The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 29, 1896, Image 2
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PUMU&3MD JB7XBT WBDJ 8DAT.
F. CLINKSCALES, ) Editors and
0. LANG8T0N, ? ] Proprietors
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ONB TEAK_?....%l 60
I SIX MONTHS_L 75
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1896.
Candidates ?or County officers are not
scarce in Lanrens. The Herald contains
thirty-three annou ncements.
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The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald figures up 345 gold
delegates to'the Chicago convention; 838
silver; 218 doubtful. The largest doubt
ful States are Illinois 48, Indiana 30, Iowa
26, Georgia, 26. It looks as if it would be
a close race. _
" ' The war in Cuba continues to be a
Bonrce of great interest to onr people.
The appointment of Gen. Fttzhugh Lee,
by President Cleveland, co be Consul
General at Havana, is taken as evidence
of a determination on the part of the
Fresident to secure fuller and more ac
curate, information as to the real status
of affairs on the Island, before betakes
action on the concurrent resolutions re
cently passed by Congress. This is emi
nently proper, as hasty action on the
part of4he Fresident would be inexcusa
ble, in view of the grave consequences
which may result from a recognition of
the belligerent rights of the Cubans. Tbe
President may, we think, be relied upon
to do the right thing in this matter.
The Rev. Dr. Diaz, whose imprison
ment by the Spanish authorities in Cuba
we chronicled last week, bas been re
leased and ordered to leave tbe Island
Tbi0~hs8 resulted from
tbe determined action taken by the Bap
tist churches of the Soutb, in regard to
the matter, and well illustrates the power
of united action, gieveral' Congressmen
from the South exei '?d themselves in his
behalf, among others Wilson and Tal
b'a'rt, of thls-State, and the "Butcher" soon
found that it would be very "unhealthy"
for him to hold the great preacher longer.
It is said *.hat Dr. Diaz was well treated
while incarcerated, that is for Spanish
prisons? being kept in a clean, airy room,
and allowed many privileges denied to
other prisoners. He* will leave Cuba in
a few days, and is expected in Chattanoo
ga, during-the session of the Sontbern
Baptist Convention next week. His work
aba will be suspended for a while.
His brother has also been released.
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The following editorial on quarrels
over the rem ns of deceased relatives is
fc^ tiken from tho St. Paul Dispatch.
"Nothing can be more unseemly than a
family quarrel over tbe remains of a
deceased relative, and regarding where
they shall finally reut These questions
seem to have become more frequent. It
is only a short time since one of those un
seemly quarrels became a notorious
scandal in Sionx City. Now one has
sprung up at Council Bluffa, where a
brother and the wife of the deceased are
quarreling over the final resting place of
'~~ a deceased brother and hn&band. The
L scandalous scene of a sheriff's officer and
' an undertaker executing a writ of re
/ plevin, after the body had been buried,
and then moved to another grave, was
Hfeenacted. The courts of final resort in
some of the States have determined that
death dissolves tbe marital relation, so
that the widow gains no control over the
"T^ramains of her former husband forpur
"/ '. pases of burial. This seems to be an un?
I feeling- disposition of the question, es
pecially where ihe' marital relation dur
? ing a long series of years has been an ex
! ceedingly happy one. Few or noneot
' ' the States have passed any statutes re
gar ding this matter, but for the sake of
avoiding scandal or unneemly conten
tions, often at the open grave itself, this
L matter should not be left in t he unset
tled condition that it is. Tbe rule which
has been established by the courts, so far
as it has been determined against tbe
wife, is an exceedingl y technical one and
ropul3lye.to ordinary feelings. A statute
should define the relation that results
from death, and if anything is done in
that respect, it should, be in favor of the
ife, no matter what any technical rule
ow may determine.
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Much has been said and written about
e race problem confronting the South.
Np solution of it yet proposed has met
general acceptance. Probably the dis
cussion of the question thus far has re-'
salted la little beyond securing recogni
onoflts importance as* only less than
that of _slayery itself. Are we drifting,
and are we to continue todrilt, as
before the war, until danger becomes im-. |
minent and critical? Howa fares it with
the patient who has rejected the prescrip
tions of the social doctors? It is the
eerful thesis of a noteworthy article by
r. A. S. Van de Graaff, of Alabama,
hloh will appear in the May Forum,
that Ellis well ; that the problem is al
ready in process of solution by the spon
taneous operation of tbe same- fnndamen
economis law which, under the differ
ent conditions of slavery, brought it into
istence. The race problem., in Mr.
Van de ?raafTs opinion, arises out of the
unequal distribution of the negroes in the
United States. "It will certainly be
agreed that, if the negroes now within
our borders?were evenly distributed
over the country so that in no State or
region did they form more than one
ighthofits population, we would have
o race problem in the uense in which we
commonly speak of it as existing now.
t is the presence of?sn undue proportion
of negroes in the Southern States that at
nee gives rise to the race problem and
makes it a question belonging particular
ly to the South." Mr. Van de Graaff I
gives the result of h's investigations, ex
tending over a number of years, into tbe
movement of negroes in the South, and
the results as he presents them in bis
Forum article are very striking. For
they show conclusively that overmuch
the greater portion of th e South the race
problem :doe8 not} exist; In th j sense in
which he has defined it. In the whole
South the tendency is toward a more
nal distribution of tho blacks and tbe
patlon of black majorities. A re
narkable tendency also exists on the
rt of the negro to drift away from the
rmain to the cities. This passing ot
e negro from the fieldn into tbe towns
is, in Mr. Van de GraafFs opinion, "ob
ioualy a fact of the greatest importance,
ot only in its bearing upon his statu-?
d distribution within the South itself J
it also upon the question whether he is
remain In tbe South in relatively ex
_isive numbers and as *n element of its
population not shared in an appreciable
degree by the North. Once loosed from
the stability of country life, taught to
maintain himself in the city, and placed
on the great highways of travel, the ne
gro has. taken the first and longest step
out ot ibe South altogether. The transi
tion from Richmond to Philadelphia, or
from Nashville to Chicago, is compara
tively easy, and it may be made by
easy stages." In briel, Mr. Van de
Graar?s figures suCQce to show that the
negro is capable of migration on a large
scale, and that neither by choice nor ne
- cessity is he to remain fixed in tbe South
ern States.. Mr. Van de Graaff concludes
his Forum article?a notable one it is too
?with a just tribute to the Soath's prac
tically undeveloped resources and bound
less) possibilities. Se says: "Great as
has been the industrial advance made,
considerable as appears tho present im
migration movement, they but faintly
foreshadow tbe development now at
hand. If so much has been done in tbe
lastthirty years under such disadvanta
ges and practically unaided by immigra
tion, what may we not expect when that
rich tide which has created the Empire
States of the Northwest is turned in even
greater volume Southward? Only the
marvellous growth of the great West itself
can guide tbe imagination in attempting
the forecasf, and_eyen that must be sur
passed. To the South unquestionably be
longs the fqtore/? M* \ r * I
A Joyful Week in Charleston.
We are again at onr an cable post of
duty after a most delightful week's Btay
in Charleston, so often reierred to as "the
grand old city by the sea," and we be
lieve our opinion is the opinion of every
visitor who spent the week in the city
when we say that Charleston has again
covered herself with glory. The occasion
of our visit was to attend the 22nd annual,
meeting of the South Carolina State P'reBS
Association, which, with the Sonth Caro
lina Division of United Confederate Vete
rans, had been invited to hold its annual
meeting there. We arrived on the even
ing of the 21st, and every train which
came into the city that evening was loaded
with veterans and visitors from every
section of the State. Everybody was cor
dially welcomed at the several depots by
special committees appointed for the pur
pose, and all felt that they were in the
hands of home-folks at once. Wednesday
morning the^trainB coming into the city
were again crowded, and it was soon
evident that the hotels and boarding
houses would have all the business they
could attend to. The main thorough
fares were decorated with flags and hunt
ing, and on every ' street the Veterans
could be*distinguished by the beautiful
badges which they wore, and which had
been provided by the local Camps.
The Veterans held their meetings, in
the old German Artillery Hall, on Meet
ing street, where every convenience and
comfort were provided for them. We re
gret circumstances prevented us from
attending only the welcome meeting.
The Veterans were in Bession the greater
portion of three days, and during their
recesses they were entertained by visit
ing varions places of amusements, ex
cursions around the harbor and indulging
in refreshments furnished by tbe noble
women free of cost. Distinguished he
roe3 were present from other States, and
interesting addresses were delivered at
intervals during the meeting. Onr only
regret is that every Veteran in the State
was not present to participate in these
meetings and enjoy the hospitality of the
citizens of Charleston. The meeting
next year will be held in Greenville.
The Press Association convened on
Thursday morning in Hibernian Hall,
and was warmly welcomed to the city
by Mayor Smythe and Mr. Welch, Pres
ident of the Young Men's Business
League. To theae addresses President
Aull, in behalf the Association, respond
ed. Invitations were received to attend
all the meetings of the U. C. V., partici
pate in all the excursions and atteud all
places of amusement, etc. The Associ
ation was in session two days, and its
meetings throughout were exceedingly
interesting to the members. The papers
read before the Association were as fol
lows :
"Uniformity in Capitalization and
Punctuation," by H. G. Osteen, of the
Su m ter Daily Item.
" The Moral Side of a Newspaper," by
the Rev. W. P. Jacobs, D. D., of Our
Monthly, Clinton, S. C.
" Scraps of History of Journalism in
South Carolina," by Yates Snowden, of
the News and Courier.
The officers elected were: President,
E. H. Aull, of Newberry ; First Vice
President, H. G. Osteen, of Sumter;
Second Vice President, W. P. Jacobs, of
Clinton ; Secretary, C. C. Langston, of
Anderson; Treasurer, F. Melchers, of
Charleston ; Chaplain, Rev. Sidi. H.
Browne, of Columbia, Executive Com
mittee: Messrs. W. W. Ball, of Charles
ton, M. B. McSweeney, of Hampton, and
Louis Appelfc, of Manning.
The journalists spent the recesses see
ing the sights of the city, and on Friday
night adjourned, after indulging in a
most elegant and sumptuous'banquet
tendered them at the Charleston Hotel
by the Young Men's Business League.
The Association will meet in Newberry
next year.
The weather throughout the week was
all tbat could be desired, and all the edi
tors, like the Veterans and other visitors,
regretted that their stay in the dear old
city could not be prolonged.
A larger number of States will partici
pate in this year's Presidential election
than in any previous Presidential election
in tbe United States, and a larger num
ber of the States, too, will vote on the
same day, Tuesday, November 3, than
ever heretofore, the list ot States holding
preliminary spring or autumn elections
having been steadily reduced of late
years.
Mr. Sherard Again Replies.
Editors Intelligekcer : Again Mr.
Fant gives vent to his pent up feelings,
and begins by saving tbat be purposes to
handle me in a fail and dispassionate
manner, yet he launches forth with a tirade
of abuse and insult and presents his senti
ments iu such language a? only tbe blindest
frenzy of rage- could suggest to tbe most
presumptuous of fool?. However, it is
only what could be expected from such a
person.
I have no apologies to make and nothing
to retract. In regard to the charges in my
previous articles I siy they are absolutely
true, and again I reiterate them. With
unflinching courage I 6hall tenaciously
adhere to what I have written and will
defend -it whenever attacked. The Chief
Spy's charges aeainBt me are utterly false
and without foundation. Where is bin
proof? He has none, but being steeped
in his pertinacity of malice and hatred
resort* to cowardly falsehoods to gratify a
spirit of revenge which is so characteristic
of persons who abhor tbe truth. Bat as he
is corrupt bow can his statements be.otber
than corrupting? He also claims that I
think the public will accept anything tbat
I Bay without any " corroborating facts,"
and say? tbat I "am sadly mistaken ;"
but be assumes tbat what he lets fall from
bis lips will bs received as the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth
Tbe irjfl-ued conceit of bla own merit is
absolutely unparalled ! If the public will
not receive anything tbat I say without
"corroborating facts," why is it tbat the
"good, truthful, high-toned" Citizens of
the Corner Township believe every word
tbat I have written ? Why is It tbat come
of tbe be-t men in this township have per
sonally confirmed my charges? Why is
it tbat some of tbe best citizens of Ander
son County bave accepted what I have said
without questioning its truthfulness? If
what I say is false, why do the leading
citizens of this township not deny it and
show that I have misrepresented tbe state
of affaire that exist here? There is not a
respectable person in Corner Township
who will condemn and deny mv charges.
VIy statements concerning the liquor busi
ness here are true and will be verified
when responsible persons take the matter
into tbeir bands. As to tbe charges against
tbe Chief Spy I need only say tbat they
are soif ovident. I would not insult tbe
people of Anderson County by telling
tbem what they already know.
In regird to the insinuation tbat some
one is doing my corresponding I desire to
dimply say that it Is a lie. I do my own
writing, and everything that appears over
my name is ray own production. Because
he bad to get persons to write each of hi?
<:ro"sly indelicate and disgusting articles,
the spy must not conclude that all persons
are ptiBil lam mous idiots like himself. He
*tat63 th-tt my charges are contradicted by
-my own words. This is another false
accnsition, but the ignorant spy knew no
better. As he is endowed with little or no
intelligence it naturally follows tbat bis
ability for comprehending what others
write 1b proportionally email.
In conclusion I desire to reaffirm every
thing that I have writen and will stand to
It regardless of what the insolent spy may
say. Hereafter I shall not condescend to
observe anything that he might say ; I
cannot further compromise myself by re
gardiDg a man who is b?oeath my notice.
A. Bbatt Sherabd.
Moffattsville, ? C.
? One of the articles of food most prized
by the Chinese on the Pacific coast is
dried duck. An American in Contra
Costa County, California, has started a
duck dryiug business and has a monopoly
of the Chinese trade. He buys hundreds
of ducks from hunters, fills tbem with
salt and bangs tbem in tbe sun for six
weeks. They become as hnrd as sole
lpather or dMe-. codfish and will keep in -
definitely. The Chinese used to import
their dried duck from China, but now
patronize the home industry almost ex
clusively, I
Tb. 3 Norris Cotton Mill.
Silently, placidly the Twelve-mile rolls
by Piokene and lavee the feet of the ever
lasting hills in its course to tbe sea. It
moven slowly. Down below the mouth
of Golden Creek huge gray boulders
seem to have conspired to arrest its on
ward course. But it gathered in its
strength, and pressed through the bar
riers and for these many years it has been
leaping down those beautiful cascades,
joyfully singing the bewitching Bong of
Minnehaha, till the ear of commerce at
tuned to the eternal trill of its music
came to hear it sing. Seeing that it pos
sessed not only tbe charm of mnBic, but
the dignity of great power, Commerce
said: "Will you help me with my work?"
Without a pause in its leaping, its laugh
ing and its singing, Twelve-mile said:
"Yes. if you will put the harness on me,
I'll roll your wheels." That is just what
tbe Norris Cotton Mill Company is doing
with an energy and push calculated to
astonish any citizen of Pickena County
who bas time to go down and see the mag
nificent results from a few months of well
directed labor.
We do not believe that thero is a site in
tbe State as well adapted to tbe erection
and successful operation of a ootton fac
tory as as that chosen by the Norris Cot
ton Mill company. The topography of
the site selected for tbe town io such as to
give the most satisfactory urainage, and
is at tbe same time so picturesque as to
gratify the taste of the most fastidious.
No architect could have designed a
more beautiful model for the express pur
pose.
From a switch on the Southern Rail
way, nearly one mile distant, the town
is approached by a perfectly and gently
graded roadway. This terminates on a
level plateau in front of an elegant two
story building, 100 feet long by 30 feet
wide. On the first floor of thin building
is as elegant a store room as can be found
in tbe Piedmont aecti6n. This store is
provided with two genteel and most ac
commodating clerke, John F. Banister
and Harry Stribbling. The streets are
tastefully laid out and under the super
intendency of L. R. Bats, contractor,
they will soon be adorned with their
quota of neat cottages. There are up
wards of three hundred inhabitants there
now, and house room for a good many
more.
The factory building is down by tbe
side of tbe river on a loundation of solid
granite, with a basement reaobing above
high water mark, made of granite boul
ders, found on the spot where they were
needed. This building is to be four sto
ries high, and the walls are now comple
ted to the second Btory. The brick and
lumber, like the granite, have been pro
cured without one dollar of expense for
freight. This item alone represents an
immense Baving to the company.
Besides this, Col. Norris, the president,
is calling into requisition the best skill
and every modern device for Baving la
bor and expense, and making the most
of every natural advantage. For in
stance, instead of baving to erect a Btand
pipe he will dig a cistern on a promon
tory of such elevation as to give the ne
cessary pressure to afford ample protec
tion from fire to all the warehouses and
the factory. Nor will many feet of hose
be required. The purest and best build
ing sand we have ever seen was mined in
sixty feet of the factory, and at no great
er depth than four to six feet.
But tbe dam is the great work now on
band, and it will be completed in about
I three wiseks. It is made of massive boul
ders of granite laid in hydraulic cement,
and, of course, extends from one Bide of
tbe rock-walled channel to tbe other.
The great flume which is to conduct the
water from the dam to the wheels on the
hither Bide of the stream is seven feet in
diameter. It is tho great iron throat
through which the factory will ever try
to drink the river dry, and thence de
rive its beat, strength, light, motion and
life.
Col. Morris called attention to tbe fact
that the axis of tbe water wheel is on a
plane with tbe bottom of tbe dam, but tbe
pressure gained by tbe erection of tbe
dam is not more than half the available
power, as the water at the wheel bas an
elevation of some 15 feet or more, this
mnch additional pressure is entirely util
ized by means of having the escape down
pipe of the same capacity as the flume. So
tbe water that Ib used to pull with as
much if not greater force. This 1b a
triumph of modern bydraulio engineer
ing. _
Our space forbids such a description as
the work already accomplished well de
serves, bnt we hope to come nearer doing
the subject justice on some future occa
sion. It is certainly a great boon for
Pickens County and the Piedmont sec
tion.?Pickena Sentinel.
The Bee has got Ben.
Washington, April 25.?Senator Till
man told me to-day that on his western
tour he had taken a good many band pri
maries and found everybody for silver.
The Senator's familiar hand primary was,
be says, well received wherever he in
troduced it. When I asked Tillman
about the situation in South Carolina he
said: "The State' is all right. The only
trouble is that a lot of politicians don't
know where in the bell to stop."
He aayu there will be only one State
convention. The Senator has abandoned
his idea to speak in South Carolina, but
will soon leave on a Southern tour. He
will first speak in Georgia, then go to
Alabama, Florida, Texas, Arkansas and
other Stntes.
Tillman is in i;he race for tbe presidential
nomination at Chicago and is laying his
wires for ail he is worth. He says tbe
silver men will control there. He expects
support from numerous Western and
Southern States He holds that seces
sionist sentiment, against a South Carolina
man has died out,?Special to Greenville
News.
Washington, D. C. April24.?Sonator
Tillman returned to Washington to-day
from his Western tour, and entertained
bis political friends with an account of
hit experience in tbe free silver regions
of th9 West. He wore on his coat a silver
badge, surmounted with an eagle, under
which was inscri bed "16 to 1." The Sen
ator remarked that modesty prevented
him from saying that be was accorded an
enthusiastic reception in St. Louis, Den
ver and wherever he appeared in public.
He referred to tbe full reports of his
speeches, published in all of the leading
papers of the country, and added that he
had much better success than some of tbe
''eoidbug" speakers who wont into the
West to try to enlighten the people on
the financial question. Wherever he
went, he says, he found tbe people wedded
to tbe frea silver cause and prepared to go
to any reasonable length to secure recog
nition for the white metal. To use his
own expression, "the West is wild for
free silver, and they intend *o instruct
their delegates to tbe Chicago convention
to secure free silver or burst."
Tbe Senator says be heard a good deal
of talking about Bland for president in
Missouri, but that talk did not extend
much beyond tbe confines of that State.
Tbe silver people of the west are not com
mitting themselves to any candidate at
this time, but they seem to be most
earnestly engaged in mustering their
forces "to fight the goldbugs."
"What about your own presidential
prospects?" asked your correspondent.
"Oh," replied the Senator, laughing,
"they did not say much to me about that
matter, but they were thinking about it
all the time."
"Is there any disposition on the part of
the free silver people of the west and the
southwest to try to reach an equitable
agreement with their sound money breth
ren at Chicago?"
"I don't see any prospect of an adjust
ment of the difficulty unless the goldbugs
surrender. There is no chance for com
promise. We will never consent to
enter into any further compromise agree
ments. We have had enough ofthat kind
of business in the past. Why, they have
compromised us out of the contest every
time for the past thirty years and there
is nothing for us to do but to demand an
unequivocal and complete surrender.
We will go to the convention with a fixed
determination to exercise our full power,
and if the goldbugs are not willing to
listen to us they must take tbe conse
quences "
Tho Senator says u j has not the slightest
doubt that the free Bilver men will have a
good working majority in the Chicago
convention and unless the sound money
men are willing to submit to tbe dictation
of the majority they will have to take the
responsibility of bolting. On the other
hand, if the sound money men should
control the convention, Senator Tillman
says, the free silver men will leave the
convention and set up another party.
Senator Tillman went over to the house
during the day and visited bis friends in
the South Carolina delegation. He re
peated to them in substance what is above
stated and also conferred with them about
State politics.
The impression grows stronger in the
South Carolina colony that Governor
Evans may have to defer his senatorial
aspirations until some future period.
While Senator Tillman is friendly with
Governor Evans, and would like to have
him as a colleague in the Senate, there in
a growing sentiment in the .-t?te, accord
ing to reports received here, that ho ia
not the man to put forward for Senator
Irby's place.
Ilepreaentative Talbert, who has been
mentioned ?.s a senatorial possibility,
says he is contented to remain in tho
House, and Le will not be in tbe senator
ial or gubernatorial race.?Special tQ News
and Courier.
t0t Interest to Wfieelmen.
Mb. Editor : What is the matter with
the wheelmen of onr city ? Spring is here,
and we should have some races in the
month of May. Oar traok can be put in
tip top order, with a little scrapeing. The
citizens should co operate with the wheel
men and each donate a small amount for
prizes, as it takes good prizes to make a
race interesting and to induce riders from
a distance to compete. Let's see how our
riders compare with others in speed.
Newberry has a neat one-fifth mile
track with a ?ne surface- Maxwell rode
a half-mile on same in 1 041, which is State
record for that distance. Adams also put
the mile at 2.14 2-5, which is State record,
and was made on same track. Very good
for 8outhern men. indeed !
Wheels are bound to get cheaper, some
are already cheap enough, others too cheap,
but there always will be plonty of high
Brad?e which will sell for S100 and $125
It ic exactly like baggies and pianos?tbe
best will never come down on a level with
the medium and cheaper goods. Walt
and see if this is not true. Also Bhow me
a Japanese $12 00 wheel. X.
Programme.
The Union Meeting of Dist. No. 3 of
tbe Beaverdara Association will meet
with tbe Oakdale church on the fifth Sun
day in May and on Saturday before.
Organization 9.30 a. m ; appointment
of committees; 11 a. m. introductory ser
mon by H. M. Allen, alternate J. R.
EBrle.
Queries?1st. Are the professing Chris
tians responsible for the making, selling
and drinking of intoxicating liquors?
Opened by W. W. Leathers.
2d. To what extent are Christians re
sponsible for the enlightenment of the
heathen ? Opaned by J. R. Earle.
3d. How can we have pastors settled in
our Onion? Opened by A. P. Marett.
Sunday, 9.30 a. m., Sunday School mass
meeting.
11 a. m. Miusionary sermon by J. M.
McGuire.
All churches of this District are re
quested to send delegates.
W. M. Lemmons,
F. M. Davis,
T. L. Wooten,
i Committee.
Mr. Editor : Some smart Alecks,
sometimes from an over-estimated sense
of their own importance, and an uncon
querable desire to figure before the pub
lic in venting tbeir idea*, and of seeing
their names in print through thecolumns
of some newspaper, overstep the bounds
of propriety, in allowing these incentives
to control their judgment, if they have
any, and either wilfully or unwittingly
state untruths and jump to some very
far-fetched conclusions, not at all in con
formity to tbe facts. These reflections
are the result cf reading a paragraph in
your last valuable paper over the signa
ture of ' Touch-me-not." Misstat?ment,
or rather insinuation, No. 1 : "Swamp
Fox" neither wrote nor evon suggested
one line or word of "Ellis' " reply to a
rap given him ic the Intelligencer of
a week before. Misstatement No. 2:
"He went over to one of his close neigh
bors (who had just returned from a visit
to the young lady) to and ont if she was
coming." That has no foundation what
ever iu fact. That evening Ellis' mother
did call upon the family of her nearest
neighbor. During tbe conversation, in
cident to tbe ?.bove friendly call, when
conversation drifted to the late visit of
some of the family to tbehome of a young
male friend, where also was the home of
the young lady to whom reference has
been made, "Ellis' " mother did ask if
they beard anything of the young man
coming to visit Ellis tbat night. He bad
requested her while there to inquire.
"Touch-me-not" tried to persuade "El
lis' " mother to tell him the young lady
was also ccming. "Touch-me-not"
should not, as it indicates evil propensi
ties, make even harmless misstatements,
if such they are. Misstatement No. 3:
Tbat no such n thing as Ellis being at
work had ever been known before. This
so far oversteps, tbe bounds of truth tbat
no one, not dominated by a desire to state
idle freaks of imagination, could have
gotten it up.
" In conclusion, Mr. Editor, I should
not have noticed these wild, uncalled for
and?I need not say what else?state
ments of "Touch-me-not," if he had sim
ply remained within tbe confines of truth
in reference to me, and have refrained
from bringing a young lady into the
matter. My reply has been called forth
more in defence of this young lady than
myself. Nothing that "Touch-me-not"
' could 'say could say would injure me.
but be must be careful how he in future
links tbe name or person of any young
lady with myself, who is one of the most
beautiful and accomplished among my
acquaintances. Ellis J. H?ckabee.
The Dollars of Our Daddies.
Tumbling Shoals, S. C,
April 2otb, 1896.
To the Editor of the Greenville Rews : I
see you are going back Into the lorties to
show tbe price ot cotton then. I recollect
in 1845 and 1846 our people hauled their
cotton to Hamburg and stored it at 5 cents
a pound. Next year they sold as low an
3 cents.
Our people are earnestly longing for
the good old times of our daddies. We
always have had flush times and times of
depression, and will bave such times as
long as the world stands.
I send you some prices from the store
books of my father showing the hard
times still further back. You can make
such use of them as suits you.
Yours respectfully,
Wm. D. Sullivan.
March 22,1826, seed cotton 3 to 3i cents
a pound; December, 1828, seed cottton
24 cents a pound; 1829, seed cotton 24
cents; January, 1830, seed cotton 2 cent*;
January, 1829, seed cotton 24 cents; Sep
tember, 1828, seed cotton 24 cents; car
penter work on mill 50 cents a day;
rthinglea, $4 a thousand; hauling from
Hamburg. 75 cents a hundred; tallow, 10
cents a pound; boards, |2.50 a thousand;
chickens, 10 cents. December, 1830, bran
dy, 40 cents a gallon; letter postage from
Augusta to Charleston, 183 cents; letter
postage from Fayetteville, North Caroli
na, 2) cents; home made shoes $2; plank,
75 ceuts per hundred; white labor (men)
CS per month; horse collars, 25 cents;
home spun cloth, 25 cents per yard; flour
barrels, 374 cents. Price list from the
store book of Joseph P. Sullivan, Janu
ary, 1829: Blind bridles, $1.25, calico, 43J
cents a yard; Bilk $1121 a yard; catsi
mere, $1.50 a yard; broadcloth, $6 a yard;
cotton cards, $1 a- pair; cast stet."., ."0
cents a pound; nails, 165 ^ents a pound;
lead, 182 cents a pound; iron, 10 cents a
pound; plow chains, 874 cents a pair; cur
ry combs, 314 cents; pork 5 cents a
pound; corn, 90 cents; whiskey,, 75 cents
a gallon ; tobacco, 25 cents a pound; mo
lasses, 871 cents a gallon; Bugar, 18} cents
a pound; ginghams, 37i cents per yard ;
bill thread, 12} cents a ball; fine combs,
31J cents; one quarter rope, 25 cents;
flannel, 621 ceuts per yard; W. spelling
book, 25 cent?; stockings, $1 per pair;
spool thread, 25 cents; slippers, 75 to $2;
wool hats, $1.25; fur'd bats, $4; wood
screwB, 121 cents per dozen; tackB, 25
cents; shoes, $1.75 to $2.50; hoes. 621 cents,
scythe blades,$2; coffee mills, $2; salts, 25
cents per pound; powder, 50 cents per
pound; coffee, 28 cents per pound; salt,
$2 per bushel; flour, 3 cents per pound ;
pepper, 371 cents per pound; spice, 50
cents per pound; turkey red, $3 per
pound.
Texas Cotton Crop.
Nbw York. April 23.?The Houston
Post of yesterday Baye : "The Post pre
sents this morning its flrat cotton acreage
report for the season of 1896 97. Ninety
five counties, including all the largist
cotton-producers, have been beard from,
a careful summary bas been made of the
reports received and put into such form
tbat an estimate may be easily made
without tbe whole report being read.
The report indicates an increase of acre
age of about 17 per cent, over tbat of 1895
96, of about 2 per cent, over 1894, wheu
6,854,621 acres were planted in cotton in
Texas. Planting has been retarded about
ten days by heavy rains all over the State
but tbeae raina have put a good season in
the ground at a time when it was needed.
Some sections again need rain but gener
ally it will not be necessary for two
weeks. By May 10th at the latest tbe
great bulk of the orop will be planted.
Some cotton is up and doing well in South
Texas."
? The largest mule that ever walked
on American soil is now, or was recently,
tbe property of George H. Johnson, a
farmer living a fevr miles East of Honey
Grove, Texas. Hia mulesbip is exactly
181 hands, or six feet 2 inches in height,
being exactly 7? inches higher than the
famous Los Pecos (Old Mexico) mule,
which was bo widely advertised in 1890-91
as being "the most gigantic specimen of
the mule familv the world has ever
known " The Honey grove mule is not
slim and raw-boned, but iB built in pro
portion to his height, weighing 1,610
pounds.
? A piece of horse radish root put into
ajar of pickles will keep tbe vinegar from
losing its strength and tbe pickles will
not be as liable to become soft or moldy.
This Is especially good for tomato pickles.
I Eureka Items
Mr. Editor and readers of the Intelli
gencer, I guess you all think "Moon
Bhinors" are dead, but if you do, you are
mistaken. They are not dead, bat have
been in a kind of a stupor for fear of the
splesi
Tbe farmers cf th'8 section are about up
with their work. Corn and cotton is
coming up in a hurry, and before long we
will be Banting "General Green" with all
the forces we can muster.
The public money of this township has
been exhausted, but there is a private
school in progress here under tbe manage
ment of Mrs W. L. Anderson.
Cot. L. E. Campbell has had his dwelling
repaired.
Rev. L. 0. Branyon, of Honea Path,
filled the pulpit at this place last meeting
day.
The health of the community is good at
this writing.
Some of our young people are talking of
going to Cooley'e Bridge,
Moonshiners.
Carswell Institute Items.
The farmers are very busy plowing and
hoeing. The recent showers have given
the people plenty to do. They are bat
tling with General Green.
Tbe road machine is making a grand
improvement on the roads of this com
munity.
Mr. W. T. McGee, of Moseley, is sawing
for Mr J 0. McAdams.
Dr. 8. A. Bowen spent the night with
parents recently.
Captain is now wearing gold spectacles
He has a pair to see how to go to see the
iadieit, and a pair to see them with after
he gets there.
Rev. Mr. Goss preached at Rocky River
last third Saturday night.
There will be au entertainment given
at this p'uee by the school on tbe evening
of May the 1st. The public invited to at
tend.
Quite a number of the young men of
tbe neighborhood have been going a fish
ing lately. Some of them seem to be
fiahing on dry land.
Dr. J. C. Walker spent the night in this
neigborhood recently.
Miss Onie Martin, who has charge of
the school at this place, spent last Sunday
with ioer parents at Moseley.
Mr. Wess Leverett passes through town
very often lately. Pet.
Beiton Items.
Mr. J. Edwards Poore has returned
from New York where he has Com
; pleteted bis second year's course in the
Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
Miss Pauline Nicely, of Greenville, is
visiting friends in town.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McGee recently
returned from a visit to relatives in Dar
lington and Fayetteville, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Acker were among
those wbo took in the pleasures of Con
federate Veterans week in Charleston.
Cap* A B. Byrd bas been In Laurens
severe,1 days on business.
Four young men of the the town added
bicycles to their locomotive equipments
last week.
Last Friday a game of baseball was
played between tbe town and school
teams. The latter aggregation were tbe
winners in tbe contest.
Mis:! Mattie Brown has been visiting in
Greenville for some time.
Miss Lillbn Mattlson spent Saturday
and Sunday with relatives in Donald's.
Among recent visitors have been Mr.
and Mrs. MoKinney, of Rome, Ga., and
Mis. H. H. Watkins and Mrs. R. M. Bac
ker, of Anderson.
Dr. R. L. Branyon, of Honea Path, a
recent graduate in dentistry, has opened
an office in Beiton where be proposes to
practice bis profession Thursday and Fri
day of each week.
Dr. and Mrs. G. T. Brown, of Atlanta,
are in town. Tbe latter will remain here
for some time.
Mr. G. T. Derby, a traveling salesman
of Norfolk, has selected Beiton as tbe
place of residence for himself and family
during the summer.
A Pleasant entertainment for a chari
table purpose was given in tbe school
bouse Friday evening under the direction
of young ladies of the town.
The petrified man was a center of at
traction here last Monday.
Nearly a hundred bales of cotton were
sold here last week. *
Moseley News.
David, git your gun.
Boney was in town last week.
Everybody is talking about Mr. Wat
son's house.
We are glad Judge Mullet has waked
up again. Hope we will hear from him
every week.
V. H. Watson lost a valuable horse re
cently.
One of our citizens is almost a genius
in devising ways for bis little pet schemes.
For ins'anco, be drives over to tbe creek,
beyond Mrs. O'Bryant's to wash bis bug
gy. By the way, Mr, there is a ford
across Hencoop creek in Martin Town
ship, and there is much water there, just
from hill to bill, and yon have only to
drive through once and yocr buggy
I shines. The "Hoop" has been through
there and knows something about it.
Supposa you go up and try it some time.
Misses Maggie Johnson and Hattie
Banister arid Will and Louis Banister,
from Pay, Ga., was visiting here recently.
Mrs. Dave McAllister, Misses Mattie
and Dessie Prultt went to Anderson last
week. "Old red nose," he juBt went
along, too.
One of LowndesviUe's scribes has been
passing through here with the regularity
of a doctor to a wealthy patient. Already
tbe physiognomy of the young man has
assumed a languishing look, portraying
heart disease, and we suppose he is try
ing to secure the counsel, aid and sympa
thy of one who he thinks is skilled in the
treatment of such affections. Success to
you, brother, but we fear tbe time is not
far distant when you'll find that you are
not the "Wright" man.
One of our citizens is real anxious to
have some it 3ms sent up from here. He
has beard something about a little path
just above here that he would like for tbe
readers to know something about, and
be wants to cure tbe world of the blues
by telling tb<im about "somebody trying
to bay. friendship with a little licker,"
and many other little things that be has
discovered He's so smart, but judging
from tbe cunt he bad with E. L. recently,
he is uneasy about pome gold. "Tell yer
wbetyerdo. Brin. t your budget and
I'll write your item /ryou. I'll do any
thing to please you 11 itBults me."
The health of our community is very
good at present, and news is particularly
scarce. So I ,;uess I'll be up pretty soon
and show you how to run a paper.
Pedro.
Lowndesville News.
Lowndeeville is humping herself into a
dromedary.
Rev. H. C. Fennel and Mr. J. B. Lercy,
have returned from a trip to the moun
tains.
Mr. J. C. Lomax, of Latimer, was in
town Saturday.
Mr. Wm. Speer has returned from Cal
boun Falls, where he has been selling
clocks.
LowndeBville has oneof the best barber
shops in the State. Mr. E. J. Huckabee is
proprietor.
Spring has come in all her wondrous
beauty, and the millinery bill lengthens
as the days grow longer.
Sheriff Nance was up recently kissing
babies and shaking hands with tbe vo
ters.
Let tbe Democrats cf Abbeville County
stand together, shoulder to shoulder, and
work in harmony for success.
We le*rn wiih pleasure that Mr. A.
?saty 8hei:ard, of MoO'attsville, S. C, in
tends to come to Lowndesville on a abort
visit pretty soon. Beaty's Lowndesville
friends?and their name is legion?are
always glad to welcome him.
Rev. E. W. Mason and wife went to
Abbeville Friday.
With what glad heart and capillary
glee, even to the wagging of his comely
bead, does "R. S. V. P." long for the In
TBLL1QBNCMt to come, so that he can
read aud enjoy the brilliant and s >.il
cbarming scintillations which flow week
ly from his giant intellect.
Miss Neoa Taggart, of Abbeville, spent
several days in town last week with
trienda.
Mrs. B. Berry Allen has returned from
a visit to Anderson.
Lowndesville and vicinity was visited
by what we might term a young hurri
cane ahout 3 o'clock Friday evening. Tbe
rain fell in torrents. The wind did great
damage to fruit trees, fonces, etc.
The new council, we hone, will give
earnest attention to the sidewalks, and
there is reason to believe that early and
effective action will be taken to improve
them.
The fishing season is with us, and the
liar is abroad in tho land. (Nothing per
sonal, gentlemen.) These balmy breezes
and this bright sunshine gives one a long
ing desire to get out on the banks of a
turbulent stream and gambol and gam
ble, and get intoxicated with delight and
other things. At least, that is what the
fishermen tell me, and I notice Bome of
the deacons and others rubbing up their
fishing poles. ' Rir Vak Winkle.
Now is tbe time, to Bubacribe for the
INTELLIGENCE*.
? A Chicago baker, sold to bo passion
ately fond of molasses, committed suicide
the other day by lying on his back on the
floor and suffocating himself by allowing
the molasses to flow from a barrel into
his mouth.
COME, BEETHEM
TO THE
SOUTHERN BAPTIST
CONVENTION,
Chattanooga, Term.,
May 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th.
VIA THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
The Southern Railway has arranged as
follows for delegates via its liner, to Chat
tanooga, Tenn., for the occasion of the
Southern Baptist Convention. The rate
will be one fare for the round trip from
all ticket stations. Tickets to be sold May
5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, limited fifteen days
from date of sale.
The trains of the Southern Railway
leave Atlanta daily at 7:30 a. m., 1:50 p. m.
and 10 p. m. arriving at Chattanooga at
12:55 noon, 7:05 p. m. and 4:10 a. m.
On May 7th the Southern Railway will
run a special Baptist train to leave At
lanta at 6:00 a, m. and arrive at; Chatta
nooga at 10:30 a. m.
The special Baptist train leaving At
lanta 6:00 a. m., Thursday. May 7th, 1896,
arrives in Chattanooga in time for the
morning services of the Baptist Young
People's Union. The Southern Railway is
the chosen official route of the Baptist
Young People's Union. This train leaves
Charlotte Wednesday. May 6th at 10:55
?. m., Gastonia 11:30 p. m., Blacksburg,
huraday, May 7th, at 12:09 a. m., Spar
fanburg 1:00 a. m., Greenville 1:60 a. m.,
ieneca 2:58 a. m., arrive Atlanta 5:20 a. m.
Special through coaches on May 7th and
8th leave Columbia 11:10 a. m.. leava New
berry 12:32 p. m., Greenwood 2:10 p. m.,
Hodges 2:30 p, m., Donalds 2:47 p. m., Bel
ton 8:15 p. m., Greenville 4:40 p. m., An
derson 3:45 p. m., Seneca 6:06 p. m., arrive
Atlanta 0:30 p. m.. leave Atlanta 10:00
p. m., arrive Chattanooga 4:10 a. ta. These
coaches run through without change.
AIbu leave Columbia 11:25 a. m. , leave
Union. 1:35 p. m.. leave Spartanburg 3:05
p. m., uniting at Greenville with the above
BerviCB.
The Southern Railway runs through a
beautiful section of North Georgia, fine
mountain scenery, passing in full view of
Lookout Mountain. Equally good sched
ules returning. Visitors to Chatcanooga
from almost any point in South Carolina
or Georgia will find the Southern Railway
; the most desirable route.
Passengers leaving Atlanta at 10:00 p.
m. can remain in the sleeping car at Chat
tanooga until 7:00 a. m. Double "berth
from Atlanta to Chattanooga lor $1.50
Two can occupy a berth.
Apply for information or tickets to any
agent of the Southern Railway or to
R. W. Hunt, T. P. A., Angasta, Gau
W. H. Tayloe, D. P. A., Atlanta, Ga.
S. H. bardwick, A. G. P. A., Atlanta,, G a.
XV. A. TtirJc, O. P. A., Washington, D. C.
STRAYED !
FROM my Stahls on Depot Street one
large SHEEP?Wether?joBt shear
ed. Suitable reward will be paid for de
livery or information as to whereabouts of
said Sheep.
P. M. BUTLER.
April 29, 1896 44 1
A. B. TOWERS,
INSURANCE AGENT,
EEPRE9ENTS three streng and relia
ble Companies, the total a&sots being
$12,003,048. Office next door to G. W.
Pant & Son. If you are not insured do
not wait until too late.
Core for* Headache.
As a remedy for all forms of Headache
Electric Bitlers has proved to be the very
best. It effects a permanent cnre, and the
most dreaded habitual sick headaches
yield to its influenoe. We urge all who
are afflicted to procure a bottle, and give
this remedy a fair trial In cases of ha
bitual constipation Electric Bitters cures
by giving tbe needed tone to the bowels,
and few cases long resist the use of this
medicine. Try it once. Large bottles
only Fifty cents at Hill Bros. Drng Store.
NOTICE.
A LL persons indebted to the Estate of
J\. R. F. Pullen, deceased, are hereby
notified to make payment to the under
signed, that 1b to say to P. L. Pullen, Fair
Play, S C, or J. H Pullen. EwtAw, Ala.,
or to ouj Attorneys, Bonham & Watkins,
Anderson, S.C. All persons having claims
againBt said Estate are required to present
the same to jb, or to our said Attorneys,
duly attested. J. H PULLEN,
P.L. PDLl.EN,
April 29, 1890?44?3_Adm'rs.
Sale of Valuable Lands.
WE, the undersigned, heirs at law of
R. F. Pullen, der >ased, being all of
lawful age, offer for sa'r:. L private sale,
the following described >. il Estate of
which the ?i*id R F. Pul j= ditd seized
and possessed, to wit:?
Tract No 1, known as t e Allen place,
containing four hundred ad ninety-five
acres, more or less, situ?t? n.Fork Town
ship, Anderson County, - C, waters of
Big Beaverdam Creek and 'ugaloo River,
and bounded by the lands of Wayne Fant,
S N, Richardson, William Campbell, Jo
bcph Kay and others.
Ttact No. 2, known sa the Kidd place,
containing four hundred and thirty one
acres, more or les*, on waters of Tugaloo
River, in Fork Township, Anderson Coun
ty, S. C , and bounded by lands of R'ch
ard Earle, Mrs. William Pullen, Mrs.
John L. Glenn and others.
Tract No. 3, known as the Holland
place, containing two hundred and eighty
five acres, more or le^s, Bituate in Fork
Township, Anderson Countv, 8. C, and
bounded by B. H. Glvmpb, P. L. Pullen,
Henry Richardson, James Bradberry and
otbers
For terms of aale Bpplv to P. L Pollen,
Fair Play. S. C, or to Bonham .fc Wat
kins, Anderson, S. C.
P L. Pollen, J. H. Pullen,
Mrs. Sarah Pullen, Mrs. 8. A. Simmons,
Mrs. Emma Durham, Mrs. L. E. Leathers,
Mrs Mary Johnson, Mrs.NannleWooten.
April 29, 1896_44,_4_
THE STATE OF SCUTH CAROLINA,
County of Anderson.
court of common pleas.
Aubrey Pearre, James M. Fisher, E. V. Sbarpe,
Wm H. Miller and H. C. Davis, partners in
trade as Pearre Bros. & Co., t-Jaintlfls, against
W.H.G. Klrodand W". A Elrod, late p*rtnersas
W. U. a. & W. A. Elrod, Defendants.?Summons
for Belief?-Complaint Served.
To the Defendants W. H.G. Elrod and W. A. Elrod.
YOU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the Con plaint In thiii action, of which
a c-'.py is herewith served upon you, and to serve
a copy of your answer to the said CompUint on
the subscribers at their office, Anderson Court
House, South Carolina, within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such
service ; and if you fail to answer the < omplaint
within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this
action will apply to the Court for the relief de
manded In the Complaint.
Dated April 15th, A. D. 1896
BONHAM & WATKINS,
PlalntiflV Attorneys.
[seat*] Jona C. "WATKnrs, c. c c. p.
To the Defendant, W. A Elrod :
You will take notice that the Complaint in the
above stated action is filed in tbe office of the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson
County, S. C , and you are required to serve a copy
of your answer thereto on the subscribers at their
office at Anderson, S C, wiihin twenty days after
the service of t*ils buamons on you. ort-ev '"
apply to the Cou: t for the relief demanded : ..e
Complaint. BONHAM A WATKINB,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
April 29,1896 44 6
NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE
* And you will see that we are Leading
the Grocer/ trade of Anderson.
fluR STOCK OF GOODS IS IMMENSE, and if you will give us a call
we will send you home happy. When you want something EXTRA FINE
try a Barrel of ou r?
Swan's Down Flour and Elugan Ham,
They are guaranteed to please the most fastidious. *
TABLE LUXURIES is our hobby ; so don't fail :o call on us'
when you want anything in this or any other line of Groceries.
We also handle LIME, 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. 0.
"BREAD IS THE STAFF OF LIFE,"
Therefore have it Good.
"OBELISK !"
Ground by Ballard & Ballard Co., of Louisville, Ky., is chem*
ically pure, and guaranteed to be the best goods on the mar
ket. If you have never tried it, ask your neighbor who has,
or try a barrel, and if not entirely satisfactory we will cheer
fully refund your money. \
A trial order will be greatly appreciated by?
Your friends,
BKOWNLEE & VANDIVERS.
Telephone 75._ ?
THE RESULT OF BEING OVERSTOCKED.
WE offer the following lots of FLOUR at jmces named, and will sell at
these prices, regardless of market advances until they are exhausted :
110 Barrels Family Flour in Jute at. $2.75
57 Barrels Family Flour in Cotton at'. 2.90
576 Barrels Extra Fancy Spring wheat straight?the best
bargain in Flour we have ever offered, in Jute or Cotton. 3.25
35 Barrels good Winter whea t straight. 4.00
113 Barrels Fancy Winter wheat, one-half Patent. 4.25
47 Barrei? Extra Fancy Winter wheat, first Patent. 4.60
We Guarantee to save you 25c. per Barrel on
all medium grade goods.
Yours truly,
D. C. BROWN &' BRO.
1 ton H?f
Now selling at the rate
of Fifty per day. : : : :
Only $2.50.
"Worth five times the price. If not
as repiesented the money paid will
be refunded. You can't afford to be
without this great Cotton and Corn
Cultivator. '
SAVE YOUR GRAIN.
The popular Home-made Counts'
Grain Cradles, and the celebrated
14-Finger Grain Cradles are now
offered by us.
The farmers know what these Cra
dles are, and no praise from us is ne
cessary.
SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO.
Grand Opening^
FOR the entire month of A?ril, and those with*the ready
)ash will have a rare opportunity to take advantage of it.
This means that we intend to sacrifice a large line of DRY '
JOODS and SHOES?
At '
Prices that are as attractive as the Goods. A beautiful line
)f Percales, Dimities, Scotch Lawns and Duck, all new and
fresh, will be sold at a price that is bound to make them go ;
md prospective purchasers will benefit themselves by look
bog 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.
MINOR'S
A B!ud Vessel an Dropt
Outen the Race
/
FER FAIM AN FORTUNE, but, thanks to the all-powerful I dollar,
the gud and grate "TEN CENTS STORE" is st ill workin' fer bread. The
thing has done ben did. Minor's men hev done got ther orders, an wculd dye
rather than disobey.
Smith says, "Minor don't no whin ter stop whin he gits started like this.'
Johnsing says, "Let her go, Gallager."
But Competition screams like a parrot in the claws of a hawk, "Let op
on ua, 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 we 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 sinks
of oblivion in the realms of the forgotten."
We are now naming Spring prices that are as young arjd fresh as Spring
chickens. They are as iiew to the world as they are to you.
^ntlemen and L 'es, we first call your attention to our young Mr.
Cuts- ..e, delicate and i. lil as you see, bat of dashing braverv, and cuts a
broad swath with a jack-knife when ordered to use the weapom His nerves
are somewhat shattered, as you notice, the effect of a stroke of paralysis,
caused dy astonishment at prices which he is ordered to make on his fine of
Tinware, from garret to cellar. Don't be excited, but waten the Prcfiessor :
Coffee PotsjBrst, please. Well; here's one for 5c, and a larger one 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 hart to ju him now. Dish Pans next?here tha air?
Block Tin fust : In Plain Tin we will give you the 7'ql for 9c, 10 qt. 10c.;
14 qt.' 13c, 17 qt. 15c Double-coated Block Tin Dish Pans 8 qt. 14c, 10
qt 15c, 17 qt. 18c, 12 qt. 25c, extra heavy old-fasbion 17 and 21 qts 30c.
each. Pieced Dish P'ans 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. 9c, double-coated 8 qt 12c, heavy pieced 4 qt 8c.
Tin Cups?half pint 4 for 5c, pint 3 for 5c, 1 qt. 3c, 2 qt 5c. Lipped 8eal
Measure 1 qt. 4c, half gal. 7c, 1 gal. 12c. ?overed ?ucWs l'qt 3c, 3 pt.
4c, 2 qt. 5c, 3 qt 8c, 4 qt. 10c, 6 qt. 12c, 8 qt 15c; 10 . 18c, 12 qt 20c.
Biscuit Gutters 2c eacih. Pie Plates, 8 inch, 3 for 5c, 9 inch 2 for.6c- Milk'
Strainers 5c. Covered Sauce Pans, 2-qt 8c, 4 qt. 10c Rolling Pins 5c,
Trays 20c, Sifters 6c. each, Tea and Coffee Poi, spout strainer, 2c, Nat-.
meg Graters 2c, large square Loaf Pans 5c, 8 lbs. Soda for 25c, 8 bars Big
S Soap for 25c. .
If any mortal man can duplicate these figures let him get at it. W e
shall be delighted to thake hands with him, at any rate.
Yours always truly, .
G. S. MINOR and THE 10c. STORK,
'27 South Side Public Square,
i?^ Georgia Plow-boy ahead, eh I _
PRICES.
DOWN.
NOW IS YOU? TIME !
Improved, i
High Arm
Singer Mil lacles
B AVE NO SU PflRIOR ' ?
% GUARANTEED.
Price??19.00 for 3 Drawer Machine
full set Attachments. Shipped from Fac
tory. We pay freight. Write ior particu
lars.
BICYCLES.CHEAP.
JT. N. SUTHERLAND, Agent,
PELZER, 8. C.
MANY A QUARREL
IGHT have heen avoided hy greater care in
the purchase of?
? GROCERIES. ?
It's unreasonable to blame your wife for a poor
breakfast when you have failed to supply her
1 materials.
ever have cause to complain, and neither
, (if she can cook,) If you purchase your
Groceries from?
JOHN A. AUSTIN & CO.
and THE TEAPOT.
WE have the GENUINE . . .
BRADFORD
And other Standard varieties of . . .
WATER MELON SEED.
ORR & SLOAN.
SPMTE,
ATLANTIC SOLUBLE GUANO !
And other brands of their well
known High Grade Fertilizers,
for sale by.
D. P. SLOAN.& CO,