Anderson Intelligencer.PUBLISHED* EVERYWEDNESDAY.

F. CLINKSCALES, \ Editors and*:G. DANGSTON, J Proprietobs,

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 1895.MBB««....¦¦¦.¦.

The- tariff, revenue of the governmentis increasing so fast under the Wilson lawithat it has about silenced one Repnbl ican

,argnrc<jnt.Tennessee is in Savor of electing her

United Slates Senators by popular rote.The Slate- Legislature has passed a reso¬

lution favorable to the plan.

j~ The youth uf our country have 451 col¬

leges from which to choose when theyhood sji education; in ühese institutions

are 10,271 teachers and 140.05S stn-

Thö;South CanV.na Agricultural; So¬ciety will make a mistake, we believe, Inchanging tho annual State. Fair from

Columbia to Charleston. Columbia iscentrally located and is the proper place

.the Fair.

)m the newspaper reports the fe,r-iers in the eastern s<»ction of the Sta te

are going to cultivate a crop of tobaccoVila year. Those who attempted Ifr inDarlington, Florence and SumterCoun-

i.'.ties last year made a fine crop, and sold... it for fancy prices.

The increase of cotton manufacturingin the South during the last four yearshas been parallel. Inthafi brief period the aumber of cotton

in the South has increased from 250over 400, and the capital invested in

from $81,000,000 to nearly'^100,000,-

\&centennial ofthe birthday ofGeorgeihcdy will be celebrated next Monday

on., two continents. Mr. Peabody was

perhaps the greatest philanthropist of' raodewu.times, and thefunds he bestowedare still applied to educational purposes.He was born in Massachusetts, was a

merchant in New Yorl: and a banker inLondor..

The cold wave, snow and storms have

I not only been genera], throughout our

country, but throughout Europe and on

the seas, and great distress and sufferingis reported from all s<i)ctions. Down inFlorida they had snow, and the damageto the orange groves und truck farms is

imated at 510,000,000. In the extreme'lwest the mercury is reported, togone down 50 degrees below zero.

)nghout the. South tho small graincrop is reported killed.

We believe there is a general effort'among the farmers ofAnderson Countyto decrease the cotton acreage the coiningseason. Many of them declare they 'willnot put in more tban halfas much cottonas heretofore, and- from the records ia the

I Cierc's office it is found that the chattel;m6ri^age»-and liens iliod this year are

Jar behind the number this time .lastyear, which goes to show that the move?ment to cut down the production of the"staple stuff" is under headway.

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Governor, Evans will soon call a con-

; vontion of tho farmers of the State to be' held in Columbia in accordance with therecommendation of the Cotton Growers'Convention recently held in Vieksburg.

iBorne action is sought whereby the cot ton

acreage can be reduced, and other plansaccomplished looking to the remedyingnf evils weighing heavily on the agricul¬tural Interests of th^ State. SeveraljGjrictiea have already held preliminaryinventions, bat every County In the

. State should be:represented in a conven¬

tion of such vital importance...:-«m m <¦»¦ '.-¦

In the recent County elections in Geor-theFcpullsts captifred all ofthooffi-

? In Taylor County. But they have notyet ussumed the management arid tiegunto enjoy the salaries and perquisites ofthe offices. The trouble aeem» to bo thatthe^, officers-elect cannot make bonds.

are plenty of men in the CountyJualified to become bondsmen, but themen elected to office apparently lack'theconfidence of their neighbors. It ia-alleged that some of thsnrorertyowners;:>who might become liondsmen if theywould, voted the Populist ticketj bntnow decline .to go on the bonds of themen they helped to elect.

Tho Savannah News furnishes this bitof consolation ; "The Southern people,despite the fact that cotton is only 5 centsa pound, are about as well"off as the peo¬ple of any other section oi the country.They could be better off if they wouldprofit by the lesson taught by theirfcthsrs in the years from 1861 to 1885.That lesson, comprises self-reliance andeconomy. For nearly five years the far¬mers of the South fed, clothed and keptin the field a half million of soldiers andsupported themselves. Cotton was j;rownin sufficient quantitieu to buy a few warvessels abroad, together with smalt sup¬plies of arms and ammunition, but themain products' of the Southern farmswere corn and hogs.v. " m * m

The Congressional Democratic SteeringCommittee is having difficulty in reach¬ing a conclusion on tho order of businessfor the remainder of the session. Thefriends of the bankruptcy bill are mak¬ing a strong eflort to prevent it beingdisplaced by any other measure thanappropriation bills, while there is also asharp conflict between the territorial billsand the pooling bills for precedencewhen the bankruptcy bill shall bedls-

o£ In the meantime the Eepubli-Senators call attention to the fact that

Senator Mantle, of Montana, tookhis seat the Domocrai* are nö longer inthe majority in the Senate, their strengthonly being equal to that of the combinedRepublicans and Populists, and they are,

ore, contending "-hat the Democratsno longer continue to dictate theof the proceedings in the Senate.

In another column we publish the pro-ceedings of the Irby Committee,, whichmet in Columbia a week ago, and if youwill read the speech of the ringmasteryou will see that there is not much desireon the part of the "bos.ies" tohave "peaceand unity" in South Carolina. It ia veryevident that the meeting was called forthe express- purpose of forestalling anyaction by the Convention called by the"Forty" to meet In 1 larch looking to a

peaceful solution of the depl' -able condi¬tion of affairs now existing in SouthCarolina. The committee arranged for a

general primary to be held on the lastTuesday in July, but Irby knew at thetime that .this plan would not meet withgeneral approval. Th a Conservatives as

well as a large number of Reformers gotcaught in a scheme of this sort last year,and they are not likely to enter such a

trap again. We want to see peace andharmony in South Carolina, aud we be¬lieve it can be secured if the ring that isnow controlling affairs can be ousted.The Constitutional Convention should be

composed of men who will do their own

thinking, and who will frame a Constitu¬tion that will be satisfactory to all olasses.We believe this is the sentiment of the

people cfAnderson County, and wo hopethe Connty Executive Committee will

arrange some plan that will enable us to

select a delegation to the Convention thatwill bs an honor to our County.

F. K. Cunningham is a North Carolinafarmer who grows five-cent cotton at a

profit, as well as raising other larra pro¬ducts successfully. Darios the last sea¬

son he averaged over one and one-quarterbales of cotton, weighing 450 poundseach, to the acre, while some of his neigh¬bors, by their ''system" of cultivation,failed to average one-half bale to the acre

on land just as good. The difference waBdue to the methods of cultivation SaidMr. Cunningham: "I ran a 'seven-

plough* farm last year, and on 97 acres ofland planted in cotton I harvested 123

bales of cotton, weighing on an average450 pounds each. I raised 100 bushels ofwheat on three acres of land, and alsoharvested 1,000 bushels of corn, 000 bush¬els of oats, 500 gallons of syrup and a

large quantity of potatoes, peas and longforage, and have pnt away 2,600 poundsof pork in my smoke-house to li ve on

next season.and I spent less than $150for commercial fertilizers, making myown manure generally."

IA general agent of the Mexican Coloni¬zation Company sent a large train load of

negroes from Louisiana and Mississippito Mexico last week, and says I e willsend 10,000 more from the South to hisconntry daring the next six months.The negroes will go under contract to

Mexico. The company gives thorn so

many acres of land and will divide what

they raise on the land during tbe firstfew years. The company furnishes allthe plows and agricultural implements tobe used, will erect a cotton oil mill on its

property, several cotton gins and storesfor supplying the negroes, while theMexican Government offers them everyprotection. There will be no overseers,but each negro will be left to work outhis own salvation. There will be churchesand schools, and a colored editor, whogoes with the party, will start a newspa-perA there. The negroes will cultivate

mainly cotton, for which the country iswell suited. The Colonization Companylas had 3,000,000 acres granted it by theMexican Government.

Judge Buchanan, like all of bis prede¬cessors who have presided over our Courtor the past few. years, in his charge tohe Grand Jury last Monday condemnedbe old hull of a building that we call oar'our t House, and we hope his words willtave some .effect.. There is not anothertounty in South Carolina that needs akrart House worse than Anderson, andtore is not another County in the Statelat can better afford to build one. Theuildlng is not large enough to accommo-ate the officials of the County, four of

lern having to rent offices in otheruüldings in the city. These rents,hich are paid by the Connty, woulday a good portion of the interest on a

sbt that might be incurred in buildingnew Court House. We need a modern,re-proofbuilding. "Were a fire to occur

t the building, the records of all our

roperty would be destroyed,.and our

»ple would almost be ruined, for thereould be no end to the litigation thatould occur from such a calamity. Itould be economy to build a new Courtouse. Anderson Connty is not inibt, and she could easily issue $50,000 inmds at 4 per cent, which would enableat to erect a building that would meetI the requirements, for a century tome. These bonds, if issued for a

riod of fifty years, would no doubt sella premium. The natural increase of9 property of our County would pay¦ the bonds within that number of

are, and the individual taxpayer wouldurcely realize that they ever existed,e hope the new Board of County Com -

saloners will investigate the matterd see if they can't erect a new Court>nse. It would be a lasting monumenttheir first term of office under the newiv-'- .. ;v iV~.v-'.- , :.,-. . m-

Farmers' Seeting in Columbia.

Messrs. Editors : The times demandevery energy vigorously exercised in be¬half of our agricultural interest by allfarmers, whether in or out of the Alli¬ance. Concert of action is as importantto success in 'whatever is determinedupon a? action itself, and the Presidentof the Alliance has a. >Led wisely in in¬

viting all interested to participate in thedeliberations of the Convention of theState Alliance, called to meet in Colum¬bia on the 19th inst. at 8 p. m., to con¬

sider the question of fertilizers, andsuch other subjects as pertain to thefarmers' interests.r: On behalf of the Alliance I appointMessrs. J. B. Watson and J. W. Bowden,and take the liberty of naming Messrs.A. A. Dean, J. W. Ashley, "G. A. Ttankinand B. F. Crayton from the farmers atlarge, as delegates to 3aid Convention.

D. K. Norms,President County Alliance.

Many Dispensers Snort.

It is sad to think that all these sixty ormore good men who have been sellingthe official liquor for the State, elevatingthe moral tone of the people, have beenpermitting themselves to get behind intheir accounts with tbe State, but accord¬ing to' Governor Evans nearly all ofthem have been found to bo behind withtfceir cash. Just how or why this is noone knows. It is understood that someoi them are short to the tune of from$£00 to §1,500. Of course the State issecured from any losses, because eachdispenser had to give a bond properlyapproved.When the newspaper men stepped intotte executive chamber yesterday Gover¬nor Evans made this announcement:"Ton can say that we have found nearlyevery dispenser in the State behind inhis accounts, some ot them considerablybohind." The Governor went on to saytt at, under the provisions of the new

law, the County Supervisor of eachcounty had been made- a member of theBoard of Control of each County, and thisnecessitated the dropping ofone memberfrom each Connty Board. He says tbeSiate Board is now very busy reorganiz¬ing the County Boards. When eachBaard has been reorganized, each dispen¬ser in the State will be required to exe¬cute a new bond, with sureties who mustcertify to owning,,twice as much realestate as tbe face value of the bond.This bond must be approved by theCounty Auditor; then by the CountyBoard, and finally by the State Board.The State's dispensary inspectors are now'hard at work inspecting every dispensaryin tbe State. Every dispenser foundshort in his accounts, tbe Governor said,must either submit a satisfactory explan¬ation, or else make the shortage goodimmediately, or the State would proceedto bring suit on the bonds and proaeoute.Said Governor Evans: "We can't affordto have in charge of tbe State's businessany one. who allows himself to becomein arrears for any cause. After there-organization any one found in arrearswill be summarily discharged. Theinspectors have full authority to tikeoharge of tbe assets of any dispensary notconducted according to law."Governor Evans went on .to say it

might be that the dispensers would beall required to give a guarantee insur¬ance bond, tbe State giving the guaranteecompanies tbe right to inspect tbe dis¬pensaries. The Governor says, in bisopinion, the shortages, one or two ofwhich run up over (1,000, have beencaused by the loose way of doing busi¬ness which some of the dispensers havepracticed. He says the State Board hasbeen at work having a new system ofbookkeeping prepared for use in all tbsdispensaries and it would be ready to beput in use by to day. This system, hesays, will enable the State to tell tbeamount a man falls behind in his ac¬

counts.Talking of tbe dispensary in general

Governor Evans said that by the reduc¬tion ofßie force of Constables which was

recently made, the State had saved so far$3,500 a month.Columbia, S. C, February 6..Gover¬

nor Evans explains that he was misun¬derstood in his reference to the shortageof his dispensers. He explains that hedid not say that nearly all the dispensersin the State were short in their accounts,but that nearly till of those whose ac¬

counts have been inspected are short.Only six have been inspected..Colum¬bia Stale, Feb. 0.

Down in a Depp Tunnel.

Columbia Stale, Feb. 8.Slick moonshiners who have for years

been making a study of ingenious meth¬ods to evade the United States Revenuelaws are simply not in it with the SouthCarolina dispensary law evaders. Butthey are not so liable to have their in-

Senuity outdone by "informers" as thearolina liquor man is. His way is a

hard one. When ho feels safe and seen re,down come the Constables, knowingwhere to look for the lair of the ticer, anaforsooth he is ousted.Yesterday a lair was unearthed right in

the heart of Carolina's Capital, which wai

almost in the bowels of tbe earth.a lairwhich rivals that ofNorth Carolina moon-Bhinere, who dived through a river'swaters to reach the mouth of their under¬ground distillery. It was away downunder the cellar of tbe store of Messrs.Platt, Hook & Shull, and the whole con¬struction of the underground tunnel,particularly the manner of concealing theway of entrance, was a masterpiece ofingenuity. It is saf* to say that it wouldnever have been discovered bad not someinformer needed tbe 20 cents a gallon re¬ward offered by the State. As a resultthe owners of the liquor.whoever theyare.have about $1,300 less than they badyesterday morning, for between 300 and400 gallons of good liquor was found andconfiscated.The search of the place was made by

Liquor Constables Speed, Davis andBeach, Trial Justice Constables Cooperand Hartln, and Sergeant Moorehead andOfficer Sbeppard and Strickland of tbepolice force. They swept down on theplace in tbe forenoon, and Mr. Ed. Shullwas so abusive, so Constable Speed say*,that he ordered him locked up in tbestattonhouse. Officer Sbeppard took himaway.The owners of the store refused to

allow tbe officers to go into tbe store, butopened up the cellar. The building is avery long one, and the cellar the officerswere ushered into runs only about halfway. At the rear end was solid earthand plenty of it. The officers knew whatthey were doing, however, for they sentfor shovels and spades and began to diginto the wall of earth. After diggingforward about six feet, their instrumentsstruck air and tbey soon got into tbe restof the cellar. They went in and searchedall around. On one side, next to thebrick wall, was what appeared to be tbesolid foundation ofa large chimney, run¬

ning on up through the buiding. Onthis their attention centered. Prettysoon they began to cut into the brick,and in a short time they gazed through,and, by the .flickering light of a candle,tbey could see that the chimney was afalse one; that inside a ladder ran up¬wards and there was a neat little bar withall necessaries inside. They out the holelarger and got inside. They could seethe bottom of an ingenious trap door inthe floor, which could not be detectedabove, as it was covered by shelving.But the liquor had not been found, andthe real ingenuity of the hiding was yetto be seen. TbeConstables looked aroundthe inside walls of the chimney and to¬wards tbe outer wall they finally discov¬ered a door about four feet high. Theybroke this down and stood at the mouthof a long dark tunnel running baokintotbe "bowels of the earth." A man couldalmost stand erect in the neatly con¬structed tunnel. Then the explorationof thia tunnel began. The Constableswent on and on nmil they struck a pointwhere the tunnel divided and branchedin opposite directions, and then the liquorwas in sight. There was about forty feetof tunneling, and the earth taken out ofit bad been used to make the false baokto the cellar. It took the Constables nntllabout 4 p. m. to get out all the liquorstored in the tunnel. And there was lotsof it. In all the Constables estimate theygot nearly 400 gallons. There were 22five gallon jugs, 20 five gallon demijohns,18 boxes, formerly containing "Octagonsoap," but found to contain 32 pint bot¬tles each; and 15 or 20 five gallon kegs.The liquor was all hauled to the Statedispensary during the afternoon.

The Allience Called.

The State only a few days ago gave thepublic the first intimation it had of the

probability of an extra meeting of theFarmers' Alliance being called to con¬sider the condition of tbe farming classesand devise some means of bettering thatcondition. President Evans of tbe StateAlliance, arrived in the city yesterday,and late last night he promulgated thefollowing call in response to tbe reqnestof the Newberry and other Alliances:"In response to a request of Alliance-

men from various parts of the State, Ihereby call a convention to be composedof two delegates from each County Alli¬ance to be held in the city of Columbiain the hall of the House of Representa¬tives on Tuesday, the 19th inst., at 8 p. m.

"The object of this meeting is to takeinto consideration the question of fertili¬zer supplies for the coming orop andsuch other subjects as pertain to the agri¬cultural interests ofthe State. Whereverit is convenient, the County Allianceswill hold meetings and elect said dele¬gates, otherwise the County Presidentsare hereby authorized to appoint.

'The expenses of said delegates mustbe paid by the County Alliances. It willbe well that no orders for fertilizers be

Elaced until after said convention shallave met.' Other agricultural organizations and

individual farmers, who feel an interestin this matter are cordially invited toparticipate in the deliberations of thisconvention.

"W. D. Evans,"President F. A. of S. C."

Plain Talk.

Greenville News.The Republicans are developing into

very strong and active life in every partof this State and nobody can blame them.In fact it may be before tbe Constitu¬tional Convention campaign is over thatwhite men and Democrats of variousshades of opinion in State politics willlook to the Republican organization asthe chief hope for the preservation of freegovernment here.So far as we can gather from the news¬

papers representing the Tillman-Irbyelement of the Reform faction, that ele¬ment is bent on controlling the Conven¬tion absolutely and making the body a,machine for the execution of the plansof the leaders. What those plans arenobody knows, but we doubt ifthe whiteReformers, even, will enjoy tbe prospectof committing their interests and rightsblindfold and absolutely to the keepingof men under the political control of afew leaders.As we see it, there is urgent need for

moderate Conservatives and moderateReformers to get together for the purposeof having a free Convention composed ofmen who will be independent, who willrepresent and express theirown opinionsand the interests of the people, regardlessof tbe wishes of any politicians. If suchan agreement can be made, if tickets canbe put up in each county composed offair-minded men who can be trusted tovote according to their own heads, therewill, we hope, be general acquiescence,and if the bosses undertake to fight suchtickets tbey will find themselves vervthoroughly beaten. On tbe other hand,if no agreement is reaobed, there will besomething like political chaos and whatwill come out of it no man may know.Certainly no repetition of the work of

last year will be permitted. As theSpartan bu rg Herald says, it will be tbeduty of every good citizen to fight and,if need be, die before allowing a fewpolitical bosses to have ballot boxesstuffed and results counted in to suittheir purposes and programme. Unlesswe misunderstand the feeling here, therewill be plenty of men to see that there issome semblance, at least, of fair play inregistration, voting and counting.Tbe Republican party has been called

to life by the Constitutional Convention,tbe call for which was counted in overthe protest of thousands of white menand thousands of negroes. It 'has beencalled to life with tbe danger of havingthe sentiments and votes of thousands ofwhite men with it.What may bo a desperate fight has been

forced on the .State wantonly and fraudu¬lently. The one way to avoid such afight is for moderate men to get togetherand give their wisdom and patience tothe work of trying to steer tbe Statesafely through the dangers forced uponher by Tillman and Irby and their ring.

Damage to Florida Crops.

Jacksonville. Fla., Feb. 9..It isimpossible to make any accurate estimateof the damage done in Florida by theblizzard. All the early vegetable cropsare killed, and the worst is feared for theorange trees. The strawberry plants are

reported uninjured. Of course if the oldorange trees are killed the loss will runinto millions, but it is too early yet tomake an estimate. The freeze was gen¬eral throughout the State. Even on theeast coast, as far south as Lakeworth, themeroury fell below the freezing point.The St John's was frozen to a distance oftwenty-five feet from the banks. Ofjcourse the ice was thin, but such an oc¬currence is unprecedented. At Carra-b<M 1 e a Finnish sailor was frozen to death.The weather is modeiatlng now,

Where the Money Goes.

Quitman, Ga , Feb. 10..An old citizenwas ruminuting the other day aboutthings in general and hard times in par¬ticular, and made the remark that thepeople threw away too much money onhumbugs.things they had no earthlyuse for.and added that if the people ofQuitman and Brooks county had themoney they had been fooled out of byagents for ail manner of things, theywouldn't know anything about hardtimes. The man who hasn't been in theclutches of the smooth-tongued agentand been talked into investing from $10to $100 in some humbug or other is fewand far between. The fellow with the$65 patent, double-back-action stove camealong and sold them by the score. Hisvictim, while listening to the word-painting of the oily-tongued agent wouldwonder how he had lived heretoforewithout such a necessary article.Then the $40 clock man came along

and convinced hundreds that the one

thing lacking in life was a clock thatwould not only tell the time of day, butalso rocord the phases of the moon, andnot let him forget the day of the month.And he didn't forget.especially the daywhen that S-'O note fell due.Then came the hedge fence man, and

many a farmer was bamboozled intowondering how he had over managed toraise corn and cotton without the aid ofa hedge fence. And he never came back.that hedge fence man. He planted outhis switches, was to be back the secondand third years and make that hedge athine of beauty.and he never came back,neither did the thousands of dollars becarried off with him.Next was the get-rich-quick ordera.

Fay us $30, they said, aud in a year we

will give you $100. Town folks were, ifanything, bigger fools than their countryfriends on this line. All bit at this allur¬ing bait, but like the perch do when tho'Pilco is low aud green oak worms are

ripe.Last on the list was the fruit tree man.

He was here in the early summer when a

note payable in December seemed a longways on.and those pictures of luscious-looking fruits and strawberries in a bot¬tle, as big as yonr fist, lookel so tempt¬ing and the agent was such a talker. De¬cember came, likewise the fruit tree manand hi* switches. Too late to kick then-he had us signed up and when he leftthere was $2,000 or $3,000 less in Brookscounty.And the plow man.we came near'for¬

getting him.but his memory is dear tomany, and they have not forgotten him.and won't for some time.Then there's the sewing machine agent,

the lightning rod agent, the life insuranceagent, the patent smoothing iron agent,the agent for this, that and the other.foreverything under the sun we either don'tneed, or if we do need, can buy in Quit-man for one-half or one-third the money.We have paid $65 for a stove, when we

could have bought a better one at homefor $20; $40 for a clock, when we ought tohave told the time of day by the sun; $30for a lightning rod, when the Lord hadno idea of hitting ns with lightning; $50or $100 on a hedge fence when we oughtto have been splitting rails.and so it hasgone. Thousands and thousands, yta,tens of thousands of dollars have beenthrown away in Brooks connty by peo¬ple who love to be humbugged. .AtlantaConstitution.

The Dispensary Law,

It will now be only a few dayB beforethe State Dispensary Law will be beforethe Supreme Court of the United States,and that highest of all legal tribunalswill be asked to pass directly on the con¬stitutionality of that feature relating tothe taking away of the right of a citizenof this State to purchase liquor outsideof the State and nave it shipped in to himfor his own use. It is a vitally impor¬tant question, and, if it be decided thatthis feature of the law is unconstitu¬tional, then the Dispensary Law must ofa necessity become a dead letter as amoney making measure.The Slate has already mentioned that

this test case was to be brought in theUnited States Supreme Court, coming upfrom the Aiken case, and that Messrs.Croft cfc Chafee and Obear it Douglasswere to be the legal motors. It was fur¬ther stated that they were busy prepar¬ing the papers.Information has come from Washing¬

ton that these attorneys have alreadyfiled their application for a writ of errorto be issued, and that the argument ofthe case has been set for the latter part ofthis week. It is thus seen that the caseIs for the first time presented to the high¬est Court in the land on a direct questionof its oonstitntionality. The counsel arevery confident of winning on this matter, which has never yec been touchedon, and which many of the leading at¬torneys of the country consider the weak¬est point in the entire law.. ColumbiaState.

To Be Taught In the Public Schools.

An Act to provide for the teaching ofPhysiology and Hygiene in the publicschools:Be it enacted by the Senate and House

of Representatives of the State of SouthCarolina, now met and sitting in Gene¬ral Assembly, and by the authority ofsamt:Section 1. That the nature of alcoholic

drinks and narcotics, and special instruc¬tion as to their effects upon the humansystem in connection with the severaldivisions of the subject of physiologyand hygiene, shall be included in thebranches of study taught in the oommonor public schools in the State of SouthCarolina, and shall be studied and taughtas thoroughly and in the same manneras other like required branches are insaid schools by the use of text books inthe hands of pupils whose other branchesare thus studied in said schools, andorally In the case of pupils unable toread, and shall be taught by all teachersand studied by all pupils in all of saidschools supported wholly or in part bypublio money.Section 2. That it shall be the duty of

the proper officers in control of anyschool described in the foregoing sectionto enforce the provisions of this Act;and any such officer, school director,committee, superintendent or teacherwho shall refuse or neglect to complywith the requirements of this Aot, orshall neglect or fail to make proper pro¬visions for the instruction required andin the manner specified by the first sec¬tion of this Act for all pupils in each andevery school under his jurisdiction shallbe removed from office and the vacancyfilled as in other cases.Section 3. This Act shall go into effect

on November 1, 1895.Section 4. All Acts and parts of Acts

inconsistent with this Aot be, and theyare hereby, repealed.

Reorganized.The State Executive Committee of the

reorganized Republican party has beenorganized by the election of Clarence F.Holmes of this city as secretary and W.W. Russell of the Piedmont section astreasurer. It will be remembered thatthe convention made Captain L. D. Mel¬ton State chairman.Captain Melton says the committee has

gone straight to work organizing all theRepublican forces of the State in accor¬dance with the olub system. He says heexpects to have the whole State organizedin very short order. Captain Meltonstates that his committee will not holdanother meeting until about the middleof next month, by which time the clubswill be in good working order through¬out the State..Columbia State.

. In several counties of Ohio ten thou¬sand miners are in need of food andclothing. Many of these have been with-.out work for weeks. They have appeal¬ed to Governor McKinley for aid. It issaid that 50,000 people depend on theseminers for a support and that they areunable to carry their burdens withouthelp. The Southern cotton planters arenot the only ones who have hard times tocontend with.

Speolmen Cases.S. H. Clifford, New Cassell. WIs., was

troubled with Neuralgia and Rheumatism,his ßtomach was disordered, his Liver wasaffected to an alarming degree, appetite fellaway, and he was terribly reduced in fleshand strength. Three bottles of ElectricBitters cured him.Edward Shepherd, of Haneburg, Til.,

had a running sore on his leg of 8 yearsstanding. Used three bottles of ElectricBitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Ar¬nica Salve, and his leg is Bound and well.John Speaker, Catawba, 0., had five largeFever s ores on his leg. doctor said he wasincurable. One bottle Electric Bitters andone Box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured himentirely. Sold by Hill Bros.

Now try This.It will cost you nothing and will Purely

do you good, if you have a Cough, Cold, or

any trouble with Throat, Chest or Lungs.Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump¬tion, Coughs, and Colds is guaranterd togive relief, or money will be paid back.Sufferers from La Grippe found it just thething and under its use had a speedy andperfect recovery. Try a sample bottle atour expense and learn for yourself howgood a thing it is. Trial bottles free at HillBros. Drug Store. Large size 50c. and $1.00.

. Parisian restaurant keepers mix a

little honey with their butter. This givesit au agreeable taste and flavor, and makesinferior butter more palatable.. Estimating tbe length of the railways

on the globe at 60,000 miles with ten trainsdaily, it is calculated that the loss by wearand tear of the metallic rails amounts toGOO tons a day..There are already signs of widespread

popular ignorance as to tbe date when the

Eresent century ends and the next one

egins. People are writing to the newspapers to find out, and 'f every newspapershould state tbe fact accurately a hundredtlmen . year from now till the nineteenthcentury is ended, every communitywould still contain persons insisting thatJanuary 1, 1900, will mark tbe beginningof the twentieth osntury. It is ratherdiscouraging, in view of tbe general mis¬apprehension which exist*, to 800 80 in¬telligent a man as Dr. Felix Adler say¬ing, as he did in a recent lecture.ifaccur¬ately reported.that there are five yearsmore in this century. It would be an

excellent thing if teachers in the publicschools everywhere should take apeoialpains to impress on their pupils the factthat the new century will not arrive tillJanuary 1,1901. The lesson will need tobe repeated many times in order to makethe impression lasting. Perhaps StateBchool superintendents might wiselyissue a oiroular letter calling attention tothis matter at an early date.. The "emancipation" of woman in

Colorado is leading to some curious re¬sults. In the caucus of the lower branchof the General Assembly tbe womenRepresentatives with the valuable aid ofa sharp woman secretary, managed to getche better of the men members and secu¬

red tbe lion's share of the spoils. Thishas almost caused a rebellion in tbe Leg¬islature. But this incident did not raiseas much excitement as was caused by tbeaction of Judge Allen, of tbe DistrictCourt, in refusing to allow women to actas jurors and peremptorily dischargingthem, although drawn in the regularwayand willing to serve. Judge Allen saidno provision bad been made for the ac¬commodation of woman jurors, and be¬sides he doubted if tbe law permittedthem to serve any way. The Judge was,however, anxious to conciliate the rejec¬ted jurors or juresses, and so reasonedwith those who insisted on their right toearn jury fees by explaining theTiard-ships of all-night sittings ana the incon¬venience of being looked up an indefinitelength of time in a room with a lot ofmen. The latter suggestion did not,however, seem so serious a matter as tbeJudge had evidently anticipated, and thedischarged jurors, who appeared in themost becoming hats and costumes tbeycould procure, went borne dissatisfied,grumbling and protesting.

. Bishop A. G. Haygood has been in¬vited by tbose having the matter in handto represent the Methodist EpiscopalChurch, South, at the opening of the newMethodist Church nnd College in Romenext September. lie will either preacha special sermon, or deliver an addresson some suitable topic. The invitationis accompanied by first-class tickets fromNew York to Rome via London.

Ten divorces were granted in JudgeLumpkin's Court at Atlanta last Friday.The whole business was attended to withneatness and dispatch. We do not knowhow much time was allowed to each di¬vorce, but some very fast time has beenmade by the Courts in Augustaand Savan¬nah, and we would suggest as one of thefeatures of the Cotton States and Inter¬national Exposition a Divorce Day to begiven up to speed trials between theJudges of Georgia iu the art of loosingthe marriage bonds.. David Jones, a prosperous farmer

living near Elwood. Ind., has bad no

sleep since September 2fl. Three yearsago he was afflicted in the same way fora period ol ninety days, when sleep againreturned, and was normal until aboutSeptember 18, when he became restlessand could catch only short naps; but onthe 25th sleep left him entirely, and hesays that he does not feel that be wouldever desire to sleep again. At times hebecomes very nervous, but if he liesdown, nnd remains quiet for a time, hearises much refreshed. He has now beenwithout sleep ior 110 days.. The Shah of Persia has hn his treas¬

ure room jewels valued at §40,000,000.His crown contains a mass of diamonds6urmonrjted by a ruby as bi# as a ben's

egg. His royal belt weighs twenty poundsand is a solid mans of diamoudn, rubiesand emeralds. When the Shah was inEurope he wore a variety of diamondsand gems, the smallest of which wouldhave been a fortune to the lucky posses¬sor Tho buttons of his coat were fivo innumber, and each button was a dia¬mond larger than the Kobinoor. Hesmokes a pipe valued at $400,000.

Executor's Sale.IWILL sell at Townvillp, 8/ C, on

Thursday, the 21st day of February,instant, the Personal Property of the Es¬tate of Mrs. H. T. Brown, deceased, con¬

sisting oi Household and Kitchen Fur¬niture, Farming Implements, Stock, Ve¬hicles, Corn, Fodder, etc.Terms of Sale.Cash.An agent will act for me, as I cannot be

personally present.I also offer at private sale the Real Es

täte of said deceased.the Townville place,250 acres, and Wbitfleld place, 126 acres.

JOSEPH N. BROWN,Executor.

A GROCER,WITH ANY "SAND,"

WILL NOT put it in his SUGAR, but rather into business principles.Pure Sugar is a good thing to be able to sell, but much of it is adulteratedthese days. The watchful grocer is careful what he buys.then he knowswhat he is soiling. This is the only way in which a reputation for reliabilitycan be built up. As in Sugar, bo with.

Tea, Coffee, Flour, Confectioneries, Tobacco, Cigars,Everything I keep for public consumption.

I BUY THE BEST.THEEEFOBE, SELL THE BESTAnd. am satisfied with a reasonable small profit. Perhaps you know thisalready. Certainly you do if you deal with me.

Gr. F. BIGrBY.

IS MOLASSES SINGULAR OR PLURAL ?

IT doesn't matter, grammatically, but It is very singular how we can sell "them"as cheap as we do, and when the season is over it will be singular how much we

have sold. Just think of One Hundred Barrels now on hand, and how CHEAP we

are going to sell "them," and you will be obliged to buy.Jf you want a good bisouit to eat your molasses with, let us put yen in ten barrels

Dean's Patent Flour, and we will guarantee perfect satisfaction. Don't fail to

get our prices on-

Dress Goods, Plaids, Jeans,Flannels, Undershirts and Shoes.

We are yours very truly,

DEAN & RATLIFFE.

Get our prices on Guano and Acids before'you buy.

Official Analysis of Fertilizers Manufactured by theENVirs. c.GREENVILLE FERTILIZER COMPANY, ~.*».

SEASON 1895. .

CLEMSON COLLEGE, 8. C.Cherokee Soluble Guano.Sample Fo. 101.Official Analysis: Available phosphoric

acid, 9 81. Ammonia, 2.31- Potash, 1.44. Analysis guaranteed on sacks: Availablephosphoric acid, 8.00. Ammonia, 2.00. Potash, 1.00.

Cherokee High Grade Ammoniated Fertilizer.Sample No. 78.Official Analysis ,

Available phosphoric acid, 10.05. Ammonia, 2.98. Potaab, 1.40. Analysis guamnteed on sacks: Available phosphoric acid, 8.00. Ammonia, 2.60. Potaab, 1 00.

Cherokee alliance Guano.Sample 96.Official Analysis: Available phosphoricacid, 9.48. Ammonia 3.27. Potash, 2 00. Analysis guaranteed on sacks: Available

phosphoric acid, 8 00. Ammonia, 8.00. Potash 1.00.Cherokee Aoid Phosphate.Certificate of Analysis: Available phosphoric acid, 12.72

Potaab, 1.13. Analysi* guaranteed on sacks: Available phosphoric acid, 10. Potash 1.The above analysis made at Clamson College from samples drawn is different sec¬

tions, very clearly show that THE GREENVILLE FERTILIZER stands second to

none, each grade runs far above the guarantee, and by using nothing but she veryhighest grade material we hope to still increase the value of our goods. Reports fromevery section where our goods have been used are good, and our patrons can rely on

getting tbe meet reliable Fertilizers made at the lowest possible price. Make yourmeat and bread at borne, then the price of cotton will not affect you. Call and see us

before placing your orders. Ve-y respectfully,THE GREENVILLE FERTILIZER CO.

Feb 0,1895 _322m

ENTERPRISE FURNITURE CO.CO

BftftOo

Are Thoroughly prepared for all kinds of

Equipment Complete. Services Efficient.Prices Moderate.

HEARSE furnished to any responsible party in the County.EMBALMING CALLS attended to at any hour, both in the City and

surrounding country.

Furniture of all Kinds was never Cheaper!And our Stock LARGE and COMPLETE, and while we are in position to

make SPECIAL OFFERS for the SPOT CASH, we realize the scarcity of |money, and have decided on TWO PLANS ONLY by which we willCREDIT GOODS to RESPONSIBLE PARTIES for the year 1895.

ENTERPRISE FURNITURE CO.

A PAYING INVESTMENT.We want to Figure with you on Fertilizers!A.ND will make it to your advantage to Bee us before vou buy your supply tor theseason. We can furnish you with our old STANDARD GRADES of GOODS, thathave been used by our cmatomers for tbe patt TWENTY YEARS, and have got theprices to a point that you will appreciate, whan you oonsidar the excellent quality ofthe article we offer. Our facilities were never better than now, and we are going tooffer you the advantage of them. GET OUR PRICES ON.

Molasses. Flour, Bacon, Groceries, &c,And don't forget that we carry a large line of.

Dry Goods,Jeans, Cassimers,

Blankets, Shoes,Hats, &c.

tQ. SIE US BEFORE YOU SELL YOUR COTTON.

McCULLY & 0ATH0ABT.

Cotton Blight.Tests made by the Alabama Experiment Station and

elsewhere prove conclusively that

Kainit Preventscotton blight. Planters can prevent the immense loss causedannually by this disease. Send for our pamphlets.

The)* arc sent free. Tt will cost you nothing to read them, and they will save you

j0U4irs,GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York.

. WHY ORDER .

PIANOS and ORGANS-From any other Market when -

THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSECan and will Save you Money by Buying at Home.

OUR Goods are bought in large lota from the Manufacturers for CASH.Our expenses are much lighter than dealers in larger cities, who sell

almost exclusively through Sub-Agents, thu3 adding largely to the price*charged you. And, besides, we have the LARGEST STOCK IN THESTATE to select from, and every Instrument is sold under.

A POSITIVE GUARANTEE.

tfif We respectfully solicit your patronage, which will be highly ap¬preciated. Respectfully,

0, A, REED MUSIC HOUSE, Anderson, S. C

SOMETHING GOOD.

Fresh Buist Garden Seed Just Received.ONION SETTS and POTATOES.

B&> A big lot of Greer's Almanacs for free distribution.

evans' pharmacy.

FOR SEED OATS!Texas Bed Bust Proof and Brown.beautiful Seed,

for molasses,Rodd & Meyers New Orleans.the best on the market,

for flour,That can't be beat, both in quality and price,

For Hardware,For Harness and Saddles,

For Farm Supplies,For ANYTHING in the way of General Merchandise,

. Come and See TJs.Jt^* Our Stock is large and our prices are LOW.

Yours truly,

brown, osborne & go.

IP. S..MONEY 1 We will say to all who owe us, either by Note

or Account, that we mußt have our money AT ONCE, and we will be com¬

pelled to send to see you if yon do not come in promptly and settle. WEMEANYOU. Youre truly, .

BROWN, OSBORNE & CO.

FLOUR FLOUR.ULICO00_Jo

COÜJ

_Jo5=

When Laying in yonr

Spring SuppliesGet prices from

D. P. SLOAN & DO.Before Buying.

We keep all kinds Staple Goods.

NOT ALL OF THE SHOESAT

GOSSETT & BROWN'S SHOE STOREAre going to be sold at Cost, but read the following

changes in prices for one week only.

LADIES' SHOES ONLY-VHIS WEEK :

All $5.00 Button Shoes going at. $3.00.4.50 " " «

. 3.00.4.00 " " "

. 2.75.3.50 " " "

. 2.50.

3.00. " " «. 2.50.

2.50 " " «. 2.00.

2.00 " " ". 1.65.

Ask to see these lines, as they are ASTONISHINGLY CHEAP,but for CASH ONLY.

GOSSETT & BROWN.

ALARGE collection of Eot-bousa andGreeu-boiise plan's carefu lyg'own

hi i w r*c*.t'BCHIDS-A veiy extensive collection :

East Indiun. Mexican, Central, SouthAmerican, etc.Hsrdy Perennials, Rcees, C < matis,

Pe^nie«, Phloxe*, etc.New ar,d Rare Slandard Fruits; Rira

*nd Beautiful Treas and SLrub«, Ever¬greens, fctCCatalogues on application.

JOHN SAUL.Washington, D. C.

Feb IS, 1F.95 3 J

The great imander, glvejLH «»od <atvto t*> toys, 7,P&ta* aljfci at* red vlh

B«y», IP te ad*e<m5°:«^ »»«»bor ev«jr boars

careajj of opt wbo hare atafeoajon? great

' $tndy roSgJon, sftnee, statecraftandhistory. Learnt*mmInteBgenify, ?o that yen can faro topractical use to aft* Ire tom&8öfvourywth. ttmeywbadarlg&t Do nc? wasteläe Inr&trashy books."

Mr. Sage farther gayss" The boy wto> Is wanted, bj to

bufotsswutio. toftf BXKtfeogocaW. IfbawtrtiWiirta^JidtaIS^rin fi^SsMtta¥ story

mornings bufoa batatas bqpe#, sjjtf

wAffafc out of aaycW*lÜHJi {ha advice of ama wüo to

äarged bat fa k hlaTiiy «f TöBColumbia State, aadyet

gygg^Wgm as wmfrcar.ithai too hasten to ascot the otftfof TheState and serarefcfe .

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--je***oäWby ,.;

State fills every requirement of

vMMmIM hostel flow,1PsQMifarm nee»'

Write for Particulars'o

HOW'S TRADE ?

OUR trade is good, thank you. In

fact, we never sold more goods in our 1

lives. A common question, hut an

uncommon answer, you say. So be

it, and there's a' reason for it, too.

Would you you know the cause ?

Then, 'Iis figures! The figures we

make. They are attractive figures.The figures that competition. cannot

make. To tell the truth, these same

figures are rapidly pushing competi¬tion to the wall. They can't fight a

figure that they don't how to make.Hence you often see idle clerks aroundother doors while the Ten Cents Storeis crowded.

Customers ever go off un waited on ?

Well, yes. There are times when^wecan't wait on all. At such times we

have to do the best we can, a ad askour customers to kindly have patiencetill we can get to them.Do they wait on you? Yes, I

should say they do. It is too costlyto go out. An old customer says it

is poor policy to pay five cents extra,and save only one cent's worth of.time. Five ^ents on a twenty cent

article means twenty-five per cent,

A. big profit of itself. See I

How about late-comers ? Do theyhave as good chance as early buyers ?

Well, no. Not always. It frequent¬ly happens that the slow get left."Procrastination" often gets the better

of the best of us. Especially Is thistrue about holiday goods. However,we always do the very best we can to

the very lastWhy don't you get a larger house

and have more help, and just pusheverything out of the way as you go ?

In that case we should be at suchexpense that we would have to in¬crease our prices to cover it Inother words, charge the difference to

our customers. This we don't wish todo.We caution you, beware of houses

with too much expense attached.Would be glad to talk longer, but

must wait on this lady.Yours always truly,

C. a MINOR, andlOo. STORE.