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?rn m m, 4P j*, i H H II Iii jil |T ill t\ BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. 13 m 1 lr ll I I lr 1 . % ;?>;"> Jar ANDERSON. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. J AX l'A RY H>. 1898. VOLUME XXXII?-N0. m. Folks Haven't.... Will want to borrow one when they see the .... WE are showing in our Boys' Department. We meet the Parents' wishes and the lad's needs. We can suit the size of the Boy and the size of the Pocket Book. ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES, With old-fashioned honesty of making. Our Boys' styles are a pleasant change from the humdrum kind you see every day and everywhere.' OUR BOYS' SUITS Are ndbby and attractive, and we don't charge any more for our sort than others ask for inferior made goods. 'Snits from. $1.00 to $5.00, and at every price between. 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 Mowera cannot be explained in.aa ad. like this. Come to u* and investigate. We are not simple Agents for certain Steam Engines. We are more, and are in position to figure do\?n where competition can't touch us. Tile Eclipse, Tb? Atlas. ! Th? 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-GIN, COTTON PRESSES, SAW MILLS, &c, Compose a partial l?t of our Machinery. HYDRAULIC RAMS, ^bich give your house and farm pure ppring water at little cost where water is within reasonable distance We aie making a great success of our Rams, and charge nothing for information. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO ALABASTINE. i ""^TF^JT WON'T RUB OFF. '^^^^M \ pl^n-? >f"r Kalsomine is tem- fl f mM^ # |^?^^l^porary, rots, rubs ^Jl|?S \ \ M^Wti? ALABASTINE SSSSM?J ? MI 51forms a Pure an(^ Permanent coating and does f \ /i Y( \ Y?M?lJvJr nofc re{luiro to bc taken off to renew from time 9 wvxHii \ Vftfr 9^ ^ to time. Is a dry powder. The latest make A ? irof??i \l \ XBJ^^&JT* being adapted to mix, ready for use, with J f)J^J \ \ Yr^T^-v*"' Cold water. Can be easily brushed on by any # Jk 1 \ VxPI^^Sa'one- Made in white and twelve fashionable i I rrfm 1 1X^*98! tints- ALABASTINE is adapted to all styles \ V J^z^? \ VvJShffiff o{ P^n anc*re,ie* decorating. 9 f -=?|? V-^.:S|Slli ASK TOUR PAINT DEALER FOR CARD OF TINTS. ^ ? /^^S*!*** " not ,or 8a,e ,n your town> write us for name of i \ s r?5^s '^^?aiy nearest dealer. T f MAH JFACTURED ONLY BY ALABASTINE CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.f ALL COLORS KEPT IN STOCK BY CZ) EVAN'S PHARMACY. Statement from City Council. As the iinaucial condition of a nun cipal corporation is of vital importan to the citizens and taxpayers who property is liable for the payment all debts and demands created again the corporation, it is but a matter simple justice that every such persi should be informed ol' all matters regard thereto, and should know .what extent the municipal ofticei charged with the management of i affairs, have created a lien upon tin property. The present City Council, feelii sure that the citizens generally do n understand the present status of tl City Treasury, directed an investie tion of same and a report thereof Council. The said committee reported that tl treasurer's books showed that the had been collected by the last Coum for Graded School purposes the. sum thirty-three hundred and sixty-nil dollars and thirty-live cents (:?.:ifJi).:3 more than had been expended f school purposes, which sum of mom should nave been on hand the 15th di of last August and paid over to tl succeeding Council, to be used to ri the school from its opening: this rs until taxes are collected next Februar Inasmuch as the former Coum turned over to present/Council on $74.35, it must be left to each taxpay to estimate what portion of this $74. belongs to the depleted school fund. The Act of the Legislature providii for the establishment of the Grade School, directs in section 7 thereof, ? follows: "That all monies assess( and collected hereunder for school pu poses shall be paid by the treasurer < the city of Anderson for salaries an other school purposes upon the warral of chairman and secretary of the Boai of Trustees." Thus it will be seen that this sum < $3,309.35, collected by authority of th Act, could not lawfully be used for ar other than school purposes, nor cou! it lawfully be drawn from the treasui except upon the warrant of the chai; man and secretary of the Board < Trustees. The retiring Council, then fore, left the City Treasury indebted 1 the school fund in the sum of $3,369.3 This misapplication of the school fun will force the Trustees to keep tl Graded School closed until more taxe can be collected, or will force ti present City Council to borrow mone to replace this fund, which means th payment of interest and, higher taxi next February in consequence thereo Section 3 of the Ordinance to rais supplies for the city of Anderson f< the year 1898, provides that a two mi tax shall be collected "for the currer expenses of the Graded School, whic tax is hereby set apart for that purposi and ?liso the further sum of one mill o every dollar's worth of real estate an personal property taxable in said citj to pay the annual interest on the scho< bonds of said city, which tax is hereh set apart for the purpose of said intel est and for no other purpose." In th connection it is timely to say thi $1,444.93 was collected under this se< tion to pay the interest on the scho< bonds, but inasmuch as the interest ? C per cent, on the $20,000 of scho< bonds amounts to only $1,200, the rc tiring Council should have turned ovc to its successor $244.93 to the credit < this fund. Sections 4 and 5 of the Supply Ord nance of 1898, provide for the collei tion of taxes to pay the rental for th use of the water works and electri lights contracted for by the city, cac of which provides that said "tax sha be kept by the City Treasurer for th purpose herein specified," respectively The water bill is pavable semi-anni ally, March 1st and September ls each payment amounting to $2,250, an the lighting bills are payable quarterl: two of which tall due March 1st an September 1st. On September 1s therefore, the city owed these tu bills, amounting- to $3,000 in roun numbers, and yet only $74.35 had bee paid over hythe retiring" Council! (lays prior thereto, out of which to pa these bills. The present Counci therefore, had either to let the cit default on these payments or borrow j sufficient sum with which to pay then ! which has, perforce, been done; an : hence taxes will be higher next year ? 1 account of past indebtedness. Au vet the treasurers books show th.i '$2,084.99 had been collected for til payment of the water bill, and $895. ( for the payment ol" the lighting bil I which had not been used for these pm : poses.and which,as required 1>Y th cord: : nance above quoted, should have bee ' in tlie City Treasury on August l.r>, t : be paid out September 1st, accordin tb law. In addition to this, thei I should have been $514.99 in thetreasu ? ry asa balance on the Savannah Yal ! ley Kailroad bond and coupon flint I collected under like conditions as the.? other taxes. This makes va total of $7,109.92 fe which the retiring Council should hav accounted in cash to its successor ; an this not being done, there was a defici in the treasury to that extent. Th present Council will have to restore t the school, water and lighting fund? the several amounts due them, namoi} $0,340. This can only be done by bor rowing, at interest, which debt, crea ted by the retiring Council, will hav to be met by the taxpayers next yeal The amounts due the Savannah Val ley Kailroad bond and coupon am school bond funds will not have to b replaced, though taxes could have bee: reduced i mill on these two funds nex year, had the balances remaining ii them not been diverted from the pul pases for which alone they had heel j collected under the law. There is still another important lac j that the citizen? should consider ii justice to the present Council, namely i that the retiring Council left no moue: i to meet the current and necessary ex" i penses of conducting municipal affair i from August 15 to next February, ; period of about six months, as but lit I tie taxes are paid before the middle o I February, excepting what may bi paid in fines, licenses and by the dis pensary in that time, the city will hav< to borrow enough money to meet sud expenses. Taking the. City Treasurer's last an nual statement as a criterion tojudg< what the monthly expenses amount to it will take; about $1,000 per month t< meet these expenses. It is pr?sum?e that when taxes were collected, a sufi! cient levy was made to run city attain for 15 months, and hence a proper tionate share of that money shouh have been on hand August 15 for sud expenses. The present City Council regrets tba such was not the case, and also tba taxes will have to be higher in Februa ry to cover the deficit. The. City Council publishes thi statement in order to keep the recon straight before the people and to le the taxpayers know that the taxes wil necessarily be higher next year, and j who is responsible for such a status, li is claimed th? t "the City Hall is paid for," which, while true, is still mislead ing, unless it is distinctly understood that it has been paid I'm- at the expense ot'other funds, and has put thc city seriously in debt, which debt may iustlv und properly bc termed "the City Hall debt. In this connection, we desire to say that the retiring City Treasurer has amended his published statement br adding certain items included in other accounts to the cost of building the City Hall, increasing that item from $9,760.10 to 810,434.97, but that in creasedoes not increase the ligares giv en under the head of "assets" in that statement. This sum will be further increased by the bill of Silo" presented by the A. \V. L. &: P. Co. for wiling the building and by the cost of the chairs^ contracted for by the former Council to bc paid by present Council, amounting to several hundred dollars. The total cost of the Hall will be about $11,000, the majority of which was paid out of funds otherwise appropriated, and hence will have to be restored by the present Council by borrowing same. Each citizen niav determine for himself the wisdom of building the City Hall in sucli a manner, or thc wisdom of building it at all. The above is the report in full of the special committee of City Council ap pointed to investigate the status of nuances of the city at thc rime of pres ent Council going into ofhee, which report, was, in special session, adopted and ordered published. T. J. BLtui.ui*. Clerk. Sept. 13, 1808, Council Chamber. An derson, S. C. Two Lientenants Drowned. Camp Wikoft", Montauk Point, Sept. 7. -Thomas H. Wheeler, son of General Joseph Wheeler, and Second Lieut. Newton Kirkpatrick, 1st cavalry, were probably drowned while bathiug here this af ternoon. Young Wheeler was a naval cadet in his second year. He had been acting on his father78 staff for some time past. He was 17 years of age, was a fine young fellow and had made a host of 'friends among the older officers. To gether with Lieut. Kirkpatrick he went to the beach this afternoon to enjoy the surf bathing. The surf ran high and the undertow was very strong. Apparently no one saw the young men drowned, and it was not until about G o'clock that they were missed. Their clothes were found a short distance from Gen. Wheeler's tent, close to the water, and it is be lieved that the young officers were swept away by the strong seas. To-night a detail of sixty men from the 1st cavalry is stationed along the coast to watch for the bodies that may be thrown upon shore. While in command at Camp Wikoft' General Wheeler's headquarters were located on a high hill near the station, a considerable distance back from the water, lt was only to-day that his headquarters were shifted down to the beach. His tent and the tents of his staff oilieers are not more than twenty yards from the water's edge. It was this change of location that gave the young men an opportunity to indulge themselves in the surf. They had often spoken spoken of so doing, and every one is convinced that they were drown ed to-day. Of the accident General Wheeler has nothing to say. His three daughters, two of whom have been acting as nurses in the general hospital and the other as a nurse in the deten tion hospital, an; with him, all grief stricken. Lieut. Kirkpatrick was from Virginia. Ile was appointed second lieutenant .June 12. 1800. THE BODIES FOUND. Camp Wikoff, .Montauk Point. Sept. 8.-The bodies of Naval Cadet Thomas H. Wheeler, the son of Major General Joseph Wheeler, and ol' Second Lieut. Newton P. Kirkpatrick, of the 1st United States cavalry, who were drowned while bathing in the sea yes terday, came in with the tide, and were thrown on the beach about 2 o'clock this morning. The bodies were found lying close together just below the life saving station, about a quarter of a milo from where the young men had gone in bathing. A detail of sixty men from the 2d cavalry had been patrolling the beach with lanterns. The life savers, who knew the coast, had pre dicted that the bodies would drift in when-tiny did. It was here that tin* liddies of the twenty-two Shinnecock Indians, who were lost in the wreck of the Circassian, were found. Two rude biers were formed out of planks taken from near the life saving station and the bodies placed upon them. In the meantime the cavalrymen had gathered from up and down the beach and fol lowed the bodies to ?en. Wheeler's headquarters. With General Wheeler were three of his daughters who were in camp nursing the sick. General Wheeler and his daughters will accom pany the remains of the General's son to the family home in Wheeler, Ga. The party will probably go to New York to-night or to-morrow morning at the latest, The body of Lieut, Newton 1). Kirk patrick, who was drowned with young Wheeler, will be taken to the home of his father, Ii. I). Kirkpatrick, of Lex ington, Va. The war department has been requested to detail an officer to accompany Lieut. Kirkpatrick's re mains to Virginia. President McKinley ami a large num ber of other officials in Washington have sent messages to (icu. Wheeler expressing the greatest sympathy for him. Gen, Shatter called upon thc bereaved officer before going to New York this morning, and remained with him half an hour. Woman is Hobbed of $10,000. KANSAS Cm*, KAS., Sept. 10.-Mrs. Eli Pptter, a prominent woman suf fragist, was lobbed of $10,000 by high waymen in thc outskirts of the city to night, A few months ago the Potters' residence was destroyed by tire, and they received $10.000 insurance money. Airs. Potter, who does not trust in banks, sewed the money into the lining of her dress. She was driving in thc outskirts of town to-night when a man stepped out from the roadside and {frati?bed her horse. Another man dealt ?er a stunning blow on the head. When she recovered consciousness she found a sack drawn over her head and the highwaymen were tearing and cutting her skirts. They did not stop in their search until the whole amount of the treasure had been secured. Mrs. Potter believes the robbers wert uegrocs. STATE NEWS. - Considerable damage has been done to the crops by the heavy rains in every section of the State. - The State dispensary has directed the payment of $20,000 to the school fund, the second payment of that amount this year. - Seventy-five thousand dollars have boen subscribed toward the erec tion of the proposed Bennettsville, S. C., Cotton Mills. - Hon. John C. Sheppard was elect ed to the State Senate from Edgefield county, defeating his opponent, T. H. Rainsford, by about 200 votes. - Winthrop College will open on the 28th of this month. The College has the brightest outlook it has ever had in tho history of thc institution. - The secretary of the State has granted the directors of thc Granby cotton mills, Columbia, an increase in their capital stock from $250,000 to $800,000. - The carpet mill at Gaffney is run ning on full time now. It is the only manufactory of the kind south of Baltimore, and is owned mainly by home capitalists. - During the storm at Port Boyal, on the 31st ult.. 10.82 inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours. An unpre cedented downpour-must have been on the order of a cloud burst. - 3tormon missionaries have ar ranged to make a house to house can vass of South Carolina homes, leaving their literature at the same time and urging acceptance of their "religion." - In Newberry, S. C., September 3, John Goggans, a 13-year-old white boy, accidentally shot and killed his 7-year-old brother, "William. "Play ing with an unloaded gun," was the cause. - In the matter of rates for the telegraph companies doing business in this State, the railroad commission de cides that it will not reverse its recent action lowering the rates for the send ing of messages. - The identity of the skeleton of a soldier recently found in the marsh off Castle Pinckney is still unknown and the probabilities are that who he was and to what command he belonged will never be known. - The Standard Cotton Mill of Bock Hill was sold at auction recently and was bought by Mr. Johnson of the Highland Park Manufacturing Com pany, of Charlotte, N. C., the figures being $50,000. - The News and Courier figures out that the next general assembly of this State will be one-third each for dis pensary, prohibition and local option, that the dispensary men are outnum bered two to one. - W. N. Graydon, Abbeville coun ty's newly elected senator, is a close blood relation of the gallant colonel of the Bough Biders, Theodore Boosevelt. The connection is through Mr. Gray don's mother and for some time thc families have been in correspondence. - The next State Fair commences November 14th and closes the ISth of the same month. Col. Holloway says "there is every evidence that the next State Fair will be equal to any of the past and the attendance perhaps even larger than heretofore." The premi um list will soon be out. and anyone desiring a copy can get it by writing to Col. Thos. W. Holloway, Po mari a, S. C. - Newberry has not a real Klondike within her borders, but gold dust does exist in some sections. Monroe M. Harris has prospected recently for Newton B. Leslie in township No 9, and found gold, but not in paying quantities. Gold has been known to exist there for fifty years. He secured some specimen pieces of ore for gov ernment essay, and will return later and make a thorough search for the precious ore. - A dangerous counterfeit has been found in circulation in Charleston. It is a very line imitation of the gold eagle, and in every particular, except sound, it seems to be similar to the genuine ten-dollar gold piece. It is dated 18i>2 and the stamping and mill ing are perfect. It, however has a dull sound when dropped upon a table or stone, and in this way can be readily detcetcd. The front of thc coin bears a bust profile of the Goddess of Liber ty, and even the tiny checkmark "W" on the neck of the figure is reproduced in the counterfeit. Bank experts say that it is made of a composition of glass and some other metal, gilded. To all appearances it is a perfect coin and only by the sound can be detected. -4- ? i ?. How's This. We oder Oae Hundred Dollars reward for any caso <?( Catarrh that cannot he cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Wo, the undersigned hare known t.... Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan cially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. W?ST A TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. WALDISO. KINNAN & MAEVIN, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaoea ot the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 71c. per bott'3 Sold by all druggist?. JURY INSTITUTE sSFS. Offers Best Advantages in All Respects. Students may save Time and Money. JOHN E. PATRICK, Anderson, S. C. For Fancy Groceries, Confectioneries, Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Tobacco, And many other things too numerous to mention. Come to see me before buying. SS?" Thone aud Free Delivery. Yours to please, J. C. OSBORNE, South Main Street, below Bank of Anderson, W. H. Harrison's Old Stand. COME to the NEW STORE Y ? TIME'S ? BECAUSE THE TIMES COOK STOVES Have given satisfaction for 33 years. Because it is pleading thousands it will please you. Because you can buy any style and any price, yet all give satisfaction. Our Sign is a big Seventy-one Times on a post in front of our door. For sale only by OSBORNE & CLINKSCALES. P. S.-Remember our Sign is a Times Stove on a post in front of our Store. 0. & C. GREAT FLOOD! Not the kind that is recorded in the time of Noah, when the waters swept the face of the earth, but a flood of. SHOES, CLOTHING, HATS, DUX GOODS, CAPES, NOTIONS, Etc., That have been pouring down for the last fifteen days into .... The Racket Store Which is nearly filled to overflowing. Has the appearance now of a river since the recent heavy rains in this section, almost ont of its banks, as it were, and still the downpour continues ; and from the prices marked on this tremendous Stock it is only a question of time when this whole section will be flooded with Kacket Store Goods. Busiest Store in Anderson because we are the CHEAPE9T. Some merchants will give you big, windy talk. Too much wind in some Stores, anyway ! We have the prices to suit white folks, Black folks, red folks, yellow folks, green folks, blue folks, and you, too. Yard-wide Bleaching 3c. per yard, yard-wide Sheeting 3*c. yard, Remnant Calico 2Ac. yard, yard-wide Percale 5c. yard, worth 10c. ; Bleaching 2ic yard, 10-4 Sheeting 10c. yard, Lonsdale Cambric 5c. yard, Children's Shoes 15c, Men's Heavy Winter Shoes 85c. pair. In fact, wo have the best and cheapest Shoes on earth. A dandy Suit Boys' C'othes 50c, Men'n Suitu $2 9S, <Sc. Undershirts 10c , Heavy Drill Draw ers 15c You just come and see and you will swear, that TORE Is the Ceapest in the State. MOORE & LUCAS. l&K* Underbuy, Undersell, Spot Cash. THE SAME GOODS ^|^| ^? LEAD! F0R LESS ;M0NEY' WE keep step with other Houses in quality, but we are always a pace behind them in prices. We are able to offer you this season the BEST and MOST ATTRACTIVE lino of Goods it has ever been our pleasure to show. We want your business. We are yoong men, full of determination to succeed, and know full well that every bundle of Goods we send out MUST give satisfaction, if we expect a continuation o? your trade. It is not one bill we are after. " 'Tis not all of life to live." We want you to feel that in us you have men who will give every detail of your wants our personal attention. Thanking you for past favors and asking that you command us, we are Yours very truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO NEXT TO POST OFFICE. SHOES AND HOSIERY FOR FALL AND WINTER. MEN'S WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S, _A.t Rock: Bottom Prices, Before your children start to school come and buy a rjair of our School Shoes. None better-none cheaper. ELECTRIC CITY SHOE STORE, ANDERSON, S, C. Williamston Female College, WILLI AUSTON, S. C. The Fall Session will open on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1898. If you propose to patronize the College, please give timely notice to 5-8 REV. S. LA.NDER, President.