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Klondyke ! WE shall not go, but to the contrary will invite your at tention to the great value and true merit of our ----- COLD If you will carefully inspect aud scrutinize our Stock YOU WILL FIND extraordinary values Amongst the uumbers WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD are our Men's Suits at 82.50, 83.00, 83.50, and 84.00. Better Suits for Fail and Winter were never made for the price thau our All Wool Suits at 85.00. Better material f>r good Fall and Winter' vrear were never found equal to our 87.50 Suits. Better 8?0.00 Suits never shown in Audei'son for 810 00. S12.50 and 815.00 Suits are exceptional Bargains. In addition to a General line Of Men's Clothing ' and Overcoats,. .We Ns have Youths' Suits in all sizes, from 14 to 19, and Children's Suits and Reefers from 4 to 13. Also, Men's and Boys' Furnishings ! Underwear, Sox, BaudktrchiVis. Suspenders, * Gloves, Collars, Cuffs, Shirts, Hats, etc. Mien's Neckwear ! Four-iu-Haud; Tecks, Bows, &c. * The Newest Styles. i If the law prohibited the wasteful extravagance of money, we would have a monopoly of the Clothiug Trade. We believe that a look is all that is necessary to convince you. DO US THE FAVOk TO CALL, Aud see our Goods, even though you are uot ready to buy. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Yi/uivi trulV, ?rown Osho??i?^ Co 91 VJ Il Al* U U .? ?> U i il v.. G Wholesale and E t il Bsafers in -o?r TMI h i e -o?i< ?fj c I i a ivxj e < 5 orv, s? ei 5 ? LOCALNEWS. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13, 1897. THE COTTON MARKET. Corrected by Brown, Osborne & Co. Strict good Middling Cotton fi. Good Middling Cotton ?g. Strict Middling Cotton 5?. Middling Cotton 55. Stained Cotton 5 to 5J. For other local news see the 8th page. The Knights of Pythias meet next Fri day night. Don't neglect to pay the printer and tho preacher. The sweet potato crop is not very good in this section. Tbe roll of Cadots at tbe P. M. I. con tinues to increase. Mis. E. Kennedy was in Abbeville lest week visiting relatives. The Andorson County Alliance will meet in this city next Friday. Misa Eiise Mauldin has been veiling friends at Pickens and Easley. You will find interesting reading matte on every page of the Intelligencer. Wade H. Thompson, of this County, left to-day to re-enter Davideon College. Hon. I. G McCalla, Abbeville County's popular Senator, was in tha.city yesterday. Mrs. Dr. Burt Mitchell, of Westminster, spent last week in town visiting relatives. - E. M. Snipes has moved to Piedmont, where he hae opened a photograph gallery. Attention is directed to tbe new adver-, tisement of B. O. Evans ?fc Co. on tbe first page. Col. J. N, Brown, G. E Pdnce and J. W. Quattlebaum attended Court in Abbe ville last week. Mips Fannie Pinckney, who has been visiting her grandparents in Abbeville, hao returned home. The Stock Show at Honea Path takes place next .Taesday, 19th inst, and.prom ises to be a big success. If you are looking for some real bor gains, it will do you good tn read carefully the new advertisement of U. E. Seybt. "hat new advertisement of C. F. Jones &'Co will interest every reader this week, as It contains some substantial facts. Mr. R M. McAdams is clerking for the Yates Shoe Co , and will be more than pleased to have his friends call andseehim. We learn this morning that our friend, C. H Bailey, of Hall Township, is ex tremely iH at his home with typhoid fever. Our young friend, Thomas S? Maxwell, of Greenville, spent Sunday in town with hie parents. Greenville is treating him well. Tbe tax books open next Friday. Pay up as soon as possible and avoid tbe rusb at the last. There will be no extension of time Tbe H-trtwell *S't?/?. says: ''The health of Hart County ?h generally pood, but the Ss.vannah River is still confined to its bed." Mayor Tolly was quite sdck and confined to bis bed several days last week, but we are glad tostate that be is able to be out again. Rsv. J. J Neville and wife have return ed home from Seneca. Mr. Neville who wee quite sick at Seneca, is slowly im proving. Mr. A. T. Fripp, formerly of Columbia, has come to Anderson to make hia home, and will clerk in the shoe store of Fripp & Ligon. . The many friends of our venerable townsman, Capt. a. T. Broyles, will regret .to learn that he is quite sick and confined to his bod. ?* , ? Anderson is still the leading cotton mar ket in the State. Wo have numerous, buy ers, and there is always strongcompetiti?.a among them. , ' , Fioni present indications tbe laying of tbe eirtier stone of the new Court House will Httract a lurge crowd to ibu city next Wednesday. Mrs. Cora Ligon and Miss Eilleen Mauldin wont over to Spart?nburg last week to ppend a few days with tbe family of Dr. II "A. Ligon. Hon. A. T. Smyth and family, who have been spending tbe past several months at their summer home near Pendleton, have returned to Charleston. Mr. Harry C. Cashin, of Angusta, Ga.. came to Anderson last Friday on the sad mission of attending the funeral of his brother, Mr. E. T. Cisbin. That new advertisement of the Hill Orr Drug Co. calls attention to the fact that thev can supply yon with glass, paints, clover, grass seed, drugs, ifcc. D-. Win, F. Mercer, of Greenville, who make'-a specielty of tr"iit;Dg diseases of the'eye, ?ar, rose and throat, in spending 'his vver-k at tho Hotel Chiquola. Mr. M C. "Smith, an o'd Anderson County boy who now inr.kes his home in Savannah, Ga", is tip spending a short va- . cation with his relative-! and friend*. Our clever old friend. Mr. Wm. Calla ham, of the Piedmont section, was in the city yesterday and was :i welcome visitor to this Unce lie is holding bis own well. Mesera. Osborno Bolt, one of our pro gressive grocery firms, have purchased an excellent horse and a hundi?me delivery wapon, which they will use in their busi ness. Spartanburg Herald: "Mr. M. F Gambrell, formerly of Anderson, baa ac cepted a position at Herring's Furniture Store. He will move, bis family here next year." The police force of the city has been in creeaed by the addition of Mr. Sam. Payne, who was eheted by tbe City Council lust Friday evening. Sam. will make an effi cient c llicer. Louis W. Cary, a well-known cotton buyer, died at his home in Seneca last Suuday morning, after an illnesH of about ten days. A wile and two little children survive Lirn. (hirc'ever old friend. Mr. J. II. Simp son. of Pjedmont, was in the city last Sat day and gave us an appreciated call. He has been a subscriber to the InteLLIOEN cjbb since its first number. The persimmon and chestnut crops are iomiiig in. V?*e think the law should make a crime lo cul or destroy tithe r persimmon orcbettniii tree. Tbey are to ! valuxble oh aec miit of their Irtift. ? s : " newspaper rei*pblly said tbnl ? ' 'Mito g;:l spends much time curling li?r hair :r :; cilo-ed ?:' ! doss ?n couibi ' err. ?in,:j-ii.'' There i?. ,?= lot ofcurlm?: . . : , ,'l i) .?...?,. ? . I ?..! ' f, l) - : . ?? i - :. .' y are . ;Oicg ?" tbo Klondike themselves, but are irenitr-cd.to ft up any wh<< emitemp!ate-? rip to !?:::t '- .] > regi"ti We invito your attention to the new ad vertisement of "The Racket Store." Moore & Wallis, the proprietors, are live men, and they want your trade. This week t.ho^y quote some bargain prices. Tbo attention of the farmers especially is directed to tb<i advertisement of Brock Bros., who hav ? in stock a lot of the cele brated Syracuse Chilled Plows. They are also offering a fow ladies' bicycles at a sac rifice. Dr. O. M. loyle.of Seneca, died sud denly at Calhoun last Wednesday after noon of heart failure, aged 66 years. He was an era in en', physician and one of the most popular ind prominent citizens of Oconee County. The annual ft.il festival, or gala week, in Charleston has been postponed until, the week commencing December 13th, on ac count of the quarantine regulations. An derson County is always well represented at these festiva's. Mr. L L Vaughn, who is in charge of Bitientbal & IJicknrta original package establishment in this city, wcs arrested yesterday under the charge of violnting tl??' Dispensary law. The caso ia in the hni:d:i oi the Grand Jury, which will prob ably report ou it to day. Abbeville Press and Banner: ' Capt. G. M. McDavicI, a popular surveyor from Anderson County, is attondins Court He is a good lcdking, a clever fellow, and one of the best citizens of Anderson Coun ty. Wo may uucceed in inducing him to come and live f.rnongst us." Mr. E. D. McAllister died at his home in the Five Forks section last Wednss needay, after an illness of several weeks with typhoid fever, aeed 23 years. His remains were Interred tbe same day at Six and Twenty Church, Rev. Wm. "TJrown conducting the funeral services. Misses Carrie and Jessie Thompson, of Varennes Township, returned home last Thursday frone a two weeks' visit to Spar tanburg and Gaffney. They were much delichted with their visit, and say Gaffney is on a boom duce it has been made the County seat of Cherokee County. Rev. J. N. K. Sqmmerelli pastor of the Presbyterian Church, will r>o absent, from the city next. Sunday assisting in the in stallation of Rav. S. G. Maves as pastor of the Edgefield Church. H?r pnlpit will probably bft filled by either Dr. Bonner or 'Rev. F.'Y. Pnseley, of Dne West. Augustais keeping a sharp lookout for vellow fever refugees, and passengers on the C. ?fe W. C. R. R. are almost daily put off at wavside stations by quarantine officer, E. J. Hatcher, who is very Btrictand comes about thirty live miles into 8ooth Caro lina. Don't l?glect your certificate if you expect to get i:ito Augusta. The Liberty Beacon says : "We heard it said on the utreeto Monday that any one travelling: frori Piokens Connty to Ander son could tell the instant they struck tbe Anderson Coanty line by the so much better roads tbey encounter. This is a very sorry commintary on Pickeas County that ought to be remedied at once." Messrs. Dsan ifc Ratliffe desire us to say that they are too bU9y to write ads . but that inasmuch as tbey will have to sit up all night one light this week they will try to get in a new one for our next issue, in , which they will talk entertainingly on guano, of which tbey bave a com biete stock constan tly on hand. Keep your eye skinned ! It gives us pleasure to state that Camp W. W. Humphreys, 3ons of Confederate Veterans, of this city was the first in the State to send forwRrd its subscription of tec dollars contributed to the fund for erecting a monument to the noble Confed erate women of Sontb Carolina Every Camp in tbe State should settle its sub scription to this worthy cause promptly. Mr. Newton Oats, of the Easley section, weis it, the city last Saturday and was a welcome visitor to the Iktelli?encer office- Ele vas accompanied by his 11 year-old son, Jimraie. who was wearing a prBtty gold medal which he was awarded ieiit spring for being tbe most efficient orthocrapher in bis school. He is a bright boy and unu-uarly tall for one of his age. Toad H?tt hinson, a youns ne, ro. who lives in tbe northeastern suburbs of tbe cii;y, wentb^me Saturday night and got into a row r.kk bis wife, whom be pain fully cut wiih his pocket-knife in two or tbreo places. The police arrested bim Sun: di y rcoriiin?r aod locked bim up. The w: fe intends to prosecute bim after he serve3 his sentence from tho Mayor's Court in the city chain gang. Mr. S H Cobb, of Dacatur, Ga., has moved to Anderson and will engage in the bottling business. He is more recent ly fiom Greenville, S. C, where he bas been engaged in the bottling business with bis brother The gate3 of Anderson are open to all new enterprise', and all the power neede3 for machinery btandsready to be harnee?ed and brought to your very doors in any part of the city or its suburbs. The Augi.eta Chronicle of last Friday Bays : 4,Mr. and Mrs. William Laoghlin, of Anderson, S. C, are gueats of Mr. and Mrs. David Shaver, Jr.. if* their pretty new home at 1221 Greene street. Mr. Laue;hlin is one of the cleverest and one of the best known commercial men in tbe South. His wife ia a daupbter of the late Sylvester eckley. of Anderson, and is one of the accomniished and cultured wo men of the 1'almetto State " Mrs. Win nie Hem bree died at the bom?1, of her so ?. Mr. A T. Hombre?, in this city, last Tiiursde.y rnorninp, after a brief illness with dysentery, figed 7- years. That1 Rfteruopn the funeral service? were held at the residence by Rev. J. N. U. Summereil, after which the remains were narripd to dem Church and interred. Mre. Hembree hud long been a member of the Baptist Church, ?nd was highly es teemed by ber friends. She leaves two sons to mourn her death. Dr Theolore Monroe, of Union, S , committed suicide in Atlanta, Ga., last Sunday uij. it by cutting hia jugular vein with a small pocket knife. Dr. Monroe was one of 1 be most prominent physicians in his section, but for several years had been a vict m of hnth the morphine and whiskey habits. He bad pone to Atlanta to be treated for these habits. The deceas ed wa? tbe youngest son of the late Judge Monro?, and was born and reared in An derson. His many old friends here will regret to hear of his ead death. Tho Honea Path Chronicle of last Wed nesday says: The mill and ?innery of Hon. J. W Ashley, one mile south of this place, was destroyed by fire to day at, uoon. The hands had gone to dinner and it is supposed that tbo fire caught from the engine room, as the flames were brat seen in that portion of the building. Two bales of Reed cotton were burned and 4 bales of lint otton were badly damaged. Also a number of logs and some lumber were burned. There was no insurance on any of the property and Mr. Ashley's loss will be heavy " ? ? Inasmuch aa the report that Anderson ,,; y have ? negro Postmaster bas gained considerable circulation in some sections of this Comity, and perhaps oisfewhere, we would bti *.? thai this rppnri started from a j-?k-, [iur e and simple. Tbero are no pros 'pecta of a cn-:??.!? ai pre ni. and tm u'd a eba ? ? ? ::?? ?? ht . I! Andi rsoti is foriti DU : aOU; ?? .:? : '.Ve OU'.! .' t . 0 '?,!;;tO 1 ? publican t'l ;.' i ' and.integrityr.Avh?se ci. ? s c ??: ri har L!v ba overl ked. '. tro . , m A ?er* Pi ? ' bip W?! be discussed i : W ? ' i ? -. :' :? drawer . cur: i; i O?J :?i change u; .a?- '?>':? l? i? dHiioTT?t lo tei i how : ti of] ' !. '.,:':'? ; tire, i sniai !.? ?.?.?.. ; -quoEZod^through tuo i. ? Lars. >vb?i;!i a part o?' ;!io window ? frani '. end tin this boy :I;en opened the Iinck floor. It was found open next mora ine. In addition to this loss, the root of their store sprung a leak tho sanio night and H largo quantity of flour find otner provisions were soaked with water. Fripp Ligon, under the firm name of "Electric City Shoe Store," are the latest candidates for poDular favor in Anderson's business. They will open next Saturday in the old Postoffice bnildiDg on Whitner Btreet, which has been fitted up especially for their business. The arrangements of the store is convenient. Everything is compact. With the exception o?f a email wrapping stand facing the entrance, there are no counters. There will be seats and screens for the convenience of lady custo mers. These gentlemen will carry a com plete stock of foot wear.formen, women and children. By their advertisement in this paper, you will see that on 1st No vember they will have a drawing, and the one holding the winning numbor will be entitled to have his entire family fitted up in shoes. Road their advertisement and sen bow to secure tickets for the drawing. Col. Albi rt E. Boor.e, the prrjpetor of the Blank Diamond Railroad, and' lion. Y\"m. Kirbvvtbe Presi<33:it, will visit Anderson on Thursday, November-Idi, and present their plans und mprita of the Road to our people. The City Council mei last Friday and appointed tho following committee to arrange for the meeting : G. F. Tolly, J. L Tiibble, J..E. Breazeale, J. A. Brock. P. K. McCnlly, J. M. Sullivf.n, E. F. Cochran. J J. Fretwell. R. S. Bdll, S. M. Orr, J. R. Vandiver, M. L. Bonham, R. S. LigOD. W. C. Whitner, J. S. Fowler, J. D. Maxwell, J. C. Gantt, T. L. C'inkscales, sr., J. Belton Watson and Dr. W. K. Sharpe. A circular letter haa bten sent to Walhall?, Abbeville, Edgefield, Aiken, Barnwell, Hampton, Beaufort and Port Royal, asking that delegates from each of the towns named be tent to this meeting. These towns should not fail to be repre sented at this meeting, which will be a most important one. The announcement of the death of Mr. E. T. Caabin, which occurred at his boms in this city last Friday morning, was a great shock to his friends and acquaintan ces, many of whom did not know that he was seriously ill. Mr. Cashin bad been afflicted a-Ioug timo with a dheaseofthe kidneys, and two or three weeks ago, while in the country, got wet, which gave bim a severe cold, followed by erysipelas.' A we6k preceding his death he was forced to take bis bed, and gradually j;rew worse until death came to bis relief. On Satur day afternoon, after appropri ite funeral services conducted at home by Rev. G. L. Martin, pastor of tho First Baptist Church, of which the deceased bad been a member for several years, the remains were interred in Silver Brook Cemetery. Mr. Cashin was a native of Augusta.. Ga., and was about 00 years of age. In 1872 be came to Anderson to accept a position as telegraph operator at tbo Southern depot, which position'be filled for a ioDg number of years. A few years later be married Miss Ophelia Fant.'a daughter of Mr. . H. P. Fant, who with one son and three daugh ters are left to cherish his memory. In their sore bereavement they have the sym pathy of a wide circle of friends. Mr. Cashin possessed a cheerful, genial dispo sition, and had the confidence of all hie friend?, who deeply regret, his death. Mr. R. W. Pruitt, a fermar, living five miles south of Anderson, shot, and killed Tom Griffin, a negro laborer on bis place, between six and seven o'clock Monday morning. Griffin bore a bad reputation, having been sentenced to tho chain gang last June for a deadly assault upon another negro, and Pruitt, by the constant impor tuning of Griffin, paid his fine, and put bim to work. Tho negro was inclined to shrink bis dutioR^and on the morniog of the killing Mr. Pruitt reproved bim, say ing be might have to put tbo lash on him. This aDgeied the negro, and, with an oath, he picked up a stone weighing about two and a half pounds and hurled it at Pruitt, who turned just in time to receive it on bis back. Tne negro reached for another stone weighing fully three pounds, and, as be was in the act of throwing it, Pruitt fired. The negro wheeled and ran about fifty yards and fell dead. Prnitt immedi ately came to the citv and surrendered to the 8beri?f, anda Coroner's jury was drawn and sent to the place of the killing. J. W. Hawood, white, and Henry Allen, color ed, wero the only witnestes and tht??r testimony was in accord with the abovo facts. The Coroner's jury rendered a ver dict of justifiable homicide. Tho pistol ball entered the left birast and probably passed through the heart. Later in the day Mr. Pruict's bond was fixed atono thousand dollars, which w?* promptly given and he was set at liberty. Court is now in session here and the case may be tried this week, It is uudersiood that Mr. Pruitt is anxious to have trial. Since the above was written and put in type Mr. Pruitt, has been tried in the Court of Ses sions and acquitted. 0. & C.'s China Store. 0 ?' what beautiful china, So ??.ovely and daintily shown By Ivy in clusters entwining. O, Never was plass better shown. Kigbt Knightly they wait on the ladies, Never Seeming to tire one jot. Early Come ; boys and girls all are wel come, And in large or a very small lot, Laugh and sing ; be happy ; it suits tbem. Ejes and mouth, heart and hand ever true, Sure you'll get back all of' yonr money ? At 0. and C.'s Grand China Store. A Pries? Publie Auction Sale. One car-load of well bred borscs will be offered at public auction by Moore & .May. at Townvtll?. S. C , October 21. imo Terms cat-b. v Sullivan Hardware Co. never lire of telling their friends what they can do ior them in the way of bargaim. Read Sullivan Hardware Co's. ad. in auother column. ''It beats hob-tail" to hear Nim Sullivan give you a fow hardware facts. For a delicious ham ask your grocer for Armour's "Star Brand." Few a? good and none better. Brock Bros, have just received a solid car load of Syracuse Chilled Turn Plows. Sullivan Hardware Co. are selling at the rato of {,00 kegs nails per month at retail with wholesale prices. Doors, sash and blinds at Sullivan Hard ware Co's. very low down. Syracuse Plows stand the racket and do the work. They are the lightest, the strongest, the best. B: .ck Bros. Agent. It would pay yo.;. if you want one, to examine Sullivan Hardware Co's. guns. Great ammunition stock at Sullivan Hardware Co's. Buy a Syracuse Turn Plow and be con tent. They save your stock and save you money. Brock Bros. Car load Sludebaker wagons to arrive in a few day;-. J. S. Fowler. Money tn loan on real estate. Apply to Tribbio it Prince, Attorneys. Syracu-o Turn Plows arc guaranteed to furti better, run lighter and to throw upa higher terrace than an plow on the mar ket. Hrcck Ero?. Agent. T? r ni house and Ini on Welch Aven ue, ia >r a!o. S je J. A. Weiert. 11-4 Exarnic . : ?y s?i>:?k of buggiesVaud har ne* bili r.: buying, J S. Fowler; I; ; ; ?.>! know 6h?vw >rth - f Uio ' eheng -" abio ?i?i? ?' m ?i Mower? TheJahu ha i i . Yon r.boub? not ba wh ?'.oii? * S . ..?.? i.fJ i war ? 0). sell the Johnson, ??!-? drily ; bio sp ed Mow?r m :.:;?. proi f c?? un: " .?'?? i boga and insect? of evi: r descriatii ?. G. F. To?ly Son sell 1 bem.' :$~3:n. You can b.irgainsin buggies and bar besa ?! J. S. Fowler's; If y?? aro going to buy a buggy and harness 5: will pay you to examine my stock. ' " .f. S. Fowler. Before you Turn Tour Dollar Loose. Did you ever think five minutes where was the best place to buy. YOUR CLOTHING, YOUR SHOES, Did it not occur to you that Hall I lift ' Was the place, and, of course, you would Hke to know why ? Think over it awhile and see if you can't figure it out why they can sell you at a smaller margin. We respectfuUy ask you to call and inspect the best line of? , ' BOYS" M CHILDREN'S SCHOOL SUITS Ever shown in Anderson. Junior Suits, lleefer Suits, Middy Three-Piece Suits, Double Breasted Suits. All - made with Double Seats, Double Knees, Eiveted Buttons and Patent Waistbands, and warranted not to rip. _ ^ You can't afford to buy your boy a Suit without first see ing the famous Mrs. Jane Hopkins' make of Boys' and Chil dren's Suits and Pants. Seeing is believing. Come and inspect. Very truly yours'to please, WE HAVE IN Ladies Fine Shoes In the following numbers?2?, 3,3], 4, 4??that we will offer tbe trade at : : : ? and $2.00. We will give you your choice for 81.50.1 They are BAR GAINS. Call and see them. We have the latest Styles aud Colors, bought at prices that will GUARAN TEE the Trade the BEST GOODS the LEAST MONEY. OUR ALL WOOL BLACK SERGE J At 24c. is simply a beauty. OUR 54-INCH BROADCLOTH At 48c. beats anything ever sold iu Anderson Look at it. */ OUR LINE OF ROUGH EFFECTS In All Wool at 48c. beats the world. SEE OUR ALL WOOL PLA-lD GOODS At 2 c. / r . W.E ARE SHOWING a beauty IN JEANS At 10,?.,-loc. and 20c.- ! il.\ ve you seen o?r/r?d twilled flannel At. 1 (?>;<: 7 If not Ftop in and look at it. ?> '* Oh S ' ' S ?*? -'?^??.? ^ r? ?. .*>/*> tf.a ??a sas . in