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JgBSUSMSD EVERY WEDNESDAY. J. F. CLINKSCALES, ti, C. LANGSTON, Editors and Pbop&ietobs WEDNESDAY MARCH 29, 1893. TERMS: y ONE YEAR._.$1 50 SIX MONTHS-.75 Tokos on Hoke Smith's name may be ! funny, bat Hoke "got there all the The same remark cannot be made concerning some of those who think the Secretary of the Interior has such a funny name. _ . ~_^-^-^??_ Gov. Tillman has appointed Mr. D. H. Traxler, of Timmonsville, the State Dis? penser. Mr. Traxler was a former Coun? ty Treasurer of Daflingten County, and is a successful business man. He will take active charge of the office at once. Secretary Carlisle has a scheme for the ; contemplated reorganization of our finan? cial system, which will be perfected and aabmitted to Congress next winter. It includes a repeal of the silver law and of the tax npoa notes issued by the State banks. HipTourlb Assistant Postmaster-G6neral Maxwell is chopping off heads at a good rate. Last .Monday he .appointed one hundred fourth class postmasters, and of ,i this a amber sixty-seven were I > fill va? cancies caused by the removal of the in ; < nmbents. Let the good work go on. Elliott P. Shepard, the eccentrio and ff,1 [wealthy editor of the New York Mail '^H[Ond Express, died suddenly at his home 'in Now York last, Friday afternoon, :^ while1 uncler the influence of ether ad v ministered for a surgical operation. He ;. was a-bitter enemy to the South and l^ jieyer let an opportunity pats to speak v unkindly of our people. . y The Columbia Carnival Association has : decided to hold a carnival on the 17th and I^ O?U^ of April. There will be military .>'?. coflteets for prizes, bicycle contests, etc ; There will be a street parade in which -distinguished society leaders of both sexes will be asked to appear in English Wanting costumes. The carnival will " also mark the inauguration of the elec? tric street iail way. Postmaster-General Bissell has hardly r'- iStred A shot, and the postmasters are &;/j?mraing down all over the country. :\ i'iiey evidently anticipate great slaughter :. jpoon; She Postmaster-General reports 1 that hs has already received the resigna : tlon of 5,000 postmasters, and many of .-these are of the first class, who received. - their appointment from the President, y whose terms will not expire immediately. The registration for municipal elections . in Kansas, which closed Friday night, '' was remarkable for the heavy registra? tion of women. Thousands of them are ' now qualified a?d ready to vote at the > elections which will be held in every city I h in the State April 6th. In Kansr 3 City, ; Kan., women have Bhown an unprece? dented interest in municipal politics and * this. vote will be a large factor in the V election. Already the candidates are " working for their support. > Secator George, of Mississippi, who has - been engaged since last April, in accor? dance with a senate resolution, in the in? vestigation of the causes of .agricultural depression, has issued an address ex % pressing the opinion that cotton will v never again produce the high prices it r once did, and urging the cotton growers ? to raise their own supplies,-this being regarded as absolutely essential if it be v.impossible to make an agreement which , will result in combined action to plant a ' reduced acreage. .In commenting on the fact that a Dem? ocrat had declined to take the oath of; './Office as Mayor of Portland, Me., on the ground that he did not consider himself J fairly elected, an exchange says': "There is just one more thing to happen now. : When some man declines a Federal office ' tendered him, on the ground that it is more than he deserves or that he is not competent to fill it, we will advise all readers to make their ascension robes ready, re<?ard their sixty days' notes with cheerful indifference and listen for the blowing of the born." ? A Washington special says: "To-day a quarantine official and a momber of | the health board from New York were here in consultation with government officials in regard to ihe prospects of cholera in the country the coming sum? mer. Thoir statements were full of -gloomy forebodings. They believe the appearance of the cholera is almost Inevi? table, and for vrrious reasons they fear that it will be widespread and disastrous in its results, so that every human effort that can be put forth by the government snd the people to prevent its spread or lessen its destructive effects should be : put In play." ' . . The announcement of Mr. Cleveland that he- wiRl call an extra session of Con? gress shout the 1st of September meets with general approval among the Demo? cratic Congressmen. They are all in favor of it. Mr..Cleveland is extremely anxious that there should be no delay in revising the tariff. Just as soon as the rush for office Is over and Secretary Car? lisle has the business of the Treasury Department in shape he will begin work the preparation of a tariff bill to be lbmittod to the next House as a sugges ion from the administration. In this fork be will seek the adviee of the best 'men on the tariff question in the. and expects to get up a complete IQ In line with the policy of the Chicago ?nveation. The New York correspondent of the 3L Louis Republic says: "It will be a lrprise to many of the friends of Mrs. Jofferson Davis to learn that she is living In New York in poor and uncomfortable irenmstances. Her Income is said to j 79 decreased rapidly in the past few years until now It is inadeqnte to her support, even in the modest way in which she lives. There is no doubt but that Mrs. Davis failed, through misrepresen? tation or actual fraud, to realize her share of the proceeds of the sale of her bus band's memoirs, and it was in an effort to secure justice from her publishers that her income was reduced to its present status. The wife of the Confederate President is not in actual want, but she Sand her daughter have scarcely more than the bare necessities of life." President Cleveland defined his views on nepotism a few days ago in a manner mo forcible that be left no doubt in the 'minds of his hearers that he was irrevo? cably opposed to the practice. The gen? tleman to whom Mr. Cleveland outlined bis views on the question is a Western Congressman who came to secure the -Appointment of a constituent to office, He told Mr. Cleveland that the applicant was a good Democrat, a good fellow, and furthermore a relative of the President himself. "That settles it," Mr. Cleve? land Is reported as saying; "his name cannot be considered." And then the President is said to have read the Con? gressman a lecture on the danger of ap? pointing relatives to office, in which he placed himself on record as against nep? otism in all its shades of meaning and Application. The rumor that hotel rates in Chicago during: tbo exposition, are going to be six dollars a doy and upward, and that lodging in small rooms without board will be from ten to twenty dollars per week, is liable to make thousands or peo? ple stay away from the windy city. Those who remain away and read the newspapers diligently, will probably learn as much as those who incur the expense and fatigue of going to the fair. So the threatened extortion is not to be regretted after all. The chief inj ury done by it will be to Chicago and the hotel keepers themselves. "BLACK-OUSTED AT THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, ? The following statement was sent out from Washington on Tuesday, and is doubtless correct: "A sensation occurred here to-day in the ranks of the Till man faction of the Sooth Carolina colony when it was dis? covered that Congressmen-elect Strait. Latimer and McLaurin are black-listed at the postofflce department. Messrs. Strait and Latimer came here in response to a telegram from Senator Irby to attend a conference of the delegation relative to distribution of Federal patronage in the State. This morning Messrs. Strait and Latimer visited the postofflce department and called upon 'Headsman' Maxwell, who presides over the fourth assistants. When they endeavored to discuss postal affairs in their districts they were morti? fied and surprised, after conversing with Mr. Maxwell, to find 'their pictures turned to the wall and Third Party marked across their names.' In other words they were black-listed as not being Democrats and, therefore, not entitled to name the fourth-class postmasters in their respective districts. Mr. McLaurin is also "n the same boat," This decision of the Democratic offi? cials in the Postoffice Department is the logical conclusion from the utterances and actions of the several gentlemen who have been "black-listed as not being Democrats." It is a fact, we believe, that these gen? tlemen are more in sympathy with the heresies of the Ocala demands than with the principles of the Democratic party. The Congressman from this District went as a delegate, we suppose, to the convention of political cranks that met in St. Louis early last year. That con? vention was no friend of the Democratic party. The only other delegate from this Slate to that convention was Mr. J. W. Bowden, now an avowed third partyite. Mr. Latimer is the reputed author of the infamous resolutions adopted by the State Convention of May last year in which occurs this sentence: "We shall look upon the nomination of Grover Cleveland (for the Presidency) as a pros? titution of the principles of Democracy," etc After the election of this gentleman to Congress last Fall, effected by means of the "coat-tail holt" on Tillman, he do clared that be wonld not be bound by the action of the Democratic caucus in Congress unless the Democratic party re? cognized the Ocala demands. Mr. Latimer has posed as a Democrat'-, but his utterances were so undemocratic that months ago we requested him to state, among other things, whether be considered Democracy merely a name that could be nsed to dignify the political heresies evolved from every feverish brain, or whether it included only cer? tain well defined principles accepted by the National Democracy as its platform. The question was never answered. We believe Mr. Latimer, as well as his colleagues named above, were tu embers of the September State Convention which refused to endorse the National Demo? cratic platform. They belonged to the majority in that Convention. According to reports, Congressman Latimer has -visited most ot the post-i offices in this District and has doubtless promised, the various offices to hi3 friends. Of course-he will be chagrined at his inability "to deliver the goods" according to promise, but only the faith? ful should have asked or expected favors at the hands of the "Great Father" in 'Washington. It seems to ns that the gentlemen in the -Postofflce Department have about correctly "sized up" Mr. Latimer and h'u colleagues above mentioned, and hence had no trouble to inform them "where they are *?^mmmm^m^^mmmmmm A letter From Panama. Panama, R De. C Feb. 28,1893. Jhar Mr. Editor : Having received sev - ! end letters from yonr section of the coun? try inquiring about this place, climate, health, and if we have monkeys here, I take the privilege of writing you a short letter, which you may publish for the ben? efit of yonr readers who have made in? quiry. ? The canal works here have been closed down for three years, and probably will be several more before work is resumed. At present we are having dry weather In fact, no rain at all. Moat, of the water that is used in Panama through the dry season is brought in seventeen miles. The Railroad Company has cars for that pur? pose which hold about fonr thousand gal? lons each. This water all cornea from the I Schagress River. During the rainy sea? son people use rain water, j Panama has a population of twelve to fifteen thousand, which consists of twelve or fifteen races of people. French, Span? ish and English are mostly spoken, and most of the people speak all three. Tbere is plenty of'wild game in the mountains, such as deer, hogs, turkeys, tiger cats, monkeys, parrots and plenty of fish. A great many of the natives make a living by hunting and fishing. Bananas, pineapples, oranges, cocoa nuts, mangoes' and other tropical fruits are plentiful here. Bananas for New York market are sold here at 25 or 50 cents, according to size of bunch, Colombian Silver, wbiob is equal to about 15 and 25 cents American money, there being 80 per cent premium on gold or American money. Gold is found here i in small quantities. Tbere are several parties of prospectors out in the bills at present, but no very rich mines have been discovered as yet. Bice and com grows well here, bnt very little is cultivated. About one-third of the business houses here are saloons, or a portion of the house is used for that purpose, where all refresh? ments can be had, and all classes?from Empiredor Bum to Mom's Extra dry. The Doctors don't advise drinking, bnt a cocktail taken before meals is supposed to kill fever germs, and I suppose it will also kill rh'j cholera germs in case tbey should get "-??"e. The rage *e is cock-fighting. Every town of two u dred inhabitants has its cook-pit, where, on Sunday afternoons (and other days appointed), young and old men will bet tbeir last dollar on a cock fight. Entrance fee is 50 cents to the pit. Game cooks sell for $15 to $50, and some can't be boaght for a $100. Horses sell for $10 to $30 each, unless imported. Boys learn to fight chickens about as soon as they learn to walk well. Labor is cheap here. Jamaicans and West India Island negroes can be had for 50 and 60 cents per day, Colombian mon? ey. Steamship Companies and Railroads pay good salaries to their employees. The Railroad is only 47$ miles long, connect? ing the Pacific and Atlantic. From Co? lon to Panama, along the Road and Canal line, is a continuous liqe of dilapidated houses and ruins that have gone to waste since work on the Canal olosed down. For fear this letter is too long already, I will close it. M. 0. Smith. & Beady to Disband. Atlanta, March 22.?In an interview to-day with the Hon. Thos. E. Winn, the People's Party Ex-Congressman from the 9th Georgia district, he announces that there is room for only two great parties, and says that if the Democrats carry out in good faith their platform the People's Party will give thorn full credit and act accordingly. The Hon. Thomas E. Watson, the most notable Third Party leader in Geor {jia, takes the same position, saying that f the pledges made by the Democratic party In their national platform on which the parry won are carried out the people ought to be satisfied.. The announce? ment of these interviews is received with considerable interest here, indicating that the Third party in the South will rapidly go to pieces if the Democratic party stands squarely on its platform. Go to Anderson, then go to C. F. Jones & Co's. Clothing Store, get yourself and the boys one of their cheap suits. You will wonder how {hey can sell them so low. Going Back on Tli ir Record. Washington, Marui. 27.?A sensation occurred here to-day in me ranks of the Tillniau faction of the South Carolina colony when it was discovered that Con? gressman-elect Strait, Latimer and Mc? Laurin are blacklisted at the postoffioe department. Messrs. Strait and Latimer came hore in response to a telegram from Senator Irby to attend a conference of the delegation relative to the distribution of Federal patronage in the State. This morning Messrs. Strait and Lati? mer visited the poatoflice department and called upon "Headsman" Maxwell, who presides over the fourth assistants. When they endeavored to disouss postal affairs in their districts they were morti? fied and surprised, after conversing with Mr. Maxwell, to find "their pictures turned to the wall and Third Party marked across their names." In other words they were black-listed as not being Democrats and, therefore, not entitled to name the fourth-class postmastors, in their respective districts. Mr. McLaurin is also in the same boat. They went immediately to the Capitol and consulted Senator Irby, who accom? panied them back to the postoffice de? partment as soon as the Senate adjourned. Senator Irby said to Mr. Maxwell that he appeared there as chairman of the State Democracy, and not as a United States Senator, to-day in behalf of these gentle? men, Messrs. Strait, Latimer and Mc? Laurin, that they have never been other than loyal and consistent Democrats. They were the nominees of the Demo? cratic primaries and were elected by tbe Democratic party on the same ticket with the Cleveland electors, and any proscrip? tion would be indignantly resented by himself and the organized Democracy of South Carolina. Gen. Maxwell seemed surprised at this statement, and invited Senator Irby to a conference with Postmaster-General Bis? seil. The same argument was repeated to Mr. Bissell, who said that after the present rush is over the matter would be given full and careful consideration, and that justice would be accorded these Rep? resentatives. Senator Irby said he knew from what Mr. Bissell said that MesBrs'.JStrait, Lati? mer and McLaurin will be treated and recognized as other Democratic Congress? men. Upon being asked if he knew who bad caused this "black-listing," Senator Irby replied in the affirmative, but added that his information was confidential and he was not at liberty to disclose it. Congressman Latimer, who was pres? ent during the interview, said he under? stood that the custom has prevailed in the departments of allowing Ex-Con? gressmen, defeated by Republicans under a Democratic Administration, to dispense the Federalpatronage in their respective districts. He said be would not submit to any such rule being applied to him in the interest of tho gentlemen whom he had defeated. Messrs. Irby and Latimer said they do not blame Mr. Maxwell or tbe Administration, but they denounce it as "a sneaking, dirty trick" of some one. They declare it is the greatest insult that has ever been offered to the Reform ele? ment in South Carolina, and it will be 'resented by their people at the proper time. Both Latimer and Strait denounce the charge that they are Third Party men as absolutely false, as they claim that it is contradicted by every vote they have cast and every speech they have delivered, j They say they have never voted anything ! but tho Democratic ticket. I The conference of the delegation has not yet been held owing to the absence of two members. Senator Irby says Sena? tor Butler and Mr. Brawley will not be invited to the conference as they have declined to be bound by its action.?Spe? cial News and Gourier. I Will It Ever End! Will South Carolina ever recover from the folly of its legislative woik last win? ter? Every day something turns up which reflects on that body?not on tbe integrity of its members, but rather on the members surrendering to the vindictive dictation of Governor Till man. It so happened that the president of a cotton mill was on the ticket which op? posed the re-election of Governor Tin? man. That president dealt some telling blows in tbe canvass, and Tiil man winced under the logic of Colonel Orr. Strange that the legislature which went in with Tillmau should quickly jump i into the management of cotton mills und undertake to dictate to the owners of pri? vate property the terms and seasons and hours for work. N Doubtless the Governor had "some? thing to do" with all this?for mill own? ers must be punished. The mill law goes into effect on the 1st of April. By this act of the legislature, mills can work their hands only eleven boors a day or sixty-six hours a week. We all remember the eloquent appeals for tbe poor women and children?"to be rescued from a slavery worse than Si? berian tyranny," and a great mass of such stuff flnng into the faces of the pa? triotic legislators. It must not be forgot? ten 'bat the "poor women and children" were bitterly opposed to the whole scheme of interfering with their hours of work. The cry of the "poor women and children" was ignored and tbe law was enacted. There is a little milk in the cocoanut which might be shown to advantage. The members of the legislature had some lit? tle interest in this.. To illustrate: A family working on a farm, made about two hundred and fifty dollars a year. This family moved to one of the mills and the father states that be and his chil? dren now make about seven hundred and fifty dollars a year and the young chil? dren have ten months schooling without any charge or expense. Now the milk is just this; The factories drain the country of intelligent and valuable rent j ers. But look at the figures as given by our Spartanburg correspondent. In that county the operatives will lose, by tbe sixty-six hour law, ?65,000, and tbe mill owners ?200,000. Is this "slavery worse than Siberian cruelty ?" A mill in this county has an annual pay roll of 8220,000. By the now law, tho operatives of that mill will lose ?15,400, about 7 per cent., and the factory will lose even a larger per centage. This is a serious matter, both to own? ers and operatives, and thinking men have food for thought. Will it ever end ? ?Greenville Nervs. Carrying ont the Evans Law. Columbia, S. C, Maroh2J.?Mr, D. p. Traxler, of Timmonsvllle, was to-day ap? pointed commissioner of the State dis f>ensary. The appointment is to go into tnmediate effect. Mr. Traxler will be here until to-morrow, and will then go to bis home and return next week to take charge of the preliminary arrangements for tbe opening of tbe State dispensary. Tbe commissioner says that he is not going to pay any attention to the fight against the law, and that he will not bother himself about any contest against the law until he is stopped by the Courts. It is evident that the war is now on be? tween the liquor men and the dispensary authorities, Mr. Traxler appears to be a good man for the place and he has very good re? commendations. He was born in Char? leston forty-three years ago and in 18G9 went from Charleston to Timmonsville, where he has since resided. For about eighteen years he was the railroad agent of the Atlantic Coast Line at Timmons? ville. From 1883 to 1889 he served as treasurer for Darlington County, filling the office to the entire satisfaction of all parties. At tbe same time he was inter- ? ested in a mercantile business at Tim? monsville which was getting so large that he found it to his advantage to retire from office and devote himself to his business. Since that time he has been carrying on a general country business which he says will aggregate about ?25, 600 a j'ear. He says that lie will try and run tbe two businesses and hopes to have tbinps in such shape that during the fall he can spend some pf his time at his store in Timmonsville, As to his politics be said that he was fully identified with the Reformers, although be has never taken any active part in the political contests. He said that be has always been partial to tho ideas of the Reformers. Mr. Traxler in bis talk gives every indication of being a pretty clear beaded man, and ho expects to run the dispensary on strictly business principles. The dispensary headquar? ters, he said, would be in tho Agricultur? al Hall, Although he has not yet decided on any of bi? plans he will from now on devote himself to having the system j ready for operation in case the Courts do not interfere. Governor Tillman is very much pleased with bis appointment, and is as much wedded to tho dienonsary idea as ever, and still says that it is going into effect "at all hazards,"?News and Con* rier. ? There lately died In Mexico a miser 'oftbenameof Monecke. His relatives were unwilling that his body should be interred, as be had tattooed bis will over bis chest vith some rod pigment instead of using pen and ink. The Court decreed that tho romarkahlo "human document" should bo copied and tho representation duly attested in tho presence of witnesses. This wasdouo, und tho Court has pronounced tho queer will genuine. mOJkld NEWS* COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. Public Roads and How they Should be worked. Editors Intelligence!.: I promised you last week to tell you how I thought public roads should bo worked and will now give you a text by which some good lawyer might frame a law for such work. It is not necessary for mo to undertake to say anything about the necessity oJ good roads, for I take it for granted that everybody knows arid fcols the neod of them. So I will only tell you how I think they ought to be kept up and by whom it should be done. I will say once for all that we will never have good public roads under our present system, for I don't cure how strenuous'tho law may bo, nor how dili? gent the County Commissioners may be in the dischargo of their duties, the plan will not work, for this reason : The mak? ing of a good road is JiUe any other me? chanical contrivance, it takes a rniio who knows how to do the work of laying olf the road and shaping it up to the best advantage for the easy travel of the vehi? cle, aud at the same time give it tue proper shape to shed all the wator falling on it as quick as possible, so that it will neither stand on the road or run any dis? tance along it, but run directly off of it on either side in a ditch, which should be wide and deep enough to keep the road well drained at all times aud in the heaviest rains. Tho law known in this County as the Murray Road.Law is quite sufficient in this respect?that is as to the shape the road should have?but defi j cient as to system of doing the work, for as I was going to say the County Com? missioner may do his duty in going around and appointing the best men he can find for overseers, and directing that the roads be worked so many days in the year and so on, but the men he may ap? point overseers may be good men?men who are good citizens and make a success of farming and of their business, but nino-tenths of them do not know how to build a road or to show any one else how to do it, hs the roads in this County will prove if you will take the trouble to travel over thorn. I can almost invaria? bly tell, when I get to whore one man's section of road stops and nnothe. one begins by the way they have been work? ed. I do not blame any man for not doing that which he has no faculty for doing, for it is not bis fault and he can't help it. Now, tho way I think public roads ought to be built and kopt up is this : I thiuk there should be an eogineer?I mean a civil engineer?in each County whose duty should be to layoff by actual survey all of the principal highways which have been kept up by the public to the best advantage as to location, put? ting them on the easiest grade practicable and locate them where the sun will shine on them as near all day as the location will admit. This is a more important factor in the way of keeping a good road than the most people think. You may notice where you travel on roads running through cleared land you hardly ever see a bad mud hole?not as bad as you will find in a timbered place where the earth is of the same "Jcind. After he has laid out the roads he-should carefully instruct the con tractor how to build the road and the easiest way to grade, etc., and see that it is well done before it is received by the Cqunty Commissioners. Second: There should be a tax levied on all taxable property, so much as it may require to do the work each year, with a poll tax say of two dollars on every able bodied male citizen from tho age of sixteen to fifty years, or they may be allowed to work three days on the public road nearest to his place of resi? dence in lieu of such poll tax if he so desires, such work to be done under and by the instructions of the contractor who may have the contract for working such road. By this system of working the roads by taxation instead of the present system everybody would assist iu koep ing up the roads more in proportion to the amount that he used them than they do now, for this reason : I know men in this County that are not liable to road duty or to work the roads from being over age that are worth thousands of dol? lars, and perhaps keep half a dozen wagons, besides buggies and other vehi? cles, that do not contribute auytbing toward keeping up the roads except the small tax levied bv tho Murray Road Law, while I know of others?poor men, who have no wagon or buggy to travel on the roads, that perhaps has to work the road himself and perhaps two or three sons with him. Now this man, while he does not use the road near so much, has to contribute a great deal more than his more fortunate neighbor does toward keeping it up. I want it understood right here that I don't blame any man for being rich?I am no communist nor nothing of that sort, but I do think that where a man has a hundred bales of cot? ton to haul to market he ought to do more towards making a good road to haul it on than the one who has but two or three to haul. I wouldent mind keep? ing up the roads myself if I was rich and was able to spare the time. Third : In addition to the tax as above stated, all convicts who are sentenced to one month or more in jail or to the peni? tentiary should be put on the roads aud kept there instead of hiring them out to individuals to make cotton in competition with free honest labor. Each County might be allowed to work their own con? victs, or else the road contractors herein? after mentioned might be allowed to hire as many of them as he would want or could work, the compensation allowed for theoa to be taken out of his pay for his contract. Fourth : All work to be done on publio roads should be let out by the County Commissioners tho same ?s bridges are now let, with plans and specifications made by the County Civil Engineer for doiug the work. These contracts could be let out at public outcry or by sealed proposals for certain lengths of road, ranging from one mile up, at the discre? tion of the Board of County Commission? ers. Such contractor to give bond and security for the faithful performance of his work in accordance with the plans and specifications furnished him to work by. In this way farmers would not be annoyed every Spring by having to stop their farm work to work tho roads. Un? der the present system the farming class of people have all the road working to do while the entire population enjoy the benefits. I do not think the farmers should have all the public roads to keep up, for I don't think they use them any more in proportion to numbers than men do of any other occupation or profession. I don't want it understood here in this connection that I am wanting to array country against town, for I am not, no/ do I think any one else ought to. I like town folks and love to go to see them and associate with them?it's pleasant, for, while they are as a general thing more sociable than country people (I sup? pose they have become so by social, everyday contact with their neighbors,) they are also intelligent, refined and interesting and elevating to socjety. Now, if Mr. Tillmaij and his followers want to immortalize their fame they could easily do it by passing a road law similar to the foregoing. While it may not'be the best way to build aud keep in repair the publio roads, it is in my judgment far superior to the present system in regard to having good roads, but I do not claim it tobe as cheap neither in the amount expended or the quality of the toads. We can't afford to pay taxes to work all the roads in the country in one year, but we can pay for the working of | the main road??the oncs'most needed first, and so on till they are all good, and I will venture tho assertion that the traveling public would save in oost of vehicles, work animals, and loss of time that is iucurred by having bad roads in a few years twice the amount that they would have to pay out in tuxes to build good ones and keep them up. I want everybody who thinks bo has a better plan than this to bring it out, and criti? cise my plan as much as be or she may wish. There is one thing sure and that is, we will never enjoy the pleasure of driving oyer good, smooth? roads until we pay for them. We can't expect to have them for nothing. I can hire five hands and take them and do more.work in one day on a road than can be done in two or three days with tho same number of hands as" they nre now worked on the roads. So you sco when a man preferred working out his road ' tax under a con? tractor instead of paying two dollars, his threo duys work would be worth twice what it is now, and so on and so forth. Respectfully, Squire Fkwjjl. Thrce-and-Twenty Items. We are having some beautiful daya now, and the farmers are as busy aa a bee in a tar bucket, The farmers have plant? ed a great deal of corn and are not done yet. Old "Uncle Johnnie" says he has got enough lumber sawed to build his faith home, and will begin to build it in a few months. A nd ho says any one that wants to buy lumber call and see him. He has got it. Well, Mr. Lawrence has lot the girls puli bin mustache clear out by the roots. The young loiks> arc carrying the day uj) ihiH way. Miss Nannie Mooro, of tins section, has boon visitiug relative? at Townvillo. News id scarce. Johnnie JuMf Lri?. Helton Items. Uov. J. L. Vase, of tbo Greenwood Or phauajio, spent Saturday night in town and preached at Neat's Creek Church on Sunday. Dr. \V. K. Campbell left on Tuesday lor Now York, whore he will take a post? graduate course iu medicine. Another band of Indians visitod our town this week, and gave a "show" Tuesday evening. Mrs. If. A. Griffin has boon quite ill for several days past. Mrs. Harvey Saylors, living near this place, is critically ill. A hedge has been planted around the cemetery in this place. Winter seems to linger in the lap of Spring. P. E. J. Fendleton Items. Dr. Wm. A. Kirby has located in Pen dleton to practice bis profession. He comes here highly reoommended from St. Georges. Colleton County. Hi9 estimable wife and family will follow him soon. Mr. James Harrison, from Anderson County, has brought in a new lot of ve? hicles and some splendid horses, and is making things move about lively in the livery biuiness. Jim is a hustler. Mr. H. P. Meetze, a Btirring and busi? ness young man from Lexington, has rented the Peudieton Canning Factory and soveral lots of good land for planting -a considerable crop of vegetables for can? ning purposes. He will also purchase or can all that is brought in to him. Contracts for material for building one or two new brick stores of modern style in town are now being madn, and the buildings are to be built during the sum? mer months. Wllliamstou Items. Mr. Thomas Cox, who has had paralysis before, had another attack Saturday, and has bad several since. Mr. J. P. Gossett has gone on hie usual season trip to New York. Mr. T. H. Gosaett, who represents a big New York wholesale house, ia now visit? ing'relatives in this town. Rev. J C. Stoll, w bo has been sick for some time, is much better. Mrs. Joel Ellison, who has been con? fined to her b'-d for aone time, is improv? ing elowly. Mr. J. L. Brown, of Anderson, is on a vis-it to his parents. Miss Gertrud6 Brown is visiting her brother in Muffreesboro, Tenn. Mr. Boatner has commenced a grocery business in our town. C. Wiig's Indian show was in town Fri? day night and gave an exhibition in the College Chapel. There are twelve Indians in all, seven men, three squaws, and three papooses. One old Indian is 70 years or age, aud claims to be one of Gen. Ouster's scouts that escaped in his last noted fight. Tho show waa interesting as well as amusing, and consisted of their love, war, fish, tomahawk and log dances. The chief 19 "Lost Wolf," and speaks English quite fluently. His tribe is a civilized one who live near Sioux City, Neb., and are called Winnebagos. They have on exhi? bition an extraordinary heavy dress of buck skin and beads made by tbe famous Chief, Sitting Bull's wife. They did some shooting Saturday morning. Jeter H. Holland's Store. Miss Bettie Earle, who has been teach? ing at Bethany, is at home now on a va? cation. Mr. W. Y. Holland, of Hartwell, Ga., visited bis brother, at this place last Sun dav. Last Sunday was a lovely day, aad those who were so disposed attended preaching. Tbe few recent warm days and nights have started tbe fish from their hiding places. During the last fow days Mr. Matthew Parker has trapped quite a num? ber of nice ones at Hardscrabble. Tbo fruit trees are in full bloom now and thry present a most lovely appear? ance. It is to be hoped that the fruit crop will be unharmed by the probable cold weather,.and that we will have a bounti? ful supply this year. Next Friday is Good Friday, and was our mother's time to plant beans from time immemorial. Farm work has progressed very satis? factorily for tbe last week or so. Cotton, planting will begin before many days. 'Che bulk of the upland corn has been planted. Wheat is looking very well, The stands of spriug oats are good, and tbe prospect for a good yield is fair. The fall sowing was badly killed out iu many in? stances, and of course will cut the crop short. It is raining to-day, but we have work that is calling our attention, wet or dry. BtjRKE. Alice News. Well, Mr. Editor, news is so scarce I hardly know what to write. Planting corn is the order of the day. Joe Williams, colored, got his house and crib burned up week before last. He did not save but tweuty-five pounds of flour. It is a heavy loss on him. Joe ia a.good darkey to work. The fire is supposed to have originated from new ground. Miss Rosa Cline, of the city, has been visiting her cousin, Miss Ella MoAdams. There will be prayer meeting at Rocky River on every Wednesday night. Let tbe good work go on. Madam Rumor says tbere will be a wed? ding in this vicinity shortly. If you would like to have it appear in these dots please send tbe writer a slice of cake and a turkey leg. Wheat is looking fine. The writer saw a very line field (about twelve acres) at Cray tonville tbe other day. Let everybody plant plenty of corn. Jeiiu. Barnes Items. The health of the community is very good at this writing. There was an excellent sermon preach? ed at Union Sunday a. m. and Beulah in the p. in. by Rev. B. Hayes. Ho is a splendid preacher, and we are always glad when he comes. Miss Rosa McAllister is visiting at Barnes. Two of Moffattsville's most prominent young men were at Union Sunday, but we don't think thoy heard much preach? ing, for their mules pulled their bridles off and they took a good deal of exercise beforo they caught them. Wo advise the boys to secure good haltors. No marriages at present and no pros? pect of any soon. We would write some poetry, but for fear It should meet up with the fate that our friend's did we will not. We hope to see "Uncle Grace" sqon, for he and I are good friends. MyNX. The Home Coming. Never in the annals of time has our town witnessed bo sad, bo heart-nnding a sight as the home-bringing of the remains of our loved and honored townsman, Gist W. Bigby. On hearing the sad tidings an escort was formed by the young men of town, who met the bedy at Belton, some eight miles below Williamston. The wires flashed mess-ages far and near to tbe absent loved ones, all of whom hurried home for one last look on tbe face of their precious dead, When tbe prolonged whistle of tbe evening train announced its coming, every citizen of the town went en masse to meet aud convey to the widowed mother her dead boy. May God never again permit me to gaze on nuoh a sight. The young brother, just 17 years old, came in front with three noble ministers, who had known them both from baby? hood. Then followed tbe long procession bearing the precious casket, Gist was the idolized darling of an almost blind and widowed mother, and seldom has tbere ever been such a son, and when she saw the casket?stretching out her frail bands, she cried out: "Is this all that ia to come back to mama. Oh, my boy! my boy! my Gist!" Gist, oh, Gist! came in agonizing cries as mother, sisters, brother, aunts and cousins knelt clinging to the casket of tbeir idolized dead. But tbe handsome face was still, tbo dark hair brushed back from the marble brow, the mute lips pow? erless to tell them of the cruel death from a cowardly hand, or respond to the an? guished mother's cries, "can you but speak if a word to mama." All night long subdued lights rested on the beauti? ful dead face as it lay in its sable draped parlor and sad watchers sat in silence, On the following day the Female College and Male Academy suspended exercises, and business bouses olosed and all wend? ed their way to the Church, where three ministers testified each in tbeir own elo? quent style to the loveliness of life and character ot Gist W. Bigby. Then the or? gan, sobbed its low, sad requiem, tho cas? ket covered with fioral offerings from almost every home, was reverently borne to the cemetery, followed by the largest concourse of people ever aeen In our town, and laid in its final resting plaoe, by kindred dust, and tho broken-hearted family and the frail mother, who will never rally irom the shook, went back to the home thus desolated by the helliah deed of a murderer's hand. "Life for life," Bays the word of God, and "life for life" it should be, if justice reigns on earth aud God in Heaven. The Bun has Bet, shadows gather, but stars look down in holy radiance on tho new made grave, and flowers, sweet and rare, shed their fra graneo thereon, aud kneeling we place on the hallowed spot the immortelles of love, honor and regret. Willia.mston. A Onrstion of Cotton Seed. From time to tiiuo attention has boon called by tlio ifcws und Courier to ilie growing importance of the cotton seed industry, an industry wbicb has sprung in tho last few years from comparatively nothing "to an enterprise controlled by groat corporations and in which millions of dollars are invested. The avcrago cotton yield per acre last year was .44 bales, or 1 bale to about 2.25 aoros. This means about 1,500 pounds of seed cotton, of whicii 1,000 pounds are seed. In 1,000 pouuds of seed there are about 33 bushels, calculating 30 pounds to the bnsho), which at the average price of seed nets 20 cents, or $6.f>0 to 2\ acres, which, added to the receipts for a bale of cotton, brings the profit up considerably. The figures are not available in this city, where the lack of statistical infor? mation outside that published in tho Annual Review of the News and Courier is notorious, but a prominent cotton firm in Savannah has furnished somo figures which are interesting, bearing, as thoy do, upon this subject. The firm collected during the past season ?11,501? 18 for two of its customers?Georgia farmers, near Savannah?for seed sold to oil mills. This amount represents over 525 tons of cotton seed, and is merely one instance out of numorous others like it. The industry of raising tho seed is growing rapidly and about four-tilths of the seed produced last year was market? ed, where very little of it was sold two years ago. The yield from tho seed counter balances to a great extent the depression to the farmer as a result of low prices obtained lor the lint cotton, and, instead of being dumped back on the field for fertilizers, it is now almost all sold to the mills, and commercial fer? tilizers are used to enrich the lands. There is a prospect, too, that cotton Beod will bring-far better prices as the products derived from it are increased. There has been discovered a means for making indla rubber from the oil of the seed, and experiments are now being conducted in the vioinity of this city with a view to making the process choap enough to be profitable. Intact, a good deal of the product has boon successfully put on the market. The India rubber is pronounced the gonuine article, and in said to be as good as that which comes lrom tho juice of the Oriental rubber treo. The seed which will produce an oil which is one of the most excellent and whole? some foods yet discovered, meal which is a perfect stock food, a hull which can hardly be excelled as a fertilizer, and besides all these an oil which promises to yield rubber shoes, coats, hose and tho various other articles made from the Indian gum, promises one day to yield an industry which will rival in impoi tance the cotton industry itsolf. No certain limit can be set to its devel? opment, and there is no predicting what other products may be extracted from it. There are few people who are aware that the source of most of their fruit flavoring extracts is the black and sluggish coal tar, yet such is tho caso, and chomists aro now working to draw quinine from tho same source. There is a possibility toat some day the cotton seed industry may be the prime yield of the cotton plant. The report that the large sale of the commercial fertilizers this year means an increased cotton aoreage, and consequent? ly a reduced price, is agood argument on its face, but the fact is that most of the seed formerly used as a fertilizer on the cotton fields have been marketed during the post season, and there was nothing to do but supply their place with the com? mercial article. The profit in the seed has been so great even at the price it now brings that the farmers make a great deal by selling it and using commercial fertilizers, which answer almost as well in their stead. Thus the cotton seed industry has called forth an increase in the fertilizer busi? ness, and in that way has indirectly built up another industry. Some years ago the News and Courier called attention to the discovery of a lintless cotton plant which was raised in Spartanburg County and of which a specimen was sent to Charleston. The plant which produces the seed is similar to the ordinary cotton plant, but can stand a greater degree of drought. The seed, which grow in pods or bolls, are smeller than the seed of the ordinary cotton plant, and have not quite so large a kernel, but the large increase in the yield compensates for the small size. The plant, it is olaimed, produces from 200 to 400 bushels of seed alone to each acre. At that rate the culture of the lintless cotton would pay far better than the ordinary cotton crop. Since then this plant has been cultivat? ed in Texas and elsewhere, and, in view of the recent growth of the cottci seed industry, it may be well worth looking into. During the coming season the prospects are favorable for a somewhat increased cotton acreage over last year, but the total yield will hardly be as large as it was in 1891. The price of seed has ad? vanced with the increased demand for it, and the probability is that almost the entire seed crop will be marketed during the coming season. It Senms too YYonderlul. The very latest thing in telegraph in? struments, says the New York World of Wednesday, was shown at No. 80 Broad? way yesterday. It is called the telauto? graph, or long distance writing machine. All the afternoon business men, tele? graph experts, newspaper folks and others filled the rooms of the National Telaatograph Company and watched the remarkably accurate records made by the little machine. It consists of a transmitter and a re? ceiver associated for use at one station. The mechanism of the machine is ex? tremely simple and direct. An ordinary lead pencil is used in transmitting. Near its point two silk cords are fastened at right ang.os to each other. These con? nect with the instrument, and, following the motions of the pencil, regulate tho current impulses that control the receiv? ing pen at the distant station. The writing is done on ordinary paper liveinches wide conveniently arranged ou a roll attached to tho machine. A levor Is so moved by tho hand as to shift the paper forward mechanically at the trans? mitter and electrically at the receiver. The receiving pen is a capillary glass tube placed at the junction of two aluminum arms. It is suppliod with ink, which flows from a reservoir, through a small tube placed in one of the arms. The electrical impulses, coming over the wire, move the pen of the recorder simultaneously with the movements of the pencil in the hand of the sendpr, As tho pen passss over the paper an ink tracing is left, which is always a fac-sitnlle of the sender's motions, whether in the forma? tion of letters, figures, signs or sketches. "There is practically no limit to the work that this machine will do," said Manager John H. Byrant yesterday, "Wherever a record is required it is in? valuable. From hisolflcea business man can send instructions to the factory, close by or many miles distant, and have them delivered in his own handwriting. A broker dealing by wire can give quota? tions and execute orders to buy and sell seeurities without danger of dispute, A physician may wire his prescription to a druggist, using the arbitrary code of the Erofession, confident that no mistake will e made in the transmission. A reporter wilting up a fire or an accident of any kind, can send to his papur a sketch of his subject taken on the spot. Superin? tendent Byrues wishing to notify all the police precincts at once of tho escape of a burglar could not only do so as quickly as by telegraph, but he could be sure that bis orders were transmitted in his own writing, and an accurate description of the man oould be sketched at the same time if necessary," Speaking of the telephone, Mr. Bryant said that the telautograph would become more popular than the former Instru? ment, because there would be no buzz? ing on the wires and no questions to bo asked and answered perhaps a dozen times before getting a direct reply. "This turtle of aura," said ho, "will keep on moving along and have your message all recorded before the telephone is through buzzing. There will be no moro strikes of messenger boys, for while we are wait? ing for the boy to come, the messago, written ou the machine, will be at its destination. Then, again, a man oan go away and leavo his machine locked up in hjs desk. When he returns in one, two or half a dozen days, he will lind tho messages sent to him by his friends all reoorded on tho roll paper in his desk. In cities and towns the telautograph will be operated on the exchange or cen? tral station plan, in much the same man? ner a sthe telephone is now worked, Prof. Fflisha Gray, the inventor of the to lautograpb, bos devoted his life to tho perfection of commumoatlon by electrio lty. Ho invented tho musical telephone, and history, hi* friends say, will give him oredlt for inventing the speak? ing telephone aud the harmonic tele? graph, ? When the emperor of Japan needed money for a now vossel, instead of levy? ing a tax, ho pullod $300,000 out of his own pocket, and footed the bill. Tho world needs a few inorejustsnch ru? lers. No man or boy can afford to buy a suit of clothes before gointc to C. F. ./ones m Co'.;. Clothing Store, it is wonderful how cheap they are selling clothing. Read their advertisement. Speech Strangely Regained. Xonwxcir, March 12.?Dr. Livingston, a rertidont of tliO Ii tilo village of liennotts yille, Chenungo County, has regained tlie power of speech and hearing, .liter having ueen arieaf uiute for nearly sixty-live years. About two weeks ago he awoke in the night will) a very severe pain in his head, us if he had been struck with a club. IIo called out to his wife, who was sleeping besido him. At the sound of his voice she awoke, astonished to hoar him pronounce her name She had never before heard him speak. As soon as sho rocovored from her surprise she asked him what was the matter. Her words were tho first he had heard since he was an iufant, and tho revelation of his chang? ed condition astonished him. The pain in the meantime grew less acute, and he and ' is wife tulked until morning of his wonderful recovery. Tho news spread quickly and all the next day the Doctor was overwhelmed with congratulations. Conversation at first caused him great annoyance, but he has gradually become accustomed to it. His vocabulary, which at lirst was limi? ted, has increased, and ho has no diflieul ty in expressing himself. When Dr. Livingston was 3 years old a severe attack of scarlet lever left him en? tirely deaf. The few childish words he know gradually were forgotten, and by the time ho was G years old bo became a mute. Despite his" past affliction the old man is intelligent and well read. He is nt a loss to account for his strange good fortuue. and the physicians in the neigh? borhood can shed no light on tho myste? ry. Dr. Livingston is anxious to liavu bis case investigated by tho medical fra? ternity, in hope that some explanation as to Iiis recovery cau be given. The pain which he foltin his head gradually passed down his spine into his legs and then left him entirely. Though 71 years old he is in excellent health. ? A striking example of the fatality of the number thirteen can be noted in con? nection with the death of John H. Me Donough at the Tammany Club dinucr, in Boston, on St. Patrick's day. There were thlrteon persons at tho head tal>le, where he sat, the banquet was given by a ward thirteen club, and he was stricken with apoplexy directly alter speaking for thirteen minutes. ? A correspondent writing from Fred ericksburg Va., about Washington's mother, ss?.ys: "None of the means com? mitted to "her were allowed to go to waste. There still lives in Fredericks burg a tradition that when she went down tho street upon household errands she always, that she might waste no time, carried her apron full of cotton, aud pick? ed it as sho walked. Moreover, no one is likely to forget that when Lafayette came to pay her his respects ho found her hard at work raking up with her own hands the dry Weeds and.leaves"" that had accumulated in her garden. (continued.) "We've already told you how we be? gan business without friends and al? most without capital. Capital we wanted. Friends we must have. We made them by fair treatment of all we met. We resolved never to mistreat, never to swindle, never to misrepre? sent, never to be impolite. Always to buy for Cash. Always to sell for Cash. Always to underbuy. Always to undersell. Spot Cash from the word go. We are determined t, stick to the end. Our plan has proven a good one, Our friends lo'iraber in the thousands. Our customers are spread from Walhalla to McCormick, from Greenville to beyond the muddy waters of the great Savannah. Our house is full to overflowing. Our Bank account shows a balance to our credit. Not a few have been forced to cut prices in order to meet our matchless figures. Some have had to sell at less than cost because they paid too high for their stuff. Is not this result something to be proud of? Yes, and we are proud of it, too. We are proud of what we have done for our customers, and we appreciate what they have done for us. But shall we stop at this, fold our hands and be contented ? No, 'never. We must go on and on. We shall continue to make prices and values that will make competition scringe. Our stock is larger than ever, and we shall make our prices lower thau ever. It requires close figuring to do busi? ness on a margin of 10 per cent, but we can do it if any on* can. See our new schedule of prices, and you'll be-, lieve what we say. We are not the man to ask you 2?c for an article we can sell at 20c. We don't want 10c. when we can afford two for 15c. We never charge 7?c. when 5c. allows a profit. You know the reason. We don't want what is not ours. They tell you this is a leader and that is a lender, and no one can beat it, but what is the profit to you when they make it up on something else ? Why don't they come square to the front and make prices in keeping with the times on everything. Why don't they mark 'cm iu plain figures like we do ? Why do they use u thousand figures and cross marks that you don't under? stand ? Here it is: You pay one price and your neighbor another. We mark our goods in plain figures, at prices that do the poor good and make the rich happy. Bight here let me tell you how pret? ty a 5,0,c. prioe looks on a 3-gallon filtered, clay-black, glazed Churn; 15c. mark on same kind 1-gallon Jug ; 2uc. on 2-gallon Jars. How does 35c. look, on a regular large Trunk?uo toy, 5c. for the biggest cake of pure Laun? dry Soap, 15c for a regular 1-gallon Coffee Pot, 14c. for a 1-gallon Oil Can, 13c. for Oil to fill it. A white Cedar Bucket, three brass hoops, 20c. How does that strike you ? Twelve boxes Matches for 5c, five balls of Thread for oc, six spools Coats best 6-cord Spool Thread for 25c, or a dozen for 45c. Tho best Sewing Silk in the world (either Corticelli or Bel dings) at 5c. per spool. Embroidery Silk for the millions, Embroidery Cotr ton, Turkey Red. Shirts 20c, each. Black Pepper at 20c. pev pound. A half-gallon Glass Pitcher for 20c. Best Oil Cloth made 20c. per yard? cheaper goods at lQc Umbrellas at 80c. each. Straw Hats at figures that fnVhten competitors out of thoir wits. \Ve are now trying our hand on a small line of Dry Goods, which we offer at He. to 24c per yard less than competitors ask for same. We just want to introduce the line and hear competition howl. Call and inspect this line?it will do you good, Yours always truly, THE BAZAAR, C. S. MINOR nnd TEN CENT STORE, 17 Main Street, Anderson, S. C. ANDERSON SURGICAL INFIRMARY. ANDERSON, S. C. J. M. BOSWORTH, M. D.3 (Formerly of Atlanta, Ga.) Physician in Charge, CHRONIC diseases of males. Chronic diseases of females. Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Noso, Throat, Bronchia aud Lugs. Beds and rooms for males am! fenia us. Competent nurses in the building ior males and fe mles. Good boarding places in the City for walking pat ents. JSsT- Correspondence solicited. NOTICE. LOST, at Anderson City last Saturday, 25th instant, a small; homespun, c it ton PIMiSE containing twelve <i-liars. Any one finding it and leaving it at hard? ware store or Intelligencer office will be handsomely rewarded. M. B. "WILLIAMS. March 29,1803 35)_1 NOTICE. ALL persons are hereby warned not to trado for a Note payable to Reyburn Hunter <fc Co., the North American Light? ning Rod Co, or any one else, for about eighty sevtn dollars Said Note was ob tained from me through fraud, and I bhall refuse to pay it. RICHARDSON GARRETT. Pelzer, S. C , March 27, 1893. 39-4 NOTICE TO TEACHERS. THE nest semi annual Examination of applicants to teach in the Public Schools of Anderson County will be held at. Anderson, S. C, on Friday. April 21st, 1893, beginning at 9 a, m., and closing at 4 p. m. Applicants will come provided with pi?n, ink and paper, and come prepaiod to remain in the room until the close of the examination, as no one will be permitted to leave except for cause. D H. RUSSELL, School Commissioner. March 29, 1S93 39 2 NOTTCE TO CREDITORS. All perso.is having demands against the Estate of Mis. Palmyra V. Provost, de? ceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those in? debted to make payment. JOHN C. WATKINS, Adm'r. March 29, 1893 39 3 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, A. B. Towers baa applied to me to grant him Letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of John A Towers, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said John A. Towers, deceased, to be and ap Eear before me in Court of Probate, to e held at Anderson Court House, on the 13th day of April, 1893, aller pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand this 27th day of March, 1M>3. W. F. COX, Judge of Probate. March 29. 1893 39 2 Important Change! Jas. P. Gossett & Co., wholesale and re? tail dealers in Boots and Shoes, will dis? solve at the expiration of ninety days, and, from the present uutil the day of dissolution, they will offer their Mammoth Stock of Goods?12,000 pair of Shoes?at cost. This stock is one of the largest, best bought, and most carefully aborted stocks n the State. It is composed of the pro? duction of the oldest, best known, largest and most reliable makes in the United .States, namely: A tremendous line of the ' the ?>ld reliable'' Bay State Shoe and Leather Go's, famous, prison-made Mer's, Boys' and Youths', Women's, Misse", and Children's Shoes. A magnifi? cent line of Men's and Boys' fine band made Shoes of the very latest designs and styles from the works of James Banister & Co., Williams, Knceland & Co., Charles Heiser, Rice & Hutchins, and others. A large, elegant and most beautiful line of Women's, Misses' and Children's Shoes in New York, Berlin and Parisian styles, fresh from the shops of Krippendorf, Ditt man & Co., the accepted leaders of the style in America. A superb line of Wil? liams, Hojt & Co's. Infanta', Children's Fine Shoes. A nice line of E. P. Reed & Co's. Women's Shoes in their best and most expensive makes only ; also, a line of E. F. Dodge Mfg. Co's. Goods. In addition to the above lines they have other makes of Shoes too numerous to mention. They will also throw on the marke:, at cost, as soon as received, their entire Spring purchase of Women's, Misses and Children's Southern and Oxford Ties, Juliet, Strap, House and Opera Slippers. For farm and plantation wtar their stock will be replenished from time to time from the very best makes, so that their friends in the country will be sup? plied until the very day of dissolution. It is a pity to slaughter such a magnifi? cent stock of Shoes, and especially just at the time that Leather and Shoes are ad? vancing ; but it is an "ill wind that blows nobody any good," and their loss will be the public's gain. Money saved is money made, and this is the grandest opportu? nity the people of Anderson and upper Carolina have ever tad, and probably will ever again have to save money in euch an easy way. When they say cost, they mean it. Cost, actual cost of the Goods in New York and Boston, with cost of transportation added. In other words, the cost of the Goods delivered in their Store ?Ad v. Still Leading in the Prettiest and Cheapest Goods in the City. OUR BUYER spent some time in tbe Northern cities selecting our Goods. With her superior taste, an experience of twenty years, and making Ladies' and Children'* Goods a specialty, we can boast of the? BEST VARIETY AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. We still have several hundred dollars worth of Ladies' and Children's Shoes which we are selling AT and BELOW COST, to close them out?we want the room for LADIES1 UNDER WEAR. We cordially invite all to come and look. If Goods and Prices don't please we won't ask you to buy. Our polite Salesladies will take pleasure in showing, whether you buy or not. TTith thanks for the past and hope for the future, we are Respectfully yonrs, _ MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. THE BIGGEST STOCK, THE BEST SELECTION, THE LOWEST PRICES, ON Brooks Cotton Planters... $2.75 * Dow Law Planters. 2.75 Elliott Planters. 3.00 40,000 POUNDS STEEL BARBED FENCE WIRE, JUST ARRIVED. MACHINERY and MACHINE SUPPLIES ^ OF ALL KINDS. J SULLIVAN HARDWARE C(f A GENUINE "GBASS WIDOW!" And a genuine, sure-enough "LITTLE WITCH!" Can be seen in CUNNINGHAM & HUMPHREYS' SHOW WINDOW, These names represent our Lawn Mowers, Both the best of their kind and at low prices. We also have a nice assortment of Lawn Sprinkle Rubber and Cotton Hose;, EVERY FOOT GUARANTEE O. HOES, HOES, HOES. Garden Hoes, - ield Hoes, all sizes, and guaranteed to net come off the handle. RAKES, SPADES, FORKS, SHOVELS, GARDEN SETS, something new. Everything* and anything* in the Hardware line, AJS\J A.X THE VERY LOWEST PRICES. We always teep 'a Foil Assortment of Tools of all Iis, Builders' Hardware, Cotton Planters, Plows and Plow Stocks, Chains of all kinds. 8?u We invite you to call and examine our stock and prices. CUNNINGHAM & HUMPHREYS, Main Street Hardware Store.