E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
THUBSDAY, NOV. 17, 1ft?7.
TE RMS :
ONE TRAT?.-?1.80.
BIS MONTHS............................. 70c.
The funeral of the four Anarchists
who were hong, and of Linng, who blew
off his head with a bomb, was a great
demonstration. The hearses and coffins
were covered with flowers, and their
comrades did everything possible to
invest the hang murderers with the
appearance of martyrs. The speeches at
the grave were enlogistic of the dead, and
of the principles for which they died.
Such an event ought never to have been
permitted. Men who were guilty
enough to deserve hanging ought not to
have been made heroes of in the very
shadow of the gallows. Much of the
wholesome effect of the hanging was lost
"' by the demonstration in the funeral.
The execution of the Anarchist mur?
derers in Chicago was necessary for the
safety and peace of society. The hang?
ing of the four doomed men last week
will save hundreds of lives, and avoid
the necessity of having a great many
. hangings in the future. The men who
advocate the destruction of society, and
the overthrow of government, are public
' enemies, and should be removed from
our midst. They are the worst kind of
murderers, and when they are connected
with-a party of bomb throwers who kill
to carry their point, hanging is the
proper remedy. We apprehend that it
will be some time before this country
will have a recurrence of the Haymarket
tragedy. A wholesome lesson has been
given to the Anarchists of this country.
The State Fair in Columbia last week
was a most successful and pleasant
event. The City of Colombia was com?
pletely over-run by the large crowd which
gathered from every part of the State.
The exhibits were not better than usual,
but the crowd was larger and the inter?
est in the success of the exhibition great
throughout the State. It is the leading
South CMOliua-gathtJiiUg^ aud--aonnally
affords a convenient opportunity for the
" people of the Slate to meet with and see
the evidences of the prosperity of all
parts of the State. It is an educating in?
stitution, and well deserves the patronage
of onr people. The election of officers
for the next year resulted in the election
.. of Capt. J. B. Humbert, of Lawrens, as
President, and by this wise selection the
continued prosperity of the association is.
assured. We should, in every way pos?
sible, endeavor to increase the success and
usefulness of this association.
The Legislature meets on the fourth
Tuesday in November, which comes this
year on the first day possible, the 22nd
day of the month. This will give a ses?
sion of thirty-three days before Christ?
mas. It is, -jerbaps, well for the State
that this Lappens at this time, for there
will be need for all of the time. The
House of Representatives begins the
session with a calendar of more than one
hundred and fifty Bills on it, some of
which embrace subjects of great impor?
tance to the State. There will certain'y
be a great deal of discussion over the
establishment of an Agricultural College,
the reduction of the rate of interest to
Baven per cent., the repeal of the Lien
Law, the repeal of the Homestead Law,
the report of the Phosphate Commission,
the reorganization of the Agricultural
Bureau, the consideration ? of several
Prohibition Bills which are now pend?
ing, the Bill amending the Criminal
Law, the Bill punishing organized inter?
ference with labor, the proposition to
call a Constitutional Convention, several
Bills altering the School Law, and
various propositions to amend the Con?
stitution, and other vital subjects will
certainly deserve and receive careful
consideration from the Legislature.
OUR WASHINGTON LEITER,
Washington, D. C, Nov. 12,1887.
In about a; month the Fiftieth Con
- gross will have convened, and its first
session promises to be one of unusual
excitement, and, unless all signs fail, of
interesting developments. Preceding as
it does the Presidential election, both
parties will be on their good behavior,
and both will exhibit an excess of zeal
in the presentation and advocacy of
measures for the promotion of the public
good.
The meeting is anticipated with great
interest among politicians of the Demo?
cratic school, who Bee the possibility of
decided and valuable party advantage
upon a judicious use of the splendid op?
portunities with which the dominant par?
ty in the House will be confronted. By
their conduct here, they can materially
advance or seriously injure their chances
for success in 18S8. The meeting is also
the Bubject of much anxiety among thos^e
upon whom will devolve the task of con?
ducting to the point of enactment the
important measures that will be brought
before the House. Chief among these is
the tariff, the subject of Congressional
consideration most intimately concerning
the interests of the people. The Demo?
crats realize that they can have no
greater claim in the next national con?
test for the continued supremacy of their
party than to point to their record in
Congress, which accomplished needed
reductions in useless taxes, which
relieved the people of oppressive bur?
dens, with the consequent decrease in the
present accumulation of surplus money
in the Treasury. To accomplish these
results, every energy and influence must
lend its aid. It is an achievement to
which even the power of the administra?
tion, backed by Cleveland's personal
efforts, will be subservient. Hence, it
will appear that the contest, from a parly
standpoint, presents grave issues and
much of vital concern, and party lead?
ers are naturally anxious.
A large number of Representatives
and a few Senators have already appear?
ed at the Capitol, and hare located for
the winter. This being what is termed
a long session, probably extending into
the summer, members generally will
bring their families. These, with the
army of hangers on and lobbyists, popu?
larly styled the "Third House," who
come with the assembling of Congress,
will constitute an influx ol population
that will make the winter gay, and glad?
den the hearts of the boarding-house
keepers.
There i3 very little talk about the
organization of the House, as it is taken
for granted that all the officers from the
Speaker down will be re-elected, with
the possible exception of the Doorkeeper.
This is an . important position, having
considerable patronage, and the several
candidates already announced make the
result uncertain.
The President and the members of his
Cabinet are now busily engaged in the
preparation of their annual reports.
The Attorney General has finished and
submitted bi3 reports to the President.
Secretary Fairchild is devoting all his
time to this work, and to escape the con?
stant interruptions at his office, does the
work in the quiet of his home. The
heads of the other Departments are also
subject to the same annoyances, and per?
form tho real work of these reports at
their private residences.
The Naval Board of Coast Defenses
has nearly completed its report. It has
agreed upon a system of defense, con?
sisting of Monitors supported by auxili?
ary craft, such a3 rams and torpedo boats,
and is satisfied that the $2,000,000 ap?
propriated by Congress for this purpose,
will be sufficient to establish at least one
unit of the system. The Monitor Mian
tonomat has been selected as the vessel
which will be the center of the unit, and
she will be equipped with several fleet
rams, which in turn will be accompanied
and protected by small, speedy torpedo
boats. If this unit should be found to
work harmoniously and efficiently, the
system can be indefinitely extended from
year to year without necessitating a great
expense at one time.
The Government has just granted a
pension, to commence from October, 1863,
to a seaman in the United States Navy
for total blindness, the first payment on
which is $13,085. This is one of the
largest payments at one time ever made
by the Pension Office.
The reduction of the public debt dur?
ing October amounted to $16,833,695,
and for the first four months of the cur?
rent fiscal year to' $40,736,035. The
total debt, less cash in the Treasury, is
$1,238,692,701. The interest bearing
debt is $1,041,770,742. The net cash in
the Treasury is $56,758,704, or about
$11,500,000 more than a month ago.
Government receipts for October were
$31,803,172; or about $2,500,000 more
than during October, 1886. Custom
receipts for the past mouth amounted to
$18,708,688, Internal Revenue receipts,
$10,467,515, and receipts from miscella?
neous sources, $2,626,969. Expenditures
"duHng-Octaber amounted to$26,332,822,
or $3,000,000 less than during October,
1886. Receipts and expenditures for the
first four months of the current year,
compared with the corresponding period
of last year, are as follows: Receipts,
1887, $132,096,965 ; expenditures, $102,
976,877. Receipts, 1886, $124,484,090;
expenditures, $100,360,125.
Carolina's Phosphates,
Correspondence Augusta Chronicle.
Anderson, S. O., Nov. 10.?The
commission of three Senators and five
Representatives appointed by the Legis?
lature of this State to investigate the
status of the State's phosphate interest,
of which Senator Murray, of this County,
is chairman, has recently been diligently
at work upon the subject assigned them;
and your correspondent finding the
chairman at home during a recess of the
commission, called upon him for his
views upon the subject, which is one of
great interest to the people of this State.
Senator Murray replied that he could not
with propriety give any public expres?
sion to his opinions on the subject, as the
commission bad not yet agreed upon its
report to the Legislature, and it might be
decided not to give any public expression
to the sense of the commission until the
Legislature meets. He stated, however,
that be would be pleased to communicate
any facts which had transpired in the
investigation, and began by stating that
there are two classes of phosphate min*
ers. For convenience sake, be would
designate one class as water miners and
the other as land miners. The water
miners are engaged in mining phosphate
rock from the navigable streams, which
are the territory of the State. For the
privilege of so mining, they pay to the
State a royalty of one dollar per ton on
each ton of crude phosphate rock they
get from such territory. The land min?
ers are engaged in mining similar rock
from large tracts of land in which this
rock abounds. The lands are owned by
Srivate persons or corporations and the
t?te has no proprietary interest in them
and gets no royalty on the rock mined
from them. During the past year the
State has received two hundred and
eight thousand dollars ($208,000) from
royalty paid by the water miners. At
the last session of the Legislature there
was a proposition to raise the royalty on
the rock dug from the State's territory to
two dollars per ton. On this proposition
this commission was appoiuted to exam?
ine and report as to the status of the
State's phosphate interest, with power to
send for persons and papers and take tes?
timony under oatb, with a view of ascer?
taining as near as possible the truth as to
the phosphate question. For years past
there has been a periodical agitation of
the proposition to raise the State's roy?
alty. The land miners have contended
that it could be done without crippling
the water miners, while the latter have
asserted that the industry could not
stand it. All sorts of rumors were in
circulation as to the profits of water
mining?particularly as to the profits of
the Coosaw Company, which is the
largest water mining company. The
commission met in Charleston and deter?
mined to go to the bottom of the ques?
tion, if possible, and began by an inspec?
tion of both the land and water mining,
preparatory to the taking of testimony.
The land mines were first examined,
and the water mining was inspected. A
very large amount of capital is invested
in each of these classes, and the scale of
operations of these companies is vastly
greater than is generally supposed. The
phosphatic deposits, both in land and
water territory, are very extensive, and,
at the rate at which they have been con?
sumed for the past ten years, will lest for
considerably more than a century?per?
haps two or three of them.
The price of dried rock in this market
is from four to four and a half dollars
per ton. The testimony showed that the
Charleston mining company, the largest
of the land companies, has been mining
its rock at an expense for everything,
except interest on investment, of $3.37
100 per ton. They have a very rich
deposit and own some twenty-seven
square miles of land, supposed to contain
phosphate rock in available quantities
and depths on at least one third of it.
This land averages from 1000 to 1100
tons of rock per acre on the territory
worked. The other land owners are
working at varying prices, running up to
near five dollars per ton. A number of
them have been driven out of business by
the cost of digging and the low price of
work. The Cocsaw Company, the largest
water company, as I have said, is mining
at a cost of $4.25-100 per ton, including
the State's royalty ot one dollar. The
other water companies have been mining
at costs running from that BUin up to
$4.50 100 per ton. It will, therefore, be
seen that there is more variance in the
cost of land than water mining. This is
explained by the fact that some lands are
much richer than others and there is
great difference in the scale upon which
land mining is conducted. The compa?
nies mining in water all select the best
territory, and with one or two exceptions
the small miners have been driven from
the business by the low price of rock.
The water mining may be said to be done
practically by Bix companies, five of
whom have very large plant investments.
One of the most wrnderful dredging ma?
chines in tbeworld is the dredge invented
by Mr. F. Brotherhood, which consists of
a chain of buckets, capable under favor?
able conditions of immense work. The
testimony of every witness examined wsb
emphatically against the propriety of
continuing the system of "General
Rights," as it is termed. Under this
system the State only grants to compa?
nies or individuals the right to dig for a
period of one year at a time. Of course
these miners skim the cream from the
rivers as far as they are able, and do not
work as systematically as it should be
done.
The result of this is that a great deal
of rock is left in places where it will be
bard to get other miners to go for it.
There are only two companies holding
special grants. One of these is the Oak
Point Mines Company, whose grant
expires next March. The other is the
Coosaw Company, which claims a per?
petual grant from the State, but whose
grant the late General Connor, then
Attorney General, and Attorney General
Earle, together with a great many able
lawyers, construe to end in 1891. This
company has been wonderfully success?
ful. They have $750,000 invested in the
business and are almost complete in
themselves.
They do their own building and repair?
ing and always keep duplicates of the
various parts of their machinery on
hand. Their work is managed in a thor?
oughly business-like way in every par?
ticular. This company has paid an
average dividend of from thirteen to
fourteen per cent. During the past year
no water company has paid any dividend
or laid up any surplus. During the past
year the Charleston Mining Company
has paid a dividend of fourteen per cent.
% The land rock is preferred by buyers in
this market, and very little of the river
rock is sold here, while in Europe the
river rock is prefered, and very little
land rock is sold there. The price in
this country rules the market, the price
in Europe being substantially the same
as here with the freight added. The tes?
timony showed that, in the judgment of
the witnesses examined, our rock could
be sold at from six to seven dollars per
ton, with freight added, in Europe.
After passing this price foreign competi?
tions, mainly from Spain, Belgium,
Canada and Mexico, would drive them
out of the market. This rock is the base
of our commercial fertilizers, but is not
the chief expense in the manufacture.
In acid phosphate it costs less than half
of the material used, and in amraoniated
fertilizers less than one-fourth. Both
land and river men are anxious for an
increase in the price of rock, as it is now
ruinously low tor both of them.
The royalty paid by men who rent
lands to mine has run from ten cents to
one dollar per ton, and has averaged from
sixty to seventy-five cents per ton.
The sessions of the committee have
been public, and the amplest opportu?
nity has been afforded to all parties
interested to get the information they
possessed before the Commission. The
Commission will meet in Columbia on
Friday to complete its report, and Sena?
tor Murray left to day to be present dur?
ing the session.
LINGG CHEATS THE HANGMAN.
I Schwab and Flelden Have Their Sentences
I Commuted to Life Imprisonment.
Chicago, Nov. 10.?Louis Lingg, the
most desperate of the condemned An?
archists, and the manufacturer of the
bombs for the Haymarket riot, blew off
half of his head while in his cell in the
county jail this morning about 9 o'clock,
by means of a fulminating case. He
died at 2:50 p. m. He bad the case in
his mouth and lit it with a candle which
was burning in bis cell. The explosion
was the first warning that the jail people
bad?the guard seeing him with the can?
dle in his hand supposing that he was
lighting a cigar. From the effects of the
explosion half his head was torn away.
executive clemency for fielden
I and schwab.
Sheriff Matson has just received a
telegram from the Governor, stating that
the sentences of Fielden and Schwab
have been commuted to life imprison?
ment. The other four men are to ha: g
tomorrow.
Immediately after the explosion,
Deputy O'Neill rushed into Lingg's cell,
which was completely enveloped in
smoke. There he found the young An?
archist lying on his back, with great
holes in his bad, from which blood was
rushing in torrents. He was at once
carried into the jail office and placed on
a table. He was still breathing faintly,
and while Dr. Gray was examining him
he coughed slightly and blood flowed
forth again from his terrible wounds and
from his mouth and nose.
At 10:15 Dr. Gray made a further ex?
amination and found that the tissues of
the throat and neck and the front of the
jaw had been torn away. He adminis?
tered stimulants, but they failed to rouse
the man.
! How the dymanite was smuggled into
the cell is not known, but it is generally
believed that there is a traitor among the
death watch who gave him the dynamite
and cap. This is the theory at the Sher?
iffs office.
lingg'S farewell address.
All day yesterday it was thought that
Lingg acted differently from usual.
Tuesday night he gave out his "farewell
address," which was written for the
Alarm, Parson's old paper. In it he re?
cited at length his grievances and closed
as follows:
"Now, with a last earnest farewell to
all my friends and comrades, and with
final wishes for their prosperity, I close,
in view of the certainty that I shall never
have a chance of seeing you again, my
beloved comrades. With the earnest
and hearty wish for your future success
in life, your comrade hoch die Anarchie.
"Louis Lingg."
O'Neal, one of the two guards who
remain on duty before Lingg's cell
throughout the day, declared that Lingg
was the coolest man in Cook County jaii.
He was very pale, but his appetite was
good and he slept well.
a sickening scene.
The scene in Lingg's cell after the ex?
plosion was ghastly. Teeth, bits of jaw?
bone, shreds of flesh, and blood were
scattered all over the narrow compart?
ment. A little trail of blood marked the
way over the stone flagging to the room
where Lingg was carried. Within fifteen
minutes after the explosion, Fischer,
Parsons and Engel were taken from their
cells and searched in the jailer's private
office. All their clothing was taken
from them and now suits made by the
Sheriffs orders were given them. Sheriff
Matson says Lingg was stripped and
carefully searched yesterday and the day
before.
At 1 o'clock Lingg's condition was un?
changed. He was still conscious, and
presented a most terrible sight, with the
lower part of his jaw completely torn
off and his thick auburn hair still matted
with blood. His cheeks were torn out,
and hung down in jagged pieces upon
his neck. His teeth were knocked out
and his gums torn away, and but a small
stump of tongue appeared protruding
from tho mangled throat. In the upper
patt of the throat, immediately under
the lower part of the jaw bone, a terrible
gap had been torn out from inside.
how the terrible deed was done.
Turnkey O'Neill discovered the little
agent which had served Lingg to accom?
plish^ his terrible work. It was a small
fulminating cap, a little over an inch
long. It had been filled with fulminate
of mercury, and the small fuse which is
usually attached to these instruments of
death had been touched off by Lingg at
the time the reporter thought be was
lighting a cigar. When Lingg commit?
ted the deed he was lying on his cot.
After the affair, when his cell was
searched, another candle was found. At
the top of it, barely concealed by the
ends of the wick, a second fulminating
cap was found; so it is supposed that
Lingg's attempted suicide was committed
with one similarly bidden. The candles
were furnished by the jail, so that the
caps must have been put in by Lingg
himself.
what the anarchist organ says.
At the office of the Arbeifer Zeitung to?
day, things were quiet and an air of
secrecy seemed to prevail. The noon
issue of the paper contained a short
account of Lingg's suicide, which read :
"They have urged our courageous friend
to death. This morning he committed
suicide." The account goes on to say
that his friends' declaration that he was
insane yesterday drove him to suicide.
FOUR PICTURES OF DEATH.
A Graphic Story of tho Last Moments of
the Doomed Anarchists?Bravado and
Desperation In the Very Moment of Death.
Chicago, November 11?8:30 a. m.?
The death warrant was officially deliv?
ered to Chief Deputy Gleason on board
the 7 o'clock train from Springfield at
22d street this morning, by Robert
Oglesby, the governor's son and private
secretary.
Shortly after G o'clock Fisher awoke
with a start. He yawned, rubbed his
eyes, looked up at the daylight that was
uow creeping in through the skylights,
sprang lightly from his cot and com?
menced to dress. There was a sullen
look upon his face, and he only grunted
when the death watch wished him a
cherry good morniDg. Almost at the
same moment Engel arose and Spies
awoke. Engel at once arose from his
bunk. Spies, however, stretched his
arms and lay still a moment as if think?
ing. Parsons sat upon the edge of his
cot and gazed at the opposite wall of his
cell, then he sighed in a sad and weary
way and slowly arose. Fischer expressed
a desire to wash himself, and, guarded
by six turnkeys, he was taken to a faucet
at the farther end of the cage, where for
months the condemned m?a have held
daily levees with their friends and rela?
tives. As he emerged from the cell he
stood still for a moment and looked in a
strange, enquiring way at the telegraph
instrument, which at that moment was
sending his every movement throughout
the country. When he had reached the
stationary washstand he turned the
faucet with a sharp jerk, plunged his
hands into the cold water and plentifully
besprinkled bis face and neck. Then he
rubbed himself briskly with a towel,
surveyed himself iu tho glass and indi?
cated to his keepers that he was ready to
return. As the key turned upon him,
the door of Spies' cell was thrown open
and the arch conspirator stepped cut.
His face was pale as death, but there was
a look of bravado upon his countenance,
and as be stood there with his head
planted firmly upon his shoulders and
his eyes looking straight into those of a
tall man before him, it was evident that
he was making a strong and determined
effort to bear himself bravely to the end.
He wished the guard good morning in an
easy manner, and then following Fisher's
example walked over to the other end of
the corridor and washed himself. After
he had finished his ablutions and had
been again locked up, Engel and Parsons
were brought out in their turn and given
an opportunity to cleanse themselves.
They manifested firmness of demeanor,
but said nothing in response to the ques?
tions of the keepers regarding how they
felt. Parsons, however, asked for a hair
brush, and one was furnished him from
Hatson's quarters. He brushed his hair
carefully, and, with the brief remark,
"that's all," he turned on bis heel to?
ward his cell. At 7 o'clock food, which
had been ordered, was brought in and
taken to the cells. All had ordered beef?
steak, coffee, bread and butter but Par?
sons, who expressed a desire for raw oys?
ters, fried eggs and milk toast. All ate
heartily. Parsons, especially, cleared
everything before him and asked for a
plate of fried oysters. They were quick?
ly procured and as quickly put out ol
sight.
When the prisoners had finished their
last meal a touching letter of farewell,
signed by Fielden and Schwab, part
being in the handwriting of each, was
brought down stairs by a big turnkey.
It was first passed to Spies, then in turn
to Parsons, Engel and Fischer.
As the time for the execution ap
proached, the men seemed more medita?
tive. Some wrote letters to friends and
relatives and gave them to the sheriff for
delivery after the execution.
The voice was that of Fischer, and he
was standing at his cell door singing the
"Marseilleise" with all the strength of
his powerful lungs. There was a smile
upon his face, not cynical, but a hearty,
open faced smile as that of a "man who
was entering heart and soul into the sen?
timents of the words he was siogiDg."
He sang two stanzas of the fpmous song
and then subsided.
how they died.
Cook County Jail, Nov. 11.?An?
archists Parsons, Fisher, Engel and Spies,
the convicted Haymarket murderers,
have been throttled by the law?the self
same law that they had hoped to throttle.
Their scaffold drop fell at 11.54 to day.
It lacked just seven minutes and a half
of the hour of high noon when a single
white shrouded figure, above which was
a face of yellowish pallor?the face of
August Spies?passed the first post of the
gallows. The gaping crowd, ten feet be?
low, half rose involuntarily from their
chairs at the first glimpse of the appari?
tion advancing across the scaffold.
Spies looked calm, and glanced at the
reporters with a trace of his old time
cynical smile. He walked firmly over
the drop, guided by the grasp of a deputy
to the furthest edge of the gal Iowa. Fol?
lowing close came Fischer?close enough
to touch Spies' shroud had his hand not
been pinioned under the white muslin.
Fisher's countenance bad a peculiar
glisten, totally unlike theashiness of En
gel's heavy features, and in strange con?
trast with the dead lack of color in the
pinched lineaments of Parsons. The
once jaunty, vivacious Texan came last,
a withered old man. He had aged
twenty years since the day, scarce twelve
months before, when he had tripped
lightly into the court before Judge Gary
and flippantly declared he was ready to
be tried at once for his life.
The moment his feet touched the scaf?
fold, Parsons seemed to completely loose
his identity and to feel his spirit was no
loDger a part of his body. He had
wrought himself up to an ecstacy of
solemn self glorification. Only he, the
one American, seemed to realize in full
that he must die in a manner to impress,
I if possible, on all future generations the
thought that be was a martyr. No
tragedian that has paced the stage in
America ever made a more marvelous
presentation of a self-chosen part, perfect
in every detail. The upward turn of his
eyes, his distant, far away look, and above
all his attitude of apparent complete res?
ignation, that every fold of the awkward
shroud only served to make the more
distinct, was by far the most striking
feature of the entire gallows picture.
The squatty form of Engel along side,
with his stupid, wide jawed face, made
a hideous contrast to Parsons' assumption
of the halo of a martyr. Fischer was
head and shoulders taller than the other
three, making his occasional looks of too
evident bravado more noticeable than
they might otherwise be, and at a sorry
disadvantage compared with the steady
coolness of Spies. The latter's exhibi?
tion of quiet, thorough nerve far surpassed
as a wonder tho demeanor of any of his
comrades.
The four burly deputies standing to
the rear of the four condemned men
began without delay to adjust the ropes.
Spies' noose being the one first placed.
He did not appear to regard it as of any
more consequence than a new linen col?
lar. The knot was slipped down the
cord, close against his neck. Spies did
not show a tremor, but when the same
process was being carried out with Fisch?
er, he turned and quietly whispered to
the sheriff some suggestion concerning
the rope. Fischer's occasional ardor was
quite noticeably less when he felt the
hempen strand, and Engel bit his under
lip hard when his turn came. Just then
Dr. Mnrphy, a young physician, standing
back of Engel, whispered a joke in En
gel's ear. Incredible as it may seem,
the low-browed anarchist laughed out?
right with the rope around bis neck, and
while another was being fastened on
Parsons by his side. But the grotesque
laugh stopped in a single instant, and
Parsons, as meekly as a Baint, turned his
eyes upward at the dangling line above
him.
Before the four Anarchists had an
inkling of what was to be done, the white
cap8 were deftly slipped upon their
necks,'shutting off the view* to each * s
completely and with less warning than
does the camera cloth of the photograph?
er. August Spies was the first of the
four doomed men to make use of his wit9
while he could. In a tone of intense
bitterness of spirit, he?the man who
wrote the infamous revenge circular?
hissed out between his tightly pinched
teeth. "There will come a time when
our silence will be more powerful than
the voices they are strangling to death."
The last syllable of Spies' concluding
words, hoarse with suppressed passion,
had not reached the end when Engel,
raising his voice, wildly cried : "Hurrah
for anarchy." Fischer caught the fire
of the uttc.?r:ce and still more loudly
exclaimed: "Hurrah for anarchy," ad?
ding, "This is the happiest moment of
my life."
There was silence like the grave, bro?
ken abruptly by the slow measured in?
tonations of Parsons. Like a white
robed priest before the altar of sacrifice
. ?not as a dying request, but rather like
a command or warning, hesounded forth:
"May I be allowed to speak?" Then
with a slow entreaty came: "Will you
let me speak, Sheriff Matson ?" There
was auother agonizing pause. Muffled,
through the shroud, broke out in unna?
tural, hollow accents : "Let the voice of
the people be heard."
A crash, as of a falling bouse, thun?
dered through the corridors. The slen?
der ropes were taut. In full view of two
hundred men were four white writhing
shrouds. The ropes could be seen g'ow'y
tightening about tbe necks that, between
the cap and the shroud, could be noticed
blackening and purpling. Nine minutes
passed. Then it was known to a certain?
ty that not a neck had been broken. The
four Haymarket murderers had been
literally throttled and strangled by the
law which they had defied.
? Capt. Geo. D. Bryan was unani?
mously nominated for mayor by tbe
democratic nominating convention in
Charleston, Friday.
? The Methodist Church has built
more than four thousand new churches
in the sixteen Southern States since the
war. These houses of worship represent
a membership of over 400,000.
? Congressman Bynum, of Indiana,
says that the ticket to Bweep the West
for the Democracy in 1888 i3 Grover
Cleveland, of New York, and Governor
Gray, of Indiana.
? The scarcity of water in western
Ohio and eastern Indiana is becoming
a serious matter. Very many mills have
had to stop, cattle are actually suffering
for drink, village wells are dry, and ty
. phoid and other fevers are appearing.
? George Ogleiby, of Waco, Texas,
has gone into tbe bloodhound business,
and has the finest kennel in the United
States. He is encouraged in his business
by the increased frequency of deeds of
violence, and thinks that if the revolver
law is repealed, his dogs will come into
great demand to bunt bad men witb.
? Martinsburg, West Virginia, boasts
the two pluckiest girls on the Western
Hemisphere. They are Miss Bella Bur?
roughs and Miss Virginia Spinger. Each
of these heroines carried a keg of powder
from a burning store recently, and the
kegs were so hot that it was necessary to
envelop them in wet cloths.
? Wu m Jefferson Davis was in Macon,
Ga., Mr. Robert Hayden, of the Tele?
graph, made him a present of a new hat
and kept as a memento the one which tbe
expresident of the Confederacy discarded.
He has since been offered $100 for the
old hat, but refuses to part with it.
? Rev. Wm. Dean, D. D., for fifty
years a missionary to China, will winter
in Augusta, the guest of Mr. A. Smith
Irvine. Sunday he visited the Chinese
miss on of the Baptist church, and con?
versed with the attendants in their native
tongue, to their surprise and delight.
? Prof Waterhouse, of Washington
University, is of the opinion, after travel?
ing all over the world, that the jute and
its sister fibres can be raised in tbe Unit?
ed States, and that tbe crop will be worth
two hundred millions of dollars annually.
It can be made as fine as silk and bleach?
ed to the whiteness ofsnow, and is adapt?
ed for the manufacture of silk, satin,
seersucker, and other articles.
? A teacher told her scholars that it
was wrong to chew tobacco. A small
boy replied that he had seen, a fellow
chew because his teeth ached, and assert?
ed that it was not wrong to chew tobacco
if his teeth ached. The teacher was at
first puzzled to know how to answer this
stunning argument. At last she said to
the boy: "Horace, if a girl should have
the toothache, and want to chew tobacco,
what then ?" Horace scratched his head
and then said resolutely, "She ought to
have the tooth pulled."
?When you go to church, lay your
quid of tobacco oo the door step 'till the
services are over. You can get it again.
The church has just been scoured and
cleaned, and put in apple-pie order, for
the meeting of tbe presbytery, and it is
the request of the ladies who have charge
of the house that it be not soiled again,
a3 it has been. Do you know who has
to clean it up ? Just tbe nicest ladies in
this community. And they say the job
is not one bit nice. Think of these
things when you are spouting ambeer over
the church floor, like a tobacco geyser,
and quit, for very shame, 'til the servic.es
are over.?Montgomery, Ga., Monitor.
? The Rev. J. W. Daniel says: Here
is an illustration I wish you would carry
home with you. It is not mine. I got
it out of a book: "The Congo and Nile,
rivers of Africa, begin up in the moun?
tains. They gather strength from the
everlasting bills. But when they reach
the plains they spread out, and become
so broad and shallow that there is no
river left. 'For want of depth they die'
and the'r death breeds an African swamp.
Instead of bringing life, they bring death,
disease, malaria, pestilence. "Rejoice
O ! young man in tby youth. Rejoice
O ! young woman in thy strength, gather
up the energies and forces of thv life, and
consecrate them to God, that thy life may
not be a failure. God forbid that any in
this congregation should say at last,
'The harvest is past, the summer is ended,
and we are not saved.'"
? The construction of the great iron
tower for the French Exhibition of 1888
has been begun in Paris. The tower is
designed to be 98-1 feet high, or nearly
twice the height of the Washington mon?
ument, and, if constructed, will be twice
as high as any artificial structure on the
globe. The builders say that the most
difficult part of their work will be com?
pleted by the close of this year, when
they expect to have the first story, 150
feet high, constructed. Three thousand
tons of iron will be used in this section
alone. It is expected that the tower can
be wholly completed by October of next
year. It is to be built chiefly as an ex?
hibit of engineering skill, but is to be
used during the exhibition as an observa?
tory, and if it should reach its intended
height will be one of the wonders not
only of the exhibition but of the world.
? An autograph collector says that of
tbe presidential autograph letters those
of Andrew Jackson are the rarest and
costliest. This is because he seldom
wrote letters; never when he could help
it. The fact that his letters were often
both written and signed by proxy is
known to collectors and a paper of this
sort recently sold for $2. A full genuine
letter is worth from $20 upward. Wash?
ington's autograph letters come next in
value and rareness. Next come the let?
ters of Zachary Taylor, who wrote a bad
hand and bad letter. They are worth
from $15 to $25. Lincoln's letters come
next in rareness and range from $12 to
$20. Grant's are high priced, not because
rare, but because they are Grant's. Ar?
thur's letters are scarce. They haven't
had time to find their way into the hands
of strangers. Twenty years from now
they will be commoner.
A CARD.
TTJE beg to call the attention of the
Y V Merchants of South Carolina to the
notice on our invoices?"pay no money to
agents or salosnicn." We regret to state
that S, H. Cathcart has induced several
merchants to cash drafts he lias drawn
upon us. lie is no longer connected with
our houso.
THUHBEIt, WHYLAND & CO.,
New York.
NOY IT, 18S7 It) 1
Notice to Trespassers.
ALL parties are hereby warned not to
hunt, fish, or otherwise trespass on
my lands, situated in Varennes township,
under penalty of the law.
M. A. MASTERS.
NOV 17,1887 _19_1?
Notice to Trespassers.
ALL persons are notified not to hunt or
otherwise trespass on tho lands of
tho undersigned in Brushy Creek Town?
ship, in Anderson County, S. C. Those
disregarding this notice will he prosecuted.
CHARLES SMITH.
Nov 17, 1887_19_1?
NOTICE.
THE Notes and Accounts of the Estate
of W. M. Bellotte have been placed
in my hands for collection. Persons
knowing themselves indebted will come
forward and pay up.
W. H. D. GAILLARD.
Nov 17, 1887_1!)_3
NOTICE OF SALE!
THE undersigned hereby gives hotice
that she will sell to the highest bid?
der for Cash, on the 30th day of November
instant, at her residence near Majors' Mill,
in Anderson County, all the Household
and Kitchon Furniture of the late A. M.
Holland, deceased.
MOLLIE C HOLLAND, Ex'x.
The undersigned, at the same time and
place, will also offer at public auction for
Cash, her entire Stock of Goods, consisting
of Dry Goods, Shoes, Hardware, Ac, and
will continue the sale from day to day un?
til the entire Stock has been closed out.
MOLLIE C. HOLLAND.
Nov J 7,1887 19 2
TO THE PUBLIC.
rjIHE undersigned has opened a?
FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT,
At No. 4 Brick Range,
Where Meals will be furnishod at all hours
at the low price of 25 cents. Everything
prepared in best manner.
I also keep on hand the very best BEEP
brought to this market. Will also keep
PORK regularly as soon as drove hogs ar?
rive. I always have a supply of fresh but?
ter and eggs, and fat chickens.
When you need anythiHg in my line,
give me a call. Satisfaction guaranteed to
every patron.
C. C. CUMMINGS.
Nov 17, ISs? 19
SHERIFFS SALE.
State of Soura Carolina,
Anderson County.
BY virtue of an execution to me directed,
I will expose to sale on Salesday
in December next, at Anderson C. H.,
S. C, within tho legal hours of sale, the
following property, to wit:
One dark bay Mare.
Levied on as the property of James Lec
in favor of S. McD. Massey.
Terms of Sale?Cash.
WM. L. BOLT, Sheriff.
Nov 17, 1837_19_3
ANNUAL STATEMENT,
Office County Commissioners,
Anderson, S. C, Nov. 8.1887.
THE following statement, as required by
law, shows the number of days the
County Commissioners for Anderson Coun?
ty were in session daring the Fiscal Year
beginning November 1st, 188G, and ending
October 31st, 1887, together with the num?
ber of miles traveled by the members re?
spectively in attending the meetings of the
Board, and in performing other duties re?
quired of them by law :
Board in session.23 days.
Joshua Jameson traveled.1787 miles.
A. 0. Norris traveled.1980 miles.
W. J. Robins traveled. 327 miles.
Jesse P. McGee travelep.1404 miles.
I, E. W. Long, Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners of Anderson Coun?
ty, do hereby certify that the foregoing
statement is correct and true, and I further
certify that no account against the said
County was approved during the said Fis?
cal Year without being properly verified
according to law.
E. W. LONG,
Clerl " Board.
Nov 17, 1887_19_1_
MASTEE/S SALE.
STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Anderson.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
B. Frank Mauldin vs. Elbert M. Snipes.
IN obedience to the Judgment of Fore?
closure in above case, I will sell at
Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALESDAY IN
DECEMBER next, the mortgaged premi?
ses below described, to wit:
Tract No. 1, or Home Tract, containg 100
acres, adjoining lands of Mrs. Jane R.
Bowlan, R. A. Drake and others. In addi?
tion to dwelling and all necessary outhouses
there is a frame storeroom on the premises,
and location favorable for country busi?
ness, the nearest R. R. point being Will
iamston, 5* miles distant.
Tract No, 2, containing 55 acres, more or
less, adjoining No. 1, Joel Rice, R. A.
Drake and others.
Terms of Sale?One half cash, and the
balance on a credit of twelvemonths, with
interest from day of sale, secured by bond
and mortgage of the premises, with leave
to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay
extra for papers.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master.
Nov 15,1887, 19 3
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Thomas A. Shcrard and Thomas A. Sherard as As?
signee of Samuel McGowan, John B. Moore and
John E. Allen, partners under tho Firm name
of McGowan, Moore & Allen, Plaintiffs, against
J. B. Newton and Eliza Newton, Defendants.?
Summons for Relief?Complaint not Served.
To the Defendants above named:
YOU are hereby summoned And required to an?
swer the complaint in this action, which
is filed in tho office of the Clerk of tho Court
of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. H., S. C,
and to serve a copy of your answer to the said
complaint on the subscribers at their office, Ander?
son C.H.,S.C, within twenty days after tho service
hereof, exclusive of the day or such service: and if
you fail to answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to
the Court, for the relief demanded in the complaint,
Dated November 14, A. D. 1887.
BROWN & TRIBBLE,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys, Anderson, S. C.
[seal] F. E. Watkixs, Dep. c. c. p.
To the absent Defendant, J. B. Newton :
Take notice that the Summons and Complaint
in this action were filed in the office of the Clerk
of tho Court of Common Pleas for Anderson
County, in the State of South Carolina, at Ander?
son, S. C, on the 14th day of November, 1887.
BROWN & TRIBBLE,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
Nov 17, 1887 1? fi
Valuable Land for Sale.
BY virtue of a Deed of Trust executed
to me bv J. F. Wilson, I will sell on
SALESDAY "IN DECEMBER next, two
hundred and fifteen acres of Land, lying
about one and one fourth miles from the
Towu of Auder3on, divided into four
Tracts, as follows:
Tract No. 1, containing 38 acres, bound?
ed by lands of Mrs. McGregor, J. W. Dan?
iels, B. Frank Crayton and Tract No. 2.
Tract No. 2, containing 59 acres, bound?
ed by J. W. Daniels, B. Frank Crayton
and Tracts Nos. 1 and 3. On this Tract
about one-third is woodland, and a good
tenement house with two rooms.
Tract No. 3, containing 111 acres, bound?
ed by Tracts Nos. 2 and 4, B. Frank Cray
ton and J. W. Daniels. All woodland.
Tract No. 4, containing 10G.i acres, boun?
ded by B. Frank Crayton, B. F. Whitner,
J. L. Byrum and Tract No. 3. On this
Tract is a good tenement, all necessary out?
buildings and about twenty-five acres of J
woodland, and balance in a good state of
cultivation.
Any further information can be had by
calling on J. F. Wilson, Anderson, S. C.
Terms of .Safe?One-half cash, balance on
a credit of twelve months, with interest at
10 per cent from day of sale, secured by
bond and mortgage of the premises, with
leave to the purchaser to anticipate pay?
ment at any time. Purchasors to pay ex?
tra for papers.
J. L. TRIBBLE, Trustee.
Nov 10, 1SS7_18_4
SHERIFFS SALE.
State op South Carolina,
County of Anderson.
BY virtue of an Execution to me di?
rected I will expose to sale on Sale
day in December, 1887, at Anderson Court
House, S. C, within the legal hours of |
sale, the following property, to wit:
ONE TRACT OF LAND,
in Hopewell Township, Anderson County,
S. C, on waters of Beaverdam Creok, con?
taining two hundred and forty (240) acres,
more or less, adjoining lands of W. Q.
Hammond, W. B. Bailey and others.
Levied on as the property of Lucinda
Dalrymple, as Executrix, at the suit of
W. Q. Hammond. All buildings and im?
provements reserved.
Terms of Sale?Cash. .Purchaser to pay
extra for necessary papers.
W. L. BOLT,
Sheriff Anderson County.
Nov 10,1887 18 '1
GREAT STARS !
The Entire Stock of Elegant Clothing, Hats and
Gents' Furnishing Goods of
Will be closed out between this date and Jan. 1st.
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!
If you have been waiting to get Goods at about Cost !
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES FOR CASH <
$22.50 SUITS at.$20.00
18.50 SUITS at. 17.00
12.50 SUITS at. 11.00
9.00 SUITS at. 8 00
$25.00 SUITS at.$22 50
20.00 SUITS at. 18.00
15.00 SUITS at. 13.50
10.00 SUITS at. 9.00
All other Suits Reduced in same Proportion.
200 OVERCOATS $1.75 to $20.00.
We ofl'er tlie above Prices for Two Weeks Only.
Nov 18, 1887 19
" GRASP THESE OPPORTUNITIES!"
THE public at large have realized that what we advertise we can always sub?
stantiate. We buy only BARGAINS, and consequently offer only Bargains. The
steady increase of our daily business is only a guarantee that all of our many cus?
tomers appreciate our mode of doing business.
OUR SECOND STOCK OF FALL GOODS NOW HERE!
ILoolt at the Array of Bargains.
.No Excuse Now.
1,000 yards yard-wide English Calico,
imported from Eugland, bought way
down, heavy as a board,*best oil colors,
will last forever?our price only 7c._
The Talk of the Town.
We were unfortunate in carrying over
White Goods; we find in stock 2,000
yards Check Nainsook, which is worth
at wholesale 12*c. We have put the
knife into them, and they must go at
only 7c. _
Just What You Want.
We have secured 3,000 yards of fine
Sea Island?yard wide, free from starch,
best value ever offered by us. High
priced stores ask 10c per yard; we only
get 7c.
$100.00 REWARD !
Will be presented to any one who can
prove to the contrary that our celebrated
Cotton Flannel at S}c is not the best ever
seen for the price.
A PERFECT JEM
Our buyer while in the market on his
second trip secured a big lot of Shawls,
which we will offer for a limited time.
One lot, which is all wool and two yards
square, for the small sum of $1.25 each.
" Let 'er Go, Gallagher."
Ten ounces to the yard. What is it ?
"Lessees Pacific Railroad Jeans." A
brand made for us, and best ever offered.
We have placed them in the reach of all.
Remember, they weigh 10 ounces to the
yard. Price 25c.
FORGET ME JVOT,
This is the name of our celebrated
yard wide Bleaching?good enough for a
Queen or King to wear, very heavy and
no starch. Price 8$c.
Drummer's Samples.
100 doz. Ladies' and Gents' very fine
Red Medicated Undershirts and Under
vests ; handsome and best goods made ;
cost to make from $1.50 to $2.00 each ;
we throw the entire lot on our counters,
and offer for the low price of $1.00 each.
Far More Precious than Gold.
500 yards Basket Flannel, all desirable
shades, all wool, used for making Cloaks
for children. You pay 50c elsewhere?
our price only 35c.
A REGULAR BEAUTY.
|^ 100 yards very fine Bleached Damask,
imported from Ireland, and retail in
every large city for $1.25?our price is a
stunner, only 75c.
From Old Virginia.
700 yards of Virginia Cassimere?love?
ly goods, heavy weight, all wool both
ways. Our competitors ask $1.35 per
yard. Money down tells the tale. Come
and see them. Our price is only $1.00.
Just Think of It.
1,000 yards 2\ yards wide Sheeting.
Just as fine and heavy as machinery can
make it. Old time merchants ask 40c
per yard?we only want 25c for ours.
Don't All Speak at Once.
Our celebrated Fine Cashmere which
you have been reading about has sold
beyond our expectations, but we have
secured a new lot, and at only 121c.
Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds.
We are going to have a Black Silk
sale ; we bought them to sell and not to
keep. This is a regular pic nie for any
lady. We will offer our ?1.25 and ?1.50
Silk for $1.00?20 inches wide, all pure
Silk, imported direct from France.
Strike while the iron is hot.
They Speak for Them elves.
100 doz. Ladies's Standing Collars?all
numbers, 4-ply linen; each one has a
Pearl Collar Button. Regular price is
25c, but pur's is much lower, only 10c.
IT BEATS THE WORLD.
500 yards Red Medicated Flannel.
Sells all over the United States for 40c,
but we must offer you inducements. It
is a regular Jim Dandy. Price 25c.
SHOES, SHOES.
Our Shoe Department is full to over?
flowing ; we keep nothing but good
Shoes?no paper soles. We throw in
good leather strings, and charge you
nothing for Children's Shoes, provided
you buy a bill from us?that is to say, a
bill of grown folks Shoes. Remember,
we handle Zeigler's Fine Shoes, on which
we save you a half dollar on each pair.
O, HOW COMFORTABE.
Dr. Ball's Celebrated Corset is guar?
anteed not to break within 12 months
time, or money refunded. Only one
recommended by the medical fraternity
to be perfectly healthy to wear. Price
one dollar.
PRETTY AS A PINK.
500 yards Turkey Red Damask?hand?
some pattern and designs. We guarantee
these goods not to fade; if they do your
money will be refunded and the goods
belong to you. Only 50c a yard.
Our Store is bright with plenty of light, and during the cold days our Store
will be heated up, and patrons from outside of the City are respectfully invited to
call and bring the childien and make themselves at home around our hearthstone.
Polite attention to all, if purchaser or not.
REMEMBER THE PLACE.
LESSEE <Sc CO.,
Nov 10,1887
Next door to J. E. Peoples & Co., Brick Range.
18 3m
AND A NICKEL
STEM-WINDER
FOR $2.50!!!
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES OF ALL GRADES!
SOME of the prettiest I. ACE PINS and CUFF BUTTONS
you ever saw.
?S" See our Stock before you spend a dollar elsewhere.
JOHN M. HUBBARD & BRO,
Jewelers, Anderson, S. C.
LADIES' STORE.
CAN IT BE POSSIBLE ?
CAN IT BE TRUE ?
"WE ask ourselves these questions,
When in the Ladies' Store,
Viewing the many treasures,
Which are cheaper than before 1
From Plushes, Silks and Velvets, ?
Which are elegantly displayed,
To Notions, Cloaks and Jackets,
In which their Store's arrayed."
We wish to thank the public for the above universal mention, and cordially
invite every one to inspect our Goods and prices. We are just from the North,
with a full line of DRESS GOODS and TRIMMINGS.
SOT COME, SEE AND BE CONVINCED!
MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS.
Sept 29,1887
12
NOTICE.
W
FOR SALE.
E will offer at private sale until De?
cember 1st, the four following
TRACTS OF LAND,
Lying near Due West, Abbeville County :
The Pratt Place of 193 acres.
The Johnson Place of 442 acres. Will
divide if desired.
The Ellis Place of 205 acres.
The Cowan Tract of 100 acres, near Don?
ald's Depot.
TERMS?One-third cash ; balance so
cured by mortgago of premises.
Titles perfect.
A. Y. THOMPSON",
J. E. TODD,
H. M. XOUNG,
Executors Estate J, R. Todd.
Nov 3,1887 17 4?
IOFFER for sale my LAND in Dark
Corner Township, containing seventy
acres, one-fourth of a mile from Savannah
Valley Railroad, and two miles from Cook's
Station. Forty acres in cultivation, the
remainder in original forest. Terms cheap
for the cash. Apply to the undersigned at
Honea Path, S.C
R. W. BASKIN.
Noy 3, 1887_17_3_
TEXAS i
IF you propose going West or North?
west, write to me at once.
Through cars to Jefferson and other
points run IGth inst. Address or call on
NOV 3,18S7
E. P. BRUCE,
Townville, S. C.
17 3
HILL
ADAMS
ARE NOW
Altai Mflprte
FOR
FINE MILLINERY
AND
LADIES' GOODS
GENERALLY.
AND
flink) lo Mai
IN GREAT VARIETY.
WE have been so fortunate as to se?
cure the services of Mrs. HESS P.
SLOAN, an accomplished Milliner, who,
after spending several weeks in the lar?
gest houses in Baltimore and New York
posting up in all the latest styles, select*
ed her own stock with great care, which
comprises the very Latest Novelties out.
Mrs. Sloan, with a full corps of compe?
tent Sales ladies, has charge of our La?
dies' Department, and will take great
pleasure in showing her Goods, and in
making closer prices than similar Goods
have ever been offered at in this country.
We can show you by far the largest
line of Dry Goods, Notions and Shoes,
of every description, we have ever car*
ried. Buying, as we do, for three large
Houses, in bulk, FOR CASH, we can
certainly meet any and all competition,
and it shall ever be our pride not to be
undersold by any living man.
We have an elegant line of HATS,
and keep up our stock of?
GROCERIES
AND
r
General Merchandise!
And can offer special inducements to
Country Merchants and others buying
in quantities, having bought our Fall
Stock with a view of doing more whole?
sale business.
We are yours, in good earnest,
HILL & ADAMS,
Anderson, S. 0.
HILL & CO.,
Pelzer, S. C.
R. S. HILL & CO.,
Hartwett, Ga.