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HBEerson intelligencer. K. CLINK8CALES, ) Editors aito HfC. LANtySTON, [ pBOPBiETOBg BT""" TERMS: I ONE YEAR.,- nnnunn I SIX MONTHS .?..- 75 ^ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1896. Mrs? Mary A. Llvermore has an ar ticle In the i?ortk America* Review en p-titlcd: "Does the Ideal Husband Ex? ist?" The trouble Is, Mary, that there are too many ideal and too few real hus bands._ - The third annual session of the grain congress of the South and West will be held ia Charleston the 29th Instant. Each commercial body is entitled to five dele gates and each town and city to five, to be appointed by the mayor. Mrs. Sallie P. Chapin, for years at the bead of the temperance organizations In this State, died at her residence in Charles ton "last Sunday. She has devoted her life to relisions and temperance work, - and her voice and pen had made unre mitting war against the evils of intem perance. She was of Huguenot ancestry and was past the middle age. Mrs. Chapin was superintendent of the entire Southern work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. It turns out that the report that Dr. Kausen, the Swedish explorer, had dis covered the north pole is a "fake," with no foundation whatever, except a wild story told by hunters for mammoth tusks, who were Flyl?S their trade on the north coast o? Siberia. They saw a ship there, and reporti ng it at Tomsk on their return, some one jumped to the conclu sion that it was Dr. Nansen's Fram. The n orth pole is yet among the* dlscovera . bios." ? ' ? . The Rook Hill Herald 1? rigtit when It ys: "Those who do not intend to stand by the Democratic party, support its nominees, County, State and National, should take no part in the approaching c'.ub and county meetings. To'partiel I pate in the organization of Democratic r "Tjf?bTaad afterwards repudiate the action 9 of the party would be a clear breach ot faith. It would be far more honest and manly to stay away from the club meet ings altogether if you are not Democrat enough to abide by the will of the ma jority"_/ __ It hi singular what an exaggerated idea of their own wor!h some men get. For example, a Chicago contemporary prints ?afletter from a young man who makes the following offer: ' For $5,000 I will e:ll myself to anyone wishing a slave. I wiK do anything the buyer asks?drudga an hU slave or kili myself, insured In his favor. I will kill or steal, taking all the responsibility myself." Perhaps the young m<tn regarded thisas a very liber al offer. Buta little reflection ought to convince him thai it is not; that, on the contrary, he asks a most outrageously hi?h price for himself. Young men of his kind are really worth about 4 copts a doz en. - e ? Dr. A. J. Diaz, a 'native Cuban, bat a nituralized citizen of the United States, was arrested by the Spanish 'authorities 1 ist Thursday night at his home in the o ty of Havane, and is now incarcerated in Moro Civile, charged, with aiding in su rrection, Dr. Diaz is a missionary of t^the Southern Baptist Convention in Cuba, and-his srr??t has caused great in dignation among the . Baptists of the ^?Soclh. "Within a few hours after his -arrest the news was received by the Home Mhsioa Beard at Atlanta, which at once, through its Secretary, took ac tion looking to the security of their im prisoned brother, and also for the snp port of bis family. Numerous meetings have been held and strong resolutions adopted and forwarded to Washington, to be presented to the President and State Department, demanding that; Immediate action be taken to secure the release of Dr. Diaz. There is no direct proof against the distinguished prisoner, but as is often the case in matters of this kind with the Spanish authorities, he is held on suspicion only. This, is a case In which our government will, in all probability, aet without delay, and this may prove a grave mistake on the part . of Captain-General Weyler. The great Baptist brotherhood of the South, as well as Christians of other denomina tions, are thoroughly aroused, and some thing will be done. - i a a? - Half the people in this life make fail ures of their careers because they never cultivated the habit of doing small things well. In hlajsecret heart, probably no man thinks-his ability has ever been re Q?gn?zed at its true worth. He is employ r ed at small tasks, working* for small pay, ' when to bis mind .he ought to be doing great things, getting high wages. Nine times out of ten, perhaps, the man who thicks this neglects, in consequence, the small, humble task be Is set to do. He is discontented, he is unhappy, he Is ready to strike, change his business, or even to slight his tasks to the extent of cheating his employer as far as he dares, without ' getting himself discharged. If you agree to perform certain labor in return for cer t dn wages, however small, you have sold your Ume andyourability. Do the work the best it can be done. Form the habit of putting the best of yourself into all you do. Work with enthusiasm over the small tasks that are your lot at present, ^always In hope that greater ones will come to yon by and by. They will bo sure to come. Many a time the small ^task, done conscientiously and with en thusiasm, itself affords the very clew to the greater task and the larger remunera tion. But It is absolutely certain that no man who has not the habit of doing his , best on whatever work he is engaged will i ev3r fill any place whatsoever. Let us always be on the outlook for grander op- : : portunities. Life would not be worth , living except for that. Bat let us at the i same time strengthen ourselves to seize ' the great opportunity when it comes, by ! making the most out of onr small oppor- ] tunities. . In the grand wind-up each in- j < dividual comes much nearer getting just < I what ht> deserves than is generally sup- < ; posed. mmmm < ? The advantages potseseed by the ? Southern cotton mills are : Mach cheaper < labor of excellent quality, longer hours, t cheaper cotton and fuel, milder clima'e, ? fewer vexations Iegul restrictions. Until t recently the production at the South baa < been so small the price of cloths has been ? - fixed by Its cost to Northern mills, and t Southorn mills simply got excessive ? profits. Now the Southern production is t increasing so enormously that the price ? " Of many grades of cloth is fixed by their Southern cost. In the future Southern profits on plain cloths will be less, and the Northern millm will not bo able to j make such goods except at a loss. They a runs; then change to finer goods and ] fancies not yet produced in quantity in . the- South. The desire to get large profits ? by making goods w iaose price is governed t by nixner Northern cost will lead to building in the South of mills for making finer yarns. There* are a few Southern mills already producing cloths of finer yarns than can be made by nine-tenths c of the Northern mills. I see no reason c why the Sooth may not successfully t compete with the North in making staple 1 fine cloths. n - - - I ? C. N. Robinson, of Hlllsboro, Ala., J owns an island of 1,300 acres in the Ten- I nessee river, a plantation of 1,000 acres b on the south bank or the river, and a farm h of 8 000 acres in the hills of Lawrence s eountyj'Xla, He sells annually 20,000 to j 30 000 bushels of corn, besides butter, I ooaitry, fruits gresn and dried, and from B ylbreQ y> fi ve carloads of beef cattle, horses, ? *?* ' m -, SET-' iOenstable Fant Replies to Mr. Sher ard. Editors I&t&cbkoKMCKB : In the last issue of vont baper "Citizen" comea ont of his hole and replies to onr article In the ??sue of the preceding week, in a most unfair, indecent, insulting and villainous communication, and signs his name A. Beaty r-herard. From Mr. Sherard, we must say, we would have expected a more sensible, more reasonable and less abus ive reply. Bat, he has thrown, htmBel.' into the breech, and we expect to handle him in a fair and dispassionate manner as we did in the first instance. Now, let us remember that facts and state ments referring to the merits of the ca?e sre to be considered, not insult or abuse. Any fool can deny the troth of a statement) and any ruffian abuse and insult an officer, but the best evidence of the truth or fal sity of a statement is good and substan tial proof. To begin with, oar antl-Dis {?ensary adversary has chosen to bring n in defense of himself a church report of intemperance, in which it is Stated, "a government distillery and other sources where whiskey can be obtained is the cause of much drinking in the communi ty," And then he tries to chaff us by saying, "Of course, the Chief Constable must coneider and see if there is truth in the report." Now, is this fair or manly ? We have not denied that there was a dis* tillery in the community, or that there was whiskey being sold there, and as he has taken this course to establish these facts, about which there is no dispute, we are inclined to ask how he will establish other questionable statements he has made. This Mr. A. B. Sherard has started out by charging that onr statements are "ma liciously false," and in his closing para* Eraph he says t From beginning to end is communication is a willful and ma licious falsehood, emanating from one whose soul Is as blaok as the eternal re ?rtons of darkness." Yet in the whole ength of his tirade of insult and abase, if this supreme jndge and lord of Corner Township has shown a single fact to war rant such a charge, Wo failed to see it. He takes issue with as about the number of homicides in that Township since the war?but for the purposes whioh we in tended, namely, to snow that the com munity had not always been in a condi tion of perfect peace, he as good as ad mits what we Bald to be true* He ad mits there wore two killings, and says: "One occurred immediately afcer the olose of the war in a crowd of reveling drunk ards, and for want of proof no one was punished. Aa for the other case the Courts decided that it was due to an acci dent and hence no homicide." Ye* in the same paragraph he nays, "the peace of the community was never marred until the Dispensary Lavs went into effect." Now, we would ask the reading pu olio if these statements have on their face eYen the appearance of truth and common sense. Would a Court of South Carolina so stultify itself as to decide that because a person was accidentally killed tbat, therefore, there was "no homicide," when homicide per inforlumum, or by accident, is a special kind of homicide treated of in the law books of the State. If you do not believe this statement, then was it prompted by unfair motives or was It the outcropping of ignorance. As to his oth er statement about the peace of this com munity, do you believe tbat the killing of a citizen would disturb the peace ? If so, then where is the truth of this state ment? And it such an occurrence would not disturb the peace, then in the name of common sense what would ? We have no apologies to ofler for oar reply to "Cltlssn." What we said has been denied in the article signed by Mr. Sberard, but ho proof has been given of the falsity of a single statement. He has simply insulted, blamed and abused, none of which a law-abiding citizen of in tel'igence and refined sensibilities would do. We are willing that the public decide who is right in this whole matter. We charged that "Citizen" misrepresent ed the Dispensary Law and reflected on Tillmanltes and State Constables, and we reiterate the charge. We say farther that politics should have had nothing to do with the subject under consideration, namely, violations of the Dispensary Law. We know no one, politically or otherwise, in the discbarge of our duty, and any statement or insinuation to tbat effect is untrue. He charges as with bit terness and hate, but, as a matter of fact, who has shown bitterness and nate in this controversy from the beginning? When one so steeped in political enmity as Mr. Sherard, who, cn account of his con temptible hatred for us and oar cause, refers to us as "spies," and chai-goa os with neglect of duty, we claim the right to demand proof other than the blank statement of bo biased a mind. I ; is not necessary that we should disprove each slanderous charges, but it is onr privi lege, and we will submit; a few bets to show that he has made statements that are untrue, and that the facts did not war rant. The following affidavit will show the place received attention last year from the Constabulary, to-wit : "By order of Chief Constable Fant, Con stable J. B. Stevenson and I went by An derson and joined Constable F. O. Mas sey, (about the middle of August, 1895), and went from there to Craft's Ferry, to look after violators of the Dispensary Law. We spent one night and a part of two days in that community. "Personally appears before me, S. M. Duncan, a State Constable, and makes oath that the above statement is true. Sworn to before me this 17th day of April, 1896. 8. M. Duncan. Thos. S. Seasi, N. P. for. 8. C. Since tbat time, on or about the 23rd of January, 1896, we went in person and saw Magistrate Jackson at Cook's Station, In reference to the shooting into the ne gro house, and did what We could to find ont if contraband whiskey did not play a part in this disturbance. A few days la ter, State Constable F. G. Massey wan sent to leading citizens in the neighbor hood of Craft's Ferry to get such informa tion as he could with reference to viola tions of the Dispensary Law. And beforo this occurrence, we saw and bad an inter view with Mr. Bdl Sherard in reference to the sales of liquor at Craft's Ferry. He did not think think there was any liquor sold on the Sooth Carolina side of the Sa vannah River, but said he had heard it was sold on the Georgia side and on an island in the middle of the river above the Ferry. Some considerable time pre vious to this Interview we sent two State Constables, 0. C. Cunningham and Jolin Jackson to this. Ferry, and after remain ing three of four days they made their re port, which was in effect about the same as what Mr. Bill Sherard told us later in reference to the liquor business at the place. Constable J. A. Hayes a'so made sev?ral trips into tbat community in an official capacity, and made some seizures of liquor said to have come from the dis tillery at the Ferry, but could never get any evidence of sales against parties there. In February, '96, a warrant was issued by Magistrate snipes, at Anderson, on onr affidavit, against P. C. Craft for violating tbe Dispensary Law, but be produced sat isfactory evidence to show he was not guilty, and the case was dismissed. There have also been other warrants issued against parties in Corner Township since that time, which have not been acted on and which for the present we prefer to keep private. It is needless to say Mr. A. B. Sherard has misrepresented as in his reply. This la very apparent in every paragraph he < has written or procured to be written. Oar language is plain English, and we 1 are responsible for what we have said, but we are not responsible for tbe ignor- 1 Mice or want of understanding of Mr. Sherard, and may the good Lord deliver as from any such responsibility. He bas I seen lit to charge us as being one whose 1 "hands are already stained with the blood i jf South Carolinians." Tbia charge is antrue, and Mr. Sberard knows it is. and ils manner of making it shows the base- i less of spirit that prompted the act. Why ild he not give the time, place and cir cumstances. In the same paragraph he ! iharges us with cowardice, and yet doeB iot give a single fact or circumstance to - lupport the charge. This immaculate, sonceited, infallible Mr. Sberard seems i o think anything he says will be accept ed by the public without any corobora- 1 ing facts or circumstances, but he is sadly nistaken in this instance. My record as ] citizen of Anderson County is before he people of that County, they know me, 1 ind my reputation there or elsewhere in 1 be State will not be affsoted by such un tupported and false charges. i J. R. FANT. ? One of the largest camellia trees in Su rope is that at Pillnitz, near Dresden, ind forms one of tbe sights of the district. ]t was imported from Japan about 150 ; rears ago, is about seventeen yards high : ind has an annual average of 40,000 bloa- j orna. Marvellous Beiults. J From a letter written by Rev. J. Gun- i lercoan, of Dim mdale, Mich., we are per- 1 aitted to make this extract : "I have no 1 ?esitation in recommending Dr. King's I few Discovery, as the results were almost ' aarvellous in the case of my wife. While 1 was pastor of the Baptist Church at Rives 1 unction she was brought down with < 'neumonia succeeding La Grippe. Terri- * le paroxysms of couching would last ours with little interruption, and it eemed as if she could not survive them, t l friend recommended Dr. King'.? New c )iscovery ; it was quick in its wor* and 1 ilghly satisfactory in results." Trial bot- I [es free at H1J1 Bros. Qrug Store, Regu- i ?r siie 50c- and $1,00. y n j ?ttentlon, City Taxpayers* Mn Editor : I ask the attention of th? taxpayers and Insuraro of th? city to the neglected condition of the fire department as was evidenced by recant fires, notably Dave Booley's house, and Mattress Factory. In the former case, the fire companies arriVBd promptly noon the scene, fhlly equipped with a sufficiency of hose, owing to the very close proximity of a hydrant, but oould set no water, there being no ?resu?fe. Tue consequence was that in the face of a fully equipped department one house and then another burned to the ground, where there was no necessity for one to burn. Again, last Saturday after noon, after the Mattress Factory had been burned to the ground, the Rough and R^ady fire company arrived upon tbe scene with their smallest hand i-*el, carrying about 800 feet of hose, which six men can carry to any part of tbe city- The Pioneer Com pany soon after arrived with their only hand reel, With about 350 feet of hoae. They experienced the same difficulty as heretofore?they could not get sufficient water pressure to avail anything, but there was enough to burst three sections of tbe hose, whioh latter was, by the way, reeled in a moat arkward manner with tbe ends reversed. Fortunately, tbe Mattress Fac tory was unexpoaed and further oonfta gratioU-wes averted by the vigorous use of buckets. These questions naturally arise, which the taxpayers and insurers want to knew, have a right to know, and demand to know! let. Why can wo not get pressure at a firet 2nd. Why the hose was so carelessly reeled, and why, with tbe limited water pressure, the hose bunted t 3rd. Why did the Rough and Ready company report for duty with one reel, and that the smallest one? 4tb. Why did not the Pioneer Oompiny report with their horse reel ? 5th Last, but not least, is any member or committee of Council charged With look ing after tbe hose, that it may always be in good condition for service, the companies that they are properly equipped and that tbey want lor nothing ? If bo, why these irregularities. These are matters of vital interest to each taxpayer, he paying for full protection and not receiving it. To each insurer it Is more vital. Wenow bave fin exceptionally iow Insurance rate, the whole credit bel?g due to the efficient fire department we have had up to this time, but as Boon as tbe report of the insufficiency of our fire extinguishing service reaches tbe ears of tbo South Eastern Tariff Association our rates will be increased at least one-fourth of one per cent, posting tbe insurers $3, 750 09 more than now. ? wisb to state tbat I know tbe fault not to lie at tbe door of the Chief of tbe Fire Department, for he cannot act nntil the apparatus arrives and is given sufficient hose and water pres sure. I know that at the last fire tbe hose was properly reeled up and stored and bad not been ordered out siDCs by the Chief. Who then unreeled and reversed the hose without his permission, and who has eu thority to ure fire bose and nozz'ea for flushing sewer pipes without hie permis BiOD f The blcms muat rest where it belonge? upon tbe hends of tbe comptnietrand prin cipally tbe City Council whose duty it is to see that tbe companies respond promptly, fully equipped, or disband thetfl and reor gaoists them if necessary, with a paid de part ment, which will be cheaper than to have insurance rates increase:!, and which tbe Council will possibly d?clin j to appre clato No*one who ever saw our firemen at work can ever impute to them the fault of their short comings. They have time and again made complaints to Council, asking for bose, coats, rent*, &C-, and have received a scorpion. Their services are volunteered, their only compensation being tbe mere pittance of $3 00 annual exemption from street tax? wbicb they have to pay to de fray it small portion of the expenses of the company, and tbey are naturally anxious that the oublie will not continue to blame tbem for the actions of Council, and to this.end I believe tbey bave unbosomed the trouble, so tbat tbev may not continue to be the shield of ethers' faults, and the brunt of public criticism, have tired of ru?bing at each alarm into the hungry fhme*, dio, if necessary, sleep in the Pot ters field, and flgbt fire in another world for aoght tbe Council cares. A pplrlt of indifference has always been the manner of this Council toward tbe fire department, eo much so tbat the Independent Hook and Ladder Company have given notice of dissolution, giving as their reasons tbat they had been snubbed bf Council and were evidently considered a useless adjunct to tbe city government. Iasnrers pay $15,000 annually in pre miums for fire protection, taxpayers $4 000 additional. Is this not enough for good service? If so, we want It, and sug gest to Council to take Immediate action on this momentous question ; confer witb the Chief and his officers that the depart ment may be put on tbe most economical, safe and reliable basis ; provide the com panies with a sufficiency of hose of good quality wbicb, in buying, let out to tbe lowest bidder, quality always considered Int?kksted Observ?e. Lown?eSTllle Locals. Rev. H. C. Fennel and Mr. J. B. Leroy left Monday for Presbytery and thence to the mountains of North Carolina? They will return the lest of the week. Mrs. Dr. B- A. Henry is visiting in El berton. Mrs. W. R. Bullock, of Abbeville, spent last week in and around town visiting relatives. Mr. R. R. Price, of Mountain View, ppent Saturday night with the family of Mr. W. Li Bowman. Ross doesn't visit very often and when he does he tries to shun newspaper reporters. Messrs. H. B. Allen and E. F. Latlmer went to Anderson Friday afternoon. Mr. D. M. Watson, of Anderson, is vis iting the family of his brother-in-law, Mr. B. Berry Allen. 0 Whenever the old people can't find thoi r boys, don't be uneasy?they are at the parsonage. Because you see some of tbo boys car rying clubs and sticks with them yon needn't be afraid unless yon are a mad dog. Rev. Foster Speer and Mr. Earnest Leverett, of Moscow, spent Saturday and Sundsy In town with the family of Dr. A. J. Speer. Messrs. W. W. and R. R. Price, of Mountain View, went to Anderson Fri day. Mr. R. W- Speer, of Anderson, spent Suudsy with home folks. In the last issue of the Intelligencer "Swamp Fox" says that we went out of , our way to hit Ellis a rap, and that he : sent his reply through him. We don't know why Ellis didn't send it himself 1 unless lor the want of a two-cent stamp. The writer (not Ellis, as you will readily , see by an Inspection of tbe language), got t things mixed, or tried to reply to some- ' thing he knew nothing about. He says j Ellis didn't dress up. but he Bent over to , one of his close neighbors' (who had just ? returned from a visit to the young lady) l to find out it she was coming, so that he 1 could stop in time to bathe his face sod hands. Tho writer told one thing that ha* ! never happened in this country before? Ellis was at work. "Swamp Fox" re- . peats the old maxim about Hying in glass bouses. He says tbat sometime ago (last * July) when a young lady was visiting ) near here that we would dress up in ocr ; Sunday-go-to-msetings, and when asked ' where we were going said tbe sheep were > out of the pasture. We don't know why he knew such unless it was because he snvied the neighborhood in which we were going?the Promise Land. We don't care to have any more deal- 1 ings with "Swamp Fox" unless he can 1 lesrn more common sense than he has shown. Touch-me-hot. Mr. W. M. Speer and sister, Miss Ethel, < jnd Mies Aille Fennel went to Abbeville < Wednesday. I Mrs. W. R. Bullock, of Abbeville, spent I last week In town visiting relatives. < Messrs H. B. Alien and E. F. Latimer t went to Anderson Friday. Dr. A. J. Speer went t? Dean Thursday 1 aigbt to see Dr Scudday. I Attorney Coohran, of Anderson, was in 1 town Saturday. < Some of the boys like to be dudish? " part their hair in the middle. I Rev. G. P. Harmon, Presiding Elder, ? aeld the second quarterly conference at < this place Saturday. \ A few weeks ago there were some items 1 in tbe Intelligencer from Lowndes- t ville from "Swamp Fox." in which he replies to us for calling his attention to a t grammatical error that he made, and goes i 3el to say tbat be would like to congratu- t late us on finding the error, and then says r in the Bame paragraph that we had our t ittention called to the matter, as we t iid not point it out. Further, he says ( tbat any one with any brains at all could c ind it. Now, if he had any, why didn't t is find it himself ? Was it for the want )f common sense, or did he want to show t lis ignorance? He saya that be agrees i with the young lady who says our era- f lium wouldn't hold peas. If the j ou n g t ady hsa'n t exhausted all of her common i lense (If she ever had any) ere this, Bhe I ran shew what their is la her by correct- a Dg bla items, but we don't see how she > ?ould well do it without re-writing it al ogether. R. S. V. P. 8 - ?sa? - g Sprirjg is full of terrors to all whose con- t ititutioa is not able to resist tbe sudden 1 ibsnge-i of temperature and other ioaaln- \ )rities of the spason. To put the syBtem 1 n condition to, overcome tbese evils, noti.. c ng is so effective as Ayer's Sareaparill?, t Cake it now. , ; , ' .-< Ic ?ho Anderson Insurance Company? Min?tes of tbe meeting of the Board of Corporators of The Anderson Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company, held at Anderson S. C, April 18th, 1896 j The meeting was called to order by Mr. j. M. Glenn, and on motion Mr. j. j. Baker was elected Chairman, and M. L. Bonbam wan req nested to act as Secretary. It Was moved and seconded that the Corporators of Tbe Anderson Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company? here as sembled by virtue of the authority of tbe Commission issued to tbem by Hon. D. H. Tompkins, Secretary of State, on April 8th, 1&96, do hereby organize them selves into an association to be known as Tbe Anderson Mutual Fire and Life In surance Company, having for its object the purposes set out in tbe said Com mtsaiODt Tbe draught of the Charter hereto appended was read section by section, and then iidopted as a whole as tbe Charter which tbe Association would ask tbe secretary of State to issue to tbe Com pany. On motion the number of the Board of Directors was fixed at nino, and the Corporators proceeded to the election of the Board, and tbe following gentlemen were elected, viz! j. f. Baker, W. G. Watson, j. M. Glenn, j. j. Major, A.. P. Hubbard, B. C. Martin, j. G. Duckworth, T. L. Coaby, and R. B. A. Robinson. On motion tbe Chairman appointed a committee of five on By-Laws, with in structions to report to tbe Board of Direc tors the result of their labors. The Chairman appointed the following: M L. Bonbam. W. G. Watson, A. P. Hub bard, and T? L. Cozby, tbe Chairman being by the terms of the motion a mem ber of said Committee. It was moved and adopted tbat tbe Secretary of tbe meeting forward a copy of the charter adopted by this meeting together with a copy of the minutes of the meeting to the Secretary of State and ask that tbe said charter be issued to the company. On motion the meeting of the Board of Corporators then adjourned. j. j. Baker, Chairman. M. L. Boa ham, Secretary. GIGANTIC TRUSTS. Fire. Associations, so-called, but in reality gigantic trusts, as following figures below prove Here arc the figures concerningsomeof the la-ger companies doing business In the Metropolitan dis trlct, taken from tbe official summary for 1st of January, 18M : THE HOME COM PA?T5T. The Home Fire Insurance Company of New York reoelYed net premiums in 1895 of $1.928,289, and the total income of the Company for the year. Including reveuue from investments, Ac, waa $5,M3,824. The total losses paid were but $2,647. 182 Comparing tbe net premiums received with the total lo se< paid, tbe insuring public really paid this Company $2254,107 in premiums over and abote what the losses aggregated. The exact ratio of losses to premiums was 54 2. The ratio of uxoenses to premiums was 84.6. The expenses of the business cer and above the losses and divi dends paid wer-j $1.708.802. Tbe Company paid caih dividends of $400,150 on a capital of $1,000,000. THE CONTINENTAL. Tho Continent:.! Fire Insurance Co. of New York received in net premiums during (he year 81,121,484 Its fire losses were but $i,t>80.789. In this case tbe Insuring public really paid the Com pany $<,690,695 more than the fire fosses aggrega ted The ratio of losses to premiums was 63.5,and the ratio of expenses to premiums was 88 4. Tbe expenses or the business over and above the losses and dividends paid were $1,247,850. The Company paid cash dividends of $158,962 on a capital of $1,000,000. GERMAN-AMERICAN. The German-American Fire Insnrance Co. of New York received net premiums during the year of $.2,740,182, and paid out fire lossea of $1,626,088. Here tbe insuring public paid tbe Company in premiums $1,214,094 more than the fire lusse* ag gregated. Tbij Company's ratio of loss to pre miums was 65 f, End the ratio of expense to pre rolum 87.5. The expoodllures over and above all losses and dividends were $1,708.801. Tbe Compa ny paid cash di vidends of $200,000 on a capital of $1,000,000. THE GERMANIA. Iba Germania Fire Insurance Co. of New York rooilved net premiums during 1895 of $1,217,914 and! paid out in fire losses but $507,618 Here the Insuring publi: paid in premiums $710,401 more tban the fire losses aggregated. The Company's ratio of losses to premiums was but 41.6, while tbe ratio of expenses to premiums was 36.4. The ex penses o*er and above tbe losses and dividends weie $(44,383. 1 he Comp ny paid cash dividends of 1)100,000 on a cs/dtol of $1000,070. THE HNAOVEB. Tbe Hanover Fire Insurance Company of New York received net premiums during i895 of $1,50 V 8M, and paid out in fire* losses but $722 898 In this case tbe insuring public paid in premiums $731,465 more than the fire losses aggregated. Tbe ratio of losses to premiums was 48. while the ratio of expenses to premiums was 87 5. Tbe ex penses of the business over and abovo the losses and dividends were $565.289 The Company paid $70,>)00 cash dividends on $1000,000 of stock. N. Y. UNDERWRITERS AGENCY. The N. Y. Underwriters Agency of New York (Hartford Fire loa. Co ) received net premiums of $5,767,387, whit* Its fire lossee were but $3,284,18?. Thus tb.y policy holders paid in premiums $2 483> 176 more tban tbe lo ses aggregated. Tbe ratio of losses to premiums was 66 9. and tbe ratio of ex penses to premiums was 13.81 The expenses over and above losses and dividends were $1,922110. Tbe ompany paid in dividends $325,000 on a capi tal of $1,250.000. THE NIAGARA COMPANY. Tbe Niagara Firs Ins. Co. of N. Y. received net premiums of $1.656,385 in 1895, While it paid out in fire losiies but $819,776. Here the policy holders paid lo. premiums $816 659 more than the total fire losses. The ratio of losses to premiums was 49 4, and th<9 ratio of expenses to premiums was 35.4 The expenses over and above losses and dividends were $580,734, And the Company paid cash dividende of $50,143 on a capital of $500,000. WHAT TEE FIGURES 810W. These figures certainly indicate that the big Companies are making plenty of money and span ling it profligately. The figures for expenses over ana above the fire losses and dividends are not indicative of economy, but do indicate why tbe efflcera or the Companies consider it so neces sary that rates should be raised and revenue in creased.?New York World In Hemoiy of Mr. R. F. Pullen. Fits Plat, 8. C, April 6, 1896. The subject of this sketch, Bro. K. F. Pullen, "Dock" Pullen, its he was more familiarly known, son of Wm. Pul'ien, was born near Fair Play, in Anderson County. 8. C.,on November 10th, 1850, and died in Greunville, Miss .January 1st, 1890. He was educated at Fair Play. After leaving school be commenced bis business career as a cleik with L. L Jarrard at Fair Play on a small sultry: Bpenoing two or three years In this service he united with A. j. Hunt and Wm. J. Hix, and did business for them as a nominal partner under the firm name of Hit A Pullen for an increased salary from year to year for three or four years. After leaving i.hls firm be opened a business on his own account at Seneca and File Play, under the firm name ol' B. F. A J. H. Pollen. His broth er, J. H. Pu len, managed tbe business at Fair Plar and be at Seneca He afterwards closed his business at "eneca and accepted a position as bookkeeper and salesman for f. C. Cary, of Seneca, at a good salary. He remained with Mr. Cary three or four years, and then sought a larger fie d He closed his business at Fair Play and was em ployed by the largo and well known firm of Geo. H. McFadden ? Bro., as cotton buyer and export er, which position be held for ten or twelve years, continuing up to the time of bis death. It can be truly said of blm that in all of his business relations he was held in the highest rate sin by all of bis associates and employers Honest, truthful, sober, moral courteous, his word was as good as his bond. U pretentious, unas luming, to know blm was to like him Af. or leavng home and engaging in the cotton business in Alabama and Mississippi, be never !>nce forgot that be bad left behind him an aged father and mother, for he never failed to visit 'hem at least once a year ; and after the death of als father be gavo the closest care and attention to als widowed mother. He never forgot bis sisters ind bad a nice scm of his life insurance made iver to them. One of bis sisters having been found in distress in Arkansas, he hurried to her relief, and ever after gave her especial care. He was unmarried, and was not a member of iny church, but announced before bis death that 'he was ready to die." He was a raemher of Fair Play Lodge, No. 132, !~ F M., and lived up to its teachings. He commenced lire without a dollar, and with f.oco attention to business and strict economy he iccumulated considerable property, and was a ihrewcd financier, and bad at his death more " yerty than any person in this country. No .ne knew blm better and loved more os a citizen ban this scribe. "if > was as tbo man, A temple did rear, Who walked on tbe level And departed on tbe square." "Blessed are Ibe dead who die in tbe Lord; lenceforth they rest fiom their labors, and their -orbs do follow l.hem." A FRIEND. ? On the 5th of next month tbe power >f the dynamos at Niagara Falls will be iransmitted to New York city, a distance )f 462 miles by wire, and at tbe same ;ime tbe roar of tbe great falls will be also ;ransmltted by tbe Bell telephone. This 162 miles will be by far tbe longest dis ance over which electric power has ever seen transmitted, 110 miles having been litberto tbe long distance limit, and tbat n Europe. Bat in mechanics one thing eada to another ; one success to another. 3na of the ?r* t uses of the Niagara Falls rvater power was in the manufacture on I great scale of aluminum, a few days ago i rarity, a wonder, now becoming as common a metal as copper, and tbe same .vater power will he used to demonstrate litherto unheard of resources in electric! y. So tbe world moves. ? It is usual to compare tbe battles of be last century with the battles of to-day ind dilate upon the greater deadliness of be modern weapons and tbe modern re lults, says the Saturday Review. But he facts are all the other way. At Fon enov, for instance, one volley of tbe 2oldstreams struck down 450 Frenchmen >ftbe Regiment du Roi. Again, at tbe lame battle tbe Gardes du Corps bsd not nnch BhortofoOO saddles emptied by a tingle volley, while the French guards vere scattered by a point blank-volley Vom a British regiment at twenty paces hat brought down 450 men. Here we lave at Krugoradrop thousands of Boers n cover shooting for hours on two days it 600 Englishmen in the open and killing rery few. ? Low level bridgea have been found idvisable on Queenland rivera subject to evere floods. Tbe cost of high level )ridges is excessive, those of moderate ?eight are very liable to be carried away, vbile tbe low level ones are submergea )efore logs and drift wood are brought lown in considerable quantities, bo that he dangerous debris passes harmlessly >ver. ' ' " ' I Iola Items, The health of oar little town is very good at tbe present writing with the ex ception of a few cases of the whooping conghj The majority of oar people are done planting corn and cottor The acreage of cotton has not been increased mncb over last year's crop. The farmers have decided that it is cheaper to raise their hog and hominy at home than it is to buy them from tbo western markets. There was more guano used this year than was last year. But a large part of it wauuned under corn. If there is no more cold weather we will have a large fruit crop this year. Gentle spring is here onoe more, bring ing with it sweet odors and beautiful flowers. This is the most beautiful sea son of nil the year. Oh ! how delightful it is to Bit in the cool and refreshing breeze and listen to the warble of tbe feathery songsters as tbey flit about from tree to ;ree and sing their beautiful Bpring songs. The treos are clothing themselves in their pretty coats of green. Nature seems to be doing all it can to make us happy and content. Wheat and oats are looking well and the prospecta are good for a large yield from both. The boys of this community have or ganized a baseball club. They play every Saturday afternoon. Come up some Saturday, Mr. Editor, and play"with us. Rev. J. J. Beck preached two very in teresting sermons last Saturday and Sun day. We now have preaching at Lebanon I every second and fourth Sundays, and at 1 Welcome every third Sunday. Dre. W. S. Hutchinson and I. J. Bur risE have returned home from tbe Balti more Medical College to spend their va cation. Mr. M. C. Horton has a very sick child at this writing. Miss Nellle'Bane, one of Newberry'a moat charming young belles, has entered tbe Lebanon High School. This is one of the finest schools in tbe county, and is taught by Prof. G. L. Johnson and M iss Florence Smith, two of as good teachers as tbe State affords. Mica Mary Thompson, of Hopewell, and Mrs. Louisa Browne, of Wann, visited the family of Mr. Lawrence Thompson last week. The quietness of our settlement is very often disturbed by drunken rowdies who pass along tbe Piokens road. They either imbibe loo freely in the "chemically pure" or"blind tiger." II; is reported that a wagon loaded with whiskey passed through this neighbor hood a few weeks ago. It was going In the direction of Pelzer. Ilf courting, is any sign tbe wedding bel In will begin to ring before long. Miss Lnla Laboon, one of Brushy Creek's most winsome young Indies, visl ed the family of Mr. M. B. Richard ?m a few days ago. Mr. Editor, we are not taking any in terest in politics, but, of course, we be lieve in tbe free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1. And we have enongh confidence in tbe friends of free silver to believe tbat tbey will sweep the United States ns a great wave sweepn over the ocean. But do not think that we mean tbat the free nil v?r it?s will stop when they strike something solid, us tbe ocean wave does when it strikes tbe shore, for we mean no snob. But we do believe that the friends of sil ver will gain ouch a victory over the gold bugs that they will never be able to raise the cry of sound money again. Bnt where Is the man'to lead the Silver Party to victory ? The answer comes, "In tbe United States Senate." That man is Hon. B. R. Tillmar. We believe tbat under his leadership we will again have prosperity and happiness among tbe la boring classes. Tillman has done more for tbe good of the poor downtrodden farmer than any other man in tbe last century. If his opponents will trace him from the beginning of bis public life np to tbe present they cannot help seeing that he has done more good for the peo ple than ony one else. We care not now soon he may be placed in the President's cbalr. There will be prayer meeting at Leba non next Saturday night. All are invi ted to attend. With best wishee, I am Plenojube. Townville Items. Dear Intelligencer : We hear with sor row tint our missionary. Diaz, is thrown in prison by those wicked Spaniards in Cuba. He was doing a great work in Cuba, establishing the Red Cross, hospi tals for the sick and wounded In both ar mies. We suppose the Spaniards were incensed because he cared for tbe insur gents the same as 'Spaniards. If Presi dent Cleveland don't do something now for the release of Mr. Diaz, Congress ought to impeach him at once. Well, we think the Lord is going to release Cuba, and maybe this very thing will mako the United States act in tbat respect. We hope so, for we want to see all nations and people free. What a blessed word, to worship God ander their own vine and fig tree, and none dare molest or make them afraid. It seems that every coun try has to be steeped in blood before they throw off tbe yoke of Romanism. It shows what a desperate fight the devil makes to hold bis ground. But the Lord rules, and will conquer tbe devil in his own good time. Mr. Editor, we foel more like flinging lead than ink, bnt we sup pose it ts nil wrong, bat the Lord In olden times bad bis people to flgbt bloody bat tles in subduing the heathen, and I reck on it stilt holds good. We hope sr, for we wsnt to see Cuba free and a hundred preachers put in there to work to blot ont Romanism. Mi.-a Maggie Smitb, of Pendleton, is visiting friends in this place. Miss Susie- Campbell, who has been teaching at Pine Grove, closed her school last week and will return home. Mr. D. A. Ledbetter and family, of Anderson, are visiting relatives in Town ville. We are always glad to see Ned, as we always called him, for be Is socia ble and entertaining. MiBs Lelia Giles, of this place, has re turned from a two weeks' visit in Ander son. Our Professors still hunt birds, if tbo law Is oat. We tbink tbey have found some birds down on the river tbat don't come under tbe law. Mr. W. N. Bruce, Oconee'B Supervisor, attended Church here Suoday. He re ports tbat registration is going on lively. Mr. J. R. Bruce, the infuriated Consti tution agent, Is with us to-day, and still on the war path. Cox & Fredericks, photographers, are in town, and want to take your photos. Mr. W. N. Honnioutt and wife of High Fall?, Ooonee, visited their daugh ter, Mrs. S. G. Bruce, last week. Misses Kyle and Leila Bruce, of this place, are spending awhile with their grandfather, W. N. Hunnicutt, of High Falls. Well, Mr. Editor, we are very dry in this section, having had no rain much in about two months ; consequently truck is not coming up fast Tbe bulk of the cotton is planted, and a whaling big crop it is?don't expeot over five cents for it next fall, because supply and demand govern tbe price, notwithstanding the bulls and bears. Old Rosin De Bow. State Pensioners. The following letter to tho county ex amining board of pensions has been is sued. It; is self-explanatory, and ia pub lished for the Information of tbe public: Executive Department, Office of Comptroller General Columbia, 8 0 , April 14, 1890. To tbe County Examining Board of Pensions : The new pension law does not contemplate new applications from those now on tbe roll, but only from those not heretofore on roll, except such as have been rejc cteu or application disapproved by State board. All such must file new applications as well as new applicants. Boards are expected to correct list of pen sioners as it now exista in their counties, erasing such as are dead, removed or whose incomes have been increased above the legal limit, or for other causes. All 'oensioners, however, now or to be placed nn roll must he placed in grade "A," "B" or "C " ?8, $6 or $4 class, as re quired by new law, according to their disabilities. Boards can require or not, an in their judgment will best conserve the ends of justice, the old pensioners to appear before thorn personally. New ap plicants must appear personally. We mail blanks for Applicants, and for your reports to State board. Widowa can be plaoed only on the ?4 roll, but should be reported separate from males. Tbe only change in tbo law in reference to widows is to add those over 60 years of age who bave no inoome above 8100. It will be noticed tbat "A" and ' B" classes roust not bave an income above $250, and " C" class above $100. Thus we will have three classes of males. "A," "B"and ' C," or $8, $6 or $4 list of soldiers, and then the widows all J4. We return all new applications filed under the old law for suob action, approved or disapproved, as in your Judgment the respective cases may require. Your decisions and opin ions expressed fully, whether in special form or not, will be appreciated by State board. Information and suggestions to the end tbat tbe appropriation may be paid only to tbe deserving and tbe moat needy, as contemplated by the law, are desired by State board. Respectfully, James Nqeton, Com otrgller G eneral for State Boai cL The Kews From Honen Pfiith. Spring suite and straw hats new in or der to salt tbe weather. Miss Fannie Watkins, of Anderson, spent Saturday in town. A negro was shot over near Cray ton ville Sabbath. No particulars. Miss Stella Gambrell, daughter of J. Frank Gambrell, is quite sick. Another little girl has arrived at the house of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Shirley. J. R. Donald la off to Charleston with a load of cattle. Miss Ella Little, who has been visiting Mrs. George Bigby, has returned home. Mrs. R. A. Morris is on the sick list this'week. Miss Bess Shirley has resumed her studies in tbe Greenville Female College. Dr. Jas. F. Wilson, of Indianapolis, ac companied by his partner, Dr. Cougblin, will reach home to-morrow on a short visit. Rev. R. W. Burts preached in the Bap tist Church on Sabbath morning and Rev, L. C. Branyon in evening. Mr. George Cooley, of Greenville Coun ty, formerly of the State Constabulary force, went down to Colombia hsi week, presumably to consult Gov. Evans. W. S. and L. W. Fleming went to Ab beville Tuesday, to attend tbe fanerai of their brother, Ambers Fleming, who died after about a week's illness with pneu monia. Mr. Fleming was for several years a resident of Anderson County. A barn on Mrs. Erwin's place was burned Friday nicht. It was :he work of an incendiary. Dr. Edwards, of Due West, is teaching the new members of tbe string band. He gives 3 lessons per week. W. S. Fleming received a telegram Monday conveying the sad news of the death of bis brother, Ambers Fleming, of Abbeville. He was a former resident of this County, and had many friends, who sympathize with his family in their loss. W. S. and L. W. Fleming, attended the funeral on Tuesday. M. A. Kay has been selected as mana ger of tbe new road machine for Honea Path Township. The selection :1s a good one and better roads will be expected. W. A. Shirley, Bill Clinkscales, M. B. Dunlap and Sam Haynes are over on the river fishing. Miss Lois Chap pall is expected up this evening to visit her sister, Mrs. Hough. Jim Moore, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, met with a painful accident on Sabbath. He was running after a chick en and ran against the olotbes wire, which threw hica on his arm, fracturing the collar bone in two places. We noticed the editor passed through here to-day. Guess he is off for a little recreation. * ? When people begin to get up start ling statistics, California oomeii in and takes tbe wind ont of their sails. The very latest from there is tbat two men, in a three days' hunt near Rio Vista, kill ed 375 gray and white geese. ? Noah's wife is said by Armenians to be buried on Mount Ararat, and tbe Ar menians trace their ancestry back to Japbet in one long genealogical tree. Tbey have a tradition that the Garden of Eden was located in Armenia. ? The peach can be and frequently is bndded on the plum. It makes a good combination where the trees am planted on heavy soils, tbe plom stock doing mu'.-h better on these tban the ppr ca. ? There Is only one speck - of bird in the United States tbat never builds a nest for itselt? the caw black bird. The British cuckoo has tbe same peculiar trait. Both deposit their eggs in tbe nests uf other birds. ? The Duke of Camborland was born without a nose. The one whioh adorns bis face 1b the result of much ingenuity on the part of the surgeons who attended him as an infant. ? Women do not marry for money, but tbey say it is easier to lovo a rich man than a poor one. ? There is only one sadden death among women to eight among men. \ Democratic Hub Meeting'. Martin Township Democratic Clnb will meet at Olinkscales' mill on 1st Saturday In May at 2 o'elock p. m. A fall turnout Is desired, as important matters will come ap before said meeting. E. B. A. Roe i Ks ox, Pres. ? Utah's juries now consist of 8 io ?tead of 12 men. ? A Haralson county, Ga., farmer has set out 1,000 apple trees. ? Honey is used in the manufacture of many of the best toilet scaps. ? Half the wlckedneiis in the world Is gossip started by good people. ? Russia's death rate is believed to be greatly increased by the practice of the peasants in plunging into the rivers after the blessing of the water at the feast of I the Epiphany, January 18, in the belief | that it has then the power to wash away their sins. The practice has long been forbidden at St. Petersburg. ? A story of a feat of mechanical skill of wonderful delicacy is told in Iron Age. An expert mechanic is said to have taken a common sewing needle of mediun size. 28 inches long, and drilled a hole through its entire length, from eye to point, the bole being just large enough to admit of the passage of a very fine hair. ? Marshall pass, on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, is the highest point yet attained by a railroad in the United States. Elevation, 10,855 feet. Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed when tbe languid, exhausted feel ing prevails, when tbe liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonio and alter ative is felt A pron.pt use of this medi cine has often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers* No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing tbe riyatem from the malarial poiuon. Hand ache, Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 50c. and $1 00 per bottle at Hill Bro's Drug 8 tore. NOTICE~ IWILL stand my thoroughbred Stal lion, "BILL LINK," at my Stables at Anderson during the Spring months. Will insure for ten dollars W. B. MAQR?DER. April 15, im 42 2rc. Solentlflo American Agency for CAVEATS* _ TRADK MARKS* DE8IQM PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, etc. Tor Information and free Handbook write to munn & CO., 861 Broadway, new Your. Oldest bureau for securing patents In America. Erery patent taken out by us la brought before the public by * notice glren frso of charge In tao Largest circulation of any scientific paper to the world. Splendidly Illustrated. No Intelligent man should bo without It, Wuekly, 63,00 a ear; SL50 six months. Address, HUNN & CO,, ptjsusHxas, 361 Broadway, Hen York City. FFIEE TG ALL: Oi-.r Kew IUnr-trated Catalogue of Plants, ltoran, Bulbs, Vines, SH ku 03, 03n a?1ental TjtEr.!, Small Fruits, Gram*. Vine.1, Seeds. etc., vill be mailed Fi:.se tnall applicants. l'lOpngci. Most com plote Plant Catalogue pabl.shca. BatWaction Guaranteed. '.'0 Kose Houses, 45 Greenhouses; CO acres Nurseries. Address , NANZ & NEUNE!., Louisville, Ky. ^ NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE And you will see that we are Leading the Grocery trade of Anderson. ??R STOCK OF GOODS IS IMMENSE, and if you willgive us a call we will send you home happy. When you want something EXTRA FINE try a Barrel of our? Swan's Down Flonr and Elugan Ham. They are guaranteed to please the most fastidious. TABLE LUXURIES is our hobby; so don't fail to call on us when you want anything in this or any other line of Groceries. We also handle LINIE, CEMENT and PLASTER PARIS. Our lime is superior to any on the market. All we ask of you is to try a barrel and be satisfied. No extra charge for delivering Goods in City limits. LIGON & LEDBETTER, Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Anderson, S. C THE ROMAN HARROW, The latest, the best implement ever made for cultivating Cotton and Corn. So speaks the unanimous verdict of the people who know. 500 DOZ. HANDLED STEEL HOES, Of the right kind of steel, of the right set, and; as to prices, be warned that you will do yourself an injury if you pass us HEEL SWEEPS, The genuine Terrell. Biggest stock, lowest prices, best goods. In fact, we not mean that our customers shall be denied a single? IMPLEMENT OF WARFARE AGAINST GRASS I Our equipment for 1S96 surpasses any previous ^ ?ar. Come to see us and be convinced. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. SAY, HAVE FOU QUIT DRINKING I PnCCCKT 1?0ar famoas K. NO. 2 is the best, purest, most uniform and LUrrlllL free from rotten grains now being offered on this market. You don't want to br-ak yourself of the Coffee habit if you use only J. K. KO. 2. Buy of ua and you get THE original. Accept no imitations or counterfeits. Our eales of DEAN'S PATIENT FLOIJB have increased up to April 1st six ty* three per cent over last ye&rV BuJc-t. This means that the people know a good thing when they see it. and knowiDg it grasp it Floor of all grades bas advanced, bat wnile ours last (several hundred barrels) we offer it at the eame old price. Come early and be happy. Ve:ry truly yours, DEAN, RATLIFFE & CO. Best Guanos and Acids still on hand. " OBELISK !" This is the brand of ''Ballard's Best" FLOUR ? " ALLISTA!" This is the brand of Model Mills finest FLOUR. The above brands of Flour have no superior. We appreciate every dollar of trade given us, sind guar antee Goods and prices. Yours truly, BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS. Free City Delivery?Telephone 76. Grand Openiii FOR the entire month of April, and those with the ready Cash will have a rare opportunity to take advantage of it. This means that we intend to sacrifice a large line of DRY GOODS and SHOES? Prices that are as attractive as the Goods. A beautiful line of Percales, Dimities, Scotch Lawns and Duck, all new and fresh, will be sold at a price that is bound to make them go ; and prospective purchasers will benefit themselves by look ing through our Stock. Shoe Department is complete in every detail, and some splen did values are offered in Ladies' Pine Custom-made Shoes and Oxford Ties. All grades of Men's Shoes are constantly in stock, and any one can be suited in style and price. A prac tical demonstration of the fact that we are selling Goods cheap will be given free of charge to every one, as we take pleasure in showing our Goods and quoting prices. MINI'S B?STE A Blud Vessel an Dropt Outen the Race. FER FAIM AN FORTUNE, but, thanka to the cll-powerfull dollar, the gud and grate "TEN CENTS STORE" is still workin' fer bread. The thing has done ben did. Minor's men hev. done got tber order', an would dye rather than disobey. * Smith says, "Minor don't no whin ter stop whin he gita started like this.' Johnsing says, ' Let her go, Gallager.'' But Competition screams like a parrot in the claws of a hawk, ."Let ap on us, man, or we'll have broke bone fever." Our answer comes like the piercing cry of the American Eagle as it sails from mountain peak to mountain peak, "We'll be first or not at all." Like the snort of the enraged he elephant as he rushes through the forest, demolishing such undergrowth as falls in his path, and spreading terror among the natives of the woods : "Here vre plant our banner in the centre of this ring of prices into which no man can enter, and we acknowledge no competition." Like the roar of the lion, which proclaims him king of the forest, "We will?we do name the figures for this market, and sharp be the man that can meet them and still live." Like the thunder that sends its bolt crashing through space, sparing no obstacle but scattering devastation in its course, we proclaim to bewildered competition, "Stand aside, man, or you'll be hurled from your exalted post in the mercantile world to the einks of oblivion in the realms of the forgotten." We are now naming Spring prices that are as young and fresh as Spring chickens. They are as new to the world as they are to you. Gentlemen and Ladies, we first call your attention to our young Mr. Cheshire, delicate and frail as you see, but of dashing bravery, and cuts a broad swath with a jack-knife when ordered to use the weapon. His nerves - are somewhat shattered, ?.3 you notice, the effect of a stroke of paralysis, caused dy astonishment at prices which he is-ordered to make on his line of Tinware, from garret to cellar. Don't be excited, but watch the Proffessor : Coffee Pots first, please. Well, here's one for 5c, and a larger oue for 6c, 2 qt short 7c, 2 qt. regular 8c., 3 qt. 10c, 4 qt. 12c. 6 qt. 15c. Happy Bob, you can't hev the hari; to ju him now. Dish Pans next?here tha sur? Block Tin fust : In Plain Tin we will give you the 7 qt. for 9c, 10 qt. 10c, 14 qt. 13c, 17 qt. 15c. Double-coated Block Tin Dish Pans 8 qt 14c, 10 qt. 16c, 17 qt. 18c, 12 qt. 25c, extra heavy old-fasbion 17 and 21 qts 30c. each. Pieced Dish Pans 8 qt. 9c, 10 qt. 10c, 12 qt. 13c, 14 qt 15c, 16 qt. 18c. Extra deep (chicken) Pie Pans 2c, 1 qt 2 l-2c, 2 qt. 3c, 4 qt 4c, 6 qt 6c, 8 qt. 8c, 10 qt. 9e, double-coated 8 qt. 12c, heavy pieced 4 qt 8e. Tin Cups?half pint 4 for 5c, pint 3 for 5c, 1 qt. 3c., 2 qt. 5c. Lipped Seal Measure 1 qt. 4c, half gal. 7c, 1 gal. 12c. Covered Buckets 1 qt 3c, 8 pt. . 4c, 2 qt. 5c, 3 qt 8c, 4 qt. 10c, 6 qt. 12c, 8 qt. 15c, 10 qt-18c, 12 qt 20c Biscuit Cutters 2c. each. Pie Plates. 8 inch, 3 for 5c, 9 inch 2 for 5c. Milk Strainers 5c. Covered Sauce Pans, 2 qt. 8c, 4 qt. 10c. Rolling Pins 5c, Trays 20c, Sifters 6c. each, Tea and Coffee Pot, spout strainer, 2c, Nut meg Graters 2c, large equare Lo'af Pans 5c, 8 lbs. Soda for 25c, 8 bare Big S Soap for 25c. If any mortal man can duplicate these figures let him get at it. We shall be delighted to bhake hands with him, at any rate. Yours always truly, C. S. MINOR and THE 10c. STORK, 27 South Side Public Square. Georgia Plow-boy ahead, eh 1 PRICES. DOWN. NOW IS YOUR TIME I Improved, High Arm Singer Sewing faciles HAVE NO SUPERIOR. v GUARANTEED. Price? $19.00 for 3 Drawer Machine full set AtibCbmei'ts. Shipped from Fac tory. We pay freight. Write lor particu lars. BICYCLES CHEAP. J. IV. SUTHERLAND, Agent? PELZER, 8 C MANY A QUAitREL HEIGHT have been avoided by greater care In the purchase of? ? GROCERIES. ? It's unreasonable to bl?me your wire for a poor breakfast when you have failed to tupply her with pood materials. Sbe'll never have cause to complain, end neither will yon, (if she can cook,) if you purchase your GrocorlcH from? JOHN A. AUSTIN & CO. and THE TEAPOT. WE have the GENUINE . . . And other Standard varieties of . . . WATER MELON SEED. ORR & SLOAN. ATLANTIC SOLUBLE GUANO ! And other brands of their well known High Grade Fertilizers, for sale by. P, P. SLOAN & CO,