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?B LIEHET) EVERY THURSDAY. F^CMNKSCALES,) Editoss and .?0. 1ANQ8T0N, . J - Pbopbiotobs. ivVTHXTE?DAY, MAY 23,18*9. TSRMBt ONKYEAR^^,..^-SI.50. ' There is acme talk of Horn John 0. Yeppard, of Edgefield, and Col. J. H. '"yof Samter, being the competing ^^dateafor Governor next year. ^ft:T?e> Civil- Service Commission in fWasjbangton is receiving applications for : examination at the rate of nearly a tfiou-' =san^ these are re? turned because of failure to follow instruc iir^theform provided for applica The :year ago the; LaGrange (Ga.) in Mills began business". On: Wed ay, 15th inst., the Directors met and leclared a dividend of 9 per cent, anil ?2,500 tc the surplus fund. Tab joka like cotton mills;pay pretty well. at has.been done at LaGrange can be lone in Audenon. The great Clemson'Will case was deci [e^'in Charleston last Monday by; Chief j justice Fuller, of the ;Uflited States- Su l^rsme Coar^ and. i t is the general opinion ^to^caspls now; finally settled. The ^^s?stalined^and if the S tate will only .0 what she is required to do, it is only a ^question, of time until the Farmers' Col? lege at'Fort Hill will be opened. ?^The Augusta iCIuonicle suggests the ^crcrof Hon.C. Benet, of Abbeville, ?the^VBcancy on the National Demo \^oratiof?ecn?ve Committee--from. South |Ca?irn?..r. It thinks "he is. the man for ^wVplace,'' and pronounces him "a broad, ^rlunyi experienced public man, a good v - legislator,:a close observer and a shrewd ^reader.of me^n and events." - y;?/'j .^6^190,000,000 in the United States p^e|sj^hasi all to be counted in order ^.7 that Mr. . Hyatt, the retiring treasurer, l^may^Wtb^-receipt of-the new treas'u ^^er^r.iHuston, for the same. . The count p^au a . few days ago, and is expected 1 ? to last - aomething_like three months. ^fe8Jly f?nr;fifths of the money consists of:staudard.Bilv.er dollars. ^^Ehe'yj>eanut.'?'.?industry has assumed ^(oohslderable/projportions.-. It is. the great* ^iihd^tr?'''-h ?iis continent, taking the mJ^lsg^ ^ltural pursuits into consid? eration.:, The annual consumption is }^sta^rj^i'e 3,20C,000 bushels. All these i^re rais^ North )TCarolina arid Tennessee,, and^the- produc ^a^TofjTenaes8e?vis quite small. It is littlevthiiigs ith.at make the aggregate. $;tb.H; farmer. * j^'V^There is a remr-rkable state of affairs at burg^;N. 'C.;f-W. E. Terry was ?Tecently appointed post-master there. It ^appears that ;the appointment is.so offen [^^plojthe people that they will not send ^o]r|r^iyotheir.mail through that officei they* use John's Hill,a town Borne tstance^?w?y as; postoflBce. .Not one ftEof the mail which formerly passed p.Ugh Laurenburg postoffice is now MleWthere.} ^. e.recent appointment of Charles yne, of Florida, to be United States r^mt'Judge for tbe Northern District ajiState^has created no end of sur> e and much indignation among tbe hern" Republicans.. 'Quay's, man, kerapn, of Phi ?delphia, wa3 knocked for the President's personal friend f?wayne.rfSwayne bas not lived in the |State for moie than two years. . He went ^h?'r8;&?mTIndiaiia.and has been living there inl winter'only. He was a personal ^fa^^^H&XTi&on .in '" Indiana, though ^iherohe was not known as much tlawyer. . He owns an orange grove |jp|?ie:Sti John's; river,' and has never ^v^|r^ficed'law in the State. He was not re ^ ;;;co'mmended by any of the Florida Ee j;f:Spubiicans, and no one other than the , ;^iPresidont and Attorney General ever r ^isaxd ofhirh in connection with the office. ;\- ;.-:;H'e 13 looted npon as a carpetbagger of tho^firsfc-quality, riever haying been iden ?B??fie^with the State in any particular, v- Iti-: eaid'that he voted in Indiana at the "'Selection. The Clemson Will Wins. ELE3TON, S. Oy May 20.?The t CIemiion:will, case has virtually come > a close, id though the court has not ren " a decision, and the Clemson Agri? cultural and Mechanical College maybe rt*&a^e?Vsii.-; EO^EADt AST 1STABLISHED FACT. ^(BjState-takes about.$80,000 subject to iiSthe terms of the Clemson will. When a arguments commenced on Saturday ? Chief Justice Fuller interrupted the reg W0i^(>0ei o! the argument by intimating *p^at!h? would prefer first to hear all the ^contestant's counsel. ??3$?"WANTED TO HEAR NO MOSE. ? , ; ; It -was expected that the counsel for ; the State-would be heard to-day but upon ^the meeting of the court-to day the case Vrwasi passed over and another was taken I up. The inference is that the court had I - made up its mind, and it is-said that tbe ' Chief'Justice is. engaged to-night in ^ writing out his decision in fayorof the .State and substantiating the Clemson will. It is doubtful whether the case I will be carried to the-United States Su ^?;.%preme:Cohrt. This decision gives the Fdr^Hill'property, the home place of 1 John C. Calhoun, to the State for the ! establishment of an Agricultural' and ^vmechanical College. ..The entire property is variously eati mated to aggregate from $80,000 to $100, i l^ OD?.o Under the will there are to be sey ^ ?eii^nstees appointed, by the Clemson . executors "and six by the State. The - Legislature at its last session, as will be remembered, made provisions for carry? ing out the provisions of the will.?Special ^io'the'QreenvilleNeios. The Knights of Honor. ^'^1m>UKApolis, May 19.?The supreme ^lodge, Knights of Honor, decided that v;hereafterJbebefits shall not be paid to :: members who CDmmit suicide, and sub ^ordinste lodges were instructed to rid themselves ol habitual drunkards and all L othar characters addicted to vicious habits >.vrtba?hasten death. Legislation was en ^acf^id; creating a quarter rate benefit of ^;$50j);" and a:proposition to raise the full "z rsteiTbenefit firoin $2,000 to $5,000 was ^deffl?ted: ? proposition to change the ^date.of.the.annual meeting from May to 5- -Seplember wa3 defeated. Detroit was se ^lee?id as"the next place of meeting. BB^^vit has been found in experiments at ^ ' ; Leipsic that skin grafted from a white to .Vf:iin;?ihe turns white. . V-Vi^ Dr^B. F. Wyrran is the owner of tbe ol?dt - violin, perhaps, in America. It was made by' Antonious Stradinarius in 5i *lthe"y]}?rl721, and consequently is now 168 ''^e2a*s:old.:.:Iti8not only a fine instrument ,.; but il; is also very sweet toned, and is jn ?p!enlid condition. The Doctor Bays he I has rjifasedan offer of ?250 for it.?Aihn 1 JvifrnaTi' W0B 'IiO'OAIa TOWS, COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. Commissioners vs. Treasurer. -Mb. C. C. Langston, Editob Ihtelli genceb, Andersan, S. ??My Bear Sir: Your recent noti :e of a decision rendered against me as County Treasurer by Judge Norton is hardly calculated to give the jpnblic an adequate idea of the real merits of the case. . So far from sealing any notoriety in con? nection with the case, I have endeavored ? strenuously to secure a friendly adjudica? tion in a qniet way, without seeking to ?f? fe ctpublicopinionin the matter, and am not offering a statement to the public. You, however, have seen fit to publish a state? ment of the case. 8uppose yon now ex? plore the whole field and give the public the benefit of the full facts. The public are not supposed to entertain any partial or prejudiced views on the subject, and if appealed to all should be put into posses? sion of all the facts. Indeed, I take it that thn impartial reader will not be satisfied with anything less; and I feel quite sure you will have very little trouble to arrive at the rjal merits of the case. ' You say this decision settles an impor? tant question, to wit?"whether a County Treasurer may review the judicial acts of the County Commissioners ?" The nega? tive of this question, as formulated in your article, has been asserted so much of late in connection with this case that it has be? come somewhat trite. Suppose, Mr. Edi? tor, you satisfy jour own honest mind, and then give the public the benefit of your honest conclusions whether the above is, a fair pufaang of the question, and whether, in, point of fact, that is the real question in which the public are concerned, or whether the facts of the case suggest ques? tions of graver concern to the public than the one you mention?questions, Mr. Edi? tor, which should not be'kept in the back? ground by repeating and emphasizing this one. Your paper, Mr. Editor, is not a le? gal reporter, published for the benefit of a particular profession, but a general intelli? gencer, and should not in this depart from its true line. Let the fair-minded, intelligent reader of your paper have an opportunity to judge for himself. I urn yours very truly, W. H. FaiERSoif. The* above is in reply to a little para? graph that appeared in the Intelligencer of the 9th inst , giving, as we thought, a brief statement of the main facts of the case alluded to. We felt no personal in? terest in the matter, and it was not our in? tention to misrepresent or misstate any of the facts of the case. We will endeavor to comply with Mr. Frierson's request, and have secured copies of the petition for man? damus, Mr. Frierson's answer thereto, and Judge Norton's order in the case, which .are published below, and which will give I the facts of the case-: Petition. State of South Carolina, County of Ander? son, Court of Common Pleas.?The State of South Carolina, ox relations J. 8. Fow? ler, Plaintiff, against W. H. Frierson, as (bounty Treasurer of Anderson County, Defendant.?Petition for Mandamus to compel payment of check on County Treas? urer, -.vi" . v The petition of the above named Plain? tiff, by Breazeale & Long and Murray & Murray, ihis-attorneys, respectfully shows to the Court: * . I. Thai; on the third day of July, A. D. 188$, the Board of County Commissioners of An der; on County, in the State of South Carolina, audited and approved a claim upon said County in favor.of C. L. Gail lard, which said claim was assigned for val? uable consideration by the said C. L. Gail lard to this Plaintiff, who now holds and owns the same.' IL That the whole of said claim as ap? proved by .said Board of County Commis? sioners, was for the sam of one hundred and seventy nine 60 100 dollars, and on the 16th - day of February, A. D-. 1889, the said Board of County Commissioners is? sued a check for one hundred dollars of said claim as follows, in words and figures, to-wit: $100.00. No. 1. Office of Co.- Com., Anderson County, S. C. Anderson C. Hy S. C, Feb. 16,1889. To W. H. Frierson, County Treasurer, j Pay.'to J. 8. Fowler, assignee of C. L. Gaillard, or order, the sum of one hundred dollars. Nature of claim, No. 312, rock work on road,* payable out of special levy for permanent improvement of roads. Month, of July,- 1888, for fiscal year 1887 [ and 1888. B. O. Martin, ? A. W. Pickbns, W. T. McGill, E. W. Long. Clerk Com. Which said chock this petitioner present? ed to the said W. H. Frierson, as County ?Treasurer of the County of Anderson, in [ said State, which said office the sold W. H. Frierson then and now holds, and the said W. H. Friexson, Treasurer, as afore? said, refused to pay said check. . III. That from information obtained from said County Commissioners, and from the written admission of the said W. H. Frierson, as Treasurer, as aforesaid, this petition shows to the Court that the said W. H. Frierson, as Treasurer, as aforesaid, has ample funds on hand applicable to the payment of the said check, with which to pay the same, although he neglects and re? fuses to pay the same. Wherefore the Plaintiff petitions this honorable Court that a writ of mandamus do issue from this Court, requiring the said W. H. Frierson, County Treasurer, as aforesaid, to pay the said check, and for euch other and further relief as may be just, and for the cost of this proceeding. Beeazeale <t Long, and MUBBAT & MUBBAY, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Betnxn. The Respondent, W. H. Frierson, as County Treasurer of Anderson County, I having been served with a rule to show cause why a peremptory mandamus should not be issued against him to pay to J. S. Fowler, the r el a tor, the check men? tioned and described in his said petition, for cause, respectfully submits the follow? ing return: L On the 3rd day of July, 1888, the Board of County Commissioners for An? derson County audited and approved a claim again Bt the sold County, for the pay? ment of which the said check was' drawn and filed, and classed the same as a claim to be paid ont of the fund known as the fund for the payment of ordinary County expenses, a copy of which account is as follows: The County of Anderson, debtor, in account with Mr. C. L. Gaillard, 1888, July 3rd?To building bridge across twenty-three mile Creek at Earle's plan? tation as per contract: Rock work...$100 00 Wood work, including approach? es. 79 50 $179 60 For value received I hereby assignee above account to J. S. Fowler. Signed, C L. Gaillard. On the outside the fol? lowing: audited and approved for $179.00. and signed J. Jamison, J. P. McGeo and A. O. Nords, Board of County Commis? sioners. The account was sworn to. II. That the present Board of County Commissioners on the 16th day of Febru? ary, 1889, drew their check, the one refer? red to' in the petition herein, upon the Respondent, County Treasurer, as afore? said, for the payment of one hundred dol? lars, a part of the said account, to wit: the port allowed and approved for build? ing the rock work connected with said bridge, a copy of which check is as fol? lows; $100.00 No. 1. Office of Co. Com., Anderson Co., S. C, ? Anderson C. H., S. C, Feb. 16,1889. To W.' H. Frierson, County Treasurer: Pay to J. S. Fowler, assignee of O. L. Gaillard, or order, the sum of one hun? dred dollars. Nature of claim, No. 312, rock work on roads, payable out of spe? cial levy for permanent improvement of roads. Month of July, 1888. For fiscal year 1887 and 1888 B. C. Martin, A. W. Piokens, W. T. McGill, E. W. Long, Clerk. Com. ? III. The Respondent admits that, as County Treasurer, he has in his hands about $1176.00, the proceeds of a levy for the fiscal year 1887 and 1888 of one-fourth of one mill upon all the taxable property In Anderson County, known as the per? manent improvement fond, appropriated and directed to be expended in macada? mizing and fixing the worst places in the - public roads in the County, and building rock culverts across said roads where nec? essary. IV. For some cause unknown to Re? spondent, this fund was not expended dur? ing the said fiscal year, and the present Board of County Commissioners, instead of carrying it forward to the same fund for the next fiscal year, altered the claim or account, a copy of which is above set forth, and drew their cbeok, a copy of which is above set forth, on the Respon? dent, as County Treasurer, for the rock work of said bridge, designating the char? acter of the claim as rock work on roads, and directing that it be paid out of the special levy for permanent improvement of roads. V. 'The fund known as the permanent improvement fund Is a distinct depart? ment of Connty funds, arising under a special levy for that purpose, and is ap? plicable only to the payment of clalm3 j contracted for macadamizing or fixing the worst places in the public roads, and con? structing rock culverts, where necessary, across said roads, and if any balance of this fund is remaining unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, it is to be carriod forward to the same fund for the next fiscal year. The claims for building bridges are payable only out of the fund levied and collected and appropriated for that purpose, which fund is known as the fund for the payment of ordinary County expenses. VI. Each of these, and ail other funds, are required by law to be kept separate and distinct, and for the specific purpose for which they were levied, and the Re? spondent, as County Treasurer, is forbid? den, by law to pay any claim, except out of its appropriate fund, and to enable him to determine out of which fund to pay a check drawn upon him, the check shall bear upon its face the nature of the claim, and the fiscal year in which it was-.com tracted, and heavy, penalties are imposed upon him if he pays a claim out of other than its appropriate fund. YII. As stated in the petition, the said check was presented to the Respondent, as County Treasurer, by the Baid J. S. Fowler and the payment thereof refused. 1. Because it is a matter of discretion with the County Treasurer out of which fund to pay a check drawn by the County Commissioners upon him, to be deter? mined by the character of the claim as set out in the check, and the County Com? missioners have no authority to designate or direct him out of which fund io pay the same. 2. Because the designation of the char? acter of the claim on the check was not, in the judgment of the Respondent, suffi? ciently specific to enable him to deter? mine the proper fund out of whioh to pay the same, there being two County funds out of which claims for rock work on roads may be paid. 3. Because this check was drawn by the County Commissioners in violation of law, in that they'undertook to expend the money specifically appropriated for macad? amizing and fixing the worst places in the public roads and building rock culverts across the same, to pay for building pillars to a bridge. 4. Because no notice of the drawing and issuing of the Baid check was served upon the Respondent, as County Treasurer. The Respondent having Bet forth his reasons for refusing the payment of the said check, prays the judgment of the Court thereon, and asks that the rule bo discharged, and that his costs be allowed him, &c. Whitker & Simpson, Attorneys for Respondent. Judge Norton's Decree. The Defendant, in compliance with an order of this Court requiring him to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue against him requiring him to pay to the Plaintiff a check for one hundred dollars issued by the County Commis? sioner of Anderson County, which said check was in due form, except the word "nature of claim, No. 8.12, rock-work on road, payable out of special levy for permanent improvement of road," made a return thereto in Which he admits, "That as County Treasurer he has in his hands about 81176.1)3, the proceeds of a levy for the fiscal year 1887 and 1883, known as the permanent improve* ment fund, appropriated and directed to bo ex? pended in macadamizing and fixing the worst places in the public roads In the County, and building rock culverts across said roads where necessary," but alleged in substance the following reasons lor refusing to pay said check, First. That he and not the County Commis? sioners had the discretion to designate the fund from which any check of theirs was to bo paid, to be determined hy the character of the claim as set out in the check. Second. That the chock set out the character of the clr.Im indefinitely, i. ?., rock work on roads, there being two County funds out of which such a claim might be paid. Third. That the check was to pay for pillars to a bridge and was illegal, being an attempt to di? vert, funds levied'to macadamize roads, fix the worst places and build rock culverts. Fourth. That he was not notified of the draw? ing of such check, r . To the return of the Bespondent the relator demuru on the grounds substantially that the re? turn does not state facts sufficient to justify the action of the Bespondent, and showed upon its face that the mandamus should be granted. After hearing the argument of the counsel for the- respective parties, and deliberation upon the issues raised in the proceedings, it appears to the Court that the grounds of the demurrer are well taken, and the defenses of the Bcsponde: t should be overruled for the following reasons: The first defense really sets out nothing discre? tionary, merely a discretion to read the check and soe from what fund the payment is to be made. The second defense, if tenable, would enable the County Treasurer to hold the funds forever, if the work done on the road was macadamizing or fix? ing the worst places or building rock culverts, for payment could then bo made out of either the general road fund or the special levy. The Treas? urer would be, says he, unable to designate, and the Commissioners should not. I adjudge that the Commissioners may reliove the Treasurer's doubts by the additional description that the work was to be paid for out of the one or the other fund. As to the third defense, while I would, as an original proposition, unhesitatingly say that building pillars to a bridge over a stream was neither macadamizing, nor fixing the worst places in the roads, nor building stone culverts, yet I am not at liberty in this proceeding to open the judg? ment of the County Commissioners. The fourth defense is overruled, because it was not necessary that the County Treasurer should be notified of the issuing of the said check before it was iwued. The notice to the Treasurer is after, and no part of the drawing of checks. He Is not to pay, not upon want of notice, but when the checks have not been drawn or prescribed. It is, therefore ordered, that the said w. H. Fri? erson, County Treasurer, pay to the said J. S. Fowler the sum of one hundred dollars upon the re-presentation of the check referred to and de? scribed in this proceeding, and upon notice of the filing of this writ. ; J. J. Nobtoic, Judge 8th Judicial District of S. C. May 7,1689: Belton Items. Saturday wo visited quite a number of cotton fields. Mr. J. T. Rice kindly ac? companied us. By his familiar acquain? tance with the different farms, their own? ers various methods, and his own thor? ough knowledge of farming, we were gr eatly assisted in our investigation of the gloomy reports alluded to last week, and most pleasantly entertained in the mean? time. He does not yield to the tempta? tion offered by the sunny days in March and plant, but invariably awaits the well advanced season on account of land being low, damp ond cold. The dry weather this year has been against him, bo his crop in rather below than above the average in this section. For this reason we preferred looking through his fields. Everywhere we went there was a good stand, savo in some red clay, basin-like spots, where water standing all winter had closely packed the soil. These he ? was doubtful about and replanted. We think, however, that after the ground becomes moist a double stand will, be the result. Much of the crop has been reduced to the proper stand, and the plows are now closely fol? lowing the hoes. A glance at the fields of J. W. Poore, A. J. Stringer, .T. T. Cox. E. B. Rice, Mrs. A. I*.Brown and Miss Nora gave only additional evidence against evil reports. Mrs. Brown can justly claim to be in the lead. The finest cotton we saw was hers. All the crops were too good to warrant the unfavorable state? ments that farmers wero allowing them? selves to believe true. What woeful tales some told and long faces they woro! First planting was lost, seed rotted in the ground; the second the frosts and cool winds had tagged with possum ears, and crippled with rheumatism and sore shins; the third was exhausted iu raising a crop of corkscrews. Worst of all, the oil mills had ground up the balance of the cotton seed, and there were none with which to replant. We confess to feeling a little alarmed, and began to think of the expe? diency of looking about for a district where cotton seed.meal and hulls would not have to be placed on the list of desserts for the "barn-yard saint's" Sunday din? ner. Such an arrangement would too severely interfere with our bill of fare, as we, like the "saint," prefer to dine without meat. It is of no concern to us whether piggy is at hand on slaughtering days, or is off practicing "root hog or die." We will take the milk and butter, and hand over in exchange the meal and hulls. Wo were much relieved to find, at the end of our inspection, that Belton farmers have a more promising prospect than is usual this early in the season. Mr. A. R. Campbell sent in a stalk of cot? ton with squares on it. Can anybody beat it? Corn is growing beautifully. Occasionally we stumble upon a water? melon patch. The best of those was tbat of Mr. J. T. Rice's. He is more consider? ate than many farmers in this crop. Un? willing tbat some honest (?) neighbor shall be so solicitous for the safe keeping of the melons as to watch them by moon? shine, he plants enough to enable him to make so liberal a distribution among his neighbors, that when they have finished scraping the rinds, their greatest care will be to ward off the "goblins" in the night? mares that cause more anxiety than the pricked feet and broken shins resulting from voluntary sonambulistic strolls over briar hedges and acare-crow yines. By midday we were tired and hot, and for a moment stopped at Mr. Rice's residence to enjoy the refreshing lemomade which Miss Daisy quickly prepared for us. Before leaving we tried oar old school boy practice of tree-cl imbing. Succeeded well enough in getting up, but better in put? ting down the cherries, A peep into the garden, a glance at the abundance of growing and maturing vegetables, the" well-filled grape vines, a chase after a tresspassing hen ends our tramp and starts us homeward. On the way we en? countered one of Belton's enterprising youufa men, who laid before us a map of some very valuable property in Belton, and tallied with enthusiasm about an en? terprise that, when started, will spring such a boom as Belton never before dreamed she could have. We will speak of it again when I he proper time comes. It is not far in the future. We will then expect many papers and letters of enquiry directed to Kappa. The "Texas Journal of Horticulture" with marked articles, we must acknowledge the recipt of. Thanks to the i-ender. We tender thanks to Mrs. Alice Wil lingham. for a lot of the finest honey we eVer sav;. Dr. Manly gave us an euteresting account of his trip to the Southern Baptist Conv ontion Sunday morning, and a good sermon at night. . Kappa. Lebanon Items. Onr section was refreshed-by a good rain Sunday afternoon. The ground was too wet to plow all day Monday. We were needing it very much, oats especially. Dr. M.;L. Sharpa har been spending a few days in our midst, attending to Dr. Duckworth's practice.. Dr. Duckworth is very sick; we have not learned what is the matter with him, further than a biK ions attack. . We hope he may soon recov, er, not only for the interest we feel in hisn but he is badly needed, as there is a great deal of sickness in the neighborhood. Louis Richardson, son of M. B. Richard? son, is very low with pneumonia. He hoed cotton Saturday until dinner time, and by tvx o'clock that night war very ill, and by Sunday noon the physicians could find no pulse beating at all, but we are gratified to state that the symptoms arc now in favor of his recovery. Mrs. John C. Williams has typhoid fe? ver, and Mr. Willis Moore is very ill. He is one of the oldest citizens in the town? ship, and a very quiet, good man. The doctoi thinks there is very little hope of his recovery. A little daughter of Mrs, Langly got her arm broken last Thursday, and did not get it set until this morning, Dr. Sharpe being the surpeon. ' So you see, Mr. Editor, the fix we are in, or at least would have been, but for the kindness of Dr. Sharpe coming to our rescue. Dr. T. M. Baily filled Dr. Marshall's ?pulpit ISunday afternoon. He gave us a splendid sermon from the text, "I am a stranger and sojourner among you, as my fathers were." The Doctor is traveling around in the interest of State Missions. We are always glad to have him in our midst. We have been feasting on cherry pies for the last few days?makes us feel like we are one year ''nearer home." Peaches will be in before m any days. Mr. A. N. Richardson is the champion hoer of our section; he hoes 21 acres a day, and thins it to one stalk in a hill. Nearly everybody has a stand of cotton at last by replantiag, etc The Alliance meet:; next Saturday at 3 o'clock. Members are requested to be on hand. W. Items From Williams ton. Since my last, our village has been shrouded in gloom by the sudden death of one of our most esteemed citizens. On Friday morning, the 10th inst., Mr. J. D. Rogers left home for his farm, feeling unusually well. Toward noon, he was stricken with severe pa in, from which, a lit? tle before sunset, he died. The doctois pro? nounced the disease neuralgia of the heart. He was buried with Masonic rites on Sunday morning, in the presence of a large concourse of his survivors. Our ladies gave the other evening in onr beautiful park a strawberry festival in the interest of the New Primary school building of the Female College. Besides an occasion of very great pleasure, a net balance of about sixty dollars resulted from the enterprise. The principal topic of interest in our community now is the expected departure of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lander to their distant field of labor in Brazil. Your readers are aware that Bishop Granberry selected Mr. Lander as the best man he could find to establish a school for boys and young men at Juiz De Foria. He ex? pects to sail from New York for Rio De Janeiro on the 5th of June. At a coherence of the Methodist Church, on Sundaj, the following resolutions were adopted unanimously by a rising vote: Whereaa, Rev. John M. Lander, a local preacher o.f this charge and a member of this Church, has been appointed by the authorities of our church to labor In Bra? zil ; therefore be it 1st. Resolved, That we are sensible of the honor dono us in taking one of our best men to assist in evangelizing a f&. eign field. 2d. That we feel keunly our loss, yet we remember that Williamston's loss is Brazil's gain. 3d. That we will emulate his nobility of soul and singleness of purpose. 4th. That, we will remember our dear brother, and his family, and his work at the throne of Grace. 5th. May he "find that the toppling crags of duty scaled ar a close upon the shining t?.'ole-lands to which our God himself is moon and sun." Holland's Store.. We are ;:lad to state that Rev. W. A. Hodges is improving in health. The pic nie at Hardscrabble was tolera? bly well attended, considering the busy season ; and notwithstanding the warm day there was considerable "red eye" afloat. Some of our farmersi, "as the saying goes," h ave been left with the bag to hold recently, by some of their hands pulling up stakes and crossing over the Savannah. We earnest'y wish that our Legislature would so amend our laws so that we could either get a requisition or make them stay in Georgia when they go there. It is cer? tainly very aggravating for a hand to start a crop, get in debt to you, and.for some lit? tle offence ran over the river, and stand on the other bank and grin at. you, and bid you defiance. We can't see how a preach? er could stand it without losing his balance for the time being. We are noediDg rain badly?especially oats are suffering. Our cotton also needs it to bring up the replants. Onr farmers are well up with their work, generally speaking. The corn crop lias been worked over, is looking well and in a growing condition. Wheat is headed nicely, though low. We think it will make a fair yield. Dysentery has been quite prevalent in this community for sonio weeks, though nothing serious has resulted so far. Mr. Willie Hodges has bought a nice bycicle, and has already become quite an expert in navigating it, though at first he made a few hole3 in the ground with his head. Burki. ? A Chinese theatrical troupe has been organized at Portland, Oregon, to make & tour of the United States. ? Zollo, the little dog of Dr. Watson, of Macon, Ga., was accustomed to aocoqi py the dootor everywhere. When the doctor died and was put in the cof?n Zollo was held up to make a last look at him. He went to the cemetery with the coffin, refused for a long while to come away, and new goes to the grave every morning and night and remains sitting upon it for uome time. The Farmers will be Fr?e, Birmingham, May 16.?The national Convention of Alliances and Wheels to consider the bagging question continued in secret session to day. A proposition was made by the representatives of the jute bagging manufacturers present as fol? lows : "To sell for present delivery jute bag? ging at these prices: 1* pound bagging at 8f cents per yard, $ pound bagging at Si, 2 pound bagging at 9?, 2} pound bagging at 101; or at less than 5 cents per pound ; also, that if farmers were not prepared to take and pay for bagging now that they would hold the bagging for them until it was needed, adding % of a cent per yard for each month." The jute bagging men claim that at tbe price asked for bagging made of cotton, 12? cents for cloth weighing three-fourths of a pound or I65 cents per pound, that jute bagging at present prices, 5 cents per pound, is less than one-third of the price of bagging made of cotton, and its use will save the planter at least a dollar per bale. This estimate of tbe amount saved per bale in based on the supposition that cotton exchanges will not reduce the existing tare reduction for jute bagging. The convention declined this proposi? tion. The following is tbe foil text of the resolutions reported by the committee and jadopted on this subject: ''Resolved, That we, from all the light j before U3, recommend to this body the i permanent use of cotton bagging as cover? ing for cotton. We also recommend the appointment of a committee, whose actual expense shall be paid proportionately by the various State Alliances, Wheels and Unions, whose duty it shall be to secure from purchasers and manufacturers of cotton covered in bagging an allowance of at least eight pounds on each bale at the market price of cotton when Bold. We Btill further recommend that in the event of any cotton bnyer refusing to grant the allowance above asked for, then we advise members of the Alliances, Whee'e and Unions not to sell until such conces? sions are allowed." It was developed that there was some opposition to the above resolution, but it wentlthrough with practical unanimity. The delegates contend that there is no such saving in the use of jute bagging as the manufacturers allege, and they further have no guarantee that tbe price will not be put up again at will in future years. The price offered by tbe cotton bagging manufacturers is 12} cents per yard weighing three-quarters of a pound. The Alliance has strong hopes of get? ting the allowance on tare for cotton bag? ging which is sought. Letters are on hand from strong New York and Liverpool ex? changes. The Southern cotton manufac? turers have agreed to allow them ten cents per hundred pounds on cotton wrap? ped in cotton bagging. Birmingham, May 17.?The Conven vention of the Alliance and the Wheel, after appointing committees to confer with Cotton Exchanges in reference to reduced tare on cotton wrapped in cotton bagging, last night adjourned sine die. CHIMES AND CASUALTIES. Mason City, Iowa, May 14.?John Forrester and William Nolan, residents of New Hampton, became drunk Satur? day. The former in his drunken stupor laid on the railroad track and was killed by a passing train. The latter, while on his way home, drove off a bridge and broke his neck, Edgefield, S. C, May 16.?James Bryant, accompanied by a guest at his house, went to church last Sunday morn? ing. During his absence Mr. Bryant's children obtained a pistol belonging to their father's guest, and one of the little fellows succeeded in discharging the weapon, instantly killing his little Bister, five years old. Jacksonville, Fla., May 16.?The families of W. P. Sheretz and W. T. Denham were spending the day fishing in a lake for trout, in Barlow County. I The 12 year old son of Denham stole [ away from the party and went in swim? ming. Getting beyond his depth he began screaming, when Miss Sheretz went into the water to assist him. The boy clutched her frantically and both were drowned: Atlanta, Ga., May 18.?Mrs. Martha McGee, residing in Screven County, was in her yard burning trash when her cloth? ing took fire, and before the flames could be extinguished she waB bo badly burned that ahe died. She was the mother of J. McGee, a prominent lawyer in Reidsville. A negro cabin on tbe premises of Capt. R. E. Wishart, in Wilcox County, was to? tally destroyed by fire and two children were consumed in the flames. The moth? er left them to go off to work and returned to find their charred remains. Columbus, Ga., May 18.?In the Muscogee Superior Conrt to day Charles Randall, late manager of the Southern Express Company in this city, was found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to I four years in the penitentiary. Randall : is a young man of talent and stood well in the city, but dissipation led him into bad habits, and about a year ago he was found to be short nearly two thousand dollars. The Guarantee Trust Company of North America, which was his surety, prosecuted the case. St. Louis, May 18.?A storm, of a cyclone character, swept across Northern Texas yesterday afternoon. The dwell? ing house of T. J. Anterbury, south of Bonham, was demolished and his wife seriously injured. At Forest City, in Montague County, the school house was destroyed, two children were killed, many were seriously hurt and three are missing. Another school house at Stepbenville was blown down, a few minutes after school had been dismissed, and two chil? dren were somewhat injured. Great des? truction of the crops occurred. Tele? graph communication was broken and it is feared that when the news comes in many more lives will be reported lost. Nashville, Tenn., May 18.?A terri? ble accident occurred on tbe Lebanon branch of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, about nine miles from this city, about 4 o'clock this after? noon. A bridge across Stone River caught fire from a pasBing train. Seven? teen men, two whites and fifteen negroes, who were working on the road near by, went to the bridge and took an engine on it with the intention of extinguishing the fire with water from the tender. The bridge gave way, carrying the men and engine into the river fifty feet below. William Morgan, white, engineer, re? ceived internal injuries. Fireman Chaa. Gripple, also white, had his leg broken and received other serious injuries. Three of tbe negro laborers were killed and six were injured, four dangerously. ' Washington, May 18.?Mrs. Sarah E. Allen has been a public achool teach? er in Washington for many years, and during the last twelve or thirteen years has supported from her earnings her worthless and vicious husband, Oswald 0. Allen. Recently her husband had be? come so intolerable that she was obliged to separate from him, and Allen spent a large part of his time in a correctional .institution. This afternoon, just as the pupils in the Jefferson public school were being dismissed, Allen went to tbe school house, and, in the presence of his wife's pupils, shot her in the bead and then shot himself also in the head. He had caught her about the neck to hold Was be shot, and they fell together, his j still encircling her neck. Allen died in a few minutes, but his wife lin? gered for two or three hours, and died on a cot in the cloak room of her school. Chicago, May 15,-Tim Sullivan, 18 year old, brother of a saloon keeper, died last night from an overdose of bad whis key. Sullivan and a young man named Tom Curry had been engaged by thB former's brother to move a whiskey bar rel into the cellar. They found a bucket? ful of liquor in the barrel and repaired to the rear of a neighboring house (0 drink it. They emptied the bucket between them, and were Boon in a state of drunken hilarity. This gave way to a stupor, and later to convulsions. When the young men were found they were insensible on the ground. Their features were horribly distorted. Sulli? van died two hours after taking the first drink. Curry, who is 19 years old, is still alive, but he is in a critical condi? tion, and not expected to U?c, ? The Gospel is spreading rapidly in | Japan. In Tokio it is estimated that the i new converts average five hundred a j month. Thirty-one thousand dollars was \ recently raised by some Japanese gentle-} men for the enlargement of the American College in Tokio, in order that it might be made a "Christian university." ? The officers of the North Carolina Horticultural Society report that the present eeasoh is so far the beat on record for fruit. The only trouble is as regards the apple crop. Many apple trees failed to bloom. The prospects for the grape crop was never better. Fruit-raising is an important industry in North Carolina, and is rapidly growing. ? The greatest gathering of Sunday School men ever had will be Been in Lon? don in July. The world's Sunday School convention will assemble in that city July 2. Very low rates have been secured for persons in the United States who wish to attend. The trip from New York to Lon? don and return, including railroad fare, board at a good hotel during the conven? tion and incidentals will cost only from $160 to ?220, according to accommoda? tions. The trip will occupy about a month. The Bothnia, which is to carry the excursion, will sail June 19. ? Both James and John are good names for a boy, yet James appears to be a better surname than any other for a candidate for Presi' >nt of the United States. We have had as many as five Jameses in the Presidential chair within this century?James Madison, James Monroe, James K, Polk, James Buchanan and James A. Garfield. Moreover, the father of President James Madison was named James Madison, and the father of President James Buchanan was named James Buchanan. But in the case of James G. Blaine there has been a failure up to this time. After the Jameses, the Johns have panned out next best?Jobs Adams, John Quincy Adams and John Tyler. ? A most lamentable state of affairs exists at Biver Bend, near Rozzel's Ferry, in the family of a farmer named Goodeon, On Wednesdayf last week his wife made np some salad from the young shoots of pokeberry weed for dinner, and in this fact lies a tale of woe indeed. There were six children in the family and all Sartook of the salad freely. On Thuvs ay night one of the children was sud? denly taken with sickness and died before daylight. Friday another died, and a third one breathed its last on Sunday. All three are under the age of 13 years. Now the remaining three are sick in bed with precisely the same symptoms, and they, too, will die.?Charlotte News, Anderson County Alliance. BY virtue of the provisions made in the Constitution, and at the request of the State Executive Committee, and also at the urgent solicitation of the Alliance meeting in Honea Path on the 18th ins t., the Anderson County Farmers' Alliance, No. 277, is called to meet at Anderson 0. H. on Friday, June 7th, 1889, at 10 a.m., to consider and determine the question of bagging with which to put up the coming cotton crop, and to discuss and decide oth? er matters of importance and interest to the Alliances in the County. As it is important that each Sub-Alliance should be fully represented, all Sub-Alli? ances are requested to meet on Saturday, June 1st, at 2 p. m., (or some other day be? fore the called County meeting,) and elect delegates, and ascertain and report to the County Alliance the position of each Sub Alliance on the use of cotton bagging, and the number of yards that will be taken by the members of each Sub-Alliance, on the terms and under the conditions proposed by the Southern Cotton Manufacturers' Association, which met in Augusta on the 1st day of May. By order of Col. J. W. Norris, President of A. C, F. A. W. E. WALTERS, Sec. May 123,1880_46_1_ JUST REGEIVED, A fine lot of Children's Carriages, With Steel Wheels. ALSO, A Lot of Refrigerators, "Y^HICH will be sold at low prices at TOIXY S FURNITURE STORE! May 23.1889 ' 46 BEPOET OF THE CONDITION or TBS National Bank of Anderson, AT Anderson, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business May 18, 1889 : RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts.,.$347,965 60 Overdrafts. 712 69 U. 8. BondB to secure Circulation. 12,500 00 Other stocks, bonds and mortgages-. C,300 00 Duo from approved reserve agenta. 6,433 95 Real Estate. Furniture and Fixtures. 8,000 00 Current Expenses and Taxes paid. 3,317 00 Bills of other Banks.,. 11,265 00 Fractional paper currency nickels and cents.?. 40 22 Specie.?. 18,474 50 Legal Tonder Notes. 28,651 00 Redemption Fund with U. 8. Treasurer, (5 per cent of circulation). 562 50 Total.8444,122 86 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in.$ 50,000 00 Surplus Fund. 50,000 00 Undivided Profits. 107.08G 08 National Bank Notes outstanding. 11,250 00 Individual Deposits subject to check. 175,708 25 Demand Certificates of Deposit. 44,999 SO Due to other National Bank::. 5,076 15 Total.5444,122 36 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. I County op Anderson. J I, J. A. Brock, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. A. BROCK, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of May, 1889. "W. S. BROWN, Notary Public. - Correct?Attest: J. W. Nohris, ?) Geo. W. Fant, YDirectors. Joseph N. Brown, j LAVA FLOOR PAINTS, Six Colors, Makes a very Hard Finish, And Dries Hard overnight. IT IS JUST THE THING! Also, all other kindB of PAINTS AND OILS, ? AT ? SIMPSON, RED & CO'S, DRUG STORE. Application for Charter. NOTICE is hereby given that applica? tion will be made to the Clerk of Court of Court of Anderson County, on the 18th day of June, 1889, for a Charter for Generostee Baptist Church. T. J. HARRIS, and others. May 23,1889 . 40_4_ GEORGE E. PRINCE, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ANDERSON, S. C. ALL business promptly attended' to. ?&~ Special attention given to col? lections. May 9, 1889 44_3m GUN and LOCKSMITH. THE undersigned will be found at L. H. Seel'ii Stove and Tin House, and will do all kinds of work upon Guns, Locks and Musical Instrumenta. Work guaran? teed or no pay. W. & H. C. HARRIS. April 4.1889 39_2m WELL, WELL! WELL! I THAT BIC DEAL. With tlie factories, Made by Mr. R. L. Holloway for C. S. MINOR & CO'S. "PIEDMONT 10c. STORE," Is now Showing Itself! JTJST SEE HERE what the crowds that flock hither behold, at prices that make competitors droop like young mocking birds. ** And still there's more to follow" : 10 dozen Sugar Dishes, 10c each. 12 dozen Lamps, 10c each. 1G dozen Molasses Pitchers, 10c each. 18 dozen Dew Drop Goblets, Sc each. 16 dozen Hotel Goblets,'10c each. 10 dozen large Gloss Cake Plates, 10c each. 26 dozen Glass Mugs, 5c each. 12 dozen Cream Pitchers, 10c each. 8 dozen Preserve Dishes, 10c each. 20 dozen small Berry Bowls, 5c each. Largo lot Lamp Wicks and Burners. We beg to call especial attention to our "Sunny South" Laundry Soap, one 2% lb. Bar for' 10c, and two Y- lb. Bars for 5c. 25 doz y bushel Market Baskets,- 10c each. 15 dozen'Slfters, 10c each. 1 gross wire-bound Whisk BroomB, 10c each. 1 gross 7-pin Hat Backs, 10c each. 7 boxes Clothes Pins, two dozen for 5c. 10 dozen Embroidery Cotton, two spools for 5c. Tennll Cord, 10c por ball, three for 25c. 10 dozen Curry Combs at 5c and 10 each. 6 dozen Hearth Brooms at 10c each. 10 dozen Fire Shorels, at 10c each. 10 dozen Mouse Traps, 10c each. 12 dozen 9 -inch Shears to sell at 10c, 12 doz. 7-lnch Shears to sell at 5o, 18 doz Tramp Terror Pad Locks at 10c, 10 doz Horse Shoo Magnets at 10c, 10 doz Horse Shoo Magnets at 5c, 144 doz Safety Pins at 1.0c dozen, 72 doz Safety Pins at 5c dozen, 10 doz balls Braid at 5c, 8 doz Checker Boards at 10c, 8 doz Clieckermen Sets at 10c a sot. 18 doz Dressing Combs, rubber and horn at 10c, 12 doz Dressing Combs, rubber and hoin, at 5c, 4 doz Barber Combs, rubber and horn, at 10c, 10 doz Fine Combs at 10c, G doz Pocket Combs and glass at 10c, 10 gross skeins Turkey Bed Flos3 at 10c a doz, 5 gross Spools Turkey Bed Embroidery, cotton, two for 5c, S dor, Tooth Brushes at 5c and 10c, 17 doz balls Stay Binding at two for 5o, 20 doz Japanese Fans at 5c, 20 doz Japaneso Fans at 10c, 80 doz Palmetto Fans at three for 5c, 4 gross Papers Pins, dressing, three for 5c, 2 gross Papers Brass Pins, dressing, 5c paper, 100 doz Spool Cotton Thread, two for 5c, 200 Coats Spooi Cotton at 5c, or 50c a dozen, 10 doz Tea Bells at 10c, 0 doz Spring Balances, twenty-four lbs, at 10c, 10 doz Vanilla and Lemon Extract at 10c, 5 gross Table Knives and Forks at 5c per piece, 10 doz Popular Bustles, large, at 10c, 8 doz Spriug Coil Bustles at 10c, 48 gross Rico Buttons at 5c gross, 30 gross Bice Buttons, largo, at 10c card, 8 gross best quality Pearl Shirt Buttons 10c doz, 18 doz Children's Oil Cloth Aprons at 10c, G doz Can Openers, Glass Cutter, Flier and Wrench combined, 10c, 4 doz Can Openers, separate, at 10c, 16 doz Rubber Balls, solid, hollow and fancy, at 5c and 10c, 10 doz Crochet Sols, very convenient, 10c act, 4 doz largo Shoo Buttoners at 5c, 1G doz boxes Hair Pins, 11 vo kinds, at 5c a box, 6 doz packages Mourning Pins at 5c a package, 7 doz Mirrors, pocket, at 5c and 10c, 8 doz bottles German Cologne at 10c, 14 doz fancy and plain Scarfs at 10c, 10 doz Rubber and Tin Battlers at 10c, 12 doz Lislrt Thread Gloves at 10c, 10 doz fancy Cress Bows ut 10c. 5 doz Corset Clasps at 10c per pair, ? great gross Pants Buttons, brass, at 10c a box, 4 gross boxes Wash Blueing at three for 5c, 6 doz Swan's Down, two colors, at 10c, 6 doz Coscarilly Lilly White at 10c, 8 doz Cakes extra good Shaving Soap at 10c, 10 gross bone Collar Buttons at 10c doz, 14 doz Steel Thimbles at 5c, 10 doz Ladies' Fichues at 10c, 10 doz Ladies' Ties at 10c, 0 gross Pon-holdors at 10c a doz, 7 doz Arrow-holders and Pen 10c each,, 5 doz Perfection Holders and Pen lue each, 8 gross Falcon Pen at 10c doz, 1 gross two-foot Rules at l?c each, 3G doz yards Gartor Web at 5c a yard, 8 doz yards Garter Web, silk, at 10c a yard, 14 doc Rou nd Combs at 5c and 10c, 8 gross boxes SuBpeudcr Buttons at 10c a box, G dozen Fancy Boskets at 10c, 3 gross spring steel Key Bings at 5c each, Those 10-qt. Dish Paus and 2-qt. Coffee Po{s 1 gross 3-quart Backets, 10a e&ch. 1 gross 2-quart Pudding Pans, 6c each. y gro'is 13-Inch Basting Spoons, 5c each. 1 gross Wnch Shallow Jelly Plates, 5c each. 1 grcss 0-inch Deop Jelly Plates, Co each. 1 gross 1-quart Dippers, 5c each. 1 gross 2-quart Dippers, 10c each. 2 gross Biveted Wooden-handle Dippers, 10c. 1 grosn 2-quart Dairy Pans, 5c each. 2 gross 6-quart Dairr Pans, 10c each. 1 gross Sauce Pans, 10c each. y2 grocs' Cuspidors, 10c each. 2 gross 2-qnort Coffee Pots, 10c each, 1 gross 6-quart Milk Buckets, 10c each. 1 gross 10-quart Dish Pant. 10c each. y gross Wire and Rag Milk Strainers, 10c each. 1 gross No. & Wash Pans, 5c each. 1 gross 6-quart Pudding Pans, 10c each. 1 gross 2-quart Oil Cans, 10c each. 1 gross No. 8 Wash Pans, 10c each. 5 dozen Yellow Chambers, 10c each. 6 dozen Yellow Baking Dishes, 10c each, 6 dozen Yellow Bowls, 10c ?ach. 12 dozen Footed Butter Dishes, 10c each. 18 dozen 6-inch Berry Bowls, 10c each. 20 boxes fancy covered Slate Pencils at 5c a doz, 6 doz Dolls, ?re kinds, at 5c and 10c, 10 great grora Pearl Dress Buttons at 5c, 7J^c," SVfi and 10c a doz. 1 great gross Metal Buttons, very fine, at 10c doz, 2 great grosH Fancy Dress Buttons at 50 a doz, 10 doz Hair Ornaments at 10c each, 8 doz Hair Ornaments at two for 5c, 6 doz Dress Extenders at 10c a sot, 10 doz Barlow Knives at 10c each, 10 gross Shoe Strings, leather, at 4 and 6 for 5c, C gross Lace Strings at 4 and 6 for 5c, 4 doz Automatic Carriers at 10c, 3 doe Chick in Egg at 10c, 100 doz Ladieii' Hose at 10c or three for 25c, 200 doz Gonta' Half Hose 10c or throe for 25c, 20 doz Misses Hose at 10c or three for 25c, 18 doz Misses Hose, ribbed, at 10c a pair, 12 doz Infants' Hose at 10c or two for 15c, 24 doz yards American Lace at 5, $lA and 10c yd, 30 doz yards Oriental Laco at 5c ana 10c a yard, 60 doz yards Fancy Lace at 5c and 10c a yard, 40 doz yards Torchon Lace at 5c to 10c a yard, 25 doz yards reo) Linen Torchon at 5, &y and 10c, 10 doz yards Linen Torchon Inserting at 5c and 10c a yard, 20 doz Turkish Bath Towels at 5c and 10c each, 30 dozen Linen Towels ai 10c each, 10 doz Cotton Towels, large, at lOo, 8 doz Ladles' Garters at 5c a pair, G doz Ladies Garters, silk, at 10c a pair, 20 reams Note Paper at 5c a quire, 5 reams Letter Paper at 10c a quire, 5 reams Legal Cap at 10c a quire, 40 gross Lead Pencils at 6c a dozen, 12 gross Lead Pencils, rubber tipped, live for 5c, 20 doz Wood Pipes at 10c each, 30 doz Dirt Pipes at five for 10c, 24 doz Ladles' and Gents' Purses at 5a and 10c, 10 doz Photograph Frames, cabinet, at 10c, 5Q doz Rick Rook at 5c and 10c a bunch, 7 doz Cuff Holders at 10c a pair, 30 doz Suspenders at 10c a pair. 50 dozen Toilet Soap at 5c a coke, 500 balls Sewing Thread at three for 5c, ?C doz Foncy Cnromos at 5c and 10c each, Id doz Autograph Albums at 10c each, 8 doz Ladles' Belts at 10c each, Big lot Shelf Oil Cloth at 10c a yard, 3 sacks Marbles at twenty-four for 5c, 6 doz Horse Brushes at 10c, 6 doz Oiline Dressing at 10c a bottle, 20 doz Mason's Challenge Blacking at 5c, 6 doz Lace Collars at 10c, 24 doz yards Buching at 5c and 10c a yard, 15 doz Boys' Tops at 5c ond 10c each, 36 doz yds Hamburg Edging at 5c and 10c yard, 50 doz Ladies' and Gents' Collars at 10c e ach, 4 doz Ladies' Mourning Collars at lOo cacti, 30 doz Ladies' and Gents' Cuffs at lOo a pair, 72 doz yards Ribbon at Go ana 10c a yard, 50 doz Imitation Silk Handkerchiefs at 10c each, 24 doz Turkey Red Handkerchiefs at 10c each, 12 doz Ladies' Fancy Handkerchiefs at 10c each, 10 doz Sateen Handkerchiefs at 5c e&ch, 11 doz fast-colored Handkerchiefs at two for 6c, 0 doz Cotton Handkerchiefs three for 5c, 24 doz Napkins at 5c and 10c, 10 doz Buggy Whlp3 at 10c eaob, 24.000 Envelopes at twenty-five for 5c, 6 doz Bboe Brushes at 10c each, 1Q doz Cards Needles, 6 papers on ca,rd, 10c cordi 60 doz Papers Needles at two for 5c, 4 doz Razor Straps at 10c. have arrlyed at 10c, C. S. MINOR & CO., BR0YLES BUILDING, SOUTH MAIN STREET. DON'T FAIL TO CALL AT ONCE A1VD SEE OUR FRESH ARRIVAL OF SPRING GOODS, ONE OF THE LAUGEST, MOST VARIED and BEST SELECTED ASSORTMENTS OF FRING and SUMMER DRY GOODS, Dress Goods, Shoes, Custom-made Fine Clothing, Notions, EVER BROUGHT TO THIS MARKET EMBRACING ALL THE STYLES AND NOVELTIES. The quality of our Goods are unsurpassed in Western Carolina. Our prices are the lowest on record. Thanking the public for their generous patronage, we greet them cordially. LESSER &d CO. Brick Range, Next Door to J, E. Peoples & Co. THE VICTOR HEEL SWEEP. The Latest Thing Ou t?Makes a Clean Sweep of Grass and Competition! NOTHING complicated about it. Parties using them say "there is no trouble at all in adjusting them, as in the case of other Patent Sweeps?any blockheadxan attach them properly." Above all, the Victor is sold for less than any other patent Heel Sweep made?nothing fancy in the way of prices. We still keep ahead on everything in our line, including the celebrated? JOSH BERRY 14-FINGER GRAIN CRADLES, Pennington Side Harrows, - AND Hardware and Implements of all kinds. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. TO THE PUBLIC. IF YOU WANT TO BUY HEAVY GEOCEKIES CHEAP, CALL AX OUR WAREHOUSE, BACK ?* OUR OLD STAND. We will sell-Groceries here for the next sixty days. McCEE & LICON. '[Advertisement.] The Garden Seed business is being well done and well pushed this season, and we are taking a lively band. Frioes are cut down pretty close, and each dealer is vieing with tbe other to see who can come the nearest selling them for nothing. The main thing to be considered is to be sure you get them from a reliable man, who buys from reliable-growers, and has fresh Seed We have already made our se:ond order this season, and are in the market to stay and see it out. We handle Landreth's Seed exclusively, get the best prices and discounts, and can compete with anybody?even Landreth himself. This is big taik, but we meau business, and if you don't believc't try us and him, and we save you the freight. We invite men who peddle Seed through the country to bring their quotations to us, and we guarantee to duplicate any prices they may have from any reliable house anywhere, and we save them the freight. This proposition applies also to merchants throughout the County. We handle none but fresh Seed, witb tbe date printed on each package, and we mean business. We buy as cheap as anybody, we are satisfied with as little profit as anybody, and will sell as cheap as anybody-. So don't fail to see or communicate with us, and we think w? can f&ve you money. Our place is McCully's Corner. * HILL BROTHERS, Druggists. FOR SALE. AVALUABLE STORE ROOM and Warehouse, now occupied by R. S. Hill i on Granite Row, is offered for sale. For further information, apply to WM. BURRISS, Sr. May 9,1889 44 (TrtdelOrk.) IMPERIAL EGG FOOD wilL largely increase Egg production, strengthen: weak and drooping fowls, promote tbe healthy growth and development of ali varieties of poultry, and insure fine condition and smooth plumage. This is no forcing pro? cess ; you simply give them the chemicals to make eggs, at a cost of less tban one cent a week for each fowl. F. C. STURTEVANT, Manufacturer of Ground Oyster Shells and all Poultry Supplies. Mills 162, 164, and 166 Commerce street. Office, 216 State street, Hartford, Ct. For sale by HILL BROS., Anderson, S. C. Price, 50c a package. Feb 28, 1889_34_ FOE SALE_0R RENT! PREMISES at Horn? Path, S. C, for morly belonging to Mrs. W. G. Smith. Two and a half acres of land,, with buildings thereon. Apply to GREIG & MATTHEWS, Charleston, S. 0. April IS, 1839 41_6m FRANK ASTER! THE only Asteroid Stallion in the coun? try, and with lineage as good as the best, will stand the season at Woodlawn. the farm of C. 0. Burriss, 2J miles north of Anderson, and half mile west of Whiter Hall. Service, fifteen dollars. May 9,1889 44 . S? \