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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-09

= According to return just publish
ed by the Railroad Ga;titc, the number
OF milOs of railroads constructed IL the
past year exceeded, but only slightly,
the construction of 1877. In 1872 1910
miles of railroad were built IN the United
States; in 1873 tho mileage fell to 1883 ;
in 1874 2,025 miles were built, and it was
not until 1875, two yeaB after the great
crash. that construction of this kind
touched bottom Rjtb l,56l miles. In
1870 there was an increase to 2,460
miles; in 1877 it fell again to 2,2Si, and
in 1878 it rose to 1920, the largest mile
ace SINGS 1873. During the year 1873
MinpesqtS bpit 39S milcs; Iowa, 255 !;
Colorado, 1913, Of yhieh SC were of three
foot gauge; Pennsylvania, 1872; Now
York, l42; Texas, l18; and at the other
extreme, New jersey, but 3 miles; Mas
saohusetts, 9, apd Arkansas, T.
- The General 4 Assembly of Virginia
rc.aSsembled on the Sd inst, There was
no quorum In tho House. Auditor Tay-
lor sent in report OF the operations of
the Moffett liquor law, showing the total
receipts from the time of 4. commence
m,ent to be ,S472, 1874, being an excess of
$2i9,9S6 over tho assessments Of the pre-
ceding year; which, siler deducting the
rebates allowed under the lay, lesYes n
net balance of Sll0.76l in excess Of the
old law, The Auditor says the result oi {
the experiment shoys clearly that the
law Is capable of being made 0 most pow
erfnl agency for raising revenue, and
...ffsssseSss..s ng.nhe: &C notifications and
changes to that end.
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Trustees of Free Schools.

VIE following or" tho names of the
County; 'oA
Fork.w. F. NJ. FAINT 20. Farmer, H.
pendleton-w, Fl. D. Gaillard, w. D.
Garrison, VIM. McGill.
Garvin-Larkin Newton. FM Clam
w. G. Watkins.
,Brnshy Creek-w. s. Pickens, J. NJ.
Glenn, j. D. Sitton.
Rock M;i!s-Tap!cy Ande.so:.. :. T. GIL
mer Joseph McLeskey.
w ,CentTeylllSnR n. Rurriss, J. Bolton
WatsAn, Wlllst Rrevoef,
Hopewell-L. Reed Watson T. n 4or.
ris. II. a. Gray. =
Wiliiamston-Dr. B. +. Brown. Tbomns
Crymes, r. l.. Williams.
SSvsansl!-n. A Davis, Joseph Winters
j. I. c. Jones.
Tones. - -. .
Bro1daway-L. e. Campbell T s,o.
jor, William Shirley.
Belton- James w. Poore, nr. w G..
Brown, DR.. John Wilson.
w. d. Hatton.
Hall-A. NJ, Norris, J. P. MCGEE, James
Martin-a; NJ. McDayld, T. L. clink-
Honea Path-R. h. Wright, ]. ]. Shirley.
DR.: Il. a. Hudgens
:, Anderson-J. Is. Watson, l.. i. aiurrai,,
Each Board Of Trustees will, as soon 40
onnyenie9t, hold 2 ,.seting, organize by
taking the oath prescribed by law, and
transact such business as may Gpnertnin 10
,,, inc educational interests Of their respective
uisor.9.s oiso .h earnestly request tho Trustees,
also the Teachers of the County, to meet at
Anderson c. II. in Convention on Saturday.
llth inst, at IL o'clock q. M, for the pur,
pose OF agreeing on some uniform plan of
conducting the Schools and disbursilg the
public funds. '"e
r. w. TODD.
80 School Commissioner.
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THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 9, 1879.

There are many persons in Texas who
find the clone Star" State too large, and
wish to see it divided, 30 as to constitute
cluster IF five in the place of the "Lonc
Star" This or some similar arrange
uirut should Ho do:i5. hc c,..de, 90 the
government of such an immense territory
is unwieldly, and, at best, uncertain and
cumbrous. The new States, if formed,
would each be larger than South Caro-
lima, and the division would tend to the
development of the different sections OF
the present State much moro rapidly
than will be as long as the State contin.
ues united. These are material reasons
why the change is advocated, but the po
litical considerations ste no doubt the
strongest, 1t would civ. four new Gov.
ernors and eight additional Senators, be
sides giving that State eight more cleo
toral votes than it now has. We do no
think Congress could perform more
proper act than 10 make the division
which will no doubt be made some time
soon after the next Presto nti,Al election
It would not be worth while to attemp
it at this time, for Mr. Hayes would Ger
tainly veto the measure, thereby giving
the Democrats in Congress all the dsad
vantage of making t..e attempt withou
any of tho benefits % be derived from Ii,
success of the measure.
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AT the last session Of Congress there
was desperate effort made to place Gen
cral Grant on the retired army list bv
tacling provision as to him on to the
bill providing for General Shields, but it
failed in the Senate the house in which
it originated, by a few votes. Mr.. Teller.
of Colorado, gave notice Of motion 20
reconsider, which, under the rules, en-
ables him to call it up for rccon.idera-
ton vote at any time during the same
Congress. The whole thing last session
was gotten up to enable the Republican
Senators to make campaign speeches and
also tc defeat the bill as to General
Shields by ovcrloading it, but it is now
SAID that Mr. Blaine intends using il to
lay General Grant on the shelf as q re-.
tired officer, IN the hope that this will
Eli him off ~ Il Presidential candidate
IN 1880, and thereby leave the road opcu
for Blaine. When All officer is retired Il:
is equivalent to a verdict Of supcrannua-
ton, and if this implied verdict could be
procured rs to General Grant, the Maine
politician thinks il would have the effect
OF taking him out Of public notice rs IN
active politician, and thereby leaving the
chances for the nomination 10 be com
pcted for by other candidates. Grant
has recently sold his residence in WASH
ingt0n, and Blaine scizcs this rs an evil
dencc OF his poverty, and urges the pass
age of the bill because he claims that the
General is very poor and needs the
money. Unfortunately for this view of
the case, extensive European tours and
such poverty are incompatible. The
people think that Grant has already OBJ
tanned enough of their money, and they
do not propose to give him any more
either as retired army officer or as a
third term President.
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4 bill! %!!l be offered during the r.ss-
ent session OF Congress with the object of
securing minority representation by util-
izing the plan OF cumulative voting in
Congressional elections. 1t proposes to
have the Legislature of each State imme-
diately after the next national census,
which is to be taken 10 1880, so to redis.
trict the State as to ensure minority q
a representation, by arranging the dis.
tricts 80 rs to let them elect each three
III nvo members, SC .h.. each voter
might vote for three or Ave members to
Congress, or, il he preferred, might yote
for one member three or five times,
which would ensure one membe. out of
three or two out Of five where the two
political parties are at all evenly divided.
In email States which do not elect more
than two mem6ers the States are to be
divided into two districts az az present.
for this plan is more likely to give fair
representation to such State than the
new plRB, and if there is an odd repre-
sentative over where q State is divided
into districts electing thFee or 6ve, there
shall be district in which only one
member sbsll be voted for. The effect
of this change would he to break up the
solid South, and send from this peetion
abort thirty Republicans, Of whom somn
twenty would be colored men. 1t would,
however, not hurt the Democrats, for we
would gain Rore in the North and West
than We could ioas in the South. The
plan is said 70 meet with fagor, aud,
though It iS no; expected to pass the bill
this session. II is Intended to diacuRs the
measure aud bring it to the attention of
the people in the hope that public senu-
me: will declare in favor of tho shange.
1t would have every section of the union
represented by both Democrats and Re-
pnblicans, which it is claimed would con-
tribute much TO resioration of harmony
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ANDERSON. S. G.. Jan. z. 1879


Editor MteNigcnccr am the author
OF the obnoxious article which lately ap-
pcarcd in the Ners and Courier, and
which occasioned your long review Of last
week. | see in it nothing worthy Of re-
mark. Having heretofore been de-
MED space in your columns, and appre-
hensive that / may in this instance be
suddenly cut of, make the following
proposition, viz: AS the actor, or hold.
ing the affirmative, to be allowed the
right to open and liosc the discussion-s.
universally recognized privilege both in
debate and pleading. This being con-
ceded, will undertake to establish every
insinuatiOn contained in the article re-
fcrrcd to, otherwise / must decline the
controversy.
Very respectfully,
WM. ID. EvINj.
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We publish elsewhere short commu-
nication from Capt. w. d. Eyins, avow-
ing himself the author OF what he prop
erly styles the Obnoxious" article which
we quoted from the Neus and Courier
last week. The authorship has not sur
prised US. and the animus Of the writer
is we'll known to the readers Of the lH-
TELLIGENCER, who remember the con-
trOversy we had with him when he urged
that Radicals aud all others should be
allowed 70 vote, whether they were mem
bcrs Of clubs or not, in our primary cleo
tions to nominate Democratic candidates.
1t was in this controversy that we ode
MED space" NJ he terms it, and our read
ers will remember that we allowed him
to write two long articles setting forth
his views, and then, rs we believed none
of the Democrats Of the County favored
such policy and the discussion was get
ting monotonous, we declined publishing
anything more on the subject until he
could get one club to end. sc his posi-
ton, and as he could not get it the pub
lication ceased. He proposes new con-
trovcrsy if he can get his own terms now.
We do not propose to open our columns
for an indciiuite discussion, which would
please nobody but this individual, who is
always anxious for controversy. What
we proposed WAS to allow the writer of
the obnoxious" article to present his
complaint against us in full to the pco-
pie Of this County, and one article would
have been sufficient if there is anything
substantial in his insinuations. We are
not enough of II lunatic TO allow person,
who is seeking to injure us personally, to
write about us and in advance bind our
selves not to reply, and so Of course we
decline any such arrangement. We
have already characterized the writer's
insinuations about Us rs uncallcd for,
malicious and false. If he 10 satisfied We
are also.
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Among the contingent expenses Of the
Senate for the pcst two years, there arc
charged some interesting items, which
the taxpayers of the country would do
we'll to note, as they tend to show that
an amount of extravaganza and unjusti-
fable expenditure has been :ndulged by
the Radical wing of the National Capt.
tol for the qualification of the appetites
and personal ends of the members. For
instance: $4,000 for the investigation
Of Senator Grover, of Oregon; sl,54S for
services Of James Redpath, as clerk of
the Senate Committee which investigated
South Carolina in 1876; cologne at
$500 gallon; quantities of bay rum at
$500 per gallon; autograph albums at
$500 per dozen; pocket books at $500
per dozen; cork screws at $500 per
dozen; lemons, sugar, &C., &C., in guam
titles at liberal prices. From these items
the country will 10 doubt be Mt loss to
tell whether the Senate was engaged in
investigating Southern outrages, estab-
fishing barber shop or keeping lem
ona0. stand. 1t is rather difficult to acc
how the bay rum, pocket books, auto.
graph albums, cork screws, lemons and
sugar could have been used in the legit
innate business of the Senate. OF course
this is small matter, but then it show.
how the Radicals appreciate the privilege
of converting the people'a money int
their own private uses.
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1t will bo remembered that the Ma
tional Bank of New York, which loaned
the committee of visiting statesmen six
thousand d. 'ars to make their visit to
Louisiana to assist Mr.. Hayes in carry.
ing out hi, Southern policy, was not re-
paid the sum loaned. The Hon. John
Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, was
n member of that committee, and, al
though he has been unable to pay off the
loan directly, he has nevertheless found
Is in his power to place on deposit with
this bank traing sum of $50 900, 900 on
an average for the past six months. In
consequence of this recognition of its
worth by the Secretary, the bank has not
behaved at all niggardIy about the six
thousand dollars loaned as above set
forth. This action has elected very
great amount Of criticism from different
quarters, but the Secretary insists that
he knows what he is about, and it is no.
body's business where he puts the money
so that it is safe. This may be true
legally speaking, but it is not usual to
shower all of the government fnyors on
one bank, and it certainly seems arbitra-
ry. TO say the least, it is quite COIN
cidcnce that .!;c Secretary and this bank
awap favors in such n liberal manner.
1t savors somewhat Of bargaining.
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CAROLINA
COLLEGIATE
INSTITUTE

LII resume its exercises JANUARY
9E 18th, 1879. The scholastic year is di,
vided into three Terms of thirteen weeks
each. The Sumner vacation comes between
the SECOND ard third Terms, and will ex-
tend through the months of July and All
gust.
All charges for tuition will commence
with the entrance of the student, and &C |.
tinue to the end of the Term, and no de-
duction for loss of time will be made IN.
less In cases of prOtractcd and serious illness.
a large reduction in prices OF tuition and
ton in prices of everything
The Text Books adopted by tho State
board OF Examiners, as required by law1
VIII be used in this Institute Persons hay.
ing old Text Books of any kind can ex.
change them at the Book Store far the new
ones by paying small auir, If done within
limited time.
CHARaEs-PER TERM.
Reading, Writing, Spelling, Elemon-
tary y arithmetic, and frat uteps in
, deography..:.... .........,.......s 90
Reading, Writing, Spelling, Primary
Geography. Primary History. nna
intermediate Arithmetic. minimum. 90
Ihe above studies, together with high
er Geography, Grammar, higher
Arithmetic, Composition and Swim
toms Word Analysis s.........,,..,,..... 90
HIsi Cheilsn, Scicntitlo and higher
~, ,Mathemaneai Studies ,....,, ........... 10 90
The Classics. tage.her With any Of tbs w
above Studies. 10 On
Contingent Fee. per Term. .............. 25
frompt payment will be required at the
close close OF each Term, as we are compelled to
conduct our School on cash basis Emil
credit will be given for money received from M,
School Tax. =" ''o'i
Board. without washing and lights. will
BE :arnshcd in the Institute at 30 90 ner
month, payable monthly. A fire will S, be-
Rpo Rept up, ", IN the common, stpdy-room, but
less the pupil furnishes his own fuel. N''
For further information apply to
w. ]. .LIGON,
President G. G. Institute.
F.S.-Music taught by Mrs. PINKIND.
term s' s,s sncc9mplished sn,p he'd teseher. Charges, per
tion, per term, $I.O0. ~
Dee 10, 1873 %
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from Rhode Island, the immutably Re-
publican little State Of loyal New Eng
land, the people OF Massachusetts, will
simply have TO endure the afTront with
the consolation, if any it affords, OF know
ing that their Governor was the one who
began the work of Investigating the mo-
tives of Governors Of other States in
cases of requisition. 1t is also appro-
pirate that this indignity should have
been offered TO Governor Rice himself,
and it came about as inopportunely to
nim as did iiuvernor Hampton Q Tcr!y &c
his refusal to surrender Kimpton, for it
came just AS lie was leaving the Govern
cr's Office, and Of course he was feeling
badly enough without having any such
practical fun poked at him.
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Massachusetts, has been the frst state
to feel the bad effects likely to follow the
outrageous course pursued by Governor
Rice in refusing ~ deliver up H. II.
Kimpton upon Governor Hampton's
reputation. An alleged svindler from
Massachusetts tAok refuge in Rhode
Island, and Governor Rice, of Masses chu-
sets, made the usual reputation for his
return, but Governor Van Zandt, Of the
latter State, refused TO surrender the
eriminal under the requisition on the
ground that be was not wanted for prose-
catios, but for the purpose offorcing a
......, .asAs.aiaa. The circumstances of this
casr are 50 sinsilar to the Kimpton hasco,
shat If it had occurred 10 o Southern
State the Southern haters would have
gicatea oyer it as an evidence OF ofseetionhl
hate and retaliation, bit So 1t comes.
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According to General Boynton, the
Washington correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Ga.cffc, while the balance of the
Republican Senators we're caucusine
over the alleged election frauds in the
South, with the view of marking out the
policy to be pursued by their party in
reference to the subject, jim Blaine, OF
Maine, seized the opportunity to signal
ize himself by offering his investigating
resolutions. which al Of the Republicans
were obliged to vote for or abandon the
purpose of investigating. BY this means
Blaine gets the credit of the whole
scheme, and the other Radical Senators
are mad, because they intended by the
caucus to deprive any individual of the
glory, which was to be accepted ns com
promise by the Senators who we're anx-
ious of becoming the bearers of the
bloody shirt iiist a. :!::s time. Blaine.
however. was too sharp to fail to perceive
his opportunity and too selfish to allow it
to pass unimprovcd. BY his course, how
ever, he has populnrized himself with the
masses of the Republican party but lost
the friendship of the leaders. lis there
fore doubtful from the standpoint of self
interest whether he has lost or gained by
his bold and determined course in defy
ing the wishes OF his party in the Senate.
He intends seeking the next Presidential
nomination from his party, and his every
act will be understood when viewed in
this light. 1t will be another hard strug-
gle, in which he will likely occupy the
position he did before the Cincinnati
Convention in 1876. lie will make n
very complimentary run, but General
Grant is likely to be selected rs the Re
publican Presidential candidate.
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A1ORTGAGEE'S
SALE OF REAL ESTATE

PY virtue of the power and authority
~ conferred by H. p. Price, will sell
at Anderson G. II. on SALEDAY IN FEB
RUARY next, all tina,
TRACT or PARCEL Or LAND,
containing seventy-nine acres, more or less.
situate in Anderson County, s. c., on wa
ters OF Wilson's Creek. adjoining lands of
u; +. Price, J. .. Mckee, II. p. Price and
TERMS OF SALE-Onc- third cash remain
der twelve months credit, secured by mort
gage, with interest from date. pnrcEaser to
pay extra for papers. -
w. B. WATSON.
Assignee of James II. Wandsley.
Jan 8. 1879 o6
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Senator Bayard will certainly be pro-
posed for the Democratic nomination for
tho Democratic nomination for the Pres
idency iii 1886, and yet in I; conversation
with come friends n few days since he
declared that he could not and would
not raise his finger to control the nomi-
nation. This is the proper position for
him to take, and is entirely in keeping
with the patriotic and digniied course
this able statesman has always pursued.
lie is not only great man himself, but
is the descendant of an illustrious and
pure ancestry, which has done honor to
this nation in times that are referred to
us the better days of the Republic. His
uncle WAS tor many years n member Of
the United States Senate; his grand
father was IL member for 13 years and his
father, who was his immediate prede-
cessor, WAS member for years. The
present Thomas f. Bsyard entered the
Senate in 1869, and during his ten years
of service has shown himself to be the
peer in ability and purity Of any member
Of his honored family, and is the supe-
rior of most OF the statesmen of his time.
His nomination for the Presidency would
awake IN enthusiasm of the patriots of
the nation, which would excel anything
since the log cabin campaign which Sc
cured the election Of Harrison. With
him ny our candidate we are suro of vic.
tory. New York, Connecticut, New
jersey and Delaware, all Of which he
can certainly carry, and with the South.
ern vote they would elect him. We are
not in favor of the South seeking to drive
any trades over tho Presidency eithc
with the East or West. The tradinl
business is what has ruined Us huretofor,
in politics. We should select an able
upright, Christian statesman and adyo
cate him, in order to restore our country
let him como from whatever section H.
may. We can find no one pussessin,
these qualities in so marked degree a
Senator Bayard, and therofors we be
lieve that any State would do hersel
honor by warmly advocating his election
AT any rate, wo trust that South Caro-
linas vote and influence will be exe.tel
60 secure his nomination.
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FIRE IN GRERSyTLIE.-A fire broke
out in GrconvilIe on tho morning of jan
nary Sd, about o'clock, on Pendleton
street, destroying buildings and goods
estimated in value as follows: l.. b.
Cline, store, 81 800; j. A. David, ware
ii0iissSS, ii00iiiisS s1 zoe sAa T. I. McCnllnngh. goods.
$4,000; Garrison & Co, goods, 81 900.
Mr.. Mccullough vas insured for $4,000.
The others were uninsured. The fire
originated in 3icCullough's store, and is
supposed to be accidental,
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A writer in the FortngkAy says that
"the Englishman individually is the most
expenaive animal on the face of the earth 4;
and though he has learned to babble q
cant as to liking cheap government, it
is cant merely. have heard q most ex.
perienced person say: IF you want a
cheer in the House of Commons, make q
speech ON general economy: If you want
to be beaten in vote, propose particu.
lar saving" There is q great deal OF
human nature exposed in this paragraph,
and It's counterpart can easily be found
en- this side of the Atlantic by visit TO
the halls of Congress, and TO n consider
able extent tho same appears in the South
Carolina and ether State I.egislatu. r.
In our Legislature there are men who
talk az loudly and beautifully Of reform
when among their constituents as any
one, and yet when they. get to Columbia
they seem to forget these things and vote
every time for hig:i salaries and large
allowances. The Last Legislature and
the present one have both given to come
of the State officers and their clerks q
larger sum for salary than was fixed by
law. There 10 no justification for such q
course, and The people OF the State should
bring their influence to bear upon their
representatives, TO stop this inexcusable
extrasagance. 1t would be good idea
for the people throughout the State to
obtain copies of the Journals of The Leg
islature and post thamselves on the
eanrae nnraued By their representatives.
In some counties it would make them
open their eyes.