month. It is exceedingly important for pupils to enter the School at the opening. W. P. HOLLAND, I'ive Forks, S. C. Oct 17, 1889 15_3?_ For Sale. ASMALL FARM?33 8-10 acred-on which there is a .New Cottage, con? taining six rooms, one and three-fourth miles South of Court House, on General's Road. The above property, if not sold an pri? vate sale before Sa'eday in November, will be sold at public outcry. M. L. SHARPE. Aug 15, 1889 6_ Stockholders' Meeting. PURSUANT to a resolution of the Stock? holders of the Anderson Hotel Co., adopted at a meeting held on the 15th inst., there will be a meeting of said Stockhold? ers on Saturday, November 16tb. at 10 o'clock a. m., in tbe office of W. F. Cox, Secretary, at Anderson C. H., for the pur? pose of increasing the bonded indebted? ness on the Hotel belonging to said Com? pany in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars. W. F. COX, Sec. and Treas. Oct 17, 18S9 15 5 MAXWELL'S GALLERY IS now open for business, fitted up with the finest instruments that are made. New scenery and accessories, and all work guaranteed to be first-class or money re? turned. J. A, Wren will remain in Ander? son only a short time, and will be glad to see all of hiB old friends. Enlarging pic? tures to life size a specialty, and at prices cheaper than ever before heard of. Baby Pictures also a specialty. J. A. WREN, Photographer. Anderson, Oct. 10, 1889_ Notice of Annual Meeting. Office of County Commis'jionera, Anderson, S. C, Cct. 9, 1889. ALL persons holding Bills, Accounts or demands of any kind against the County of Anderson, not heretofore pre scntedi are hereby notified to file said de? mands with the Clerk of the County Com? missioners of Anderson County in the office of said County Commissioners on or before the first day of November, 1889, that the said demands may be examined, approved and ordered paid out of the funds for the present fiscal year at their annual meeting to be holden on Tuesday after tbe first Monday in November, 1889, and all demands not so presented will be debarcd payment out of snid funds. B. C. MARTIN, Chm'n. A. W. PICKENS, W. T. McGILL, Board Co. Com. Anderson Co., S. C. Per E. W. LONG, Clerk. Oct 10, 1889_14_4__ Valuable Tract of Land for Sale. State of South Carolina. County of Anderson. E> Y virtue of a Power of Attorney to mc * duly executed and delivered by Mrs. Susanuah E. Skelton on tbe 1st day of Oc? tober, 1889, I will sell to the highest bidder, for Cash, at public outcry, in front of the Court House at Anderson, S. C , on Sales day in November next, all that certain Tract or parcel of Land, containing three hundred and fifty-eight acres, more or less, situate in Fork Township, in the County and State aforesaid, on waters of Little ?eaverdam Croek, adjoining lands of the Estate of J. Milton Brown, N. O. Farmer, H. O. Roulb and others. This was the homestead tract of the late George Roof, and embraces forty o: fifty acres of line bot turn hind. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. F. M. FANT, Attorney in Fcc^ Oct 10, ltS'J 14 4 AT THE HEAD! C. A. HEED'S GRAND COMBINATION OF - Lt YOU will find the EVERETT, WHEELOCK, KIMBALL aDd ESTEY PI? ANOS, each and all unexcelled in power and singing quality of tone, pre? cision and delicacy of touch. In fact, every quality requisite in a best grade Piano. I have procured the services of a First Claas TUNER and REPAIRER, who will, I am sure, give satisfaction in every particular, thereby adding an important feature to the Music business, aud supplying a need long felt in Andeison. If your Pianos need repairs give us a trial. Just received, three Car Loads of best make of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES aud WAGONS. Having taken a careful look through some of the best Northern markets, I feel doubly assured that I can?not only please my customers?but make it their beat interest to buy from me. As an accompaniment you will also find HARNESS, WHIPS, UMBRELLAS and LAP ROBES without number. You need go no further to look for the Best Leading Machines. The NEW HOME, DOMESTIC, DAVIS, WHITE, VICTOR and ROYAL ST. JOHN, all talk for themselves. Where this fails, I have agents always on the alert, and ready to give any necessary information, or instruction required. With my combined and IMMENSE Stock I am sure I can please the most fastidious: Give me a call before purchasing. Very respectfully, C. A.. REED, Agent, Anderson, S. C. w E have already received a big portion of our large stock of Lamps for this season, aod they are cons'antly striving : Library Lamps, Students' Lamps, Stand Lamp?, - Church Lamps, Store Lumps, Parlor Lamps, Kitchen Lamps cheaper thin ever before. PAINTS, PAINTS, PAINTS ! We have the largest and mo?t complete line of Floor Paints, Carnage and Buggy Paint*, Mixed House Paints, E larael Paints in all shades, White Lead and Oil. Brushes, all sizes, from 10c up. Don't forget that we keep the Isrgest slock of? Drugs, Patent Medicines, Brushes, Combs, Toilet Articles Of all kinds, including Perfumery, Fine Soaps, Face Powders, &c. We will take pleasure in showing you through our big stock Call early and get a look at our elegant line of Lamps. WILHITE & WILHITE. CO ?3* (U 3D m o COTTOK* SEED WANTED. I Land, Land ! THE Anderson Oil Mill wants all the Cotton Seed it can get. Why not pa- I tronize home industries when you can get I the highest market price. Bring your j Seed right down lo the Mill. ANDERSON OIL MILL, j Uct 17, W9 15^ Land for Sale. "I f~\ Q ACKE*, more or le.-s, lying im- J JL\/0 mediately <>n Railroad be-1 twoen Anderson und" Denver. On this | pliceis '-Jblley's Mineral Spring," n well i stocked fiih pond, a four room dwelling- j house, a good tenant house, and s< tue fine ! frjsh land just cleared. Apply to JOHN L. JOLLEY, Denver. S. C. Oct 17, 1SS0 15 IF not previously sold at private sale, 1 will offi-rat public auction, in front of the Court House at Anderson, on Saleday in Kovi mber nest., 13G acres of good farm? ing land, situate in Hock Mills Township, on the eastern bank of Seneca River, and bounded by lands of B. F. Shirley, T. J. McClnrc and others, formerly known as the Manning tract. Terms of Sale?Easy, and will be made known on the day of sale. For further particulars apply to D. S. TAYLOR, Agent. 533, 1000 acres of other farming land in tracts to suit purchasers. 4 Oct 17, 1SS0 15 3 TO MY CUSTOMERS - AND - FRIENDS -0? XT is with pleasure that we inform tbo TRADING PUBLIC, and the Alliance Men Especially, That we are at last ][n Oar New Quarters* The two Elegant New Eoomi And are fast receiving by far the Largest, Host Magnificent, And best Bought Mock of General MERCHANDISE Ever exhibited in this couatry, consisting of a Mammoth Stock Of Dry Goods, Trimmings, lotions, ffovelties, &c, The Handsomest and Cheapest line of Millinery, Wraps and Ladies' Itonistangs Generally it has ever been our good fortune to display. A Large Stock of Men's, Boys' and Youths' Clothing, , Hats and Furnishing Goods, Most of which we are selling at actual manufacturers' wholesale prices. e We have more SHOES Than we know what to do with, and are selling at prices never before heard of. i Vre have a good stock of?. Groceries, Hardware, Woodenware, Crockery and Farmers' Supplies. In short, we bought mere Good* t hau anybody in this section of the country. WE BOUGHT CHEAPER, .Therefore, we can and will SELL CHEAPER We have one uniform LOW PRICE for all, and our terms are STRICTLY CASK, On the delivery of the Goods, so please DO NOT ASK FOR CREDIT. As we will be obliged to refuse it Ev?n when Goods are taken out <m trial we require the Cash, and will, of course, refund when they are returned. SEEING IS BELIEVING. All that we ssk is an inspection of our Gooia sod Prioss, and a fair trial. Yity respectfully, R. S. HILL