The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, July 24, 1895, Image 2

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Anderson Meliigenc er. m. AJ PUBL/SHKI) EVERY WEDNESDAY. J. F. CLINKSCALES,) Editors and O. 0.DANGSTON, i Pkopri etobs TERMS: \ OKS YEAR_...50 SIX MONTHS...... 75 TOPNESDAY, JULY 24, 1895. Tlllman, Irby and Evans have been nominated In their respective Counties as delegates to the Constitutional Conven? tion. m m m A Brooklyn woman Is Bueing for a divorce on the ground that the husband ?? doesn't talk to her enough. -May be he hasn't a chance. - m ? m* Benjamin Harrison has broken the ' silence as regards the presidency. He has said that under no oiroumstances will he become a candidate for that offlee. Hon. W. D. Evans, president of the State Alliance, has published a notice postponing the annual meeting of the State Alliance from July 24 toAugust 28. >r. Wm, M. Grior is a candidate for the~CoHstitutio;3al Convention in Abbe? ville County. The voters of our neighbor County could not send a better man to the Convention. There are in Early County, Georgia, according to a local newspaper, six men over 100 years old, the oldest being 103. . They are said to be all hale and strong, audio work in the fields regularly six days a week. Electricity and the bicycle may drive the noble horse, the faithful mule and the steady ox to the roar, but no mechanical substitute will ever supplant the humble cow. When milking time comes, bicy? cles are not in it. A conglomeration of Democrats, Re? publicans and Populists of Georgia met In Griffin last week to settle the finance question. The meeting amounted to '.nothing more than an explosion of gas from a lot of politicians. Gov. Evans has offered a big reward <br the arrest of the person or persons who killed Constable Pettigrew in Spar tanburg recently. He should also offer a reward for the person or persons who murdered Fisher and his companion. Some say ' what is needed to secure honest elections is to have honest men ' appointed to' hold them. That is right;' | To do so. we zaust get honest officers 'higher up. And to do that must have election laws that will not hide rascality. President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern Railway, aaya that there is absolutely no truth in the reported pur? chase of the Seaboard Air Line by. the Southern, and Vice-President St. John, of the Seaboard Air Ltae, as emphatically ; denies it. , An exchange nays, that a clergyman lately addressed his female audience as follows: "Be not proud that our blessed Lord paid your sex the distinguished honor of appearing first to a female after the resurrection, for it was only done that the glad tidings might be spread the sooner. The News and Courier la to be congrat? ulated on account of Its improved ap? pearance. The new type-setting ma I chines and the latest improved Hoe printing press have been added to the office, and the, paper is now up to the 'times in every respect. May it continue to prosper. ' Under advice of the Attorney General the Supervisors of Registration have been instructed to keep their books open on the first Monday in August. The Con? stitutional-Convention el action is a special und not a regular one, consequently the books can not be closed as provided by law in general election years.' ,'"^*Bhe "pugs?' are having a hard time to find /a place for a fight; The Attorney General of Texas has decided that the Corbett-Filzsimmons mill cannot take place in that State, and now the brutes are talking of a place somewhere in Lake Erie. At the bottom would be the proper caper, their feet wall weighted with rocks. Voto for no delegate to the Constitu? tional Convention who is not in favor of | referring his work back to the people for ratification. The men who will compose the Convention are the servants of the people and not their bosses, and the peo? ple have the right to pass judgment upon their work. The delegate who is not willing to do this Is not a proper man to send to the Convention. In another column we publish an ad? dress to the voters of Anderson County issued by the Conservative Democrats. It speaks for itself, but we urge the intel? ligent voters to givo it careful considera? tion, for the approaching primary is out? side of Democratic practice and proce? dure. In a Democratic primary, only those who are known to be Democrats are allowed the privilege-of voting, but Irby's Committee, without any authority whatever, has ordered that every white man, be ho Populist, Republican, Social? ist or Anarchist, be given the privilege of participating in that election. Take , the advice given in the address, keep your hands clean, and at the general elec? tion exercise your discretion. The Washington correspondent of the Newsxind Courier says Erskino College, at Due West, S. C, has been put upon the .list of institutions that receive copies of | ?11 Government publications, becoming in this respect a depository of public documents. The number of institutions upon this favored list is not large, and Erakine la to be congratulated, for many of the most important publications by the Government are printed in limited editions, and are to be had only on spe? cial distribution by the Government, no provision being made for their sale. An institution once on the list remains there, as the policy of the Government is to have fixed places where its publications l may be seen in complete sets. That farming in the South pays when properly conducted is demonstrated by the experience of a cotton factor in Au? gusta, who during the past fifteen years has made advances to and dealt with over 3,000 planters, white and black, educated and uneducated, in fourteen counties of Georgia and six of South Carolina. Dur? ing this period he has seen many hun? dreds of cases in which a farmer would commence without a cent of cash, or any equipment, hire an animal, rent a farm from some land owner, and make enough the first year to pay the rental and buy the animal, while in another year he could buy another horse or mule, or make the first cash payment upon the land, and within a few more years would 'own all the land he wanted and be draw ?log several hundred dollars a year in profits, ^ _ 1 A few days ago we heard one of the /candidates for the Constitutional Conven? tion say that the present Constitution of South Carolina was not referred back to the people for ratification after its adop? tion. In this statement he is mistaken, and we refer him to the Ordinance adopt? ed by the Convention itself "to provide for the ratification of the Constitution," etc. The Constitution was framed in March, 1SG8, and in April following was ratified by those who wore qual? ified to vote. This candidate further claimed that a number of States in the Union had framed their Constitu? tions and adopted them without submit? ting them to the people for ratification, but when pressed to name then he could not do so. We have took some pains to carefuly investigate the question and have consulted some of the oldest members of the Anderson Bar (who should bo good authority), and they tell us that they never heard of a State Constitution being adopted without being ratified by the people. Such a thing is against a Repub? lican form of government; it is a strike at the liberties of the people who com? pose the government. Tillman, Irby <fc Co., however, have decreed that the Constitution to be framed for South Carolina next September shall not be referred to the people for ratification, and all the candidates who are running in the primary election, we are told, are on that platform. This is a serious matter, and our people should think about it. Shall we entrust all of our rights, liberties, property and even cur lives to a few men who shall make the fundamental laws to govern us for perhaps generations to come ? No, never. It is too much power to delegate to any set of men, no matter how upright and honorable they may be. The men who will compose the Constitu? tional nCovention are the servants of the people, and the people have a right to pass judgment upon their work. If the men who are elected to the Convention frame a just, equitable and honest Con? stitution, there need be no fear that it will not receive the support and vote of every true Carolinian. AN ADDRESS T? THE VOTERS OF AN / DERSON COUNTY. The Conservative Democrats in Con? vention assembled having petitioned the Committee cdminonly known as the "Irby Executive Committee" to recom? mend to the voters of the County an equal division of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention as a means of subserving the best interests of our people, and this Com? mittee, having refused as requested to grant such petition, the undersigned were appointed a Committee to issue an address to the voters of the County setting out the following as the views of the said Conservative Democratic Convention: I. .That all voters who have lost faith In the Primary Election ordered by the Irby Executive Committee as a fair and untrammelled method of nominating candidates for the Constitutional Conven? tion are hereby urgently requested to refuse to participate in the primary to be held on the 30th instant, in order to hold themselves free to vote in the general election oh the 2Cth August according to their best judgement and .conception of | the fitness of candidates for the Important position of Delegates to the Constitution? al Convention. , II. That while euch voters will not be bound to Bupport any man not of their choice, yet a ticket will be nominated in open mass meeting of voters sympathis? ing with these vie ws^for the cor: si deration of all such voters.. That these nominations will be made In the interest of all our people, regardless of past factional asso? ciations, and with an eye single to the qualifications of the individual nominee. That the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention should be men pre-eminent for ability, safe in counsel, strong in ar? gument, in firmno.33 unyielding, in mod? eration wise, whose devotion to their State is unfailing. Such men will be made our standard-bearers. III. That in legi slation so momentous and far reaching in its results to our lives, our liberties and our property, and to the welfare of our posterity, as will be enacted In this Convention, it Is not the part of wisdom or. of prudence to delegate to any mentor set of men, the supreme authority of acting absolutely and finally for us; and we are unalterably committed to the requirement that the candidates we vote for shall pledge us their sacred words of honor to use their best endeav? ors to have any Constitution adopted by the Convention referred back to the peo? ple for their ratification or rejection. The created should never exceed in power the source of its creation. The Convention should not be greater than the people. IV. That we conjure every voter to abide by the convictions ot his own mind and the dictates of his own conscience and assert his individuality at this great crisis in our history. It is infinitely bet? ter to be an independent in manhood than a dependent in politics; and it is better to resist what we believe to be wrong and lose than to acquiesce and not win. V. That we stand for a peaceful and friendly contest and a fair ballot, and sincerely hope that the right and the true may prevail, whether it be in those we oppose or in ourselves. John K. Hood, Chairman, John C. Gaktt,x James H, Hutchinson, Committee. Anderson, S. C, July 23rd, 1895. A Genuine Reformer Speaks. Mr. Editor : As a poor farmer, I desire a little space in the ever old reliable In? telligencer to say a few words about the approaching Constitutional Conven? tion and the state of affairs generally. As you well know, I have been identified with the "farmer's movement," or rather Ben Tillman'a movement, ever since it first originated, and though you and I differed on this question, I have continued to take your paper and read it with inter? est, for, as a County paper, it has no equal in the State. I thought you were honest in your views and entitled to express them. I took the same liberty for my? self, and I believe you gave me credit for being honest. During the past few months, however, I have begun to let the scales drop from my eyes, and have come to the conclusion that we poor farmers, under the name of the "farmer's movement," have been the worse deceived people and the biggest fools that have ever existed on the face cf God's earth. Ben, Tillman told us that we needed reform in our 8tate government. We be? lieved him, and what has been the result ? To day our State government is in a worse condition than it was in Scott's and Moses' day. The masses of our people are being led around by their noses by a few ring sters and demagogues just as the negroes were in Radical days. Ben. Tillman made a great war on the lawyers, and said for us to turn our backs upon tbem, kick them out and put farmers in their posi? tions. What has been the result? To? day wo have more little one horse lawyers who were nearly starving for want of clients prior to lb90 in office, and we have more offices than ever existed before to put them in. Ben. Tillman said be was going to re? duce taxes. Every tax-payer knows that they have been increased. Has Tillman reformed anything or done any good to the people? No, on the contrary he has done us great injury. Prior to 1890, we had peace and happiness among onr peo? ple ; any true Democrat could run for an office in the primary election, and if he was competent and worthy he could be elected, for we could then vote for whom we pleased. Is that the condition to-day ? No, for competency and worthiness are not recognized. The biggest fool in the County can run for office, and all that is required to elect him is to endorse Till? man. The State ring makes its slate, the little County ring makes its slate, and we poor voters in the country "plow on" and swallow the dose just as it is administered to us without a murmur. Now these rings have forced a Constitutional Convention upon us. I was opposed to it, for the sim? ple reason I did not think it necessary. Who will select the delegates to go to that Convention ? The little office-holding and office-seeking ringaters. And we country voters are ordered to walk up to the pofis and vote for them in the primary election. These delegates have been se? lected by fings, we venture to say, in four fifths of the Counties of the State. It has been done by a little clique of six or eight men in Anderson, and three ofthat clique are announced as candidates. This can't be denied, for it is a fact that can be proven. My brother country mon, are we going to submit to such things any longer ? Have we no right as free men to vote for whom we please without being dictated to by a little caucus of six or eight men ? I think we have, and for that reason will not go Into any primary election, where we would be forced to vote a * slate" ticket. And I thank heaven I am not alone in this posi? tion, for I could name a dc zen men in my community who, like myself, have been deceived by Tillman and his ring, who I say they are not going to be bossed any longer. We, too, will not support any man as a delegate to the Convention who is not willing to refer the Constitution back to the people for ratification. Now, Mr. Editor, I suggest that a mass meeting of the people be called at once to select a ticket to be voted for in the gene? ral election, and that ticket to be com? posed of worthy and competent men, who are not bound by any ring or faction I am no office-seeker?never have been, and never will be, Mr. Editor. I have simply expressed my views as a poor, humble citizen. We certainly need reform now, and I can truthfully sign myself, A Genuine Reformer "Women's Rights." I am very sorry, dear Intelligencer, that the advocates of "women's rights" are the women themselves. The conviction abides with me that it is a very serious mistake. It puts them in a new position relatively to feminine virtue. It is at a loss of delicacy to claim what it has always been considered manly, in culti? vated communities, to surrender to wo ? man. The whole circle ot honors are hers by spontaneous overture, to which is added the guaranty that she shall be protected in the possession of them. Being overtured, they are hers to accept, but not to claim. By asserting her rights she virtually disclaims protection in the exercise of mom. In this campaign, she quietly assumes that the gallantry of men will concede to her those rights which she could not exercise without their generosity. She utilizes his gallan? try, but ignores bis devotion. To demand what is generously offered is childish- j ness. ' To claim a right which it was con? sidered honorable to decline, is bad taste ?an impropriety. It is to treat disre? spectfully the honorable devotion of men. It is an offense to virile sensibilities, which it is considered dishonorable to resent. The effect is to lower the esti? mate of female character and thus silently to consign bold and clamant women to lower uses than the high and honorable regard in which they were wont to be held. It is, therefore, both a regret and a surprise that she now proposes to assert rights which were originally hers, but which it is a womanly delicaoy and good sense to decline. I am very sure, that the truly modest women of the South do not covet the voting franchise. It is only a few ambi? tious women, who, forgetful of that native modesty which is the highest ornament of woman, seek to engross both feminine and masculine powers. But they will lose both. Ambitious women have never been loved. They have lost that meek? ness and grace which both attracts and rules civilized men. I have noticed this loss of grace in some speeches made in advocating woman suffrage. Thus it is said: "One woman is worth three meu in all uplifting re? forms." Ah! the beauty of that coronet faded before it was worn. "Let' another praise thee," &c. Even if it was a compli? ment from man, it was bestowed upon virile qualities assumed, at a fearful loss of* nobler virtues. Speaking of public abuses, it is said, "woman suffrage would correct all* this." Grace and meekness, have ye fled ? Is it because yo are desert? ing us. that the gallantry and respeot of men have sunk a degree or two; that petty neglects and insults in publio con? veyances are far more common than formerly in some parts of the country; that more loudness, freedom and license in the presence of ladies have come ? Is it for this reason that a "Woman's Pro? tective Association" muBt be formed ? Did you ever hear of suoh a thing before ? Woman proposing to prosecute for insult before a Court? Why, Intelligenoer, the "New Woman" has doffed her mod? esty and put on boldness. Before women became bold, petty insults were rarities and were quickly resented by men. But when they began to decline the protec? tion of men and assert their rights, men became careless. "Woman's Protective Association," indeed ! And how would the ladies bring "rascals," as they style them, to justice? Would not the sweet modesty of women suffer terribly in a case of litigation where the "rascal" could easily buy counsel and retort very dam? aging inuendoes and manufactured pro-, vocations, such as would ruin hor charac? ter? Woman is helpless in society with? out that modesty which is her most powerful defence. Woman - in Court! Contending for character! when only a breath of scandal taints her name. The least publicity, the least scandal. She is an air plant, but slightly attached to the soil, yet most expansive, clinging, floral, fragrant, fructiferous, the world's orna? ment. Touched In reputation the plant dies at the root. And, yet, if she must go into the hustings to vote and make speeches she may expect to have her pure, white character sullied with spots and insults, from which she can never re? cover. If you wish to see publio morality go rapidly down, (and it has already begun to go down), let women lose the profound respect of men by taking positions of publicity and boldness. If you wish to see men dawdle and take liberties, take away the incentives to noble virtue which they draw from holy and immacu? late women. If you wish to see men bidding for housekeepers, in despair of the holy love that makes two one, draw woman away from her secret throne of power. If you wish to have your papers filled yet more with divorce suits and that whole progeny of miseries that accompany them?family scandals di? vulged and sins made publio that ought to be covered, waifs forsaken or commit? ted to strange hands, take woman to the front, in polical campaigns, on public platforms, in the pulpit, in the legislature, to waste all "her sweetness on the desert air," and transform herself from a nymph to a Nymph as. Then the insult to the divine order of things will begin speedily to be avenged on the country. D. E. P. There are no Millions in it. Coltjmeia, July 16.?A great many plans have been used to relieve the com? petition of the' blind tigers" to the dis? pensary. Some of the plans have met with some degree of success, while others have signally failed. It is a notorious fact that the dispensary is not making the money that it was expected to make. It has not yet reached the ?200,000 mark, and perhaps after it has been shown that there are not "millions in it" it may be decided to run the dispensary more on the moral scale than heretofore, as it may be that it is proposed to cut off as much of the opposition as possible. Whatever may be the case it is announced that the dispensary will, after the 1st of August, sell its liquor cheaper than at present. The new schedule of prices has not yet been published, but it is understood, on the quiet, to be about a 10 per cent, re? duction. Commissioner Mixson has gone North on a little trip, and when he returns to Columbia will be ready for the expected rush of fall business. Sheppard, who was sent to the Peniten? tiary by Judge Townsend, is likely to be a central"figure in the most important case. His case is being prepared for an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The point is now being made, upon the authority of the case of Mackin vs. the United States, that a person can? not be imprisoned in a penitentiary ex? cept for an infamous crime, and that con? tempt is not an infamous crime. It is argued that this is one of the strongest points in the Sheppard case. He was simply charged with violating an order of injunction and that it cannot possibly be made an infamous crime. It is stated that the Penitentiary au? thorities, as soon as Sheppard is able to get out of the prison hospital, will put him in stripes and clip his hair. Those who have looked into the matter say that this will be altogether unwarranted, and that if the matter had been called to the attention of Judge Townsend he would have made it plain that Sheppard was not to be imprisoned as an ordinary criminal. One of the lawyers, who looked into the matter from curiosity, said that if Super? intendent Neal were to write to the At? torney General that he would very soon be advised that he has no authority to put stripes on Sheppard, and that he would make himself personally liable to damages by cutting Sheppard's hair, putting him in stripes or subjecting him to any indignities. It has been repeatedly decided that suits for damages will hold in all such cases, where there is an un? lawful exercise of authority. Mr. John McMaster, who is in chargo of Sheppard's case, has not yet aeoided what he will be able to do for his client. ?News and Courier. ? Russia takes drastic measures with labor troubles. An English mill direotor was murdered by the mill hands recently at Ivanovno, in the Government of Vladi? mir. His severity so enraged them that they tore his body limb from limb. Twenty of the ringleaders will be hanged or shot to prevent the repetition of such scenes in future, New York Capitalists Watching Col. Boone's Movements. Mr. Charles J. Pogue was the hand? somest looking man on the streets yester? day, lie is just back from Washington and New York and was togged in an up to-date fashion. He said he was surprised to learn how universally known Col. Boone is in both Washington and New York, and the fact that he is engaged in a railroad enterprise. It is a solemn fact that heavy capitalists are keeping both eyes on Boone and his enterprise. They consider him one ot the most successful railway promoters in America and un? hesitatingly say so, and tbey are as confi? dent as Boone himself seems to be that he will put the road to a full realization. They understand that if his mad is a go that it means the L. <fc N. for Knoxville also, and that future promise of the Mar? ble City is very bright indeed. But the most encouraging and interest? ing man he met was a gentleman from Anderson. S. C. He met him on a train and he said that when the people in South Carolina heard how unanimously they bad voted $200,000 of shares of stock to Boone's enterprise, they simply went wild all along the line. Judging from past experiences, dating over a century of time, they feared old Knoxville would not wake up and endorse the new oppor? tunity presented by Boone, and < that the enterprise would be blocked by apathy and self contentment on this side of the mountains. So the result of the city and county elections on the Boone promoting fund set them on fire with enthusiasm as they have never been before. Capitalists and railroad men in the East, by the way, do not regard Boone's double track scheme as it Is regarded by people In Knoxville. Railroads are doubling tracks everywhere, and all the best roads in the East are already double-tracked. Railroad men realize that the cheapest plan for railway construction from now on is to build a double track at the start. Boone, being thoroughly up-to-date in such matters, has merely sprung an en? terprise a little bigger than the people through whose country it will operate can comprehend and consequently dis? credit. A double track right of way will command railroad capital much more readily than a single track enterprise. Mr. Pogoe says that any Knoxville man may, by a visit among Eastern capi? talists, become thoroughly convinced that if Boone's planB culminate there will follow a period of developments in this section of the South which will mark an era in our history.?Knoxville Tribune, July 14._ Making Ready for Atlanta. Coi/UMniA, July 18.?Commisaloner Roche has gotten the machinery for mak? ing a creditable exhibit for the Atlanta Exposition in good working order. He has had such a large and varied experi? ence that he knows exactly how and when to act, and he is now satisfied, after a careful review of the prospects and per? sonal visits to all parts of the State, that South Carolina will have a creditable ex? hibit. The preliminary work has been well done, and the remainder of the work will have to be done in Columbia and Atlanta for the most part. To-day's express brought in some splendid sheaf oats from Mr. W. S. Sanders, of Ninety-Six, and some fine apples from Mr. M. R. Speig ner. A most encouraging letter was also received from Mr. S. Y. Stribling, chairman of the Oconee commission, announcing that Oconee County could be counted upon to do her share, and that a fine exhibit was now being prepared. Lexington County sent in to-day a por? tion of its cash assessment to Mr. W. A. Clark, chairman of the finance commit? tee. Commissioner Roche sent out to-day the following circular letter to. the com? missioners of the various counties, and it indicates what arrangements have been made with the railroads for the free trans? portation of articles for the exhibit: "DearSir: I have established head? quarters in this city and am now ready to receive contributions to the State ex? hibit at the Atlanta Exposition. Please advise me what artioles may be expected from your County and the approximate quantities of eaoh that will be Bent I am especially anxious to receive at an early date specimens of woods and min? erals, as they will have to be prepared for exhibition. Specimens of building stones, especially granite, must be large enough to be dressed to cubes of eight inches. I have arranged with the railroad companies to bring to Columbia free of charge all artioles intended for the ex? hibit and addressed to me as commis? sioner. Perishable artioles, such as fruit, should, however, be sent by express col? lect. I mail you a package of Bhipping tags to facilitate you in yonr work. Please see that the" blanks are properly filled out before shipping. ' "It is extremely important that I should receive foil and early information as to what your County will do towards mak? ing the State exhibit a success, and I will, therefore, be obliged to you if you will communicate with me at your earli? est convenience. Yours very truly, "E. L. Roche, Commissioner." An Unconvicted Convict. We imagine that there were but few men in the State, whether they were Re? formers or Conservatives, whether they have approved the dispensary scheme or have opposed it, who read the statement telegraphed from Columbia that the Penitentiary officials had clipped William Sheppard's hair and put him in the stri? ped Penitentiary garb, without a feeling of strong indignation. He was sentenced to "imprisonment" in the Penitentiary for no "crime," properly so-called, and was not "convict? ed" of the offence of which which he was charged, contempt of Court. After a hearing before Judge Townsend, on oharges supported by the affidavits of certain constables and policemen he was adjudged by that official to be guilty and was ordered to be confined In the Peni? tentiary for eight months, for "contempt of Court" and for nothing more, and nothing worse. It is an outrage that he should be subjected in these circumstan? ces to the indignity of ^such treatment as is given in the prison to the vilest crimi? nals incarcerated in iL To make the matter clear, it should be noted that on the day belore Sbeppard was humiliated so needlessly, a dispen? sary constable who was Imprisoned by order of Judge Simonton for the same offence, "contempt of Court," was re? moved from one of the county jails to another because, as stated, he was scarce? ly restrained of his liberty in the one in which he was first confined. The offence should be no greater in the one case than in the other, but while Constable Clanton was treated as a guest of the State, Citizen Sheppard was treated precisely. as he would have been treated if he had been convicted of homicide or burglary, or rape, or any other infamous crime. There is no justification for such dis? crimination in the administration of law. The only exense offered for It Is that of the Penitentiary authorities that what was done in Sheppard's case, was "done according to prison rules." The rules of the Penitentiary, however, are not suffi? cient warrant for committing such an outrage on a prisoner in Sheppard's con? dition, and the State authorities, the Governor and the Attorney General, who were fully informed of what was intend? ed, have plainly failed to do their duty in the matter. They should not have allow? ed Judge Townsend's personal prisoner to be subjected to so shameful abuse. It is perfectly safe to say that if Judge Simonton had sent the offending consta? ble to the same prison for the same offence, they would not have allowed the prison officials to shave the constable's head and put the prison garb on him, merely because it was "according to the prison rules." They should not have allowed it in the case of Sheppard. A fund is being raised in Columbia, it is stated, for the purpose of paying the expenses of an appeal in Sheppard's case to the United States Supreme Court, and there are suggestions that the superinten? dent of the prison will have to answer in Court for his ill-advised conduct. We hope that both cases will be pushed to the utmost. If a Judge and a jailer alone can make a felon of any citizen of this State at their pleasure, without the aid of a jury, and for no greater offence than u "contempt of Court," the sooner the fact is known the better for all other citizens of the State who have money enough to leave it.?Newa and Courier. ? Miss Floride Cunningham has been invited to make a speech before the Woman's Congress at the Exposition. Her subject will be "Equal Rights for Women." ? The passage of the Jews through the Red sea is now explained In a manner whioh takes that event out of the list of miracles. General Tulloch, it appears, has recently been conducting a survey for the British government of that part of Egypt through which the route of the exodus was laid, and in one of bis reports be tells of a storm which occurred last spring and whioh reproduced almost identically the conditions under which the Jews are described in the scripture as having escaped from Egypt into the promised land. He says the wind was bo terrific that within a few hours the waters had been swept away out of sight, leaving the vessels stranded high and dry and the Band exposed so that an army might have walked across In perfect safety, More Than He Wanls. From the Greenville News it is learn? ed that Dispensary Constable Crawford, who is stationed at Greenville, issued a challenge a few days ago to Mark Durham, who 1b a brother of Bill Durham, who was killed in the fight near Spartanburg. to select nine other men from among the mountaineers who would fight Crawford and nine other constables with Winches? ters. The challenge was accepted, and word was left at the Greenville News of? fice of the time and place of the meeting. It is needless to say that Crawford and his friends have never "specified." Now comes a letter from a friend of Bill Durham's to the effect that there are ten "cow punchers" in Arkansas who are very anxious for just such fun as Craw? ford proposes and that they will come all the way to South Carolina to engage in it. To the announcement of this acceptance the News adda the very truthful statement that such an affair would eclipse the Cuban rebellion or the Corbet-Fitzslm mons fight. ? Poor Mrs. Leland Stanford, widow of the California senator, has made a bad break. In her desire to help a good cause, she recently offered to dispose of 1,000,000 gallons of brandy from her vineyard for the benefit of the Stanford university. This has drawn upon her the censure of the Chicago preachers. "Her excuse that it will be used for medicinal purposes is a mask," declared the Rev. G. E. Mitchell, of Calvary Presbyterian church. "A nice college, indeed, to send young men to 1 Do you think any professor would dare advocate temperance there? I most certainly would oppose Bending any Christian youth to a college supported by the sale of liquor." At a ministers' meeting a resolution was adopted con? demning Mrs. Stanford's course. The brandy will now be destroyed, and the young men in California who want an education will have to hustle for it. No Political Meeting at Cedar Grove. Mr. Editor : Please allow us space in your paper to announce that lbe political meeting that has been appointed to take place at Cedar Grove next Saturday by tbe Executive Comruitteecannot be held there on that day, as there will be a religious meeting in progress there at tbat time. We suggest Wllliarnston as a more conven? ient place, and If the Committee do not like Willlamston ibey can select some other place. J. J. Copki.and. H. Mahaffbt Deacons Cedar Grove C? nrch. Marvellous Besults. From a letter written by Rev. J. Gun deruoan, of Dim mdale, Mich , we are per? mitted to make this extract: "I have no hesitation in recommending Dr. King's New Discovery, as the results were a'raost marvellous in th? case of my wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist Church at Rives Junction she was brought down with Pneumonia succeeding La Grippe. Terri? ble paroxysms of coughing would last hours with little interruption, and it seemed as if she could not survive them. A friend recommended Dr. King's New Discovery ; it was quick in its work and highly satisfactory in results." Trial bot? tles free at Hill Bros. Drug Store. Regu? lar sizs 50c- and $1.00. Four Big Encsusses. Having the needed merit to more than make good all tbe advertising claimed for them, the following four remedies have reached a phenomenal sale. Er. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, each bottle guaranteed?Elec? tric Bitters, the great remedy for Liver, Scomach and Kidneys. Bucklen'a Arnica Salve, the best in the world, and Dr. King's New Life Fills, which are a perfect pill. All these remedies arc guaranteed to do just whit is c aimed for tbem, and and the dealer whose name is attached herewith will be glad to tell you more of them. Sold at Hill Bros. Drug Store. WHERE SHALL I EDUCATE MY DAUGHTER ? Where she will have for the least expense the best development of her physical, mental and spiritual nature. To find such a place should be the earnest desire of everv reasonable parent To every such parent we suggest the propriety of inquiring into the merits of tbe? WILLI?MSTON FEMALE COLLEGE. This institution claims a few points of decided superiority over some of Its more pretentious sisters. Those who nave given them a fair trial unanimously approve and commend them to others. Tou will like them if you try them. The Fall Session, of twenty weeks, will open on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1895. Board and regular tuition for the Session, S72.00 to 8?0 00. For full information, write to REV. S. LANDER, President. July 17,1805?3m Williamston, 8. C. COTTON $100.00 A BALE! THIS was paid in Texas a few days ago. Howerer, we have not yet ad vanced the pi ice of our Cotton Goods, a large S^ock of wlich we have bought at reduced prices. They consist mostly of? Jeans, Plaids, Sheetings and Calicoes, And v, ill be sold cheaper than anybody's while they la*t. Now is the time to buy them, QTX/~1"II,C! too, are higher, but nobody knowB how cheap they can bny O-iLX\J JJik3, Sboes until they have examined our Srock. You can't afford to go bare footed at our prices. If you eat hot biscuits and want to enjoy them, let us figure with you on your TT<T /^TTHR We have ju9t stolen four Car Loadi and just want enough JL JLA_/ KJ Xw* money to pay freight. Come quick or your cake's all dough, and there'll be no flour to put in it. Remember us when about to buy Molasses, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, To? bacco, and other Groceries. ? DEAN & RATLIFFE. City Delivery, 0* & St f Baking Powder! IS THE PUREST, CHEAPEST, AND BEST ! Manufactured only by? OKR & SLOAN, ,M?M8.nM m* For sale by LIGON & LEDBETTER, and all the leading Grocers READ!.:.READ!.READ!! Mammoth Stock, Big Bargains, Fair Dealing! DO yon want new life in your home during the trying Summer months ? Buy a Piano from, the G. A. Music House. Do yon want something for Church, Chapel or Sunday School ? Get one of those High Grade? ^ Organs from the G. A. Beed Music House Do you need a Carriage. Phicton or Baggy, containing Style, Comfort and Durability ? You will find them at the? G. A. Beed Music House. Do yon wish a Banjo, Guitar or Antoharp ? You will find the best selec? tion at the? G. A. Beed Music House. Do you need a Sewing machine that will save you labor, expense and trouble ? Buy a New Home at the G. A. Beed Music House. TAKE A LOOK! You will find a Standard or Excellence in each Department of? THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. CLEARING OUT! PREPARATION FOR FALL READ THIS LIST, And come and see a few of the items on which we will save yon money. White Dress Goods, Dotted Swisses, Embroideries, Laces, Lawns, Challies, Muslins, Silks, Gloves, Mitts, Hosiery, Ladies' Underwear, Corsets?Celebrated R. & G. and others. Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Suspenders, Towels, Doylies, Table Linens, Crash, Scrim, Oxford Ties?Black and Tan. Straw Hats, &c. I?? We are determined to greatly red uce our Stock in the above named lines, and in order to do so, will give you all the inducement possible. Come and see for yourselves. Remember that we sell GROCERIES, too. Yours truly, BROWN, OSBORDi & CO. ANNOUNCEMENTS. J. P. GLENN is hereby announced as a candidate for delegate to ihe Constitu? tional Convention, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the primary elec? tion. GEO E. PRINCE, Esq . is hereby an? nounced as a candidate lor membership in the Constitutional Convention, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo? cratic primary election. He will support the nominees of the Democratic primary. We a?e authorized to announce JAS. M. SULLIVAN as a candidate f<<r member? ship in the Constitutional Convention, subject to the ru'.03 and regulations of the Democratic primary election. Mr, Sulli? van will support the nominees of the Democratic primary. Honca Path High School, Honoa Path, S. C. OESS'ON BEGIN8 8EPTEMBEB 2. 18:.r>. Lo O cality healthy. Free from excitement or Immorality of s.Dy kind. Unutual advantages for ttudy and improvement. Pupils prepared for College or for entrance upon the business pursuits of life. Both muntal and moral training of pa pllB diligently attended to, and best influence ex? erted over them. Rates of tuition ard board ex? ceedingly low. Further irformatlon cheerfully givon Dy any one of the Teachers, or by T. J. Clatworthy, Sccrutary of Boaid of Directors J. 0 HARPER, Principal. MISS UANNIK HiRkNES*, MISS LUi Y QAMBBELl, July 21, 1S95?im_Asslalants. PUBLIC SALE. BY virtue of an Execution directed to rue by the Treasurer of thu City of Anderson, a. C, dated April 22, lt-95, I will sell at public outcry, in front of tbe Court House, on Salesday in September next, between tbe usual hours of tale, the' following described property, to wit. One lot of Houeehold G?cffc, and also ore House and Lot. situated in said City, near St. Paul Biptiat Church, and levied on a3 tbe property of Isaac Ktvenel and wife, and sold to pay the taxes due the said City for 189?, together with the pen? alty and lOota on same. E. G. ROSE. July 24, ISO;!_4_3 ir you GOING II WEST ? AND want LOW RATES to St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Lou isville, Coicazo, or other points in Arkan? sas, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Oregon. Washington, California, or any point West, IT WILL PAY YOU to write to c ? SEE ME Excursion and Special Rates from time to time. Cbcice of routes. No trouble to answer questions. Rates and map furnished free. Address FRED. D. BUSH, Die Pass. Agent, L. & N. R. R , 36J Wall 8tr*et, Atlanta, Gi. July 21,1895 4 Gin The Best to be Had! NEvV Orleans and Muscovado Molas BfS?very fine Try ray Roasted Golden Rio Coffee. The ftneut Teas a specialty. Let me Insure yonr Dwellings and oth? er property. I have as good Companies as are in tbe United States. A. B TOWERS. P. S ?Large stock of Wall Paper. ANSWERS TO A FEW QUESTIONS That we are Asked Every Day. -o QUESTION.?Mr. Minor, why are you always busy ? ANSWER?"Eternal vigilance is the price of" a living, and we must have bread. We work for our cus tomers when they are not here, and hence we are ready when they come. Q.?Why are you forever getting in New Goods ? A.?There is a never ceasiogutream outward, and we must keep a contin? uous inflow in order to keep on a level. Q.?Why are people forever gab? bing about you, pro and con ? A.?Our competitors feel the blows we have dealt them, and would resent the damage done them. Our cus? tomers talk because we give them something worthy of mention. Q.?Why are other merchants al? ways throwing off on your goods ? A.?They hope to scare timid cus? tomers off the track, but they only urge them on. Q.?Why is it you never have time to talk with a friend ? Other people say they have more time than any? thing else. A.?We don't have time to talk because our 'ustomers, who are really our employers, demand our very best services for their money paid. Q?Why is your house forever crowded with goods new and custom? ers bright ? A.?We are always crowded with goods because our employers (cus? tomers) are usually on hand demand? ing the stuff, and we must have it lor them. We are usually crowded with customers because the average man knows which side his bread is butter? ed. We acknowledge no dead, dull seasons. Q.?Why don't you employ more help, and not keep so pushed all the time ? A?Ah! There's the point. Why don't we do lots of things to make our business more expensive and charge the difference to you when you trade with us ? Right here's where hundreds of good men drop their candy. Our patrons want to pay for a store administration honestly and economically managed. They want full value for their dollars without paying a few'cents extra for an idle clerk or two to sit around and whittle on old goods boxes. In short, we pay for the honest dollars we get with honest goods at honest prices. And that's why we laugh while competi? tion frets. We are in it for the Summer trade, and want to sell you your Fruit Jars, Jelly Tumblers, Water Jugs, &c., etc., &c, etc. Yours always truly, C. S. MINOR and THE 10c. STORE. t&* The place we like to trade. Fertilizers for Fall Crops should contain a high percentage of Potash to insure the largest yield and a permanent enrichment of the soil. Write for our "Farmers' Guide," a 142-pa^c illustrated book. It is brim full of useful information for farmers. It will he sent free, and will make and save you money. Address, GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Slreci, New Yofk. FRESH TURNIP SEED! OUR Stock of Fresh Turnip Seed have arrived, and we offer our usual. FIVE DOLLAR PREMIUM. ORR & SLOAN, Deering Ideal Mowers! Willi Roller and Bycicle Ball Hearings. Lightest" Draft of All Shaves the ground clean, Cuts the most difficult grasiep, ard Is Strong, DurabU a ad Efficient. Deering Hay Rakes. Gets all the Hay. e e how the Teeth are Hung. Strong, Reliable, Easily Operated Light of Draft and Durable - Call on ue or write fur prices. Yours truly, BROOK BBOB D. C. BROWN * BRO. CARRY A. FTTJL/L LINK OF Dry Goods, Shoes and Groceries. THEY have establiahed five maxims that should be memorized by every reader of The Intelligencer : 1. They have got the Goods to sell. 2. They want to sell them. 3. They must sell them. 4. They are selling them cheap. 5. They want YOU to come and buy them. Yours till eternity, D. C. BROWN & BRO, At No. 17 Peoples' Block. S. D. BROWNLEE. E. P. VANDIVEP?. D. S. VAND1VER. BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS, . - DEALERS IN Ory Goods, Shoes, Groceries, Cash Cotton Buyers, Fertilizer Agents, ASK vou to inspect their spendid line of STAPLE DRY GOODS. SHOES, HATS and GROCERIES. SEE OUR LINE OF FIVE CENTS PRINT3, SEE OUR LINE OF FIVE CENTS GINGHAMS, SEE OUR LINE OF FIVE CENTS OUTINGS, SEE OUR LINE OF FIVE CENTS PLAIDS. They are extra values. We make a specialty of SHOES. In Men's Sbof.s we can sell you from the cheapest Brogans to the Celebrated Miles hand-sewed goods. Women's Shoes from a 50c. Low Cut up. You will save yourself money and do us a favor by inspecting these goods. On Groceries we are tempted to use extravagant language. On Flour, Coffee, Tobacco, Lard, Bacon, Sugar, Rice, Soap and Starch we will not be undersold. Your patronage will be appreciated by? BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS. EVERYTHING ON ICE. WE have just got up our large Market Refrigerator, and after giving It a thorough test are satisfied that it will do all tbat is claimed for it. Therefore, we feel perfectly safe in saying to our customers that we are better prepared to give you satisfaction in? Meats, Eggs, Butter and Vegetables, Than any one in the City, for we keep everything of the kind in the Cold 8tora#e De? partment of this large Refrigerator, and there can be no denying the fact that our goods are bound to be better than the average. In addition to our Meat and Vegetable apartment we carry a? NICE LINE OF GROCERIES, And can sell them just as cheap as any one can in the business. Remember, that we guarantee satisfaction in every particular. Very respectfully, S. M. FOWLER. Successor to Butler A Fowler. P. S.?For the satisfaction tbat it will afford us as well as our customers, we In? vite the public, especially the ladies, to visit the interior of our Market and see how nice it is kept, 8. M. F. Physicians' Prescriptions 8hould be prepared with the greatest care, and this is not the only particular point to watch in such delicate work. In order to get the best resulta and prompt action, and to give entire sat? isfaction to the Physician, be si: re that your drugs are perfectly Pure and Fresh. That they have not laid upon the shelves for months 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 NATURAL RESULT. $ Ideas. $ Enterprise. $ Politeness. $ Capital. $ Quality. $ SUCCESS. ETANS' PHARMACY.