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men.
Chance for the negro.
S?jgNnp$ottoa Planters of tho Mississippi
"Want More or Him.
New Oeleans, ' La., March 1.?The
fact that the planters of the delta cotton
^^lt/are^exerting every means to induce
?/; the migration of one-hundred, thousand
negroes ^ihto'jthis. territory, and have
actually ' given homes to over thirty
p^lhonsand .vritbin a year, pns a new face
p upon the race question. The war cry of
?^the, white planters is constantly heard:
|^>We wani more niggers 1" This state of
: affairs covers a vast country, extending
^;frora^airo to the month of the Mi3sL>
?b^si^pi/andV'comprlaing the.riehest alluvi
' ally" deposited cotton lands, mostly
v nricultivated for. want of laborers.
The'largest planter in the world is Mr.
Janies S! Richardson, out of whose
estate :of fifty thousand acres .are twenty
-'tiro as and devoted to cotton. Mr. Rich
^vi^dson stands at the head of a powerful
^coterie of. planters which has.been in
/ etrumental in causing the recent great
npwgration of negroes..'.
02^5*60 sifted, it:would<seem that there
pi not and never Jias'-been, a. scintilla of
^;^.p61i?cs in the3o nomadic tendencies of
--. '' tiie;^ negro. . The whole movement has
?-been Bfcillfally engineered by the agents
|''^^?f^tHe.t; Wilson family of New York,
;^^bieh*daipgely owns the Lonisville, New
Orleans: and Texas Railway, and desired
td^ogen' t? cultivation the rich Missis?
sippi/bottom Jands adjoining it, and by
{chardson and his fellow-planters, who
ve bad the choice of' these lands.
' peofit ok the negbo.
Peraecntion of the negro" alleged nor
elitics/have bad no part in it. The
jatter was purely a business speculation
jy^yvM'ch. every negro Becured added ex
s?y$280"jn cash each year to the plan
_^^g&ye;him. work.
[ called upon Mr. Richardson for par
iculars arid .asked him if be employed
^natprJngalls to inaugurate.race Bcarea
by which negroes-were more readily in
[qceiito migrate here. He said: "Any?
ang which scares the negro from any
er section'of the country or will en
; - iiOlo the agents to induce him to leave
- v-fdiher States is a great help, to; ub here,
ejbave taken over thirty thousand ne
rces'. out of the thin soiled lands of
ftQrth and Sonth' Carolina, where they
iyed in mud huts and! had little to eat
'- and wear. We open to them a land of
/';'\ plenty, abounding in watermelons, 'pos
sum's, coons,, ducks, poultry, bear, deer
ianaj] whatever they want to eat. We
( give them a whitewashed house with
"; glass windows, something they never
.had before, rent free; also wood, water
:?^and an acre of land. Most of them have
^/:'?.tnelrown cows, .calves, mares and poul
y^try.-', ...
/// ^uhanged. the carolina complexion.
!
5?
- " We.have already made the Carolinas
^f^white S.tate.3 and are looking anxiously
.. . elsewhere to discern other Slates which
do.not want the negro. We. will take r.
hundred thousand of him at once. Even
rr,T^then we will not have enough. We can
give work to one hundred negroes where
r we.'-'hjKV.e only lone now. The. planter to
? ^;^day/is dependent on the negro because
" /labor.is so scarce. We want an abun?
dance of labor to make it dependent on
? the/'planter.?.
/i^'j^kei.Hrhat. :would -be done with so
^tn^y>^.negroes Mr. Richardson said:
V?;^ "Between" Cairo and New Orleans are
thousands of square miles of rich 'soiled
cotton lands covered with forest or in the
abandonedetate in'; which they.were left
after-'th 3 war. At present only abont
txrper. cent:,,or rone- hundred and fifty
^?SEohsaii'?1 "acres, "'a?bustly a"fe being
" cleared. The geher?Hrnpravementa, 'sji
"far as they go, are first ~class, and there
"?-'? is not a nigger tramp-in the section. It
will be seen that we have .not-labor
. . snough to clear lauds, to say nothing of
working them after clearing.. For clear?
ing ,we^ are somewhat dependent on a
few thousand corn raisers,, white men
L'om Northern Missouri, who 'come here
.during the cold months, clear what land
they can and go home.
S-^/: "I have just paid a bill for the services
^/jof? gang of thirty-five of these men
^?'Umbunting. to $4,000, every penny of
Ill^whiCh they took home with them. This
^i^vork might all be done by negroes if we
t^-had: them and could spare them for it,
r ^-They? would be useful as cotton growers
' . -and, in the. warm weather, would stay
^^ere^ imd keep their earning* in the
State. -
V; the blacks make no te0u3le.
: "The white laborer lives on seventy
^ffiye cents per week; the negro on sixty
j^cefcfe.-' Whatever trouble we may have
j^&'caused by white labor. The races mix
on-the j.'ibor question but a little better
. than they do on the social one. The
espf whites are not adapted to tbe eoi! and
" we do not care; for "them. The blacks,
"when by themselves, make no trouble.
//'I desire to say that the negroes of
^^Mississippi,- our . delta country, are
./healthy, prosperous and contented.
: / /They have the best schools, there being
school on every plantation. If the
other States don't want the negro, they
.?'- cannot pack them down here too.quick.
v^-We can take care of the blacks and the
race question. There is no race question
?Tf where negroes have plenty to do, to eat
and to wear. Wherever the blacks are
5& idle and half starved yon may expect to
?/ ..^have race .troubles. If the government
v / wants to .aid. the negro, instead of colo
nizing him in K8~ras, Mexico or else
"..{ where, it can beat give him assistance by
providing transportation to tbe delta
country and building good levees to pro
??:.tect the lands he works upon.
C';/" some op the big plantees.
ISgpCotton planting in the future will un?
doubtedly be done on a great scale by
corporations, heavily capitalized. Al?
ready there are some of these in the field.
The Austin Corbin Banking Company'
v. lias 24,000 acres partly cleared for cotton,
' which, it is claimed, is its- best invest?
ment. The Ashley Land Company has
65,000 acres, ten per cent, of which is
now cleared and under cotton. It will
have cleared^ the entire area for cotton
culture within three' weeks. ;
Among individual owners may be men
. tioned Col. B. S. Ricks, of Yazoo City,
who has eight cotton plantations; Colo
\ iiel John ?W'illia? who has 18,000 acres,
\ one third under cotton, and Mrs. Metcalf,
'/ the largest woman cotton planter living,
who has 5,000 acres nrider cotton and
?/manages all of her own business.
; ? When Captain Cook first visited
/'I'ahKi, which is the chief of the Society
t'^J ?!;inds?a small archipelago in the South
iV-wiSc ocean?the natives were using
'? ,?h made of wood, bone, shell and
* <, ?!? When they saw iron nails they
' them to be shoots of some very
.? Hrd wood, and desirous of securing such
-valuable commodity, they plan tea them
''Urr their gardens.
Cotton Oil Versus Hog Fat.
Washington, March 5.?The House
committee on agriculture set apart the
session to day*to her members of Congress
who desired to speak on the bills psnd
I ing before tbe committee to regulate
I the manufacture and Bale of compound
lard.
At 10.45 Representative Stewart, of
Georgia, was the only member present,
and he prefaced his remarks by - reading
the following letter:
Atlanta, Ga., March, 3,1890.
To the Hon. John D. Stewart, Wash?
ington.?Dear Sir: Your valued favor of
February 3 is before me. In reply will
say that Mr. Hatch has no authority to
say that the Alliance in Georgia wants
such'a bill passed as you speak of. Of
course it would rain the oil mill indus?
try in the South and damage us about
$28,000,000 annually. It would reduce
the price of cotton seed and raise the price
of lard, so as to work great hardship to
our poor people. You can rest assured
that- Georgia wants no such measure
passed. Very truly,
William L, Peek.
President Farmers' Alliance Exchange
* of Georgia.
.. Representative Morgan, of Mississippi,
a member of the committee, said he was
a member of the 'Farmers' Alliance and
knew that the organization in the South?
ern States does not desire the legislation
proposed in the Conger and Butterworth
bills. They are in favor of a general
I pure food bill. The passage of the
Conger bill would take the bread and
I meat out of tbe mouths of our poor peo?
ple.
Mr- Allen, of Michigan,tasked --Mr.
Stewart how Congress could pass a pure
I food bill and not do the same damage to
the cotton seed industry, which it is
claimed will be done by the bills now
before the committee.
Mr. Stewart said that, as far as the
I Southern States are concerned, they now
have laws governing the manufacture
and sale of food products, which cover
the case. All that is needed to prevent
I the Bale of unwholesome products is.to
enforce those laws. To pass a law as
proposed our people think, Mr. Stewart
said, would result disastrously to them;
reducing the price of cotton seed to 13 or
14 cents a bushel.
In answer to questions by several mem
bers of the committee Mr. Stewart said
that if compound lard was deleterious to
health, or a fraud in any way, then he
would be in favor of branding it es such
and punishing those who Bell it. But,
said Mr. Stewart, I do not understand
that any such thing is claimed here. It
is a -fight, as, I understand it, between
lard and cotton seed oil, and scientists
say that one is just as wholesome as the
other. If one is to be branded, then
brand the other and tax them alike.
In a colloquy that ensued Mr. Morgan,
of Mississippi, asserted that the Supreme
Court bad never passed on the question
of the constitutionality of the oleomar?
garine law as has been assumed in the
discussion.
Mr. Stewart agreed with Mr. Morgan
I that Congress has the power to pass a
I law regulating the manufacture and Bale
I of lard and lard products that shall have
force only in the Territories and District
I of Columbia.
To Mr. McClammy, Mr. Stewart said
that he and the people he represented
believed it would be wrong for Congress
to single out one food product and legis?
late on it. '
In conclusion, Mr. Stewart said, that
if the use of cotton Beed oil was abolish?
ed by the passage of the proposed bill, it
I would compel the Southern farmer to go
I back to tbe situation of twenty five years
ago, when cotton seed wbb used only as a
ftrtilizer or thrown away. The tax and
expenses provided for in the bill came
ultimately but of the producer of cotton
seed oil. It will be a burden on them,
and auch a tax is not needed by the Gov?
ernment.
Gen; Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama,
who had come into tbe room while Mr.
Stewart was speaking, was introduced to
the committee, and be said that the
second section of the Conger bill was
enough to damn it among his people.
(That section defines compound lard, and
prohibits its manufacture or sale except
under the provisions of tbe bill.) That
bill would destroy an industry from which
the people of Alabama had received
millions of dollars. "They write to us,"
Gen. Wheeler said, "remonstrating
against the passage of the bill."
\ - In a further statement Gen. Wheeler
quoted Fairbanks as testifying that lard
I compound, with cotton seed oil in it, was
in greater favor with the people than pure
lard, and at one time when he could not
1 get his shipments of cotton seed oil con?
sumers complained of the pure lard he
furnished them, saying it was inferior to
the compound.
I To Mr. Hatch Gen. Whseler said that
when people learned, as they ultimately
would, that cotton seed oil is better than
any other lard, not a pound of lard
which does not contain cotton seed oil
would be Bold. If there were any fraud
in tbe matter of the sale of lard com*
pound, some power which has tbe right
ought to regulate it, and that right, he
believed, rested in the States.
A Preacher for Revenue.
The Sunday issue of the New York Sun
contained a long article headed, "Is Tal
1 mage a Humbug?"
It is stated that Talmage dictates all
his sermons to a stenographer several
days before they are delivered and sells
them to newspaper syndicates for the
purpose of publication. Just before his
trip to Europe he prepared a series of
sermons* to be published in his absence as ?
if delivered at the principal cities abroad
which he expected to visit. The last one
he prepared was printed all over the
United States as a sermon delivered by
him at some point in Europe, when in
fact he was on the ocean steaming home?
ward.?Meclenburg Times.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no
mercury and is taken internally, and acts
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Hall's
Catarrh Care be sure you get the genuine.
It is taken internally, and made in Tole?
do, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
am-Sold by Druggists, price 75 oentB per
I bottle.
Tricks of a Coon,
.Most animals seem capable of proving
responsive to petting, though some may
become embarrassing associates on close
acquaintance. A Southern man who
has a pet coon tells in the Atlanta Con?
stitution some entertaining tales of that
animal. He Bays: "Once I carried the
coon with me to a quiltiug at a place
where there was a ewarE of bees. You
know a coon loves honey better than
anything. The quilting was proceeding
nicely?all the women folks sitting
around plying their needless?when in
dashed the coon, literally covered with
bees. He rushed under tbe quilt, strew?
ing tbe mad insects. I tell you the
quilting moved, and the chairs flew, and
the dresses flapped, and such a dancing
was never Been before. Pet coons were
not Worth much in that market after?
ward. One day Frank and I went down
in tbe pasture, juBt behind the horse lot,
and the coon came along too. In the
pasture we decided to take a ride upon a
gentle horse that was grazing there. We
got the horse by the .mane and led him
up to a stump, and I got upon bis back.
Frank mounted bebind me. Then tbe
soon bounced up on the stump and want?
ed to ride too; so I reached down and
took him in my lap. No sooner had the
horse started off than tllS coon, fearful
of falling, Btuck all bis claws into tbe
horse's withers, and the fun began. The
horse went running and kicking. Frank
soon hit tbe ground and left myself and
the coon holding on for dear life. I
stuck on till we reached the lot fence,
and there, fts tbe horse mounted high
and went over, I came down across the
rails and left tbe coon rnasler of tbe
situation. Father heard the racket and
soon the whole plantation was trying to
catch tbe horse to relieve it of its rider.
That was the last of that coon. He got
killed, and I got whipped, and I've never
wanted a pet coon, since."
Enemies of tbe Snake.
Other animals are natural enemies ol
the reptile tribe, but tbe American eagle
is known to be tbe most savage and fear?
less, foe of the deadly rattlesnake. Be?
sides preying upon birds and small ani?
mals, the eagle has a relish for serpents,
and also gathers them in as food for its
young. On one occasion, while a party
of gunners were out on tbe mountains,
they espied an eagle several hundred
feet in the air slowly winging its way
towards a distant pine forest. When
directly over them the men fired several
shots at the bird, and were greatly sur?
prised to see it drop what they supposed
to be a large eel. Going to the spot where
it fell, the men were startled at the sight
of a full grown rattlesnake almost life?
less, but still squirming among tbe fern
shrubs. The anake was torn badly by
the eagle's talons, and having bees
severely shaken tip by the fall, it was
easily dispatched with a club. At anoth?
er time an eagle was seen to rise from the
Bummit of a high rock. Suddenly the
bird began to flutter one of its wingBj
and fell to the ground below the rocks,
making a rapid descent of about 100 feet.
Three or four coal prospectors- who had
witnessed the singular affair ran to the
scene and found the eagle and a rattle?
snake lodged in deadly embrace. Tbe
rattler had thrown a vigorous coil
and around one of the birds wing,
down the contestants came together, more
dead than alive. One day near, the mid?
dle of last August, a log cutter heard a
terrible racket among his chickens while
in camp enjoying his noon repast. Get*
ting up hurriedly from bis rough' board
table, he went to an old log stable, from
whence the noise proceeded, and was
astonished to find an old hen in defend?
ing her little "chicks" had picked the
eyes cut of a four foot rattlesnake. The
other chickens took no part in tbe fight,
except an old rooster, that had cautiously
enough tackled a baby rattlesnake, and,
holding it up in his beak, was making a
ig display before his admiring lady
friends.? Weekly Press.
Bid the Square Tiling.
The train was ju3t pulling out of Weti
tcn, Mo., for St. Joe, when one of the
passengers in the smoker put bis head so
far out of the window that a man near
him felt it his duty to utter a note of
warning.
"Yes, it is a little risky" replied tha
man, as he pulled in bis head and sat
down, "but I was looking for a grave in
that field. Beckon it has been ploughed
under and forgotten."
How did they h?pp?b to bury him
there ?"
"It's a sad story, gentlemen?very sad.
It was ten years this month, and I was
living here then. A stranger came in
from the West, with three horses to sell,
and he acted po queerly that we clapped
him in jail. He never denied that he
stole 'em, and one night the boys turned
out and hung him to a tree over there.
That used to be our way of discouraging
the business, and I believe it is practiced
farther West. We buried him near the
tree, and it was bis grave I was looking
for."
"Never denied it, eh ?" queried one of
the listeners.
"Never, did, although we gave him
every chance. Just a week from the
time be was bung we found out that he
was an honest, honorable farmer, living
about forty miles below us. While he
hadn't stolen the horses, he had killed a
man, and be no doubt believed that we
were banging bim for that. We felt
mean enough when we discovered that he
was no horse-thief, and that all he had
done was to pop a man over, and a Kan?
sas man at that, and he must have been
adly puzzled over our conduct. We
made such reparation as we could, how?
ever."
'In what way ?"
'Owe rounded up the grave, passed
resolutions of sympathy for the wife, sent
horses on home, and a few months
!ater I went up and married tho widow,
e's in tbe next car behind."
? Nothing is more provoking than a
troublesome cougb. Cure it with Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup. Price, twenty five
cents.
? Illinois has a new criminal law un?
der which criminals who have been found
guilty of robbery for the third time are
considered incorrigible and sentenced to
life imprisonment.
? According to the British and Colo?
nial Druggist, a German man of science
has taken four heads of hair of equal
weight, and then proceeded to count the
individual hairs. One was of the red
variety, and was found to contain ninety
thousand hairs. Next comes the black,
with one hundred and three thousand
hairs to its credit. The brown bad one
hundred and nine thousand and the
blonde one hundred and forty thousand.
That 31 j sterkms Meeting: at Bel ton.
The Observer saw Jos. L. Keitt, of this
County, on Saturday, just after hia re?
turn from the Convention at Belton, and
tried to interview him on the subject,
telling him that we had no desire to try
to pry into Alliance secrets, but would
like to keep posted on all tbe politics of
the day and the district. Mr. Keitt was
quite pleasant and allowed the Observer to
ask him a great many questions'; but
moat of tbe questions still remain unan?
swered.
Mr, Keitt said that tbe delegates from
this County to the Belton Convention
were W. D. Hardy, John T. Duncan,
John C. Neel and himself. He and Mr.
Duncan attended tbe convention;
Messrs. Hardy and fteel did not, but
Dr. D. H. Wertz attended in place of
Mr. Hardy. We did not a*k Mr. Keitt
whether tbey were elected delegates by
tbe County Alliance, for that would be
an Alliance Beeret. We did ask him,
however, the object of the convention,
but he declined quite pltt.is;\ntly to tell.
We also asked if tbe purpose was t<<
select or endorse some particular candi
date for Congress, to be supported by the
Alliance; but he declined to say. He
said, however) that the Convention was
"not dangerous" and that tbe purpose
and proceedings would come ou' later on.
Being asked why Abbeville and An?
derson Counties were not represented by
delegates in tbe convention, Mr. Keitt
said it was because tbelr County Alli?
ances had had no meeting since tbe call
for the Belton convention was made, but
tbat there would be ahoth?f district con?
vention and tbat tbe Abbeville and An?
derson Alliances would send delegates to
it.?Newberry Observer.
Andy Johnson's Sobriety*
Writing in tbe September "Scribner"
I of Andrew Johnson,_.tbe Hon. Hugh
McCullock says, t "I was not present
when Mr. Johnson took the oath of vice*
president, in tbe senate chamber, but the
reports of his speech on that occasion
amazed me. It was so different from
what had been expected of him?so in*
coherent, so rambling, that those who lis?
tened to it thought be was intoxicated,
'It was not,' said a senator to me the next
morning, 'the speech of Andrew Johnson,
but the speech of a drunken man,' and
such it undoubtedly was. He bad been
ill for some days before he left home, and
on his way to Washington had taken
brandy as an astringent. On the day of
bis inauguration as Vice-president he
was really ill, and was so unwise as to
resort to a stimulant before he went to
the senate chamber. Meeting Mr. Lincoln
a day or two after, I said to him that the
country, in view of the vice-president's
appearance on tbe 4th, had a deeper
stake than ever in his life. He hesitated
for a moment, and then remarked, with
unusual seriousness, 'I have known
Andy Johnson for many years ; he made
a bad Blip the other day, but you need
cot be scared ; Andy ain't a drunkard."
A Curious Episode of the War.
A veteran of the-Connecticut
Regiment of Volunteers keeps at home a
handsome uniform of a Confederate
officer which was never worn but by
himself, and to which he owes some
months or years of liberty, if not life it?
self.
He was a tailor before the civil war,
and when he was captured on a Southern
battlefield this fact reached tbe ears
of the commander of the prisoners' bar?
racks.
"Egad I I'll have the Yankee goose-,
pusher make me a new suit," said the
officer, gazing at his'dingy uniform.
The finest gray cloth, gold lace and
bright buttons were brought to tbe tailor
prisoner,--who worked cheerfally-raway at
the welcome-employment. On the even?
ing the suit was to be delivered, however,
a bright idea occurred to him, and Boon
what was to all appearances a spruce
Confederate officer walked past the
guards, and was no more seen in that part
of Dixie. History kindly draws the veil
over the expletives vented on tbe nutmeg
Yankee for not ouly gaining his liberty
?he earned that?but for taking tbat
precious suit, which cost so many hundred
dollars of good Confederate money !?
From the Drawer of Harper's Magazine
I for March.
Killed by a Jersey Ball.
We learn this, Wednesday morning,
tbat Little Marina Ready, tbe four-year
old daughter of Mr. S. L. Ready, is dead.
And we chronicle tbe sad event with
profound -regret. The circumstances of
her death were peculiarly tragic. On
yesterday morning while tbe family were
at breakfast the little girl wandered out
to the stables and unfortunately entered
the stable wherein was confined a large
Jersey bull, These animals are usually
vicious and tbe one referred to above is
no exception. Ths innocent little girl
was then at the mercy of the ferocious
animal, which showed no mercy. The
child was tossed about and gored in a
most horrible manner, and no doubt
would bavo been .mutilated beyond re?
cognition but for the fact tbat it was
tossed behind a plank and beyond tbe
reach of the infuriated beast, where it
was found in an unconscious state.
Medical aid was at once summoned,
but if we mistake not, the little girl did
not return to consciousness. She died
early this morning. The sympathies
of many friends are with the family
in their sad bereavement.?Johnston
Monitor.
? Vice-President Morton in going
South for a few weeks. He is in need of
rest after-his wearing effort to find out
what a Vice-President is for.
? An exchange recalls a statemen
made by Mr. Chauncey ftl. Depew which
should be repeated over and over again
in the ears of all men, and especially
those of young men. These are bis
words: "Looking back upon a life of
nearly fifty years, I remember those who
started with me. All of those who were
sober and industrious, and saved their
money, now own their own household ;
but every one of them who drank is
dead."
? Here is a new way for a girl to get
rid of a late beau who is impervious to
all hints. She gives him a paper and
a pencil, with one of her sweetest smiles
and says : "Now put down four ciphers
in a row, then four dashes, then four ci?
phers again, thus: 0 0 0 0-00
0 0. Now make a perpendicular mark,
downward on the right of the first cipher
upward on the right of the fourth,
upward on the fifth, downward on tbe
seventh. Tbe marks should be half an
inch long." Ask him to read what
he has written. The effect is electri?
cal.
A Check on Chandler ism.
Washington, February 28.?In the
course of the last two of three months
the President has had numerous conver?
sations with Senators and Representatives
on the subject of Southern affairs. As
intimated in his annual message, he is in
favor of the passage of a supplementary
Federal election law, but it is understood
that be is not willing to go to the extreme
length advocated by such malignant
demagogues as Chandler aud others.
Any law designed to control the manner
of elections must be framed to meet bis
views; otherwise he is not the man to
sign it. It is not believed he will be
inclined to favor any measure the effect
of which would be to interfere or influ?
ence in any way the local elections in the
South. Mr. Harrison is a atrong parti*
san, but be has always been a strict con
structionist of the Constitution, and ac?
cording to the reports of those who have
talked with him, be finds no warrant,
under existing circumstances, for any
attempted interference by Congress with
local government in the South.
The hope aod design of such men as
Chandler is to pass a measure broad
enough to make Federal appointees
practically supervisors of local elections
in the S'juth. The initial step in this
?mgramme was his presentation in the
?euate yesterday of a "cooked up'' peti
tion relative to the Arkansas State elec?
tion of 1S88. There are Republicans in
both houses, however, who share the
opinions of the President and will not be
inclined to gratify Chandler's malignity.
Whatever election measure is finally
passed will in all probability be confined
to regulations concerning the manner of
election of members of the House of
Representatives. The idea of the Re?
publicans is that a law Can be framed
the result of which will be to give them
a sufficient number of Congressional
districts in the South to overbalance
anything short of an overwhelming tidal
wave in favor of the Democracy in the
North. The President and some other
leading Republicans think the party
should be satisfied with this.. Such cal?
culation is not sound because it is based
on the assumption that the entire negro
vote is to be held in perpetual slavery by
the Republican party.?Baltimore Sun.
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The best salve in the world for Cuts,
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required. It is guaranteed to give per
feet satisfaction, or money refunded
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Hill Bros.
? William Waldorf Astor is worth
$200,000,000 and 1b the richest man in the
world.
? A Yankee genius has invented and
patented a machine for buttering bread.
The machine cuts and butters 750 loaves
of bread in an hour.
? The vocations of the British noble?
man are limitless. One has just taken
out a license as a barkeeper, and another
has won a bride as a laborer.
? Dr. Roger Williams, of St. Bar?
tholomew's Hospital, London, has found
that out of 12,868 cases in which chloro?
form had there been used during the past
ten years, ten had resulted fatally, while
there had been only three deaths out of
12,581 cases in which ether had been used.
? The law of Tenneseee makes the
keeping of a gaming bouse a felony, but
(he complaint is made that no attempt is
made to enforce the law in Memphis.
This is because the law is severe, Peo
Ele do not like to inform against a gam?
ier when they know that it will result
in his imprisonment.
?? It is said that when .the drop fell at
Birmingham on Friday a mighty shout
of exultation went up from the crowds
of people assembled outside the jail walls,
and we don't wonder at it. If there was
ever a monster in human shape Hawes
was one. It would not be appropriate to
call him a brute, because no brute delib
erately puts its own offspring to death,
? P. E. Barker, living near Huff's
mill, in Grove Township, yesterday
brought to the city about twenty muekrat
and mink skins, which he disposed, of
profitably. Mr. Barker caught the ani?
mals in a novel way and at the same time
rid himself of troublesome pests to his
corn field. He said to a News reporter
that the muskrats and minks almost de?
stroyed his corn on the branches. He at
lest placed a cumber of rabbit traps
along the river banks, baiting them with
corn and persimmons.. He was pleasantly
surprised to find a few mornings after?
ward that the prey bad walked into the
trap. That was about two m c nths agOi
Since then he has captured in this man?
ner seventeen muskrata and five minks
and now he seldom Bees even the track
of one on the creek banks. Mr. B. rksr
Bays that every farufrotn use this (im?
pie device with success and profit also,
as the skins cau be sold for a good price
in this city.? Greenville News, March 5
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ask your druggist for
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MONEY TO LOAN.
SEVERAL desirable pieces or Country
and City Property for sale. Apply
to
J. W. aUATTLRBaUM.
Jan 2, 1800_26
A. G. STRICKLAND,
DEUTIST.
ITRO?S OXIDE given at all times
for the rainless Extraction of Teeth,
$S3- Office in New Masonic Templo.
Nov 15,1883 19
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED!
The Cruel War is over,
But we are carrying on
A MERCILESS WAR ON
HIGH PRICES.
THE Campaign on Cotton is over for this Season,
and we are going to make a campaign on high prices in
Groceries. We intend to make this the cheapest crop
the farmeni have ever raised in Anderson County, by
selling Groceries and Provisions so CHEAP that no
man can complain of not being able to live economically.
We are buying for Cash, and propose to sell the same
way. We are running only one line of Goods, and buy
in large lots, so get Goods cheap; we sell at the closest
margin for handling, so we oannot bo undersold, even if
our competitors sell for coat. We mean what we say,
and say what wc mean.
We buy for
SPOT CASH,
And
We propose to sell only for
SPOT CASH.
So don't ask to have Goods
charged at theeo prices.
READ,
REFLECT, and
ACT.
These prices "make the
old jade wince."
WE GIVE A PEW PP.ICE8:
Granulated Sugar 6?,c. per pound.
Coffee? best Rio?20c. per pound.
Soda?pure?3c. per pound.
Ftour?Patent, ?4.85 per Barrel.
Flour?Good Family, 83.85 per Barrel.
Flour?Family, ?3.45 per Barrel.
Bacon, Lard, Corn, Oats, Tobacco,
And all other Goods in proportion.
WehavesCraeHATS, SHOES, NOTIONS, and oth?
er Dry Goods left that we are selling so low that the
prices surprise you. These are no shop-worn, old poods,
but are new and in first-class condition. These goods
are in the way, as we need the room for ah immense
Stock of Groceries ; so they must and shall go.
THE
LAST CHANCE
TO GET
SOME DESIRABLE C00BS
At and
BELOW COST.
BROWN BROS
TO TH
\
I have a Fine Stock of
Buggies,
Wagons,
Surreys,
Harness,
Mules and Horses,
On hand that can be bought at a Bargain for Spot Gash.
x AM situated so at present that I had rather have the money than the Goods,
even if I have to sell at about cost. Will continue until my present stock is ex?
hausted to soli on time to good, responsible parties. Always prefer cash payment.
Call on Messrs. L. L. Gaillard, John D. Beard and J. A. Shanklin.
Thanking the people of Anderaou and country for their kind and liberal pa?
tronage, I am
Very truly yours,
croiemsr el peoples.
t E PROGRESSIVE AGE in which we live and flouriah demands?
ENERGY,
PLUCK,
ACTIVITY,
-AJSTID BOTTOM PBIGES!
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
eight. 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 yon.
We Pay Cash for every Dollars5 worth we Buy,
And Give You the Benefit Every Time.
Don't Believe a word we Say.
BUT COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF,
JOHN M. HUEBARD & BRO.,
Next to Farmers and Merchants Bank, Anderson, S. C
TH?
FH'SinM Bai
OF ANDERSON, S. C,
CAPITAL, - - $50,000
WE take pleasure inofferinc tu the pub?
lic full burglar and fire pioteclion
in the latest improved Vault and Saffl work,
secured by time Lock.
Loans effected on approved Personal;
Real or Collateral Security, and liberal ac?
commodations offered to depositors. In
all that pertains to a genenil banking busi?
ness we solicit the patronage of the public.
OFFICERS.
R. S. HILL, President.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, Vice President.
J. R. VANDIVER, Cashier.
J. BOYCE BURRISS, Ass't. Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
W. W. Humphreys, R, S. Hill,
S. M. Orr, C. F. Jones,
John E. Peoples, W. F. Cox,
W. G. Watson, T. W. Marlin,
F. Q. Brown.
Aug 8, 1889_6_
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's Pictures a specialty.
Pictures copied and enlarged to any size.
Remember my stay in Anderson is sihort.
J. A. WREN.
B. F. BROWNE,
Watchmaker and Jeweller,
Returned to Anderson.
EXCLUSIVE attention given to Repair?
ing. Prompt and hourst work, and
reasonable charges nnly for the work (tone.
Finn ami difficult. j-.b.s a specially. Front
window !??*? \i H. -ov'i'h.
Duo Hi, tV-9 'il 3m
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
the Estate of Samuel 8 Cherry, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them, prop?
erly proven, to the undersigned witbin the
time prescribed by law, and those indebted
to make payment.
M. 0. DICKSON, Ex'r.
Fcb 97, 18?0 _31_3__
LAW CARD.
IAM now prepared to give prompt and
special attention to all Law Busi?
ness intrusted to mycareasan Attorney or
Counsellor at Law, not being otherwise en?
gaged.
COLUMBUS WARDLAW.
Feb 27, lf-00 3-1
XTOTICIC TO CREDITORS.
jlri All persons having demands against
the Estate of Rebecca G. Gillespe, 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.
A. W. SEA WRIGHT, Adm'r.
March 6,1800 35 3?
Y TO LOAN,
- ON -
Mortgages OF Eeal Estate,
Or Good Collateral.
Call on '
J. D. MAXWELL,
Sec and Treas. Anderson Building
and Loan Association.
Write us, and we will
send you one on
15 Days"! est Trial
In your own home.
We pay all freights. No cash
asked until you are suited.?
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Over 40,000 Southern homes
supplied by us on this plan
since 1870. Fairest method
of sale known. Buyers saved
all risk, and ensured
Perfect Instruments
at Lowest Cost.
We make it easy for all to buy.
Write for
Valuable Information.
LUDDEN & BATES,
SAVANNAH, CA.
? ?
FREE TO ALL. j
Our New Illustrated j
Catalogue of Plants,!
Bulbs, Vines, Shrubs,;
Or na mental Trees, j
Small Fruits, Grape?
vines, Seeds etc., will:
be mailed Free to all j
applicants.
Satisfaction Guar?
anteed.
35 Greenhouses; 30 acres. Address
NANZ & NEUNER, Louisville, Ky.
WILHITE
Jan 23,1890
Big G has given univer?
sal satisfaction In the
cure of Gonorrhoea and
Gleet. I prescribe It and
feel safe In recommend?
ing it to all sufferers.
A. J. ST05EB, H.D.,
Oeeatur, III.
FF.ICS.S1L 00.
Sold by
& WILHITE.
2S ly
$500
IS OFTEN MADE ON AN ACRE
OF OUR
Earliest Musk or Water Melons.
Wo have found tho VERY BEST, and will sell a
Limited number of seeds at ONE DOLLAR a
package.
WINDSOR SEED CO.,
Drawer 027, San Bcrnandluo, California.
March C, 181)0_35_lni
THE Bent, Cheapest and MoBt Perfect
Tonle. Quinine and Iron Tonic Capsules.
A sure and prompt cure for malaria, chills and
fever, sallow skin, loss of appetite, general and
nervous debility, biliousness, and nil ailments
which arlso from a disordered liver, or from lack
of iron in the blood. A box of Tonic Capsules,
which are guaranteed free from mercury or any?
thing at all injurious, will be sent frco, on receipt
of 25 cents in stamps or postal note, by the pro
Sriotor, ARTHUR J. MULDOON, 1G1 Graham St.,
rooklln, N. Y. 35-3m
ITOT .A.T COST ?
(So-Called,)
But we pay SPOT CASH for Goods, and will sell them
as Low as any Firm in America.
OUR STOCK IS FRESH,
OUR PRICES THE LOWEST,
When quality of Goods is. considered,
and it will pay yon to
COME AJSTTO 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 Cut Plow Shoes a specialty.
Also, the "Fat Baby Shoe."
Gome and examine this Stock.
WE GTJAANTEE THE SHOES,
WE GUARANTEE THE PEICES.
E. W. Brown & Sons,
ANDERSON, S, O.
THIS WILL PLEASE YOU!
Xlie undersigned have opened
A. J^irst Class Bakery,
At the old stand of J. M. Hubbard & Bro., next to L. H. Seel.
AFINE. NEW OVEN has V>een built, Bnd our Establishment is equipped wiih every?
thing needful in the Baker's occupation. We will bare FRBSH BRBAD,
CAKES, PA8TRY. etc., every day, and we want the public to give ua a trial order. We
guarantee satisfaction. We will also keep in stock?
A NICE LINE OP CONFECTIONERIES, &c.
Which will be sold at very low prices. 'ft
We will sell Twenty-Five Bread Tickets for $1.00,
And deliver fresh Loaves to our customers every day.
^BET* We will Roast Fowls, or any kind of Fresh Meats, and Bake Oakes to order.
Dec 5. 1889
WE have already received a big portion of our large stock of Lamps for this
ecaaoo, and they are constantly arriving:
Library Lamps, Students' Lamps,
Stand Lamps, Church Lamps,
Store Lamps, Parlor Lamps,
Kitchen Lamps cheaper than ever before.
PAINTS, PAINTS, PAINTS !
We have the largest and most complete line of Floor PainU, Carriage and
Buggy Paints, Mixed House Paints, Enamel Paints in all shades, White Lead and
Oil. Brushes, all sizes, from 10c up.
Don't forget that we keep the largest stock of?
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Brushes, Combs, Toilet Articles
Of all kinds, including Perfumery, Fine Soaps, Face Powders, Ac.
We will take pleasure in showing jou through our big stock. Call early and
get a look at our elegant line of Lamps.
WILHITE & WILHITE.
CATARRH,
CONSUMPTION,
RHEUMATISM,
DIPHTHERIA.
PRICE, ONE DOLLAR,
manufactured by
RAY'S GERMICIDE CO.
LOUISVILLE. KY.
FOR SALE BY
SIMPSON, REIO & CO.
DEUGGISTS,
Corner Hotel Chiquola.
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT
The undersigned, Ex?-t:utor of
the Estute of Samuel Elrod, deceased,
hereby gives notice that he will apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson County,
on the 15th day of March, 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
JOHN SAUL'S CATALOGUE
? OF ?
New, Rare, and
Beautiful Plants for 1890
IS NOW READY. Lovers of fine Plants
will find a large collection of Beauti?
ful and Bare Plants, os well as Novelties
of Merit. This rich collection is well
grown, and offered 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 C, 1890_31_
FALL ANNOUNCEMENT
THE undersigned desire to inform the
general public that they are now bet?
ter prepared than ever before to SUIT the
trade. As Merchant Tailors tbey are thor?
oughly posted in ail of the latest atvlc*
and they are prepared to CUT, F' ? ar.o
MAKE UP Goods on very sho omCl.
They employ the best, workmen ? will
ve satisfaction. Cleaning an .' airing
nits neatly done.
Any gentleman wishing an Overcoat,
uitof Broadcloth, Worsted or Fancy Cas
mere should give us a call.
Our trade so far this Fall is beyond our
expectation, but wo want to increase it.
CLARK A BHO.
Nov 7, 1889 18
Richmond A Danville U. R..
CO TJMBIA & GEEENVILLE DIVISIOH
CONDENSED SCHEDULE,
IN EFFECT SEPT. 29, 1888.
(Trains run on 75th Meridian limy,]
Southbound. I No.55
Lve Walhalla.
Seneca.
Anderson
Spartanb'rg
Abbeville
Laurens.
Greenville.
Green wood
Ninety-Six
Newberry...
Arr. Columbia...
Augusta....
8.<)7am
8.50 am
9.37 ant
12.36 pm
10.53 am
6.30 am
0.30 am
12.53 pm
1.20 pm
2.45 pm
5.00 pm
9.00 pm
Korthbsund.
Arr.
Lve. Ctlaabia..
Ne?bsrrr?
Nl?tT-3lx
GruawVd
O/anrile
Liirjje....
Anaemia
Spart aor'p
Anderson _
StneSau..
WalhalJa...
Atlanta.....
?4.
10.45am
12.42 urn
2.15pm
2-87pm
5.35pm
7.31pm
4.0?PM
2.Mpm
4.?p?i
l.Mpw
7.Mpm
ia.?pm''
No. 54 makes close connection for Atlanta,.
No. K makes closo connection for Augusta ana
Charleston at Columbia.
Jas. L. Taylor Gtn'l
D. Cabdwkel, AsrtAuts. Agtn
fioi-. Haas, Traffic Manager.
JULIUS W. QUATTLEBAUM,
Attorney at Law, -
ANDERSON, ? ? 8. C.
PROMPT attention given to all buM
neos.
Office over the Express Office.
(lAUTI?N price aro stamped on the
bottom. If the dealer cannot supply ron,
? end direct to factory/ cncloilnE ?d>srtl?ed
price.
L DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE GENTLEMEN.
Flno Calf, Heavy Laced Groin and Creed*
moor "Waterproof. ,
Best In the world. Examine hlf
$5.00 GENUINE HANI^SEWED fHOB.
8-1.00 I! VND-SEWED TVELTfiBLOB.
83.50 POf TOE AND FARMERS'SHOE.
82.50 EXTiiA VALUE CALF SHOE. ?
82.25 & 83 WORKING MEN'S SHOES.
82.00 and 81.75 BOYS' SCHOOL S11028.
All made in Congress, Button and La??.
$3 & $2 SHOES iltiSa.
81.75 SHOE FOB MISSES.
Best Material. Best Style. Beit Flttln?.
W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Maas. Sold fry
C. F. JONES & CO.,
ANDERSON, S. C.
IT WILL PAY YOU
][f you propose going West or
Northwest, to write to me. I
represent the Short Line,
FRED. D. BUSH, D. P. A.,
Atlanta, Ga.
October 10,1889 _14_ 6m_
?PORT ROYAL & WESTERN CAR
OLIUA RAILWAY.
.In effect Feb. 26, 1880?76th Moridian Tim?
GOING SOUTH.
Daily.
Leave Anderson. 7 35 a m
Leave Dean. 7 43 a m
Leave 8tarr. 7 47 a m
Leave Cook. 7 37 a m
Leave Barnes. 8 06 a m
Leave Lowndeeville. 8 15 a in
Leave Latimer.8 S3 a m
Leave Hester. 8 46 a m
Leave Mt. Carmel.... 9 02 a m
Leave Willington.... 9 12 a m
Leave Bordeaux. 9 23 a m
Leave McCormick... 9 40 a m
Arrive Augusta.11 55 a m
Arrive Charleston... 6 20 p m
Arrive Savannah.... 5 40pm
Arrive Jacksonville 7 CO p m
GOING NORTH
Leave Jacksonville. 110 p ni . 8 00 p m
Leave Savannah..... 8 10 p m 6 40 a m
Leave Charleston. 8 30 a m
Leave Augusta. 8 10 a in ' 4 30 p m
Le? ve McCormick.?10 25 a m 6 60 p m
Leave Bordeaux.10 45 am 7 10 p m
Leave Williogton...lO 57 a m 7 21pm
Leave Mt Carmel...11 07a m 7 80pm
Leave Hesters.1124 am 7 45pm
Leave Latiiuers. 1136am 7 58pm
Leave Lowndesville.il 55 a m 8 20 p m
Leave Barnes.12 OS p m 8 80 p m
Leave Cook.1213 pm 837pm
Leave Starr.12 23 p ra 8 4? p m
Leave Deans.12 27pm 853pm
Arrive Anderson.12 45 pm 910pm
This la the qjickeat route to Crnrfeeron
?reacnes there three hours ahead of any
other line.
Elegant Palace sleeping car runs between
Atlanta and Charleston, and solid train
from Augusta to Charleston on this line.
Connections made at Angnjta for At?
lanta, and all other points West.
Tickete on sale at P. R. 4W.0.B. de?
pot to all points at aheap through rate, and
baggage checked through to destination.
Any other information rail upon or write
WM. J. CRAIG, A. G. P. A
R, W. HTJNffl
Trav. Pas. Agent, Augusta, Ga.
Dally
410 p ni
417pm
4 Jtp m
4 42 p m
4 SO p m
500 p m
5 18 p ei
5 80 p to
5 47 p ni
fl 57 p m
608p to
6 80pm
19 05 pm
6 30 am
12 oo m