The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, February 13, 1890, Image 2

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FUBfJSILSD EVERY THURSDAY. m CL.rjsrE30AXI3, )El?iTOK3 Aino ^tfe^ItAjSGSTOJSr<;;;-^-|.- PBorauEroiu?. '-'.- ? TBTJRSDAY, FEB. 13, t?90. _?1.50.. O??LYOUKG' MIEN; ? ' r e>e;ia:^ in the re tprfigfeasv?f outgrowing city which .jJ^l?te^uWnter.^ith.. peculiar. force, ^^^ii?/mi?t of the growth and de opmsntl iajduo to the efforts of the :j?-men;-: Ithas been., said thit the Ss?qf;rptiblic affairs'ebbs and Hows like ''^^ip^e^grea't deep. For many a?Ahiler^^i^ be unfor iate, .atid there was no visible signs .of ^eM.^hntfiduriDg all that time the !p03its .ra t?e'Bank were accumulating, rV making ready-for the tide of progress t has how. fairly;begnn. - Our young enjiheldt .hac^ the demand for ?ke?(was; so; great that they could |?^?nd)it no longer, and to the work tihey w' jhl:.. All ' see and feel the result io%i^ appear", what pl^sop^ali^e; .\ ,While .the- young men led off in the ?rchvof j progress, the older heads gave ^cj^qsil^aud; encouragement, and con ^nte'd^liberally. of their means. As ^iaVe'iiift^'ib.ove ..the work has only gnn/i^gi eat 'deal remains yet to "be )be,?aa(i:;. 1 here" is plenty of room here v^f?rrnsnfof energyand posh, and espe ^f?a?j..-..in.en;:of. means, and now is the WgMmej to. more: to'Anderson. "Do not ii^ 'waifc nntil others have built up the difr ereajt^en^rprises- 'that are needed to svelbp . Ar derson, and then expect to " "e.:here and enjoy the ieault8 : equally h^those who: do the work. i;It :M/W.t?; peculiar pleaoure that-we ' .can' boast of the business qualities of derson'i? young men, No town can >wii us ihrihat respect. Our little neigh: or~Willi>imston?has great cause to proud.of the many noble and-intelli ^-?y^J^lt^^'^P'}.1^^ turned Out on b^ 'worid.i],'Among them we would men on with :pleasure :Mr. T. E. Horton, ?fs. F?iok/ and Marion Pickle, Col. ohn^^iOlinkscales, ; Prof. Walter W. irowni: .George E. . Prince, Esq., Bev. Fohn^M.. Lander, Austin and Lee Blake, ~"6f. ji?iiFmger, Mr. Jas. Anderson, WJ Lyrich. Prof. W. T. Lander and ?era. No town, of tha, same' size, can ?Se^jB/v-: qetter'.. showing" .in this respect WiUiam.ston. This is partly due the Williamston Female College, nc oubt, andlohr-Female College might a great deal for the future young men Anderson.; \~/.' bw is &e time to make, our" future t^ind prosperous. As the past affects e present,'so the present will exert its ueni3 e ver the future. - Consequently, :et/us graard;,weii our ftiture by watching oielyi our present, and;:earnestly and Ithfully eiadeavor to make Anderson a ty to whit h people will point with ad? it iratibri as a place of morality, intelli ;ence^energy; and-progress. The senti? ent exprt)8sed . in the following lines rikes us.with peculiar force just at tbiE s^^^e ari> Hving, we are dwelling, In a grand and awful time, ^in-aii ago on ages telling, y'Y. To be living-is sublime." ;L?t. each 'citizen of Anderson?and ^ieciaHy ^ar; young "men?feel the re? sponsibility resting on them, and strive ?tojdiscbarger well that responsibility. % Col. Jas.";ArHoyt, Gen. Johnston Sagobd, \ Geh. John D. Kennedy, Gen. o^ni'^a^ih'rand .Major ,B. B. Tillraan ivo hll- been mentioned as candidates '^Governor. ." Primus Xon esf, a member of the Georgia r^lntuie, aud the farmer who has for i^obg. tima: past marketed the first bale I5|^5cottbn"'for.: the . whole South each ^season, died last week of pneumonia. ie. ; wa3 ? probably the ? mo3t successful ameti'ini Gaorgia. -. ?? i?jPpgi, botanist of the Agricultural Bp^tment at Washington, has recently l^^r^^ti^?ncrT^ja''-- new. process for __iving- ramie fibre into cloth. He says ^e.process'; is a sDccesa, and that in a hort; time ramie fibre will supersede )tton' and wool. in" cloth mannfaclnre iuse it will be cheaper. Ho does not iihk it will hnrt the cotton planters, as fey^c?n raisie ramie fibre instead of cot r. ?-???-~ . The^aje-riibuut-to succeed in raising Je!^9.yana tobacco in Florida, and ip^ures'iu ihe.usb of the weed may live i^n:lhe^hopes of' being able, to smoke an ^vana'ciga;r which has uo foreign mark it; one .that has neither paid duty, rheen smuggled in. Albert W. Gil :hrj8t;ha8:gcne to Cuba to bring a lot of ^^^.maifufiicturers to come over to ^^j0n?.G?ida; /his present place . of resi ^^%ce<;'i^jit. then, these cigars won't be ^^^iw^ood'as"' the-olid time smuggled iphe^: Philadelphia Evening Telegraph pi): say* : ; "No intelligent and fair* nded man c^n take the speech recently ivjered by Senator Butler, of South olina, imd that so theatrically shot off ^Mr. Tngalfs, and compare the same, ^?3ne* forvline, sentiment for sentiment, ^T^^d.^ord rfor word, without utter dia ? -paragemeot of the gentleman from ^Pu^as;?-V.;'The 'Telegraph declares that ^Ingalls is a'gigantic stumbling-block in gr/athway of national reunion and e^nBtrucdon," and begs that "if this ?^'".question is to be further discussed in tbe ^^pr^e?t'i?jngiess/* Ingalls's harangue "- shall not be taken as a model by tbo?e W^jw;3xe to 'follow. ? 'Wyqmi'Dg has the distinction of being bhiy^oection of tha country where tbe :ht;:?f.:-e?ffrage is enjoyed by both xes. Women have all the rights they P^ii^j^and they exercise them with de |^;Cidec^efiect Their influence is felt in :7'' the' Legislature, i A bill has been intro ||p?(^^ sexes into close, ^Shfirmanioiaarrelations. ? It is proposed to g t3? ?ll men over the age of thirty years ^^fiO??reiiot married. In other words, ^^fos^^ho enjoy the luxury of bachelor ^*wdrnn3t pay for it or marry. At prea ^f^ol^^'ere are more men than women in '^r^e^erritory; consequently the measure ; will stimulate immigration and create a ^liv?y-flutfor among the retired maidens ^^^East;-. ? Governor Campbell, of Ohio, and eral of the most distinguished citizens f^ahd bosiness men of Boston have accept jB^P^nvitationa to be present at the annual ^?^nqhet of the Atlanta, Ga., Chamber of ^'CVmme^ . on the 13 tb of February. ^x-Th')8 banquet promises to be the most ^.-.notable .occasion of tbe kind that has ^l^hrseeri in the South since the war. - ? .' Tbe Yorkyille Enquirer says that since the discussion, commenced on Senator Butler's bill *'ta provide for tbe emigra? tion of the colored people from the Uni? ted States," a causeless panic seems to have seized a number of the colored people, who are slow to make contracts for the present year, or even to enter .upon work under.any conditions, alleg? ing as a reason that they will eoon be required to leave tho country. The negro ought to have learned by tbis time that he is a powerful lever by which both great political parties endeavor to lift themselves into power, and much that is said in tho national halls of legis? lation concerning the colored race is done only for political effect. Republi? can promises to the negro are made only to catch his vote, and tbe tirade of Sen? ator Ingalls in Congress a few days ago was only for the purpose of inflaming the ? Northern minds, which are quite suscep? tible of such trash, and to cajole the col I ored people into the belief that the Re : publican party -of the North are their best friends, when they care nothing for them except to boused as a voting ma? chine in the South to perpetuate Repub? lican rule. Senator Butler's bill* does not make it compulsory on any colored man to leave bis home in tho South. Such a law cculd not be passed even if any one desired it. All that Senator Butler proposes is that the United States Government shall assist any colored per? son or persons who may desire' to emi? grate to Africa. The bill is not a law, nor is it likely to be. And even should it become a law, it cannot compel any colored person to leave tbe United States. With the law enacted, the colored people would be as safe in the enjoyment of their rights of home and citizenship as the whites. In sections where this erroneous impression prevails among the colored people, they should be instructed and properly informed as to the true meaning of Senator Butler's bill. State Board of Agriculture, The first regular meeting of the State Board of Agriculture for the present year was held yesterday, and the board was in session the most of the day. The proceedings were opened by the election as chairman of a gentleman who has been governor of South Carolina and whom many believe will be again before long-^ex- Governor Hagood. General rights phosphate licenses were granted to the following: Beaufort Phos? phate Company of Beaufort, Farmers' Mining Company, of Charleston, and ?. 0. Williams, J r., of the same city. The four acre lot, near the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, where the department formerly had a fish pond, was ordered, turned over to Dr. McBryde to be uaod for experimentation with irri? gated crops in connection with the Co? lumbia Experiment Station. * The pstitiou of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina (of Charleston) for an appropriation for use io experimental work was refused. Official recognition was granted by (he board to Mr. KB.. Ferguson, of Buffalo, N. Y., who is working so zealously on the line of securing colonies of desirable im? migrants to this State. The Commissioner of Agriculture was requested to give Mr. Ferguson all possible assistance in his work of colonization. The plan proposed in a communication from the New Jersey State Board of Ag? riculture in reference to the establishment of a National Department of Agriculture was endorsed, as was klso another propo? sition from the same source looking to? ward tbe securing/ by . Congressional enactment of free carriage through the mails for reports of State Agricultural and Horticultural Societies and State Boards of Agriculture. A committee was appointed to confer with Mr. John S. Reynolds of Spartaaburg in reference to the publication im his ready prints outsides of the department bulletins and monthly reports. Messrs. D. P. Duncan and J. T. Moore were ap? pointed on the committee. The Board decided to continue the work on the two State Experiment Stations at Darlington and Spartan burg, and appro Ijriated $5,000 therefor. While the recent egislation for the Clemson" College will deprive tbe board of certain funds hereto1 fore depended upon for the support of the stations, the funds referred to will not be divested from the control of the board until October 31st next, the " close of the present fiscal year. Dr. McBryde, as director of the Exper? iment Stations, was instructed to ascertain by experiment the quantity of tbe okra fibre which can be grown per acre on average upland and bottom land, and also the cost of preparing the fibre. Dr. McBryde was also requested to fur-, uish the Commissioner of Agriculture for publication in the monthly bulletins of the department tho reports of the experi? mental work on the Experiment Sta? tions. J?x-Gov. Hagood offered the following preamble and resolution, which were unanimously adopted : "The State Board of Agriculture of South Carolin a .recognizes with pride tbe fact that, in competition with the whole United States, the largest crop of corn grown has been by a South Carolina far? mer. They further recognize the fact that this is the largest authenticated crop of Iudiau corn ever grown to the acre in any part of the world, therefore, be it "Resolved, That the thanks of the board be, and hereby are, tendered to Mr. Z. J. Drake, for the honor he has by bis achievement conferred upon his State and the demcustratiou he has made of the possibilities of her soil and climate." The board have requested Mr. Drake to report the yields of future crops grown on the prize ?icre, with the particulars of fertilization and cultivation. It was determined to hold a State far? mers' institute at Ridge Spring, Edgefield County, if it be desired by the citizens of that place, some time during tbe coming summer. Resolutions were adopted in tbe line of encouraging the holding of farmers' in? stitutes, after which, there being no fur? ther business, tbe board adjourned.? Co? lumbia Register, 8th. Some Negroes Want to Go. Birmingham, "February 6.?For sever 'days the negroes of Bessemer, Ala.', have been holding meetings and discuss? ing Senator Butler's bill. The meetings have been largely attended by the best and most intelligent element of the col? ored people of tbe town. To day they gave to the preis the following address, which will also he forwarded to the Sen? ate, and House of Representatives at Washington: "We, the negroes here, have been holding meetings favoring the separa? tion of the races and the immigration of colored people to the Congo Free State Africa, and we hope that Senator Butlei's bill will pass Congress. We w*nt to go back to our own country where we belong. We know that it will better for the. colored people, and we hope that it will benefit the white peo? ple. We know that we are a?reat polit? ical trouble here. We are sorry, but cannot help it. Time has brought this us. Let knowledge now have her way and knowledge says 'go,'and we will go if the Government will pass the bill. "In our meetings some have objected that the Government will want its mon back and take bonds on the Slate that we would found, and it would take seventy-five or a hundred years to pay Other members say that this is not the object of the bill, but there will be a donation of money to the colonization society." Many negroes in this section are en? thusiastic in their Bupport of Butler's im? migration scheme. ? Mr. Clrveland'a guaranteed income from tbe law firm with which he is con? nected as special counsel is $35,000 a year. LET THE NEGRO ALONE! Chamberlain's Advice to Now England Philanthropists. Boston, Feb. 9.?The remark* of Ex Governor D. H. Chamberlain at the Bos? ton Beform Clnb, on Saturday evening, iu regard to the race problem have crea? ted even a greater sensation than that part of his speech about pensions, which has been already telegraphed. Mr. Chamberlain's views were much tbe same as those of Mr. Grady, but were presented from an entirely different standpoint, and his speech was remarkable not so much for the brilliancy of its rhetoric as for the force of its logic. The following are some of the more remarkable passa? ges : no new Problem. But, Mr. President and gentlemen, I hasten to say a few words on another ' question which is just now more talked of than the pension question. Precisely j why the race question or problem Bhouid j attract its present share of attention I am ; not quite able to sec. It is the same ques? tion we have hud since 1867. The two races live Bide by side to-day, as they have done for more than twenty years. Especially it is the same question it has been Bince 1876, when *Jae policy of direct physical support of Southern Slates Gov? ernments was abandoned. No new ele? ments have lately come into this problem. It is the old story of two races?the one educated, self reliant, proud, accustomed to rule, accustomed to assert itspower by force when deemed necessary; the other race uneducated, inexperienced iu self control or self government, without race pride, without .history, accustomed to servile relations, unused to tbe arts and spirit of self defence. For uow twenty three years the latter race has by law been made tbe equal of the former in political power, man for man. In. three States, and in many other portions of States, in numerous counties and commu? nities, this legal equality of the black race, so far as laws could do so, put tbe political control in the hands ofthat race. The result, shortly stated, is that this legal power or supremacy is nowhere to-day the actual power. Tbe negro nowhere rules. A 'higher law than that enrolled on parchment, higher-certainly in its force and power, has blotted out' our statutes and reversed our calculations based on written enactments. Surely here is food for reflection, especially for our Republi? can party friends. Let us see bow' this result has come about. Mr. Chamberlain then briefly recapitu? lated the history of the failure of the carpetbags governments in the South, showing that they were deliberately abandoned to their fate by the Republican party, thus declaring to the world that "the Republican party deliberately de? clared that it waiuu ivi?e,unconstitutional, impolitic and impossible, to maintain tho Southern State Governments by the physical power of the Federal Govern? ment." condition of the negro. Speaking of what is best to be done about the negro and his rights, Governor Chamberlain said: What is tbe matter, I ask boldly, with the negro now ? I come from the South to-night. A business errand has again takeu me to the State which, was my home for twelve years. I have mingled again with the people whom I then knew so well. What do I find? I find that, since 1876, both races in South Carolina have prospered. I find the prosperity of the negro has advanced pari passu, more than pari pasau, with the white man. I find the negro more self-respecting, better . provided with schools, far better acquir? ing property, more rapidly, more indus? trious, more ambitious for education and property, than he ever was before 1876; and I have come here to-night, at not a little inconvenience, to proclaim this in the ear of Boston's philanthropy t and Boston's patriotism. I proclaim it because it is true, and because if any man living owes it to himself and to the country to proclaim the truth iu this matter, I am that man. I' do uot exonerate^ the white race at the South from all past or present blame. There are wrongs done there to the negro now, but I do .say that the negro has uever known such an era of advancement and prosperity in all that befits a citizen and freeman as the period since 1876, and if it be treason to say it, I reply, in histor? ic words, "Make the most of it 1" the outrage mill. There are many base, violent murder? ous white men at the South ; they hate the negro; they wreak their hatred on him iu all ways. But, after all, such men are not now, whatever may have been the fact at somsr periods in the past, such men are not now tbe one hundredth part of ?any community I know at the South. Oftentimes, such men ore not denounced and hunted down as they Bhouid be. But in Kentucky and West Virginia, and some other States, such lawless, violent white men kill each other and the whole State stands paralyzed before them. Why should a slaughter of negroes at Barn well Court House in South Carolina move the country so much more than a slaughter of white men in some other Southern State. But in the one case it is taken as a matter of course, arising out of a low stage of civilization ; iu tho other case, it creates a race problem. When Goodloe, a Ken? tucky Republican, butchered Swope, another Kentucky Republican, and Swope butchered Goodloe"?in return, I say the affair was more brutal, mpre blood thirs? ty, more discouraging as an indication of social degradation than any outrage I have known of at the South in which ne? groes were the victims within the last ten years; and yet, if I remember rightly, President Harrison sent his sympathy publicly to one of these brutal Kentucky murderers I No race problem there I No resolution in tbe Senate by Hoar or Chandler for a national investigation. No, gentlemen, these affairs, however Bad or disgraceful, are but the natural ordinary outbursts of men only half touched by civilizing influences.' They can be prevented only by tbe genoral progress of civilization. When they affect negroes, do not let us call them a race problem 1 let the negro alone. What, then,;is the duty of the North iu respect to .this problem, what is Bos? ton's and Massachusetts duty, what is the duty of all patriotic men 7 I answer with my whole mind and conscience, their duty is to let the negro alone! I know no duty more imperative than to apply the gag of public reprobation and contempt to tbe mouths of such ghoul? like demagogues as Chandler and Ingalls. Can a patriotic American conceive of a more unpatriotic and infamous course of conduct?infamous towards tbe negro as well as tbe white man of the South? than, without other than a cold blooded partisan aim, to arouse the hatred of both races towards each other, to set the negro and white man at each other's throats, while they, in cowardly safety, in New Hampshire and Kansas, look on at the bloody results. And such men, God save the mark 1 are our Sena tore and Republican leaders! When President Harrison calls for a "bugle blast," or Depew discourses solemnly of our duty to defend a free ballot, let us be brave enough and manly enough to tell them that such thunder is a stage trick which has had its day of success, and that the real point of danger ton free ballot and to American institutions lies in the means and methods wh ich in the last election carried New York for Harrison. The negro is to day working out his own salvation where be is, without your help; He is doing infinitely better than when you tried to help him, than when you tried to protect him by bayonets. You left him in 187.6, in order to save the Presidency for the Republican party, to his fate. He has met that fate, and met it well. You have done all you can do for him. The only effective protection he can have under our Bystem of govern? ment is the protection of IheBtronger race with which his lot is cast. a tribute to hampton. Of the plan proposed by some Southern Senators and advocated by Senator Hampton, I do r.oL think it necessary to say more than that it seems to me vision? ary and impossible, except that its; advocacy by Senator Hampton remind* me thai in 1867, before the reconstruction measures went into effect, Gen. Hampton alone, of all Southern public men, so fir as I recall, publicly at Columbia urged the white people to make every effort to win the negro to their support by a cor? dial recognition of his new rights and a friendly and sympathetic attitude towards him as a voter. It was an act of states? manship which ought to be well remem .bered to his honor. But the negro has no disposition or tendency to quit this country, or even to any great extent to change from one State to another. No sky for him is so bright as the sky that bent over bis childhood; no land so fertile as that he has always tilled, no white men, after all, so honorable and friendly as those with whom he was born and reared. He will not leave the South voluntarily, and no one proposes to com? pel him to go. I do not believe the passage of Senator Butler's bill would effect the removal of an appreciable frac? tion of the negro race in any State. Tney are here to stay. limitations of federal power. Let me Bay another word on this point. This Government does uot exist to save the negro from the struggle for his rights. Your rights and mine, in the last com? mon resort, are not secured to us by the Government of the United States. They are secured to us by our State Govern? ments and State.laws, but, more than all, by ourselves, by our intelligence, our education, our self-reliance,, -trained and compacted in the long, stern school of experience. Tho negro's rights will never be secured in any other way. What can be done, let me ask, that has not been done? Concede for the mo? ment that a Federal election law can be passed and enforced. And what good will this do the negro? It will help, perhaps, to keep the Republican party in power, but how, I aek and repeat, will it help the negro? Is it thought that with a Congress overwhelmingly Repub lican, with all the powers of the Govern? ment again in Republican hands, new laws or new agencies can be devised, under our constitutional limitations, which will protect the negro in the rightB which concern him most? We touch here upon the true point of all this endless talk of negro* rights and their protection. I say it is not expected, it is not imagined, by any sensible lawyer or public man, that any law can be devised to reach such results. It canno be done. What we can do, what we ought to do ?is, with profound sympathy for both races, with words of cheer and respect for both races, to watch, as patriotic Americans, the progress and issue of the grand discipline of both races now going forward at the South. In that spirit I watch it. In that spirit I speak to-night. Both races have done better thus far than any man would have had warrant for expecting twenty years ago. They will go forward, if let alone, to work out that harmony and peace, that mutual respect for eacn other's rights, which all true men long to see. If some one regrets that this is all that can be done for the negro, I answer frankly, I do uot. I am profoundly thankful- that neither your common, every day civil rights and privileges, nor mine, nor the negro's at the South, depend on the Federal Government. I am profoundly glad they depend solely on the State Governments, on ourselves. The deep base and substructure of our Federal fabric itself lies in the power and rights of tbe States. I wonld not, as I value both nation and States, remove one restriction from the Federal power or add one line to its charter of, rights. I stand, I stand now and forever^on the barriers erected by the Fathers to restrain the nation and to defend tbe States. No negro's, no white man's, right to vote is worth the sacrifice of one tittle of the just equilibrium of our constitutional system. . a plea for good fellowship. But, as I have said, and as I permit myself to repeat, there is no cause of alarm, except to party politicians, except to your Hoars and Lodges, to your legali? ses and Chandlers. The negro of the South is doing well. The white man of the South is doing well: Close your ears -to these siren voices which sing the woea of the South. Tbero is great and con? stant need of good-feeling, good fellowship between North and South, between Massachusetts and South Carolina; there is always an open and wide field for private munificence to aid in the great work by religious and educational influ? ences, but there is need towards the negro especially for much of what Burke, in an immortal phrase, called "a wiee and salutary neglect*' in the political 86066. Mr. President and gentlemen, I have spoken with perfect freedom as became i -me, and, as I supposed, became this club and this occasion. We must abandon old ideas which'are unsuited to present conditions and problems. Riot iu a Church. Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 5.?A terrible tragedy occurred just across tbe Virginia line, about thirty miles from Sparta, N. kC, last Sunday, the particulars of which reached Charlotte to-night. The scene of tbe tragedy was in a Baptist Church, of which Jasper M. Stooke i3 pastor. The killed and wounded are as fol? lows : Killed?Thomas Coleman, Jeremiah Ferguson. The wounded are?Edward Clawson, John Pleby, Robert Edwards. Sunday morning Mr. Stooke was preaching about tbe sins of men. He used some very strong language in pictu? ring the unholy and wayward man, and during tbe course of his remarks took oc? casion to say that "There was a man in hie congregation who was bo mean and unfaithful to bis wife that it was a won? der God did not rain down fire and brimstone upon his head and consume him." The preacher pointed his finger towards Thomas Coleman, who occupied a seat near the pulpit, and as he did so that individual jumped to his feet and inquired if tbe parson meant to be per? sonal in bis remarks. No sooner was Coleman on his feet than half a dozen deacons were up demanding that he sit down. Everything was in an uproar and during the confusion Edward Ciawson cried out to Coleman : "Yes, he meant you and you know it." Then followed cries of "Put him out" and several grabbed hold of him. Cole? man resisted bitterly, and seizing a stick of wood lying near the stove ho began to wield it hard and fast, knocking four men to the floor and fatally wounding Joremiah Ferguson. One man becoming enraged wrenched the club from Coleman and dealt bim a deadly blow across his head. He then walked out of church and has not been Been Bince. This ended the trouble. It is said that the riot lasted about six minutes, during which the greatest con? fusion imaginable prevailed. Women screamed and ran out of the church, and there was not one in sight when order had been restored. Beginning Work for the Clemson College? While on a flying visit over to Central one day last week we had the pleasure of meeting Col. R. E. Bowen, who had just returned from Fort Hill, where be bad attended the meeting of the execu? tive committee of Clemson College, of which be i3 a member. The meeting of tbe committee was for tho purpose of looking over the property, selecting sites for the buildings, and ascertaining gener? ally tho best mode of procedure in the building of tbe college and structures, and also to decide upon plans and speci? fications, etc. The State will furnish fifty convicts to work in the preparation of tue plantation and houses. It was found that the lum? ber and brick could be obtainod on the property. A committee of three will be aent to Mississippi to examine and ascertain the methods of the managemeut of the Agri? cultural College in that State. The next meeting of the committee will be held at Pendleton. The Colonel informed us that in look? ing over the register at Fort Hill he found that between 1,500 and 2,000 peo pie bad visited thai :ioted and honored old place since July last.?Eaaley JiLnscn gcr. Oakland High School. Tfao above named scbool is situated near Antreville postoffico, on tbe Anderson and Abbeville line. It bad a brilliant opening January 1st, sixty-live pupils having ma? triculated before scarcely a fortnight had passed. Much interest is still manifested. The patrons havo recently built a commo? dious and comfortable academy, it is patterned from tho best woodon plan, and is a model for convenient arrangement. No means have been spared to make it a good substantial house. It is coiled, and is well heated, lighted and ventilated. A Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, a reading chart, a large blackboard and a globe, havo recently been ordered. Tho room is also furnished with the best folding desks. Each pupil has a desk with lock and key, bookrack, pen holder, stationer}', ink well, folding top and scat, otc, conveniences not commonly found in a country academy. With these helps, an anxious patronage, and an active teacher, the school is destin? ed to be a success, atK1 it is making fine progress, but it bos bad its hindrances. Before tho school was fully under head? way, a case of measles appeared in their midst. Thirty or more of the pupils contracted them, and, in less than a month, that many pupils have been taken from the scbool; but most of them are back again and the school.has about reach? ed its former maximum. Those who have withdrawn, or have kept out of the school on account of the contagion, are assured that they can now send in without danger of contracting the disease, every pupil now in the school having hafl them. U. Guess. Harmony Church, Hall County, G&. Whereas, our boloved brother, Kev. W. B. Hawkins, having been called to labor for the Master in South Carolina among stangers, we, v the Baptist Church Sof Christ, at Harmony. Hall County, Ga., where most of his life has been spent, wish .through a Committee to express our high appreciation of his character as a Christian and minister of the Gospel. Brother Hawkins is a young man whose morals are unquestioned, and whose zeal for the Master's cause is highly commenda? ble. He is an acceptable preacher, and we feel will ultimately make an efficient minister of the Gospel. Therefore, be it Resolved, That we heartily commend him to the brethren with whom his lot is cast as a worthy brother. Resolved, That we have no fears that he will ever betray the trust we confide in him, or prove false to tbe cause of Christ and tho Baptist Church, wherever his lot may be oast. Key. M. V. B. Lanxvord, ' H. Babqer, . T. 0. HARRISON, S. L. Greek. 0. P. Bbaselton, Dec 15, 1889 Committee. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Edgefield, Feb. 8.?To-night at 7 o'clock John Smith cut Pierce Mitchell's throat. - Both parties are colored. Mitchell lingered about one hour. Mitch? ell claimed that Smith owed him for a 10-cent watermelon. Smith has been lodged in jail Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 8.?While playing some parlor magic tricks at Wolf Creek, Jesse Harrison, a 10-year old boy, shot his playmate, Sam Herbert, through the head, causing instant death. The Harrison boy was so crazed with grief that be cut his throat with a razor, inflict? ing a fatal wound. Eikgsost, N. Y., Feb. 9?Jacob R. Slater, a veteran of tho late war, with bis wife and four children, were drowned in Binnewater lake to-day. Two of the children were skating when the ice gave way and they disappeared. Their cries brought the parents and the other chil? dren to the scene, and in their efforts to rescue the little ones all lost their lives. Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 9.? At Miami last night, Robert Morton, age 75, shot his son John and tbe Iatter's wife. Morton bad had hot words with his daughter in law during his son's absence, and on the hitter's return he was inform? ed of the circumstance. Then tbe old man went outside with a rifle, and fired through the window, instantly killing his son. While the woman was leaning over her husband's body, the old man. fired again, the bullet entering tbe woman's abdomen. Sbe died an hour later. Ma con, Ga., February 7.?The many friends in Macon of Mr. Obe Edge were pained to hear of his terrible fate. Yes? terday afternoon be was thrown from his buggy near his home in tho Howard district, a faw miles from Macon, and be was killed by having his neck broken. Mr. Edge was the superintendent on the place of Col. H. H. Jon<?B. He leaves a wife and aeTeral children. His untimely end brings sorrow to many. Memphis, Feb. 10.?The tow boat "Ewex" from New Orleans,' with 7 bar? ges of grain, struck the east pier of the bridge being built to span the river at this point and sunk at seven o'clock this morning. She carried a crew of forty, thirty of whom were drowned. The Hawes Murder, Birmingham, Feb. 7.?Dick Howes, who is under sentence of death for the murder of his family here over a year ago, has made a confession, He named John Wylie as the murderer of his fam? ily, and acknowledges hiring him to do it. A telegram saya Wylie has been ar? rested in Atlanta, and that he will be brought here. Wylie denies all knowl? edge of the crime. another account. Birmingham, Ala,, Feb. 7.?News received here to-day of the rearrest, at Atlanta, of John Wylie, a railroad en? gineer, on the supposed charge of com? plicity with Dick Hawes in the murder of his wife and children. Hawes is con? demned to be banged here on the 28th instant, and it is believed Wylie's arrest grew out of a confession of Hawes. The latter cannot be seen by newspaper men and refuses to talk, and Sheriff Smith refuses to tell why he ordered Wylie's arrest. Ills Father's Dog Was Dead. Greenville, S. O, Fehruary 4.?The citizens of Woodruff, S. C, were startled on Thursday night last by the tolling of the Baptist Church bell, and upon inqui? ry could not learn tbe cause of it. Vari? ous rumors were set afloat as to why it should be rung, but no one could give a satisfactory reason, After hesitating a good while some one, with more nerve than the others, entered the belfry, and found a young white boy, named James Darwin, tolling away as solemnly as tbe sexton would for a funeral. He was asked why he was doing so, and his reply was : "That bis father's dog had just died, and he bad instructed bim to go and toll the bell to announce tbe sad news to the citizens of the town." ? The date-for the unveiling of the Lee Monument at Richmond, Va., has been changed from the 15th to the 29th of May next to Buit the convenience of several distinguished gentlemen whose presence is considered important. ? The Florida sponge fleet has done exceedingly well this winter. Tbe weather has been favorable and the supply is inexhaustible, as they grow as fast as they are gathered. Some of the sponges are as large as a nail keg One boat gathered $3,000 worth in a few days. Remarkable Rescue. Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, 111., makes the statement that Bhe caught cold, which settled on her lungs ; she was treat? ed for a month by her family physician, but grew worse. He told, her she was a hope? less victim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption ; she bought a 'botUo and to her delight she found herself benefited from first dose. She continued its use and after taking ten bottles, found herself iound and well, now docs her own house? work and is as well as she over wua.?Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at Hill liros. Drug Storo, large bottles ?0.\ and $1.00. ? In a paper recently read before tbe British Association it was ably argued that man was naturally left-legged. A Safe Investment. Is one wbich is guaranteed (o bring you satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised Druggist a bottle of Dr. King's New Dis? covery for Consumption. It in guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used for any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption, Inflammation of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Croup, etc., etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can always be depended hpon. Trial bottles free at Hiil Bros'. Drug.store. 1 Itoma of Interest. Farmers aro seeing the economy of hav? ing a small Blacksmith outfit for planta? tion work, and Sullivan Hardware Co. propose to furoiBh everything in this line at remarkably low prices. They are making a drive on Farming Tools and Implements just now, having just received 75,000 pounds of Steel Plows, 300 Dixie Plows, 300 dozen Handled Hoes, &c. They, mean to suistain thoir reputation for carrying thejjest and largest stock of valuable farmingiinplemenle of any houae in this State, and when it comes to prices can never be downed. FOR CONGRESS. In cose of the resignation of the Hon. J. S. Cothran, our (present Representative in Congress, the many friends of tho Hon. D. K. Norris, of Anderson County, will respectfully present his claims to the voters of the Third Congressional District as Mr. Cothran's successor before tho Democratic primary election to be held therefor. * The Hon. J. S. Cothran having made public his intention to resign his seat in Congress, the friends of Hon. E. B. Murray, our present able Senator, beg leave respect? fully to announce him as Judge Cothran's successor in the National House of Repre? sentatives. Fbiends. Stockholders' Meeting. MEETING of all the subscribers to the Alliance Co-Operative Store will held at George E. Prince, Esq's., office on Wednesday, the 10th February inst., at 1L o'clock. It will be a meeting of special in? terest to the subscribers, and they should not fail to attend. A. C. LATIMER, Pres. R. M. BUTvRISS, Sec. Pocket Book Lost. LOST, on Monday, Feb. 3rd, in the city of Anderson, or on the road leading to Roberts Church, a Pocket Book contain? ing about $15 in cash and sundry papers bearing my name. The finder will he re? warded by leaying it at tho Intelligencer office. C. B. GILMER. Feb 13, 1390 ? 32_1 DISSOLUTION. THE Firm of JONES, SEYBT & CO. has dissolved by mutual consent, Judge W. F. Cox retiring. The business will be continued at tho old stand under the Bame Firm name, We ask a continu? ance of the liberal patronage heretofore given us by the trading public. Respectfully, J. T. JONES, U. E. SEYBT, G. P. BIGBY. Feb 13,1890_32_1 Notice of Dissolution. rpHE undersigned, wbo have been con X ducting a Livery. Feed Stable busi? ness, on Depot Street, under the firm name of McGruder & Green, have dissolved co? partnership by mutual consent. The bus? iness will be contined by Mr. McGruder, who asks a continuance of the patronage given to the old firm. W. B. McGRUDER, W. H. GREEN. Feb 13, 1890 _32_1 Notice to Road Overseers. Office of County Commissioners, Anderson, S. C, F6b. 11, 1890. YOU will proceed to work the Public Roads at once with the hands as? signed you last year. Where hands have moved away and others have moved in, Overseers will add to and strike off from their respective lists: B. C. MARTIN, Chm'n., A. W. PICKENS, W. T. McGILL, Board Co. Com. Anderson Co., 8. C. Per E. W. LONG, Clerk. Feb 13,1890_32_2_ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of Dr. J. O. Owens, deceased, are hereby notified 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. JUDY R. OWEN8, Adm'x. Fob 13,1800_32 3 ?Vr/OTICE FINAL SETTL-EHlNT. The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Bay Iis .Sloan, deceased, hereby gives notice that be will, on the 17th day of March, 1890, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his office as Administrator. J. D. MAXWELL, Adm'r. Feb 13, 1890 S2 5 A. SOjNTG-. Come, ye paupers, poor and needy, Come ye wealthy, well supplied; . Come, ye vagrants, growing Beedy ; > Come, ye farmers, true and tried. Chorus?Come now. Come, ye merchants, with ideas rutty; Come with pockets growing thin; Come all who love the truth to foster; Come those who value their hard earned tin! Chorus. Yes! Yes! Yes! Come! Como! Come! For dis am de land ob Bwcelness ; Here let me liv' an' die ; No other land am haf so sweet, When de Ten Cunt Store says : Como hero for soap 4c. per lb. Come here for thread at 3 spools 5c. Come hero for hatchets at 10c. each. Come here for matches 10c. per 1000. Come for 2500 toothpicks 6c. Come for'toilct paper 10c. per 1000. Come for 3 papers pins 5c. Come for 2 quart dippers 10c, Como for four in hand ties 10c. Come for Windsor ties 10c. The best towel ever offered to the public at 10c. ??I heard a voice. It said:' Come and see." C. S. MINOR & CO., Ton Cent Store. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT The undersigned, Executor of the Estate of Samuel Elrod, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the l?th d?y of Maroh, 1890, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and dis? charge from his office as Executor. D. EDWARD KING, Ex'r. Feb 6,1890 31 5_ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of .L. B. Haynie, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. REUBEN 8. HAYNIE. WM. L. STRICKLAND, JAS. W. tf AYfiJJ?, Executors. 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Containing Twenty choice Roses, as follows: 10 Monthly or Ever-blooming Roses, including Meteor, La France, The Iirido and Marechal Neil. 2 New Polyantha Roses (white and pink). 4 Hybrid Perpetual Roses (four different colors). 2 Moss Roses (two kinds). 2 Climbing Roses (two colors). By Mail, Postpaid, $1.10. By Express, $1.00. SSr* Twenty-four equally desirable collections fouud in our beautiful Illustrated Catalogue, freo to all. WILSON BROS., "Valley Q-reen Houses, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. Feb 13,1800 32 TRY A BOTTLE OF OUR SURE OTTILIE For Sick Headache, Indigestion, Biliousness, And all similar disorders. It is the best Family Medicine on the market. We have an excellent line of? CIGARS, TOBACCO AND PIPES, AND THE NICEST AND FRESHEST STOCK OF Perfumery and Toilet A.rtic!es INf THE CITY. There has been an Earthquake in the prices of GARDEN SEEDS, and we are at the bottom. No, 4 Hotel Block. TODD BROS., Druggists. CO-OPERATIVE STORE! HAVE MADE FURTHER SWEEPING KEDTJCTXONS ON ALL WINTER GK)ODS! Selling at Cost, or Less, ?WITH US MEANS SOMETHING. All-Wool Blankets at Cost, All Overcoats at and below Cost. Dress Ginghams at 5c. PREPARE FOR SPRING. New Embroideries now in stock. New "White Goods now in stock. New Wool Dress Goods now in stock. Just received a full assortment of Children's Clothing. Men's Clothing at prices that will allow any man to dress well. For ?Oc we will Bell you a SHIRT you have always cheerfully paid 75c. for. It is 1800 linen bosom, linen cubs and collar band, Mansutta body, reinforced pateut stay. In fact, as well made tut a dollar Shirt. * * We are here to save monej to the people, and we are doing it. 3,200 Bushels Pure Spring Seed Oats Just Received. And everything elee needful on the farm constantly on band. Very respectfully, Manager. JOHN SAUL'S CATALOGUE ? OF ? New, Rare, and Beautiful FlantB for 13?0 IS NOW READY. Lovers of fine Plants will find a large collection of Beauti? ful t.iid Bare Plants, as well bb Novelties of Merit. This rich collection is well grown, and oflered at very low prices ORCHIDS?A very large stock of choice East Indians, American, etc. Also, Cata? logues of Roses, Orchids, Seeds, Trees, etc. JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C. Feb 6, 1890 31 Registration Notice. Office of Supervisor of Registration, Anderson, S. C, Feb. 4,1890. TDhe office of Supervisor of Registration will be open on the first Mondays in March, April, M ay, June and July for the transac? tion of such business as the law directs in connection with the registration of voters. The office will be open every day from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., and from 3 p. in. to 5 p.m. for the renewal of lost certificates. Office?Up Stairs, over National Bank of Anderson. WM. 8. BROWN, Supervisor. Feb 0,1890_31_ 5m . SHERIFF'S SALE. THE STATE OF SOUTH, CAROLINA, Anderson County. BY virtue of various Executions to ?ne directed, I will sell at Anderson Court House, S. C., on the first Monday in March, 1890, within tho legal hours of sale, the following proporty, to wit: All the interest of e. M. Keaton in ono Tract of Land, situated in Martin Town? ship, Anderson County, ou water* of Hen? coop Creek, containing one hundred and twenty-live acres, more or less, adjoining lands of W. N. Keaton, Newton Clinkscnka and others. Levied on as the property of E. M. Kea? ton at the suit of J. M. Cooley and others. TcniM of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay for neeewsary papers. WM. L. BOLT, Sherilf Anderson County. Feb 6, 1890_31_4___ NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLMENT. Notice is heroby given that tho uri uerbigned will apply to the Judge of Pro? bate at Anderson C. H., S. C, on the 10th day of March, 1890, for a Final Settlement of the Estate of Saloma Brock, deceased, and a discharge from Ids office aa Ex? ecutor of said Estate. J. K. CLEMENT, Executor. Fob 0,1800 31 5 DEN SEED. Hit 'Em Again, Brother! WE think we have done pretty well to bring you fellows down to about one-third your former pricfa on Garden Seeds. If you should cut us down to one-third our prices we think we would be frozen ont, too. Understand distinct? ly, however, that tho Racket is not to be undersold, if he has al? ready (with his Racket knife) cut the prices in two, and given the customer the biggest half. Our Seeds are Trewia 1889 Seeds. Our 1890 Seeds have not come in yet. We look for them in about twelve months later. Yours truly, P. J. C0PPED?E. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Milley Elrod. deceased, hereby gives notice that he will apply to tho Judge of Probate for Anderson County on the 15th day of March, 1890, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and dis? charge from her office as Administrator, D. EDWARD KING, Adm'r. Feb 6,1890 31 5 CATARRH, CONSUMPTION, RHEUMATISM, DIPHTHERIA. PRICE, ONE DOLLAR, RAY'S GERMICIDE CO. LOUISVILLE, KY. FOR SALE BY SIMPSON, EEID & CO. DEUGGISTS, Corner Hotel Ctaquola. CUNNINGHAM BROS., HARDWARE AND GROCERY DEALERS. -0 We have two floors full of Family and Finest Patent Flour All of which we are selling extremely low. Gall to see us and we will do the "right thing" by you. Yours, CUNNINGHAM BROS. __0 P. S. THE OLD "OWL BRAND" GrUANO! Still Hoots: "I LEAD!" IJURETH'S ONION SETS 8 l-3c. per ?uart. 3: Papers Landreth's Seeds For Five Cents, Each Paper dated 1890. If anybody beats tljat, we can, too ! T ANDRETE'S SEED need no recom J-i mendation from na. The people of this country used them long before Ander? son' County was a County, and it .isn't fair, to bring them into competition with every wild-cat concern that chooses to set itself ap as a "Seed Grower," but we have done a' part of the Garden Seed business here ever since we have been in the trade, and don't propose to be frozen out now. We propose, furthermore, to give our customers? Landreth's Fresh Dated Seed At tho same price?whatever that is?that ?* they can buy any other Seed, of whatever acme or nationality, and don't you forget It. HILL BROS., DRUGGISTS. 0* MOJfET TO LOAK! GOOD SECURITY, AT SEVEN PEE CENT. Apply to BREAZEALE <fc LONG, Attorneys. Jan ?, 1890_26_4_ E. F. OOCHRAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ANDERSON, - - 8. C. ??S- Office over Farmers' and Mer :hanta' Bank. Jim 16,1890 2S 4 BlgG has fflvon ?nl Ver? sal satisfaction In th? cons o! Gonorrhoea and Ol m t. I preneribe It end fael sale In recommend lug it to all snfiVen. 3 A. J.STOXEI^ HJ).. Oeoe.'tar, I IL PRICE, SI 00. ? IMe^BtSBPitarkJ Sold by WLLHITE & WILH1TE. Jaa 23,1890_29_ly / FBESH GARDEN SEEU& JUST received a fresh supply of Garden See ls and Onion Sets from Pavid Lancireth & Sons and D. M. Ferry A Co. All freih. J nn A, B. TO'WEKS.