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I Bgt?ZJSBEDEVERY THURSDAY. ^P.CljKKSOALES, \ Editoss abb C. LANGSTON, ) Pbopeietobs. 1 ^^BnJBSBAY, JULY 2, 1891. ^HB^ffy'' .;.-81.50. ^80C MOSIHB^.^^.^.^.^. 75o. [THE GKAXD J?Ra'S PRESENTMENT. attention to the presentment ox Grand Jury3 published elsewhere in ;coln*mns.':Itis brimfull of practical ^ancT" progressive ideas. -It is ?moot prepared by thinking men, fincl . favor in. the eyes of all 'htfulmen.. We wish to call special niion tcibne, or two suggestions made. :t is -recommended that a new Court UMjr?bnalt;'' A-inore reasonable sug P?bnicQuld not have been made, for a je^rgent'; necessity does not exist, udge Witherspooa spoke to the point itfet?.fai 'said,r substantially, of this re (?pmmendation : "I had thought of call? ing your (the Grand Jury's) attention to e inadequacy and ? inconvenience of ouf^pieaent Court House, but did not, nse I remembered it was your prop? ra :;and thought it was a matter that ^Iibe;Ieft;to your consideration. I orse::your recommendation, and will that an excellent Court House can be t without a burden being laid on any ijrer: v Ibave been credibly informed t a. County in this State built a $20,000 ?wtyBTouse by-issuing bonds, which readily floated at 6 per cent., paya? ble in a specified number of years. This was done without any one feeling the ad ditiohal ;tax, and to-day that County boasttf of ono-ef the most comfortable and convenient. Court Houses in the State. Anderson bears a good reputation abroad, jajl^-is ConsW^ the first Coun e3 of the State. I am surprised that ihonld be satisfied with this Court buse,; which is far behind her progress e spirit. Fine churches, factories and bniid?fga surround your Court House, aniyour Court Honse is equal to none of It is becoming that Anderson unfy build a Court House in keeping withtheV dignity and character of the reputation an intelligent and progressive e have made for her." [||f3?^e,are sure every man in the County _ whohaa^ffbrmed jury duty in this Court ^Bo^e^ee?tha. necessity of more com fortabler' and convenient arrangements. TOfflon who has business in the :,;Court must be sensible of the confusion idisorder ? :w&ich cannot be abated ;.^h^o; the,present house is used. ? It mnst be remembered, too, that the pC<)nnlfi3 now paying rent for offices for if :ihe.Treasurer, Auditor, School Commis* Bioner and County Commissioners because the present Court House is too small to ? fum iah them offices. The need of a new ^Gourt- House ia apparent to every one ? who will give the matter a little thought, grof?ive believe that the Board of County ^^Commissioners will be endorsed if they " will go to work in this direction, for they ';- S)kaye been urged so to do by many Grand uriea^ -Eemember what Jndge Wither spoon said, and let a new Court House be '.built.; '. ... ^^n^woth'er matter the Grand Jury 'made a recommendation that will make them famous, if the recommendation >be ; carried /jut in-the manner in which it was ;c^fWe refer to what was said of the ?^ustrial School. Judge Witherspoon ? ? 'spoke : well when he said the people of - '"Anderson. County were intelligent and , progressive. Here is a Grand Jury, \ gathered from many sections of the Irawnty, urging our Senator and Bepre :; LBintative8 in the Legislature to procure -?the.passage of a bill by which County and City bonds can be issued in sufficient y ;: v" quantity . to secure the establishment of the Industrial School in Anderson ? Were I > a people ever more alive to the welfare of their County ? Will not this recommen p ^HaTi?n of the Grand Jury prove an incen* ."; tive to increased and unwearied efforts to ; ^secure the School ? If Andereon fails in [^^Ih&mattex,it whose door will the fault lie? :Surely it cannot be accredited to the Grand Jury: v' 'There are other important suggestions v in the presentment, and we ask attention ? 'to the instrument. Having read it, do you not endorse the action of the Grand Jury J?r on the several matters of which they ?treat?:__ ,The number of concealed weapon cases .that came up in-the last Court was sur? prising. It would seem to indicate the existence of much lawlessness thronghout the County;: As a fact, however, it does not,-necessarily. In most of the cases the ' <? weapon was_nfl^citMiril whli flip Nilmxliim . ofjd?Sng^fiarm. But no matter for what ?""^purpose carried, it is a costly luxury, as 1; : I the- Judge said, when the transgressor ^falla into the hands of the law. The ; - v. Judges are determined to treat these cases harshly and stop the practice of carrying weapons, if they can. Here is the expe? rience many have: A buys a pistol for five, dollars, for' what purpose he doesn't i know.;. Since he owns it, he might as. "J-?y;wejl carry it. He ia ashamed to let his neighbors know he carries a pistol, so he - conceals it on his person. By some chance it is discovered and an officer of the law informed. An arrest is made, the - ."? pistol found concealed; he is bound over to appear at Court, or goes to jail in de? fault of bond.. A lawyer is employed at' I a 510 fee; the County is put to the ex L pense of a trial; he is found guilty; the 'Judge sentences him to pay a fine of $40 t or go to the penitentiary four months, and >rfeits the pistol to the State. Total /coat to owner of pistol, $50 and the pis? tol, TherNew York Press says a quiet con ? ference>vwas recently held in that city concerning'Mr.-Cleveland's chances for the Democratic nomination for the presi? dency in 1892. Several leading Demo? crats, East and "^est, were present. The opinion seeme' ;o be general that he .must be the ca .idate. It is thought that his position u n the silver question may injure him sr awhat, but that the tariff question is it supreme and will be the vital issue t .he campaign. In case Mr. Cleveland it not made a candidate it is i understood his friends will rally for the lination of Senator Gorman of Mary? land._ Ife Much is being written about inducing W the boys to stay on the farm. The home ? should be made attractive and he should "- .be stimulated to take a healthy interest in the work of the farm. But all farmers' sons will not make good farmers and are not fitted by nature or inclination for that calling;. If it appears that the young man can make a life success of something else and that be will be a failure on the farm, let him go, to follow his ideas and satisfy his ambition. j CARLISLE TS. TERRELL. When Ben Terrell lectured here a few weeks since he excited some amusement among his auditors by the innocent, self complacent style and mock heroic man? ner with which he told how boldly and persistently he had songht a joint discus Bion with Senator Carlisle, of Kentucky, of the demands of the Ocala Convention, and how the distinguished Senator ig nominionsly failed to appear, though his friends repeatedly affirmed that he would come, and bow be waited a day or two in the hopes that the distinguished Kec tuckian would get his courage screwed up to the sticking point, and finally how he was forced to leave without meeting him ?the Senator-evidently feeling himself no match to cope with the little giant from Texas. Senator Carlisle doubtless finds much in the demands of that Convention that he fully endorses, as every good Demo? crat does, but he just as surely finds much that cannot and ought not to be endorsed, and no one thinks he feared an argument with Mr. Terrell. Becently a delegation of the Peoples' Party (to which Mr. Terrell aeems too friendly,) called on Mr. Carlisle to consult him regarding their political movement. Government control of railroads and tel? egraph lines was discussed, it being one of the Ocala demands. Mr. Carlisle ask? ed the delegation, how they proposed for the government to get possession of the railroads and telegraph lines, by confisca? tion or purchase ? They replied, by pur? chase. The Senator thereupon laid the following stumbling block in the way of this "wild-cat" scheme: "Our government debt at the close of the war was more than $2,000,000,000, and we have been almost thirty years in paying half of it. The railroads, tele? graphs, telephone lines and steamboats in the country represent about $10,000,000, 000 invested capital; $4,000,000,000 is bonded indebtedness which must be paid. Are you ready to, tax yourselves to raise this money ? Then, after you have got the property, are you ready to tax your? selves to operate it?for the government never yet succeeded in doing business at a profit? Consider another effect: Such a plan would add perhaps 1,200,000 men and women to the roll of government employees. How would you succeed in taming oat of power an administration with such resources at its command ? The more corrupt it was the more difficult it would be to displace it." The delegation is reported to have "looked downcast and perplexed at this statement." Can Mr. Terrell successfully combat these arguments? Cannot every clear? headed man see the absurdity and folly of this demand ? Could our government withstand such a centralisation of wealth and power ? What say you, Mr. Terrell and gentlemen? The Court of General Sessions for Bichland County was brought to a close in a novel manner last week. The va? lidity of the grand and petit juries was called into question on the following grounds: The law requires that the ! panel of the petit jury shall consist of [ thirty sis good and lawful men, compe? tent to do jury duty. Also, that each juryman must be served in .person with the venire facias by the Sheriff or an au? thorized deputy. The point made by the attorney who raised objections to the le? gality of the jury was that thirty six good and lawful men had not been drawn, as the returns of the Sheriff showed that one man- whose name appeared on the panel had been dead for a number of years, and another had been exempted from jury duty. Alao, the venire facias were served by persons whom the records did not show to be regnlarly deputized by the Sheriff. The objections were well taken, and the Judge sustained them. But we are not one of those who think the law devoid of common sense because the business of the Court was abruptly brought to an end for the reason that the panel of the petit jury was less than thirty-six men by two; and even had there been thirty-sis good and lawful men, that it would not have been a com? petent jury, since the Sheriff had not regularly deputized the officers who served notice on the jurymen. The law is explicit, and the Sheriff of Bichland is to blame. It is good law, because it is good common sense, that thirty six men, live and competent and ready at that time to do jury doty be drawn, and that notice of such drawing be served by the Sheriff, or by an officer deputized by him. The Sheriff of Eichland can pre? vent a recurrence of this -by doing his duty as plainly prescribed by law. Southern boys in Northern Schools are doing well this year. Three of the five highest in the graduating class at West Point are Southern young men. At John Hopkins, the principal honors of the '91 class are shared in liberally by Southern boys. At Cornell, Harvard, Yale, and other large institutions at the North, I Southern brains has been awarded to po? sitions of trust and honor. It speaks much._ Senator George, of Mississippi, has written a long letter in which he comes out squarely in favor of the Ocala plat? form, with the exception of the sub- treas? ury scheme, the land-loan feature and Government ownership of railways and telegraph lines. With these excep? tions the Ocala demands are a pretty good Democratic platform, and the Sen? ator can very consistently advocate them. After July 4th there will be forty-four stars on the American flag, arranged in six tiers on the blue Seid, the upper and lower to have eight stars each, the others seven. ? There is a vast bed of pure rock salt in the Colorado Desert, ant} the Southern Pacific Baiiway, in laying their tracks to the salt mines, crossed a point where, for over 8,000 feet, they were obliged to make a fill and ballast the track with beautiful lumps of pure salt crystals. This is per? haps the first instance in the history of railroading where a tra^k has been laid in and ballasted with salt. Millions of grasshoppers and legions of gianjb centi {jedes fell into this salt when it w&b in a iquid state, and now after having reposed there for thousands of years, they are found perfectly preserved. ? John Morley, the leading English essayist, advocates signed articles in journalism. He says that the anonymous system is losing favor. People prefer the French style. They want to know who writes an article, whether it is good or bad. In France, when a journaliat writes anything the people know his work, but in England, and generally Is this conn try, the. readers of a newspaper do not know whether the advertising man writes the editorials or whether the editors write the advertisements. ? A wealthy German has offered a prize of $25,000 to any astronomer who will satisfactorily demonstrate to him that the Ban, moon or stars are inhabited, J COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. Card of Thanks. The Cadets of the Patrick Military In? stitute desire to extend to the ladies who so kindly aided them in the "Cadets Re? ception," their heartfelt thanks for their kindness, and desire to state that the suc? cess of the reception was due, in a large measure, to their kindness. Cadets op P. M. I. New Hope Items. As a general thing the health of this sec? tion is improving. A certain young gentleman of this sec? tion has purchased a new buggy, which he traded a yoke of horned horses for, and when he carries a yoang lady to rido she must remember Ehe is riding his homed horses. If the rain still continues "Gen. Green" will be elected, sirro. The Sabbath School at this place is a flourishing one at present. Mr, Busby un? derstands how to manage it. Some of our farmers are "laying by" their corn. _ Mam. Alice News. The health ot our section is good. The farmers are up with their crops, but we are needing rain. Miss Minnie Cowan, a charming young lady from the Bethel section, is paying a two-weeks visit to relatives here. Mrs. B. D. Hall, who has been under medical treatment in Atlanta, is to return home next Saturday, greatly improved in health. S. O. Jackson, Esq., assisted by F. M. Anderson, married a couple last Sunday. This is the first couple that friend Jackson has "tied together," and it is said that he wont through the ceremony without blush? ing much. We are to have a big meeting at the Carswell Institute some time in July, and we expect several addresses. Fuqo. Roberts Items. Crops looks fine. The weather has been very favorable for farmers for several days past. They have got the farms in good condition once more... The farmers have gathered a few oats this year. They are very good this year, and it is a pity but that more had been sown. Fruit is very good this year, while the rain damaged the early .peaches. The later ones will come in all right. A crowd of Anderson boys have been in camp down on the river fishing. People should be very careful about what they eat, when and how they eat it. We would advise the young ladies to be particular with whom they associate. Mrs. C. H. Skelton, who has been sick for several days is, we are glad to say, im? proving. Messrs. Willis, Norris and Thompson were fishing in Seneca yesterday. The now party is talked of by the people a right smart. Some are writing about it. .1 think "Shanks" will freeze on the new party. They will give him the job of whooping up the people, and then stand off and get the emoluments. We nave heard of several cotton blooms on Saturday, the 21st of June, one from Mr. J. C. Gilmer and one from Mr. J. H. Shearer. Bain fell in some parts of the communi? ty Tuesday evening. Tuba. Carswell Institute Items. Mr. J. 0. McAdams' cotton blooms are plentiful. Our community was very dull last week- All the young people bad gone to Due West Commencement. We are sorry to say our Reading Club is dead?hasn't met in over a month. Miss Nellie Walters attended the P. M. I. Commenoement. It won't be long before our school will open again. This community is fortunate in securing such a teacher as Mr. R. E. Nicholson. Our Sunday School seems to be on a boom. Long may she prosper. Rev. Mr. Hawkius will preach for us the seoond Sabbath, at 3 o'clock p. m. Wheat is an object this year. Mr. John Campbell made twenty-two bushels on one and one-half acres. Blackberries are plentiful, and the chil? dren are kept busy picking them. Miss Leila Poors has been visiting in Abbeville for the last two weeks. The boys are waiting for her return. Mr. Whit Hall comes in our midst every Sunday. To see his bright face and pleasant smiles will cure the headache. Mr. Hunter, from above the City, was visiting his best girl last Sunday. He is the picture of health. Miss MattieEskew, of Denver, gave us some of her best music two Sundays ago. One of our girls' eyes are on the decline looking for her absent lover, who never . comes. What is the matter ? How sweet will the meeting be. Lee. Cedar Grove Items. We thought all the rogues in our section, weie dead, but we were mistaken, A few days ago Mr. J. H. Hancock's dwelling house was entered and $20 were stolen from his trank. Hehns no idea who the thief ia. We think it good policy for a man, who keeps house, to have a wife to take care of it, especially during his ab? sence. On last Saturday Mr. B. P. Smith, while crossing the trestle, near Williamston, heard the passenger train coming. He started off at a brisk run to get across, but the train gained on him and was about to catch him, and when be reached the end of the trestle he jumped from the track and rolled down the embankment, a dis? tance of about one hundred feet'. Fortu? nately, he was pot seriously hurt. The engineer stopped the train as soon as he could, thinking that Mr. Smith had been killed. In reply to the engineer's ques? tion, "are you hurt ?" the old man raised up and exclaimed, "No, go ahead." There seems to be more corn planted in this section than for many years past, and the orop is very good. We have a large Sunday School now. The singing Is led by Messrs. M. C. Ma haffey and W. L. Copeland. Mr. Marion Griffin was. visiting in this section last Sunday. Mrs. Collins has been quite sick for some time. We hope she will soon be re? stored health. The youngest child of Mr. Melton Poore has been very low with fever. Baldhead. Moseley News. We trust, Mr. Editor, that the extreme mental depression and nervous disorder under which we labor, due to a recent de? plorable oecurroncp, will be a sufficient excuse for the dryneas of this epistle. While peacefully resting in the embrace of morpheus, enjoying the breeze that came through our window, we were sud? denly awakened about midnight by a noise without. We seemed bound by a spell, We copld not carry out our pre? vious resolutions of demanding of an in? truder to halt, and, in case that was not done, to send the unfeeling bullet on Its mission of bloody work, out, alas! we fell short of our resolutions, for our tongue refused to speak and hands to bring out the revolver from its accus? tomed place under our pillow. However, our courage was not at fault; it was only of the latent kind, for no sooner had the intruder?a neighbor's cow?passed out of | sight into the corn field behind the barn, than we quickly seized our trusty weapon and, coolly taking aim, fired, with the re result thaf we awoke our neighbors from their peaceful slumbers ana amazed them the next morning with a story of the bur? glar's desperate attack, his complete de? feat and hasty retreat. Information as to the owner of said oow thankfully received, as we have several charges to make against him, viz: Damages to corn to the value of several such bovines; the hope les3 derangement of our nervous organi? zation, and the deprivation of our repu? tation as a brave, when our neighbors afterward learned that it was only a cow. We think the fellow who said the other day that hi3 corn was suffering from the continued drouth erred. He meant to say that it suffered from a too jntimato associ? ation with sundry noxious qyprsjiad.qwlng vegetation, or at least this was the impres? sion produced on our mind when we passed by the field whpre we W?rp told he was ploughing, and beard him yell out from the depth of tho donpe foliage ;'Goe, a little, I think." Uncle Ed's, explanation of some passages of scripture show a good deal of practical wisdom, even if Biblical commentators should not consider them satisfactory. For pzample, he says that mugsis pot de os when he trampoth on de com, am a certain truf, for bis ole hiory bark muzzle nor nary odea 'trivancP will keep his ole steer from tramping on de corn when de sun shines down hot and de ole boss hies keep a worrying him. Our village was enlivened, last week by the visit or dho of Georgia's fair represen? tatives. The physiognomy of Borne of the boys has assumed a languishing look, portraying heart disease. They say they Intend to visit Georgia soon to secure the counsel, aid and sympathy of a physician, Who, they think, is skilled in treatment of such affections. I deny that it Is caused 1 from a spirit of jealously or rivalry, yet there is also a spirit of unrest in the bqsom of Lizzie. ? There are in the United State3 200/ 049,79 miles of railroad traok of all de? scriptionB, Eet Every Man Speak Oaf, Ex-Governor R. L. Taylor, of Tennes? see, one of the shrewdest politicians of the country, has been moved to discuss the sub-treasury scheme, and in a letter to a friend, Bay a: "The civilized world has never witness? ed such a general upheaval in politics. In almost every city, town and hamlet in the Union there are labor unions, trade unions, and every conceivable sort of club and lodge of workingmen, who bold their regular meetings for the discussion of economic questions, and public and social politics; and almost every school house in the land closes its doors at stated periods upon the farmers and farm hands, securely and secretly shut within the walls; and there the knights of the plow and the hoe debate and plan, while the politicians and trusts and monopolies are trembling for their safety. All this rapid organization, all these labor unions acd Farmers' Alliances, in my judgmeut, mean more than most of us have dream? ed of. They are, on the one hand, the evidences of the advanced enlightenment and the increased intelligence of the great mass of the people who are the producers of wealth, and, on the other hand, they are the direct and logical results of Re? publican class legislation, which has cursed this country for more than a quar? ter of a century. "The workingmen of the nation ought not to be blamed for organizing for their own mutual benefit and protection. The tillers of the soil should not be condemn? ed for allying themselves together for the purpose of influencing public policy and forcing better prices for the product of their sweat and toil ,* because the capital that buys their products and hires their labor is thoroughly organized. But all this Btir and commotion, and all this combination and solidification of the pro? ducers will right no wrong, nor will it achieve ultimate success, .unless these movements are properly directed. It would be like an unorganized: army, without either arms or ammunition, or plan of battle, rushing blindly into the conflict, without any possibility of tri? umph. "lhere is only one banner under which the workingmen can ever hope to win success in this great struggle for their rightB and liberties. "Upon its ample folds are written, in letters which have only grown brighter in the struggles of a hundred years: Equal rights to all, special privileges to none. The right of every citizen to trade any? where in this wide world, and, under certain just conditions, to have the privi? lege to sell where he can Bell for the highest price, and buy where he can buy the cheapest; taxation to pay the expen? ses of the Government alone, and all its legitimate obligations, no more, no leas, and the burdens of this taxation to rest heaviest upon the rich and lightest upon the poor; free coinage of silver, the people's money, the poor man's friend; local self-government of the States, free from force bills and bayonets ; protection of labor and capital alike, the encouragement of agriculture, not by tar? iffing it to death, but by the regulation of transportation by land, and opening the blockades upon the high seas, giving it the right to exchange its producta with every nation in the world ; the encourage? ment of all the industries, with partiality to none; the enlightenment of the people, and the distribution of the blessings of liberty and good government for the happinesB of all, making every home the castle and palace of a prince, and every citizen a sovereign?this is the Demo? cratic creed. "Now, what does the Alliance propose to do ? What are the labor unions going to do ? What flag do they propose to fol? low to reach the end which they so eager? ly desire, and which they seem so deter? mined to achieve ? Will they divide up into factions and each faction have its own separate party ? Will the farmers of America hoist a new flag, and can they hope to carry the country with the sub treasury battle-cry ? Let them remember the history of the past. They are not wi? ser than Jefferson. The grand principles laid down by him are the moat practica- 1 ble and the best. The sub treasury scheme is a serpent in the basket of flow? ers, which will sting and destroy this great Alliance movement. It is attractive and beautiful, but there is deadly poison lying concealed and coiled within. It is undemocratic. It is unwise. It is wrong ?wrong in policy and wrong in princi? ple. The Government cannot be both merchant and banker for the people. It can only protect them with wholesome laws. It can only shield them from overtaxation and tyranny. But it can never go into partnership with them or become general mortgagee of lands, ten? ements, hereditaments, pumpkinB and jackasses. Our Government has no mon? ey to loan. "It ought not to have a dollar for that purpose, for every golden eagle in its treasury which is a surplus above the amount necessary to spend in the pay? ment of its debts, and to defray its ex? penses, and reasonably provide for con? tingencies, represents that much of over? taxation of the people. Let the Solomons give us a policy that will get the farmers out of debt, instead of their sub-treasury policy, the logical result of which would be to plunge them deeper in debt. Let the stalwart Alliance men and labor union men fall into the ranks of Democ? racy and help us cut the tariff to a reve? nue basis, and increase the volume of out currency, and force free coinage of silver, and curtail extravagant expenditures of the public money, and break the necks of billion dollar Congresses, and dismember and destroy the Bepublican party forever. Let our Bepublican representatives, both in the Cabinet and in the Congress, be taught that this ia a Democrat-Republi lican Government, and not an aristocra? cy. Then we will have better times. "I fear that some of our Democratic leaders right here in Tennessee are hiding from these questions. If I could get their ears I could unfold to them a secret. I could tell them that the people hate a coward. "The farmers would not give a Bnap of their fingers for a public servant who has not the courage of his convictions. Neither would the labor unions. Neither would any other element of their con? Btituents. 1 think it high time that those who are occupying high offices by the gift of the Democracy of Tennessee were taking position publicly. So far as I am Concerned, I propose to live a Democrat, aqd I shall henceforth oppose any man who refuses to express himself upon vital public questions."_ Boston, June 29.?James Corcoran died in the hospital here last night, from the effects of having swallowed his false] testh. Charle&ton, S. C., June 29.?The coroner had a busy time to-day and two more murderers go on the criminal docket for the next term of court. James Bow? man, who was struck on the head with an iron weight by Peter Jackson, died to? day. Jackson is at large. On Vander h?rst wharf Mitchell Ancrum kicked Daniel Vanderhorst to death. Ancrum is in jail. All the parties are negroes, Nashville, Tenn., June 29.?At Buffalo yalley, Putnam County, two witnesses in a murder trial, named Jim Mitchell and Qscar Pluukett, became in? volved in a quarrel in the Court room Saturday. They drew revolvers and began firing at each pthpr and kept it up until both had been mortally wounded. The shooting caused great consternation in the court room, the spectators dodging behind doors and under benches to es? cape injury, Vjncennes, Ind., June 28.?Services at the Christian Cburcb were interrupted this morning by the entrance of William Sachs, a saloon keeper, who had been suddenly seined with insanity. In loud tones he called on Bev. Mr. Clark to save bis soul, shouting and exhorting in the wildest manner. The women and chil? dren and a great many of the men fled from the church, and creating a panic in their efferta to escape the madman. Chief of Police Johnson and Lieut. Robertson were sent for, and with the assistance of several men succeeded, after a desperate struggle, in ejecting the intruder, who made a wicked fight. Sachs' faithful dog stayed with him in the struggle, and the animal had to be shot beforo .the officers could take their prisoner, Altoona, Pa., June 26.? This morning at Piney Creek, some few miles from here, Robert Calbert was drilling out a blast when it exploded. A sixteen foot drill was driven twelve feet through his breast. The remaining four feet were pulled through the wound with difficulty, and yet he lived twenty minutes. Sharpsburg, Ga., June 23.?The fam? ily of J. M. Thompson, living on the farm of W. B. Or*, five miles east of Newman, in the sixth district of Coweta County, Georgia, narrowly escaped death on Sun? day last. Lightning struck a galvanized clothes wire that was fastened to a post and several shade trees within a few feet of the house, the shock knocking down and stunning the entire family, eight in number, tearing shade trees and posts in pieces, also melting twenty feet of the wire, setting fire to clothing in the house and destroying the flower garden. Bichmond, Va., Jnne 26.?A special to the Dispatch from WinBton, N. C, says: William Fife, a commercial traveler, act? ing as an evangelist, at Greensboro made some strictures in the pulpit upon the so? ciety people of that city on Friday night for engaging in dancing. After the ser? vice be was called to account on the street by William Scbenck, a son of Judge Schenck. A crowd gathered, canes were freely used and a pistol fired, but the on? ly damage done was a blow received from behind by Judge Shenck. The latter de? nounced Fife as a scoundrel, who retail? ed slander and insulted citizens from the pulpit. Chicago, June 26.?Mrs. E. L. Philo, a handsome blonde, twenty-years old, was arrested here yesterday on a warrant sworn out by Deputy Sheriff Eeno, of Denver. She was turned over to tbe Denver officer, who started with her for Denver at G o'clock last evening. When the train was near Ashton, ninety miles west of Chicago, the woman jumped through the open window of the car and escaped. The train waB running at full speed at tbe time, and Beno was dozing, not thinking that his fair prisoner would attempt to escape. The train was quick? ly brought to a standstill, but no trace of the woman could be found. Mrs. Philo is wanted in Denver for forgery. ? A young man was found dead in Morrisania, N. Y., Thursday morning with a bullet hole in his heart evidently a suicide. He was identified as Ben Jackson, son of a prominent lawyer. The elder Jackson was notified, wept over the corpse and went borne to break the news to bis wife. The first person he met at home was his son Ben alive and well and waiting for his breakfast. The re? semblance between the young man and the corpse, which now remains unidenti? fied, is said to be wonderful. ? A special from Washington, D. C, says: The Census Office to day gave out the tobacco statistics of North Carolina. The total number of planters in the State during the census year 1890 was 27,250, the total area devoted to tobacco 97,077 acres, tbe total product 46,375,258 pounds and the value of the crop to tbe producer, estimated on a basis of actual sales, $5, 175,833. ? They are talking in the money mar? kets about five cents a ponud cotton next fall. The farmer who makes his own bread and meat can be measurably calm and serene as be looks at the depressing outlook before him. ? Gen. James Longstreet says he la in excellent health now, and will resume work on his history of the civil war. He will start out in September and visit all the important battlefields and refresh his memory. WARNING. ALL persons are warned not to hire or harbor Webb Scott, colored, wbo is under contract with me, and has left with? out cause. Any person or persons disre? garding this notice will be prosecuted at law. W. D. ALE WINE. July 2, 1891, 52 1? IMPORTANT NOTICE. J HAVE a flue assortment of?? CROCKERY and GLASSWARE That I will sell AJT COST FOR CASH. This sale open for fifteen days. - ALSO, ? A nice line of? GINGHAMS, CALICO, MUSLINS, and WORSTED DKESS GOODS, Which I will ofler at Cost-SPOT CASH? for the next fifteen days. I mean what I say. A. B. TOWERS. P.S.?Other Goods at greatly reduced prices. F. L. NARAMORE, DENTIST, ANDERSON, - - - S. 17. OFFICE over Merchants' and Farmers' Bank. $Sir Preservation of the Natural Teeth and Roots a specialty. June 25, 1891_51_ly_ DO NOT 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 ashes. I Assets represented $12,760,890. A. B. TOWERS, Insurance Agent. DR. A. S. TODD OfFERS hin professional services to the people of Anderson and vicinity. Will respond promptly to calls when not en? gaged. Office at Simpson & Son's Drug Store, Hotel Chiquola. Residence, 59 North Main Street. June 4,1891_48 _^ NEW PROCESS Elixir Corn Whiskey. TO EENT 0R_?0E SALE, Pendleton Hotel and Stables. Apply to J. B. SITTON, Pendleton, S. C. June 25,1891 ? 51 3* NEW PROCESS ELIXIR CORN WHISKT. a. c. strickland. j. p. anderson, Strickland & Anderson, DENTISTS. OFFICE IN MASQNJC TEMPLE. ?&r* Nitrous Oxide given for painless extraction of teeth. NEW PROCESS ELIXIR CORN WHISKEY. MILLING NOTICE. JDESIRE to say to my customers, and the public generally, that I have my ouring Mill in first-class condition, and will guarantee satisfaction as regards quan? tity and quality, if wheat is in good con? dition. Corn Meal ground by me at Kay & Baker's and Brown BroB. Stores, which is second to none. A. A. CARPENTER, Four miles Southeast of City. June 35,1891_51_g? NEW PROCESS ELIXIR CORN WHISKEY? NO LIFTING OF TRATS If yonr don.ler can't supply you we wilL Write for Catalogue. . JNTRE Not the First or the Last! Not the Beginning or the End! Not What is to be or What Is! BUT FACTS That you can and will Appreciate. Beginning Monday, J une 22,1 will offer my Entire Stock of Goods at and below NEW YORK COST FOR CASH. Handsome Pure Linen Boaom Shirts. 35c. The Best Shirt in the Land.;.67Jc. Good Gingham. 5c. Best Standard Prints.,. 5c. White Goods, all grades.;.5c. up. Nice Laces.lc. up. Hosiery, the best line in the City.Panic Prices. Bibbons, all shades and widths..-..At Half Cost. Buttons.in this line I offer some Big Drives. My Stock is complete in all lines, and if yon want Goods COME AND SEE ME, and you will find that this is no humbug BUT FACTS. Don't forget the place, but come and see. NO. 9 GRANITE ROW. W, A. CHAPMAN, Agent. P S ? ?ALL parties due me anything by Note or Account will please come and settle at once as the books must be closed. W. A. O, Ag't. NEW PROCESS ELIXIR CORN WHISKEY. LEAVING ANDERSON! LEAVING ANDERSON! LEAVING this beautiful and healthy City, with its delightful climate, and the prosperous and fertile country that surrounds it, thickly populated with a warm-hearted, generous and liberal-minded peoplo, is certainly a hard pill for me to swallow, but circumstances have so ordained it, when I thought the winter of my declining years would be spent in this paradise of health and prosperity; but now, with heavy tread and downcast spirits, I must and am compelled by the combined wishes of my partners to seek new fields of conouest. I have to go to Augusta, Ga., to open a large Wholesale and Retail House, which will require all my undivided attention from this time forward. Now, in order to avoid paying large local freights from here to Augusta, we have determined on? A GREAT SLAUGHTER SALE, And we will sell every article of our immense stock for any price that is in the neighborhood of cost. Remember, WE MEAN WHAT WE SAY? prices will be literally slaughtered for the next thirty days. 10c. Towels for 6tc. 15c. Towels for 8ic 20c. Towels for 12ic. 25c. Towels for 15c. 75c. Linen Damask for 473 c. 60c. Linen Damask for 35 c. Napkins at half price. Dress Goods prices just half. Clothing slaughtered at your own price. We are badly overstocked in Shoes?in Children's in numbers 10,11,13 and 1; in Ladies 3, 3?, 4 and 4* ; Men's 7, 8 and 9. These Shoes we will sell at 75c. on the dollar of what they cost. Russet Shoes and Slippers at half cost. Boys' 3, 4 and 5 must go at some price. Checked Homespun 4c. Yard-wide Sea Island 4$c. Window Curtain Scrim 4Jc. Lace Curtains half price. White Counterpanes away down. 10c. Socks and Stockings at 7Jc. Chair Tidies half price. White Laundried Shirts 50c. on the dollar. . Ladies' Jerseys at half price; also Notions, Gloves, Hamburg Edging Ties, Scarfs. Table Oil Cloth 15c. 35c. Nelly Bly Caps at 10c. The best Ginghams at 7c. 10c. Outing Suiting at 7c. Odd Coats, Vests and Pants, slightly scorched by fire and discolored by smoke, that will be sold at less than half the cost of the cloth. All and every article to be found in a first-class Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoe Store will be sacrificed rather than ship the goods from here. Six Show Cases, one Platform and one Counter Scales, and three first olass Combination Iron Safes will be sold at half New York cost. Every person having valuable papers should have one in his house. Now, we want it distinctly understood that Ladies or Gentlemen drawing up to our Store, either in a Carriage, Buggy, Cart or Wagon, will receive prompt and courteous attention. Polite and respectful attention to the Ladies is always the duty of a gentleman all the world over, which is and has been the case in all the Stores that the undersigned has ever had the management. Respectfully, D. C. FLYNN, LEADER OF LOW PRICES, _Red House, Granite Row* _ New Process Elixir Corn Whiskey. W. L. JACKSON, BROKER, ANDERSON, - - - - S. C. Do YOU WANT? Corn, Meal, Wheat, Lard, Hay, Bran, Flour, Molasses, Syrup, Sugar, llice, Hams, Shoulders, And anything else to eat in Car Load Lots and unbroken packages, got my prices. BAGGING and TIES cheap-^-a specialty just now. June 18,1891 50 TO RENT. TWO good STORE ROOMS, located In best business portion of City?No 8 Granite Row, ocoupied by W. A.Chapman, No. 0 Granite Row, by W. F. Barr. Pos? session given September 1st. For further information apply to the undersigned. W. B. WATSON. May 28, luOl_47_ NEW PROCESS ELIXIR CORN WHISKEY, MILLING NOTICE! IWISH to inform the public that I have just had both my? CORN AND WHEAT MILLS Put in FIRST CLASS ORDER. With new Bolting Cloths and other new cleaning machinery, think I am prepared to give as good satisfaction as the average Mill, if not better. Thanking my friends and custom? ers for past patronage, and soliciting a con? tinuance of the same, I am, respectfully, A. C. STRICKLAND. P. S.?These Mills are located three and a half milpa South of Anderson, and are better known as the Leak & Jones Mills. June 25,1891 51 4* 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. RIDGELL, President, Batesburg, S. C. Juuol8,1891 50 1 GOING to MOVE ! IN view of the fact that a man has to get a "hustle" on him to make money these days, I am going to move in the spa? cious Store Eoom now occupied by Mr. A. B. Towers on Sept* 1st, and will close out from now on so as to? : PUT IN A BEAN NEW STOCK. All Goods will be reduced from to-day on. I thank all for their liberal patronage, * and hope 'tis bread cast on the waters, and that it will return to each one of you an hundred fold iu less than 30 days. My Gents' Fine Shoes must go at some price, and in order to keep up with the Bell Cow I have reduced 500 Pairs of La? dies' Shoes, all styles, to 75c. per pair. ~ . Yours, anxious to please, O. B. YANWYCK. NEW PROCESS ELIXIR CORN WHISKEY. WE DON'T WANT THE EARTH! And it Fenced, even with, our WIRE FElsrOII^"C3- I But we do want you to Know that we still Live and have a 1 OUR TERRELL SWEEP Is aa good an ever, and ao is THE VICTOR SWEEP. THE J ONES PBNDBE, F which we told you in last week's local column, and a cut of which wa jfv? today, is the greatest "HOEING MACHINE" in the country. CALL TO SEE US WHEN YOU ABE IN NEED OF Hoes, Plows, Iron, Steel, Grain Cradles. WE WILL DO OUR BEST FOR YOU. Yours truly, CUNNINGHAM BROS., -40 Court House Square, Anderson, S. O. 0 NEW PROCESS ELIXIR CORN WHISKEY. STABBED TO DEATH ! For Money ! 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 I 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. Hia old enemy had tried swords 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 hia 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? self is gone, and who did it? Why, the indafatigable "*m 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 cousideration of Price. Yours, hard run for money, C. S. MINOR and TEN CENT STORE. P. S.?We have contracted for fifty gross?7,200?MASON'S FBUIT JABS* which must be sold thia season. JELLY TUMBLERS cheaper than ever. fro. 21 South Main St., Anderson, S-. C.