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Anderson Intelligencer. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. J. F. CLINKSCALES, ) EDITOBS AND 0. C. LANGSTON, f PROPKIETO?3. TURMS : ONE YEAR.?1 50 SIX MONTHS . 75 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24, 1897. "When Czar Reed said the Fifty-fourth Congress would do little except to pass the regular appropriation bills, he knew what he was talking about. mm * - - If the civil service fort stands the vig orous assaults soon to be made upon it by the Republican army ot office-seekers, it may be looked upon as impregnable. .Turkey and Greece are doing their best to got up a little war, but it seems the other European powers are not favorable to it. It is hard to tell what the result will be._ SpeakerReed's fight; for economy has been so successful that the Fifty-fourth Congress will break all records in the matter of appropriations-by making the largest ever made. Mr. McKinley has about completed the "work of selecting his Cabinet. Mr. Gary, of Maryland, ia the latest announcement, and he will probably be the only repre sentative from the South. General Joe Shelby, the great Confed erate cavalry leader, died at his home in Adrian, Mo., a few days ago. One by one the grand old heroes are crossing the river "to rest under the shade of the trees." "._ The Charleston and Western Carolina Railway has purchased anew equipment, involving an outlay ot thousands of dol lars. The new rolling stock purchased consists of 13 locomotives, 18 passenger and 250 freight car3. Judge John E. Bacon died at his home in Columbia last Friday. Ho filled a number of positions of honor and trust in the service of the State and National governments, and was held in high es teem by all who knew him. When yon are in debt the best thing to do, if possible, is to pay up. The State has a big deficiency, and the)wisest policy would be to levy a sufficient tax to pay it. It has to be paid, and the sooner it is done the better for the taxpayers. -m m m - The first volume of Gen. Edward Mc Crady's history of South Carolina will soon go to press. There is no man in the State to-day who is better fitted for this work thap Gen. McCrady, and the book will no doubt soon be in every school house in South Carolina. The improvement ic the business of the South is shown in the volume of her exports, which for the first ten months of the year 1S96 indicate an increase over 1895 of ?63,000,000. The South is really better off commercially and industrially than ever before, and is improving stead ily from year to year, declares the New YorkTribune. The supply bill has been reported to the Legislature and tho State levy is fix ed at 5 mills. The County levy for An derson for ordinary County purposes is 3 mills; special road tax i of a mill. The constitutional school levy is- 3 mills, making the total l'J mills. Anderson is one of the few Counties of the State that has no past indebtedness. Tho French are not disposed to allow the fact to be forgotten that one of their race brought tho potato into general use. Everywhere they are doing honor to Par mentier's memory. A Parmentier med al was recently offered at a grand exhi bition which brought out a collection from one grower of250 varieties, probably the greatest assemblage of the potato fam ily ever brought together at one time. Suicide is becoming altogether too pop ular in this country. The cases of self destruction in the United States in 1S96 numbered G,250, an increase of 7G1 over the record for 1S95. The scientist who discovers the bacillus of suicidal mania and subdues it and renders it harmless will achieve a triumph for which man kind will rise np and call him blessed. Here is a fine field for scientific explora tion and conquest. An.agricultural writer claims that one of the greatest advantages of a country lifo is that, whilo the farmer may not ac cumulate a great deal of money, he can be at all times secure from absolute want. A man with a small farm can raise there on nearly all tho provisions for his fami ly, can sell enough to buy clothing and other articles that the farm does not pro duce, and bis condition, as far as absolute comfort is concerned, is far superior to that of nine-tenths of all the people in our large cities. ? ? - The record of embezzling, forgery, de faulting and bank wrocking for 1S96 Shows a gratifying decrease as compared with 1895, the total beirg but ?9,405,921, as compared with ?10,423,205 in the form er year, ?25,231.112 in 1894, and ?19,929,G92 in 1893. Out of 310 cases of embezzling reported, fourteen persons stole over ?50, 000 each, twenty over ?100,000 each, one over ?500,000, and one over ?1,000,000. Tho losses are distribu' d as follows : Stolen by city and county officials, ?1,393,975; from banks, ?3,996,570; by agents, ?1,045, 692; forgeries, ?341,500; from loan associa tions, ?479,587; by postmasters, ?32,815; miscellaneous stealings, ?2,175,782. We perceive that another railway in vention has been made which purports to be able to propel a train of cars at the rate of two miles a minute; that, too, with out any jolting or discomfort. Trains are to be run by electricity, and the cars are to be cigar-shaped, like a fast ocean steamer. The inventor of this new de vice is Colonel Brott. We hope there is something in it Still, we should like to seo the thing proved before being adver tised so much. The patent office at Wash ington is full of perpetual motion ma chines that will not go, flying machines that will not fly, and cheap gas manufac turing formula which nobody has oppor tunity to take advantage of. Will the two mile a minute railway train take its place among thom. -i 8 rn? Our usual letter from Columbia on the work of the Legislature has not reached us this week, and as a consequence we have no legislative news to give to our readers. Very little business of public interest, however, has been accomplished by the solons during the past week. A great many of the bills have received their third reading, and have been rati fied. The supply bill was finished last Saturday, and next Saturday has been named for final adjournment. After the supply bill had boen disposed of the Ways and Means Committee reported two new bills to raiso revenue-an in come tax bill and a graduated license j^ill. The latter seeks to put a license on every calling and occupation except farm ing, and is a most outrageous, unjust measure, which, we do not believe, will ever be made a law by intelligent men. Should this measure, however, have many advocates, it will not be possible for the Legislature to adjourn next Sat urday. The proceedings this week, therefore, will be interesting. mo -t m< - We never lose our temper without losing something of value along with it. j The Manning Tinies makes this delphic utterance: "The receut controversies among prominent officials ie, in our judg ment, the precursor to a big cloudburst Thero is a black cloud gathering about the State House and before the next pri mary it will burst with a fury never be fore heard of in the political history of the State. The sharp tactics of shrewd manipulators will not be able to keep from the public their guilty practices, and when the light does penetrate the dark ness which we are certain exists, a right eous indignation will assert itself among the people, and some men now growing fat at the public crib will be glad to seek shelter in the retirement of their private homes, ls their 'anything rotten in Den mark?' Time will tell. There is either something radically wrong at the capitol or honest men are being most basely slandered." Urges Less Colton Acreage. Address of Hector D. Lane, President American Cotton Growers' Association of America, to cotton growers of America in behalf of acreage: ATHENS, ALA., Feb. 17. The time has arrived when tho farmers should be giving the prospects of the coming crop the most serious considera tion. That the environments of the cotton grower are becoming more inimical to their interests each succeeding season, is discouragingly apparent; that the en croachments upon our commercial rights are becoming more piratical In their character, is a fact that is not only appre ciated but condemned by all right-mind ed men who recognize the right and priv ilege of legitimate commercial methods, and the obtuseness of the southern plant er in failing to observe, aud his subser viency in tamely submitting to these ills that are being inflicted upon him by this scourge in the hands of this reckless class of speculative gamblers, is encouraging them in their pernicious methods, is ren dering him pitiable in the eyes of the world and subjecting him to the obloqny of being both stupidly ignorant of his in terests and ignominiously servile in his forbearance. As is usual at this season, the cotton "bear" ia again in evidence, hewing I down prices to the very lowest notch, j using all the sophistry that his cunning can devise and all the artifices that he ! can so ingeniously invent to hammer [ values down to less than living prices, they ere so thoroughly indifferent to nor mal conditions and reek little of the com mon weal. They are sowing the seed of ! incipient communism in fields in which it is an unknown andan unnatural growth. They would exult over 4-cent cotton and would contribnte their active aid in pressing it down to the lowest point, re gardless of the sorrow and destitution that would prevail throughout the South under such conditions. At this time last year they were antici pating matters by industriously circula ting reports that it was the intention of the Southern cotton grower to enormous ly increase the acreage, which they glee fully stated would result in the produc tion of from 11,000,000 to 12,000,000 bales. Like fabrications are again beirjg circula ted by them, with the hope of affecting future values. The Southern planter has the power to checkmate these reckless despoilers of our prosperity by manly and intelligent action. The only remedy is to "fight the devil with fire;" meet organization with organization. Do not be led iuto the error that you can combat tliis power without system atic organization. You cannot deceive tho great firms that buy your product. They have their emissaries in every town and village; they are ever scrutinizing your actions and know more in regard to the general conditions than you can pos sibly find out. Destroy the annual surplus of cotton that is the active coadjutor of the cotton "bear." This can be accomplished by increasing the food crops and consequent ly dimini8hmont of cotton acreage. You will be better off with a 7,000,000 bale crop selling at 10 cents, supplemented by ample food" crops, than with a 10,000,000 bale crop selling ct 5 cents. The world spends about ?335,000,000 annually for American cotton. If we make a 7,000,000 bale crop they will run after us tor our product. If we make a 10,000,000 bale crop we fall over ourselves ; to sell it to them. The 10,000,000 bale crop of '94 and '95 brought the South, in round numbers, $2S9,000,000. The 7,500,000 bale crop of '93 and '94, brought, In round numbers, ?293,000,000. The 7,000,000 bale crop of '95 and '9G brought ?292,250,000, demonstrating the fact that a small crop brings more money, irrespective of acreage used for food crops and the labor and money expended on a larger acreage. Our only hope of protection lies in in telligent concert of action. We should keep ourselves informed of crop condi tions, amount of production, etc., through out the cotton area. Then, by a system atic and judicious marketing of our crops, we can realize inestimable benefits that never can be secured permanently other wise. It is not my desire to incite prejudice, and I deprecate the arraignment of one class against another, nor would I wish to "fire the Southern heart" to any ac tion beyond a legitimate resistance to commercial vandalism, but I would that I could inspire the spirit of the ?outhern cotton grower, without reference to class or color, toa proper appreciation of the unfair attitude that we are forced to occu py in the commercial world, and I wish devoutly that I could arouse you from this lethargy which has grown upon you so insidiously that you can be likened to the freezing man who lies down and be comes actually comfortable through dor mant sensibilities, though even in the icy grasp of death. Believing this to be of paramount im portance to our material interests, and that these questions in their most com prehensive form should be gravely con sidered, I deem it advisable that the cot ton growers meet in convention, that we may adopt some rule of action by which we may be enablea to combat these agen cies that are daily growing more destruc tive to our interests. Pursuant to the advice of my associates and with the view of meeting the greatest number of farmers, three conventions will be held, and, in accordance, I res pectfully request that farmers of Texas meet in convention in the city of Waco, Monday, March 8. The cotton growers of the Mississippi valley will meet at Memphis, Wednesday, March 10. Those east ot' Mississippi will meet at Augusta, Os., Monday, March 15. I respectfully request the co-operation of the Commissioners cf Agriculture of the respective States, ali agricultural so cieties, and those interested directly or indirectly in the growing of the South's main staple. I remain, Respectfully yours, HECTOR D. LANE, President. Suicide From a Balloon. KEY WEST, Feb. 2.-The bodj- of Man uel Perez, who lost his life in a balloon ascension at this place, was recovered from the bay this morning, but it had been so mangled by sharks and fish that it was almost unrecognizable. It was at first thought that Perez lost his life as the result of an accident, but develop ments to-day show that, rejected by the woman he loved, the man deliberately leaped from the balloon into the waters of the bay. Perez was the son of a wealthy Cuban at Tampa, and when Forepaugh's show was in that place recently the young man became infatuated with Mlle. Zola, an at tache of the company. The girl gave Perez no encouragement, bnt he was so infatuated that he left home and followed the company, taking part in the exhibi tion. When the company reached here Pbrez ardently pressed his love on Mlle. Zola, but the young lady spumed him The despondent lover then volunteered to make the balloon ascension, being in structed to descend by parachute. Perez made no effort to cut loose, but waited until the balloon had cleared the land and was far out over the bay. Then, with the balloon at an altitude of 1,500 feet, he de liberately leaped into the water. Tho noise made by his body striking the wa was heard nearly a mile. Mlle. Zola, who was watching, gave a piercing scream as she saw her rejected lover leap to death. To-day in his trunk was found a letter addressed to Mlle. Zola. In it Perez said lifo was worthlebs without her, and that he would ascend in the balloon and leap into the bay in order to end his torture. Milo. Zola is distracted by the tragedy. She now says that sho really loved Perez, and only rejected him in order to test thc strength of his love for her. -Tho greatest corporation on earth is the London and Northwestern Railway Company, of England. It has a capital of ?595,000,000, and a revenue of ?0,500 an hour; has 2,300 engines ; employs tiO.Oou men. Everything used is made by the company-bridges, engines, rails, car riages, wagons, coal scuttles and even artificial limbs for HB in jured employees. Repairs to tho permanent way cost ?130, 000 a month. Presentment of Hie Grand Jury, Tu his Honor, finest Gary, Presiding Judge : We. the Grand Jury of Anderson Coun ty, respectfully submit the tallowing Pre sentment: We have passed on all the bills handed to us by the Solicitor, and by a commit tee of our number have visited the Coun ty Poor House and the County Jail. "We could not, with the time at our dis posal, examine the various county offices. We therefore ask that a committee con sisting of our Foreman, Mr. J. L>. McEl roy and E. B. Bice be appointed to ex amine them before tho next term of Court and report at that time, with pow er to call to their assistance an export, if they deem it advisable io do BO. In this connection we desiro to call the atteution of tho Magistrates that com plaint has been made by the Solicitor that some of the Magistrates have taken insufficient bonds from parties bound over to appear at Court. If there is enough in a case to justify a Magistrate in sending it up, the defendant should bo required to give a bond that will se cure bis attendance, and we would sug gest that Magistrates be careful to do so in the future. By a committee of our number we vis ited the Poor House and Farm and found both in good condition. The paupers are well cared for, and good crops are made upon the farm. There having been somo complaint made as to the manner in which tho funds arising from the sale of surplus crops were disposed of, wo investigated the matter, and found that the Steward had kept an itemized account of the sale of all products from the farm and of all disbursements of said fund for the Poor, and that be had each year made a report thereof to :he County Board of Commis sioners, as required by the said Board. This system saves the trouble of turning the money over to the County Treasurer where it would be paid out regularly as other lunds, and gives as much, if not greater supervision over tue funds. We therefore recommend that the present system be continued. The committeo was also pleased to see the stock on the farm in good condi tion, and to learn that the Steward raised a large part of the meat consumed on the place. We found that all the houses on the place were occupied, and that with an in crease of inmates it will bo necessary to erect more houses. We fully concur with the remarks of your Honor, in your charge, as to the in adequacy of the present Court House to meet the needs of the County, and a? to the necessity of a more comfortable and commodious one, and wo are glad to re port that Bteps are now being taken to have such an one erected together with a new jail which is equally necessary. The present jail we find unsafe and not ade quate for the purpose of keeping the prisoners, and in its present condition it amounts to greater punishment than mere confinement to those committed within its walls. The jail we found as well kept as can be under the cirenmstances, and the prisoners well cared for. Wo are pleased to note the interest tak en in the improvement of our public roads by our efficient County Supervisor and the County Board of Commissioners, and that where practicable they are changing the location of the public high ways where by so doing they can avoid steep hills and rough places, and hope that they will continue this work wher ever it is necessary. The recent heavy rai^ns and the subsequent travel have cut up the roads considerably, but the Coun ty Supervisor informs us in his report that he will commence early in the Spring to repair them. We have not had timo to examine the Supervisor's report in de tail, as to the disbursements in his office, and have therefore referred it to tho spe cial committee above appointed. We have had reported to us some par ties in Foik Township for nuisance and keeping a disorderly house, with the names of witnesses to prove the charge and have referred the matter to the Mag istrate in said Township for investigation and action. There has been reported to us also some parties in Hall Township for living to gether in adultery, which we have refer red to the Magistrate also for investiga tion and action. We respectfully ask that all the Magis trates will submit to us, at the next term of the Court, their criminal dockets for ons examination. In conclusion, we return our thanks to your Honor, to the Acting Solicitor and other officers of the Court for courtesies shown us during this Session. JOHN B. LEVERETT, Feb. IS, 18U7. Foreman. A Source of Revenue. Tb the Editor of thc Nexus and Courier : The Governor has shown in his message that there will in all probability be a de ficit in our finances of about $40,000. What an opportunity for passing a law to tax the dogs ; a tax of ?1 a head would bring in from $75,000 to $100,000, onough to fill out the deficit and leave enough to run Clemson College, and hurt nobody, but on the contrary benefiting every farmer in the State, sheep or no sheep, for a pig can be well raised on the feed given the dog, and then a dangerous nuisance would be abated, which is and has been for a long time a terror to the people who are liable to be bitten by mad dogs. At least 90 per cent of the dogs in the State are utterly worthless and ought to be taxed out of existence, butas it is they are privileged to go where they please and commit all kinds of depredations without fear of punishment. 1 had a case of this kind a short time since. A straggler pitched into my beautiful Hock of geese near the house, killed a fine gander and maimed several others, and was away be fore I could see him. Our negroes thought he was a mad dog. Next to sheep I think they like to kill geese, not to eat, but out of pure mischief. The Legislature that passes a good dog law for this State will deserve the grati tude of every farmer in the State, and I have no doubt of its approval by a ma jority of our farmers. "So mote it be." J. WASHINGTON WATTS. Corn is Rotting in Crowded Cribs* DIXON, III., Feb., H.-Tho groat ma'ses of corn that aro cribbod in every part of this big western country are in danger cf disintegration before the lon'i-expected and much desired rise in price comes to save them from ruin. Information comes that much of it is spoiliog in the crib. A prominentdealer in corn says in speaking of the subject to-day : "Most of the corn in th's country was picked early last fall before it was'thor oughly dried Tho yield was much greater than was expected by tho farmers and the cribbage was hardly large enough to hold one-half of it. Much ol' it was fenced in hastily constructed cribs or in very large cribs and it has molded. In ordi nary years this would not have happened, but the warm weather has been against it. "If the weather had turned cold and re mained so, as it does in the ordinary win ter, the corn would have dried by freez ing, but if you remember the weather turned warm right after it was picked. Since that time we have had but little cold weather and now that the corn is being shelled for market they find it has molded to an alarming extent. '.What tho loss will be is hard to tell and I am not in position to give even an estimate, but from what 1 can learn there is a great quantity of corn spoiled in the country. This also applies to some other parts of the State, where the loss will be much greater than in this portion. There the corn is soft, while here it is seemingly spoiled by sweating in the cribs where thero has not been the proper amount of ventilation." Adopted .Senator Call's Logic A droll story in which Senator and Mrs. Call of Florida, and two Spanish gentle men figure, reached here through the Diario de la Ma:ina of Habana. One of the Spaniards was a Now York merchant, a naturalized American citizen, and the other a Spanish gentleman, visiting in this country. The quartet met recently iu a Florida railway station, whore all the parties were introduced. The Spanish traveler seated himself beside Mrs. Call, while the Senator and the New York merchant sat opposite. The conversation turned on the Cuban insurrection and a spirited argument between tho Spaniard and Senator Call ensued. Sonator Call asserted, among other things, that, asido from a sentimental interest In Cuba, the island properly belonged to us by reason of its location and its proximity to Amer ican shores. "According to that process of reason ing," replied the Spaniard, gravely, "your wife belongs to me for she is sitting closer to me than sue is to you." The Habana paper states that Mrs. Call was greatly amused at this sally, which she regarded as an effective rejoinor to the Senator's argument, and that the lat ter himBelfjoiued heartily in the laughter which followed.- Washington Post. Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and La Grippe when LAXATIVE BRO.MO QUININE will cure you in one day. Djes not pro duce the ringing in tho head like Sulphate of Quinine. Put up ia tablets convenient for taking. Guaranteed to cu rp, or mc n^y refunded. Price, 25 Cents. For sale by Eyanel'harmacy. New Hope Items. The most of our farmerB have their guano already at home. Mr. J. R, Shirley, of Piedmont, was in the neighborhood last second .Saturday and Sundav visiting his sister, Mrs. W. L. Bolt. Mr. Johu A. Bolt is in hed with the rheumatism. Mr. Seaborn Chambleo, of the Mountain Creek section, dropped dead last Saturday morning of that fatal disease, heart failure. Mr. Toliver Holt nnd his son, Mr. W. Lewis l?olt, went to Walhalla on some im portant business. They report a very lively trip. M r John Bolt wears a big smile on both didos of his face. It's a boy and girl. I havn't much news to write this time, but. if this escapes the waste basket you will hoar from me again. W. H. Cculcrville Items. While everything is quiet and the birds are singing around us, we will try to give you a few dots to your valuable paper. We had much rather hear from somo one else, but the people in this vicinity are slow to communicate. Mr. Madden was in our midst Sunday. Mr. Arthur Erwin went back to Clem son last week. Arthur is a splendid boy, and we wish him much success. Miss Julia Webb, from Hopewell, is visiting relatives in this community. Mr. J. W. Bowden went to Columbia on the Otb of Feb. on important business. Mrs. Jane Martin and her neice, Miss Alice Carpenter, from Neal's Creek, visited the family of Mr. Stevenson la?t week. Mr. Jim Fowler has business down about Beltou now very often. Something very attractive, I suppose. Mr. W. M. Davis will complete the school house now very soon, and it will be a splendid place for some teacher. Mr. Bowden is preparing to build him a fine dwelling house. Mrs. Morgan is still in feeble health. Miss Liza Hillhouee has gone to Green ville. MARIE. Asbury Dots. Very little farm work has been done yet. We have begun to haul fertilizer home, and from the amount there will be plenty of cotton seed planted this year. We bave a flourishing Sunday School here. Mr. Gaines is the superintendent, and be is a splendid one. Mr. Henry Clarke has built an addition to his dwelling hoUBe, and he has also treated himself to a large farm bell. Mr. Clarke is getting along fine, and he is a good farmer. A crowd, consisting of Mrs. Stevenson nnd her s:ster, Mrs. Jane Martin, and Mr. Lawrence and Miss Mary Stevenson and their cousin, Miss Alice Carpenter, went to Portman Shoals last Friday. Mr. Bob. Smith is sawing near here. I see in tbe paper where they are talking of passing the law so they can't get a ciga rette for 5 centB a piece. It will be a good one if they pass it so they can't get them at all. for every chap that wears pants ia trying to smoke. SLT CAT. Belton News. Miss Sarah Mattison, after spending a month pleasantly in our midst, ha9 re turned home. Miss Lula Cagle, of Greenville, is vislt ini-T Miss Mattie Brown. The Othaoa Literary Society is preparing to give an entertainment in the near future. The exercises will consist of reci tations, tableaux and two bright, spark ling comediettas. Quite a number of young people from Belton spent Saturday very pleasantly at the hospitable home of Mr. Fleet Clink scales. Mr. W. P. Widoman delivered his lec ture, "Hit tbe Grit," at tho Academy last Wednesday night. For more than an hour the lecturer swayed the audi ence with his eloquence and de'ight ed those present with anecdote alter anecdote. The lecture bespeaks, on the part of its author, a high concept on of the lecturer's true mission. It breathes throughout a wholesome moral atmna phero, and is pregnant at every point with truths which, in a warm glow of humor or huming flaah of eloquence, find their way to the liateners heart. But it is in his songs that the lecturer makes rome of his happiest hits. It has been said that Mr. Wideman has a song for every man's sigh, and this you feel when you hear him in "Down in Poverty's Raw," or if you happen to be in d6bt, feel that they are being paid as you listen to "When I Was a Debtor O !" With a voice so rich and full and a good lecturer, Mr. Wideman is destined to find success. The pupils of our school are now enjoy ing the luxuries of a Reading Room. The bett periodicals and magazines are p'aood at their disposal and many are posting themselves and keeping in touch with the literature of the day". B. - i - - Cedar Grove Items. The farmers are moving very Blow, but we managed to slip in a few oats la9t week. The roads are in a bad fix on this side of the County. Some of ua want to know where the tax we are paying to keep up the roads ia being put. We are sorry that the Legislature ia goiDg to adjourn so soon, for we had Borne amendments to suggest on some of the laws they are trying to enact in reference to cigarettes and tobacco. We want to make it a crime to smoke a pipe more than once a day, and to require the owner to boil it out every time after smoking, and to put in a new stem every day. No man should be allowed to chew tobacco in the presence of ladles. Mr. H. Kelly baa been in Williamaton selling fertilizers. Mr. Thomas McGregor baa moved to his place, noar the Pine Polo Btation. We would Euggest that the City Council of Anderson erect some racks for the peo ple to hitch their horses when they visit the city. It would be appreciated by the farmers. Mr. 0. J. Copeland preached his first sermon at this place last Sunday. He made a good beginning. Cadet King, of the Patrick Military In stitute, attended Church here last Sunday. Mr. Rice Vaugl n, or Belton, was also pres ent. Mr. William Ellison is clerking for Mr. H. Kelly. Mr. Jesse Fowler, of the Hopewell section, attended Church here last Sunday. He is a nice young man, and ia needing a wife. Look out, girls. Rev. Edmund Owen?, of Greenville Cjunty, has been visiting in this section. DITTO Toncy Creek News. Plenty of rain and bad roads are the general complaints around here now. Some people do not mind the roads, for they continue to haul. The last thing of the season was a dance given the young folks at the residence of Mr. John Cannon, on the 13tb. There was a large crowd present-several from a distance-among them being Miss Alice Fannie Scott, of the Greenville side, and Messrs. Marion and Willie Griffin, of Belton. Tho morry dancers enjoyed themselves till a late hour, and all pres ent had a most delightful time. The crowd waa chaperoned by Mrs. Jim Cox and Mrs. Maggie Norris. Much credit should be given to the young men present for their splendid behavior. Mrs. Jane Garrison, from Pelzer, has been sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jim Cox, but is able to be out again. Also, Mrs. Tom Dean is very sick. With the exception of those, and severe colds among many, the health of the commun ity is splendid. Thero was a large crowd present at Shady Grove on tho second Sunday. On the way to church the mule driven by Misses Rosa Cox and Lilla Matilda Kay, ran away with them, turning the youDg ladies all over in the mud, but fortunate ly neither of them wore hurt. Misses Nelson and Emma Vaughn vis ited in Anderson last week. Miss Lizzie llouderson loft for Green ville on Monday where she will attend school. Agents and peddlers aro plentiful in this community these days. Mr. Brown lost a mule last week. Mrs. Maggie Norris is traveling a good deal with hor washing machine. She is not making many sales, but everyone that has seen it work is well pleased and believe it will cortainly do the work. Money is scarce with the farmers now, but a washer will boon pay for itself. Mrs. Norris will guarantee they will wash as clean as can be without putting your bauds to a garment. She also says she would not take *2) and do without lier's, kuowing sho could not got another one. Miss Km ma Cox has boon spending a week witli hor Histor, Mrs. Sutherland. Capt. J.S. Acker is able to be out again, but is still real feeble. He thinks he is badly behind with his garden, but I think it is that way with all of us. The farmers aro complaining also about no plowing hoing done. Oh! be patient, thoro is plenty of time yet. When you do go to work work tho faster and the longer. OMEGA, - In Franca when a railwiy train is more than 10 minutes late the company is fined. - It is osti mated that the present wealth of tbs United States exceeds the wealth of the whole world at any period prior to tho tniddlo of tho 18th coutury, To thc Public. Hor.sK OK REPR?SENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15, 18!?7. I bavo sent seeds and other Congres sional matter to every voter in the Dis trict whose name I have been able to ob tain, numbering about eleven thousand. I have still some soeds for distribution, and if there is any voter in the District who has not received anything I would be glad to supply him. "To facilitate this I hfive sent a supply of seeds to the edi tors of this paper who will supply you on "olication. I cannot supply special .nds of seed, as they aro put up in aeal ' packages by the Department, and I navo no knowledge of what they contain, but will'gladly supply such as I have. A. C. LATIMEH. A Few Thoughts from Lebanon. MR. EDITOR: It baa been some time since I noticed anything in your columns from this section. I suppose the reason why is, because there has been no one able to communicatate them to you, the grippe having made a clean sweep of the whole population o? thia community. I am thoroughly convinced that Mr. Newt. Williams meant what he said some years ago when he was attacked with grippe and said this thing would kill if it was let alone. But for the close attention of my good wife I do believe I would have died a fow weeks back. Sorely no one else had to enfler ss I did. If they did I pity them. Well, through the mercies of God and the kind treatment received at the hands of wife, I am still among the living. I h?.ve been trying to work out lu my mind the wbya and wherefores of these sore afflictions, and I believe I have about fell on the right conclusion. You see we are all mortal and must die some time, which time is unknown to us, and but for these reminders we would forget that this ia rot our home, and tbat we must some day stand before the Judge of all the earth and give an account of our stewardship. And this is one of the means uBed to keep us from falling. Though tho application is severe, yet I am confident it will provo for our good. So let's bo thankful that things are no worse, and try to avoid a similar chastening by giving to God our undivided service. Now, if the weather would become set tled there would soon be a great change made in the looks of the country. Tbe old corn and cotton stalks would soon be out of sight and fresh rows opened ready for the reception ofthat sweet scented BtufT which causes the tender plants to grow off so rapidly and look so vigorous in Spring. The Bmall grain crops are looking quite promising, though, I am sorry to say, there isn't half enough of them planted, but I think some of our farmers are con templating aoWing an extensive crop of oats*this Spring. Mr. Editor, I know you would be de lighted to visit our community in a few weeks, and especially the farms of Mr. Thomas Welborn and John Keaaler, two of c ur leading farmers. I am glad that we have just such men in our community, for I believe some of us would forget whe:i to plant Irish potatoes and sow plant beds : in fact, some of us would con clude that we had about caught up with our work and had nothing to do if we did not watch them. They never get to the place where there is no more work. And I don't say it boas tingly, but that ia one i eason why our community is more pros perous thar some others that I have been in. Well, I recon everybody thinks that they are living in the most pleasant part of the world, and would not exchange homes without a right smart of boot. And I recon it is well enough, for without con tentment there is no real happiness. I have already written more than I thought of doing when I commenced, but as I am at it I would like to speak of our road leading from Mr. J. B. Douthit's to Autun, which is in a very bad condition, having been neglected last summer. It is traveled more than any other road in this whole section. Some of us are displeased about it, for we have paid our commuta tion money and still have to haul our cot ton and gnano over rough roads. Come, Mr. Commissioner, you must treat us a little better if you can. SUBSCRIBER Killing Cuts in the Pulpit. CADILLAC, Mien., February 9.-The announcement that the Rev. W. L. Laui man, assisted by Dr. C. E. Miller, would kill two cats in the pulpit of the Methodist Church to illustrate Laufman's sermon on tobacco, was sufficient to pack the church. Prominent on the pulpit were packages of fine cut and plug chewing tabacco. Lauiman contended in his sermon that tabacco in any form was bound to fill the user with nicotine and eventually pro duce death. In tragic tones he declared that the Spain of to day was not the chiv alric Spain of Columbus's time, because of the prevalent use of tobacco. "Turkey," he said, "is now fallen low on account of its natural vice, tobacco." He proclaimed that France had a rapid ly diminishing population on account of the use of tobacco, and said : "We, of all nations the most nervous, can least of all afford to play fast and loose with tobacco, the enemy of the body, the mind and the soul." Holding aloft a pound plug of to bacco he assured his hearers it contained enough grains of nicotine to kill two hundred men. Then the cats were brought up by Dr. Miller. An assistant held them while the doctor administered the nicotine. The first one died in a minute and a half, while the attendant held it, after three drops of nicotine had been placed on its tongue. The next cat, a large one, was administered only two drops, the purpose being to illustrate the sickness and spasms which tho first dose of tobacco creates. A second dose of two drops was given, and in a minute and a quarter the cat was dead. The Rev. Mr. Laufman announced that next Sunday he would kill some more cats to show the effects of alcohol, and also have on exhibition the stomach of a drunkard.-Cleveland Leader. A Family Cremated. CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 19-The family of Jacob Ciclez, of No. G63 Canal Street, was almost completely wiped out of ex istence this morning In a fire. Eight per sons were burned and four will probably die. Jacob and Mary Ciclez, the husband and wife, were fatally burned and their four children, who are all under six years ol age, received severe burns. Al bert Juno and Joseph Jerga, boarders, were also badly burned. Ciclez rose about 5 o'clock to light the fire and mistook the gasoline lamp for the kerosene lamp. The result was a terrific explosion when he applied the maten. Tho greatest difficulty was ex Eerieciced in getting the family out of the ouso into the ambulance lu which they were taken to the general hospital. The father and mother and two chil dren w6re fatally burned. Will Wed iu London. PITTSBURG, PA., Feb. 17.-E. Payton Wright, an attorney of Pittsburg, will play a prominent part in the swellest wedding of the year in London, for which place he left last night. He will give away bis sister, Miss Kathryne Wright, to Sir Edmund Lochmore. Bart., deputy lieutenant of Worcestershire. Misil Wright is 22 years of age and was the reigning belle of London last year. The marriage is the outcome of a real ro mantic love affair. In the fall of 1895, while Miss Wright was visiting one of Sir Edmund's castles in Warwickshire, the castle took fire and she was hemmed in by flames in ono of the windows of the building. Sir Ed mund saw her danger, wrapped himself in a sheet soaked in water, dashed in, picked up the insensible beauty, wrapped her in the sheet and ran through the flames in safety. Slr Edmund's hair and eyelashes were burned so that he was quite bald, and his sight was threatened. Since the rescue he has been a constant attendant on Miss Wright, and the match is the talk of London. The marriage will take place in St. George's church Han over Square, March 15. Chattanooga their Choice. CHATTANOOGA, Feb. 17.-At the moot ing of (he executive council of the Bap tist Yo ung People's Union of America held in Chicago to day, it was voted to hold tte next international convention in Chattanooga, July li, 1897, thus abroga ting the action of tho Milwaukee meeting. This body decided in favor of Brooklyn, but the failure o? tho transportation com mittee to obtain a suitable rate from the railroads compelled tho executive coun cil to use the authority vested in it for emergencies to name a convention city. The Sout'-^rn Passenger Association of fered a ont. fare rate of return transporta tion to any point in its territory, and Chattanooga, which ia already expected to entertain the Union in 1898, was select ed. - A post-mortem examination of tho body of the late Capt. Martin, of Kokomo, Ind., rovealed that death was the result of cigarette smoking. The lunga were found badly diseased, there was a targe abscess on the liver, and the intestines showed irritation and inflammation. Though a large muscular maD, tho little cigarette knocked him cut, The Bullet That Killed Jackson. The bullet which, it was claimed, was the direct cause of Stonewall Jackson's death is now in possession of L. B. Wheel er, of Highland Falls, N. Y. Wheeler has documents which provo the authenticity ol his claim. Wheeler's cousin was on Jackson's staff. Ea?ly on the morning of May 1, 18G3, Jackson's division, in accordance with the decision of a council of war, moved towards Chancellorsville. Lee had yielded to Jackson's advice to flank the Union forces. The Btrategem was a complete success, and Sickle's column went to piecos under the terrific onslaught of 20,000 greycoats. It was while recon noitering in the darkness that evening that Jackson's own men, mistaking their leader and his staff for Union cavalry, poured a shower of bullets into tbeir midst, and although several piorcod tho intrepid leader, it was the ono in Mr. Wheeler's possession that made tho fatal wound. The surgeon who amputated Jackson's arm threw tho bullet against tbe wall iu a violont flt of anger, and Wheeler's cousin picked it up and carried it through the war. The former Confederate died long after the war, and Wheeler, while going through his effects recently, found the bullet and its history.-New York Herald. Robbers Led hy a Woman. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 22.-A daring band of robbers, under the leadership of a woman, was routed here to-day, when Mrs. Mamie Carter, Patrick O'Brien, a junk-Bhop keeper, at 956 East Market street; Dad Hagerty, a teamster, John and Joel Bloom and John Davern were lodged in jail on warrants sworn out by Detective D. F. Harbangb, of St. Louis, in the employ of the Southern, railway. For a year the detective has been work ing on the case and he has collected evi dence to show that during that time tho gang had stolen goods from railroad cars to the value of at least 912,000. It is al leged that a railroad clerk is implicated in the plot and more arrests are expected. The gang has confined itself chiefly to breaking seals and robbing wheat cars. Disguising themselves as farmers, they took tho grain to local mills and disposed of it at the top market price. They tapped other cars for miscella neous goods, much of which was stored with O'Brien, the junk-shop keeper. The operations of the gang 'indicate that they had inside knowledge of tho contents of cars, and thia information is supposed to have come through the sus pected clerk. The woman leader of the gang is a noted criminal, and has oper ated in various cities of the country. - A certain lady, whoso absence of mind was proverbial, happening to meet in society a young widow who had lately lost her husband, condoled with her sympathetically on her bereavement; then, after a pause, during which she lapsed into her accustomed forgetfulness, inquired, to the stupefaction of the mourner, " Was ho the only one you had ?" - Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Men are often like knives with many blades ; they know how to open one and only one ; all the rest are buried in the handle, and they aro no better than they would have been if they had been made with one blade. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty-how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes. FOR SALE. ONE No. 1 DeLoach Saw Mill. One 20 inch x 10 feet Engine Lathe. 34-4 H. C. TOWNSEND. Free Pills. Send your address lo H. E. Bucklen & \ Co., Chicago, aud get a free satrple box of Ur. King's Kew Lite Pills, A. trial will convince you of tbeir merits. These pills . are easy in action and arc particularly effective in the eura of Constipation and Sick Headache. For Malana and Liver troubles they have beeu proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perlectlv free " from every deleterious substance ana to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giviag tone to stomach and bowels grpatly invigorate the system. Regular size 20c. per box. Sold by Hill Orr Drug Co. Your Buy Won't Live a Month. So Mr. Gilman Brown, of 34 Mill St-, South Gardner, Mass , was told by the doc tors. His son had Lung trouble, follow ing Typhoid Malaria, and he spent three huudred and seventy-five dollars with doo tors, who finally gave him up, saying: "Your boy won't live a month. He tried Dr. King's New Discovery, and a few bit ties restored him to health and enabled him to go to work a perfectly well man. , He says he owes his present good health to the use of Dr. Kicg'd New Discovery, and knows it to be the best in the world for Lung troubles. Trial Bottles Free Hill-Orr Drug Co. Township Commissioners. THE Township Commissioners will meet at my office ou Firiday, 26th inst., for the purpose of appraising the personal property of Anderson County for Taxation for the vear 1897. G. N. C. BOLEMAN, Aud A.C. Piedmont Green House, GAINESVILLE, GA. T ARGE and bemliful collection of the I J best New Roses. Chrysanthemums, Decorative and Bedding Plant?. Facili ties unsurpassed for filling orders quickly, carefully and correctly. Roses, mv selec tion, 24 for ?1.00. 24 Geraniums for $1.00. Catalogue free on application. J E. JACKSON, Piedmont Grteu House, Gainesville, Ga. Pension Board. Auditor's Office, Anderson, 8. C., Feb. 22,1897. THE County Board for Pensioners will meet at this office on Friday, March 4tb, at ll o'clock a. m., for the purpose ot considering applications for Pensioners, and also for the purpose of reviewing those already enrolled on the pension list. G N. C. BOLEMAN, Cbm'n. Co. Board fer Pensioners TO THE PUBLIC. THE report that I have left Anderson is a mistake. I can still be found at my old office, and am now associated with Dr. W. J. King. Thanking my friends and patrous for past favors, end soliciting a continuation of the same, I am Respectfully. A. C. STRJCKLASD. Drs. Strickland & King, DENTISTS. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. j&r Gas atd Cocaine usec. for Extrict iDg Teeth. Feb 24, 1897 35 J. 0. WHITEFIELD, DENTIST. OFFICE-Front Room, over Farmen?' and Merchants' Bank, ANDERSON, S. C. 1 Feb 10,1897_33_ YOU INTEND TO PAINT THIS SPRING! vj Remember, it costs as much in time and money to put on cheap Paint as it does to put on good Paint ! - - - ANDERSON, S. C., Jan. 27, 1897. HILL-ORR DRUG CO. GENTS : Replying to your request for my opiuion of MASTIC READY MIXED PAINT, I desire to say that I am very much pleased with it Sev?ral years ago I had my house painted with the be3t English White Lead and strictly pure Linseed Oil, and had it put OD by an experienced Painter. Three years ago I painted it myself, with the assistance ol' a hired hand on the place, with the Mastic Paint, using a shade of green that some people said would not stand. To the contrary, I can report that it '.bas stood well-has not chalked, as did the White Lead I first used, and I cheerfully recommend it (the Mastic Ready Mixed Paint) as a first-class, honest and re liable Paint ; and further I would state that I found considerable difference in the cost, in favor of the latter. Yours truly, J. D. MAXWELL. We have no "cinch" on the business, and therefore don't handle all the good paint, but we back the MASTIC against anybody's at an y price. HILL-ORR DRUG CO. antic Acid P ATLANTIC SOLUBLE GUANO, And other brands of their well known High Grade Fertilizers, for sale by : : : : : : : : : ID. IP. SLO-^I?T. THE GREAT SYRACUSE TURN PLOW HAS made for itself au everlasting reputation. Hundreds and hundreds of the best farmers in Anderson County are now using them, and will tell you that it has no equal. It is second to none. Those that have used them tell us that they can't say too much in their praise. We know of a goodly num ber of farmers who have been using a Plow that they bought for the best. They have now laid them aside and are using the Great Syracuse Chilled. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Try one and be convinced. Sat isfaction guaranteed or money refunded. STEEL PLOWS. We have just received a Car load. They have the correct shape aud the correct thickness. We sell the GENUINE STARKE'S DIXIE. Beware of imitations. We have the largest stock of BRIDLES and LEATHER COLLARS ever brought to Anderson-all bought before the advance in Leather. We are always glad to give our customers the benefit of our lucky purchases. On BARB WIRE and POULTRY WIRE we defy competition. For DOORS, SASH and BLINDS and BUILDERS' HARDWARE remember that we are Headquarters. WP are yours truly, BROCK BROS. J?* If your Water Works need repairing remember that we have two fi?t-clas3 Plumbers with us." B. B? Entirely too many Goods on hand--Unload we Must. For Cash and CASH ONLY we offer the Greatest Bar gains in Winter Goods this Town has ever seen. -=>o#?#:@@@#?#e<==- . To begin with, we have left . . . 97 Elegant Wool Bed Blankets That we sold early in thc season as real bargains at $2.50 to 85.00, now ie duced to 81.87 to 83.75. Thirty-nine pair that has considerable wool iii them that we made a leader of at $1.75, now $1.50. In the lower grades of Blan kets our stock is too much reduced to advertise. Jackets and Capes. We want also to make a clean sweep iu Ladies' and Misses' Jackets and Capes, of which we have eighteen of the former and eleven of the latter, nearly every one a fine garment. The Jackets we offer at 10 per cent, lees than the factory net cash cost, and the Capes at firot cost. Dress Goods, Flannels, Etc. We are offering some very special bargains in Woolen Lvess Goods, Flannels, Hosiery, etc., and in this connection we beg to inform the ladies that we have just received about 25,000 yards of the newest and most hand some Laces and Embroideries at prices that will astonish you. This, with White Goods, has always been a favorite Department with us, but now we have still further improved it, just as we propose to add strength to all our other Departments later on. In addition to the Laces and Embroideries our New York buyer, Mr. Stradiey, picked up many other special bargains for us just before the" holidays. Among them a case of beautiful White Checked Nainsook that was made to sell at 8c. to 10c, but our price is 5c. 100 Dozen Elegant Pur? Linen Towels, With slight imperfection in some of them, that we are retailing at less than wholesale prices. Seventy-five doz. Embioidered Handkerchiefs we are retail ing at 10c, the wholesale price of which was $1 25 per doz. We carry an elegant line of Embroidered Handkerchiefs from 10c. to 81.00 each. Shoes. Notwithstanding the stiff advance in leather, we are now offering some great bargains io Ladies', Misses', Men and Boys' Winter Shoes, and if you come to us you eau select, not only from the best, but the largest stock, we believe, carried by any house in this State, certainly in this section of the State. Clothing, Overcoats, Etc. In Clothing, Overcoats, Gents' Furnishings and Hats we, perhaps, can do you more good than in any other Department. We have left 60 of those Black all-wool Tricot 85.00 Suits that you can buy now for at $3.75. 35 more of those all-wool Gray Cassimer Suits that we gave such a bargain in at 85.00, now $4.50. 37 of the very heavy Gray Wool Cassimer Suits that we had such a run cn at $4.50, now 83.75. 17 All-Wool Kersey Suits that we sold at 84.50, now 83.50. And then we have in smaller quantities many numbera in tiner and cheaper grade Suits that we make similar reductions on. 38 pair Cassimer Pants, former price 81.50, reduced to 81.00. 33 pair Cassi mer Pants for $1.25, former price $1.75. 37 pairs dark Cassimer Pants for 81.00, worth $1.75. A lot of Fine Cassimer Pants from $2.00 to 84.00, for mer price 83.00 tc $5.00. A lot of Heavy Overshirts at greatly reduced prices, and as for Overcoats if we can't sell you some of them for less money than anybody hereabouts pays for them we will give bond to quit business on the 4th of March next, but unfortunately for would-be purchasers we havn'fc many left except in the lower priced goods. So if any one is in need of a medium or fine Coat we advise them to call carly. Wo, this season, had aa unusual run on Men's Wool Mackintoshes, and our buyer just before Christ mas bought us a big lot of very fine ones, and in consequence of this lucky ?. purchase we offer these goods at less than half manufacturer's prices. They are oping fast. In our Millinery Department we have many special things to show. Don't fail to look at our Bargain Counter of Ribbons. Yours truly, Not all is Gold That Glitters ! THERE seems to be those who would try to make you believe that wo1 are not the cheapest people in the world. Now, we have neither the time nor inclination to argue the point with you, but will name a price or two for your edification : We nave got large White Plates, measuring 71 inches, at 15c. per set Large Plates, 81 inches, at 20c Extra large, 91 inches, at 2oc. 7 i inches Decorated Plates at 25c 81 in. Decorated Plate at 35c per set. 91 inch Dec orated Plate at 40c per set. A very nice and good size Teacup and Saucer, with handles, at SOc. per set. A large one at 35c. per set. Large size Cham bers, the best goods on the market, at 25c. each.. Large Yellow Chambers, to arrive to-night, at 15c. each. Pull your hat over your eyes when you pas3 if you don't want to trade with U3, otherwise our competitors will miss a sale or two. We are not selling above Goods at cost, but we don't try to get rich om one sale. Will sell you large, square Wood Trays at 18c, 20c and 25c. each. We have a nice Swinging Lamp, with 14 inch Shade, at 81.50. We are closing out a large lot of Sox at 4c per pair. We have about four bales extra heavy Richmond Shirting, sent ui\ bj error, that we will let go at 15 yards to the dollar. Regular prica 10 to 12 yardi?. This is the goods that don't wear out. A nice Bleached Towel, good size, at 5c. each. Turkey Red Table Cloth at 15c per yard. Oil Table Cloth at 15c yd. Tip-top Writing Paper at 3c. per quire. Envelopes to match at 3c. per pack. Cheaper goods if you want them. Composition Books at lc. each. ?200 Matches in ?. box at 10c. a dozen boxes. 5 papers largs Pins 5c 2 dozen first-clas.1} Safety Pins 5c. Good Buggy Wilina 5c, 7c. and 10c each. One of the best Brooms made for 10c A very good one for 8c 2 five cents Handkerchiefs for 5c Have a few pieces of good Wool Cassimere, just the thing for Spring Suits or Pants. Other people sell at 30c.-will close out at 15c a yard. A few remnants of Jeans at special figures, such as 8c, !i0c and 15Jc a yard. But little over two-thirds what others get for same goods. Yours always truly, HOLD A MINUTE !-Just for fun will sell a good Glass Tumbler at 15c. per set. Goblets at 25c. per set. Colored Ball Thread and Woman's Heart Smoking Tobacco, Celluloid Starch. We are Making Special Prices on . . . TOBACCO ! IF you want to buy Tobacco by the Box or pound it will pay you to see our Stock and get our prices. Paney and Fine Groceries to suit Every One. We sell D. M. Ferry & Co's. Garden Seed. Also, Multiplying Onions and Onion Sets. COME TO SEE US. 'PHONE 44. Fi EE CITY DELIVERY. OSBORNE & BOLT? ll