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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01

MOTHERS. MoTHERs. MoTHERs-Dont fail to
procure Mrs. Minslow's Soothing Sy rup for all
diseases Of teething In children. 1t relieves
the child from pain. cures wind collie regulates
the bowels ami. BY giving relief and health TO
the child, gives rest to the mother.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01

Diamond watches. iewelry etc. ETC., at Harris
auction sale to- day at II a. m.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01
British Troops Ready to start for the
seat Of WAR.
English Preparation OF wnr Material.

LONDON Feb 9s.-It IL stated that AZ. 1000 Brit
ish troops are ready to start from Bombay at
sh ort notice.
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BREvTTxEs.

Harris As ST. Charles street, auction sale 1
unredeemed pledges t,-day It'll o'clock a. M
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01

The Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. ext
hibts the seeres ofifs graf popularity and sud-
cess by wisely maintaining its old standard dI
excellence sfnce its reduction Of rates.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01

Hart's, 4s ST. Charles street auction sale o
unHsdeemed pledges to-day at II o'clock a. m.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01
No More Transfers tn the Reserve
speCtiOM of Recruits.

LONDON Feb 2s-The War Office has ordered
that no soldiers shall be- transferred to the re-
Herve until further Instructions The Duke OF
Cambridge will specially inspect recruits at
Aldershot on Friday.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01

Harris 48 st. Charles street, auction sale
pledges to-day at II o'clock a. n
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LONDON Feb 20 The Times Berlin dispatch
reports that Germany Ia preparing to sent
eight ironclads to the Mediterranean In the
event of war.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01
Desperate Encounter with Suspicious
Characters.

NEW YORK. Feb 2s.-Off1cer Green discovered
two suspicious men Yesterday ne II Wood sta
ton. on the Hudson Rvor Railroad. The spot
has boon the scene of many col fsions aud fatal
accidents. TIL. carried a bundle. articles sup
posed to be stolen. The officer orderrei them
to give nh account OF Themselves They re-
attack on the officer. The policeman fired five
shots Mt the men,
- Laer, one of the men, WHO gave his n'me as
States, and resident of Buffalo. was found
near the track, apparently dead. with his leg
board traiu and fell under the wheels. He is
expected to die momentatily. He refuses to
give the name OF his confederate.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01
A New Dodge In RascaIity.

NEW YORK. Feb. 2s.-A new practice in ras
oality has been discovered. A genflemanll
appearing vendor of various articles, pretend
Ing to have recommendations from the friends
of the ties he calls upon. makes it then hi
business to ste sitting cards fr IN the cart
receivers. to use them in furtherance Of hi
dishonest plans.
Development In the Armstrong Murder
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-08
A SuRroa1rY IN HuMAN FORM.

:, Mr.. EBlrdR There lives within mile
and haii Of Anderson negro womaii-
Maria Cumniings-who is natural curios-
ity, we'll worth amy ones time to so and see.
She was originally coppef-colorcd, but for
the past fifteen years has bccn gradually
turning white. She says that she first no
ticed a small white spot OH her neck during
the war, and although It kept growing larger
and larger, and spread from her neck to her
shoulders and breast, she paid little attcn-
ton to IT, It continued to increase iii size
year by year, however, until now Der whole
person, with the exception of her face, the
backs OF her hands, the tois of licr feet and
portions of her arms, is perfectly white, and
has the clearest hue of complexion that
ever saw. The splotchcs Of lier original
color gradually decrease in aize, and if she
lives five years longer will be one Of the
faitest Completed pafsoiis in the world
Maria is now about AZ years Of age, and Is
the mother of eighteen children. twelve Of
whom are living. She is about medium
size, and is industrious and honest. Ills
is certainly q remarkable transformation,
and the question, what has brought ii
about7" is pufsling many. She Is Known
TO several Of your readers, and was, at the
time OF. emancipation, the property of Capt
]. Y. Fretwel, of thie County. Hhe now
lives neer Mt. Tabor graveyard, OH the
plantation Of Mr.. j. +. Wilson. X.
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6isArh or REV. A. RICE.

II Is with sincere fegre. that Nc nlnounce
the death of tile Rev. A. Rice, in the slst
year of hls age. He Was born in this Cour-
ty on the 10th day Of June, A. ID. 1908, and
died on tie 2ist day of jdly, 4. b, iSfS;
after brief illness of three days, Tie 10.
ccived in early life as good an education as
could be obtained In the common County
schools of the day, and completed his
academic course in the Academy at Va.
rennes when In bis nineteenth Year. Soon
after this lie entered as clerk in the store of
his father and Mr.. Christopher Or, at Cray.
tonville where he had incnlcated and i'm
bibet those strict business principles which
subsequently contributed to his own success
in life, and enabled him to dIsciiarge faith
fully the many trusts afterwards committed
to him, without the imputation Of stain
upon any of his transactions.
On tho 10th Of March, 1920. he was mar.
ried TO Miss Sallie Thompson, who wes for
IS years the faithful partner of his Joys and
sorrows. About this time he was elected
Colonel Of one of the militia regiments, and
In the year 1896 or 1923 was elected a men,
Der of the Legislature, and continued to
represent the people of Pendleton District
in the Legislature for six years. AS a rep.
resentative he faithfully represented his
constituency, and II was his privilege to
cast his vote In favor OF granting charter
10 the first sailrond company III this coun.
try and the longest one at that time in the
world.
About this time Col. Rice connected him.
sell with the Baptist Church. and in 1896 or
1887 was, at tho request OF the Meals Creek
Church, ordained to the work of the minis.
try. For upwards of forty years he was
faithful preacher OF the Gospel. He sought
not wealthy Churches, but being himself a
man of wealth, it was his delight to preach
to poor Churches and in destitute places.
He was leader in the Saluda Association,
and much of the prominence of that Asso-
ciatioh is due to his judgment and abors.
His last days were rs calm and bright as
his life had been pure and devoted, and
faithful to all the bright trusts committed
to his charge
The funeral services were conducted by
Rev. j. 8. Murray. and his remains inferred
in the family burial ground. The very
large attendance at his burial attest the high
estimation i'll which he was held in the
community.
We commingle our sympathies with the
bereaved family in the great loss VIII t,
they and the community have sustained m
the death of one of our oldest and best
citizens.
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DRUsHY CREEK.

AS we are scarcely ever heard from through
your paper, will give you short account
of OUR singing school, just closed al st. Paul's
Church, which was perhaps tho largest ever
taught in the County, there being in attcn.
dance all the week from seventy-fivc To
ninety scholars The school was taught by
Prof: J. g. Douthit, and The mere mention
Of his name in connection with d singing Is
sufficient guarantee of success. His Ia.
bora were about To overcome him towards
the close of the school, and he called I'm the
services of Prof. King to assist in leading,
&c, who Won such laurels for himself that
they are nov speaking of making him
President of the Singing School Associa-
ton, or of tho United States, anu not sure
which. The large number of beautiful
young ladies In attendance on the school
made it ONE Of the most interesting schools
ever taught in the County. Br,isfy Greek
township van boast of four singing schools
this summer. Can any other township do
ore?......We are having q very serious
drought, over five weeks having elapsed
since we had rain. Upland corn liz well
nigh ruined. and all other crops seriously
injured We expect 70 open the political
campaign in this township or the 18th inst,
when we hope TO see many of our distin-
guished speakers and hear from them on
tho political issues of the day. The fence
law men are beginning to feel very squally
on the grass Question. BOB.
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BATTALION DRILL NOTICE.
E. NJ. SkIPEs,
for the Committee,

The Companies of Captains L. NJ. Snipcs.
a. NJ. Guyton, j. P. Cox and ]. w. Dacus
will assemble at Williamson on Thursday,
the 18th Of August, ct o'clock &. IA, for
the purpose of having drill as the upper
battalion of the Eastern Regiment. Gen.
w. w. Humphreys and staff, and all Of the
military officers and comp les of the Coun-
ty are invited to be present and participate
in the drill. The ladies and citizens of the
surrounding country arc also invited TO be
present, and all are requested to bring their
baskets with them. Maj. i. B. MURRAY
will deliver All address upon the military.
and the candidates generally are invited TO
be present and discuss the political issues of
the day. A lively and interesting day is
expected BY order of the Colonel, NJ. p.
Tribble.
Tickets from Anderson and Bolton to
Williamson and return will be sold at one
fhre and the parties going will be brought
back on the same day. It is hoped that
great many persons will avail themselves of
this excursion. Tickets from Anderson will
be eighty-five cents, and from Belto:. IL will
be about half this sum.
l.. f. CAMPBELL,
Lieut.. Col. Commander Of Battalion.
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sL.AnToWu.

A few months since the Shutdown Grange
Offered premium to that member of it who
would groY the most wheat upon enc acre.
Ihreshiilg being over. we are prepared to
give the results ( T. s.. Glenn's acre gave
the greatest yield, being 2a2 bushels. The
second best was grown by Col. Jameson, the
third beat by B. e. Smith. Others COM
ranging from 18 to 25 bushels. The excr-
cises OF the Shutdown Academy were re-
suncd July 1st. About sixty pupils are in
attendance, half Of whom are young men.
.....Since the recent rains the crops are
more promising, and 1t is hoped that the
It was Thought they could be few days
since......PrOf James G. Douthit begins a
singing school ut Pisguh Church, 10Th inst.
The Professor will meet with hearty re-
ception by the people Of Shutdown, and es,.
pecialy by those who duly appreciate the
potency of song as an element of religious
worship..:..lr was our pleasure to be pres
ent at the last meeting of the Connor Light
pragoons, held at Bishops Branch Goth ult.
owing to the oppressiveness of the heat the
Grill 'Sas dispensed with. However, the
meeting was not withou. interest, as much
Important business was transacted Among
other things. the Captain stated that an in
Vitation had been extended by the Red
Shirts" to participate with them in O picnic
70 pc given 23rd inst. at Pendleton. After
brief consideration of the matter, 1t was
unanimously decided to accept the same.
The next meeting oi tho Company will he
at Bishops Branch 18th inst. The Compa-
ny and Grange will unite and give basket
dinner" Every member of the Company
Is expected to be present The ladies are
especially invited. The hour of meeting is
a: m, and the entire day is to be spent in
drill and in the interest of the Company,
except few hours in the heat of the day,
during which the Grange wild hold meet
Ing and discuss, publicly, the comparative
merits of corn md oats as horse feed
RUSTIC
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agArs FAIR AND eaANsE.

The simmer meeting of the stete Grunge
and State Agricultural Fnit Association
convenes in Spartanburg OH next Tuesday,
and will conclude With d grand military
revie@ on Thursday, at which Gov. Hamp-
ton, Gen. Noise and others will be present.
The meeting will be very large and in
structive one, and all who can arrange 70
attend will be we'll repaid for the trip. 'fhe
Air Line Railroad hoe agreed to pass persons
desiring TO attend this meeting at one fare,
and the Greenviilo and Columbia Road also
makes very great reductions. The rates
from the several depots can be obtained
from their respective agents. Persons
wishing to attend will have to leave on
Monday. Hon. b. F. Crnyton, the popular
President Of the State Fair Association, has
appointed several distinguished writer's to
read essaye OH important subjects, and the
programme of the meeting will be upon the
plan adopted at Anderson last year.
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PIC MIC.

The Bowling Green 0rangc and Demo-
cratic Club, Union Grove Division, s. OF T.,
and the Sunday Schools at Whitcfield and
Union Grove, have united and agreed to
have basket pic mic on Saturday the 18th
inst. The following gentlemen are invited
to speak on that occasions Grange-W. W.
Russell and Col. j. w. Norris; Temperance
g. F. TolIy and DR.. II. 1. Epting; Sab
bath School-Rev. Dr. Lander, J. Nj. Ham,
lin and Rev. III. f. Chretzberg; Democratic
Club-Maj. E. B. Murray and Col. f. M.
Rucker. The Grange will meet at the
school house, at o'clock a. M, for the pur-
pose of comforting degrees. Every member
is requested 10 intend The speaking will
be at Andrew Harris spring. The neigh
boring Oranges, Temperance Divisions and
Sunday Schools are invited to come in re-
gala, and the public generally are invited
to attend and bring their baskets.
E. NJ. SKIPEs,
for the Committee
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spARr.NBunc MEETING.

We arc In receipt Of II card from Ii. l..
Bowden, chairman of the coin,nitteo on
reception arid assignineht of delegates
to the State Orange and Agricultural so.
ciety, which meets at tliat place OF tho
18th inst, requesting that delegates ror-
ward to him their names and post office
at an early day. We trust that all dele
gates will promptly comply with this re-
quest, as it will avoid much trouble and
copfr sion to both committee and dele
gates. y. u. Lee was appointed - CON-
mittee Oh behalf Of Pomona Grange TO
receive and forward the names Of dele
gates from Oranges expecting to be- rep
resented i'll the State Grange mt that
meeting.
We have also received note from the
Secretary or tho Stnte Grange, stating
that the .tir 1,lno Railrond will carry
delegates for ono faro and return them
free on certificate of attendance ns dele
gates. Other Railroads In tho State have
made generous concessions In favor oi
parties attending the meeting, except tho
q. & G. X. r., which had not been heard
from mt that time.
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being much more rapidly aud systematically
instructed under the Democratic govern.
ment than under the Republican,. His
speech was interviewer with anecdotes, and
brought frequen. applause.
AT the eonclueion Of Col. Ora speech
Henry Kennedy renewed the motion to
endorse Governor Hampton, but Parker
was too arbitrary and too wary 10 let IL 90
before tho convention. and this lime showed
go much temper that Kennedy said, .Well,
don't look so mad. DO not like to talk to
man who is us mad as you arc" At this
time there was proposition TO take up q
collection from the white people to pay the
expenses OF the delegates TO Columbia, but
it was ridiculcd so that the hat did not PASS
around, and the conveAtion adjourned.
The convention was decided success as
Democratic meeting, and an equal failure
as Republican convention. It was owl
deh.iy the desire of q majority OF the COL
ored people present to endorse Governor
HAMPTON, but they could not get the chance
70 express it by vote, The white Demo.
cfals present deserve the highest praise and
commendation for their excellent ORDER
ano TO them is due the whole success Of the
Democratic parts on this OCCASION. The
course of Green u. Williams, Henry KEN
nedy, Samuel ohnson, McDuffie Singleton.
end the colofed men who went with them.
also deserves praise, and shows them to be
Tar ahead of the leaders who want to revive
the old Republican party. They appreciate
good government, and show d Willingness
to sustain 1t which the more sensible os ,h.ir
race will certainly follow. They should be
encouraged. by, our people in the move
which they are making in the right direc.
tion We predict that ralicalism is practi-
cally dead and buried in this County and
that 1t will be long time before it attempts
another convention.
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YnilrF,aa of lsenI,ecs

X The following sescIutions were adopted
by Ebenezer Sunday School lsug: ., iSI6:
WHEREAs, It has pieasga y lnsighty God
to- remove from our midst tiSe hand OF
,.,ath, Mrs. MARY c. ItlsFKseALIes and
whereas. she has been from carly childhood
closely Identified with Ebenezer Sunday
School as pupil and teacher. Therefore
J.. Resolred, That in the death of Mrs.
Mary G. ClinkscaleB this community las
lost one of Its most worthy and useful mem
bers, the church militant q zenlous and de-
voted Christian, and the Sunday School u
strong advocate and an earnest worker
2. That in this ifiscsutable. providence we
of Him who Is too wise 10 err, believing
tfIat our loss is her eternal gain.
8. That We tender TO the husband. father
and family Of the deceased our heartfelt
sympathy, and pray that the blessings Of
God may rest upon them, especially the
dear motherless childreil.
]. NJ. BaowRE, Supt.
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II. y. LA KIE,
Master Hampton Grange.

Tho INTELLIoENcER of last week
makes favorable mention of the Grange
meeting with Harper Grange, which we
heartily endorse. But we think proper
~ add that the exercises we're closed by
II speech from w. w. Russell, in which
he forcibly pointed out the indirect, but
not the less certain aud effective, inf1u-
ence OF the Grange for good upon the
political tone OF sections, communities
States and the United States, which he
happily illustrated by several examples
and incidents coming within his own OBJ
servation, and closed with an earnest
appeal to all good farmers to embrace
tho principles of the Order, and, as phi
lanthropists and patriots, put forth a
helping hand to enlarge, extend and
strengthen the influence OF society
whose great object is to improve and
elevate the condition of the masses, and
ultimately to relnstate and perpetuate an
honest, wholesome and reliable govern
ment for the people.
IF the people of that community are
not all professed Patrons, they certainly
are thrifty farmers, If testimony founded
upon the observation of growing crops
and farm houses located along the road
side Is competent The crops appear to
be In a healthy growing condition., with
the exception of occasional strong evi-
dences of an absence OF late refreshing
showers,) we'll fortilized and thoroughly
worked. We noticed some corn rows
that were laid off too close and some
times plowed too deep, which caused IL
to fire much more than other fields in
the same ncighbOrhocd of equal fertility.
The cotton fields appear to bo we'll culti-
waited, no grass visible, the ground fire.
quently plowed shallow with winged
sweep, just wide enough to finish the
middle with two furrows. Sometimes
the wide. golid sweep was used, which
left the dirt too r:uch piled about the
stalk and the middle furrow too much
like drain ditch. It would be better to
leave the loose dirt in the middle To ope-
rate rs q mulching for the lateral roots.
Peas are planted abundantly both in
stubble and corn lands. This shows a
prompt adoption of the popular theory Of
enriching lands by the liberal prepara-
ton OF pea vines for turning under in
the Fall for wheat, and perhaps some of
them are to be cut and cured for hay.
Small plots of chufas were to be seen
now and then, always in fiourishing con-
dition, which showed q due appreciation
Of the Importance of the hog in agricul-
turai economy
Among all these good farmers, we saw
but one patch Of the mangel wurzeI beet.
cultivated by farmer who had q fancy
for rich milk and fine butter, and high
appreciation for fine fat cows The man.
gel wurzel il large variety of the COM
mon beet, and is very valuable for feed
ing milk cows. during the winter. When
we'll cultivated one beet with other food
makes a good feed for ono COW. We
hope to see the attention OF our farmers
turned to its cultivation more in tho next
year than formerly. 1t is usually plant
ed in the early spring, and cultivated
liko turnipS Those who have never
tried 1t should make up their minds to
try it next spring.
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ToWHvILLR.

Protracted meetings are In progress at
different Churches In this township, but as
yet, 1t Is to be regretted, that little interest
or feeling has been manifested. aud. L.
Tribble, Esq. of Anderson, vas IN atten-
dance ut the prottacted meeting at Town
vile on Saturday and Sunday last..:..We
are requested to statt that tile Fork
Rangers" cavalry, is ordered to meet their
commander at G. W. Farmers on Saturday
the 18th inst, at o'clock in the morning,
in order that thoy may have ample time to
arrange the programme for the day.....A
series Of meetings will begin at Townvile
Presbyterian Church on next Fridnv, (Au-
gust 1Oth,) at o'clock in the afternoon.
The Rev. DR.. Adger, Revs. Riley, Mcbride
and Young will be present during the meet
ing w. A. d.
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GENERos1EE UNION. P. a..

Comprising the three Grangcs-Rock
Mills. Mountain Creek and Hampton
will hold it's third quarterly meeting
with Hampton Grange at Evergreen on
Friday, the 10th inst. The Grange will
be opened at 8 o'clock, and tho process
sion will move to the stand, Under the
direction of Marshal J. ]. Gilmer, at 10
o'clock, where tho public exercises will
be conducted. Essays will be read by
DIR. j. Il. Cook and Col. w. S. Shaw, and
an address delivered by Gen. w. w.
Humphreys. Informal speeches may pe
expected from other distinguished
speakers.
In the afternoon Democratic mass
meeting will be hold under the joint
auspices of the East Savannah and West
Savannah Democratic Clubs, ut which
tho candidates will bo allowed "a place
in tho picture"
IL is hoped that all tho lnernbers OF the
Union will be present In regniid. Visit
ing members from other Oranges are in
vited to join tho procession. The public
generally and the ladies particularly arc
invited to attend
l.. J. EARLE,
Master Hampton Grange.