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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-08-16
THOMAS HAMILTON
4 Word to Cotton Planters.

| II %ili not be long before the new
cotton crop will begin to move, and it is
OF the utmost Importance that tho plan
tcrs should Use greater care in preparing
! the staple for market. Many complaint.
have been made during late years of the
condition Of the cotton and serious
charges Of fraudulent packing have been
brought against the farmer. While it is
true that comparatively few bales out { f
the total crop have been "sanded" or "wa.
ter-lOggcd," still the indictment against
the planters has been general and the
effect upon the price of the staple has
not been good. The planter can do
much to correct "lhe growing evils" of
| which the cotton buyers complain by
greater care in picking, ginning and
packing their cotton, and the transporta-
tlon lines should be required to furnish
better facilities for handling the crop.
Not the least important question dis.
Cussed at the late meeting of the Ma.
tional Cotton Exchange was how to pre-.
vent the bales being injured at steamboat
landings or railroad stations. Il veteran
broker has explained to the New York
Commercial Bulletin how the cotton il
injured by the way in which it is haudled
in Louisville and Cincinnati. There, rs
the cotton is unloaded from the boats, it
Is spread out over large surface and is
totally unprotected from the weather.
Saturated with water it is shipped to the
Northern markets, the cotton often rots
in the centre Of the bale before it il
unpackcd and the whole bale detcriorates
i'll value. In the case Of compressed
bales the whole quantity becomes per-
neated by the moisture, and is in this
way equally damaged. II is said that
the railroads are also to be censured for
the way in which they act, and that in
some instances, although through bills of
lading are given for cotton shipped from
Southern ports to New York or Balti-
more, the train on which it is shipped is
very likely only local one, and when it
arrives at the end Of its trip finds no
corresponding train on which to transfer
its goods to the North and the bales are
thrown out on the ground, where they
lie for hours without the slightest protec.
tion. A New Orleans broker says that
this question has long occupied the atten-
tion of the different bodies of merchants
who constitute the Exchanges of this
country and Great Britain. Frequently
when cotton is received by ships in a
damp condition it dries during the yoy-
age with the heat of the ships hold, and
the moisture in the shape of steam being
drawn outwards, damages not only the
bnles shipped damp, but other bales that
have been shipped dry, whether in con-
tact with them or not, and ID whole
cargoes have in this way been damaged
BY the shipment Of number of wet
bales
This is an important matter as we'll to
tie railroads ;:nt ocean lines as 10 the
planters themselves. Cleaner picking,
better ginning, thicker bagging and bet.
ter shelter for the crop after it is ready
for market would improrc tl.e situation.
and save the planters from much asper.
sion.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-08-16
ANDERSON, 5. G., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST l6 1883.

all his ability and education, could not
reform the Republican party and keep
1t together in South Carolina, how can a
man like l.. w. NJ. Mackey expect TO
do it?
When visited the Tcachere' Institute
IN Columbia the only two white men |
saw there to give us encouragement were
Governor Thompson and the superintend.
ent of education, both Democrats.
What had become of your Taft, your
Mackey, your Johnston and your bray
ton, the Republican bosses who control
all the Federal appointments in South
Carolina? They were not there. Now
we want President Arthur and his Cabi.
net to understand that there are more
men in South Carolina than Mackcy,
Iatt, Johnston and Brayton. That the
native Carolinian is here; that the Ger.
man Is here; that the Irishman is here,
and that the negro is here. We know
our rights, and we will all combine in
one common cause to protect and defend
them. We don't intend in the future to
De boSsed over by any stranger. That is
what seems to me to be the true platform
on which the South Carolina negro
should stand.
'FUONAS IJ,u,tr,S
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COurtshIp In Georgia.

When Georgia farmer found out that
his son John was sparkling certain far
mer's daughter for q year or moro with
out settling any question, he called him
ont behind the stack aud said to him
John. do you love Susan Tucker9" 81
guess do. dad" "Aud does she love
you 2" That's what dunno, and Pm
afraid to ask her." "Well, you'd better
throw out few hints tonight and find
out. It's no use wearing out boot leather
unless you are going to marry her."
That night at 10 o'clock John came
homo s wreck. His face wss all acratch-
ed up, his ear was bleeding, his hat gone,
and his back was covered with mud.
"John John what on earth Is the
matter !" exclaimed the old man, laying
down his paper. "Ben over to Tucker's,h
was the reply. "And--and-and T
threw out a few hints to Susan.n ;"Whnt
kind o. bints?" "Wby, I told her I'd
been hoofing it two miles four nights of
@ week for the last two years TO set up
with her while she chewed gum and sung
through her nose, and now reckoned It
vas time for her to brush her teeth and
darn her stockings, cure the bile On her
chin and tell the folks that we're epgae.
ed" "And her father bounced you 2"
"No, dad, no; there's where Pm consol.
ed. II took the whole family, including
Susan, two hired men and three dogs,
and then I wasn't morn half licked. L
guess we removed on 'em too soon, dad
II guess il wasn't quite time to throw
out hints."-Sdrdnndh Recorder.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-08-16
A Monster Reunion OF Men Who Wore
the Gray.

GALVESTON, August 8.-A dispatch to
tho Ncws from Mckinney Texas, says
The managers of the Confederate reun,
ion were in despair yesterday morning
on account of the heavy rain, which con
tinut:d to fall for two and half hours.
covering the ground with sticky mud
and rendering locomoGon nearly impos
sible. After the weather cleared and the
exercises had commenced, however, there
were fully 10000 persons present $4,000
of whom were served by the organiza
tion with dinner on the ground. The
speakers were General Cubcll, Ex.Gov
ern"r Ihrnckmortnn, Governor Ireland,
General NJ. Lewis, ex Governor Hub.
bard, Colonel Bowen and Congressman
Welb"rn. The tenor of Governor Ire
lands speech. which was fair sample Of
most nf the Others, was that Confehrratrs
had no excuse to make for the part taken
bv them in the late contest. He said
We are TO t"rget the political strife.
which led to the war. but We must teach,
our children of the deeds of those who
wore the blue and the gray. We are all
Americans and ever ready tD battle with
our country's assailants from whatever
quarter" General Lewis said he would
never admit that the bloody chasm had
been bridged over. He was glad tina,
Butler had not been invited. Butler was
not Democrat. The name of Jefferson
Davis, General Lewis said, was the
grandest in American history. The
speaker would never make peace with
Butler. He might be an unreconstruct.
ed rebel, but if called upon to defend
national honor or rights he would re.
spond.
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The Scarlet Fever,

1t is rs unnecessary for n child to die
OF the scarlet fever as it is that it should
be blind with cataract. Let us see.
At any time before the body has finished
its Intellectual struggle We are able to
help it, not by wonderful medicines, but
by the knowledge of anatomy, and the
application of common sense. We con.
suit the sympathetic nerve. and do what
it commands us to do. We must give
this child salt when it wants it; we must
give it acid when it has fever and anx-
iously Graves it-not vinegar, but lemon
juice, because the first coagulates albu-
men, aud the latter does not, on account
OF the surplus of oxygen which it con.
tains. To initiate the soothing mucus
in the inteslines, which is now wanting,
and 70 give some respiratory food at the
same time, we add some gum arabic. To
restore and relieve the injured nerve, we
apply moist warmth. In practice we
can fulfill all this with the following
simple manipulations: Undress the
child and bring it to he'd at the very first
sign oi sickness. Give it, if it has
already fever, nothing but sourish warm
Lemonade with some gum arabic in it,.
Then cover its abdomen with some dry
funnel. Take a well folded bed sheet
and put it in boiling hot water; wiring
il out dry by means of dry towels, aud
put this over the flannel on the child's
abdomen. Then cover the whole, and
wait. The hot clothes will, perhaps, re-
quire repeated heat. According to the
severity of the cnse, and it's stage Of pro
gress, preparation will commence in the
child in from ten minutes to two hours.
The child is then saved it som falls To
sleep. Soon after the child awakes, it
shows slight symphonic of returning in.
clination for food, help its bowels, if
necessary, with injections of oil, soap
and water, and it's recovery will be as
steady as the growth of greenhouse
plant, if we'll treated. OF course, if the
child was already dying, nothing could
save it, or if it has already effusions in
the lining Of the heart or brain, it is
much better that it should die. But if
the above is applied in due time, under
the eys and direction of a competent ply
sician, will guarantee that not
one in ahundred will ever die OF
scarlet fever. know this will
startle some of my readers. especially
those who bave lost children already, but
shall go still farther. l maintain that
a child will never get scarlet fever II
properly treated. Ifa child has correct.
iy mixed blood, it will not catch the dis.
order if put In bed with sick child.
This Is Gtill more startling, but nothing
is easier of proof
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-08-16

= When the mate of a wild goose dies
it never takes another. Human widows
are not such geese.
Create healthy appetite and prevent
malarial diseases, by using Browns Iron
Bitters.
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Cholera Infantuln.

Cholera infantum," said DR.. J. f..
lsom, "is as much like Asiatic cholera as
it Is possible to imagine. It is caused
principally by extreme heat. When the
temperature at night ranges from seventy
degrees upward many cases of the disease
may be expected, ""t if the nights are
cool there is [ so much danger. no
matter now hot .ne days. During the
day let the weather be ever 80 warm a
child will not be 10 much affected by the
heat while sleeping, aud for this reason
the warm nights cause most of the trou-
BILE. Extreme heat in a child's BODY
will arrest the process of digestion di.
Arrh9a ensues, and If this is not checked
it will eventually run into cholera infan-
tum. The disease is sometimes rapid in
its action, the little sufferer dying within
few hours after being attacked. while
in ether cases a child may be sick for
weeks with summer complaint before
cholera infantum ensues. The discharge
In case of summer complaint is filed
with particles of curdled milk, which
cannot be digested but in the last stage
of cholera infantum the discharge ia
clear and coIorIess like rice water and is
filled with abulmen. The discharge is
nothing but the watery portion Of the
blood which Leaks through the intestines.
Many children died just as if thew had
bled to death, but in most cases of cholera
infantum the patients are seized with
cramps and spasms, dying in great
agony. Teething children are more apt
than Others to be afflicted with this dia-
ease, for the reason that the nervous sys.
TEN is In constant state of irritation.
and the reflex nervous action generally
affects the stomach first.
"Yes," continued the doctor, "in the
great majority Of cases children die from
neglect; not that parents do not try to
save their lives, but because they do not
know how to take care of the little ones.
During the warm months the babies
should be kept as quiet as possible. Dur.
ing the day it is good idea to give them
plenty of fresh air. They should be
permitted to stay out Of doors in the
shade all day, and before they are put to
bed at night cool bath would reduce
their temperature and ft them for good
nights rest. Mothers who nurse chill
dren should avoid heating their blood,
and the bottle from which the youngsters
drink should be scalded daily and kept
perfectly clear Of saEr milk. Nc child
suffering from diarrhea should be permit
ted to 60 day without medical stten-
tion. These directions, If followed,
t"gether with proper attention to dress,
will doubtless save the life of many an
Cleveland Leader.
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Deaths Mail Carrier.

WARM SPRINGS, N. c., July 27.-In
tearing down an old house in the coun-
try, five miles from this place, last Mon.
day, the skeleton of man was found,
the bones and even the cartilages in a
remarkable state of preservation. Beside
the skeleton were portions Of q leather
mail bag, of the pattern in use half q
century ago. In this bag, or so much of
1t as WAS left, were upwards of thirty
letters, all bearing date early in 1927.
1t was evident that the man had been
mail carrier, as the letters were address.
ed to various persons, some of remote
sections. The manner in which these
Letters had resisted the gnawiDg tonth of
time was marvellous. Perfectly legibIe
were the addresses, while the heavy
paper, breaking like parchment, was
neither worm eaten nor torn. Times
touch had bnt turned it yellow. In one
of the letters were found two bills of u
State hank. which has long ago failed,
each bill being Of the denomination OF
500.
There is no reason given for the posi-.
tinn OF the skeleton ia the wall. The
wall was thick, and there was a space
which run from the ground to the second
floor. BY this the stairs passed. The
space. boarded up when the house was
torn down, may have been open when
the man got there, and slipping or step.
ping off the stairs he may have fallen te
the bottom, so injuring himself that he
could not call for aid. and so perished
There are no suspicious of foul play
and the oldest citizens know nothing o.
any story of crime connected with The
| house in question. The place is just on
the boundary line of Tennessee and
North Carolina. Hundreds of people
are going there to see the skeleton, the
old letters and the bank bills, and the
strange and puzzling discovery has caus.
| ed q profound sensation in all that sec.
tion of country. The mystery will prob.
ably never be revealed.
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How II Feels to be..Strnck hy Light
ming.

Ii. NJ. Burt editor Of Amonq tie Clouds,
published On tho summit of Mt. Wash
ington, was struck by lighting, ON. Satur-
day night. He writes:
"a little after 6 o'clock Saturday night
J was in my Office, lin the old Summit
House on Mount Washington,) and had
just given directions to Darby about
making up form, when all at once
felt tremendous blow in the back.
could not imagine at first what caused
it. Bit instantly thereafter I saw ball
Of fire AZ large as a mans head directly
in front CT me, no. three. feet off. It
exploded with tremendous noise, seem
lpgly rs loud as cannon, and then
knew what must have happened. NV
left leg seemed to be completely sparal-
yzcd, and fell to. the floor. Three of nv
printers were in the room Mt the time.
two sitting at the table near me and one
standing up little further off. The
latter had the skin on one hand torn up,
another was hit in the back and the third
escaped without injury. At first 1 felt
as though h ball had gone through my
body and that all below had been shot
away. was startled and confounded,
but did not lose. e".consciousness The
young man who could get ont Of the
Office ran to the hotel, the Summit House,
and told what happened. Help came
Immediately, and l was removed to my
room in the hotel and undressed. Dr..
Strong, medical student of Harvard,
took my case in charge, and treated me
with great skill. In the course of two or
three hours / could begin to move nv
leg very little. This (Monday) morn
ing l find myself quite comfortable,
though / cannot walk without cane,
and my leg pains me considerably.
can assure you that 1T was a. narrow
escape from instant death, and for one
do not care to go through another expert.
ence like it. AS the storms are all or most
Of them, below the summit, we have
very little fear of being struck by light
ming. In fact, for thirty years no one
has been hurt or had such narrow
escape from death. 1t is an old saving
that lightning never strikes twice in the
same place, aud am sure lido not care
to have it. We were all the more sur.
prlscd from the fact that until the bolt
came in we had no idea of the presence
of an electric storm. 1t had begun to
rain little. but there had been no fash
es of lightning. 1t was as startling as it
would have been to get clap Of thunder
nut of clear sky. You have probably
heard of the impression of tree being
found upon the bodies os those killed by
lightning. The same thing was noticed
upon my back, and rs there are no trees
upon Mount Washington, it seems to me
that the peculiar appearance must be
the result of the blood settling in the
smaller veins"
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- 1t is said that a game of baseball
took place few days ago. and the
whipped nine don't attribute their defeat
70 the unjust decisions of the umpire -
It dosen't seem possible. The game
should be preserved in alcohol as one of
the greatest curiosities of the nineteenth
century, -Norristo,on Herald.
MOTHERS DON'T KNow.-How many
children are punished for being uncouth, !,
willful, and Indifferent to instructions or
rewards, simply tecause they are out Of
health! An Intelligent lady said of n
child of this kind: Mothers should
know tha. fthey would give tho little
ones moderate dosea Of Hop Bitters for
two or three weeks. the children would be
all parent could dGire."
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The Old Mans Logic.

At circus in Bismarck, d. T., the
other day. according to the Bismarck
Tribune, colored man and his wife
occupied front seats, and when terrible
gale of wind began to rip tho canvas
the woman planted her knees right down
in the dust and began to call upon the
Lord to spare her life. The man threw
his arms around a stake driven in the
ground and cried out: "Look yah, ole
woman, you bettah ehse up on dat prayn'
and grab a centah pole, if ye' doan'
wanter leab dis country ahead oh de
reglah percession. Hits all right to
Iassle in pra,r in de ordinary program OBJ
life, but the Lawd ain't gwine to head of
dis tornado Is apussonal favor to you.
You jes' grab centah pole now, an shet
yo' eyes an transfer dat trust in heaben
to trust in good grip, les yo' wanter
light somewhere about Jimtoun afo'
mornin' I'se conversin' wild yo' now,
honey!" And che did straightway grip
grip even ike unto that of death.
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Killed by His Wife.

Mr.. l.. L: Conard, lawyer of Balti.
more, prominent in professional and so.
ciai life, was shot and killed Monday
night by his wife near GIydon, in Balti-
more county, about Is miles from the
city. Mrs. Conard has been suffering
from illness for some time, accompanied
by evidence of insanity. She was Visited
Monday by her brother and mother, who
ieft her in the afternoon in o quiet con.
dition. Conard was q native of New
Orleans and son of Hon. William H.
Conard, Secretary Of War during Fill.
more's administration. He wac sleeping
by his wife's side when shot. The bullet
entered bis heart, killing him instantly.
Mrs. Cobard is cousin Of Samuel Han
son, who recently killed Chas. Ridpely
White, Howard county. She is also
cousin of John Tally Richard johnson,
both Of whom committed suicide. All
were suffering from insanity.
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Before you criticise neighbor for
keeping dog, consider how difficult it
is to lose one when you want to get rid
Of him.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-08-16

"A mules hind leg has ,oply one
season-it Is always a beautiful spring,
even II ii is backward. Sprirg Ia this
case is always followed BY an carly fall.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-07
Houses,

HOUSE FOR RENT-On Rondo street, No.
IL AL. Enquire at Grand Central hotel.
l.. Chanson. 126-128
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REAL ESTATE.


Was busy one at our Office, No. 176 E. Third
street. We made larger number of leans than
usual-the money going into improvements in
most every irstance-and had good trade in
real estate. One customer took twenty-four
acres in West st. Paut; another shrewd one &C
cepted Wabashaw street bargain; several in
vested on Fort street, and several more in a con-
siderable number of lots, high, medium and low
priced, on Summit, Portland and st. Anthony
avenues, and judging from the inquiries, the de-
mand promises to be brisker during the next
thirty days. There is no such thing as "boom,"
but prices are steadily advancing as result of
legitimate growth and actual building opera
tons. Besides, many who have been intending
to secure lots for future homes, are beginning
to wake up to the fact that they must buy soon,
if they want to obtain advantageous sites AID
avoid higher prices. Some intending purchas-
ers, upon looking into the matter, have been
surprised and disappointed at the situation, and
more are likely to be unless they catch on
promptly.
AS one among many illustrations of the way
things are going, we cite an instance: client
bought of us thirty days ago, two lots on Day
ton avenue for home, at $500, and could now
dispose of them, if he wanted to, for 81, 400.
We have money to loan on improved city
property, and houses and business property on
| the best streets. Lots and acres for sale.