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\ C IAN KSC ALES.1 Ermoas and
fG. LaNGSTON, I PiiorRiETOiif
THURSDAY, DEC- 3, i.vtfl
TERMS:
ONE YEAH. ?1 50
'SIX MONTHS...... 75
?THE GENERAL ASSEMBLE.
~- Tho'General Assembly of the Stato of
'Sotitb. Carolina met in annual session on
Tuesday of last week. Nothing ofspo
importance has been transacted up to
e, sa^e the election of a Chief Justice to
?triicagd Justice Simpson, decked.
On Wednesday the Governor's message
wts'read, and referred to tho proper
committees.
!["he bill providing for marriage licenses
viris passed to a third reading,
^Che administration bill authorizing the
Governor to remove Sheriffs on certain
contingencies wasTcilled.
^Th'e bill providing for tho naming of
?^ie newspaper in each County to do all
oiHcial advertising was killed without a
Struggle. .
The bill to make a now County, to be
eit})ed:Calhoun, has been acted upon ad?
versely.
I A resolution to investigate the mannge
tent cf the phosphate interests for the
gast year was adopted.
' A bill prohibiting State officers and
"members of the Genoral Assembly from
using'free passes has been introduced.
? .Tho prohibition bill promises to give
;"ise to >i protracted fight in the House.
? !Av bill has been introduced to change
jthopresent plan of County government.
This bill provides for the election of one
County Supervisor, who shall have con?
trol of all County matters now attended
to by County Commissioners. One Road
Commissioner is to be appointed in each
township. The Supervisor and the Road
.Commissioners will constitute tho Coun?
ty-Board of Road Commissioners, and in
fa?t the Board of County Commissioners.
"-On Tuesday Assooiate Justice Henry
Mclyei was elocted Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court. The election to fiU the
vacancy made by his promotion will
occur soon, and Judge Wallace will like?
ly be elected to this place.
?A Joint Resolution has been passed
providing for a Constitutional Conven?
tion. . _
THE GO VERNOE'5 MESSAGE.
?
Wo suppose the Governor's message,
'?printed in our supplement of last week,
has been generally read by all who feel
Interest enough in such matters to wade
through so lengthy a paper. We furnish?
ed our readers with a copy of the mes
sago on the same day that it was given to
the public at large.
?As has been well said, the message is
only-one of Tillman's campaign speeches
worked over to shit hin present purposes.
. It falls very far short of attaining to the
.dignity and statesmanship that ahould
mark such a document coming from the
Chief Executive of the commonwealth of ]
South Carolina. It contains much abuse
of men better than himself?men
whose patriotism and ability have been'I
tried in war as well as in peace. Itat
";! tacks former officials by Tillman's favor?
ite plan, viz., by insinuations and innu
' .endoes of corruption and fraud. Its tone
'?- is,that of self-sufficiency and importance
?in its author?"the only man in South
Carolina with brain enough and nerve
! enough," ?fec, &c?and it seeks to estab
?' lish that fact by bemoaning others where
their opinions come in conflict with his
own, as is don9 in tho case of Judge Wal
- " lace. At least in this instance the paper
is . positively discreditable to any man
r holding the oxaited position of Governor
South Carolina.
_n his eager desire to make it appear
at under his administration the treasu
% of the State is in a more healthful
ndition on October 31,1891, than it was
?ber SI, 1890, under the lastadmin
ionTthlTtaressage claims a difference
,523.08 in favor of the year ending
iber 31, 1891, whereas ex-Treasurer
elver points out the fact that the Gov
or has made a mistake of nearly $40,
in his figures, and that all that can be
y claimed in favor of the fiscal year
ding October 31,1891, is $17,002.49, and,
efore, Tlllman has been under tho
ecessity of admitting the mistake.
JBfethink his suggestions as to a change
in County government will be found im
eticable, and would be more costly to
the taxpayers than the present system.
The message is not such a document as
as expected at this time. Its tendency
Is to keep alive the animosities created by
\ last year's campaign. Instead of a com?
prehensive report of the condition <jf the
\ State ancj-i?s institutions, it is turned into
an aj^ument to justify the" ill-advised
" etnrfges and statements made in a heated
campaign, and a channel through which
to lash those who have fallen under the
ban of bis displeasure.
: The Governor could have prepared a
message that would have suited his most
extreme supporters, and at the same time
oven conciliatory to those unfriendly
him. He unwisely chose to widen the
reach .between himself and bis oppo?
nents.
Over thirty thousand new recruits were
added in October to the great standing
army of pensioners. This is more raon
than the United States havo in their reg?
ular army, and when the country can re?
cruit thorn for its pension rolls in a single
month it shows tho power of patriotism
when tho market for it is being "bulled."
Withoutconsultlng Mrs. Jeflbrsou Da
. vis, tho Virginia Legislature will proba?
bly appropriate lor her benefit a moderate
Bum in the form of a voluntary testimo
. ?juaT fond as tho basis for the general
fund to which all of tho States of the for?
mer Confederacy will bo invited to con?
tribute. That is the plan of tho Rich?
mond committee having the affair in
charge and it appears to bo a very good
one.
The silver question is one which threat
: ens to give the Pemoorats considerable
annoyance, and, of course, all tho Naders
?who have in view the success of the tick?
et in 1832 are anxious to avoid an issue on
that question which might mako a divis?
ion in tho party, which would handicap
thtfin in tho Presidential contest. Tho
-situation is a delicate one, but many
think it may be settled through conserv?
ative influence, if tho eagerness of hot?
heads and inexperionced men does not
precipltato the issue.
The plan now on foot to establish
branches of theSouth Carolina Historical
Society-m oach County is an excellent one.
Matiy'items of historical interest are he?
utig" lost lrom tho fact that they are not in
permanent shapo. Our old men are pass?
ing away and with thorn many valuablo
.-tradition*, and unless some effort is
made to fornfulato and preserve them no
complete history of our Stato can over bo
compiled. A history of each County
shonld be written, and it is pleasant to
note that in several Counties this is being
don?.
I ll.llBUBI 111 ? l ' -"
? Gen. E. Kirby Smith leaves his univ|
vereity chair in the Tennessee mountains
to mix now and then with his old friends
: in Nashville. Ho has become a patriarch
Tn. appearance, with gray hair, and a
. long, flowing white beard. But there is
. no sign of physical breaking in him, for
bis eye is bright and ho walks with a firm
. step and erect carriage. Ho other man in
-Tennessee is more generaUy honored thau
Keltt on Irby.
Enoree Plantation, S. C,
November 21,1891.
To the Editor of the Greenville Neu'S :
How few of us realize to tho full our du?
ty to God and our country and tho raag
uitudo of tho responsibility that rests
upon us! The manhood of tho State will
havo to be up aud doing if our Christian
civilization and homes arc redeemed and
saved from tho barbarism of tho vile.
All right thinking men should unite in
tho good work.
The Grcenvillo News, of the 17th inst.,
has just reached mo. From it I loam
that the notorious Irby, who for nearly
; one year has been at his old trade, hiding
out, has crawled out of his hole and
prates. He is represented to havo used
the following language:
"Tho farmers" alliaucomen of tho St3to
are Democrats, and they may bo relied
upon to vote for the Democratic nomineo,
if it is the devil." "There may- bo a few
like Keltt who will not vote for him, but
tbis will not amount to much." Because
alliancemon in the chaos and confusion
that roigued supremo last year wore de?
ceived and in some instances voted for
tho servants of the devil these vilp crea?
tures now think they can deceive them
again and influenco them to voto for thoir
god, tho devil himself with his horns,
erid irous and pitchforks and so declare.
That Irby belongs, soul, mind and body
to the devil and has served him faithfully
all his days is well known.
It was a waste of words for him to de?
clare that he worships at tho shrine of the
dovil and gives him his full support. If
this creature has any shame, if ho has as
much virtue in him as Judas Iscariot had
lie will r/> and hang himself and save the
State from further disgrace.
The writer is sure he is without an ele?
ment of virtue. When he goes to Wash
? ington ho will be shunuod by the virtu
! ous and upright ns a leper. Peoplo of in?
tegrity can have nothing to do with such
i a character. His published interviews
show ho would havo the world believe
allianccman in South Carolina are j?.s low
as he is?worshippers of the devil. Offi?
cial position cannot elevate an unworthy
man, but a scurvy fellow drags the posi?
tion down to his low level. South Caroli?
na is in total eclipse Let the curtain
drop. Respectfully,
Ellison S. Keitt.
Jerry Rusk on Fine Coll on.
Washington, November 29.?"Uncle
Jerry" Rusk, the picturesque and affable
Secretary of Agriculture, endorses the
views contained in a recent editorial In
the News and Courier to the effect that
Egyptian cotton imported here should be
made to pay a duty. The discussion
arose from a statement made in these dis?
patches by Congressman Elliott, whose
attention had been directed to the matter
by various editorials on the subject in the
News and Courier, indicating his purpose
to introduce in the coming Congress a
bill or resolution providing for tho impo?
sition of a duty upon foreign raised cot?
ton, which now comes in duty free, in di?
rect competition with the cotton grown in
South Carolina and adjacent States. The
New England manufacturers, who are
benefited from "the free importation of
Egyptian cotton, through their protection
organs took issue with Col. Elliott and
those who believe with him that unjust
discrimination is being exercised under
the existing tariff law to the disadvantage
of Southorn cotton-growers.
A copy of the News and Courier, of
November 9, was submitted to Secretary
Rusk by your representative, and his
attention was specially diroctedlo the ar?
ticle therein on Sumatra tobacco and
Egyptian cotton. Being subsequently
asked for an expression of bis views in
reference to the subject discussed in this
article, the Secretary replied very frank?
ly, as follows: "Yes, I have read that ar?
ticle with a great deal of interest, and I
fully concur in the .suggestion that the
imports of foreign cotton, in the face of
the* great increase of such imports during
tho past year, should be subjected to an
adequate duty. Tbe experience of the
wool growor has shown that he has been
greatly aided by a judicious tariff on raw
wool, and it has also be6n shown, notably
iu the case of one of the coarse or carpet
wools, that an inadequate duty was seri?
ously prejudicial to his interests. The
fact presented by one of the papers quoted
in the article in question, regarding the
advance in prices of tobacco grown in
New England, as a result of the advance
in tho tariff on foreign tobacco, prove
conclusively the advantage to the tobacco
growor of such protection, and I am for
the application of similar protection to
the cotton-grower, where it Is needed. I
am a Protectionist, and advocate a protec?
tive tariff on the lines indicated by one
of its chief advocates, namely, the pro?
tection of our American homes, the home
of the farm laborer'as much as tho home
of the mill operatives. The greatest good
of the greatest number is good American
doctrine, and it must not be forgotten
that there are at least three times as many
peoplo in the United States laborint; in
the fields for the production of raw ma?
terial as there are at work in the mills
and factories producing manufactured ar?
ticles."
A Greenville Failure.
Greenville, S. C, November 27.?.
Dacns & Jordan, ono of tbe largest mer?
cantile establishments of this city, made
an assignment to-nigbt to J. C. Rogers,
their bookkeeper, for the benefit of their
creditors. The assignment is without
preference, except that those creditors
who accept its terms are to bo paid first.
The firm has been in financial trouble
for some time and the efforts to compro?
mise with its creditors at 50 cents on the
dollar cash, or 6S cents by waiting until
next fall, failed, some of the creditors re?
fusing to accept thoso terms. Suits were
then begun, resulting in tbe assignment.
Tbe liabilities are $31,000; actual and
nominal assets about the same. The
largest creditors are H. R. Claflin <fc Co.,
New York, 54,800, Hurst, Purnell & Co.,
Baltimoro, ?2,200; Myer, Rhinehardt <t
Co., Baltimore, ?1,700; Armstrong, Cator
& Co., Baltimore, ?1.300.
The firm has done a large time busi?
ness, and about ?11,000 is owing them.
The establishment was known as the
"Alliance Store," because the Alliance
had selected it as tho place to do its
t.-ading. The firm had offered the Alli?
ance better terms than any other. A
meeting of creditors will bo held Friday,
December 4.
Asking Leading Questions.
Raleigh, N. C, November 25:?Secre?
tary Barnes, of tbe State Farmers' Alli?
ance, has raised a great stir and caused
one of the sensations of the seasou by
sending an irregular letter to office hold?
ers. This says that the alliance has
adopted a resolution as follows: "That
the State Secretary be instructed to write
a letter to each of thcSonators, Represen?
tatives, State officers, Judges of Supreme
and Superior Courts, and Solicitors,
making inquiry if he has used a railroad
pass since the election. If no reply is re?
ceived, the secretary shall send a regis?
tered letter making the samo inquiry, and
then, if no reply is received, ho shall
have the letter published and kept in
some of tbe reform papers. Ho says that
in obedienco to that resolution he askB an
answer as to whether tho pass has been
used since tho oloction, and Barnes is ro
coivingsomo scorching letters, the writers
of which tell him in plain language that
they consider that the alliance has no
right to make such inquiry, but that the
resolution and his letter are gratuitously
impertinent. Some of the office holders
will publish their letters, as they do not
think 'he reform press will publish thorn
in nugarbled form.
Slowly Dying from Lockjaw,
AUBURN, N. Y., November 22.?Wil?
liam Pangburn, a resident of Savannah,
Wayne County, and a tmvolingsalesman
for tho Osbourne Company, of this citj',
is reported dying from lockjaw, resulting
from a most" singular cause. Although
he is GO years of age, two weeks ago a
large tootli made its appearance in his
jaw, cutting through the gum at the ex?
treme end of tho jaw, back of his wisdom
tooth, on the left side. Tho cutting of tho
tooth was attended by the most intense
pain, and when'lt had forced itself through
thosuin, Pangburn's face began to swell.
Tho pain continuing Pangburn went to a
dentist, who made a vain effort to extract
the tootli. Theso efforts aggravated the
pain and soreness.
Pangburn's faco continued swelling,
and it now measures moro than a foot
across. Tho tooth continues growing,
and Pangburn cannot open his jaws,
which are- tightly pressed together. All
tho nourishment ho roe?ivos is what ho
succeods in sipping between his teeth.
His sufferings are terrible, and unless he
can soon bo relieved in soaio way, his
physician says, it does not seem possiblp
that his lifo can bo saved.
? Tho number of Presidential olectors
on the new basis will bo 444.
? The National Democratic Committee
will meet in Washington in February to
Gx tho timo and place of tho National
Democratic Convention of 18S 2.
? It has been computed that betwoen
36,000,000 and 37,000,000. babies aro born
into tho world each year, or about seven
ty per minute. A line of cradles con?
taining them would oxtend around tho
world unbroken but the silence would bo
broken In many place* I
Tlie Secret of Success.
To the Editor of the Xcu's and Courier :
As it may be of intorest to j-our.subscri?
bers I Wfll give my experience in raising
the ribbon sugarcane in the Piedmont
section at Cokesbury, in Abbeville Coun?
ty. This j'ear I planted on tho 15th of
April, which was late for ribbon cane, a
plot of ground eighteen feet by ninety
feet long, the twenty eighth part of an aero
and I gathered and mado twelvo gallons
of good syrup, besides what I sold, eat,
and what was stolen from the patch.
That is at tho rato of 336 gallons per
acre.
My experiment will show the farmers
in the up-country that tho ribbon cane
can be raised successfully in the Pied?
mont section of the Statt?. It is much
batter when mado than sorghum aud will
yield more. Then, too, you cau make
sugar from it with very l ttlo trouble.
One quarter of an aero* well fertilized
will make all tho supar and syrup one
family would need. That is much better
than raising cotton at six and seven ceuU
per pound to buy it. Let us raiso our
own supplies at homo and we will pros?
per. B. C. Haut.
Anti-Sub-Treasnry AIHanct'.
Cohsicana, Texas, November 28.?
Tho anti-sub-treasury members of tho
Farmers' Alliance in session hero have
reorganized the ordor under tho original
charter. The new constitution provides
for prohibiting any man from becoming
a member who believes in, belongs to or
aids in any way any Heeret class organi?
zation that makes political demands on
its members, or in any way exercises
any distinctive functions of any political
party.
ThG ritual prohibits any man from bo
coming a member who favors socialism,
communism, or anarchy.
J. B. Kondrick, of Waco, was elected
President, J. S. Gilbert, of Knddo, Vice
President, W. G. Cass, of Bonham, Sec?
retary and Treasurer. Tho movement, it
is claimed, will absorb the sub-treasury
organization. _
? The sun givos 600,000 times as much
light as the full moon ; 7,000,000,000 times
as much as the brightest star in the sky,
and 36,000,000 times as much as all '.ho
combined stars of the heavens.
? Apples aro said to be so abundant
in New York this Fall that very fino
large fruit has been offered at a town
in Greene county called Hunter, at a re?
markably low price of five cents a bushel
with no takers.
? About ten thousand corn cob pipes
are manufactured daily in this country,
all being made in three factories at St.
Louis, Greenwood, Neb,, and in Kansas.
The cobs are all procured" in Missouri,
and are supplied by the Collier variety of
corn, on which they grow usually heavy,
woody and hard.
? Wm. H. Fizzle was hanged in the
jail yard at Abilene, Texas, for the mur?
der of his wife, which was committed in
Comanche county, Texas, in January,
189L He seemed to think he had distin?
guished himself and requested that the
Abilene cornet band be permitted to play
at the hanging.
? "China for the Chinese" is the mot?
to of the Ka-lo-ko Society of China, the
membership of which is numbered by
millions. The society is secret. One
of its main objects is to prevent foreign?
ers from living in tho Celestial Empire,
and another is to dethrone tho present
Emperor and restore tho ancient Ming
dynasty.
? Col. J. B. Bates, of Bennett Springs,
Barnwell County, has a young orange
tree growing in his yard which ripened
two beautiful specimens of the golden
fruit this fall. The tree has stood the
cold of several winters without any pro?
tection except that afforded by the house.
When the last blizzard came it was in full
bloom.
? The Indians enlisted out West as
cavalry troop* aro praised by the army
officers who have recently inspected
them, who say that they are easily dis?
ciplined, learn to drill readily, and soon
acquire the esprit de corps. The enlis?
ted Indians learn the arts ol civilization
during their term of service. These
views are sustained by the S'ecretarv of
War.
? When a Washington bank recently
failed for $300,000 at the town of Spokane,
it owned a silver mine in Idaho among
other assets turned over to the receiver.
Within the past few days that mine was
sold for $600,000 to a Milwaukee syndi?
cate. That pays all debts of the defunct
bank and leaves a big fortune for a divi?
dend among the stock holders. Not so bad
a failure after all.
? The richest man in New York is
John D. Rockefellow, who is said to have
nearly ?180,000,000. Then follow the As
tors with probably 8150.000,000, Cornelius
Vanderbilt with about 8125,000.000 and
Jay Gould, who may have 8100,000,000.
The richest man America has ever seen
was William H. Vanderbilt, who, at the
time of hin death, was said to be worth
$200,000,000.
? Mrs. Mury McVey, who is nearly 70
years old, is astonishing the doctors of
Braddock, Pa., by her long fast. She
has now been 141 days with no other
food than buttermilk. She drinks about
a pint of this daily. Mrs. McVey is suf?
fering from cancer, which formed last
March. In July she conceived an abhor?
rence of all food and drink, and since
then she has refused to take aught but
buttermilk.
? An interesting little war story has
Governor Jone'j, of Alabama, for its hero.
At the time Gordon was resisting Sher?
man's advance Jones, th6n a staff cap?
tain, was delivering a message from his
chief, when he saw a little child clad only
in night clothes, hiding in terror behind
a frame house in the direct tracks of the
bullets from both armies. Jones rocle
forward, took the child on his horse aud
galloped back with her to tho Confeder?
ate line. Whon the Union forces saw the
brave act they ceased firing, and there
was an impromptu cessation of hostili?
ties until the child had been carried to a
point of safety.
? There is now in Chiua a comprehen?
sive system of telegraph lines running to
all parts of the country. The Governors
of the provinces keep watch over tho lino
and take care that they aro maintained in
working order. The Pokin Government
is now preparing to establish a railroad
system not less comprehensive, with
main and branch lines extending all over
the empire from the northern boundary
to the seaboard. Ship loads of rails have
just arrived at Shanghai within tho past
few months, and it is reported that tho
work of laying them will begin early next
year.
? George Washington was one of tho
richest men of his time in America. Ho
attached to his will bearing the dato of
July 9,1799, a schedule of his property
and placed the total valuation of tho samo
at $530,000. His estate was undoubtedly
worth more, and all of $700,000, and oven
rnoro. The ostimato of $530,000 was con?
sidered by Washington himself a very
low one, for in tho notes which accom?
panied the will and schedule he fre?
quently rotors to the "moderate value"
and "lowest price affixed" of he various
pieces of property. Tho Ohio lands in?
cluded in the estate increased immensely
in value.
? Thcnumbor of Ex-Confedorates in
the Northern States is so groat that Gen.
Gordon, tho commander of the United
Confederate Veterans, has deemed it ad
vlsablo to organize tho Ordor into two
divisions. Ono division is to have its
headquarters in Now York and tho other
in Chicago, with subordinate camps
wherever it may appear advisable. The
existing organizations will thus be con?
solidated into the two divisions, accord?
ing to Gen. Gordon's order, with the
camps affiliated to either tho ono or tho
othor division, according to their locali?
ty. The object of tho organization is
purely bonovolcnt. It is "to assist poor
Ex-Confederate soldiers, and the widows
and orphans of soldiers, and to have tho
caro of the gravos in the comctories
where Confederates are buried." The
last is not tho least of tho duties of the or?
ganization, for largo numbers of Con?
federate prisonors died on Johnson's
Island, at Camp Mitcholl, at Fort Dela?
ware and a good many othor places North
aud. West.
? A movement in favor of bettor roads
has been inaugurated In AccomacCounty,
Va., aud at tho coming session of tho
Legislature an effort will bo mado to se?
cure a spocral road law for that county.
A plan has already boon formulated
which, it is claimed, would result in the
securomcnt of good public roads. Each
magisterial district is to bo a road dis?
trict, provided with a roadman to bo ap?
pointed by the Governor at a salary not
exceeding $600 por annum. Tho county
Is to furnish tho necessary machinery and
tools to do tho road work, and the county
Judge is to appointa compotent onginoer
to survoy all tho roads in the county and
make a map of tho same, and that said
engineer instruct the roadman in his
duties, etc. A tax ia to bo levied of not
less than ten cents on the hundred dol?
lars'worth of property, and a capitation
tax of fifty conts on each male person
over twenty-one years of age, the samo
to be used "in furnishing labor, teams,
etc., as the roadman may see proper.
Another section provides that tho roads
shall not be less than thirty feet wide and
tho roadbod shall not bo less than twelve
feot and the bridges not loss than sixteen
feet. The roadman shall be required to
straighten up the roads, so far as practi?
cably. *
? Tho Jewish Tiding;: says that in Xuw
York "no Jew need hesitato to aspire to
political honors. His religion will prove
no barrier to his succoss. Every man is
rate ! at his truo value, regardless of his
religion."
? A great part of tho work of draining
tho Florida swamps west of tho Kissi
moe, which tho Disston syndicate, of Phil?
adelphia, has undertaken, is done, and
the improvement of the land is almost
inestimable. Tracts that a few years
ago were four and soven feet under water
havo produced heavy crops during tho
last soason. In tho midst of the i-Jver
glades are tho line lakes connected by
narrow and tortuous rivers, and canals
are being cut from lake to lake, ami tho
rivers are being straightened. The ob?
ject of this branch of the work is to
make tho Everglades navigable and pro?
vide a market routo for the lieid of pro
I ducts of tho country. Already n current
of throo miles an hour flows through tho
waters thus set in motion. It is pro pos?
ed to drain ?,000,000 acres in all, and the
summer tourists will boonoof the gain?
ers by tho enterprise. When tho work
began the little town of Kissimce was
nothing but a cvpress swamp. Now it
has a big hotel, a "brick court-house, many
handsomo residences and a busy popuia
! tion of 1,700.
? A Shelby vilic?, Ind., special says:
"Tho case or Miss Maggie Dennaghcr,
who has been living on dog flesh for two
weeks or more, is exciting interest. For
several years she has been an invalid, and
for weeks before she began eating dog
flesh she was confined to her bed?a eon
firmed typo of consumption; Her phy?
sician had informed her that there was no
remedy for her. She lakes tho oil, drinks
broth, and cats the meat and has finished
an entire dog. To-day sho was up doing
her work and superintending the killing
of another dog. Since it has become
known that she is improving six promi?
nent citizens havo commenced u'-ingdog
met. In lS70Dr. Fred Vanbaughon. a Ger?
man physician, located in this city, suc?
cessfully troated many consumptives by
administering dog oil. Physicians hero
are divided in opinion as to the merits
of dog flesh as a remedy for consumption.
Somo of them said that tubercular bacil?
lus is not consumption, but is nicroly a
result of a consumptive condition, and
that nutrition and proper assimilation
not only provent supperatioo but expoll
the bacilli."
? The doctors say that a man can feel
nothing in tho arm that has been cut off,
but that is all nonsense. Ar\y man who
has lost an arm or a leg will tell you that
the fingers and toes on the missing mem?
bers sometimes get as cold as an\ other
part of his anatomy. I knew a man who
was shot in the arm at Sbiloh, and after
the battle was over he was taken to a
farmhouse near by, where the doctors
performed tho amputation. Tho man of
tho house put tho arm in n candle-box,
nailed it up and buried it in the orchard.
The next day the wounded soldier com?
plained that his arm troubled him. It
was all doubled up, he said, and the fin?
gers felt cramped. He grumbled for two
or throe days without anybody paying
much attention to him, for tho house was
full of wounded men, and tho doctors
were two busy so spare time to look after
tho amputated arm, but finally he became
so troublesome that thoy concluded to
try a little experiment. So, without tell?
ing him what they were going to do
they went to tho orchard, dug up tho
arm, took it out of the candle-box, laid
it straight, placed tho lingers in a natural
position, wrapped it in cotton batting,
put it in a longer box and buried it again.
The man declared he felt his arm re?
lieved at the very moment they were
straightening the missing member, and
never complained again. They told him
nothing of what they had done, until he
was about to be discharged from'the hos?
pital, and then they gave him tho story in
full.
Th? Vtwtk KWfographlo filflpatoh.
The first telographio dispatch was
rent iu 1844 It announced tho result
of the Whig convention at Baltimore,
which nominated Henry Clay for
president and Theodore Frelinghuysen
for vice president of tho United States.
The only telegraph line in existence
extended from Washington to An?
napolis Junction. A mimbcr of people
who had attended the convention
were on their way back to Washing?
ton, and when they stopped at Annapo?
lis Juncton they sent a dispatch to the
capital saying "Clay has boon nomi?
nated." "Of course Clay has been nomi?
nated, "said the people in Washington,
'?we know beforehand .that ho would
bo. Your telegram trick is too thin."
Nobody boliovod that transmission by
telegraph was an accomplished fact.
Pretty soon another dispatch was re?
ceived saying: "Frelinghuysen was
nominated for vice president" "Who
is Frelinghuysen?" everyboely asked.
Nobody seemed to know him. When
the train reached Washington the
doubters found out that the telegraph
had announced the ticket correctly. It
was that incident which first gave
faith in the telegraph. The firefdis
patoh that passed between Baltimore
and Washington was sent by Professor
Morse from the former city to the
president of the United States. It read:
Glory bo to God In tbehigtpst; peace on earth;
good will to all men.
?Letter in Chicago Tribune. I
a RcuaxScablo Statement
I know a non-hysterical woman
who, in her trances, knows facts
which altogether trunscond her possi?
ble normal consciousness, facts about
tho lives of people whom she never
saw or heard of before. I am well
aware of all the liabilities to which
this statement exposes me, and I
make it deliberately, having prac?
tically no doubt whatever of its
truth. My own impression is that
the trance condition is an im?
mensely complex and fluctuating
thing, into tho understanding of which
we have hsrdly begun to penetrate,
and concerning which any very
sweeping generalization is sure to be
premature. A comparative study of
trances and subconscious statos is
meanwhile of the most urgent import?
ance for tho comprehension of our na?
ture.?Professor William James in
?cribners Magazine.
Co-oporatlvo Housekeeping.
The most successful experiment in
co-operative housekeeping is in Franco,
100 miles north of Paris, at Cuise. It
has been in successful existence twen?
ty-nine years, and, beginning with
600 persons, now numbers 2,000. Not
ouly is it an experiment in co-opora
tivo housekeeping, but in the oare.and
education of. children. The association
was founded by one large hearted,
largo brained man of wealth, who
planned tha scheme and furnished tho
capital. But bo great have been tho
profits of tho association that the work?
ers now own nearly half of the social
capital, and at no distant day will own
the whole,?Miller's Journal.
a Good Peacemaker.
Mamma (to Tommy)?I'm sorry you
and your sister quarreled over that
orange, and that James had to inter?
fere. Whose part did he take'
Tommy?Whose part? He took tho
whole orange.?Harper's Bazar.
La Grippe Again.
During the epidemic of La Grippe last
season Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, proved
to bo the best reined}'. Reports from the
many who used it confirm this statement.
They wero not only quickly relieved, but
the disease left no bad after results. We
ask you to give thisiremcdy a trial and we
guarantee that you will be satisfied with
results, or the purchase price will be re?
funded. It has no equal in La Grippe, or
-ny Throat, Ch<*sr. or Lung Troubles, Trial
bottles free at Hill Bros. Drug Storo. Largo
bottles, 50-j. and $100.
Kappy Hoosiers,
Win. Simmons, Postmaster of Idaville,
Ind., writes: "Electric Bitters has done
more for mo than all other medicines com
binod, for that bad feeling arising from
Kidney and Liver trouble-." John Leslie,
farmer and stockman of same place, says :
"Find Electric Bitters to be tho best Kid?
ney and Liver medicine, make me feel like
a new man-" J, W. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town, says: Electric Bitters
is just the thing for a man who is all run
down and don't care whatber be lives or
dies; he found new strength, good appetite,
and felt just like he had a new lease on life.
Only 50c. a bottle at Hill. Bros, Drugstore.
A big stock of Clothing to select from
and very lowest prices, at C. F. Jones &
Co's.
Valuable Town Loh for Salo. Apply to
B. F. Wbltner. 17?4
C. F. Jones <8 Co's. Tailor mado Suits
are the best fitting goods made. Go and
see the beautiful Braided Cheviots and
Worsteds they are Belling bo cheap,
Stolen or Strayed.
(\N Tuesday night, December 1st, a n:e
) di urn-sized, dark mare Mule, seven
years old, was stolen or estrayed from the
wagon yard, or. South Main Street, in An?
derson. A liberal reward will be paid for
its return or any information concerning
it. A. KELl.Y,
Dec 3, 1*9!, 22 1*
TVTOtTCE TO CREDITORS.
J_ s All persona having claims against
tbo Estate of Ivy C. Lowe, deceaaod,
sin? hereby notified" to present them, prop?
erly proven, to tne undersigned within tlie
time prescribed by law, anil those indebted
to make payment.
JAS. A. PRUITT, Adm'r.
Dec 3, 1891 22 !t
Administrator's Sale.
The undersigned, as Administrator of
the Estate of Mary L. Breazeale, de?
ceased, will toll a; horkiehouie on Friday,
18th December, to tlm highest ladder, for
i asb, the following property :
Household and Kitchen Furniture,
Mules, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, a Wagon and
Buggy, a lot of Fanning Tools, and Corn,
FocMer, etc. Sale will commence at 10
o'clock a. in.
J. E. GRIFFIN, Adm'r.
Dec 3, 1891 22 2
Notice to Road Overseers.
Office of County Commissioners,
Anderson, S. C, Dec. 1, 1891.
LL Overseers of Roads are hereby no
JL5l titled to call out the hands respec
Lively assigned and work thfl Roads tho
remainder of the time required of tbetn on
or by the 20th instant. This is our last ex?
tension of the time, and all Overseers fail?
ing to work ns required by law, and to
raako and file in this office by said date a
report of their workings, will be prosecu?
ted bv us.
W. T. McGILL, Chui'n.,
B. C. MARTIN,
R. E. PARKER,
Board Co. Com. Anderson Co., S. C
Per E. W. LONG, Clerk.
De>: 3, 1891_22_1
Assessment Notice,
TThE Auditor's office will be open from
the first day of January, 1892, to the twen?
tieth day ol February, 1892, to receive Re?
turns of Real and Personal Property for
taxation in Anderson County for the year
1892, and for the convenience of Taxpay?
ers will have Deputies at each of the places
named below to receive Returns for the
said year :
Belton?At Belton, Tuesday and Wed?
nesday, 2nd and 3rd February.
Brushy Creek?At Wigington's Store,
Tuesday 2nd February.
Brushy Creek?At J. W. Rosamond's,
Wednesday, 3rd February.
Brushy Creek and Garvin?At Equality,
Thursday aud Friday, 4th and 5th Feb?
ruary.
Brushy Creek and Williamston.?At
Piedmont, Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
llth, 12th and 13th February.
Dark Corner and Hall?At Iva, Tuesday,
2nd February.
Dark Coruer?At Sherard'sStore, Thurs?
day, 4th February.
Dark Corner, .Hall and Savannah?At
Starr, Wednesday, 3rd February.
Dark Corner?At Moseley, Friday, 5th
February.
Fork?At G. W. Farmer's, Tuesday and
Wednesday, 2nd aud 3rd Fobruary.
Garvin?At Estate Larkin Newton, Mon?
day and Tuesday, 8th and 9th February.
Honoa Path?At Honea Path, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, 2nd, 3rd and
4th February.
Hopewell?At Williams & Guyton's,
Wednesday, 10th February.
Martin?At Clinkscales' Mill, Friday
and Saturday, 5th and 6th February.
Pendleton?At Pendleton, Thursday and
Friday, llth and 12th February.
Pendleton?At Pendleton Factory, Mon?
day, 8th February.
Rock Mills aud Savannah?At Holland's
Store, Tuesday, 9th February
Varennes?At Starr, Wednesday, 3rd of
February.
Williamston?At Williamston, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, 8th, 9th and 10th
February.
Williamston?At Pelzar, Thursday, Fri?
day and Saturday, llth, 12th aud 13th
February.
Real Estate is not to bn assessed this year,
(unless tue Legislature now in session
changes the law,) oxcept in cases where
parties have built new structures. All
new structures erected between the 1st of
January, 1891, and the 1st of January,
1892, haye to be assessed, and together with
the Personal Property, examined by the
Township Boards of Assessors; and where
parties have inad? any changes in their
Realty, in the way of selling or buying,
they must get their Returns made by the
20th of February, 1892, or the changes
cauuot be made.
Building and Loan Associations, Life,
Fire, and all other" Insurance Companies,
are taxable.
Farm products, such as Cotton, Corn,
Peas, (fee, on hand the 1st of January,
1892, are not taxable, but all those articles
on hand the 1st day of August, 1891, are
taxable for this year, 1892.
Assessors and Tax Payers will entei the
first given name of the Tax Payer in full,
and in backing their returns, enter their
surname first, also make a separate return
for each party for the Township tho prop?
erty is in, and where the Tax Payer owns
Real Estate to insert tho Postofliee as their
place of residence, and those who only
own Personal Property to give the parties
name who owns the land they live on as
their residence, which aids the Tax Payer
as well as the County Treasurer in making
the collection and preventing errors.
Every male citizen between tho ages of
twenty-one aud fifty yoars on the first day
of January, 1892, except those incapable of
earning a support from being maimed, or
from other causes, shall be deemed taxable
polls.
All returns that are made after the twen?
tieth of February next have to be placed
on the Additional List, and fifty per ceut.
penalty added thereto, unless prevented by
sickness, or out of the County during the
time of listing. Not knowing the time of
listing is no excuse; and all owners of real
estate might do tueit Tenants, who cannot
read or take a newspaper, a great favor by
making their returns, or telling them the
time of listing, aud that if they fail to
make their returns that the valuation has
to be increased fifty per cent, unless they
have a good excuse.
The assessing and collecting taxes is all
done now in tho same year, and we have
to aggregate the number and value of all
the horses, cattle, mules, etc., as well as the
acres of land, lots and buildings and their
value that there is in the County, and have
the same on file in the Comptroller Gene?
ral's office by tho thirtieth day of June each
year, and from that time to the first of
October each year I he Auditor and Treas?
urer's Duplicate has to ho completed, and
r.n abstract of the work in the Comptrol?
ler's office by that time, which will show,
at a glance, that the Auditor has n# time
to take in returns, or anything else much,
between the first day of March and the first
day of October each year, but work on the
books and blanks. Therefore, hope that
all Tax Payers will do us the favor of
making their returns in time.
THOMAS J. WEBB,
Auditor Anderson County.
Dec 3, 1S91_22_2
NOTICE.
TO those who are indebted to me for
professional services, I beg to say
that I am compelled to be absent from
home for some weeks in deference to my
health, and that payment may bo mado to
Friersor. it Cochrftti. who are my author
lied collectors, and who have my books
and accounts. I am in great neod of mon?
ey, and would appreciate prompt settle?
ment. I have worked hard for you, and
consider it only reasonable that you should
oomo to my aid now.
Very le-pecrfnily and t*nly,
E. O. FRI15RSON, M. D.
MOT 2?, 1891 23 t
CHRISTMAS.
Yes, ye;-, this I see,
That something done has got to be,
For those boys, six feet high,
Have packed goods to the sky.
Yes, yes, this I know,
Tliat D. C. Brown has made it so ;
Bacon down and Sugar cheap,
And on Flour ho can't be beat,
Yes, yes, this is condence,
Selling Candy at eight cents,
For old man Deck is a mighty boy,
And he's going to sell the Xtnas Toy.
Yes, yes, this is rash,
They are selling for the cash ;
Credit none, but honor all,
Selling goods to lar?e and small.
D. C. BROWN & BRO.,
No. 6 Webb Clock.
1HP0ETANT NOTICE.
jA_LL vi ho owe me by Note or Account
or for Guano, are requested to call and
settle. You will feel better, aud I will
feel a great deal better.
A. B, TOWERS.
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AND
PEICE8 TO SUIT.
lime.
ILL SELL UNTIL FURT HER NOTIFIED?
3 pound Tomatoes Oc. per Can .'?pot cash,
2 pound Tomatoes 7c per Can spot cash.
Green Corn 10c per Can spot cash.
Salmon 11c. per Can spot cusli.
Sardine? 5c per can ?>'Ui Cash.
Starch ?IJc. per pound Knot cash.
Snap 3Jc p?T ponnd s[u>t cish.
R'UM!.s $1 DO to ?J in per b ix spot cash.
Engli.-h Currants 7?: per pound spot cash.
Candy 6jc. per ponnd by 'he package *p<>! c;-h.
Northern Applet St 00 per bushel spot cash.
CocounutS 5 c euch spot cash.
Recollect these are spot cash figures. None will he chi
rged fur thirty days
LIGON & LEDBETTER,
Wholesale find Retail Grocer.s, Anderson, S. 0.
The Tireless Toilers for Trade!
No. 42 Granite Row,
ARE AFTER YOUR PATRONAGE,
And are going to have at least a portion of it, if fair dealing will get it.
ThEY don't ciuim the Largest Stock, but they have WHAT YOU WANT in
GROCERIES, in ike FRESHEST GOODS, LOWEST PRICES and courteous
service.
WE HAVE THE BEST ASSORTMENT OF
CANNED GOODB !
IN THE CITY.
"We buy direct from the manufactory, and will sell as cheap as any house in
the State, taking freights in consideration, either wholesale or retail.
Our Stock of Christmas Goods is the Best ws Ever Had.
GrIVE US A. CALL.
We have Fifty Boxes of RAISINS that must be sold.
We have a Case of FIGS just imported from Liverpool.
D. S. MAXWELL, & SON,
Ho. 5 Chiqnola Place.
FOB
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IF
s
OHE say we are not Headquarters for CHRISTMAS
GOODS, TOYS, &c., but when you see our Stock, so
varied and well assorted, and everything to please the
Children, and the PRICES IN REACH OF ALL, then
you will say you have been misinformed by three who
think differently. Don't lake our word, but come?we
will price and show you around, and if yon arc not
pleased, don't buy. It will cost you nothing to look
arouud and price oar Goods. We know we can show you
the prettiest Store in Anderson, and we will undersell
auy one. Cups and Saucers 15c, Vases 10c to 25c, Cups
and Saucers 15c, Plates 30c. Crockery, Gla3.s and Tin
Ware very cheap.
STOVES A. SPECIALTY
We buy your RAGS, BEESWAX and HIDES-dry or green.
Come and see us.
Yours very truly,
PEOPLES & BURPJSS.
A. N. TODD.
E. P. VANDIVER.
R. W. BROWN, M.;D.
w,
A. IT. TODD & CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO TODD BROS.
E ARE FILLING IN A COMPLETE LINE OF
DSUGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, &c,
And are receiving a Large and Elegant assortment of Toilet Articles and Fan?
cy Goods, Call and see us. A share of your patronage will be appieciated. Our
motto is square and honest dealing, with prices to suit the times.
A. N. TODD & CO., No. 4 Hotel Chlquola Block.
P. S.?All persons indebted to Todd Eros, will please make settlementat once with
us, and save cost of collecting by law. A. N. T. & CO.
IF-ZRTJTTS,
FRUITS!
A FRESH STOCK OP FRUITS, including SEEDLESS RAISINS, CLEAN?
ED CURRANTS, and everything necessary for your Christmas Cake.
Also, lots of?
APPLES, ORANGES,
BANANAS, PEARS, GRAPES,
NUTS and FANCY CANDIES.
Supply of Oat Flake, Buckwheat Flours and New Orleans Syrup just
received.
W. H. HARRISON & CO.
No. 1> Month Mufu Ntreet, Anderson, S, C?
A
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II
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For the next Thirty Days at
? irv ?
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS,
CLOTHING-, &c.
Our Stock of DRESS GOODS is complete, consisting of the latest styles in
Henrietta, Cashmrre, Serge, Mohair, Flannel, &c.
We would call special attention to our line of BLACK GOODS, which cannot
be beat in the City.
SILKS?A nicti linn of Silk?, comprising the latest styles of Faille, Bengaline,
Pean de Soie, Surah, China, &c. *
BLANKETS, BLANKETS.
A big lot of Blankets, Comforts and Quilts cbeap.
FLANNELS.
Red and White wool Flannels. Also, a big lot Cotton Flannels, while and
colored.
CLOTHING, CLOTHING?CHEAP, CHEAP,
Overcoats almost at your own price.
BOOTS AND SHOES
That must be sold. A large stock of the Andereon Shoe aud Lmther Co's.
Homemade Shoes?the beet on the market, every pair guaranteed.
Our Stock-taking season is near at hand, and in order to reduce our stock we
have slaughtered the prices. Come and sec, and be convinced we mein what we
Bay. They muBt be sold. Yours truly,
SYLVESTER I3LECKLEY COMPANY.
To those who owe tin ire will say that lie money must come. We cannot
run onr business without mo.jey, and we insist that you come iu and make some
arrangement about your debts, bo as to save you trouble and expense. We mean
brjygtaejQ, 3? 3? Q0?
IPOPHTLA-K,
NO. 37 GRANITE ROW.
BIGGEST and FINEST LINE OF
FINE SHOES,
For Ladies, Gents, Misses and Children,
Ever seen in Anderson,
AT PRICES THAT CAN'T BE EQUALLED.
To our Friends in the Country :
DON'T forget us when you come to Town,
and don't believe the slick tongue, long-winded
fellow* when thiiv say they can beat ray price?,
for I am HEADQUARTERS on BOOTS and
8 HOES.
I HAVE A FIRST CLASS SHOE SHOP
In rear of my Store, where you can get your Re*
pairing done -jheap. Fine work a specialty.
All work no', done satisfactorily in baud sewing,
hand welt?, or i n the finest hand turned goods,
no charge will be made.
Yours, aexious to please,
O. B. VANWYCK
COMPOUND SYRUP RED CLOVER,
FOR
ALL BLOOD DISEASES,
MANUFACTURED AND SOLD ONLY BY
ORE & SLOAN". *
We respectfully invite the at?
tention of our friends to the fact
that we sell the Standard High
Grade Kerosene Oil at 13c. per
gallon. Best grade, pure water
white Oil at 15c per gallon.
Large Lump Gloss Starch at
5c per pound.
In fact, we are reducing prices
on everything in our house.
Call every time you are in town,
and see our New Goods and new
Prices.
Always truly.
s
C. S. MINOR AND l$t. STORE.
/
THAT STOLjETM HORSE!
HAS NEVER SEIN RECOVERED,
JLILTID THE THIEF
Is still at large; but our friend*, aflfpreciating our n sfortunes, have cheerfully^
rallied to our help, and for the pa:it/[en days our sales have exceeded our most san? '?
guine expectations. But having Uftree entrances to our Store enablei us to accom- m
modate the crowds that throng thf? "Broadway" of Anderson. We have now our
Stock replete with erery'lvng nA^jed about home. The "latch string" of our
"EVERYBODY'S STORE,"
Is still on the "outside*"^!nd we will cheerfully "show you 'round." Don't forget
?two doors below th^Mammoth'' Alliance Store.
*T E. 6. FANT, Propristor.
f A. EVINS BROWNE, Manager.