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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-11-27
Two Executions in South Carolina on
Friday last.
UNION, s. c., Nov. 81, 1877


Ed. Holmes, the negro boy, 16 years Of
age, who committed an outrage on Mr..
A. B. Humphries's little two-year old
girl, in August last, was hanged here to-
day. There was large crowd of coun-
try people in town to witness tbs execu-
ton, but no one was allowed in the Jail
except ten guards.
Some days before the boy was hanged
the Rev. R. D. Smart, Methodist
preacher, called on him and sung and
prayed with him. The boy told the
preacher that he was not afraid to die,
and that he was ready and prepared to
die.
At half-past IL o'clock to-day the
sheriff, with ten men to guard the Jail,
placed Holmes on the platform, and
asked him if he had anything to say.
He asked the sheriff if there was a
preacher in the jail, and they told him
there was not. He said then that he had
nothing more to say. The sheriff placed
the rope around his neck, and at thirty
minutes of l o'clock the scaffold was
knocked from under him, and he re-
mained suspended by the neck for twen-
ty-five minutes.
After he was dead the sheriff placed
him in the coffin and placed it in the
burying ground near the Jail. None of
Holiness family came to see him exc
cuted, and they did not go to see him
often while in Jail. The people all seemed
glad that he was to be hanged, as he COM
mitted such an outrageous crime.
Some of his friends called on the Gov
ernor to see if he would not pardon him,
but the Governor refused to interfere
with the sentence passed on him by
IndOa ThomsOr in October
BEAUFORT, S. c., Nov. 81, 1879.
George Gary, a young negro man who
on the 9th Of March last killed Cyrus
Brown, another negro man, on Mr.. Hey
wards plantation in this county, was
hanged here to-day. He was accompa-
MED by his three spiritual advisers to the
gallows, constructed inside the Jail.
Comparatively composed throughout the
conduct of the services of song and
prayer, he gave way once or twice in
tears, as reference was made to his aged
mother. With a firm step, as the sheriff
and deputy called for him, he accom-
panied them up tho narrow stairway
leading 20 the trap in the ceiling Of the
second floor of the entry way leading to
his cell. When placed upon it he broke
forth in prayers until he was bound hand
and foot, and the black cap drawn over
his face shut him out from the light.
The fatal trap was sprung at a given sig
nal, when he dropped eight feet in mid
air. A few convulsive struggles, and all
was over, amid the breathless silence of
the few witnesses admitted. In twenty
minutes DR.. Prioleau, the physician Of
the Jail, pronounced him dead, and his
neck broken by the fall.
Gary ate heartily of supper last night
and of breakfast this morning, and re-
marked to the sheriff that he was ready
to die. He made final confession, SUBJ
stantially according with his previous
statement.-Special Dispatches to the Ne'cs
and Courier.
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A TERRIBLE Weldon, N. c.,
Noreu,ber pa fearful tragedy was en-
acted on our streets this morning about
10 o'clock. A young man named John
Merritt, terrible character, E. M. Hicks
and L. F. Larkin, formerly Sheriff of
Halifax County got into a dispute as
to fence on E. NJ. Hicks lot. Hicks
threatened if any man put his hands
on his fence to pull it down he
would shoot him. Larkin attempted to
pull down the fence, and Hicks with
pistol fired on Larkin, tearing both
hands very badly. Merritt then ran out
with double -barreled shotgun, loaded
with buckshot, and fired on Hicks. Tho
entire load entered his face, blowing his
head almost from his body. AS Hicks
fell, Mrs. Hicks, his wife, with shot
gun, fired twice at the parties, but with
out inflicting any wounds. Hicks was
killed instantly. He leaves wife and
seven or eight children. Merritt was
promptly arrested.
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Quite an excitement was created in the
New York Stock Exchange on last FRI
day, which came near producing Sc
rious panic and number of failures.
Only one failure is reported. Stocks of
all kinds deprecated from l to 20 per
cent. in the morning, but in the after
noon recovered from to II per cent,
thus preventing the panic, which in the
morning seemed inevitable. This bear
movement with which Jay Gould, j. r.
Keene, Russell Sage and Addison Com
mack, who command millions, are cred
tied, and which if successful must have
proved the ruin of many, was failure.
If the effects of the gambling operations
of the bulls and bears of the New York
Stock Exchange were confined to the
members of the Exchange, the country
would have but little interest in them,
but all holders of stocks and securities
must suffer the loss which all such bear
movements produce.
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. It appears that the electoral vote {

1t appears that the electoral vote of
Indiana is to be given next year to the
candidate whose party has shown supe-
rior skill in colonization. At present
the State is safely Democratic but the
Republicans propose to change it's politi-
cal status by colonizing negroes from
the South. 1t is an open secret that they
are doing everything in their power to
tempt adult negro men there, promising
them liberal wages as "farm laborers."
AS an offset to this move a Democratic
editor of New Albany comes out in favor
of the importation of ten thousand Ken
lucky Democrats. He says they will be
furnished with work until after the elec-
ton, and it is charged that large sum
of money is being raised to carry out this
scheme. Kentucky can easily spare that
adjoining State, the Democratic plan
seems to be cheaper and more feasible
than the Radical programme.
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,led financially, by any cause, will be

bled financially, by any cause, will be
pressed. ~
The University Is doing we'll this session.
having about seventy.fivc students in the
college classes. Tuition is free to all who
can pass the examinations for admission.
Sunday the pulpits Of the town were oc,
cupicd by members of the Convention, and
great crowds were in attendance at the Bap-
list Church all day. a Sunday-school mass
meeting was held In the afternoon. At
night, after preaching, the president, Col.
Edwards, made an appropriate address, in
which he alluded touchingly to his predc-
cessor in office, DR.. Richard Furman, whose
health has sadly failed of late, and who has
Just removed to Texas to reside with his
sons, two promising young lawyers, at Fort
Worth. A hymn was then sung, the part
ing hand was given and the Convention,
after prayer, adjourned sine die.
Too much could not be sail in praise of
the hospitality of the people of Aiken, with
out distinction of denomination. The Con-
vention has never been more delightfully."-
entertained.
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posure and labor. After careful peru
sal of all that has been published on the
subject, we are inclined to the opinion
that the causes alleged for the unusual
death rate, taken in connection with the
totally insufficient sanitary precaution in
the construction of the stockades, will
account for the great number of deaths,
and that the prolific source of death
among the convicts was the impure and
poisonous atmosphere which they
breathed in the stockades night after
night
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COLUMBIA, Nov. 21.-There was run off
at Chappell's, on the Greenville and Colum-
bia Railroad, sixty-four miles above Colum-
bia, at II M. to-day. The engine, tender
and two cattle cars ran off the track and
crossed trestle forty feet long. Engineer
Holland was thrown from his position on the
engine and slightly cut in the head and knee.
The cause of the accident was some defect
in the railroad track iron.
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During the sessions of the Legislature,
which convened on Tuesday, the editor
of the INTELLIaENcER will be i'll attend
ance upon that body as Representative
from this County, and will furnish our
readers with the latest news from the
Capital. Editorials written by other per-
sons during his absence Will be marked
with an asterisk ~.
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On Wednesday, while working at a
cotton gin, Mr.. Calhoun Huff, of Green
vile County, young man well and IA
vorably known, met with sudden
death. While operating gin one of his
hands became entangled and severely
cut, removing the thumb. From this
wound profuse bleeding set i'll, with
which the great shock he had received
produced his death early the next morn
ing.
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Nov 81, 1879
rOTrcE FINAL SETTLEMENT.

NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
IN The undersigned, Administrator of
Mrs. Ann Rogers, hereby gives notice that
he will apply to the Judge of Probate at
Anderson c. H. on December 30, 1879, for
a Final Settlement of said Estate and dis
charge from said Administration.
| will sell at public auction at Anderson
C. H., on 30.h December, the notes and ac-
counts uncollected of said Estate.
II. B. ROGERS, Admir-.
Nov Of. 1870 20 5
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r1vA1 sETT1E1rENT

NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
IN The undersigned, Administrators of
the Estate of Mrs. Mary Watson, hereby
give notice that they will apply to the Judge
of Probate at Anderson C. II. on the 3lst
day of December, 1870, for q Final Settle
mcnt of said Estate, and discharge from
said Administration.
JOHN B. WATSON, Adm,rs
w. G. WATSON,
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Nov 81, 1879
CTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
y ANDERSON COUNTY.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
y ANDERSON COUNTY.
By ". w. Humphreys, Judge Of Probate.
WHEREAS, E. ]. Earle has applied
to ME to grant him Letters of Administra-
ton, de bonis non cum tcStamento annexed, on
Estate of Samuel j. Hammond, Sr., de.
ceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors
of the said S. J. Hammond, Sr., decd, that
they be and appear before me in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Anderson G. II. on
Tuesday, the 10th of December, 1873. after
publication hereof, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said Administration
should not be granted. Given under my
hand, this 26th day of November, 1879.
w. w. HUMPHREYS, j. p.
Nov Of 1879 90 2
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WEHAVEALARGE STOCK

NFvIRGINIA CAssIMEREs, Kentucky
W Jeans, Blankets, Home,puns, Tickings,
&c. Also, Saddles and Saddle Blankets
Boots and Shoes in endless variety, and very
cheap. Heavy and Fancy Groceries. Fine
Teas speciality. Hardware and Buggy Ma
terial, all of which we will sell very low.
We mean business, and will make it to your
interest to call and buy from us, for We in:
tend to make "Quick Sales and Small
Profits"
A. B.. TOWERS & co.
No. 4, Granite Row.
Oct %. 1879 Is
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- The registration for the Charleston
citv election has ended, and the books
show that there are nearly loo voters in
that city. The white majority is less
than 100.
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NOTICE.

A LII parties indebted to me for Stoves
II and Tinware are requested to make
payment by the first day Of December. If
not paid by that time, their Notes and Ac-
counts will be placed in the hands of an
Officer for collection.
L. II. SEEL.
Nov 20, 1870 10
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-10
A Famous Guide.

Pike, the famous guide Of the iosem-
tie valley, has recently run down to San
Francisco for the first time in twenty
six years. He was born in Tennessee,
lat crossed the plains soon after the dis
csvery of gold, being one of the few sur
vivors of the Inflated party that first at
tempted theperilous passage of the Death
valley route He was an associate Of
Peg-leg Smith, who amputated his own
leg with hunting KIN ife, taking up the
arteries and dressing the stump without
assistance. This operation was neces-
sary inasmuch as he had received a
wound from poisoned arrow in Skin
mish with Indians, and illustrated an
important operation now familiar to ev-
cry college student that of saving ones
own leg of, short Pike first visited the
Yosemite in 1852, the year after its dis
covery by white men, and he has re-
NAMED in these mountain solitudes ever
since, this being his first excursion. Dur
ing recent years he has purs led the oc-
cupation of guide with thrift and profit.
In ascending Mount Whitney, however,
he contracted bronchial affection and
lost his voice SO that he cannot now
speak above a whisper. He has been
commissioned by hotel proprietors in
Yosemite to visit Oregon for the pur-
Npose n procuring new varieties Of plants
and trees for the valley.
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Keep Straight Ahead.

Pay no attention to ISLANDERS and Cos
sipmongers. Keep straight On in your
course, and let their back biting die the
death of neglect. What is the use in
lying awake at night, brooding over the
remarks of some false friend, that rams
through your brain like lightning
What is the use Of getting into q worry
and fret over sossi shat las been set
afoat 70 your disa Vantage by some
busybody, who las more time thali,ch'.r-
actcrl The things cannot possibly III
jure you, unless indeed, you take notice
of them, and in combating them give
them standing and character. If what
is said about you, set yourself right; if it
is false, let it 60 for what it will fetch,
and think of the old saying, 81 consider
the sour e it comes from"
If bee sting you, would you go to
the hive and destroy it would not
thousand come upon you? 1t is wisdom
to say little respecting the injuries you
have received; we are generally losers in
the end if we stop to refute all the back
biting and gossiping we may hear by the
way. They are annoying, it is true; but
not dangerously, so long as we do not
stop to expostulate and sccld. Our
characters are formed and sustained by
ourselves, by our own actions and pur-
poses, and not by others. Let us al
ways bear in mind that calumniators
may usually be trusted to time, and the
slow but steady justice Of public opin-
ion. Say to those who come to you with
news, and want to tell you what such
and such persons say about you that "a
dog which brings bone will take one"
How many families have their peace and
happiness destroyed by medding and
tattling persons9 The best way is to
pay no attention, but keep straight
ahead !"
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Trust in Humanity.

This trust OF one in another is beau
tiful one. 1t holds the sweet chrism OF
heart peace. The broad, generous trust
in all around you-the true, hearty,
whole souled friendship that admits OF
no suspicion, though so often met and
repaid only by falsity and deception
brings its own reward, in the repose of
milN, and keeps the soul young and
freA after the wears of youth and fresh
hess have faded.
70 doubt and distrust the world is TO
tobslife of all that is loveliest and best
Ind most worth living for, is to narrow
your views and fetter the expansion of
mind and soul. In your skepticisln you
may resent honest friendship and true
love through the fear that behind it is
hid false motive that would work you
ill In this you may save yourself some
times deception, but only to bring you
perpetual unrest and disquiet.
We are all creatures of the self-same
God-and with all the vileness, all the
infulness and falseness of which hui
hanity is capable-there isstill much that
5 good, true and beautiful to be loved,
fusted and admired. There is, amid all
he great rabble of wrong-doers, many
I heart Of unspotted truthfulness, and
nany hand that is outstretched in
pod, honest, sincere friendship. We
generally find what we most diligently
EEK, and if we look for nothing but
Alsit,f we find that, and if we strive to
werlook the false, and see only what is
pod and true, We will find enough of
hat to make our spirits sweet and our
earts peaceful enough to help us to
he performance of kind acts, that may
b set down to our commentator among
he recorded deeds Of life..
Many a heart has broken, and life
tasted under the sting-suspicion, or
lerged from a pure truthfulness into
Sul falsity under the whitening inAu-
nces-doubt and distrust. Though
.pur generous confidence may sometimes
y betrayed, yet that were infinitely bet
pr than to accuse the innocent, or mar
ypur heart repose by distrust. And, too,
t you trust and be deceived, you will
hive the consolation of having been true
purself, Of having your heart unscathed
falsehood.
There is many bitter drop in the
vine of life-many thorn among the
f6rest roses that bloom along life's way,
vt often they are OF our own distilling
nd our own planting. And distrust is
a drop that will embitter your whole
ing, and thorn that will rankle in
y3ur flesh for lifetime.
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Our Neighbor's Good Name.

Anybody can soil the reputation Of an
Individual. however pure and chaste, BY
uuering suspicion that his enemies will
bdieve and his friends never hear Of. A
p& Of the idle can take q million Of the
setds Of thistle and do work Of mis-
chef which the husbandman must labor
lok to undo; the floating particles are
iodine to be seen and too light to be
MSped. Such are the seeds Of Islander,
soSasily sown. 20 difficult TO be gathered
upland yet % pernicious in their fruits.
tn slanderer knows that many . wind
vii catch up the plague and become
poSoned BY his insinuations, without ever
Se4ing the antidote. No reputation can
refke sneer, nor any human skill pre-
vet mischief.
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The Craters in the Moon.

Since Calico first turned telescope
upon the moon, the lunar craters have
been among the wonders and mysteries
Of astronomy. 1t is not merely or even
chiefly the vast size Of some Of these
objects which excites establishment. In
deed, it might almost he inferred from
what we know of the moons size and
general structure that her volcanic ener-
gies would be more effective, though no
greater, than those of our own earth.
The really surprising characteristic Of
the lunar surface is the amazing number
of the lunar craters. Even Calico
though with his weak telescope, could
see but few of the craters which really
exist in the moon, compared those in the
southwestern part Of the moons disk to
the eyes in peacock's tail. With each
increase of telescope power, more and
more craters have been seen. Regions
supposed to be comparatively smooth
have been found, on closer scrutiny with
higher powers or under more favorable
conditions, TO be covered with minute
craters. The slopes Of the larger craters,
even in some cases their floors, have
been found to be strewn with small era
ter shaped depressions In fine, almost
the whole surface of the moon may be
said to be pitted with depressions of all
sizes, from mighty CULTS 300 or 400
miles across, down to minute saucer
shaped shadows, such as only the most
powerful telescopes will reveal.-Bel-
gravia.
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MIGHTY PLEASANT MUsIC.-The din
ner horn IL the oldest and most sakred
horn thare IL. 1t IL set tew musk and
plays ''Home, Sweet Home" about noon.
1t haz been listened tew with more rap
turous delite than ever any band haz
Yu kan hear it further than yu kan one
NV Rodman's guns 1t will arrest man
and bring him quicker than sheriff S
warrant. 1t kan outfoot any other
noise. 1t kauzes the def to hear and
the dumb to shout for Joy. Glorious old
instrument long may yure lungs last.
Josh Billings.
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POINTED SHOEs.-A great beau of the
time of William Rufus, called Robert
the Horned, wore shoes with large sharp
points, suited with tow, and twisted in
a spiral form. This fashion took the
fancy of the people of that day i'm
mensely, and the points went on increas-
ing yearly until the reign Of Richard
H., when they had to be tied to the
knees Of the wearer to save him from
being encountered in walking This ty-
ing or fastening, in the case Of gentle
men was by chains Of silver or silver or
silver gilt. In Chaucer's time the upper
part of these shoes was cut to initiate a
church window. The rank of the wearer
in those days was known by the length
of his poulaines. 1.-THE men" says Par
adm, "wore them with point before,
half foot long; the richer and more
eminent personsges wore them a foot,
and princes two feet long" BY an act
of the reign Of Edward Nv. the absurd
lengths to which these points had at
tanned was limited; and no one under
the rank Of a lord was to wear shoes
more than 10 inches long, and all cob.
blcrs making them were to be fined and
cursed by the clergy. All the Year
Round
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JaAalaa 0lnRoN

There are many brands OF Jamaica
Ginger in the market recommended BY
various parties, but tina, manufactured
under the supervision Of Hodge. Davis 4
Co., Of this city. is The best known to the
public. ard is pure and unadute.ased in
all lis essentials. 1t is the aromatic
essence OF the ginger itself and is ahso-
lu,e,y The bes, in the market as the num-
berless thousands who have Tried il are
wiling to attest. A single Trial will con-
vince he most skep,ical.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-10

About two yearp ago several head OF estray
steers made their appearance among my cattle
bearing the fol Dwing brAnds:-"s' with a ber
in IL ON the hip and small 20" on the horn
These steers are known to have escaped from a
band while en- route TO Eastern Oregon, and be
long To \ gentleman residing In the William ate
valley whose name and address have bee for
gofter. Address, EsTkAf
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-10

In old Irish soldier who prided him.
sell upon his bravery, said he had fought
? In NE battle Of Bull Run. When asked
Il De had retreated and made good his
es4pe a. others did on that famous oc-
\Scs3on, replied: BE jahers. those
tl1t didn't run are there yit "-Roches-
t3 Union.
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TERRIBLY FNHAUSING are The Night
Sweats which accompany consumption. Bui
they, as W ell as the parox ysms OF cough ng,sre
invariably broken up by DIR. VIM. Halls Basin
for the lungs, which conaurrs the deadly NJ al
ady, rs we'll as broncbH's, pneumonia, plenrHy
asthma. dip hera. ar. al other affections o
the throat, lungs and chest. :tsaves thousands
from untiinely graves, and is invaluable In res
cuing children from the Group. " hooping cough
and quincy. 1t is sold by eli druggists.
Ahi toe true Tho folly OF youth IL often
times the cause disease or Ill health that lasts
lifetime, but II 10 still worse foil 70 fold the
hands and give away To desr1ir; there IL III,
ways q possibility OF cure. Have you tried
faithfully and fairly Bristol's Sarsaparilla? II
certain cure and unfaiing remedy.
For diseases Of the Liver and Kidneys
try the Oregon Blood Purifier.