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Christmas If you wish to buy Pr?sent? that are useful, and that are to be ap preciated, - . /. HERE'S YOUR CHANCE, For we have aot sold ali of our pretty - - Capes and Jackets. Neither have we sold all of our Stylish Dress Goods and Trimmings, Nor all of those lovely Silks, Satins and Velvets. Neither is our Millinery So badly broken but what we can fit you up in something pretty, stylish and in keeping with the season. We still have some pretty things in Carpets, Hugs and Mattings. That no doubt would be acceptable. And Oh ! those beautiful Curtains, X3?? LACE, CHE1NILLE fiiict TAPESTRY. Who would not appreciate them as a Christmas Presen t 1 And those elegant wann Blankets. What could be more appropriate. Also, pretty White Quilts and Comforts. We also have some real nice things in Clothing, And some specials in Overcoats. Don't lose sight of the fact that we have a number of things that would be appropriate Presents for relatives, friends and sweethearts, and that during our Special .December You can buy them for less money than ever before, Remem ber that we are making a desperate effort to close out all heavy Winter Goods, and to make SUIT THE TIMES. Therefore, we will make it especially interesting for you on all articles named in this advertisement. Wishing ali a merry Christmas, we are Yours truly, Rf AIM ftc'hrtffi? TA Wholesale and Retail Dealers in LOCAL NEWS. WEDNESDAY,*DEC. 29, 1897. THE COTTON HABEST. Corrected by JBro*mt Osborne A Co. Strict good Middling Cotton 5J. Good Middling Cotton 61. Strict Middling Cotton iii. Middling Cotton Gi. Stained Cotton 4Jto b. Next Monda/ is Sslesday. There will be fifty-three Saturday? In 1893. The new Jail will soon be ready tobe occupied. The pupils of the elly schools are being j vaccinated to-day. What did you do to mske somebody happy on Christmas? The tax booka will close next Friday, and somebody will htwe to pay the penslty. It is estimated that 20 per cent of the cotton crop is still in the bauds of the far . mere. Vaccination is tho general talk of the town, and a great many aro bein? ??cci Mr. aud Mrs. H. L. Adams, of Char lotte, spent the holidays in tbs city with rolitives. The Auditor has made some changes in the dates of his appointment?. See bis adveruietnent. Miss ErmteFant. of Georgetown, Texas, is in the County visiting her relatives, Mrs. Martha Watson's family. Mr. F. M. Anderson bas resigned as Eostmaster at Alice and Mr. T. C. Cann aa been appointed bis successor. Mr. F. M. Morris, of Liberty, has pur chased a portion of his old home place near Roberts and will move there. A humber of Anderson boys, who are ! living in distant cities, came home to spend Cbrtatmss with their parents. Dr. J L Bait bas moved to hi? father's home, near Waco, and after 10th January will resume the practico of medicine. There ia room in Anderson for another bie cotton mill, and we must have it. Who will take the lead in the enterprise ? Next Monday ia the la&t chance votera will have to register under the "under- ] standing dauan" of the new constitution. The iNTxr.iiioINGER piintera have been ? taking a few holiday*, and aa a conse quence we issue only one half ot' nur usual paper this week. The Ordinance to raise supplion for the city government for the anproacbing year is published this week- Head it carefully, ye citizeus of the town. The Robert E. L?e Chapter or the Daughters of the Confederacv will meet at the residence of Mr Wm. Laughlin next Monday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Married, on Sunday, December '.H. 1807. by Ru'*. N. G. Wright, and Ht bis resi dence, Mr. Melvin Ashley and Miss Corrie Ashier, both of Abbeville County. A.ter thia week ?be INTKLMOBNCEH w'.il part coniDnny with some of its delhi <?aeui t'Ubsortbara mid will place the ac count? in tho band? of a magistrate for collection. "Peace on earth and good will to men" should bp the watchword of everv one for the next twelve/ month;. If all would resolve to adopt thia what a happy people we would be the next year. Tommy-"How many presents did yer get?" Jacki?-''Twenty-one. How many d'yer get?" Tommy-"'Nineteen Bot I'll bet yer I can make more noi?e with mine than yer can with yours." Married, on Bundey, December 26, 1807, at the residence of tue bride's father. Mr. Jobo T. Clamp, by Magistrate E. C. Mar tic. Mr. W. K. Meeks and Miss Hester Clamp, all of Anderson County. Rev. W. R. Earle, who recently resign ed ss pastor ?.? she Baptist church at At bdvlliei wilt leav* shortly for LouU-siUdr. Ky., where be will take a course in the Southern Baptist xneologlcal seminary. The Liberty lieu con saya : "We learn that Col. W. A..Neal bas purchased the Oats old homestead from Mr. A. G. Wyatt, and will make many improve ments in tho placo betweeu now and next spring." Married, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. J. E. Horton, in Belton, on Tuesday, December 28, 1807, at 1 o'clock p. m , by Rav M. McGee, Dr. W. M. Long, of Central, 8. C., and Misa Fannie Horten, of Belton.. Meter*. R. C Webb and A. P. Cater have started out on tba road interviewing the merchants of the State In reference to spring and summer clothing. Both these gentlemen aro clever drummers and have S .a. <-, v vi nuo Mr. and Mrs H. G Thompson, of Vic toria, N. C . aro at the Chlquoln. They have many friends here who are delighted to se? tnt m Mr Thorn psn'rr is Vice Preaidont hf the Victor!? Gold Mining and Million Co.. whose property ia situated near Highland*. Perenna indebted to the Anderson Co operative Alliance Store should read tbe artr???.i?'fcmsrit of the manager. Mr. R, 8 Hill, who also Hruiouricea that his (daugh ter sale of gooda is etiil going on. If von want aoruo barlina, give him a call at once, as he mav dispose of his entire stock nny ijsy in s bu lt. Miss Erteile Smith, daughter of Mr Jas. W. Smith, died at her home in Pe'zer la&t Saturdav morning, at ? o'clock. She bad been sick nine weeks with fever. Her re mains wore interred in the Mt. Bethel. Churchyard, the funeral cervices being conducted by Rev. X. G. Wright, in the presence of a large congregation of sympa thizing friend? and relatives. On Christine? eve, while sitting too near the tito, at ber home on Church street, in tho rear of the O'Donnell block, the cloth ing of Rebecca Thompson, an aged, de mented negro woman, caught fire and ?he waa so terribty burned before assistance j arrived that she died next morning In ! her efforts to escape she set fire to the h ouBe. bat the fi re waa extinguished with little damage. At thA regular mealing of Hat nott Lodge, No. 100, A. F.M.the following officers were elected io serve the ensuing year: J Jameson. Worshipful Master ; L M. MahnfiVv. Senior Warden ; A. T. Newell. Junior Warden ; B F Mulllkln, Treas, j Dr. C. L. Guyton: See. ; A. M Guyton, Senior Deacon; J. P. Johnson, Jnnior Deacon ; 8. L. Hloka and J. 8. Owen, Stewards; J Benson Smith, Tyler. . The Christmas holidays have passed off very quietly in Anderaon. The weather on Saturday and Snnday v as very cold and disagreeable, and man v thorson sepe nt most of the time indoor?. Christmas morn dawned dark and cloudy, and a fine rain, followed by a little sleet and ?now, fell, and before night every tlunvr was covered with ice, long' icicles Wangine from the trees and eves of the booses. The Ice dis appeared Sunday, and si nco then the weather has been more comfortable. Fire lwa* dii.rnvi.rfi; ?- - ?utml on me second floor of the barracks at Clemson Col bRC, ab.uH 2 o'clock last Saturday morning, but it wan extinguished hy the ; cad eta bef?te any serious damage resulted. One bed was entirely consumed, another in the same room waa partly barned, and a bole was burned through tbe wal? into tbe adjoining room, when the fire waa dis covered by the suffocating smoke that fill ed the whole building. It is believed that the fire originated from a firccaaoker thrown into the room through tbs transom. Th? Charles Klo? Theatric?) Comoany will entertain our people in the Opera Hons? to-night and t> morrow night. This ls m strong company, not io the sense of n ambers, bat in that each 1? an accomplished artUU. They come well recommended and, jadging from the two performances already glvon, our tbeater goers will be delighted with them. They have many excellent selections where pathos and mit th go hand in band, and the beauty or it all is that it Is well rendered. The admission ie 10, 'JO and 80 cents. On last Friday night Jack Young, Wil liam Hanks and Maitln Hanks, Jr., all of the Gook Station neighborhood, assaulted a young Mr. McConnell, son nf Baylis McConnell, in this city near Fretwell's stable, cuffed him about, rubbed their pis tols In his face and finally stripped him of his pants and forced bim to leave in that denuded condition. Hr. McConnell sought Chief DilUngbam who arrested the parties, but released them on bond to ap pear before the Mayor Monday. They railed to appear Mouday, preferring to for feit their bonds. It is ?aid that tho assault ing partim claim that they ?ereonly play ing a practical joke, but we learn that Mr. McConnell will make a 8tato case of the affair. There waa a delightfol impromptu dan f>* -t th: rssid???? of Hrs. vV. W. Hum phreys Christmas night. Those present were Miss Virginia Allison, of Kdgefield, Misses Effie Osborne. Marie Pr?vost, Cleo King, Sarrrtio Earle, Claudia Pr?vost, Anna Humphreys, Louies Humphreys, Nell Humphreys. The young gentlemen were Durant Earle. Rhett Parker, John it. Cochran, F. MoM. Sawyer, T. T. Max well, John Sadler, Hoyt King, Fred Nar din, Robert King, Clareare Pr?vost, Stephen Pr?vost, David Taylor end Joe Trowbridge. The delightful mazes of the dsnce were kept np until midnight, and, notwithstanding the bsd weather, there was not a murmur to mar the happiness of the occasion. Last Monday Walter Miller, a negro boy 16 years old, entered tho Hackt t Store and was shown a watch by one of the young clerks. He alno wanted to see some other goods Mr. Moore came along, and, hearing Miller ask for the other good9, told bim to go *.jp stairs with bim. Miller obeyed at one* but Instead of putting the watch back, slipped it, unobserved, as he thought, in his pocket, but the yoting clerk ?aw the trick and, following Mr. Moore aud the uegro up blairs, told Mr. Moore. The watch was found In the negro's pocket and he was hsnded over to the police. Miller tried to persuade bis Honor Tuesday morning that he intended to pay for the watch and bad tho moa ny to pay for lt, but he failed in bis argument and waa fined $10 or li.> days. Mrs Clarissa Junkin, relict of the late Capt Robert Junkin, died at ber borne five miles weet of thin city last Saturday, and her remains were Interred Sandav lu the New Hope Churchyard. Mrs. Jun kin was a daughter of the late Silas Mas sey, and about 77 years of age. Sbe was a most excellent woman, and had long been a devoted and exemplary member of the Methodist Church. She had been sick only a few week*, and the announcement of ber death was a Bhock to her friendo, many of whom bad not heard of her i 11 - neus Several sonn und daughter* survive her, mid lu their sore bereavement they have the consolation of knowing Hint theil devoted mother is now nt rent with the Saviour whom Bhe delighted to serve in herjourney through life. To day at (I 30 n ni, Anderson's chief o? police will lead to tho altar Miss Eula Lac King, tho heautiful and accomplished daughter of Mts P.M. King of thia city The ceremony will take place ar. the reel dnnce of the bride's mother and Riv. O. L Martin will pronounce them man sud wife, Ic will be a quiet wedding, attended only bv relatives and a few intimate friends, We extend our hearty congratulations tc this yoong couple, and trust that through out their lives they may be surrounded bj only such circumstances as bring happi ness sud contentment. John W. Dilling hem is a worthy chief and a worthy msu Anderson la proud of hts honesty, couragt and efficiency. Miss King is a cbarmin{ young lady, deservedly popular sud pos sasses all the attributes of heart and minc to maka a good roan a noble wife Wi sgsin congratulate both Tbs Mayor's Conrt Msndsy fend Tu si day morning pressa ted a feu-/ sesue ant shoved e aroup which would bave famish ed mnch delightful study for tbs eztreun physiognomist. There were colored boyi and colored women and colored men anc white men.. There were configurations casts and expressions innumerable. Hav ing respect, however, for the liberties eua tom has engrafted upon the Chrlstmsi tide, bia Honor was lenient and man; were allowed to depart with a slight ad monition. Many plein tdmple drunk were dismissed, but where they were ac companied with disorderly conduct ant Hwearlng $300 was the maximum o leniency. A few cates of petty larceny bu< to be dealt with, and when these wen called tbe conntenance of* hit? Bono would darken and ?K- or !?> dnya waa a low na leniency njuld go. The dance Monday evening at the hotel given by the Chiquola German Club, wa H perfect success and developed mor Christmas tide jov, and brought togethe more feminine ueauty than Any event c the season. If there lurked in a slugl corner ? particle of unhappiness ot gloon it slept un noticed by a single participant Brilliuut lights Uashid upon beautiful cos turnes and bttll more beautiful f irms urn facts, while delightful strains ot in UM stole into every heart, bringing thom int perfect harmony. There were present, n participants Miss Tnu Hill with Capt..? t Marshall; M Na vonRoUell with J- 1. Maxwell, Jr. ; Mles Felecia Murray wit .F. B Maxwell: Mi?? Zoe lliecklevwlt ? ! C Pr?vost ; Min?? Cora Clarke, of RWB?? ua., with J. N. Brown, Jr. ; Miss Hall Wicker *ltb H. C. Hunt, of' Augusts Miss ('aro Millar with Joe II. McGp??, Jr Mks Cleudia Prevent with J, F. I'Mr. # Augusta; M ins Marla Provost witu I). I Surlier; al UH Anna Humphreys with ? M shanie ; Miss LmUe Humphreys wit E R Kay ; Miss Etile Osborne with 1 lt Bleck ley ; Miss MonHe Kiley with 1 D. Earle; Misa Edna Eirle with E. 1 Taylor; MIBS Simmie Earl? with 8. fr Prevobt. Jr ; Mia? Bertha Kev? with I Thorn hy ; M 1?H Margie McCully with . 1). Maxwell, Jr ; Alias Mary Orr with t B. Townsend ; Miss Lacla Childs, nf Pick ?ns, with J. J Trowbridge; MUs Ly'di VanWyck with James Mann, nf Grner ville ; M ifs Virginia Allison, of TCdgeliel with E. P. Bell ; MUs Florence Bacot, c. Greenville, with 1>. S Taylor; M ina Ad Jenkins, of Greenville, with J S Murra) Jr ; Miss Marie Gillard with Cadet Htm Ho ; Mi?a Mamie Bremer, of August witn C Mei rick; Mia* Mattie Hoffman. ? Seneca, with F. McM. Sawyer ; Mi Florence Rllev, of Greenwood, with T. 1 Ball ; Mian Julia Courtney, of Newr with J H. Cochran ; Mra. 8. Josie Pei plea with M. S. Dicken ; MU* Marie Wai nor, or Charleston, with T. J Bell ; Mil Vermeil Dargan, of Greenville, wltn Ge W. Evans; MIKS Maggie Evans with Fu msu 10?ans. The Msgs war*'J< D*rby at Mace Seaborn, of Walhalla; J William Greenville; Adger Smvtb, Pelz?r; L. i Parker, S tt Parker, R. S McCully, R King. G. C. Sullivan and R E Beicht Th" chaperons 'vere Mr. and Mrs R.1 Laughlin, Mr and Mrs II. G. Thomp?o of-Victoria. N. CV. Dr. and Mrp. S. M. Oi Mr and Mrs J. L McGee. Mr. and Mi J. M. Patrick, Mr. and Mr*. P. K M Cnllv. Jry *Tbi-visitors wore Mr. and Mi H. II Rnsacll, Misses Msv and L?lta Ru sell, Mks MUtie Trlbble, Mr W. H. Kei Mlfa Daisy Brown and M>?. Ccrs Ligo The mmous Dearden Band, of AUUUEI InrnUhed the music It was ? delightl dance and will doubtless dwell in t minda of the participants until old Sar come? again -mmi - It in easy to catch a cold and just easy to get rid of it if you commet early to use One Minute Cough Cure, cures couch*, colds, bronchitis, pnoun nla and all throat and lung troubles, ls pleasant to taxe, safe to nse and sure ' eura. Evana Pharmacy. In Memoriam. . ANimasox, g. C., Doe. 27,1697. The many Moods of Miss Annie L. Thornly wore shocked on the morning of Dee. Uih, when the new? spread over the city that she was dead. She waa but a little over eighteou y cs rs old but had made hosts of (friends. Annie took advantage of the public and private schools of the city of Anderson, and aa soon as age would permit she en tered Hartshorn Momorlal Collego, Rich mond, Va., and pursued the course there for four years. 8he was only hindered from graduation last session by the course being lengthened. She joined the tit. Paul Baptist Church when a mere child. but was one of the most faithful members and met death > with that firmness and calm, Christian yeal that marked ber entire Ufo. She was loved, trusted and commended by all who dealt with her. Pastors, teachers, schoolmates, friends and all who knew Annie loved and admired her. Bbc was modest and unassuming, yet faithful und expert when any duty waa entrusted to ber. She died in full triumph or faith and none who knew her doubt? that oho lu ?afe with the One ?ho io early learned to love. Wo mit extend Gymnatby and ask to be permitted to share with ber parent* and relatives In their grief. The funeral services were held in the St Taul Baptist Church of this city. Rev. .1. C. Jackson, her pastor, aulsted by tho other pastor, offlcistsd. K. V, UASS.OVAT. A Clover Trick. It certainly looks like it, but thora ia really no trick ?bout it. Anybody can try lt who ha? Lame Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles. We meen he can cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tunes up the whole system, acts aa a stimulant to the Liver and Kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic lt cures Constipation, Headache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness and Melancholy, lt ls purely vegetable, a ndld laxative, and restores the system to it? natural vigor. Try Electric Hitters and be convinced that tbey *re a miracle worker. Kverv bottle guaranteed. Only r>0c a bottle at Hill-Orr Drug Co. - The Freeman's Journal Bay? that "a tidal wave of Catholicity is sweeping over the earth. In Catholic countries it ia seen in the extraordinary interest taken by Catholics in social and*economic ques tions. in the promotion of Catholic scien tific congresses, in the dawning triumph oftho religious idea in education," etc: and it adds: "Protestant countries alford many evidences of tho same happy con dition of things. Catholicity la contin uously making groat gains lu every one of them." - Mrs. M. B. Ford, Ruddell's, 111., sur fered for eight years from dyapepsla and chronic constipation and was finally cur ed by using DeWitt'a Little Early Risora, the famous little nilla for all stomach and liver troubles. Evana Pharmacy. - A young man and his betrothed wera killed by lightning in Arkansas. They wero overtaken by a storm on Black Point Mountain and were found dead in each other's arm H. They were buried on tho mountain sido io tho same gravo, on what was to have been their wedding day. - Mies Aiiie Hughes, Norfolk, Va., was frightfully burned on ino face an<j neck. Pain was* instantly relieved bv DeWitt'a Witch Har-.ol Salvo which heal ed the injury without leaving a scar lt is tho famous pile remedy. Evans Phar macy. - A guide was recently showing, a party of ladies through a museum, ex plaining the various objects as they went along. "This," he said, taking up u sword, "is the weapon with which Balaam threatened to kill bis ass." "1 never learned." Interrupted ono of the ladles, "that Balaam had a sword. What I have read in history is that he wished he bad one to kill bis ass." "Well." re Elied the young man, "that is the aword e wished he might have had." - J. A. Perkin?, or Antiquity, O., waa for thirty years needlessly tortured by physicians for the cure of eczema, lit quickly cured by using DsWilt'e Wueh Ila^ei Salvo the ramo un beeline salve for piles and ?kin diseases. Evans Pharmacy. - Some women, aa well as some men, have queer notions. The day that Mrs Lenora McMahon, of St Joe, was married she bad ber first husband's body taken up at Wichita and sent to berat Kansai City. The bride and bridegroom joined the remains there ?nd accompanied them to Wisconsin for reinterment.-Atcbinou Globe, - Prosperity comes quickest to the man whose liver is in good condition. De Witt's Littlo Early Risers aro famous lit tle pills for constipation, biliousness), indigestion and all stomach and livor troubl?e. Evans Pharmacy. - "Kloptomauia," the old colored man explained, "is a disease dat might make n nigger steal punkins wen dev was ? watermelon patch in tie ?ame lot." - An acre was originally ns much as t yoke of oxen could plough in a day, bul In the Thirteenth century it was made bv law of its present sizo. Tho word ''nore" ls fron? the Latin ager, a cultivated field Tho Created Discovery Yet. W. M. Repine, editor TDkilwa, III. "Chief," says: . Wo won't keep house without Dr. King's New Discovery foi Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Experi mented willi many othors, but never gol the truo remedy until we u?ed Dr. King'i New Dhcoverv. No other remedy oui: take Its plana in our home, HS in it wi have ii certain and sure euro for Coughs, Cold?, Wbooniug Couidi, etc." ItiKidU to experiment with other remedie-, even if they aro urged on jon us jnvt. as good a! Dr. King's Now Discovery. They are noi ns good, because this remedy bus a record ol' ?aires and betides is guaranteed It never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles freo a' II i li-Orr Drug Co. To Cn re a Cold In On? Day. Take Laxative Bromo tj?inlne Tablets All Druggists r*-fand tbe money Sf it fall? io cure. 2?J. For ea'.o by Evans Phar macy. NOTICE-On ?nd after January lUib, J will be located st my father's home, neat Waco, ready to practico mv profession. J. L. BOLT, M. Is. The Syracuse Plow la of appreciable lighter draft than any plow ever put oi the market. If you hove never ured om o* haye never seen on? used ask you neighbor who has used others and be con vinced that, the Syracuse ls the lightest. tb? strongest, the beet plow ever offered. Wi invite comparison. They turn where nth er? havo failed. Your?, Ac . Brock Bros. ' Syracuse Plows m ad o to gain and sustali the ojnfiJence of the public They turr where others hava failed. Every one w< sell slavs sold and is the meana of us sell lng others. Your*, ?tc Brock Bios. An ancient Greek philosopher once said Give me ? lever and a place on which ti rest it and I will move the world But ai old Anderson farmer said If you want ti nm ve the earth with eaae, uso one ot' Brod Bros'. Syracuse plow?. The gresi Syracuse Tutu Plow is a typ< or model ot ita specie*. It is the "tandure of plow perfection. It hesitates nt noth inj. It is ?li.grit and as tough ai a knot Thev turn where others fall. R?menibei Brock Bro?, are ?ole agent*. , Think! The Oliver Chilled Plow Works of South Bend. Ind., sell six times ai many Turning Plows a-? anv other manu facturera in the world. Whj? Becausi the Oliver Chilled Plow? are the best ir the world, and tbe world knows it. Sulll van Hardware Co , General Agents, ar? prepared to prove It STOP and THINK Before you Turn Tour Dollar Loose. Did you ever think five minutes where was the be^'e place to buy. YOUR CLOTHING, YOUR SHOES, YOUR HATS, YOUR FURNISHINGS ? Did it not occur to you that tidll u 111101(1$ Was the place, and, of course, you would like to know why.? Think over it awhile and see if you can't figure it out why they can sell you at a smaller margin, We respectfully ask you to call and inspect the best line of BOYS' and CHILDREN'S SCHOOL SUITS Ever shown in Anderson. Junior Suits, Reefer Suits, Middy Three-Piece Suits, Double Breasted Suits. All made with Double Seats, Double Knees, Riveted Buttons and Patent Waistbands, and warranted not tc rip. You can't afford to buy your boy a Suit witnouc first see ing the famous Mrs. Jane Hopkins' make of Boys' and Chil dren^ Suits and Pants. Seeing is believing. Come and inspect. Very truly yours to please, HALL & M What a Harvest For the LABIES AT nn 1 CO. IS SHOWING THE PRETTIEST LUE OF MILLINERY That lins ?vor l>o?ti shown in Anderson. MRS. IDA PERCIVAL CRAYTON is again in charge of our Millinery Department. Where she will be pleased to sell you a New Hat, but if you intend having your old Hat trimmed over, don't fail to bring it to her, as she will fix you up the prettiest Hat you have ever worn. And don't forget that U. E. SEYBT has a well-assorted Stock in every department, which he is offering far below his competitors. For good, hon est Goods and honest dealings always call on -