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iralntelKgencer. 1 EVERY WEDNESDAY. SCALES,) Editors and fGSTON, i Proprietors TUB MS: YEAR.?....$1 50 Months_76 * )NESDAY, OCT. 30, 1895. Wilde say a he wants to die soon. ce that Oscar made was that he ie several years ago. te for reading and self-improve i with the long, cool evenings, i should have plenty of good libera? te the children to read. ? Augusta Chronicle thinks that if itish lion goes to squatting aroand 5nezaela Eoil too promiscuously he Ible. to get an Eagle's claws in his Republicans are still objecting to lothes S?d blankets for Amerl Senator Sherman nays an attempt nil made at the coming session of Con egress to put & dnty on wool. f Charleston has decided to have her Lgala week December 9th to 14th.' Now if the railroads will give low rates the old fity will have a large crowd of visitors from every section of the State. After carefully deliberating a California jury called to act In the case of four men r/ho were hanged by a mob found that ley had "died by strangulation." Some Juries can find out almost anything. On the one hundred and fifth anniver of the Charleston Orphan House, [two weeks ago, a donation of $5.000 was received from a resident of the city who would not allow his name to appear. ?y ? The Beform organs, candidates and leaders told us the Constitutional Con? vention would not be in sea** >n more than three, weeks. It has now been in session air weeks and there is no indica? tion of an ad jour am en t soon. The water of the Mississippi river is said te be lower now than it has ever bees. Steamboat traffic is practically suspended as far south as Cairo and there is hardly .enough water to float the ferries between St.- Louis and the Illinois shore. The dictatorial intolerance of the few men who arrogate to themselves all the wisdom of earth on the financial question -reminds us of the frog in the fable who undertook to make himself as big as the .jbnU. And the same fate will overtake them, A reporter for the New York World disguised himself as a negro recently, |?nd applied at all the leading hotels in iaa dry for accommodations. All of Sbem wore i nil. It seems that social 'equality.is as far from being a J*act North as South. ? ? ? ^ - President Dwight, of Yale, who was recently interviewed as to the outlook for the poor young man in one of the big rnodorn schools, said he believed tho double straggle for education and suj> port had an excellent effect on a young man. Hi3 advice to the poor yputig i was: "Go to college if you can." Tho^State Fair will be held inCoIum ri^OprNovember 11th to 15th, and prom? ises to.be equal in all of its departments a& shy preceding Fair. Tue railroads koffered one cent a mile rate for three and this should attract a large ^of visitors. We want to see An lCounty represented this year by "crowds or our citizens and a large number of exhibits. death of Mr. John A. Moroso, jitor ot the News and Courier, which leston last Snnday of Jarolin a loses one of her trnalists. He had been en newspaper work ever since the Far, and had made for himself a wide I reputation ss a brilliant and versatile I writer. In every relation of life he was ^e-snuj. jof honor, ar d was held in high ' esteem byTris many friends. We saw one truly happy man the other day as he exclaimed: "I can take off , my hat to everybody now and say I owe no man anything." He had just been around and paid up every claim against him. How many more will be able to ^^^he-same and experience the same pleasure of freedom this fall? Many we predict. This is going to be a notable ? fall for debt paying, and not a few of the obligations will be long standing. It makes us feelgood to chronicle this bet terconditlan of the country. The Washington Tost says that reports received at the national weather bureau jvil'?WS?J' tiidt-the present drought is one } of the severest, most prolonged end gen? eral known in the United States since the bureau's organization. There area few places which show an exception to the general condition, bnt in no large section of the country, unless perhaps the - northwest and far west, does there appear to have been a soaking rain for the past two months or more. Where there has been exceptional rain it has been confined r to small areas. In some parts of the [ country the drought began in the latter I part of July, bnt in most of the sections it did not become markedly pronounced ^ until August. ^ Tho date fixed for South Carolina Day at the Cotton States and International Exposition is November 28th. The man? agement has assigned Thanksgiving Day for the Palmetto State, and everyone ex? pects this to be one of the largest special days daring the progress of the Exposi? tion? The Legislature, the Constitutional -Convention, (if still in session,) students from Ciemson College, the South Carolina -College, the Citadel, Governor Evans and staff and all State officers are expected to [t^Atlanta on this occasion. Arrange ?e now being made to have a mber of military companies accompany 3 party and act as an escort on the occa >n. The time will be an admirable one ?isit the Exposition. Lane's Estimate. Montgomery, Ala., October 27.?Mr. Hector D. Lane, president ot the Southern Cotton Growers' Association, was in the city yesterday en route to Atlanta, after bsvlag taken a lock over the cotton situ? ation, to ascertain whether there was any ffl?ftrjBfcJor the recent fall in prices. He ? believes the depression in the BWBHffnly temporary, and that January cotton' will go to 10 cents. He says he estimates the total crop now to be 6,500, 000 bales. He does not believe more than '??,000 bales of it will come from Texas. He says this has been the finest season ' r gathering cotton he has ever known. y k Good Judge of Babies, Central, S. C, Oct. 23.?President Cleveland and party passed through here fa?a&erday on their way to Atlanta. Dur Sjjgthe Btop allowed ia which to change 'engines a pleasant episode occurred. The /President was standing on the back of the platform shaking hands with and talking to the people who had gathered to see him. Presently he saw a little baby and called for it. The child was in? troduced as the granddaughter of a dele? gate to the Chicago Convention whicti nominated him. He pleasantly replied that "it was good stock." Other babies were then brought op and he seemed Specially interested in them. The child was that of Dr. Hines, of Hampton. He married a daughter of Gen. Jas. Moore, at is a little singular that the child is also S grand niece oi Leroy Yonmans, who .seconded Cleveland's nomination.?Spe i.i tn Newa and Courier. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. Special Obrrttpondence of the Intelligencer. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 28,1895. The Constitutional Convention is now well under way. While there is an abundance of debate, it is all pertinent to the issues under discussion. The good feeling among the members continues and every one is being more and more impressed With the importance of the work in hand. For almost five days without much interruption the Convention considered what conditions should be imposed upon new counties that were to be created and what protection should be given the old counties as well as the matter of town? ship government, which it was promised would do more towards self-government and the making of an independent spirit than anything else that could be done. While the fight was intense on the matter of new counties, both sides seem to be very well satisfied with the results. One thing is quite certain, the creation of new countieti will not be as easy a matter as it has been supposed to be. The special champions for email counties were the two Tillman'ii, Senator B. R., and his brother George D., and the opposition was led by the members of the Abbeville delegation. The restrictions in forming new coun? ties are first, two-thirds of the qualified voters in each of the sections of an old county to be incorporated in a new county must petition the Governor to order an election. Then the election is held and two-thirds of the voters in each of the sections proposed to be cut off from an old county must vote for a con? solidation with other sections of counties to go into a new county. Tbe primary conditions are that a new county must have one hundred and twenty-fourth part of the-whole popula? tion of the State; taxable property assess? ed at $1,500,000, and contain not less than 400 square miles. In making a new country no old county is to be so ont as to leave it with less than 500 square miles, less than $2,000,000 of property, nor less than 15,000 inhabitants. Perhaps the most vital condition imposed is that no old county shall be cut within eight miles of its county seat. Provision is made that by a two-thirds vote and compliance with the other pro? visions of the article, that one township may go from one county to another, pro? vided it takes its share of the county debt. There are sections which provide for the amalgamation of counties and the removal ot county seats by a two-thirds vote. After two days argument the Conven? tion decided that the General Assembly may provide for a system of township governm ant. This was not at all satisfac? tory to the friends of township govern? ment, but It was accepted as the acorn from" w hlch a good system may grow. It was in this debate that Mr. Geo. D. Tin? man made one of the finest arguments In favor of township governments that has ever been heard. When tbe Convention finished with the county matter, an effort was made to take up the homestead question, but Senator Tillman wanted to make a start on the suffrage bill. Up to this time, however, there las been nothing more than speak? ing and that has been by the colored rep? resentatives, who arc urging with all the eloquence and facts they have that there la no need to farther degrade the negroes, that they are peaceable and law-abiding, that they do not want office and there never was negro rule in the State, that whatever wrong there was In redioal days was inspired and carried ont by whites, that tbe negroes made good soldiers ana defended Southern homes, and there was no excuse for disfranchising them. Their speeches have all been good and the only prepared speeches that have yet been delivered in the Convention. The color? ed members urged that the plan as pro? posed would practically disfranchise all poor and ilit era to persons and that it was to bring about a return to serfdom. Some of them said that it would be fought in the Courts, in Congress and in every available place to the bitter end, and that in the end the American people would be appealed to, and that as right most prevail that the programme as pro? posed to be carried out would be a boome? rang to the State. . Thus far the woman suffragists have had nothing to say. Tbe apostles of wo? man suffrage have been here ever since the Convention began work and they are in high spirits over the hopes that have been given them. There is no doubt abont the fact that the woman's movement has gained strength, but it needs a great deal more to get the necessary vote for its adoption. There are more of the mem? bers who favor letting the Legislature Erovide lor future woman suffrage, say l ten years, if the circumstanced require, than there are who would vote to make woman suffrage effective at this time. It would be purely an emergency clause, with but little idea of using it. The strength of the movement has, however, not yet been shown, and the friends of the scheme insist that it will show aston? ishing growth. Senator Irby has announced in every way possible that it'is his intention to fight the property and educational quali? fications in the Committee report to the bitter end. He says that he is doing this in the interest of tbe white man, and, what Is more, he is inclining to the opinion that the "understanding and ex? plaining" clause is liable to being over? thrown by the Courts. For that reason it is the intention of Senator Irby to try and have the clause relative to the quali? fications referred to the Judiciary Com? mittee, of which Mr. Stanyarne Wilson is chairman. The first fight on the auf? frage plan is expected to come in this way, and it may develop the strength of the two forces, provided a fight is made against committing the question to the Judiciary Committee. As it cow stands the report has the unanimous report of the Suffrage Committee and the second Committee may throw a oloud on the "understanding and explaining" clause. Senator Irby says he wants the title of the poor made to the right of registration made as clear as possible, and not brush? ed away after the Convention is over. Upon motion of Senator Tillman tbe debate on the suffrage question was post? poned until Monday night, and the ex? pectation is that the female suffrage advo? cates will then speak. Last Tuesday the Convention adjourn? ed in respect to the memory of Mr. R. H. Hodges, a member from Marlboro, who died at Bennettsville, and at night a cau? cus ol the Democratic members was held to consider the suffrage plan. Nothing whatever was accomplished, the members only talking over the plan that had been {resented by tbe Committee. Senator rby made a vigorous speech against the property and educational qualifications that had been incorporated in the report. Senator Tillman explained tbe operations of the plan, and he expects it to be accept? ed by a targe vote. The Convention has adopted the article on Militia. The only change from the present provisions is that the General Assembly shall provide for a liberal pen? sion for" Confederate soldiers and their widows, if in need of assistance. It is tbe intention of Mr. Floyd, tbe ohairman of the Militia Committee, to introduce a bill at the next session of the General Assembly providing for an appropriation of $100,000 for the pension fund. The general expectation is that the Convention will continue in session until the end of November. There are still a number of important provisions of par? tially completed articles as well as five or six complete articles. Nothing has recently been heard of the resolution of Mr. Ellerbe doing away with the session of the General Assembly, and it does not look as if he intends to push it. The work of the Convention may involve the postponement of the session of the General Assembly, and it may be thought best not to have the Legislature meet until in January. It is likely that the homestead matter will soon be taken up and disposed of. It is the only section in the legislative report that has not been finished, and it would have been settled days ago but for the opinion that it will take two days to dispose of tbe question, although the Convention has about decided upon what form is wanted to preserve the home? stead. A. K. mm 9 m* A Bride's Skull Broken. Knoxville, Tjbnit., Oct. 24.?George D. Massengill, Jr., and Miss Inex Jobe, a young lady belonging to a prominent family of Johnston City, were married yesterday. This afternoon as they were driving to the station expecting to start on their bridal trip to Washington the team attached to the vebiole became frightened and ran away. Mrs. Massen gill, tbe bride of a day, was thrown heav? ily to the ground and received a fracture of the skull. She was unconscious at last accounts, but physicians believe tbe wound will not prove fatal. Miss Henry, of Paris. Tenn., who was an occupant of the carnage, had an arm broken. John Carroll, the driver, was also seriously in? jured. Masaengitf was. not injured. The Negro's Side. Columbia, S. C, October 26.?The con stltutlonal convention this morning re su med tbe discussion of the suffrage pro blem. Whipper, the negro member from Beaufort, took tbe floor in behalf of his race and spoke for two hours and a half, dealing with tbe entire situation in per? haps even more forcible manner than-did Miller last night. He was particularly severe on tbe proposed plan. lie was listened to with marked attention. He recounted many things bearing on the dark days of tbe reconstruction period. Bob Smalls then took the floor and spoke for an hour, raking tbe scheme fore and aft. Then Senator Tillman had the further consideration of the matter postponed until 7.30 o'clock Monday evening. Senator Irby proposes to recommit to the committee t > have the article con? strued as to its constitutionality. The two negroes who presented the cause of their race today were both mem? bers of the Constitutional Convention of 1868 which adopted the present Constitu? tion. Whipper argued that there never was such a thing as negro rule in South Carolina. He maintained that when tbe negro was given the ballot he was unfit to receive it; that white men took advan? tage of his weakness, got his votes and all the offices and did all tbe stealing. His speech was a powerful one. In the course of his argument he said: "Now to the bill before us, which I am compelled to characterize as a snare, a subterfuge, a delusion. The only thing in connection with it is the fact that its authors declared six months or more before the calling of this Convention that it was necessary in order to disfran? chise the negro without disfranchising a Single white man. Why should the negro be thus outraged, wronged, robbed, de? frauded of his franobise ? Do not the white people, North and South, owe him a debt of lasting gratitude? "Now, should the negro be disfran? chised? If so it ought tobe done in an open, frank manner and not by subterfnge in this article. When suffrage was con? ferred on tbe negro he was not fit to ex? ercise it. But there were many white men in the same condition. It was a mistake. The negroes were led away by the superior race. I have been here thirty-one days and have heard them try to prove that yon were the superior race. We admit that. We were just out of the bondages of slavery and Ignorance. You have had culture. You have had schools and colleges?all open to yon. The doors of these have been closed to us. We con? cede your superiority, but it is little to boast of. Wait thirty years and see how the negro advances. We concede that the negro was unprepared for tbe ballot when he got it For 235 years all efforts were directed to training the negro's muscles. The white man was equally unfit. One olass bad been ignorant. The other had been taught to believe the negro was the basis of property. The negro was at the bottom of the bloody war. Their bitterness make them unfit for doing j ustlce to the negro. You will find all this here in the black code passed by the whites in 1868. Time has proven that they were not qualified to take the ballot when offered to them. "I am not here as a supplicant, nor do I put myself and my race in tbe attitude of a beggar. I am here as a man and a representative, not representing simply the negro, but representing the people. The fact that I am a negro has nothing to do with my status here, and just here I will digress to speak of the flippant way the term 'nigger' has been need in this Convention. I am a negro, Ihere are six others here that are negroes. We are proud of it, and we hope to be able to do something, in and out of this Convention, that the negroes will be proud of and white men compelled to recognize. But when.men selected from their various counties, as it is fair to suppose, with a view to their Intelligence ana their good standing at their various homes, assem? ble here with these grave duties and res ponsibilities resting upon them can so flippantly use the word 'nigger,' spelt with two 'go,' it is hurtful, and I feel it keenly. It stings sharper than a ser? pent's tooth when it comes from the ven? erable gentleman from Edgefield, Mr. O. D, Tillman, whom I had learned to res g>ct. We have only six of us here of the ferior race and yon have 104. Men upon this floor are clamoring for white supremacy; come here and assume dig? nity and call us 'niggers' with the flip? pancy of barroom attendants. This trou? ble is 'negro rule' and 'white supremacy.' Was there ever any such thing as negro rule in South Carolina ? It was the rule of white men, supported by the negroes. Ain't there more negroes than white men on your farms ? Yet, don't your wife rule? In the Convention of 1868. there were less than a dozen negroes and loss than a dozen white men engaged in the work done there. I am proud of the work done in that Convention. The way it has stood the test has shown that there was nothing dangerous in it. They had simply taken the best parts of other Con? stitutions. Most of the men were there to vote as they were told. The consequence will come. The negro is here and here to stay forever. The negro babies born every day could not be carried off in all the ships you could bring to our shores. General Robert Smalls, the negro ex Congressman from Beaufort, among other things in his speech said: "Mr. President?This Convention has been called for no other purpose than the disfranchisement of the negro. Be care? ful, and bear in mind that tbe elections which are to take place early next month in very many of the States are watching the action of this Convention, especially on the suffrage question. Remember that the negro was not brought here of his own accord. I found by reference to a history in the congressional library in Washington, written by Neil, that he says that in 1619 in the month of June a Dutch man-of-war landed at Jamestown, Va., with fifteen sons of Africa aboard. At the time Miles Kendall was deputy Governor of Virginia. He refused to allow the vessel to be anchored in any of her harbors. But he found out after his order had been sent out that the vessel was without provisions and the crew was in a starving condition. He counter? manded bis order and supplied tbe vessel with the needed provisions in exchange for fourteen negroes. It was then that the seed of slavery was planted in the land.?Special to Atlanta Constitution. Jail Escape in Greenville. Greenville, October 28.?On Sunday morning the city was startled by the news of a general jail delivery. Yenner Ray, tbe Abbeville negro Bent here for safe keeping, awaiting trial as accessory be? fore the fact in the murder of Constable Mosely, at Greenwood, concocted a plan for jail-breaking, which succeeded to a charm, and nine prisoners escaped. On Saturday night when the prisoners were locked in tbe cells, one of tbem hid in the hall bebind the stove. The Green? ville jail has the late improvement of closing cell doors by means of a crank and screw bur. Unfortunately the sorew bar is inside the cell hall and is exposed. Jim Lewis, the prisoner left in the hall, worked the screw bar with his hands while tbe prisoners pulled tbe doors to aid him, and gradually tbe doors were forced back sufficiently to allow tbe pris? oners to get out into tbe hall. Jailer Story went up yesterday morn? ing to put ooal in the hall for the prisoners to make a fire. Nine of them were in the bath room waiting, and when he opened the doors and went into the inner hall John Cuffy and Harry Williams jumped on him and held him while the others escaped. When the seven had gotten out! the two men threw Story back into tbe hall, pulled the iron doors shut and es? caped. Blood hounds tracked then six miles but high winds and tbe heavy dust destroyed or covered the trail. Tom Chandler, one of the prisoners, returned to the city early this morning and sur? rendered. He said he just went out to see his family. He said that Roy plotted ' to kill the jailer, but he protested aud re? fused to leave his cell if any harm was done the jailer. When he took this posi? tion the plot was changed and it was de? cided to hold tbe jailer and lasten him in the hall. The men who held him were in too great a hurry to escape to lock him in. He was dazed by the assault and by the shock when he was thrown back in tbe hall and this gave the prisoners a good start. None of them have been captured. ?Special to News and Courier. Drought in Ohio. Portsmouth, 0., October 25.?The continued drought has caused serious loss throughout Scioto and adjoining counties. The tobacco crop is almost a total failure and fall wheat is in bad shape, a great deal of it having been killed after sprouting. Water sells at 25 cents per barrel at West Union and 40 cents at Winchester. A number of fur? naces and brick works in Scioto, Law? rence and Jackson counties have been compelled to shut down. Cattle are being sold at the first price offered, owing to the scarcity of feed as the hay and corn crops have been almost a total failure in many localities. ? A Lowell, Mass., business man told his children he would give tbem three dollars if they would put a load of wood in the cellar. They sub-let the job to other children for one dollar and a half, and watched the work with great satis? faction. AS ADOPTED. Article of the Constitution of Counties and County Government as Finally Adopted. ? After five days of interesting debate tbe Convention baa adopted the following: Section 1. Tbe General Assomhly may, from time to time establish new counties in the. following manner: Whenever one-third of the qualified voters within the area of each section of an old county proposed to be cut off into a new county shall petition the Governor for the crea? tion of a new county, setting forth the boundaries and showing compliance with the requirements of this article, the Gov? ernor shall order an election within a reasonable time thereafter by the quali? fied voters within the ^proposed area, in which election they shall vote "yes" or "no" upon tbe question of creating said new county, and at the same election tbe question of a name and county seat for such county shall be submitted to the electors. Sec. 2. If two thirds of the qualified electors voting at such election shall vote "yes" upon Buch question, then tbe Gen? eral Assembly at its next session shall establish such new county; provided, no section of a county proposed to be dis? membered shall be thus cut off without consent by a two-thirds vote of those voting in such section, and no county shall be formed without complying with all conditions imposed in this article, and election upon the question of forming the same proposed new county shall not be held oftener than once in four years. Sec. 3. No new county hereafter formed shall contain less than one hundred and twenty-fourth part of the whole number of tbe inhabitants of the State, nor shall it have less assessed taxable property than one and one-half millions of dollars, as shown by the last tax returns, nor shall it contain less than four hundred square miles. Sec. 4. No old county shall be reduced to less than five hundred equard miles, to less assessed taxable property than two million dollars, nor to a smaller popula? tion than fifteen thousand inhabitants. Sec 5. In the formation of new counties no old county shall be cut. within eight miles of its county seat. Sec. 6. All new counties hereafter formed shall bear a just apportionment of the valid indebtedness of the old connty or counties from which they have been formed. Seo. 7. Tbe General Assembly shall have the power to alter county lines at any timop provided, that before any ex? isting county line is altered the question shall be first submitted to the qualified voters of the territory proposed to be taken from one county and given to an? other, and shall have received two-thirds of the votes oast; provided, further, that the change shall not reduce tbe county from which tbe territory is taken below tbe limits prescribed in sections 3 and 4 of this article; provided that the proper proportions of the existing county in? debtedness of tbe section so transferred shall be assumed by the county to which the territory is so transferred. Sec. 8. No county seat shall be removed except by a vote of two-thirds of the qualified electors of said county in an election held for that purpose, but such election shall not be held in any county oftener than once in five years. Seo. 9. That each county shall consti? tute an election district. Sec. 10. The General Assembly may provide for tbe consolidation of two or more existing counties if a majority of the qualified electors of such counties, voting at an election held for that purpose, shall vote separately therefor, but snch election shall not be held oftener than once in four years in the same counties. Sec. 11. Each of the several townships of this Stats? with names and boundaries as now established by law, shall consti? tute a body politic and corporate, but this shall not prevent tbe General Assem? bly from organizing other townships or changing the boundaries of those already established, and the Generpi Assembly may provide such system of township government as they shall think proper in any and all the counties, and may make special provision for mnnicipal government and for tbe protection of chartered righbi and powers of munici? palities. Sec. 12. Until changed by tbe General Assembly, as allowed by this constitution, the boundaries of the several counties shall remain as they are now established, except that tbe boundaries of the county of Edgefleld shdll undergo euch changes as are made necessary by tbe formation of a new county from a portion of Edge field, to be known as Saluda, the boun? daries of which are set forth in a Consti? tutional ordin?r ce. As to the Yaller Dog. To the Editor of the Nervs and Courier : When I was in the Legislature and try? ing to devise uome means to abate the dog nuisance a per capita tax was sug? gested, but I was met with the fact that the Constitution of the State forbid such a tax. To get over this difficulty I, and tbe few who felt that something should be done in this line, tried to Impose a license to own a dog on all owners of dogs, whether many or few, but after a long struggle the bill was ridiculed out of existence. When this great reform Convention was called I had hopes that this restriction would be removed and the Legislature ordered to pass such a law as would destroy nearly all the worthless dogs, which would leave but few, and there would be such restrictions thrown around them as would insure the safety of sheep in a neighbor's pasture, but what do we see ? A complete dodge. Who would have thought that such a body of men, perhaps a majority of them farmers, would be afraid to face the dog, or rather a voter who owns a dog? Shame upon you, men ! I am ashamed of you. It shows that tbe dog influence is greater even than the whiskey, and that men prefer their popularity to the good of tbe farmers of tbe State. Some men talk flippantly about tbe dog having many friends, hence they must go free to destroy what they please, but I believe that if the State was can? vassed intelligently that a large majority of intelligent owners would vote for some law to diminish the number of dogs, as this would lessen the danger that their dogs and children are exposed to from the poor, neglected, worthless dogs which have not the courage to kill sheep, but sneak about eat ing such filth as they can find, suck their neighbor's eggs, get sick and go off with hydrophobia. The fat, well fed dogs are tbe ones that kill the sheep, in a frolic. They do not kill the sheep to eat them, this comes after the frolic is over. A few get together and in their rounds they come across the sheep and destroy tbe whole flock, unless it is very large. They take a bait and go home until tho next night, when they come back for another bait. If a pen is made with railti and drawn in with every rail, like a bird trap, leaving an opening at the top two feet wide, and the dead sheep put in, you can catch every dog. Be sure to bottom the pen closely. This ? is much more certain than to depend on the votes of such men as we usually send to the Legislature. It amazes me to see the ignorance of our farmers upon this subject. If this industry was properly protected, not by a tariff, but from the dogs, the farmers would by degrees become educated up to the value of sheep, and millions would in a few years be added to their incomes. The wool and flesh bring cash, and their manure fertilize the land as no other stock does; but so long as we send dema? gogues to tbe Legislature we may expect tbe present state of things to exist. Plenty of them will argue that the Con? vention bad the hog, and not the dog, in their minds when they voted for this pitiful dodge; for the hog, unrestrained, is more universal in his destructive pro? pensities than tbe dog; but the hog can be easily penned, while the dog goes at will. Hence we get no protection. j. Washington Watts. A Household Treasure. D. W. Puller, of Caosjoharie, N. Y., says that he always keeps Dr. King's New Dis? covery in the house and his family has al? ways found tbe very best results follow its use; that he would not be without b, if procurable. G. A. Dykeman, Druggist, Catskill, N. Y., says that Dr. King's New Discovery is undoubtedly the best Cough remedy; that he has used it in his family for eight years, and it has never failed to do all that is claimed for it. Why not try a remedy so long tried and tested. Trial bottles free at Hill Bros', drug store, Regular size 50c. and $1.00. Sid You Ever. Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and enre of all Female Complaints, exerting a won? derful direct influence in giving strength and tone to the organs. If you have Losb of Appetite, Constipation, Headache, Faint? ing Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless, Ex? citable, Melancholy or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the medi? cine yon need. Health and Strength are guaranteed by its use. Large bottles only fifty cents at Hill Bros', drug store. Call at tbe Anderson Music House and see the latest design in tbe Ivers & Pond? the handsomest ever brought to this mar? ket?a perfect Piano in all its details. They a'so keep on hand a fall line of Carriages, Buggies uad Marines. J Prosperity and Happiness in the Holland Section. Mr. Editor: As something kind 1*9 said of ns evory now and then in the columns of yonr paper, I infer that we have friends who are interested in our prosperity and sympathize with us in our adversity. To the former I am happy to say that we are getting on better than ever before in the knowledge of this generation; to the latter that we are making only a half crop of cot? ton, no turnips, &o., but with all that, and it is a good deal, I am proud to state that we are on the move upward and onward. We have a good, comfortable school build? ing, erected by the patrons, and tbe first oce since before the war, perhaps. Tbe land was donated by John T. McCowan, who generously gave it for a school site forever, and who was a prime mover in building the house from foundation to finish. Others, too, were generous in their subscriptions of money and work, notably eiuong tbem were L. M. Tilly, Touris Fleming, Ransom Jefferson, Hamp. Earle, Paul Yon, Wm. Manning, Bob. Yon, Henry Brown, tbe Brocks, the Carters, the Willifords and others. We have a first-grade teacher who is moving on satis? factorily, and we are rolling on to glory and a good time bye and bye Mr. R C. Cunningham is just giving tbe finishing touch to a handsome residence with all neceesary ont buildings and a store bonse, all new and seated where a few months ago grew a virgin forest. Mr. Baylis Cooley is rapidly harvesting bis abundant crops And by tbe way Mr. Cooley is running a big thing ont here, and he has tbe energy and executive ability to rnn it successfully. He made last year 630 bales of cotton, over 3,000 bushels of corn, 2 000 bushels of oats and a house full of peas; and this year, though the crop is f-hort, be will make lots of col ton, corn and peas, build a number of bridges for the County, and work miles of tbe public highways His work is done with convict labor and some hired help, with perhaps a few tenants. His convicts are all healthy and seem contented?he treats them in a humane manner and feeds tbem well. They never try to escape, but rather remind you of the contented negro before the war. We hope that Mr. Cooley will see tbat it Is to bis interest to erect a plantation cotton seed oil mill, in tbe near future. Then an electric railway w ill have another inducement to come this way. Yes, we are sanguine enough, to predict tbat at no distant date tbe waters of Seneca river will be utilized to furnish the motor power to run an electric railway from your oitv to this section, &c. The Devil's Fork and Generostee will rnn our hard wood and other factories, light onr houses, and some day do the cooking, too, perhaps. We are on the move, and you need not be surprised at anything tbat may happen in the way of progress over this side of the county. Oar cotton crop is poor, as I said, but we have everything else, and have eDjoyed a series of big meetings where the servants of God have out-done themselves in zealous efforts for good, and they have left their marks behind them. Old sores have been healed and tbe sunshine of happiness has brightened many homes where the shad? ows were wont to fall. Yes, Mr. Editor, we have a country full of generooa-hearted, honest men and noble women. Five-cent cotton caused a lot of silent woe, but we are getting over it. We are not much disconcerted at anything that may happen politically or financially Some time in the future it may be my pleasure to tell you of tbe splendid farm? ing done by the Willifords, Jones, Gil mers, McCowan, and others. X. Hollands Store News. A bouse was burned on Mr. Joe Smith's farm one evening last week in which three negro children were burnt up, with the contents of the house, consisting of all the negro's earthly possessions and about one bale of cotton. The parents were in tbe field at work and were nnable to get to the bouse until it was nearly consumed. Tbe oldest of the children was 10 years old. The little that remained of the children was raked up and buried tbe next day. Two of tbe children were found in the corner where tbe bed was and tbe other one at the fire place. Tbe weather is too dry to bow oats or wheat. A8 soon as we get rain we will pro? ceed to put in a good acreage both of wheat and oats. Mr. Jno. W. Leveretr, of Cooks, was in our community a few days last week cir? culating among his old friends and ac? quaintances. Miss Minnie Burriss spent last week in Anderson with relatives. Miss Fleda Sullivan has returned from a few days pleasant visit among relatives in Anderson. Mr. Robt. C. Cunningham now occupies his new and handsome residence one and a half miles above this place. Our efficient teacher, Prof. Norman, spent last Saturday and Sunday with bis parents in Hart County, Ga The good order that prevailed on the 17th inst. at Anderson showed what onr people would be if they could never get liquor. Misses Lula Peek and Jessie Cardin, and Mr. Mdes Wakefield, of Hart County, Ga , spent last Saturday Right and Sunday in our midst. Mr. Blanche?, of tbe Cook's section, was in our vicinity a day or so last week. The health of our neighborhood is good. We have a few cases of measles of a light form. Our neighborhood has been annoyed no little lately by drunkenness among the negroes and others, caused by certain per? sons selling wine, and "perhaps some? thing stronger." We don't wish to be misunderstood in tbe matter, and say now if it continnes we will certainly posh it to the last extremity. A bint to the wise is sufficient. We try as a olass to make an honest living, and we don't propose to be deviled by people seeking to make it other? wise. Miss Lillie Holland and brother, Berry, are in Lavonia, Ga, visiting relatives this week. Mrs. J. M. Cardin, of Hart County, Ga., is sojourning in this neighborhood with relatives. Rev. Job. Yenrgin preached at Shiloh last Sunday. His subject was present and everlasting salvation based on John 5:24: ? Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hearetb my word, and believetb .on Him tbat sent me, bath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto Life " Mr. Year gin handled his subject well, and his ser? mon was thoughtful and to tbe point. A negro named Way man McGee had his bonse entered while he was away last Sat? urday evening ajd a trunk broken open and $5 00 and a small accordeon stolen. The tbief carried the trank a hundred yards or so from the house before he broke into it. He was evidently after money as everything else was unmolested. Burke Holland's Store, S. C, Oct. 28,1895. Obituary. Departed this life on tbe 9th lust, little James Aiken, the 4 year old son of Mr. and Mrs C. A. Kay, born Angust 22,1891. He had been remarkably healthy until his fatal disease, diphtheria, attacked him, lasting a little more than a week, when his sweet spirit returned to God who gave it. The pangs of grief indescribable have been tearing tbe very heart strings of the devoted parents since tbe Angels took the dear boy to the paradise of God. It is natural for us to grieve for the precious little flowers that God plucks from this earth and transplants in the garden of heaven. No one is fully prepared to sym? pathize with bereaved parents except those who have passed a similar ordeal. The future man seen in the boy, the hope of declining years and theobjectof the heart's sweet affections all bnrled in tbe cold grave. It is so sad. so sad! Every clod tbat falls on tbe coffin lid crushes already broken and bleeding hearts. But, fond parents and Borrow stricken brothers and sisters, take your minds off the pallid cheek, the cold claj; be is not here, he is risen. The Saviour who said ''suffer little children to come unto me," has taken little "Jim Aiken" to himself. He is not here to sin and suffer in the future- He is beyond the reach of sin and pain. He cannot come back to you, but you can go to bim. Oh, may all the loved ones left behind, at tbe end of life, be prepared to meet bim in the heavenly land. Father and mother, be resigned. Though blinding tears for? bid, look through them up to God, saying, ' Not my will but thine be done, the Lord gave and the Lord batb taken away, blessed be tbe name of tbe Lord." "Happy spirit, peaceful sleeper. Calmly resting beneath tbe sod, Thon hast passed the shining portals, Thou hast gazed upon thy God." H. T. Smith. A Cheap Way to Atlanta. Look np your old correspondence and send tbe Confederate stamps you find on original envelopes to us. Prompt cash re? mittances made. Correspondence solicited. Reference, Commercial Bank Augusta. 18 St. Eagle Stamp Co,, P. O. Box 204 Augusta, Ga. ? The London Spectator says: "A So? cialist is a dreamer who believes that, given a speoial scythe, he can get more hay out of a field than there is grass in it.'' ? An independent old lady, speaking of Adam's naming all the animals, said she didn't think he deserved any credit for naming the pig. Anybody would know what to call him. ? Montana's percentage of divorces to marriages during twelve months recently ended was 14.20. There were 228 divorces granted In the State during the year, I A SPLENDID OFFER. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary and the Intelilgenoer for $3.00. Arrangements have been made wilb tbe publishers for a combination price by which the subscribers to The Intelligen? ces can get a complete edition of vv ebster's Dictionary for a nominal figure. * o such opportunity has ever been given to the people of Anderson County, and we have the exclusive control of these editions. Every family ought to have a Dictionary, and tnis is tbe chance to get one at the low? est price ever known in Anderson. The e are two editiona we are offering in connection with The Intelligencer, as follows : FOR $3.00. 1st The cheapest edition is leather bound, good print, and contains 1300 pages. Every subscriber to The Intelligencer who is not In arrears can get Webster's Dictionary and a year's subscription in advance for THREE DOLLARS. Thosein arrears can get the advantage of this offer by paying their dues and a year aPead. No such offer was ever made in this sec? tion, and we can famish 2,500 copies of the Dictionary in a reasonable time, if tbe people want them. FOR $4.00. 2nd. A larger and finer edition of Web? ster's Unabridged is offered at 84 00 for tbe Dictionary and The Intelligence2 upon tbe same conditions as the first offrr. This edition has an appendix with 10,000 new words, list of Scripture proper names, Greek and Lat hi proper names, brief rules cf pronunciation, modern geographical names, 1500 synonyms and antonyms, Biography of eminent historical person? ages, celebrated prose and poetry writers), Dictionary of noms de plume, mythology, musical terms and familiar allusions, Lex? icon of foreign phrases, and Dictionary of abbreviations The Introduction gives a history and de? scription of all languages, a biography of Noah Webster, and there are 1500 illus? trations in the book. Teachers and students will find this edi? tion an indispensable help to them, and every Teacher in Anderson County ought to assist ua in placing one or the other in every household. A supply of these books are ordered and will reach here abont the 1st of December. Delivery is only made at this office. Any subscriber who has paid his subscription in advance can get the Dictionary by pay? ing tbe difference. We want to sell 1,000 copies before Christ? mas, and then start a list for tbe New Year. Anderson Connty will be flooded with Dictionaries if we can have our wav about it. THE INTELLIGENCE R, Anderson, S. C. New Store and New Goods! IV THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE, Cl eneral Merchandise, X Dry Goods, Hate and Shoes, at prices that will astonish you Also, tbe very best RIO COFFEE on earth. Juat stop and see our 5-pound Coffee?it's a world beater. COLE & COFFEE. Oct 23,1S95 17 ? The Watclnnan, of Boston, says the notion "that Sunday laws are of Puritan origin betrays a disposition to make a point rather than accurate historical knowledge. The Huguenots from France enacted them in 8outb Carolina, and the Cavaliers from the Court of Cbarles I in Virginia. The very first statute passed by the Cavaliers of Virginia provided that he who did not attend church on Sunday should pay a fine of two pounds of tobacco. This was the first law ever enacted in the United States, and was passed in 1<>17, three years before the Pil? grims landed at Plymouth. It would be no discredit to the Puritans if we could trace our Sunday legislation to them, but they are not entitled to that honor." ? A young man who loft this section for Texas some time ago, says that cotton out there will not average more than a half bale to the acre. A large corn crop his been made and it is selling at 15 cents a bushel. Oats are only worth 10 cents a bushel. It takes from :>."> to 50 cents to buy a pound of leather and altogether the situation is not pleasant. The young man says that he wants to come back to South Carolina at the first faint promise of a job.? Yorkville Enquirer. ? The colored women of Tuskegee, Ala., led by Mrs. Booker T. Washington, are making vigorous efforts to have the concession to a saloon in the negro build? ing at the Atlanta Exposition withdrawn. They declare that the presence of a saloon in that building, which is the only one to wbicb the colored race of both sexes has free access, is an insult and disgrace, and they want "this disreputable traffic" dis? continued. ? Thus far the work of the Convention must be commended. If it shall continue to be characterized with wisdom and moderation, this Constitutional Conven? tion may yet be the means of destroying bitterness and of enabling the white peo? ple to forgive and forget past alienations and to come together tor the development and upbuilding of South Carolina. So mote it be.?Spartanburg Herald. ? Cows were milked by machinery at the recent London dairy show. A pul? sating vacuum, imitating the sucking of calves, was created by an air pump in a series of pipes connected by rubber ctps to the cow's teats. Ten cows were mi) hi d at once, the milking lasting from three to , five minutes, and only two pints aud half of Strippings being left. NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the Firm of the undersigned are respectfully asked to come forward at once and make payment by the first of December next, or you will have to settle with oar Attor? ney. Respectfully, JACKSON & MOSS. Oct 30, 1895 18_8 WANTED! A First Grade Teacher for Male School at Pendleton. A good opening for right man. 0. A. BOWEN, Chairman Board Trustees. Oct 30,1895 18 1 An up to date grocery store. WE?"THE BOYS"?call the attention of the Ladies to the fact that we have just received a fresh line of BUCKWHEAT, OATMEAL, FLAP JACK FLOUR, FARINA and ROLLED WHEAT. Also, this season's RAI8INS. CUR? RANTS, CITRON and MINCE MEAT. We handlest. Louis FINE CANDIES, and have jnst received the largest assortment ever shown in the city. CLEMSON COLLEGE FULL CREAM CHEESE?best to be had?always on hand. Ask to see onr 5 pound Coffee, and don't forget we give 8 lbs. Soda for 26c We have put in a Pt one for the benefit of the Ladies, and would be pleased to have tbem call np No. 70. Will be glad to attend to any business for them through our Phone when they don't want to come to the city. "Very respectfully, ??the?????."{RUSSELL & BREAZEALE. Phone No. 70. Free and prompt City Delivery. STOVES, STOVES! Cooking Stoves, Lamp Goods, Tinware, and everything in the HOUSE FURNISHING LINE -ALWAYS AT THE LOWEST PRICES, and Fancy China and Christmas Goods always of the best assortment. Dolls, Doll Carriages, and B<.ys' Iron Wagons. We sell Goods for Cash, therefore we sell them very cheap. We do not ask compe? tition any odds, and they that blow so much about others are not in it at all. Come, inspect, and be your own judge. Then you will not be misled. JOHN T. BURRISS. P. 8.?Keep your eyes on this space. I am going to give a French Flower Girl away soon. Those that owe me by Note or Account come in and settle'at once. A word to the wise is sufficient. J. T. B. A SOLICITATION! W E earnestly solicit the trade to inspect our line of? DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, HATS, &C. We are making a specialty this season of Shoes and Jeans. Owing to the fact we bought these Goods before the advance, we are making special prices on same. b&? Come and see that All-Wool Jeans we are selling at 20c. per yard* You will be sure to buy. Yours for trade, D. C. BROWN <fc BRO. IT WILL PAY YOU! To drop in and see our Goods and get our Prices before parting with your hard-earned Cash, as we are in position to meet all competition, and will save you money on every purchase. WE have a big Stock of Jeans, Flannels and Staple Dry Goods at prices that neyer fail to sell. Also, a big Stock of SHOES, bought before the advance. All we have to do is to show our Shoes and the prices do the rest. They are certainly going fast. We sell the most popular and reliable brands of FLOUR in Town. Cheaper than you have been paying for inferior stuff. We always sell the best COFFEE. We can suit anybody on Tobacco, both in quality and price. BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS GUNS! GUIS! GUNS! 500 GUNS AND RIFLES, From the finest Hammerless Breech Loader down to a Boy's Muzzle Loading Single Barrel. Some of these Guns were bought at? ONE-HALF OF MANUFACTURERS' COST, And we are offering some unheard-of prices. AMMUNITION Of every description at bottom prices. One Car Load Powder, To be sold wholesale or retail. We are in shape to offer special inducements on every? thing in the sporting line. It will pay you to see us. Yours truly, SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO; Exhausted Soils are made to produce larger and better crops by the use of Fertilizers rich in Potash. Write for our "Farmers' Guide," a 142-page illustrated book. It is brim full of useful information for farmers. It will be sent free, and will make and save you money. Address, GERMAN KALI WORKS, 03 Nassau Sireet, New York. i alts Your y Feet That Sting. An old method of punishment ia revived in the torture some shoes give you. "Make Your Feet Glad" by wearing Selz Royal Blue $4.00 Shoe.. ifoot shaped, ventilated, soft and yielding- and at the same time handsomely shaded. Manufactured by Sclr, Bcbwab & Co., Largest 8boo Makers In tbo United State? "Through All The (jf Changing Seasons." Selz Royal Blue $4.00 Shoe is always comfortable?warm in winter, cool in summer. An easy fit?graceful shapa The most pop? ular shoe in town. (Manufactured by Sell, 8chwab 4 Co.. Chicago. Largest 8&00 Makers In tbo world) THE YATES SHOE CO., ANDER&ON, S. C WAR! WARM THE TEAPOT HAS declared war on HIGH PRICES. They are a thing or the paat. "Qaick Siles and Short Profite" ia our motto. Co'ton ia booming and the golden winds of prosperity are blowing in the interest of the tillers of the soil lor the first time in many yearB. It means money both ways for the farmers The beat 51 pound Coffee for $1 ?0 in the city, and yon (0 be the jndge. Another 5 pounds for $1.00 not quite so good, and a Jim Dandy at G pounds for 81.00 The town talk is the Teapot's low prices. Now, we want our friends in the country to talk, so we invite you to come to the Teapot. The half has not been told. Low Prices and polite attention are the drawing cards that bring the customers. We want 100 dozen Eggs a113c. per dozen, And 100 lbs. Butter at 15c per lb. We have the contract to furnish Sells Bros. Show their Groceries, the largest Show on the earth. Straws show which way the wind blows. JOHN A. AUSTIN & CO. And THE TEAPOT, Leader and Controller of Low Prices. DON' WAIT TO COME TO TOWN To see us, but make it your business here to see us. If you have Boots, Shoes, Jeans and Bress Goods to buy, now is the proper time, for as sure es gun is iron they will cost you more if you wn.it a few weeks longer, as Shoes have already advanced, and as cotton is worth lour cents more than last year and is still advancing, and as we bonght a large stock beforo the rise we will soon sell them out at the same old price; so you see you can't afford to wait a day longer. We can save you money on Bagging and Ties, Flonr, (from the best to the cheapest,) New Crop New Orleans Molasses, Texas Bed Bast Proof uats, Sogar and ( oflee* We have no favorites, but onr cuetomers have?tbey are Dean's Patent Flour, J. K. No. 2 Coffee and Little Reaper Tobacco. These articles comprise our "Big Three." Don't delay buying jour Fall supplies until later, but come on now. Earnestly yours, DEAN, RATLIFFE & CO. Mr. F. A Spellman?"The Farmers' Friend"?is still with us, and will buy your Cotton. We are also in the market, and will help you all we can. TOOTIN' Our own horn. Yes, if we don't, no one else will. Having bought the Stock of Mo ?s & Brown, we want the public to know that we are going to continue the business at the old stand, on Depot Street. Experience in business will enable ns to keep np with the demands of the trade. We are daily receiving NEW GOODS, and our Stock will embrace everything in the FANCY and HEAVY GROCERY line. Flour is a specialty with us, and we will keep all grades. Our Stock of CONFECTIONERIES is large; so is our 8tock of TO? BACCO and CIGARS. We want your trade?or, at least, a part of it?and that i9 one reason why we are tootin' our own? HORN. Come and see us. Our prices are moderate, and we will make it to your interest to call and see our Goods aDd get our prices. No harm done if you don't buy. We are yours to please. J. C, OSBORNE and O. D. ANDERSON, under the Firm name of? OSBORNE & ANDERSON. I would be glad to have my old friends, who gave me such a liberal trade at Ray & Baker's, to come and see me. O. D. ANDERSON. The Biggest Shipment of CROCKERY Ever made to Anderson, and perhaps the largest to any point 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 three times larger than any previous single shipment of Crockery to this point. I understand that you have another shipment now on thp 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 STORE, No. 27, South Side of Public Square. If above interests you, be] sure and don't mention it to your neighbors,