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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
Joe TOlbert Goes to Greenwood.

Thursday was the day set for taking
testimony at Greenwood in the contest
which K. r. Tolbert, Republican, has
brought for the congressional seat of
A. &. Latimer, Democrat, to whom the
certificate of election has been given.
But no testimony was taken. There
was some little excitement around
Greenwood that night and Joe Tolbert.
brother of the contestant, was in
town. He feared that an attempt would
be made to take his life and others ap-
pretended there was some possibility
OF such an occurrence; sn that Joe TOi-
bert was kept we'll guarded at his hotel
by citizens who wished to prevent
trouble. 1t is stated that the rumors
OF an attempt upon Joe TOlbcrt's life
were unfOundcd, but the reports were
circulated and it was thought hest to
be on the outlook
The contestants friends claimed that
1T was unsafe for anyone to give testi-
mOny i'll T0lbert's favor in Greenwood
and they therefore had the hearing
postponed. None of their witnesses
were present except one whom they did
not produce OH the ground that it
would jeopardize his life. Notary Pub
lie Cohen had been appointed to take
the testimony, and it was even said by
Tclbert's side that he had been threat
ened. The hearing was accordingly
postponed on the advice of T0lbcrt's
attorney.
These alleged threats are ho0ted at
by those who are in position to know,
and it is stated that rs Tolbcrts con-
test is inadmissable because of his
failure to file the notice at the proper
time, this method of procedure is adopt
ed to gain a standing before the con-
gressional committee.
Joe TOlbert stated that he was not
in Greenwood on business connected
with his brothers contest, and hence it
will be cOntended that the threats
against him. if there were such, could
have no bearing upon the contest. Joe
Tolbert went to Greenwood presuma-
bly, to look after business interests i'll
that county and to visit his farm, but
he returned to Charleston yesterday
without going to the farm, not caring
to incur any supposed risks.
Hon. George E. Prince, who is the
attorney for Congressman Latimer, re-
turned to Columbia yesterday. He does
not seem to think that there was the
least foundation for suspecting any
trouble at the hearing, and he backed
his judgment by offering to insure the
lives of all the witnesses that might he
brought forward by TOlbert's side.
It is not known when or where the
taking of testimony will occur, but the
contestant will doubtless endeavor to
have the matter attended some distance
from Greenwood as the TOlberts have
fears as to their safety in that part of
the country, which may be either real
or feigncd.-Ihe State, Feb. rs.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
Corner Greek >irting>.

The SHOW has come and gone and the
roads are bad" muddy. and. in fact.
they are decided in the worst condition
that we have ever seen them. al
though the public roads Of this section
are not as bad us il is in other places
For the past three or four years nnr
roads have been efficiently managed by
Mr. j. NJ. Hanks. and now since the
way of overseeing the public roads of
the County has been changed. we f.a,
Ill the future that our roads are not
going to be us good us they have been
i'll the past, for Mr.. Hanks certainly
knew how and when to work the roads
and ais" to keep up the bridges.
The cold wave of last week we fear
has killed part of our oats. which wer,
looking fine.
The McAdams school took vacation
last week "ii account ni' SHOW.
Mrs. j: Il. Mcconnell and pretty lii :
tie daughter, from Eagle Grove. Ga.,
are on visit to her parents here.
Misses F'a and Emma Martin. ot
i''i'NiS StttIolI' NlSittu TclutlNtS mere
the latter part of last week
Mrs. Mary Shirley. who was stricken
with paralysis about three weeks ago
we are sorry to note is not improving
very fast. We trust she may soon b.
well again.
Nistei Nigi;y cani. III. fro.n srr.l"r,
last week and spent IL few days Will
his parents.
Several OF our young people enjoyed
sleigh riding during the recent SNOW
Just ask one of Our married men how
he liked it. for he could br seen ont
riding with his wife.
Our farmers have not done much
Mr.. Editor, the time of the year i.
drawing near for the beginning of an.
other crop. and it is to be- hoped that
the farmers of the South "will not
plant such another cotton crop as tn,
one of last year. Our farmers are not
going to plant us much, we are sure.
Mr.. J. y. Shirley, who has beer
drawn IL juror for February term ot
Court, will leave for the city Monday
We presume that he will have to be
there for some two weeks.
Mr.. Will Hanks. omr excellent car.
penter, who has been for the past two
months working OH the new Methotlis
Church at Williamson, was at home
recently. TYRo.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
Soldiers Honor a Dead Confederate

The funeral of the late Capt. John
McFall, the Confederate veteran whose.
death was announced in tn. Grcrmvillc
-Ncms of Sunday WAS characterized by
an incident that had never occurred in
this State Before. During the services
at the grave i'll Springwnod cemetery :,
detachment of the 20:;l New York sol
dicrs. provost guards oft duty, marched
into the grounds under sergeant Kcrlcr,
and taking position by the grave, barred
their heads and paid their respects t"
the memory of linn who had worn the
gray. The incident attracted much at
trnti0n and waS favOlably commented
upon throughout the rity.-GrrcnriUc
Ncwx. Fcb. -.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
Drainage Association.

The Anderson Drainage Association
met in the Court House Feb. Is, and or
,;lrized permanently by electing A. T..
W ell, Pres. and p II. Brown, Sec.
Committee appointed atllast meeting to
draft bill and send to our representatives
in Columbia reported they had received
notice that their bill had failed to pass.
w. w. Russell, representing the Steam
Drainage 20. of Russell n Fretwell, made
the Association proposition to ditch all
streams in Anderson county at One-half
the cost of hand labor, or he would cut
canals ut the following prices per roll
s feet wide, 6 feet deep, 90 cts; 10 feet
wide, q feet deep, - cts: II feet wide, 6
feet deep. 81 Is feet wide, 6 feet deep,
$50.
committees of three were appointed by
the President on ditfcrcnt streams in tho
county to ascertain the number Of miles
of ditchin" TO be done: also to secure
signature of land owners to an agreement
to pay their proportion of the expense of
draining said streams. The committees
to report Salestlay in March, at > y. m
EOcky River Committee John Bailey,
L. +. Seybt. w. g. Hammond
Six and Twenty Committee-J. G..
DuckwOrth, Teat Dalrymple, II. IL.
Gray.
VI ).
Richardson, j. lI. Douthitt, Hunter Nc
Mustry.
Little Six and Twenty Gommittee-D.
Il. McPhail, w. W. Smith, j. Il. Smith.
Town Creek Committee j. t. Watson,
ID. r. Brown, Jas. Ashlc.
Devils Fork Committee. :. Fowler,
Henry WillifOrl, ID. j. Bolt.
COX's Creek Committee. NJ. Payne,
W. i. w. Harrison, Calhoun lIamlin.
Little Beaver Dam Committee-P. G..
Opp, Jas. Olivens, B. G. Martin
Big Beaver Dam committee-W. II.
Tucker, II. &. Anderson, T.. NJ Duck
worth.
Pickens Creek Committee = Earle
Smith, Oliver i'ickens, Enoch Pepper.
Upper Three and Twenty Committee
Ed .Algood, Thos. Glenn, Geo. Russell.
The meeting was attended by large
crowd of representative men from all
sections of the county, who showed their
determination to reclaim our most valua-
BILE farming lands. since it could be done
SO cheaplv and effectively by steam Tho
meeting adjourned to meet in the Court
House at = p. IN. SalesGay in March, at
which time the different committees are
expected and urgently requested to have
all the information necessary to close the
contract for draining swamp lands in
Anderson county.
u. II. BROWN Sec
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
Cost OF Cotton Growing.

WA>IIiN'.roN. ID. c.. Feb. l1.-l'ndcr
the supervision of StntiStician Hyde,
OF the department of agriculture, the
cost of growing cotton has been invcS-
tigated. and the results of the ilvesti-
CATION are to be published within few
days. i'll Il pamphlet. This report will
show that the average cost of pruduc-
ing an acre of upland cotton in 1898.
WAS %l5.42, sub-dividcd in the follow
ing items: Rent, $2.SS: plowing. $o.sl;
seed, 2lc.; planting seed. 1Sc.: fertiI-
izcrs, 81 30; distributing fertilizers. lGc.:
chOpplng and hoeing, &1.3: picking,
S3.3,; ginning and pressing, 81 .02; bag
ging and ties, j1c. mnarketing. 64r.;
repairing implements, 4Oc., and other
expenses, 41c. 1t was ascertainrd that
the pounds of lint produced per acre
were 255.G. sold for co. per pound:
bushels nf seed produced lG: price per
bushel 1.9cents. The total return to h,.
planter was @19.03, which gave him !,
net profit of 1851 per acre. The cost
of picking cotton per 100 pounds was
a. cents. Several thousand planters
contributed to these statistics, and of
the entire number 20 per cent. reported
Il loss due to deficient production, Ow-
ing to drought or other causes. To
produce Sea Island cotton costs $21 80
per acre, or I'm average of l1.29 per
pound. :.nsl the total return for lint
and seed for Sea Island cotton was
1856. which gave the planter IL net
profit of $3.50 per acre. The planters
that represent profit iii the raising of
upland cotton produced 215.9 pounds
per acre. while those that reported IL
loss produced only l76 pounds.
The effect of the use OF fertilizers in
the raising of cotton is very distinctly
disclosed and the general result is that
in proportion as the quantity Of fer
tilizers used increased the profit of
producing the lint per pound also in
creased
1t has been discovered in this invcs-
tigation that cotton is produced to II
limited extent, but at high rate of
profit by means of irrigation in western
Texas and the southwestern part of
Utah. In Texas irrigation had the cf-
feet of producing 512.4 pounds of lint
per acre, which is 1908 pounds greater
than the average for the whole State.
For 1896 many special inquiries were
made by former statistician OF the
department. and the estimated cost of
producing lint cotton per pound, i'll
gold, was S.32 cents. One of the re-
markable revelations of the invcstiga-
tion is the comparative cost of market
ing cotton in 1910 and in 1897. The
comparison is itemizetl, and shows that
in 1910 it cost 1915 to market Il bale of
cotton i'll Alabama to Liverpool, while
in 1897 this cost was Se.S9.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
Wants to Know Where Casey Is.

Editors C0mrier: For the sake of suf-
fering humanity. will you please give
the following space in your valuable
paper:
There is Il woman in this section who
wants to know where Aaron Casey is.
When Casey was last heard of he
claimed to live on Samuel Suttons
land, i'll Brushy Creek township, An
dersOn County, South Carolina.
He is very tall; about a. or 80 years
of age; dark completed; eyes, she
thinks, black or gray; beard and hair
getting gray.
This woman is without home, food or
raiment, only as the ncighbors con-
tribute to her.
Any one that can give the writer any
information rs to Cascy's whereabouts
will be paid for his or her trouble.
j. ALONZc BHowN,
Catccrhcc, S. {.
Anderson papers and every papcr in
the United States, IL friend To Justice,
please cOpy.-Hcnwcr Comricy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
STATE NEWS.

- Gen. NJ. {. Butler has been hon.
orably discharged from the army.
The ith Missouri Regiment was
mustered out in Grecnville last week.
- An old colored woman in Darling
ton froze to death on Monday night.
18th instant.
- \ good many cattle were drown
cd below Columbia last week by the
frcshet in the Congaree.
- John A. Putnam, of Laurens
county, lost his barn and two head of
horses by fire on Saturday night.
- An engine near Charleston jump
ed the track recently and killed two
men and wounded eight others badly.
The prospects seem cheering
that Gov. Ellerbc will soon have re-
turned to him the money expended in
raising the First Regiment
- Jacob Pciglcr. probably the old
est resident Of t;rcenvillc county. died
on the 10th inst. lie was born in
Orangeburg County in 1904.
= The Merchants and Miners Line
steamer "Wm. Lawrence, was wreck
ed off Port Royal, $. e.. February IT,.
Some Of the crew we're rescued. -
others arc believed to have pcrished
= Three negroes were drowned in
Pee Dee River, near Society Hill, :.
c., Feb. 9. They were trying to es-
cape from their home which had been
inundated by freshets.
= The coming year promises to be
one of great activity in the building
and enlargement Of cotton mills in this
State. The textile papers are full of
notices of such enterprises.
- South Carolina was represented
in the battle with the Filipinos on the
9th instant in the person of Mr.. Jack
Floyd, son Of Mr.. J. S. Floyd, Of
Walhalla. He is in Nebraska revi
ment.
= "A severe wind storm struck Sen
eca last Thursday morning about ) or
i o clock and did considerable damage.
The telephone wires are broken and
torn up, fences are considerably blown
down and the old Kcowee Hotel un.
rooted
- DR.. James Evan, secretary of
the State Board Of Health, reports
that the smallpox epidemic at Mayes-
vile is under control, but that the
disease is now epidemic at Summerton
Clarendon County, and is spreading
in that section.
= On the 7th inst. while on his
way from Abbcvillc Bill Wimbnsh
colorcd, Of Due West, frozc to death
near the home Of Jim Green where he
was found the next day. Bill was
loaded nr with booze and lay down
to take snoozc, and now he is dead.
- Aunt CLANCY Holden, one of the
Oldest colorcd women in the State,
died at her home on j. G. Garrison 5
place. near Walhalla, on Wednesday
morning, 10Th instant Her age was
said to be over hundred years. She
was an old woman in slavery times
when she and her husband, Jake Uol.
den, belonged TO VIM. Holden. Uncle
Jake died two years ago after seeing
over century come and go.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
sIoo Reward. 500.

The readers Of this pspe1 will he pleased to lear
that there is at least DIRE aded disease that Sci
ence has been able in Ill its stages and that
Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only posi-
tive cure now known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh heing constitutional disease fe1 ,ires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the System, thereby de-
stroying the foundation OF the d.rase, and giving
The pa tient strength by bulldog NJ ne constitu-
proprietors have 20 much -f,i,h in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred dollars for
any case that i. fails to Send for list Of
timonials
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
Cheap Printing.

Law Briefs at go cents Pagc-Good
Work. Good Paper. Prompt Delivery
Minutes cheaper than at any other
house. Catalogues in the best style.
1T y0n have printing to do. it will be to
your Interest to write to the Press and
Banner, Abbcvillc, 5. c. tt.
Iron King Stoves are sold In Anderson
only by Osborne & nkscales
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
VOLUME XXXIV---NO. 81.

he haiiney Ledger says that
Aunt Patsy Harris living in that town
i nearly 100 years old She has good
health and can see to thread needle
without srcctaclcs. She says vixen
young she did man work and often
cut and split three cords Of wood Il
day.
1t is evident that there are some
pretty tough rogucs around Greenvillc.
They break o"t in unexpected places
and on some curious things The pest
house, outside the city limits has
been robbed Oh more than one occa-
sion lately.
= Col. j. {. Boyd, Of Grecnville. a
wcll-known Confederate veteran and a
military man of long experience. is
about TO organize a co'apany Of cold
Confeds' to attend the Charleston 70
union next May in body. Col. Boyd
intends to have his COZ ,any we'll
equipped, fully armed and uniformed
in the old Confederate gray.
- Mrs. A. Hazcltinc Mcneil died
at G. awood Saturday night at seven
o clock after a long and tedious illness.
Miss Bessie Mcneil, daughter OF Mrs.
Mcneil. died after serious sickness
brought OF by the care and anxiety Of
taking care Of her mother. Mother
aud daughter were buried together
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Mcneil was
a middlc-agcd woman, Miss Bessie. Il
young wom II Of twcnty-four years
Of age
= negro infant was burned to
death a few days ago near Sumter.
The mother Of the child left the house
for few minutes, leaving the baby in
a cradle near the fire place. When
she returned the cradle was in a blaze
and the wall Of the house near the
cradle was beginning to burn. She
screamed loudly for help, but the child
was doubtless dead before the fire was
discovered, at any rate, life was ex-
tinct when the flames were extinguish-
cd and the body taken from the burned
cradle. 1t is thought that fire coal
popped from the fireplace into tue
cradle and started the fire.
- Constables LaFar. Cooley, Alton,
Bishop and Conwell made raid last
week on the distillery of George Payne,
two miles from Greenville and made
the biggest haul of the season. They
found barrel Of whiskey covered in
pile Of cipders. Cans of yeast were
found under the floor. The general
state of affairs warranted seizure
and Constable I4aFar closed the place.
The outfit. including fine still and
nine unstampcd barrels Of liquor we're
seized, and the liquor was sent to Co
lumbia. Payne and the gauyer, A. H.
Williams. coorcd will probably be
handled by the Federal authorities
The &. a. Reed Music House has tax en
the State Agency for the celebrated CO.
lumbia Graphophone, and is selling them
at manufacturers y prices 1t will interest
every one to call at the NJ usic House and
see this wonderful invention.
Iron King Stoves arc considered tie
best. Buy one. Osborne Il Clinksca!es,
Sole Agents.
Roofing, tin work, galvanized irol
work anu plumbing done on short notice
by Osborne & Ci;ukscales.
Blacksmith Tools are offered so cheap
by Sullivan Hardware Co. that the small
eat farmers will find that it will pay then
! to buy an outfit
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
A Few People

Got offended because we refused to sell them Goods
on credit. We wish to say to these people that if We
charged Goods to any one would be glad to have
their names our books. We don't wish to make
enemies; on the other hand wish to make friends
We have refused to sell credit some of the beat
people in Anderson County not because they would
not pay their debts, (some of them could buy us out
and not feel it,) but because we do a spot
CASH business sell Goods cheaper that
way. So you it isn't question of how good you
are for your debts We want these good people (who
got ofended) to in and let US show them the
prices we make on good Goods They will quickly see
that we couldn't make such LOW PRICES if We
sold on credit. No, we charge Goods to no one. We
sell strictly for Spot Cash, and if you satilfed
with any purchase you make here, we will cheerfully
give you-your money back if you want it. Isn't
that fair?
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Have hot water pipes run from your
stove TO bath room. Try Osborne 81
Clinkscales.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-09-14
Mount Rainier.

Much has been written and said of the
scenery of Puget Sound. Of the many
grand mountains which surround Seattle
on every hand, none can excel incompara-
Bile Rainier, which stands II 4l4 feet above
the level of the sea. This grand noun
tain is not, like Mont Blanc, merely the
dominant peak of a chain of snow noun
tans; it is the only prominent snow peak
observable from all quarters, Mount St.
Helens and Mont Adams being more iso-
lated and many miles distant Rainier is
majestic in its isolation, reaching 5000 to
5000 feet above its neighbors. 1t is superb
900 feet in seven miles. Not only is it the
grandest mountain in this country-it is
one of the grandest mountains of the
world, to be named with st. Elias, Fusiyama
and Ararat, and the most superb SUBMITS
of the Alps. Eminent scientists of Eng
land and Germany, who, as members OF
the Alpine Club of Switzerland and trav-
ellers of wide experience would natural
ly be con SerVauVe in tHelr JuuShent,
have borne witness to the majesty of the
scenery round about Rainier.
AS early as 1888 Prof. Zittel, we'll
known German geologst, and Professor
James Bryce, member of the English par
lament, made a report on the scenery OF
Mount Rainier. Among other things
they said:
1.-The scenery of Mount Rainier is OF
rare and varied beauty. The peak ltself
is as noble mountain as we have ever
seen in it's lines and structure. The gla-
, ciers which descend from its snow-helds
present all the characteristic features OF
those in the Alps, and though less exten-
sive than the ice streams of the Mont Blanc
and Monta Rosa groups, are IN their creV,
asses and serraes equally striking ana
equally worthy of close study. we nave
seen nothing more beautiful in SWltzer-
land or Tyrol in Norway or IN the ryIa-
nees, than the Carbon river glaciers and the
great Puyallup glaciers; indeed, the ice ice
in the latter is unusually pure and the
crevasses unusually fine The com olna-
ton of ice scenery with woodland scenery
of the grandest type is to be found no
where in the Old World, unless it be in
the Himalayas, and, SO far as we know,
nowhere else on the American continent.
0. NJ. NJ.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-09-14
A Searsport Boy in Alaska.

The Silver Messenger of Challis, Idaho.
Ed. Nickerson to his brother Frank in Chal.
lis. The Nickersons are twin sons of the
late Roger Nickerson, and they left Sears
port for Dakota about 10 years ago The
letter is dated at Anvil City, Alaska, July
3, 1899, and says:
We arrived here on the first day of july
and had a very good trip. Frank Ferguson
was seasick most of the way, but it did not
bother me very much. We left Seattle June
18th and got to Dutch Harbor, Alaska on the
25th. We were about nine days out of sight
of land, arriving at St. MichaePs June 29th,
and at Anvil City July 1st.
| should Judge that there are about / 900
people here now, and more coming. Anvil
City is about two weeks old. The citizens
are all living in tents, but are beginning to
build houses; The lumber is shipped from
Seattle, as there is no timber here of any
kind. The wood we burn is drift wood that
we gather on the beach, The ground is
covered with moss from s inches to one
foot in depth. We intend starting to-mor-
row on six days prospecting trip. Then
the country The people here say it is
very rich, but you can not tell very
much about what you hear. Town lots are
selling from 81 POO to 81 800 We got here in
time to each secure one. Wages are so to
915 per day -four Sc per 100 pounds potatoes
10 cents per pound; eggs IS cents per doz ;
lard 80 cts. per pound bacon 90 cts. per
pound lumber 500 and $50 per thousand ;
meals 81 to $50. They have horses, wagons
aud pack horses here. The nearest mine is
five miles out on Anvil creek. We are
camped at the mouth on the beach
Oar tickets from Seattle to this place cost
SO each. We also took three months supply
Of provisions with us The freight on the
boat from Seattle is $40 to $50 per ton. The
only draw back is there are no harbors and
every thing has to be landed by small
boats.
1t is now II o'clock p. m, and the sun is
not down. The sun sets at II o'clock and
rises at , a M, and it does not get dark at
all. 1t seems odd to go to bed in daytime,
but 7 expect we will get enough night in the
winter.
There are quite number of women here,
anG they all seem to be making plenty of
money keeping eating houses, stores and
wash houses-all in tents.
1t will be a month and more before you
hear from me again. 1t takes the boat a
month to make the round trip.