The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 21, 1895, Image 2

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Anderson Intelligencer. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. J. P. CLINKSCALES, 1 EDITORS AND C. O. LANGSTON, J Propriktobs TEEMS: ONE YEAR_......fl 50 BIX MONTHS ._... 75 "WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21, 1895. The crop reports indicate that the yield of cotton will bo decreased considerably, find as a consequence the price is slowly advancing. ^ We are glad to note that the State Fair vrfllbe held in Columbia as usual this fall. The railroads have agreed to make . reasonable rates. Senator PefTer, the Populist from Kan? sas, has deserted free silver and the sub treasury plan, and wants a currency babased on land values. It seems old Abbeville County is going to be ripped op to pieces. Greenwood, McCormick, Ninety-Six and Saludaaru all in the contest for new Counties. The Grand Jury presentment in Edge field shows that some rascality has been ig on there by some of the officials. ? next term of Court will ventilate the Yellow lever is reported to be aiding the Cuban revolutionists. The Spanish troops are dying by the hundred, while the natives have comparative immunity from the awful disease. The calamity howling newspaper is now forced to howl with its eyes ahut. It cannot read its own columns or those of any other paper without seeing eviden? ces of returning prosperity. The Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta will be the greatest possible advertisement the South could have, and the sections that push their interests and show their resources there will get the good tha; will accrue from it. Hon. J.\C. O. Black has been unani mously nominated by the Democrats of the Tenth Congressional District in Geor? gia as his own successor in Congress. Tom. Watson, Populist, will oppose in ! the race, and will bo worse beaten than ho was last fall. -?> There is nothing more disgusting than to hears man. expatiating on the currency question when it is a well . known fact that his wife is at home work? ing at the sewing machine at 75 cents a day, endeavoring to secure the where? withal to run hunger out the back door. A number of newspapers are wasting a great deal of time and space discussing the various questions that will come bs . fore the Constitutional Convention. The Constitution has already been framed, and, after Ben. Tillman submits it to a caucus of his right bowers, it will be adopted Just as he wants it. Anderson County;?ossesses natural ad ? vantages second to none; but to have the train of prosperity come this way and leave its golden fruits at our doors, re? quires- energetics exercise of brain and muscletherefore lot every man get a hustle on him and contribute his share of oil to the signal lamp that marks the station. Otherwise we may have to lament over lest opportunities. - up ?| ? ? The Supreme Court of Nebraska has just declared unconstitutional the law re? quiring railway engineers to whistle at every highway, and imposing a fine of .$50 for every failure to do so, half of which went to the informer. For years the people along the railways have made considerable money by bringing suits ander the law. The Union Pacific Rail road^rgcently had to pay $3,500 to one man alone. Th?j- Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier says Mr. Whitney is reported as saying with refer? ence to the next presidential contest: "I shall be in the fight next year, but not for myself." This is in entire accord with an assertion made by him less than a year ago when he said that he would E3ver^again hold a publio office. Mr. Whitney takes a bright view of the Democratic prospects for 1806, and he gives strong reasons for so doing. , The State liquor commissioner says that it is yet a little two early to tell what improvement in the amount of sales there has been in the dispensaries, owing 1 to the reduction of prices, as he has yet received ho reports, but, judging from the. large increase in orders from the County dispensers and the fact that the State dispensary has shipped muoh more liquor than ever before, he would say at the redaction has greatly Increased the business. * j i__^_>Todge Slmonton has ordered the P. R. & W. C. RR. to be sold at Greenwood on the 17th of October. The Augusta Chronicle, in speaking of the sale, says: ^Vlt is hardly probable that the Central will lake the chances of letting this valuable property get out of its hands. There is every reason to believe that the Central's reorganization plan will be in thorough working order before the date of sale, and the new management may be Counted upon to take care of this property for the Central and keep it as a feeder to that system. This will be done simply by paying the interest on the bonds which went by default some time ago and which bronght about the present suit." _ Government statistics Bhow that the . total consumption of sugar in the United States in 1894 was over 2,000,000 tons, or more than double the amount consumed |t-xnc"'18S0. Of this amount over 1,700,000 tons were imported, a slightly larger pro? portion than in 18S0. The consumption per capita increased from 43 pounds in ^-ISSO to 63} pounds in 1894, an increase of j not far from 50 per cent Notwithstand? ing the growth in domestic production -the consumption has so increased that the proportion of domestic sugar to the total of sugar consumed is actually less . now than it was in 1880. In 1880 the United States imported from the West Indies more than 75 per cent, of the for? eign sugar consumed, while in 1891 nearly 50 per cent, of the imports were from countries other than the West . Indies. _^ __ The Charleston Evening Tost of the 1-ith inst. says: "The people of Charles? ton shonld see to it that the Port Royal and Western Carolina railroad does not fall into the hands of any system that is working against Charleston. If this two hundred mile system radiating from Augusta through the richest section of J northwestern South Carolina could be controlled by Charleston it would bo of j tremendous commercial advantage to her. . The system touches Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Laurens and Greenwood, five of the best towns of the State, and the establishment of intimate relations between Charleston and these communities would be of benefit incal? culable. It is probable that sooner or later, in faotit is more than probable, that very soon the Blue Ridge road will be completed across the mountains from Anderson to Kncxvillo." The Post is correct about the Blue Ridge Road, and if Charleston does not arouse from her lethargy she will not be the terminus of | the Road* THE ELECTION. The election for delegates to tbo C insti? tutional Convention passed ofT quietly in this County yesterday. There was very little interest manifested in the election throughout the County, and the nomi? nees of the primary vrere elected by a big majority. At the Anderson preoinct 515 votes were polled. The highest of the primary nominees received 291, and the highest of the opposition ticket 22S. The man? agers estimate the negro vote here at 150. About one-half of the white yote polled hero was from the country. On account of the rain this morning the returns are coming in very slowly. Up to the hour of going to press (12 o'clock) we have secured unofficial returns from all of the precincts except two?Broyles and Greenwood?and the result is as fol? lows : Primary nominees, 1C11; "Inde Eendent" ticket, 473. The total yote will e about 2,250, nearly one-half of the white vote of the County, " The Bloody Angle." Uditovs-Inteitigencer: In your issue of August 14th appeared a clipping from the Abbeville Medium and a card from Ser? geant B. P. Brown, of Augusta, Ga., in whioh he and the Editor of the Medium agree that the Yankee got back to the en? emy's line at the "Bloody Angle" on the 12th of May, 1864, and I suppose they are correct, for if the Yankee tbey refer to talked with Capt. Carlisle he was not the one I saw, for the Thirteenth Regiment was on the r?ght of Orr's Regiment, and I am not sure nut think the First Regiment was between the Thirteenth and Orr's. The man that came up to where I was standing and demanded our surrender could not have been the man that Mr. Brown saw; but what led me to believe he was the same man Mr. Brown referred to was that he was shot and fell after he had started back to the Union lines. So they were different men, both nearly met the same fate, and all happened at the same time. The mistake on my part was easily made, as the Medium says there may have been others who came over and demanded our snrrender. The next time I am in Augusta, Mr. Brown, I would be glad to meet you, and talk over the hard-fought battles in which we were engaged from the Wilderness to Petersburg. J. B C-, Co. K, Orr's Rifles. The State's Rum Revenue. Columbia, August 16.?The State dis Sensary paid to the State Treasurer to ay, to the credit of the State, the $50,000 which was advanced by the State for the first purchases of the dispensary. The promise has long been mado that the money would*be placed in the treasury for the general use of the State, but to? day Commissioner Mixson, in person, carried the warrant for the $50,000 and received .a receipt for the money. The money, it is said, will be used, or at least so much of it as may be necessary, for the expenses of the Constitutional Con? vention. Commissioner MixBon is very much delighted that the dispensary is able to see financial daylight. He says that it has been hard work for himself, Chief Clerk Scruggs and the entire force to get things in the shape that they now are. He went on to say that there was in the State treasury, prior to the payment of the $50,000, the sum of $94,000. On the 1st of the month there was in the treasury, he said, $11,000 over and above the stock on hand which has been paid for. Since that time he has received payments from the dispensers, which has run the bal? ance up to about $23,000. - Some little stock has been bought in the interim. Mr. Mixson says that while there is no way of positively telling what business will be done he thinks there will be a net profit which can be turned over to the State for the next quarter of about $35,000 to $40,000. He, however, puts full confidence in the estimate that the State will receive $25,000 for the next quarter's business. While it cannot be stated from the records what the net earnings were for. the last quarter until the figures are given out by the Legisla? tive committee, it is in the neighborhood of $35,000. The business of the dispensary, with the cheap prices, continues to bo very good. All dispensaries have been ordered to be kept closed next Tuesday, on ac? count of the election of delegaies to the Constitutional Convention. Charleston is again threatened with a metropolitan police. This time Gover? nor Evans announced that there is no bluff or foolishness about the matter. He was asked for publication whether there was anything in the intimation that Charleston wonld have a metropolitan police. He said: "I think we will have .a metropolitan police in Charleston in sixty days if things get no better." Then he went on to say: "No, this is no bluff, for I and everyone else is sick and tired of the way things are going on in Charleston. All the 'blind tigers' are to bo put under injunction and wo will see what can be done." In the course of conversation he said that he believed that Chief Martin was in earnest in his efforts to enforce the law, but the policemen had been led to believe that the State could and would do nothing- about the matter. He said that he would have the matter inquired into, and if there was no im? provement there wonld be nothing left to do but to give Charleston a metropoli? tan police. What he said, he urged, was not by way of threat or blnff. The introduction of a metropolitan po? lice would do away with the necessity for constables in Charleston, as some of the members of the force could be used as detectives. Chief of Police Martin and W. Gibbes Whaley, of the board of con? trol, saw Governor Evans to-day, but the latter insists that their visit was in regard to another matter.?Special to News and Courier. A Wreck on the Southern. Atlanta, Aug. 18.?The Southern Railway passenger train, north bound, which left Atlanta last night at 9 o'clock for Washington, was wrecked ninety miles from the city, near Tocoa, at mid? night. The train was rushing down a steep grade between Toccoa and Mount Airy. Suddenly the tender of the engine leaped from the traok and the coupling that held it to the engine was torn loose. The ten? der was hurled down a forty-foot em? bankment with terrific force, dragging after it the cars that made up the train, with the exception of the sleeper, which was torn from the track, but was not injured. The train was completely wrecked. The coaches were piled upon each other in fearful disorder. Express Messenger Walter Greer, 25 years old. of Columbia, was killed instantly by being pinned to the wall by the iron safe in his car. A negro in the car was badly hurt, his arm being mashed by the safe. The mail agent was injured and had to be brought back to his home in Atlanta. Others were more or less injured. After breaking loose from the train, the engine had a wild, exciting run of five miles. The air brake was broken and sweeping down a heavy grade at a speed of seventy-five miles an hour, the veteran engineer found It impossible to stop his engine. Every minute the speed was in? creased and the bob tailed locomotive sped along like the wind, leaping from em? bankment to embankment. The road is perilous at this point, the cuts being nar? row aid the embankments high. It is in the vicinity of Mount Airy and Tallu lah Falls, and the midnight run of the engineer was calculated to turn his hair gray. Hon. R. F. Kolb, of Alabama, was de? tained four hours in the wreck. Said he: "It is the worst I ever saw. How a soul escaped alive is a miracle that a divine Providence alone can explain." Honoring a Soldier. Greenwood, Aug. 17.?Gen. Stephen D. Lee of Mississippi, arrived here today on a visit to his brother, Mr. A. St. Clair Lee. He was received at the train with considerable civio and military eclat. The Maxwell Guards, under command of Capt. Evans, fired a volley while the distinguished soldier was descending from the train and then presented arms while Gen. Lee was escorted from the train by Intendant Carr to a carriage bedecked with State and Confederate flags. The horses seemed to pay homage to the brave soldier by chaffing on their bits and assuming a very martial air. The band played "Dixie," after which Gen. Lee was escorted by the Maxwell Guards, preceded by a brass band, to the home of his brother. The rebel yell was once more given and the friend of Jack? son signified his appreciation of the honor extended by passing through the crowd of welcoming friends with uncovered head.?Special to the State. ? Pure sweet oil rubbed thoroughly all over the body, rubbing in all that the skin will absorb, will be found of great benefit to infants, delicate children, the aged and any one that is thin or not. strong. It is nutritious and .strengthening and given in this way the system is furnished with the fats it needs and could appro? priate in no other way, as in case of weakening digestion, etc, Constables at the Club. The dispensary constables, aided by Sergeaut Morehead and Officer Strick? land, of the Columbia police force, armed with a search warrant issued by Trial Justice Troy, yesterday afternoon called at the rooms of the Columbia Club, an organization of Columbia gentlemen that [ is known far and wide, and searched the i rooms, taking everything in sight. It was the first attempt that has ever been made to raid the club. A largo quantity of liquors, stored in the private lock boxes of the members, was taken out and carted away in a wagon, which was backed up to the doors. A very large crowd of curious persons stood by, crowded the sidewalks so a3 to block them, to see the seized stuff brought out. The constables participating in the raid were Speed, Davis and La Far. There were only a very few members of the club in the room when they came in. Officer Strickland was stationed at the door. Ever since the dispensary law went into effect the sale of liquor has been abolished at the club. A system of lock boxes was established, and each member who cared-to-have something to drink at the club has kept his private bottle in one of the boxes. Whenever a member wanted a drink he would give the colored porter his key, have him get his bottle and mix a drink or serve it straight. And this was the condition of things that the constables found. Several of the bot? tles and packages were marked for per? sonal use only, and those which were not so' marked, were so located as to show that they were only intended for such use. But that made no difference; everything, even the glasses, the spoons, etc., used by the porters were seized and carted away. There was no demonstra? tion on the part of any one, though Mr. Robertson, a member, took a bottle be? longing to him and poured the contents into a cuspidor, for which act he was Elaced under arrest, but later released on is own recognizance. The members of the club did not seem to mind the loss of their liquor, except that it was what they considered the robbery of their own per? sonal property, fully protected by Judge Simonton's order of injunction. Several of them intend to immediately proceed in the United States Court to have the con? stables and police officers punished for contempt of Judge Simontons order and to recover their property. All of them think the proceedings outrageous and will see what the Courts will do for them. There was more or less excitement on the street while the raid was in progress, but no demonstration was made by any one. The property seized consisted of three kegs, containing cherry bounce and rye whiskey marked with the name of the member to whom it belonged and in? scribed "for personal use ;" three boxes containing nineteen quarts of sherry wine; a box containing fourteen bottles of beer; four beer, three punch and twelve whiskey glasses; a box contain? ing twenty-six bottles of beer; a box containing ten beer and five punch glasses, five tumblers, seven whiskey glasses, a straw and a schooner, two colored glasses, one nutmeg box, six Eitchers, ten spoons and one sifter; one ox of thirty bottles of beer; a box con? taining three bottles of ginger ale, a quart bottle of whiskey, a pint bottle of bitters, two tumblers, one schooner, one beer glass, two punch glasses, one funnel, one jar, one ice shaver, one lemon squeezer, one ice pick, two shakers and one cork screw; a box containing twenty-five bottles of beer, one bottle of Medoo wine and three bottles of whiskey, partially filled.?Columbia State, August 18 Sensations In Edgensld. Edgefield, Aug. 15.?The jury in the case of the State against the two Jones, father and son, for the murder of John C. Swearingen, retired at 7:50 yesterday afternoon, and after remaining in the jury room for two hours returned and re? quested a new charge from the judge. Retired the second time, and at 11:30 re? turned a verdict of "Not guilty." Great interest was exhibited in the case. The case depended mainly upon the fact whether or not the deceased was shot with a pistol of different calibre. The State had witnesses on hand to prove conclusively that the ball in the head of deceased was of a different size than the other three balls found in the body of the deceased. The Judge ruled out such testimony. His rulings gave general disappointment as to his ability as a judge, and a regret that such an important case was not tried by a more able jurist. In fact. Solicitor Nel=on was treated with such discourtesy by the Court that he declined to make any argument in the case before the jury. The case was fought hard by the learned counsel asso? ciated with the State's attorney. The arguments of J. W. Devore and J. Wm. Thurmond for the prosecution were able and forceful. Colonel Jas. Tillman did not speak. The closing argument of Hon. G. W. Croft, on the same Bide, is regarded as perhaps the most eloquent and touching appeal ever delivered in the Edgefield court room. The speech of ex Governor Sheppard for the defense is also highly complimented. The case consumed three days, the court room was packed during the whole trial. Quite a sensation was caused this morn? ing when Judge Townsend issued a rule against nearly all of the County officials to show cause why an indictment should not be preferred against them for various irregularities and rottenness.?Special to Augusta News. A Remarkable Case. Montgomery, Ala., August 1G.?A remarkable case is reported from Gun? ters ville, Ala. Mrs. James Rutherford, a member of a well-known family of the County, fell into a deep sleep some months ago. At the beginning of her malady she would wake up after long irregular intervals, but for three months past she has not waked for a moment She is fed three times a day, the food in liquid form being Dlaced in her mouth. She swallows it readily but mechanically. Her husband is a poor man and is not in a position to call eminent physicians into the case, but he has carried her to Guntersville, where the several practi? tioners there can diagnose her case and Erescribe for her. During the trip from er home to Guntersville, lying as she was on a mattress in a wagon and jolted for six miles over a rough road, she did not awake, but continued undisturbed in her deep, quiet sleep. Mrs. Rutherford is thirty.live years of age, and has seven children. Five of them died last spring, and it is thought that grief is at the bot? tom of her disease, whatever it is. She breathes naturally, her temperature is normal and she appears to suffer no pain whatever, but for three months not a muscle of her body has moved excepting the apparently mechanical movement of her throat muscles in swallowing her liquid diet. The physicians at Gunters? ville do not understand her case. Lost his Life for his Love. Winston, N. C?Aug. 13.?In David? son County yesterday Hammett Swing lost his life in his efforts to keep his sweetheart from drowning. The young couple were out driving when the horse shied in crossing a bridge and ran the buggy off. Mr. Swing jumped from the vehicle, but the young lady with the horse and buggy went overboard, falling several feet. The young man ran to the bank and swam to the rescue of Miss Gallimore. In the struggle and excite? ment she held him too heavily by the neck and he sank and was drowned. Just as he was sinking the last time Mr. Robert Young came upon the scene with a bateau, and seeing her long hair in the water reached down and pulled her out and and she was saved." The body of Mr. Swing was found and taken from the water about 10 o'clock at night. He was about 20 years of age. The horse was drowned also. Doings in Darlington. Darlington, August 19.?After two weeks' services here, preaching three times a day, the little nine-year-old col? ored girl left here to-day ior Bennetts ville. Her sermons attracted a great deal of attention, a large number of whites being present at every service. She is a little wonder sure, preaching without notes, speaking fluently and sensibly and with perfect self-possession. Two large "baDtizings" have been held and many colored persons have been converted. The church has been unable to hold the tremendous crowds that attended the services and the little preach? er is a prodigy.?Neivs and Courier. The Unloaded Pistol. Tukkitinnock, Pa., August 19.?The "Wild West" craze has cost the life of another boy. A number of boys were playing at killing Indians this morning in Meehany Township and nine-year-old Lenford Lovo was a redskin, and twelve year-old Fred Doty was a cowboy. Ac? cording to all established rules of boy? hood fighting the young "redskin" was to die by the hand of the "cowboy," and Doty placed a supposedly empty revolver to the mouth of little Lovo and pulled the trigger. Unknown to the boyB the revolver was loaded and the bullet pass? ed through the child's neck, severing the spinal cord and instantly killing him. A Wife With a Horsewhip. Chattanooga, Tenn., August 17.?For an indefinite time pa9t E. C. Springfield, a city oiliciaJ, has been quite attentive to Miss Mary Gluten, dospite the fact that Mrs. Springfield wns still in tho land of the living. While'Springfield and the young lady were strolling on the bridge to-night in true sweetheart fashion, Mrs. Springfield came on the scene and ran the frightened girl clear across tue bridge with a horse whip, striking her at every jump. Then the jealous and irate wife went back to her husband. "You try this sort of thing again," she said, "and I'll give you a little of it." To Exterminate the Caterpillar. "Washington, August IS.?The Egyp? tian Council of ministers have formed a commission to investigate and determine practical means for the destruction of the cotton caterpillar in that country. The commission will be assisted by a bota? nist, entomologist and chemist. Twenty live hundred dollars has been voted to defray the expenses of the investigation. Unite'd States Consul General Penfield, at Cairo, who forwards this information to the State Department, shows that the caterpillar has beeD destroyed in the past by picking and burning all the leaves on which eggs or young caterpillars were found. The Consul General states that the cheapness of Egyptian labor enabled the foregoing methods to be followed at a cost of about six shillings an acre. An Atlanta Dynamitard. Atlanta, Aug. 17.?A dynamite bomb was exploded to-night against the side of the Church Grocery Company's store, at Cain street and Piedmont avenue. The store was crowded with customers, all of whom, however, escaped without seri oub injury. Mr. Church, tho proprietor, was shocked, but not badly hurt. The bomb was placed just outside Mr. Church's private office and it is evident that the purpose of the miscreant was to kill Church. The side of the building was blown out and great excitement was caused in the neighborhood. Mr. Church suspects a negro boy, whom he had arrested recently for theft. The boy was Been in front of the store with a package under one arm five minntej before the explosion. He has not been found since. John C. Calhoun'8 Grandson. New York, Aug. 15.?Mr. Andrew Calhoun and MissFloride Lee were mar? ried at 12 o'clock at Leeside, the old family homestead of the Lees at Carmel, N. Y. The wedding was a'private one, owing to a recent death in the family of the bride. Mr. Andrew Pick ens Calhoun is the great grandson of John C. Calhoun, and nephew of Col. John C. ,Calhoun, of New York and Mr. Patrick Calhoun, the South Car? olina statesman. The bride is also the granddaughter of John C. Calhnun, and the granddaughter of Thomas G. Clem son, at one time United States Minister to Belgium, who died a few years ago at Fort Hill, S. C. Mr. Thomas G. Clemson was the founder of the Clemson Agricul? tural College and who left Fort Hill, the old home of John C. Calhoun, together with ?100,000 to the State of South Caro? lina on condition that the State should endow the college. The bride is the possessor of manifold Calhoun heirlooms and she wore today lace presented to her grandmother by the Queen of Spain. Mrs. C alhoun is the daughter of Gid? eon Lee, whose family have been for many years prominent in the leather trade in New York city and whose father was one of the early mayors of New York. The best man was Mr. James Edward Calhoun, son of Col. John C. Calhoun, of New York. ^_ To Camp in tho Capitol. It is beginning to appear that the wo? man suffragists of the State are going to make every possible effort to have the Constitutional Convention provide a wo? man's suffrage plank in the new Consti? tution when it meets, despite the opposi? tion that the scheme had encountered from the leaders of the dominant element, who are so strongly pushing the Missis? sippi plan. It looks now as if the wo? man's suffragists are going to come here and camp in the capital during the ses? sions of the Convention: ? The Woman's Tribune, of Washington, D. C, bearing date ot Saturday last, has this to say about Mrs. Neblett's plans: "Mrs. Viola Neblett, of Greenville, S. C, has been spending some days in Washington, and the editor of the Tri? bune bad Beveral delightful visits with her. Mrs. Neblett intends to camp with the South Carolina Constitutional Con? vention, which meets September 15, and expects nothing less than that her State will be the third to adopt woman's suf? frage. By Legislative enactment the delegates have the power to settle the whole matter as the Constitution goeB into effect as soon as passed by the Con? vention. If it completes its labors before election day in Utah Mrs. Neblett's ex? pectations may be realized." Mrs. Neblett is most persistent; she is the recognized leader of the woman suf? fragists of South Carolina and if tie female suffrage clause is not in the new Constitution, it will be no fault of hers, or those whom she will have to assist her in her lobbyirjg work. The Ration, in commenting upon the position taken by this paper on the wo? man's sufirage scheme as a means of eliminating fraud and preserving white supremacy, says: "The Columbia Stale strongly advo? cates a resort to qualified suffrage as a means of insuring white supremacy in South Carolina without any possible collision with the Federal Constitution. Moreover, it says this idea meets with marked favor, and it will have its sop Eorters in the coming Constitutional onvention. That such an innovation should be the result of emancipation must seem odd enough to those who re? member how the ante bellum South prided itself on its Chinese wall against isms; yet the situation is so desperate that we may Bee woman suffrage enacted in South Carolina before it establishes itself in Massachusetts, the original seat of the agitation."?Columbia Stale. ? Patents have recently been taken out for an electric locomotive that is intended to pull cars at the rate of from 110 to 150 miles an hour, and the probability is that before many months have elapsed, some of these locomotives will be in practical operation between some of the larger Northern cities?say New York, Wash? ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. Those who have the scheme under consideration, say the very nature of the case requires the construction of roads especially adapted to the purpose. As curves would be dangerous, the roads must be perfect air lines. In order to secure such a tremendous rate of speed, the cars must necessarily be small, and, therefore, only a few passengers can be carried at a time. It is the intention, however, to run trains at intervals of five minutes. The track will either have to be elevated or underground, so as to avoid the danger of crossings, and as local travel will not be worth catering for, there will be no switches or side? tracks. The men who have control of the patents say that the only considera? tion now iu the way of carrying out their plans is the question as to which of the big railroads will pay them the most for a monopoly. Several of the roads, they say, are preparing to make offers. ? There are, according to statistics, nearly 10,000 people arrested in the United States each year, charged with killing in some way, not always so as to constitute murder, but some form of homicide. This does not mean, however, that there are 10,000 homicides yearly, since it is very frequent for two or more persons to be arrested for the same crime. Still it dofls mean that with only a little more than double the population, we have nearly four times as many homicides as Italy, the most ignorant and fiery of the modern nations. Two Lives Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, 111. was told by her doctors she had Con? sumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery completely cured her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Egiers, 139 Florida St. San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching Con? sumption, tried without result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thankful. It is such re?ults, of which these are samples, that prove the wonderful efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at Hill Broj. Drug Store- Regular size 50c. and ?1.00. Old People. Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and contains no whi?key nor other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding Nature in the performance of tbe functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old People find it just exactly what they need. Price fifty cents per bottle at Hill Bros. Drug Store. Boll Worms in Mississippi. Jackson. Miss., Aug. 17.?Boll worms in large numbers have made tbeir ap? pearance in the Mississippi Delta, the greatest cotton producing country on earth, and the planters apprehend serious damage. Capt. Jenkins, manager of tho State farms, has just returned from a tour'-f inspection of his thousands of acros jt cotton and corn in the counties of Wash? ington, Isaquenaand Holmes, and reports the worms have taken possession of some plantations. Otherwise the crops are the finest be ever saw, and if the application of Paris green will kill the worms in time he counts on a bale of cotton per acre on several places. In addition to its own farms of S.OOO acres the State is working about 20,000 acres on shares with convict labor, and, barring mishaps, will make enough cot? ton to corner th9 market, and corn in abundance to feed its mules and convicts and fatten a large number of hogs. ? An ordinary piano contains a mile of wire string. ? There are 71,S05 divorced women in this country._ WANTED I ~ OLD BRA.8S, COPPER, ZINC, and SCRAP IRON, For which the Cash will be paid. E. G. EVANS, At H. C. Townsend'a Lumber Mill. Aug 21, 1895_8 _4_ NOTICE. THE County Bourd of Commissioners will meet on Tuesday, September 3, at 10 a. m.. to pass upon all claims and transact any other business that may come before them. All persons having claims against the Countv must present them be? fore that day. W. P. &NELGROVE, _County ?3up'r A. C. ? Miss Caroline Adams of Springfield, Tonn., became heartsick because her i lover ceased bis attentions. Last week | sbe saturated her clothing witli coal oil, applied n torfib and burned to death. VV ILL belet to the lowest responsible bidder? On Saturday, August 31st, the repairing of the woodwork of Dunham's Bridge over 8aluda River. Contractor will be re quired to give bond for double the amount of contract price. Plans and specifications made known on day of iettine. W. P. SNELGItOVE, Co. Sup. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PJLEAS. BjlTCBter Bleckley. .T. J. Fretwell, as Execulors, and Sirs. S. Josephine Peoples, as Executrix of the last Will and Testament of John E. Peoples, deceased, Plain till", against Cornelius R. Roddy, Sylvester Bleckley Company, a Corporation un? der and by the laws of South Carolina, Sylvester Bleckloy and J. J. Fretwell, partners in trade as Bleckley A Fretwell, and Sylvester Blecklev, J. J. Fretwel', F. G. Brown, W. It. Osborne. J. T. Pearson and J. H. vonllasseln, partners com ?osing the Firm of Sylvester Bleckley Co , dow a liquidation, Defendants.?Complblnt Scr/od. To tho Defendants above named : YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy I* herewith served upon you, aud to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office, Anderson C. H., S, C, within twenty days after the service htreof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the Complaint within the tiatc aforesaid, the Plautlffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded iu tUt com? plaint. Dated August 21st, A. D. ISOj. BOKIIAM A WATKINS, Plaintiffs' Attorneys, Andeisua, S. C. [skalJ J.vo. C. Watkiss, c.c. c. p. To the Defendant, Cornelius R. RcdJy : You will tako notice that the Summons and Complaint in this action are filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for An? derson County, ?. C, at Audursan Court House, this 21st day of August, 1895. NOTICE. Aug 21,189 > COTTON, AND BAGGING, AND For the Information of Farmers and Ginners. THE Agricultural Bureau report, issued August 10th, by the Secretary of Agriculture at Washington, D. C, for Cotton is the lowest August report on record. It is 77 9-10 against 92 4-10 in 1894, and 82 3-10 in 1893, when we made only 6,700,365 bales, as against 9,700,000 bales last year. The condition in South Carolina is 81, while in Texas, and some of the other Western States, it is only 71. We give you this for what it is wortb, but do not vouch for it. If it should prove true, however, we expect better prices than we obtained last season. We have? The Largest Stock of Bagging and Ties Ever brought to this market by one Firm, all of which we bought last April before the advance in iron products. We have any kind you want, as follows : 50,000 yards 2-lb. Old Bagging, in 50 yard rolls. 25,000 yards 1 3 4 lb. New Jute Bagging. 15,000 yards 2 lb. New Jute Bagging. 5,000 Patterns Old Bagging and Ties. 1,600 Bundles Whole Rebundled, Repainted Ties. 600 Bundles New Steel Arrow Ti s. These Goods must be sold We guarantee prices as low ai anybody, and solicit your patronage. Our line of GENERAL MERCHANDIZE, GROCERIES, &c? is always complete. When jou sell your Cotton always Bee our Mr. FRED. BROWN, who is always iu the mar? ket, and will pay the highest cash price for the staple. Thanking you for past liberal patronage, We are yours truly, BROWN, OSBORNE & CO. TO OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERSI IN order to better accommodate our trade we can bs found at the elegant Store Room of J. E. BARTON? Formerly Occupied by Kay & Baker, after Sept. 1st. We are Bparing no pains iu the selection of our heavy FALL and WINTER STOCK, and feel sure we can inter? est you in GOODS and PRICES this season, even though we have never been able to do so before. In the meantime come and see us, and we will give you SPECIAL BAR? GAINS to save trouble and expense of moving. W"e want You for a Customer. Yours in earnest, BR0WNLEE & VANDIVERS. ??? BAGGING and TIES Cheap as any one. WE WEAR THE PANTS! I5uT, of course, we can't wear all the new Stock we have just received, because it is too large. Neither can we wear all the large Stock of SHOES just put on our shelves; and what we are now interested iu is to get some thousand or more people to help us to wear them out to make room lor others just like them. It will be bard work, but it will pay you to help us. We have the neatest line of SHOES and FANTS we ever carried, and can surprise you when it cornea to prices. Give us a call and just look at our Stock, though you don't want to buy. Our Stock of Dry Goods, Shirts, Hats, Jeans, Plaids and Sheet? ings is always up to the best. We have an elegant assortment of every kind of Tohacco, and various grades of Coffee and Molasses. When you see a man's mouth watering over a IUrrel of Flour you may know it's good. DEAN'S PATENT is not only good for this but is good to eat. Try it and you will always buy it. Yours for Business, DEAN & RATLIFFE. City Delivery, WHERE SHALL I EDUCATE MY DAUGHTER ? WlIERE 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 BUggest 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 RET. S. LANDER, President. July 17, lS95-3m WUliamston, S. C, KOTICE. ! TT7TLL be let to the lowest ro-pons-iblo V? hidi.'eron Wtduesilay, Angust ?Hth insr.., nl in :>. in., tlin bui'dititj of .1 ilrid^e ovor Mulli'. rry Creek. Plan ? and specid cati-jti.s made known on d.tv of letting. . W. P. SNELGKOVE.O'. Sup. | HOUSES FOR STENT. rpir E T#o Story Building nt-sr the new iL Graded School buil.licti; ;>!>o some Servituts Housed ii. saute locality. The elegant Huh ovtr Brown, IK-horii? ?v (Vs. Store, in my new brick building: thetwo r<xjnt cottage and four-room Cottage on Green vibe *.trc??t. Please call at once on SYLVESTER BLECK LEY. Aug M, 1 "'?'?>_ _ j_2_ NOTICE. THE Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Anderson Cotton Mills will bubeld in th* Court House on TUESDAY, 17ih SEPTEMBhR next nl II o'clock a.m. The Shareholders who cannot attend in person will please arrange to be represent? ed by proxy, es it is specially desired to bavo a riuotuin. J. A. BROCK, President. Aug 14, IS05_7_4_ BELTON HIGH SCHOOL, BELTON, 8. C. SESSION begins Sept. 2. and closes June 13. It is the purpose of the Teachers to do the very best and n.ost thorough work. Rates of tuition very low. Coud board can he bad in private families, or with ihn Principal, Ht prices to suit the timos. For farther information, address the Principal, W U WEST. Aug 7, 18U5 _ _5_0 FU8MAN UNIVERSITY. Greenville, S. C THE next Session will open ?c; tember 2.), 181)5. Wrile for circulars, cata? logues or for Information about Courses of Instruction, Mefiw Hall, Hoarding, itc. inquire about examination tj be held by School Commissioner, August 23, for Scholarnhip worth $">(). C. MANLY. D D., President. Aug 7, If!).") 5 4 IMPORTANT. III AVE bargains in Buttons. 7/ic best Needles, Braid*, Linen Collars. Boys' Fine Shirts, Colored Cotton Thread, Black and Colored Silk Tliread, and other arti? cles too tedious to mention. A. B. TOWERS. Aug 10. 1895_7_2_ GIN-HOUSEJNSUR?NCL INSURANCE rate3 on Gin Property heretofore have been almost prohibi? tory, so much so 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 ant now in a position to announce to the? Gin-0wner3 of Anderson County That the LLOYDS have authorized the reduction, and tl at I am now prepared to insure your Gin Property at rate3 from 25 to 33 per cent. Less Than any olher Agency in Anderson Coun? ty can offbr. THE LLOYDS Are offering rates that are in the bounds of reason, an? such that you can afford to carry 3 our own rates no longer. There fore, write or call on me for rates and full particnlars. M. M. MATTISON, Manager, Anderson, S. C. ANSWERS XO A. FEW QUESTIONS That we are Asked Every Day. " QUESTION.?Mr. Minor, why are you always busy ? ANSWER?"Eternal vigilance is the price of" a living, and we muet have bread. We work for our cus? tomers when they are not here, and hence we are ready when they come. Q.?Why arc you forever getting in New Goods ? A?There is a never ceasingttream 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 blow3 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 oiT 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 customers, who are really our employers, demand our very lest services for their money paid. Q.?Why is your house forever crowded with goods new aud 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 ior 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 caudy. 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 wc 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. I@* The place we like to trade. The One 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 larger bank account can only then be expected. ? (i. Write for our "Farmers' Guide," a 142-page illustrated book, is brim full of useful information for farmers. It will be sent free, will make and save you money. Address, GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New Writ. w k. It A t, and ggf y Try for our $5.00 Turnip Prize! W^LIL?J?JIW.M-JMW_'.IILI'J' PIMmj?IMW,mnli | rnggf FRESH LOT OF SEED. ?4r S X. MAJOR received tho Priz-i last year. JOBBERS PRICE TO MERCHANTS. EVANS PHARMACY. A TALK ON BUSINESS. WE want to say a few words this week on our way of doing business. A great many know something about it already, but for the sake of those that don't know we make this explanation : Our first and fundamental rule is to buy our Goods from the proper fource, paying SPOT CASH for everything, thereby saving our customers from seven to ten per cent. We will take as much trouble to show our Goods if you are only looking around as if you had come especially to buy from us. We take back all Goods not entirely satisfactory. We do not ask you to trade with us unless you are convinced that it is to your interest to do so. We do everything in our power to make our customers feel that we ap? preciate their trade. Your3 very truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO. m v ^ nil Y?...J1S S ?SaDERiSON, S. O. 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 lave at present a great Bargain to offer you for Cash, namely : 200 to 300 Pairs Women'u Oxford's at 45c, 65c. and 90c, Goods that cannot be bought for that price at the Factory. 100 Pairs Men's and Boys' Tennis Oxfords at 35c.! Which arc 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 aud finest line of Goods, in all vari? eties, in Anderson, which will be sold lower, quality considered, than in any other Store handlirjg Shoes. We are practical Shoemen and know no other business, and our experi? ence of forty-five years in the Shoe Business will surdy be of some benefit to our patrons. B?, Be sure aud call before you decide to make your purchases, as we can save you some money. _ FRESH TURNIP SEED! OUR Stock of F.oh Turoip Seed have arrived, and we offer our usual. FIVE DOLLAR PREMIUM. ORR & SLOAN. Deering Ideal Mowers! With Boiler and Bycicle Ball Bearings. Lightest Draft of All Shaves the ground clean, Cuts^the most difficult grasses, and Is Strong, Durable and Efficient. Deering Hay Rakes. Gets all the Hay. See how the Teeth are Hung. Strong, Reliable, Easily Operated. light of Draft and Durable* t&" Call on us or write for prices. Yours truly, BROCK BROS. ?