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':-jP~WI3SIDSD every thursday.
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THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 1890.
t-j3sngrea%far,,>J^..^,^. 81.50,
MONTHS............m. 750i
o^jWarMunaker keeps a scrap-book,
whiji? he/ preserves everything the
!?^|ei|!S8y.abont him. The remarks"
'"BQin^p^the^editors mdst bo very
onsolingv.. , ^
'j^f,'ThBi core,oats and cotton crops of last
^i^^^.?ie largest ever raised in this
:0-couriferyV while tho wheat crop did not
very much .behind the - banner year
/f||ofl?S4;; The cotton manufactured and
//r&oprodaction of iron were also ahead of |
"previous year.
he/Ad.ventists, who selected the 7th of j
tbi)ef ;:last as .the day on which the
Gabriel would .blow his trumpet,
.wer?;-,disappointed, now find that
:&ey:Vmade,,.?n error of one year in
?riieir caIcnlations, and that , the 7th of j
?Po?b^er next willliethe eventful day.
. "The new year opens with the South
; *ng greater activity and with bright
prospects for the future than this sec
?i^$aa/ ever known before. The grand
rariphal march of progress has led the
inth' up to:a high elevation, from which
g0fe;^;lwk: fbrward to the brilliant proa*
;"r ?""ots- ahead.*' - y
??^)^e^l8st:;'anrinal dinner of the'l
Southern Society of New York the-mem
fceravwhosat around the table represen?
ted over Most of them
men who went to New York after
e war. poor men, and have made their
Sbriones iri the Bharp competition of that
"feing metropolis. There are now
?0,000 .men'Of Southern birth in New
irkjf and v:among them are some of its
' mbst- prominent and influential citizens.
."^atwondenul possibilities are around
.'and many of/them as yet are un*
^rejime^.^ip?t has now been discover
. ^ed'tJiat-tlieifibreof the okra plant iaof
I a line quality, and an Englishman, W.
;'"P/,>Ssdlow, claims that it can be pro
ur^ kt accost not exceeding one cent
r. pound./ He also claims that he can
dish a cheap machine for separating
loVJfibre from .^eslalks,- that can be used
i2 a neighborhood as cotton gins ate now.
yjJ&e Detroit ?tiree JPress says the race
proDlem/d^ be wholly con*
aed to . the South, It is only a few
Vsinco a body; of workingmen in
^cMnopolia?the home, it may be recall?
s/of President Harrison?walked out of
: machine shops because a negro
jbprer had'been employed. In Cincin
li?a northern city?two' respectable
ored men, teachers in the public
, were "fired" from a restaurant
ley asked to be waited on.
3n: /Harvester and Cleaner was
[?'successfully tested in a large
aeld: ? at Lake Cormorant, Miss,
chine was drawn by two mules
J :they could walk, and came so
ae'ring in all* the cotton on the
at; the little left can easily be
by hand iri.the ordinary way at
il cost. It is estimated that:
;pickmg a bale of cotton by'
jjae will not' exceed thtee, dol
tit would amount to at least
by hand.
hu
ie Legislature, at its recent aeflsion,
.instrajited the Adjutant and Inspector
' wrai; to collect as many of the flags
, erased in the late war as he could find, and
^io^epc8it ;8ame with the Secretary of
Htafey-who is to have them properly pre
Bry?a.; Aa he is-tctally- ignorant'of the
iumber of. such flags, as well as of the
%: names and' residences of their custodians,
pfje/r'eques'ts that all persons holding flags
.r willvcommunicate with him at an early
?||date,;ln 'order, that -this very laudable
^?bjec^m?y-be carried out.
' - Thoiund for the Grady monument ba3
iearly:; touched $16,000. The Fourth
rati^nal/Bankj New York, contributes
500V/-The spontaneity of the movement
i been, unexampled. The young men
jfAtlanta, in thus honoring the noble
/rad patriotic dead, do themselves and
their.' city' honor. But a monument,
;/; however lofty and elaborate, can never
' sufficiently uet forth the grandeur of his
|?^brk:and the innate nobility of his char
.-^ acter. Memory shrines him with an
j^aSection that will, outlast marble and
bronze.
'ip:? Oie of the great needs of the South is
v morjji.of thesmall industries. There are
' a great number of big furnaces, big mills,
^.big .-iactoriea, and plenty of disposition
^^hd;.^pitai/zeady to build more of these
^ arid enlarge those existing. What would
Cmbre for ' the industrial life of the
j^^than/any. other thing would be
jgrtartibg of small machine shops, knit?
ting mills, shoe shops, wood shops, etc.,
^^ese.on ;asmall scale; tobe or not
? i;as. circumstances dictated, grown and
l^ppanded'. to. greater proportions. No
^jpk&e>in the world offers so many open
to men of small means who are
filling; Jo Work, and no country will more
liberally support the efforts of such men.
Thejapidity with which the present
lidemic is spreading is remarkable.
.Tie papers are full of it, and thousands
^j/soffering from its effects in almost
ery section of the country. The
ench call the epidemic, La Grippe.
Italians gave it its English name.
no reason in nature or in con
nS of life for this disease, ascribe it
leinfluence (influenza) of the stars,
o'er/of these names give any idea as
hai the epidemic is. The clearest
which we have seen given by the
lore as to the character of the disease
iat/it is a combinatian of hay fever
bronchial catarrh. In runs a much
?e rapid course than either of the
K?ses, mentioned, and has many more
pe^cpmplications.
po disease is not dangerous, except
petimes to children orthe3ged, and
ise who have pulmonary troubles,
is especially fatal to those who have
sumption. In 1831 and 1847 the
genza was followed by cholera, and
oh/alarm now prevails lest this epe
c be a precursor to another seige of
?lera. There is no well founded reason
this alarm, for wo see.stated by such
thorityasthe Now-York Medical i?e
that the micro-organisms of the two
eases are as essentially different
are the' diseases themselves. The
^xa geroi/lives in water and soil, the
uenza germ in the air.
pi
Mr. ?. H. Ferguson, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
writes the State Department of Agricul?
ture that his efforts to induce the poorly
paid laborer of the Northern cities to
move Southward and engage in agricul?
tural and mechanical pursuits are bring?
ing forth fruit. He has now several
families who are ready to come to South
Carolina with their families, settle and
make homes for themselves. They wish
to purchase land in the healthier portions
of the State, but having little money
they wish to work for wages or crop on
shares until they can get r. start.
? -??
According to an article in the New
York. World, based on reports from the
treasurer of each State of the Union, the
actual wealth of the United States is
?computed at $61,459,000,000, as against
$23,719,000,000 assessed valuation for
taxable purposes, This estimate is ex?
clusive of public property and an estimate
of $3,000,000,000 held abroad. The pop?
ulation of the country, on the ratio of
increase that obtained from 1870 to 1880,
will be 65,000,000 next year. On this
basis, and taking the World's figures of
aggregate wealth, the amount per head of
our population would be $945; or about
the same as France and considerably less
than-Great Britain aud Ireland. Com?
menting on its own figures the World
says : "The wealth of the United States
now exceeds the total wealth of the whole
world at any time previons to the middle
of the eighteenth century, and the amount
invested abroad is alone equal to the na?
tional wealth of Portugal and Denmark.
The total wealth of only five nations is
equal to the mere increase of the United
States in the last nine years." Still the
ratio of increase was greater in the decade
between 1850 and 1880 than at any sub?
sequent or prio:.* period.
Another Lynching,
Barnwell,. January 11.?About a
year ago William Black, a young negro
of about 20 years of age, broke into the
house of another negro living on the place
of Dr. A. W. Bailey, near Ellenton. He
was apprehended, brought to trial and on
arraignment pleaded guilty. He served
his sentence, arrived (in Barnwell on last
Tuesday, and was making his way to his
mother's house along the Barnwell Court
House and Steele Creek Road, when,
arriving at Mr. James Bennett'shouBe and
observing no one around, he stole two
coats and other articles, which were
quickly missed by'the owner.
Henry Sweat, a colored man, armed
with a warrant from Trial Justice Dan
bar, and assisted by James Bennett, his
son, and young Walker?both the latter
were boys?overtook the negro, arrested
him, and were proceeding towards Rob
bins, where Trial Justice Danbar
dispenses justice for the surrounding
country.
Meantime they had been joined by one
David C. Ready, who was drunk and
volunteered to assist in conveying the
prisoner to Robbins. Just about a mile
from Robbins they came to a right hand
road leading down towards a swamp.
"Turn to the right," says Ready. Ben?
nett demurred. "That is the nearest road
to Trial Justice Dunbar's," replied Ready,
and the procession, filed into the right
hand road, going towards the swamp.
Reaching the swamp, Ready, the other
men objecting all the while and begging
him to desist, tied the negro with his back
to a tree, and going some little distance,
fell on his knees and made a long prayer.
As he said "Amen" he raised his gun and
fired. It was so heavily charged that, as
the report rang out, Ready fell back flat
on his back as if he was shot. The negro
ifell forward on his face as far as the rope
would allow, with the back part^of his
head torn away. This was on Tuesday
night. Before morning Ready had taken
the train towards Augusta. The negro's
body was not discovered, it seems, until a
day or two since. Trial Justice Danbar,
acting coroner, held the inquest yesterday.
A gentleman who was at the inquest
and heard the testimony was in Barnwell
to day, and the above. account is baaed
on his report of that testimony.
It iB only fair to David C. Ready, how?
ever, to say that the testimony at the in?
quest was given by those who were with
him at the time of the murder.- To what
extent their testimony was colored by
their connection with the transaction is,
of course, a matter of opinion.
With regard to the character of the
crime, there is no difference of opinion.
AH denounce it as a most atrocious mur?
der. So far, no one has been committed
to jail. Ready was expected back from
Augasta last night.
-another account.
Blackville, January 11.?A negro
boy, whose name is unknown to your
correspondent, broke into a white man's
house, near Bobbin's Station, on the Port
Royal Railroad, in this county, and stole
some few articles. A warrant was issued
by Trial Justice T. S. Dunbar and placed
iu the hands ot a good and trusty negro
for execution. He went iu search of his
man, and met him in the custody of Dave
Ready and another white man, who had
already arrested him. Ready had his
prisoner tied, and when the negro consta?
ble met them he turned about with them
to go to the justice.
The four, the two white men, the negro
constable and the negro prisoner, had not
proceeded far together when Ready, who
was under the influence of whiskey, said
that he intended having a lynching of his
own, and thereupon took the negro pris?
oner on the side of'the road and bound
him to a tree and Bhot him to death.
Why the other white man and negro did
not try to prevent it I could not learn.
Ready immediately left and the last that
was heard of him he was in Augusta.
The above' was obtained from a party
who heard the white man and negro con?
stable testify yesterday before the coro?
ner.
fubther details of the crime.
Ellenton, Barnwell County, Jan.
11.?Another lynching occurred near
Robbins, in Barnwell County, on Tuesday
night. Wm. Black, a young negro, was
tied to the limb of a small tree and the
top of his head shot off by a party of ne
groeB and whites who had him under ar?
rest. Black was an ex-convict on his way
home from the Penitentiary. He stole a
coat from a white man. It was a horrible
affair. The body was not found till
Thursday. The buzzards had eaten the
brains out.
The good men of the county are oat
spoken in their condemnation of the af?
fair. The negroes near by are badly
stirred up about it. I heard one, a land?
owner, offering his land for sale this
morning. He says he wants to get out of
the State.?Special io the Nexos and Cou?
rier.
? Ia Georgia a law went into effect on
the 1st of January which makes eleveo
hours a legal day's labor.
Carolina at the Capital/
Washington, January 13.?Tho pro?
longed visit of W. W. Russell, ono of the
leaders of the Independent faction, to this
city is accounted for by his nomination as
postmaster at Anderson Court House,
which was sent to the Senate to day. It
is evident that the investigation of his
case by the postoffice inspectors wa9 fa?
vorable to him. Flushed by his own suc?
cess, Russell is now endeavoring to have
his father, Thos. H. Russell, appointed
supervisor of the census of South Carolina.
He is opposed by M. H. Brice, who wants
the place himself, and also the Rev. J. E.
Wilson, who is championed by Deas. S.
B. Biers is here seeking reappointment as
postmaster at Greenville.
The following South Carolina postmas?
ters were appointed to day: G. Riley at
Bluffton, Beaufort County ; F. 0. Stover,
Kerahaw, Lancaster County, and G. F.
Cooke, Riverdale, Darlington County.
The case of Lee vs. Simpson, involving
the much disputed Olemaon College
question, is pending before the Supreme
Court. As it is pretty low down on the
docket the attorneys will probably go into
Court next Monday and request that the
hearing in the case be advanced. The
Court has consented to hear argument in
favor of advancement next Monday.
The Eighth Circuit.
An Act to Amend an Act Entitled "An
Act to Fix the Time for Holding the
Circuit Courts in the Eighth Circuit.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by tbe
authority of the same, That Section 1 of
an Act entitled "An Act to fix the time
for holding the Circuit Courts in the
Eighth Circuit" be, and the same is
hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
That tbe Circuit Courts of the Eighth
Circuit be held as follows:
1. That the Court of General Sessions
at Abbeville, for the County of Abbeville,
on the third Monday in hanuary, the first
Monday in June and the second
Monday in October. The Court
of Common Fleas for said County at the
same place on Wednesday next following
the third Monday in January, the first
Monday in June and the second Monday
in October.
2. Tbe Court of General Sessions at
Anderson, for the County of Anderson,
on the second Monday in February, the
fourth Monday in June and the Fourth
Monday in October, and the Court of
Common Pleas for said County at tbe
same place on the Wednesday next
following the second Monday in Februa?
ry, the fourth Monday in Jone and the
fourth Monday in October.
3. The Court of General Sessions at
Walhalla, for the County of Oconee, on
the fourth Monday in February, the
first MondayiiO July and the first Mon?
day in October and tbe Court of Common
Pleas for said County at the same place
on the Wednesdays next following tbe
fonrth Monday in February;-the first
Monday in July and the first Monday-in
October.
4. Tbe Court of General Sessions at
Pickens, for the County of Pickens, on
the first Monday in March, the second
Monday in July, and the fourth Monday
in September, and the Court of Common
Pleas for said County at the same place
on the Wednesday next following the
first Monday in March, tbe second Mon?
day in Jnly and the fourth Monday in
September.
5. The Court of General Sessions at
Greenville, for the County of Greenville,
on the second Monday in March, the
third Monday in July and the second
Monday in November; the Court of
Common Pleas for said County a.t the
same place on the Wednesdays following
the second Monday in March, the third
Monday in July, and tbe second Monday
in November.
. 6. No civil business requiring a jury
shall be heard at the Summer Term of
the Court of Commou Pleas for any
County in said Circuit, except in the
County of Greenville.
Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect
from and after its passage.
Approved December 24,1889.
The County Commissioners.
The following is the text of the joint
resolution "to amend Article IV of the
Constitution by repealing Section 19,
which provides> for a board of County
Commiaaioners." The joint resolution
has passed both houses of the General
Assembly, and will, therefore, go be?
fore the people at the next general elec?
tion :
"That Section 19, of Article IV of the
Constitution, relating to the judicial
department, which provides for the
election of a board of County Commis?
sioners and prescribes the jurisdiction
thereof, be repealed."
The following is the vote of the House
of Representatives on the third reading
of the resolution:
Yeas, 89: nays, 11.
If tbe proposed amendment receives
a majority of the votes cast at the next
election, it will become a law. The
repeal of Section .19, however, will not
in itselt effect the abolition of the office of
County Commissioners. It will simply
leave the matter in the hands of the
Legislature, which may pass a law limi?
ting the number of County Commission?
ers to one or extending it to six, or,
what is more probable, providing an
entiiely new method of managing 'the
affairs of the several counties of the
State.?News and Courier,
A Dnel to the Death.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan 9.?The kill?
ing of Dock Bell, a prominent citizen of
Heflin, Ala., last night by Sam. C. Crea?
mer, tbe Marshal of the town, turns out
to have been a very sensational affair. It
was a duel to tbe death in the street.
There bad been bad blood between them
for a long time on account of a family af?
fair, the men being related by marriage.
Last night they met face to face in the
street for tbe first time in several months.
"I guess we might as well settle our
little affair and be done with it," said
Bell.
Stepping back a few paces and drawing
a pistol he fired and Creamer fell to the
ground shot through the shoulder. Bell
continued to shoot, and Creamer, raising
himself on one elbow, drew his pistol and
shot Bell four times, every ball passing
through his body, killing him almost in?
stantly. Creamer is badly wounded, but
will recover.
? The two cotton mills at Danville^
Va., did a prosperous business during the
year just closed. They worked 4,302,996
pounds of raw cotton, produced 14,222,578
yards of cloth, gave employment to over
800 hands aud paid out $194,268 in wages.
Both mills largely increased their capaci?
ty during the year.
A New Cotton Gin.
SrAnxANUTlKi, Jauuary 10.?M?;ie
than a year ago Col. G. F. Broot, ot
Washington, came here and remained at
the experimental station for some time,
working at an improved cotton gin.
While here he was the guest of Captain
W. Wofford, superintendent of the station.
Col. Brott's objective point was to get a
gin that would pull the lint from the seed
and not cut it off after the manner of the
saw gins. It is well known to all ginners
that a dull gin, running slowly and gin?
ning about 300 pounds of seed cotton an
hour, will make a better sample than a
very fast gin. Col. Brott's first idea was
that he could pull the lint from the seed
by filling a large wooden cylinder with
small, sharp teeth something like card
teeth. After trying that he found objec?
tions that he could not suirmount. He
then placed the teeth in leather and cov?
ered the cylinder. This was also a fail?
ure. He then tried rubber with no better
success. After working here several
months he left for Washington and gave
his spare time to perfecting this machin?
ery. He was in hopes that he would get
it ready to exhibit at the fairs last fall,
but there was always something in the
way. Some time ago be fell on another
plan and sent for a young mechanic, W.
P. Williams, not yet 21 years old, who
was working with Capt. Wofford. He
went on to Washington, and catching the
idea, went to work and made the machine
desired.
Mr. W. H. Frear, who is associated
with Col. Brott in this work accompanied
by Mr. Williams, brought their gin down
to this place and set it up at the encamp?
ment ground. Tbe cotton is taken from
the reception box by an endless apron
made of hardwood slats and filled with
teeth, The cotton is first carried through
a sort of card that pulls it to pieces and
spreads it out. It then passes to another
card that tears the lint from the seed.
Saws are used for pulling tbe lint from
the cards. The size of the gin is thirty
sawB.
Mr. Williams' mechanical ingenuity was
shown in the making of a condenser.
When they were about ready to start up,
he went down town to buy one, but when
he was asked about ?50, he went back
without buying. He picked up a few
old wheels and went to work and in three
days he had a good condenser. Everything
was ready for starting to-day and Capt.
Wofford furnished the cotton. This
afternoon Col. Joseph Walker, B. H.
Grambling, J. K. Jennings, H. E. Eave
nel and President J. H. Sloan, of the
Beaumont mill, with your correspondent,
drove out to the encampment to see tbe
gin in operation. Several of these gen?
tlemen are cotton experts. They pro?
nounced the work good, and said there
was no sign of napping or cutting the
lint. A parcel of the Allen long staple
was put through and the lint came out all
right. It will gin that variety of cotton
as well as the fine imported English gins.
The gin is simple in construction with
no complicated machinery. It will not
gin quite as fast as the saw gins, and it
stands to reason that a gin which pulls
the lint off will not do the work as fast as
the saws, which cut^and tear it off, but
the cotton wiil give a much better sample.
The gin cleans the seed well, makes a
better sample than the saw gin, is simple
in construction, taking no more room than
an ordinary gin, and is very durable.
Mr. Frear and Mr. Williams will leave
for Birmingham soon to make arrange?
ments for the manufacture of these gins.?
News and Courier.
The Exceptional Weather.
Forsy*h, Ga., December 30, 1889.?
Editors Constitution: No doubt it is
thought by many that the mild weather
of the present month has been excep?
tional. But according to records and
tradition, there have been several instan?
ces of weather very much like that we
are now experiencing within the past
hundred years.
There wus no frost in tbe fall and
winter of 1796 until December 20th.
The same is true of the year 1822. The
winter of 1828-9 was very mild. Dur?
ing December ofthat winter the weather
was unu8un.lly warm, and continued so
till January 9th. Flies were troublesome
to horses; mosquitoes were flying about
as in suramer. The sun was quite op?
pressive. On the 11th of December the
thermometer stood 74 degrees at 8 p. m.
December, 1848, wa3 very mild. There
was very little frost or ice during the
month. Most of December, 1875, was
was.mild. It may be interesting to note
the following facts connected with Borne
of these warm spells. The firBt week in
May, 1829, there was a severe frost, kill?
ing vegetation. Corn was killed to the
ground. On the 15th of April, 1849,
there was snow, and on the day follow?
ing there was a severe freeze. The
wheat crop was nearly destroyed. Even
many trees were frozen and killed. The
weather in the latter part of March, 1876,
was very severe. Corn that had been
planted early in the month and that had
sprouted in the gronnd, or had come up,
was entirely killed, bo that it was neces?
sary to plow up and plant the second
time. Thomas G, Smith.
Ha wcs most he Hanged.
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Montgomery, Ala,, January 13.?
To-day the Supreme Court of Alabama
rendered a decision in the celebrated
Hawes case, appealed from the Jefferson
Criminal Court.
HawB murdered his wife and two little
girls in Birmingham last December a
year ago. His crime was the occasion of
an as?ault on the jail cf Jefferson County
by a mob, into which the sheriff fired,
killing a number of men, including
Postmaster Throckmorton, of Birming?
ham. Hawes was tried and convicted of
murder in the first degree, and was sen?
tenced to be hanged last July. The case
was appealed on a Bpecial plea for a
change of venue and a new trial. The
Supreme Court affirms the judgment of
the Criminal Court of Jefferson County
and, the date of the original sentence
having expired, fixes the 28th of Febru?
ary as the date of execution. The opin
on of the Court was rendered by Justice
T. N. McClellan.
reach Blossoms in January.
Wilmington, Del., January 13.?
Every Evening's Dover correspondent
reports:
"The thermometer yeaterday was from
70? to 80? in the shade and in the sun
went up to 10G?, and peach buda are so
far advanced that a general freeze-up
will entirely kill them. Wm. Gehman,
living about five miles west of Dover,
says that almost all his peach trees are in
bloom, and this is not an orchard of pre?
matures, but of healthy bearing trees."
Tlio Prize Acre of Corn.
Comj.mj.ua, January 10.?The Depart?
ment of Agriculture has received from
the American Agriculturist a duplicate of
the report of Mr. Z. V. Drake, of Marl?
boro County, upon the famous prize corn
crop he raised last year. The report is
made in a bulky book, furnished for the
purpose by the magazine, and gives the
most minute information as to methods of
cultivation, fertilization, etc., which were
employed.
From this report it appears that the
land was Bandy and had been previously
valued at only eight dollars an acre, that
thirty years ago the plantation was chris?
tened "Starvation Empire," and that as
late as 1887 the prize acre iteelt produced
only about five bushels of corn. The
fertilization in 1889 began in February,
and was continued several times during
the making of the crop. The total mate?
rial used was one thousand bushels of
stable manure, six hundred bushels of
cotton seed, 866 pounds each of German
kainit and cotton seed meal, 200 pounds
acid phosphate, 1,066 pounds manipulated
guano, 200 pounds animal bone, 400
pounds nitrate of soda, the value of the
stable manure being $50 and the cost of
the other fertilizers $170.
The seed planted was Drake's improved
corn, a variety of gourd seed raised by
Mr. Drake. One bushel was used. The
planting was doue March 2 and on June
13 posts and stakes had to be put up
along the rows to keep the corn from
falling. The rows were alternately about
three and six feet apart. The plants five
or six inches apart, one stalk in a place.
The crop was harvested November 25th.
The total cost was $264 42. The product
254 bushels, 49 pounds, at 75 cents a bush?
el, was worth $191 16. Tbe fodder, 1}
tons, was worth $15. Total $206 16.
But it is estimated thai; the land is
good for a hundred dollar crop for several
years to come, not considering the one
thousand dollar prize which the crop of
1889 has unquestionably won. Mr.
Drake's report is carefully and minutely
made, and thoroughly attested. It ia a
marvellous demonstration of the possibil?
ities of intensive farming in South Caro?
lina. The American Agriculturist will, in
a few dayp, telegraph the|departraent the
official announcement of the result of the
contest.?News and Courier.
Edison's New Talking Bolls.
New York, Jan. 6.?Edi?on has at
last begun to apply the phonograph to
toys. Tbe newest tbing is tbe talking
dolls, fifty thousand of which are now
being manufactured for the market. Of
course, it is nothing but the talking ma?
chine placed in the abdomen' of a doll
baby, just as the principle may be applied
in any sort of toy. But what is rather
remarkable is that these phonographic
dolls, with all of the mechanism of the
practicable mercantile machine, will cost
only about $3 extra for having the power
to talk. In other words. Edison has
reached that point that he can make
talking machines for S3 each. These
dolls will be able to talk as much and as
well a3 any regular phonograph. It is
only a question of having the necessary
wax cylinders with the impression. As
applied to the dolls, the phonograph is
merely for reproducing and not for re?
cording the sounds. Tbe impreaaion upon
the cylinder is made at the Edison labora?
tory, and the cylinders can be bought
along with the dolls, so that if you get
tired of hearing one speech or one song
from the chubby faced toy, you can put
in something new, and have tbe doll re?
peat that. It is being gradually found
ont here that as a practicable invention
the phonograph has not yet nearly ap?
proached the type writer. In some of the
offices the talking machines have become
dusty, and are never used except as an
exhibition, and now that the novelty of it
has begun to wear off, they are found to
be of very little value. The difficulty at
present is in the scarcity of the machines.
A man here may wish to send a long
spoken message to his wife in San Fran?
cisco, but probably he would have to
travel all over town to find a machine
with which to reproduce the sound.
When the talking machine becomes cheap
and the use of them more nearly general,
they may be found of some value in
trade, but at present they seem to be of
no value to merchants, and are only rent?
ed as toys.
She Bleached the Horses.
At Batesville, Ark., a recent shooting
affray brought into notice a woman known
as "Sorrel Sue." She always appeared
in public ridiug a sorrel horse. It was
believed she belonged to a gang who
stole horses. A surgeon, who was sum?
moned to attend one of her admirers who
had been wounded in the row, mistook
his way and wandered to Sue's cabin.
Before he could be hustled out he saw
certain things which aroused his suspi?
cions. These he reported to Sheriff
Simcoe, who, with a poaBe, managed to
surround the den of the horse thieveB,
capturing Sue and two of her gang. He
found that Sue had applied the means of
bleaching her own hair to that of the
horses. When the posse entered they
found a horse enveloped in a jacket made
out of rubber coats, being treated to a
sulphur vapor bath. The appliances
were very ingenious, and worked very
well. A black or bay horse would be
stolen and run into the bleachery. After
its color was changed and its tail and
mane trimmed, the disguise became so
pronounced that without any great risk
the animal could be taken in daylight
through the very district from which it
had been stolen. It was Sue's business
to not only superintend the bleaching,
but also to ride the animal out of the
country.
Good for the Governor.
Columbia, S. C, Jan. 13.?Governor
Richardson has offered a reward of five
hundred dollars for the apprehension of
David Ready, the white perpetrator of
the latest outrage in Barnwell County,
on tbe 8th inat. He took Wm. Black, a
negro charged with theft, from the con?
stable in whose charge he was, tied
Black to a tree and shot him to death.
Ready is said to have gone to Augusta,
and the police are searching for him
there. This is the largest reward ever
offered by Governor Richardson for the
apprehension of a criminal.
? A cas6 of considerable interest to
men who insure their lives for the benefit
of their wives was recently decided in
St. Louis. The caee was one in which a
man had taken out such a policy. His
wife died and he married again, having
children by both marriages. At his
death a dispute arose as to who was enti?
tled to the insurance. The decision of
the Court was that as the insurance had
been taken out for the benefit of tbe first
wife, her children alone were entitled to
the money.
The Way it is Done.
The mauuer in which the immigration
agents induce the negroes to leave their
Carolina homes is through the medium
of highly colored circulars.
The first picture represents a negro with
his family leaving a broken clown cabin
home in the old field.
Each member of the family is laden
with the simple household effects.
The next picture is taken five years af?
terward and represents the negro in his
new Western home. He is standing,
hoe in band, in his lot, surrounded
by frisky mules, fat hogs and fine chick?
ens.
The third picture is that of a comforta?
ble two-story dwelling with a beautiful
lawn in front, on which a young darkey
is cutting the grass with a patent rolling
machine. At the gate a horse, attached
to a fine buggy, is hitched. On the front
porch, seated in a large and comfortable
rocking cbair, can be seen the pompous
looking colored man, supposed to be the
same "poor nigger" who left his North
Carolina home a few years before.l
The picture hits them square between
the eyes, and pretty soon there is a gene?
ral exodus.? Yorlwilh Enquirer
Sam Jones's Prophecy.
New Orleans, Jan. 8.?The Rev. Sam
Jones, the famous Georgia revivalist, be?
gan an engagement in this city Sunday
and has had fair attendance at his meet?
ings. To-night he created a real sensa?
tion by the prediction of an awful disas?
ter, and as he Bpoke there was a disagree?
able stillness, terrible and unnatural in
so large an assembly.
"I am not an alarmist," he declared,
"but do you know what the weather
portends? Do you know that before
the 1st of next August 50,000 of the in?
habitants of this city may be alumberiog
in their graves ? There are many evil
cities in the United States, but that has
nothing to do with this. You have
forced it upon Christ. You let fifty
more of these days come and the popu?
lation will have to hide out, or the bu?
rials will be by the ten thousand. You
say: 'Mr. Jones, what do you know
about it?1 I know the year 1890 is going
to be an epochal year, and some things
have gone just as far ai they can go.
There may be thousands out of this meet?
ing who will never see the 1st of next
July."
Mr. Jones then went on to quote from
the Scriptures that God affirms that who
has been often warned, but hearkeneth
not, shall be suddenly destroyed, and
said that God would laugb at their
calamity and fear. A feeling of panic
seemed to pervade the female portion of
the congregation, and, with blanched
faces and trickling tears, they rushed
forward to the anxious seats.
Stockholders' Meeting,.
AMEETING of the Stockholders of the
Anderson Tannery and Shoe Com?
pany is hereby called for Thursday, Janu?
ary 30,1890, at 7.30 p. m.
By order of the Board of Directors.
J. M. SULLIVAN, President.
T. S. CRAYTON, Sec. and Treos.
Jan 16,1830_28_2_
E. F. COCHRAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ANDERSON, - - S. C.
$SS~ Office over Farmers' and Mer?
chants' Bank.
Jan 16,1390 _2S_4_
" MAXWELL'S GALLERY
WILL be open only a few weeks long?
er. Call early if you want First
Class Work. No day too cloudy for good
Pictures. Views of Residences made. Ba?
by and Children'^ Pictures a specialty.
Pictures copied and enlarged to any size.
Remember my stay in Anderson is short.
_J. A. WREN.,
BOARDING HOUSE.
THE undersigned has opened a Boarding
House in the dwelling recently occu?
pied by Mr. D. J. Bohanon, on McDuffle
Street, North of the railroad bridge, where
he is prepared to furnish either transient or
permanent board. Meals at any hour of
the day a specialty. Terms very reasona?
ble. Give me a trial, Also, draying of
any kind promptly done.
J. M. HORTON.
Jan 16, 1800_28_1*
MONEY TO LOAN,
- ON -
On Mortgages Keal Estate,
Or Good Collateral.
Call on
J. D. MAXWELL,
Sec. and Treas. Anderson Building
and Loan'Association.
AUOTION SALE
? OF ?
Spanish Horses.
ONE Car Load of Spanish Horses will
be sold to the highest bidders at
Fowler's Stables, Anderson, S. C, on
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 1890, at 11
o'clock. Some broken and some unbroken.
All good, young stock, and will make
good, gentle and endurable Horses if prop?
erly handled. Now is your chance. Come
prepared to buy.
Free exhibition of the Texas "Cow Boy"
lassoing the wild horso,
Terms Cash.
S. H. USSERY.
Jan 16,1890 ._28_1
A Funny Discovery.
0. S. MINOR & CO.
HAVE discovered that they were ma?
king money faster than was intend?
ed.
They are determined to make only a rea?
sonable sum during the year, and for that
purpose they will cut prices lower every
time the flood of custom will admit.
Their tremendous Christmas trade bos
induced them to remodel their whole sys
tem of prices, and they propose to offer
better inducements from this out than ever
before.
Yes, they proposo to make their entire
Spring purchase with a view to lowor
prices.
Truly,
TEM CENT STOKE.
P. S.?We mean business.
Notice to Trespassers,
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons
not to cut timber from, or in any
way, trespass upon my lands, or any lands
leased by me.
Any person disregarding this notice will
be prosecuted.
D. Hi HAMMOND.
Jan 1G, 1800 28 1*
NOTICE TO CB.EDITORS.
All persons having demands against
the Estate of Seaborn S. Jones, deceased,
are hereby notilied to present them,
properly proven, to the undersigned within
the time prescribed by law, and all per?
sons indebted to said Estate must make
payment.
FRANK L. SITTON,
OSCAR HARRIS,
Executors,
Jan 9, 1*00 27 3
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson County.
By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, T. J. Holland has ap
plied to me to graut him Letters of Ad?
ministration on the Estate and effects of
Mrs. Rebecca Gillespie, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon?
ish all kindred and creditors of the said
Rebecca Gillespie, deceased, to be and ap-1
Eoar before mein Court of Probate, to
e held at Anderson Court House, on
the 31st day of January, 1890, after pub?
lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they
have, why the said administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand this 14th day of
January, 1890.
W. P. COX, Judge of Probate.
Jan 16,1890_213_2_
MONEY TO LOAN.
SEVERAL desirable pieces of Country
and City Property for sale. Apply
to
J. W. QUATTLEBAUM.
Jan 2,1890 2G
MONEY TO LOAN!
On GOOD SECURITY,
AT SEVEN PER CENT.
Apply to
BREAZEALE & LONG,
Attorney.0.
Jan ?, 1890_20_4_
B. F. BROWNE,
"Watchmaker and Jeweller,
Returned to Anderson.
EXCLUSIVE attention given to Repair?
ing. Prompt and honest work, and
reasonable charges only for the work done.
Fine and difficult jobs a specialty. Front
window at L. H. Seel's,
Dec 19, 1889_24_3m
FOR SALE.
A Good Chance for a Mechanic.
IWISH to sell my Lot, Dwelling and
Machine Shops in Walhalla, together
with Iron Lathes, Tools, &c The Shops
are run by horse-power, three fire places,
and all tools necessary for the complete
shops. Good dwelling, barn, stables, &c.
Corner lot. Shops have a good custom,
being the only ones in this section. Prices
low, only part payment in cash being re?
quired. I only wish to sell on account of
iny age, as I am not able to do all the work
I can get. Also, eight acres of highly im?
proved land insido the corporate limits of
Walhalla. Address or call on
C. JOOST, Walhalla, S. C.
Jan 9, 1890_27_3_
SALE OF LAND.
BY virtue of the power vested in me by
a Deed of Trust made and executed
to me by the heirs-at-law of Jamc3 Long,
deceased, I will sell to the highest bidder
at Anderson, S. C, on Salesday in Feb?
ruary next, at 11 o'clock a. m., all the in?
terest of said heirs-at-law in the following
described Tract of Land:
ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND,
situate in Williamston Township, in the
County of Anderson, containing one hun?
dred and forty-four acres, more or less,
bound by lands of Mrs. Cyntha Irby, Geo.
W. Rogers, Jacob Spearman and others,
and known as the McCarthy Tract.
Terms of Sale?One-half cash, the other
half to be paid in twelve months, with in?
terest from day of sale, secured by a bond
and a mortgage of the premises. Purcha?
ser to pay extra for papers,
J..E. BREAZEALE,
Trustee.
Jan 9,1890 27_4_
NOTICE.
rpHE remainder of subscriptions to Cap
J_ ital Stock of the Anderson Cotton
Mills has been called for?35 per cent, pay?
able on or by 1st December next, and 35
per cent, payable on or before 1st January
next.
Contracts for machinery have been
made, which renders it absolutely neces?
sary that these installments be promptly
met.
By order of the Board of Directors.
J. A. BP.OCK, Pres. and Treas.
J. J. BAKER. Secretary.
Nov. 21,1889_20_
HERE WE COME!
WITH A NICE LOT OF
New Sadies' and Gents' Solid
Gold Watches,
Breast Pins and Sleeve Buttons
with Chains,
Beaded Neck Chains and Brace?
lets,
Large Stock Ladies' Set Rings
<&c. tic,
pgr* Sold only for SPOT CASH. Expe?
rience has taught me that I can sell so
much cheaper I have determined to sell
for spot cash.
J. A. DANIELS, Agent.
Oct 31,1889 17 3m
NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby notified not to
furnish any goods, wares, merchan?
dise, or other articles, to any person whom?
soever on my account, or to be charged to
me. I hereby give notice that I will in no
way he responsible for or pay any debt or
account of any kind contracted by any
other person than myself.
W. C. HADDON.
Jan 2,1890_27_3*
Notice to Debtors.
ALL persons indebted to J. <fc J. N.
HUNTER, or to J. N. HUNTER,
either by Note or Account, must pay up by
the 1st of March, 1890, or the Accounts
will be put in the hands of an Officer for
collection. .
J. N. UNTER.
Jau 9,1890 27 _3
NEW CROP
GARDEN SEEDS
ARRIVING DAILY.
DRUGS,
PAINTS,
And OILS,
? AT ?
SIMPSON, REIO&CO'S.
Cor. Hotel Chiquola.
Educate Your Daughters;
AND,
BEFOKE DECIDING WHERE,
Send for a Catalogue of the
Williamston Female College
The SPRING SESSION will open
MONDAY, FEB. 3, 1890. I will come
up from Wright's Hotel, Columbia, Satur?
day, Feb 1.
S. LANDER, President.
Williamston, S. C, Dec. 18,1889. 24-7
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
AH persons having demands against
the Estate of John Ii. Orr, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them, prop?
erly proven, to the undersigned within the
time prescribed by law, aud those indebted
to make payment.
R. C. WILSON, Adm'r.
Jau 2, 1890 2G 3
VIM, ENEKGY AND PUSH I
Combined >vitli Coiii*tco?s Attention,
ACCOMPLISHES WONDERS!
This is what you iind at
ROOM 5, HOTEL CHIQUOLA,
0
UR effort id to offer every DELICACY that can be procured in any market,
and our Fancy Grocery Department evinces the fact that our efforts have been moat
successful.
While the Fancy Grocery Department hss received a large amount of our
attention, we have not allowed the other Departments to suffer. We are heavily
stocked and fully prepared to meet prices on PLANTATION SUPPLIES.
Examine D. S. Maxwell & Son's PURE LEAF LARD-better than home
made.
jgQy Get our prices before buying.
D. S. MAXWELL & SON,
Boom 5, Hotel Chiquola*
NOT AT COST?
(So-O ailed,)
Bat we pay SPOT CASH for Goods, and will sell them
as Low us any Firm in America.
OUR STOCK IS FRESH,
OUR PRICES THE LOWEST,
When quality of Goods is considered,
and it will pay you to
COME SEE US.
We start the New Year determined to lead in
PLANTATION SUPPLIES
- AND ?
STANDARD FERTILIZERS,
At Lowest Prices possible.
OUR SHOE STOCK THE LARGEST IN ANDERSON.
Ladies' and Gents' Fine Shoes,
And High Gilt Flow Shoes a specialty.
Also, the "Fat Baby Shoe."
Gome and examine this Stock.
WE GTTAANTEE THE SHOES,
WE GUARANTEE THE PRIOES.
E. W. Brown & Sons,
ANDERSON, S, O.
T E PROGRESSIVE AGE in which we live and flourish demands?
ENERGY,
1PLTJCK,
ACTIVITY,
AJSTJD BOTTOM PRICES!
If you will visit our Store you will see a combination of all the above, with a few
other things that are calculated to make competitors "Get up and Dust" to keep in
sight. We can and will shake the bottom out of any prices you can get elsewhere.
We'll tell you the "Good Old Honest Truth" about every article we sell you.
We Pay Cash for every Dollars' worth, we Buy,
And Give You tlie Benefit Every Time.
Don't Believe a word we Say.
BUT COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF,
JOHN M. HUBBARD & BRO.,
Next to Farmers and Merchants Bank, Anderson, S. C.
AT AND BELOW COST!
HaVING determined to close out our Mercantile Business in order to devote our
entire time and attention to the Cotton Business, we now offer our entire Stock of?
Dry Ms, Ms, Sloes, Notions and Quin,
REGARDLESS OF COST.
Read some of these prices:
Best Calicoes 5c. per yard.
Pelzer Shirting 4.1c per yard.
Checks 41c. per yard,
Blankets $1.00 per pair,
Hats 10c. up,
Shoes?Womens'Balmorals?50c.
> Mens' Brogans 65c.
Mens' Boots $1.25.
Mens' Overcoats $1.50'and upward.
These are a few of the leading articles. We cannot begin to enumerate the
BARGAINS we offer.
We Have a Full Stock of
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
Th^ we are selling at COST. There are ONE THOUSAND BARRELS OF
FLOUR in Stock that must go, if Cost Prices will sell them. And then there are
OHE HUNDRED BOXES OF TOBACCO
That it will pay overy chewer in Anderson County to examine.
Sugar at Cost I
Coffee at Cost!
Soda at 3c. per lb. !
And Everything Else at COST!
BROWN BROS.
Noa 21,1889_20 _5
COM
AND
SEE
OUR?
SILK. PLl'SH,
CELLULOID FILLED
Dressing1 Case for $125.
Tnfec no sheen unless
IV. L. Douglas' name and
price are stamped on the
bottom. If, the dealer cannot supply tob,
" direct to factory, enclosing advertised
send
price.
w.
HILE you are here we shall be able
to show you something else interesting.
Shaving Cases from $1.00 on up,
Dressing Cases any price,
Work Boxes 50c up,
Gents' Cases $1.00 up,
Cigar Cases 50c up,
Manicure Sets, very handsome,
Writing Desks $1.00 up,
Whisk Broom Holders?beautiful,
Elegant Cologne Bottles,
Vases 10c to $5.00,
Water Sets $1.50,
Gift Cups and Saucers 10c up,
Japanese Ware,
Elegant Parlor and Hall Lamps.
Other things!
Other things!
Come and see!
Come and see !
HILL BRO THE SS.
NOTICE
To Administrators,
Executors, Guardians,
And Trustees.
ALL Administrators, Executors, Guar?
dians and Trustees are hereby noti?
fied to make their Annual Returns to this
office during the months of January and
February, as required by law.
W. P. COX, Jndge of Probate.
Jan 9,1890 27 5
FOR
GENTLEMEN.
Fine Calf, Heavy Laced Grain and Creed*
moor Wat?rproof.
Best in t ho world. Examine his
85.00 GENUINE HAND-SEWED SHOE,
84.00 HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE.
SS.fiO POLICE AND FARMERS' SHOE*
82.50 EXTKA VALUE CAI.F SHOE. '.
82.25 & 82 WORKINGMEN'S SHOES. <
82.00 and 81.75 HOYS' SCHOOL SHOES*
All made In Congress, Button and Lace.
$3 & $2 SHOES uffiBo.
81.75 SHOE FOB MISSES.
Bent Material. Best Style. Best Fitting.
W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. Soil by
G. F. JONES & CO.,
ANDERSON, S. C.
AT THE OLD STAND.
THE undersigned desires to inform the
public that he is still at hie old stand,
next door to the Express office, ready and
willing to do any work in the Tonsorial
line. The price of a Shave has been re?
duced to Ten Cents?cash. Call and see
me. J. R. THOMAS.
Jan 0, 1S90_27_2
?VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT
j3j The undersigned. Executor of
the Estate of WilLson Ashley, deceased,
hereby gives notice that he will apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson County,
on the 4th day of February, 1890, for a
Final Settlement of said Estate and dis?
charge from his office as Executor.
R. B. A. ROBINSON. Ex'r.
Jan 2,1890 20 5