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Findel sob Intelligencer. I ' ;\>nStu1SHSD EVERY WEDNESDAY. 2. Fj-C&INKBCALES, ) Editors and C^fr^HQSTON, f PROPRIETORS. |fe'? TERMS: ONE YEAR.?..............$1 60 ^Bj^'lfOKTHS . 75 ':|#V^rEI?NB8DA.Y, MAY 9. 1891. , ^If'jie Ifcuih could be relieved of the tex dlralaad from it by the tariff, its im vmed?io i evelopinont and rapid improve ^P^would surprise.Its moat sanguine gfriends. ^ ? _ _ |^A . ifresh opidemlo of lynching has ^broken tut through the country. It is voonflned to no particular locality. Its ^tnoraJLeSjcta are bad, and shows a dispo? sition to disregard the laws. : :? Dr.. 33 nmerman, of Edgefield, has "wlthdrawa from the race for governor. :;The-Greenville News seems to think that tho Doctor regarded his candidacy as . rather a forlorn hope, since none of the ; *n ti ?ewi spapera espoused his cause. ,-> ?-; There \b nothing particularly new in Iths groat coal miners' strike. Over 150, 0JB meji lire said to be out, and pledged to . remain < nt 'until a satlafsetory scale Is _ourr^jged and signed by both aides. The ^'suspended miners in Pennsylvania alone ; number* d 65,000. "Ex-Judge J. H. Hudson, of Bennttta I?, hail been appointed general attor for tlie Cape Fear and Yadkln Yalley , road, at a good salary?$2,000. This' irUl require but a small portion of his I'timev Tae road la to be congratulated on ^bearing the services of so able a legal ^fvlser.'. Attorn ay-General Stand iah ot North ota 1,as appointed his wife a deputy; endratb, superintendent of pub? ictlon, has made her husband an ; Another populist official has his son a deputy, and bis two is- clerks.. VPubllc office is a srib" seems to be the populist of the North Dakota contingent. II what the newspapers in Georgia say ? can be taken with any weight, General "Kvaiia vfillbe the next Governor of that 1 Ve have read e few of the speech [?; pro arerbetter pleased with Gen Svitna than with Colonol Atkinson. Jar devotes too much. time in agi himself. His whole effort seems r to convince tho voters that he made Ibember of the legislature. He jfis not deficient in arrogance. ? M. Pull man-wealth ?50,000,000 newspaper reporter, "I believe is ihr happier in the days when a dollar than I am now." That ary fine, but if he was happier jy not go back to those halcyon larlesa days? The disposition of ;t wealth need not bother hiov thatGeorge M.Pullman is work ?urlir-ahd lata to add to his "burden" i,and responsibilities is evidence I palace car king is "talking Ids bat" Monday the Supreme Court, in ience cases, decided' that under . sc^t now stands, thore is no tf invested, with the power to taeasesfor the sale of spirituous i iirithin the limits oftbis State, nnd -.1 no .'action of the Florence City. li?t; granting licenses would be ?re* and absolutely void. Tho ?iolds that parties selling liquor 9prosecuted under State or m uni? ces. ThejCourtis unanimous in ! sloe, and we now have prohibi? ting toiha Carolina. ;^?ae'."'' Manufacturers' Record, in its weekly rcvlow of the Southern business l^mditttn^says: Reports from travelling raalesmaaau i others show that business [cos throughout the South lore fevonule than in any other sectior i is emphasized by the fact that nc :eynrmy recraits have come from any ' the-Southern States, not eves ?iltlmiire, though so close to Wash* Hfc The tendency of population and iSonth ward is becoming more pro? fit anil the prospects are promts* a decided revival of activity in * tbk sectioii ia advance of any other. *: A Sc Uth?rn Djdua trial Congress will assemble in Augusts, Ga., on the 30th * ioat. It will be composed of delegates ? >'appointed by, their Dhlef Executive, to v which nlso will be invited by the Gover? nor of Georgia the Governors from all Z the Southern States. Reduced hotel and ?rallroa;: rates have been arranged for the ;;delegafcjs. The Congress will assume to ? discuss methods for the material advance . ment of tho Southern States. Addresses ? of w??<x>me will be made by United ; States I Senator Walsh, Governor North? ern and Mayer Alexander of Augusta. It into wonder that armies of vagrants ive ai last formulated and mobilized have started to besiege CongresB. is the natural outgrowth of false teaching by cxiprincipled politicians. It Is aim ply anarchism, and the government should utep it at once and deal the vaga - bond Coxeyito a blow scarcely expected, are men in Congress who point to threatened demonstration at the it ii few days ago as a proper thing. fTf^'mii thepersonal presence of a gang of idle truants w?i be a mighty argument for high er wat;es for the unemployed. It L; Is a tricl : of the rich protectionists oppos? ing the: Wilson tariff bill. It looks well to dams, gogueii who want the government to employ all the tramps. It is a step to force pi ternalism, and compel corpora? tions aal individuals to hire vagabonds ".' and thie vas assuming to be honest ? tbor _ era. .'Ct takes advantage of every prfju . dloa against the law and the authorities, and evi leutry is founded in a commun? is Ism con i rary to the spirit of ths country. ; It mean;i anarchism?that, law orno law, tho government or its subjects, must sup? port all '.he cranks, all the vagrants, and encoaraj 50 the giowth of the tramps from sea to sea. That it reflects just opposition to tariff reduction is a bare-faced subter? fuge. J ; shows an idle army who ought to work, but will not. It does not repre sen t a p) inclpht?that labor Is hurt by the IgTIlaon bin. That claim, is false to the core. This Ccocey business ought to stop. <There is no good in it for anybody. It Is unlawful and revolutionary, and every member of the movement should be dealt wi lt as a vagrant." Ills Arm Was Ampitated. Coluixia, S, C, May 6.?At half past 8 o'clock yesterday morning D. R. Flen niken, u prominent commission mer? chant an d confederate veteran of ?his city about fifty yeais old, attempted to pick up a borrowed rifle, intending to return it. The hammer of the weapon struck a chair and the weapon was discharged, shattering his wrist Amputation of' the arm was necessary. Flenniken had ac? cident insurance to the amount of 841,000 a?d will get one-third of that sum. He carried 317,000 regularly, but on leaving the city on'a short railroad trip Friday, as was h is habit, he bought an additional one-day ticket which wonld have expir? ed at noon yesterday, to the smonntof J 000? About two years ago Flenniken under a horse car and the arm atnpu ton lay was permanently injured. He racoived |I,500 accident insurance at that tlae. ? ?? , : ? _ --Mr. High King, of Pink Beds, Transylvania <sonnty, North Carolina, has a cow which, several days ago, gave ?blrthr I) "thr<?e calves. Lrew than ; thirteen months ago she had tvins, mak .:-ipit ?yfj.i5alvps?-in h lift:<; ..vi.r .4 .\?<?:?, Maintain tbe Status Quo! Columbia, May 4.?Although two weeks have passed since the Supreme Court decided the Dispensary'law uncon? stitutional the State board of control has not yet held a formal meeting, so far as is known. If they had something would very probably have been done to indicate what disposition is to be made of the immense stock of goods on band. As things now stand tbe State and counties are piling up. expense accounts in rents and poaaloly salaries. Just here it mIght be a pertinent question whether the coun? ties will be responsible for any portion of the rents and other losses now accumu? lating. To say the least the people of the State are exceedingly interested In the Ssection and would like to know whether e State intends holding on to the liquor or disposing of it. Every now and then there in a little incident which would go to show that the Administration intends to make a fight for the Dispensary law "as it stands." Governor Tillman is still of the opinion, that when the people get a chance the law will be placed on the statute books and again become the law of the State. He evidently intends to make a fight for the law, and bis cue will most probably bo followed without ques? tion, by a very large proportion of the "Reformers" of the State. There is, however, some division among the Re? formers on the dispensary question, and it will be found when the campaign opens that some of them will support nigh license with regulations in preference to the Dispensary plan, which has already occasioned so |much trouble and which has received a moral black eye from the Supreme Court which it will never be able to get over. . Tbe State Dispensary has within tbe past few days baa hauled from the Rich? mond and Danville Railroad station a large quantity of liquor whioh had been stored there for some time. The railroad authorities did not care to have to pay the insurance any longer, and asked the Dispensary authorities to have it remov? ed. The lot consisted of about fifty bar? rels of corn liquor. The force at the Dis? pensary has been reduced to a minimum, and about the only work that is now being done is on the quarterly and reve? nue reports. Tbe eases of liquor have been neatly arranged on the first floor, and everything is waiting on orders. Governor Tillman and Attorney Gen? eral Buchanan and several visitors wore in consultation this morning for quite a long time. It is thought that they were considering the Florence and Darlington So fkr as Is known, op to this time, tbe State will not tike any part in the test oases which are to be heard by, the Su? preme Court next. Monday morning. This does not, however, indicate that the State will not try to hold off the effects of the decision of the Conrt in the pending habeas corpus and injunction proceed suggestion in connection with the liquor traffic which , is being very gener? ally discussed is that of the State receiv? ing all of the license money from the saloons und passing some general law looking to the regulation of the traffic. By making the license somewhat high it is thought that the business will be con? fined to the hotter class of saloon keepers, and by having the license money paid directly lato the State treasury it will und to reduce taxes and popularize the scheme, and with the general regulation feature satisfy those who are clamoring for "something like the Dispensary." ?? I One gentleman, who was talking over the matter this morning, said that If such a law could be agreed upon it would soon be popular among all classes, and would be the beat way out of the present difficulty. Ue estimated thai 600 saloon men would open up at an annual license of $j00, and ?hat this would mean a reve? nue of $250,000. The general taxes last year amounted to 9735,000, and by tarn big this fund into the State treasury it would reduce taxes about a third. There would be no extraordinary cost in col? lecting the license money, as it could be done by the county Treasurer. He thought that the entire matter could be amicably arranged in some such way. It is probable that such a scheme will be diaoussed in tbe coming campaign.?Dis I pitch to Hews and Courier. The Coming Campaign; Columbia, May 6.?In about a month'a time the campaign in South Carolina will have begun. The campaigns of 1880 and 1892 were not of the most agreeable and I pleasant character, and there la no reason Jose now to anticipate that the campaign of 1894 will partake of the features of a love feast It would appear that every? thing is shaping itself for an ugly and personal campaign, and no better service could be done by the first audience than to show its displeasure at the first exhi? bition of personal abuse or insinuation. As things are now muddled it Is very hard to foretell what wiU be in the politi? cal pot in a month's time. Just about this time things are in a kind of transitory condition and are getting down to a focus preliminary to the battle royal. Who will.lead the hosts is yet unknown. Aside from the Senatorial contest natu? rally the chief interest is in the Guberna |'torial race. One factor seems to be pretty certain, and that is that John Gary Evans, of Dispensary fame, will be hi tbe race smd will take the leadership of one of the factions of the "Reformers." Who will oppose him is uncertain.. It now looks 88 .if it will be either Comptroller General Ellerbe or Congressman John L. McLaurin. Recent happenings would indicate that Mr. McLaurin will be In the field, and if he does come out it Will be anything but a timid campaign between, himself and Senator John Gary Evans. It seems from what can be heard at this end of the line that most of the original candidate* have dropped out, although every now and then some one says that Secretary of State Tindall will come in on the home stretch as a dark horse end win the nomination. Of course Senator W. DeWitt Evans has to be taken into account in all calculations, although it is sahVthat he expects to retire. This may, however, be entirely campaign talk. Now what are the Anti-Administration forces going to do ? That is by * no means a certainty. It has all along been thought that they won Id keep out of the contest this year and' allow the Tillmanites to fight it ont among themselves. There is, however, a sentiment among some of! those who previously made tbe fight that it would be best to make a fight all along the line as was done two years ago. This element seem to think that it would be a fight of principle and that the Anti-Ad? ministration forces ought to go on record. Some who are of this opinion go so far as to say that there is a good chance of mak? ing a winning fight. There are a great many others, and perhaps the majority, who think that for the present at least It is Jbest to wait on developments. Then the Prohibitionist have, to' be taken into consideration. There can be no mistake about the fact that those who are responsible for the call for a State convention want a full ticket nominated and a fair and square fight made for pro? hibition. The delegates elected to the convention may thwart the purposes of1 the leaders, but if they do not a new and problematic element will be intro? duced into the coming campaign.?News and Courier. Spanish Peaun? Fay Welk To the Editor of the Hews and Courier, Seme time ago I saw an article in your paper from that good farmer, Col. J. Washington Watts, of Laurens, advising the planters of the State to plant Spanish peanuts. Knowing your willingness to aid the farmers all you can, I ask space In your columns to give the result of my experiment bist year. - After gathering oats last year (about June 1) I selected an aore of light sandy land and planted it in peanuts, using about one hundred and fifty pounds cot? ton seed meal per acre. I cultivated just the same as I would cotton, keeping them free from grass. I did not find that they were much harder to cultivate than com? mon peas and much easier to gather?all the nuts adhens to the vine when it is pulled up. They were gathered about the 15th of October, and I made forty bushels per acre. I have had demand for them ever since they were gathered, and I find no diffi? culty in disposing of them at remunera? tive prices, in fact I regard them as the best paying crop I ever made. They are fine feed for hogs and the tops are said to be good forige, but I did not put them to that use. If every farmer in the State would plant a small patch this year I don't believe they would regret it. A. K. Sanders. Hagood, Sumter County, April 30. mm 9 m ? The offspring of a single fly in one summer, if none are destroyed, may num? ber 2,800,000. ? Ayer's Pills are recommended by leading physicians and druggists, as the most prompt and efficient remedy for biliousness, nausea, oostiveness. indiges? tion, sluggishness of the liver, jaundice, and sick headache; also to relieve colds, foyers, neuralgia, and rheumatism. ? The Bavarian Government will build an enormous drinking hall in Munich and there dispense a special Government brew at the lowest price, which is to be a standard and model to all other beers In tbe country. Tbe brewers and the sa? loon keepers of Munich are very wroth tber?!HT. Reaping Tue Whirlwind. ? From the Cotton Plant. A selfiib, Intolerant spirit has done more to break down every reform movement that has ever started, than any other one thing. This spirit is es? pecially manifested when success has crowned the efforts of the Reformers and a party placed in power that will carry out their wishes. Then it is time that late-comers and bountv-jumpers push their way to tbe front and by their loud clamor attempt to force every? body to travel In a narrow groove, that they mark out. The originators of the movement are set aside and tbe re? forms are forgotten and effort is only di? rected towards keeping and getting tbe offices. We have always believed that tbe Reform movement in this State was established to get rid of narrow mind edness, bigotry and intolerance in the {>olltical management in tbis State? to ncrease tbe freedom of our people in thonght and speech and to guarantee every man tbe fullest liberty in advo? cating his opinions and beliefs. We thought that the people were to be freed from a thralldbm, in which they had been held for a hundred years by intolerant and dictatorial politicians. But if tbe people themselves do not Interfere?judging from the present at? titude of some politicians?wo will soon be in a condition as bad or worse than tbe one from which we have just rescued ourselves. Led by the Spartanborg Headlight some papers and politicians are waging a war of abuse and misrepresentation on Congressmen Shell and McLaurin, and. other reform leaders. They have been accused of treachery to the people, yet no charge of infidelity to any reform princi? ple has ever been brought against them. All that can be said is that tbey did not di? rect their course in all things just to suit the narrow views of these Belt-appointed censors. These men bore the heat and bur? den of the day when work was to be done in bnilding up tbe Reform party, and it is arrant nonsense to charge them with treachery now, when there is no chance in the world for them to get anything by it or inducement to leave the party that they helped to establish. The people have worse times ahead of them than any they have yet gone through and they need tbe advice and counsel of tbe men who served them faithfully in tbe past Demagogues must be sent to tbe rear or our efforts to relieve our condition will be rendered futile. The time has never been when it was more important for our people to do their own thinking than the present and look well into the past history and present motives of men who are essaying to be leaders and so basely slandering men who have been true in the past. It is time for plain talk and we hope our people will heed the warning given while it Jb time. . ... _ The Serpent's Sting. : Jacksonville, May 3.?A special to the Times-Union from Madison, Fla., says: A little daughter of Mr. Bond was 'aunt to the barn to get some eggs. She thrust her hand in the nest in the hsy and something struck it She thought it was the hen. Seven times her hand was struck, but she got the eggs and returned to the house and told her mother tbe ben bad pecked her. The mother examined and round tbe child had been bitten by a highland moccasin. The child died in two hours in awful agony. Tbe snake was killed. Its fangs measured U inches ha length. The Canrlenay Factory. Seneca, May 8.?One year ago to-day work-was began on Little River for the first large industrial enterprise in Oconee County. To-day the mill pond was filled and proved an immense body of water about a mile long and two hundred feet wide. At 10 o'clock A. T.Whaley, the mill engineer, directed the openingof tbe gates and water passed through the canal and turbine wheels for the first time. Everything proved to be in good order. The pomp was put to work and filled tbe reservoir on a hill- opposite the mill one hundred and forty feet high. This gives complete fire protection to tbe entire property. The machinery was partly put in motion and tested with satisfactory results. Arrangements are being made to get to work during this month. Oper? atives are coming in daily and occupying the cottages.?News and Courier. ? He FJanUd Bis Own Coffin. Fifty years ago Almeron Higby, of Watson, N. Y., when he was nine years old, planted in his father's dooryaru the stone of a cherry that be had eaten. A tree sprang up, and in a few years began to bear fruit. Higby sold the fruit from year to year, saving tbe money, even after he was married and bad children. Last summor his health became poor, and as the tree began to show signs of decay he cot it down and had the trunk sawed into boards, with which he made a coffin for himself. His eccen trie actions caused much comment at the time, but Higby only laughed when questioned about the matter, and said he could see no harm in a man making his own coffin. He seemed to have a presentment that he was soon to die, and a short time ago he was taken seriously ill. A few days later he died, and by his request was buried In the coffin made with bis own hands, snd the expenses of tbe funeral were paid from tbe money saved from tbe sale of the cherries borne by the tree ? from which his coffin was made. . Prophets of Evil. Governor Lewelling, of Kansas, is tickling tbe ears of his fellow populists with all sorts of horrible predictions. The Governor declares that the Coxey movement Is the forerunner of a revolu? tion which is to start immediately after the fall elections. In the coming up? heaval theShylock millionaires and their property will be destroyed and assassina? tion ana incendiary ism will be the order of the day. . A man with brains and influence enough to reach tbe governor's chair in Kansas ought to be ashamed of such wild talk. The social revolution he pre? dicts can never occur in a nation of home owners. We may have our seasons of discontent and depression, but nine out of ten of our citizens are on the side of law and order. They are not afraid of starvation. If they cannot get work at high wages they will accept what is offered and wait for better times. Tbey have no enmity towards the rich, and it la an insult to them to predict that they will become assassins and incendia? ries. Tbe prophets of evil give tbe people that Urea feeling so common in the spring. If they wonld work their jaws less and their hands more the country would soon get rid of hard ti mes.?A Han? ta.Constitution. Child Killed at a Babbit Drive. The mule-eared jack rabbit has become such a pest in Wilbarger county that tbe farmers have been forced to slaughter them by tbe wholesale. This is done by several neighbors banding together and purchasing wire netting which is used as a coral. A section is surrounded by men, women and children and the rabbits driven into the enclosure by means ol funs, sticks, etc Saturday afternoon a rive occurred at the Gilbert farmhouse three miles north of town, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen went out to see the sport A large number of tbe pests were rounded into the coral and the shooting had about subsided when somebody proposed that the ladies be Sven a chance to shoct tbe balance. Iss Wellborn, one ot the teachers in the public schools, was handed a large gun and proceeded to shoot. She aimed at a rabbit and pulled tbe trigger, bot the gun would not go off. She lowered It from her shoulder and turned round with it to her escort to fix, but before tbe gun barrel bad made the circuit an explosion was heard and little James Leslie Mat? thews, the six-year-old son of J. G. Mat? thews, wan seen to throw up his arms and fall backward into his father's arms. The cruel leaden missile had pierced bis heart and he expired in a few seconds. Miss Wellborn, after seeing what she bad done, fell backwards in a faint She was taken homo and became unconscious, in which condition she remained several hours. Tuesday she bad so far recovered as to be able to assume her duties in the school.? Vemon Texan. ? A Chicago lady traveling; through Texas on her way to California, lost her ticket, which blew out of her car window fourteen miles from Fort Worth. The conductor telegraphed the section fore? man an account of the loss; that official instituted a search, found tbe ticket and handed it to a passing conductor of a freight, who delivered it to tbe passengor ia Fort Worth in time for her to con? tinue her journey without loss of connec? tion. ? As the strength of a building de? pends npon the solidity of its foundation, so health depends upon the condition of the blood. To expel impurities and cause the vital fluid to become vigorous and life-giving, Avers Saraaparilla is tie most powerful and effective medicice in use. LiQU'ATj news. COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. !_ _" /?_ Iva Sittings. Farmers up with their work. Wheat got the rast. Borne of our people are baviug good luck fishing. Mes;ra. Guss. Hall and J. H. Tucker went out and caught one hundred and fifty-five. The young men say they don't want nn more fi*h soon. Rev. C. V. Barnes preached iu the Methodist Church hero last Sunday. The Rev. Earle will occupy the Baptist Cbnrch here next Sunday. There will be a prayer meeting at Mr. Dock Mauldin's next Friday night. This is much needed in this community. We hope we will see some of the members of the Reading Circle there. One of our young men went courting not long since. As he was on bis way back be had the misfortune to lose bis n*t. Celuster Helton Items. Mrs. Lewis is having the o!d weather boarding taken off her bonse and new put in its place, very much improving the ap? pearance of her dwelling. The Misses Lewis, who have been off teaching, have returnel home. Miss Daisy Kice returned last Tuesday from New York, where she has been spending several months. Miss Daisy is a favorite among the Belton people, and we are all glad to welcome her back home after her long absence. Mr. Clarence Rice was among the excur? sionists to Atlanta last week. The closing exercises of the' Belton High School will come off June 5th. Rev. A. C. Stepp preached two fine ser? mons for Dr. Manly at the Baptist Church here last Sunday. Rev. H. T. Smith attended preaching at the Belton Baptist Church last Sunday. We had a considerable storm and a good iain here lost Monday afternoon. The wind was really fearful for a little while. Alice News. Bad Btandsof cotton in this community. Corn is looking well. Frank Sberard, a negro, stole $7 in postage stamps from this post office on the 2nd and next day he slipped them back into the office. Mrs. Martha Yon, accompanied by her son, Arthur, of Rock Mills, visited la this section last week. The writer attended the closing exer? cises of the Starr School. It was a very pleasant occasion. On Saturday before the third Sunday the good people of Rocky River will assign the delegates to the Association, which meets here this summer. Every? body is en vi ted to take as many delegates as he or she may desire. Let everybody lend a helping hand. Rev. W. T. Matthews held an interest? ing meeting at Yarennes Church. There were thirty-eight converts, thirty of whom joined Yarennes, four First Creek, and three Shiloh. We beard a man say tbe other day that bis children would not go to Sunday School. Oh, parents, don't you know that is wrong in tbe sight of God ? What do you mean when you say "I can't make my children go to Sunday School? This (Tuesday) morning it is raining. It rained all night, and everything looks refreshing this morning. Madam Rumor says wedding bells will soon ring in this community. ? Yarennes Church will observe chil? dren's day on tbe next fourth Sunday. Miss L?la Purdy has returned from Anderson. We heard a certain girl say she was going to get a silk dress. We guess that means something. John. Cedar Grove Items. A military Companv has been organ? ized at Ibis place. Mr. Aaron Gnyton was elected Captain, and Mr. M. A. Ma baffey First Lieutenant. We did not get the Dames of the other officers. ? We had a lively time at ibt> school bouse on the evening of April 25th. Speeches were made by Messrs. Joshua Ashley, A. R Cox, Morgan Pack, W. A Johnson aud A. Gnyton Mr. Atihley discussed both State and National poli? tics, and gave an account of bis steward? ship iu tbe Legislator?!.. He said he did not vote for tbe Dispensary law, for be knew it was unconstitutional. Mr. Paok took up the Alliance and diocussed it from tbe 'time Noah went into tbe Ark until Gabriel would blow bis born. Mr. John sou favored John Gary Evans for Gover? nor, Tbe Cedar Grove Brass Bind fur nisbeci music for tbe occasion, and it was midnight before tbe meeting adjourned. Mr. M. C. Mabaffey is bragging on tbe finest baby girl in tbe State just now. It is a nine-pounder. Miss Ada Rogers, cf Piercetown, has been spending a week visiting her sister, Mm, Sallie Rogers. You can buy whiskey at nearly evary fork of the roads now. The Brass Band will play at this place next Saturday afternoon, 12th lnst., at 1 o'clock. Everybody (and the ladies espe dally) is invited to come out. If yon have any news please give it to "Grit." He will appreciate it. Will tbe correspondents of tbe Intelli? gencer answer tbe following questions: Who was the first Governor of South Car? olina? Who named Anderson County? Which is the largest County in tbe State? Grit. Important Meeting* at Calhoun Falls. Editors Intelligencer: On Saturday last, the 5th lnst, a very important meet? ing was held at Calhonn Falls for the purpose of inaugurating a colonization and industrial movement that is calcula? ted to build up one of tbe most fertile sections of our State. It was strictly a business men's meeting, not for the pur? pose of displaying oratory or bombastic speeches, but for tbe sole purpose of ac? complishing its aims, whioh were settled upon. Tbe gentlemen who were present are a sufficient guarantee as to the earnest? ness of the work, and we have no hesi? tancy in saying that which we believe in all sincerity, that before tbe year 1894 comes to a close some wonderful changes will take place in and around Calhoun Falls. The Hon. Wm. Pat Calhoun, who was present representing a Colonization Society at Washington, D. C, stated that before tbe year closes several hundred families will settle near Calhoun Falls on the lands controlled by him and oth? ers, and that he has now applications from headquarters for several thousand acres of laud which are suitable for tbe purpose wanted. The plan, he states, is for his Society to buy large tracts of land, subdivide the same.-and sell to farmers in tbe New England States who have tbe means to buy and willing to settle in a more desirable country than they are liv? ing at present. Col. 0. S. Hayes, representing tbe Southern Inter-State Immigration Asso? ciation, was also present In tbe interest of the organization, and expressed great delight over what he has seen. After ex? plaining the purpose of his mission to Calhonn Falls, the Colonel stated that out of tbe several hundred families on the list of hia Association who are con? templating moving South, he hus select? ed fifty families to locate near Calhonn Falls, who would represent two hundred thousand dollars in actual wealth, which in itself would amount to more than tbe ordinary mind can grasp. These fami? lies, be says, would build modern homes, (for they are accustomed to different modes of living,) would improve tbe lands, and make more on one acre of ground than our farmers are getting out of four acres, because they have been ed? ucated on intensive farming. Capt. P. K. McCully and Mr. J. J. Fretwell were also present, representing the Western Carolina Land and Improve? ment Company, and they have expressed their willingness to aid this worthy movement with all the liberality in their power, and to never cease in their efforts until this praise-worthy movement is ac? complished. After thoroughly discussing the move? ment from the colonization and railroad standpoint, Mr. O. Geisberg introduced tbe industrial feature in which he is in? terested, explaining to tbe heirs of tbe Calhoun estate that be is representing capitalists in tbe North who are looking forward towards developing the water power, and that be wishes either to pur? chase directly or lease for a long term of years some 3000 acres of land fronting Savannah River on both Bides, upon which he was assured that, as far as those present who held an interest in the estate were concerned, that no impediment will be placed by them to prevent tbe carry? ing out of his negotiations, and that they hoped to see it consummated in the near future, A stream that can be utilized to control some 10,000 horse-power within a com aratively short distance cannot remain ormaut in this day of electric motive power development. The mills lately started at Columbia, S. C, have, beyond a shadow of a doubt, demonstrated its practicability?it is no longer an experi? ment, but an absolute aud well estab? lished fact. Capital Is never timid when results can be practically attained, hence we are not building theories when speak? ing of the development of one of tbe tbe finest water-powers in tbe South. With the completion of the Seaboard Air Line and its liberal management, this entire belt will in a few years develop like no otter section of the South ever witnessed before. The advantages here are exceptional, whether viewed from an agricultural or industrial standpoint, and the time has at last arrived for actual work in the direction predicted by saga? cious men during the past few years. It is true it has been a long dream, but we are at the door of its realization, believ? ing, as we always have believed, that such a country, with such wonderful possibilities, cannot always remain un? noticed. Before adjournment it was suggested by ?^apt. McCully to secure vehicles and cor. vey the visitors to the famo * Mine? ral Spring, which is only about one and a half miles from Calhoun Falls. On the way to the Spring Uapt. McCully and Col. Hayes, who wero leading the party, drove up on the highest point overlook? ing a span of territory that is simply grand for the eye to behold, and when stopping Col. Hayes seemed so surprised that the only way he could give expres? sion to his feelings was by exclaiming, "Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful." If was some time before the Colonel could gain his conversational powers. "Well," said he to Capt. McCully, "I shall never be able to thank you for your courtesy and exceeding kindness tor having brought me up here. Why, this is a per? fect panorama. The diversity of scenery is simply grand?away beyond my ex? pectations when I first reached here." On reaching the Spring Col. Hayes re? marked that here was a place to build up a health resort for Northern tourists du? ring the Winter and Southern pleasure seekers during the Summer; in fact, be said, I look upon this as-a natural health resort, and I can see no reason why it should not be made such. Before part-. Ing the writer had quito a chat with Co). Hayes, and he confessed, in all candor, that in ail his travels he had never found such a combination of highly favorable conditions to place large colonies, and see the growing of a large industrial and commercial centre. XX. 'Squire Fewel ?oc? Vlbiting. Well, Messrs. Editors, I have made an? other very pleasant trip to Honea Path and vicinity since I wrote you last. Leaving home on Thursday morning, having the most lovely spring weather tbat heart could wish, 1 proceeded on my route by way of Williamston, Stanton ville and Calhoun, the two latter being, as you know, two of the oldest of our county's historic villages. One of our most esteemed fellow citizens, who passed away but a few years ago, used to do a mercantile business at Stantonville before the war?in fact, before the C. & O. R. R. was built, after, which he removed to.Belton, and continued in business there until he retired since the war to his farm to enjoy the fruits of a well-spent business life?I mean Mr. J. Berry Lewis. At Stantonville there used to be a big day every three months, it being the custom in tbat day for the State militia to meet and drill or "muster" every three months, in addition to the battal? ion and "general muster." which took place once every year. On these occa? sions aU of the men who were "liable" for military duty, between the ages of 18 and 45 years, assembled at these muster grounds as well as a large number of spectators, and with the free whiskey, or rather cheap whiskey, being plentiful, it was no trouble to have a half a dozen fist-to-ouff fights. But a few scratches and bruises was all the damage done. There was no shooting or cutting then like we have now. It was in those days that Mr. Lewis did a very successful business at Stantonville. At Calhoun Messrs. Daniel <fe J. F. Mattlson did a good business In merchandising for a number of years. This was, also, the site of one of the foremost academies in the up-country at one time, it being the school in which Ex-Gov. Joseph E. Brown commenced his education, whloh perhaps mode him what he is?one of the most brilliant as well as one of the most successful men of the South. There is another place I forgot to mention, and that is old Queensboro, but I don't sup? pose, many of the citizens around there know where QueeuBboro is. It used to be a Post Office and Halbert Acker, Esq., was Postmaster. Arriving at the Massey old mill, as we used to call it, on Broadmouth Creek, I bad a good dinner and a few hours very pleasantly with Mr. D. A. Greer and fami? ly. Mr. Joe Cox?"big Joe" we always call him?came over while we were there. I was, as I always am, glad to meet an old schoolmate Joe and I went to school together to Mr. Hugh Gantt, the same who taught my mother before me. Joe, like ourself, is, as we tbinkt on tbo right side, and is, therefore, what some people term an anti, but how a man can be an anti has always been a puzzle to me. Driying on to Honea Path we overtook one of our old neighbors, Mr. J. P. Payne, who moved to Honea Path a few years ago for the benefit of the very excellent school that Honea Path people are justly proud of. Mr. P. says be is coming back home next fall. He is like we are?be thinks this the garden spot of the world. I After meeting some old acquaintances at Honea Path, we drove over to Mr. George Greer's residence, in the western 8urburbs of the city, and spent the night very pleasantly with him and his inter? esting family. George and I took a stroll over our grandfather's old home? stead and to the old spring?the same old spring tbat be used over a century ago. While looking on the old spring I re? marked to George that I wondered where the water was now that was flowing from that spring when grandfather first saw it? It is certainly somewhere, and is water yet, but where is it? It may be in Ireland, or it may be in Africa, or it may be herein America?tbat is a question that can not be answered by mortal man. Another thing occurred to me on seeing a lizzard runing up a troe near some of my old playgrounds, and that was, is that lizzard a descendant of some of the liz zards of forty years ago?of Some of those I used to pursue with evil intent, with malice aforethought, as Bill Arp says? It may be some of the same ones. Who knows? Who knows bow longlizzards live? and do they always stay in the same locality ? Bidding Mr. Greer and family good-bye I turn my face homeward toward the place I love?driving up the celebrated old Honea (Honey) road I pass the place about a mile or so above Honea Path where a negro was killed by lightning when I was a boy. He belonged to Obediah Shirley and was named Toney. As well as I remember it was on thd fourth Saturday in April, and he was sent out in the'"range" to look up the sheep. Seeing a thunder shower coming, he stopped by a large oak tree for shelter. The tree being struck by lightning, he was killed. Not more than fifty yards from the same spot where Toney was killed a man froze to death on a cold Saturday night, a few years after, whose name I don't remember. Driving a little further on I came to the residence of our old friend and neighbor, Mr. Marion Shirley. I could not pass there without stopping awhile, for he and his good wife were very kind to me when I "hired about" for a livlyhood. Kindness goes a long ways in helping us to re? member those we worked for when we bad no home of our own, and these good people are very pleasantly remembered by me, fcr I never think of them without calling to memory how very kind they treated me as a hired boy. We could not very well pass the place of our birth without stopping and geling a good drink of water. So we spent, a few minutes very pleasantly with Mrs. Clement and her daughter and son-in law, Mr. Charley Ragsdale, and wife. On our way still further we meet some more of the boys who were boys when we were boys, one of whom was Mr. Holbert Cobb. He is farming and was planting corn by my formula, except he planted in the water furrow instead of on the bed, which don't make much differ? ence, so long as he will put plenty manure and will cultivate well. We also saw "Farmer's Boy," and think his name is very appropriate, for if his father is no^ a farmer, he himself will make one if he continues to walk between the plow han? dles as be was doing when we saw him. Our next stop was at the hospitable home of Mr. B. H. Greer, on the old trail road, which was once an old Indian trail leading from the Saluda to the Savannah River. Here we meet some more old schoolmates, Mrs, Greer being one of them, and Haryey Cuminings. After here and partaking of a gooa old-fashion? ed and enjoyable dinner, we have to move on to Bel ton and stop just a minute with our old friend Jack Stringer, for you know we can't paoB Jock without stopping to shake bis band, We found him, as usual, in good spirits and jovial as ever. We met several others of our old friends here. Among thorn were Enoch Rice, Jas. W, Poore, Hob Griffin (Hob and me were boys together In the army,) Dock Green and Ab. Cox, and several others too tedious to mention. My friend, Mr. Stringer, wants mo to explain more fully than Mr. Williams, of the Greenville News, has done, what a "Squedunk" is. This shows what advan? tages we common country-raised people have over our neighbor educated-town folks. We country people never called them "Squedunks," nor did we make them out of "old tomato or oyster cans." There Is where the trouble come with so many of the country people not under? standing or being able to define Mr. Williams' definition of the instrument tbat Jack complaius of. Now, if you will go to the woods and find a hollow sour wood tree, about six inches in diameter, spending a few hours pleasantly and cat or saw off a piece about fifteen inches long, and dress the inside ont smoothe, and then trim the outside down until you have it about a half inch in thickness. The next thing to do, if yon baren't got a raw hide of some sort, is to kill a cat and get its hide and take the hair off, which you can do by soaking it in lime water or ashes and water for a day or two. Then wash clean and pro? ceed to stretch it over ono end of your hollow drum, fasten it securely, and let it dry, which will leave it very tight. Now procure a good flax string or cord, about the size of a broom string and about two or three feet long, and wax it thoroughly with some shoe wax or hard pine rosin, Eunch a hole in the middle of the raw ide head on your drum, or "Squedunk," as Mr. McLaurln calls it, put the waxed string through it and proceed to draw it back and forth,and withoutany previous knowledge or practice you can make some of the most hideously discordant, as well as uncertain, sounds that you ever beard. They are uncertain because there is no amount of practice that will enable you, I don't care how expert you may become in handling the instrument, to give the remotest idea what the Bound will be until the noise is made. That I suppose is the reason why Mr. McLaurin makes the comparison of some of the Reformers to the "Squedunk" or dumb bull (we always called them); he don't know what they are a going to say until it is said?it may be in harmony with the Reform element or it may not. Mr. Stringer says that be bad not exactly caught on to the thing from Mr. Wil? liams' description of it. but as soon as I explained it to him, and called ita dumb bull, he knew exactly what it was, and wanted me to explain it to a numbar of his old friends who did not understand it. Jack says that old "uncle Joe" Scott used to make them to play on in Christ? mas times. He says "uncle Joe" would get out on the hill on Christmas morning before day at Williamston and begiu playing on bis dumb-bull, or "Sque? dunk," as Mr. McLaurin calls lbem, and would arouse the whole country for miles around with the unearthly sounds that he could produce. It only requires you to bear it one time to enable you to always recognize its sounds ever afterward, and you must bear it to appreciated, or rather you may abhor it. Altogether we had a very pleasant trip and had two days brim-full of enjoyment, and it waa not intended for a pleasure trip either. The small grain crops all along the road I traveled are fine and I saw some very good looking corn, but the most of the cotton had not come up good. While some were getting very good stands, others were talking of planting over, and some bad planted over a part of their crop. I have, I am glad to say a very good stand so far. Mrs. Callaham, wife of Mr. Martin Cal labam, has been quite sick. We hope for her a speedy recovery. Mrs. William Callaham has been quite feeble for some time, but we are glad to say she is considerably belter. Also Mr. D. E. King, we bear, is sick at his home. With these exceptions, and that of Mrs. Eliza Lee, who has been confined to her room for some time, the health of our community is very good. ? We will proceed to notice "Reformer's" answer to Squire Fewel next week with some comments. 'Squire Fewel. ? The Kanaan whose vote was contest? ed on the ground that be served in the Confederate army, and thus disqualified himself, has won his suit. Kansas is getting too busy to care about a man's past, says the Kansas City Times, so long as he behaves himself in the present. ? A plan that will sometimes destroy a large number of rats is to fill a barrel partly full of water and cover it with an inch or so of meal, A bole is bored in tbe barrel a little above the meal and the rats enter, sink through the meal and find a watery grave. In catching rats in steel traps great care is required to de? ceive tbe rodents. Traps need to be well covered and everything done to avoid raising the suspicions of the "var? mints." Often when rats refuse to eat Eoisoned bread and butter they may be aited with poisoned crackers, cheese and meat. ? The Rev.J.T. Shelton, well known in Little Rock, in a recent sermon made use of the following language: "Labor? ing men will remember that during the strike of 1885-86 I predicted from the Bulpit of the old Scott Street Christian hurch the present turn in the warfare for the recognition of tbe rights of .the individual. Again, in 1890, I prophesied every movement that has taken place since and all that will be, in a general way, until 1900. The present movement Is a fermentation of conflicting thoughts. Look out for hell and fury in tbe next six months, with more to follow nnlil 1E9?." ? Special Officer George Labolt, of tbe Reading railroad's police force, tells an interesting adventure that recently hap? pened to him. He was walking through a deep wood one day when he was star? tled by the appearance of a rough-look? ing fellow, who presented a revolver at his head and demanded all his valuables. "Well " said Labolt, "all tbe money I've got is $35 and a watch my father gave me." "'Hand all over," said the highwayman. Tbe officer compiled with as good grace as the circumstances allowed. Then he said to the highwayman: "I work for a farmer near by who gave me that mon? ey to buy a cow with He won't believe that I've been robbed. Can't you shoot a few holes through my coat," and in a jiffy four holes were shot through it. Seeing that there was still one bullet left in the revolver. Labolt took of bis hat and persuaded the fellow to fire a bullet through the crown. 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