The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, December 30, 1896, Image 2

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tea Anderson Intelligencer. FUBLJ3EED EVERY WED2 SDA Y. J. F. CLTNKSCALES, 1 Editors and C. C. LANGSTON, 1 Proprietor?. TERMS : ONE YEAR.fl 50 SEX MONTHS . 75 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30, 1896. The latest information from Cuba says that Masoo is not dead. It seems a diffi cult matter to get the truth from Cuba. The total number of pardons issued by Governor Evans during the year 1S0C, not including tho sentences commuted, aggregate a total of sixty-five. Those gentlemen who are anxious to light for Cuba will find it a comparative ly easy matter to get to the Island, and they can count upon a cordial reception from the Cabans. - m ? m* ' The nimble pistol was very much in evidence throughout the country during the Christmas holidays, judging from the newspaper reports. The legal authori ties cannot institute a better crusade than one against concealed weapons. It is the general impression that Mr. McKinley, when he comes to make his Cabinet appointments, will select at least one of bis advisers from the South. It has been hinted that be may give two Southern men places in bis Cabinet. Tho women do not possess full sufirage in Kansas, but they secured more publfo offices in the last election than did the women of Utah or Colorado?twenty county superintendences of public in struction, and all the offices from mayor to chief of police in two cities. The Legislature convenes in Columbia next Tuesday week, and the members are receiving considerable advice in the State papers as to what they ehould do. There is a general opinion that the dis pensary law will be amended in some of | its features, and there is talk of redis tricting the State. Governor-elect Ellerbe will soon be in the Executive chair, and it is believed that he is going to make a model Gov ernor, that he will know no faction, and be a Governor of the whole people. He has the greatest opportunity of his life, and if be will grasp it he can surely make a worthy record for himself. There will be a National Congress of Mothers at Washington in February. There' is an atmosphere of sentiment,! about this which is very attractive. That "the band that rocks the cradle is the hand thai; rules the world" will, no doubt, be well illustrated by the gathering of American motherhood in the capital city. A paragraph is going the rounds of the State press to the effect that the Legisla ture will ignore the primary vote in the Senatorial election and elect Gov. Evans as Senator in place of the regular nomi nee, Hon. J. H. Earle. We do Lot believe any such stuff. Every Democrat in the Legislature v/ho would be a party to such an outrage would be a perjurer, and could be indicted and punished as such. -?? Representativo Boatner, o? La., who will not be a member of the next Con gress, has introduced a bill to increase the Speaker's salary from ?S.000 to $10,000 a year, and Senators and Representatives from ?5,003 to $7,500 While a majority in Congre?S would probably like to see this bill become a law, there is no likeli hood that a majority will voto ior it, be cause they know the prevailing idea is that the salaries paid are already equal to, if not in excess, of the value of the services rendered. -m m mm Secretary Carlisle puts several large punctures in the windy pretense of the Republicans that tariff tinkering is a nec essary precedent to the safe conduct of the Government and to prosperity. The Secretary shows that the balance in the Treasury is ampio to prevent embarrass ment under ordinary conditions for a long time to come. He shows that the reve nues are steadily increasing and the de ficiency, despite extraordinary expendi tures, is steadily decreasing and the cut look is favorable fora continued improve ment in collections which will bring the two ends together, unless Congress plunges into extravagant appropriations. - mi - It is suggested in the Scientific Ameri can that on January 1, If'OO, a new divis ion of the years into thirteen months be instituted. It is claimed that this is not so preposterous as most people would be likely to consider it at the first thought. If such a division were made, the first twelve months would have just twenty cigLt days or four weeks eacb, and the new month twenty-nine, to make 365, and thirty in leap years. After a few days there would be no need to refer to calen dars, as the same day of the week would have the sa ne date through the year. If | January 1 were, say Monday, every Monday would be the lat.Stb, 15th and22d; every Tuesday the 2J, Otb, 10th and 23d, so on through tho year. The changes of | the moon would be on about the same dates through the year, and many calcu lations, like interest, dates of maturing note.", Easter Sunday and many other important dates would be simplified. Al though tho present generation would have to figure new dates for birthdays and all legal holidays/except New Year's would be on different dates, yet the gain would be moro than the loss, as that would be permanent and the objections trifling. Death of Mrs. Joseph E. Brown. Atlanta Journal, Dec. 2?3 Mrs. Elizabeth BrowD, the venerable and beloved widow of the late ex-Gov ernor and ex-Senator Joseph E. Brown, died peacefully at her home on Wash ington street this morning at a quarter after six o'clock. Her illness, which was a combined in flammation of the stomach and bowols, was brief and comparatively painless, and she passed away in perfect peace and quiet, surrounded by her devoted and grief-stricken children. The news of Mrs. Brown's death will be a severe shock not only to her friends in AtlantT but to the people of all Geor gia, by whom she was tenderly beloved, and to legions of people throughout the United State3 with whom ehe came in contact during her distinguishes hus band's long public career. Mr.*. Brown would have been 71 years old had she lived until the 13th of next July. She was, before her marriage, Miss E?zibeth Gresham, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Gresham, of Pendleton, S. C, and married Joseph Emerson Brown in 1847, on her 21st birthday. The young couple lived iu Canton, Ga , where Mr. Brown was then teaching school, until 1S57, when he was elected Governor of Georgia, which office he continued to fill for four consecutive terms?an honor which has been achieved by no other Georgian. It was during ber residence at Mil ledgeville, then the Capitol of the State, as the wile of the war Governor, that Mra. Brown made her first deep impres sion on the minds of the Georgia people. Her wisdom, her kindness, her unosten tation and her deep sympathy with the poor and 'bereaved was universally re cognized, and she was in reality an angel of mercy to all with whom she came in contact during those dark days. A Railroad Massacre. BiitMiKOHAar, At.a., December 27.- A bad wreck occurred betwof 7 aud 8 o'clock this morning on the Birmingham Mineral Road. The road is a loop that goes all over this part of the country, taking in the mines and furnaces. The wreck occurred at the Cahaba bridge, about 50 miles from Birmingham, be tween Guernee and Blocton. The bridge is about 1,000 feet long and about 100 feet higb. The train jumped the track from some unknown cause and plunged off the trestle to the rocks below*. As to the number of passengers on board the reports conflict, but as near as can be ascertained twenty-three were killed, and only one man, the fireman, escaped alive. Later reports places the number of passengers aboard the ill-fated train at from thirty to thirty-five, and only two escaped. It is said that se\en ot them were taken out alive, but in a dying condition. The wreck caught fire and many unfortunate victims were burned to death. The scene of the wreck presented a most heart-rending and sickening spec tacle. The cars were smashed to splin ters on the rocks fully 100 feet below the track from which the train had been hurled. The groans of the injured and the lamentations of those who crowded around were pitiable in the extreme. Physicians from Birmingham and vi cinity gave every aid in alleviating the suffering of those who escaped with life. The bridge was a ponderous wood structure with an iron span of two hun dred feet in the centre and just at the be ginning of the iron work train wreckers had pulled the spikes and removed one of the rails. When the engineer discov ered this, as was evident from the posi tion of his throttle and reverse lever, he immediately attempted to stop, but was running at such a rate of speed as to car ry down the bridge. Every evidence showed that train wreckers bad been at work. As soon as the news was received here both the Louisville <fc Nashville and South ern railroads sent out relief trains loaded with physicians and others, and every thing possible was done for those who were fortunate enough to get out of reach of the flames, which quickly consumed all of the coaches and a part of the bridge. Many of those killed were com pletely charred beyond recognition. The exact number who perished will never "be known, but it is thought tbat it will reach thirty-five. To cap the climax one of the relief trains, which left here, ran into the rear end of the wrecking train, which was stopped about one hundred and fifty feet from the bridge, and came near knocking it on top of the burning train. In this accident the following were in jured: Sam Eastis, will die: William Rast, will die; Wood Campbell, leg bro ken; Charles Elsten, legs badly bu-'; John R'ttenberry, ankle broken. another account. Birmingham, Ala., December 27.? One of the most disastrous wrecks in the history of the Southern railroads happen ed thirty-six miles south of here this morning at 7:30 o'clock in which twenty eight persons were killed ontrightand ten others injured, two of whom will die. The ill-fated train was a Louisville & Nashville accommodation which rune from here to Blocton, a distance of forty miles. The train left here at 5:30 in charge of Engineer Frank White and Conductor A. P. Connell. Four miles north of Blocton the entire train, made up of an engine, baggage and two passenger coaches, crashed through a bridge seven hundred feet long and one hundred and twenty feet high into the Cahaba River. A rail ha? been removed from the track, and when the engine etruck this three hundred and sixty feet of the bridge gave way and went down with the train. Immediately the wreck took fire, the water being only about three feet deep, and before sufficient help could be obtained the unfortunate passengers and trainmen who were pinioned under the debris were burned to death in eight of the other unfortunates. Some of the passengers not so badly hurt managed to crawl out and do all they could in assisting others, but it was of little avail. The dead are: Frank White, engineer, of Birmingham; George Carney, flagman, of Birmingham; Tom Streeter, colored, of Birmingham; A. P. Concell, conductor, of Birmingham; Jordon Powell, wife and eight children, of Blocton; Mrs. Henry Hanberry and two children, of Birming ham; James Boling, express messenger, of Guthrie, Ky.; L. W. Martin, of Brook wood; Bruce Philips, of Bloctoc; S.W. Tibbs and wife, of Campbelltown; An drew Bryson, of Blocton; George Gleu dall, of Helena, and four others, uniden tified. The injured are: Ed Echols, slightly: Henry Hanberry, ribs broken; Powell child, feet badly burned; Mrs. Walker, of Blocton, internally injured, will die; Mrs. Walker's three children, slightly; Miss Booth, of Blocton, internally, will die; Stan Stewart, arm broken. Atlanta, Ga., December 27.?A spe cial to the Constitution from Birmingham says the bodies of twenty-seven have been taken from the wreck at Blocton, nine survivors, all badly injured. Many of the bodies are so badly burned that they cannot be recognized. The train contained men, women and children liv ing at the mines, who had gone to Bir mingham to spend Christmas and were returning home. A Genuine Fiction of the Law. There is no better law on our statute books than tbat against tbe carrying of concealed weapons, and yet the enforce ment of It is a regular farce. Occasionally some poor, unfortunate devil is snatched up and fined or imprisoned for carrying a concealed weapon, while there are hun dreds of men and boys in this civilized country defiantly carrying pistols in their hip pockets every day in the week and Sunday, too. The carrying of pistols by wild, reckless boys has got to be a com mon practice, in fact, no real fast lad or young man of the present fast ago doesn't think he is "fixed" unless he has a "gun" in his hip pocket and a cigarette stuck in his mouth. The ready pistol has been tbe cause of a great many cold-blooded murders tbat otherwise never would have occurred. It is true there is no danger whatever from a very large majority who carry pistols simply lor a bluif, some of whom havn't actually got the requisite amount of grit to pull a setting hen off from her nest, and wouldn't use their pistols only to disturb the peace and quiet of tbe com munity, or to shoot some barking dog on one of the back streets. There is no dan ger from this class, but there are others who will shoot whenever they think the provocation sufficient, and that is why the carrying of pistols should be stopped, and we do hope the next Legislature will take steps for the more rigid enforcement of this law for the preservation of human life. ?Darlingtonian. ? The partial removal of the snow which the two recent storms precipitated upon Now York city has cost over ?200,000, and its complete removal would multiply that figure several times. Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and La Grippe when Laxative Bromo Quinine will cure you in one day. Djea not pro duce tbe ringing in the head like Sulphate of Quinine. Put up in tablets convenient for taking. Guaranteed to cure, or money refunded. Price, 25 Cents. For sale by Ryans Pharmacy. Lawlessness on the Seneca. Brott ns, AiiOoioon County, Decem ber 22.?Two miles from bere, at Port man's Shoals, on the Seneca River, is the construction camp of Watkins & Harda way, the Birmingham compauy, who have the contract for building the stone dam that is to furnish the power for gen erating the electricity to be used by the Anderson Water, Light and Power Com pany. It is not proposed here to speak of the magnitude of the enterprise involved in the construction of this electrical plaut or of its effect upon tho industrial future of Anderson and Anderson County, great as all that is, but rather to write of the do ings of tho "bad niggers" thero and here abouts. A short lime ago a woman at tho dam took the law and a repeating rille into her own hands and fired a bullet through the head of a young negro man employed around the place. The same bullet, after quitting the boy's head, cut a groove around the cranium of another colored .coman standing near. The wo man, who did the ehooting, skipped, and the boy has since lain in a semi-paralyzed condition, but with increasing chances of recovery, as stated by the doctors having the caie in hand. Within the last few days another shoot ing scrape has occurred there but without probably fatal results. A company of colored men operated a traveling gin through this locality this fall and finally went to sawing lumber here. A few days ago ? of the bosses bore rather heavily on one of the bands and essayed to em phasize his remarks with a club, but he was too slow, and got laid out with a cant hook, at the hands of the sabio employee. That night the laid out man's sons, three or four in number, and notorious as row raisers, repaired to the cant hook man's house and after thoroughly intimidating everything on the place with a fusilado of pistol shots, proceeded to give their victim such a whipping as sent bim to tho mag istrate and then to Georgia. Peto Blackwell, a Townville negro, who in slavery days belonged to a brother of Gen. John H. Morgan, of Confederate cavalry fame, and who is no doubt the biggest fool nigger in South Caroliua, re cently got his yonng son out of the county jail, where he was serving a fifteen days' sentence for fighting, by selling the only fat hog be had.?News and Courier, Seven Constables in Jail for Murder ask for Bail. Columbia, December 22.?It is not very unusual for dispenscry constables to be implicated in killing affair?. It is a natural sequence, it would appear, of the enforcement of the dispensary law by a constabulary force. It is, however, somewhat noteworthy that two contin gents of constables and their posses are now in jail in different sections of the State, and that they are both anxious to get out on bail to spend the Christmas holidays. The day also developed anoth er curious fact in connection with these killing affairs, the result of the enforce ment of the dispensary law. The execu tive department telegraphed three of the constables in jail in Spartanburg to em ploy counsel and apply to the Supreme Court for bail, while in Columbia Mr. Townsend, in behalf of Solicitor Johnson, was resisting a motion for bail. The facts of the killing of Kelly in Chesterfield County are familiar to the readers of the News and Courier. Under the finding of the coroner's jury W. P. Swinnie was charged with the killing, and Constables Geo. Just Brown, D. Preston Douglass and J. II. Chapman are held on the charge of being accesso ries before and after the fact of the homi cide. Solicitor J ihuson asked Assistant At torney General Townsend to appear for him in the case, and Mr.Townsend in his argument presented positions that will certainly be of interest. He eaid that the evidence offered all ehowed that Consta ble Brown did not take out a warrant and that be summoned a posse to assist him in the seizure of the contraband goods Kolly was suspected of having in bis possession. Mr. Townsend took the position, and cited authorities and argu ment, that a constable has no right what ever to summon a posse to assist in the seizure of contraband or other liquors, especially when be has no warrant. If Constable Brown bad had a warrant for the arrest of Kelly, then he would have bad the right to summon a posse but be certainly had no right to summon a posse for the seizure of contraband goods, and on this line he argued that the members ol the posse were volunteers and respon sible for their actions. He argued that it was net shown by the testimony that the dead man had drawn a weapon or that be had any intention of usiug a pistol. Mr. Townsend said that Consiable Brown seemed to bave known that Kelly was coming with the contraband goods, and he should have gotten out a warrant, be fore attempting to do what he did, but on the other hand he gets three volunteers and stations himself along the road, and, so to speak, holds up Kelly. Mr. Kennedy, who appeared for the parties soliciting bail, said that the con stables bad a common law right to sum mon the posse, and that as to tho war rant, that had Brown spent time trying to get the warrant, Kelley and his liquor would bave e .caped. The warrant, he said, was gotte 3 out as soon as possible. He said that as soon as the men told Kelly to stop that he reached down to draw his pistol, and that had the posse not shot when it did some of them would certain ly have been killed, as Kelly was a dan gerous man, and had given warning that he would kill the first consiable or any one else who interfered with him. The arguments were longer than cus tomary, and at tho conclusion of the , speaking the Chief Justice announced that the Court would take a brief recess, ? after which it would announce its decis ion, which was that each of the d?fendante was entitled to bond in the sum of-Si,500 each. The other caso of constables wanting to get out was from Spartanburg. Cons*a ble J. A. May telegraphed Governor Ev- .' ans to this effect: ''Crawford, Buice and myself in jail in , Spartanburg. Please have us carried to . Columbia " The constables wore telegraphed to em- , ploy counsel and have him apply to the . Supreme Court for bail. The constables . are connected with the killing of Simms, in the "Dark Corner" section of the . Stato The "groat step toward prohibition," < commonly aud more popularly known aB the dispensary, has been shipping out from ono thousand to fifteen hundred cases of liquor everyday to supply the < Christmas trade. A large portion of this I daily sale is to the dispensaries in Colum bia.?News and Courier. ? Miss Cerrie Osier, of Michigan, beta thousand kijses on tho election with a young man. Apparently it made no j great difference whether she won or lost, : but as a matter of record, it may be said she lost, having backed Mr. Bryan. : There soems to have been no difficulty or | hesitation about payment, but a dispatch announces an unexpected hitch in the proceedings in these words: "The couple were making excollent progress toward the payment of the wager when a dispute arose over alleged inaccuracies in the ? tally, and a recount is now being taken." ; ? Corn on the cob is estimated at OS, 70 and 72 pounds to the bushel. The first : named figure prevails in Indiana and tho latter in Tennessee. Au Historic Horn. D. S. White who is hero spending the tolidays with his brother, Capt. R. P. rVhite, brought with him from his home Sherman, Texas, an interesting relio if the Mexican war, which be kindly ox libited to a reporter for the News. Tho treasure is a powder horn, whicli vas loaned Mr. White while he wa3 uniting recently' in the Indian Territory, >y the aged widow of the late James Mc Donald, a Texas ranger and veteran cf ,hat war. Mr. White met tho lady who s far advanced in years, in a casual way, md she seeing his masonic badge and emembering her husband's enthusiasm in masonic matter.-", the conversation ;urned on masonic topics and she brought Forth the horn and detailed its interesting aibtory. Though money uor any amount >f persuasion would induce her to part permanently with the relio, she loaned it to him and with the proviso that it be come his at her death. The horn, presumably that of a Texas iteer, is 18 inches long and would contain about a quart of powder. The trophy iti artistically engraved, probably with a penknife. One side bears the inscription in bold letters : "Death or Liberty," and the opposite side is similarly inscribed : "James McDonald, Iiis Horn, 1S21." Between these lines is engraved varioue Masonic emblems and three stars, at regular intervals, symbolic o? his native heath, the Lone Star Slate. There is aloo a hunting scene elaborately outlined, the landscape consisting of trees on a plain, and in the distance the sun is presented with an expression that says he's done some very effective work down in those parts. In tho foreground a hunter with bis dog and typical old rille is depicted, and a squirrel, a duck, an owf, a deer, s, bear and a catamount are plainly visible. At the larger end there is a marine scene with a sailing ship in the distance. Near this is outlined the American eagle with wings spread and talons grasping the arrows. The two ornamental ridges, which are about a sixteenth of an inch high, have been worn down to the surface on the aide which came in contact with the body of the warrior and hunter.? Greenville Ncivs, 21th. The First Lecture of William J. Bryan. Atlanta, Ga , Dec. 23.?The Hon. Wm. J. Bryan opened his lecture tour here to-night at the Grand Opere, House before a large audience. All day long he had been entertained by one organiza tion or another, and he held ar almoet continuous reception. Governor Atkin Bon took him to the Executive Mansion in the morning as his guest. At noon the Young Men's Democratic League tendered him a luncheon, and to-night the Fulton Club entertained him. Among the speakers at the luncheon was Ex Secretary Hoke Smith. Mr. Bryan was introduced to-night by Hal. T. Lewis, the Georgian who nomi nated him at Chicago. Tho late nomi nee's reception was enthusiastic, and the audience cheering loudly and long. His subject was "The Ancient Landmarks." The subject matter was extremely con servative. There was nothing in it to offend any one. Tho address was a dis cussion of governmental quontions. Government, said he, ia what the people make it, good or bad, as they dictate. They can remedy abuses if they seriously undertake to do bo. Often they are in different. It has been said that the man who neglects to take part in the controll ing government is worse than the men who govern badly. Mr. Bryan quoted liberally from Jef ferson and Jackson. He touched on the leading issues of the recent campaign, but in a non partisan way. Tho aim, 3aid he, of advocates of different mone tary systems is to secure that one which is best for the greatest number of citizens. Men diff?ras to which system will ac complish that, but all agree that the system which will give a unit of value of the least possible fluctuations is the best In the end the people of this country, and eventually the people of the world, will select that system under which tho unit of value is most stable. In reaching that decision selfishness must be taken into account. Selfishness is here to stay, but it is not wholly disad vantageous, for it is the manifestation of the instinct of self preservation. Gov ernment should not only avoid abuses, but should protect the weaker against the Btrong. A government substitutes law for force, and right for might. Gov ernments must restrain. Jefferson said that one of the most important duties of a government was to restrain one set of citizens from injuring others. Trusts were denounced as a means of doing au injury to one's fellow citizens. Mr. Bryan remarked that he did not think any party openly defended trusts. They are permitted to exist because the people aro indifferent They could be abolished by legislation or by public opinion. Newspapers form public opin ion, but they are not to be expected to do it all. Every individual citizen should exercise his influence, take a position and let it be known. Public opinion is so potent that it can crush out any abuse, even trusts or the use of money in poli tics. The use of mouey by political par ties is tho most pernicious irJluencein politics. And tho party is young, in deed, which does not use money to ad vance its ends. But it should be remem bered that if tho use of money is permit ted the citizens will themselves be plundered to recoup the expenditures. Unjust taxation was treated at some length. Tho epeaker declared unjust taxation to be indirect larceny. It is taking money from one man's pocket and putting it in tho pocket of another man. Tho chief cause of discontent in this country is favoritism in one form or another under the government. This favoritism may be manifested by unjust taxation in different forms. Mr. Bryan found good results in the recent campaign. It set the people to thinking, a habit which they will keep up. Jefferson said that public officials who are not watched are wolves. Mr. Bryan thinks that hereafter public ofu ?ials will be more closely watched. Good government consists of jealousy and not over confidence. Over confidence en tourages abuse of confidence. In concluding the lecturer remarked significantly that tho Latin poet said we plaut trees, the fruit of which wo do not sxpect to pluck. We are laying tho Foundation now for those who come after us. A part ol the foundation work was ;otten uuder way-in the recent campaign. The superstructure will bo built later. Mr. Bryan will leave hero tomorrow Dooming and ho will go to Chicago, whence ho will go to his homo in Lin coln. He has a series of lectures booked for Texas. ? The loss by fire during the month of November was smaller than that for any previous month* this year, and also less thau that for any month in tho two pre vious years. The total loss footed up to ^5,811,600 for 1890, $10,131.500 for 1S95, $12,135,800 for ls'jl. ? Mr. S, W. Scruggs, Secretary of the State Uoardof Control, has paid into the 3tato treasury tho $25,000 promised by the 1st of January. Tho business of tho Dis pensary has been so largo recently that it is expected that other payments can be made as time passes.?Columbia Register. ? The capital invested in tho ice trade in America amounts to considerably over 520,000,000. Twelve thousand tons are sollectod annually. In somo parts as much is spent on : 9 as on fuel. In large cities tho average annual consumption Is two-thirds nf a ton per head, Married While Hypnotized, jamestow::, N. T., Dec. 24.?A man giving his name as Bort?n M. Main, and his residence as Sheldon, Illinois, a phre nologist, palmist and hypnotist, came here four weeks ago and engaged room and board at the Woodburn, a high clase boarding house. List night he was mar ried to Miss Mary Whitman, the hand some young sister of the landlady of the Woodburn, but to-night ho is in the city jail, having been arrested ou a charge of getting the girl under hypnotic Influence and then marrying her. The bride says she has no recollection of the marriage or events which followed until to day, and can hardly believe that she was married, but the proof is absolute. The groom was arrested on complaint of the girl's parents, and ehe joins in the petition for release ?rom the man, whom she claims is very objectionable to her, but when In his presence she makes no complaint. The bride was engaged to be married to another young man of this city, and claims to have had no thought of marry ing anyone else. NO further action than the arrest of the groom has yet been made, but this will be followed by all possible measures to have the marriage set aside. Champion Eater of New Jersey. Westwooh, N. J., December 20.? Charles B. Haring, a merchant in this village, claims to be the champion eater in the State of New Jersey. He has lately made a wager with Chris Wellner, a friend, that he could eat a barrel of ap ples in one week, the loser to pay for the applet. In less than six days Haring de voured the apples and said he would have attacked the barrel itself but for the hickory hoops. Haring says that every day before dinner ho eats three cakes of sweet chocolate candy and one pound of Turkish prunes just to give him an appe tite for his meal. Last night hebet 31 he could eat 100 oysters. The contest took place in the oyster saloon of Joseph Horn. Mrs. Horn and her husband began opening the oys ters, but Haring put them out of sight faster than the two could open them. In less than six minutes he had devoured 103 oysters, all there were in the saloon, and then wanted to bet he could eat 500 more. As there was no more to be had he had to be satisfied. Before he began to eat the oysters he drank two quart bottles of sherry, and when through wanted to bet he could drink two quarts more, but no one would accept the offer. Ever since his boyhood Haring has shown a remarkable capacity for s to w ing away food. It Is said he has been known to have eaten a whole ham and two heads of cabbage at one time. Clever Tostai Robbery. New York, Dec. 2G.?Several business firms that had wondered why important letters containing large sume of money had been delayed in the mails have re ceived the letters but not the inclo&ures, stained with the waters of the bay in which they bad tossed for two or three days before being picked up. The letters had been opened, the money inside, trans mitted by the firm's correspondents In Chicago, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Phila delphia and Pittsburg taken out, after which the .thief had dropped the lettere into the bay. Investigation made at the postonico confirmed the story. The rob bery is evidently one of the largest and cleverest ever known in the history of the department and th? total loss reaohes many thousand dollars. The postoffice officials admit this much, but deoline for official reasons to say anything further. It was learned that the mail bags were stolen at a depot in this city from a West ern express that reached here Tuesday, that the letters were carried away, that the thieves boarded an outgoing steamer to Earopo or to one of the Southern ports. "All that I am at liberty to tell," uald Postmaster Dayton to-day, "is that these letters were found in the bay just off Coney Island, having been dropped by an ou'going steamer. That is all we can tell at present. There has been a robbery and Sostoffice inspectors have the case In and." Condensed Testimony. Chas . Hood, Broker and Manufactu rers' Agent, Columbia, Ohio, certifies that Dr. King's New Discovery has no eqnal as a Cough remedy. J. D. Brown, Prop, of St. James Hotel, Ft. Wayne, Ind., testifies that he was cured of a Cough of two years' standing, caused by La Grippe, by Dr. King's Now Discovery. B. F. Merrill, Uald wins villo, Mass , says that he has used and recommended it and never knew it to fail and would rather have it than any doc tor, because it always cures. Mrs. Hem ming, 222 E. 25th St., Chicago, always keeps it at hand and has no fear of Croup, because it Instantly relieves. Free Trial Bottles at Hill-Orr Drug Co. Lid You Ever. Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine his been found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all Female Complaints, exerting a won derful direct influence in giving strength and tone to the organs. If yon have Loss of Appetite, Constipation, Headache, Faint ing Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless, Ex citable, Melancholy or troubled with Dizzy ?pells, Electric Bitters is the medi cine you need. Health and Strength are guaranteed by it3 use. Large bottles only fifty cents at Hill-Orr Drug Co. "FOR PERSONAL USE.7, IOFFER Pure Three-Year-Old Moun tain Corn and Ryo Whiskies and Apple and Peach Brandies, in quantities from one gallon to four and three quarter gallons at wholesale price. Write for quotations. C. F. SHEER, Advance, Davie Co., N. C. Dec 00, 1806_27_3_ SALE OF LAND. BY virtue of the authority vested in us by the parties >n interest, we will offer for sale at public outcry on Silenday in January next, at the usual time and place, unless a private sale is negotiated previous thereto, all that Tract o? Land situate in CentrevilleTownship. Anderson County, on East Branches of Twenty-Six Mile Creek, waters of Seneca River, con taining one hundred and fifty-five (155) e ero?, more or less, it being the same Land conveyed by Asa A very to Jesse C. Mor ris in trust for Mrs. Louisa Jane Garrison end her children on the 2lst day of Au gust, 1860, and being the same land on which the said Mr3. Garrison re3ided until bar recent death. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to ray extta for papers. SIMPSON & HOOD. Dec 10, 1S00 25 3 (M;r mamma used Wool Soap) (I wish mino toi) WOOLENS WILL NOT SHRINK If Wool Soup Is used In tito laundry. In thccleansliiK of winter blanUcts.tlannels and nil wool fabrics beforo storing for thoscasou. l'ho valu? of WOOL SOAP :s Inestimable. Waslics silks, lares nnd all Kummer fabrica without. Injury. Equally valuable for bath, household and cenerai laundry purposes. Sold by all dealers. l?aworth, Schodde ? Co., Makers, Chicago. Jew VotUOtllcc.i;)Leonard St. Boston.?ChatuamSt. FOR SALE BY EVANS' PHARMACY, ANDERSON, B, C. ? When one stops to consider the pen sions which follow war, he will ba forced to the conclusion that it would be far cheaper for us to buy Cuba than to go to war with Spain about her.. Here thirty years after the war of secession we are paying $140,000,000 a year as pensions. If there has got to be any lighting done, let's pass a law tnat there are to be no pen sions to follow, or let's buy Cuba straight out, one or the other. ? The 8ayannah Kens says : There is too much of blood-letting in this section of the country too much of pistol and knife toting, and too great promptness In using deadly weapons upon slight provo cation, or no provocation at all. There is a law against carrying concealed deadly wcaponp. and law to punish the perpetrators of crimes of violence. The law should be rigorously enforced. 'A^tmoQ nosjapny joj sjuoSy ojos oqx ?g? uoiiudi]b idiuo.Tu* OAiaooj eiopjo ?tura \\ -pa-juBM Ajreoj 9 )? Stijip a"[uo aq? pjS tffiOA 1n3B I8AF jnoA" POT 'Va! . 83nB33il J8pnntj) SB pura sb naq-j pun 'anoS ojb isddiu oqi {[u jpon ^ibm , '39va am $< -3 9 01 mm %?i?qu? 3hi ?sii "jsoiooALg 9q; ^soot^ oqi ^saiaospnEji oqi ^saipAoi oqj; jnit|3nup jnoA jc?[ 'djiav .tiioA iok.| 'jatpotu jnoA joj '?IB9lpD3.VlS .IOO? joj ?lN3S3Ud SVIM1SIUH3 ]18Vld333V 1S0IAI 3H1 snoqaog yajing; 'SQ^oooqo st?lig s8xog s^ra^suqo s^Ang; koix?ixixs?lis o^T aHQ?i Aiaxmosav aaxvxirci aa < *xoixTaaxrmav os WHEN EVER? OHE IS HAPPY Is the Time Music is Appreciated.... NO GIF to your home will bring as gr?at pleasure as one of i,ur? Pianos or Organs. "We are enabled to make an especially low price to any who wish to purchase NOW or during the Holidays. A full stock of Golfare, Violins* Ban jos and other Musical Instruments suitable Vor Holiday G fis at special discount prices. ?Si" Call and see us. CHRISTMAS GROCERIES. * r i7?^0 sv?$r I ^a^e your dinn \ ? i?^-i?;' : -2*\ i your Grocery nect GOOD THINGS EAT are particularly in demaud on CHRISTMAS DAY. That is the day when men have time to enjoy their dinner er a great affair by getting all necessities from our fresh Stock. NUTS, FIGS, RAISINS, CURRANTS, CITRON. A finer 8helled ALMOND vou never saw. Fine, large Seeded RAISINS Everything requisite of the very beat quality, at prices of inferior Goods. S?sl? m $Sr Send in your orders and get the BEST. JOHN A. AUSTIN & CO. 'PHONE 10. P. S.?Mis. Null s Yeast always fre b. ELECTION IS OVER ! Now we are looking forward for SANTA CLAUS. WE are loaded up on SANTA CLAUS GOODS. The very best selections in everything in that line. FANCY CHINA, Of all descriptions. DOLLS!DOLLS! World without end of them. GLASSWARE and LAMPS At figures to please every one. I am now selling a NEW STOVE and take your old one in exchange for the difference, and at prices that astonishes the natives of the country, and guarantee satisfaction or money refunded. Don't forget to call in and see me before buying anything in my lines, a31 need money and will sell at a very low price. Thanking all ray friends for their liberal patronage, I am Yours, &c, JOHN T. BURKISS. OFFICE TEN CENT STORE, Christmas Department, ANDERSON, S. C, DECEMBER 9, 1896. .. B. C. W. X. Y. Z. Santa Claus, In Quarters near North Pole. MY DEAR FRIEND : Your kind letter of advice, giving me an outline of your trip this season, has just been received. We are indeed glad to have you make your Head quarters with us while in this section. We promise you the same cordial welcome as heretofore, and much better accommodation. We aie trying to have everything ready for your reception. Have engaged tpecial shelter for your high-top baggage sulk. Will secure room at one of the stables in Town for your Reindeer. By the way, you forgot to tell us just how many you would have this season. However, we will secure room for six, as you had four last year, and you certainly need more this to carry the tremendous loads which you are shipping. Now, you spoke about a couple of Giraffes, Santa. Tell ua straight, no;v Are you in earnest about bringing them along? We find some difficulty in securing stables high enough for them. Suppose will have to 1er. their heads come out through the stable top. And the Dogs. We have arranged a ken nel for them. Big and little Dogs. La-ge and short Dogs. Sleek and fat Dogs. Thick and thin Dogs. Danish Hounds, Newfoundlands and Mastiffs You ask if the things have been coming in promptly ? Well, considering the quantity you have sent us, we think it is coming in pretty well. We have received at this time some of everything. We are now engaged in putting ev erything where the little folks can get a peep at it, and where we can just hand the things right out to you when you come. Lots of little folks have already said what they waut you to bring them. We have arranged now Whistles, Jumping Jacks, Toy Animals, Menageries, Jacks, Brunsen Bulls, etc., Bicycles toy and large, Mechanical Birds, Climbing Monkeys, Iron Trains, Punch and Judy, Carts of all kinds, Watches, Falsefaces, Druni3 and Wagons, Horns, Tambourines, Balls und Battles, Wheelbarrows, Rolling Hoops, Dolls, Carriages, Cradles and Bed*, Racing Teams, Magic Lanterns, Sadirons, Steam boats, Tool Boxes, Guns and Pistols, China and Glass Toys of every nature, Vases, Fancy Tableware, Gift Cups and Saucers, Jewelry, Novelties, Photo Albums, Accord?ons, Violins, Guitare, Harps, etc. FIRE WORKS ? FIRE WORKS ! FIRE WORKS ! Crackers, Caudles, Rockets, Balloons and everything. The Devil among the Tailors, Dragons' Nests, and all for fun. Well, we will look for you here any time from now till the 24th of this month. Yours always truly, IHR i 27 South Public Square. Little Folks, look out for Santa Claus about the night of Dec. 24. We expect him in Anderson at any minute. Grand Freo Fjrc Works Exhibition in Front of Store at Ten o'clock on the night of Dec, 24, Best ever given in Anderson, Though they seem to constitute the principal stock in trade of some people. Cold Facts and Figures represented by Reliable Goods and Prices are to be relied npon. WE have bren so busy this season that we have hardly found time to (vrite an advertisement unless we tres passed upon the Sabbath, tut the ;<ox was not in the ditch," and this was unnecessary as the people seemed to know where to come to buy their goods anyway. In our 21 years' active business ex perience we have never been in a posi tion to serve the people so well and save them so much money on their purchases as we are to-day, and were never so much in earnest about doirg business as we are about now. Notwithstanding our heavy sales to parties near and far we are overloaded on many lines of goods, as our New York buyer seems to think he can't load us too heavy when he can get them at such ruinously low prices for prompt cash, as he did during the squally election times just past when money in New York was worin 50 to 100 per cent, on call. This is the ad vantage of always having a shrewd representative in the Metropolis, but it takes money to keep this kind of a thing rolling, and any who wishes to select from a stock of goods well bough t and that will not fall far short of $100 000 in value can do so by calling around at our store. Many goods are on the advance. This is the day of gigantic trusts and consumers are compelled to pay tribute, and the promise of the near future is they are to be still more fostered and encouraged. It seems the hide and leather market has been again cor nered. So look out for high priced Shoes. We are well "heeled" and are prepared to name prices on many new desirable solid goods less than former ly. For instance, we will sell you th e best men's home-made, a No. 1 Kip, Ga., or English Tie that we solda year ago for $1.50 now $1.00. Men' i Genuine Calf, Doogola top, sold last year $2.00, now $1.25. A solid Men' 3 Buff or veal calf at 95c. that formerly sold for $1.25. Several lines of ladies' and children's goods are being sold in the same proportion. We frankly admit that throughout the store our values are not uniform, i. e.. in some goods our purchases are more fortunate than in others. We are al!$S$s pleased to divide the profit on our most lucky purchases with our customers. If asked on what particular department of our business we thought we were strongest and could save the people the most money, our ansv/er would be Men's and Boys' Hats, Clothing, Overcoats and Furnishings. Our recent additions to these were rare bargains that must be seen to be appreciated. In House Furnishings we are strong 10 solid cases of Bed Blankets received from "one factory recently that we can retail at less than we ever bought tbem at before. In table damask, napkins doylies, towels, ready-made sheets, pillow cases, win dow curtains, shades and fixtures, &e., we can do you good. Staple Cotton Goods are on the advance but we are daily selling many Domestics for less money than when cotton was 5 eenta. Why ? Because we bought last July and August a tremendous lot. IN MILLINERY We offer 4 doz. Felt Hats, assorted shapes, at 25c, marked down from 50* and 75c. 2 doz. Black Felt_Walking: Hats at 75c. been a record b| son with us. It goes withoi Goods and Furl the advarced lei receiving fresh in all the ne\ Goods and Trii nery, &c. Frei? and the rush hal our express bills item this season.l Our buyer is n| rare bargains far earlier in the seas If you would consult your interest, you amine our Stock before buying any more Goo Yours earnestly, .S.HI Agent for Butterick's Patterns. N. B?Miss Terry,the Artistic Dress-maker, still, has all the work she can do. -189 AT FROM DECEMBER 1st UNTIL CHRISTMAS. Now is the time to secure a nice Overcoat at a very low price. The cold weath er is here to stay, and we want tojsellj every one of our Overcoats. LESSER & CO., UNDER MASONIC TEMPLE.