The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, December 02, 1896, Image 2
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Anderson Intelligencer.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
J. F. CLINKSCALES, ) Editors and
0. C. LANGST0N, I Propri etorf.
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ONE YEAR.fl 50
SIX MONTHS . 75
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 1896.
The new congressman from Maryand,
Booz">, should be made chairman of the
committee on alcoholic liquor traffic.
The New York Journal figures that the
election of McKinley cost the Republi
cans twenty-four million dollars. Rath
er an expensive luxury.
The Cabinet gossips are at work now
building one for McKinley. Several
prominent Republicans in the South are
suggested for various positions.
Tuo continuous campaign idea, it seems
will prevail. The campaign committees
of both parties will soon set up shop in
Washington City, prepared to keep
things moving for the next four years.
The football season, with its scramble
and excitement, has closely followed up
on the heels of the presidential campaign,
and-the country barely has time to recov
er from one spell of fever before it is seiz
ed with another.
According to Secretary Morton's annual
report, only 2S per cent, of the farms of
the country are mortgaged, and, contra
ry to the general idea, the greatest ratio
of martgages ani to be found in the
JSTortb Atlantic States,, New Jersey lead
ing.
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The strangest of all strange things, hyp
notism, is coming into practical ntility
and may at some period not far distant do
?way with much of the uses of anesthet
ics. Teeth drawn without pain and a
delicate abdominal surgical operation on
a child are among the late feats of hyp
notic power. If science does not find
some evil connected with the treatment
in the way of after effects it would seem
to promise muoh alleviation to suffering
humanity. *
^Recently there was hauled to the post
Sp, office at Beaver Falls, Pa., 60,000 large
envelopes containing a report of the bear
ing before the judiciary committee of
?~r-^0B"gress on tho proposed Christian
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States; also a memorial for the ac
knowledgement of God and Christ and
ie Bible in the Constitution of the Uni
ted States; also blank petitions to Con
gress asking it to adopt the joint resolu
tion which is now before it on the above
named amend ment. The inclosures were
addressed to individuals all over the Uni
ted States.
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Last week Judge Earle made a decision
at Barn well which is of considerable im
portance. He decides tha*: the magis
trates of this State have no jurisdiction in
either civil or criminal cases. This con
dition has been brought about by Gov
ernor Evans having vetoed the bill giving
them jurisdiction and defining their du
ties. The Governor vetoed the bill be
cause it took from him the power of re
moval. If this dscimon stands then South
Carolina has no officers to try petty of
fenders and the verdicts rondered in civil
eases by magistrates cannot stand. It is
presumed the case will be taken at once
to the Supreme Court.
The civil service commission will soon
eelect a test case for prosecution in the
courts to determine the extent to which
the civil service lav/ is applicable in po
litical assessment cases. There were
many*complaints of assessments during
and previous to the recent campaign, and
varions cases have been sent to the attor
ney general for such action as may be
deemed proper. On investigation, how
ever, some of the alleged violations could
not be substantiated. The commission
ers are now casting about for a good case
for a test, and thejy will in a few days se- j
lect one which they regard as likely to !
bring on a jndicial decision of the points
involved. >
The growth of the Postoffice business
of the country has been amazing. At the
close of the Revolutionary War there
were only seventy-five Postoffices in the
United States. At the close of the War of
812 there were 3,000. At the beginning
oNbo Civil War there were 2S,5SG, and
five years after its close, in 1370, there
were 28,492, or about 100 fewer, the only
step backward during tho history of the
Postoffice Department. By 18S0 the up
ward rise bad started again in full force,
and -the number of Postoffices in the
oenntry reached 42,000. There are now
60,000 Postoffices in the United States,
and the number is constantly being in
creased._
Our Senvenir Edition.
The Souvenir Edition of the Anderson
Intelligencer was issued this week
contemporaneously with the regular
weekly edition, agd it reflects credit up
on the enterprising publishers. Its thir
ty-four pages are filled with entertaining
and instructive descriptive matter relat
ing to the county and city of Anderson,
em bellisbed with cut s of points of inter-,
est, manufacturing plants, and residences
of prominent citizens. There are also
biographical sketches of business men,
lawyers, farmers and county officers,
with p? .raits of many of them. The
whole work, editorial and typographical,
is well executed, and the publishers may
well point with pride to their achieve
ment. The L_t?r?cal sketchos of both
?e oounty and city should be read by all
our people that they may be informed on
these matters.?Anderson, Journal.
The Register has received a copy of the
Souvenir Edition of the Anderson In
telligencer, issued by Clinkscales &
Langston, publishers, and has no hesita
tion In saying that it has never been ex
celled, if ever equalled, in the history of
South Carolina journalism. It is a sou
venir well worth preserving for many
years to come. It contains thirty-four pa
ges, nineteen inches long, and with five
columns to the page. Those thirty-four
pages contain a complete history of An
derson County from the days of its first
settlement to the present time, and are
profusely illustrated with the pictures of
the public buildings, stores, factories,
residences, churches and roads of Ander
ten and portraits of the prominent citi
zens of the County, together with a mag
nificent, illustrated sketch of Clemson
College. There are in all about 170 illus
trations. The resources of the County
and the enterprises of the towns are fully
described, and sketches of the lives oTthe
prominent citizsns and public men are
given. Tnis Souvenir Edition should be
scattered broadcast as an invaluable ad
vertisement of Anderson County.?Co
lumbia Register.
Perhaps the most ambitious undertak
ing of any weekly newspaper in this
State is the Souvenir Edition of the An
. derson ISTEL?gencer, which hasjuet
' inada it? appearance. This i=sue of the
tii?LLiGEN^R4?stS^ pages besides cov
ersvthe pag?^ein#ribose of a five column
..newspaper. There are concise descrip
tions of the County of Anderson and the
various^towns with their industrial en
terprises. A most interesting feature ?3
: the article on Clemson College. The is
sue contains 16S well executed pictures of
buildings and prominent citizens of An
derson. The Intelligencer should be
very proud of itself and the people of An
derson should be even prouder of the In
telligencer.? Charleston Evening Post.
The Anderson Intelligencer, one of j
the very beet newspapers in South Caro- ]
lina, has issued a "Souvenir Edition,"
which surpasses in me:it the product o?
any county press within the range of our
acquaintance. It is a 31 pape-, five col
umns to the page, well printed and pro
fusely illustrated, having among Up lead
ing features a historical sketch of der
son county, reviews of the condition and
progress.of Anderson city and all the
towns in the county, and biographies and
portraits of prominent citizens. Thero is
a great deal of interesting aid valuable
matter compactly placed in this most
creditable issue, and the illus'rations aro
not only many, but good. The Intkm.i ?
gencer bas provided an admirable intro
duction to the best things ul its progr?s
sive county and city, and it Reserves all
the praise its contemporaries can give It.
?Columbia Stale.
One of the best and most enterprising
weekly newspapers in the Stale is the
Anderson Intelligencer. It has [al
ways been a good paper and has kept up
with the progress of the times in mechan
ical equipment and in journalistic meth
ods. Its latest and greatest achievement
is the publication of a special Souvenir
Edition, containing a record of what the
people of Anderson County are "doing in
the closing days of the nineteenth centu
ry." This special number of the Intel
ligencer contains tbirty-four pages. It
is packed with valuable historical, bio
graphical and descriptive matter and is
profusely illustrated. The story covers
the whole County and no community in
the County is neglected. Special atten
tion is gl von to the industrial life of the
County, and the men who have been in
strumental in making Anderson County
one of the most prosperous Counties in
the State are given proper credit for their
patriotic work. We congratulate Clink
scales & Langeton, the publishers, for this
new evidence of their public spirit and
newspaper enterprise, and we congratu
late the people of Anderson upon having
so croditablea newspaper as the Ander
son Intelligencer.?Hews and Courier.
Anderson isa splendid town, fuli of live
people and should be very proud of the
Intelligencer, one of the best weekly
papers of the State. The Intelligencer
comes out in a thnty-four page "Souve
nir Edition," filled with most readable
reading and exquisite illustrations, mak
ing a wonderfully artistic paper which is
. worthy any city. But whenever the An
derson people undertake anything they
go right ahead and do it better than other
people, and the best parto! it is they don't
brag and make bther people feel bad.
The Intelligencer has the congratula
tions o? the Greenville Newsoa its Souve
nir Edition.? Crrecnville News.
The Anderson Intelligencer last
week issued its Souvenir Edition of 1896
?a handsome folio of thirty-four pages.
The information given about the thriving
and pushing city is interesting through
out. The typography is excellent?in
cluding the large number of illustrations.
The Souvenir Edition is one of the many
proofs that the city of Anderson has num
bers of progressive citizens?not the least
valuable of these being Messrs, Clink
scales & Langs ton, the publishers of the
Intelligencer. ? Columbia Evening
Neivs.
Clinkscales & Langston have issued a
splendid Souvenir Edition ot the Ander
son Intelligencer for 1896. We are
obliged to them for a copy. It contains
tbirty-four pages, is nineteen inches long,
with five columns of printed matter. It
is a com pie! e history of the eplended
county of Anderson. It is profusely
illustrated with pictures of the leading
citizens of the county, the public build
ings, as factories, mills and churches,
showing the industrial, educational and
agricultural progress in city, town and
country. A history of Clemson College,
in Oconee county on the borders of An
derson is given. We observe with much
satisfaction familiar Laurens faces, hon
oring themselves and the splendid county
of their adoption. Among them Col. M.
P. Tribbio, a veteran of Gary's Brigade,
Col. Brown, once our honored fellow
citizen, H. H. Watkins, a leading lawyer,
and Professor Thomas W. Wright of the
Mechanical Department, Clemson Col
lege. The work has not been parallelled
in the journalism of the State. It is a
grand advertisement of the city, tow'3
and county of Anderson and every cit.zen
should be glad to have a copy of so
splendid a souvenir.?Laurens Advertiser.
The Anderson Intelligencer's Sou
venir Edition is real good work. It is an
evidence of a large public spirit, and
equally so, of a desire to build up and
present in proper light, the community
in which our excellent contemporary
moves, and exeroisee, the Sun feels sure,
an abounding good influence. Such ef
fort cannot fail to produce its fruit and
flower.?Charleston Evening Sun.
EUerbe's Policy.
Trenton, Nov. 25.?At this point to-day
stai ting from Columbia, I met the man
who soou after the second Tuesday in
January next is to assume the direction
of the State government?Governor-elect
William H. Ellerbe?and spent several
hour* with him. He talked pleasantly
and patriotically of the future of bis
State, and forces one to the conclusion
that bis aim is to bring about genuine
peace and unity among the whole people,
if he is given the proper support. Tne
governor-elect takes high ground on mat
ters of great public concern and says his
desire is to give the entire people of
South Carolina a clean, impartial admin
istration of the affairs of the State gov
ernment. He says he has clearly marked
down the lines of his policy and expects
to hew to them, trusting to the truly pat
riotic men of both factions to lay aside
factional differences and personal matters
and give him their assistance.
The governor-elect is looking well just
at this time. He says bis health was bad
just after the campaign, but be is now
quite well again. He expects to move his
family to Columbia as soon as he is inau
gurated, and they will reside at the ex
ecutive mansion. He smilingly remark
ed to day that one leading manufacturer
of bicycles had offered him a machine
if he would take his exercise in that
way, he added with a smile: "But I
think walking is safer and better for
me. I am accustomed to walking about
the farm."
Mr. Ellerbe occupies a position some
what distinct from his predecessore in
the gubernatorial chair. His election was
one of the unanimous kind and he is not
bound by promises, neither is he tied up
with obligations to any for support.
About his only pro:: lise given in the cam
paign was that to t'.ie people of Charles
ton that if they would enforce the dispen
sary law he would remove the metropoli
tan police. When I asked him about
this to day, he declined to have anything
to say on the subject, butihose who know
him are assured that that promise will be
kept.
As to the dispensary problem, the gov
ernor-elect, w4iile he will deal with it in
his inaugural, will not make any sugges
tions or recommendations to the General
Assembly. He will, however, I feel safe
in saying, call upon the people of the
State to stand to him and help him en
force the law to the letter as long as it
is upon the Statute books. Mr. Ellerbe
has studied the question thoroughly and
has his views as to what should be done,
but those views he is not making public,
nor will he be likely to have anything to
say at all, unless it bo in a special message
after his inauguration.
Mr. Ellerbe has already begun work on
his inaugural address. In that address he
will take a new line. He will hardly de
vote it to recommendations to the General
Assembly, but will very plainly make it
an address to the whole people, general
in its character and broad in its scope.
For Mr Ellerbe believes that an inaugu
ral should be addressed to the people
themselves.
To-day I asked Mr. Ellerbe about the
chance of getting a reduction of taxes in
South Carolina. He said this was a mat
ter to whioh ho had given most serious
consideration and much time, but he had
failed to evolve any scheme. The only
thing he could see was the increase of the
taxable property in the State. This could
be brought about by bringing more peo
ple into the State and by encouraging the
settlement of emigrants here. It would
cost no more to run the State government
with this increase of property and taxes
would be lowered.
Mr. Ellerbe has outlined an excellent
policy as to the making of all appoint
ments, but In regard to this, asas in near
ly everything else he is exceedingly reti
cent.
He had just left Senator Tillman when
I saw him to-day. He and Senator Till
man are members of the curriculum
committee of the Clemson trustees, and
he had come down to see the Senator
about the condition of affairs at the Col
lege. The death of Prof. McGee deprives
the college of a professor of agriculture,
thus leaving one of the essential depart
ments without a director. There seems
to be great difficulty about finding a man
to fill the place. It has been agreed
upon finally, Mr. Ellerbe says, to leave
the matter open uutil Dec. 14, when the
trustees meet at the college commence
ment. Mr. Ellerbe says Senator Tillman
is to make two speeches soon?one at St.
Mattbewr on Dec. ?, in aid of the Calhoun
county scheme; the other at Gaffney on
Dec. 5, inaid of the new county of which
that place desires to be the county seat.?
Columbia State.
? The story that the McKinleys will
not al'ow wine to be used in the White
House has already aroused a discussion
that was very familiar in the dayB of the
Hayes regime.
Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and La
Grippe ,vhen LAXATIVE Bromo Quinine
will cure you in one day. Daes not pro
duce the ringing in the head like Sulphate
of Quinine. Put up in tablets convenient
fjr taking. Guaranteed to cure, or money
refunded. Price, 25 Cents. For sale by
Evans.Pbarmacy.
A H?-untain Murder.
G reek villi: s. C, Nov. us.?News
reached her.- 10 day of the death on Fri
day of Phii. Turner, a young farmer, who
wa:j mysteriously assaulted while shell
ing corn on his place, twenty-three miles
above this city. The only witnesses to
the occurrence were tenants, John High
tower and John's son Goodlet. The scene
of the alleged attack is an isolated section
of the mountains, and important details
unobtainable. Turner never regained con
sciousness, and it cannot be learned
which of the llightowers is responsible
for the homicide. To Turner's relations
Hightower explained he roceived the
wound accidentally; that he fell against
the handle of the shelling machine. Phys
ical fact, however, unmistakably rebuts
this theory. The doctors assert positive
ly that it" was impossible to have beon
accidental Bafore Turner died an old
piece of blood-smeared iron was found or.
the scene, and the bloody end, which
probably was used as a tomahawk, fitted
the three gashes across the top of his
head where the skull was fractured. The
community is practically unanimous tbat
one of the llightowers committed the
crime.
Two conflicting incentives are given.
On the 12th inst. Turner and the young
er Hightower were convicted hero of illi
cit distilling. Turner confessed and im
plicited Hightower ae part owner in the
stiil. Since then there has been bad blood.
A g;:eat majority of the murders of that
section are traceable to similar causes.
This led the mountaineers to believe that
Goodlet Hightower perpetrated the fearful
deed.
The last report, however, directs sus
picion upon the head of John and placee
a woman at the bottom of the trouble.
Young Turner is alleged lately to have
beer too intimate with John's wife.
Thankful South.
Baltimore, Nov. 24.?The Manfactur
er's Record publishes this week, as ap
Eropriate to Thanksgiving day, several
undred letters from leading" business
men., manufacturers, merchants and rail
road officials throughout the South giving
their views as to why the South especial
ly has many reasons for giving thanks
for material blessings. "With only two or
three exceptions, these lettera give a very
hopeful outlook as to the general feeling
of improvement that exists in business
circles in all the Southern States and show
that the prospects are everywhere favor
able for increasing activity ou the part
of tho manufacturing interests, fora large
movement of population to the South
from the North and West and liberal in
vestments of outside capital in Southern
enterprises. Many railroad and industrial
undertakings that have been held in
abeyance for months are now being taken
up and plans matured for early construc
tion. Farmers are reported to be less in
debt than for many years, the very heavy
grain crops and large productions of meat
during the past few years having made
the South almost seit-sustaining in the
way of food-stuffs and thus kept at home
the millions of dollars that have- hereto
fore gone West for corn and provisions
Particular emphasis is laid upon the
growing power of commerce from South
ern ports, the magnitude of this business
showing that the South is to hold as com
manding a position in our foreign trade
by the proximity of its ports to tho cen
tral western regions that produce the
grain and provisions for export, as it
now holds in iron and cotton manufactur
ing.
While two out of the several hundred
letters take an unfavorable view of the
situation and do not look for much im
provement, the others are of a most
cheerful and hopeful character and are
expressive of the many reasons why the
South has reason to give thanks for bless
ings enjoyed, for dangers escaped and for
the bright promises of great industrial,
commercial and railroad development
and also for the assurance of a great
southward movement of population
Jerusalem Artichokes.
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To the Editor of the Ncivs and Courier:
You will find enclosed a clipping from
an agricultural paper that may not only
prove interesting, but profitable, to your
agricultural readers. My experience in
Georgia fully confirms all the writer
claims for the Jerusalem artichoke relative
toits proli ?eness as well as for food for
man and beast. I hope you will insert
the same in your valuable journal, for
the building hp of the South must come
from the snil and the intelligence ol its
culture. Tho first duty of the farmeris
to make something to cat, and then pro
duce something to sell.
The beet variety for planting in this
section is what is known as the white
French artichoke.
James Barrett,
Augusta, Nor. 23,1896.
From the Epitomisi.
The wonderful productiveness and ease
with which the improved artichokes can
be produced is always a surprise to thos9
who cultivate them for the first timo.
They are an excellent food for cattle,
horses, sheop or swine, and tho cheapest
and healthiest hog food raised, one acre
being equal to five acres of corn for build
ing up large, healthy frames with plenty
o? bone and muscle.
They not only grow rapidly, but fatten
at ine same time, only requiring a few
bushels of corn to harden the ilesh in the
finishing process. The hogs will harvest
them then-Mel ves, thus saving all expente,
even that of feeding. Freezing and thaw
ing does not injure the feeding or fatten
ing qualities, and the hogs will feed them
selves ?rom October until May, except
when the ground is frozen solid.
' Any good corn land will produce im
mense quantities, from 300 to S00 bushels
per aore. I find that low, mucky land,
that it too frosty for other crops, is just
the aoil for the artichoke. I have also fed
to my milk cows, finding that they beat
any root grown for increasing the flow of
milk. They were also tested in the Fre
mont Creamery last winter with very
good results. There is no doubt but that
the improved artichoke is going to bo the
leading farm crop, for no insect, blight or
rust has yet struck them, and the tops
make a fodder, when properly handled,
equal to corn One thing that is keeping
the Improved variety from coming to the
front isso many farmers think if once
planted they can never be eradicated.
This is not true, for I have destroyed
them several times. I simply let them
get up about one foot high and plough
under. This will destroy them, but the
simplest way is to let your hogs stay in a
little late in the spring ; they will take
the last one in the ground.
One thing I must speak about before I
close is keeping them through winter,
which I consider a very important part.
It is almost impossible to keep them over
without decaying unless you know how.
I kept laat winter seven hundred bushels
in pits. I simply scooped out a hole not
over ten inchee deep, and then I piled my
artichokes up to peak above the ground.
I then put a thin layer of etraw on top to
keep the dirt from rolling through, and
then I put on dirt not to exceed five
inches deep, and packing it down so the
water will run off. If covered deeper
they will surely heat and spoil, and if
they freeze solid it will not hurt them.
By so burying will keep good.
J. H. Van Ness.
Confederate Reunion.
New Orleans, La., Nov. 21 ?The fol
lowing was issued to-day :
Headquarters United Confederate Vet
erans, New Orleans, La., Nov. 21, lb?>?.?
General Order, No. ISO.?The Genoral
commanding announces that under tho
resolution passed at the late reunion hold
at Richmond, Va., and under the customs
established by the association of leaving
the date of the next annual meeting and
reunion, which is to be held in tho city of
Nashville, Tenn., to the General Com
manding and tho department command
ers, they have unanimously agreed upon
May 5, G and 7, 1?*?)7, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, respectively, which dates
have been submitted to our host at Nash
ville, Tenn., and acquiesced in.
Second?With pride, the General com
manding also announces that 870 camps
have joined the association, and applica
tions sent to theso headquarters for papers
to organize at least lS'J more. He urges
veterane overywhere to organize at once
and join this association, so as to assist in
carrying out and participating in its be
nevolent, praiseworthy and patriotic ob
jects. By order of
J. B. Gordon,
General Commanding.
George Moorman, Adjutant I 'eneral and
Chief of Staff.
? Our colored brother is not nursed and
petted as he was a few years ago. All
the red-hot Abolitionists are dead, and
and he Is allowed for the most part to
take care of himeelf as best he can. And
he is doing about as well as a good many
of tho white brethren. He is not coming
North in swarms, as ho did from 1875 to
ISS?. Such of him ns are hero seem to be
holding their own. Such as are in the
South are staying there and existing.
There is very li'.tle iu tho cold, inclement
North for Eihiop to do. lie finds it hard
to compete with Erin and Dutchie.?New
York Press.
? No man ever believed that a crying
baby belonged as much to him as to its
mother.
f?raded School Honor Roll.
The following is the honor roll of the
Graded School pupilfl who made an
average of moro than 00 in their studies
during the month of November:
Fii?t. Grade-Frank Broyles, Claude
Gainer, Thomas Hill, Frank Reed, Nar
din Webb, Ida Bowley, Carrie Gray,
Eleancr Todd.
Second Grade advanced?Webster Bole
man, Hewlett Sullivan, Jake Sullivan,
Rob. Sullivan, Olive Brown'ee, Eva May
field, Sallie McKinney, Lydia Orr, Adele
Pro vos ?.
Third Grade?Lila Brownlee, Mabel
Johnson, Margie Johnson, Eleanor Mc
Gregor.
Third Grade advanced?Erma Guyton,
May Macaulay, Lydia Wilhite, Leila
Barr, Cecelia von Hasseln, Lila Riven*,
Smith, DeWitt Parker, Jennie Ste
venson, Nellie O'Donnell.
Founh Grade?Walter Dobbins, James
Farmer. Leslie Simpson, Addie Brown,
Annie Gary, Sallie Hiles, Kathlene Mc
Gregor, Mauaie Norri.?, Edna Norrycp,
Cecelia O' Donnell, Sue Pinckney, Lizzalle
Willis?.
Fourth Grade advanced?Mary Acker,
Olive O'Bryant, Rodgers Keese.
Fifth Grade?E. li. Murray, 6am Orr,
William Russell, Bessie Bee, Mary Lewis,
Jessie Thompson.
Fifth Grade advanced?Frank Glenn,
Annie Boleman, Beulah Brown, Muud
Oliver.
Sixth Grade?Fred Pearman, Annie
Farmer, Eilleen Jones, Mary Major, Eu
nice Russell, Bessie Simpson, Bessie
Summereil.
Sixth Grade advanced?Lula McGregor.
Sevet;th Grade?Mortimer Sloan, Fan
nie Lee, Eva Murray.
.Ninth Orade?Delia Cater, H eanor
Cochran, Eunice Hill, Evie Lewis, Nellie
Wilson.
The following are the pupils who
were perfect in deportment during the
month of November :
First Grade?Frank Barton, Joe Bew
ley, Frank Broyles, Herbert Cheshire,
Paul Clark, Marshall Craig, George Fant,
Ethan Frierson, Rob Frieraon, Claude
Gaines, Frank Henderson, ThomaH HUI,
Charley Hix, Ramsey Holleman, Foster
Jones, Charley Long, Furman Lindsay,
John Major, Garland McGregor, Tommle
Norrin, Willie O'Donnell, John Peoples,
John Prince, Frank Reed, Jim Reed, Ned
Sloan, Starke Sullivan, Sam Orr Tribbio,
Charley Watkins, Nardin Webb, Florella
Beck, Ida Bewley, Bertha Caldwell, Mat
tie Carlisle, TabithaClam, Annie Dodd,
Tara.Ell iott, Emmie Fant, Ruth Fretwell,
Carrie Gray, Linda Hayes, Jessie Jamee,
Willie James, Susie Johnson, Alpha
King, Eula King, Louise Ligon, Dessie
Martin, Bessie Norria, Rachel Rogers,
Raymond Sherard, LucilleSloau, Ellinor
Todd, Oakland Yuille.
Second Grade?Hoi ber t Acker, Frank
Arnold, Howard Beck, George Caldwell,
Robert Gathcart, Lawrence Caudle, Char
ley Fart, Reed Fowler,. George Giles.,
Mell Glenn, Harmon King, Cbarley Nor
rli, Charley 8pearraan, William von Has
eelD, Basdl Williams, Maggie Archer, Ro
ba Bailey, Helon Campbell, Helen Car
Hele, Flossie Coffee, Roea May Dahn,
Bertha Duckett, Hattie Fant, Mary Belle
Lee, Besisie O'Bryant, Georgia Rogers,
Mamie Todd.
Second Gi?de Advanced ? Webster
Boleman, Richard Bone, Sam Fant, Joe
Fretwell, John Harrison, Henry Rivers,
David Sherard, Hewlett Sullivan, Jake
Sullivan, Rob Sullivan, Olive Brownlee,
Nola Burriss, Bertha Cashln, Alice Cat
lett, Hattie Divver, Fannie Earle, Ethel
Garv, FJorie Geisberg, L9e Henderson,
Eva'Mayfield, Onie McGee, Ola McKin
ney, Sallie McKinney, Lydia Orr, Adele
PrevoBt, Macie Sherard, Sadie Strickland,
Nina Sullivan.
Third Grade?Charles Bowie, John Cat
lett, Curran Glenn, Paul Murphy, Stacey
Russell, Joe Simpson, Willie 8impson,
Willett Sloan, Emma Acker, Mary Lee
Breazealf, Helen Catlett, Essie Caudle,
Maggie Cox, Essie Driskell, Janle Ham
lin, Mabel Johnson, Margie Johnson,
Eliza Major, Eleanor McGregor, Dot
Payne, Erlalne Pr?vost, Lilla Sherard,
Lizzie Shsrard, Nonie Smith, Bessie Tol
ly, Bessie Tribbio, Nellie Watkins, Vera
Webb, Beulah Welch.
Third G rade advanced?Leila Barr, Lois
Burriss, Lucinda Caldwell, Erma Guy
ton, Anna Cunningham, Rossie Dean,
Ella-illiott, Magpie Harrison, May Ma
caulay, Nellie O'Donnell, Lila Rivers,
Evy Smith, Jennie Stevenson, Ceceli* von
Hasseln. Lydia Wilhite, Wayman Cald
well, Eddie FrierBon, Joe Major, 81oan
Maxwell, DeWitt Parker.
Fourth Grade?Wm. Archer, Jamea
Cathcart, Walter Dobbins, Ralph Drake,
James Farmer, Roy Gaillard, Adolph
Geisburg, Scudday Hand, Bailey Poole,
Ned.Provoet, Sam Prince, Ted Russell,
Leslie Simpson, James Thompeun. Lee
Todd, Paul Watkins, Sue Pinckney, Liz
zello Willis, Stark Allen, Minnie Barnet,
Lucy Barton, Addio Brown, Harley Bur
riss, Martha Clarke, Dot Coffee, Myrtis
Fant, Nellie Fant, Alice Gaines, Annie
Gary, Sallie Giles, Mattie Hill, Francis
Ligon, Alice Maxwell, Kathleen Mc
Gregor, Mamie Norrip, Edna Norryce,
Cecelia O'Donnell.
Fourth Grade advanced?Mary Acker,
Nellie Barton, Lila Lee, Olive O'Bryant,
Ida Seel, Murray Riley.
Fifth Grade?Carliele McKinney, E. B.
Murray, Sam Orr, Evie Barnett, Kitty
Drake, Mary Lewie, Marie Rivers, Ellen
8herard^eta Sullivan, Jessie Thompson.
Fifth Giade advanced?Eddie Barton,
Walter Burton, John Dobbins, Frank
Glenn, Beulah Brown, Maud Oliver,
Alma Spea rman.
Sixth Grade?Fred Pearman, Daisy
Acker, E'.lese Dobbins, Eilleen Jones,
James Leu, Mary Major, Marie Pr?vost,
Euuice Russell, Bessie Simpson, Bessie
Summerei.;.
Sixth Grade advanced?Clara Fant,
Lula McGregor, E=sie Todd, Claudia Wil
son.
Seventh Grade?Charles Harper, Albert
Johnstone, Remer Farmer, Louise John
son, Eva Murray.
Seventh Grade advanced?Frank Gail
lard, Louise Anderson, Julia Fant, Julia
Parker, Me.ry Parker, Bessie RiverB.
Eighth Grade?Guy Norrie, Helen
Casbin, Mary Chapman, Nellie Hum
phreys, Ellie Seel.
Ninth Grade?Delia Cater, Eleanor
Cochran, Eunice Hill, Evie Lewis, Nan
Sloan, Nellie Wilson.
? There isa breed of dogs in Russia
that cannot bark.
? A bill has beer, introduced In the
Alabama l9gislature providing for the
licensing of any person of good character
to carry a pistol or other deadly weapon.
A license of $20 per year is specified, and
it is claimed that the bill has many sup
porters.
? The Report of W. P. Hazen, Chief of
the Secret Service of the Treaeury De
partment, uhowe that during the last
bacal year, fifteen new counterfeit notes
wero placed in circulation, a material de
crease from former years. Chief Hazen
expresses the opinion that the distinctive
paper in use is an aid to the criminal
rather than a protection to the public,
because of the fact that a note printed
upon paper containing silk threads (as
many of tha best counterfeit and raised
notes are) is accepted in a majority of
instances without hesitation, owing to the
erroneous impression that the paper used
by the Government is manufactured by a
secret process and can not be counterfeit
ed, lie has also become convinced that
the introduction of silk into paper tends
to lessen its wearing quality.
GOLE &
For. the next
WILL sell you a dandy Congress
A beautiful Bufi Button, for Lad
All gvE.des of Shoes at cut rates u;
We are glad to say our Shoe trad?
We have had to duplicate our Shoe
extreme lov? prices we are offering Shoi
for the next thirty days.
We will sell you WATER PRO
75c. per yard, for iOc.
Oue thousand yards OUTINGS a
duced to 5c. and 5ic.
CASHMERES that are eelliDg at
to 50c.
0. C. BROWN &
Have decided
Guardenier &
the low price
THESE Shoes are all made from
They are widely distributed and reputi
derson Count;'. All styles of toes. .
for twelve months from bagging or bre
You cannot buy any better Shoe
llemember, we only put this Shoe
troduce our magui?eent line of Men's,
dium and fine Footwear to the great ti
vicinity.
Call early and try one pair of our
D, C
? Power from Niagara Falls is now be
ing converted into electricity and used to
run the street cars of Buffalo, *. Y. On
November 18, the Cataract Powor and
Conduit Company opened the switch in
the power house at Niagara Falla, and
senta current of 11,000 voltage twenty
seven miles to Buffalo. The loss of
power in transmitting it this distance is
not more than 10 per cent., and it is
claimed it will not exceed 5 per cent.
The power will sell in B?llalo for $36 a
horse power per annum. At present, the
only contract the Power Company has
made is to furnish 1,000 horse power to
the street railways, but by its charter the
Company must be able to deliver 50,000
horse power by the end of five years.
The cables already in place are capable of
carrying 10,000 horse Dower. As soon as
the Company gets its ten additional tur
bines in the wheel pit at the Falls, it will
be able to generate 65 000 horse power, if
necessary. The passage of the current
Irom Niagara Falls to Buffalo was prac
tically instantaneous.
? There are :!0 towns called Washing
ton in merica.
Old People.
Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will find
the trae remedy in Electric Bitters. This
medicine does not stimulate and contains
no whiskey nor other intoxicant, but acts
as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly
on the stomach and bowels, adding strength
and giving tone to the organs, thereby
aiding Nature in the performance of the
functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent
appetizer and aids digestion. Old People
find i; just exactly what they need. Price
fifty ctnts per bottle at Hill-Orr Drug Co.
Two Lives Saved.
Mrs Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City,
Jll. was told by her doctors she had Con
sumption and that there was no hope foi
her, but two bottles of Dr. King's New
Discovery completely cured her and she
Bays it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Egiers,
13*9 Florida St. San Francisco, suffered
from a dreadful cold, approaching Con
sumption, tried without result everything
else then bought one bottle of Dr. King's
New [Discovery and in two weeks was
cured. He is naturally thankful. It is
such results, of which these are samples,
that prove the wonderful efficaoy of this
medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial
bottle3 at Hill Orr Drug Co. P.egular size
50c. and $1.00.
NOTICE.
ALL persons are warned not to trade
fora Note givnn by J. M. Glenn to
J. P. Glenn for $152, dated in October,
1895 ; also, a Note from J. P. Smith to
S. D. Glenn for $100, dated March flth,
1895, which Notes have been lost or stolen.
J. F. GLENN.
Equality, P. C. Nov. 27, 1896 -2_
"VTOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
- 1 The undersigned, Executor
of thG Estate of Matilda Anderson, deceas
ed, hereby gives notici that he will on
the 1st day of January, 1897, apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun
ty for a, Final Settlement of said Fatate,
and a discharge from his office as Exeou
tor. J. L. TRIBBLE, Ex'r.
Dec 2. 188G 23 5
AUCTION
I will sell on Monday, Dec.
7, at auction, for cash, 40 or
50 head of Horses and Mules
at my stables, rain or shine,
promptly at 12 o'clock.
Will also have 50 head fine
Tennessee Mules to arrive this
week, and can suit any pur
chaser at very low prices. -
Don't miss this opportunity
to get a Bargain.
J. S. FOWLER.
LAND FOR SALE.
Ihave two Tracta of Land for sale. One
Tract contains 104 acres, the other 13C
acres. Both adjoin my plantation three
miles eafit of Pendleton.
Apply to Mr. w, B. Norris on the place,
or to the undersigned.
Also, 176 aerea in Marion Co.. Florida.
R. W. SIMPSON.
Nov. 25, 1896_22_3_
watson & m??ephy,
Dealers in Coal and Wood !
E AVE your orders for Oak or Pine
l Wood and best grade Jellico Block
Coal at o ilice of F. M. Murphy, and they
will be promptly attended to. We guar
antee our weights and measures.
Nov 25, 1896 22_2
CHOLERACIDE
CURES
CHICKEN
CHOLERA.
-o
John L. Jolly, Editor Poultry Col
umii Pecples Advocate, and one ol
the leading Chicken fanciers of this
County, mya :
Denver, S. C,
Oct. 8th, 1896.
Gents :
It give? me pleasure to testify to the
merita of your prescription known at
"Choleraoide." Absolute cholerr
cures are hard to find, but an ounce oi
preven t?o a is worth a pound of cure
"Choleracide's" strong point is a pre
ventive.
John L. Jolly.
Manufactured and guaranteed by
HILL-ORR DRUG CO.
COFFEE
Thirty Days
Shoe, worth $1.50, for S1.00.
ies, worth $1 ..25, for 90c.
nheard of.
3 has been more than we even expected,
bills three times already ; and at the
2s now we hope to double our business
iOF GOODS in all the colors, worth
nd SUITINGS, worth 7c. to Ite-, rc
75c. to $1.00 we are ofiering for 35c.
COLE ?Se COFFEE.
RO.
to put their famous Hayder,
; Co's. Shoes on the market at
of $1.25 per pair.
the same uniform, high-grade stock,
itiou favorably established all over An
he elastic in these Shoes are guaranteed
aking.
Or S2.00.
on the market for a short while to in
Women's and Children's cheap, me
ading public of Anderson County and
Shoes.
Yours truly,
BROWN & BRO.
EAT TO LIVE !
This is usually the case, but now
is the time to live to eat. If you
fail to buy your Christmas Goods
from.
LIGON & LEBBETTER
You can't enjoy this pleasure.
RAISINS, CURRANTS, CITRON,
Finer this year than ever.
COCOANUTS, ALMONDS, BRAZIL NUTS,
ENGLISH WALNUTS, PECANS,
HAZEL NUTS, M AL AGI CiRAPES,
APPLES cheaper than ever.
Everything to make home happy in onr line.
Special prices to Merchants.
LIGON & LEDBETTER,
A Car Appies just received. Wholesale Grocers.
fi A. Big Failure !
7E are clad to announce that the CORN CROP for 18% with our SHOE I
TT CUSTOMERS has been a total failure Tni-< explains the absence \
of smiling Corn Doctors in our midst, together with the fact that our aa'.es g
on SHOES have increased 43 ptr cei't. Fignns ta k for themstlve6?so ?
do our Shoea. Our Sboe line is a dandy, but ' there are otbt-rs." For in- f
stance? *
Our Elegant line of Flour,
|1 On which we have a t ming, growing trade and a happy tot of customers.
Once a customer on De a'd ratent always a customer.
See u? before buying eveo a pound of COFFEE, SUGAR, or any
thing.
Yours al wave tiulv,
DEAN & RATLUFFE. j
Cotton Buyers for Trade?not for Profit.
FRESH SHIPMENT
CANDIES
NAME ON EVERY PIECE
LOWNEY'S
CHOCOLATE BONBONS.
For Sale by
Just Received !
In pound and half pound
packages. This is the
finest Candies made.
SEE OUR. ..
Heinz Pickles,
Cleaned Currants,
Seedless Eaisins and
London Layers,
Glazed Citron. m
Our Spices are all fresh
Tn feet, we have the nicest line of?
Fancy and Family Groceries
a the City.
Freo Deiivory.
'Phone 41
OSBORNE & BOLT.
LOTS OF GOODS IN ANDERSON !
And everybody anxious to sell, but no
Firm more so than your humble ser
vants.
NOTWITHSTANDING our heavy trade in SHOES and BOOTS we still havo a
splendid Stock at lowest prices.
We bought more HATS and CAPS than we are able to carry in Stock ; so if you
need anything in that line come buv them CHEAP.
JEANS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, CA8SIMERS, and other Winter G >ods,
cheaper than we oversold them.
Come buy a barrel of Ballard's ' Obelisk" FLOUR, and some of our fine COFFEE
for Christmas. They will help you enjoy the holidays.
We have a large and splendid line of TOBACCO lrom 20j. per pound to 65c. for
"Honest John." Yours truly,
BROWNIES & VANDIVERS
P. S.?We want a few hundred bushel of CORN, FIELD PEAS and cinntry
MEAL at highest price in trade. B. & V.
89
OVERCOATS
AT
FROM
DECEMBER 1st
UNTIL
CHRISTMAS.
Now is the time to secure
a nice Overcoat at a very
low price. The cold weath
er is here to stay, and we
want to sell every one of
our Overcoats.
LESSER & CO.,
UNDER MASONIC TEMPLE.
A CONVERSATION OVERHEARD.
-11 III _>J_1
"Say, Bob, where did you get that good, old-fashun Ceed Tick Coffee ?
Why, it's the best Coffee we had since we been married !"
"Well, Sallie, I tell you I just happeu to pass through that Andy Brown
Co. Store, and them boys in dar would just show mc what they could do for a
fellow. Look here what good Shoes I have got on, and I just bought one
pare apiece for us all while I could get sich bargains. I likes do way them
boys does a man in dar. Isc a gwiue to take you do next time, and let you
see what they can do for you !"
Yours to please,
THE AWDY BROWN CO.
Words are Cheap,
Though they seem to constitute the
principal stock in trade of some people.
Cold Facis and Figures represented by Reliable Goods
and Prices are to be relied upon.
WE have been so busy this season
that we have hardly found time to
write an advertisement unless we tres
passed upon the Sabbath, lut the :<ox
was not in the ditch," and this was
unnecessary as the people seemed to
know where to come to buy their goods
anyway.
In our 21 years' active business ex
perience we have never been in a posi
tion to serve the people so well and
save them so much money on their
purchases as we are to-day, and were
never so much in earnest about doing
business as we arc about now.
Notwithstanding our heavy sales to
parties near and far we are overloaded
on many lines of goods, as our New
York buyer seems to think he can't
load us too heavy when he can get
them at such ruinously low prices for
prompt cash, as he did during the
squally election times just past when
money in New York was worth 50 to
100 per cent, on call. This is the ad
vantage of always having a shrewd
representative in the Metropolis, but
it takes money to keep this kind of a
thing rolling, and any who wishes to
select from a stock of goods well bought
and that will not fall far short of $100
000 in value can do so by calling around
at our store.
Many goods are on the advance.
This is the day of gigantic trusts and
consumers are compelled to pay tribute,
and the promise of the near future is
they are to be still more fostered and
encouraged. It seems the hide and
leather market has been again cor
nered. So look out for high priced
Shoes. We are well '.'heeled" and are
prepared to name prices on many new
desirable solid goods less than former
ly. For instance, we will sell you the
best men's home-made, a No. 1 Kip,
Ga., or English Tie that we sold a
year ago for $1.50 now $1.00. Men's
Genuine Calf, Dongola top, sold last
year $2.00, now $1.25. A solid Men's
Buff or veal calf at 95c. that formerly
sold for $1.25. Several lines of ladies'
and children's goods are being sold in
the same proportion. We frankly
admit that throughout the store our
values are not uniform, i. e., in some
goods our purchases are more fortunate
than in others. We are always pleased
to divide the profit on our most lucky
purchases with our customers. If
asked on what particular department
of our business we thought we were
strongest and could save the people
the most money, our answer would be
Men's and
Boys' Hats,
Clothing,
Overcoats and
Furnishings.
Our recent additions to these were
fare bargains that must be seen to be
appreciated.
In House
Furnishings
we are strong 10 solid cases of Bed
Blankets received from one factory
recently that wc can retail at less than
we ever bought them at before. In
table damask, napkins doylies, towels,
ready-made sheets, pillow cases, win
dow curtains, shades and fixtures, &c.,
we can do you good. Staple Cotton
Goods are on the advance but we are
daily selling many Domestics for less
money than when cotton was 5 cents.
Why ? Because we bought last July
and August a tremendous lot.
IN MILLINERY
We offer 4 doz. Felt Hatii, assorted
shapes, at 25c, marked down from 50
and 75c. 2 doz. Black Felt Walking
Hats at 75c. from $1.00. This has
been a record breaking Millinery sea
son with us.
It goes without saying thai, in Ladies'
Goods and Furnishings we still take
the advanced lead. We are constantly
receiving fresh additions to this stock
in all the new novelties in Dress
Goods and Trimmings, Wraps, Milli
nery, &c. Freight trains are so slow
and the rush has been so ??rreat that
our express bills have been quite an
item this season. \
Our buyer is now sending us many
rare bargains far below ruling prices
earlier in the season.
If you would consult your interest, you will call and ex
amine our Stock before buying any more Goods.
Yours earnestly,
R. S. HILL
Agent for Butterick's Patterns.
N. B?Miss Terry, the Artistic Dress-maker, still has all
the work she can do.
? Last night as I lay on my pillow,
Last night as I lay on my bed,
I dreamed that my play-house was lonely,
I dreamed that my Birdie was dead.
No, not exactly the above, but I did indulge
in some thought last night when I might
have been asleep. I was pondering over
grave questions, and thinkiu' deep down in
my heart about some things called to my
attention a few days since, when
at town
I was
up
I wanted to buy a LAMP, and stepped into
the Ten Cent Store to get posted. Then
I stepped out to buy from an old friend of
mine with whom I have done my trading
for a long time. I found the Lamp I
wanted at both places, but to get the
price right I had to tell my friend what
they offered me the same thing at in the
Ten Cent Store. But that was like pull
ing fire down on my head, and enough
abuse was heaped upon that poor Ten
Cent Store to have broken the heart of
a mule. To hear them tell it, Minor
was the grandest rascal unhung. He
was the greatest deluder of the people
that the world ever saw. He has ruined
the market of Anderson. He has practi
cally destroyed competition, and thunder
knows what else.
Yes, they even declared the Ten Cent Store Lamps to be
made of all kinds of imported and foreign ware that is no
good at all. But how does Minor sell the stuff? and why
does he continue to increase his trade so rapidly ? The an
swer was right on his lips : They keep it ready, I think.
They claim that Minor has a nack?he advertises, you
know.
Well, I had to go back to the Ten Cent Store and get my Lamp, after
all. And last night I concluded that it does not make a thing shoddy just
because Minor buys it from the people who make, nor does it make it better
for his competitor to buy the same thing from a Jobber and pay ten per cent
mere for it. If Minor gives me the difference, or a part of te, he's .my mau.
And as to that advertising business, that's all bosh. Minor advertises
because he has got something to advertise. The man talks but little who has
nothing to talk about. If you see the honey dripping from a hive you con
clude there's more inside. So, Pardner, just drop in and see the tremendous
assortment of Lamps at the Ten Cent Store. Minor's got the biggest Lamp
~ ever saw, and the least one in the world.
If you use Dishes don't be inveigled into buying 'till you see our high
grade MELLORRIA WARE and our SEVERN line. The best goods at
the lowest price?whether we advertise or not.
Complete sets for the Dinner Table at from 62.50 to $20.00 for finest im
ported China. Yours always truly,
AND THE
f HUF
u. 01 Ulllj.
27 South Public Square.
P. S.?C. S. Minor has a pair of bargains in one solid Gold and one
filled case WATCH which he will sell cheap. Both been used some, but
not hurt. Call at the Ten Cent Store.
THE PLEASURE...
Of doing business consists chiefly in giving
satisfaction to the customer?it is the key
to succese in all lines of business.
WE strive to merit the patronage of the public by making it both
pleasant and profitable to deal with us?hence mutually satisfactory.
A SPECIAL BARGAIN
We are now offering is a line of?
LADIES' OXFORD TIES AT $1.25
Per pair. This is a neat and stylish Slipper, and is worth $1.75 everywhere.
If you want a nice Summer Shoe at small cost see this line. We keep in
stock at all times Shoes of everv stvle, quality and price. Our line of?
DRESS GOODS and SUMMER FABRICS
Is complete, and we are offering them at a very low price.
We haye Everything you want in Groceries,
And to the Farmers we will say that we will make it to your interest if
will tend us your orders.
M'CULLY & CATHCART.