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jene er. 92J3BBD XVBRY WEDNESDAY. V >HW$f? ALES, 7 Editors and STONj . JPropbi ktors TERMS: [ONE YEAR_.%\ 50 MONTHS _.... 75 WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1895. Within the past three months the wages of cot less than 350,000 American work? men have been voluntary in o 'ease d. The average increase was about 12 per cent. It is estimated that more than G.000,000 acres more were planted in "corn this year than ever before, which at; the lowest average will produce 130,000,000 bushels more than last year. Since the establishment of the U. S. Government to the present time we have, Erding to the latest statistics, spent in ay or another ?1,250,000,000 on of the lone Indian. Guardian, a Reform pa? ts: "If the extremists je people have their way, soon bean end to all the ions and divisions in this State." If the editor' of our esteemed con? temporary will fall into line and help get rid of Tillman, Irby <fc Co. there will be an end "to all the distractions and divis? ions in this State." ** Judge Got? has enjoined Supervisor Green, of Richland County, from deliv? ering tho registration books to the mana? gers of election. It is Bald that the case presents the issues upon the merits of the law clearly and squarely. The hear? ing has been set for the 5th of August in ~ the courtroom of the Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, and if the injunc? tion is made permanent it will effect ail the Supervisors in the State. The city council of an Alabama town seems to think married men ought to: stay at home with their wives andboyB u^d^ncTw4&4heir mothers after dark. They have an ordinance prohibiting them from being on the streets after 9 o'clock unless the boys can show a written per? mit from their parents or guardians, while the married man must show up his wife's signature to the same kind of document , '_ It has bean estimated that electric lines have already displaced no less than 275,000 . horses, and the movement has not by any aaeaVa stopped yet At a moderate com? putation this number of horses would re? quire about 125.000 bushels of corn or oats a day. A decrease of 125,000 bushels a day is equal to 45,000,000 bushels a year, enough to appreciably affect the prices of those grains. But what the cessation of this commercial demand for coarse grain fodder in the eitle? means to tho steam ? Mi'lroads Is an enormous loss of tonnage, not less, in fact, than 62,500 car loads. The feasibility of long distance trans? mission of electrical power has been ^djaoastrated at Sacramento, CaL, where {S&treet cars are being moved with power generated .at the American river falls, twenty-four miles away. One plant at Niagara Falls is larger than this one, but I the distance traversed is not so great The waters of the American Iriver will now be utilized for lighting the streets of Sacramento, propelling her cars, operat? ing her factories and cooking the food of her citizens. It is calculated that 80 ^~per cent of the power will be transmit? ted. There is now no excuse for cataracts to bb idle. Henceforth they will be ex pP8cted to make themselves useful as well \ as imposing. _ "The problem of taxation," says the |? Gainesville, Texas, Hesperian, "is fully as important as the curren cy question. And?t will not be long until it will be r -'the leading issue in State afiairs. We are taxed'tolrmucb for what we get We mean^^ajbej^Connty and city taxation. We could do on less. Too many men are 1 iyjn g at the public expense and de m an d -"Ing that they.be furnished with employ? ment at the cost of the taxpayers. Our """" C&?rtiPare too costly, and are growing more so. * ? * Here Isi where our greatest waste of money is. We have too saany Courts, and this number has to a great extent been necessary by the use? less waste of time. Letltbe remedied." - These evils are not confined to Texas. The New York Independent says the recent national convention of the Chris? tian Endeavor society of Boston, was the ~largest religious meeting ever held in the history of the world. More than seventy thousand delegates were present, repre? senting every State in the Union, and every province of Canada. It was a most enthusiastic gathering, and gave positive evidence that the Christian religion is not on the wane in North America. Many Catholic newspapers noted the spirit that pervaded the great gathering, and urge that church to organize its ??-.young ' people on similar lines. The Christian Endeavor is no ephemeral movement but it is an earnest, efficient and enduring promoter of a purer faith ?^amongmen. -_ The Bamwell correspondent of the News and Courier, writing under date of July27, says: "The candidates for the Constitutional Convention have returned. The last meeting was to have been held . at Cypress Chapel Church yesterday, bnt I only an audience of twenty men appear I ing, the candidates concluded to reserve fp their fire. The meetings have been slim I ly attended, not more than fifty being at [. Beldock day before yesterday. The peo ; pie are surfeited with politics. They have had it dinned in their ears with such persistency for four years that they had as lief see the devil as a politician, and they do not care what sort of a Con? stitution they get if it will only give them some relief from politicians, so that they will not be troubled with them oftener than once in four years." Last Thursday ac an Alliance meeting in York County Marion Butler, the Populists-Republican Senator from North Carolina, delivered a long and bitter speech.In which he denounced the Demo Pfltrtftrparty. He was followed by Sena? tor Tillman and Gov. Evans, who com? plimented Butler's speech, and renounc? ed their allegiance to the Democratic party and announced themselves ready to form a new party. Senator Tillman called for a rising vote to see how many would follow him him into a new party, but a large proportion of the crowd failed to respond to his invitation. These speeches should be preserved. They will be good -evidence to present to the Na? tional Democratic Executive Committee next year when delegates are sent to the t National Convention. fcThe work at the gronndB of the Cotton States and International Exposition is being rapidly pushed to completion. Nearly all of the company's buildings are completed, and those still unfinished will be ready for the installation of ex? hibits in a short time. It is now less than two months before the gates will be thrown open, and work is being rapidly pushed. The force of laborers has been increased, and there is no longer any doubt that, by the 18th of September, the Exposition will be ready for the rush of visitors on the opening day. Exhibits are beginning to come in, and the work of installation will be pushed from now on to the opening day. Arrangements have been made with the telegraph com panles, by which a wire will be run to Gray Gables, and President Cloveland will touch tho button at his summer home on Buzzard's Bay, which will start the great Fair in motion. g Gen. M. C. Butler, in his recent address before the James D. Nance Camp of Con? federate Veterans, at Newberry, said : "After Brandy Station came the march of Gen. Lee's army to Gettysburg, where the pivotal battle of the war was fought. It has been said the Confederacy reached high water mark at Gettysburg. The army of Northern Virginia, seasoned by so many great and desperate battles, was then at its bes-t. A more splendid army never took the field. Its discipline, its fighting qualities, its confidence in its great commander, and his in the army, were well nigh perfect. True, one of his strongest right arms, 'Stonewall' Jack? son, the greatest military genius p.. duced on either side, had died from his wounds at Chancellorsville, but the other veteran Generals were there, and it did seem the cruelty of relentless fate that their efforts should encounter failure in? stead of success. It is idle now to specu? late, but we cannot get rid of the thought that if Jackson had been there the result might have been different. May be not. An All-wise Providence, who controls the destinies of men, armies and nations decreed against us, and uncomplaining submission is best and wisest." / _?,> m DON'T BE BOTTLED. Under the above caption the Greenville News of the 28th inst. contained the fol? lowing editorial, which is worthy of the consideration of the people of Anderson: The upper Counties of this State are directly and the entire State is indirectly interested in the sale of the Port Royal & Western Carolina Railway, to which a correspondent directs attention to-day. As we understand the case, it is a typi? cal instance of railroad wrecking. The roads composing the system have been bonded far beyond their value. Of course default in payment of interest and prin? cipal was the inevitable and intended re? sult. The Central Railroad system, of Georgia, holds the bonds, many of them probably bought far below par. As the case stands, nobody can bid ?.3 much as the Central because that concern can ten? der payment in bonds. Under a law of the State, however, the Central cannot become the owner of the Port Royal <fc Western Carolina without permission from the Legislature. It is likely that very strong efforts will be made to obtain this permission during the next session. As-our correspondent says, the roads of the Port Royal & Western Carolina system were built by the people, and at heavy cost and much sacrifice, to secure for themselves the advantages of compe? tition, and to relieve themselves of the power of the Richmond & Danville, now the Southern. They have not finished paying for building the lines. To allow the purposes of their enterprise and gen? erosity to be defeated would be cruel and unjust. The Seaboard Air line is eager to bny the P. R. & W. C but its honest cash cannot compete with the accumulated bonds of the Central, if the latter is al? lowed to bid and buy. It is the Interest of the people that the Seaboard Air Line should be given the opportunity to bny the system for a fair cash price. It is also to the Interest of the bondholders among the general public who bought their bonds for legitimate business pur? poses. The subject should be kept before the people, and at the proper time should be made a distinct issue in the election of members of the Legislatur?. The up ?country should not submit to being bot? tled. The State cannot afford, to have its most prosperous and wealthy section bottled. The people onght to be made to understand and defend their interests. The sale to the Southern Railway Com? pany ought to be opposed by every pos? sible method and to the last extremity. Drunk Quick and Cheap. Columbia, Jujy 23.?The dispensary authorities have issued the price currents that are to tak e effect on the 1st of Aognst. There will be a considerable reduction, but whatever cut there has been in prices has for some reason been confined to the cheaper grades of liquor. It is the an? nouncement of the authorities that the gystem is no longer to be operated for profit, but it is now to pose as a glorious moral institution. Whether the market has gone up or down or better terms have been secured is of no interest to the consumer. He is satisfied with the pros? pect of getting his "grog" cheaper than it has heretofore been sold. There has been no change whatever in the prices of a number of the grades of liquor sold through the dispensary. The prices, for Instance, of beer, domestic brandies, ale, porter c d all grades of wine remain the same to the consumer and dispensers as they have been during the year. The changes of price are confined entirely to the SO per cent, goods and the single, double and triple star liquors. Mount Vernon liquor has advanced in quarts and reduced for the pints. Just at a glance on the lists it will be seen that there is considerable reduction. On 80 per cent, corn in half pints there has been a reduction of 33 per cent, on X corn a redaction of 25 r*er cent, on X rye 23 per cent, and on XXX liquor 16 per cent. There has been no change at all in the prices of Old Cabinet, Pepper, Thompson, Dilinger or Old Elk liquors. The following are the prices to the con? sumers after August 1 in such articles as Eresent changes in prices and which will e oftconsiderable interest at all times to the average drinker. Eighty per cent corn, gallcn Si.00, quart 40 cents, pint 20 cents, half pint 10 cents. Eighty per cent, rye and Bourbon, gal? lon ?2, quart 50 cents, pint 25 cents, half pint 13 cents. X corn, gallon $2, quart 50 cents, pint 25 cents, half pint 13 cents. X rye, Bourbon, rum and gin, gallon -$2.40, quart 60 cents, pint 30 cents, halt pint 15 cents. XX rye, Bourbon, corn, rum and gin, gallon ?2.75, quart 70 cents, pint 35 cents, half pint^0 cents. XXX rye or Old Velvet, gallon $3.80, qnart, $1, pint 50 cents, half pint 25 cents. Mount Vernon rye, gallon $6.80, quart $1.70, pint 85 cents, half pint 45 cento. The old prices on these same grades of liquor were: Eighty per cent, rye, corn and Bour? bon, gallon $2.25, quart 60 cents, pint 30 cents, half pint 15 cents. X rye, Bourbon, corn, rum and gin, gallon $2.50, quart 75 cents, pint 40 cents, half pint 20 cents. XX rye, Bourbon, corn, rum and gin, gallon $3, quart 00 cents, pint 45 cents, half pint 25 cents. XXX rye or Old Velvet, gallon $1, quart $1.20, pint 60 cents, half pint 30 cents. Can't Fight in Texas. Austin, Texas, July 27.?Gov. Cul bertson this afternoon issued a proclama? tion prohibitive of the Corbett-Fitzsim mons fight. He asserts that it is a fla? grant defiance of law, and will bring disrepute upon and foster a spirit of dis? obedience of all law. The proclamation itself is as follows: "Whereas, Texas, with her hospitable and intelligent population and limitless resources, needs no incentive of violated law to induce immigration or invest? ment ; and, whereas, the Constitution of the State enjoins that the Executive shall cause the law to be faithfully executed,? "Now, therefore, I, O. A. Culbertson, Governor of the State of Texas, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws thereof, do hereby urge the various officers charged with such duties both to prevent the commis? sion of such offenses and cause offenders to be punished. And all persons con? templating future infraction of said laws are warned to desist therefrom, and are put upon notice that to the limit of Ex? ecutive authority I shall take care that the law is faithfully executed, to the end that such offenses may be prevented and offenders punished." Long-Delayed Amputation. Giieenville, S. C, July 25.?A long delayed amputation of a leg has been performed here on the person of Mr. Virgil Owens. He was wounded in the left leg in 1863, in a battle near Knox ' ville, Tenn., while serving as a member of Company B, Seventh Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Kershaw's Brigade. He carried the ball with him until the doctors cut his leg off yesterday. Though he is now fifty-three years old, he stood the operation well, and his recovery is expected.?Atlanta Constitution. ? It is not an extravagant suggestion that there has been more lyncbing in South Carolina in the last four years than In twenty years of the history of the State. Judge Goff WIM Pas3 Upon the Registra? tion Law fi gain. C.u.viai&TOX, July 2.").?Judge Guff lias enjoined Supervisor Green of Riebland, on complaint of J. H. (.Jowdy, colored. Gowdy claims tbe right to vote in a lengthy pcper. He is represented by Obear & Dougla3s of Washington. The order reads as follows: '"It is ordered that the defendant, TS'. Briggs Green, do show cause before me on Monday, August 5, 1895, in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals room at Richmond, Va., at 3 o'clock in the after? noon, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why an order should not bo made in this cause enjoining and restrain? ing him from further exercising the powers and privileges claimed to be con? ferred by certain alleged acts of tbe State of South Carolina upon him as the incum? bent of an alleged office known and described in said alleged enactment as 'supervisor of registration,' and also from furnishing and delivering to the several boards of managers for the several pre ' jets in Richland County, South Caro? la, appointed to hold the election of uelegates to a certain Constitutional Con? vention soon to be held in the said State, certain paper writings purporting to be the registration books for tbe said several precincts, and also from doing any and every other act complained of in the said bill. "It is further ordered that until the hearing hereinbefore directed, tbe said defendant, his agents, servants and em? ployes be enjoined and restrained from furnishing and delivering to the several boards of managers for the several pre? cincts in Richland County, aforesaid, any books or paper writings purporting to be said registration books. "Let a copy of this order be forthwith served upon said defendant, this 221 day of July, 1895. (Signed) "Nathan Goff, U. S. Circuit Judge, 4th Circuit." It seems, from a perusal of the bill in this case, which was seen in the office of Obear & Douglass, here, that it differs in some essential particulars from the Mills case, recently decided In tbe Circuit Court of Appeals. The Mills cose was brought in behalf of himself and all others like situated against W. Briggs Green, in his official capacity as Supervisor of Registra? tion, while the new case is a suit against Mr. Greeu individually, and it seems that he is not sued as Supervisor. Upon the contrary, it is positively alleged in the bill that the sections of the registra? tion law which create the office are them? selves, together with all the balance of tbe act, unconstitutional, and that there exists in the State no such office as Su? pervisor of registration. And it is claim? ed as a legal consequence that the acts and regulations under which Mr. Green, tbe Supervisor, has b?en acting are his own individual acts. Another essential difference is that it is in so many words alleged that the complainant was dis? tinctly refused registration. Also, it is stated in the bill, that he is a citizen of African descent. The peculiar hardships of the act of 1894 requiring the supporting affidavits are made clear by the facts surrounding the particular case of the party suing. And that act is specially attacked as in violation of the fourteenth amendment as guaranteeing to every citizen tbe equal protection of tbe law, it being claimed that under the act of 1894 impossible and impractical conditions to register are imposed upon the voters un? registered at the time of the passage of that act, which are not required and im? posed upon those electors now upon the registration books. The particulars in which the registra? tion laws are in violation of the fifteenth amendment to the United States Consti? tution are set forth fully and in detail. It is alBO affirmatively stated in tbe bill that the complainant has under the faots of his case no remedy at law at all. Among other things, that a judgment at law for damages against the defendant could not be collected, and that even If collected would not be adequate relief to him for the deprivation of his right to vote. The other legal remedies hereto? fore suggested in tbe Mills case are dis? posed of under the faots of the new case, and it is clearly alleged that the complain? ant can have no legal recourse to any of the suggested remedies. The bill in addition to a number of other differences between it and the Mills bill seems to be without any of the tech? nical objections raised by the counsel for tbe State in the former case. The docu? ment in question is a very full and care folly prepared and elaborate legal paper, but its length is such that it cannot here be given in full. Hence the above synop? sis. It is inferred that the purpose of the council is to differentiate the new case from the old so as to obtain an injunction in the new case without conflicting with the principles laid down by the Circuit Court of Appeals in the Mills case. What tbe result of this fight will be of course no one can tell. This much, however, seems to be certain, namely: That it presents the issues upon the merits clearly and squarely and absolutely freed from any of tbe technical points upon which the counsel for the State sought to side-track the former oase, and that when this case reaches the United States Supreme Court it will be difficult to dodge the moment? ous issues made. It seems that Mr. Obear, of the firm of Obear <fc Douglass, appeared before Judge Goff a few days ago and obtained tbe rule to show cause elsewhere referred to. Tho hearing has been set for the 5th of August, 3 p. m., in the courtroom of the Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, at which time it is expected that the argu? ments on the case will take place. It is not known as yet who will take part in the argument. Probably Mr. H. N. Obear will make the argument for the complainant.?Co hi nib ia State. Electricity In a Big City. There seems to be no end to the enor? mous forward strides of electricity in all of its uses, but tbe advance it has made as a motive power here in Chicago within eighteen months have been almost revo? lutionary. Two years ago an elevated railroad run by electricity at the World's Fair was a curiosity. Ten miles of ele? vated road are now operated in this city with electricity, ana plans are afoot to use that motive power on all the "L" roads of the oity. Scarcely has the public become aware of those plans until it transpires that the Illinois Central is considering tbe advisa? bility of running its suburban trains by electricity. If this road should adopt the electric fluid and discard steam on its suburban service there seems every rea? son to believe that the experience of all other experimenters in that direction would be repeated; that tbe economy of electric over steam propulsion on this line as on elevated and street car lines would induce other roads to abandon tbe steam locomotive and adopt the eleotric motor. In hundreds of less evident ways electricity has supplanted steam as a mo? tive power. Elevators, printing presses and all kinds of small machines are driven by it all over the city. This revolution in motive power is of enormous significance to the whole peo? ple of a city like Chicago. About half of tbe offences of such a city come from the use of steam. Steam means smoke, noise, cinders, gases, waste littered grounds. Electricity can be conducted and applied unknown to tbe senses of Bight, hearing and smell. Its general adoption on the railroads would involve an immense gain in cleanliness for the city. If it could be produced in properly constructed central stations and applied to all the wheels now turned by steam Chicago would instantly become almost a new city.?Chicago News. A Unique Railroad Disaster. Kobe, Capan, July 28?A frightful accident, in which one hundred and forty soldiers perished, has occurred on tbe railroad running from this place to Osaka. A train of twenty-three cars was conveying to this city four hundred Japanese soldiers who were returning from China, where they had taken part in the military operations. A heavy storm was raging, and as the train was running along tbe sea wall, on which the tracks as they approach tbe city are laid, an immense sea leaped over the wall, separating tbe train and derailing tbe engine and eleven cars, which plunged off the wall into the bay. Most of the men were caught like rats in a trap. 1 he accident occurred at about 1 o'clock in the morning, and the night was pitch dark. The sea was running so high that it was impossible to render any assistance to the men in the cars that had gone overboard, even bad means been at band to do so. Some of the men who managed to get out of the cars were dashed to death against the wall. ? A colored man, who said that he worked in Johnson's coal yard, was abroad in the city yesterday with a start? ling story regarding an incident which he alleged happened during the thunder storm cf Thursday afternoon. Ho said that one vivid flash of lightning knocked out one of bis front teeth without doing him any other bodily injury. The man made the claim with perfect gravity and with apparent honesty, and as he exhib? ited a tooth in testimony of his veracity there was was no gainsaying his story. If the storm king is going into the tooth carpentering business with the latest electrical discoveries at his disposal the authorized practitioners of dentistry might as well close their shops and aban? don the profession.?News and Courier. | Train Wrecked near Columbia. Columbia, July 28.?A terrible freight wreck occurred at:i o'clock this morning on the Columbia and Groenville Koad, just three miles north of the city. An engine was made old iron and seven cars were totally destroyed, but miraculously no lives were lost, though Engineer Mad? den and Fireman McDonald were seri? ously hurt. As far as oould be learned the wreck occurred as follows: The regular freight train from Greenville, in charge of Con? ductor Robb and Engineer Land, had reached a heavy grade near the city. The train consisted of forty-seven cars, and when the engine got to the steep grade just north of the cemetery it was stalled and could not pull over. Conductor Robb sent his flagman out, as he was bound to do under any circumstances, but he knew that a special freight train was just behind him. It is said that the engineer thought he might succeed in making the pull over the grade, and in attempting to do so a coupling pin broke and five cars rushed backwards down the grade. The flagman was on duty, but he could do nothing, and the cars rushed backwards, gaining velocity at every turn of the wheel. Just about this time the extra train came in sight, and, knowing the hard run he had to make up the grade, Eogineer Madden was running at about forty-five miles an hour. Seeing the cars coming down on him he reversed his engine, ana had hardly time to do that when the crash came. His engine was knocked completely off the track and jumped di? agonally across it to one side. The wreok covered both him and his fireman in a mass of wood and iron, and the escaping steam made it almost cer? tain that they would be roasted to death. Both, however, after extraordinary efforts pulled themselves out, and though badly injured they will not die. The wreck immediately caught fire from the engine, and soon the t>even cars were reduced to ashes. The engine, too, was so badly damaged that nothing re? mains of it except a mass of iron. The collision made a loud report, which was heard in the city. As soon as it was all over a runner came to Columbia and gave information about the wreck, and a train was immediately sent out. Large crowds visited the scene to-day, and the Palmetto Fire Engine was sent out by the city to extinguish the fire and enable the wrecking train to clear the track. So far as can be learned none of the train crew was at fault. Conductor Robb, as soon as he realized that the en? gine could not pull over the grade, went forward. He left a negro on the rear of the train and sent Brakeman Townes back the regular distance. When the train broke the negro on the cab, seeing the danger, jumped and was not injured. Engineer Madden and Fireman Mc? Donald were sent to the hospital. It was learned that neither of them have received any internal injuries and that they will be out again in a few days. Where the wreck occurred the State Penitentiary had about fifteen cords of wood stacked up. This was all burned. The rear train had only a few boxes besides the engine. Only one of these boxes was thrown off the track and was burned. The others remained uninjured on the track. The burned cars were loaded mostly with cotton seed hulls, which, with the engine, will represent a loss of nearly 830,000 to the Southern Railroad. . Another wreck occurred from similar causes at the same place several years ago, and, as in this case, no lives were lost, although several people were seri? ously wounded. So far as can be learned the accident seems to have been una? voidable. Trains often stall on this grade, and it is often the case that they nave to be divided before they can be brought to the city. It was likely the intention to do this this morning, but the breaking of the coupling pin upset all calculations and caused the accident? Special to News and Courier. The Negro's Hope. From the Greenville News. We received the other day a letter for {publication from a colored man, evident y well educated, at Williamaton. He wrote of the lynchings at Williamston and Greenville and ended with a call to the Negroes to leave this country and go away where they may be safe and at peace. This man is right The editor of the Greenville News wrote an article which was published in Harpers Weekly ten or twelve years ago urging that the race situation in the South must end in one of three ways?amalgamation, extermina? tion or separation. Since then many thousand of people of both races have been forced to the same conclusion, as every man who studies the subject hon? estly and fearlessly must be. There is no reason why the white man should hate the Negro. No race of peo? ple in the world's history has been to cruelly used as the Negroes or has been compelled to endure so much wrong and oppression. Remembering the disadvan? tages they have had to struggle against they have done wonderfully well in mor? als, in progress, in general behavior. But the white race is a master race. It has always been so and will always be so. It will rule any country it lives in and any other race it meets or will die in try? ing to do it. No other people have ever lived at peace with white people except as slaves and chattels. The Negro can not do it. Many white peoDle have a warm, kind? ly feeling for the Negro, are glad to help him in every possible way, have pleasure in his happiness and progress and resent every wrong done him. Yet blood is thick and the race feeling is strong and the moment the race issue is made or the color line is drawn wnlte men forget all other considerations and stand together. That is their instinct. It is the strongest reason for their mastery of the world. The Negro may find that on occasions like the lynchings at Williamston and here the sympathy of good white people 1b with them and against the lynchers. Yet when a conflict comes or is threatened the whites will unite solidly and stand together right or wrong. There Is and will be no peace or justice for the Negro in this country. The higher he rises, the greater progress he makes, the stronger his rivalry with the white man becomes, the heavier and fier? cer will be the hand laid upon him, the more desperate the resistance will be to his claims of equality. His hope Is to establish himself some? where in a country of his own where he will not be in contact with the white man but will be protected from oppression and Interference. We have long believed that it would be a good and humane investment for our government to buy enough territory in Mexico for three or four States and give it to the Negroes to establish their own governments and work out their own salvation. The first article of the constitutions of the Negro States ought to be that no white man would be allowed to live or own property or vote in them. It will be amalgamation, which no white man can consider with patience, ex? termination, which is too horrible to be thought of, or separation, which is easy, merciful, practicable and necessary. The two races were brought together by un? natural methods. They were not made or intended to live together and the lon? ger they try to live so the worse it will be for both. The best hope for the happi? ness and prosperity of both, the only hope the Negro has for developing and raising himself, is for the races to be separated, for this white man's country to be owned and occupied by white men and for the black man to have, live in and hold a new country of his own. Wheels in Hawthorne's Head. Atlanta, Ga., July 27.?Dr. Haw? thorne will preach at 'the First Baptist church on the suggestive subject, "Satanic Spiders Who Weave Webs to Catch Hu? man Files." There is, as yet, no abatement in the interest stirred up by Dr. Hawthorne in his remarks about ladies who ride bicy? cles. The question, if such it be, is one of almost universal interest, for nearly every member of the gentler sex in At? lanta has a burning desire to possess a bicycle. Dr. Hawthorne's remarks have not stopped the demand on the part of the women for wheels, but on the other hand, seems to have given a distinct boom to the sale of ladies' wheels. At least such is the statement made by several dealers. The wheelmen are up in arms against the doctor and some do not hesitate to de? nounce him while others think he should be enlightened on the subject of bicycle riding, Some have gone so;far as to pro? pose the organization of a club to purchase a wheel and present it to the doctor. Others oppose this move, however, on the ground that some dealer should pre? sent him with one on account of the boom he has inflated. Certiin it is, that since last Sunday, when Dr. Hawthorne delivered his now famous sermon against wheel women, there have been more ladies riding and trying to learn to ride than ever before in this city. If they were numerous be? fore, they are more numerous now. Why this is, it would be hard to say, except on the ground that forbidden fruit is the Bweetest. Why drink soda water made from com? mon water when you can get it made of Harris Lithia for the same money, at J. F. Faut'a. 5M3t No More Seed. Washington, July 2il?Secretary Mor? ton's antagonism to the existence ol the seed division of the agricultural depart? ment reached its logical conclusion to? day in an order abolishing the division, to take effect October 1st, by which date W. E. Fagan, chief of the division, by tbe Bame order is directed to have its work wound up. The abolishing of tbe seed division will throw out of employment ten peo? ple, besides the chief, at present, and will result in depriving fully 150 more of occupation during the busy season?tbe winter months?when it is customary to send out the bulk of tbe seeds. Tbe chief has a salary of 82,000 a year. There are two clerks at $1,200 and eight at SS-10. The extra iorce employed in the winter season is paid at the rate of ?1.50 per day. It is probable that Mr. Fagan will be ap? pointed to another branch of the service after bis resignation as chief of the seed division takes effect. Cotton in the Century. Washington, July 27.?An interesting feature of tbe latest bulletin of tbe Agri? cultural Department on "the production and price of cotton for one hundred years" is a chromological table giving a summary of events relating to the growth and consumption of cotton. It appears from this record that the first cotton mill in the United States was built at Beverly, Mass., in 1787, and eight years later a good quality of Georgia cotton was offered in New York at Is. 6d. a pound. When tbe nineteenth century began there were cotton mills in the United States, and its manufacture had begun in Switzerland and Saxony. In 1803 a duty of 10s Gd. a pound was Imposed in Great Britain on raw cotton imported. Cotton was in great demand during the last ten years of the eigbteeth century, and prices were consequently very high. In 1839 oc? curred the long drought and cotton worms, both tending to shorton the crop. The famous cotton planters convention was held at Macon in this year and led to annnal conventions at other places. Speaking of tbe prices for the decade ending with 1850, the report says: "So far as prices are concerned this was the most remarkable decade in the his? tory of cotton planting in this country. "Not only were" the lowest priceB on record reached in the United States, but it was tbe longest known period of con? tinuously low prices. It was remarka? ble also for unprecedentedly large crops, with one or two exceptions, and for tbe enormous accumulation of stocks in Great Britain. The reverse Is true of the succeeding decade. 'Both planters and manufacturers enjoyed a period of unex? ampled prosperity during this decade. Although there were wars and political disturbances in Europe and a financial panic both at home and abroad (1878,) with a suspension of specie payments in New York, consumption increased great? ly in Europe and America, keeping fair pace with the gradually increasing crops and thuB maintaining unusual prices with uBual uniformity and profit to planters and manufacturers." Gentieman as Well as Soldier. Washington, July 23.?Initial steps wero taken at oue of tho river nsaorts just below Washington last n'ght looking to the erection in New Orleans of a statue to Oen. W. S. Hancock, the hero of Gettys? burg. Tho subject was fully discussed at an excursion given by the Confederate Veterans, and attended by several hun? dred Grand Army men as invited guests. Arrangements for this work have been put in the hands of Gen. Iletb, and a plan will soon be outlined for raising a fund among the soldiers who served in the Confederate army. It was thought lilting that a statue should be erected In a rep? resentative city of the extreme South, it having been suggested by the erectiou in Chicago of the Confederate Veterans' monument to six thousand Confederate dead buried there. ? "When men," says the Montgomery, Ala., Advertiser, "commence to abuse the party with whioh they have acted, pick flaws in its methods and set themselves up as holier than their associates, they are on the high road to the enemy. It never fails and the sooner that sort go over, bag and baggage, the better it will be for the party they leave." The Discovery 8aved his Life. Mr. G. Caillouette, Druggist, Beavers ville. 111., says : "To Dr. KlDg's New Dis? covery I owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe and tried all the physicians for miles about, but of no avail and was fciven np and told I could not live Having Dr. King's New Discovery in my store I sent for a bottle and began its me, and from the first dose began to get better, and afier using three bottles was up and abnutagain. It Is worth its weight la gold. We won't keep store or bouse without it." Get a free trial at Hill Bros. Drng Store. Cure for Headache. As a remedy for all forms of Headache Electric Bitters has proved to be tbe very best. It effects a permanent cure, and the most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield to its influence. We urge all who are afflicted tu procure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial In casts of ha? bitual constipation Electric Bitters cures by giving tbe needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicinp. Try it once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at Hill Bros. Ding Store NOTICE. BY virtue of tbe authority vested in us, under Commission from the Secre? tary of Slate, bearing date July 10,1895, the undersigned hereby give notice that they will open books of subscription to the Capital Stook of the Excelsior Oil. Fertiger and Ginning Co. at the office of W. F. Cox In the Court House at Ander? son, S. C, on Friday, August 2nd, 1895. The Shares of Stock are fixed at $25 00 per sbarr. W. F. COX, W. G. WATSON, JOHN E3KEW. P. K McCULLY, R. B. DEAN. J. 8. FOWLER. July 29,1895 5 1 WE ARE IN BUSINESS TO STAY! THEREFORE, we are not Battened to sell a man one bill, but look for our profit to a steady, growing busi? ness following the first trial order from a new customer. Therefore, we don't parade a few "leaders" at loss prices, reljiDg on less well-known goods to recoup our? selves. Such a plan would doubtless get many firdt orders, but where would WE be when our customer found that he had been tricked ? The best evidence that people like our goods and prices is that every year since the Firm of D. C. BROWN & BRO. has been in business our sales have shown a substantial gain. The first time YOU are in the city come in and give us a trial and be convinced. Yours at No. 17 Peoples' Block, D. C. BROWN & BRO. TIE YATES Sill CO., ANDERSON, S. C. An Exclusive Shoe House is the only place to Buy your SHOES. There.you will find QUALITY.QUANTITY and FIT. Also, BARGAINS in all kinds of Goods. WE carry Fine, Medium and Cheap Goods in great variety. We have at present a great Bargain to offer you for Cash, namely : 200 to 300 Pairs Women's Oxford's at 45c, 65c. and 90c. Goods that cannot be bought for that price at the Factory. 100 Fairs Men's and Boys' Tennis Oxfords at 35c.! Which are sold at all Stores for 50c. We want to make room for our Fall Stock, consequently the cut. Everything in Low Cut Goods reduced to make room for our Winter Stock, which will embrace the largest and finest line of Goods, in all vari? eties, in Anderson, which will be sold lower, quality considered, than in any other Store handling Shoes. We are practical Shoemen and know no other business, and our experi? ence of forty-five years in the Shoe Business will surely be of some benefit to our patrons. I&? Be sure and call before you decide to make your purchases, as u e can save you some money._ WHERE SHALL I EDUCATE MY DAUGHTER ? W HERE she will have for the least expense the best development of her physical, mental and spiritual nature. To find Buch 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 the? WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE. This institution claims a few points of decided superiority over some of its more pretentious sisters. Those who have given them a fair trial unanimously approve and commend them to others. You 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, $72.00 to $80.00. For full information, write to REV. S. LANDER, President. July 17,1895?3m Williamston, S. C. CLEARING OUT! PREPARATION FOR FALL. READ THIS LIST, And come and see a few of the items on which we will saye you 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. B?, We are determined to greatly reduce 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, ?SB0RNE & CO. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, 8. 0. SESSION' benias September 2Jlh. Ten regular Course!', witb Diplomas. Spe Uonraes, with Certitteatoa Hoard, SS a mouth, '1' itdl necessary eX|K?nsifci fur tlie year (exclusiveat trav?*lliiij* Hotliinif ami book?), rrom $1 \? t-> $1 to. Women admit ted u> all Classes. Kor farther Informa llon, ad.irctss the President. JAM KS WOOD RO W. July 31, ISU5 4 4 WOFFORD COLLEGE JAS H CARLISLE, L L D., President. Woffjrd College Fitting School. A. G Rkmiikkt, Head Master. Expenses for oue year, from 8150 to ?200. Next Session begins October 1, 1895. For Cutalogup, address .1. A. GAMEWELL, July 31,189."> Spartanborg, S. C. PUBLIC SALE, BY virtue of an Execution directed to rue by the Treasurer of the City of Anderson, S*. C, dated April 22, 18?5, I will sell at public outcry, iu front of the Court House, on Salesday in September next, between the usual boors of Hale, the following described property, to wit. One Erie Engine and Boiler, three Mon? ger Gins. Levied on as the property of the Anderson Ginnery Co., and sold to pay the tans due the suid City for 18!>5, together with tbw penalty and co ts on same. Terms?Cus'j. E. G ROSE. July 31, unr?_<*_3__ GIN-HOUSE INSURANCE. INSURANCE rates on Gin Property heretofore have been almost prohibi? tory, so much 8o that the dance has hardly paid for the lights, but I have for some time been working to secure a? REDUCTION OF RATES, And I am now in a position to announce to the? Gin-Owners of Anderson County That the LLOYDS have authorized the reduction, and u at I am now prepared to insure your Gin Proporty at rates from 25 to 33 per cent. Less Than any other Agency in Anderson Coun? ty can oifer. THE LLOYDS Are offering rates that are in the bounds of reason, an? such that you can afford to Odrry)ourown rates no longer. There fore, write or call on me for rates and full particulars. M. M. MATTISON, Manager, Anderson, 8. C. Honea Path High School, Honea Path, S, C. SESSrON BEGINS SEPTEMBER 2, 18.-5. Lo? cality healthy. Free from excitement or immorality of any kind. Unusual advantages for study and improvement. Pupils prepared for College or for entrance upon the business pursuits of life. Both mental and moral training of pt pils diligently attended to, and best influence ex? erted over them. Bates of tuition and board ex? ceedingly low. Further irformatlon cheerfully givon by any one of the Teachers, or by T. J. Clatwortby, Secretary of Board of Directors J. C HARPER, Principal. MISS NANNIE HlRKNESS, MISS LUlY GAMBREL1', July 24,1893?3m_Assistants. TO A. FEW QUESTIONS That we are Asked Every Day. -o QUESTION?Mr. Minor, wby 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 ceasing btream 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 Bcare 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 customers, 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. S&* The place we like to trade. The Oue Crop System of farming gradually exhausts the land, unless a Fertilizer containing a \ high percentage of Potash is used. Better crops, a better soil, and a 15 larger bank account can only then be expected. Write for our "Farmers' Guide," a 142-page illustrated book. It is brim full of useful information for farmers. It will be sent free, and will make and save you money. Address, GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New Yurie. FRESH TURNIP SEED! OUR Stock of Fresh Turnip Seed have arrived, and we offer our usual. FIVE DOLLAR PREMIUM. ORR & SLOAN. Deering Ideal Mowers! With Roller and Bycicle Ball Bearings. Lightest: Draft of All. Shaves the ground clean, Cuts the most difficult grasses, ard Is StroDg-, Durable and Efficient. Peering Hay Rakes. Gets all the Hay. e e how tha Teata i r j Huag, Strong', Reliable, Easily Op2ratedt" light of Draft and Dm able. t8F Call on us or write for prices. Yours truly, BROCK BROS. COTTON $100.00 A BALE! THIS was paid in Texas a few days ago. However, we hare not yet advanced the pi ice of our Cotton GcoJs, a large S^cck of which we have bought at reduced pries. They consist mostly of? Jeans, Plaids, Sheetings and Calicoes, And ?ill be sold cheaper than anybody's while they last. Now is the time to buy them. QTT/^TT/Q too, are higher, but : jbody knows how cheap they can bny ?HL\_/ JDiO, Shoes until they have examined our Stock. Yon can't afford to go bare footed at our prices. If yon eat hot bitcuits and want to enjoy them, let us figure with yon on your Tj^T /^TT"R We have just stolen four Car Loads and just want enough JTj JLiv/ KJ XV? money to pay freight. Come quick or your cake's all dough, and there' 11 be no Hour to put in it Remember us when about to buy Molasses, Lard, Sugar, Co flee. To? bacco, and other Groceries. DEAN & RATLIFFE. City Delivery, S. D. BROWNLEE. E. P. VANDIVER. D. S. VANDIVER. BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS, - DEALERS IN - Dry 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 PRINTS, 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 Shoes we can sell yon from the cheapest Brogans to the Celebrated Miles band-sewed pood-. 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, Tcbacco, 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 rest 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 Storage De? partment of this large Refrigerator, and there can be no denying the facr. that onr goods are bonnd to be better tban the average. In addition to onr Meat and Vegetable Department 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 that it will afford us as well as our customers, we In? vite the public, especially the ladie?, to visit the interior of onr Market and see how nice it is kept, S. M. F. Physicians' Prescriptions Should be prepared with the greatest care, and this is not the only particular ?oint to watch in such delicate work, n order to get the best results and prompt action, and to give entire sat? isfaction to the Physician, be sure 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. i A NATURAL RESULT. $ Ideas. $ Enterprise. $ Politeness. $ Capital. $ Quality. $ SUCCESS. EVANS' PHARMACY.