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" BY CTJNKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APEIL 12. 1899. VOLUME XXXIV-NO. 4?T Suppose You Were Told That you would have to pay a certain part of all the losses by bad debts if you traded at Credit Stores. You would laugh at the idea of such a thing. Now, wouldent you ? Well, that's what you will have to do if you trade at Credit Stores and pay your bills. It isn't the intention of the Credit Stores to bear these losses by bad debts. They figure each year how much they will lose, and of course-somebody has it to pay. The way it's done is this : Everybody is made to pay much more than we ask for the same Goods to make up for these losses, and you pay your part if you pay your bills. Some Credit Stores tell you they will sell you Clothes and charge them to you at their Cash prices, and then they actually ask you for your Cash trade. If you spend your Cash with them how about those losses by bad debts ? We sell for strictly Spot Cash. We have no losses. Don't you think it's a duty you owe to your income to buy your CLOTHING, HATS and FURNISHINGS from us ? We think so. Remember, your money back if you want it. BEFORE YOU BUY A Snit for $ 6.00 see ours at $ 5.00. A Suit for $ 7.50 see ours at $ 6.00. A Suit for $ 9.00 see ours at $ 7.50. A Suit for $10.00 see ours at $ 8.50. A Suit for $12.00 see ours at $10.00. A Suit for $15.00 see ours at $12.50. THE WHY AND THE WHEREFORE ! The comparative figures above do not lie. They represent actual facts. If you doubt give us the benefit of the doubt-only to the extent of coming to investigate We've got everything in Clothing thut any other Store has, except trash, which we most positively will not handle. We carry no Suit cheaper than $4.00 for men, and none cheaper than 81.00 for boys, because any to retail for less are "simply rotten." It's a pleasure to show you how cheap we sell good Goods, and you will find it's not a mere catah-phrase, but a true statement of facts, that WE SELL IT FOR LESS." THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. OUR SPRING SHOE DEPARTMENT IS now qpen for the inspection of the public, and we know we can suit everybody in exactly the Shoe you want. In Men's Shoes we have cut prices, and are selling high grade, first quality Harvard Ties at $1.00-former price $1.25. Men's Satin Calf, thoroughly solid Shoes-former price 81.25-our new lot at only 90c. In Fine Shoes we have all the latest and newest produc tions, in all shades of Tans and Vici Kids, Cordovans and Patent Leathers. We can give you any style Toe or any width made. In Ladies' and Misses Shoes we are sure there is no house in the city who can compare with us IN STYLE, FIT OR PRICE. We have everything in Oxfords and Spring Heel Shoes, in Blacks and Taos. 1 If you want to see the most perfect-fitting, attractive and elegant line of stylish and up-to-date footwear ever shown in Anderson come in to see us. We are headquarters for Shoes. Very truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO. Hi TARMINT. The Cough r.nd Cold that irritates and torments is relieved with TARMINT. 25c. and 50 c, Johnsons Headache Powders. Relieve Headache and Neuralgia. 10c. and 25c. Infant For Rheumatism and Neuralgic Pains rub with our .... Nerve and Bone Liniment. It is the BEST. 25c and 50c. Johnson s Worm And Liver Syrup. Removes Worms, is pala table, safe and sure. 25c. Talcum Powder, i An elegant Toilet Powder. ! Landreths Prevents and relieves '- QpftrJo chapping and chafing, j ??UU?. Sold in bulk, any quanti- i Just received. ty. 60c. per pound. ? new. Fresh and HILL-ORR DRUG CO Latest Sensation in South Carolina Politics. WASHINGTON, April s.-While on thc subject of Senatorial gossip the political breeze from South Carolina wafts this "way the following sensation: Thc report conies by a somewhat cir cuitous route and 1 will not undertake to vouch for its authenticity. It is to the effect that a treaty of peace lias been made between Senator Tillman and his former political rival, Gen. M. C. Butler, and the programme is said to be that, Gen. Butler will endeavor to return to the Senate as the successor of the present junior Senator, McLaurin, at the expiration of the latter's terni. My informant, who was in South Caro lina recently, and mingled with the members of the Tillman-Latimer Con gressional excursion party, says there is not the slightest possibility of de feating Senator Tillman for re-election, and at present there is a feeling that Senator McLaurin did not represent the views of a majority of his party when he voted with the Republicans to ratify the Paris peace treaty. There is a disposition to reorganize the Dem ocratic lines in South Carolina and bring back into the regular organiza tion men like Gen. Butler, Hampton and others, who have heretofore antag onized the Tillman faction in the Pal metto State. It is claimed that Senator Tillman has had some of the rough edges worn off his nature while in the Senate, and he is less objectionable to his former antagonists than he was a few years ago. Butler's popularity, to gether with his ability, would go a long way towards renderiug him acceptable to the followers of Tillman. It is safe to assume in advance that this statement will create a large-sized row among the friends of Senator Mc Laurin, who are said to have a fond ness for Gen. Butler. It is also likely that there will be some vigorous denials on both sides of the proposition. Thc fact is the subject was quietly talked about by friends of Senator Tillman and also by friends of Gen. Butler while the Congressional party was journeying between Washington and Havana. Whether the gossippiug was done with the consent of Senator Till man and Gen. Butler I am unable to say, but it stands to reason the idea did not originate without some foun dation, for the gentleman who gave me the information was a member of the party. He was not actuated by malicious motives, but simply related to me the incident as a piece of inter esting political gossip, which might be of interest to South Carolinians.-Spe cial to Keira and Courier. Good Adrice. The counsel, Go South, Young Man ! has been proffered often by shrewd northern observers of the opportunities which are presented in this section, but it has a specially apt wisdom now that there is so much calk about the possi bilities of making fortunes in our new possessions and in Cuba. Leslie's Weekly therefore gives most excellent advice when it says : "More money has been made in the Southern States in the last twenty years than will be made in the next fifty years in Cuba, Porto Rico or thc Philippines, and the chance for money making in the South have only com menced. Tho price of iron for the world is now made at Birmingham, Ala., and that city will shortly make thc world's price of steel. The South's industrial evolution, which began with thc development of its iron includes machine shops and factories, steel plants and hardware factories. Thc :>,000 new industries which have sprung up during the past year include fertili zers and phosphate works, woodwork ing factories, furniture, vehicle, agri cultural and miscellaneous works, tex- j tile, flour and cotton seed oil mills, gas j and waterworks, telephone systems, electric light and power and ice and cold storage plants, canneries and hun dreds ot miscellaneous plants. Nearly every Southern State has increased its railroad mileage during the past year, and every southern harbor has strong ly increased its export trad?'. " ' * If you seek new fields of opportunity, go South, young man !" Thc citizen ol* the North .-iud West who comes South with money or brains and ambition will make a far safer in vestment than lie who seeks to improve his estate by-going to Cuba, I'orto Rico or thc Philippines. Not only are the conditions of lite here far more at tractive but the chances for making money are more numerous and sup ported by far better probabilities of success. Leslie's Weekly has not overstated the relative inducements which thc South offers. . - - > ^ Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that , Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy 1 lie sense of smell j and completely derange the "whole system when j entering ii through the mucous surfaces. Such , articles should never be used except on prcscrip- j tions from reputable physicians, as the damage j they will do is ten fold to "the good you can possi- j bly'dcriTe from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure marni- i fact tired by F. .1. Cheney A Co., Toled?, 0., con tains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting | directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of t>e system. In buying Hal Pa Catarrh Cure be sure you get Hie genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by 1'. .1. Cheney A Cn. Testimonials free. j&Sf-Sold hy Druggists, price 75c. per hollie. Hall's Fan. il y I'ills are the best. Cheap Printing. Law Uriel's al UO cents a Page.-Good Work, Good Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper (han al any nillir house. Catalogues in the best style. If yon have printing to do. il will be to your interest to write to the Press and 'Banner, Abbeville, S. C. ff. Pitched Battle Fought on the Streets of Brimson. Bucxsox*, S. C., April il.-Last night, at about 0 o'clock, a fusilado of pistol shots in rapid succession was heard, and it was soon developed that a pitched battle was being fought in thc street between James Preacher, Char lie Preacher and Airen Preacher, brothers, on the one side, and George Ried, Mack Ried, Janies Ried, broth ers, and Joseph Connelly, on the other. As a result Geo. Ried is dead, Mack Ried is probably fatally wounded, Joseph Connelly is seriously wounded and James Preacher slightly wounded in the hand. It appears that a negro farm hand employed by George Ried was subse-' quently employed by the Preachers and bad feeling were engendered there by. Yesterday evening the Rieds went to the Preacher residence on this mat ter and some hot words were passed. Later in the night the two parties met at the busiest comer in the town and , an altercation ensued between George ' Ried and James Preacher, and in an instant weapons were drawn and a general fusilade of about 30 or 40 shots followed. The streets being crowded it is miraculous that no by standers were injured. The fire of the Preachers seems to have been principally directed on George Ried. He received nine wounds. Notwithstanding his many wounds, he lived until this morning. All the parties are men with families except Charlie and Arren Preacher. George Ried leaves a wife and child. Charlie and Arren Preacher are mere boys, the latter not yet 20 years of age. The coroner's jury returned a ver dict that the deceased came to his death by gunshot wounds at. thc hands of James and Arren Preacher. As a sequel to the light Utmer New ton, a respected and orderly colored citizen, was accidentally killed. Hear ing thc hiing and thinking the police man was being killed, he seized his pistol and started to the scene, and on arriving he met his son, Wm. Newton, who, thinking his father would get in trouble, attempted to disarm him. In the attempt the weapon was discharged, killing the father instantly. James Preacher is the son-in-law of Col. Lawrence W. Youmans, the larg est, planter in this section, and promi nent in State politics. Thc Preachers have surrendered to the sheriff. Georgia Baptists Startled. SAVANNAH, GA., April :?.-In the Georgia State Baptist convention to day George Hillyer, ex-mayor of At lanta, and formerly on the bench of, the superior court, presented a report from the committee on crime and lynchings. After reading the report the judge gave some startling figures upon the increase of crime, urging the consider ation of the question upon the church, and suggesting that as the law was slow tlie legislative body be appealed to to note the facts and ligures, to urge action upon that body, reminding them of the army of voters presenting the appeal. Judge Hillyer said that in the United States there were more homicides than in Scotland, Kngland aud Prussia. The matter had been brought before the bar association in 1894 and 189?. In 1SD4 there were ;">,000 homicides in the United States and in 18JM? there were 10,000. In thc past year more homi cides were committed in the United States than there were killed in Cuba, aud more than fell at "Gettysburg or in the Philippines. People were losing confidence in the law's slowness and lack of interest in the public mind. Tlie press has been remarkably quick in bringing the matter to the attention of the public, but the ease with which verdicts are set aside in the court room and the facility with which notorious criminals escape punishment have brought much id' this about. Thc amount of crime is increasing aud it seems that thc criminal is the only one that has any rights. Thc people lose confidence in the effectiveness (d'the law to punish criminals. Hence thc increase in lynching: Judge Hillyer said that, although he had twice brought this matter before the bar association, they had taken no action, il?* now appealed from thc bar to the church to aid in correcting this great evil. The resolutions call upon tho legisla ture to so amend the code of criminal procedure and enlarge the powers of the courts as to let all men know that the law is willing and able to do i in mediate and thorough justice in every case. They assert that lynchings are a result of distrust in the promptness and efficiency ?rf the legal machinery. Tin; convention came to an end to day, after selecting G ri fin as the place for the meeting next year. It was agreed, previous to the adjournment to revive tbs Georgia IhiptisfcHistorical society, and Dr. Marshall, ol' Sanders ville, was elected president ?d' it. with Dr. Hugh Hernani, of Mercer, secre tary, l?ev. H. kV. Kiley, delivered an an address on thc history ol' the denom ination. .Initie Hillyer then presented a strong and striking report ami reso lutions fnmi the committee on crime and lynching, which wer?' adopted. This afternoon Hie members ol' the convention enjoyed a tri]? down to thc seashore at Tyhee. Union Meeting. Program of the Union Meeting, Dis trict No. 2, of the .Saluda Association, to be iteld with Long Branch Baptist Church April 20-30. lyii!). SATL'IJDAY MOUXINT;. ll o'clock. Introductory Sermon, Revi K. W. Burts. Organization. I. What is the duty of tlie Church to its pastor? L. E. Campbell. Rev. W. B. Hawkins. II. Why is it that we do so little for missions? C. E. Horton, Rev. M. Mc Gee. III. The excuses of professing Chris tians against Church work. Rev. .1. J. Beck, W. B. West. . SUXHAY MORXIX'.'. 10 o'clock. Meeting of tlie Sunday School Union. Short verbal reports from each Sunday School. Sunday School addressed by Rev. W. IL Haw kins. Missionary Sermon, bv Rev. W. T. Tate. C. H. GASSAWAY, for Com. Honor Roll. The following is the honor roll of McAdam's School for the month ending March 31. First Grade-Lola Gassaway, 00. Second Grade-Jim Shirley, 09; Lu cia Shirley, 00 ; Kate Darb}', ORA ; Annie Gassaway, 00. Third Grade-Lizzie Lomax, Uli ; Emma Headden Gassaway, OT ; Emma Gassaway, 96A ; Sallie Shirley, U5f; Fourth Grade-Etta Lomax, Ol}; Nettie Hanks, 07?. Fifth Grade-Lula Rickets, 00 ; Liz zie Shirley, 97 0-10. Sixth Grade-Varena Shirley, U8?; Olivia Gassaway. 98 3-3; Minnie Gassa way, 98?.y LOL* GASSAWAY, Teacher. Husband's Awful Butchery. ALIJAXY, GA., April 5.-Walter 1?. Jackson, one of the most prominent young men of Albany, killed his wife and 3-mouth-old child and thea shot himself dead at his home here last night. Thc dead bodies of the family were found this morning by a servant in the house who went to Jackson's room to call him. Tlie shocking tragedy startled the people of Albany and all day great crowds of curious people remained about the house. Jackson is supposed to have mur dered his fa mil}*, and then slain him self in a lit of desperation caused by loss of his position with the Carter & Wool folk warehouse and commission company. He was until last Monday employed by that firm as cashier and bookkeeper. On that day his place was taken by Ira Galloway. The crime could not have been more shocking had it occurred in any family in Albany. Jackson and his wife were among the most popular young people of Albany. His wife was a leading society belle here before her marriage two years ago. .- m . ^ - -- Buried Alive 48 Hours. WALTHAM, MASS.. April 17.-Carl Atheno, the young ('reek, who was hypnotized and buried alive bu Thurs day night, was dug up from his living grave at H o'clock to-night, no worse for his experience. After apparently lying in a dead state for forty-eight hours, the rigid form was taken from the massive box. A large number of persons wen1 present to witness the taking of the living man from his grave. Atheno, who was buried as a test of the power of hypnotic suggestion to suspend the functions indefinitely with out, serious harm to the subject, is a recent comer to this city. His hypno tiser is an officer who has seen service with the volunteers, Lieut. Janies Jef frey. It is said that the temptation of win ning 81,000 if he submitted to thc test was the motive of the Greek in permit ting himself to be buried, rather than any special zeal in the cause of science. His nervous temperament and suscep tible nature made him au ideal subject for a mesmerist. Thc authorities consented to the trial only on condition that precautions bc taken to prevent the Greek from being smothered in his living grave. They demanded that tin* grave should be fit ted with a tube so that Atheno could breathe freely and communicate with! those above ground should lie awaken. ! A long wooden tube was placed direct - j ly abor?; his face, the other end extend- j i t lg some feet above the ground. Then ? an electric light bulb was placed di- j rcctly above the young man's face. A ? normal sleeper could not endure thc j glare for ten minutes, but thc (ireek's j eyelashes did not even quiver in all the ; hours he slept.-AV/r York /'revs-. Up-Country Cattle Wanted. CHAI.'I.KSTOX, S. C., April 5.--It was ! announced herc to-day that W. G. : Ware, proprietor of the Augusta stock i yards, ami J. A. Darwin, proprietor of ] the Charleston stock yunis, had formed < a partnership for the shipment of cat- i Ile from this port to Cuban points. The : stock to bc handled will bc that; raised in thc States of Georgia, South Caro- 1 lina, North Carolina and Tennessee. Up-country country cattle will be shipped to the island for slaughter. 1 while that from the low country will ; be shinned for breeding purposes. Thc first shipment will be made from hore for Havana to-tnon >w or Saturday and < wit] consist ot: ano ii ead ot' up-country \ cattle. The slock has already arrived in thc city".-(?wciii'illt! Xen's. j ( - Thc Mexico dog has no hair. The j hot climate makes such a covering sn- j, perttuous. j i Couldn't Live in Kansas. ST. Lons, April .">.-A d?cision was rendered by Judge Peabody in the city police court to-day that lin der certain conditions a husband has tlie right to beat his wife. The casec was one Ber nard Kretzer charged with beating his wife because she would not agree with him in the management of their chil dren. Judge Peabody said in passing judg ment : 'Tn this case the wife was more guilty than the husband for trying to contradict and thwart her husband's will in the presence of the children and setting them a bad example which he had a right to rebuke. There are times when a wife irritates her husband to such an extent that lie cannot control himself and uses his hand and fist. As long as no serious hann is done 1 don't believe in punishment." Work of Pension Agents. WASHINGTON, April 5--The work of pension agents is apparent in the great number of claims filed for pensions on account of disability incurred in the war with Spain. According to Com missionerEvans the rapidity with which those claims have been coming in is in marked contrast with the manner in which claims were riled at the close of the Civil War. At that time claims were made only on account of wounds and disability incurred in battle, and it was not for some years after the close nf the war that claims for disability on account of disease began to come in. Now, however, the great majority of claims are on account of disability from disease incurred in camp and especial ly among those regiments which were the victims of typhoid fever in Cuba and Porto Rico. Pension attorneys working among these men have induced them to lile claims. In some instances '2~> per cent nf thc men in a regiment have done so. According to the Surgeon General of the army, the great majority of the claims ought to be rejected, as the dis ease will wear off in time. The live regiments which furnish the largest number of applicants for pen sions are: Thirty-fourth Michigan, 398; First District of Columbia Volunteers, :J32; Eighth Ohio, 341); Thirty-third Michigan,' 319; Second Massachusetts, 217. Of these regiments only the Sec ond Massachusetts was on the firing line at Santiago. The regiment par ticipated in the charge at El Caney and lost many men. The Michigan regi ments were engaged in the field at Aguadores under Gen. Dutfield. The Ohio regiment is ''The President's Own." Cleveland Favors a War Against War. BOSTON, MASS., April .".-Among the communications received by the Unit ed Society of Christian Endeavor recently in connection with its proposition for A .'war against war, and peace by arbi tration" are two from former United States Presidents, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. Ex-President Cleveland wrote: "The members and the friends of the Society of Christian Endeavor have never entered upon an undertaking so practical and so noble as the effort they are now making to secure an abandon ment of war as a means for the settle ment of international differences; and if there is any substance to the claim that our institutions and the traits that characterize us as a people tend to national (deva tion and Christianizatioii, it is eminently proper that our country should be in the lead in any movement in the interests of peace." Ex-President Harrison's letter says: "For myself, and much more, for the great body of its citizenship, I express the desire of America for peace with the whole world. It would have been vain to suggest the pulling down of blockhouses or family disarmament to the settlers ou a hostile Indian fron tier. They would have told you right ly that the conditions were not ripe. And so it may be, and is probably true, that a l ull application of t he principle is not prescutlyvpnssible, the devil still being unchained. "lt is by a spirit of love and forbear ance mastering the civil institutions and governments of the world that wc shall approach universal peace and adopt arbitration methods of settling disputes." A Monument to "Old Abe.'' Sri;iN(;i'iKi.n, lu.., April 5.-The House committee on appropriations, udopting thc suggestion of Chairman Curtis, prepared a bill providing for the erection of anew Lincoln monu ment in Springheid to cost 81,000,000. i)f this amount 8100,000 is to be appro priated at once for the commencement d'the work; Congress is to be requested lo appropriate 8??>0.000 and 8-100,000 is lo be raised by popular subscription. I'hc bill was reported to the House at ?his evening's session and advanced to i second reading. The ' beat" is the cheapest, especially tv ben buying a bicvele Then don'l fail to buy a Rambler, Hartford or Crawford, .^nld on installments. Pi rock Bros. Two Houses and Lots and one Building bot, on Karie Street, between Hubbard's Corner and Passenger Depot, for t-a!a lou-. Hr c.e. A ur 's COHXKi:. Tlie lin Jiro ved I'rooks (..'ott on Planter , MI HU iron foot stock can not be excelled by any other. For sale at l-l rock Bros. When you need a new pair of Hicyele fires do to see'Sullivan Hardware L'o. t hey have tlie largest stock ol' Tires car ried by any bouse in tiie State. STATE NEWS. - Union is soon to have a new *i 0,000 hotel. - It is probable that W. J. Bryan may speak in Spartanburg in May or June. - Dispenser Troy, of Columbia, is reported to be $411 short in his ac counts. - The Grand Lodge of Odd Fel lows meets in Columbia on the 2bth instant. - Columbia, not satisfied with two telephone lines, is preparing for a third one. - Columbia's citizens are talking of a firemen's tournament to be pulled off this spring. - Boston capitalists have bought the Highland Park property of 114 acres in Aiken and will build a 200 room hotel this summer. - The thirteen men charged with lynching the negro postmaster at Lake, City, S. C., are being tried in the United States Circuit Court in Charleston. - Gov. Ellerbe has pardoned Sam Wilbanks, of Oconee county, who was convicted of manslaughter and sen-, teneed to three years in the peniten tiary, in July, 1898. - President H. S. Hartzog. of Clem son College, has accepted the invita tion to deliver the ?unual address be fore the literary societies of Furman University at the June commence ment. - Recently the grand jury of Rich land county brought in a true bill for murder against Constable Crawford who-killed Mrs. Stuart. The cases against the other constables will be thrown out of court. - The citizens of Cherokee are pre paring for a grand rally at the Cow pens battlefield May 27. They have formed an association ?nd appointed committees and are working for a large and interesting meeting. - Judge Watts, at the court in Co lumbia, held that an indictment must contain the name of the person indict ed. It would not do to bring an in dictment against Mrs. John Doe, but her Christian name must be given. - Constable Crawford, who killed Mrs. Stuart in Columbia, has been granted a change of venue by Judge Watts, and he will be tried in Ker shaw County. The defendant claimed that he could not get a fair trial in Columbia. - York county is not left behind in the matter of curiosities. The latest thing is twin colts. Mr. Meek Robin son, who lives three miles from York ville on the Charlotte road, has a fine pair, one a mare and the bother a horse colt. - The board of directors of the penitentiary have passed stringent res olutions regulating the superintendent and banking arrangements, and noti fying the banks that it would not recognize endorsements of the super intendent and the like. - Mr. D. A. Philips, of Bamberg, committed suicide by taking two and one-half ounces of laudanum. After taking the dose he sat down and wrote three letters to his son, daughter and a friend. giviDg instructions as to ar rangements for his burial. - The first batch of war claims of the State against the Federal govern ment have been approved by the Treasury Department, and the money with which to pay them forwarded to Governor Ellerbe. The remaining claims will be acted on soon and before long will be paid. - The race riot at Edgefield. S. C., seems now to have subsided. Both whites and blacks implicated in the affair are quietly following their cus tomary vocations. The testimony at the inquest shows that three pistol shots were fired into ihe whites before they replied at all. - Samuel Wortheim, a business man of New York, committed suicide by cutting his throat in Charleston. He had come down to Summerville for his health but grew worse and became insane. He broke a pane of glass in the office of his friend. G. M. Pulit zer, and ran his head through the hole and cut his throat with the broken glass. - The laughters of the Confede racy of Charleston decided at. a meet ing held last week that they would present the Veterans with a flag. The flag will be of the best silk, one side bearing the Stars and Bars of the Confederacy, while the other will be the Ung of South Carolina. In the corner of the nag devoted to this State's emblem will be the coat of arms of the Daughters of thc Confederacy, explaining by whom thc flag was given; The presentation will be made the feature one day during tlie Iveunion. Cut F'.owers. Po: Plants ami Tai ms fer sale. MKS. J. F. CMNKSCALES; .24'2 Main Sr.