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SUMMER GOODS ! Prepare for Hot Weather by buying YOUR SUMMER GOODS FROM US. . You cannot find a greater or better lino to select from than ours. We have & variety of Figured Muslins, Lawns, Prints, &c, At 5c. per yard. A great quantity of Figured Fabrics, Qrgandies, &c, At 6 l?4c, 8 l-3c. and 10c. per yard. Fabrics that will sur prise you for style and quality. In higher class Organdies and light, airy Summer. Goods at 12 l-2c, 15c, 20c, 25c, and even higher priced Goods, our assortment will compare favorably with the large city Stores. We, of course, have a complete line of WOOLENS suita ble for the season. Our BLACK GOODS are always up to the standard. White Goods. Almost anything that the heart of woman can wish for in pure White Summer Fabrics. Our White Lawns at 5c, 8 l-3c, 10c, 12 l-2c and 15c per yard are remarkable values. We can satisfy the most fastidious in pure White Organ dies. Prices as follows: 10c, 20c, 25c, 30c, 35c, 50c, 65c. 75c and $1.00. White Pa K's. The newest weaves and designs at 10c, 12 l-2c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 80c, 350, wo. Laces and Embroideries. The prettiest and daintiest Edgings and Insertions, and All Overs, from the lowest priced up to the high-class Novel ties. . I READY-MADE GARMENTS FOR SUMMER We have an especially attractive line o? Ladies* Waists. Pretty, stylish White Waists at $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2,00 and $2.25 each. LADIES SUMMER SKIRTS. A f opular assortmant of White P.K. Skirts, Linen Skirts' Denim Skirts, Serge Skirts, Mohair Skirts, Brilliantine Skirts, Silk Skirts, &c., all of the newest patterns. SUMMER UNDERWEAR, GAUZE VESTS, &c. Big values at lOef 15c, 20c and 25c each. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Style and prices to; suit all. SUMMER NEGS WEAR. IThe newest fads for the fair ones. } Also, BELTS, HOSIERY, HANDKERCHIEFS, ' ? FANS, PARASOLS, I And Summer Novelties generally. I SUMMER MILLINERY. x*i? moen attractive U be found anywhere. I WEITE HATS A SPECIALTY. 1 See our Summer Attractions, sure, or write for samples a Hail orders filled promptly. II . ITours'iruly, * Local News. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1900. ,. j j. i !_Jg THE COTTOH MABEST. Cometed Weekly by Brovo, Osborn? & Co. Strict Good Middling-Of. Good Middling-9*. Strict Middling-0*. Middling-0. Stained Cotton-7 to 8. Beef cattle are scarce and in demand in the city. The weather for the past few days has been delightful. Dr. J. C. Harris returned last Satur day frcm a business trip to Florida. Chickens, eggs and other country produce meet with ready sale iu the city. Miss Christine vonBorstel has gone to Baltimore and New York to spend a few weeks. Col. J. N. Brown and Gen. M. L. Bonham are in Columbia attending the Supreme Court. Capt. J. K. Fant, of Spartanhurg, is at home this week spending a few days with his family. A.P. Hubbard offers for sale some valuable real estate in this issue. Read his advertisement. Mr. J. L. McGee will erect a large livery stablo just across the street from his pre8t-nt quarters. Mr. Jon Henson, of Pied mont,, has ac cepted a position with the Chiquola Drug Co., in this city. Read Brown, Osborne & Co's, ad vertisement in this issue on Summer goods. It will interest you. Anderson shot Jd have a military company. The light, man in the lead could organise a fine company here. Mr. George T. Baker, who holds a government position in Washington, D. C., is in the city visiting his parents. Miss Lizzie McBee, of Greenville, came over last week to spend a few days with her sister, Mrs. Max. Cray ton. The County Democratic Convention meets next Monday in the Court House. Every delerrte from the Clubs should attend promptly. Misses Minnie and Marie Williams, of Greenville, Tenn., are in the city visiting the family of their kinsman, Mr. O. B. VanWyck. Three cases of small pox have been reported near Due West. An expert has been ordered there to investigate and examine the patients. The Colored Baptist State Conven tions convenes in its annual cession in this city to-day. Several hundred del egates are expected to attend. Miss Maggie Garlington. of William - eton, has been spending a few days in the city visiting the family of her un cle, J. C. C. Featherstone, Esq. Manager Mattisonof the Anderson Athletic Association, has about com pleted the organization of his base ball team. He has secured some crack play era. The Secretary <>? State hae granted the petition of the Fidelity Building and Loan Association of this city to in crease its capital stock from $85,000 to $100,000. Mrs. H. L. Adams, of Charlotte, N. C., who has been spending the past two weeks in the city visiting her mother, Mrs. A. S. Stephens, returned home yesterday. We are sorry to learn of the serious illness of Mrs. J. H. Hutchison at her home in Garvin Township, and join her many friends in wishing her a speedy restoration to health. Married, on Wednesday, April 25, 1900, at the home of the bride's father, Mr, -J. W. CaH&haui, ?a Feizer, by Rev. G. Wi Bussey, Mr. C. W. McGee and Miss Eunice Gallanani. The friends of Mrs. Sayre and Mrs. Fell will be/more than pleased to know that they have decided to remain in Anderson and not move to Abbeville, as has been announced. Mrs. A. C. Strickland is quite sick at her home in this city. Dr. Strickland, who has been in Texas for some time, reached home Sunday, and found her condition slightly improved. Candidates in Anderson Conn ty seem to be extremely bashful this year. "Now ia the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party/' An nouncements $5 each, cash in advance. A number of Andersonians went to Clemson College last Friday to witness the game of ball between the Clemson and Wofford teams, lt waa a fine game. The acore waa 6 to 0 in favor of Wof ford. Those of our farmers who were so fortunate as to get their corn and cot ton planted before the heavy rains be gan to fall two weeks ago are now bragging on the fide ?tanda they now have. If you contemplate any improve ?sente sb^nt jon? place this spring now i is the time to make them. Paint, and ?=?Mte~osh 1; rr. ?Ii ca con compass a vast improvement in the appearance of An derson. Chiquo?aXodge, Knights of Pythias, will meet in regular convention to morrow evening. There will be sever al candidates for both the first and second ranks. AU the members are urged to attend. And it ceased to be blue Monday at 11:25 a. m., for at that instant hand some Ben W. Drummond dropped in for a pleasant pop call. And Anderson, judging from his high health, must be very kind to him, and that .thriving lit tle city can have nothing too good for ono so deserving the utmost human confidence . ?nd affection.-Bar?well People. Hiram Lodge, No. 08, A. P. M., will hold an important meeting in tho Ma- i sonic Temple next Monday o vening, aa i will be seen by rending the notico in another column. All tho members are . urged to attend. The telephone line between Ander son and Pendleton has beea completed and is in fine working order. Tho sta tion at Pendleton is in tho drug store of Messrs. Evans & Day, and in this city at tue Evans Pharmacy. Our neighbors in Oconeo County will have plenty of material to make np their ticket in tho Democratic primary this year. Already there are twenty three candidates announced for the various offices in that County. Dock West, a ne?ro convict who es caped recently from Mr. Elias McGee's stockade in this County, was brought to tho city last Monday by Deputy Sheriff Shannon, of Abbeville, who ar rested him in Laurens County. The protracted meeting which has been in progress at Kt. John Methodist Church for the past two weeks closed Sunday night. As a result of the meet ing there has been a religious awaken ing, and much good has been done. The General Assembly of the South ern Presbyterian Church convenes in Atlanta on the 17th inst. Tho South ern Bail way will sell tickets at one first class fare for tho round trip on intL, 10th and 17th, with final limit to May 29th. Tho Hill-Orr Drug Co. has a new ad vertisement in another column in which they call special attention to the fine stock of paints they are offering the public. If you contemplate doing any painting, gi VP them a call and get their prices. .J In another column we publish the cali for a State Prohibition conference, which will be held in Columbia on the 23rd inst. On the 12th inst, a meeting will be held in this city to elect dele gates to the State conference, and all the friends of the cause should attend. Everybody will hail with delight the news of the double daily trains on the Southern Railroad between Columbia and Greenville. Now all towns along the line should unite in demanding postal service on all four of the trains. It would be a great convenience to the public. The annual picnic at Cooley's Bridge, on Saluda River, will take place nest Saturday, 5th inst., and we are author ized to extend a cordial invitation to all good people to attend. The picnics nt this place are always pleasant occa sions and attract large crowds of young people. The May number "of Everybody's Magazine is full of that sugar-coated information of which its conductors aro making a specialty. There is not a dull page in the book, norone which sounds "educational;" but no one can rend this number without adding materially to his store of knowledge. The following officers have been elected to serve Grace Episcopal Church tho ensuing year: Senior Warden, E. A. BeU; Junior Warden, R. C. Webb; Vestrymen, S. M. Orr, M. L. Bonham, M. F. Game, F. G. Brown ?ad E. W. Taylor; Treasurer, Y G. Brown: Sec retary, H. L. Bonham. E. A. Bell and R. C. Webb were elected delegates to the annual council. The Belton High School base ball team and the Anderson Graded School teams crossed bats in this city last Sat urday morning. It was a closely con tested game. The Belton boys claim ed it as a tie score, .10 to 10, but the umpire decided the game in favor of the Anderson boys on a score of 10 to 9. Another game will be played by the teams at an early date. Mr. and Mrs. Ward N. Thomson, who were married at Clinton, S. C., last Wednesday morning, came to Anderson that evening and are spend ing their honeymoon at tho home of the groom's parents, near this city. Wc join Mr. Thomson's friends in ex tending congratulations and wishing he and his lovely bride nil tho happi ness attainable in this life! The Southern Railway Co. have agreed to run mi excursion train for L. P. Smith to Atlanta, Ga., on May 10th. Train is scheduled to leave Anderson at 12.80 midday, arriving in Atlanta at 5.30 p. m. Returning leave Atlanta at 5.80 p. m. May 11th, arriving back at Anderson at 10.80 p. m. The fare is remarkably cheap, only $1.95 for round trip, and doubtless a great many peo ple wiU avail themselves of the oppor tunity. The Piedmont Drug Company, just organized at Piedmont, has applied to the Secretary of Stat? for a commis sion. It will be one of the most im portant drug concerns ia the State, with a, capital of $10,000. It is to operate two big stores on Main street, Pied mont, one on the Greenville side and the other on the Anderson side. Those at the head of the scheme are Dr. J. H. Donald, H. M. Geer and John Henry Charles, . $ Six negroes from Honea Path were brought to the city last Monday and lodged in jail. They ara clinrged with stealing cotton from merchants and fumera in and around Hosea Path. Some of the prisoners have confessed the thefts, telling how they stole the cotton and where they sold iv. It is said there are two or three other ne groes connected with the affair mid they - will probably be arrested as soon as located. Mr. P. W. Hewln. of Doucette, Tex as^.arrived in Anderson n few days ago cs a visit to his daughter, Mrs. C. Frank Bolt Mr.. H ewin was formerly a citizen of Anderson County, having moved to the West eighteen years ago, and this ia his first visit since that time to h?a old home. He is holding his own remarkably wei!, is hale and hearty and looks as young as he did twenty years . ago. H1B visit is a source of much pleasure to relatives and many old friends. For public convenience tho post?nico iopartinent is furnishing the 2-centdc uominntiou of postage stamps in small hound Winks of 12, 24 and 48 stamps each, and of postage value 24, 48 and DO cents, respectively. They are sold at an ndvanco of ono cent on the stamp value of each book, to cover the cost of manufacture. Tho pages are of six stamps each, interleaved with paraffin ed paper to prevent premature adhe sion, making a book of convenient RIZO to carry in tb? pocket or pocketbook. These booka eau bu had at tho Ander son postotlicb. July 10-13 is the time of the meeting of the National Educa tional Association at Charleston. This will bo tho greatest educa tional meeting ever held in South Car olina, and the teachers of the Stat? should seo to it that the old Palmetto State is fully represented. Full par ticulars and tho complete official pro gram will bo published in the June number ol' tho Carolina Teachers' Journal, published atWiunsboro, S. C. This number, together with the May number, which will contain the an nouncements as to tho State and Coun ty Summer schools, will be sent to any toucher sending name and address on a postal card before the 15th of May. Tho Westminster correspondent ot the Keowee Courier, under dato ot April 23 says: "Mrs. Julia Mci.ces, the beloved wife of Mr. T. S. McLees, died at 10 o'clock Saturday night, April 21st, I after a brief illness of pneumonia. Mr. I McLees resides at the Gaston home stead, about a mile from town. Mrs McLees was in the46th yenvof her age, having been born in June, 1854. Hei maiden name wa*? Campbell. She wa? a native of Anderson County, but hat been living in Oconee tho past seven teen years. Mrs. McLees was t* menthol of tne Richland Presbyterian Church and adorned her faith with a Christiai walk and conversation. She leaves, be sides her husband, eight children, t< whom the syinpatbyof many people ar? extended in their bereavement. Fu neral services were conducted in tin Presbyterian Church Monday by Rev S. L. Wilson. James Martin, a negro who has live? in the suburds of Piedmont for a sum ber of years past, was arrested on ; warrant issued by Esquire Mitchell las Wednesday for criminal assault on th? person of the three-year-old danghte of Mr. T. L. McCall. He was d?tect?e in the attempt, it is said, by the moth er of the child. The issuing of the war rant and the arrest followed in quiet order, and before the assault becalm generally known Officer McCnll wa hurrying over the dirt road to Green ville jail. A great deal of indignntioi was expressed when the dastardly ac became known, and had the officers no been prompt in taking the negro out o the way he would have been taught i lesson ho would never have forgotten And had tho child been hurraed in an: way he would have shared tho fate o all other characters of that kind. Ptedmont Sun-li wald. The stockholders of the Farmers' Oi Miii Company met in the Peoples' Bani last Wednesday evening and organize? bj electing the following Board of Di rectors: J. J. Frc two ll, W. Q. Ham mond? J. S. Fowler, M. L. Bonham, M A. Dean, C. E. Cobb, W. S. Brock. P K. McCully, Jr., and L. N. Geer. Th stockholders then adjourned and tin Directora met and elected J. J. Fret well President and Treasurer, andC E. Cobb Secretary and Manager. Th Company has done more than weU ii its selection of a Board of Director? who will make the enterprise a big sue cess. In addition to an oil mill ant ginnery, the Company proposes to erec a large warehouse, where cotton can b stored any length of time. Tho worl of erecting the building will coramenc at an early date, as Manager Cobb pro poses to have everything ready to be gin work when the next crop is read; for market." If you have i% Mirror you want Re silvered, or want a Mirror made to tl or replace the old broken one, sec lt. \\ STEKK. H? will make or repair all size at reasonable prices. 44-13 We offer tole week hundreds of pa<i of Sample Shoes at prices to please. Oom quiokwblle we have your number. Prl ce? on these Shoes too ch?ap to quot*?. Vandlvor .Bro*. Now In the time to whitewash yot tenet*. Go to Brock Bron, for Frusbei any grade wanted. This is our greatest year. We ai proud of our reoord, aud are thriving b every honest means tu win you for a eui tonier. Give UH a trial if you bave nev? done so before. Vandiver Bros. Jobbers prioes on "Scbappe," "Karl Bird" and ''Blue Jay'VTobaoon*. Low est prioes on Flour, Coffee, Coro, Baoot aud heavy Groceries. Vandiver Bros. Tbs great Roman Harrow can be ai Justed to any desired position. All fran: part* and teetb are made of the bo quality steel, heavy and sufflolentl strong to stand the roughest usage. Ti Roman ls the best Harrow of Ps kind o the market Designed and manufacture expressly for Sullivan Hdw. Co. Money to Loan.-Money to loan at per oent. James F. Rloe, Attorney. ii-4t. Office over the Poatofflce. Have hot water pipes run from yoi stove to bath room. Try Osborne Osborne. Roofing, tin work, galvanized ire work and plumbing dono on short noth by Osborne & Osborne. \l-~z you ?ver tried ono or Bulllva Hdw. Co's, wonderful Cotton paddt Cloth Plow Collar?? TfcSc Cellar in gua antead not to hurt any horse or mule, an to relieve them of any soreness froi ; which they may be Buffering as a reen of using some other Collar. If your Plano or Organ needs tuning c repairs, it will say yon to see Mr. J. i Templeton, of The C. A. Reed Moa House, who will guarantee perfect aat faction to all. It ia a little early In the season, bi "forewarned la forearmed" ; ao wheo, tl harvest scs^on cornea on yon w! !M.OS .ami io properly eave your sral - von should have one of Sullivan Ildv Co's. Grain Cradles. All of the popnh styles now on the market are carried b thom. These people are no email buyei lo this Hoe, so when lt comes to pria they are always prepared to set a killin pace. Iron King Stoves are sold In Anderso only by Osborne & Osborne, Iron King Stoves are considered tl heat. Boy one. Osborne A Os bo rt Bole Agenta. { Easter "Fixings" For Men ! Every One Likes to Look Well Dress ed at the beginning of Spring. Not necessary to pay big prices. Any one can get a Stylish PLAID OR SERGE SUIT For $7.50. WHEN A $10.00 SUIT IS WANTED We show over one hundred styles to select from. Cut, Stylo and tailoring first-class in every rcspocc. We have them from $12.00 to $25.00, suitable to each and every buyer. Don't neglect the OR OUR GLOVE-FITTING SHOES. NECKWEAR in all the Easter shades. Jane Hopkins' Children's SuitB in every style, color and material. Examine our Easter lines of Clothing, Hats and Furnish ing Goods. Hall Bros. <? Co., ir Shoes. THIS SPACE BELONGS TO _ COBB & CROTON. The Shoe Peoplel Who bought their Shoes in solid car lots before the ad vance for the year 1900. We are selling this Slipper you see at COST. Do you need a pair ? Tell your friends whenev er you see them that we can save them money on Shoes. Many thanks for your past patronage. THE SHOE STORE, MASONIC TEMPLE. -THE ANDERSON - Mutual Fire Insurance Co. WROTE its first Policy Sept. 23, 1896, and bas made only two assessments since it commenced business. This is a great deal cheaper than you oan get fire insurance elsewhere. Any of our Policy-holders will tell you that. Other people have saved money by placing their fire iosuranoe in this Company, and it is confidently believed you caa. J. R. Vandiver, President. J. J. Fretwell, R. S. Hill, J. J. Major, Jno. G. Ducworth, W. G. Watson, R. 3. A. Robinson, J. P. Glenn, A. P. Hub bard, Directors. J. ?ECK, Agent. H. B. Fant & Son -HANDLE Buist's Garden Seeds, &uist's Seed Corn and Bradford Melon Seed, Heinz's Kraut, Pickles, Vinegar,$Baked Beans and Condi ments. Ritter's Best Preserves and Soups, Tetley's Teas, Parkes' Roasted Coffees, Best XKX Tomatoes, three Cans for 25o" And all other articles usually found in an TJP-T0 D ATE GROCERY STORR