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PUBLISHED EVERY 'j\SVBSDAT. J. P. OLTJSrKSOALES, \ I Stomas aud . 0. C.LANQ8T0N, ). '?_ Proprietors. -THDBSPAY, mim 4, 1891. OKSYEAS?-???????? 81.00. 8TX MONTHS^.^.^.^.^.^. 7gc. THE INDTJSTEIAIi SCHOOL. Our people are.actively moving in the matter of securing the industrial School, and the enthusiasm and energy with bich they have enlisted their services jbSowB success for Anderson. They that in Spartanburg, Chester, ville, Eock Hill, &c, &c, they strong opponents who will spare^ neither labor nor money In this matter. As to the victor the spoils, so to the highest bidder the Industrial School. ' -. /Here are a few brief reasons why Ander > son, can afford to make the highest bid: fe-'i^The School wil] be a State Institution, jj^qn&will bd a perpetual School of a high grade, and will dispense the inestimable ?. . blessings of a thorough education to the ~;, girls; of our city and Dounty, at the same y : :time that girls from every County in the State aro enjoying its privileges. iiL^ The School will be supported by an ap Hp propriation from the State. Every citi? zen who pays taxes will help support the I . School. > How mach better that our taxes ;? ..for an unlimited period be spent in oar own County, and the advantages arising . from tha Institution be eujoyed by oar >own people, than have to pay just as inuch money, and for the same length of . time, to support the School in another .. . County, and have others enjoy the privi . "leges which we should secure for oar own *. daughters and community, g^ciihe economical side of the question presents an important view. The parent . .who has one daughter only to educate will ^Z?^lthat it will cost, at rather a low esti ^~mate, $200 per annum to send her off to Supposing she takes the usual or year College coarse, it is plain the ptcosfc of her education will amount to $800. xM ^Were there two daughters to educate, the Us cost , would be $1600. Each additional > daughter would increase the cost in the ? .-'same ratio. We believe it is true that a girl cocld be edncated at home for one half tho cost of sending her away to Col |?lege. . The parent, then, who had one .;? daughter to educate and could educate her at home, could give her an education on 0 for the entire coarse, thereby nrnk g a clear Baving of $400 over one who ad to send his daughter away from home. He who has two to educate could accom plish the Bame end at a cost of $800, or ," at a clear saving of $800. The saving on ?/each additional daughter would be pro : , .;Portionate. Each parent, then, who has one daughter only to educate can, from a purely economical standpoint, subscribe $400 to secare the school, and the educa? tion of his child will cost him then only what it would have cost him to send her off to a College. Or he can subscribe $100 or $200 or $300, and the difference between his subscription and the $400 he caii save. Moreover, whatever advanta . .. ges.there may be in having your daughter rjv'at home is secured. He who has two .. daughters to educate can subscribe $800 ; to get the School, and then the expense of his daughters' education^ will be only le same as if they had been sent off to >llege. Any amount less than that tbaeribed will mean a saving between amount and the $800. The same ii^^bnld ? be. true proportionately of each ,?'? additional daughter. This is true where parent is near enough to the School ^^aend his daughter from home. Bat ^p^ere jach is hot the case advantages are .? still offered, but in a smaller degree only, ^vpsually it would be cheaper for the per> ' pie of the County to educate their daughters within the County than at a . more remote school, or if any found it necessary to move to. a College centre to ". educate their family, it would be cheaper . and more desirable to come to this point '' than to leave the County. A little thought along this line will bring up oth? er points of economic importance worthy of consideration. .... The establishment of the School here . will bring with it a class of citizens of ? .thorough education, and of the highest I \ type of character, who will exert a great ^ and good influence upon every institution and all classes?socially, politically, mor? ally, mentally and religiously?just the kind of a citizenship any community ' would welcome most heartily. But that is not all. If the School is established here it not only brings an influx of the best citizens into our city and County, bat prevents an immigration from our .own County to build up other towns. Any County would Baffer by a drain upon its citizenship of that class who have the --? means and the desire to educate their children A substantial citizen of this _ County recently told the writer be bad one son and six daughters to educate, and as it would break him "forty times" to send them off to College, he saw no way to accomplish this end bat by moving to a College centre. This he thought of do? ing, and discussed the surroundings of a certain college town beyond the limits of our County. Oar people believe that the . most precious heritage they can leave " their children is an education, and this .; .they will do at any sacrifice, and by mov . ing to any town that offers the desired I advantages. If we do not fall into the % error of the "penny wise but pound fool? ish" policy, Anderson can secure the school, and then her educational facilities ' will be excellent, and those of our citizens ~~~~and neighbors who have to leave home in quest of schools and colleges can pitch their tents toward Anderson instead of | having to go elsewhere. Large and lib? eral subscriptions will be needed, and the citizens of Anderson will find that a bet I ter investment could not be made than by patting ap their money to secure this school. ~:f- Wherever the Industrial School is es? tablished there will the value of property '"-be enhanced and industries diversified. These propositions are too plain to need much discussion. Property of every kind will be on the up-grade, for a demand "will be created for it. This influence ' will not be confined by the limits of An? derson City. There will be an increased and growing demand for houses, building lots, fuel, vegetables, fruits, chickens, eggs, milk and bntter--in a word, of every? thing that is necessary for the comfort and "^-pleasure of mankind. Numerous indus? tries to produce these things will spring into existence and flourish. Business of j ' every kind will be accelerated, and all will grow. Large sums of money will be Bpent every year among those people who are to-be long-sighted enough to make the ^highest bid, and therefore get the school. ^ Money will be taken to that town from every County in the State and there spent. No matter where located, some of Anderson's money will surely be ?pent there. Let us make a winning ef? fort, then, not only to keep our own mon? ey at home, but to have the money neces? sary to run the Industrial School spent in oar town and County. Is it not true that the mostly widely advertised towns of to-day are those that grow most rapidly ? What has proven a better advertisement, and attracted more attention to Columbia than the State University ? What has Wofford done for Spartanburg? Furman, for Greenville? Erskine, for Due West ? Who can esti? mate the good in every way these Col? leges have done for these townB ? What has proven a more prolific source of ad? vertisement ? In the same way will the Industrial School advertise the place of its location. This article is written in the hope that it may prove some incentive to an in? creasing interest in this matter, The time has come for Anderson to make a su? preme effort. No one should allow the shadow of a dollar to blind his eyes to the importance of this move. If we work as a unit and put forth the proper efforts, Anderson need fear no competition. If Anderson lets this opportunity slip from her grasp, she had better hang her harp on the willow and prepare to patronize Colleges in other townB. "The limit for the presentation of of? fers is July," says Chairman Johnson. In many cases history repeats itself, but never in the case of offering Anderson the second opportunity of securing a State College for young ladies. Now or never ! "There 3b a tide"in the affairs of men, (and of cities,) which, taken at its height, leads on to victory." The tide is ap? proaching Anderson. It means, Indus? trial School or no Industrial School for ub._ General Jas. B. Longstreet is in very feeble health. He has been so ill for the past few weeeks that he has given up work on his history of the Confederate War. The book is nearly finished, and will contain much that no history of the war has yet published. The Louisville Commercial says the people who want the government to take charge of the railroads in this country should study the experience of New South Wales. In that colony the government owns all the railroads. It costs as much to haul a bale of wool or a barrel of flour a hundred miles in New South Wales as it does to haul one from San Francisco to Louisville. The government proposes to make the roads pay expenses and in? terest on the debt, and it charges what? ever is necessary to accomplish that end, and the people have to stand it. The Memorial Association of Cobb County, Ga., recently organized to take the matter in hand, calls public attention to the fact that there are in the cemetery at Marietta, Ga., 3,600 graves of Confed? erate soldiers in a greatly neglected state. There is a pressing need for headstones to show the names of the dead and the location of the graves. This should not be longer neglected. The Memorial Association of Cobb County, through W. S. Oheeney, secretary, makes an appeal for contributions, and it should meet with prompt and generous response. There will be a number of hangings in Georgia this year, and it is the unani? mous opinion of the newspapers through? out the State that they will have a salu | tary effect. It is one editor's opinion that the mere mention of these hangings has already had an influence for good on the people. In this connection, however, it should be remarked that the State press is a unit for private hangings?that is, let the work be as private as possible. It is thought that this feature will do more to lessen crime in the State than anything else. Some murderers seem witling to be hung for the notoriety they gain on the scaffold. The Board of Trade of Greenville has taken hold of the industrial School ques? tion with that self-confidence and vim that frequently brings success. Green? ville wants this School and the South Atlantic University, too. At a meeting of the Board last Friday, called to discuss the Industrial School, a member said he "understood that Anderson would soon vote on the question of issuing $50,000 of city bonds as a bid for the school. Besides this, that thriving city would give a val? uable city lot." Anderson knows a good thing when she sees it, and is willing to pay more than $50,000 for it. When Greenville sends her daughters to the In? dustrial School she will have to send them to Anderson. Anderson proposes to out? bid every other place, putting jip $100,000 if necessary. The Columbia Slate, of Saturday, Bays : "Chairman D. B. Johnson, of the State Industrial School Commission last night stated that he had received an official bid from one of the towns in the upper por? tion of the State, making a bona fide of? fer of $50,000 cash for the location of the school at tbat place. The offer, he Bays, is signed by leading men as a com? mittee of the citizens. He said: 'This bid with others is to be considered by the commission at its next meeting. The lim? it for the presentation of offers is July. When the commission meets it will, after considering the offers, make arrangements to visit and inspect the places offered." It IB evident to those who have been watch? ing the matter that a number of towns will make bids ranging in the neighbor? hood of $50,000. It is also evident that any town that will have special reason to hope for success will have to shoot high above that mark. It will take six figures to decide the location, and Anderson knows it. She believes that $100,000 of her wealth cannot be better invested than in the State Industrial School for girls. ? The latest Boston fad is severely re? strictive of kissing. A man and his wife were arrested several days ago by a pru? dish policeman for kissing while waiting in a doorway for a street car. The car very probably waB slow, and so they thonght to while away the time with a kiss. One would suppose a husband might be permitted to kiss his own wife, or a wife her husband, even on the street, but the Boston police Judge before whom the couple were haled excused the police? man on the ground that the proceedings was an "unusual" one. It was not, how? ever, he intimated, a distinctly criminal act?criminal for husband and wife to kiss?and hence he would order their discharge. Think of a policeman's sen? sibilities being shocked by haying to wit? ness an innocent connubial kiss, and of a Judge who sympathized with him to the extent of discharging the couple with apparent reluctance and an intimation that they musn't do it again. Can it be that kissing is so rare in Boston that it produces a mental shock when seen by the shrinking bystander ? It would be a cruel reflection on the charms of Boston girls to harbor auch an idea. The Industrial College for Women. The commission of the State Agricultu? ral College for Women, it is reported, re? ceived on Friday an offer of $50,000 from "an up-country town" as a bid for the location of the College in its limits. The name of the town was not mentioned in the report, and we do not know which one it was, but the offer is a liberal one for any town in the State, and shows how fully the advantages to be obtained from the presence of such a school are appre? ciated by the community which has made the bid. We Buspect, however, that the location of the College will not be captured so easily. There are a number of places tbat are willing to give as much as $50,000, so that it will take a larger bid than this to win the prize. Greenville has entered into the competition in ear? nest, with a lively apprehension of the benefits of the school, and is not afraid to spend its money for what it wants, especially when the expenditure is in the nature of a paying investment. "We have more money than any competitor," said the News a few days ago. "It is a bit of enterprise, public spirit and liber? ality, and we can determine it as we like. Let us move in the matter and get the scheme in shape. It is something certain, definite and immediate, and in which we can know exactly what we are doing." The "move" began at once. The board of trade on Saturday appointed a com? mittee of representative citizens to invite the commission to the city to look for a favorable site, and the people are becom? ing interested." This promises well for a large subscrip? tion, and one is confidently promised. If one is made it will be more than $50,000 of course, as that sum has already been offered, and Abbeville, Anderson, Lan? caster and other Counties which are in the competition will have to raise their figures accordingly or lose the school. We should be glad to see the College established at Greenville, for many reasons, but we hope for the sake of the College itself that whatever place gets it will have to pay well for it. It will be well worth to any County all that the County can give to secure it. It will be a permanent institution, will grow from year to year, and will be of immense advantage from the* outset to the com? munity and district in which it is situat? ed. The only matter for surprise is that the competition for its location is not much more earnest and more general. Richland and Sumter and York and Aiken and Edgefield and Spartanburg and Barnwell and Darlington and Flor? ence should wake up to their own inter? ests before it is too late. They will surely regret their indifference when they see what the College means to its fortunate possessor. And the smaller Counties are singularly backward in trying to help themselves in the same matter. They need the College more than the larger and more populous Counties, and they should be liberal in proportion to their needs. A month yet remains for the reception of bids, as the time does not expire until July 1. If one of these smaller Counties cannot compete alone with the richer Counties and towns two or three of the smaller Counties could very readily "pool" their Bubscriptions, with their interests, and together make up a bid for the location of the College at Borne central point that would outweigh any other. This plan should bo tried. It will cer? tainly either win the College for those who enter into the combination or make the successful competitor pay well for what it gets, which is the most important point just now.?News and Courier. The ?1 Dorado of America. To the Editors of the News and Courier: The South Atlantic States owe much of their prosperity to South Carolina. For many years before the war this section had been the nursery for the Southwest. It had raised strong men, fitted them for work and sent them to develop the rich lands of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. The universal system pre? vailing here prior to 1860 had been to cultivate the lands only so long as they were naturally fertile and then abandon them and clear fresh acres. The intro? duction of commercial fertilizers checked this destructive system and revolutioniz? ed agricultural methods. Intelligent farmers were not slow to realize tbat by the UBe of commercial fertilizers wornout lands could be restored to their former fertility. The discovery of the agricultural value of South Carolina phosphates camejuBt at the right time, and was the immediate cause of the most surprising agricultural development in the South Atlantic States. Farish Furman demonstrated that it was possible to produce more cotton to the acre on the poor lands of Georgia by the use of commercial fertilizers than had ever been obtained from the rich alluvial lands of the Mississippi Valley. These practical results checked the emigration from the older States to the Southwest, prevented the farther destruction of tim? ber and carried the cotton production of the country far beyond the greatest yield that had ever been anticipated. The fertilizer factories of South Caro? lina constitute one of the leading indus? tries of this St-te. In 1870, two years after the beginung of phosphate mining, there were seven companies engaged in the manufacture of fertilizers here. At this time there are eighteen, exclusive of the smaller concerns that only manip? ulate and do not manufacture. They employ a capital of over $4,500,000, and their product, amounting to more than 200,000 tons, is sold in nearly every State of the Union. Besides the regular fertili? zer companies there are some twenty-five cotton seed oil mills that mix acid phos? phates and cotton seed meal, and supply a great part of the local demand. The business in the paBt has been a very profitable one to manufacturers and of enormous benefit to consumers. The recent rise in the price of sulphur and phosphate rock has increased the cost of production, but the South Carolina man? ufacturers, with characteristics pluck and sound business judgment, are preparing to protect themselves and their customers from imposition from sulphur trusts by using pyrites. Already several compan? ies have completed arrangements to sub? stitute the pyrites for sulphur in time for the next season's product. In doing this they will not only make themselves inde? pendent of the Bulphur dealers, but will develop another industry in the South in the mining and utilization of the py? rites. The discovery of phosphate rock in Florida may to some extent affect mining in this State, but it will prove of great benefit to Southern farmers, as it means a reduction in the cost of this material. This will increase its use, enlarge the cultivated area, and continue that im? provement and advancement of Southern agriculture that has contributed so much to the prosperity of the whole country. The valley of the Kile is possibly the most fertile region on earth. On the banks of this wonderful river, rice, sugar cane, sorghum, cotton, indigo, wheat, oats, barley, beans, melons, and tomatoes grow abundantly, while the orange, lemon, pomegranate and other fruits flourish. Two crops are made on the same land each season. A yield of forty five bushels of wheat per acre is followed by a yield of five hundred pounds of cotton. The annual inundations of the river restore to the soil whatever elements of plant food may have been removed therefrom by the crops. It is said that the records show that this land has been cultivated without depreci? ation icr ten thousand years. Apparent? ly nature has done for this favored region all tbat it requires; and yet Mr. J. E. Russell, in a recent address before the Massachusetts board of agriculture, says that the yield of the crops would be in? creased by artificial fertilization. If it would pay the farmers of the Nile valley to use this commodity how much greater i are the benefits those farmers derive from it who cultivate land that has been par? tially exhausted from long cropping. South Carolina farmers are fortunate, therefore, in being able to purchase at homo the article they most need to make their lands productivo aud profitable. Prof. Holmes was right in saying that phosphates and fertilizers were more valuable to mankind than the mines of Golconda or the golden sands of Cali? fornia, L, A,RA>'30Jr, CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Wheeling, W. Va., May 30.?The home of Henry Phillips at Taylors town caught fire this morning, and Mr. Phil? lips, bis wife and 3-year-old child were burned to death and a 15-year-old boy was so badly scorched that he died in a few hours. Phillips had been drinking during the night and it is believed a lamp was upset causing the conflagration. Manning, S. C, May 31.?A most de? structive hail storm passed through this county last night, a few miles below Manning. Corn waist high is literally ruined in its track, and cotton will have to be planted over, if anything is made, and, it is quite late for replanting. The extent of the damage has not yet been ascertained, but is undoubtedly very great. Charlotte, N. C, May 26.?A terri? ble storm visited this section Monday evening. Lightning struck the chimney of Sam Witherspoou's house, twenty-five mile3 south of here. The family were sitting in the room near the chimney. The lightning ran down the chimuey, tore the earrings out of Mr. Wither spoon's daughter's ears, and shocked the family so that none of them have been able to hear since. Augusta, Ga,, May 29.?News of a duel in Hiawassee College, in Loomis County, has just reached here. During the spring a rivalry sprung up between John Ward and Alexander Brown, who were contesting for the plac? of honor. The quarrel was intensified by a dispute about a young woman. Wednesday night they proposed to settle their differences by a duel with knives. The young men went beyond the town's limits and fell upon each other with their barlow knin-B. For some .time the hacking was kept up, and finally Ward made a plunge in Brown's libs, the knife penetrating to the heart. Brown fell dead into the arms of his assailant. The young men belong to highly respected families of that section. New Haven, May 26.?The Register to-night prints a story to the effect tbat by the opening of a grave evidence of an unpaid note has been found involving persons who denied its existence. The paper also says the identity of the princi? pal will create a sensation when the case comes into court. The story is that a cit? izen was guardian of two children, and became indebted to the mother for $250, giving a note. When the woman died, seventeen years ago, he said the debt had been paid. Some time ago a relative re? membered that the note had been sewed into the lining of the dress in which she was buried. The grave was opened and the note was found, faded, but in condi? tion to be used as evidence. Georgetown, S. C, May 29.?Mrs. Staples, the wife of Capt. George W. Sta? ples, drowned herself at Smith's Mill, in the Pee Dee?at least this is the only le-' gitimate conclusion to be drawn from her disappearance and the circumstances at? tending it. She left her house about 10 a. m., Saturday. The servant, who saw her leave, says she was weeping, and re? marked that Bhe was "going for a short walk." Between 11 and 12 a little negro saw her in the graveyard, where she was still crying. This was the last Been of her. About 1 o'clock her husband became alarmed and instituted a search, in which he was generally assisted by a number of friends and acquaintances. A note to him was found, bidding him good-bye, and asserting an intention to commit suicide. On the river bank below the mills her hat, shoes and handkerchief were found, hanging on a small bush. Footprints were observed leading down into the wa? ter and under the water. These prints showed more plainly as the water rece? ded. No other cause for the rash act cau be assigned than that of temporary aber? ration of mind, growing out of continued illness and a brooding despondency. She left no children. Albany, Ga., May 30.?Caroline Perry, a negro woman, living near Doles, in Worth County, had a sudden and trag? ic death Friday at noon. At that hour Caroline, with her husband and several other negro men and women, had gone a short distance from home to a mill pond to cut down a bee tree they had found. The tree was a hollow cypress, which stood in the pond a short distance from the bank. Upon the arrival of the party at the pond, the men with their axes and the women with pans and' buckets, prep? arations were made immediately to rob the bees of the results of their busy la? bors. The men rolled up their pants and waded into where the tree stood, and soon under the well directed blows of their keen blades, the tree cracked and began to fall in the direction where the women were standing. The men yelled to the women to get out of the way, and all of them did so with the exception of Caro? line, who, seeming to become dazed by excitement, ran under the tree as it fell, and was crushed to death in the twink? ling of an eye. After the woman's dead body had been extricated from the tree, it was found that a large amount of honey was stowed away in the top, but none of the negroes would touch it on account of the woman's death. Hard on the GoTomor. J. W. Bowden, who is a member of the General Assembly because he was "a Tillman man" in the late campaign, writes to the Cotton Plant as follows: "I am surprised to see Gov. Tillman taken in by a reporter and induced to ex* piess himself about matters of which he evidently knows nothing." This is pretty hard on the Governor of the State. But he "knows nothing" about the sub- treasury because, instead of accepting opinions made and furnish? ed to order, he chooses to think for him? self, and in this instance doesn't happen to think as Mr. Bowden does.?Newberry Observer, ? John Lewis, a mulatto born in Weldon, N. C, left twenty years ago and went North. He is now one of the wealthiest merchant tailors of Boston, Mass., his wealth being estimated at not less than $100,000. He recently pur? chased the farm and homestead of his former master, Dr, Davis, and put it in excellent condition. He offered the prop? erty and the income from it to his old mistress, who is now a widow, but the good lady declined the generous gift. Lewis then settled upon her for life an income sufficient for all her wants, and it is paid to her regularly. Lewis remem? bers her kindness to him when a slave with commendable gratitude. ? A railway across the ocean will be the next enterprise for modern genius to undertake. A French engineer some years ago wrote a paper in which he as? sumed that at a depth of say 600 feet the water of the ocean is of such density that it will sustain any object with can possi? bly be placed upon it, and then proceed? ed to propose the construction of a rail? way across the Atlantic by sinking a con? tinuous line of iron tubes in which a double track could be laid for the running of trains from continent to con? tinent. ? A physician who kept a nightly record of hia pulse for five years reports that every year it falls through the spring until about midsummer, and then rises through the autumn to November or December. Then comes a second fall and a second rise, culminating in Febru? ary. ? Congressman-elect Stewart, of Illi? nois, is the George Francis Train of his town, Aurora, in one respect. Whenever a circus comes along near there he char? ters a special train and takes a lot of children to the show at his own expense. ? A baseball playor at Nashville, Brown County, O., made a successful run, and then, with the remark to the scorers, "Tally one for me," fell over dead. Of course, he was happy and ready to go, He was a baseball player and had scored. ? A baby born to John Noristein, of Lima, 0., five weeks old, does not yet weigh quite two pounds. The little one's body is perfectly formed, and can easily be placed in a common cigar box. The baby is a bright and healthy boy. ? As the 14th of June will be the an? niversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes, the Sons of the American Revolution are urging that the day should have general recognition. ED ? Never ask the devil to dinner urjle I you are willing to take him for a regular boarder. State News. ? Mr. Sam. J. Pickle, who came so near taking his life in Greenville ten days ago, has begun to improve, and it is now thought that he will recover. He says himself that he will get well. ? There iB a general complaint in Pick ens County of a poor stand of cotton and. the farmers say they will not make more than two-thirds of a crop, under the most favorable circumstances. ? In Charleston last Friday a sailor fell from the masthead to the deck of a vessel, a distance of 110 feet and escaped without any injury. The man weighed betwoen 190 and 200 pounds. ? During his revival services in Spar tanburg last week evangelist Fife called a certain drummer a liar. The next night the preacher apologized and said he was sorry his "old carnal nature got on top and asserted itself." ? There are cows and cows, but the best milch cows we have ever heard of are in this County and belong to our friend Pe? ter Bird. He has two cows who give forty gallont of milk a day?at least we are so informed. Next!? Winnsboro Herald. ? The Newberry Oltcrver calls attention to the fact that "Wofford College and Co? lumbia Female College, the two Metho? dist institutions in this State, have nine? teen graduates this year. The boys will graduate the lGth of June and the girls the 13th. ? The Lancaster Ledger says that a short time ago a negro was burning brush on J. C. Elliott's plantation in that County, and was nearly frightened out of his wits by seeing the ground take fire. He reported the fact to Mr. Elliott, who investigated and discovered that he had a mine of sul? phur. ? His many friends in every part of the State will be glad to learn that Judge McGowan's health continues to improve. It now seems that there are yet in store for him years of usefulness to the State and pleasure to his friends. With no backset he will soon be himself again.? Abbeville Frets and Banner. ? The Van Wyck correspondent of the Lancaster Ledger says: "Our postmaster has recently invested in a lot of goats and they have been giving him some trouble in jumping and he saw in some northern paper a sure receipt to keep goats from jumping, so he forwarded one dollar, the price of the receipt, and in a few days the answer came back, "just leave the gate open, and they will walk out instead of Jumping." ? The house of Claud Anderson, sev? eral miles north of Barn well, had a dirt chimney to it early Monday morning, but about midday lightning struck it and tore it up, frightening Claud so badly that he came near tearing up one of his ohildren in an effort to get out of a window after the danger had been passed. He says that on account of the smoke, smell, &c, in the house most any man would have done the same thing. ? Some short time ago we published in these columns a postal card that had been received by the postmaster here from a citizen of Illinois asking information about his son who came South during the war, and was supposed to have located in "Fair field District." The postmaster informs .us that he has received information as to the whereabouts of this long lost son. It will be gratifying to his father to learn that his son is alive and doing well.? Winnsboro Herald. ? It would scarcely be believed but it is the fact, that there is now $1,900 of Con? federate pensions money in the State Treosary awaiting claimants. Comp? troller General Ellerbe received a check this week which..was issued in 1889 by Comptroller-General Vemer. For some reason, not explained, the check was not presented until this time. A rather re? markable fact is that checks have been given against this 81,900 and that the money has not been drawn. ? This seems to be an unparalleled year in the matter of slips of nature in ben and ? goose products. On last Thursday even? ing Mr. Willie McBrayer, of West Green? ville, showed us an egg within an egg, the latest novelty. Upon breaking a large Plymouth Bock egg, the person breaking .the egg was astonished to see a small egg about the size of a partridge egg roll out along with the white and yolk. It was perfectly formed and its shell was as bard as that of the larger one which incased it. ?Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer. ? Rev. D. D. Dantzler, of Holly Hill, pastor of Providence circuit, recently Eicked a plum thorn out of his leg which as been there for thirty-six years. When quite a boy he was gathering plums and the thorn went in his leg just above the ankle. There has been a hard lump in bis leg the length of the thorn ever since. Wednesday morning the place began to itch him and he took his knife to pick the place when the head of the thorn appear? ed, and he then pulled it out. In the thirty-six years it had worked up his leg about six inches. Mr. Dantzler intends preserving the thorn in alcohol. Something Useful. CHERRY SEEDERS and FOWLER'S IMPROVED FLY FAN8. Rvery housekeeper should have one of each. For sale by A. B. TOWERS. DR. A. S. TODD OfFERS his professional services to the people of Anderson and vicinity. Will respond promptly to calls when not en? gaged. Office at Simpson & Son's Drag Store, Hotel Ghiquola. Residence, - 59 I North Main Street. June 4,1891_48 TO RENT. JJROM SEPTEMBER 1st, STORE, Occupied by Cunningham Bros. A, E. A. BELL. June 4,18P1 48 4 THE MAXWELL HORSE. THE above Stallion will stand at J. S. Fowler's Stable, at Anderson, S. C, on Tuesday of each week until the first of July. He is a thoroughbred Hamiltonian, sired by Margin. Terms reasonable. W. F. C OWEN, Pendleton, S. C. June 4, 1891_48_1? OTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Estate of James A. Majors, 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. SILA8 M. MAJORS, JAMES E. HORTON, Executors. June 4, 1891_48_3*_ Sale of Real Estate under Power of Sale. NOTICE is hereby giyen that, under and by virtue of the power conferred upon me by the Mortgage Deed of Elias Taylor to George W. Evans, dated the 5th day of February, 1891, and recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Anderson County, in Mortgage Book 31, at page 634, the undersigned will, on Monday, June 22,1891, daring the usual hours of sale, sell before the Court House door, in the City of Anderson, at public outcry, to the highest bidder for Cash, the following described Real Estate, to wit: All that Lot or Parcel of Land, situate in the City of Anderson, containing one acre, more or less, lying on the East Bide of East Boundary Street, near its Southern termination, bounded by Lots of Julius Thomas, Sr., and others, known as the "Collin's Lot," which was conveyed to Baid Elias Taylor, Mortgagor, by W. H. Frierson, Esq. H. CLAUDE TOWNSEND, Attorney in Fact. June 1,1891_48_3 TO RENT. ST0RE-R00M ON GRANITE ROW NOW occupied by A. B, Towers, For further information apply to LOUIS SHARPE, at Lesaer <fe Co's., Anderson, S C 'May 14,1601_45_ A. C. STRICKLAND. J. P. ANDERSON, Strickland & Anderson, DENTISTS. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. j&* Nitrous Oxide given for painless extraction of teeth. WHERE P ON OB ABOUT TODS BROS. SODA FOUNTAIN. CALL and see their arrangement fur clearing out the pests, and keeping cool at at the same time, and try a glas, of the most refreshing aud cooling drink that can be made at any place or price. t&* ICE CREAM SODA, MILK-SHAKES, SHERBET, SODA WATER, LEMONADE, &c, only 5c. 25 tickets for $1.00. _NO. 4 HOTEL CHIQUOLA,_ We want Twenty-five Turkeys, All the Chickens that come to Town, And 500 dozen Eggs, Within the next ten days, For which we will pay the highest market price in Cash. OUR STOCK OF STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES IS COMPLETE, AND WE WIX/L IVOX BE UNDERSOLD, We have BUCKWHEAT SEED for sale. Poultry misers should sow it for pasturage for their fowls. D. S. MAXWELL & SON, No. 5 Chiquola Place. AT THE LADIES' STORE. A $12,000 Stock of Goods going at Cost for the next Sixty Days Only. InTENDING to make an extensive change in our business we d??ire to sell out our entire Stock at ACTUAL COST. Our customers will ficd BARGAINS in every Department, and when we use the word COST, that i* exactly WHAT WE MEAN. Limited space forbids a quotation of prices, but an cxaminaiiuti will prove that, with us, this is no mere idle phrase. A big line of Shoes, Hosiery, Cuisets. and all kinds of Notions and Millinery Goods, together with a huge Stock of Dress Goods, will be thrown on tue market regardless of any profit whatever. S6F Everybody is invited to make compariions with our goods and prices, and be convinced that we are in earnest. Very sincerely, MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. smbeiTto death! For Money ! ?ree* 1 i .x t Particulars of the Killing; of a great Money Maker in Anderson! The Old Man Dies without a Will, and his Slayer gets the Benefit! HERE'S THE STORY IS A NUT SHELL! ON the night of May 7th, just as the clock struck twelve, the agonizing cries of an old man in death were heard near, the TEN CENT STORE. We soon learned that it was Old Man Price dying from a stab in the heart. His old enemy had triad swords with him, and oucceeded in drawing his heart's blood. The deed was done by the lame man who killed Price's eldest son two years ago. Old Mr. Price was a very good old man in his way, but his name has been abused by bis children; for it must be remembered that Mr. High Price commit* ted various depredations in his time on the unsus? pecting public. But now the old original Price him? self is gone, and who did it ? Why, the indefatigable C. S. MINOR AND THE TEN CENT STORE, who are always in the ring for the people. But this time they are fighting for themselves. They're struck a knot, and can't saw through. They need the scads, and they must have them. Yes, they have determined that competition shall die the same death that the Messrs. Price. Or if not this, starva? tion is his lot. They begin today putting? Big Goods at Little Figures, without consideration of Price. Yours, hard run for money, - C. S. MINOR and TEN CENT STOBE. P. S.-We have contracted for fifty groii-7,200-MASON'S FRUIT JARS, which must be sold this season. JELLY TUMBLERS cheaper than ever. Up, 21 South Main St., Anderson, S. C. HOW TO FILL YOUR PANTRY. BUY Canned English Peas 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 Kingan Reliable Hams Cheap, Buy Excelsior Flour Cheap. I. Buy EVERYTHING in the Grocery line cheap, And from << Wholesale and Retail Grocer, Andorcon, S C as o CO Winthrop Training School for Teachers, COLUMBIA, S. ?. THOROUGH Normal instruction and practice iu 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, July 2. Address D. B. JOHNSON, Superintendent, Columbia, S. C. May 21,1891_48_6_ OPEN LETTER TO EVERYBODY. E .AVING decided to change my busi? ness, I will for the next sixty days Bell my Goods at REDUCED PRICES, and Borne I will sell at and BELOW COST. If you want bargains come and see me. I have in stpek a splendid line of? Hats, Crockery and Glassware, Hardware, Shoes, Cottonade, Jeans, Oassimeres, Calico, Muslin, Ginghams, Hosiery, And other Dry Goods. Sugar, Coffee, Finest Muscovado and New Orleans Molasses, Finest Tea in the market. I invite persons wishing to buy any thing in my line to give me a call. Respectfully yours, A.. B. TOWERSi P. S.?A fine assortment of WALL PAPER. DO WOT DELAY, As delays are dangerous. I am still In the Insurance Business. Call on me and have your property insured before it is too late, and your house and furniture is in asbei. Assets represented $12,760,890. A, B. TOWERS, Insurance Agent. S T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ? Anderson Codntt. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, J. D..McElroy has applied to me to grant him Letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of W. L. Milam, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said W. L. Milam, deceased, to bo and ap Eear before me in Court of Probate, to be eld at Anderson Court House, on the 12th day of June, 1891, after publication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration sbonld not be granted. Given under my hand this 26th day of May, 1891. W. P. COX, Judge of Probate. May 28, 1891 47 '2 THE STATE OF SCUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. Hugh Robinson, as Surviving Executor of the last Will and Testament of Z. Hall, deceased, Fe't tlonor, against Lou. J. McFall, S. E. Cater, Voshtl Keys, Kittle Ayer, Baylia 'R. Clark, Lou. Montgomery, Juliet Henderson, S. Tommle Lan? der, net ?. Tommle Hall, Eugenia Bell, net Eu? genia Mynlck, Joe Lee Ewell, nee Joe Leo Bur? rlss, Harvey Rurrlss, Charley Burriss. Willlo Burrlss, T. L. Clinkscales, as Executor of Hattlo Swilling, deceased, Belle Parker. Willlo Z. Mc Gee ana Tabitha Hall, Defendants.?Summoas for Relief?Complaint Served. To the Defendants above naMcd: YOU aro hereby summoned and required to an? swer the Petition in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to servo a copy of your answer to tho said Petition on tho subscribers at their office, Anderson C. H., S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of tho day of such service; and if you fall to answer the Petition within the time aforesaid, the petitioner iu this action will apply to tho Court for tho relief demanded i > Petition. Dated Anderson, S. C, May 22, A. D. 1891. MURRAY & MURRAY, Attornoys Pr?. Pet. [skal] W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. To the above named Defendants, Kittle Ayer, Lou Montgomery, Juliet Hendorson, S.TonimleLan? der, Eugenia Bell, Joe Leo Ewell, Harvoy Burriss, Charley Burrlss, Willie Burrisi and Bolle Parker; Take notico that tho Summons in this action, of which the foregoing is a cony, and the Petition herein, were filed in tho office of the Probate Court for the County of Anderson, in the State of South Carolina, on tho 22nd day of May, A.D. 1191. Anderson, May 22nd, A. D. 1891. MURRAY L MURRAY, Attorneys Pro. Pet., Anderson, S. C. To the Dofendaufi named in the foregoing stated action: Take notice that tho object of this action, in which a Summons la herewith served upon you, is to obtain a Final Sottlomont of the Estato of Z. Hall deceased, by Hugh Robinson, Surviving Ex? ecutor, aud his dlschario as Executor and affocU the property of said Estate. No personal claim is made against you. Attorneys Pro. P?t Mflj 2S, 1801 il ? 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. WE DON'T WANT THE EARTH! And it Fenced, even with, our "wire FEisraiiTa-1 But we do want you to Know that we still Live and have a OUR TERRELL SWEEP Is as good as erer, and so it THE VICTOR SWEEP. THE JONES FENDER, OF which we told you in last week's local column, and a cut of which we give today, is tbe greatest "HOEING MACHINE" in the country. CALL TO SEE US WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED OF Hoes, Plows, Iron, Steel, Grain Cradles. WE WILL DO OUR BEST FOR TOU. Youn truly, CUNNINGHAM BROS., 46 Court House Square, Anderson, S. C. 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 lino of BLIOX CASHMERES, HENRIETTAS and MOHAIRS that can't be beat in the city. HOSIERY. Our line of Hosiery for Ladies, Misses, Children and Gents U immens*. NOTIONS. A large line of Notions of all kinds. TABLE LINENS, DAMASK, TOWELS, &o. FLANNELS A.T COST. We .are agents for Ferris Bros.! GOOD SENSE CORSET and Hall'? BAZAR FORMS. TO THE LADIES. We extend a moit cordial invitation to call and :nipect our entire ltoek, as we will take pleasure in showing you through, and will guarantee to sell you as cheap as anybody. Promising you prompt and polite attention, We are yours truly, SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY. ANOTHER CUTTING SCRAPE. THE PRICES OJV PICTURE FRAMES, NOVELS, And all the rest of our Stock has been dangerously stabbed. Come at once and secure bargains, for we are offering real bargains in our line. WATKINS' BOOK STORE. J. N. "WATKINS, Proprietor.