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Large package of tbo world's best cleanser for a nickel. Still greater economy m 4-pound package. All grocers. Made only by THE . K. FAIRBANK COMPANY", Chicago, St. Louts, New York, Boston, Philadelphia. BUGGIES, BUGGIES! DON'T think of buying a Buggy until you inspect my line, which is one of the largest in tho upper part of the State. I always keep a lares stock on hand for you to select from, and all makes and grades. "BABCOCK'S" BUGGY on "Happy Thought". Springs is the easiest riding one made. "TYSON & JONES" cannot he beat lor wear and tear and for superior workmanship and finish. The "COLUMBIA" is the best on earth for the price you pay for it. Also, several other makes equally as good, but too numerous to mention. WAGOSS.-I always keep a full stock of the old reliable "Tennessee*' Wagons, which need co introduction to the people. A full line of BUGGY and WAGON HARNESS (ningle and double.) extra HA M ES, TRACES, BACK BANDS, COLLARS, BRIDLES and SADDLES elways on band. Also, a beautiful line of LAP ROBES. Don't buy anything on wheels until you see me. If it don't suit you to pay Spot Cash for my Goods will sell them 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. S.?Please call at my office and give your Note for Fertilizers purchased this Spring. All these Accounts must be BSttled by Note by May lar. J. J F. NEW QUARTERS. MISS S ALLIE BOWIE TT AS moved her Stock of Goods ?o the Broyles Building, No. 21 South Main Street, XX and will be glad to have ber friendo and customers call on her there. She is palling Goods cr eap for cash?some of them a* and below cost?to make r^om for the .New Spring Goods eoon to arrive. 37?3m mm Experts disagree on almost everything, but when the subject touches upon the Superiority of the - -. EAMBLEEI There Is botone opinion, end that is : They are theBE^T WHEELS on earth at any thing like the price. They are going ?t popntar prices. 1897 MODEL.$80.00 1896 MODEL. 60.00 vRide a Rambler and >tay out of repair shops. Every Rambler fitted with the Great G J. Tire. They are hard to puncture and easy to repair and pjisy to ride. W# have cheaper Wheels, too. Pnces to suit everybody's packet hook Be sure to see our line of Wheels beflr.? buying. Yours truly, BROOK BROS. LEND US YOUR EAR? AND LISTEN TO OUR SON G? We have on hand the largest stock we have ever carried, and our motto is to sell goods, not keep them. . . \ f* OUR line of Sao* s is large and complete. Clo>ing out a lot of Ladies $1 00 Shoes at 75c. Also a lot of Men's High Cut Ero gane at ?1 00. 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. ? 0 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 y u O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. P. 8.?Briog yoar Peas, Corn, Batter, Eggs, etc., to us. HAVE YOU ANY CENTS ? IF so, they should be invested with care and with an eye single to getting as ? much for them as possible. One hundred cents make a dollar, but you ? don't always get hundred cents worth for every dollar invested To avoid this you should buy Standard Goods with a reputable guarantee bebind tbem ; such Goods, for instance, as DEA.N'8 PATENT FLOUR, CHARLEY BUCHAN AN'S DELIGHT TOBACCO and our LEADER $1.00 BROGAN. The report that we sell more for a dollar than can be bought somewhere else j for a dollar and a quarter is correct, and we might as well acknowledge it. Eemember, we give you Quality as well as Quantity. DEAN & RATLIFFE, Guano Dealers, Cotton Buyers and Money Savers to the Trade. ?ssis?GBa s?o&doocB A SQUAKE MEAL ! 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. Give ine a call. Prices and Goods will please you. FREE CITY DELIVERY. Gk F. BIGBY. a M O o ? % < * 5 g m -< o < o s H H t? < > H 0 Q 0 m H H > 0 m Q PS PQ ?25 m o r-5 8 0 0 HEADQUARTERS FOR BUILDING MATERIAL. LIME, PLASTER PARIS, BEFORE B?YjU1? "6 us a call# We caD Bave you money on a11 kinds of Building Material, s Jct a8~~ \ BRICK, CEMENT, At Lowest Pirces Als?ja COMPLETE STOCK of? ^ EHEAVY and FANCY GROCEEIW Four good Mules for sale cheap. Jackson & McKinney? Turkeys Cause Divorce. A suit for divorce is pending in a south Florida court wherein a flock of turkeys figures as the bone of conten tion that led to the strained relations between a husband and wife. Mrs. Jones read an agricultural pa per one spring, and, becoming fasci nated with the alluring profits of tur key culture so temptingly displayed in a row of fat figures, pawned her jewels and bought an incubator and all the turkey eggs she could find in the neighborhood. During the first year she lost money, but was rich in an experience that enabled her to readily diagnose and cure congested craw, sorehead, pip and other ailments peculiar to the great American bird. Mrs. Jones was a game woman, and one failure could not daunt her. The next spring found her with a pair of tweezers, pulling pops from the tongues of a flock of 336 young tur keys or anointing their heads with a solution of nitrate of silver. At the end of the summer she had 317 in the flock?pretty well, considering?and dreamed at night of thanksgiving and the $317 she hoped to realize from her venture. ? It was at this period in the game that the fun began. Mr. Jones planted watermelons, and, being a prudent man, kept two bulldogs to guard the crop. It was known in the neighborhood that Mr. Jones kept these dogs, for he had been careful not only to advertise that fact, but laid great stress on the fierce tempers of the canines. haviDg accepted every challenge of a dog fight that came his way, and in all instances came forth with flying col ors. Every visitor to the Jones ranch, having in mind the dogs, was careful to stop at the front gate and "holler" for admission. One day a commission man came down, to buy Jones' melon crop. The big flock of turkeys was scratching near by. The commission man open ed his mouth and yelled, "Hello, there !" This surprised the turkeys, which gave one grand concentrated "Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble. The gobble drowned the call, so the man yelled again : "Hello, there I" "Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble." This made the man mad, but he was a courageous commission man, and he filled his lungs fuller and shouted louder : "He::o, there !" This call excited the turkeys, which echoed his call with another "Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble." There they had it up and down, first the man and then the turkeys, until the man was as red in the face as a turkey gobbler, his forehead was reeking with perspiration, and his tongue hung out of his mouth. Finally he lost his voice, and, out of sheer exhaustion, drew his pistol and fired it into the air six times in succession. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang 1 Afterward he became sorry that he did this, for the noise excited the bulldogs, which came forth from their kennels with a fierce "Bow, wow, wow 1" They leaped the fence, tore the seat out of the man's trousers and chased him up a black jack oak pretty lively. This was at 10 o'clock. Mr. Jones at that time was down in the grove plowing. Mrs. Jones was over at a neighbor's discussing babies and tur keys. The two dogs dug two cool holes at the foot of the black jack and waited patiently for the man to come down, but for some reason or other he wouldn't. Of course the man used very bad language, which got to be worse and worse as the hot sun blis tered his face and the rough bark on the black jack limb found a point of vantage on his south side. It was then that tbc man was exceedingly sorry that he had not saved four car tridges, two for the two dogs, one for Mr. Jones and one for Mrs. Jones. Every now and then the dogs would curl around to a more comfortable place, during which operation they would glance upward and bark angrily: "Bow wow !" This was always echoed by the tur keys in a chorus of "Gobble, gobble, gobble !" with a rising inflection on "gobble" No. 1. This made the man -mad. That's the ouly way to express it, but it has the merit of being true. About 12 o'clock Mrs. Jones re turned, and, seeing the commission man in the tree, could not restrain herself, but laughed. She called the dogs off, and, while the poor chap slid down on the opposite side, she apolo gized to him most profusely, but dur ing the whole proceeding exasperated the commission man more and more by smiling as her thoughts recurred to his ridiculous predicament. She was a dainty little bit of hu manity and he could not quarrel with her, but this made him madder. They reached the house finally, the man being very careful to seek a dark corner in the parlor. There she en tertained bim enthusiastically for an uncomfortable half hour, for the man was afraid to move, and the cold per spiration poured from his brow. He wanted to go mighty bad, but he couldn't. He could come all right, but not go. Finally he took the bull by the horn3, as it were, and exclaimed : "Madam, would you be so kind as to lend me a pair of your husband's trousers ?" This request opened Mrs. Jones' eyes to the true state of affairs, and she replied: "Why, certainly; just walk right up-stairs," buthe wouldn't walk. Mrs. Jones, however, brought her hnsband's best trousers, closed the doors behind her and went upstairs to stuff a handkerchief in her mouth. Mr. Jones was a pudgy little man, and the commission agent was tall and slender. However, he wore the trousers, looking a trifle odd, i? is true, but we will let that pass. He straightway went out into the grove and cussed Jones and his bull dogs and Mrs. Jones' turkeys until the atmosphere was lurid. Jones was very much astonished and grieved finally, fcr the commis sion mau wound up by shaking his fist in his face and exclaimed : "God gast you, you blankety blank, blank, blank, son of a seacock. I came out here to buy your damn mel ons, but I want to tell you now and A Noted Atlanta Case. For four years I have been afllicted 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 worse digestion. Numerous medicines were used without relief, until I began the use of Botanic Blood Balm? . . B. ?and three bottles acted almost like magic. Since its use, over a year, not a symptom has returned, and I feel 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 more particularly to Dr. L. M. Gillam, who knows my case. ? Mrs. Elizauetti Knott, Atlanta, ' ;h. Don't buy substitutes, said to be''just as good," but buy the old reliable and standard Blood Purifier of tho age. B. . B. $1.00 per largu bottle. For sale by Dr uggiste. forever I wouldn't give you a cent for the whole farm." As the commission man departed Jones rested his chin upon his hoe haudle and reflected. Those turkeys in due time exasper ated Jones himself. They learned that there were good grubs in the new furrow behind Jones' plough and they followed it. Every time Jones said "Gee" there was a chorus of "Gob ble, gobble, gobble." Every time Jones said "Haw" there was another "Gobble, gobble, gobble." It made him so mad that he cussed the mule and jerked on the line until the mule himself became exasperated, and out of spite kicked Jones in the pit of the stomach and laid him up. Jones, as he lay in bed, thought of the sale he had missed, thoughtof the blow of the cruel mule, and all other of the many annoyances he had borne because of the turkeys. When he got well he dug a mine under the turkeyhouse, put dynamite in it, and covered the earth with drumsticks and feathers. This was the week before Thanksgiving. And then he bragged about it. and that's where he lost his good judg ment. Mrs. Jones cried all night, left for her mother's the next day and is now suing for alimony, leaving poor Jones alone with his two bench-legged bull dogs.?Florida Times- Union. Quantrell's Men Scared by Mules. "The worst fright I ever had was caused by a drove of young mules," said Frank James, who was one of Quantrell's most daring night riders. "Adetachmentof Quantrell's command was suddenly and unexpectedly un horsed in Western Kentucky about the middle of the war. I was one of them. There were 10 of us in the party. We hustled around in lively fashion for new horses and could not afford to be very squeamish about the style of animal or the means employed in ac quiring them, for the enemy was close upon us and pursuing us hotly. Along towards night, we came upon a pasture filled with a motley array of horses, and we helped ourselves to them. In the bunch was an old marc with a big bell tied around her neck. Of course we knew that this meant she was the leader of the drove. But we pressed her into service, anyway, and away we struck dowu a rocky branch road. You don't know what a rocky branch road is unless you have had to travel over one in Western Kentucky. It is no road at all, but simply a level bank along a branch or small creek that flows through a valley between the high hills, which in most any other country would be called moun tains. "Well, we were going lickity-split down this rocky branch road toward our command. It was soon after dark, but it was as blaok away down in that ravine as the innermost recesses of the infernal regions are supposed to be. Though we were riding fast and making a good deal of noise, we could hear a tremendous commotion in our rear. We halted to determine the nature and cause of it. The uproar sounded like a cavalry charge, and we concluded that a whole division of Federal cav alry was pursuing us. We iesumed our course -under whip and spur, and louder grew the noise in our rear. It sounded exactly as if the enemy was gaining on us at every leap, and I suggested that we shy off into the bushes and wait for the Yanks to come up with us. Then we could surprise and rout them. On the mad rush came with a mighty clatter of hoofa on that rocky branch road. As the uproar grew louder and more distinct we knew the enemy was nearing us and we threw ourselves into line of battle. "Pretty soon we heard the clatter just over the brow of a hill from our position and we cocked our guns ready to throw a broadside into the onrush ing Yanks as soon as they showed themselves on the hill's crest. I" another instant a black mass could ^ seen sweeping over the knoll. Then we thought probably it might be eome of our own men, and that before send ing our deadly fire into the mass it would be best to find out what com posed it. We shouted 'Halt,' at the top of our voices, but still the mass continued to sweep toward us. Then we fired a volley into it. The flash of our guns made a brilliant red streak in the inky blackness, and through it we saw a lot of young mules. They had broken out of the pasture when they discovered the absence of the bell mare, and their instinct had guided them in our direction in search of her. "I have no idea how many of them we killed, but I do know that I was mad enough when I got over my fright to shoot them all down, and would probably have done so if it had not been for the fear that the cannonading we had already indulged in had aroused the enemy and put him on to the di rection We had taken." ? Bert P. Walker, postmaster at Logan, in Phillips county, Kansas, a reputable citizen of that town, is authority for the biggest snake story ever told of Kansas, and he tells it in all seriousness. He says last Sunday a farmer who lives on Crystal Creek came to Logan, reporting that the night before his premises had been visited by a reptile which made a trail eighteen inches wide and that it had eaten sixty of his chickens. Another farmer confirmed this story, saying that on Friday and Saturday nights he had lost forty young pigs. A third farmer testified that he had seen the monster kill with his tail a plow horse which was feeding in his pasture near the banks of Crystal Creek. 40,000 GLASSE Were Sold from our 4O9OOO PEOPLE tested the qi Careful mathematicians estimate t Water this year. Soda Water is 1 Drugs is our Bi Our Drugs are ? 4s- that's A SEASONAB FLY FANS, FLY TRAPS, ICE CREA3I Cl FLOWER STOVE On t JJ@* Look into the closet and see will need. You will hear from us in a Soliciting your Ti Gantt Asks Questions About the L?quor Machine. The following is from an editorial in the Piedmont Headlight of last week : It has been frequently charged, and we believe that a rigid investigation of the books will boar out tho statement, that during the Traxler regime not ono dollar was turned into the State treasury in the way of rebates. The past year some 311, 000 were collected in rebates, and the present vear we learn they will amount to ?50,000, or more. Now, we demand to know, and the people also demand to know, why were not those rebates collected, and if collected what has become of the money? If officers connected with the dispensary appropri ated this large sum to their own uso, then they should bo prosecuted and sent to the penitentiary. On tho other hand; if tho rebates were not demanded from the liquor dealers, then it shows criminal carelessness on the part of those public officers whose duty it was to look after them. In managing tho public business menehould bring to boar tho same sagaci ty and care as if it was his own affair. During the period that Commissioner Traxler was in charge of the State dis pensary there must have been at least ?100,000 lost to the State and its people in rebates alone. Why were they not col lected? and if collected, what has become of the money? Who got it? This matter of rebates involves more than all tho blind tiger liquor and other property seized in our State since the disponsary ! w went into force; and yet while we hear a great hue and cry raised about a few boxe? of cheap cigars and cans of peaches, ,ath-Hko. stillness prevails touching t matter of rebates. There is no use stopping the spiggot and opening the bung hold. And a matter equally as serious ie the high price paid for cheap liquors by Traxlor?compared with what the same goods are now bought for. We are in formed?and an inspection of the books will show whether or not it is true?that the present board is buying , XX and XXX rye whiBkey at from ?500 to ?1,100 a car load less than Commissioner Traxler paid for the identical class of goods and bought from the same houses. The bus iness of the State dispensary amounts to about one million of dollars a year, and frequently ten car loads or more are bought at one time. Now, don't you see what a leak there is that has been stopped? There is no telling how much money the State lost during those years by over charges This is another matter that should be investigated to the bottom, and then let ex CommissionerTraxler explain why he felt called upon to pay such a high price. If we are not mistaken, whiskey is not any cheaper now than when Mr. Traxler was paying those enormous prices. It will be easy to arrive at the facts, for every purchase is recorded and the price raid given on the books. Taking the rebates and that overcharge for whiskey tho tax payers of South Car olina must have lost something like a quarter of a million dollars during Com missioner Trailer's ad ministration. Here is som ilhing to bo investigated, and it should take precedence over those cigars and peaches. And another thing that should bo looked into :" It is a well known fact that tho corn whiskey sold to tho emu try people by the dispensary?and they are the principal patrons of the business?is only too often as vile a decoction as ever passed down the throat of r^an. And not only this, but two prices are charged for those mean liquors. The consequence is that a man will not buy disponsary corn if ho can find a blind tiger and moonshine whiskey. But we can perhaps explain this drench sold to the gullible farmers. A few months ago Dan Tomkins, secre tary of State, in the presence of several parties, stated to the senior editor of the Headlight that once the dispensary ran out of corn whiskey and tho people began to clamor for it. In order to satisfy thorn some corn whiskey was manufactured at the dispensary and shipped out to the county dispensers. A short timo after wards some reformer from Lexington county (we think it was from Lexington) sent Governor Tillman a bottle of that manufactured whiskey with a letter of protest, and the governor placed it on a shelf in the State House. A few morn ings after some man came in and asked Mr. Tompkins where he could gota drink. He was given the bottle described, and after swallowing a big dram remarked that it was extra fine stuff. B. B. Evans says that he also heard Mr. Tompkirs toll and recito this shameful confession as a good joke. ? As a protection against the droaded cyclone, a movement has been inaugura ted in many school districts in Kansas to build cyclone caves, so that upon the ap proach of a tornado school children may not be turned adrift upon tho prairies. The patrons of the Altavism and other schools in Central Kansas will meet on a given dav" and build a cyclone cave, and the%teachers are directed to house their pupils there when a storm approaches. Ladies Who Suffer prom any eoroplaiot peculiar to their sex?such as Profuse, Pairj ful. Suppressed or Irregular Men struation, are soon restored to health by Bradfield's Female Regulator. It is a combination of remedial agents which have been used with the greatest success for rnore than 25 years, arjd Known to act speci fically With and on the organs of MeQStruation, and recomrnended for such compiaiQts only. It never fails to give relief agd restore the health of the suffering womai). It should be taKeo by the girl just budding iQto womanhood wheo Merjstrua tion is Scant, Sup pressed, Irregular or Pal o ful, aod all delicate u;orner> should use it, as its toQic properties have a won derful irjfluence in toning up and streggtrjening the systen) by driv ing through the proper channels all impurities. "A daughter of one of my customers miseed menstruation from exposure and cold, and on arrivine at puberty hor health was completely wrecked, until ehe wae twenty-four years of age, when upon my recommendation, she ueod one bottlo of rad field's Female Regulator, com pletely restoring hor to he: th." J. W. Helluhs, Water Valloy, Miss. The Braijficld regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. bold ut', all druggists at s1 per bottle. ;S SODA WATER Fountain Last Year. lality of our Soda. hat wc will sell , glasses of Soda )ur Advertisement, isiness. is good as our Soda Water. lLL! /ANS PHARMACY, Corner Hotel Chirinola. LE GOODS I UURNS, POTS, S, ime for good paper and some cash. how many FRUIT JARS >*o? few days on the Fruit Jar business. ade, JOHN T. BURRISS. Will it be the End .' It is generally regarded not only by those who aro or have been all along op posed to tho system, but the system's most ardent friends, by tho representa tives of the Stato of South Carolina them selves, that tho fate of tho State dispon sary system is hanging in Ihe balance to day. And to moat of those it looks as if the liquor laden boat is going to go to wreck on the Yandercoek reef. It is to be decided whether citizens of other States are not entitled to ship liquors into the State of 'uth Carolina in origi nal packages, and sell them, and tho con stitutionality of the "inspection featun" of the remodeled dispensary act is to bo passed upon. The State's attorneys have admitted freely that this is the first timo a really serious attack has been made at the vitals of the dispensary act, and in ad ministration circles it is generally con ceded that the dispensary cannot be con tinued if the prayer of the Yandercocks made to Judge Simonton is granted. If Judge Simonton grants a temporary in junction upon tho petition filed it will be of as much forcd as a perpetual injunc tion issued against the State by the Su preme Court of the United States, unless tho judge see ?t to euspend it pending final adjudication?something that no ono seems to think possible. This case is regarded as tho crisis for the dispensary system. If the prayer of the petitioner is not granted the State can go on, and the dispensary will stand solid until a few more Beckrogo trunk affairs come along to increase the rapidly growing disgust with tho system in its present shape. Attorney-General Barber and Assistant Attorney-General Townsend, to use the words of the attorney-general himself, left yesterday afternoon for Charleston to make the best fight they know how to make. They carried with them the re turn of the State to the petition of the Yandercoek company, and their argu ment is all ready. They have worked hard and gotten up all the authorities possible to use in this case. The hearing in the case is set for 10 o'clock this morn ing before Judge Simonton in Charles ton. Mr. J. P. K. Bryan is the com mander-in chief of the attacking army; he is the attorney who won tho Donald inter-Stale commerce case all along the line?even in tho United States Supremo Court?and he knows every little weak spot of tho dispensary law. Mr. Bryan will certainly make one of the efforts of his life on this case. The decision may be several days or possibly weeks in be ing announced, yet at the same time the judge may announce his action immedi ately and file a decree later. All over the State the result of this case is being awaited with the keenest degree of interest. The dispensary has less friends now than it once had, and even before this case was instituted sev eral prominent dispensary advocates heretofore were expressing themselves in favor of a change to the constitutional high license system or to absolute prohi bition. Senator May field recently said that he was going to remodel his local option bill no# pending before the legis lature and push it for all it was worth at tho approaching session. Many take it that the system will not do it run by officers of the Stato for rea sons that are more obvious than over in the light of recent events, and thoy wish to seo something else tried. It is boing freely talked here and there that in case Judge Simonton's decision is egainst thb Stato a request will bo made for the general assembly to be called in extra session immediately, the idea being to pass a strict prohibition law. Gov. Ellerbe laughed when told of this talk Saturday and remarked that that was the first he had heard of it. It is thought, however, that an extra sessiou would bo very likely in such an event.?Columbia Slate. ? The crater of Mauna Loa, in the Sandwich Islands, the largest volcano in the world, is 20 miles in diameter. Sometimes the stream of lava flowing from it is 50 miles long. ? At a big dinner in London, not long ago, William Waldorf Astor had something to say of the immense size of the redwood trees of California. The other guests laughed somewhat incredulously at his story, and, some nettled, he offered tobet that he could procure from a tree a cross-section large enough to form a table that would accommodate all of tho party jucsts present. The wager was ac cepted, and last week there arrived in London from California, the promised ?ross-scction. It was 14 feet G inches in diameter and weighed 14 tons. As tor won his bet. ? '"Look here, do you know I be lieve Parson Downycouch gambles ?" remarked one gentleman to another. "Good gracious ! I hope not." "I hope not, too, buta suspicious circum stance occurred last Sunday when he was reading out the service." "What was it?" "Well, instead of '(Jh, Thou, who hast the hearts of kings in Thy hand,' what do you suppose he read?" "I've no idea." "He read : 'Oh, Thou, who hast the king of hearts in Thy hand." The use of the surgeon's knife is be coming so general, resulting fatally in such a large number of cases, as to occasion general alarm. Mr. William Walpole, of Walshtown, South Dakota, writes; "About three years ago, there came under my left eye a little blotch about the size of a small pea. It grew rapidly,and shooting pains ran in every direction. I became alarmed and consulted a good doctor, who pronounced it> can xer, and said that it 'must be cut out. This I would not consent to, having: little faith in the indiscriminate use of the knife. Read ing of the many cures made by S. S. S., I determined to give that medicine a trial, and after I had taken it a few days, the cancer became irritated and began to discharge. This after awhile ceased, leaving a small scab, vtfhich finally dropped off, and only a healthy little scar remained to mark the place where the destroyer had held full sway. A Real Blood Remedy* Cancer is in the blood and it is folly to expect an operation to cure it. S.S.S. (guaranteed purely vegetable) in a real remedy for every disease of the blood. Books mailed free ; address Swift Spe cific Co., Atlanta, Ga. j. o. w??it?field; dentist. OFFICE?Front Room, over Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, ANDERSON, S. C. Feb 10, 1897 33 sss WE ARE NOT CONTENTED WITH past achievements, but tdways stri.ingto outdo our former effor s. You will find our New Store (Evans Phar macy old stand) bright, with new paiDf, most pleasing to the eje, and filled with NICE, FRESH GOODS, quite ihe cor rect things to buy. 'Ibis ad. will always keep you poste I on New Goods a' the Lowest Pj ice in the mai ket. Tho following are specials for this week : Arbuckle Coffee 13c. per package. Raisins 5c. per pound. Nice Mackerel 2?c and 5c. each. Big lot Farmer Boy Tobacco 20c. per pound. 5.000 Cigars 50c. per box of 60. Try our Silver Tea?a present with every package. Finest line of Cakes and Candy in tho city. P. 8 JOHN A. AUSTIN & CO., Grocers. -When yon come to town, And get tired walking around, 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 confidenca 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. Try some of our English Peas. 12io. can. String Beans. 12ic. car. Cheaper quality Beans. 8Jc. can. Monarch Corn. 12Ac. can. A Good Corn. She. can. Three-pound Can Pie Peach. Sic. can. Two-pound Can Okra and Tomatoes... 81c. 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 25c. each. Florida Cabbage and Beets. #b0- Send us a trial order and see how wel' we can please you. Everything deliv ered free in the City. 'Phone 44. OSJBORtVE & BOLT. COLE & COFFEE For the next Thirty Days WILL sell you a dandy Congress Shoe, worth $1.50, for $1.00. A beautiful B ?? Button, for Ladies, worth S 1.2-5, for 90c. All grades of Shoes at cut rates unheard of. We are glad to say our Shoo trade 1ms been more than we even expected. We have had to duplicate our Shoe bills three times already ; and at the extreme low prices we are offering Siiocs 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, fur 40c. One thousand yards OUTINGS and SUITINGS, worth 7c to 7*c, re duced to 5c. and 51c. CASHMERES that arc selling at 75c. to $1.00 we are offering for 35c, to 50c. COLE &, COFFEE. THE ANDERSON 0 y Wants to Insure the Country Dwellings of Anderson County. LOSSES PAID CASH! J. R. YANDIVER, President. J. J. FRETWELL, Yico President. H. II. WATKINS, Secretary and Treasurer DIRECTORS: W. G. WATSON, J. G. DUCKWORTH, R. B. A. ROBINSON, A. P. HUBBARD, B, S. HILL. JOHN M. GLENN, T. J. BAKER, B. C. MARTIN, J. J. MAJOR/ Rnimlng Yet. "When I was fishing in the West Indies some years ago," said the man with the cigarette, "a whirlwind came along and carried off my vest that was hanging on a limb just over my head. It had my watch in it?and a tailor's account Well, the whole outfit sailed out of sight in less than a minute. "Seven years after a party of us were camped on the same river, only a 100 yards further up. It was my turn to do the cooking, so I started out for some dry wood, stepped on a log which caved in. and there lay my watch, that same old tailor's bill twis ted through the ring. It was still running." "Oh ! come off ! You want us to ask how such a thing could be, and then you'll explain that the whirlwind wound your watcL up so tight that it ran for seven years." "I didn't say that the watch was still running," said the story teller, as he lighted another bacillus extermina tor. "I had reference to the tailor's bill. It is running yet, in i'act." ? Every tear shed in syinpatby f?t others makes us better. m NVrON D.C. FOR SALE BY BROCK BROS., _ANDERSON, S. C._ 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 ? cr 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 j f that's all you have got to pay | f for an Ivers & Pond?Nothing \ extra for mere reputation ? No I % 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 j full valus and something over. \ It's like getting eggs thirteen to J \ the dozen and sugar seventeen \ ounces to the pound. We have other pianos too. f jj$ We keep what the people want and tell it to them straight. C. A. REED, ANDERSON, S. C. Dis. Strickland *& King DJE1\XI?T8. OFFICE IN MASOB'IC TEMPLE, Gas and Cocaine used for Extracl ing Teeth. Feb2i,lS07 35 SOUTHERN . AIL WAY. Coai?cnioil ?c?iiu!>:'.:: in ?'.'.'jet NOV. 13, IS.} ; STATIONS. DaU NO 7 1 fi. Lv. Charleston. ... .. ; 7 l\! a Lv. Columbia.; ?T iw a " Prosperity.. Ar. Nowoerry.. Ar. Ninety-Six., " Groen wood. " Hodges. Ar. Abbeville ... Ar Ar Ar. Ar." , Beiton. Anderson . Oreen ville Atlanta.... STATIONS. 1 2 0 i? Daily No. 12. Lv. (.Trecnvillo ... Piedmont.... Williamston, Lv. Anderson. Lv. Bolton Ar. ?onnalds. Lv. Abberille. Lr. Hodges. " Greenwood. " Ninety-Six.. Lv. Newborry.. '? Prosperity.. Ar. Columbia... ?r. Charleston. Dt??iv???ailvH " No. "tl|No.l3|_ 380pi 7_Wa Lr....Charleston. BOa 11 3??' '' .... Columbia. 907a|1215pl ".Alston. STATIONS. a 10 55 a 11 18 a 11 0 a 11 35 a a 12 02 11 15 a rr 12 20 1 00 1 25 2 25 rr 2 37 3 50 rr 3 00 ? Daily Dai h No. 14; No. l? Ar ?oup aasp 2 ? 125p 105p 12 20p 10 04a 12?p ".Siintno lU20;i 202p ".Union.... 10 39ii 223p " .... Jone.sv?le . 10 54a 2 37p; ".Paeolot." 112 14p 11 25a] 3 10p Ar.. Sparenburg.. .Lv11 45a 11 45a 333p Lr.. Sparenburg.. .Ar 11 28u 2 40pl 700p!Ar.... Ashevillo.Lr! 8 2Ua 11_0U? "0 28j" 5 4?..': 7 3i!f 7 SOt 0 5?! 0 47p Oa.'F 6 0^ 3 05r. "P," p. m. "A," a. m. Tr.3ins 0 und 10 curry elegant Pullman Bleeping cars between Columbia and Ashevillo, enroute daily between Jacksonville and Cincin' nati. Trains Icare Sparenburg, A. & C. division, northbound, 6:42 a. m., 3:4i p. m., 6:18 p.m., (Vestibule Limited); southbound 12:26 a. m., 3:15 p. in., 11:37 a- m-> (Vestibule Limited.) Trains leave Greenville, A. and C. diviaion, northbound, 5:45 n. m., 2:31 p. m. and 5:30 p. m. (Vestibuled Limited): southbound, 1:20 A. m. 4:20 p. m., 12:28 p. ra. (Vcstibv.led Limited). til Iman Servl.cc. Pullman palace sleeping cars on Trains85and 3-1, 37 and 38, on A. and C. division. W. H. GKEEN, J. M. CULP Gen. Superintendent, Trame M'g'r, Yv'ashfagton, D. C. Washington, D. C W. A. TURK, S. H. HARD WIOK, Gea. ?s?. Ag't. As't Gen. Pass. Ag't. Wellington, D. Q._Atlanta. Ga j We meet the public demand for a high-grade wheel at the right price WESTERN WHEEL WORKS Chicago?New Yokk Catalogue free?Agents everywhere BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD H. C. BEATTIE, Receiver. Octobc- 6th, 1895. Eastbound MIX KD No. 12, s 10 SO a m ? 1025 am f 10 15 a m g 10 00 a m ? 9 42 a m f 0 35 a m s 8 55 a m s 8 25 a m 8 8 15 a m Between Anderson and Wal balla. 8TATIONS. Ar.-Anderson.Lt ...Dsnvcr............ .Antun..? *.... .Peo dl e ton.?. .Cherry's Crossing........ .Adam's Crossing. .?eneca.... 118 na S 88 a 4 OB a 411! ]) m 4 SSpa 4 *5 ]> m 5 015 m 5 60 m .?..W>st Union.I 6 20 m .?Walhall*.I 6 80 ? Lv Ari Wejtb'd m?zi:d No. Il J. R. ANDERSON, Seperintendent. W. C. COl'HBAN, General AgtnU Connections at Seneca with Southean Railway No. 11. At Anderson Ith Somborn Railway Nos. 11 and 12. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY AUGUSTA AND AS? IE VILLE SHORT LINE In effect F?ibruary 7,1897. Lt Augusta... Ar Greenwood-. Ar Anderson.......... Ar Laurens........... Ar Greenville. Ar Glenn Springs... Ar Spartanburg....... Ar Saluda.. Ar Hendcrsonville. Ar Ashcville.?.. 9 40 am 1217 pm 1 15 pm 3 00 p m 4 05 prob' 3 0Opaf 5 23 pm 5 61 pm 7 00 pro 140 pm 6 10 pm 7 CO am 30 33 am F-9 ?5am par?. LT Ashcville ........ Lt Sparenburg. Lv Glenn Springs.. Lt Greenville.? Lt Laurens..... Lt Anderson. Lt Greenwood....... Ar Augusta. Lt Calhoun Falls. Ar Raleigh........... Ar Norfolk.......... Ar Petersburg?... Ar Bichmond. 8 20 am 11 45 am 10 00 am 1153 ar? 4 (0 pm .4 (0 pm I . V*# WIMM VV UM 1 30. 7 10 pm ._....-;'?K7 0O am 2 2S pm(.............. 6 00 pm ll 30 am 4 44pm 2 16 am 7 30 an ............. 6 00 am 816 am Lt Augusta. Ar Allendale....... Ar Fairfax......??. Ar Yemossee.?. Ar Beaufort.... .. Ar Port Royal....... Ar Savannah. Ar Charleston. .9 SO am 10 35 am 10 50 am 2 HS pm 5 00 pm 6 .15 pm 6 !!0 pm 7 20pm 7 30 pm 8 00 pm 8 08 pm Lt Charleston. Lt Savannah.? Lt Port Boyal. Lt Beaufort.?.. Lt Yemaasee........ Lt Fairfax. Lt Allendale. Ar Augusta. 1 6 pm 2 0 pm 85 pm 6110 am 6 !K> am 8 25 am 8125 am 9 !t5 am 10 82 am 10417 am 12I?3 pm Close connection at Calhoun Falls for Athens, Atlanta and ail points on S. A. L. Close connection at Augusta for Charleston. Savannah and all pointa. Close connections at Greenwood for all pointa on S. A. L., and C. & G. Railway, and at Spartanburg with Southern Ball way. For any information relative to tickets, rates, schedule, etc., addreae W. J. CBAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Gi. E. M. North, Sol. Agent. LIMITED SERVICE TO ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE, WILMINGTON, NEW ORLEANS AND NEW. YORK, BOSTON, RICHMOND, WASHINGTON, NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT FEB. 7, 1896. 80UTHBOUNU No. 403. No. 4L Lt New York, Tla Penn . .?11 CO im *9 0) pm Lt Philadelphia, " 112 pm 12 Ci im Lt Baltimore " 3 15 pm 2 50 am Lt Washington, " 4 40'om 4 80 am Lv Richmond, A. C. L.?12 56 am *1 33 Km Lt Norfolk. Tla S. a. L... Lt Portsmouth, " ?? ?S 30 pm *9 05am 8 45 pm 9 ?Oam Lt Wcldon, Ar Henderson, Ar Durham, Lt Durham, .??.. 11 2? pm?ll 55 am . 12 561 m ?1 8:3 pm .. t ' 32 am f4 09 pm ... |3 20 pm fll 10 im Ar Raleigh, lia8. A. L.....V. Ar San ford, " ........ Ar Southern Pines " ...... Ar Hamlet, " ......... Ar Wadesboro, " ?......, Ar Monroe, " .?...., ?2 16 am *3 31 pm S 85 i in 6 03 pm 4 22 am 5 10 am 5 54 am 6 43 am 5 65 pm 6 5.) pm 8 11 pm 9 Utpm Ar Charlotte, ?8 30 am ?10 25pm Ar Chester, ?8 10 am 10 47 pm Lt Columbia, C. N. A L. R. R..._ t6 00 pm Ar Clinton S. A. L. Ar Greenwood " Ar Abbeville, u Ar Eiberton, " Ar Athens, " Ar Winder, 9 45 tun ?12 10 am 10 35 ?un 1 0'.' am 11 05 tun 12 07 pm 1 15 pm 1 69 pm A r Atlanta, S A L. (Cen. Time) 2 50 pm 1 40 am _ 41 am 3 45 am 4 ?3 am 5 23 am NORTHBOUND. No. 402. No. .58. Lt Atlanta,S.A L.(Cen. Time) *12 00 n'n *7 60 pm Lt Winder, Lt Athens, Lt Eiberton, Lt Abbeville, Lt Greenwood, Lt Clinton, 2 40 pm 10 42 pm 3 16 pm 11 2<;pm 4 16 pm 12 83 am 5 15 pm 1 40 am 6 41 pm 2 01) am 6 84 pm 3 05 am Ar Columbia, C . A L. B. B...*4 80 m *7 4? am Lt Chester, S. A. L 8 13 pm 4 33 am At< harlotte. . 10 25 pm ?8 8C'am Lt Monroe, Lt Hamlet, 9 40 pm 11 23 pm 6 Oi am 8 15 am Ar Wilmington_ Lv Southern Pines, Lt Raleigh, Ar Hcndeason :5 30 am 12 14 am ?2 16 am 8 28 am 12 30 pm 9 2C~am 11 33 am 1 ?u p ai Ar Durham, Lt Durham ArWeldon, ". Ar Bichmond A. CL. Ar Washington, Penn. . . Ar Baltimore, " Ar Philadelphia, " ._ Ar New York, ". t7 12 am . f5 20 pm >4 68 tm' , 8 15 am 12 31 pm 1 43 pm 3 50 pm ?6 23 pm |4 OS poa tll IC am ?3 00 pm 6 50 pm U 10 pm 12 4tlam 8 45 am 6 53 un Ar Portsmouth S. A. L..?. 7 80 am 5 6Cpia Ar Norfolk " ._?.. *7 60am 6 05 pm Daily, t Daily, Ex. Sunday. : Daily Ex. Monday. Nos. 403 and 402 "The Atlanta Special,*' ?r oll i Vestibuled Train, of Pullman Sleepers and Catch es between Washington and Atlanti, also Full man Sleepers between Portsmouth and eheste ?, S. C. Nos. 41 and 33, "The S. A. L Express," &1id Train, Coaches and Pullman 81eepers betwren Portsmouth and Atlanta. For Pickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to B. A. Newland, Gen'l. Agent Pass Dopt. Wm. B. Clements, . P. A., 6 Klmball Hoate Atlanta, G a. E.St John, Vice-President and Gen'L Manner V. E. McBee General Superintendent. II. W. B. GloTer, Trame Manager. T. J. Anderson, Gen'l. Passenger Agent. General Officers. Portsmouth, Va. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Traffic Departjijott, Wilmington, N. OV, Feb. 24,1SS7 Fast Line Between Charleston and Col li m bia and Upper South Carolina, Nort h Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. going ?No. 7 00 am 8 26 am 9 35 am 10 55 am 1158 am 1210 pm 12 50 pm 115pm 3 00 pm 3 00 pm 6 15 pm 8 20 pm 6 03 pm 7 00 pra west, 52. GOING EAST No. 68, I.V...........Charleston........... Ar Lv.............. Lanes.........Ar Lt..?.Sumter.Ar Ar.Columbia..Lt Ar.........-Prosperity ..........Lt Ar?.Newberry.?..Lt Ar.Clinton. Lt Ar.Laurens.Lt Ar......Greenville...Lt Ar.Spartanburg.Lt Ar.Wlnnsboro. S. C.Lt Ar.Charlotte. N. C.Lt Ar...IIendersonT?lle, N. C.?Lt Ar.AsheTille, N.C.Lt 9 25 pm 7 48 pm 6 85 pa 515 pm 8 18 pm 2 67 pm 2 10 pm 1 45 pm 1150 am 1145 am 11 41 am 9 35 am 9 15 am 8 20 am ? Daily. Non. 52 and 53 Solid Trains between Charleston and Columbia, 8. C. . M. Emerson, Geo'l. Passent J. . aa. ? ??! T. Mi FuKBfiON .Traffic Managet. . ?, he eso , Passenger Ann IM renerai Manlgwifl toBESSTSc IH