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Experts disagree on almost everything, bnt when the subject touches upon the Superiority of the. , ^ There la but one opinion, and that is : They are the BEST WHEELS on earl h at any thing like the price. They are going at popular prices. 1897 MODEL.$80.00 1896 MODEL. 60.00 Bide a Rambler and etay 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 Buit everybody's pocket book. Be sure to see our line of Wheels befcre buying. Yours truly, BROOK BBOS. 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. . . OUR line of Shoes is large and complete. Closing out a lot of Ladies $1 CO Shoes at 75". Also a lot c f Men's H;gh Cut Bro gans at Si 00. There is good wear in both of the??e Shoes, and the price is dirt cheap We don't mean to be undersold in Fiour. Aii bought before the rise, and it's bound to go in a hurry 50 barrels of good family Flour to go at 33 50. Tobacco cheaper than ever heard of bifore. Come ind try our "Tar Heel" at 21<\ On* of the best ch- we j on the marked. 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 jnst arrived. O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. P. S.?Briog your Pens, Corn, Butter, Eggs, etc., to up. HAVE YOU ANY CENTS ? IF so, they should be invested with care and with an eye tingle to get?Dg as much for them as possible. One hundred cents make a dollar, but you don't always get a hundred cerne worth for every dollar inveite 1 To avoid this you should buy Standard Good-* with a reputable guarantee r-eMnd them ; such Gor>ds. for instano?, as DEAN'S PATENT FLOUR. CHARLEY BUCHAN AN'S D ' LIGHT TOBACCO and oar LEAD RR $1.00 ROGA . The r*p->rt that we sell more for a dollar than can be boo^ht somewhere t-lse for a dollar and a quarter is coirect, and we might as well acknowledge it. Remember, we give you duality as well as Quantity. DEAN & RATL.IFFE, Guano Dealers, Cotton Buyers and Money Savers to the Trade. A SQUARE MEAL ! IS always eDjoyed 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. Give me a call. Prices aud Goods will please you. FREE CITY DELIVERY. GL F. BIGBY. IRON KING, ELMO, LIBERTY, ,AND RUTH. THE NEW EXCELSIOR, WITH OR WITHOUT RESERVOIR. IT is a given up fact that the above line or STOVES is superior to any on the mar ket. They are not as cheap as some 8toves, as the material is of the very best make, and therefore more durable. For the next sixty days I will sell cheap 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 say no one can sell cheap but them. A visit to my place will convince you how you have been duped. I solicit your patronage. Respectfully, JOHN T. BURRISS GOOD COAL! It Pays to Buy the Best ! BEST Grade Jellico Coal, delivered, 84.50 per Ton. Best Red Ash Egg Coal, delivered, $7.50 per Ton. Best Grade Nut Coal, delivered, S7.50 per Ton. Prompt attention to all orders and satisfaction guaranteed. TELEPHONE 37. Oct 2S, 1S95 IS J. M. PATRICK 6m o q H fr H 3 m < H 0 H H < > E H H h! H > 0 t? PP fi! J O 1-5 o HEADQUARTERS FOR BUILDING MATERIAL. BEFORE BUYING give us a call. We can save you money on all kinds of Building Mate ".al, such as? BRICK, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, A-t Lowest Prices. Also/a COMPLETE STOCK of? HEAVY and FANCY GROCERIES. Four good Mules for sale cheap. Jackson & McKinney. iL DEATH ON A PALE HORSE. One night in Januar}-, in the year 183G. two or three young inrn, while at a farm house not far from Old Washington, Tex., manufactured and turned loose upon the unsuspecting citizens of the town a ghost that cost one negro the loss of a leg, and caused the president of the republic to order out the army, creating the greatest consternation a ghost ever caused on earth. These young men, one of whom is yet living, were spending the night with an old doctor of the name of Byan, who resided on his plantation about two miles from the capital. They had been hunting during the day, and, after supper, while smoking in the doctor's office, which was a small, isolated building located in a corner of the front yard, they noticed a skeleton in an open closet. It was the skeleton of a very large man and perfectly articulated. The night was a little cold, and one of them remarked, as he lit a cigar and seated himself before the fire : "Now, if we had a jug of Bourborj, we would be fixed." "Weli, suppose we send after a bot tle ?" said another. To the objection that they had no one to send, George Wilson said : "Send the stiff," nodding his head toward the skeleton. "Just the thing," replied the first speaker. "My old white horse knows the road to town, and, if started, he will go straight to Jack Campbell's saloon and stop." They all laughed as a picture of the ghost on the white horse come into their minds, and one of them insisted that the idea was too good to pass without being carried out. "Go and get the horse," he said, "and I will write the note." The dare devil, never thinking as to the consequences, wrote a short note to his friend and placed it in an en velope. The letter was sealed and addressed to Mr. Campbell and then' tied to the bony skeleton's fingers. Then they securely fastened the skel eton to the well-cinched Spanish sad dle. The old horse did not much like the looks of his rider, and when he was turned loose he started towards the town of Washington in a gallop. Washington was at that time the capital of the Republic of Texas, and a great crowd had assembled in the town to witness congressional debates and discuss the latest news from Mex ico. The young men, after watching the horse and his horrible looking rider for a moment, turned and went back into the office, not without some misgiving as to the result of such a haremscarem piece of deviltry. They had hardly seated themselves in the doctor's comfortable office before the fire when the report of a pistol reached their ears, followed by a most unearth ly yell. They did not learn until the next day just what happened. An old planter by the name of Holmes was riding slowly along on his way from town to his home, when he suddenly found himself, as he said, face to face with a genuine ghost. He did not lose any time in asking ques tions. It was light enough for him to see the hideous thing pretty plainly. He was a game man, but he afterwards said that he was scared out of his senses. The old white horse was trotting slowly along and there sat the grim monster bolt upright in the sad dle. He could see its grinning teeth, hear its bones rattle, and he imagined that his eyes were two balls of fire. He shouted something, but it kept coming and seemed to be riding right at him. He did manage to draw his pistol with a shaking hand and fire. The flash and the report frightened the old white horse, and he sprang forward in a gallop, and then the old bones rattled as if the devil himself were shaking them. The farmer's horse needed no urging. As much frightened as his master, he wheeled in his tracks and started back to town with the speed of the wind. Mr. Holmes looked back and saw the white horse close to him, ?nd it looked as if the terrible monster was reaching out its long bony fingers, eager to clutch him and tear him to pieces. His own horse happened to be a good one, and under the stimulant of fright and his master's spurs he managed to keep in the lead. As soon as the farmer reached town he began to fire the re maining shots from his pepper-box and shout for help. It was early and the stores were still open. People rushed out on the sidewalks, and when they saw a man riding at the top of his horse's speed and some terrible grinning white object on a white horse, riding after him, they did not know what to make of it. The negroes shouted "Ghost !" and l;hen one man fired a shot at the thing. That was the signal for a gen eral uproar, and scene of excitement and consternation such as Gen. Hous ton said "was never equalled outside of the infernal regions." Mr. Holmes would have stopped in front of the hotel, but his frightened horse enter tained different ideas on the subject, and ran on around the plaza. It never occurred to a single individual that the thing they saw was a human skel eton. Congress was in session at the time, and ;he members rushed into the street, supposing that nothing less than the vanguard of Santa Anna's army had surprised the capital. In those unhappy times everyone carried arms and as Farmer Holmes came around the second time with his white hair streaming in the wind and death or the devil on his white horse in hot pursuit, the Texans opened fire. Pis tols, muskets and shotguns were emptied into the pack of bones, and they could be heard rattling and crack ing above the stentorial yells of the flying farmer. Strangely enough, not one shot of the first volley struck the white horse. Hounds, of which there were forty packs in the town, joined in the pursuit, while the engineers of the two steamboats lying at the wharf turned all the steam in their boats' boilers into their whistles. "What in the devil is it ?" said Gen. Houston to the secretary of war. "Order out the Rifles and capture the thing. They are not afraid of the devil himself." Women and children were screaming and the negroes were praying. At a corner of the street the farmer's horse collided with an old negro and fell, throwing Mr. Homes sprawling in the sand. The negro crawled away with a broken leg, and Mr. Holmes shouted, "He has got me now, by thunder." The old white horse, having nothing to follow, trotted around to Mr. Camp bell's saloon, where he stopped and interested himself in kicking at the hounds. The crowd, including several congressmen and men who had distin guished themselves in a dozen battles with Mexicans and Iudians. ran inside and fired at the thing through the windows. Not a man was game enough to face his satauic majesty and ask him what he wanted. These men were not afraid on the battlefield or the field of honor, hut the devil on his pale horse possessed terrors that crushed all human fortitude. The strings with which the bones had been tied to the saddle had doubtless become weakened by the great straiu to which they had been subjected, and when three or four monster bloodhounds seized the skeleton they easily tore it loose and it fell with a clatter on the sidewalk. The whole pack fell upon it, snarling and yelping, and dragged it about in the street. Sonic of the bolder ones peeped from the saloon and saw the saddle empty and the hounds tearing a white object to pieces and one, into whose mind a ray of the truth had crept said, "Let us go out and help the dogs to kill the devil." Gen. Houston, when told the true story, threatened to have the three worthies exiled or shot. Mr. Wilson, who is yet living, says that he had to hide out from Fanner Holmes for a long time, and that he never did for give him until they mot on the battle field of San Jacinta in the following April. It is said that Santa Anna never laughed but once while he was a prisoner in the Texas camp, and that was over this story as told to him by an American officer. "I think," he said, "that I should have ran away as the old farmer did. for we are all very much afraid of the devil. The Acquittal of Col. Jack Anderson. Several lawyers were relating earl.' experiences one day last week and odo of the stories ran along in this way : "In my early career I became con nected with a murder case out "West. This was many years ago, and the scene of the story was a border town, where ingenuity made up for lack of legal knowledge. Nearly every man in the place carried a gun, and shoot ings were quite frequent. A sort of moral wave happened along one day, and the? Prosecuting Attorney an nounced that the next killing would result in a hanging. The people said he was right and the Sheriff gave it out that he had the rope ready. This was the condition of the atmosphere when one summer afternoon,; the news went around that Colonel Jack Ander son had shot and killed Major Wil liams. Jack Anderson, it seems, was at the bar of the Nugget saloon drink ing with friends when Major Williams and several others entered. The Colonel and Major were political rivals and bad blood existed between them. The two parties stood in front of the bar, some distance apart. The Major ordered a whiskey straight, and, after drinking it, picked up the glass of water accompanying the liquor. Look ing at it for a moment, he turned and stepped toward Colonel Jack Ander son. As the latter was about to leave the bar. Major Williams dashed the water in his face. Anderson whipped out his revolver and shot the Major through the heart. Public opinion condemned the shooting for this rea son?that while the Major's act de served rebuke, it in no way placed the Colonel's life in danger, and so the plea of self-defence would not stand. Anderson's friends engaged me to. defend him at the trial, and I'll admit that it looked to me like a hopeless case. However, when the trial came up I had outlined a defence that pre sented the only chance of victory. The jury was selected, and as well as I could judge was against my client. The defense summoned no witnesses, and the case closed with the cold fact being impressed on the jury that a life had' been taken on trivial provo cation. Captain Bill Thompson was the Prosecuting Attorney, and in his speech to the jury he emphasized the necessity of putting a stop to the reckless use of firearms as illustrated in this case. His speech was a good one'and, if anything besides the evi dence was needed to convict my client, the address of Bill Thompson would have done it. During the trial I had taken but little action, and every friend of Anderson's was of the opin ion that a mistake had been made in securing me for the defense. You will be surprised, however, when I tell you that after a five-minutes talk to the jury they returned a verdict of acquittal. How did they reach that conclusion ? This way : When Bill Thompson concluded his address to the jury, I took the floor. Now, I knew Bill was quick tempered and carried a gun. I also knew he would shoot as quick as a flash if his anger was roused. So, facing the jury, I outlined the evi dence, bringing out the fact that An derson had in no way provoked a quar rel. While talking I walked to the water cooler, and, filling the glass with water, gradually approached Bill Thompson's chair. Holding the glass in my right hand I raised my left and then launched into a fiery speech, stating that my client was being made a victim of the moral spasm then pre valent. I had been so quiet during the progress of the trial that this sud den outburst startled Judge, jury law yers and spectators. Everybody was attention. As I became more and more bitter in my remarks I could see Thompson moving uneasily in his chair. His face was pale and he showed every evidence of anger. I had worked myself up to a climax of abuse heaped on Thompson and then to top it off dashed the glass of water full in his face. Excitement ? Well, I should say there was. As the water struck Bill's face he sprang to his feet, and in the twinkling of an eye had his gun out. His arm was held by friends, however, and thus my life was saved. For the next five minutes the Sheriff had all he could do to keep peace in the room. Then I was brought before the Judge for con tempt. My scheme had worked to perfection, and I was as cool as a man could be under the circumstances. I asked the Judge for permission to ex plain my conduct, and, this being granted, I made my explanation vir tually a plea for my client. "Your Honor," I said ; "no one in this room has more respect for your self nor a higher regard for Captain Thompson than I have. Yet it will surprise you both to learn that for weeks I have practiced and studied to make perfect my conduct of to-day. For weeks I rehearsed the part you saw me play. Why ? There was a life at stake. My client was on trial for killing a man who simply threw water in his face. On this plaiu statement of a fact he would be con victed. The jury was not present at the time of the killing, and would be governed by the evidence. I had but one recourse, and that was to show so simple an act as that committed by Major Williams would rouse in any man the most violent anger. And I venture to say that were it not for the hand of a friend, who restained Cap tain Thompson, I would have paid the penalty?" ?' 'You would, by-,' said Bill. "Now, your Honor, and gentlemen of the jury, I leave the case of my client in your hands." Five minutes later Jack Anderson was a free man.?Mac, in the St. Louis Republic. - % mm - During the winter of 1893, F. M. Martin, of Long Beach, West Va., contracted a severe cold which left him with a cough. In speaking of how he cured it, he says: "1 used sev eral kinds of cough syrup but found no relief until I bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which relieved me instantly, and in a short time brought about a complete cure." When troubled with a cough or cold use this remedy and you will not find it necessary to try several kind.i be fore you get relief. It has been on the market for over twenty years and constantly growu in favor and popu larity. For sale at. 2D and 50 cents per bottle by Ilill-Orr Drug Co. The "Widow's Superior Charms. The ordinar}-unmarried girl is often most a"'active to a man in her igno rance 01 the world and its ways. If she lets it appear that she wants to know little except such as he may wish her to know, her charm, in his esteem, is bound to be increased. A man loves to be exalted to the posi tion of keeper of a girl's heart and mind. It adds to his self-esteem, and gives him that sense of a vested inter est in another's life which reaches its climax in marriage. But widows are in a different case. They do not allure by their ignorance. A dull widow repels men. But sparkling, bright conversational and tactful widow will, if she is young, prove most seducing to many members of the other sex. Most men love in nocence in a woman more than aught else. But there are others to whom worldly experience, especially if ac companied by beauty and evident good nature, is a far stronger lure. American widows excel in charming mankind. It is only necessary to think of the number of them who have become part and parcel of En glish society to realize this. The American girl gets more than her proper share of masculine adoration in the States. Perhaps this makes the American widow's social deportment appeal more to English sympathies and hearts. Unmarried girls may be insipid in their talk and yet attract a good deal of attention. Not so the widow. Experience has taught her the way to men's esteem, and thence, perhaps, to their hearts. Who like her can flat ter and tickle the vanity of the aver age male ? It is no crime in her, oh dear no ! Men are vain and like to be flattered, just as cats like to be strok ed the right way ; and, having a good opinion of themselves, they are ex ceedingly prone to form a high opin ion of the person in whose agreeable society this little weakness of the male nature is recognized and catered to. This is the widow's art. As a student and expert at life she is miles above the unwedded maiden. For tact she is not to be beaten. She is the best of peacemakers, even as she is often a hostess of the first rank.?London News. Muscular Cramp. Muscular cramp, muscular exhaust ion, or myalgia, as it is variously call ed in common and medical parlance, is often confunded with neuralgia and rheumatism. There are undoubtedly many instances of muscular cramp in which one or the other of the last named conditions is present; but in these cases the exhaustion depends upon the ex'sting neuralgic or rheu matic condition, and disappears under treatment of the original trouble. Myalgia?the word is derived from the Greek, and means muscular pain? arises from exhaustion of the substance of the muscle. This loss of vitality is in most cases the result of subjecting the muscle to excessive or long-contin ued activity under unfavorable condi tions. The amount of vitality which a mus cle consumes when in action is, of course, proportionate to the amount of work required of it, and under normal conditions the supply furnished by the blood is sufficient for the need. Un der adverse conditions, however, there is no opportunity offered for the com plete recovery of the muscle from its labors, and a strain is the result. The muscle feels lame and sore, and not in frequently one can almost imagine that in some way it has become tied into knots. Myalgia may attack any muscle, though there arc certain ones which, by reason of their location, are en dangered more than others. Seam stresses are very liable to have oramp in the muscles of the shoulder on ac count of the steady application and confinement necessitated by the na ture of their occupation. A favorite seat for myalgia, as most of us can testify from painful expe rience, is in the calves of the legs. The pain is especially severe on lying down at night, and may be so great as even to draw up the limbs. Massage offers the only certain re lief from myalgia." The rubbing should be brisk to insure an abundant circu lation of blood to the distressed mus cles, and for this reason also it should be the direction of the vessels through which the blood flows. Liniments of various kinds may be tried, or what is better, the external application of alcohol may be resorted to. Cloths wrung out of hot water, with a teaspoonful or so of laudanum sprinkled on them, and placed directly over the aching muscles, are useful to ease the pain. When the trouble is in the muscles of the leg, hot foot baths may be em ployed to restore the circulation in the limbs and to "draw out" the pain. The observation of general hygienic measures should not be forgotten where there is a tendency to muscular cramp.?Youth's Companion. ? A tender heart hurts occasionally ; but nobody who has tried one will ex change, it for the other kind. Bucblens Arnica Salve. The best salve in theworld for Cuts Bruiseu, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions and positively cures Piles, or no pay req uired- It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refund ed. Prise 25 cents perbox. For salo by Hill-Orr Drug Co. Pianos A bad piano will hinder your musical progress. A good one will help you to do your best. I: the amount paid is what you value a piano for, pay an exorbitant price for either a goo:l or a bad one, it's immate rial which. l'ut if you want a first-dass musical instrument and don't want to waste money, come to us. We will give you your money's worth whatever you select. The IVERS & POND is one of the highest quality. Its price, as yet, is lower than its quality, as is always the case while reputation is building up. We have other pianos as well. Remember ? your m e y's worth whatever you buy of G. A. REED, ANDERSON, S. C. "VT0TICB TO CREDITORS. AH perso.is Im vin demands Against the Estate of . 15. Towors, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to II. C. Townsend, agent for the Administrator, Anderson, S. C, or send them to T. C. Ligon, the Administrator, at Rock Hill. S. C. T. C. LIGON, Adinr'. April?, 1807 U 'I The Fear of Thunder. "Electric storms arc far lees dangerous than the majority of peo ple imagine," writes Edward Bok in The Ladirs' Home Journal. "That a severe lightning storm is terrifying admits of question, and will some times bring uneasiness to the heart of the strongest man. But the real dan ger is slight. The chance of light ning a bouse, for example, is not odc in a million. Particularly is this true in cities, strung as most of them are with electric wires. The greater dan ger from electric storms is in the coun try, and even the danger may be less ened if the simplest and common sense of precautions are exercised. The surest electric conductor is a draught, and if, when a thunder storm approaches, it is seen that all windows and doors liable to occasion a draught are kept closed, the danger is at once reduced to a minimum. If a woman is "caught" out in a thunder storm the safest shelter is a house;, the most dangerous a tree, particular ly an oak tree. It is a peculiar, but nevertheless a proven fact, that the oak is the most susceptible of all trees to a current of electrici ty. Over fifty per cent, of trees struck by lightning storms during one summer, the government statician tells us, were oaks, while the beech tree was the least harmed. Therfore, the worst possible place of shelter in an electric storm is under an oak tree, while by all odds, the safest place is in the house and out of a draught. * * * The actual danger (from an electrical storm) is, in truth, not from the lightning nor the thunder, but from the nervous condition into which women allow themselves to fall. And this is a danger which they can avoid. A little calm thought and a few grains of common-sense will do it." ? A clever workman in a cutlery factory in Sheffield, England, has re cently made a dozen pairs of shears each so minute that they all together weigh less than half a grain. That is about the weight of a postage stamp. Each pair was perfect, and would cut if sufficiently delicate material could be found. Lying on a piece of white paper they seemed no larger than fleas.?New York World. ? Tho Carolina Spartan in speaking of the recent decision by Judge Simonton against the dispensary law, says : "There has been much bungling work done by the Legislature in endeavoring to patch up this law. Tho worst feature is that they have taught tho people that it is right to secure a certain result by indirection and Legislative legerdemain. Fair, hon est, manly Legislation will tend to make loyal, law-abiding citizens, who will obey the laws and respect the lawmakers. But when Legislators resort to expediences, political manoeuvering and the tricks of ehyeters and pettifoggers to deceive tho people, or bolster upa bad cause, orto cover up some of their bad work, then they lower the etandard of citizenship and teach people to disregard and violate law." ? A jovial old lady of Paris, after pro viding liberally for somedistant relatives, left by will ?100,000 in small sums toa large number of casual acquaintances that she had picked up in the streets. She was an invalid, and had been left without near relatives or connections, but, being deter mined to have jolly people about her, she gave balls and parties, to which she in vited any person whose face attracted her in omnibuses or shops. When she died she remembered all in her will. ?The Mormon Church which was built in the "Bull Xeck" section of Fairfield County, S. O, about a year ago is having its benches gradually lilled by members who have accepted that faith. At first only two elders from Utah could be seen, walking along the public highway, each carrying a gripsack and umbrella. They were at first despised and turned off at night when seeking lodging, but by their seductive manners gained the graces of many men and women, and now the church is growing in membership. ? In India in one twelvemonth snakes killed no less than 10,740 persons. Tigers 1.063 persons and 25,517 head of cattle; bears, 126 persons and 315 head of cattle; wolves, 177 persons and 4,9S7 cattle; hyenas 17 persons and 2,748 cattle; ele phants, 50 persons and 4 cattle; while other wild beasts, such as jackals, buffa loes, boars and crocodiles, were respon sible for the death of G9G persons and 2,105 cattle. ? It is said that every part of a shoe can be made by machinery. Indeed ma chinery is now so wonderfully made it can do the work of mankind in the most accurate and labor saving way, and man's brain is required for direction, at the present time, where his fingers were for merly needed for accomplishment. Every stitch and eyelet about a fine shoe can now be put in by a machine. ? Senator Yandiver, of the Missouri Legislature, has introduced a bill to fine widows and maidens for rejecting widow ers and bachelors. ? In the French-German war 4,500 Hebrews were in the German army, of whom 327 earned tho Iron Cross for bravery in the field. i aut. m WILL FURNISH YOU SOAP! TO wash the muddy earth at the following low prices : Owl, Big S, Clear the Track, Horse Shoe aud Racket at two Bars for 5c. Potasso at three Bars for 5c. Fluted Soap, Big Bar and Magic at three Bars for 10c. The World's Famous Jim Dandy Octagon Shape three Bars for 10o. Butter Milk Soap at three Cakes for 5c. Celebrated Eau de Cologne Soap at 5c.?big value iu Toilet Soap. Thirty-two brands to go at less than others pay for theirs. Just to introduce it we will put 150 boxes of the Anderson Soap Co's. goods on the market at three monster big Bars for 10c. This discounts all other Soap3 so far as we know. Will furnish you LAMPS at 10c. each. Handy Lautert 15c. ea ch. Yours always truly, C. S. MINOR and THE 10c. STORE. From Ham's earliest time until the present period? mm HA8 been one of the necessities of life, which you could find on the table of the peasant as well as tu that of Kings and Princes. The sweetness and de liciousness of? Partridge Bran Hams Is well known, and we therefore offer you a large and fresh shipment of this luscious Partridge Brand Ham at 13c. per pound. We abo sell KING ANS RELIA BLE HAMS, and their unrivalled? ALL HOG SAUSAGE. PURE MUSCOVADO MAL.ASSES in the original HogsbeEd. Bring your Jug and try a gallon. Try Velvet Molasses Candy fresh at? JOHN A. AUSTIN & CO'S. GR0CEBY. NEW QUARTERS. MISS SALLIE BOWIE HAS moved her Stock of Goods to the Broyles Building, No. 21 South Main Street, and will be glad to have her friends and customers call on her there. She is selling Goods cteap for cash?some of them at and below cost?to make roomjor the New Spring Goods soon to arrive 37?3m FLOUR. "Friendship is all right in its place, but. bus iness is business." Lots of Flour in Town, and everybody wants to sell you, but no one ex cept Brownlee & Yandivers can sell yon Bal lard's "Obelisk," "Favorite," "Blue Bird." "Waterloo" and "Old Hickory." If you need any Flour, from 24 lbs. to a car load, we can sell it to you for as little or for less than you can buy cheap s"uff elsewhere. In every oth er barrel or sack you get a prize which costs you nothing. MOLASSES. We thought some time ago that we had over bought but are nearly out, and are expecting another car by every freight, which we can sell you for less money then yon can buy the same goods for on this market, and we guarantee them not to sour. See us on Molasses and we will do you good. C OFFEE?All grades, from 10c. per lb. to the finest grown. Try one dollar's worth of Lecg?tt's Breakfast Java and enjoy good Coffee for once in ycur life TOBACCO?We can sell any sane man his Tobacco. Eighteen grades to select from. If you don't see what you want ask for it. This is our Grocery season, and we aim to sell every fair mined peison that honors us with a look on his Spring bill ; but while we are pushing Groceries we have not for gotten Dry Goods, 3hoes, Hats, &c? and can show you a slick, honest line of Goods cheap for ca?h. Yours for traffic, BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS. OBELISK ipTAlways Reliable. THE ANDERSON 0 ? 1 Wants to Insure the Country Dwellings of Anderson County. LOSSES PAID CASH! J. R. VANDIYER, President. J. J. FRETWELL, Yice President. H. H. WATKINS, Secretary and Treasurer. DIRECTORSr G. WATSON, J. G. DUCKWORTH, It. . A. ROBINSON, A. . U???ARD, R. S. HILL. JOHN M. GLENN, J. J. BAKER, B. C. MARTIN, J. J. MAJOR,' COLE & COFFEE For the next Thirty Days WILL sell you a dandy Congress Shoe, worth $1.50, fur $1.00. A beautiful Bull Button, for Ladies, worth 81.25, for 90c. All grades of Shoes at cut rates unheard of. We are glad to say our Shoe trade has been more than wc eveu expected. We have had to duplicate our Shoe bills three times already; aud at the extreme low prices wc nreolfering Shoes uow we hope to double our business for the next thirty days. We will sell you WATER PROOF GOODS in all the colors, worth 75c. per yard, for 10c. One thousand yards OUTINGS and SITTINGS, worth 7c. to 7?C, re duced to 5c. and 5ic CASHMERES that nre soiling at 7?^. to $1.00 wc are olicring for 35c. to 50c. COLE Sc COFFEE. ANDERSON, S. C, January 21,1897. HILL-ORR DRUG CO. Gentllmen : 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 fouod 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 thera will die out. You are at liberty to U3e this as you like. Respectfully yours, B. F. WHITNER. We have handled this Paint for years, and have sold several thousand gallons of it under an absolute guar antee in each ca:e of purity, quality ai d 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 a 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. ?* Anything you want in the DRUG line?any time, day or night. j. 0. whitefieldT DENTIST. OFFICE?Front Room, over Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, ANDERSON, S. C. Feb 10, 1897 33 VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. ?LI The undersigned, Executors the Estate of Jefferson B. King, de ceaied, hereby give notice that they will on the 3rd day May, 1897, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discbarge from their office as Executors. S. J. KING, J. B. KING, April 7, 1897?41-?_Executors. TO THE PUBLIC. 1 E report that I have It fc Anderson is JL a mistake. I can still be found at my old cflicp, 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 & King1, DENTISTS. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE, Gas and Cocaine used for Extract ing Teeth. Feb 21, 1897_35_ NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Executors of the Estate of Elizabeth CowaD, deceas ed, hereby give notic? that they will on the 3rd day of May, 1897, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun ty for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from their office as Execu tors. W. P. WRIGHT. J, J. ROBINSON, Executors. March 31, 1897 40 SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedale tu E.Coct NOV. 13, ISM. STATIONS. w| jlo^it. i?Tcharl?sto'ii".~ 7 lu a m Lv. Columbia. 11 00 a m " Prosperity. 1 1- 11 Ar. New-berry. ! 1- 32 m Ar. Ninety-Six.t I 25 ra " Greenwood. 1 45 m _Hodges.- ? ? _?.;.; _ ?._ j? ~> m Ar. Abbeville. 2 55 ra Ar. Beiton.._..'.. a lu m Ar. Anderson. '?> 83 m Ar. Greenville. 4 ti \t ra Ar. Atlanta. . < '?? M p_m STATIONS. i N?ll& Lv. Greenvillo. ?d 30 a :n " Piedmont. 1 10 55 a ni " Williamston.; 11 13 a m Lv. Anderson, Lv. Bclton Ar. Donnaids . Jl 05 a m 11 35 a m 12 02 m Lv. Ablx-ville_. Il ?*> h tn Lv. Rodges.j 12 20 m " ?rcenwood.. " Ninety-Six. Lv. Newberry. " Prosperity. Ar ^Columbia..._.. ?r. Charleston. 1 00 in 1 25 2 J.? m 2 37 m 3 5'J m 8 00 ni DaUylDailyl CTiTinv< ??ally Daily Kq.o!No.1:i| STATION a._ ]Xi) f) XiJ^ 5SWp| 7 Ito Lv... .Charleston... .?V gimp il uua TFsOatl30a| '?.... Columbia. . .. " 3il?p ???p 007a 1315p ".Alston." 2 45p 10 0 tai 125p ". San tue.?' 1 25p! 7 ?ip 10 20a 202p ". Union." 1 U>p 7 \0 > ]?30al 223p! " .... Jonesvitle.... " 123tp O Sp 10 54a! 237p ".Pncotet ..." 12 14p <i i." :> 11 25a! S Ar.. Spartnnlmrg. Lv 11 45aI G :i 11 45a! 333p Lv.. .Spartanhurg. .Ar II '? > ' ' > !> 240pl TOOplAr. . Ashevi?e. Lv S 2. al iltCtp "P," p. m. "A," il. m. Trains '.? and 1(1 carry detraili Pti?tinna BlcepinRoars between Co!nm1?ia and >'?<?.? . ??, enroute daily between Jackson vi be and ? '::i>:iu nati. Trains leave Spartani iure A. & (J. i'ivision, northbound, 11:42 a. in., 3:4; p.m.. p.m., (Vest Uni le Limited); sontldionnd 12: a. in., 8:151>. m., 11:37 n. in., (Vistila!.** e :.i Trains leave Orwnvibe, A. and U. divisi im, northbound, 5:4.") a. ni., SWl i>. n.. an ?*> : p. in., (Vest United Limitcl) : sont abound, I: Jj a. in., 4.:20p in., 12:28p, in. lV<?stibti!c;l Limitad). Pullman >crvice. Pullman palace sleeping ears on Trails !? and 03, 37 and 38, on A. and C. division. W. H. ORKEN. J. M. CCLP Oeti. Sm-eriiitendeni, T: aille ' , Washington, D. G. \\ :i ;'.i:i Mo;., D. C. W. A. TURK, S. H. H a : : ! ) WIVK. Geo. K*hss. A^r't. As't Uen. l'as*. A^'t. Wflflhtagtonj D. C_Atlanta, (-is Corn s a vigorous feeder and re fonds well to liberal fertiliza ron. On corn lands the yield ncreases and the soil improves f properly treated with fer tilizers containing not under 1% actual Potash. A trial of this plan costs but little and is sure to lead to profitable culture. All about pStash?the results of its use by actual ex periment on the best farms in the United Sutes?u told in a little book which we publish and will gladly mail free to any farmer in America who will write for it. GERMAN KALI WORKS, , 03 Nassau iit.. New York, BICYCLE REPAIRING EATLY and cheaply executed byJ. T. & T. A.WIGINGTON, Neweil, 8. C. BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD II. C. BE ATTI E, Receiver. _ October 6th, 1895. Eastbound vixkd No. BlO flO fio 8 10 a 9 f 9 s 8 12. SO a m 25 a m 15 a m 00 a m 42 a m 88 a m 55 a m 25 a m 15 a m Between Anderson and Wal halla. STATIONS. ?r.Anderson.Lv .-Denver., .Antun. -.>. >. .Pendleton.-.. .Cherry's Crossing.... .Adam's Crossing...... .Seneca,... iLt .West Union. , ..Walhall*.... Westb'd mixed No. 11 Ar, 3 3.5 m 355pm i 05 ID 4 15 m 425pm 4 35pm 505pm 550pm 6 20pm 630p 9 J. R. ANDEBSON, 8e;>erintendent W. C. COTHRAN, General Agent. Connections at Seneca with Southean Railway No. 11. At Anderson with Southern Railway Nos. 11 and 12. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY. AUGUSTA AND SII E VILLE LINE In effect February 7,1697. Lt August a...? Ar Greenwood... Ar Anderson. Ar Laurens. Ar Greenville. Ar Glenn Springs-.. Ar Spartanburg....... Ar Salada.. Ar HendersonTille., Ar Asheville. 140 pm 6 10 pm 7 00 am 1015 am "9'25'?m Lv Asheville.~ Lv Spartanburg.?. Lv Glenn Springs.. Lv G reenville....... Lv Laarens. Lv Anderson. Lv Greenwood-. Ar Augustm. Lt Calhoun Falls.. Ar Raleigh. Ar Norfolk.?., Ar Petersburg..... Ar Richmond. 8 20 am 1145 am 10 00 am 11 55 am 130 pm 4 00 pm 4 00 pm 7 10 pm ... 7 00 am 2 23 pm|.............. 5 00 pm 11 10 am 4 44 pm 2 16 am 7 30 a* 6 00 am 8 15 am Lt Augusta. Ar Allendale. Ar F*irfax. ........ Ar Yemasseo. Ar Beaufort........ Ar Port Royal.... Ar Savannah. Ar Charles ton. 9 80 am 10 35 am 10.50 am 2 55 pm 5 00 pm 5 15 ra 6 20 pm 7 20 pm 7 30 pm 8 00 pm 8 08 pm Lt Charleston..';. Lt Savannah. Lt Port Boyal. Lt Beau fort. Lt Yemassee. Lt Fairfax. Lt Allendale. Ar Augusta. 1 5 pm 2 !' pm 35 pm 6S0am 6 50 am 815 am S 25 am 9 25 am :o 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 points on S. A. L., and C. 4 G. Railway, and at Sparenburg, with Southern Railway. " "!". For any information relative to tickets, rates,-' schedule, etc., addresii V7. J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusti,Gal E. M. North, Sol. Agent. LIMITED ? DiMBLEDMY SERVICE TO ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE, WILMINGTON, NEW ORLEANS AND NEW YORK, BOSTON, RICHMOND, WASHINGTON, NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT FEB. 7, 1896. 80UTHBOUND N0.4C3. No. 41. LvNew York, via Pcnn R. R.*ll (0 am *9 CDpm Lt Philadelphia, " 112 pm 12 05 am Lt Baltimore " 3 15 pm 2 50 am Lt Washington, " 4 40 pm 4 SO am Lt Richmond, A. C. L.-12 56 am *139nm Lv Norfolk, via S. A. L., Lv Portsmouth, " .. Lv Weldon, ~ Ar Henderson, " ... Ar Durham, " Lv Durham, " *8 30 pm *9 03am 8 45 pm 9 20am ..*11 28pm?ll 55 am 12 56 a m "ISO pm Ar Raleigh, ia S. A. L. Ar Sanford, " . Ar Southern Pines " , Ar Hamlet, " . Ar Wadesboro, " . Ar Monroe, " . ?7 32 am f4 09 pm f5 20 pm fll 10 am *2 16 am 3 35 am 4 22 am 5 10 am 5 54 am 6 43 am *3 31pm 5 03 pm 55 pm G ?3 pm 8 11 pm 9 12 pm Ar Charlotte, *S 30 am ?10 25pm Ar Chester, ' S 10 am 10 47 pm Lv Columbia, C. . A ,. R. R.. fG 00 pm Ar Clinton S. A L. Ar Greenwood " .... Ar Abbeville, '? .... Ar Elberton, " .... Ar Athens, " .... Ar Winder, " .... Ar Atlanta, S A L. (C?n. 9 45 am ?12 10 am 10 35 am 1 07 am .11 05 am . 12 07 pm . 1 15 pm . 1 5S pm Time) 2 50 pm 1 40 am 2 41 am 3 45 am 4 30 am 5 20 am NORTHBOUND. Lv Atlanta.SA. L.(Cen Lt Winder, Lv Athens, " Lv Elberton, " Lv Abbeville, Lv Greenwood, " Lv Clinton, " No. 4(TC. Time) *12 00 n'n . 2 40 pm . 3 16 pm . 4 15 pm . 5 15 pm . 5 41 pm . 6 31pm No. 38. 7 50 pm 10 42 pm 11 26 pm 12 S3 am 1 40 am 2 09 am 3 05 am Ar Colcmbla.C.N. & L. R.R.. Lv Chester, S. A. L . ,?4 30 m S 13 pm" ?7 45 am 4 33 am Av Charlotte. ..?10 25 pm *8 30 am Lv Monroe, Lv Hamlet, 9 40 pm 11 23 p. m 6 05 am 8 15 am Ar Wilmington_ Lv Southern Pines, Lv Raleigh, Ar Hcndeason : 5 30 am 12 30 pm Ar Durham, Lv Durham 12 14 am *2 li am 3 28 am t7 12"?m~ . 15 20 pm 9 20 am 11 35 am 1 . 0 pm Ar Weldon, " ?. Ar Richmond A. C. L. Ar Washington, Pcnn. R. R. Ar Baltimore, " ....... Ar Philadelphia, " . Ar New York, " ....... *4 B51 m 8 15 am 12 31 pra 1 41 pm 3 50 pm *6 23 pm t4 19 p-n til 10 am 3 00 pm 6 50 pm 11 10 pm 12 4Sam 3 45 am *6 53 am Ar Portsmouth S. A. L. 7 SO am 5 50pm Ar Norfolk " .*7 50am 6 05 pm ?Daily, i Daily, Ex. Sunday. JDhilv Ex. Monday. Nos. 403 and 402 "The Atlanta iipecial.'' Solid W-stlbuled Train, of Pullman Sleepers and Coach es between Washington and Atlanta, also Pull man Sleepers between Portsmouth s.nd Chester,t?. C. Nos. 41 and 38, "The S. A. L Erprcss," Solid Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers between Portsmouth and Atlan.a. For Pickets, Sleepers, etc, apply to B. A. Newland, Gen'l. Agent Pass Dept. Wm. B. Clements, . P. A., 6 Kimball House Atlanta, Ga. K. St John, Vice-President and Gen'l. Manger V. E. McBee General Superintendent. H. W. B. Glover, Traffic Manager. J. Anderson, Gen'l. Passenger Agent. General Officers, Portsmouth, Va. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Traffic Department, Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 21, Fast Line Between Charleston and Col umbia and Upper South Carolina, North Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. going west, No. 52. going east No. 53. Lv-.Charleston...Ar Lt.-Lines......Ar Lv.Sumier.Ar Ar.Columbia.Lt Ar.Prosperity.-Lt Ar..Ncfberry.?.Lv 9 25 pm 7 48 pm 6 35 pm 5 15 pm 8 13 pm 2 57 pm Ar.Clinton.Lr | 210 pm 7 00 am 8 26 am 9 35 am 10 5.r?am 1158 am 12 10 pm 12 50 pm 1 15pm 3 00 pm 3 06 pm l? 15 pm 8 20 pm fi 03 pm 7 00 pra " ?Dativ. Nos. 52 and 53 Solid Trains between Charleston and Columbia, S. C. H. M. EH?R30?, Gen'l. Passenger Agent.? j. r. Kkslkt, General Manager.* T. M. fisi ESON.Traffic Manager. Ar.Laurens.Lt Ar.Greenville?........Lv Ar.Spartanburg.Lt Ar.Winnsboro, S. C.Lt Ar.Charlotte, N. C.Lt Ar...HenderscDviIle, N. C_.Lv Ar.Asheville. N. C.Lt 1 45 pm 1150 am 11 45 am 11 41 am 9 35 am 9 15 am 8 20 am