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LOCAL NEWS. WT.DNKShA Y. NOV. 17. ISJ?7. Speech ot Cul. Wilson. Tho following is tl.i' speech dolivorod hy Col. Duncan Wilson; of beaufort, s. c., al tho m oct i n.-j hold in tho interest of tho Illack I'iamond Railroad io tlii? city (.ti UK- < \ ? mug "f tin? -Uh inst.: Mi: ' u- (j'?ttllcitu'H ?V'M / ..,;/, . , ' Wo como to you from tho salt v..i-' !- . !' !!.<. South Atlantic and frOu) '!.. ?sliiml.s (If lh?.< which tonier <>:ir ...'.II SI uto 'tl Suilh Carolina WO cona (Vom ti... lt ya' port, with its deep \\ ;......!.? 1 '.?ii: ii'hiUi harbor, where the na vic* ol ... v. :. i . ?ii i.<l" at anchor. WV )!.i< : . . .. t ('nnviutlon ;irnl n> \vivb you ? ?.vi sp.svsl in Ihn gnat limier lakitpj; which .- before y? ii ibo building ol'th'.? {Slack I 'iamond I tai h oad Inno tito great coal lie!-1- ol' :.;n> Smith to til? Smith At ?anti'-. Tin' coal industry m our Southon) country l u' iii its infancy, and it is tho power which ha*, moved tho world. W hat would Great isrilaiii and America have beeil without l heir coal? lt mada tim mighty n^e "i steam possible and has been the means ol building up now mn pires and spreading civiliz-ttioh HM noth ing else could do. There i-> io mineral which has .?..ni- KO Ul null lor man. lt gives employment lo nu anny of minora, and iii every ? i 'ilpaiJon wlioro mach?n ory ?* used hoi many hundreds ami thou-omds uro depending on ita ampio Nupjily. A sill'?.- or delay a', tlc c*oal 111 i : : r - occasions '.li" greatest anxiety to thousands tam?lica throughout th? world in almost overy blanch of ir ons try. It ts not only <>n laud that coal holdalls away o ii civilization; it la, in thia ugo, tho monarch of tho ocean, ami in overy clime ami every scathe tim en tiro commercial aud naval world is depending on this wondorful mineral which is so common and HO valuable, tbo output of which is increasing with such wondorful ?tridas. Tho coal areii of tho Un (tod States is es timated to bo betweon two and throe hun <h-cl thousand aquro milos, and all in the world put together dooH not exeood four hundred thousand square milos. Ko that our country contains more than ono-half ol' all the coal territory of the universe Great Britain claims to havo 12,000 square miles within her bord?is, which showa that this wondorful country of oura pos Hesses twenty times moro coal territory than Groat Britain. The coal fields in tho eleven 8outhern States comprise nearly one-half of all this immense area in this country, and these great deposits huvo scarcely been touched UH yet. Hut tho demand is Htesdily grow ing, and tho mining of coal and the man ufacturing ol' iron is moving on at a moro rapid rate thai: is generally known. \t\ 1880 tho eleven Southern States mined six million, live hundred and twenty-nine thousand, eight hundred tons of coal, or about l l per cent, of the bituminous product of tho country that year. Sixteen years later, in ISUl?, the same States produced live times as much, or :t3,17.">,00i) tons, which was 25 per cent, o? all coal rn inna in tho country that year. England mined over two hundred mil lion tons last year and supplies all the countries of tho world that require coal, and it is the supplying ot the coal mar kets of the world that bas given such Rn impetus to her shipping and built up such a merchant marine, which ia super ior to all other nations. A part of this enormous business wo of j tho South wan i to secure, and to have our own direct coal Railroad, passing th-nigh the coal mines oi'?Tennessee and Ken tucky and other Soutborn States, and bringle j tho coal direct to a doop sea ter minus on the South Atlantic, which of fers every facility for rapid handling. Our Southern coal mines are attracting a great deal of attention, as some of them produce the best steaming coal in ?ho world, and every "greyhound" on the Atlantic sailing from New York ls sup plied with Pocahontas coal from the mines of Virginia for the purpose of mak ing rapid passages, and many of these large, fast steamBbipB conuutno SOO tons of coal In 24 hours in crossing the Atlan tic. Pocahontas coal is sent to every sec tion of our country along the coast. Six to eight thousand tons are shipped from Lambert's Point, Norfolk, every 24 hours, and the fast lake boats take on board at Detroit, Pocahontas coal from Virginia, nnd in Kentucky English capital is de veloping a Cannel coal mino and supply ing gas cor.1 to the city of London. The j object of thi9 Convention, the work we are engaged in to-night, ia to strive to build this great i'.lack Diamond Railroad from tho miues to the sea to enable us to export this great product to other coun tries that havo not been blessed as we have boon; to supply South America, tho West Indies and other countries, and to competo with England for a share of this valuable trade. Virginia has her splondid coaling docks at Norfolk ami Newport Nows, with large aud ever increasing facilities. Pennsyl vania has New York and Philadelphia, and the Lehigh ltnilroad baa immense coal docks al Perl li A m bo j', in New York harbor. i Alabama is opening u?> Pensacola us a port ofshipuieut fer 'he growing output ol'coal, and it was only last week that a eoutract was entered into with Mexico f ir one hundrod thousand tons ot Aln Itama coal to bo dollverod at Vera Cruz, which means sixty or seventy largo car goes to be shipped from this gulf port. Tho distance butween Pensacola and "Norfolk is fourteen hundred miles along our coast, and what is required is another grand coaling depot betweon this long .distance on the South Atlantic, with all modern facilities for rapid shipments, reaching tho great coal mines of tho Southwest, and where can such a place bs found which oilers greater facilities than the magnificent harbor of Port Royal, with its deep water, where the largest ships of the world can load rapid ly and go direct to son. For such a coal terminus a large space ia required with plenty Of room for switches and storing of coal and for docks well protected from the sea by belog land-looked, and at the aime time easy of access to and' from the / ocean. Port Ko jeal offers all of these ad vantage* as the southern terminus of this great Black Diamond Railway. She lufa twenty-four miles of water front suitable for building docks and warehouses, and this maun i fi <'o ut harbor will opon up a splendid opportunity for ship building along its shores ami creato a market for the manufactured stool from tho iron mines of (ho Routh. Tho climate is auch in HU m asor and winter that moro days work cnn bo dono oui nf doors, on the son islands of South Carolina, than almost anywhere along our American const, and the bringing down ol thc material for this important industry, which i- KO much needed in this country the building up of tho merchant ii.;uine would lo a most valuable aid to this great I bli I road rmi at the '.anio time enable ic to nirry under tho American Hag a part of the products we send nh road to loreign countries. i'Jugluml in Is built nine hundred and sixty thousand ton* of stool ships, and in the same period America built on ly ninety thousand l.ons.hild must of till for u>ie on the lakes. Wo wahl tn Minni into the building ?d'steamships which uso so much ol' tho products ol our iron in ines when building and consumes KO much of j our southern coal when ongHgeti iii com moree, I have seen tho com merco of tito world changed from sai! to steam, for when 1 wa i II boy there were rio ocean steamers, mid I have seen the first regular Atlantic eteamors that ever croHsed its stormy waters, the ill-fated "President,'' und have si en almost every large nail im portant steamer that has croHHUil tim A t Inntic since that tune, and lhere is noth ing i:: the world's history thal can exceed tho womb rful improvements which h ive Lo? o maile in tho construction, HMO and speed ol' steamships since those early days. Hie time in crossing the Atlantic bi ing reduced live days, and tho modern sleaim r e. a fairy palace lilied with skilled science and art of the heal intellects el*Ibo world. There are said to bo over ono hundred different occupations required to build a first-class modern steamship, and yet wc in America have little part in t hi? groat work, notwithstanding wo produce moro iron ami steel in a year than great Britain I'rance and Germanycombined. Having the material and the skilled workmen, we aught, at least, to do a part of this im portant industry, which would give em ployment to so many mon, stimulate our southern iron and steel works, and aid her railroads in giving them employ ment in bringing material to tho coast. It ls to tho completion of this great project now before us, the building of the Black Diamond Railroad, that we look for these developments. If pnt in opera tion it would most certainly create a new and much needed and ever increasing in duHlry on the southern coast in addition to building up an immonno trade in coal, grain and lumber aud othor products ut the interior. Those things must certain ly follow the building of this road, and may tho time be hastened when thin great project will be completed, and the great West and tho Now South bo moro clonoly welded togetbor by a continued band of steel and a successful aud mutual busi ness, which will nhl nil the sections through which this groat Railroad is to run on its way to tho grandest seaport of the South Atlantic-the magnilicont deep water harbor of Port Royal. s Gradell School Honor Roll for October. First Grade-Joe Broyles, Ned Cath cart, August Hatillo, Martin Du Boise, Joe Duckett, Turin Hand, Clifton Liston, A. McConnell, Walter Skelton, 7.1am Webb, Lucius Webb, Cleo Bailey, V. Braddy, K. Gsrrisou, K. Honderson, May Rogers, Fd. Siegmuller, A. Sulli van, A. Ullman, A. Williams, Calvin Hand, C. Russell, G. Thornton. Fruul mus Todd, E. vonHpsseln, Mab Bonham, Fannie Boykin, Rath Fretwell, Alpha King, M. Talbert. First tirade, advanced-Boyeo Gaines, J no. W. ll un "nr. rd, i' ur man Lindsay, Garland McGregor, Douglas Murray, Leland Payne, Jim Reed, Lawrence Reed, Inez Allen, Corllne Caudle, Em mie Kant, Louise Gilmer, Carrie Gray, Alice Hayes, Jean Harris, Lois King, Louise Llgon, Sarah Wilhite. Second G rade-Herbert Cheshire. Paul Clarko, Frank Dobbins, Jessa Dobbins, Arlington Fant, George Fant, Ethan Fri orson, Robert Frierson, Thomas Hill, Foster Jones, John Major. Charley Nu bers. Emile Ortmau, John Prince, Carroll Roddie, Ned Sloan, Starke Sullivan, Robert Todd, Charley Watkins, Grady Wells, Florella Beck, Cortie Boykin, Mattie Carlisle, Nobia Collins, Jessie Jeanes. Ruth Jeanea, Susie Johnson, Bessie Martin, Rachel Rogers, Raymond Sherard, Hilda Schrlmpf, Lucile Sloan, Janie Thornton. Second Grade, advanced-Halbert Acker, Frank Broyles, Marshal Craig, Leonard Cummings, Charlie Fant, Claude Gaines, Sam Gilmer, Claude Harris, Ramsay Holloman, John McGrath, Wil lie O'Donnell, Frank Reed, Theodore Richardson, Sam Tribble, Nardin Wobb, 1 I ... I ~ il. 1.' I-?VI} tm uiuim i i oj a| CiUiB UIUOI Aiwuio \s y - ant. Eleanor Todd, Addella Ullman. Third Grado-Wightman Davis, Mell Glenn, Duff Murray, Charles Norris, William vonllasseln, Helen Alston, Magglo Archer, Helen Carlisle, Flossie Coffee, Holen David, Bertha Duckett, Hattie Fant, Mary Belle Lne, Georgia Rogers, Mamie Todd, Ellie Welch, Cora W?hlte. Third Grade, advanced-Olivo Brown lee, Hattie Dlvvor, Ethel Oary, Onlo Mc Gee, Wooster Boleman, Bertha Cashlu, Faunie Earle, Florie Golsburg, Essie Rose, Richard Hone, Alonzo Boykin, David Sherard, Joe Simpson, Lee Jlon dorson, Sallie Mckinney, Lydia Orr, Adele Pr?vost, Sadie Strickland, Baulah Welch Fourth (irado-Emilia Acker, Mary Loo HroHzealc, Kv io By rum. Minnie Du Boise, Mabel Johnson, Elisa M nj or. Lin da McKinney. Lilla Hhorard, Nonie Smith, nessie Tribble, Wiiiet Sloan, Cur run (ilene, (.'harlie Bowie, Nell Archer, Lila Brownlee, Essie Caudle, Junio Ham lin. Margie J nanson, E leanor McUregor, Erhiino Provost, Lizzie hberord, Ruth Storlck, Nellie Watkins, Stacy Russell, Archie Cathcart.. Fourth G ?a ie, advanced-Fred Ar?;hor, Ned Pr?vost, DeWitt Parker. Dan Power, Sam Power, May Macaulay, Cecelia von 1 tassel n Fifth tirade-Irwin Breazeale, W. Dob bins, Jamea Dobbins, James Em mor, Rob. calmer. Lucy Barton, Addie Brown, Eva Burris, Harley Burriss, Cora Byrom, Martha Clark, Dot Coffee, Myrtia Fant Sixth Grado-Furman Rolemao, Max Gelsberg, Sam Orr, Mamie Craig, Pearl Hayes, Mary Lewis, Mary McGrath, El len Sherard, Genlevleve Simpson. . Sixth Grade, advanced-Eddie Barton, Lois Sanders, Pearls Dahn, Cora Maul din. Seventh Grade-Jno. Ruff, Frank Todd, Eula Brown, um -a Fant, Eunice Russell. Bessie Simpson, Lucy Frierson. Seventh Grade, advanced-Jas. Craig, Lois HUI, Lney Murphy, af ay Belle Roberts. Leize Sharpe. Claudia Wilson. Eighth Grad i-Albert Johnstone, Frdnk McCall, Mortimer Sloan, Louise Johnson, Fannie Lee, Eva Murray, Allie Simpson... , . Ninth Grade-Ira Giles, Guy Norris, Roland Newell, Nina Burris*, Mary Chapman, Nollie Humphries, . Evie Lewis, Fannie Pinkney. Irregular-Elea-or. Cochran, Norma ?Clinkscales, Julia Parker, Mary Parkor, Daisy Riley. tndcrson-A few Words Concerning om decent Visit. Editor Rodgers, of the Palmetto Post, ['ort Royal, S. C , who was a delegate to he railroad meeting ID this city two weeks igo, speaks of Anderson as (billows in the ast issue of his paper: "Wheu the delegates from Port Royal ind Beaufort reached Anderdon Thursday ?vening, they wero met at the train by Vir .J. I). Maxwell, o? tue reception eoua niltee, placed in a carriage and taken to he handsomo Hotel Cbiquola. Mr. M fix voll, Mr. Tr?bulo and other members of he committee were untiring in their ef orts to mako the delegates feel nt home, vhioh they did in a little while. Tbn Chi m?la is ct handsome red-brick bnildiDg lniahed in the latest style. It cost some S60.000. and is quite an ornament to the iity. It faces the public square, and tbe lay we arrived the equare was crowded vkh wagon* that had hauled in cotton ind other commodities from tbe adjacent lountry. Among these we recognized mme o'f the well-known eohooner wagons rom North Carolina These brought cab inges, appleB. deo. Eight hundred bales >f cotton baa been brought in that day. Vnderson is a thriving place, and Its stores ;oat anything in also and ia amount of tock carried ontslde of the big oitie*. and ire superior to many found In more pret entious places We were taken on a ound of inepeotion, and were surprised at he evid ence of thrift and progress to be een on every hand. The old Court House ms been torn down and a new structure c coat 825,000 is being erected in ita steeds i D3W Town K&ll '.t> bdog erected, g^rl a gentleman told us that nearly 8500,000 of mprovemeuta and buildings were now go ng on. The city bas only 6,000 inhal ants, but every man among them has his boulder to the wheel of push and pro gresa. Tba residences are handsome, with loautiful laid out gardens and hothouses, j ^ftariv ?ii of the buildings ere of brisk. >ne largo business houBo through which ve were conducted contains on immense Iry nooda and clothing atoro on the flret loor, a mammoth notion, &c, floor above. vLiilo in an enormous cellar ia conducted i wholesale and retail grocery. This con cern handled 15,000 balea of cotton last roar. Many of the otores are supplied with elevators, and all, QB well as the itreeta, are Ut bj means of electric llghte. SVe were taken to the Anderson Cotton factory, of which Mr. J. A Brock ie pres dent, and viewed the manufacture of cot on in all its branches. This bi too short m article to do justice to this mill and the lew mill almost completed, and to be run >y electricity, so we will make a note of he same In onr next issue. In ooncln lion, we must say we fell in love with An lerson and it j good people, and they will mar from np HCTMIQ In th? near ??tur?," - Local t elf-govern mont will find, per* laps, ita greatest exponent in Greater yew York. All tho power is given to the nay or, tbs comptroller SDU the munici pal ascombly. The mayor serves for four pears at a salary of $15,000 per annnm, iie comptroller aix years at a salary of >10,OIH) a year, both salaries being larger ;ban that paid any cabinet officer of the United States. The council will bo com posed ot twenty-eight members, elected o represent their respective burroughs or four yearn, and the president of the ;ouncil is electod by tho people at an an uial salary of 85,000, which ia as m ich as .ho governor of almost any western State receive?. The board of aldermen will Htnslst of sisty-tbreo member?, elected for two years, tho presiding officer re solving 85,000 a year. The city will have iiudor the now regime, 23,000 employees, md a tax o? almost $70,000,000 will be levied on the $2,500,000,000 assessed valu ition in tho city to maintain tho city's government. There are many more of fices that pay large salaries. For In stance, the corporation counsel will bo paid $16,000 a year, which ls more than Dhtef Justfte Fuller, of the United States Su prom o Court, receives. - It is related of Judge Hawkins, who it the age of 80 ia still on the English Bench, that on one oochsion when he was ibout to pasa sentence on a convicted felon, the prisoner arose and said': "May tho Almighty strike me dead if I don't speak the truth. I am innocent of this urini?." Judge Hawkins said nothing Tor about a minute, when, after glancing it the clock, ne fulminated in bis moat impressive tones: "Since the Almighty aaa not thought fit to intervene I will now proceed to pass sentence." - A man died at a New York hospital the other day whose blood, wa? so mixed with drink that tho beart, in being taken Dut for a post mortem examination, smelled aa though steeped in alcohol. HAVE YOU SEEN THEM ? WHAT ? The Great Values C. F. Jones & Co are offering in Clothing ! There is going to bc a big moving and lively retailing between now and the Holidays. TT JUL Men's Suits $1.50 and $2.00. at $5.00. At $7.50 we throw out an immens A lot of $4.00 Suits to go at $2.50. Men's $5.00 Suits for $4.00. A lot of $6.00 Suit The StyL value. Nice, nobby, catchy Suits, with newest tailoring and linings* Fit and workmanship are almost perfect. You won't find better value fer the money, search where you may. Our range of Clothing is large. We don't confine ourselves to supplying one class of trade, but can please you eithe in cheap, medium priced or fine Clothing. With great confidence we approach our line of Suits at from $10.00 to $20.00, for we certainly represent Boure of th best Manufacturers in the trade-people who are right up-to-date, who know how to make nice, dressy, well-fitting Goods Clothing that has character, and that will make a customer out of the purchaser. Our great advantages in the Clothing business lets us into the secret of correct buying. We know what to bu; where to buy it, and what to pay for it. We give our best thought and energy to supply our customers with best valu possible for the money. We assert with all boldness that we are in the Clothing business to take a Second place to nobody in point Of'work manship, style, quality, or anything that goes to make up full value in every respect. Fut it down in your minds, never to be eradicated, that we will let no firm in South Carolina undersell us. We faun how to sell Goods cheap. We know what a small profit is, and it satisfies us. We are prepared to do a big Clothing business. Our values will move them. We expect to be strictly in the selling business from now until Christmas, all along the line. Yours very truly, C. F. JONES P. S- We will appreciate it very much if those who owe us will let us have the money. Follow in the Footsteps of the Sensible Shoe Wearer and you will find vourself in the , . . . . ELECTRIC CITY SHOE STORE, Where you can find Style and Quality combined. We are showing the best lines of Foot-Gear to be seen in the State at KORRECT PRICES. $3'00' ^^^^j DOllar h^led gk j^^^^^^^B^ Cents is doing And Shades. ^^^^^^^?^?^ Remember, if your Feet have trouble of their own we can take "Special" care of them= Yours for Shoes, ELECTRIC CITY SHOE STORE. FRIPP & LIGON, Proprietors. MERELY TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA As to how wc f&iro SELLING GOODS THESE DAYS, Wo <iu oit o t>olo"w t Heavy Arctic Flannel 4 j c. Ali ur._i T^I_ . i <?? Ail n nui r launel oe. . Heavy Canton Flannel 5c. Heavy Bed Tick 6c. ; Fast Colored Seamless Hosiery; double heel and toe, black and brown, 10c: I . Heavy Knit Socks 6c. a pair. Boys' Suspenders two pairs for 5c. Hannibal Doc Skin Jeans 12Jc. a yard. Men's Work Shirts 24c. each. Tho best Knit Shirts 45c. Heavy Undershirts, full size, 18c. All Wool* fleecQ lined Shirts and Drawers only 90c. Suit. Ladies' Union Suits 60c. ?. Tho very beat of Underwear, commonly sold at 83.00 per Snit, $1190. Thc aboyo are prices at which we retail OUT Goods, and on comparison you will find same to be about 10 per cent below New York Cost-still we make a profit. . We buy mostly from:Factories, and take the profita the Job*' bera usually enjoy. V We set tho pace for reliable SHOES? We can show in our Stock every class and description of Footwear from makers noted for their relia; bil i ty, and our beet advertisement for thia, department arc those who have profited by our superior Gooda,, and who return to us for duplicates. We make a specialty of fittiug up entire, families with their Winter's supply of Shoos, and can give you a goo l discount in buying this way. " ; .. Yes, it seems to be getting rather warm is oar old town. Let the goat work continue-the farmers need the help. Selling cotton at five cents h needs close prices. Gut 'em low, slash the knife in 'cm, and let the peopl have the profits. Wc came bore to stay, and don't you forget it, "Budy1 we are staying. " * UNDERBUY UNDERSELL SPOT CASH ! Does the work- Pome Bay they bought too heavily, others must close out, bu the Racket bought just right. All in knowing, how. Just pinked up $5,60 stock Dry GoodB, Shoes, Clothing, &c., at fifty oeots on the dollar,. and fo next sixty days we mean to slash 'em into pieces. All new stock, and the; must go. One price wou't move 'em, another will, and don't you forget it The "Raoket" is in the race, andnif1 you will look at this you will, believe it We lead the flock. Any shoe on our counter No. 1, Ladies1, Mens' and Boys', 75 cents. Ol counter No. 2, 94 cents. Now these goods ore all worth double tho money Ask your neighbors about them, they cab tell you. Bold more shoes I? si weeks than any two concerns in Anderson County) and will continue doing it Ladies' Shoes begin 43 cents up, Childrens', 15 cents up, Mens', 63 coots up No, we don't havo to sell nt cost, but it is about time for the same old> "chest nut cost sales." You can't fool the people, they know merchants don't sel goods at cost. Sorry, wo didn't buy twice as many goods as wc did. Can' keep 'em. Every train comes in with new goods and pri?es tell the tale am keep our store crowded from Monday morning 'till Saturday night. Twenty-five^ Slate Pencils 1 cent, Cake Soap 1 dont, 4 bose?. Matches 1 cent, 6 papers Needles 1 cent, 5 Lead Pencils 1 cent, 25 Envelopes* 1 cent, ! yards Lace 1 cont, and" many other things Iso nursarous.to mention. Come see for yourself. Now> Ictus give you a pointer. Clothing at youroTrn prier pi* A long Water Proof Macintosh, Overcoat. $1.98. Mons' Suit of fjlothes $1.98 Boys' Wool Suit, 49 cents, and on np at your own prioo, not ours Can't keep the people from coming to the "Racket.." \ Prices, will draw. Th? people know where to go. Don'fc bo fooled into buying before yon look at oui goods. Save yoiir dollars, hard to make 'orri selling Jive Gents cotton. Cai leads of stuff for the "Raoket," and we intend to keep kcm coming.. No. il pussies some.folks ; can't understand it. Only been hero sis weeks and thi ^'Racket Store" is spread all over this country. People corae for miles around; tell us their neighbors t#ld them to go to tho ^Racket." Nico heavy Outing, 2! cents. Nice smooth Ginghams 2$ - that e verybodj charges 5 cents for"; . Good Bed Ticking 4i cants per yard, bettor at 8 cent* and tho very beet that's going at 10 cents per; yard. All Wool Flannel ? ocnts, and we defy anybody oe. earth to heat our prices on Jeans. ? Few more Jeans Panta going at 29 cents each, worth 50 cont?. Roys' 1] cents, worth 25^Yes; that's what keeps, the Racket "in tho pwirn." i" m m mOO?B & WAM.S8.