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Is now beginning to move, and we are now entering upon another busy season. We wish to thank our many friends and customers for the liberal patronage given us during the last twelve months. The increased sales in all of our many Departments, especially Fine Dress Goods and Millinery, show that the people know how to appreciate good, solid values given in return for their money. Our buyers are now in the Northern markets, where they will use their usual good judgment in selecting the latest styles and best goods suitable for this section. We buy our goods in large lots, thereby securing the best discounts, which enables us to guarantee to meet any competition. We also have a Soecia Deoartment. Our trade has increased so much in this Department that we aro giving it unusual care and attention, and to know that you are getting your goods at the proper figure. Call in and inspect our goods and prices, consisting of anything you want in GROCERIES. STAPLE DRY GOODS, SHOES, HATS, ETC. To. the Farmers And Ginners Will say that our Grocery and Bagging and Ties Depart ment is complete with a large stock, consisting of New Bag ging, Old Bagging in patterns or rolls, New Heavy Ties, New Light Ties, whole rebundled, repainted Ties, and old Ties not painted, all bought early in the Spring. The price has ad vanced, and is still advancing. If you wish to contract for your season's supply, or any quantity, call and secure our prices. Just received and on the road several hundred New Wheat Barrels of No adulteration-pure Wheat Flour^very cheap, com pared with prices for last few months. We overstocked on Tobacco of all grades before the war tax was put on, and for the same reason we bought Coffee very heavily, which escaped the tax, both of which we will give you bargains in. Our stock of Groceries is complete in every respect. When you bring your Cotton to Town see us before you sell, as we are in the market every day in the year. When in Town call to see us. For Bargains watch this space. Yours truly, Brown. Osborne S Co. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Greneral Merchandise. ANDERDON, 5S. C. ILOCA.IL, NEWS. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31, 1898. Old newspapers for sale at this office. Six o'clock closing will be at an end after to-day. A big crop of muscadines is reported in the country. Miss Clara Osborne is in Spartanburg visiting friends. Dr. S. M. On- and family have gone to tlie mountains. Next Monday is Salesday. It will likely be a dull one. T. J. Mauldin, Esq., spent a few days in Pickens last week. Mr. Claude Fant, of Atlanta, is in the city visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Broazeale visited relatives in Walhalla last week. Miss Lucy Gilmer lias returned from a pleasant visit to Lowndesville. Mrs. L. E. Cochran, of Seneca, came down last week to visit relatives. The cotton seed oil mills are getting in shape to commence work again. The new advertisement of Brown, Osborne. & Co. will interest you. Read it. The annual statement of the City Treasurer is published in another col umn. If you need a pair of shoes, read thc new advertisement of the Alliance Store. People are looking around for homes here to get the benefit of our excellent schools. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Sharpe, of Nash ville, Tenn., aro in the city visiting relatives. The new advertisement of C. F. Jones & Co. will interest the male sex this week. Mr. Ernest L. Kubanks, representing the Xcwa and Courier, was in the city last Friday. Dr., A. C. Strickland has gone to Highlands, N. C., to spend a few days recuperating. Miss Melnnee Thornley, of Pickens, is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. W. W. White. AV. 0. Hamilton offers for sale 700 acres of land in Oconee County. Sec advertisement. Mrs. C. B. Richards, of Memphis, Tenn., is in Anderson the guest of Mrs. C. A. Reed. Miss Eula Izlar, of Blackville, S. C., is in the cit}- thc guest of her friend, Mrs. C. E. Cobb. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Burris*, of Co lumbia, are in Anderson visiting the former's parents. The Anderson merchants anticipate a large trade this fall and are laying in big stocks of goods. The Chronicle says there are more than twenty candidates for cotton weigher at Honea Path. Col. W. A. Neal, Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, has been spend ing a few days in thc cit}'. Miss Carrie McGee, of Honea Path, is in the city visiting the family of her brother, Dr. W. G. McGee. Don't neglect your turnip patch. An experienced gardener says now is the best time to sow the seed. The farmers have commenced gath ering the fleecy staple and the gins will begin work ere many days. Miss Bertie Power, who has been visiting friends in Spartanburg and Greenwood, has returned home. Considerable damage was done bot tom corn on some of the streams in the County by the recent heavy rains. Miss Nellie Brown, of Anderson, is visiting at the home of Auditor .1. B. Haltiwangcr.-Edycficld Chronicle. The fall terni of Court convenes at Walhalla on the second Monday in September, Judge Klugh presiding. Smiths' excursion to Asheville last week was a big success, and the excur sionists report a most delightful trip. It is important that the streams of the country be cleaned of everything that hinders the running of the waters. Mr. Joel C. Keys has located again at Darlington, S. C., i where he will spend the fall and winter buying cot ton. Mrs. W. W. Robinson, of Columbia, is in the city visiting her sisters, Mesdames T. A. Ratline and M. A. Dean. Mr. Ilollcnian Thompson, of Hope well Township, has accepted a posi tion as salesman for Messrs. Dean & Ratliffe. Our young friend, Temple Lig?n, leaves this week for Baltimore, where he will spend several months studying pharmacy. Miss Emma Davis, of Nashville, Tenn., and Miss Katie Davis, of 'Essie, are in the city visiting their aunt, Mrs. D. E. Carlisle. The regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias will be held to-morrow (Thursday) evening. All the members are urged to attend. Mrs. J. H. Reed, of Boardman, Fla., is visiting her old home in this County, and is warmly welcomed by her old friends and relatives. Fodder pulling was progressing fine ly up to the rain last Friday afternoon, which caught large quantities ol' il in bad shape for such weather. Jones Blackwell, the popular assisi - aol cashier ol' the Bank of Alberton, visited Anderson. S. C.. lasl week, and was so well pleased willi thc thriving city and some ol' its citizens, that he will go again aoon.-J'JIherloii {(?a.) '/'rib un c. Miss Alma Spearman, one of And son's fair daughters, is in the city v iting her friend, Miss Mamie Tagga -Abbeville Press and Panner. Our young friend, J. Clif. Green, Belton, has accepted a position as sal man with Cobb & Cray ton, and will pleased to serve his friends at a time. Yesterday was the 36th anniversa of the second battle of Manass; Nearly all of the Confederate Vetera of this section were engaged in tl famous battle. Miss Ayres desires to inform the ci yens of Anderson that she will be rea to receive her music pupils on Timi day, Sept. 1st, at C. A. Reed's Jins Store at 9.30 a. m. The friends of Dr. M. F. Game a more than pleased to welcome hi back to Anderson. He is now in char of the prescription department of t Hill-Orr Drug Co. Mr. J. C. Osborne has rented ti storeroom recently occupied by Han son & Co., on South Main street, ai will ojien a new stock of groceri there in a few days. TJie patrons of Concord school a earnestly requested to meet at tl school house next Friday afternoon, 2 o'clock, for the purpose of electing teacher for the next terni. In ordering the address of your pap? changed always give the name of tl otiice at which you have been receivii it as well a,s the name of the office which you want it changed. Lieut. J. H. Grant, of Co. C, lstgRej iment S. C. V., received a telegra yesterday ordering him to return 1 Jacksonville this week and to bring a the recruits that he could secure. We invite your attention to the ai vertisement of Cobb Sc Crayton, of tl new shoe store. These gentlemen ai receiving a large stock and will mak it to your interest to give them a cal The second primary election will Jj held Tuesday, September 18th, wit the same managers and in the sam manner in which the lirst was heh It is the duty of every Democrat to g and vote. Mr. Ira Giles, of T?o. C, First Regi ment S. C. Y., re?ched home froi Jacksonville, Fla., last week on a shoi furlough. He has been sick forscvers weeks, and u e hope he will bc bene fited by his sta}' at home. Prof. Carlyle Branyon, whohas bee: teaching at Bowman, Ga., for the pas year, has been elected to the chair p languages in the Hartwell Collegia! Institute, and will make his home a Hartwell thc ensuing year. Mrs. A. Stivender, of Leesburg, Fla. who has been spending several week in thc County visiting her parents an< other relatives, returned home las week. Her visit was a source of mud pleasure to her many friends. Mr. J. D. Maxwell, Jr., who has heel in the LT. S. naval service, has beei honorably discharged and reachct home last Monday. He will leave in i few days for New York to accept a po sition with an electric company. Capt. C. A. Milford, of Co. A, Firs! Regiment S. C. Y., is quite sick witl fever at Jacksonville, Fla. His manj old friends in Anderson will regret t< heal* this, and will join us in wishing him a speedy restoration to health. If the price of cotton would begin tt take a move on itself our fanueri would be happy. As it is, the man win has lived at home is not as uneasy m the one who has run into debt for sup plies he might have raised on the farm, A Teachers' Institute for the negrc teachers of Anderson County, will be held at the Greely Institute, in this city*, next week, beginning on Monday. It will be conducted by tin; teachers ot the County, and at its close it is pro posed to organize a County Association. Mr. A. M. Law went to Anderson yesterday. He will embark in thc brokerage business in that rlourishiny eily. Few young men have better business qualifications and none have more integrity of purpose than Andrew Law. His success is assuredly looked forward to by his many friends here. Spiirtanhitrt/ Herald, 27th. Rev. Irl \l. Hicks, the weather prophet, promised rain for August and it came. He says there will be storm disturbances the first week in Septem ber. Next storm period 12 to 1(5. Then active thunder storms li) to 20. From 24 to the end of the month there will be many equinoctial disturbances. Much warm weather is indicated. We have received the catalogue of Winthrop College for 1897-Os. The total number ol' scholars for the last year was 451, divided as to denomina tions as follows : Baptists 78, Presby terians 81, Methodists Episcopalians 28. Lutherans o'. Catholics 3, Jew 1, Christian 1. The catalogue is hand somely illustrated and gives a short sketch ol' the College. Rev. John Gass, rector ol' St. Luke's Church, Atlanta, Ga., died last Friday morning at the home ol' Col. J. IL E. Sloan, in Pendleton, where he had gone on a visit, lb' was sick only a few days, aud his death was caused by appendicitis. Mr. Gass was a native of Greenville and about 41 years of agc. His remains were carried to Greenville and interred. He leaves a widow and lour children. We hare on our table a very inter esting little book (d' Mexican stories, entitled "Tales From thc Land of .Manana," a series of very realistic sketches ol' Mexican life, from tin; pen ol'Miss llertie Cunningham, formerly of Anderson, hut now living al Mexico City. Mexico. The stories an- very cleverly told, and show that the fair author possesses genuine literary tal ent. The book is neatly printed and substantially bound, ami can be pur-, chased al the bookstore of Messrs. G. W Pant & Son. Mr. M. B. Richardson, of this County, hasju8t received from Iris son, Lieut. Richardson, of the battleship "New York," which has recently arrived in New York from Santiago, a box of interesting relics which were secured in Santiago and from several of the Spanish battleships. Mr. Richardson exhibited these relics^to his friends in the city yesterday a\ " "'-hey were view ed with considerable interest. William J. Durham died on August 18th, 1898, at the home of his son, W. F. Durham, on the Pickens place, near Pendleton, S. C., and was buried on the following day in the family burying ground, near Six Mile Church, Pickens County. Mr. Durham was bom March 2, 1818. It will be seen that he had passed the four-score and ten limit. He joined the Holly Springs Baptist Church about fourteen years ago. KCOKCC Courier. The fall session of the Belton High School will open next Monday, Sep tember 5th, at 0.30 9'clock. Prof. ?. B. Martin, Principal of the Greenville Graded Schools, and Rev. P. F. Kilgo, of Williamston, will be present and deliver addresses. Prof. West, thc Principal, cordially invites thc public generally and his patrons especially to attend the exercises. Parents are urged to have their children present thc first day that they may getan even start with their fellow-students. Mr. I). N. Major died at his home in Williamston Township last Wednes day. He had been in feeble health for several months but his death was quite sudden and is deeply regretted by a wide circle of friends and rela tives. He was about SI years of age and was horn and reared in this Coun ty. His remains were interred at Un ion Grove Church the day following his death. Pie leaves several sons and daughters to cherish his memory. A very sad accident occurred in the Toney Creek section last Thurs day afternoon, in which Mr. Wat. Fleming lost his life. Mr. Flem ing was on horse back hurrying from the field out of the rain when the horse made a misstep, throwing Mr. Fleming over his head and falling on him, crushing him so badly that he only lived about twelve hours. He leaves a wife and a large circle of relatives to mourn his sad and untimely death. "Old Rosen De Bow," our Townville correspondent, sends us the following : "The Rev. Author Crane, of Charlotts villc, W. Ya., has been assisting Rev. J. F. Singleton in a series of services at this place for the past ten days. We have had a glorious revival ; twen ty-live members have been added to our Church and the membership has been thoroughly revived. Mr. Crane has preached earnestly, eloquently and faithfully to us, and we feel sure that his work will result in great good to our people. He leaves for his home Thursday, and will carry with him the love and best wishes of our people."' Mrs. Adelia Todd, wife of the late R. Willis Todd, is dead. Her spirit, intre pid and untrammelled, winged its way into the presence of its Creator last Thursday morning. For more than three-score years and ten this good woman was faithful in the discharge of the duties of life, and she had been, almost from infancy, a devoted Chris tian and a honored member of the Methodist Church. She finished the journey of this life, with its cares and vicissitudes, and entered upon the life of eternity bouyant with hope and full of expectancy. Mrs. Todd died in the 74th year of her age and after being in feeble health for a long time. She was the eldest daughter of the late Colonel Herbert Hammond, who was a promi nent citizen of this County for many years. Two sous and four daughters are left grief-stricken by this visit of the angel of death, which robs them of the surviving parent and the motlier. In their bereavement they have the deep sympathies of many friends. The remains were interred at Silver Brook Cemetery last Friday morning, after funeral services at thc house conducted by Revs. W. I!. Richardson and J. N. H. Sumniercll. Belton Items. It continue? to raiD here and farmers are uneasy, for fbe fodder ia burning up in tue fields. Cotton is opening rapidly, and if the weather clears up tho fields will soon be white. Picking has begun, and one bale cf new cotton was ?old here last week by Capt. A B. Byrd. The Town Council bas purchased three bloodhounds-one old one and two pup pies-to be used for bounding down any who attempt to escape the strong arm of the law. Our marshal, Mr. Frank Robinson, is busy trying to get the young ones trained tor service. Misses Eva Gentry and Birtie Duck worth, ofSeptus, S. C., are visiting at Mrs. Alice Geer'*. Miss Reed, of Spartanburg, S. C., has been viniting the Misses Rico. Miss Mildred Cox, of Monea Path, is visiting Mrs T. E Stokes. Prof. A. G. Holmes, first assistant in th* High School here, is expected in town Thursday. A full corps of teachers for the High School has been employed. Miss Rena Rice will teach the primary department and Miss Mattie Brown will have charge of the Musical Department again. Prof. O B. Martin, of Greenville, S. C. will be prisent at the opening of school Monday morning and address the stu dents. It may be that Rev. Mr. Kilgo, of Williamston, will be present also, and make a talk. The public, and patrons especially, are invited to be present. The citizens are voting lively here to day, and it seems there will be a full vote polled. XXX. Free Pills. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen <fc Co., Chicago, and eel. a free sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will co ivince yu of their merita. These pills arn easy in action and are particularly pfTective in the cur? of Constipation and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles ttiey have been proved invaluable. They arc guaranteed to bo perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to he purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their ?ction, but hy giving tone to the tomaeh und bowels grently invigorate the yawn. Regular size 25c. per box. Seid b'v Hill-Orr Drug Co. OUR ANNUAL IS NOW ON ! AIL IUDS! SUITS, PANTS, STMff MTS, And, in fact, all Summer Goods are reduced, and when we say reduced we mean the price is cut way down. Our aim is to make room for Fall Goods that are now arriving. If you need a Suit, Hat, Shirt or pair of Pants it ' might pay you handsomely to see what we have to oner you. We would like to say to the Ladies that we have just re ceived a new lot of Boys' Knee Pants Suits and Knee Pants of the Famous Mrs. Jane Hopkins' Make, with Double Seats, Double Knees, Riveted Buttons, Elastic Waistbands, and warranted not to rip. We find after three years' selling above make of Boys' Clothing that they stand the wear and tear of boys better, and give better satisfaction every way. We would respectfully ask you to call and see our Chil dren's Clothing, examine how they are made up, and we be lieve we can suit you in both goods and price. Yours very truly, Clothiers, Hatters, And Furnishers. East Side Public Square. YES, SHOES FOR EVERYBODY ! WE are truly glad to announce to the many readers of THE INTELLIGENCER that we Lave Shoes for everybody, and Shoes that we can guarantee to be all leather Shoe?, and Shoes we can guarantee to be BRAN NEW SHOES, just out of the Factory, which is worth a great deal to a customer to know that he is not buying old Shoes ; for when a Shoe has been on i;he shelves ol' a Store for (2 or 3) years you are throwing away your money when you buy them. If you want a paper-bottom Shoe you need not come to see us, for we do not keep that kind. We do not sell a Shoe but what we guarantee to be solid, but remember that we have solid leather Shoes as cheap as other people's paper bottoms. All we ask is to call and see our Goods and price them for your own satisfaction. Don't forget our ?2 00, $3.00, ?3.50, ?4.00, ?5.00 Shoes. We have the dandiest line you ever saw ia Anderson, ia all colors. Call and see them. Yours for Shoes, COBB & CEAYTON, Under Masonic Temple, the Yates Shoe Co's. Old Stand. "THERE'S SAFETY IN NUMBERS," And safety is a particular good thing in BICYCLES. The Bicycles most gene rally known, most generally ridden are Heroes and Crescents. No use riding a dray when you can get a sulkey. Our LOW PRICES Put our Bicycles within the reach of all. We have just received another shipment of Heroes, which we invite every one to inspect. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO, W. W. SULLIVAN, Manager Bicycle Department. HOT WEATHER GOODS ! We have on hand a big lot of Goods for hot weather. Call and see our Bath Tuts, Sprinklers, Ice Cream Freezers, Ice Cream Saucers, Plower Pots, Water Coolers, Etc, We are ready to do your ROOFING, in Tin, Iron or Slate-your TIN WORK and your PLUMBING. Satisfaction guaranteed. OSBORNE & CLINKSCALES, Dealers in Stoves, Tinware, Crockery, Etc.