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/ BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1898. VOLUME XXXIV-NO. 9. e a M s I We have thought over this announcement, then penned it, then examined it, then amended it. Without preface or digression we proceed to recite the features of the move ment : 1st. All our STRAW and CRASH HATS will from now on be sold at one-half price : 50c. Straw and Crash Hats now 25c. 75c. Straw Hats now - ? 38c. $1.00 Straw Hats now - - 50c. $1,25 Straw Hats now - - 63c. 2nd. AU our SUMMER UNDERWEAR wiU be sold at CUT PRICES. 3rd. AU our NEGLIGEE SHIRTS have been greatly reduced in price. It wiU not be wise for you to daUy. Crowds of frugal and thrifty men wiU quickly respond, and it's best for you to get into their ranks. Your money back if you want it. THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. FARM MACHINERY. Have you seen the Latest Mower on the Market ? The true worth and great advantages of our Mowers cannot be explained in an ad. like this. Come to us and investigate. We are not simple Agents for certain Steam Engines. We are more, and are in position to figure down where competition can't touch us. The Eclipse, The Atlas, The Erie City STEAM ENGINES ALL SIZES and STYLES for sale. We carry in stock, and save big money in freight on from three to five car loads of Engines. THE CREAT SMITH COTTON PRESSES, SAW MILLS, &c, Cempote a partial list of our Machinery. HYDRAULIC RAMS, Which give your house and farra pure spring water at little cost where water is within reasonable distance. We are making a great success of our Bams, and charge nothing for information. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO ALABASTINE. WON'T RUB OFF. Wall Paper Is Unsanitary, Kalsomine is tem porary, rots, rubs off and Scales. ALABASTINE gsas??? forma a pure and permanent coating and does * not require to be taken off to renew from time { to time. Is a dry powder. The latest make i being adapted to mix, ready for use. with' Cold water. Can be easily brushed on by any { one. Made in white and twelve fashionable ? tints. ALABASTINE is adapted to a!! styles < of plain and relief decorating. ASK YOUR PAINT DEALER FOR CARD OF TINTS. If not for sale In your town, write us for name of i nearest dealer. ' ? MANUFACTURED ONLY BY ALABASTINE CO., QR AND RAPIDS, MIOH.{ ALL COLORS KEPT IN STOCK BY EVAITS PHARMACY, Value of Our New Territory. WASHINGTON, August 14.-When Uncle Sam begins to count up what he has gained as a result of the war with Spain he will lind that thc money value of his new possessions far over balance the money cost of the war. This will be true should he retain nothing beyond what is assured to him by the protocol signed to-day, for |there is no doubt that the value of Porto Rico and the island in thc La ! drones-which are the only posses sions positively assured to the United States by the protocol-is far in excess of the actual expense of conducting the war. Should thc President act in [ accordance with the wishes of a ma j jority of the American people and hold J the Philippines, and should Cuba revert to the possession of the United States in the end, the cash outlay on account of the war will seem small when compared with the sources of national wealth added to the United States. NAVAL AND MILITARY VALUE. j lu the first place, their naval and military value will be considered, j Aside from the possession of Porto Rico and thc certainty that whether we actually possess Cuba or not, the mere expulsion of Spain from her : strongholds at the entrance to the Carribbean Sea and the gulf of Mex ico is of itself a matter of the greatest military value to the United States; i it is impossible to estimate in dollars and cents what might be the value of Porto Rico, strongly fortified and gar risoned, as ari eastern and southern outpost on the highway to the Carib bean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Inter-Oceanic Sea. The strategic value of Cuba will be even greater than that of Porto Rico. The actual cash value of the new possessions of the country-what they would bring if put up and sold at auction, with all their real estate and improvements-no one in Washington will attempt to estimate. An idea can be formed in several ways, how ever, as to what they are worth to the United States. In the Pacific, on the highway to the Orient and Australasia, the value of military and naval bases in the Ladrones and the Philippines will be very great. They will be points of call and of safe refuge for American commerce, which is destined to assume vast proportions in the Pacific, and will be beacon lights of Anglo-Saxon civilization to the hundreds of millions in the awakening Orient. VALUE OP C03OIERCE. Such figures as can be given relative to the commercial value of the. new colonial possessions which the war has placed at the disposal of the United States are based, of course, upon the I conditions which prevailed under Spanish rule. Porto Rico, in proportion to its area, was probably the most valuable of all of Spain's colonial possessions. With an area of 3,550 square miles, the island supports a population of 807,000. Of these inhabitants more than 500,000 are white, an unusual proportion for a tropical American country. This island paid to the Spanish treasury in taxes 4,000,000 pesos annually, which is equivalent*to about $800,000. The total value of imports into thc island in normal years amounted to about $18,000,000, and the exports about $16,000,000. The exports from the United States to ; Porto Rico averaged about $2.250,000 per year, and the imports into this country about thc same amount. With the islands in the possession of die United States and the differ ential duty in favor of Spanish trade abolished its geographical position will cause most ol' its commerce to flow* to and from the ports of thc United States. It will furnish a market for large quantities of food products, textile fabrics, iron and steel, and coal, and from it thc United States will receive principally coffee, tobacco and sugar, lt is in the line of coffee cultivation that the greatest development of Porto Rico is expected in the near future. A HEALTHY ISLAND. The island is also the healthiest of allthe West Indies, and when enlight ened systems of sanitation are applied to the cities and towns it will not be an unpleasant place of residence, es pecially in the winter months, and when San Juan Bay becomes the head quarters of the North Atlantic naval station from November until April it will become a rival of the Florida winter reserts for fashionable tour ists. The island of Cuba has an area of 41,653 square miles, and before the beginning of the insurrection had a population of about 1,600,000, but this has been considerably reduced, and some estimates place the present pop ulation as low as 1,200,000. The revenues of Cuba have been an impor tant item in the Spanish fiscal system, amounting in normal years to about 25,000,000 pesos, or about $5,000,000. According to the Statesmen's Year Bock only about 10 per cent of the area of Cuba has been brought under cultivation. The total annual imports into Cuba in normal years before the insurrection amounted to from $65. 000,000 to $70,000,000 per year, and the exports to about $95,000,000. That by far the greater amount of this commerce will hereafter be with the United States when there are no dis crimiminations in favor of Spain is assured. The commercial importance of the Ladrones is inconsiderable. There are in all the islands of the group only about ten thousand inhabitants, and the shipments of the United States to the island that is to be retained in this group will probably bc limited to such supplies as may bc needed for thc military and naval station that will be maintained there. The pro ducts of the islands arc those that are common to all tropical countries, and they arc capable of beini: made of much greater importance commercially than they have ever been under Span ish rule. The commercial importance of the Philippines cannot be measured by the scanty data obtainable. Spanish civilization has never prevailed far beyond the fortified coast cities held by the Spanish garrisons, and even in Luzon many of thc inhabitants are practically savages. The area of all the islands in the group is about 114,326 square miles, and the population is variously esti mated at from seven to ten millions. The annual revenues under Spanish rule amounted to about $10,000,000. The annual exports from the islands amount to about $20.000,000 and the imports to about $10,000,000. The principal article of export from the island is hemp which grows to greater perfection there than in any other place in the world. Tile other leading products aftj coffee, copra and to bacco. That gold exists in the Philippines has long been known. Under the stimulus of Anglo-Saxon enterprise the deposits of precious metals would be developed, and thc Philippines would become an important contribu tor to tho gold supply of thc world. Kew York ]Ie ra Id. Hard Luck of a Spanish Spy. ATLANTA, GA.. Aug. 20.-Joseph Castellanos, alias (leorgc Kduard Vanderbilt, arrested in Tampa, Fla., three months ago, as a Spanish spy, and since that time imprisoned at Fort McPherson, was given his liberty to gether with three other suspects to day. The men quickly separated, and "Vanderbilt," clad in the Cuban uni form which he wore when arrested, came to town. His reception here was so demonstrative that he was soon placed in the central police station for safety, where his numerous wounds were dressed. He took his departure under cover of darkness. On reaching Atlanta Vanderbilt was recognized by a crowd of half-drunken soldiers. They stopped him, but he refused to be interviewed. The sol diers decided to take him by force, and Vanderbilt took to his heels. This urged the soldiers on, and they were joined by a lot of citizens, who pummelled the fleeing man freely and let fly many stones and sticks. Van derbilt ran into a candy factory at the corner of Alabama and Pryor streets. A large crowd collected about the store, and when the little man appear ed at the door with two officers, who had been sent for, the cry of "Span ish spy!" was set up and it did not take the mob long to add the cries of "Kill him!'* "Shoot him!" "Hang him!" The noise served to bring others into the procession, which swelled to large proportions, and by the time thc police station was reached two thousand people were at the heels of the officers. When the station was reached the officers rjshed the little fellow into the guard house, and the great iron gates were quickly closed to keep the mob back. Officers ran to the front doors and stood guard at them. "They turned me out this morning." said Vanderbilt, excitedly, "and I am not a Spanish spy, but an Ameri can citizen and a Cuban general. See, I have thc stars on my coat sleeves to show my rank in the Cuban army." Vanderbilt was bleeding from three or four wounds on his face and throat. One soldier had cut at him with a knife and left a bloody mafk 'bn his forehead. Another had grabbed him by the throat and left prints of fingers. He claims to be a relative of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and says his mother is at present in New York, i .~J" I A Leiter of Consolation. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-The Presi dent has sent the following letter to Major Gen. Breckinridge commanding at Chickamauga, in response to an urgent invitation from the latter that the President visit the command while it is still intact : Executive Mansion, Washington, August ll, 1898.-Major Gen- Breck inridge, Chickamauga Park, Ga.: Re plying to your invitation, I beg to say that it would give me great pleasure to show by a personal visit to Chick amauga Park my regard for the 40,000 troops of your command, who so patri otically responded to thc call for volunteers, and who have been for upwards of two months making ready for any service and sacrifice the coun try might require. My duties, how ever, will not admit of absence from Washington at this time. Thc highest tribute that can be paid to the soldier is to say that he per formed his full duty. The field of duty is determined by his Govern ment and wherever that chances to be is the place of honor. All have helped in the cause, whether in camp or battle, and when peace comes all will be alike entitled to the nation's gratitude. WILLIAM MCKINLIT. - Rug weaving is an art older than the Pharaohs, and the history of the first loom lies shrouded in oblivion. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of thia papo- will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that sci ence has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Curo is the only posi tive cure noir known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease req lires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure ie taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucou9 surfaces of the system, thereby de stroying the foundation of the di-ease, and giving ibo pa'tient strength by building up tho constitu tion and assisting nature in doing its work Tho proprietors have t-o much f?ith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred I'ollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for list of tes timonials Trade With Porto ?ico. A delegation of Charleston business men will leave this city about the lat ter part of this week for New York, and on August 27 will sail on a steamer leaving that port for Porto Rico. The party will consist of four, or perhaps live men. chosen from thc various in terests of the city, and one of thc number. Mr. W. A. Merchant, will represent the city at large. The other members of the commission will be Mr. Walter Pringle, of Pringle Bros., representing the dry goods and notion interests. Mr. H. F. Bremer, of the Charleston Importing and Exporting Company, representing the coffee and grocery business, and Mr. B. F. Mc Leod of the Drade-Innes-tireen Shoe Company, who will look after the chances of the Charleston shoe busi ness in the New American island. The aims and objects of this trip to Porto Rico have been set forth before, but the announcement of thc actual making up of the party to go is just made public. The gentlemen named will visit the principal ports of the island of Porto Rico, and carefully ob serve thc conditions and needs of the places. They will find out what goods arc saleable on the island, how the in habitants have been accustomed to make payments, and what would be the best port for the landing of steam- j ers, should the report of thc commis- I sion be so favorable as to cause the es tablishment of a line from Charleston to the island of Porto Rico. The men who are interested in the journey of the commission have both influence and capital, and seriously consider the opening of direct trade with the island. If a line is established, it will be done on a good scale, and the ships that will sale from Charleston will be able to accomodate passengers, as well as freight. The promoters of thc scheme have the assurances of the South Car olina and Georgia Railroad that the most ample support will be given, and that these transportation lines will do all in their power to bring Western goods to Charleston for export to Porto Rico. The commission will make a thorough canvass of the situation on the island1' of Porto Rico, return as soon as possible, and make a full and comprehensive repor. Mr. Merchant, while a member of the party is the general representative of the city of Charleston, will also act as interpreter, and as he is thoroughly familiar with the language of the island, his services will be very valuable.-Neicsand (hu rler. One Result of the War. The talk that $2,000,000 worth of ammuuitioo was wasted in the naval bombardment of the Santiago forts and batteries is all bosh. Even if no material damage was done-and such does not appear to have been the ease -the moral effect of that bombard ment was worth a high price. In ad dition to this we have learned that strong coast defences are everything that thc name indicates, and this is something that is most important for the United States, with its extensive coast linc, to know. European threats to lay waste our coast cities will here after be laughed to scorn as a result of Sampson's bombardment of San tiago.- Troy Times. - The number of sheep in the world is estimated at f>.">0,00U,OU0. - Artificial legs and arms were in use in Egypt as early as B. C. 700. - The little island of Cuba has I nearly thirty different varieties of palm j trees. - An improved diving bell of great capacity, moving aloug thc sea bottom by means of screws moved by electric ity, is on exhibition in Paris. - It is said that severo rains devel oped the fact that a large number of shoes of soldiers in the Virginia camps were made of compressed paper in stead of leather, and another report is to the effejt that many of the shirts sold to thc Government for the private soldiers arc turning a dirty pink. The court martial should be made to extend the contractors who supply the army. There has been a grievous fault somewhere that needs a remedy. - A Kentucky veteran says that the biggest bullies at home do not al ways make the best soldiers. "When quite a youth I knew a young man of the neighborhood who had the name of being the greatest fighter in all that part of the State, and yet he was a complete failure as a soldier. Upon the other hand, in the same communi ty, was a wild-mannered, quiet boy, who couldn't be induced to fight under any circumstances and was under the ban of 'coward' among all his acquaint ances. That so-called coward made one of the bravest and best soldiers in the 8th Virginia infantry, a regiment that was composed of as true material as ever went to battle." - Claude Murdock, a twelve-year old Bellevillle (Mich.) lad, who fought with the 34th Michigan volunteers in Cuba, and was struok in the forehead by a p'ece of an exploding Spanish shell, wrote home to his mother of the Santiago battle, and calmly remarked that he killed a Spanish sharpshooter during the struggle, says the Detroit Tribun*. Gen. c?hafter, in his report to Gen. Miles, spoke of the boy as a little hero, and rewarded him with a complete new uniform. - The Bamberg knitting mill is again on its feet. A French gentle man, Mr. Jrhn Mier, formerly thc manager of the Manning knitting mills, is in charge. He has been unable to supply the demand for the hosiery he made at Manning. The mill will turn out full hose, half hose and children's hose in all colors. A dyeing depart ment will be put in and all goods will bc finished before they leave the mill. STATE NEWS. - Newberry county has sent fifteen insane negroes to thc asylum since January. - Chris. Cannon, a young negro, was hanged in Spartanburg last Fri day for killing Capt. Blassingame two years ago. - Barnwell county leads in the number of candidates for office; just forty-seven of them seek the suffrage of citizens. - There are niue negroes in thc Bennettsville jail charged with the in cendiarism of thc postoffice and several store buildings. - Arch Uer, who is master mechan ic at the Greenwood cotton mill, had a piece of a hammer to fly off and pen etrate his body. - Greenwood will have an extra term of court, commencing the first Monday in September, Judge R. C. Watts to preside. - As a result of the recent heavy rains twenty-seven bridges have been washed away in Greenville county dur ing the past two weeks. - - A bicycle meet with other at tractive features will be held in York ville in September, under the auspices of the local wheelmen. - The State Railroad Commission has decided that the Southern Express Co. must pay for the stamps on the receipts which it issues to its custom ers. - Rev. Chas. Cotesworth Pinckney, died at Flat Rock, N. C., last week, aged 87 years. He was a preacher of great power and at the time of his death was pastor of Grace Church in Charleston, having served that charge for half century. - The Clemson college authorities have been directed to swear out war rants against agents of five fertilizer companies. Samples of the goods sold are alleged to be below the standard required by law. One company, the Berkley, is of South Carolina. - Mr. W. R. Stokes, formerly of Carlisle, Union county, S. C., was found dead on a railroad track in Co lumbia on Monday night, August 15th. Whether he was killed by being run over by a train, or murdered and placed, on the track, is not known- his body was terribly mangled. - Gorman & Wright's newitobacco stemmery, at Florence, is preparing about 20,000 pounds of tobacco a day for export. Gorman & Wright export most of their tobacco to Japan, where they haye large orders placed. The stemmery is a ,;big thing," and will be a great factor in building up that market. - Joseph F. Berrier, a member of thc Richland Volunteers, left Colum bia between two suns last week with $75 of the company's money, which he had collected to defray the expenses of the annual barbecue of the company. Berrier has been a flagman on thc Southern railway, but lately he has been out of work, having for some reason lost his position. Up to?this time he has borne a good reputation, and his friends are greatly surprised at his present conduct. - Several young men trom Rock . Hill who went to Columbia this year ' to run a truck and dairy farm, have met with bad luck. They cultivated five acres in what they took to be water melons, the seeds they planted having been bought from a local dealer. The melons turned out to be citrons, for which there is but scant sale in Co lumbia, and the young men are conse quently much out of humor and large ly out of pocket. A suit for damages may follow. - Mr. Jonathan C. Hanks, who lives in the Sandy Flat neighborhood, was in town yesterday. Mr. Hanks came in to draw a pension, and if all pensioners were like him, the county would be better off. He was born with the nineteenth century and ?B therefore 08 years old. It was in the Mexican war that he fought for his vountry and for his services he draws a pension. Mr. Hanks is asjspry and vigorous as if he were much younger, and he looks hale and hearty. It would be a remarkable coincidence if he should round out the century. Greenville Mountaineer. - One of Marlboro's most promi nent merchants and planters, Mr. A. J. Matheson, has this year under cul tivation on his own lands one hundred and fifty one-horse farm3, aggregating 4,171 acres. Of this amount there are 2,468 acres being cultivated by tenants and renters, and of the latter, 1,330 acres is in cotton, 990 in corn, 148 in oats, leaving 1,703 acres which is cul tivated with hired labor. Of this he has 997 acres in cotton, 370 in corn, 330 in eats. All of his different plan tations arc connected by telephones, and he has splendid overflowing arte sian wells on all of his places. ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR TREASURER. WILLIAM JJ. BOLT, the ex-Sheriff, ia hereby announced as a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the action of democratic Primary. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office ot Troasurer ot* Ander son County, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary Election. JAS. M. PAYNE. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of Treasurer of Ander son County, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. R. E. PARKER. The friends of L. O. WILLIFORD, Esq., of Rock Mills Township, respect fully nominate him as a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. BROWN A. WILLSON", of Belton, who tor the last nineteen years has been Railroad Agent there, announces himself as a candidate for Treasurer of Andersor* County, subject to the rules of the Dame eratic Primary. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. The friends of OLIVER BOLT respect fully announce him a candidate for Coun ty Supervisor, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary Election. I respectfully present myself to the voters of Anderson County for re-election LD the office of County Supervisor, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primarv. W. P. SNELGROVE. FOR SENATOR. I announce myself a candidate for the State Senate from Anderson County, sub ject to the action of the Democratic Pri mary._JAS. M. SULLIVAN. FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES. The undersigned respectfully announces himself as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary Election. * T. T. WAKEFIELD. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the result of the Democratic Primary Election. GEO. E. PRINCE. The undersigned respectfully announces himself as a candidate for the House of Representatives from Anderson County, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. B. C. MARTIN. I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the House of Represen tatives from Anderson County, subject to the roles and regulations of the Demo cratic Primary. R. B. A. ROBINSON. I announce myself to the voters of An derson County as a candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives, subject to rules of the Democratic Primary. J. L. JACKSON. HOM J. W. ASHLEY is announced as a candidate for re-election to a seat in the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. I announce myself a candidate for the. Hou3e of Representatives', subject to the action of the Democratic Primarv. E. M. RUCKER, JB. I hereby announce myself a candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives from Anderson County, subject to the ralea of the Democratic primary. JOHN B. LEVERETI. I announce myself a candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primarv. J. A. HALL. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the House of Representatives from Anderson County, subject to the ac tion of the Democratic primary. G. A. RANKIN. I hereby announce myself sn a candi dato lor the House of Representatives, subject to the result of the Democratic primary election. J. H. GRANT. FOR CO ?TNTY SUP'T. EDUCATION LEWIS M. MAHAFFEY is hereby announced as a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Education for Anderson County, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. I hereby announce myself as a candi? date for re election to the office of County Superintendent of Education, subjeec to the rules.of the Primarv Election. A. W. ATTA WAY. I hereby announce myself asa candidate for Superintendent of Education, subject to the action of the Dem-wvlo Primary Ejection. R E NrPHOT,qr>Nr. FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE. I hereby announce ruvelf a candidate for the office of Junge of Probate, subjeot ?o the rules governing the Democratic Primary. H. H. EDWARDS. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for Probate Judse, subject to the ae tion of the Democratic Primary. R. Y. H. NANCE. I hereby announce myelf a candidate for the office of Probate Judge, subject to the action of the Democratic Primarv. R. M BURRISS. I announce myself a candidate for the office of Probate Judge for Andersen County, subject to the action of the Deta oeratic Primary. J. F. RICE. I hereby announce myself a cano?dai* for the office of Probate Judge, subjaet to the action of the Democratic Primarv. _D H. RUSSELL. FOR AUDITOR. G. N. C. BOLEMAN is respectfully an nounced as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Auditor, subject lo the action of the Democratic primary Election._ FORfCONGRBSS. JULIUS E. BOGGS, of Pickens, is re spectfully announced as a candidate tor the Fifty-sixth Congress, subjeot to ?b? action ot the Democratic Primarv. I announce to the voters of the Third Congressional District that I am a candi date for re election to Congress, subjeet to the rules of the Democratic party of South Carolina A- C. LATIMER. , I hereby announce that I am a candi date for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the coming primary election, and pledge myself to abide the result of said election. GEO. JOHNSTONE. BELTON HIGH SCHOOL BELTON, S. ?. W. B. WEST, A. G. HOLMES, Principal. lat Assistant. A good corps of experienced teachers, among them Mr. A. G. Holmes, who gave such general satisfaction the past session. Ou r students take high stands wherever they go. The Colleges recognize our thor ough work. We try to practice common sense in education as well as in other mat tera. Send us your sons and daughters and we will do them good. Send to W. B. West. Belton, S. C , for catalogue. 5-6