BY CHNKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDEESON, S.^DNESDAY, MAY 18, ISO^ mti?T
oimng i
We had rather tell the truth about our Goods and sell
you next year than to exaggerate and sell you to-day.
Bye-and-bye you will learn how satisfactory it is to deal
with us. It is the future we are building for.
Men Suits!
Lined and unlined Suits of a cloth that doesn't muss
easily ; that if soiled cleans easily ; that if wet doesn't leave
water marks.
Thats Serge !
Our kind is blue, extremely light weight, single-breasted
Suits
$9.00, $1000, $11.00 $12.00.
You will be asked at least $1.00 more for them at credit
bouses.
The newest styles in
STRAW HATS AND NEGLIGEE SHIRTS
Summer Underwear, too.
^Remember-SPOT CASH. No Goods charged, and your
money back if you want it.
. Evans a* Co
THE: SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS.
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War, War, War !
We are at war with
HIGH PRICES
AND
CHEAP STUFF,
JKJST> OXJ1R
PRICES AID QUALITY WILL WI
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SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
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CUBA IVIUST BE FREE.
If you want to enlist at once and
at a good salary apply to - - -
ID. O. BEOWF Sc BRO.,
And they will assist you.
IF you don't want to enlist, but want to buy your Goods for th,- least
money apply to D. C. Brown & Bro. Wo will sell -
200 Barrels Straight Flour at. $4 7.r>
2?0 Barrels Best Family Flour at. 4 20
.r>() Barrels Good Family Flour at. 4 00
70 Barrels Low Grade Flour at. :) 50
We handle HAY, CORN, OATS. BRAN, and all Heavy Groneries,
nial are selling them below all competition.
On SHOES and DRY GOODS we are headquarters. Come ami see us.
D. C. BROWN & BRO,
Next to Post OJiicu.
PROGRESS OF TEE WM.
The Latest Developments in
the War Between United
States and Spain?
Bombardment of San Juan.
PORTO BICO, May lo.-Admiral
Sampson, after having pounded so
vigorously against the old walls of the
fortifications of San Juan, now walks
the deck of his flagship a conqueror.
There were indications last night
that thc admiral had grown tired of
waiting for the fleet which never
came, and that he had decided upon
the alternative movement of reducing
Porto Rico. The ships, riding grandly
upon the waters, kept maneuvering
for position, and when sunrise could
be discerned, a swift messenger went
belching forth from one of the guns of
the Iowa, and sent terror into the
hearts of the inmates of the Morro
whose history in Porto Rice is fully
as repulsive as that of its namesake
in Cuba.
It was with grim face, full of deter
mination, that Captain Robley J).
Evans found himself commissioned to
send shot and shell into the midst of
the hated Spaniards. Xo sooner had
thc Iowa's sizzling messenger reached
its destination than the guns of the
Indiana were trained upou the fortifi
cations.
From thc slowness with which thc
first answer caine back it would appear
as if thc garrison must have been
asleep, and even when the shells from
the American vessels must have
aroused them to full wakefulness,
their answer was feeble, and as thc
walls began crumbling around them
they abandoned their guns, and San
Juan lay at thc mercy of Admiral
Sampson.
The work was so quickly done and
with such little resistance that the
officers of the fleet could scarcely
believe that the end had come, but
with no enemy in sight, w'th no re
sponding shots, it was useless to con
tinue the fight. This ending, how
ever, was in strange contrast with tho
impudence and insulting messages
which the Spanish ofiicers have sent
during the last day or two. They
would not surrender, but showing
their teeth in white rage, hissed tuc
challenge. "Come and take us if you
can."
The people of San Juan who could get
away have been seeking the interior
for a week past. It was well known
there that a conflict was at hand; that
the bombardment of thc city was
inevitable, whether the Spanish fleet
came or not. Admiral Sampson did
not wish to go any farther than the
reduction of the fortifications. That
accomplished, the end of Spanish
power in Porto Rico has been brought
about. It brings with it, however,
the necessity of providing for the pub
lic safety, for with the destruction of
Spanish authority, demoralization
reigns in Porto Rico. This will make
necessary quick action on our part in
order to prevent excesses which the
lawless may commit.
During the ten days which the fleet
of Admiral Sampson has been at sea,
it has been closely watched for every
move. It was confidently expected
on Sunday last that the Cape Verde j
fleet would be met somewhere on the ;
north coast of May ti. As a conse
quence the Hoot kept in hattie form
and pushed its way slowly so as to
prevent au unexpected meeting and to
bc ready for any emergency which
might come. As Monday and Tuesday
of this week passed away, it brought
thc conviction that lite Spanish fleet
must not be in these waters. Admiral j
.Sampson, steaming clear away from j
the shore ot' Porto Rico, passed thc
island and went considerably out to !
sea. until he became thoroughly satis- !
lied that there could be no fleet, an j
this side of the Atlantic.
Then he made up his mind to take ?
possession of Porto Rico, and his fleet
was turned toward the bay of San
Juan with the result already told.
AG incident of the day was the cap
ture of- the Spanish steamer Rita by
the Yale. Thc Rita was disposed to
be saucy, but it was no go, and she
had to surrender.
John Gary Evans?
WASHINGTON, !>. C.. May 14 - Ex- ,
Governor John Gary Evans has!
"pulled uff a commission in the 1
army. With thc aid of Senator Till- .
man the Ex-Governor has bc on ap-j
pointed au assistant adjutant general,
with the rani; of captain. UN ap
pointment was sent to the Senate lasl ,
Thur-lay. hut there was a mistake in i
the printing ol'his name, hence his!
South Carolina friends did not recog !
nize him in his new military title, j
Ile arrived herc to-day and was in j
consultation with Senator Tiliinan.
The Ex-Governor comes from a mi li 1
tary family and he will remain here \
uni.il he receives his commission. ;
,\ ? u'fi ii ml ( 'un ru r.
Hen. Joe Wheeler ?ill he in Com- .
tumid.
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TAMPA, KI.A., May General
Joseph E. Wheeler, i he old I lonlcde
rate cavalry leader recently commis
sioned major general ol' volunteers,
will command i he I ?i*c<l States ;
cav dry in llie ' ?liban army ol' invasion.
lien. Wheeler reached here to-nighl
from Chickaiuauga under orders from i
Gen. miles and reported to (Jen.
Wade, lie will ai. once take?.imand
of thc cavalry which it is expected,
will be organized into a brigade tn- !
morrow.
Progress of the Muster.
WASHINGTON, May Lo.-War
partaient ollicials are gratified at
progress made in mustering the f
of 125.000 volunteers called for by
President. The reports received
to this morning indicate that 60,
volunteers have been mustered
thc United States army, and, in
opinion of Adjt. Gen. Corbin,
work of mustering will be com
by thc end of the present week
While some of the volunteers arc
equipped, thc majority are not. Tele
grams, that have been pouring
the adjutant general's office all day
in response to orders directing volun
tcers that have already been mustered
in to proceed to one or another of
points of mobilization, indicate clear
ly that the troops are by no means
ready for thc field. One field com
mandant wired the department that
his command was in complete readi
ness for service, except that he yet
lacked guns, gun carriages, horses
ammunition and uniform. Many of
the volunteers have gone into the
State camps without sufficient 01
proper clothing.
Arrangements for thc expedition to
the Philippines are being rapidly con
[duded'by the war department. Kc
ports received up to a late hour to
night indicate that 11,900 men selected
for thc expedition from volunteer
forces in the country west of the
Mississippi River, will he prepared to
move in a few days. Adjt. Gen. Corbin
is of the opinion that in the neighbor
hood of 11,000 of these will finally
qualify for the expedition.
A Palmetto Prophet.
Ex-Judge T. J. Mackey was in
Washington last week, where the wise
men and warrior leaders of the nation
were, more or less, gathered together
A dispatch gives his predictions, in
troducing him as Captain Thos. J
Mackey, a captain of engineers in the
Confederate army, who did splendid
service iu thc construction of the for
tifications at Richmond and other
points, says that in 1S6G he made a
thorough examination of Morro Castle,
aud the plans thereof, drawn by him,
are in the war department. Judge
Mackey will no doubt go to Cuba in a
very short time as an engineer in the
United States army, and he has been
endorsed by numerous ex-Confederate
officers, as well as some of the best
known Union generals. Ile takes a
very different view of the probable
length of the conflict from that gener
ally entertained.
"I think," said he, ''that our war
with Spain will extend over a period of
three or four years, and possibly much
longer. To achieve final victory we
will be forced to land an army on
Spanish soil, and that will bring on
the greatest battle in thc annals of
history. A quarter of a million of
men will be engaged on either side.
The taking of Cuba and Porto Rico,
instead of marking thc termination of
the struggle, will only bc in its incep
tion, and the enemy is wisc enough to
have discounted the loss of this terri
tory. Spain has a population of 19,
000.000, and is a war-like race. Un
less we administer a crushing blow on
their own soil they will not stop fight
ing for thc next thirty years.
A Saving Clause.
HM ?tor Watterson, the search-light
of Kentucky journalism, has discover
ed that nobody in thc south need be
alarmed about the high price ol' wheat
or the manlier in which tha produce
gamblers pitch that price up whenever
they please.
The brilliant and oftiuics level
headed editor says:
'"The high price of wheat,and lhmr ?
is hard on the pockets of the house
keeper, hut it need not hurt anybody.
What's the matter with cornbread?
Properly cooked, it is a most palatable
and nourishing article of diet, and thc i
only wonder is that its use is not
more general. It is more digestible
than the wheaten loaf aud is equally 1
adapted to the requirements of thc '
laborer and the man of sedentary
habits. The negro farm hand in thc ?
south lives and works thc year rouud
on bacon and corn "pone," and there
is no more vigorous man than he. A
little more cornbread and a little less '
of dyspeptic biscuit would be a real
gain lo the nation. Lei us eel I our
wheal abroad and din ir; consuming
that grain which flourishes hero in its
greatest perfection. Xo working man i
need suiter because ?li?' price of Hour
lois gone so Ililli.
True. Xo sweeter bread than that
made ol' cuni meal, none better for the '
physical comfort and strength ol' niau
has ever been devised. Judgment
and skill are required lo make thc
best cornbread and oggbrcad, hut
those qualities are possessed by
every housewife and cook in the south.
If the wheat manipulators continue to
play football with the material for
biscuit, let u.s snap mn-lingers at them
?md devote ourselves as a people tn
thc bread ol' which corn meal is the
main ingredient. I: eau be made into i
a hundred tempting, palatable and
wholesome forms, lt is cheap and
there i.-- no Let ter I".1 obtainable.
. \llniiln .limnidi':.
Haw's This.
V/c ..?:<T Ot? Hundred Dollars-reward 1'oraiiy
.?.:>!? i' Catarrh thal cannot be cured by Halls
i 'atarrh run'. i
IV?, thc nuderiignrd haye known F. J". Cheney <
for thc ?!>? Iii years, and believe him |iorl'ectly
iioiiiiralilt-?ii ?11 budines* tinnsaciions and finan *
chilly able io carry outauy obligations uiadc by i
I heil' linn
WEST A Tm?AX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. ?
WAI.; iv... KiNNAN .V MAKVIS, Wholesale Drug
gists, 'rule d'!. ( ?. <
Ha't's Catarrh Cnn' is taken internally, acting
directly upon i In' blood and min ons surfaces of I
thc svstem. Testimon?ala sent free. Price Tit.
lier booie fold by all druggists.
STATE NEWS.
- X. (:?. Gonzales, Editor of The
State, has gone to Cuba.
- Thc small pox is spreading over
Hunter county-mostly among the
jolorcd.
- The State Dental Association
neets at Harris' Lithia Springs .luly
.2th, 13th and 14th.
- South Carolina now has 45 coun
ies and it will take il weeks for the
?andidates to visit each.
- Fire destroyed $15,000 worth of
msiness property in Winnsboro, S. C.,
?lay 7. Insurance ?7,000.
- Much damage was done in Flor
mce, S. C., May 6, by a severe storm.
So lives lost, but several persons hurt.
- Luther Henderson, son of T. II.
Henderson, who lives in Butler Town
;hip, Greenville County, was accident
illy shot and killed last Sunday morn
- The Democratic County Couven
,ion of Saluda endorsed Col. R. B.
rVatson for Governor and the Marl
bro Convention endorsed Governor
illerbe.
- The Columbia Evening llecord
s conducting a coupon contes'*. It
?fl'ers a sixty dollar silk flag to the
volunteer company receiving the
argest number of votes.
- The barn, stable, two horses,
ihrec mules, a carriage, buggy, wagon,
md a lot of corn and fodder of S. L.
\IcBell; in Grecnvil.e County, were
lestroyed by Are Sunday morning.
STo insurance. The fire was of incen
diary origin.
- On account of ill health Mr.
Thomas Addison has been forced to
retire from the management of the
Columbia Register. He has been suc
;eedcd by Mr. W. McB. Sloan. We
Nish both outgoing and incoming
nanagers abundant success.
- Dr. Sydney Bivings. of Spartan
)urg. was found guilty of murder and
.ecommended to mercy for killing Tom
Trimmier. He committed suicide by
severing an artery in his leg with a
jase knife. Ile was clearly an insane
nan from drink and opium.
- S veral of the graduates of Clem
son College have obtained places as
?leetrieians in the navy. The position
is an important one, but there is not
much future to it. However, the
Doys were anxious to get a chance
somewhere, and they have taken this.
- John T. Stewart shot his cousin,
IV. Oscar Stewart, on Eastatoe, in
Picketts county, Thursday. 5th in
stant, inflicting a dangerous wound in
right side. It is doubtful whether
Oscar Stewart will live. John T.
Stewart has been arrested and lodged
in Pickens jail.
- Last week Messrs. J. C. Wallace
and W. W. Dixon, attorneys for
Mary Aun Wallace, entered suit
against Union county for one thousand
dollars damage, for injuries inflicted
upon their client about two years ago
by a mob of '"blaek caps," who took
the woman out and severely whipped
her. Siv nf thc "cappers' were con
victed to IS months each, but upon
appeal a new trial was granted and
later thc cases were nul prosscd.
- On last Friday afternoon our
town was visited by a terrific wind
storm, which was very destructivo to
property in and around town. Thc
Methodist church steeple was blown
off and completely demolished. The
Baptist church as. also, the several
colored churches, wore more or less
damaged. The Opera House was
unroofed at the west end, and the
scenery and piano were injured by the
rain. A ('Ood many tenant houses,
trees and fencing were blown down in
every direction. - Marion Star.
A bolt <d' lightning .-truck the
residence of Dr. W. ?. Dargan, in
Towns street, Sunday afternoon, and
did considerable damage. The plas
tering was torn from the wall in the
hallway and also in an adjoining room.
Several shingles were also ripped
from the roof. Strange to say noone
in the house was hurt or the least bit
?iflcoted by the presence of thc mys
terious power. The rooms '.vere all
lilied with smoke that had about it
thc odor of gunpowder. - Grunvith'
AW
Mis. Betsy Beaver, who lived
near Dudi'-y. in Chesterfield county,
died last Tuesday night after a .-hort
illness. 'I'lo- old lady only lacked a
few days of bein- MU years (d'age.
Tin- big celebration ol' her one hun
dredth anniversary, which was held
last year will I"' well remembered.
At thai tino she was enjoying excel
lent health and walked ii' the church,
\ distauec of about one mile from lu r I
Itotni , when; the celebration was held. I
She had many relatives in thiscouulry
ivho used to enjoy the bin- family re
unions at her birthday anniversaries.
- hain ash r f/Ctfffer.
ANDERSON'S HONOR ROLL.
The Muster Roll of the Men who form Company C, of the
First Regiment, S. C. V., United States Army.
Below is given the muster roll of the Anderson Volunteers, the third
Company to be sworn into the service of the United States. This Company
took the oath of allegiance last week, and will be known as Company C, First
Regiment S. C. Volunteers. [J. S. A. Here is the roll :
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Henry H. Watkins, Captain, lawyer, Anderson, married.
Joseph IE. Grant, First Lieutenant, lawyer. Clarksville, Ga, single.
Joseph N. Brown, Jr, Second Lieutenant, druggist, Anderson, single.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
William P. Nicholson, First Sergeant, merchant, Anderson, single.
Edward L Johnson, Second Sergeant, oil expert, Memphis, single.
Stephen E. Leverett, Sergeant, student, Moscow, single.
Benjamin M. Sullivan. Sergeant, teacher. Pelzer, single.
John C. Acker, Sergeant, student, Belton, single.
Charles W. Gentry, Sergeant, student, Spartanburg, single.
John S. Murray, Jr., Corporal, insurance agent, Anderson, single.
Richard 8. Div ver, Jr., Corporal, electrician, Starr, single.'
Henry C. Martin, Corporal, farmer, Aaron, single.
George F. Baker, Coiporal, teacher, Anderson, single.
Charles F Power, Corporal, clerk, Anderson, single.
Luther E. Tate, Corporal, farmer. Moscow, single.
Joseph J. Trowbridge. Musician, salesman, Anderson, single.
Leon P. Brock, Musician, book-keeper, Due West, single.
John F. Tatum, Artificer, farmer, Walhalla, single.
John C. Robbins, Wagoner, horse-trader, Anderson, single.
PRIVATES.
Newton Acker, farmer, Belton, single.
Saum?! Adams, carpenter, Redmond, single.
Paul E. Ayer, horseman, Anderson, single.
Thomas H. Bigby, engineer, Honea Path, single.
.lames H. Brown, clerk, Iva, single.
Prue H. Bcrriss, farmer, Holland's Store, single.
Walter, C. Burris, farmer, Mountain Creek, single.
Robert B. Cheshire, clerk. Anderson, single.
Will W; Cochran, drummer, Americus, Ga., single.
Daniel P. Coley, farmer, Townville, married.
James A Billingham, liveryman, Kabun, Ga., single
John Dodd, mill operative, West Union, single.
Joseph B Dodd, clerk, Auderson, single.
Adolphus A. Duncan, machinist, Seneca, single.
Baylis D Earle, clerk, Anderson, single.
Preston C. Kant, printer, Ande:son, single.
Clyde N. Fant, larmer, Belton, single.
Robert T. Feltman, farmer, Hartville, single.
Alfred N. Fortune, brick mason, Pelzer, single.
Jell'rtrsou Gaujbrell, farmer, linnea Path, single.
Da A. Giles, clerk, Anderson, single.
Edward 0. Gordon, farmer, Belton, single.
Guy T. Grove, telegraph operator, Anderson, married.
Almon C. Hall, farmer, Honea Path, single.
James L Ball student, Anderson, single.
Samuel D. Harper, larmer, Anderson, single.
Primus D. Henderson, salesman, Anderson, single.
Steph?-n F. Hoover, druggist, Kershaw, single.
William N. Jolly, weaver, Pendleton, single.
James P. Killebrew, printer, Edgefield, single.
George W. King, farmer, Anderson, single.
Lariu O. King, larmer, Auderson, single.
Thomas B. Lee, Jr.. stock dealer, Greenwood, single.
Jay W. Madden, farmer. Pendleton, single.
Juo. W. Martin, laundryman, Anderson, single.
Reuben M. Martin, student, Anderson, single.
Wade H McGee, clerk Anderson, single.
Jacob R. Miller, student, Anderson, single.
Hamilton A. Moore, machinist, Eagle Grove, Ga., single.
Butler T. Norris, farmer, Touey Creek, single
Thomas M. Norwood, carpenter, Anderson, single.
Benjamin B, O'Shields, weaver, Anderson, single.
Charles Poore, clerk, Anderson, single.
Ernest H. Poore, clerk, Anderson, single.
Walter B. Pratt, salesman, Greenwood, single.
Frank J Rhody, farmer, Mantua, Ala., single.
Juo. T. Rose, farmer, Kinard's, single.
Etna P. Rudiseal, farmer. Turnerville, (Ga., single. .
Thoa. R. Rowland, farmer, Kinard's, single.
Edgar M. Scott, farmer, Brushy Creek, single.
Noel B. Sharpe, salesman, Anderson, single.
Wm S. Sharpe, farmer, Anderson, single.
Rufus C. Sherard, farmer, Molfatsville, single.
Herman M. Simpson, farmer, Honer Path, single.
Luther G. Smith, farmer, Burdine, single.
Marseills M. Stewart, clerk, Anderson, single.
John T. Stewart, insurance agent, Anderson, single.
Frederick Taylor, engineer, Belton, single.
Thomas R. Vaudiyer. Jr., farmer, Anderson, single.
James R Vandiver, Jr., farmer, Anderson, single.
John E. Wood, weaver, Anderson, single.
rices.
OOH DISSOLUTION SALE
HU? attracted .juke a large uumber of cager purchasers, expressing
great satisfaction over the unusual low quotations aud high grades we are
ottering. More especially have they appreciated our first
SPECIAL SALE DAY
On Tuesday last, which has proven a success beyond our most sanguine ex
pectations, notwithstanding that some of our competitors seem indignant over
our methods of doing business, denouncing us as an
UNSCRUPULOUS F6RPJJ
Because our efforts have been crowned with "success by an appreciating pub
lic, who always know real, genuine, honest Bargains when they get thenw
Furthermore, the name of Lesser has been known for over forty years iu
Anderson and surrounding territory. Xever, in ali these years, have wc
ever assumed dictatorship over any of our competitors, always maintaining
friendly and humane relations with all other* engaged in business here; but
now that a most, unholy war by an ambitious dict?t jr has been waged against
ti.-, we beg leave to anuouuee in a ni >3t polite and emphatic inauner to any
finn or firms who, hy arrogance or conceit, imagine to inaugurate despotic
ruling in this community, that we are American boru, County raised, Demo
cratic io our way of thinking, and that we will never submit to others mau
agintt our ow n business.
IV?? shall continue our Special Sule Days ou Tuesday,
As well as any other days wc may see ti: to select.Jwithout askiug for the
cornent of any of our competitors.
. Look out for our new ad. next werk..
Very respectfully.
LESSER & CO.,
UNDER MASONIC TEMPLE.