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BUELL & ROBERTS CASH DRV GOODS STORE. Our country trade is constantly growing and it is because we are please ing our customers. When you come LO tut) UllJ VUIUV UUU UP, ttUU uioao our establishment your headquarters. If you can't come, write to us foreamples: Oar prices are low as you will see by the following quotations: DOMESTIC GOODS. Long cloth 5, 6, 7, 8, to 12 l-2o. Brown homespun 4, 5, 6, to 8c. Brown twill 5, 6, 7 to 10c. Bleached twill 8, 10 and 12 l-2o. Check homespun 4, 5, 6 to 8c. Check ginghams 5 and 6c. Bed ticking 5, 6, 7, 8, to 15c. Oretons6, 7, 8, to 12 l-2c. WHITE GOODS. White piques 8, 10, 12 1-2 to 2oc. White duck 10, 12 1-2 to?25c. White check nainsook 5,6, to 12Jc. White check dimities 7,8, 10,tol21"2c. Plain white nainsook 12 1-2 to 25c, India lawns 5, 6, 7, 8, to 25c. Persian lawns 12 1-2, 15, 18 to 25c. White laws 40 ins. wide 5c. White organdies 8, 10, 12 1-2 to35o. WASH GOODS. Calicoes 4, 5 and 6c per yard. Percales yd. wide G to 12 l-2c. Black Calicoes 5 and 6c per yd. Drapery Calicoes 5, 6. 7, to 8c. Zpphyr ginghams 7, Sand 10c. Colored piques 8, 10 and 12 l-2c. Colored lawns 3 1-2, 5, 8, to 16 2-3c. Colored dimities 8, to 12 l-2c. Colored crashes 5 and 8c. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. Black sailors 10 to 98c. White sailors 15c to 81.50. Mixed straw sailors 34 to 48c. Mixed straw Tam-O-Shanters 75c to 31.50. Fancy chip straws 48o. Fancy straw shapes 35 to 98c. , Leghorn hats 35c to SI .00. Childrens f-ailors 15 to 75c. Fancy flowers 10 to 83c per bunch. Forget-me-nots and violets 10c per bunch. Mourning flowers 25 to 50c per bnnch. Jet ornaments 10c per bunch. Rhinestone, Steel and Pearl Ruckles 10 to 25c each. unmons irom tu to ouc per yard. FURNITURE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO CASH DRY GOOD j STORE. Low Prices for Spot Cash 111 Kitchen safes S3.00. Kitchen chairs 30. Oak chairs, 6plit seats 75. Oak chairs, cane scats, dining 90 <fcl.00. Reed rockers 1.75 to (5.50. Children high chairs 50c to 2.50. 10 piece solid oak suits IS.00. 10 piece solid walnut suits, marble tops 70.00. Solid oak sideboards 10.00 Imt. walnut sideboards 7.00 to 8.00. Bed Lounges 10.00. Conches 8.00 to 10.00. Parlor Suits 35.00. Extension Tables 5.00. Jtutcnen x a Dies z. zo. Bad Springs 2.25. 'Mattresses 2.25. Stoves, Lamps, Ease Is, Window Shades, Curtain Poles. Chamber Sets, 10 pieces, 2.11, 4.00, 4.50, 5.00, 5.50. 12 pieces, 7.00. C \ RPETS. 4-4 Jute Carpet, fancy stripe. 20c. 4-4 Cottoa Carpet, Ingrain 28c. 4-4 Ingrain Carpet, wool, 30 and 35c. 4-4 Cooo Matting. 43 und 50c. 8TA1R CARPET. ,18 inch Jute 18c. 23 inch Jute 20c. 23 inch Ingrain 39c. i>taik oil cloth. yard wide 30c kl'osJute, 30x60 inches 75. UUIU, OOXi - IUITU01 tSmvrna, 18x34 58. 26x54 1.2*. 30x60 1.37. *? 36x72 2.25 Best quality heavy Smyrna 18x34 75. 21x451.25. 26x54 2.2530x60 3 00. " " 30x72 0.00. 4>x?4 7.00. 18x36 Moquet 1.G3. 2?.\00 Moquet 2 50. Jep Muts, Bamboo F.iliu>r. O'lxTJ 1.50. Alt I KQrAltES. All Wool. 9x9 Feet ?5.50. .. ? 9x12 Feet 7.00 12x12 Feet 10.00. Tapestry ruga 27x60 1.50. mattings. *1.00 ;><?r roll Good quality China, at 12 aud 15c. Heavy ohiuu lb and 20 \ ;Extra heavy chin i 22. 23 and 25.'. .Best china 27^ 2b a ad CO \ Good Japanese M-dting 25 . Fine *' " 20. 27 and 33a. JCTE AND COfA 2> >OT. MATS. Jute, 18*27 inches 25<*. 'Cocoa. 16x27 inches 7 Jo. Flexible \Nire Matts. 6UELL & ROBERTS, ,573 & r.T."? KING S?I U?ET, CHARLESTON, - S. C. STATE TO GET HALF A MILLION. fir. Yeldell Finds Long Losi Records and Vouchers. After about two months of most tedious work and painstaking search a number of papers were found in the famous rubbish room at the State eapitol Saturday afternoon, which mean 1 in the long ran the establishment of j claims against the federal government | which will, even if compromises are j effected, place a balance or halt a million dollars in the treasury iff the State of South Carolina. For thirty yea is the wean- search for the famous "Black's Exhibit A" on the revolutionary and cthcy war claims has been going on. This exhibit was on absolute necessity to the establishment of the principal claims of the State against the United States government, and for the past six months has been the most desired record in the possession of the State. The credit of find- 1 ing the valuable document together with Agent Black's second report belongs to Mr. \V. H. Yeldell of Edgefield, and Chief Clerk Jesse T. Cantt cf the office of the secretary of State, I who urged thai Mr. Yeldell be em- i ployed to make the search. Day after ; day Mr. Yeldell has been working his j way through the pile of musty records I in the "rubbish room" of the capitcd. going through an endless variety of papers from 1700 down to date and arranging them in order with indexes ; as to their locality. He had nearly ' completed his work when he picked up j a bundle of" papers yellow with age and glanced at it. He was about to j throw it aside when his eye caught | the word "Black." He opened the bundle and therein were found every : oae of the precious papers and vouch- i ers so long looked for. accompanied by j Agent Black's report made in I860 of which the searchers have never been : -l.l- ? u-i 111 auie id iiiiu a juu ...... ( Gov. Gist's message to the legislature jn December. I860, saying: "Not having recovered any of these claims, he. of course, will not be entitled to any commissions?but having spent"? ! ehows that Black did r.ot receive the 1 S1S.OOO payment on the Mexican war j claims that the federal government I claims to have made. On the outside of the papers in Black's handwriting appears this sum- i mary of the claims cf the State due the j federal government: War of 1S12 (with interest to 1S5S only) $202,230.00 Florida war (interest) 20.000.00 Mexican war (principal)... 32,162.41 Interest on above (1S5S) .. 23.000.00 Revolutionary war (no in Total 394,340 01 Total $594,340.17 I On this entire sum no interest after j 1S"S is calculated. With interest the j j total claim would amount to about one j and a half millions of dollars. Agent Black's report made in 1S58 ; is already in Senator Tillman's hands. ! and upon it lie is about to secure an ' adjustment of all the claims save those relating to the Revolutionary ! war. His bill covers the war of 1S12 j and Florida war claims and interest, j Jess $1S.000 the government claims to j have paid Black. The find yesterday : shows conclusively that Black did not i receive this amount, and presents the ; absolute'proof to sustain all the Revo- j lutionary war claims with interest for 100 years. This even if compromised will give the State a surplus of about half a million dollars after paying /.loimc ahnnf S200.000 that the gen eral government is pressing against the State. Everything is included in the documents found. Every voucher is there in printed form with references to legislative action thereon. There is S2 pages of printed matter in the portion giving these vouchers. These are not the records Black was to file in the comptroller s office, but tjiose filed with the legislature and consequently are all the more complete. In 1793 a Revolutionary war claim settlement was made but all claims ini eluded in this report were subsequently made. Every paper desired has been found. Senator Tillman's present bill provides that no commissions will be paid to anyone for collecting the claims. This avoids many pittfalls. The Senator was notified by wire of the invaluable find, and he wired back for all the documents to be sent by express to him on t'he first train, his evident intention being to put in an ' * * ?* - -- amendment that win iivi mans luuci Sam. so desirous of pushing his claims j against South Carolina. Eventually ; there is no doubt that the treasury cf | South Carolina will be about half a j million dollvs at least better off :is a j result of this find in that gold mine of a "rubbish room." A New Idea for Oiling; Buggies. A new style of axle is being used by the Rock Hill Ruggy Company, by which the buggy is oiled without removing the Wheels. The oil is poured into a chamber, from which it is carried by the motion of the wheel to the oil grooves at the top and bottom cf the axle. The idea is an excellent one as a vehicle built with this style of axle will run much longer with one oiling, saving time aud annoyance. News Items. The governor having received tin f resignation of N. J. Cox as iir.r.gis- j trate in Simpson Creek township. ' . Horry county, has appointed .Ir.o. P. j Bovd to succeed *ilm ' NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Daily Proceedings of the Senate and House. une nunureu ana twenty-inira nay. ?A pyrotechnic discussion of the status of the Boer commissioners now in Washington was precipitated in the Senate by a resolution offered by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, extending to the commissioners the privileges of the floor of the Senate during their sojourn in the national capital. The resolution was defeated by a vote of 36 to 21.but not until a sharp controversy between its authir and Mr. Davis,! chairman of the committee on foreign relations. .Mr. Allen maintained that the resolution was in line with precedents. while Mr. Davis contended that, in the peculiar circumstances, the Senate ought not to take any action that might be considered a recognition of Boer diplomats until the President, who alone had the power to receive diplomatic representatives, had taker, action. One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Day.?This was a day of rasping political controversy and oratory in the Senate. With the controversy those on the Democratic side of the chum-1 her. anomalous as it may seem, had little to do. What by far-seeing Senators is regarded as likely to be the paramount issue of the . approaching national campaign, was the subject of two notable speeches?one by Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, and the other by Mr. Spooner, of Wisconsin. The former was an answer to a speech delivered a few days ago by Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, on his resolution demanding an investigation cf the financial affairs in Cuba. Mr. Fiatt favored the adoption of the resolution, but deprecated what he declared was a < heap eort to make political capital our. of a shameful condition cf affairs, which | the Republican party needed no prodding to induce it to probe to ihe Dot- : torn. One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth | Day.?The Morgan resolution calling ; on the secretaries cf war and navy for j information relative to the cost of: transportation of troops and supplies to the Philippines was agreed to. The Bacon lesclution directing tne committee on relations with Cuba to investigate the receipts and expenditures ' in Cuba was called up. Mr. Piatt, chairman of that commit-; tee, spoke at length. Gen. Wood, "he | said, had been led to suppose, abcut a month ago, that there had been irre-j gularities in the service under Mr. j llathbone. He immediately pressed: an unsparing inspection. He gave! Gen. Wood credit fcr the discovery of j these wrong doings and the adminis- j tration credit for probing them to the j bottom. The disclosures, he added, j are a direct blow to every citizen of i the United States and the wrong do- j ing?Xeely's embezzlement?the more sad and shameful since it occurred where a great work of freedom and philanthropy is going on. One hundred and twenty-sixth day.? The Senate agreed to the tesolution for : an investigation by the committee on Cuban Affairs of the Cuban pcstal and other irregularities au.'horizirg the committee to visit cuua, u ut.t:iaij. to pursi:e the inquiry. Beyond this the proceedings were of little general interest. some time being given to the Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill without completing it. and to District cf Columbia business. One of the. latter measures provides extensive depot and terminal improvements in Washington, fcr the Pennsylvania and Baltimore &: Ohio Railroads and fcr the removal of the historic "Long Bridge." the high-! way from the South to the North dur- ! ir.g the civil war. HOUSE. One Hundred and Twenty-second Day.?The House passed a special River and Harbor Bill carrying $400,* 000 for surveys and emergency work -l w U ?-? mmnSm/lop r\ f *Ko Hov auu Utr>UUTU lUC icumiuuti ui klak. xau.j to the Alaskan Code Bill. Very little of the three hours' debate was pertinent to the measure. General debate was closed and four pages of the 617 pages of the bill were disposed of before adjournment. One hundred and twenty-third day. ?The House, under suspension of the i rules, passed two important bills xe-j ported by the committee on labor, one j to extend the 8-hour law to all labor- j ers employed under contract on gov- j ernment work and the other to prohibit the inter-State traffic in prison-made goods by bringing them under the jurisdiction of the police powers of the aiaie. One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth 1 Day.?The leading feature of the day's pre teed in gs in the house was a very able speech by Mr. Small, of North j Carolina, on the postoffice bill. The I House session was brief. One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Day.?The House passed without division the extradition bill framed by the Judicary Committee, but only after a debate in which considerable political rancor was aroused. There wa3 no division of sentiment as to the duty of Congress to pass a bill to permit the extradition of Neeley. but the Democrats objected to the language of the bill which covered "any foreign country or territory or part thereof, occupied by the United States." Or.e hundred and twenty-sixth day.? The House spent the . ntire d.-.y in reading the Alaska government bill. Its reading was completed at J: JO, and '.he House adjourned. I1PWP (?pf $ 40?JL W Bl ! P * * ^ " *Our fee returned if we fail. Any orn any invention will promptly receive our ability of same. "How to Obtain a Pa secured through us advertised for sale a Patent taken out through us receive Tnn Patent Record, an illustrated and by Manufacturers and Investors. Send for sample copy FREE. Add VICTOR J. 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Thia mattrew depend* largely upon sir?the most resil* mt force known to science?for ft* laxurioo* comfort In m. having a hollow central air apace the length and width f the m?Ure*> containing spring seeQon with 88 steel Ming* In tercel led Into woran wire fabrics at top and botim. Amand thia i* placed the fiUiag, Mtehernal aafl. rptic pare white rotten frit, The air nnder pressure la imhLoation with the apruigs result in a most rsmarkable lastioity. and with the other feature* make the mattreai ygienlc, pneumatic, Kelt-ventilating and of downy softera. Better then any ether mattress at any priee. COC e?To introduce oar a a rllCCii&oo uacmk" ) r?*) Hywteale Mattress we will for a limited time include with every I I | order a line Brass Trimmed, | White Enameled B kraal Bed Free. Rn?SiMiiw?d^?ii>yCiV\/vN. 9 1 Ike eat ' your KV Uhl? C\9kl choice of widths? KLo 11V>^ MN/ ^ \ \ Si. * and *H raftf"' ** I leatt, and one of our ? 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The price of this mattress does not begin to represent its alue, the real solid comfort found in its o?e Nearly verybody who has used it thus far has reported full 115.(10 value received in the first month's use. The premiums offered in connection with the mattress < j e a free gift from as for the advertising which we expect re will obtain from the use on jour part of this mattress, t is by use alone that lis full merits can be appreciated, (la request we will send duplicates ofpersonal letters f endorsement trora the celebrated Chicago surgeon. <r. J. B. Morph7; Washington Hewing. late postmaster ot 'hicogo; Mr. Joseph filcgel. of Slogel. Cooper Ihicago; Judge R.W. Clifford of Chicago, and ma4^Ver roll known people, of the merits of this mattrptw.' .? for look let "A." ' E? Q g? B "Samples of covers and Illustrated cetaI R C Cs logues showing niore then fib style* of leme Couches at nil ifj ? prices. Acme Hcwla* ischium, llctkg Maannjl Acme BriL-*-Trlnime? ictcl Beds. 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