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BYCLINK8C?.LES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOYE MEE ll 10, 1897 VOL. XXXIII.- NO. 20 B. 0. EVANS & CO., OUTFITTERS TO MEN. The plain, simple Truth as told "by reliable Clothing People. WE have the cleanest, newest, nobbiest and most stylish Clothing and Furnishings in the City ! This is the verdict of good Clothing buyers. As to prices-well, we sell them, but not at Cost. Don't have to. Our prices make them sell. However, we guarantee prices SB low as any mortal man. When it comes to t?its and Style and Quality we are head and shoulders above ali others. Men's Suits-not shoddy-95.00. Pure wool goods, worth any man's time to look at. $7.50 Men's Suits. Well, to be straight, they are worth more money, but we sell them close. Styles and Patterns equal to the finest, iu Plaids, Stripes, Broken Plaids, and our Flannel Bine and Black French Worsteds (?7.50) as good as money can buy. S10.00, 812.50 and $15.00 Men's Suits. , The proper thing io wear is a three or four button, round-cut Sack, in rough effect; also, in smooth-finish Plaids, tailored up to the standard. Specials in $18.00, $20.00 and 822.50 os correct in styles as an artist can make, aud as perfectly tailored as human hands can construct. Boys' and Children's Suits. Well, we take a back seat for no one. Stvle, quality, workmanship and grace of fit are very conspicuous in every taraient.' Stetson Hats Have Brains in Them Yes, there are brains in Stetson Hats-brains in making them and brains in wearing them. New Fall Styles in Stiff and Soft Hats on sale. It's a wise head that wears a Stetson Hat. We have them at all prices. When you buy a Hat of us it's right. We are on the lookout for every one that docs not give satisfaction. These cool mornings call for something else-Woolen Underwear. We are the people. Suits from 81.00 to $5.00-the finest that's made. . Our $2.00 Men's Shoes still worries competitors. Comparisons solicited. 0 FvflflQ?.ffl ? Um Li l uiiij %A VAr? RED FiiOIsTT. " PREPARE FOR WAR IN TIME OF PEACE !" Buy your HEATING STOVES before Gold Weather. W'S nave a large line of Air Tight Wood Heaters, of Coal Heaters, of Open Grate ' Heaters, and of Box Stoves that we are offering at LOW COTTON PRICES We nave left a few TBA. SETS and DINNER BETS. They must be sold, so be nure get out prices before buying. Wo have an elegant U?e of JARDINIERS. See them and you will be satisfied with tba price. TIN WATER SETS. GALV. WATER &r *S, SNA ME LED WATER SETS A >&rgs stock on hand so save money by seeing thea before buying. LAMPS from ibo. each to ?C00. Some beauties with Shades for only 85c, If you have never traded with us just call and be shown through our Stock and satisfy yourselves that we are in the business to stay, if a large Stock, fair treatment sad LOW PRICES bas anything to do with it. Remember we have Tin ware, Cook St o ves, Crockery, &c. Yours for Trade, OSBORNE & CLINKSCALES. Realizes tliat the low price of Cotton drives people to rigid economy, hence our extremely LOW PEICES ! Boys" Suits4, formerly $1.00 now 75o. Boys' Suits, formerly $1.50 now $1.25. Boys' Suits formerly $2.00 nbw $1.45. Men's Suits formerly $5.00 now $3.75.. . Men's Suits formerly $6.75 now $5.25. Men's Suits formerly $9.00 now $7.00. v ? MILLINERY, MILLINERY. At prices to meet the present decline in Cotton. 1 Ladies' Sailor Hats from 10?. up. Ladies' Trimmed E?ts, usually sold everywhere 'for $2.00-our price now $.1.25. . ' . I Ladies'Capes, worth 75c, now 50c. Ladies' Capes, worth $1.25, how 98c. Ladies' Capes, worth $1.75, now $1.25. You can save frota .15 to 30 percent by patronizing- 0 14 Brick I^ge, West side Public Square. L. GEISS ERC, Proprietor. STATE NEWS. - Miss Josephine Mears, of Beau fort county, who has just passed her i eleventh birthday, weighs 116 pounds, i Twenty deep wells havo been driven in Blackville recently. Tho deepest goes down 150 feet and all ' furnish pure water. 1 - A. Golden-beaded eagle, which measured 7 feet 4 inches from tip *o ' tip of wings, was killed near Kelton in Union county, last Thursday. (-Dr. J. W. Hudson, of Mayes- ? ville, sent a keiffer pear to the News and Goitrier the other day which weighed 32A ounces, and also said that he had another which weighed 33 ounces. - The papers speak of an old Bible being found in the low country, by a negro, which was printed in the year 1736. In the Chapman family of New berry there is'.one much older. It bears the date of 1613, and is perhaps tue oldest Bible in the State. It is of the King James version. - The Pinck?cy Phosphate failure in Charleston is in a great muddle. Mr. Barber, attorney for the State, ' does not know how the matter stands. It is said that there aro 23 lawyers engaged on the case. Before thc mat ter is settled, the creditors will be assessed to pay the lawyers. - The Abbeville, Pelzerand Pied mont B. B. people had a meeting at Donalds, S. C.^ last Wednesday. W. C. McGowan, L. W. Parker and Joe McCullough were elected a committee to apply to the Legislature for a charter. If they obtain it and the Seaboard people come up to the rack as they should, then the road will be an assured fact.-Pelter Herald. - Perhaps the oldest person in Ocor/ee county was Bed Henry Cleve land, a colored man, who died on Mr. L. G. Gaston's place, near Westmin ster, on Wednesday, October 27th, 1897, aged nearly one hundred years. In ante-bellum days he belonged to Mr. Thomas B. Shelor for fifty or sixty years. He was a faithful ser vant, and since freedom has been a quiet and humble citizen. - On last Sundav afternoon Mr. James" Smith, of Chappells. received a pistol from a colored man named Lindsay, who had borrowed it for him to go on a journey, when, on letting the hammer down, after extracting the only t wo balls supposed to be-in the pibt.nl it exploded, hitting Lindsay in the head and killing him. Magis trate Day h'_id an inquest, the result ci which was. that the deceased was accidentally killed.-Newberry Ob server^ - David ChaviB* living about four miles from North accidentally shot his sister, Bosa, with a pistol one day last week from the effects of which sn'e died on Thursday, It was a very sad accident, thc victim of which was only fifteen years of age. Major G. W. Dannelly. acting as Coroner, held an inquest over the remains o? the unfortunate girl. The evidence shows that Chavis wes in the aot of putting up his pistol when it was discharged. -Orangeburg Time*. - Bud Mastars, who lives lives at Bock postoffice, tried to commit sui cide last week. He shot himself through the left hand with a 38 oalibre pistol, the sound of which was heard by some one near by, who at once went to learn the cause of the shoot ing, and when he reached him Bud was searohing for a razor to out his throat. He was overpowered and ear ned to Dr. J. M. Crenshaw, who dressed the wound on. the hand. He is doing very well at present.-Pickene Journal. - Mr. Henry G. Anderson, a farm er, met with a very serious acoident at Fort Lawn. He was at Hough and Barnett's gin, which is so constructed that the cotton bales after being paoked are dumped onto the ground Prom an elevated platform. Mr. Anderson was walking beneath this platform when the hands turned loose & bale of cotton. The bale fe!! cn him and broke his back, instantly paralyzing his lower limbs. The hands gave the customary warning but Mr. Anderson, being somewhat hard of hearing, failed to heed it. -- The engineering corps under W. B. Crenshaw, engineer-in-charge,, which made tho preliminary survey from Dover to Cynthiana, will return lo Dover about the 25th inst., and af ter surveying the Dover bottoms and surrounding hills, of which a map will be made, will lay out the line where :hc steel rails will be laid. Several Dovev boys are. with the corps and it viii be welcome news to them to learn ;hey will be returned here instead of ?oing ahead on the main line. Thc Slack Diamond will by that time have lix surveying corps in the field-one tere, two on the Vincennes lino, one >n the Indianapolis line, one in Ohio ind the bridge corps. And don't for ;efe it-Dover led the way.-Dover Ky.) News. - Phyllis Pitts, colored, was killed it her home about half a mile from Turkey creek church last Monday tight. She was a witch-doctor, con urer and fortune-teller. White and daek alike went miles for her treat cent and many supposed that she had i good deal of money. There was a ragon load of white people at her louse Monday to get medicine. Some tmes whito people from the cities of Anderson and Greenvillo went to see ter for medical aid. She did not aka her own medicine bnt employed >r. Carlton, a skillful physician of )ooalds. Magistrate Martin began he inquest Tuesday morning put ook a recess until to-day. It seems hat the woman was beaten to death rith a shovel, a skillet and a frying ian, and tho party who did the deed as not'yet oeen found.-Abbeville \fedium, 4th inst. Future Course of Prices. In the belief that it will be found of interest to our friends, wo quote tho following from the circular of Messrs. A.. J. K. Laudauer & Co., of Liver pool, issued under date of Lilith of Dctober. These authorities estimate the current crop at 10,000,000 bales. The problem which we presented in our last circular letter wo recommend again for your deliberation, adding thereunto that the decline since then has been id. for winter positions, and 5-16d. on spot quotations; to-day's values being 31d. for Jan.-Feb. deliv ery. We stated at the time that tho anticipated large movement would con tinue to have a depressing effect on the market, and until we reached a point where we could approximately estimate the supply, thc price of cot ton was but a question of "senti ment." Let us now argue the posi tion from a very conservative stand point, and ask the question, Do pres ent prices discount a 10,000,000 crop? (by which wo mean a commer cial crop). First we have to deal with the smallest visible and invisible sup ply for years past which existed on tho iirst of September, indeed so much so, that even in America many mills had to st?p working for want of sup plies, a circumstance which has not happened since the AmericAn war. In Europe, both in England and on thc Continent, many spinners were ham pered for want of cotton; in other words, the total visible and invisible supply was probably i,250,000 less than on the 1st of September, 1804. We take that season as a criterion, foi it was during tho early part of thc Spring of 1805 that we experienced very low prices. Next we must take the requirements which we gave in our last circular letter, viz.: 9,300, 000 as a minimum for the present season, and iu order, that stocks at thc mills and in the various markets should come up to thoso of ordinary Beasons (even leaving 1805 out of play] wc must set aside out of the present crop at least 600,000 bales for thal purpose. As a matter of course thif 1)00,000 bales will be needed shouli prices remain for sonic time to com? at about thc present basis. The onlj question on which we may be at vari ance with you is inc size of the pres cnt crop; you may hold that the yicli of the present crop will ultimately turn out"2U0,000 to 300,000 bales mon than we think it is. On this point i would bo useless for us to argue, fo the reason that the world has bcei discounting a crop of 101 millions am even more, for months past; it ha operated on that basis, and it be comos very difficult for UH or any bod; else, at the present stage of th Beason to convince it otherwise. W< have laid great stress in our last tw circular letters on thc date of the fros and we have,,as you will no doub have observed, made due allowanc for the same| nut we repeat to yo that whilst on the other hand a fin open fall such as we experienced i ISO*-95 may add a great deal to th crop, it heeds a favorable season pre viously to make a fine, plant. W state emphatically that the yield pe acre in 1894-95 was a phenomenal ont from the fact chat from tho early stai to the finish there was ample rain an sunshine; in fact a magnificent grov ing season created a fine plant folio we by an extraordinary fine and open fa and unusually late killing frost. O the other. hand we experienced thi season a bad and late start, and ba tied with drought, off and on, froi one section to another. It is quit brue that we are dealing with a large acreage this season, but even with thi it requires au exceptionally fino seaso bo ?ive ixs a y feld bf even. 10,000,001 Having said this much on the quel tion of supply and demand,' it r< mains for you now to look at the get eral? conditions -of trade in so far t bhey affect the price. The Manchester trade during tl season of 1894-95 until Februai showed great depression. On tl Continent a good deal of short tin was going on, and in America fi nanci; troubles from time to time were pr? iominant. This season, in the tv, former countries, trade is by no meat brilliant, yet it its superior to that < 1894-95, whilst in America we nee scarcely hold up a comparison, ye being able to judge as well as we can yet cotton was unduly denressed i 1894 up to February, 1895, for n >ther reason than that speculation wi lormant; but once it came in, eve when the visible supply was immensi prices gradually rose 2d. per lb. to tl following fall. This was caused chic y by cotton having gone below tl mee of production, and wo haven loubt in our mind thal if prese: irices should be maintained or eve ;o lower for some time to come, tl tame state of things will occur befoi dug, only with thc difference that w ?hall not go quite bo low, and thnt tl: eaction will show itself much carliei These then are the views wo hold vhcther the market will go lower ye s simply a matter of sentiment for thort while at least, until such tin is there are signs pf the movement j Vmerica decreasing. Our advice thc o spinners is to lay in supplies au tot to wait for the lowest point, whic if ter all nobody can foretell. Ali v io know is, that cotton is cheap eve m a 10 million bales crop, and that s simply a question of time when co on will reassert its strength. It wi ie then that both Trade and Specul ion will cuter and buy " heavily, rill be then when those who are sel og their cotton require to buy thc ledges. It will be then when tl 'shorts," as in ? 180-1, will be cager my back their contracts and \ 'long," and finally it will bo th( rhen most people may say, as hi Iways be?n tho case before, "Cotti rent too low," and all bull argumcn rill become predominant. There, 3H we have stated bofore, ure our views ut present, (tho same arguments wo made in the fall of 1891) but unfortu nate then the 10J million crop esti mates and even above, on tho top of a large visible and invisible supply, were passing before us like a phau tom. You know the result. Tigers Rampant. COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 'A.- Govern or Kllerbe to-day released the four wagon loads of liquor sent by O'Con nor, of Augusta, to Laurens. Ile says ho had to do so upon the orders of Judge Si mon ton. Tho liquor can not bo further interfered with under thc orders. Governor Ellcrbe says that, en couraged by Judgo Simenton's decis ions, the blind tigers are rampant in the State, and that he is receiving many complaints and is doing the best he caa to stop them.-Special (<> Greenville. News. Not Till April. COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. ;">.-Govern or Kllerbe to day received a telegram from Attorney General Barber advis ing him that the appeal in the origi nal paekage case would not be heard at this term of the Court in Rich mond, as counsel for Kerst would not agree to a case. By the refusal to let tho ease como up at this time the original package people can not be disturbed, as there will be no Court to appeal to until next April. The outstanding decis ion of Judge Siuionton is final for the present, and matters will likely jog along until tho General Assembly meets.-Sjiecial to Greenville Neice. Georgia Prohibition Killed. ATLANTA, GA., November 5.-The Georgia Senate to-day defeated a measure, which, if passed, would have had tho effect of making Georgia a prohibition State. Thc hill has been pending in thc Legislature since last year, and had been exhaustively ar gued, lt has consumed threeways in the Senate, and to-day Senator Atkin son, a Baptist minister, who is a mem ber of the Senate, made a strong ap peal for thc measure. He was in fa vor of modifying it so that beer and wines might have been left not sub ject to its provisions. Tho vole un the bill was 18 to 23. It is under stood that tho majority against thc passage of the bill would have been proportionately much greater in the House if the measure had ever reached that body. Bold Robbery. SPABTANBUBG. S. C., NOV. 3.-Just after dark to-night, one of the boldest robberies ever known, occurred at Welford, ten miles from this city. A man came to the house of Albert Ballenger, a prominent merchant and farmer, and asked Mr. Ballenger to go to the store as he wanted to buy some goods. Mr. Ballenger was eating sup per, and after finishing went with him. The man bought a bill of goods and gave Balleogcr a $20 bill. Mr. Bal lenger went to his safe for the change and while there making the change, having the safe open, he was dealt a blow on the head which crushed his skull. Another man who was pres ent joined the robber and after louting the safe, looked the door and walked out. It was several hours before the robbery was discovered. Mr. Ballen ger is still unconscious. The two men escaped. Blood hounds have been sent for.-Greenville News. Hold Cotton. NEW ?OBK, Nov. 8.-Walter T. Miller, treasurer of the New York cot ton exchange, who returned from Europe a few days ago, made the fol lowing statement to-day concerning the cotton market abroad: "I found the general situation with regard to trade and commerce favora ble and by no means unsatisfactory, as I understand has boon the impres sion in America for the past month or two. Certainly in England and on the Continent just thc contrary was the case. As to the pricer, of manu factured goods, of course buyers de cline to buy long stocks as long as the South persists in offering cotton down. When enough of the cotton is market ed to relieve the producer, and he feels able to hold some cotton, buyers of manufactured goods and traders in cotton will probably bo anxious to in vest in both." - The Abbeville-Greenwood Mutu al Insurance Company has applied for a charter. Thc company will insure against fire, cyclones and tornados. BED WETTING is rarely the fault of children. They can't help it, because they are too young to ex ercise the will power of r. grown peraon to arise ont of sleep wbeu troubled with Irritable Bladder or Weak Kidneys. Paren ta can help and prevent lt, so they tell us in their letters, because it can be CURED. I procured a box of your Sparagus Kid nev Pills, as one of my children was .filleted with kidney troubles. Ile is now rapidly improving from yonr nilla. I have no doubt your medicino will be of incalculable good to thousands. ? . C D. POTTER, Ed. and Pah. The Shelby County Demo crat, Momphia, Tenn. HOBBS Sparagus Kidney Pills. Bonus REM KUY oo" pRopantTOBB. COICAS? Ur. Hobbs rills For Salo lr, ANDERSON, S. C., by WILIIITE <k WII.HITK, Wholesale and Bo tail Drugglits." 89 Public Square c-wurr WE ARE THE FEEDERS. HAVING bought the Stock and good will of TC. H. Poore ds Co. we kindly ask your attention to the fact that we are "The Feeders of the People." Our mar ket is supplied with the very best Meats than money ean bny-BEEF, PORE, MUT TON, FISH, OYSTERS, CHICKENS, SLICED HAM, BREAKFAST BACON, by the piece or ali ced. Mr. J. C. Nally has eharge of our Fresh Meat Department, and will look after the wants of our customers with the greatest care. . ? Our Vegetable, Fruit and Grocery Department is presided over by quiet and hon est Manie Fant. In addition to the above we have opened a Citv. Dining Room and Restaurant, where regular Meals will be served from 12 to 2. Before and after these hours the Restaurant feature will prevail, where the nicest Fish, Oysters, Birds, Steaks, Hams, &c., can be had at all hours. . Mr. Ly et h. has Bpent the greater part of his lift; in the Hotel and Restaurant bus iness, and knows how to cater to the appetite of hts fellows. This Store will be ruu m a High Class Storp, where everything will be conducted on stictly legitimate aud business principles. Very respectfully, BUTLER & LYETH, MANAOBRS. W. lt. LYETH, Manager Restaurant. M. L. FANT, Manager Grocery Department. F. M. BUTLER, Back Number. When Cotton is worth 5 l-2c, and everybody , is talking about hard times, io when our i trade is best. WHY IS THIS ? Men and Women who arc looking for a place to make a dollar go furtherest. Oar Prices are paralyzer?. They are strictly in li fie with Five Cents Cotton ! - All we ask is a - t Comparison of Prices with any House in the City. If we can't save jon from 7 to 15 per cent on STAPLE DRY GOODS, SHOES and GROCERIES, We don't ask you lo buy from us. Yours truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO.