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BY CLI MoCA. I /ES^^ANGSTON " Avnvtt^iT'TT^ ^ ----^ _ _--?--A M DijjRSON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. O??TOI?KI? ia iuor V - : ?4t HATS ! BY an interesting turn in trade we secured Twenty-five Dozen Hats much below their market v? lue. They consist of Fedoras. Alpines and Railroad Shapes-colors brown and black. These Hats are considered cheap at $1.25-mest Stores ask $1.50 for them-but to close them out quick we have marked them 98c. Come to see these Hats and exp oct to see the best Hat for thc money you have ever bought. Remember, we sell for Cash and Cash only. No Goods charged. Our 25 per Cent Discount Sale Is still going on. We will save you 25c. on every dollar's woith of Clothing bought of us. $5.00 Smits, 25 per cent off, $3.75. $7.50 Suits, 25 per cent off, $5.63. $10.00 Suits, 25 per eent off, $7.50. Ch 77 THE SPOT CASK CLOTHIERS. And we are very much pleased with tho fine trade we ??te now having. It ia th? live cash, split dollar valuta that we turn loose every day that draws the masses to our Store. These matchless temptations kare an irresis tible fascination, and our genuine ROCK BOTTOM PRICES are always fixed lo command the Cash Trade, and knock competitors and imitators out ui our way. Great Bargains in Shoes. See our Virginia Ladies' Shoe at ?1.23, well worth $2.00. Our 98c. line of Shoes are simply out of sight. Best and cheapest Shoes in the State We tell more Shoes than any threee houses in Anderson. Big Line of Sample Shirts. Worth $1 00. We now offer for 48c , with Uo extra Collars. Men's Work Shirts from 15c. up to best. Gl?sing Gut our Line of Clothing. Will sell yon a Suit for a mere song, and let you sing it yourself. All Wool Dre?? Qcoda goicg cksap, . r See our Remnants of Dress Plaids for 41c. jard, worth 15c. and 20c. Undershirts 10c. up. Cheeks 2Je. Calicoes 3?c. and best 4 ' c. Don't fail to see the Racket's matchless bargains. We can't enumerate Wf that we bare to ofter. All we ask of you is, see U9 before you buy. It *'ll be money in your pocket. Thousands of useful ?rdeles for one cent-4 Boxes Matches, 25 Slate "neils, 5 Lead Pencils, 25 Envelopes. Too numerous to mention. RACKET STORE, CHEAPEST XIV THE STATE. [MOORE & LUCAS, Successors to Moore <fc Wallis, [COTTON IS CHEAP AND SO ARE LIVE AND LET LIVE IS OUR, MOTTO! ^1$ have, a choice and select Stock of FAMILY and FANCY GEODESIES, [Musting of nlmost everything you may need to eat Our Goods are fresh, 'fij taught ibr cash, and will be sold as low as the lowest. Please give me CiH before purchasing your Groceries. Thanking all for past favors and soliciting a continuance of the same We arc yours to please, GK TP. B?GrBY STATE NEWS. - Negro postmasters have been ap pointed at Lynchburg and Magnolia. - Spartanburg had an $8,000 lire in tho heart of thc town February 14. j The usual insurance will bc paid. - Wild geese hate been rather plentiful on thc Catawba river this seasou, but ducks were pretty scarce. There has not been much shooting. - The contractors expect to be able to complete thc Pickens Railroad by March 10th, when thc first train will be hailed with delight by the wide awake citizens of that flourishing town. - HM. Signor, the drunken barber, who brainad his child at Orangeburg, with a piece of iron hurled at his wife, is now in jail. The child died after lingering quite a while with its skull crushed. "- This section has been devastated by fire for the last week. The moun tains were in a blaze at night, and thc whole country is filled with smoko. These fires have caused more or less loss everywhere.- Walhalla Courier. - Dr. Westerbaker, of the marine service, went to Spartanburg last week to examine certain eases of smallpox. He looked ioto thc matter carefully and said the disease was not smallpox; but some other kind of skin disease. - Senator Archer, of Spartanburg, says that Clemson College last year received $102,000, a per capita of $2?5 for every student in that institu tion. Winthrop received $77,000, a per capita of $237. Money is certain ly spent lavishly where it comes out of thc pockets of the taxpayers. - A detail of twenty men from Battery M., Jacksonville, Fla., has been sent to Charleston and stationed at Sullivan's Island. Au entire regi ment will be sent to Charleston soon. The Atlantic Beach Hotel bets been leased and will be used as a Garrison at the solicitation of the commercial organizations of thc city of Charles ton. . - At thc recent session of court at Camden Judge Townsend in his charge to the grand jury, in referring to the increase of homicide in this State, ex pressed his opinion that the increase of homicide was due in a great meas ure to the fact that executions for murder, etc., were private instead of being public. - On Friday night 13th inst about 10 o'clock, Mr. J. W. Price, living about three railes from McCormick, had his barn and stables burned. He lost all of hi3 corn and the most of his fodder, his farming implements, and a fine mare and mule by the fire. The barn and stables were about two hundred yards from his house, and the fire was not discovered 'till the buildings were falling in. It was evidently the work of an incendiary. - There died in Sunter county Armstrong Rodgers, a eolored roan, who had attained thc age of almost a century. The old man lived on Dr. J. C. Spann'? mil! place near Catchall. At one time he was a well known car- j penter. He claimed to have been a ' man working at his trade in 1833, at which time he made thc coffin in which Geo. Sumter was buried. Rodgers was never a slave. He. bore a good reputation among his white neighbors. - One day last week when the forest fires were raging all over the country, Mr. Richard W. Scegars, with a col ored driver, was going from Kershaw to his home in the northeastern por tion of the eounty when he was caught on the road by a forest fire, ead befare he was able to get to a piece of safety his wagon and one mule were burnt up. He and his driver managed to get the other mule out, but in so doing both he and the driver were so badly burnt that at last reports it is doubt ful if they will recover. - Engineer Henry Hammond, who ruae en the C. S. & N. freight, was severely burned Wednesday while on his regular trip to Bcnnettsville. The weod on thc tender became ignited by a spark from the smokestack and was burning fiercely when discovered about two miles from Darlington. Mr. Hammond pulled the throttle open and put on all speed as he realized at oaoe that the fire could not be extinguished until he reached Darlington. The heat soon became so intense in thc cab that he and his fireman had to leave it and take refuge on the foot board in front. When the train neared the Darlington yard he was compelled to return to thc cab to shut off the steam and bring the train to a stop. While doing so j his hands were seriously burned and j he will be unable to return to duty ! for somo time. The wood work of thc cab was charred by the heat, but no ? great amount of damage was done The Are was soon extinguished after the train was stopped in the Darling ton yard. LEGISLATIVE REVIEW. What the Legislators Did at the Ses sion .lust Ended. Columbia State. Colimbia resumed her normal con dition yesterday and down about the capitol there was nothing to remind one of the faet that tho tJcneral As sembly which had been sitting for thc past 35 days bad adjourned sine die. Thc early morning traius carried away a great many bf tho member? who bad remained to attend thc final scssioa, and during thc afternoon nearly all tho other* left for their respectivo homes. A few are still hore waiting to go out on this morniug's trains. Yesterday thc hacks and street cars had a good thing of it carrying the several departing members a?d their luggage to thc depots. In Gov. Kller bc's othec were piles of ratified Acts awaitiug his approval or disapproval. He has a3 yet vetoed only one bill, and that was ono duplicating another passe? fit thc same session. Ho has not yet considered the separate coach, the Livingston "Nichols Law," or the fertilizer Acts. Tho members who remained in the city over yesterday looked tired and worn out with their last two days and nights of work; all seemed to be very happy, however, that they had man aged to complete the business and get away in even less than thc 40 days that will he aljowed future sessions. Some were still mad about the "sam ple* ' investigation matter, but their ire will be dissipated in thc cours* of time. If it is not, it will not be the fault of the quality and quantity of the samples indulged in. Many mem bers have gone home, too. not to re turn. A good many of them realized that fact. Not a few predicted that there would bo much new material in the body that will next assemble in the legislative halls. Now that the session is over and is a matter of history it may not bc amiss to take a glance at its features and results. Elsewhere will be found thc list of thc Aots resulting from thc session. Thora are 20b of them all told. Of these 92 appeared originally as Senate measures. The other 114 bills that got through and became Acts came from thc members of the House af Representatives. Three or four of these v?crc thc Acts providing for general and legislative appropria tions, supplies and for polling pre cincts-matters of course. Another Was a duplicate of an Act that resulted from a Senate bill. The evil which thc new constitu tion hoped to do away with was a feature of the session. This is the matter of special legislation. Of all the 200 Acts a glaace through the list .hows that only 62 are measures of general application; all the rest are of a special and local character. The principal feature of the session waa the public printing matter. The fight that was made on the Reynolds bill in the HeuBQ created so end of talk aad no doubt will be heard from for many days to come. When the bill came along at first there was no sign of opposition to it. Never, per haps, has such a fight boen made on a bill when it earae to the question of ordering it to be ratified aa was wit nessed when thia bill reached thia stage. It is safe ta say that had it not been for the tiaaely and forcible remarks Made fron? a business stand point made hy Mr. Cushman just be fore tho vota was taken, the bill might have died thea aad there. All through the aesaion the printing business kept bobbing up and not a few wera expect ing to hear much more of it on the last day than waa heard. When thc appropriation bill came in and the committee informed the' Gen eral Assembly that a levy of more than five mills would have to be made unless aa adjournment waa had within the period that finally prevailed, the members aaw that it would not do to exceed that amount and go back be fore their people, and from that mo ment every energy was beaded to com plete the work. The result showed what could be doae when the effort was made. l'p to that time the flood of new bills seemed inexhaustible, but then the faucet was hastily turned off and the active work of thc session was began. , * Another feature of the session was the adherence of both Houses to the preconcerted determination not to "monkey" with the liquor question. Thc first vate on the prohibition measure when the House refused to strike out the enacting words of thc Childs bill was such a surprise to many of the members that it took J their breath away for thc moment, j None dream sd that thc strength of the prohibition sentiment as indicated by that vote was so strong. Abso lutely thc only legislation bearing up on?thc liquor basinets that lias rc- ? suited fruin th?> session is found in ! the McCullough distillery Act and the concurrent resolution ot' Mr. Ki'o j 1er exprcssiu:.' thc sentiment of the ; General Assembly against the hotel j privilege system. The Senate even in 1 the closing hours killed thc Venter j bill passed by the House exempting j three counties from the operation of the dispensary law. Thc new county lights were big I features of the session and took up much time in both Houses. Lee County has been established. 1'ec Dec County is to have a now election. I If the Lee County Act is as defective as the Greenwood County Act wau thc next General Assembly may ci peet to spend several of its legislative days perfecting it. At this session there were no end of bills looking to thc perfecting of thc Greenwood Act. If the Act isn't in thc proper shape now it certainly ought to be. That everlasting trouble about thc county goveranicnt system was very much in evidence and cost the State, as usual, much money. There was thc usual procession of bills to amend thc Act as to certain counties, lt finally resulted in thc passage of the measure proposed by Senator Henderson with his jury drawing scheme dropped out of it. What effect thc new act will have towards preventing amendatory bills in the future remains to be seen. The usual fight against thc South Carolina College appropriation was made and thc House made its redac tion only to have the Senate keep the college at a sustaining figure. It was the fight that is made year after year. A goad many fights were had over matters that got through one House only to be electrocuted in the other. The two Houses towards the end of the session seemed to organize a kind of mutual execution society. The most important Acts resulting from the 35 days of legislative work were Mr. Livingston's measure as tt tho taxation of telegraph, express, sleeping car and other companies; Mr. deLoach's measure, putting thc tele graph aud express companies undei the control of thc railroad commission; Senator Archer's law to prevent un reasonable discrimination in chargcf of telephone companies, and Mr. Ash ley's fertilizer label system. Provis ion was also made for the draging ol juries in public. Tkc new State liol i days have been provided for-Jeffer son Davis1 birthday and Arbor day thc third Friday in November. The General Assembly extended th? time for the payment of State taxes for the year 1897 and for the paymcn' of thc commutation tax for the same year. For 20 years efforts have been miad< at every session to pass a separat? coach bill. This year Mr. Caughmai made the fight and won, aud now then is on the statute books at last such ai Act. The usual fight to get the anti-frei pass law was made and as usual tin Senate prevented the House from re pealing the Act that Maj. Woodwan had put on the statute books abou the time that free passes were beinj mach discussed. Maj. Woodward wa on the floor thc last night of thc ses sion, and be was having his annus chuckle of satisfaction at seeing hi Act stand all the onslaught made uri on it. At this session the insurauce de posit Act of the preceding sessio was perfected, and at last pro^isio has beeu made for a commission t look into thc matter of establishing juvenile reformatory in this State. Among the Acts of a general chat aeter passed may be mentioned th following: Senator Henderson's meat ure making the embezzlement of put lie funds a felony: Mr. Stevenson' resolution providing for the paving c the walks and eourt yard of thc cap toi: Senator Dennis' measure rclatin to the holding of preliminary exam nation by magistrates; the act of Mi DeCruhl giving protection to" kccpei of boarding houses; Mr. McCullough plan for collecting taxes in towns an cities; the measure of Messrs. l'atto and Winkler relating to mortgages o real estate; Mr. Meare's measure mal ing the office of State librarian elct tive: the resolution requiring the di: tribution of thc supplementary schot tax fund; Mr. Sullivan's law relatin to arrests without warrant: the pam perfecting the sinking fund commi: sion Act, and thc changing of tin for thc holding ef courts in the Sci cnth Circuit. Thc re-election of Chief Justh Mciver and thc several of the Circu Judges and the making of a new .luck -Mr. (rage-were among the result of the session. It has been a noticeable feature < thc present session that there hav not been any "leaders" in the HOUSM Kach member has gone along an acted in hi-* own way. Messrs. Stev enson, Patton, J no. 1'. Thomas, ,lr aiid Hacot maintained the reputation* they had previously made :i> lawmak ers. This session Mr. Shnkins. of F.dgcficld, developed greatly and dis played much real ability. Mr. Cush man was another mau who was always clear and pointed in what lie had to say. Mr. Ilydriek developed into a painstaking Legislator more quickly than perhaps any new man who has been here in several years. Messrs. Winkler and W. R. Smith watched things carefully and saved the State considerable money in having debate shut off at times when snob a step was necessary. Mr. Pollock was a better Legislator this year than heretofore, lie talked plainly when necessary. Mr. McCullough bad many occasions for thc display of his ability this year and became quite a prominent figure. Mr. Vernor, of Oconee, stirred the boys up considerably with bis liquor sample resolution, which was thc sen sation of the closing days of thc ses sion; bc also ninde n strong light on his seduction bill which the Senate in its wisdom saw lit to dose with knock out ?hops. The speaker and the entire clerical force, despite their arduous labors, gave universal satisfaction throughout the session. - mm . - Hurrying Hille (?uns South. BOSTON, February 1!'.-The livening Herald says: "Hush orders haye been received at Kort Warren directing the commander, Col. Woodruff, to semi a detachment of one corporal and eight men to Fort Winthrop, where they will get eight-inch converted rifle guns to the dock in readiness for shipment. The guns go to Mobile. Ala., where carriages from New York have been sent to mount the rifles on. lt was learned to-day that orders received some time ago from the department at Washington, bearing upon the equip ment and eflieiency of the men, are being carried out at the navy yard, and that every marine remaining there has been inspected, his equipment in creased to that of active service, and extra drill is being held daily. The apprentices on the Wabash, as well as the regular seamen and recruits, are being given practice at the guns and with thc cutlass. mm ? - m. Families of Maine Victims. WASHINGTON, February 17.-It is probable that the families of thc vic tims of the Maine disaster will ho cared for by the Government as were thc survivors of those who were lost in the Samoan hurricane several years ago, when one hundred and fifty-four American officers and sailors were lost from the Nipsic, Vandalia and Tren ton, which were wrecked on that oc casion. Representative McClellan, of New York, introduced a joint resolu tion appropriating $150,000 for this purpose in the House to day. The resolution is as follows: Resolved, hy the Senate and House of Representatives, That thc Secretary of the Navy bc, and he is hereby, di rected to pay out of any money in the trcusury not otherwise provided for, a sum equal to twelve months' pay to thc legal heirs or represent atives of each of the officers and crew of thc sliii? Maine, who perished in the disaster at Havana, February 15, 1RH8, nm! the sum of $150,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated to carry out the pro visions of this Act. Hon, Lew Wallace Challenged. L>; lt A NON, IND., Feb. VJ.-George K. Oaks, of Indianapolis, has written a challenge to Gen. Lew Wallace to mortal combat on the field of honor. At the banquet here on Lincoln's birthday, f?en. Lew Wallace in a speech tobi of a personal interview with Lincoln when Cen. McClellan had been forced back by Lee to Harri son's Landing on thc James river. Lincoln was sad and Wallace inquired what was thc matter. Lincoln Raid: "I must go to Harrison's Landing to tell McClellan cot to surrender the army." (?en. Wallace said half an hour later Lincoln WHS in a boat bound for Har rison's Landing. "That is thc first time 1 ever related this fact." Goorge E. Oak?, who was a private soldier in the First Michigan infantry under McClellan, denounces the story as a fabrication, and champions thc cause nf his dead commander. $100 Reward. $100. Tbe reader? of this paper will brt pleaded ta Itnrn that i linn i? at least ono dreaded disease that sri once lias heon able lo cure in all Ita stages, and thal III Catarrh. Hall"* Catarrh Cure ls the only posi tive cum now ktiuwn to tho medical fraternity. Catarrh hoing a constitutional disease ie<jlires :i constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cur?- lt? taken Internally, acting diiectly upon tho Mond at I rnurous suriace!* ol" tho system, therehy de M rey lug the. foundation of the diwaflt. nod giving die pa tient strength hy building up tb.- const lin lion and assisting nature in doing hs work, Tho proprietors have ?o mitch loih in its curative power*,that they nflfer One Hundred follar-, for jyiy ivw ! '.nt it fniU tv? ?uro. Send fur li?: of ;<-i ti ra onfall stale Convention <>r tin* Veterans The following general orders of es pecial interest to every veteran in thc State havo just been issued from tho headquarters of tho S. C. division, I!. C. V., in Charleston: ti KN KU Xl. OUDKUS Nt?, Ul). I. Tho annual convention l'or 1808 of this division will he held in the (?crinan artillery hall. Wentworth street, Charleston, Wednesday, April 'J7. The convention will he called to order at lt) a. m. II. K.uh camp will appoint one sponsor, wini will select her maid of honor to represent the ramp :it the re union. lil. Representatives nf camps will bring the banner of their respective camps to be carried into the conven tion hall, and used to designate thc representatives of thc various camps. Comrades are specially ro<|Utistcd to brinn any battle ilaire in their posses sion. Th? bearers ol' sucji battle Hags will report to division headquar ters at 0.45 a. m.. April 27, ami go into thc convention with tho officers of the. division and be seated, hearing thc lings, upon th?- stage when in the hall. IV. A meeting (d' the committee on the monument to thc women of the Confederacy will bc held at the con vention hall at an hour to lu' named hereafter. V. A meeting of the. chaplains of each camp will lu? held at thc conven tion hall at an hour to he named here after. Kach camp will please secure the attendance of their chaplain, as thc division chaplain has a matter of much importance to lay before them. VI. During thc reunion the com manding ecncral will request at some convenient hour a meeting of the com mandants of all the camps, the oolo ncls of the regiments, and generals of brigades to make reports upon the status of their respective command!:. They will come prepared to make full reports as to numbers, their officers and thc work they are accomplishing. VII. Hates of fare for travel, about 1 cent per mile, have been secured, which will enable comrades from all parts of the State to be present at the reunion. VIII. Charleston extcuds to usa most cordial invitation, lt :3 hoped that an appreciation of her splendid hospitality, her reya? welcome, will bc shown by a large gathering. Let every comrade sonic. We are fast passing away. ?very year we miss some familiar, loved face, and every year lessens the number of those who gather to renew tho friendship formed in the hours of danger and trial. But few more such opportuni ties will we have. Let us meet ana clasp hands (for how many of us will it be for the last time?) with those who served with us ia defense of our Southern rights, who were our broth ers in these trying days. By com mand of C. IRVINE WALK BK, Major General. .I AU KB ?i. HOLMES, Chief of Staff. Figures for Farmers. i New ORLEANS, Feb. 18.-Mr. ll. M. Neill, the well know cotton statis tician, to-day issued a circular as to the probability of consumption of American cotton for the current sea son. After reviewing tho results of previous seasons Mr. Neill says: In America the Southern mills arc doing well and will probably consume 100, 01)0 bales more than last year. But the reverse is the case with the Northern mills. With these premises we may now form a fair idea of the actual consump tion of American cotton during thc year ending the I st of September, 1SH8? Now as to supply, European and Amer ican mill stock Sept. 1, 1S?)7, -.00,000; visible supply American Sept. 1, 1807, 800,000; crop of 1S!)7 OS, 11,000,00b; total supply of American for the year, 12,200,000. From which, deducting total consumption of all countries 0,050,000, and you have left'with ris ible and spinners' stocks 3,150,000 against visible SOO,000 and spinners' 400,000 last year, 1,200,000. Visible and in risible cxceis at Sept. 1 over last year, 1,050,000. While I have used the figures of ll,000.O0t) bales in these calculations it is quite manifest from the move ment tnat the crop will be considcr ablj* more. - . - ?? . mm- - - The phosphate industry in the State is on a boom once again. As if by a common impulse, both old and new companies are commencing to mine South Carolina phosphate rock as in the days gone by. and the news is tr i \ ing pleasure lo those who read it. - Flour is now l>oinu proasofj into bricks for use on the march and in c imp. Tho British nov om merit ia testing it t'or use in tho army.