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Anderson InteUigencer. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. J. F. CTJ-INKSCALES, ) Editors and 0. 0. LANGSTON, J Proprietors ~ TERMS: ONE YEAR.$1 50 SIX MONTHS .~- 76 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1895. The Board of Directors of the Atl?ata Exposition have decided not to open the Exposition on Sundays. This is a wise and proper step. There is a ramor afloat thai, the railway companies and express companies are about to split and that the railways will hereafter carry their own express matter. Governor Culberson and the State of Texas seem to be tome what disfigured, but are still in the ring and may knock, out Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Stuart & Co. yet. - ma o m The. principal thing needed to make Democratic success next year a certainty is party harmony. With harmony the .JjS^ty-c&a win-; without harmony it can? not possibly win. . Henry Watt er son announces that he Is - entirely out of politics, and will make no further political speeches nnder any cir . curastaucos. He will go to Europe next year, to bo wholly out of toe campaign. - ? > m Sam Jones says he has a supreme con? tempt for the pharisee who loves to pray standing in the synagogue, while he keeps his property in his wife's name to keep from settling with creditors. And Sam's "bump"' of contempt is pretty well developed. We regret that the resolution introduced by Hon. George D. Tillman in the Con stitntionaJ. Convention, providing a whip? ping post for punishing' certain offences, was killed. It is a wise mode of punish* mew and would reach a certain class of criminals where everything else would fail. The end of the present year .will find our people better off than they have been : since the war< Business of every kind is good and improving. Southern manu? factures are prosperous and Southern agriculture has been prosperous. The resources and advantages of the South are receiving jost recognition and the future is very bright for this section. The Constitutional Convention has bsen in session three weeks, and compar? atively nothing has been done yet. The past week has simply been a week o: debate on any and ail kinds of matten, and Ben. Tillman has been the leading ' spirit at the last moment in nearly every debate that has taken place. He is boas of the Convention, and whenever he cracks his whip the coat-tail swingers f?ll in line and obey his commands. This astonishing statement is made by the Manufacturer*& Record: "Onethous ana million dollars a year would be the annual value of the cotton of the Sooth if it were all manufactured at home, and . the time is fast coming when the world's cotton mills must come to the world's chief cotton field?the Socth, This means a wonderful increase in tho wealth of the South; it means a rate of progress and a degree cf prosperity never seen be? fore," . ' The Columbia Evening News, whl has been a strong supporter of the Till man*Everns administration, thus speaks of the Noble Leader: "Senator Tillman has been plunging about like a demented being in the Convention. Bis fierce onslaughts upon men, and his active par? tisanship for local measurea seemed ?--?^rarigo and inexplicable. But stranger st?Thas been his mode of reasoning, If it can be dignified by that term. A feeling of discontent against him is widespread among the Reformers in the Convention. Taere is no use disguising the fact." JNothing speaks higher for a community lhanJmejU5^nco.ofg<^c^roads. A pros? pective land buyer going into a section oi country looking for a farm is influenced yery greatly by the condition of the pub? lic highways. He knows if those are well kept that the community is both prosperous and progressive. It is not a matter for the eye alone. There is economy in good roads, expensive though they may seem. On a solid smooth road every teamster knows he can haul heavier loads with greater ease, to say nothing of the wear and tear of the vehi? cle and team. Connecticut-Is the latest State to enact a "good-roads law." The Act Is a simple one. It provides for a commission of three members, to be appointed by the Governor, whose duty it shall be to over see the work of macadamizing roads, and assess the cost of the improvement in three equal parts?on the towns, the county and the State. The State's outlay ia4imited to 575,000. The road improv? ing is to be limited by the towns them? selves i after the roads are selected, it is for the commissioners to see that the work is properly done, and the cost duly apportioned. ' m? m m* - Th0 resolution formulated by the ex? ecutive committee of the national silver committee call for a conference for the v third Tuesday of December, 1895, at Chi cago, "to take action in formulating a plan for holding a national convention to nom? inate candidates for president and vice president of the United States upon a platform, with the sole iplank providing for the restoration of silver to its consti? tutional place in the currency of our country?without awaiting the action of any other nation on earth." Now here is an opportunity for Ben Tillman and those of his followers who desire to go into a new party. - m 4> mm It now looks as if the Port Royal and Western Carolina road w ill be sold on the 17th inst. The indications were a few days ago that there would be no sole. Receiver J. B. Cleveland said this was because the Central Treat Company of New York had taken an appeal. Since then important developments have taken place in New York in regard to the secu? rities of the Port Royal and Western Carolina held by the Central Trust Com? pany. They were sold at public auction and bid in by Messrs. Thomas and Ryan, representing tho Central Railroad Com? pany. This was a preliminary step and makes the way easy for the Central to bid in the Port Royal and Western Ca 1 The compulsory education laws ii York, Illinois, and Pennsylvania in the larger cities of those States, had th? effect of sending to the school houses such an enormous swarm of children that the managers were forced to turn down applicants by the thousands be? cause they could not be cared lor. In New York oity a number of buildings were built in anticipation of the increase in attendance, but after crowding the children and making available all the room at their command the managers were compelled to refuse the admittance to 40,000 children. Just think of it. Forty thousand young boys and girls knocking at the door of the seat of learn? ing and being refused admittance, and such' a thing to happen in these days of enlightenment and progress. In Chicago the situation was worse than in New York. In thai modern metropolis the public school authorities turned away 60,000 children. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. I Special Corrctpondence of tte Intelligencer. Columbia, S. C, Sept 30,1893. Like Banquo's ghost it appears that the dispensary will not down. The Commit? tee on Police Regulations reported a sec? tion which was regarded as a compro? mise and which it was thought would be entirely satisfactory to all elements. It was proposed to recognize the constitu? tionality of the dispensary law and to leave the settlement of the matter in the hands of the General Assembly, as the exigencies demanded. The committee had before it a resolution that "the Gen? eral Assembly shall have no authority to license the sale of intoxicating liquors or beverages by persons or corporations in this State." The committee, however, declined to Incorporate this provision, but when the matter came upon theflcor of the house a strong and well considered fight was made for its adoption. Every one seemed to be willing to admit that the dispensary law was still in its exper-1 imental stage, but no one seemed inclined to say a kind word for the saloon of the past. It was only through the persua? sion of Senator Tillman that the Clayton, or anti-saloon resolution, was not passed in Its original shape. He urged that in view of pending litigation and possible complications that it would be best not to adopt an ironclad provision by which the State would be forced to have prohibition If the dispensary did not Btand. He, too, was against the old style barroom and of? fered a substitute by which, if the State should ever return to the license system, the dispensary features as to the original packages and early closing would be adopted. The whole matter is still under disenssion, and about the only thing that seems certain is that the old barroom system has precious few friends among the delegates. The first fight of the week was on the matter of the term of office of the Gover? nor. There was a lively and sharp fight over the matter, and coupled with the vigorous support of Senator Tillman and the committee's report, the two-year-term advocates carried the day by a vote of 64 to 47. Although it was not expected the Conservatives were practically unani? mous for the two-year term. The new county matter is in about as much a tangle as it has ever been. The committee has been equally divided, and the Convention has consented to allow both of the sections of the committee to report. The small county portion of the committee has reported on a four hun? dred square mile basis for new and old counties. The old county is not to have less than ten thousand inhabitants nor be reduced to less than a million and a half of taxablo property. The other half of the committee provides that an election shall be held, and if a majority of the vo? ters vote "yes," that then the matter of .the'new county may be taken up. This report provides that new counties shall not contain less than four hundred square miles and old counties Bball not be left with less than five hundred square miles. The report of this committee makes a further provision tnatno new county line shall be run nearer than ten miles to an established Court House Every one ex? pects that when this fight comes up be bre the Convention that it will be one of the most vicious during the entire session of the Convention. There has already been more exhibition of feeling about this matter than anything else that has yet come up, and the Convention itself has not yet had an opportunity to say anything on it. v The right of removal has gotten to be almost a perennial subject for legislative consideration. It has consumed consid? erable time in the Convention, and after a long discussion the right of suspension was finally agreed upon. This, however, was not done until ft was agreed that the grand jury brought in a true bilragainst the official supposed to be short in his ac? counts. In this way the State is given ample protection and the Governor hasn't the arbitrary power that has all along been feared in connection with this pow? er. . The unwritten law which has compell? ed the Legislature to adjourn at Christ? mas, after a session of only about thirty days, necessarily resulted in hasty legis? lation, which, in the end, cost the State more than the extension of the session wonld have done. For a long time there has been an effoit to effect a change in the time ot meeting of the Legislature, and it has at last been accomplished. The Convention on Saturday, by a large ma? jority, changed the time of meeting to the second Tuesday in January. It was argued that such a time would suit farm? ers better than any other, and that, as there would be no great incentive for members to hurry home, what they did would be done after due deliberation and thorough discussion. Senator Tillman, however, made a vigorous fight for a lim? itation of the time of the sittings, and succeeded in having it made forty days with pay, leaving it optional with the Legislature to sit longer if it wished with? out compensation. The provision for a forty days' session will not apply to the four sessions after the Constitution is adopted The first session under the new order will be held in January, 1897, which will make no Legislature for the year 1896. The question of compensation for the members was not definitely settled on Saturday, but a test vote showed that the Convention favored $4 per diem instead of ?3, as the committee recommended. The lorty day provision was excepted from affecting the four succeeding ses? sions after the adoption of the Constitu? tion, because it is believed with the or? ganic law changed the Legislature should not he limited in making present laws and future ones conform to the new order of things. One of the most interesting and hotly contested fights of the session so far was over the matter of exempting factories to be established from taxation for five years, by municipal corporations. Col. Talbertled the light against exemption and Senator Tillman for it. Two votes were taken and both times the exemp? tion people won by a majority of one. A recess was then taken and the expecta? tion was that the fight would be renewed with redoubled vigor, but on reassem? bling Senator Tillman introduced a meas? ure permitting municipalities to exempt such factories provided a majority of qualified voters so decided at an election. As the law now stands any factory, no matter what its capital Btootc may be, may be exempted from taxation for five years provided the voters bo decide. The Convention yet has a vast amount of very important work to do, The Committees on Suffrage, Educa? tion and Judiciary have yet to make their reports and recommendations, and in all of them there is a great diversity of opin? ion as to what is best to be done. The Suffrage Committee will report a plan modeled on the Mississippi plan, and the chief question at issue among the Com mitteemen is whether to have one super? visor or a non-partisan board. With all this in store there is absolutely no telling when the Convention will get through. Those best informed predict that at least one month more will have to be spent here before the Convention can complete its work. The Committee on Corporations has toned down its report very materially, and has taken out the section with refer? ence to interest that it was feared was go? ing to cause much trouble. The Convention has agreed to hold night sessions regularly. ~ A. K. A Murderer in a Trunk. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 30.?A spe? cial to the Times-Union from Tampa, Fla, says: Harry Singleton, the negro kwbo murdered Policeman McCormick a few days ago, was captured this evening. ?The capture came about in a remarkable way. This mornin cr a negro, whose name ^bas not been divulged, went to Mayor Salomonson and proposed to reveal Sin? gleton's hiding place, provided the Mayor guaranteed a fair trial and no lynching The mayor accepted the proposition, and was informed that Singleton was at a house in the suburbs occupied by Ella Murray, a negress. Officers went to the bouse and searched it, but did not find Singleton. As they were about to leave a Saratoga trunk was noticed, and some one sug gested-fhat it be searched. Ella Murray refused to give up the key, and the officers summoned a dray and had the trunk conveyed to the county jail. There it was opened and, as was expected, the murderer was found inside nearly suffo? cated. He had a pistol in his hand, but shrieked as the lid was raised, "For God's dake, don't shoot." The arrest has caused great excitement and there are threats of lynching the murderer, but Mayor Salmonson says he proposes to keep his pledge to protect Singleton. The military companies are under arms ready to protect the jail from a mob. Tho Cotlon Crop. Possibly the course of cotton prices will serve to convince some of our fanati? cal free silver friends that they were going a little too fast in flouting the law of supply and demand. They will doubtless be prepared to admit that there has been no change in the silver situation to account for the advance in the price of cotton within a twelve-month from 5 cents to 81 cents; while on the other hand tbey behold a great increase in the demand for cotton goods and a reduction of three million bales in the crop, or thirty per cent. Oar farmers need free? dom for silver coinage. A contracted ourrency unquestionably necessitates low prices; but prices would not be so low as to be unremunerative if the supply were not in exces?* of the demand. Neill, of New Orleans, whose cotton crop estimates have been singularly veri? fied for the last several years, judges the I present crop to be from 7,000,000 to 7,250, 000 bales, and so great is the confidence in his judgment that prices have again risen sharply and are now higher than they have averaged for five years. The largo purchases of spots in Liverpool at i the advanced price, notwithstanding the great stocks on hand, testify to the belief cf manufacturers in the permanence of the improvement, indeed, the general belief seems to be that cotton will go con? siderably higher before it reaches its level of value, for consumption is heavy and 'constantly increasing with the advance of the business revival. A friend writes us lrom Memphis: "My business engagements carry me into portions of six States which I have covered regularly for the last year. I Lave just finished making a trip over five of these States right in tbe heart of the greatest cotton country in the world. Owing to tbe very excessive hot weather the cotton has matured very rapidly and there is at least 85 per cent, of tbe crop I open and ready for gathering. There is, [ however, an unusual amount of sickness among the laborers. Could they have a Hair chance at picking the crop would be all housed by November 1, without a doubt. "Fair, impartial judges say that in large sections the crop will be 40 per cent, short on tbe acreage planted, which is estimated to be 75 per cent, of last year. 1 have observed the conditions very closely, and have no hesitation in writ? ing you, so that you may, if you see proper, advise our farmers as to tbe dis? position of their crop. "The farmers out here are better fixed than for many years, in tbe way of sup? plies, and the business men are all in good spirits, as they have not advanced largely this year and will collect well They look forward to a good winter's trade." The only danger we can see now is that the unusually rapid opening of cotton, and perhaps the necessities of the far? mers, may force the crop to market too fast, and thus depress the price. It seems to us that cotton ought to bring over nine cents before the close of the year if it is marketed with moderation. That would be just twice tbe price that a great deal of cotton was sold for last year. For two weeks last December cotton brought only 4 J cents in the local market. Yesterday it brought 8 cents. What an infinite difference in the condition of our people that implies 1 We not only have present and prospec? tive prices which would have been con? sidered good ten years ago but the cotton has been made fully 33 per cent, cheaper, and the farmers have raised their own supplies. This ought to be a winter of debt paying and prosperity, teaching a lesson of infinite value to the farmers of tbe South.?Cohanbia State. Playing with Fire. Chableston, S. C, Sept. 25.?Tbe dis? pensary war has broke out afresh here and though the authorities will not give out the figures, it is no Beeret that the dispensaries here have been doing a losing business for tbe last three or four months. They are patronized only by the negroes, and who buy the lowest {;radeof goods on which there is very ittle profit. Very recently the force of d'spensary constables has been doubled and the police authorities have made large details of policemen to aid them. The two for? ces, however, operate each on their own account and a dozen raids are made daily. The latest and most uniqne method adopted by the State constabulary was exposed last night. Two constables took seats -in a swell restaurant on King street and watched every customer from the time be entered the place till he left and followed them even into tbe private dining rooms. These tactics will be followed up in the hope of crushing tbe "blind tigers" and will be succeeded 'shortly by uumerous arrests of proprietors of supposed "blind tigers," who will be held for contempt of court in violating tbe injunctions that has been served upon tbem. In tbe mean time the whiskey constables are disregarding the orders of the Federal Conrt forbidding them to Beize liquors sen t in to the State for private persons and are seizing everything in sight. A squad of constables board every incoming steamer of the Clyde line and {>ounce on everything they see that looks ike a liquor package. Sawed Through the Bars. Somewhere between 1 and 4 o'clock yesterday morning, says the Columbia State, a bold escape was made from the South Carolina penitentiary by Garland Good and Land rum Williams, two white prisoners who have been serving out sentences at that institution. It seems that they succeeded during the night in sawing through tbe iron bars ol their cells, which were located on the second tier of tbe male prison, which is about ten feet from tbe ground. Tbey carried their blankets with tbem, and by this means made a rope to lot themselves down to tbe ground, and then securing a . ladder tbey made their way over the outer wall to liberty. Tbe authorities of the penitentiary are making diligent search for tbe men, and have published a desoriptive list and an offer of reward, which reads as follows: Garland Good (white, ago 25, crime burglary and larceny, counly Spartan burg, place of nativity North Carolina, t?rm six years; received February 9, 1895; height 5 feet Hi inches, black hair, blue eyes and fair complexion, small scar on forehead, long nose and crooked to left; escaped September 26,1895. Landrum Williams, alias K. L. Wil? liams (white), aged 24, crime shooting into railroad car, and assault with intent to kill, county Spartanburg, term four years; received February 9, 1895; height 5 feet 11 Inches, black hair, brown eyes and fair complexion; scar over right eye, scar under right shoulder and on right arm above elbow; escaped Sep? tember 26,1895. We will pay a reward of ?50 each for the capture and delivery at this office. A Girl Minus two Lovers. Savannah. September 2-1.?A Thom? as ville special to the Morning News says : News has reached this city of a very bloody impromptu duel between C. W. Ragan and M. T. Shaw, two young men living near Meigs. The fight occurred over tbe line in Mitchell county. Each man fired five shots at his antagonist, four shots taking effect in each case. Ragan was killed on tbe spot, while Shaw was mortally wounded and died yester? day. It is said that the young men quar? relled over a girl. Ihey had gone to see the girl together and were returning home when the quarrel took place. They got out of their buggy and fought it out. The young men belonged to tbe respec? table farming class. Bitten by a Blue-Gum Negro. Cordele, Ga., August 26.?This after? noon physicians amputated the right arm of Will Fuller, a negro, who came in from Abbeyville. The amputation was necessary on account of blood poisoning,' resulting from the bite of a blue-gum negro. Fuller was working for contrac? tors near Abbeyville. Friday, the 22d instant, he fought with Jim Pope, also an employee of the contractors. During the fight Pope bit Fuller on the forefinger of the right hand. The finger began to swell at once, and tbe swelling soon spread to tbe hand and arm. To-day his arm was swollen to within three inches of tbe shoulder, and poison was affecting all the glands. The bite of a blue-gum negro is considered down here as poison? ous as that of a rattlesnake, and it ia almost always necessary to amputate the part affected.?New York Sun. ' Opened as by Magic. Raleigh, Sept. 26.?The drought con? tinues all over the State, and all reports received here are to the effect that the cotton crop is injured 33 per cent, this month. Such rapid opening was never before known. At tbe State farms on the Roanoke river bottoms where ten days ago only ten bales were open, 700 bales are now open. The superintendents of the State's' farms declare that in three weeks nil the cotton worth picking will be open. Picking Is going on rapidly. Shedding of bolls and leaves continues, and tbe estimate is that there will be only half an average crop in tbe State. I The Historic Red Shirt. Ia yours of the 13th inst. ia a ".special" from'Honea Path, boostiDg tbe proposed new county, with Honea Path as the county seat. At that time it was intended to call the new county "Gary," and your correspondent said: "It is proposed to name the now county Gary, after the im mortal hero of 187(5, the old 'Bald Eagle of Edgefield,' the uuau who did so much to free u9 irom negro domination, who inaugurated the red shirt movement and helped to drive the Radicals and tbe carpet-baggers from tho borders of the State." Far bo it from mo to detract in the sllghtast dogrne from the meed of praise duo lo Martiu Witherspoon Gary, the in? trepid leador of the Edgefield Democracy in that famous campaign. He was my friend for twenty years prior to that groat event in our history, and during the cam? paign of'7G we conferred many times and oft as to tbe means of gaining the re? demption of our beloved State. But it is not right, at this late day, to give him credit for more than he did, and to ascribe praise for anything which is not justly due. His over-zealous friends and ad? mirers would do him an injustice in mak? ing such a clai m. (Jen. Gary did not inaugurate the red shirt movement, and is not entitled to the credit of it. Ho used it to very great ad? vantage ia the campaign, but tbib move? ment originated in Anderson County, and there were red shirts at Hoaea Path by the hundreds in the campaigu meeting held there, at which Hampton spoke, and this was long bafore the meeting at Edge field. Not a red shirt was in South Carolina until after Hampton was nominated. In a few days after he became the standard bearer of the Democracy, a ratification meeting was heJd at Anderson, and there was an immense torchlight procession. The Democracy of Anderson County was thoroughly organized at that time, with upwards of twenty-five clubs, and in each club there was a company of mount? ed men who were regularly officered, and who were subject to the orders of the county chairman. The company at Pen dleton was commanded by Augustus J. Sitton, who served as a private in the Confederate army, and he is tbe man who introduced the red shirt into tbe politics of South Carolina. He went to Anderson clad in the first red shirt that was ever made for this purpose in our State, and a few of his men were in like costume. The idea at once became popular in An? derson County, and when tbe campaign opened at Anderson, not only did Capt. Sitton bring his company fully uniform? ed in the red shirt, but there were hun? dreds of others in the long procession, which was headed by Hampton, who greeted their leader in this picturesque costume. Gen. Gary was one of the speakers at the opening in Anderson, and he saw the red shirts there for the first time. He expressed great admiration for the uni? form, and lost no time in putting Edge field's Democracy into red shirts so that when the campaign got down that way he had thousands of men iu this historic garb. This correction is made simply to give honor where it is due. Mr. Sitton was tbe originator of the red shirt beyond ques? tion, and is entitled to whatever credit attaches to that ieature of '76. He is a modest, unassuming man, and is leading a quiet life near Pendle ton. His claim to this honor was recognized by Governor Hampton, who made him an aide-de? camp in the spring of 1877, and the writer hereof knows the fact that Governor Hampton's appointment v/as based upon Mr. Sitton's being the originator of the red shirts. The files of the Executive office will show that this is true history. It was Anderson and not Edgefield that Inaugurated this style of campaigu.? " Veritas," in Columbia Register. Death of Judge Bryan Flat Rock, N. C, Sept. 28 ?TInited States District Judge George D. Brjan, died suddenly here this afternoon. He had been in poor health for some years and bis death was not unexpected. Tbe body will be taken to Charleston on Monday and tho funeral will take place the day following. Judge Bryan was very prominent during his career as a lawyer and while on the bench, from which he retired a few years ago. He was widely known as a man of learning and high intellectual ability and his friends ioclude many of the men in high stations in South Caro? lina and other States. He was the father of Isaac M. Bryan, a learned lawyer of Greenville, J. P. Kennedy Bryan and Geo. D. Bryan, Jr., of Charleston, tbe former one of the most talented members of tbe bar of that city and the Litter the collector of the port. Told in a Dr. am. Asiieville, N. C, Sept. 2C?Yesterday afternoon the 17 months girl baby of James Green, living five miles south of Asheville, suddenly disappeared. By dark hundreds of persons were searching for tbe little toddler. One of the search? ers was Jacob Morris, employed on the Yanderbilt estate. He searched till mid? night and then went home and to bed, where he bad a vivid dream to the effect that the child was lying asleep in an old field three quarters of a mile from her home. Morris started for work this morning, but soon felt compelled to turn back and visit the location indicated in his dream. There he found the baby sleeping soundly, where it had wandered, rag doll in hand, head pillowed on a stone. She was unharmed except that her legs wore torn by briars. Morphine Instead of Quinine. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 27.?A spe oial to the Times- Union from Ocala says that Guy Williams, of Crystal Iliver, a bright youth of eighteen, died last night at 11:30 o'clock. He was the son of Mrs. Mary Williams Allen, one of the best known business women in the State The son had been suffering from fever and his mother administered what she thought was quinine capsules, but found?too late ?that tbey contained morphine. The youth was preparing to leave Monday to attend school at Gainesville, Ga. The mother's grief is heartrending at her mistake and its fatal result. Beyond the Borders. San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 30.?It was learned here this morning that negotiat? ions have been quietly in progress for several days between the Florida athletic club and railroad officials in Mexico, looking to tbe pulling off of the Corbett Fitzsimmons fight in that country across the river from Eagle Pass, or at some point below there on the line of the Mex? ican International road, in case it was found impossible to have it at Dallas or the Indian Territory. It is stated that the governor of Coahuila, Mex., guaran? tees protection to the fighters. President Stewart writes a friend here that he will positively pull the fight off somewhere on or before Oct. 31, if the principals are alive and ready to meet each other. He Did Not Die. Selm a, Ala., Sept. 24.?Jeff Cobb, an aged man living in Summerfield, eight miles north of Sei ma, has been an invalid for three years. He called his children around his bed yesterday and told them that he was dying. A few minutes later his heart stopped beating. He ceased to breathe and his eves became glassy and set. His grave was dug, a messenger waB sent to this city for a coffin and grave clothes. Several hours lator life returned to the supposed corpse and after stimu? lants were administered Cobb was able to talk. He is still alive to-day but it is feared he cannot live. The coffin and grave clothes are held in an adjoining room. For nearly a year work has been done towards the"artistic improvement of Un? cle Sam's paper money, and in the near fnture new one, two, five and ten dollar bills will be issued that the officials be? lieve will be the most artistic notes ever issued and that they will probabiy be in tbe hands of the public by the first of November. Determined to Die. Galvkstox, Sept. 2G.? F. A. Lewellyn today committed suicide by shooting himself in the temple with a 4-i-calibre revolver. Lewellyn was employed at the Galvcston creosote works. He was 30 years old and leaves a wife and four children. A nephew of L9wellyn was with him at the time of the shooting, and mnde an effort to prevent the act, but Lewellyn threw him down and held hitn while be placed the pistol against his own head and fired. Playing with a Pistol. [ Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 21.?Twi boys, aged eight and eleven years, namec Thompson, at Blossburg, about twent; miles west of this city, were in a roou playing with a pisto!. A shot was hean and the mother rushed into the room am found the younger lad lying on the fioo dead, witb a bullet hole iu his foreheads The older brother said some one on tbfl outside fired through the window, but ifl is thought the two were playing with tbfl pistol when it went off. The mother ? almost frantio with grief. | ? "In case the 10,000 Confederate vet< rans li vine here appear in public parade, says the New York Sun, ' the sight wi surely be an interesting one. The spe< tators will see many citizens on the marc of whom they have often heard. The will see men who hold high office unde the municipality, and also Judges, law yers, social leaders, Wall Btreet specult tors, Broadway merchants, preachers, an plenty of men who, after casting offtb gray, came here in pursuit of fortune, an found it. If the parade comes off we aha print the names of some of these Con fed? erate veterans living here, and we fe< certain that many New Yorkers will bfl surprised while reading them. It is n< all the residents of the city who kno how large a number of Confederate vet< rans have won success here, or have an comprehension of their pride in their ws record. The Con federate veterans a m on us are passing away, and only a ama proportion of the 10,000 of them livin here will be alive ten years hence. Th parade should not be postponed too long. ? A Nebraska woman has a case < delirium tremens from the abuse of coffei Fbr many years she has been addicted t the use of very strong coffee in excessi v quantities, frequently taking as many f a dozen cups at a meal. Her nervov. system has suffered seriously as a resnl and on several occasions she has attempte to break off the habit, but without succesi A few days ago she resolved to make last desperate effort, and for a time mat aged to get along without touching tfc seductive beverage. At the end of tt second day, however, her nerves were i a state of almost complete collapse, and few hours later an attack of what closel resembled delirium tremens set in. Tl physician called was at first deceived b the symptoms, but wheb the nature i the case was explained to him he said t! disease was undonbtedly caused by tbfl sudden breaking off of the babit. g Iwo Lives Saved. Mr3. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction Cit; Til. was told by her doctors she bad Cot Bumplion and that there was no hope ? her, but two bottles of Dr. King's Ne Discovery completely cured her and sb says it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eg*er 139 Florida Sr.. San Francisco, suffere from a dreadfal cold, approaching Cot sumption, tried without result everythin else then bought one bottle of Dr. King New Dlsoovery and in two weeks wj cured. He is naturally thankful. It i such results, of which these are sample that prove the wonderful efficacy of th medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trh bottles at Hill Bro.\ Drug Store* Regula size 50c. and $1.00. Old People Old people who require medicine t regulate the bowels and kidneys will fin the true remedy in Electric Bitters. Th medicine does not stimulate and con tail no whiskey nor other intoxicant, but ac as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildl on the stomach and bowels, adding strengt and giving tone to the organs, thereb; aiding Nature in the performance of tb functions. Electric Bitters is an excellen appetizer and aids digestion. Old Peopl find it just exactly what they need. Pric fifty cents per bottle at Hill Bros. Dru Store. Notice of Dissolution. THE undersigned hereby give notic that they have this day dissolve copartnership as dealers in buggies, hai ness, saddlery, etc. Ail debtors will mak settlement with H. G. Johnson, who wl continue in the business, under the fin name ?nd style of H- G. Johnson & Soi H. G. JOHNSON, M. P TRIBBLE. Fept 2S 1895 14_3 NOTICE. I THE copartnership of the undersigned! V. H. Watson and W. G, Watsonl nnder the name of W. G. Watson & Son! has this day been mutually dissolved! All persons indebted to said Firm will make payment to V. H. Watson at. Barnes, S C. W G WATSON. V. H. WATSON. Sept 30, 180 5 14 1* Teachers' Examination. THERE will be an Examination for ap? plicants to teach in the public schools ot Anderson County held in the Couit House on Friday, October 21, 1895, begin? ning at 9 a. ru. Renewals are abolished by law, and leachers whose licenses have expired will present themselves for exam ination. Toose who have taught trn con? secutive years in the Connty can have a ten years exemption certificate issued upon application. Applicants will bring ptn, ink and paper. 1). II. RUSSELL, Oft 2, l>-93_School Com. EXECUTOR'S SALE. WILL he so:d to the highest bidder at Anderson C H., S. C, before the Court House door on Salesday in Novem? ber next, at the usual hourj of sale, the Lands of G A. Moore, deceased, if not sold at private sale before that time. Sold for distribution among the heirs. Said Land adjoining the Town of Belton, the lands of ur. Geo. Brown and A. C. Latimer on the South, Jesse Fant and John Tel ford on the East, W. P. Cox on the North, G. W. McGee on the West, containing 259 acres, as surveyed and platted. Said Lind is in a good state ol cultivation ; about 50 acres desirable orig? inal forest for building location. Slid place being well watered?two good wells, half-doztu good springs, with Broadmouth Creek running through said farm?desira? ble for a good ftock farm. Large dwelling bouse, 7 rooms; cook house. 4 rooms ; staples, barn ; also, 3 tenant houses. N. H. Weloorn on the place will take pleasure in showing said place to any one wishing to purchase, or A. R. Cox, at Honea Path, or address me at Summer viile, Ga., Chattooga County, for further information. Terms made known on day of sale. Purchaser to pay for papers. WM. MOORE, Executor G A. Moore, dtceased. Oct 2, 1895_14_5 TREASURER'S NOTICE. THE Treasurer of Anderson County will open the Tax Bjoks for the col? lection of State, County and Poll Taxes lor the fiscal year 1894 and 1895 at his office in Anderson from October 15th to Decem? ber 31st. 1895, except four days in Novem? ber. I will collect taxes at Pelzer one day, at Piedmont one day, at Honea Path one day, at Cook's Station one day. The dates 1 will Rive later. All parties owning property in more than one Township will make it known when they are paying tbeir taies. All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years are liable to Poll Tax. The tax is as follows: State Tax. 4i mills School Tax.. 2 mills Ordinary County.2 mills Past Indebtedness. 1 mill Public Roads. i mill Total Tax. 10 mills J. M. PAYNE, Treas A. C. PROPHYLACTIC?" Preventive of Disease." THE PROPHYLACTIC TOOTH BRUSH! Unlike other Brushes in Construction, Use and Results. IT CLEANS THE TEETH! -FOE SALE BY ORR & 8L.OA.lSr. Fall L e OUR MR. OSBORNE has just returned from the Northern and East markets, and it affords us much pleasure to announce to the trading pub jjiver mafle to ?derson, and perhaps" in the State. The following explains itself. Don't read it, if | you are not interested in your County and your Town, and! the people whom you call neighbors: SEPTEMBER 18, 1895. C. S. MINOR & CO. GENTLEMEN: I have the pleasure of stating that we have received at this depot, marked to your address, one and one-third Car Loads of Crockery, all shipped from same place at one time. The one-third Car Load had to be shipped in separate Car, as it all could not be put in one Car. To the best of my knowledge, this is two and a half or I three times larger than any previous single shipment of | Crockery to this point. I understand that you have another shipment now on the way. I congratulate you and this community. You will accommodate us by removing these Goods as early as you can make room for them, as we hardly have sufficient space for storing so large a lot of this ware in our depot for any length of time. J. REESE FANT, Agent Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway. You say Anderson is growing. Well, it must grow, in order to make room for the GREAT and GOOD? TEN CENT STOR No. 27, South Side of Public Square. If above interests you, be sure and don't mention it to your neighbors. Figures Talk! B ELOW WE GIVE PRICED ON A FEW OF OUR GOODS. WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF REMEMBER, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Staple and Fancy Groceries, etc., etc. We can only give prices) on a very few things in our limited space, but a straw will show which way the wind blows : The best yard-wide Sheeting at only ">3- per yard. The best Indigo and Turkey Red Calicoes 5c. per yard. A good Outing Shirt fur only 15o. Shoes from 20c. lo $?.00 per pair. Hats from 20c up. We have the largest and best Stock of TOBACCO in Town, from 10c. per pound to 50c. On GROCERIES we are acknowledged to be the leaders of the Town. Sugar 20 pounds for 11 00, Coflee 6 pounds for $1.00, Soda 7 pounds for 25c, Soap 7 tars for 25c Youis very truly, D. C. BKOWN & 3RO. " THE BOYS' STORE!" RESPECTFULLY invite one and all to call and inspect their NEW STORE andl FRESH STOCK OF GROCERIES. They are in the? New Store between R. R. Cut Bridge and Kill Bros. Drug Store, On North Blain Street, and are receiving FRE*II GROCERIES every day. Below is a list of a few things that have already arrived : N. Y Biscuit Co's. Fine Cakes, Crackers and Nic-Nacs, Blank & Bros. Fine Can dies, Clemaon College Full Cream Cheese, Half Pound Can Columbia River Salmon, Dixie Baking Powder?we give a &poon with every Box we sell. Come and see it. Can Goods of every description always on hand Also, Country Produce and Vegetables in Beason can always be found at "THE BOYS' STORE." Honor us with a call, and we will endeavor t~> make yon feel repaid for your trou? ble. Yours very respectfully, "THE BOYS," P. S.-Prompt City Delivery. {RUSSELL & BREAZEALE. One Crop System oi farming gradually exhausts the land, unless a Fertilizer containing a high percentage of Potash is u>al. Better crops, a better soil, and a larger bank account can only then be expected. Write for our "Farmers' Guide," a 142-pagc 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 Yi>rk. i 9 t o, TOOTIW URownhorr. Yes, if we den't, 1.0 one else will. Ilr.v'rg bought the Stock of Moas & Brown, we want the public t j know that we are going (o continue the business at the old stand, on l)-pot Street. Experience in business will enable us to keep up with ths demands of the trade, are daily receiving FANCY keep BACCO reason why Come and so? us. Our prices are moderate, and we will make it to your interest to call an?! our Oyods ard pot our prices No harm done if you don't buy. We are yours to please. J. C. OSBORNE and 0. D. ANDERS JN, under the Firm name of? OSBORNE & ANDERSON. I would be glad to have my old friend*, who gave me such a liberal trade at Kay <fe Baker's, to come and see ine. O. D. ANDERSON. Store HAS ITS Grand Opening of Fall and Winter Goods, CONSISTING of the greatest variety of DRESS GOODS", with all the latest Novel? ties in TRIMMING, Ac. Ac. The loveliest MILLINERY that our buyer could select from the metropolis and other large cities. VVe have everything, from an infant's Cap to the handsomest La? dies' Eats, at prices to suit all. Then comes the NOTION DEPARTMENT, which never was more complete. Last, but no* least conv>s tbe Celebrated LA SPIRITE CORSET, the best in the market, running from 50c to $2 5j. All are cordially invited to come and see our IMMENSE STOCK. Our Sales Girls are anxious to show Goods, and if you .are pleased they are more than willing to sell. Thanking yen for the liberal patronage in the past, we solicit a libeial share in the future- Respectfully, MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. PEEEI A Handsome Three-Quarter Life-Size Crayon Portrait PYee! "?T7E propose to give to earh of our Customers a handsome Portrait of anv one they VV may select. To tbis end we have made * contract with a leading Portrait Houce to furnish us with their celebrated Pictures. To those who have seen these Por? traits no word is necessary ; and those who have not, we invite to inspect the samples at our Store. We will not confine this offer to one Picture in each family, but give a Portrait each time you comply with the requirements given on the Ticket with which we furnish you. We further assnr* yb'n "that if tbe Portrait; is not satisfactory, you need not accept it until it ic. 't he Portraits are Crayon aod India Ink, and of a very line grade. T?e^ar?ePictures cost, when ordered of an agent or Picture House, $10 00 to $18 00. Come in and let us explain tbe plan to you. JOHN A. AUSTIN & CO. And THE TEAPOT Grub-Outfitters. DO YOU WEAR SHOES ? Do you have Shoes to Buy ? IF you say "yes" to either of the above questions, drop around the first time you are in Town. We want to talk Shoes to you. We can interest you, and make it to your interest to buy ahead of your present needs. In addition to Shoes, we carry a line of? Greneral Merchandise. D. P. SLOAN & CO. Chew Old Time Twist when you want something good and pure. Big stock of other brands. LET ?S^SPjT IN YOUR EAR! THE Firm of DEAN & RA.1UFFE hive just closed a most successful business year, and they desire toexpreos tlmnks to their esteemed customers for their hDeral patronage. By the acquisition of Mr J -T. NORTON, Jr. of Walhalla, into tbo business, tbe now Firm?DE AN, RATLIFFE & CO ?can look more efficiently after the wants aud interests of their customers, *nd make a howlirjg success of the bp'uness. P.^member, Mr. Nortou i3 our CoL'.on Buyer, and will protect jour inter? ests. Our S:ock uf? Dress Goods, Flannel0, Sheetings, Jeans, Plaids, Underwear, and Mats, Is the most complete we ever handled. Tbe largest Stock of SHOES we have ever bought is now bdng offered at tremendously low prices. We have a Car of Texas Red Rust Proof ?als, bought at a bargain. Call early and get your supply. a .. A nice assortment of any kl.id of Tobacco you wan\ from Little Reaper to something cheaper. ; _. . .. . ,? If you will inspect our Stock of MoSasses and Flour and fail to buy, you will De ashamed to tell it. Yours very truly, DEAN, RATLIFFE & CO. ? Mr. F. A. Spellman, Cottou Buyer, will have bis headquarters with us again, and will givd you the lop of Ihe marke? for your Cotton. Deering Ideal Mowers! With Roller and Bycicle Ball Bearings. Lightest Draft of All Shaves the ground clean, the mostjdiffiault grasses, and Is Strong, Durable aid Efficient. Deering Hay Rakes. Gets all the Hay. See how the Teeth are Hung. Strong. "Reliable,' Easily 0 perated, Light of Draft andBDuiable. Call ou us or write^foi-'priccs/ Yours truly, BROCK BROS