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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-05-02
Strange, II True.

"I guess you never heard Of how JEFF
ferson Davis freed lot Of niggers long
before the thought of freeing the blacks
in this country was anything more than
chimerical dream in the minds of some
New England Puritans, did youf" in
quired Major L. II. Cason, Of Nashville,
fenp., of 8 st. Louis reporter. "It may
be fairy tale CIR it may not, but anyhow,
1t will bear repeating:
''As received the story direct from
my grandfather, who claimed to know
all the circumstances, it ran about this
way: While young man, and soon after
moving from his native home In Ken
lucky, Jeff Davis bought cargo of
blacks lust brought over from Africa by
slave trader, who ran the blockade and
landed them in New Orleans. While
they were working in The cotton field one
day, Mr.. Davis observed his new negroes
making Masonic signs of distress to the
oyerseer. That individual, not being a
Mason, thought the negroes were only
carrying on system of signals prepara-
tory to revolt and was about to have them
whipped.
MI. Dayis stopped this proceeding.
He tested the negroes thoroughly, and,
to his amazement, discovered that they
were third degree Masons, though
brought from the very heart Of Africa.
Being Mason himself, you can under
stand that he lost no time in giving them
their freedom and the choice Of either re-
turning to Africa or remaining on his es-
tate until he could provide for them In
some other way. Most Of them were
shipped to Africa at Mr.. Davis expense,
though some of them remained with him
until the end.
"Now,' if this story is true-and I don't
doubt it-how did Masonry find its way
into the heart of Africa. have often
thought it strange that the Masons have
never investigated this matter"
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The Washington correspondent of tie
Augusta Chronicle says that some few OF
the Republican Senators have begun to
kick over the traces. Senator Sherman
has refused to attempt delay of the
tariff, and announced a few days ago that
whenever the Democrats could muster
sufficient votes to put through the meas
ure it could be cone. Senator Dubois
told the correspondent that every indica-
ton pointed to passage Of the bill by
June. The wings Of the Democratic
party have begun to flap in unison, and
all seems fair sailing for the rest of the
session. Senator Hill is still vigorously
working for delay and to defeat the In
come tax, but when the final vote on the
bill is reached it is not generally believed
that he will withhold his vote in favor OF
the measure as whole.
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Earthquake Predictions.

Speaking of Professor Falb, the Aus
trian expert, whose earthquake predic-
tions have attracted so much attention,
and who predicts that New York will be
overwhelmed by tidal wave this sum-
mer, the New York Advertiser says:
A history of successful earthquake pre-
dictions, which are numerous, sgiyhn by
Professor Milne. In ls43 bishop. OF
Ischia forewarned his people of o coming
ea1 thquake and saved many lives. Ihe
shock of 1851 at Melphi was predicted by
the Capuchin fathers, In the drst case
the warning was based on a change IN
the character Of mineral waters, and IN
the other lake very near the door OF
the monastery became turbulent without
any apparent cause. A crazy soldier an
nounced in advance the London earth
quake in 1851 and Milanese astrologer
that of Leghorn in 1742. These were
happy guesses. In earthquake countries
there are shock prophets just as there are
weather prophets with us. In both
cases only the successful guesses are re-
corded,
Professor Falb bases his predictions
on the old theory that earthquake shocks
are produced by the attractive influence
of the sun and moon producing tide IN
the fluid interior Of the earth, which
causes fractures of the solid crust. Pos
sibly when we understand electricity
better we shall have an earthquake as
we'll as weather bureau.
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A Southern Invention.

CHATTANOOGA, April PA Chattanoo'
ga company has completed and had pat
ented continuous automatic roll train
for converting steel billets into rods and
hoops, that they claim will revolutionize
that portion Of the steel manufacturing
business. The billet of steel when once
placed in the rolls can, without being
again handled, be brought out in any
dimension or shape wanted. 1t is claim
ed this will save fully Sl.a0 on every ton
OF steel handled.
The patent roller was built by Stanley
o. Haskins, q son of the patentee and
builder OF the first continuous rolls ever
made and which are now used in near
ly every large steel mill in the United
States,
A company has also been formed in
this city to put the patent into Immediate
use and is now putting three of the rolls
in place and will within the next thirty
days begin the manufacture Of cotton
ties on large scale. With the new ma
chine, the billet of steel is put into the
rolls and when next seen, Ia cotton tie
ready for bundling and shipping. The
machine will reduce the cost of manu-
featuring cotton ties by about 81 per ton.
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Plenty to Drink.

COLUMBIA, s. c., April 2s.-No State OF
country in the world has, perhaps,
ever been so peculiarly situated with
regard to the control of the liquor traffic
as South Carolina is just at this time.
1t is free liquor everywhere for every
body.
All kinds of mixed drinks can be secured
once moro. The liquor men are paying
no license, nor anything else, and are
reaping big harvest. The municipal
tiles are powerless to control the traffic,
and it is liquor, liquor everywhere.
So much for present conditions. 1t
might be added, however, that the U0i-
ted States revenue authorities have is-
sued something over hundred liquor
licenses to date. Another feature of this
wholesale traffic is tho fact that liquor
drinking has fallen off considerably since
the dispensary system was knocked
ont. 1t is simply no longer forbidden
fruit. Everybody is looking to the fu-
ture.
by next fall the dispensary law will be
re-enacted and will be held to be consti-
tutional and that this State will have 1t
for term of several years.
4 few days ago circulars were sent out
to all trial justices that when a liquor
case came before them they must notify
was arrested in Florence Friday. Mr.. 9.
s, Nettles, the attorney who so success
fully fought the dispensary law, was just
about to get into the Supreme Court to
have it define its recent decision, when
the State showed its hand ordering the
prisoner dismissed and the case discon-
tinued. This action Is regarded by the
attorney as indicating plainly the govern
or's future course and explaining his
statement that be would fight in the
coming campaign for the law just as 1t
went to the Supreme Court, and that there
would be more dispensary business.
This latter statement came through the
LIQUOR commissioners.
The States scheme seems to be to block
any possible case getting before the pres
ent Supreme Court; to go into the cam
paign and make as much as possible out
of the comparison of absolutely free IL
auor with the dispensary system to
Judge MCGOWAN on the Supreme bench
and to say, "I dissent" instead Of ~
concur;" to get the next Legislature to
re-enact the law, and then let case go
up and that the law be held constitution
al: TO resume business forthwith and
continue it.
The Supreme Court is the final court In
such matters, provided no federal ques-
tion is decided. So far the questions In
volved apply strictly to the State Consti-
tuition. The law, once held constitution
al, would remain impregnable for sever
al years, as the terms Of the new judges
are long. Governor Tillman will no
longer be Governor and will not have to
enforce the law. At the same time he
will leave his pet issue in law on tho
statute books, playing quite card for
himself in his senatorial race. A promi-
neat man to-day said that he feared that
serious trouble would result whenever
an attempt was made to enforce this law
second time, for the people had op..
| t. deprived citizens of inalienabla rights,
and now, since the decision of the court,
they were more convinced of this than
| ever.-AtlantG Constitution.
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LOCAL NEW 3.
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Centerville Items.

A number of the people of this section
are having rough time with the mumps.
Mr.. Tom. King and several others are
very low with this disease.
The farmers have about finished plant
ing cotton, and they will soon have to be-
gin working it. for the grass is coming.
Mrs. Cummings of Texas, is in this sec
tion visiting friends.
Mr.. Joseph Burgess, of Townville, las
been visiting in this section.
We had the pleasure of visiting. Fort
Hill the other day, and, of course, enjoy ed
the trip. Everything is working smoothly
up there.
This section is getting to be noted for its
piety. and we are having great deal ol
preaching. Let the good work continue.
One of our girls says she il going to
stop dressing 80 fiue, as the boys were get
ting 90 they do not ike fine dresses, and
would not go with girls who wore them.
Mr.. Lawrence has purchased a new
buggy, and says he now needs cook
Look out, girls. LITTLE PET.
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The Landslide {!

QUEBEc, April 30.-About $50 O'Clock
Friday night the inhabitants Of the vii
lage of st. Albap, situated some fifty
miles from here in Port Neuf county,
heard terrific noise, resemb bling the roll
of thunder in the distance. The soil
commencing to vibrate, a panic ensued.
Farmers ran out of their dwellings to
avoid being buried under the ruins, as
they believed the ground was going to
give away beneath them. At the upper
end of the village, some three miles from
the parish church, is curve formed by
the river st. Anne and close to the curve
Is waterfall $50 feet high. The ground
forming the right hand side Of the tall
gave way, burying the pulp wood mill,
which was situated right underneath,
and blocking the course Of the stream.
The stream, which was very rapid on
mountains and adjacent valley, spread
undermined embankment to slido into
tho river, filling it up. Several houses
along the river bank were carried into
the river, One of them was occupied by
a family named Gauthier, numbering
four persons, all of whom perished.
Smoke was seen to ascend from under
the ruins, showing what an awful death
the occupants must have met. The ground
which slid into the river measured about
six square miles. Whole farms have
been destroyed and their stocks and farm
produce. The old bed Of st. Anne river
Is now levelled and the river rnns miles
from where it coursed lefore. People In
the neighborhood of the scene of the dis
aster are still terror-stricken.
The Oldest inhabitants OF the place
never witnessed or heard Of such thing
before, although several landslides have
occurred in the neighborhood during the
last fifty yesrs. The rush OF water from
the Laurentian chain of mountains is
tremendous during the spring time,
owing to the melting snow, and 1t is
thought by scientific men that the ground
had been honeycomed by the water
owing to the fact that the lower streta Of
soil formation aro mostly clay. Large
tracts of land with trees aud vegetation
have been shifted without the least dis.
turbance, while in other places, the land
was completely turned over. The losses
are estimated at $500, 900.
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Poverty Ridge Items.

We are still having fine weather for
farm work. do not remember to have
ever seen better time for the farmers to
prepare and plant crop, than we have
had in this section since we began work
There has not been over day that the
land YVES too wet to plough, yet we have
had rain enough to keep the land from
becoming too hard.
Mrs j. 8. Ragsdsle and son while re.
turning from Honea Path last Friday the
mule they were driving became frightened
and ran away with the buggy, throwing
Mrs. Ragsdale ont and painfully hurting
her, and damaging the buggy good deal.
John is q worthy Young man, but it seems
he is unfortunate. He had good young
mule to die some weeks ago and had to buy
another, which ran away and tore up bis
buggy.
We have had six or seven old-time log
rollings In this section lately, during
which politics and the right time of the
moon to plant were the topics of diacus-
sion. Nearly all agree that the dark oil
the moon is the right time TO plant, bu,
disagree when the moon Ia dark. Some
claim 1t to be dark from the full until new
moon. Others claim that it Is dark from
last quarter to fret quarter. Two OF my
neighbors went to town on the same day
and both bought Irish potatoes. It was
just after the new moon. One planted his
potatoes right away, as he said the moon
the moon was full, for, be said, If planted
20 to vine and make no potatoes. Now
each is certain he is right. have always
made fair crops of potatoes by planting in
= al
Mr.. ]. NJ. Shirley still keeps up bis fish
pond. He has some very hne carp and an
immense magnitude Of snakes. As Mr..
Shirley and I are too Old to try to tell q
snake story, any one wishing to know the
number color and size will have to ask
Mr.. Burton. On and around one large
stump there were not a score, but If there
had been as many more and half az many
more and two snaSes and o half there
would have been score. How many
snakes we're there
Mr.. n. A. ]. Greer Ia having bis grove
cleaned Oft for play ground for the can
didates this summer.
Have we prohibition or free whiskey
It reems to me it is prohibition and moth.
ing else. Well, that is what the majority
voted for.
The silver veto is discussed by some
and cussed by Others. It may be the
banks have ths government by the leg,
as Col. Oates says, or in the condition our
creditors get us poor fellows sometimes
when We have to dance to their music.
There is only one thing about silver that
profess to know, and that Is am out OF
the commodity.
There was large crowd at the Union
Meeting, which met with the Barker's
Creek Church last Sunday. The meeting
came too soon or the chicken crop too late
to have much fried chicken, but it was q
nice day for the young ladies to show
their new hats, Fox AARON,
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Washington CORES,

A Washington correspondent says
there is purpose on foot among the
Democratic Senators to hold caucus
and adopt a resolution reading Senator
Hill out Of the party. The position taken
BY Mr.. Hill as to the tariff bill is OF
course very offensive to the advocates OF
that measure and to the administration.
Prior to the delivery Of his speech he was
held in suspicion by the tariff reformers.
Since then the antagonism has been open.
It is held by most OF the radical tariff
reformers that By his speech Mr.. Hill
placed himself outside the party. The
assumption from this spec :, is that he
will not vote for the ts =. l., and tho
purpose is, as soon as 1t is set Il that he
will not vote for the measure, to hold
caucus and declare that his position is
undemocratic and that he cannot be re-
coguized as Democrat In the organiza-
ton of the Senate and can not be permit
ted to participate in the party caucusea.
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He Left Eight Widows.

NEW YORK, April 27.-one Of the most
remarkable cases on record of matrimo-
ny run mad has just developed at Coney
Island.
George Island, saloon keeper, died
there Sunday morning, Monday bis
widows began to arrive to claim his
corpse, The last came Tuesday night,
and when they were counted up 1t was
found that there were seven in all. They
found Islands body in charge of his
last and eighth putative wife. One from
Brooklyn and another from Baltimore
backed up their claims with marriage
certificates, but those females who were
not supplied with documents of that sort
at first refused to give way. For time
1t looked as though the claimants would
have to draw lots for the possession OF is
lands body, :,
His father, who had been telegraphed
to by the woman young Island was liv-
ing with when he died, came on from
Connecticut, reaching Crney Island on
Tuesday. Only the two legal wives and
the woman in whose arms he died faced
the father. The others lowered around
the house weeping and walling. but not
daring to enter aud face the stern Jet sor-
rowing father.
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ALI Free.

Those who have used Dr.. Kings New
Discovery know its value and those who
have not, have now the opportunity to try
it Free. Call on the advertised Druggist
and get atrial Bottie-Free. Send your
name and address to II e. Bucklen & Co..
Chicago, and get sample box of DR.. Kings
New Life Pills Free, as we'll as copy of
Guide to Health and Household Instructor
Free. Ak of which is guaranteed to do
you good and cost you nothing at Hill
Bros. Drugstore.
See the Worlds Fair for Fifteen Cents.
Upon receipt Of your address and fifteen
cents in postage stamps. we will mail you
prepaid our "Souvenir Portfolio of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition" The reg
ular price is fifty cents, but as We want you
to have one, we make the price nominal.
You will find it a work of art and thing
to be priced. It contains full page views
of the great buildings, with descriptions
of same, and is executed in highest style
of art. If not satisfied with it after you
get it We will refund the stamps and let
you keep the book. Address II. E. Buck
en- & Co. Chicago, Ill.
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When fevero and other epidemtcs
are around, safety lies in fortifying the
system with Ayers Sarssparilla. A per-
son having thin and impure blood, is in
the most favorable condition to "catch"
whatever disease may be floating in the
air. Be wise In time.
Prof. Ball, the astronomer royal of
Ireland. calls attention to a curious fact
in connection with tides. At present the
moon is 100000 miles away, but there
was time in the distant past when 1t
saw about 10000 miles. Ifthe moon at a
distance of 100000 miles gives as tides
that average three feet the world over,
they must have been ZIG times higher, or
at least 64O feet, at the time when It was
only 10000 miles away, Such tide as
the above would drown the Mississippi
Valley from the Eads jetties to the
mouth of the Bad Axe, and would pile
up water 300 feet deep in the streets of ST.
Louis.
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Tho fourth annual Reunion Of che Con-
lsdesate Veterans In Birmingham, Ala,
last week was a brilliant succas. and was
saltanded Ssby more than ten thousand
Veterans. The meeting continued through
two days and was full Of interest to every
delegate present. Gen. John p. Gordon
was resalacted Commando Chief, and
ii tMas decided to hold the reunion next
year at Houston, Texas.
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are overlapped, thus completely enclos-.
ing the cotton. The bale is then secured
by means of galvanized wire cloth of
two-inch mesh made of No. Is steel wire.
It is made of width slightly less than
cut off in lengths required. When the
bale has been compressed to the density
required the selvod dge edges of the wire
cloth cover are fastened by means of
wire hooks. The weight Of this cover is
about the same as two-ponnd bagging,
and am assured by the inventor, sup
plemented by the written proposals of
the manufacturers, that it can he sold to
the farmers at cost not exceeding IS
cents per bale. 1t will, therefore, effect
saving of at least 90 cents to the farmer,
nearly equal to che resale of bags and
ties
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he Beats Three Horses.

COLUMBIA, April 26.-The bicycle-horse
race rum here this afternoon was the most
exciting race Of any kind ever run on
this track. It was full Of life, spirit and
excitement from beginning to end. Fully
five hundred people were out to see the
race. It was fivs o'clock before the start
was made. :.
Jack Prince, the victorious long.dis-
tarce rider, and Nellie, one Of the three
horses to race with him, got an even
start, and during the first mile and
half around the track the horses, which
were changed every mile and half
kept from ten to twenty yards ahead.
Then the nip and tuck began. AT one
time the horses were ahead and then
Jack Prince. Toward the end Prince
took the lead, but on the twenty.sixth,
the next to the last lap, lost his position,
and then George W., Haights best racer,
was put in and most persons thought
Prince would lose, but be lot himself out
an6 after having made fast time during
the whole race made the last mile In 2.423
and the last half In l.00.
The occupants Of the grand stand rose
en- mssse towards the finish and all the
while fearful that the horse would
win, but Prince bent over his wheel
and with one superhuman squirt he cross
ed the line Ave feet ahead Of the plunging
horse.
There was no hoax about the race.
Haight entered George W., Nellie and
Kittie, three OF his best horses, and let
then out. Prince worksd splendidly
and had to contend against billy and
somewhat rough track. The time for the
twenty miles was 62 minutes and
Is 2-5 seconds. The slowest mile run was
liz 3.l24, and the second mile was made
In 2.54.
Prince was in good shape when he dn-
ished, as the first thing he did was to oom-
plain of the track, an evidence of bis hav-
Ing wind.
Everyone was delighted with the ex-
citing race and Prince received an ova-
ton after winning. The race was for
receipts to the winner. The only relief
Prince got was the two drinks he took
while in transit.-NeUs and Courier,
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The, town of Chester is the first In the
State to declare itself regarding the anom-
alous lllrlor situation. The city council
after ohtlining legal advice mas passed
an ordinance to the effect that whereas,
according te, the decision Of the Supreme
Court, they have no authority to grant
liquor licenses, and whereas parties are
openly violating the law by selling liquor,
.such parties are deemed guilty Of amis-
sdemeanor and, upon conviction, are to
sbe fined NOT less than $50 and imprisoned
not less than twenty days. Their places
are declared to be nuisances and the
police ARE commanded to abate them at
once. 1T is probable that a test case may
sbs brought under this ordinance, as the
liquor men, II arrested, will sue for an
iriiunetson.
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"WEDNESDAY, May 2, 1894.

Congressman McLaurin has recently
written a breezy letter to the editor Of the
Manning Times, which we publish on
the first piga Of the INrELL1aENoER this
week. Coming from such prominent
Reformer: as Mr.. MoLaurin, it is very
Interesting, reading.