The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-15
STATE NEWS.

Judge Carpenter commands Cham
berlain to hold over, but how in the
world can man hold over when be has
nothing to hold over on.
The Timmonsville News will here
after be published at Darlington, under
the name of the Darlington Ne,cs. The
Me,cs is an enterprising and readable
paper.
= Rev. Ferdinand Jacobs, D. D., has
removed from Cokesbury, where he had
charge of the Masonic Female College,
to the city of Atlanta, Ga, and has
opened female school.
= William Black, Esq, at one time q
leading politician Of Lancaster County,
and member of the Legislature before the
war, died at his residence few miles
from the village on Sunday, 4th inst.
VIM. w. Trenholm, Of Charleston,
S. c., and John P. Thomas, of Charlotte,
| N. c., constituted the first graduating
class of the Carolina Military Institute,
and received their diplomas on the 3lst
ult.
- The Marion Merchant and Farmer,
J. D. McLucas, editor and proprietor, in
entering upon its third volume has re-
turned to its original size, and is now
again published in folio form. 1t is much
improved in appearance, and deserves the
support of the people of Marion.
- The Kingstree Star is authorized to
say that Governor Hampton will not ap-
point County Auditor for this, or any
other County, at present, as is expected
the Office will soon be abolished to save
expense, and the duties conferred on the
County Treasurer.
- Abbeville Medium: Benjamin
Hughes, colored, has been recommis.
stoned trial Justice for Abbeville by his
Excellency, Governor Hampton. At the
last election Ben voted the full Demo
cratic ticket, and did what he could to
help the cause along. "The laborer is
worthy of his hire" and in the late CAM
paign colored labor WAS above par.
- The Abbeville Medium nominates
Hon. Thompson H. Cooke, Judge of the
Eighth Judicial Circuit Of South Carroll
ma, to fill the vacancy in the U. S. Su-
preme Court, created by the election of
Judge Davis to the Senate. This ap-
appointment would make vacancy in
the Eighth Circuit, and one of the editors
of the Medium is lawyer, eligible to the
bench.
-Edgefeld Advertiser: This is good
year for our people to commence living
within themselves and within their in
comes. Credit will be hard to obtain,
and, consequently, more costly than
usual. None are so generous as not to
take advantage of the market price of
every commodity Credit is very scarce
this year, aud the bulls have decidedly
the advantage. Pay cash as you go.
Senator Robertson states that it is
utterly Untrue that he has received any
intimation whatsoever that his participa-
ton in the deliberations of the Republi-
can caucus is not desired. The Republi-
can majority is not so great in the Senate
rs it used to be, and there is not much
danger that any member of that majority
will be debarred from attending its eau
Gus proceedings, unless it is voluntary
act on his own part.
"A Washington letter says: ut is
understood that one of the discoveries of
the House South Carolina committee is
that there has really been no legal elec-
ton in that State since reconstruction.
The new Constitution has a mandatory
provision for the registration of voters.
The carpet-bag and colored Legislatures
have never passed any registration law,
as directed by the Constitution. This
may make another point for the Electoral
commission to unravel."
- The Greenville Enterprise and
Mountaineer is the latest claimant for the
honors of the recent campaign. not that
it was the first to advance the idea of a
straight-out platform, but that it pub
lished daily issue from the opening of
the campaign to its close! Friend
Bailey, if the experiment of printing a
daily paper in Greenville had proven a
financial success with you, would its pub
lication have ceased with the campaign
Isn't the claim rather thin for the sea-
son
Calvin Hemphill, of the Abbeville
Medium, has transferred his youthful af-
fections to Georgia. At least, this is the
natural inference to be drawn from the
annexed paragraph in the last Medium ::
Whenever you go to see Georgia girl in
cold weather always carry bundle of
pine splinters and kerosene stove
along with you. A brace of green oak
sticks in big.mouthed fireplace will
freeze "the genial current of the soul" at
almost any tine. Don't forget the