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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-23
Oct 16, 1895
TREASURER'S NOTICE.

TNHE Treasurer of Anderson County
4 will open the Tax Books for the col
lection of State, County and Poll Taxes
for the fiscal year 1894 and 1895 at bis Office
10 Anderson from October 18th to Deem
ber S1st. 1855 except four days in Novem.
ber. 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 81
and 80 years are liAble to Poll Tax.
The tax is as follows:
State Tax ................. Al mills
School Tax ...........".. ............... mills
Ordinary County .......". ".......I z mllls
Past Indebtedness. .......".... l mill
Public Roads ........ ......... ".....". 4 mill
To!al Tax....... ............ lO mills
j. NJ. PAYNE, Treas. A. G.
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~vor1cr p1N.r crrrr p,trNr

NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
IN The undersigned, Executor Of
the Estate of w. A. Brownlee, de-
ceased, hereby gives notice that he will, on
the 24th day October, 1895, apply to the
Judge of Probate for Anderson County for
Final Settlement of said Estate, and a
discharge from his Office as Executor.
L. D. STRIBLING, E1'r.
Sent %. 1895 13 5
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NOTICE.

THE Annual Meeting of the Board OIL
Il County Commissioners for the Fiscal
Year 1894 and 1895, will he held in the
Office of the Supervisor on Thursday aftet
the first Monday in November, 1895. All
persons having claims against the County
m must file them with the Supervisor on OF
by the first day of November, 1895, or they
will be debarred by law.
W. P. SNELGRoVE, SUP.
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Homestead Notice.

State of South Carolina,
County Of Anderson.
E1 Pirte Alice Lindsey, In Re. Estate OF Milton
Lindsey, deceased,
WHEREAS, Mrs. Alice Lindsey has applied to
me for Homestead for herself and child In the Es-
tate Of Milton Lindsey. deceased therefore, do
hereby give notice that will on 10th day OF No
vember next appoint three disinterested persons
to appraise and set off said Homestead as provided
by law. JNO. c. WATKINS,
Oct 16. 1885, Clerk of Court.
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Trains leave spartanburg, A. and c. division
northbound 61S q. m. 1913 p. M, 3:22 p. M,
6ls D. M, yestibued Limited); southbound, 2:59
am, 3O5p. m., 525 a. m, 1882 a. m, (Vastibuled
Limited).
Trains leave Greenville, A. and c. Division,
northbound, SOC a. m, 2:l6 p. u., 3H p. M, and
$50 p. M, tYestibuled Limited; southbound,
1:50 a. m 4:52 p. M, 6:2l q. M, 1928 p. m IVES
tibule Limited).
Pullman Service.
Trains IS and 1e between Asheville and Colum-
bia make connections at Columbia with F. c. &
P, trains 35 and SO, and carry through Pullman
sleepers between Asheville and Jacksonville.
Pullmsn n Palace Sleeping CarB on Trains IS and
IS, 81 and 81. 81 and 3S, on A. and @. Division.
". A. TURK, 8. n. HARDW!CK,
Gen. Pass. Agt. Asst Gen. Pas. Agt., East. Sys.
W. H. GREEN, N: CULP,
Gen. Superintendent, Traftic Mgfs
Washington, D. c.
P.l. WELLEs, supt, Columbia. g. C.
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NOTICE

NF introduction of Bill TO form new
" County from portions OF Anderson,
Pickeus and Oconee Counties:
We will ask the Legislature at its next
session to lay off new County, to be
known as Calhoun County, with Calhoun
as its County Seat, and with the following
boundaries: Beginning at point one
thence to the old Pickens Bridge on Keo'
wee River, thence to Six Mile Church,
thence to mouth of Golden Creek, thence
to Sharon Church, Themes to Sandy Springs
Camp Ground, thence to Sitton's Mills,
thencc a straight line to BEGINNING corner.
E. A. HINES, M. D.
AARON BOGGS,
D. B. SLOAN,
J. w. COCHRAN.
Sent H. 1895 IL
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
~ The undersigned, Executor of
the Estate of Mrs. N. A. Hyde, deceased,
hereby gives notice that he will, on the
18th day of November, 1895, apply to the
Judge of Probate for Anderson County for
Final Settlement of said Estate, and
discharge from his Office as Executor.
N. o. FARMER, Ex'r.
Oct IN 1s05 16
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B. F. WHITNER,
SIMPSON & HOCD,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys,
[sEAL1 JNo. C. Watkins, c. c.c.P.

To the absent Defendant, Mrs. Beulah C. Brown:
Take notice that the Complaint in this action,
together with the Sum mons, Of which the forego-
ing is copy was filed In the Office Of the Clerk OF
the Court Of Common Pleas for Anderson County,
at the City of Anderson, 8. c. On the 18th day Of
October, 1895. B. F. WHITNEY,,
Plaintiffs Attorneys,
Anderson, s. G.
Ook &c 1oo- 1E
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Fine n. @. MOlaSses.

FlU0 ", ". MOItISSCS.
II HAVE twelve or fifteen gallons finest
j. New Orleans Molasses to close out
at COST.
My stock of Wall Paper is complete at
low prices. Golden Rio Coffee, finest Tea
and Sugar Come and see me.
A, B, TOWERS,
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Mary Sherman, in her own right, and Lucy Allen,
Lizzie Mackey and Minnie Hill, infants, BY the
said Mary Sherman as their guardian ad lltem,
Plaintiffs, against Beulah C. Brown aud William
Chancellor, efendants.-Summors for Relief
Complaint Served.
To the Defendants above named:
VIOU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the Complaint In this action, which il
filed In the Office of the Clerk Of the Court Of
Common Pleas, for the said County: and to serve
a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on
the subscribers at their Offices at the City of An
derson, County and State aforesaid within twenty
day of such service and II you fall to answer the
Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plain
tffs in this action will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the Complaint.
Oct. Il. 1895.
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Real Estate for Sale.

Oct 16. 1895
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-23

Close connection made at Calhoun Falls with
seaboard Air Line going north and south.
Through Palace Sleeping Cars on trains Nos.S
and between Augusta and Savannah, Ca.
Close connections at Augusta for all FLORIDA
For any other information write or call on
W. !, CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agt,
B. L. TODD, Trav. Pass Agt. Augusta, Ga
r. 3. FAINT, Agent.
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Valuable Lands for Sale.

Oct 9, 1895
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-17
THE PRrCIOTS uETiLS.

The United States IS the largest prollcrr of
ur.cious metals in the world. But 10y persistent
defeat Of international bimctall>n. largely 10y
the foolishicss If silver fanatics. II Is showed
hack io the third rank in importance. The diiii
emily nf obtaining accurate Information ~ 10
production Of gold and silver. even in our own
country. is 50 fully recognized that unlimited
confidence cannot be- placed in the statement OF
production in all other countries Of the world
last year which has just been made public by
the Mint Bureau Commissioner PreStons Stale
mcnt Of production in this country, where he I'M
oucstlonably hls greater facilities than any
where else for getting exact information, differs
about 4.OOO.OW ounces rs 10 silver and nearly
So. 400. 900 as to gold from the statement Of Wells
Fargo X Coz altogether the best unofficial au
thority. which enjoys facilities Of information In
some respects superior 10 those OF the Mint bu
REM But II the two best authorities in this
country differ widely as to its production. how
can II be supposed that the output Of all coun
tries some half savage or not half settled. ana
many destitute Of official or unofficial means at
all comparable with those available here for
asccrtaining the facts has nevertheless been cx-
actly determined? 1t Is cur0usly characteristic
Of minds not trained in statistical Inquiry that
they accept without question any exact HeuTcS
which anybody may give about distant and prac-
ticay unknowablc facts. but confess uncertainty
by using round numbers about the region that Is
most definitely known. Mint Director Preston
gives the output Of Mexico as S6OS11. 300 silver,
and that OF Bolivia as $2S,444.4 400, but puts the
output Of the United States at $GI,OOO.OOO II
would be cruel 10 ask II Mexican Indians report
ed more precisely than Americans north or the
border.
Nevertheless it will be conceded that the Mint
Bureau has much better facilities than any
private authority for asccrtaining the prod"c-
ton in other countries than our own. ana mas
doubtless prepared its statement for lS'h. as Is
claimed. with great labor and the utmost care
This very fact renders the statement less vain
able for comparison with previous reports pre-
sumaby prepared with less labor and less com
plctc information. In fact, details now appear
for the first time in Mint accounts about some
countries II Is not improbable that greater con
servatism and care on the one hand, ana more
full information on the other. may make great
or difference between reports for 1894 ana TOT
previous years than has actually occurred In the
output
| The production Of silver In the United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-17

obtained nv reckoning from the coinage vaiue
obsurdy given. appears to be 49,516OOO ounces
in Mexico 47,O54 900, in Bolivia 22.OOO,Ooo, anu
I'm Australasia 1S $50 600 all other countries con-
trbutInc only 29,26SOOO ounces. In marker
vo,uc NJ 63lh cents per ounce. the Mint reckon
inc tbe output of the United States would be
s31 .442. ego. Of Mexico $29,S79,290, OF Bolivia
s13 o7OOOO. Of Australasia $11 40S0OO, these four
countries practically determining the silver out
mt OF the world, while all others produce III
voluc only s1S,575.OOO. 1t is clear, unfortunate
w. that the production is not so far restricted
rv tho fall in price. even to an average Of G3l3
cents for the year, against 81 20H coining value
os 70 warrant hope that prices will be speedily
raised bv curtailment OF production. Obviously
II the minc-owners could get 81 20A per ounce
instead Of G3ia cents. even for n short time, the
output would be Indefinitely Increased. so mat
n further depression in the actual value or pur-
chasing power Of the metal must result
Tho gold output is placed at S1S1.51O,1W, ana
IS probably not more accurately known IMAM INV
OUTPUT Of silver, but the figures are entltled 10
the same qualified confidence, as presumably the
best obtainablc. Australia leads In gold WIN
81. 10000. Africa follows with $40.3i6'OW, the
United States comes third with $39,5OOO0O ana
Russia fourth with 21,G46OOO all other coull-
tries yielding $4,000 But while the United
States and Australasia rank highest In prod'ic-
tion OF the two metals, this country yielding
$40 90 ego in value and Australasia SJ3.2il 500,
II is well to observe that Great Britain has
rights of sovereignty over Australia and Africa
producing $50. 1O6. 500 gold, and over British In
dia and British Guiana producing S6,2?',ooo
more. in all 500 SS4GOO gold out OF SlSl.'lO, loo
produced In all countries. But the United States
produces only S39500O0O or oil per cent. II
the output Of both metals were fully available
for monetary use. even at the present val'ie OF
silver the production Of both in British domlI-
ions would be about 500. $4,000, against $Io.oi2-
600 In the United States. But even pirllai
restoration Of silver in value and monetary use
would greatly increase the share OF the United
States in the aggregate production OF the money
metals Obviously, free coinage here would only
depress the value Of silver produced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-17
A LINK TO BE SUPPLIED.

Frcoucnf remarks are made upon the unusual
loneliness Of the country this spring. Rural
residents have observed It, and visitors from the
civ are almost bcwildcrcd lay il. True. vagarics
Of weather have played havoc with some gar
d.ns and VINEYARDS But the woods and fields
sc.m all the more beautiful Never was foliage
nore luxurious or woodland shadows more deep
and cool Never WAS meadow grass more lush
or clover more fragrant. or goden-cyed daisies
more modcstly piquant. The brook beneath III"
silyery willows was never more crystal '''r'
and never rlpplcd more unsteady. and the songs
Of the lavcrock at daybrcak and of the wood
thrush at nirhtfall were never more vibrant with
uttcr iov. The whole face OF Nature smiles Il
welcome. and every voice Of Nature speaks Il
glad invitation.
Nor are the woods AMI fields and their free
hablian,s the only hosts that c.li IL. "The latch
string hangs outside the door of every farm
house Charming Villas and coScy cottages are
furnished and ready And their proprciorS are
standing with ou;>trc;chcd hands. eager Ia wei
come the weary children II the city, u its recs-
Ing streets and ovcrcrowIcd tcncmcniS Their
Mains Itch not They ask 10 money and no price.
Never before was their hospitality more Lavish
and ,nor, gracious They seem - have caught
,h, full spirit ~ Mother Nature. ana 10 be siriv-
lnr. Tor sheer love Of good works 10 make this
year 4 memorable beauty.
What. then. t. lacking? What is needed for
the complete realization of the years bench
rrnrct Here are the suffering ones. ih,r" j. The
,,acc All thlt il wanted is ihr means 10 bring
them together II j. not much. liillc golden
link. II only three dollars. Is sufficient - draw
one Il these hIplc-- city waits away from ih'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-17
TEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign.-The Sultan is reported to have made
a fresh and satisfactory reply to the Armenian
PROPOSALS of the Powers. - The CUBAN III
surgents in Auras have captured traihioau vi
Spanish troops: Spain will send nineteen YES
sells to patrol Cuban waters. - Ne"louhu-
land officials are resigning their offices, beihs
unable TO stand the retrenchment. - Lazy
Somerset opened the Worlds Womens Chris-
tan Conference in London yesterday.
Observation-Disclosures are gratifed al warner
Millers timely plea that only the best men IN
the party be nominated this fall for State Sena-
tors. 80 Failure of airbrakes 70 work caused
the wreck OF the newspaper train on the New
Haven road: two trainmen were seriously hur'.
- Baccalaureate sermons were delivered be-
fore the graduates at Cornell, Lehigh, Brown.
Rutgers Lafayette and other colleges. - ore
worth millions Of dollars has been stolen within
the last ten years from mines in Colorado.
CITY and Suburban.-F!ve attempts at sui
eide were made three Of them successfully
- The Brooklyn police believe that the
murderer Of c. w. Henry destroyed a VIII left
by the old man. - Andrew d. White, In an
interview, talked about bimetallism and other
timely topics.
The Weather-Forecast for to-day: Far;
warmer Temperature yesterday Lowest, "a
degrees; highest, rs degrees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-17
LAWS TO SFIT THE TIMES.

The PHILOSOPHER who defined dirt H. matter ont
OF its proper place gave uttcrancc 10 Il profound
truth 1t is principle Of comprehensive per
haps of universal. application Almost every
thing is good in its place The best Of things Oh,
Of Mace are bad An Old-minc diamond under
ones cyelid would be just as irritating ~ a Gin
der Fitness 10 environment * the true test ~
practical excellence. The manners Of one land
are unmannerly in another. The customs Of the
last century would seem grotcsquc in this. So
with our laws Those which were amply efficient
in the simpler civilization Of our ancestors are
sorely deficient in the complex social order 81
our day. and 10 the vain attempt to keep them
in force or TO the negligence 10 amend and reno
vate them 10 suit altered conditions is due one
half the trouble Of the times.
When. for example, our sole public convey
anccs were stage coaches and omnibuses it was
safe and proper To let them 90 numbering along
the common roads AT will. But when steam
railroads were invented 1t was quickly seen that
! they must have highways Of their own, remote
or at any rate secluded from the streets used by
the general public. Rules that would do for
team and coach would not do at all for loco
motives. On our city thoroughfarcs, however,
we have chung to the anliquated rule with disas-
trolls results The horsccars ran rails. but
otherwise were rcckOncd only as ordinary
vehicles. Then took up the cable system,
with marked increase Of speed and still great
| cr increase Of destructive power. and continued
| TO treat ii as our fathers did the stage coach
| The consequences were deplorable But we fat
| uolIsy went on The trolley system was intro
| duccd still more swift and still more deadly; and
the old rule was yet maintained. The trolleycar
| with It's tons Of weight, rushing along at ten or
| fifteen miles an hour. was treated exactly the
same as the Old-fashioned omnibus. What won
der that the result in each Of several cities Is a
deathro Of hundreds?
There Is the bicycle too: not q mere improve
mcnt but practically new thing Some reckon
| the wbceman a pedestrian. since he travels by
means Of his own foot-powcr Others maintain
| the bicycle Is vehicle. for its operator rides
It's use by the old laws governing pedestrians
| and thus exclude II from the wagon roads, Will,
others would apply the law for vehicles and
drive it from the foopahs. Naturally enough
confusion follows. Neither set OF laws Is salts
factory. nor yet any combination Of them both
And nearly all the friction that arises between
| wheclmen on the one hand and the rest Of III.
public on the other is caused by the unnatura
attempt 10 apply to this new device the rules anC
regulations intended for something entirely DIFF
| ferent
We have got to recognize the fact that tn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-17

June of 1893 has been thus far. on the whole,
n month with which even a capiious critic coun
not easily find fault, at least after the frst Gay
or two 1t started in hot. but the hot spell WHICH
ended two weeks ago was an inheritance from
the closing days Of May, and so June cannot
strictly be held responsible for it, At all events
June put an end to the heated term on us
third day and since then we have enjoyed I'M
commonly fine weather Who could ask TOT Il
finer day. for example. than yesterday winch
deserves little whittier mark even than Satur-
day. itself day of days. and one that hlled WIN
delight unalloycd the souls Of the wheelmen or
both cities and the numerous people VINO went
on excursions by land and water? 1t Is eoou
world in which we live. even If the winter was
long and spring late in coming June has atoned
in a single fortnight for what went before that
was untoward. and given us heart and hope Tor
whatever the heats of later summer may hold
I'm store
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-17

times are changing. and that W must change
NTH tbcm For new devices and new conditions
now laws must be established. II we want TO
travel about the city in vehicles propelled at a
far higher rate of speed than that Of horses and
wagons we must do so on roads other than those
made for and used by the latter. II we are to
20 about in a way that Is neither pedeslriahish
nor riding in a vehicle. we must do so under new
laws suitably framed to fit the new system. Inc
attempt to keep new wine in old bottles, against
which we were warned more than eighteen
centuries ago. has been tried long enough ana
disastrously enough. 1t is time TO quit 1t, ana
TO get new bottles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-17
MONEY AND III SiNESS.

Those were right ~ events proved. who rea-
soncd that the scare abou, crops was not "A sutii-
Gent justification FOR dstrust regarding the fut-
ur,. Of business for depression II stocks. or FOR
ouch advances as were made In prices ~ wheat
and cotton. The official crop report would have
received no confidence had it kept pace with spec
ulotlye stories In procaimlng disaster as such re
ports have done FOR years. but when II fell far be
hind them It's influence was great other ac-
counts have been decidedly more favorable. 50
that stocks AMI some branches Of industry have
taken a new start. No other has been more sen
sational In It's movement Of prices than the iron
Industry though some scattered advances have
APPEARED in cotton goods shoes recording no
change leather ana hides being less strong IN
tone and woollen products changing only in car
nets which have slightly declined But iron and
stocks quite in accordance with old IDEAS adj
vance together.
iiallroad stocks rose an average 81 81 % per
share the grain-carrying roads leading the ad-
vance The gain In one week slightly greater
than the loss In the previous four weeks since
May H. tina. prices now average n little higher
than at any time since the panic of 1898. For the
first five months In that year the railroads were
doing a big business. and their average earnings
per mile 81 296: last year they fell II Nso3
per mile and this year for five months have aver
aged ST. ss2 per mile gain OF 81 per cent over last
year but a loss Of l7G per cent from 1899. The
comparison Is more instructive II May earnings
alone are taken. for the average per mile In that
month was SAC In 1898. dropped to 1868 last year
and rose To 1898 last month"; showing Il gain of 65
per cent over last year and loss OF only 1913 per
cent compared with May. 1893. More than half
the road toward full recovery has therefore been
passed already, although the crops OF last year
were such as to leave the transporters small traf-
ic for this season.
Belief that railroads would be able to buy rails
and other materials. that agricultural Implement
makers and makers OF wire fencing would have
large demands from farmers. and that the cost OF
ore and coke must now advance materially. have
all helped To stimulate buying of iron and its prod
ucts. The heavy purchases in advance OF actual
needs. natural at such time. have come upon a
supply not rapidly increasing. so that prices have
} risen fast The actual output Of pig iron June
was but l5724 tons weekly, against l55,5'f May ].
and l6s. 762 December l. while three years ago In
the spring the output reached 1890 tons weekly.
20 that about 1873 per cent OF the capacity then
employed Is still unemployed. and many large and
important works have since that time been added.
In fact orly about II per cent OF the furnace ca
While reported stocks unsod were also reduced.
the heavy speculative purchases by one or two
large steel concerns would AeN0Unt for q greater