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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-08-28
MAHONE AND BUTLER.
wo Political Tramps Seeing Trouble.
sneciaz 10 the Beltimore Sun,

., Special to the Beltimore Sun.
NEW York, Aug, 21.-Gen. Butler
and Secretary Chandler held a private
interview this morning. 1t is stated that
the Republican managers have to-day
expressed alarm at Buffers program for
q fusion electoral ticket and it's effect
upon Blaine's prospects in States like
Michigan, Iowa and Massachusetts. 1t
is also said that Secretary Chandler's in
teryiew with him was for the purpose OF
inducing him to reconsider this plan,
and to run straight electoral ticket of
his own. A friend of Gen. Buffers said
tonight that he had positively refused
to listen to this advice, and had stated
that should he follow that course every
one would believe the assertion recently
made to the effect that he was running
in the interest of Blaine. This was not
his purpose. He was running solely in
his own interest and that of the work
ingmen whom he represented, and he
did not intend the people of this country
to believe for one moment that he was o
dummy for any man or any candidate.
he intended to make the best of the re.
sources at his command and to do every
thing to build up his party. Should his
program of fusion in electoral tickets in
doubtful States be carried out, there
could probably be only one result, name
ly, the throwing of the election into, the
House of Representatives. Should that
occur, the people of thia country would
mn longer look down upon the party
which he represented, but would hsreaf-
ter regard it as a factor of great impor-
tance, and one to be conciliated: In his
opinion it would also have another result
in giving to it an impetus which would
make it one of the great parties in 1883.
Senator Malone is in this city for the
purpose of securing the aid of the Re-
publican managers to put down the re-
bellion against his authority OF Gov.
Cameron and others in Virginia. He
described the situation in that State as
desperate, and says that if the trouble is
not Immediately settled there will be no
possible show for the Republicans in
November. He called upon Chairman
Jones to-day, but nothing definite was
done pending the return of Steve Elkins,
who has been absent from the city for
several days. Malone complains very
bitterly of the support which he is now
receiving from the national administra,
tion. He says that he got all he desired
prior to the first of June, but now he is
not supported as he ought to be, and that hat
ii he had sufficient backing in this
quarter be could settle his home troubles
without aid from the Blaine managers.
But he adds that cold water is thrown on
his plans, and the Republican party in
his State is enfeebled and rapidly going
to pieces. His interview with Secretary,
Chandler to day was for the purpose OF
securing the assistance which herequi11etd. d.
It is said that Mr.. Chandler promised to
do what he could, but tacitly admitted
that at the present time his hands were
practically tied.
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Tho Corruption Fund.

WASHINGTON, August 23.-A large
number of clerks employed in one of the
government departments in this city
received by to days mail, at their Office,
the circular mailed in New York, signed
by B. F. Jones, chairman of the republi.
can national committee, soliciting SUBJ
scriptions for an illustrated campaign
paper. The paper is expected to bepub-
lished for thirteen weeks, and the sub.
scription price is one dollar per copy.
Accompanying the circular is blank
form, addressed to the proposed publish.
er, guaranteeing number of subscrip-
tions to the newspaper to be stated by
the siguers. The circular bore the New
York postmark, but its delivery at the
department. was made by messenger,
who called the clerks to whom they were
addressed to the door of the rooms, and
delivered them in person.
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Hendricks Letter of Acceptance.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, August 2O.-The
following is copy of Ex-Governor Hen
drick's letter of acceptance of the Demo
cratic nomination for the Vice-Presiden.
cy: .oo
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, August 20, 1884.
Gentlemen ! have the honor to &C.
knowledge the receipt of your commune
cation notifying me of my nomination
by the Democratic Convention at Chica-
20 as candidate for the Office of Vice.
President of the United States. May I
repeat what said on another occasion,
that it is q nomination which had
neither expected nor desired, and yet 1
recognize and appreciate the high honor
done me by the Convention. Tho choice
of such q body, pronounced with such
unusual unanimity, and accompanied
with 80 generous an expression of esteem
and confidence, ought to outweigh all
merely personal desires and preferences
of my own. It is with this feeling, and
trust also from deep sense of public
duty, that now accept the nomination,
and shall abide the judgment of my
countrymen. I have examined with care
the declaration of principles adopted by
the Convention, copy of which you
submitted to me, and in their sum and
substance l heartily endorse and approve
the same. am, gentlemen, your obedi-
ent servant,
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS.
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Mrs. Parnell's Own Version of the
s'Irish YOteo Story.

BosroN, August 2O.-Mrs. Parnell, in
an interview to day, pronounced the ap'
parently official report of the proceed
ings of the conference of Irish -Ameri-
cans, yesterday, to consider the position
of the Irish vote in the present canvass
to be quite incorrect.
"The story is likely to give rise to i'm.
pressions," she says, (which it is essen
tial to correct. First of all, there was
no conference with Catholic Bishops.
Indeed, there was no conference at the
Parker House at all so far as I am con.
cerned, nor did I speak in the name OF
my son, as stated. at the so.called CONFER
ence. In the interview I had with mem
bers of the press it was furthest from my
intention to represent, and l certainly
did not represent, any of my suggestions
rs coming from, or being authorized by,
Mr.. Parnell. I am quite panied to find
that the few things said in the interest
of two nations-of the Americans as
we'll as the Irish, for, if | am an Irish.
woman, am also q Yankee-should
have been twisted into so wrong and in
accurate shape. This threefold dart,
in touching me, touches also the interest
of my sou of Ireland, and it hurts me
all the more because l am a woman.
What 1 said to the press representatives
who called upon me was substantially
this:
Certain things have been running
through my brain, and among others is
the question of the great surplus of the
United States revenue from import duties.
A good way to reduce the annual surplus
would be to admit certain goods free of
duty, viz: to allow goods of Irish man
ufacture, which do not conflict with
American manufacture, to be admitted
free. This would encourage Irish manu-.
factures and be the means of sending
money to Ireland, and, in the end keep
Irish people contented and happy at
home and furnish them with the means
of support. Certain goods are exclusive
ly of Irish manufacture. Among the
list are fringes, coarse woollens, linens,
corduroys, moleskin cloths, balbriggan
goods, laces, Bellelk pottery, &c. A move.
ment is already on foot in New York to
encourage the Importation and sale oi
Irish goods, and the movement is likely
to become general. That is about all
that l said. The story Of proposition
either from my son or from me to the
Republican and Democratic parties re-
garding tie Irish vote and the further
narrative of the explicit terms of that
proposition are altogether without the
slightest foundation
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Just as We Thought.

The Herald's hint that General Buffers
letter was a gross plagiarism of George
Francis Trains utterances is sustained
by Mr.. Train himself, who yesterday said
that Butler had stolen his ideas and Ian.
guage from Trains letters, and the But
Ter letters we're made up from Trains
old speeches, to which Gin every respect
they are similar in thought, diction and
manner of argument" Mr.. Train fur
ther says, "It is the most consummste
piece Of robbery I have seen for long
time," although General Butler has
been stealing my ideas and living upon
them for fifteen years." No wonder Mr.
Train angrily declares that "Butler is a
regular fraud"
OF course, in the circumstances, Mr..
Train Indignantly refuses to run for
Vice President on the Butler ticket, and
we hereby humbly apologize for having
suggested his name in that connection.
A man who supplies the brains for a
campaign should have first place, and let
his imitators choose between second
place and no place at tall-preferably the
iatter.-New York Herald.
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Republican Rascality,

WASHINGTON, August 22.-Secretary
Post, of the Democratic Congressional
campaign committee, discovered to-day
that that committee was inadvertently
helping along the Republican campaign
by distributing Republican documents.
The Democratic committee has been
sending out as one of its principal
campaign documents, the speeches de-
liyered by Senator VOORHEES, on the i'm.
prisonment of McSweeney he Irish sus
pect, by the British offc.Ai. during the
GARFIELD administration, and copies of
these speeches are obtained by the com.
mittee by requisition upon the Senate
folding.room. They are delivered to the
committee in large quantities, several
thousand at time already folded, and in
wrappers, addressed by the committees
employees and placed in the mails. 1t
appears to have been the custom of the
committee to rely altogether upon the
integrity and care of the Senate folding
room officials, and to mail the documents
received by them without examination.
To-day, however, an employee of the
committee discovered, by accidentally
opening one of the documents he was
about to mail, that instead of Voorhees,
speech, the committee was distributing,
"Where they would do the most good" 8
Republican campaign document entitled
"The History and Benefcence of Protec.
tion," made up of speeches on the pro.
tectionist side of the tariff question de-
livered in the House of Representatives
last winter. An examination followed,
and disclosed the fact all the supposed
Voorhees, speeches in possession of the
committee were copies Of this document.
Secretary Post went at once to the super
intendent OF the folding room, and took
him to task about the matter, and was
informed that the substitution Of the one
document for the other was an honest
mistake. 1t is not known how many
Republican documents were sent out by
the Democratic committee. They them
selves have no means of establishing the
fact.
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RESULT OF TIE PRIMARY ELECTION.

The result of the primary election on
last Friday shows that the people OF
Anderson County either are in favor of
the State University, the Citadel and the
Columbia Canal. or that they care so
little about them that they are willing 10
leave them entirely in the hands of the
men they elect to the Legislature. Of
the men nominated in the primaries, only
one was elected who is opposed to the
University and the Citadel, and he was
not elected on this issue, but because Of
his personal popularity, growing out OF
the fact that he is an agriculturalist and
lives on one side of the County-the SEN
timent being to have at least two Repre-
sentatives in the next Legislature practi-
cally identified with the agricultural in
terest and representing different sections
of the County, without reference to their
views on these matters. There were
only two candidates from the country
running in the primary, and both of them
were elected by the highest votes in the
primary. One favored and the other
opposed these institutions, and the one
who favored them ran 1873 votes ahead
of the one who opposed them. Of the
Eve candidates from the City four favored
and one opposed them, The four who
favored them ran considerably ahead of
the one who opposed them, and we be-.
lieve their position upon this question
contributed in a very large measure to
the result. As the delegation now stands,
three will vote for appropriations to these
institutions and one against them. The
Canal seems to have been swallowed up
in the interest on the University, two of
the men elected being in favor of COM
pleting it, if upon examination they
think the State will be benefited, and
two opposed toit. One of the two who
favor it is Col. Rucker, who voted for it
when in the Legislature before. The
two old members reelected, Messrs.
scudday and Clinkscales, both voted
against it. These we're the only former
members running, and the result indi-
Gates that this question played very little,
if any, part at al. in the result. There is
one thing, however, that may be put
down as certain, and that is that the
next canvass in Anderson County will be
conducted on live issues and not upon
settled ones. The University and the
Canal will not disturb the visions of the
politicians again in this County. They
are settled questions, and the people OF
Anderson County cannot be induced to
undertake the impossible task Of abolish
ing them.
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necessary for majority was 1898. Col.
Jameson received 1876, or twenty-five
votes less than majority, and hence
under the rule has to run it over.
The same question arose with Capt.
Yandiver for the House of Representa-.
tives two years ago, and the principle
was then settled by the Committee, and
no Convention has seen fit to change the
rule. Capt. vandiver ran over, and was
elected. The same is likely to be the re.
suit in the case of Col. Jameson, but we
have thought it right to say this much
in order that his friends might not be
deceived into failing to vote for him next
time. He has not Jet been nominated.
He lacked twenty-five votes of it.
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General Butler on the Stump.

PROVIDENCE, R. l., August 2o..Gen-
eral Butler spoke again last night in the
Coliseum at Rocky Point to small au-
dience. Ee said he had followed the
banner of the Democracy unwllllngly
because it was the banner OF slavery.
BE kept his bargain with that party,
which in those days was the nearest
straight. Jefferson Davis was constltu'
tionally right. He fought for his party
until he found bis country was IN Danger
and then left the party. He stood bJ
greenbacks because nothing else was
paid to the soldiers during the war, and
what was good enough for the soldiers
was good enough for the bankers. He .
stood by the Republican party until it
put forward for President u man whom
he could not support; then, without
altering single sentiment, he LETT and
supported gallant soldier. He brought
the labor issue before the Democratic
party, and the principle was spurne;d.
BE left them and appealed to the people.
He had not changed one hair, and what
he had done was not done in corner.
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A Water.Spout at Fort Mill.

COLUMBIA, August 22.--Passengers
on the up train on the Charlotte Rail,
road yesterday afternoon state that at
Fort Mill they passed through one OF
the most terrific downpours OF rain that
hey had ever known. For one mile on
either side of Fort Mill the rainfall was
tremendous. At fort Mill the water
covered the railroad track 10 the cuts to
a depth of eight inches. The streams
we're far out Of their banks and all the
low lands were submerged. Crossties
that had been lying in the ditcEes were
lifted up by the water and lodged across
the rails, causing the train 10 be stopped
until they could be removed. A peculiar
fact was that on either side of the two
mile stretch the amount of rainfall was
scarcely sufficient to lay the dust. There
was considerable wind and thunder and
lightning, but the damage was confined
to the crops in certain localities. There
were seasonabIe rains all along the line
of the Columbia and Greenville Road
YESTERDAY.
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TAX NOTICE.
OFFICE: OF COUNTY TREASURER,

OFrIC!: OF COUNTY TREASURER,
ANDERSON, s. c., August 26, 1854.
MOTTO IS hereby given that this office
IN vii be open from the 1st day of Sep
tember to the Goth day of October for the
collection Of State, County, School and
Poll Ta1ei f)r the fiscal year commencing
November 1st, 1883. Five per cent penalty
is added to the unpaid May instalment.
The following is the rate of taxation:
For State purposes" mills
For ordin IT.! County purposes..... q mills
For Pickens County Judgment and
and o her past Indebtedness. 1t mills
For Schon. purposes. mills
Poll Tax......- 9l.uO
All per or.s between the ages of 81 and
so on the LIST day of June, 1853, not other
wise exen,p. by law, are liable to Poll Tax.
Taxes a.e receivable in Gold and Silver
| Coin, Urittd States Currency, National
Bank Notes and Coupons payable in 1884 of
the bonds o. this State, known as Brown
Bonds ard Deficiency Bonds. Witness
and Jury Certificates are receivable for
County ia 1es, not including School taxes.
Under tie law as it stands now, ! am for
hidden to travel during the Fall collection.
I will, therefore, remain in this office, at
Anderson {. H., during the whole of the
above stated time.
M. P. TRIBBLE,
Treasurer Anderson County.
August 2e, 1854
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AN ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION.

The Editor of the INTELL1GENcER
has received communication as County
Chairman from gentleman living in
the lower portion of the County, which
contends that the County Executive
Committee made mistake in declaring
the result of the recent election for
County Commissioners, and should have
declared Col. Joshua Jameson elected,
as he thinks Col. Jameson received q
majority of the votes cast for County
Commissioners. He reaches this con.
clusion by adding up all tho votes receiv-
ed fer County Commissioners, which
makes 1O,SS5. This he divides by the
number of Commissioners to be elected,
which gives the vote cast as 1928. Then
1916 would be majority Of this vote,
and as Col. Jameson received 1876 he
had majority. The mistake our friend
makes is in failing to allow for the men
who voted for only one or two Commiss-
toners. Under his plan a little over
one.sixth of the vote cast could nominate
the Commissioners. For example, sup.
pose in an election there are three thou
sand voters and six candidates for
Commissioners-A, B, G, D, E and F.
Then suppose that the whole 5000 voters
were to determine that they would only
vote for single man, and SOL of them
voted for A, SOL for B. sol for G. 4s9 for
d, 4s9 for E and 499 for F. According
to our friends method these votes would
give g total Of 5000. Divide this by the
number to be elected, which is three,
and you have one thousand as the vote
cast, and Sol as q majority Of this
number, so that q little over one-sixth OF
the men voting would nominate par
ticular candidate. The report given by
the managers Of election was that there
were 3,795 votes cast. They did not
report any failures to vote for County
Commissioners therefore the number
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The fastest recorded mile made by
man is four minutes sixteen and one.ffth
seconds, by William Commings, at Pres
ton, England. The fastest mile made by
a running horse is one minute thirty. nine
and three. quarter seconds, made by Ten
Brock, at Louisville, KY. The fastest
trottiDg mile is two minutes nine and
three quarter seconds, by Maud S., at
Cleveland, o. The running horse made
the mile 10 little less than two.hfths OF
the time occupied by the human runner,
and the trotting horse in almost exactly
one half the time.
- There are seventeen quinine facto-
ries in the world-six in Germany, four
in the United States, three in France,
two in Italy, and two in England. They
supply enough to suppress the ague
shakes of ChristenGom.
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The Primaries in Pickens.

P1cKENs, August l9.-The following is
the result of the primary election held
here to-day: For Representatives, John
FL. Bowen and J. E. Boggs; for clerk OF
court, J. J. Lewis; for sheriff, Fl. b.
Richey; for treasurer, ]. T. Hill; for
auditor, J. B. Clyde; for probate judge,
J. H. Newton; for county commission
ers, A. B. Talley, Elias Day and j.. j.
Herd /; for school commissioner, Laban
Mauldin.-Corespondence Neus and Co"-
a.jer
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imar,,rTINf, OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
- - - - - = . COMMITTEE.

AT a meeting of. the County Executive
Committee of the Democratic Party Of
Anderson County, held in the Court
House on Saturday, August 2Srd, to
declare the resulto the primary election,
the following gentlemen were declared
I /. nominated for the Offices indicated:
q Fbr House Of Representatives.. Bolton
Watson, R. p Clinkscales, E. NJ. Ruck'
er, ii. G. Scudday.
IS For Clerk of Cburt-7M. P. Tribble.
F5r Judge Of Pro5cts-T. g. Ligon
For 4ud;itsorT z. J.sWebb. 81:
Fbr droner Y. 81. Nance.
a second election was ordered for
Friday, September 9Th, pro1ino, for the
! Offices indicated below, between the gen.
stlemen named. & ~
F5r County Commissioners Joshua
Jameson, w. >. Robbins, 3. 9: Bailey,
s q. fB. Gilmer. A. o. Norris 3. ~.
Eskew.
E5r School Commissioner G. Clink.
scales, B. w. Todd.
For Sheriff. Il. Mcconnell, W. 4.
Bolt.
FTierson. j..sg b
The election viii be conducted accord
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pR1mARy EIEcr1oN.

The primary election on last Friday
brought out the largest vote that has
ever been polled in primary election n
in this County. This has been the sub:
;sct of some surprise to many OF our
Pc people, but it only shows that there are are
quite q numbered Democrats who have
not been voting in our previous elections,
Il is not 4 larger number of votes than
the census Of the County calls for. Inc
primary jest passed was very interest
ing one, for there were a large number
Of candidates and several close contests
between strong men. This brought as
near l,e = every voter to the primaries as pos
sible; and the result shows that there are
over six hundred Democrats who have
not heretofore been voting, Some OF
these, of course, are young men who
have become tHenty-one in the past two
wears, and also men who have moved
into the County during that time; but 1t
is safe to say that the result shows at
least three hundred men who have not
been, taking any part in previous elec.
tions. We have them started now, and
we hope they will continue to take their
part in the elections which are to follow.
Every man who voted on last Friday
ought to vote in the general election,
and every one Who has not yet registered,
but is entitled to register, should do so
Immediately. All those who have lost
their tickets should at once have them
renewed and FIX to give larger majority
in this County in November than we
have ever done.
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LAND FOR SALE.

THE undersigned offers valuable tract
l. of no acres of land, with two good
houses al outbuildings, situated on the
Bruce's ,rd road, four miles from Pendle.
ton, for sale. Contains l3 acres bottom,
about 80 20 DDS and balance in cultivation
and pastu re-
Also, valuable tract of about 300 acres,
situated on Wilson'S Creek, in Southern
portion OF this County, adjoining lands of
w. B. WATSON, DR.. Milford and others.
There is nc good dwelling and outhouses,
with three tenant houses on the place.
There is arout 80 acres woods, 40 acres
bottom, bllHnce in cultivation and pasture.
For particulars, &C., apply to
JAMES A. PRICE,
Pendleton, s. G..
Aug 81, 1854 6 81