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"BYTCLINKSOALES & LANGSTON., ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1900. VOLliME XXXYI-NO 16 t - CHIRK STYL? PLUS FIT, ., ' PLUS COMFORT, And to this add MODERATE PRICE The total ls oar range of Good Shirts t , Handsome, tasteful patterns, carefully and honestly made. Souk? will cost you only 50c, and for others $1.00 to $1.50 will be necessary, but whatever you pay you get Shirt Fit and Shirt Value. On view any time. If you need a Straw Hat You should see what we have. We have cut the prices on them. 10. Evans & Co, ANDERSON, S. C., The Spot Gash Clothiers Why not Enjoy Kiding When You Go ? You cannot do it in an old, rattling, r-tugh-riding Buggy, but yon can eDjoy it when you ride on the wings of the celebrated GOODYEAR TI BE. You have no noise, no rough roads when you have E(TJBBER'TIK/BS. Why not join the many who now enjoy the pleasure given them by using the Rubber Tires. Call on ns and let us show you the advantage of using them Church Street, Opposite Jail. FRANK JOHNSON & GO. Deering Light Draft Ideal Mowers. THE ONLY MOWER made with only two-piece pitman. > Ha? 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 tho Victor Sweep Wings? . !f you will come to dee us will make it interesting to you and will ?ave you some money. BROCK HARDWARE ?O. Anderson, 8. C. E. G EVANS, JR., * CO. PINDLSTO?!, ?. C. F?LL LINE OF Buist'a Garden 8eeds, t Paints, Oil, Varnishes, Gasoline. . Drugs, Medicine? and Chemicals, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Toilet Soaps, Sponges, etc A supply of Peruna, Manalin and Lacupia on hand. f&* Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded. FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Oicn Correspondent. 4 WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29,1901. Naturally, tho great ewui of ibo week here hos been the demand of Ad miral Schley for a Court of Inquiry in to his conduct at Santiago. Despite all the columns that have been printed on this subject, certain mistaken im pression in regard to it seems to be Tery widely disseminated. For in stance, credit is given lo Secretary Long for granting thb court demanded, when, as a matter ol fact, ho could not legally refuse, any ollicer having the 1 right to call for an inquiry into hit? acts. Again, there has been a good deal of excited comment in regard to the alleged interview-since denied in toto-with Admiral Bob Evans in which ho stated that Schley did not have the signals for communicating with the vessels. Yet there is nothing new in this; it was so stated by Schley in his letter to the Senate some two years ago, and has never been disput ed. Whether this was withheld inten tionally or unintentionally is not known; it is known, however, that no information that could be withheld was ever sent to the Brooklyn. It was a matter of common comment among the newspaper boats of Santiago, that there was no use for them to visit the Brooklyn daily, ns they always had to take, rather than receive, news there, her people being kept in dense ignor ance of all matters pertaining to the fleet. Whether this was due to Samp son himself or to Captain Chadwick, his chief of staff, is another question. The cynical admission by Govern ment officials that it is intended to hold all the sea-forts of Cuba, including those at Havana, Cienfuegos, M?? Lan zas, Santiago and elsewhere, by Amer ican troops, in addition to the five naval stations granted by the Platt amendment, proves how well advised the Cubans were to demur to that ex traordinary document, and seek to pin the Administration down to an exact interpretation of its terms. This im perium in imperio is, it is claimed, jus tified by the general protection clause of the Platt amendment, and it is frankly admitted that it was intended all along to insist on this under the terms of that Amendment. This is the reason why all attempts to interpret the amendment were resisted so strong ly by the United States-through care was taken not to state the real reasons therefore. An attempt will be made to bulldoze Cuba into requesting the United States to man, equip, and hold these fortresses, but if the Island gov ernment ref ases to accede to this, they will be held anyway. It goes without saying, that Cuba cannot be indepen dent under such restrictions as are im posed by the Platt amendment as now interpreted, and BB it will bo interpreted. If Britain claimed suzereignty over the Transvaal by right of such shadowy re strictions as she did, muoh more can the United States claim suzereignty over Cuba. Hence it is very doubtful whether any of the powers will be will ing to establish diplomatic relations with the island, any more than most of them did with the South African Republic. The future only can show whether the next Congress will take action to cripple tile great trusts or monopolies, but the ?vidence against them is now growing so strong that it 1B thought that the Republicans will not dare to fail to do something. The steel trust is now offering to deliver Bessemer steel billets in 1,000 and 2,000 ton lots to English buyers at $25 per ton, the price charged to domestic consumers at its mills. Thia is $8 a ton less than the prevailing price for British made bil lets, although the steel trust must pay rail transportation at both .ends, ocean freight, and insurance charges, which amount to about half the price receiv ed on delivery to the British buyer. The trouble with the steel trust is that ito capital stock amounts to $1,000,000, 000 in addition to $804,000,000 of G per cent bondi, making a total of $1,404, 000,000. The total valuation of all the atrito and bonde of the constituent companies which were merged in Mr. Morgan's consolidation was only $718, 977,200, abont half tho amount on which the.trust now pays dividends. This explains why the foreign buyer fares so much better than the vhome buyer. Mr. Morgan and Mr. Schwab have re vers-/-! the process OL figuring the cost of manufactured articles. They figure backward from the amount they need to pay dividends, instead bf forward from the items of cost that enter into actual production. Dr. L. O. Howard, of the Department of Agriculture, has been making a study of mosquitos of the United States and has classified them as far as recognized. The anopheles and the culex aro the most common of the American mosquitos, and of these the ?alter are supposed tc exceed in num ber. Yet the anopheles is the more dangerous, .for tbta species is supposed to be tho one which gorges on the blood of malarial persono cocon voy the paraje ile *jo healthy victims, thus inoculating. Them they can be easily distinguisn cd when captured. If the antennae are densely covered with long hairs, tho specimen is a male and can be safely released with the assurance he has never bitten anyone. On the other hand, should the hairs be short and sparse it is a female, and ? biter. Should there be a yellowish white spot noar three-fourths of tho length of tho front margin of wing, or should tho palpi bo wholly black, it is tho deadly anophcle, tho distributor of malarial germs and the disturber of poacoful nights. Tn any case, it is a good idea, in case of doubt, to slay tirst, and in vestigate afterwards. A very curious and wierd story, pub lished in tbe August number of the Pocket Magazine, is arousing a good deal of ?Mention in thia yurt ot the country. It is called "A Kentucky Scarab," and tums on the identity of the ordiuary tumble-bug, so well known to every country boy, with tho far-famed Epryptin.n scarabs winch were au object ot' worship so many thousaud years ago. The ?tory, while comparatively short, is yet long enough to permit the inclusion of some inter esting and characteristic scenes of Ken tucky life. AlberyO. Wright, supervisor of lu d?an schools, is reported as declaring, at the teachers1 conference in Buffalo the other day, that, "So far as possible ? every Indian girl student should not only mend and make her own clothing while under instruction, but should cut 1 and flt it as well. He also . suggested that in place of the usual instruction in cooking, which requires that the students shall preparo tho food for the large number in the school, each girl in turn be allowed to cook for one table only, at which are seated a num ber of persons corresponding to that of an ordinary family." This speech haa the ring of truth and wisdom. The whole system of Indian education pur sued by the government needs over hauling, and in no department so much as in that of the domestic industries. Frte Trade With Porto Rico. WASHINGTON, July 25.-The Presi-* dent to-day issued his proclamation establishing free trade between Porto Bice and the United States, declaring the organization of a civil government for the island. The proclamation is purely formal and only in the body of the resolutions adopted by the Porto Rican Legislature, heretofore publish ed, does it appear that the island is set free commercially to-day in commem oration of the anniversary of the plant ing of the American flag on the island. The proclamation is headed: "Cessa tion o? Tarin?-Porto Rico." It recites that the Act of April 12, 1000, (other wise known as the Foraker Act,) pro vided that whenever the Porto Rican Legislature has enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet tuc needs of the government and by resolution so notified the President, the latter shall issue a proclamation and all duties on goods passing bet ween the United States and Porto Rico shall cease. As the Legislature has com plied with that requirement of the Act in terms set out in resolutions, which are quoted in full in the body of the proclamation, that document says: * "Therefore I, William McKinley, President of the United States, in pur suance of the provisions of the law above quoted and upon the foregoing due notification, do hereby issue this my proclamation and do declare and make known that a civil government for Porto Rico has been organized in accct'aance with the provisions of tho said Act of Congress. - "And I do further declare and make known that the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico has enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the government of Porto Rico. "In witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the city of Washington this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and one, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty sixth. "William McKinley. "By the President, David J. Hill, "Acting Secretary of State." WASHINGTON, July 25.-Assistant Secretary Spaulding gave telegraphic notice to-day to all collectors of cus toms that free trade exista on and after to-day between the United States and Porto Rico. The telegram reads as follows: "Merchandise ?going into Porto Rico from the United states, or coming into the United States from Porto Rico, withdrawn from ware house, ex empt from duty on and after July 25, 1001, under Section?, Act April 12,1900, and resolution and proclamation pur suant thereto." ' nv Far Guns May be Heard. LONDON, July 27.-A remarkable re cord has recently been brought to light concerning the distance at which the firing of heavy guns can be heard. These, discoveries have an important bearing upon rain-making experiments and throw side lights upon the Samp son-Schley controversy. An expert named C. Davison made elaborate pre parations to take observations of fleet tiring when the late Queen Victoria's body was taken from Cowes to Ports month. The resnlt of these observa tions establishes the fact that the re ne rte ot heavy guns were clearly audi ble (t? the extraordinary distance of 140 mile* ialarid, while at a distance OL 84 miles the reports were so loud that laborers in tho fields put down their spades to listen, and at 61 miles from tue guns windows were shaken and other Symptoms of concussion were shown not usually connected with any but adjacent detonations. These state-1 menta' bear upon Sampson-Schley con troversy, insomuch ns Admiral Schloy'a statement, made May 28, 180S, concern ing the hearing of guns forty miles away, which he believed was the Span ish fleet waa received by many persona with considerable incredulity. Rnles Mclaurin Out of the Party. C01.UMUIA1 S. C., July 23.-Tho Stnto Executive Committee late to-night adopted, a resolution ruling Seuntor McLaurin out of (ho Democratic party. The action was totally unexpected. Senator Tillman supported the reso lution, which was unexpectedly offered asa substitute for a resolution over which there had been much debate, presenting tho oath to bo taken by candidates for Congress in the ap proaching election to lill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Stokes, of thc Seventh District. Tho rules proposed in that re. olution were plainly intended to cover the Senato rial election next year. The r?solution follows : "Whereas, The Hon. John L. Me Laurin, Junior Senator elected to rep resent the State of South Carolina m tho national Congress, has by his affil iations nial votes in that body, ignored, the national Democratic platform and thereby inisrcprcseuted his State and his Democratic constituency who elected him. Therefore, be it ! ."Resolved, That it is the sense and conviction of the Democratic State Executive Committee that Seuntor John L. McLaurin, from the standpoint ot honesty and self-respect, should tender his unqualified resignation im mediately." The resolution was adopted by a vote Of 25 to 5. The first resolution, whilo offered to cover tho coming Congressional con test, was admittedly intended for the Senatorial election next summer, it required the candidates to indorse tho national platform and to support party measures in Congress. Because of tho free silver plank in tho platform there was considerable opposition to this, and as it appeared that it could not go through, the ono calling for McLau rin's resignation was offered. It was opposed chiefly by State Senator Ap pelt, of Manning. Senator Tillman appeared as its advocate, making a cutting and strong speech in favor of ruling McLaurin out of the party. The Confederate Meeting at Pendleton. The meeting at Pendleton Saturday, August 3d, in the interest of a Confed erate Home, no doubt will bo well at tended, as all the ladies have n special invitation to bc on hand and encourage the movement for a Home for the homeless, wornout soldiers by their presence. BesideB, a nice picnic grove there is a large dancing hall that will be at the service of the young people after the speaking for their games, &c. Tile old battle flags of Orr's Rifles, 4th S. C. Volunteers, Palmetto Sharpshoot ers, and as many others as can be had, will float . over the speakers' stand, among all other relics of any wars that can be muatered up to decorate the stand. A guard will be placed over the relics to protect them from abuse or loss. All veterans aro invited to meet in Farmers' Hall from 10 to ll a. m. and participate in the reorganization of Camp 1000, U. C. Y\ Speaking will commence at ll o'clock. Immediately after speaking resolutions favoring a Confederate Home for indigent soldiers will be offered. J. C. STIMULI xo, for Camp. R. E. SLOAN, Adjutant. Notice to Veterans. On the first Saturday in August next the surviving soldiers and sailors of the State or Confederate States in the war between the States, in each tov ^Miip, nh all meet at 4 o'clock p. m. at their re spective voting places and elect a rep resentative of the veterans of said township; at Anderson C. II. at 0:80 o'clock p. m. And the representatives so elected shall meet at Anderson CH. on the first Monday in September fol lowing to elect the County Board of pension for the County. By order of County Board. JOHN T. GREEK, Chm. Attest: J. J. G ILMER, Ses. - The dogs in Central Borneo, it seems, when wishing to cross a river, have considerable difficulty in doing so, owing to the fact that alligators find them very toothsome morsels. They, .therefore, collect on the banks and moke a terrific noise by barking and yelping as loudly as they can. The alligators are attracted to the spot by the noise, and the dogs, as soon as they see that their bait is success!id, set off np the bank at top speed and cross higher up. A Borneo traveller states that ho has watched this manoeuvre t imes without number. - Thousand of drunken tish in Mai den creek afforded great amusement to hundreds of people along the banks of the stream at Reading, Pa., ono day last week. The distillery and ware house of Aaron Dunkle at Berkley were burned aad two hundred barr?is of whiskey were emptied into the water. Bass, carp,: catfish, sun-tlsh and eels floated on the surface. Some were lively and kicking, whilo others wore stupefied and still. Tubs offish were captured bet?re they got over their spree and returned to quarters. I sm fitting up an office In the Bleck lny Warebooae, on McUuffie St, whero X will havo more convenient quartoT tn. display my designs and Ham plea, and I will bo glad to see any one interested la my line-Monuments.'iron Fencing, \iv 86', Ac. O. F. Ii ?tu mon :. Harris' Bridge Locals. Saturday, July 27, 1001, and loy by time is upon UR. Tho last of the much talked of forces of Gen. Green have been defeated sud the tired and worn out fanner is declared victorious. To use tile words of Sarge Plunkett or Bill A rp "us have been ruminating'" for the passed few weeks, and tho line ol'our thoughts have steadily drifted until it lins carried us back, hack, back away back to the "good ojd times he fore tho war." That gloriuus time held sedear and in such high esteem hy the old people of to-day. Churches were nothing like hall as numerous then ar they are to-day, and tho mode of travel not near as conven lent, but tho young men and maidens seemed to enjoy going to the "big meeting" a great deal more than those of to-day do, even if they did have to walk four or five miles to the nearest Church. Long before tho hour for tho opening of tho exercises nt Church the boys and girls (those of the sweet six teen typo) could bo seen making their wny toward the little meeting house, doubtless a log structure, the boy bare footed and the girl not far from beiug barefooted, for she generally hud her shoes wrapped up in a handkerchief, and would carry them in thnt way un til they would get nearly to the Church, then she would seat herself by tho roadside, put ou her shoes mid then proceed on her way. And tho preach ing. What a eonet ei-nation it would create in "society circles1' if preachers were to preach to-day as they preach ed at that time. Preachers preached from feeling in that day and time, while to-day they preach from educa tion and training, and their preaching did some permanent good. Men would go to Church then in their shirt sleeves and would enjoy themselves while nt Church, for they could get the benefit of the cool and refreshing breeze, and to-dt> they can scarcely keep cool with electric fans running all the time. Women went plainly dressed, wearing home-made clothes, (the historical homespun dress) and carrying a turkey wing fan, which she would occasionally use very briskly. So summing the whole outfit up into a condensed form we have barefooted boys and girls, men in Bhirt sleeves, and women plainly dressed, ?oingto "big meeting.1' Won der how that "society lady," that left the table at Greenville, because a gen tleman entered without his coat on, would feel at such a gathering? What this country needs to-day are some preachers like old preacher Danly, who was said to be the plainest preacher that South Carolina ever had. Better send for the Rev. Sam. P. JOIICB. The large audience that gathered at Trinity last Sunday afternoon were treated to one of the best Children's Day entertainments ever given in this part of tho country. Each child did the part assigned to them exceedingly well and everybody pronounced the exercises the best they ever heard. Not being able to get a copy of the program wo cannot give arly of the names of those who participated in tho exercises. Tho pastor, Rev. Mr. Rodg ers, delivered a very good address. The Iola Debating Society will en tertain their friends next Saturday night with a discussion of the subject : Resolved, that love is a stronger pas sion than unger. Everybody is invited to attend. Mrs. Sallie Tatum and little daugh ter, Mary, of Georgia, are visiting tho former's sister, Mrs. Levi Burriss. Mr. E. J. Mears passed through this section last week, making photographs for a number of the Iolaians. Miss Maggie Buchanan has returned home after an extended visit to rela tives at Newberry. She hada pleasant stay. Miss Beulah Holder spent last week with relatives at Williamston. Miss Addie McClelland visited her cousin, Miss Mattie Holder, a few days ago. Some of our people went to Portman last week and caught some fine fish, although they did not meet with as good success as they anticipated. Mr. Lawrence Thompson, one of the Lebanon Sunday School teachers, car ried his class down to Jolly's Springs last Friday on a picnic trip. After spending two or three hours very pleas antly at the Springs they decided to visit the County Home. Here tho chil dren recited some beautiful poems and sang some nice songs, which were en joyed immensely by tho inmates. Mr. and Mrs. P. F. King took delight in showing the visitors ever'thing of in terest. Last Wednesday night somebody made a raid on the pasture of Mr. P. H. Brown and stole one of his finest cows. Thursday morning Mr. Brown began a search for his cow, finding her track near a small branch not far from his residence. The track was followed to Pendleton, where the cow was found, the culprit having aold her to a local dealer. Mr. Brown brought his cow back home. No information has been given out aa to who the thief ia. Crops are now doing all they possi bly cnn, and tho farmers are in a great deal better heart than they were a month ago. Good rains have fallon in all parts of this section. Wishing the INTELLIGENCER all the success possible, W. C. BARNETT, July 27. lola, S. C. -mmm~ ? - Pot Plant? and Cut Flowers for ?ale. LargS and ttrnall Palma a ipecialty. Mrs. J. F. CltuksoaWs, 242 Non h Mum.tit. A Letter from Colorado. Asi'KX, Coi,., July 24,1001. MK. E?iTOit:! have thought for sometime that I would give your read ers an account ot my pleasant trip out West. 1 took the train at Royston. Ga., April C?, 0 a. m., passed through At lanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, and when I awoke Saturday morning 1 was in beautiful Tennessee. The farms looked BO different from South Caro lina farms, mostly level, covered with blue grass, wheat and clover. They seemed to have more love for tim trees than tho South Carolinians, and there were a great many small streams in Tennessee mid Kentucky, with large trees growing by them and the beauti ful bim; grass meadows, with trees here ami there, reminded me very forcibly of the beautiful hymn, "Sweet Heids beyond the swelling Hood, stand dress ed in living green.'' Tho farms all seemed to bo in a high state of cultiva tion, the dwelling houses nice and comfortable. Crossed a biidgcovera small stream called Ked River in Ken tucky, that was a 100 feet high. We crossed tho Ohio at Henderson, Ky., it waa Hooded by heavy rains, and was all over the bottoms four miles wide, a number of houses with bateaux tied to the doors so they could get out, saw several steam boats. The river was very muddy and sluggish. I could scarcely tell which way it was Howing. After crossing the Ohio we entered In diana, changed cars at Evansville for St. Louis, passed through the southern portion of Indiana and Illinois. Tho farms were all level, covered with wheat, clover and alfalfa aboutope foot high, with fat cows, horses, sheep and hogs, sometimes, lying down near the streams or pools of water, illustrating the beautiful words of the Psalmist, "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, He leadeth me beside the still waters." Nearly all the farms had ponds, some large enough to be called likes, which had been dug out and CL-m en ted so as to hold the rain water that fell in the winter; another notice able feature, trees standing some dis tance apart seemed to have been plant ed, as they were about equal distance apart, and the grain was just as good right under the trees as anywhere else, showing that the soil was very rich. The dwellings seemed to be very nice houses, but the barns would not com pare with Anderson County, S. C. Arrived at St. Louis 1 p. m. Saturday, left nt 10 p. m., crossed the "Father of Waters," went through a tunnel a mile long. Missouri is one of the finest States I ever saw; the hogs are all fat enough to kill, cows, sheep, horses, all fat, pasturing on the wheat. Saw the Missouri River; the. bottoms are all covered with willows about the same height; the fences were all made of willow switches that looked like a snake could not penetrate them. Ar rived at Kansas City 7 a. m., left at 10 Sunday morning. Kansas is a beauti ful level State. I was told I could see 10 miles each side of the train. More than 20 farms would be in sight at one time; each farm had its own windmill to draw water. Most of tho fields were green with wheat, clover and alfalfa; the oats were just coming up. In a few places they were breaking tho ground with 2, \i and 4 horso plows to plant corn. I saw acres planted in fruit trees, apples, peaches, pears and grapes. Monday morning I awoke in Colorado, the State of my destination, at a place called Sugar City, which should be called Tent Cicy, ns nearly all the people were living in tents, old oars and covered wagons. The land was level and bare, only sage bush and thistle growing on it, the irrigating ditches dry, the cattle poor, altogether a gloomy prospect. Arrived at Pueblo 8 a. m.-crossed the Arkansas River. At Colorado Springs I was near Pikes Peak, white with snow, then I realized I was in tho Rockies. We followed the head waters of the Arkansas River np the mountains, climbing up, up by the side of the white, foamy waters as they went dashing down, down over the rocks. Just a succession of falls on one side and the high mountains on the other side, sometimes so high we could not seo the tops from the car windows, and occasionally going through a tun nel. Wo climbed up till we were 10.000 feet above sea level and then crossed the Continental Divide and descended by the side of the head waters of the Colorado, and I saw little streams frozen white, and glistening, all the way down the mountains. The snow was 10 feet deep in the gulches, lakes fro zen over, all the ground white with snow. I saw a number of coke ovens and many other curiosities too numer ous to mention. But the grandest sight 1 ever beheld waa the Rocky Mount ?lins. My feeble pen cannot do justice to the subject or picture any of the beauties 1 saw on this grand trip. I often wished for kindred and friends to enjoy the beau tiful scenery with me. I arrived at Aspen at 8.a0 Monday night, April 20, having been on the road 4 days and ? nights. My brother, W. R. Earle, met me at Leadville and came with me over the prettiest part of the moun tains and pointed ont the most noted placea. Tho air is so thin and clear we can seo a long ways, and mountains 10 miles off look like they nre right at us. Aspen is a beautiful little city, sur rounded by mountains, with only one entrance into the city, and both rail roads, the Colorado Midland and the Denver and Rio Grande, came in the same gap. Tho city is supplied with water from the cool mountain streams, and it is as cold as wo would wish to drink all the time. The thermometer hero has been ne high as 8? a few days, but tlio nights arc so cool and pleasant we have to nave cover all the time. A delightful place to spend the summer. Miss BETTY EAU I.E.