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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-10-16
An ASTOUNDING Discovery

The witches are at work in Anderson beyond
any doubt. We have not seen them with our
bodily eyes, nor had any direct experience on
the subject, but we feel certain that some of
our patrons and friends have been spirited
away by witches or otherssupernatural agency.
Otherwise, we cannot account for their non
appearance in our sanctum, when they have
voluntarily said to us on the streets that they
were coming in directly to pay their subscrip-
tions. We have waited hours at a time for their
coming, but time dragged wearily along, and
they never came, according to promise On
searching the streets, these promising friends
are NON est inventxs, or, in the more classical
language of the learned sheriff over in Arkan'
sas, in s'oanpo, ob squatulotum! Hence, we
conclude that the witches are arrayed against
us, and whenever one of our subscribers wants
to settle his little account, he is forthwith
seized upon with violent hands, and the witches
transport him to distant and less expensive
scenes| As remedy for this evil. we recon-
mend every subscriber to carry an old horse
shoe in his hat, until arrearages to this Office
are settled, when all danger is passed, for a
man with clear receipt for his subscription is
proof against the wiles and Vaccinations of
Satan and his emisaries. He is at peace with
all mankind, and his conscience is as clear as
the ringing of the bells on a frosty morning.
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st:Eouis Mutual Life Insurance Company

St,Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company.
The Missouri State Superintendent of lnsur-
ance has fled petition in the Circuit Conrt
of St. Louis, asking for an injunction against
the ST. Louis NsHtual Life Insurance Company,
restraining them from transacting any further
business, and especially from issuing any new
policies, re-insuring any of its risks, or paying
out any money whatever. The petition asks
Sor the appointment Of receiver, and for q
decree dissolving the company and winding up
It's affairs The Superintendent alleges that an
examination of the affairs of the company dis
closes the, fact that its Liabilities exceed its
assets by S9O4 ,955, exclusive of the capital
stock of 100000 The writ of injunction was
granted. -, -. 5..-~ .a.s..l
in answer to the petition, the Insurance
Company denies all the allegations Of the
Superintendent, and asserts that the company
is solvent and able to meet all its liabilities.
The directors strongly denounce the conduct
of the Superintendent, and deprecate the ap-
pointment of receiver as injurious and un-
necessary. f - 's. ..e1G
Since writing the above, we have received
information that the injunction has been s dis
solved, and the Court decided on the plaintiffs S
own showing that the Company is solvent.
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National Press Association.

The propriety of organizing National Press
| Association, which originated at recent meet
ing of the Georgia Press Association, has been
submitted to large number of leading jour-
nalists throughout the country, and met with
hearty approval. The committee of the
Georgia Press Association, after comforting
with members of the press in various parts of
the United States, has designated St. Louis as
the place of meeting and the 26th of Novem-
Der as the time. The object Of this movement
| is to promote the varied interests of the whole
people, the general welfare of the country, the
dissemination Of knowledge, and to resist the
encroachments Of power, for the better preser-
Yation of constitutional liberty.
The Press Association of South Carolina will
hold its next meeting on Wednesday, 18th Of
November, in the city of Columbia, and we
hope that arrangements will be made tor
representation atst. Louis. Appointment topic
for discussion by the National Press Associa-
ton will be the postal arrangements of the
country, in which every newspaper is vitality
interested. a memorial to Congress for
more equitable levy Of postage upon newspa-
pers cannot fail to receive consideration
There is no justice in demanding the same rates
of postage upon newspapers, without regard
to the distance transmitted through the mails,
and Congress ought to be memorialized on this
subject. By effecting a national organization
of the press, greater attention to its demands
and requirements would be secured from sena-
tors and Representatives. For weekly newspa-
pers, we think an equitable rate of postage
would be FIVE cents per annum in the County
where published; ten cents in the State, and
twenty cents to any part of the United States.
As the law now stands, the local OF country
newspapers are placed on the same footing with
the mammoth weekies from the great cities, and
no discrimination is made as to distance, which
is manifest injustice to the weaker portion OF
the newspaper press.
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Carolina Hiuh School.

We are gratifed to state chat arrangements
have been made to secure Rev. P. F. Stevens
as one of the professors of the above institu-
tion for next year. The school will be under
the joint management and control of Messrs
Ligon aud Stevens, and an able corps of as
sistants will be provided, of which due an
nouncement will be made hereafter.
Mr.. Stevens is widely known as an instructor,
and will be remembered for his connection
with the Citadel Academy before the war. He
was gallant officer in the Confederate army,
and is now minister of the Episcopal Church.
His connection with the Carolina High School
will prove valuable acquisition to that insti-
tuition and to the community.
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TOURNAMENT
AND
GRAND BALL.

NN FRIDAY, 31st of October, Tournament
W and Ball will take place at Anderson C.
H., under the auspices of the Tournament AS
sociation of Anderson. The following will be
the programme:
The Tournament will take place at the Fair
Grounds, beginning at 10 o'clock a. m. The
most successful Knight crowns the Queen Of
Love and Beauty; the second, third and fourth,
designate the Maids Of Honor. Gentlemen
from adjoining Counties wishing TO ride in the
Tournament are requested to notify the Secre-
tary, in time for their names to be enrolled.
The Ball will tako place at the Waverly
House at o'clock p. III. The Queen and
Maids of Honor will be crowned at o'clock
precisely.
SENIOR MANA GERS.
GEN. SAM'L. MCGOWAN, H. o. HERn1cK,
Col. Fl. P. HAMMETT, O. H. P. FAINT
w. II. D. GA1LLARD, Esq B. F. GRAFTON.
JUNIOR NINA GERS.
A. T. BRoYLEs, IsHAM HARRISON,
8. M. PEGG, j. d. MAXWELL,
A. G. LAUGHLIN, L. L. GAILLARD.
Tickets of Admission for gentlemen can be
obtained by applying to the undersigned.
J. ID. MAXWELL. Sec.
Oct Is, 1873 Is
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The Comic Advertiser.

This is the title of respectable sheeA pub
lished gratuitously and issued semi-occasional-
ly, by J. B. Benson & Son, of Hartwell, Ga,
who profess to deal in all kinds of merchandise,
Except liquors, playing cards and tombstones." )"
We are indebted to these gentlemen for copy
of the first number, which contains an unique
salutatory, wherein is expressed their. senti-
ments on all great questions of public mo-
ment. Among other things, the terms are
given to outside barbarians, and we find the
following regulation among the lot: "Obituary
notices of promiscuous parties, thirty cents.
If we can select them, gratis, with pleasure" /"
In regard to popular fertilizer, for which
Benson & Son are agents, the annxed startling
announcement is made: "It is not only the
greatest fertilizer known for the whole Vegeta-
BILE Kingdom, but is also the greatest promoter
to the growth of the human species. "A poor
man with large family, called at our store for
some -four, about night, and not having sack
to put the -four in, a clerk picked up las he
supposed) an empty sack, but it had little of
the phosphate left in it, and got mixed up
with the -four; the children complained of the
taste of the bread, but the old man told them
it was the Wild Onions in the flour; SO next
morning when the parents awoke, they were
surprised to see the children's feet all hanging
out Of the bed, and upon examination, the
phosphate had caused them to grow about 8
inches during the night" '''
This story ought to gain pre-eminence for
our friends as re-lie-able gentlemen, and we
have no doubt will add immensely to their
sales of the fertilizer and largely increase the
circulation of their newspaper.
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Extlra Session IN. OF. the legislature.

The Government has issued proclamation,
aeonTening the Legislature in extra session on
Tuesday next, 21st inst, to consider the levy
of taxes for the coming year and inquire into
the. condition Of the public debt rendered
necessary By the decision of the Supreme
Court in the suit of Morton, Bliss & Co. against
the Comptroller General. The General AS
sembly has an opportunity of relieving the
citizens from the mighty Incubus of taxation
to a great extent, and probing into the fraud,
ulent conduct of their predecessors. Any sue
csssfal move in this direction will bring praise
from the people generally buta failure to
discharge this manifest, duty onght to insure
degradation and infamy for every oulpable
member. We will watch the situation care
fully, and from time to time inform our readers
as to the progress being made towards better OF
worse times in the management OF the State
hIlancessa - 81
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so,1nd advice 10 Cotton Planters.

"A correspondent of the Columbia thdsn'1
makes the following practical and sensible
suggestions to- che farmers and planters OF the
South, rs to the proper time for selling their
cotton. The receipts Of cotton for the past
week, when prices have stifened little and
there is some relief from the financial panic,
.verifes the prediction of the writer that large
amounts will be thrown upon the market.
Merchants and farmers are watching closely
the operations of the spectators in the North
and in Europe and it behooves the farmer to
determine upon selling his cotton when he gets
% fair price. Wholesale laundering upon the
part of the cotton planters will depress the
price, and give the profits to spectators. Up
on realizing what is considered a fair price, and
promptly liqridating just demands against
them, the condition of the cotton planter will
be materially improved, and his credit honora-
bly maintained, which will benefit him hereaf-
ter. But, if he attempts tospeeulate, and hold
on to the entire. crop for extraordinary prices,
Els credit will be shattered to some extent, and
Ias has been the case with hundreds and thou
sands of men since the war, the result will in
eyitably bring disappointment. He should
leave speculation to those who make it bus
iness, and act fairly and justly towards the men
who have befriended him in the past, and who
are ready to extend helping hand in the tu-
tnre. Farmers and planters out of debt, and
with no obligations of honor to meet, are at per-
feet liberty to take the chances, which is not the
case with the large majority. But we ask par
don for this long exhortation, which exceeds
the length of the sermon. Here is the advice
of the correspondent:
We have reached point in our financial
troubles when we should warn the planters not
10 hold their cotton, but to watch the market,
and as soon as they see the excitement SUD-
side, to begin to move their crops IS il no dls,
turbanee had occuryed-that is, quietly and
regularly. If the cotton is held for high pri-
ces. ard the high prices are offered, then the
whole crop will be- thrown at once upon the
market the market will be overstocked, and,
as a natural consequence, the price will fall
RAPIDLY. and the planters will be caught with O.
loss. Let them consider what IS fair and
profitable price, take that, ana not attempt TO
Speculate. ThepanIe has prevented tne eottoh
mand for it with tho spinner, for tho reason
that the same panic has caused him to be eau
tious, and, in q measure, to stop work He
will begin to work as cotton begins to move, ,
and SO both will work together as before the
panic This being the case, the prices will not
30 beyond those previous to the commence
1nent Of the troubles.
This is written only as a hint to the planters,
tn prevent them from losing money on their
erops and giving the profits to spectators, as
they eyloogs haye done, under excitements like
the present.
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Remove the Obstruetions.

We are gratifed to state that the owners of
swamp and bottom, lands on Genenostee Greek,
from thesshoals atSilas Massey 'sto the head
fof tie stream, are making arrange gements for
the: prompt sand thoreugh drainage of these
bands, BY cleaning ont the bed of the creek,
and securing sufficient fall to increase the
velocilyof the stream, whereby the lands can
be aitehed and prepared for cultivation, This
is step in the right. direction, and we have
great faith in its efficacy to accomplish the
objects in view, namely, removing the causes
of malaria AND thereby promoting the health
of the vicinity, increasing thevaue of the lands,
aud rendering them fit for cultivation. Other
communities and neighborhoods, where mala-
NAL fevers have existed the present season,
might gain the same ends by emulating the
example of landowners along the Generostee,
who are uniting rs one man in this important
work. These landowners are to meet at this
place on Saturday next, to devise plans and
arrange the details of their commendable
scheme. Every citizen is deeply interested in
the result, and will cheerfully accord the high
est praise for their prompt and timely action.
+, An intelligent gentleman from an adjoining
County, where malarial fevers have prevailed
to greater or less extent since his earliest re-
collection, expresses the opinion that the remov-
al of distractions from the smaller streams is
alone sufficient to secure the health of the
country. The neglect to cultivate bottom
lands for the last eight or ten years has caused
total neglect of The streams, and the obstruc-
tiens, in the way of drift-wood, which causes
the bed of the stream to be filled with send in
every instance, prevents adequate drainage, if
the owners were disposed to cultivate these
lands. By cleaning out the stream, from its
mouth to its source, there can be no doubt as
to the beneficial effect in draining the wet
lands, for the rapidity of the stream would
carry off the surplus sand, which hinders any
attempts at proper drainage. This may not
be practicable, in every instance, where mills
and machinery are located, and dams have
been erected upon the smaller streams. But
the most vital interests of the people are con-
cered, with their lives and health endangered
by the presence Of malaria; and our entire
population must begin to think seriously as to
the remedy, providing for every emergency,
and uniting their efforts and their means to
secure an unobstructed passage of the sand
flowing down from the hill-sides, thereby deep
ening the channels of the streams, and enabling
owners to drain their lands thoroughly, which
would at once remove from our midst the dread
pestilence now sweeping over this fair land.
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The Railroad Convention in CHICAGO.

Gen. J,W. Harrison, one of the delegates
from Anderson to the Chicago Convention, re-
:ttsrned home yesterday morning, having left
sehieagoon Sunday night, at eight O'Clock.
The ether delegates, Messrs. Murray and Whit
sner, have not yessreturned, but are expected in
"a day or two. Gen. Harrison represents the
trip as an exceedingly pleasant one, and that
the Chicago people manifested great hospitali-
ty towards the delegates in attendance. The
Convention Vas in session for two days, begin
ming on Thursday morning last. The following
officers were elected;
Gov. Magefhn, of Kentucky, President.
Cyrus Fl. Mccormick, of Chicago; James N.
Sims, of Indiana; J. II. Johnson, of Kentucky
A. G. Wilson, of Tennessee; Thomas L. Cling
man, of North Carolina; Gen. j. W. Harrison,
of South Carolina and Alex. S. Erwin, of
Georgia, Vice Presidents.
Maj. Nicholas J. Vail, of Illinois, Secretary.
Having received the proceedings just before
going to press, we are unable to give any de.
tailed statement in this issue. The following
resolutions, which were unanimously adopted
by the Convention, embrace the result Of the
meeting:
Resozued, That the immense and increasing
production of the northern states demand ad-
ditional outlets to enable them to reach the
markets of the world.
Resolued, Therefore, that as most important
measure to effect such an object, there should,
as soon as practicable, be completed from the
city of Chicago grand trunk railroad to one
or more of the North Atlantic ports, with such
branches and connections as are necessary to
supply the planting states, and also through
such seaports to reach foreign countries with
the smallest possible cost in transportation.
Resolued, That the delegates from the several
states, represented in this convention, pledge
themselves to use their best efforts to organize
and secure such charters and such connections
with existing railroads as are necessary to IA
cilitate the success of the great enterprise.
Resolued, That the several delegates will
also use their best efforts to procure along the
road such subscriptions and other aid as may
assist the enterprise and satisfy the capitalists
abroad that those immediately interested have
full faith in the success of the work, and of its
financial profits on investment.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue of an Execution to me directed, J
will expose to sale on Tuesday after the First
Monday in November next, at the residence of
the Defendant, the following property, to wit {:
One Ok Wagon, six horse Wagon, Turn
ing Plows, l lot Plow Stocks, l lot Farming
Calf, Yoke Oxen, 8 Yearlings, - head of
Sheep, Cotton Gin, Thresher, Buggy and
Harness, Tables, Bureau, l Clock, Sewing
Machine Bedstead and Bedding, IL Chairs, 8
Washstands, small Table, l lot Boxes and
Barrels, Grind Stone, l large Kettle, lot OF
Stoneware, lot of Casks Levied on as the
property of Benjamin Holland at the suit of
Henry Clark. Terms cash.
WIN. McGUKIN Sheriff
Oct 16, 1878 Is 3
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More Cotton Pickind.

The boys of Anderson are becoming exceed
ingly ambitious in the cotton picking line, and
we hear of numerous efforts to attain profcien-
cy in this respect. Benjamin A. Duncan, only
years old, and weighing a pounds, tried his
hand at the business one day last week, and
picked 147 lbs of cotton, which is capital
showing for his size and age. BE is son Of
Capt. B. F. Duncan. We like to see the boys
encouraged in whatever relates to the industri-
al pursuits, and an ambition to excel one an
other is laudable and praiseworthy.
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Death of an AGED Citizen.

We regret to announce the death of Mr..
John Stevenson, an upright and respected citi-
zen of this couDty, which occurred at his res
-idence on Tuesday last, after long illness.
He was upwards Of seventy years of age, and
has always been greatly esteemed for his in
tegrity and faithfulness in the discharge of
every duty, as a good citizen. His remains
were buried at Mountain Greek church on
Monday last.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-10-16

esp A buggy umbrella was accidentally
transferred from its proper owner, in the rear
of Granite Row, on saleday last. The person
who found the umbrella in his own buggy is
requested to return the same to j. R. Smith &
Son.
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The Pendleton Farmers Society.

The anniversary meeting of the Pendleton
Farmers Society was held on Thursday, 9th
inst, when the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
J. B. Sitton, President.
Thos. S. Crayton, Vice President.
.. DR.. P II. E. Sloan, Recording Secretary and
Treasurer.
Maj. Geo. Seaborn, Corresponding Secretary
and Librarian.
We understand that committees were ap.
pointed to attend several anniversary meetings
both in this State and Georgia, and other bust
ness of importance transacted.
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The Camden Journaf.

We neglected to mention last week that this IN
venerable and weli-conductea j5purnal has
changed hands Gen. j. B. Kershaw has been
the. editor, for some months, and we regret that
The change takes him away from the tripod,
where he bore the honors SO easily and grace
fully. His son, John .Kershaw, was the pro-
ipsrrietor Of the Journal, and has sold it to
Messrs. w. D. Tranthaun and J.. T. Hay, who
will continue its publication in future, and to
whom we offer kindly greeting into the ranks
of journalism.