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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-07-03
"If Won can count threo slowIv {,

eff you can count three, slowly"
says the Cincinnati Enquirer-"that is,
one count to the acknowledgement the
flash of lightning and the peal of thun.
der, you may know that destruction has
not been wrought in your own locality.
The flash and the crash are really stimuli
taneous, only the light of the former
travels much more swiftly than the
sound of the latter. If it takes three
seconds for the noise of the thunder to
reach you, then the storm is 9,270 feet
two thirds of q mile-away."
Ben Thompson, city marshal OF
Austin, Texas, who was killed in a
hand. .to.hand encounter with King6sher
in theatre in San Antonio, had the
terrible record of having killed thirteen
white men and over twice that many
Mexicans and Indians. He was q hand
some man of 45, with small, black mus
tache and hazel eyes. His wife had but
one arm. The other had been shattered
by Winchester ball in Denver, when
she threw it across her husbands head
upon discovering crouching form draw
ing bead on him,
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- - ~ & -
Below We publish circular directed to
the INTELLIGENCE from the superin-
stendent oftthe Census, which re desire
to call especial attention to. The mort
gage indebtedness of the State has all
been inished--that is, all mortgages
recorded from 1880 to 1890 have been
distracted from the books in every
County. In this State three Counties
Anderson, Laurens and Colleton-were
selected by the government as Enquiry
Countless" in which the mortgagors are
asked why the mortgages were given. In
order to complete the work satisfactorily
itbehooves the people of the County to
reply at once to the inquiries. Such.
replies are strictly confidential, the gen.
tlemsn in charge of the work being under.
oath to consider the information private:
Messrs. D: h. Russell and R. B. Davis,
with Mr.. Wy. Miller as clerk, have
charge Of this work in Anderson County.
Read this circular:
EDITORS INTELL1GENcER: The Coun.
ties OF, Jaurens, Colleton and Anderson
in the State Of South Carolina, have been
selected for the purpose of making a spe.
cial investigation of real estate mortgage
Indebtedness. Inquiries will be addressed
to the owners of mortgaged real estate,
and in some cases to the holders of mort.
cages, to ascertain tho amounts unpaid
and the reasons for incurring the debts.
The answers will be strictly confidential,
and in no case will be- revealed to any
private person or public officer outside Of
| the Census Office, whose employees are all
sworn to preserve the secrecy of the IN
formation. It's hoped that the interest
in the mortgage question, which prevails
everywhere throughout this country, will
enlist the cooperation of every one to
whom these requests are made. This in.
vestigation is authorized by act of Con
gress in response to general demand on
the part Of the people that it shall be
made, and it now rests upon the people
to make some necessary contributions to
its success. Very respectfully,
;5.5.=.ss ROBERT B. PORTER.
Superintendent Of Census.
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Senator Hampton and The Snb.Trcasu.
ry Bill.

1t Is very hard TOR some OF US to un.
derstand why it is that men who ne have
been accustomed to look up to, as m odels
of conservative craftsmanship, should
content themselves with opposing
measure with bare assertions, seemingly
thinking that their opinion was enough
for the people to know, without giving
any reason for that opinion.
Senator Hampton, at the call of the
Columbia ring, came all the way from
Canada last week to put his veto on the
Farmers Movement, and ne suppose he
thought while he was about it be would
also veto the Alliance, making assertions
about the Sub Treasury system, that he
could only have made through dense ig.
horace OF wilful Misrepresentation, and
we are loath to believe the latter. He
says that the bill is unconstitutional. he
gives no reason, but ne suppose he would
give the same reason that Oates, Mills,
Carlisle, Butler, Cothran and others have
given, namely: Thatitis unconstitution.
al for the Government to lend money?
But is it? A National Bank deposits
$4,000 in bonds, the Government lends
the Bank IS thousand in currency on
them, and the bank pays per cent. to
the Government for the use of the As
thousand. The Sub Treasury bill propo.
ses to allow the farmer TO deposit loo
dollars worth of cotton, and the Govern
ment will lend him 80 dollars on it, the
farmer paying l peg cent. for the use off
In neither case does the money loaned
come out of the United States Treasury,
but is currency issued especially for the
purposes named. Now how in the name
of Justice can Senator Hampton or any
body else say that the National Banking
system is constitutional and the Sub.
Treasury syntem is unconstitutional
When you boil them down they are
identically the same. He says it is folly
and nonsense for the Government to bor.
row money al d per cent. and lend it at
l per cent. The Sub Treasury bill makes
no such proposition, and if he had ever
read it, he would know it, and he pre-.
sumes on the ignorance of the farmers,
and especially members of the Alliance,
when be talks about their measures in
that style. We fear his four days journey
from Canada was wasted, for Alliance
men demand of Senator Hampton and all
opponents Of the Sub.Treasury bill rea.
SOD, instead of assertion, knowledge, in.
stead of ignorance, facts, instead of mis-.
representation. The Honorable Senator
has never objected to the National Bank
system, nor TO the warehouses for whisky
distillers, nor to the Window silver bill.
but when the farmera, the men who put
him in the position he occupies to day,
wants some Of the same rights and privi
leges that he willingly grants to other
classes, be is thrown into an ecstacy of
fear that the country is on the road to
ruin, which will be speedily accomplished
if the farmer is given what he asks for.
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A Safe Investment.

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ga bill has been reported tothe nation.
salss House Of Represe entatiyes from the
judiciary committee, whose provisions
ars; briefly. that it prohibits any alien.
f6om hereafter acquiring any real estate
Sin.t this country other than Eve years.
ssisssshold and requires that all aliens
a8gho now hold lands here mrst become
s$scitizens by alizstion,1 Or dispose OF
& the landa-alAey now hold, within ten
In It's accompanying report on
= esbill the judiciary committee recites
the fact that certain noblemen in Europe,
sprincip ipaIly Eng ishmen, have acquired
ssssand now own in the aggregate about
sS2l5 5090, 900 acres Of land within the Uni.
sted States, and that there5is Isl large ag-..
ssi igtegate area. held in smaller individual
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Cannon; ;of N braska, has intro.
sdnced5 q bill into the House entitled !:
bill to provide pensions for the freed.
smen Of the South. = Briefly this 5pyopo-
sition is TO pension: every emancipated
sslslSye under fifty yearssof age at the rate
] ssoffssss Per, month; all ex slaves Of fifty
years at the rate Of s. per month, with a
bounty of s1OO l5of sixty years at Tho
raie OF $12 per month, with q bounty of
$500, and all :of. seventy yeara at the rats
'sof s12per month, with q bounty Of $500.
The bin sp1ovide that the Secretary of
gthes Interior shall be charged with the
disbursement Of the vast sums necessary
! stomeet this new class of pension claims.
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EARLE AND TYLLMAN.

Rev. G. o. Rankin, D. D., of Tennes..
see, who is visiting in this State, in writing
to the Southern Christian Advocate, gives
the following pen picture of Col. Earle
and Capt. Tillman. The meetingreferred
to Was at spartanburg
I remained over until Wednesday.
afternoon and took in rare feature OF
South Carolina life, namely: The pres
emit political struggle between Captain
.Tillman and General Earle. Did you
ever see q Tennesseean who was not in,
terestsd in politics :? So you need not be
surprised when I tell you that / went;out
to the encampment to hear these two
distinguished South Caroliniaus confront
each othor on the hustings. To me it
was an interesting conflict. General
Earle was the first to speak. he is
fire looking specimen of manhood. His
eye; is as fierce as an eagles and his per.
:sonnel very imposing. In fact never
saw a much finer looking man than he.i
He is able, cultivated and adroit on the
platform. His words are measured and
his statements are clean.cut and careful.
His speech on that occasion was not one
Of extraordinary power; but it vas clear,
strong and logical. he Was somewhat
embarrassed by the fact that the crowd
seemed rather against him. Captain
Tillman is to all appearances q very plain
ard unpretentious man. BE looks like
q good, practical farmer. His face indi;
cafes tenacity of purpose and strength of
character. BE is very effective speak
:er. He is desperately in earnest, and he
knows how to arouse the enthusiasm of
his followers. He is quick at repartee
and at times very sarcastic. All in all,
he is a hard man to handle on the stump.
r have nothing to say on the merits OF,
the matter; but I do want to say that l
Was pleased with the gentlemanly besting
Of these two opponents toward each
other. True, they struck some hard
blows; but SO far as could see they
both maintained the dignity of their
position and character, and there seemed
to be nothing personally unpleasant be.
tween them.
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II -
M number Of prominent American
seditors have been recently discussing the
ideal newspaper. One wanted mere pol
aitics, another more socialeand personal
gossip, while third wished to taboo all
! personalities and { social gossip. The
result wassyery perplexing, and showed
that each able editor had his "fad,"
@Hhichshe was disposed toindulge at the
Of bis readers It may safely be
saaid that the s.idealp. newspaper does not
s;Iist, and will not until sll readers share
stthesameS tastes. The best newspaper is
tile one which aims to- give all thegenu-.
sine news of the day, to expose fraud
wherever it be found and to defend the
interests Of the people against the designs
sof monopolies and big corporations. If
"a newspaper fills these conditions it
scomes as near. to the ideal as can be ex-
spected ri - - =
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Mr.. J. w. Powers, the cotton king
of Webster County, Georgia, proposes to
grind up 700 bushels of peas, the balance
of a great crop fed to his stock, and use
the material as a fertilizer for his cotton
crop. The peas are worth So cents to
81 per bushel, but he expects to get q
better return from them in the manner
indicated.
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The National : Dezsocrat says the most
important Development Of the week is
.stlLes assurance now felt by Democrats that
sallprospec Of the passage Of q Federal
ELECTION law has been destroyed for the;
B present Congress. The Western Republi.
! cans, who have been so firmly supported by
sthesD Democratic Senators in their demard
fos the unlimited coir,age Of silver, will
n,t turn around and support Harrison
s and Reed. IN their effort to restore carpet.
ssbag rule in the Southern States.
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The Enoineerinq Me,u. presents

The Engineering Ne,us presents a
colored railway map of the United States,
showing the progress made in heating
passenger cars by steam from the loco
motive. 1t appears that about one
fourth of all the cars of the country are
nov 80 heated, and most Of the main
lines of the Eastern and Middle Western
States are now either heating all or
more than one-half of their cars in this
manner.
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The Sub. Treasury Plan Must Die.

Mr.. seaborn Wright, q lawyer of
Rome, Ga, iu a speech on June 81 said
the southern members in Congress had
held q caucus on the Sub. Treasury plan
made by The Farmers Alliance and
agreed to abide by q majority vote in
caucus. The argument was made before
that caucus that if they accepted the
sub.treasur.T plan it would displace them.
The majority voted against the acceptance
of the plan, hence the universal combina
tion by Southern congressman"
This accounts for the sameness of all
letters coming from these Congressman to
their constituencies condemning the plan.
Now to all who want more money and
cheaper money, to all who would like to
see universal prosperity among all classes,
we bid you to seriously consider low your
Congressman decide matters pertaining to
your interest. Their first question is, can
| get back to Congress on this plan. Self
interest and caucus has proven the
downfall of several nations that sleep in
oblivion, and if not checked by the peo.
pls of this country will sweep from under
them the last veatige of liberty and
prosperity.--Southern Alliance Farmer.
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GTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
- ANDERSON COUNTY.

By w. T. Cor, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Lou. J. McFall has
applied to me to grant her Letters of Ad.
nlinistration on the Estate and effects of
DR.. J. IT. McFall, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon-
ish all kindred and creditors Of the said
J. r. McFall, deceased, to be and ap-
pear before me in Court Of Probate, to
be held at Anderson Court House, on
the 18th day of July, 1890, after pub
iication hereof, to shew cause, if any they
have, why the said administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand this lst day OF
July, 1890.
W. II. cox, Judge Of Probate.
July 8, 1890 50
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si Great Britain takes her census next
isyears 1891; and viii consume only one
& sdsysin tie work EIere it takes q month,
{ costs mill 4 and they do not get
through with the work before tits time to
take; ;arot tflar.s 81 81
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A Fall Campaign Fraud.

The gusto with which the politicians
endeavor to deride the sub Treasury bill
and say, with Senator Carlisle, that the
sub Treasures will be a matter of Fede.
raj patronage and of course would be in
the hands of Republicans is very dis.
gushing. IF these politicians had not
made up their minds, in advance, to op.
pose this measure upon the simple ground
that it was a farmers measure, they
would have read the bill carefully and
would not have displayed their spleen or
their ignorance in any such style. By
reading the second and third paragraphs
of section one Of the bill, it will be seen
that the danger of their being made a
party MACHINE was duly guarded against
in Mr.. Piekler's bill. It reads as fol.
lows:
"second. Present good aud sufficient
bond for title to suitable and adequate
amount of land to be donated to the gov
ernment OF the United States for the 10.
CATION of the Sub.Treasury building.
Third. a certificate of election show.
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ANNUAL MEETING.

is hereby given that the An
IN nual Meeting of the Stockholders of
the Anderson Building and Loan Associa-
ton will be held In the Court House in the
City Of Anderson, at II o'clock a. H., on
Thursday, the 10th day of July, 1890, for
the purpose of electiug officers for the en-
suing year. and transacting such other bus
mess as may come before the meeting.
I'D. MAXWELL, Sec. and Treas.
July 3, 1890 So 2
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Having learned now that implicit faith
in party LADDERS, and our ignorance of the
bearing and ultimate effects of the fnan.
cial legislation of the government, have
rendered US and our earnings as easy prey
to the non-producing, exploiting class, it
behooves US to exercise caution and pru-
dence in selecting leaders to whom we
entrust our interest, or to whom ne dele
gate our privileges of self-government.
1t would be folly or insanity to eutrust or
delegate legislative powers to those who
already deceived US, or who have cast
their votes and influence in obedience to
the demands of non producers and mo.
nopolists, thereby completely ignoring
the principles ofjustice to us, their con-
stituents. We have elected them to rep.
resent us, but they have misrepresented
US and ignored our rights to justice.
Those of our representatives and Senators
in Congress or in our State Legislatures
who can soc no practical benefits to us
growing out of the measures of relief that
we seek from the principles involved in
the sub-tressury bill, wilfully ignore the
wrongs that they, as consenting parties,
lit may be ignorantly) have inflicted up.
on us. There are three principles involv-
ed in the sub.treasury bill that lie at the
foundation of our prosperity:
l. A currency issued directly from the
government to the producers, and not
through the medium of national banks
that levy tax upon the currency sufi-
cient to satisfy their Unsuitable greed.
2. A volume of currency sufficient to
transact the, business of the country on
cash basis.
3. Tlexibility should characterize the
volume of anrrency-capable of expand
ing sufficiently to cover the rapid harvest
ing and marketing all of the great crops
of the country, and then contracting aud
retiring as rapidly as the demand
ceases.-A .BreadaOinner, in Southern 1i-
lance Farmer.
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Attention /! Democrats


The: Democ ocratic Convention for Ander-
sson County is hereby called for Monday,
July AZ, 1890, at 12 O'clock M, il ths
Geartj House fors the purpose Of electing
delegates toshe. Col 5essional Convention
sand sfor no other purpose. Ismean no
sdiscourtesyto the Executive Committee,
and would have first convened them for or
sconsnltation, but for The want ofsnf6cieat
time. The Congressional Con ,entjon
viii be held ot'later than July 81. The
Clubs will remember that each Club is
sentitled to one delegate for the Club and
sonsextra delegate for every twenty-five
s55oae 5s tfds members thereo !.
S. M. Orr, &
ss;s & IS County Chairman.
1890. 9.-s,5l s; 81;
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOE CONGRESS.

D. X. NORRIS is hereby announced as can
didate for Congress from this Congressional Dis
trct subject to the Democratic party regulations.
". C. BENET, of Abbeyille, is hereby announ-
ced rs q candidate for Congress from the Third
Congressional District subject to the action OF the
Democratic party.
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The cost of contested election cases
in the House of Representatives amounts
to over 100000 for the present session,
and there ore several yeti be disposed Of.
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Truly, contentment is great gain, and
sthatmanis very unfo ortupate who possesses
adhpositio which makes him dissatisfied
with himself and everybody and every
thing. In the presence Of some people
sytIu cannot help but feel happy, while
there: are others il whose society you al
:Ways feeal. nncomfo Portable. While content.
smsnts IS great gsin, Me are not expected
tosbs!s !satia6ed swith what we can better.
Fe should: do our duty and then rest con.
sIahteds leaving the results in the hands,o +
Him who controls results, and srespon:
ssible for the results Of duty faithfully
sdischa arged. Il
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ALLIANCE COLUMN.

@ All communications intended for
this Column should be addressed to ). w.
BowDEN, Denver, s. c..
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'sSfNg =
There is q government in this country.
that Sis not enough considered, and that
! si esindiyid dual government of each
man Of himself. If everybody would
govern himself or herself Alright there
would Be very little need Of any further
sgoyernnae but the masses must unite
stogoyorns those who either are unable to-
govern themsely yes, OF who do not try to
govern themsely yes. AS ne have said,
ND think this feature Of government is too
smach hanegl elected in this country. He
that sIsloW TO angerssis better than the
mighty and he that ruleth his spirit
thanh that taketh5 q city z
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Stockholders, Meeting.

HoNrA PATH, s. c.. June 80, 1890.
H1HERE will be meeting of the Stock
i holders of the Farmers Alliance
Store at aonea Path on Thursday, 10th
July, at Q p. m, sharp. Let all the Stock
holders be present, as important busin ess
" : NJ. MCGEE, President.
July 8, 1880 SO l
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FOE SCHOOL COMAlIssIoNER.

I hereby announce myself as q candidate for re-
election to the Office of School Commissioner, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic party.
Respectfully,
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PLEASE RETURN.

II OANED out about year two volumes
IL of Howe's History of the Presbyterian
Church in South Carolina. The party will
please return them at once.
M. L. SHARPE.
Ju1v3. 1890 So
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VAS, ,niend friendts, ye wood doc well
eff ye'd locke ter yer lorrels. ln these
swelterin hot dase, whin sich men as
McIlinly air rushin hi tariff bills thru
Uncle Sans Congreese, an or fixin up fer
price is conserned, 1 repete, locke ter yer
torrels, an keep tother fastly fixed on the
Ten Cent Store. Vas, I repeat in stem
torian voice, that while @. s. MINOR
stands at the helm the good ship vii never
sink, but noate bravely above the stormy
wave, bearing wealth and happines to all
her friendts
Remember, that minor vii sol goods
cheaper fer next thirty dase than ever be-.
fore.
Trade WHARF you have no lost credit bills
to make up for, but get value received for
the value given.
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AN AUGUST CONVENTION

Called by the State Democratic Executive
Committee.