The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-22

j No hints given that fitness for office
and capacity to administer public trusts
will govern the selection, nor Is anyone
required to exhibit his familiarity with
public issues in order to get place on
the ticket. These things are we'll enough
in their waV, but the prime requisite will
he ss to how they stand in the race for the
United States Senate. Will the rank and
file of the Democrats submit to this kind
of dictation? We warn them now that
their suffrages are to to bartered away,
and unless they use the rights and privi-
leges Of freemen they might as we'll exc.
cute power of attorney TO few men,
who are intent on stating all the Offices
within the gift (7) of the people. History
repeats itself, and 1t is being repeated
very quickly In South Carolina. The
revolution OF 1890 swept away one class
OF politicians, many of whom considered
that they had mortgage on the State,
and it may take another upheaval to con-
Vince different set OF politicians that
they do not own the Commonwealth. Let
the people begin to think with the OPEN
Ing OF 8 compaign year and see to 1t that
there Is u free. open primary In this year
Of grace 1896.-Greenuikte Mountaineer.
- The Rev. DR.. b. M. Wharton, prom
inent as an evangelist of Baltimore, thinks
the mellennium Ia close at hand. In
sermon on "The War Clouds and What
They Mean," he said In part: "Christ is
coming again. It will be personal
coming. He came first as prophet and
resurrection. He will call the righteous
dead from their graves and the righteous
still alive will be called together. be-
lieve that the Christian men and women
will disappear suddenly from the streets
and the world will know nothing about
1t. Men will go on with business as before.
I cannot prophesy as to the time Of His
coming, but, according to my belief, 1t
looks as If this Is just about the time.
Look at the signs. The gospel has been
preached to all nations; there is general
falling away among Christians from the
faith; there IL great suffering, q martyr
dom such as the world never saw, for
Christ's sake great earthquakes aud war
clouds and war talk more portentous than
ever before. These facts are signs which
portend the coming Of the King"
= For the first nine days Of laat Janu-
ary the receipts from the privilege tax
were $3.50 so, while this year the receipts
for the same period amount to So, ,470.97.
This shows that six times az much fertilf-
zer as last year has to be stamped, and the
reasonable assumption is that this re-
markable increase in the purchase Of tax
tags means that more cotton will be
planted. The good prices OF last year
have had the effect, 1t would appear, Of
inviting larger cotton acreage and heavier
use OF fertilizers. This 50, ,470.97 which
has been derived in about weeks time
will all, under the present law, go to
Clemson College.-Ne,rs and Courier.
- The Journal of Iuebriety estimates
the total number of drunkards In Amari-
ca at ,800,O 900. There being sboutt enty-
five millions of adults in this country,
this means that one person out of every
fifteen drinks to excess, and Is conse-
quently more or less OF q drunkard. The
Journal thinks that this estimate is very
modest one and rather under the mark
than above 1t.
- Little outgoes spoil large incomes.
and trifling losses waste handsome profits.