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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-17

Almost everything new that we see
nowadays is patented, but whoever
thought Of q patent postage stamp? Such
is the case, however, and it remained for
II aYirginian to work out the bright idea.
sIt Is simple enough, in fast, so simple
that IL is wonder you had not thought
sofslich thing long ago, but you didn't,
and Its very simplicity is its beauty. The
s5dassi SIS merely this: Discontinue the man
snfaftnre ofstamps Of odd denominations,
sSnd let the even Observation-Disclosures
sstaraps, for instanee -bs composed oftwo
smell one-cent stamps, perforated down
sshe Middle, with the fgure2 over the
perforated line. Then you buy only
stwo-cent stamps, and when you want
pna,esnt stamp separate two. The two
sstarnpsasa q unit are not as large as one
g0f 1hs Columbian stamps nov in use.
with these stamps 1t Is an easy matter to
nsl,e the proper change. It will also
prove much more economical to the gov
;erninett, for it will reduce the contracts
one.half. There are many other advan-
tagss which will readily present them
selves to the pnblis
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There is one great fault with tho grow
ing generation. The young men want to
get rich too fast. With wealth going to
waste all around them they cannot find
it in their souls to be patient. They are
not content to plod along as their fathers
did before them and slowly lay up a for
tune, They must have it now, to-day,
this instant. When they go into an
enterprise they want capital, and lots of
it. They want to begin on big scale and
electrify the world. It is not the age Of
saving, bat of spending. Speculation
seems to be the craze of the hour. Every
man wants to make more than he can
earn by the sweat of his brow. He must
double his money in night, and quad
ruple 1t the next day. It is an altogether
artificial existence. Contentment is not
sought nowadays. All the men want is
axcitamenk
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Robbers Use Dynamite.

CAIRO, Ills, May 14.-At 10 o'clock last
night as a north bound passenger train
on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad stopped
at I.aketon, KY, to take water, two
masked men approached the engine.
Covering the engineer and fireman with
revolvers, they compelled them to get off
the engine and 60 with them to the OK
press car, where they commanded the
express messenger, S. H. Ray, and II. G..
Peterson, his assistant. to open the door
of the express car. This the messenger
refused to do and began hiding the con-
tents of the safe and valuables.
The messengers were informed that II
they did not open the car it would be
blown open with dynamite. They re-
fused second time, when the charge of
dynamite went off, blowing hole in the
side of the car. One of the robbers put
his gun in and demanded the doors be
opened. Under the promise of not being
burt the messengers opened the door and
the :obbers secured everything that was
left in the safe, then left the car and es-
capped in the woods, The amount stolen
was not over one thousand dollars.
None of the passengers were molested.
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Flashes From Shiloh.

Thinning cotton is now the order.
Some report bad stands.
Several Of our young people attended
the exhibition at Tuckerville. They re-
port very pleasant time. Brother Davis
had the misfortune to get stuck on some
Of the girls. Look out, boys, am going
to bring him down and set him up.
Friend Jess. carried his best girl to Pts
gah Sunday. Get move on, Newt, or
he'll beat you to the tank.
I have heard Of the ladies confscating
the boys scarf pins, but one OF our girls
capped the climax. She went to Tucker
vile and beat one Of the speakers out OF
bis calico coat.
One OF our boys Is going to take unto
him a Bell. He says he can't make
enough noise.
Miss M says one Of the Piercetown boys
has trained his mule to drink at the
branch between her house and the
Seuire's. and that be won't drink nowhere
else. Well, that Is bad.
Our Sunday School Is in faurishing
condition. Anything is bound to succeed
under the care Of Uncle Edward. We
have good prayer meeting every Satur-
day night.
I will tell you about the wedding in my
next. COUNTRY CRACKER.
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Electricity for Sale.


NEW YORK, May ia syndicate was
formed here to-day with 81 900, 900 capital
for the construction and equipment of a
line between Niagara Falls and Albany
for the transmission Of electric power,
generated by the Niagara Falls Power
Company, with the waters Of Niagara riv-
er passing through wheel pits into tun-
nel, which has just been completed. The
tunnel is 5000 feet in length and twenty
four feet in diameter. The Niagara Balls
P Power we &C Company has expended nearly
and consumed nearly three years in the
work. It now seeks a market for the
electric energy thus generated. Through
the medium of the transmitting company
the cities and villages along its proposed
line can be supplied with electricity for
light, heat and power. Stations are to be
erected 10 regulate the voltage.
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LOCAL NEW 81.
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Three aud Twenty Items.

After long absence, Mr.. Editor, I
again put in my appearance. I have been
80 busy havn't had time 10 give you the
news.
The health of this community is very
good, with the exception OF Mr.. Henry
MoGill, who is suffering with cancer on
his face.
Crops are looking fine. Some of our
farmers will begin to thin their cotton
this week.
MI. J. A. Stevenson has built a substan-
tisl barn.
It seems that one of the Prospect boys
Is very much interested in this secton.
Look out. Oscar, or you will get cut out
like Joe was.
Misses Fannie and Mary ard Mr.. Law
renee Stevenson went on the excursion to
Atlanta.
Mr.. jeff. has treated himself to new
buggy. Look out, girls.
DOODLE DIGGER.
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To Open up Direct Trade.

AUGUSTA, GA, May 12.-The Port
Royal boom expected as soon as the Port
Royal d Augusta railroad could be got
ten cut Of the control of the Central road,
has begun and it is going to materially
benefit Augusta and all this section.
Several lines of the ships are now fight
ing hard to secure entry into that mag
ni6cant harhor on the Atlantic coast and
open direct trade between Port Royal
and foreign ports.
Mr.. J, Il. Wellsford, of Liverpool,
England, representing William and I'd
ward Johnson; owners and managers of
one Of the largest and finest lines of ships
in the world arrived in Augusta this
morning to negotiate with the controllers
of the Port Royal to secure entry into the
harbor and open up line of trade be-
tween Port Royal, Liverpool, Havre and
Mediterranean ports. Mr.. Wellsford was
met aere by Mr.. Pat Calhoun, who will
carrv the English gentleman down to
Port Royal to make al inspection of the
port. Mr.. Wellsford comes with author
ity 10 make arrangements for putting on
line of Johnson ships, When terms
are agreed upon, of which there is no
doubt, the Messrs. Johnson will put
about twenty-five steamers on that line.
Other lines are equally anxious to enter
into Port Royal and they are all hustling
to get there.
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Cotton Seed as q Fertilizer.

To the Editor of the Nt,os and C5a'Ier ::
Why do YOU have weekly or monthly
statement as to the amount of phosphates
that are ms,de and sold In the South to
make cotton and never do see any esti.
mate of the amount Of cotton seed sold OF
the farms and never returned to them
believe there were as many car loads OF
seed left this depot as there were carloads
of phosphates brought here. ! think
there were two or three cars brought back
Heretofore tho farmers have been put
ting seed to their grain crops. This year
they have hnd to put phosphates in place
of seed. So you can draw your own infer
ence of the amount to put to cotton over
last year. The bad season was assigned as
the explaustion of the short crop last
wear vet made as much cotton last year
on my farm as I made tho year before, and
others around here who did not sell their
seed did the same. It was the lack of seed
that caused the short crop. This year you
will see great falling off again in our
crops on tho same account. See If there
is not more than million bales short this
year even with favorable seasons.
Before the war our fathers had to raise
great deal OF provisions and had not the
improved methods of farming that we
have now. They put the seed under corn
and all the black manures under cotton.
What was the result? Every year they
cleared new piece of land and threw out
a piece that was worn out, so when the
war ended our Southland was a waste OF
old worn out field.
Now, Mr.. Editor, let Us consider q little.
I have been making over bale Of cotton
per acre fol some time but suppose I
make bale, that means about thirty bush
els of seed. Suppose those seed will make
half gallon Of oil per bushel, (but I
think they make more,) there are fifteen
gallons of oil per year, and one hundred
and fifty gallons in ten years. Now,
want to know where that one hundred and
fifty gallons Of oil Is coming from, and if
it is Il gallon per bushel, 1t will be three
hundred gallons in ten years.
The cotton seed men tell you (and also
some scisntists) that oil Is not fertilizer.
Well, you know when oil is purified 1t
then becomes preserver and takes some
time to decay and return to the earth in
its assimulated state, and in that way they
deceive ONE, but deeS not the oil on the
rotting or sproutipg Of :he seed become
converted back to plant food if 1t has not
been extracted and puri6tsd2 It does seem
to me that this thing Hhould be settled
without q doubt. but it will never be done
In drug chops. It must be done in prsc-
tical way, which will take from three to
Eve years. I could give my ideas if !
could write, but I am too poor hand at
the pen to do so. Our cotton now is being
pressed down on account Of the amount of
fertilizers being used, and there is no one
to report the amount of che best fertilizer
in the South that is being carried out. 1t
is very unfortunate that we have no one
to take true interest in the Southern
farmer enough to show just what is bsing
done for him in the wsy Of putting him
at disadvantage. INQUIRER.
MuuSviLIe, S. O., May 3.
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IS Tfe Democrats are already discussing
ssthe iNprk;to be done by ythenext Congress.
srhs Washington correspondent Of the
sAtlsnta Consultation says Mr.. Cleveland
has besn discussing the matter with
many Of the leaders recently, and it is
possible that q financial policy will be
agreed upon BY which the Sherman law
shall be repealed, an income tax levied
and the 10 per cent. tax on the issue Of
State banks repealed. It is possible that
Mr. Cleveland Will recommend such ac-
tionin his message to- Congress at the
gnpsIiing Of the September extra session.
Besides this the other two chief things to
he done BY the next Congress are COM
piate revision Of the tariff ard the repeal
sef The federal election laws. And the
next Congress viii not bs q year by any
means In doing. this work. There will
5be a.changei in the rules Of the Houss by
which the power to put an end to filibus-
stefing viii. 0e lodged somwhere.
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Townvillc Locals.

Mrs. q. T. Brown, of this place, has
been very sick, but we are glad to learn
that she is better.
Rev. ]. R. Earle preached on Saturday,
9th inst, one of the most instructive ser
mons we ever listened to. he gave the
history of the Baptist denomination.
When we learned that Thomas Jefferson
gathered his ideas from Baptist Church
that led to the formation of this great re.
public, we were truly proud that we had
Baptist Churches in our land.
Mr.. w. W. Hunnicutt, of High Falls, g..
O., has been visiting his daughter, Mrs s..
G. Bruce, of this place.
Mrs. R. s.. FAINT, living near this place,
is very sick.
Mr.. Lawrence Hatcher, of Anderson, 8.
O., has been visiting relatives In the Fork.
Mr.. Hatcher is self.made young man and
deserves much credit.
Mrs. j. n. Reeder and daughter, of Tu-
gallo, 8. O., visited the family Of W. T.
Hunt last week.
The keys of the Baptist Church have
been changed from j. B. Holcombe to w.
E FAINT, Esq.
The Baptist Church, of this place, sent
their pastor, Rev. J. r Earle, to the
Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville,
Tenn, on the 18th inst.
Mr.. Sloan Burton, of Anderson, 8. c.,
attended Church here the first Sunday.
OLD ROsIN De Bow.
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uNBorTL1Ne ANOTHER SYSTEM.

The minority stockholders of the Port
Royal and Western Carolina Railroad
made an;unexpectsd move at the meeting
of the stockholders in Augusta on the
9th inst. They captured the meeting aa
the majority stock was not properly rep
resented, and elected G. G. Featherstone,
Esq, OF Laurens, Chairman.
The majority of the stock is controlled
py the Central Railroad Company, and
heretofore the P. r. & w. G. system has
been run in the interest of the Central
Road, and not in the interest Of this State
and the Counties that made big srbscr:p-
tionsto build the road.
The action Of the minority stockhol
Ia an effort to secure for the people along
the line Of the road q management friend
" to then, ind the development of their
section. It was for this end that Ander-
son, Greenville, Laurens and Spartan
burg subscribed ss5O,oOO, of which sum
Anderson's portion was over $4,000.
This subscription vas made with the un-
:derstandirg that the P. r. CIV. c. road
would be operated in connection with the
Port Royal and Augusta road, whereby
the p. r. tEW. g. system would have had
the bsneat Of the seaport at Port Royal.
This was never done, and the system was
.m1ansged In. the interest Of the Central
road and tho City Of Savannah.
The minority stockholders are working
in the interest of the Counties through
which the p. r. q w. @. passes, and con-
Il .isIsouontly for the whole State. They will
insist sor an accounting for the 81, ,5Do, 900
of bonds that were turned over to the
Central, for which there has never been
an accounting, and will resist any atfort
to have q, Central man made receiver OF
the syatem.
The minority have elected officers and
directors, rs have the majority stockhol-
:ders, who withdrew from the original
meeting. Geo. E. Prince. Esq, Of this
City, yras slscted q director by the mil
nority, and has been selected asone Of the
attorneys so make the fghtin the Courts
for the rights Of the people tins side the
Savannah River.
Tho Central viii make hard fight to
.retain control Of 80 useful tributary,
,but they may expect one from the mi
.nority msn, who evidently meant fight
from the first.
It is an effort for similar purposes for
this system for which Gov. Tillman sent
q special message to the Legislature con-
cerning the Port Royal and Augusta
road s.
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At Alleghaney N. c., young man
cou,ted girl and she agreed to marry
him. He went to magistrate and pro-
cured a license and went back, and to his
sorrow his intended had died. Flo then
made love to her younger sister and she
consented to take him for good or bad. so
ho went back to tho magistrate and
claimed to him that he was mistaken in
the name, and had the license changed,
and now they are man and wife.
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= The good brothers and sisters of Mt.
Pleasant church, in Madison county, KY,
were astonished recently on taking ooni-
munion to find the communion goblets
filled with genuine sour mash whiskey
instead of the usual insipid grape juice.
An investigation was in demand and the
good brother who provided the supplies
finally discovered that the wicked drug
gIat had mixed two orders up.
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S stor II. Alfred Williams, for seven-
tsen years financial and commercial
sediter ofs the baltimore .Ameriean. and
sthtr Of Mr.. B. Williams, editor Of
The Sreanvi.ls Nsps. died In Baltimore
LAST Fsiday, aged u years. Maj. VIII
liam swas one of the leading men in his
depset etment; ;eof newspaper work son the
3Eorfhern press. HE. was g native Of
Richmond Va, and sarYed In the Con-
sfedetats army, having been severely
wou hdsd near the close Of. .the3war.
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Specimen Cases.
WARNING.

A LII persons are hereby warned not to
n hire or harbor Jim Callahan and his
sons, Enoch, Henry and John, orany 9TH
or member of the family, who are under
contract to work for me. Any person or
persons disregarding this notice will be
prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
C. NJ. HALL, Storeville, s. Q.
MAY II, 1893 46 IL
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Tk kers WIN be q notable gathering at
Eraatfordsville. Ga, on the 24th Of this
month to witness the unyeiling OF the
smpn nment :of Alexander q. Stephens.
ii ns been placed in . grove near Liberty
Hall the historic home or the "Great
Gommonsr.p The monument issaid to
bs an admirable work. II represents
NH Stephens as he was in middle age
before sfHiction had crippled him. The
orator: 90 the occasionol the unYeiling
SRilI be delivered by Hon. Thomas NJ.
SNorsHood. Of Georgia. " M sss g
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and 1T CAME TO PASS

That after many cold wintry days,
such as had not been seen for some
Winters past, beautiful Spring came
forth in all its loveliness. To-day we
behold clear sky. The air is full Of
music of the birds, and the butterfly
is wont to be on the wing. We scent
from a.far of the fragrance of the
flowers and new-made leaves, The
busy bee no longer fingers in the hive
nor near its entrance, but hies himself
to the home of the honey-due and the
nectar of the flowers. The sweet
grasses and the hated weeds ore
spriDging forth close neighbors in eve.
~ quarter. Ali mankind is up and
astir. 1t is dear race to see what
man shall outstrip his brother. For
is it not recorded that the son shall
outstrip the father-that the least
shall be greatest, and the greatest
shall be leastI that the first shall be
last, and the last shall be first.
Who. can say that the bottom rail
never gets on top, or that every
dog does not have his day? 1t is
we'll known that we started in the race
far behind many Of our brethren. 1t
is also known that we have also pass
ed many of them while they slept or
strove not. Have we not made Our
name resound through this land as a
synonym Of truth and honesty. Solid
values for your money. One price to
all comers? Is it our fault if our
competitors are left scringing and
complaining? If we set the example
and they heed not, it is but just that
they should be left. But to the point.
What we wish to call your atten-
ton to is:
The biggest bar of Soap you ever
saw for 5c.-quality guaranteed the
best.
A certain brand of first-class Chew
ing Tobacco at 25c. per pound.
I'VE have q small lot Of Bristle
Shoe Brushes at 15c. that you are
accustomed to have priced you higher.
One more case of those imported
Matches at Sc. per dozen boxes.
A new and attractive Dinner Bell
at 25c. See it and you'll buy it.
Ask to see our 25c. and SOC. Wool
Dusters--just the thing YOU want.
We have few 10-piece Chamber
Sets, decorated in splendid taste, at
$2.75 per Set.
White Granite Plates at zoe. per
Set.
Our Hand-run Handkerchiefs, the
biggest and best, at 1Oc.
Don't mention our line of Straw
Hats, including Gents Palmetto, at
10c. each.
We can show you a lot of Ladies'
Hats, in all the latest shapes, at prices
way below competition.
Our new line of Ribbons cannot be
beat for beauty and variety, while
prices down the town.
IF you need Churn, Jar or jug
call on us.
Yours always truly,
THE BAZAAR,
G. S. MINOR and
TEN CENT STORE,
IT'S. Main Street, Anderson, S c.
Psf you want a Trunk at a
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THESE figures Indicate chat The planti

These figures indicate that the planting
is we'll up, however, as to time. The only
States that are behind in planting are
Virginia, where blight was caused by the
cold, backward spring Texas, caused
by extensive drouth and back wald
spring; Arkansas and Tennessee, where
extensive rain falls and cold weather
retarded operations. In some districts
correspondents report drouth while in
others returns show the retarding causes
to be frost, excessive rains, termination
having been slow and growth Of the plant
backward.
Some indications have been given as
to the contemplated acreage, as com pared
with that of last, which was considerably
below the average for series of years
but they are Of uncertain character and
therefore it is impossible to base any
satisfactory prediction as the estimate
and figures relating thereto are only
given to indicate what correspondents
believe as to the acreage reported.
The increase average Is 1.8 per cent.
c111
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IS IL isfeported that Secretary Carlisle, in
reply to CON plants fmen in his DEPART
s5mSans Shat they were asked to resign
|. s.vsIthsSnt due notice, said that .:they had
Z snotse son the 9Th Of November that was
loud enough to be heard all over the
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=. = AIT Monday the Supreme Court :ren-
sdered: 3 decision sustaining the validity
.of thss STATE bonds recently issued. The
!ouestlon raised VIA that the new issue
had Tot been voted upon by the people,
and il was thought best to let the Court.
pass upon 1t In order TO inspire more
conf ftisnco In the bonds. @
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Average and Acreage.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 1O.-!The
cotton report to the department of agri-
culture for May relates the progress of
cotton planting and the contemplated
acreage. The proportion of the proposed
breadth already planted on the first Of
May S5.36, which approaches very closely
to the area usually planted at that date,
which is estimated at sc points.
The returned estimates for the several
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Id spite 81 Presto ident Cleveland orders,
the newspaper correspondents say there
ara . good many Office e-seekers still hang
Sing around Washington

The worlds Fair gates we're closed
sunday. That was as 1t should have
,besns and they should be- kept closed
egery Sunday during the exposition.
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rhtf whole OF the Mississippi valley,
nj Eairoto New Orleans Is threatened:
is yhe most disastrous overflow in Its
tosssy. Tns.rlyer continues to rise At
rate, and atprssent indica-
Es will gp 20 the highest point ever
81 led. Az Memphis the water Is over
I0f above the danger line. Below
sfnphis the leveesl have broken in,
~ places and several counties are