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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-11-27
MASTERS. SALE.
cn.rE an SoTrTu cApo1JNa

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
t, !, ANDERSON COUNTY.
In ae Court Of Common Pleas.
Matte -Fant. Cathalne Fant and others,
vsIsAS I;tFant, Ann Massey Gt,al.-Ac-
tion for Partition, DC. -
nURSUANT to an Order of Court, da-
I l7datcd 18thr;O OCTOBER 1884, inathe
above stated case, I will sell at Anderson
G. H., S. c., on SALEDAY IN DECEM-
BER next, the following described Rea!
Estate, to wit:
TRACT NO. /, containing II acres, situ-
ate on Generals road, -
TRACT NO. 2,c,contaihing l5a acres,
more or less, situate on Generals g road. :
more or less, situate, on Generals road
TRACT NO.. a containing 13l acres,
situate on Generals road.
TRACT .NO.e5, containing AZ acres, more
or less; situate on Generals road. .9tf,
7 TRACT NO. Z, containing 81 acres, more
or less, situate on Generals road.
TRACT NO. 10, containing II acres,
more or less, adjoining Nos. 5, 8. IL. y;
TRACT NO. u, containing 20 acres,
more or less, adjoining Lots Nos. 2, IL, Nc
iDuffie Street and No..13 ff.
The above Tracts are part of the Tract on
which Mrs. Catharine FAINT lived, and are
situate just beyond the Southern boundary
of the City of Anderson.
Plats of same may be seen at my office
up to day of sale.
!. sTTERMs OF SALE-One-third of the pur-
chase money to be paid III cash, the remain
der in one and two equal annual install
ments, to be secured by bond and mortgage
of the premises, with interest from day Of
sale, Purchasers to pay extra for papers.
w. w. HUMPHREYS Master.
Nov 6 1894 IL t.
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A Strange Epidemic.

IN Il.
III. LYscHBgne, I si;tcHiBgjne Nov, q, ,lsA1Lee and
Dickinson counties; in Virginia, and
Harold, Lee and the adjoining counties
in Kentucky, are suffering. from a, new
and fatal disease. Owing to the isolated
position, of. the district particulars .;are
hard TO obtaiu. Hundreds are said to have
died, and, allowing for exaggeration, it
can be affirmed that the mortality is large.
Postal Clerk Wells, who has just arrived
from that section after; having, had the
disease, gives a sad accounttof the epi-
demic. He attributes, it to a mineral
poison in the drought dried waters, and
says. q, strong aad disagreeable mineral
taste, like that of copperas, exists. AT
the time he left few; springs were flowing
freely, aud the people were compelled to
drink the impregnated water.
4 Although the name of the disease, is
unknown, the people call it cholera, and
were it, so it would not be more dreaded
or disastrous, The symptoms are. de-
scribed as similar to those of Asiatic
cholera, followed by terrible hemorrhages
of the bowels, and those attacked either
die, or recover. in about week. tits fire.
qnently fatal in twenty -four hours, and
Sometimes even in much shorter period.
In most instances it visits an entire fami-
", and tits considered 30 contagious that
in some cases persons-die alone, their
,friends being afraid to go to them.
There are no figures representing the
actual mortality, but it is estimated that
over three hundred have perished in the
Virginia counties named, and consider.
ing the sparse population and the num-
Der taken,.the percentage is large. At
the late election the number of deaths
considerably affected the majorities at
the various precincts, and thirty new
graves were counted in small cemetery.
As one result the people are demoralized
and local business interests suffer. A
like scourge visited this section in 1854.
The country, which is extremely noun.
famous, is of high elevation above the
level of the sea. Cattle are also dying in
the same section. General rains have
fallen in this State for two days past, and
it is probable that the drought in the in.
,fected region is now ended.
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DON Cameron,s Plan.

WAsHINGToK, November 2O.-Several
Republican Senators have been in town
the past week. They talked considerably
about what course the Republican ma.
,iority.in the Senate win adopt respecting
president fClsvelands appointments in
the extra session to be called March 4.
The proposal of, Senator Don Cameron,
who appears confident of his reelection,
that TIE Republican caucus agree not to
confirm any Of the President'a appoint
ments made to fill places made vacant by
the removal of. Republicans before their
four years term expire, does not meet
with general approval. Still less popular
is his reported scheme;to haveithe most
important officers whose terms expire in
the early.part of Cleveladd's administra.
ton resign some time this Winter, and be
,re.appointed by the President. This de.
vice, taken.in connectioniwith the other,
would practically deprive Mr.. Cleveland
of the appointing power for oil the more
important places outside of the depart
ments and the foreign missions. Presi-
dent Arthur, for one, is not likely to be a
party to the latter part of the programme,
and the majority of the Senate will un.
doubtedly be disposed to leave to Presi:
dent Cleveland the full responsibility of
his appointments, only reserving the
right to insist that men of proper charac.
ter and capacity be selected. In such a
contest as would follow Mr.. Cameron's
reported plan, the President would be
likely to come out ahead in the popular
estimation. It has not been the case for
half a century that President elected by
the opposition has had Senate politi.
cally. opposed to him, SO that practically
the situation is new one. The course
to be determined upon by the majority of
the Senate is decidedly delicate and will
be the subject of endless discussion in
Republican circles this Winter. It will
be finally decided in caucus to be held
as soon as the extra session is organized.
President Arthur has authorized a
friend to say that if any effort should be
made to carry out the scheme, alleged to
have been devised by Senator Don Cam
eron, to keep Republican officeholders in
power for four years after March ny
means of re-appointments and the Tenure
of Office Act, be (the President) would
not be party to any such scheme. He
indicated that ne should not make any
appointments to Office before the expira.
tion of his term except in case of va
cancy.
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, Gorham Grumbles.

WASHINGTON, November 2O.-Geo. G.
Gorham has written the following letter
from New York 10 the National Repubk-
can of this city, expressing his views on
the defeat of Mr.. Blaine:
".The South was made solid by Blaine's
defeat of the force bill in 1875 and
.Hayes's subversion of the Governments
Of South Carolina and Louisiana in
1877. The South thus made solid was
broken in 1881 by the Malone coalition
in Virginia despite Blaiue's opposition.
He summoned all lis resources, includ.
ing his newspaper organs to drive Ma.
hone. and his followers away from the
Republican party, and to restore the
Solid, South by forcing Virginia back
into the Democratic fold. After failing
in this work in 1882, he finally succeeded
in 1883. This year he was quite willing
to have Malone succeed, but the wounds
he had inflicted proved to be mortal.
Gas Blaine omitted these interesting
facts from his speech. on the Solid South,
delivered at Augusta last night, l ask
space for this mention Of them in the
newspaper in which I have so often
stated them before. If Blaine had been
opposed to the Solid South even a year
sooner Virginia would not have been
remanded to her previous condition last
year, and would undou btedly have been
Joined by North Carolina. The twenty.
three electoral votes of these two States
added to the 1872 he received would have
given him 2O5, just four more than
enough without New York.
Blaine's reason for opposing Malone,
as stated by him to one of his leading
friends, in 1881, was that he was not
going to build up Certain Republicans,
whom he named" As it turns out he
was building up Grover Cleveland and
the Democratic party, all of which shows
that ship cannot be scuttled and sunk
for the purpose of drowning a portion OF
the crew without wettiDg the Others"
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Nov l3. 1884 18
TO TA0S[ INTERESTED

WE hereby notify all indebted t. R. S.
Hill & Co. that the Firm at Anderson, S c.,
will be dissolved by mutual consent OH lst
January next, and for this reason We
must have all the money due us
OH any account this Fall.
We fully realize the fact that times arc
hard, but We have to pay our debts, wet or
dry; and we cannot, in justice to ourselves,
be as indulgent in carrying over' as We
have been in the past. We hope every
one who entertains thought of being
carried will talse this notice person.
ally to himself. as we propose in every
instance to collect where the money
can be made by law. We give this notice
thus early so that arrangements may be
made accordingly
r. S. Hill will continue the business at
the same stand, and he hopes to be better
able than ever before to supply all the
wants of those who promptly pay their
debts. We now have on hand very large
Stock of General Merchandise which is
being sold as low rs the lowest, and we
would simply ash: all inspection of those
looking around"
Very Respectfully,
R. S. HILL Co.
Oct 23 1884 Is 6m
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NOTICE OF SALE.

DY virtue of the power conferred upon
ID ME by the Will of James Stevenson,
deceased. | will sell at the late residence Of
James Stevenson deceased, in Varennes
Township, in Anderson County, S c., on
TUESDAY, the 10th day of DECEM-
BER, 1854, at II o'clock a. M, the follow.
ing LAND, as the Real Estate of james
Stevenson, deceased, to wit:
Tract No. /, containing l52 acres, more
or less, and known as the old Homestead.
Tract No. q containing lis acres, more or
less
Tract No. 3, containing ITO acres, more
or less.
Tract No. 4, containing 4S acres, more or
less.
These lands lie in Varennes Township,
in Anderson County, s. c., and are we'll
watered.
Plats of said Land will be exhibited on
day of SALE They can be seen any time
before then at the Judge of Probates office.
TERMS OF SALE-One. third cash, and bal
ance on credit of twelve months, with
interest from day of sale, to be secured by
bond and mortgage of the premises.
Purchasers to pay extra for all necessary
papers.
There will also be sold. ut the same time
and place for cash, the Personally of said
deceased.
D. L. STEVENSON. Executor.
Nov 20, 1854 10
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The Great Turnout.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Among the
most interesting phases of the overthrow
of the Republican administration are the
revolutions to be made in the civil ser.
vice of the United States. At no period
in our history has there ever been so
vast change impending, owing to the
number of Federal employees having in
creased enormously during the last few
years. There are in round numbers no..
900 persons in the employ of the govern.
ment. Of these large proportion are
classed as laborers. There are about 5O,.
600 postmasters in the United States. Of
these, the Postmaster General, acting
with the advice of the President, appoints
about $500 of the higher class, with sal.
aries ranging from $4,000 to s., 500. All
of the inferior postofices are filled by the
appointment of the first assistant Post.
master General, who is thus the largest
distributor of patronage in the govern.
ment. Tie civil service law does not
protect single postmaster in the United
States, but 5,699 postal employees are se-
cured in their places during good beha-
vior. These employees receive from $500
to $1,000 per annum. The next most
numerous branch of the public service is
the treasury department employees. Of
these 2,573 are customs employees, re-.
ceiving from 5000 to Sl,80U per annum,
who are protected by the civil service
law, which also protects 5,652, employees
scattered in all the departments. Thus
there are about $4,000 persons subject to
removal in change of administration
(more than half of which are postmas-
ters) which the Democrats, if 80 minds
ed, may dispose of. It is however ex.
treme'u unlikely that there will be any
wholesale removal of these people. The
mere inertia Of such q mass makes it
hard to- move, and even if political
guillotine were set tip, which isimproba.
Bile, it would be three or four years before
the change would be complete. The
bureau of printing and engraving, which
employs skilled workmen, is sexempt from
the operation of the ci7il service law.
It has about $500 employees. A move
ment has been on foot for some time 10
have the governments printing, including
bank notes.; done by contract. If this
should be.carried out, these people would
all be discharged, but Of course no Dem
ocrats would be appointed in their
places as the bureau would cease to exist.
But in tue higher officers there will nee.
essarily be Radical changes. Besides the
heads Of departments who would go, the
chiefs of divisions and all Offices whose
salaries are over s., 800 would probably
have their heads demanded on a charger
during The next year. ',e
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ia De,iiioralIzed Party.

Ever since bthe death Of Garfield the
Republicans party has drifted hopeiessly
along ). torn iby sdissension; and its very
existence threatened by .defections.
There is scarcely q State in which tthere
ARE lot two or more hostile cliques in
the party tIt was on the verge of ides.
pair if not dissolution,f all through 1872
|land: 1873, and nothing obut Mr.. }Blaine's
personal canvass saved it in 1884 from
defeat even worse; than the one that
overlook Horace Greely. ti,,s:tb
|G But Blaine e'ss personal strength was
btauHicient to- turn back the tide; it
merely checked its course. u Outside of
the contested and doubtful States the
Republican losses Sswere tremendous.
Garfield g plurality of 81, 1000 in Mas.
sachnsetts was cut down TO q, 900, and
if Butler had not been utilized by the
Republican managers, it would probably
have been wholly overcome. Gsrfeld's
E;plurality of329,605 in Wisconsin was
brought down to 5000. In Michigan
/ Garfield had a,plurality Of So, ,840-this
great vote was reduced this year to 4 600.
Garfield had a plurality of 40, ,716 in
Illinois; only 23, 600 of it remains.
The magnificent vote of78,6 ,6S2 in Iowa
Els now reduced to 1S, 900, and the Demo;
scrats of this stronghold of Repnb nbEcan-
ism are beginning to be hopeful of COM
plete success. In Kansas the Republic
can figures are cut down from 61,748 to
4S, ,OO0. Weineed not extend the figures.
There has been a steady and fixed drift
against the Republican party. since 1881,
and this drift would have buried that
party very deep this year if the Republi-
cans had nominated any other man than
James G.. Blaine; for it was he who
,misled thousands Of Irish Americans by
"a seductive and thoroughly delusive
JiDgo programme, and invented the
Butler fraud. IF these two delnsions
|. Had had no part in the canvass, Massacu-
sets, New Hampshire, Illinois, Wiscon.
sin, Michigan, Colorado and the Pacific
slope would have gone Democratic, and
the Democratic majority in New York
would have been in the neighborhood of
100, 900.
Can the Republican managers bring
the factions together? Will . Conkling
Join hands with Depew, Cameron with
the Philadelphia Press, and soon through
the list of States? Will stalwart and
ihaif.breed trust each other?i Will either
or both succeed in winning back the ag-
sgressive and daring: Independents? The
friends of Garfield are not the! friends of
Arthur; and the glatter's supporters hate
the man of Maine tits rent and de-.
moralized party-so torn and damaged.
that one short four years will not suffice
to bring it together again. And out of
power it is doubtful whether the party of
monopelies and plumber can hold its
own. Altogether the outlook of the Re.
publican party is not promising, and the
smile of the people lis correspondingly
tbroadened.-Atl1 Constit,ttton. ~
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words Of Wisdom.

BosroN, November q. lin the coutsa
of an interview with q representative of
the Boston Globe to day, President-elect
Cleveland, in speaking Of the business
and ufacturing interests of the coun-
try and Of the effect of q change in the
Administration on hesesinterests, said:
aIt goes withoutsayiDg thst the Demo.
cratic party is made up Of merchants,
business and workiDgmen, and everybody
lin it certainly desires good times and
realizes that all people must be prosper.
ous to ensure that result We have 55,.
100000 people, almost boundless re-
sources and hundreds of the strongest
i financial institutions in the world; thou
sands of enterprising merchants, the
most sSillfnl manufacturers and the
most intelligent farmers and workmen on
the face Of the earth. Now, surely, the
country with these characteristics has
every qualification for solid, permanent
prosperity. twill be my aim and the
aim Of all associated with me in the con (.
duct of affairs at Washington to give the
people Of the United States safe, eco
.Inomical and conservative Government:
The fact that so many business men and
manufacturers and workiDgmen voted
with the Democratic party in this elec-
! ton. shows that they were moi afraid OF a
change 10 the Administration; The
Democratic party in it's Chicago platform
meant what it said, and said what it
meant, and will carry the provisions Of
that platform which relate to the 6usi'
ness Interests of the country into effect
The most important thing is Tho restora.
/. tioni of confidence and the determination
10 forget partisan heat aud excitement
and to devote our lives to The things
which tend to the substantial welfare o
of the country and Of all its people. In
this event every man should feel that ne
bas a part to perform.
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The Re- Election of Senator Brown.

The records OF Georgia do not match
the compliment paid by the Legislature
to Senator Joseph E. Brown on yesterday.
Senator Gordon was re elected with prac-
tically no opposition, but there were a
half.dozen votes cast against him. Sena'
tor Brown carried the Senate without the
loss of vote, aud the House with only
two votes cast against him. This was
nearer unanimous than any Georgia as
sembly ever voted on a senatorial election
nearer, perhaps, than it ever will.
The spectator of yesterdays quiet and
peaceful triumph, could not have failed
to recall the stormy scenes, through
which Senator Brown went decade and
half ago, when he was opposed and de-
nounced. His views were rejected by an
overwhelming majority Of the people, and
from one end of the State to the other he
was met with denunciation. Even ten
years after all this occurred, his appoint
ment to the Senate was signal for indig-
nation meetings at several points in the
State. In his last election, after he had
displayed wonderful aptitude in the Sem
ate, terrific fight was made on his elec-
ton. This has now wilted away, and the
representatives of all sections and all
parties unite in rendering him an almost
unanimous ovation. The sharp contrasts
against which yesterdays triumph is laid,
but deepens its meaning and intensltles
the qualification it carries.
The Constitutions views as to Senator
Brown are understood of all men. We
approved his appointment-advocat
his Endorsement by the legislature-and
urged his re election. We congratulate
the State that this has been brought
about. Senator Browns wise counsels
and wiser leadership have been of high
value to his party, even when it was IN
the minority. Now that it has carried
the country, and becomes responsible for
administration, he will simply be invalu-
able on the floor of the Senate. His
election is compliment--his defeat
would have been calamity. We note
that his name is being discussed freely in
connection with President Cleveland's
Cabinet. We do'.not think; he will be
tempted to listen to the suggestion of
such a change. In dignity and honor
and usefulness, we hold the senatorship
of a;groat, State, such as Georgia, to be
the equal of any Office in the Govern
ment. Especially is Senator Brown fitted
for senatorial service, and he will hold
his place in the Senate undiaputed as
long as he has the strength to attend its
sessions.-Atlanta Constitution.
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NO SLAVES FOR CLEVELAND.
The President-elect on the Rights of the
Freedmen.


ALBANY, November Governor
Cleveland was asked by an Associated
Press reporter to-day if he wasEaware Of
the esdelusion existing among the colored
people of the South that the change il
the Administration would uufavorably
affect their condition, to which he replied
eyes, have been astonished at the
statements that there was an apprehen-
sion existing among the colored people
that in some way their rights, now se-
cured 10 them under the laws and Con-
stitntion of the United States, we're in
danger from the election of Democratic
President. I am even told that some OF
them are led to suppose that the result
of the recent election means that they may
again be made slaves. ALL of this has ap-
peared to me to be go absurd, and have
been so sure that the slightest intelligent
reflection would dislodge such foolish
fears, that / can hardly deem any notice
of them necessary. But there is not the
slightest objection to calling the attention
of all who are in the lesst uneasy upon
this subject to the fact that the title of
the colored people to freedom and all the
rights of citizenship cannot be disturbed
exceptiby change of the Constitution,
which it twoufd be absolutely impossible
to make. .
Besides, the present condition or
status of these people has been so fully
accepted BY the entire country that no
one should have the slightest idea that
any attempt will be made to change it,
Ifsthere was any possibility of accom-
plishing such q thing, SO far as the new,
administration is related to this subject,
the whole country can be sure that the
lawful power and Jurisdiction of the Ex-.
e1utive will be SO exercised that the,
rights of all citizens, white or black,
under the Constitution and laws will be
preserved and protected, and all the adj
vantages to- which they are entitled by,
their citizenship will be secured
TO them. s,. !,
There need be no fear that either the,
Democratic party or it's newly elected
administration proposes to oppress or
enslaves sany part of our population, nor:
To- destroy the business interests of the
country. t!s..:: 10 i''' +,
eve hope, on the other hand, to do
something to benefit the people. ltseems
to me that our efforts in that direction
would be aided if mischieyous croaking
and dark imaginings should give place to.
an earnest endeayor. 10 inspire confidence
and TO- make universal a cheerful hope,
for the future =, -
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FAIR i NOTICE..
Please Read 1t, and Govern Your
selves Accordingly.

TO all who owe us we have this 10
say:
lst. That the, time of the year has
come when your accounts and guano are
due.
2nd. That We expect you TO pay us up
at o1ce.
.3rd. That wt do not intend to carry over
any one, and the reason for it is that We
are compelled to pay our debts, and ne
are needing what you owe us to pay them
with.
4,h. That if our Guano Notes are not
paid right away, we will positively en-
force the Is cents per pound for the
cotton.
9Th. That we mean this for every one:
who owes .us.
9th. That we will pay you the top of
the market for your cotton.
7th. That if you want to hold your
cotton, borrow he money from the Bank
and settle up with US, and then hold it
as long as you please.
And in conclusion We will expect
prompt settlement Of all you owe us at
ouce. A word to the wise is sufficient.
Therefore, take warning.
Respectfully,
W. S. LIGON & co.