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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-03-26
improvements.

We are glad to see that some of our citizens
are awake, not only to their own interests by
providing for their comforts, but are also awake
tothe interests of Anderson. Our enterprising
uwnsman, Mr. Andrew Osborne, is erecting a
neat residence on the lot which contains the
Steam Tannery, &c., owned by Mr.. N. A.
McCully and himself. 1t fronts on Depot
Street, and when completed will vie with any
residence of like style for neatness of appear
ance and compactness of arrangement.
Mr.. james Wilson, also on Depot Street, has
remodelled and newly painted his residence.
Mr.. Wilson has exhibited good taste in his
improvements, and his residence will now rank
among the neatest in town. In addition, he
has a beautiful flower garden under cultiva-
ton.
There are also many other Improvements of
q like character going on in Town. The west
side of Main Street below the market house is
beginning to look great deal better since
the Rev. L. M. Aver and MI. T. j. Leak have
begun to repair and improve their premises.
The handsome residence of Maj. B. F. Whit
ner is near completion, and when finished will
add to the number of fine houses in our Town.
From these facts it is evident that there is
life in old Anderson yet, and We hope that
with due manifestation of interest on the part
of all her citizens, better days will soon come.
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F. L. CARDOZO,
Treasurer, S. @.

COMPULSORY SUFFRAGE.-Prussia progress
es. Heretofore it was compulsory education
that was to redeem the world. Experience
however, has taught that men not unfrequent'
ly know the right, and yet pursue the wrong,
and now the proposition is to compel every
qualified voter to cast his ballot for some one
at every parliamentary election held within the
Emperor's domain.
Free suffrage no longer, but compulsory suf-
frage is the panacea for all the ills that politi-
cal bodies fall heir to. And so upon the prin-
ciple that bird that can sing and won't sing
must be made to sing, every man who can vote
and won't vote must be made to vote.
There is no doubt that the failure to vote is
great and growing evil in other countries as
we'll as in Prussia, but it is not 80 certain that
compulsory suffrage will cure it either there OF
elsewhere. =,
The theory looks we'll enough, for it would
seem that compulsory education ought to teach
men the right and that compulsory suffrage
ought to compel them to pursue it. In prac:
tice, however, we do not believe that it will
happen in the future any more than it has
happened in the past, that men can be made to
do right by force.
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Court in Edqefield.

The last term of the Court held in Edgefeld
County by Judge Carpenter, presents a dark
criminal record. Besides the many cases of
assaults, batteries, larcenies, etc., there were
tried five cases for murder, four of whom were
convicted of murder in the first degree, and
one IA woman) of manslaughter. 1t is said
that there are other murder cases to be made
out and tried yet. This is indeed gloomy
record for Edge6eld, showing plainly that
spirit of lawlessness prevails to an alarming
extent. 1t is to be hoped that the law will be
allowed to carry out its punishments without
any interference from the Executive, so that
the further peace of the County and the well
fare of its people may be promoted.
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An ImpOrtant Act Lost.

Just before the adjournment of the Legisla-
ture, joint resolution requiring the Attorney
General to at once institute legal proceedings
against the late State Treasurer, Niles g. Par
ker, was passed by both Houses and prepared
for presentation to the Governor for his ap-
proval or disapproval. Through some unac-
countable means, this Act was not presented
with the other Acts, and seemingly no notice
was taken of it until after the Legislature ad-
journed, when it was then brought forward and
presented to the Governor by the Chairman Of
the Committee on Enrolled Acts. The Gov
ernor then refused to approve the Act on the
ground that it was not brought before him at
the proper time. 1t is indeed passing strange"
that after all the excitement which attended
the passing of the Act through both Houses,
that some patriotic member did not take it
upon himself as duty which he owed the
whole State to see that it passed through the
proper hands and become law
Parker laughed in his sleeve the whole time
the merits and dement's of his letter were being
discussed, for he we'll knew he had nothing to
fear, since others who hold high State posi-
tions were as deep in the bond swinde as him
SELF The losing of so important an Act is no
small thing, for it is the losing of law which
is highly necessary to the State at large since
it would bring to light not only this bond
swindle, which has filled the Golfers of our
renegade lawmakers and impoverished the
State, but also other swindles with which
Parker and others while in Office have been
connected.
This is of too much Importance to be passed
over like the dream of an hour. Since the Act
has been too late in its being presented to the
Governor, and since the proper proceedings
cannot be instituted against Parker, then some
one should be held responsible for the losing of
the Act. The Governor refused his signature
on the plea that it was presented after the ad-
journment of both Houses, and that it would
be contrary to all rules of governmental law
to sign during an adjournment. There is
considerable mystery about this whole affair."
and we have not the slightest doubt but that
our worthy Governor (if he did not know of it
before) is highly pleased with the failure OF
this Act to be approved at the proper time,
since he no doubt breads the disclosures which
the trial of Parker would certainly make.
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A Valuable and Useful Invention.

Among the annoying and perplexing features
of household management in this latitude none
can be remedied so quickly, cheaply and easily
as the imperfect and unsatisfactory laundry
arrangements now existing in almost every
family. In older times, every well-regulated
household had a washer woman to perform this
work, and days set spart for the purpose. But
this has been changed entirely, and great diff
Guilty is experienced to obtain servants for other
and lighter work, while the washing is a seri-
ous trouble and vexation to many. The intro
duction of labor-saving implements, however,
is'doing much to relieve our people from divers
annoyances, and this hindrance to a peaceful
household is among the easiest to remedy of
existing evils. The invention of washing ma
chimes is not of recent date, and in other parts
of the country they are universally employed.
Only within the past few years has the atten-
ton of our people been directed to their utility
and economy and the land is deluged with
patents of every description. But the intro
duction of the Steam Washer is destined to
create revolution, and bring domestic happi-
ness and comfort to thousands. 1t sstyled the
"woman's friend" and bears the right appella-
ton, for its value mainly consists in relieving
the ladies of all trouble and difficulty on this
score. The washing of an ordinary family can
be done within an incredible short space OF
time. without the slightest alteration whatever
while the process of cleansing the clothes is
going on. Besides, there is great economy in
saving the wear and tear of clothing, which is
inevitable when the washing is done by a ma
chine or band-labor. As labor-saving, eco
nomical and perfect method, we think the
Steam Washer has no superior, and we speak
from sn adequate experience in our household
Capt. P. K. Norris is the authorized agent fol
Anderson County, and persons wishing to ex'
anime this useful invention and learn its merits
are invited to call upon Mr.. L. Fl. Seel, at the
store of Gilreath & Burgess, where the Steam
Washer is manufactured.
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: A Texas letter describes visit to the cat

"A Texas letter describes visit to the cat
tie rancho of Tom Coleman, wealthy and
iovial old gentleman, who knows about as
much about cattle and the multifarious brands
and marks by which their ownership is decided
as any other man in Texas. Mr. Coleman is
the owner of by far the largest enclosed field
in Texas, the number of acres being 125,OOO
The amount of fencing required to complete
the inclosure is twenty-five miles, fifty miles
being bounded by the water course. In other
words, the boundary of the pasture is seventy
FIVE miles-ffty miles of water and twenty-five
miles of board fence. Some idea of the extent
of this field may be judged from the fact that
from the entrance gate to Mr.. Coleman's house
or rancho, the distance is twenty miles. The
number of cattle in this inclosure at the pres
ent time is $4,000 head, which is regarded as
very near its full complement. Five acres to
the animal is the estimated limit to keep them
in good condition throughout the year, and
anything beyond that is regarded as overstock-
ing. The proprietor of this immense pasture
does not make the breeding of cattle any
special part of the business, though from seven
to ten thousand calves are annually added to
his stock. He prefers to buy cattle rather than
raise them, as an abundance of herds can be
purchased at the average of five dollars per
head, including beeves, COWS and calves.
These are placed in their pastures to fatten
and improve their condition, and to await the
steamers for shipping to New Orleans. Besides
the number of cattle now held in the pasture,
25, 900, Mr.. Coleman still has on the range
many more of brands which he has purchased.
Parties of "cow boys" go out gathering these
at so much per head which is very difficult
work.
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w. ~. JUNES,
Clerk of Committee on Ways and Means.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
STATE TREAsURER's OFFICE,
COLUMBIA, S. c., March %, 1874


COLUMBIA, S. c., March %, 1874.
Hon. John Il. Cochran:
DEAR SIR-Your communication of the
Goth inst, referring to letter in the Charles
ton News and Courier, relating to the manner
in which the specific tax was levied, is re-
ceived.
You state that the letter does not give you
full Justice and request me to state the facts
more fully in relation to the matter. take
great pleasure in complying with your request:
You are the author or originator of the bill
to levy special tax You introduced the bill
in the committee, and when rejected by them,
made a minority report, which Hon. Il. NJ.
Smith of Spartanburg, also signed, and by your
skill and ability, with the aid of other mem
bers, persuaded the Legislature to adopt your
report.
1t is due to w. r. Jones to state that he pre-
pared the bill for you in accordance with your
wishes. I take great pleasure in also stating
that you are the author of several other bills
of great Importance, viz. The chill to regulate
the number of em ployees of the General AS
sembly :" the "bill to regulate the disburse-
ment of public funds" and the general incor-
poration act"
The Importance of these acts can scarcely
be over-estimated.
l have the honor to be, very respectfully,
ETC.,
F. L. CARDozo,
Treasurer, S. @.
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Honor 10 Whom Honor is Due.

We publish below two letters, one from the
Hon. F. L. Cardozo, and the other from W. R.
Jones, who was Clerk of the Committee on
Ways and Means, both giving to our worthy
Representative, Col. J. R. Cochran, the honor
of being the originator of the bill to levy a
specific tax, and also other bills of Importance
COLUMBIA, S. c., March 21st, 1874.
Hon. Jno. r. Cochran, Member House Of Rep's.,
anderson Co., S. g.:
SIR-Your communication of the Goth inst,
stating that an article in the Neaos and Courier,
referring to the authorship of the specific tax
levy Act for the current fiscal year, did you
great injustice, and requesting me as Clerk of
the Committee on Ways and Means to give
you statement of the facts connected with the
preparation, introduction and passage of said
bill, is at hand.
In reply permit me to state that the idea of
q specific tax levy originated with yourself, was
suggested by you to the Committee on Ways
and Means, was rejected by them as impracti-
cable, and was atlerward at your request ar
ranged and expressed in the language in which
it now appears by me. After the bill was
framed, and Mr. r. NJ. Smith had agreed to
sign the minority report, at your request, sub
mitted it to the Honorable the State Treasurer,
who gave it his unqualified approval.
Whatever credit attaches to originating the
idea, to introducing the bill, effecting with the
assistance of others its successful passage
through the General Assembly, belongs to you.
The Treasurer can claim. nothing, save the
lending of his official influence to its passage
I, nothing save the mechanical execution.
Respectfully,
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An Imutorant Enterprise.

We learn from various sources that it is the
intention of that enterprising body, the
Charleston Chamber of Commerce, to estab-
lish a line of steamships between Liverpool
and Charleston. Many years ago there was a
regular line of sailing packets running between
the two cities, for the double purpose of con-
yeying produce and immigrants and in those
days Charleston ranked second only to New
York and Boston as commercial emporium.
Should the Chamber of Commerce be success
full in carrying out the projected enterprise,
great benefits will accrue to the whole State.
Southern commerce will be greatly facilitated
and enlarged, and the tide of immigration will
be turned to certain extent towards, not only
our own State, but also to the adjacent States.
Cotton, our great staple and chief export, can
then be sent to Charleston, where it will be
pressed and prepared for loading, and shipped
direct to Liverpool without incurring the long
delays and heavy freights attendant upon send
ing it to New York and other Northern ports
for shipment to the manufactures in England.
Our State which is now tottering on the
verge of ruin, brought about by corrupt leg
islation, with its financial interest destroyed by
manifold frauds, may, in time, build up part OF
its fallen fortunes by the aid of this great and
praiseworthy enterprise. AS a countrys great
ness and prosperity is in great measure de-
pendent upon its commerce and its manufac-
lures, so will the future success and prosperity
of South Carolina depend upon the maturing
of this most beneficial project.
We want immigration, is the cry of the land
owners in every section of our State, and in no
way can they be sooner acquired than by this
line of Steamships coming direct from the Old
World to port within the State. We have
seen specimens of immigrants introduced into
our own County from New York, who do not
belong to the class termed the pure or newly
arrived immigrants, but are those who have
been in the country some time, having all the
vices of the lower orders, who infest the great
cities of our continent. Our people do not
want these, for they are not willing to work
but they want the Simon-pure immigrant,
fresh from the fields of Europe, whose inten-
ton upon coming to America is to make for
himself future home, and become a useful
and .aw-abiding citizen.
Let the people in every section of our State
render all the aid they can in furthering the
interests of this project, which is destined to
effect so much for the public good, and in
future years they will bless the day that they
aided in so laudable an undertaking. They
will have both good market for their staple
and the desired immigrant to cultivate and
improve the waste places, and the natural re-
suit will be that the State will rise again from
the level of prostration and degradation to the
height of happiness and prosperity.
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Public Meeting.

THE citizens of Anderson County are in
yited to meet in the Court House on Monday,
9Th of April, (Saleday,) at IL o'clock M, for the
purpose of instituting measures to aid in the
scheme of immigration suggested by the Tax
Payers Convention. Also, to consider other
recommendations of that body, intended to
ameliorate the condition Of the country. All
interested in the objects and purposes of the
Convention are respectfully and earnestly in
vited to attend the proposed meeting.
JAMES A. HOYT,
Delegate from Anderson County.
We concur and unite in the foregoing call for
public meeting, and would urge full at
tendance of the taxpayers.
B. T. WHITNER,
j. G. c. FEATHERSTON,
B. F. GRAFTON,
n. X. SULLIVAN,
o. II. P. FAINT,
With many others.
Anderson, S. c., March 26, 1874.
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Sailor Semmes, of the Alabama, and the
Grand Army of the Republic.

We clip from an exchange the following
letter from Admiral Semmes of the cruiser
Alabama, in reply to letter written to him
from Mr. Darwin G. Pavey, representing Skill
len Post, No. At, Grand Army of the Republic,
in which he requested the old "salt' to lecture
in aid of the fund for raising tomb-stones for
deceased soldiers. 1t was q bold stroke to raise
the wind on the part of Post At. The letter is
written in the right vein, and is in accord with
the spirit of the times:
MOBILE, Jan. 81, 1874.
Dear Sri am complmented by your invi-
tation to lecture in Rome, New York, in aid
of the fund to procure tomb-stones for deceas-
ed United States soldiers who lost their lives
in the late war between the States. And you
are kind enough to assure me that the people
of central New York would treat me with hos
pitality. I thank you and them, and l see no
reason why, as citizens of the same country
who have had gh-and-tumble fight, we
should not make peace and be friends when
the fight is over, especially if the fight has had
the effect to increase the respect which the one
had for the other AS soldiers at least we can
meet on common ground.
The living soldier always mourns the dead
one after the heat of the fray is over, even
though the dead one may have died by his
hand. Soldiers are not statesmen, to decide
the right and wrong of quarrel; their duty is
to their General and their flag. Human nature
was exalted and adorned during our late war
by many noble soldiers on both sides, and a
true soldier cannot but drop tear over all such
who lost their lives in the quarrel; and trust
that the time is not far distant when our chill
dren, at our fresides, will read the thrilling and
romantic history of the deeds of their ancestors
without pausing to ask themselves when they
come to the story of a true knight, whether
he wore the "blue or the grey" 1t should be
enough for them to know that he was an Amer.
ican citizen and true soldier. Nothing would
give me greater pleasure, assure you, than to
make the acquaintance of my fellow-citizens of
central New York, but have to deny myself
the pleasure for the present for want of the re-
quisite leisure. Renewing my thanks to you
for your kind invitation, am, very respectful
ly, yours, etc., RAPHAEL SEMMEs.
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Excitement in Western North Carolina.

For the past month great excitement has
prevailed among the people living on and IN
the vicinity of Bald Mountain, in Mcdowell
County, Western North Carolina, owing to
loud and repeated noises being heard coming
from the interior of the mountain. The noises
are described to be like terrible thunder, with
occasional explosions initiating the discharge
of heavy artillery; after which explosions the
whole mountain trembles as if undergoing ter
rible internal convulsions. A large rock, sup
posed to weigh about thirty tons has been split
in two by volcanic action, and kind OF vapoE
issues from the erevice, plainly showing that
some volcanic properties are being slowly de-
veloped within the mountain which will no
doubs, in time, produce a bona fde eruption,
sending forth ashes, sand, stones and lava like
the renowned Vesuvius.
The people living on the mountain, thinking
that these noises we're sent to forewarn them
of an approaching judgment, have fled to the
valleys and gathered themselves together 1or
PRAYER and pious meditation, determined to
improve the short time that may be lett them
Old, hoary-headed distillers of the celebrated
Mountain Dew," who have de6ed the revenue
officers and their deputies ever since the close
of the war, and who have paid but little or
no attention to the salvation of their souls,
have left their dark and gloomy caverns on the
mountain side, and repentipg- of their many
iniquities, now come forward and unite in
prayer with their brethren of the valleys.
1t is said that upon the first assembling of
the frightened people in the valley beyond the
mountain, that they began to pray and con-
tinued their devotions through the night, and
when morning came sent for the nearest preach
er, who was negro of the Baptist persuasion,
and during his discourse listened with the most
solemn attention, fully believing that their
time had come The excitement as yet con-
tinues unabated, and no doubt the whole of
western North Carolina will be converted to
christianity before the mountain stops "lum-
bering." Since the above excitement COM
menced, "Mountain Dew" has rapidly gone up
in value, and soon it will be as scarce as the
far-lamed honey of Hymettus.
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