Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Prosperity of the Northern larmer. To thc Editor of thc State: "The North is 150 years ahead of the South," said alarmer to me in western New York a few days ago. They plough two and three horses at a time and plough deep. They rotate in farming; the same kind of grain is not sowed in the same field the next year. They buy little or no guano. They make barnyard manure from their stock. They raise their own horses, (to a large extent) cattle, hogs and sheep. They raise chickens and eggs for the market. They sell milk and butter. They take their surplus milk to the cheese factory, convert it into cheese and carry the "whey" home for the hogs. A farmer said to me that he ".could not make money by selling grain, but he put his grain into cattle and got in return butter, cheese and beef : "I got $25 for a calf the other day that was tfot a year old. "We force quick growth by feed ing and caring for our cattle. This makes the meat rich, tender and juicy.M The farms are small. A large far mer is one that plants, about 125 acres or less. Thousands of the farmers only own 50 or 100 acres of land. This brings the population in touch and near neighbors. Churches and schoolhouses abound'and the farmer children are educated and Chxistianiz ed at home, and each family is pro tected by the either. The farms make from 75 to 100 bushels of corn to the aore. Wheat, oats, rye, barley, pota toes, etc., in proportion^ In western New York, near Lake Ontairo, a great deal of fruit, such as apples, peaches, pears and plums are grown. The far mers are now busy shipping this fruit to market. They do not depend on any one crop for money. They plant everything tha t the land can produce. Most all of th m grow vegetables, es pecially cabbage and "soldier pr Yan kee beana.", They make more money on beans than anything else. Im proved machines have taken the plaoe i of man'S hands. They need the brains and hands of men to guide them, and the work is done. Everybody works. The women do their own cooking and house work, while the men work on the farm. Nothing is wasted. They cook no more than they can eat. 'Dogs ure few and tfre pigs and chickens get the crumbs from the table. Time is precious and they know how to utilize every minute. "Make hay while the sun shines." "Strike while the iron is hot," are maxims that must have gotten their ongin in the North Said a farmer to me : "In the South, you can put off to day for to morrow and leave to-day's work un done, because you have plenty of time to do your work in, but here we can. only work about seven months in the year and spend the balance of the year fe diog sud caring for our stock. We can't begin io plough until the last of April and in December we have to house our cattle and horses. That is the reason you Southern people are so poor. You are lazy anyway and then you do not know how to work and save. We have to work hard for our living here and we know how to take care of it. I understand that it is a disgrace for a white man to work in the South. They let the negroes do the work and a white man will not work unless he is driven to it or com pelled by poverty." I told Him that if he lived in the South he would be as lazy as anybody else, and he would get negroes to work for him too if he could, and besides, he, a Democrat, would treat negroes just like Southern white people treat them. The houses for man and beast are most comfortable and spacious. In the timd of harvest, if the weather looks threatening, the people will go direct from the Church to the grain fields and save their crop. Wages are high for a 'good farm hand-$25 and $20 a month and board. Day hands $1.25 per day and feed. The ways of the North are different from those in the South. The laborer (all laborers are white) sit at the same table with his employer and eat with him. A white man in the South does not eat with his workman, even.though the servant be a white man. TheseNorth ern laborers think they are "just as good as their boss." Negroes cannot thrive in this part of the State of New York, and there is not one within 20 miles of East Kendal or Hamilton. Several Ger mans are settled here and prospering. Their women work in the fields side by side with the men. Ali live well and are happy if they can get beer to drink now and then. But they are good and quiet citizens and are wel comed among the Americans every where. The people here have had hard times for the last three years, as the wheat has been selling for GO cents a bushel. They blame Grover Cleve land for their sufferings and he and his administration is abused on all sides. "He ruined us and made him self rich. The government th.it should have been in Washington was moved to Wall street. New York, and run by the money sharks." said a farmer. JX. CARROLL. LJ- Nevada has a petrified tree over (>00 feet high and 60 in diameter. Told of Buck Kilgore. There are men in every quarte:: of the Union who will regret to hear of the death of Judge Constantine B. Kilgore at Ardmore, I. T. For eight years "Buck" Kilgore was a notable man ip Washington. In person he was the typical Texan. Above six feet tall, above sixteen stone in weight, above the average congressman in ability, above the average man in sincerity, straight as an Indian, and strong as an ox, "Buck" Kilgore was a marked man whereever he appeared. It was the kicking down of the doer leading from the legislative chamber to the house lobby that gave him notoriety. It was characteristic of the man. He wanted to go into the lobby ; the. messenger shut the door in his face. He knew he had a right to go into the lobby without asking the consent of Tom Reed cr any other man. He raised his foot, clothed in an enormous cowhide boot and kicked the door down and went his way. The notoriety that attached to him on account of the act was always distaste ful to him. Except Dick Bland and Amos Cum mings there was no more Democratic looking man in congress. The boys on the avenue called him "Buck,'1 and after he kicked the door down every gamin in Washington was am bitious to shine his boots. Many of them boasted of the honor who drew on their imaginations, as George TV. did when he claimed to have borne a conspicuous part in the battle of Waterloo. Kilgore did not have his boots shined every day. When he first landed he took rooms on C street, not far from the Capitol. Aiter breakfast he went out for a stroll. A colored boy proposed a shine^ "What's yourname?" asked "Buck. "George Washington/' replied the boy. "It's an honor I did not expect," rejoined Kilgore ; "you can pitch right in*" During the whole session "Buck" would walk half a dozen squares to give that boy the job of shining his boots. . ; During the war he was ordered home to assist in gathering up some desert ere. One evening about dusk he was [ out in the country in quest of a de- ' serter who had been off the "layout" i for a year. He was very hungry and very weary. He called at a house by J the roadside and there he found a j woman just taking from the spit a j nioely broiled chicken. The savor of j the fowl made him ravenous. He had ; a Mexican dollar in his pocket, which he had carried for years and to vhioh he was much attached, but he was bound to have that chicken and he pulled out the dollar and proposed a a trade-the coin for the fowl. The j lady said the chicken was for a sick friend and that she could not sell it. ! "But," she continued, "['ll jump you for it." "What do you mean ?" said "Buck." ] "I mean that ive will aee which can jump furthest from this doorsill out into the yard, and the one of us that \ beats shall have both chicken and I dollar." ' ! "All right; that suits me exactly," I said "Buck." The dollar was placed j on the dish beside the chicken and ' his gun was leaned against the wall by j the door, and "Buck" slung his arms \ and made a tremendous leap of over j twelve feet. He recovered with tiffi-' culty, and, when he turned to the door, J there was the lady with his cocked ' gun io her hands, with the butt against j her shoulder and finger on the trigger. "Now, you just flirt the gravel down that road, young man, or I'll I make buzzard's food of you before hell can singe a gnat," she ordered, j There was shoot in her eyes and "buck and ball" in the gun. So "Buck" "flirted , the gravel," his bosom swollen with impotent rage and his mouth overflowing with eloquent profanity. By this time it was dark. Over in a field "Buck" spied a ginhouse. He ! went to it and climbed into the loft, laid down on the floor and soon was fast asleep. After a time he was awakened by voices down below. He listened and made the discovery r.hat one was a female voice, and a moment later he realized that she was relating the "jumping" episode to ier com panion, who gave vent to peal after peal of -laughter. There were the chicken and his dollar which he could see by the light of the tallow dip. Peering about he saw his gun also. There was a big hole in the floor of the loft, and just as the man took hold of the dish to eat the chicken "Buck" plunged through that hole a-.d seized his gun. Before they recovered from J their astonishment "Buck roared j out: "Madam, you just flirt the gravel back home, and as for his ; gentleman he andi will flirt the gravel j to the office of the Provost Marshal, j He is the deserter I have been after , for a week." j There was shoot iu "Buck's" eye j now. The woman left. "Buck'- rc- ; covered his dollar, ate the chicken, and before midnight surrendered his prisoner to thc Provost Marshal, lt was worth a journey across the conti nent to hear "Buck'" tell the story. Conrh r-Journal. - The United States has 4,504.000 farms, averaging 137 acres. Famous War Horse. The noted white Arabian steed rid den by Capt. Nolan in the charge of the Light Brigade at thc memorable battle of Balaklava of the Crimea, was quartered for several years in the im mediate vicinity of Cincinnati, and died s.t a natural death at a ripe old age in the neighborhood of Morrow, 0. When the blundering order for the charge of the Light Brigade was given Capt. Nolan was in command. As the men charged into the "valley of death," .Nolan, on his conspicuous white Arab, spurred far in advance of all-a fine mark for a Russian rifle man. With his sword high uplifted and a cheer on his lips he was struck in the breast by a fragment of shell, thrown in the Russian's first dis charge, and instantly killed. His sword dropped fronuhis hand, but the arm retained its upright position and his left hand the bridle rein, as thc horse instinctively turned back, and galloped toward the brigade. As the files opened to let him pass an un earthly shriek rent the air, said by some to have been th last agonizing cry of Nolan, in a vain effort to turn the brigade from its impending doom, but thought by others to be the re sult of no human will, but due rather to those "spasmodic forces which may act upon the form when life has ceas ed." Straight, into the Russian guns, which were opened full upon them, dashed the brigade, and ? "then they rode back ; but not, not the six hun dred." The immense loss was "only counterbalanced," says one, "by the brilliance of the attack and the gal lantry, order and discipline which dis tinguished it." The. remnant of the Light Brigade was sent over to Quebec to recuperate, and with them Nolan's white Arab, with liwo slight saber cuts in his side. He carried the marks to.his death. After his master's death the horse was called Nolan. While in Quebec Lester Taylor, a wholesale cotton merchant of Cincinnati, purchased him and brought him to Cincinnati, where he shortly afterward sold him to August Le Broot. Le Broot was a Frenchman. The Le Broots owned a pretty summer house atSouth Covington, Ky., on the cliffs of Licking River, and now known as Dinmore park. Luxurious quarters were fitted up for Nolan. A French zouave was brought from Francs to care for him, and a handsome jet black stallion, called'Sultan, purchased in Algiers by Mr. Le Broot on one of his numerous trips to Eunspe. Nolan was a magnificent creature, fifteen and a half hands high, snow white, with mane and tail like strands of burnish ed silver, and nostrels like pink satin; fleet as the wind under the saddle the only use to which he was put with a . swinging, easy gait, most in viting to the equestrain lover ; high spirited, yet gentle withal as a fawn. Both Nolan and Sultan were regularly exercised in a ring laid out on one part of thc grounds for that purpose. So docile was Nolan that the two lit tle daughters of the house were much gwen to climbing upon his back dur ing this exercise. If either chanced to slip and fall beneath the feet of the horse while in motion he would stop instantly, and, with the zouave's cry to the child, "Tranquiel, tr&nquiel !" meaning be quiet, would, with rare intelligence, bend his head and care fully push the little one from his path. L On one of the ravaging expeditions of the Union troops stationed at Fort Mitchell, a few miles distant from the Le Broot residence, both horses were taken from the stables. Mr. Le Broot was away from home. Upon his re turn, with the impetuosity and deci sive action of the typical Frenchman, he started at once with thc zouave in hot ' pursuit of the animals. Some four miles from home he came across them, feathered and in charge of a subaltern. Le Broot covered the man with his pistols while the zo aave softly secured the horses. He then directed the latter to take them across the Ohio River, into Brown County, Ohio, he himself riding on into Cov ington, Ky., and straight to the old Planters' house, where the command ing officer of the troops, Gen. Stan hope, was stopping. There he defi antly challenged the general's inter ference in the case. Nothing came of the affair, however, and, after a time, %the horses were returned to their old quarters. Loath to dispose of Nolan, and not wishing to ship him to France, Le Broot left him for some months to the care of Col. Mason, finally pen sioning him to a farm near Morrow, 0.. where he lived his life out in peaceful retirement.-Cincinnati Com mercial Tribune. Iiucklons Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world 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- lt is guaranteedtogive perfect satisfac\ion, or money refund ed. Prise 25 cents pcrbox. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co - - mm - There is only uno objection to people who "mean well," and that is they never can sparc rime to m-ry out their meaning. All Sorts of Paragraphs. - When a woman weeps scalding tears she is boiling with rage. - It doesn't always take the ruffles out of a man's temper to irou him. - The man at the little end of the horn always manages to make himself heard. - No matter how early the bargain counter clerk comes he can't avoid thc rush. - The want columns of the daily papers prove that man wants a great deal here below. - It is better to remain ignorant than to acquire knowledge of things you shouldn't know. - The woman who thinks all men are angels had better remain single and nurse the delusion. - The trouble with the man who doesn't know anything is that he is always telling it to others. - When you investigate a grcw some tale you will usually find that it grew-some since it started. - After a man succeeds in printing one kiss upon a girl's lips it's an easy matter to run off a large tidition. - When a man knows his own im perfections he is just about as nearly perfect as it is possible for a man to be. - Two hundred Alabama farmers have pledged themselves to sow from five to twenty bushels of wheat this fall. - Some people are content with being up-to-date, but there are others who borrow trouble two or three years ahead., - A Massachusetts man, seventy two years old, was recently sent for two years to the penitentiary for steal ing three hens. - "^ven if there is no place like h<- that is no reason why a man should loaf around there instead of looking for work. - Cotton is king, though low in price. It is the leading export, beat ing breadstuffs, in the second place, by about $62,000,000. - One of the severest penalties to which criminals in Holland were in ancient times condemned was to be deprived of the use of salt. - The average number of novels issued 100 years ago in America and Great Britain was sixteen a year. ovr the average is two or three a day. - Miss Lucy Yendes says that the art of sleeping consists in making the mind a perfect blank before retiring. If that were infallible, a great many persons would be asleep all the time. - A check for $245,506 paid to thc London custom house for a cargo of 1,300 tons of tea is said in London to be the largest single payment for duties ever made in the world's his tory. -- England has but fifty-eight pris ons. Less than twenty years ago there were one hundred and thirteen. Ab solute uniformity prevails in them all in regard to diet, discipline and clothes. - "You see, my dear," said Mr. Younghusband to his wife, trium phantly, at 3 a. m., the other morning, "the moment I begin to sing to baby she is quiet." "Yes," said his wife; "she is easily frightened ; poor little thing." - To keep horses in health there io nothing like late and early feeding, says an exchange. The long night fast which is unnatural to the horse, who is a nocturnal feeder, is bad, and the going immediately into hard draught on a full stomach is worse. - "If I were to die> would you marry again ?" asked Mrs. Bickers to lier husband. "My dear," replied Mr. Bickers, "an able philosopher once said that no man should be called a hopeless fool until he hus made a fool of himself twice in the same way." # - About 1905, if you arc alive and can spare the cash, you can go around the world, in ?>V> days, for $500. New railway systems projected or near com pletion will accomplish that wonderful feat of transportation. The universe is becoming more and more neighborly. The flying machine will do the rest later on.-Augusta Chronicle. - A short time ago a gentleman took his little son on a railroad excur sion. The little fellow was" looking out of the window, when the father slipped the hat off the boy's head. The latter was much grieved at his supposed loss, when papa consoled him by saying he would "whistle it back." A little later he whistled and the hat reappeared. Not long after the little lad flung the hat out of the window, shouting :. "Now, papa, whis tle it back again !" A roar of laugh ter in the car served to enhance the confusion of perplexed papa. -"I can't see how any family lives without Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy," says J. K. Adams, a well known druggist,,of Ge neva. Ala., in a letter inquiring thc price of a dozen bottles, that he might not only have it for use in his own family, but supply it tolas neighbors. Thc reason some people get along without it, is because they do not know its value, and what a vast amount of suffering it will save. Wherever it becomes known and used it is recognized as a necessity, for it is thc only remedy that can always be depended upon for bowel complaints, both for children and adults. For sale by Hill- Orr Drug Co. Mills and Cotton. The State of South Carolina is still far in the load in the matter of the cotton manufacturing industry in tho South. Tho fact is, thia State has in operation more spindles this yoar thau any other of the tbirteon Southern States. North Ctr olina takes second place, though, as bei e tofore, Bho has many more mills thin either this State or Georgia, and Georp.ia takes third placo. A careful study ol the figures gotton oilt recently for this year by the Com mercial and Financial Chronicle and the New Orleans Cotton Ivxchange, shows that the movement of cotton manufactur ing enterprises to the cotton has been most marked during the past year. The figures include all mills started up during the year, all those continuing in opera tion having been previously established, and a few mills in operation only a por tion of the year. No account is taken of the many mills now in course of erection, which will be in operation within the next six months' time. According to the Chronicle's report South Carolina has 64 mills in operation now, operating 994,740 spindles, consum ing for the year 148,707,042 pounds of cot ton. According to the Exchange report South Carolina's cotton crop this y ar will be, in round numbers, 800,000 bales, of which the home mills will consume 32S.643 bales, or about 40 per cent, of the entire crop. Tho port shipments are put down at 270,228 baies. South Carolina has over 100.000 moro spindles in opera tion than any other of the thirteen South ern States and consumes over 20.000,000 pounds more cotton than any other Stsite in the South. North Carolina has 147 mills at present. There are 375 mills in the Southern States this year, having 3,197,545 spindles and using nearly 481, 000,000 pounds of cotton, against 352 mills last year with 2,770,282 spindles, using ap 430.543,330 pounds of cotton. Taking into consideration the fact that the North this year has but 13,000,1)00 cpindloo, and the total inorease ia the number of spindles in the United Staf.es amounts to 543,341, the showing cannot but attract attention, for of the 543,341 the South has 427,361/ These figures show beyond any question that, so far as the erection of new mills and the enlarge ment of plants is concerned, this work has been confined almost entirely to the Southern States. The Chronicle gives a few other figures of interest. The entire commer cial cotton crop is placed at 8,714,011 bales. Of this the North will consume 1,835,000 bales and the South 1,024,482 bales, the North using only 810,518 more bales than the 8outh. The entire cotton crop for this year in the States of Georgia, South Caro lina and North Carolina is 2,600,000 bales, the mills in these States consuming 813, 283. The percentage of consumption in these three States is 31.3: The Southern mills have 82,873 looms in addition to (heir spindles The New Orleans Exchange report says the average consumption per spindle of the Southern cotton mills for the year 1896 77 is 140.16 poundu. - He who is without enemies de serves no friends, and rarely has any. THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION. 18 Pages a Week. 156 Papers a Year, FOB ONE DULL AIS, The Thrice-a-Week Edition of THE NEW YORK WORLD is first among all weekly papers in size, frequency of publication, and the freshness, accu racy and variety of its contents. It lias all the merits of a great $6 daily at the price of a dollar weekly. Its political news is prompt, complete, accurate and impartial as all its read ers will testify. It is against the mo nopolies and for the people. It prints lihe news of all the world, having spe cial correspondence from all important news points on the globe. It has brilliant illustrations, stories by great authors, a capital humor page, com plete markets, departments for the iiiousehold and women's work and oth er special departments of unusual in terest. We offer this unequaled newspaper and the ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER together one year for $2.20. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedule in Effect JULY 4, 1897. STATIONS. ffi^ Ly. qiarleston.. 7 10 a m fcv7Co umbia."..". ll 00 * DI " Prosperity. ll pm " Newberry. 12 2 p m " Ninety-Six. } 2 p m Ar. Greenwoofl. 1 p m " Hodges.. _2.? .2JP. Ar.'Ahbcville '.. "._.. 2 55 p ni Aj\Bolton... a 10 p m Ar. Anderson.".. Jj 35 p m AnGre uvii o".L. 4 20 p m Ar. AtlantaJ5] .P_m. STATIONS. __..N "4_ Lv. GreenviUe. 10 30 a m " Piedmont. 10 55 o m " Williamston. H IS a m Lv. Anderson. ? ll 05 a m Lv7Bdton.*1 ] a m Ar. Donnalds.. ? - ? 12 03 p m Ly^Abbeville.?. . J^JL?! tvTHodg s. 12 ) p m " Greenwood. 100 pm .' Ninety-Siz. 1 g P m " Newberry. 2 5 p m " Prosperity. i 37 p m Ar^lumbla.?.j 3 50 p m Ar. Charleston.<*> P m gffilSS STATIONS: ~ j pjp JSttOpi T 10a" Evr.".'. Charleston.... Ari BOO]) 1100a 8~8 a!ll 30a| " .... Columbia." 3 35p 0 38p tt07a:l215p ".Alston." : 2 p 8 53a lOWa 125p! " .Snntuc." 125p 7 <flp 10 20a! 202p ".Union." 1 Oap 7 30p 10 80ft' 223pj " .... Jonesville .. " 12 2 p 0 58p 10 54a 2 87p " ... ..Paeolet." 12 lip 0 J7p 11 25a! 310p'Ar.. Sparenburg. Lvill 4oa 0 20p ll45u 383p Lv.. Spartanhurg. Arill 28a O p 2 45p: 7 00p Ar.. .- Asheville.LyJ 8 20a 3 'Kp "P," p. m. "A," u. m. Trains 0 and 10 carry elegant Pullman Bleeping cars between Columbia and Asheville, enroute daily between Jacksonville andCincin UlTraiii3 leave Spnrtanburg, A. & C. division, northbound. 0:37 a.m., 3:47 p.m., ti: 18 p.m., (Vestibule Limited); southbound 12:20 a. m., 3:15 p. m., ll :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., (Vestibuled Limited) : southbound, 1:25 a. m., 4:20 p. m., 12:30 p. m. ( Vestibuled Limited), l'ullnmn Service. Pullman palace Bleeping carn on Trains 35 and 86, 37 lund 38, on A. and U. division. W. H. GREEN, J. M. GULP Gen. Superintendent, Traffic M' 'r, Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C. W. A. TURK, S. H. HARDWICK. Gen. Pass. Ag't. As't Gen. Pass. Ag't. Washington. D.U._Atlanta, Qa. MRS. MOLLY KEYS, proprietor of the noted and popular Keys House, which haBsucha wide reputation with the traveling men, a< well aa her many boarders, who are always anxious for meal-time to come to i-atisfy the necessities of the inner man, is now better prepared than ever to serve them with the best of every thing, as she hss just purchased of me one of the best and handsomest PENINSU LAR STEEL KA Si GES that bas ever been sold in the South. It has twelve holes on top. t Mr. Jim Riley, proprietor of the Riley House, has purchased one of the same kind. " Below I give you names of some of the many sold. Every one guaranteed. No pay required if they do not work satisfactory : Robert M. Russell, Dr. Lander, Walter T. Jones, A. T. Newell, W. P. Eerke myer, J, E. Kelley, J. J. Spearman, Mrs. T. N. Spearman, W. B. King, Reuben Wat kins, W. B. Taylor, Doy Thomas, J. W. 8haw, Mrs. W. A McFalJ. Mrs. Eva S. Murray, Tom Cox, Christy Hanks, J. W. Hunnicutt, Juo. B Leverett, R. H. G/iines, G. E Smith, Jno. T. Long, J. M Hughes, Dr. Chas. Davant, C. M. Findly, 5. W. Williford, Alberts. Bowie, Mrs. Sarah Pullen, W. J. McCluer, E. C. Pr vost, E. M. Stone, Mrs. E. T Cashin and many others. I continue to handle the best and cheapest cast Stoves, such as the Iron King, 'Simo, Ruth and Liberty at prices as low as cotton. Give me a call. Respectfully, JOHN T. BURRIS!* WILL BB SOLD AT PUBLIC OUTCRY. THE Valuable Plantation known ss "The Pr vost Pises/' situated four mile i vest Anderson, containing 877 sores, bas been re surveyed and sub divided into smaii Tracts, and we now offer it for sale on essy terms to approved phrchaier*. Pun haser to pay for papers : TRACT NO. 1-Sold. . TRACT NO. 2-Sold. TRACT NO. 3-Known as the Mill Tract, contains 102 acres. TRACT NO. 4-Adjoins Tract No. I and lands of Est. of Rev. Thoa. F. Gadaden E. W. Tsvlor snd others, and contains 154 acres. TRACT NO. 5-8old. TRACT NO. 6-Sold. TRACT NO 7-Sold TRACT NO. 8-Sold. Having disposed of all bot two Tracts of the above we will offer them to the high est bidder SALESDAY IN DECEMBER, if not sold privately before that time. Terms-One-third caBh, balance in one and two yeats, secured by note and mort gage of premises. . > ' SLOAN & VANDIVER. LET'S HAVE SOME FUN! We propose to give away absolutely for nothing, the following Presents on 15th i January, 1898: i : : : : : : : i ; Present No. 1, one barrel Standard Granulated Sugar. Present No. 2, one barrel best Patent Flour. Present No. 3, ten pounds fine Rio Coffee. Present No. 4, ten pound box good Chewing Tobacco. Present No. 5, one pair Men's Fine Shoes. Present No. 6. one pair Ladies' Fine Shoes Present No. 7, one Fine Decorated Bowl and Pitcher. Present No. 8, one Set Fine Decorated Plates. Present No. 9, one Fine Decorated (covered) Dish. Present No. 10, one Set of Fine Cups and Saucers. The person who guesses, or comes nearest to the number of Bales of Cot ton received and weighed by the Sworn Weighers in Anderson from Sept. 1st, 1897, to Jan. 14th, 1898 (inclusive), will receive Present No. 1, and the next nearest guess, Present No. 2, and so on through the list. Every one who trades with us will be entitled to a guess for each dollar's worth of cash i;ooda purchased from us between now and 31st Dec. next r guesses to be mad : and dated on day purchase is made ; in case of a tie, the guess bearing earliest date to count first. Guesses to be deposited in a locked tin box ; Mr. J. R. Vandi ver, Cashier F. & M. Bank, will hold key until 15th Jan., when he and Mr. W. T. W. Harrison (cotton weigher), will award the presents to the best guessers. We will not add one cent to the price of our Goods, but will sell yon (foods as cheap as yon can buy elsewhere, and somebody will get the presents that we will give away for absolutely nothing.. If yon get one, it will be a clear gain to you. If we don't sell you Goods cheap, don't buy them. This is the most liberal offer ever made by a merchant in Anderson, as we propose to giv ; yon value received for every,dollar spent with us. Guess early and often ! """ D.P.SLOAN. Anderson, S. C., Sept. 29.1897._ STOVES.STOVES.STOVES! Michigan Stoves, Times Sioves, Capitola Stoves, Garland Stoves, Heating Stoves, Large Stoves, Small Stoves, In fact, the BEST and CHEAPEST STOVES are on exhibition and for sale bj the NEW FIRM of OSBORNE & CLINKSCALES, B. 0. EVANS' OLD STAND. They are making quite a reputation now by selling Crockeryware, Glassware, Woodenware, &c., AT SUCH LOW PRICES. fi f Remember, they have the only TINNER in Town with eighteen years ex perience, and who can make anything in his line' Just let him do one job or ROOF ING and GUTTERING for you and you will have no other. P. 8.-All Notes and Accounts due Archer & Odborne are now payable to us. OSBORNE & CLINKSCALE8. o < to 0 og Ag g li % Sf- ! i 0* td Eft S3* d a B co WATCHES ! WATCHES, WATCHES, 3 have the Largest Stock in Upper Carolina. One Show Case seven feet long filled with nothing but. GOLD, SILVER AND NICKEL WATCHES, At Prices that will make you Buy. IF you want a Watch I am the man to sell you, and will save you money every time. guarantee every Watch I sell to give entire satisfaction. A beautiful line of Gold Rings, Silverware, Clocks, Jeweiry, &c. Tho prettiest line of LADIES* WAIST SETS in the City. fS* Promptness in everything. EiNGRAVING FREE. WILL. R. HUBBARD.