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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02
Opened as by Magic.

RALEIGH, Sept. 26.-The drought con-
.tinues all over the State. and all reports
received here are to the effect that the
cotton crop is injured 33 per cent. this
month. Such rapid opening was never
before known. At the State farms on the
Roanoke river bottoms where ten days
ago only ten bales were open, 700 bales
are now open. The uperintendents of
the States farms declare that in three
weeks all the cotton worth picking will
be open. Picking Is going on rapidly.
Shedding of bolls and leaves continues,
and tba estimate Is that there will be only
half an average crop in the State.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02
Playing with a Pistol.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 24.-Tw
boys, aged eight and eleven years, name'
Thompson, at Blossburg, about twent.
miles west of this city, we're in aroon
playing with pisto.. a shot was hear
and the mother rushed into the room an
found the younger lad lying on the foo
dead, with bullet hole iu his forehead
The older brother said some one on th
outside fired through the window, but
is thought the two were playing with th
pistol when it went off. The mother
almost frantic with grief.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02
A Girl Minus two Lovers.

SAVANNAH. September PA Thom-
asville special to the Morning NeaoS says :
News has reached this city of a very
bloody impromptu duel between G. w.
Ragan and M. T. Shaw, two young men
living near Meigs. The fight occurred
over the line in Mitchell county. Each
man fired five shots at his antagonist,
four shots taking effect in each case.
Ragan was killed on the spot, while Shaw
was mortally wounded and died yester-
day. It is said that the young men quar-
relied over girl. They had gone to see
the girl together and were returning
home when thequarrel took place. They
got out of their buggy and fought it out.
The young men belonged to the respec-
table farming class.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02
Teachers Examination.

N'HERE will he an Examination for ap-
plicants to teach in the public schools
OF Anderson County held in the Court
House on Friday, October 81, 1895, begin.
ming at 9 q. m. Renewals are abolished
by law, and teachers whose licenses have
expired will present themselves for exam
ination. Taose who have taught ten con.
secutive years in the County Can have q
ten years exen ption certificate issued upon
application. Applicants will bring PIN, ,
i'll and paper. d. II. RUSSELL,
OFT Q JsQS School Com
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02

Sam Jones says he has q supreme con-
tempt forthe pharisee who loves to pray
Standing in the synagogue, while he
Keeps his property in his wife's name TO
keep from settling with creditors. And
Samss abump'' Of contempt is pretty
yvesl 5avalope6.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02
Notice of Dissolution.

THE undersigned hereby give motto
i that they have this day dissolved
copartnership ss dealers in buggips, har|
ness, saddlery, etc. All debtors will maxi
settlement with H. G.. Johnson, who vii
continue in the business, under the fr1
name and style Of 81. G. johnson d SolI
II. G.. JOHNSON,
M. P TRIBBLE.
Fept % 1895 IA 81
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02
rREAsURER's NOTICE.

THE Treasurer of Anderson County
will open the Tax Books for the col
lection of State, County and Poll Taxes
Tor the fiscal year 1894 and 1925 at his Office
in Anderson from October 18th to Deem
ber 3lst, 1895, except four days in Novem.
Der. I will collect taxes at Pelzer one day,
at Piedmont one day, at Honea Path one
day, at Cooks Station one day. The
dates will give later.
All parties owning property in more than
one Township will make it known when
they are paying their taxes.
All male persons between the ages OF Il
and so years are iioble to Poll Tax.
The tax is as follows:
State Tax.....,,...... ......... Al mi lis
School Tar ....,,.,.......... mills
ordinary County y.....,.............. mills
past Indebtedness. .............. l mill
Pnh,ic Roads. ,,,,........... mill
Total Tax... .,............ 10 mills
J. M. PAYNE, Treas A. G.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02

For nearly year work has been done
towards the artistic improvement of Un-
Gle Sans paper money, and in the near
future new one, two, five and ten dollar
bills will be issued that the officials be-
lieve will be the most artistic notes ever
issued and that they will probably be in
the hands of the public by the first of
Noyem
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02

Connecticutis the latest State to enact
q good-roads law The Act is simple
one. Il provides for commission OF
three members, to be appointed by the
Governor, whose duty it shall be to over
see the work of macademizing roads, and
assess the cost Of the improvement in
three equal parts-on the towns, the
county and the State. The States outlay
islimited to $4,000. The road improv-
ing is to be limited by the towns them
selves; after the roads are selected, it is
for the commissioners to see that the
work Is properly done. and the cost duly
apporsioned.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02

Henry Watterson announces that heis
s entirely out OF politics, and viii make no
I further political speeches under any cir
cumstances. He win go to Europe next
/ gear, to be wholly ont Of the campaign.
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NOTICE,

THE copartnership of the undersigned
Il V. a. Watson and w. G, WatsonI
under the name of W. G. Watson & Sopl
has this day been mutually dissolved
All persons ind. bted to said Firm will
make payment to V. II. Watson at Barnes,
8. G. w G WATSON.
V. II. WATSON.
Sent 30 1895 il II
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02

The principal thing needed to make
! Democratic success next year certainty
is party harmony. With harmony the
psrtycan win; without harmony it can
I; not possibly win.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02

Nothing speaks higher for community
than the presence Of good roads. A pros
srtiya land buyer going into section OF
country looking for q farm is influenced
very greatly by the ditionSof the pub
S lie highways. Hs knows if those are
well kept that the community is both
prosperous and progressive. 1t is not a
matter for the eye alone. There is
economy In coed roads. expensive though
they may seem. Onsa solid smooth road
every teamster knows he can haul
heavier loads with greater ease, to say
nothing Of The wear and tear of the vehi-
Gle and team.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02

The Columbia Everiag Ne,os, which
has been q strong supporter Of the Till
man. EY.zns administration, thus speaks
sof the Noble Leader: Senator Tillman
has been plnnging about like . demented
being ia the Convention. his fierce
onslaughts upon men, and his active par
tisanship for local measures seemed
-atrange and inexplicable. But stranger
b ssill has been his mode Of reasoning, iii,
can be dignifed by that term. A feeling
Of aiscontent against him is widespread
amcng the Reformsrs In the Convention.
Taere Is no use disgusting the fact.''
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02

There is rumor aloat thatthe railway
companies and express companies are
about to split and that the railways will
hereafter carry their own express matter.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02

This astonishing statement is made by
the Manu- actlreYss s Record Zone thous-
anu million dollars a year would be the
annual value OF the cotton Of the South
f It Wereail manufactured at home, and
the time is fast coming when the worlds
cotton mills must come to the worlds
chief cotton field the sorth. This means
8 wonderful increase in the wealth Of the
South ]; u means rate of progress and
d degres OF prosperity never seen be-
foraap 49, ~. ~ as5s
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Old People. .

Old people who require medicine t
regulate the bowels and kidneys will find
the true remedy in Electric Bitters. Tht
medicine does not stimulate and contain
no whiskey nor other intox icant, but acI
as tonic and alternative. 1t acts mildl|
on the stomach and bowels, adding strength
and giving tone to the organs. thereby
aiding Nature in tho performance of tbl
functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent
appetizer and aids digestion. Old Peopll
find it just exactly what they need. PricI
fifty cents per bottle at Hill Bros. DruI
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02

The Board of Directors of the Alta nta
Exposition have decided not to open the
Exposition on Sundays. Tn.s is a wise
and proper step.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-02
Two LiYes Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction CitJ
III. was told by her doctors she had CoI
sumption and that there was no hope fl
her, but two hotties Of DR.: Kings Ne
# saved ber s MR. Tbes
from dreadfal cold, approaching Cor
sumption, tried without result everythin
else then bought one bottle Of Dr.. King
New Discovery and in two weeks ws
cured. He is naturally thankful. It
such results. of which these are sample.
that prove the wonderful efficacy of thl
medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free tris
bottles at Hill Bro,. Drug Store Regula
size SOC. and $lG0.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-28

grees, the same az at present, and has
short but appropriate work IN both de.
grees. The most advanced step taken
however was in the matter OF permitting
grading assessments. Heretofore assess
ments have been uniformly level at 81
per member al all ages. A plan OF grad
ed assessments is now permitted to the
Jurisdictions which adopt it, and Illinois
will enter upon it, it being the
OILY jurisdiction prepared to enter upon
it at once. The graded plan is as follows
on $1,000 insurance: Class A., members
between the ages OF 81 and 30, inclusive
so cents an assessment; class b 81 to 80,
Is cents; class G 36 to 45, 81; and class
d 46 and over, sl.25. When a member
passes the age limit Of n class he
enters the rate OF the next.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-28

Sioux Falls Press, 27: Duncan Nc
Farland, Senator Kyle's private secre-
tary, d. G. Holbrook and Fred G. and c.
w. Buchanan returned from Cherokee
by the Central yesterday morning
whittier they accompanied the body of
Robert Buchanan, which was inferred at
that place Oh Tuesday. The deceased
was m of the pioneers Of that town,
and the funeral demonstrations over his
remains were the largest and most strik-
ing ever witnessed there. Everything
was done to show the respect and esteem
10 which the distinguished dead was
held. All places of business were closed
during the ceremonies. and the state
senatorial CO invention in session there
adjourned as a mark of respect. \ re-
QUESTION was made on all the flowers in
the town and a large quantity was re-
ceived from Sioux City.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-28

Those who pretend to know say there
is4o need for any apprehension OF gold
exports, aver if the report is true that
the bond syndicate has made the final
payment Of gold into the subtreasury at
New York. 1t does not make any differ
ence if they have. The provision in the
last bond contract obligating the syndi-
cate to protect the gold IN the treasury
from Withdrawals for export holds good
until Oct. l.. The payment Of the
S6,5OO,O 900 balance into II subtreasury
brings the gold reserve upto l O1,5OO,OUO
and there will be no more bonds issued
unless there is a heavy depletion OF the
reserve. The bond syndicate will pre-
rent this, certainly, SO far as gold ex-
ports are concerned, until October. by
that time the business improvement and
the country's produce exports may set
at rest any fear Of gold exports.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-28
HE ARRIVED LATER.
Colonel John s. Wise Did Not Meet Gen
eral Sherman In Brazil.

Colonel John 8. Wise Did Not Meet Gen
eral Sherman In Brazil.
Everybody knows that Colonel Wise
fought as a mere boy in the southern
army, became a Republican after the
war and ran an unsuccessful race for
governor of Virginia. He has been on
the field of honor more than once, but
no longer believes in the duello as he
did in his younger days. While a Vir-
ginian to the core still he is not a native
Of the Old Dominion. At that famous
Astor House dinner a few years ago
made memorable by the eulogy Mr.. De-
pew passed on President Cleveland,
General w. T. Sherman, in the course
Of a very interesting speech, alluded to
a trip made by him to California in
1846, via the cape. He stopped of at
Rio Janeiro on Christmas eve to pay
his respects to Hon. Henry A. Wise, at
that time United States minister to
Brazil, and was Hospitality entertained.
"What time did you leave the minis.
ter's house?" queried Colonel John s.
Wise. who was n Of the guests, inter.
rupting General Sherman.
"At 9 o'clock, Christmas eve," re.
sponded old Tecumseh.
IT you had just waited two hours
longer, general, I'd have been glad t.
make your acquaintance, said Wise.
Two hours later the young Wise made
his first appearance on this terrestrial
globe. washington Post.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-28

Washington dispatch, 26: Comptroller
Eckles said that he had received the re-
port Of the receiver OF the defunct First
National bank Of Redteld, s. d., con-
corning the affairs Of Taylor and his con-
nection with that institution. The re-
ceiver says hat Taylor owed the bank
about $45, 900 at the time Of his flight and
he has strong hopes hat arrangements
will be made whereby this amount will
be collected.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-28

Very few people know that there are,
in connection with the Geneva watch
trade, competitions involving very large
sums of money, o goodly proportion of
which finds it's way into England.
A certain number of watchmakers at
Geneva nominate certain dealers in
England who shall hold competition
watches made by the former, and the
names Of such dealers are agreed to by
the whole of the said makers. Prizes
ranging from $500 downward are given
to the makers whose particular watches
shall keep the best time and remain in
the finest condition during IL months.
The English dealers who hold the
watches during the 10 months have to
keep a daily record in regard to the loss
or gain Of time evidenced by their
charges, and they are Of course in abso,
Int honor bound to keep a correct one
and not 10 tamper with the watches De.
yond winding them. No given makers
watch in the competition bears any
name or distinctive mark other than pc.
culiarities of construction by which the
name Of the maker can be identified BY
the holder. The watches are Of thu
usual kind manufactured for tradin,
purposes and not mere Exhibition
watches, and the holder Of each priz'
winner receives one-half Of the award
London Standard.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-28
o APPARiTlON.
He Saw q Ghostly Image Of Himself In .
Ookin Glass.

He Saw . Ghostly Image Of Himself In .
Looking Glass.
Mr.. Noah Brooks, in his personal rem
in~iscences of Lincoln in The Century,
tells the following strange story:
On the day mentioned Lincoln mar
rated an incident the particulars OF
which I wrote out and printed directly
after. These are his own words, as
nearly as they could then be recalled:
ut was just after my election in
1860, when the news had been coming
in thick and fast all day and there had
been a great 'hurrah boys SO that /
was we'll tired out and went home to
rest, throwing myself down on a lounge
in my chamber. Opposite where l lay
was q bureau with q swinging glass
upon it" (and here he got up and placed
furniture to illustrate the %positionl,
land looking in that glass / saw myself
reflected nearly at full length, but my
face, I noticed. had two separate and
distinct images, the tip Of the nose OF
one being about three inches from the
tip of the other. 1 was q little bothered,
perhaps startled, and got up and looked
in the glass, but the illusion vanished.
On lying down again, / saw it o second
time, palmer if possible than before,
and then l noticed that one Of the faces
was a little paler-say five shades
than the other. I got up, and the thing
melted away, and l went off, and in the
excitement of the hour forgot all about
it-nearly, but not quite, for the thing
would once in awhile come up and give
me a little pang as if something uncom-
Portable had happened.
"When l went home that night, l
told my wife about it, and a few days
afterward made the experiment again,
when'' with a laugh 'sure enough the
thing came again, but I never succeed
ed in bringing the ghost back after
that, though l once tried very indus
triously to show it to my wife, who
was somewhat worried about it. She
| thought it was q sign that ! was to be
elected to a second term Of office, and
that the paleness Of one Of the faces was
an omen that I should not see life
through the last term"
This is a very remarkable Story
coincidence, we may say-to which
some significance was given by the crueI
death Of the president soon after the be-
ginning of his second term. I told Mrs.
Lincoln the story and asked her If sht
remembered its details. She expressed
surprise that Mr.. Lincoln was willing
to say anything about it, as he had NJ
to that time refrained from mentioning
the incident to anybody, and as she wa
firm in her belief that the optical illu
sion (Which it certainly was) was
warning Inever again referred to th'
subject to either the president or hi
wife.
Subsequently Lincoln's version Of tn
story was confirmed by Private Secre
tary John Hay, who, however. was o
the opinion that the illusion had BEEF
seen on the day of Lincoln's first nomi
nation, and not, as l have said, on tn
day of his first election.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-28

Most readers will be surprised to learn
as any q may from an excellent illus
trated article in McClure's magazine for
July, how the telegraph has now crept
into the remotest crannies of the earth,
and is transmitting It's hundreds Of mil
lions OF messages a year at a constantly
~lessenlng cost in money and trouble to
the public. The same number contains
dramatic chapter from the history Of
Tammany-the autocratic reign OF
Tweed, with all its barbaric and illicit
splendors, splendors maintained by theft
OF untold millions of public money. An
article by Sir Robert Ball, professor Of
astronomy IN the University OF Cam
bridge, England, shows that recent
scientific discoveries tend to support the
theory that other planets, as we'll as the
earth maintain life. Cy Warman, the
poet engineer, describes a ride on the
locomotive of a London and Paris ex.
press. Cleveland Moffet supplies, from
the Pinkerton archives, a history Of the
stealing OF an express parcel containing
$4,000, and Of the discovery Of the thiei
and the recovery Of most OF the money
after years Of search and pursuit. A
poem addressed by Edward Gcsse u
Robert Louis Stevenson, which reached
Stevenson but a day or two before BIZ
death; Stevenson's rare address o
thanks to the Samoan chiefs who bull
him a road, and his will; and several ex
cellent short stories, among them on
by 20" and q b, Stanley j. Weyman-
are the other noteworthy features Of tn
number. The publishers announce wit
this number a reduction of price to
cents a copy, or one dollar a year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-28
Somber Christianity.

The Aud LIGHT kirk when DR.. Chal-
mers visited it was a terribly bare little
building. The elders were q grim set.
They kept their bonnets on their heads
till the minister entered, and they had
each a large stick in his hand, which
they used for ''chappin'' their noses
through all the service. The minister
wore no gown or bands. He gave a
very long sermon full Of sound divinity,
but without the smallest practical ap.
plication and without a vestige Of feel.
ing. At length DR.. Chalmers got out,
the dismal worship being ended, and
his word was, eff these people ever get
to heaven, they will live on the north
side Of it. San Francisco Argonaut.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-28
HOW ChRIsTY PAID A DEBT.

MlnStreIs generosity I'D u ha1 WI
Had Bcfriended Elm.
The head of the famous Christy min
strel troop was not George, but E. p.
Christy, who originated the company
some time back in the f~orties, and the
following story of the latter is interest
ing:
Christy, then a young man, was =
passenger ON q Lake Erie steamboat
commanded by Captain Folger and
bound to Buffalo, where the first show
was to come off. But the minstrel had
not even q dollar to invest in the hire
Of a cellar for the performance. Cap
tain Folger, to whom he made known
his wants, generously handed him a $40
bill, telling him that he was welcome
to it,. and that he need not trouble him
self about paying it back. On the
strength of this $50 Christy began bust
ness and in o few years became success
full and rich.
In the meantime misfortunes overlook
Captain Folger. Losing his employment
on the lakes, he resolved to try again
the salt water, Oh which he was brought
up. So he came to New York to see if
he could obtain a situation as master
or, failing that, as mate of a seafaring
vessel.
He bethought himself of Christy,
whom he supposed might possibly know
some shipowner to whom he could rec,
commend him. The minstrel received
him most cordially, but told him tina,
he had no acquaintance in that line OF
business.
"Why don't you buy a ship" hi
asked.
Buy a ship!" answered Folger.
"Why. l haven't a dollar in the world
All I want is employment"
"See here" returned Christy, "how
much would a vessel cost?"
Amy price, replied the Captain,
"A pretty good n could be Dough
for, say. $50. 900 or less
"Well, now," exclaimed the hi.
hearted Snowman, you loaned me &2t
once, and l am ashamed to say l have
forgotten to pay it, but / will pay N,
debt now. Go and buy a SEQ, 900 shil
anu StlI'i tHc SSlICI W az III III l.iOIINS
I will own her, and You shall sail her
If she makes anything, you shall hav'
it. Ii she don't, | shall stand the loss.
This is tho conversation, word TO
word, as Captain Folger told it to me
l had just returned from III East Indian
voyage in the Nandalia, a ship of abou
400 tons. One day Captain Folger cam
on board at the dock and introduce,
himself. He said he would like to bp.
the ship and asked the price. 1t SO hap
peDed that $50, 600 was the sum l had de
clded upon. After a little dickering h
offered me SlS, 600, and l accepted it.
To my astonishment. he referred m
to E. p. Christy as the purchaser, an
then he told me the story as / tell it
We went together to see Christy, an'
the result of the interview was that
gave him a bill Of sale of the Vandalia
taking his note in payment, the note t
be paid in installments, and every morn
ing after one Of his entertainments
called upon him and received q hatfu
of bills, quarters, shillings and six
pences until the Indebtedness was car
celed.
Captain Folger made a successfu
voyage to California in the Vandalia
The ship was then sold, and Christ
bought a larger and more expensiv
ship, on board Of which Captain Folge
eventually died at Calcutta. John Coo
man in the New York Herald.