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i ???'JPUBLISHED. EVERY THURSDAY. f^RiCLB^OAIjS, 7 Editobs ahd fi C?'- 0. vLANGSTON, J Pbopbixtobs, THURSDAY, JULY 9, .?91. } ^OglgCTiliR .,!,?,.,,;. 81.50. f , SrXMPNTHB^.^._ 75c. .The proposal to remove the remains of Tefier?oa Davis to Eichmond, Va., and r -place .over them an effective monn-' vmeht, ingrowingin favor in the South lta|^and is likely to be carried out jiTas arrangements can be comple Iited. : ' iy. -:-.-_ lican party, is again scan 3d,' find fr?m}*ioi unexpected quarter. ?;Pibas John Wanaraaker Is badly tangled ^'^^iit*;?f;the:- Keystone Bank, of ia. He has.been proven a liar 3g the investigations, bat his Sab? bath-School class has declared unshaken th itt-him. The G. 0. P. should secure ^r^etbn-lying, so as to insure an abun e?of whitewash for the next cam :':r. . ~- m -' V-most;terrible accident happened on K&nawha and Michigan Railroad, feston, W. Va., last Saturday iorniug.. It happened to an excursion im^faiid Occurred on a high trestle, ^sleepers/of the trestle.had caught daring the night and burned bo that trails spread ander the train. The nne and baggage and mail car passed ^^^p(yM)nt:' the passenger cars were . yn-from the track and turned over. ^Que;of5 the^cara was crushed to splinters. l^^f^eiJ persons were killed and fifty v;~oight ^wounded. 3^$?*'.'" -~?'" ' ~?*'"*J Wli^^?T': Thackston, who wanted County ?RBreasurere to pay for subscriptions to\his * > /^ap^rout of the public funds, for the use A^-^^^vatjB/lndmduals, amounting from : : -.;^boo;to $5000 from the people, claiming "^tolbe acting on authority given him by ?State"Board of Examiners, has con sd his sin and begs sympathy. That wlution which read so nicely, and ihe scattered over the State, was the Jpr^iiei of his own brain, and in no way j endowed by the Board. The only excuse ^^reuders is that he "thought" the Board f^f passed theTre3olution,.and yet he is keep? er of. the records of the. Board, being J,^^erk;of tha^t body. Mr. Thackston has ,|^e?*Vtaught a severe lesson in his haste ^/become rich. He exonerates Mr. ay field; from all connection with the ['ho'Indnatrial School Commission met Columbia July 1st to open and ex ^iSBidsi for the School. A large >xnuaiber of bids were received, and some ^^^frejected-.because they were too ^Bmall^":Camdeh, Marion^ Chester, Lau ^ reu4 JSpartanburg, Greonville and An ;.vV deraon made the. strongest bids, and the ; . Commission decided to visit each of these '?" places. Spartanburg sent a delegation to %^Gblambia to look after her interests. jg|pide.rson is pleased that the Commis jipuere will visit her, for she oners as fine Viatural advantages as can be found in <;^;,1phe:State. The Commission will get to - Asderaon sometime this week, and of /coj^ewill be shown the city throughout itev"length and breadth. Should the School be located here it will receive a _ w of our ^g?^tfOpl?Tor the Institution has frequently ' beea . expressed, both privately and in ?KpabKc. ciTeacher McElroy, of Laurens, who was apP^^ Sapervisor of Registration by Governor Tillman in recognition of past ^^s^ryicespand who was dismissed by the :.? same, for drunkenness %nd' other causes ere he had served more than six months of h? term (but had drawn his salary for the.whole year,) gave Senator Irby the ? lie and drew his pistol on him during a meeting of the. Alliance in Laurens on r-last Friday. McElroy claimed that Irby and Shell had made a cat's-paw of him in getting him to write the letter concerning Judge Haskell speaking in Laurens, and f??^^the?'^iiied to back him up when Teacher Evana was- making it warm for him. 'T/hey: of-course denied ? the charge; with le result above stated. Irby and McEl roy'advanced on each other, but friends prevented a fight. We pity McElroy, and wonder that he and a host of others have not discovered long ago that their -little paws were pulling out the chesnuts, Awhile somebody else was getting the Ife&Birats. The Augusta Exposition will open with ^impressive ceremonies November 2, and continue until November 28. Each day will be made attractive and interesting with special programs. The Military prize and Sham battle, together with a "^^thorough portrayal of Bkill acquired in ' j^^the school of the soldier, will be features .;. of the Exposition never before conducted on so grand a scale. Augusta, it will be, .noticed, is offering very large individual. ^?;iD.^remmms. The planter does not have to1 constitute himself a county to reap a ^^B??sfactory return for his efforts, should? he carry off the honors. With a single exhibit "the amount repays the trouble. : y'The thoughtful visitor will be interested ?Sppjin: the displays of electrical machinery and appliances, and in the world's me? chanism of to-day, as exemplified at Au? gusta's Exposition. Those bent on diver sion will be amused by the special at ^rtxaction8, the races, the fire works, the village of Nomads and the performances jgfcf .musicians, and feats of legerdemain - and illusion. The beat in their lines have " already been engaged. The Agricultural "displays, the Crysanthemum show, the Art Department, the Horse and Cattle shows, and the other features afford ma? terial for an earnest study by visitors. Augusta does not have an Exposition every year. She husbands her resources ?," for these occasions at intervals that permit of entirely new features arranged on new lines. She has the benefit of past expe? rience, and backed by the reputation of v>: always keeping good faith with her -guests. She bids in advance all her :f vv friends welcome to the Exposition, Send for a premium list. Not long since the Greenville Neict p;s .drew a parallel between the records of j ^A^WadeHampton and Governor Tillman. v^fiai^on's record was such as would ^pCSommancHhe admiration and love of the Mj^people for all time, but he was set aside to make room for an unknown man. Tillman . : was never the hero of all the people, nor ?''ihe hero with his followers that Hampton was with the people of the State. The j i7ao? warned Tillman that the day would come, and speedily, when he, much more \ so than Hampton, would be neglected jmr-. and forgotten, perhaps despised, by the ery people who have been loudest in eir hurrahs for him. That day may be ^er at hand than any one suspected. An Alliance in Greenville County recent? ly refused to allow him to be invited to address them, claiming that he was op? posed to their demands?an enemy of the farmer I Again, an Alliance in Orange barg County passed resolutions condemn ing the Governor for his opposition to the Bub-treasury; and because he allowed himself to be interviewed by the Atlanta Journal, which interview was reproduced in this paper, they passed the following resolution : "That we view with suspicion the motives and question the fidelity to the order of any Alliance man, be he even Governor of the State, who would furnish for publication such an interview as ap peared in the Atlanta Journal," &c. But the Governor's opposition to the sub treasury is not the only thorn in the flesh That free pass of his has made some of his staunchest friends luke-warm. L. M Moore, of Greenwood, an enthusiastic Tillman man last summer, has published an open letter, urging the Governor to return the pass and to pay all the money to the railroad he has saved by using it Tillman is losing friends among his fol? lowers and gaining none from the opposi tion. The Governor would have been more certain to have drawn a salary in? definitely had he scrambled in ahead of J. L. M. Irby last winter in the Senato? rial race. Doubtless he regrets bitterly that he didn't. THE CHARLESTON SUPEBVISORSHIP. Gov. Tillman has discovered by this time, we suspect, that the long, weary road he was anxious to travel, is even more stumpy than he anticipated. His pride must have been severely shocked when he found out that the Governor of South Carolina, as well as the humblest citizen, must act as the the Constitution and laws of the State direct. He doubtless feels aggrieved that an official act of his is declared illegal by a Circuit Judge. It will be remembered that Supervisor Cantwell was removed from office on the ground, presumably, that he held two offices at the same time, being Clerk of the County Commissioners as well as Su? pervisor of Registration. Mr. Geo. W Williams, a rich banker, was given the place. Mr. Cantwell claimed that the Governor had not the authority to remove him, as he had been appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and therefore could be remov ed by only the same authority. The case was argued before Judge .Wallace, and he decided in Mr. Cant well's favor, saying that the two offices held by Cantwell were not such as fell under the prohibition of the Constitution on that subject, and therefore it was com? petent that the duties of these two offices be performed by one man; also, as the Constitution prescribed by what authori? ty Supervisors must'be appointed, it needed the concurrence of the same au? thority to displace them. We suppose no one outside of Char? leston cares who is Supervisor, or from which faction he comes, but everyone must see the wisdom of the law as con? strued by Judge Wallace, for it is just such strictures as these imposed by our laws that keep a Governor from becoming a dictator. Had Judge Wallace been a venal Judge his decision might have been dif? ferent, for he is spoken of for the Su? preme Bench. Our Judges are virtuous, and we believe any one of them would rather be right than be Chief Justice of South Carolina. We hope his chances are just as bright, and that he will lose favor with no one because of his decis? ion. SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ASYLUM". Gov. Tillman has appointed Dr. J. W. Bab cock, of Chester, Superintendent of theJState Lunatic Asylum. As far as is known, it is a case of the office seeking the man. Dr. Babcock is a young man, and for the past five years has filled the position of assistant Superintendent of an Asylum at So m er vi He, Mass. The Gov? ernor had received a number of applica? tions for the position, but none of them were "to his taste." He offered the post to Dr. W. H. Nardin, of Anderson, who declined in the following letter: Hon. B, ?. Tillman, Governor, Colum? bia, S. C? Dear Sir: Your esteemed favor of the 27th instant at band. Please accept my thanks for the honor conferred upon me, by your selection for the high and responsible position tendered, and it is with regret that I am forced to decline the honor, first from a sense of my uofit ness for the position, and, second, the unwillingness to raise my growing fami? ly thus surrounded. With highest esteem, and, hoping you may find one more worthy, I am with respects yonrs truly, W. H. Nardin. A Peculiar Poisoning. Brunswick, Ga., July 1.?Tom Ste? phens, wife and three children, colored, living within two miles of Sterling, a station on the East Tennessee road, thir? teen miles from Brunswick, very nar? rowly escaped death this week from slow poisoning administered in a peculiar manner by a revengeful negro neighbor. Near Stephen's cabin, when a Consti? tution representative arrived there to-day, a group of darkiea was standing excitedly discussing the matter, and from them and later from reliable persons a story of the poisoning was obtained, that for deliberate and diabolical villainy bears off the palm. Stephens and his family have for a long dine been suing and being sued by the negro neighbor about several matters. Their constant recourse to the courts has caused a feeling of bitterness to exist and multiply between them until lately it has reached a white heat, and the in? terested parties concluded to kill off Ste? phens and his family, hoping to thus rid themselves of their enemies. From the woods a large rattlesnake was secured, his head with a short piece of body attached cut off, and this placed in a tin baking powder box. Through the box holes were punched, and to it a brick was tied, and this was carried to Stephen's well and thrown in. The head putrefied and decayed. The pois? onous matter from the snake oozed through the rotten flesh, through the perforated box and into the otherwise pure water. Stephens and his family, unaware of their danger, drank and need the water for cooking. Monday their bodies began swelling. Tuesday the swelling increas? ed ; their muscles kached and their eyes turned blood red; their mouth* were parched and water from the poisoned well was vainly used to quench their raging thirst. Totally unconscious of their approach? ing doom the negroes still used the water until finally the entire family was strick? en down unable to move their limbs, and their eyes swollen out of proportion. Friends happened along and medical aid was secured, the water tested and found impure, and to day the well was dragged, the box containing the deadly dose found, and the unusual sickness of the family explained. They are now improving and later will take steps to apprehend the person who committed the deed. ?A little girl is mentioned by the In? dianapolis News who, in order to prove that it is wrong to cut off the tails of horses and dogs, quoted the scriptural injunction, "What God has joined togeth? er let no man put asunder." COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. Bel ton Itcin?. Mrs. A. J. Stringer has a very fine gar? den, aa has been verified by some very fine cabbage and tomatoes sent by Mrs. S. to the Belton correspondent of the Intel? ligences The writer thinks he would be justifiable in saying Mrs. Strioger has probably the best garden in town. How* ever, he has not seen all the gardens in Belton, nor has he received vegetables from them all. He awaits further evi? dence before he finally decides the banner garden in his little town. Master W. Mark Smith, son of Rev. H. Turner Smith, of Prosperity, is visiting his little cousins, Miss Alma and Master Jimmie Smitb, of our town. Mr. H. H. Smith, of Dublin, Ga., left Tuesday with his wife and Mrs. J. T. Smith for Newberry, where he goes on a visit to his brother and family. A large number of colored people in Belton and vicinity celebrated the 4th of July by going to Williamston to a grand pic nie. The trains from Anderson, Honea Path and other points had quite a load of the sable freight, and when all the {tic nickers had boarded the train for Wil iamston, it did not seem that there was room for even one more. Indeed, one of the party was left behind in consequence of a little scuffle he had engaged in just before the northbound train pulled out. He decided (?) to remain over in Belton in the care of the town marshal. The city fathers, however, dismissed both parties on the payment of fines. The entertainment at Stringer's Hall on Thursday night, the 2nd inst.J was a grand success. All acted their parts so well that a looker-on could hardly speak of one as excelling, without mentioning all. Mr. John W. Campbell, of this town, made last year with one horse, twenty-two bales of cotton, and cleared $400 on his crop. Who can beat that ? The Belton Baptist Churoh last Sunday contributed in subscription and cash $186.70 for the Baptist Orphanage at Green? wood, S. C It is to be hoped that all the Churches in South Carolina will take a lively interest in this worthy enterprise. "Pure religion and undefilecf. before God and the Father is this, to visit the father? less and widows in their afflictions, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.*' A gentleman living in the neighbor? hood of Belton, and a patron of the Belton High School, says we must have a new and commodious school building, and that he will help liberally to build the house. Who next of onr country friends will generously aid in erecting a temple of learning which shall be the pride of the entire community? Yes, there is Mr. F. Clinkscales, another enterprising gentle? man, living three and a half miles in the country from Belton. He will subscribe liberally for the purpose of building a good Eohool house in Belton. So will Mr. John T. Green, one of our stannchest citizens. There are doubtless many others who will aid in this very important and much needed .work. The Trustees have decided to improve the present school honse lot, purchase more land adjoining said lot and build, as soon as practicable, a large and comfortable building of modern style, oh the old school grounds. It is desired that all white citizens within four miles of Belton will take a hearty interest in this laudable enterprise. Talk to the fol? lowing gentlemen, Trustees of the school, on the subject: J. W. Poore, J. T. Rice, John T. Green, F. Clinkscales and Dr. W. H. Todd. Let us all remember that this is to be a school for all white people within reach of Belton. Let us all feel, too, that it is our school. How can we do this if we pay nothing towards it and take no inter? est in it but to send our children to the sohool. Bev. J. T. Smith has been formally elected to take charge of the Belton High School for the ensuing year. He has ac? cepted the prlnoipalship of the school. The session opens September 1st. Let as many as possible enter the school at the beginning of the session. Board can be obtained with- the Principal and other good citizens at reasonable rates. One. of the leading aims of the school is correct and thorough training from the beginning. S. T. J. Honea Path. We bad a very enjoyable occasion here last Saturday in the way of a Children's Day, which was observed by the Methodist i Sunday School. The order of exercises were as follows: March by the children, with song by the choir, "Marching On." Prayer by Bot. C. B. 8mitb, of Andorson. Welcoming the people by the Superintendent. Welcome Recitation, by Mollle Stepp, Modena Blgby. Sallie Mattison, Mattle Dunlap, Daisy Kay, Bosa Trosaell and Ella Rickets. Song by the School, ''Happy welcomo to all." Welcome Recitation, by Kirkland Dunlap. Bong, "Where can I find the Savior." First part, sung by Sallie Mattison ; second part, by Mollio Stepp, Daisy Kay, Mottle Dunlap and Katie Hud gens ; chorus, by all the children. Reqltation by small boys, "We are little friends of Jesus." Second part, on Temperance, subject introduced with a song by the School, ' 'Keep the banner waving.-' Temperance speech, by Bev. J. A. Clifton, of Greenville. Song, by the children, "Who will volunteer." Recitation. "Speak gent? ly," by Gn?sie Hudgens. Third part, on the sub ject'of giving. Address by Bev. W. A. Clark, of LaurenB, on the object of Children's Day and the Importance of Recitation, "Give," by May Fleming, Louie Dunlap, Luna Wright and Katie Hudgens. Song, "Freely give" Collection, by Mollio Stepp, Palsy Kay, Sallie Mattison, Mattle Dunlap and Modena Bigov. Song, by the children. "Clap your hands for Joy." Song, by the School, "He found Him in Bethel." Recitation, "Our Children's Day we hail again," by Minnie Kay, Alico Baum, Maggie Watt and Ella Rickets. Bong, by the children, "All hall the happy Chil? dren's Day." Address, by Bev. Chas. B. Smith, of Anderson, "Duty of parents to children as regards the Sun ? day bchooi." Song, "Kind Shepherd lead her o'er the plain,*' first part suns by Mollie Stepp, second part by Wayne Donald, chorus by all the children. Floral offering, by Emma Qreer, May Greor, Belle Kay, Delia Biokets, Sunle Blgby and Maggie Hudgens to their Teacher, Mrs. Sallie Blgby. Recitation, "Wishes,'' by Cora Elgin. Ella Brock, Virginia Bigby, Anna Rickets, Mattle Dunlap, Agle Greer and Lawton Wright. Recitation, "Hoe out you row," by John Wright. Song, by the School. ? Closlpg address, by Dr. Beed, of Donalds. There were 800 or 1,000 persons present, and the exercises were highly enjoyed. There will be a pic nie at Holiday's Bridge next Saturday. The public and the County Commissioners, especially, are in? vited to attend. Miss Nannie Kay, who graduated from the Winthrop Training School last Spring, has gone to Atlanta. Miss Lillian McGee has taken a pleasure trip to Marietta, Ga., to visit relatives. Prof. W. E. Breazeale, of Furman Uni yersity, is in town visiting friends. Pop. Barnes Items. We presume, Mr. Editor, that your cor? respondent from this place has recovered from the shock which he received not long since, and that he will tell the readers of the Intelligencer all about the service that was held at Union Church last Sat? urday evening for the purpose of organiz? ing and building a Methodist Church at this place; also about the young ladies that came down from Anderson and spent a few days in our town, and returned to the city Monday p. m., and that Miss Lizzie Gray, of Augusta, Ga., is visiting relatives near this place and will remain several weeks. And while we are anxious to tell some? thing, too, we must be content with men? tioning a few things that slipped his mem? ory while Buffering from a nervouB disor? der, caused by a harmless and perhaps a hungry cow, and will begin with Capt. Hurxman, who went to Augusta on the 27th and returned the next day. He, too, claims that we have the best crops he has seen: Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Patterson went down to Bordeaux last week, where tbey will spend several days. Now, Uncle Lizzie, we want a fow words with you. We believe that you have come to stay, and we are glad to have you in our midst, and will be glad to hear from you every week, but we must say that your language was very large in your last communication. It is not a rule with editors to send out dictionaries with their papers, and we will as^ that in pro? mulgating your oratorio cogitations, or articulating your superficial sentimentali? ties, beware of platudinous ponderosity. Let your conversational communications possess a clarified conciseness, a compact? ed comprehen3ibility, a coalescent con? sistency, a concatenated cogency. Let your extemporaneous descanting and un? premeditated expatiationB have intelli? gibility- and veracious vivapity. without tbassaionioal bombast, but talk plain, brief and pure. Say what you moan and mean what you say, don't put on airs, and don't shoot a retreating cow, and 'or good n??jj cske don't use any more big words. Pedro. Sunday School Institute, "Williamstoit, S. C, July 7,1891. 2b the Sunday Schools of the Saluda Baptist Association: Let every School be repre? sented by delegates at the Institute meet? ing here next Tuesday and Wednesday, 14th and 15th. Delegates are requested to bring "Gospel Hymn Books" with them. Every person appointed on the program to speak or to sing, is requested to come and discharge the duty assigned thorn. D. Westojt Hjott, Pres. S, B. S. S. Institute. Para-sit-i-cide is guaranteed to cure Itch in 30 minutes or money refunded. Sold by Hill Bros., Anderson, 8. C. 7 "--?"fiaeBMSBHB^jFBaggag-i Starr Items. Dry! dry! dry! we are ntcdiug rain very bad, but the crops are still looking fine. Mr. J. T. C. Jones has improved hi? dwelling house very much with the painter's brush. Mr. Thomas McAllister, of Mt. Carmel section, is spending a few days with his brother, Nathan McAllister. He says that they are not as dry as we are. Mr. J. L. Pettigrew and wife visited their father last Saturday and Sunday. Our clever Postmaster, J. A. McAllister, has been very ill with fever. We are glad to report that he is better. Messrs. P. B. Allen, J. J. Stuart and W. J. Gentry have the finest cotton crops that we have seen yet. County Commissioner R. E. Parker passed through town the other day on his way to Evergreen to look after the bridges at that place. Mr. J. H. Pruittfs fine horse, which was foundered on water some weeks past, is improving, and will be able for duty some time in the near future. Doctor Taylor has just returned from a trip to Hart County, Ga., where he has some patients that he is attending to. We can spoak well of the Doctor. He uses j all roots and herbs, and there are not ? many of these old settled diseases but what he can get to and give relief. Miss Minnie Bell paid Mr. J, T. C. Jones' family a flying visit last week. Miss Minnie was our school teacher first ?l this year, and we think that our com? munity would do well to secure her ser? vices again. She is a good teacher, and the pupils all like her. It would give peace and happiness, we know, to some of our young men to have her back. We had the pleasure of attending the closing exercises of Miss Lena Johnson's school at Iva Hollow last Tuesday even? ing. The program was entertaining to all. Miss Johnson is an accomplished teacher. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Bishopville, S. O.j July 4?J. D. Shaw, editor of the BiBhopville Eagle, was killed to-day at a picnic near Tiller's Ferry, Kershaw County, by one Dariuj Kelly. \ Eastover, S. 0., July 2.?The electric storm that passed through this neighbor? hood Tuesday afternoon did great damage to houses. The house of Henry Green was struck by lightning. The stroke came down the chimney, killing Green and his daughter. Petersburg, Va., July 2.?James Cain, an old citizen of Sussex, despond? ent over the death of his wife, committed suicide by drowning himself in a mill pond. He waded out into the pond and kept his head under water until he be? came unconscious. Memphis, Tenn, July 6?A telegram received in this city at half-past 1 this afternoon, reports a cyclone as having passed through Madison, Miss., this morning. Several buildings were demol? ished and considerable damage done. No further information is obtainable, as the wires south are blown down. Nashville, Tenn., July 4.?John Beasley and Abram Kimbro, living three miles from Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, last evening took a drink of a solution of aconite from a bottle which they thought contained whiskey. Beas? ley died in a short time, while Kimbro is in a very critical condition. Denver, Col., July 4?A verdict of $100,000 damages, the largest sum ever awarded in America upon the suit for the alienation of a wife's affections, was returned yesterday by a jury in the dis? trict court in this city. S. Willis French, believed to be a millionaire, must hand over this Bum to Cecil A. Daue as the re? sult of a suit which lasted for nearly three weeks behind closed doors. Cleveland, O., July 5.?A special to the Leader from Youngstown Bays: Wil? liam Coe and Charles Adgate, while on a passenger train leaving here at midnight, quarreled over a girl and Adgate threw Coe off the coach. He fell on the rails and both feet were amputated and his skull fractured. Coe was removed to the hospital and will die. Officers are searching for Adgate; who resides in Warren. Greenville, July 2.?It is reported from the upper part of this county that on Sunday last "Babe" Durham, a young white man, brutally beat Miss Gosnell on the head and body with the butt of his pistol and kicked her because she had promised to marry Durham's rival, whose name is not known. Durham also Bhot once at his rival, who ran. The young lady may not live. Officers are after Durham, but be is keeping out of the way. Charlotte, N. C, July 3.?John Woods, aged twenty-one, living three miles west of Statesville, left there yes? terday afternoon, drunk, and went to sleep ou the track of the StateBville and Western Railroad, a mile weat of States? ville. The train going to Taylorsville last night ran over him and cut his body in two. The head and arms were found in the ditch this morning and his legs and body in the middle of the track. The engineer did not know of the occurrence Until this morning. Blackville, July 2.?Mr. JameB Mc? Donald, a highly respected and well to do citizen, living about a half mile from El ko, went this morning with a party to Capt. W. W. Willis's mill on a fishing expedition. About 10 o'clock he and his two grown daughters went out into the, pond in a boat, and while paddling up the pond the boat struck a tree, throwing out the younger daughter. He immedi? ately jumped overboard to save her when they both went to the bottom and did not rise again. The daughter left in the boat managed to get the boat out and reported it. The bodies have not yet been recovered, but they are being searched for. Darlington, S. C, July 4.?Yester? day morning Mr. Thoma3 Andrews, of Oates, Darlington County, committed suioide by hanging himself. Mr. An? drews, had been in the Asylum and had been sent home, though he was still of unsound mind and subject to severe mental depression at times. He threat? ened to commit suicide, but it was not thought that he would do so. Yesterday morning he was missed and after a search his relatives found him hanging to a dogwood tree. He was cut down barely alive and expired in a few minutes. He was about 55 years old and was a highly respected citizen of good family. This is the second suicide committed here within the past two weeks. San Jose, Cal , July 6.?Prof. Her? man Kottinger, who up to twenty- years ago was the leading violinist on the coast, and well known bb a writer of prose and poetry, died yesterday in a squalid hut on Colfax street. He was worth hun derds of thousands of dollars, acquired by a lifetime of miserly frugality. But one child, William Kottinger, was present at the death. When the old man, in bis death throe3, raised himself in bed, the son rushed to his side. His father, mis? taking the act, with a frenzied yell waved him back and clutching at the bed clothes pulled them back, disclosing to view a quantity of gold coin. He made a grab at it with both hands, and, with the bright pieces in his fingers, fell back with a gasp and expired. Prof. Kottin? ger was once a doctor in Heidelberg University, and was 90 years old. He was so wasted by hunger and want that his body weighed less than forty pounds, and was in a disgusting condition, . -sgjawrt.--1 ? A party of Rome, Ga., boys wen bathing Tuesday with a keg of beer. All got drunk, a row followed and Joe Herrick cut Frank Dempsey, who was naked, with a knife, disembowel ling him. Dempsey is dead and Herrick is in jail. ?A San Francisco paper predicts great things of the cultivation of the ramie plant as a California industry, and declares that "it in the oomiug fibre of the world for textile fabrics, being already in established use in .Europe, where it ap? pears in lace, lace curtains, handker? chiefs, cloth, or white goods resembling fine linen, dress goods, napkins, table damask, table covers, bed spreads, drape? ry for curtains or lambrequins, plush, or even carpets, fabrics suitable for clothing and Bilks. As ramie has almost the beauty of silk, with three times the Strength and durability of hemp, the use? fulness of the fibre is beyond question. Then as it is easily cultivated, it can be sold at a low price and yet leave a profit. Ramie is perennial, does not require replanting for many years, calls fox little attention, cannot be injured by insegts and uever fails of a crop, ? South Dakota now has the largeat Artesian well in the world. It shoots water 140 feet from the surface. ? The suppression of the slave trade in East Africa is followed by deplorable results. The native chiefs have returned to their old custom of killing their pris? oners. The slave traffic prevented this. Prieonere that could be sold were too val? uable to be slaughtered. In saving Africa from slavery, their friends have doomed thousands of them to certain death. ? There is a horse on James McCIoud's farm in South Dakota which has eight feet, otherwise it is perfectly formed in every respect. Not until the fetlock joint is reached in the descent from the shoulder to the foot is thero any differ euce between this horse and any other. At the pastern joint, however, the branch begins, and two perfecly formed hoofs are found on each of the four legs. ? "The first drops of blood" sayB the New York World, "that were shed in the war of the rebellion are in possession of Col. B. F Hawkes of the pension office at Washington. They came from the veins of Col. B. F. Kelly, who com? manded the Federal troops at the battle of Phillippi, the first battle of the war, and stained his vest. A bullet from the opening fire of ;the Confederates passed through Col. Kelley's lungs and the sur? geons pronounced the wound mortal, but the officer recovered, became a general and is now living at the age of 84. Col. Hawkes was Kelley's adjutant at Phillip pi and preserved the vest as a most inter? esting relic oftbat great conflict. ? In my young days I was laughed at bo much for pulling green melons (for I could not decide when ripe by thumping) that I put my wits to work to decide in some other way; and after experimenting for years I at last learned to tell very easily, and will give the results of my ex? periments for the benefit of any who may ever be in a like dilemma. My plan is this: I draw my thumbnail over the melon, Bcraping off the thin green skin. If the edges of the skin on each side of the scar are left ragged or granulated and the rind under the scar is smooth, firm and white and has something of a glassy appearance, the melon is ripe. But if the edges of the scar are smooth and even, and the thumbnail has dug into the rind in places, and the skin does not come off clean, then the melon is green. You can easily learn on two melons, one ripe and the other green (after they have been cut open,) and noting the difference. ? During an electrical storm that pass? ed over Galveston, Tessa, last Saturday a terrible explosion occurred which shook the city to its foundations. Houses rocked and swayed as if in the throes of an earthquake. Glass was broken, doors 'flung open, plaster fell from the walls, goods fell from the shelves, and the people Btood aghast at that they knew not what, Until the cause of the fearful phenomenon became known, the suspense of the people was almost unbearable. At length a tele? phone message brought the news that the lightning bad struck the magazine of the American Powder company situated four miles out. The shock was commu? nicated to several other magazines, and in all several thousand kegs of powder were caused to explode. Upon investi? gation it was found that the spot where one of the magazines stood was marked by a hole 120 feet in circumference and from 200 to 300 feet deep, while brick and other debris had been scattered over an area of a quarter of a mile. Several persons were injured?one man fatally. TO RENT, STO?E BOOM, AND BOOMS OVER IT,. ON North side Public Square, now occu? pied by VanWyck. "W. W- HUMPHREYS. July 9, 1891 1 2 GOING, GOING 0/^1 HATS and CAPS at COST for \J JL cash. Also, Dry Goods. Hard? ware, Shoes, Notions, Buggy Material, Ply Fans, &c. These goods haye to be sold by the 1st September, as I have to give up the room. A. B. TOWERS. P. S.?You will save money by buying from me. ? WilliamstonMale Academy. J. W. GAJNES, B.S., M.M.P., Principal. flBHOROUGH Instruction given In all English a branches, Latin, Greek, German, French and higher Mathematics. Tuition, 81.50 to 83.00 per month, according to grade, Good board mar be obtained for SlO.OO per month, btrlct discipline. Session opens Monday, Sept. 7. For further infor? mation apply to principal before Sept. 1st at Town vllle?after Sept. 1st at Williamston. J. W. GAINE8, Principal. July?, 1891, 1 4m. KOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Estate of James L. Brock, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, andf those indebted to make payment. BARBARA BROCK, Adin'x. July 9,1891_1_3_ "VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of A- J. Watt, deceased, ore hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. DR. T. A. HUDGENS, Adtn'r. July 9,1801_I_3 NOTICE. Office of County Commissioners, Anderson, S. C, July 7, 1891. E will let to the lowest bidder on the 11th inBt., at 11 a. m., atHolliday's Bridge, the building of abutments to the same, Also, on same day, at Cooley's Bridge, at 4 p. m., the repairs of satd Bridge. W. T. McGILL, Chm'n., B. C. MARTIN, R. E. PARKER, Board Co, Com. Anderson Co., S. C Per E. W. LONG, Clerk. July 9,1891 1 1 MASTER'S SALE. THE STATE OP SOUTH, CAROLINA, Anderson County. In the Court of Common Pitas. Jeptha Harper against Pickens Brown. IN obedience to the Judgment of Pore closure in the above entitled action, the Master will sell at Anderson Court House, South Carolina, on Salesday in August noxt, the mortgaged premises be? low described, to wit: All that piece, parcel, or Lot of Land, containing on acre, more or less, situated in the City of Anderson, S. C, on the North side of Reed Street, bounded East by land of Ruth Guy ton, North by lands of W. W. Humphreys, West by the Sa? vannah Valley R. R., and South by Reed Street, unless Defendant pay the amount due on the Judgment debt and taxes and cost on or by 10 o'clock a. m. of day of sale, Terms of Sale?Cash. W. W. humphreys, Master. July 9, 1891 1 4 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 Drug Store, Hotel Chiquola. Residence, 59 North Main Street. June 4,1891_48_ NEW PROCESS Elixir Corn Whiskey. TO RENT 0BF0B SALE. Pendleton Hotel and Stables. Apply to J, B. sitton, Popdleton, S. C. June 25,1891 51_3* NEW PROCESS Elixir corn whisky. Something Useful. CHERRY SEEDERS and FOWLER'S IMPROVED FLY FANS. Every housekeeper Bhould have one of each. For sale by A. B. TOWERS. 1 "8MMBB Not the First or the Last! Not the Beginning or the End! Not What is to be or What Is! BUT FACT That you can and will Appreciate. Beginning Monday, June 22,1 will offer my Entire Stock of Goods at and below NEW YORK COST FOR CASH. Handaome Pure Linen Bosom 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. Ribbons, 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 you 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. P. s. W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent. -ALL parlies due me anything by Note or Account will please come and settle at once as the books must be closed. W. A. C, Ag't. NQ UFTIHS OF TRAITS 2 f your denier can't supply you we w2L "Write for Catalogue, NEW PROCESS EKSffi CORN WHISKEY. LEAVING ANDERSON! LEAVING ANDERSON I 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 certaiuly 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 cououest. 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 6ic. 15c. Towels for 8}c 20c. Towels for 12*c. 25c. Towels for 15c. 75c. Linen Damask for 47 Jc. 60c. Linen Damask for 35c. Napkins at half price. Dress Goods prices jtrst 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 J, 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 nt half cost. Boys' 3, 4 and 5 must go at some price. Checked Homespun 4c. Yard-wide Sea Islaud 4ic. Window Curtain Scrim 45c. Lace Curtains half price. White Counterpanes away down. ? 10c. Socks and Stockings at 7Ac. Chair Tidies half price. White Laundried Shirts 50c. on the dollar. Ladies' Jerseys at half price; also Notions, Gloves, Hamburg Edging Tie3, 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 aud every article to be found in a first-class Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoe Store will be sacrificed rather than ship the goods from here. Six Show Cases, one Platform and one Counter Scales, and three first class Combination Iron Safes will be sold at half New York cost. Every person having valuable papers should have one in his house. Now, we want it distinctly understood that Ladies or Gentlemen drawing up to our Store, either in a Carriage, Buggy, Cart or 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 aud has been the case in all the Stores that the undersigned has ever had the management. Respectfully, D. C. FLYM, LEADER OE LOW PRICES, Bed House, Granite Row, New Process Elixir Corn Whiskey. F. L. NARAMORE, DENTIST, ANDERSON, - - - S C. OFFICE over Mercian Is' and Farmers' Bank. JBB* Preservation of the Natural Teeth and Boots a specialty. June 2q, 1891_51_ly_ NEW PROCESS ELIXIR CORN WHISKEY. DO NOT DELAY, Ab delays are dangerous. I am still In the Insurance Business. Call on me and have your property insured before it ia too late, and your house and furniture is in ashes. Assets represented $12,760,890. A. B. TOWERS, Insurance Agent. NEW PROCESS ELIXIR CORN WHISKEY IMPORTANT NOTICE. J HAVE a fine assortment of? CROCKERY and GLASSWARE That I will sell AX COSX FOR CASH. This sale open for fifteen days. ? ALSO, ? A nice line of?? GINGHAMS, CALICO, MUSLINS, and WORSTED DRESS GOODS, Which I will oiler 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. NEW PROCESS ELIXIR CORN WHISKEY. G OING to MO VE l 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 Boom now occupied by Mr. A. B. Towers on Sept* 1st, and will close out from now on eo as to? - PUT IN A BEAN NEW STOCK.J 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 in 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! A.ndL it Fenced, even -with, our "WIRE JT'EHXCiTlSTG- E But we do want you to Know that we still Livo and have a OUR TERRELL SWEEP Is as good as ever, and so is THE VICTOR SWEEP. THE JONES FENDER, F which we told you in last week's local column, and a cut of which we give 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. C. 0 NEW PROCESS ELIXIR CORN WHISKEY. STABBED TO DEATH I 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 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 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 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* self is gone, and who did it ? Why, the indefatigable 0. 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'va struck a knot, and can't saw through. They need the scads, and they must have them. Yea, 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, _ aS? C. S. MINOR and TEN CENT STORE. J P. S.?We have contracted for fifty gross?7,200?MASON'S F?UTT JARS, which must be sold this season. JELLY TUMBLERS cheaper th&a erer. No. 21 South Hain St., Anderson, S. C.