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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
A Son Shoots his Father.

Pinckney Dill. prominent and well
known citizen of Highland Township,
upper Grsenville, was shot and probably
fatally wounded Wednesday evening by
his son, Furman Dill. It is reported here
that Pinckney Dill had been drunk and
had left home threatening his wife that if
he found her there when he got back he
would kill her. On his return he found
his wife away and followed her to the
house Of Furman Dill, abort distance
from his own house. He entered Fur
mans house with an open knife, swear
ing and threatening and, it il reported,
attempted to cut his son. Thereupon the
latter opened fire with 40 calibre revol-
YER. Two bullets took effect in the
upper part of Pinckney Dill's breast, one
on each side. A shot gun also figured in
the transaction, exactly how is not known,
but the net result was that the load was
emptied into Pinckney Dil's back. The
wounded man was attended by DR.. Jack
son and has been made rs comfortable as
possible. Members of his family are
taking good care of him. The latest
report is that he has fair chance for re-
coyery.-GreenviI{e NeWs.
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They spat at Each Other.

LITTLE Rock, April 7.-Governor
James P. Clarke and Representative w.
R. Jones, Of Marian county, had On alter
cation in the lobby Of Gleason's Hotel
this afternoon which came near resulting
in very serious affair. Yesterday whom
the charges of bribery were made In tho
House against certain members In con-
neotion with the railroad commission
bill, Mr.. Jones rose to question of priYi-
lsge and stated that Governor Clarke was
responsible for tho charges that hs had
gone about in the dark like an assassin
with knife up his sleeve, stabbing in
the back mon who were his peers in
every respect.
About Q o'clock this afternoon Cover
nor Clarke called at Gleason's Hotel,
where he met Jones In the lobby. He
requested q private interview with Jones
in order that he might have an under
standing with him. Jones replied that
he would go nowhere with him, and that
If he had any business with him he could
transact it whore they were. This an
gsred tho Governor and he Bpat in Jones
face. Jones spat back at the Governor,
who drew large pistol, but was prevent
ed from shooting by several bystanders.
Clarke wan arrested by constable, but
was released on his own recognizance.
The Governor will plead guilty to NOR
row in Justice court to assault.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10

Y The German department Of telegraphy
has been investigating the effect Of tels-
phone wires on atmospheric electricity.
The result has shown that such telephone
wires materially weaken the severity OF
thunder storms and decrease the danger
from lightning. This investigation has
been conducted along practical lines and
The. Official data embraces information
,fom $40 cities with telephone wires and
.ffom 500 without them, with the surpris-
ing result that the danger Of damage by
lightning in the wired cities is as l to 4.6,
or nearly five times more danger from
lightning in cities without telephone
wires. Another peculiar fact was estab-
liahsd by this investigation that in
places without telephones an average Of
sfYa lightning strokes occur per hour dur
ing 8 thunder storm, while in cities with
telephones only three occur. While it Is
very dangerous to use the telephone dur
ing q thunder storm, yetin other respects
sfIIfs useful instrument and its conducting
wires, instead Of increasing the danger
from lightning. 81 many suppose, Is IN
reality q very efficient protection.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
A Southern President

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The Post this
morning, under the caption "a Southern
Democrat for 1896" publishes column
editorial in which it asks: "Why should
not the Democrats nominate a Southern
man next year? Why wouldn't that be
the righ. thing to do?-the courageous,
the consistent, the equitable thing? Why,
indesd!'
Tho Post says it is difficult to under
stand the attitude of the national party
and the acquiescence Of the South in
regard to the Presidency. "Possibly it
il habit. For two decades, at least,
Southern Democrats have agreed to the
proposition set up by their Northern col
leagues that the country is not ready for
q candidate from the section lately in
rebellion against the General Govern
ment. For two decades and more it has
been an accepted theory that Southern
candidate would alarm the American peo-
pie, would revive all the memories, the
apprehensions, and the antagonisms Of
1SGI-5. And, during all that time, the
Southern Democracy have assented with
out protest, subordinated themselves to
the mere phantom Of vanished past,
meekly borne tho heat and burden of
successive campaigns, furnished the rank
6uu ul6 Ill tu0 A0as O1tIAoS. 0AA CSSoN
aside in humble Difference and uncom-
planning abnegation while the fruits OF
their strength and prowass were divided
among tho members of an Insignificant
contingent. But why? At most, this
was only an expedient. It was never
essentially matter Of principle and pro-
priety."
The Post thinks the time is ripe to put
an end to the existing state Of affairs.
Senator Morgan declares that the case
could not have been better put than it IL
in the Posts editorial.
Senator Hill has telegraphed the Post
the following:
ALBANY, N. Y, April 4, 1870 the
Editor of the Post: have perused with
much interest your article, entitled "a
Southern Democrat for 1885," 1t IL able,
creditabls and timely. Any policy which
seeks to bsbase an otherwise acceptable
candidate simply by reason of the section
of country wherein he resides is unpatri-
otic, unwise and Un.American, and am
opposed to it.
This is no time for tho toleration Of Sec
tional prejudices, jealousies and animosi-
ties. The existing political conditions
demand that the party should have the
whole country to choose from. Let there
be free field, fair contest and may the
best man win.
This is my Democracy and these are
my sentiments, briefly and hastily ex-
pressed. DAVID B. HILL.
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member Of the cabinet has declared
to the Washington representative of the
chicago Iymes-H Herald that the president
:snot only earnestly in favor Of the con-
ference, but is disposed to go further in
trying to establish asystem Of bimetal-
SIhm than are many true friends Of that
.system. He is In favor Of ignoring Great
Britain, IL that be necessary. in order to
reseIl an international agreement. Ac-
:cordlng to this statement Of . cabinet
minister, Mr. Cleveland believes that the
United States, France and Germany, act
ing together, can safely open their mints
tosilyer at an agreed ratio, and therefore
can afford to ignore the refusal Of Great
Britain to enter into an agreement. He
further states that the president, in select
ing the three members OF the conference
from the United States which Congress
empowered him to choose, will endeavor
TO select men who hold views similar to
his own-not goldbugs or silver mono
metallists, but men who really desire to
see the system Of bimetallism re-estab-
Hshed in the whole civilized world.
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A Farmers 0pinion.

P. NJ. Fowler is the only reformer seen
here this year who believes that cents
cotton is blessing and that the present
outlook is particularly cheerful. He rea-
sons it out in this way: The decline in
agriculture, resulting from low cotton,
will inevitably force large quantities of
Southern capital into manufactures, and
the increase of manufactures will just as
inevitably bring about favorable reac-
ton in agricultural interests by increas
ing the home demand for cotton. In his
view the cotton factory which takes
bale worth SIS and makes it worth $50
brings $25 of new money to be circulated
and Invested here. Thisis an illustration
of his theory of the unfailing supremacy
fetal appearances. Disease in the body
polite, he believes, will always cure
itself, If this natural law is loft to work
itself out without medicines, or surgery
or quack experiments.
The idea Of increasing the price of cot
ton by reducing production he regards as
nonsensical. He does not think that any
country can be benefited by reducing it's
productions, even if 80 doing were not
contrary to human nature and therefore
impossible. This scheme proposes to
retard and reduce human exertions and
the use by men Of powers and property
belonging to them. He says that the
proper way to increase the price OF cotton
is to reduce the surplus to be sent abroad
to compete with the cheap Egyptian and
Indian cotton and to have its prices fixed
by Europe. This surplus can best be
reduced by manufactures at home and
having the prices fixed here. It would
be the best form Of protection both to the
farmer and the man nufacturer to have
American mills use all the American
cotton, or better still Southern mills use
all Southern cotton.
He thinks the construction of the
Nicaragua canal will change the CONNER
cial center of this country TO the South,
involving of course similar change from
manufacturing centers, as tho canal will
be the gateway to South America, Japan
and China and easiest to access from this
part of the continent. It would also give
American manufacturers very impor-
tant advantage over England and there.
fore stimulate greatly the establishment
of enterprises in this section.
He does not believe that increase OF
currency in this country Is the proper
remedy for the cure of existing evils.
Like all other evils he thinks scarce
money and high interest will cure them.
selves, by forcing people to save and
thereby accumulate steady additions to
their permanent capital. If there is any
increase or imitation of currency be wants
to see 1t among the nations which buy
our surplus, because men naturally sell
where prices are best but invest their
money whore it is valuable and brings
the best interest. He would regard the
adoption of free silver by England as an
enormous blessing to the farmers Of the
South as it will enable them to sell the
cotton at silver prices while buying their
supplies at gold prices.
An inflated currency in this country,
however, would increase manufactures
and other enterprises.-GreenoiNe Ne'0s.
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The Best Hog Food Known.

One thing leads to another. We printed
two or thrce days ago the testimony OF
Mr.. J. G. Evans in the Rural World that
he had ''turned 48 hogs on patch OF two
acres of Jerusalem artichoke0 in October,
and by the 4th Of April following they
had gained l25 pounds, without grain
Of other fesd," and were fat enough to
soil to the packers; and that he has ~
years experience, but would not know
how to farm and raise hogs without arti-
chokes." We showed, by short calou-
lation, that Mr.. Evans's experiment on
the two acres paid him about $974, taking
six cents q pound as the price OF the pork,
and we suggested that farmers in South
Carolina might find it to there interest to
try the same crop for the purpose OF hog
raising.
We received yesterday from valued
contributor the following confrmatory
and additional particulars in regard to
the plant in question, which will be in
teresting to any of our farmers who ara
not familiar with it, if there are, indeed,
any farmers in the State who are not
familiar with it:
50 "The Jerusalem artichoke is not pro-
luced from seed, but is cultivated for its
tubers, which are especially valuable for
stock feeding on account of their great
fattening properties they are we'll adapt
cd to any soil where corn and potatoes
can be grown. They are the best hog
food known; preventive Of cholera and
other hog diseases. One acre planted in
artichoke roots will keep from twenty to
thirty head of hogs in fine condition from
October until April, except when the
ground IL frozen too hard for them to
root, as they should not be dug in the
fall, but the hogs turned into the field to
help themselves by roofing for them.
Three bushels of tubers are sufficient to
seed one acre. Cut to one eye, the same
as potatoes, planting in April or May in
rows three feet apart and two feet IN the
rows, and cover about two inches Deep.
The price Of the tubers when ordered
from Northern seed growers, we are in
formed, is about 60 cents peck. or ~
bushel. The Charleston market Is usu-
silly abundantly supplied with them for
cooking and plckling purposes, and they
can probably be obtained cheaper here.
It will be noted that the planting time
is in April or May, and now is the time,
therefore, to provide for the crop for next
winters use. It will also be noted that
the ground in this part of the country is
never "too hard for hogs to root" 80 that
the tubers will always be available for
feeding purposes in this latitude from
October to April, or as long a. they last.
They are Especially valuable for stock
feeding purposes" They are "the best
hog food KNOWN" and the very cheapest,
it appears. They are we'll adapted to any
soil that will grow corn or potatoes. They
are we'll adapted to tho wants and uses
OF the average farmer in South Carolina
lust now. The sesd-roots can probably
be- obtained in any county in the State.
Try them and report results !-Nei0s and
Courier.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA, April g.
Harry St. John, son of Ex-Governor st.
John, of Kansas, and a member of the
last Oklahoma Legislature, shot and
killed his wife this afternoon about two
miles from this city. He became pos
sessed of q letter addressed to her. This
afternoon he hired buggy and drove out
to his place. Getting his gun, no con-
fronted his wife with the letter, threaten
ing to kill her if abe did not dinclose its
author. She refused and, as he claims,
the gun was discharged accidentally,
shooting her through the breast. She
died without uttering word.
Mrs. St. John was Miss Mary Fel-
bon. Her father, William B. Felbon, was
formerly county judge Of Saquaohe
county Colorado, and later warden of the
COLORADO penitentiary. She leaves two
small children. She was twenty.eight
years of age and her husband is thirty
five and a lawyer. BE has lived in Okla
homa since 1889.
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The Fate of a Drunkard.

MACON, GA, April 4.-Patent Shea, q
citizen of Hancock County, was shot and
killed last night by Prof w. E. Rey.
nolds, Of tho Middle Georgia Military and
Agricultural College. Shea was proba-
bly, drunk, and was on Reynolds's front
porch. Reynolds took him for a burglar,
and his son, who was with him when lie
opened his front door, warned him to
look out, az the man was going to shoot.
The Professor raised his gun and fired,
almost instantly killing Shea. The affair
is deeply regretted by all the people Of
Milled9eville, and by none more than
Prof. Reynolds himself. The coroner's
jury returned a verdict Of perfectly justi-
fable homicide.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
R.1rroap MEETING IN KNOXVILLE

Messrs. q. r. Tolly, P. X. McCully, D.
F.sWhitner, j. NJ. Sullivan, J. E. Brea-
zeale and r. s. Hill, who represented
Anderson in the Railroad meeting at
Knoxville, Tenn, last Wednesday, re-
turned home last Saturday. All of them
report q pleasant trip, and have come
home thoroughly aroused on the railroad
question and believing that the road ia
going to be built at no distant day.
&The meeting was large and enthusiast
tic one, representatives being present
from Kentucky, Tennessee, North Caro-
lima, and was presided over by Judge 8.
j. Logan, of Knoxville. The meeting
was held in the Court House, which was
packed and hundreds could not get seats
or standing room. Col. Boone was pres
snt and addressed the meeting, giving
brief outline of the scheme by which he
proposes to build the road. He asks for
q promoting fund of at least $500, 600 from
the FIVE States represented there. OF this
sum South Carolina will be expected to
contribute $4,000. Col. Boone asys it
will take $40, 900 to build and equip
the road under his plan, and that the
bonds to raise this amount can easily be
placed in Europe.
A number Of speeches were made by
delegates from the several States repre-
sented, after which the following reso-
lutions were adopted:
Whereas, There is, without question, a
necessity and demand for line railway
extending from tho coal fields Of Ken
tucky and Tennessee to Tidewater:
Whereas, this has been 30 clearly re.
cognized for the past fifty years, that vari-
ous efforts have been made to construct
such railway. Lines have been located
and much work has been done towards
construction:
II Whereas, the reasons for failure in each
case, heretofore, have been exceptional
and In, no way implied any change in the
conditions demanding the road:
Whereas, these reasons being now
stronger than ever from the fact that the
mineral and other resources Of the vari-
gous States through which the road should
pass have been developed, and have been
found 10 be richer than ever anticipated.
D An unlimited market for coal and timber
awaits the construction of this road at
Tidewater, and whereas, the number Of
enterprises that would absorb capital
with an assurance Of absolute certainty
and profit are more limited than hereto
fore: Therefore,
!. Resolued, That the time has come to
build this road, the conditions being
more favorable than ever before.
8 Resolced, That this Convention having
heard the plan proposed by Col. Albert
E. Boone cordially endorse the same,
believing that his proposals are reasons
BILE and such that promise success.
q Resolvcd, That having Investigated the
record of Col. Boone, We believe he comes
to this work fully equipped by ability
and q large experience to carry to q sue
soessfnl issue his plans.
Resolued. That. we for ourselves and
tho sections we represent pledge Colonel
Boone our enthusiastic support and that
I'VE recommend the raising and e1pendi-
fture Of such preli liminary funds ~ may be
necessary to put this road in q shape to
be considered by tho capitalists who will
be asked TO take its bonds.
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The new manufacturing and mining
eistsfprises In the Southern States for the
sshrsts quarter Of 1895, as reported to the
Manu- lecturers Record, shows an aggre-
gate of SOL q gain OF 229 as compared
With The first three months Of 1894. The
largest increase is shown in cotton mills,
sos which iorty-two were organized dur
Ing the last three months, against nine
.for the same period Of 1894 of miscel-
ianeuns enterprises there were 455 against
i298; mining and quarrying companies
;increased from fifty to sixty-two flour
mflls from twenty-four to thirty-seyen,
and cotton congresses from one to seven.
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sSsThs lfdnn acture,.s Record Of last
sNHak blished = number Of letters from
Representative business men in all parts
sofs the country on the prospects for gem
sgal bEaineas improvement. The ma
jcTityof views while Of 9 conservative
Nlna are. to the effect that business from
this time on swill gradually butlsteadily
simproye. The iron and steel manufac-
stnserz and merchants report q decided
increase in demand for their products i;
straflc IS increased on railroads. and
sblnkers state that investors are showing
more confd dence In different sections,
especially inthe South.
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DIR. Sampson Pope, the defeated
candidate for Governor in the late cleo
tion, was admitted to practice in the
United States Circuit Court at Charleston
last week. When asked what this course
meant, DR.. Pope answered that it was a
preliminary step in the bringing Of a suit
to allow the court to test the constitution
ality of the Registration Act of 1882, and
consequently strikes at the election OF
1894, 10 far as the same relates to the
Constitutional Convention. DR.. Pope
will alao attack the point In the resolution
calling the Constitutional Convention
and providing for the registration Of
voters, which passed last session in the
General Assembly.
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"A woman weighing 1873 pounds
elcped from her husband at Essen, in
Germany, lately. He found out tho
train she had taken, and telegraphed only
her exact weight to the officials at the
other end Of the line, telling them to
arrest her. Whom the train camo In every
woman on it was taken to the baggage
room and weighed. The runaway was at
onco identified and sent back to her
husband,
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NOTICE.

Township Commissioners will furnish
all road contractors at once with list of
hands that have not paid the commrta-
ton tax, and also take bonds of the con.
tractors.
WILL be let at the old site, to the low
day, the 1lth day of April, at 10 a M the
rebuilding of the Fridge across Big Greek,
on "Wi!scn Ferry" Read, near Bud Bry.
ants.
Also. the rebuilding or repairing of o
Bridge across Six and Twenty. near DR..
w F. Overs, on same day at p. m.
Also, on Saturday, April goth, IT II
8. M, the re covering of house at Poor
House Plans and specifications made
known on dsy of letting. The house will
be covered either with corrugated iron or
tin.
Reserving right to reject any or all bids.
W P. SNEL3ROVE, Supervisor.
April 8. 1895 40 2