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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1!i?7. YOLMUE XXXIII- NO. 2fi CHRISTMAS is at hand and you will soon want to purchase Presents for relatives and friends. What to buy is the question. Any article advertised below will be an acceptable Gift fer any man c-~ boy. The Goods are the best, and the prices-well, you can see for yourself. Neck- Gear ! Perhaps you think nothing presentable can be had for Half a Dollar That is a mistake. We have Scarfs, Bows, Puffs, Four-m-Hands innumerable at that price. Some as low as a Quarter. Lawn Ties for evening wear. Just the thing for Christmas and New Year parties. Two in enamelled paste board box Fifty Cents. Gloves AND Handkerchiefs. These are, perhaps, the most acceptable Gifts-articles that make a good show for little money. For $1.50 we can give you as good a pair of Gloves as a man would caro to wear. For the sama money, half-dozen Hemstitched Linen Hand chiefs. Silk Handkerchiefs in great variety at 25c, 50c, 75c, and $1.00. Shirts. No more acceptable Gift than Shirts could be thought of. No man ever had too many of these. We have them in all styles, laundered or unlaundered, white -br colored. Which do you prefer? COLLARS AND CUFFS. We have these in aa great variety as the Scarfs. Ths prices whatever you like to pay. 2100 Linen Collars only $1.50 per dozen. 2100 Linen Cufis only 26c. per pair. HALF HOSE. Good Socks for $1.50 per dozen, in all colors. Something bet ter for $3.00 per dozen, in all the new shades. Prices, like the Goods, are right. me mo. Profits twisted Off at the Roots, MILLINERY, MILLINERY, To be sold at price? never heard of before. A regular 25c. Sailor Hat for 10c. A regular 50c Sailor Hat for. 25c. A regular 75c. Sailor Hat for 50c'. Trimmed Hats, sold all over the place for 81.50, now 75c. The secret is that we have no expensive trimmer hired. Our Miss Dora Geiaberg attends io trimming as weil asf selling. In fact, we do all our own work. No Clerks to pay, hence our expense is very small in comparison with other houses who employa large force, all of which the consumer pays fon ??en5s art? Boys5 Clothing:? For less than others are offering, at Cost. . . ' QU1LT? and BLANKETS from 50c. up. A regular 83.50 MACKINTOSH for $2.25, which is guaranteed to wear, made by one of the most reliable firms in tho Country. Wc do not sell trash. We were born here, and expect to be here, so the Goods we sel 1 ?nust.be.as represented. NO FAKES IN OUR BUSINESS. Remember the place- ' THE :B\AJb?OTT*3*. 14 Brick Range, West Side Public Square. L. CEISBERC, Proprietor. ~ -WM' ARE raS~FEEDE3EtS.~~ JCT A VIN? bonpbt th* Siock and ?nod will of E. H. Poor?. & Co. wc kindly uk irV 5ont attention to the fact that wo are ' The Feeiera of tb? Pconlo." Our mar T?V 'SKiJi* the Tefy b*?t Meat? than money c*n any-DKEF,' POER. MUT* JON, FISK/ OYSTERS; CHICKENS, SLICED HAM^BRMAKPAST BACON, *> th? pitee or ?Heed. . *?"Mr /* C* N*l,y hM chaw of oar Fre?b Meat Department, and will look after th? JP ?r?m ene) omer* with tlic greatest care. Ht 55^W*' ^rnhVand. arcwry Department ia presided over by quiet and hon ?v.?? MW?Uon to tho andre wa hare-opened a Citv Dining Room ?and Restaurant. I JU?? regular Meale will be served ttomW to 2. Be<hr? anti after th'is?liovra ?. IT^^SI ^K0 S'L1 wbere th? nicest Fiab, Oyster?, Birds, Steak?, llana,1 ?e.. can ha had at all houri. . h^?&T1!' to??P?iil tb? greater part of bia life in the Hotel ?nd Restaurant bus .IISSST?1?^ WH,R* *T*^h,"S ^im bs conclusion " 1?*4Uis??? =r.a Vos?ri??? principies. Very reapocifally, BUTLER & LYETfi, MA*A?K*>., S*TL* J!^&^M*0?5.'' Restaurent. ? *3**MV Ote^e?rpep?rtmeiit. . ?ITTL?R, Beek Nunibv?. STATE NEWS. - KU Puttman, a noted young moonshiner, who has boen operating in a dark corner of Greenville county, has been captured and confined in jail. - There has been stored with Mr. VjT. 1*. Hoof, of Lexington, by the fanners of that county, nearly two thousand bales of cotton, awaiting a risc in thc market. - Mr. George Boliver. a young mau about 28 years old, and of one of the most prominent families iu Orangc burg, fell dead on tho streets of that oity. Cause, apoplexy. - Three negroes escaped from Cam den jail on the night of the 14th in stant, by cutting a hole in the wall with a chisel. The jail is said to bc in an unsafe condition and a disgrace to thc county. - Columbia wants an appropriation from Congress of $250,000 to open navigation on thc Congarcc river from (Jranby to Gervais streets. Hon. Stauyarnc Wilson is expected to effect this happy consummation in behalf of the capitol city. - Vina Muckervane, colored, died at her home about seven miles west of Westminster, one day last week at tho advanced age of 115 years. She was respected by both white and colored, lier sisters and brothers were noted for longevity. - A bold and nervy robbery was committed in Charleston last Saturday afternoon. Two well-dressed strangers walked into James Allan & Co's, jewelry store and while one man en gaged .the attention of the clerk the other 'reached into a showcase and took out a tray of diamonds valued at $2,000. Both men escaped. - The faculty of Clemson College has received a valuable addition in the selection of Prof. Ernest Walker as assistant hortionlturist and entorn?lo fist. Prof. Walker is a native of ndiana and has been engaged in prac tical horticultural work for the past twenty years. - President Wilborn is very much delighted with the work of the Cotton Growers' convention and is satisfied it will result in much good. He says the farmers are generally going to re duce tho cotton acreage. Ho is very much pleased with thc representation at the convention. - We nominate L. D. Childs for th? next governor of South Carolina. Wo want a pure, honest, upright pro hibitionist. Wc want a man with a head'as well as heart. He is not a politician, but a gentleman ; not a trickster, but an honest man.- Winns boro News and Courier. - The annual report of the Adju tant and Inspector General shows that the enlisted militia of the State now numbers 2,942 men. Last year the enlistment included 3,683 names. During the present year, 15 compa nies have disbanded. The figures above do not include the naval re serves. - Misa Emily Mansfield Plume, daughter of David S. Plume, was mar ried Wednesday night to ex-Governor John Gary Evans, of Aiken, S. C., at the residence of the bride's parents at Waterbury, Conn. The wedding guests included members of the groom's family from South Carolina, and rela tives and friends of the bridal cortege from New York, New Haven, Phila delphia and Houston. Tex. - A Washington special says : 1'Senator Tillman is sick in bed with stomach trouble similar to. the attaok he had last fall. While his condition is not regarded as dangerous, he is quite ill, and may he too feeble to go home for the holiday recess. Senator McLaurin is still struggling against typhoid fever, and he will also spend his Christmas holidays on a bed of sickness." - Mr. Mark Toney, who lives about two miles South of Johnson, S. C. lost his dwelling and mest of his household effects by fire at an early hour Wednesday night. Tho .fire is supposed to have been, caused by sparks from the stove room. It was only by the strenuous efforts of his neighbors that the outbuildings and baled cotton crop on the place were saved. -*? Col. Robert Aldrich has been in vited to deliver the commencement address at Clemson college next Feb ruary. His presence and participa tion' will add Hstre to that magnifi cent occasion. He is one of thc fore most lawyers of the state and has a wide reputation as an orator. His address at Clemson is sure to bc elo quent, polished and full of informa tion.-Columbia Record. - William Henry Ki ch ard son, a colored employee of thc Barnwell Oil Mill, was found dead on Wednesday morning ef last week. It seems his work was in an outer room and con sisted in remov? ag the hulls us they fell. It ir> supposed that he was under the influence of whiskey and, falling into a drunken sleep, was sub merged and smothered by the accumu lating cotton seed hulls. The verdict .f the coroner's jury was in accord i with the facts as stated. -r- Last Saturday morning v young boy 15 years old was found dead in his uncle's wagon at BrownV stable in the city of Greenville. It seems thc boy's untie and little cousin left their home about 18 miles above Greenville . Friday evening in the wagon. Young Turner and his uncle .were beth drinking when they arrived thor?. Turner was asleep. Hts uncle took the horses out and fed thees and then came back and laid down and w?nt to sleep with, the boy. Jury found verdict of "Death by intoxica tion." The boy's name ia O'Dell Vuroer, stoat 15 or IS years old. Oin COLUMBIA LETTER? COl.UMUlA, S. C., Dec. 20, IS;*7. Ata recent meeting of tho Stato hoard ' of Control a resolution was passed re questing each County Hoard of Control to call?n the Governor for a apocial consta- i bio where the liquor law waa not bel?g properly enforced lu tho respectiva Coun ties, ??overuor Ellerbe, wheu Inter viewed \n reference to ibla resolution, naid that, in accordauce with his usual custom, ho would appoiut Hpccial consta bles when asked to do KO by recognized; authority. Ile did not indicate tho Coun- j tie* making tho request, bul il ia known j thaUeveral of them aro not pleasod with . the existing conditions. Senator Mose?? <?nd Messrs. Williams and Miles, of the State Board of Control, will be boro during the eomiug week to begin takiug stock at the dispensary pre paratory to tho annual report that will have to bo made to tho General Assem bly. The work of taking stock is a tedi ous one, and involves a great amount of labor and calculation. Comptroller General Eptou expects gomo lawsuits when the income tax reg ulation goes iuto effect. Ile stated a few days ago that he hoped whatever HU i ts were to be instituted would be entered at once, as it would m atonally aid bis. olUco to Lave the matter settled without delay. This, however, cannot very well be done, and hence all the papen will have to be gotten up for the returns The first of the permanent registration records to be received by tho Secretary of I State came from Abbeville County. Tho record is badly gotten up, and will be re turned for correction. In order that the Supervisors might fully understand the character ot the permanent records, Moo ro tory of State Tompkins procured the following important decision: COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 18,1SD7. Col. D. H. Tompkins, Secretary of State-Dear Slr: The permanent book of registration of qualified electors, regis tered ap to, and including, the brat day of January, 1898, for Abbeville County, aeut to you by the Board of Registration for filing, and referring to thia office for an opinion aa to whether it 1? prepared in conformity to law, has been careful.y ex amined. There is a great deal of apparent con fusion and many inaccuracies on the face of the book. The numbers of registra tion certificates are duplicated, apd the printed heading un the first pago of the Dook bas not been followed. The expla nation of this heading is: First, the num ber of the registration certificate must be given; seoond,the names of the registered electors must be arranged alphabetically; third, the age' of the electors; fourth, the place of residence, that ia, the registration precinct in whioh the elector resides. It is important that this book should be care fully prepared, as it in the record evi dence of the registration of the electors 'during life, and a certificate from you that an elector's name appears in this record establishes his right to any subsequent registration, and the franchise under the limitations imposed in the constitution, as well as the right to vote, If the elector's name does not appear on the books fur nished the managers of elections. And, unless the names arranged alphabetical ly, lt will involve trouble to find any name in the record. If the book ia pre pared as above suggested it will be ob served that it will show the registration precinct and voting place of s?t? electors, without entering their names by registra tion precincts. It may be possible that some of the Board have i-egistered electors by registration precinota and the number of certificates commence at 1 for each pre cinct, and run up to the number of the last ono registered, as appears to have been done in Abbeville County in the book submitted to this office If such is tho case, ihe ODly possible way now to prepare this book is to enter the names alphabetically by registration precincts, in th? matter hereinbefore Indicated. C. P. TOWNSEND, Assistant Altorney General. The Abbeville book will be returned for use on the first of January. On last Thursday sixteen persons were examined and admitted io the bar by the Supreme Court. For some days previous to this the report that ex-constable New bold would apply for admission had gained currency and his arrival in the city that morning apparently confirmed the report. He did not present himself for examination; in fact, he did not apply. The prevalent opinion ls that there would have been grave doubts as to bis being permitted to stand the examination with the charge of murder preferred again et him. There will be a convention of city school superintendents here on Decem ber 30 and 31. The object of the meeting is for the Improvement and mutual ex change of viows by the various teachers. The meetings will be held in the office of Superintendent Dreher, of tho city graded schools, and in consequence of the lack cf ?paca the publio will be ex cluded. The committee appointed by Governor Kllerbe to Investigate the sanitary condi tions of Winthrop and ascertain the prob abilities of the unread nf smallpox ia that Institution, have made their report Hbo wi ng that the sanitation of the college ls In good shape and there need be no ap prehension of the appearance of the dreaded Jistase there. This will allay the fears of those who have been so extreme ly solicitous about tho welfare of their daughters in attendance there. For several days a squad of convicts have bern working In the State House piecing in new heaters In the Henato obamber and House of Representatives. Hence, from all. apparent Indications, there will be warm times when the Hu ions meet next month. A. B. S. - A Kim Ha'.? editor calls a halt In the matter of hygienic and sanitary worries and scare*. He holds that people aie driven to death by taking too much care ful care of their health, and using so . many nostrums. "Give us a rest," quoth he. **Ke?p your body clean sud com fortable, eat a moderate supply of whole some food, occupy yourself with cheerful work, and forget all about your health." - A New Jersey family which declared itself absolutely destitute, recently ap pealed to the town authorities for poor relief. The application was refused when it waadlscovered that the sufferers owned two bicycle*. The wheel is a useful and desirable possession, but can hardly be deemed a necessary of life. - A chewing apparatus for people who have lost their teeth and do not care to wear false teeth has fast been invented by s Fisne?iUi?n. The food to be chewed U placed ? between the blades, which are opened and closed three or four times, and the food ls tb ns reduced to a stets of pulp. - If ibo whola ocean were dried up, all tho rivers of the world would haw* to poor their waters into lt? basin for 46,000 years before it would again be fall. SOUTHERN COTTON GROWERS, j Atlanta Convention Resolves to Reduce tho Acreage. Tho convention <>f Southern Cotton ''rowers, culled by the revont conven tion of South Carolina cotton growers, met in Atlanta last Tuesday, accord in:' to appointment. There were represented tin- States ot* North Carolina, South Carolina, (?eorgia, Alabama, Texas and Missis sippi. Georgia ami South Carolina were rcprofcuLuil by full delegations, ono dciegatu from each Congressional district. Prom North Carolina there were only five delegates; froui Ala bama two; from Texas ono, aud from Mississippi one. The total number of regularly accredited delegates was about GO. The convention met in the parlor of the Kimball House, and was called to order by Hon J. C. Wilborn, who was unanimously elected president. S. li. Watson, of Texas, was elected vice president, and Richard Cheatham, ed itor of thc Cotton Planters' Journal, of Memphis, Tennessee, was elected secretary. One of thc first steps of the conven tion was to appoint a committee on resolutions, and to provide that all resolutions of whatever nature should be submitted to this committee. Thc convention held three sessions. The first session was devoted to the recep tion of resolutions and listening to rc marks thereon. During the second session-the committco uot having re ported-but little was done; and dur ing the third session there was mud: discussion of the resolutions reporter by the committee. A number of speeches were made bj Hector D. Lane and others; but fron the published reports in thc Atlanti papers, it does not appear that thc Roddey plan was mentioned during the entire proceedings. The member: of the convention appeared rather t< think that the Hector D. Lane idea o? acreage reduction was thc only mean: whereby they could hope to secure re lief. The result of the convention is se forth in the following address ant resolutions agreed upon just before ad journmcnt: The Interstate Cotton Growers Convention, met and sitting in At lauta. December 14, 1897, havim thoroughly canvassed the situation o our industry in all its many phases promulgates the following statcmcn and address as the result of its dclib orations: 1. Tho most pressing need of th hour for the attainment of our ends i a thorough organization of tho grgwer of cotton, beginning with tho indi i vidual grower, however humble, am I reaching up through Township. Coun ty, State and interstate organizations \ We cordially commend the organize 1 tion over which Hon. Hector D. Lan ably presides, and tender that bodj at its meeting in Memphis on tho -Ot instant, our co-operation in complet ing tho organization so well begun b it several years ago. To the end th a uniformity may exist throughout a the States organized and to be orgur ized, we shall appoint a committee c the body to consider all plans of oi guuization that may be submitted a this meeting, and mature a plan fe presentation to our brethren at Men phis next week, through a delegado to be appointed by this meeting t represent this convention at that bod; "Z. While not abating any of ou contentions that the monetary systei of our country is at the foundation c our difficulties, as it is at thc bottoi of the depression in all industries, w hold that there are deep-rooted evil peculiar to our industry that demau immediate attention and remed? And of first importance among thee as a faotor in depressing prices, is tb speculative control exercised over tb price of aetual cotton through the ui just rules and regulations of the Col ton Exchange. The evil, we are cot vinced. can be reached only by legii lation, and hence we pledge our sel vc and our organization to labor for th needed legislative restriction of gan hiing in futures in our respectiv States and in Congress. JJ. This evil being abolished or r< duced to a minimum by proper legish tion, and the control of spot cotto being thus restored to the produeei under the law of supply and demanc as far as that law is allowed to opcrat under a vicious monetary system, w deem it next in importance that oi farms bo made self-sustaining, in t far as climate and soil conditions pc mit, and increase the amount of foo supplies. The cotton grower wli makes his supplies at home, is in large measure independent of thc mai ipulator of thc spot/ colton market. 4. The next source of loss is al> an important one, but is entirely i thc control of the grower, as is tl last one-diligent and careful attci tion to the preparation of our cctto for the market. Thousands-ye millions-of dollars are lost annual! to the cottou grower through carelei handling of the cotton from the fiel to thc gin and press, and through uf of ioferior covering. While our farn ere fully understand this, this mee tit would neglect an important respont bility if it failed to call attention I this souroe of loss and urge correctic of the evil. We further recommend the estai lishment of an information bureau. Resolved. That this convention ei dorse thc organization known as ti American Cotton Growers' Protects Association, as it ie already in exit enee, ?nd is working for the same ol j ec ts for which we are assembled, tl reduction of the acreage and increa: of the price of cotton, and the corre tion of the evils of speculation ti others that oppress ike producer; th; we give our endorsement to. the Ame ?cati Cotton Growers' Protective As sociation. lleaolved, fi?.dior. That wo suggest ' to tho meet trig of the American Cot rc ton Growers' Protective Association, 1 in at its mooting in Memphis next week, ll that tho president of each State ur- | ganization shall lu- a vice president j T of the national association. ( n Kcsolvcd, further. Thal such vice presidents appoint presidents of Coun ty organizations, lo he formed in ali thc Counties of tho States where cot ton is grown, so that tho organization \ h may be so perfected that loo deeis- ? a ions arrived ut by thc association may bc ? arried out throughout all the cot ton growing section <>f tho United States as a unit, as it ts in this way utily the designs of the association may bo carried out and the various measures of relief and reform bo in augurated all over the South. Hydrophobia From a Kitten. HA i.Ti MO UK. hoc. IS.-Prof. Adolph A. Robinson, of Guilford College, Guilford, N. C., carno to Baltimore I to-day to lake tho Pasteur treatment for threatened hydrophobia. Ile was bitten by a kitten on November \K \ and a boy who lived in Guilford was bitten hythe same animal on the same ! day. The boy died Thursday last of 1 hydrophobia and Prof. dobinson be camc alarmed and came hero in the hope that thc threatened danger might be averted. m . mi Fe ii y Year Old Whiskey. KANSAS CITY. Dee. ll?.--When the river steamboat Arabia sank in the Missouri Uiver, near Parkville. Mo.. over forty years ago, her cargo in cluded 1G5 barrels of whiskey. For several weeks past a small force of river men have been digging in tho sand bar near Parkville in search of thc Arabia's valuable cargo. Late this afternoon thc diggers uncovered thc whiskey, findiug thc barrels well preserved, and to-night they notified thc United States revenue authorities that they desired to remove their lind. Thc diggers will realize a handsome sum for their work and thc Govern ment receive about $7,000 revenue tax on thc liquor. Tho Arabia sank in thc Missouri's fickle current, and the wreck now lies under a dry saud bar on the Kansas side, and thc reve nue officers at Leavenworth will su pervise thc removal of thc cargo. Death Foretold In Three Dreams. ATIIKSS. (.IA'., Dee. 20. Your cor spundent learned to day of thc fact regard to the death of Mr. .lohn nward at his home ii. liostwick, Mur in county, on Sunday night, last, he information is obtained fruin a dat ive of the family who was present . the funeral Tuesday morning, and nd who gave the facts as he obtained Hem from the wife of Mr. Howard. Mr. Howard was a mau of apparcnt >. good health, about y> avs of age, nd was in comfortable circumstances, 'here was no happici home up to a cw ?lays ago. The loving wife and ho three little ones all idolized thc allier, and he was devoted to them. On Monday night Mr. Howard [reamed that he ?lied, and that very uddenly. just preceding the holidays, s'ot being a believer in dreams he dis nissed the subject from his mind. Ju Tuesday night he dveamed the lame dream in every particular. Hav ng two times in succession dreamed )f his death he was worried. Mrs. Howard tried to get his mind ill the subject and partially succeed ed. Hut on Wednesday night the .ame thing occurred, and Mr. Howard DCgau at once to prepare for death. He visited his relatives aud told them he was calling on them for thc last time. Saturday he went to Madi son, and while there bought a bicycle for his little boy. Mrs. Howard asked him why he had spent Iiis money that way when other things were needed. He replied : "I will be with my little boy but a few hours longer, and before I go want to see him enjoying himself." Sunday he paid a visit to his old mother, and he told her it would be tho last time she would see him alive. He bade her an affectionate good-byo and returned to his home. Sunday night ali the family were gathered together. He gave them all a farewell talk, kissed them tenderly, and then kneeling he prayed ono of tho most beautiful and touching pray ers, commending his loved ones to thc God of the widow and the fatherless. To Mrs. Howard lie said : "1 will not live until 1- o'clock to niglft. My time has come." Hetweeu ll and TJo'clock Mr. How ard breathed his last. The corpse was one of tho most natural ever seen, and was viewed by relatives ami friends until Tuesday morning, when loving friends gathered to pay the last trib ute to ono who numbered bis friends by his acquaintance.-Atlanta Jon nial. NOW ES THE TIME ! Beginning December 7th. -.Viii put the entire Bankrupt Stock of J. W. Payne on the market at , , . TWENTY PER CENT UNDER NEW YO?K COST. Regular 5c. Giughams. 2 J c. per yard. Yard-wide Scrim, (?lc. kind. 2}c. per yard. Regular 61c. Bed Ticking. 3 lc per yard. Full-width Linen Table Cloth. . 20c. per yard. Full-width Turkey Red Table Cloth.'. . . 12! e. per yard. Full-weight School Boy Jeans. 7yC. per yard. Ladies1 Outing Belt. 5c. each. A good Linen Handkerchief . 5c. for two. Au All Silk Haudkeichief. 10c. One dozen Silver Hair Pins. 5e. Men's 25c. Undershirts. 10c. A good Corset. 20c. Men's 81.00 undressed Kid Gloves. 50c. per pair. Ladies' ftl.QO Kid Gloves. 50c. per pair. Infants' Knit Sacques. 20c. each. White Braid, per bundle. lc. Child's Mittens, per pair..... 5c. Good Doilies six for.'. 10c. Wc have thousands of things at marvelous low prices which cannot bo mentioned in an advertisement. Now is the time to buy Goods at 20 per cent lees than you could buy them if you were in New Vork City. Large and elegant line of LADIES' DRESS GOODS, latest and new est ?tyles, all bought from the markets this Fall. 40 per cent nnder anything in the city. Come, we are ready to show you one of the cleanest and pretti est lines of Goods ever shown in Anderson. Yours truly, _ D. C. BROWN & BRO. G. F. TOLLY ft SON. The way we are Cutting Prices on Furniture will he a revelation in Furniture Selling'. The rush of Christmas traders almost upon us, and the room now taken up hy large quantities of Furniture is abso lutely|necessary to the display of our HOLIDAY GOODS. To make a prompt and effective clearance of this surplus stock we have made a remorseless use of the knife in CUTTING PRICES. Will you\be one of?the lucky ones to share in the Big Bar gain Feast we will spread before you the next few days? The largest Stock of Furniture in South Carolina? and at prices at Eetail below what the little fellows pay wholesale, ' Sb come along]and get your Furniture and haye morney left for Christmas. All prices below?everybody else*s price. C. F. TOLLY &> SON, The Leaders und Money S&yerajfor Ton.