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BY CLI MoCA. I /ES^^ANGSTON " Avnvtt^iT'TT^ ^ ----^ _ _--?--A M DijjRSON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. O??TOI?KI? ia iuor V - : BD?CED R?PFS We have thought over this announcement, then penned then examined it, then amended it. Without preface or Ingression We proceed to recite the features of the move st o AU our STRAW and CRASH HATS will from now on be 5id 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. fend All our SUMMER UNDERWEAR will be sold at CUT 'RICES. Brd. All our NEGLIGEE SHIRTS have been greatly reduced ?price. It will not be wise for yon to dally. Crowds of frugal Ind thrifty men will quickly respond, and it's best for you i get into their ranks. Your money\>ack if you want it. . Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. FARM MACHINERY. Have you seen the Latest Mower on the Market ? The true worth and great advantages,of oar Mowers cannot be explained jin ad. like this. Come to us and investigate. We are not simple Agents for certain Steam Engines. fe are more, and are in position to figure down where competition can't pcb us. The Eclipse, Tho Atlas. The Erie City STEAM ENGINES fjL SIZES and STYLES for sale. We carry in stock, and save big money freight on from three to five car loads of Engines. THE CREAT SMITH COTTON ?GIN, COTTON PRESSES, SAW MILLS, &c., Bapo?e a partial l?t of our Machinery, HYDRAULIC RAMS, ?uih give your house and farm pare spring water at little cost where water l?nhiD reasonable distance. We are making a great success of oar Rams, pi charge nothing for information. B?LLIVAN HARDWARE CO ALABASTINE. IT WON'T RUB OFF. Wall Paper is Unsanitary. Kalsomine is tem porary, rots, rubs offend Scales. ALABASTINE form? a pure and permanent costing and does A not require to bo taken off to renew from time 9 to time. I? a dry powder. The latest make A bei DR adapted to mix, ready, for ase. with\ Cola water* Can be easily brushed on by any # one. Made In white and twelve fashionable j tints. ALABASTINB is adapted to aH sty?es\ of ptain and relief decorating. ? ASK YOU! MINT DEALER FOB CARO OV TINTS. lt not for soto ta your town " writ? a? for name of J 'ia. -^-?^*T~ " IIIMMH - nearest dealer. ara '^^y^^^g^g^^Q^^^g^ D t? ALL COLORS KEr*T IN STOCK BY Von m nus Deals With thc Cotton Yield. Thc following letter on the vitally important subject of the handling of this year's cotton crop hits been re ceived by the president of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Association: FAIRFAX, Aug. 22, 1898. Hon. J. C. Wilborn, Yorkville, S. C. My Dear Sir : I have just returned from Memphis, Tenn., v. here I have been as the vice-president for South Carolina to attend a meeting of the executive committee of tho American Cotton Growers Protection Associa tion. At this meeting, after cleoting Col. Maxwell, of Louisiana, president, to succeed thc late Hon. Hector D. Lane, deceased, and after simplifying the title of the organization by chang ing it to that of thc National Cotton Growers' Uuion, it was determined by the president and vice-president to inaugurate a vigorous policy ou the part of thc cotton growers of thc south to meet thc requirements of the present threatening exigency of lower prices and impending ruin. From the best informed and most reliable sources of information the committee unanimously arrived at tb" conclusion that the present crop would fully equal, if not excel thc last, and, if rapidly thrown upon thc market, would in ali probability sell far below 5 cents. In view of the fact that the cotton growers have the present crop of from ten to twelve million bales now in hand while mauufacturers and speculators have only about three million bales, if that, and that if the cotton growers would withhold the present crop from the market for 90 days, say till December 1st, the world would be bare of cotton and at the moroy of the cotton growers for their supply, it was determined to ef fect a thorough and complete organi zation of the cotton growers beginning with the smallest geographical sub division with a view of holding the present crop and following up this line of action, through the medium of township clubs, by enrolling all land holders in a contract to reduce next year's acreage one-half. It is manifestly clear that such a line of proceeding would place the cotton growers in command of the situation and change the outlook from one of bankruptcy and ruin to one of profit and competency. It further seems that an effort in this line would meet with tho aid and approval of almost every business interest in the South. Well knowing that the principle ob stacie to the accomplishment of this undertaking would consist ia the m&< turing obligations of the cotton grow ers, incurred in the production of the crop, a speoial committee has been ar ranged for, consisting of one membei from eaoh State, to confer with capi talists and provide the necessary funds to take up these liens and carry the cotton until such time as it can be disposed of at fair profit. Under instructions from the execu tive committee of the National Cotton Growers' Union, with a view of plac ing Sonth Carolina in a position tc carry out these propositions, I non call upon you as the president of the organization in this State to call s convention to meet in Columbia al the earliest possible day. Please usc such diligence as will secure a ful! representation from each ?county in the State. Should our State aot with prompt ness and deoision, it would in all probability have a most happy effeel on all the other eotton-growl og Sutes. This is a matter of vital consequence to the entire cotton belt and too im portant to brook any unnecessary de lay. While I have thought proper tc give you an outline of the committee'! plan of prooeedure, it was thought best by the committee not to make it public just yet. Yours very sincerely, L. W. YOUMANB. mm m rn* - One Million Rations. WABHIH/ITAW^ ATg. 25.-In accord ance with the determination of thi administration the Comal sailed fron Tampa to Habana to-day with 1,000, OOO rations for distribution to th< starving people of Cuba. Thest rations will be distributed by Lieut A. D. Niskern, under the direction o Capt. Niles of the artillery, in con fortuity with the orders of the Presi dent and Secretary of War. Supplie will be furnished to other province) in the island under the direction o officers of the army as emergency ma; demand. It has been learned that there wil bo no difficulty regarding the entry o the supply vessels to Cuban ports o their distribution under the direotioi of United States army officers. It i stated that the Spanish authorities ii Cuba are glad to pave the provision sent in. Attention, Cotton ?rowers.? QCoLUMUiA, S. C., Aug. 2!?.-Presi dent Wilborn bas called a cotton grower's convention for the 20th of September. In bis call bc says: ' lt is requested that every county send delegates. The county organization in each county is requested to meet and elect delegates. Where it is impracti cable to call a mass meeting the county presidents are requested to see to it that a delegation comes to the State convention." "Where thero is no organization those interested are most earnestly re quested to co-operate with the clerk of court of said county, the clerks being hereby requested to interest themselves at least to thc extent that they will sec that their counties shall bc represent ed. "This meeting will take steps that will be of inestimable beneiit to every cotton grower in this State. At a conference in Memphis a committee from each State was appointed to negotiate for money whereby liens on thc present crop could be taken up and the bulk of the crop of this year held off for ninety days and pcrhapsJonger, which it is hoped will force present prices up. "The big crop that is now growing is liable to depress present prices. The producer has the key to the situa tion if he can be induced to act as a unite. "Send a delegation from every com munity and let them discuss plans in county con ven tir ii for this crop, also for the next crop, and send oounty re commendations to the State conven tion."-Special to Greenville News. To Prevent Pension Frauds. A determined step has been taken by the war department to prevent pen sion frauds that might he perpetrated as an outcome of the war just closed, and with this purpose in view Pension Agent General St. Glair Mulholland, of this city, has received advices from Washington relative to regulations for mustering out soldiers. In these ad vices, which emanate from the war department, it is ordered that the physical condition of each soldier be ascertained and noted before his dis charge papers are issued. The pur pose of this regulation, it was ex plained, is for the purpose of pre venting false claims in the future. Gen. Mulholland said the importance of the precaution could not be too highly estimated, as it would save the Government a vast amount of' litiga tion, but ne doubted whether the authorities would bs able tc live up to the regulation. He dwelt upon the difficulties that would be encountered in mustering out large forces of men in a few days, and said it was likely that many would endeavor to escape the examination in their hurry to get to their homes. Speaking of the judiciousness of the plan he cited a case cf a soldier's widow claiming a pension on tho ground that her husband had con tracted deafness while in the civil war, whereas an. investigation provpd that the deceased had been deaf for many years prior to his enlistment. It is to prevent a repetition of just such eases as this, Gen. Mulholland said, that the present plan has been adopted.-Philadelpnia Evening Tele graph. Cond actor Gason Murdered. M ACON, GA.., August 27.-A special ! to the Macon Telegraph from Dupont, Gr., says that conductor Casou, of the Plant system, was shot and killed at that place yesterday by Mark Graham, a negro. Cas-.n had taken a month's vacation and was on his way to South Carolina where he was to have been married. When the train reaohed Du pont, Graham and a white boy board ed the train to get a drink of water. They got into a fuss and in the absence of the regular conductor Cason under took to stop it. As he approached the negro drew a pistol and shot him, inflicting a wound from which he died almost immediately. The body was taken to Waycross, Ga., where a crowd was formed and started after the raur di tr. . Hounds were procured from McKee's lumber camp and started on the trail. The chase led toward the Florida line. If the negro is caught he will be lynched. - $100 Reward. $100. The readers of thia piper ?III be pleased to learn that there is et least ono dreaded disease thst sci ence has been ahle tocare in all Its stages, and that ts Catarrh, nail's Catarrh Cure is the only posi tive cure nov known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease reqlires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Caro is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de stroying tho foundation of tho di teas*, and ?iv lug the pa' tient strength by building np the constitu tion and assisting nature In doing ita work. Th? proprietors have so much faith In its enratlv? powers,thai they offer One Hundred Hollars for any case that it falls to care. Send for list of tes. Urnen lais Heady te Obey Orders. JfetVH ami Courier. Camp Cuba Libre, Panama Park. Fla., Aug. 24.-The cry to ' (Jo homo!" is gradually decreasing, ami the boys aro quieting down again and seem to be satisfied now to go to Cuba, or any where the Government my see fit to send us. After due consideration thc majority of tho men have realized the fact that neither they nor their officers have any idea as to their immediate dis position, but they are obligated to serve the United States for two years, unless the Government secs lit to dis charge them sooner. If the war department orders the 7th army corps to Havana, to Havana wo go. If they see lit to semi us to Manila, to Manila wc will go, and nothing the men can say or do will change ''Uncle Sam's" purposes, and most of thc men have about awakened to that fact. lt would bo impossible for thc Gov ernment to hold an army togethci if regiments, brigades or divisions were allowed the privilege of disband ing by simply making their wishct known; and, on the other baud, ii would be ''unamcrican" not to recog nize the voice of its people to sonn estent even in time of war. I think 1 voice the sentiment o! two-thirds of tho enlisted men of thi: regiment, when I say that they woult like to be mustered out of service ant return to their homes; but, thei: patriotism and manliness is too stronj for them to ask to be relieved of theil obligation. Their sense of duty t< their country restrains them fron pressing their personal desires. Lieut. Frank G. Tompkins has beet detailed as Judge Advocate of th* Field Officers' Court. He is a younj man of fine sense and good judgment and no better man could be detailec for this work, as he enjoys the confi dence of a great many of the regi mont. . We are enjoying fine weather, goo< breezes and pleasant nights since tb rain. Four hours a day will cover al t'ic work wc do, and the balance i spent in ].laying, sporting, fishing etc. Even the rations arc gettin better. We all had fried ham an rice to-day for dinner, and fried ham biscuit aud coffee for supper. The prospect is that every man i the regiment will have the opportunit of a ten-days' leave before we embar for Cuba, and it is rumored that w will be paid two months in advanc before we leave, There seems to b an ?rf?Q??Us impression among man cf thc mon that wc arc going to b sent to Havana to clean up the cit} putin sewerage, etc., as well as d garrison duty. It would be well, an at the same time, a great relief t many minds, if some ono who is 1 position to know would fully defin the duties that our soldiers will hav to perform as an army of occupatio or garrisoning Cubs, for it seems t be a question that is troubling a gres many of the boys. Oar energetic and efficient Actin Quartermaster Lieut. Wyatt Aiko has just returned from tho city, whoi has been looking after supplies for th regiment. He advises me that t< morrow he will haul in for distributio among the men 1,300 hats, 1,100 blt trousers, 800 pair leggings and a 1< of other things necessary to fill in. The following have secured leav< to visit home for the next ten day Jas. D. Fleming, Harry L. Gas Lient. Walter N. Kirkland, Privat? Huger McKeown, Jas. Simpson, I A. Johnson, B. T. Norris, J. W Dozier, J. B. Siles, Daniel Cunninj ham, A. B. De s portes, J. T. Baldwii Woods Hughes, John Fox. Furloughs can almost be gotten no by asking for them. Things are sounding to-night lil old times at Chickamauga, singing ar laughing are going on in all the cor panics. Company A returned to day from week's tour of provost guard duty Jacksonville. The boys liked it vei much, and there .is a good deal rivalry now between tho companies seo who will go out next on this toi from the 1st South Carolina volunte infantry. Wo are all glad to know that Car Malford, of Company A, is improviu T. M. LUMPKIN. _t_ m , m - - Before Santiago Chaplain Brow of Arizona, was seen to seize the ca bine of a wounded trooper as the fig began to grow fierce, and work his w, to the front of the fighting line. C< Roosevelt remonstrated. " Accordii to tho articles of war, chaplain," 1 said, "you are not allowed to liane firearms." "D-n the articles wari" came the quick respone "Here's where I'm needed now." Ai there he stayed. (icu. Slmfler Review* War. NF.W YOUK, Aug. 20.--A dispatch to thc Herald from Santiago says: Prior to embarking on the steamer Mexico, Major (?encrai Shatter con sented tobe interviewed. During the interview he discussed in general terms the campaign just ended. Thc bare prospect of returning to the United States caused him to be brighter, moro cheerful and less har rassed looking than at auy period sinco he embarked at Tampa. Critics and detractors aro alike for gotten, and with improved health and the evident consciousness that what ever might he the eventual verdict of the operations before Santiago, a dif ficult campaign has been brought to a successful conclusion. Ile spoke with greater energy and more vigor than at any time since the capitulation, (len. Shailer said : ''I lunk upon tin* campaign just closed as a successful one in thc highest degree, mn only in regard to the military operations, 1ml more especially in rei'..rd to the great re sults achieved. When we uecided to attack Santiago we looked for nothing more as the immediate fruit ol' victory than the capture of the city. What has been achieved is the capitulation of thc entire eastern part ol' the pro vince from a linc at .J?bari to the south coast together with thc enemy's forces, amounting to almost 24,000 men. Surely this was a notable achievement of the campaign, bearing in mind the tierce opposition we en countered and the comparatively small loss of our own forces. "From a military point of view. I perhaps took steps which might not bo doomed justifiable under other cir cumstances, but I knew the temper and capabilities of my soldiers and the moral effect of our gradually cooping up tho enemy within its own lines. "My engineers wero very apprehen sive that the Spaniards might break through on my left and out off Siboney. Ibis, from a purely military stand point, might have been truthfully correct, hut personally, I had not for a moment any fear on that scope. The result, however. I think, proved th". correctness of my conclusions. "Our primary object was to drive Cervera out and next to take thc town. We had gradually driven the Span iards back on high lands circling the city, and slowly advancing day by day. The enemy began losing spirit as soon as our guns had been placed in a position to cover the town. "When Cervera left the situation was changed. Tho town was at my mercy and had I given the order for a direct assault it would have been taken within four hours. I believe that with the forces then at my com mand, reinforced as they had been, I was in a position to take the city by force. "But if I had taken a step of such a character what would have been thc result ? I estimate that our casualties would have been H.O0O mon. and the I acti?? I took has had a more briiiiaut reBult, without so heavy a loss of valuable lives. "The town itself is admirably situ ated for defense, and thc fight would have been a long and bloody one. Every house is strongly constructed of stone, and entirely different from ordinary buildings. Every house was a little fortress itself. Had tho Span iards, forced by desperation, fought the battle cut ic thc streets our loss would have been enormous. But from the moment General Toral made a proposition for a conference, I knew he was determined to givo up, and I acted accordingly. "Personal reflections have been cast upon me because I was not on tho fighting linc. That was not the place for a general in command of an army. It must he remembered that I was oonnected by telephone with the offi cers at the front and was better able to direct operations from the position I had taken. Save for two days when ill, I was in direct command of this campaign, which I consider unequaled in American history, for it waa really the first time the United States had fought with itB regular army. Th* civil war was a war of volunteers, but this campaign was fought and won by our regular troops. "I did not notice the faob at first, but there was only three volunteer regiments engaged against the Span iards. While the highest credit is to bc given them and they fought bravely and well, thero was the moral sup port of the regulars back of it all. "Our volunteers lacked that unity, cohesion and individual support noticeable in our trained troops, but at the same time no disparagement should be made of the volunteer regi ments in the campaign. WTbat they lacked otherwise they made up for in enthusiasm and patriotic spirit, and I d?sira io command no better army than the one composed of the class of volunteers under me in the Santi ago campaign. "Thc operations of the regulars in tho campaign have proved conclusive ly their superiority over some organi zations of State militia in which the men are partially compelled to serve by a sense of shame, but they do not show the enthusiasm of volunteers. "There has been some question con cerning the transportation facilities of tho army. The facilities were all thero aud the transportation equip ment provided was all it should have been, but our difficulties were enor mous. Thero was only one road. To have built another would have taken two years. The nature of the coun try, the weather-all these things helped to disorganize this depart ment. The use of wagons was almost impossible." STATE NEWS. - One negro man quarreled with and killed another at a funeral in Charleston county, S. C., Aug. 20. - Excessive raina aro reported from every section of the State, and in some places crops have been badly damaged. - The electric railway c> connect Augusta with Aiken, a distance of 17 miles, will be built, it is said, in the near future. - The city of Chester has the hon or of having two', companies in the Voluutecr army-one in the First and one in the Second. - On account of thc general elec tion coming during l'air week the time for holding thc; next State Fair has been changed to the week beginning November l l. - Converse College, Spartanburg, is erecting a conservatory of music. This new building will contain 110 prac tice rooms and an auditorium with a scating capacity of 2,000. - The- farmers around I ?arlington and Timmonsville arc just now market ing their tobacco crop. The tobacco crop in those sections brings as much money now as thc cotton crop. - Thc'twelfth annual display of the Fairview stock and mechanical association will bo held ou tho associ ation grounds, near Fairview church, Greenville county, September 23rd. - The constitution of South Caro lina provides that jurors must bo be tween the ages of 21 and (15, and a new trial was recently granted in a crimi nal cane because one of the jurors was 60 years old. - The Prosperity Canning Company got in 3 cars of cases Wednesday and will be ready to ship out their product within a weok. They have canned this Reason 00,000 cans and would have put up 100,000 had the tomato crop not been a failure. They will not pack 100 cases of tomatoes all told, much to their regret. - Tho stockholders of tho Granby Mills of Columbia have decided to in crease their capital stock from $250, 000 to $800,000? It is the intention to have all the machinery in them running by January. The capacity of the mill is to be increased from 18,000 spindles to 57,000 spindles, and from 500 looms to 1.500 looms. - Columbia responded in no mean way to the call made by the ladies of the Way sido Hospital Relief ?Corps, for contributions of delicacies for the hungry and sick soldiers passing through the city on their way north from Florida. T'T result was that thc 800 or more volunteers who carno through Columbia, wore feasted and refreshed. - Mrs. Lula Hahn of Hamburg was severely gored by an angry cow on Sat urday afternoon in the lot on Mr. Hahn's place. From (what could be learned of the affair, it seems that Mrs. Hahn had a most desperate battle with the cow. Finally she was penned in a corner of the stall where-'tbe cow was confined, and but for timely aid would have been gored to death where sho lay. - Between Grier's Station and Dun can, just this side of Yorkville, the train going North killed a three-year old colored child. The ohild was play ing in tho weeds near the railroad track, and just as the train came up it jumped out of the weeds on the track, the engine striking it on the head and knooking it 20 feet in the air. It fell io th? bid?: o? the track ??ead. - A very lad accident oocurred ia Chester last Sunday morning when the baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Culp, Jr., aged 22 months, was drows ed in a bath tub in which there was about five inches of water- Mr. Culp had been in thc room, but went into the yard for some purpose, and when he returned was shocker1, to find his dear little baby girl had fallen into thc tub, and upon gathering ber into his anns was horrified that she did not breathe and that life was extinct. Dr. McConnel was sent for, and every ef fort made for three hours to restore i:e" L..1. i_ HM -_ it, .'IC, ?uv vv .iv. viui ifuat.. II utu buu baby was found her face was in the water, while her body was only half in the tub. - An assault was made last Wed nesday night upon Walter Moon, while he was visiting a young lady. Moon is a son of Squire John P. Moon, a prominent farmer living ten miles from Greenville. Wednesday night he went to sec a daughter of John T. Chapman. Thc young peopj.? went to the well near the house and suddenly both were struck in the head oithcrby knucks or shot from a sliug. The youngman was badly hurt, but tho girl roccived only a slight wound. Jeal ousy is supposed to be the cause of the attack. The sheriff is working hard to find the villain.