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f OLIKKSCALES, \ Enrroas ksd gL^GSTON, j PsopaixiOM, TH?BSDAY JUNE 23, 1S92. TERMS: YBAB.. MONTHS^ fl 50 76 caase of hard time4 is that there are c'many men sitting around "waiting '^methlsig to turn op." The "some ? will never "turn op" until they la and torn it. \ *- ?-*-?? ? i Sooth Carolina and Georgia water crop Is said to be in a splendid Ition. This* means, says the New Advertiser, that the Republican Rinthe South wiU.be out in force in ?BT. ' to the hour of going to press Wed* afternoon no nominations had kmade by the National Democratic Mention, which convened in Chicago r, but the telegraph bulletins re Taesday afternoon stated that jfc 'gei-exaBy "conceded that Grover id and Got. Gray would be norn . cn the first ballot s new States have been admitted into ?!on uinco 1888, viz: Idaho, Montana, > Dakota, South Dakota, Wsiahington Tyoming, with an aggregate of nine ?^ectoral votes. All of them votod ibUcan in 1868^ but Montana elected locxa?o*'Congressman and Legisla tin 1890. This large addition of Statos, .larger addition of electoral votes, ?lies the element of uncertainty in jming national contest. -;?-?' ? i l^ftwas filed last Thursday In the '* v States Court hi Atlanta for the ap? lent of ? recoiyer for the Richmond Railroad Company, and 9. Ft W. Hudekooper, of Washlng and Reuben Foster, of Baltimore, appointed. The same action was ceii in South Carolina, North Carolina [ Virginia. It is understood that this i friendly proceeding, and that the step con for toepurpose of getting the if Tof the Company on some settled ba 'The cose has' been set for hearing 16, at Richmond, Ya., before IgoEond. ief is coming. It may not be exact jjrfihe same kind that some of our citizens, j 0 looking for, says an exchange, and it r'not come altogether as spontaneous, surely wi? not oome as some think 9 lief will com?-of its own accord, 3tit effort or the enforcement of that -Injunction which says something ib the sweat of the brow, but relief j ; is a relief Is coming to the farmers of j South. Legislation will not be tho eked camel upon the back of which fw?l be - brought, nor political dema 103 end alarmists the plumed bearers - it. It is ^coming upon the wings of J 'i efforts male by the farmers thera coapled with the tree economy are practicing. >v, TiUman has publicly taunted tho iitor of the News and Courier with bav ; been an "upn-ountry ragamutfin who >'copperas or seches" when he was a r. Does the Gjvernor of South Caro t. despise tho man who by hard work t'risen In the vrorld from limited clr lces to a good and honorable poel : in life T Does be think the poor boy forever remain poor and wear 'Sffireechea? Does he despise .the ' and the man who has not been horn affluent circumstances ? Certainly i are logical conclusions drawn from Utterance. Had he himself been born (poor boy he would have more respect J one who iad risen from poverty to Vthing hetter, and would commend | ler than ridicule him. Several days ago tho Greenville News ived information from Laurens giving ; information of the whereabouts of I are Shaw, the negro supposed to have lynched in Laurens. Before this kibe verified the Atlanta Constitution an interview with Shaw who had seen aud talked to by a reporter. It % ianow learned directly and beyond doubt :;ce question that tho information is cor ffroct Shaw is in Georgia.' The Oonstitu > placed him at Thomasvilla and he St there, but the statement was made i to proven this hiding place being J 2wn as all information regarding him given with a pledge that his hiding 1 will not be made known. Shaw not return to Laurena county or gotb Carolina If he can avoid it. His sment implicates Constable Aber )mbie and five other men In his whip and shooting. From his account IggjPfcrings must have been fearful, i ho was left for dead, and hid In under a pflo of briars, hot reoov \& walked away. HO is recover He denies tbfit he is guilty ho was accused of com-, *, and .says' he refused to confess rwhen tied up by his wrists three or | r hours, and frightfully beaten. He it the party that punished him ?as1 organized and led by Constable Ab> "ria. ? 3Chp campaign meetings have proven encouraging to the Conservative The Augusta Chonicle, a warm of the administration, says Sheppard ticket; wins votes at 'meeting. Go v. TiUman has met jponents with whom ho cannot cope ly. At Kingstroe on last Thurs rhj^hrought shame upon himself and ^wers by showing the white feather gnjitfs&bly. * CoL Youmans, of the itive' ticket, has repeatedly de? .hlm and exposed his flagrant ?ocrisy and deceit, and at that meet ; whoa Youmans rose to speak TiUman the stand In spite of Youmans' re , for him to remain and in spite of i entreaties of his opponents as well as friends "not to ran." But run he , He went to the hotel and from a low heard the man speak whom he afraid to face. His plea in extenua , of his action was that he was tired I wanted to rest, as he had been 1 a great deal and had some work CoL Youmans reminded him lejiad not spoken often er than the speakers. Gen. Farley, of tho 'Tinman ticket, in his speech informed crowd that he "would not run," the ice plainly showing what he >oght of tho conduct of his chief. Go v. , said In his speech at Edgefield i the worst mistake of his life was In sp ting the free passes. He has made bad mistakes, any one of which Id condemn him, but now he will re to label the Kingstree run as the ; mistake" of his life. He has rep? uted himself as "the only man with Ljajaough and nerve enough" in his to lead his movement. Long since jre the people of the State ceased to ider where "tho "brain enough^ was, now they find that "the* nerve lough" had only an imaginary exls iee likewise. _ .In these hot days of cooling poUtics jh has been said about dividing tho aocracy and dividing families. There i emphatic and amusing illustration ?latter in the family of Cap t, John jwen. He has two boys stiU in their sses. One of them Is a great J man and the other is as en jo for Tlllmaa. When one pipes leer for his man, the other re 1th a counter cheer. Tbl? Is a -standoff among the unregister rof that household,?Fickffs, Sen THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JUROR. The citizens of a State are often called upon and required to perform unpleasant and responsible duties for the welfare of their commonwealth. There is perhops no duty required of a citizen that is more repugnant to bis nature and at the same time more solemn in its responsibility than that enforcing him to become a judge of the guilt of an accused party where death Is the punishment following conyiction. The duties of the juryman are both delicate and responsible. He is required to give the accused the benefit of every reasonable doubt, yet he must not forget that his duty to his country is just as binding and sacred as ic is to the prisoner in the dock. Justice and the preservation of society require that the juryman should be as prompt to condemn where guilt- is established as to acquit where innocence is apparent. The jury that is required to Bit in judg? ment on the cases of the defendants in next week's Court will probably have to try five oases, perhaps six, in which the life or (he death of the prisoner will be in their keeping. They will be solemnly ?worn to "well and truly try and a true verdict give according to the evidence." We would not willingly say anght to prejudice any man's case, but we desire to call attention to a few facts that are of importance to the public at present: ? 1. Within our County some heinous orimeshave been committed in the last few months. In at least one case the terrible vengeance of a righteously indignant peo? ple was averted only by the hope held ont that justice would be done at the time of trial. 2. When the guilty escape pnnishment because of faithlessness on the part of the jury, "the jury" is responsible for the miscarriage of justice and not "the Court," as Is usually charged. 8. Lynch law is too often resorted to in our State. Mob law can be suppressed only when the people are brought to be? lieve that juries will not fllinch one iota in .the discharge of their? duties. 1. The laws of the Creator of man justify the shedding of blood when blood has been shed. No juror, then, should scru? ple to find a verdict that would condemn a man gnllty of a capital crime -to the heaviest punishment that can be inflicted upon him because of a weak and unrea? sonable sentiment that by so doing the guilt of the death of the condemned -would be laid at his door, and for which he would be morally responsible. Rather, should he fail to condemn where he finds guilt, he becomes an aider and abettor of the criminal. 6. When a jury finds a .verdict approv? ed by their consciences the result will*al? most surely meet the approval of man? kind. When they stifle conscience and the guilty escape the verdict will just as sure? ly cause dissatisfaction and murmu rings, and aggrieved feelings will look to lynch law for vengeance. What is said above is not directed especially at the jnrors who do duty next week. Its application is general. We doubt not that our present jurors are men good and true, who live in the fear of God and for the good of their State and the> peace and security of their firesides, and that they will do exact justice be? tween the "State of South Carolina and the prisoner at the bar." DID THEY CONDEMN TH IRD FARTY ISM? The majority of the delegates in the late May State Convention were Tillmanites. As the majority they were responsible for every action ofthat Convention. The Convention (i. e., the majority,) created & Committee on.Resolutions, and of course the majority of the Committee were in full accord with the majority of the Conven? tion, and, as the sequel proved, the ma? jority of the Convention worein full ac? cord with the majority of the Committee, for they sustained the Committee in every action they took. V The Committee on Resolutions reported favorably every resolution handed them, except the following, which were handed in by a minority mem bar of the Conven? tion: Besolved, That the Integrity and success of the Democratic party in the South are menaced by the third or peoples' party, and we condemn those who are instru? mental in spreading its membership and advocating its platform as enemies of the Democratic party. Be solved, That to make the position of the South Carolina Democracy clear and unmistakable we denounce the St. Louis platform, which is being used to support the pretentlons of the third party in the South. The above resolutions only, of the many handed in, were reported "unfavor? ably" by tho Committee, and the Conven? tion (L o., the majority,) by vote acquiesc? ed in the conclusions of its Committee. Col. D. K. Norris represented the An? derson delegation on that Committee. We believe it is true that the entire An? derson delegation was a part of the ma? jority and did not by word or vote dissent from any action taken. The Editor of the Advocate was a dele? gate to that Convention, and yet he says that the State Convention did not vote on resolutions condemning the third party, ate. Ifirdbile dicta! The Editor above named says be was a member of the majority and voted with the majority on every resolution. Now, the voters of the County can an? swer for themselves these two questions: Did the May Convention vote on reso? lutions "condemning those who promul? gated third party principles throughout the State?" Did the Editor of the Advocate and the Other Anderson delegates, as members of tho majority, oppose.those resolutions, and, with the majority, defeat them, by vote or influence or by both, directly or indlreotiy T _ General Stackhotue Dead. Washington, D. C, June 14.?Gen. Eli T. Steckhouse, member of Congress from the Sixth District of South Carolina, and a prominent member of the Farmers' Alliance, died in this city at 1.30 o'clock j this morning. Ho was one of the party 1 that accompanied the remains of the late Col. L. L. Polk, President of the National Farmers' Alliance, to Raleigh, N. C, last Saturday. Mr. Staokhouse returned to Washington yesterday morning. He went over to the House of Representatives, which is only one block from his resi > dence, and at 2 o'clock went home to luncheon. He complained of a slight at tack of Indigestion, DUt seemed to be in good spirits. He remained at home for J awhile, but returned to tho house before 1 the adjournment of that body, j Representative Cate, of Arkansas, a member of the Farmers' Alliance, who has rooms in the hotel where Steckhouse j 1 stayed, says that the General did not re ! turn to the hotel for dinner. Abont 12 o'clock last night Mr. Cate was called to the rooms of Mr. Staokhouse and was told that ho was dying. A physician was I immediately summoned, but before he J arrived Mr. Steckhouse was dead. The only persons at his bedside when he died were his son and Representative Cate. His remains will be tekeh to Little Rock, S. C, to-morrow for interment. Tho dep? uty sergeant-at-arms of the House has I been notified of Mr. Steckhouse's death ' (the sergeant-at-arms being absent from the city,) and he will make all arrange? ments for the funeral. ? Reports received from Laurons Indi? cate that that county is leading in the fight for conservatism in this State. A Erominent gentleman of that county was ere yesterday. He said that a Sheppard and Orr club was organized in Dial's township Saturday with a member ; ship to start with of 105. The township I has been the/trongest in the county for Tillman an? the gentleman said that two years ago not over thirty anti-Tillman ites sxmld have been gotten together in Dials. The gentleman states that the conservative confldsntly expect to carry the township fir Sheppard and Orr and the oonEeTv.y:ve npmtoees.^#rccHVtMc Shot on the Train. Memphis, Juno 18.?Judge Bright Morgan, of Hernando, Miss., was Boot dead this morning on the Illinois Cen? tral train by Lawyer Henry Foster. Lynching is talked of. Morgan was a delegate to the Chicago Convention. Morgan and Foster had quarrelled over a lawsuit in which they were opposing lawyers. Two weeks ago Foster had a difficulty with Morgan's son, upon hearing of which Morgan gave Fostei a sound caning, They had not met since till this morn? ing. Foster boarded th> train at Alden and shot Morgan twice without uttering a word. He boarded the train for that purpose. Foster surrendered to an officer at the next station. Morgan was en rou te to the Chicago Convention. Sooth Carolina Will Revolt. Augusta, Ga., June 17.?Dr. J. Wm. Stokes, president of the South Carolina Alliance, and delegate at large to the Chicago Convention, passed through here to-night on route to the National .Conven? tion. When asked what tho result of Cleve? land's nomination would be in South Car? olina, he said: "If Cleveland is nominated there will be steps taken toward putting cut Third Party electors in my State within twen? ty-four hours after the Convention adjourns, and it is my opinion that the electoral vote of South Carolina will be lost to the Democratic party. I know what I am talking about, and mean what I say." * r,Will you go into the Third Party ?" I asked. "No, I made my fight for Alliance prin? ciples inside the Democratic party, and Srooose to abide the result, but we can't old our people in line on an anti-silver platform, with Cleveland in the lead.'.'? Dispatch to Atlanta Constitution. When the World will End. ; Atlanta, Ga., June 7.?North Geor I gia is now in the throes of religions ex? citement produced by the preaching of the Rev. t. K. Postell, a Baptist mis? sionary from the Indian Territory, w' j declares himself to be informed as to the date fixed for the end of the world. Postell was born in Georgia about forty years ago. On attaining manhood he entered the ministry and was sent as a missionary to the Indians. For fifteen years he was engaged in that work. He says that in the last year be had so many mysterious revelations made to him that he felt called upon to preach to his own people their, impending doom. He came back to Georgia, and is now en? gaged in the country near Dohlonega, fiving the residents the benefit of his nowledge. The Jews, ho says, will take up their journey to Palestine on April 3, 1896. On April 3,1900, the new temple at Je? rusalem will be dedicated with impres? sive ceremonies, and Christ will make his second advent on Mount Olivet on May 15 of the same year. Postell thinks that the mountain should be secured by Christian people in time so as to keep it clear of squatters. In the meantime all the disasters fore? told for the last days will have begun. Brethren will be arrayed against each other as never before. There will be wars and political revolutions calculated to drive people to a sense of their duty to God. ? V ? ' Post ell's hearers listen, with eagerness to his revelations, and talk of nothing but the end of time. Fatality In a Family. * Pacolet, S. C, January 17.?Our little town was shocked to the centre yesterday by an occurrence that seldom happens in a small town. Four o'clock yesterday morning Dr. B. R. Brown was hurriedly summoned to the bedside of his sister, Miss Jane, who bad taken violently ill. Dr. Orr was called in and a consultation held, bnt they saw there was no hope, and she gradually sank an til 3.30 p. m., when she died. She has been unwell for a few days, but no uneasiness was manifested either by herself or parents, She has been troubled by heart disease and has often said she would die suddenly. She was only eighteen and was loved best by those who knew most of her. Just six* hours after she breathed her last her mother, Mrs. T. C. Brown, while sitting in the parlor with some friends remarked that she had an awful headache and the next minute fell back in her chair apparently lifeless. Drs. Millen and Brown hurried to her side and tried in every way to re? store her but in vain for life had fled. She died of apoplexy of the brain caused no ; doubt by intense grief for her child. She leaves a bereaved husband and eight children to mourn her death. She will be sadly missed by her family and her many relations. They will be buried in the morning at 9 o'clock, and it will be owing to the Badness of the occasion and promi? nence of the deceased the largest bnrying that has ever taken place. Mrs. Brown was a model housekeeper and on idolized mother. She was always roady in sprrow and sickness to lend a helping hand and to-day all this neighborhood sympathizes with the bereaved household and there is gloom in Pacolet. The Minnesota Tornado, Minneapolis. Minn., June 17.?News of the tornado which devastated Southern Minnesota Wednesday evening is very hard to get. Telegraph wires ore down for miles, and the railroads which pene? trate the stricken region are practically at a standstill. All the information obtain? able comes from Isolated survivors of the storm, and the facts have to be gathered from widely separated points. From all the reports at hand so far, the loss of life will probably reach fifty, and the list of the injured will run into hun? dreds. No estimate of the property loss can be mode, and all that can be said of it is that it will undoubtedly run into seven figures. The town of Wells, in Fairbault County, seems to have suffered most se? verely from the storm. It is reported that fifty persons were killed in that village alone, bnt these reports ..re probably ex? aggerated. The storm is described by an eye-witness as a cloud of midnight black? ness?a boiling, seething mass, going in an easterly direction. It was in Farrbault County that tho loss of life principally occurred. The afternoon hod boon sultry and dense; overhanging clouds seemed almost to touch the ground, while not a breath of air stirred. Later a heavy downpour of rain set in, and at about 5.30 o'clock, preceded by wind from the Northwest, a huge funnel shaped cloud was noticed by people liv? ing west of Wells. It advancod rapidly, with a loud, roaring, grinding sound, and first touched the earth near Jackson, two miles west of Sherburne. The Sil? ver ton school, four miles north of Sher? burne, was torn to pieces by the cyclone. Miss Maggie O'Hare, the teacher, and all the pupils, sixteen in number, were se? riously and some six are thought fatally injured. Whorever a building was de? stroyed it was so totally and utterly de? molished that not a vestige of it was left. Trees and telegraph poles were broken off or twisted out of shape. At one placo where the cyclone struck, eight houses in succession were-destroyed, and at Anchor the place was so completely wiped off the face of the earth that no trace of it or its occupants could be found, though search was made. The path of the storm was strewn with machinery, clothing, pieces of furniture, wagon wheels, ears of corn and every imaginable thing. This is only a sample of the storm, as it was probably forty miles in extent. It was followed immediately by heavy rains. Ten men arc reported killed in the neighborhood of Mapleton and twenty in? jured._ ? One of the most remarkable instan? ces in history of death by fright is that of King Frederick I of Prussia. Ho was actuary scared to death by his wife. Ho was one day sleeping in an arm-chair, when his queen, Louisa of Mecklenburg, who had been hopelessly insane for some time, escaped from her keepers and made hor way to his private apartments. As mentioned above, Frederick was dozing when his wife, dressed in a pure white gown, dashed through the plate glass in the door and threw herself in a raging delirium upon him. In breaking the glass she of course cuthersolf mosthorribly. The king had not been apprised of the hopelessness of her cose, and was aston? ished beyond measure at the appearance of the woman, clad only in linen and covered with blood. His shrieks aroused the whole palace, but when the queen had been secured the king himself was found to be in a raging delirium. From this he never recovered, but died trying to hide from terrible phantoms. ? A Greek professor in England has invented a machine which, he says, will carry him to tho North Pole in short or? der. It is a sor.tof locomotive which lays and takes up it?? rails as it runs. It runs by steam, the ex?aust from which is ex? pected to warm tho travellers, who ride in a sort of cab behind. Prof. Damas kin, the inventor, says that he will start \ from Spitzenbergen and run for the I North Polo at the rate of thirty miles an hour, expecting to roach his destination i in twenty hours, or making the observa? tion and the round trip in two days. He does not mention whnt !>?? will do if he finds an open sea or btrikes ioo not so TOl^^auHcipateg, Sandy Springs Points. Onr Alliance, as usual, is in a healthy state and good working order. We meet twice a month. At our last meeting, 11th inst., although it was a very bnsy time, we had a large attendance of members. The eleotlon of officers resulted in the se? lection of Mr. Jeptha Harpor as Presi? dent and R. M. Burns vice-President, with a full Bet of officers, who were regu? larly installed by Mr. J. C. Watkins. Wo also elected delegates to the County Alli? ance, as follows: R. M. Burns, J. W. Rothrock and J. D. McElroy. We mean business up here, and neyer fail to have an interesting meeting. Crops are fine, and everybody is cheer? ful. No hard times, and no one is hur? rahing for anybody, except "for me, my wife, my children, my farm and my corn." ** Denver Items. People are about done cutting wheat around this section. I guess the thresh? ers will be going about in a few days. We had a very nice rain Saturday night which done cotton and corn a great deal of good. A good many peas are being sown now since wheat has been cut. There are a good many peaches and ap? ples this year. The prospect is that we will have a good crop ot blaokberriea. A 13-year-old son of Mr. Mai Whitten, of Asbury flection, left his home last week without cause and they havent heard any? thing from him up to this writing. Don't you think he is young to start out for himself, leaving behind him a good home ? This is a sort of a Tillmanitisb neigh? borhood, but Sheppard has good friends around here also. I think some of the Tillmanites need some Tillman hoes to get the grass out of their cotton, or else they have them and want to trade them for some other kind. Oriole. Alice News. Died, at this place, on Friday, l?th inst., Mr. Ezekiel Hall, in the one hundredth year of his age. In his death Anderson County loses one of her best and moat up? right citizens. For twenty-one years he was a member of Rocky River Baptist Church. He was always loved by his neighbors, and always ready to lend a helping hand to the poor and unfortunate. In many respects he was a most remarka? ble man. He was always strong and healthy, and during his long life was never visited but once by a physician. With the exception of one, which had been drawn out a fewyeara ago, all of his teeth were sound. He leaves six chil? dren to mourn his death. On Saturday his remains were buried at Rocky River Church, the funeral services being con? ducted by Rev. G. M. Rogers In the pres? ence of a large congregation of friends and relatives^ May God comfort and bless the bereaved family. Some of our neighbors should remember these words: "Do unto others aa you ? wonld have,them do unto you." Threshing wheat is the order of the day. One of our neighbors, when he gets "how-come-you-so,'r has his fun out of I some of the boys by makine them dance for him. If they do not dance he tells them they can't come to see his girls. Ask Bass how he likes it. The darkies are happy now?blackber? ries are ripe. When you want to go fishing. Mr. Edi? tor, come down and try your luck with our champion fisherman, Mr. W. P. Bell. We suggest .he name of Mr. W. P. Bell as a candidate for Trial Justice for Hall Township. Miss Ella McAdama has purohased a handsome new buggy. Look out, boys she says it Is leap year. Aa this is my first attempt at writing for the paper, I will close and try it again at some future time. Joberry. Cross Roads Items. As some time has elapsed, Mr. Editor, since we wrote you last, we thought we would drop in and have a chat with you. The old woman has gone off on a gossip? ing errand, so I have a quiet evening to myself, but abe will give me Tillman when she finds out I have written to.you. She was always a bad goat to manage when you strack her on woman's rights. Truly, the poet was right when he com? posed these beautiful lines : When woman's rights am stirred a bit, The next reform she hitches on, Is how, without the least delay, Just draw a pair ot breeches on. There is a heap of truth in that. Look at the present administration. The fol? lowers of reform are trying to pull on the third perty pants with which to ride ia office, but I think they will burst them before they get in the saddfe. Give me good old sound Democracy, and the right men at the helm, and I will show you a government which a nation and a people will be proud of. But I quite forgot my errand, so no more lecturing at present. The weather is very hot now. The reaper can be heard whetting his scythe in the early mornings. Our good old friend, A. J. Smith, has purchased a threshing outfit, and is prepared to turn out shortened bisouits on short notice. The Anderson boys will also be out. They will get the farmer's grain to thresh who has pretty gir'a. Girl?, if you will say a nice word and smile, friend Gus will let you blow the whistle. We have been hearing reports like blast? ing for some days. Some say it is only Tillman enjoying his free pasB on the railroad abusing the anties. Everything is moving along steadily. We are keeping cool on politics, bnt my pen will jump over the line occasionally. Everybody is fighting "General Green." I will have to stop, for the old woman ia coming. Mr. Editor, I am coming to town some day and will get pens, ink and paper and some nerves, to boot, then I can keep you informed better. Every? body hurrah for Sheppard and democ? racy. Lfncle j08h. Crayton Items. One of our bachelors promised to write the news from here for you, Mr. Editor, and we have waited some time to hear from him, but we suppose he is excusa? ble, as his left hand Mann lives some dis? tance from here. We guess the most of his writing goes to the Euroka section. The harvest is over and the wheat crop is better than it has been in several years, and more of It than usual. Fall sowing of oats are good and Spring sowing fair, but not enough of them has been sowed. Corn is not looking so well as it did last year at this time, but there is more plant? ed and it is all in fine fix. I .think most oi our farmers will have their corn crib at home next year. Cotton is doing well, but owing to the recent rains "Gen. Green" is in with a full force, but the far? mer's movement has singed almost eve? ry man, woman and child and pressed them in with plows and hoes, and with favorable seasons we will come out all 0. K. Prof. L. M. Mahaffey has just closed his second term of ten months' school at Bethany. The patrons are highly pleas? ed with him as teacher, and have secured his services for another term. The aver? age number of children for the last ten months was 52. Rev. M. McGee preached a fine sermon at Bethany to an attentive congregation last Saturday and Sunday. The health of our community is very good at present. Another Tillmanite at "Bud" Wilson's. It is his first boy, so "Bud" just laughed for three or four days, and now we learn that ho is sick, but we hope ho will soon be up and laughing again. The boys say that one of our farmers became seriously frightened about two weeks ago when ne discovered a muskrat track in his cotton patch. After examin? ing it for some time he concluded it must be a griszly bear. So he went for some of the neighbors for a bear hunt, but on in? vestigation they found it to bo the track of the young man who went from prayer meeting with his best girl. Bachelor Newt, says he is now ready to marry, but none of the girls havo propos? ed yet. He says lie will wait until fall, and if some one does not proposo ho will give some of them a chance to say yes. Wo aro all for Tillman in these parts, but do not object to the Sheppardites, if they aro sincere. Let them do as thoy think would be best for all. Zach. Barnes Dots. We are well apprised of the fact that friend "Eyes ana Ears" has recovered from the shock which be received from his terrapin, but we are not so sure that he has overcome his excitement caused by reading piece of June 2nd ; but since he has been boarding with bis doctor, we can plainly see that he iB improving, and we hope tbat he will Boon be able to un? derstand that "Bill" did not intend to in? jure him, either in body or reputation. Well, we see a piece in the last issue by Mr. "Innominata," and he speaks of not writing any more; but let ub insist upon him to keep on a continuing, and even though he be separated from us for a short time we hope he will not forget the dear old Intelligencer and its readers, and that he will still correspond with us, as he baa faithfully performed his duty for the eight months past. We hope he may be pleased to serve as again in the same capacity, and may God's blessing rest upon him and his best girl and all his rel ativpi, and may his motto be "Early to bed -n I ear'y to rise, d ink no whiskey ai.'1 HI no l i," and may be soon become wvai'.ijy acci .-. i?^ "?' ? The farmers are very busy at present attending to "General Green," who has made a raid, and if he does not receive reinforcements in a short time the farm? ers will gain the victory. The grain crop has been threshed in our neighborhood. "Wheat crop is very good. The devil is not dead yet, judging from Uie way the boys behave at Church. I guess it is the devil's work, for I don't think it is because their parents did not teach them how to behave. Our clever blacksmith is improving as fast as could be expected. Politics are very quiet at present, and we hope they will continue so, at least for a while. The school at this place will close on next Friday. There will be a pic nie at Craft's Ferry on next Saturday. A large number of our girls and boys attended the closing exercises of Lowndes ville High School on last Saturday. One of our young men has abandoned the habit of carrying bis double barrel shot gun when he goes to see bis girl. I guess be is getting on better terms with tbe old gentleman, for we have heard that he has been borrowing a lantern for an excuse to go back again. Come down, Mr. Editor, those fried chickens are getting ripe. Well, as I see Mr. "Eyes and Ears" in town and guees he will have something to say, I will say no more at present. Bill. Lebanon Items. Saturday was cool and fine, and one pleasure you know calls for another, so we went to hear Rev. W. B. Hawkins preach one of his impressive sermons. His subject was "Consecration," and he brought tbe fact so forcibly before us that if we consecrate ourselves to tbe Lord we need have no fear for the past, present nor future. For a consecrated person cannot doubt God's promises, and they will suf? fer wrong rather than do wrong. They do not fear for their own rights, for they remember "vengeance is mine, saith the Lord." Therefore they save themselves from much strife and a great deal of un? pleasantness. On Sundy morning the Lord's Supper was celebrated, followed by anJUexcellent sermon from Gallatians5: 25. Our visitors were too numerous to mention?our large Church was almost full. It is pleasant to think that if we walk in the spirit nothing is added but love, joy, peace, gentleness and all the oth? er good graces. In the evening he preached on "Grieving the Spirit," but we did not have the pleasure of hearing it. It was certainly grown folks day. We think we'll have children's day in the near fu? ture. We think Mr. R. Breazeale's place, a few yards from here, should be called Hollyhock Hill. We never saw such a profusion of this beautiful flower. They are very double and such a variety of col? ors. They are the admiration of all who pass by. His house seems to be framed with them, and they are prettier than a regular flower garden. You town folks ought to stir out in the country now and see the fine crops grow? ing, hear our birds sing and to fish. Al? though I know it's disheartening, for a crowd of your Anderson boys went sein? ing tbe other day just a little above here. We hear they caught enough to make them sick. One of the boys, however, has a hankering in the same neighborhood, and some how be left his net near her house, but when he went for it tbe other day nothing had got tangled in it? "For disappointments set your thoughts, Although your ends attained, For all your plans may come to naught When every nerve is strained." ? On Sunday, 12th inst., a large erowd at? tended services here. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was served before preaching. After the Sacrament, the pas? tor announced that Rev. Baxter Hayes would preach the funeral of Mr. John Harper at Hopewell Church on tbe fourth (next) Sunday at 11 o'clock. The pastor preached a fine sermon from the text, "If ye be in the spirit, also walk in tbe spirit." I noticed many strange faces among the congregation. Mrs. Dr. Carrie Kyle, formerly of this place, but now living at Dallas, Texas, is spending awhile in our midst visiting her people. Our Sunday School is doing very well with Mr. Joe Wilson as Superintendent. Our crops are fine. Wheat is about har? vested, and oats are ripening. Our people have quieted down, and are not crazy on politics. If I have ever had enough of anything in this life, it is poli? tics. Give me no more of them. Mr. Editor, if you had seen the large congregation present on Sunday and judged by the way they were dressed and their fine turnouts, you would have said, surely this is one of the wealthiest sec? tions in this State. Like the pea fowl, I looked at my feet, and the only consola? tion I had was .that I bad paid my dues to my preacher and editors, and can pay all I owe any day. Now if we would only regard our neighbor's land-marks and hear much and say little, oh! how happy we might be. My watermelon vines and my vegeta? bles are fine. Come up, Mr. Editor, and we will have plenty of chicken and fruit pies. A Farmer, Car swell Institute Items. For the last fifteen seconds we have been cogitating, ruminating, meditating and deliberating what we should write you this time. We came to tbe conclusion that it was not worth while to tell you that the long dry spell which bad prevailed throughout our country, accompanied with much dust, was severely chastised for its imprudence about two weeks ago by a heavy rain, which counteracted its baneful influence, and literally beat. tbe dust Into the ground. 'Tis useless to say that our farmers are busy with their corn and cotton fields?I wanted to say cotton patches instead of fields, but some of our farmers still persist in having fields of it. Harvesting is also on hand, and tbe ripe and golden grain is falling prey on every band to tbe ruthless reaper. That is tbe right word, for we are without Ruths in our fields in this day; hence our gleaning is too often not carefully done. But every? body knows that, so 'twas not worth our stating it. We would write about the way our boys lean upon their hoes with one loot raised to their knee, about bow many birds they see during the day, what an enormous amount of water it takes to do them, espe? cially when the spring is a long way off, what a fascination they have fur fishing at noon, and how many biscuits, with butter and molasses upon them, they must have between meals, but we would only be laughed at, so we won't write about it. We aro just "bothered" to know what to write, because everybody knows that this is a fine section, consequently the weather and health aro always good. This de? prives us of saying anything on those subjects and nothing but the local news is left. Now, we thought a few days ago we would have lots of it. There was just plenty moving about In tbe community, and one of our young men went out to bring it in. After being gone a long time he came back and said 'twas the wildest news he ever saw, for when ho tried to catch it, it started off to Mohawk. He fol? lowed it over to Miss-'s home, and there he lost it. Miss-is his girl, so we understood it. 'Tis bard to be de? prived of something to write about in such a way as that, but young folks will be young folks until you give them time to be something else. Now, as we have lost the subject of news, we, as a last resort, have to fall back upon the Signs of the Times. They are many and various. But they are not always infallible, for two or three weeks ago 'twas thought that Jim Blaine would get the Presidential nomination. Ben. ?ot it without any trouble, but he ibn't 'resident yet. Although signs fail some? times, we should give considerable atten? tion to them, for if we wish to go to a place we have not been to before we ob? serve tbe signB at the cross roads. If we wish to invest in anything, we observe tbe signs to know what prospects there are for a return. We give a short list of signs. If we pass a field full of weeds and grass, we say that is a sign that the cul? tivator of it is lazy. Remedy?hard to fiud. If you see any one always sitting about doing nothing, 'tis a sign of hard times. Remedy is get him to work if pos? sible. If you hear a hen cackle, 'tis a sign there is an egg somewhere. Remedy ?needs none. If you hear of tho old folks forbidding a young man to call on their daughter, 'tis a sign of marriage in the near future. Remedy?let the boys alone. If you hear a great deal about politics during the present gubernatorial campaign 'tis a sure sign our politics are in a critical condition. Remedy?loyalty to the right, governed by principles work? ing for liberty, saving the interest of the State,; placing a good Sheppard over tho fold, and lastly and chiefly gaining a bet? ter education. Education is .the hope for remedy in the future, but don't let it come by a $3 poll tax, Speaking of education makes us think of our Bcbool. We want it known that our school is able to fit up anyone to be a good citizen, and if you want a good foun? dation for a high education attend the In? stitute. If we. can get our desks, the school will be" able to accommodate a large number of student?. 'Tis not in Bession now, but will be in a few weeks. If any one should want any particular in? formation, just write to teacher of school. For fear of tiring some one there will be no more this time from Quid Nunc. ting info your columns once, I will try again, hoping that I will be as fortunate as before. The health of our community is very good at present, and our little doctor seems to be enjoying himself. He has bought a new buggy, and I have seen him at several pic nlcs since, and he seems to make good use of it. I have not heard whether his practice haa extended as far as Denver or not. If it hasn't, Denver had better look out. Miss Nellie Walters has returned home. Her friends are glad to see her back again. Georgia seems to agree with her. Rev. Mr. Seigler preached one of his best sermons at the Institute last Sunday to a well filled house. Our Sunday School at this place never seemed to be in a more prosperous condi? tion. We have good material, good liter? ature and good music. We well know it takes all that to make a good Sunday School. Our farmers seem to be very buoy, and I think it is wise in them for, as the old saying Is, "the grass is as thick as the hair on a dog's back." I was made to feel glad when I heard the whetting sound of the old scythe blades and the racket of the thresher, for I know biscuit time Is near. The people ought not to forget tbat their avocations concern them a great deal more than politics. Jon. A Wonder Worker. Mr. Frank Huffman, a young man of Bnrlington, Ohio, states that he had been nuder the care of two prominent physi? cians, and used their treatment until he was not able to get around. They pro? nounced his case to he Consumption and incurable. He was persuaded to try Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds and at that time was not able to walk across the street without rest? ing. He found, before he had used half of a dollar bottle, that he was much better; he continued to use it and is to-day enjoy? ing good health. If you have any Throat, Lung or Chest Trouble try it. We guaran? tee satisfaction. Trial bottle free at Hill Bros, Drugstore. Electrio Bitters, This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special men? tion. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A. purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kid? neys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by im? pure blood. Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of Headache, Constipation and Indigestion try Electric Bitters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded. Price 50 eta. and $1.00 per bottle at Hill Bros. Drugstore. ANNOUNCEMENTS. For Solicitor. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for r c-election to the office cf Solicitor of tho Eighth Judicial Clrouit of South Carolina; subject to tin action of tho Democratic Party in the Primary Election In August next. m. f. ansel: For County Ccnniss loners. Tho friends of SAMUEL 0. JACKSON respect? fully announce him as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to tho action of tho Demo? cratic Primary. Mr. Jackson is a thoroughly practical young man, and would manage the County affairs in a practical way. We are authorized to announce Capt. B. C. MABTJN as a candidate for re-election to the office of bounty Commissioner, subject to the ac? tion of the Demooratlo Primary. For School Commissioner. The friends of COLUMBUS WABDLAW re? spectfully announce him as a candidate for re? election to the office of School Commissioner, subject to the Democratic primaries. Mr. Ward law has made a most zealous and efficient officer, as the condition of our public school system will verify. For Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Sheriff of Anderson County, subject to the Demo? cratic Primary Election. NELSON R. GBEEN. To the Votkbs of Axdkbso* CousTY: I an nounco myself as a candidate for the office of Sheriff?subject to the Democratic primary elec? tion. Respectfully. D. E. CARLISLE. ? fn a grave yard at Whito Pine, Cal., there have been found recently petrified j human bodies in many kinds of dress, ? miners, desperadoes with their pisiols and knives buckled round their waists., and persons of all degrees. White Pino twenty-five years ago was one of the most phenomenal cities of the West, many nundred buildings being erected, but today only a few remain stand? ing, most of them having fallen and de? cayed. It is owing to the lime water in that section that the bodies have turned to fitone._ Fruit Jars, Fruit Jars. -o THE Fruit Season is hero, and you should work while it ia day, for this season is not long; but you can have Fruit on your table every meal the year round by going to D. ?? Brown A Bro'S, and getting a few dozen of the Mason Fruit Jars at prices they guarantee can't be beat. And you can get your SU? GAR there also at 5c, per lb, Yours, always in the lead, D. C. BROWN & BRO., ISo. O Webb Block, CYCLONE AND TORNADO POLICIES! T AM prepared to u<eae Cyclone and JL Tornado Policies. Do not wait un? til your dwelling ia destroyed. Secure a Policy at once for one or three years. Also, Fire Insurance in the best of Com? panies. Do not put off the* important matter of insurance; A. B. TOWERS, Insurant*) Agent, My Goods must be Sold. If you want a HAT, SHOES', CHECKS, HOMESPUNS, BEST TEA, or anything I have, it will pay you to give me * call at No. 48 Public Square. A. B. TOWERS The Sheriff's Grandson Gives Smo Good Advice! He Knows a Good Thing when he Sees IE The following is the production of little Willie, eight year old son of T. A. Bolt, who lives about 7 miles from Anderson, in Hopewell Township. Willie's friends will do well to be guided by his advice, as we know it is given after mature delibera? tion : CASH: * Come to the Ten Cent Store for your Fruit Jars?they are cheap. Air Gun Rifles and Base Balls. ' Hats, Gitars and Bangers. Dishes, Wash Bowls and Pitch? ers 75 nents at tke Ten Cent Store. Soap 5 cents a cake, Walk in at the upper door. JUNE HAS ARRIVED Again, bringing with it a large crop of Fruit and Blackberries. Nearly every one will want to put up some be? fore it is all gone. Now is the time to buy your? FRUIT JARS Before they are all gone. Just come and see the qnalitr* and prices of oars before you bay elsew.here. Also, a nice lot of? JeUy Tumblers, Which we are Belling cheap. .We are Headquarters for anything yon want ia the Glass or Crockery line. Just received a large lot of Iron Stone China Caps and Saucers, which we are selling cheaper than any house in Town or out, either. When you are in Town don't fail to visit Section 4 of the Ten cent Store. Yours truly, T. W. McOARLEY. The Chattanooga Cane Mills and Sorghum Evaporators. The BEST CANE MILLS made for Horse, Steam or Motor power. The Latest Improved SELF-SKIMMING EVAPORATORS. They save labor and improve the quality of the Syrup. Prices Reduced. We are Headquarters for Upper Carolina on all kinds of MACHINERY, and are better equipped than ever to supply wants in this line. Never fail to get our prices. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO, ELBERTON, OA. ANDERSON, S. C. DON'T FAIL TO VISIT I 1 fill & SIS, DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS and CONFECTIONERIES. t?r We are selling Goods CHEAP, and will treat you right. Give us a call. "(Ve have just received thelHandsomest line of cents' AND boys' STRAW HATS! South of Baltimore, and can undersell any house in the City. Also, a line of Ladies' and Misses' OXFORD TIES. \ ALL WINTER GOODS MUST CO, REGARDLESS OF PRICE. Tours, anxious to please, O. jB. VanWyck, The Shoe and Hat Dealer. THE terrell cultivator! A. Car lioatl Just Received?Price Reduced. Anderson, S. C, March 14, 1892?Messrs. Cunningham & Humphreys, Anderson S. C?Gentlemen: I tried one of youi Terrell Cultivators last year, and can cheerfully recommend it to any one wanting a good implement. I would not lay it aside for any Cultivator I have usei. Will want five or six more this Spring. Yours truly, S. A. JONES. Andkbson, S. C, March 19,1892?Messrs. Cunningham <fc Humphreys?Gents: The Terrell Harrow bought of you is the best implement I have ever had?would not be with? out it for twice the price- It breaks the ground thoroughly, and leaves it in fine con? dition. Reaped fully, D. S. MAXWELL. 100 DOZEN TERRELL HEEL SWEEPS, 100 DOZEN HANDLED HOES?1st Quality. RAKES, SHOVELS, SPADES, FORKS, POTATO DRAGS, And all such goods that are seasonable. BROOKS and other COTTON PLANTERS. ANY BAT TRAPS, DID YOU SAY? Why, yes, we are headquarters for the Celebrated Morty Trap. Price $1.25 each. Yours truly, CUNNINGHAM & HUMPHREYS, 16 South Main Street.. This is the Time of the year that Housekeepers find it hard to get what they want, but if they will call at d. s. maxwell * son's, NO. g CHIQUOLA PLACE, They will Find Anything they may Want I ThEIB Stock is complete in CANNED GOODS, DRIED FRUITS, and, in fact, EVERYTHING in the line of FANCY GBOOEBIBS. 25,000 Cabbage Plants T^W^^S^^ soon be ready. A BIG DRIVE! For the next Thirty Days at er B IIS DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, T??NKS CLOTHING-, &c. Our Stock of DRESS GOODS is complete, consisting of the Ilatest styles in Henrietta, Cashmere, Serge, Mohair, Flannel, &c. We would call special attention to our line of BLACK GOODS, which cannot be beat in the City. 9ILKS-A nice line of Silks, comprising the latest styles of Faille, Bengalis*, Pean de Soie, Surah, China, &c. BLANKETS, BLANKETS. A big lot of Blankets, Comforts and Quilts cheap. FLANNELS. Red and White wool Flannels. Also, a big lot Cotton Flannds, white and colored. CLOTHING, CLOTHING?CHEAP, CHEAP* Overcoats almost at your own price. lOOTS AND SEO That must be sold. A large stock of tho Anderson Shoe and Leather Go's. Homemade Shoes?the best on the market, every pair guaranteed. Our Stock-taking season 1b near at hand, and in order to reduce our stool: we I ha*a el*ughtg?jiltb.e prices. Come and see, and be convinced we mean what we ' ?r'T-'7' '^?d. Yours truly, 5YC0MPAM. aust come. Wecunnot in and make