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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-16
Tho Prize Acre of Corn.

COLUMBIA, January 10,-The Depart.
ment OF Agriculture has received from
the american Agriculturist duplicate Of
the report of Mr.. Z. V. Drake, of Marl.
boro County, upon the famous prize corn
crop be raised last year. The report is
made in bulky book, furnished for the
purpose by the magazine, and gives the
most minute information as to methods of
cultivation, fertilization, ETC., which were
employed.
From this report it appears that the
land was sandy and had been previously
valued at only eight dollars an acre, that
thirty years ago the plantation was chris.
tened starvation EMPIRE" and that as
late as 1887 the prize acre itselt produced
only about FIVE bushels of corn. The
fertilization in 1889 began in February,
and was continued several times during
the making of the CROP. The total mate.
rial used was one thousand bushels of
stable manure, six hundred bushels of
cotton seed, 866 pounds each of German
kainit and cotton seed meal, 200 pounds
acid dphosphate, LOGS pounds manipulated
guano, 200 pounds animal bone, 400
pounds nitrate of soda, the value of the
stable manure being $50 and the cost of
the other fertilizers $40.
The seed planted was brakes improved
corn, variety of gourd seed raised by
Mr.. Drake. One bushel was used. The
planting was done March and on June
13 posts and stakes had TO be put up
along the rows to keep the corn from
falling. The rows were alternately about
three and six feet apart. The plants five
or six inches apart, one stalk in a place.
The crop was harvested November 25th.
The total cost was 1854 42. The product
254 bushels, 40 pounds, at75 cents bush.
el, was worth s191 16. The fodder, u
tons, was worth SIS. Total s206 16.
But it is estimated thai the land is
good for hundred dollar crop for several
years to come, not considering the one
thousand dollar prize which the crop of
1889 has unquestionably won. Mr..
brakes report is carefully and minutely
made, and thoroughly attested. It is a
marvellous demonstration of the possibil-
tiles of intensive farming in South Caro-.
lima. The american Agriculturist will, in
few dayp, telegraph the.department the
official announcement of the result of the
contest.-WeauS and Gourier.
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Edison's New Talking Dolls.

New YORK, Jan. 6.-Edison has at
last begun to apply the phonograph to
toys. The newest thing is the talking
dolls, fifty thousand of which are now
being manufactured for the market Of
course, il il nothing but the talking ma
chine placed in the abdomen of doll
baby, just as the principle may be applied
in any sort of toy. But what is rather
remarkable is that these photographic
dolls, with all of the mechanism of the
practicable mercantile machine, will cost
only about So extra for having the power
to talk. In other words. Edison has
reached that point that be can make
talking machines for So each. These
dolls will be able to talk as much and as
we'll as any regular photograph. 1t is
only question Of having the necessary
wax cylinders with the impression. AS
applied to the dolls, the phonograph is
merely for reproducing and not for re-
cording the sounds. The impression upon
the cylinder is made at the Edison labora-
tory, and the cylinders can be bought
along with the dolls, so that if you get
tired of hearing one speech or one song
from the chubby faced toy, you can put
in something new, and have the doll re-
peat that. 1t is being gradually found
ont here that as q practicable invention
the phonograph has not yet nearly ap-
preached the type writer. In some of the
Offices the talking machines have become
dusty, and are never used except as an
exhibition, aud now that the novelty Of it
hss begun to wear off, they are found to
be of very little value. The difficulty at
present is in the scarcity of the machines.
A man here may wish to send long.
spoken message to his wife in San Fran
cisco, but probably he would have to
travel all over town to fud a mach inc
with which to reproduce the sound.
When the talking machine becomeS cheap
and the use of them more nearly general,
they may be found of some value in
trade, but at present they seem to be Of
no value to merchants, and are only rent.
ed as toys.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-16
The Exceptional Weather.

Forsyth, GA, December 30, 1885,
Editors Constitution No doubt it IS
thought by many that the mild weather
of the present month has been exeep.
tional. But according to records and
tradition, there have been several instan.
ces of weather very much like that we
are now experiencing within the past
hundred years.
There wns no frost 10 the fall and
winter of 1896 until December Goth.
The same IL true of the year 1922. The
winter of 1S28-9 was very mild. Dur
ing December of that winter the weather
vas unusually warm, and continued so
till January 9th. Flies were troublesome
to horses; mosquitoes were flying about
as in summer. The sun was quite op.
pressive. On the 18th of December the
thermometer stood "a degrees at s p. m.
December, 1S4S, was very mild. There
was very little frost or ice during the
month. Most of December, 1875, was
was,mild. It may be interesting to note
the following facts connected with some
ofthese warm spells. The first week in
May, 1929, there was severe frost, kill
ing vegetation. Corn was killed to the
ground. On the 18th of April, 1849,
there was SNOW, and on the day follow.
ing there was a severe freeze. The
wheat crop was nearly destroyed. Even
many trees we're frozen and killed. The
weather in the latter part of March, 1875,
was very severe. Corn that had been
planted early in the month and that had
sprouted in the ground, or had come up,
was entirely killed, SO that it was neces.
sary to pillow up and plant the second
time. THOMAS G. SMITH.
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esrapidity with which the present
@idemic is spreading is remarkable.
/ 8he paiiers are full of it, and thousands
8fespfsring from its effects in almost
SgsE section of the country. The
enchs call the epidemic, La Grippe.
talisns5 gave tits English name.
~ ing no reason in nature or in con.
ns Of life for this disease, ascribe it
e influence (inauenzs) OF the stars.
her these names give any idea as
hat the epidemic is. The clesrest
which ne have seen given by the
seors as 70 the character of the disease
laEit Is, "a combinatian of hay fever
@ bronchial catarrh. In runs much
rapid course than either of the
& BASES mentioned, and has many more
Ne? complications.
he disease is not dangerous, except
shines TO children or the aged, and
Bee Who have pulmonary troubles.
SIS IS especially fatal to those who have
pnsumption. In 1881 and 1847 the
6nenza was followed by cholera, and
Inch alarm now prevails lest this epe-
naic be g precursor to another seige of
&holeTa. There is no we'll founded reason
this alarm, for We see. stated by such
Suthority as Che New. York Medical Re.
lcmd that the micro organisms of the two
Ediaaases ARE as essentially different
ars the diseases themselves. The
holeIa germ lives in water and soil, the
ndlenza'germ in the air.
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"A case of considerable interest to
men who insure their lives for the benefit
of their wives was recently decided in
st. Louis. The case was one in which q
man had taken out such a policy. His
wife died and he married again, having
children by both marriages. At his
death dispute arose as to who was enti.
tied to the insurance. The decision of
the Court was that Us the insurance had
been taken out for the benefit of the frat
wife, her children alone were entitled to
the money.
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Peach Blossoms in January.

WILMINGTON, DEL, January 49,
Every Evening's Dover correspondent
reports:
"The thermometer vest erday was from
7Oo to S0o in the shade and in the sun
went up to 10G0, and peach buds are so
far advanced that's general freeze.up
will entirely kill them. VIM. Gehman,
living about five miles west of Dover,
says that almost all his peach trees are in
bloom, and this is not an orchard of pre-
natures, but of healthy bearing trees"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-16
The Eighth Circuit,

An Act to Amend an Act Entitled "An
Act to Fix the Time for Holding the
Circuit Courts ih the Eighth Circuit.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Sen.
ate and House of Representatives ofthe
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority Of the same, That Section of
an Act entitled Gan Act to fix x>the time
for holding the Circuit Courts in the
Eighth Circuit" be, and the same is
hereby, amended SO as to read as follows:
That the Circuit Courts of the Eighth
Circuit be held as follows:
1. That the Court of General Sessions
at Abbeville, for the County Of Abbeville,
or the third Monday in hanuary, the first
Monday in June and the second
Monday in October. The Court
of Common Pleas for said County at the
same place on Wednesday next following
the third Monday in January, the first
Monday in June and the second Monday
in October.
2. The Court of General Sessions at
Anderson, for the County Of Anderson,
on the second Monday in February, the
fourth Monday in June and the Fourth
Monday in October, and the Court of
Common Pleas for said County at the
same place on the Wednesday next
following the second Monday in Februa-
ry, the fourth Monday in June and the
fourth Monday in October.
3. The Court of General Sessions at
Walhalla, for the County of Oconee, on
the fourth Monday in February, the
first Monday:ih July and the first Mon
day in October and the Court Of Common
Pleas for said County at the same place
on the Wednesdays next following the
fourth Monday in February, the 6rst
Monday in July and the first Monday. in
October.
4. The Court of General Sessions at
Pickens, for the County of PickenH, on
the first Monday in March, the second
Monday in July, and the fourth Monday
in September, and the Court of Common
Pleas for said County at the same place
on the Wednesday next following the
first Monday in March, the second Mon.
day in July and the fourth Monday in
September.
5. The Court of General Sessions at
Greenville, for the County of Greenville,
on the second Monday in March, the
third Monday in July and the second
Monday in November; the Court Of
Common Pleas for said County at the
same place on the Wednesdays following
the second Monday in March, the third
Monday in July, and the second Monday
in November.
6. No civil business requiring a jury
shall be heard at the Summer Term of
the Court of Common Pleas for any
County in said Circuit, except in the
County of Greenville.
Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect
from and after its passage.
Approved December "a, 1889.
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Good for the Governor.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 13.-Governor
Richardson has offered reward of five
hundred dollars for the apprehension of
David Ready, the white perpetrator of
the latest outrage in Barnwell County,
on the Sth inst. He took VIM. Black, a
negro charged with theft, from the con-
stable in whose charge he vas, tied
Black to tree and shot him to death.
Ready is said to have gone to Augusta,
and the police are searching for him
there. This is the largest reward ever
offered By Governor Richardson for the
apprehension of criminal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-16

@ le f.the great needs of the South is
smona the small industries. There are
s great number Of big furnaces, big mills,
||sslkig factories, and plenty Of disposition
Iapds capital ready to build more of these
5and enlarge those existing. What would
SSEsdo more for the industrial life of the
3SsectSon than any other: thing would be
starting ofsgnall machine shops, knit
aaestingsmilis shoe shops, wood shops, ETC.,
3thsss on: 8 small scale; to be or not
a|sas circumstances dictated, grown and
S|axpanded Ito greater proportions. No
ssspIaces in the world offers SO many open.
ssSzngs men ofSsmall means who are
y ling work, and no country will more
stiibasall j support the efforts Of such men.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-16

= The two cotton mills at Dsnville'
Va, did prosperous business during the
year just closed. They worked 4, 4,302,996
pounds of raw cotton, produced Il, ,222,578
yards of cloth, gave employment to over
800 hands aud paid out s194, ,2G8 in wages.
Both mills largely increased their capaci-
ty during the year.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-16
A Duel to the Death.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan 9.-The kill
ing Of Dock Bell, q prominent citizen of
Hedin, Ala, last night by Sam. G. Crea-
mer, the Marshal of the town, turns out
to have been very sensational sffair. 1t
was duel to the death in the street.
There had been bad blood between them
for long time on account of a family af-
fair, the men being related by marriage.
Last night they met face to face in the
street for the first time in several months.
"I guess we might as we'll settle our
little affair and be done with it," said
Bell.
Stepping back a few PAGES and drawing
pistol he fired and Creamer fell to the
ground shot through the shoulder. Bell
continued to shoot, and Creamer, raising
himself on one elbow. drew his pistol and
shot Bell four times, every ball passing
through his body, killing him almost in
stantly. Creamer is badly wounded, but
will recover,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-16

s afund or3the Grady monument has
snsarlY touched $4,000. The Fourth
SsN s a.tianaI Bank, New York, contributes
$500 The spontaneity of the movement
ss beg been unexampled. The young men
ls.of tlantas in:thus honoring the noble
patriotic dead, do themselves and
thelrscit honor. But monument,
shbogeyer lofty and elaborate, can never
cieatly jet forth the grandeur Of his
d EsgorkIa and The innate nobility Of his char
acter Memory shrines him with an
affection that will outlast marble and
Ebren5e.
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Mr.. R. q. Ferguson, Of Buffalo, N. Y,

Mr.. r. q. Ferguson, Of Buffalo, N. Y,
writes the State Department Of Agricul.
ture that his efforts to induce the poorly
paid laborer of the Northern cities to
move Southwark and engage in agricul-
tural and mechanical pursuits are bring.
ing forth fruit. he has now several
families who are ready to come to South
Carolina with their families, settle and
make homes for themselves. They wish
to purchase land in the healthier portions
ofthe State, but having little money
they wish to work for wages or crop on
shares until they can get 8 start.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-16

ghe new year opens with the South.
sssn5 osing greater activity and with bright:
M lIs Mnro b osperts tor; the future than this sec
5 tigns has syersk kneRn before. The grand
sstfiusapEa march Of progress hssl led the
ssonsb npS to- 9 high heleYation, from which.
siscan look forward to the brilliant pros.
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/: lton Harvester and Cleaner mas
succ ccessfully; tested in q large
Sfeld at Lake Cormorant, Miss.
! SEschine s|s e { aas drawn BY two mules
they could walk, and came so
thsring in all the cotton on the.
aat THE: little left can easily be.
by hand ilIthe ordinary way at
Ea.l cost: a . It is estimated that;
ing q bale sof cotton By
isne will not exceed thee dol
S s B sit would amount to at least
lars BY hand.
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he Adye fists, who selected the 7th of
9ctober last AS the day on which the.
sangeLe Gabriel would blow his trumpet,
Rsre disappo pointed, now find that
Ss::ttl6ey mad 3 B an error Of one year in
81 Ieir nlations, and that the 7thi of
next be the eventful day.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-16

Dstroit Free tess says the race
p'lgloblsm dosan T seem to be wholly con.
S|fis the South = It is only a few
aags aine g bod of workingmen in
slas'aaapo the home, 1t may be recall.
|ss Rsesid dent lHarrison walked out Of
5eart machine shops because negro
Slssoser had beer employed. In Cincin-
|AatS & ostherns city-two respectable
ossa men teachers in the public
81 were s freda' e from q restaurant t
they: asked to be waited on.
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QTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
hNoEDcpN CoTINTy

N ANDERSON COUNTY.
by ". T. Coz, Judge Of Probate.
WHEREAS, T. J. Holland has ap.
piled to me to grant him Letters of Ad-
ministration on tile Estate and effects Of
Mrs. Rebecca Gillespie, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon-
ish all kindred and creditors of the said
Rebecca Gillespie, deceased, to be and ap-
pear before me in Court Of Probate, to
be held at Anderson Court House, on
the 31st day of January, 1890, after pub
lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they
have, why the said administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand this 14th day of
January, 1890.
W. F. cox, Judge of Probate.
Jan 16, 1890 % 2
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l hasWonde derinl lpossibi bilities are around
;ssl| many Of them as yet are I'M
saTsamsa of e has noR been discover
sed hat thss fibre Of the okra plant is Of
~ as 81 qaality and an Epglishman, w.
ludlow claims thatit can be pro.
sacsd ST }coat rot Sc eeding one cent
Iysr pound He als6 claims that he can.
Egnasaish cheap mnchine for separating
|Zss & bse ffoE the stalks, that can be used
Il q hborhoo od as cotton gins are now.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-16

- In Georgia Law went into effect on
the 1st of January which makes eleven
hours legal Days labor.
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FOR SALE.
A Good Chance for a Mechanic.

t WISH to sell my Lot, Dwelling and
with Iron Lathes, Tools, &c. The Shops
are run , BY horsepower, tn three e fire places
eS1ps corner ou lot shops have l; good % CUSTOM @
being the only ones in this section. Prices
low, only part payment in cash being re-
quired. only wish to sell on account Of
my age, as am not able to do all the work
I can get. Also, eight acres of highly i'm.
proved land inside the corporate limits of
Walhalla. Address or call on
G. JOOST, Walhalla, s. c.
Ian g. 1880 27
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SALE OF LAND.

DY virtue OF the power vested in me by
ID Deed Of Trust made and executed
to me by the heirs.atlaw of James Long,
deceased, will sell to the highest bidder
at Anderson, s. c., on Salesday In Feb.
ruary next, at II o'clock q. M, all the in.
terest of said heirs.at-law in the following
described Tract of Land:
ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND,
situate in Williamson Township in the
County of Anderson, containing one hun
dred and forty-four acres, more or less,
bound by lands of Mrs. Cynthia IEby, Geo.
W. Rogers, Jacob Spearman and others,
and known as the Mccarthy Tract
Terms OF Sale-One-half cash, the other
half to be paid in twelve months, with in
terest from day of sale, secured by bond
and a mortgage of the premises. Purcha.
ser to pay extra for papers.
j.. e. BREAZEALEi,
Trustee.
Jan 8, 1890 Il
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Mr.. Jones then went on to quote from
the Scriptures that God affirms that who
has been often warned, but hearkeneth
not, shall be suddenly destroyed, and
said that God would laugh at their
calamity and fesr. A feeling of panic
seemed to pervade the female portion of
the congregation, and, with blanched
faces and trickliDg tears, they ruahed
forward to the anxious seats.
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Sam Jones's Prophecy.

New ORLEANS, Jan. 8-The Rev. Sam
Jones, the famous Georgia revivalist, be.
gan an engagement in this city Sunday
and has had fair attendance at his meet.
ings. To. night he created real sensa-
ton by the prediction Of an awful disas.
ter, and as he spoke there was disagree.
able stiffness, terrible and unnatural in
80 large an assembly.
''I am not an alarmist," he declared,
"but do you know what the weather
portends? Do you know that before
the 1st of next August $4,000 Of the in
habitants of this city may be slumbering
in their graves? There are many evil
cities in the United States, but that has
nothing to do with this. You have
forced it upon Christ You let fifty
more of these days come and the popu.
lation will have to hide out, or the bu.
rials will be by the ten thousand. You
say: Mr.. Jones, what do you know
about it7' know the year 1890 is going
to be an epochal year, and some things
have gone just as far a. they can go.
There may be thousands out of this meet.
ing who will never see the 1st of next
1,1p ~
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The good men Of the county are out
spoken in their condemnation of the af.
fair. The negroes near by are badly
stirred up about it. I heard one, land
owner, offering his land for sale this
morning. He says he wants to get out Of
the State.-Special TO the Ne,0s and Cou-
n.ier
The National tribune., 1890-06-26
WORK or THE PENSION OFFICE.

During the week ending June 81, 1890 $3.50
claims were received, of which 1854 were origi.
nal invalid. 800 widows. war of 1872 Is
bounty land, s. navy, 2 old war, 81 on nc.
count of Mexican service, l34 accrued pen.
sion, and 4,0l6 applications FOR increase. The
names and postoffice addresses of 3.537 officers
and comrades were furnished for tho use of
claimants There were S025I pieces of mail
matter received; 1920 letters aud blanks sent
out.
The number Of eases detailed to Special Ex-
amincrs was $40; Ola reports and cases from
Special Examiners; cases on hand for special
examination, 1871.
Report of certificates issued during the
week ending June q, 1890 Original. 1910 in.
crease, ]. 1877; reissue. 3IS restoration, "A. du.
plicate, o accrued, "a; arrears O act of March
3, 1885, 2; order of April 3. 1884, o.; act of
Aug. 4, 1886. o.; supplemental, 3 arrears, June
2, 1873. o; Mexican war % reissue same date,
o.; total, 42i6.
Number of rejected claims reopened. Ago.
act Of March 4, 1890, 8.