The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, May 31, 1899, Image 1

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I ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 81, 18l>!>. VOLUME XXXIV-NO. 4?. THE BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST SPOT CASH PRICES j THAT'S the inducement we are making to secure your trade. We couldn't begin to sell Goods at lower prices than others if we sold on Credit. (Va Buying and.Cash Selling is the only way to out prices down. We fcsve cut them deep, and the advantage is mostly gained by you. Every cask dollar you spend with us will purchase more than a promised fcwpsy dollar will buy anywhere. When we say we can save you money on toa)r CLOTHING,"HATS and FURNI8J?INGS, we mean every word of it. Vu ve want is a chance to show our Goods and to quote you the low prices a them Remembor, we give you-YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU 'ANT IT. EN'S BLACK WORSTED SUITS. ?y an interesting turn in trade we secured a big lot of Black Worsted nits much below their market value. These Suits are full regular made, ;:b good Serge linings and sewed with silk all over. They are the kind of sit* that the Credit Stores make a leader of at 86.50. We have marked $5.00. bey won't last long at the above pi ice. No matter what you want in the Clothing line you'll save money by listig your Cash with you to tbis.Store because ik WE SELL IT FOR LESS." . 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. ill-Orr Drug Company's Specials ! 'rap Red Glover Compound, The greatest and best blood purifier. Pint bottle 81.00. bnson's Headache Powder. Safe and sure for all pains in ihe head. 10c. and 25c. munt, ' . ' . The best of all Cough Remedies. 25c. and 50c. 0. D. Co's. Horse and Cattle Powder. A teaspoonful is a large dose and the result will surprise you, A fine Tonio and specially good for hide-bound and stoppages.. 15c. and 25c. a bagful. Imson's Palatable Worm and Liver Syrup, Removes the worms every time, is safe, and is not to be followed by castor oil or other active ad nauseating medicines. 25c. Eol, ^ * We offer this new and latest remedy for Headache, Neuralgia and all pains. This remedy we need not recommend, as it stands above all remedies heretofore offered as V reliever of any kind of pain. 25c boxes. ; V " . , & ILL-ORR DRUG CO., Headquarters for Medicines of all kinds, Points? Oils, Glass, Seeds and Dye Stuffs. R SPRING SHOE DEPARTMENT k now owen for tha-iuspection of tho public, and we vu ow we can suit body in exactly tho Shoe yon want*. In Men's Shoes wo have cut prices, ?e soiling high grade, first quality Harvard Ties at $1.00-former pri?e . Mon's Satia Calf, thoroughly solid Shoes-former price $1.25-our lot at only 90c. In Fine Shoes wo have all the latest and newest produe - . in all shades of Tana ar.d Vioi Kids, Cordovans and Patent Leathers. give yon any style Toe or any width made. ' In Ladies* and Misses Shoes we are sore there is no house in the city tux comparo with us ? IN STlfLE, FIT .OB PB?CE. ;v We have everything in Oxfords and Spring Heel Shoes, in blacks and you want to seo the most peiicct-fittiugt attractive and elegant line of a and up-to-date footwear ever Shown in Anderson come ir. to see us. e are headquarters for Shoes. Very truly, Qt. CL BROWM"'& B5S?. Tho Potato Beetle. Editors Intelligencer : For this insect, which is proving so troublesome to potato growers about Auderson, dust tho vines while wet with dew with a mixturo of Paris Green and flour or Blahed lime, libing two tablespoousful of the former to a quart of either the lime or flour. There is no danger whatever of pois oning the potatoes, ns articles of hu man food, through the absorption of tho poison, either through the foliage or by the tubers from the soil. Paris green has been in usc among potato growers in other parts of.the country, as a remedy against potato beetles, for over twenty-five years. When first suggested for the purpose ninny ob jected to its use through fear the crops would be rendered poisonous as food. Even some scientific men at that time expressed some fear of the remedy. But all such notions have proved groundless, and Paris green is now the standard remedy against the insect in question. Paris green is poisonous and a deadly one, of course, should be kept in vessels plainly marked poison ! and out of the reach of children or carole. 3 persons. Paris green costs about 20c a pound. Much that is on tho market is adulte rated and sometimes almost valueless. One should be sure he is getting the genuine article. A reliable test of pu rity is to put some of the poison in common household ammonia or harts horn. If tho Paris green all dissolves i leaving r.o sediment it is alright. Any sediment indicates impurity. By ap plying this simple test much valuable time may be saved as well as useless expense, especially when extension po tatoes are to be treated. For applying the powder a good method is to tie up a pound of the poi son diluted ns above in a piece of coarse cotton bagging. This is nflixeA to thc end of a stick some three feet long. A similar bag is attached to the opposite end. The stick should be just long enough to roach from row to row. Taking this appliance the operator walks down the rows jarring the stick while holding lt so that tho bag of poison is suspended above . the vines. In this way two rows may be treated at one time, or even three or four rows by arranging the appliance for the purpose. The powder may also be applied with small hand bellows, specially construct ed for the distribution of powders. These moy usually bo had of dealers in agricultural supplies, or the larger florists. In other pails of the country spray ing the potato vines with arsenical poisons for the destruction of the pota to beetle has come into use, and is now more generally the method of lighting potato beetles than by means of the powder applications. As potatoes frequently sutler from flea-beetles and blight or fungus dis ease of the foliage, for which Bordeaux Mixture has boen found a valuable remedy. It is common now to com bine the arsenical poison with Bordeaux Mixture and apply the two remedies at the snme time, thus saving the expense of one application. The liquid is applied with a regular spray pump mounted on a barrel in a wagon. There is a special tank and cart spraying machine geared up to work by horse power for use in low field crops on a large scale, but the apparatus is expensive. The spray pump mounted on a barrel in a wagon will answer all ordinary needs. Such a pump, compared with ordi nary water pumps, is rather expensive. This is partly owing to the fact that all interior parts must be made of brass to resist the corrosive action of the liquids used in spraying. The nearest point where spraying appliances may be had which the writer knovrs of is "The Farm Specialty Co.," of Griffin, Ga. There may be other dealers in South Carolina. If so it will be no doubt desirable to get appliances as near home as possible. The spray-pump will need one cr two runs of 3-4 inch hose attached. These should be from twelve to twenty-five feet long. The device for forming the spray is a small specially constructed nozzle nt the end of the hose. Two good nozzles are what are known aa the Bordeaux and vermorel. The appliance in opera tion should permit of thoroughly spray ing all the foliage of one or more rows as fast as a horse can walk. Bordeaux Mixture consists of copper sulphate or "blue stone" 0 pounds, lime 4 pounds, and water 45 gallons. To make crash six pounds of copper sulphate, enclose it in a piece of gum my sacking and: suspend next the sur face of the liquid in a half barrel of water. In a separate vessel slake four pounds of fresh, quick or unslaked lime, with a small quantity of water, stirring the Ihme about if necessary so that all parts will slake uniformly. After slaking water is added to make a uiilk-1 ike liquid. This then ia added to the copper sulphate eolation, straining it through a piece of coarse sacking to remove aU lamps. While adding the lime, the mixture should be constantly stirred. Afterward enough water ia added to fill the barrel or make 45 gallons of the material which is Bordeaux mixture and ready to be applied to the potato -vines. Thia Material nasa tendency to settle, bat all spray pumpa have or should have agitators to keep the mix ture stirred.. I Pari? green may he mixed with Bor deaux Mixture at the rate of i to <? ounces to 45 gallons. The former amount will answer if the grubs are small, the latter if they are larger. For applying Paris green apart from j Bordeaux Mixture it may be used at I the same rates in water. But even , here at least au equal amount of lime should be used to prevent any caustic effect of the arsenic upon the foliage of the potato vines. So that it is just ns well to apply th?t Paris green in j Bordeaux. White arsenic cost? only about one I third as much as Paris green, and the I Ohio Experiment Station has found it I excellent as a substitute for Paris j green for liquid applications. To make two pounds of commercial white arsenic and four pounds of car bonate of soda arc boiled in one gallon of water until dissolved. Another gal lon of water is now added. This ma terial is now nrsenite of soda, lt may be placed in a jug, labeled poison and kept for use as needed, lt is used nt j the rate of one and a half pints to 4.1 or j Hf ty gallons of Bordeaux Mixture, j London purple is sometimes used in ! place of Paris green, hut it is more soluable, and varies somewhat tn this respect, and there is more danger of injuring foliage with it. In some eases it has been used at the rate of six ounces to 40 gallons of water without injury to potatoes wjiile killing the bugs. The coating of the leaves with lime, or Bordeaux Mixture, has been thought by some practical men to be objection able iron: interfering with the func tions of the breathing pores (stomata) of foliage. No appreciable injury of this kind, however, results from the use of these materials. Two or three applications of the arsenicals at intervals of seven or eight days will kill out the "bugs.'' Com monly two will be sufficient. Should I the beetles appear again repent. Should a rain follow any application immediately it will be necessary to re new it at once. ERNEST WALKER. Division of Entomology. Clemson College, S. C. May 24, 1890. Rev. Thomas Dawson. A correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier gives the following interesting story concerning a Baptist preacher personally known to many of the older readers of this paper: "The following story was gleaned a few days since concerning the Rev. Thomas Daw son, now deceased, but who will be re membered by many persons in Barn well county, and on Edisto Island and near Pendleton, S. C. His father was the Rev. Joseph Dawson, pastor of a Baptist congregation in London for many years. He was a Devonshire man. His son Thomas was employed as a porter in the Rothschilds Bank. Roths child took a fancy to him?aud procured for him, on his expressing a desire to ?join the army, a lieutenant's commis sion. After serving in the West Indies he was recalled in time to take part in tho battle of Waterloo. Afterwards he was sent as consul to Washington. He was pleased with America, and never returned to England. He was made an agent or commissioner of the Cher okee Reservation, near where Gaines ville now stands, and for seven years never saw a white man. *He then grew tired of the job and moved over to Pendleton, S. C., and preached a num ber of years in Barnwell county, and on EOiBto Island, and then returned to Pendleton and died there in 1884, at the age of OL A few years before his death he received a letter from an officer of the British army, who had discovered that Dawson's commission as lieuten ant had never been cancelled or trans ferred, offering him $5,000 for it. He wrote, accepting the offer, but the next mail that came after accepting brought him a second offer, which was for $10, 000. He refused this on the ground that he had accepted the other offer. The money came in duo time, and the old commission raised the captain who bought it to the grade of brigadier general/'_ _ _ Hrs. Brjan on the American Woman. JACKSONVILLE, III., May 20.-Mrs. W. J. Bryan, herself a graduate of the Academy for Young Women, in this city, made the chief address to a grad uating class to-day. Mrs. Bryan spoke on "The American Woman." She said, among other things : "The public lind the American woman an interesting subject. This interest follows from the unique position in which American wd.nen stand to-day. The American worn aa should be sufficiently indepen dent to study her own surroundings, choose her own course and live the life which is best for herself and those nearest her, without regard to the opin ions of the outer world. While we hear a great deal these days about equality, the real permanent advance ment of woman depends upon her in dividual development. When man finds in woman a thorough appreciation of his work and aims ; when the mind of woman becomes the perfect supple ment and complement of the mind of man, which the -Creator intends it to be, then wttl all the discussions as to the rights and privileges cease." -1 ii mm m> mm Twenty-five Dollars will buys fairly good sq a sro practice Plano st the C. A. Reed - ur'.r. Seuss.. T??y aro intrinsi cally worth double that amount. Penitentiary Scandals. Coi.UMiiiA, Muy ia.-The Penitentia ry investigation has somewhat passed out of the mimi of the general public. Thc special investigating committee, which met here sonic time ago ami un earthed the acaudal?, will meet herc agaiu on the lath of Juue. The inten tion ut the committee, at the time of it? adjournment, waa to meet here on the lath, ami, alter a session ot' a day or two, go to the Stat?' farms ami re sume the investigation there. The idea of the committee was to visit the farms in person, und sec with their own eyes actually what had been done, ?rn t!u> ground that two much had already been taken on faith. The board of directors of thc Peni tentiary will meet here on the 12th, so that the members of the board might be here at the same time as the investi gating committee. lt is learned that nothing will be done in the matter of recovering any of the shortage from Col. Neal, or his bondsmen, nor will any other action be taken until the investigation has been completed, and the Legislative com mittee makes ita report to the Govern or, as contemplated by the resolution creating the committee. A special committee of the board of directors of the Peniteutiury went to see the Attor ney General, and it was suggested to the board that it would be best to wait on the complete report of the special com mit tee before any proceedings were brought, and it was further stated that it was entirely proper and quite the thing for the board of directors of the Penitentiary, who were immediately and directly responsible for the man agement of the Penitentiary, to bring the suits. The board of directors of the Peni tentiary has turned over to the Attor ney General the J. IS. Watson contract, 01? which to sue for the amount due by him to the State. The position of tho board is that it did not know Col. Neal in the transaction ns to the con victs supplied for the Anderson farm, and that the contract signed by J. H. Watson must stand for what it shows on its face, and that any arrangement between Col. Neal and Mr. Watson was entirely without the consent or knowledge of the board of directors. The suit for the money due on this contract will no doubt be pushed at once. A petition lins been numerously signed asking that the investigating committee take up the investigation later in the summer than tho lath of Juue. The petition was gotten up by counsel for Col. Neal, and it is stated in the petition tl nit a number of his witnesses are farmers, and that it would be very inconvenient for them to attend an investigation at the time set for tho meeting, and further asking that the committee hold its meeting in the up-country, as most of the witnesses were from that section, and it would be more convenient for them.-\etrx and Von rte?\ ^ A Hardeeville Horror. I. SAVANNAH, GA., May 29.-Mail ad vices from Hardeeville, S. C., say: About three miles from this village, on the Oe8treicher farm, on Tuesday night, May 23, occured a terrible trag edy. A two-atoFy frame building on the farm was occupied by Jacob Solomons, hir wife and seven children ; the eldest aged 10 years, and the youngest an in fant of 1 year. On Wednesday some one passing saw that the house was gone and on ap proaching to investigate found that every vestige of it was burned, and tho bodies of the nine occupants, or rather the charred trunks of nine human bodies were lying in thc ashes. . The coroner's inquest, held on the 25th instant, disclosed these facts : That the house wr.s occupied by Solo mons and his family, and was shattered in the lower story by the last autumnal storms, which also carried away the chimneys ; that Solomons had resorted to thc makeshift ot building two fires, one to cook on and the other for warmth, inside the lower stories of the house on two circular mill saws, raised from the board floor on small pieces of hon. The smoke, sparks and flame escaped from the lire as best they could. Evidently after fhe family had retired up-stairs tho blow that came up at 12 o'clock that night fanned the flames, which communicated to thc partition of the stairway, and set the house afire. Agonizing shrieks were heard by a neighbor a mile dista at, and must have come from the unfortunate creatures when they were precipitated into the holocaust that wasyawningbclow them. Jacob, the father; Amy, the wife and mother ; Hollins, Hattie, Charlie, Nor ma, Isaac, Willie and Mamie, were all burned. The verdict of the coroner's jury was in each case that they came to their deaths through the culpable negligence of Jacob Solomons in- neglecting to build a chimney for his family's use. The scene at the place of the catastro phe was ghastly and sickening in the extreme. Che?p Printing. Law Briefs AU? cent? a Page-Good Work, Good Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minnties cheaper than at any other house. Catalogues in the best style. If you have printin c: to do. it ?priu *~ i your interest to write to the Press and j Banner, Abbeville, 8. C. tf. Young Man and Woman Drowned. YYitMiiiTsvtLi.K, C?A., May J?. - Ai a I picnic at How laud's Lauding on the Ohoopeo river yesterday two ol' tIn most popular young people in this sec tion were drowned, a young man and a young woman, and another young wo man, being the third party im the hunt that capsized, was rescued as she was sinking i'or thc last time. She is criti cally ill from the sheck. Thc young people who were drowned were Mr. Pebley Hall and Miss Harvey Atkinson, and rt rs sahl they were en gaged to IH> married*. Mr. Hull wits-23 years of age, and' ai most estimable you tig gentleman, of high social and moral standing. MINK Atkinson was 18 years of age, a pretty, relined young woman and a member of one of the best families in the county. Miss Liz zie Howland, was the third party in the bout, and w;.s rescued while she was drowning, and with difficulty restored to life. At the picnic a large parly of young people of the county had gathered and the day, an ideal one, was being enjoy ed by every on?' present. After lunch eon, parties of two. three and more scattered ulong the river hunks, amus ing themselves rn ditficront ways, and not a few were rowiugou-the stream. Mr. Hui! and Misses Atkinson and How land were only crossing tin* stream, intending to hunt Howers on (he oppo site hunk. In the midway ol' the river the little craft overturned, just how is not definitely learned, presumably In sume one nwning in the boat, which was only a light and unsalie canoe. Two shrill screams and a plunge into the water attracted the attention of the hundreds on the near-hy shores, and terror-stricken by the awful trag edy, rescue parties rowed to the scene as quickly as possible, but too late to save but one of the three, the hodics of Mr. Hall and Miss Atkinson going down for t he last time. The bodies were recovered half au hour later, and overs effort made to revive thein, hut without avail. The picnickers, who but an hour be fore hud boon full of gaiety and merri ment, repaired to their homes, follow ing the dead bodies of their compan ions in sorrow and gloom.-Atlanta Journal. brides Exchange Lovers. The little town of Mulinta, west of Toledo, O., 1ms become famous in a day on account of the rnheard-of pro ceeding between two brides exchang ing lovers jiiBti before the wedding ceremony. Frances and Mary Dipcomh, daugh ters of a well-to-do farmer, were the a Hi an ced wives of two Fulton county young men. Davis Rendice and Frank ?lo?P.on. Tiley had decided to have a doubie wedding on Thursday evening and relatives gathered from far and nenr. The young men,bearing their licenses, reached the Dipcomh hume shortly after noon, when, to their astonish ment. Mary, the younger sister, was nowhere to bo found. Subsequently her sister found her in her room, weepiugand disconsolate. Pressed for an explanation, she confided to her sis ter that she could not marry Rendice, as she loved Henson better. The elder sister, while amazed, remarked that she thought just ns much of one as she did of tho other. Mary shyly hinted at an exchange of lovers. The sisters discussed the subject seriously, and called the young men tp a conference. As a result, a change was agreed upon, and the young men hastened to the county sent to get their licenses changed. Meanwhile the guests were wondering why the men had left the house. They were amazed when, after the bridegrooms1 return, and the locnl minister called upon the two couples to stand up for the ceremony, they ob served that a general shift had occur red. The parents of the brides demanded an explanation before the ceremony proceeded, after which thny expressed themselves satisfied, and all ended happily.-?ff. Louts Republic. . A Dispensary Law Outrage. . _ fluEBNVll.l.K, May 2(1.-Last winter Henry Stroud, a prominent farmer, loaned a wagon and two mules to two of his negroes, not knowing what use they would make of the team. They were caught by State constables with a few gallons of whiskey in the wagon, arrested, tried and acquitted. Tho State (held the mules and wagon, aftd Judge Townsend decided that the team wos forfeited to tho State. To-day the matter was settled by Mr. Stroud pay ing fifty dollars for the release of the team. State Senator Dean has announ ced that at the next meeting of the Legislature he will correct this injus tice of innocent people having to forfeit property by having a bill passed mak ing such property returnable to the owner on his affidavit of innocence, and limiting the time of the ?bate to bring to trial the issue ns to his guilt to five dnys.- News and Courier. Haw's This. We oder Ono Hundred Dollar* reward for any caa? *f Catarrh that cannot ba cared by Hair* Catarrh Cure. We, the undersigned haye known >." . Cheney for the tait 16 year?, and believe bim perfectly honorable In all bualneat transactions and finan cially able to carry out any obligation? made by their firm. WatT a Tacas, Wholesale Drugs-is ta, Toledo, O. WALDIHO. Kura AM a MABVM, wholesale Drug gists, Toledo, O. Fall's Catarrh Cure ls taken Internally,acting dlnwtiy -per. '.hz b?scd asu uuwui *urrace* or tba system. TesUmonlal* sent free. Pr.'ce 760 per bottle Bold HT all druggist*. Hall'* Family Pills are the best. STATE SEWS. - Electric lights are being taU sd of for Abbeville. - Both Hock Hill and Chester have a ease of smallpox. - Then1 are 8,500 delinquent poll tax payers in Hiehland County. - Theconvention of Women's Clubh will be held in Chester June 13 1<>, inclusive. - The dispute as to the boundary line between Greenville and Spartan - burg goes OD. - Kural mail deliveries will be es tablished both in Greenville and Spar tanburg Counties. - Thc State's pension list for ltf'?'.? shows 7,034 pensioners against O.*?'.11 for last year, an increase of 340. - Mr9. Mattie A. Hughes, charged with the murder of her husband, will be tried in Greenville this week. - .lohn All, a Hampton County miser, has boen robbed of $1,300, tho savings of thirty years as a farm la borer. - Two hundred and twenty odd lots and tracts of land arc advertised for sale ia Beaufort county under tax executions. - The consolidated street railway of Charleston handled more than 200, floo passcugers during the reunion and there was not a single accident. - Near Hardeevillc a terrible trag edy occurred. \ two-story franni dwelling caught tire and a man, hi? wife and seven children were burned to death. - Dr. C. B. Cowan, of Due West, has probably the smallest cow in tho country. She is about 18 months old, weighs 300 pounds and gives two gal lons of milk per day. - A burglar entered the home of Dr. F. D. Kendell in Columbia, ad ministered chloroform to him and h'm wife nod stole $1,500 worth of dia monds and other jewels. - Comptroller General Derhaua, who has been quite sick at his hom? In Horry county, is expected to return to Columbia soon. Ile has been im proving for the last week. - The Sumter Cotton Oil and Ker ti 1 i/er Company has decided to in crease its capital stock to $100,000. This has been made necessary in view of the increased business of the mill. - Things are working well just now for the commencement of the govern ment work upon the deepening of the channel of the Congaree river, so that steamboats maybe run from Columbia to the sea. - The dwelling houses of J. F. Wideman and G. C. Bradley, at Troy, were burned last Saturday night. No furniture was saved from either house. The loss is ostiniated at $8,000, with no insurance. - By the will of Mr. Jas. Gibbes, Charleston gets $100,000 to found aa art school and ladies' library. Rooms are to be provided in which art stu dents may work. It is a great thing for Charleston. - Mr. G. Marshall Moore, who is a tutor in the Bamberg Fitting School at Bamberg, while engaged in a game of base ball on the school campus, fell and broke his left leg between the knee and ankle. - Application for bail for W. H. Metze, who killed Alexander Cart ledge in Columbia about two months ago, was made to thc supreme court, but thc motion was refused and Meetzo must stay in jail. - The postmaster general has de cided to send a special agent to Lake City, S. C., for the purpose of exam ining the situation there with a view of determining whether or not a post office shall bo reestablished there. - Mr. B. B. Evans, brother of ex Gov. Evans, who was formerly in the insurance business in Columbia, is now holding an excellent position ia the post?nico department in Havana. The news comes that he expects a promotion shortly. - The smallest colt in Greenville count}', and very likely the smallest in the State, is that owned by H. Y. Hellams, at his farm a few miles north, of the city. At four days old th? colt tipped thc scales at 34 pounds. The stock is Shetland. - A mule attached to a buggy ia which Mr. W. C. H ic kl in and a little son were riding ran away in Kock Hill. The occupants were thrown out. Mr. Hioklin was run over by the bug gy, escaping without much hurt, while his son in falling was knocked sense less. He soon recovered, however. - Some weeks ago Governor Ellerbe was asked to pardon Normie Hodges, the young white man who killed a ne gro in a gambling row near Hodges about a year ago and was convicted and sentenced to eighteen months on the county ohain gang. Governor Kl lerhn. inv?Rfci<ratprl the case pretty thoroughly and has announced that ha will let the law take its course.