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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-03
Method in Madness.

HoT SPRINGS, Ark, Dec. 16-Thiscity
is now in roar over the ludicrous man.
ner in which South Hot Springs, better
known as Jamestown, has been "taken
in" A few days ago an old man OF
gentael appearance drifted into the
South end of the town and represented
himself as California millionaire. He
talked smoothly of his vast possessions
in California. These included railroads,
vineyards, fast horses, orange groves and
ranches. he desired to engage dozen
responsible men for good positions that
would pay from $4,000 to $4,000 a year,
and he believed he could find such men
right here.
This talk was eagerly swallowed by the
people, and they became closely attach
ed to the old man, who said his name
was Harper. They showered favors on
him, and would not receive payment.
Finally grand supper was given in his
behalf by about fifty men, and there were
flowers, wines and music. At the ban.
quet the old man made q speech and
said he wished to give his friends q
genuine mark of bis affection. He
retired to room, and in half an hour
returned with an armful of envelopes.
"These, friends" said he, "contain my
checks for various amounts, and the only
stipulation make is that they must not
be opened until tomorrow" Then there
vas more rejoicing, and the old man was
fairly worshipped.
One woman could not stand the press
ure and ran home and opened her en-.
yelope. She found it contained Leaf
of an old almanac with proverbs like
this: "a fool and his morey are 5000
parted" call that glitters is not gold,'
&c. Boiling with Indignation she re-
turned to the banquet rooms and showed
her check. Then there was simulta
neous opening of envelopes, and what
scene followed All contained pieces O
almanac jokes. The old man was pu
in Jail on the charge of fraud. The
specific charge Was obtaining $50 from
Squire Witter. Yesterday it developed
that the old man was an escaped lunatic
from Jacksonville, ILL.,, named James
Sykes. n s,zz: 49, sii - ii5s;
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Good for the Old Red Hills.

When Mr. j JameS, Dlckey was 8 BOY ne
ploughed over billy field in Fannin
county. His father had owned the farm
for years, and each year it had yielded q
scanty harvest from its thin soil. For
generations it had been ploughed and
sown and the harvesters had marched
over it gathering short sheapes. Apretty
good old farm it was, but nothing more
was ever expected oft than it gave up
to the plow and sickle.
a few months ago the Chicago gentle.
men who are developing the marble
interests of north Georgia struck the old
Dickey farm. They prodded into ite
crevices and gullies while there. They
told Mr.. Dickey that his farm was better
than gold mine. They found omit the
best marble to be found in America
Result, lease for one hundred years
from Mr.. Dickey on q royalty of every
square foot of marble quarried, that is
guaranteed to reach $1,000 every month
and not to exceed $5,000a month. Mr.
Dickey has no expense, no work. he
simply receipts every month fos mini.
mum of 81 900 royalty. This income Of
10000 year (which may be $50, ,O00) il
guaranteed for one hundred years. Sc
the old farm makes MI. Dickey and his
heirs rich for generations.
There are many such farms in Georgia
Hiding under their soil not only marble
bat iron, coal, copper, gold. phosphatess
granite, and spread all over with rich
pyrites or ores. The only trouble is we
know nothing Of them. The State is toe
poor to afford q geological survey. And
so we wilt go on as Mr.. Dickey did in
ignorance, ploughing the soil and har.
vesting their crops, while untold treasure.
lies buried just few feet. below and
easily within our grasp! This old Geor.
gia is the richest State mortal man ever
beheld. It is q great pity we are too
poor to send man over it to classify and
uncover its riches Atlanta Constitution
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- The unprecedented floods in Geor-
gia for two years past are attributed, by
speakers 8 before the American Forestry
Congress at Atlanta, to the reckless de.
struction of the forests al the headwaters
ofthe streams affected. Immense tracts
of hard. wood timber lands in the noun
tains of East Tennessee have been bought
by English companies which are sweep.
ing away the lumber at an alarming rate.
The pine belt of Southern Georgia is
being cleared off at the rate of two
hundred square miles a year, and the
net result of the slaughter is increasing
damage by floods and prolonged droughts.
1t is a mans relation to his God
that must adjust and determine his rela-
tions to his fellow.creetures. The sym.
metrical position of the points in the
circumference arises from their common
relation to common centre. Set man
right with God, and he will certainly be
right with his neighbors.
BENJAMIN Harrison will be the
sixteenth President of the United States
having only one given name. No man
has ever been elected President who
parted h!s name on one side.
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4 Cheap Country Paint.

A method of painting farm buildings
and country houses, while by no means
new, ia yet 80 little known and so desery.
description. The paint has but two parts,
both cheap materials, being water lime
or hydraulic cement and skinned milk.
The cement is placed in bucket, and
the skim milk, sweet, is gradually added,
stirring constantly, until just about the
consistency of good cream. The stirring
must be thoroughly done to have an even
fiow, and if too thin, the mixture will run
on the building and look streaked. The
proportions cannot be exactly stated, but
8 gallon ofmilk requires full quart ol
cement and sometimes little more. Thii
is convenient quantity to mix at time
for one person to use. If too much il
prepared the cement will settleand harden
before all is used. a fat brush, about
four inches wide, is the best implement
to use with this mixture. Lay it on
exactly as with oil paint. It can be ap;
piled to woodwork, old or new, and to
brick and stone. When dry the color is
light, creamy brown, or what some
would call q yellowish stone color
Neither expression describes it well, but
it is very great color for country
building. a pigment like ochre may be
added to change the color, but it is very
difficult to do the mixing so thoroughly
as to give an even tint. If attempted,
the cement and coloring matter in care.
fully weighed proportion should be first
run through paint mill. This skim-milk
paint, we'll mixed, without added, color,
has good body, gives smooth, satisfacto:
ry finish, on either wood or stone, and
wears admirably.
A friend of mine used this paint for q
set Of of farm buildings, which have since
passed through three winters and are nov
looking fresh and well. One building was
new and the covering boards imperfectly
seasoned, Others had been whitewashed,
some repeatedly for more than half a
century. All appear equally well. The
older buildings we're prepared BY scrapins
off the loose and scaley whitewash, the
scraper being q currycomb; it was not
much work to do this. The expense OF
this piece of painting was surprisingly
slight. A laborer at s1.50 day did the
work, aud he covered q two story twelve.
room house in si1 working days. he
laid on from three to four gallons day,
the whole quantity used on this building
being less than a bushel of cement,
costing fifty cents, and twenty-five gallons
Of skim milk, worth less than a dollar on
tho farm. The whole cost of satisfactory
painting good sized house, brush inclu-
ded, was below S12.
This painting mixture, easily and
cheaply prepared, was described in recipe
books years ago, but knowlege OF it was
revived by Gen. lie Due while he was
United States commissioner ofagriculture.
He mentioned an instance of q country
house within his personal knowledge, the
body ofwhich was covered with skinned
milk and cement, and the trimmings with
lead and oil paint, forty FIVE years before
he described it; during this period the
trimming paint had been renewed several
times. but theIcheap body color remained
we'll preseryed.-Ameriean Caltivator.
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= The New York World has inter.
viewed the Governors of several of the
States on the subject of the use of money
in bribing voters at elections. Governor
Hill says that he will touch upon that
evil in his message, and urge New York
State to pass stringent laws on the sub.
iect. Governor Gordon thinks it entirely
proper that Congress should take some
action on the subject. Governor Beaver,
of Pennsylvania, says that bribery must
be stamped out of existence by the com.
bined efforts of the States aud Congress.
Governor Lee, of Virginia, holds the
tariff monopolists responsible, and says
that the evil must be stopped. With but
very few exceptions the Governors say
that the boodler has no place at elections,
and that he must be put out OF the way.
Health is impossible when the
blood is impure, thick, and sluggish, or
when it is thin and impoverished. Such
conditions give rise to boils, pimples,
he's tches, neuralgia, rheumatism, and
otfH disorders. Ayers Sarsaparilla
purifes, invigorates, and vitalizes the
blood
- Senator John Sherman carries
HH8f3 400 1ife iusufut1ca.
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Natures Own True Laxative.

The delicious flavor and healthy prop.
critics of sound ripe fruit are well.known,
and seeing the need of an agreeable and
effective laxative, the California Fig
Syrup Company commenced few years
ago to manufacture q concentrated Syrup
of Figs, which has given such general
satisfaction that it is rapidly superceding
the bitter, drastic liver medicines and
cathartics hitherto ia use. Ifscostiye OF
bilious, try it. For sale by Simpson,
Reid 6 Go,
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AdulteratiOn.

The editor Of the Grietian Statesman,
published in milwaukee, says he was
lately informed by a ,ailroad official that
he transported over his rosd at one time
four tons of cookie seed to Ee grcand up
and mixed with black pepper. A con.
fectioner of that city received letter
with q handsomely Autographed head
from New York iirm of importers,
manufacturers, and exporters" whose
business was established in 1920" The
letter says: Enclosed fad samples of
refined French terra alba which we offer
at seven-sighths cents per pound, barrels
included. Packed in handsome new
barrels, all branded California Beet
Sugar Freight to Chicago $40 per 100
pounds. Shipped as sugar" Terra alba
is merely finely powdered white earth.
This earth is largely mixed with the
cheap candies. Some of the baking
powders are made of this earth and am.
monia. There are mills in which nothing
is ground but terra alba. Gypsum is also
largely used. Shiploads OF this article
are sent to China to be used in making
green tea. Another letter, also from an
enterprising New York firm, says: 1T
you use terra alba, We can sell you goods
like the enclosed sample at one and q
half cents per pound. If it is put up in
sugar barrels, and each barrel is stenciled
Imported Potato Starch" and shipped
as SUCH" A firm of Philadelphia drug
gists show equal enterprise. They offer
through their agent 100 pounds of an
article they call California Powdered
Sugar" for 30 cents, for which they have
a large trade among confectioners. This
is sweetness dirt cheap. It is no wonder
that our people are afflicted with dyspep.
sia and debility and that children die
young. Until laws against the adultera-
ton Of food are enacted and energeti.
calIy enforced We shall have to eat not
only the proverbial "peck of dirt" but no
end of nastiness, and there is no telling
what poisons.
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& The Walker. M cElmoyle School, under
the charge Of two accomplished teachers,
Miss Olivia Newton and her younger
brother; Mr. Henry Newton, is on 9
boom. We found here the largest mum.
sbsr Of pupils We have seen in any school,
:so far, in the County. And the evidences
sof5 busy work were all around US. We
spent the greater: portion Of the forenoon
there, and came away satisfied that the
Sachool SIS lin good hands. We found,
also, that the teachers are heartily sec.
sondsd By the patrons in their willing
ness TO procure the proper outfits for
their children. This school has 8 little
history connected with it. Some years
ago the late Mrs. Eleanor Walker decided
to certain Trustees tract Of land con.
tanning 100 acres, for the purpose Of
establishing an Industrial school,. Want
,:of means to put up the necessary build.
SiDgss shampered them at the outset, and
then the magnificent bequest Of the late
Hon. T. q. Clemson has oversbadowed
its prospects,. But it is thought no."
that It can be made an accessory-a
feeder ia the Clemson College when
established. This school is located in
sGarYin: Township, almost due north from
sthe: County seat, and its name was given
i sin remembrance of the married and
maiden name Of the donor. The build
ssing s IS Of good size, veil ceiled and
:lighted and heated By chimney and
:stogss. and the patrons are having desks
j made. We. have; been thus particular in
81, DIR mention of this schooi, t.in any
apiris 81 di.criminstio but because OF
tsgofigiin ssand the bright future that
81, sssms opening ;fotsit and 70 call atton.:.
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State Farmers Alliance.

A called meeting of the executive
committee of the State Farmers Alliance
and one delegate from each County, where
there is local organization, was held in
this city yesterday, the three sessions
being held in the old Senate room of the
Agricultural Building.
The following delegates were in attend
ance:
Anderson-J. W. Norris.
Chester. 81. Hardin.
Chesterfeld-E. N. Redfern, g. W
Baker.
Darlington-E. R. .McIyer.
Fair6eld-Samuel Mccormick.
Greenville-W. w. Keys.
Horry--J. p. Durham.
KerBhaw-J. r. McGilI.
Lancaster-R. s. Hicklin.
Marion-J. D. Montgomery.
Marlboro. B. Green.
Newberry-Jno. F. Banks.
Oconee-E. E. Werner.
Pickens-R. a. Hester.
Spartanburg-R. 4. Lancaster.
Sumter-R. M. Cooper.
r.. ~ OulUu-hs We AGiCos
Williamsburg-Josiah Codefeld.
. York-W. N. Elder.
Besides the regular delegates named
above. there were in attendance most Of
the officers of the State organization, sis
or eight of the County business agents
and 8 number of members of the Legis.
lature, who being members of the local
Alliance, dropped in at the meeting yes
terday.
The first session was called to order al
10 o'clock a. m. by the president, Gen
E. T. Stackhouse, of Marion.
Mr. J. w. Reed. of Spartanburg, the
secretary, oficiated in that capacity, be.
ing assisted by Mr.. W. W. Keys, Of
Greenville.
The meetings Of the Alliance being
held with closed doors except to mem.
bers, detailed account of the proceedings
is impossible.
The object of the meeting was to make
arrangements for supplies for the ensu.
ing year, and to perfect the organization
By supplies are meant provisions, dry
goods, ETC., and The Alliance are con.
sidering the feasibility of forming 8
joint stock company and buying supplies
as such.
The report Of President stackhouss
was very encouraging, and shows the
Alliance to be in very prosperous con:
dition, the membership in the last twelve
months having increased fourfold. There
are about 440 subordinate Alliances with
an aggregate membership of faboutl5, 900
The order was introduced into South
Carolina only little over year ago
and has made wonderful progress.
It was decided at yesterdays meeting
to provide for active steps being at once
taken for a thorough canvass ofthe whole
State, With the view of largely increasing
the present membership. s5
At the afternoon session, which was
held from $3.50 to $50, Commissioner
A.P. Butler, at the request OF the dele.
gates, made q very brief address on the
fertilizer question, affording much yalu,
able information on that important ques.
tiop.-ColumJia Register, Dec. 20.
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His Whole Duty.

"Have you had job to day, Tim2"
inquired . well.known legal gentleman
of an equally well.known drayman.
"Bedad, and did, sor."
'How many?"
"Only two, sor'"
"How much did you get for both?"
"Sivinty cints, aor.o
Seventy cents How in the world do
you expect to live and keep horse on
seventy cents day 2"
"WeIl, soma days 1 have half.a.dozen
Jobs, aor; but business has been dull to.
day, sor. Only the hauling Of trunk
for a gintilman for forty ciDts, an load
av furniture for thirty cints; an there
was the pots an the kittles, nobody knows
phat else; big load, sor."
"Do you carry big loads of household
goods for thirty cents 2"
ashe was poor wildly, sor, and had
no more to give me. took all she had,
sor; an behad, sor, a lawyer couldn't ha'
done no better than that.'
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Ayers Cherry Pectoral is recon-
mended by eminent physicians, on both
sides of the Atlantic, as the most reliable
remedy for colds. coughs and all l'pulmo.
nary disorders. Inquire of your drug.
glst for Ayers Almanac,
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RoW many OF the irons ever :: Vlslt
stheir school'S Don't ali; speak at once.
sYou have Esmplo Dyed q steacher, s YOU send
your children day y after. day, and you
1shiaya bought; books and states for them;
Does your duty end here { Take this,
{ thonght seriously 70 yourself aud consider,
81. yonS had sempl red this man to
! splow for Jon Or cut cord wood, you
would be around occssio ionally TO see how
She was getting along bnt you put those
.sintsresis, those which lie near yonr heart,
which are higher and dearer and more
priceless than Splewing or cord word. or
any other material interest, into the
keeping of the teacher and then turn
3 away about your 3 business with the
reelection that yous have done your duty.
on have not done .it. What if you
never never taught q school il your life What
sifyopsd not: know: nythiog about those,
things Yoursyery, presence there shows
sto both teacher and pupils that you have
sa ffiendly interest insthe work, and are
sthcre manifest it,: Any man Of aver:
age intelligence can form. some idea BY
4 inspection as to- whether tho teacher is
doing hiss duty or not. He may know
nothing OF methods, but he can form
4 snma idaa Of results. He can tell
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20 on with his address. He afserward
said that his reference was not meant for
Longstreet, but the Generals entrance
just at that time was highly dramatic.
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7BYCLINKsC'ALEs S5zLANGsTON.
ton to the portunity it affords to the
benevolent to leave behind them mon.
.ument more enduring than brass or mar.
Observation-Disclosures, s. O.,

Bile.
WALKER-McE cELMoYLE, s. O.,
December 8, 1888.
Dear Teachers: If 8 pedagogue who
died twenty years ago should suddenly
awake, and see a copy Of the 1NTElI.
GENcER with it's Teachers Column, he
would exclaim, !" Priceless boon e
"Blessed privilege syou Anderson: Teach.
ers have Of comforting with each other
on the knotty questions Of the school
room r. This thought constrainB. me to
write you an open letter this quiet Sat.
urday afternoon. How sweet is the quiet
rest Of Saturday after a weeks effort at
public ,instrncting and entertaining
Whatia!goodss sstime for reading up in gen:
eral, ,$and planning to make next week; ;
more more l pleasant and more proftablel II
about twenty Of you should knock. ]
would throw wide open the door discard
8
this slow way d OF eommnn'caaDg, ana az
int introduce .ne q.tssss0n . COZ = once Uaiy
one more meeS, ana ne nope g nave 'nis
privilege at lebanon ~, s. :.
But, some one who kindly thinks OF
visiting our school may ask ~ \ there i i
walker cElmoyle u tits beautifully
49,.
situated near where the road leading
from Pickens @: H. 70 Anderson; as gsA. =.
crosses the,foad leading from Pendleton
to Greenyille, about q quarter OF q !, mile ,
from the Pickens; line: In 80 tract, t1 ol
land was donated, TOR educational :pnr.
:posss,iby Mrs. Walker and Mrs. McEl-
moyle, two sisters. This tract contains .
about one hundred and thirty acres. a
neat school building has been placed on
il. This building is well heated by one
fireplace and two stoves, supplied With
an ample number OF good bla!ckbordta, Y,
and has the smost nvenienti andtcom:
Portable seating arrangement I have ever
seen in country school. We can 1l
saccommod late eighty pupils with good
:aeats, each one having q separate book
box. Our house has recently been
sceiled and presents e cheerful appearance.
The pupils heresare well. behaved and
eager 70 learn. his is usually the case
when q school room isl comfortable and
attractive = pupil dislikes school life s
under pleasant. s1rroun g, i y tn! the
exception rather .han the rule. L. is b
natural for every one to- crave, knoWl. !.
edge, and almost every child can be
induced TO nndergo & hardsh hipas sinsgssdaer
to:be educated il hss i & CONT ' aorta6 6lssnd
surrounded with needed snco conlagement
The parents here are offering their
|schildren many indue eenoents El to press
onward. They have Implied 4ssWith the
new; book ksrecommendsd sby sour County
Board, and we are simply lighted With
the Grammars, sl;li orles and $Geogra.
phys The sArithmIet ties: are not go tull ll!
:as Robinson but " entworth h's Gem.
:plete Algebra keeps sns thinking: We We
have another strong PROOF that onE 4, peo- 10
ple are interested an inels senool. 20 -. iney
met sHltn US lass evening ana olgs1lzea :
literary society TO De: RnoWn sas w alKet-
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Teachers will please remember that
ahen the School Gomnissio o1er visits
your schoel is stheres for stha purpose
sofs taking to and with yonr pupils,
rather than youraeif, and that they are
u expected q: :ansHer questions put By the
School Commissioners and not Tie teacher.
Mother should the tsachsr prompt ttIby
s:ii1 ss:isiu1ggesti ions Is thss pabil The School.
sCsimIimissionef is there not so much for
The purpose 81: Of off5 finding ont what you
know, bat ;tosfndf ont what the children
aknon, and as to how they have been.
@taugh he viii find ont what yot know
;sStcs sstosa certain extent ~ finding out what
q ssyolr pupils know. they DOM know
anything either the teacher does not
& know, or he has mistaken shisS calling in
sSlsfe, and the sooner he seeks other em:1
;asp,loymentS the bate will sbe IS: him
and and thsspnpils A5Word % the Wisesis
ssuf6cient. let svh hoever; the cap fits fits
sWear it.
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Halls Catsrrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and
mucus surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
81 F. J.sOHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold BY Druggists, 75 cents.
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Snow has fallen. to so great depth
in the mountains of Nevada that; they
:wili.not be bare sgsia before next sum.
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Trinitys sschool is feared tos9s5 By
INDY sssssociiss connected with the:
rs spaat. sssi When ne walked inS there last
week sand graspsd the eacher ySthe
sSka1d dsand looked over the faces turned
toward sus, ne we're forcibl j mpressed
M sMsNith the changes that time 8 brings: But
Sonea pupil present had been spnpiliof
sSnrsseighs sysara ago. The o:hers are
I sgone, some out into the battle of life,
oshsrs have crossed: over the river
We fund the cher, Misats Bette
@smish, searnestl e gagged at the black
ssboard. oman. Sia exercise iinsnnmb with 9
shalf:: dozens eager little ones before her,
who seemed 50 have; caught some %. the
steachera spirit Q: are coming back
again, Miss Bette. sss}l