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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-01
A Railroads. Variety Store.

Did you ever stop to consider where
all the little things used on q railroad
come from? Where the engineer gets
his oil cans and oil and waste, the
brakeman his flags and lanterns, the
station agent his envelopes and pen
ellis and glass toreplace broken panes
the car-cleaner his brooms and spongel
and soap? The men might buy al
these things themselves, but that
would be q very expensive way fol
some of the great railroads spend
So, 900, 600 a year for these apparently
little things. Every railroad has an
officer called the purchasing agent
who buys all the articles that are con.
stantly needed. He has nothing to
do with buying the locomotives o,
cars or rails it is only the sslittle'
things that he has to spend sometimes
81, 900, 900 year for.
+ On the first Of each month the head
Of each department and every station
agent make what is called requisi.
tion upon the purchasing agentforthe
supplies that they will need fanthat
month; that is, they make oute a7ist
of the articles. The purchasing
agent looks over all these lists, audits
them, as it is called, and strikes out
some Of the items when be thinksthat
too much has been asked for. When
the list is cut down to what he thinks
is right he puts his initials upon it,
and it is sent to one of the principal
officers Of the road, who also approves
it. When it comes back to the pur.
chasing agent approved, he sends an
order. to the supply department, and
the goods are shipped to their desti-
nation.
The variety Of things that the pur-
chasing agent has to buy is shown by
two acquisitions taken at random from
among thousands received by one
agent in this city this month. One
was for three dozen red globes for sig
nal lanters, $50 barrels Of oil, 100 bar
rels of signal oil, ~ gallons Of turpen-
tine, 10000 seals and wires for sealing
freight cars, l coil of rope 5 inches in
circumference, l dozen brooms,
dozen sponges, 100 pounds Of waste
for cleaning chimneys, 8 gallons Of
soft soap for cleaning cabooses, 4 kegs
of nails. 500 envelopes, 1000 paper
clasps, / gross of pens, l gross Of pen
ellis, and 10 yards Of flag bunting.
Another requisition, from an Office in
the interior Of New York State where
there must be a great many clerks
called for 10000 large. envelopes,
twenty thousand small envelopes,
Eve hundred small pads, 5000 letter.
heads, 10 gross of pens, 500 applioa-
tions forms, 500 monthly report
blanks, 10 gross Of pencils, 0gross Of
clasps, 100 large sticks of red sealing
wax, 500 heavy MANILA envelopes, 5
dozen oil cans, 3 dozen lanterns, 10
signal lamps, 8 dozen red globes, 2
dozen white globes, 3 large lamps fol
station, 2 dozen brooms,. 4 feather
busters, $50 pounds of waste, 8 kegs
of nails, ! dozen large chamois skins,
Is panes Of glass 1920, 8 coils OF
small rope, / bale Of coarse wrapping
paper, 250 fence pickets, and 1,lOC
feet Of barbed wire-Harper's Young
People.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-01
7" A Locomotive Race.

Whether there is to be locomotive
race between the English machine, the
Queen Express, and the American en-
CINE, the New York Central No. $685..
has not yet been determined, although
there is general desire for contest
between these two marvels of mechan-
ical skill after the close Of the Worlds
Fair, where both are now on exhibit.
tion.
The Queen Express is the leading
festure of the exhibit made by the
London and Northwestern Railway
Company Of England. No. s99 is the
locomotive standing at the head OF a
magnificent train Of cars known az the
Empire State Express, owned by the
New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad Company. Both engines
have attracted unusual attention, the
spaces allotted to them being thronged
with Fair visitors at all hours of the
day.
The fight Of the magnificent speci-
mens OF the locomotive builders art,
if it takes place, will doubtless be.
mace over the tracks of the New York
Central between Buffalo and Albany.
Between these points four parallel
bands of steel stretch, and the grades
are infrequent and slight. The. dis
tance is 297 miles, and the roadbed is
declared by the American company to
be of character best fitted for an i'm
portant trial Of speed. Whether the
race will be single dash over the
distance, or whether the route will be
doubled, trebled or quadrupled is still
unknown save to the men arranging the
race.
The Yankee locomotive, its owners
say, can make 100 miles an hour all
day long, and go into the roundhouse
cool and capable of going out again in
five minutes and repeating the per-
formance. Mr.. Sawyer, who is in
charge of the New York Centrals 8 e1-
hibit at the Fair, says that 999is the
fastest locomotive in the world, and
80 far superior to the British sample
THAT if the latter really wants to go
fast it will have to be lashed to the
American machine. The Britishers
pooh-pooh this, and call the Ameri-
cans Braggarts and other names not
calculated to create and preserve the
best of'reciprocal feeling.
The drive wheels of the great ma
chine, 999, which towers more than
Twenty feet in the air, are 86 inches
| in diameter, and the whole, with load
Jed .teader, weighs 80 tons. It has
made several, tests Of speed while at
tached to the Empire State Express,
with Engineer Charles Hogan's hand
at the lever. The best records thus
far postedd are One mile in OBS, or
at the rate of 102 8-13 miles per hour
and mile in 0:33, or at the rate of liz
miles an hour.
| The Queen Express is full sister
tlof the famous Great Britain, which
has record Of eighty miles an hour.
1.-The great locomotive has two high
pressure cylinders, 10 inches in di-
ameter and 24.inch stroke, and one
Flow pressure cylinder, 80 inches in d.
ameter and 24;inch stroke. The ma
chine carries four pair Of wheels, the
leading pair -four. feet and IL inches
| in diameter. The high and low press
ure driving wheels are z feet | inch
i'm diameter. The total weight with
tender is about n tons.-Daily Rail
aoay Times.
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EXECUTORS SALE.

WYE will offer for sale on Novem ber
w 18th, 1893. at IL M. the Land be-
longing to the Estate of Thomas Cox, de-
ceased. Said Land has been divided into
sixteen Lots. containing from one-half
to twenty-eight acres, situated between
Williamson and Pelzer, part Of the Lots
within five minutes walk of the Pelzer
Mills, and within one.half milo of the
corporate limits Of Williamson, and each
front on the Public Road. Eight of the
Lots have houses on them, which bring
good rent. The place is well wutered, nine
of the Lots having running water on
them, with several springs.
Parties desiring to see the Land can call
on John Ford on the premises, who will
show Lots and plat, or j. A. Cox. one of
the Executors, can be found on the premi
ses each Tuesday between The hours of
and 10 o'clock q. m. until day of sole.
Sale on the premises.
Terms-One.half cash, balance credit of
twelve months, at per cent interest. With
mortgage to secure balance of purchase
money, with right to anticipate payment.
Purchasers to pay extra for all necessary
papers. w. b. CON,
J. A. COX,
Executors.
Oct 4, 1893 IA g.
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= An exchange tells Of young
man who is very particular about his
washing. Recently he wrote note
to his washerwoman and one to his
sweetheart, and by strange fatality
he put the wrong address on each
envelope and sent them off. The
washerwoman was we'll pleased with
the invitation to take ride next day,
but when the young lady read: "Ii
you tumble up my shirt bosom as you
did the last time, will so somewhere
lelse," she cried all the evening and
declared she would never speak to him
again.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-01
The Rank of England covers

The Bank of England covers
nearly three acres.
"A Weldon, N. c., sensation is a
fight which occurred at the Methodist
Church in that city. A revival was
in progress and at one Of the services
a marriage was to take place between
Miss Hicks and a Mr.. Dickens.
The father and brother of the lady OBJ
jected, and the sheriff had been sum
moned to the church to prevent u dis
turbance. The parties atvariance got
together. and the sheriff was knocked
down, women screamed and there was
a general CONSERVATION. No one was
seriously hurt, and as soon as order
could be restored the couple were mar
ried: -
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1t is more vital question than silver
or gold or tariff, and the Southern
Congressman who fail to consider it
are either blind or lacking in state
manship. It is the great national
question that will not down at our
bidding.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-01

The longest reach of railway without
curve Is that Of the New Argentine Pa
cific Railway, from Bueuos Ayres to the
foot OF the Andes. For 2l1 miles 1t is
without curve and has no cutting or
embankment deeper than two or three
feet. The North Carolina Central Rail-
road for many years claimed to have less
cuts and curves than any railroad on this
hemisphere.
- The exhibits at Chicago of grain and
rice from Mexico, Liberia and Trinidad
are to be disinfected. with the object of
preventing the introduction in this coun-
try of insect pests not native to our soil.
Investigation has shown that 40 different
species of insects infest the various agri-
cultural exhibits. Of these % already
exist in this country. Furs, hides, WOOL
lens, etc., also afford safe harborage for
destructive vermin, and efforts will be
made to prevent their naturalization.
The Buffalo moth, which has done such
sad work In destroying our carpets, came
to the country on visit to the Centen-
NAL Exhibition at Philadelphia, and has
made itself permanent resident.
In the course of his remarkable ad-
dress on journalism to the young men
OF UulOu COllcko CudIlOS -as Ooua, VI Guo
New York Sun, said: "What books shall
the young man contemplating news
paper career read? Of all, the most in
dispensable, the most useful, the one
whose knowledge Is the most effective
is the Bible. There is no book from
which more valuable lessons can be
learned. I am considering it now not as
religious book, but as manual of util-
ity, Of professional preparation and pro-
fessional use for a Journalist. There is
perhops no book whose style is more
suggestive and more instructive, from
which you learn more directly that SUBJ
lime implicitly which never exagger.
ates, which rscounts the greatest event
with solemnity, Of course, but without
sentimentalty or affectation, none which
you open with such confidence end lay
down with such reverence; there is nc
book like the Bible"
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= A celebrated aeronaut asserts,
after patient investigation, that the
ninth day of the moon is the most
rainy Of the whole twenty.eight, and
4 o clock in the afternoon, the rainiest
hour Of the day.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-01
SUMNER SALE.

PUY in July. August, September or
- October. Pay when your cotton is
turned into cash.
Spot cash prices No interest! Just
little cash down and the balance next No.
ve11ber 18th.
That's the proposition. That's our sps-
cial summer sale.
Pianos $25 cash and balance November
10Th, 1893.
Organs s1o cash and balance November
18th, 1898.
Remember, lowest cash rates. No ad-
vance. No interest.
If you can't come in, talk 1t over and
just drop US line.
JOHN L. HAYNIE & DAUGHTERS,
Greenville, s. O.,
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NOTICE FINAL SETTLEM ENT.
IN The undersigned, Executor OF
the Estate of Mrs. Sallie CAN'T, deceased,
hereby gives notice that he will ap-
ply tc the Judge of Probate for Anderson
County on the 9Th day of November, 1893,
for Final Settlement of said Estate and dis.
charge from his Office as Executor.
G. e. HARPER, EXT.
Oct q. 1893 II 8
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-01
Is Your Life
Worth. Anything

to others? Are there not
persons dependent on
your earnings for their
support? Are they pro-
vided for in case of your
death? The simplest and
safest way of assuring
their protection is life in
surance. Business, pro-
fessional, and working
men generally, should in
sure, for their brains or
their muscles, are their
capital and income too.
Death stops them both.
Insure in the
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FOR SALE!

McDuflie Streets in quantities to sui
the purchaser.
A lso the House and Lot where live j:
offered for sale at bargain 1t contains
three acres.
1 also offer for sale at low rate fifty
acre farm four miles East of Anderson
near Eureka Church and school. wan
to sell for the purpose of re-investing ir
the West. Call and see me.
.. WARDLAW.
Sept. 13, 1893, ii
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tsDo you know my DEAR she sud.
denly said as she stood up from hel
ipiece:work-"do you know that next
week will be the twentieth anniver-
sary of our wedding?"
els that so? By George! how
the time diesl Why, 1 had no idea Of
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Oct 4, 1893
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17

HARRISBURG Aug. III. - Judge John
Stewart and cX-Judge ID. Watson Rowe,
of Chambersburg. appeared before the
Soldiers Orphans school commission last
night to urge the advantages of that town
as II site for the new state industrial
school. The commission on site will visit
that place tomorrow Representative
Wherry, of Cumberland, presented the
advantages of Carlisle and Il delegation
from that town urged Boiling Springs as
the most available spot. Thomas r. Ions
dale, of Philadelphia. was elected archi-
tect. One hundred and twenty orphans
were admitted to the schools.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
Unconai.ionai RepeaIers Meet.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-At meeting
called by the committee in charge of the
bill for the unconditional repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act,
held last night in the Arlington hotel,
Representative Raynor, of Maryland, pre-
sided. About forty members were pres
emit, representing every section of the coun-
try. They compared notes, and the meet
Ing felt satisfied that there was IL majority
In the house of not less than thirty in
favor of the Wilson bill. Various sub
committees were appointed to meet from
time to time and report the condition of
the house on the subject of repeal, until
the vote has been taken. An executive
committee was also appointed, of which
General Tracy, of New York, was elected
chairman
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17

WE TRUST that the military tourna-
ment and competitive drill which our
popular local company is working up,
as outlined in yesterdays TIMES, will
meet the fondest realizations OF it's
progenitors. We have no doubt but
what it will be a big success, if hard
work and persistent efforts with the
cooperation of our citizens will help
towards that end. BY all means have
the competition in this city, where our
citizens can be depended upon to ex
tend cordis! welcome 70 ne visiting
companies.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
BOARDING.
At 1O:3O O'clock. a. 10.

Pursuant to n decree of the circuit
court Of Montgomery county, entered in
vacation, August 0, 1893, in the cause of
ID. w. Hughes VS. Rad ford Lum ber Com
pany, will, as receiver in said suit, sell
at public auction to the highest bidder,
at the time and place above mentione ed
the following property belonging to the
Radford Lumber Company, to wit:
One very large lot of undressed lum.
Der, consisting of framing OF different
descriptions and dimensions and q large
quantity of undressed board lumber
large quantity OF German and
beveled siding, an assortment OF castings,
quantity of ceiling, doors, sash, blinds,
door and window frames, brackets
glass, lime, paints, moulding, and a
general line of builders material, con.
sisting of articles too humorous to
name.
One nice and compile tie set of Office
furniture, consisting of chairs, extension
table, folding desk, etc.
Also one pair of nice black mules, in
hrst-class condition; also Piedmont
wagon, one iron axle wagon and one set
of double harness, etc.
III the sale is not compile ted on Thurs.
day, September 21st, it will be continued
from day to day until same is com pleted.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash for all sums
OF less than 500, and for all sums ex
ceedlng that amount credit of 90 DAYS
will be given, for which notes endored
by solvent parties will be required.
S II I'm c. w. SURFACE, Receiver
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
Fireman Killed In ST. Paul

ST.. PAUL, Aug. 16.-The store of w.
j. Dyer & Bros dealers in musical in
struments. was burned to night.
Michael Clonan, a fireman, was over
come by smoke while fighting the fire
on the fifth floor and Jumped to tho
ground. He was horribly mangled and
died shortly afterwards. Several other
firemen were injured. The loss is about
SlOO 600
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17

New BEDFORD, Mass, Aug l6-In the
race yesterday from West Chop the Vigi-
liant crossed the line ut 3 o'clock, beating
the New York Yacht clubs fleet into the
harbor by twenty-five minutes. The Ariel
was second and the Volunteer third The
Colonia and Jubilee did not race with the
fleet but went into Newport. The wind
was fresh from the west
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
NUGGETS Of NEWS

The Dempsey Burge fight is off. owing
TO Dempsey being ill.
The second annual session Of tho con-
gress of fraternal and endowment orders
is in session Mt Atlantic City.
The vital statistics of Havana for July
show 128 deaths from yellow fever, The
total mum Der of deaths WIS 70,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17

VIENNA, Aug. IL "A dispatch from
the capital OF Australia, states that
cholera is spreading in tho towns of
Nadjorra and Sniatyn. Within the
past forty eight hours there were
twenty four new cases OF the disease
and eleven deaths reported.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
The Youthful Hunters Dead.

BEAVER FALLS Pa, Aug. lG.-Burgcss
Reed, aged 49, James Reed, II, and James
Carney, II, the boys who were so terribly
burned while hunting by the explosion OF
blasting powder, all died Yesterday Frank
Graham, the boy who placed the powder
III the rocks and lit the fuse which ex-
plOdcd, has not vet been nrrcstcd
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
Minor Postal Changes.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Thc following
new postmasters have just beeu appointed:
Pennsylvania = Clinton, G. p. Bigham;
Cornell, Henry NIcCall; Entri1en, ]. II.
Hess; Gladwyne, l. b. Cornman; LOUISVILLE,
Jacob Wolf; South Whitehall, f. A
Jacoby; Taylorstown. J. NJ. Noble. New
York-Ohioville. Dewitt l.. Cross; Three
Mile Bay, Charles Parker
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
Governor pattison.s Proclamation.

HARRISBURG, Aug. l6.-Govcrnor Patti
son has issued proclamation urging the
citizens of Pennsylvania to join in cele-
brating Pennsylvania Day, Sept. :, at the
Columbia exposition in Chicago. The
governor recommends and requests the
people OF Pennsylvania to visit the World
fair ut that time and to assemble at the
Pennsylvania state building to participate
in the commemorative exercises
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
Held Un In Chester.

CHESTER, Pa, Aug. 1G-James Nicely
mont, of West Sixth street, was held up
on Seventh street by two colored men.
They relieved him of his pocketbook,
which contained considerable sum of
money. He was choked into inscnsibility,
and when he had rcgained his senses the
men had fled
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
Wnges Reduced Ten For Cont.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Aug. 1G.-The Dick.
son Manufacturing company, doing bust
ness i'll this city and Scranton, have posted
notices that Il reduction of 10 per cent in
wages would take place OH and after Aug
III. They employ some 1000 hands.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17

HARRISBURG, Aug. 16-President Chaun-
cey f. Black, of the Democratic Society of
Pennsylvania, has issued circular calling
attention to the general assembly to be
held ut Allentown, Sept. %. He says distin-
guished Democratic leaders will be present
TO address the delegates New societies
will be received on the same footing rs
formerly, as no enrolment fee has been
fixed
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17

GREENLEAF, Wis, Aug. 16.-At 3 o'clock
in the morning burglars woke up f. c..
Sanger, storekeeper of Morriston, COW
cred him with revolvers and searched his
house, finding 1900, with which they dis
uDDeared
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
NOTICE OF MEETINGS.

TICE.-ROANOKE AND SOUTH.
~ ern Railway Company. The an
pusl meeting Of the share holders of tho
Roanoke and Southern Railway Com
pany will be held on Tuesday, the 18th
day of September, 1898, at / o'clock D.
N. at the Office of the company in the
city Of Roanoke, Va, when an election
will be held for directors for the ensuing
year and such other business transact ted
as may properly come before the meet
ing A. j. HEMPHILL, Secretary.
81 1919, 26&92,9
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
Seward VIII Accent.

MANSFIELD, o., Aug. l6.-James 2. Sew
ard. of this city, who last week at the
Democratic state convention declined the
Craftsmanship of the state committee, has
reconsidered the matter, and will accept
the honor
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
An Alleged burglar surrenders.

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Aug. 1G.-J. H.
Becce, of Coatesville, who had been hid
ing i'll the woods for several months, has
surrendered himself to the police He was
implicated in the wholesale robbery of the
Pennsylvania Railroad depot at Parkes-
hurD
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17
ia IR

The Clinch Valley Agricultural and
breeders Association will hold the
Tazewell Fair at Tazewell, Va, Sep
temher 5, G, and s, 1898.
$4,000 in purses and premiums.
Nineteen trottinp nacinp ord rr,
ming races.
Grand exhibition of speed; thorough
bred horses, harness horses and draft
horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poul-
try. Agricultural and horticultural pro-
ducts. Art and ladies' fancy work BIZ
cycle races, fox chases and various other
amusements. Special train. Cheap
rates. Come and be treated we'll.
JAS. O'l\EEFE, SAML WALTON,
Secretary. President.
13to0
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PROFESSIONAL.
ARCHITECT.
Reduced Rates on Account Virginia State
& IL @ O d If

Reduced Rates on Account Virginia State
Farmers Alliance, Richmond Va.
For above occasion, the Richmond
and Danville railroad will sell greatly
reduced rate tickets to Richmond and
return, from points on it's lines within
the State} August II, Is and 16, limited
returning August 10, 1893.
Reduced Rates on Account Virginia DEM
ocrat1c State Convention, Rich
mOnd, Wa.
For the above occasion. the Richmond
and Danville railroad will sell greatly
reduced pate tickets from points on its
lines in Virginia to Richmond and re-
turn, August Is, l6 and II, limited re.
turning August %, 1898.
Reduced Rates on Account Virginia Fun.
era4 Directors Association, Alex
andria, Va.
For above occasion, the Richmond
ank Eianville railroad will sell greatly
reduced tickets to Alexandria and re.
turn, from points on its line in Vir-
GINA, August II to 16, inclusive, limi.
ted returning August 81, 1898.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-17

Lee Street Methodist Church Festival.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Lee Street
Methodist Church Will give festival
Saturday night at the residence of j. G..
knepo on Seventh avenue 8. W. for the
benefit of the church