The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, February 13, 1895, Image 2

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Anderson Intelligencer. PUBLISHED* EVERYWEDNESDAY. F. CLINKSCALES, \ Editors and *:G. DANGSTON, J Proprietobs, TERMS: YEAR.........?1 50 MONTHS ?_..?? ?? 7? WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 1895. MBB??????????? ? The- tariff, revenue of the government ? is increasing so fast under the Wilson law ithat it has about silenced one Repnbl ican ,argnrc<jnt. Tennessee is in Savor of electing her United Slates Senators by popular rote. The Slate- Legislature has passed a reso? lution favorable to the plan. j~ The youth uf our country have 451 col? leges from which to choose when they hood sji education; in ?hese institutions are 10,271 teachers and 140.05S stn Th?; South CanV.na Agricultural; So? ciety will make a mistake, we believe, In changing tho annual State. Fair from Columbia to Charleston. Columbia is centrally located and is the proper place ?the Fair. )m the newspaper reports the fe,r iers in the eastern s<?ction of the Sta te are going to cultivate a crop of tobacco Vila year. Those who attempted Ifr in Darlington, Florence and SumterCoun i.'.ties last year made a fine crop, and sold ... it for fancy prices. The increase of cotton manufacturing in the South during the last four years has been parallel. In thafi brief period the aumber of cotton in the South has increased from 250 over 400, and the capital invested in from $81,000,000 to nearly'^100,000, \&centennial of the birthday of George ihcdy will be celebrated next Monday on., two continents. Mr. Peabody was perhaps the greatest philanthropist of ' raodewu. times, and the funds he bestowed are still applied to educational purposes. He was born in Massachusetts, was a merchant in New Yorl: and a banker in Londor.. The cold wave, snow and storms have I not only been genera], throughout our country, but throughout Europe and on the seas, and great distress and suffering is reported from all s<i)ctions. Down in Florida they had snow, and the damage to the orange groves und truck farms is imated at 510,000,000. In the extreme 'lwest the mercury is reported, to gone down 50 degrees below zero. )nghout the. South tho small grain crop is reported killed. We believe there is a general effort 'among the farmers of Anderson County to decrease the cotton acreage the coining season. Many of them declare they 'will not put in more tban half as much cotton as heretofore, and- from the records ia the I Cierc's office it is found that the chattel ;m6ri^age?-and liens iliod this year are Jar behind the number this time .last year, which goes to show that the move? ment to cut down the production of the "staple stuff" is under headway. ;-' ?-;- wm * mm-?? Governor, Evans will soon call a con ; vontion of tho farmers of the State to be ' held in Columbia in accordance with the recommendation of the Cotton Growers' Convention recently held in Vieksburg. i Borne action is sought whereby the cot ton acreage can be reduced, and other plans accomplished looking to the remedying nf evils weighing heavily on the agricul? tural Interests of th^ State. Several jGjrictiea have already held preliminary inventions, bat every County In the . State should be:represented in a conven? tion of such vital importance. ??:- ?m m <??? '.-? In the recent County elections in Geor theFcpullsts captifred all ofthooffi ? In Taylor County. But they have not yet ussumed the management arid tiegun to enjoy the salaries and perquisites of the offices. The trouble aeem? to bo that the^, officers-elect cannot make bonds. are plenty of men in the County Jualified to become bondsmen, but the men elected to office apparently lack'the confidence of their neighbors. It ia -alleged that some of thsnrorertyowners; :>who might become liondsmen if they would, voted the Populist . ticketj bnt now decline .to go on the bonds of the men they helped to elect. Tho Savannah News furnishes this bit of consolation ; "The Southern people, despite the fact that cotton is only 5 cents a pound, are about as well"off as the peo? ple of any other section oi the country. They could be better off if they would profit by the lesson taught by their fcthsrs in the years from 1861 to 1885. That lesson, comprises self-reliance and economy. For nearly five years the far? mers of the South fed, clothed and kept in the field a half million of soldiers and supported themselves. Cotton was j;rown in sufficient quantitieu to buy a few war vessels abroad, together with smalt sup? plies of arms and ammunition, but the main products' of the Southern farms were corn and hogs. v. " m * m The Congressional Democratic Steering Committee is having difficulty in reach? ing a conclusion on tho order of business for the remainder of the session. The friends of the bankruptcy bill are mak? ing a strong eflort to prevent it being displaced by any other measure than appropriation bills, while there is also a sharp conflict between the territorial bills and the pooling bills for precedence when the bankruptcy bill shall bedls o? In the meantime the Eepubli Senators call attention to the fact that Senator Mantle, of Montana, took his seat the Domocrai* are n? longer in the majority in the Senate, their strength only being equal to that of the combined Republicans and Populists, and they are, ore, contending "-hat the Democrats no longer continue to dictate the of the proceedings in the Senate. In another column we publish the pro : ceedings of the Irby Committee,, which met in Columbia a week ago, and if you will read the speech of the ringmaster you will see that there is not much desire on the part of the "bos.ies" to have "peace and unity" in South Carolina. It ia very evident that the meeting was called for the express- purpose of forestalling any action by the Convention called by the "Forty" to meet In 1 larch looking to a peaceful solution of the depl' -able condi? tion of affairs now existing in South - Carolina. The committee arranged for a general primary to be held on the last Tuesday in July, but Irby knew at the time that .this plan would not meet with general approval. Th a Conservatives as well as a large number of Reformers got caught in a scheme of this sort last year, and they are not likely to enter such a trap again. We want to see peace and harmony in South Carolina, aud we be? lieve it can be secured if the ring that is now controlling affairs can be ousted. The Constitutional Convention should be composed of men who will do their own thinking, and who will frame a Constitu? tion that will be satisfactory to all olasses. We believe this is the sentiment of the people cf Anderson County, and wo hope the Connty Executive Committee will arrange some plan that will enable us to select a delegation to the Convention that will bs an honor to our County. F. K. Cunningham is a North Carolina farmer who grows five-cent cotton at a profit, as well as raising other larra pro? ducts successfully. Darios the last sea? son he averaged over one and one-quarter bales of cotton, weighing 450 pounds each, to the acre, while some of his neigh? bors, by their ''system" of cultivation, failed to average one-half bale to the acre on land just as good. The difference waB due to the methods of cultivation Said Mr. Cunningham: "I ran a 'seven plough* farm last year, and on 97 acres of land planted in cotton I harvested 123 bales of cotton, weighing on an average 450 pounds each. I raised 100 bushels of wheat on three acres of land, and also harvested 1,000 bushels of corn, 000 bush? els of oats, 500 gallons of syrup and a large quantity of potatoes, peas and long forage, and have pnt away 2,600 pounds of pork in my smoke-house to li ve on next season?and I spent less than $150 for commercial fertilizers, making my own manure generally." IA general agent of the Mexican Coloni? zation Company sent a large train load of negroes from Louisiana and Mississippi to Mexico last week, and says I e will send 10,000 more from the South to his conn try daring the next six months. The negroes will go under contract to Mexico. The company gives thorn so many acres of land and will divide what they raise on the land during tbe first few years. The company furnishes all the plows and agricultural implements to be used, will erect a cotton oil mill on its property, several cotton gins and stores for supplying the negroes, while the Mexican Government offers them every protection. There will be no overseers, but each negro will be left to work out his own salvation. There will be churches and schools, and a colored editor, who goes with the party, will start a newspa perA there. The negroes will cultivate mainly cotton, for which the country is well suited. The Colonization Company las had 3,000,000 acres granted it by the Mexican Government. Judge Buchanan, like all of bis prede? cessors who have presided over our Court or the past few. years, in his charge to he Grand Jury last Monday condemned be old hull of a building that we call oar 'our t House, and we hope his words will tave some .effect.. There is not another tounty in South Carolina that needs a krart House worse than Anderson, and tore is not another County in the State lat can better afford to build one. The uildlng is not large enough to accommo ate the officials of the County, four of lern having to rent offices in other u?ldings in the city. These rents, hich are paid by the Connty, would ay a good portion of the interest on a sbt that might be incurred in building new Court House. We need a modern, re-proof building. "Were a fire to occur t the building, the records of all our roperty would be destroyed,?and our ?ple would almost be ruined, for there ould be no end to the litigation that ould occur from such a calamity. It ould be economy to build a new Court ouse. Anderson Connty is not in ibt, and she could easily issue $50,000 in mds at 4 per cent, which would enable at to erect a building that would meet I the requirements, for a century to me. These bonds, if issued for a riod of fifty years, would no doubt sell a premium. The natural increase of 9 property of our County would pay ? the bonds within that number of are, and the individual taxpayer would urcely realize that they ever existed, e hope the new Board of County Com - saloners will investigate the matter d see if they can't erect a new Court >nse. It would be a lasting monument their first term of office under the new iv-'- ?. ;v ? ' iV~.v-'.- , ? ? : ?,-? ? m - Farmers' See ting in Columbia. Messrs. Editors : The times demand every energy vigorously exercised in be? half of our agricultural interest by all farmers, whether in or out of the Alli? ance. Concert of action is as important to success in 'whatever is determined upon a? action itself, and the President of the Alliance has a. >Led wisely in in? viting all interested to participate in the deliberations of the Convention of the State Alliance, called to meet in Colum? bia on the 19th inst. at 8 p. m., to con? sider the question of fertilizers, and such other subjects as pertain to the farmers' interests. r: On behalf of the Alliance I appoint Messrs. J. B. Watson and J. W. Bowden, and take the liberty of naming Messrs. A. A. Dean, J. W. Ashley, "G. A. Ttankin and B. F. Cray ton from the farmers at large, as delegates to 3aid Convention. D. K. Norms, President County Alliance. Many Dispensers Snort. . It is sad to think that all these sixty or more good men who have been selling the official liquor for the State, elevating the moral tone of the people, have been permitting themselves to get behind in their accounts with tbe State, but accord? ing to' Governor Evans nearly all of them have been found to bo behind with tfceir cash. Just how or why this is no one knows. It is understood that some oi them are short to the tune of from $?00 to ?1,500. Of course the State is secured from any losses, because each dispenser had to give a bond properly approved. When the newspaper men stepped into tte executive chamber yesterday Gover? nor Evans made this announcement: "Ton can say that we have found nearly every dispenser in the State behind in his accounts, some ot them considerably bohind." The Governor went on to say tt at, under the provisions of the new law, the County Supervisor of each county had been made- a member of the Board of Control of each County, and this necessitated the dropping of one member from each Connty Board. He says tbe Siate Board is now very busy reorganiz? ing the County Boards. When each Baard has been reorganized, each dispen? ser in the State will be required to exe? cute a new bond, with sureties who must certify to owning,,twice as much real estate as tbe face value of the bond. This bond must be approved by the County Auditor; then by the County Board, and finally by the State Board. The State's dispensary inspectors are now 'hard at work inspecting every dispensary in tbe State. Every dispenser found short in his accounts, tbe Governor said, must either submit a satisfactory explan? ation, or else make the shortage good immediately, or the State would proceed to bring suit on the bonds and proaeoute. Said Governor Evans: "We can't afford to have in charge of tbe State's business any one. who allows himself to become in arrears for any cause. After there organization any one found in arrears will be summarily discharged. The inspectors have full authority to tike oharge of tbe assets of any dispensary not conducted according to law." Governor Evans went on .to say it might be that the dispensers would be all required to give a guarantee insur? ance bond, tbe State giving the guarantee companies tbe right to inspect tbe dis? pensaries. The Governor says, in bis opinion, the shortages, one or two of which run up over (1,000, have been caused by the loose way of doing busi? ness which some of the dispensers have practiced. He says the State Board has been at work having a new system of bookkeeping prepared for use in all tbs dispensaries and it would be ready to be put in use by to day. This system, he says, will enable the State to tell tbe amount a man falls behind in his ac? counts. Talking of tbe dispensary in general Governor Evans said that by the reduc? tion of ?ie force of Constables which was recently made, the State had saved so far $3,500 a month. Columbia, S. C, February 6.?Gover? nor Evans explains that he was misun? derstood in his reference to the shortage i of his dispensers. He explains that he did not say that nearly all the dispensers in the State were short in their accounts, but that nearly till of those whose ac? counts have been inspected are short. Only six have been inspected.?Colum? bia Stale, Feb. 0. Down in a Depp Tunnel. Columbia Stale, Feb. 8. Slick moonshiners who have for years been making a study of ingenious meth? ods to evade the United States Revenue laws are simply not in it with the South Carolina dispensary law evaders. But they are not so liable to have their in Senuity outdone by "informers" as the arolina liquor man is. His way is a hard one. When ho feels safe and seen re, down come the Constables, knowing where to look for the lair of the ticer, ana forsooth he is ousted. Yesterday a lair was unearthed right in the heart of Carolina's Capital, which wai almost in the bowels of tbe earth?a lair which rivals that of North Carolina moon Bhinere, who dived through a river's waters to reach the mouth of their under? ground distillery. It was away down under the cellar of tbe store of Messrs. Platt, Hook & Shull, and the whole con? struction of the underground tunnel, particularly the manner of concealing the way of entrance, was a masterpiece of ingenuity. It is saf* to say that it would never have been discovered bad not some informer needed tbe 20 cents a gallon re? ward offered by the State. As a result the owners of the liquor?whoever they are?have about $1,300 less than they bad yesterday morning, for between 300 and 400 gallons of good liquor was found and confiscated. The search of the place was made by Liquor Constables Speed, Davis and Beach, Trial Justice Constables Cooper and Hartln, and Sergeant Moorehead and Officer Sbeppard and Strickland of tbe police force. They swept down on the place in tbe forenoon, and Mr. Ed. Shull was so abusive, so Constable Speed say*, that he ordered him locked up in tbe stattonhouse. Officer Sbeppard took him away. The owners of the store refused to allow tbe officers to go into tbe store, but opened up the cellar. The building is a very long one, and the cellar the officers were ushered into runs only about half way. At the rear end was solid earth i and plenty of it. The officers knew what they were doing, however, for they sent for shovels and spades and began to dig into the wall of earth. After digging forward about six feet, their instruments struck air and tbey soon got into tbe rest of the cellar. They went in and searched all around. On one side, next to the brick wall, was what appeared to be tbe solid foundation of a large chimney, run? ning on up through the buiding. On this their attention centered. Pretty soon they began to cut into the brick, and in a short time they gazed through, and, by the .flickering light of a candle, tbey could see that the chimney was a false one; that inside a ladder ran up? wards and there was a neat little bar with all necessaries inside. They out the hole larger and got inside. They could see the bottom of an ingenious trap door in the floor, which could not be detected above, as it was covered by shelving. But the liquor had not been found, and the real ingenuity of the hiding was yet to be seen. Tbe Con stables looked arou nd the inside walls of the chimney and to? wards tbe outer wall they finally discov? ered a door about four feet high. They broke this down and stood at the mouth of a long dark tunnel running baokinto tbe "bowels of the earth." A man could almost stand erect in the neatly con? structed tunnel. Then the exploration of thia tunnel began. The Constables went on and on nmil they struck a point where the tunnel divided and branched in opposite directions, and then the liquor was in sight. There was about forty feet of tunneling, and the earth taken out of | it bad been used to make the false baok to the cellar. It took the Constables nntll about 4 p. m. to get out all the liquor stored in the tunnel. And there was lots of it. . In all the Constables estimate they got nearly 400 gallons. There were 22 five gallon jugs, 20 five gallon demijohns, 18 boxes, formerly containing "Octagon soap," but found to contain 32 pint bot? tles each; and 15 or 20 five gallon kegs. The liquor was all hauled to the State dispensary during the afternoon. The Allience Called. The State only a few days ago gave the public the first intimation it had of the probability of an extra meeting of the Farmers' Alliance being called to con? sider the condition of tbe farming classes and devise some means of bettering that condition. President Evans of tbe State Alliance, arrived in the city yesterday, and late last night he promulgated the following call in response to tbe reqnest of the Newberry and other Alliances: "In response to a request of Alliance men from various parts of the State, I hereby call a convention to be composed of two delegates from each County Alli? ance to be held in the city of Columbia in the hall of the House of Representa? tives on Tuesday, the 19th inst., at 8 p. m. "The object of this meeting is to take into consideration the question of fertili? zer supplies for the coming orop and such other subjects as pertain to the agri? cultural interests of the State. Wherever it is convenient, the County Alliances will hold meetings and elect said dele? gates, otherwise the County Presidents are hereby authorized to appoint. 'The expenses of said delegates must be paid by the County Alliances. . It will be well that no orders for fertilizers be Elaced until after said convention shall ave met. ' Other agricultural organizations and individual farmers, who feel an interest in this matter are cordially invited to participate in the deliberations of this convention. "W. D. Evans, "President F. A. of S. C." Plain Talk. Greenville News. The Republicans are developing into very strong and active life in every part of this State and nobody can blame them. In fact it may be before tbe Constitu? tional Convention campaign is over that white men and Democrats of various shades of opinion in State politics will look to the Republican organization as the chief hope for the preservation of free government here. So far as we can gather from the news? papers representing the Tillman-Irby element of the Reform faction, that ele? ment is bent on controlling the Conven? tion absolutely and making the body a, machine for the execution of the plans of the leaders. What those plans are ! nobody knows, but we doubt if the white j Reformers, even, will enjoy tbe prospect of committing their interests and rights blindfold and absolutely to the keeping of men under the political control of a few leaders. As we see it, there is urgent need for moderate Conservatives and moderate Reformers to get together for the purpose of having a free Convention composed of men who will be independent, who will represent and express their own opinions and the interests of the people, regardless of tbe wishes of any politicians. If such an agreement can be made, if tickets can be put up in each county composed of fair-minded men who can be trusted to vote according to their own heads, there will, we hope, be general acquiescence, and if the bosses undertake to fight such tickets tbey will find themselves verv thoroughly beaten. On tbe other hand, if no agreement is reaobed, there will be something like political chaos and what will come out of it no man may know. Certainly no repetition of the work of last year will be permitted. As the Spartan bu rg Herald says, it will be tbe duty of every good citizen to fight and, if need be, die before allowing a few political bosses to have ballot boxes stuffed and results counted in to suit their purposes and programme. Unless we misunderstand the feeling here, there will be plenty of men to see that there is some semblance, at least, of fair play in registration, voting and counting. Tbe Republican party has been called to life by the Constitutional Convention, tbe call for which was counted in over the protest of thousands of white men and thousands of negroes. It 'has been called to life with tbe danger of having the sentiments and votes of thousands of white men with it. What may bo a desperate fight has been forced on the .State wantonly and fraudu? lently. The one way to avoid such a fight is for moderate men to get together and give their wisdom and patience to the work of trying to steer tbe State safely through the dangers forced upon her by Tillman and Irby and their ring. Damage to Florida Crops. Jacksonville. Fla., Feb. 9.?It is impossible to make any accurate estimate of the damage done in Florida by the blizzard. All the early vegetable crops are killed, and the worst is feared for the orange trees. The strawberry plants are reported uninjured. Of course if the old orange trees are killed the loss will run into millions, but it is too early yet to make an estimate. The freeze was gen? eral throughout the State. Even on the east coast, as far south as Lake worth, the meroury fell below the freezing point. The St John's was frozen to a distance of twenty-five feet from the banks. Ofj course the ice was thin, but such an oc? currence is unprecedented. At Carra b<M 1 e a Finnish sailor was frozen to death. The weather is modeiatlng now, Where the Money Goes. Quitman, Ga , Feb. 10.?An old citizen was ruminuting the other day about things in general and hard times in par? ticular, and made the remark that the people threw away too much money on humbugs?things they had no earthly use for?and added that if the people of Quitman and Brooks county had the money they had been fooled out of by agents for ail manner of things, they wouldn't know anything about hard times. The man who hasn't been in the clutches of the smooth-tongued agent and been talked into investing from $10 to $100 in some humbug or other is few and far between. The fellow with the $65 patent, double-back-action stove came along and sold them by the score. His victim, while listening to the word painting of the oily-tongued agent would wonder how he had lived heretofore without such a necessary article. Then the $40 clock man came along and convinced hundreds that the one thing lacking in life was a clock that would not only tell the time of day, but also rocord the phases of the moon, and not let him forget the day of the month. And he didn't forget?especially the day when that S-'O note fell due. Then came the hedge fence man, and many a farmer was bamboozled into wondering how he had over managed to raise corn and cotton without the aid of a hedge fence. And he never came back ?that hedge fence man. He planted out his switches, was to be back the second and third years and make that hedge a thine of beauty? and he never came back, neither did the thousands of dollars be j carried off with him. Next was the get-rich-quick ordera. Fay us $30, they said, aud in a year we will give you $100. Town folks were, if anything, bigger fools than their country friends on this line. All bit at this allur? ing bait, but like the perch do when tho 'Pilco is low aud green oak worms are ripe. Last on the list was the fruit tree man. He was here in the early summer when a note payable in December seemed a long ways on?and those pictures of luscious looking fruits and strawberries in a bot? tle, as big as yonr fist, lookel so tempt? ing and the agent was such a talker. De? cember came, likewise the fruit tree man and hi* switches. Too late to kick then he had us signed up and when he left there was $2,000 or $3,000 less in Brooks county. And the plow man?we came near'for? getting him?but his memory is dear to many, and they have not forgotten him? and won't for some time. Then there's the sewing machine agent, the lightning rod agent, the life insurance agent, the patent smoothing iron agent, the agent for this, that and the other?for everything under the sun we either don't need, or if we do need, can buy in Quit man for one-half or one-third the money. We have paid $65 for a stove, when we could have bought a better one at home for $20; $40 for a clock, when we ought to have told the time of day by the sun; $30 for a lightning rod, when the Lord had no idea of hitting ns with lightning; $50 or $100 on a hedge fence when we ought to have been splitting rails?and so it has gone. Thousands and thousands, yta, tens of thousands of dollars have been thrown away in Brooks connty by peo? ple who love to be humbugged. ?Atlanta Constitution. The Dispensary Law, It will now be only a few dayB before the State Dispensary Law will be before the Supreme Court of the United States, and that highest of all legal tribunals will be asked to pass directly on the con? stitutionality of that feature relating to the taking away of the right of a citizen of this State to purchase liquor outside of the State and nave it shipped in to him for his own use. It is a vitally impor? tant question, and, if it be decided that this feature of the law is unconstitu? tional, then the Dispensary Law must of a necessity become a dead letter as a money making measure. The Slate has already mentioned that this test case was to be brought in the United States Supreme Court, coming up from the Aiken case, and that Messrs. Croft cfc Chafee and Obear it Douglass were to be the legal motors. It was fur? ther stated that they were busy prepar? ing the papers. Information has come from Washing? ton that these attorneys have already filed their application for a writ of error to be issued, and that the argument of the case has been set for the latter part of this week. It is thus seen that the case Is for the first time presented to the high? est Court in the land on a direct question of its oonstitntionality. The counsel are very confident of winning on this mat ter, which has never yec been touched on, and which many of the leading at? torneys of the country consider the weak? est point in the entire law.? Columbia State. To Be Taught In the Public Schools. An Act to provide for the teaching of Physiology and Hygiene in the public schools: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene? ral Assembly, and by the authority of samt: Section 1. That the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, and special instruc? tion as to their effects upon the human system in connection with the several divisions of the subject of physiology and hygiene, shall be included in the branches of study taught in the oommon or public schools in the State of South Carolina, and shall be studied and taught as thoroughly and in the same manner as other like required branches are in said schools by the use of text books in the hands of pupils whose other branches are thus studied in said schools, and orally In the case of pupils unable to read, and shall be taught by all teachers and studied by all pupils in all of said schools supported wholly or in part by publio money. Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the proper officers in control of any school described in the foregoing section to enforce the provisions of this Act; and any such officer, school director, committee, superintendent or teacher who shall refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements of this Aot, or shall neglect or fail to make proper pro? visions for the instruction required and in the manner specified by the first sec? tion of this Act for all pupils in each and every school under his jurisdiction shall be removed from office and the vacancy filled as in other cases. Section 3. This Act shall go into effect on November 1, 1895. Section 4. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Aot be, and they are hereby, repealed. Reorganized. The State Executive Committee of the reorganized Republican party has been organized by the election of Clarence F. Holmes of this city as secretary and W. W. Russell of the Piedmont section as treasurer. It will be remembered that the convention made Captain L. D. Mel? ton State chairman. Captain Melton says the committee has gone straight to work organizing all the Republican forces of the State in accor? dance with the olub system. He says he expects to have the whole State organized in very short order. Captain Melton states that his committee will not hold another meeting until about the middle of next month, by which time the clubs will be in good working order through? out the State.?Columbia State. ? In several counties of Ohio ten thou? sand miners are in need of food and clothing. Many of these have been with .out work for weeks. They have appeal? ed to Governor McKinley for aid. It is said that 50,000 people depend on these miners for a support and that they are unable to carry their burdens without help. The Southern cotton planters are not the only ones who have hard times to contend with. Speolmen Cases. S. H. Clifford, New Cassell. WIs., was troubled with Neuralgia and Rheumatism, his ?tomach was disordered, his Liver was affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, of Haneburg, Til., had a running sore on his leg of 8 years standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Ar? nica Salve, and his leg is Bound and well. John Speaker, Catawba, 0., had five large Fever s ores on his leg. doctor said he was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and one Box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold by Hill Bros. Now try This. It will cost you nothing and will Purely do you good, if you have a Cough, Cold, or any trouble with Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump? tion, Coughs, and Colds is guaranterd to give relief, or money will be paid back. Sufferers from La Grippe found it just the thing and under its use had a speedy and perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at our expense and learn for yourself how good a thing it is. Trial bottles free at Hill Bros. Drug Store. Large size 50c. and $1.00. ? Parisian restaurant keepers mix a little honey with their butter. This gives it au agreeable taste and flavor, and makes inferior butter more palatable. ? Estimating tbe length of the railways on the globe at 60,000 miles with ten trains daily, it is calculated that the loss by wear and tear of the metallic rails amounts to GOO tons a day. ?There are already signs of widespread popular ignorance as to tbe date when the Eresent century ends and the next one egins. People are writing to the news papers to find out, and 'f every newspaper should state tbe fact accurately a hundred tlmen ? year from now till the nineteenth century is ended, every community would still contain persons insisting that January 1, 1900, will mark tbe beginning of the twentieth osntury. It is rather discouraging, in view of tbe general mis? apprehension which exist*, to 800 80 in? telligent a man as Dr. Felix Adler say? ing, as he did in a recent lecture?if accur? ately reported?that there are five years more in this century. It would be an excellent thing if teachers in the public schools everywhere should take apeoial pains to impress on their pupils the fact that the new century will not arrive till January 1,1901. The lesson will need to be repeated many times in order to make the impression lasting. Perhaps State Bchool superintendents might wisely issue a oiroular letter calling attention to this matter at an early date. ? The "emancipation" of woman in Colorado is leading to some curious re? sults. In the caucus of the lower branch of the General Assembly tbe women Representatives with the valuable aid of a sharp woman secretary, managed to get che better of the men members and secu? red tbe lion's share of the spoils. This has almost caused a rebellion in tbe Leg? islature. But this incident did not raise as much excitement as was caused by tbe action of Judge Allen, of tbe District Court, in refusing to allow women to act as jurors and peremptorily discharging them, although drawn in the regular way and willing to serve. Judge Allen said no provision bad been made for the ac? commodation of woman jurors, and be? sides he doubted if tbe law permitted them to serve any way. The Judge was, however, anxious to conciliate the rejec? ted jurors or juresses, and so reasoned with those who insisted on their right to earn jury fees by explaining theTiard ships of all-night sittings ana the incon? venience of being looked up an indefinite length of time in a room with a lot of men. The latter suggestion did not, however, seem so serious a matter as tbe Judge had evidently anticipated, and the discharged jurors, who appeared in the most becoming hats and costumes tbey could procure, went borne dissatisfied, grumbling and protesting. ? Bishop A. G. Haygood has been in? vited by tbose having the matter in hand to represent the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at the opening of the new Methodist Church nnd College in Rome next September. lie will either preach a special sermon, or deliver an address on some suitable topic. The invitation is accompanied by first-class tickets from New York to Rome via London. ? Ten divorces were granted in Judge Lumpkin's Court at Atlanta last Friday. The whole business was attended to with neatness and dispatch. We do not know how much time was allowed to each di? vorce, but some very fast time has been made by the Courts in Augustaand Savan? nah, and we would suggest as one of the features of the Cotton States and Inter? national Exposition a Divorce Day to be given up to speed trials between the Judges of Georgia iu the art of loosing the marriage bonds. ? David Jones, a prosperous farmer living near Elwood. Ind., has bad no sleep since September 2fl. Three years ago he was afflicted in the same way for a period ol ninety days, when sleep again returned, and was normal until about September 18, when he became restless and could catch only short naps; but on the 25th sleep left him entirely, and he says that he does not feel that be would ever desire to sleep again. At times he becomes very nervous, but if he lies down, nnd remains quiet for a time, he arises much refreshed. He has now been without sleep ior 110 days. ? The Shah of Persia has hn his treas? ure room jewels valued at ?40,000,000. His crown contains a mass of diamonds 6urmonrjted by a ruby as bi# as a ben's egg. His royal belt weighs twenty pounds and is a solid mans of diamoudn, rubies and emeralds. When the Shah was in Europe he wore a variety of diamonds and gems, the smallest of which would have been a fortune to the lucky posses? sor Tho buttons of his coat were fivo in number, and each button was a dia? mond larger than the Kobinoor. He smokes a pipe valued at $400,000. Executor's Sale. IWILL sell at Townvillp, 8/ C, on Thursday, the 21st day of February, instant, the Personal Property of the Es? tate of Mrs. H. T. Brown, deceased, con? sisting oi Household and Kitchen Fur? niture, Farming Implements, Stock, Ve? hicles, Corn, Fodder, etc. Terms of Sale?Cash. An agent will act for me, as I cannot be personally present. I also offer at private sale the Real Es t?te of said deceased?the Townville place, 250 acres, and Wbitfleld place, 126 acres. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Executor. A GROCER, WITH ANY "SAND," WILL NOT put it in his SUGAR, but rather into business principles. Pure Sugar is a good thing to be able to sell, but much of it is adulterated these days. The watchful grocer is careful what he buys?then he knows what he is soiling. This is the only way in which a reputation for reliability can be built up. As in Sugar, bo with? Tea, Coffee, Flour, Confectioneries, Tobacco, Cigars, Everything I keep for public consumption. I BUY THE BEST?THEEEFOBE, SELL THE BEST And. am satisfied with a reasonable small profit. Perhaps you know this already. Certainly you do if you deal with me. Gr. F. BIGrBY. IS MOLASSES SINGULAR OR PLURAL ? IT doesn't matter, grammatically, but It is very singular how we can sell "them" as cheap as we do, and when the season is over it will be singular how much we have sold. Just think of One Hundred Barrels now on hand, and how CHEAP we are going to sell "them," and you will be obliged to buy. Jf you want a good bisouit to eat your molasses with, let us put yen in ten barrels Dean's Patent Flour, and we will guarantee perfect satisfaction. Don't fail to get our prices on Dress Goods, Plaids, Jeans, Flannels, Undershirts and Shoes. We are yours very truly, DEAN & RATLIFFE. Get our prices on Guano and Acids before'you buy. Official Analysis of Fertilizers Manufactured by the ENVir s. c. GREENVILLE FERTILIZER COMPANY, ~?*?. SEASON 1895. . CLEMSON COLLEGE, 8. C. Cherokee Soluble Guano?Sample Fo. 101?Official Analysis: Available phosphoric acid, 9 81. Ammonia, 2.31- Potash, 1.44. Analysis guaranteed on sacks: Available phosphoric acid, 8.00. Ammonia, 2.00. Potash, 1.00. Cherokee High Grade Ammoniated Fertilizer?Sample No. 78?Official Analysis , Available phosphoric acid, 10.05. Ammonia, 2.98. Potaab, 1.40. Analysis guamn teed on sacks: Available phosphoric acid, 8.00. Ammonia, 2.60. Potaab, 1 00. Cherokee alliance Guano?Sample 96?Official Analysis: Available phosphoric acid, 9.48. Ammonia 3.27. Potash, 2 00. Analysis guaranteed on sacks: Available phosphoric acid, 8 00. Ammonia, 8.00. Potash 1.00. Cherokee Aoid Phosphate?Certificate of Analysis: Available phosphoric acid, 12.72 Potaab, 1.13. Analysi* guaranteed on sacks: Available phosphoric acid, 10. Potash 1. The above analysis made at Clamson College from samples drawn is different sec? tions, very clearly show that THE GREENVILLE FERTILIZER stands second to none, each grade runs far above the guarantee, and by using nothing but she very highest grade material we hope to still increase the value of our goods. Reports from every section where our goods have been used are good, and our patrons can rely on getting tbe meet reliable Fertilizers made at the lowest possible price. Make your meat and bread at borne, then the price of cotton will not affect you. Call and see us before placing your orders. Ve-y respectfully, THE GREENVILLE FERTILIZER CO. Feb 0,1895 _32 2m ENTERPRISE FURNITURE CO. CO B ft ft O o Are Thoroughly prepared for all kinds of Equipment Complete. Services Efficient. Prices Moderate. HEARSE furnished to any responsible party in the County. EMBALMING CALLS attended to at any hour, both in the City and surrounding country. Furniture of all Kinds was never Cheaper! And our Stock LARGE and COMPLETE, and while we are in position to make SPECIAL OFFERS for the SPOT CASH, we realize the scarcity of | money, and have decided on TWO PLANS ONLY by which we will CREDIT GOODS to RESPONSIBLE PARTIES for the year 1895. ENTERPRISE FURNITURE CO. A PAYING INVESTMENT. We want to Figure with you on Fertilizers! A.ND will make it to your advantage to Bee us before vou buy your supply tor the season. We can furnish you with our old STANDARD GRADES of GOODS, that have been used by our cmatomers for tbe patt TWENTY YEARS, and have got the prices to a point that you will appreciate, whan you oonsidar the excellent quality of j the article we offer. Our facilities were never better than now, and we are going to offer you the advantage of them. GET OUR PRICES ON? Molasses. Flour, Bacon, Groceries, &c, And don't forget that we carry a large line of? Dry Goods, Jeans, Cassimers, Blankets, Shoes, Hats, &c. tQ. SIE US BEFORE YOU SELL YOUR COTTON. McCULLY & 0ATH0ABT. 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. The)* arc sent free. Tt will cost you nothing to read them, and they will save you j0U4irs, GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. ? WHY ORDER ? PIANOS and ORGANS -From any other Market when - THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE Can and will Save you Money by Buying at Home. OUR Goods are bought in large lota from the Manufacturers for CASH. Our expenses are much lighter than dealers in larger cities, who sell almost exclusively through Sub-Agents, thu3 adding largely to the price* charged you. And, besides, we have the LARGEST STOCK IN THE STATE to select from, and every Instrument is sold under? A POSITIVE GUARANTEE. tfif We respectfully solicit your patronage, which will be highly ap? preciated. Respectfully, 0, A, REED MUSIC HOUSE, Anderson, S. C SOMETHING GOOD. Fresh Buist Garden Seed Just Received. ONION SETTS and POTATOES. B&> A big lot of Greer's Almanacs for free distribution. evans' pharmacy. FOR SEED OATS! Texas Bed Bust Proof and Brown?beautiful Seed, for molasses, Rodd & Meyers New Orleans?the best on the market, for flour, That can't be beat, both in quality and price, For Hardware, For Harness and Saddles, For Farm Supplies, For ANYTHING in the way of General Merchandise, . Come and See TJs. Jt^* Our Stock is large and our prices are LOW. ? Yours truly, brown, osborne & go. IP. S.?MONEY 1 We will say to all who owe us, either by Note or Account, that we mu?t have our money AT ONCE, and we will be com? pelled to send to see you if yon do not come in promptly and settle. WE MEAN YOU. Youre truly, ? BROWN, OSBORNE & CO. FLOUR FLOUR. ULI CO 00 _J o CO ?J _J o 5= When Laying in yonr Spring Supplies Get prices from D. P. SLOAN & DO. Before Buying. We keep all kinds Staple Goods. NOT ALL OF THE SHOES AT GOSSETT & BROWN'S SHOE STORE Are going to be sold at Cost, but read the following changes in prices for one week only. LADIES' SHOES ONLY-VHIS WEEK : All $5.00 Button Shoes going at. $3.00. 4.50 " " ? . 3.00. 4.00 " " " . 2.75. 3.50 " " " . 2.50. 3.00. " " ? . 2.50. 2.50 " " ? . 2.00. 2.00 " " " . 1.65. Ask to see these lines, as they are ASTONISHINGLY CHEAP, but for CASH ONLY. GOSSETT & BROWN. ALARGE collection of Eot-bousa and Greeu-boiise plan's carefu lyg'own hi i w r*c*. t'BCHIDS-A veiy extensive collection : East Indiun. Mexican, Central, South American, etc. Hsrdy Perennials, Rcees, C < matis, Pe^nie?, Phloxe*, etc. New ar,d Rare Slandard Fruits; Rira *nd Beautiful Treas and SLrub?, Ever? greens, fctC Catalogues on application. JOHN SAUL. Washington, D. C. Feb IS, 1F.95 3 J The great imander, glvej L H ??od <atvto t*> toys, 7, P&ta* aljfci at* red vlh B?y?, IP te ad*e< m 5?:?^ ????bor ev?jr boars careajj of opt wbo hare atafe oajon? great ' $tndy roSgJon, sftnee, statecraft andhistory. Learnt*mm InteBgenify, ?o that yen can faro to practical use to aft* Ire to m&8 ?fvourywth. ttmeywbada . rlg&t Do nc? wastel?e In r& trashy books." Mr. Sage farther gayss " The boy wto> Is wanted, bj to bufotsswutio. toftf BXKtfeo gocaW. IfbawtrtiWiirta^Jidta IS^rin fi^SsMtta? story mornings bufoa batatas bqpe#, sjjtf wAffafc out of aay cW* l?H Ji {ha advice of a ma w?o to ?arged bat fa k hlaTiiy ?f T?B Columbia State, aadyet gygg^Wg m as wmfr car.ithai too hasten to ascot the otftf of TheState and serarefcfe ? " CjQ?at0T3t TI? ? j?v ???? us?vMMtCH --je***o?Wby ,?; State fills every requirement of vMMmI M hostel flow, 1 PsQMifarm nee?' Write for Particulars 'o HOW'S TRADE ? OUR trade is good, thank you. In fact, we never sold more goods in our 1 lives. A common question, hut an uncommon answer, you say. So be it, and there's a' reason for it, too. Would you you know the cause ? Then, 'Iis figures! The figures we make. They are attractive figures. The figures that competition. cannot make. To tell the truth, these same figures are rapidly pushing competi? tion to the wall. They can't fight a figure that they don't how to make. Hence you often see idle clerks around other doors while the Ten Cents Store is crowded. Customers ever go off un waited on ? Well, yes. There are times when^we can't wait on all. At such times we have to do the best we can, a ad ask our customers to kindly have patience till we can get to them. Do they wait on you? Yes, I should say they do. It is too costly to go out. An old customer says it is poor policy to pay five cents extra, and save only one cent's worth of. time. Five ^ents on a twenty cent article means twenty-five per cent, A. big profit of itself. See I How about late-comers ? Do they have as good chance as early buyers ? Well, no. Not always. It frequent? ly happens that the slow get left. "Procrastination" often gets the better of the best of us. Especially Is this true about holiday goods. However, we always do the very best we can to the very last Why don't you get a larger house and have more help, and just push everything out of the way as you go ? In that case we should be at such expense that we would have to in? crease our prices to cover it In other words, charge the difference to our customers. This we don't wish to do. We caution you, beware of houses with too much expense attached. Would be glad to talk longer, but must wait on this lady. Yours always truly, C. a MINOR, and lOo. STORE.