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LRderson Intelligencer. ^ PUSZHISSD EVERY WEDNESDAY, ff. P. GLTNKSCALES, \ Editors and j*L Ov'LANGSTON, J Proprietors. TERMS: ONE YEAR_.?1 50 SIX MONTHS . 75 I WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1895. ^ The trouble between the Southern ^Railway and its employees lias been ami | cably settled, and there will be no strike. \ The employees, W6 think, acted wisely. 3? Dispensaries are to be established in |HPtokenS and Ooonee Counties, which f have heretofore been prohibition coun _ ties. Another step towards prohibition, I we presume. _ W-A The last. Legislators passed an Act re K&^iBHng the children in the public schools to be taught the- injurious effects of I ?? tobacco, opium and alcoholic liquors on "r ' the mind and body. : Postmaster General Bissel has tendered v his resignation as a member of President o'Cfeveland'b cabinet, and Hon. W. L. ? Wilson, of West Virginia, has been ap " pointed bis successor. The fifty-third Congress has been dis? appointing in numerous wayo, but before ? utterly condemning it wise men will !*W?lt to ascertain whether the fifty-fourth SiriU'noS be oven more disappointing. The Pacific coast of the United States - seems to have been about the only part g of the northern hemisphere that escaped ?the late cold snap, and we suppose they are correspondingly elatecTover there. The Constitution says a Georgia editor . levied on a country circus for an adver? tising-bill, sold his paper, took the sheriff with him in the circus business, and is v; now on the high road to fame and fortune'. St. Louis, Mo, is Buffering from an emic of smallpox. Eighty-five case* ve'been reported and five deaths. Schools ^ have been closeL Over 35,000 aple have been vaccinated in the past ^weeks.: c ^. Darlington farmer sold 2,100 pounds ibacco last week at 38 cents a pound, brought him. 9798 or as much as 35 es of cotton would now bring. The mers in that section of the State are giving up cotton for toba/co. '^Chairman Kirkland olMbe "Forty" i that recent developments have not iged 'ieir plans in thd least, but that are going ahead and bold meetings all the counties and-a convention in lumbia, as originally it.tended. ie Easley Democrat has died a natural ), and the Plckena Sentinel has pur [ its plant and subscription book. C T. Martin, who has been editing Democrat, has gone to Alabama, she will engage in the insurance leas. - ., _ I puty Sheriff Hall, of North Carolina, in that State and killed an escaping mar who was across the line in Ten? nessee. According to a recent decision of the Sopreme Court of North Carolina ie seems likely to.escape punishment, as he was not In Tennessee when he com? mitted the crime, and the crime was not committed in North Carolina. Congress adjourned at noon last Mon? day, haying been in continuous session through Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night. All the appropriation /bills' got through and there will be no extra session. Chairman Sayro?, of the appropriation committee, claims that the jpropxia^ons for this Congress are ten ilUlon lesaMhan those of the last, and ^wenty-five million less than appropria 1 during the Reed Congress. The Winnsboro Hera Id truly remarks ^that "Cleveland and Cleveland's policy i given much opportunity for smart Itoriai criticism, and the display of. much learning, and much more ignor? ance, as to the financial question. To our mind this half flippant and wholly " senseless habit of abusing Cleveland is ?nothing more than a bid for the applause J^of those who are as much in ignorance as : to finances as the writers themselves." Major A. H. White, of. York county, South Carolina, comes to the front as a famous farmer with a record which is truly. enviable. Last year . he made twenty-one bales, of cotton on twelve acres or land, and though be received ..only four and three-quarter cents a pound. for his cotton, he cleared on those twelve acres,, after paying all expenses of culti? vation, ?518.10. This record would be bard to match in the history of cotton culture. The Edgefleld Advertiser says that Mr. Eldred Addison, of Ninety-Six, shipped to New York recently forty lambs, for which he received ten dollars "apiece." ?'This ought to serve to wake up South Carolina farmers generally to the poasl ?^bi??ea of the sheep-raising industry in ?:? this State, If nothing else will. Argu? ment and advice and suggestion have fallen on deaf ears, it is true, but the fact that one farmer has actually received $400 for only forty young sheep?lambs can hardly fail to make a good many of bis neighbors and fellow farmers put on their "thinking caps" in these hard times. _ _ . A recent letter to the Boston Globe from an eye-witness, gives full particulars of the recent massacre of Armenians by the Turks. The letter says that Mooshir Pasha, the military governor of the city of Erzeroum, started into the Sassoun district last September, by order of the Sultan, burned innumerable villages, and murdered 7,500 people. The writer goes into detail and proves conclusively that recent efforts to hush the whole matter np as an idle Armenian tale to make pre? judice against the Turks, are nothing but Turkish Inventions. There is no longer any doubt of the fact that the villages were burned and that the inhabitants were murdered. ? "We will try," said Mrs. Joseph Thompson, the president of the board of women managers of the Atlanta Exposi? tion, "to have many oddities and novel? ties as possible. Here is one proposition which has just come in, which, I think, I will be accepted. It Is an exhibit illus? trating the history of ootton. It shows the first step in the plant in various stages and includes sea island, upland, Egyp tiaD, Chinese, India and Japanese. The next step gives the fibre separated from the seed. The history of the latter goes - on separately. You see how it looks when cleaned, hulled out and h?ated; bow the crude oil looks, the refined, the combinations of the latter with various aabstances to make Buch cooking ingre? dients as 'compound lard,' cottolone, oolosuet, cottolard and the like, the Stear? ine and glycerine obtained from the oil, the candles, soap and oleomargarine, which the chemists make out of it, and the cake which is one of our best fertili? zers. The history of the fibre is even more voluminous. From the fibre you . pass to the yarn and thread. From here to cord, twine and duck or canvas on the ' one side, to batting, padding and medi? cated cottons on a second, and to woven tissues on the third. This last division is simply endless, so many and varied are the types it includes. There is the splen? did Wamsutta cloth, tho Southern drill, ? the Western jeans, the calico prints, the fine muslins of India, the crepes of Japan, Canton flannel, lawn, cheese clotb, nun's veiling. Beyond this are gnn cotton, ? collodion and celluloid, Mexican drawn work, macrame lace; knit cotton goods, cotton paper and goodness knows how ~a|pany other tblDgs, STANDS TO THE R\CK! Senator Tillman Is In Downright Earnest. Special to Columbia S!atc. Augusta, Ga.. March 1.?Seeing ex Governor Tillman passing through. Co? lumbia to- day en route to his home at Trenton after his Northern trip, I board? ed the train and came through with him, with the object of securing his views on the new political conditions which have developed during hia absence with regard to the coming Constitutional Convention fight?Irby's manifesto, etc. The Sena? tor talked freely for the press and paid bis respects to Senator Irby in a bold manner. When aaked about his Northern trip, in the interest of the Woman's College, Governor Tillman said: "Wo remained three days in Washington and then made a flying trip to Baltimore on Sunday evening, going on to Philadelphia that night, where we made a thorough exami? nation of the methods of work and the organization of the Drexel Institute, one of the finest industrial schools in the United States. Tuesday we examined the Pratt "Institute, in Brooklyn, N. Y., another very fine institution ot this class. Wednesday we started to the college for teachers in the upper part of New York city, another very fine school. Alto? gether, I think we have obtained many valuable ideas as to our own college at Rock Hill. I returned to Washington yesterday morning, finished my business there and left for home last night, while Governor Evans went on to Boston with Professor Johnson to examine'the Mas? sachusetts school of technology." "What do you think of the outlook for an extra session of Congress ?" There appears to be a desire on the part of the leaders of both parties, inclnding the President, to avoid if possible an extra session. The Senate is now hold? ing night sessions to try to dispose of the appropriation bill, and unless something unexpected occurs, there will be no extra session, at least that is the impression I got." "Have you seen Senator Irby's inter? view, and if so, what do you think of it?" "Yes," said the Senator, "I have seen it; I read it in Washington yesterday and was considerably surprised, as when we parted with him on Sunday he gave no intimation of any purpose to antagonize the effort for an adjustment. There are in it some errors or fact which it is not necessary to particularize and some un? charitable and unreasonable assertions and deductions. . It seems to be unfortu? nate that the chairman of the Democratic State Executive- Committee did not see proper to join in our effort. If I under? stand the situation in South Carolina, we must have mutual concessions and make due allowance for the prejudices and feelings that have been so deeply aroused, in trying to adjust our political matters so as to prevent a struggle between, the majority of the white people on one side and a "minority, in alliance with the negroes, on the other. And any man who cannot rise above his personal feel? ings at this juncture will be unsafe to follow. "In this connection I notice in this morning's papers an Interview with Congressman Wilson, which, boiled down, means that we must have a fight and that it cannot be prevented. I have great respect for Mr. Wilson's judgment, but it seems to me he has. Ignored the only factor of any prime importance in the case?that is, the negro. The people of Spartanbnrg can, with all safety, have a. fight, for the whites outnumber the negroes two to one in that county. They have never understood the necessity and Importance of the Constitutional Conven? tion with its one overmastering purpose of getting rid of the negro in politics, be? cause they have never suffered from negro domination as the middle and lower counties did during the reconstruc? tion period. If Mr. Wilson had taken a broader view and considered the entire State he could not dismiss so flippantly this vital issue. If the condition were throughout the State as he pictures it, thero would be no need for a Convention at ai l. T realize as he does that the people will settle all these matters, either at the frimary or at the general election. What had hoped to do, and what I still hope to 8<se done, is to have the white people unit) In the primary and have all abide by it. Then the whites will present a united front to the negroes in the general election. If Mr. Wilson's idea prevails that a fight is inevitable and bast?which I deny?then a large number of whites will not go into the primary at all, and if their anger and passions shall prompt them to lead the negroes to the polls, we can easily imagine, when we remember what occurred at the last State election, -that the State will present a spectacle alike disgraceful to both factions, and no matter which wins, there will be wonnds to the body politic that will not heal for a half century. I "To prevent this I am willing to sink all personal feelings, all personal ambi? tions, all considerations of vindictiveness, or revenge, and - make suoh concessions ?s are just and proper. If Senator lrby and Mr. Wilson shall succeed in forcing a fight, I still hope that their cooler judg? ment will show them that it is neither patriotic nor wise to do so. I have faith la the patriotism and good sense of the masses who are interested in no man's political fortunes sufficient to take such dreadful risks. This is not an ordinary State election and cannot affect either Mr. Wilson or Senator Irby. If the Reform movement can't live without a perpetua? tion of strife and bitterness, then it ought to die. I do not believe any such stuff myself. I have always relied on its prin? ciples and the wisdom of the policy which has been pursued. Our people have been educated in politics to know what their rights are and they will always sustain their rights when properly presented to them. Senator Irby* charges that he has been betrayed.' I for one deny having taken him into consideration when arriv? ing at an agreement with the Barnwell committee, and the Reform movement is stronger to-day than it has ever been." ? When told that the opposition to the soheme of the ultra-Conservatives was that they did not wish to subscribe to the conditions proposed in the Hemphill conference.' Senator Tillman said: "That's not at all surprising because no one expected them to be reasonable. Their programme all along has been rule or ruin, and I would join Irby in a battle for the control of the Convention by the Reformers alone if that idea prevailed generally among the Antis. We will never have a Constitutional Convention with my consent which will disfranchise ?he poor and ignorant white man along with the negro. As I have already said once before, the practical men on both sides must get together and hold down the extremists. In conclusion. Senator Tillman said : ''There is one other point in Mr. Wilson's interview which I think worthy of notice; that is that the plan outlined by me has failed already, because the Spartanbnrg Herald, the Greenville News and the Columbia State have refased to endorse it I think he will find that just the reverse will be found to be true. I did not expect unanimous consont, least of ail from those sources?in fact would doubt my own sanity and honesty of pur? pose if I received such backing." When I asked the Senator if he was willing to take the stump against tho Irby and Wilson forces if they brought about a fight, he replied: "If the issuo is pre? sented in such a way as to require it, I will take the stump. I have already said this and it was no Pickwickian utterance. It was said in downright earnest." Senator Tillman was then questioned as to the proposed National Reform movement and replied he had heard nothing of it in Washington to amount to anything, as such movements emanated from the people and not from such men as were in Washington. He declared that the movement was coming and added with great emphasis that it was "Sot a long way off, either." E. J. Watson. Ft ( ding Horses and Moles on Potators. In the first issue of tho Planter we gave the experience of Mr. W. G. Hinton, of James Island, in reference to feeding horses and mules on potatoes. We have since found two farmers, .Mr. J. C. Lamp ley, of Darlington County, and Mr. W. D. Harris, of Florence County, who are utilizing their potatoes in the same way. These gentlemen are not doing it from necessity, but as a matter of farm econo? my, and are well pleased with the exper? iment. According to the estimate of Col. T. W. Woodward, of Fairheld, it takes three bushels* of potatoes to equal in nut? riment one bushel of corn, but even if it took four the cost of feeding on the pota? toes would be far less. It is well known that a dry summer is very favorable to potatoes and just the opposite for corn, and this fact ought to be sufficient to in? duce every farmer to plant them more largely.?Florence Carolina Manier. ? "A crick in the back," a pain under the shoulder-blades, water brash, billious nea?, and constipation, are Bymptoms of disordered stomach, kidneys, liver, and bowels. For all ailments originating in a derangement of these organs, take Ayer's Pille. ? At the South Carolina Conference at Laurens a few preachers formed an Oxford League. Their object was to pursue, during the year, some systematic course of study. A few of thorn met some time ago and agreed to hold a summer school of Biblical study this summer. The time and place will be announced later. The Champion Cotton Crop. To the Editor of (he News a?icZ Courier : As many inquiries have been made to me concerning my crop of cotton made last year, and as I am always glad that others may profit by my success or fail? ure, I have decided to put a statement of the same in the columns of your valuable paper for the benefit of all who are inter? ested. The twelve acres of land from which I gathered the twenty-one bales of cotton, averaging four hundred and fifty-one fiounds, laust year is a part of a tract of and formerly consisting of thirty-two acres. When I commenced farming on it several years ago I suppose it would grow not more than six- hundred pounda of seed cotton per acre. I divided it into tracts of sixteen acres each, and at once I commenced a rotation of crops, viz., first cotton, followed by oats, then peas, then cotton again, always and only manuring the cotton crop with a compost consisting of stable manure, cottonseed, acid and kainit, until I bad worked it up to pro? ducing very easily with ordinary seasons a bale per acre. Of this land I only had the twelve acres cultivated in cotton. I commenced in the month of February by ploughing out the stalks of the year before with a one-horse straight shovel plough, going twice in each row, forward and back again: into this furrow I put my stable manure, three two-horse loads per acre, no other fertilizer being used, except one acre on which I used a sack of soluble guano, tho stable manure supply being exhausted. I used manure from my own stable as far as it would go, then bought from livery stables. I listed upon this as soon as possible. It was about the 15th of March. I finished the entire preparation of the land about the middle of April and commenced planting about the 20tb of the month. Seed used was what I had been improving for several years, now known as "White'B improved." The rows averaged three and a he,lf feet, the cotton being more or less of the cluster variety; wider rows was not necessary. Early maturity and fruiting from top to bottom is a characteristic feature of the seed used. I had a pretty fair stand on all of it ex? cept one acre which had some skips. We had very little rain from the time of JWanting until the 1st of July, but enough or the cotton to come up and grow slowly, consequently had very little trouble with grass. Only one hoeing was necessary, except chopping out bunches of grass after laying by the crop with the plough. The rains began in earnest about the 1st of July and were seasona? ble nntil in September. Commenced picking on the 1st of September and fin? ished on the 15th of December. In ploughing the crop I nsed a Bide harrow first, the other plongbings with a straight shovel with a bow, two furrows to the row, ploughing out the row at the last ploughing. expenses as follows j Manuring.$ 50 00 Preparation. 15 00 Planting.?. 2 00 SBed. G 00 Hoeing. 7 00 Ploughing. 0 00 Pioking. 35 00 Ginning. 20 00 Bagging and ties. 8 00 Total. .?199 00 CROP. 21 bales, 457 pounds each, 4 80.?454 GO 525 bushels cotton seed, 50c. per bushel. 262 50 $717 10 Deducting expenses. 199 00 Balance.?518 10 I am not a large farmer, but try to be a large producer. I am a firm believer in the intensive system of farming, which means making larger crops every year and leav?ng the land in bettor condition than before the crop was made. A. H. White. Bock Hill, S. a, Feb. 22, 1895. Home Folk in Washington. Washington, Feb. 28.?Senator Irby's recent declaration of war against the pro? posed compromise in connection with the representation in the approaching Con? stitutional Convention appears to have struck a responsive chord in a certain part of the State. Your correspondent called upon Senator Irby in his commit? tee room at the Capitol to-day. He was going through a large pile of letters from some of his political friends and admirers in South Carolina endorsing his course and volunteering to stand with him in a fight against carrying out the terms of the proposed compromise. The Senator read several of the letters to your corres? pondent to show the sentiment of the writers. He says he proposes to make a winning fight against the combination that has been formed against him, although he hates to fall out with Sena? tor-elect Tillman. "In other words," he says, "he proposes to take the position that Tillman has previously occupied and should occupy now, while indications are that Tillman intends to make the fight for Cal. Hemphill and Joe Barnwell." ' Continuing in this strain Senator Irby said: "If the proposed compromise is effected and the contract, which is signed and now in the possession of men who showed it to me, is fulfilled, it can only mean the death knell of the Reform Movement and the Democratic party in South Carolina. "I have heard from a man whose word cannot be disputed to hia face, and who had a right to know their secrets, that young Wm. C. McGowan, of Abbeville, who attended the conference, is to succeed Latimer in Congress. Dan H. Hender? son, of Aiken, who also attended the conference, is to take Talbert's place. Ira B. Jonos, an old enemy of Dr. Strait, is to displace him, and Wm. D. Evans is to take MoLaurin'8 scalp. M. L. Donald? son, of Greenville, whom the people repudiated as one of Cleveland's cuckoos, is for Stanyarne Wilson's place. Joe Barnwell is to get the nigger's or Col. Elliott's seat in the House. Cal. Hemp? hill seems to be satisfied with the pros? pect of becoming tho successor of the late Capt. Daw son, the brainy editor of the News and Courier, as the political gener? alissimo of the Democratic forces in South Carolina. I do not vouch for this pro? gramme, but one equally inimical to the people of South Carolina will be promul fated. As far as I am concerned, I have urnt my bridges and expect to stay in the fight as long as a plank in the Reform craft is afloat." Senator-elect Tillman returned to Washington this morning from New York, where Governor Evsns left him to go to Boston. Mr. Tillman visited the apitol to-day and talked over Senator Irby's letter with Representatives Tal bert, Latimer and Strait. He was to have bad a consultation with Senator Irby late this afternoon at the Capitol. They did not meet, however, and it is said that another conference was arranged for to? night at the National Hotel. At the hour they were expected there neither of them had put in an appearance. Senator elect Tillman intended to leave for home to-night, but he was not aboard tho late Southern train. Senator-elect Tillman's friends say he stands by his original interview, and is not disturbed by Sena? tor Irby's recent declarations.?Special to Nctts and Courier. Constitutional Convention, To the Editors of the News and Courier: Tbd very important subject of the ap? proaching Constitutional Convention seems to be agitating the minds of our people, and properly so. All seem to be agreed that the Convention should be composed of our best men of the Demo? cratic party, regardless of their factional affiliations. But the question arises as to how the delegates shall be elected. To my mind the best plan to adopt would be for tho Democratic party to re? quire all voters at the primary to cast their votes for an equal number of dele? gates from both factions, and in any County where an odd number is to bo voted for, then to vote for one more of the faction that was in tho majority at the last primary, i. o., if five delegates are to be voted for, and at the last primary the Reformers word in the majority, then vote for three Reformers and two Conser? vatives, and vice versa. Let it be remem? bered that no vote be counted that does not comply with this plan. In adopting' this plan Reformers would not vote for the most extreme Conservatives, neither would the Conservatives vote for tho most ertreme Reformers, and in this way I think the Convention would be made up of the best and most conservative men from both factions. B. Barnwell County, February 25, 1S92. ? Tho blue-bird is hailed asahaibinger of Spiing. It is also a reminder that a blood-purifier is needed to prepare the sys? tem for the debilitating weather to oome. Listen and you will hear the birds singing: "Take Ayer's Sareaparilla in March, April, May." ? The Supreme Court of Indiana re? cently rendered a decision in a divorce case in these words; "You voluntarily chose a drunkard for a husband, and you should discharge the duties of a drun? kard's wife. His failure to keep a pledge of reformation made before marriage does not justify you in deserting him. Having knowingly married a drunkard, you must make yourself content with the sacred relationship." < Cottonseed Bread. The Man u/aclurcrs' Record has secured from Dr. V. P. Claytoo, of this city, the following statement as to his cottonseed meal experiments: "My attention was first called to the subject by the conduct of my nephew. He accompanied me to my cattle-yard on my daily visits to look after the feeding of my cows, and gradually began eating the cottonseed meal from the feed bins. My first impulse way to forbid him, but upon rellection, knowing its harmless nature, I concluded to lei nim pursue his taste and note the results. For more than two years now he has eaten it with avidity, and unrestrained. I have seen no indications of the slightest ill effects, lie i* now four and a half years old, and remarkably well developed in physical character. "I finally prevailed upon my wife to make some experiments in the kitchen. She mixed one-third of cottonseed meal with two thirds white flour or corn menl aud b3ked or fried either as batter or dougb. We have found that it cooked well, and that the product possessed a rich nutty flavor very pleasant to the palate. ' Cottonseed meal is exceedingly rich in albuminoids, or the nitrogenous ele? ments (llesh and blood formers) as com? pared with tbe carbo-hydrates, or starch and lat elements (heat producers,) pos? sessing a nutritive ratio of one to one, i. e., one of. tho former to one of the latter, while that of whole wheat is one to six. "It is a well-known fact that Graham flour, which contains all parts of tbe wheat, is almost a perfect food, more nearly meeting all the requirements of the human body than does any other natural product; hence it is fair to assume that any combination producing a like nutritive ratio will prove wholesome and nutritious, and it agreeable to the taste, may become a valuable article of food. The nutritive ratio of corn-meal is one to eight, and that of white flour is about the same, so to mix these articles with cot? tonseed meal in the proportions suggested gives a product almost identical fn com? position and nutritive ratio to wheat. It may be inquired, what advantage is to be gained by using the cottonseed meal in this way ? "The value of cottonseed meal, con? sidered as food for animals, is, according to the German tables, more than twice that of corn-meal, weight for weight. The Southern States produce cottonseed meal in great abundance, and sell it for one cent per pound; they buy millions of dollars' worth annually of meal and Hour at an average of one and a half cents per pound. To the extent, therefore, that it is praotical to substitute tbe cot? tonseed meal, it would seem to bo a de? cided economic advantage to do so." The composite bread of cottonseed meal and corn Hour, which Dr. Clayton de? scribes, Is decidedly palatable, as wo can certify from a personal test of it. Tbe economic value of our fellow-citizen's discovery seems to us very considerable. The fact that in this waste product of a few years ago we have millions of tons of wholesome food for man as well as beast is nregnant with importance. We may expect before long the application of Bcience to the better fitting of this meal for the table, without admixture of wheat or corn flour. What a wonderful country, is the South, and how slight, even now, is our com? prehension of its vast possibilities !? Columbia State. Great Water Tower. There is a great amount of water power up the Savannah river that is being wasted. There are miles of valuable falls above Augusta, which could and should be utilized. There is an old canal up there which wbb begun by the State of Geor giu, and costing ?30,000, which will fur? nish a number of unrivalled mill sites. This matter has been prominently drawn to the attention of the public in a com? munication from Dr. D. A. J. Bell, of Parksville, which appeared in the News and Courier. Here is what tbe doctor says and agrees to do: I read with muoh interest your editorial Borne time ago suggesting to professors and students tbe advisability, as well as possible advantage to our in? dustrial progress of drawing representa? tions of our water powers and having them properly advertised at tbe great Atlanta Exposition this year, and I came near at once proposing to furnish enter? prising students and teachers with a car riage in order that they might explore our Savannah river and perfect drawings, representing as great power as can be found, together with as many natural ad? vantages, upon any river of its size on thi9 continent. I now make the proposition to furnish, or cause to be furnished, free transporta? tion and board to as many artists or mill draughtmen as can be induced to explore our Savannah Valley between where Stevena's Creek empties into the river, twelve miles below Parksville, to Mc Cormick, ten miles above, on the old Augusta and Knoxville Railroad. Cannot one ambitious young artist, engineer or draughtsmen be foupn who will undertake so profitable an under? taking in practical drawing ? If so, he will please communicate with me, so that I can arrange conveyance and necessary equipments. A few miles west of Parksville, oppo? site what is known as Long Shoals, (which has about seven miles of falls,) on tbe South Carolina side, are the remains of an old canal, which was begun many years ago by the State of Georgia. Major Tucker, of McCormick, an old resident ot this community, says that the Legis? lature of Georgia many years ego appro? priated thirty thousand dollars for this this canal in order that cotton boats mtght pass "King Jaw Shoals," as it was then thought impossible for boats to pass "Ring Jaw" on account of the greatness of the water fall. When the Georgia ap? propriation was exhausted the canal was abandoned, and has never been renewed, becauso of the fact that pole boats finally succeeded in passing "Ring Jaw." Major Tucker, who owns the land of the old rudimentary canal, has had the old canal resurveyed for the purpose of ascertain? ing the fall, and finds a fall of sixty feet to the mile. He was assured that a suffi? cient supply of water could be gotten to run any number of factories by a short spur of a dam run obliquely into tho river. Along beside this fall can be bought any quantity of land of any variety either bottom land or high bluffs for building bites. A gentleman of Baltimore, in speaking to the Rev. W. G. Bussey the other day, relative to this matter, said that an elec? tric plant could be put in here that would run all the machinery in the city of Augusta, thirty-three miles distant. However this may be, thera is no supe r or water power and tsrritory to sustain it on either side tho Savannah River, which simply needs utilizing. A railroad runs paralleled with the river on this side from Augusta to An? derson Court House, and any factory situated on this side of this river at any place between these points could be con? nected with the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad by a spur of not over a mile in places I feel it my duty to give this in? formation to the public."?Augusta Chronicle. Ho Money in Cotton. Washington, Feb. 23.?During the Fifty-third Congress the Senate Commit? tee on Agriculture and Forestry was authorized by tho Senate to make an inquiry upon the existing depression in farm products, and Senators George, Bate and Proctor were selected as a sub-com? mittee to take in hand the portion of tbe inquiry concerning the depressed price of cotton. Senator George submitted their report o-day. Tho sub-committee ascertained that with the prices prevailing in the years lSOlj 1S'J2 and lb'M in nearly every part of the cotton-producing region the cost of production equalled, if it did not exceed, tho value of the cotton raised. There is a general concensus of opinion that cotton cannot, except under moat favorable cir? cumstances, be raised profitably at less than eight cents per pound, nor without loss under seven cents. Two causes for.the low prices of cotton are cited?dealings in futures and the demonetization of silver. The committee in arguing the right of tbe Federal Government to legislate on tho subjsct, declares that the business of dealing iu futures and cotton oan bs transacted only in the two exchanges of New York and New Orleans, and that the latter is merely an annex to the for? mer. The committee concludes that the dealings of these exchanges interfere with the interstate commerce, and the power of Congress should be exercised to abolish them. The demonetization of silver is regard? ed as the most potent cause of the low price of cotton, but the committee con? cedes that there is no immediate prospect of removing this cause. Therefore they recommend cotton raisers to keep their money at home by raising their own sup? plies and diversifying their crops, and invest tbe money now spent for these in erecting cotton and other factories.?New York Sun. ?AMinnt . adge has just ruled that a husband is i-esponsible for slanders ut? tered by his wife. Would the gentle Susan B. Anthony regard this as a victory for her sex ? The Forty Still lettre. It now begins to look as if tho "Forty" had awakened from the shock they sus? tained by the scheme of Messrs. Tillman, Evans, Hemphill, 15arnwell and others to forestall them in their efforts to bring the white people together and take the croditof the movomout which originated entirely with them. When their com? mittee was here tho other night and its members heard of the conference- and agreement reached, they seem to have Buffered from partial paralysis and the indications were that they would give up and let the schemers go ahead. But now things seem to have changed, and it locks as ir the "Forty" will stick to their guns and have a conference on the matter in which somebody?the poople?will bo represented, to discuss the outlook and reach some agreement that will be accep? table to the rank and rile of ull political factions. The following was issued last night and it shows that the "Forty" are still alive and may yet cause tho beautiful plan already presented to drop into the back-ground, and one much more satis? factory to take its place: "Tho committee of the Forty have ro solved to proceed with their plan before the people without asking anybody's per? mission, while gratified at having already accomplished so much. "Tbos. J. Kirklaud, "Sto." It looks as if the forty regard the action of ex-Governor Tillman and Governor Evans in coming down to an agreement as a consequence of its efforts. They do not seem to be willing to have small coteries representing nobody but those composing them dictate terms. Their original plan was to let the rank and hie select men to a conference in which all factions could be represented- Messrs. Hemphill, Barnwell, Tillman, Evans, Gantt, Irby, Bowden and ell others re? cognized as leaders of factions. In this way they proposed to let the people come together and after joint discussion agree among themselves upon some basis that would satisfy everybody. Perhaps they are all the more determined now to go ahead with their work of reconciliation because of what ex-Governor Tillman bad to say in talking of the scheme agreed upon at the small conference the other day.?Slate, Feb. 27._ Railroads Cannot Comply. A Convention of the State Farmers' Alliance and other planters was held in this city on Feb. lfJtb. This body address? ed a communication to the railroad com? panies asking them to reduce the rates twenty per cent ; also, that they would waive the notice of thirty days allowed them under the law, and that these re? ductions should take effect at onoe. The Farmers' Convention requested that the State board of railroad commis? sioners to forward this communication to the different railroad companies doing business in the State, which was prompt? ly done, with their unanimous endorse? ment, and the roads requested to give their immediate attention. The traffic managers of the various roads appeared bofore the Railroad Com? mission on Feb. 27, and laid before them the reason why tboy could not consent to the desired reduction. Tney claimed that the roads were unable to make any reduction on account of the great de? crease in the business, which they show to be $255,000, which is 75 per cent, off the average business for the past few years. They claimed, further, a prospec? tive decrease in the cotton crop of several hundred thousand dollars by the reduced consumption of fertilizers tho present season; also, that the effect of this most disastrous season so injured the Florida orange and vegetable crops that their revenue would sustain a very serious loss from the destruction. They claimed that this revenue bad boen so reduced that they could not stand any further re duction and continue to give the public the service that they expected. The traffic managers called the atten? tion of the board to the fact, as showed in the last annual report of the Railroad Commission, that thirteen roads were barely able to pay operating expenses, and that eight had a deficit of $5G,2G0 less than operating expenses bofore the effects of the decrease in business was felt. For these reasons they declined to grant the request for redaction made by the Farm? ers' Convention, and to waive their right to the thirty-day notice of any reduction, thus practically settling the question for this season. The Commission are now engaged in revising all rates now in force, their ob? ject being to place as nearly as possible a just and indiscrimination rate of ail com? modities transported in this State from time to time, making buch reductions as will meet the changed conditions as they arise in railroad transportation.? Columbia State. m ? ^ Another Exodos to Africa, Memphis, Tenn., March 4.?A move? ment of Southern negroes to Africa will begin on Thursday next under the auspi? ces of the International Migration So? ciety of this city. A special train will leave Memphis for Savannah via Bir? mingham and Atlanta. Three hundred negroes from Arkansas, Tennessee, Mis? sissippi, Alabama and Georgia have arranged to go. The African Steamship Company, which is co-operating with the International Migration Society, will run a steamer from Savannah to Monrovia, sailing on the 9tb. A committee of negro ministers, who went to Liberia in Janua I ry to investigate that country, write back I glowing letters and the negroes are ex? cited over the idea of returning to the Dark Continent. Many are preparing to go during the year. Slaghterlng Horses for Enrop?. Chicaq\ III., Feb. 28.?Three slaugh? ter-houses for the killing of horses are in operation just across the Indiana State line. A lot of 200 horses was sold at the stock yards Thursday and driven to the abattoirs. They are not operated in defi? ance of the law, because none of the meat is sold in this country. It is shipped to Belgium, trance and other countries of Europe, where there is always a ready market for it. The horses that were sold Thursday were killed Friday and cut up, pickled and packed in tubs ready to ship to Eu? rope. They also manufacture sausage from the meat. Tho bides and the parts of the horse used for glue bring more than the original cost of the horse, This industry has grown of late on account of the number of cheap horses placed on the market by the street-car compa? nies. ? A new form of marriage ceremony is practiced by a Georgia justice of the peace. He concludes as follows: "By the authority vested in me as an officer of the State of Georgia, which is some? times called the Empire State of the South; by tho fields of cotton that lie spread out in snowy whiteness around us; by the howl of the coon dog and the gourd vine, whose clinging ten drills wil 1 shade the entrance to your humble dwell? ing place; by the red and luscious heart of the watermelon, whose sweetness fills the heart with joy; by the heavens and earth, in the presence of these witnesses, I pronounoe you man and wife." ? A story from Pekin, incredible as it may appear, has it that the Emperor of China has just bad his first view of the Bible. A copy, it is stated, was presented to tho Empress Dowager. The Emperor heard about the present, and became ourlous about the book. He sent out for a copy of th? book, which, fortunately for the emissary, it was finally found possible to obtain at an American book store in Pekin. The Emperor started reading the book carefully, and finding several errors returned the volume for a better "read" copy. "Siuce then," we are told, "the Emperor, Empress Dowa? ger, and other royal personages have been busy reading the Holy Scriptures." ? Sexton Gorham at tho Marietta, Ga., city cometery is not a believer in ghosts, but during the many years he has been at work among the dead he has seen two mysterious persons suddenly disappear that astonished him. Eleven years ago he says he was at work ou j Saturday, and he noticed a man, dressed in black, standing about where the tool box is now. He says he worked on in a short distance from him, and for one hour that mysteri? ous man stood thore like a statuo. When Mr. Gorham concluded to quit work ho placed his tools in his wheelbarrow and started towards the man to put up his tools. When he got in fifteen'or twenty yards of the man ho looked down to guide his wheelbarrow, and when he looked up again the '?man in black" had disappear? ed. He said it was in an open space where he stood and there was no place for any one to hide. lie said he looked all around but he couldn't find him any? where. Recently Sexton Gorham has had another experience. He said he was coming from the new cemetery to tho old, through a drizzling rain, and at a newly made grave he saw a woman dressed in black. He watched her closely and walked towards her to see who it was out on suoh an inclement day, and when he got very near her he passed around a monument, and when he looked for the "woman in black" again she too had suddenly vanished, He went to where she stood and be could see no tracks and he made a diligent search for her, but no? where was she visible. Sexton Gorham says It put some "curious feelings" on him and he is not prepared to explain the matter, ? Missouri has defeated the bill pro? viding woman suffrage in tbatStatoiu all elections. ? A company jnst organized proposes to supply power to run the street cars and all sorts of plants in Denver by gen? erating electricity many miles away. ?Without internal dissensions in the Democratic party in Carolina the State would hardly leel natural. Politician* will begin lo prepare for tho millenium when all is quiet along tho Congaree. j ? International conference may rcsultj in a recognition of silver by other (Jov ernmeuts, but if tho United States will go ahead and paas a free coinage rnoasusr it will force action much more promptly. ? Tourists to Jerusalem annually in? crease in number. Next to Russia the United States sends the greatest number of visitors to tho holy land. Three steamers will land Americans at Julia this month. ? Mr. David Morgan, of Henry county, Ga., has a curiosity in the way of a shuck horse collar, which he has been using twenty-six years. Mr. Henry Perry also has a bridle made by Mr. R. M. Kveritt, while he was living in Henry twenty-two years ago. ? A cure of a prolonged case cf hic? coughs is reported in Tho Lancet. A man had hiccoughed steadily for seventy two hours; chloral, morphine and chlo? roform didn't stop it; finally a strong subcutaneous injection of a solution of atrophine and morphia put the patient to sleep, and on his waking there was no return of the trouble. ? Mello Stanleyetta Titua is tho only woman who has been admitted to the Bar in New York city. She comes lrom Duchess County. Her family aro Qua? ker?. She is couCdent that thore is a great future for women in the legal pro? fession. Misa Titus has been very suc? cessful in collecting bills that her clients had lost all hope of turning into cash. ? Mrs. Amanda Davis, of Lumpkin county, Ga., has two very old relics?a watch charm and a pair of Indian moc? casins. The charm is dated 1833 and the moccasins are more than one hundred years old. They are made of deerskin dressed nicely with beads and look as if they had just been made, oxcopt for a few moth eaten holes. ? A curious breach of the Sunday law came up recently in a London Police Court. The International Tract Society, the agent of a Sabbatarian soot which preaches the observance of Saturday in? stead of Sunday, was complained of for violating the Factories Act by employing labor on Sunday. Although the law makes provision for Jews working on Sunday, it does not for Christians, and though it was Bhown that no work was done by the society on Saturday, and that Friday was kept as a half holiday, a fine was imposed. Strength and Health. If vou are not feeling strong and healthy try Electric Bitters. If "Lh Grippe" has left you weak and weary, u-se Electric fil? ters. This remedy acts directly on Liver. Stomach and Kidneys, gently aiding those organs to perform their functions. If you are alllicted with Sick Headache you will ?nd speedy and permanent relief by taking Electric Bitters. One trial will couviuce you that this is the remedy you need. Laree bottle* 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 effet ng 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. Fret Trial Bottles ;it Hill Bros. DrugStore To Teaxs or Florida. Parties going to Texas or Florida should remember before making any arrange? ments, that the Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway is the only through direct route. To Texas, 12 hours quickest route, lowest rates and best schedule To Florida only through route, making direct connection for ail Florida points by day light. Write for any information to J. R Fant, Agent, Anderson, S. C , or R. L. Todd, Trav. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Ga. NOTICE. WILL be let to the lowest bidder on Wednesday, the 20:h day Marcb, at 11 a m., the building of a bridge over a small cicek near E H. Sbanklin's in Pendleton Township. Plans and specifi? cations made known at lime of letting. Also, on Thuisday, 21st, at 11 a. m., the repairing of a bridge over Cuffee Creek, near W. H. Martin's. W. P. SNELGROVE, Sup. March G, 1895 36 2 Notice to Contractors. [Continued from First Pago.] COKXKK rowxsnir. Sec. 1. From Cooks to Abbeville line near W. A. Sutherland, 30 days. 2. .J. o. Kvans to above Union ehurcli, IS days. 3. Union churuli to Abbeville line and across to James Wandeslow's, :!? days. 4. Union church by Josh Hurriss place to river mad near J. It. Alexander, x> days. 5. Union cb. by Good llopoch. to above J. W. Teasly,50 days." 11. Cooks by J. V. Ozmint'sto Anderson road, HO days. 7. Cooks to Lowndcsvlllc road below Good Hope church, davs. S. From Cook.?, I fall line to Mrs. O. H. Reld's near Mnffnttsvillc, 33 ilavs. ".). MolTattsville to River road near 11. F. Mor? row's, :!0 davs. 10. MolTattsville to Hall line near Win. W. Ad? ams, 46 days. U. Dimlan place to nr. R. V. Clinkscalcs, 15 d. 12. fiencrostee Parsonage to R. R. Harris, 30 d. 13. Abbeville lino by Fellowship church to op? posite .1.11. Alexander and from Fellowship en. to John M Crafts, 3d days. 14. Savannah line near S. A. Harris to opposite J. It. Alexander's. 30 davs. 15. Mrs. O. H. Reid's to Crafts Ferry, 28 days. 10. From J. W. Spearman's to Section bouses, 15 (Lays. W. P. SXELGROVE, County Supervison. The Pathway IS THE Road to Success In speaking to young men, once saldj "It Is the learning acquired at midnight that will make your future bright and dazzling as midday." Ana In this terse epigram the great Frenchman stated a truth that applies equally to struggling, ambitious young men the world over. insomuch as you have yet your piaceto make In the world, and will avail yourself of opportunities to increase your knowledge and Improvf your mind,*so will you make your Life successful and happy. A man's brain is a garden given him to cultivate, and whose products . will be his support. Plant That Garden with seed of knowledge and from the vinea will grow the blossoms of financial gjhn and honorable preferment Never before In the history of tho world have young men had ao opportunity to fit tnernseiyes for the torae of life as jt Is now given them. In this, as (n everything eta, American push arid public spirit lead (ft ML All that the college gradual has besh taught, and mare, can be (ecurtd by the young man who gets a set oi' me Encyclopaedia Brltannica now offered to The State sutw.TiDsra en thoeasy pay mfnt of 10 cents a day, but rtrnembef that cur special Introductory offer is for <* fimltod time only. The State, COLUMBIA, S. C WATER MELONS! WATER MELONS! Wo offar our usual premium of? $5.00 FIVE DOLLARS $5.00 For the Largest Water Me!oa raised from our Seed. It don't cost you anything to try for it. A Big Lot of Fresh Seeds of all Kinds NOW IN STOCK. ORR & SLOAN'S, B"?S&K HOUSE i valuable {information concerning Iii Their Low Prices do the advertisng after you once visit this Attractive Place. Their Stock of Notions is complete, And Prices to suit the times! Prints, In all the latest shades and styles ! Shirting and Outings, All Colors! Pants and Shirts, Of best make aud quality?just the very thing for working men. Come and see our Stock, The 10c. Store is the right place to buy your? Jewelry, Musical Instruments, Crockery, Glass, Tin, And Woodenware. Try Elk Baking Powder, The best and cheapest in the world ! Wh?3n you want Pepper, Ginger, Cloves, S?ice, Nutmeg, Soda, Soap, Starch, Tobacco, or anything else! GO TO THE OLD RELIABLE TED CEOT STORE! And you will be satisfied after buying that this is the "onliest" place in Anderson to get everything just to your notion. Try us every time and be on top. Yours always truly, 0. S. MINOR and 10c. STORE. 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 cost you nothing to read them, and they will save you dollars. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. TO THE LADIES! We invite your attention to our Spring line ot LACES AND EMBROIDERIES, JUST RECEIVED, consisting of the Latest Styles - and Newest Patterns in Oriental Laces, Butler Vandyke Laces, Torchon Laces?hand-made aud machine. Point Do Ireland Laces, Valsncienne Laces, Black Chantilly Laces, Cream Applique Laces, &c Also, the daintiest and most elaborate Edges and Insertings in? Hamburg Nainsook and Swiss Embroideries. SST Come and make your selections before the choicest Patterns are gone. prices guaranteed Yours truly, 3 ? & co. ATLANTIC ACID PHOSPHATE, Atlantic Soluble Guano, And other brands of their well-known high grada Fertilizers, for sale by 13. P. SLOAN & CO ? WHY ORDER ? * PIANOS and ORCANS and -From any other Market when ? THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE Can and will Save you Kaney by Buying at Home. OUR Goods are bought in larg^j lots from the Manufacturers for CASH. Our expenses are much lighter^ than dealers in larger cities, who sell almost'exclusively through Sub-Agents, thus adding largely to the prices charged you. And, besides, we have the LARGEST STOCK IN THE STATIC to select from, and every Instrument is sold under? A. POSITIVE GUARANTEE. B@* We respectfully solicit your patronage, which will be highly ap? preciated. Respectfully, C. A. REED M?SIC HOUSE, Anderson, B.r0, SOMETHING GOOD. Fresh Buist Garden Seed Just Received. ONION SETTS and POTATOES. BQk. A big lot of Greer's Almanacs for free distribution. _EVANS' PHARMACY. ENTERPRISE FURNITURE C?! Are Thoroughly prepared tor 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 I 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 1?95. ENTERPRISE FURNITURE CO