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AT Brown, Osborne & Co's. WHEN? EVERY DAY! ? After scouring the Northern and Eastern markets our Buyers have re turned, and our Goods are corning in on every train, aud as quick as the nails can be drawn we have an Opening. When our purchases are all iu we can undoubtedly boast of tbe most STUPENDOUS Stock of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, MILLINERY, &c, Ever shown in Anderson. Our Mammoth Store-room of nearly fifteen thou sand square feet ie already crowded. OUR DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT Contains a superior assortment of Novelties, as well as BROADCLOTHS, VENETIANS, HOMESPUNS, CHEVIOTS, SpOTCH PLAIDS, &c Jtfany styles and colorings are exclusive, and weights are appropriate for Skirts pr full costumes. We make Dress Goods a special study, and have a weakness for BLACK GOODS! Don't buy in haste and repent when you see ours. Be prudent ! Be wise ! SEE OURS FIRST. Then we have another weak spot for SILKS AND SATINS, And have the newest conceits for Fall Dresses, Separate Waists and Skirts. Also, Silks and Satins for evening wear ai\d fancy work. OUR TRIMMINGS AND LININGS Are the newest and most popular. Also, all kinds of Dress Findings. IN OUR NOTION DEPART3?ENT , We are showing Novelties in Fancy Combi, Hair Pins, Pompadour Combs, Empire Combs, Neck Comba, Puff Combs, ?fcc. Also, Novelties iu Jewelry, Belt Clasps and Sets, Cyrano Chains, .Beauty Pins, tte, and Novelties iu Pocket Books and Belts, including Dog Collar and Bead Belts, and a large assortment of the latest fads iii Ladies' Neckwear. In consideration of the fact that there is a rapidly growing demand amongthe iair sex for Ready Made Garments we have fitted up A SPECIAL READY MADE DEPARTMENT, And will carry at all times a nice variety of Suits, Waists, Skirts, Petticoats, Muslin Underwear, Capes, Jackets, &c. Our Millinery Department . Is unusuaHy attractive. Our New Hats are quite Frenchy, and are much admired. We have popular Novelties in Millinery, aud quite a variety of Hats for Street wear, Golf Styles, &c. ? AJso, Cap3 for children, and an -elegant line of I?BBONS in the leading colors. You will be almost sure to regret it if you buy your Millinery before seeing ours. We are making a GREAT DRIVE ON KID GLOVES, And in addition to popular price Gloves, we are agents for the Celebrated and World Renowned P. CENTEMERIE GLOVES-the best Fitters and Wearers. ON HOSIERY We are making a drive on the HERMSDORF FAST BLACK-superior to all others. As the season for cold weather is gradually approaching, and with it the putting on of FLANNELS AND WOOLEN UNDERWEAR, We would have you remember that you can find HO better place to buy. Un derwear than from us. Our Stock is complete. And to the Housekeeper who is ever ready for something to enhance the attractions of the home, we would invite your attention to our Stock of CARPETS, MATTINGS, RUGS, ART ?>Q,UARES, &C. All styles and qualities. Biggest assortment in this city. TO THE SHOE BUYER We wish to say that we have one of the most up-to-date Shoe Departments in South Carolina, and if you are looking fur both style and durability in footwear-U-NEED-A look at ours. MERCHANTS Will please come and examine iuto our WHOLESALE DEPART MENT. Why buy iu Augusta, Atlanta, Richmond, Charleston and oth?K places and pay freight when you can buy just as cheap of us and save the freight, and have other advantages that you cannot possibly get elsewhere ? GET PRICES, POST UP, and we will sell you. We wish to say to ali that our Stock is immense, that it has been selected with the utmost care, that our styles are absolutely correct, that our prices are in keeping with competition, and that with our advantages, both in buy ing and selling, we defy all competition. We are expansionists when it comes to business, and notwithstanding the cry of short crops and hard times we are determined to reach out and extend our bounds. Come and help to move this immense Stock of ours. Prompt attention given to Mail Orders. If you can't come write for Samples. Yours truly, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Grenelai Merchandise* Local News, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1899. THE COTTON MARKET. Corrected Weekly by Brown, Osborne .t Co. Strict Good Riddling--G*. Good Middling-63. Strict Middling-(?. Middling-Ci. Stained Cotton-i to 5. Mr. R.C. Laughlin has .'returned from thc North. Mr. Jas. P.. Gossett was in thc city Wednesday. Miss Maude Douthit is visiting Miss Gertrude Jones. Miss Alpha Rasorwas shoppingin thc city Wednesday. Capt. A. JJ. Byrd, of Belton, was in the city Saturday. State Commissioner J. B. 1 )outhit was in the city Saturday. Prof. W. M. Higgs, ot! Clemson, was in the city Saturday. Mrs. Lou Cooley, of Williamston, was in the city this week. Miss .Mamie Poorc, ot' Belton, was in the city last Wednesday. Mr. J. C. Latimer, of Ilonea Path, was in the city last week. Miss Cleo King has gone to Atlanta. Ga., on a vi.^if of two weeks. Mrs. Dr. W. W. Watkins, of Pendle ton, was in town last week. Miss Pauline Nicely, of Belton, was shopping in the city Monday. Miss Sadie Boazman, of Ninety-Six' is visiting Mrs. G. M. Buchanan. Miss Mattie E.Brown, of Belton, was in thc city a few days last week. Mr. J. L. Tribble and Gen. M. L. Bonham went to Greenville Monday. Miss Maude Wilson went to Kershaw Friday to take charge of a school there. Rev. John Edwards preached at thc Presbyterian Church Sunday evening. Add the following to your telephone list: W. D. Simpson, residence, No. 140\ Prof. J. C. Allen, of the Lowndes ville High School, was in the city Sun day. Mr. Baylis Clark, of the United States mail service, Atlanta, Ga., is in tlu ci ty. Miss Flora Chapman went to Blacks burg Friday to take charge of a school there. Capt. Shealy, of the Clemson foot ball team, passed through the city Sat urday. Miss Mamie Poore, of Belton, is tobe in the Greenville Female College this year. Mr. W. R. 1 Allingham, of Spartan burg; spent A few days in thc city last week. Mr. John M. Hubbard has gone to New York to purchase a fall stock- of jewelry. Miss Nina Buiriss went toGreenville Tuesday to enter the tireen ville Female College. Miss Belle Beck went to Rock Hill Monday to enter the Winthrop Normal College. Tin- new advertisement of Messrs. C. F. Jones & Co. this week should be read carefully. Mrs. C. S. Miuor has returned from Cashiers, X. C., where she bas been for for the stun mer. Mrs. Chisholm, of Charleston, who is visiting at Pendleton, was shopping in the city Tuesday. Miss Lime Cornish returned Thurs day from Williamston, where she had been for her health. Miss Kate Crayton went to Greenville Wednesday to resume her studies at the Chicora College. Hon. Geo. E. Prince went toGreen ville and Columbia on professional business last week. ? Miss Gertrude Jones went TO Balti more Monday to enter the Baltimore College for Women. Rev. Mr. Thomas, pastor of the Pres byterian Church of Elberton, (Ja., was. in the. city this week. Our young friend,'j'. E. Bell, hasg?uc to Dunn, N. C., where he will spend the season buying cotton. The Anderson Steam Laundry has a new advertisement this week, lo which we direct your attention. I ir. W. \V. Daniel preached before the Woman's Foreign .Missionary Con ference, ?it Walhalla, Sunday. In their new advertisement Brown, Osborne & Co. announce tin- opening of new fall and winter goods. Miss Fannie.Rogers went to Green ville Tuesday to resume her studies at the Greenville Female College. Miss Claudia Provost, who has been spending part of the summer at Horst; Cove, X. C., returned Wednesday. The men folks will lind something of inter?s! lp them in Hall & Milford's new advert?semen I thisweek. lieadit. .Miss Annie I'rt?vost, who has been spending the summer in tho mountains near ( 'casar's I leudabas rel urned ?home. Mr. J. A. Brock, one of Seneca's most popular young businessmen, was in thc city Monday and ga vc usn II appreciated call. Miss Carriel ?ru nols, ol' Lowndcsvillc, was in (he eily last week, on her way to Williamston to attend the College then-. Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Maude Payne and Mr. S. Augus tus McCown, af thc home of the bride's father. Mr. Jas. M. Payne, in this city, on Wednesday, 2-?tli inst., at .*? o'clock p. m. .Several of our people attended til Woman's Foreign Missionary Conloi euee, at Walhalla, during the pa.? week. Misses Leora. Douthifc, Mary Chai man, Ada Casey, Fannie Lee. and Ethe Wilburn are to be in thc Winthro Normal this year. There will bc services in St. .Joseph' Catholic Church at the usual hom next Sunday morning and evening, b Kev. Father Budds. Mr. Rutledge Osborne, who has bee spending several weeks in Cashici Valley, returned Tuesday. 11 is lamil came through the country. Mrs. M. J. Duke is again in charge; o the dressmaking department at Brown Osborne & Co.'s, and will be pleased t serve her friends at any time. Miss Ethel Nance is spending a i'c\ days in Gaffney, S. C., before return in ? to Kock Hill for the year's work. Win throp College will open to-day. Kev. Sidi Harper lilied thc pulpit o Dr. Daniel at thc St. John's Methodis Church Sunday evening. There wen no services there in the morning. Kizzie Johnson, a negro woman abon 70 years of age, dropped dead at he home on McCully street yesterday morning. Heart disease was thc cause Prof. J. Scott Murray, who has beei spending thc summer vacation iu An dcrsom has returned to Macon, Ga., t< resume his duties in Mercer University Dr. G. j]. Moore, ol' Furman Eniver si ty, preached at, thc First Mantis Church last Sunday morning. Then were no services there in the evening Thc sudden change to fall wcathe? demands prudent eating and dressing A cold contracted now through care lessness may hang on for a, long time Miss Annie Ulata Dean has returnee from a very pleasant visit to Northfield Mass., and to other points of interest ir that State, New York and North Caro lina. The Knights of Pythias will hold theil regular meeting to-morrow evening al 8 o'clock. Thc second rank will IK conferred. Every member is urged tr attend. Mr. W. M. Richardson, who has been studying medicine in Baltimore, left Tuesday for Kock Hill, and will gc from there to Baltimore to resume his studies. The musicale at the liome of Mr. If. C. Wrebb on last Thursday evening was a most delightful affair, and every one present enjoyed tlie entertainment very much. Capt. il. H. Watkins, who has been spending a month in thc mountains of North Carolina, has returned home. His health lias been greatly benefited by his stay up there. Mr. Douglass Emerson, of Boston. Mass., is visiting his father, Mr. S. J. Emerson, in the county. He is a prom inent and successful real estate dealer in his Northern home. Capt. S. N. Williams, of Abbeville, a very accommodating and popular con ductor between Hodges and Abbeville, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. K. An derson, in Broadway Township. Thursday was observed as the Day of the Atonement by the Jews of the city. All places of business- owned by them were closed aud their employees had a holiday, which 111ey enjoyed very much. Married, on Sunda}', September IT, ISW, at the residence of the bride's father. by Kev. R. C. Ligon. .Mr. C. K. Stone and Miss Jennie Little, daughter* of J. H. Little, allot' Anderson county. Married, at the residence of Mrs. Kin ma McAdams, near Broyles, S. C., on Sunday, September 17, 180!), by Kev. J. M. Simmons, Mr. AV. M. Tippins and Mrs. R. I>. Adams, both of Hart Coun ty, Ga. Mr. Chess. Pearimm is now superin tending the gins and oil mill of thc Moneynick Oil Mill Co. at Pelzcr. The farmers in that section should read his advertisement in another column and patronize, his gin. Kev. S. T. Blackman, who has recent ly been on a visit to friends and rela tives in the County, has returned to his home at Waterloo." S. C. lie lilied the pulpit, of the West Hud Methodist Church last Sunday. Mr. Walter Karton, sou of Mr. J. E. Barton, of this city, is now chunking wood under the boiler of Mr. Kain ie Hughes' engine on the Blue Kidge Kail road. Walter will make his mark in railroad affairs if he lives. The time for letting the bridge con tracts advertised in another column has been changed, that at Carpenter's mili to Sept. 28t.h and that near I >r. Cheshire's to Sept. 2!hli. Contractors should make a note ol' this. The Chieora Literary Society of the Graded School resumed its work" last Friday-night. Many ol'the old mem bers were presen r. and from'presen I in (I?cations tho Society will <1<> hotter work this year dian it did his! year. Mr. J. Lee l?alentiue, w ho has been clerking in the store of Mr. J. T. I?ur riss the past t wo years, lias accepted a position with .Messrs. Osborne & Os borne, where he will be more than pleased lo have his friends call on him. If we can trust I ho signs of the. times, and if any reliance can bc made upon what, t he eyes see while shopping and upon what, the ears hear while others talk, there will he four very stylish weddings in the city before Christmas. Mrs. J. A. Brock, who recently visited Lookout Mountain, has presented the Robert E. Lee Chapter F. I>. C. ol' this city a beautiful gavel made of moun tain laurel wood, which cann' from the battlefield at Lookout Mountain. Em bedded in the gavel is a mi nie ball, which was found on tho same battlefield. Ti.e gavel is highly appreciated by thc Chapter, and will be used by its honor ed President ?md her successors af their meeting?. < mr young townsman, Janies F. Ms well, who recently won the scholars! from thc Third Congressional Pish in the U. S. Naval Academy, has pa ed thc entrance examination, and 1 been ordered to report to thc Avaden Mayor Ilolleman, of Walhalla. ( the graceful act in charging up healthy line against the gay you rowdies who painted that town red few weeks ago. The lines could ha been larger, hut we suppose tho Maj found some mitigating circiimstanc In their new advertisement this wc Messrs. Julius H. Weil & Co., of t Alliance Store, make their fall a nouncement, which will prove of i forest to every one of our readers. E cry department ol' this big es tabb's ment is full, arid prices arc low. Gi them an early call. Our good friend Jep Wilson, of A dcrson, S. C., is here for the purpose putting some linishing mason ic touch on the elegant mansion of A. X. A ford. When Jep clinks his trowel or job for the last time you eau garni that the work is done to the Queci taste.-Hartwell Sim. Dr. J. Louis (?ray leaves the last i this week for Anderson, where he w locate for the practice of his profe sion. His friends in Seneca wish hi much success in his chosen held.-(M nee XCIFS. Dr. Graj" is an Anders?: boy, and his many friends arc delight? to welcome him back home. Mrs. Hess Porcher Winn, after si journing for a month or more in tl markets ol' thc Xorth and East in tl interest of Brown, osborne &. Co. millinery department, has returne? and is showing a large linc of new an stylish millinery novelties. She woul be pleased to have her friends and a< quaintancos of former days call and sc her. The Patrick .Military Institute open ed last Thursday very auspiciously Since, that day immy more young mc have entered and they continue to in rive every day. With thc addition c si gymnasium and with the many tin provements made upon the building b the carpenter and painter, the appeal ance and the comfort of the school ha been greatly improved. W. X. Thompson ami George ll Lig?n, two young gentlemen from An derson, are herewith the Electric Ligh j and Power Company. Mr. Thompsoi is a son ot Joint W. Thompson, win wsis a soldier in Co. (Lori's Pities. Mi Lig?n is ason"of Kev. Cater Ligon, : Presbyterian minister who marrici Miss Sumter Wideman of this County They are excellent young men.-.I/?/><? pille MVJUUM . Kev. T. A. Reid, ol' Charleston, spent Sunday in thc city with friends. IL has been visiting friends and relativo in the up-country during the summer Mr. Reid was a missionary to Africa during the sixties, and was hen? in ISi?* attending the Baptist State Conven tion. Our city has grown very much since then, and he noticcil that a great many of the old residents have been removed. But he had many pleasant reminiscences of thc people at that time. Monday' afternoon he left to visit friends and relatives in Belton. Miss Lola M. Casey, of Septus, this County, has been elected principal of thc Hiiricanc High School, near Clinton. S. C. We take pleasure in recommend ing Miss Lola to the good people of Clinton as a young lady possessed ol' a gentle disposition ami noble traits of character. Having taken the decree of A. IL and L.Lin the Winthrop Nor mal and Industrial College of this State, she is web prepare?! to till the position to which she is elected. She will leave about the first ol' October to take charge of the school. We wish her success. After a long illness Mrs. Lucinda White, wife of .Mr. Hiram White, who moved from this County about thirty years ago, died at her home in Harts home, Indian Territory, on August 27th. Mrs. White was in the 74th year of her age, and was si daughter of the late Kev. Hobt. King. When quite young she joined the Baptist Church and was baptized by her father at Dor chester Church, near Belton. She was the mother of ten children, three of whom, with their father, survive her. The deceased has many old friends and relatives in Anderson County who will regret- to hoar of her death. Xews reached herr last Saturday that there were ten or twelve vases of small pox among the darkies on the two plantations belonging to the Messrs. F.lrod. in Brushy Creek Township, twit or three miles above Piedmont. As soon as Supervisor .I. X. Vandiver was noti fied of the disease he went to Piedmont and with Dr. Crown Terrence, ol'the State Board of Health, inside an inves tigation. As soon as Dr. Torrence bad assured Maj. Vandiver ilia) it was smallpox, he took measures'to prevent the spread of the disease by having guards placed on the plantations limier quarantine restrictions. Dr. Torrence is vaccinal inj; all the people in "li?' vi cinity. Friday morning, just before three o'clock, the alarm of lire was given, ami when the firemen had turned out they found si small blaze in a house on Manning street, just across the railroad from the Excelsior Oil Mill belonging to I.V. .Iones i col i. The lire was un doubtedly set, as a hole was burned from the underside through the floor. The house was damaged very little, but some bedclothes, which wen: near, were destroyed. The tire might have J been much worse if our city did not have such elHcient. and prompt liremen. Within live minutes sifter the alarm was given a stream of water was play ing upon the lire, which was quickly extinguished. For sale cheap one secoml-bsml nn? b ir.so Osborne Mower. J. J. tolmer. Brock Brother*, tho Har.1 ware people, have just received a car load of Powder, Loaded Shells and Shot Which they will I sell at very close prices. Also, a full line I of Builders1 Hardwarea?d Funning Icn BY CLINKSCALES * LANGSTON. ANDERSON. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER ?? 189?). ~ VOLUME XXXV-NO. 12. We find that we have bought too many $3.50 SHOES, and from this day on we will sell all the well-known from past reputation Why pay $3.50 when we Twill sell you the same [Shoe for $3.00. Don't forget to tell your friends that we are the LEADING SHOE PEOPLE, j Yours for Reliable Shoes, COBB & CBAYTON, The Shoe People, M L CARLISLE. . L. H. CARLI8L? CARLISLE BROS. BEG Lo announce to their i'riends and customers that they are now in their NEW PLACE of business- ^ On Peoples' Corner. Ii' you want a Mowing Machine come to see us. We haudle the Cham pion Draw Cut Mowers with Horse Dump Rake. We are agents for the Lynchburg Chill Plow, oue of the best Turu Plows ou the market. We keep ou hand a fresh supply of Groceries of all kiuds. When you want Hard ware we will be glad to tjuotc voil prices. Remember the LYNCHBURG CHILLED PLOW. CARLISLE BROS., Anderson, S.e." Tlie ? Best Every part ot* it is constructed with the view of giviug the best possible service. The Saws are of the very best imported steel, the ribs undergoing a new pro cess are chilled harder thau steel. Every part of the Hall Gin is as perfect as up-to-date machinists, who knoSv their business, can make them. Ask any user of a Hall, or any one who has ever had their cotton ginned on a Hall and their answer will bear out om statement that it is thc best4Gin made. We have in our Store the Latest Improved 10-inch Saw Huller Gin, which we would be glad to have yon call aud ex?nime. McCTTLLY BROS. Brock Bros. Is the place to find anything yon need in the HARD WARE line, and their prices are ?lways as low as the lowest, and sometimes LOWER. THEY carry three of the best things in the market for the farmers' use and convenience, and these three are, viz: THE PEERLESS ENGINES, Made by the Geiser Manufacturing Company. THE FARMERS' SAW MILLS, Made by the Salem Iron Works. THE DEERING BALL-BEARING MOWERS, Made by the Deering Harvester Company of Chicago, 111.-the larg est Mower manufactory in the United States and probably the world. All the above named Machinery and Mowers are too well known to need describing, as they have been tried by people all over the country, and are giving entire satisfaction everywhere. You will also hud in stock a full and complete line of BUILDERS' HARDWARE, BELTING and MACHINERY SUPPLIES, Always at the lowest prices. We treat everybody fair and square, and if given the opportunity by those who have never tried us will prove what vre ?ay. Come in and sec us and be convinced. Yours always to please,