The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-11-21

weighing at gin-houses or rough guessing by
the ginner. This is the experience at every
other town within our knowledge, and doubt
less Abbeville is not an exception.
Yet this explanation, which is so simple and
satisfactory" is said not to be Every creditable
to the Anderson buyer" Let us know where
fore2 The Anderson "buyer" has no more to
do with the weighing of cotton here than the
editor of the Abbeville Press and Banner, and
the latter can as Justly be charged with any
remissness in this regard as our cotton mer-
chants. How is that for rank injnstice7 We
have a sworn public weigher, who is neither
directly or indirectly connected With the mer-
camille interest of this town, and who has held
the position for the last twelve or fifteen years
His character for uprightness, integrity and
honesty stands unimpeached, ard is as firmly
established as the character of any citizen in
Abbeville or Anderson. We refer tdO. 81. P.
FAINT, Esq, vino has been the Depot Agent at
this place for q like number of years, and yho
is we'll known throughout the State. The ex-
perience (?) of one planter must fall to the
ground against this showing, and it was
thoughtful in our friend not to "vouch for its
general application" Furthermore, as to loss
of weights in cotton, we learn FROM bur mer-
chants that there is an average loss of from
three to five pounds between this }place and
seaboard markets. One of our merchants has
recently compared the weights of ono hundred
bales bought the present season and sold in
New York, showing total loss of S55ipounds,
or an average of more than three and half
pounds per bale. Is this creditable OF not to
the New York buyer? 80: 80:
AS to the price of bacon in September we
are unable to find the merchant who will ac-
knowledge the figures given by the Press and
Banner. Nearly all of them assurei us that the
cash price of Western bacon about the 18th of
September last was 123 cents, and we have ex-
amined number of accounts where it is
charged at 15 cents on that very day. Perhaps
it vas country bacon bought by the Able
Vile farmer, as that quality of Meat always
rates higher in our market. Or it might have
been that the Abbeville farmer only paid an
account on the 18th OF September, which had
been running for year or two. Whatever
may be the facts of this particular case, we
know that the price given is an erroneous one,
as compared with scores of transactions in bacon
on or about the 10th of September last,
Since we have never made any ssextravagant
pretensions" of enjoying monopoly of enter
prise and public spirit, we will allow the con-
Guiding paragraph of the Press, and Banner to
pass unnoticed, further than to say that when
citizens from adjoining Counties are. SO much
impressed with the energy and activity of the
Anderson market as to write about our mer-
chants and business men in other newspapers.
we shall feel an irresistible impulse ID transfer
the same to our columns, even though the
Press and Banner may not like it, and its
jealousy become excited to the extent of making
unsustained charges against our town and its
merchants.