The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, May 21, 1891, Image 2

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PUBLISHED EVERY .THURSDAY. J. P. CLINKSCALES, 1 Editors ajtd ??0,0. LANGSTON, J Pbopbtetobs. THTJBSDAY, MAY 21, 1891. TERMSi 1 'iWETRtu ,.ir, ,.?,.???,??? . 81.50. SNv'gCX MONTHB_. 75o. The next session of the Southern Bap? tist Convention will be held in Atlanta, beginning on Friday before the second Sunday in May, 1892.. The stockholders of the Piedmont Factory met a few days ago and elected the old Board of Directors. Col. Robert ,L. McCaughrirj, of Newberry, was elected ^President in place of Col. Hammett re? cently deceased. It was decided to issue ^200,000 additional stock. ?} :?^Horace Chilton, whom Governor Hogg, ,". of Texas, has appointed United States Senator in Mr. Reagan's place, is the first t native Texan to hold that office, and, .. with the exception of William H. Cram, ?isprobably the first to go to either Houae ^?f Congress. Mr. Chilton was a candi? date for Congress in 1882, but got into a ieadlocfc with Hnbbard, who was after? ward appointed minister to "Japan, and a r^third man carried off the prize. Western dispatches bring a marvelons ?/-'?report from Columbus, which recites that ; an Ohio State Senator was so phenome .nally conscientious that he would not re if sign when elected a member of Congress ^loecause he did not wish to leave bis par |||iy without a majority, and still he refas ^^d to receive his salary after the date of H0hat election, which would have amount -?edto $300 or more. But he was a good ^%Dem6crat, and that may account for it. :, :A monument has been srecied at Da? vidson College, N. C, to Gen D. H. Hill. ' .The shaft is a plain, bat substantial one. On one Bide it has the names of the prin? cipal battles of the civil war in which he ; was engaged. These battles were Bethel, ^ Seven Pines, Malvern Hill, Boonesboro, :;Sharpsbarg,. Frederidkaharg and Chicka ? manga. Another side bears this inscrip l^on: -'Gradaated from West Point in ;;1842.\ Served through the Mexican war and won two brevets for gallantry. En? tered the civil war as Colonel of the First forth.Carolina Regiment, and rose to be Lieutenant General." J. M. McBryde, President of the "S.C; College, has determined to resign - this position that he may accept a more ^lucrative one in Virginia. Dr. McBryde is a native of Abbeville County. His .administration of the University has been au_ eminently successful one. Already names are being spoken of in connection 'with the Presidency. So far those suggested in various papers are Wade Hampton,. Prof. E. L. Shepperd, of : Charleston, and W. O. Benet, of Abbeville. ;The election will take place in June, ^presumably, as then the faculty, which .was recently re organized, will be completed. ' . --"Columbia's Centennial seems to have been a grand success on the whole. Many; people were present. There was ?One of the best military displays known rid : the history of the State. Wade Hampton made-an address characteristic of the General Hampton of the war, of "thV Governor Hampton of 76, of the ^.Senator Hampton of recent years, and of a Hampton^-of to day. Daring the Centennial a State Survivors' Association with Gen. M. 0. Butler as tdent. A pleasant reunion of the ~ survivors of Butler's) Division took place. j^The trades' display was made with fine ^effect. Everything appears to have been ^successful but' the fireworks. The rain ^spoiled them 1 The 'city was gaily - ?acorated, ar seems to have determined that the Cei nnial should be a success. ?^Chester nts the Industrial School. The Inter at of the town has issued a for a blic meeting on the 19th to ke in ediate action to obtain the tion Ox the Young Ladies' Industrial School at this place." Chester is doing f ; -what a good many others have already ^done. Isn't Anderson about ready to fall >i into lino ? Oar people ought to hear this ?^subject discussed in a public .meeting. ^ They should find out what they can do.. The people throughout the County can see the advantages of the location of the - School within the County and doubtless , ji . wili do what they can to bring it here, if ?'crjbur people here in Anderson will first put . a- shoulder to the wheel, and prove that ?j they want.the institution. Anderson can ^sraise such a sum as will put other places ^'^ihe blush.when they, hear of it. A staunch and patriotic citizen remarked ";-..the~other day, "Anderson must have the -\ .Industrial. School if we have to pay >; l$100,000 for it." If we put up the money the golden apple will be ours. f. ' - ???? : SHOOT OR SHUT UP. >^.vA:war cloud,hovers over Columbia. ^iU'hould . either condense or dissipate. -It has been visible on the horizon for ?c: some time. In a letter to the Hews and Courier on the 12th inst. from the Super - intendent of the Penitentiary the folio w ing sentence occurred: ^1 am not one of those who think that the editor of a paper has the right to sit behind his sanctum and abase people with impunity, and then when he finds 1 reparation might be sought by the visita ?>t?mof. a cowhide upon his back or a cane > over his head, get very sleepy all at once, ' lock himself up and beseech his friends for heaven's sake to have somebody put ?i^jujdjrja peace bond." On the 13th the Colombia State con ; iained this editorial: y, "W. J. Talbert is continuously infa ? Vinous. Nothing is effective to make him Niell the truth or to cease from the meth? ods of a braggart and a coward. If he a I meant one-tenth of what he has said; if ? hs meanB one-hundredth part of what he intimates, he can secure his release from the peace bond into which he entered H with "no objections." He is very "com? mon^' it. IB true, but he can always free If if he wishes to fight and not erely to Ke." /The people of this section of the coun? try think the time has come when these " parties should shoot or shut up. j - ? A most wretched lie-awake of thir ';:*S ty-five years, who thought himself happy P^if he could get twenty minutes' sleep in ?^ twenty-four hours, says in regard to his I experience with hot water as a cure for 1 .-sleeplessness: "I took hot water, a pint, ^comfortably hot, one good hour before "each-of my three meals, and one the last h^??ng atnight, naturally unmixed with aythiog else. The very first night I slept 5c three hours on end, turned around and ept again till morning. I have faith? fully and regularly continued the hot water, and have never had one bad night since. Pain gradually lessened and went, the shattered nerves became calm and strong,,-and instead of each night being one long misery spent in wearying for the morning, they are all too short for the '"areet, refreshing sleep I now enjoy." MB. XERREIX'3 SPEECH. Mr. Ben Terrell, of Texae, the National Alliance Lecturer, delivered hia public addresa in the Opera House laat Thurs? day morning. The day was cold and wet, and a small audience was present to greet the speak? er, but before the close others came in until the auditorium was nearly filled. Men had gathered from all sections of the County to hear the speaker, and the bus? iness men of town showed their interest by attending. The Lecturer received the closest attention throughout?an hour and three quarters?and was applauded a number of times. The speaker was attractive and inter? esting in his presentation, and made a favorable impression on his heareis. He said he desired to discuss all matters without prejudice and honestly, and invi? ted questions from any one who wished to ask them. He urged all to listen and form opinions in the same spirit that he would speak, viz, without prejudice and with a desire to learn, so that a broad view of the situation might be taken. As one object of Mr. Terrell's visit here was to instruct the County Lecturers of this District, a number of members were here from otber Counties, and occupied seats upon the stage. The speaker was introduced by Col. D. K. Norris, and an imperfect summary of what he said is here given : The Farmers Alliance is a secret or? ganization, but secret only that it may be fraternal. It excludes no one in order to hurt or destroy him in business. It is an organization which seeks the advance? ment of its members mentally, morally, socially and financially. The farmers have paid too little attention to the culti? vation of their minds. Education makes tbe man. When its members are educa? ted more generally and to a higher de? gree, their condition generally will im? prove, and not till then. This is a fun? damental principle of the order. The members take an oath on joining to assist each other in bearing their bur? dens. Lend a helping hand to your brother in time of need, and enable him to better his condition. The speaker said one of the greatest enemies of the Alliance was prejudice?a prejudice which embittered its members against those not members, or those en? gaged in other lines of business, and proved a barrier in the way of their own success. .Rid yourselves of this narrow? ness. Be broad in your Views and toler? ant toward the honest opinions of those who differ from you. Rise above the petty jealousies of life. "Let the lamp of rea son guide you in every enterprise," said the speaker.; Mr. Terrell said the National Commit? tee had formulated four important prop? ositions, which they had announced as "demands." They were that the govern? ment control the public lands in such a way as to keep them from being occupied or owned by foreigners, bo that they may be preserved for citizens of America; government control of railroads; an equal distribution of taxes; and an increase of the circulation of money, so that it may be $50 per capita. As to the first demand, the speaker asked, should foreigners own this country? A thousand times no. Let our citizens strive to own the land, and then they will be loyal to tbe government, and pop? ular government insured for all time to come. Such powerful corporations as the rail? roads should be under government con? trol. So great is the power of railroads to oppress or destroy, that a town in Georgia had been killed by them, as they refused to stop trains there, and estab? lished a station a few miles from it. They can destroy any town, or build it up. They can control the markets, or starve ont a town or section. This enormous power should not be left in the bands of a few individuals. The speaker said that the burden of taxation bears too heavily upon the far? mers. They own only about 23 per cent, of the wealth of tbe country, and yet pay 53 per cent, of the taxes. They demanded laws that will remedy this injustice. The increase of the circulation of mon? ey was then talked of, and in connection with it the Sub-Treasury plan, and its ware-house system, and a flexible cur? rency. The speaker favored all of theBe ideas and discussed them at length. He said there was not volume enough of money in circulation. The legislation on finance had been made too much in favor of the money men of Wall Street. -Money bad been given a power the foun? ders of this country never anticipated? the power to oppress the masses when thrown into the control of a few. He said the supply of money was not equal to the demand created by the products of the country. This evil would abate if the circulation was increased, and the Sub-Treasury adopted, so that producers could deposit their products in the ware? houses, and draw therefrom 80 or 75 or even 50 per cent of their value. Such an arrangement would secure a flexible cur? rency, thereby making the supply equal to the demand. . As to the speaker's political opinion there is doubt. He Baid either the Republican or Democratic party must come to the St. Louis and Ocala demands, or a cyclone would strike both, as the Al? liance was able to turn the scale in any direction it pleased. He said he had al? ways been a Democrat, but was now ready to leave that parly if he found it was not the people's party. As to Grover Cleveland, he said he was the most unpopular man on the face of the earth with the people of tbe West. Banks, with land as the basis of issue of currency, was discussed. Tbe speaker said the government could make land a basis just as it did anything else. What? ever this government said should be good money would be recognized as such the world over. He urged the members to remember that we are one people, and whatever will benefit one class will help another. There was no clash between merchants and far? mers. Also, read tbe newspapers. Don't take offense at honest criticism or fall out with a man because he entertains opin? ions different from yours. However, let alone those little newspapers that cap? tiously sneer at them, and use slander in place of argument. Every one who heard the speaker's address left with something to think about, and had no reason to regret being present. i ? Verdner Suter, a citizen of Palmy? ra, Mo., accamnlatea considerable money and makes a business of dividing it among his children at intervals. Last week he divided $15,000. With previous divisions this makes $118,000 he has dis? tributed among his six children. Mr. Su? ter does not think it best for a man to get too rieb, and has adopted this means to keep his fortune down to a modest level. The plan is satisfactory to Mr, Suter and the children do not complain. DOCTORS DIFFER. Those of our readers who availed themoelves of the opportunity of hearing Mr; Terrell's lecture last Thursday will re? member how fully he endorsed the much discussed Sub-Treasury bill; how unani? mously he said the farmers desired tbe passage of this bill, and how, in tbe fu? ture, the candidates for their votes would be left out if they opposed it. They would also discover that the speaker laid more stress on this one subject than any of the rest; in other words, that the SubTreaB ury was the especial favorite of the lec? turer. As Governor Tillman is doubtless the most prominent and influential member of the Alliauce in South Carolina, it will be interesting to see bow his vieffs and those of the Texas Allianceman compare on the Sub-Treasury. In the interview published in these columns last week the Governor said: "I am opposed to the measure. I want 'something better,' and that 'something better' I believe to be wbat I have al? ready suggested?the free coinage of sil? ver combined with the issuance of green? backs either on the Government's own credit or on land. Tbe Bub-Treasury bill violates the Alliance doctrine of 'Equal rights to all, special privileges to none'' I don't believe that two wrongs can make a right, and because farmers have been systematically and outrageously imposed on in the past is no reason why they should demand class legislation for their own benefit now. "My opinion is that the majority of the farmers of the State are not in favor of the sub-treasury bill, though in that opinion I differ from some of tbe Alliance leaders. The reason no opposition has been developed to it inside the Alliance in this State is that it has never been made a square issue. In any contest with an Allianceman advocating tbe sub treas? ury and a non-Allianceman opposing it, the sub-Treasury would be pretty, sure to win, but as between two Alliance men, both loyal to the order, one opposing and the other supporting the sub-treasury, I believe the anti sub Treasury man would get as many votes as the other. In other words, where Alliancemen have the sub? ject presented to them clearly and are al? lowed to vote without the interference of prejudice, I believe the majority of them would go against the measure." Again he says, in a more recent inter? view aB to the difference of opinion en? tertained by himself and State Lecturer Talbert on this subject: "I think that Col. Talbert is wrong when he advises that all should leave the Alliance who will not endorse the sub treasury bill, because, primarily, the Alliance is not a political organization, and there is no pledge exacted of those who join the Order that they will surrender their political freedom." And in the same interview : "Under tbe sub treasury scheme tbe National Government is asked to issue money on perishable agricultural products at a lower rate of interest than the Government itself can borrow money. The echeme involves the employment of an army of political hirelings and is paternalism run mad." And thus we see how true it is that "doctors differ." Too Much Cotton. The farmers of the South are tolerably familiar with the arguments in favor of planting less cotton, but they are not aware probably that their grandfathers heard the same doctrine preached quite as earnestly as it is preached now. That this is true, however, is proved by the New Orleans Times-Democrat by some ancient evidence which has been unearth? ed recently. In an editorial article printed under the heading "Wisdom," in 1828, the Raleigh Register noted tbe disposition among the farmers of North Carolina to abandon in some measure the cultivation of cotton, which was then regarded as unprofitable and was thought likely to become more so, and to turn their atten? tion to the introduction of new crops. "It becomes more apparent every day," said the Raleigh editor, "that we must soon change, partially or altogether, one of those articles which has hitherto been the main prop of our prosperity, or lose our wealth and our importance." Niles' Register copied this article, and in commenting on it added its indorse? ment of the advice given, and quoted a remark made to its own editor eight or ten years before?that is before 1820?by a distinguished cotton planter, then a Senator of the United States, that "the time was close at hand when cotton, because of its over production, would be a bad business and that it became him and others to look out in due season for the cultivation of new products to employ their capital and labor. At the time when these authorities were declaring that too much cotton was produced, the largest crop grown in the country was about 450,000 bales, of the average weight of the bales of the present day. The crop this year is about 8,000, 000 bales larger than it was then, and still the demand is not satisfied. Pro? duction will probably continue to increase for many years to come, and it is well wilhin^he probabilities that the mark of ten million bales will be reached and passed within the current decade. In this view of the subject tbe Times Demo? crat philosophically sayB: "After having lectured the farmers for two generations on the necessity of re? ducing the acreage and production of cotton without the slightest result, for the crop has grown faster than any other staple product in this country it is now about time to abandon the idea that any? thing can be done by the press in the way of limiting production. The evil, if it is an evil, will be corrected only by expe? rience. If the farmers lose money by it tbey will probably plant less cotton, but they have clearly shown that tbey have no disposition to follow editorial advice on this point." These remarks appear, at first hearing, to have considerable force, but our con? temporary will pardon us for-aaying that it seems to have lost sight temporarily of tbe real point of the "lectures" and "ad? vice" to which it refers, and wh,v' re? quires to be pressed now with as jh earnestnesu aB heretofore. The pre** of the South, we believe, has not seriously advocated the reduction of the cotton crop as itself a desirable, or at any rate, a practicable end. Its contention has been in part for a diversification of crops, but mainly for the cultivation by the cotton farmers of enough of the staple food crops to make them independent on this account and so enable tbem to derive and retain the full profit of their cotton crops. That this advice was Bound and wise cannot be disputed. It has been urged by the most intelligent farmers in the South quite as earnestly as by the news? papers, and has been adopted and applied in recent years by very many of the far? mers in every State to their manifest and great advantage. We have not the statistics at hand for a ready comparison, but we believe that it is safe to assert that the farmers of tbe Southern States buy relatively less corn and bacon, for instance, than ever before ; and if this be a fact, it proves that tbey either produce more of these supplies at home or substitute for them others of their own production. That there has been, too, a marked advance in the direc? tion of diversifying the agricultural pro? ducts of the Southern States scarcely re? quires to be stated. The railroads are burdened nearly six months in every year with the varied crops of fruits and vege? tables, moving northward and westward to market, and which bring hundreds of millions of dollars into the South where the returns from snch crops could have been counted by thousands only a few years ago. The advice of tbe press, therefore, has not been wasted. It has borne rich fruit already, and a heap of it, and the right and wise course is for the newspapers and the Alliances and the professors and the more progressive farmers themselves to keep on "lecturing" on the same line until every cottontot in the South shall have been finally converted from the error of his ways.?News and Courier. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Walhalla, S. C, May 14.?Mrs. D. Biemann, widow of the late Hon. D. Biemann, dropped dead tc-day at 1 o'clock. Canae, apoplexy. The stroke came on while she was Bitting by the bedside of her sick daughter. She sur? vived her husband only two months. Mrs. Biemann was a most loveable wo? man, and her death has cast a gloom over our entire community/ Bloomington, III, May 15.?At Stanford, in this County, J. A. and Sam L. Biley of that place and Berry Fowler of Monticello took drinks from a bottle which they supposed contained whiskey, but which was filled with aconite. In a short time J. A. Biley was dead and the other two will die. Birmingham, Ala., May 15.?The coping of the new Henley school build? ing fell this morning on the school chil? dren as they were entering the old build? ing adjoining, and killed two of them and wounded four others, some of whom may die. The dead children are named Mey? ers and Odom. It is supposed a workman leaned over the wall to look at the chil? dren below and the bricks gave away. Monticello, Ga., May 15.?A lady drove up to Round Oak in a buggy a few days ago with a great big pistol in her lap. She wore a smile on her face aa she bowed and spoke to her friends, and every one wondered what the pistol meant. When the morning train arrived her husband stepped from the train and after placing a lot of bundles in the buggy, she marched him into one of the stores and ordered material for a number of dresses. She then made her husband march out with the bundles, to the great amusement of the crowd. Cochecton, N. Y., May 11.?M. S. Tyler, a leading business man of Damas? cus, Penn., across the Delaware River from this place, had lived happily with his wife and family for many years. Some days ago he disappeared, and about the same time-a young blind girl,a daughter of the most conspicuous family in this part of the Delaware Valley, was missed. A brother of the girl traced her to New York and back to Middletown, Orangeburg County, where he found her living with Tyler. All the brother's efforts to iuduce her to return home were of no avail. The girl recently came of age and obtained $12,000, a bequest from her father, who died a few years ago. She is said to have made over her money and property to Tyler. Nashville, May 12.?A special from Birmingham, Ala., says: "L. F. BurgeBS shot and fatally wounded Sam G. Atwood at Pleasant Valley Church, two miles south of Attalia yesterday. They were both members of the church. About two months ago Burgess's son attempted to criminally assault Atwood's daughter, for which young Burgees fled. Hard feelings have existed between the parties since and an altercation has been feared. "When the matter was brought for ad? justment in the church between the brethren and when the committee who had the matter in band had retired, the belligerents decided to fight, and began with the above result. Marion Smith by interfering received a stray shot through his hand. The shooting occurred in the church, which was filled with people to its utmost capacity, but fortunately no one was shot except Smith and Atwood. Burgess, the elder, escaped. Fifteen shots were exchanged." Spart anbubg, S. C, May 13.?Con? stable Drummond, of Woodruff, who came to this city yesterday,' bad a chapter of accidents. He came to arrest Borne negroes for an offense committed in the lower portion of the County. He met a young lady who was an old acquaintance and playfully placed a pair of handcuffs on her, He found he bad lost the key and could not find one in town. The young lady's father was anxious to return home, but his daughter was fastened by iron bracelets. Finally Constable Drum? mond procured a file, and after about five hours hard labor, which was lighten? ed by a visit to (he saloon every half hour, he secured the young lady's release. That night he was taken in charge by the chief of police and spent the first half of the night at the station house. At midnight he went to the Central Hotel, and at 2 o'clock he fell from the third story, hitting his head on the balcony. Hia injuries are very severe, his left side being entirely paralyzed and it is doubt? ful it he will recover. He is of a good family and not in the habit of getting on sprees often. Hawkinsville, Ga., May 15.?This morning news was received here of a moBt distressing accident which resulted in the death of three helpless children. Mr. Abe Newman came to town yester? day, bringing his wife and four children in a one horse wagon. In the afternoon, Newman invested some of his surplus cash in alcohol, and drank rather freely. About 8 o'clock at night he went by the house of a relative, where his wife and children had spent the day, took his family in the wagon and started for home. Newman was too intoxicated to drive, so his wife held the lines and was guid? ing the horse. Eight miles from Haw kinsville, on the road to their home, the Newmans had to pass Jenks's mill. In? stead of crossing at the ford, for some reason his wife drove on the mill dam and started across. Half way across the dam Newman grabbed the lines and pulled the horse around. The horse plunged down the embankment into the pond, where the water was twelve feet deep, pulling the wagon after him. Mrs. Newman screamed for help, and two negro men who were fishing at the pond came to their assistance and rescued Mrs. Newman and liberated the horse. Newman swam out. Three of the chil? dren were thrown into the water and drowned. The youngest, an infant, remained in the wagon which Hoated out into the pond after the horse was cut loose, and was rescued. The eldest of the drowned children was not more than eight years of age. Their bodies were recovered and they were buried this af? ternoon. Honor the Memory of Davis. Nashville, Tenn., May 16.?At the recent meeting of the Southern Press Association at Memphis a committee of three was appointed to co operate with Gen. John B. Gordon, Commander-in chief of the Confederate Veteran Associ? ation, in raising a fund for erecting a monument to the memory of the late Hon. Jefferson Davis. This step was taken iu furtherance of a scheme Bet on foot soon after his death, and which was intended to secure the co-operation of the Southern newspapers for this end. Some money has already been raised, but efforts in this direction have heretofore been desultory and lack? ing in system. The committee have, therefore, thought it best that some action be taken to the end that a general and simultaneous movement be inaugurated. They have, therefore, prepared the fol? lowing address: To the People of the South: It haB been the custom of all times and people to honor the memory of theirillustrious dead by the building of monuments which shall be perpetual reminders of their vigilance and achievements. Among all the noble dead there is none whose name appeals with greater power to the affectionate remembrance of South? ern people than ttiat of Jefferson Davis His splendid valor upon the field of battle, his brilliant abilities in the arena of statesmanship, his heroic fortitude under persecution unparalleled in its atrocity and bitterness, his patient, proud endurance of calumny and detraction, make him a figure which will stand for all time in the group of great men in our history. The cause for which he fought and suffered has gone down and we have buried it forever. But there is no senti? ment of honor or patriotism which re? quires us to bury the deeda of those whose lives were consecrated to the cause and whose blood was shed for it. The Southern people will have become lost to every sense of honorable man? hood and womanhood when they forget him who, for their sake, wore shackles upon his wasted limbs. We owe it to ourselveB and our children to build monument to his memory. We therefore appeal to the people of the South, con? fident of the nature of their response. We have appointed the 18th of June, 1891, aa a day upon which the people of | every town and County in the Southern States should meet and take the proper steps to forward the cause by voluntary contributions or other methods which they may deem best. Letthose who feel a patriotic interest in the movement everywhere begin at once to organize a movement in their respective communities and secure a large and enthusiastic meeting on the day appointed, and send the results of their efforts to Capt. John L. Weber, Charles? ton, S. C, who will act as treasurer of the fund. ? State Superintendent of Education May field will go to Aiken on the 27th inst. to take part in the ceremony of laying the corner 9tone of the Aiken Institute, a building which is to be erected at a cost of $20,000. ? Nearly the whole of Hamburg was swept away by fire on the 9th inst., nearly all of the business centre being destroyed. The loss is about $10,000. It iu supposed that the fire originated from a spark from a locomotive. ? Although the Flprence Times was strongly opposed to the nomination of Wade Hampton for the United States Sen? ate and several bitter editorials appeared in its columns, it now nominates him for the Vice-Pre3idency. ? The Presbyterian Church at York ville has undertaken to support a mission? ary to China, the cost per annum being about $500. Miss Ella C. Davidson has volunteered her services, and has been ac? cepted by the Board of Foreign Missions; She will leave in September next for Honechow. ? A negro in Newberry County baa been experimenting with dynamite, using it as a mechanical force for splittings logs. Last week he put bia dynamite in a log and built a fire on top of it. A tremendous explosion took place in which the negro received as much damage as the log. His hat was literally blown to pieces. ? Mr. John H. Loomis, a Confederate soldier of Aiken, has a copy of his own obituary which appeared in the Columbia papers. The article says that he had been shot in the left breast during a hot fight near Culpepper C. H. At the cloae of the war, Mr. Loomis was surprised, on his re? turn home, to find his mother and sister mourning for him. GUANO! IHAVE on hand a Car Load of High Grade Guano which I do not wish to carry over, which will be sold below the regular price. Call at once if you need a few Backs to fill in with. J. S. FOWLER. May 21,1891_46_1_ STRAYED! FROM the undersigned on Sunday last, at Anderson, a Red Muley Cow, with white belly. Any information thankfully received, and all expenses paid for her re? turn to me. ?. P. TRAMMELL, Near Post Office. May 21, 1891_46_1 KOTIGE. IHEREBY warn the public not to hire or harbor a colored woman named Fannie Spencer, who is under contract to work for me this year, and who has left me without cause. Persons disregarding this notice will be prosecuted. W. D. HALL. May 21, 1891_46_1? WARMING. ALL persons are hereby warned not to harbor or hire John Connor, col? ored, a minor, who is under contract witb me for the year 1891, and has left without cause. Any one disregarding this notice will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law- L. N. CLINKSCALES, Storeville, S. C. May 21,1891 _46_1? Winthrop Training School for Teachers, COLUMBIA, S. C. THOROUGH Normal instruction and practice in best methods of teaching. Open to girls over 18 years old. Graduates are entitled to teach in the schools of South Carolina as first grade teachers. They readily secure good positions in this and other States. Each County is given two scholarships?one by the State, worth $150, and one by the School, worth $30. Com? petitive examination for these Scholarships will be held in each County Thursday, Jaly 2. Address D. B. JOHNSON, Superintendent. Columbia, S. C. May 21,1891_46 _6_ NOTICE. For Sale or Rent on Easy Terms. o NE HANDSOME, LARGE, TWO STORY? FRAME BUILDING, Eight rooms, with dining room, pantry and stove room attached. Excellent well of water, and all necessary outhouses. Lot contains? FIVE AND A HALF ACRES, Located in the heart of Due West, in three minutes walk of the two Colleges; fine orchard and flower yard annexed. ? ALSO, ? HOUSE AND LOT, On Corner opposite Baptist Church, fonr rooms, well of good water. Lot contains FIVE ACRES. Will also offer ONE BUILDING LOT, fronting Abbeville Street, containing? FIVE ACRES, Good land, with well and spring on the premises, splendid barn, stables and crib. For further information apply to H. J. POWER, or J. W. POWER, Due West, S. C May 21,1891_46_6_ REAL ESTATE FOB SALE. THE following described property is of? fered for sale on reasonable and easy terms, to wit: Tract No. 1, known aa the Reeves place, situate in Brushy Creek Township, near Mount Pisgah Church, containing 113 acres. This Tract will be divided Into two or three Tracts to suit purchasers. Is well improved and in a high state of cultivation. Tract No. 2, adjoining the above describ? ed Tract, containing 66 acres. Two acres of Land, known as the Wesley Chapel Lot. This is a beautiful grove, and has a fine spring of water, and ia near by Mount Pisgah Church and a good school. One Tract of Land in Williamston Town? ship, adjoining home place of D. H. Ham? mond, containing 52 acres, in a high state of cultivation, and well improved. One Tract near Piercetown, known as the John Robinson Tract, containing 100 acres, also well improved and in good cul? tivation. Two acres near Piercetown, known as the Timms Lot. One Lot and two Store Rooms, Dwelling House, known as the Piercetown Store Lot. This to rent if not sold, Also, the following Personal Property one Steam Engine, one Van Winkle Press, one Hall Gin and Gin Fixtures, four two horse Wagons, one one-horse Wagon, and other articles. Apply to D. H. HAMMOND, or BREAZEALE & LONG, Attorneys, Anderson, 8. C. May 21,1891_46_3 ma COTTON 1*1 |i BLOOM 13 ill WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS Free or Freight. Folly taMtaai H.W.HUBBARDA^T^xV OjT Wo carry atook .tvarlou. Southern polnta for quick d.Uvery upon foilpt of orderfl. _ wmmmmnmKo?mmmamm "OSGOOD" U.S.Standard WAGON SCALES May 21,1801 TORJNT. ST0RE-E00M 0N~GRANITE BOW NOW occupied by A. B. Towers. For further information apply to LOUIS SHARPE, at Lesser & Co'b., Anderson, 8. 0. May 14,1891 45 LEAVING ANDERSON! LEAVING ANDERSON! LEAVING this beautiful and healthy City, with its delightful climate, and the prosperous and fertile country that surrounds it, thickly populated with a warm-hearted, generous and liberal-minded peoplo, is certainly a hard pill for me to swallow, but circumstances have so ordained it, when I thought the winter of my declining years would be spent in this paradise of health and prosperity; but now, with heavy tread and downcast spirits, I must and am compelled by the combined wishes of my partners to seek new fields of conquest. I have to go to Augusta, Ga., to open a large Wholesale aud Retail House, which will require all my undivided attention from this time forward. Now, in order to avoid paying large local freights from here to Augusta, we have determined on? A GREAT SLAUGHTER SALE, And we will sell every article of our irameuse stock for any price that is in the neighborhood of cost. Remember, WE MEAN WHAT WE SAY? prices will be literally slaughtered for the next thirty days. 10c. Towels for 6tc. 15c. Towels for 8ic. 20c. Towels for 12k. 25c. Towels for 15c. 75c. Linen Damask for 47k'. 60c. Lineu Damask for 35c. Napkius at half price. Dress Goods prices just half. Olothiug slaughtered at your own price. We are badly overstocked in Shoes?in Childreu's in numbers 10,11,13 and 1; in Ladies 3, 3?, 4 and 4J ; Meu's 7, 8 aud 9. These Shoes we will sell at 75c. on the dollar of what they cost. Russet Shoes and Slippers at half cost Boys' 3, 4 and 5 must go at some price. Checked Homespun 4c. Yard-wide Sea Island 4k. Window Curtain Scrim 4k. Lace Curtains half price. White Counterpanes away down. 10c. Socks and Stockings at 7k. Chair Tidies half price. White Laundried Shirts 50c. on the dollar. Ladies'Jerseys at half price; also Notions, Gloves, Hamburg Edging, Ties, Scarfs. Table Oil Cloth 15c. 35c. Nelly Bly Caps at 10c. The best Ginghams at 7c. 10c. Outing Suiting at 7c. Odd Coats, Vests and Pants, slightly scorched by fire and discolored by smoke, that will be sold at less than half the cost of the cloth. All and every article to be found in a first-class Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoe Store will be sacrificed rather than ship the goods from here. Six Show Cases, one Platform and one Counter Scales, and three first class Combination Iron Safes will be sold at half New York cost. Every person having valuable papers should have one in his house. Now, we want it distinctly understood that Ladies or Gentlemen drawing up to our Store, either in a Carriage, Buggy, Cart or Wagou, will receive prompt and courteous attention. Polite and respectful attention to the Ladies ia always the duty of a gentleman all the world over, which h aud has been the case in all the Stores that the undersigned has ever had the management Respectfully, D. C. FLYNN LEADER OF LOW PRICES, _Bed House, Granite Row._ Sweep Away the Grass! THE VICTOR HEEL SWEEPS! 500 Dozen HANDLED HOES. 300 Pennington Side Harrows. They Must Go. Delays are Dangeoous. Prices Never Lower. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. HOW TO FILL YOUR PANTRY. BUY Canned English Peai at 15c. Buy Canned Corn at 15c. Buy 3 pound Canned Tomatoes at 10c Buy 2 pound Canned Tomatoes at 8c. Buy 3 pound California Peaches at 25c. Buy Standard Salmon at 15c. Buy Standard Mackerel at 15c. Buy Corn Beef at 10c per pound. Buy Dried Beef at 10c per pound. Buy Smoked Jole at 7c per pound. Buy Xingan Reliable Hams Cheap, Buy Excelsior Flour Cheap. 11 Buy EVERYTHING in the Grocery line cheap, And from JEl. S. LIC3-03ST, Wholesale and Retail Grocer, Anderson, ?. C. 03 3 & C0 BRICK! BRICK! HARD BRICIt. 300,000 on Hand. GOT TO BE SOLD, to make room for more. BYR?M <fe KENNEDY, Anderson, S. C. May 14.1891 ? 3 LUMBER. T WISH to say to the public that I act j. still in the Lumber business, With a stock of 250,000 feet of Lumber on hand, and being located in a belt of fine timber, with two large Mill i and Planers, I am prepared to rill orders promptly, either in rough or dressed Lumber. I keep on band at the Blue Ridge Yard an assortment of Lumber, and when in need of any call on Mr. R. A. Coffee at the yard. Orders left with him will receive prompt atteniion. OTTO KAUFMAN. April 10, 1891 41 8m DOES THERE are so many advertisers these days, all claim? ing to be the only one that has any advantages in buying goods, and all claim to be the only house offering these grand and glorious bargains. Now, my friends, the wholesale houses North take my money and give as much value for it as any two-legged man's on earth, and I am discounting any prices in Town on? BOOTS AND SHOES. Don't take these long-winded advertisements as true until you look around. Gome and see me me, and I will save you money. Yours, anxious to please, O. B. YANWYCK. '? ' ' ' ' Ii wr*r? KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS - THAT - C S. MINOR & CO. AJRE STILL LEADING THE TRADE IN ANDERSON! YES, tbey bare the "git up and get" about thorn, and the where-with-all to name prices whieh no other firm in a radius of a hundred miles vf ill dare to do. Don't neglect an oppor? tunity of seeing our Magnificent Stock, which is overflowing with the LATEST NOVELTIES in every Department. We would call your attention especially to our immense line of Flower Jars, Swinging Baskets, and Logs and Window Pot*. We have the most splendid assortment of these goods that were ever offered to the Anderson public. Our line of Glassware is, as usual, complete in every detail. The Ladies are invited, espe? cially to look at our line of Hats, Plumes, Wreaths, Laces, Ribbons, Buchings, Gloves, Corsets, Hose, &c. Anticipating your needs, this cold weather reminds us of the fact that we have on hand a few more of those Jersey Jack- ? ets, and tbey are cheaper than ever. You should not fail to lee our line of Crockery and Yellow Ware hefore making yonr purchases elsewhere. We have on hand a large quantity of the wash woman's friend?the old reliable South Laundry Soap. We have also a splendid as? sortment of Toilet Soap. Please remember that Jay Gould's credit is not good with u?, to send along the dimes with your orders. The beaming countenance of Mr. T. W. MeCarley can be seen behind our counters again, where he will be pleased to serve his friends and the public generally. In consideration of 10c. we are yours, C. S. MINOR & CO. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! In order to reduce our Large Stock of "Winter Dry Groods, WE WILL NOW OFFER THEM AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, COMPRISING A COMPLETE LINE OF FOREIGN and DOMESTIC DRESS GOODS, &c We would call special attention to our large and well assorted line of BLACK CA8HMERES, HENRIETTAS and MOHAIRS that can't be beat in the city. HOSIERY. Our line of Hosiery for Ladies, Misses, Children and Genta is immens?. ?MOTIONS. A large line of Notions of all kinds. TABLE LINENS, DAMASK, TOWELS, &c. FLANNELS A. T COST. 8?> We are agento for Ferris Bros.l GOOD SENSE CORSET and Hall's BAZAR FORMS. TO THE LADIES. We extend a moat cordial invitation to call and inspect our entire stock, m we will take pleasure in showing you through, and will guarantee to tell yon aa cheap as anybody. Promising j ou prompt and polite attention, We are yours truly, f SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY.