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You Can't Go Amiss if you get a package like this. It contains the genuine Washing Powder It cleans everything and cleans it quickly and cheaply. Largest package?greatest economy. THE . K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago, St. Louis, New York, Boston, Philadelphia. BUGGIES, BUGGIES ! DON'T think of buying a Baggy until you inspect my line, which is one of the largest in the upper part of the Slate. I always keep a laree stock on hand for you to select from, aiid all makes and grades. "BABCOCK'8" BUGGY on "Happy Thought" Springs is the easier riding one made. "TYSON <fe JONES" cannot be beat for wear and tear and for superior workmanship and finish. The "COLUMBIA." ia the best on earth for the price you pay for it. Also, several other makei equally as good, bat too numerous to mention. wagoss.-I always keep a full stock of the old reliable "Tennessre" Wagons, which Deed no introduction to the people. A full line of BUGGY and WAG?N HARNESS (?ingle and double.) extra -H?MES, TRACE3, BACK BANDS, COLLARS, BRIDLES and SADDLES always on band. Also, a beiutiful line of LAP ROBES. Don't buy anything on wheels until you see me. If it don't Buit you to pay Spot Cash for my Goods will sell theaa to you at same price, on good paper, and charge you eight per cent interest until paid. DON'T FORGET ME. J. J. FRETWELL. p. 8.?Please cidi at my office and give yonr Note for Fertil:zers purchased this Spring. All these Acconnts must be settled by Note by May 1st. J. J. F. NEW QUARTERS. I MISS SALLIE BOWIE HAS moved her Stock o? Goods ?o the Broyle,* Building, No. 21 South Main Street, and will be glad to have ber friends and customers call on her there. She is sfllltng Goods creap for cash?some of them at *nd below cost?to make room for the - -^Tew Spring Goods soon to arrive. 37?3m Experts disagree on almost everything, but'vwhen the subject touches upon the Superiority of the - - ?. There Is but one opinion, and tbat is : They are the BEST WHEELS on eanb :;t eny thins: like the price- Tbey are going ?t popular prices. 1897 model.$80.00 1896 model. 60.00 Rido a R-trobler and etay out of repair shops. Every Rambler fitted with the Great G it J Tire. They are hard ti? pnnctnre and ea*y to repair und enhy to ride. <Ve havo cheaper Whe-ls. too. Pr,ce* to suit everybody's pwket book Be pure to see nur Hue of Wheels bef-.r..' buying. Yours trulv, BROCK BROS. LEND US YOUR EAR ! AND LISTEN TO OUR SONG! We have on hand the largest stoek we have ever carried, and our motto is to sell goods, not keep them. ; . OUR line of Sho^s is large and complete. Closing out a lot of Ladies $1.00 Shoes at 75<\ Also a lot of Men's High Cut Bro gar.s at $1 CO. There is good wear In both of these Shoes, and the price is dirt cheap We don't mean 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. Tobscco cheaper than ever heard of before. Come and try our "Tar Heel" at 21c. One of the best chows on the market. We mean business, and ask you to give us a chance and we are bound to sell you O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. P. S.?Bring your Peas, Corn, Butter, Eggs, etc., to us. HAVE YOU ANY CENTS ? IF so, tbey should be invested with care and with an eye tingle to getting 88 much for them as poBBible. One. hundred cents make ? dollar, but you don't always get a hundred cents worth for every dollar invented. To avoid this you should buy Standard Goods with a reputable guarantee bebind tbem ; snob Goods, for instance, as DEAN'8 PATENT FLOUR, C BAR LE Y BUCHAN AN'S DELIGHT TOBACCO and oar LEADER $1.00 BROGAN. The report that we sell more for a dollar than can be bought somewhere else for a dollar and a quarter is correct, and we might as well acknowledge it. Remember, we give you Quality as well as Quantity. DEAN & RATLIFFE, Guano Dealers, Cotton Buyers and Money Savers to the Trade, jj A SQUARE MEAL ! IS always enjoyed by every individual, but just now the housekeeper bas 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, Tobago and Cigars, IS ALWAYS COMPLETE. Give me a call. Prices and Goods will please you. FEEE CITY DELIVERY. Gk F. BIGBY. 3 ? M O o m g h ft < h S ? < rX Q H si 5 S h ? < m ft S 0 ?* < > < ce > 0 .0 Q t? "s 1-9 HEADQUARTERS FOR BUILDING MATERIAL. LIME, PLASTER PARIS, BEFORE BUYING give us a call. We can save you money on all kinda of Building Material, such as? BRICE, CEMENT, .At Lowest Prices. Also/a COMPLETE STOCK of? ?HEA7Y and FANCY GROCERIES. Four good Mules for sale cheap. 'Jackson & McKiimey. A Hidden River. About three miles from this lively little Kentucky town is a full-fledged river only 200 yards long, and yet crowded with mystery and romance almost every foot of its entire length. It is known as the Hidden River, probably because it issues from no one knows where, and vanishes into a cave, leading no one knows where, and the river's bottom at several points is equally a matter of mysteri ous uncertainty. The presence of such a freak of na ture is explained by the fact that this entire region is a limestone country, abounding in caves, the most famous of which is the Mammoth Cave, about 30 miles distant from this place. The limestone is found in layers, or strata, frequently resting on other layers of clay and sand. Water penetrates the limestone easily and washes away and disintegrates the clay and sand, leav ing a cavern with the roof formed of the layer of limestone rock. It is im possible to say how many such caverns exist, but this whole country seems to be more or less undermined, as is seen by the deep holes or depressions scattered here and there among the fields, caused by the caving in of some subterranean chamber. From external evidences it would seem as if the Hidden River owed its birth to some such cavern of exten sive underground passages. It ?>>ws through a ravine 85 feet deep ; that is, a great fissure cut in a gently sloping hill, near its summit. The water appears first in deep pools, as if it bubbled up from its former channel and lay imprisoned there by the mass of rock and earth that had fallen upon it. Then the liberated river gushes into daylight through a funnel-shaped hole, that has been sounded repeated ly without finding bottom, and flows away through the woods and under growth until it again disappears. The sides of the ravine are steep and rocky and covered with woodland, and its presence would be unsuspected by the unwary until the verge of the slope was reached. Indeed, the river is a series of mys teries. The water is uniformly of a temperature of 58 degrees, both winter and summer. It flows without a rip ple, is a pale bluish-green in color and clouded so that the bottom cannot be seen. It seemed like a pretty, harmless brook to a regiment of Union soldiers passing that way one day during the war, aud a party ef the men stopped to have a swim. The spot they chose was about half-way down the river's course and the fellows were frollicking and splashing about in the cool shade, utterly ignorant of the dangers that threatened them, when suddenly there was a wild cry, a helpless waving of arms, and one of the men sank from sight. A companion dived to his aid and never came to the surface again ; a third met a similar death before the rest realized that there existed a whirl pool beneath the placid surface of the brook, which was suckiug them down to certain death. Horror-stricken, those that remained fled from the place, and the existence <>f the danger might have remained unknown had not a farmer of the neighborhood, who saw the men drown, noted the location of the hole, and afterward re turned to make soundings and learn its depth. But neither he nor numer ous others have ever found bottom and the bodies of the soldiers never came to the surface. It is supposed that they were sucked down into some unknown cavern, where their bones lie surrounded by unexplored myste ries. After passing this danger spot the Hidden River flows another hundred yards, and finally disappears into a cavern, leaving its future course as much a matter of doubt as is its source. The entrance to this cave is most picturesque, the work of nature and man making a combination worthy of a painter's brush. An arch, 100 feet wide and 30 feet high, spans the stream, the curving lines from base to keystone being almost as regular as if chiseled by man. Above this arch rises a perpendicular wall of gray rock, 60 feet high, and upon its apex, and directly over the cavern, is a quaint wooden mill, with weather beaten wooden walls, pierced with dingy windows and topped by shingled gables, standing so close to the cliff that the spectator almost expects to see it topple over into the ravine. "The Cave Mill," as it is called, was built about 30 years ago, and all its powers is obtained from the Hid den River, 100 feet below. At the point where the stream enters the cavern a rough dam of stone is built, affording sufficient water power to turn a turbine wheel. This connects with a shaft fully 100 feet long, which penetrates the rock until it reaches the mill. At certain times, however, the river rises suddenly as much as 30 feet above its usual level, through rea sons that have never been explained. At such times the turbine wheel can not be used, and the mill is run by steam, water being pumped from the river by pipes running into the cavern. After the river enters the cave it trickles over a bed of loose stone for 50 feet or more, and then occurs an other hole, whose bottom has never been found. The roof of the cavern gradually becomes lower and lower until the explorer has to creep on hands and knees to pass the overhang ing rocks.. A short distance further on, however, the roof rises again, and by successive walking, creeping and squeezing the buried course of the river can be traced for about half a mile from the cave's entrance. Then the stream rushes away in the dark ness. That the river is not entirely lost after this was lately proved in an un expected manner. Part of the cave mill was formerly used as a brandy still, and the refuse was thrown down the ravine into the Hidden River. This same refuse was found a few days later in the water in another cave about a mile away, and again emerged above ground in a stream three miles away, showing that all had some sub terranean connection. The first point mentioned is called "Dead Man's Cave," and has a story. About 30 years ago aman was sentenc ed to be hung for murder in the County Jail at this place. No one doubted his guilt, but the culprit looked forward to the execution with fear and trembling and tried to bribe the jailer to get him some whiskey to drown his trouble. A local physician heard of it, and after a conference with several other doctors made a bar gain with the sentenced man, by which the latter sold his body to the doctors after life was extinot in ex change fo:: a quart of the best Ken tucky whiskey. The terms were agreed to, the whiskey was smuggled in to the prisoner and he died drunk, and therefore supposably happy. Af ter dis death the doctors claimed the body and prepared to dissect it for the benefit of science, but their plans raised such a storm of indignation that they were forced to conceal their work, and to do so carried the cadaver to "Dead Man's Cave, where they dis sected it in secret. A visit to this cavern is quite an experience. It is read ed through a great "sink-hole," or depression, in the surrounding level fields. In the side of a rocky embankment, a hole large enough to admit a man lying flat provides an entrance. After crawling through the door, the clay floor is seen to slope downward at an angle of !lj degrees, while the limestone roof extends forward on a level. The descent is dangerous to the unwary, as the clay is wet and slippery, and the least misstep outside of a rough hewn pair of stairs will send one down to certain death far below. After climbing down this steep de scent for 100 feet or more, a small platform is reached where the visitor might easily imagine he looked upon a scene from Inferno. All about is darkness, pierced here and there with the dense shadows of some protecting rock or bank of clay. Before him is a chasm sinking sheer into mysterious depths. The air is warm, even though it is winter outside ; bats fly about in the night and far above a single ray of sunshine, penetrating the crcvice-likc entrace, casts a yellow shaft of glory across the gloom. The bottom of the cave is 40 feet below this platform, and is reached by a narrow and dangerous stairway. Here the visitors see the brisk little stream falling over the rocks in quiet cascades and forming into deep, still pools ; and it was here, beside the water, that the local sawbonc3 did their ghastly work 30 years ago. Out of this cavern the hidden river flows on to look upon what other mysteries no one can tell.?Philadelphia Times. Four Unhappy Women. Mary, Queen of Scots, was a most unhappy woman, wasn't she?" in quired a thin man of a friend on a Woodward avenue car the other day. "Indeed she was," replied the other earnestly. "Queen Elizabeth waialsoa wretch ed creature, wasn't she ?" "Very wretched, I should say. if history is to be believed." "Then there was Catharine?" "What are you driving at, any way ?" "I was just about to remark," con tinued the thin man, "that the name of the unhappiest woman in this world does not appear in history. Now I've a sister-in-law named Martha Tabbs, and just at present she is the most wretched woman on the face of the earth." "What is the matter with her? chills ?" "No-" "Lumbago ?" broke in the other. "No ; but you see, last week her husband bought her a $20 bonnet?" "And I suppose the $20 bonnet made her more unhappy thau Mary, Quenn of Scots was, when she discov ered that her neighbor had one that cost $30. "That was not it at all. She was happy as a bobolink in a June meadow until she tripped and fell going up the front steps and fractured her skull. She is now lyiDg in bed unable to wear the hat, and by the time she can wear it, it will probably be out of fashion. I tell you it is sad to watch her looking tearfully at that bonnet, which she has had adjusted to a bed post. Talk about the unhappy women of history. Why, she is more unhap py than any 10 of them put together." He had Done His Share. The only people who are positive they are fitted to bring up children in the way they should go are very old gentlemen and maiden ladies. An amusing little scene, in which the "helpful old gentleman" figured, occurred the other day at the Grand Central station. Quite a family party were assembled, of the class that be lieves in making the most of a free country, to await the arrival of an un expected guest. Children were there galore, playing tag all around the old gentleman's feet, falling periodically over his canvas bag, squealing wildly as they ran into passengers, and re treating in heaps as a "cop" approach ed. The "helpful old man" stood it as long as he could conscientiously, then, looking over his spectacles, said severely : Stop that racket?you children !" "Well, I like that !" answered one of the mothers, in a loud, angry tone. But, if she did, the old gentleman didn't, and faced the woman as he continued : "Now, look here, madam, I've rais ed three families of children, and not a single child was ever allowed to annoy my neighbors." "Well," replied the irrate lady, "if you've raised three families you've done your duty, and I'll thank you to allow me to raise mine." ? In 1324 a statute of Edward II of England commanded that three barleycorns, dry and placed end to end, should be an inch. ? In Westphalia twelve bees were released at a distance of three miles from their hives at the same time as twelve carrier pigeons, to test which could cover the distance in the short est time. The bees came in first. ? Joseph Murdock, of Scott Coun ty, Virginia, who was supposed to have been murdered twenty-five years ago, and for which crime "Bud" Lindsay served twenty-one years in the Virginia penitentiary, has return ed to his former home. Lindsay died recently. ? Here is the kind of an obituary that a Georgia editor put up for a poor man: "Poor Jim slung his earthly garments on a limb and swam the river yesterday. He did not stand back because the water was cold, but plunged aight in. He arose smiling and struck right out for the other shore where the angels were waiting for him with a finer suit than he had ever worn in this life. Jim was a poor man, but he had his subscription to his home paper all paid up, and he got there in good shape." ? The biggest item of incidental loss in ocean traffic during the stormy seasons of the year is that of break ages in the wine stores. No matter how securely the bottles are fixed in the bins, a particularly heavy sea striking the ship in a certain spot or continued rolling and pitching will cause great losses in costly fluids that were never intended to wash the floor or the walls. A French firm is going to do away with this present source of annoyance and complaint. Afteryears of experimenting it has succeeded in manufacturing a paper bottle which will not break, and which has all the advantages of the ordinary glass bottle. In the home, too, such bottles would be highly appreciated.? Pearson's Weekly._ A ??oted Atlanta Case. For four years I have been afflicted with a very troublesome nasal catarrh. So terrible has its nature been that when I blew my nose small pieces of bone would frequently come out of my mouth and nose. The discharge was copious, and at times very offensive. My blood became so impure that my general health was greatly impaired, with poor appetite and worso digestion. Numerous medicines wore used without relief, until I began tho use of Botanic Blood Balm?B. B. B. ?and three bottles acted almost like magic. Since its uso, over a year, not a symptom has returned, and i leel in ev ery way quite restored in health, I am an old citizen of Atlanta, and refer to al most any one living on Butler street, and moro particularly to Dr. L. M. Gillam, who knows my case. Mus. Elizabeth K.nott, Atlanta, (>a. Don't buy substitutes, said to bo "just as good," but buy the old reliable and standard Blood Purifier of the nero. . . . ?1.00 per large bottle. For sale by Druggists, Small Beginning. (?overnor Ellerbo and the Stato Board ofCoutrol.it was announced yesterday, havo instructed tho Attorney fioneral to prosecuto Ex-Commissioner Gaston and Chiof Clerk Scruggs, of the dispensary system, on a charge of "official miscon duct," based on the affidavits printed on Thursday, showing tbat tbey had appro priated certain articles in their custody as dispensary officials. The charge appears to ba the proporone in all the circumstances. While tho two officials deserve punishment, if convict ed, there is no desire anywhere, we be lieve, tbat tlioy shall bo punished with undue severity. They have been pun ished with unduo severity already, in fact, by the public oxposuro of their mis conduct. The important object is tbat investiga tion and punishment of official "miscon duct" in the aflairs of the dispensary should not stop with this comparatively trifling case. There is large ground for tbe belief that something more than more "misconduct" bas been rifo in tho estab lishment, and the public will not bosatis fied with tho prosocution of two minor of fenders ss scapegoats for tho others. Some unpleasant rumors regarding the conduct Dfthe dispensary business have long been current. An investigation was held lasi year, with no result, and the general impression was that it was not directed with a view to obtaining results. Interest in these rumors is revived now by the published statements of Mr. T. L. Gantt, during the past few days, that be and other persons, whom he has named, knew of very Ferions irregularities and offences which havo not been made pub lic. Some of his pointed insinuations are far more serious in character. In au in terview published in the Spartanburg Herald, he says: "They have drawn his name into this dispensary scandal, and he now wants the calcium light turned on the entire party from Bon Tillman down. My hands are clean," he adds. "I have no rebates, but I would like to know how it is that the present dispensary manage ment, with all scandals, has gotten tbe State $41,000 in rebates, while the dispen sary under Tillman and Traxler paid from ?5.000 to ?11,000 per carlead more for MOTHER! There is no word so ful of meaning and about which such tender anc holy recollections cluster as that of " Mother "?she who watched over our helpless infancy and guid ed our first tottering step. Yet the life of every Expectant Moth er is beset with danger and all ef fort should be made to avoid it. so assists nature * in the change tak ing place that the Expectant r? ?Ri < P\\ Mother is cna II bled t0 lo?kfor II M ward withou dread, suffering or gloomy fore bodings, to the hour when sh< experiences the joy of Motherhood Its use insures safety to the lives of both Mother and Child, and she is found stronger after than before confinement?in short, it "makes Childbirth natural and easy," as so many have said. Don't be persuaded to use anything but MOTHEjPSJRIEND "My wife suffered more in ten min utes with either of her other two chil dren than she did altogether with her last, having previously used four bot tles of 'Mother's Friend.' It is a blessing to any one expecting to be come a MOTHER," says a customer. Henderson Dale, Carmi, Illinois. Of Druggists at 81.00, or sent by mail on receipt of price. Write forbook containing testimonials ana valuable information for all Mothers, free. Tbe Bra??lcld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. m 20 li xr\ fr mo-*<Z3Mt/> Pianos If you pay an exorbitant price, part of your money is wasted however good the piano you buy. You may pay just as much ? or half or quarter as much, for a bad piano, but in that case you waste ail of your money. To get a good piano you must pay at least a fair price, and that's all you have got to pay for an Ivers &. Pond?Nothing extra for mere reputation ? No jf waste of any part of the price. You get the first-class piano ; you get the reputation ; but you pay only for the piano. That is the Ivers & Pond plan ; that is the way they build up and hold business ; by giving ' full value and something over. It's like getting eggs thirteen to the dozen and sugar seventeen ounces to the pound. We have other pianos too. We keep what the people want and tell it to them straight. C. A. REED, ANDERSON, S. C. NvlVlWflWiw^^ The boncot, reliable, lS-year-oklJUaijiblcra are tho best wheels to buj*, and j ou suvc S-U Lap brazed joints, flsb-mouth reinforccmcn is, "dished" ^rockets and O. & J. tires runkc this the nin=t desirable w h e e 1 made. Investigate its many advantages and satisfy yourself. Catalogue free. FOR SALE BY BROCK BROS., ANDERSON, S. C. whiskey, and did not turn in any rebates Lo the State?" He declared that he "has a Catling to turn loose on the thing," the dispensary management, "as soon as ho can collect the ammunition with which to load it." He charges that liquor has been "adulterated" in the dispensary by the officials and sold as "pure" under the law, and challenges tho Secretary of Stato to tell what he knows about tho transac tion. He declares that ho has roceivod a number of bottles of whiskey as presents from disponsary officials, and proclaims his belief that "a search warrant would find similar presents in every State offi cer's house in Columbia." Ho suggests that Col. Moore can give some informa tion about "certain sales and investiga tions." Ho alludes pointedly to "tho mixed up condition of the books." He declares finally that he "knows a good deal," and that an investigation "will put some men in a mighty bad fix." He wants "a Legislative investigating com mittee with full power to F?nd for per sons and papers, and the X-rays to bo turned on himself first." Mr. Gantt has boon in aposition to learn much of tho "inside history" of the man agement of the dispensary, and ho ap pears to hive learned it. Ho demands that "the li^ht shall be turned on and lot the toan who is guilty suffer." "The people," he thinks, "will not be switched off on so trivial a matter as Beckroge's trunk, when moro than a hundred thou sand dollars are involved in more serious transactions." He is right, of course. An investigation that will investigato the whole field covered by theee rumors and charges is in order, and must be ordered and hold. The public will bo satisfied with nothing less.?News and Courier, May S. ? <? m ? ? The black pacing stallion, Joe Patch en, was sold in Chicago last Tuesday for ?15,000. ? On the plantation of Mr. Davo Walker in Gaston county, N. C , there is a pine stump, from which the upper part of the tree was cut more than forty years ago, and which is still alive. Tho top of the stump appears to bo dead enough; but upon cutting into the bark, the evidences of life are equal to those found in a vigor ous tree. Mr.)Walker does not under stand the matter, aad would bo glad to have somebody to givo a sciontific ex planation. So far as the stated facts are concerned, ho can establish tbem without question. ? Reporting tho arrivals of sheep in Chicago and other Western markets tho American Wool and Cotton Reporter says: "Texas sheep are coming in won derfully good condition. There have boen several consignments here lately weighing from 100 to 113 pounds. These sheep are off grass in Texas and the fact of their raising such sheep down there to come directly on the market without feeding any grain is rather discouraging to the man who is raising sheep on high priced land, and graining them for three or four months before putting thorn on sale. Should this condition of affairs exist every year it would make it almost impossible for fed sheep to be marketed ata profit at this season." There is no reason why South Carolina should not raise shopp to as good advantage as Texas. They require no more care and grain feeding hero than there. BackU-ns Arnica Salve. The best salve in thewc rid for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac\ion, or money refund ed. Prise 25 cents per box. Fcrsalc by Hill-Orr Drug-Co ? Men aro oaks, women are vines, chil dren are flowers, and if there is any lieaven in this world it is in the family, it is where tho wife loves the husband ind the husband loves the wife, and where the dimpled arms of children are about the nock3 of both.?Dahlonrga Nugget. ? Columbia Stale, Thursday ; Assistant Attorney-General Townsend is now hard at work preparing the answer of the State, to the complaint in tho Yandercock case in the United States Court, wbioh is a proceeding to secure a perpetual injunc tion against tho State interfering with any liquors shipped into the State fx'om an other State in tho original packages. It is by long odds the most important case against tho dispensary law thc.t the S tate has ever had to light, and tho Attorney Geueral's office ^u'ly realizes its impor tance. If the Yandercock company wine it Bimply moans a doath blow to the dis pensary system and puts a stop to all seizures. Liquor companies doing busi ness in other States can send their agents into the Stato and take orders and be fully protected. The answer will be filed in a few days. Eczema All Her Life. Mr. E. D. Jenkins, of Lithonia, Ga., says that his daughter, Ida, inherited a severe case of Eczema, which the usual mercury and potash remedies failed to relieve. Year by year she was treated with various medicines, external appli cations and internal remedies, without result. Her sufferings were intense, and her condition grew steadily worse. All the so-called blood remedies did not seem to reach the dis ease at all until S. S.S. was given, when an improvement was at once noticed. The medicine was continuecd with fav orable results, and now she is cured I sound and well, her skin is perfectly clear and pure ana she has been saved from what threat ened to blight her life forever. S.S.S. {guaranteed purely vegetable) cures Eczema, Scrofula, Cancer, Rheu matism, or any other blood trouble. It is a real blood remedy and always cures even after all else fails. A Real Blood Remedy* sss Take a blood remedy for a blood disease; a tonic won't cure it. Our hooks on blood and skin diseases mailed free to any address. . Swift Specific || Co., Atlanta, Ga. J. 0. WH?TEFIBLD, DENTIST. 0FFIC2? Front Room, over Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, ANDERSON, S. C. Fe') 10, 1897 33 WE ABE NOT CONTENTED WITH past achievements, but always striding to outdo oar former eifor s. You will find our Now Store (Evans Phar macy old stand) bright with near paint, most pleasing to the eye. and filled wiih NICE, FRESH GOODS, quite.he cor rect things to buy. Ibis ad will a!ways keep you pested on New Goods at the Lowest Price io tbe mai ket. Tho following are specials for this week : Arbuekle Coffee 13c- per package, Raisin3 5e. per pound. Nice Mackerel 2Jc. and 5c. each. Big lot Farmer Boy Tobacco 20j. per pound. 5.000 Cigars 50c. per box of 50. Try our Silver Tea?a present with every package. Finest line of Cakes and Candy in the city. JOHN A. AUSTIN & CO., Grocers. P. S ?When you come to town, And get tired walking ar'und, Come in to see me, Where ice-water and fans are free. WITH a view of making a great change in my business I have decided to sell my entire Stock AT A SACRIFICE. In order to reduce the immense Stock we invite each and every one to avail themselves of this opportunity. We mean iust what" we say, and will certainly save whoever comes some money, We want to get rid of our Goods and you want to save all you can, so here is a chance for all. MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. A SQUARE DEALING GROCERY STORE IS the kind you can place conGdencs in, feel like you are being well treated and get pure Goods every time you trade there. That is the way we want you to feel about our Store. We will merit your good opinion of us every time. Everything guaranteed the best the market affords. Tryeomeof our English Peas. 124c can. String Beans. 12*c. car. Cheaper quality Beans. 8Jc. can. Monarch Corn. 12*c. can. A Good Corn. SAc. can. Three-pound Can Pie Peach. 8jc. can. Two-pound Can Okra and Tomatoes. Sic. can. Three-pound Can Tomatoes. Sic. can. We have just received a lot of Fine Pickels, half gallons, in Chow Chow, Mixed and Gerkins at the extremely low price of 23c. each. Florida Cabbage and Beets. ?&* Send us a trial order and see how wel> we can please you. Everything deliv ered free in tbe Citv. 'Phone 44. OSBORNE & BOLT, COLE & COFFEE For the next Thirty Days WILL sell you a dandy Congress Shoe, worth 81.50, tor SI.00. A beautiful Bull Button, for Ladies, worth 81.25, for 90c. All grades of Shoes at cut rat 3 unheard of. We are glad to sny our Shoe trade has been more than we even expected We have had to duplicate our Shoe bills three times already; aud at the extreme low prices we are offering Shoes now 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 40c. One thousand yards OUTINGS and SUITINGS, worth 7c. lo 7|c, ro duced to 5c. aud 5?e. CASHMERES that are selling at 75c. to 81.00 we are oflering for 35c to 50c. COLIS ?fc COFFEE. Re il lie line ft Wants to Insure the Country Dwellings of Anderson County. LOSSES PAID CASH! J. R. VANDIVER, President. J. J. FRETWELL, Vice President. H. If. WATKINS, Secretary and Treasurer j DIRECTORS: W. G. WATSON, JOHN M. GLENN, J. G. ?UCKWOPTH, J. J. BAKER, R. 15. . ROBINSON, B. O. MARTIN, A. P. UUBBARD, J. J. MAJOR/ R, S. HILL. ? A wooden bread plate will be remembered longer tban a souvenir teaspoon. ? The most important featuroof Bishop Kelson's annual address to the Episcopal Diocesan Convention of Georgia at Macon on Monday was the position taken by him on the question of marriage after divorce. He said that he took the ground that di vorced people should not be married again in the Episcopal Churoh ; that the clergy bad a right to refuse to perform the ceremony, and tnat ho would not sanction any such marriage in his diocese. ? At Kew, at the meteorological ob servatory, a watch i 9 tested in every posi tion, and its rate measured and recorded by the hour. It is hung upside down, hung from each side, placed dial down and back down, and at any number of angles, and to finish it is baked in an oven and frozen in a pail of ice. When it is considered that 18,000 vibrations an hour occur in a watch, and it must not vary a second a wdek, it is easy to see why no watch has ever been perfect. ? Some dentists speak of the rooms in which they receive their patients as "par lors." But they ought to call them "drawing-rooms." ? Prof. Falb, of Vienna, predicts that on November 13,1899. the earth will col lide with a comet. The earth will not suffer, but all living beings will be suffo cated by poisonous gases. 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 13 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 ehall 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. We have handled this Paint for years, and have sold several thousand gallons of it under an 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 a complaint. Thin ought to count for something. Remember, it costs as much in time and money to put on cheap Paint as to it on good Paint. Get the best. LEAD and OIL if you prefer it. We lave it in large quantitiep. HILL-ORR DRUG CO. ?ST* Anything you want in the DRUG line?any time, day or night. Brs, Strickland & King, DENTISTS. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. t&S~ Gas and Cocaine used for Extract ing Teeth. Feb 21,1897 35 SOUTHERN RAILWAY. j:.?-S?> - ? - &\ Condenncd ?c!ie<lniu in '.I.Ty.-.t nov. is. isoa. STATIONS. Charleston_ Colombia. Prosperity;... Ncwoerry Ninety-Sis..., Greenwood... Hodges. Abboyjlle. Bolton. A derson. Grecavi ?o_ Atlanta.. Dally Wo. It. 7 10 a m 11 ob a ra IMI , 12 22 ra 1 25 m 1 43 ra -' 25 ra :! 55 ni ?! 10 ra ' 35 ra 4 20 m ? 30 m STATIONS. Daily No. 12. Lv. Greenville... Piedmont ? Williuniston Lv. Anderson_ Lv. Bel ton. Ar. Donnaida Lv. Abbeville_ Lv. Hodges. " Greenwood. " Ninety-Six.. Lv. Newbcrry.. " Prosperity.. Ar. Columbia.,. Ar. Charleston.. DnilylDailyl No. ? No.ia 12 20 m 1 00 m 1 25 2 25 m 2 37 m 3 50 ra 8 00 ra IDailylDaily I No. U'No. ?O 53Upj 7 Ito Lv.,..Charleston... An 8Wp;ll uOa 3?n| il "_Columbia." | y 3T>p? DSSp STATIONS. 10 30 a ra 10 a ra 11 IS a ra 11 05 a ra 11 o5 a m 12 02 ra 11 45 a m 9 07a I215p ".Alston." j 2 45p 10?4al 125p| ".Sun! ne." 1 25i 10 Uto 202pl ".Union.? 1 05p 10 30a 223pl " .... Jonesvillo ....?? 12 26? 1054a 237pf".Pncolct." 12 14p 11 25a| 9 loii Ar.. Sparenburg. .Lv 11 -f.? 11 45ji| 333p Lv.. Spartnnburg.. Ar 11 28a 2 40pl 700p Ar... Ashcrille.... Lvl82Ua S 43a raup 7 20p (1 .VHp 0 47p 0 2Up 0 0*0 3 05p "P," p. ni. "A," a. m. Trains 0 an<l 10 carry elegant Pullman deeping cars between Columbia and Ashovi?lo, enroutc daily between Jacksonville and Cincin nati. Trains leave Spartanburg, A. & C. division, northbound, 0:42 a.m., 3:4i p.m., (5:18 p.m., (Vest?bulo Limited); southbound 12:26 a. m., i:15 p. m., 11:37 a. m., (Vestibule Limited.) Trains leave Greenville, A. and C. division, northbound, 5:45 a. m., 2:31 p. m. and 5:30 p. m., [Vcstibuled Limited) ; southbound, 1:20 a. m., 1:20 p. m., 12:28 p. m. IVcstibuled Limited). Pullman Service. Pullman palace sleeping oars on Trains 35and ?fl, 87 and on A. and C. division. ft\ H. G KERN, J. M. CULP Gen. Superintendent, Tradii; M'g'r, WnsUjaifton, D. C. Washington. D. C. ?V. A. TOK, S. H. HARC W?UK. Gen. ?fcsa. Ag't. Aa't Gen. Pass. AgH. _ _ Wgeh?igton, D. O. Atlan??tGa. r IB Crescent Our 1897 wheels ?ire stronger handsomer easier running than ever before? the prices are right WESTERN WHEEL WORKS CH1CAGO-WW YORK Catalogue free Agents everywhere BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD H. C. EA E, Receiver. October ?tb, 1895. _ Eastbound MIXED No. 12. Between Anderson and Wnl halla. STATIONS. ? 10 50 a m f 1025 am f 10 15 am ? 10 00 a m ? 9 42am f 9 M a m ? 8 55am s 8 25 a m ? 8 15 am Ar.. .Andorson.Lt ,...Der Ter.?. .Aul un.mm. ,.Penc'lleton. .Cherry's Croesing. ..Adam's Crossing.. ,.Seneca..,. ."Weal Union., _Walhallv... Ar Westb'd Ifi hid ??T" If 8 35 m 8 55 m 405pm 4 15 m 4 25pm 4 35 pm 5 0.5 r m 5 50 6 20p m 6 80p o J. R. ANDERSON, Superintendent. W. C. COTHRAN, General Agent. Connections at Seneca vith Southean Railway No. 11. At Anderson wit 1 Southern Railway Nos. 11 and 12. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY. AUGUSTA AND ASEE VILLESHORT LIKE In effect February 7,1897. .. Lt Augusta. Ar Greenwood... Ar Anderson...... Ar Laarens. Ar Greenville. Ar Glenn Pprings-.. Ar 8partanburg?.., Ar Saluda,. Ar Hendersonvllle.. Ar Asheville. 9 40 am 1217 pm 115 pm 3 00 pm 4 05 pm 3 00 pm 6 23 pm 6 51 pm 7 00 pm 140 r m ? 10 700 10 15 am am 9 25 am Lv Asheville.. Lv Spartanburg.... Lv Glenn Springs.. Lv Greenville. Lv Laurene. Lv Anderson. Lv Greenwood...... Ar Augusta. 8 20 am 1145 am 10 00 am 11 55 am 180 pm i 00 pm 400 710 700 2 28 pmi?. 5 00 pm 10: pm pa am Lv Calhoun Falls. Ar Raleigh. Ar Norfolk.M.. Ar Petersburg..... Ar Richmond. 4 44pm 2 16 am 7 30 am 6 00 am 8 15 am Lv Augusta. Ar Allcndalo... Ar Fairfax. Ar Yemasseo... Ar Beaufort. Ar Port Royal.. Ar Savannah... Ar Charleston.. 9S0ain 10 35 am 10 50 am 2 55 C00 515 6-20 7 20 730 800 8 08 Lv Charleston. Lv Savannah... Lv Port Royal.. Lv Beaufort. Lv Yemassee... Lv Fairfax. Lv Allendale... Ar Angusta. 1 5 pm 2 0 pm 85 pm 6 50 650 815 825 925 10 82 1047 12 55 pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm im am am am am am am pin Close connection at Calhoun Falls for Albeaii, 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. A G. Railway, and at Sp-.irtanbtirg with Southern Railway. For any information relative to tickets, ratee, schedule, etc., address W. J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Gii E. M. North, Sol. Agent.___ LIMITED MUBLED?lff SERYKB TO ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE, WILMINGTON, NEW ORLEANS AND NEW YORK, BOSTON, RICHMOND, WASHINGTON, NOR.-V.jK, PORTSMOUTH. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT FEB. 7, 1396. 80?THBOUNL No. 403. No. 41. Lv New York, via Penn R. R.*ll CO am *9 03 pm Lv Philadelphia, " 112 pm 12 05 am Lv Baltimore " 3 15 pm 2 60 am Lv Washington, " 4 40 pm 4 SO ani Lv Richmond, A. C L.12 56 am *189ani Lv Norfolk, via S. A. L.. Lv Portsmouth, " .. .... *8 30 pm ?9 05am ? 8 45 pm 9 20am Lv Weldon, Ar Henderson, Ar Durham, Lv Durham, .... 11 28pm?ll 55 ani . 12 56 a m *1 89 pm Ar Raleigh, uaS. A.L. Ar San ford, " . Ar Southern Pines " . Ar Hamlet, " . Ar Wadesboro, " . Ar Monroe, " . _t7 32 am +4 09 pm f5_20 pm y 1110 ani 7? *2 16am~*3 31pm . 3 85 am 5 03 pm ,. 4 22 am 6 66 pu. ..... 5 10 am 6 63 pa . 5 64 am 8 11 pa G 43 a- 9 12 pa Ar Charlotte, ?8 30 am "10 25pm Ar Chester, Lv Columbia, C. N. & L. r. r? .... ?8 10 am 10 47 pm ;-6 00 pm 9 45 am *.2 10 am Ar Clinton S. A L. .... Ar Greenwood " .... Ar Abbeville, '? .... Ar Elbcrton, " .... Ar Athens, " .... Ar Winder, " .... Ar Atlanta, S A. L- (Cen, ._.. 10 35 am .11 05 am ....... 12 07 pm . 1 15 pm ,.- 1 69 pm Time) 2 50 pm 1 07 am 1 40 am 2 41 am 8 45 am 4 30 am 5 20 am NORTHBOUND. No. 88. *7 60pm 10 42 pm 11 26 pm 12 S3 am 1 40 am 2 09 am 3 05 am No. 402. Time) *12 00 n'n . 2 40 pm . 3 16 pm . 4 15 pm .mm 5 15 pm . 5 41 pm ......... 6 31 pm Lv Atlanta.S-A L.(Cen. Lv Winder, Lv Athens, " Lv Elberton, " Lv Abbeville, " Lv Greenwood, " Lv Clinton,_ Ar Columbia. C N. & L. R. R...?4 CO m ?7 45 am Lv Chester, g. A. L . 8 13 pm 4 33 am Av Charlotte. " .?10 25 pm *8 30 am Lv Monroe, Lv Hamlet,_ Ar Wilmington_ Lv Southern Pines, Lv Raleigh, Ar Hcndeason 9 40 pm 11 23 pm 6 Warn 8 15 am ?5 30 am 12 30 pm ... 12 14 am ... *2 16 am m> 8 28 am Ar Durham, Lv Durham Ar Weldon, " _. Ar Richmond A. C. L. Ar Washington, Penn. R. R. Ar Baltimore, " . Ar Philadelphia, " ...... Ar New York, " . t7 12 am Lt5_20pra , ?4 651 m . 8 15 am , 12 31 pra . 1 43 pm . 8 50 pm , *6 23 pm ? 20 am 11 ?5 am 1 < 0 pm ~i 09 pm til 10 am 3 00 pm 6 50 pm 11 10 pm 12 48am 8 45 am ?6 53 am Ar Portsmouth S. A.L.-.. 7 80am 15 60pm Ar Norfolk " .?.?7 60am 6 05 pm Daily. tDaily. Ex. Sunday. JDailyEx. Monday. Nos. 403 atid 402 "Tbc Atlanta Special," Solid Ycstibuled Train, of Pullman Sleepers and Coach? es between Washington and Atlanta, also Pull man Sleepers between Portsmouth and Chester, t?. Nos. 41 and 38, "The S. A. l Ejpress," 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, T. P. A. 6 Kimball Home Atlanta, Ga. E. St John, VIce-Prcsidcnt and Gen'l. Manger V. E. McBee General Superintendent. II. W. B. Glover, Traffic Manager. T. J. Anderson, Gen'l. Passenger Agent. General Officers, Portsmouth, Ya. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Traffic Department, "Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 24,18&7 Fast Line Between Charleston and Col umbia and Upper South Carolina, North Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. going west, *No. 52. 7 CO am 8 26 am 9 35 am 10 Sft am 11 58 am 12 10 pra 12 50 pra 1 1ft pm 3 00 pm 3 00 pm fi 15 pm 8 20 pm 6 C3 pm 7 00 pm Lt.Charleston.Ar Lr,..,.....-...Lanes.Ar Lv.Sum ter.Ar Ar.m.Columbia.....Lv Ar.Prosperity.-Lt Ar...Newberry.Lt Ar.Clinton.Lt Ar.Laurens.Lt Ar...-Greenville...-..Lt Ar.Spartanburg.-..Lt Ar.Winntboro. S. C.Lt Ar.Charlotte, N. C.Lt A .. Hendersonvllle, N. C_.Lt Ar.Asheville. N. C.Lt going EAST No. 53. 9 26 pm 7 48 pm 6 85 pm 5 15 pm 813 pm . 2 57 pm I 2 10 pm ' 1 45 pm 11 60 am 11 46 am 1141am 936 am 9 15 am 8 20 am 'Daily. . Nos. 52 and 53 Solid Trains between Charleston* and Columbia, S. C H. M. Ehe eso w, GOffl. Passenger Agent _ ?.? J.R. Xknlkit. GeneralMini T. M. EM?beo?,TraffiP Manager.