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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-10-20
Saving Cotton Seed.

The best time for saving cotton
seed for planting is while the crop is
being gathered. The too common
method Of saving seed for planting is
to take sufficient number Of bushels
just as they come from the gin, or
perhaps to buy them from an oil mill.
No attention is given to the selection
of the individual plants from which
these seeds came, and those from the
poorest, least prolific and latest ma
turing arc all taken, together with
those from the best. Seeds from the
less prolific plants will have the greater
vitality. and so produce stronger
plants than those from the more pro-
life individuals, and when this pro-
cess is repeated few generations it
is sure to result in marked decrease
in yield and deterioration in quality.
": A: Cook, the originator Of tie
''Cook" cotton, says: 81 take one of
the so-called varieties Of cotton, and
in few years develop all known vari-
etics from it. All that is necessary
is to watch the field, and when a
sport is noticed save the seed and
plant them by themselves.
J. 81. Jones, the originator Of
Jones Prolific, ard other varieties,
says: "There is no other plant known
in our agriculture which deteriorates
80 rapidly and requires such rigid
selection Of seed to keep it up to
standard as does cotton"
The sixth report Of the Mississippi
station says: 'The first pickings will
give better seed than will the later
pickings; and il the seed be saved
from the best stalks only, the prsc-
tice will soon work a marked improve
ment in any variety. Even when this
cannot be done for the entire crop, it
will be easy to secure enough Of this
selected seed to plant g small field,
which will produce sufficient seed for
the entire crop the second season.
It has been by the following Of this
plan that nearly all Of our best varie-
ties have been developed, and the
superiority of any variety is usually
very good measure Of the care and
judgment which we're exercised in Sc
lecting tho seed plants of the original
stock" Good seed is the necessary
foundation for every good crop.
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EXECUTORS SALE.

DI virtue OF the power and authority
ID vested In the undersigned as Exec
utors under the last viii and Testament
OF Elijah Farmer, deceased daily admit
red to Probate III the Court of Probate for
The County Of Anderson, State of South
Carolina. August 26. 1887. duly of record
q the office ~ the Probate Judge for said
county, in VIII Book No. &, page 49,
-, we will sell to the highest bidder, at
Greenviile e., a., S. c.. in front of the
Court House door. on Salesday in Novem-
rer. 1897, at the usual hours Of public
sa.es. the following described Real Prop
erty situate in the County of Creenville.
,,as Lawn Township, near Pelzer Facto-
-; 10 wit:
TRACT NO. l.. containing seventy
tour acres, more or less, adjoining lands of
1. w. MoDavid, James Woodside, Tract
No. ., and others
TRACT NO 2 containing sixty acres,
more or lese, adjoining Tract No. /, Joe
scott, on Little GroNe Creek, Isadore
Evans and Tract No. :;
TRACT NO. 3, containing ninety, one
acres, more or less, adjoining Lcndhart,
Tract No 2. Isadore Evans, Grove Creek.
and Tract No. 4, known rs the Home
Place.
TRACT NO. 4. containing sewnty sew
IN acres. more or less. adjoining Lendhsrt,
Tract No. 3, Grove Creek, as shown
p.aIs Of same, which will be exhibited %.
,.aT of sale.
Terms of Sale 80 Ono third cash, snd
naance Oh q credit of twelve months, with
interest from day of salo at the rate OF
eislt per cent per annum, to be secured
by bond and mortgage Of the premises,
VIII leave TO purchaser or purchasers to
nticipnta payment Purchasers TO pay
extra for papera.
N. O. FARMER, Executor.
J. L FARMER, Executor.
SAINT 0g 1907 II :
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Will All Turn White.

Il special dispatch to the Philadel-
phia Press from Atlanta, Ga, says:
Bishop Gaines, of the colored church,
has become the prophet of startling
theory, which he has envoived and
embodied in book form as his contri-
button to the literature Of his race.
In a word, he presents the theory
that the colored race is surely and
gradually being absorbed by the white;
that in the run Of years it will disar-
pear, the evolution being reached
through process Of graded mulatto
tints and constantly lcsscning African
Characteristics. This process Of
bleaching out, he declares, is going OH
year by year, and will continue mex
orably until Che miracle is wrought.
He says: "This amalgamation has
gone OH until the best and most dis
eliminating observers in the South
affirm that there are left but two mil
lions of pure. unmixed Africans out
OF the more than eight millions Of this
race in this country.
"ln the light Of these facts is it
rational to suppose that the African
colored man will continue to be
colored ? Is it not inevitable that in
the course of time he will lose his
distinctive color aud become practi-
cally Caucasian The fact, as we
have shown, is already partially ac-
complis!.ad, and every preaen: inii;ca-
tion points to its total consummation
In the process Of time"
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= To advertise his business JUS
tice of the Peace at Kansas City gives
theatre tickets to all couples who come
to him to be married.
= There are several new trades in
Paris. You can find dog doctors, dog
dentists, dog BARRIERS and dog dress
makers advertised in the newspapers,
and they seem to be well patronizcd
- Live bees are sometimes shipped
on ice SO as to keep them dormant
during the journey. This is particu
larly the case with humblebees which
have been taken to New Zealand.
where they are useful in fcftilizing
the red clover which has been intro
duced into the colony.
a little girl has an uncle who
taught her to open and shut his crush
hat. One evening, however, he ar
pearcd with an ordinary silk Eat,
which he left in the hall. Presently
he saw the child coming with his new
hat crushed into ACCORDION plcats.
."Oh, uncle, she cried, "thia one is
very hard. I've had TO sat on it, but
| can't get it more than half shut.
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Lover Kills his Sweetheart.

Macon, GA. Oct. ia special
to the TelrgrnM from Albany. Ca.
says: NearFaircloth, Mitchell County,
yesterday afternoon, Miss Hurst. tho
beautiful sixteen ycav-old daughter Of
Mr.; ). Is. Hurst, planter. was shot
anu KILLED with II pistol hy her sweet /,
heart, Mack Lewis. The bullet passed
through the young lady's heart. Kill, !
iag her instantly. The whole county
is IN fever of excitement. The roi
lowing are thc clcarcst details which |
can bo had Yesterday afternoon
young Lewis called in his buggy at
the Hurst farm, which adjoins that Of
his father 5, and took Miss llust out
Tor a drive. Miss Hurst. while only
10 years old. was quite belle in the
community and received great deal
OF attention, although young Lewis
WAS recognized rs her fayorc, suitor.
The couple had driven, according TO
young Lewis statement. some ten
miles, when they stopped the buggy
and got out to practice pistol shooting
at target, which he placed against Il
pine tree ten PAGES away.
Several rounds had been fired alter.
natcly, when, it being Miss liurSts
time to shoot, he handed her the
cooked pistol and in taking it from
his hand he says the pistol exploded
aud Miss Hurst fell at his feet and
expired instantly.
lie picked the uuconsciou, form i'm
and placing her in his buggy drove
hurricdly toward the nearest settle
ment, which was four miles away.
Arriving at the Dcgraifcnrcid home
he took the dead girl out of the buggy
and carried her into the house, telling
the story as above. He was nearly
crazed with excitement. and left in a
few minutes for his home.
Mr.. Degratfenreid then hitched up a
surry and placing mattress in the
bottom laid the corpse thereon and
carried her home, arriving there be
fore any news Of the tragedy had
reached Miss Hurst parents.
The young lady was petite and
delicate figure, only weighing about
one hundred pounds, and Degraffcnroid
being strong man took her in his
arms and bore her into the house and
into the presence Of her mother. The
daughter had left home only few
hours before in the bloom of health
and beauty, and the sight of her
bloody and lifclcss corpse fell like a
clap Of thunder from clear sky. The
mother, almost wild with grief, went
into Mysteries, and partially recover
ing her distracted senses the crazed
and screaming parent seized poison
Gus drug and was only prevented by
force from ending her life.
The shocking tragedy has created
intense excitement, as both. families
are of the best in Mitchell County.
The coroner's jury went to the
scene Of the shooting, and then to the
home Of che dead girl to-day. There
are all sorts of rumors about the kill
ing, scmc Of which are very unfavor-
able to young Mack Lewis, who, it is
said, is rather rccklc fellow. It is
limited that the tragedy may not be
on accident, and that jealousy or other
causes may have Influenced Miss
Hurst y sweetheart to kill her, although
this opinion is shared by but e few,
the majority believing Lewis story
that the killing was purely an accident.
The jury will make up their verdict
some time tonight.
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The Li4iner Problem.

The mails are still bringing to Gov.
Ellerbe no end Of responses to his
ministerial circular. Clerk Harris is
kept busy sorting ont the replies, and
after handing them to the Governor
filing them away FOR future reference.
All kinds Of views as 10 the. liquor
problem are being sent in. A large
number Of the ministers, while saying
that the dispensary law has decreased
drunkenness, announce their unquali-
fed opposition to the profit feature CT
the system. Many Of them say that
they want prohibition absolute and
many others say that they believe high
license is the solution. The concensus
OF these opinions will doubtless be
made before they reach the public.
Gov. Ellerbe yesterday said that the
newspapers had said that they did not
wish to handle the replies, and he
would keep ell his information to him
self. The replies will doubtless be
used in the Governor annual mes
sage as Indicative Of the sentiment of
the Christian people of the State on
the liquor problem. Several of the
most prominent ministers in the State
have sent in their views.
In conversation yesterday Chairman
Childs Of the State prohibition COM
mittce remarked that in his opinion
tho fight had narrowed down to fight
between high license and prohibition.
He believes that a prohibition law
would have what the dispcnsary has
not ad-thc moral support of ma
jority of the people of the State and
consequently would be far better en-
forced. lie thinks that prohibition
would be the winner if the whole mat
ter were submitted to a vote Of the
people at this time. Tile State.
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Trustees Sale Real Estate.

PY virtue of Deed Of Trust executed
11 by John B. Low, will sell on the
Wesfersl sisa o5 sl.s, neS7 Court, House, ia
the Public Square of Anderson, on Sale-
day in Nov EN- ber next
All that Tract Of Lend containing 10l
acres, moie or less. on waters OF Rocky
River, sdjoiDing lanos now estate Of IT. B
Simmons, John Alewine, John Hall and
Others. s 80 ~ I,
Aleo. all that Tract adjoining, contain.
ing 20 acreg, more or less, adjoining the
above described Tract =,
TermgA One.third cash, balance on II
NJ onths credit. with iptersat from day Of
sale. Sith Leave to ttcipate paymenE, se-
crrea b, mortgage Purchaser TO par ex-
ira for papers. Z. ~ go :
.yoSEPH N BROWN, Trustee.
W s{Et g. 1kNS ..tss s 3 a go.
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Smallpox In Atlanta.

ATLANTA, GA, Oct. l5.-The
smallpox situation is becoming scri
ouS. Each day has developed new
eases during the present week, and
now there are eleven in the pest
house, sent there by the Board Of
Health since last week. Two cases
were sent to The pest house to-day
and three others, not yctinves, .atcd.
were reported. All the aillict i ones
so Tar are negroes and no dca Tbs have
occurred among them.
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Judge of PrObate's Sale.
STATE OF soUTH CAROLINA

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, (.
ANDERSON County.
IN. The Court of Common Pleas.
Mrs. e G. Brock, as assignee, Plaintiff.
vs. Mrs. NJ. Il. Cowan, Nettie Cowan.
OF al Complaint for Foreclosure.
TN obedience to the orde. of sale in the
IL above entitled action, will SSH on
Salesday in November next, su front of
the Court House in the City of Anderson,
8. G., the Lands described as follows, to
wit: !: l1
Is All that certain Tract of Lend, contain
ing $50 acres. more or less, situate ia
County of Anderson. In State Aforesaid,
on waters of Rag' Creek. adjoining lands
now or: formerly owned by William Saw
lors. p. a, Say ylors, John Shaw and Others,
|, st being the same conveyed toll. "A.
COwan by j. Ct. Hall and Vary 3. Hall.
Dec. 18th; 1888, less III acres ,old to 7. R.
Penpell. 7s
Terms-.One-third cash, balance In
twelve months. with inte-est from dav Uf
sale, secured by bond and mortgage, with
leave to anticipate payment. Purchaser
to pay for papers. R.hz. EURRIS.
Probate Judge es Speoie. Referee,
Oct 13, 1897 it
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-10-20
A Nine Million Crop.

NEW York, Oct. 1;.-1hc Daily
Dry Goods Record tomorrow will say.
" orking on those lines by which such
close estimates II the actual cotton
crops Of the last two years were ob
tanned the figures just now obtained
Indicate a crop for lS97-HS. which
varies from S.95A.1SS bales to a.3ni.
5'2 bales Of 800 pounds each. For
the last crop Of lS96-91 o.r estimate
was ',122,9o bales, against S,ollUli
bales, rs the ac. .nal returns. while the
estimate for the previous year. or
lS9o-96 was 4 1000 bales, compared
with 7,lG22, l1:' bales. The closcncss
OF these estimates TO the actual re-
turns has stamped them with the i'm
PRINT oil correctness, and for the cur
rent crop year our estimate is submit
ted with degree of confidence that.
barring unexpected happenings, the
yield for lS979S will not exceed the
maximum figures of 9,37 ,522 bales of
900 pounds each.
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Valuable Lands for Sale.

pY VIRTUE Of the power conferred by the will
- OF Jeptha Harper, deceased, We win sell at the
day In November next the following lands to-wit: /:
A certain tract Of land in Centervflle township.
Anderson County, 8. c., containing one hundred
and ffty-one acres more or less, known as the
EeIton pl.ce, adjoining lands Of Mrs. NJ E. Watson
q, n Burriss, John O O'Neaie and others. -
Also 20 Shares Fermers & Merchants Bank
Stock, Shares Bank of Anderson Stock, 80 Shares
Andei;on Cooperative Atlianee Stnre Stock, pls.
tol, saddle. walking cane. - - 3 ~ z
Te-ms-0ne-half cash 4 balance IN II months
secured by bond and mortgage, With interest at
per cent. Purchaser TO pay Tor papers. Flats on
exhibit at BonhRm Wetkins Office.
s. = j. @. HARPER,
s5s..5 }. w. HARPER,
"a Il $50. rs, ~ J.. A. WELB0RN,
Oct 10. 1897 l6 s' :.
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Trustees Sale.

ID Y virtue of the power vested in me as
D Trustee under Deed OF Trust, exc
cuted by NJ. 3. Williams, Sr. bearing date
August "a, 1897. and recorded 10 Clerk 8
office, Book PPP, 1856, I will sell TO the
highest bidder q. Anderson C.. H., s. c.,
OH Salesday in November next, at the
usual hours of public sales, the following
described Tract of Land, to wit:
ALI that certain piece or Tract of Land,
situate in the County Of Anderson, State
of South Carolina, containing two hum
dred acres. as shown by Plat Of same
made by w. r. Lee Oct. i. 1897. adjoining
lands of VIM. Martin. John E,roG, Mrs.
Eirod. Mrs. G. Il. Irby and others, 1t beirq,
the Home Place of the late NJ. B. Wiz
lians, ST.. deceased.
At the same time and place will also
sell unGor Deed OF Trust executed to me
by the heirs AT law of M. B. Williams, de.
ceased, that certain Tract or parcel of Land
containing TWENTY-FIVE acres. more or less.
adjoining above Tract, G. NJ. Rogers and
DR.. G. l., Guy:on.
Terms of 6ale-One half cash, balance
on credit of one year, with interest at
the rate OF eight per cent per annum, to
be secured by Note and Mortgage Of prom
ises, with leave to the purchaser to antici-
pate payment. Purchaser to pay extra
for papers.
j. L. TRIBBLE, Trustee
Oct Is, 1897 26 g.
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The whole people of the State
will sympathizc with Gen John Brat
ton in the loss of his patriotic son.
He was an attachac to the Navye~ Sur
gcon and came South to devote his
services to the yellow fever sufferers
and falling through Tie hold Of the
vessel diedsfrom his injuries.
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Judge Of Probate's sale.
STATE Of SOUTH CAROLINA,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
In the Court Common, Pleas
G. III. Mahon, Plaintiff, VS. A. NJ Guyton,
ct al, endants.-Complain for Fore.
closure.
I N pursuance of the Judgment of Fore
Il closure herein, I will sell on Salesday
IN November nexr, in front OF the Court
House In the city of Anderson, s. c., the
Lands described as follows, to wit:
All that Certain Tract Of Land, contain
ing. 174 acres. more or less, situate, lying
and being III Williamson Township.
County OF Anderson. in State Of aforesaid, :,
bounded by lands of G. III. Rogers A. ID.
Rogers, J. T. Rogers. Jasper N. Rhodes
and home tract OF a. NJ. Guyton.
Terms-One' halfcash balance in twelve
months, with interest from day of sale,
secured by bond and mortgage with leave
to anticipate payment. Purchaser to ray
for papers. II. M. BURRISS,
PROBATE Judge, as Special Referee.
Oct 13. 1897 16 8
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NOTICE.

"A FTER November 1st the Notes and
Accounts due the Estate of A, G
Cook will be placed in the hands of an
officer for collection. Settlement before
that tima will be duly appreciated BY
W. p. COOK, Admir-.
Sept. 29 1887 IL g.
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M0Tg0E:. /.

u AL parties owing me notes
AID accounts are requested.
and urged to pay same as soon
as possible. i noed my mon.
ey and will be compelled to
make collections early in the
season. Save the trouble and
expense of sending to see you.
j.. S. FOWLER.
j Sept. %, 1887 IA Il.
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'E'OTs SALE

'slsHAT YALIIA,B EE pL ASTATIONE
g sss near Fair INV, kn own ns chs Glenn
iatltt COZ tainsag ap0nf SEQ acress IA ppi 3
~, frai X 6 ban geneefr City: s(s S.
d 81: j. 3. t. $40 Al .sls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-10
Before the HOlidays

Course we're bound to have reform; all the
work we've done
Maxim this world better wasn't undertook
in fun.
We've stared long journey on the stony.
upward track;
We've made some little progress an we
amt a-turnin' back
But the air is crisp an jolly, an the skies
begin to smile;
Night as well lay off an ketch our breath
a little while.
The days is gettin' shorter, like the sun
was tired O. work
Like he thought it was his privilege to
hurry through an shirk;
The plants has stopped a-growin' an the
leaves is lynn 'roun';
They'll get better start mex time by kind
O settln' down.
So Wen shut the votin places an adopt the
general style;
Might as well lay off an ketch our breath
q little while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-10

suit was almost identical with that estab-
lished this year in Ohio But the stake
then was much greater than that which
was before the parties in Ohio and Mary
land this autumn. The narrowness of the
victory. too. was much more pronounced,
for In 1884 the seven hundred votes neces-
sary to turn the tide could have been scat
tered throughout the entire state of New
York, while in the state elections this year
they would have had to be distributed here
anG there with mathematical nicely in GER
tain districts, and the proportion of vote
to vote in the latter case is to be consid-
cred In the light of the laws of diminishing
chances. Again, in 1896 did a presidential
candidate come close to victory, according
to this mode of calculation. 1t has been
estimated that If Mr.. Bryan had been
given about 5000 more votes than he re-
ceivec. again properly distributed the
victory would have been his. But this dis
covery has not in the least detracted from
the moral effect of the great victory for
sound money, nor has it caused the friends
OF that principle to quake at the fear of
what might have been. These narrow
margins are really torments rather than
comforts. The philosophy that can extract
consolation from such lapses from sue
cess would have stood Tantalus in good
stead In the midst of his fortunes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-10

All doubt of the guilt of Martin Thorn
and Mrs. Mack, who are accused in New
York of causing the death of William Gull.
confession of the woman in open court
today. The peculiar nature of the crime
the extraordinary method of disposing OF
the body and the lack of knowledge OF
some of the essential details of the tragedy
all tended to make it questionable whether
the crime could be fastened with suffi-
GENTLY definite force upon any individual
to secure conviction. In a measure 1t
resembled the Luetgert case in Chicago
save that in the latter the evidences OF
the finding of dead body, the corpse OF
murdered Mrs. Luetgert. were SO insig-
nificant that all speculations based on
them were necessarily vague and uncon-
vincing.
Mrs. Nack's story does not differ in MAJ
terial details from the theory of the crime
that was worked out by the newspapers
of the metropolis that earned the credit
of unraveling this mystery. Her confes-
sion completes the chain of evidence and
removes all doubt as to the identity OF
the body that was found in pieces at wide
ly separated points. The most gratifying
item of the affair is that the confession
will probably tend to shorten the trial,
which could not nave been edifying or ele-
waiting to the public at large, however
gruesomcly fascinating may have been its
details for certain class of people, who
revel in the horrors of the morgue and gloat
over the particulars of crime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-10

The Daughters of the King. now assem-
bling IN this city for their annual conven-
ton, form the charitable agency of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. Many are
their works of aid and comfort. and many
are the bright lights that they cast into
dark places. This Organization, while
strictly denominaticnal. has accomplished
much good in transformations works among
the poor in practically every city of the
country. The local chapter maintains a
summer home for the children of the poor
at river resort. where hundreds of little
ones are annually given fresh hold on life
and glimpses of better existence than is
possible amid their soriid home surround
inSs. The capital welcomes the Daughters
with the greater earnestness because of
their effective. though quiet. work in the
local field.