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und everybody wants to sell you, but no one ex
ctpt Brownlee & Vardivers can sell you Bui
lard's "Obelisk," "Favorfce," "Blue Bird."
"Wate-loo" and "Old Hickory." Ii you need
cny Fli ur, from 24 lbs. to a car load, we can
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can buy <-beap s ufi" elsewhere. In every oth
er barrel or sack you g -t a pr"ze which costs
; ou no'hing.
MOLASSES.
We thought seme time ago that v. o bad over
bought but are nearly out, and aro expecting
another car by e7ery freight, which we can sell you for lass money than you can buy
the same goods for ?n this market, and we guarantee them not to sour. S?e us on
Molasses and we will do vou good.
?V-/'COFFEE?All grades, from 10c. per lb. to the finest grown. Try one dollar's
worth of Lezgett's Breakfast Java and ODjoy good Coffee for once in your life.
TOBACCO?We can sell any sane man his Tobacco. Eighteen grades to f-elect
from. If you don't see what you want ask for it.
This is our Grocery season, and we aim to tell every fair mined person that honors
us with a look on his Spring bill : but while we are pushing Groceries we have not for
gotten Dry Goods, Shoea, Bats, &c, and can show you a slick, honest line of Good?
cheap for ca?h. Yours for traffic,
BROWNLEE & VAND1VERS.
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much for them as possible. One hundred cents make a dollar, bntyou"
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AN'S D3LIGHT TOBACCO and oar LEADER $1.00 BROGAN".
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IS always enjoyed by every individual, but just now the housekeeper has
to.hustle around right lively to get it up. I am prepared to assist in this
good work, as I have in stock a fresh and complete line of?
Plain and Fancy Groceries,
Canned Goods,
Country Produce, etc.
My stock of Confections, Fruits, Nuts, Tobacco and Cigars,
IS ALWAYS COMPLETE.
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make, and therefore more durable. For the next sizty days I will sell cher.p for cash,
and to good parties part on time. We continue to handle?
Everything in the House Furnishing Line.
TIN and CROCKERY cheaper than some of our competitors can buy, and not
saying anything about their profit or loss, yet they Hay no one can sell cheap but them.
A visit to my place will convince yon how you have been duped. I solicit your
patronage. Respectfully,
JOHN T. BUKRISS.
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BEFORE BUYING give us a call. We can save you mouey on all
kinds of Building Material, such as?
BRICK, LIME,
CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS,
A.t Lowest Prices.
Also,fa COMPLETE STOCK of?
jHEAVY and FANCY GROCERIES.
Four good Mules for sale cheap.
Jackson & McKimiey.
Too Mudi Government.
Ex-Senator David l?. Hill has ? -
tributed the following to the March 2l!
number of Turf, Field and Farm :
Someone?I do not now recall who
or where?made use of this expression,
''We are too much governed." No
matter who coined the sentence, it
may well be regarded as au apt saying,
whereby tersely to convey the idea
that government is constantly and un
necessarily encroaching upon indi
vidual liberty. In that sense the
phrase supplies a public need. Some
such epigram was required to be in
vented to appropriately express the
popular thought upon a subject which
is causing so much public unrest.
The liberal minded and thoughtful
citizen views with anxiety the increas
ing demand for Legislative restrictions
upon individual action, which is
everywhere being pressed by the de
votees of fanaticism and paternalism
with a zeal worthy of a better cause.
There seems to be a mania among
modern lawmakers for the abnormal
increase of statutes. This tendency
is not confined to a desire for unjust
or illiberal legislation, but extends to
legislation of every sort and character.
A bare glance at the recent session
laws of New York confirms this state
ment, for the bulky volumes are filled
with crude, illy-digested and undesira
ble statutes, one-half of which, it is
safe to say, are either mischievous or
wholly unnecessary. The flood gates
of special legislation seem to have
been let loose, and every conceivable
subject has been acted upon which
the ingenuity of man could suggest.
But it is in the realm of obnoxious
legislation affecting individual rights
that recklessness has been especially
developed. There has been so much
penal legislation enacted in recent
years that a good citizen hardly knows
which way to turn to avoid becoming
a criminal by the infraction of statutes
specifically regulating his conduct.
The sound and well-recognized gen
eral doctrine that a man may eat, drink
and wear whatsoever he pleases, and
act as he himself sees fit, so long as
he does not interfere with the just
prerogatives of his neighbors, is being
so hedged about with exceptions and
qualifications that it has almost been
lost sight of. It is a fitting time to
revive the consideration of elementary
principles of conduct and to determine
the true province of the lawmaking
powers of government.
Excise legislation has been enacted,
so arbitrary and unreasonable, that
the citizen may well inquire whether
all his natural rights have been for
feited to the State. Exhorbitant li
cense fees have been authorized;
virtual monopolies have been created
in the liquor selling business ; every
just principle of taxation has been
violated in order to deprive localities
of excise moneys properly belonging to
them, and to build up a huge State
liquor machine ; improper discrimi
nations have been sanctioned between
the meals and resorts of millionaires
aud those of poor men; the principle
of home rule in excise matters has
been set aside or ignored ; unusual
methods of trial and judicial procedure
have been provided for ; severe penal
ties have been authorized for trivial
offences? all this has been done, not
merely in the interest of political sel
fishness, but in deference to a spirit of
fanaticism?intolerant and arrogant in
its exactions?which, under the pre
tence of regulating legitimate business,
annoys, persecutes and oppresses
peaceful citizens in the enjoyment of
their inherent rights.
Our public schools have been in
vaded in the temperance crusade which
has been carried on, whereby in order
to more completely stop the consump
tion of harmless beverages our teach
ers are compelled by law?under pen
alty of forfeiture of public moneys?
to teach during a number of hours
each week upon the mooted question
of the allered injurious effects of such
beverages upon the human system.
"Was evera more ridiculous law enacted
in a free State ?
But, not content with such invasions
of our personal rights, it is now
seriously proposed to establish a sys
tem of official espionage over our social
clubs in order that excise laws may be
more strictly enforced. There is seem
ingly a spirit abroad that cares little
about the prevention of muiders. rob
beries, thefts and assaults?apparently
viewing these heinous offences with
much complacency?but which clam
orously insists that the police power
of our great cities shall be largely di
rected to the detection of petty viola
tions of sumptuary laws.
There is a persistent endeavor to
still farther restrict rather than to
relax the laws applicable to the speed
ing of horses. We are already so
hedged about with narrow constitutions
and meddlesome statutes upon that
subjecl. that legitimate sports and
reasonable recreations have been much
interfered with and embarrassed. Ex
treme puritanism is rampant. Liberal
ism is to the rear.
Even the liberty of the press?sup
posed to be guaranteed by our Consti
tution?is not safe from attack. Our
lawmakers are further contemplating
the prohibition of the printing of the
picture of any person in a newspaper
without the express consent of euch
person. While such a measure would
undoubtedly possess some advantages
and is not wholly without merit, yet,
after all, is it not really a step in the
wrong direction ? Where is the line
to be drawn ? Would there not soon
follow the prohibition of the printing
of the picture of one's house, barn,
carriage, horse or servant? Would
not a full and complete censorship of
the press be next in order ? Indeed,
a measure to that effect has already
been introduced in the New York
Legislature, and is now awaiting action.
These facts show the wonderful pro
gress which the adherents of absolut
ism arc making in their zeal to suppress
what remnants of personal liberty arc
still permitted to remain among us.
We arc familiar with the old argument
which is urged as a justification for
these legislative interferences. It is
that abuses pertain to the exercise of
our inherent rights, and, therefore, in
the general interest such rights must
be curtailed, regulated or prohibited
by law. "Regulation" has especially
become the tyrants' familiar plea
everywhere. I deny the proposition
that merely because abuses are inci
dent to or liable to accompany the
doing of concededly proper things,
that therefore such things must be
forbidden or surrounded with obnox
ious provisions infringing our personal
rights. Otherwise nearly every right
guaranteed to us under our system of
free government could be ruthlessly
subverted under the pretense of guard
ing it from alleged evil effects.
It was only a few years since when
the scif-constituted guardians of our
manncrs and morals?those who assume
to be public teachers?attempted to
stop ladies from ridiug bicycles in our
parks and thoroughfares upon the
ground that such conduct was highly
improper; but an enlightened public
sentiment refused to listen to their
unfair criticism, and it is believed that
female bicycle riding basc?me to stay.
There will undoubtedly be cranks
among us who will want to stop the
electric carriage when it shall first ap
pear on our streets during the coming
summer.
Our communities are filled with
long haired men and short-haired wo- >
men?well-meaning, but woefully mis
guided persons?intent upon minding
other people's business, who are dili
gently concocting new schemes of leg
islation whereby to more completely
circumscribe the personal privileges
and innocent customs and habits of
citizens.
Mississippi Flood Scenes.
Did the reader ever travel on a Mis
sissippi river steamboat from St. Louis
to New Orleans during an overflow?
If so, he has seen a condition of waste
and desolation that sickened the heart
and one that defies the imagination to
accurately describe. It is a long line
of blackness and despair, with the sur
face of the muddy waters covered with
floating timbers, wrecked houses, ed
dies of swollen dead animals, with an
occasional lifeless human being mixed
with the debris. From foothill to
foothill there is nothing but a black
sea of water, There is an occasional
mound to be seen, and on these are
sometimes to be found grouped
shivering, trembling animals, wild and
tame.
I took a skiff one morning at Gold
Dust Landing, and was rowed out in
the black waters four miles toward the
hills. Upon a little promontory of a
half-acre size we saw cattle, hogs,
sheep, coons, rabbits, deer and one
bear, standing together, trembling
with fear as they watched the fast ris
ing waters that must soon envelop
them. They did not frighten at our
approach, but appeared as though
glad to see us, walking far out into
the water as if appealing for help.
Every man in the boat had a gun, but
none dared to use it, each apparently
waiting for the other to speak. But
as we rowed away, looking for a help
less family reported to be in that vi
cinity, a deputy speriff remarked that
he thought some men were humane af
ter all, and nobody disputed him.
If the flood that came in 1892, when
its warning had been sent forward
more than a month in advance, de
stroyed growing crops and property to
the value of over $20,000,000, what
must be the extent of damage this
year, when the rivers south are already
higher than they were in 1892? And
then the war department advises that
the waters will continue to rise indefi
nitely. From St. Louis to Cairo all of
that immense basin that was created
by the earthquake 50 years ago is deep
enough to swim a steamboat. This
section embraces a remarkably big
part of the wheat fields of southern
Illinois and Missouri. The submerg
ed farms may be entirely useless for
the remainder of the year. It takes
growing wheat a long time to recover
from a flood, however short the period
may be that it has suffered. So if the
Missouri and Illinois valleys are not
instantly drained the fall wheat crop
there is gone.
But it is south of Cairo and clear
down to New Orleans where the real
damage is now being done. That is
the part of the country that lie3 un
protected, where millions of acres of
fertile fields and hundreds of homes
belonging to the laboring people are
absolutely at the mercy of the rc
morseloss waters. The lowlands are
so much more productive than the hill
country that the highlands have al
most been abandoned of late years, the
farmers going to the "bottoms ' to
raise their produce. Until Memphis
is reached there are no levees to speak
of. There are a few, of course, but
they are as chaff in a storm when a
big flood comes. They seem to ex
cite the river's wrath all the more.
Tennessee is but little affected even at
the highest stages of the river. The
banks on the left are high and are
supported by rocky hills that creep up
almost to the river's edge. Thus the
volume of water is thrown with all its
terrible force to the unprotected sides
of Arkansas territory, backing up the
smaller rivers and streams, causing
them to overflow lakes, thus creating
an inland sea, that adds new territory
to its cruel waste hour by hour until
the entire surplus waters of the north
have gone to join the salty waves of
the southern seas.
And how cruelly coquettish this
Mississippi river has been, changing
town sites, creating new channels,
robbing the soil of one plantation to
give to another. Vicksburg is high
and dry, three miles away from the
river, whereas a few years ago the bus
iness part of the town sat snugly on
its banks. Look at Greenville. Ten
years ago the city was two miles fur
ther westward than it now lies. It has
been driven back gradually until if it
retreats much further it will jam her
self up against a lake that sometimes
get mad herself. Thus the poor town
is as if between the devil and the deep
sea. There's Natchez. You remem
ber "Natchez Under the Hill?" Well,
there is no "under the hill" now. It's
a steep declivity from the town to the
river. Passengers leaving the steam
boats there have to climb up gang
planks, just as if they were going up
a tree. And there is Memphis, that,
according to the way the river is act
ing thereabout at present, may be
made to view the "Father of Waters"
from afar. No one can tell this year
where the main channel of the Missis
sippi is to be the next.
In most towns there is an ordinance
against the running of cars within the
city limits at a greater speed than 10
mile3 an hour. Look at a cable car
running along on the north side some
where and you will have a good idea
of the velocity of the Mississippi when
it is at high flood. Going down the
river in May, 1802, I sat near a negro
one night on the "hurricane roof" on
an "Anchor liner." The darkness
was appalling, being occasionally lit
up by vivid flashes of lightning. The
thunders were roaring as if pained
by the quivering electrical darts.
There was plainly heard the caving of
banks, mingled with the swishing
sounds of the seething waters. There
was no dry land within GO miles of us.
The boat was scarcely allowing her big
wheels to revolve, but was cautiously
picking her way through the floating
timbers.
His Threat
A little colored boy, the grandson
of an old servant in a New England
family, is a constant playmate of the
boy of the house, whose parents are
particularly anxious that their child
shall treat his colored companion with
gentleness.
They are so anxious, in fact, that
the little negro has acquired a habit
of running to his playmate's mother
with any trouble which may have be
fallen him, sure of her protection.
One day the two boys were snow
balling, and in some way or other the
negro received an especially damp and
"slosby" snowball in his face, though
it had been aimed at his back.
"You better look out, William Pcr
cival !" he cried, turning a snow-plas
tered face, from which gleamed two
small but wrathful eyes, on his play
mate. "If you don't say you won't
do dat again, I take dis count'nance
right in an' show it to your ma jes' as
it is!"_
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Rockefeller on Success.
As a rule the most unsatisfactory and
unpractical talks we have over seen
aie tho.se of millionaires who essay to
give young men the benefit of their
experience. We once heard a famous
clog dancer oiler to teach anybody in
five minutes how to dance with clogs.
With some degree of elaboration be
explained the character of .shoes to be
wor'.i, and the kind of clogs that would
give the best results, consuming in
this way some three or four minutes of
his time. Then he said: ''You sit
down this way, and adjust your clogs
in this manner; (and rising to his feet
and dancing), then you do this, and
that is all there is of it.''
That is just about the way in which
the iverage millionaire explains to the
anxious inquirer how to make a mil
lion. His advice is generally, when
boiled down, about this: You save
money and make fortunate investments,
and keep on doubling your money until
you have a million. Anybody could
give that recipe. What the young
man wants to know is how to save
money and make fortunate investments,
and keep on making them ; and that is
something that no millionaire can tell
him. That is where the special money
making and money-saving faculty
comes in, which is specially developed
in some men, and is not in the great
majority. It is a talent?a superior
intelligence along a particular Hue,
which lifts its possessor above the
mediocre herd, and makes him a leader
in finance, just as superior abilities
make an Edison in electricity, a Dana
in journalism, a Mark Hanna in pol
itics, ora Gladstone in statesmanship.
However, there is somewhat more of
interest than in the average million
aire's talk, in a little address deliver
ed by Mr. John I). Rockefeller before
the Young Men's Bible class in the
Fifth Avenue Baptist church on Sat
urday night, in New York. Mr. Rocke
feller made as the text of his talk a
little pocket ledger which he kept 42
years ago when he began working, and
he advises every young man to keep
in black and white a record of all the
money he receives, and how he spends
it; and, said he: "See that you pay
it away in such a manner that your fa
ther or mother may look over your
book, and see just what you did with
your money." Mr. Rockefeller's ledger
shows that from September 26, 1855
until January 1, 1856, he made ?50,
and out of that he paid all his living
expenses and saved money. The next
year his earnings swelled to $25 a
month, and he felt that he was a cap
italist. His ledger shows that from
November, 1855, to April, 1856, he
paid $9.09 for clothing, and during
the same period there is a record of
$5.58 cents given away to various
charities, Sunday school and missions.
So exact is the record that it show?
the contribution of a single cent every
Sunday to the Sunday school ; 10 cents
to foreign missions ; 50 cents to a lit
erary society ; 35 cents contributed to
a Christmas present for his Sunday
school teacher, and 20 cents to the
poor people in the church. All the
time he was saving money, and in a
few years there is $1,000 shown in ac
cumulated savings. Apart from the
idea of keeping the daily ledger of re
ceipts and expenditures, however mi
nute, there are two other thoughts in
Mr. Rockefeller's talk that are inter
esting. Said he :
"What is success? Isit money?
Some of you have all the money you
need to provide for your wants. Who
is the poorest man in tho world ? I tell
you, the poorest man I know of is the
man who has nothing but money,
nothing else in the world upon which
to devote his ambition and thought.
That is the sort of man that I con
sider to be the poorest in the world."
Agaia he says : "Money is good if
you know how to use it. I beiieve it
is a religious duty to get all the money
you can, fairly and honestly to keep
all you can, and to give away all you
can."?Augusta Chronicle.
His Brother's Keepsr.
Two dogs are still held in pleasant
recollection in Melrose, Mass. One
was a shaggy, lumbering, elephantine
New Foundland named Major, the
other a sleek, wiry little black and
tan, called Kikie. Both Major and
Kikie luve long since passed to their
reward, but this story of their friend
ship is ?tili told by those who knew
them.
A few hundred yards from the home
of the woman who owned the dogs
was a railroad crossing. Kikie had
the bad habit of rushing down the
street to this crossing when he heard
the whistle of an approaching train, lie
would tl en dash along beside the cars
and bark furiously. Many a time he
had been punished for it, but the roar
of a train was always too much for
his good resolutions.
One daj?the pitcher that goes too
often to the well, you know?some
portion of the flying train struck him.
He fell into the ditch beside the track
and there he lay till old Major's bark
ing attracted the attention of a pass
ing friend.
The lil-tle dog was taken home, hia
wounds dressed, and his battered
frame nursed back to health. During
his convalescence Major was always
with him and doubtless often said: "I
told you so," and "I hope this will
teach you a lesson."
But, alas for Major's hopes! Kikie
was no sooner out doors again than he
resumed his dangerous habit. Major,
however, had apparently made up his
mind that moral suasion was useless
and physical force must be employed.
Tho next time Kikie started for the
crossing Major followed. The little
dog was light and quick motioned and
"got into his stride," as the horseman
say, in the first few yards. Major on
the other bund, was heavy and slow at
the start, and before he was under full
headway Kikie was fifty yards ahead.
But there was conscious rectitude
and stern resolve and the force of a
moral principle in Major's gait. He
doubled himself up and let himself
out in a way that was ,nood to sec, and
he overtook Kikie with ten yards of
the crossing.
With one blow of his paw he batted
his small friend over, placed his great
foot on the little dog's chest, and held
him down while the train rushed by.
Kikie lay perfectly still. When
the last car had passed old Major re
moved his pawj with a bark and a
growl which said as plainly as speech:
"There, you little fool! Can't you
learn anything? Do you want to get
hit by the cars again?" and Kikie got
up and followed Major home with his
tail between his legs.
Many a time all this was repeated
to the delight of those who saw it.
Kikie never failed to get the start,
but Major always caught him before
the crossing wai reached, always
knocked him over and held him down
till the whole traiu was safely past.
Kikie never learned wisdom, but Ma
jor never gave him up as "past rcfor
m ation."?Youth's Com pan ion.
? *'I dunno ez the prodigal son was
so very bad after all," said Mrs. Corner.
"He wa'n't no good to his family,"
her husband rejoined. "That's a fact.
But when Le got home, he didn't lie
no more tor say. Ef he'd been like
most o' the men folks nowadays, the
fust tiling he'd cf done would ef been
to liud fault with the way the fatted
calf was cooked for him."
? Falsehood may have its hour, but
it has no future. ; . j
The Engineer Tells a Story.
A locomotive engineer should beone
of tbe most truthful of men. That's
why this little story of a Southern
engineer should be believed implicit
ly.
"You may talk as you please about
red-beaded women," he was saying to
a group of listeners, among whom was
a Star reporter, "but a redheaded wo
man saved my life and established a
home for herself at the same time. I
was 25 then and was running a freight
on tbc C. & 0. in the West Virginia
mountains, where it took talent to run
an engine. My division ended at
Hinton, and there was a redheaded
girl living six miles to the east, where
there was a siding near a big cut and
fill, and it was a bad place as the road
was new.
"The girl's name was Maggie Con
roy, and she had the reddest head I
ever saw on a human being's shoul
ders outside of a torchlight proces
sion. But I didn't care for that and
I did care for Maggie. One sunshiny
day I was coming down the track load
ed with extra fine cattle and sheep,
and I had in the caboose three of the
owners. It had been raining, and
washouts were looked for, but I hadn't
seen any, and was bowling along at a
good speed when all of a sudden, at
the curve, I thought I saw a red light
rising just over the track. It seemed
to shine like a blaze in the track, and
before I took time for a thought I had
shut off the steam, whistled down
the brakes and was doing my best to
stop.
"Eight then my fireman gave me
the ha ha, in a way to chill the blood
in the veins of a man who can't stand
teasing, and I took a look forward and
found that the red light I thought I
saw was only Maggie's head of red
hair sticking up in advance as she
pulled herself up the steep embank
ment to get on to the track.
"With an oath I opened everything
wide, but as I did so Maggie threw up
her hands and dropped in a dead faint
by the track, and I stopped everything
again, for I felt sure that something
was wrong. I had half an hour or so
leeway between trains, and I shook
Maggie up as quickly.as I could to find
out what was the matter.. She came
around mighty soon, because she had
only fainted from over-exertion, and
she told me how a big boulder had
fallen on the track in a curve near her
house that I wouldn't have seen till it
was too late to stop for, and she had
run across the spur of the mountain
to stop me in time if she could.
"That was what she wa3 trying to do
when her red head elione like a danger
signal and stopped me. Later the
owners of the stock gave her money
enough to buy. a nice little house at
Hin ton, and sis months later moved
in. We've got the house yet, but we
don't live in it," concluded the engi
neer, 'Tor it wasn't big enough for a
family of six children, and not a red
headed one in the lot.? Washington
Sta-.
? :'I do not know," she said in
answer to his proposal. {,I do not
know what to say. If I could be sure
you cared for me?" '"Care for you ?
I would die for you. Nay, I will do
mor?, for dying is nothing. After our
marriage. I will always let you have
the last word." "IY.haw !" she ex
claimed, turning aw?.y from him in
anger,;'that's nothing. I would have
that anyway."
? Sacred concerts, as they are
termed, are given at the Chinese the
atre in Boston, on Sunday evening,
and a placard bearing this carefully
worded announcement is posted at the
door: "This being of a religious
nature, no Americans will be admitted ;
only Chinamen and their families."
? A certain minister, who is not always
so careful as he ought to be in making his
teaching and his practice correspond, was
lately telling some friends a story of ad
venture. It was a pretty "tall" story, and
the minister's ten-year-old little girl was
observed to be listening to it very intent
ly. When he finished she fastened her
wide-open eyes upon her father's face and
said very* gravely, "Is that true, or are
you preaching now, papa?"
? It was a wise man who said : "If you
would keep the wrinkles out of your face,
keep sunshine in your heart." Be bright
and happy, and help your wife and chil
dren to be the same way. Carry no bus
iness troubles home; leave them "down
town" and enjoy your life by making
others happy by your brightness. Dol
lars and cents are tho smallest things in
life? don't fret your life away about
them.
Teachers' Examination.
AKEGULAR examination of teachers
will be held Saturday, April 17, at 9
a. m. Applicants will provide titationery.
Wnites will be accommodated in Graded
School Building, colored in Gresley Insti
OTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
of the Eslate of Elizabeth Cowan, deceas
ed, hereby give notici that they will on
the :ird day of May, 1897, apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun
ty for a Final Settlement of said Estate,
and a discbarge from their office as Execu
tute.
A. W. ATTA WAY,
Co. Supt. of Ed.
The undersigned, Executors
tors.
W. P. WRIGHT.
J. J. ROBINSON,
March 31, 1897
Executors
40 5
Experts disagree on almost everything,
but when the subject touches upon the
Superiority of the.
There Is bnt one opinion, and that is : They are the BEST WHEELS on earth at any
thing like the price. They are going at popular prices.
1897 MODEL.880.00
1896 MODEL. . 60.00
Rido a Rambler and atay out of repair shops. Every Rambler fitted with the
Great G. & J. Tire. They are hard to puncture and easy to repair and easy to ride.
We have cheaper Wheels, too. Prices to suit everybody's pocket book. Be sure
to see our line of Wheels before buying. Yours truly,
BROOK BROS.
From Ham's earliest time
until the present period?
HAM
HAS been one of the necepsitiea of life, which you
could find on the table of the peasant as well as on
that of Kings and Princes. The sweetness and de
liciousnesa of?
Partridge Brand Hams
Is well known, and we therefore offer yon a large acd
fresh ehipmentof this luscious Partridge Brand Hum
at 13c. per pound. We alo sell I KG ANS RELIA
BLE HAMS, and their unrivalled
ALU HO O SAUSAGE.
PURE MUSroVADO MALASSES in the original Ilogshecd. Bring ytni
Jug and try a gallon.
Try Velvet Molasses Candy fresh at?
JOHN A. AUSTIN & CO'S. GROCERY.
MEW QUARTERS.
MISS S ALLIE BOWIE
HAS moved her Stock of Goods to the Broyles Building, No. 21 Sr>uth Main Street,
and will be glad to have her friends and customers call ou her there. She is
selling Goods cteap for cash?senio of them at and below cost?to make room for the
New Spring Goods soon to arrive. 37?3ni
LEND US YOUR EAR !
AND LISTEN TO OUR SONG!
We have on hand the largest stock
we have ever carried, and our motto
is to sell goods, not keep them. . .
0TJR line of Shoes is large and complete.
Closing out a lot of Ladios $1.00 Shoes at 75c. Also a lot of Men's High Cut Bro
gans at ?1.00. There is good wear in both of those Shoes, and the price is dirt cheap.
We don't moan to be undersold in Flour. All bought before the rise, and it's bound
to go in a hurry. 50 barrels of good family Flour to go at ?3-50. Tobacco cheaper than
ever heard of before. Come end try our "Tar Heel" at 21c. One of the best chews
on the market.
We mean business, and ask you to give us a chance and we are bound to sell you
A new lot of Blue Straw Wheat just arrived.
O. D. ANDERSON & BRO.
P. S.?Bring your Peas, Corn, Butter, Eggs, etc., to us.
THE ANDERSON
Wants to Insure the Country Dwellings
of Anderson County.
LOSSES PAID CASH!
J. R. VANDIVBRi President.
J. J. FRET WELL, Vice President.
H. H. WATKINS, Secretary and Treasurer.
DIRECTORS :
W. G. WATSON,
J. G. DUCKWORTH,
R. B. A. ROBINSON,
A. P. HUBBARD.
R. S. HILL.
JOHN M. GLENN,
J. J. BAKER,
B. C. MARTIN,
J. J. MAJOR,*
COLE & COFFEE
For tlie next Thirty 33ays
WILL sell you a dandy Congress Shoe, worth 81.50, for SI.00.
A beautiful Buff Button, for Ladies, worth SI.25, for 90c.
All grades of Shoes at cut rates unheard of.
We are glad to say our Shoe trade has heen more than wc oven expected.
We have had to duplicate our Shoe bills three times already ; and at the
extreme low prices wc are offering Shoes now wc hope to double our business
fur the next thirty days.
We will sell you WATER PROOF GOODS in all the colors, worth
75c. per yard, for 40c.
One thousand yards OU TINGS and SUITINGS, worth 7c. to 7ic, re
duced to 5c. and 5*c.
CASHMERES that are soiling at 75c. to 81.00 wc are offering for 35c.
to 50c.
COLE & COFJFJEE.
ANDERSON, S. C,
January 21,1897.
HILL-ORR DRUG CO.
GeKTLLMEX :
I am much pleased with the "Mas
tic Ready Mixed Paint." I have had
my house?"Rose Hill"?painted sev
eral times, and have used many dif
ferent brands of Ready Mixed Paint,
and have had it painted with Lead
and Oil. In my judgment the MAS
TIC gives better results, and is more
satisfactory in every way than any of
them. It has a gloss and finish about
it rarely found in Paints, and when I
have more painting to do I shall cer
tainly use it. It is a mistaken notion
that Ready Mixed Paints cost more,
and if the people will use a high
grade, like the MASTIC, the preju
dice existing against them will die
out. You are at liberty to use this as
you like.
Respectfully yours,
B. F. WHITNER.
Wo have handled this Paint for
years, and have sold several thousand
gallons of it under au absolute guar
antee in each case of purity, quality
and satisfaction.
We have sold it with the under
standing that we would appreciate
notice if it wasn't right. With a sin
gle exception we have never had
complaint. This ought to count for
something.
Remember, it costs as much in time
and money to put on cheap Paint as
to put on good Paint. Get the best.
LEAD and OIL if you prefer it.
We have it in large quantities.
HILL-ORR DRUG CO.
Jf?y Anything you want in the
DRUG line?any time, day or night.
NOTICE.
ILL be let to the lowest responsible
bidder?
On Wednesday. April 14. at 11 a. m., the
building of a bridge o\er creek near Cal
houn Hamlln'a place near Starr, on road
leading from Starr by J. B. Leveiett's.
Plaus and specifications made known on
day of letting.
W. P. SNELGROVE.
Supervisor A. C, S C
J. C. WHITEFIELD,
DENTIST.
OFFICE?Front Room, over Farmert.'
and Merchants' Bank,
ANDERSON, S. C.
Feb 10,1897 33
GLOBE FERTILIZER.
HERE is the stuff to make all the Cot
ton you want?the Globe Fertilizer,
a le of phosphate rock of our own State.
Best Acid on earth, and the Ammoniated
Guano not excelled. Sold by
A. L. WELCH, at Anderson, S. C.
Also, by John W. Campbell, with the
Campbell-Mattison Co.. ai Belton, 8. C.
^an 20,1897_30_3m
TO THE PUBLIC,
THE report ihat I baveltfc Anderson is
a mistake. I can still be found at
my old office, and am now associated with
Dr. W. J. King. Thanking my friends
and patrons for past favors, and soliciting
a continuation of the same, I am
Respectfully.
A. C. STRICKLAND.
Drs. Strickland & King,
DENTISTS;
OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE.
Gas and Cocaine use! for Extract
ing Teeth.
Feb 24, 1807_35_
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Condensed Schedule In ??.Toct
Nov. is, is:><>.
Dally
No. ll.
STATIONS.
Ly. Chnr?Tston. . : 7 10 a m
Lv. Columbia..". IL (M a m
" Prosperity. ?li 11
Ar. ; ?-.vherry. 1 ! 22 m
Ar. Ninety-Six. ! 1 ?55 m
" Greenwood.-i 1 45 p m
"_Hodgea. : :i 35 m
Ar. Abbeville_... . 2 55 m
Ar. Bolton_. 3 lu m
Ar. Anderson. __ ? S 35 m
Ar. Green villo.. 4 Al ;? m
Ar. Atlanta." " " ?_ i? ;W "?
STATIONS. : ?f->)
Lv. Greenvillo. 10 ?J0 m
" Piedmont. I 10 55 a m
" Willianiston.11 18 m
Lv. Anderson. ? _ 05 : m
Lv. Belton.'. 1185 a
Ar. Doimalds. ! 12 02 m
E . AHieville.....1 Ti -15 u m
LV. HodgeM.
" Greenwood.
" Ninety-Six.
Lv. Ncwoorry.
" Prosperily.
ArLCnluniliia ..... .
Ar. Charleston.
1-? m
1 .! in
1 ?i
2 33 m
2 37 m
8 50 m
's od m
Daily ;l)aiiy? ? < tiovc iJs???y Daily
No. !';No.l:(|_STATION h._ ;so.ft,x0.ft
a?)p:'7 loa Lv... "("'l)Tir)e"-<ton. _ Ar S'Utfp ?! (Ahi
"8 30a 11 30a? Columbia '. .*: 8 ? l'i 28p
907al2l5p ".Alston.?? | 245p 8?!a
10 04a 12.jp ". Sam ne." 1 25p 7 ;*??
10 20a 202p ". ni.. ." I Ittpl 7 2Up
10!?? 22lp " .... Joncsville ..." 13 Mp f?isp
1061a 287p ".Pncolet ... " 12 Up t'4."p
11 25a SlOpjAr. Sparianburff. Lv 11 I5nl ( 2ttp
11 4"?i 88!tpLv Bpnrlnnlmrg. Ar II 3Sn Ousn
gjOpl 7U)p Ar Aslieville. l.v S Afri Slftp
"P." p. m. " A." a m.
Train? !? and 10 enrry elegant Pullman
sleeping rnra between ? Olttniliia und Aslmvill"
enroute ilnlly otween ?laeksom ille nini ?tuin
nati.
Trains leave Spnrtnnhnrgr, A. ft C. ili vision,
nnrthtioiind. fi:42 a.m.. ?1:41 p.m.. '?:1.? p. ni.,
(Ves?tliu?e Limite.il; sontjdioll'ld 12:/? ., m.,
8:15 p. m., II :?a. m., < Ve ?: i?m?e Limile 1.1
Tra?na ient'* Gm?nv1l?V. A. mid O. division,
nnrtlilH)niid,&:45n, m..' . . an i?:;?Up. ni.,
(Ycstilmled Limit' ): * mi li Ix ?und. 1 :.V? a. in.,
4:20 m . VOSS \>. m. IYivtiMBtoJ Limited).
Pull man Service.
Pul.man palace sleeping ear:; on Tr:d::sXand
80, ?17 and 8a, on A. and C. division.
W. 11. GKEEN. J. M. CULP
Gen. Superinte" lent, Truffle X'ij'r,
Wnsldszton, C. Washington, D. C.
W. . T?KK, S. H. HAXDW?OK,
Gen. Pesa, kg't. As't Gen. Paus. Ag't.
W^ahiuytou. P. a_Atlanta, Oa.
~*<?um
c
otton,
With careful rotation of
:rops and liberal fertilizations,
jotton lands will improve. The
ipplication of a proper ferti
izer containing sufficient Pot
ish often makes the difference
between a profitable crop and
failure. Use fertilizers contain
ing not less than 3 to 4%
Actual Potash.
Kainit is a complete specific
against " Rust."
o
Ail about Potash?the results of its use by actual cx
periment on the best farms in the United States?is
told in a little book which we publish and will gladly
nail free to any farmer in America who will write furie
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
02 Nassau St.. New York
BICYCLE REPAIRING
NEATLY and cheaply executed byJ. T.
& T. A.WIGINGTON, Newell, 8.0.
BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD
H. C. E E, Receiver.
October 6tb, 1895.
Eastbound
MIXED
No.
12.
s 10 50 a in
10 25 am
0 IS a m
? 10 00 a m
s 9 42 a m
f 9 M a m
? 8 55 a m
? 8 25 a m
s 8 15 a m
Between Anderson antl Wal
halla.
STATIONS.
Ar.?Anderson.Lv
.Denter.
.Autun.
.Pendleton.
.Cherry's Crossing....
.Adam's Crossing.,
.Seneca....
.West Union.
...Walhalla....
Westb'd
muet,
Ar,
No. 11
8 35 m
3 55 m
405pm
415pm
4 25pm
4 35pm
505pm
550pm
6 20 m
6 30p ni
J. R. ANDERSON, 8eperintendent.
W. C. COTHRAN, General Agent.
Connections al. Seneca with Sonthcan Railway
No. 11. At Anderson with Southern Railway Nos.
Hand 12.
CHARLESTON AND WESTERN
CAROLINA RAILWAY.
AUGUSTA AND A SHE VILLE ?HO R LINE
In effect February 7,11197.
Lv Augusta...m
Ar Greenwood..
Ar Anderson......
Ar Laurens.
Ar Greenville....
Ar Glenn Pprlngs...
Ar Spartanburg..
Ar Saluda..
Ar Hendersons ilio.
Ar Ashcville.
9 (0 am
12 17 pm
1 15 pm
3 00 pm
4 35 pm
3'Wpm
5 ::3 pm
5 l>l pm
7 00 pm
140 pm
6 10 pm
7 00 am
1015 am
9 25 am
Lv Asheville.
Lv Spartanburg.
Lv Glenn Springs.
Lv Greenville.
Lv Laurens.
Lv Anderson.
Lt Greenwood-.
Ar Augusta.
Lt Cnlboun Falls.
Ar Raleigh.
Ar Norfolk.....
Ar Petersburg.
Ar Richmond.
8 20 am
11 45 am
10 )0 am
11.75 am
1.10 pm
- 00 pm
4 00 pm
7 10 pm
7 00 am
2 '. pmi_MMN
5 00 pm 11 10 am
4 14 pm j
216 am'
7 Maas
6 iiC r.m
815 am
lv Augusta.
Ar Allendale...
Ar Fairfax......
Ar Yemasseo...
Ar Beaufort.
Ar Port Royal.,
Ar Savannah...
Ar Charleston..
9 SO am
10 35 am
10 SO am
2 55 pm
5 00 pm
515 pm
6 20 pm
7 20pm
7 30 pm
8 00 pm
8 08 pm
Lt Charleston.
Lt. Savannah...
Lt Port Boyal..
Lt Beaufort.
Lt Yemasseo...
Lt Fairfax.
Lv Allendale...
Ar Augusta.
1 <i pm
2 0 pm
35 pm
6 50 am
6 50 am
815 am
8 25 am
9 25 am
10 82 am
10 47 am
12 55 pm
Close connection at Calhoun Falls for Athens,
Atlanta and all points on S. A. L.
Close connection at Augusta for Charleston,
Savannah and all points.
Close connections at Greenwood for all pole te on
S. A. L., and C. & G. Railway, ani a : Spartanhurg
with Southern Rai. way.
For any information relative to tickets, :rates,
schedule, etc.,address
W. J. CRAIG, Gen. Pess. AgeDt, August*, Ga.
E. M. North, Sol. Agent.
naujsCEBHDf
SERI?IEE
TO
ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE,
WILMINGTON,
NEW ORLEANS
AND
NEW YORK, BOSTON,
RICHMOND,
WASHINGTON, NORFOLK,
PORTSMOUTH.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT FEB. 7, 1896.
SOUTHBOUND
N0.4C3. No.-4L
Lt New York, via Pcnn R. R.*ll CO am ?9 0? pm
Lt Philadelphia, " 112 pm 12 05 am
Lt Baltimore " 3 15 pm 2 60 am
Lt Washington, " 4 40 pm 4 SO am
Lt Richmond, A. C. L..12 56 am *1 39 nm
Lt Norfolk, t? a S. . L.,
Lv Portsmouth, " ..
8 30 pm *9 05am
8 45 pm 9.20am
Lt Weldon,
Ar Henderson,
Ar Durham,
Lt Durham,
..*11 28 ?11 55 am
12 56 a m *1 89 pm
17 32 am
, f5 20 pm
f4 09pm
til 10 am
Ar Raleigh, sia S. . L,
Ar Sanford, " .
Ar Southern Pines "
Ar Hamlet, " .
Ar Wadesboro, " .
Ar Monroe, " ,
?2 16 am
3 35 am
4 22 am
5 10 am
5 54 am
6 43 am
3 31 pm
5 03 pm
5 55 pm
6 63 pm
8 11 pm
9 12 pm
Ar Charlotte,
8 30 ara ?10 25pm
Ar Chester, " ..
Lt Columbia, C. N. & L. R. R.
?8 10 am 10 47 pm
Ar Clinton S. A L.
Ar Greenwood " ....
Ar Abbeville, '? ....
Ar Elberton, " ....
Ar Athens, " ....
Ar Winder, " ....
Ar Atlanta, S. A. L. (Ccn
. 9 45 arc
. 10 35 am
.11 05 am
. 12 07 pm
. 1 15 pm
. 1 59 pm
Time) 2 CO pm
f6 00 pm
??2~?0am
1 07 am
1 40 am
2 41 am
3 45 am
4 30 am
5 20 am
NORTHBOUND.
No. 88,
7 60 pm
10 42 pm
11 26 pm
12 S3 am
1 40 am
2 09 am
3 05 am
A r Columbia, C N. & h. R. R-*4 30 m ?7 45 am
Lt Chester, S. A. L . 8 13 pm 4 33 am
?v Charlotti ~ .*10 25 pm *8 80 am
Lt Atlanta,S.A L.(Cen.
Lt Winder,
Lt Athens,
Lt Elberton, "
Lt Abbeville,
Lt Greenwood, "
Lt Clinton, "
Ko. 40?.
Time) *12 00 n'ri
. 2 40 pm
. 3 16 pm
. 4 15 pm
. 5 15 pm
. 5 41 pm
. 6 34 pm
Lv Monroe,
Lv Hamlet,
.?10 25 pm
. 9 40 pm
. 11 23 pm
6 05 am
8 15 am
Ar Wilmington_
Lv Southern Pines,
Lt lialclgli,
Ar Hende.i?on
J5 30 am 12 30 m
9 20 ?m
11 BS am
1 10 pm
12 14 am
"1 IG am
3 23 am
Ar Durham,
Lt Durham
+ 7 ?2AKJ
. t5 20 pm
f4 ( "
fil 10 am
Ar Weldon, " ..U 65 tm ?3 00 pm
Ar Richmond A.C.L. 8 15am 6 50pm
Ar Washington, Penn. U. R. .. 12 31 pm 11 10 pm
Ar Baltimore, " . 141 pm 12 48am
Ar Philadelphia, " .?. 3 50 pm 3 45 am
Ar New York, " . ?6 23 pm ?6 53 am
Ar Portsmouth S. A. L.. 7 80 am 5 60pm
Ar Norfolk " .*7 50am C 05 pm
Dally. tDailv, Ex. Sunday, * Daily Ex. Monday
Nos. 403 und 402 "The Atlanta Special,"' Solid
Vestibuled Train, of Pullman Sleepers and Coach
es betwern Washington and Atlanta, also Pull
man Sleepers between Portsmouth and Chester, !?.
Nos. 41 and 38, "The S. A. L. Expreis," Solid
Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers between
Portsmouth and Atlanta.
For Pickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to
B. A New land, Gcn'l. Agent Pass Dept.
Wm. B. Clements, . P. A., 6 Kimball Eons?
E. St John, Vice-President and Gen'l. Manger
V. E. McBce General Superintendent.
II. W. B. Glover, Traffic Manager.
T. J. Anderson, Gen'l. Passenger Agent.
General Officers, Portsmouth, Va.
ATLANTIC COAST LINES
Tit affi: Department,
Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 2 , 1897
Fast Line Between Charleston and Col
umbia and Upper Sou th Carolina, North
Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
go i no west,
?No. ?'J.
GOING EAST
NO. 53.
Lv.Charleston.?..Ar
Lv.Lines......Ar
Lv...Si mit .Ar
Ar.Column: a........... L
Ar.Prosperity..Lt
A ..Ncwherry.?.Lt
Ar. Clinton. Lt
Ar.Lauren s.Lt
Ar.Greenvill?.Lt
Ar.Spartanbu rg.Lt
Ar.Winneboro, S. C.Lt
Ar.Charlotte. N. C.Lt
Ar...IIendersonvi!le, N. C_.Lt
Ar.Asheville, N. C.Lt
7 CO am
8 2 , am
9 35 am
10 55 am
11 58 am
12 10 pm
12 50 pm
is pm
5 00 pm
3 00 pm
C 15 pm
8 20 pm
6 0? pm
7 00 pm
?Daily.
Nos. 52 and 53 Solid Trains between Charleetc
and Columbia, S. C.
. M. Emerso*,
Goa'l. Passenger A|jcn1 g|
j. R. Kenley, General Manliger,
T. M.Eiisr.soN.Trafflc Manager.
9 25 pm
7 48 pm
6 35 pm
6 15 pm
8 13 pm
2 57 pm
2 10 pm
1 45 pm
1160 am
I t 45 am
II 41am
9 35 am
9 15 am
S 20 am