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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-29
A Letter From Ptercatown.

Mr.. EDITOR: The notice in the INTEL
LIGENCER in reference to the shooting
affray between Mr.. Colley and Mr.. john
son is incorrect. We know full we'll that
we Piercetown boys do our part Of the
devilment that is done in the County, but
not all by jug full. The shooting afray
occurred at Shutdown Academy and not at
Piercetown. Mr.. Editor, we boys want
this corrected, for We do not want the
people of the County to think that all the
devilment and shooting that is done is
done at Piercetown.
Mr.. Editor, it has been said that the
elephant Jumbo is the largest elephant
in the world. saw Ben. Tillman at An
derson and must confess that he is not
the Jumbo that expected to SEQ. And
if he ever was, he is like the old darkeys
fish, he has "swunk up powerfully" 1
think he would like powerfully to be a
Jumbo, but few more meetings like that
held at Anderson and Benjamin will
never see Columbia, for if that at Ander-
deliver us from the next one. Mr.. Editor,
I thought this was civilized country and
that we we're people that heard the Cos.
pei Sabbath after Sabbath. I know that
we have had "line upon line, precept
upon precept, here little and there lit
tle,n but got nothing of this at the Till
man meeting. Now, my dear readers,
you must not guess ME to be minister of
the Gospel, for am not. ButI had rather
be a preacher than to be Ben. Tillman
any time, because he is blind in one eye
and can't see good out Of 'tother, and if
the blind lead the blind they will all fall
into the ditch, and Benjamin would be on
top. T have heard some old men, who
have been going to public meetings all
their lives, say that they were ashamed of
the meeting at Anderson. have selected
q text that I would like to hear Brother
Tillman preach from. You will find it
somewhere in the lids of the Bible, and it
reads thus "First cast the beam out of
thine own eye, and then thou canst
see clear to get the mote out of
thy brothers. eye" What an easy matter
it is for people to pick holes in other
peoples clothing, but they can never see
the holes in their breechaloons. Now,
Mr.. Editor, let's have less quarreling in
political matters, and when we see any
person or persons seeking an Office let's see
that he does not get it. would like to bo
a candidate for Governor, but there are so
many aspirants that do not SEQ any pos
siblc chance for mo. I, therefore, declare
myself q candidate for the Legislature,
subject to the action of straighout Democ-
racy of Anderson County, and not to the
Shell and Tillman wing. And do hope
that all good Democrats will support me
in said election. We are in favor Of j. l..
Orr for Governor, and E. B. Murray for
Congress, and myself for the Legislature.
Three cheers for the straight out Democ-
racy for we will win in the end.
Yours until death,
JUMBO.
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ae The people of this country are much
more interested in reforming the oppres.
aeiye. tariff law than in trying to reform
the State Government. The tariff ques.
lion is the question of the age, and cannot
sbe neglected without serious results.
The Republicans are making strenuous
efforts to get the control of the govern
ment, and to force on the people high
;;sstarif. This costs the country more than
amy other thing. This is the bung. hole
through which the hard earnings of the
I people pour into the Golfers of the favor
ed enterprises and industries, and the
people should know how their represent
& atives stand on this great issue, and in
that way see that their interests are
] protected. Elect no man to any Office
. who is protectionist st-who favors taking
the hard earnings of the consumer and
putting them into the hands of the
manufactures. That man who is wrong
ION the tariff issue is wrong on the most
burning question of this time. We
believe in tariff for revenue only, and in
no case would we favor simple, simon.
pure protection. It has been charged
( that Capt. B. R. Tillman is protection
ist, and while we do not know whether
this is true or not, we would like to be
informed as to the truth of this charge.
IF he is in favor of tariff for protection
! generally he should be lot severely alone.
We should not be led blindly in this
campaign We should watch as we'll as
pray. We should know that the aspir-
ants for these high Offices are right on the
burning issues Of the day. They should
be required to answer fully, and give
their positions. Look at the increase in
the tariff on cotton ties. That is a fair
ILLUSTRATION of what the protectionists
would do for the people if they could.
The way to manage protection is to pro-
5teet yourselves against high tariff by
ielecting the right men to Office.
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WASHINGTON, May 20.-Senator Stan.
ford's bill, introduced to day to provide
for making loans on lands, establishes Q
land loan bureau in the treasury depart
ment.
The chief and deputy chief, the bill
provides, shall be appointed BY the Pres
ident, with salaries of sc 900 and 5000
respectively. The Secretary of the Treas
ury is authorized to prepare, ready for
use, United States circulating notes of
the denominations of SIS, $40, $40, $50,
500, $500 and $1,000 to the amount Of
SlOO,OOO,OOO, and additional amounts as
they become necessary, to be placed to
the credit of thu land loan bureau.
These notes shall be full legal tender for
public aud private debts, except interest
on the public debt or in redemption OF
the national currency.
Any citizens of the United States OF
any person who has declared his inten-
tion to become such, who owns unen.
numbered agricultural land, may apply
to the land loan bureau for a loan from
these certificates, 10 be secured by lien
on such land, the laan not to exceed halt
the assessed value Of the land. No loan
shall be made upon land Of less than
$500 in value, nor IN sums less than
$3.50 nor for longer tine than twenty
years. The loans shall bear interest at
the rate of per cent per annum: payable
annually, and msy be paid at any timo
in sums of not less than IS per caat OF
the whole amount. The secretary of the
treasury shall cancel apd retire accounts
of notes equal to the payment made on
loans aud in case payment is made in
other currency of the United States he
shall cancel an equal amount of the notes
issued under this Act. In case of default
of payment of interest or principal ofthe
loan, the chief of the bureau may order
q foreclosure of the lien ina United States
Circuit Court. Counsel fees in any
case to be added To the Judgment shall
not exceed $500. -,
The bill provides that "the rule Of the
common law, that statutes in derogation
thereof are to be strictly construed, shall
have no application to this Act This
Act establishes the law respecting the
subject to which it relates, and it's pro.
visions and all proceedings under it are
to be literally construed with view to
effect its object"
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A Smoking 1'ree.

Newton, vigorous mountain town,
west of Charlotte, n. c., has curiosity
that beats by q large majority the rain
tree which gained such notoriety in
Charlotte in 1856. 1t is smoking tree,
and battles all efforts at explanation. 1t
is q white mulberry tree and stands on
the sidewalk in front of the residence of
Levi Yoder.
According to the description in the
Richmond Times it was brought from IL
linois year or two ago and is now about
twelve feet high, with bushy top, and
many lateral branches. Last Sunday one
of the family noticed puff of smoke
proceed from one of the Limbs, and by
watching it closely puffs identical in ap-
pearance to cigarette smoke we're seen
starting every now and then from all over
the trees, sometimes from the leaves,
sometimes from the bloom, sometimes
from the bark of the limbs or trunk of the
tree. The puffs are at irregular intervals,
sometimes two or three at once from va
rious parts of the tree and sometimes they
are several seconds or a half minute apart.
They Just seem to come at haphazard from
any part of the tree, and as they ascend
in the air look exactly like the smoke
from cigarette.
Since Tuesday, when the curiosity first
became generally known, large crowds,
both of town and country people, can be
seen there at any time in the day. All
doubling Thomases are soon convinced,
on the first visit, that the trees do smoke.
Among the white people it is only looked
upon as curiosity, and many, of course,
make explanations of the phenomenon,
which, perhaps, are plausible enough to
their authors, but which carry very little
conviction to the mind of others.
But the negroes didn't like the thing at
all. One negro woman, after intently
watching the puffs few minutes, started
off in q run, saying: II wouldn't lib dar
fur nothin'; people better 90 to doin'
better bout dis town" A negro man
said: "1'm gwine to stay from dat thing.
I can smell de birthstone clear down to de
libery stable"
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1t il estimated by Poor in his Railway
Manual" that the railroads of this
country are.payiDg dividends and interest
upon $4,000, 100000 Of stocks and securi-
tiea, aud that 1i per cent of it is fictitious.
Thus it would seem that there is paid by
the farmers OF the West and the mechan-
les and laborers of the East, in the pro-
cess of exchanging the products of their
labor, $3.50 600, 600 as interest upon stocks
and bonds that have no actual value.
On March 25, 1863, Congress passed an
act farming out the privilege OF con,roll.
ing the volume of money that TIE people
should have to exchange their commodi
tics with to u corporation known as
National Bank. At no time since this
act was passed has the capital of these
institutions EXCEEDED 100000, 600, and
vet they have paid in dividends to their
stockholders during that period over ST.
00,000@0. I have Before me while /
am penning THIS article, the report ef The
Comptroller ofthe Currency bsaf1Hg date
Dex 2, 1885. On page s49, 1 find the
following figures in the statement of the
condition OF the national banks: sThe
surplus fund nov on hand is $192,45S,.
10000; undivided profits on hand, SIC,
s04,04l65." So it would seem by these
figures that the privilege of issuing
money conferred upon them by the gov.
ernment had enabled them in quarter of
a century to divide in dividends and &C.
cumulate in surplus more than four times
the amount of their capital stock. Or, to
be more plain, while the farmer is strug>
Cling under heavy mortgage those who
control the volume of money with which
he is to pay that debt are making 18 per
cent. upon their investment.-Raiph
beaumont
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Alta meeting Of Flat Rock Alliance,
No. 2l2, held The 18th day Of May, the
following preamble aud resolutions wore
passed /:
Whereas, We have long felt the need
of reform and retroncllmcnt; and where
as, we feel the need of strong fight
against the many who are trying to break
US down as farmers; therefore, be it
Re$olrcti, /. That we, as an A Alliance, do
most heartily approve Of the March Con
yentioil, and Lhe platform adopted.
That wc endorse Capt. T. r.. Tilman
as candidate lor Governor CT this State,
subject to the action of the State Demo-
cratic Convention.
3. That the Secretary furnish the Edi.
tor Of the Alliance Column of our Coun.
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private letter received at San Fran
cisco reports that the Alaskan volcano,
sBogoslov, is again in eruption. This
volcano is one of the most remarkable of
phenomena. It rose up from the ocean
seven years ago, when it was in eruption
! fora time, then becoming extinct Now
il is again in eruption, and four new is
lands have been seen about it, one of them
having risen from the sea. When the
present eruption began, smoke and ashes
rose to the height of miles, and showers
3ofashes fell in a town forty-four miles
distant. The eruption began as far back
as February, and at last reports was sub.
siding.
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a depression has been discovered in
the Egyptian desert which is all that re-
mains of reservoir constructed by the
patriarch Joseph for irrigation purposes
when he was Pharoah's prime minister.
1t is proposed to reopen it, and it has been
estimated that this would add 5000 900
acres to the 100000 acres now under
cultivation in Egypt. The reservoir
originally covered $50 square miles, and
was $50 feet deep,
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Mr.. EDITOR: l wish 10 give you few
ideas about our duties as Alliancemen as
| see them. If we rs body send dele,
gates to a convention to represent liz, in !.
structed or uuinstructed, I feel Mat We
are bound by what they do; so VIXEN the
County Farmers Association sent dele
gates to the March Convention, and they
nominated Tillman for Governor, | think
we are bound by their action, and should
work for.hisfelection. Tho lawyers met
the other day 10 regulate the fees for
writing deeds, &C., giving the same fees
to jackleg as 10 the best lawyer in the
State. That is all right, I reckon, but
when the farmers meet in Convention to
nominate candidate for Governor they
are trying tc split the Democratic party.
When eighty per cent. of the voters are
of the producing class, why should they
be beat by twenty per cent? But wo have
good merchants and lawyers that are
standing by lis, and we shall stand by
them. ]. W. ASHLEY.
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s. The Louisiana Lottery has offered the
State Of Louisiana q cool million year
for twenty-five years for the privilege of
selling lottery tickets 10 fools. 1t is
generally understood, says the Philsdel.
Times, that this offer is proposition to
divide the fools money with the State
for the privilege of fleeing the fools.
In other words. the lottery managers in
the light of their past experience expect
to. gather in s5O.ooo,oo of fools money
during the next twenty-five years if tbs
State OF Louisiana will accept half the
amount as a bribe for allowing them to
+ao5 ~
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TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA, May 2G.-The
body of Robert Hardie, well-known
lawyer of Los Angles, was brought in
here on Sunday from Chiricahua Noun
taius where he was killed by hostile
Apaches on Saturday afternoon. His
companion, DR.. Francis Haynes, Of Phil.
adelphia, had his horse shot out from un
der him, but escaped by mounting his
companions horse. The Indians fred
from ambush. Both men came here for
their health two weeks ago. The coroner's
jury appointed committee to draft a
statement, which will be wired to Presi-
dent Harrison, reciting the facts Of the
killing, and of recent outrages committed
by a band of Apaches numbering about
fan
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Ghastly relics of the massacre Of
Clusters command on the Little Bighorn,
June Is, 1876, have been found by men
charged with the patriotic duty of erect
ing monuments over the graves of the
victims OF that bloody ambuseade. Seven
3unburied bodies that were left upon the
ground on that fateful day have been dis.
covered, fragments of army blue still
Hanging to the whitened bones of the
\ brave men who left camp on a bright
June day Of a vanished decade, to return
sno more.
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We agree with the Fairfield Ne,os and
Herald when it says the State Executive
Committee, in arranging for public dis.
cussions should see that the County
authorities be prepared TO control the
meetings. Con6ne discussion to par
liamentary language, preserve order and
keep the peace. South Carolinians have
had 80 little experience in joint discus
,sions that they do not know how to tole-
rate difference of opinion. Here is q
lesson they must learn, but in the mean.
time miShaps must be prevented.
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Alliances, Farmers and Democratic
clubs all over the State have endorsed
the March Convention and its action by
the hundred, yet the press of the State,
with few exceptions, have kepta profound
silence about it. THO have passed reso-
lutions condemning the March Conven-
ton, and it is universally ly published Talk
about impartiality Of the press.
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We need the helpof ercryAllianceman
in the County to make this column sue
cess. TO give it inuence it should rep
resent The unity Of the Alliance on the
great objects We are working for, and the
progress we are making towards accom-
plishing them. 1t should not represent
the idens and opinions of only one man.
Write for it brethren, it is your duty.
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II is stated that Attorney General

II is stated that Attorney General
sEarle has, within the last two weeks,
received urgent letters and personal
requests from many parts of the State
asking him to take the field as a candi-
data; for Governor, and that he is seri.
5ously considering the matter. General
! EarleIis an upright, conservative citizen,
and, if elected to the position, would
certainly be a Governor of the eohols peo.
spIe.
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On June 2 will occur the first of the
! elections of this year which are of ma.
4stional interest. Oregon on that day will
choose State officers and a member of
Congress. Though the country at large
has paid little attention as yet to the
struggle there going on, it is nevertheless
So bitter one, and the result is in doubt.
The issue is between tariff reform and the
Mckinley bill, though it is complicated
.Son the one hand by the popularity of
Governor Pennoyer, a Democrat, and on
I the other by the popularity of Congress
man Herman, Republican, both of
whom are up for reelection. Doubtless
returns from Oregon, as usual, will
.bsregarded by The victorious party as a
fopitious sign of coming victory all
along the line, while the defeated party
EWill nurse its disappointment in secret,
and in public will try TO make light of
sthe matter. It is not unlikely, however,
that g. Democratic Governor and Repub.
Slican Congressman will be chosen, thus
giving both sides slice Of comfort.
BY hedging" after this fashion
Oregon will forfeit its position as a polit
s;cal oracle.
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Hot SPRINGS, May 2O.-Miss Flor.
ence keogh, daughter of the late NJ.
Keogh, city clerk for ndh1ber of years,
was shot from ambush wl.ile out horse.
back riding yesterday near here. A shot
from Winchgster rifle struck the young
lady in the back, causing. o serious
wound but the brave girl s!aid 10 the
saddle and rode three-quarters Of a mile
to Reighbor's, when she fell exhausted
from the horse. The would be assassin
Is utill ut lnr rye
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Tho White Plains Farmers Alliance,
of Anderson County, No. 4G6, held its
regular monthly meeting on Saturday,
May 18th, with goodIy number of mem
bers present at roll call. The usual
business completed, the following resolu-
tions were offered and unanimously
adopted
Eesolved, That we heartily commend d
the action of the Farmers Convention
held in Columbia March 9th, aud unan.
imously endorse the platform adopted by
said Convention.
Also, believing, as we do, that there is
needed a referln in our agricultural and
political economy, and that 3. r. Tillman
would, rs executive officer of our State,
do his duty 10 effect such reform, be
il
Rcsolvc,l, That wo heartily endorse the
announcement Of B. r. Tillman as candi-
dale for Governor.
Whereas, We have seen posted to the
eyes OF the public in glowing red letters,
"Alliance Whiskey" for sale.
ReSolcetl, That VIC as an united order of
brothers look with disgust and contempt
upon SUCH damnabie insult, and in terms
positive say that no nap with any soul in
him would so presume to, in such glowing
and blatant way, attempt 10 injure The
Alliance.
A. X. WILLIS, Secretary.
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Foundation Combs.

DERSONsI who are engaged in the Bee
business and want foundation Combs
for their hives or frames can be supplied
by the undersigned at reasonable price.
Samples may be seen at Simpson & Sons
Drug Store
May 90. 1890 Al L
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Warning.

arHlHg'
rT1HIs is to warn the public not 10 hire
T. or hnrbor William Arms Powell,
who is under contract to work for me and
has left me without cause. Powell is a
medium. sized, black negro, with no front
teeth Pers14 4ls disregardng this notice
will be prosecuted TO the full extent Of the
law.
JOSHUA w. ASHLEY.
May 20, 1890 47 Ia
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ALLIANCE COLUMN.

~" All communications intended for
this Column should be addressed to j. w.
EoWpEN. Denver, S. G..
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"B," in last weeks INTELL1GENcER,
writes an article intended to reply to one
ne copied from the Economist, but he fails
to disproye single charge made in that
article; instead he attempts to prove that
National Banks are doing business st a
loss. That won't go down with the far
mers. He admits the evil of contraction,
but he does not explain why the Banks
are withdrawing their circulation. His
figures give one the impression of there
being something behind. In making the
same calculation with the same figures, it
appears from farmers standpoint to
give the National Banks a decided ad-
vantage. We have always believed that
the managers of the National Bank at
Anderson are az intelligent aud progress.
i've business men as there are anywhere,
and we fail to seq Why they would con
tirue to do businesa as National Bank
Slate State bsaf s 81 seen seems ) to be we'll, We
iufotmea on and interested in this sub.
:. jeot, therefore he ahoah continue to give
US facts and figures on it, but ghc hem
without reservation and 80 that a plain
farmsr can understand them. Can he tell
US why it is better to issue money on
bonds, either National or State, than di=
rectly on the credit of the government rs
the greenbacks we're Issued. Money has
no intrinsic value A greenback dollar
with nothing but the promise Of the
government behind it will buy as much
as gold dollar Why can't the govern
ment lend the money directly to the peo.
pie without giving the monopoly to cor
poration by which one class of citizens
can levy tribute from another class. This
great financial question is brislling with
facts that needs to be brought to light,
aud no member of the Alliance should
stop until he thoroughly understands our
poaition on it. The weakness of "B's"
argument is shown by his little cling,
"Mr. Macune must be seeking votes"
Why is it that farmer, seeing the
wrongs that the masses are laboring un-
dor, and trying to arouse them to sense
of those wrongs, and devise methods Of
relief, is Immediately accused by certain
class of men of being q demsgogue, Of
flee seeker, &c. Has "B" never asked the
votes of the people because he was deeply
interested in their welfare, and overwhel,
mingly desirous Of serving uxm2