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We wish to inform yon that we have just opened up a big line of NEW EMBROIDERIES, In novel and exclusive effects, and pretty, neat patterns in Hamburg, Cambric, Swiss and? All-Over Embroideries. We have never before shown such excellent values for? 5c. per yard You can buy a real pretty Edgeing, in white or col ors, and Insertion to match. For? We can almost please the most precise, and at? 15c., 20c. and 25c. Yard We feel quite confident of pleasing all. Better values have never been shown on this market. Our Laces are dainty and cheap. fil We have just received a nice assortment of? India Linens, Victoria Lawns, Checked Nainsooks, Dimities, Pegiics, &c. Bleached Cottons ! We'have a great line of Bleachings from 5c. per yard up to 12 l-2c. per yard7and are offering spe cial inducements on? ' FRUIT OF THE LOOM, NEW YORK MILLS, WAMSUTTA and LONSDALE CAMBRICS, 10-4 SHEETINGS, PILLOW CASEINGS, READY MADE SHEETS, PILLOW CASES. We are showing NEW PERCALES, CALICOES and GINGHAMS in the newest Spring Styles. Just received a big stock cf SHOWN SHEET INGS, SEA ISLANDS, DRILLS, CHECKED HOMESPUNS and CHEVIOTS. Also, BALL THREAD and KNITTING COTTON. Our stock is now complete with such things as yom need for immediate use. Our stock generally is complete, and we are offering special induce ments in all Winter fabrics. We can make things interesting. Come and see us. We are determined to meet all competition. -tr* a 8 OUUllll' i TT V. ? Wholesale and Retail Dealers in General JN/Iox^oiaetriciieie ANDERSON. S. C. si i i LOCAL NEWS. wednesday, f kb. !>, 189s. THE COTTON MAEKET. Corrected by Brown, Osbornc <? Co. Strict good Middling Cotton 5i. Good Middling Cotton f>J. Strict Middling Cotton ~>l. Middling Cotton 5i. Stained Cotton 4 to f>. Next Monday i3 St, Valentine's Day. The price of cotton does not vary much. J. P. Carey, Esq., of Pickens, was in the city last Friday. Miss Olive Thornley, of Bickens, is in tae city visiting relatives. Mrs. W. R. Richardson has gone to Oraogeburg to visit relatives. Miss Bessie Bagby, of Virginia, is in the city visiting Mrs. H. H. Watkins. The small grain crops are said to be doing line throughout this section. Mrs. Annie Stephens, of Easton, Ga.t is in the city visitiDg Mrs. A. S. Stephens. On every page of the Inteleigencer will be found interesting reading matter. Mrs. W. P. Reid, of Seneca, is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. J. E. Brea zeale. Legal blanks of all descriptions at thi3 oflice. Special orders filled on short notice. List Monday being Salesday, a largo crowd visited the city, and business was lively. Mrs.'Eugenia Pears m, of Due West, is in the city visiting her son, Mr. Jas. T. Pearson. The time for making tax returns to the County Auditor expires on Saturday, 19th inat. Tne Hessian fly has appeared in some sections of the State and is ravaging tho wheat crop. Miss Kittio Wuito, who has been visiL iog relatives at Ninety Six, S. C, has re turned home. Tnero are no vacant dwelling houses in the city. Some enterprises citizen should build a few at once. The drummers are now traveling in droves, and all of them report business very dull everywhere. Miss Bertha Keese left jesterday after noon for Atlanta, Ga , to visit her sister, Mrs. H. M. Dunwoody. The cold weather of the past week was timely. It was needed to arrest the too early budding of fruit trees. We hereby express sincere thanks for quite a number of renewals and new sub scribers, within the past month; Some valuable farming lands in Madi son County, Ga., will be sold on Tuesday, March Sth. See advertisement. Rsv. and Mrs. J. J. Neville, who have b;en spending a few weeks at Summer ville, S. C, have returned home. Our weather prophet says the snow is bound to come yet, and he looks for it the last of February or first of March. Dr. M. L. Sharpe went over to Spartan barg last week to spend a few days with his nephew. Rev. M. L. Carlisle. Three valuable city lots will be sold at public outcry on Sale?day in March. See advertisement in another column. The wise man is he who advertises for trade when business is dull. Keep tho facts bet?re ihn eyes of the public. Married ou dan. 2!J. 1S98, Mr. Robert Laud and Miss Nannie Owens, by Rev. S. B. Harpor, both of Anderson County. Dr. J. P. Dackett and Mr. F. T. Wit bite wid attend the annual meeting of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Charleston nexS week. It is very proper, of courte, for a man to be id ways poli.e, but it isn't necessary for him to remove his hat when talking to a lady through the telephone. Rev. A G. Harmon, one of the oldest and best known Methodist ministers in this part of the State, died si his home at McCojmick last, Sunday night. It is a fact that women do less talking in toe month of Kebruury than in auy month of the year. This may t-eein strange, but nevertheless is sai j to be true. The now advertisement of D. C. Brown it Bro. calls attention to their well-known brands of fertilizers and acids, nudalsoto their immense ?tn(;k of farm supplies. Candidates who arc "in the hand* of j their friends" uro quite numerous this i ye-ir. hum it won't Ik- lung before thsy wili begin to crop ont in the newspapers. Old folks say that when the dust risen iu i January we will bave a wet spring, plenty of fruit. :iik1 ' - goo I crop yeir. Such is tbo'prtdiction for 189S "So motu it t;e." Married, on Sunday, February (!, IS'.iS, by J FL Rainey, Magistrate, and at his residence, Mr. Waddy C. Branyon and Miss M. <;. McCariey, both of lfatt County, Ga. Mr. J. D. Hittloge, traveling salesman far tho Antietam Parier Cj., lIag?rstown, Md., wps hi tho city last Monday. He is a native cf South Carolina and a most clover gentleman. It. is stated that an extra daily train will, at an early date, be put on the Blue Itidge Railroad. The schedule will be so arranged that passengers can make close connection with (ho Southern at Senecn. Mr. W. C. Whitner, of Anderson, has i bought a loi en Oakland avenue, South of j thfl nome of Mr. VV. I Itoddoy, haviuga! frontage of 100 feet, lie does not expt-ct t'> tmlld *i: oneo, however IloH Hill} Herald. L-.-t Monday morning about 1 nlolock the barn and coUImi's ol Mr. John B. : Neal, jo H ope we! I Township werede-J strayed by lire, suppow-dTo loi..' \:.r u-> di .. - r?righ . The Ion? i- partially covered : ?yi'ht1 north bound I'roight train on the | Savannah Va!i-v liaUroad was wrecked near Deans yesterday. Several cira loi'd- ! erj with freight and tho lender of tho en- j glne wore thrown from the track. No one was huit Tli a wrecking crew soon reach- j eel the scene and cleared the track last j night ! If we have-a succession of cold snaps about one6 a week for about a month to conic, we eati pretty safely depend upon having a fairly gocd fruit crop. In the Southern States it is a big thing lor our people in more ways than one. The ladio3 are invited to call and inspect Brown, Osborne & (Jo's, new embroider ies, laces, white good9, bleaching*, sheet ings, checked homespuns, drills, cheviots, ball thread, knitting cotton, &c. They guarantee to meet all competition, Mr. Jauaes Madison White died at his home, near Old Pickens, on Tuesday night, February 1st, at 10 o'clock, after a lingering illness from cancer and the infirmities of age. He was eighty-four years old. He was a native of Virginia, but came to this State in early manhood. Hon. Edward Herndon died at his home near Westminster last Saturday morning, in the 92nd year of his age. Mr. Ilerndon was the first representative in the Legislature from Oconee County after it was cut off from Pickens, and was highly esteemed by a wide circle of friends. The Antroville Dramatic Club will play "Little Brown Jug" and a negro farce, "Jumbo Jim," at the Antreville school house next Friday evening, 11th inst. Admission, 10 and 15 cents-, A large audi ence should greet the Club, and those who attend may expect an enjoyable evening. We invite your attention to the adver tisement of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, which is now open and ready for business. Interest will be paid on dpposits and money loaned at reasonablo rates. The Company has a strong board of officers, and no doubt will 1>g liberally patronized. The Seneca correspondent of the Wal halla Courier says: 'The Silverman family are moving this week to Anderson, S. C, where'Mr. Silverman will merchan dise. Mr. Dave Silverman will be greatly missed, as his accomplishments as a vio linist bave afibrded much enjoyment to the people of the town." Mr. S. R. Tims, who owns and operates a grist mill near Piercetown, has decided to enlarge his plant, pat in new machinery and in the future grind both corn and wheat. He will close his old mill on Saturday, 2Gth inst., and will at once be gin the erection of his new mill, which he hopes to complete by May 1st. ltov. W. R. Richardson, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will begin a series of sermons next Sunday night on the Bible. The public generally and the young people especially are cordially in vited to attend. The subject of his first sermon will be ''What is the Bible, who wrote it, and how did we get it ?" Charlie Smith, of Anderson, was in Piedmont last Tuesday. Charlie has got | to be a "pa" now, aud is as proud as a millionaire over his good fortune. He says he is sewing in bale heads at the Anderson mills, at which he was always a good hand, aud h? also says that Qus Cox is lunninga folder there.?Piedmont Sun. The many friends of Capt. J. R Ander son, the popular Superintendent of the Blue Ridge Railroad, will regret to hear that he is suffering from appendicitis. He is confined to his home in Walhalla, and was visited last week by Dr. S. M. Orr, of this city. It is hoped that he can bo cured without an operation being per formed. The Grand Chapter of Rayai Arch Ma eons will meet in Charleston next week. Ii ist week it was announced that on ac cjunt of this meeting the U &W.C.R R. would sell round trip tickets on the 7th iutt. This was au error. The tickets will boon sdle on the 14th and l?:h, good until ISth inclusive. The round trip fare from Auderson is $11.05. Mrs. Andrew Allen, living at the old Anderson Moore homestead a few miles east of this placs, fell and broke one of her lower limbs yesterday. It seems that she was watering her cow and in some way the cow became frightened aud begau run ning throwing Mrs. Allen to ihe ground, breaking her leg. She wai resting easy at les; reports.?Ilonca Path Chronicle. Abbeville Press and Banner: 'Mar ried, at home, Tuesday evening, February 1st. at 7 o'clock, by Rev. Henry Stokes, Miss Katie Powell, of Mount t'armel, to Dr. J. D. Walker, of Anderson. This was a pretty home wedding, and the bride was the recipient of many beautiful presents. Dr. and Mrs Walker will make their home in the city of Anderson, where they will bo welcomed by many friends." Married, on Wednesday afternoon, Feb ruary _. ISDS, at the residence of W. F. Cox, in this city, by Rev. 0 L. Martin. Mr. Frank McW. Sawyer, of North Caro lina, and Miss Corrie Pcoro, eldest daugh ter of the laie E II. Puore. I mmediately after the ceremony the happy couple left ! lor u trij) if tho groom's home in North Carolina. Mr. Sawyer is Ihe supervising architect ol the new Court House, and is fortunate in his selection of :i bride, who i ; a most excellent young lady. Walter Morton, ih<< negro wh > we men- ! !i med last week as having offered to sell a valuable horse to Mr. .1 S. Fowler for $3o and who was arrested on suspicion of having stolen it, proved tobe tho thief". List .Monday Mr. Waltor Miller, of Tren ton, S C , came to the city, identified both the Lorse and thief and carried thorn back to Edgefield. The negro has jmt finished serving a term in the chain gang and this act will give him another term there. Mr Fowler received the reward of H2'> which had been offered lor the cantureof the horse and thief The editor of the Romo \ ?:i ) /Init 1er says: "'i>r. t?mrgH Brown, tho eye, ?ar, nuse and throat specialist, of Atlanta, is meeting wi;!s ,-i most remarkable; at the same lime a mnsi desorved succ?s?. In | my ( pinion, there is not a more skilled or i :- cci FttfuJ tfpeciHli.st in UioSouth. I make no *?\eeptions. 'in \ change of bu?o was n:;;.-.;>: necessary By a rapidly increasin practice My wj rd f r ii. if you aro suf ! faring with eye ear, note or throat non- ! bie'r, you :.r<< ifandingin y "our own light until yuu consult him. Mis rooms tiro N p. 31-and ."13 io the how Au>tcll bnil I ing. And what's m< r ?he does not j dru m "! rtie having :i word to .-.-iv in print a hon I him He richly merits, all I j havi tr:?-i n say- and more too;" Dr. i Brown is an old Anderson County boy, mid hi- !o ?;, old friends hero will be1 more than phased to hear of his .success I in his adopted .home. Mr. Samuel]! Karle died at bis home in Savannah Township last Sunday night. Fora year or more ho had been afflicted with P.right's disease and at times was a great sufferer. Mis death, therefore, was not unexpected by his loved ones and was a great relief to him. Mr. Earle was about 45 years of age and was the eldest son of tbe late Elias John Earle. lie was a most clever, upright man, and had the good will and confidence of a wide circle of friends, who doeply deplore his death. On Tuesday afternoon his remairjs were interred at Sbiloh Church. The lecture by the Rev. Sam P. Jones in the Opera House last night contained all of those characteristics and idiosyn cracies of the man which have made him a world-wide reputation. His philosphy is pure and deep, his idiom is inimitable and his homely illustrations are the es sence of wit, keeping the audience con stantly delighted, while they impress upon the minds of even tne untutored the grand lesson intended to be taught. True, indeed, it is that there is but one Sam Jones on earth. The Opera House was packed, the adjacent towns contrib uting largely to the audience. Last Friday morning little Rubie, the 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Davenport, of Williamston, while playing around the grate at home, caught afire and when her mother, attracted by her screams, reached her she was appar ently enveloped in flames. The flames wore extinguished and a physician was quickly summoned, who administered rem?di?s to the little sufferer, who was fearfully burned on the hands, face and head. Mrs. Paveuport was painfully burned on the hands while trying to ox tinguish her burning child. The uufor tunato little child met with a similar acci dent ahou' a year ago. Mr. Edmund W Webb died at his home ia the Piercetown section on Friday, 4th inst. He had been a sufferer for six | months or more from heart disease and dropsy, and his death, therefore, was not unexpected. Mr. Webb was 71 years old, and was born, reared and always lived in the Piercetown community. He was a worthy, upright man and was highly esteemed by his friends', all of whom deeply regret his death. He was a mem ber of the Hopewell Baptist Church, and Ids remains wore interred there last Satur day, Itav. W. B, Hawkins conducting the funeral service?. He leaves a widow, four sons and two daughters to cherish his memory. The building of the Anderson Tannery owned by Mr Casper Sen rim p and situa ted in the northeastern suburbs of the city, was destroyed by tire last Friday after noon about.") o'clock. The fire caught on the second floor, and is supposed to have been caused by the stove. Mr. Schrimp was at work on the first iloor when the lire was first discovered, but it had gained such a headway that uothing could be done to subdue the Uamea. Ile was forc ed to jump from a window of the building and painfully hurt one of his hands Mr. Schrimp estimates his loss at ar>out $2,000, and had $1,200 insurance in the Greenville Mutual Fire Insurance Co. The loss is heavy on Mr. Schrimp, who is a bard working, deserving man. He will rebuild. Mr R. S Hill, manager of tbe Alliance Store, has sold his stock of goods to Messrs. Julius II Weil & Co., of New York. Mr. Weil has arrived iu the city and the force of salesmen is now busy taking stock. The business will at once be transferred to the new firm, who will continue ir at tho old stand. Messrs. Weil it Co. have bad a long experience in tbe mercantile business in New York, are progressive, energetic gentlemen, and come to Anderson very highly rpcom mended as worthy of the confidence and good will of our people. We extend them a cordial welcome to Anderson and wish them success. They will carry an ini tnouse stock\of dry goods, millinery, clothing, geiKs' furnishings, shoes, etc. The readers of the Intelligencer will bear from this linn next week. An uccident which might have proved very serious, occurred Monday afternoon, but as it turned out it was very laughable. A negro from the country was leaving the city with a two horse load of shingles and sitting complacently on tbe top bundle in front. On going down the hill in front of Dr. Harris' residence She team began to trot, and just as tbe bottom of the hill was reached tho right forowheel dropped into a hole and struck a rock, loan instant the negro was seen to lly from his seat and disappear in the deep drain on the side of the street with tho bundle of shing!o3 fol lowing him. The shingles diil not, how ever, quite roach the drain or the man would have been badlv crumbed \' not killed. He briskly scrambled out of tbe drain, reloaded his shingles and continued his journey unhurt and laughing a'the a :t'iitont. A meeting of tbe directors of the P. R. Jt W ('. R R was held in Baltimore last Wednesday for the purpose of transferihg the property to irs reeeuI purchasers, the Atlantic C ?att Line. Mr. .!. A. Brock, of this city, attended the meeting. Messrs. Thomas, Ryan and Crawford, who wero members of the old h aul, resigned, and Messrs. Walters and Newcomer, of BiltB m ire. and Elliot, of Wilmington, who control the Cast Line, were elected to fill the vacancies. J. B. Cleveland, of S par tan burg, romains us president, and J. P. Doughty, of Augusta, I? A. P. Jordan, of Greenwood, .1 A. Brock, of Anderson, Avery Patton, of Greenville, and J. O. Fleming, of Laurent?, are directors. Mr. Craig is ietaitied as general passeuger agent, and Mr. Anderson as superinten dent. A Clever Trick. It certainly looks like it, but thoro Is really no nick about it. Anybody can try ir who has l/une Back and Weak Kidneys, M a inn i >>r nervous trouble?. Wo mean he can euro himself right away by taking Electric Bitter,-?. Tins triedl ine t un: s up J t he whole system, acts as a stimu'su* to j the i-j ver and Iv'.duoys, is a I food purifier t and nerve for?it:. I teures Constipation, Headache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness and Melancholy. It im purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores the system to j :t- .Mirai vigor; Try Klectric B :;<_'rs ' and be convinced thai Sony . re a miracle j worker, ?verv b?ttleTgns anteed. Unly | .">:>::: I- title at Hill Orr Hrn.: tv>. To dir?: ;i Cold in One Hay. Trtko Laxative Bromo ljuinii ? Tablets. All Bruggisis refund'ine mo ey if il fails to euro. 2*. . For sale! by Eyans Phar macy. ('.it Flower*, Bot Plants and Palms for salo. Mrs. J. F. Clinkscales, 242 Main St. WE find we have too many Pants for this^season of the year, and in order to reduce them have inaugurated a? ICE ! Will sell this month only 5.00 Pants at.......$3.75. 4.00 Pants at..3.25. 3.50 and 3.00 Pants at.2 50. 2.00 and 2.50 Pants at.1.75. 150 Pants at.1.00. 1.00 Pants at.75c We have marked them at prices that will move them. Now, if you need a pair of Trousers this is an opportu nity that don't often come your way. Very respectfully, / THE OLD, RELIABLE Furniture Store! ? of ? w Still in the Lead ! They have the Largest Stock, Best Quality, and Certainly the Lowest Prices ! OTHERS try to get there, hut they miss it every time. New, beautiful and select Stock of Furniture, &c, arriving every day, and at PRICES NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE. Here you have the Largest Stock : therefore, you can get just what you want. Here you have the Best Grade of Furniture ; therefore, you can get Goods that will last. Here you have the very LOWEST PRICES : therefore, you save good big money. ? 5?" Conic along, and we will do you as we have been doing lor the last forty years?still you the very best Furniture for the very lowest prices. f>'?:.. The largest Stork in South Carolina and the Lowest Price in the Southern States. New Lot Baby Carriages Jnst Keceived. D?])oi Street, Anderson, S. C. Some people cry Hard Times, But we cry . . . BUY your Hardware from us and you may see better days. We are HEADQUARTERS for anything you need in the shape of Hardware. We have just received another Car Load of Plows. So d on't stand pat when you are in tiie market for? Farming Implements, Blacksmith Outfits. i Makes no difference what your bi \ :s we will go you one better. An honest talc speeds :; being plainly told; Thou- Is nj necessity for lit to sav more. )uf Prices Talk for Themselves BROCK BROS.