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Anderson Intelligencer. PUBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY J. F. CLINKSCALES, \ Editors and 0. C. LANGSTON, I Proprietors. TERMS ONE YEAR.fl 50 rSIX MONTHS . 75 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1897. The Republicans are very anxious for ?ie," and are flocking to Washington by [the thousands. The people of South Carolina ought to D9 very thankful that they have no poli tics to bother with this year. The Dlngley tariff bill passed the House last Wednsday. The press dispatches say, "the Republicans voted solidly for the bill." Gladstone, the "grand old man" of England, is out iu a etroug letter in favor Iof the Christians in Crete. He is truly great as well as grand; as noble a states man as the world ever produced. Solicitor Thurmond, who shot and kill I od Harris in Edge?eld two weeks ago, has been released on ? ,000 bond, and, as I is cnstomory in such cases, he will be promptly acquitted when the trial Uke3 place. m ? -?? -? j The Chicago theatre-going ladies declare iey will get even with the men because Ehey are compelled to remove their hats I whilo in the play house. Thev propose 1 to have an ordinance introduced compell ing baldheaded men to wear skullcaps. ?aeir argument is based on the fact that It'ie electric lights, shooting such bright frays on shining pates, greatly injure their .eyes, and, of course, something must be done. The Washington (D. C.) Star says it is expected that a definite step, official in character, will be taken, looking to the annexation of Hawaii. This will be a formal application from Hawaii for polit ical union. This application will be made by the Hawaiian minister, through tho State Department, and will, in due course of proceedings, probably be sub "Tr??tted to Congress together with the President's recommendations. Noting the fact that the losses by fire in the whole country were some ?7,000,000 less in 1S9G than in the year previous, the American Architect concludes that this gratifying decrease is due in great degree to improved methods of construction. This view of the case is unquestionably warranted to a great extent by facts, but a considerable share of the credit also be longs to the increased promptness and efficiency in the fire service in onr great cities. Tho steady improvement in ap pliances for extinguishing fires and the admirable system with which they are -employed constitute one of the most im portant features of municipal govern ment, and they are factors of incalculable Importance in the general problem of preventing the destruction of property. A man who may be a genius and may bo a crank, with the chances in favor of his-being the latter, claims he has learned the secret not only of transmitting one metal into another, but of actually mak ing metals grow. He declares there is a mineral as well as vegetable life and that minerals also sprout and iucrease like plants. He not only thinks he thinks this, but he likewise says he knows what "electricity is. Here the common senso individual feels that it is time to draw the line on this tromendous inventor, for tre iendoos he is, even though it be only ^stories he invents. He says he has suc ceeded in growing gold from clay. Are we in sight of the fabled age when dollars will grow on bushes? Tho Chicago Inter-Ocean has under taken to prove that the South needs pro tection on cotton, and cites the fact that 43,000,000 pounds of cotton were imported into the United States last year. The tnter-Ocear?s argument is that this com patition has caused low prices. Of all the arrant tomfoolory that has come to the surface since the tariff question was brought to the front this caps the climax. In the first place, the imported cotton was of a quality and staple not grown in the United States, consequently it could not have affected the price of American cot ton had the imports been much larger. But admit for the sake of argument that the 43,000,000 pounds of imported cotton was of the same grade and staple as do mestic cotton, what could have been the influence on prices? Forty-three million pounds is about S5.000 bales, less than one-hundredth of the American crop. As long as the United States produces more _tban half of the world's cotton, and ex ports 6S per cent, of the total product, it is very clear that price3 will not be fixed by the schoonerful of loDg staple import od from Egypt, but by the demand from those foreign centres which take twe thirxnrof our domestic crop. The price of an agricultural product cannot be gov erned by tariff laws if a large surplus o? it is produced. For instance, through the moans of a prohibitory tariff the price of sugar in this country could be raised to -00 cents a pound, but a daty of a million dollars an ounce on raw cotton would not benefit the farmers of the South one hun dredth of a cent a pound. The tariff job bers are mistaken if they think they can win the Southern farmers to the protec tive idea by so palpable a fraud as a duty raw cotton. The farmers of this sec care more honest and more intelli ! than such organs as the Inter-Ocean Ink. An Atlanta Scandal. Atlanta, Ga., April 2.?A special from Rome, Ga , to the Constitution says that J. P. Atkinson, the seventeen-year-old eon of Georgia's Governor, was married 'to-day to Ada Byrd, a fourteen-year-old Atlanta girl. The bride is the grand daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, tho au thoress. Governor Atkinson and C. P. Byrd, the bride's father, had offered ?100 reward to any officer who would arrest the eloping couple and prevent them from marrying. The boy slipped away from the Executive Mansion here in Atlanta yes terday morning and went to Kingston, lie found his sweetheart with relatives near there. An appointment was made Lfor'Eo-day and the couple were married Tn the country. They went to Rome and registered as J. P. Atkinson and wife. The police found them and notified the Governor, who left Atlanta to-night for Rome. Governor Atkinson returned to Atlanta at midnight with his son, but his daugh ter-in-law was taken away by relatives. _.?evfalhersj)f the young couple will hold a conference to-morrow. The boy says that Governors nor policemen nor any other power can keep him and is wife apart. It is said the girl was too young to contract a legal marriage and that this one can besot aside. Startling to Think of. An interesting application of the Roent gen ravs has been inaJe at the Riverside (in?irn?ary. A young man, by the name of Fisher, had been sh->t in the right sido md the ba'l was known to have lodged somewhere in the chestcavity. Mr. Chas. f. Colcock, of the Porter Military Acad ny, was requested by the surgeon in iarge of the case to try and discover the ?sition of the bullet with an X-ray be iging to the Academy. When these in iile rays bad penetrated the thorax, had been changed by the fluoroscope light rays, the bullet was distinctly by three of the surgeons under the irt, near the centre of the left side of thorax. rThat the wonderful energy of the rays ^hould reveal the interior of the human tk, showing the ribs, spinal column a bullet which bad penetrated the jgs and lodged near the left pleura, ipliea an advance in science which is re irkable In itself, and replete with mais? f?r the future.?Nem and Courier. LETTERS FROM A COUNTRY GIRI IN PARIS. No. 3. Quartier Latin, Paius, March 2.j, "!?7. Editors Intelligencer: It seems to me that the English hare built that rail I way along the Eastern coast, from Edin burgh to London, right through the love liest part of tho country. At every sta tion there ia something beautiful tobe seen from tho train. We had splendid views of the great Cathedrals of York, Lincoln and Peterborough, and ovory village has its square Gothic tower rising above the green trees. It was all such a perfect picture of peace and plenty. The wide stretches of green pasture, dotted with sboep and splendid cattle, and tho farm houses with their hay ricks told the tale of prosperity and good cheer. We reached great, grimy, dirty London just as the street lights came out one by one, and the train went on for miles be fore we stopped at King's Cross Station. Tho first thing we noticed in the station was the number of signs "Beware of Pickpockets." It was a most confusing time; thousands of people were hurrying in all directions:; trains were coming in constantly, and nobody cared whether vou were able to get a carriage or not. We had the good luck to find somebody to take charge of our things for us and finally found our boarding place in Great Portland Street. It is a very nice place belonging to the Young Woman's Chris tian Association, and the very thing for girls going to that great city without any one to meet them. London frightened me. It is so im mense?has so many short, narro w, wind ing streets. It is not only easy to get lost, but it is next to impossible to find your way about. The impression it left on me was of a giant, black whirlpool, where one might bo sucked into the undercur rent and disappear forever. But for all that there are splendid things to be seen in London. Our lirst view of the square, grey towers of Westminster Abbey gave us a feeling of awe and at the samo time of pleasure, which can only be felt, not described. And inside, that dim, myste rious light, falling through windows on which the dust of ages had accumulated, on the solemn, majestic figures of kings and queens, lying side by side their arms folded peacefully on their breasts! It was indeed awful. But in many places the Abbey is disfigured by immense monu ments of the eighteenth century. They block out the light, ruin the perspective and commemorate nobody in particular. The Poet's Corner is the most interestiog part of the whole thing, and "we Ameri cans" are very proud of the po3t of honor accorded our poets. We attended eervice on Sunday at St. Paul's Cathedral, and the music was per fectly grand. But the best sacred music I have heard was at the Oratory, a Ro man Catholic Church in London. We spent some time in the great city visiting the Kensington and British Museums, the National Gallery and all the picture galleries we could find. We stood on London Bridge and watched the dark wa ter of the Thames flow downward to the sea, and we thought of Little Nell and of Lizzie Hexam. We passed over a ereat deal of the ground immortalized by Dick ens. Of course we went to the Tower of Lon don, and, among other curiosities, saw the crowns worn by English sovereigns on different occasions. The one usea at the coronation is a simple iron crown, and there art' many more elaborate and glittering wi ;h jewels. We saw at West minster the throne on which the sover eigns of England are always seated when crowned. It is a clnmsy looking arm chair, and the seat of it is a rough stone, said to be the one on which Jacob dream ed of the ladder of light with angels as cending and descending. We don't know how much truth there isin that tra dition. During our last days in London we be came very impatient'for the time to come when we could settle down and get to painting. We hadn't seen inside of our trunks eince leaving America. So on the fifth of October we went on board the steamer which crosses from New Haven to Dieppe in four hours. We spent the most miserable time of our lives on the English Channel, and I would now rath er cross the Atlantic five times than the Channel once. 1 wish I could go around some other way when I go home! Just imagine landing in Paris at 10 o'clock at night, not able to tell what you want nor where you want to go. We were in that extremity, but luckily we met a boy who spoke English and we were cer tainly glad to hear that good, honest lan guage again. And the French always look excited, gesticulate, throwing them selves aronnd and almost tear their hair, so when they are in a hurry we are apt to think they are on the verge of an ex plosion of some description. I was glad to get into a cab with our trunks and bags on top and hurry off out of their way. Fortunately rooms had been engaged beforehand or we should have had a time o? it, for the Czar and Empress of Russia were in Paris, and every hotel and board ing house was packed with people wild to see royalty. And Paris that night was just like fairy-land. Millions of electric lights were festooned all along the Champs Elysees and the gardens of the Tuilleries.. All the trees were covered with paper flowers, and every statue dec orated with flags of Russia and France. The very next day we saw the Czar and Empress in a carriage with the President of France, pass along Boulevard Mont parnasse at the head of a procession of j soldiers, French and Russian. The Em press was dressed in lilac satin and a white chip hat covered with lilacs. She bowed right and left, but the Czar sat up beside her looking awful mad. I sup pose the poor man had been feasted and entertained almost to death. The French people who crowded the sides of the Boulevard did not seem very enthusias tic over Royalty. There was once just a faint cheer, which im mediately died away. They have had enough of KiDgs. And yet many people think that Franco will be an Empire again. Since we have been in Paris we have displayed an amount of energy and "get along" which is surprising to people who know we are Southerners. They tell us that when we Southerners go into any thing thoroughly wo come out ahead of Yankee grit. We thought we knew a lot of French when we left home, and we could read it very well, but when we heard these French people rattle it off at the rate of a mile a minute, it sounded very different from the French we heard at school. We had not been in Paris ten minutes before we heard one word which has since become very, very familiar. I believe now I have heard it ottener than any oth er word I ever heard in my life. Every child knows it; the cabby, the butcher's boy, the concierge, tho man who directs you how to go anywhere, thegarcon, who waits on you in the restaurant, the old woman who cries her vegetables at your door. They all know that word "pour boire,"meaning a tip or fee. And with what an air of deprecation they say it, with what smiles and shrugs and gestic ulations irresistible. He would be a fiend indeed who could refuse a sou to the in sinuating beggar. Or else he would be accustomed to Paris. There ia a Georgia lady here who says she wouldn't offer tbe President of France a pour-boire because she knows he would take it. The first thing we wanted in Paris wae a map of the city. So we went into a bookstore and after consulting our little red dictionaries, which we always carried with us, we asked for a map of Paris. The two clerks gazed at each other, for inspiration, I suppose, then one brought out a little box of lead pencils of different colors. I shook my head and repeated, as firmly as possible, * une carte g?o graphique de Paria." I was determined not to buy those pencils. The clerks talked together volubly fora few minutes looked ?t us as if we were curiosities, then talked some more. We didn't un derstand a word. Then a smile of tri umph lighted up the lace of the older clerk, and he rushed to the show window, dashed the things about, and after a lot of trouble, brought out a red plu?h photo graph frame, with a glass over it and a rest at the back to make it stand up. Wo turned around and were about to give it up in despair when the proprietor came in and asked us what we wanted. We told him, just as we had the others, and he immediately got us what wo wanted. Those others, I believe, were simply stu pid. Next time I write I want to tell you of our housekeeping in the .Quartier Latin and perhaps you don't know exactly why it is the Quartier Latin, so I will te'll you all about it. D. J. B. ? An Australian has invented a novel method of lawn sprinkling. He has made the top rail of the fenco around his lawn, of iron water pipes, joined together so as to permit of a continuous flow of water, and perforated on tho inner side with small holes. He connects tho fenco and the hose, and tho water is evenly spread over every part of the lawn. Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and La Grippe when Laxative Bbo.mo Quinine wiil cure you in one day. Does not pro duce the ringing in tho head like Sulphate of Quinine. Put up in tablets convenient for taking. Guaranteed to cure, or money refunded. Price, 25 Cents. For eale^by EvansPfcarmacy. A Wow Court House and Jail. The election to decide the question whether Anderson County will erect a new Court House and a new Jail took place last Saturday, and resulted in a inejoritj of 233 votes in'favor of the new buildings. The weather was very unfavorable throughout the day, and very little interest was mani fested in the election, judging from the vote cast. Not quite one third of the reg istered voters of the County participated in the election. There was considerable op position to the erection of the ne w build ings. Alarte number of the voters op posed the erection of the Court Home on the site of the old building. Others opposed it because they did not like the plan of levying the tax, while others had various other reasons for their opposition. But the question has been settled, and it is proposed to proceed at onco to :!ie crcc:ion of the buildings. ? be?evc it is mistake to rroct the new building on the site of the old one. Had the question of the location of the new Court House been left in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners, wo bave no doubt but that satisfactory arrange ments could have been made with the City of Anderson for another aud a mote desi rable site, without any additional expense to the County. Here is the official vote at each of the precincts in the County 0:1 the question: YE3. NO Anderson. 262 S Belton. 70 23 Craytonville. 15 Centerville. 1 14 Clinkscales'.*. 2S 33 Cedar Wreath. 5 Gl Pive Forks. 35 2 Flat Rock. 5 44 Greenwood. 1!? 16 Hopewell. 21 19 Holland's. :!9 HoneaPath. SI 23 Hunter's Spring. 28 12 MiPord'd. 12 31 MoffattsvlUe. 18 24 Pendleton. 49 21 Piedmont. 21 47 PeJzer. s 5 75 Neat's Creek. 37 13 Tugaloo. 18 4 Starr. 32 Williford's. 16 25 Broyles. 14 12 Williamston. 48 21 Sandy Springs. 15 G Total. 85d 017 Meeting of Connty Cominissoners. The Board of County Commissioners held its regular meeting yesterday, and it was an important and lengthy one. Be sides the usual routine work, the condi tion of the public roads was thoroughly discussed, and it was decided to push the work of putting them in good condition as soon as possible. The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the Board of County Commissioners request the County Treas urer to receive commutation road tax up to Tuesday, 20th inst., and not receive any money after that date; and that persons applying to the Chairman of Township Commissioners for exemption from road duty be required to furnish a petition signed by at least six of his neighbors, who work roads or pay tax, certifying that they know the applicant to be unable to perform road duty. In reference to the new Court IIou?e and Jail, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the matter of plans for the Court House and Jail to he orected be referred to the Supervisor and four mem bers of the Board, to bo elected by the Board, with power to adopt a plan and to contract therefor; and that the Supervisor be authorized to advertise for bids for the building of the Court House and the Jail, according to the plans adopted by the above committee, as required by the joint resolution of the General Assembly, with power to make contracts for said build ings in the name of and on behalf of the County of Anderson. Said committee to be known as the Building Committee, who shall have the general supervision of the construction of the Court House and Jail. Under this resolution, Messrs. J. D. Maxwell, W. D. Garrison, J. F. Clardy and J. H. Jones wero elected members of the Building Committee. Supervisor Snelgrove will be chairman of the coiu mittee. That Labor Law. Mr, Editor: In my last communica tion I neglected to notice a point made by Mr. Sullivan iu his communication ill which he sti'l insists that Constitutional restraints are in the way of a better labor law. Of course neither Mr. S. nor my self have any other object in view in this discussion than to throw light and de velop thought and action on a matter of deepest interest to farmers directly, and to every man, woman and child in the State indirectly. Of course I am unpre Eared to say what construction the J udges ave or may place on both the old and new Constitution as regards imprison ment for debt, but it would be very bard for me to believe, though a Judge should should declare it unto me, that the tram era of the Constitution had in mind "ad vances to laborers with which to make a crop." I do not suppose in that day and timo there was any regulation of the kind thought of or known in this coun try. It is altogether a post-bellum meas ure. Besides this it is very evident there is a vast difference between an ordinary debt and advances under contract for supplies. In the latter the advancer is bound under contract to make the ad vances or suffer a heavy penalty. In the other, as in the case of merchants, gro cers or other dealers, there is no obliga tion to do a credit business?they can ei ther credit a customer or let it alone. These advances are also made for the purpose, and with the express under standing (where made by the employer, and that is what I am talking about) that the advancee grow a crop on the premi ses of the advancer. Ordinarily, if ever, this does not apply to other business of credit. Again, our present laws recog nize this difference in giviDg the employ er preference over all othor claims against the laborer. Another proof ol this difference lies in the fact that even in the very law which Mr. S. introduced and had passed, violation of contract, "where supplies have been received," is made a misdemeanor. Have other ordi nary debts ever been so made? If so, I must hustle around, for I am owing some little debts myeelf about Anderson. But our opinions, Mr. Editor, are not judicial decisions, and we must be governed by the latter. It really a big Constitutional "snag" lies In the way we will have to do like Sherman did Hood in Georgia dur ing the war?make a flank movement flank it. Or like the sentinel said when asked by tha ollicer of the day what he would do should anyone approach who could not give the countersign. The sentinel said ho would surround him. And as Mr. S, claims that "Justice" has not made any suggestion worthy to be entertained looking to a better labor law, he will now do so as a sort of flank movement?if he don't run against an other "snag," viz: Whenever an agricultural laborer leaves the services of an employer let it bo law ful for the said employer to receive from any and all subsequent employers one half of the proceeds of the labor of this defaulting employee until an amount sulliclent has beeu paid to reimburse the first employee for all losses sustained by him, the amount to be determined b3' the Court having jurisdiction. In this ar rangement no case would hardly ever, if ever, go to a higher Court than the Mag istrates. Some such stringent law is ne cessary, as i; is well known that many people go into contracts with the very intention of getting all they can out of | their employers and then "silt the grit." Justice. A Pretty Home Wedding. At the home of the bride's fulher, Mr. J. L. Major, fct Pelzer, Thursday, April 1st, nt 12.30 o'clock, a fow friends were present to wituees the marriage of Miss Magnolia Major t > Mr. J. A. Sununy, of Spartan burg', by Rev. C. L Stewart. Af ter the congratulations, the guests retired to the dining room, where u bountiful re past awaitod them. Tho bride and gtoom left on the 3:30 o'clock train for the groom's home in Spartanburg. Among the guests that wero present wore: Miss Mamie Ilackett, of Denver, S C, Mr. Sim Cromor, of Sparenburg, S. C , Misa Julia Lindsay, of Asheville, . C, and Mr. John Sumtny, of Greenwood, S. C The bride received many useful aud valu able presents. Wo wish them a long and happy life. M. O. Saddler's Creek Items. With the eruption of a few esses of ro seola, tho health of our peop'e is vory good. Wo have a iluir'sbing litilo school at Providonco under the caro of Miss Seppie McLain. Mr. . M. Brooks is sowing bis pasture in Bermuda grass. <>;her farmors should follow his example. Miss Hattio Shearer and Miss Ida Stone-, cipher, of Oconee County, are visiting rel atives and friends in this section. ? When people find out that it is bless ed to give, thoy novor want to stop. BICYCLE CONTEST. Who is the Most Popular Young Lady in Anderson County ? The Tet.t.i?encer wants its readers to decide this question by a vote, and the young lady receiving tho greatest number of votes will be presented with a Crescont Bicycle. The voting is to be by cnipiiH, which will be printed it; each issue of The I.vrix i.ic.excer from now until Saturday, July 3rd, when the contest closes, tho result be ing announced in our issue of July 7th. Every coupon sent to ua will be counted, and it is guranteed that the contest will be conducted absolutely fair. The bicycle which we shall present to the lady receiving the greatest number of vote3, is a (. 'rescout Mo lei No. 4, and is a very handsome wheel, one of the bost manufactured by the Orescent Company, which is represented in Anderson by the Sullivan Hardware Company, who will give tho usual guarantee upon it. The bicycle is now ou exhibition in one of the show windows of the Sullivan Hardware Company's store, where you aro cordially invited to call and inspect it. Here is the coupoj, cut it out aod write on it plainly the r;..meofthelady for whom you wish to vote and send to this office, where it will be recorded. Nov?te will be counted unless written on this coupon. The vote will bo announced from week to week, and should reach us not later than Monday morning, in order to appear in the papsrof that woek. Moseley News. Miss Mollie McCullough camo home last week, having spent three weeks in El berton, Ga., with friends. Mre. J. P. Harper, with Mrs D. L Barnes, spent a frw days in Anderson last week. Capt. P. C. Ward went to Anderson last Saturday p. m. Said he was going to have a good time. Mr. Ellis Huckaby, of Lownde ville, was|up here awhile recently. MUsDessie Cann, of Alice, is spending a few weeks with Mr. J. T. Burriss. But fjr her smile some of our people would be as blue as indigo. Mr. Will Baskins came in again last Saturday evening, and 'tis rumored that Moseloy and Bordeaux will noon be bound by stronger tioi than crossths. Mr. J. M. 8tacks left bore for Mt Car mel last Friday with his 8-day mouth wound up and the tension loosened in the interest of- Sjme of our citizens tried to talk him down b 4 he left, but it was no go. He will be gone several davs. Frequently we find D. A. McAllister at the depot yelling fresh fiab, but Btrange to say the boys don't catch on. Mr. Alph Manning was here Saturday evening and seemed anxious to get a quar ter changed, but be wanted three tens for it, and of course didn't get it until he struck Mr. V W., who promptly gave him the three tens for his quarter. His cha grin can be imagined when ho found one of the dimes had a hole in it, and the boys were all laughing at him. Mr. D. L. Barnes, who is now traveling in the interest of the Daniel Pratt Gin Co., spent a dav or two her? recently with his parents. Mr. Barnes is peculiarly fit ted "tor he position he now occupies, and the company was fortunate in securing his services Mrs. Silly Seigler, from Bowersville, came over on the 3rd inet , accompanied by her eldest daughter, Janie; also her mother, Mrs. Mary Stack?. Mrs. Stacks will spend several months bere. Rev. John B. Herron will preach here in the Baptist Church nextSaturday night, at early candi? light. Also Rev. K. V. I/gon will preach in tho Methodist Church nest Sunday m , at 3:30 o'clock. Miss Carrie Adams, living near Hart well, Ga., spent a few days here recently. Mr. C. C. Vaughn made a business trip to Heardmont, Ga.. last week. Do you want a fine horse for 25 eents? For further particulars call at Morgan & Hall's. Mr. E. L. Hall had the pleasure of tak ing Will Cowan's best girl to Poplar Springs last Sunday one week ago Mr. S. A. Morgan says ho will build him a large little cottage this summer. A portion of the lumber is already on the ground. Also Mr. C. C Vaughn says that he will not be 'out-did" by any of his near neighbors nor close kinsmen, and that he Intends to build in the grove just this side of where he now lives . Our people were made to blush with -last Sabbath evening when a crowd of boys (or rather young men) appeared on the streets with barefeet, pants rolled up and wearing overcoats. We have not seen a finer field of oats than C. Kay's. They wore sown last fall. W. T. McGee has the finest wheat in this section. Murphy Stack and John Parncii also have fine prospects for a gram crop. There are others who sowed in De cember and January and didn't get a stand, or else they were killed, and they are going to plant sa'd ground in?cotton, of course. Here is a problem we would like for eomo of the readers to figure out and an swer through the columns of the Intelli gencer, viz: There are a good many planters who are going to plant a large cotton crop because they say they are in debt, and obliged to raise cotton to get out, and yet these same men fell behind when cotton was from 8 to 10 cents. Now, the question is, can they redeem said debte with cotton from 4} to cents? If so, how will they manage it, and how long will it take? Who will work it out ? A few of the wage hands about here have pulled up stakes and moved else where, some ou the* pretense of getting married, others for higher wages, and so on, &c. It is not my intention to drive the pres ent correspondent from the field. Hope Mr. "Driver" will continue to write every week. We like to hear from him. ** Roberts Items. The health of this commnuity is not very good at this writing The farmers are behind with their work on account of the bad weather. The school at Ridgo Spring has como to a close. We know that some cf the boys aro sorry to hoar it, for tho way they have been making tracks at Mr. Goorge Mo Clure. Wo regret to say that Miss Ida Pello Crouch, who has been teaching the school at Ridge Spring, will leave for her home in Laesvillo next Tuesday. Messrs. Jack Gilmer and Fred Martin have been going with the girls, so 1 hear, Hurry, boys, if you don't, they will got ahead ol'you all. ar? glad to Bay that Mrs. . B. Skelton, who has been very ill, ia ablo to be out again. Miss Maggie Arnold, who has been spending a while with her sister, Mrs. Dodd, at Anderson, has returned home. Uno of our old Itoborts boys, who used to go to Mountain i'reok very often, has not been in some timo. What's tho mat ter, Jim? You must do better than that. Mr. C. B. Gilmer, who lost one of his boys two weeks ago. will lose another one, boforo long, if he don't look out. Cat. Shiloh Items. Well, Mr. Editors, news is scarce in this section. The farmers are having a long resting spell on account of the rains which con tinue to fall. The Constables are having a little fun this weok. They have carried three pris- ( oners to Anderson to try tho chain gang i for awhile. A fow innocent April fool jokes were perpetrated in this section. Scraf. ? A good railway engine will (ravel 1,000,000 milos before it woara out. Helton Items. In addition to the two 25x110 feet store room* which Mr. It. A. Lewis contem plates erecting in tho near future, Prof. W. A. Webt is making arrangements to con struct a collage for his own use. Mr. A. I!. Gainpboll and Miss Rosa I'oore represented Jialton at the meeting of the Biptiet Young People's Union in Greenville last week. Mr. aud Mrs. Wiu. Wright a?;d M??s Wright, who have been spending tho win tor here, left last week lor their home in Jo .?ey City. Arrangements have boon about comp'et ed for repamting and fencing in tho Bip tif t church. Mrs. Nora McDaniel, of Greenville, has bien visiting relatives here. Miss Mattie Brown is visiting friond? in Abbeville. Mro. A. C. Latimer returned yesterday ?rom a viuit to t?pnrtanburp;. Con^rosi-man Latimer also roturiied at the same time, having joined Mrs. Latimer at that place. Dr. J. E. Poore, who recently graduatoci at the Bellovue Hospital Modical College in New York is spending a vacation with his parent? here. Alox. Vallentine, colored shoe-maker, has been committed to jail to await trial for keeping a nuisance under the dispens ary law. Dr. Manly being in attendance upon the Biptist Association at Gainesville, Ga., Rev. Mr. Ayer, of Furman University, filled bis pulpit here Sunday last. Miss Lucy Lswis, having finished her term as teacher of a ecbool at Piercetown, is at home again. The local baso ball team is getting in good shape, as witnessed by last Satur day's game with Anderson. Miss Smart, of Troy>spent a day this week with Miss Eva Stringer. Dr. Killebrew is spending a few days in Greenville on business. Two traveling musicians from Norfolk, gave a concert in the Academy Monday night. Tney go from here toj?in the P?t zer Minstrels, and to take part In the en tertainment to be given in Willienseton Friday night. They are fine and nienn addition to any minstrel troupe Hon. A. C Latimer is at home for a short stay. His wile will return to Wash incton with him. The Litersry Society of the ilton High School have elected Hon. J. L. McLau rln to deliver the address at Commence ment. There will be a meeting at the Acaderav on Thursday night, l th inst, of the sons of veterans for the purpose of organizing a Camp at Bslton. All who wi?h to be come members are urged to attend. New Hope Items. As there has never been any items from this place to the Intelligencer, I will try to give tho many readers a few dots. The continual wet spell has put the farmers back a great deal in their work, but now it has cleared off and perhaps they may not be too late in planting cot ton. On last "Wednesday night a cloud burst ed near hers and washed the land down to the red clay. It is thought that Mr. Edgar Hall will have to put in his guano again from the beginning. Mr. Paul Norria has sold one of his bi cyclee and he is putting in good time with his other ono over the creek. "Chick" has changed his route, and is meaning business at the rates of three times a weak. Mr. Joe W. has purchased a now suit of clothes, and, if Madame Rumor be true, on ths twelfth of May ho will be wedded to Miss Jennie L., of Rock Mills section. Joe, we certainly agree on your choice fora wife, as you will get one of the best housekeepers and cooks any where, and that goes a long way in the selection of a wifo. This writer wishes you and your intended bride all the joys and happiness attainable in your future years. Dr. "Wade Pipper, who has been con fined to hifi bed for some time, we are glad to say is convalescent. With that exception, the health of this community is very good!. Everybody is invited to go to the sing ing next Sunday at Prospect?all day. Rex. Majors Items. Rain, rain, rain is the main topic of con versation among our farmers, some of whom are getting blue, as they are away bthind with their work. Bat we suppose it will all turn out for the best, a? there is time enough yet to make a good crop. The health of our peoplp.wlth the excep tion of bad colds, ie very good at present. Our little town is growing. We now have two stores, Brown & Abbott and W. A. PrateD, and a blacksmith and wood shop by J. F. and W. A. Glaspie. A darkey walked into;oneof ouratoresthe other day, seeing some candles on a shelf, asked the merchant "what dat candy was worth?' The merohant told him five Bticka for a nickel. The darkey Invested a nickel and went off with his "candy." A little ' blind tiger" stuff floats around this way occasionally. The wheat crop and the fall oats are very promising in this section. Miss Florence Taylor, of Piercetown, is visiting relatives in this section. Bu; Ike. Farmers' Institutes. Clemson College, March 30, kS!?7. The trustees of Clemson College, at the recent meeting, decided to continuo the work of holding farmers' institutes. Ar rangements have already been made to hold institutes at the following places: at Greers, in April; at Fairview, Greenville Co., May tho 1st; In Chester Co., April 15-IGth; in Nowberry Co., August 14th. The institutes will be held without cost to the community. Members of the Col lege faculty, who are experts in the vari ous linos of agriculture, chemistry, hor ticulture, dai rying and veterinary science will be present. Every County in the State has the right to at least one inatitute. In order that arrangements may be made to cover as much ground as possible with the least expense to the College, parties wishing institutes held in their community should address at an early date Pres. E. B. Craioiiead, Clemson Collego, S. C. He Killed 72 Men and Preaches. Hyden, Ky., March 2G.?In the south east corner of Leslie County, on Cutshin Creek, lives old Tom Lewis. No man in the mountains perhaps has record equal to Lewis'. He was a Union bushwhacker during the war, and he brought down for ty-two rebels during his years in the field. In tho spring of lsi]2 Lewis and thirteen others were captured by Col. H. L. Gilt ner's Confederate cavalry, taken to Har lan and ordered shot. Sergt. William Kirk, now of Trimble County, and Cor poral James Spencer were ordered to do the shooting. Lewis bogan to beg for his life. He got five paces and was told to run. The rifles levellod at him missed him, although the other thirteen were killed. Twelve months later Spencer foil into Lewis' hands. Ho received the same chance for his life that had been given Lewis and escaped. At the close of the war Lewis became a moonshine despera do. No one among them had so openly delied the Government. It is said he has put away thirty revenue officers, making a grand total of sevonty-two souls sent into eternity by him. About six years ago he joined the Church and began to preach. He went to Missouri and spent a year in the Ozark Mountains, warning those who attended his meetings to ilee from the wrath to come. While there he met Spencer. Spencer had a widowed sister living with him. She was 70; Lewis was 80. They soon married, and he returned to his old home in Leslie County with his bride, lie is still preaohlng, and his rugged elo quence is causing numbers of mountain eers to turn from their evil ways. He does not belong to any church. ? An entirely new danger from electric ity was discovered in a fire the other day in tho electrical power house in Chicago. Tho fire was confined to tho basement, and it was found necessary to chop holes in the floor of the dynamo room in order to play a stream on somo burning waste. Without waiting for tho dynamos to bo shut oil the firemen crept through the hole thus formed and turned a stream on tho llames. a au instaut the men holding the hose were thrown to the ground with groat violence and the hoee sent flying iato the air. Tho stream of water had acted as an electrical conductor, and a powerful current of electricity had passed along tho stream aud shocked them. Tho men wore unconscious, but wore soon ro susrjitated. ? The Confederato soldiers' mounmout at Ponsacola, florida, bears on one sido of its faces this inscription: "Jefferson Davis, President of tho Confederate States of America. Christian?Soldier?States man?Patriot. The only man in our nation without a country, yet twenty million people mourn his death." ? Tho engine of an express train con sumes twelve gallons of water for each mile travelled, At Their Own Kisk. Judge Simonton yesterday rendered his decision in the case of William l'.eckroge versus Hading and Roach. Reckroge, a citizen of Georgia, came into the State to be married, and sent by express wines and cigars, etc, contained in a trunk, for his marriage feast. Whilo those articles were in the express oflico at Charleston?that is, while thoy wore still in the hands of an Inter-State common carrier?they were seized by the two State constables, who went into the express office and oponod the trunk with a key and took away the trunk and contentn, and up to this time have refused to return them to their owner. Beckroge brought I suit for damages in the United States Cir cuit Court against the constables, suing them as individuals, and they were ar rested and held to bail in the sum of ?2.000. ThereuDoti the Attorney (ieneral ap peared lor the defendants, claiming that they wero actiDg as constables lor the State of South Carolina, and urging that they had an immunity from suit and ar rest as such constables under the dispen sary law, and moved to sot aside the or der of arrest. The decision of the United States Court refusing to set aside the arrest makes clear that the suit is against the individ ual, as private citizen, and not against the constables : that the Supremo Court of the United States having decided, in Donald vs Scott, that intoxicating liquors were a subject of lawful commerce, and having decided the State dispensary law uncon stitutional and void in attempting to in terfere with such commerce, the acts of defendants could not be justified by any authority whatsoever, and that they stood liable to all the pains, penalties, suits and punishments for their wrongs like any private person. The decision makes it hopeless for the officials of tho State to attempt to enforce the void provisions of the dispensary law, and shows tho determination of tho United States judicial authorities to protect in every way the Inter-State commer?a rights of the citizen. In the case of Herkowitz, a resident of Charleston, who imported liquors from Savannah, Ga., which wero seized at the Savannah Railroad freight depot in Charleston, the Court likewise hold yes terday that the constables were liable to arrest in a suit for damages, and rerused to vacate the order of arrest on motion of the Attorney General. Doth of these cases finally disposo of Section 44 of tho Dispensary Act, which providea that the civil process arrest pro cedure of the State shall not apply to any officer under the dispensary law"as a de fence in Inter-State commerco cases. The dispensary constable who seizes li quors at a depot or express office does so at his own personal risk.?News and Courier, April 1. Will Levy the Tax. It has been finally determined that the much-talked-of supplementary school tax provided for in the State Constitution, necessary to raise the $3 per capita for the children enrolled in the public schools of the State, will bo levied. The amount to be raised will be somewhere between ?(?0,000 and ?80,000?exactly what has not yet been determined. It will be remombored that during the session of the General Assembly Mr. Gage of Chester introduced a joint resolution to compel the Comptroller General to levy this supplementary tax in accordance with the provisions of tho Constitu tion. The matter caused no cud of discussion, and came very near passing. Mr. Gage Bhowod plainly that" the constitutional requirement wao veryr emphatic. Since the adjournment of the General Assembly Comptroller Norton has wor ried ovefthis tax considerably, inasmuch as it was a matter which affected every tax payer in the State. lie was not will ing to carry the whole burden and sought counsel. Yesterday afternoon a confer ence was arranged for and it was h?ld at the Executive Mansion. Comptroller Norton, Governor Ellerbe, Superinten dent of Education Mayfield and Assistant Attorney General Townsend were pres ent. The matter was talked over in all its phases, legal and otherwise. It was freely discussed. Finally the conference result ed in the announcement by the Comp troller that he had definitely determined to levy the tax as required. He said he would make the levy just aa soon as he could go over all the figures and ascertain the exact amount it was necessary to raise. Ho will got to work at this immediately. This additional tax will be iu the neigh borhood of one-half of one mill, but the Constitution gives no option to the State authorities; it must be levied.?Columbia Suite. ? Tho other morning at breakfast a certain lady in town reproved her eight year-old hopeful for using some bad lan guage while engaged in a scrim mage with another boy, and th?young hopeful s'ated that the other boy had him down. Then ho was asked, did it do any good to use such lariguauf? "Well," *aid ho, "the othCT boy got up.'' Tho reproof stopped right thero. ? A projectile for the new Englihh wire guns, in a recent trial at Shoeburyncss, completely pcnfct'Uted an lS-inch steel faced compound armour plate backed by a li-inch wrought-iron plate, by eight feet of solid oak and three irichee of iron, and whs found imbedded in a clay bauk thirty live yards behind the target. ? A Negro doctor in an Alabama town has at tho top of his professional card: "No pay; no cure." Free Pills. Send your address to . E Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will convinco you of their merits. These pills are easy "in action and are particularly effective in the cure of Constipation and Sick Pleadaeho. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are. guaranteed to be pertectly free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable Tboy do not weaken by their ai:ti ?Ii, but by giving tone tohtomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular si/.a-?"><: per box. Sold by Oill Orr Drug Co. Your Boy Won't Live a Month. Si Mr. Oilman Brown, of 31 Mill St-, South Oarc.tKT, Mass , was told by the due tore, lil?son ;.ad Lung trouble, follow ing Typhoid MhIuM*, and ho sjiflnt. three hundred ai.d su v uri tv-li ve dollars withd jo tors, who fi imi'y gave him up, saying: "Your b >y won't live a month. He' tried Dr. Kinji'n New Discovery, and a tew b t tlcs ristond him to health and enabled him to g') 10 work a perfectly well man. H6 suys ho owes hie present good health to the uBe of Dr King'.s New Discovery, and knows it to be the be->t in the world for LuDg tioubloi-. Trul Bottles Froa Hill-Orr Drug Co. VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. XN The undersigned, Executors the Esta'e of Jefferson . King, de ceased, hereby give notice that they will on the 3rd day Mav, 1897, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge iiom their office as Executors. S. .T. KING, J B. KING, April 7, IS97?41?5 Executors. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All pi;rso.is having demands against the Estate of A. B. Towers, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to H. C. Towneend, agent for the Administrator, Anderson, S. C , or send them to T. C. Ligon, the Administrator, at Rock Hill. S. C. T. C. LIGON, Adm'r. April 7, 1S07_41_3 DISSOLUTION NOTICE. * E Pari nershi heretofore existing be X tween . H. Rnsst-l! and 0. U. Brea zcalo, under tho name of Russell & Brea zeaie, has this day been dissolved by mutual conseot. 0. U. Breszeale withdrawing. . H. Russell will continue the business at the old Maud. All owing the firm of Russell <fe Drer.z?ale will please call acd settle at once with . H. Russell. Yours respectfully, RUSSELL & BREAZEALE. Anderson, S. C, March 31, 1897. Thanking ny friends for their patronage in the past to the firm of Russell & Brea zeale, will be glad to have them continue with me, promis:ng to show my apprecia tion of same, I am Yours respectfully, HUGH H. RUSSELL. ANNOUNCEMENT. WE have been the fortunate purchasers of Simpson & Sou's stock of Drugs and lessees of their magnificent Storeroom under Hotel Chiquola, to which we have moved our entire business. The friends and customers of both the old Firm and the Phar macy will recognize at once that we have secured a prize in the good will and high esteem the Messrs. Simpson ha\e always enjoyed in the Drug business of Anderson. It shall be our eudeavor to please all people who will honor us with their confidence, and special efforts will be directed to perfect as nearly as possible every department? Prescription work receiving more attention than ever. In this we have several competent men with long experience. Give us a call when in need of PAINTS, GLASS, DRUGS or MEDICINE, as we have one of the largest stocks in the upper part of South Carolina. Yourn truly, EVANS PHARMACY, Corner Hotel Chiquola. A SQUARE DEALING GROCERY STORE IS the kind you can place confidence in, feel like you are boing well treated and get pure Goods ?very time you trade there. That is the way wo waut you to feel about our Store. We will m;r'.t pour good opinion of us every time. Everything guaranteed the best the markot affords. Try some of our English Teas. 12ic. can. String Beans.t.... ?2ic. can. Cheaper quality Beans.j. 81c. can. Monarch Corn. 12ic. can. Good Corn. 8Jc. can. Three pound Can Pie Peach. 81c can. Two-pound Can Okra and Tomatoes. 81c. can. Three-pound Can Tomatoes. Sic. can. We have just received a lot of Fine Pickels, half gallons, in Chow Chow, Mixei ind Gerkins at the extremely low price of 2jc. each. Florida Cabbage and Beets. JfSf Send us a trial order ai d sec 1 ow well we can please you. E/erything deliv ered free in the City. 'Phone 44. OSBORNE & BOLI. WATCHES ! WATCHES, WATCHES, have the Largest Stock in Upper Carolina. One Show Case seven feet long filled with iothing but. GOLD, SILVER AND NICKEL WATCHES, \t Prices that will make you Buy. IF you want a "Watch I am the man to sell you, and will save you money every ime. I guarantee every Watch I sell to give ontire satisfaction. A beautiful line of? Gold Rings, Silverware, Clocks, Jewelry, &c. The prettiest line of LADIES' WAIST SETS in the C ity. ??)- Promptness in everything. E GRAYING FESE. WILL. R. HUBBARD. TELL US HO W IT IS ? DO you go out among your friends ? Do you wear Shirts, or Collars, or Cuffs ? And are they pure white, glossy and still'? They are not, eh V Flabby and yellow, then. You ought t:) ir>- our? J Vad nolo the difference. Makes your garment stand stiff, look itogli and nice, like jew. The finest Laundry work doue by thoso of least experience. Your neighbor dways seems to have on now clothes, and why not you '.' CELLULOID STARCH :an be had at the following Stores : AT ANDERSON. S. C. J, A. AUSTIN A CO.. 03B0UNE ,t HOLT, The Tea Put. HiU Bros. Old Stand. NICHOLSON" BROS. S. M. FOWLER, .South Main St., Rroyles Building. D^pot Street. C. S. MINOR and 10c STORE, TUE ANDY BROWN CO.: 27 Smith Side Public Square. l?rick Range. A. . HUBBARD. North Main Street. AT OTHER POINTS, . M. TATE, .1. L. JACKSON, Moscow. S. 0. Conk's or Iva. S. C. Y. IT. WATSON, HARPER & LATIMER, Mosely. S. C. Lowndeaville, S. C. A. W. GUYTON, F. W. COLE. Aaron, S. C. Boleman, S. C. SHIRLEY & MAHAFFEY. HEM BREE &. MARTIN, Townville, S. C. Hembra & Martin's Store. S. A. SHIRLEY, A. C. WEBB, Neva, S. C. Guy ton, s. D. R. SIMMONS. A. E. SCUDDAY, Craytonville, S. C. Essir, S. C. Try a package and you will have no other. Names of othor enterprising defiler? will bo added to this list from time to imo, Watch it. HAVE YO? SEEN THOSE - AT - ? Those beautiful 36-inch? Percales At 5c the yard ? Those? Kid Grloves In all the new Spring shades at 75c. the pair ? Those beautiful new? ORGANDIES, LINENS, GRASS CJLOTHS, METALLIS STRIPE DIMITIES, And other? NEW GOODS That are arriving every day in such large quantities ? If you have not seen them you are the loser, for they are beautiful, and well worth your time to inspect them, As for the Grenadines, in colors and in black, no words of ours can ever do them justice ; so we say come and see for yourself what a magnificent line of these Novelties we have just received. What would make a handsomer, more stylish and, above all, a more durable Dress than one of our Black Gienadines, made up over a color or black ? Etamines, Poplins and Canvas Weaves in all prices and colors. Small Checks and large Checks, Plaids, and all the high class Novelties brought on in profusion. Trimmings, Linings and everything, from the minutest details made a study by three buyers, who have spared no pains and have had EVERY ADVANTAGE in the market for securing THE BEST. T?ey ral ti Mflianis al Secnrefl lie Best ! Why should you not COME TO HEADQUARTERS And reap the benefit ? "A word to the wise" is more than sufficient. Of course we will have the pleasure of seeing you at Headquarters, and can then tell you more about these Spring Goods, though the Goods can do their own talking, and words of ours will be unnecessary when once you see them. Yours, with the Goods and the prices to please you, ij9 HILL N. B.-MISS TERRY has just returned from New York, and can show all the new designs in artistic Dress-making. ?li AND THE ?TORR WILL FURNISH YOU TO wash the muddy earth at the following low prices : Owl, Big S, Clear the Track, Horse Shoe and Racke1, at two Bars for 5c. Potasso at three Bars for 5c. Fluted Soap, Big Bar and Magi? at three Bars for 10c. The World's Famous Jim Dandy Octagon Shape three-Bars lor 10c. Butter Milk Soap at three Cakes for 5c. Celebrated Eau tie Cologne Soap at 5c.?big value in Toilet Soap. Thirty-two brands to go at less than others pay for theirs. Just to introduce it we will put 150 boxes of the Anden-on Soap CoVf goods ou the market at three mons'.er big Bars for 10c. This discounts all other Soaps so lar as we know. Will furuish you LAMPS at 10c. each. Handy Lanterna 15c. each. Yours always truly, C. S. MINOR and THE 10c. STORE. PRICES THAT CATCH! PRICES THAT FETCH ! Carriage Lap Robes. Fancy Colored Border, Embroidered Centre, 03x48, usually sold for 50c, we offer for.25c. Old Gold and and White Jacquared Pattern Border, Knotted Fringe, Fancy Embroidered Centre, worth 75c, our price.45c A much.better Lap Robe, real handsome, sold regular for SI.00, yours for.GOc. Men's White Unlaundered Shirts. A regular 50c. Shirt for.37c. A regular 75c Shirt for.48c. A regular $1.00 Laundered Shirt for.73c Boys' Clothing. An All Wool Boys' Cheviot Plaid Pattern Suit, retailed right along for 83.75, our price.$2.75 A real nice Boys' Jersey Suit, always sold readily for 63.50 and $4.50, we offer for.$1 29 and $1.73 A regular $1.50 Boys' Suit for.98c. Millinery. We have received a few Lace Pattern Hat?, the real value being 85.00, our price..$1.75 Ladies', Misses and Children's Sailors for 12k., 20c, 25c, 35c. and 50c. in good straws?no seconds in our stock. If you have an idea of purchasing anything in our line remember? THE FAMOUS, 14 Brick Range, West Side Public Square, Anderson, S. C. How to Select a . . . CORSET. h.L Select style ad.??.ttd ?> your form. 21. Color?white, din!) and black are the popular colors. 3J. For a Mont or slim ligure. lib Tbe proptr length. Our leading branda aie the Armorside, F. & P. and Royal Worcesdres. These goods are deservedly of the highest rank, and among the many styles everybody can find just tho Corset suited to her form. We have an experienced Lady in this Department, who would be pleased to show you the advantages of our gooda. Youre truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO. P. 8.?And still it goes : T wo Spools of Good Machine Thread for 5c, It is r. world beater.*