The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 20, 1891, Image 2
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JyP. CLENKS?ALES,) Editors and
\,a:LAJTQSTON, j Peopeietoes,
^jCTUItSDAY. AUGUST 20, 1891.
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The latest sensation in New York po
cal circles is to make Grover Cleveland
the Democratic nominee for Governor.
?Whether Governor or President, he is an
onest and fearless officer.
d&r> George Jones, editor of the New
vYbri?2577itfj, died on Wednesday morning
"rfast week. Ho and Horace Greeley
Started life as printer's devils in the same
country office, and each founded a great
metropolitan daily.; They, were close
riehda as^oog as they lived.
Gov. ? Tillman made a speech at the
Y&dSprings (N. C.).- Fair last week, in
?bleb. he. dealt in Democracy pure and
Much that he said has been
repeatedly uttered in these columns, and
worthy of continual repetition bo long
i disloyalty to the Democratic party is
robable.
James Russell Lowell, the distinguish
scholar and poet, and at one time the
fpleBentative of this country at the
English Court, died at Cambridge, Mass.,
on Wednesday morning, August 12. Mr.
Lowell early developed as a bright and
pleasant writer. The South has lost no
friend in him, however. In what was
called the "Biglow Papers" he wrote bit?
terly against slavery in the South, and
again, during-the T?te war, he wrote a
tire, under the above caption, against
ugland for the neutral position she as
med toward, the South and North. He
a? born in 1819. .
d, the editor of the Abbeville
redium, is persistently a crimson clover
vocate. Doubtless this clover is an
excellent variety and makes good pastu
Did our friend ever feed his cows
jnthojellow milo (by the way, proper?
ly' 'pronounced meel-yo) maize ? Does
;he know that an acre of ground, well fer?
tilized, will nroduce 10 or 15. tons of for?
age if planted in this maize? Does be
think, crimson clover will beat that re?
cord ? Try a patch of it, General, and
?Vyoii '?;will. find the yield prodigious.
allowed to mature, each stalk will
^mkkeahhead worth a good nubbin of
"corn.-. AI ripe patch of it is a beautiful
fMxi.- Sarah Polk,: widow of the late
James K. Polk, who was president of the
Sited States from .1844 to 1848, died at
er home in Nashville, Tenn., laBt Fri
;Jrj^^"^ing.A.She.b?a lived to the ripe
ti^ijjjp]of fbur-score and eight years.
was a noble Christian lady, and was
oyed by those with whom she was asso?
ciated. So universally was she esteemed
tHat on announcement of her death the
on the State capital was- placed, at
.mastr resolutions of respect for her
l?ry were adopted by the State Alli
ythen in annual session, and by the
'ennessee Historical Association; and
^organizations. Mrs. Polk was mis*
t;pf .tie White House during an im
,nt period of our history. It was
; Her hueband's administration that
nexation of Texas took place and
Mexican . war was fought. It was
'duringhis administration, also, that the
"gold mines of California were discovered,
'hich gaye rise to such a rush of eagerx
reckless, undaunted fortune seekers as
Was .never before in history. Mrs.
"k^ will 1 v buried by the aide of her
id at eir home in Nashville.
vB.--.Gi-T m & Co's Weekly Review of
'ifPrade for at week is highly encouraging
in growers of the West, but
a^|9 iing much encouragement to
Sgg& .em farmers. It says: "The
E?jM}ibitjon of exports of rye by Russia,
so of the official declaration that
le-is impending, has suddenly affect?
ed the grain markets of the whole world.
;:Rn8fiia usually exports about 50,000,000
; ? bushels Of rye, and men reason that other
. grain in largo quantities will be required,
^fprospects grow brighter every day,
: with the assurance that the country
not only have enormous supplies of
^^grain, but a market for it at a good price.
-Business is improving throughout the
d&orth. '- The movement begins close to
Pptt?mn8. Country merchants are buying
^more freely, and their purchases are felt
by wholesalers and manufacturers. In the
South, tho great surplus of cotton last
- year and the prospect of an equally large
crop this year threaten a lower price than
W?0vt?n?6n can stand, and trade and col
(f': Tectioas are both' poor in that section.
There is a distinct improvement in the
demand for cotton goods, which the mills
% - can now produce at profit at lower prices
. than ever."
David Jacobs and Mrs. Mary Johnson
were sentenced to be hung in Chester
r.n^Id on August 14th for murdering Mrs.
Johnson's husband. At the time Bet they
' ?; were taken to the Bcaffold and the ropes
...' adjusted around their necks. . In a few
moments, apparently, they would have
been dangling between heaven and earth.
?\. Just before the trap was sprung, however,
j&^flw Governor's private secretary handed
^|f^np a reprieve, staying the execution un
til Sept. 4tb. The Governor had had the
^^.matter under consideration for some time,
/and seems to have resorted to a trick in
"the hopes of forcing a confession from
-xthe wretches. His secretary had been
!r^r...present during the whole proceeding,
gggRiith the reprieve in his pocket, and hand
;' ed itlo the Sheriff at the moment the
miserable prisoners expected to be land?
er *ed^ into eternity. The accused asserted
l v their innocence to the laat, though it is
r r ' said they knew the reprieve was in wait
log for them. The Governor should
'leave it to the judge and jury to determine
^Tthe guilt or innocence of a prisoner, and
^fr?n0t 'feel it his duty to resort to Buch devi
; ^Sitobelp him form his conclusions,
a**-". Since the above was written the Gov
?.? ernor has commuted the death sentence
jrp.-of the condemned to imprisonment for
ftv&lfe. His teat most have failed. These
C . y-*AV.' f?C-. ? ' -. ?
persons were guilty or innocent, and
there Bho?ld have been no middle ground*
? The Edgefield Monitor is pleased to
fceiftr that the Hon. George D. Tillman
^^^BI stand for another term in Congress
j?t the election, .and adds that "juBtat
''^?^i?^(;:timei when, political tricksters and
pfrnnscrapnloris demagogues are trying to
gfl^imn the people wild over some fanciful
scheme, it 13 refreshing to know, that
George will be in the field to exert
lerful inflaence for the right."
in has been "talking right out
3g" recently at a rat? tljathas
his competitors for CoLgressonal
mors very dizzy.
WHY WHEAT GOES UP.
The Czar of Russia has issued an ukase
against the exportation of rye from that
country. Russia usually exports about
50,000.000 bushels annually. As rye
bread is the bread of the masses of
Europe, necessarily a great demand will
be made for other grains. American
grain fields are attracting the eyes of all
the world in this emergency. Whether
the ukaae was issued to make bread scarce
in European countries hostile to Russia,
or whether it was done to avert a famine
there, the fact remains that the western
farmer will get an advanced price for his
wheat. On Saturday wheat rose 6 cents
a bushel in a very short while in the
-produce exchanges.
? As Editor Williams, of the Greenville
ZVeutt, says, this furnishes a practical les
son. The law of supply and demand
has raised the price. An effort is being
made in Germany to raise the import
duty against American grain. Whether
this is done or not, Germany will be
obliged to have bread, and that will cause
a demand for American grain. It is this
demand, or probable demand, that has
raised the price of wheat. It la not be?
cause money is more plentiful, or people
are better able to buy.
Just so as to the cotton market. When
more is made than needed, the price goes
down. As was the case last year, which
seems likely to be repeated this year, the
price paid was low, because the supply
was greater than the demand. Should
the opposite prove true, prices would ral?
ly immediately, and, as formerly, cotton
raising would be profitable.
We believe the country needs more
money. But the facts given above prove
that there are a number of contingencies
which may affect prices. The underlying
principle of the whole, however, will be
the law of supply and demand.
As we have before said, he only is tru?
ly an independent man?independent of
the manipulations of Wall street as well
of the ukase of the Czar of Russia?who
raises what he needs on his own farm.
Wo ar*e Getting Rich.
New Yobk, August 16.?The farm
profits will yield one billion dollars more
this year in the United States than they
have been during recent years of depres?
sion. At least this is the estimate put
forward by the American Agriculturist in
its annual review of the harvests to be
published in the forthcoming September
issue of that magazine.
On the basis of the present prospects
this authority estimates the corn crop for
1891 at 2,000,000,000 bushels, wheat at
500,000,000 buahels, and oats 622,000,000
bushels, against 1,550,000,000,400,000,000
and 524,000,000 bushels respectively in
1890, and 1,700,000,000, 445,000,000 and
578,000,000 bushels as the average for the
preceding eleveu years. This makes the
total prospective crop of corn, wheat and
oats 3,122,000,000 bushels or 28.8 per
cent, greater than last year, and 14.7 per
pent'over the average cf the preceding
eleven years.
The Agriculturist believes that unless
unexpected influences wholly change the
current of events the value of corn ou the
farms will average in December fully fif?
ty cents a bushel, wheat one dollar per
-bushel and oats at least forty cents. On
this basis the value of the corn crop to
the farmers will be one billion dollars,
wheat $500,000,000 and oats $250,000,000,
or a total of $1,750,000,000. This is four
hundred and fifty million dollars more
than the value of the crops in 1890, and
six hundred and twenty-five million more
than the value of the average of these
crops from 1880 to 1890, inclusive.
Cotton and rice will command better
prices than last season. Cattle are worth
one third more thao eighteen months
ago, with other live stock in proportion.
Tobacco is advancing heRvily for cigar
leaf, contracts being made for the crop
in the field at an advance of 15.50 per
cent, over last year. Hops are firm at
good prices. Winter fruit will command
large values, and all vegetables are yield?
ing fairly, with everytndication of remu?
nerative markets. The export outlook
was never better; immensely increased
sums will be sent to us for our produce.
Ulterior influence may, of course, inter?
fere with this brilliant prospect, but we
confess we are beginning to share more
fully the hopes of certain well informed,
but conservative agriculturists who pre?
dict better profits for farmers of the Uni?
ted States during the next five years than
ever before.
The American Agriculturist says there
will be no return to "war prices," but
-money received above expenses will go
farther and enable the farmer to get
more value out of bis profits than at any
previous period. ?
Hade the Heavens Lenk.
Dallas, Tex., August 11.?A special
from Midland, Tex., to the Dallas News
says the rainfall expedition from the
United States department of agriculture
reached Midland on Wednesday and have
so far made two successful experiments.
The News reporter interviewed one of the
parties to day who said:
"Saturday and Monday last part of the
rain-making apparatus only was set up
and the preliminary trial made simply
to test , the efficiency of the special blast?
ing powder whieh is being manufac?
tured on the grounds from material
brought with us. Several bombs were
exploded by means of electrical dynamos.
Although this powder is very powerful,
we were by no meanB confident that the
explosion would have any practical
effect upon the meteorological condi?
tions. However, about ten hours after
the explosion clouds gathered and a
heavy rain fell, extending many miles.
We do not think the explosions caused
the storm, as they were not on a large
enough scale, but they were undoubt?
edly instrumental in precipitating the
moisture which the clouds brought to that
locality and greatly increased the inten?
sity of the storm and the quantity of the
rainfall which was greatest in the imme?
diate vicinity in the place of operation.
We will continue cautiously to make
tests as to the density of the atmosphere
in this particular locality, so that our
bombs may be adapted to meet every
possible condition, and when we have
sufficiently satisfied ourselves upon these
similar points the decisive experiment
will be made. This will not occur for
several days."
The News reporter did not witness the
expermentB referred to above, but can
testify to the rain falling in Midlay, over
twenty miles from the spot of operations,
the first good rain for several months.
No Stay Law for Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., August 14.?Last night
the Alliance members of the Legislature
met and unanimously decided tbat the
Btay law bill introduced in the Legisla?
ture was not needed or desired, and adopt?
ed the following resolutions, offered by
Faust, of Oglethorpe:
"Resolved, That it is the sense of this
body that the enactment of the stay law
by the Legislature would be violativo of
the constitution and against the best in?
terests of the people of Georgia, and tbat
this resolution be given to the press for
publication." The question was thor?
oughly ventilated and the resolution was
unanimously adopted. This morning in
the House, Berner offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted amid loud cheers:
"Resolved, By the House of Represen?
tatives of Georgia, That it is the sense of
the House that the passage of the stay
law would be unwise and would be detri?
mental to the best interests of Georgia."
Cincinnati, Aug, 15.?Annie Hawkes,
aged 22 years, an aeronaut and parachu?
tist, professionally known as Frankie
Lavell, was instantly killed by falling
from her trapeze at Coney Island, a sum?
mer resort twenty miles above this city,
about 5 o'clock this evening.
Tho Annual Rtvnnlon at Sandy Springs.
For somo years past Orr's Eifles has
held its annual re-union at this place, this
being the sceno of its first encampment
after its organization in 1861. Just thirty
years ago it first drilled on tho grounds
surrounding the old Church in which tho
quartermaster had his headquarters.
What a change has taken place in those
years 1 Thon tho men who I now see sit?
ting about under the aged oaks, laughing
and talking of "war times," and whose
faces show deep lines that time and sor?
row have left, and whoso rapidly whiten?
ing locks toll of youth long since gone,
then, ah! then, theso same men were
young and lusty and ready to do and die
for thoir country. And by tho side of
these men, who now meet in annual ro
union wore many others who have long
sinco "crossed over tho rivor," and are
now afc "rest under tho shado of the
trees."' What a glorious thing it was to
be a Confederate soldier! and what a
great privilege is enjoyed by those who
survived tho terrible conflict, in which
they wore engaged, in the re-unions that
are year by year hold by the survivors of
tho various regiments that South Carolina
sent into tho Confederate service. The
re-union now being hold, and which be?
gan last night, is the. 11th annual meeting
of the survivors of Orr's Rifles. At* the
meeting last year an invitation was ox
tended to tho survivors of the Fourteenth
Regiment, the Second South Carolina and
tho Fourth Regiment; besides other
commands wero invited to bo present at
the re-union this year, and a number of
regiments then invited are now repre?
sented. Last night's meeting consisted
of an informal gathering of all the survi?
vors, and it was indeed a pleasant sight
to witness the meeting of men, many of
whom bad not seen each other before in
years. Sincoro were the expressions of
friendship and kindly interest exhibited
ou every hand. Sido by side they again
sat around tho crackling camp fire and
laughed and joked each other just as they
did in their first meeting so many years
sinco.
This morning at 9 o'clock the survivors
of Orr's Regiment held a business meet?
ing and elected the following officers for
the ensuing year:
President, Capt. L. Rogers.
First vlje-president, Maj. J. N. Vandi
ver.
Second vice-president, R. T. H. Lowo
ry
Third vice-president, John Eskew.
Secretary, W. T. McGill.
Treasurer, J. M. Thompson.
Chaplain, Rev. H. T. Sloan.
At about tho same hour the Fourteenth
South Carolina held a meeting and or?
ganized with the following officers:
President, Col. J. N. Brown.
First vice-president, Col. Edward Croft.
Second vice-president, Capt. H. P.
Griffith.
Third vice-president, Capt. D. C. Tom
kins.
Secretary, R. Harting.
Treasurer, R. L. McCaughriu.
Chaplain, Rev. A. B. Amaker.
The next on the programme was to
have been a review of the first year's ser?
vice of McGowan's Brigade, by Col. J. S.
Cothran, but he was unavoidably absent,
so Capt. W. S. Allen, of the Fourteenth
South Carolina, was substituted, and gave
a very interesting recital of what he saw
of the first year's service.
Next came a very entertaining account,
by D. H. Russell, of the Second Cavalry,
of scout service within the Federal lines.
These accounts being gjyen by those
who were the actual participants in the
scene they described, wero very valuable
as historical data?and were exceedingly
entertaining, not only to those who are
entitled to the honor of survivorship, but
were also of great interest to those of us
who were too young to know*anything
of the actualities of the war. Among
those present to-day, as she always is, I
noticed Mrs. James L. Orr, the widow of
first Colonel of the regiment, who Jis
affectionately styled the mother of the
regiment.
The number present last night was tho
largest ever known^at a re-union here,
that is for the first night. Major W. S.
Dunlap, formerly commander of the
Sharpshooters of McGowan's Brigade,
now State Auditor of Arkansas, was ex?
pected to be present, but much to the re?
gret of his former comrades he telegraph?
ed that it would be impossible for him to
get off.
During the day letters from Cols. Coth?
ran and Miller, and a telegram from Maj.
Dunlap, were read, expressing their .re?
grets that they could not be preseut. ??
"After dinner a speech on the battle of
Gettysburg was made by Gen. R. R.
Hemphill, which was very interesting.
At this juncture Col. Crayton made an
appeal for a destitute Confederate, a for?
mer member of Orr's Rifles. A subscrip?
tion was at once raised for him.
Col. J. N. Brown, of the Fourteenth
South Carolina, made a very interesting
speech, detailing the services performed
by McGowan's Brigade during the clos?
ing scenes of the war. The Colonel spoke <
in glowing terms of the heroism ana de?
votion of the Confederate soldiers who so
nobly fought, oven when there was no
prospect of success, simply for the honor
of a soldier.
The last address was made by Col. R.
E. Bowen, of the Second South Carolina
Rifles, showing the gallantry of the men
of the Second.
Besides Mrs. Orr, Mrs. Ledbetter, wid?
ow of Lieut. Col. Ledbetter, who was
killed in tho early part of tho war, was
present. These two noble women never
fail to attend this re-union.
The association passed a resolution in?
viting all survivors in Anderson, Abbe?
ville, Oconee and Pickens to meet with
them next year.
The Fourteenth South Carolina will
hold its first re-union at Greenwood, on
the 25th of this month.
In the above report of the re-union of
Orr's Rifles I failed to state that Rev. H.
T. Sloan spoke in the place of Col. Coth?
ran, and Capt. Scott Allen in tho place of
Maj. W. S. Dunlap. Such was the case.
The association adjourned this after?
noon. The members say the meeting was
one of the best attended and most pleas?
ant of all the re-unions they have hereto?
fore held.?Correspondence of Columbia
State, August 12th.
? Carolina School Commissioners.
At a meeting of the school commission?
ers in attendance on the State Teachers'
Association it was unanimously agreed to
call a convention of the school commis?
sioners of the State to meet in Colum?
bia, on the 26th and 27th of August, 1891,
for the consideration of matters pertain?
ing to the success, progress and develop?
ment of the common schools of the State.
Among other things, tho following sub?
jects will be discussed:
Should the State adopt a list of School
books, and compel their use in the com?
mon schools?
Should the State have anything to do
with the school book question ? If so,
what, and in what way?
How can the preseht high price of
school books be reduced ?
Should sohool commissioners recognize
and endorse certificates from other coun?
ties without examination?
Should certificates be issued on d iplo
mas ? If so, in what instances ?
The use of charts, globes, &c, and how
to get them.
The best method of running the. blic
schools.
Should teachers bo paid according to
average attendance or a fixed salary ?
What amendments should be made :u
the school law as it now stands?
What is the duty of a school commis?
sioner while visiting the schools ?
Those, with such other topics as may bo
suggested, will be considered.
Every school commissioner in the State
is most earnestly urged to be present,
prepared for the discussion of the ques?
tions that may be considered.
The friends of the causo of education
are also invited to meet with the commis?
sioners and give their aid and counsel.
The meeting will convene at 9 o'clock
a. m., on the 2Uth of August.
Tho above call is issued by mo at tho
request of my fellow school commission?
ers, Oi WARDEiVW,
School Commissioner Anderson County,
S C.
? The yount-eBt member of congress
ne xt winter will be Mr. Bailey, of Texas,
who is not yet 80 years old.
? My homeless friend with the chro?
matic nose, while you are stirring up the
sugar in a ten cent glass of gin, let me
give you a fact to wash down with it.
You may say# you have longed for years
for the free, independent life of a farmer,
but have never been able to get enough
money together to buy a farm. But this
is just where you are mistaken. For sev?
eral years you have been drinking a
good improved farm at the rate of one
hundred square feet at the gulp. If you
doubt this statement, figure it out your?
self. An aore of land contains 43,360
square feet. Estimating for convenience
the land at $43.36 per acre you will see
that it brings the land to just one mill
per square foot. Now pour down the
fiery dose and imagine you are swallow?
ing a strawberry patch. Call in five of
your friends and have them help you
gulp down that 609-foot garden. Get on
a prolonged spree some day and see how
long a time it required to swallow a pas?
ture large enough to feed a cow. Put
down that glass of gin; there's dirt iu it
?100 feet of good, rich dirt, worth $43.
30 per acre,??, Burdett. i
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Newton, N. J., August 15.? W. J.
EllUt, son of H. M. Ellitt, who lives
near Branchville, Sussex County, was
bitten by a rattlesnake some days ago
and to all appearances died, and prepa?
rations for the funeral were made. To
the great surprise of all the young man
began to show symptoms of life and re?
storatives being applied he came to and
is now getting well.
Tacojia, Wash., Aug. 15.?JEronauts
Woodhall and Johnson have been giving
exhibitions in this vicinity. This after?
noon Woodhall was ill, and Johnson, a
comparatively inexperienced man, made
an ascent. He braced up beforehand on
whiskey, and when about 2,000 feet up
he began to do trapeze acts, when the
balloon became unsteady. Suddenly he
lost his hold and fell to earth a mangled
mass. The parachute, relieved of his
weight, collapsed and fell close to his side.
Charleston, Aug. 13.?George Sell?
mer got drunk yesterday and quarreled
with his wife. She left him and remain?
ed away from home last night. This
morning she returned, and, on entering
the bedroom, found her husband lying on
the floor in a pool of blood, with his
throat cut. She summoned aid, and
Sellmer was taken to the hospital, where
be lies in a precarious condition. He
denies that he intended to commit sui?
cide, and explains tbat the razor slipped
in shaving. It is believed, however, that
he did intend to destroy himself.
San Antonio, Tex, Aug. 13.?In all
the lower Rio Grande section of the State
there has been no rain to speak of in
eighteen months, and the farmers have
been unable to raise enough even for
their actual wants. The ranchmen also
have had a poor time of it, and are all in
debt. This has caused a great scarcity
of money in that region, which was
plainly shown at Roma, on the Rio
Grande, yesterday, when 278 sheep, ca?
pable of growing four pounds of wool
annually, sold for three-eighths of a cent
a pound.
Newberby, Aug. 12.?A gentleman
from the Broad River section furnishes
the facts about some "novel proceedings"
of a trial justice which certainly breaks
the record in this year of strange doings
in politics. On Wednesday, the 5th in?
stant, an old negro man named Bishop
died on Mr. Wm. Sligh's place in Town?
ship 11, but it was not known that he had
died until three days afterwards. His
two small children lived with him but
they did not say anything to anybody on
the place about his death. Inquiry and
search was made for the old man, and he
was found dead on the floor of his house.
'Squire Joe B. Heller was sent for on
Friday, but he was holding an inquest
over another negro and could not come
at once. He got there the next evening
and on Saturday night held the inquest
over Bishop, who had then been dead
four days. Decomposition bad set in
and the body was very offensive. The
'Squire could get no one to.bury the body,
and in his own original way, and unlike
perhaps any other officer of the law
would proceed under similar circum?
stances, he ordered that the houee be
burned, and its contents, together with
the body of the dead negro, were soon a
mass of flames.
Dayton, Ohio., Aug. 15.?During
the past three or four days a stranger
who claimed Chattanooga, Tenn,, as his
home has been playing faro at the gam?
bling rooms attached to Wagner's Pala?
tial saloon, 10 South Main street, and lost
a large sum of money. Abut noon yes?
terday he entered the rooms. Steve and
Bill Lecompte, well known gamblers, and
S. Wagner, Sr., were the only occupants
of the room. Pulling out his revolver,
he ordered Wagner to hand over the
bank roll or ''I will kill two of you and
then shoot myself," grimly said the rob?
ber. The roll, amounting to $196 was
handed out, and he coolly made his
escape, presenting his revolver at several
persons who attempted to detain him.
No trace of him has yet been found.
He had called on Wagner early to-day
asking for $20 to help him get out of
town. This money was given to him,
and he signed the name of E. E. Paling
to the receipt, and said he was from
Chattanooga, Teno., where his business
had burned out and the money he lost
playing faro yesterday was part of the
insurance money he bad received. The
sensation has temporarily caused the
closing of ail the gambling houses in the
city. There will probably be no great
effort to arrest the man.
A Duel Between Snakes.
Parkersburg, W. Va., Aug. 9.?Sev?
eral days ago a Logan County man sent
two large rattlesnakes to a friend in
Huntington. The snakes were blind at
the time, just undergoing the annual pro?
cess of shedding their skins. -When one
of them got rid of his last year's growth
he displayed unusual ferocity, and it was
resolved to put him in a box with a big
blacksnake which was owned by the
same man, and see which of them would
prove the victor.
The rattler was put into a large-glass
case and the blacksnake was then slipped
in through a narrow aperture.
When the blacksnake was introduced
the rattler crawled rapidly around the
cage, hissing and shaking its rattles in
great fury. The blacksnake also crawled
about, keeping out of the rattler's way.
The rattler suddenly threw himself into
a coil, opened its mouth so wide that the
long fangs were distinclly visible to the
lookers on, and made preparations to
strike its enemy.
When the blacksnake saw that it could
not escape a fight, it threw itself with
,the rapidity of lightning upon the rattler
and oanght its head between its coils, so
close that it could not strike. With its
great power of contraction the black?
snake gave the rattler only one crushing
embrace and then dropped it. The rat?
tler had been crushed to death.
Mrs. Polk Bead.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 14.?Sur?
rounded by a few loving friends and rela?
tives, Mrs. James K, Polk, relict of the
tenth President of the United States,
departed this life at 7.30 o'clock this
morning, peacefully and quietly, in full
possession of her mental faculties. Mrs.
Polk had been in perfect health until last
Wednesday evening, when on returning
from a short drive she was taken sudden?
ly ill, from which she never rallied.
Had she lived until the 4th of Septem?
ber next she would have been eighteen
years beyond the allotted threescore and
ten. The cause of her death was simply
exhaustion resulting from old age.
Bells throughout the city are mournfully
.tolling and expressions of sympathy and
regret are heard. Of course, as yet, no
arrangements have been decided upon
for the interment.
Where Leo Surrendered.
Paris, Tex., Aug. 12.?The house at
Appomattox, Va., in which Gen. Lee sur?
rendered to Gen. Grant, was sold a few
days ago for $10,000, It was the prop?
erty of the Ragland heirs, three of
whom live in this city. The parties pur?
chasing, it is said, are representatives of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and it
is believed that organization expects to
hold on annual encampment at the his
toric school; as several hundred aces of
land in tho vicinity have been purchased
by the same parties that bought the
house,
? Sam JoneB delivered a lecture at Pro?
hibition Park, Staten Island, last Satur?
day, in the course of which he said that
he would like to have the naming of a
President every four years. "If I had,"
he said, "I would name a man as brave as
JuUub Casar. Grover Cleveland was
the bravest President this country has
ever had." Mr. Jones went on to re?
mark that Mr. Cleveland's "backboue is
as big as Ben Harrison's hat." We do
not know whether he is in favor of nom?
inating Mr. Cleveland "every four years,"
but he is right in saying that Cleveland
is the bravest President this country has
ever had. We hope that Brother Jones
will get through with his work up North
and hurry back to Georgia. He is the
kind of man that is needed in that State
just now to keep the Democracy from
drifting on the xocks.
? The Idea of having law to prohibit
the sale of liquors is not at all new. We
read that prohibitory liquor laws were
made in China three thousand years ago
by Emperor Buo, and that he punished
with death any who broke them. These
laws were afterward taken to Japan, and
were enforced nearly two thousand years,
but passed away long ago, greatly to the
injury of the country.
? Mr. Jacob Butler, a prosperous farm?
er of Oconee County, Ga., has one cotton
row that is exactly eleven miles long by
actual measurement. He laid off the row
just like a watch spring, the circles de?
creasing until they stop at the centre.
He has had it measured, and it meaaurea
eleven miles in length. Mr. Butler says
it is very fine cotton and that on this one
row he expects to make at least six bales
of cotton, with an average weight of five
hundred pounds each.
? The high tariff people need be cau?
tioned that the more they talk about the
beneficence of free sugar the greater the
danger that there will be a popular de?
mand for other things to be free which
are now made costly by tariff taxes. The
average person is so densely ignorant that
he cannot see why, if it is a blessing to
the poor man to have cheap augar, it
would not be good for him to have cheap
clothing, cheap provisions, and cheap
everything else.
? I. T. Mahone, an educated Southern
negro, who has been travelling in the
North, testifies that, according to hia ob?
servation, negroes have a better chance
to ply their trades in the South than in
the North. "I saw," he says, "work
usually done in Northern cities by the
Irish that is here divided between the
negro and white man. Here we have
no trouble in that respect; we work at
the various arts and trades, we labor Bide
by side with our white brother, contract
and conduct all kinds of business."
? The New York World aayB: "The
detention of prisoners awaiting trial is a
crying evil to this country, and it appears
that it also exists in England. In that
country Lord Coleridge, the chief justice,
as he recently went over his circuit, sharp?
ly called the attention of the magistrates
to this matter, and he has applied a novel
and effective remedy where he has found
an instance of neglect of this character.
In Birmingham the other day he dis?
charged all prisoners awaiting trial upon
their own recognizances because he found
that their trials would not be held till
October. He holds justly that it is wrong
to an accused man to punish him before
he has been proved guilty of an offence.
South Carolina College,
COLUMBIA, S. C,
OPENS September 29th. Entrance Ex?
aminations begin September 24th.
Classical, Literary, Scientific, and Law
Courses. Thirteen Professors. For fur?
ther information, address the President,
JAMES WOODROW.
Aug 20,1891_7_ 3*
HOME SCHOOL.
Miss Lenora C. Hnbbard, Principal
NINTH scholastic year begins MON?
DAY, SEPT. 7th.
Bora nnder fourteen years of age will b?
received. Send for a catalogue.
Aug 20,1891 7 2
Patrick Military Institute,
ANDERSON, S. C.
ASELECT Boarding School for Boys
and Young Men. Nine Instructors
?one an Army Officer. Boys over ten
years old received, but not required to
drill under fourteen years of age. Next
session opens September 16th. For terms
apply to COL. JOHN B. PATRICK,
Principal.
Aug 20, 1891_7_4^
SCHOOL
For Young Ladies. Girls,
And Small Boys.
-o
MISS MAGGIE EVANS. Principal.
MISS LUCILLE NARDIN, Assistant
in Literary Department.
MISS VIRGINIA. EVANS, Instructor
in Piano, Organ and Harmony,
Careful instruction in all English branch
es. Latin, French and German taught
without extra charge.
First Term beginB Tuesday, September
1,1891.
Good board can be secured in private
families. For furthei particulars apply to
Principal
Aug 20,1891_7_3
WOFFORD COLLEGE,
Spartanburg, S. 0.
JAS. H. CARLISLE, LL.D., President.
Founded 1851.
WOFFORD' COLLEGE offers to afcu
dents in the four college classes two
parallel courses of study, each leading to
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in one of
which Modern Languages are substituted
lor Grc?k
EXPENSES?Board, tuition, matricula?
tion, waihing, lights, fuel, books and sta?
tionery, the necessary College expenses for
the year, can be met with One Hundred
and Fifty Dollars. The advantages offered
by Wightman and Alumni Halls, enable
Btudenis to meet their college expenses
with this very small amount.
The next session begins the 1st day of
October, 1891,
J. A. GAMEWELL,
Secretary of Faculty.
WOFFORD COLLEGE FITTING SCHOOL,
SPARTANBTJRG, S. C.
The Fourth Session begins October 1st,
1891. Boys prepared for College. Ex
Senses may be covered by $150 a year,
upervision careful and constant
A. G. REMBERT, A. M.,
Head Master.
Aug 20,1891 7 2*
Special Summer Sale I
ONE Thousand Superb New PIANOS
and ORGANS, from best makers on?
ly, to be sold during July, August, Sep?
tember and October. 1S91, at spot cash
Srices, with paymenl November 15th next,
o interest,
PIANOS?$25 cash, and balance Novem?
ber 15th, 1891.
ORGANS?$10 cash, and balance Novem?
ber 15th, 1891.
REMEMBER?Loweat cash rates. No
advance. No interest. Write or call on
JOHN L. HAYNJE & DAUGHTERS,
Office just below East End Graded
School, 38 Westfleld Street,
Greenville, S. C.
F. L. NARAMORE,
DENTIST,
ANDERSON, - - - S. C.
OFFICE over Merchants' and Farmers'
-Bank,
??r~ Preservation of the Natural Teeth
and Roots a specialty.
June 25,1891_51_ly_
FOR SAXJE.
ONE Six-horse Tozer Engine, in good
repair.
One Milburn Roller-Breast Cotton Gin.
One Van Winkle Cotton Press.
Belts, Shafting and Pulleys.
For prices and terms apply to
H. C. TOWNSEND,
Anderson, S, C.
July 30,1891_4_
FARM FOB SALE.
IAM now prepared to offer a great bar?
gain in a Farm about six miles from
Anderson, containing about 270 acres.
Good pasture, well timbered, well watered,
three settlements. Can be divided into
two or three nice small farms. Most of it
in woods, and balance fresh farm land, For
further information call and see me.
I also have one or two small Farms near
the city. Terms reasonable.
C. WARDLAW.
Real Estate Agent, Anderson, S. C.
Aug C, 1891 5 . .. eaa
NOW IS THE TIME TO I
SOW BARLEY AND RYE. j
WE have Four Hundred and Fifty-seven Bushels SEED BARLEY now in
Stock, and are daily looking for One Hundred and Fifty Bushels RYE.
GIVE US A CALL.
Our Stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries
NEVER WAS BETTER.
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD.
D. S. MAXWELL & SON,
No. 5 Chiquola Place.
DON'T FORGET
THE BARG/[lltS
- AT
i
CH?PA?N'S.
AS we have to be opened and ready
for business in Augusta. Ga., by the 1st
of next month, I will offer my entire
stoek from now until the 15th at from
twenty-five to forty per cent off New
York Cost, as 1 want to carry all the
money I can get with me.
And now that money is very scarce
in the Northern markets, there are lots
of goods that I can buy with cash in
hand for fifty cents on the dollar, so if
you want to buy any Winter, Spring
or Summer Goods, you can buy them
for the next few days at about half
what you pay for them by the 1st of
October.
I have now to thank my customers for
their patronage, and to bid those that I
cannot see an affectionate good-bye, and
in conclusion will be glad to see them in
person or hear from them at 921 Broad
Street, Augusta, Georgia, the" old stand
of V. Richards & Bro., next door to the
Planter's Hotel.
Respectfully,
D. C. FLYNN.
HOW TO FILL YOUR PANTRY.
. BUY Canned English Pea* at 15c.
>s Buy Canned Corn at 15c.
Buy 3 pound Canned Tomatoes at 10c.
IZZ Buy 2 pound Canned Tomatoes at 8c.
CZ Buy 3 pound California Peaches at 25c.
3 Buy Standard Salmon at 15c.
Buy Standard Mackerel at 15c.
**J* Buy Corn Beef at 10c per pound.
Buy Dried Beef at 10c per pound.
"*jf Buy Smoked Jole at 7c per pound.
Buy Kingao Reliable Hams Cheap,
Buy Excelsior Flour Cheap.
Buy EVERYTHING in the Grocery line cheap,
And from
IR,. S. LIGrOZN",
Wholesale and Retail Grocer, Anderson, S ?*
WILLIAMSTON
FEMALE COLLEGE,
WILLIAMSTON, S. C.
FALL Session opens Wednesday Sept.
9, under better auspices than ever.
Young ladies wishing first-class educa?
tional opportunities at very reasonable
rates will do well to inquire into the merits
of this Institution. For thorough scholar?
ship in the Literary, Music, and Art De?
partments, it enjoys an enviable reputation.
Persons proposing to patronize us will
please give notice of their intention.
I will come up from Wright's Hotel,
Columbia, Tuesday, Sept. 8.
S. LANDER, President.
July 30, 1891 i 8
DUE WEST
FEMALE COLLEGE.
SESSION opens first Monday in Octobor.
Healthful and delightful climate.
Splendid moral surroundings. Careful
oversight. Honest work. Literary atmos?
phere. Superior advantages in Music.
Eleven TeachexB. Send for Catalogue to
MRS. L. M. BONNER, or
H. E. BONNER.
Due West, 8. C. 3
GOING to MO FE !
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 so as to?
PUT IN A BRAN 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 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' Shoe3, all styles, to 75c. per pair.
Yours, anxious to please,
O. B. VANWYCK.
TELEGRAPHY
Thorough, Practical Instruction. Gradu?
ates assisted to positions. ?WCatalogue
FREK. Write t? S
Bryant & Stratton Business Wiege,
' LOUISVILLE, KY. 6
AND THE
TEI CENT ST?BE
WANT YOU TO TRY THEIR
GOOD IM?
?AFI
Or Horse Shoe Soap,
Or Rainbow Soap,
Or Pale Olive Soap,
Or Basket Soap,
Or Mammoth Large Soap,
J"TJST OZLSTIE TIME,
And you will have no other.
-.???
Always truly,
C. S. MINOR AND IOC. STORE.
SELLING OUT AT COST.
Contemplating a Change in Business
E. W. BROWN * SONS
Are offering their entire Stock of
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES
At and Below Cost for the next 60 days.
So come on and be convinced, for low prices will tell the tale. We have on
hand $1800 worth of Clothing which must be sold, and the present prices will soon
do the work; so if you are needing anything iu the way of Clothing- now is your
time to buy.
Will sell Quilts, Blankets and Jeans cheaper than any house in the city.
Our line of Dress Goods is complete?Worsted from 41c to 20c, and Cashmere
from 16c to $1.00. All kinds of Plain and Plaid Flannels at the lowest prices.
Calico, Gingham and Checks almost at aay price, so come on and buy before
these bargains are all goue. ^
BIG STOCK OF FLOUR.
Remember, in buying, that wc carry as big line of Groceries as any house in
the upper part of the State, and ulso will sell as cheap as the cheapest. Our stock
of Flour, Sugar, Coffee. Molasses, Tobacco, Hay and Bran are all fresh, and bought
at the lowest figures, and will be sold the same way.
We have just received a Car Load of Pure Brown Oats that will be sold very
cheap.
We keep on hand at all times all kind of Canned Goods,, such as Tomatoes,
Pears, Peaches, Peas, Okra, Cherries, Pine Apples, Oysters, Salmon, Sardines,
Potted Ham and all kinds of Jelly and Pickles.
Be sure and get our prices before buying, and you will be convinced that we
can save you money.
Very respectfully,
EL W. BI^OWlsT & SO?TSf
P. S,?We are CASH COTTON BUYERS, and also Agents for High Gradf
I FERTILIZERS. See us before selling your Cotton. E. W. B. & S.