The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 06, 1895, Image 3

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iderson Intelligencer. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. 3*. CLINK3CALES, ] Editors and CLANGSTON, j Proprietors. TERMS: ONE TEAR_.?1 50 SIX MONTHS . 75 Wednesday, march 6, i895. The tronble between the Southern Railway and its employees has been ami? cably settled, and there will be no strike. ^Tho employees, we think, acted wisely. * - i a i m ? Dispensaries are to be established in Plckens and Ooonee Counties, which have heretofore been prohibition coun? ties. Another step towards prohibition, ?wo presume._ The last . Legislature passed an Act re? quiring the children in the public schools to be taught the injurious effects of opium and alcoholic liquors on J?e^intajiand body. : Postmaster General Bissel has tendered his resignation as a member of President ^Ctovifiand's cabinet, and Hon. W. L. ^S^ilson^ of West Virginia, has been ap lk' pointed his successor. % -? * ?. p-|^Tfie fifty-third Congress has been dis appointing in numerous ways, but before - utterly condemning it wise men will giiwafti to asoertain whether the fifty-fourth ' _will not be even more disappointing. ^ . The Padfio coast of the United States seoms to havo been about the only part of tha northern hemisphere that escaped |^pi?: late oold snap, and we suppose they |05 ax? correspondingly elated*over there. ^???-.!-The Constitution says a Georgia editor levied on a country circus for an adver jg bill, sold bis paper, took the sheriff him in the circus business, and is on the high road to fame and fortune'. Louis, Mo, is suffering from an Idemlc of ?mall pox. Eighty-five case* fe?:. been- reported and five deaths. ; Sohools. haVe-been closed. Over 35,000 . ' people have baarf^accinated in the past "vtwo weeks. 1 IBS?;?>*.J.. - >. F-1 A Darlin gton farmer sold 2,100 pounds i A pt tobacco last week at 38 cents a pound. Ip?; brought him $788 or as much as 35 ?scales cf cotton would now bring. The :?}'? i?rmers in that section of the State are j ^giving up cotton for tobacco. Cliairman Kirkland of* the "Forty" tes that recent development* have not auged their plans in the least, but thai are going ahead and hold meetings ;all the counties and-a convention in umbia, as Originally intended. e Easley Democrat has died a natural !j and the Plckens Sentin el has pur its plant and subscription book. . C. T. Martin, who has been editing Democrat, has gone to Alabama, i ho will engage in the insurance ess. ^'iJepnty Sheriff Hall, of North Carolina, stood in that State and killed an escaping prisoner who was across the line in Ten? nessee. According to a recent decision of tho Supreme Court of North Carolina ieseenas likely to escape punishment;, as he was not *3n Tennessee when he com? mitted the crime, and the crime was not oommitted in North Carolina. . Congress adjourned at noon last Mon? day, haying been in continuous session irougb; Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night. All1 the appropriation i got through and there will be no ctra session. Chairman Sayro?, of the ippropriation committee, claims that the jpropriatjons for this Congress are ten ion less-than those of the last, and ^wenty-flvo million less than appropria during the Reed Congress. m < m ' Tho Winnsboro Herald truly remarks that "Cleveland and Cleveland's policy e given muoh opportunity for smart torial criticism, and the display of. much learning, - and muoh mors ignor? ance, as to the financial question. To our mind this half flippant and wholly ;; senseless, habit of abusing Cleveland is iiwircstfrtng more than a bid for the applause ^'Of those who are as much in ignoran.ee.as ' to finances as the writers themselves." Major A. H. White, of. York county, South Carolina, comes to the front ss a r famous farmer with a record which is truly enviable. Last year . he made t>: twenty-one bales of cotton on twelve acres of* land, and though he received _?only four and three-quarter cents a pound for his cotton, he cleared on those twelve acres, after paying all expenses of colti f. vation, $518.10. This record would be hard to match in the history of cotton culture. The Edgefield Advertiser says that Mr. Eldred Addison, of Ninety-Six, shipped to New York recently forty lambs, for > which he received ten dollars "apiece." ?^Tbis ought to serve to wake up South " Carolina farmers generally to the possi ^bJUttes of the sheep-raising industry in this State, if nothing else will. Argu? ment and advice and suggestion have . fidlen 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 his neighbors and fellow farmers put on ;" their "thinking caps" in these hard ' times._ _ A recent letter to the Boston Globe from I an. eye-witness, gives full particulars of the recent massacre of Armenians by th ? Turks. The letter says that Mooshb Pasha, the military governor of the city of Erzeronm, started into the Sassonn district last September, by order of tho ? Sultan, burned innumerable villages, and "murdered 7,500 people. The writer goe? - into detail and proves conclusively thar, recent efforts to hush the whole matter up 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 cf the Atlanta Exposi- 1 -tlon, "to have many oddities and novel? ties as possible. Here is one proposition which has fust come in, which, I think, . Will be accepted. It is an exhibit illus? trating tho history of cotton. It shows the first step in the plant In various stages and includes sea island, upland, Egyp? tian, Chinco, India ana Japanese. The next step gives the fibre separated from the seed. The history of the latter goes . on separately. You see bow it looks when cleaned, hulled out and heated; how the crude oil looks, the refined, the combinations of the latter with various substances to make such cooking ingre? dients as 'compound lard,' cottolene, colosuet, cottolard and the like, tho Stear? ine and glycerine obtained from the oil, ' .the candles, soap and oleomargarine, which the chemists make one 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 I 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, the Southern drill, - the Western jeans, the calico prints, the fine muslins of India, the crepes of J apan, ; Canton flannel, lawn, cheese cloth, nun's veiling. Beyond this are gun cotton, collodion and celluloid, Mexican drawn work, macrame lace; knit cotton goods, ? cotton paper and goodness knows how ?0*uany other things. STAXDS TO THE R\CK! Senator Tillman is in Downright EarnEst. Special to Columbia State. Augusta, Ga., March 1.?Seeing ex Governor Tillman passing through Co? lumbia to- day en route to his home at Trenton after uls 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 his absence with regard to the coming Constitutional Convention fight?Irby's manifesto, etc. The Sena? tor talked freely for the press and paid his respects to Senator Irby in a bold manner. When asked 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 Brexel 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 of 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, including 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 tbe effort for an adjustment. There are in it some errors of fact which it is not necessary to particularize and some un? charitable and unreasonable assertions and deductions. . It seems to be unfortu? nate that tbe 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 nave mutual concessions and make due allowance for the prejudices and feelings that have been so deeply aroused, in trying to adjost 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 nave a fight and that it cannot be prevented. I have great respeot 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 Spartanbarg 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 tbe middle and lower counties did during the reconstruc? tion period. If Mr. Wilson had taken a broader view and considered the entire State be could not dismiss bo flippantly this vital issue. If the condition were throughout the State as he pictures it, there would be no need for a Convention at all. I realize as he does that the people will settle all these matters, either at the primary or at the general election. What I had hoped to do, and what I still hope to see done, is to have the white peonle unite 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 wounds to the body politic that will not heal for a half century. 4 "To prevent this I am willing to sink all personal feelings, all personal ambi? tions, all considerations of vindictivenoss, or revenge, and make such 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 In the patriotism and good sense of the masses who are interested in no man's political fortunes sufficient to take such dreadful riokb. 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 nave 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 Barn well committee, and the Reform movement is stronger to-day than it has ever been." ? When told that the opposition to the scheme of the ultra-Conservatives was that they did hot 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 tbe Reformers alone if that idea prevailed generally among the Antis. We will never have a Constitutional Convention with my consent which will disfranchise the 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 haa failed already, because tbe Spartanbnrg Herald, the Greenville News and the Columbia State have refused to endorse it. I think he will find that just the reverse will be found to be true. I did not expect unanimous consent, least of all 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 issue 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 Baid in downright earnest." Senator Tillman was then questioned as to the proposed National Reform movement and replied he had hoard 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 "3?ot a long way off, either." E. J. Watson. Feeding Uorses and Males 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 lay, 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 tbe exper? iment. According to the estimate of Col. T. W. Woodward, of Fairfield, it takes three bushels of potatoes to equal in nut? riment one bushel of corn, but even if it took fonr 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 Planter. ? "A orick in the back," a pain under tbe shoulder-blades, water brash, billious nes?, and constipation, are symptoms 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 Lau rens a few preachers formed an Oxford League. Their object was to pursue, during the year, some systematic course of study. A few of them met some time ago and agreed to hold a summer sohool of Biblical study tbissummer. The time and place will be announced later. The Champion Cotton Crop, To the Editor of the News and Courier : As rminy inquiries have been made to me concerning my crop of cotton made last year, and as 1 am always glad that others may profit by my success or fail? ure, I have decided to put a statement of the Bame 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 pounds, last year is a part of a tract of land formerly consisting of tbirty-two acres. When I commenced farming on it several years ago I suppose it would grow not more than six hundred pounds 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, followod 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 had worked it up to pro? ducing very easily with ordinary seasons a bale per acre. Of this land I only had tbe twelve acres cultivated in cotton. I commenced in tho 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 Back 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 tbe entire preparation of the land about tbe middle of April and commenced planting about the 20th of tbe month. Seed used was what I had been improving for several years, now known aw "White'b improved." Tbe rows averaged three and a half feet, tbe 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 planting until the 1st of July, bnt enough for tbe 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 tbe 1st of July and were seasona? ble until in September. Commenced picking on tbe 1st of September and fin? ished on the 15th of December. In ploughing the crop I used a Bide harrow first, the other plough ings with a straight shovel with a bow, two furrows to the row, ploughing out the row at the last ploughing. expenses as follows: Manuring.S 50 00 Preparation. 15 00 Planting. 2 00 Seed. G 00 Hoeing. 7 00 Ploughing. G 00 Picking. 35 00 Ginning. 20 00 Bagging and ties. 8 00 Total. .?199 00 crop. 21 bales, 457 pounds earib, 4 80.$454 GO 525 bushels cotton seed, 50c. per bushel.m. 262 50 ?717 10 Deducting expenses. 199 00 Balance.?518 10 I am not a large .armor, but try to bo a large producer. I am a firm believer in the intensive system of farming, which means making larger crops every year and leaving the land in bettor condition than before the crop was made. A. H. White. Eoclc mil, 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 tbe 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 bis 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 bates to fall out with Sena? tor-elect Tillman, 4,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 tbe fight for Cal. Hemphill and Joe Barnwell." * Continuing in this strain Senator Irby said: "If tbe 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 or the Reform Movement and the Democratic party in South Carolina. "I have heard from a man whose word cannot be disputed to his 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. Jones, an old enemy of Dr. Strait, is to displace him, and Wm. D. Evans is to take MeLaurin's 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 tbe nigger's or Col. Elliott's scat in the House. Cal. Hemp? hill seems to be satisfied with the pros? pect of becoming tbe successor of tbe late Capt. Dawson, tbe brainy editor of tbe Neios and Courier, as the political gener? alissimo of tbe Democratic forces in South Carolina. I do not vouch for this pro? gramme, but one equally inimical to tbe people of South Carolina will be promul? gated. As fir as I am concerned, I have burnt my bridges and expect to stay in the fight as long as a plank in the Beform craft is afloat." Senator-elect Tillman returned to Washington this morning from New York, where Governor Eviins left him to go to Boston. Mr. Tillman visited the Capitol 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 tbe 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 be 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 News and Courier. Constitutional Convention, To the Editors of the News and Courier: The 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 Chat 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 beat plan to adopt would be for the Democratio party to re? quire all voters at the primary to cast their votes for an equal number of dele? gates from boib factions, and in any County where an odd number is to bo voted for, thon to vots for one more of the faction that was in tho majority at the last primary, i. e., if five delegates are to be voted for, and at the last primary the Refcrmers werd 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 the 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 1b bailed as a haibinger of Spring. It is also a reminder that a blood-purifier is needed to prepare tbe sys? tem for tbe debilitating weather to come. Listen and you will hear the birds singing: "Take Ayer's Sarsaparilla 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 tbe 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 Manufacturers' Record has secured from Dr. V. T. Clayton, 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, lie accompanied me to my cattle-yard on my daily visits to look after the feeding of my cows, and gradually begau eating the cottonseed meal from the feed bins. My iirst impulse was to forbid him, but upon rellection, knowing its harmless nature, I concluded to le: tiim 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 tho slightest ill effects. He is 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 meal and baked or fried either as batter or dough. We have found that it cooked well, and that the product possessed a rich nutty ilavor very pleasant to the palate. ? Cottonseed meal is exceedingly rich in albuminoids, or the nitrogenous elo ments (flesh and blood formers) as coin pared with the carbo-hydratee, or starch and lat elemonts (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 the 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 produoinga 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 pronortions suggested gives a product almost identical in 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 ? "Tne value of cottonseed meal, con? sidered as food for animals, is, according to the German tables, more than twice tbat of corn-meal, weight for weight. The Southern States produce cottonseed meal in great abundance, and sell it for one cent por 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, tbat it is practical to substitute tbe cot? tonseed meal, it would seem to be a de? cided economic advantage to do so." The composite bread of cottonseed meal and corn llour, which Dr. Clayton de? scribes, is decidedly palatable, as wo can certify from a personal test of it. The economic value of our fellow-citizen's discovery seems to us very considerable. Tbe 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 pregnant with importance. We may expect before long tbe application of science 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 mile3 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 glu, and costing 830,000, 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 Seres a?id Courier. Here is what tbe doctor says and agrees to do: I read with muoh interest your editorial some time ago suggesting to professors and students the advisability, as well as opssible 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 this continent. I now make the proposition to lurnisb, or cause to be furnished, free transporta? tion and board to as many artists or mill draugbtmen as'cau be induced to explore our Savannah Valley between where Stevens's Creek empties into the river, twelve miles below Parksyille, 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 the South Carolina side, are the remains of an old canal, which was begun many years ago by the Slate of Georgia. Major Tucker, of McCormick, an old resident ot this community, says tbat the Legis? lature of Georgia many years ago appro? priated thirty thousand dollars for this this canal in order that cotton boats mtght pass "Ring 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 tbat pole boats finally succeeded in passing "Ring Jaw." Major Tucker, who owns the land of the old rud.mentary canal, has had the old canal resurveyed for the purpose of ascertain? ing the fall, and finds a fall of sixty feet to tbe 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 the river. Along beside this fall can be bought any quantity of land of any variety eitber 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, thero is no supe r or water power and tjrritory to sustain it on either side the 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."?A ugusta Chronicle. 5c 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 the inquirj' concerning tbe depressed price of cotton. Senator George submitted their report to-day. The sub-committee ascertained that witb the prices prevailing in the years 1891; l?l>2 and 1893 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 most 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 tho right of the Federal Government to legislate on the subject, declares that the business of dealing in futures and cotton oan be 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 the money now spent for these in erecting cotton and other factories.?New York Sun. ?A Minnesota judge has just ruled tbat a husband is responsible for slanders ut? tered by his wife. Would the gentle Susan B. Anthony regard this as a viotory for her sex ? Tue Forty Slill Active. It now begins to look as if tho "Forty" ' had awakeued from the shock they sus? tained by the scheme of Messrs. Tillman, Evans, Hemphill, Barnwell and others to forestall them in their efforts to bring the white people together and take the creditor the movement which originated entirely with them. When their com? mittee was here tho other night and its members heard of the conferenco and agreement reached, they seem to have suffered from partial paralysis and the indications were that they would give up and let the Bchemers 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 tbe matter in which somebody?the people?will bo represented, to discuss the outlook 2nd reach some agreement that will be accep? table to tho rank aud tile of all political factions. The following was issued last night and it shows that the "Forty" are Btill alive and may yet cause the beautiful plan already presented to drop into the back-ground, and one much more satis? factory to take its place: j "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. Kirkland, "Stc." 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 neem to be willing to have small coteries representing nobody but those composing them dictate terms. Their orig'nal plan was to let tbe rank and file select men to a conference in which all factions could be represented-Messrs. Hemphill, Barnwell, Tillman, Evans, Gantt, Irby, Bowden and all 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 had 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. 19tb. This body address? ed a communication to the railroad com? panies asking them to reduce tbe rates twenty per cent ; also, that tbey 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 busiuoas 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 tbem the reason why tboy could not consent to the desired reduction. Tney claimed that tbe roads were unable to make any reduction on account of the great de? crease in the business, which they show to be 82?5,000, 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 Beyeral hundred thousand dollars by tbe red need consumption of fertilizers tbo present season; also, that tbe effect of this most disastrous season bo injured tbe Florida orange and vegetable crops that their revenuo would sustain a very serious loss from the destruction. They claimed that this revenue bad been so reduced that they could not stand any further re duction and continue to give the public the service that they expected. Tbe traffic managers called the atten? tion of the board to the fact, as showed in tbe last annual report of the Railroad Commission, that thirteen roads were barely able to pay operating expenses, and that eight bad a deficit of $56.260 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 tbe Farm? ers' Convention, and to waive their right to the thirty-day notice of any reduction, thus practically settling tbe 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 indiscriminating 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. Another Exodas to Africa. Memphis, Tenn., March 4.?A move? ment of Southern negroes to Africa will begin on Thursday next under tbe auspi? ces of tbe 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 tbe 9th. A committee of negro ministers, who went to Liberia in Janua? ry to investigate that country, write back 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. Slaghteriog Horses for Ear op?. Chicago, 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 tbe stock yards Thursday and driven to tbe abattoirs. Tbey are not operated in defi? ance of tbe law, because none of tbe meat is sold in this country. It is shipped to Belgium, France 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 Bausage from the meat. Tho bides and tbe parts of tbe horse used for glue bring more than tbe original cost ot 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. lie concludes as follows: "By the authority vested in me as an officer of the State of Georgia, which la some? times called tbe Empire State of the South; by the fields of cotton that lie spread out in snowy whiteness around us; by the howl of the coon dog and the gonrdvine, whose clinging tendrills will shade the entrance to your bumble 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 Btory from Pekin, incredible sb it may appear, has it that the Emperor of China has just bad his first view of tbe Bible. A copy, it is stated, was presented to tho Empress Dowager. The Emperor beard about the present, and became our'.ous about the book. He Bent out for a copy of the book, which, fortunately for the emissary, it was finally found possible to obtain at an American book store in Pekin. The Emperor started reading tbe book carefully, and finding several errors returned tbe volume for a better "read" copy. "Since then," we are told, "the Emperor, Empress Dowa? ger, and other royal personages have been buBy reading tbo Holy Scriptures." ? Sexton Gorbam at the Marietta, Ga., city cemetery 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 bim. Eleven years ago he says he was at work one 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 there like a statue. When Mr. Gorham concluded to quit work he placed his tools in bis wheelbarrow and started towards the man to put up his tools. When he got in fifteen'or twenty yards of the man be 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 wan no place for any one to hide. He 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 suddenlv vanished. He went to where she stood and be could see no tracks and he made a diligentsearoh for her, but no? where was she visible. Sexton Gorham Bays it put some "curious feelings" on him and he is not prepared to explain the matter, ? Missouri lias defeated tbo bill pro? viding woman suffrage in that State in all election?. ? A company just organized proposes to supply power to run the streetcars and all sorts of plants in I) snver by gen? erating electricity many miles away. ?Without internal dissensions in the Democratic party in Carolina the State would hardly leel natural. Politicians will begin to'prepare for the milleniuin when all is quiet along the Congaree. ? International conference may result' in a recognition of silver by other Gov? ernments, but if the United States will go ahead and pats a free coinage rnoaausr 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 nf visitors to tho holy land. Three steamers will laud Americans at Jaffa this month. ? Mr. David Morgan, of Henry county, Ga., has a curicsity 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. It. M. Everitt, 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. ? Melle Stanleyelta Titus is tho only woman who has been admitted to the Bar in New York city. She comes !rom Duchess County. Her family aro Qua? ker*. She is confident that thore is a great future for women in the legal pro iessiou. 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 1835 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, except for a few moth eaten holes. ? A curious breach of tho Sunday law came up recently in a London Police Court. The International Tract Society, the agent of a Sabbatarian sect 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 shown that no work was done by the society on Saturday, and that Friday was kept as a half holiday, a tine was imposed. Strength and Health. If von are not feeling strong and health; try Electric Bitters. If "U Grippe" has left you weak and weary, u-se Electric ?i. ter3. This remedy acts directly on Liver. Stomach and Kidneys, gently aiding those organs to perform their functions. If you are afflicted with Sick Headache you will Qnd speedy and pertnansnt relief by taking Electric Bittors. One trial will couviuce yon that this is the remedy you need. Larire bottle-) only 50c, at Hill Bros Drug Store. La Grippe. During tho prevalence of the Grippe the past seasons it was a noticeable fact that those who depended upon Dr. King's New Discovery not only had a speedy recovery, but escaped all of the troublesome after effects of the malady. This remedy seems to have a peculiar power in effecting rapid cures not only in cases of La Grippe, but in all Diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs, and has cured cases of Asthma and Hay Fever of long standing. Try it and be convinced. It won't disappoint. Fret. Trial Bottles at Hill Bros. Drug Store. To Tenxs or Florida. Parties goiog to Texas or Florida should remember before roakiug any arrange? ments, that the Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway ia the only through direct route. To Texas, 12 hours quickest route, lowest rates and best schedule To Flotida only through route, making direct connection for all 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 cieek near E H. Sbanklin's in Pendleton Township. Plans and specifi? cations made known at time of letting. Also, on Thuisdav. 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.] COKXKB TOWNSHIP. Sec. 1. From Cooks to Abbeville line near W. A. Sutlicrhnul, 30days. 2. .1. <). Evans? to above Union church, is days. :;. Union church to Abbeville line and across to James WandcslowV, 28 day*; 4. Union church l>y Josh li?rriss place to river road near ?). 1!. Alexander, days. 5. Union cb. by Good llopcch. to above J.V. Teasly, 60 days. fi. Cooks by J. V. Ozniint'sto Anderson road, .10 days. 7. Cooks to Lowndcsvlllc road below Good Hope church, days. '' 8. From Cooks, I fall line to Mrs. O. II. Reld'fl near MoffattsvHlc, iCI days. i). MolTattsvillc to River road near 15. F. Mor? row's, :t0 davs. 10. MolTattsvillc to Hall line near Win. W. Ad? ams, 4t! days. 11. Ihinkin place to nr. R. F. Clinkscalcs, 15 d. 12. (iencrostee l*areonace t<>R. R. Harris, 30 d. 13. Abbeville line by Fellowship church to op? posite J; 15. Alexander and from Fellowship en. to .lohn M Crafts, 3t'> days. 14. Savannah line near S. A. Harris to opposite J. 15. Alexander's, 30 davs. 15. .Mrs. O. H. Reid's to Crafts Ferry, 28 days. 1U. From J. W. Spearman's to Section houses, 15 days. W. P. SXFXGROVE, County Supervison. The Pathway of Knowledge IS THE Road to Success In speaking to young men, once saldi "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 place to make in the world, and will ivait 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 ths Vista Will grow the blossoms of financial g$ln and honorable preferment, ftever bdore In the history of tho work} have young men had aq opportunity to fit wemselyes for the bjjfe of life as jt Is now given them. In this, as (o tverytMng fls*, Arnttican push and public spirit lead Ali that the college gradual has been taught, tnd more, can bo paired by the young man who gets i tit of the Encyclopedia Brjta.nn.lca now offered to The State fupscnotrs. on mo easy payment of io cents a diiy, But Member that 6ur special Introductory offer Is for m mtk time only. The State, columbia. S. C WATER MELONS! WATER MELONS ! We offar our usual premium of? $5.00 FIVE DOLLARS $5.00 For the Largest Water MeJoa 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. OER & SLOAN'S, BE?^. USE j VALUABLE [INFORMATION CONCERNING Mr SITflRF 1IJ?. U1 Ulli!. 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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 and 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. fiST Come and make your selections before the choicest Patterns are gone. prices guaranteed. Yours truly, I, OSSORWS & co. ATLANTIC ACID PHOSPHATE, Atlantic Soluble Guano, And other brands of their well-known high grad* Fertilizers, for sale by D. P. SLOAN & CO. WHY ORDER ? PIANOS and ORGANS -From auy other Market when ? THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE Can and will Save you Honey 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 STATE to select from, and every Instrument is sold under? A. POSITIVE GUARANTEE. W3F We respectfully solicit your patronage, which will be highly ap? preciated. Respectfully, C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE, Anderson, S. C. SOMETHING GOOD. Fresh Buist Garden Seed Just Received. ONION SETTS and POTATOES. Bgk. A big lot of Greer's Almanacs for free distribution. EVANS' PHARMACY. ENTERPRISE FURNITURE CO Are Thoroughly prepared tor aU kinds of Equipment Complete. Services Efficient. Prices Moderate. HEARSE furnished to any responsible party in t!'.e County. EMBALMING CALLS attended to at any hour, both in the City and surrounding country. Furniture of all Kinds was never Oheaper 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 1895. ENTERPRISE FURNITURE CO.