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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-21
Cotton Crop Nearly all In.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE cotton
returns of the department Of agriculture
make the average close Of the picking
season six days later than last year on
account of the later maturity of the crop
and frequent rains. In many counties in
the Southwest the crop has not yet been
fully harvested. Careful consolidation Of
returns make the proportion marketed
s4.3 per cent. the averages of States being
as follows: Virginia s9, North Carolina
"a, South Carolina So, Georgia Sc, Flori.
da 81, Alabama IS, Mississippi, 81,
louisiana SO, Texas IS, Arkansas 81,
Tennessee SO.
The staple is shorter than last year,
and there Is more discolored and trashy
fibre: The caterpillar and bell 80fn
have been widely distributed, but the
destruction caused by them has been
greatly limited by insecticide.
Seed has been sold at u to 16 cents pei
bushel near lines of railroad, mostly by
tenants, proprieters finding it more
valuable for feeding and fertilizing pur'
poses.
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II Last Friday night, near Evansville,
Iud., Geo Heidell, young farmer,
disguised himself as q ghost and stepped
from the roadside in front of William
Tompkins, colored, who was returning
from the woods with an axe on his shoul.
der. The frightened negro, with "a terrific
blow, cut Heidelrs head in two. This
settles the question that ghosts are dan
gsrous-to themselves.
= It has been discovered thata NOV.
ing cannon ball, occupying one.fortieth
of a second in passing given point, can
be photographed. And science flaps its
wings. When the motion Of one james
q. Blaine accepting the portfolio of state
after it has been offered him can be pho
tographed. then science will have some.
thing to crow about.
In fashionable households, instead
Of the parents sending cut announce
ments of the latest family addition, the
new conner announces himself or herself
by a tiny visiting card-the date of the
birth and the address following the name,
= Pennsylvania troops will predomi.
nate in the next inauguration.day parade
at Washington, as they did in the last
It is said that 1000 Pennsylvanians will
be in line.
As a toilet article, Ayers Hal,
Vieor stands unrivaled. 1t cleanses the
scalp aud removes dandrutf, cures itching
humors, restores the original color t
faded and gray hair, and promotes it
growth.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-21
A Debtor,s Trick.

SPARTANBURG, Jan. 30.-A novel
question, and amusing in some of its de.
tails, has been sprung here. Two ofour
lawyers had a claim againsta certain I'M
married defendant. Desiring to make
their money they got judgment and
advertised his property for sale. The
defendant began to skirmish around to
see if.thefe was not some way of saving
himself. With the assistance of able
counsel he concluded to- marry, and to.
take unto himself a family that wnnld
need the comforts of homestead. He
left his attorney last Friday, and before
Saturday night dark the sheriff received
notice from him that he would claim
homestead, and he asked that be send
out and have it laid off for him, inasmuch
as he vas not willing to see his wife and
children placed in q condition of want
and suffering. 1t lis otolerably evident
that he must have hitched on to buxom
widow who had made good start in the
family: business as he speaks of bis chill.
dren. The plaintiffs attorneys have
given notice to the other side that they
will apply to the Court to set aside the
marriage as illegal, having been con,
tracted to hinder, delay and defraud the
creditors out of their just and lawful
claims Correspondence efthe Nevs and
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-21

= A bill has been reported favorably
in the lower house of the North Carolina
Legislature requiring all railways in that
State to fence their tracks. The farmers
demand the passage of the measure as q
protection against the killing of live
stock by railway trains, and as the far.
mers dominate in the present Legislature
Of North Carolina there is no doubt of the
passage of the bill.
General Harrison's wife complains
that she was followed everywhere in New
York by a female reporter. She will gel
used to it. The occupants of the white
house look under the bed every night
not for burglars, but for reporters.
Nevada leads the way in the sup
preston of high hats in the theatres. A
bill before the Legislature makes it a mis-
demeanor for any lady to wear a hat at
any theatre in the State ofgreater height
than three inches.
- No other spring medicine has wor
for itself such universal confidence aG
Ayers Sarsaparilla. 1t is the most pow
erful combination of vegetable altera
tiYes ever offered to the public, and is
acknowledged by the medical profession
to be the best blood purifier.
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A Broken Violin.

Some years ago, before Mr.. E. P. Lu-
gand moved from South Carolin to
Georgia, he had in his employ German
who grew sick, moved away and left in
payment of small amount of borrowed
money an old violin. The violin was in
a terribly dilapidated condition-strings
gone, no keys, no bridge, nothing but the
box. In this condition it was battered
about, unnoticed, and was finally moved
to Georgia as part of lot of plunder.
Nothing was thought Of the old instru.
ment uutil an Italian stroller came along,
who saw the violin, examined it and pro-
nounced it of the very finest make. Mr..
Lugand thought of course the fellow was
iesting and offered him the old thing for
fifty cents. The stroller couldn't "ante, !"
so Mr. Lugand kept the fiddle. Some
weeks after Mr.. Lugand received 8 letter
from New Orleans music dealer saying
be had heard of the instrument and
would give him sixty:fve dollars for it.
No one will be surprised that he jumped
at the proposition and expressed it to the
music dealer. A few days fter brought
another letter from New York dealer
Offering him slOO tor the now wonderful
instrument. Mr.. Lugand promptly wrote
the New Orleans dealer to reship it to
him. The dealer did so and Mr.. Lugand
had his violin again. The night before
be was to ship it to New York it had
been left in the ahop, and when Mr..
Lugand came down next morning ter.
|; rible disaster had taken place. The
fiddle had been broken by saw. With q
sad heart he wrote the dealer, who said
in reply that he would still give him
twenty-five dollars for the pieces if the
back was not broken. It is needless
to say the pieces were shipped. a
check was sent in return.-MaledgeuiM
Chronicle.
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oversight and care, on account of lawless
thriftlessness better things are expected
of her, she by SO much exceeds her prov
ince, and is therein spending the money
that does not belong to her.-Rarpsr's
p,.1.
A Dependent Citizen.

The following true story is told OF a
well.known member of the bar in ALE.
ghany County, New York, than whom
there never lived a gentler, kindlier
spirit. With his scholarship attainments
and profound knowledge oflegal lore, he
possessed the simple, dependent nature
of child, and, it may be added, q child's
utter guilelessness and faith in his kind.
His wife, fortunately for the worldly
success of the pair, was shrewd and
practical in o marked degree; upon her
strong independence Of character Judge
@. leaned heavily, except within the
domain of his profession, where curiously
enough, his opinions were aingularly
prompt and infallible. In the domestic
and social circles, however, he deferred
to Mrs. @. in the simplest matters, and
so habitual had this state of things
become that it did not occur to either Of
them that there was anything unusual in
it. From donning his winter fannels to
leading a card at the whist table he
never pretended to get without "Helen's"
sanction and advice.
But one day he showed his condition
Of mental servitude in a really astonish-
ing way. He vas suffering from tooth.
ache, and his wife sent him to the village
dentist for relief. Obediently he went,
got into the chair, and opened his mouth
for the preliminary examination.
(Which tooth is it aches, judge I"
inquired the dentist, poising the forceps.
There mas a moments hesitation;
then the judge sat up from his reclining
position, and looking innocently at the
dentist, said, in all good faith, "Well,
now, don't know; I'll 60 home and
ask Helen"
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The Kind Of Men Who Go TO Heaven.

"There," said a neighbor, pointing to
a village carpenter, "There is a man who
has done more good, I really believe, in
this community than any other person
who ever lived in it. He cannot talk
very much in public, and he does not
try. is not worth $4,000, and tits
very little he can put down on subscrip.
.tion papers. But q new family never
moves into the village that he. does not
find it out and give them q neighborly
welcome and offer them some service.
he is on the lookout to give strangers a
seat in his pew at church. he is always
ready to watch with sick neighbor and
look. after his affairs for him. I believe
he and his wife keep house plants in
winter mainly that they may be able to
send little bouquets to friends and inva.
lids. He finds time for a pleasant word
to every child be meets, and you'll always
see them climbing into his one.horse
wagon when he has no other load. He
has genius for helping folks, and it
does me good to meet him in the streets"
--St. Louis Globe.
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Beware Of Olntments for Catarrh that
contain Mercury,

as Mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering 1t through
the mucus surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip.
tions from reputable physicians, as;the
damage they will do are ten fold to the
good you can possible derive from them.
Halls Cattarrh Cure, manufactured BY
F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, and
acts directly upon the blood and .mncus
eurfaces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc, it is is taken Internally and made In
Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney q Co.
sa.sold by Druggiats, price 75c. per
bottle.
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From the stable We passed to the first
creamery ever established in the Gulf
States. Since then a number.of college
graduates have since established or are
working in creameries in different parts
of the State.
This creamery is fitted up with the
newest and best inventions for aeparat.
ing, churning and working cream into
butter.
The milk is first put into large tin
receptacle and heated to the degree for
churning; then it goes into the cream
separator, which re7olves sixty.fVe times
minute and is separated Immediately /;
then the. churning is done in large,
box.like machine. The great cans Of
yellow cream, the wooden yats of golden
butter, were a delight to the eyes.
There, in summer, two hundred pounds Of
butter are made a day, and this butter is
in such demand that orders for three or
four hundred pounds more than they can
supply is daily received.
Everything imaginable in the way of
new agricultural implements is to be
found here, and the facilities for watering,
draining, ETC., are the best.
This college has done more solid good
to the farmers and the State Of Missiaaip.
pi than anything ever established. Ithas
advanced their ideas, given them new
and improving methods, shown them
their resources and what lay in the future
of their country. As for the students,
they are the men who are to make the
stone pillows for the South. to stand on.
and if such school as this were estab.
lished in every Southern State, it would
not be long before the South would far
exceed the north in wealth. From the
ground cometh the birth of all things.
From it the first man was made and from
it be sustained his God given life. In it
lie the heroes of the past, from it must
the heroes of the present make their
name and fortunes.
Look to it, men Of the South, and fol-
Low Mississippi
MAID ANDREWS.
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Is 1t Right to Dance :

Rev. W. O. ShaeAer preached a forcible
sermon on Sunday night on this subject.
He maintained that it is not right for
church members to dance. In con6rma.
tion of this, he quoted from the authori-
ties of all the churches. The Catholic
bishops and cardinals in q late letter to
the churches condemned the dance in
strong terms, and charged their members
to abstain from it. The Episcopal church
had done the same. He quoted from
utterances of Bishop Mc1lwain, of Ohio.
and Bishop Cox, of New York, in which
they took strong ground against it. The
Baptist Quarterly of October discussed the
subject fully, and showed that that church
condemns it. The Presbyterians, in their
General Assembly, have condemned it.
The Methodist bishops have recently
declared unanimously that their church
is against it. And, said the preacher, the
rules of the Lutheran church forbid it.
For purther proof that the churches are
opposed to odancing, he referred his hearers
to host Of authorities that may be
foundin Kitto's Cyclopedia Of Biblical
Literature.
He then gave four reasons why dancing
should not be indulged ia by church
members
L.. The Bible commands Us to abstain
from the very appearance of eyil.s
Dancing certainly has the appearance Of
evil !; otherwise there would be no ques
tion in the minds or conscience of right
thinking people as to its rightfulness.
2. It is worldly. -
8. It is in direct opposition to the in
.auence of the church. The preacher
stated that he had observed that al
church members became more and more
fascinated by the dance in the same de.
gree they lose their interest in the pray
or meeting and other services of ths
church, and could not be relied on fo'
doing religious work.
4. It is grossly inconsistent with such
passages Of the Scriptures as "Know ~
not that your bodies are temples of th,
Holy Ghost 2"-Nswber1y Observer.
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Eczema, Itchy, scaly, Skin Tortures.

The simple application of ''swayne'a
Ointment" without any internal medi-
cine, will cure any case O letter, Salt
Rheum, Ringworm, Piles Itch, Sores
Pinples, Eczema, all scaly, Itchy Skin
Eruption, no matter how obstinate or long
standing. It is potent, effective, and costs
buta trihe, Is
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-21
sYlrupE oiFigs,.
:s:s-::s,;:s:

Is the delightful liquid laxat !.
the only Tue remedy tos1 Sa!) :
constipation and 81 asa I'd 'ilis dananiSi In
on weakEor inscti condition 81 Sbs M
kidneys, liver, and bowels. s,iss
pleasant remedy to take, both 70, o',oild snh
young; it it isgentle in its action All al
effective; it is acceptable to thesto
and Strengthens the organs Oh which 4
acts. Manufactured only By the GalIloT
MIA Fig Syrup Company, San FraocIsco
Gal. For Sale by Simpson , Raid s ssfEs
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Liberty Spring school is under: the
charge Of MI. u: B. Harris. We visited
that school last week, and found the
teach doing up hill work and only q
few pushing from behind; y won't
work. that way, il: takes thewhole crowd
pushing and pulling to max ke g success.
mo sash SIN the wind and g stove flue
/ that smokes like an engine when 9 fresh
supply of fuel is:laid On, and cold drafts
from: open Windows, made ns willing to
leave when; the time came. Wes believe
5th teacher ;to3 be capable, but he cannot
attain a full measure Of success unless he
sandS the children are made mfortable.
WeintervieWed one Of the patrons, and
fund that while she and two or three
.sothers we're willing, the others. held back.
Some Of the children have been swrest-
I ling with the .blne:ba 90! long that
/ they have concluded; there is nothing
else learn and their ambition is gone.
Some sofs them are growing up scarcely
ssble to- read their mother tongue. We
have visited atss least ;one. .colored school
the same week where: the same grade of
pupils are far;in sd dysnce: These things
arc unpleasant trutbs. but. they are
tsnths all the same, and are written in
sorrow 70 stir up .yonra pure minds BY
! Nay Of remembra rance. . ought not te 70
sbe 80, and .We hope to- see g different
state of things at our snext sYlslt -
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SD B So ! i lJ.MN. !.
sgN AlIs unications intended for
this Column should be addressed to D.. H.
sRUBSELL, School Commissio sioner, Ander-..
81 f:sssg


Miss Emma A!lgood has charge of the
Three and Twenty school, and VIXEN We
entered We found her busily engaged
with q grammar class, which We listened
{ Is with interest to,, its close. This class
was jnst beginning, but seemed to have
graspsd the subject, and ;under the direc.
! ton Sof the teacher, We have no doubt
will make progress toEthe end. We
know something Of the qualities and
squalif ifcations oflthis5 teacher, she having
been d former pupil Of ours, and We
think she has some Of the true grit abont
shsr,, and knows when: and how to put her
foot down.
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Ne published last week very
] sthonghfal and exhaustive article from
! the pen of our; friend, Prof s. z. Noel.
roy, roy, the principal Of the Generostee
Academy, and ne would earnestly call
the attentio Of all our teachers and
school patrons to it. II completely
scoyers the GROUND. There is 2 "better
way, and Prof: Mel Elroyz shows US that
1 way way, and ne shall be wise if we follow.
/ his lead. Success is the criterion OF OF
merit and that he is uccessful, We had
soccularI demo onstration in our. recent visit
sto his school. II: oking into the nearly
one hundred abrigh &c, intelligent faces
turned toward Us ss!we stood before them
sRe did not see single sblue. back
Sspeller. This book. has been, and is now,
the great incubus resting upon the
sscho hools of the County, causing 9 deadly
! Iethargy to spread It's black pail over
them M liks the banefal influence Of the
sdsadIy 3 Upas fles. Tie book must 30. it
has bsen SO decreed BY the Law Of the.
land, Whethe We viii or: mo. 3s
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Ne,p York World.

= Compulsory education has its draw
backs. A boy at GreeDsburg, Pennsyl.
vania, committed suicide because he was
determined not to go to school.
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15ll;' Food for Plants.

neeQ6 ID Ln6 WY VI t!eEI1i41otS 9ot s. @ tao
years crop, he must see what is home
supply and what he will have to go into
the market for. he must recognize the
fact that it is a losing business to cult
yate land which is not naturally OF
otherwise supplied with food for his crops.
We find in our agricultural reading that
there is some casuistry indnlged in with
respect to the maxim, F Feed the land and
the land will feed you." Some selfish
manufacturers offertilizers try to "draw
lines too fine" when they speak OF feed
ing the plant rather than feeding oflana.
We quote from one of them "The
plantappeals to man at every stage Of
its growth in language more cogent than
tongue can command. Consider me |;
soil, seed, season and cultivation ala all
important factors, but study me- and my I,
wants. I sustain man.. Know, then,
how to plant me; ihow to cultivate me;
and above all, how to feed me; for if you
fesd me, / will feed you." a fair inter
probation Of. this Language will require g
farmer to be a better soil chemist than he
can possibly be, and that he must rely
implicitly on thestatementof q manufac.
.turer Of commercial fertilizers as to the
special ingredients and value Of his pre-.
paration for particular csops ST No shber-
:al-minded manufacturer desires this, and
Is willing to bring his goods saaarely
under State laws regulating the analysis
and sale Of the products of his factory.
Neither does he wish to- disparage OF
discourage the production Of farm man.
lures, but only to aid the farmer when the
home supply is not sufficient: for his
wants. There can be no legitimate
antagonism between farm and CONNER
:cial fert;.i aers Of standard quality, and
both car, ,:aud should be, used in conjunc.
.tion whenever in farmers judgmentit
is necessary.
& Going back to the original question OF
feeding; the eland Of feeding the.plant, ne
may say. that the surface soil Of the
earth is the stomach, of the great material
body which receives and asaimilates the
food for all plants which grow on il.
The natural supply Of plant food comes
from the delaYsof getable. matter, and
the mineral substances which datnfe has
provided as constituent elements of a soil
on which plants are to grow. These
mineral elements, when deficient BY rea.
son Of bad culture, excessive cropping OF
other cause, are we'll supplied by artificial
fertilizers, as the humus of the soil is
kept up by the application Of decaying
or decayed vegetable matter, under which
the bulk of all farm manures may be
classed. Feed the stomach ofthe earth
in the natural way, as the animal
stomach is fed, and the same life giving
influence will be given plants as are
impaired to the bones, flesh and blood Of
the animal body. twill no more do fol
men to live BY the agency ofpatent medi.
cines, than for crops to be wholly raised
by patent res.-S0uthern Planter.
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BY CIINKsCALEs & LANGsTON.

The question was asked, Can you cal
culate interest at any rate by means Of
this method 7" Letius see. 1fyou wish
to find the interest at 4 per cent, instead
Of dividiog bys2, asiin the above exam
pies, ne divide by three. since 4 per, cent.
is i of12 per cent; if at5 per cent. We
multiply BY 6-12, since 5 per cent! lis 5-12
of12 per cent; if att per cent, we null
.tiply BY 7-l2, since Z per cent is 7-12 of
,12 per cent; if at per cent, We multi
ply by 8, since 8 percent. is 8 sof u per
cent !, if at 9 per cent, we multiply by I,
since 9 per cent. is I ofd2 per cent; if
at 10 per cent, we multiply by 90, since
10 per cent? 5-6 of 10 per cent; if at
II per cent, we multiply 11-12, since IL
per cent iss11-12of12.per cent,
8 For the sake Of illustrating, we append
q number of examples. We will take
the same principal and the same time
that was given in the first example above.
$s. .0Ox55 $3.50.
s.. .Oox6- 12x55 5,5-$69.S75.
sS.O0x7-12x6 s :!ss97 .125.
= $sO0xsx55. 5@$111.0o.
Ss.OOxax55, ss124.S75.
ss.6o15 ex55.b $685. s=
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PER CENT METHOD.

P Principal gEChas. s: Davis has 8 new
wayto compute interest. st six per cent.
III is short, philosophical and novel.
! Can YOU calculate interest at any rate By
! i means m 81: this method { Ifao, hows Is
the meskod, ,as o. whole, more desirable
than the commonly understood sic
J pcr3 cent method |? Examine carefully the
explanation given below:
Let:itb required 70 find the! interest
s.on $500 for 4 years, Z months, is days, at
E6per cent.