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?rn m m, 4P j*, i H H II Iii jil |T ill t\ BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. 13 m 1 lr ll I I lr 1 . % ;?>;"> Jar ANDERSON. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. J AX l'A RY H>. 1898. VOLUME XXXII?-N0. m. CHRISTMAS is at hand and you will soon want to purchase Presents for relatives and friends. What to buy is the question. Any article advertised below will be an acceptable Gift for any man or boy. The Goods are the best, and the prices-well, you can see for yourself. Neck- Gear ! Perhaps you think nothing presentable can be had for Half a Dollar That is a mistake. We have Scarfs, Bows, Puffs, Four-in-Hands innumerable at that price. Some as low as a Quarter. Lawn Ties for evening wear. Just the thing for Christmas and New Year parties. Two in enamelled paste board box Fifty Cents. Gloves Uandkerchie fs. v These are, perhaps, the most acceptable Gifts-articles that make a good show for little money. For 81.50 we can give you as good a pair of Gloves as a man would care to wear. For the same money, half-dozen Hemstitched Linen Hand chiefs. Silk Handkerchiefs in great variety at 25c, 50c, 75c, and $1.00. No more acceptable Gift than Shirts could be thought of. No man ever had too many of these. We have them in all styles, laundered or unlaundered, white -or colored. Which do you prefer? COLLARS AND CUFFS. We have these in as great variety as the Scarfs. Ths prices whatever you like to pay. 2100 Linen Collars only $1.50 per dozen. 2100 Linen Cufis only 25c. per pair. HALF HOSE. Good Socks for $1.50 per dozen, in all colors. Something bet ter for $3.00 per dozen, in ali the new shades. Prices, like the Goods, are right. Profits Twisted Off at the Roots. MILLINERY, MILLINERY, To be sold at prices never heard of before. A regular 25c. Sailor Hat for 10c. A regular 50c. Sailor Hat for 25c. A regular 75c. Sailor Hat for 50c. Trimmed Hats, sold all over the place for $1.50, now 75c. The secret is that we have no expensive trimmer hired. Our Miss Dora Geisberg attends to trimming as well as selling. In fact, we do all our own work. No Clerks to pay, hence our expense is very small in comparison uith other houses who employ a large force, all of which the consumer pays for. Men's and Boys5 Clothing, For less than others are offering at Cost. QUILTS and BLANKETS from 50c. up. A regular $3.50 MACKINTOSH ibrS2.25, which is guaranteed to wear, made by one of the most reliable firms in the country. We do not sell trash. We were born here, and expect to be here, so the j Goods we sell must be as represented. NO FAKES IN OUR BUSINESS, i Remember the place THE 3FJL2s/LOU?3, j 14 Brick Range, West Side Public Square. _L. CE BS BERG, Proprietor, j WE ARE THE FEEDERS. I HAVINCS bought the S'ock and good will of E. H. lVre A Co. we kindlv ask your attention to toe fact that we are 'The Feeders of the People " Our "mar ket in supnlied with the very beat Meat? than money cnn buy-MC F F PORK M FT TOX, FISH. OYSTERS, CHICKENS, SLICED HAM, BREAKFAST BACON I bj the piece or sliced ' Mr J. C. Nally ha* charge of our Fresh M ??at Department, and will look after the wants of our customers with the greatest care. Our Vegetable. Fruit and Grocery Department is presided over by quiet and hon est Manie Fant. ? In addition to the above we hare opene l ? Citv Dining Room and Restaurant where regular Meal? will be served from 12 to 2. Refor* and after these hours the Restaurant feature will prevail, where the nicest Fish, Oysters, Birds, Steaks Hams ?c.. can be had at all hours. Mr. Lyeth has spent the greater part of his life in the Hotel and Restaurant bus ines*, and knows how to cater to the appetite of his fellowa. This Store will be run a? a High Class Store, where everything will be conducted mn stiotly legitimate and business principles. Very respectfully, BUTLER & LYETIH, HASAUKW. 11 >V. E. LYETH. Maua??' Restaurant. M. L. FANT. Manager Grocery Department. J. C NALLY. Manager of Market. F. M. BITLKR. Back NnniW. STATE SEWS. - 13 ii Puttman, a noted young moonshiner, who has been operating in a dark comer of Greenville coun?y, bas been captured :md confined in jail. - There has been stored with Mr. W. !'. Hoof, of Lexington, by thc farmers of that county, nearly two thousand bales of cotton, awaiting a rise in thc market. - Mr. George Bolivcr. a young man about 28 years old, and of one of thc most prominent families in Orange burg, fell dead on thc streets of that city. Cause, apoplexy. - Three negroes escaped from Cam den jail on the night of the 14th in stant, by cutting a hole in the wall with a chisel. The jail is said to be in an unsafe condition and a disgrace to thc county. - Columbia wants an appropriation from Congress of ?250,000 to open navigation on thc Congaree river from Granby to Gervais streets. Hon. Stanyarnc "Wilson is expected to effect this happy consummation in behalf of the capitol city. - Vina Muckervanc, colored, died at her home about seven miles west cf Westminster, one day last week at the advanced age of 115 years. She was respected by both white and colored. Her sisters and brothers were noted for longevity. - A bold and nervy robbery was committed in Charleston last Saturday afternoon. Two well-dressed strangers walked into James Allan & Co's, jewelry store and while one man en gaged^ the attention of the clerk the other beached into a showcase and took out a tray of diamonds valued at $2,000. Both men escaped. - The faculty of Clemson College has received a valuable addition in thc selection of Prof. Ernest Walker as assistant horticulturist and entomolo gist. Prof. Walker is a native of Indiana and has been engaged in prac tical horticultural work for the past twenty years. - President Wilborn is very much delighted with the work of the Cotton Growers' convention and is satisfied it will result in much good. He says the farmers are generally going to re duce the cotton acreage. He is very much pleased with the representation at the convention. - Wc nominate L. D. Childs for the next governor of South Carolina. We want a pure, honest, upright pro hibitionist. We want a man with a head as well as heart. He is not a politician, but a gentleman ; not a trickster, bv_t an honest man.- Wtnns horo News and Courier. - The annual report of the Adju tant and Inspector General shows that the enlisted militia of the State now numbers 2,942 men. Last year the enlistment included 3,683 names. During the present year. 15 compa nies have disbanded. The figures above do not include the naval re serves. - Miss Emily Mansfield Plume, daughter of David S. Plume, was mar ried Wednesday night to ex-Governor John Gary Evans, of Aiken, S. C., at the residence of the bride's parents at Waterbury. Conn. The wedding guests included members of the groom's family from South Carolina, and rela tives and friends of the bridal cortege from New York. New Haven, Phila delphia and Houston, Tex. - A Washington special says : "Senator Tillman is sick in bed with stomach trouble similar to the attack he had last fall. While his condition is not regarded as dangerous, he is quite ill. and may be too feeble to go home for the holiday recess. Senator McLaurin is still struggling against typhoid fever, and he will also spend his Christmas holidays on a bed of sickness." - Mr. Mark Toney, who lives about two miles South of Johnson, S. G\. lost his dwelling and most of his household effects by fire at an early hour Wednesday night. The fire is supposed to have been caused by sparks from the stove room. It was only by thc strenuous efforts of his neighbors that the outbuildings and baled cotton ero j? on thc place were saved. - Col. Robert Aldrich has been in vited to didi vcr the commencement address at Clemson college next Feb ruary. His presence and participa tion" will add lustre to that magnifi cent occasion. Ile is one of tho fore must lawyers of thc state and has a wide reputation as an orator. His address at Clemson is sure to bc elo quent, polished and full of informa tion.- Colitiuhia Rri'oni. - William Henry Kichardson, a colored employee of the Barnwell Oil Mill, was found dead on Wednesday morning of last week, lt seems his work was in an outer room and con sisted in removing thc hulls as they fell, lt is supposed that lu: was under thc influence of whiskey and. falling into a drunken sleep, was sub merged and smothered by the accumu lating cotton seed hulls. The verdict nf the coroner's jury was in accord with thc facts as stated. - Last Saturday morning a young boy 15 y na rs old was found dead in Iiis uncle's wagon at Brown ?? stable in the city of Greenville. It teems thc boy's uncle and little cousin left their home about LS miles above iirecnriile Friday evening in the ivagon. Young Turner and his uncle ?vere ko th drinking when they arrived there. Turner was asleep. His uncle took tke horses out and fed thc? and :hen came back and laid down and (vent to sleep with the boy. Jury Pound verdict of "Death by intoxica tion." The boy't name is fVHell Turner, ukoKt 15 or H> years old. OIR COLUMBIA LETTER. COLUMBIA, s. C., Dec. 2?, IS07. At a recent meeting of the State Board of Control :i resolution was passed re questing cadi County Hoard of Control to call on the Governor for a special consta ble where the liquor law was not being properly enforced in tho respectivo Coun ties. Governor Ellerbe, when inter viewed in reference to this resolution, said that, in aneordaaee with bis usual custom, he would appoint special consta bles when asked to do KO by recognized authority, lie did not indicate the Coun ties making the request, but it is known that several of them aro not pleased with the existing conditions. Senator Moses and Messrs. Williams and Miles, of the State Board of Control, will be hero during the coming week to begin taking stock at the dispensary pre paratory to the annual report that will have to bo made to the General Assem bly. The work of taking stock is a tedi ous one, and involves a great amount of labor and calculation. Comptroller General Epton expects some lawsuits when the income tax reg ulation goes into effect. Ile stated a few days ago that he hoped whatever suits wore to be instituted would be entered at once, as it would materially aid his ollice to have the matter settled without delay. This, however, cannot very well be done, and hence all the papera will have to be gotten up tor the returns The first of the permanent registration records to be received by the Secretary of State came from Abbeville County. The record is badly gotten u p, and will be re turned for correction. In order that the Supervisors might fully understand the character ot the permanent records, Sec retary of State Tompkins procured the following important decision: COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 18,1S97. Col. D. II. Tompkins, Secretary of State-Dear Sin The permanent book of registration of qualified electors, regis tered up to, and including, the first day of January, 1898, for Abbeville County, sent to you by the Board of Regietration for filing, and referring to this office for an opinion aa to whether it ia prepared in i conformity to law, haa been careful.y ex amined. There is a great deal of apparent con fusion and many inaccuracies on the face of the book. The numbers of registra tion certificates are duplicated, apd the printed heading on the first page of the nook has not been followed. The expla nation of this heading ie: First, tho num ber of the registration certificate must be given; second,the names of the registered electors must be arranged alphabetically; third, the age of the electors; fourth, the place of residence, that is, the registration precinct in which the elector resides. It is important that this book should be care fully prepared, as it is the record evi dence of the registration of the electors 'during life, and a certificate from you that an elector's name appears in this record establishes his right to any subsequent registration, and the franchise under the limitations imposed in the constitution, as well as the right to vote, if the elector's name does not appear on the books fur nished the managers of elections. And, unless the names arranged alphabetical ly, it will involve trouble to lind any name in the record. If the book is pre pared as above suggested it will be ob served that it will show the registration precinct and voting place of the electors, without entering their names by registra tion precincts. It may be possible that some of the Beard have registered electors by j registration precincts and the number of certificates commence at 1 for each pre cinct, and run up to the number of the la*t ono registered, as appears to have been done in Abbeville County in the book submitted to this office. If such is the case, the ODly possible way now to prepare thia book is to enter the names alphabetically by registration precincts, in the matter hereinbefore indicated. C. P. TOWNSEND, Assistant Attorney General. The Abbeville book will be returned for use on the first of January. On last Thursday sixteen persons were examined and admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court. For some days previous to this the report that ex-constable New bold would apply for admission had gained currency and his arrival in the city that morning apparently confirmed the report. He did not present himself for examination; in fact, he did not apply. The prevalent opinion is that there would have been grave doubts as to his being permitted io stand the examination with the charge of murder preferred against him. There will be a convention of city school superintendents here on Decem ber 30 and 31. The object of the meeting is for the improvement and mutual ex change of viows by the various teachers. The meetings will be held in the office of Superintendent Dreher, of the city graded schools, and in consequence of the lack of ?pace the public will be ex cluded. The committee appointed by Governor I Ellerbe to investigate the sanitary condi- j tions of Winthrop and ascertain the prob- j abilities of the spread of smallpox in | ? that institution, havo tunde their report j showing that the sanitation of the college | is i:i good shape and thoro need bo no ap- i prehension of the appearance of the dreaded diseuse there. This will allay the , fears of th OHO who have been so extreme ly solicitous about tho welfare of their' daughters in attendance there. For several days a squad of convicts have 1)01*11 working in the State House piecing in new heaters in the .Senate ; chamber and House of Representatives. Hence, from all apparent indications, there will be warm times when the So lon? meet next month. A. J5. S. - A Kansas editor (rails a halt in the matter of hygienic and sanitary worries and scares. He holds that people ate driven to de*th by taking too much care ful care of their health, and using so many nostril mc ''Give usa rest,'* quoth j he. "Keep your body (?lean and com- j fortable, eat a moderate supply of whole- 1 some food, occupy yourself with cheerful ' work, and forget all about your health." - A New Jersey family which declared itself absolutely destitute, recently ap pealed to the town authorities for poor- ' relief. The application was refused when it was discovered that the sufferer? owned two bicycle.?. The wheel i* a useful and desirable possession, but can hardly lie 1 deemed a necessary of life. - A chewing apparatus for people who . have lost their teeth and do not care to wear false teeth has just been invented 1 by a Frenchman. The food to be chewed is placed between the blades, which are , HiWsMte9^i?*^SflK!salSJ!iBiSiil opened and closed three or four times, j and the food is thus reduced to a statt of - pulp. j - If the whole ocean were dried up, all the rivers of the world would have to ? pour their waters into itt basin for ?10,000 : 1 years befbre it would again be full. 11 SOUTHERN COTTON GROWERS. Atlanta Convention Resolves 'o Reduce the Acreage. The convention of Southern Cotton Growers, calico! by thc recent conven tion of South Carolina cotton growers, met in Atlanta last Tuesday, accord ing to appointment. There were represented the States of North Carolina, .South Carolina. Georgia. Alabama. Texas and Missis sippi. Georgia and South Carolina were represented by full delegations, one delegate from each Congressional district. From North Carolina there were only five delegates; from Ala bama two; from Texas one, and from Mississippi one. The total number of regularly accredited delegates was about 60. The convention met in thc parlor of the Kimball House, and was called to order ky Hon J. C. Wilborn, who was unanimously elected president. S. E. Watson, of Texas, was elected vice president, and Richard Cheatham, ed itor of the Cotton Planta* Journal. of Memphis, Tennessee, was elected secretary. One of thc first steps of the conven tion was to appoint a committee on resolutions, and to provide that all resolutions of whatever nature should be submitted to this committee. The convention held three sessions. The first session was devoted to thc recep tion of resolutions and listening to re marks thereon. During the second session-the committee not having re ported-but little was done; and dur ing the third session there was much discussion of the resolutions reported by the committee. A number of speeches were made by Hector D. Lane and others; but from the published reports in the Atlanta papers, it does not appear that the Roddey plan was mentioned during thc entire proceedings. The members of the convention appeared rather to think that the Hector D. Lane idea of acreage reduction was the only means whereby they could hope to secure re lief. The result of the convention is set forth in the following address and resolutions agreed upon j dst before ad journment: Thc Interstate Cotton Growers' Convention, met and sitting in At lanta, December 14, 1307, having thoroughly canvassed the situation of our industry in all its many phases, promulgates the following statement and address as the result of its delib erations: 1. The most pressing need of thc hour for the attainment of our ends is a thorough organization of the growers of cotton, beginning with the indi vidual grower, however humble, and reaching up through Township. Coun ty, State and interstate organizations. We cordially commend the organiza tion over which Hon. Hector D. Lane ably presides, and tender that body, at its meeting in Memphis on thc 20th instant; our co-operation in complet ing the organization so well begun by it several years ago. To the end that uniformity may exist throughout all thc States organized aud to bc organ ized, we shall appoint a committee of the body to cousider all plans of or ganization that may be submitted at this meeting, and mature a plan for presentation to our brcthrcu at Mem phis next week, through a delegation to be appointed by this meeting to represent this convention at that body. 2. While not abating any of our cortentions that the monetary system of our country is at thc foundation of our difficulties, as it is at the bottom of the depression in all industries, we hold that there are deep-rooted evils peculiar to our industry that demand immediate attention and remedy. And of first importance among these as a factor in depressing prices, is the speculative control exercised over the price of actual cotton through thc un just rules and regulations of the Cot ton Exchange. The evil, we are con vinced, can be reached only by legis lation, and hence we pledge ourselves and our organization to labor for the needed legislative restriction of gam bling in futures in our respective States and in Congress. This evil being abolished or re duced to a minimum by proper legisla tion, and thc control of spot cotton being thus restored to thc producers under the law of supply and demand, as far as that law is allowed to operate under a vicious monetary system, we deem it next in importance that our farms be made self-sustaining, in so far as climate and soil conditions per mit, aud increase the amount of food supplies. The cotton grower who makes his supplies at home, is in a large measure independent of thc man ipulator of the spot cotton market. 4. Thc next source of loss is also au important one. but is entirely in the control of thc grower, as is thc last one-diligent and careful atten tion to thc preparation (d' our cotton for thc market. Thousands-yes, millions-(d' dollars are lost annually to thc cotton grower through careless handling of the cotton from the field to the gin and press, and through use of inferior covering. While our farm ers fully understand this, this meeting would neglect an important responsi bility if it failed to call attention to this source id' loss and urge correction id' the evil. We further recommend the estab lishment of au information bureau. llesolTcd. That thia convention en dorse the organization known as the American Cotton Growers' Protective Association, as it is already in exist ince. and is working for the ?ame ob jects for which we aro assembled, the reduction of the acreage and increase of the price of cotton, and the correc tion of the evil? of speculation and Dthers that oppress tae producer: that wc give our endorsement to the Amer lean Cotton G rowers' Protective As- ; sociation. Resolved, further. That wc suggest ! to the meeting of thc American Cot ton Growers' Protective Association, at its meeting in Memphis next week, that the president of eacd. State or ganization shall be a vice president of the national association. Resolved, further. That such vice presidents appoint presidents of Coun ty organizations, to bc formed in all thc Counties of thc States where cot ton is grown, so that thc organization may bc so perfected that the decis ions arrived at by the association may bc carried out throughout all thc cot ton growing section of the United States as a unit, as it is in this way only the designs of the association may bc carried out and the various measures of relief and reform be in augurated all over the South. Hydrophobia From a Kitten. BALTIMORE, Bec. 18.-Prof. Adolph A. Robinson, of Guilford College, Guilford, N. C., came to Baltimore to-day to take the Pasteur treatment for threatened hydrophobia. He was bitten by a kitten on November 9, and a boy who lived in Guilford was bitten by the same animal on the same day. The boy died Thursday last of hydrophobia and Prof. Robinson be came alarmed and came here in the hope that the threatened danger might be averted. Forty Year Old Whiskey. KANSAS CITY. Bec. 10.-When the river steamboat Arabia sank in the Missouri River, near Parkville. Mo., over forty years ago, her cargo in cluded 165 barrels of whiskey. For several weeks past a small force of river men have been digging in the sand bar near Parkville in search of the Arabia's valuable cargo. Late this afternoon the diggers uncovered the whiskey, finding the barrels well preserved, and to-night they notified the United States revenue authorities that they desired to remove their find. The diggers will realize a handsome sum for their work and thc Govern ment receive about ST,OOO revenue tax on thc liquor. The Arabia sank in the Missouri's fickle current, and the wreck now lies under a dry sand bar on the Kansas side, and the reve nue officers at Leavenworth will su pervise the removal of the cargo. NOW IS I Beginning 1 D. 0. BBOl Will put the enii: of J, W. Payne on TWENTY PER GENT U? Regular 5c. Giughams. Yard-wide Scrim, 61c. kind.... Regular Gie. Bed Ticking. Full-width Linen Table Cloth.. Full-width Turkey Red Table < Full-weight School Boy Jeans.. Ladies' Outing Belt. A good Linen Handkerchief .. An All Silk Handkerchief. One dozen Silver Hair Pins... Men's 25c Undershirts. A good Corset. Men's S1.00 undressed Kid Glo^ Ladies'SI.00 Kid Gloves. Infants' Knit Sacques. White Braid, per bundle. Child's Mittens, per pair. Good Doilies six for. We have thousands of things at m mentioned in an advertisement. Now i less than you could buy them if you w< Large and elegant line of LADII est styles, all bought from the markets in the city. Come, we are ready to sh< est lines of Goods ever shown in Ander D. C. The way we are G?ttin will be a revelat Selli The rush of Christmas trad room now taken up hy large qv lutelyjnecessary to the display HOLIDAY To make a prompt and effect: stock we have made a remorse! CUTTING Will youlbe one ofiitne lucky o gain Feast we will spread befoi The largest Stock of Furnii prices at Retail below what th< So come alongjand get you left for Christmas. All prices belowk'everybody C. F. TOLL The Leaders m? Mo Death Foretold in Three Dreams. ATHENS. OTA., Dec. 20.-Your cor respondent learned to-day of the fact in regard to the death of Mr. John Howard at his home in Bostwick. Mor gan county, on Sunday night last. Thc information is obtained from a relative of the family who was present at thc funeral Tuesday morning, and aud who gave the facts as he obtained them from the wife of Mr. Howard. Mr. IJoward was a man of apparent I ly good health, about 35 years of age, j and was in comfortable circumstances. There was no happier home up to a few days ago. Thc loving wife and the three little ones all idolized the father, and he was devoted to them. On Monday night Mr. Howard dreamed that he died, and that very suddenly, just preceding the holidays. Not being a believer in dreams he dis missed thc subject from his mind. On Tuesday night he dreamed the j same dream in every particular. Hav I ing two times in succession dreamed j of his death he was worried. Mrs. Howard tried to get his mind off the subject and partially succeed ed. But on Wednesday night the same thing occurred, and Mr. Howard began at once to prepare for death. He visited his relatives and told j them he was calling on them for the last time. Saturday he went to Madi son, and while there bought a bicycle for his little boy. Mrs. Howard asked him why he had spent his money that way when other things were needed. He replied : "I will be with my little boy but a few hours longer, and before I go want to see him enjoying himself." Sunday he paid a visit to his old mother, and he told her it would be the last time she would see him alive. He bade her an affectionate good-bye and returned to his home. Sunday night all the family were" gathered together. He gave them all a farewell talk, kissed them tenderly, and then kneeling he prayed one of the most beautiful and touching pray ers, commending his loved ones to the God of the widow and the fatherless. To Mrs. Howard he said : "I will not live until 12 o'clock to night. My time has come." Between ll and 12 o'clock Mr. How ard breathed his last. The corpse was one of the most natural ever seen, and was viewed by relatives and friends until Tuesday morning, when loving ! friends gathered to pay the last trib ute to one who numbered his friends by his acquaintance.-Atlanta Journal. HE TIME! - \ december 7th WW & BB?. re Bankrupt Stock the market at . . . ?DEE NEW YORK COST. . 2* c. per yard. . 2 -j c. per yard. . 3}c. per yard. . 20c. per yard. Cloth. 12sc. per yard. . 7 ? c. per yard. . 5c each. . 5c. for two. . 10c. . 5c. . 10c. . 20c. ?es. 50c. per pair. . 50c. per pair. . 20c. each. . lc. . 5e. . 10c. iarvelous low prices which eannot lte is the time to buy Goods at 20 per cent ire in New York City. IS' DRESS GOODS, latest and new this Fall, 40 per cent under anything )w you one of the cleanest and pretti son. Yours truly, BROWN & BRO. ??? SON. ig Prices on Furnitura ion in Furniture jig. [elis almost upon us, and the lantities of Furniture is ab?o of our GOODS. Ive clearance of this surplus .ess use of the knife in PRICES. nes to share in the Big Bar re you the next few days? kure in South Carolina, and at 3 little fellows pay wholesale ' r Furniture and have morney else's price. Y &> SON, ney Sureralfor Yo?.