The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, November 21, 1894, Image 2

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mderson Intelligencer. iUSSBD EVERY WEDNESDAY. J. P. CLINKSCALES, ) EDITORS AND . 0. C. LAN GS TON, J Proprietors. ml 6 Mm TERMS i ONE YEAR....50 SIX MONTHS ._._ 75 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21,1894. North: Carolina has gone over to the Republican parly through the aid of the Populists. ? A T'hiskey constable at Cberaw claims to be armed with dynamite by the Gov? ernor's orders. Gov. TUlman has pardoned 74 criml gE-nais this year. He evidently believes in E?turniug "the rascals out." gg| The forest fires in Arkansas and North Mississippi have done great damage, many people losing everything they pos? sessed except the land they lived on. Georgia furnishes three of the strongest Democratic leaders of the next Congress, in Hon. Charles. F. Crisp, Hon. Henry G. Turner, and Hon. Thomas Q. Lawson. There will be a matter of very special interest to Andersonians before the Leg? islature that meets in a few days. Tbe necessary legislation to secure a graded Sgfschool will be asked of that body. The arrival of the steamship Peru at San Francisco brings further particulars of the recent great earthquake in Japan. About three hundred people were killed and'two hundred wounded in Sakata and the surrounding districts. The Columbia Journal ssys: "The Legislature is the nest sensation. It will be by no means a Jane Bag body. The man down stairs will not be able to boss it, not by a great deal." Don't make * yoar predictions too soon, brother^ ^? Z?4mWJ negroes imported into the coke region of Pennsylvania to break tbe big strike scarcely any are now working. They are not pleased with the work and the climate is too cold for them. They are returning to the South in large num? bers. The General Assembly of South Caro? lina convenes in annual session next Taesday, 27th inst. Gov. Evans will be inaugurated in about ten days after the session opens. This Legislature will have, exclusive of Sundays, twenty-four working days. Poor old Georgia I' She is to have an other election in January for County officers. If old South Carolina had three elections every ether winter, the devil, the lunatic asylum o.r the penitentiary would scarcely have room to accommo? date tee people. . ?? ?' The gold fever in Western Australia is assuming extraordinary proportions, and it is claimed., by Australians that the . mines are . the richest ever discovered in the world. The Wealth of Nations mine has just been sold to tin English syndi? cate for 91,200,000. The mines- are at Coolg^rdie, in the heart of a burning desert, and water costs |6 a gallon. ?- ? *? ." - The State Board of Canvassers are tabu? lating tbe returns of the election, and the following figures have been given out: For Governor: Evans, 39,586; Pope, 17, 967; Convention: Yes, 31,484; No, 30,150. - The votes of Greenville and Darlington hadn't been received by the Board, and the figures from these Counties were en? tered m -they bad been, unofficially re? ported. Earning an honest living is an obliga? tion resting on every man's shoulders that he cannot escape, and he nhould stand in his lot with manly spirit and be ready at all times to sacrifice pleasure to meet his obligations. Indeed Iiis greatest -happtaess should be. to maintain a char? acter of integrity and reliability. Bat to spend money needlessly and leave one's debts unpaid is dishonest. Alford B. Shepperson, the cottor. sta? tistician of New York, says that the talk of a ton million of bales cotton crop of | this 3 ear is nonsense. That the ft.ctis that tills year's crop is less than the crop of 1890. He accounts for the present low prices of the staple by the manner in which it is rushed to market; and pre? dicts that it will rise to 8 cents about tbe time, or soon after, the next crop is plant? ed. ... _ It his been dinned from the stamp and reiterated through the press that the federal election laws have been repealed. They have, not The law relating to deputies and federal supervisorial, tbe polls is the only law" that has been re? pealed. Any attempt to abridge the con? stitutional rig'nts of a citizen at the polls in any way is punishable by the federal courts. He that has been deceived into committing any infraction may firrl him? self yet taking a trip to Coinm bus, Ohio, or Sing Sing, at Uncle Sam's expense. When the Senate reconvenes on the first Monday in next month, unless the program mapped out by certain Senators should be rearranged,, there will proba? bly be a clash on the tariff question. Senator Harris states that he intends to posh the supplemental tariff bills for action as soon as possible after Congress convenes, which probably means after the holiday recess. This is in accord with the statements be made on the floor of the Senate at the time the so-called "pop gun" tariff bills were referred to the tariff Finance Committee. - Here is a little crap of political history from -.he New York Post: A Republican organ points oat that ' the Republican party has won the most sweeping triumph - since 1872." This is true. Bat it is also true that two years after 1072 /.ho Repub? licans lost the House and Representa? tives for tbe fust time since 1856, and wore beaten in all their strongholds, a Democrat being elected governor of Mas? sachusetts ; while four years later Tilden carried every doabtfal State in the North, and would have become President bat for the Republican retarning-boards in the South. Congressman Joalah Patterson, of Ten? nessee, says a Washington telegram to the Atlanta Journal, "who won his re? election on a sound money platform," assigns several reasons for the "late un? pleasantness" of Nov. 6, 1894, on which day -he Democrats were whipped out from Maine to Mexico, and makes the following statement: "lam constrained believe that if the Democrats in Con had to a roan rallied around tbe tmLiiatration and promptly repealed the Sherman law, authorized tbe sscre ? of the treasury to Bell three per cent, bonds when necessary to maintain the public credit, thereby giving absolute assurance to the world that we intended J maintain gold payments, and promptly passed tbe tariff bill, the result would have been wholly different." We think is very nearly right. Had the politi? cians in Congress rallied around Cleve? land as did the people in '84, '88 and '92, in each of which years he ran for the Presidency and received the largest num? ber of tbe popular votes cast, the Demo? cratic rooster eonld have crowed as londly and triumphantly in '94 its in '90 The Charleston -Evening Post says a cotton gin has been invented by J. W. Cooper, of Mayesyille, S. C, for which some remarkable claims are made. The gin has 120 saws, and in outward appear? ance is much like any other. It is an interlappiug double-saw gin, the two sets of saws running the Btme roll in the breast of the gin. It is claimed that it will perform double the work of a single saw gin, and at the same time the ex? pense of a coadenser and feeder is saved; and in addition there is said to be a saving in horse-power required for operatiou of about one-third. The late Grand Jury, and other Grand Juries equally as sensible and patriotic, recommended that our Representatives in the General Assem bly take steps to secure the legislation necessary to have the question of building a new Court House submitted to the people for their decision. We sincerely hope that Ander? son County's new year's present to her? self will be a new Court House. Judge Watts was surprised that the people of this County, noted for progressiven ess, had not long ago provided herself with a creditable public building. It is time to remove this reproach from Anderson's good name. The Greenville News, in its comments on the treatment of convict * on the plan? tation of Hon. J. Belton Watson, in this County, has done that gentleman an in? justice. Mr. Watson denies the charges, and those of our citizens who have visited the plantation say the convicts are well cared for. They have comfortable quarters, are supplied with plenty of good substantial food and good clothing. When convicts are sent to the penitentiary they are sentenced to hard labor, and they should be required to do that. Mr. Wat? son requires a reasonable amount of work from each convict, and all work they do over their task they are given a certain amount of tobacco. We venture there is no camp in the Slate where 'the convicts are better cared for than at Mr. Watson's. The^ first and mgueSt 'smdF ?f life should be to cultivate an absolute rever? ence for moral truth and power. The spirit of every high and noble work stands upon the solid foundation of truth, and no enterprise is worthy of respect or admiration unless this is the corner? stone. The old adage, that honesty is the best policy, is not the best saying in the world. Somotimes there is counterfeit change in fall circulation?there are false qrords and false reputation, and some? times policy is the cauaeof much ?eemin^ honesty. Doing this or that for the sake of policy, without regard to principles ot justice and honesty, is a poor exenae for honesty, When one stops to think 01 policy instead of duty, then honesty be? comes a questionable character. Joining ii party or embracing a creed, just to bt popular, or because some one else had done the'same, may betray a selfish or unprincipled spirit, but not rare wisdom or marvelous piety. Right doing, for the Hak?? of right, in the only true exercise ot the mind. Hois not wholly free who looks to others for the rale of right that \* to bind his thoughts and actions. Al? ways be true for truth's sake, and too brave to speak or act against conscience. The inclination to allow any other mo? tive to control one's actions is a tempta? tion to*do wrong. Acting deceitfully is acting a lie. The most expedient way may not always be plain; bat one may follow his highest ideas of right, and that life stands highest in the scale of hu? manity that is most perfect and trutbfui. Only the sophist can say that it is hardly possible or desirable to have an honest heart and tongue. There is no real ad? vantage gained from a deoeitlul face or a doable tongue. Double dealing seldom brings> even a present and temporary reward. It is plainly written that "the lip of truth shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but fora moment." To cunningly boast of having "come it" over others in any way or shape, is a species of boasting that deserves a combi? nation of pity and contempt) Discretion and perfect sincerity do not require one to tarn the heart inside out to gratify the inquisitive; bat good will and good sense will show what it isto.be true in princi? ple?true to self and others. A Letter From JftVxfco. - ? ? Zacatecas, Mexico, Nov. 13, 1894.? Mb, Editor: It has been tome timesince the writer penned his last letter to your paper, and as he has a few leisure mo? ments this afternoon, be has concluded to write again. It would be very difficalt to convince the friends at home that It ever gets cold in Mexico, and that, too, within itae limits of the torrid zone. Bat such is ?be awe. Foe the last twelve days it has been exceedingly cold, especially during the nigh is in the mornings until the sun rises. Frost has /alien in many places, and the vegetation that was still surviving the drought, has been killed. Near the City .of Mexico on those high volcanoes, Popocatptl and Ixtaccinatl. >-now storm? have been plainly visible. But the reader will naturally aafe, are these common oo cuireocesin Mexico? Well, no, not exact ly. It is thought that the present cold snap is a result of the violent earthquake, which occurred in the City of Mexico the 2J Inst. Thirteen persons were killed, and much damage was done to property. Torre baa oeen much speculation as to the probable cause of this earthquake, but a<* there are quite a number of extinct volcanoes near vhe city. It was not long before the conclus ton was reached that it was probably caused by an outbreak in one of the latter This conclusion has bince been confirmed, for since that time the volcano in the Stat* >r Coli ma, near the Pacific coast, has been very active, and the people are fleeiug for their lives. The all absorbing topic for the Mexican government now is the prospects of war between Mexico and Guatemala. The trouble is in regard to fixing the boundary line between the two nation?. It Seena? that along the border of these two j attorn the forests abound in valuable woods, and that Mexico has conceded to companies the right to cut and export lnmber from ter rltory heretofore claimed by the Bepublic of Guatemala. Hence the dispute. It is exceedingly doubtful whether the two countries will go to war. Mexicj has no surplus of resources for carrying on snob a war, and Guatemala, not being very extensive in ber territory, is not likely to become aggressive. However, President Diaz has sent a n um bor of troops near the border, and is holding them there ready for action, and besides, a war ship has recently been purchased by the Mexican government, and la now being fitted out, so that it Guatemala should become beli gerent, Mexico would be ready to attack ber both by land and by sea. It is quite refreshing to an American to observe what a lively interest the Mexican papers are now taking In tbe affairs of the United States. Of coarse, tbey bave always taken an interest of some sort in the affairs at Washington, but evidently this Interest is now greatly on tbe increase. Mexico would like to bave a stable gov? ernment like that of the United States, and she would prob?.bly obtain it if circum? stances were not so greatly against her. A government can nevnr be better than tbe citizens who support it. Tbe corn crop in Mexico has been cnt short this year from two causes First, because it was late in tbe season before the rains came. The farmers could not plant until tbe middle of July, and in the second place, the rains did not continue long enough for tbe corn to mature. Many a field of promising corn parched op before the ears matured. But, of coarse, in tbe low lands and valleys tbe crops are as fine as cm be seen anywhere The staff of life in Mexico is corn and beans (frijolee) As a resalt of good crops the mines are becoming very active again. But it will be a long time before Zscatecas will gain back what ehe has lost during the last five years of drought. There are hundreds of bouses here now vacant as a result of tbe exodus. The market here furnishes an abundant supply of fruit and vegetables. Straw? berries may be had here tbe year round, though they are not grown near here. With kindest regards for tbe readers of your paper, I remain very sincerely* M. Gasbaway. ? The demand for Ayer's Hair Vigor in such widely-separated regions as South America, Spain, Australia, and India has kept pace with tbe home consumption, whion goes to show that these people know a good thing when they try it. Good A ilvico. Farmers of Auderson, ho! A word with you. Providence has given you so much cotton that you can scarcely get it all gathered. And, lo 1 winter is here and the holds are still white unto the harvest. You wish it would stop opening, because tbe price is so low. You remember that tbe children of Israel kept on plaguing Moses and God about meat, until He poured down so much of it that they were gorged and glutted with it till they were made sick. Gentlemen, have'nt you made a mis? take in forcing your honorable husban? dry out of its track to make cotton leav? ing other products to tike care of them? selves? I think your first mistake was wishing to make money by handfuls instead of getting rich slowlv but surely. For this is the way that God gives riches, as we are able to bear it and use it. But tbe next big mistake you made was in supposing the merchants, railroads, the syndicates and big plants of the country had the inside track of you, and you re? solved to bave a hand with them in their speculations. Yet, gentlemen, you have tbe inside track of them and of the world, if you knew it. They are hastening to be rich and so "run into temptation and a snare." You hold the foundation of all business, and if you will have a little patience, and work your prolession wisely, you will find that you have the most profitable as well as the most hon? orable of all vocations. Instead of keep? ing yourselves and your families in a turmoil a!l the year to make cotton to buy bread and fish and tbe fruits of your own soil, you ought to produce your own corn, and oats and hay and pinders; to rear your own cows and calves and hor? ses and pigs. You ought to make open pastures or Crab and Timothy and clover, instead of those black forests with all the leaves nipped up to the big limbs by poor bellowing cattle. Make open pastures that will support and fatten your stock. Let us be no longer like Mexican and South American and Costa Rican ranches with great herds and no milk. God's original food for the human family is milk, beginning with it in infancy. It makes a strong, healthy, m Jcular, robust race to bave plenty of milk and batter. When Csesar invaded t.ie origi? nal Germans he found a strong and powerful race of men and women, sub? sisting chiefly on milk. And to-day the Germans and Dutch, closely packed as they are on sra.lt farms of a fe v acres, are supplying London. Lisbon, Pernam buco in South America, and other places with butter largely, where thousands of cattle roam, and the people s?? KviSg 6ii ?TliJ^Fead.' a?*"^o7'o6ef. Let us cut down the acrooge of cotton in thi? coun? try from twenty acres to ten, and make pastures for pigs and poultry, cows, calve* and celts. What this country needs now is pasture; your old lands re? covered by clover as it is done in Tennes? see, instead of constantly cutting down vyour forest and throwing away.to the rabbits your old lands. Gentlemen, you are the most indepen? dent and resourceful'men in the world. Tbe forests and timbers and rocks and springs of pure water are jours, and the ?soil you tread that is fructiferous of all edibles and bath aluminum to build you -i.ver houses after a few years is yours. Tbe only difficulty is you bave too much of It and waste your strength and wie dom, too; scratching a great surface, i ry intensive rather tban extensive farm ing. Pitch a small acreage, pulverize well, cultivate well. It will please you. it will pay you. A nea?, small well tilled "arm with its shining luxuriance, pleases, ?contents, encourages, pays. I bave known people who never took any inter? est in their garden till tbev began to ?dean the walks and make them straight A. little taste got up interest, industry and success. Such a tarm will save you a little time from a constant tug and rusb to overtake neglected parts, prepare you for rainy seasons, and deepcultureagainst ?iry seasons and you will have a little t ime to read something worth reading and to deal with your soul. Geu lernen, don t (continually run into cities and towns to nee sights, expositions, eutertainments and psmomim-s of half-dressed men and women and burlesques on Christian civ? ilization. It demoralizes your purse and your uoble profession, and makes waste plantations. The present drift of population toward* depots, towns and cities, will b-fore long take a reaction like all revolution waves, back to tbe country and to agriculture and your profession will have a great boom, if tbe craze of the generation does not run the world on 'he rocks of anar? chy sooner than that. And let ns not worry about tariffs and great offices and demonetization. Trade follows natural law and will take care of itself. The more you interfere with it, the more tangled it becomes. Congress has been sitting a twelve month on it and accomplishes nothing. You cannot man? age it. Politics will ruin your business and with it tbe whole conntrv. Don't worry over what God has taken in hand and what you cannot manage. Your business is tbe best in the world for plenty, contentment, independence, mor? ality and happiness. Don't be afraid to plant a small acreage, small, gentlemen. Save -your money for a year or two and resolve not to bay every pretty thing. Take care of leins on tbe crop before it is made. You tempt God in selling what He has not yet sent down from heaven. Take care of debt. Pay as you go. It is the Philosopher's stone. Except when you must go in debt to get a foothold and ! a start, pay cash for everything. This comes down from heaven?"Owe no man anything I" And don't worry. Tbe .greatest and best One that ever spoke to us said: "Take no thought." That is, don't worry out your life about matters you cannot control. An Old Farmer. Big Revenue Raid. Special Collector L. W. C. Blalock and a force of deputies returned here yester? day after one of the biggest, most success? ful and most exciting raids in tbe history of the revenue service. The force con? sisted of Mr. Blalock and Deputies L. C. Bagwell, of N'-rth Carolina, Alonz" Greer, A. A. Phillips, James Phillips, M. K. Hlghtower and John Keenan. Tbe.v left here Monday and struck for the mountains along the Pickens and Green? ville line. They found and cut up a blockade distillery that afternoon. They scouted around until after midnight, when they arrived at 'Squire Goodwin's place in tbe Lima section. Tuesday morning tbe party started out for tbe "Dark Corner" of this County. They ran on five blockade distillerios within half a mile. But by the time they got in tbe "Dark Corner" bells rant;, rifles fired and shouts resouuded. The result was that every still visited w& found desolate. Ten or twelve hundred gallons of beer and mash were destroyo but tbe warning given bad been sufficient and every 'still was torn out bet?re tbe revenue men arrived. They found mash tubs, beer and '.he traces of'stills, but no 'still-. Consequently, they destroyed beer and mash tubs but no 'still". They bad, however, experiences of the Dark Corner. They were fired on. From tbe hills above the ravines in which the blockade distilleries lurkeu came showers of bullets from hidden foes. Deputy Collector Blalock behaved himself like a veteran and proved him? self to be a man who would stand fire. He was cool, courageous, calculating through all this trying time in tbe Dark Corner. He commanded his men to lie down, but stood himself, while rifle and pistol bullets whistled about hiin and the twigs and limbs all around were clipped by the singing messengers of death. He proved himself a man in the judgment of all bis subordinates, and stood to the rack to the very last. The raiders arrested every man and boy they could find as a measure of pro? tection and kept the prisoners with them until tbey got "oat. Tbe Dark Corner boys showed their usual discretion and refused to take any risks of hurting any of their own people. Tbe truth is?a3 the Greenville News is informed?the whole shooting was a mis? take. The Dark Corner people are law abiding in their way and do not resist the Sheriff or the regular raiding deputy. This time they got the notion that some kind of an extra man bad been rung in on them. Therefore they shot and stood the return fire ot Deputy Collector Bla lock's crowd. The new man is only a deputy and tbe raid was made by the regular deputy collector.?Greenville News, Nov. 15. ? Joseph Herzig, a wealthy New York merchant, has been forced to order his son's arrest on tbe charge of forgery The young man has in the past few years raised $40.000 by forging his father's name, and the senior Herzig is no longer able to stand such inroads upon his for? tune. ? You may eat cheap food and not be seriously hurt by it; but you cannot take cheap medicines without positive injury. If you use any substitute for Avers Sarsa parilla, you do so at tbe peril of your health, perhaps of your life. Insist on having Ayer's, and no other. ? Horses are very cheap in Oregon just now. A herd of eight hundred nead, just off the range, were sold at an average price of $5 each recently, and a few days ago, at a sale cf fine stock near Portland, a splendid matched team of sorrel mares were sold for $40, and a big bay horse brought only $22.50. Half a dozen years ago such horses would have sold readily for $100 and $150 each., The Cotton Situation. The cotton situation?how can it be bet? tered ? That is a question everybody in tbe South is asking. Hon. J. W. Sanrieford, one of the rep? resentatives of Burke couuty, takes a lively interest in tbe question of the price of cotton and bow the condition of the Southern farmers can be improved. He is a planter himself, and knows the busi? ness from the bottom up. Speaking of tbe condition ot affairs in the South and the probability of improvement, he said yesterday : "Of course, it is simply ruin to keep on growing cotton if it is to bring no more than the present price. No man can make money by spending G cents to raise cotton that will bring him 51 cents or less. What we must do is to reduce the acreage with the the hope and belief that this will increase the price. How is that to be done? Well, of course, it will re? quire a consensus of action on tbe part of tbe cotton growers of tbe South, or at least on the part of a good proportion of them. Now, I have this idei about it: We have to borrow money from the fac? tors to plant our crops. Say I borrow ?1,000. I have to promise the delivery of 100 bales of cotton to secure the loan. Why not take ?100 of that 81,000 and go in the open market and buy 100 bales for delivery next fad? It does Beem as if tbere is no possibility for cotton to touch a lower figure than it does now, and I have the option, therefore, of calling for one hundred bales for delivery when the price is considerably bettor than it is now. It will not have cost me as much as it would cost me to make it. But take the other side of tha proposi? tion, and suppose that cotton does go lower ; your planter who has bought this future will lossless money than he would if be bad taken tbe money be borrowed and put it into the ground, for it costs 6 cents a pound to produce cotton?there is no question about that. "Now, if this action is taken by plant? ers generally, and tbere is no reason why it shou'd not be, tbere must be an agree? ment on the part of tbe planters, or a rea? sonable number of them, to reduce the acreage. The cotton acreage ought to he reduced one-half. Your individual farmer might take the money he bor? rows, and after putting up his margin on the cotton future he buys, use the bal? ance in making any other crop that would, in his judgment, make him more money. This would save him also tbe heavy expense he Is necessarily to in buying the fertilizers for his cotton crop. _ "iiie whole thing ii~ based ?iTuie Idea, or rather tbe simple proposition, that it is cheaper to buy cotton at the present figures than it is to make it I believe tbis plan could be worked out successful? ly, especially if tbe cotton men of the West took a hand in it. The objection may be made that tbe small farmer couldn't buy the option, but several of tbem could club together and secure tbe mon? ey and buy the) cotton, j ust as an individ u - al could. Then, too, some people may raise objections to the speculative feature of this proposition. Of course that is not necessary unless tbe planter is under ? ib igations to his factor for the future delivery of cotton ; then if he does not want to speculate he need not do so. Tbe Important feature with the rest of us would on his joining in tbe movement to reduce tbe acreage. If he does that, and if be is in a condition to do it without having to bind himself to the delivery of cotton in the future, so much th? better for bim I should like very munfa t*i tie** the cotton men and tbe newspapers take hold of this question and discuss it, and I believe that the cotton factors would be just as willing to help out the planters in putting through a plan of this kind as they would under the present system of having tbem make all tbe cotton them? selves. What is necessary, above all things, Is for tbe leading cotton men of rh- State and of the South to act to nether and in some way reduce the acre? age." Colonel Saodeford brought the question up in tbe meeting 6/f tbe committee on general agriculture yesterday afternoon, and it met with a very favorable recep? tion, It was the opinion of the members that thy idea was a new one, and tbey be? lieved that it would be beneficial to the planters throughout the South to consid? er it. Colonel Sandeford would like to have tbe matter discussed, believing that some good will come out of the discus? sion.?Atlanta Constitution. Gantt on Broken Promises. From the Piedmont Headlight. In 1890 the farmers were organized into what ia known as the Reform Movement. They were told by their leaders that taxes were too high ; that salaries of State offi? cers should be reduced; that the old ring crowd wiMild not relinquish office when once In power, but only rotated from a lower position to a higher one. Well, the poor, deluded farmer swallowed all this and went to tbe polls and did just what no was told to do. He placed Implicit reliance in the promises of his leaders and believed all tbey told him. Well, what is the result? One year, two years, three years, four years passed un? der the benign reign "of "Reform," and still not a single one of these promises made to the "dear people" has been ful? filled. The same salaries fixed when cotton was bringing about ?100 per bald are to-day demanded, and when it takes a mammoth bale to bring $25. We find every State office in Columbia filled with idle and expensive clerks, all drawing handsome salaries with unwavering regu? larity, and who do the work that the heads of departments were elected to perform. We find the State Treasurer with an office full of clerks, and yet he has time to act as president of a bank and also manage the Globe Phosphate Com? pany. The Scriptures tell us that a man can? not serve two masters, and yet we find our State Treasurer serving three. Now, if Treasurer Bates has time to look after outside business he could certainly by giving up that business discard one or more of his clerks and do that work him? self. It.is the same with tbe Secretary of State, Attorney vieneral and School Com? missioner. All ,'iave men employed to do the work ths t they were elected to perform themselves. But the grandest farce Is giving tha Adjutant and Inspec? tor General an resistant to help him do nothing. There are hundreds of old Confederate soldiers in South Carolina who would take tbe job of reviewing the militia com pan ins of our State and be glad to receive $300 instead of 93,000 for the work. And when this officer travels bis entire expenses must be paid by tbe farmer. But tbis is not all. We pay our Judges just $1,500 each per year more than neighboring States pay their judici? ary. Now let us reason this matter: Sup? pose a farmer hires a hand for $100 a year to tend a certain piece of land. When pay day comes that employee not only demands that you pay his own wages, nut you find that he has employed per? haps a half-dozen men to help him tend that on?-horse crop, and makes you also pay them Ibra full year's work. And yet this is just what we are doing in South Carolina under the benign and "econo? mizing" reign of so-called "reform." If these public officers cannot attend to the duties that tbey were elected to perform why let them resign, and we will guaran? tee that an hundred just as good and ca pable men will be found ready and will? ing to take their places for one-haifthe salary they receive. And again: When our people employ a man to do a certain piece of work they expect him to do that work himself and not hire some one else. Now, if there is any reform in requiring the farmer to make five-cent cotton to pay the same salaries as when our staple brought three times and a half that price, we cannot see it with the largest sized magnify ing glass. In other words, those blatant "Reformers" whom the people gavo office to in lS'JO are demanding and receiving the same salaries as when times were in the heyday of prosperity, while tbe poor tiller of tbe soil must, in order to pay those taxes, give three licks where one lick would do when they were first fixed. And we would like to know with what dagree of consistency can these apostles of "Reform" denounce the ex? travagance of the Cleveland Administra? tion, when they are doing at home exactly what tbey condemn in Washing? ton? You may cry "reform" to the people, and they have heeded it in the past; but the scales of partisan passion are falling from their eyes, and they now demand to see a little of that promised reform put into actual practice. Tbere is no use for the farmer to economize and work like a slave, and stint bis wife and children in the comforts of life, when the office-holders whom his vote has placed in power, are grinding bim into bank ruptcy that they may live a life of ease and affluence. When tbe man who tills out fields Buffer, and must practice econo? my, those who rule over him should be made to do likewise. While property values have increased $15,000,000 in South Carolina since our Reformers came into power, 1S90, the average 'ax levy has not been reduced, but'remains practically the same Therefore, so far from the farmer being given any share in tbis prosperity, be is kept in the same old ruts by his professed friends. ? Women are two inches taller than they were thirty years ago. ? Females are employed on the Berlin police to look after the disorderly bouses. - ? In England 1,000 new novels came out list yojr, and 5)0 in this country* NEWS. Lebanon Items. Mr. M. B. Richardson, who has been in Texas for a few days visiting his brother, is back again and reports a pleasant trip. Mr. Lawrence Thompson, who has been sick for some time, is now improv? ing, and we hope to see him out again Bonn. Mr. W. J. Patterson, of Hodges, was in this neighborhood Saturday and Sunday visiting his father, Mr. A. E. Patterson. We have a fine school at Lebanon, with Mr. J. B. Atkinson as principal. Tbere is only about thirty pupils yet but the number will increase as soon as the cot? ton picking season is over. Miss Emma Compton, of Townville, was in this neighborhood Sunday visiting her uncle, Mr. Newton Williams. Mr. Jake Watkins has lately lost a fine cow. Our farmers have a large per cent of their cotton in the field yet, out it is nearly all open. Greenhorn*. Corinue Items. VWJ, Mr. Editor, as I havu't seen any news J. iim this part of tbe County. I thought I would give you a few dots), but whether you will deem them worthy of space in your valuable paper I will wait and nee. News is very scarce in this section. All you can bear is bard time?. I think all can sing that song, ''Hard Times." I would be glad if some of the girls would think enough of this poor, lonely boy to come and help him pick cotton n few days. The girl that picks tbe most will be tbe one I will ask to cook for me. Bot, abl I suspect there would be no hur? rying whatever. The members of Fiat Rock Baptist Church have seocxed the services of Key. G. M. Rogers for another year. I think tbey are very fortunate in getting him as pastor of their Church. Misses Sallie Shrimp and Pearl Long visited iu Dark Corner section last Satur? day and Sunday. From what tbey Bay, I don't think they will want to go again when the weather is so cold. Well, if this escapes the waste basket I will write again some time. "Nobody's Darliko." . Townville Locals. Let everybody remember the orphans at Greenwood and Clinton on Thanks? giving Day. Rob. Elarrlson^who lives on^T. W SuiitSy-s place, nBkr here, shot and mo tally wounded John Robinson one day last week. Robinson died last Friday morning. W. F. M. Fant, Esq., empan? eled a jury and held an inquest on Fri? day evening. Tbe jury's verdict was ac? cidental killing. There is a good deal of dissatisfaction among the negroes abont the jury's verdict. The parties were both colored. Miss M. Eliza Gantt, of this place, was married to Mr. Ma shall B. Gaines, of Anderson, on last Thursday evening. Revs. J. F. Singleton, of this place, and S. Y. Jamison, of Atlanta, officiated at toe marriage. Mr. Gaines has won a rare jewel for a bride, for there is no young lady in this section that was more highly esteemed than Miss Eliza. May an unbroken chain of pleasures be ber lot. We will now set ourselves right con? cerning the Oconee Hews. The News published our article In reference to cot? ton and taxes and it escaped our notice. We stand very much corrected. Mrs. < harley Ka* , of Belton, S. C, has b"en spending awhile with her father, W. F. M. Fant, Esq. Prof. J. W. Gaines, of Westminister, who has been sick bo long, has improved so much that be is able to visit his father at this place. Mrs. H. T. Brown, of this place, is in very feeble health at this time, though she Is able to be up. Misses Nera and Aline Marett visited Townville this week. Now is tbe time to pay your subscrip? tion to tbe Intelligencer. The poor editor has racked bis brain all tbe year giving you tbe news and now that $1.50 that you are about to spend foolishly you ought to pay your subscription with it. If you ever slept on an editor's bed you know bow easy tne editors lie. But if you was resting on tbe editor's bed y<m must admit that you were the Her your? self. Old Rosin De Bow. Program of Union Meet In;. The Union Meeting of District No. 9 8aluda Association, will be held with the Belton Church on Friday, December 28th, lfc94. Program of exercises as follows: Introductory sermon at 11 o'clock a. m. by Rev. M. McGee, or his alternate, Rev. R. W. Burts. Intermission for dinner. Reassemble at 2 o'clock. Organize Union from 2 to 2J. Discuss Query No. 1 from 2} to 4. Query?' Should a member of a Church be granted a letter of dismission in full fellowship if that member had not attended his Church in two >ears or more, and had not contributed anything to the support of his Church, and having no valid excuse for so doing ?" To be opened by Rev. G. M. Rogers, or his alternate, L. E. Campbell. Adjourn at 4 o'clock. Preaching at night at 71 o'clock by Rev. R. G. Wright, or his alternate, C. E. Burts. Meet Saturday morning at 10 o'xlock. Devotional exercises from 10 to 101, con? ducted by C. E- Horton, or his alternate, J. J. Copeland. Reports from all the Churches in five-minute speeches from 101 to 11. Preaching from 11 to 12 by Kev. R. J. Williams, or his alternate. Rev. T. H. Gsrrett. Intermission for dinner. Reassemble at 2. Discuss Query No. 2 from 2 to 3. Qaery?'"Should a member be retained in full fellowship in the Church if he makes no effort and refuses to pay his honest debts ?!' To be opened by Rev. A. C. Stepp, or bis alternate, J. N. Vandi ver. Dibcuss Query No 8 from 3 to 4 Query?"Do we keep the Sabbath holy as we ought as Church members? If not, what is our duty iu that respect ?" Open? ed by Rev. D. W. Hiott, or his alternate. A. R. Cox. Miscellaneous business and adjourn at pleasure. Sunday Set ool Union will meet Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Organise from 10 to 101. Lecture on tbe tiundav School ' essons of this quarter by Rev. A. O Stepp, or his alternate Rev. M. McGee, from 101 to 11. Sunday School address from 11 to Hi by Rev. R. J Williams, or bis alternate, Rev. G M. Rogers. Inter? mission for ten minutes, then the mission? ary sermon will be preached by Rev. D. W. Hiott, or bis alternate, Rev H. T. S-uitti. J. W. Poore, for Comm'ttee. A Cotton mil Race. The Boston Journal of Commerce, which has been devoting especial atten? tion recently to cotton manufacturing In i he South, prints in its last issue, No? vember 17, the names, locations, capital atocK, number of spindles, looms and cards of all the mills in this section which are engaged in mauutacturing cotton fahrics or yarns. The list, which the Journal says will be "a great surprise to many," makes nearly three columns in very fine type and embraces nearly 400 ooncerns, with? out, we believe, being complete, as the Journal explains that it is as lull as it could make it up to date from the data at band. It is noted that cotton manufacturing "has largely concentrated in tbe States of North and South Carolina, and that they are very close rivals for the leadership." North Carolina's place in the list is most imposing, indeed, as the record of its numerous factories fills one whole col? umn of the the nearly three columns re? quired for the "Southern" States?in? cluding Delaware, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia in that remarkably elastic section of country. The honor of th<'s prominent position is largely due, however, to tbe great number of small mills in North Carolina?a feature of its manufacturing system which is peculiar to that State, and is as admirable, we think, as It is peculiar. Taking the record as made up by the Journal, North Carolina has 142 mills, with 691,016 spindles, 12,143 looms, 1,994 cards -South Carolina has 62 mills with 655.22S op\udle8, 17,740 looms and 1,202 cards. Georgia has 67 mills, with 536,769 spindles, 12,134 looms and 1,885 cards. North Carolina, therefore, leads iu the number of mills, spindles and cards; South Carolina, with less than half as many mills, is a close second in tbe num? ber of spindles, and is first in the num? ber of the looms; while Georgia stands second in the number of mills and cards and third in the number of spindles and looms. The average number of spindles to a mill in South Carolina and Georgia is more than double the number In North Carolina. South Carolina has three mills with 50,000 spindles aDd over?the Paco let, Pelzer and Clifton mills, (which the Journal inadvertently credits to Georgia;} Georgia has one such mill, the Eagle and Phoenix, at Columbus, while the largest number of spindles in a North Carolina mill is 30,000?in the Modena mill. In South Carolina there are twelve mills with 10,000 to 25,000 spindles, six mills with 25,000 to 50,000 and three with 50,000 to 53,000. Georgia has nine mills with 10,000 to 25,000 spindles, six with 25,000 to 50.000, and one of 50,000. North Caro? lina has fourteen mills with from 10,000 to 25,000 spindles and one of 30,000 spin? dles. As has been remarked, South Carolina stands first among Southern States in the number of ita looms and second in the number of its spindles, being only 35,793 spindles behind North Carolina and far ahead of Georgia. This, we think, is doing well, indeed, for the Palmetto State. When its territory and population?and especially its white population?relative to that of its big neighbors is taken into consideration?it leads both in its manu? facturing development. It is announced this week, moreover, that three new mills, to cost ?50,000, ?100,000 and ?200,000 respectively, are being "organized" in the upper part of the State, and if these Erojects are pushed to completion it may e that this State will le -d even North Carolina in the number of spindles before the end of the year. New mills, however, are being project? ed almost weekly in North Carolina also, and that State has shown a remarkable aptitude for carrying such "projects" into effect by its own efforts and without de? lay. The race between the two States is therefore likely to be a close one for the ensuing year.?News and Courier. ? A Chicago syndicate has secured two large contracts in Japan, one being for a supply of canned corned beef for the Japanese army, and the other for ?370, 000 worth of cast Iron pipe for the Tokio water-works. These orders are some of the substantial results of the World's Fair. It Should Be in Every House. J. B Wilson, 371 Clay St , Sharpsbunr, Pa., says he will not be without Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, that it cured his wife who was threatened with Pneumonia after an attack of "La Grippe," when various other rem? edies and several physicians had done her no good. Robert Barber, of Cooksport, Pa., claims Dr. King's New Discovery has done bira more good than anything heaver used for Lung Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it. Free Trial Bottles at Hill Bros. Drug Store. Large bottles 50c. and ?1.00. Electric Bitters, This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special men? tion. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kid? neys, will re., ove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by im? pure blood. Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of Headache, Constipation and Indigestion try Electric Bitters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or moiitij li-Au/iied. Price'oT) cts. and $1.00 per bottle at Hill Bros. Drugstore. NOTICE OF SALE. IF not sold before at private sale, I will sell at public auction at Anderson ti. C, on Salesday in December,next the following described Real Estate: All that TRACT OF LAND, contain? ing fifty eight acrts, in Varennes Town? ship, adjoining Flat Rnck Church land*), and belonging to the Estate of F. M. Mur pby, deceased. This is one of the most desirabie Tracts of Land in Anderson County, beii>g con? venient to Churches and School, level and unbroken, and in a high state of cultiva tion. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay ior papVrs. FRANK M. MURPHY, Tru-tee Nov 21, 1894 21 ? 2 FOR SALE. IF not disposed of at private 6ale before? hand, tbe undersigned will sell to the bighest bidder, ior Cash, before the Court House door at Anderson C H., a. C, on ?atesuay in December, 1894, at the usual hours of public sales, the following prop erty, to wit. Four Shares Preferred Stock in West. C L & In. Co -^par value ?100 Two Shares Anderson Opera House Co. ?par value $200. OueBhare Piedmont Fuir Association par value $25. Ten Hhaies Fairview Invest. Co.?par value 1*00 Fourteen Shares Farmers <fc Merchants Bank of Anderson?par valne ?700. Ten Shares Bank of Anderson?par value $1 000 Ten Shares Anderson Cotton Mills?par value $1,000 Seven Shares Anderson Oil Mill?par value $700. TRIBBLE & PRINCE, Attorneys. Nov 21, 1891_21_2_ NOTICE. ALL parties indebted to us are respect? fully requested to come forward and settle, and save us the trouble aod your? self tbe mortification of being continually dunned. We hope you will be prompt. Dr. Anderson has opened an office in Sherman, Texas, and can only remain in Anderson for a short while to wind up his interest in our business here. Therefore, after the publication of this notice we will do no further work except for cash, as all of our time, except when we can work for the cash, must be taken up looking after collections; therefore we have no time now for credit work, and should you ask for it we would be compelled to refuse you. Now, please remember that Dr. Ander? son's time is limited, and he will have to return to his office at Sherman not later than Jan. 1, 1895, and then all accounts not paid must be placed in the hands of an Attorney for collection. Respectfully, STRICKLAND <fc ANDERSON, Dentists. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Andeeson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, W. W. Lindsay baa h's applied to me to grant him Letters of Administration on the Estate and effects of Milton Lii.dsay, deceased. These are therefore to cite aud admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Milton Lindsay, dee'd., to be and appear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on the 0th day of December, 1894, after publication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Giveu under my hand, this 19th day of November. 1894. W. F. COX, Judge Probate. Nov21,_1894 21 _2_ NOTBCE. ALL persons indebted to tbe Firm of MURRAY & WATKINS are noti? fied to make payment to the undersigned without delay, as I am compelled to close up tbe business of said Firm. H. H. WATKINS, Survivor of Murray <fe Watkins. Nov 14, 1^94_20_3_ ? CO TO A. H. STOKES & CO. ? FOB - Fine French and Stick Candies ! WE make a specialty in this line. We sell Blande Bros, best finest Candied. Everything fresh. Come and see us. A. H. STOKES & CO. Nov 14,1894 20 7 YELLOW PINE LUMBER FOR SALE AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES. v -o CALL and see us before you buy, as w> can and will Save you Mono}. We Hre in the Building Business, and Contract for all classes of work. We do all kinds of Shop work. Plans and Estimates furnished at short notice. All w .rk guaranteed. ZSr~ Office. Shop and Shed on line of Railroad near Cotiun Platform and old C. & G. I), pot. Yours truly, THE ANDERSON LUMBER CO. J M. SMITH, Manager. Oct3t. 1894 18 3m $50.00 \t GOLD - AT - GOSSETT & BROWN'S Shoe Store. -o FOR every purchase of as much as ONE DOLLAR you will receive a numbered ticket with a coupon at? tached of same number. You tear the ticket in half and drop ono nurn ? beriuabox which i? socurely fas? tened. You keep the other number until Christmas, when the tickets in the box will bo shaken up and a blind-folded person will draw there? from ou'y five tickets, the first of w hich will pay to the bearer of like number $25.00, second $10.00, third, fourth and fifth $5.00 eicb. They are selling SHOES cheaper than ever. Tickets cost you nothing. How many do you want? NEVER DOUBT ET! If you hear it said that the Ten Cent 8core is crowded from top to bottom with New, Pretty and Useful Goods, never donbt it. k If you hear that Minor intends show? ing even a larger Stock than ever before, never doubt it. If you hear it whispered that Minor's razor is making lots of deep cuts for your benefit, never donbt it If you hear that somebody has been parading around, un?er a big name but doing some small things, never doubt it. . But if you hear that the Ten Cent Store is doing some big things under a very lit? tle name never donbt it. If you hear that somebody is felling Britches at 30c per pair, never doubt it If you see an article worth 25c. bought for 10c , never doubt it. If you hear talk of new tariff figures on Toys. Chinaware and all imported goods, never doubt them. If you hear that the Ten Cent Store is alwajs up to date, and sometimes a whole year ahead, never doubt it. If you are informed that money turns over oftecer at the Ten Cent Store than at some other places in town, never doubt it. If, on this account, you see it is reason? able that we should have always a new and fresh stock, never doubt it. If some somebody offers you an article from last year's stock at what we ask for it new, and tells you that it is Jess than cost, never doubt it. If he tells you that trade has been so dull that he has lost money for over a year, never doubt it, for perhaps you know the reason. If he tells you the Ton Cent Store is" making money, and never has a dull sea? son, never doubt it, but don't tell him why. If he tells you that all the profit is knocked out of business by somebody that's willing to give the customer a chance to live, never doubt it, but don't tell who If somebody tells you it is a good plan to get posted on prices at two or three places before you buy, never doubt it. If you hear that the Ten Cent Store people are glad to give you the figures, and let you buy elsewhere if you wish, never donbt it. In short, never doubt anything you hear until you have the opinion of the Ten Cent Store on that particular ques? tion. Tho Ten Cent Store people are always at your service?always glad to see you. Shall we have the pleasure of naming our latest prices on our New Stock to you. Come a3 soon as you can. Yours always truly, THE BAZAAR, C. S. MINOR, and 10c. STOKE. Enterprise Furniture Co., -Dealers in all kinds of ? CARPETS, RUGS, WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES, LINOLEUMS and STRAW MATTINGS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. A.ND without any purpose or desire to be extravagant or high-sounding in what we have or what we can do, allow us to whisper the fact that oar Stock Is very fall in all its department)), and to further say yon had better see ns before buying anything in our lines. We have recently added a complete Stock of? UNDERTAKERS' SUPPLIES, And having secured the services of a practical and experienced Em? balmer, and? AN ELEGANT HEARSE. We respectfully solicit your patronage in this line, promising, at any hour, promptness, consideration and efficiency in these sacl services. ENTERPRISE FURNITURE CO. A Cotton Fertilizer. Purchase only such fertilizers for cotton which contain at least 3 to 4^ actual potash. For Corn, Fertilizers should contain 6$ Potash, Poor results are due entirely to deficiency of Potash. Wc will ?tedly send you our pamphlets on the Use of Potash. They are sent free. It will cost you nothing to read them, and they will save you do"nrs- GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. TO BE SOLD CHEAP ! Between. Now and Christmas; A Big Line Dress Goods, The following Prices speak for themselves: A line Cashmeres and Alpacas at. 8Jc. per yard. A line Cashmeres, 34 inches, at. 15c. per yard. A line Cashmeres, 36 inches, at. 25c. per yard. A line Covert Cloths, 3G inches, at. 20c. per yard. A line Novelty Dress Goods, 36 inches, at. 20c. per yard. A line Dress Flannel, 36 inches, at. 25c. per yard. A line Dress Flannel, 50 inches, at. 40c. per yard. A line Serges, 38 inches, at. 35c. per yard. A line Novelty Flannels, 38 inches, at. 45c. per yard. A line Cashmere, all"wool, 46 inches, at. 50c. per yard. A line Broadcloths, 54 inches, at. 75c. per yard. A line Covert Cloth, 54 inches, a.t. 75c. per yard. Also, an elegant line BLACK GOODS for mourning. An elegant line SILKS. Our line 32-inch CHINA SILKS, in evenirg colors, are beauties, at 50c. FLANNELS?Rod and White Flannels from 10c. per yard upward. BLANKETS?Cheap. UNDERWEAR?For Men and Ladies, cheap. We will sell anything ra~?ur line at prices to suit, the- uu?es. -Call and see for yourself and be convinced. Yours truly, BROWN, OSBORNE & CO. THREE THINGS! Flour, Shoes, Tobacco. WE could mention over a thousand things which we h-ive packed in oar large* Store room, and at remarkauly low prices, but wo want to call your especial! attention to the three above named articles. We have been trying for years to get a Flour which we could sell In competition with the cheap goods with which our market is cowded. We have a Flour now which, we guarantee to give the most exacting customer entire satlsfacti <n, and at the low price of 8 < 25 per barrel. We have also a large lot of our famous $2 75 Flour On Shoes we have done our very beat, snd we think if you will come and look: you will be convinced that we have one of the largest and best selected stocks to be found in the city. We have Shons of all kinds by the thou-ands, bought at the low est pos-ible price for spot cash, and we will sell tt em to y- u with all the discount off. Tobacco is our pet line. We have the satisfaction of knowing that we are hand? ling some of the best g:>ods made- We will mention a few of our leading brands : Rebel Girl, Sweet Mash. Cannon Bill, Brer Rabbit, Jack Rabbit, Tar Heel, National Chew, Baney's Natural Leaf. Ac-. &o. We cordially invite you to come and see us. We will do our best to please you, and sell you goods as cheap as any ono living can sell them. Yours anxious to please, D. C. BROWN & BRO., No. 17 Peoples' Block. FURNITURE ! FURNITURE! 1 LARGEST STOCK, LOWEST PRICES, BEST GOODS! t&- COFFINS and CASKETS furnished Day or Night. WE have on haud the LARGEST and BEST-SE? LECTED Stock of FURNITURE in South Carolina! bought this Summer when everything struck bottom, and while there was a big cut in freights. We have determined to give the People the advantage of our BARGAINS ! We will Sell you Furniture at Prices below anything ever heard, of in this Country before ! Aud prices it is impossible for any one else to buy the same quality of Goods for. When you need anything in the Furniture lino give ua a call, and? WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. Prices Lower than Cotton at 5c. Yours for business, G. F* TOLLY & SON, The Leaders of Low Prices. THE "HIT" OF THE SEASON. WHAT? Sloan's Waiting Room for the Ladies I IT is greatly appreciated by the Ladie3, and Ladies from nearly every section of the County are accepting our invitation and using the Waiting Room. They say it in a great convenience and supplies a long telt want, We again extend a cordial invitation to all Ladies to use our Waring Room. It is fitted up for your convenience. It does not cost you anything to use it. You can be quiet, private and comfortable. Again we say, come and u?e our Waiting Room. Don't forget that it has a nice dressing room, comfortable chairs, and reading table1? well supplied J with good literature, good fires (when needed). Bring your wraps and bundles?we will take care of them for you. DON'T FOEGET, That we carry a large Stock of General Merchandise. DON'T FOEGET, Our nice lino of Staple Dry Good3 of all kinds. DON'T FOEQET, Our large and well-selected Stock of Shoes. We are making a big run on Shoes. DON'T FOEGET, Our Stock of Hats for Men and Boys. DON'T FOEGET, That we carry GROCERIES of all kinds. DON'T FOEGET, That we keep what is needed?staple and sore sellers. No old Stock?all new and fresh. No extravagant or high priced Goods, but good, reliable staple Goods, A T P?ICE3 that will sell them. DON'T FOEGET, That we carry a large line of Tobacco. DON'T FOEGET, To come and see us when in want of anything usually kept in a First Class General Merchandise Store DON'T FOEGET, That we are next door to Farmers and Merchants Bank, in room formerly occupied by McCally <fc Cathcart. DON'T FOEGET, That we are CASH COTTON BUYERS. DON'T FOEGET, That we have a big lot of genuine Texas Rust Proof Oata. DON'T FOEGET, That we will appreciate your trade. That we MEET corapeti tion. That you will receive polite and courteous attention. ?ZB* COME and let us make you prices, whether you want to buy or not. Yours, anxious to please, D. P. SLOAN & CO. A BEIV1EDY FOR HARD TIES! I DESIRE to inform the trading public that I am now reducing my Stock""~ for the Fall season, and for the next few weeks will offer great inducements to Cash buyers. Come and see my Stock of Family and Fancy Groceries, Canned Goods, Confectioneries, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc. And I will please you in prices and goods. G. F. BIGBY,