The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 21, 1894, Image 3

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ferson Intelligencer. f?tisUSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. >jv CLINKSCALES, 1 Editors and ^ O; LANGSTON, i Pbopbxictobs. TERMS: ~~ NE YEAR.~.$1 50 DC MONTHS .?- 75* &WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1894. |~:Thi> war In Brazil has; come to an end aM t io rebels have surreudei ed. There was very little bloodshed on either side. "ISot lh Carolina basin operation and practically ready for operation 18,094 V-cotton looms against 12,544 for Georgia ?t?ad 1 ^30? for North Carolina, ^*A^ Barnes been arrested in Oakland, SCJal.^|br cheating a neighbor in ahorse ^fcrsde The authorities ont there must ?1iftvo;xqaee.? idea of a horse trade. ?:-5S?i>ha Gary Evans is a lawyer, and he is Ifgofilgto be Ihe next Governor of South ^.Carolina. These lawyers can't be turned ^?o^n;; wen In a .??farmers' movement" feGo; Ii? Johnny I ;?.?? ? ii m ? m i .?/-V Tha Bltnd silver bill passed the Senate ^iasti 1 Friday, just as it came from the tousiyby a voteof44 to31. Ten Damo rvoted against the bill while ten Re ibli< ans voted for it ?fi~ stated that South Cairclina farm lucta exceed $50,000,000 in valuean lj v 914,000,000 being eotton. About ,000,000. pounds of rice are raised. Gold mined in paying quantities at sixty in the State. ^iTha New York World says that feyattao'te cn Commissioner Lochrtm show txtSat'U e pension shark is still a power at ||Wflshjngton j-but-the people know very ?/we)! ti iat when pensions are costing over | a year at least a third of it fitev res ants robbery." ^^ej?aily 'papers are fall of the nasty ^detktli ol the Pollard and Breckenridge ^breacl of promise su!t' ^ The over-gallant ?i^Cbigr issman seems to be in a hole. If feiha i3\a Mit to the penitentiary for life aod ^ his v*J< Urn to a Magdalen asylum, it will be ab< nt even justice. ';':> A, Imokkeeper in Colombia shows ac ^cordleg to common sense bookkeeping : based im the published- figures of State ' Dispenser Traxler, the net profits of the issry for its first six months are L4S9.61 Instead of $109,000 as the rites to rr ak e it appear. It has been introduced it the Mas i *?ia Legislature to reduce?in some 331 o abolish?the measure of damages j loh of promise suits where the men rar Bixty years old. It is claimed ^;thai- < Id men are too susceptible to pit ^ihvmv*^?st young women od even The House Committee on Election of v^BceaU'ent and Vice President has agreed r-V^tbi jomt resolution of the chairman, &'^Hp^.43 'ucker of. Virginia, for an amend ^-irient U> vthe Constitution providing that t^uintei I States Senators shall hereafter be ;^ecteji by a direct vote of the people, instetl I of by State Legislature.". The ; Greenville News truly says that the; Governor has played his cards well aad bi s taken a long start on his oppon &Viw?i]a^ttie "Reform" camp. He has Teilet 3d. himtelf of the responsibility of leiildiog between the two factions of his loi; and has taken double chances of tluig the fight at the start and have igi fixed to snit himself. ? -'?? o Washington correspondent of the ilama Journal says: "Tnere.. is the > it amount ot satisfaction expressed > cvor the election of Mr. Izlar in the i'arliston district of South Carolina to ^d Brawley, He is considered a busman, and if so, he hssau excellent ttuflity.of proving it in this Con [ compared with the other mera > Palmetto State delegation." ? ?? mi * m -?? : - - ? ? Inubia is passing through one of tbo 38t Inciting municipal campaigns the dcily has ever experienced, and from at indications we believe it will re i doing good. Columbia has many rnt advantages ?nd should be a man?. ittirlng centre. With a progrmlye itilit?p?l government and her citizens st?ro<l up from eentro to circumforence, oil y ean.let the world know that she ?j?t asleep and that she > ready and ling to give encouragement to any an Picturing enterprise that will iocate here. ,_ Ige Simonton has issued a decree in ise of P.*H. Chamberlain, receiver of Che South Carolina Railway Company, ag?imt the State of South Carolina de clairiu^ the assessment of taxes which the Company refused to pay to be Constito? nal and requiring the Company to pay tiixes and costs of the case as well, ils i? ar victory for the State, and will no ct.bf end all of tho" railroad tax cases ileb have been in the Courts for so ig. We wonder if Gov. Tillman will irso and abose Judge Simonton for this BisLun t ?' ; _ 6'en.Rudolph Seigling died at his home Charleston last Wednesday morning n bo,} been stricken with. paralysis the day p: needing. He was was 54 years of age, was a Confederate survivor, having served throughout the war as Lieutenant "4 In Backman's battery of artillery, and t$ baT in ; been severely wounded at Second " Msnaiisas.'" H was president of the News .. and Courier Company, president of the Bank of Charleston, and a most promi? nent a nd influential citizen, whose death Is deoply legretted by a wide oircleof ' trie lid i throughout the State. Kg^A fanily that can turn on*; fifty-foor Demoi-rats on occasion should certainly have consideration when oue comes out for ciElce, and the other fifty-three back him u p. A document has recently been haidel into the Post Office Department at Wiahington which tes?fies to this remarkablefamily and political harmony. It is on behalf of a candidate or the Post ma8tei*shipof Broadfurd, Fay ette County, Pa. The candidate is Walter Stillwagen, and he Is Indorsed by fifty-three Demo? crats, idl bearing the name of Still wagen and evidently his relatives. Among them i.re representatives of almost every avosai on, from physicians and ministers of tlae Gospel to laborers. - m? m ?~ Tho election in the First Congressional District to fill the nnoxpired term of Judge Brawley took place on Tuesday, ISthi lost, and resulted in a vlutoryfor Judge Izlar over Dr. Stokes, the Alliance candid ate. The vote throughout the Dis trict was light compared with the vote of | 1S92. Judge Izlar's majority will be about (100 votes. The State board meets in Columbia to-morrow to canvass the retc mil. It is stated that Dr.. Stokes will contest the election on the grounds of fraud, ivhicb, he claims, was practiced by the managers at various precincts, and especially in Charleston. This is a severe reflection on the managers of the eleo - . tion, who were appointed by Gov. Till man, especially when it comes from a "Reformer." Is it possible that Gov. . Tillmaa would appoint men to serve as commi tsioners of election who would be guilty of appointing managers who wor ld tamper with the ballot box and chetit o je of their own faotlon ? If Dr. __Stot.es' charges of fraud are true, surely thet 9 a ust be something "rotten in Den The reports In the trade journals indi? cate that th sre is a notable quickening of trade in the South, particularly in the larger industrial centers. Reports from every section of the South show a general resumption of work by manufacturing plants that vrere temporarily shut down during the panic. The lumber bu.-iness shows a conspicuous expansion of trade, the iron industry is getting into a stron? ger position, tbe coal trad A Is active and all of the cotton mills are running on full time with full force. The outlook in every direction in the South is encourag? ing, showing how quickly this section of the country has responded to tho improv? ing influences that are manifest through? out tho country. Suffering less than other sections, tbe South is the more ready to benefit by any advantageous trade conditions. Tho finishing touohes on the original Wilson bill have been made out with the "amended wisdom" of the Senate com? mittee on Finance, says the Washington correspondent to the Alanta Journal. The bill was presented to the Senate yes? terday. It will repose on the calendar for several days, and then the debate on the tariff will commence. Eight weeks is given the wind-jammers for discussion, two weeks for conference, and about twelve altogether Is the time allotted for the bill to go to the President. This would seem to be a liberal time estimate. No changes of any importance are report? ed from the bill submitted by the sub? committee to the full committee on fi? nance. The color tost is applied to refined sugar and a slight increase is made In tbe rate on the polarizcope test applied to raw sugars. The crockery schedules have been slightly raised. No. change has been made in whiskey, tobacco, coal, iron or lead. . Keprtsentatlre Ashley Gives an Ac? count of His Stewardship. Editors Intelligencer: As it has been reported that I have turned to be an ants, which is entirely false, and accuse me of voting against some of the impor? tant reform bills, now, Mr. Editor, for the benefit of the voters of South Carolina and especially of Anderson county, who elected, me to represent them in the Leg? islature, I feel that I should have pub? lished in the columns of your valuable paper those bills ibat we differed on, though with all-due respect for those who differed with me I will state the bills. The first bill was in'92, after the appro? priation bill was prepared it was amend? ed by placing a half mill State levy on the people. I worked against it and fought it until the last, and then they ran it over me.' I did it just because I knew tbe pressed condition of the poor laboring class of peopie and the scarcity of money. 1 begged the House not to concur with the Senate and to voluntarily, free of any charge, stay five days and to pass anew appropriation bill. The second bill was the dispensary bill. I objected to this fori thought ft wrong for any State to Bay to a private citizen that "you shall not sell anything, and we will go into tbe business our? selves." I saw where it was going to iron to, I also saw that it would form a monopoly on liquor. I could not ignore the vote of my peoplo and say by my vote that they .didn't have sense enough to know what they wanted, which I told my people on the stump that If the ma? jority or them did vote for prohibition that! wonld uphold it in the House. Now, Mr; Editor, I never can vote for any law which will prohibit any of Our private citizens from Mying in the cheapest markets or from selling in the highest markets, when snob a thing is allowed to be sold or bought In the State. -The third waa the Bediatricting bill. I thought it was wrong and dangerous to the reform movement. I voted against It, Farther, Mr. Editor, two black dis? tricts had been laid off to give to the darkies so that they could have represen? tations which there are about forty ?thousand majority of negroes in South. Carolina to-day, and I thought It danger? ous to get the .1 aroused in politics. I thought it wrong to piok out the black townships all around Charleston where there Is scarcely a white man in it and throwing It on Charleston, which will be Impossible for them to ever elect a white man to represent them any more, and I looked at it, and all done just because Charleston differs with us about our Gov? ernor. I would not stoop to vote to put anything on the white men of one part of our State that I wonld not be willing to ?gut the very same on our part of the The fourth bill was the public printing bill. Now, Mr. Editor, with a!l due re? spects for the Register, when the Bryan boys sent in a printed bill, offering to do it so much obeaper than the Register, as I felt that I was simply an agent for my people, I was forced to vote for the Bryan boys. I could- not afford to simply vote between six and nine thousand dollars of my people's money away. I have not been able to get the exact amount it is, but I know of several articles that the Register charged f 1.25 for doing which the Bryan boys offered to do for 72 cent?. Now, Mr. Editor, if they had sent around in the House that the editor of the Regis? ter needed help to run its paper, no mem? ber in the House would have more ^willingly subscribed than I would, and I would have gone to my own pocket to have paid it, but when it camo to voting my people's money away In that way I can not endorse it, which I was just sim? ply representing my people, which yon know I said on the stump, that I would do all I could for reform, and all I could to give my people relief in every way, 'and if my actions in tbe Housedoes show that I have done so and have not worked for tbe poor laboring class of people's interest, I want them to show it by their votes in tbe next election. . Mr. Editor, I will also say I am in fa? vor of a straigbtout primary so as to let the poor people have a voice in who is elected. Also, I am in favor of a farmer for Governor. I do not believe in any caucus taking any snap judgment on any candidate. Let the poor class have a say so; they are the o'.ass tbatBhoulJ be legls latored, for the man that has got money can take care of himself. Mr. Editor, I disliked very much to come out In print and publish bills that I and my friends differed on, but I was forced to do so. I want the readers to understand that lam as strong for tho. reform as ever. We ought always to be careful and never put extreme men at the head of the movement, as this movement is much greater than any one man?yes, or one dozen, either. I will close by saying just take such a man as D. K. Norrls or J. E. Tindal for governor, then all of us farmers will get into one boat and sail safely through to? gether. I remain Yours truly, Joshua W. Ash let. Preferred Death. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 18.?Joe Carden, an eugineer, committed suicide by taking rough on rats. He lost his month's salary Friday night in a gamb? ling room and was ashamed to face his wife, preferring death. He was thirty two years old and considered an exem? plary young man. This was his first gambling experience. He leaves a wife and young child. A Heartrending Incident. Laurens, March 15.?A ten-year-old son of Mr. J. A. Madden was killed three miles from this city by lightning yester? day afternoon, Mr. Madden, the teacher and several children were returning from school. Tbe little fellow's hat was torn to pieces, his hair burned and bis neck broken._ _ A Juvenile Outrage. Lexington, K y., March 18.?A couple of precocious youths bad a miniature lynching bee here last, night. Mr. John Parrott, who lives at Forest Hill, found his 12-year-old son dangling from the limb of a tree, swinging to a rope which encircled h\B neck. Blood was gushing from the boy's nostrils and ears and he was in a dead faint The father cut the rope and by applying restoratives soon had his son In a conscious state. The boy said that two companions, one of whom wasDanSIavln, became enraged at him for some trifilog occurrence, and seizing him procured a rope, and after fastening a noose on it placed it around his neck. They then threw the rope over a tree and yanked him up in real lynoh ing style. Tbe rope was tied to the trunk of the tree and tbe boy left hanging. Mr. Parrott procured warrants for the boys' arreBt, ? The New York Herald advises ev? erybody to be xevacclnated at intervals ot six or eight years. ? A Marshall county, Alabama, man. ninety-five years old, plows in the field every day and preaches on Sunday. He is also a great reader, but does not use spectacles. Eilerb ? Mast Come Down? Stale, m/t. The manipulation of the political chess-board of Reform just now seems to be productive of some new surprise every day. The practical withdrawal of Secre? tary of State Tindal from the race for Governor was no little surprise of itself and it was much talked of yesterday, but there is another surprising condition of affairs which has arisen since the Lex? ington campaign meeting, which wili likely affect the coming campaign and fight . for the nomination, both in the convention and in the primary, far more than Mr. TindaPs withdrawal. The State has already predicted that , the fight was going to be narrowed down I to a battle between one man from the i Irby Reform side and one man from the ' Alliance Reform side, and it was stated that the two leaders who would so battle j would be John Gary Evans and Comp? troller General Ellerbe. This was the case up to the time of the Lexington meeting on Saturday, but now it begins to appear that some one else will be at the head of the Alliance Reform col? umn. "Yesterday, a very prominent leader on the Alliance Reform side had a long talk with a representative of the State and he gave some information of a very surpris? ing character. It is all the more surpris? ing because he has all along been a warm supporter of Comptroller General Ellerbe as against all the other candidates whose names have been suggested. Ho states that at the Lexington meeting the Comp? troller General disappointed his friends terribly. Ellerbe, it appears, failed to develop as a stump speaker and after getting half way with what this man terms his "Bohool boy" oration, be falter? ed, got mixed up and finally gave up completely and took his seat. Now, he says, unless Ellerbe retrieves himself, and shows up more strength as a stump speaker at the Spartanburg meeting, on Saturday next, as much as they wish to push him through, they will select some other leader. He states that they have no idea that John Gary Evans is going to abide by the nomination of the coming nominating campaign, In which they will be able to do as they please, and they must have a man who, as soon as he has to go before the people and make the fight, can tackle John Gary Evans on the stump and give him as good or better than he sends. He states farther that they are already looking about for another leader. He Bays that some aro anxious to take W. D. Evans up. This man has bad fine train? ing as a stump speaker and can more than match his youthful opponent, but the objection to him .is raised that he is president of the State Farmers' Alliance, and that organization wishes to keep its officers out of active politics. He says, however, that Mr. Evans can resign the presidency. Some of the other men in this faction, he says, are vory anxious to have Congressman MoLaurin come back from ? Washington and enter the lists against John Gary Evans, as the leader of the Alliance Reform faction. The trouble with this, he states, is that Mo? Laurin is practically the only man So . th I Carolina now has in Congress and it would come hard to take him out of that body. He regards MoLaurin as the ablest fighter in the reform party and Bays that he could easily meet and handle Till man on the stump. . Such is the situation now. Things are unsettlled, but inlwo or ihree days after the Spartanburg meeti r - the leader will be definitely decided ur and from that time on the fight will be made to the finish between the two factions, and the very condition of things that Secretary of State Tindal described in his letter yesterday and. deployed the fact that such a condition was Imminent will ex? ist. It seems that the anticipation of the fact that John Gary Evans will not abide the decision ot the convention is well grounded. Why Net Bare Feace? That Is a question wo want to put seri? ously to every citizen of New berry County. Why not have peace ? Why be eternally wrangling sad quarreling and haranguing and helpline and aiding to. stir up strife and discord 7 Why have so much political bitterness and prejudice ? What do you gain ly it all, socially, morally, or financially f Now let us think of these things. soberly and seriously. The great majority of us can never hold office and could not afford it if we could get the office. We can't understand how a few politicians, whose only hope of retaining and obtaining position Is in arousing the people, can delight in having the excitement kept up. bnt how about the balance of us. We have to plow on and labor on for our daily bread and some times it is a mighty hard struggle to obtain these. Then why should we permit ourselves to gel; crazy about poli? tics ? We hear on all sides that these are hard times. There is no hope of them being mado easier by political agitation and strife. If the energy that is wasted In political strifo were devoted to the development of our material interests the times would get better. We want to see peace and harmony and good will, and everybody working to build up his section and his community and thuB bettering his own condition. This we can not do as long as we are trying to pull down somebody else. No man builds rightly a securely or surely who does it by trying to pull down some? body else. We can not do it as long as every man's hand is uplifted against his neighbor. We can not have these things by heaping up this everlasting political agitation and strife. And we ask again, who is tobe benefited by it? Only the few politicians who keep up the preju? dice and draw the salaries. It is right for us to have an interest in public affairs. It is a worthy ambition to seek at the hands of your fellow citi? zens positions of honor and trust. But the man who does it by appealing to the prejudices of the people and trying to array one class against another has not a noble or a worthy ambition and should be considered as an enemy to his coun? try. We are talking seriously and sober? ly to you, reader. The professional poli? tician, who lives by office alone, wants Jon to keep yourself worked up and to eep him In office. That is about all he cares for you. There will always be found plenty of men to fill the offices. Let us take up the ballots and put in the best and most capable men without get? ting excited about it. It matters little whom we put in the taxes will have to be paid, and we will bava to work on just the same to keep the wolf from the door. Let us then have peace, and when the time pomes to vote we can go and do It as 8eemetb best to our own best judgment without the advice or consent of any boss. ?Newberry Herald and News. Corn Stalk Molassep. Waycross, Ga., March 15.?A farmer, who lives near here, tells an interesting story of his experiment in making corn stalk molasses. He says: "I planted two acres of rich land in corn about April 1st, last year, fertilizing it heavily with home made compost twice during its after growth, which, of course, made large and heavy stalks and ears, full of sweet juice, like the juice from the old china or sor f;hu m cane. I did not plant it with that ntentlon, bnt after observing this I im? mediately pulled the corn ears while green and shipped them In barrels to oston, which alone doubly paid my ex? penses of planting, fertilizing and gather? ing. I then pulled the blades off, leaving them on tbe ground to be plowed under, and hastily proceeded to cnt down the stalks, out off the tops and haul to my furnace. I ground the stalks to pioces and boiled thejuice In the usual way that we do sugar cane?about three hours with a moderately hot fire under the boiler, which held eighty gallons. It prod need, after tbe process was complet? ed, nine gallons of the whitest, purest and most fragrant syrup that I have ever tasted. 'It was thick and full of sweet? ness and did not have the burning be? longing to sorghum and sugar cane mo? lasses. Granulated sugar could not be melted and made into clearer syrup than this. There are many advantages in grinding cornstalks over that of sugar cane. Using the old-fashioned roller mill, I filled It with five or six stalks at once, and one small pony pulled them through with no strain at all. The two acres made three barrels of the syrup of which I speak, and it was not necessary for me to ship it in order to dispose of it, as two barrels retailed at 81 a gallon, right here in this county, and I could have sold much more at the same price if I bad made It. This year I have planted twenty acres in corn and I snail go through tbe same process of planting, manuring and gathering as I did last Eear, and there are many of my neigh ors engaging in tbe production of corn, principally for the cornstalk molasses." ?AUanta Constitution. ? John D. Gerling, of Hagerstown, Md., has a small pocket Bible that he found after the battle of Gettysburg on a campground near the former place. Gar ling is at least tbe third owner of the book, for it bears upon a fly ieaf this in? scription: "This Bible was found on tbe train taken from the rebels on tbe filth day of July, 1803, by John N. Wolisin, and I take it as my guide through life, with Jesus as my captain. Boonsboro, Md., July 7,1868.* COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. Squire Fewel Visits the County Site. I think atrip out from home?to the County site?or anywhere fifteen or twenty miles from home?will do a per? son good occasionally. So with a little busiuess for an excuse I went to the city of Anderson last Thursday and received quite a cordial welcome from all of my old friends whom I met, notwithstanding "town folks are awfully down on us country people." All of the business men who I mot seem to be full of energy and are hopeful. They don't seem to be worrying over something that they can't help, but aro diving in with heart, hand and soul to help remedy the disastor of tbo last year's financial crash. And that is right, for what is the use of grieving over anything we can't help, for if we can help it, why go to work and do so. If we can't help anything that has happen? ed, why just drop it and go on and Bay no more about it. Well, I started out to bay something about crops on the road, but had almost got off the track. The small grain crop that is wheat and oats?are looking fine? I believe as fine as I remember to have seen in several years. Almost every one on the roads I traveled (for I went one road and came back another) has been plowing and preparing cotton land, and for the information of all concerned I am sorry to Bay that I didn't see but one field with corn rows laid off in it. All or nearly all of the fields on the road, that was not in small grain, had cotton rows laid off, and some were putting in fertili? zer. If it is all over the State that way, or supposo it is all over the entire South that way?all cotton and no corn?you can easily figure what corn and cotton will be worth next fall, no matter what Congress may do. If tbo farmers on these roads are going to plant any corn at all it will not be near the road, or else their rows are too close together to make good corn. I am in favor of making corn enough for our own use and a little to spare, and then make as much cotton as you can. We had the pleasure of meeting some of our old friends from the country in Anderson as well as our "town" friends. Among them were Mr. George McDavid, of Craytonville. Mi. McDavid is one of us, as you might say, and one of our most staunch Democrats. I reckon it would sound a litt tie strange to some of those "reformers" to hear two old "moss backed ant is" talking about progress and reform, or the upbuilding of our State and country, but they do talk that way, and I can't see bow it is when they are "agin us" all the time. Mr. McDavid, like our self, follows the magnetic needle a great deal of his time, which to me is a very pleasant occupation. We also met Mr. Marion Shirley, of the Honea Path section, who was one of our old neigh? bors. Mr. Shirley is a little farther over tbe bill in this life's journey than ourself, but he looks hale and hearty?more so than he did when we last saw"bim, some fifteen or twenty years ago. It always makes us feel better and more hopeful to meet with our old friends and fiud them cheerful and lively, as we did these old neighbors. I was but a small boy when Mr. Shirley married, and now ho, per? haps, has grand-children old enough to marry, if not married, and yet it don't look like it has been long?in fact it has only been about forty years, or nearly so. How swiftly time does fly, and, too, we are all the time wishing for the future. I don't think that I am very old, and it may seem that way to us when we get to be ? old?an octogenarian for all I know. This would be a happy world for us if we never grew old and worn out, and tired and discontented, and the most of that comes frrom imaginations, it is not real. Meeting with neighbor Shirley reminds me of an incident which happened not more than a quarter or half mile from his bouse. An old lady, Mrs. Frost, mother of Hiram Frost, was found dead in the road. That has been about seventy one years ago, and, of course, was before I was born, but Iget it traditionally from my mother, who lived near there at the time. It was never known what killed her. Tbe last person known to have seen ber was old Mrs. Sallie Flowers, who lived just across tbe branch, south of Mr. Shirleys house. She had been dead several days before she was discovered, and perhaps would not have been found as soon as she was, but for her faithful dog, which had remained by her, until perished out for something to eat he went home. The family, knowing it to be unusual for the dog to come home with? out bis mistress, set out to look lor her, and found her dead in tbe road 01 by tbe side of it near Mr. Shirley's. That old road has not been used for several years, or had not been when I was along there. It run from Brock and Msssey's old mill by Hugh Gantts and on by John Bar Robinsons to I don't know where else. Mrs. Frost was rolled in a sheet and put in a plain coffin and buried right where she died. We have bad several refreshing show? ers for tbe last week and the trees are getting green and tbe whippoorwills are begining to sing tbeir sweet song of whip-poor-will. So that it looks as if Spring was right here. If it will only stay fair this week we will try and have about sixteen acres of corn planted by Saturday night. Rev. N. G. Ballenger preached one of his nsual good sermons Sunday evening atShiloh. His sermons are instructive mentally as well as spiritually edifying. His congregation is growing a little every time be preaches, bo that he will in a few more Sundays have a full house. He announces that he will hold a two days' meeting on bis fifth Sunday appointment, whioh will be fifth Sunday in April and Saturday before. All who have not been to hear Mr. Ballenger preach yet can ill afford to miss them any longer. I am listening every day to bear of somebody getting married so that I can announce it publicly. So hurry up, Monroe, for from all reports you are to be tbe next one. Piedmont is running along smootbe enongb now. Messrs. Eakew and Dal ton Brothers have bought the grist mill, for? merly run at Piedmont, and have put it tip at Grove Station, where they are pre? pared to give tbeir customers first class meal twice a week?Tuesdays and Satur? days. ' Take your corn up to them and be made happy. Squire Fewel. P. S.?We are taking up our potatoes to-day and they have kept well. We can supply a few persons with seed or to eat as you may wish. S. F. From Roberts. The warm weather continues and it looks really as it Spring was here; but you bad better not lay aside your winter furnishings yet, for we may have some very cold weather. But we have good signs for Spring as the cooing doves and tbe merry chattering of the smaller ones, and crab grass 1b thick on the ground. It may be that we are going to have an early Spring. We had a good season Friday night. It was very acceptable. There have been more small grain sowed this year than usual, especially oats, and it looks now as if they will yield abundantly. Tbe farmers will soon be done putting in fertilizer. Some are done now, and corn planting is the order of the day. We have beard that Tillman gained the Railroad cases and they will have to pay up as we little fellows have to do. And tbac is what tbey ought to have done at first. That will help the State out con? siderably. Politics are livening up with tbe warm weather. We are rejoicing over tbe rail? road case at present. Tbe people are beginning to talk of tbe probable candi? dates for the different offices. Well, I guess all things will get straight after awhile, and we will have a more harmonious time. Miss Mattie McLees, of Williamston, is visiting her relatives and friends in this section. Rumor has it that there will be a wed? ding in tbe near future If you want me to tell the public of any of your notable events, just let Rob Roy know what it is or where you have been and he'll fix you up. Ron Roy. New Hope Items. We are having some delightful weather at this writing. The farmers are pushing forward with their work. Some are planting their corn this week, and others will soon be ready. From the looks of the fruit trees we will have plenty of lruit this year, provided we 'don't have any more cold weather. Tbe Superintendent will organize the* Sabbath School at this place next fourth Sunday. The people of the community are invited to come out and take part in the Echool. Rev. N. G. Ballinger preached one of his entertaining sermons at this place last second Sunday afternoon. Mr. Jeff. Shirley was visiting friends in this community last Sunday. The protracted meeting will brgin here on Saturday before the second Sunday in April. Let every one pray for the meeting that God will pour out bis bUs?nga upon the people. The school has commenced at this place, with Miss Ella Bolt as teacher. The personal property of Mr. S. L. Gray, deceased, wis appraised last Satur? day. Tbe approvers were M93sr?. Bolt and Harbin, ft 2; Reading, Messrs. Editors: For some time I've been thinking of writing a few words for the benefit of teachers, and others, on the subject of reading. I fear this is one of the neglected studies in our schools, Very few people really appreciate reading as it deserves. We have bo few good read? ers. Most people read so poorly that tbey, themselves, really do not enjoy reading. And when tbey read in the presence of others, it rather produces sleop than enter? tains. Learn the children to read not to call words, but really to read, that is, to give out through the voice the thoughts I found on the printed page. The writer hau had occasion recently to examine rather carefully most of the read? ers In use in our schools, and he was sur? prised to find how little use is made of reading in giving out real and substantial information. Why not fill the readers with nseful information, told in a plain and simple way? Teach in every reading lesson a genuine lesson of history, morals, grammar, geography, physiology, geol? ogy, Ac. I am free to say, after a careful exami? nation, that "The Normal Reading Course." published by Silver Bnrdett & Co.. of New York, is the best set of read? ers I've ever seen. Teachers, if you have not seen these readers, six in number, in? cluding the Primer, get aset and examine, and I feel sure yon will want no other. They are perfectly graded, and have more Information than any reader I've seen. Teach reading as a study and a science, and couple with it the accumulation oi knowledge on useful subjects. While I am writing, permit me to urge tbe study of Physiology and Hygiene Teach the boys and girls tbe science of life; how to live, how to get and keep healthy bodies, well formed and develop? ed. But you may say "how can we do this?'* I answer in several way si. Get a doctor to come and talk to the pupils on the subject of health, &c, until you can get them interested. Then get the class organized and you have most of the trouble over, if you will get the doctor to continue his talks. I'd recommend to your careful examination ''A Healthy Body," and "Essentials of Health" pub? lished by Silver JBurdett & Co. However, any book that is authority might answer the purpose, but would probably not be so entertaining as those I've mentioned. Try to get an interested class in this important study._A Teaches. Death of Mr. Andrew F. Lewis. On Friday last, March 9th, 1894, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Andrew F. Lewis died at his home, on Seneca River, after a lingering illness. He was in his eightieth year, having been born on the 21st day of June, 1814. A long life of use? fulness and honor was his portion. In the prime of a mature manhood he was noted for his sound judgment and popular manners. He took a deep interest id his farming operations, and, until enfeebled by the infirmities of age, gave his farm a personal supervision. So devoted was be to his noble avocation that he would fre? quently remark, during his latter years, that all the insciiptlon he wanted on his tombstone was: "He was a Farmer," be? cause, he would add: "By your fruits yon would be known." This was a favorite theme for his contemplation and was one of bis oft repeated quotations. He was a fine gentleman of the old school, and in the ante bellum days was long one of tbe most popular men in the upper part of the State. He was several times elected a member of the State Leg? islature from Pendleton, representing at that time both Anderson and Pickens Dis? tricts, embracing the territory now inclu? ded in Anderson, Ococee and Pickens counties. In every election he was at the bead of the ticket as often as he was a can? didate. Being a prominent man in 1860, when the whole South was stirred from center to circumference with tbe burning questions of State Rights, he was elected a member of the State Constitutional Convention, which convened in the city of Charleston, and on December 20th, I860, passed the fatuous Ordinance of Secession. He was ? an ardent believer in State's Rights, and ever maintained tbe cause of Southern in* dependence. Mr. Lewis was an honest man and en? joyed the confidence of all who knew him. He was a fine conversationalist and took great delight in the entertainment of his friends. Scarcely was he ever seen at a public gathering but ttat he was the center of a social group who hung npon his blight and witty sayings. In early life he was married to Mies Sue A. Sloan, who, with several children, survive. For over forty years helive? on his plan? tation on Seneca River. On Sunday afternoci, at 3 o'clock, his bier was followed to the Old Stone Church, where, after appropriate funeral services, conducted by Rev. S. H. Zimmerman, in the presence of a large concourse of sor? rowing friends, his body was laid to rest to await the resurrection morn,?Keowee Courier. Means More Cotton, A Texan farmer sounds a mild but timely note of warning in the Louisville Home and Farm, which all tbe prudent farmers in the South will heed. He says : "The time for planting again will be on band ere tbe farmers have time to draw a long breath or to reouperata from their over-exertions in making and gath? ering the cotton crop of 1893. And bo fore planting another seed they should consider well tbe law of supply and de? mand and be governed accordingly. "If the cotton growers of the Southern States will return to common sense and stop planting so much cotton, and, all who can, raise a patch of wheat and corn enough to fatten their meat, bard times will adjust themselves and the farmers would soon be independent. "There are people enough now in Tex? as to supply the world with cotton for several years if the other States were to cease producing cotton, and still they come. Emigrants are coming from tbe north, east, south and west to the black lands of Texas. The prairie ie all settled up an'. the people are tackling the thick? ets, clearing them up and putting them in cultivation?which means moro cotton." The suggestion that the cotton farmers generally of the Southern States should return to common sense and stop plant? ing so much cotton, will have no effect of course, but the more prudent men among their number will not fail to note tbe in? formation that agricultural immigrants are pouring into Texas, and that the acre? age devoted to cotton in that State will certainly be largely increased this year. There will probably be no considerable decrease, if any, in the crop in the other Cotton States, and if there is to be a fur? ther large increase in Texas, the effect on the prices of cotton next fall and win? ter can readily be foreseen now before a seed is put into the ground. The cotton farmer in South Carolina who lays his plans this year for abundant food crops, a short account at "the store," and only so much cotton as he can cultivate on that basis, will have no cause to rogret his action when the year ends. The same Texas correspondent re? marks, by the way, that "all the clear money" that is made in farming in Texas is paid out "for Northern machinery that is made to wear out and wear out quick." Is this a true bill??New8 and Courier, ? The bounty on wolf scalps in Kan? sas amounted to ?60,000 last year. ? Judge J. T. Dalvin, of Siloam, Ga., who has married ever one hundred and fifty couples, says that he never re? ceived a single fee, save a bushel of pota? toes. ? The roller cotton ein was used in Asia and Africa before the dawn of au? thentic history. Three-quarters of a pound of cotton, cleaned by means of this gin, constitutes a day's work. ? A Kansas woman has applied for an injunction to prevent her lover from marrying another woman. Some law? yers hold that she is entitled to it, as the defendant promised to marry her. ? A pleasant feature of the election was the voting of the two candidates. Judge Izlar and Dr. Stokes came in to the polls together and were chatting Sleasantly. Dr. Stokes voted for Judge zlar, and the Judge voted for Dr. Stokes. Whatever the issues involved and what? ever might be the result, the two gentle? men most interested in that result were on the most excellent terms, ? Massachusetts has spent $500,000 in efforts to exterminate tbe English spar? row, and when a resolution was introdu? ced in the Senate the other day to pro? vide for the propagation of the Mongo? lian pheasant in the Commonwealth the members displayed much caution, and asked many questions before voting. One wanted to know where Mongolia was, and another asked whether tho pheasants would increase as rapidly as the sparrows and the gypsy moths. ? Mrs. Bradley T. Johnson, who has been lying ill in Baltimore, showed her devotion to the Confederacy in tbe early days of the rebellion by arming and clothing the First Maryland Regiment and equipping it with tents and tbe other necessary paraphernalia of war. Her interest in the regiment did not stop tbore, for she accompanied it to the field, where her services as nurse and god? mother, so to speak, of the soldiers were such as to win the official thanks of Gen. Jackson and his staff. Mrs. Johnson is crreatly beloved by tha old soldiers of Maryland, Baby in an Incubator. New York, March 15.?A woe bit of a baby girl, weighing less than two pounds and measuring less than 12 inches from the tips of bar little pink toes to the top of her doll like head, is being nurtured in an incubator in the home of a Madison avenue millionaire: The little one's mother died in giving her premature birth. If the baby, whose entrance into the world was bo sad, can, by the artifi? cial process, be kept alive until sho shall have reached the development when babies are supposed to begin their career in this world, and then continue to live under natural conditions, she vfillonjoy all that wealth can give her. The father of the child is E. Clarence Haight, of the wealthy family of that name. The birth of the little girl, which oc? curred on the night of Feb. 24. was three months premature. Drs. Walker and Carle-ton, both eminent specialists, were called. The mother died shortly after. The little child, which had been placed in the care of one of the trained nurses who had been called, did not die, as it was expected that it surely would. The nurse wrapped it up in warm flannels and kept it very warm. The doctors did not think it would be possible to prolong the life of the human mite for more than an hour or two at the utmost, but as they talked over the mat? ter the thought of adopting tho rare method of calling a baby incubator into requisition came to them. Tne father's grief over the death of his wife they thought would be in a measure assuaged if the little girl baby could be kept alive to grow up as other little girl babies do, and, although they hud not much faith in their plan, tbey decided to get au incu? bator, if there was one to be had. Probably the only place iu America where such a thing could have been got was the very place that Dr. Carleton hap? pened to know about. It was tbe queer little shop of W. G. Robinson, 315 East Twenty-sixth street, and to him they sent for the incubator, which was pro? duced an hour later and the little one was soon tucked away in the warm place. Monday was the seventh day of the baby's incarceration in tho incubator. All has gone well. It has gained proba? bly two pounds in weight and is proba? bly an inch and a half taller than at the time of birth. Food, in tbe shape of malted milk, is administered with a small bottle of ordinary pattern. Wh?n, as occasionally happens, the little one is taken from the incubator for an instant, a warm blanket is thrown over the little bed and all is lifted out. It would be death to the child if tho cold air?and the air of a well heated room would be cold to it?should strike it. Now the tot cries like an ordinary born child, and kicks aronnd an opens her eyes whenever she wants food. The doctors say tbey feel quite positive that she will live in tbe incubator until she gets tbe growth and strength of a natu? rally born baby, and tben she can be taken out to begin her regular career in the world. In about a week Borne doll like cloth? ing of lace will bo given her. Now ahe is dressed just as ahe was on her birth? day, that is if one considers the day of her birth hdr birthday rather than the day on which she will leave the incuba? tor. In about six weeks from now, if the little one is living and continues to do as well as she is now doing, she will be taken from tbe incubator aud permitted to breathe natural air, like other babies. ? A woman In Monde, Ind., recently ruined the Bight of one of her eyes by ac? cidentally running a hot prong" of a pair of curling irons into it. She was curling her hair, and it is thought that her at? tention 'was distracted by hearing various unseemly remarks from her husband, who was shaving. There is no moral to this story. ? While riding to church near Da? mascus, Ala., last week, a storm arose and lightning struck a buggy in which were Charles Thompson and wife, setting it on fire and killing both. Their charred bodies were found next morning. Tbe horses attached to the vehicle were un? hurt. All Free. Those who have used Dr. Klug'a New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportunity to try it Free. Call on the advertised Druggist and getaTrial Bottle?Free. Send your name and address to H E. Bncklen it Co-, Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and Household Instructor Free. All of which is guaranteed to do you good and cost you nothing at Eill Bros. Drugstore. See the World's Fair for Fifteen Cents. Upon receipt of your address and fifteen cents in postage stamps, we will mail you prepaid our "Souvenir Portfolio of tbe World's Columbian Exposition." Tbe reg? ular price is fifty cents, hut as we want you to have one, we make the price nominal. You will find it a work of art and a thing to be prized. It contains full page views of the great buildings, with descriptions of same, and is executed In highest style of art. If not satisfied with it after you get it we will refund the stamps and let you keep the book. Address H. E, Buck en & Co. Chicago, 111. Just a Word with You, Please I JUST RECEIVED a pure article of Mus covado Molas-es, N.O. Molasses,Su? gar, finest Roasted CVfTee. You already know about my Tea, Cream Cheese, Can? dles and Starch. Have now in stock over 3000 Rolls Wall Paper, Borders and Dec? orations for beautifying your houses. I also have a number of articles that I sell at much less than the cost. According to the Southern Cultivator I have tbe best Irish Potatoes for planting to be found in town. Also, other Garden Seeds. Will Insure your property against loss by Fire, Tornado and Cyclone. Give me a call?I will treat you right A. B. TOWERS, No. 18 Whitner Street. New Blacksmith Shop. IWISH to inform the public that I have moved into my new Shop, nearly op sue the Anderson Machine Works, and am prepared to do first-class work in my line. Farm work solicited. Horse Shoeing a specialty. I will give satisfaction. ABE BENSON. March 14,1894 37 3 Notice to Road Overseers. Office of County Commissioners, Anderson, 8. C, March 9, 1894. ALL ROAD OVERdEERS are hereby notified to warn out their hands and Sut in two days' work by the 1st day of une, 1R94. They are also notified to look after the small bridges on their respective roads. R. E. PARKER, Chm'n. B. T. MARTIN, W. P. 8NELGR0VE, Board Co. Com. A. C. W. T. McGILL, Clerk. March 14,1894_37_2 A BURNING QUESTION ! WHAT KIND TO IUJV AND WHERE TO IIUY IT. PUR I: wATBB WHITE EVERY GALLON POLLY GUARANTEED. a PURE WHITE LIGHT. NO SJIOKE. NO SMELL. HAVE AGREED TO SELL FIFTY BARRELS Juatassoon us wo can, and must have your assistance. PRICE 15c. GALLON. MERCHANTS Supplied at Guaranteed Prices. NO WATER. NO FILTH. ALL OIL. ?mT> We sell Oil Ciiia aud Tanks that hold from half gillon to sixty gullons at prices competition cannot meet. Yours always truly, C. S. MINOR, nod 10c. STORE. Come to see us. Who will be the Lucky One ? ON the 15th day of May we will present to onr customers five nice Presents, as follows: L China Tea Set...$10.00 2. China Cup and Saucer. 1.00 3. Palmetto Lunch Basket.60 4. Pound Fine Candy.40 5. Large Dish Pan.35 Every customer who buys goods to the amount of one dollar will have their name put in an envelope and put in a box, and on the 15th day of May the box will be well shaken and the names taken out, one at a time. The last name in the box will receive as a present the handsome Tea Set. the next to the last the pretty Cup and Saucer, and so on. Couie and examine these nice Presents. We are now prepared to supply our friends with all their? GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERIES, TOBACCO, CIGARS, TIN and WOODENWARE. Prompt and polite attention given to all. Goods delivered to any part of the city free as soon as'bonght. A. H. STOKES & CO. P. S.?Just received a nice line Blanke's Fine Candies. TO RENT. THE FOUR-ROOM COTTAGE and large Garden on Greenville Street. Apply at once to SYLVESTER BLECK.LEY, Anderson, S. C. March 14, 1894_37_ SPANISH JACK. IF you wish to breed your Mare to the finest Spanish Jack in the State, breed to the O. A. Bowen Jack. Will stand the season at McGee <fc Dillingham's Stable, and at Tbos. E. Watklnsr in Hopewell Township. Twj weeks at a time at each place. Fee $10 00. March 14, 1894_37 0 LADIES! DON'T send your $1.50, $2.00 or $2.50 Money Order to New York or Boston for n pair of FINE OXFORD TIES when? COSSETT & BROWN will not only be glad to fill the order, but even give you something BETTER at the SAME PRICE. Send them from $1.00 to $2.75 in either Money Orders or Checks, and they will send you by Ex? press just what you order, and if not satisfactory money will be refunded. The prices of our line of Oxford Ties range as follows : 50c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.75, $2.00, $2.50, and the prettiest line on top of the earth at $2.75. Either send your money or come to see us. We are still giving Bargains on the 75c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 Counters. Men's Fine Shoes arriving every day. A big lot of Bicycle Shoes just received. COSSETT * BROWN - Hill Bros., Druggists, Anderson, S. C. Dear Sirs : I have thoroughly tried your Choleracide aud am highly pleased with results. I believe it to be a preventive as well as cure. I have tested a number of cholera cures but "Choleracide" has given better results than any of them. W. G. HEMBREE. People who know Walter Hembree need no explanation of the above ; to those who do not, we will say that he is the champion fine chicken raiser of Anderson County, handles as many and as good breeds of fine chickens as anybody, and among his neighbors and people who know him his word is as good as gold. Don't wait until your chickens be giu to die, but begin the use of Chol? eracide at once. Manufactured by HILL BROS., Druggists ANDERSON, S. C. NEW ARRIVAL -OF OUTINGS, GINGHAMS, PRINTS, NAINSOOKS, LAWNS, DOTTED SWISSES, In Whito, Pink, Blue, Green, Orange and Black, LACES and EMBROIDERIES, - AND ? Many other things we are going to sell Cheap. CALL ANJ> SEK TJs?. Yours truly, _BROWN, OSBORNE & CO. WEBB <te WEBB. "We HAVE JUST OPENED UP A DAISY LINE OP STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, Glassware, Crockery, Lamps, &c, - At the WEBB CORNER, and earnestly Invite everybody to call and see us. We will sell Goods at EXTREMELY LOW PRICES, deal with you fair and square, and give you sixteen ounce pounds. Don't forget to call on us whan you come to town. We will make it to your in? terest. Yours very truly, R. C. webb. W. M. WEBB. t8~ FREE CITY DELIVERY THE BIGGEST LOT OF READY MIXED PAINTS, OILS, COLORS, VARNISHES, STAINS, GLASS AND PUTTY, Ever Brought to this City. GUARANTEED?your house repainted without extra charge if Faint does not give entire satisfaction. TODD & EVANS, Druggists, ANDERSON. S. C. IF YOU BELIEVE MONEY SAVED IS MONEY MADE It will pay you to examine the BARGAINS iu Coats and Vests! TAYLOR & CRAYTON Are offering this week ! GARDEN SEEDS! IN PROFUSION, Three Papers for Five Cents I i .- AT TODD & EVANS'. GREAT BARGAINS. JJ AVING bought the Stock of DEAN, GEER & MOORE, I can give you Bargains* in all lines. Dry G-oodSj Shoes, Hats, &c?* Cheaper than you have ever bought them. MOLASSES, SUGAR, COFFEE AND TOBACCO, At prices that will down all competition. You will save money by getting my prices before buying. Thanking tbe public for the past liberal patronage, and hoping for a continuance of same. Yours truly, _M- A. DEAN. WE ARE NOT SELLING OUT AT COST! Unless you mean what it costs you, but still lead on OUR SPECIALTIES, Flour, Coffee and Tobaccos. "We are the only house in this City that can sell you Ballard's "Obelin/ "Favorite," "Blue Bird," "Waterloo," or "Old Hickory." We sell several other brands, and can sell you sound Flour from $2.75 to the finest patent ground. We bought our stock of MOLASSES so very cheap that to show them to you means to sell you. Dry Goods, Shoes and Hats Cheaper than Erer. Yours, anxious to please, BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS^ P, S.?We are Agents for the Imperial Phosphal pany of Charleston.