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: PU3ZLS3ED STEPS mUSSOAY. i: I\ CLINKSOALES,) Editors aisd ^^^HTTKBDAX OCT. 10, 1RK9. ?': - IX- MONTHS.? ?5o. - Judge Bond has issued an order ap iipi^n?:a receiverof the South Carolina Jaiiway,; which will, be egaiu offered for sale.' The suit was brought by a New Fersey second mortgage bond holder. < X ' ' .V- ^ - . ??~?~ >{--?r??ng the small industries of the tpwu of Newberne, N. C, is an ink fac v^ry^The enterprise, it is- said, has ?already.attained paying proportions, and tthje:concern is now shipping its product ||(paitmber of States, : . - ;.- ? ^TheroJwaa a decline in the . price of sugar last week, and sogar stocks "melted ;:dowri":in New!/York to the amount of ?, $4,000,000 in market value. It ii hoped the Trust stocks will continue to melt till ^4th^becorae valueless, and the prices of "^smg^ to legitimate values. ? -*???' : The State of Alabama has made a long ^tfidein the; march of civilization by ?fenacting a law to fit the case of "insane" ? ^murderers. If a murderer pleads innanity ^/? special jury 11 appointed to decide that ^olnt^The^first.eaae under.the new law i??cc?rred4n Biount county last week. "The defendant was indicted for the mur^ . der of his sister, and when his case was ? . cilled-he pleaded insanity. A Bpecial ^Wryfwas at ^once empanelled to try the Ig^ejoXhis insanity and they returned a jfcir^ict thatohe is sane. He waa then.! ^gutoh^^ with the 'insanity\j ? plea "eliminated. ? j ^^writer iu r the" .Greenville News Bug rge8H^^pr,6priety.;of having a County E^$k^"iving ;I>ay"jn the near' future, ^fiia;ia;to be a separate and distinct day jft?jtt'./th'e"; national Thanksgiving day. -Wie think: this an excellent suggestion.. bo "National Thanksgiving Day is ob [s9^Td;r,to t a">ery limited extent in the >S6u&.;: ;This snould not be the cane, hut a3 it Iis true, we should trysomo other ^9ao?''W.i^c?leate a spirit of thankful i^^ou.r.people. ? Surely, if any people ^o^ffi^&ce of the'earth have ci.use to ^gtvet thanka ' we of the South are that people. This is especially 'true b? this ?^e.'^hj'.vfr--escaped any serious ^ons^and ^are . now gathering the ichest-V harvest that has gladdened par learis forl-miiljryeiuB.: All is well in our ^section, an?;ili Wcomelus, a God-fearing |vjj?pj&^ worship on some lay-setjjpart for that purpose and render AfiT^ib theGreat Giver of all good for ;maoy manifestations of his benefi? cence,.: Since the' above was written, % ?f.^number.pf,the.citizens of Greenvillemet }5^t^??iurday and' set apart Thursday, " 24mvJft?tt-a8 a-, special. day, for thanks tvaigaud-prayer. We hope Anderson vili follow and do likewise. Theiiiecent election in the four new &{esjn.t?^ in a ^ victory in three of them for the Eepubli eaMVlwhile in one of them, Montana, the Democrats elected their State ticket, and ?ly^'uiay;. have a majority in the itf&vTX would, of course, bo bet the citizens of those States if they ^^teuocratfc State officers, or so/.at, a8i;:it:8eems ?0 us, but we of the South .re copcerned; more particularly" in the iliGcs of the joint assembly of the two ouses wlien convened for the election of nited States Senators. If the Repnbli wnaicarry all/our of the above States it. |'i^re8:^4fc?tn\ eiglit'new- seats in the. ^.fT^jiied-^States: Senate, which, added to ^^^w present majority; will give them a po#-l-working majority. Then we see Zw... it;-wiU/result in evil to the South, ia reasonable to suppose that they will s?:se^uYe a oonsiderable majority over emocrats in members to the lower ou^e, and this will of course increase eir majority in . the lower home pf >i)gres3. It remains to be seen how they rilFu3e this power, which will be almost ?limited, as the Presidency and both ranches of the national Legislature will ef(MnttplIed by the same, party. This is ways v dangerous, as it destroys the Seek" which the framers of the Consti tion intended one branch should sustain ard the other. We hope all will.turn ^pnt for the".best, but it a said "hi?tory Repeats itself," and if so, we fear for the ^buth. The. power will be in the hands of those who have long hated her, and they will not hesitate, if they have any sason to think they will Becure any pol? itical advantage, thereby to subject this action to any iindignity that the ingenui? ty of a venomous-malignity can sug? gest, What then should be the policy of the South? It seems to us she should staou solid, and present au undivided tfron t, and under no circumstances should :we. allow ourselves to be divided. It : ;may uot do us any harm to split up as to local matters, and on questions of purely local importance. But it behooves ub, as men, as patriots, as Southerners, to stand .shoulder to shoulder, and present an I - uabroken froot, not only on Presidential V- yeara but on ofl.'years. On all questions of; ^'i?" national, character we should, on all K occasions, Toll up sach majorities for the .'^.Democracy . as that our opponents, by whatever name called?Bepublican ,Radi ^al^ 01 Independent?shall be- conviuced cthat,; as for us and our house, we are ^TJemocrata till we die. . Diet Turpin Outdone, ?T Claude Duval, Dick Turpin and Black .Bait have figured \ in many a romantic . story, but John Mitchell, the Minnesota -'; - highwayman, beats them all. l-?~y Mitchell was recently locked up in the I State reformatory at St. Oioud. He Is a leraarkaWy handsome and dashing young feilow of about twenty summers,- and /.Mirs?.Sands, the jailers forty-year-old ? wife, lost her bjsart the moment sheBaw . Itini. Just how the affair was managed is not known, but one dark night last week, Mitchell made his escape with the ^ady and- $50 of the jailer's money. -. Every effort was made to capture the fugitives,'but ft is believed that they ||Sra safely concealed somewhere in Cana? da. . Highwaymen have broken jail before, and escaped full-handed, but it is a new ^tkiiik to find one daring enough to carry : off .the jailer's spouse. It is very evident th^t our sensational story writers have rot yet exhausted all the possibilities in r Lv f heir Jine of work. Their most thrilling 1iction3 are tame by the eide of young ; Jlitcheirs brilliant exploit. - I?Miss Ida Cass, of Kansas City, is a Her sweetheart, Harper Grofton, away two days before the wedding. Restarted a deputy sheriff after him, "abjJ when_he w.ss brought back she cov red,him" with a revolver until he consent iied'ttf havo the marriage ceremony take ^J?cer-on the spot. Mr. Grofton need ^never fear thai wife unable to take A Suggestion to the Farmers. Edito-bs TKTEtr?<SE^T!E?:: The fight; the farmers erenow making in the cotton i bagging line is said to be against the trust which controls jute "bagging. ThiB is all right and pre per, and in this you1 have and receive the sympathy of all i classes, bat let not your zeal be "without knowledge." v!Be not pursuaded that ybu can ever afford to entirely discard jute and substitute cotton covering in its stead without loss, both now and as long as you use cotton covering. For you cannot buy manufactured cotton and sell it again at the price of raw or lint cotton without a loss, neither now nor in the future. This is a fact so plain that any reasonable man will not dispute it. Nor need you be persuaded that the use of cotton, thus will increase the price of cotton sufficiently to make up the loss, for increase in the price of cotton increas? es the price of cotton goods. "Come, now, and let us reason togeth? er." Say that you get a strong cotton covering that will weigh a pound to the yard,.then you will put six pounds of; manufactured cotton, on a bale. Since it takes about one hundred pounds of lint cotton to make eighty pounds of cloth, you will add to the six pounds to the.bale one and a half pounds for waste in manufacturing, and this will give yon seven and a half pounds of lint cotton to the bale used as covering. Then seven millions, multiplied by seven and a half, would give you the number of pounds of lint cotton necessary to cover the entire cotton-crop, if 7,000,000 bales. Thus 700,000,000 x 7}?52,500,000, the num ber of pounds of lint cotton necessary .to cover seven million bales. This divided by 500, gives 105,000, the number of 500 pound bales necessary to cover 7,000,090 bales. The thing that suggests itself to the writer's mind as the best and most certain victory for the right against the jute bagging trust is for the farmers of the South and West to combine and es? tablish jute factories in the South,, buy the raw jute and manufacture their own bagging, and thus keep it out of the con? trol of the trust The victory oncewon in thiB way is won forever. The money lost in South Carolina this year by the use of cotton bagging would probably establish this jute factory, and make the South Carolina farmers free indeed of the trust. Think over this suggestion, and if it is a good one adopt it, if it is cot good reject it. Everybody in thiB coun? try commends you for fighting the Jute lhi8tf but think carefully, calculate the result, and so fight that when you have once gained the battle you will Aar? won a lasting victory over the trust. Jute is unquestionably the best covering you can get for your cotton, provided you can get for your cotton, provided you do by building Jute Factories in this country, and so arrange them that yon can control than, and not they control you. My heart is with you in all things that are right, and these lines are written in the full sympathy of a Fabmebs Son. The Farmers Must Stick. To the Editor of the New and Courier: I dislike to appear so often on the jute subject, but cannot be content when the subject is discussed daily. It now looks as if the manufacturers of the North, merchants at home and occasionally a farmer recommend jute. I would not judge the former to be an Alliance man. All opponents can say what they choose. The Alliance has obligated itself to use cotton covering. They must stick to it. If they do not, it is death to the Alliance. Cotton covering is no more of a failure than any man of judgment expected. We all know that it does not compare with jute. That part of the subject is not worth discussing. Outsiders need not bother their brains about it. There is a difference iu having a thing to sell and iu having it to buy. ? The Alliance will have the cotton for sale. If you grumblers aud croakers don't want it with cotton covering, don't buy it. Just come square, out and say you won't buy it. Do it, if you. dare, and if the Alliance stand to their obligation cotton will go to 12}. cents in three mouths. If cotton covering will shorten the crop one-seventh it will bring 12J cents. If cotton is worth 12} cents the, world will take it without a cover. It is sold every day Bide by Bide with jute, and no difference is made. That is the case when it is sold at home. If there is a difference when put on other markets, Alliance men will soon find it out aud quit that market. If they are making jute men, or those that cover with jute, pay part of it, that ia all right; that is to say, if farmers, who use jute, are getting leas for their cotton to make up for the loss ou cotton that is covered with cotton. So far there ia no difference in the price. When the buyer makes a difference there will be no sale. The sooner the Exchanges disapprove of cotton covering the better for the farmer, provided he sticks to his obliga? tion. It's no use to say we can't hold it. If we try we can ? hold. If a man has a thing in his own baud he can hold at least for a short time. If cotton covered cotton was held thirty days it would make quite a difference. Some of the Alliances ore talking of a stay law. That. won'S do. There is no use for it and it would do great harm. Jas. A. Petebkin. Fort Motte, October 8. Mills Amid tie Cotton. Chattanooga, October 4.?The Tradesman has instituted an exhaustive inquiry into the cotton mill industry of the South and has received reports from all the leading mills of the Southern States. The actual number of mills in operation is 339, against 142 in 1880, an increase of 232 per cent, since the censes year. The increase in mill consumption of raw cotton in the same period has been 235 per cent,-, South Carolina is the banner State, 132,319 bales having been consumed in that State last year, against 120,988 bales in Georgia. The consumption of raw cotton in South Carolina increased 33 per cent, in two year3. The concensus of opinions of leading manufacturers of the South, in writtea reports to the Tradesman, is that the South possesses advantages over any other part of Amer? ica for cotton manufactures, in, first, proximity to raw material; second, supe? rior climate; third, cheaper power; fourth, lower cost of rent and living; fifth, lower wage scale; sixth, less liabil? ity to strikes; seventh, cheaper build? ings; eighth, less expense for heating mills ; ninth, saving on freights. The reports show that the South has abundant material from which to develop an excellent labor force for industry. Nearly all labor is native, and, although the expansion of the industry since 1880 called for an increase in the number of hands amounting to 200 per cent, there has not been in that period a single seri? ous strike in one Southern cotton mill town, and but one of considerable duration iu any mill. The reports show that the operatives do not {lack a high degree of skill. The Tradesman has received returns of dividends from 25 leading mills South, located in six different States. These dividends run between 4 and 28 per cent, and the average of the 25 is 11} per cent, per annum. These 25 fairly represent the whole. ? Some colored mei at Tongonoxie, Kausa?, have commenced suit against lite trustees of the public scbODls of that , place for refuting to admit colored pupils into tbs no^ools ?4@???i NEW?* COUNTY 'CORRESPONDENCE. The Fordert* Eights. Editors tKtEtLl?fiNCER: Will you please allow us space ia the columns of j your paper for a short time, and we prom? ise you to be brief, but pointed. There is a clash or contention .between the mer? chants of the city of Anderson, and the farmers of Anderson County. Now, who j is responsible for it ? or who has brought j the thing on ? We, as farmers, claim that, the merchants have had all to do in this thing. We claim that the farmers have done nothing but what was their right and privilege to do, and We further claim that the farmers have waged war on no honorable industry or association. You j take the lawyers and they have their Bar Meetings, the doctors and they have their Medical Associations, the editors and they have their meetings, and the merchants i and they form themselves into Boards of Trade and Cotton Associations. That is all right, but you let the farmers form themselves into anything like self protec? tion and the merchants begin to put their whole influence against it. Now, Mr. Editor, we wage - no war against nothing that is to the interest of our country, but we do oppose any com? bination whatever that is calculated to in? jure the farming class of our Common? wealth. Have the farmers in this coun? try any rights and privileges? If they have, is it not high time for them to claim them? And if they claim them, has any man or set of men any right to ask why claim you your rights ? or why form yourselves into Alliances? Folly in the man or sot of men who try to take the farmer's right') away from him, for we are bound together and will stick to one another. Look at the action of the merchants on the 4th inst., if you please. Was their actions commendable? It is useless for me to tell you of their action, Now, sir, in this case, did not the merchants show that they were against everything that was in the' farmers' favor. They re? fused to buy any cotton from Alliance men, and more especially did they kick when the farmers' scales were mentioned. I know of some men as honest as the world ever knew, whom tbey refused to buy from. Why? Because the cotton would have to be weighed on the farmers' scales. But we' must not say a word 'when the honorable Board of Trade erect scales to weigh tho cotton on, but must waltz up and take what we can get, if we lose twenty, thirty or even fifty pounds of cotton to the load, we must keep our month, or we will incur the displeasure of the cotton weigher the honorable Board has placed there. Now, 6ir, the farmers' cotton weigher is a man known to every merchant at An? derson. We claim that he is strictly hon? est, and that the scales which he weighs on are TJ. S. standard, and why the mer? chants don't want cotton weighed on tbieca and by him they must say through your paper, or ever hereafter hold their mouth. Mou.ntai>~ Cheek Alliance. Andersonvllle Items. Mr. R. V. Dyar and Tom Harrison, (col.) had a very narrow escape with their Hves a few days ago. While drilling to blast in a well tbey struck gas. The men who did the drawing let them down in the well and went some distance to pick cot? ton. After an hour or so they went back, the signal to draw up was given, but the men in the vrell were in such a weak state, they barely had strength enough to hold on to the rop* to be drawn up. Mr. Dyar has abandoned the well. After losing so much time and several dollars,, it is very discouraging. Mr. D. M. Tippens is putting upa cotton gin at Andersonville, and will be ready for business before very long. We be? speak, for him a liberal patronage from his many friends in this section. We heard a man from Georgia say a few days ago that more cotton would be car? ried out of Georgia to Anderson this fall than have for many years. Hurrah for Anderson! our beloved city. We long to see you in the Tead. Gt jrgia's loss is South Carolina's gain. We extend our thanks to our clever friend, Norris Wright, for a nice treat of ?I'll not say what?and others whose names are too numerous to mention, for fruits, water melons, &c. Such kindness is always appreciated very highly. We have it from a reliable source that there is a colored man not far from this place that holds an exhorter's license in the Methodist Church who can read the Bible and talk from it very well, but all other books, such as the blue-back speller and first reader, are dead languages to him. What section can beat it ? We are in favor of the correspondents' conference, and as Mr. Editor is so kind as to tender the uso of his office for the conference, let us haye it by all means. Hope to hear from others on the subject. I will close by wishing the Int.jllioen cep. and all its staff, including the Devil, success through life, and hope to meet him in the conference at some future day, not fardistant.. We heard a man say a few days ago he had potatoes so large he had to take an axe to spit them before using. Bay. The Negro Must Go. Houston, Texas, ?ct 2.?The White Republican Protective Club here is dili? gently at work. Said a leader thereof to day : "Our club was organized but a year ago and it now numbers 185 io this city. Our platform and principles are not in accord with those of the Republican par? ty in the North and the East, where they know nothing of our race troubles. They want us to swallow the negrc>, but we won't. The negro has served hi;) purpo? ses long enough. He has been a great bugaboo iu the politics of the South, and all this cry about intimidation is bosh. "The negro is as free to vote as you or I are, but he is not reliable. His vote is for sale, and he votes with the Democrats as often as he does with the Republicans. He should be disfranchised. ; No sane white man will claim a negro as his equal, no matter what parly be may affil? iate with. "Just point to a single thing of any benefit to mankind which the mgro has accomplished. Has he invented the most trifling tool 7 No. sir; in his best state he is but a serai-civilized barbarian, and we have organized this white man's protec? tive party for the purpose of driving the colored race out of the Republican party. Our club and the one in Alabama form the nucleus pf this new politic?.! party, which before another decade will sweep the South like a whirlwind. "You see, when we drive the negro from the Republican ranks be will join the Democratic host?, and then the best men of the Democratic party will come over to us. With this new era of manu? facturing going on in the South and the influx of Northern Capital we will build up a white man's party on a protection to American industry platform, and inside of ten years we will see a Republican South. All the abuse we receive from the Republican press of the North not only makes us the more determined, .but aids ui in BecuriDg our desired aims."? New York Herald. ? The increase of population in Jeffer? son County, Ala., of which Birmingham is tbe industrial centre, has been mar? vellous. Id 1860 it numbered 11,746; id 1870, 12,345; in 1880, 23,272. Now it numbers 110,780, while the city of Bir? mingham, which ten years ago was an insignificant town, now has a population of over 40,000, and does a business of many millions of dollars a year, and (a s^ill growing. CRIMES ANB CASUALTIES. Chicago, October 3.?A ?}ma, Ohio Bpecial says: Eleven^ men aro reported to have Been killed in a quarry, near here, by an upheaval of earth, which was followed by the spouting of a subterra? nean stream of water 200 feet in the air. No particulars are at hand. Indianapolis, October ?.?At Mount Vernon, George Trice, an aeronaut with Wallace's circus, made an ascension, Aa he descended over the river he became tangled- in tbe rope, and Was dragged through the water abd drowned. This was his hundredth ascension. Cayuga, Ont., . October 4?Thr-e children, named Walton, obtained ac? cess to the powder house of tbe Gysum mine here yesterday afternoon and one of them lighted a match and ignited a quantity of powder. One child was lit? erally blown to pieces and the others can not recover. Fort Wayne, Ind., October 4.?A traction engine and a threshing machine, while being moved across a small stream near Janesville, in lhi-?county,yesterday, broke through the b-'(Ue and landed in I the water some thirty feet below. Fire ? men were buried under the engine. John Sparks and Henry Wright were pinioned beneath the boiler, and before tbey could be rescued had been scalded to death by escaping steam. The lures others were severely but not fatally in jured. Birmingham, Ala., October 3.?A sensation was created in Chambers County several days ago by the arrest of the Rev. J. H. M. Durarj, Methodist min? ister, charged with passiog counterfeit money. He was lodged in jail and his trial came off yesterday. He admitted that he bad passed spurious money, but proved that be had got it out of the con? tribution box. There were eight silver dollars in the box and seven of them were counterfeit. He says God and the sinners who passed tbe coins were tbe only ones who knew. The case was dismissed on account of the officer's ina? bility to get the absent witnesses. Indianapolis, Ind, October 5.?Two gangs of counterfeiters were surrounded near Palon yesterday by United States officers. Eight men were captured, and are being bronght to this city in charge of Deputy Marshal Mounts. Several months ago some spurious silver dollars were put on the market in this vicinity and Treasury Agent Carter, after consid? erable investigation, traced the stuff to Orange County. A trusted man was sent to the locality. He ingratiated him? self into the confidence of the men and gradually accumulated evidence against the unsuspicious violators with yester? day's results. There are fifteen men in all engaged in the making of counter? feit money. Chicago, October 4?Mrs. Mary O'Brien, 60 years of age, was robbed yesterday of $3 ,000 that represented her savings for years. Mrs. O'Brien came from Waltbam, Mass., Wednesday, on her way to her son's home at Elgin. She had sold her home in Waltham, and in a long envelope buttoned inside her dress were tbe proceeds of tbe sale. Mrs. O'Brien went to a cheap hotel near the depot, where she was given a room. Yesterday tbe odor of coal gas was no? ticed coming from her room. Tbe door was broken open and the gray-haired occupant was found lying on the floor unconscious. Assistance was given with such vigor that Mrs. O'Brien was soon restored to consciousness, but her money had disappeared. An employee of the bouse has been arrested. Chicago, October 4.?A dispatch from Jamboree Pike, Ky., says: "The old Hatfield-McCoy feud has broken out again, and at least three more lives have have been sacrifice! in tbe bloody vendet? ta, which has now lasted over seven years. Tbe shooting occurred at a mar? riage at tbe farm house of Peter McCoy. His daughter was to become the wife of John Hand, a relative of the Hatfield gaog, and members of both factions had sworn to prevent the union. Hand bad never been connected with tbe disputes of the factions and refused to recognize the leaders. On Tuesday night the bridal party assembled in McCoy's house, and just as young Hand and Miss McCoy stood before the minister a volley was poured through the window which killed both of them and fatally wounded tbe clergyman. Report says that the farmers and mountaineers of the locality are hunting for the murderers, but no trace of them has been found." Nashville, Tenn., October 4?News comes from Wilson County that Mormon elders have been driven out by White Caps. The elders disappeared some time ago, when the agitation was hot against them, but a few days ago returned, Re? lieving the storm to have blowu over. However, tbe people who warned them proposed to make their threat good. Forty or fifty masked men robed in white last night visited the bouses of William Barrett, Thomas Smith and Lee Barrett, where the elders have been, searching for them. Some one, however, bad given warning, and not an elder was to be found. These men were cau? tioned against allowing the elders to ever darken their doors again, and the elders left the County yesterday. A number of converts have declared they are done with it. The experience of a lady of the neighborhood, now in Bowles, Ky., has bad a beneficial effect. She went to Utah as a convert, but is back in her old home, warning others. Mobile, Ala., Oct. 3.?The assassina? tion committed in the church at Moss Point, Miss., last night was cold blooded, and entirely without cause. It seems that a half-witted negro, crazed with religious mania, went out last night with his double-barrelled shotgun, and, seeing the people seated quietly attending their devotions in the Presbyterian Church, fired off both barrels of his gun through tbe open front door of the church. There was so much consternation among tbe congregation that many thought that'an organized attack was about to be made on them. So, instead of pursuing tbe assassin, they shut the door, and could hardly be persuaded to open it even to the friends who were attracted to the church by the noise of the gun. Mean? time the negro escaped round behind the church and into the woods. He was seen, but those who saw him had no idea tbat a murder had been committed. So far the negro bas not been apprehended. In the church all was confusion. Mr. Daniel K. Mclcness was found seated in bis pew dead, with his head resting on his hand, and twenty-five buckshot in bis body: Miss Nellie, bis eldest daugh? ter, screamed and fell over with a buck? shot in her neck near the base ot the brain. She is thought to be fatally in? jured. Mr. Heney Blumer was badly hurt with five shot, one of which passed completely through his shoulder. The pewB and walls of the church in line with the aim of the gun were sprinkled with shot, but no one was hit. Searching parties were organized at once and the river was also patrolled in boats. Though many suspected negroes were captured they all proved their innocence and wore released. The negro is known to have come recently from Mobile here. He was regarded as a harmless crank, who went about pretending to prophesy the coming of tbe end of the world and other events. ? Tbe Atlanta Perfumery Company is preparing to build a factory this winter in the orange belt of Florida, where such flowers as orange blossoms, rose gerani? ums, roses, yellow jessamines, tuberoses, magnolias any many other fragrant Mowers can be bad in large quantities. The plant will be of sufficient capacity to make use of 200,000 pounds of flowers in tbe season. ? A woman reporter for a New York j newspaper has investigated the matter I of private hospitals. She finds that there are a dozen such places in the city, that they average nearly a birth a day by mothers who are usually unmarried women, and frequently of high social position, and that the children bo born are usually, sent away and sold to any? body who will buy them, without ques? tion of their purpose, the price aBked ranging from $10 to $30. The reporter ? bought a handsome baby forty-eight hours old for $lf>, and notf bus lit Tbc Crop of 18S0. The State agricultural report for 1888 put the value of the crop of 1888, taking the tables of average yield and the aver? age prices given, at ?40,433,294.' These tables included cotton, corn, oate, sweet potatoes, rice, wheat, peas, cane. Irish potatoes, sorghum and tobacco. The crop this year as near as can be approximated will range not far from $45,170,000.. The chief increase will be in corn and the enhanced price of cotton, and in the production of Irish potatoes and cane and sorghum crops. At two cents a pound the rice crop of last year amounted to ?1,335,047. It ought to reach something more this year. The sweet potato crop of last year at forty-five cents to the bushel reached $1,617,932 or nearly $300,000 more than the rice crop. The corn crop last year at seventy four cents to the bushel was worth $10,298,307. Is it putting the corn crop thU year at 17,000,000 bushels too high ? We think not. Such a crop at seventy four cents, about the worth of the corn for home use, would bring $12,500.,000. The cotton crop should bring some ?1,700,000 more than last year's crop. Cotton does not seem to promise in this State any great increase on last year's crop, and some think it will fall below last year's crop. There are con? tingencies which may make the crop o 'inewhat shorter, but we do not look to see a Ie3s crop than that of last year, and without an early killing frost we expect to hare a somewhat better cotton crop this year despite the complaints now made. All things considered, things are very well; and with the manufacturing pro? duct of the State now beginaing to be of moment, we look to see the best trade done in the Slate that has ever been done since the war. We are looking up a'l round in South Carolina, so that before long we will not have to run into Geor? gia to learn how they manage things over there. They will be coming here to see how we manage. Wait and see.? Columbia Register. Au Appeal to the Mormons. Chicago, Oct. 5.?A dispatch from Salt Lake City 6ays: "The sixtieth general semi annual Conference of the Mormon Church began yesterday. Wilfred Woodruff, president of the Church, presided, and George Q. Cannon, of the firet presidency, was present. There were also present five of the Twelve Apostles of the Church and a great number of other high Church offi? cials. President Woodruff in his opening address said the Mormon Church had been established by God, and that no power on earth could stay its progress. All revelations given to the saints, including polygamy, come direct from God, and notwithstanding the trials and troubles through which the Mormons have passed, the Lord would sustain all those who obeyed His principles and His revelations; Apostle J. W. Tainler commanded the people to give unquestioning obedience to the priesthood. "These men at the head of the Church," be said, "have the spirit of revelation and speak for God. I boar my testimony that President Wood? ruff and his counsellors are prophets, seers and revelators. The band of God is over this Church, and no power can destroy it or impede its progress. I be? lieve in implicit obedience in temporal and spiritual thing?. We cannot retain the spirit of God and yet be constantly finding; fault with the priesthood. We must learn not to judge men by what we see, nor on the basis of the limited oppor? tunity we have of knowing what they are doing for the people. We should not criticize the Church authorities." Elder Jacob Gates and Apostle Grant and Elder Abram spoke in a similar vein. The Church authorities are embracing every opportunity to keep the people in line politically, for they fear that with the loss of their political power their ecclesi? astical supremacy will begreatlv weaken? ed. Mountains of the East, If you ask' almost any one which is the highest mountain in the United States east of the Rocky mountains, the reply will be "Moutit Washington, in New Hampshire." Now, according to Golden Days, this is giving credit where credit is not due. If you will lock at your atlas you will see the Appalachian chain of mountains, which divides North Carolina and Ten? nessee. The average height of the chain exceeds 5,000 feet, and the highest peaks are in North Carolina. Mount Washington is 6,285 feet above the tea level, but in North Carolina there are fourteen mountains of greater altitude. Their names and heights are as follows: Mount Mitchell, 6,717 feet; Guyot's peak, or Balsam cone, 6,671; Olingman's dome, 6,600; Sandy Knob, 6,612; Hairy Bear, 6,657; Cat Tail peak, 6,595; Gibbe's peak, 6,586; Mount Alexander, 6,477; Sugar Loaf, 6,401 ; Potato Top, 6,393 ; Black Knob, 6,537 ; Mount Henry, 6,378 ; Bowler's pyramid, 6,346; Koan Mountain, 6,318. These are the measurements of Professors Guyot and Mitchell, with the latest ejections by J. A. Holmes, of the Sta'e geological de? partment. The monarch of eastern mountains, it will be seen, is Mount Mitchell, which is 432 feet higher than Mount Washington. It was named after Professor Elisha Mitchell, a native of Connecticut, and a graduate of Yale College. As far back as 1852 Professor Mitchell demonstrated that the Mountain which now bears his name was the highest east of the Rocky Mountains. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against Jesse Tims, deceased, are hereby notified to present them properly proven to Joshua Jamison, agent of the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those in? debted to make payment to my said agent. MARY J. TIMMS, Adru'x. Oct. 10, 1889 14 3 ' Valuable Lands for Sale. BY virtue of the authority contained in the wiU of Thomcs L* Reid, deceas? ed, admitted to probate on the-day of -188 , in the office of the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, I will sell to the highest bidder, before the Court House door in the City of Anderson, on the first Monday in November next, betweeu the usual hours of sales, for the purposes of partition, the following described Tracts of Lund, being parts of the real estate of said Thomas L. Reid, deceased, all of which lies on the public road loading from Pen dleton to Anderson, on Steele Creek or its waters, and between one and two miles of Denver Station"on tho Bltio Ridge R. R. : Tract No. 1?Being a part of the Darri oott tract, and contains furty-seveu and 30 100 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of W. D. Garrison, Wtu, Burriss and Tract No. 2. Tract No. 2?Being a part of the Darri cott tract, and contains ninety-five and one balf acres, more or less, adjoining Tracts Nns. 1 and 3, and lands of W. D. Garrison. Tract No. 3?Being a part of the Darri cott tract, (the old home place,) and con ' tains one hundred and forty-live and thivo qunrter acres, more or less, adjoining lands of L. McPhail, W. D. Garrison, Tract No. 2 and others. Tract No. -1?A part of the Brock tract, and contains twenty-four and 71-100 acres, more or less, less live acres thereof sold to R. M Morris, adjoining lands of R. B. Brock, D. A. Elrod and others. The three first tracts are more fully de? scribed bv plats thereof made by J. C. Wat kins, S., ?n the 29th day of August, IS8.S, and the last named by plats made by W. G. Smith on the 19th Decembor, 1878, and January (5th, 1>'80. Term's of Sale?One-half canli, and the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale. The purchasers to pay extra for papers, and to give mort? gages of the premises to secure the credit portion of the purchase money. The undersigned will take pioasure In exhibiting the plats and showing these lands to any one desiring to purchase. SAM'L. McCRARY, Adm-r. of T. h. Reid, dee'd., with the Will annexed. Oct 10, 188!)_14 _4 Best Goods in the Market. JUST RECEIVED?Virginia Ciusi? Itter A*?from Charlottepvillo Wcol* en Mill?. A, H. TOWERS, WARNING. ALL persons are warned not to hire or harbor Keys Moore, a minor, who has loft me without cause. The law will be enforced against those disregarding this notice. N ANCY MOORE. Oct. 10,1SSP_14_1* Application For Charter. "VTOTICE is horoby given that the under JlN signed will apply to the Clerk of Court of Anderson County, on Saturday, 9th day of November. 1889, fo;r a Charter for the "First Class Union Refulgent Or? ganization" of Anderson Counts. E. CARLISLE, and others. Oct. 10, 1889 14 B* For Sale. ONE LOT OF LAND, near the corpo? rate limits of the City of Anderson, containing Twenty-five and one-half acres. For terms apply to J. C. C. FEATHER8TON, Andersion, S. C. Oct 10, 1839_14_2_ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons baring demands against the Estate of James Hunter, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and all per sons indebted to said Estate must make payment. J. N. HUNTER, Adm'r. Oct. 10. 1880_14_ 3 IT WILL PAY YOU If you propose going West or Northwest, to write to me. I represent the Sbort Line, FKED. D. BUSH, D. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. October 10, 1889 ' 14_Cm ALLIANCE MEETING. IIHE Anderson County Farmers' Alli? ance will meet in the Court House on Tuesday, 15th instant, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the transaction of important business. Local Trustee Stockholders from sub Alliances are urged to meet the same day. W. E. WALTERS, Secretary County Alliance. Oct 10, 1880_14_1_ MAXWELL'S GALLERY IS now open for business, fitted up with the finest instruments that are made. New scenery and accessories, and all work guaranteed'to be first-class or money re? turned. J. A, Wren will remain in Ander? son only a short time, and will be glad to see all of his o!d friends. Enlarging pic? tures to life size a specialty, and at prices cheaper than ever before heard o:f. Baby Pictures also a specialty. J. A. WREN, Photographer. Anderson, Oct. 10,1889 Notice to Road Overseers. Office Of County Commissioners, Anderson, S. C, Oct. 8,1889. ALL Road Overseers of the County of Anderson are hereby notified to make out and file in this office on or before the 1st day November, proximo, their road reports as required of them by law. We hope to have no trouble, but the law must be respected. B. C. MARTIN, Ch'ra'n, A. W. PICKENS, W. T. McGILL, Board Co. Cora., Anderson Co., S. C. Per E. W. LONG, Clerk. Oct. 10,1889 14 2 ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. IWlJ-iIi sell at public outcry, on the 24th day of October, 1880, at the homestead in the Town of Pendleton, the Personal Property belonging to the Estate of James Hunter, deceased, consisting of Household and Kitchen Furniture, and many other articles too numerous to men? tion. On the day following, October 25th, at Hunter's Mill, near Pendleton, I will sell one Portable Ten Horse Engine, Saw Mill, Cotton Gin and Press. J. NORTON HUNTER, Adm'r. of James Hunter, deceased. Oct 10,1889_14_ 2 ASSIGNEE'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Anderson. BY virtue of a Defd of Assignment to me executed by J. D. Smith on the 15th January, 1889, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, before the Court House door in the City of Anderson, on Sa'leday in November next, between the usual hours of sale, the following described Tracts of Land, situate in Anderson Coun? ty, near the Town of Pendleton, to wit: All that Tract of Land adjoining the lands of M. C. Dickson and J. B. E. Sloan, containing 51 acres, more or less. Also, ail that other Tract of Land, ad? joining the lands of Felii Warley, E. H. Shanklin and others, containing 2L acres, more or less. Also, all that other Tract, being a part of the homestead of J. D. Smith, and contain? ing 20 1-10 acres, more or less. Terras of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. P. H. E. SLOAN, Assignee of J. D. Smith. Oct 10, 1889_14_4 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Anderson County. In the Court of Common Pleas. D. B. Sloan, as Assignee, v3. N. V, Elrod, et al. IN obedience to the Judgment of Fore? closure in the above entitled action, I will sell at Anderson C H., on Salesday in November next, the mortgaged premises below described, to wit: All that Tract of Land situate in Ander? son County, S. C, on Eighteen Mile Creek, waters of Beneca River, adjoining land of Warren Martiu, J. S. .Newton, John B. Adger and Wm. Phillips, containing one hundred and sixty-five acres, more or less. . Terms of Sale?One half cash, the bal? ance on a credit of twolve months, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises, with interest from day uf sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct 10, 1889_14_4_ MORTGAGEE'S SALE REAL ESTATE. BY virtue of the power and authority conferred on J. D. Smith by the mortgagor, Benjamen Riley, under a mort? gage to J, D. Smith, bearing date the third of June, A. D. 1884, duly proven and re? corded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Anderson County, S. C, in Mortgage Book Volume 22, Page 122, the undersigned will sell to the Jjighest bidder, at public auction, in front uf the Court House door in.Anderson City, S. C, between the legal hours of public official sales, on Monday, the4r.h November, 1889, the following described Real Estate, viz : All that certain part, piece, parcel and Tract of Land, situated in Anderson Coun? ty, and State aforesaid, containing thirty acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Samuel Henderson, T. L. Cliuksealca and others, and on East side of public road leading from Pendleton to Eruce's Ford. The same to be sold for the ssxisfaction of the mortgage debts and interest?together with cost aud expenses of thin sale under the terms of the aforesaid mortgage. Torms?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. AUG'T. J. SITTON, Assignee of J. D. Smith. Oct 10^1889 _ _ 14 _ 4 MASTER'S SALE. THIS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of AifniciwoN. In the Court of Common rieas. Samuel A. Ashley, as Fxecutor, vs. Fan? nie Ashley, et al. In obedience to the order of sale in the above entitled action, 1 will sell at Anderson O. II., 8. O, on Salesday iu No? vember next, the Land below described, to wit: All that Tract of Laud situate in Martin Township, of Anderson County, S. C, containing one huudred and thiriy-six acres, more or loss, adjoining lands of Elizabeth Ashley, Samuel C. Fisher, John Thomas Ashley and others. ALSO, That other Tract of Land, adjoining above tract, containing one hundred and forty-four acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Lafayette Mitchell, Cowan. Arm? strong and othors. Terms of Sale?One-third cash, and the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises. Purchasers will be required, within thirty minutes after same is bid oil, to de? posit twenty-five per cent, of their lud with the Master, and on failure to make such deposit, u re sale will be made at once, Purchasers to pay ext ra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, M?tor, Qiit Ii}, l&i? II 4 Notice of Annual Meeting. Office of Countv Commissioners, Anderson, S. C, Cct. 9, 1880 ALL persons holding Bills. Accounts or demands of any kind against the County of Anderson, not heretofore pre? sented", are hereby notified to file said de? mands with the Clerk of the County Com? missioners of Anderson County in the office of said County Commissioners on or before the first day of November, 18?'J, that the said demands may be examined; approved and ordered paid out of the funds for the present fiscal year at their annual meeting to be holden on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1389, and all demands not so presented will be debared payment out of said funds. B. C. MARTIN, Chrc'n. A. W. PICKENS, W. T. McGILL, Board Co. Com. Anderson Co., S. C. Per E. W. LONG, Clerk. Oct tQ, 188D_14_4 - REPORT OF THE CONDITION of the National Bank of Anderson, AT Anderson, in the Stale of South Carolina, at the close of business Soptcmbor 30, 1889 : RESOURCES-. Loans and Discounts.8423.183. 67 Overdrafts, aecured and unsecured. 091 44 U. fi. Bunds to secure Circulation. 32,500 00 Other stocks, bonds and mortgages... 6,300 00 Due from approved reserve agents. 80,987 41 Real Estate, Furniture and Ffxtures. 8,000 00 Current Expenses and Taxes paid. 1,85'J 26 Bills of other Banks.,. 11,044 00 Fractional paper currency nickels and cents. 19 20 Specie.. 3.87S 35 Legal Tender Notes. 40.CS5 00 Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer, (5 per ""nt of circulation). 5G2 50 Total.8510,610 83 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in.$ 50,000 00 Surplus Fund. 50,000 00 Undivided Profits. 105,343 68 National Bank Kotes outstanding. 31,250 00 Dividends unpaid. 102 00 Individual Deposits subject to check. 242,878 76 Demand Certificates of Deposit. 38,82u 07 Due to other National Bauks. 12,714 32 Notes and Bills rediscounted. 30,000 00 Total.5540,610 83 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. I County of Anderson. f ' I, J. A. Bbock, Cashier of the abovo named Bank, do solemnly swear tnat the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. .1. A. BROCK, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this sth day of October 1889. W. S. BROWN, Notary Public. Correct?Attest: J. W. KORBIS, ) O. H. P. Faxt, J-Directors. JoSKi'ii N. Baows. J NOTICE. THE Medical Notes and Accounts of Dr. R F. Smith are in my hands for collection. Those owing, wishing to save cost will do well to settle at once. J. JAMISON, Trial Justice. Oct. 10.1889_14_3 Valuable Tract of Land for Sale. 8tate of South Carolina. County of Anderson. BY virlue of a Power of Attorney to me duly executed and delivered by Mrs. Susannah" E. Skeltnn on the 1st day of Oc? tober, 1889, I will sell to the highest bidder, for Cash, at public outcry in front of the Court House at Anderson, S. C, on Sales day in November next, all that certain Tract or parcel of Land, containing three hundred and fifty-eight acres, more or less, situate in Fork Township, in the County and State t>f resald, on waters of Little Beaverdam i i eek, adjoining lands, of the Estate of J. M i'ton Brown, N. O. Farmer, H. C. Routh and others. This was the homestead tract of the late George Roof, and embraces forty or fifty acres of fine bottom land. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. F. M. FANT, Attorney in Fact, OctlO 1889 14 4 A BAEGAIN! AHOUFE AND LOT, with all nocessa ry outbuildings, on McDuffie Street, one block from the Public Square, for sale cheap. Call on BREAZEALE & LONG, Real Estate Agents. Oct 3,1889_13_2_ REMOVAL. BREAZEALE & LONG, Attorneys, have removed their Law Office to rooms in Brick Range, above stairs, over 3. T. Craig's Store, and opposite Law Office of Whitner & Simpson. Oct 3, 1889_13_3_ Pendleton Female High School! THE Trustees of the Pendleton Female High School have secured the services of Miss Calhoun, of Due West, Abbeville Co., an experienced and competent Teach? er, who will open the School on the first Monday in October. The boarding depart? ment will be under the management of Mrs. Wright and her daughter, Miss Lula. Pupils from abroad will be under the per? sonal care and supervision of the Teacher at all times. J. B. SITTON, Chairman Board Trustees. Oct 3, 1889 13 2 HEADQUARTERS t GROCERIES. OuR Establishment is now full and running over with the beat selected stock of FAMILY and FANGT .'GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS, TOBACCO, Etc., Ever brought to Anderson. We invite you to inspect our goods, and we guarantee to please your taste-as well as your purse. Just received a big lot of? TEXAS RED RUST PROOF OATS. ? ? ? ? '? McGEE & LIGON. THE JEWELERS! JOHN M. HUBBARD & BRO., Next Door to Farmers' and Merchants' Bank. t&s* Drop in and see our Pretty Stock. We've got anything you want. READY FOR THE FALL TRADE. SEEING IS BELIEVING. OUR STOCK LARGER THAN EVER. PRICES EXTRAORDINARY LOW. 0: OUK PKOPOSITIOK 'UR Buj< r, after visitiDg the Metropolis and other large CitieH of ibis country, returns to his post of duty much encouraged by being in prssession of so many GOOD BARGAINS, and coupled together with the bright pronpect of so good a crop, and the large increase of our city, we have resolved to iucresse our trade fifty per cent., and to do this we waut the aid of our friends and the trading public generally. In consideration of same, we pledge ourselves to divide our commission in every instance, and to offer go( d, bonf at goods at a price much lower tbsn can be purchased elsewhere. DEPARTMENT NO. 1. Fruit of the Loom Bleaching. One yard wide, at only S'^c._ Athens Checks. For which we are agents, has been reduced to 6c. by yard or by bolt. Lesser's 9 Oz. Jeana, Which was manufactured expressly for us, and in all candor we can say it is the best goods in the world for the money. Our price is 25c. while oth? er merchants get 35c. This is what you Need. Canton Flannel?a very heavy article. We hare 500 yards. Cost you anywhere else except Lrsser^s Wj^c?our price Is only S^c. I Farmer's Sea Island, t One yard wide?line, nice goods. Our priae is only 7c. Renfrew Dress Gingham, Which is the best brand made, warranted not to fade, at only 8%c. 50 Pieces Apron Gingham, At the vory low price of 5c. per yard. Beat it if you Can I 500 White Quilts, bought at tho rec-nt auction sales, Remember, they are threo yards long and same square?heavy goods, free from starch. Oar price Sl.00. DEPARTMENT NO. 2. Red Flannel. I ? White Flannel. Our bill! call for 2,642 yards of Bed Flannel; we wish to unload. While we know it is too not yet to purchase such goodu, we are willing to offer you big bargains, so It will pay you to mako the Investment Listen i 16, 16,17,18,19, 20, 22, 25c. DEPARTMENT NO. 3. Our stock is tremendous. Big bargains for eve? ry one?we can and will save you money. Apron Linen. This is something that never goes out of sly la? wc can please >ou as to quality and pries. Red Damask. Warranted not to fade or money refunded. Our cpecliil otrcris one lot 2-ysirds wide, dyed in oil, Uermun imported goods, handsome designs. Our* price 50c?other merchants get 75c. to 81.00. Scrim, Colored as well as white--all 'itra wide and Gnu goods. We closed out a lot, ami make two prices. Lot No.'l at 8}4t and lot No. 2 at 10c. Very cheap. Call and sec._ Satines. New Fall patterns, lovely goods, Just the thing fur early Fall wear. Bear in mind?one yard wide and price lower than ever, 12J?c. Bed Tick ! We buy these goods direct from the mill, mid are now ottering twenty grades, commencing at 7c. und 9c. up to 20c. Cassimeres 1 This line of goods can bs purchased from as lower than elsewhere. Just think, a Casiimere for boys at 25c, a good Casslmere for a man at 50c, a better one fur 75c, 81.00 and St 25. Towels I We have got them all. Our I2j^c Towel is a big bonanza, all linen. Crash ! One lot at 5c, one lot at 10c?one lot at Hj^e. Felt! In all shades, doub'e width. Cost you anywhere else 81.25?our price Sl.Oo. Opera Flannel I Basket Flannel, Cashmel Flannel, Eiderdown Flannel, in air the new shades. They are lovely, fall and look at them. DRESS GOODS FOR EVERYBODY. Too much stress cannot be laid upon our immense stock of Dress Uoods. It Includes every fahrle, from a ten cent Cashmere to a very lino imported Uobc, costing 815.01' ;?er suit. We have all the stylish Trimming* and Buttons to match. We cm suit every one who want* u nice, cheap dress for this Fall. Kid Gloves. We have secured the agency for iho celebrated Alexander Kid Ulores. We carry all sizes and all all shades of tau, brnwu und black. Wo guarantee every pair not to rit>, if so, money re? funded und no questions asked. Price in reach of all?one dollar. Cashmere Gloves. Of tbis we carry three jrades, one at 15c, ono at 25cand one at 50c. Our 25c article is a hummer, all wool. Hickory Stripes, Roth In blue and brown, 3 02. Duck, Drill?, yard wide Sheeting, shirting, 10-4 sheeting, Pillow Case, Calicoes?all in profusion and very cheap. White Goods, ill of our Summer White Goods to hu sold way under valur. We have seTCiai pieces Check Muil which wo now ofier at 10c, reduced from 15c. CLOTHING ! SHOES I We carry probably twice as Many Shoes as any other m.-rvliinl in A.i.Urjsu ; w? buy In larg?s lota and sell at small profits ; wn have alt grades and mak?. Fhi an example, our Dollar Br.rgan lss bsau ty. Our Men's Dress Shoe In CongreM or Lace for 81.23 eauiioi be matched in tho city. Our Lad las' Calf Shoe for $1.25 Is a hummer. Our Ladies' Kid Button lor 81.50 is a perfect beauty. Buy your ehoes from us?we have uv paper solu* or shoddy lu an form?w? warrant every pair. TO OUR COUNTRY FRIENDS ; When you visit our City make our Store your headquarter*. We are at all time* glad to see yon, and take good care of you." TO OUR CITY FRIEND* : Wheu vou leave ycur homes to go shopping remtmb er LESSEB'S. We have a vwy large stock to select trom", and while we di< not care blow our horn loo loud, can only say a doliar aa?cd is a dollar made. Bemember the Place?Brick Range -nest floor to Peoples .t BurnsB. j JVESSBR & CO? TO MY CUSTOMERS - AND ? FRIENDS! It is with pleasure that we inform the TRADING PUBLIC, and the Alliance Men Especially, That we are at last In Our New Quarters, The two Elegant New Booms And are fast receiving by far the Largest, ~ Most Magnificent, And best Bought Stock of General MERCHANDISE Ever exhibited in this country, consulting of a -Mammoth Stock of Dry Goods, . Trimmings, Notions, Novelties, &c, The Handsomest and Cheapest line of Millinery, Wraps and Ladies' Furnishings Generally it has ever been our good fortune to display. A Large Siock of Men's, Boys' acd Youths' Clothing-, Hat? and Furnishing GroocSs., Most of which we are selling at actual manufacturers1 wholesale prices. We have more SHOES Than we know what to do with, and are selling at prices never before heard of. We have a good stock of? Groceries, Hardware, . Woodenware, Crockery and Farmers Supplies. In short, we bought more Good s than anybody in this section of the country. WE BOUGHT CHEAPER, Therefore, we can and ?rill SELL CHEAPER ? We have one uniform LOW PRICE for all, .ini our terms are ' - * : -'"V STRICTLY CASH, On the delivery of the Goods, so please DO NOT ASK FOR CREDIT, As we will be obliged to refuse it Even when Goods are taken out on trial we require the Cash, and will, of cour?e, refund trhen they are returned. SEEING IS RELIEVING. All tbat we ask Is an inspection of our Good* and Prices, and a fair trial. Very re?pectfully, i? $? HILiLi