The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 18, 1891, Image 2
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?Ijhe ? railroad canvassers report 30,599
; acxea" planted In melons in South Georgia,
'orchis expected to reach 10,200 car
^^ jKa?^^?iid will be little, if any, larger
" tjianiast year's yield. Shipments are now
nag made. A3 the fruit crop up North
will be short, good prices are expected.
' J^Ctei^V; E. McBee, of Greenville, has
p^been1 made general Superintendent of the
g^Georgia Central system of railroads, and
I piictically taken charge of his new
position'. Col. McBee is "one of the most
^/ .' practical and efficient railroad men of the
fcgxSouth, and by energy and hard work has
gradually worked himself up to this im
fcy poit?ni position. We extend our con
^^gratuhitionB to the Colonel.
? To-day, (Thursday), the whole South
^l^:be,engaged in the generous plan of
' 'subscribing funds for the erection of a
monument In honor of Jefferson DaviB,
?..the leider of the cause for which onr
i fought and died. Let every body
Ipin.this free-will offering. The South
)uld respond to this call as she did to
10 bugle blast in 'CO?with unanimity,
i Subscriptions may be left at this office,
and we request the drag-stores to receive
suhgcriptiono, also. Let the monument
he built Hurrah for Dixie I
Jl^Gnje af the planks in the platform of
e:; "People's party," declares for eight
hours as a day's work. -What would fce
o-of the cotton.and tobacco fields of
South, if the planter's hands only
_J|^ed eight hours a day ? If he did not
* commence work until 6 o'clock, he would,
allowing one hour for dinner, quit ivork
llgp^-.3' O'clock, p. tri. Adopt this system,
yil and both the land owner and laborer
would starve. .Thissystem may work well
vr?^iB.;&e"^tories,-pf the North, but the
'^fetj; suggestion of applying it to the farm,
^ffiows; that thet.ieaders of the party are
matics and fools.
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^?n:Wednead?y^Oth inst., Col. E. W.
ipson, Executor of the estate of the
ate Thon. G. Olemson, in accordance with
; the will and the Acts of the Legislature,
made a complete and satisfactory aettle
^i^menfe with Miss Lee, the only heir, by
delivering to her the table silver, apprais
. ! ed at $1,800, the nine handsome family
\ portraits, and $15,000 in cash. In her re?
ceipt. Miss Lee not only acknowledges
?<'?' y payment in full of her legacy, but releases
? .the Executor and the estate of Mr.
Y Clemson from all claims she has or may
; ''have or any matter or thing whatsoever.
. This, forever settles what was generally
believed would be a big contest in the
pj^C&rirts, and insures the State all the
l^^gbis in the property which has been
ffilisraaed to it
1
?Ep.President Polk, of the National Far
i^ ' ' mers" Alliance, has issued a circular to all
??:-State Alliances requesting them to make
arrangements for holding a number of
, \7Jaas8 meetings, one in each Congressional
? District, some day early in September. It
is a part of the. plan to have these Dis?
trict meetings followed by County meet
v- inga, in order to give all- an opportunity
?-^^iattend and participate in the boom
^,- wliich Mr. Polk and others will attempt
to give the new "People's Party." Mr.
^^Polk may succeed in booming his new
party in the West and Northwest, but in
./Sonth Carolina he will have comparative?
ly few followers from the Alliance ranks.
;V\ In Anderson County the members of the
s^?fliance, with'a few exceptions, are true
y V. and tried Democrats, and we believe they
? - will forsake the Alliance before they will
it^Yever turn their backs upon the Democrat?
ize party. ._
vJones, -the brutal murderer, who shot
.dead the three Presslys in Edgefield
County in 1886, has just passed through
his sixth trial, and been convicted of no
v, higher crime than that of manslaughter,
which is a penitentiary offence, and for
- which he will wear the stripes ? years.
H He was tried five times at Edgefield Court
:f ^ Honse, bnt a change of venne was se?
cured, and the sixth trial was held in
? Lexington County with the above result.
jH Justice has been outraged at the hands of
these six juries?seventy-two "good and
- true men"?and South Carolina has been
w-.
disgraced. When this triple murderer,
-^fee-slayer of-a palBied old man and his
two sons, who were quietly at work, and
had given no provocation, escapes the
hangman's rope, why not abolish the
' gallows, and fall back on the Indian cus?
tom of leaving it to the next of kin to
^"irerenge the dead man's murder on the
y ^murderer? Is the rottenness in "Den?
mark" or among the juries ? "Reform"
is needed somewhere, if this is the esti?
mate put upon human life in Sonth
Carolina; and the reform needed is in
the universal cultivation of greater re?
ligions and moral* influences and ideas,
and a just abomination of all vices and
crimes, and the laying aside of that pu?
sillanimous sentimental nonsense that
capital puni' ment is not a fit institution
; for a civiliz country.
Sir Will a Gordou-Cumming, a mem?
ber of Er and's nobility and an officer
'. in the C .n's army, was the plaintiff in
?-ariibel s1 last week, having sued some
parties ft reporting bim as having cheat
Is^ ed at a g?.me of cardB called baccarat, at
-\ which he and the Prince of Wales and
? some others were playing for stakes.
The Prince was put on the witness stand
and testified against the plaintiff. Sir
William Clark, plaintiff's counsel, dealt
with the Prince with gloves off, and the
ish people were treated to the rare
BightT.of seeing the Prince, their pro?
spective King, wince and cringe under the
just denunciation and rebuke of one who
had risen to his eminent position as a
lawyer from the lowly walks of life,
while the Prince was testifying a juryman
distinguished himself by asking him some
questions that rather confused the royal
W&ceas. The trial occupied several day?,
and the jury gave a verdict against Gor?
don-Camming after a consultation of fif?
teen minutes, which meant that this dis?
tinguished man was guilty of cheating at
cards. The result has been that Sir
^?William has resigned from all the clubs
g| to which he belonged and has been cash?
iered from the army. Great indignation
f la entertained against this gambling party,
and especially against the Prince of
- Wales, and he may have reason to bitter?
ly regret the disgraceful affair, which
f only convinces the people more firmly
_*4bat the heir apparent numbers profes
f" f sional gambling among his numerous
vices, and is unfit for the exalted position
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the death of his mother will give him.
The English press have been severe in
their criticism on the Prince's conduct,
and call for his removal from the army as
an officer. The Queen is reported to be
greatly mortified at the affair, and espe?
cially at her son's share in it..
ANDERSON A CITY.
A census bulletin has recently been is?
sued by the census bureau giving the
population of our State by Counties, and
of "twenty cities and towns, in the order
of their rank." Anderson comes under
the head of "towns" on this list and is
fourth on the list. According to this
bulletin Anderson is a "town" of "3,018"
persons.
As a matter of fact, Anderson is a city,
and has been for a number of years, and
wears her honors well. Our Mayor and
Chief of Police assure us that at present
4,000 inhabitants can be found within the
incorporate limits of the city, as a recent
count hasBhown.
It is a little singular and amusing that
the census represents Anderson as "cab?
ined, cribbed, confined, bound in" by the
limits of a "town," with Newberry, Flor?
ence, Camden and Beaufort, as larger
towns than she.
Meanwhile, Anderson is still growing,
building factories, increasing her business
and happy in the prospect of the proba?
ble early establishment of the State In?
dustrial School in her midst.
MB. THACKSTON'S WAY OF RUNNING
A NEWSPAPER
Mr. ThackBton, Chief Clerk in the
office of the Superintendent of Educa?
tion, has been shown up in a shadowy
piece of business, and it is by no means
sure that the Superintendent himself is
hot surrounded by the same mist.
The matter, in brief, is this: Mr.
Thackston is editor and owner of the
Palmetto School Journal, and wantB to
draw its financial support from the pock?
ets of the taxpayers of the State. In
doing this, he claims to be acting under
a resolution passed by the State Boaid of
Education, which resolution Mr. May
. field, the Superintendent of Education,
who is a members of the Board, and was
present at its late meeting, disclaims any
knowledge of, and doubts its existence.
Mr. Thackston's cunning little plan is
fully explained in the following para?
graph clipped from a circular letter which
he has issued to the'various School Com?
missioners, of whom he wishes to make
cats' paws in this money-making scheme:
"The State Board, with ourselves, most
earnestly desire that every trustee should
receive the Journal, and by resolution of
the State Board trustees are authorized
to subscribe for the same and issue an
order on county treasurer in payment for
same."
Now, be it remembered, the existence
of the resolution in question is denied on
good authority; granting, however, that
it was passed, wouldn't you like to see
the law empowering the State Board to
authorize county treasurers to pay a trus?
tee's or anybody's subscription to a paper?
if that is law, wouldn't you like to have it
extended over your case, so your subscrip?
tion to the Intelligencer could be paid
by "an order on County Treasurer ?" If
it is not law, and no such resolution was
passed by the Board, wouldn't it be
proper to have a commission de lunatico
inquirendo appointed to determine the
true nature of Mr. Thackston's halluci?
nation ?
If it is so important that every school
trustee in the State should have a copy
of Mr. Thackston's paper that a tax must
be levied on the people to insure them
getting it, we want the resolution broad?
ened so as to include every teacher in the
State, for we conceive that they stand
more in need of a school journal than the
trustees.
Mr. May field denies any knowledge of
this action on the part of his clerk, but
it is not sure he is so densely ignorant of
the affair, for he edits a department in
the paper. Besides, we think more than
his bare statement is needed in certain
quarters hereabouts to make his declara?
tions pass current. Isn't it a fact that
Mr. Mayfield's election was due to the
fact that he promised the position of
chief clerk in his office to a certain gen?
tleman, but after bis election denied the
promise, and appointed Mr. Thackston ?
Our School Commissioner has called
for light on the subject, for he is unwill?
ing to sign a paper which would author?
ize the drawing of money from the
County treasury on a resolution which he
believes doesn't exist, or if it does, has
not the sanction of law to authorize it?
Mr. Thackston, we think you will find
that South Carolina is not in the business
of extending special privileges to any
citizen or class of citizens, and you will
soon realize that the "best laid plans of
mice and men gang aft aglee."
What Sam Jones Says.
Rev. Sam Jones was in the Constitution
office the other day, and after handing in
a communication on evangelists and
meetings for men only, he remained a
few minutes chatting with the editorial
force.
As usual, he said a good many bright
things, and here are some of them:
When asked whether the alliancemen
of Texas were likely to go into the third
party, he said:
"I have been watching that thing a
good deal, and my opinion is that the
alliancemen are not paying much atten?
tion to anything but what the leaders tell
them. Whatever the leaders advise, they
will be apt to do. If the leaders in the
Southern States advise them to go into
the third party, I believe they will go.
"The Alliance has my sympathy, but it
won't get there. I said in a public speech
in Mississippi, that every time the old
parties played the rascal the farmers
played the fool, and the fool gets left ev?
ery time.
"The Democrats will win, I reckon. If
they get the whiskey crowd they'll put up
the money, and that makes the mare go.
I wish to God the Democratic and Re?
publican parties were both wiped from
the face of the earth, but I'll never see it.
The Republicans may die out, but when
the last day comes they will be burning
Democrats. The Democratic party has
the principles that are at the foundation
of this government, and whatever good
there is in other parties came from the
Democrats. Old Thomas Jefferson was a
broad minded man. But Jeffersonian
Democracy is one thing in one place and
another thing in another place."
About the sub-treasury plan Mr. Jones
remarked: "Pin its ears back and grease
it, and it is the easiest thing in the world
to swallow. Grease it with green grease,
I mean. That makes things look right.
I saw a fellow the other day talking about
the whiskey business, and had a card the
size of an envelope. On it he had in big
letters: 'WRONG/ He held it up and
said, 'You see that ? You see "wrong" on
it.' Then he put a five dollar bill over it
and held it up. 'Now,' he says, ''you can't
see it. It's there, but yon can't tell it."
That's the way it is with a heap of things
?put money on it and it looks all right.
Senator George is talking more good sense
to the farmers than any man I know."?
Atlanta Constitution,_
? The product of gold in the United
States the last sixteen years has aggre?
gated the enormous amount of $572,900,
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BILL ARP'S CIIAT.
The Dlfl'erenco in Travel Now aud Long
Ago.
Atlanta Constitution,
Kansas City, Mo., June 13.?It ia
not so far after all. Distance is now
counted by hours, and not by miles, A
man can leave Atlanta at 8 o'clock iu the
morning and reach Kansas City by 6
o'clock in the afternoon of the next day.
Many years ago, when the people of
Oregon asked for a territorial govern?
ment, Daniel Webster opposed it on the
ground that the territorial delegate could
not get to Washington city before his
term of office expired. I remember when
it took my father two months to make
the journey from Boston to Georgia. He
never crossed a railroad, for there was
none to cross. I remember when Texas
was considered the jumping-off place?
the endof the earth?and going there
was environed with as many perils as was
Stanley's exploration of Africa. Since I
left home I have traveled in Georgia,
Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois,
Indiana, Missouri and Kansas, aud it
took only thirty-two hours to do it. I
found the great State all afloat from St.
Louis to its western border. It has been
raining for two weeks with not a day's
intermission and the farmers were alarm
ed for their grain crop. Such a crop I
never saw in my life. Such an unbroken
stretch of heavy wheat as was ever in
sight of the 300 miles of railway. It
seemed to me enough to bread the world
for a year, and the Kansas crop has been
put down at 50,000,000 bushels more.
Verily the poor will have cheap bread if
no disaster comes. But even now before
the grain is turning there are cowlicks
in almost every field and where the grain
is heaviest the fall-down is the worst.
To day the sun shines and the heat comes
down in the good old-fashioned way, and
everybody is happy. It is all right now,
they say, and the crop is safe. This is
not a prairie country, nor is it a broken
or mountainous country. It is more like
middle Georgia used to be when her
lands were fresh?a high aud gently
rolling country that drains itself and does
not wash. There is but little forest, but
the trees are the same?the old, familiar
oaks on the high lands, and populars,
walnuts, ash and elm trees in the low
grounds. The distant farmhouses were
surrounded with fruit trees interspersed
with the tall and graceful lombardy pop?
lars that pointed heavenward like the
spires of the city churches. Our route
was for 100 miles along the banks of the
great Missouri upon whose bosom hun?
dreds of steamboats used to bear their
burdens, but not now. The reign of the
(steamboat has passed?I saw but two
during the day and they were small, ugly
crafts and were loaded with wood. This
fast age will not wait on paddle wheels.
The Kansas beef must get to New York
with dispatch, and the Georgia water?
melons must be hurried away to Kansas
j City. A lady remarked to me that she
supplied her table every day with the
I luxuries of every State, aud they were
about as good as where they wore grown.
I see in the market the most perfect and
beautiful peaches, and they seemed to
me as fresh and luscious as if just pulled
from the trees in Texas, where they came
from.
But the transportation problem is not
yet solved, Corn is 50 cents a bushel
here and $1.10 in Atlanta. It looks like
the difference is too great, considering
how cheap the railroads can cany freight
on long hauls.
Kansas City is a brand new town and
most beautifully laid out. The streets
are paved like Pennsylvania avenue in
Washington, Their street car lines are
all cable lines, with perhaps one excep?
tion, and the metalic ring of the wire
ropes underneath the ground makes
pleasant music, and sounds like the
humming of bees in the corn tassels.
These lines connect by transfer, and you
can ride ten miles upon them for a nickel.
The suburban residences are beautiful,
and I faiied to find any place where the
Soor folks lived. There are no slums or
irty hollows, and it seemed to me that
the large majority of the inhabitants were
either rich or in comfortable circumstan?
ces. "Are all these beautiful homes paid
for?" I asked, "Not altogether," said
my friend. "The constitutional mortgage
is upon most of them. This mortgage is
a feature of the great west, and makes the
place healthy and the man diligent.
Everything is moved here by mortgages.
Our records were examined not long ago
and the mortgages foote'd up $100,000,000
in Kansas City." "Where does the
loaned money come from 7" said 1,
"Mostly from Boston and the east," said
he. You read a good deal about the
Kansas mortgages on the farms, but
those very mortgages have built up aud
developed the country and the farmer
has got the benefit without interest.
Most of them had nothing to start on and
they have managed to keep their farms
for six or eight or ten years and if they
have to give them up they generally find
a new creditor who will try them again.
They are not in the pitiful condition you
read about, but they belong to the
Alliance and will kick up a dust among
the politicians. What they want or will
try to do to better their conditions has
not yet developed, but a man with a big
debt hanging over his home has no par?
ticular attachments to the old parties and
is ready to join a new one that will prom?
ise him relief. The Alliance will sweep
this country for a time, but what it will
accomplish remains to be seen.
I visited the great packing houses here
and was amazed at the magnitude and
perfection of this butchering business. I
wished to see it one time and that is
enough. It is like our desire to see a
hanging?one sight is enough and will
last us a lifetime. What a life it is for a
man to take life every minute of the day.
There he stands with his great muscular
arm and his long double-edged knife,
and every minute strikes the heart of a
hog as it is swung along before him.
The hoga are suspended by one leg and
moved along by roller machinery, and
they are ever coming with life and going
away struggling and bleeding with death.
The juicy canvassed ham that adorns our
i dinner table has passed this horrible
ordeal, and I fear that I will not be able
to forget it. I met a fine old gentleman
who is a vegetarian and would abolish
the whole business if he could. He
believes it a Bin to kill any one of God's
living creatures for food. Well, I admire
his humanity and I have observed that
when a man grows old he is inclined that
way. When teeth and appetite decay
vegetable food is the best for a man.
; Milk is good for the baby and so when
! our second childhood comes over us we
I neither need nor care for animal food.
! This butchering will go on, I reckon, and
a. man said to me that if we didn't kill up
' the cattle and the hogs they would mnlti
i ply into millions and billions and take
the country and eat up all the vegetables
and the vegetarians, too.
I have not yet found Liberty, but will
to-morrow. I came through Indepen?
dence, and it is in Jackson County. I
met a friend who said he was born in
Independence, land married in Liberty,
and his children turned out to be rebels
of the strongest type. These people came
originally from Virginia and Maryland,
and some from North Carolina. They
are of the old .cavalier stock and raised a
powerful rumpus during the late rebel?
lion. Bui ainco then immigration has
brought in a new set and they have all
harmonized and are getting along like
brothers, ?>o mote it be.
_Bill A pp.
? The Texas Farmers' Alliance 1b
divided into two hostile camps, one led
by the Macune faction, which is accused
of using the organization to promote its
political fortunes, and the other by the
conservative element, for whom the
Democratic party is good enough, and
who do not wish to have the Alliance
used as a political machine. Last No?
vember Governor Hogg, of Texas, was
elected on the Alliance ticket, but his
course in office has been such that the
recent meeting at Waco, led by Macune,
denounced him as a traitor.
? Mrs. RoBeta R. Hostetter, of Pitts
burg, is one of the five richest women in
America. She is the widow of the man?
ufacturer of the celebrated bitters and
enjoys an income larger than that of
most crowned heads. She travels a great
deal and is accompanied only b; laid
and a secretary, who assists her in . -Jug
care of the $20,000,000 her husband Ifcft,
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Hammonton, N. J., June 12.?During
a thunder storm to-day lightning came
down the chimney killing Dan Cross and
his two little daughters, aged 12 and 14
years.
Ninety Six, Jupe 11.?Mr. Henry
Parkm?n, a well-to-do young farmer of
Edgefield, living twelve miles below here,
Sunday evening was struck and instant?
ly killed by lightning. When discovered
his clothes were on fire. HeleaveB a wife
and five children.
Birmingham, June 11.?John Thom
as, 17 years old, met a horrible death at a
saw mill near Marion yesterday. He was
working around the saw, when he stepped
ou a log that rolled from under him.
His body came down on the saw, revolv?
ing at full speed, and his body was cut
completely in two parts through the
stomach.
Waycross, Ga., June 11.?Willie,
the fourteen -year-old Bon of Mr. J. W.
Leigh, whilo picking berries on the Sth
instant back of his father's field, was
bitten on the leg by a large rattlesnake
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, near
Folkston, Ga. He died the following
morning at 5:30 o'clock.
Bloomington, III., June 22.?Nearly
one hundred children and others were
poisoned by ice cream eaten at a festival
at the Christian Mission Church od
Wednesday evening, and several had
narrow escapes and suffered greatly.
Similar experience followed the reception
at the home of the Hon. Jas. E. Ewing,
following the marriage of Swing's daugh?
ter. A number of guests who partook
of the banquet have since become vio?
lently ill. The guests of other recent
social gatherings have been similarly
attacked, and much excitement resulted.
Montgomery, Ala., June 12.?Hon.
J. N. Gilchrist, a prominent young mem?
ber of the legislature from Montgomery
County, committed suicide at the Mer?
chants' hotel here this morning. He
was found in hia room about 3 o'clock,
unconscious, by a bell boy. Physicians
were summoned, but he never rallied.
He left a note addressed to his father,
Colonel J. G. Gilchrist, bidding him
goodby, asking his forgiveness for his
act, and giving as a reason for his deter?
mination to take his own life that he
preferred death to a dissipated life. He
had been drinking hard recently, and
had become desperate.
Ringgold, Ga., June 12.?While Mrs.
Laura Trimmier was out in her flower
garden watering flowers, she chanced to
look up in a tree, and saw a sight once
seen never to be forgotten. It was a
covey of about fifteen birds around a
snake. The snake had stealthily crawled
up the tree and charmed the little birds.
After looking a few moments at the
reptile Mrs. Trimmier decided to "fix"
him. So she went into the house and
procuring her husband's shotgun, repair?
ed to the battle ground, and taking good
aim, she fired. The snake tumbled out
of the tree dead, but she gave him the
other barrel just for luck. His anakeship
measured exactly five feet and one inch.
He was immediately hung up for rain.
Altoona, Pa., June 12.?While com?
ing down the mountain from Lloydsville
to Bellwood, on the Pennsylvania and
Northwestern Railroad, last midnight, a
heavy coal train got beyond control, and,
dashing down the grade at a fearful rate
of speed, was piled up and smashed into
kindling wood at the curve on the side of
a deep ravine, three miles north of Bell
wood. The engine and twenty-five cars
loaded with coal lay piled up in a mass
of broken wood and twisted iron at the
bottom of the ravine, and among the
debriB were the bodies of the conductor,
engineer and one brakeman with almoat
the semblance of humanity crushed out
of them. Other train hands escaped
with their lives, but all were more or less
injured.
Birmingham, Ala., June 10.?A spe?
cial from Scottsboro to the Age-Herald
tells a horrible story. This morning Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Young, who live near the
Tennessee River, started to the field to
plant corn. Nothing was heard of them
until just before noon, when their ten
year-old daughter started to the field
with dinner for her father. On the way
she found the corpse of her mother lying
by the path with a horrible gash on her
forehead, seemingly made byarock. Her
husband could nowhere be found. The
last seen of him was by a boy, who saw
him in the woods Bometime after the deed
skinning the bark from a hickory sapling.
He was presumably preparing to hang
himself. He has been known to be un?
balanced mentally, but it had never
taken the form of enmity toward his
wife.
Third Party In Georgia.
Atlanta, June 9.?The Southern
Farmers' Alliance official organ, the State
Alliance, hits straight from the shoulder
when it says;
"Unless a great change takes place in
Kublic sentiment every influence com
ined cannot keep the farmers of Georgia
from going into a new party. It seems
to us inevitable. The Alliance lecturers
we have recently seen report the people
as being unanimous on this issue. The
only opposition you find is in the towns
and cities. There ia no use in disguising
facts. We see but little chance of Geor?
gia going Democratic in 1892. We don't
know what changes may occur before
that time, but there is a mighty upheaval
of the people now in favor of a new party.
Our farmers say that the Western Alli?
ance men have stood by their every prom?
ise, and they are going to do their part
as well.
"You may just as well try and change
the course of the wind by talking to it as
to argue with a Georgia Allianceman
against a new party. They Bay the
Democratic party has done nothing for
their relief, and they intend hereafter to
rely on their own exertions. They say
when they elected Grover Cleveland
President he vetoed the silver bill and
fastened the shackles of Wall street more
tightly upon them ; and now the politi?
cians are trying to force him upon them
as a candidate.
Qf the hundreds of farmers we have re?
cently conversed with, without a single
exception, they are advocates of a new
party. We know that this information
is unpalatable to our Democratic friends,
but it i? certainly true, and any man who
will take the trouble to interview farmers
and inform himself will so discover. It
is going to take big concessions and hard
work from the Democrats to secure the
Alliance support in Georgia. It can
never be done by abuse and ridicule, and
the selection of Cleveland as standard
bearer."
Swnm the River five Times.
Augusta, Ga., June 9? Henry Ham?
mond swam the Savannah River five times
this afternoon on a wager in the presence
of a large concourse of people on the Au?
gusta bank and in boats on the stream.
The recent rains bad swollen the river
and chilled the water, which added
greatly to the arduousness of the under?
taking. He had to cross five times be?
tween two given points, and apart from
the distance the difficulty was to keep
from being carried by thp current below
the prescribed boundary. He swam about
11 miles, and was in the water just one
hour.
He made the trip without much effort
Until the last crossing, and when the goal
was reached he was too exhausted to
stand. Mr. Hammond is a couain of the
late Henry Lamar, of foot ball fame, and
is quite an athlete. He refused to accept
the $50 from the youDg man with whom
he had the bet, and says he did it Bimply
to show that he could do what was being
declared an impossible feat,
? In Southern Arizona and Northern
Mexico there grows a plant from which
rope and twine that will almost never
wear out can be made. It is the mescal
plant. They are like cabbages, and on a
large stalk that grows up alongside the
head are long-stemmed leaves with sharp,
hard-pointed ends. The soft part of the
leaf can be removed and the stem stretch?
ed out to four or five feet, it is bo elastic,
The thread is as strong as wire. Ropes
and heavy twine can be made from the
plant that will be almost as strong as a
steel wire cable.
Cedar Grove Items.
"General Green" seems to be rallyirjg
his forces witb all power agaiost the far?
mers.
iThe pa9tor of the Cedar Groye Church
preached one of his best sermons to a large
congregation last Sunday.
Mr. Willis Laboon and wife have been
visiting relatives in this section.
The only child of Mr. and Mrs. N.
Poore died on Sunday, 14th inst., aged
about one year. It was buried at big
Creek on Monday.
Mr. J. J. Copeland bought a new organ
last week.
The corn crop or this section is fine, and
if some of our farmers would work their
grass a little they would not have to buy
so much hay next year. Oats and wheat
are very good, though we are not having a
favorable time to harvest them.
We must have a singing school at Ce?
dar Grove, and it is time our people were
making arrangements for it.
Baldhead.
Belton Items.
Mr. W. A. Geer is still in the stock busi?
ness in Belton, and he has been doing a
good business. He sold two horses Mon?
day.
Mr. Ki Geer, the efficient proprietor of
the McGee House, has the finest garden
that your correspondent lias seen in many
a day. Mr. G. knows how to cultivate a
garden as well as to run a hotel and mer?
chandise; but it has been suggested that
Mr. Wash McGee had something to do with
that fine garden. "Honor to whom honor
is due."
The trustees, patrons and friends of the
Belton High School are requested to meet
at the Academy next Friday morning at
8i o'clock to witness a part of the closing
exercises of the school. Several classes
will be publicly examined on that day. It
will be expected for the patrons to take a
basket along with them, and have a basket
pic nie. Several classes, also, will be ex?
amined on Thursday, 18th inst., and the
Satrons and friends of the school are cor
ially invited to be present. On Thursday
night, at Stringer's Hall, there will be de?
clamations, recitations and dialogues by
the younger pupils of the school, On Fri?
day night the programme will consist of
music, speeches, essays, recitations and
dramas by the larger pupils. Thiee gold
medals will be delivered for excellence in
elocution, composition and deportment
by Mr. C. Wardlaw.
Miss Emma Blackwell and Mrs. T. C.
Poore, of Darlington, are visiting friends
and relatives of Belton and vicinity.
Rev. Mr. Stoll preached two very elo?
quent and edifying sermons here last Sun?
day and Sunday night.
Mrs. Harris, of Texas, is spending the
Summer in our town, the guest of Mrs.
and Dr. Geo. Brown. _
Miss Hattle Lee, of Walhalla, is visit?
ing her brother, Mr. W. C. Lee, of Belton,
Mrs. W. A. Mathieson is spending the
Summer at the Belton Hotel. Mrs. M. is
from Portsmouth, Va.
Misses Dot and Jessie Dean, of Spartan
burg, are visiting the family of Mr. A. C.
Latimer.
We are always glad to see visitors and
new-comers to our pleasant and enterpris -
ingtown._ S. T. J.
Moaeley Dots.
The harvest is now ready and the labor?
ers are few. If you have any loafers loaf?
ing around the County seat, Mr. Editor,
go out and compell them to come and
lend a helping hand, for the grass is
gaining on us.
The orops are looking well in our com?
munity, especially the corn crop. The
farmers are taking more interest in the
corn crop this year than usual. We think
it agood plan.
We are glad to hear of our Georgia
friend Terrell's good luck, and sorry we
were not born lucky ourselves. He
claims to have found in the earth a box
containing four thousand dollars in gold.
Mr. Terrel is an aspiring young; man.
The box is supposed to have been hidden
near one hundred years ago. Lock is a
fortune.
The good people of Barnes' Station had
the public well cleaned out last Friday.
R. P. Martin, of Moseley, has been ap?
pointed a Notary Publio.
We are glad to learn that the plans have
been arranged for the erection of a new
Methodist Church at Barnes. We wish
them success, and hope the people will
take an active part in the erection.
We are sorry to hear of the Berious
affliction of Mrs. Morgan. She has been
sick for some time, and seems to be no
better.
Miss Onie Martin, who has been attend?
ing school at Williamston, is at home,
where she expects to spend several
months before she returns.
Mrs. Giles, of Seneca, has been spending
a few days with her mother and friends in
this community.
We join the many friends of Mr. Watt,
of Deans, in mourning the loss of a good
man and wife. Mr. Watt was loved by
the people at this community, for in. his
early life he was one of our number.
There is considerable sickness in our
community.
Mr. William Hays lost one of his dear
little ones a few days ago by the icy hand
of death. His wife is also very sick. The
remains of the child were laid away in
the cemetery at Good Hope Church on last
Friday.
Mr. W. N. Eeaton had the bad luck of
losing a fine mule a few days ago.
There was considerable excitement a
few days ago, caused by a mad dog passing
through our neighborhood, biting several
dogs.
Miss Mamie Davis has returned from
Augusta, bringing a lot of fine furniture
with her. She is spending a few days
with Capt. J. T. Barnes' family. Mibs
Mamie is another one of those lucky la?
dies.
Well, as we have not heard of any mar?
riages in a long time, I will olose, and you
may sign me Lizzie.
DENTAL WORK FREE !
THE South Carolina State Dental Asso?
ciation, which meets in Anderson
July 14, 15 and 16, 1891, solicits patients
for whom Dental work will be done Free
of Charge by members of the Associa?
tion,
E. C. RID GELL, President,
Batesburg, S. C.
June 18,1891_50_4
WAGING.
IHEREBY warn all persons not to hire
or harbor my son, Robert Burton, a
negro boy, who is under age, and also un?
der contract, and has left me without inst
cause. All person or persons disregarding
this notice will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law.
MIKE BURTON.
Ju ne 18, 1801 50 1*
T
AGENT WANTED!
O represent The National Capi?
tal lAte Association of Washing?
ton, ]>. C?, in Anderson County.
Address,
W. S. MONTEITH,
Manager Southern Division,
Columbia, S. C,
June 1891_$0_%__
W. Lb JACKSON,
BROKER,
ANDERSON, - - - - S. C.
O YOU WANT?
Corn, Meal, Wheat,
Laid, Hay, Bran,
Flour, Moiasses, Syrup,
Sugar, Rice, Hams, Shoulders,
And anything else to eat in Car Load Lots
and unbroken packages, get my prices.
BAGGING and TIES cheap?a specialty
just now.
June 18,1891_50
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Akdekson County.
By W. F. Cox, Judge of Prolate.
WHEREAS, Dr. T. A. Hudgens has
applied to me to grant him Letters of Ad?
ministration on the Estate and effects of
A. J. Watt, degassed.
These are, therefore, to qlte a?d admon?
ish all kindred and creditors of the said
A. J. Watt, deceased, to be and ap?
pear before me in Court of Probate, to be
held at Anderson Court House, on the
3rd day of July, 1891, after publipation
hereof, to shew cause, if any they have,
why the said Administration should not
be granted. Given under my hand this
18th day of June, 1891.
W. F. COX, Judge of Probate.
June 18, 1891 50 3
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson Count*.
By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, Barbara Brock has ap?
plied to me to gran* her Letters of Admin?
istration on the Estate and effects of
James L. Brock, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon?
ish all kindred and creditors of the said
James L. Brock, deceased, to be and appear
before me in Court of Probat?, to be held
at Anderson Court House, on the 3rd
day of July, 1891, after publication
hereof, to show cause, if any they have,
why the said Administration should not
be granted. Given under my hand, thi?
13th day of June, 1891.
W. T. COX, Judge Probat?,
June 18,1891 60 2
Fashionable Dressmaking I
T HAVE juBt returned from Washington
X with ideas of the latest Northern
styles of Dressmaking. I wish to inform
the public that I am prepared to do work
jn my line at very reasonable prices.
FRANCES THOMAS.
Jnne 18,1891_50_t_
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 Chiquola. Residence, 59
North Maiu Street.
June 4,1891 48_
HARRIS'
ANALYSIS.
CALCIUM Sulphate 80.2!), Carbonate of
Soda 10.78, Carbonate of Potash 2-44. Car?
bonate of Iron 1.15, Carbonate of Lithia
0.95, Sulphate of Magnesia 1-50, Chloride
Sodium (common salt) 0 71, Insoluble Res?
idue 2.03.
TESTIMONIALS.
Mr. Harris has received a number of testimo?
nials from persoas who have been cured or bene?
fited by the water, and a few of them are here in?
corporated. Dr. J. T. Poole, one of the best phy?
sicians in Laurens County, writes as follows on
March 27,1891: "This Is to certify that I have
been prescribing the Lithia Water from the springs
of J. T. Harris, Waterloo, S. C. I regard it oqual
if not superior to the celebrated Glenn Springs
water, and take pleasure in recommending it to
the public for stomach, bowol and liver disorders,
and especially for diseases of the kidneys and
bladder."
Waterloo. S. C., March 10,18B1.?This is to cor
tify that I have used, and recommended to be used,
the water from the Harris Lithia Springs at Wa?
terloo, and tako great pleasure in saying that it Is
nearor a panacea for all diseases of the liver, kid?
neys and skin, either acute or chronic, than all
other remedies that have fallen Into my hands da?
ring thirty years of active practice."
Laurens, 8. C, March 15,1891.?Mr. Harris?Dear
Sir: For sometime I suflerod Intensely with Grav?
el affection. I tried every remedy that was ob?
tainable, but without any relief. Had given up
hopes of ever being cu red. Some one recommend -
cd your Lithia Water and I tried it faithfully and
was cured. After using one caso of the water I
passed five or six gravels. I cannot say too much
in its praise. W. D. BAP.KSDALE.
Laurens, S. C, April 24,1891.?Mr. J. T. Harris
Dear Sir: I have been a eufferor for somo time
from an affection of the kidneys. I have tried a
number of remedies without any relief. Some?
times the pain in my back was so severe that I had
to have help to get up when sitting down. Some
of my friends asked me to try youi mineral water.
I did so and the result was most gratifying. I felt
relief after the first day. After using it a week I
was entirely well. It has been some six weeks
since I first used it, and my general health i3great?
ly improved. Too much cannot be said In its
praise. It is undoubtedly the best water I know
of. D. M. PATYON.
Laurens, S. C, March 11, 1891.?Mr. J. T. Harris
?Dear Sir: I haye suffered with dyspepsia and In?
digestion for twenty years and have used Glenn
Spring's, Hawthorne, and other mineral waters,
but after using your Lithia waters a short time, I
feel that I've been benefited more from its use
than any I've ever used. J. H. O'DEEL.
For sale by
SIMPSON & SON,
Druggists, Anderson, S. C.
Jnuell.1891 49 _3m
NEW GUN SHOP.
-o
J. C. DAVIS, Proprietor.
-0
GUNS, Revolvers, Sewing Machines,
Locks and Keys, Trunks, Umbrellas
and Parasols repaired at short notice.
Saws Filed and Set
All work warranted.
Don't trade off your old Sewing Ma?
chine, no matter what kind it is, as a small
outlay will make it as good as new. Don't
throw away your old Gun Locks?have the
old plates refilled at less than the cost of
new locks. Bring your old Umbrellas and
Parasols to me, and for a few cents have
lots of service from them. Remember, all
work guaranteed. Shop over W. A.
Chapman's Store, Anderion, S. C.
Jan 1,18M._26_ly
TO RENT.
TWO good STORE ROOMS, located in
best business portion of City?No 8
Granito Row, occupied by W. A. Chapman,
No. 9 Granite Row, by W. P. Barr. Pos?
session given September 1st. For further
information apply to the undersigned.
W. B. WATSON.
May 28, 1891_47_
OPEN LETTER
TO EVERYBODY.
HaVING decided to change my busi?
ness, I will for the next sixty days sell
my Goods at REDUCED PRICES, and
some I will sell at and BELOW COST.
If you want bargains come and see me.
I have in stock a splendid line of?
Hats, Crockery &nd Glassware.
Hardware, Sho?9,
Cottonade, Jeans,
Cassi meres, Calico,
Muslin, Ginghams, Ho?icry,
And other Dry Goods.
Sugar, Coffee,
Einest 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 youra,
A.. B. TOWERS;
P. S.?A fine assortment of WALL
PAPER.
DO NOT DELAY,
As delays are dangerous. I rnn still
in the Insurance Business Call on me
and have your property insured before it
is too late, and your bouse and furniture
is in ashes.
Assets represented $12.760,890.
A. B. TOWERS,
Insurance Agent.
Winthrop Training School forTeachers,
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 thi3 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 46_6_
A. C. STRICKLAND. J. P. ANDERSON,
Strickland & Anderson,
DENTISTS.
OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE.
?S- Nitrous Oxide given for painlesa
extraction of teeth.
Buggies, Baggies,
BUGGIES!
We have now in stock and arriving daily a large
stock of buggies.
Tyson & Jones' Celebrated Buggies,
Made in North Carolina, are the beet sold in this market. They are superior in
material, styl?, workmanship and finish to any other make, and present, with their
elegant silver mountings, a very neat appearance, besides combining durability and
strength with lightness and easy riding qualities. In fact, there cannot be said too
much in their praise, and all we ask is for you to come and see them bsfore buying
elsewhere.
The well-known Haydock Bice Coil Spring Buggies,
Of which we have sold so many during the past two seasons, have given universal
satisfaction, and the demand for them is constantly increasing. They are conceded
to be the easiest riding Buggies made, and leis tiresome for long distance travels
than any other. We keep a complete stock of these constantly on hand.
Besides the foregoing we have a variety of other manufactures, and are there?
fore prepared to suit all classes of trade.
Prices Low and Terms to Suit Purchasers.
We also keep a large assortment of all kinds of? .
HARNESS FOR SALE.
SSf Before buying elsewhere be sure and call and examine our stock and
prices.
SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY.
MACHINERY! PROGRESS!
Cotton Gins
AND
Presses,
THE CELEBRATED
With Feeders and Condensers.
THIS GIN partakes of the BEST FEATURES in others, and corrects the
DEFECTS in all.
RUBBER and LEATHER BELTING,
Sold under a positive guarantee that will protect every buyer.
J86F" By recent special contracts with Manufacturers we are in shape to com?
pete with the world. All we aak for is a fair opportunity and no favors.
HARDWARE,
CUTLERY,
IMPLEMENTS, &c,
In such quantity and variety as to give us the lead not only in Anderson but in
this State.
DOORS,
SASH,
BLINDS,
AND
FINISHED BUILDING LUMBER,
A SPECIALTY.
SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO.
DOES
IPIA. IT ?
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 thesd
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. VANWYCK.
WE DON'T WANT THE EARTH!
And it Fenced, even -with, our
"WIRE ZFIElNTOIILTa- I
But we do want you to Knowl that wb
still Live and have a
OUR TERRELL SWEEP
Is as good as ever, and to is
THE VICTOR SWEEP.
THE JONES FENDER,
F which we told you in last week'i local column, and a cut of which wv give
today, is the 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.
Yours truly,
CUNNINGHAM BROS.,
40 Court House Square, Anderson, S. C
0
gB?Si._!_!
STABBED TO DEATH!
For Money I
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 IN A HUT 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
iu the heart. His old enemy had tried ewords with
him, and succeeded in drawing his heart's blood.
The deed was done by the same 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 his 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
Belf 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've
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 STORE.
P. S.-We have contracted for fifty grois-7,200-MASON'S FRUIT JARS,
which must be sold this season. JELLY TUMBLERS cheaper than ever.
M 21 South Main St., Anderson, S. C.
TO KENT.
?piROM SEPTEMBER 1st,
STORE,
Occupied by Cunningham Bros.
June 4,1891
E. A. BELL.
48 1
FOR RENT.
STORE ROOM,
TOW occupied by A. P. Hubbard,
Possession given 1st of September
next.
Apply to
Juno 11,1891
A. H. OSBORNE.
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