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Anderson Intelligencer. PUBLISHED EVES 7 WEDNESDAY. J. ? CLINKSCALES,) Editors and O. C. L?NGSTEN, j Proprietors. TERMS: ONE TEAR.$1 50 SIX MONTHS . 75 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5, 1894. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has been formally elected to succeed himself in . the Senate of the Unised States. Meat, com, wheat, o?ts and such pro? ducts -will enable the farmer to live at home without debt, whether they fill his pockets with cash or not. North Carolina has made some highly satisfactory experiments at building good roads with convicts. South Carolina might profit by our neighbor's example. South Carolina ought to have a good display at the Cotton States Exposition, to be held in Atlanta next year. Let us ?wake up aad show our advantages to others. What says the Legislature? The farmers need a strong organization for mutual benefit and protection. But to be successful it must be free from political taint of any shade whatever, forbidding any person appearing before it in a'political capacity. A monetary commission, non-partisan in its character, is one of the possibilities of the coming session of Congress. It 111 have power to shape the financial of the country, and in the hands of men would prove of inestimable in establishing and maintaining ty in the financial affairs of the n. In'our supplement this week we pub a lull synopsis of Gov. Tiltman's well message or stump speech to the era! Assembly of South Carolina is recommendations for the good of the a are few and far between. The doc ment is more of a defence of his course during the four years he has reigned over the State, We advise yon to read it, and then file away for future reference. m * m . :: : It is said that about thirty Representa? tives in Congress who were refuse! a re? election have written to the Sergeant-at Arms saying that they do not intend to come to Washington this winter, and asking him. to send them their mileage. They have been informed that no mileage can bo paid except to members who actually attend the session. The slowest amount due a member for mileage is $S, which is drawn by members from Balti? more, who pay $1.25 to come to Washing? ton. Members from the Paciflo slope present bills for $1,500 for tie round trip, bat they will have to travel the distance to get it ...?,- m m ?-' Monday was Gov. Tillmau'slast day as Governor of South Carolina, and one of bis last acts was the pardoning of Con? stable Bladon, who was recently con? victed of murdering a negro in Spartan burg County while searching his house for contraband liquor. Bladon was tried by a jury composed of ten Tillmanites and two Antls. They found Mm guilty, the evidence of Bladon and- other Con? stables being that he fixed at the negro as he was running from his house which the spies raided at nig.at. As the Gover? nor pardoned a Constable in Charleston, who was coEivicted of clappings woman's face when she obstructed his entry into her house; it. was generally supposed tbat - he would hot permit Bladon to hang. ??-?- ^ ?, - - ? In the death of Hon. Joseph E, Brown, which occurred at his home in Atlanta - ratest Friday, Georgia loses another great J statesman and patriot, who will live long in the memory of the people of that State. He was born in old Pick ens District, this State, and spent his young manhood in this County. He started in life as a poor boy, and struggled hard to get an educa? tion, which he finally accomplished. . When he came to the front in his adopted State he rose rapidly, :rod daring his life was thrice its Governor, for years repre? sented it in the United States Senate and filled a position on the Georgia Supreme bench. In every position he served his State faithfully. He was also a?man of shrewd business judgment, and accumu? lated a fortune of several million dollars. Some statistical fiend, who has been pouring over the returns of the last cen? sus, gives the following rather startling figures to prove that the American peo? ple are rapidly becoming a homeless race. More than half the people of the country live in rented houses, and nearly half those who live in their own houses nave not paid for them. These are the figures: Number of families, 12,690,152; number of tenants, 6,623,535, or fifty-two per cent, of the whole number; number of families whose places of abode are In cumbered by mortgages, 1,696,890, or fourteen per cent; number of fa tallies whose homeu are free from debt, 4,369, 527, or thirty-four per cent of the total number. These figures include farmers and the people who live in villages, towns and the smaller cities. The new constitution of Mississippi provides a plan for electing the Governor of that State which is somewhat similar to that of the federal constitution for electing a President. The Governor is to be elected every four years. .In the "'"?""^election the vote of each County is count? ed separately, and the candidate receiv? ing the highest number of votes in any County receives as many electoral votes as the County has Representatives in the State Legislature. Then when all the votes are counted the candidate who is elected must receive a majority of the electoral votes and also a majority of the popular vote in the State. If no candi? date receives both these majorities the ^Legislature proceeds to elect a Governor from the two candidates who shall have received the largest number of popular votes. The election by the Legislature shall be by viva voce vote, and must be recorded so as to show how each member voted. Mississippi is perhaps the only State in the Union which has adopted the electoral system for electing State officers. ?Frank Grouard, chief of government scouts and an Indian fighter, underwent a difficult surgical operation at St. Joseph, Mo., in having removed lrom his right side an Indian arrowhead, which has been embeded there nearly twenty years. Grouard could not be in-' duced to take an anesthetic. When the instruments wero placed in position he camly lighted a cigar and stretched his powerful frams upon the operating table. Cocaine was applied locally and the cut? ting began. Grouard never twitched nor moved a muscle, but puffed away at his cigar and chaffed the surgeon. Tho ar? row lay directly beneath a large vein in the right groin and an incision of the ' vein would have meant almost cettain death, so the operation was a very deli? cate one. and the surgeon was compelled to use his finger to break the tissues un? der the vein. Still Grouard smiled and talked and when the doctor became.pro? voked at his audacity, the scout signifi? cantly remarked that it was nothing to a man who had had burning splinters thrust into his flesh. Grouard refused to take a carriage to his house. He says he was shot by a Sioux Indian while fighting with General Crook, the arrow bead is of steel, two inches long and one lach wide. ? John Sorenson went to Jenson, Fla., four years ago, where he purchased forty acres of land, and immediately went into pineapple culture, in which he has been very successful, his sales this year amounting to #9,000. i OUR COLUMBIA LETTER. The Organization of tbo General Atnem b)y and Its First Week's Work. Columbia, S. C, December 3. The first week's session of the General Assembly is always uneventful, and this year less even than usual has occurred to lend it interest. This is not without a certain significance. It probably indi? cates that, unlike the sessions of the last four years, it will not be characterized by radical or novel legislation. The fact is that little is left for Reform? ers to do. Scarcely one of the multitudi? nous measures which they set out to accomplish has been left undone, and the feeling appears to prevail that once more the whole State, politically speaking, is about to return to a humdrum existence. Speaker Ira B. Jones of the House was re-elected without opposition. For Clerk Gen. J. Walter Gray was opposed by Editor George R. Koester, ot the Colum? bia Register, and Mr. Gray was re-elected by a vote of 110 to 11. Sergeant-at-arms Stansell also met with some opposition, but was overwhelmingly elected on the first ballot. In the Senate the familiar form of Lieu tenant-Governor Timmerman, of Edge field, once mere casts its Uncle Sam-like shadow from the rostum. Mr. John B. Harrison, of Greenville, was unanimous? ly eleoted President Pro Tern. For the clerkship held for the last four years by Dr. Sampsom Pope there was a lively scramble between ex-Railroad Commis? sioner Sligb, of Newberry, ex-Senator R. R. Hemphill, of Abbeville, and Assistant Clerk R. M. McCown, of Florence. The struggle was really confined to the two first named, and on the second ballot General Hemphlll received 20 votes to Sligh's 1G, and was abundantly rewarded for his defeat for re-election as Senator. Sergeant-at-arms J. C. Elliott, of Lan? caster, was re-elected. Among the minor appointive offices in both Houses various and sundry changes were made. The membership of the House is very much the same in character that it was last year. From Beaufort County the Conservative of last session is replaced by a Tillmanite. Otherwise the relative strength of the two factions remains the same. It is noticeable, though, that the Tillmanltes have lost a number of then: strongest and most influenolal leaders, not by defeat, but because they have been promoted to higher stations with better salaries attaohed. Jordan, of Alken, Kirkland, of Kershaw, and others are now in the Senate. Watts Is a Judge, and Frank, the youngest, is the only remain? ing soion of the Gary clan on the floor. It is evident already that while there formers are not without men of brains, they lack leaders of trained ability and parliamentary skill. J. Bel ton Watson, of Anderson, appears to be developing as a leader. J. E. Brea zeale, of Anderson, Is again chairman of the judiciary committee, but there Is a strong likelihood that he will inherit Judge Norton's shoes, though his oppon? ent, Gen. Earle, of Greenville, Is said to have 76 votes already pledged. Among the new members certain to have weight in the body are Judge C. P. Townsend, of Marlboro; CoL McSwee ney, of Hampton; J. Ed, Ellerbe, of Marion, a brother of the Comptroller; and Dr. C. T. Wyohe, of Newberry. Frank B. Gary succeeds Yeldell as chair? man of the committee on ways and means. In the Senate appears the same absence of leadership. Senator Stanyarne Wil? son, to be snre, is still in his seat, but it is scarcely to be expected that since his election to Congress he will go out of his way to exert himself. Senator Flnly, of York, is concededly a strong man of in? domitable energy and will, but he has shown too much conscientious indepen? dence and disregard of partisan affiliation to be received as a leader by the adminis? tration. His personal strength in the Senate is great, as he is known to be , reliable and straightforward. Col. D. K. Norria, of Anderson, a now Senator, is a man who Is already an acknowledged leader. Nearer than any other he will fill the shoes of W. D. Evans, who was while a Senator looked upon as the Senator to whom the Alli? ance Senators always lent a favorable ear. Among the Conservatives, Sloan of Richland and Buist of Charleston are re? turned, and they will hold the prestige which long experience and splendid ability has given. "Joe" Barnwellhas taken the seat of the brilliant Smythe, of Charleston, who resigned from ill health, and Barnwell is one of the most gifted and talented lawyers in the South. He is a man of remarkable striking pres? ence, classic feature?, and is an extremely effective and powerful upeaker. It Is predicted that he will become a conspic? uous figure in public life. This will not be a good year for ex? treme legislation. Neither House will be controlled absolutely by the Governor. Governor Evans, without any disparage? ment of his ability,' cannot be said to have the strong personality of Governor Tlilman,. who "made everybody keep out of the road." Heretofore the Reformers have all been Tillmanltes, but it does not by any means follow that now they will all be Evansites. It is a matter of com? mon report that there are numerous Re? formers who, while disposed to resent any attack on the Reform Movement, will be slow to join in any projects which have distinctly an Evans flavor. Wounds suffered In the last campaign, skillfully bandaged and dressed as they were, have not been healed and it is not assured that they ever will be. So far the one event of the session has been the squelching of Dr. Pope. In the House the Doctor could find no member to present his petition asking an official investigation of the election frauds, and when the Speaker stated on Thursday that he had the petition, but was without authority to read it, Mr. Earle's motion that it be heard was voted down. In the Senate the committee on privileges and election, to which it had been referred, reported that the petition had no merit, and without a dissenting voice the report was adopted. Dr. Pope still insists that he will be heard from and declares that Congress will send a committee to South Carolina to examine into tbo gross elec? tion abuses. A number of important new bills have been introduced. Mr. Patton, a brilliant young member from Richland, has in? troduced a bill to permit the licensing of retail liquor establishments. This bill includes many of the provisions of the dispensary law with the State control feature eliminated. Mr. W. A. Sbrock, of Camden, recently published several letters outlining the plan. Mr. Burns, of Oconee, has introduced a bill to make it a misdemeanor, punish? able with fine and Imprisonment, to get drunk. This bill has excited a good deal of merriment, but the question Is fre? quently asked, "Wherein is it more criminal to sell whiskey than to drink It." Mr. Watson, of Anderson, has Intro? duced a bill which provides that a person charging over 7 per cent, on any loan shall forfeit the amount of the loan and double the amount if action is brought. Mr. Ott, of Union, has introduced a bill requiring railroad companies to set? tle losses of freight within thirty days, under penalty of paying double the amount of the loss. This bill is expected to throw railroad men Into a state of alarm. The divorce bill has been introduced as usual and gets on the calendar (it Is not likely to get off) several days ahead of time. For some unaccountable reason the dog tax bill has failed to show up, but it will doubtless come out of its hiding place before another week hss passed. "Citizen" Josh Ashley will probably see it thtough. Senator Harrison has presented a bill to levy and collect a tax on distilleries. The tax proposed is ?50 a quarter. It has been unfavorably reported. ' Representative Hammett is tho author of a bill to change the day of sales by the Master and Sheriff of Greenville County from the first Monday in each month to the first Tuesday. Mr. Hammett also has a bill to amend the pension law. Mr. Ott also has a bill to make two degrees of murder, giving the Judge power to sentence a man to life imprison? ment when the jury hands in a recom? mendation to mercy. The great tight of the session will be pitched doubtless on amendments to the dispensary Act of 1893, or other legisla? tion relating to that act's enforcement. The friends of the dispensary will en? deavor to enact a metropolitan police bill for a number of towns and cities, or else to empower the Governor when he deems advisable to assume control of a town's police and to appoint policemen with the special object of suppressing blind tigers. The chances are that neither of these propositions will have votes enough to get through the Senate, but the debates over them will be interesting, to express it mildly. The Greenwood county bill has again been introduced. Numbers of lobbyists are here working persistently for it. It is understood that the delegations from Laurens, Abbeville and Edgefield, from which Counties it is proposed to carve Greenwood, are united against it, and the Greenwood people will have a heavy task to overcome the unfavorable senti? ment which this will arouse. Representative Ashley has introduced a bill to organize Honea Path County. A bill has also been introduced to form Saluda County out of portions of Edge field and Lexington. The inauguration is expected to take place to-morrow (Tuesday.) W. W. Ball. A Character Sketch. Tuqaloo, S. C, Dec. 3, 1894. Editors Intelligencer: Not every neigh? borhood can parade a unique character, but South Union can. Tom Honea was born at this place thirty-eight years ago and has made his impress here and in some other places. Tom is sui generis, a veritable rara avis. He has been really handsome but under hard work and harder knocks he is aging some, and when I asked him the secret of his pre? mature gray hairs, he said, "It must 'a' been high livin' an' bad skeers." He is humorous without trying to be so, and his waggish sayings bubble and sparkle like a fountain. His comely cranium is full of horse sense of two kinds, and could he have had any sohooling in his youth he would have made his mark in other lines than the tricks and vernacu? lar of the Court House bcneyard. Very early in life he gave promise of the stuff that was in him. In war times, when he was about eight yet.rs old his father worked in a gun factory here, and Tom often made excursions with the teamsters for the sake of the ride and to be with the horses. On one occasion one of the hor? ses became ungovernable and Tom, springing from the wugon, rushed to the side of the refractory animal and fairly dazed the driver, himself an adept, with I the highly impregnated observation, "Why, she's the-est hussy I ever seed." Tom is a dangerous customer in a "boss" swap, and his victims are strewn all the way from Anderson to Carnes ville, and from Walhalla to Hartwell. Some years ago he appeared in Westmin? ster one day mounted on a well-kept Texas pony. A guileless store-keeper who "had the money" took a fancy to the brute, getting the idea, into his head somehow that he was dickering for a yuung Hambletonian, and Tom, humor? ing his victim's hallucination, literally wiped up the earth with him. The store? keeper was not long in learning to dis? criminate between Hambletonians and Texas scrubs, and wanted to rue back. In the parley over the matter Tom prom? ised to do so, "if you can find a man in my settlement who will believe a word I say." The original trade stood. Tom is well versed in the horse-swap? per's vocabulary, and it is refreshing to hear him dilate upon the fine traits of J the particular plug he may possess. He will trade for anything, and occasionally rounds up with a steer on his hands, to which he gives the name of its former owner. One day when 1 lived under the hills next the river, I got him to haul me some firewood, and as I went home that afternoon, I found the last half-mile of j road strewn with poles which, with the torn up ground, admonished me that there had been a runaway. When I asked about it Tom said, "Well, you Bee Lawrence"?he got his steer from our good postmaster?"he thest got so ob Btropertous I couldn't do nothing with him," and I learned that Tom had had to turn the gentleman loose to keep from being run over. My hero's talents are by no means cir? cumscribed, for in the old days be could make by moonlight an article of corn juice that rivalled the celebrated product of the Georgia Gum-logger, and although he used to get more or less entangled in the meshes of the law, he always suc? ceeded in escaping punishment. For years he has been a familiar figure among the crowds that periodically swarm about the United States Court at Greenville, and he always manages to make more out of his presence there than the government does, and he remarked last Summer, that being a witness in a whiskey case is about the only chance a poor man has to get money in the Summer time. While over there at Court last Summer he was taken suddenly and alarmingly ill, and it took two doctors part of an afternoon and nearly all night to bring him around. When he got home, woebegone and at? tenuated, he was heard to say that "It thest won't do for a fellow to pour town licker in on top of a Fluridy watermil lion." But Tom doesn't drink as much as he used to, in fact, he considers that he has been leading a life of sobriety for some time. These hard times affect him, however, as they do everybody else, and he told me the other day that recently when he had sought the repose of his couch after a hard day of practical en? deavor to keep his, his wife's, and their five children's heads above water, he fell to contrasting his present with his past, and in racking his brain in the rather hopeless task of evolving some scheme that would lead him out of the tangled wilderness of debt and scarcity. He said the only conclusion he could reach was that he should go to drinking again, for "when I follered drinkiu' I always had a good hoss, good cloze and a pocket full of money, and with a bottle in my pocket, I thest went a chargin'." Let no man infer that Tom is a brawler. I do not believe there is a spark of vici ousness in his composition, but if there is a fellow around spoiling lor a fight Tom will accommodate him. Of course, in the life he has led he has had more or less fighting to do, but it seems he always went about it as a matter of business and not con amore. Some years ago he escaped a term in the penitentiary for carving a fellow-citizen with a knife by whipping a man who picked a quarrel with the carved fellow-citizen. All the parties wore at Court at Walhalla ready to go to trial. At night as the party principals and witnesses?lay scattered over a large floor the quarrel sprung up and Tom, sober as a judge and with the penitentiary staring bim in the face, as it were, was in an agony of desperation and be determined to win the favor of the prosecutor by whipping his tormenter. lie had everything to gain and nothing to lose, and he not only wore the fellow out but ran him off, and, as ho returned to his pallet, he bad the supreme satisfac? tion to hear his prosecutor say in an un? dertone to a fellow-sleeper, "I believe I'll let Tom off if he will get up the costs." He staked his chances on a fight and had won. I would not make sport of any man's pretensions to religion, and am not doing so now, but once there came a serious turn in my hero's career. He had beon away from home several days, and run? ning unexpectedly into a protracted meeting, he became "concerned" and joined the church. Before the meeting was over he was praying in public, and in one of his petitions, urged no doubt by his newly stimulated conscience, he asked the Lord to take his wife and chil? dren into His protecting care till he srot back, and "he would try to tend to 'em hlsself." Tom is a Tlllmanite in politics, of course he is, but he don't worry much ovir matters political unless he can turn a penny from so doing. He voted for Till man in 1890 and 1892, and took a hand in the reform primary this year that named John Gary Evans for governor. On that day of the primary election in 1892, be went up to Oak way where there was a fair sprinkling of Sheppardites, and the new suit of clothes in which he blossomed out in a few days would seem to Indicate that he made more out of the election than his neighbors. I do not intimate that Tom would barter his convictions for self, but if anybody gets the idea into his mind that he has Tom "fixed," and is dying to put a new suit on him, why, that's his business and not Tom's. Tom joined the Alliance alone; in 1691, not so much In the hope of receiving any benefit from It, as to soe "Thest how the durned thing worked." One meeting seemed to satisfy him, for he never went back again. I have read this sketch to him and it is therefore thrown to the four winds with his knowledge and concurrency. I might write more of him but let this suffloa. Of all the singular characters scattered here and there, there is but one Tom Honea. W. A. Dickson. A Boom for Port Royal. Some time aero it was announced that a number of Western capitalists who had established headquarters at Enoxville, Term., were attempting to float an enter? prise for building a great trunk line of railway from Jellico to the Atlantic sea? board. The eastern terminus of the sys? tem is to be Port Royal, and the scheme contemplates the utilization of the Port Royal and Augusta Road. The latest issue of the Knoxville Tribune contains the following additional facts regarding the enterprise: "Plans are in course of perfection for another gigantio railroad scheme. Its promoter is Col. Albert E. Boone, of Zanesville, Ohio, who with the railroad commission of Ohio will soon Ico in Knoxville, Col. Boone coming to look after the materialization of his plans. He has been interested In the scheme through the influence cf two substantial citizens, Messrs. L. D. Dillon and Charles H. Brown. "In brief the scheme is to build a rail? road from and through the Jellico coal district, the Coal Creek coal district and via Knoxville, and through a territory rich in mineral resources on to Port Royal, S. C. "The scheme comprehends a belt of road around Knoxville. Col. Boone has thirty millions at his command to fur? ther his plans In completing the Black Diamond system of railways, in which the above mentioned project is included. "Several large operators have offered their assistance in every possible way to the scheme. The completion of the road and the consequent reduction in freight rates would result in a great decrease in price to the local consumers of coal. Death of lion Joseph E. Brown. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 30.?Georgia's War Governor, Joseph Emerson Brown, died at his home here at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon. He had been in feeble health for four years, but not until yesterday did his collapse appear to be imminent. He sank steadily during the night and this forenoon. The end came very quietly. Joseph E. Brown was one of the most striking figures in the history of the South. Elected from the Superior Bench to be Governor of Georgia, in 1857, he gave the State an administration bo hon? orable and so practical, that be was re elected by a large majority. Foreseeing the coming conflict beween the States he strongly asserted the principle of State sovereignty. He advised the call? ing of the convention which declared for secession in January, 1861. Three months before Fort Sumter was fired on he ordered Col. A. R. Lawton, comman? ding the First Georgia Regiment, to seize Fort Pulaski, at the mouth of the Savan? nah river, an order which was promptly carried out. At that time he refused to allow Georgia volunteer troops to go to South Carolina, on the ground that their first duty won to their own State, and they might soon be needed at home. He seized the U. S. Arsenal at Augus? ta and relieved Georgia soil of United States soldiers without firing a gun. He armed Georgia's volunteer soldiors, and bought large stores of ammunition. He was twice re-elected Governor dur? ing the war, and at its end was arrested and carried to Washington. After a few weeks' imprisonment be was released, but he was not allowed to further dis? charge the duties of Governor. Governor Brown accepted the new or? der of things, and advised Georgians to accept the reconstruction policy ol Presi? dent Johnston, and to co-operate with the Northern Republicans. For this he was severely criticised by the people, but later events proved that his position did much to conciliate the strong anti Southern feeling which was clamoring at President Johnson. Governor Brown was a Republican candidate for the U. S. Senate in 18G7,but was defeated by Joshua Hill, another Republican. Governor Bullock immediately appointed him Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court. In 1876 he supported Tilden, and in 1SS0 he was appointed United States Senator as a Democrat to succeed John B. Gordon, resigned. He served in the Senate until 1890. Governor Brown was a successful business man, and leaves an estate worth ?3,000,000. ? On Friday Andrew, the three-year old son of Martin Bowen, was fatally burned, his death occurring yesterday about noon. Mr. Bowen lives about three miles from Pickens court house. On Friday he was burning the grass off of a field immediately adjoininS his resi? dence. Without his knowing it two of his children came to the field, one three and the other five years old. The young? est child wandered away and got into the fire and his clothes were ignited before his brother knew of it. The screams of the little one startled the older child but before ho could extinguish the flames the child was burned on the body and throat. It is supposed be inhaled the flames and was burned internally. He lingered in great agony until about noon yesterday when he was relieved from his sufferings by death. The older child showed courage and devotion in efforts to save his brother, but he was not able to stay the fire, Mr. Bowen has the sympa? thy of bis many friends in his great sor? row.? Greenville News, Dec. 2. ? To a Chinamen suicide is an awful crime?it means exile from both earth and heaven for one hundred years. Four Chinamen stood beside the grave of a fel? low countryman who had committed suicide with their hats on. No prayers were offered for the soul of the departed. Even the traditional half-dollar- was not put into the dead man's band. To a by? stander one of the four Chinamen ex Elained, when asked bis opinion as to iee Sing's suicidal death?"Awful bad. Him gettee tired, see? Him no findoo heaven in six, ten, many emp'rors. Sim La chasee him allee time." Sim La is tho chief devil, and he and his assist? ant devils are supposed to be always rushing about after the souls of the dead. ? The numerous cures of rheumatism by the use of the old standard blood-purifi? er, Ayer's Sarsaparilla, show conclusively that It is an effective remedy, if not indeed the speciflo, for this most painful and per? sistent of maladies. What has cured others will also cure you. ? In the convict prison at Copenhagen mothers are allowed to have their babies with them till they aro 1 year old; then they are taken to tho work house until the mother's term of sentence has ex? pired. Honea Path, S. C, Novem We desire to return our sincere to our neighbors and friends for their remitting kindness to us during the recent illness and death of cur father and hus? band, the late A- S. Armstrong. May the Lord abundantly minister unto you all and bestow upon you his choicest blessing. Mrs. M. A. Armstrong and Family. Programme. Tho Woman's Mission Union, District No. 3, will meet at Lebanon Church December 29,1S94. 1. Devotional exercises by President. 2. Reports from Societies by delegates. 3. Reading?Leaflet, "Cuba, Queen of tho Antilles," by Miss Eugenia Sandors. 4. Paper?"The power of the Gospel in Cuba," by Miss Lottie Crosby. 5. Reading?"Diaz, and his work in Cuba," by Miss Maggio Brown. G. Miscellaneous business. Collection. Miss Eddie Davis, Sec. Ruck Mills Personals. Mr. W. P. Berkemyer, from Anderson, and brother, Mr. C. L. Berkemyer, from Philadelphia, spent last Monday with Mr. J. H. Little. Miss Paralee Cochran, of this place, has gone to Abbeville to visit friends and rela? tives. Mr. Aris Cox and wife, from Honea Path, worshiped at Roberts last Sunday. Mr. Will McBray, from Anderson, vis? ited his best girl last Sunday. Everybody should remember the big singing at Shiloh next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Madam Rumor says there will be another marriage ere long. "Bab" means busi? ness hia self. Miss Minnie Burris?, from Holland Store, was the guest C, the writer, last Sunday evening. As hard limes is the order of the day, I will close by Baying it is harder times to wri'e. Willi best wishes to the Intelligencer I am yours. Cicew. Ashes and Twisted Iron. Cbluinliu Slate, Kov. 1. Tho Slate yesterday morning gave all the details possible concerning the terri? ble accident which befell the night fast mail train on the South Carolina and Georgia road, while en route from Char? leston to this city, just about a mile be? low Kingville, a station about thirty miles below Columbia. But the half was not told. All that now remains of the handsome train, which was flying along the track about 9:45 o'clock on Thanks? giving night, is a little pile of ashes and some twisted steel and iron. The wreck, strange as it may seem, entails a loss of $75,000 on the railroad company. There was one coach on the train?the first class car?which was worth ?20,000, being the finest that the company possessed. It seems a miracle that not a single life was lost, when the circumstances are con? sidered. The ugliest feature of the whole affair is that the wreck was the result of a deliberate attempt on the part of some fiend to throw the train down an em? bankment at the most dangerous spot on the road, for the accident was due to an open switch, and it was soon discovered that the switch had not only been thrown open, but bad been wedged so that it would remain open. The place where the accident occurred was juBt where the ,,T" turns off from the main line leading to the Camden branch. Just at this point is the highest embankment on the line of the road. The train, in charge of Conductor Speisigger and Engineer Heap, was speeding along here at the rate of thirty miles an hour, there being a good load of passengers aboard the first-class car. The engineer is a very careful man. The engine hit the open switch and flew the track. It ran along the cross ties about 25 yards and then keeled over, rolling down the embankment and turning completely over. The engineer ducked his head down close to his seat and stuck to his box. That was all that saved hia life, for the combination mail and express came down on the engine, the express end crushing through the top of the cab and resting against the firebox, while the rest was high in the air. Trie com? bination baggage and second-class coach ran half way down, but rested against a a telegraph pole and stopped. The first class coach was derailed and the atr btakes falling suddenly by the severance of the pipes, the lives of the passengers were thereby saved. Those in the first class car sprang to the door to see flames issuing from the cars down the embank? ment and'spreading with remarkable ra? pidity. They had caught from the fire? box and overturned stoves. All sought immediately for the Injured. All breath? ed easier when they found that the engi? neer had crawled out with but a few scratches, through a hole in his cab, that Express Messenger J. M. Collins was all right, and that all the other occupants of the forward cars had escaped unhurt. The express messenger went back into the burning car and pulled out his safe and what bundles he could. The rest was all destroyed. AH' the baggage and effects were saved. All of the contents of the mail car was saved. In a very few moments the flames had spread over all the cars and it was but a very little while before the entire train was destroy? ed. ? Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Lamont and Mrs. Blssell will go to Baltimore next week to be present at the great doll show which is to be held at the Academy of Music in that city for one week. These ladies will aot as judges of the show. The doll show Is for the purpose of insuring to the chil? dren of the slums of Baltimore a happy Christmas. Mrs. Potter Palmer will have on exhibition at the show the won? derful collection of dolls that she purchased from the World's Fair last year. Strength and Health. If you are not feeling strong and healthy try Electric Bitters. If "La Grippe" hae left you weak and weary, use Electric Bie? ters. This remedy acts directly on Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, gently aiding those organs to perform their functions. If you are afflicted with Sick Headache you will find speedy and permansnt relief By taking Electric Bitters. One trial will convince you that this is the remedy you need. Large bottles only 50c, at Hill Bros. Drug Store. La Grippe. During the prevalence of the Grippe the past seasons it was a noticeable fact that those who depended upon Dr. King's New Discovery not only had a speedy recovery, but escaped all of the troublesome after effects of the malady. This remedy seems to have a peculiar power in effecting rapid cures not only in cases of La Grippe, but in all Diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs, and has cured cases of Asthma and Hay Fever of long standing. Try it and be convinced. It won't disappoint. Free Trial BottleB at Hill Bros. Drug Store LAND FOR SALE. THE undersigned offerB for sale several Tracts of Land on easy teims, and in lots to suit, lying in Greenville and An? derson Counties, adjoining Holland's Ford on Saluda River, near Williamston. ELLISON A. SMYTH, Telzor, S. C. Dec 5, 1694_24_4__ ATTENW FARMERS! Grand Auction Sale of MARES and HORSES ? AT ? J. S. Fowler's Stables, TUESDAY, DEC. 11th. THIRTY head nice Kentucky broke Hordes and Mares will positively be sold to highest bidder. QEO. M. CALLAWAY. Dec 5, 1S91_23_1 Notice to Contractors. Office of County Commissioners, Anderson, S. C, Dec. 0, 1894. WE will let to the lowest bidder on Wednesday, tho 19th of December, at 11 o'clock a. ni., the building of a Bridge over Broadaway Creek, near Mrs. McFall's. Plans and specifications made known on day of letting. R. E. PARKER, Chm'n. B. T. MARTIN, W. P. SNELGROVE, Board Co. Com. A. C. W. T. McGILL, Clerk. Dec P, 1894_^_23_2_ -GO TO A. H. STOKES & CO. ? FOR ? Fine French and Stick Candies I WE make a specialty in this line. Wo sell Blanke Bros, best finest Candies. Everything fresh. Come and see us. A. H. STOKES & CO. Nov 14, 1894 20 7 sell for cash or on time with good security. All stock guaranteed as represented. Call and see my stock before bujingeleewbere. J, P. DONOHOO A CO. Nov 23, 1694_22_4 m NOTBCE. ALL persons indebted to the late Firm of Dean, Goer & Moore, or M. A. Dean, must make settlement by Dec. 10th. Parties who do not settle up by abore date will find their accounts with Tribble A Prince, with cost for collection aJded. We most have onr money. DEAN, GEER & MOORE. M. A. DEAN. Nov 28, 1894_22_2 NOTECE. ALL parties indebted to us are respect? fully requested to come forward and settle, and save us the trouble and your? self the mortification of being continually dunned. We hope you will be prompt. Dr. Anderson has opened an office in Sherman, Texas, and can only remain in Anderson for a short while to wind up his interest in our business here. Therefore, after the publication of this notice we will do no further work except for ca?b, as all of our time, except when we can work for the cosh, must be taken up looking after collections; therefore we have no time now for credit work, and should you ask for it we would be compelled to refuse you. Now, plense remember that Dr. Ander? son's time is limited, and he will have to return to his office at Sherman not later than Jan. 1, 1895, and then all accounts not paid must be placed iu the hands of an Attorney for collection. Respectfully, STRICKLAND A ANDERSON, Dentists. $50.00 IN GOLD - AT - GOSSETT & BROWN'S Shoe Store. FOR every purchase of as much as ONE DOLLAR you will receive a numbered ticket with a coupon at? tached of same number. You tear the ticket in half and drop one num? ber in a box which is securely fas? tened. You keep the other number until Christmas, when the tickets in the box will be shaken up and a blind-folded person will draw there? from only five tickets, the first of which will pay to the bearer of like number $25.00, second ?10.00, third, fourth and fifth $5.00 each. They are selling SHOES cheaper than ever. Tickets cost you nothing. How many do you want? NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Executor of the Estate of Samuel Morris, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will, on the 28th day of December, 1894, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Entate, and a discharge from his office as Executor. D A. ELROD, Suiviving Executor. Nov 28, 1894 22 5 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Administratrix of the Estate of Joab M. Clardy, deceased, hereby gives notice that she will, on the 2lBt day of December, lfc9i, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from her office as Administratrix. MARY CLARDY, Adm'x. Nov 28, 1894 22 5 YELLOW PINE LUMBER FOR SALE AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES. -0 CALL and see us before you buv, as we can ami will Have you Money. We nre in the Building Business, and Contract for all classes of work. We do all kinds of Shop work. Plans and Eitiinaies furnished at short notice. AW work guaranteed. SS" Office, Shop and .Shed on line of Railroad near Cotton Platform and old C. & G. Depot. Yours truly, THE ANDERSON LUMBER CO. J. M. 8MITJJ, Mannger. Oct31. 1894 18 3m NEVER DOUBT IT! If you hear it said that the Ten Cent 8tore is crowded from top to bottom with New, Pretty Bnd Useful Goods, never doubt it. If you hosr that Minor iuteuds show? ing even a larger Stock than ever before, never doubt it. If you bear it whispered that Miner's razor is making rots of deep cuts for your benefit, never doubt it If you hear that somebody has been parading around, on Jer a big name but doing some small things, never doubt it. But if you hear that the Ten Cent Store is doing some big things under a very lit? tle name never doubt it. If you hear that somebody is selling Britches at 30c. per pair, never doubt it. If you see an article worth 25c. bought for 10c , never doubt it. If you hear talk of new tariff figures on Toys. Chinaware and all imported goods, never doubt them. If you hear that the Ten Cent Store is always up to date, and sometimes a whole year ahead, never doubt it. If you are informed that money turns over oftener at the Ten Cent Store than at some other places in town, never doubt it. If, on this accouut, you see it ia reason? able that we should have always a new and fresh stock, never doubt it. If some somebody offers you an article from lost year's stock at what we ask for it new, and tells you that it is less than cost, never doubt it. If he tells you that trade has been so dull that he has lost money for over a year, never doubt it, for perhaps you know the reason. If he tells you the Ten Cent Store is making money, and never has a dull sea? son, never doubt it, but don't tell him why. If he tells you that all the profit is knocked out of business by somebody that's willing to give the customer a chance to live, never doubt it, but don't tell who. If somebody tells you it is a good?plan to get posted on prices at two or three places before you buy, never doubt it. If you hear that the Ten Cent Store people are glad to give you the figures, and let you buy elsewhere if you wish, never doubt it. In short, never doubt anything you hear until you have the opinion of the Ten Cent Store on that particular ques? tion. The Ten Cent Store people are always at your uervice?always glad to see you. Shall we have the pleasure of naming our latest prices on our New Stock to yon. Come as soon as you cau. Yours always truly, THE BAZAAR, C. S. MINOR, and 10c. STORE. WE ARE LOADED DOWN WITH CHRISTMAS GOODS! TOYS, FANCY CHINA, &c. &c. IF jou want to see a BEAUTIFUL PLACE come before our Stock is sold out. It is by far the prettiest place in Anderson. "We have almost ANYTHING your heart can wish for. COOKING STOVES From this date to Jan. 1,1895, CHEAPER than .you can buy anywhere 1 OIL STOVES JUST ARRIVED. Soliciting your patronage, JOHN T. BUKRISS. NOW IS YOUR TIME! The Best Goods made at less than Cost of Manufacture I SUCH OPPORTUNITIES CANNOT LAST. The Genuine Starkes Dixie Turning" Plows Are being sacrificed?no such prices ever contemplated before. The Celebrated Oliver Chilled Plows IN THE LIST OF VICTIMS. Guns, Firearms, Ammunition, &c, &c, ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. We arc Overloaded. The burden must be lightened. 8?, Don't delay! Don't wait! Seize the opportunity, and come at once to HEADQUARTERS for all your wants in the Hardware line. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. Cotton Blight. > Tests made by the Alabama Experiment Station and elsewhere prove conclusively that Kainit Prevents cotton blight. Planters can prevent the immense loss caused annually by this disease. Send for our pamphlets. They arc sent free. It will co^; you nothing to read them, and they will save you dollars. GERMAN" KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. PRICES CUT TO SUIT THE TIMES. BEING heavily stocked o-u Fall aud Winter Goods, we will offer them at prices never heard of before from now until Christmas. Call and sec our SPECIAL BARGAINS in Dress Goods, Underwear, Flannels, Blankets, Eider Downs, Shawls, Cloaks, Trunks, ?alcm Cassinicrs, Kerseys, Quilts, Comfoit*, Clothing, Hats, &c. Also, a big liue cf Mackintoshes for Men, and Gossamers for Ladies and Misses, and Rubber Shoes for all, aud Boots and Shoes for Men, Women and Children. Don't Forjrot that our GROCERY DEPARTMENT IS FULL UP. Also, Hardware and Crockery. Come and see us. Yours truly, BROW??, ?SBOsS??E & CO. ready for christmas. ?Just arrived iu Car TLots APPLES, ORANGES, RAISINS, CITRON, COCOANUTS, CANDY, CHEESE, MACARONI, &c. &c* &c. SPECIAL PRICES IN ORIGINAL PACKAGES. LIGOM & LEDSETTER, Wholesale and Retail Grocers. furniture; furniture\\ LARGEST STOCK, LOWEST PRICES, BEST GOODS! B?r COFFINS and CASKETS furnished Day or Night. WE have on hand the LARGEST and BEST-SE? LECTED Stock of FURNITURE in South Carolina! bought this Summer when everything struck bottom, and while there was a big cut in freights. Wo have determined to give the People the advantage of our BARGAINS ! Wo will Sell you Furniture afc Prices below anything ever heard of in this Country before ! And prices it is impossible for any one else to buy the same quality of Goods for. When you need anything in the Furniture line give us a call, and? WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. Prices Lower than Cotton at 5c. Yours for business, G. F. TOLLY & SON, The Leaders of Low Prices. the "hit" of the season. WHAT ? Sloan's Waiting Room for the Ladies ! IT is greatly appreciated by the Ladies, and Ladies from nearly every Section of the County are accepting our invitation and using the Waiting Room. They say it is a great convenience and supplies a long telt want, We again extend a cordial invitation to all Ladies to use our Wailing Room. It is fitted np for your convenience. It does not cost you anything to use it. You can be quiet, private and comfortable. Again we say, come and ose our Waiting Room. Don't forget that it has a nice dressing room, comfortable chairs, and reading table? well supplied with good literature, good fires (when needed). Bring your wraps and bundles?we will take care of them for you. DON'T FORGET, That wo carry a large Stock of General Merchandise. DON'T FORGET, Our nice line of Staple Dry Goods of all kinds. DON'T FORGET, Onr large and well-selected Stock of Shoes. We are making a big run on Shoes. DON'T FORGET, Our Stock of Hats for Men and Boys. DON'T FORGET, That we carry GROCERIES of all kinds. DON'T FORGET, That we keep what is needed?staple and sure sellers. No old Stock?all new and fresh. No extravagant or high priced Goods, but good, reliable staple Goods, AT PRICES that will sell them. DON'T FORGET, That we carry a large line of Tobacco. DON'T FORGET, To come and see us when in want of anything asually kept in a First Class General Merchandise Store. DON'T FORGET, That we are next door to Farmers and Merchants Bank, in room formerly occupied by McCnlly & Catbcart. DON'T FORGET, That we are CASH COTTON BUYERS. DON'T FORGET, That we have a big lot of genuine Texas Rust Proof Oats. DON'T FORGET, That we will appreciate yonr trade. That we MEET competi? tion. That you will receive polite and courteous attention. ??* COME and let us make you price3, whether you want to buy or not. ?? Yours, anxious to please, D. P. SLOAN & CO. $1.50 $1.50 THE BARGAIN OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A DRIVE IN nVCBiT'S IFIIETE HATS. Your Choice of the Lot, $1.50. Had we bought these goods regular we would have to sell them at three dollars. No two Hats alike. All the latest shape and colors. B?L. Whenever we get a Bargain we give you the benefit. TAYLOR & CRAYTON. $1.50 $1.00