The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 10, 1897, Image 2

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J. F. CLINXSCALES, ) EDITORS AND C. C. LANGSTON, J PROPRIETORS. TERMS : ONE YEAR.fl 50 SIX MONTHS . 75 WEDNESDAY, MARC il 10, 1897. ? The army of office seekers is on tho march to Washington, and President McKinley will no doubt be captured. -? - . Gov. Ellerbe is going to restore homo rule to the city of Charleston. Ile is a Democrat, and believes in the principles of his party. The Missouri Legislature has set a no ble example for every Sonthern State by establishing a home for destitute Confed erate veterans. It is reported in New York that Murat Halstead, the celebrated war correspon dent, will bo appointed by President Mc Kinley to succeed Fitzhugh Lee as Consul General to Cuba. j Tit the-, Spanish officials' force Consul General Lee to make a final issue ol the question of their treatment of American suspects, they will do a sorry day's work for Spain. The finit spark will touch off the powder magazine. A company has been organized in New Jersey with a capital of fifty million dol lars to manufacture the pith from corn stalks into car wheels, basins, boards and other building materials, barrels and oiher ve?sels now made of wood, iron or paper. ^ _ The Legislature has made the income tax to apply to incomes above $2500. A tax on all incomes is all right, but taxing of those above a certain amount smacks too much of class legislation. Some of the ablest lawyers of the State do not be lieve the law will stand the tests of the Court3. Judge Swayne of the United States District Court has decided the anti-trust iaw of Texas to be unconstitutional, vio lating the right of life, liberty and prop erty. An appeal will be taken to the Su ' preme Court. The defendants on trial Were the agents of th3 Standard Oil Company. ?-? M Dr. Irving Rosse, of Washington, D. C., does not believe there is any such thing as hydrophobia. So strongly is his belief grounded that he has published in the Washington papers an offer of a re ward of ?100 to anyone who will produce a well authenticated case of the malady in either man or dog. General Longstreet is pushing his claims for General Ransom's place as Minister to Mexico. He unfortunately has a sharp rival in his own Stato in the person of Mr. Buck, who stood in his way under the Harrison Administration. Gsneral Longstreet was at the head of a regiment that invaded Mexico in the war of 4G-48. - " * When the national House of Represen tatives really gets its blood up, it can do more work in one afternoon than it ordi narily accomplishes ia a week. It rush es appropriation bills through in this way at the end of a session, sometimes with out examining them properly. Then it has time to repent afterward. It recent ly passed in an hour's time the sundry civil bill, whose items covered SO pages and which appropriated $50,000,000. It is hoped that the appropriations were all right._ In a characteristic letter to the Now York World Senator Tillman scores Hannaism. He reviews the last national campaign, discusses its methods, and de nounces the Republican management of Hanna. He claims that the existing con ditions call for the election of United States Senators by a direct vote of the -people. The letter is couched in Senator Tillman's caustic style. He holds that the last national election was the victory of money and illustrates the debauchery of politics and the influence of trusts and monopolies. Figures for last year show that the United States is making gratifying pro gress as a country manufacturing goods lor export. Heretofore wo have mainly exported raw agricultural products, w?lch are the least profitable goods to Bend ont o?a country, on account of their bulk, their low prie J and also because, when grown as the ordinary farmer grows them, they always take away more or less of the fertility of the soil. In 1S9G, however, there was a distinct gain of manufactured goods for export and a de cline in the agricultural exports. Isn't this old world increasing in wick edness? Sure and it is. Read the press dispatches in the daily papers every dav and think. Cold blooded murders, (even women do not escape) suicides, robberiep, Jijte-capping, lynching, lying, swind ig, people going mad and unmentioned crimes and evils are being practiced. It is not confined to the lower class of peo ple, but mostly to those in high life. It is happening every day, everywhere. _What is the meaning o? this state of af faire? Where is the poisonous spring lo cated and who and what can cleanse the waters? Tho distressing, terrorizing ef Ifects are noticeable in almost tvery com munity^_^ _ President McKinley was inducted into office last Thursday amid imposing cere monies. The weather was most delight ful, and it is estimated that forty thous and people heard, or sought to hear, his inaugural address, which outlined his pol icy. Of course, the address meets the ne cessities of the Republican party. He stands for a higher protective tariff rate, 'and recommends an international mon etary conference and a national monetary commhsion. Civil service reform is commended aa well as the ratification of tho Anglo-American treaty. Ile made no mention of Cuba in referring to the foreign policy of his Administration. The address throughoutwas able and conserva tive, and touched nearly every important question now before the country. We must all hope for the best and wish Mr. McKinley every success. As the New 'ork World says, if he shall restore prosperity and make the government better and the people happier, he will de serve well of his country. The following will compose the President's Cabinet: John Sherman, of Ohio, Secretary of State; Joseph McKonna, of California, Secretary of the Interior; Lyman J. Cage, of Illinois, Secretary of the Treasury; John A. Long, of Massachusetts, Secre tary of the Navy; James Gary, of Mary land, Postmaster General: J. J. McCook, of New York, Attorney General; Bussell A. Alger, of Michigan, Secretary of War; James A. Wilson, of Iowa, Secretary of riculture._ \. meoting has been called for the cot planters, living especially in the South Atlantic States, to assemble in Augusta, Ga., on next Monday, 15th inst. Mr. Hector D. Lane, president of the associa tion, in his call for tho convention, urges hat the cotton acreage be curtailed this year at least as much as it was last year, and very properly contends that this pol icy is necessary to insure a paying price for the cotton crop. Mr. Lane did the j South good service last year by his untiring efforts tc effect a general agreement among cotton planters for a reduction ol acreage. When the plan was first proposed it was regarded by tho pub lie generally as impractical and nothing was expected lo come of it. The general supposition was that the rumor of re duced acreage in some quarters would causean increase elsewhere, and that as much cotton would be planted in tho South as was planted the year before. This calamity was averted through sys tematic effort headed by leading farmers in all the cotton States. The farmers of the South never gave a better illustration of their good sense than they did by co operating to hold down last year's cotton crop to reasonable size. They surely will not let the lesson of this experience be lost upon the.m. The action of the Au gusta Convention will be watched with interest by intelligent cotton planters all over tho South. What thefarmers did by co-operative effort last year they can do this year. It should he all the easier to do it this year since they have found how it profits them to raise less cotton and more food supplies. We have strong hope of wise conclusions at the Augusta Convention and beneficent results there from. _ A New Law. An Act providing punishment for laborers who violate either written or verbal con tracts after haying received supplies. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina : SECTION L That any laborer working on shares of crop or for wages in money or other valuable consideration under a ver bal or written contract to labor on farm lands, who shall receive advances either in money or supplias, and thereafter wil fully and without just cause fail to per form the reasonable service required of him by the terms of the said contract, shall be liable to prosecution for a misde meanor, and on conviction shall be pun ished by imprisonment for not less than twenty days nor more than thirty days, or to be fined in the sum of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hun dred dollars, in the discretion of the Court ; Provided, The verbal contract herein re ferred to shall be witnesied by at least two disinterested witnesses. Approved the 2d day of Marcb, 1897. The Constabulary Reformed. COLUMBIA, March S.-Governor Ellerbe on Saturday left it with the Charleston municipal authorities whether or not the metropolitan police force would be re moved from that city. To-day he put his pruning knife into the constabulary force and started the work of reorganizing that body. As has been said that has been his intention for some little time, but this has been the first time he has had the oppor tunity of doing this work. There haye been fifty-six or fifty-seven men on the force and Governor Ellerbe not only re duced the force, but made material changes in the membership of the force. He had several hundred applications on file for the places' and a great many of applicants were well recommended. The first thing he did was to reappoint Mr. J. R. Fant chief constable for the upper di vision of the State and Mr. W. if. Bahr for the lower division of the State. Mr. Fant has been the chief of tbs upper division for a long time and his werk has been entirely satisfactory. Mr. Bahr, the appointee for the lower dividion, is well known in the State and especially in Charleston, which will bo in his territory. During Mayor Sale's ad ministration Mr. Bahr was a lieutenant of police. For a number of years he has been in the candy and cracker business, as a salesman for himself and for a Balti more firm. There is nothing excitable about Mr. Bahr and he will no doubt make a cool and efficient officer. The appointments of members of the force were made after a conference with the chiefs and will most likely be given out to-morrow to the press For the present it is to be said that there have been a good many changes for good and sufficient reasons. Some regard was made in making the appointments ac cording to counties from which applica tions were received. Richland got two appointments on the reorganized force. ? Charleston has four appointments on the list. None of those now from that county were reappointed. The whole force will not run over thirty-fivo men, it is stated. The Attorney General's office will pre pare in a few days specific instructions as to the powers and limitations of the con stabulary and the effect of the recent Act of the General Assembly relative to the inspection of liquor, and the force is ex pected to work under such construction of the law, supplemented with Buch or ders as may be promulgated by Governor Ellerbe. In this connection the Governor proposes to make an entire fresh start as is indicated by the following proclama tion which was issued to-day : Whereas, it is deemed advisable to re organize the constabulary force appointed und6r the provisions of an Act, known as the Dispensary law : * Now, therefore, I, W. H. Ellerbe, Gov ernor of the State of South Carolina, by virtue of authority vested in me under the Statutes, hereby declare that every commission, as State constable or special dispensary constable, under the dispen sary law shall expire on the 12th day of March, 1S*J7, when all such offices shall become vacant. It is noted that the proclamation in cludes all commissions issued by virtue of the dispensary law, which revokes all of those special commissions where the appointees were willing to work in the hope of a reward of twenty cents for eyery gallon of liquor confiscated. Of coursa all badges and pistols belong ing to the State of those not reappointed have to be returned.-News and Courier. A Bullet in His Heart. The post mortem examination of the body of Tom Ferguson, the Negro shot by Dock Chainey, revealed the fact that one may carry a bullet in his heart five weeks and then entertain hopes of recovery. The examination at the inquest, which was conducted by Dr. Curran B. Earle, assisted by Dr. J. B. Earle, resulted in finding a :?2-calibre bullet firmly imbed ded in the exterior wall of the heart. The cause of Ferguson's death was the inun dation of the pericordial cavity, which impeded the action of the heart,"which in plain English means that the cavity sur rounding the heart was punctured and was flooded to such an extent that the heart was prevented from beating. This carrying a bullet in the heart is a remark able case, but the physicians wore not able to say, without "todious research, whether it has a like in the medical re cords or not. A patient, it is said, may live several days with a wounded heart, and a metaphorical wound, however severe, may not shorten his life at all, but the cases, if any, where one carried a bullet in this sensitive organ so long, are few and far between. The bullet which entered Ferguson's back penetrated the right lung, aud this in itself would almost certainly have produced death, had not the heart wound resulted fatally as soon as it did. However, as far as the fate of Chainey is concerned, these details are not apt to figure as important, for the testimony so far developed brings out practically an impregnable case of self-defense in his favor. The evidence shows that the de fendant was not only endeavoring to pro tect his domestic peace, but that he re treated from the room in which the quar rel originated and shot Ferguson when the latter advanced upon him in another room with an uplifted deadly weapon. The verdict was that Ferguson came to his death by gunshot wounds at the hands of Dock Chainey.-Greenville Newa. A Runaway Eugine. A run away engine on the Atlantic Coast Lino at Maguolia Wednesday morn ing passed through two collisions unhurt and is still doing duty. The run away was at the tank unattached to any cars, taking in water, when a freight train run ning at a good rate of speed struck it in tho rear. It was thon the loose engine become a run-away. The blow started it oil", and for six of eight miles it went clipping. Before the collision the en gineer and fireman had parted company with their engine, but when they saw it go spinning down the track they wished they hadn't. The run-away kept the track, and a few miles from the starting place overtook another freight train. Into the rear of this train the engine made its way, but had to come to a standstill. Not much damage was done in this collision either. Between the two accidents travel was delayed for an hour or two. Just why the engine should have been started by the blow is not known, but it is sup posed that the engineer, when he saw the approaching train, tried to got his engine in motion and that he left the throttle partially open. No lives lost and slight injury to the trains was the outcome of tho whole affair.-Columbia State, Mar. G. | Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and La Grippe when LAXATIVE BROMO C?UIMNE will cure you in one day. Does not pro duce the ringing in the head like Sulphate of t?uinine. Put up in tablets conveniout for taking. Guarantead to cure, or money refunded. Price, 20 Cents. For Sile by EyansPharmacy. After {lie Sfsncn C?lui:\'<i'' lieg inter, ^[llr<?/! ?. A few morn bera of tho Legislature re mained over in the city- yesterday, but by to-day they will all bo home. Their ab sence" from the city makes tho hotel lob bies, especially, have a deserted appear ance, for during tho past two months they have been tho scones of lively assem blages and good fellowship. Tho person nel of the Legislature was such that manyoftham formed local associations which were disagreeable to sever, but tho best of friends must part. Not in recent year's have members mado themselves so popular with citizens, which is taken to mean that tho much talked of peace and unity has really become a matter of fact. There has been a pleasant absence of friction on all sides, and really there was not a measure debated throughout tho session puroly on political lines. Tho general opinion is that this has been the best Legislature in years, though thereby no reflection is cast on previous ones. But the fact is that all members seemed to have been actuated by the highest patriotic motives in all their ac tions and their votes. One thing was strikingly noticeable throughout the session and that was that the attempt of tho Constitutional Conven tion to do away with purely local legisla tion was a failure. As many private bills wero introduced as ever and probably' as I many were passed. Members let these be introduced and passed from personal consideration for tho authors, something no constitutional provision can reach. Many protests were made against such bills, but in almost every case the pro testant had to give way to the vague and flimsy idea of "courtesy." Perhaps no man made a harder fight against this lo cal legislation than Dr. Wyebo. In vain he road the Constitution on tho subject, but n ot until near tho close of the session did he succeed in getting the rule changed which will prevent such local bills, where they can be brought under a general law. But if the Constitutional prohibition is not conformed to will a simple House rule be? It ls freely admitted that but for the introduction, and sometinesi in terminable discussions on these bills, the Legislature could have adjourned long before it did. It seems almost impossi ble to stop It and some statesman who can devise an effective schomo will not only receive the plaudits of his fellow citizens but his memory will be kept green for years. Of course on tho last day of the session there are but few members present. That has been customary probably for all time, but it does cot justify the passage of important measures through both Houses by eight or ten men. At the close on Wednesday evening some meas ures were adopted adopted which proba bly could not have passed a full Assembly. There may not have been anything wrong in them; they are comparatively small matters, but about some of which there Las been a wide divergence of opin ion. Ono of these was allowing tueuse of the hall of the House for the State ball. Whether a public building like tho State Capitol should be put to such a use la a mooted question. Some think so; others do not. This instanco is only mentioned to show how a handful of men might pass measures of even greater import if they were so inclined. Leaving out the appropriation bills, the tax levy and the income tax bill, the fol lowing Acts of general importance were passed and have become laws: An act to require any insurance com pany or association to be possessed of ?100,000 surplus, or in lieu thereof to have ?100,000 on deposit with some State for the benefit of all policy holders, or in lieu thereof to deposit with the Treasurer of this State valid securities aggregatin g ?10,000, said securities to be subject to ann judgment against said companies, and on such securities, and providing a penalty for the violation of tho provisions of this Act. An Act to establish Greenwood County. An Act to establish Cherokee County. An Act to establish Bamberg County. An Act to establish Dorchester County. An Act providing punishment for la borers who violate either written or ver bal contracts after having received sup plies. An Act to prohibit trusts and organiza tions and to provide penalties. An Act relating to the phosphate com mission, empowering it to fix royalties. An Act to provide for a laborer's lien. To prohibit secret Greok Letter frater nities or any organizations of like nature in State institution. An Act to authorize and empower the Sheriffs to purchase and keep at the Court House a pair of bloodhounds, for the pur poses of tracking convicts and fugitive law-breakers. An Act to require all State institutions to pay for transporting, clothing, guard ing and for medical treatment of all con victs received by them under Acts or joint resolutions of the General Assem bly, and to give receipts for their work. An Act to make penal the doing of any Act in this State by railroad companies doing business herein, their officers, agents or employees, which violates any of the provisions of Act of Congress enti tled "An Act to regulate commerce," and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and of the orders of the Interstate Commis sion issued thereunder, and to prescribe punishments therefor. An Act to require all common carriers to pay all loss or damages for loss, dam age and breakage of any articles shippod over their lines or to refuse to do so with in a certain time. An Act authorizing the Railroad Com missioners to require all railroads to orect depots, and to impose a penalty for their failure to do so when required. An Act to limit tho hours of labor of certain employes of horse railway com panies and electric railway companies and other street railway companies. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the schedule of passenger trains in certain cases," approved tho Dib day of March, 1806. An Act to provide for the collection of past due railroad taxes and for the distri bution of the same. An Act to amend Section 152S of the General Statutes, being section 1(501 of the Revised Statutes, so as to include street railways in its provisions. An Act to make corporations liable for damages resulting to land owners from the wrongful obstruction of wa'er cour ses. An Act to provide a ponalty on rail road companies owning, leasing or oper ating competing railroad lines within this State, and to provide for the recovery thereof. An Act to provide for the transporta tion by common carriers of bicycles. An Act to provide for the forfeiture of abandoned railroad property, and the pro viding cf penalties for violation of tho Act. A joint resolution to authorize the State Board of Control to pay to the city of Co lumbia certain Dispensary profits. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for election of a State Board of Control and to further regulate the sale, use, consumption, transportation and disposition of intoxicating and alco holic liquors or liquids in the State, and prescribe penalties for violation of the Dispensary laws, and to police the same," approved March ?, ISit-J, so as to regu late the importing of liquors for personal use. An Act to emend tho Dispensary law so as to provide for tho licensing and re strictions of distillers in this State. An Act requiring the Sinking Fund Commissioners to lend funds to the sev eral County Boards of Commissioners of the State for the use of their counties in preference to lending same to other ap plicants for same funds. An Act to require the commutation tax to be expended in tho township in which the taxpayers reside. An Act to forbid boards of township commissioners and county boards of commissioners and any other officer or officers to assess or levy, and County Treasurers or any other ollicer or officers to collect, any tax for tho payment of township bonds or the coupons thoroof issued In tho aid of a railroad not comple ted and finished through the township issuing such bonds and coupons and to impose a punishment forthedoing of any act or acts herein prohibited. An Act prohibiting thocarrying of con cealed weapons, providing a penalty therefor and incorporating ? count for vi olation of the samo in an indictment for murder, manslaughter, assault and as sault and battery of a high and aggrava ted nature, assault and assault and bat tery with intent to kill, and in every case where the crime is charged to haye been committed v ith a deadly weapon. These are only, of course, but few of the measures passed, but they aro of gen eral interest. From cimo to time tho moreimportant measures will bo publish ed in lull. Arrested in Walhalla. ATLANTA, GA., March A special from Walhalla, S. C., to the Constitution, says that Bud Brooks, an accessory in tho murder of J. M. Hunt, in Jackson County, Ga., has boon arrested. Brooks says that Grady Reynolds compelled him to kill Hunt. Brooks had ?300 of Hunt's money when captured. Tho two mur derers got ?2,200. Reynolds is in jail at Gainesville, Ga. - At the point whoro tho Mississippi river Hows out ol Lake Itasca it is only ton feet wido and eighteen inchon deep. Meeting of Pension Hoards. Section 95J, Revised Statuten, was so amended by the recent Legislature as to r6ad as follows : SECTION 951. That on some convenient day prior to April, 1S07, and prior to August of each succeeding year, the sur viving soldiers and sailors who were In the service of the Confederate States or of this State in the late war between the States, residing in tho several townships of the Counties of this Slate, shall meet at such place in their several townships as may be most convenient, and after organ izing and electing a Chairman and Secre tary, shall elect by a mpjority vote three of their members or reputable citizens who are not applicants for pensions to constitute and be known as the Township Examining Board of Pensions: that the said Township Boards shall elect one of their members Chairman. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the several Township Boards to meet at thoir reflec tive County seats within ten days there alter and orgauize by electing from among their number a Chairman and Secrotary, and when so organized shall eleoi by a majority voto four of their members and a regular practicing physician who shall constitute and bs known as tho County Examining Board of Pensions. The said County Examining Board shall meet on Salesday in April, 1S97, and on Sa!e3day in August of each succeeding year. lu order to carry out the above law and expedite the work of the pension boards I will take the responsibility of asking the old soldiers in the several townships to meet at the places Indicated below on Saturday evening, the 20:h March, at 2 o'ciock, except iu the city of Anderson, when they will meet on Friday, 19th, at 2 o'clock p. m., and hold elections in con formity with the above provisions for creating the Township Examining Hoards of Pensions, viz : Anderson, at Court House. Belton, at Belton. Broadaway, at Neal's Creek. Brushy Creek, at Mt. Airy. Centreville, at Hunter'sSpring. Corner, at Cooks. Fork, at B.own's Muster Ground (Jirvin, at Five Forks. Hull, at Institute. Honea Path, at Honoa Path. Hopewell, at Hopewell school house. Martin, at Ciinkscales' Mill. Pendleton, at Sandy Springs. Rock Mills, at Providence Camp G. Savannah, at Holland's Storu. Varennes, at Flat Rock. Williamston, at the Richardson Garrett Place. In order to carry out the law as above provided I would suggest that the Chair mon of the respective Township Boards meet at the Court House on the 27th inst, to complete tho organization of the pen sion boards. G. N. C, BOLEMAX, Auditor A C. Williamson Items. On last Wednesday night, by special appointment, Mr. Wm. Goldsmith, Jr., of Greenville, acting Grand Chancellor, instituted a Lodge ol Knights of Pythias in our town. On th?3 occasion there were representatives from nine different Lodges present and 14 ol' our best men were in structed in the mysteries of this grand order. The following officers were elected and installed : Chancellor Commander, G. K. Willis ; Vice Chancellor, R. T. Smith ; Prelate, W. M. Edison ; Master at-Arnis, J. C. Rush ; Master of Work, M. A. Mahaffey ; Keeper of Records and Seal, W. L. Pickel ; Past Chancellor Comman der, H. C. Wilson and W. F. Boatner ; Master of Finance, H. R. Barniore; Mas ter of Exchequer, H. Mahaffey; Inner Guard. A.B. Simms; Outer Guard, W. K. Davenport. Dr. Samuel Steel, of Nashville. Tenn., wiil, on next Wednesday evening, in Wil liamston Female College Chapel, deliver his famouB lecture, "Dixie." This distin guished gentleman will attract a large au dience on that occasion. Signs of progress are visible in many parts ol'ouriown. New residences going up and all old ones being improved, which is an evidence that Williamston, with her Buptrior educational advantages, purposes not to be behind her Bisters in any other respect. Sadler's hotel is nearing completion and by April 1 will be opened for the re ception of the large crowd of summer boarders who have already made arrange ments with the proprietor for the season. Moseley Items. I will try to give your readers a few dots this week, Mr. Editor. Farmers are getting very impatient. Seoras that they think they will be left this season. There will be a meeting at Beulah Church next Saturday and Sunday. Preaching by Rev. W. T. Duncan at ll o'clock each day. We hope the roads will improve so tho people can turn out. We have a very flourishing Sunday School at this place, and think it will be botter in tho future. Mr. E. L. Hall has returned home from Georgia. Ho was visiting his friends, I suppose, and not his best girl, for we think she lives on this side of the river. Better be careful how you throw at yel low dogs around this place or you will get in trouble, especially when they are stealing fresh beef. Mr. J. L. Morgan makes a number of trips down the country. His best girl must be down there. Mr. D. M. Martin visited Antreville on the first Saturday and Sunday. Ile re ports a line time. He says he heard two excellent sermons preached by Rev. W. J. Snyder at Bell's and Shiloh, and says we aro going back some time soon. Wo have a flourishing prayer-meeting at Union every Saturday night. There was only one praying member there last Saturday night. Miss McCullough, of this section, is visiting friends in Georgia. Mr. J. M. Brown has been building more to his house recently. Mr. Will Baskins, of Lowndesville, has been a regular visitor to our place We do not know his intentions, but have reason to believe that he is wife-hunting. It is enough to say he is a welcome visit or. Mr. J. J. Patterson, of Mt. Carmel, gave us a call last week. He says that he is better pleased with our part of the coun try than any other, and will return soon with his family and be one of our citizens. Mr. W. T. Burris has erected a new barn on his place. It is a nice one and has plenty of room inside. Mr. J. F. Barnes has a new buggy and horse. We can guess what he is going to do. Messrs. Morgan & Hallare doing a nice business at this place. Hope they will prosper in their undertaking. We hear that one of our merchants was trying to trade a double-barrelled shot gun to a drummer for some tobacco. He is a good gun trader. DniVEit. ITayton Doings. The health of our burg is good at pres ent, with the exception of Mrs. E. R. Geer, who ls very sick. Wo have a flourishing Sunday School at Bethany with Mr. W. B. Strickland as Superintendent. Meeh; every Sunday afternoon. Mr. Jesse T. King has prom ised to sing for us nextsecond Sunday, be ginning at !? a. m. The public is cordially invited. A very pleasant evening was spent by some of our young people at the residence of Mr. F. M. Wilson, of Neva, on the Oh ult. He and his accomplished bride did everything in their power to make their guests havo a pleasant, time, and certainly succeeded in doinc so. Mr. J. R. C. (?riflin surprised us all recently by coming out with his hair "cut shoit." Some think it a step in tho right direction, but John says his girl has de cided that" 'But bow." Misses Eunice Todd and .lennie Griflin went to Anderson last Saturday on a shop ping expedition. They say they did not get, to stay half long enough. Newt, and John mado calls in the Bar ker's Creek section lust Sunday. Must be some wonderful attraction, ss they went early and stayed late. Mr. Claude Martin, our entprprising merchant at Craytonville, visited his par ents at Anderson last Saturday night. We were glad io see our friends, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fing, of Anderson, in our neighborhood recentlv. Mr. Ollie Fields has purchased a now buggy. O ness it will not do our girl? much good, as bo has boen visiting in the Neva section frequenllj7, if not more fre quent, of late. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pruitt, of Annir, visited relatives hore last woek. Rev. Mr. Davidson, of Dae West, yifeited friends in our community last Saturday. Mr. .1. W. Smith, of Donalds, visited in this section Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. .1. M. Bannister is bavintr bis dwol - ling romodelled. Zia ZAO. - ou and after April 1 next all the clocks on tho railroads in Belgium will bo providod with dials, marking tho hours from 1 to 21 o'clock-midnight And on May 1, whoo tho public will have become sufficiently accustomed to thoso clocks, tho times of the trains will bo rogulated by them. Thus a citizen of Antwerp, who wishes to dino with a friend at Brus sels at what, according to ordinary watches, \vuiildbo7 p.m., will have to catch tho IS (.''.lock train fur tho Capital, while, if he w. ..os to be homo in Antwerp by midnight, ho will havo to leavo Biu* sols at 2". o'clock. Holland's Store Items. The weather still continues unsettled, but we are uot out of patience by any means. Wo believe providence does all things tor the best. Our Farmers are still hauling guano, despite tue terrible condition of the roads. No gfirdening done yet. Oat sowing about completed. As tbs days grow warmer and longer the sm?;ll boy is getting his fishing tackel ready to try his luck with tbe finny tribe. Misses Lula and Kathleen McGreggor and Allie Simpson, of Anderson, spent the last two weeks with relatives in this neighborhood. Our health is only tolerable. The grippe still lingers with us. We live in hope that it will rolax its hold when the Spring weather comes. BIRKE. A Card. MICA, S. C., March 5. MR EDITOR: I wish you to publish thi? note for my benefit and the good people of Anderson County. Whereas, one Jack Hendricks and one Jame3 Hoper were caught at Pelzer by the State Constables in the act of violating the Dispensary law, and were convicted at the last Court of General Sessions Now, these parties gave false nantes. Jack Hendricks gave my name and James Roper gave bis name as Jamos Jones. These parties are well known here, and have never been known by these name?. The names which they forged are the names of two of their neigh bors. I was tried before tbe Court of your County for a crime which has went abroad, and I have not even been arrested for the crime of that rascal, Jack Hendricks, who forged my name and tried to take ray hon or. J wish to say to the people of Ander son County that I have never sold any whiskey, and that the villains tried as John Williams and James Jones were Jack Hendricks and James Poper. I am in hops lhat you will publish this so that the good people may know that I, instead of violating the laws of my country, stay at home and attend to my own business. Hendricks and Rorer have been captured and owns to all. Respectfully yours. J. I. WILLIAMS Thc Tile Trusts. Most of tho readers of the Enquirer romomber the effort that waa made by Mr. John T. Roddey, of New York, a few years ago, to secure the organization of a big trust for tho protection of the cotton growers of tho south. They remember, among other things, that a convention of York county farmers discussed and en dorsed Mr. Roddey's plan, and a?ked Governor Evans to call a convention in Columbia for the purpose of perfecting a State organization in tho hope that from there the movement might spread on to success over all the. cotton producing regions of the Boutb. Governor Evans, it will bo remembered, ignored the request of the York county convention, and unable to proceed any further, the people up this way were forced tc lot the matter drop. Every interested farmer who understood the Roddey plan believed it to be the very thing, and all hoped to see it developed Into a practical reality. Had Governor Evans acted more intelligently, it is pos sible that the situation of the cotton farm ers of tho south to-day would be very different. However, that, we confess, is a mere matter of speculation. But that Mr. Roddey's idea was feasible there ia no longer any doubt. The great est "financier" of America has taken hold of it, and he proposes to work it for all it ia worth, not in the interest of cotton pro ducers as pro posed by Mr. Roddey ; but in the interest of himself and associates. He is into a scheme whereby he wilPbe enabled to squeeze the life-blood not only out of cotton producers, but also out of cotton consumer?, and although what he proposes to do is, as some people said of tho Roddey plan, contrary to law, in view of the manner in which laws*on the subject have been and are being enforced, we fail to soe where this will make any difference. The plan of the proposed new trus;, as outlined by the Chicago correspondent of the Charlotte Observer, is as follows : "Searles, who ?B now under investiga tion by the Lexow committee, at New York, has formed a combination of all the patentees of cylindrical baling maohinery and a number of the presidents of south ern railroads. The scheme is not to put these machines into the hands of the pin ners, but to own the planta throughout the south themselves and buy only seed cotton. They claim that there is a saving of nearly !>3 per bale In their method ; that this margin will enable thom to command the trade, both in cotton and cotton aced, and practically to control the market. If there is at y such saving in their meffiod as they claim, you can readily seo that the small ginners would soon be a thing of the past, and the planters would only have the Searles combination todeal with. I think another suspicious part of the scheme is that the company has been or ganized in New Jersey and has its offices in Jersey City a favorite resort of trusts and other schemes that won't stand probing." Now, suppose those charges aro true, and we do not doubt it for a minute, what will be the result? Controlling the patents on cylindrical baling machinery, and standing in with the railroads, this new trust will be in a position to levy a tax that will bo comparable only to the reve nues of the general government. Take for instance the scheme of buying only seed cotton, and think of the possibilities. Tho trust will bo able to dictate the price at which S'sed cotton must bo sold, and it will also fix tho price at which it will sell lint cotton. The difference in price be tween seed, and lint cotton will be of no interest to farmers, for that, no matter how great, will be the profit of the trust. But tlie farmer won't patronize the trust ; he will stick to private gins ? How? Here is where tne patents on the cylindrical bale comeE in. This bale being so much more compact and smaller, will be hauled over the railroads for loss money, and it will serve as a lever to force the farmer to patronize the truBt. The Enquirer does not desire to unne cessarily alarm anybody ; but lt honestly believes that unless something is done to prevent, it foresees just such a condition of affairs as is outlined above. And if anything is to be done to prevent, it should be done without delay, for once this trust gets a hold on the principal in dustry of the south, there is no earthly power of which we have any knowledge, that cnn possibly shako it loose.- York' ville Enquirer. Tho Ideal Panacea James L. Francis, Alderman, Chicago, says : "I regard Dr. King's New Discovery as an Ideal Panacea for Coughs, Colds and Lung Complaints, haviDg used it in my family for the la3t five years, to the ex clusion of physician's prescriptions or other preparations." Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa, writes: "I have beena Minister ol' the Methodist Episcopal Church for 50 years or more, and have never found anything so beneficial, or that gave me such speedy relief as Br.King's New Discovery." Try this Ideal Cough Remedy now. Trial Bottles Free at Hill-Orr Drug Co A Valuable Prescription. Editor Mor?ison of Worthington, Ind., "Sun," writes: "You have a valuable pre scription in Electric Bitters, and 1 can cheerfully recommend it for Constipation and Sick Headache, and as a general system tonic it hasr.o equal." Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2G25 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, was all run down, could not eat nor digest food, had a backache which never left her and felt tired and weary, but six bottlos of Electric Bitters restored ber health and re newed her strength. Prices 5(1 cents and $1.00. Get a. Bottle at Hill-Orr Drug Co. NOTICE. Auditor's Office, Anderson, S. C., March 10, 1897. rp ll E Township Boards of Com mission X er?, that under the law constitute the Countv Board of Equalization, will moot at this office on Tuesday, the 2'5rd day of March. 1S97, as provided by au Act of the recont Legislature. (J. N. C. BOLE MAN, Auditor A. C. NOTICE. HATING been appointed Trustee for tho heirs of the L?tate of Wylie Wa ters, thc undersigned hereby notifies all persons having claims against said Estate to present thom properly proven within the tiuie proscribed by law, and all persons indebted to the estate must mako payment to me. W. L. WATERS, Trustee. March 10, RS?7 .'?7 3' NOTICE. ALL persons having claims against the Estate of B. F. Morrow, deceased, are hereby notifiod to render the same duly attested to me at Lowudesville.S. C., orto Bonham & Watkins, Anderdon, S. C. And all persona indebted to said Estate will make payment to the same persons. J. C. THOMAS, Adm'r. March H>, 1S97 37 ? RECEIVER'S SALE. NOTICE. WlLL be lot to the lowest responsible bidder On Monday. 22nd inst., at 10 a. m , the building of a Bridge ovpr Cublurd Creek, near K A Keys', in liroadway Town ship. Also, same day, at ll a. m., the building of a Bridge over Larkin's Branch, on new Road near M. A. Cobb's, in Broadway Township. Afeo, on Thursday, 25th inst., at ll a. ra , the building of a Bridge over the Gin Race, near L, Wakefield'*, in Martin Township. Plans and specifications made known on day of letting. W. P. SNELGROVE. Supervisor A. C., S C. PURSUANT to the order of the Court of Common Pleas in the case of Mrs. Annie Moss vs. R. A. Jackson, et al-, I will, as Receiver of the assets of the late Finn of Jackson & Moss, offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder, for cash, (purchaser to pay extra for papers,) at the Court House on the first Monday in April, 1897, during the usual hours" for public sales, the following property : REAL ESTATE. All that certain parcel or lot of Land, containing one and one-twenty-fiftb(l 1-25) acres, more or less, situate in the City of Anderson and State aforesaid, having such shape, courses and distances as set forth in plat made by H. (J. Reed, Deputy Sur veyor, Jan. 10th, ISO"), beginning at the S. W. corner, near bridge across the S. V. R. R. track, thence along said R. R. track N. 13*. W. 2.15, thence N. 85. E. 5.12 to iron X, thence S. 2.15 to iron X on Gree ley St., thence along Greeley St. S. S5, W. 4 57 to the beginning corner, being the same lot deeded, to Jackson it Moss by the Executors of John E. Peoplss, deceased, and dated April 2nd, 1895. PERSONAL PROPERTY. 1. Two Shares of Jackson cfc Moss in The Anderson. Water, Light and Power Company, being Certificate number 20, dated Feb. 13th, 1895. 2. All Notes, Accounts and Choses in Action and debts due Jackson & Moss Which are not paid before day of sale A list of the debtors and amount due by each will be read out by the Auctioneer. ERNEST F. COCHRAN, Receiver. March 10, 1895 37 .! FOR SALE. /~VNE Xo. 1 DeLoach Saw Mill. \J One 20-inch x 10 feet Engine Lathe. 34-4 H. C. TOWNSEND. J. 0. WHITEFIELD, DENTIST. OFFR'E-Front Room, over Farmen,' and Merchants' Bauk, ANDERSON, S. C. Feb 10, 1S07_33_ FRESH GARDEN SEED ! From D. Landreth & Son. npHESE Seeds are reliable. (Old Seeds JL have been burned.) Also. Early Rose and Beauty of Hebron Potatoes from Landreth's Seed Hou?e. I have been selling Lind roth's Seeds for fifty years, and can recommend them. A. B. TOWERS. NEW QUARTERS. MISS SATLT7??"]B?WIE HAS moved her Stock of Gooda lo the Broyles Building, Xo. 21 South Main Street, and will be glad lo have her friends and customers call on her lhere. She is felling Goods cteap for cash-some of them at and below cost-to make room for the New Spring Goods soon to arrive. 37-3m Wants to Insure the Country Dwellings of Anderson County. LOSSES PAID OASHl J. R. VANDIVER, President. J. J. FRET WE LL, Vice President. H. H. WATKINS, Secretary end Treasurer. DIRECTORS ! W. G. WATSON, JOHN M. GLENN, J. G. DUCKWORTH, J. J. BAKER, R. B. A, ROBINSON, B. C. MARTIN, A. P. HUBBARD, J. J. MAJOR, R. S. HILL. M?E HAVE J?ST RECEIVED fi NICE LOT OF GERMAN 3IILLET, CAT TAIL. MILLET, WHITE CLOVER, ORCHARD GRASS, ? KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS, RED CLOVER, AMBER CANE, WHITE & YELLOAV DENT CORN, SNOW FLAKE CORN, At reasonable prices. Evans' Pharmacy, No. 4 Hotel Ohiquola. THE FAMOUS ? No. 14 Brick Range, West Side Public Square, Next door to County Treasurer's Office, IS NOW OPEN, Ready to serve the Public with the below named Low Prices ::::::: Ladies' Sailor Hats, formerly sold for 25c--our price no ff 12*c Trimmed Sailors, worth 30c. and 40c, now 23c. Ladies' new design Lace Straw Hats, full regular value 50c. and 75c, goes at 42c. Ladies' Fine Leghorn Hats, that sold regular for ?1 25 to ?2 00, we offer no ff for 50c. Children's Sailors, fine qualit}', sells evory where for 40c, our price 25?, Trimmed Hats, never before sold for less than SI .25, our price now 50?. Laces and Embroideries from lie. per yard up to 15c. Lace Curtains 40c, 50c, 75 ? , 81.00, 81 25, ?1.05 These Goods were bought for less than half value. Lace Red Setts-beautiful designs, rich patterns-93c, Sl.48? $1.09. Would be cheap for double the money. Honeycomb Bed Spieads, worth everywhere 60c. our price 48c Colored Mitchelline Spreads, large size, full value 81.50, our price 93c. Hosiery from 3c a pair up. Extra fina quality Gentil' Hose, usually sold for S5c, our price 15c. Ladies', Misses' and Children's Hosiery for less money than ever offered before BOYS' CLOTHING Was bought for less than manufacturers' C03t. Now is your time to buy a Boy's Suit worth $1.00 for 05c A better grade in Black Cheviot, full value S2.25, we offer for $115. Other grades $1 38, S1.98, &c. Boys' Waists from 12}c. to 25c. Boys' Pants 19c, 24c, 39c, worth more elsewhere. Window Shades are cheap enough for every window in your house to have one. We have them from 8c. up. ^3r? Call and see for yourself. THE FAMOUS, L. GEISBERG, Proprietor. WANDO FERTILIZERS Cannot be equalled on the market. Buy your Fertilizers from me, as I am the first one that originated the plan of selling the farmers at Wholesale prices. Load your wag ons with my goods. JOS. J. FRET WELL, Agent for Upper S. C. P. S-Also, have Tennessee Wagons, Mules, Buggies, Har ness, &c, to please any one. _ YOU INTEND TO PAINT THIS SPRING ! 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. 27,1S97. HILL-ORR DRUG CO. GENTS: Replying to your request for my opinion of MASTIC READY MIXED PAINT, I desire to say that I am very mucb pleased with it. Several years ago I bud my house painted with the best English White Lead and strictly pure Linseed Oil, aud had it put on by an experienced Painter. Three years ago I painted it myself, with the assistance of a hired hand ou the place, with the Mastic Paint, using a shade of green that some people said would not stand. To thc contrary, I can report that it has stood well-hos not chalked, as did the White Lead I first used, aud 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 airaiust anybody's nt au y price. HILL-ORR DRUG CO. WE are receiving daily, and have already received, many of the newest and most desirable patterns in Dress Goods to be found in the Eastern mar kets, which we take pleasure in showing, knowing that tlu?y are up-to-date in style and design. We have never before been able to piesent for inspection such a variety of stylish and pretty Dress Goods, nor a Stock which has been more carefully selected. It is well known that our PRICES are ALWAYS THE LOWEST, But we are in a position now to offer you some of the rarest Bargains ever before shown. We shall not attempt to describe thc many rew fabrics and designs that wc are now showing, for that would, indeed, be an arduous task. We only ask that you call on us and glance at the immense Stock that we have on hand, in order to be convinced that we are HEADQUARTERS for this line of Goods. WHITE GOODS. To this line we have also given our careful attention, and can show you anything in the way of Lawns, Linens, Organdies, Dimities, &c, that the most fastidious could wish to see. Had we time or space in which to mention the many different fabrics which we have in this linc, I am sure you could not fail lo be interested. LACES AND EMBROIDERIES. Our Stock of Laec3 and Embroideries has arrived, and we can certainly show you anything in this line that you can ask for. We have never before had such an assortment of them, nor has it ever been possible for us to offer them so cheaply. MILLINERY. Never befo-e has this line been so complete as it is this season. Our Milliner has spared uti'her pains nor trouble in selecting the many beautiful and raro styles of Hats, etc., which we are now ready to show. CLOTHING IND GENTS' FUBHISHIHGS. The time has arrived that we can save you more money in this line than perhaps in any other. We have given this Department our very close and studied attention. We still handle, as is well known, the celebrated Strouse & Bros. Clothing, which is given up to be the most perfect in style, durability and finish. We can show you Suits anywhere from $1.50 upwards, and we are ready at any time to match our prices against those of any competitor in the Clothing business. We can show you now more real bargains than we have ever had before. It costs nothing to look. Come and see for yourself, and you will be convinced that we mean what we say. In GENTS' FURNISHINGS we have a full line of the newest and most stylish Goods. Our line of Neckwear, Dress and Negligee Shirts, Un derwear, Hats, &c, is the largest and most varied in the city. Come and get our prices aud inspect our Goods before buying elsewhere. SHOES. We arc very proud of our Shoe Department. Have just received our Stock of Spring Shoes and Oxfords, which are up-to-date in quality, durabili ty, style and fit. They are guaranteed to olease. We carry at all times the largest line of Fine Trunks in the city, and have just received a large lot, which we are offering at prices that cannot fail to please. Yours truly, ' FLOUR. "Friendship is all right in its place, bal bus iness is business." Lota of Flour in Town, and everybody wanta to sell you, but no one ex cept Brownlee & Vandivera can sell you Bal lard's "Obelisk," "Favorite," "Blue Bird," "Waterloo" and "Old Hickory." If you need any Flour, from 24 lbs. to a car load, weean sell it to you for as little or for less than you can buy cheap s uff elsewhere. In every oth er barrel or sack you get a prize which coats you nothing. MOLASSES. ?fW^'Alwairc! Pa lia h lo We thoilght some time ago that we had over Kjr^ JrilVJCLy?) IICIICUI?. bought but aro nearly out, and are expecting another car by every freight, which we can sell you for le3s money than yon can buy the same goods for on this market, and wo guarantee them not to sour. See us on Molasses and we will do you good. COFFEE-All grades, from 10c. per lb. to the finest grown. Try one dollar's worth of Leegett'B Breakfast Java and enjoy good Coffee for once in your life? TOBACCO- Wo can sell any sane man his Tobacco. Eighteen grades to select from. If you don't see what you want ask for it. This is our Grocery season, and we aim to sell every fair mined person that honors us with a look on his Spring bill ; but while we are pushing Groceries we have not for gotten Dry Goods, Shoes, flats, &c, and can show you a slick, honest line of Good* cheap for cash. Yours for traffic, BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS. Not all is Gold That Glitters ! THERE seems to be those who would try to make you believe that wo are not the cheapest people iu 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 have got large White Plates, measuring 71 inches, at 15c. per set Large Plates, 81 inches, at 20c. Extra large, 91 inches, at 25c. 71 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 30c. per set A lai*ge 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. Puli your hat over your eyes when you pas3 if you dou't want to trade with us, otherwise our competitors will miss a sale or two. We arc not selling above Goods at cost, but we don't try to get rich on 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 $1.50. We are closing out a large lot of Sox at 4c per pair. We have about four bales extra heavy Richmond Shirting, sent us bv error, that we will let go at 15 yards to the dollar. Regular pric9 10 to 12 yards. 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 15z. 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 a box at 10c a dozen boxes. 5 papers large Pins 5c 2 dozen first-class Safety Pins 5c. Good Buggy Whip3 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 Panis. Other people sell at 30c-will close out at 15c a yard. A few remnants of Jeans at special figures, such as 8c, 10c. aud 153c a yard. But little over two-thirds what others get for same goods. Yours always truly, HOLD A MINUTE !-Just for fuu will sell a good Glass Tumbler at 15c. per sot. Goblets at 25c per set. Colored Ball Thread and Woman's Heart Smoking Tobs.cco, Celluloid Starch. ;