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Deering Light Draft Ideal Mowers. THE ONLY MOWER made with only two-piece pitman. Has adjustable drag bar and light draft We have the genuine thick centre Terrell .Heel Sweep that has just the right set. Also," all sizes of the Victor Sweep Wings. If ?ou will come to see us will make it interesting to you and will eave j ou some money. BROCK HARDWARE CO. __ Anderson, 8. C. E. C. EVANS, JR., & CO., PENDLETON/8. C. LINE OF Buist's Garden Seeds, Points, Gi!, Varnishes, Gasoline^ i Drugs, Medicine? and Chemicals, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Toilet Soaps, Sponges; etc. L supply of Peruna, Manalin and ]>onpia on hand. .if. jgp. , physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded. PROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Own Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 22,1901. The bitter attack made on Admiral Schley by E. S. Maclay seems likely to bring the entire subject of the battle of Santiago to a crisis, especially since it has been shown that Maclay is a "laborer" doing clerk's work in the Navy Department, and is thus vilify ing hi?? superior officer. Ho is also a bosom friend of Admiral Crownin shield, one of Schley's bitterest ene mies, who is believed to have been the real anthor of nearly all thc Outrageous infinite hurled by Maclay at the head of the conqueror of Santiago. More over, Maclay asserts that tho proofs of the book were submitted both to Sec retary Long and to Admiral Sampson and wero returned by them, not only with approval but with commendation. Secretary Long denies this, saying only one chapter was submitted to him, and that this contained no referenco to Schley. The book, it may bo men tioned, calls Schley a coward, a catifF and a liar in so many words. This book was expected to be used, ns the other two volumes of the work aro used, as a text book at Annapolis, but Secretary Long says it must bo expur gated first. In one sense the publica tion of the volume is not to be deplor ed. It has aroused Admiral Schley's friends to the determination to end, if possible, the conspiracy against him organized by a certain clique of naval officers. Representative Schirm's an nounced purpose of introducing a reso lution in Congress asking for an inves tigation of the entire West Indiau campaign, which ended in the capture of Cer vera's ile et, is but a part of the programme. Admiral Schley baa a large number of friends in Congress who propose that justice shall be done bim in that body, especially as it seems impossible to secure for him even fair treatment from jealous naval officers. Further, it is possible that Schley will bring Buit against Maclay for criminal libel. This would throw the whole question into the courts, where Schley would receive an impartial hearing* and where the questions asked by his counsel would have to be answered. Sebley will not, of course, ask an in quiry at the hands of the department, as the detail for the board would be made by Admiral Crowninshield, his bitter enemy. Before such a] board there could not be a fair and impartial investigation. There is, however, an opening either through Congress or the courts, and one of these methods is likely to be seized upon in order to crush the conspiracy which now exists. Ambassador Pauncefote has been in terviewed in London and has expressed his belief that a treaty will be arranged ? before Congress meets which will pro- , vide for the bnildingof the Nicaraguan ? canal and will be acceptable to both nations. If so, it will undoubtedly provide for the right of defense of the canal by the United States in time of war, this being a sine qua non in any \ treaty to which the Senate will agree. \ The other amendments made in the ; Senate to the treaty may also be in- , sisted upon, but thia ?B uncertain, i Meanwhile, the indifference with which \ the whole subject is really regarded in ? Great Britain is shown by the cabled j extracts from editorials in the London ] papers in regard to Lord Pauucefoto's ? interview, in which it is invariably < assumed that thu United States insists ] [>n the right to fortify tho canal, when ] is a matter of fact, fortilications were < expressly barred by the treaty as . idopted by the Senate. From this in- < difference and ignorance it may be } argued that hud Secretary Hay taken , the Senate into his confidence in the T [irst place and provided in tho original ^ treaty for the amendments afterwards made, that Great Britain would have ] iccepted it as willingly as she did the ] treaty actually submitted to her. In \ )ther words, there is good cuuse to be- > io ve that the only reason why a treaty ? s not already In existence is because y >f Secretary Hay's bungling and Great i Britain's touchiness. ] Postmaster General Smith has at < nat issued his long expected orders ? imiting the extent of the second class ] nail rates. These orders, however, \ lave been very greatly modified from i ihe form in which they were first pro- \ >osed and now do not go so very far ? >eyond the correction of the manifest \ i bu ses, The chief objection to them t s the manner in which they were ? nought about. The Postolfico De- < lartment having three times asked ] Congress to make these identical regu- i ations and Congress having three E imcs refused to do so would mnke it ^ ippear that Congress did not want \ hem made. If this inference is cor ee t, it is certainly an usurpation of )Ower for the Postmaster General to ake advantage of a technicality to nake them on his own responsibility, summed up, the new orders bar from t he mails at the pound rate paper y ?acked novels and similar publications; ( leprive of the pound rates newspapers t ind periodicals which have no bona J ide subscription lists, but which aro _ ncvely thrown into the purchaser of t tome more or less attractive premium, t ind pt escribo that nnsold copies of { lewspapers cannot be returned at the 7 lound rate, either to the publishers or j o central nowa agencies. Tho order is je lio ved to be sufficiently sweeping to ?ffeet a saving of mauy millions of dol ara in the expenditures of the Peat- ] >ffice Department, while at the same J it ia claimed that it will not do any in justice to legitimate newspapers and periodicals, for whose benefit alouo tho law was passed originally. The De partment asserts that the saving effect ed by the new rules will probably ena ble one ceut letter postago to be adopted, but says nothing of tho un doubted fact that a still greater saving could bo effected by cutting down the utterly extortionate rateB paid to the railways for hauling tho mails. I'lum present appearances it seems to Demoorata in this city that free sil ver will be practically dropped from the next platform of the party. Froc every section come statements snowing that the leaders generally seem to con sider that the plentifulness of gold makes a further insistence on silver to maintain a sufficient currency unneces sary. Most significant is au interview given out by Mr. Towne, ono of tho very most ardent silver men in tho country. Mr.1 Towne's friends iu Washington have known for some timo that ho favored going slowly with the silver issue in the next campaign and not pressing it in the face of other "paramount issues." When in Wash ington several days ago ho expressed no dissatisfaction with tho omission of the silver plank from tho platform of the Ohio convention. Ho said: "Free silver as an issue is absolutely dead iu tho West. 1 do not beliovo it will be mentioned in the Democratic platform of campaign of 1004. The feeling among Democrats there is that they want to win, and they do not caro wbat kind of a platform they have so long as it brings victory. There isa strong feeling in the west in favor of tho nomination of Mr. Hill or some other man from the east. The Democrats there are tired of defeat, and the drift is toward the adoption of a platform which will ignore the issues of the last two presidential campaigns. While tho supply of gold continues to in crease as it has been increasing lately, there can bo no serious or successful demand for free silver." m m- -? 'Tis Funny. MK. EDITOII : 'Tis f uuny to a bnck woodsman to read the paper s and ob servo what the big men say. 'Tisrt.gu lar side-splitting to notice since the last general election how many reasons have been given for the defeat of tho Democratic party. Col. William J. Bryan and the famous Col. Benjamin Ryan Tillman have explained and ex plained until the whole matter is as clear as mod. It reminds one of the preacher in London many years ago who wrote an explanation of "Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress." The preacher call ed on an old lady member of his church who was reading the explanation. Said he to the woman, "Do you under Btaud the book?'' "Yes, air, I under Btand Mr. Bunyan very well, and in time I hope to be able to understand the explanation." So it seems to a backwoodsman the reason why the Democrats were defeated is easy to understand, but the explauatiocs are mysterious. Our people aro wild and foolish about many things, but you can't foci all the people all the time. Cols. Bryan, Tillman and others of then* kind tried to straddle out and stand on every platform of any party ihnost in the United States, and even bugged to their bosoms the sil v?rit?s inion g the Republicans-about the snly consistent thing that was done, as [ seo it was done by Col. Tillman when lie tried to have that Populist man put >n the Bryan ticket for Vice President, That would have been according to Scripture, but when they put Buch a -nan as Stevenson on with Bryan that tvas a plain violation of Scripture, tvhen it says "be yo not unequally poked together." Our people stilt want consistency in our leaders. We ike a Republican who is a straightout Republican from principle-if such a bing can be-better than we do a man .vbols anything or nothing just to get four vote. It seems to this scribe that ve have no regular organized Democ *ocy now. The party that is called Democrats is a kind of a mixture, tho complexion of which is very doubtful, sometimes favoring Democrats then Populists. Our people know that if hoy wore to follow such leaders that t would bo like following tho "ignis !atuus" into the swamps of confusion md ruin. No, sir, we will never follow heir leadership. The only chanco for ho Democratic party is to reorganize ind re-establish Democratic principles, call upon such mon as Grover Cleve and and others like him-men who mve fixed principles and will not dc lort principles for omeo-then there viii be a chance for the party again, mt not until thi n. BACKWOODSMAN. Wesleyan Camp Meeting. Tho second annual camp meeting of he Wesleyan Methodist Church will ie hold (D. V.) at Oakway, Oconeo j bounty, S. C., commencing on Wed- j ?esday night before tho first Sunday in ; August 1001'. Preachers in thc regular vor lc will be entertained free, all others nust bring bedding and come prepared o toko care of themselves. A good estaurant willbeon the grounds where neals can be had at reasonable rates. Everybody ?B invited. L. G. CLAYTON, Com. Pot Plants end Ont Plowers for vsle. .argo sod H m al I Pslmn s specialty. M rp. r. F. Cllnkscales, 242 North Malu 8t. STATE NEWS. - A proposition to havo a dispen sary at Lamar has boen voted down. - lt. G. Dun & Co. will probably establish a branch office in Columbia. - A negro soldier from the Philip pines has returned to Beaufort with $700 cash. - Eight murder cases havo been tried at the present term of court in Laurens. Th?T wore no conviction*. - John G. Capers will take his ?lace as district attorney this week. Ie is now in Charleston looking after thc condition of the ellice. - John Driscoll, a well-digger, was killed at Gaffney a few days ago. He was iu the well and a tub of dirt aud rock being sent up fell on him, the rope breaking. - Dr. C. S. Gardner of Greenville has accepted thc call to Gracechurch, Richmond, thc acceptance to take effect the 13th of September. His salary will be $3,000. - Three soldiers of the .Sullivan's Island garrison have been sent to prison in Lcaveusworth, Ark., for hurglarip'og a vacaut house on thc Is land. One for forgery. - Owing to heavy appropriations made by tho last Legislature whiuh were made payable before the money for taxes came iu, thc State will have to borrow money this year. - Tho State Board has decided that Charleston must do without tac dispensary profits until she passes a a city ordinance making blind tigers unlawful and tries them in thc city courts. - O. S. Wakcliog and E. I). Wil liamson of Detroit, Michigan, have leased some mining lands about six miles from Abbeville and purpose working tho property energetically in search of gold. - The Spartanburg Daily Herald, of which J. (.. Garlington has been editor and publisher since its organi zation ton years ago has been bought by J. T. Harris. Mr. Garlington will oontinue as editor. - It is proposed to form a now county, to be called Hcyward, out of tho Western part of Beaufort and a slice of Hampton. The Palmetto Post says that office-wanting politicians-are fathering tho movement. - Citizens of Union are preparing for a monster pienic gathering and speaking to tako place on August 8 and 9. All of the prominent South Carolina politicians arc to be invited, as will also Wm. J. Bryan of Nebras ka. - J. F. Richardson has received his commission as postmaster at Greenville, and took charge last Sun day. The term of Mr. Nicholls, the old postmaster, lacks a year of being out. J. A. Easley is Mr. Richardson's assistant. - Tho new main building at the state penitentiary has oeen practi cally completed, lt is ono of the hand somest and best equipped prison build ings in the south. In a short time the concrete floor will be completed and the work will be done. - There was an electrical storm in the vicinity of Woodruff recently. A horse belonging to Lum Lanford, in the town of Woodruff, was killed. A mule and a horse belonging to Mr. Alexander, near town, were killed, Several cows and dogs were killed. - The tobacco season opened last week in the eastern part of thc State with splendid sales in tho largo ware houses. Prices were exceptionally good and thc farmers went away pleas ed wish the prices. The season opens with brighter prospects than ever be fore. - The annual meeting of the Lib erty cotton mill stockholders was held Wednesday. Tho following board of directors was elected: J. P. Smith, president: W. H. Chapman, secretary; J. H. M. Beaty, J. S. Wilson, R. F. Smith, D. K. Norris. D. A. Tompkins, W. P. Odell and J. R. Vaudiver. - Adjutant General Floyd has sent to the war department at Washington the annual requisition for military supplies under the appropriation made by eongress for the military forces of the several States. As soon as the uniforms and equipments arrive they will be promptly issued to the several companies of State militia until each command bas uniforms, etc., for 50 men. - At Carterville late Monday af ternoon Henry Talbert and ICzekiel Hicks opened an old tcud. The quarrel became hot and Hicks struck Talbert with a heavy rake, crushing his skull. Hicks was unhurt. It is reported that there arc no chances for the wounded man's recovery. Mr. Talbert married a daughter of Mr. Hicks, and it is said the quarrel was aver family uilairs. - The women of Charleston are working with great energy in the in terest of tho forthcoming exposition to be held in their city, and the wo man's congresses to convene during the exposition will assemble in Char leston some of the brainiest women in the country. The press* congress will be one of the most interesting, and ivomen from all sections of the coun try who arc actively engaged in news paper work will be p osent. - It was announced at Charleston recently that the government will build another fort on Sullivan's Is land. There are already three large fortifications there in addition to Fort Sumter in the harbor and old Fort Moultrie on the Island proper. Thc sew barracks for the post now being constructed at a cost of $50,000 with tho navy yard dry dock and naval station and an enlarged garrison on the island, Charleston will shortly be by long odds the most important laval and military depot in thc South. (JENERAL NEWS. - The republican party in Ten- | nessee will probably split and put out ? two ticket?. - The coming Tammany platform will contain no reference to Bryan or to the national platform. - Kansas haB taken up Kafir corn as a substitute for corn and hay, which will be ?carce in that, country. - A recent rain in Southern Cali fornia increased the Lompoc valley mustard crop from three sacks an acre to thirty sacks. - Tho Washington l?gislature re cently c'.osed a two days' session, pass ing among other things a new capital punishment law. - Kansas not long ago boasted of her unprecedented corn crop which is now being destroyed, in a large decree, by excessive heat. - Three of the provisional govern ments tried in thc Philippines have had to be abandoned and a return made to military rule. - A negro boy house servant in Newman, (ia., attempted to kill his employer's family by putting rat poison in the breakfast beefsteaks. - There was a terrible destruction of life in Northern dava recently by a volcanic eruption. Over TOO natives and a number of Kuiropeans perished. - The western part of Kentucky is sulFering terribly from drouth, having had tio rain for many weeks. The corn and tobacco crops are practically burned up. - The Argentine Republic is the most progressive country in South America. Already $40,000,000 have been invested in electrical undertak ings in the republic. - A fungus which gots into cotton plants from tho soil is killiuir thc cot ton in tho country round Yaldosta, Ga. lt is said to stay in the soil and kill cotton every yeav - All told over a hundred thousand little mules havo been sent from thc United States to South Africa for thc use of thc British forces. They cost from $85 to $100 apieoe. - At Courtland, Ala., a crowd of negroes lynched a negro man who was charged with killing Sallie Swoopc. The mob hanged their victim to a treo and then riddled his body with bullets. - A fire in Wichita, Kas., tho 16th. destroyed the packing plant of Dold & Son, burning four large buildings and seven million pounds of meat, tho total loss amounting to a million dol lars. - It is said that there aro 000 cases of leprosy in the United States. No section of the country seems to be ab solutely free from it. The special board of marine surgeons has so re ported. - Out in ' Kansas it is said that a man threw a burning cigar stump in a whoat field as he was passing by it. Tho wheat took fire abd 13,000 acres were destroyed. The loss WBB esti mated at 300,000 bushels. - The National Educational As sociation, in session at Detroit, Mich ?gao, last week reaffirmed its declara tion in favor of a natioual university at Washington, to be maintained by the national government. - Of the 2,080,000,000 bushels of barley produced by the civilized coun tries of the world Russia produces by far the largest amount. Next in order oomes Austria, which is followed by Germany, tho United States, langland and Spain. - At the naval training station at Port Royal there aro over four hun dred and odd uncommonly fine looking lads recruited from various sections of the couutry, who are undergoing the preparatory training and discipline for naval service. / - A bulletin issued by the census office shows that there has buen a de crease of the Chinese population in the United States since 1800 of 17, D75, tho number now here being 89, 300. The Japanese increased during the past ten years from 2,037 to 24,300. - Charbon hes killed HO many mules and horses in several Missis sippi counties that not enough work animals are left to finish laying by the crops. Several negroes have died of the disease, and others refuse to work For fear of contracting the fatal mal ady. - Thc amount of wages lost a day by thc present strike in tho three trades is estimated at from $200,000 to $300.000, or nearly a million and a lialf dollars a week. The loss in out put iu thc companies, all of whom nave their product eold for months to ?orne, cannot be estimated now. - For seven years a unique pigeon post has been in operation between Avalon, on Santa Catalina island, and Los Angeles, in California, a distance )f about fifty miles. Over twenty niles of this distance is across thc Pacific ocean. In the ordinary course ive hours are required between the ;wo towns, buttha pigeons often cover die distance in less than an hour. Private messages, business orders, ;tc, are forwarded at prices varying 'rom 50 to 75 cents per message. - A very curious case of double Irowning off Brooklyn occurred a day >r two ago. A family of grown per sons wer.. ?a swimming during abeavy itorm. All felt a tingling sensation 'rom tho water which almost paral yzed the limbs. Thoy realized that he water had been struck by light ing. Two of tho party were swim ning in deep water. It was evident .o those who stood in thc shoal water hat the swimmers reocived thc shock ind were unable to got ashore. They tank in tho presence of their wives. Hie bodies vere found, but life was extinct. Portman Letter. "Our Anderson Intelligencer without tte Portman letter," says a friend, "ia like a eoat having lost a button, and lack ing twa wooka' letters ls like a coat laok ing two buttons-decidedly Tillman like." Since this is not our pol?tica we waive the ?oft Impeachment and try keeping on of the buttons. We may be late, but it will be the de feat of the man who ran to catch the train. Said ho : "It is not that I did not run fast enough, but that I did not start in tirr.o." Travels over rough 'oads aro not con ducir? to the luxurious paBttmo of writ ing. The correspondents' return from meandering over 82 miles of Anderson County bigbwayn ? quip rather for tho languid, lounging artifice of rcpoBe. As tho Italians would HU V: Dolce far niente -sweet idleness! Hut we recolloct the buttons. Thorn ia an oases in most deserts, and spooking of roads inclines us upon the re freshing padded pathway between Port man and old Pendleton. We like to think of such u luxury awaking us aocne duy from all pointa of our compass at Portman to tho circumference of Ander son County. Tho road to old Pendleton recalls to us our editor's recent remark on roads: that the people of the South know how to build good roads without the North coming so far from home to teach them-If only the South would so keep the roads when constructed. In places the Pendleton road is beautiful; three to four vehicles may drlvo abreast. Tho road is smooth, assuming a conscious Importance that it might bea suburban highway. Our thoughts lead to prosper ity, good people, respectability and-yea, the approach to somewhere-Pendleton. On the way no Biirprlse is felt on find ing a good road; the old aristocratic houses are th?re of the old families of An derson County. What mad commission would '.consider waste of time and money on roads bordered by the unfortunate ar chitecture now bordering most of roads in Anderson and adjoining Counties? Who would expect people who could live in such huts to have nerves superior to the delicaoy of the horse's body? If they can live lu such huta, and If their ani mals can travel and not die over such I roads, what's the need of expensive Im provement? Such would seem to be the reasoning Inference of tho County Com missioners. Like usually Beeks like; not until our people grow sppreolative of the comfort and refinement of a pleasant looking dwelling, painted or whitewashed, with its appearance of gardening; foliage, a patch of lawn grass, a bordered walk, an artlstla bed of flowers, sown to enter the soul In its essence of beauty-not until then shall there be good roads. The roada are built for the class of residences bordering the roads No hard feelings should arise toward the custom of South Carolina, but there la a deep seated con viction that until farmers put pride in the refinement of their dwellings as they do in the weight of their hog's prosperi ty will not oome to the State nnder any regime of politics. The Tillman coterie of wool hat and one galina proceed from thia condition of Hie, and the hold which his order of ora tory, his profane, and repulsive ideas have upon the masa, show what debase ment may result from a consanguinity of low Ideals and imperfeot mentality. Ex teriors mstk the progresa of Interiors. Place those people who are now satisfied with suoh conditions in nice, clean-look ing, painted dwellings, artistic in design, prettily conceited with flower, and walk and shrub and color, and they will begin to feel themselves important; they shall begin to have pride of person and char acter, nor will they vote for degraded measures that should perpetuate them selves and their children in poverty and wretchedness. Here is a vocation for the State : The money expended on whiskey politics, and whiskey education, place it in en forced refinement for the poor. Com mand it obligatory on the person build ing a house he shall build according to State contract of taste and comfort-If the person's means cannot alford this the State should supply meuno, then compel the person to keep In repair the house and ita surroundings. This money in such a reform would do more for the poor and their children than shall ever be achieved by the State or city dispen sary. Situated in refinement, morah), manners and politics should climb to a higher lovel. Good roads would ba a de mand, and would 1M furnished those people by a discriminating County Com mission. Bordering tho road to old Pendleton, dotting with their sacred conservatism, are the classic shrines of white columned reliquerv-tho residouces of the Old Bouth-Calhouns. Sloans, Plckens, Tay lors, Sittons, Strihlings, Shanklins, and unanv more who loft their impress in ideas that shall not be erased by oven the shoddy architecture of au effervescent present. These redeem the New South from its oblivion of a mournful deca dence. What'er our sex we lift our hat to the chivalrous air, and our shoes from our feet to the hallowed ground that made tho past a sublime tem ple for the worship of the present. .Leaving the classic abode of Pendloto: and winding North toward Pick ons onr thanks are due Mr. and Mrs. John Bal lentlne and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hop kins, of Centra], with their interesting families, by whoso kind invitation we have been induced to traverse so pleas ant a section of both Counties. From Mr. Raient Ine we learned that the Portman skilled labor oeoasionp'iy illustrates Its superior prowess arno; the workers at the new Norris dam. Va have also no ticed between the two Counties tho finest ootton and corn crops yet noticeable in othor sections. While mentally dwelling In that salubrious region our thanks are not forgotten to the friends of the Intel ligencer who, among their mountain homes, have a pleasant word for the l'on man Letter. V.sltors to Portman this woek were Messrs. J. A. Brock, lt. E. Llgon, J. lt. Pant and Mr. Morris and Cou. and Mrs. M. L. Bonham. lt. lt. I. .Inly 20, 1901.