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V ? BY CL?NKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAROK i?, 1}?!?. VOLUME XXXJ11-NO. W, Our 25 Per Cent DISCOUNT SALE! If you had a story to tell, one that you knew was true? ne you wanted believed, how would you tell it ? usc big adjectives, high-sounding phrases, or tell it nietly ? Perhaps we are too modest. We will save you 25 per cent on every dollar's worth of ought of us. $5.00 Suits, 25 per cent off, $3.75 7.50 Suits, 25 per cent off, 5.63 10.00 Suits, 25 per cent off, 7.50 15.00 Suits, 25 per cent off, 11.25 Thc number of Hats we put on sale was, luckily, large ; se you late comers wouldn't have the chance you still have, 98c. for Hats that were $1.25. iost Stores ask $1.50 for them.) New shapes. Colors black id brown. SeiueMber, we sdi for Cash and Cash only. No Goods ?arged. THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIEES. fl. V4 ? ITV 4* IV Farmers ! IT is told us daily that we have been a great help to Farmers while MOB is 5c. per pound. We sol? Goods for such a small profit it is money red lor you to trade with us. We still take ?he lead in SHOES. Ih't Shoes in the State for the leaist money. Wo have a nice line of Spring Percales at 5c. per yard. Nit? Plaid Worsted, sold everywhere for 15c. and 20c. yard-we sell at c. to 20c. yard. Remnants we now offer at yard. MATTINGS. Will take pleasure in shoving you a splendid line of Mattings nt cheap We also have a nice line of India Linen. A big lot of EMBROIDERY AND RIBBONS [ill bc on sale, next week at special-prices. We bought these Goods at 60c. Jtbe dollar, and will soft at about hslf price. iNiee Black Dre s Goods for making Skirts, ??c. We are selling Woolen Dress Gooda at Cost. Clothing going at almost half price. Will sell you a nice 910.00 Black tfor 85.00, and cheaper Good-* accordingly. We are busy all the time. Fall in line and come on with the crowd to RACKET STORE, CHEAPEST ITV THE STATE. 0ORE & LUCAS. a TON IS CHEAP AJN*> SO ARE ?BOCnBIEl?. LIVE AND LET LIVE IS OUR MOTTO ! JE have a choice and select Stock of ?'AMIL"? and FANCY GROCERIES, Nhig of almost everything you may need to eat. Our Goodt? are fresh, 1 boiiRQt for cash, end will be sold as low as the lowest. Please give me "cf-ire purchasing your Groceries. phanking all for past favors arid soliciting a continuance of the same We are yours to please, Gk F. BIGBY. STATE NEWS. - President Wilborne calls for a rally of the sub-alliances of the State on thc 12th. - The April term of the United I States Circuit Court will bc opened in j Charleston on April 4. - South Carolina has moro cavalry than any other State in thc Union and I about one-fourth of thc total cavalry force of the militia of this country. - A large warehouse at Fountain lun, owned by J. W. (5 ivens and stored with 1,300 bales of cotton, caught lire Thursday night and thc building and contents wore entirely destroyed. - The people of Lake City have j had to guard their town on account of | the threatened burning by colored ! people in revenge for th" killing of | the postmaster. The citizens met in mass meeting and have denounced this murder and arson. - The work of laying the track of the.Pickens and Kasley road is being rapidly pushed. Contractor Oliver expects to have it completed by Sat urday. lt is hoped that trains will be running over the new road within two weeks. - Whatever may be thc wife's claims on her husband's worldly goods, th" magistrate at Society Hill, Dar lington county, does not allow thc husband to handle the wife's property. Samuel Abrahams, colored, has just been sentenced to thirty days on the chaingang for giving away without her consent, 21 bushels of corn, the property of Mrs. Abrahams. - Tho house of Jack Foster, tenart on M. B. Davis's place, five miles west of Abbeville, was destroyed last Tuesday by fire. Two little children were left in the house. Men ;*t ^ork in the field near by saw the flames of the burning building. They ran to the rescue, and found the clothing burnt off of a five year old son of Jack Foster. The child died in a few minutes. The building and co?tent? were a complete loss. - The Norris Mill at Catechee has been running only about 2 months, but mill men in that section of the country claim that the mill is equal to thc very best in the State, says the Textile Excelsior. Thc mill makes fine sheeting, 40 inohes wide. 72 ends, 80 picks. The mill waa started to spin enough yarn to run the weaving but they are now shipping about 4,000 lbs. of 308 yarn a week in skeins. This production is over and above the engineer's calculation. The Southern mills outrun the Northern calculation. - Senator Tillman passed through the city yesterday afternoon en route to Washington from Trenton. He seemed to be in fine health. A pas senger on the train asked him about the outlook for war. With character istic energy he is said to have replied: "If it is proven that the Maine was blown up by the Spaniards there will be war in spite of-." The Senator I also talked freely with passengers with whom he was acquainted about the political outlook, but gave no ex pression of opinion as to the result of the coming campaign.-Netvs nnd Courier, 7th. - Clarendon has recently had an exodus of ten white persons, bound for Colorado, converts of the Mormon doctrine. They represent the fami lies of S. R. Tobias and James Haley. A daughter of Mr. Tobias left about a year ago with a Mormon elder to be married in a Mormon temple in Colo rado. She has written such a glowing description of her adopted home, that together with the influence of the Mormon eiders in Clarendon, the two families have embraaed the Mermen faith and left for the West. The families are well-to-do farmers.-Sum ter Herald. - W. TX. Bullock was yesterday , suspended from the duties of the clerk , of the court of Abbeville county by Governor Kllerbe. Bullock has been charged with gross irregularities in the discharge of his official duties. Nothing was known of any official misconduct until thc "grand jury ren dered its report recently preferring the charges against the official. When 1 thc matter was placed in their hands by the court, a triic bill was rendered . and consequently the governor has done thc proper thing in removing ' Bullock. His successor has not yet 1 been appointed.-Col umida Register, i (?th in nt. - Three charming bachelors of | Greenville have entered into a solemn j compact with one another. Each one j has deposited a check for $100, and , the one who is first to marry will fall heir to .the whole amount. Three , hundred dollar? is a nice sum to start j houso keeping with, and if it leaks < out who the aforesaid bachelors are, 5 their value in the matrimonial market will be considerably increased until : one of them steps off with thc money J and the girl of his choice. It is said ] that all threo of thc gentlemen arc j now. making desperate efforts to win the money, and their friends ore aid- { ing each of them.-Greenville Moun- 1 tainecr. t THE WEEK'S POLITICS. Some Interesting Derelopnicnts From* ised. Co Lt'.Mm A, March ."?.-The most significant move on thc political chess board during the past week has been the call for a prohibition contention. This fight will be pushed with ?ho aeal that is ever characteristic of the "Crusade?," but altogether with in thc lines of the Democratic party, across which line few white men in South Carolina have thc temerity to step. Thc strength of thc prohibition par ty is now an unknown , factor, but there arc many L cu who contend that this faction is very much stronger than ft i;? popularly supposed to bc. Tkis sentiment is entertained hy many of thc prohibitionists who have joined in thc movement towards an organiza tion for thc purpose of putting out a complete State ticket. As a matter of fact, many of thc old time prohi bitionists, especially in the rural dis tricts, where the prohibitionists have always found their strength, have bedded themselves so intimately with the dispensary party that this(?a bricl's trumpet will nut rouse them from their dreams. In order to com pensate for this loss of .strength, it is urged by some of the leaders to form | a coalescence with the local optionists, j their rival cousins, and thus draw the i line sharply between dispensary and anti-dispensary, and once having over thrown their common enemy and baring the bone of contention again between them, to fight out their old quarrel on new lines. It is argued that antago nism t? the State control of liquor will make as strong a bond cd union ss could bc desired, and will lead to po litical affiliations that under ether cir cumstances would be impossible. The natural leader of the prohibi tionists is Mr. Childs. It is believed that he could Teeni? more of the wan dering sheep to the house of David than any man in thc State, but he would not prove a drawing card for thc local option mes, and while con cession is not a characteristic of the advoeates of prohibition, it is urged that thc exigencies of the case most make amends for what might be re garded under ordinary circumstances as sops to Cerebus or treaties with the devil. If the local optionists are to become allies of the prohibitionists, the old principle of give and take must be employed. In view of these fasts, there are many of the leader** who arge a joint ticket and who arc negotiating treaties with the local op tion men, and it is not improbable that the convention called for on April 14 will have a ring-streaked and striped complexion to the old time cold water army and the contents of the canteen will have a spicy stick in it that will be a new flavor and proba bly not a disagreeable one to the pal ates of thc uncompromising. Senator Mayfield has been again ap proached in the matter of leading these combined forces, as being thc most acceptable man to both sides. He told the gentlemen who discussed thc matter with him that he fully agreed with them, that prohibition in itself could not win, but he thought the combination could very likely car ry the State, but as for his running, he could not at present sec his way clearly to accenting thc honor of the leadership, which would mean the sacrifice of his individual business, ;ss? now growing to comfortable pro portion^ sad for its preservation need ing his exclusive attention. The atan, he argues, who enters public life should be in a position to protect him self against the great danger of be coming a public pensioner, which is the fate of so many public officers. Mr. Child's health is against his making an active canvass, which is necessary. As a strong second to thc straight "prohibition ticket, or as the leader in the event of Mr. Childs not being able to enter the race. Hon. J. ; A.* McCullough, of Greenville, is prominently mentioned. He is also spoken of as n second to the combina Lion ticket if Mr. Mayfield can be in duced to lend it. In regard to the other faction in Lbe fight, there are many whispers of Fanoy tinged with more or less fact; a recounting of even all thc most inter esting would consume too much of your space. Briefly told, the position now is that the support of the old Ile formers has been' drawn away from Senator Archer, who seems to have reached the zenith of his popularity ?bout thc tinje he made his formal announcement of candidacy. Then [ie appeared the strongest man in thc jeld, bat he seems to have lost ground steadily ever since. Ile came out of ?.he woods too soon and a getting into laylight he could not measure up all t wool and a yafd wide, the iilling began to drop out and he began to bc con sidered as a weak imitation of Ben Tillman, and there were some hints of the old fable of the liou's ?kin being revamped. This support is now be lieved to Wc making towards Col. lt. Ii. Watson; yet there are some indica tions of the mantle falling on the shoulders of the Hon. Dan Tompkins, who is said to stand nearer the throne of the king whose scepter is a pitch fork than any other mun in tito State, and it might be that in him we be hold the promised Moses, who wrns ro ferred to when il was ?aid by PO many. I "the winning man has not yet been named." It is a significant fact that this sup port does not drift towards Kllcrbc, and there is now no indication of its ever doing so, yet it is said that ho could readily be adopted into the po litical orphan asylum, ii there was any chance of his making a running fight, but there is not. and li ir friends who were once am o up the trusted guard ot the ark of tht covenant, are openly threatening thc Knight of thc Pitchfork with i fate such as overtook him in tilt liarle-Kvans election if he docs nol keep his nose or his pitchfork out ol other people's business. Kllerbc't strength is unknown. Ile was nevei adopted hy the people. There were nearly fit),OOO silent voters in the elec tion by which Kllcrbc became govern j or, and nobody knows whether thest votes were a.protest against ring rule or au acquiescence in the genera] management of the "bosses" by thc bossed, lt is these 50,000 that make the ring rather cautious of thc adop tion of Ellerbe. It in also positively stated that in spite of his declaration, in spite of the firm faith of the political leaders, that George D. Tillman will not be a candidate. It is very improbable that he could be induced to keep hesse with the prohibitionists on the coales cent ticket. He is even more on complimentary than his brother and as strong or stronger in his prejudices. In the event, then, that thia allied force becomes a fact and puts out a ticket, it would detract so greatly from George D. Tillman's strength tnat he would practically be out of the raec. Walt Whitman is running because it is a habit he has; nobody objects because he does not hurt anybody or anything and it amuse* him. Interest is now being very greatly felt in ?he subordinate offices on the State ticket, hut this letter is already too long, and your interest, kind read er, will doubtless he kept alive until next week, when I will have some thing to say about the gentlemen that will entertain you io your idle mo ments. HARTWELL M. AYKU. The Rewards Offered. WASHINGTON, March ft.-Postmaster General Gary to-day issued thc follow ing circular offering a reward of $1,500 for the arrest and conviction of caeh person who participated in thc murder of Postmaster Baker at Lake City. S. C., on the night of Feb. 21: "Thc special ?oward of $1100 hereto fore offered by the postofficc depart ment for thc arrest and conviction of thc person or persons who burned the postoffice at Lake City. S. C., on the night of February 21, 1898, is hereby renewed, and thc special reward for the arrest and conviction of the per son or persans who murdered the post ????iur H? that piace on the sam? night is hereby increased to $1,500 for (he arrest and conviction of eaeh person who participated in said morder. "These rewards will bc paid to thc perron or persons causing such arrests aud conviction upon presentation to thc department of documentary proof thereof, but no claim for the above re wards will be entertained by the de partment unless presented within six months from thc date of conviction.*' - a mm - She was a bride of only three short mont?is. but she had lier trou bles, and naturally made a confidante of her mother. "My dear child,"said thc inot>cr, 'if you would have neith er eyes nor ears when your husband comes home late from the club you might bc happier.' "Perhaps so," answered thc young wife, w??h an air of weariness, "but what am I to do with my nose?" -,- m m> mm ST iTK or OHIO. CITY OV Tot-Kno, j LUCAS COUNTY, I FRANK J. CHUNKY ma'je* oath that ho in the len Ur partner of the Bria of P. J. (UKSBY&CO, clolog bu?lne*A in tae (Mtv of Toledo, County and State aforesaid and that raid finn will par the iura of ONE HUNDRED DOLL \ ILS tor each and every ca*o of CATA H Bli that cannot bc cured by tho use of HA UTAEP.II COKK. FRANK J. CHENEY. S-?orn to before me and nutucrihed In my prt?s unci*, thii 6th day <if Dec-ember, A. 1) 18fG. ai;AI.) A. W GLEASON tiotary Publie. Hall'? Catarrh Cure is lake.n O.t. rn,.l'y aud sets lirrctly on thc blood and naicoin ?urfices of the ?y?t<-rn ^eud for trail ""nial*, free. Address. P. J. CHENEY & CO.,Toledo O Sold by Dru j; ?rbi v 75?. Terrible Tragedy Shoeks Spartanburg. SPARTA NH uno, March 1. At J.;{0 o'clock this afternoon Dr. S. J. Biv ings shot and killed T. J. Trimmier in the latter's book store on thc public square. An immense crowd gathered in front ?d' thc Store at once and all kinds of rumors were afloat, but no demonstration of any kind was made. Roth were men of prominence and bulli had many friend.?: in faet, thc two were themselves bosom friends, and as the news went from mouth to mouth it chucked and surprised every body. .lust what caused thc difficulty ij not yet known, but it seems to have beciujftotucthiug about Bivings' wife. Mr. I. W. (?lay. of (?li ndale, was standing at Mr. Triiuuiier's desk giv ing an order fur some printing, which Mr? Triminicr was writing down. Dr. Bivings walked up behind him and tired at Tritiimier over his left shoul der. Mr. (?ray stated that it was se close to him as to jar him considera bly and cause him t?t think sonic one was tiring at him. Ile (urned quickly and saw [livings tire two inore shots. Bivings theil said: ''I will teach you how to speak other than respectfully of my wife." Tritiimier replied: "What do you mean?' and sank down. In three minutes he was dead, being shot through the heart. Biv ings then turned towards the front of thu store. Mr. Trimmior's sou came in and started hack towards his father and Bivings remarked: "Don't bother mc, for I don't want to hurt you," and shot him through the hand. Divings, with a pistol in each hand, walked up to Policeman McAbec on thc street and surrendered. He was then locked in jail. If thero be anything else the coroa cr's inquest will have to develop it, fer ali parties refuse to talk at thin time. The inquest will be held to night. This city has not had a irorc profound rumination nineo George 8. Turner's day. Both men were raised in this county. Dr. Bivings has been practicing dentistry here for a number of years and Mr. Trimmier was the proprietor of thc well-known Trim mior's book fitorc. Both have fami lies. The tragedy is deplorable. o i'A UTAN nunn. Maren il.-The friends of Dr. Hirings 7iow say he was crazy when he committed thc awful deed of Tuesday afternoon. It is only on this hypothesis that they can ac count for his nations. T. .J. Trim raier had been perhaps thc best friend he had in the world and he had made Trimmier's book store his headquar ters for a year or more. Mrs. Bivings states that Mr. Trimmier had always treated her in a perfeotly gentlemanly manner and she had not seen him since just before the Christmas holi days. If Mr. Trimmier had ever said anything derogatory about Mrs. Div ings to anybody it has not yet been divulged. Such seems incredible, for Mrs. Bivings is above reproach and is highly respected by all who know her. Bivings" health has been bad for sev eral months and he had given up the practice of dentistry. Mrs. Bivings stated to a reporter that on the after noon before thc tragedy a physician had stated to her that her husband was suffering from mental abcration. These facts, taken together with his actions in thc telegraph ellice both be fore and after thc shooting, cause some to doubt his sanity, if ibis bc not the case a cause for the deed has yet to be found.-The Slate. j - A letter from Stephen W. iioachj in San Francisco, reports that the big steamship City of Peking, built by thc late John Roach, his father, for Pacific Mail Steamship company ar rived in San Francisco harbor on Feb ruary "2, with her flags flying, having on that day completed her 100th round trip between America and Asia. In that time the City of Peking has tra versed 1,1100,(100 miles of ocean, survi ving every storm and ali thc perils of the deep, and is today a staunch, sea worthy ship, with every prospect of ninny years of prosperous enterprise liefere her. The City of Peking has had an interesting history, and is an excellent specimen of thc product of the great shipyards at Chester, Penn., vet condueted'hy the family of .lohn Bondi. mm . mm - Kverv one who enjoys sitting by a wood fire must have observed how the w*jod sputters and hisses and fre quently gives oft little jets of flames, and again thc pieces crackle and fly olF nt a considerable distance. This is caused by the water in the wood which, confined in the cells, becomes heated and generates steam. It is a curious fact that intense heat and intense cold produce fractures in vari ous substances. In the most extreme cold weather it is not uncommon, espe cially if thc cold has come on sudden ly, to find trees that are split from the ground to the top by the action of frost, freezing expands thc water in th? cells of the wood, and so sud denly i-5 this done that tito trees burst as would a pitcher or mug in which water was confined.- New York Led ger. Textile School to ho Established. Senator Tillman, looking unusually well and full of talk as usual, says the Columbia ?state, came down with Gov ernor i?llcrbe from Clemson College yesterday afternoon, and riding u?? with thc Governor, he wont, to tho residence of his kinsman. Mr. d.W. Hunch, whore he spent tho night, lie will run over u> Trenton to-day anti then hasten bark to Washington. Senator Tillman's war views arc indi cated elsewhere, lie is not talking much about South Carolina politics, but docs not think much will coin" from the prohibition movement. Ile says the Clemson board is very much pleased with the management of thc new president. Mr. Ilartzog; the administration of th.' now head of the college is considered businesslike and satisfactory ti? the board. Senator Tillu an gave the following information as tn the results of tho two nichts ami one day sessions of lim board. It was found that after paying all the running expenses of the school that a neat little surplus was ?MI hate' and the board decided to appropriate $12,000 for the purpose of inaugur?t itlg a textile school to be opened i:. September, if possible. (bi the recommendation of the press ?lent, the matter nf reorganizing thc titting school was discussed ?iud the president was instructed tn prepare :i seheme of studies looking to that en.I and to report lo the board in .lune. Nothing has been heard from the expert sent to inspect the sanitary ar rangements of the institution, and. of course, nothing could be done aloug this linc. The health of thc students is very good indeed. The board was reorganized. Mr. Simpson was relccted president and the new trustees drew their terms by lot. Monars. Stackhonse, KHerbe and Mauldin will serve four years and thc others two each. Mr. Jamison's proposition in regard to tho Calho'SH letters was accepted under certain conditions and Senator Tillman was instructed to confer with him. Mr. Jamison desires to get ac cess to the letters on behalf of the National Historical Association. Mr. Tillman has some very interest ing information regarding the "Stark Manuscript." Mr. Clemson, Mr. Cal houn's son-in-law, had employed Mr. Stark, a gentleman of high attain ments, to prepare a history of tho life of Calhoun. While engaged in this work at Mr. Clemson's homo Mr. Starke died, leaving his work unfin ished and his manuscript in a system of cipher or shorthand. This was sui mittcd recently to a number of ste nographers in this State, but none of them could dcoiphcr it. Mr. Tillman asked permission to take the manu script to Washington and to get some of thc experts there to work on it. The papers were recently submitted to Mr. Thos. F. Shuey, official stenogra pher of thc Senate, aud he had little trouble in translating it. He says that thc manuscript contains a history of Calhoun's carly life, and a sketch of his ancestry. This information will be very valuable, for none of the biographers have yet told us of Cal houn's early life. Senator Tillman has ordered thc manuscript to be transcribed, and a typewritten copy made. Mr. Shuey's letter to Mr. Till man is as follows: Hon. li. II. Tillman, t\ S. Senator: DEAR SIR: As you requested. I have examined the Stark manuscript with eare. I find in it a full sketch of thc ancestry and carly life of John C. Calhoun, beginning with the High land Cohjnhouns and howland Cald wells, covering thc first settlement in the upper country of South Carolina, thc period of thc Revolutionary war, the boyhood and education of Mr. Calhoun and extending to his election to Congress in November, 1S10, ami hin marriage in .January, 1811. This matter, which I have transcribed as you directed, will embrace probably int) pages of duodecimo long primer type. Upon reaching Mr. Calhoun s elec tion to Congress, tho writer said that ho would interrupt the course nf thc narrative by examining the history of our constitution and tracing the evo lution of our government from that of England. The rest of" the Manuscript comprises voluminous notes from Madison's journal of the convention, which framed the constitution; also of the French revolution, and of the Knglish history to the time of Crom well, and even further back, besides opious extra?ts from "Wirt's Lifo of Patrick Henry." the diary of Senator Maclay. of Pennsylvania, thc memo ries of John Quiney Adams and many historical and philosophical quotations from various authors, but wholly ?li fragmentary form. If, upon further consideration, you desire to have any portions of these notes transcribed, I will bo glad to render you any assist? ance in my power. Vours very truly. Titos. F. 8 mi KV.