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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06

THE SOUTH AS A MANUFACTURING POWER.
1t is not often that John w. Forney has any
thing good to say of the South, either present
or prospective; hence the following view of
our future under the influence of combined
production and manufacture of the great sta
Die, cotton, may be regarded as candid as it is
true. He says in the Philadelphia Press, and
we desire to call to it special attention:
Hitherto it is said that less than one-ffteenth
of the cotton crop has been worked up in the
Southern factories Yet water power and coal
abound in the cotton districts and if the prop
er effort were made skilled labor and capital
could be obtained there as easily as elsewhere,
and by thus bringing the factory and the plan
tation together large item in the cost of trans
portation is saved.
The time is coming when one-third, if not
one-half, tile cotton of the South will be made
into warns, at least in that section, and, when
II does come, what has been the poorest portion
of the country will become the richest. Stim-
ulated by the greatly increased home market
for food grain farming and grazing will then
he no less profitable than cotton growing
Thus there will be practical diversity of in
dustries with its resulting prosperity, and there
will be no longer an excuse for exhaustlng and
abandoning to q worse than their primitive
wildness whole tracts of land.
Let but the Southern people generally be
stirred by this industrial awakening, eschewing
the rancors of politics, except to see that neith-
er demagogues nor carpet-bag adventures mis-
represent them, and glorious future awaits
AN era of wealth, business activity, peace and
good feeling, which shall consign to perpetual
Oblivion the distraction, desolation and bitter
hatred which resulted from the war.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06
A sculptor was engaged to carve monu

"A sculptor was engaged to carve monu-
ment and select an epitaph for deceased man
ufacturer of fireworks. He saw this inscription
on the tombstone of celebrated musician,
"He has gone to the place where only his har-
mony can be exceeded" and thinking it was a
very neat thing adapted it to his purpose by
changing one word, and carved on the monu-
mcnt: 7'He has gone TO the place where only
his own fireworks can be exceeded"
= The Joliet (Ill.) Republican has the fol-
lowing at the head of its column of reading
notices: "Some men are born mean some men
achieve meanness; and some have meanness
thrust upon them. The first class take their
county paper without the intention to pay for
it the second class take it year for nothing
and then refuse to take it out of the post Office
and the third class won't subscribe for it be-
cause generous neighbors loan them copies"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06
Doth May, 1872.
JAMES L. ORR,
Judge 9Th Circuit.

In FAVOR OF A SHORT CAMPAIGN.-The
Columbia Union talks sensibly about political
conventions and short campaign In the fol-
lowing manner:
We hear it rumored that in several counties
Of the State many of the aspirants for office
are exceedingly anxious to hold the county
conventions for the nomination of county oth-
GERS and members of the Legislature, early the
coming month. This, it seems to us, is moth
ing less than political madness. 1t is the
height of absurdity to talk about political
campaign extending through FIVE months OF
the year. -. -.
AS we have already said in relation to this
matter, six weeks are amply sufficient to dis
cuss every political question which can posi-
bly, arise And besides, the poor people who
are compelled to labor for their daily bread
can i'll afford to spare the time to attend polit-
ical meetings, when they should be at work
attending to their crops. Every day taken
from their labor in attending such meetings Is
Just go much ready cash taken from their pock-
cts, not overburdened with the needful. In
our Judgment not single convention to noml-
nate county and legislative officers should be
held until after the State Convention has met
and made the nominations for State officers.
After this has been done there is then ample
time to hold congressional and county conven-
tions. Long campaigns demoralize and de,
range the whole labor system of the State, and
entail upon the poorer classes, the one. who
can least afford it, loss of thousands of dol
lars in the aggregate, with no corresponding
benefit to any one save the Office seeker. We
earnestly entreat the Republicans throughout
the State to lend their efforts toward putting
off these conventions until the latest possible
moment. The State Convention should not be
called before the last of August, and county
conventions not sooner than the first or second
week in September.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06

COTTON ADULTERATIoN.-We learn from
private and public sources that serious COM
plants are made in the English manufacturing
districts of the adulteration and false packing
of American cotton. The evil is increasing to
quite considerable extent, and is by no means
limited to isolated cases, such as would warrant
the favorable Interpretation of accidental in.
yoicing or careless handling. A letter from
"choked cotton spinner" affords fair illustra-
ton of the evils complained of.
"Last week bought cotton showing no sand
in sample; on arrival at the mill the outsides
of the bales were found equal to sample, and
passed. To my astonishment the loss in first
process was II per cent, whore it should have
been per cent. and on inquiry OF the mix,
ers found that the interior of the bales had
besn SO dusty and sandy that they could with
difficulty remain in the room while mixing
Cannot our Manchester Chamber of Commerce
take the subject up, or say the Liverpool Asso-
citation of Cotton Brokers? The above case is
no isolated one. This week, in delivery of
cotton, found half the bales in similar state,
but being wiser this time, sent them back to
Liverpool"
the earnest hope that it may lead to prompt
correction of the evils complained of. Our
leading brokers and the Cotton Association
should investigate it, and take such action as
may tend to fasten the responsibility, for unfair
dealing on the guilty parties. 1t takes only n
few such cases of dishonest sampling to fix
stigma on the general reputation of American
merchants that is wholly undeserved. Apart
from all consideration of the morality of trans
actions of this kind, it is to be observed that
nothing can be more damaging in pecuniary
sense. The consumers promptly detect the
imposition, and in their future purchases they
make deductions to cover all risks of losses by
adulteration, and in this way innocent dealers
may be forced to suffer for the guilty. Some
years ago, similar complaints relative to the
packing Of East India cotton-which arose,
however from ignorance in handling and pre-
paration, rather than from intentions of dis
honesty forced down the price of the staple,
and thus led to correction of the practice.
1t is to be hoped that in this case it will be
sufficient to direct the attention of the cotton
interests to the subject in order to secure a
prompt redress.-Ms~ York Bulletin.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06

SWALLOWING GREELEY.-The following is
from speech by Major VIM. E. Nelson, at the
Decatur, Illinois, Democratic mass meeting:
1t is truly refreshing to note the late growth
of respect of Grant partisans for the Demo-
cratic party as party 1t amounts almost to
veneration. Their solictude for its interests is
getting to be immense. They kindly propose
its course of action for it. They say to US,
"Now is the time for the Democrats! If ever
YOU had chance, now is the time! You
ought to run straight ticket, by all means !"
They ask us, Are you Democrats going to let
a faction, few sore-heads-calling themselves
Liberal Republicans-swallow the Democratic
party?"
Now, gentlemen, I want to answer that ques-
tion by putting one or two to my interrogator
1 want to ask him: "Dd you ever see a sardine
swallow whale?" If he says he did, then
want him to describe the process, and tell
where the sardine began on the whale when he
commenced swallowing; whether, like man,
he commenced at the head, or slipped around
and commenced at the tail? And, when he
has told me how it was done, then want to
ask him if the sardine, after it had swallowed
the whale, didn't have good deal of whale in
tiff it didn't in fact, look good deal like q
whale itself?
They ask us again: "Can you Democrats
swallow Greeley?" confess l am somewhat
out of practice in this swallowing business. l
haven't swallowed anything that tasted like a
President of the United States for nearly twen-
ty-four years. remember that in 1S4S, /
managed to get down Major General of the
United States army and horse; he was a
white horse, too-they called him cold White" I"
Having been so unaccustomed to the thing, l
am not altogether confident of my swallowing
capacity, and don't want to say now that can
swallow Greeley, nor do l want to say that,
with liberal share of Democratic encourage
ment and assistance, could not, November
next, swallow an old editor and something
,chite-say an old white hat.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06

The latest invention comes from Della
ware. A man down there, having heard that
the earth revolves at the rate Of ] 900 miles an
hour, has arranged plan of going up in bal
loon and remaining stationary while the earth
is permitted to slide away beneath. He thinks
that by this means he can reach California in
couple of hours merely by shooting up from
Wilmington in balloon ana Pots then MdIopping
down again as soon as the ROCKY MountaliIs
are observed to go past lie ansrba mas the wRoe bo
thing arranged now in perfect order-tne PAL
so that the scheme cannot possibly fail, and all
he wants to make things complete is something
to tie the balloon to, in order to hold it still
while up in the air.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06

NORTH CAROLINA INvENTIoN.-Dr. D. II.
Murphy, of Wilmington, N. G., has patented a
new implement, which is combination of the
harrow, chopper and pillow, and intended for
the cultivation of cotton and Indian corn.
The choppers arc constructed on the revolving
plan, are three in number, and are attached to
driving wheels. When the harrow is in opera
ton, or other necessity requires it, the choppers
can be easily dropped out. In working it, Ell
ther one or two horses can be used rs may be
found most practicable.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06
When Philip Henry, the father o

When Philip Henry, the father Of the
commentator on the Bible, sought the hand of
the only daughter of Mr. Matthew in marriage,
an objection was made by her father, who ad.
mitted that he was gentleman, scholar, and
an excellent preacher; but he was stranger,
"and they did not even know where he came
from" "True," said the daughter, who had
we'll weighed the excellent qualities and graces
of the stranger, "but know where he is going,
and should like to go with him." And they
walked life's pilgrimage together.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06

A California obituary: "The deceased was
a talented man of romantic nature. He placed
the but of his gun in the fire while he looked
down the muzzle and departed hence spontane-
o,1sly"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06

Prisoner, why did you follow this man
and beat and kick him SO shamefully?" Il
am sorry. your honor; was little drunk, and
thought it was my wife
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06

= Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave
,thers to talk of you as they please.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-06
Gen. John B. Gordon calls Radical Sena-
TOR to Account.

The following pungent letter from Gen. John
B. Gordon has been addressed to the Hon.
John Scott, United States Senator from Penn
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-10-26

Eirat Paner Collars.

Walter Hunt, who is said to be the org
inator of the first succ ssful paper collurs,
was one of that useful race of inventions
who seldom receive their full reward. lle
had been experimenting for years In ma
chinery for sewing purposes, and II IS
claimed perfected nn invention winch, uhs
for lis prcuuiaiy cmbarrassments, would
have proved HE first successful sewing
machine. lie was compelled 10 aoanH"n
this field. however, and after obtaining
some twenty patents for new and us' iul
inventions, lie turned his attention to the
manufacture of collars and cuffs of paper
In 1854 he made his first collars. Having
secured the aid of business men, who saw
| a new and profitable trade in his lnlrn-
ton, he gradually got his collars into
market.
| TO wear collar made Of paper was
regarded a. Il sign Of poverty, ana people
ridiculcl the idea of substituting paper
for linen. But Hunt was confident that
paper would triumph, and perseyered. His
first collars were made Of paper which was
intend, for very different use. lie tried
| Bristol board, thick writing paper, w Int
mans drawing paper, parchment paper :
but each one Of them was deficient IN
some quality. One would not resist per
SEPARATION another would not fold over
/ WITHOUT CfhNhlhB Htlll WITH W. " y
bad color, and none were OF suiilcienl
strength. lie then tried pasting two sheets
toe, thcr with a strip of muslin between
vet while this answered in many respects
it did not afford all the advantages he
desired.
Ills friends became discouraged with
his lung-conlinued and costly experiment.
aud advised him to abandon the idea ana
turn is attention to something mort
feasible. But he was confident that col
lars could be made Of paper; and, as h'
could not find the proper Kind OF market
be- determined ON trying to make II. h'
] built small rag engine, and made nuner
, Gus samples Of thick strong paper hui
/ after spending "a large sum of money u
T. In hi, way, he abandoned his attempt anC
returned 10 the manufacture of what he
y called clothlined paper. lie perfected
. machinery which .ohyiatcd all his dlilleull
. In FASTING the clCth and paper together
d and lt length after an outlay Of slO,OOO IL
f experiments, his efforts were crowned Will
success, and merchantabe paper collars
which could not be- distinguished from I'm
t en- colars, except by handling, we're glyeI
20 to the world.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-10-26

MI. james II. small, Of Buffalo, is said
to have perfected a conductors punch, so
mgeniously constructed that il Is entirely
unnecessary for the conductor to make
his report At the end Of the trip, the punch
making the report for him. This ingenious
little machine weighs about six omccs, g.
made of brass, nickel plated and is not
much larger than thc common bunch used
by conductors
The conductor H. furnished with trip
card, upon which there is double row
of numbers, each number representing
The amount Of one fair. If five cents j,
the fare the numbers range as follows. 3,
10. II, 20, and so on. When the cundnc.
TOR receives his first fare he punches oui
five; as he dots 50 small gong, lou.
enough to he heard in every part of Ia,
car, strikes in the punch, announcing I,
all within hearing, that one fare has hecI
| collected.
At the same moment the hands on
| dial arranged like the face of watch ar
| moved forward, and register one fare
while the fragment of n card with upo
Il drops into a receptacle below, and ther
| remains until the end of the trip. being IA
! third silent but positive witness to the con
ductors integrity. When the officers O
the road hand the punch over TO the con
iuc-or. hey REGISTER The numher indicn
ted by the dial, lock the openings securely
an the machine is so arranged that IL
least attempt to tamper with the lock cal
be Instantly detected.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-10-26


There never has been day when this
truth was more iurcibly Illustrated in this
country, or more sententiOusly eXprtsse
than by Mr.. Greeley in his late speech at
Louisville, when he said " want you
kentnckians to realize that ignorance is
public peril; that you cannot well afford
to have part of your people (thc colorod
pcOplc) growing up IN the dense uuac-
quaiuianct with public men that they can
he dccci,cd and msled as those people are.
iuu must take care that they shall he
educated 50 that they shall he too wise,
too well informed to lie misguided.n It
hrhooycs every intelligent citizen Of the
rnco who founded and who forwarded, and
has heretofore through all the history OF
county, ruled in this government, to take
these words grayely into consideration, and
they should be applied practically, moro
especially wherever the recently cnfran.
uhised class exercise an influential
suffrage
When the power, the influence and
character Of people me 50 directly
brought to bear upon the representative a.
In this country, safety demands that til.
fountain from which lie drinks must be
kept pure. lgGOrsLce OF the voter result.
either in Ignorance or corruption of tn,
law makCr, and doprav.ty and misrult
must follow. Unfortunately, questions al
Issue between part cs for the last dccad,
have been mere Of prejudice than Of greai
principles and evan the intelligence o
the country has not always Of late year,
exercised its capacity in determining tn,
proper policy If this prejudice has per
vcrted to large extent the thoughtful ant
| intelligent, how much more so has il con
trOllod the ignorant, especially when tha
ignorance happened to be more genera
with the very class about whom thi
pr, JUDGE has in one and another way hat
it. origin. The result has been oilcia
| Ignorance, general corruption and a waste
of the hard earnings Of the people. Thu
it is that ignorance is public peril.-Bat
sun.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-10-26

A transaction occurred in the lower part
of the city yesterday morning which has
caused some excitement and considerable
amusement in that section. The proprc
or of certain iron works owns Il lot hay
ing front Of 22Si3 feet on Oak street,
between Cherry and Franklin and Front
and second, which needed curbing. Two
parties dealing in curhstcncs were both
anxious to effect sale of the requisite
number OF stones to the aforesaid owner
of the lot, hut the lat err. it would appear,
did not give his consent directly TO either
10 deliver any though he stated to one
that if be- bought, which he was not then
ready to do 1t would he of him.
one of the dealers; on his own RESPONSE
bilty, we are informed hanlcd curbstones
along the property on Saturday
last, which coming to the knowl-
edge Of the other dealer, (Nho
represents ilrm.) he ordered the men il
his employ to commencc work ut o'rlucl
yesterday, Monday, morning, and hau
and set stones along the property of tin
ron mongcr. The men worked rapidly
and by daylight half the curb was already
set, and the balance of the 23Si feet WA
| finished the same morning. The stone
Of the other party, and which were haulcl
on Saturday, are still lying on the top o
the ground along the line Of the property
though, we are informed, he has threaten
ed tn remove the curbs that have been 81
and place down those he had furnished
| HeadWJ kdgle
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-10-26
In General.


General William Schouler died at Bos-
ton last night.
a dispatch, from Troy n. Y, reports
that Hon, john A. Griswold is lying at the
point of death.
The Surf House, at Rye Bench, n. II.
was burned Tuesday The furniture was
saved.
The Pavilion, fancy store On Ire
mont street. Boston, was burned Tuesday
Loss SIS, 900,
1t il helived that the claims made by
Texans for damages from Mexican cattle
raids are exaggerated.
At indianapolis Tuesday, VIM Clark,
wife murderer, was sentenced TO be hanged
on the 2Uth Of December.
II is stated that 200 families from Alslcc
aud Lorraine are preparing to settle in the
vicinity of Alex ndria, Va,
The flour mills and warehouse of Cnndv
~ Buuirgcn, at Rockiield, Ind have been
destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
The bark Premier OF Dcaumaris. was
lost ON the Coast Of Newfoundland. on
the 18th inst Twomen we're drowned.
"1hc Toledo University Of Arts and
| Trades has been organized at Toledo,
Ohio, with Hon. Reid Mott as President.
Governor Hoffman has designated John
| Z. Brady as Associate Judge Of the Con
eral Term in New York, to succeed Bar
nard.
The small pox T. spreading in Washing.
| ton. The Board Of Health of that city
have issued an order looking to preventive
measures against the disease.
At Georgetown, d. g., water main
burst Wednesday, and John Koontz, going
down TO cut OiIthe water, was overcome
by the foul air, and died Instantly,
| The corner stone Of on insane ASYLUM
! for treatment ON homeopathic prmcu,lcs-
the first of the kind in Amcrica-will be
laid ut Middletown, n. Y, to-day.
A party of railroad laborers near Irving
ton, n. j., were paid oil ON Wednesday
ana got drunk. After getting drunk thcy
got into fight, and eight Of them were
seriously injured.
The alleged murderer of conductor
Percy, On the railroad train at Marshlield
Mo, hrs b,en captured and lodged in iaii.
He is a young man from Illinois, and gives
the name ofN T. Cornwall.
As passenger train on the Atlantic and
Pacific Rtiltold was leaving MAtsbiield.
Mo-, on Monday night, It's conductor was
shot dead. The murderer is supposed To
be man Who was put oil the train for re
fusing to pay his fare.
A collision between a passenger and
freight .lriin occurred early tuesday
morning at Seahrook, y. u. Several ms
seuger and freight cars were smashed.
Two persons were killed, aud twelve ar
fifteen injured, three seriously.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-10-26
Puget Sound and Its Commercial
Importance.

In 1912 the post at Victoria, Vancouyer's
Island, was established by Chief Factor
James Douglas, and who, on the grant OF
the island to the Hudson Bay Company,
became It's first Governor. The commune
cation between the post at Vlsqually aud
Victoria was very frequent, aud the great
commercial advantages of that grand in
land sea 10 impressed itself on the agents
Of the Hudson Bay Company that it was
determined to make every effort 10 secure
1t. II was Puget Sound and its harbors
that was the cause Of the tenacity with
which the British chung To the claim Oi
the line Of the Columbia River. The only
safe harbor north of the port Of Sar
Francisco, they saw that In the future il
would command the trade Of China auC
the East Indies. BY fair means or foul, by
a sertion ur force, il must be gained; nut
how near they came to succeeding is tt
this day hut little known. That We owl
Oregon to-day, that the North Pacific Rail
rodd will he one Of the greatest successes
of this century, is due to the courage
energy and perseverance Of one mans
plain unprctcndiug missionary Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-10-26

AN english snIP WRECKED TEN Mnrs
EAST or uESLoPTN-TnE CREW SAVED.
special to Every Evening.
"BnEAKwATrR LIGHT' OFFICE, LEwr.,
DEL. oct. 25.-rhc Ship John Siin,ti.
hound 10 Philadelphia from Liverpool
loaded with iron aud general merchandia
went ashore on McCrays shoa's ten mites
cnst Of Cape Hcnlopen yesterday moruine.
The ship went to pieces, and with her
cnrpo. isa total loss. The crew, incui-
ms the captains wife, with stvwardc-.
and tw,niy-tyo men, reached here in sat
tv about two O'Clock yesterday. Nj
Kenncy Superintendent Of 7. W. n IS. 1;
Il. kindly furnished them transpoultin
to Philadc phia ana they left this moruiu
on the tain.