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Ferris' GOOD SENSE Corset Waists. BECAUSE THEY ARE [ SENSIBLE WOMEN WEAR THEM e HIQJjy Shape to fit properly and feel com Material to give the best service. nipiBX Finish because of skilled labor. nlUn I Buttonsand Button Holes won't pull off. niPUT Support from the shoulders. niUll I Fastenings for Hose Supporters. Why Buy an Imitation when the GENUINE Costs so Little and Wears so Long? CHILDREN'S,25c.to75c. MISSES,50c.to$1. LADIES,$1 to$2. The Live Up-To-Date l I 10 0 Live in a Ferris Waist P] i Live comfortably, live well, live longer. The Ferris Good Sense Corset Waist is a true boon to woman, giving her a beauti ful, graceful contour without defying the laws of health. Ferris Waists are carefully made to fit all figures?full or slim"bust, long or short waist' Made for misses an-", children, also. Sold by all leading retailers. Children 25c. to 50c, Misses, 50c. to $i.oo, Ladies, $1 to $2. ? DEALERS ?N H p MILLINERY AND Cjrerieral IMerchandise, ANDERSON, S. C. BJlJ is* AND ORSETS Yours truly, Brown, Osborne <4 Go's. LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1896. The Cotton Market, Corrected by Brown, Osbome & Co. Middling. Good Middling Strict MiddliDg. Vi Strict Good Middling. StaloB. 6 to 65 Voter, have yon registered ? If not, do so at once. Varions sections of the County have had fine raina the past week. T. A. Ratline is spending a few days in Columbia, the guest of Capt. W. G. Smith Cotton receipts to date, ?6,527 bales ; re ceipts for the same time last year, 31,351 bales. The Democratic clubs of the city wi meet Friday ?.fterncon. Every member should attend. Read those pricns quoted in D. C. Brown & Bro 'a new advertisement this week. It will do you good. The City Board of Health is determined t-> enforce the law, and there is no nse kicking against it. Hartwell Sun: "Mi>3 Victorlne Nardin of Anderson, 8 C, is visiting hersiBter, MrB. A. W. Adams." Mr. R. E. Belcher has opened a job print in? office in the building in the rear of G W. Fant & Sons' book store. Col. Henry D. Capers, of Atlanta. Ga , is spending a few days in Anderson visiting his nephew, Rev. W. T. Capers. Mrs. J. M. Cox and daughter, Miss May have been spending a few days in the olty visiting Mr. E. H. Poore's family. Tn some SFCtlons of the 8tate the farmers are being worried by the cotton caterpil lar, which is damaging their crops. Mr J. L. 0. Maret, of the Fork, was an appreciated visitor to our office yesterday He reports fine rainB in that seotion. Anderson County mu?t have a gnnd ex hiblt at the Cotton States Exposition, but it will take money to get it np and arrange it. Drs. J. C. Harris and W. H. Nardin at tended tbe annnal meeting of the State Medical Association in Spartanburg last week. Messrs. A. B. Csrpenfer, A. R. Morgan, A. G- Gower end W L Spplghta. of Green ville, were registered at the Hotel Chiqoola yesterday. "If there is an Idle white carpenter in Anderson we oan't find him," said a gen tleman the other day who wanted some work done. Brownlee <fc Vandlvers advertise their special brand of flour, "Obelisk," this week. Give it a trial and you will be pleased with it, A number of Andersonjans visited Char leston last week, and all have returned home more than well pleased with their pleasant trip. The heirs at law of the late R. F. Pollen offer for sale three tracta of valuable land. For particulars Bee advertisement in another column. Mr. Wm. McCown, the aged father of our esteemed towns nun, Gus. MoHown, is. we regret to learn, Seriously ill at hla home in tbe County. Our young friend, W. S. Hutchison, bas accepted a position in the tlrug store of Simpson ? Son, where be will be glad to see bis friends at any time. C. F. Jone? & Co. call pptclal attention to their olotbing, hats and genta' fom?Rb ine gonds department this week. Read what they say and give them a call. Mr. E. W. Brown and family, who have been spending tbe past few months at Greere, where the former was engaged in buying cotton, have returned home. The "petrified man" has hit the city amidships. He bas been attracting con alderabl* attention and is pronounced by those who have sern him as gennine. We are requested to announce that the charades advertised to be given at Town vllle next F ld?y night, have b*en post poned until the evening of May 22ad. Frank Prince, colored, killed a young white man, Belton Parris, by Blabbing him with a pocket knife last Satnrday night In Spartanburg. Prince was arrested. MissEug?nia C. F'ost will open berKin dergarten Primary in tbp vaoant. room in the yard nf the Rev. W. T. Cap?rs on Monday, May the fourth, at nine o'clock. The electric elevator in Brown, Osborne <fe Cn.'8 mammoth establishment is now empi?te and works very satisfactorily. When you visit the city call and take a ride on it. Oar yoang friend", W. H. Nardin, Jr.. who has hnan attending a medical oollege in New York for the past eight montb?, returned home Monday to spend the som mer vacation. The ladies of Pendlpton will celebrate \f*>morial Dny on Saturday, Mav 9th. President Craigbead, of Clemson College, will deliver the oration. A large crowd is expected to bo present. There will be a communion meeting at Roberts Church next Sibhath. The pastor will be assisted bv Dr. Frierson. All are cordially Invited to attend. Preaching Saturday and Sabbath. A special silk sale is now going on at-U. E. Sevbt's drv goods establishment He is also offerim? big bargains in a lot of other goods. Read his new advertisement and leurn fall particulars. The Sullivan Hardware Co. call sopclal attention to the Roman Harrow in th^ir new advertisement this week. They have alao just received a lot of grain cradles, which can be bought cheap. The 8tate Board of Education met in Columbia last week and appointed the following Board for Anderson County, to serve two ymra: D. H. Russell, W. F. Moncrief and L. M. Mahaffey. Dr. J. Erld > Poore, of Belton. who has been attending the College of Pharmany In New Yoilr, has returned home. He Ijps accnted fchn position of prescription clerk with th<; Evans Pharmacy, this city. Mr. Max. C'rayton, who has been clerk ing in the Yates 8boe S'ore. thia city, has pone to Charleston to continue in tbe f m ploy of the PiirrJe firm. Max. is a clever young man. and we wish him b r/aasant sojourn in Charleston. The land owners along tbe banks of 8ix and Twentv Creek are engaced in cleaning oat. the bed of that stream between Harris' Bridge and tbo tre?tle. Thl? is a good work which will greatly enhance tbe vaines of property bd improved. Walhalla News: "A cow belonging to Mrs. G. G. Cochran. of Anderson which was left in charge of Mr. James Homhree, on tbe Poor Mountain farm near Walhal la. dropped ei calf last week that weighed 65 pounds. The cow Is only 30 months old." The annr.:il pic nie at Cooley's Bridge next Sature iv will, as nsnal, attract a large crowd. A large stand and comfortable ?pats have been erected, and tbe candidates for public offic?, as well aa those for matri mony, are invited to be present and address the crowd. Tbe Ladies' Memorial Association will bold an important meeting next Friday afternoon, at 5 o'clock, in the parlors of the Chiqnola, and evpry member is urged to be present. All tbe gentlemen who are interested in tbe work of tbe Association are invited to attend tbe meeting. Brown, Osbome & Co. wish the pnblic toknowthst they are in the corset busi nets, and that they have on hand a large and complete line of Ferris Brothers ole brated "Good Sense Waist" for both wo men and childrpn. Also a line of the noted and far-famed "R. & G. Corsets." Mr. Wm J. Yates. of Charleston, who is one of the proprietors of (he Yates Shoe Store in this cltv. is spending a frw dava in Anderson. While in Charleston last week we were shown through his estab lishment, which, like tbe one in Anderson, is the largest shoe store in that city. We have received a number of sample conies of thia week's is?ne of the Charleston Weekly News and Courier, which con tains an elaborate accoufit of the meeting of the South Parolina Division of United Confederate Veterans in that city last week. These papers will be given free of cost to anv of our subscribers who desire tbem. We have clubbing arrangements with this excellent weekly, and will be glad to receive your subscription .'or it at any time, Charleston Post: "Capt. Peter Acker and Mrs. Acker, of Bellen, Anderson Connty, spent the week in the city. Capt. Acker is one of the most successful and influential farmers in the great cotton and agricultural county of the Piedmont. He was a brave soldier of Orta regiment." Little Cliff, the 6-year-old son of Mr. W. L. Dean, of Rock Mills, I*. we regret to learn, standing in the Vallev of the 8hadow. While the Bweet young life has never known aught but affliction, il; Beems hard for death to claim so pure a geitr from hearts whose every hope has been centeied in-him. * Rev. H. C. Fennel will be installed pas tor of Varenue8 Church on Saturday be fore the third Sabbath in Mav, at 11 o'clock. Rev. J. 0. Lindsay. Rev. J. T. McBryde and Rev. Hugh McLees will participate in the services. All the friends of the congregation are cordially Invited to attend the services. The books of registration will bo open in this city two wpefes loDger, and up to last night only 1 *33 voters had registered. Anderson County has about 5.000 white voters, and not one of them- should fail to register. Yonr old certificate is worthies". We have a new law, and in order to vote yon will have to have a new certificate. Attend to this matter right now. Carolina Spartan: "Chicken raisers may drive away mites by lining the nests of laying and sitting hens with tobacco. The home made is the bent. Two or three leaves crumbled in a nest will keep mites away. If the ben is sprinkled with inseot powder as soon as taken off the lice will be exterminated. A little care will insure clean, healthy, strong chicks." Last Saturday morning at 4 o'clock, while the little infant girl of Mr and Mrs. L L Hatcher was sweetly Bieeping on its mother'B breast, its sleep deepened into that dreamless sleep which knows no waking. It was sudden, no one expecting it. A little groan without a struggle, a rush of wings overhead, a relaxing of the little fingera and all was over. The bereaved parents haye our sincerest sym pathy. Lant Wednesday nicht at the residence of Col R B. A. Robinson, of Martin Town ship, the wedding of nuptial chains was solemnized between Kir, 0. D. Watson, of Deans, and Miss Mamie, the popular and accomplished daughter of Col. Robinson. The groom is one of Anderson County's coming farmers and a clever gentleman. The Intelligencer throws them an old shoe and a cup pf rice with all the good they parlend. The m?eting at the First Baptist Church closed last Thursday night. It has done great good, not only in the conversion of those who have not heretofore identified tbpmselves with the church, but also in reviving the church membership Thir teen additions were made to the First BaptiBt Chnrch when the doors were open ed for the reception of members on Sun day morning Mr. Hntson made many friends while here, Under the new constitution, in order to bave the right to vote, a man must be reeistered again. All of the old registra tion certificates are done away with and new ones in accordance with the new order of things must be secured. It therefore becomes the duty of every read er of a news paper to acquaint his neighbor who does not read the papers of this very important matter, and we sincerelv hope that our readers will take some interest in the mat ter and see to it that every whi te man is informed. Another prisoner escaped from the County Jail abor t 1 o'clock yesterday. His name was berry Masters, a white man. who was awaiting trial at the next term of Court for obtaining goods under fiilse pretences. Yesterday when Sheriff Gaines' Bon entered the upper corridor of the Jail to give the prisoners their ci in nor. Masters, who had managed to get his cell door open, ran out into the corridor, down the stairs and was soon out of sight Sev eral officers followed him but failed to capture him. At G. F. Tolly & Son's furniture estab lishment thfre are twenty pieces of fnrni ture undergoing repair* which were for merly the property of John C. C-ilhoun, bat which in now owned by CJemsno Col lege. All of it is of the finest material, hand carved and came from Earope. One of.the handsomest ohalrs was presented to M*. Calhoun by the Empress of Austria. The Messrs Toll v invite their friends to call and see it. Everv piece of the furni ture has a history, and we regret tbs.t our limited time and space forbids a more ex tended notice of it in this issue. State President Jos. L Keith and State Lecturer Welborn. of the Alliance, ad dressed about seventv five oitieens in the Court House last Friday. The letter's ad dress left politics alone, dwelling upon the gond effects of the order, and was well received, though without applause. The address of the former was more to the point, inviting those who bad forsaken the ranks to return, and justifying the action of the Alliance in entering politics by a merciless modification of the Constitution. The address.of the latter waH, on the wholu, a glorification while the former was ore of justification. One of the most popular, courteous and accommodating railroad ooD^notors in South Carolina is Capt. W. G. Webb, who in In charge of the passenger train between Columbia and Charleston on the Atlantio Coast Line system. He is handsome and genial, always wears a happy smile, and the lady passengers on his train.always fall in love with bim Capt. Wfibb has been in the employ of the Coast Line for 24 years, and that road is fortunate in hav ing such a conductor. When you vinit Charleston always call for your tickets via the Coast Lije. Henry Williams, a negro, who was a few days ago discharged from tho Connty ehain gang, evidently likes to stay there, for be is in j ail again. Last Sunday morn ing abont. 7 30 o'clock be was seen by a guest of the Hotel Cbiquola breaking into the store of J A. Ausdn &, O. through the cellar window in the rpar of the store. The police and Mr. Austin were at once notifi?d, a guard in the meantime being placed at tbe collar window. Mr Austin poon reached tbe store, and, with Officer Dilllngbam, went down into the ciliar, where Williams was found and placed under arrest. While in Charleston the pnst week our headquarters were at the 8t. Charles Hotel, which is managed by that veteran land lord, Mr G. T Alforrl. Tbe chief clerk is Mr. Earle H Dodd, formerly of Anderson He is a most efficient and accommodetting clerk, is very popular with the patrons of the hotel, and has made many friends in Charleston. It always gives us pleasure to meet up with an Anderson boy in a dla tant city who is ?oincr well Thn nicht cl* rk at the St. Charles ?h Mr John O'Keefe, who is also a most clever, genial fallow. When you visit Charleston stop at the 8t Charles, and you will be pleased._? The Rev. W. 8 Wightraan, who a few years ago was pastor of the Methodist Church in Anderson, died in Charleston lnfit week. His death was caused by tbe intense mental strain under which hi) has labored recently, which superinduced con gestion of the brain. His wife died a few days before after a painful illness, dorlnn which he was constantly at her bedside night after night. Mr. Wlgbtmau was able to attend the funeral, but returned home, took to his bed. and in less than a wrek followed his wife to the better land. He was well known to many of our citi zens, who will regret to hear of the death of himself and wife. A story is being told of a yoniag lady who found a package of love letters that had been written to her mother by her father before they were married. The daughter paw that she could have a little sport, and read them to her mother, sub stituting her own name for that of her mother, and a fine young man for that of her father. The mother Jumped up and down in her chair end shifted her feet anO seemed terribly disgusted. Finally Bhe forbade her daughter having anything to do with a young man who would write such nonsensical stuff When the young lady banded the letters to her mother to read the house became so still that one could hear the grass growing in the hack yard. We. the undersignod merchants of the city of Anderson, hereby agree that we will close our stores daily, except on Sat urdays, at G o'clock p.. id., from next Monday week, the fourth day of May, until the thirty-first day of Auguut next: A. B Towers, Geo. W. Fant et Sou, L. H. Keel, J. M. Hubbard (except repair de partment), Brown Printing and Station ery Co., T. A. Archer, W. R. Hubbbad, B. O. Evans it Co., D. P. Sloan <t Co., McCully tfc Cathcart, G. F. Tolly &Son, Sullivan Hardware Co. (provided gener ally agreed to), J. P. Sullivan it Co., Dean, Ratliffe it Co., Brock Bros., Hall <t Mllford (provided all clothing stores close and Btay closed, otherwise not), A. W. Kay, Brownlee it Vandivers, W. A. Chapman, The Yntes Shoe Co., Lesser it Co., Ligon it Ledbotter (if all otherR Hose), E. W. Taylor (if all do), H. T. Hays, .Tas. G. O'Donnell, Fant it Sirap Kon, Enterprise Furniture Co., ]>diea' Store, M. Sitir, Saille Bovvie, D. S. Max well it Son (if all other grocery Storps do), Colo it Coffee., Harrison ct Co., C. F. tones <t Co. (clothing store at 6:30), C. A. Reed. ,, It has been suggested that the chloken fanciers get np a county poultry associ ation. There are a dozen or more persons in tbe county who are raising standard bred fowls. It .vould be well once a year to have them on exhibit, bo that the people could see ai 1 compare different breeds and know what the county is doing in the war of raising fine fowlB. What do the fanciers of fowls say? 8am. L?ttlejobn, a negro tramp, was found spcrpted in tbe engine room of tbe Cotton Mill this morning about 2 o'clock by the night watchman. The latter tele phoned police quarters and officer King went down and arrested tbe negro, who had on bis person a pistol und in his hands a hammer and other tools. He has not explained bis object in entering tbe mill. Mayor Tolly sent him to the city chain gang this morning for thirty days. Alexander Carr, who killed Capt. H. O. King in Atlanta in 1894 has been declared insane by a jnry. He was under sentence to bang last Friday. Soon after the mur der Carr began to feign insanity. For more than a year he did not speak a word. Experts pronounced him a victim of de mentia, but despite this be was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged. One month ago, jast a few days before tbe date set for hia expcntion, he broke bis long silence and stated that be had been shamming all tbe time. The Governor gave him 80 days respite to Bee whether or not he was sane. He was examined and pronounced insane, and will be sent to the asylum. It is still a question with many whether be is Bane or insane. Capt. King was well known in this county, having been born and reared near Belton The oase of Carr is a strange one, as be boldly told the jury that be had as much sense as any one of them, and that he was willing to be banged for the murder. Tbe Columbia correspondent of tbe Newa and Courier, writing under date of April 23. says: " This morning Secretary of State Hopkins received an application for a charter from tbe 'Calboun Falls Com pany,' whose capital stock is two million and fifty thousand dollars Tbe directors of the oomnany are Patrick Calboun, Alex. P. King, Wm. P. Calboun, all of Atlanta, Ga., and Granville Beal, of Abbeville, S. 0- The general business will be tbe pur chasing and holding of property in Abbe ville County, also the building and opera ting of factories of all sorts, the laying ont of towns, making or constructing such canals and waterways aa to said corpora tion may seem meet, tbe establishing and operation of electrical plants, including both light and power plants, and the trans mission of power, and the sale or lease of water or mechanical power. The principal business will be transacted at Calboun Falls. There will be twenty thousand, five hundred shares at the par valne of 8100 Of this amount at least 91.050 000 Bball be common stock. The Bite selected by tbe Calboun Falls Company is an ex cellent one for such an undertaking. Tbe Seaboard Air Line and tbe Port Roval and Western Carolina railroads will afford fine railroad facilities for the company. Re cently fourteen thousand ncres in Calhonn Falls was purchased by Mr Patrick Cal houn for $46,000. It was formerly owned by James Elward Calhonn." Democratic CInb Meetings. Anderson Democratic Club, No. 1, will meet in City Hall on next Friday after noon at 5 o'clock, for the purpose of re organizing and electing delegates to County Convention, and transacting any other business that may oome before tbe Olnb. F. T. Wilhite, Pres. Eut Savannah Starr Democratic Club will meet at Starr on Saturday, tbe 2nd day of May, at 2 o'clock p. m , foi- tbe pur pose of reorganizing and electing delegates to tbe County Convention, or any other business that may come before tbe Court. J. T. C. Jones, Pres. Mb. Editor : Please Insert notice that Belton Democratic Club, No. 2, will meet next Saturday at 3 o'clock. Jas W. Pooee. Pres. Hunter's Spring Democratic Club will meet on Saturday, May 2nd, at 2 p. m., for the purpose of electing delegates to County Convention and reorganization J. Belton Watson, Pres. Democratic Club No. 2, will meet in the Court House on Friday afternoon, May 1, at 5 30 o'clook, for tbe purpose of reorgan izing for the coming campaign. J. W. quattlebatjm, Pres. The Discovery Bavod his Life. Mr. G. Calllonette, Druggist, Beavers ville, 111., says : "To Dr. King's New Dis covery I owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe and tried all tbe physicians for miles about, but of no avail and was uivon up and told 1 conld not live Having Dr. King's New Discoverv in my store I sent for a bottle and began its use, and from the first dose began to get better, and after tiBing three bottles was up and about again. It Is worth its weight in gold. We won't keep store or bouse without it." Get a free trial at Hill Bros. Drug Store As candlelight is to sunlight, so is tbe Roman Harrow as compared to all others You stand in your own light if you neg loot to get one or more Roman Harrows Sold in Anderson only by Sullivan Hard ware Co. FOR RENT?Ofiflce now occupied by M. M. Matti80n,nextdoorto Ladies' Store Apply to M. M Mattienn or E. P Sloan. I have a fine pasture for milch cows and other cattle. $1.00 a month per head. Apply to A. P. Cater. The autograph letters testifying to cures made by Ayer'a Sarsaparilla and other pre parations are kept on file at the J O. Ayer f!o.'8 office. Lowell, Mass. Tbey are from all over tbe world and are cheerfully shown to anyone desirouo of seek g them. For the small sum of $2 50 you can equip yourself with tbe best cotton and corn cultivator inventive genius bas ever devised?tbe Roman Harrow. Sold in Anderson only by Sullivan Hardware Co For every vanVty and phase of tbe many diseases which attack tbe air passage* of the throat and lungs, Ayer's Cherry Pec toral will be found a speoific- Its anodyne and expsotorant qualities are promptly realized, and it is already ready for uso. TO RENT?One fonr-room oottageon Whitner Street. Apply to D. C. Bbown ?fc Bbo. When you want yonr harness repaired, bring them to H. G- Johnson & Son and get good honest work, done by Uncle Joe Martin. /* GrassTtbe natural enemy or cotton and corn, can only be swept from tbe field with Sullivan Hardware Co.'3 Heel Sweeps. Mr. W. G. Martin is now working In my harness shop, and I can give yon bargains in harness. J. S. Fowler. When the fight against "General Green" opens, and your boev begin to break, bat ter nnd fail with the first Btiokes, you will regret not buying your hoes of Sullivan Hardware Co. FOR RENT?A Piano, at reasonable rate?. Call on Dr. W. H. Nardin or Mrs. E. T. Gambrell. Don't forget when you want a nice set of Harness or Baggy to call on H. G. John son & Sob. For low prices asd fair dealing, try H. G. Johnson <fe Son. NOTICE.? To those indebted to me please make payment at once, especially those owing me past due notes and accounts. I must bave my money. J. S. Fowler. A job lot of Harness to arrive in a few days. Call and secure a bargain. H. Ch Johnson <k Son. Good News to the Public. Brede's celebrated steam bread, the finest loaf bread in the South, is now maOe in larger loaves to suit tbe times and price of flour. Call and try it. For Bale by J. F. Fant. Saaboard Air Line to the. Southern Baptist Convention, Chattanooga. On account of the above convention to be held in Chattanooga, Tenn.. May 8th to 14'b, tbe Seaboard Air Line System, tbe recognized favorite route of the Southern people, has arranged to run a " Baptist Sppcial" from Washington, Richmond, Norfolk and their entire system, which takes in all prominent points in Eastern Virginia, and North and South Carolina to Chattanooga, Tenn. This "Special" will leave Washington, Richmond. Norfolk, Portsmouth. Peters burg, Weldon, Wake Forest, Henderson, Raleigh, Durham, Southern Pines, Wil mington, Ma-ton, Laarinburg, Hamlet, Rockingbam. Wadesboro, Marion, R?ther fordton, Shelby, Lenolr, Hickory.^New ton, Lincolnton, Charlotte, Monroe, Cbes ter, Clinton, on May 6th, arriving at Chat lannoga on the 7th. Specials will also be arranged from Char leston. Florence, Orangeburg. Columbia and Newberry, by way of Chester, and from Greenville, Spartanburg via Green wood, and from Anderson via Calboun Falls. This will be the grandest "Baptist Spe cial" ever inaugurated in the 8outh. Rate of one first class fare for tbe round trip is authorized from all stations. Sched ules and rates will be published later. For further information apply to Solicit Ing Agents or Ticket Agents; or, to tbe undersigned: Wm, B Clements, Travel ing Pass. Agent; B. A. Newland. Gen'l. Agent Pass. Department, Atlanta, Ga.; T. J. Anderson, Gpo'I. Pass. Agent; H W. Glover, Traffic Manager, Portsmouth, The Slaughter Sale of the Means <5o's. Stock still goes on at Hi & Mini's. THE past week we had more trade than we could handle. The people of Anderson and surrounding country know a good thing when they see it. The coming fifteen days Goods will go for still, lower prices. Our Stock is being slaughtered, and why should you not be the gainer ? MRS- JOHN HOPKINS' STAR MAKE Boys' Clothing! HALL & GILFORD are sole agents for this Celebrated make of Boys' Suits and Pants. DOUBLE SEAT, DOUBLE KNEES, RIVETED BUTTONS. PATENT WAIST BANDS. You can't afford to buy without seeing them. We are always glad to show you tlirough, whether you bny or not. HALL ! ?! At The Means Go's. Old Stand. THE TRADE Has been the best we have ever enjoyed . . . . BECAUSE we were fortunate in buying cheap and selling the same wfl.y. Our Men's Satinet Suits at $2.00, our All Wool Serges at $4.50 and $5.00, our Fine Imported Clay Worsteds at $7.00, our Elegant Tailor-made Suits in regulars, Elims and stouts at from $7.50 to $10 00 have caught the trade, because no out; could match them, either in price or quality. Now, we intend to offer greater inducements than ever, and have placed on a counter a lot of $12.00 to 316.00 Suits to sell at $10.00 Another lot of $10.00 and $12.50 Suits?your choice for $7.50. Children's Suite and Summer Coats and Vests just received. We want you to see them. Elegant values and solid comfort for Summer wear. _( Our Gents* Furnishing;,?;. Nice line new Cravats in all shapes, Collars, Cuffs, Belts, aud many of the newest Novelties for Gents' wear. Our four-ply Linen Collars at 8 l-3c, and Cuffs at 15c. are rare values. An elegant Balbriggan Undervest at 25c. A fair TJnlaundered Shirt at 25c., a good one a(; 50c, and the regular $1.00 Shirt at 75c. Straw Hats. An immense assortment at from 10c. to $2.00. We believe we have the prettiest 50c. Straw Hat ever shown in Anderson. SHOES. Patent Leathers, Tans, Blacks, in all styles, for Summer wear, wide and narrow. If you need a nice Shoe come to see us. We also carry a full line of Shoes in cheaper grades. THE PEOPLES' VERDICT Is that we have the largest assortment of the newest, nobbiest and toniest Novelties, and no more to pay than elsewhere. To-day we are more than ever convinced of oui* leadership, because we see the increasing tendency of careful dressers to come to us for all their needs. -We most cordially invite you all to visit our Clothing Store when you are in Town. Yours truly, ft SPECIAL 0 NOW GOING ON AT WE are expecting to arrive this week a line of Silks that have always sold at 75c. that we are going to sell ai; 40c. Don't fail to call and examine the qualify and patterns. We are also offering? BIG BARGAINS TN All Wool Goods, -AND AS FOR WASH O-OOIDS You must see this line to appreciate them. Goods at 8 l-4c. per yard that you pay others 10c. and 12 l-2c. for. MATTINGS AND OIL CLOTHS. We are still in the lead with this line. Our Millinery Department Is still one of the prettiest places you have seen, and if you buy your Spring and Summer Hat of us you are sure to get a beauty. Call on us for anything in Dry Goods or Shoes. See our line of "Dxford Ties. U. E. SEYB?. Pretty LESSEE & GO'S: Cheap Cash Store. TO aU early buyers who win take advantage of thte re markable Gut Price Sale, we will say it means Dollars in your pockets. The recent decline in all Cotton Goods puts us in a position to undersell all competitors. Here is the Way ! Yard-wide Percales, in remnants, fast colors, in beautiful Stripes and Plaids. Our Cut Rate Price 7c. Listen to This ! 60 pieces Wm. Simpson's Oil Dress Prints, lovely pattern's, best goods on earth. Old pride 7c, cut price 5c. Still they Come ! 20 pieces French Imported Satine, fine as Silk, every pattern is a gem. Everybody knows the old price 20c Our Cut Price 10c. Better than Ever ! 50 pieces best American Dress Ginghams, all in lovely dark styles, suitable for house wear, and good for street wear, very fine thread and close woven. Old time price 10c. Cut Hate Price 5c Strange, but yet True. Silk Lustre Chambray?this fabric is equal to Silk in appearance, and is noted for its good washing qualities. They como in beautiful floral designs and solid colors. New York retail price 15c Lessor's cut rate price 10c. Hothing New under the Sun. This is an exploded theory, because our new dress fabric called "Plisse" is the first ever known. We have these in all shades of the rainbow, for young and old. These goods retail in Paris to-day at 25c, but Lesser cuts the price down to 12}c. Ducks, Ducks. Do not think we refer to fowls. Oh, ' no 1 But wo do refer to Duck for Suitings. Our kind is soft and heavy weight, and will not fade. These goods are made in England. Come and and see far yourself. Retail price in London. 15c. Our price 10c <How is This ? 10 pieces beautiful all-wool Black Brocaded Brilliantine, 40 inches wide ?just the thing for Skirts. Remeni ber all wool, warp and filling. Old time price 75c. Leaser's cut rate 36c. We are in It. Fine Thread Dimitry, for all pur They make beautiful dresses for ladies and children, are fast col ors, white ground, with, sprays of flowers, beautifully printed thereon. Cut rate price 8c And Don't You Forget lil What is it now ? Thoee beautiful Moire Crepon, soft a^wool, fust as steel, handsome as a picture. These goods comes from Spain, and are great wonders to behold. Retail price in Spain is 25c Lessor's price 10c. Domestic Department. Yard-wide Sea Island. 5c' Yard-wide Fruit of Loom Bleaching. 8c Best Indigo Prints. 5c 50 pieces Shirting Prints. 5c. 20 pieces Penang, suitable for Waists. 6c. 40 pieces best Cottonade on earth..15c. 5 pieces Feather Bed Tic.15c " 20 pieces best Drilling. 6c. Shoes and Slippersr* We cannot lay too much stress on our large and superb stock oi Shoes and Slippers. These goods are all fresh from the factory, and bought after the decline in leather. We can serve you in first-class style, and at pricea that will astonish the natives. If you have never vistad our large and attractive Store, now is your time. Remember, we have one price to all, and fair and square dealings in every respect. LESSER & CO., UNDER MASONIC TEMPLE,