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?SIjLO ! STOP AND LISTEN! CR I opened business two months ago, my trade has been increasing every I feel very grateful to my friends and patrons. They know that m; Stock Staple and Fancy Groceries, Confectioneries, Canned Goods, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc., , ia every respect, trad illiat my PRICES ARE VERY LOW. have In Store some very Hue FRUITS. carry a nice selection of Ctarrantfl, Raison?, Citron, and a lot of the Extract** raeand see me. I am confident my Goods and prices will please yon. FREE CITY DELIVERY G.F.BIGBY. ALL AND WINTER MILLINERY ! cheap anx> keautiful. }B who have an eye for the beautiful should take a peep at my line of MILL! RY. Iam papered to furnish you with tbe Latest Styles and Lowest Pri {oat Opened a full line of Fancy Feathers. Wines, Ribbons, and all mate . j? make a Stylish Eat. My 8tock of DRY GOODS is complete, and I in > call and examine them before buying. But don't forget me when yon want hose indebted to me are earnestly requested to come promptly and settle. for past p&tronage I solicit 11 continuance of same._? ^ ? MISS 8AXLIE BOWIE. W JEWELRY STORE! JOHN ML HUBBARD, t HIS MEW STORE:. IN HOTEL BLOCK. iOTS OF NEW GOOD*. NOVELTIE? IN PROFUSION. JUST WHAT YOU WANT, le. TO $100 00. fiSh No Charge for Engraving, ?BolaPrettiest Goods in the Town, and i?s a pleasure to show them. ;--If you have Aocounta with J. M. HUBBARD & BRO- make settlement Bt above p^ce. JOHN M. HUBBARD. INTO A LARGE STORE-ROOM. Oil Q-raiaite Row, V prepared to furnish you with anyth-ng in the ?IR\,?ERY LINE at a fclCR. ' and See tay Stock of Flour and Heavy Goods. Janned-Goodfl, New Crop KT. 0. Molasses, Sugars, Coffees, Teas, &c. (Saokeepingup my atocik of? lloysf Confectioneries, Ernits, Tobacco, Cigars, &c mmsJdi^ a. special :ruii oamy>!5o. per pound Tobacco. Beats the world. See it IFREE CITY DELIVERY. Yours truly, G. M. TOJLlvY* VS.?A fresii lot of Citron, Raisin? and oleau Curraat? receiv j*r- _;_,_ 1 ' wmmmmmm?? mm-1-m &ow Prices will be made to Cash Buyers for the jaext 60 days on all ? am BUGGIES, HA1NBSS, LAI' ROBES, Etc. ck is large and complete in every department, and we shall be have you call arid examine same, and get our SPECIAL PRICES ^u^bny, for we feel sure we CAN* and WILL.make it to yonr interest I ?bq. . Onr Stock of? IGGIES AND SEWING MACHINES .and attractive. ?lo be sure you see them before you buy. SPECIAL CUTS ' IN PRICES ON ORGANS TO SCHOOLS and CHURCHES Yours, alwBya anxious, to serve, O. A.. REED, Agent. .00 AND $10.00 STOVES! IF LOW PRICES iuoement to secure a nrst-claits Stove, and a guarantee with it, call and see ?ht and Ten Dollar Stoves. I also have tbe IRON SUNG and ELMO, in .u. <in..U.. I? ?r.. Ulm.? ~_??U L_... - A._ mm Stoves, which are.superior to any Stove. Tbey are sold to suit the times. in lamp, Crockery and Glassware jfrean abundance, and at prices that down competition anywhere. And don't i ^fhen you need? GOOD TINWARE, idy atmT," call on the undersigned. v nice line of ?R AT ES, ?rtunlty to thank all my friends. In the country and city for their ..Jtfcfrpaat, wMch I assure you has been appreciated, and to show -Ation Thave mttAed my Goods very low for the season, and I ask a i of an inspection of my Goods. Respectfully, JOHN T. BURRISS, PEOPLE8' BLOCK. '^iirtatwt Bargains in Furniture ever offered in South Carolina are offered at ?I If". TOLLY & SON'S, DEIFOU? STBEET. TJm y have the Largest, Cheapest and Best Selected Stock in te> and challenge any Furniture House in the State for a Isen of prices. 1LNUT and OAK SUITS cheaper than they can be ; from any Factory. RE AUS at prices unheard of before. IpLOR SUITS cheaper than any, * IA1SD EVERYTHING in the Furniture line. iS*Oome sad see for yonreelve? and bo convinced that what we say is true gwbe and look at onr 8took, whether yon want to bny or not. We will toahow yor. aroond. Cftakets and CoSns furnished Day or Night. .ft F,p TOLLY & SON, Depot Street, AndersotvS. C. %n?mm ftttittiptim. A Chinese Wedding. There is no such thing as a love match in China; of course there could not be where there is absolutely no social intercourse between men and women ; where it is, in fact, a disgrace for a girl to be seen by any man save her father and brothers. There are no chance meetings "comin' thro' the rye," no strolls in the twilight, no partings full of "sweet sorrow" at the gate under moonbeams. Absolutely separated by the insur? mountable wall of custom, the girl totters around at her household task, almost a cripple on her poor little de? formed feet, while the boy stolidly goes about his daily tasks, cither in school or in the fields, until it is de? cided by their parents that it is time for them to. marry. When that time arrives the parents jof the young man go to the "go between," a regular matrimonial agent, who, for a fixed stipend agrees to find him a wife. She inquires about among her acquaintan ? ces until she finds a girl whose parents are willing to sell her (for sa' 3 it is) for the sum offered by the family of the young man as a marriage por? tion. When she has been found and the preliminary negotiations have proved satisfactory, presents are exchanged between the two fair- '"es, and also be? tween the two young people. This exehange of presents constitutes the betrothal and it is so binding that it cannot legally he broken under any circumstances. Even should the young girl discover (as she too often does) that her future husband is a cripple, or insane, or that horrible thing, a leper, she cannot be released ; she must go to him and obey his pa? rents as his wife. Early on the morning of the wed? ding the girl's mother goes- out and gathers flowers from twelve different plants. These are boiled and the bride bathes in the water. She then puts on an entire suit of new clothes and while dressing stands in a round bottomed basket. This is supposed to bring good luck. Her. dress is. red, a red gauze veil covers her from head ? to foot, and around her forehead she wears a red band from whioh a red frieze falls over her face. When she is dressed she bids good-bye to her mother and is taken into the outer room by the go-between. Two male members of the bridegroom's family are waiting for her with a seda n chair to carry her to her new home. As she is carried off oustom de? mands that she should cry and wail aloud, and r/AAr child, she is ready enough to do so, No members of her own family a -'companies her , entirely alone, she is leaving her home for? ever, her former friends and compan? ions she .may never see again, and alone she is about to. enter on a new -life among total strangers. She is. going to a slavery as absolute and ir? revocable as any that ever existed. And more often than not, be it re? membered, she is a child of twelve years old. Arrived at the bridegroom's home she is greeted and led into the house by the "mistress of ceremonies," a woman chosen for having a large num? ber of children ; led by her into the house, she and the bridegroom sit down at a table set in the main room', and are served with a collation by her and the go-between. - As this is the first time that the young people have been face to face, ?it may easily be supposed that they are naturally curious about each oth? er's appearance. Etiquette, however, commands that .the bride should sit demurely with cast down eyes, and as she still wears her red veil and fringe she can see little and eat less. The bridegroom, however, eats a lit? tle out -of all the little dishes that are handed him. When the meal is over the bride is ceremoniously conducted to an inner apartment which has been elaborately decorated for her reception. Every? thing is covered with red ; the hang? ings are red, embroidered with differ? ent colors, and in this red room which is to be her home (or her prison) for the rest of her life the poor girl sits alone for the whole of the long day. No one breaks in. upon her solitude, no one speaks to her; occasionally some one looks in at the door to see if she is sitting immovable in her red draperies by the side of her red table as etiquette prescribes. All around the room are ranged the red boxes containing her trousseau, and perhaps even a Chinese girl can derive pleasure under trying circum? stances from the consciousness that for the first time in her life she has more new clothes than she could ever before call her own. At sundown ?he males of the family and their friends have an elaborate banquet and after they have finished and retired to the men's apartments, the women come out of the stuffy lit? tle inner rooms, from which they have been watching through chinks in the light wal) the high revelry of the men and they feast royally on l;he rem? nants. After all have finished the go-be? tween and mistress of ceremonies goes into the bride's room, drag her to her feet and throwing back her veil support her on either side, while the men come and look at her. Each man holds a lighted taper which he thrusts as far as possible into the otherwise dark room, and by its faint light carefully examines the bride. Custom demands that she should struggle to free herself from those who hold her, to hide her face from her obsorvers, but as this is the only time in her life that she can receive admi? ration from men, it may be surmised that her resistance is not very sincere. This concludes the ceremony, if ceremony it may be called, and from this time she is a member of her hus? band's family, obliged to render im? plicit obedience and service of all kinds to his parents and grandparents and also to join with him in the customary sacrifices and presents made to his dc:u!-.ind-gone ancestors. The duy after (jic wedding the bride's youngest brother comes to in? quire after her and bring her a pres? ent from her mother of a bottle of hair-oil. This is, like the others, a custom so ancient that none know the origin of it. v No further communication takes place between the bride and her fami? ly for three months, when her mother sends a sedan-chair and an invitation to visit her. If there has been neith? er a birth nor a death in her hus? band's or in her mother's house for 100 days she goes and makes a short stay at her old home. This visit over, she cannot see her mother again until after her first child is born, and not then should the child chance to be a girl. Even then has there been a death in either family the visit can | not be made by her mother to her and 1 there have been many instances where a mother and daughter living very near to each other have not met for yearB. - .m <y m- - Warning to Blasphemers. Shamaokin, Pa., Dec. 16.?The terrible experience of poor John Simp kins haa served as a warning to the blasphemers of this city, and now many of the wicked residents are scarcely ever heard to utter an oath. John Simpkins was one of the most faithful employes engaged in the large, iron mills of Shamokin. But he was, a very profane man, and whenever anything occurred to anger him he would give full vent to his temper in the most fearful imprecations. He became angered one day, sever-, al months ago, at a piece of work he., was doing and indulged in more sul? phurous profanity than usual. He had scarcely ceased his blas? phemies when a strange sensation came over him, and the next moment he realized the awful fact that he was deaf and dumb. Although working steadily at his trade since then, he was unable to ut? ter a syllable or hear a sound until, last Wednesday evening, when he at? tended a religious revival in progress at a Methodist church in Shamokin. The minister had concluded a short sermon and given an invitation to re? ligious seekers to assemble at the altar, when John Simpkins, seeing others press forward to the front, imme? diately left his pew and bowed with j the rest,of the seekers about, the,altar rail. To the surprise of everyone in the audience the dumb man's tongue was then unloosened, and he offered up a most fervent prayer of mercy. Be? fore the services closed Simpkins ad? dressed the meeting for about ten minutes, telling of his wonderful ex? perience, and expressing his gratitude for the restoration of hie speech and hearing. "No one can imagine the agonies of mind I have endured during the past few months,'- said Simpkins to a friend. "I repented of my great -wickedness again ana* again but never expected to regain my speech or hear mg. Just after indulging in his last out? burst of profanity Simpkins says he saw a wonderful vision in the form of an angel of dazzling brightness. The messenger informed him that his con? duct had been such as to demand speedy punishment, and when the angel disappeared he was unable to talk or hear. Simpkins, after his recovery, spent most of Thursday, calling from house to house among his neighbors and acquaintances, urging them to forsake their evil ways. Yesterday morning he surprised his wife by remarking: "Mary, I had another vision last night,,and I am confident that before noon I shall lose my speech and hear? ing again, never to regain it in this world." "Oh, John, do not think that," said his wife. "I cannot help it, Mary. Another bright messenger stood by my side as I lay in bed last night, and delared that my speech and hear? ing were only restored to me for a short time and then they would be taken from "me for good. This expe? rience is all for a good purpose, and I will not murmur, whatever may be the reiralt." The husband and father continued to converse cheeerfully with his fami? ly and attended to a little work about the house until 10 o'clock, when he remarked that he must go and visit a friend whom he was trying to induce to abandon his evil ways. He was gone about an hour, and, returning home said to his wife : "Mary, Fred Shorter has renounced I his wicked ways and started in better life. Isn't it encouraging ?" ? The next instant his speech went from him and he was unable to hear a sound. Then his sight began to fail, and now, in addition to being deaf and dumb he is is almost entirely blind. His strength is failing, and it is thought he will not long survive. The affair has created great excite? ment in the city and is the main topic of discussion. ? One of the curious matrimonial customs of of the Matabale tribes, is that when children are born to a couple the father must buy them of his father-in-law, or, if he fails to do so, the children become the property, so to speak, of the mother's family. Fmothers* 1 friend" To Young Mothers ? f Makes Child Birth Easy. Shortens Labor, o Lessens Pain, ? Endorsed by the Leading Physicians, g Hook to "Hotter8" mailed FF.2E. o BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO ? Oar Dear Ones Gone. If our dear ones could speak to us from the silence into which they have passed, I think they would sometimes reproach us for our avoidance of their names, for our dropping them out of the household speech, for our tacit accepting of them as dead and, there? fore, gone. The common and often cowardly way of treating those who have left this world sometimes fills us who are yet here with a sort of wist? ful, prophetic sadness. "Shall the day dawn," we whisper to ourselves, "when to all the bright stir and happy bustle of this dear home, in which we are now so important, we shall he as less than nothing and vanity, as alien and apart as though nothing here had ever been ours to handle, ours to direct, ours to love and to care for ?" The thought brings a chill upon the warmest summer day, for there is an instinctive jealously for our own rights, a feeling, God-implanted, that we do not want to be forgotten when we are no more upon the earth. In a multitude of cases it is an in? stinct of self-protection which prompts to this silence where the beloved dead are concerned. We miss them so acutely, the wound is so fresh, the ache is so poignant, that we cannot bear to speak of them; we shudder at doing so to the indifferent who may be bored, or who may nob understand, and we fear equally by speech or allu? sion to awaken a slumbering pain in in the. heart of some other as loving and as loyally regretful as we. know that we are. So it comes to pass, gradually, or at ence, that the little ohild who sleeps iu. the narrow bed under the daisies is never mentioned in the home. Her brothers and sisters aeldom think of her, nor is heaven any nearer or more real to them because she is there. The dear mother ceases to be an influence with her sons and daughters, because nobody repeats her words and her ways are no longer the law of the house. The young brother, whose sun went down before it had climbed past the morningj has a name starred on the college roll and inscribed on a marble tablet, but he is not "Joe" or "Har? ry" to anybody in the home that was so proud of him. Neighbors notice how rapidly his parents have aged since he died, but that is all. Per? haps a young heart somewhere grieves for him in reverent silence, too, but the cannot speak. i Woujd it not be far better to do as here and there a woman does, or a family, does, and keep naturally and as a matter of coarse the household names in use after the darlings who bore them have gone ? I know one or two homes where it is the custom to do this, where "Dave" and "Mattie" and "John" are often quoted and mentioned, and are as familiar in the ourrent speech of the house as if they had only gone to Egypt or to Switzer? land instead of to heaven, whioh may be so much nearer, which, indeed, being our Father's house and the abiding-place of thousands of our kindred, is not far from every one of us. To keep our dear ones gone in ten? der recollection there seem3 nothing more appropriate than the carrying on of whatever work they loved. If they took an interest in philanthropy or charity, in missions, in a hospital or a school, we may plan and give and laboi personally and steadily, just as they would have done had they been spared, and every kind word spoken, every dollar contributed, every loving aot of service on our part, will be their best and most enduring memorial.? Margaret E. Sangster, in Congrega tionalist. Better Than Tight Lacing. "How did you get your waist so small, Mabel ? It used to be nearly as large as mine." "Ah, that's a seoret," was the answer, with a smile. "Do tell me. Can't you see what a sight I am ? I've tried all kinds of flesh-reducing medicines, but none of them seem to do any good." "Well, I will tell you. It's a trick I learned from Harry while he was at West Point. You know how small waisted he is ?" The other nodded. "I asked him once how he did it, and he told me that he stood squarely on his feet, so. But come up stairs and I'll show you." The young lady donned a pretty gymnasium suit?she was a High School girl?and, standing erect, with hands uplifted and thumbs locked, she gracefully swooped down until the tips of her fingers touched her toes. "The point is," she said, "not to bend your knees at all. It looks easy but try it once. It will take lots of practice to touch the floor, but after a while it will be easy." "How many times do you go through that motion ?'1 "I began with fifty times every morning just after I got up, and gradually increased until now I do it two hundred. It's a sure cure for too stout waists." Her friend followed in her footsteps and told several of her acquaintances, and now the men are commenting on the faot that all the girls in their par? ticular coterie have such pretty waists. ?Philadelphia Press. Light Was led. The professor of the chair of politi? cal economy had talked to the class an hour and a half. "I have tried to make this whole question of the tariff perfectly plain to you," he said, wiping the perspiration from his glowing face, "and I trust I have succeeded. Still, if there should be some among you who desire further light on this matter, I am ready to answer any questions you may ask." "I think I understand the most of your lecture, professor," spoke up a deeply interested young man on the front seat, "but I'd like to know whether this Ad Valorem you've been talking about is a man or a woman." ? What some people consider pru denoe is what their neighbors call meanness. Wiped oat tbe Stain in Blood. Atlanta, December 19.?The acquit? tal of Patrick Meeban from the charge of the murder of Robert McBride to-day in the Fulton County Superior Court concludes one of the most exciting trials that has been held in Geargia for a long time. Patrick Meehan, the accused, shot and killed Robert McBride, of Newman, Ga., in the union depot in Atlanta, in August hist. Meeban lived in Newman but had been absent in New York for some time. Robert McBride and his brother had rooms in Me oh an's house. McBride was a prominent citizen and had been an intimate friend of Meehan and bia fami? ly. While Meehan was absent in. New York McBride made insulting proposals to Mrs. Meehan, who was the mother of four little children. Mrs. Meeban in? dignantly resented the propositions and promptly threatened to write to her hus? band about the whole proceeding, calling her sister, who was in the hcuse to wit? ness her resolution. McBride became frightened and to prevent her from carry? ing out her threat charged her with pre? vious infidelities, saying that he had seen suopioious movements about the house in her husband's former absence. Mrs. Meeban persisted in her determination and wrote her husband a full statement of the whole affair. Meehan promptly telegraphed a friend in Newman asking him about tbe affair and received at. an? swer advising him to return home im? mediately. In the meantime McBride, who had up to the time of his unfortu? nate break been an exemplary character, did everything possible to atone for his fatal mistake.' He consulted bis friends and offered to do anything to repair his error. Meanwhile Meeban came home and found his wife prostrated with ex? citement and grief. He left her, and arming himself came to Atlanta. In the union depot he accidentally met McBride and instantly shot him. McBride fell, crying out, "God have mercy," and died in a minute. Meehan was arrested on t he charge of murder. The trial, which occupiod nev eral days and brought out in the prose? cution and defence some of tbe highest talent at tbe Atlanta Bar, resulted this afternoon in Meehan's acquittal of tbe charge. The scenes in the court room have been very dramatic and immense crowds have been attending every ses? sion of the court. A thousand people were in the court room when the jury re? tired and when, in eight minutes it brought in a verdict of not guilty, the Immense audience gave vent to its ap? proval by the most tumultuous applause. A Flea for tbe Spanish Pindar. To the Editor of the News and Courier: While our farmers see the necessity of a change in our system of planting all cot? ton and tbe propriety of a greater quan? tity of forage, the question naturally arises, what crops can we add to our present grain and forage crop with any certainty of profit, and tbo object of this writer is to bear testimony in favor of the pindar, and especially the Spanish pindar. This pindar grows well anywhere in this State. Of course some soils suit it better than others, but I think it will make more feed on poor land than any crop we can plant. In feeding stock it answers for both corn and fodder, and all stock eat it with avidity, and for yield, it beats corn badly. Corn at best is an expensive and uucertain crop, but we must make some for bread for the laborers, but when we depend on corn alone for stock leed we are driven generally to loo!; to the West. The Spanish pindar is easily grown; they need not be planted until tbe other crops are disposed of as far as planting is concerned, then we can at our leisure prepare for and plant this crop. It takes less Work to cultivate it than any other crop and is more easily gathered, and it is not as much affected by drought as corn. If planted in drills eighteen inches apart and the rows three lee t apart, you can safely calculate on', at least, a half pint to the hill, and often much more, this beats any other crop. Let those who have doubts try a small crop. We Intend increasing ours, as wo find it the best milk producer that wo feed. We have none for sale. j. Washington Watts. Laurens, December 7, 1893. Dives like a Porpoise The submarine boat designed by John P. Holland, of Newark, N. J., has been adopted by the board of experts appoint? ed by the Secretary of the Navy. The design proposes a boat of about 140 tons displacement, 60 ieet long and: 11 feet in diameter. It is provided with two seta of quadruple-expansion engines and water-tube boiler to develop 1,000 indicated horsepower. The steam power is employed only for propulsion on the surface of the water, and for a few mo? ments after diving. The propelling pow? er while submerged, is afforded by sto? rage batteries and a dynamo developing "0 effective horsepower* The surface speed will be about 16 knote per hour, and the speed, while submerged eight knots. Interesting features of the proposed vessel will be Its rapidity of action?div? ing and rising when required aa rapidly as a porpoise; its ability to run near tbe surface, having the body of tbe vessel protected against shot by a depth of three feet of water, while the turret, armed with eight inches of nickel uteel, projects obove the surface to protect the pilot. The vessel can dive from this condition in 10 seconds, and submerge itself to a depth of 20 feet, thus going beyond tbe reach of attack. While submerged, there is no uncer? tainty as to the course steered. An au? tomatic apparatus, substituted for the mariners' compass, that has proved use? less in similar cases, directs the course of the vessel infallibly without requiring the pilot's attention. - mm 9 ? Boycotting a Corpse. Louisville, Ky? Dec. 13.?Owen Brewster, a young attorney, asked the city this afternoon to bury his wife. He said be could get no undertaker to con? duct the funeral. His wife died last Sunday morning of heart disease. He asked C. Miller's Sons to take charge of the funeral ar? rangements, but as he had for two years owed a bill of $52 for the funeral of his father, they declined to have anything to do with tbe matter unless he would pay in advance or settle the old score. Brewster then applied to Mrs. D. Box, who laid out the body before she learned of the first refusal. Then she told him tbe rules of the Undertaker^ Union for? bade her to conduct the funeral until the first bill was paid or the creditors sat? isfied. Brewster told his story to several law? yers, who agree to guarantee the bill, but no undertaker would bury tbe corpse un? less the Millers would consent. They would not, and Brewster applied to the ty. He declares he will sue tbe Millers and the Undertakers' Union jointly for $50,000 damages. To-day Mr. Brewster called at the City Hall and Beoured tbe services of tbe city undertaker, who will furnish a pauper's coffin, being unable to get a better one from the Union. ? A Berkely County planter, with large landed estates, most of which are unproductive, returned from the World's Fair full of enthusiasm over the goat and the probability of succersfully breeding that animal in tidewater South Carolina. He says: Goat raising is an important and growing industry in Oregon and some other Northwestern States. One rancher in Bon ton County, Oregon, bas a fine herd of 450 goats, which includes several thoroughbred Angora books. Twentp-two cents a pound is the lowest this man has received for a fleeze in a dozen years, while frequently he has re? ceived 30 to 35, cents a pound. The av? erage yield from a goat is about four pounds, but eight or ten pounds is fre? quently obtained from high grade goats. The goats are not only valuabls.for tbeir fleeze, but in olearing off tbe land as they subsist largely on brush and weeds. Those^ -^Pimples Are tell-tale symptoms that you? blood is not right?jullof impurities, causing a sluggish and unsightly complexion. A few bottles of S. 8. & twit remove all foreign and impure matter, cleanse the blood thoroughly, and give a clear and rosy comp lexioiu It is most effect? ual, and entirely harmless. Chas. Heat on, 73 Laurel Street, Fhila., says: "I have had for years a humor In my blood which made me dread to shave, as small boils or, pimples would be cut, thus causing shaving to, be a great annoyance. After taking three bottles Smy face is all dear and smooth as, it should be?appetite splendid,, sleep well and feel like running a, foot race all for the use of S. S.S. , Treatise on blood and sId n diseases mailed free, i SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. ? The actual cost of the World's Fair was twenty-five milion, five hundred and thirty-seven dollars and eighty-five cents. ? It is estimated that by reason of in? creased acreage the yield of corn in Illi? nois this season is over 30,000,000 bushels in excess of last year. ? Some of the healthiest children in the world are found in the Scottish high? lands, where shoes are seldom worn at an earlier uge than 12 or 13. ? The Waldenaian settlement in West? ern North Carolina is likely to prove a success. The fifteen families that came over last year are said to be perfectly satisfied, and a second company of 160 souls has just arrived to reinforce the col? ony. ? Buffalo, N. Y., is under a flood, the greatest in twenty years. Fiye square miles of territory is under water, 500 houses inundated and 2,500 people home? less. The freshet was caused by heavy rains, thaws and high winds. Loss so far estimatod is over f100,000. ? Dr. Yedder in his address before the Charleston Cotton Exchange traced cot? ton back to the time of the Caesars. The Pittsburg Dispatch' says: "Cotton has been cultivated since time oat of memo? ry. One of the presents received by Ja? cob, Joseph's father, from the royal hand of Pharaoh was a 'cotton rope.'" ? The wheel is turning, and Moham? medans are sending missionaries right in the heart of Christendom, as Christians have long gone into the midst of Islam. A moslem missionary has taken up his abode In Liverpool, England, and has secured some converts. A Moslem in? stitute is also open there every day for prayers. ? The average pay of the preachers in the United States is $500 per annum. This is barely sufficient to support them and their families while in active ser? vice, and when superannuated they rare? ly get more than a mere pittance. These self-sacrificing men deserve better treat? ment, and many of the churches are di? verting part of,the money heretofore sent off to foreign missions to their mainten? ance. ? In f.ho carpet-bag days in South Carolina, says the Baltimore Sun, a gen? tleman v, as standing on a street in con? versation with the Treasurer of the State. Just then the Treasurer's carriage and horses drove by. The man remarked that it was a handsome equlppage for a State Treasurer. That official responded: "Yes, that is a fine team. These Sou tb Carolina people may send me to the Penitentiary, out they will never get me to the alms honse." Later on he did go to the Penitentiary. ? The farmer was at the hotel table with the heavy swell and being a polite man himself, he politely asked the swell to hand him the pepper. "I'm a gentleman, sir," said the swell haughtily, "not a waiter." The far? mer was very much embarrassed. "Well, how was I to know?" he blurted out. You ought to stick up a sign so's you wouldn't have to tell people and make them feel uncomfor? table." ? The words pantaloons, breeches and trousers are now used inter? changeably, but originally the signifi? cations were quite different. Panta? loons were at first nothing but long stockings worn in Italy as a sort of religious habit by the devotees of St. Pantalon. Breeches originally reach? ed from the waist half way to the knee, an finally to the knee, where they fastened with a buckle. Trou? sers are the present style of leg gear, a combination of the former two. ? Gen. Jubal A. Early has just severed his connection with the Louisi? ana Lottery Company. For sixteen years he has been drawing a large sal? ary from the concern, but now that it has been driven out of New Orleans and moved to Honduras, Gen. Irby feels thas his old age. will not allow him to make the necessary trip, turn the old wheel and pull the numbers out of the box. For the work that he has done he has been well paid. Gen. Early is about 90 years old, and in hid home in Lynchburg loves to talk about the Confederacy^ just as he used to do over twenty years ago. ? "The other day," says a Boston gentleman, "I was told of a little girl who attended a distribution of prizes given by the Society for the Preven? tion of Cruelty to Animals. She had won, you must know, a book as a reward for writing the best essay on the subject given, and, with the other successful children, was undergoing a viva voce examination. " 'Well, my dear,' said the gentleman who had given away the prizes, 'can you tell me why it is cruel to dock horses' tails and trim dogs' ears ?' " 'Because,' answered the little girl, "what God had joined together let no man put asunder.' " J. F. FANT & BRO., ANDSBSOV, 8. C, WHOLESALE ORANGE DEALERS. Write for Prices. .Nov 8, 189S 19 3m THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IS THE COURT OF PROBATE. Ex Parte B. F. Cray ton, Executor, In Ee. Personal Estate of Mrs. M. C. Lindsey, deceased.?Petition for Final Settle? ment. To A. E. Brook?, Executor, Eliza J. Reeve*, Benjamin Dickson, Mary E. Dickscn, Sarah J. Willis, Lucy R. Mar? tin, John A. Stevenson, Mary Simpson, and other heirs and distributees of Mrs. M. 0. Lindsey, deceased, names and number unknown : TAKE NOTICE, That I will apply to Hon. W. F. Cox, JuJge of Probate for Anderson County; South Carolina, on the 15th day of January next for a Final Settlement of the Estate of Mn. M. C. Lindsey, deceased and for my discharge as Executor of her Will. B. F. CRAYTON, Executor, Nov 29, 1893_22_6 JOHN K. HOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASDEBSOff. - . S.C. CHEESE, COFFEE, &c. y WANT everybody to know that I have I the Finest Cream Cheese to be found. Finest Tea, Roasted Golden Rio Coffee very fine. Candles, Soda, New Orleans Molasses, Green Corn, <fec, WALL PAPER! A large and handsome assortment of Wall Paper and overhead decorations. Canvass and Tacks for putting up paper* All for sale at low prices. Call and see ray handsome patterns. A. B. TOWERS, No. 18 Wbitner Street. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of the late Mrs. Susan A. Pal? mer are hereby notified to present the same, dulv proven according to law, to the undersigned, at the late residence of said deceased, within the time required by law, and all persons indebted to said Estate to make payment. JOSEPH PALMER, Adm'r. Dec 20,1893 25_3_ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. AH persons having demands against the Estate of Obediah Shirley, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment M. McGKE, Ex'r. Dec20,1893 25 _3^ BOTTOM PRICES. Buckeye Milk Churn! On the Concussion principle?a boy 8 years old can churn 8 to 10 gallons easily. Refrigerators, Water Coolers, Fly Fans, Fly Traps, At Cost.. MASON'S FRUIT JARS One quart 85c. per dozen, two quarts $1.10 per dozen. _L. H. SEEL* BELTON HIGH SCHOOL! FOR BOYS AND GlRLS, THE next session of Belton High 8chool will commence Monday, the 4th of September, 1893. Popils prepared for higher classes in College. Tuition from one to three dollars a month. Eoard with Principal $9.00 a month. For particulars apply to J. T. SMITH, A. M., Principal. Aug 23, 1893 8_3m 5 COMPOUNDS A reoont discovery by an old physician. BueeettfuOy IMS* monthly by thoutands cf La* flies, istheonly perfectlyuft and reliable medicine dUcpY .eted. Beware of unprincipled -druggists who offer Inferior medicines In place of tnls. I Ask tor Cook's Corrps Koot Compound, take no rubfttttUA ot Uiclow $1 and 6 cenU in pottage in letter, and we will send, sealed, by return mall. Fall sealed particulars in plain e pre lope, to ladles oily, S3 stamps, t Address v Pond Lily Company. - Ko. 8 Minor Ulock, Detroit, Bich. , Sold in Anderson and evei wnere by al responsible Druggists. May 10, 1893 4P ly jo 00 3 I V> d - ? so 3 a o 0.3 4* 0) 3 BO. a a a o * a a * 2. 1* a 2 >< en ? O - a o' *3 * & w a. Z F < fa S * era "< a s 19 a H?* o> OC ' HI j. a 2 H. > ?2 S - 8 o Hi #3 o o 0 ti 9 w H ?0 0 ? 0 I?I ?'S 00 2 *1 a ? o ? ft is' QQ 0 sr as SI 0 so H 3D M n o o H a o BT d a n ? ID g" D" co Q<*t si ? T_ at ? CD i 2* HB p P ES " ET* u O o d ? W o w GC I ?? 9 B ? H Q O s> 0? ^> u 8fs Si p aj: ? ^ 5 p*" _.[>. a $; o 2*S ? g 2 goo. S C0j j to o W5w . 1_03 ? ( 2??& p.* ss o.? 5 3 3! ^ ss 2 2. S ?To ? CD 9 ' 4 S- 2 (5 J ? g I? I o?= c-o ? H ts f5 B o'< ?i g.2.8 S? o ? s5 pc? SPt B 5 ? 0 a er ? 2.? |s o ST \ O i I.V C3?< 2*1 ?a 2 W > ? - O 3 a o B 01 <n - 5 is C r ? g B 3 s D ? a* ? 35 O B 2 3 5 B ??3 r? 4 B V! & p< - e * 0 "1 o o s g (5 o ft 0 . . p I Jf .<5 p B O 2 pi 2 O s pi u r m > 0) pi The Fundamental Principle of Life Assurance is protection for the family. Unfortunately, however, the beneficiaries of life assurance are often deprived of the pro? vision made forthem, through the loss of the principal, by following bad advice regard? ing its investment Under the Tontine Installment Policy of The Equitable Life you are provided with an ab? solute safeguard against such misfortune, besides securing a much larger amount of in? surance for the same amount of premiums paid in. For facts and figures, address W. J. RODDEY, Manager, For the Carolina?, Rock Hill, S. C. A. SUMMER SALE. BUY in July. August, September or October. Pay when youx cotton is turned into cash. Spot cash prices! No Interest I Just ? little cash down and the balance next No? vember 15th. That's the proposition. That's our spe? cial summer sale. Pianos $23 cash and balance November 15th, 1893. Organs $10 cash and balance November 15th, 1693. Remember, lowest cash rates. No ad? vance- No interest. If you can't come in, talk It over and just drop us a line. JOHN L. HAYNIE & D AUGHT ER8t Greenville, 8.0.,_ A. C. STRICKLAND J. P. ANDEBbOH Strickland & Anderson, DENTISTS. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. ?frOne oof the firm will be at their Pendleton nice every Wednesday. Port Royal & Western Carolina Hallway. J. B. CLEVELAND, Receive*. IN EFFECT 8EPT. 24. 1898.* _(Trains ran by 76th Metidaa jjjpfc) BETWEEN McCOBMICK AND ANDEBtON. Eastern Time. No.* Mixed DaOy Ex Ban Lt A Edersor-........ Lt Lowndesville... LTCalhoun Fallls. Ar McCormick Ar Augusta........... ?00 am 8 59 am 9 25 am 10 SO am 1 40 pm 7 50am 9 25am 10 08am 14 50am HOpm i NO. g lNo.21 Lv Augusta..., Lt McCormlck._,. Lt Calhoun Falls., Lt LowndesTllle*.. Ar Anderson........ 145 pm 340 pm 5 25 pm 6 07 pm 7 40 pm 145 pm 8 30 pea 4 35 pm 5 01 pm 6 00 pm BETWEEN AUGUSTA, GA. AND 8PABXAY* _BUBG, 8. 0. Eastern Time. No. 1. Dally Lt Augusta......... 9 60 am Lt McCormick......................... 10 45 am Ar Greenwoods.11 48 am Ar Lauieus... 12 47 pm Ar Spart aobarg.I 2 40 pm 145jJtn 3 26 pm 4 20 pm 5 24 pm 6 48 pm INo. 4 I No. 2 Lv Sparenburg...-....-....., Lt Laurens. Lt Greenwood.....!...... Ar McCormick_.............. Ar Augusta.. 8 40 am 10 Of am 1105 am 12 02 am 1 10 pm 3 80 pm 5 00 pm 6 04 pm 7 02 pm 860 pm Passengers leaving Andcson at 10 20 a m reach Charleston at 8 35 p m. and S^Tannah 8t 6 20. Close connection made at Calhorn. Falls with Seaboard Air Line going north. . K Through Palace Sleeping Cars en trains Not. I and 4 bclween Augunta and Savannah, (ia. Close connedluns at Augusta for all Florida points. For any other Information write or call on W. J. CBAIG, Gen. Pass. Agt, Augusta. Ua.. B. L. Tod?, Posa Agt. J. B.,FANT, Agent. , COLUMBIA & GREENVILLE R. R. C8. Samuel Sbksceh, F w. Huiokkopitb avd Bau* BKA f08tkx,JBECriVBB!i. coxoessxd eCHXSCU is E jtect AUG. 18, 1898. _Trains run by 75th Meridian Time._ BETWEEN CHARLESTON, COLMBIA, SENECA .AND WALHALLA. Daily. Noll 7 80 am 1120 am 12 03 pm 1218 pm IS 85 pm 1250 pm 1154 pm 1 80 pm 218 pm ?S7pm fOO pm 820 pm E35 pm (35 pm (00 pm 424 pm 4 58 pm 5 30 pm 5 35 pm 6 0) pro 8TATION8. Lv.....Charles ton... ".Columbia.... "-Alston....... f.Pomarla. * .?Prosperity. ".Newberry.., ".-Helena. " ._Cbappfllls. "_Nlneiy-Slx.. " .....Greenwood.. "_Hodges-.... ".Donald's.... " ....HoneaPath.. Ar.Belton._~. Lt.Belton. " .... Anderson... ".Pendleton.. Ar.Seueca. Lt.Seneca ..... Ar.Walballa... -Ar Daily. No. 12 8 45 pm 415 pm 1)80 pm 8 14 pm 2 56 pm 2 89 pm 2 85 pm 166 pm 1 32 pm 12 65 pm 12 85 pm 12 16 pm 1203 pm 1145 am 1144 am 1118 am 10 36 am 10 00 am 10 00 am 0 80am 515 pm'ar.Greenville...LTllQ 15 ami BETWEEN ANDERSON. BELTON AND GREENNILLE. S 8 pm 3 40 pm 4 00 pm 4 20 pm 4 26 pm 4 40 pm i 5 15 pm Lt...... Anderson?.,. Ar h 2 07 p m Ar.-Belton..-Lt 1145 p m Lt.... Beiton.... ..-A'lit 89pm Ar...Willlamston...." 11 OJpm ".?.Pelze*. ....."1103 pm " ......Piedmont._* 10 48 p m Ar... -GreenTille...-Lt|10 15 pm BETWEEN HODGES AND ABBETTXL Daily. No. 9. Daily. No. 11. STATIONS. Dally. No. 10. Mixed. Ex.8un lso. 64. 12 40pm 1 00pm 115pm 3 05pm f3 25pm 3 40pm lv...Hodges... tr IvDarraugh's ar ar..AbbevilleJv 2 65pm f2S5pm 2 2tpm 1225pm 1206pm 1160am CONNECTIONS VIA SOUTH BOUND BAIL BOAD. Daily. I -No. 37 CENTRAL TIME. I Daily i No. 38 i 3 20pm|Lv......Columbia....... Ar| 10 20am. I 8 00pm i Ar.Savannah-.Lti 6 00am| Nos. 13 and 14 are solid trains between Charles? ton ?.nd Asheville. Through coach between Savannah and Axheville on 14 and 13. Trains leavo Sparenburg, 8. C, A. A C. Dl visio? Northbound, 1 43 a. m., 5.05 p. m., 6.12p. m. (Ve? buled Limited; Southbound, 12.25 a. m., 2.5t p. ca., 11.37a.m. (Vestibuled Limited): Westbound; W. N. C. Division, 6.20 p. m. and 5.10 p. in, for Hecdersonville, Asheville and Hot Springs. Trains leave Greenville, 8. C, A. Sc. C. Division, Nortbbou nd 12.42 a, m. 4 00 p. m., 5.28 p. m. (Vee tibuled Limited); Southbound, 1 20 a. m., 4.00p. so., 12.28 p. m. (Vestibuled Limited). Trains leave Seneca, 8. C, A. 4 C. Division, Northbound, 11.80 p. m., 2.37 p. m. and 4.10 p. m. Southbound, 2 32 a. m.; 5.85p. m. and 1.87 p. m. P?LDMAN CAB SERVICE. Pullman Sleeper on 13 and 14 between Charles? ton and Asheville, via Columbia and Spartanbuar. Pullman Palace Sleeping Car on Trains 85 ana 36,37 and 88 on A A C. Division. W.A.TURK, 8. H. HABDWICK, Gen'l Pass. Agt., Ass't. Gen'l. Pass. Agt., Washington, D. C. Atlaxta, Ga. V. E. McBEE, SOL. HAAS, Gen'l Supt., Traffic Mgr., Columbia, S. C. Wasiiikgtow, D. C. W. H. GBEEN, Gen'l Mg'r, Washihotoit, D. C. SEABOARD AIR-LINE 8CHEDULE. IN EFFECT AUG. 27, 1693. NORTHBOUND. SOUTHBOUND No. 38. Daily. 6 80am 10 05am 1113am 1215pm 12 46pm 1 40pm No. 134. Dally. Eastern Time, Except Atlanta, No. 117. Daily. 5 05pm 8 13pm 911pm 10 00pm 10 25pm 1112pm It...Atlanta... ar| lv... Athens....ar ar.-Elberton-lT ar.CalhounF.lv ar..AbbeTille.lT ar Greenwo'd It ar...Clinton .-It 7 3 am 6 16am 5 22am 4 27am 402am 817am No. 41. Daily. i "p 8 08pm I 4 08pm I 8 09pm I 2 41pm , 145pm 6 00pm I 8 05pm' 12 23am i ar. 1 60am ar.. .Chester .Monroe. Jti 2 .It 12 00am i 60am 9 42am 5 45am 615am 7 89am 9 00am 11 07am 11 45am 3 40pm 5 24pm 7 49pm 10 35pm ar...BaleJgb...lv ar..Hendcra'n.lv a r... Wei don ...lv ar Petersburg It ar Richmond It ar W ash'gton It ar Baltimore It ar Phil'delp'a It ar New York It 18pm 53pm 35pm 43pm 10pm 67am 42am 20am 15am 5 00am|ar..Charlotte_l?|10 9 COamiar Wilmi'gl'n lv, 6 OOpmj. 00pm |. 3 30pm 4 18pm 4 34pm 5 5*pm 7 26pm 10 15pm :t...CIinton... ar ar Newberry It ar Prosperity It ar Columbia It ar_.Sumter....lv ar Charleston It 1 80pm 12 43pm 12 29pm 1115am 9 50am 7 15am f7 f.tpro ar Darlington It -f7 00sm 05?ni It Wcldon ar 5 .Vipro J 15am arPortsm'th ar 3 20pm 30am ar Norfolk It S<00pm 15pm It Norfolk (b) ar 8 00am 00am ar Baltimore It 5 30pm 4Tam'ar Phlladel'lalv 4 41pm 20pmiar New York It f210pm1 u'pm |1t P tt.ro'th(n)ar| 9 10am lOnm ar HiUndel'Ialv!il 16pm OOamjar New York lvj 8 00pm OOpmllT P'm'th (w)ar| 8 00am| 30amiar Wasbing'nlTl 7 00pm i +Dally except Sunday. (b) Via BaT Lire, (n) Via New York, Phlladel. phla and Norfolk R. R. (w) Via Norfolk an! Washington Steamboat Co. Trains Nos.lManc 117 run solid with Pullman Buffetsleepingcarsbe. iween Atlanta and Washington, and Pulliran Bot t?t parlor cars between Washington and New York Parlor car Wetdon and Portsmouth: aleer Ing car Hamlet and Wilmington. Trains Nos. 88 and 41 carry through coaches between Atlanta and ?barleston, 8. C. Tickets at P R, A.W. C depo O v. Pkitw, John C. Wnrmra, , Traffic Manager. - J General Managsr. H.w.B.Glovkr,DIt.Pass.Art, Atlanta,-Ga. Chaa.. J. Heard, B. P. iu, Augusta, Ga,