The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, May 29, 1890, Image 2
I'UBJJSh'ED EVERY THURSDAY.
J. P. CLINRSCALES, \ Editors and
?. O. LANGSTON, j Pbopeiktors.
THURSDAY, MAY 29, IK90.
terms a
one "X SABmhm.r<m. ?1.B0.
soi months........._ 75c.
-It is stated that Attorney General
Earle has, within the last two weeks,
received urgent letters and personal
requests from many parts of the State
asking him to take the field as a Candi?
da 13 for Governor, and that he is seri?
ously considering the matter. General
-Earle is au upright, conservative citizen,
and, if elected to the position, would
certainly be a Governor of the whole peo?
ple. '_
We agree with the Fairfield News and
. Herald when it says the State Executive
Committee, in arranging for public dia
? cussions should see that the County
authorities be prepared to control the
meetings. Confine discussion to par
- liainentary language, preserve order and
keep the peace. South Carolinians have
. had bo little experience in joint discus?
sions that they do not know bow to tole?
rate difference of opinion, Here is a
les3on they must learn, but in the mean?
time mishaps must be prevented.
The Louisiana Lottery has offered the
State of Louisiana a cool million a year
K, for twenty-five years for the privilege of
selling lottery tickets to fools. It is
generally understood, says tbe Philsdel
. Times, that this offer is a proposition to
"divide the fools' money with the State
: for" the privilege of fleecing the fools.
In other words, the lottery managers in
Kthe light of their past experience expect
to'gather in $50,000,000 of fools' money
; during the next twenty-five years if the
: State of Louisiana will accept half the
amount as a bribe for ?1 lowing them to
doit._
A private letter received at San Fran?
cisco reports that the Alaskan volcano,
Bogoslov, is again in eruption. This
s volcano is one of the most remarkable of
' ? phenomena. It rose up from the ocean
1-seven years ago, when it was in eruption
. for a time, then becoming extinct. Now
it is again in eruption, and four new is?
lands have been seen about it, one of them
.: having risen from the sea. When the
' prescht eruption began, smoke and ashes
rose to ? the height of miles, and showers
. of ashes fell in a town forty-four miles
.. distant. The eruption began as far back
as February, and at last reports was sub?
siding. _
One of the latest contributions to our
' national wealth, says an exchange, is the
idiscovery of a process for extracting a
I useful oil from corn, or Indian maize, as
it is properly called. Our cotton seed
; oil has already, in a considerable degree,
; supplanted hog's fat and lard, which is too
often diseased, and it is being used all over
the world, not only as a substitute for,
.but as genuine oil. The oil of the maize
will be useful as a lubricant and as a salad
dressing, leaving to cotton seed oil the
demand it is already supplying. This oil
is a pale yellow, and a trifle thicker than
cotton seed or olive oil. It is extracted
from the kernel of the maize. Corn will
. yield in oil three and one eighth per cen?
tum of its weight.
On June 2 will occur the first of the
elections of this year which are of na?
tional interest. Oregon on that day will
choose State officers and a member of
Congress. Though the country at large
has paid little attention as yet to the
-struggle there going on, it is nevertheless
. a bitter one, and the result is in doubt.
5 The issue is between tariff reform and the
McKinley bill, though it is complicated
on the one hand by the popularity of
Governor Pennoyer, a Democrat, and on
the other by the popularity of Congress?
man Herman, a Republican, both of
whom are up for re-election. Doubtless
the-returns from Oregon, as usual, will
be regarded-by Che victorious party as a
ropitious sign of coming victory all
along the line, while the defeated party
will nurse its disappointment in secret,
and iu public will try to make light of
-the matter. It is not unlikely, however,
that a Democratic Governor and Repub?
lican Congressmau will be chosen, thus
giving both sides a slice of comfort.
By "hedging" after this fashion
Oregon will forfeit its position as a polit?
ical oracle.
The people of this country are much
more interested iu reforming the oppres
eivo tariff law than in trying to reform
the State Government. The tariff ques?
tion is the question of the age, and cannot
be . neglected without serious results.
The Republicans are making strenuous
efforts to get the control of the govern
-ment, and to force on the people high
-tariff. This costs the country more than
any. other thing. This is the bung-hole
through which the hard earnings of the
people pour into the coffers of the favor?
ed enterprises and industries, and the
people should know how their represent?
atives stand ou this great issue, and in
that way see that their interests are
protected. Elect no man to any office
who is a protectionist?who favors taking
the hard earnings of the consumer and
putting them into the hands of the
manufacturers. That man who is wrong
on the tariff issue is wrong on the most
burning question of this time. We
believe in tariff for revenue only, and in
no case would we favor simple, simon
pure protection. It has been charged
that Capt. B. R. Tillmau is a protection?
ist, and while we do not know whether
this is true or not, we would like to be
informed as to the truth of this charge.
If he is in favor of tariff for protection
generally he should be let severely alone.
We should not be led blindly in this
campaign. We should watch as well as
pray. We should know that the aspir?
ants for these high offices are right on the
burning issues of the day. They should
be required to answer fully, and give
their positions. -Look at the increase in
the tariff on cotton ties. That is a fair
illustration of what the protectionists
would do for the people if they could.
The way to manage protection is to pro?
tect yourselves against high tariff by
electing the right men to office.
Ghastly relics of the massacre of
Ouster's command on the Little Bighorn,
Jone 25,1876, have been found by men
charged with the patriotic duty of erect?
ing monuments over the graves of the
victims of that bloody ambuscade. Seven
unburied bodies that were left upon the
ground on that fateful day have been dis- '.
covered, fragments of army blue still i
hanging to the whitened bones of the i
brave men who left camp on a bright <
June day of a vanished decade, to return <
no more. '
Rank? Currency, Merchandise, &c.
Mr. Editor: By a clerical error last
week the seventeen years was run through
?10,000, instead of $11,000 premium, which
would reduco the first year's loss to ?557,
to be regained in later years.
The National Banking system has here?
tofore been in favor with the Democratic
party, but it is conceded that somo other
system must take its place. The U. S.
bonds are maturing and beiug paid off,
and some substitute must bo adopted.
Sir. McDermott, of Pennsylvania, sug?
gests that the States issuo bonds bearing
three per cent, intorest, the banks buy
them, hand them over to the National
Government, and receive bills to the face
value of the bonds. This substitute would
give us uniform currency, and help the
credit of the States. It would enable us
to refund our State debt at throe instead
of four per cont., and is perhaps better
than the plan suggested in my former
article on State Bauking.
Hon. W. L. TrenholtD, Democratic
Comptroller of the Currency, in his re?
port December 1, 1888, places the total
amount of money in tho United States at
$1,700,000,000, or about $27 per capita at
that time. It makes no difference if the
bulk is on deposit or in pocket. If avail?
able it answers all purposes. The money
deposited in banks daily by the merchant
or farmer circulates the same as if in tho
desk or in pocket. In panics it circulates
better when in good banks?such as the
Chemical. To increase the currency so as
not to put a premium on gold, and the
best results are obtained. This would
give us easier money and relieve the
present stringency.
We have tried a premium on gold, and
found that it would not work well. An
inflated currency during the war settled
that question. Artificial value should be
avoided.
Looking over the files of the Intelli?
gencer and private papers, it is found
that the price of cotton in Anderson?
Fobruary 28,1866, was 20c. to 23c. in spe?
cie.
April 20,1806, was 20 to 22 in specie.
Gold 1.22 or 22 per cont. premium.
Juno 22, 1806, cotton 25 to 27 in cur?
rency.
October, I860, 30 to 32j in currency.
November 22, I860, 25 in currency.
December 5, 1866, 28 to 29 in currency.
December 12,1866, 27 to 271 in currency.
January 28,1867, 27 to 28 in currency.
October, 1867,16 to 19 In currency.
December 11, 1867, 11J to 113 in cur?
rency.
December IS, 1807, lOi to 10? in cur?
rency.
December 21, 18G7, 10J in currency.
Cotton bills of sales sustain the Intel?
ligencer's quotations. Tho same au?
thority show that morchandiso was very
high.
Bagging sold at 45 to 50. Rope, 30 to 35.
Coffee, 35 to45. Tea, $2.25 to $2.50. C sugar,
20 to 25; crushed and loaf, 30 to 33. Salt,
per sack, $5.00 to ?6.00. Iron, 12 to 15.
Nails, 10 to 12. Casting, 12 to 15. Pow?
der, 75 to $1.00. Lead and shot, 20 to 25.
Blue Stone, 35. 3 shirting, 25. Kerosene
Oil, $1.50 per gallon, and fine dry goods,
calicoes, &c, still higher. While a pre?
mium on gold gives an artificial value to
cotton, it does the like for goods, and it
amounts to the same as to resolve that
three dollars be four dollars, except that
our gold coin might go abroad while we
kept the cheaper at home. If some prac?
tical plan would give us higher prices for
what we sell, and present prices lor what
we buy it would give us greatest satisfac?
tion. But what would the other seller
have to say ? The present tariff bill now
before Congress does not promise much
that way. B.
A Letter From Piercotowu.
Mr. Editok : The notice in the Intel?
ligencer in reference to the shooting
affray between Mr. Colley and Mr. John?
son is incorrect. We know full well that
we Piercetown boys do our part of the
devilment that is done in the County, but
not all by a j ug full. The shooting affray
occurred at Slabtown Academy and not at
Piercetown. Mr. Editor, we boys want
this corrected, for we do not want the
people of the County to think that all the
devilment and shooting that is done is
done at Piercetown.
Mr. Editor, it has boen said that the
elephant "Jumbo" is the largest elephant
in the world. I saw Ben. Tillman at An?
derson and I must confess that he is not
the Jumbo that I expected to seo. And
if he ever was, he is like the old darkey's
fish, he has "swunk up powerfully." I
think he would like powerfully to be a
Jumbo, but a few more meetings like that
held at Anderson and Benjamin will
never see Columbia, for if that at Ander?
son is a sample of his meetings, God
deliver us from the next one. Mr. Editor,
I thought this was a civilized country and
that we were a people that heard the Gos?
pel Sabbath after Sabbath* I know that
we have had "line upon line, precept
upon precept, here a little and there a lit?
tle," but got nothing .of this at tho Till?
man meeting. Now, my dear readers,
you must not gness me to be a minister of
the Gospel, for I am not. But I had rather
be a preacher than to be Ben. Tillman
any time, because he is blind in one eye
and can't see good out of ' tothe *, and if
the blind lead tbe blind they will all fall
into tbe ditch, and Benjamin would be on
top. I have heard some old men, who
have been going to public meetings all
their lives, say that they were ashamed of
the meeting at Anderson. I have selected
a text that I would like to bear Brother
Tillman preach from. You will find it
somewhere in the lids of the Bible, and it
reads thus: "First cast the beam out of
thine own eye, and then thou canst
see clear te get the mote out of
thy brother's eye." What an easy matter
it is for people to pick holes in other
people's clothing, but they can never see
the holes in tbeir breochaloona. Now,
Mr. Editor, let's have less quarreling in
political matters, and when wo see any
person or persons seeking an office lets see
that he does not get it. I would like to bo
a candidate for Governor, but there are so
many aspirants that I do not seo any pos?
sible chance for mo. I, therefore, declare
mysolf a candidate for the Legislature,
subject to tho action of sfcraighout Democ?
racy of Andersou Couuty, and not to the
Shell and Tillman wing. And I do hope
that all good Democrats will support me
in said election. We are in favor of J. L.
Orr for Governor, and E. B. Murray for
Congress, and myself for tbe Legislature.
Three cheers for the straight out Democ?
racy ! for we will win in the end.
Yours until death,
Ju>mo.
A Smoking Tree.
Newton, a vigorous mountain town,
weot of Charlotte, N. C, has a curiosity
that beats by a large majority the rain
tree which gained such notoriety in
Charlotte in 1S86. It is a smoking tree,
and baffles all efforts at explanation. It
is a white mulberry tree and stands on
the sidewalk in front of the residence of
Levi Yoder.
According to the description in the
Richmond Times it was brought from Il?
linois a year or two ago and is now about
twelve feet high, with a busby top, and
many lateral branches. Last Sunday one
of the family noticed a puff of smoke
proceed from one of the limbs, and by
watching it closely puffs identical in ap?
pearance to cigarette smoke were seen
starting every now and then from all over
the trees, sometimes from the leaves,
sometimes from the bloom, sometimes
from tbe bark of the limbs or trunk of the
tree. Tbe puffs are at irregular intervals,
sometimes two or tbree at once from va?
rious parts of the tree and sometimes tbey
are several seconds or a half minute apart.
They just seem to come at haphazard from
any part of the tree, and as they ascend
in the air look exactly like the smoke
from a cigarette.
Since Tuesday, when the curiosity first
became generally known, large crowds,
both of town and country people, can be
seen there at any time in the day. All
doubting Thomases are soon convinced,
on tbe first visit, that the trees do smoke.
Among the white people it is only looked
upon as a curiosity, and many, of course,
make explanations of the phenomenon,
which, perhaps, are plausible enough to
their authors, but which carry very little
conviction to the mind of others.
But the negroes didn't like the thing at
all. One negro woman, after intently
watching the puffs a few minutes, started
off in a run, saying: "I wouldn't lib dar
fur nothin'; people better go to doiu'
better 'bout dis town." A negro man
said : "I'm gwine to stay from dat thing.
I can smell de brimstone clear down to de
libery stable."
? A Philadelphia father has recently
paid $3,500 for a doll's house for his little
;irl.
? A depression has been discovered in
the Egyptian desert which is all that re
nains of a reservoir constructed by the
mtriarcb. Joseph for irrigation purposes
ivhen he was Pharoah's prime minister,
[t is proposed to reopen it, and it has been
istimated that this would add 3,200,000
icres to the 0,000,000 acres now under
julfivation in Egypt. The reservoir
?riginally covered 200 square miles, and
vaa 250 feet deep.
State tfews.
? Ii is rumored iu Newberry that Dr.
Siimpson Pope will enter the race for
Congress from the Third District.
? Reports from all parts of the State
show that the crop prospects were never
bettor at this season of the year.
t ? A. huge black bear was killed near
Summerton, in Marion County, last
Monday. He weighed 490 ponuds and
was three feet and four inches high. It
is supposed he came from Santee Swamp.
? A Texas pony belong lo T. Jv. Fos?
ter, of Union County, lust week had a
good excuse for bucking and kicking,
but this favorite exercise did no goud in
this instauce. Ii ran into a hornet's nest
and was so severely stung by tho insects
it soon died.
I ? Owing to a misunderstanding of the
law as to the necessity of advertising an
exlra term of court and the refusal of
Judge Izlar to sign the pay certificates of
the jurors and constables becanso thero
was "no court," the Clerk of Court of
Newberry paid tho expenses out of bis
individual funds; the amount was $HS.
50.
? Mr. J. D. Howell, of Georgia, is now
prospecting for gold ou the property of
Mr. John Dorn, at McCormick's Abbe?
ville County. Mr. Howell is an old
miner and understands his business. He
is cautious and does not conclude tbe
ground is full of gqld because he happens
to find a few smali pieces. It is proba?
ble that he will, in the near future, com?
mence work in earnest aa he thinks pros
pects brighten.
? About two months since a fine mule
belonging to Mr. James Hill, of Darling?
ton County, was bitten by a ra;id dog.
One day la?t week the mule was taken
with hydrophobia. It was taken firat as
with a Bpasm. It soon seemed to be per?
fectly crazed, tried to bife and otherwise
fight everything that came in reach.
Those who saw it say it was a clear case
of hydrophobia. The mule lived only a
few hours after it was taken.?Bishopville
Eagle.
? Mr. Bramlett, a neighbor of Mr.
Luke Marchant, who lives near Bates'
Factory, informs Us of ft curious incident
that occurred when tbe recent storm
passed through that section. It was the
usual custom for Mr. Marcbant to plant
in a separate part of his farm two acres
of cotton for church purposes. The storm
passed through this part of bis farm des?
troying the whole of the two acres, leav-'
ing the remainder of his crop untouched"
?Greenville Enterprise cttod Mouniainer.
? Governor Richardson, in response
to a request from Secretary Blaine, has
nominated two commissioners and two
alternates to represent South Carolina at
the World's Fair to be held in Chicago
in 1893. Tbe commissioners from the
several State.? will elect the officers and
boards of the great Exposition. The
names sent on by the Governor are Col.
A. P. Butler, of Aiken, and Col. J. C.
Coit, of Chesterfield, as commissioners,
and Messrs. E. L, Roche, of Charleston,
and H. P. Biammett, of Greenville, as
alternates.
? At 9:15 Wednesday when the sheriff
of Union wen t up in the jail to look after
his prisoners, he was suddenly overpow?
ered by two burly fellows, pinioned to
the floor, the keys taken from him and
the ruffians made a break for the door,
unlocked it and made good their escape.
The names of the prisoners who escaped
are Ashmore Mitchell and George Bales.
Mitchell was in jail for assault and bat
tery. He is a very disreputable charac?
ter. Boih are colored. A son of the
sheriff shot at the escaping prisoners and
struck one, but he continued to run. A
posse went in pursuit of the escaping
prisoners.
? During a slight thunder storm which
passed over Bennettsville about 3 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon two negro hands,
living on the Jennings plantation, about
ono and a half miles from town, were al?
most instaully killed by lightning, When
it began torain a number of workmen,
with their mules, took refuge under a
shed, near which was a large hickory
tree. This tree was struck, and tbe
lightning glanced to the shed, killing
Smart Patterson and John Brown. Two
other men were knocked senseless, and
several of tho mules were stunned. These
men, although badly bruised, are now
considered out of danger, and tho mules
are apparently uninjuted.
A Government Laud Loan.
Washington, May 20.?Senator Stan?
ford's bill, introduced to day to provide
for making loans on lands, establishes a
land loan bureau in the treasury depart?
ment.
The chief and deputy chief, the bill
provides, shall be appointed by the Pres?
ident, with salaries of sfG.000 and ?5,000
respectively. The Secretary of the Treas
ury ia authorized to prepare, ready for
use, United States circulating notes of
the denominations of $5, $10, $20, $50,
$100, $500 and $1,000 to the amount of
$100,000,000, and additional amounts as
they become neeessary, to be placed to
the credit of the land loan bureau.
Those notes shall bo full legal tender for
public and private debts, except interest
on the public debt or in redemption of
the national currency.
Any citizens of the United States or
any person who has declared his inten?
tion to become such, who . owns unen?
cumbered agricultural land, may apply
to the land loan bureau for a loan from
theBe certificates, tp be secured by lien
on such land, the lqpn not to exceed half
the assessed value of the land. No loan
shall be made upon land of less tu.au
$500 in value, nor 91 sums less than,
$250 nor for longer lime than twenty j
years. The loans shall bear interest at ?
the rate of 2 per cent per annum, payable
annually, and msy be paid at any timo
in sums of not less than 25 per coat of
the whole amount. The secretary of the
treasury shall cancol and retire accounts
of notes equal to the payment made ou
loans; and in case payment is made in
other currency of tbe United States he
shall cancel an equal amount of the notes
issued under this Act. In case of default
of payment of intoreat or principal of the
loan, the chief of tbe bureau may order
a foreclosure of the lien in a United States
Circuit Court. Counsel fees in any
case to be added to the judgment shall
not exceed $500.
The bill provides that "the rule of the
common law, that statutes in derogation
thereof are to be strictly construed, shall
have no application to this Act. This
Act establishes the law respecting the
subject to which it relates, and its pro?
visions and all proceedings under it are
to be liberally construed with a view to
effect its object."
A Bottle of Ink,
Some dajj? ago the employees at the
Charleston Postoffice were put to a goud
deal of trouble by some kind gentleman
in New York who sent a bottle of ink
through the mails. TJie bottle seemed
to bo in a good condition when it left
New York, but on the route it was smash
ed, and the consequence was that a whole
sack of letters was so badly blurred and
disfigured that the clerks here could
scarcely read the directions when they
went to distribute the matter.
Speaking of this. Postmaster Mowry
said yesterday that at was surprising how
few people understood what could go
through the mails and how matter should
be wrapped.
"The directions for wrappiug mail
matter," he said, "are very full and point?
ed, and there is no excuse for this kind
of thine. In brief, they require that
nothing must be sent through tho mails
that could possibly injure other matter,
unless it be so securely wrapped as to
take away any possibility of such injury.
There have been a number of regula?
tions adopted lately in the postoffice
service with which the public is not
wbol.y familiar. One is in regard to
first-class mail matter on which the pos?
tage has not been prepaid, Mailer of
this kind is held at the office where it is
mailed until the addressee is notified and
sends postage for its transmission. Tliin,
of course, causes much delay, and it h
possible that a regulation will be soon
made allowing the mr.lt.cr to be forward?
ed directly, double postage being collect?
ed from the peraon who receives it. All
other mail matter r^tust hp fully propaid,"
?Mm and Courier.
Au,jAX($ Column
#S>~ All comniunicationH intended for
this Column should be addressed to J. W.
BowpBif, Denver, S. C.
POr the benefit of a correspondent wo
will state that the number of bales of
colto'i weighed on the?
Alliance platform was. 0,940
Merchants' platform.13,00-1
Total.22,944
.for season of 16SD-9U, cirdi?g May 27,
1890.
We need tlto helpof ovcry^Allianceman
in the County to make this'column a suc?
cess.'. To give it influence it should rep?
resent the unity of the Alliance on the
great objects we are working for., and the
progress wc arc makiug towards accom?
plishing them. It should not represent
tho ideas and opinions of only one man.
Write for it brethren, it is your duty.
Alliances, Farmer's aud Democratic
clubs all over the State have eudorsed
the March Convention and its action by
the hundred, yet tho press of the State,
with few exceptions, have kept a profound
silence about it. Two have passed reso?
lutions condemning the March Conven?
tion, and it is universally published Talk
about impartiality of the press.
-o
"B," in last week's Intelligencer,
writes an article intended to reply to ono
we copied from the Economist, but he fails
to disprove a single charge made in that
article; instead he attempts to prove that
National Banks aro doing business at a
loss. That won't go down with the far?
mers. He admits the evil of contraction,
but he does not explain why the Banks
aro withdrawing their circulation. His
figures give one tho impression of there
being something behind. In making the
same calculation with the same figures, it
appears from a farmers' standpoint to
givo the National Bauks a decided ad?
vantage. Wc have always believed that
the managers of the National Bank at
Anderson are as intelligent aud progress?
ive business men as there are anywhere,
and we fail to see why they would con
' tiouo to do bu8ineeH^H a National Bank
w.he"h it wmfrd'pay oeUer to operate as a
'State bjnk. "JB" seems to be well
? ic^tmej on and "interested in this sub
'.jept, therefore ho should continue to give
us facts and figures on it, but gfyc thsrn
without reser\jation and so that a plain
farmer can understand them. Can he tell
u*3 why it i3 better to issue money on
bonds, either National or State, than dU
reclly on the credit of the government as
the greenbacks were issued. Money has
no intrinine value. A greenback dollar
with nothing but tho promise of the
government behind it will buy as much
aB a gold dollar. Why can't the govern?
ment lend the money directly to tho peo?
ple without giving the monopoly to a cor?
poration by which one class of citizens
can levy tribute from another class. This
great financial question is bristling with
facts that needs to be brought to light,
and no member of the Alliance should
atop until he thoroughly understands our
position on it. Tho weakness of "B's"
argument is shown by his little fling,
"Mr. Macnne must be seeking votes."
Why is it that a farmer, seeing the
wrongs that the masses are laboring un
dor, aud trying to arouse them to a Eense
of those wrongs, and devise .methods of
relief, is immediately accused by a certain
class of men of being a demagogue, of?
fice seeker, &c. Has"B" never aBked the
votes of the people becauso he was deeply
interested in their welfare, and overwhelm
mi ugly desirous of serving Uiem ?
Mr. Editor: I wish to give you a few
ideas about our duties ns Alliancemen as
I see them. If we as a body send dele
gales to a convention to represent us, in?
structed or uuiusfcru'ctetl, I feel that we
are bouud by what they do; so when tho
Couuly Farmers' Association scut dele?
gates to the March Convention, and they
nominated Tiliman for Governor, I think
we are bound by their action, and should
work for{his|election. Tho lawyers met
the other day to regulate the fees for
writing deeds, &c, giving the same fees
to a jackleg as lo the best lawyer in the
State. That is all right, I reckon, but
when the farmers meet in Convention to
nominale a candidate for Governor they
are trying tc split the Democratic party.
When eighty por cent, of the voters are
of tho producing class, why should they
bo beat by twenty per cent ? But wo have
good meichants and lawyers that are
standing by us, and we shall stand by
them. J. W. Ashley.
-o
It is estimated by Poor in his "Railway
Manual," that the railroads of this
country ar-e^payiug dividends and interest
upon $9,000,000,000 of stocks and securi?
ties, aud that 33 per cent, of it is fictitious.
Thus it would seem that there is paid by
the farmers of the West and the mechan?
ics and laborers of the East, in the pro?
cess of exchanging the products of their
labor, $180,000,000 as interest upon stocks
and bonds that have no actual value.
On March 20, 18G3, Congress passed an
act farming out the privilege of controll?
ing the volume of uionoy that the people
should have to exchange their commodi
tics with to a corporation known as a
National Bank. At no time since this
aict was passed has the capital of these
institutions exceeded $300,000,001), and
yet they have paid in dividends to t'heir
stockholders during tbu? period over SI,
Q00,000,0?0. I have Wore me while I'
am penning this article, tbe report ef the
Comptroller of the Currency JxJanBg date
De* 2, ISSif On page 249, I find the
; following figures in ?i? statement of the
condition o't the national ba^ks: "The
surplus fund now on hand is $193,458,
759.00; undivided profits on hand", $7G,
904,041.65." So it would seem by these
figures that the privilege of issuing
money conferred upon them by the gov?
ernment had enabled them in a quarter of
a century to divide in dividends and ac
cumulate in surplus more than four times
the amount of their capital stock. Or, to
be more plain, while the farmer is strug?
gling uader a heavy mortgage those who
control the volume of money with which
he is to pay that debt are making 18 per
cent, upon their investment.? Rafp\\
Beaumont.
Tho White Plains Farmer's Alliance,
of Anderaou Ceuuty, No. 4(10, held its
regular monthly meeting on Saturday,
May 12th, with a goodly number of mem?
bers present at roll call. The usual
buainesa completed., the following resolu?
tions were offered and unanimously
adopted;
Resolved, That we heartily commend
the action of the J&rniers' Convention
held in Commbin March 27th, and unan?
imously endorse the platform adopted by
said Convention.
Also, believing, as we do, that there is
neaded a reform in our agricultural and
political economy, and that B. R. Tiliman
would, as executive officer of our State,
do his duty lo effect such a reform, be
it
Resolved, That wo heartily endorse Iho
announcement of B. 11; Tiliman as candi?
date for Governor.
Whereas, We have seen posted to the
eyes of the public in glowing red letters,
"Alliance Whiskey" Ibr sale.
Resolved, That wc a-j an united order of
brothers look with disgust and contempt
upon such a damnable insult, and in terms
positive say that no man with any soul in
him would so presume to, in such glowing
and blatant way, attempt lo injure the
Alliance.
A. K. Willis, Secretary.
At a meeting of Flat Rock Alliauce,
No. 212, held tbe 17th day of May, the
following preamble and resolutions were
passed :
Whereas, we have long felt the need
of reform and retrenchment; and where?
as, we feel the need of a strong fight
against tbe many who are trying to break
us dowu as farmers; therefore, be it
Resolved, 1. That we, as an Alliance, do
niust hearlily approve of the March Con
vent ion, and the platform adopted.
2: Thai we endorse Capfc, B. R. Tiliman
as a candidate- for Governor of this State,
subject to the action of tho State Demo?
cratic Convention.
3. That the Secretary furnish tho Edi?
tor of the Allhmeo Column of our Coun
ty papers a copy of the above resolutions
for publication,
S. P. Tatji, Secretary.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Louisville, May 24.?William Mc
Gruder and William Smith were plow?
ing in a field near Valley Station, Ken?
tucky. The sun was shining brightly,
when suddenly there was a Hash of light?
ning and both men Were struck down.
. Smith will die.
Ba n hours viUjE, W. Va., May 25.?
A distressing situation exists here at this
time. Measles and typhoid feycr and
other ailments aro pravelent. Two hun?
dred persous are ill. Business is at a
standstill. Physicians and undertakers
are overworked, and grave diggers have
not been so busy for years.
PlALEKih, N. C, May 25.?Friday
lightning caused two deaths in Halifax.
A large party of laborers saw a storm
approaching, and lied for shelter to the
nearest house. A few moments after it
was struck by lightning, and two women,
Crecy Smith and Elizubeth Hooker, were
killed and several others were severely
injured.
Wilkesiurre, May 25.?The body
of Mrs. Rebecca Gilmore was found in
the river this evening, She was arrested
last Tuesday for forgery, and while in
charge of an officer on a train jumped
through a car window. The train was
running at the rate of twonty miles an
hour. Torribly bruised, and bleeding
profusely, she picked herself up and
jumped into the river near by.
Albany, N. Y., May 25.?A dispatch
from Gloversville, N. Y., says that at 7
o'clock this morning the town was visited
with a tevere earthquake. Houses were
shaken, people were thrown out of their
chairs and out of bed, and window glass?
es wero broken in many dwellings. The
shock was preceded by a loud rumbling
noise. The lire bells rung and every?
body ran into the streets. One house
caught fire and was burned down. The
excitement was intense.
Hot Springs, May 20.?Miss Flor?
ence Keogb, daughter of tho late M?
Keogh.city clerk for a rtmnber of years,
was shot from ambush wbyije o?t horse?
back riding yesterday near hexe. A shot
from a Winchester rifle struek tho young
lady in the hack, causing, a serious
wound; but the br?ie girl staid in the
saddle and. rede three-quarters of a mite
to a neighbor's, when she fell exhausted
from the horee. The would-be assassin
is still at largo.
Tombstone, Arizona, May 20.?The
body of Robert Hardie, a well-known
lawyer of Los Angles, was brought in
here on Sunday from Chiricahua Moun?
tains whero he was killed by hostile
Apaches oa Saturday afternoon. His
companion, Dr. Francis Haynea, of Phil?
adelphia, hud his horse shutout from un
der him, but escaped by mounting his
companion^ horse. Tho Indians fired
from ambuBh. Both men came here for
their health two weeks ago. The coroner's
jury appointed a committee to draft a
statement, which will be Wired to Presi?
dent Harrison, reciting the facts of the
killing, and of recent outrages committed
by a band of Apaches numbering about
ten.
A Terrific Tornado.
Cincinnati, May 24.?Several Coun?
ties in Kentucky and some of the more
Southern Counties of West Virginia were
swept last night by a tornado. The heat
' all day was oppr?. B8we in the extreme and
a number of prostrations were reported.
About G o'clock the Southern skies be?
came suddenly overcast with a blue black
cloud of ominous appearance and the
play of lightning and tho peals of thun?
der were appalling. Reports from Mount
Sterling, Parie, Loxington, Maysville,
Nicholasvillo, CynlFuana, Corinth and
.other points are to the effect that adau
gorous storm raged.
At Nicholasville thousands of dollars'
' worth of damage was dono. In Harrison
County the tobacco crop is almost entire?
ly ruined, and the loss will reach, a great
sum. At Guvandotte, W. Va., the road
leading to the. ferry is washed away,
together with a portion of the front street
and adozeu building lots. It will cost
$25,000 to repair the damage. The tele?
phone line toCynthiana, Ky., wont down
at fj o'clock in the midst of a terrifying
storm at that place, which is seventy five
miles inland, showing that the storm was
of wide extent.
All steamboats on the river were com
polled to go to shore. At Benson'B Mrs.
Hubbell is dangerously hurt and a few
houses blown down. Some men arriving
at 9 o'clock on the Louisville and Queen
road say they passed through one of the
m03t furious storms they ever saw. Trees
were twisted and toru in all directions,
the streams banks are full and they be?
lieve that many lives were lost. Lexing?
ton tells of a storm of unusual violence.
Indefinite reportB from Somerset, Rich?
mond, Woodruff and other points tell of
great damage to farmer.-*' property, but
no loss of life.
Foundation Combs.
PERSONS who are engaged in tho Bee
business and want foundation Combs
ibr their hives or frames can be supplied
by the undersigned at a reasonable price.
Samples may be wen at Simpson & Son's
Drug Store. "
J, W. E3KE?V.
May 20, 160.0 47_1
Warning,
THIS is tu wain the public nob lo hire
or linrbor William Anus Powell,
who is under contract to work for me and
has left mo without cause. Powell is a
medium-sized, black negro, with no front
teeth. Persojis disregarding this notice
will be prosecuted to the full extent of the
law.
JOSHUA W. ASHLEY.
May 20, 1SD0_47__1*
THE
Anderson Furniture Co,
GF. and (1. M. TOLLY have formed a
? copartnership under the name and
style of
ANDERSON FURNITURE CO.,
And will keep constantly on hand a
FULL LINE OF FURNITURE
Of all kinds, from the cheapest to the finost
grades.
The largest stock ami the lowest prices to
he found in the State.
The Ande.-Hoii Furniture (Jo.
G. F. TOLLY & SON,
Proprietors.
LUMBER?
IDESIRE to say I am still in the Lum?
ber business, and expect to stay as
long as anybodj' will come to sec nie. J
keep on hand at nil times a good assort?
ment of?
Lumber, Shingles, Poors.
Sash and Blinds,
Which 1 will sell CHEAPER than any
one olsc. I will also estimate on any
kind of Work, from a bird cage to a palace.
Call to soo me at the Blue Ridge Yard,
when you need anything in my line, and
I will save you money. Respectfully,
JAS. E. BARTON.
May 29, ISiig_ 47_Gm
STRICTLY PURt MOTS!
WE call the attention of Painters and
overybody to our celebrated
Pure Ready Mixed Paints,
Which wc sell under the following posi?
tive guarantee:
Wo guaranteo our Ready Mixed Paints,
when properly applied to a good surfape,
not to crack.xhalk or pee), and togivp per?
fect satisfaction as a first-class Faint; and
if after three years' wear it fails to meet
tho above requirements, we agree to fur?
nish paint free of charge to rcpnint build?
ing.
ULLMANN & PH1LPOT M'F'G. CO.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
A full stock of these Paints on
hand and 1'or sale by
TOO!) BROTHERS,
Anderson, S. C,
Dealors in Drugs, Paints and Oils.
May 15,1800 45 3m
COMS!
TJI1SY SA Y
THE RACKET
Is boating (lie Town on
STRAW H?TS,
Ladies, Men and Children.
As for FLOWERS and RIBBONS,
Wo can't keep lliein, so we must
conclude wc are selling mar
volously ClIEA.l'.
Well, How About TINWARE ?
Who brought the prices down ou this ar?
ticle of merchandise ? Why, the RACK?
ET, of course!
If you could hpar the voice of all that
would say "the RACKET lias brought
down the price on everything lie has han?
dled since he came," you couldn't hear
your ears! Wc rtjprTt sell some articles at
cost or below, arm put on two or three
hundred per cent on others. Wc don't put
out such baits. If we wanted to give you
anything wo would give it straightout.
Now, don't you know if vre sell you an ar?
ticle at cost tha.t wc are bound to make it
up on something else, (that you don't
know the value of,) or the Widow and
Chaps will be cheated?
So m'c propose to deal fairly and square?
ly?charge you a living profit on every?
thing. Yon may rest assured you won't
bo hurt by the RACKET PRICKS !
Yours truly,
J. P. COPPEDGE.
THIS IS ME!
Ctass Me, if it Ain't,
LliBfflylitttUsi,
rLLihe way from the Big North Pork
of Llttle'Muddy Brun. Commonly called
Little Billy. A small fipeclinen, as you
see?a remote circumstance, a mere ycil
ng. I carry witfi 'me 450 lbs. of the best
made fleak that e'yer hunted coons in these
swamps. One grin of mine at a bull's
heel would blister it. One squint of my
eye at a town gal would make her a raving
maniac. But, follows, I know a friend
when I sec him, and a big bargain when I
TACKLE!
RODS,
HOOKS,
LINES!
all isirra*.
Mounted Hiiil Thimounlod.
SEINE TWINES,
TROT LINES,
AT
SIMPSON & SON'S
DRUG STORE,
Corner Hotel Cliicimola.
WILL SELL !
Ii
get it.
C. S. MINOS
Sold me this
Gallon Oil Can for Fourteen Cents.
?lip! Hip! Hurrah fur the great
and nond
T^N CENT STORE.
AVJNG bought more largely than
over at the beginning of the ssnson, we
fully calculated on having plenty to run
us, but in consequence of largely iticronjed
sales, we have been forced to niflkc a second
order, which is now in stock.
We regret exceedingly the reoent cold
snap and its damage to the Gardens, but
since it had to conio, and we are in no wise
responsible for it, wc trust our customer*",
where they are compelled to plant over,
will continue to get their Seed from us.
"Millo Mays" is the very best thing you
can plant for forago. We have a limited
supply of the Suod. Come o.irly if you
want any.
HILT, BROS.,
COMB AND HEAR THE
CRA
IN PRICES AT THE
hES' STORE.
A
MQST Tremendous Downfall in all kinds of SUMMER GOODS. We MUST
make room for the immense stock of Fall Goods which we anticipate buying, and
which our trade demands, and for the next sixty days?
We offer you Bargains in every Department.
We are also constantly receiving New Goods in the Millinery line?Pretty,
Stylidi and Cheap.
Don't Forget to Examine our Stock before Buying-.
Miss Lizzie William s.
FRESH LOT OF EXCELSIOR PATENT FLOUR.
Finest Patent on the market.
Try it and see for yourself.
GROCERIES are advancing everywhere else, but getting CHEAPER at R. S.
LIGON'S GROCERY STORE. Why? Because he bought such a large
stock before the rise. He calls special attention to his?
FINE STOCK FEED,
Prepared by hiimclf, and guaranteed to weatherboard any bag of bones in the
County.
Only $1.25 per Hundred pounds. Try It.
R. S. LIGON.
R. F. DIWER, Proprietor.
Dealer in
Machinery Supplies.
Builder a/id Repairer of all Kinds
of Machinery.
I
HAVE established a FIRST CLASS FOUNDRY in connection with my MA?
CHINE WORKS, and can supply you with any kind or style of CASTINGS, from
a pair of Fire Dogs to a Fine Iron Store Front. I also have a?
GIN REPAIRING DEPARTMENT,
Where your old Gins can be repaired at.short notice. I have a supply of gor.d
workmen,rt Iways ready to do yoHr work, and will do it promptly, I am?
Manufacturers' Agent for all kinds of Machinery,
And keep ou hand a large supply of BRA3S GOODS, PIPING, FITTINGS,
OILS, &c. Also, Now and Second hand ENGINES always on hand,
?g?" Come and see me.
May 8,1880 44 6m
-?? AT
NO. 5 HOTEL OHIQUOLA,
CANNED GOODS!
ASPARAGUS, Lima Boans, Corn, Okra, Okra and Tomatoes, Peas, Squash,
Succotosh, Tomatoes, Apples, Cherries, Pears, Pine Apples, Peaches, Oysters,
Lobster, Herring, Mackerel, Salmon, Shrimp, Corned Beef, Roast Beef,
Chip Dried Beef, Compressed Ham, Lunch Tongue, Tripe, Potted Ham,
Potted Tongue, Mock Turtlo Soup, Oxtail Soup, Mullagatawney Soup,
Condensed Milk, Plum Pudding, Fruit Puddine, Sardines.
Fruits and Nuts, Raisins, Currants, Citron, Trunes,
Evaporated Apples, Peaches and Plums, Eng. Walnuts, Pecans,
Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Bananas, Oranges. Lemons, Figs,
Boston White Beans, Buttor Beans, Split Peas, Buckwheat Flour,
Oatmeal, Samp, Corn Meal, Tappioca, Evaporated Vegetables,
Baking Powdor, Soalbani, Soda, Creamatatar, Yeast Cakes,
SnowJlake Crackers, Soda Crackers, Zepher Wafers,
Dossicated Coo.uni*, Laundry and Toilet Soaps, Pearline, Mackerel, White Fish, Bacon,
Pure Lard, Flour, Grits, Sugar, Colfec, Butter, Eggs, Chocalatc Cocoa, Cheese,
Maccaroua, Jellies, Proservos, Jams, Pickles, Olives, Vinegar, Molasses,
Minco Meats, Sauces, Gcllatino,Flavoring Extracts, Tobacco, Cigars, Candy,
And anything clao in the way of something to eat you may think of at Rock Bottom
Prices at
One IHuiisIiimI ltu*heltt Cow Pens Tor Heed lor Sulc,
D. S. MAXWELL & SON.
VICTORY! VSCTORY!
VICTORY crowns the cherts of the One t'rieo Cash System, and Monopoly ami High Prices qimtl bo
foro the never-failing, Irresistible onslaught on high prices, and ruin stares the old logy system
In the lace, whoso aim has heeu the ruin of the producors. The farmer, the mechanic, and the labor?
er havo always been the oasy prey of those high priced Stores, but wo arc .determined to open their
eyes to their danger, and have boldly thrown the gauntlet to Competition; and defy thei? to compare
prices with us in any lino of Hoods. We sell, ami the people who are judges of Goods throng the
Store. They know when they aro getting Uargalns in dead earnest. Do not be eiiveiglcd by the gra?
cious suiilc of Cousin John, the wary hand-shake of the '?Boss" or head man, the gcntlo kiss of Miss
Aiuiic, or tlio sedalc bow of Uncle Hill. Now note this?thev arc all alter that little green note, and
without It your greeting would be very cool, Pause, study?^lo not bclievo everything you hoar, but
look for yourself for genuine bargains, for wo have just received Fifteen Case- of the LATEST NOV?
ELTIES from the forced sale of last week in Now York at GO?; on the dollar, Including the latest ami
linest novelties In DRESS GOODS and TRIMMINGS to match. Vandyke and Hemstitched FLOUN?
CING^, EDGINGS, INSEUTING8, ItUCIUNt'.S. LACES, FANS. BlliHONS, new shades in SlLk
CLOVES to match any color'. Hand-maee LACKS, 11ANDEEUC1IIEF3, HOSIERY audCORSKTS
all at ridiculously Low Prices.
$1128.00 Worth of Clothing Just ??eued,
At prices that arc astonishingly low, to tit all shapes and sizes, from little Willie of four years old to a
three hundred pnuuder. The stuck of SHOES is immense, and prices astonish every person, and you
ran save a lot of the ROOT OF ALL KYI L by examining my Sleek before you buy.
D. C. FLYNN,
LEADER OF LOAY PRICES.
P. S.?A Hovolntion In Sowing Machines.?I have for sale one of the best Sewing Machines in
lue world nt fl'J.50; warranted lor live years, money refunded after thirty days if not satisfactory.
Boss of the Anderson Shoe Store!
Ha! Ha! Here I am, as ugly as ever! Been gone 3
years, had but little when I left, have held my
own pretty well, and am going to live
right here 5till I die!
I AM NO BLOWER,
But I will chaw My old liat if I can't acll^ SHOES cheaper
than any house in Town.'
wow LISTEN to TRUTH.
i have bought Three Thousand Dollars worth of Shoes far below New York
Coat, and can and will sell lot* of them below Nc;v York Cost.
A line of Zeigier's Fine Shoes.
Cost $1 75 and $2.00?take your choice for $1.50.
Brogan SSioes only 75c.
Woman's Polkas only 50c.
Bay State Shoes,
Cost $1.50 and $1.75?1 will closo out at 81.00.
25c. Shoe Polish 15c. per Bottle.
TO ALL MY OLD FRIENDS :
Bring your knitting and spend the day with me. To tho3o i don't know, come
in and shake, and let's get acquainted, and i will SAVE YOU MONEY.
So hoping you will give the gentleman a show
I am yours, anxious to please,
O. B. VanWyok,
Only Exclusive Shoe Store in Upper S. C.
p. S.?Owing to the short profit i proposs to sell at, i must sell for Spot Cosh.
i don't credit anybody any time or under any circumstances. O. B. V.
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In fact, \vc can lit you up in anything yo. want, Irom the toest Ohio
Buggy made at Columbus to the cheapest Cincinnati work. We guarantee
all of our goods, aud all wo ask is for you to come and examine our stock.
"We always have a lot of
TENNESSEE WAGOMS
On hand. All of the above wo offer you at the very LOWEST PRICE, for
Cash or on Time.
We hove an Immense Stock of
Dry Goods on Hand Cheap.
Also, a full ane of
GROCERIES, FARM IMPLEMENTS,
AND iflUln
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FRISH GOODS.
REMEMBER, wo sell r'rcftli UociS?. WotIu not buy large bi:is. but f:mall bills
and in that way keep up our stock, and have it always lrcsh. No old, stale
We Buy all kinds Country Produce for Cash or Barter,
K. W, TAYLOR <t CO.