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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-07-01
to sell another seed potatoes nor cot
ton seed nor any other seed till since

to sell another seed potatoes nor cot
ton seed MOI any other seed till since
the war, and no man would think Of
charging a traveller for a meals victuals
or a nights lodging, and all of this
obtained under the rough old churches
and rough old preachers Of whom it is
spoken lightly nov
Brown or 7 would not be understood
as being against all the churches Of
this day nor against the preachers.
There are many good churches and
many good preachers, and, God bless
them, We love them, but we have seer
so many departures away from the old,
time customs that we hate to hear of
any more. Our memories still cling
to the old things, and especially do the
old-time preachers and the old meet.
ing houses linger with u.s.. The old
houses have nearly all passed
away, the old preachers have gone,
the springs are drying up, and the
shady slopes through which the
branches wound, lending GOODNESS and
giving greenuess, is almost a thing OF
the past, but the memory of them is
enough to bring a tear when we think
Of a church on wheels, rolling up and
down the dusty roads seeking to win
the class that deseorate the Sabbath
day through the land.
|. But whatever is the Fashion, in
these days there is DO use to combat.
1t has got to be the fashion to skim
around the country on bicycles, es-
pecially on Sunday, and I guess there
is no use in me and Brown trying to
stop it. We never did know a stop to
be put to Fashion" when it had once
set in but one time, and that was only
temporary, and it was done by old old.
time preacher and at an old-time meet,
ing house.
It was a long time ago when the
steel hoopskirts were first invented.
People thought that steel would draw
lightning in those days, and one Sun,
day wher enc of re old-time church
es was f. ID. with these steel skirts,
the old preacher saw q cloud arising
and he made it the opportunity to
hoop up the fashion"
"These Yankee Inventions" said
this old preacher, "will call down the
curse of God upon you"
Just at this time loud clap Of thun.
der shook the old house, and the light
ming tore o big tree to pieces just out
side.
"Look out, girls" said the preach
err, Good is searching for them hoop
skirts"
The lightning flashed again, and the
old mothers began to whisper to the
girls, and another clap Of thunder pu,
the girls on their feet, and in less
time than it takes to tell it all the hoop
skirts were lying in a pile outside the
church.
We don't think that lightning could
scare a girl in Georgia now, and We
doubt if there is anything known tc
man that could stop a ''fad' in these
days, but maybe these bicyclists car
be persuaded from desecratiug the Sab
bath in the way they have started ou1
to do, and maybe we car impress the
preachers that there is too much de-
parting from old ways to reach the
masses.
Let the masses 60 on to hell-savt
the churches. SARGE PLUNKETT.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-07-01

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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-07-01

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= According to current report, Blue
Pond. near Oxford, Ala, is bottomless.
Tradition says hal less than 200 years
ago the site of the pond was covered
with a heavy growth of timber. The
Indians say that several hundred noble
red men were camped in the woods
when the crust broke through and that
the most of them persisted in the rush
ing waters,
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
CONFUSION ON THE CONTINENT.

Abyssinia is justifying its name. 1t is, IN
deed, the "Land of Mixtures" 1t is causing
prodigious mixture of affairs among the great
powers of Europe. Not for many years hove
the dissolution of the Triple League, the forma-
tion of new alliances and the general redistribu-
tion of the balance of power seemed SO lmml-
nent as now. A single decisive victory of King
Menelek's forces has thrown, the whole CONT. !.
nent into confusion. 1t is also pretty bit OF
what we call the irony of fate that the power
which first adopted extreme militarism as q
system should now strike that system IN Eu-
Abyssinia. Long before Sedan, or even
Sadowa, King Theodore made of his realm
one mighty camp. He organized the stand
hg sfny than on that Of ans
power to-day. 1t was that fact that
aroused disaffection toward him among his
own people made the CONQUEST Of his capa,ad
drove him to suicide. And now European
militarism comes into contact with the rem
nants of his system and is almost shattered by
The utter selfishness of the Great Powers
was never more strikingly shown than
in this crisis. Italy had been fmpoy-
hearts blood for. the sake OF her
allies. And now, in her dire distress, those al
lies pass by on the other side, offering her not
even their sympathy Their only message Is
ruined and may as well own up to 1t. Io-mor-
row they win be as ready to- prey upon her and
despoil her as they have hitherto been to use
King Humbert resents their so-called
advice and resolves to stand or fall on
his own chosen ground. But what pity 1t is
that bind him to his cynical and self-seeking
allies, and raise the standard of "Italy for
Italians and for Italian interests" Then he
might = restore prosperity and prestige, and
old renown.-New York Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
A LAST MESSAGE.

Among the reports from Armenia none
has been of a nature to cause profounder
or more lasting impression upon the
Christian world than that which has Just
made known letter prepared by the
Gregorian clergy at Urfa at a time when
they stood in the shadow of impending
death ana knew that within brief time
the fearful fate the fanatic Moslems had
dealt out to their brothers would fall upon
them.
Only brief extract from the letter has
been telegraphed, but that is full of solemn
significance to the civilized world. "a
short time ago." wrote the doomed priests,
nobody could have believed that at the
end of this nineteenth century Christian
people could, ON account of their loyalty to
Christian civilization. under the very eyes
of Christendom be exterminated by Mos
lem power. Yet just this fearful tragedy
is being consummated to-day and We are
the unhappy victims. We see no signs of
relenting on the part of our destroyers and
no hand is raised or reached out to rescue
us. We have only to say farewell to any
who have loved and cared for US and pre-
pare ourselves for death, counting our
selves honored in being called to seal our
faith with our ives.''
A few days after this letter was sent out
the archpriest and four of the clergy who
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
THE SECRETARY'S LETTER.

The letter addressed by Secretary Carlisle
to Congressman Patterson of Tennessee
was evidently intended for publication,
and was doubtless the result of an under
standing between the two gentlemen. Mr..
Patterson had written to MIR. Carlisle ask
ing for his statement concerning the
charges made by Congressman Crisp that
the Secretary had abused his power in dis
eliminating against silver and in favor of
gold in the handling of treasury funds.
Mr.. Carlisle has made the desired state
ment, and its publication would not have
occurred without his consent. The Secre-
tary has made very able defense, which
on its face appears to be refutation of
Mr.. Crisp's charges. He asserts that in
stead of discriminating against silver he
has really favored it, going to the length
OF making the Government bear the ex
press charges on silver sent out in redemp-
tion of silver certificates On treasury notes
of 1890, deposited for that purpose, while
requiring all who demand gold to pay for
its transportation.
AS Secretary Carlisle is understood to be
the one particular candidate of the Cleve-
land administration for the Presidency,
y.
If 1t proves nothing more it shows that
the pressure o.. silver advocates is hurting
the golden cotns of the administration
and that the Cleveland wing of the Dem
ocracy is anxious for the friendship of the
silver men. But the Secretary's ingenious
letter will hardly deceive the South and
the North. Nothing that he can write
will undo the blazoned record of the ad-
ministration of which he is the chief lieu
tenant. 1t is even conceivable that the
able Secretary, while supporting the single
gold standard on the broader lines which
have so firmly established it, deliberately
performed all the minor acts friendly to
silver which he has narrated, for the sole
purpose of being able to produce for pub
lication the interesting letter which Con-
gresham Patterson has given to the pub
lie.
1t is rem embered that severe pressure
on the gold reserve in the treasury has
existed for some time, and that the Cleve
land administration has been compelled to
adopt desperate measures for maintaining
it. A large popular loan" to protect it
was one of them. 1t is hardly conceivable
that the Secretary would recklessly squan-
der this reserve and deliberately violate
the law by paying out gold when silver
was demanded, especially in view of the
fact that the maintenance of the reserve
was more important consideration with
the administration than any fear that ad-
herence to the gold standard would
antagonize the "silver fanatics of the
South and West. The administration,
sitting down quietly to count its golden
toes, now finds some of them bruised, and
is seeking to heal them with plating of
silver. The Secretary's letter is special
plea for the support of the silver wing of
the Democracy in his candidacy for the
Presidential nomination, and is an un-
worthy exhibition by the goldbugs' idol.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
THE FUNDING FIGHT.

The contest over the railroad refunding
scheme has now reached a critical stage.
1t has been so long protracted that to the
general public it has become as wearisome
as twice-told tale. No new features have
developed of late, and there is danger of
loss of interest ON the part of some who
should be most interested. 1t is a time,
therefore, when all resolute opponents of
the scheme should be on their guard and
watchful of every move. There is no tell
ing what the cunning managers OF the
monopoly interests may attempt as soon
as they believe the peoples representatives
are no longer alert and determined.
Ic has been evident from the start that
the policy of the railroad lobby has been
opinion as much as possible. Every con-
ceivable trick likely to accomplish that
has been resorted to. Many different
schemes of refunding have been advanced
at one time or another. Persistent at
tempts have been made to raise the ques-
ton of Government ownership of the
roads or some similar plan to distract
attention from the one issue at stake.
Over and over again the motives of the
papers and of the men who oppose refund
ing have been aspersed, denounced and
maligned. Almost every form of evil has
been attributed to them and every effort
made to weaken their influence with the
people, and particularly with Congress.
The one object of all these efforts has
been to SO distract or confuse the minds of
the members of Congress that they would
become impatient with the subject and
adopt some scheme of the monopoly
simply to get rid of it. The railroad
organs in Washington and in this City
have been working to that end with great
vigor and with as much astuteness as they
are capable of. The words of prominent
men in different parts of the State have
been distorted and in some cases deliber-
ately falsified for the purpose of mislead-
ing Eastern Congressman as to the pre-
valling sentiment of the State, and every
slur or slander that Huntington could put
forth against the supporters of law and
justice has been repeated and harped on
by his organs in this City with the hope
that even in this State men might be
divided in opinion and rendered the more
easy victims of scheme that would place
their industries and their commerce in the
power of an exacting monopoly for GEN.
tury to come.
The incessant repetition of these mis-
statements or deliberate slanders are but
repeated warnings to the people of what
they may expect if they become divided
or cease to be vigilant. Though no new
developments may arise to-day or to-mor-
row, there is no telling when the monopoly
may attempt great stroke and try to rush
bill through Congress without giving
time for debate or full consideration. That
is the danger ahead. That is the feature
of the contest which to all resolute de-
tenders of the people makes it more inter
esting in this seeming quietness than it
has ever been before.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
REGULATING STREET RAILROADS

The Oakland City Council is considering
and will doubtless pass an ordinance pro-
hibiting the passing of streetcars at street
crossings and requiring that the speed of
meeting cars shall not exceed three miles
an hour. This is well so far as it goes, but
no provision for tenders seems to have
been made. Even as it is, however, Oak
land has gone considerably beyond San
Francisco in protecting the lives of the
people.
The report made by the committee from
the New York State Assembly appointed
to investigate the methods of street rail-
way management in the larger cities of
the State should make very good reading
for the Merchants Association of San
Francisco. Passing over that part of the
report which recommends measures pro-
hibiting the excessive capitalization of
roads and the adverse report on municipal
ownership. we may glance at the part de-
voted to other matters of particular local
interest. The committee found that the
payment of lump sum or percentage of
receipts for franchises was very undesir-
able, and that the experiment of having
companies bid against each other for
receipts had been found failure.
In lieu of all other means for disposing
of franchises the committee recommended
that franchises be sold by lease for stated
period-say thirty years-at public auction
to the com pany offering the lowest rate of
fare, further reductions to be provided for
when justified by receipts, the State Rail-
road Commission to be the arbiters in case
of disagreement between the city and the
company. Further recommendations ad-
vocated the sale of thirty tickets for 81,
good between 6 and A. NJ. and and 7
p. M. whenever the roads finances enable
them to pay per cent dividends on their
capital stock. Tenders were strongly
urged. On petition of fifty citizens the
Mayor should have the power to compel
an improvement of the service.
The effect of such regulations would be
radical change from the unrestricted
power which the companies of San Fran
cisco are now permitted to exercise. The
practical operation of our law requiring
franchises to be sold to the highest bidder
has been found to be failure. The sug-
gestion that the company offering the low
est fare should be given the franchise is
recognition OF the principle that any
charge levied by the municipal govern
ment for the exercise of the franchise is
direct and indirect tax on the people and
that the plan of the lowest fare is
straightforward way of letting the people
enjoy the benefit of any competition which
may arise for given franchise. Placing
the franchise on the basis of lease in
stead of perpetual right permits of
periodical adjustments by the municipal
ity in the interest of the people.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
THE YOSEMITE ROADS.

The disclosures made in Tuesdays CALL
concerning the probable intent and in
evitable effect OF the passage of the bill in
Congress for the purchase by the Govern
ment of the Yosemite toll roads requires
minute investigation by those whose duty
it is to protect the Government against
trickery. The matter seems to have been
brought to the public attention first by
A. G. Maude, member of the California
Bureau of Highways. The proposition of
the bill introduced in the House by Con-
gresham Grove L. Johnson is that the
Government buy the four toll roads rum
ming "over' the Yosemite National Park
at cost of $26S, $50 and make them free,
leaving the parts of the same roads out
side the reservation in the present owner
ship and subject to tolls. 1t is believed
that this pleasant arrangement would re-
lieve the owners of the expense of main
tanning the most difficult parts of the road
and not disturb their power to levy tolls as
at present on all who visit the valley.
If this is the truth it is shameful and the
project should be defeated. There are
much better ways for the expenditure of
that amount of money in California by
for in the Johnson bill is nearly $4,000
more than that asked for by the Miners
Association to be added to the appropri-
alton made by the State of California for
the construction of works for impounding
debris. 1t is so difficult to secure money
from Congress for really useful improve
ments in California that the apparent
readiness to make the appropriation for
the purchase of the Yosemite roads does
not bear very pleasant aspect.
OF course the purchase of these roads
would be only the beginning of the
expense connected with them. They will
have to be kept in order, and that means
an annual appropriation. The project for
the construction of a steam road up the
Merced River is now assured and is in the
hands of responsible capitalists. Such a
road will greatly weaken the argument for
the Government purchase of the wagon
roads, as the expense of entering the valley
will be so much reduced both for freight
and passengers that the necessity for
wagon roads will be practically eliminated.
1t may be merely coincidence that the
proposition to purchase these roads comes
concurrently with the project of the steam
road, which will seriously impair their
value, but the whole affair has not an
agreeable look. These remarks are made
merely as suggestions. The case seems to
deserve fuller consideration than it has
received. At all events the California
delegation should be made acquainted
with the matter in its entirety
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18

the writer declares his affection for the re.
ceiyer of the letter. When the stamps IN the
center at the top it signifies an aiilrmatiye I've
answer to question, or to the question as the
case NAV be. When it is at the bottom or OPP
posi- posite this. it signifies negative. Should the
Stamp be on the righthand corner @ at aorgat right
ioyas the sender: while if in like position In
the the iefthand corner, it means that the. writer
hates the other. There is shade OF dlnerence
between desiring ones acquaintance ahu
friendship; the stamp at the upper corner OF
the right expresses the former, and at the Lett LEI
hand lower corner means the latter. me
writer wishes the receiver of letter to aceept
his or her love by placing the stamp on the
line with the surname, and the response is
made ii the party is engaged by placing the
stamp in the same place, but reversing It,
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18

slight turn. 1t is impossible to proceed
farther because the spring comes from beneath
large rock that completely blocks the way. :,
1t would be impossible for person to tell
what the sides of the cave were made OF even
so dense the impression is that there must be
rocks on all sides. But careful examination
with the aid of lamp reveals a most in
abundance of water supplied by the spring has
given the trees phenomenal growth. IL has
also been the means of causing a growth OF
vines of different kinds. These are so thick
they form a perfect wall that it would be I'M
possible to get through without cutting pas
sage.
The cave is about eight feet wide and seven
feet high and is the same size from end to end
of its sixty feet. The stream of water at the
bottom is SO wide that it is necessary to step
from rock to rock to avoid walking. in 1t.
Even on hot days the temperature OF the cave
is cool and pleasant.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.

Leap-Year Opportunity.-s She - Do you
think it would be unmaidenly for girl to pro-
pose to man?
He-Certainly not, If she is rich enough for
two.-New York Sun.
First Boarder-They say the new Spanish
commander is a butcher.
Second Boarder-Pity our landlady can't 20
to Cuba She'd soon get the better of him.
Puck.
"Your daughter has had great many ad-
mirers?"
"oh, yes; she puts nearly all her window
curtains on the rods with her old engagement
rings" Chicago Record.
Old Mr.. Fussy-Matilda, has that young man
gone yet?
His Daughter-Why, yes, papa.
Old Mr.. Fussy-H'm! You were so still that
thought he was there yet.-New York Truth.
eThere, therep said Mrs. Blue-Myrrh, pick
ing up her little boy, who had stubbed his toe,
"Don't cry. Be man, like emamma."-Indian-
apolis Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
LONELY.

sit In my chamber lonely, and the city's pulses
beat
AS the human wavelets ebb and fow along the
dark ming straet,
And the. lamp-lights glance and quiver on the
forms of passers-by,
And the hum Of ten thousand voices goes up to
the evening sky.
And little scraps Of music and broken sounds Of
mirth
Rise up beneath the silent stars and float away
from earth.
And sigh 10 think the music the laughter and
the glee
That rise from the great city strangers all to
me.
SO sit beside my window and gaze into the night.
I'LL the sounds and scenes around are lost to
sense and sight.
And my ears hear other voices with a sweet fa-
miliar tone,
And time and space have vanished. and I'm no
more alone.
Dear voices fill the darkness dear faces crowd the
gloom,
And forms love move silently about my silent
room.
1 hold my breath to listen and close my eyes to
The voices and the faces that speak of home to me-
OWEN HALL, in Harper's Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

DR.. Sheepshanks, the Anglican Bishop of
Norwich, is an enthusiastic cyclist and often
rides on Sunday.
Hannis Taylor, American Minister In Spain.
is an Alabaman who is not easily alarmed at
hostile demonstrations.
Miss Jane Eyre, who has just been graduated
from Pennsylvania normal school. is a full
blooded Pawnee Indian.
Charles Hodges of Sharpsburg, KY, is anx-
1ous for a college education, and for the past
two years has paid for his schooling by mend
ing shoes.
United States Senator Sewell of New Jersey
was born in the County of Mayo, Ireland, and
came to this country in 1851, penniless or
phan, at the age of 16.
General 7. L. James. formerly Postmaster
General, SAID at lecture in New York, the
other night that our postal system is infinitely
superior to that of any other country.
The death of Prince Henry of Battenberg
has caused the Queen unexpected and unwel-
come anxiety on subject which she had
thought was hnally settled-namely, her will
" has been an open secret that the Queen in