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inderson Intelligencer. ? JQgWffJW XV3R7 WEDNESDAY. j*&i.GtIKK8CAJUB3, \ Editobs aito ~~W7. TERMS: pNK.:TEAR?M...?.fl 60 8IX.MONTHS. 75 ' " WffftNESBAY, MAY 29, 1895. Bep?rt? to- the North Carolina State B&ud of Agrloultura show that many farmers are plowing up cotton and p (ant? ingcorn- Instead. Cotton Is very small and the season late. ' mm m vm ?? ? Messrs. Cald well and Pope have am end? ed their complaint in the registration cases, and! all the* County supervisors ziave been restrained from doing any of [flfr duties imposed by the registration 1 m Im Memphis, Tonn., has been chosen for the next place of meeting of the Southern ' Presbyterian General Assembly. The Question of organic union waa postponed. Revv Dr. Craig was re-elected Home Sec - Rotary. _ i . " * ' *' It is stated that Maine and Vermont \W?re-placarded with posters, last vreek, puncing that South Carolina was on rerge. of rebellion, and callin? for iUnteerc to suppress the threatened p^rMng. _ -j ^Tho Augusta Chronicle says it Isreport " that the Memoirs of General James the war-horse of the Coofed -: eracy, are now ready for the ^reas and I will be published by the J. B. Lipplncott ;Company immediately. ? " . ? m 1 **' - I John Hi Inman, of Now York, tbe man 'io started the price of cotton uphill . time, ago, says that these Halted ? will be very prosperous, for the ? nepitfour or five years. And It begins to / look that way all along the lines of buai -^8a- " u , r " - ; ?mu - - ? ? T?et?;has been a market advance in the price of several classes of goods within tie past few weeks. Sogar has advanced one cent per pornd,-.shoes 25 percent, 5uifl:per barrel, corn 12i centfi per .bushel, and ao on. Other lines axeap Ively affected also. Charleston is going to have a reunion r Confederate Veteran? next Spring, and t Young Meu'sBusiness League of that has gone to work to make it a sno We are glad to note this fact, and -_beliova the occasion will attract one j largest crowds of visitors the gTand stary of State Walter Q. Greaham . at bis homo in Washington ytster ^i^?cinlng at 1.15 o'clock. He was 65 ^^earB.ofage.. Hehad held manyoffices : of truataad distinction, and in all ti e re? lations of life proved himself & max, It is not known who will be called on to fill \feis plaoein Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet The final fight for the possession ol' the Port Royal and Western Carolina iRail has commenced. The second morc f.gsg*;:" bon<3holdersv hare asked Jodge iSitaimion to fix an early dato for the sale of tbaroad, the case has i been argued and (S^ithe 'Courthas the papeis. The interests v: of the largest up country towns areflrmJjr .> bbniid op In the fate oir thisj^stem. It. ^ Is said that both the Southern and Sea? -board systems are aniious to have the ? : property. The unveiling of the '[kjnfederato'inon > ument in Chicago, which takes plaoe to? morrow, will be the first memorial, to ... Southern heroism ever unveiled on Northern soil, and it is hoped a new era of fellowship will be .Inaugurated. On :; theshores of Lake Michigan quite a large :..; number of Confederate soidlers are ~_ buried, and on this cession several cspr) rl loads of flowers from i ha South will be u^ed; la decorating their graves. The. UJayelllEgof the monument will attract a v^^r^a|geT^wd from all over the coun ?T"^~-?? 14 has-long been prestched to farmers, < 'say?: tbei T<?o? Farm and Ranch, that .?^^^hey'^ust raise cotton, because they can v : gefcaabl for nothing eis?., and, strange to ! '^ju&iniany formers believe it. Whenever ^ti^go to town, theyse* in every grouery | /store barrels and box?a and crates of ?gfitttB' produce brought from the North . and West, for which cash is sent out of the State, and f?r which cash is paid by the customer. And thsy also can Bee i'vWtoe neighbor who. soils truck rather than cotton, and in timeu of financial irial has a little money saved up to help the cotton farmer out of a mud hole. ; - A comprehensive inquiry has lately been made among the wholesale dry ^gwdsjiealers with regard to the present ?* busineea situation, and the replies are ! iira^eiKnnnglng. About 90 per cent, of them say that appearances are Indicative I of a more or less rapid return to pros? perity 60 per cent of thorn express the ?- belief that considerably higher prices will coma before long, and 20 per cent give ; .the opinion that there will be only a alight increase of average rates. These are the viewb of men who make aeon _stant study of business conditions, and ^whose judgment is apt to be substantially : coneot _ The Woman's Building of the Cotton State? and International Exposition is a complete and beautiful structure, bsing tha ohoice of many competitive designs, /submitted after wide advertising In architeotual and other journals over the United States, and Is entirely the work of Miss Elise Merour, of Pittsbarg, Penn., one of the rising architects of that sec :tion. Ita,location in tho grounds of the -Exposition is admirable, being as it were figure, to which point the vast will;'surely, gravitate. It over ? the beautiful lake, and Is near the 0jE^<^v9rnmentahdEieotricIty Buildings. It will mai'k in the history of the South an epoch; the first occasion in which woman participates, in a public ?way, in-an affair of interstate and interna? tional nature. The reunion of the United Confederate ^ Veterans at Houston, Texas, last week was a great event Many diatingnished veterans of tho "Lost Cnuse" were pres? ent, the hero of the occasion being the peerless Gen. Gordon, Commander of the body. About 80,000 veterans were in grand parade of the first day, when passed in review before Gen. Gor and Miss Winnie lavis, the daugh of tha President of the .Confederacy, distinguished Federal officers present as guests, among others g Gen. Schofield, the present Com J -la-Chief of the United Statoa y, and Col. Lee, ? Secretary of the 'Shiloh -Battlefield Aasociation,,, who le a speech in which he paid a glow tribute to Gen. Albert Sidney John? ston, who it will be remembered, was killed at Shiloh. The greatest enthuel prevailed on all sides, and after be in session for four days the body ad to meet in Richmond next year. JHpcfollowlng officers were elected on the last day : Gen. J. B. Gordon was re elected Commander by acclamation j our Wade Hampton was elected Commander of the Department of the Army of North enr Virginia; Gen. W. L. Cabell was J?ectod Commander of the Trans-Mlssis alppl Department, and Gen. Stephen D. Lee .Commander of the Department of the Army of Tennessee by acclamation and with tho greatest enthusiasm. Miss Winnie .Davis was the recipient of the gwateut attention from every one. A number of receptions were tendered her, and whenever she appeared she waa greeted with oheers. The venerable ex Oov. Lnbbard, of Texas, created qnite an affecting scene when he told Miss Davis of how he carried her in his arms into the prison to see her father. She was very much affected, and threw her arms around the old man's neck and mingled her tears with his, as they thought of the trying scenes through which they had together passed many years previous. Ten thousand dollars were raised for the Davis monument fund, the corner-stone of which will be laid at the next re-union in Bichmond. Among the most important matters be? fore the body was that of the formation of a Memorial Association, having for its object the publishing of an illustrated history of the war, and for the collec? tion of relics, d$fat one point. Charles B. Rouss, formerly a private in the Con? federate army, but now a wealthy New Yorker, in a letter to the veterans on this subject, offers to give (100,000 for the purpose. A Committee of one from each State was appointed to confer with Mr. Rouss. This la a step in the right direction. It Is time the South had a his? tory written by a Southern man, who will not distort the facts, as to many of the writers on the other side have done. It goes without saying that e very white man in South Carolina, be he Conserva? tive or Reformer, is in favor of the main talnance of white supremacy, and in our judgment ninety per cent, of the intelli? gent people of the State havo no fear of negro domination. They don't believe that the negro entertains any dea or hope "of regaining control of the (government of this State; and they know full well that if he does entertain any Buch fool idea it will never be realized. It Is entirely compatible with honest election methods to maintain white supremacy hi the State. An educational or property q ualification will give, for the next twenty years, an honest majority of white voters, and by that time the State will have filled up with white people, who will follow the growth of our manufacturing towns, in sufficient numbers to overcome the in? crease in the number of the negroes who havoovercome in that time their illite? racy or their lack of property qualifica? tion. But our friends, the. Reformers, profesa much anxiety lest the Conserva? tives "appeal to the negro vote." There 1b no danger of this. Unless they are fairly treated they will probably refrain from taking any part in the primary election, and will pot out a ticket at the regular election of delegates to the Con? vention. This tioket can be made up of the beet men from both of the factions, upon the basis of honest eleotionB and white supremacy; and it can be done .without the intervention of the primary election. If the Reformers really desire to eliminate factional differences from the election for delegates, it can b? easily accomplished. But their proposals to that end must not be coupled with any onerous conditions. It must not be made a condition precedent to the Con? servatives "joining in such apian that they shall go into- a primary election which will bind them, and yet out' of which the other side may crawfish if the result is not to their liking. The best way to procure and to preserve peace and harmony is to remove all causes of fric? tion and suspicion. And. this can be done by not insisting upon a primary election. For the life of us we can't sea the need of one if we agree on a jois t tioket for the general election. If we don't agree, it is Idle to expect the Conservatives to bind themselves in a plan of election in which they have no show. This seems to us, as near as we can gather, to be the . concensus of opinion of the Conserva? tives over the State. They want fair play, an equal division of the delegates, security that the Convention will provide for honest elections, by which the white people can and will retain control of the State. These are the cardinal principles upon which they stand, and which they will not forsake through any timid fear sought to be engendered by the politi? cians through the oft-repeated cry of the danger of negro domination. An appeal has been taken from Judge GofFs decis? ion ; .but, whatever the result of that ap? peal may be, the issue Is already made up on the line set forth above, and It would be well if the leaders of the re? spective factious in the different Coun? ties would inaugurate methods to carry out the evident desire of the conservative people of both parties"to get together." Col. Boone Can Control Capital to Build the Tidewater Road. Mr. L. K. Burns, the clothier, has re? turned from a trip to New York city and has satisfied himself thoroughly about Boone'b ability to put his read through. It ia an enterprise which Wall Street is already pretty familiar with and is watching. * He says he felt like undertak? ing to out Boone out of his job. Col. Boone says there are loads of mon? ey to take charge of the enterprise as soon as he can get it in shape and there is no more doubt in his mind than that he exists but a railroad will be built through to the sea from the Jelllco coal fields. It is a route financiers have familiarized themselves with. The great items in its construction are coal fields, vast unoccu? pied mountain territory and the planta? tions and great ocean harbor beyond. This much determines the practicability of the road. Whether Knoxville is on the line or will have to build to it as it did to the Cincinnati Southern is of course with her to decide and in a most remark? ably feasible way. By the way. Col. Boone understands certain people who have already sub? scribed understand that if the county and city do not want the road, that the money they have paid in is so muoh "blown away." He says it Is provoking, but he never does business that way and that if they will only read the contracts they hold they will know differently. He will pay back every cent. If the city and county do make up their part of the pro? moting fund and he should then fail to build the road, they would own all the franchises and rights of way, etc. a valua? ble consideration which may be easily - disposed of to some other railroad promo? ter?but he says there Is no "if' about it. He never allows any other thought than success to be in his mind. Again, if the city and county do make up the fund, and the road is built, by the contracts they hold, the subscribers will be paid back out of the first earnings of the road. -* The Colonel In speaking of the Knox? ville & Ohio stock which the city and county hold to no practical advantage said that it will become an easy matter for them to wake up some fine morning and find their stock worthless forever. Railroads have a way of throwing them? selves Into the hands of a receiver to in? validate stook and it Is among the possi? bilities for the Knoxville & Ohio stock to go that way. All there is to say to the city and county on this matter and his proposition on the same is "adopt" or "reject" and let him know as quickly as possible so that he may go to work on his main trunk line. ?Knoxville Tribune, May 2ith. Curtailed Twenty Per Cent. Washington, May 26.?John Wells .Hoger, of Atlanta, who Is here on busi? ness, said today: "Every friend of the South must note with pleasure the great agricultural re? form that is taking place in the cotton States. The planters have learned by hard experience the folly of planting such large crops of cotton and are going to reduce I the area devoted to that product very i considerably. I think that the acreage will be curtailed fully 20 per cent this year, for, being hi that business, I have ' made some study of the question and have received advices from the entire cotton belt. Along with this, our farmers are beginning to raise their own provisions and grain where they formerly purohased of the west. In this* way they are gradu? ally becoming thrifty and independent. The dethronement of 'king cotton' Is the best thing that ever happened to the South.^_ ? The Michigan lower House, by a vote of75tol7, has passed Mr. Walter's bill, making it unlawful to treat to spirituous liquors in any saloon or bar room. 1 Heaf Hampton t Washington, D. 0., ftfay 23. To the Editor of the Spartanburg Her? ald?My Dear Sin: In the Colombia State, received yesterday, I saw your kind and flattering call made on me to come to the aid of our State. To-day I see another communication from one of our colored citizens in the same lino as yours. Let me say, before proceeding further, that I appreciate these evidences of the confidence still reposed in me by some of my fellow-citizens, and I hope they will never have cause to change their opinions. I need hardly say that there Is no per? sonal sacrifice I would not willingly make to preserve the honor or to promote the welfare of South Carolina. All my efforts in the past for these ends give the best guarantee of my sincerity now, but with every desire to work for our State, I see no way in which I could give sub? stantial aid. When I last attempted to plead for peace and a restoration of the fraternal relations which since '76" had governed all of our citizens, a South Carolina audience refused to hear me, and drove me from the stage. I have taken no part in public afiairs in the State since then; not because my inter? ests in them was abated, but because I had been rudely notified that my voice had no longer any weight in the counsels of the State. I have, therefore, kept silent, offering no advice, uttering no complaint or reproach. I have tried to serve the State when called on to do so. but when my fellow citizens declared that I could do so no longer, I accepted this verdict without one word of protest But I am still a citizen of South Carolina, proud of her honorable record in the past, jealous of her honor, and deeply mortified at the condition she now occu Eies and the estimation in which she is eld throughout the Union. It is not my purpose to discuss how this deplorable condition has been brought about, for I do not intend to indulge in recrimination nor in reproach, my only desire being to see our people reunited and the State placed where she stood proudly of yore. I am in fnil sympathy with all you say as to our present condi? tion, but it seems to me that I can only aid by my vote to bring about a better state of affairs, and I nave even been refused the privilege of voting because I happened not to have complied with all the requirements of the dominant party to show that I was a Democrat. If my advice can have any weight in the State, It would be for ail Conservatives, the only true national Democratic represen? tatives in the State, to refuse to go into any primary or any so-called compro? mise ; to nominate in every county the ablest and best men?Conservatives and Reformers?who will strive to make a good Constitution, referring it to the people for ratification or rejection, and in all cases to set their faces resolutely against all fraud in our elections. I have no fear of negro domination?a cry used only to arouse race prejudices and to put the coming Convention under control of the Hing which now dominates our State. The negroes have acted of late with rare moderation and liberality, and if we meet them in the same spirit they have shown, they will aid in select? ing good representatives for the Conven? tion. I, for one, am willing to trust them, and they ask only the rights guar? anteed to them by the Constitution of the United States and that of our own State. "Corruption wins not more than hon? esty," and I advocate perfect honesty, for defeat on that line is better than vic? tory by fraud. I have never refused when called on by the people of my State to serve them. My ability to serve them now may be past, but the wish to do so will expire only with my life. The effort made by the Forty is in the right line and Is creditable to its origina? tors, but it seems to me to be impractica? ble, for none of them have authority to pledge any one save themselves. We can work In conjunction with them and I hope that the work may be successful, but if any Conservatives go into the Convention by a primary they will walk into the trap cunningly prepared for them and will thus be responsible, in Sri, for any Constitution framed by the ng. Thanking you and my colored friend for the kind lines In which both speak of me, I am, very truly yours. Wade Hampton. No Use for an Extra Session. Columbia, S. C, May 24.--Governor Evans had read the interview of Senator Irby when the newspaper men called. He was asked what he had to say about calling the extra session. He Bald with emphasis that he-did not intend calling un extra session of the Legislature unless the urgency becomes considerably more than at present. "If," he went on to say, "the white people of South Carolina have not patriotism enough to get together upon an issue of this magnitude, then the nooner we know it the better. There are nome politicians who hooted at the idea and denounced -Senator Till man and my? self as traitors when we attempted to bring our people together upon one plat i or m of basic principles, but who are un? willing to trust the people when the emergenoy for union and peace is greater than ever, and desire an ex ra session of the Legislature called, thinking that It could devise some plan or enact some law whereby strife could be perpetuated among our white people." The idea is that the orthodox class of Reformers want the eleotlon laws patched up so that the factions can again get to warring, for as long as things are in the present condition It is realized that no support or encouragement will be given to anyone who advises a continuance of the factional fighting that has been going on tor some time. There are certain leaders in the State who seem to think that the most favorable condition for them to prosper in is to keep up the fac? tional fight, and the suggestion is made that if the Legislature meets and acts there can then be a renewal of political hostilities, or at least the intimation is that there is such a chance. Of course it is realized that all who want an extra session are not influenced by such mo? tives and those who suggest the extra session idea do so because they believe it will tend to Bettle the difficulties. One thing seems to be pretty well settled and that is that Governor Evans has no idea under existing circumstances of calling an extra session. As to the registration matter he says that it has always been the intention of the Administration to take an appeal in the case. It was intended from the very first to take the appeal as a matter of prin? ciple. Governor Evans says that it might be very well to take the appeal before the Circuit Court, but it Is not his intention to have the issue heard by a partisan Court if it can be avoided. All of the County Supervisors of registration have been advised that they are expected to keep their offices open for the registra tic n of all who apply on the first Monday of June. The advices extend to Super? visor Green, of this County, and the Ad? ministration would not be averse to his being arrested in order that contempt proceedings may be brought. With such orders it is reasonable to expect that all of the offices will be opened on the next registration day.?News and Courier. Rice and Tomatoes. The News and Courier has been urging the farmers of the South, for years, to ex? periment fairly with upland rice for home and market purposes, as we were assured ?that the crop would pay better than cot? ton or corn or wheat where It could be grown on favorable soil, and would make a most valuable addition to the stock of family provisions under any conditions, as any farmer could grow enough for a year's supply for his household and farm wants. Our correspondent at Ridge Springs reports that the new crop has been adopted in Edgefield Connty, and we are sure that it will thrive and spread rapidly from that progressive agricultural centre. He says: "A number of farmers are going to plant the upland rice throughout the county. Those who have tried it succeed? ed well, the greatest trouble being to have it prepared for use. That trouble will be obliterated, as there will probably be two or three mills put up this summer to grepare the rice for table use. Mr. Sim oriey, on the Little Saluda, made four barrels of rice for his own use and put up five hnndred quarts of tomatoes. He is a small farmer, and, of course, put them up without machinery and for family use. He found such ready sale for the tomatoes that he Bold quite a number of cans, and sayB he could have sold thou? sands just as easily as hundreds If he had had them." Mr. Corley's experience proves all that we have claimed for the crop. Four bar? rels of rice will be enough and more than enough for his family and farm use for a year, and he will have rice to sell besides. Others who have tried the same crop in the same county have also "succeeded well" with it, and are presumably well satisfied with the results of their enter? prise, as their neighbors propose to follow their example. The difficulty about hav? ing the grain prepared for use has disap? peared with the planting of enough of the grain to warrant the building of a mill, and it is probably safe to say that Edge field County will soon make all the rice it needs for home consump'ion.?News and cov,r\er, i Look Ort 1 Editors Anderson Intelligencer t Just as I expected the Farmers' Movement has dropped its candy. Its motto was eqnal rights to all, special privileges to none?should not interfere with religious or political principles. It has not taken any case into Church yet for trial, but some of the members of the Farm era' Movement do not see how a man can have religion and not vote for the nominee. I claim that a man cannot be a Democrat and belong to the Move? ment, fur patriotism is not known in it. You have got to vote for the man they bribg out or your vote is null and void. I belonged to it until it got up the Move? ment, and now I have to stand on Jor? dan's banks and east a willing eye to see it float out of existence and sink in 1896. So good, so far. Now, let us take up our little Governor, who claims to have a good deal of Gen. Mart, about him, but Gen. Mart, always held his candy, let it be wrong or right. Gov. Evans has gone back to 1865. Atter the most bloody struggle for a principle in the history of the world, South Caro? linians laid down their arms and accepted in good faith the results of the war. It was overpowered faith. The Constitu? tional Convention, so much wanted by some, will bring the same daya back tbat lasted from 1865 to 1876. The brain that took charge of the State in 1676 devised a plan by which they could keep up a white man's government under the pres? ent Constitution, which is good enough, and it would be wise at this time for us all to think so, as the present Constitu? tion says every man, white or black, 21 years of age, who has not been debarred of the .'right by orime, shall vote for dele? gates to a Constitutional Convention, and as the registration law is a home-made affair, how can it stand in a Court that is founded on justice? This same law has been before the Courts once before, and good Democrats?an ties, at that?saw it would not do to have it struck out, the State being in the hands of those with too much pride and love for white su? premacy had it stopped. They could not have done it, thougb, had a Constitu? tional Convention been called. Gov. Evans says the people of South Carolina have always been law-abiding and re? spect the Constitution and Courts of the United States. He surely has been ab? sent for some time. I have lived in South Carolina 43 years, and I never have read of as mnoh violation of law as I have in the last two years. In regard to the Dis? pensary law nearly every man who takes a dram violates tbat law, and I claim the State of South Carolina has violated the law as vile as any man has by going into the dispensary business. The Constitu? tion of the United States says that no State shall go into a speculative business. Now, when the State Dispensary captures whiskey that any man can buy for $1.50 per gallon, puts it into the dispensary and says you will pay me $3.00 per gallon for it or yon shall not have a drop, the State might just as well buy op all the coffee in the State that we now ubb at four or five pounds to the dollar, and say now if you get any coffee you have to get it from me, and yon shall not have but two pounds for a dollar. That is part of the good the farmers are receiving from those they put in office?the balance will come soon after the Constitutional Convention if we have them to make the laws. Any man that would stump a State, under any name of politics, for the sake of staying in power and holding office, I say shun him as you would a rattlesnake. If I am not mistaken B. R. Tillman said he would do that. B. R. Tillman cares no more for the farmers of South Carolina, only to put him in office, than I do for eating a good dinner when hungry. I have thought Gov. Evans would make v good Governor, from a few letters I have read of his, but if he takes an appeal on the decision of Judge Goff it will cost the State a large sum and then fail, as Judge Goff presides over a Court with much higher power than that of Gov. Evans. He had m uoh better call the Leg? islature together and rescind the call for a Convention. Then peace and harmony would reign, otherwise it will die the death of a dog?I mean the farmers move? ment wagging its tail for office. Bat those who Jump on that cart to ride In should remember that the road is getting rongher and tbe team is getting weaker every day. Gov. Evans says the reform movement had nothing to do with the election and registration laws. I agree with him. The men who made that law knew just how to manage it. Such a pity for the people of South Carolina that they do not control that law now. The amendment that was made on the regis? tration law was so unjust that it took two or three good citizens and a half-dozen lawyers to register one poor negro. I know a man In this community who had never registered; he went to Ander? son to get his bond fixed up; he happen? ed to get two as good men as Anderson had, who did not-belong to the farmers' movement, and what do yon think ??he did not come in. So he cannot vote In the coming election. God speed the day when a man can go into office on his worth and merit, no movement nor po? litical strife in it. No other way can be patriotic I am free to say that Tillman has done more for the people of South Carolina than any Governor who has ever ruled tbe State?he has shown them how easy one man can fool the people of a na? tion. He told them that the State gov? ernment was rotten to the core, and we believed him, and put him in to rule over us, and it has caused more strife between man and man than anything that has ever taken place. Will we go on or stop? It we go into an election for a new Con? stitution under the present condition of affairs, we will be muoh worse off than we were from 1865 to 1876, saying nothing about the trouble we have had since 1890, It Is hard for one rotten thing to wash another and not mix a little, as we have all seen; so we are going to try some? thing new under the head of a son. Gov. Evans has a good deal to Bay about the late war. If he had seen as muoh of it as myself and many others now living, he would be as afraid of war as I am or a loose lion. His words do not suit for a Governor to speak when he says Constitution or no Constitution, law or no law, Court or no Court, the intelli? gent white men of South Carolina intend to govern her. I pray let us get in some of the intelligent white men of the State who are out of office to help govern it, who were smart enough to manage the registration law without letting it go Into Court. I do not like to hear so many appeals to the people, unless the people could hava equal rights all alike. To many these appeals mean those who be? long to the farmers' movement, and they are moving out of it every day. Let the work go on until we can all shake hands over a land of liberty and freedom. Townviixe. ? The hot-headed little Governor of South Carolina has issued a fiery attack on the decision of the federal Circuit court concerning the State registration law. If Judge GofTs decision is to be overruled it will be by the supreme oourt and not by John Gary Evans. The Gov? ernor is making himself ridiculous.? Atlanta Journal. ? Governor Evans, of South Carolina, has gone into eruption. He defies con? stitutions, laws and rights. A persim? mon diet disagrees with him, he is In revolution. If South Carolina will solve the "problem offool?" she will make a long step toward the solution of the "nigger question." Poor S. C! She has suffered grievously from earthquakes and eruptive governors.?Alabama Reaper. NOTICE. ALL parties having business in my office are hereby notified that I will be in my office on Tuesdays and Saturdays and Salesdays. My duties require me to be in the country the rest of the time. Hon. J. E. Breazeale, whose office is ad? joining, will issue checks, file claims, etc, in ny absence. W. P. SNELGROVE, Sup. A. C. The Political Mixture, Columbia State, May 27. The registration laws of South Carolina, which were knocked out by Judge Goff, as all know, were the outcome of the peoullar conditions arising from the re? sults of the late war. In his decision Judge Goff made frequent references to the conditions existing prior to the war and to the cause of the war. Such being the case, it seems a strange coincidence that South Carolina should appear through her attorneys in the capital of the Confederacy now, and present her appeal from Judge doffs mandate, mak? ing her demand for State's rights before a Court of the Union sitting in that capi? tal. Yet such is the case. To-morrow all eyes will be turned upon Richmond, Va., where the legal skirmish over the State's appeal is to take place before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. This more on the part of the State, with the nature of which the readers of the State are familiar, will act somewhat as a check no doubt upon the political moves and counter-moves now being made on the chess board. There is jost enough uncertainty as to the result of the move to cause sufficient donbt in the minds of politicians to make them pursue some? what of a waiting polioy. If the Court should reverse Judge Goff'a decision, then the situation would present a new front entirely, and things would move along different lines. So far, sinoe the rendition of the decision, all have ac? cepted Judge Goff's decision as a finality, and everything has been done with that idea prevailing. The people ot the whole State have been discussing little else, and in many counties things were being got? ten into shape. Even this week, it is un? derstood, moat of the County Executive Committees are to meet and take steps looking towards bringing the white peo Ele together, agreeing upon some equita le basis of division of delegates between the two factions. Edgefield and Rich land are two counties which are to take action this week, unless the polioy be ohanged by this new move. One thing seems certain and that is that no general scheme can be worked no matter what the "basic principles" are, for the condi? tions are so different in the different counties. It may be interesting to the public to know that the State's attorneys will leave for Richmond this afternoon, after hav? ing held a consultation this morning. Yesterday morning General McCrady, associate counsel in the case, accompanied by Mr. Joseph W. Barn well, the Senator ' from Charleston, who, Gov. Evans says, is "of counsel" for the State, arrived in. the city. This afternoon these two gen? tlemen will accompany Assistant Attor? ney General Townsend to Rlohmond, and will make argument on behalf of the State, to have the appeal docketed and have a day set for the hearing. Judge Townsend will also represent the State in the matter of the motion in the Pope Caldwell registration case, to have Super? visor Bedenbaugb, of Now berry, made a Sarty to the suit. Bsdenbaugh spent aturday in the city. Yesterday Gov. Evans was asked what he had to say about this move in the case. He said: "The outlook Is good. You can just say that we are on top and are not fearing the result in the slightest. So far as the Constitutional Convention ia concerned, it doesn't make any difference how this case is decided, the Convention will be held. All the people have got to do Is to remain quiet and listen, and trust to us. We owe it to the people to get this case before the United States Su? preme Court, and have a speedy termina? tion of the matter. We expect to hold this Convention under any circumstan? ces, and in perfect accord "with whatever may be declared to be the law. We pro? pose to hold a Convention in such a man? ner that the Constitution that Is formed will be absolutely valid and beyond all question. We haven't the slightest idea of forming a Constitution that will In any way, shape, or form conflict with the Federal Constitution. Now as to all this talk about an extra session of the Legis? lature, I repeat that I do not intend to call an extra session, unless the necessity is far greater than at present. So far as I am advised now, there Ib not the slightest intention on my part of calling an extra session." The Republicans, by whioh Is meant all the negroes and a small sprinkling of white men, are lying pretty quiet Just now, yet at the same time going ahead and quietly pulling their forces together. In fact this statement was made by State Chairman Melton of one wing of the party yesterday. So far as this appeal Is concerned, the Republican leaders are not worrying themselves about the result at all. 'they say that the proceedings is in such a shape that the bench of the Court of Appeals will decline to take J oriBdiction. They hold that the proceed? ings already held are simply on a rule to show cause, and the issuing of a tempora? ry in) unction, and are matters strictly in the discretion of the judge issuing the order. Captain Melton yesterday said that, if they deemed it advisable, they were now ready to see that every Supervisor in the State is stopped from registering voters next Monday, under regular legal pro? ceedings. Aa ia known, Gov. Evans has instructed all these Supervisors to hold their offices open, and go ahead as if Jndge Goff s order had never been issued. It has been a serious question as to what effect Judge Goff a decision would have upon the members of Congress elected at the last general election, and it is known that several of the members elect of Congress are somewhat appre? hensive. Captain Melton, who is con? testing Wilson's seat, yesterday said that they did not propose to do anything at all In regard to this matter till Congress met; then perhaps a resolution would be introduced in both houses whioh would cause somewhat of a stir. He said fur? ther, if one of the Congressmen-elect was unseated, all would be as a matter of course. Captain Melton said again that the Re? publicans of the State were now devoting a good deal of their attention to getting ready for the meeting of the National Republican League, which takes place in Cleveland next month. He says there will be upwards of 2,000 delegates there, and South Carolina will have a full dele? gation. Soon after this meeting, when the proper authority has been given, they will proceed to organize Republican Lea? gues throughout South Carolina, inde? pendently of clubs organized for mixing in local politics. Two Lives Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, 111. was told by her doctors she had Con? sumption and that there was no hope for her, nut two bottleB of Dr. King's New Discovery completely oured her and she Bays it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eg<ers. 189 Florida St. San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching Con? sumption, tried without result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thankful. It is such results, of which these are samples, that prove the wonderful efficaoy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at Hill Broj. Drug Store' Regular size 60c. ana $1.00. Old People. Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other Intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding Nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old People fi nd it j ust exactly what they n eed. Price fifty cents per bottle at Hill Bros. Drug Store. CTfl MARKET, THE undersigned have this dar formed a copartnership for the purpose of conducting a FIEST CLAS3 MEAT. FISH, OYSTER, VEGETABLE and PRODUCE MAEKET. We expect to fur? nish all the tables In the "city," from the richest to the poor. It Is our aim, once you are our custom? er always one. We propose to handle nothing but the very best, and furnish everything that can be Erocured, and should we, by oversight or otherwise, sell you anything that la not satisfactory, send it ack at our expense, as we would think you meant to treat us just by so doing, instead of keeping the goods and complaining to yourself or your neighbors that we were unscrupulous people and did not care what kind of goods we palmed otf on our customers. We expect to merit your trade by honest and satisfactory dealing, and we feel confident that we will get it. We have just given an order throagb that reliable firm, G. F. Toll y <fc Son, for a large and commodious Butchers Refrigerator, guaranteed to keep meats IS to 20 days. Therefore, we will be ablo to give you good ripe Meats all through the hot 8ummer, as everybody knows that Meat fresh killed is not fit for immediate usa. We have also given an order for an Electric Motor, with which we expect to start early in the Fall the manufacture of ail kinds of Sausage, for wholesale or retail trade. We have also ordered Fans, by which to keep our place cool and free from file*, for if there is anything that disgusts trade more than anything on earth It is to enter a market and find the meats and vegetables covered with files. A word to the good ladies r,nd housekeepers and we are done for the present with this our intro? ductory. We don't know whether every good housewife is cognizant of the fact or not. but there is nothing more annoying or perplexing to tho average husband than to be troubled with the duties of buying the eatables for the daily supply of the table. So the husbaud whose good wife takes that care off his hands is fortunate indeed. Happily there are not a great many of that kind, for we have quite a number of good lady customers who come and select their Meats, Ac, with as much taste and talent as some of the professional buyers of t^large city hotels, and we must say it is a pleasure to watt on them, for when they make their ? .n selections we feel that there will be no complaint of anything not giving satisfaction. So, good ladles, lay aside your embarrassing ideas and relieve your husbands of this arduous duty which, while ho hates, he does without a murmur, yet at the same time he de? spises Remember that this is a progressive age, and that the good wives of husbands in large cities have been for years taking their baskets and going to the markets for their dally supply of meats, veg? etables, Ac. And remember there are no rich husbands in Anderson who are able to hire butlers, Ac, to do this buying for them, for as thrifty as our little city is there is not a rich man in it. And re? member, again, that the good women of this fair land are engaging in every pursuit of life, thereby throwing them in contact with the world, and while it may seem Indecent to some, we glory in the spunk of the giri that can get out and provide for herself, for tho day has come when husbands, as a rule, are no good, thereby making marrlaga a failure in deed as well as in truth, for our heart goes out for the good and innocent girl that marries a pair ot pants. So we beg you to visit our handsome place, and we guarantee that while you are there that there will be nothing done or said that will cause the blush of shame to come to your cheek. You shall bo treated as nice and polite as if you were in the grandest dry goods emporium in the State. Hoping to be favored with your patronage we are bore to please the Ladles, feelioe confident that as to the Gentlomen that when you please the La d'.es that they are more than pleased. Very respectfully, BUTLER & FOWLER. REMEMBER, Wl bay for CWa ejerythlDg that C*a bo aold in this market, Faacy prices paid for loal-fat Ca tUo. ***** &?f. ' isOfi; THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE CO., OF NEWARK, W. 3. Special and Peculiar Advantages of a Mutual Benefit Policy which are not Combined in the Policies of any other Company. LARGE ANNUAL DIVIDENDS, which may be uaed in Cash Reduction of Pre? miums, or applied to tbe purchase of paid up participating insurance payable with the Policy. EQUITABLE SURRENDER VALUES which are indorsed on the Policy, bo that the Insured can ?top paying Premiums without loss by forfeiture. L A LIBERAL CASH SURRENDER VALUE. 2. EXTENDED INSURANCE in the full amount of the Policy for as long a pe? riod as the value of the policy will pay for at low term rates. 3. A PAID UP POLICY for a reduced amount payable whenever death occurs. CASH JLOANS are made up to tbe Cash Surrender Value when a satisfactory as? signment of the Policy is made an collateral security. The Insured may thus preveat the lapse of the Policy if he happens to be short of funds; or he may secure a cash loan to meet any sudden emergency. If the Insured forgets to pay a Premium on the day it is due, his insurance ia continued in force by the Company WITHOUT AC? TION ON HIS PART. If he is well, he has three years' time in which to revive the Policy by payment of arrears of Premiums with interest; while if be ia sick, or unable to pay the Premium, he is protected by his Extended Insurance. Polioies are Incontestable after the Second Year. M, M. MATTISON, Manager for South Carolina, (successor to Webb & Mattison.) ANDERSON, S. C. fi&- FIRE INSURANCE also written, and at rates 15 to 33 per cent less than by other agauta. WE WILL MOVE THINGS LIVELY During the Summer months with low prices! See our Splendid Line of* Prints, Ginghams, Outings, Dimities, Percales, AND OTHER SEASONABLE DRY GOODS. We have a splendid line of SHOES?Cheap. In Men's Shoes we offer from the cheapest Brogans to Miles Celebrated Hund sewed goods. We can please you in these goods, both in quality and price. As usual we are Itleadquarters Tor Groceries. We dell Ballard'a Fine Flour, Eingan's Pure Lard, and the finest as well as the cheapest grades of Coffee and Tobacco. COFFEE?Six Pounds to the Dollar. TOBACCO?5c. per Plug, or 25c. per Pound. BR0WNi.EE & VANDIVER8. SHOES, SHOES, SHOES! THE YATES SHOE CO. Have now begun Business at the old stand of GOSSETT & BROWN, UNDER MASONIC TEMPLE, WHERE you will find a large Stock of- Goods of all tbe latest styles, and embracing all kinds, to suit tike rich and the poor. We propose to sell all our Goods at VERY SMALL PROFITS, and to cell for CASH. Therefore, we shall be able to give you Goods at unheard of prices in this city. We are just finding out the wants of the people, and in a very short time shall have the largest Stock of Shoes in Anderson. Call and examine our Stock, which shall be supplied daily from our larger Charleston House. All Goods guaranteed as represented. MR. JAMES B. MOOR.:, Manager. MB. MAX CRAYTON, Assistant, formerly with Gossel & Er.wn. To the People who Know TJs, To the People who don't Enow Us, TO EVERYBODY, ONE AND ALL. - WE ARE - SELLING GOODS CHEAP FOR THE CASH. d. P. SLOAN & CO. OLD BACHELORS CaNNOT fully appreciate the elegant assortment of Fancy and Fami? ly Groceries, Canned Goods, Confectioneries, Tobacco, Ci? gars, other Goods, that we are displaying on our shelves and counters, but we? WANT WIVES, And Housekeepers, especially, to come and see the nice things we can furnish them for their tables. We have the goods, guarantee them to be pure and fresh, and the prices VERY LOW. Give ua a call. Gr. F. BIGBY. TOO LARGE! -AND Must be REDUCED! -Our Entire Stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE. THEREFORE, during the Summer months we will. a Offer Special Inducements In all our Departments to those wish? ing to buy. Our Stock is LARGE and well-assorted, and comprise Full lines of. DEY GOODS and NOTIONS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS, CLOTHING, &c, GROCERIES and HARDWARE. Also, a big lot of. HOES and EUREKA CULTIVATORS. Come and see us and get our prices. Yours truly, BROWN, OSB?RNE & CO. TWO WAYS OF MAKING MONEY! First?Get a Job in a Mint. Second?Buy your Groceries of THE TEAPOT1 THIS IS NO JOKE, as those who are our customers will testify. We call atten? tion this week to a few of our Specialties :? Finest Parched or Ground COFFEE. Finest TEAS. Finest BUTTER. Finast FLOUR?(Grandeur)?in Barrels, half Barrels and Sacks. Finaat CANNED GOODS of all varieties. . , Remember, wo will put Qfl sale to-day twenty-five oaies hand-packed TOMATOES at 8i. per can, J. A< AV6IW * v<>< I Phyricians' Prescriptions Should be prepared wiih the grtatest care, and thin is not the only particular point to watch in euch delicate work In order to get the beat results and prompt action, and to give entire sat ihfaction to i he Physician, be sure that your drugs are perfectly Pure and Fresh. Tbat they have not laid upon the hbelves for unontbs and years before being called for. We have an entire new stock of Fresh Drugs and Pure Chemicals, and we are receiving fresh supplies to replenish what has been used. Send us your Prescriptions. EVANS' PHARMACY. A NAT! $ Ideas. $ Enterp] $ Politeness $ Capital. $ duality. $ SUCCESS. EVANS' PHARMACY. II THE DISPENSARY CLOSED! As usual, at Bix o'clock to-day, but that cuts no figger with the Bargains we daily give the Public. WE are the Dispensers of BEST GOODS at LOWEST PItIf ES. Our trade ia con stantly improving?the beat evidence of our popularity. . i f!&S?Ei& ?ants M 80me gentlemen do, you want to buy some of our pretty styles of COTTONADES and JEANS. If not. you want a neat Spring Dres/made of our pretty CHALLIES, DIMITY, CHAMBRAY or light CALICOES. We bav?J an elegant line of? ? Dress Goods, White Goods, Hats, Shoes, & Opera Slippers. We are cranks on J K. No. 2 COFFEE and LITTLE REAPER TOBACCO, Jost because our customers are- They never had an equal. o?8.^hen, yo?nee^ the best FLOUR and the cheapest MOLASSES on ths. market, SUGAR, CORN, RICE and TOBACCO. Yours for Trade, _ DEAN & RATLJFFE. - ?? DON'T BE MISLED! THE SMITH HARPER HOES tire the best on the market, and are sold only by. BROCK BROS. Don't be persuaded into buying Hoes that are said to be just as goodr but come straight to us and get the genuine article. Every one guaranteed not to pull off the handle or break under ordinary use. Genuine Terrell Scrapes, Victor Heel Sweeps and Wings, And the Genuine Terrell Cultivators, Always in Stock at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PftlCE, and everrtiunj; else that is kept by? A FIRST CLASS HARDWARE STORE. Call and see us before you buy?we will make it interesting for you. Yours always truly, BROCK BROS. BUTTER MILK SOAP! 5c. A. CAKE, ? AT ? ORR ?Sc SLCXAJSPS THE LADIES' STO?E Cordially invite all to come and see the Grandest Display of Goods ever brought to this market? consisting of the greatest variety of SILKS, VELVETS, DRESS COODS, Of every style and color, ranging from 6c. to $2.00 per yard. MILLINERY of every description. HATS from 10c up to |7.00. YANKEE NOTIONS and all the prettiest NOVELTIE3 thatcoald be bought from an experience of twenty-one years, backed by good judgment and supported by While in the market our buyer spared no pains to hunt up all the NOVELTIES at the LOWEST PRICES. We challenge prices and defy competition, and beg all to come and be convinced. We will take pleasure in showing Goods, and if you are pleased will be delighted to sell you. Respectfully, HISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. COLLECTION FOR? THE POOR, DIVIDED with the RICH. WHAT 1 never heard of that before ? No matter, we are doing it just the same. For every gallon of OIL sold by us there's 2i or 7i cents put into the pockets of either a poor man'or saved to increase the pile of the rich. The wealthy may enjoy this additional increase, but to the poor it is meat, and bread, and clothing. Philanthropic, you say! For your kind opinion we thank you?trust we deserve it" But there's another considera? tion? We Must Advertise, 53 Or be consigned to oblivion and the Poor House. In what better way can we speak to the people than through those who burn OIL. We intend to keep our name on the end of every tongue in Anderson, and to do so we will sell you? 150 Fire Test, Pure Water White At 13c. per gallon, or 12 l-2c lor two gals.lup. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. If you want more Oil than your Can will hold, we can give you tickets for the balance. Will you burn your hard-earned cash, or will you preserve it for future reference ? Yours always truly, *&* One pound ButterlHoulds 15o,