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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-02
A RADICAL DEVICE WHICH FAILED.

About two or three weeks ago some
colored men in the town of Anderson
concocted plan to manufacture some
thing for the outrage mill, and procured
coffin with suit of grave clothes in it,
to be placed in the yard of colored man
living some miles in the country, and
then accused a Democrat of doing the
deed. 1t was promptly reported to Gov.
Chamberlain, we are informed, and is no
doubt safely stored among the archives
of lies sent him or procured by him from
this County. The discovery as to the
origin OF this deed was accidental, but it
is so sure that we advise certain colored
Republicans in this town not to attempt
to make case of intimidation out of it.
Colored men, again we call on you to
vote against the party which resorts to
such disreputable tricks to engender
mischief where none exist. The safety
of your race and of the white race re-
quires peace, and the party which seeks
trouble between the races is an enemy of
yours Vote for the Democratic ticket,
and secure equality before the law, and
peace and prosperity for all citizens, re-
gardless of color.
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TO THE DEMOCRATIC CLUBS OF ANDER-
SON COUNTY.
Rooms CENTRAL Elk. COMMITTEE,
ANDERSON, S. c., Oct. %, 1876.

ANDERSON, S. c., Oct. %, 1876
At a meeting of the Central Executive
Committee Of the Democratic party for An
derson County, held in the. commit
tee rooms this day, the following resolu-
tons were adopted and ordered to be pub
lished: a.v
Resolved That the Democratic voters of
this County are requested to suspend all
business upon their farms, in their stores,
workshops and offices on Monday and Tues
day, 9th and 7th days Of November proximo,
and devote themselves to securing voters for
the Democratic ticket by all fair and lcgiti-
mate means.
Resolred, That all the Democratic Clubs
are requested to meet at their usual places
on Saturday next, 4th of November, and
every member is requested to attend the
meeting of his own Club, in order that full
instructions may be given them by the
members of this Committee.
Resolred That this Executive Committee
recommends the greatest energy and activity,
coupled with prudence and circumspection,
on the part of every Democrat in Anderson
County, to forward the success Of our cause;
that every man is urged not only to attend
the polls and cast his ballot, but to use every
possible means of moral suasion to induce
others to vote with him, and to discounte-
nance all demonstrations having the appear
ance even of violence or intimidation.
RESOLVED, That The Executive Committee
will meet at this place on Monday next, 9th
of November, at 10 o'clock a. m, and that
the Presidents of all the Democratic Clubs
are invited to meet and confer with the
Committee at that time.
JAMES A. HOYT,
County Chairman.
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MEETING AT TOWNvILLE.

In accordance with the notice of the E1-
ecutive Committee the voters and ladies Of
Fork Township and the lower part of Oconee
county assembled at Townville Church in
large numbers, and heard some excellent
speeches on the situation from Messrs. J. L.
Orr, E. M. Rucker, J. w. Livingston and
G. w. Maret. Capt. H. R. Vandiver pre-
sided over the meeting. They intend to
have Democratic majority i'll Fork Town
ship this election of one hundred and seven
ty-fve votes. The speeches were full of
Democratic enthusiasm and ardor, which
was reciprocated by the assemblage that
listened to them. The order of the day was
good, and the colored people who were
present in considerable numbers were atten-
tive to the arguments advanced, and were
evidently much impressed by them.
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THAT GRAND JURY.

The report of the Anderson grand jury,
which we publish elsewhere, was made in
Anderson on Wednesday and was published
on Saturday in the New York Herald. 1t
has been read all over the State, and is now
being presented to the people of this great
union as an authoritative contradiction of
the Governors proclamation. Judge Reed
must have known it was destined to tell the
truth on his chum, Governor Chamberlain,
and that, probably, is the reason he was so
anxious to have the portion presenting the
Governor stricken out But his course in
trying to bully the grand jury developed the
important fact that there were six colored
men on it, and every one of them stood out
for the presentment in spite of the Judge.
Ever since that day we have been looking
for law to show that grand jury cannot
present Governor, but have found none.
An Orangeburg grand jury presented Ex-
Governor Moses for malfeasance in Office
few years ago, and upon the presentment he
was indicted, and the right of that grand
jury to present him was never questioned.
We think the grand jury of this County has
power equal to the Orangeburg grand jury,
and we cannot see that Governor Chamber
lain has any more rights before the law than
Moses had, although Judge Reed thinks he
is too high to be looked after by grand
jury. The fact is, he felt bound to do some
thing to retain Chamberlain's friendship,
and could not afford to defend him; there
fore, he tried to escape on the law point. In
doing this he either tried to fool other peo-
pie about the rights of grand juries, or he
showed that he is not acquainted with their
rights and powers himself. We are glad
that something has forced him to take posi-
ton, as we wanted to know where he stands.
He is, we believe, supporter of Governor
Chamberlain, and we have no doubt he will
vote for him, as he has shown an evident
disposition to shield him from just criti-
cism.
We cannot dismiss this subject without
again complimenting our grand jury on
their exhibition of moral courage in the
court room. After the first attack of the
Judge, when the foreman called on any
who wished to change the presentment to
make it known, it is true he told them it
was matter with which he had nothing to
do, but at the same time he used his utter
most efforts both to argue and to scare them
into withdrawing the report but they re-
mained firm in the very face of the court,
and unanimously sustained the present
ment. Judge Reed must have known that
it is without precedent to have grand jury
voting in open court, and yet he not only
permitted such vote, but tried hard to in
fluence the result. 1t afforded an excellent
exhibition of the stern integrity and devo
tion to duty of the citizens of Anderson
County. The purest and most independent
of the old Romans themselves could no
have acted with more becoming firmnes:
and dignity than the members of that grant
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-02

Mr.. John Halliday, the accomplished Su-
perintendent of the New Manchester In
dustrial Works, exhibited number of ex-
cellent drawings of buildings and machine
ry of his OWE execution at the late County
Fair. He also showed a number of finely
finished and delicate tools and instruments
adapted for various purposes, which he
made himself He has settled at the Com"
pany's location in this County, and we are
glad to welcome him as q citizen IN our
midst, and to recommend parties having
machinery to build or repair to consult him
or one of his agents, Dr.. Diver or Capt
Roberts, before going off with their orders
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REPUBLICAN, SUPERVISORS.

The following list embraces the super
visors of election for the several precincts Of
Anderson County, on behalf of the Repub-
lican party, recommended for appointment
by the United States Court. AL of them are
colored men.
Anderson, Samuel Williams; Bolton,
Elias Brown; Calhoun, Peter Garrison ;
Centreville, Joe B. Peyton; Williamson,
Taylor Hill; Sandy Springs, Moses Lee
Brushy Creek, Allen Pickens; Brown and
Farmers Store, VIM. Parker Pendieton,
Joe Weston; Honea Path, Julius Thomas,
jr.; Dark Corner, Henry Thompson; Green
wood, scipio Cunningham; Williford's
Store, Capers SHELTON; Hollands Store,
Edwin Carter; Balls Mill, Charles Cherry ;
Craytonville, Harrison Smith; Bethany,
Henry Cunningham; Longs Shop, Elias
Thomas Milford's, Henry Kennedy. Vote
for Tilden, Hampton and Reform!
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The school commissioner of Beau
fort county, S. c., writes to the Boston
Globe: "a strong personal friend as l
am of Governor Chamberlain, and almost
the only one in my county who has stood
by him in his efforts for reform, for the
past two years, I am at loss to understand
how he can now leck arms with r. B.
Elliott, the candidate for Attorney Cen
eral, whom the Governor, not long ago,
denounced as the most corrupt man in
South Carolina"
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A REMARKABLE COURSE.

AS our readers know, we have not only
been disposed to let Judge Reed alone. but
have even sought to sustain and defend hin,
against charges which we believed to be
unjust We are ready to do so still, but no
sentiment towards him can induce us to
pass unnoticed his actions, which are so un-
just and insulting to our people, as we deem
his conduct in regard to James Miles, q
colored youth of nineteen or twenty years
of age, who was convicted at the late Court
of Assault and Battery. He is the fellow
who threw rock or rocks into the Demo-
cratic torch-light procession in Anderson
last August, and struck an old colored man
named Solomon Wright, who was riding in
it. The offense being very serious one,
and one which, but for the prudence and
influence of some men who were in the
procession, might have led to grave conse-
quences, Trial Justice VIM. S. Brown very
properly sent it up to the Circuit Court for
trial, and as we have said, upon the trial
Miles was convicted of Assault and Battery
under aggravated circumstances, endanger-
ing the lives of numbers of persons. Judge
Reed sentenced him to five days imprison-
ment in the County Jail, and he is now free
to rock Democratic meetings, or commit
any other political offence he chooses
We have never seen nor heard of such a
sentence before.
The worst of this matter is, that soon af-
ter he was committed to Jail to await his
trial, in default of bail, Judge Reed, then
not expecting to hold the Court, called Mr..
Brown into his Office and asked him, as the
Trial Justice, to let Miles out without any
security, saying the offence was trivial one,
and that it did not make any difference
whether he ever came to trial or not. 1t
was unbecoming. conduct in the Judge of
the First Circuit to come into the Eighth
Circuit and endeavor to induce Trial JUS
tice to violate his sworn duty.
If this is Judge Reeds mode of dealing
with political offenders against the law, we
are not surprised to hear of riots i'll Charles
ton and at Cainhoy in his Circuit, and if he
has not better idea of apportioning the
punishment to the offence, we sympathize
deeply with the people of the First Circuit |
when it comes to vindicating the majesty of
violated law in the cases of these two riots.
Had this rock been thrown by Democrat
into Republican procession, Judge Reed
and every one else knows the person who
threw it would have been severely and de-
servedly punished, but he thinks five days
enough punishment for rocking Democrats.
We warn the Republicans of this County
not to take license from this sentence, for if
they do they will be badly disappointed
when they come to trial before Judge Cooke.
Whatever may be the new fashioned ideas
in the First Circuit our Judge has an old
fashioned way of Furnishing men who are
convicted of violating the law. The next
intimidator of Democrats in this County
will not fare so WELL
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Even the children of our country delight
in praising our great leader. Recently an
infant about one year old was to be chris
tened into the Episcopal Church at Pendle-
ton, and as the Rector lifted his arm to pour
the water the little one exclaimed distinctly,
"Hurrah for Hampton" The enthusiasm
of our people is confined to no age nor sex.
The old gentlemen and ladies, the young
men and ladies and the little children are
all thoroughly enthused.
A vote for Col. D. Wyatt Aiken is vote
to place an honest, intelligent and represen-
tative man in Congress. A vote for l.. Cass
Carpenter is vote to place malignant, un-
reliable carpet-bagger in the next Congress
as misrepresentation of South Carolina.
He knows nothing of our country nor of the
wants of its people. He hates our State, and
has never done single deed to entitle him
to the respect much less the suffrages of our
people. Col. Aiken is a native, of unsullied
character, who has labored hard to restore
prosperity to our State, and is identified
with every interest that is necessary to make
him valuable representative of our people
Be sure to vote for him.
In The next issue of the htelligencer We
expect to announce to our readers double
triumph of the Democracy. One in the
Nation over the Republican party with its
Grants, Belknaps, Babcocks, Robesons etio
oaane genus, and the other in the State o
South Carolina over Republicanism as rep
resented by Chamberlain, Whittemore
Elliott, Dunn, Whipper, Patterson & Co
Let us work with diligence until the 7th
and then await the news of victory with
firm and wcll-foundcd hope.
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FREIGHTS.

Considerable reductions have recently
been made in bulk freights to Anderson, SO
that our farmers or merchants by combin-
ing together can obtain articles at such
freights as to enable them to compete Sue
cessfully with Grcenyille or other points.
For instance, car load of molasses weigh
ing $4,000 pounds, costs s45 freight from
Charleston, or the freight per sack on car
load of salt is IS cents. There are also
through rates on corn, -four, bacon, &C.,
from the West, via Augusta, so that our
people may know Anderson is gaining in
its mercantile advantages. Weare indebted
to Col. Dodamead for these favors, and he
may rest assured we appreciate them highly.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-02

If one-hay of the auhite voters in Ander-
SON County miN vote one colored man for
Hampton, his majority in anderson County
,cW reach orer FOUR THOUSAND! This
fact alone should be sufficient incentive to
a powerfM and untted effort nert Tuesday.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-02

The Mea0 York Herald says: "We ad-
use the colored man to take Gen. Hampton
at his a0ord, and giue him trial. He
promises more than Governor Chamberlain
has performed, and he has the ability to do
achat he says." Read this to your colored
,,e;ohb0r.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-02

He ayho yotes to continue the thieves III,
poaDer is not one wh;t better than the thieves
himself. Remember this!
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-02
NINTH ANNUAL FAIR.

ASplendid Exhibition of the Industl ial
Products of Anderson County-Fine
Weather and Fair, Attendance.
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Let the colored people uote for Hampton
and thus secure their every right under the
ld1y.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-02

Suspend oil business on mert Monday
and Tuesday,, and crert every effort to Sc
cure the election of our standard-6earers.
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Spare no pains to convince the colored
people that it is their DUTY to cote for TIL
den, HAMPTON, aiken and Cothran.
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COTTON.

Cotton is being brought to market very
fast, Notwithstanding prices remain low.
Middlings are selling at from 81 to 81 cents.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-02

O,sr County ticket is sqfe;. aoork for the
National and State candidates.
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Vote for 1slden and Hampton, and Sc
cnre equal rights to all.
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Every cote changed from Chamberlain to
Hampton is equal to taoo votes for the latter.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-02

The future heppiasess, prosperity and
good feeling 6etaceen the races demand the
election Of Islde1 and Hampton!
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-02

There is no time for idling. Every man
has a duty to perform for his country, h'n''
self and his posterity. Discharge 1t, ana
thereby prove yourselves patriots!
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Vote for Hampton.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-08

after repeated efforts, succeeded in
getting in, and attacked her with
butcher-knife, hacking herin the arms,
limbs and body, and.when she fell from
loss of blood thinking her dead, he
severed an artery in his right arm. The
police broke into the room and found
both insensible, she lying under the bed
and he near the door. Both were taken
to the hospital, and the doctors think
the woman will recover, but, owing to
the great loss of blood, Hummell will die.
Samuel Coville, who has been clerk
of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal office for
the past five years, recently absconded,
taking considerable funds with him. 1t
was learned that he took passage on the
propeller Celtic, and parties at Port HUI
ron, Mich, were telegraphed TO intercept
him upon his arrival. COville, who
doubtless had canvassed the situation,
made arrangements before reaching the
port and jumped overheard in the lake
shortly before reaching there, taking a
life-preserver along. He left the follow
ing note, written on linen collar:
Captain Kill-Desperate men take des-
perate chances will send you the pay
for your life-preserver some time, if it
only does good service now and takes me
about a mile to shore" 1t is supposed
that his embezzlement amounts to sever
al thousand dollars. Careful search was
made for him on the arrival of the steam
er, but no clew could be obtained to his
whereabouts. There is possibility that
he may have been drowned, as no one
saw him swim ashore.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-08
The Atrocities in Bulgaria.

A correspondent of the London NeaoS,
writing of the barbarous and cruel con-
duct of the Turks in Bulgaria, gives the
following description of visit he made
to the town of Balok: "lhave just seen
the town of Balok, with Mr.. Schuyler,
the American Minister. Mr.. Barring was
there yesterday. Here is what l saw:
On approaching the town on hill there
were some dogs. They ran away and we
found on this spot number of skulls
scattered about, and one ghastly heap of
skeletons with clothing. Icounted from
the saddle hundred skulls, picked and
licked clean, all of women and children.
We entered the town. On every side
were skulls and skeletons charred among
the ruins, or lying entire where they fell
in their clothing. There were skeletons
of girls and women with long brown
hair hanging to their skulls. We ap-
preached the church. There these re-
mains were more frequent, until the
ground was literally covered with skel-
etons, skulls and putrefying bodies in
clothing. Between the church and the
school there were heaps. The stencil
was fearful. We entered the church
yard. The sight was more dreadful
The whole churchyard for three feet deep
was fostering with dead bodies partly
covered-hands, legs, arms and heads
projected in ghastly confusion. saw
many little hands, heads and feet of chill
dren of three years of age, and girls
with heads covered with beautiful hair
The church was still worse. The fool
was covered with rotting bodies quite
uncovered. l never imagined anything
so fearful There were 5000 bodies in
the churchyard and church. We were
obliged to hold tobacco to our noses
In the school, fine building, 200 womef
and children had been burned alive
All over the town there were the same
scenes. In some places the heaps OF
bodies buried in shallow holes had beer
uncovered by the dogs. The banks ot
the little stream were covered will
bodies. Many bodies had been carried
to Tatar Bazardjik, distance of thirty
miles. The town had 1900 inhabitants
There now remain 200. Many who es
capped had returned recently, weeping
and mourning over their ruined homes
Their sorrowful wailing could be hearC
half mile off. Some were digging ou
the skeletons of loved ones. A woman
was sitting mourning over three small
skulls with hairs clinging to them, whicl
she had in her lap"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-08

little over 81 per barrel. He still re-
fuses to let 1t 60 at 81. Another gentle
man bought quite low, some time ago,
paying about 80 cents, and sold at 1910.
Another transaction much larger was
that of dealer who sold 5000 barrels
at $3.50, for which he paid sixty'five
cents, but was afraid the market would
collapse. Everybody in the oil region
who had any cash on hand seems tohave
invested when the rise commenced and
were made happy At Oil City one of
the Spectators is about $75, 1000 ahead,
and several others nearly or quite as
much. Many of them count their profits
realized by tens of thousands, and few
of them by anything less than thousands
A large number of outsiders, who rarely
if ever have anything to do with the mar
ket, have been induced to take a chance
and have realized good profits. Young
men with limited capital and board bills
to pay have purchased calls at prices
which they little expected the market to
reach, and have realized profits ranging
from $50 to 81 900. 1t is safe to say of
the Oil Exchange that there was never a
scene of so much excitement in three
consecutive days. At Titusville it was
the same. Geo. A. Chase went to the Ex-
change in the morning, and came out at
night with 81, 200 more money than he
entered with. Chief of Police Rouse
made $640 net during the past three
days. Policeman Kane is worth 81 800
more than ono week ago. A boy put $40
in the hands of a broker to be used with
other money, and in two days time drew
out 5000. Some of the dealers and
brokers might report something large.
One Titusville operator since Friday
morning last has made $15, 900; another
$4,000, and another $50, 600. Others
have made various sums from $4,000 to
$4,000. Will prices stick? is now the
absorbing conundrum to operators in this
city and residents of the oil regions. The
fluid has already reached giddy height,
but the next twenty-four hours may see
wonderful change in its figure. Pitts
6urgh dug. 30) Dispatch to the Chicago
Times.