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BT CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. NOVRimRR 1?. Iftft? vor.TT YYYTV MA 01 THE RIG BUY AN OVE ODD IS first to find a reliable place to purchase it-a place that you have got faith iu, a place where you can get satisfaction or .get your money back if y?? want it. THAT PLACE IS OUR STORE ! Now, as to the garment itself: You don't want a back number; you don't want an ordinary, common-place dry goods or bargain store Overcoat that smacks of by-gons times. On the contrary, you want a Coat that's UP TO-DATE, a Coat that's.made of new, substantial and fashionable fabrics the custom-made kind-cut to our special order and made in the season's style-Pine Custom Tailor work at our half Custom Tailor Prices-and that's THE K?ND OP OVERCOAT YOU CAN BUY OF US. We've got Overcoats for less than ?5.00, and good one's too, but at $5.00 we are selling Stylish Beaver Cloths of the moat approved cut. They are well made and good value for your money. Superior Meltons, Fine Kerseys and Beaders, as well as other fabrics of this class, are found in the Overcoats we are selling at $7.50, $10.00, 012.50 and $15.00? The natty ap pearance of these Coats will not only please you, the work manship surprise you, but you'll have a garment that we're proud to sell you and you'll be proud to wear. $5.00 $7.50 $10.00 $12.50 $15.00 If you are dissatisfied you can always get-your money back if you want it. THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. GLASS FOR WINDOWS, GLASS FOR HOT HOUSES, GLASS FOR SHOW CASES, GLASS FOR CRAVAT AND GLOVE CASES. CUT ANY SHAPE WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE. EVANS PHARMACY. COME TO THE NEW STORE 0F J, C. OSBOENE For Fancy Groceries, Confectioneries, Flour, Sugar, Coffee.. Molasses, Tobacco, And many other things too numerous to mention. S?g* Come to see rac bet?re buying. kW 'Phone and Free Delivery. Yours to please, J. C. OSBORNE, Soufck Main Street, below Bank of Anderson, W. H. Harrison's Old Stand. THE GREAT SYRACUSE TURN PLOW. The Strongest, the Lightest, The Best Braced Turn Plow Made. RUNS LIGHTER and produces better results than any Plow on the market. In the season ot 1894 wc sold only 5 Syracuse Plows, in 1805 wc sold 20, in 1896 we sold 75, in 1897 we sold 174, and we have sold nearly three Car loads for the year 1898. Their increasing sale from year to year is proof conclusive that they are superior to other makes. They will turn where others fail. They run 25 per cent lighter, the points are harder and will wear twice as long. Now, we do not ask you to take our statement for this, but be guided by the experi ence of your felloe-farmers who have used these Plows, and do not hesitate to give due praise to the Great Syracuse Plow-the world-renowned. We sell the-^ SYRACUSE SMOOTHING HARROW, And Syracuse Harrow*?, like Syracuse Plows, stund to-day without a rival. Remember, we are sole Agents. See us before buying. Tours truly, BROCK BRO?. ' BLOOD! B?OI. Highly Respected While S?aii Murdered ?it, Phoenix, S. C. Greenwood Journal, Mur. ll. Everyman in this State old enough knows the political sil nation in ;7<! and eau readily perceive thc present exist ing circumstances in one part, of this county. Election day at this, and all the other polls was practically quiet except at the usually peaceful and quiet,little settlement known'as Phoenix, where, started a disturbance thal lcd to au act as worthy of condemnation as anyon the pages ol: the history ol' a civilized nation. It seems (hat i'or sonic weeks pre vious to the general election thc Re publican leaders of this county have been holding secret meetings and pre paring thc negroes, most of them too ignorant to know their names, for a "hot election.'' The day before the election one of them went thc rounds and told thc ne groes to come to Phoenix the next day, that they were going tr) vote, and to bring their guns with them. On the morning of the 8th the managers anti cipated no more than the usual excite ment connected with an election. The polls were opened in the upper story of Mr. J. W. Watson's store. Presently Mr. Tom Tolbert, Jr., appeared and wanted to put a box up in the same place iu which to vote unregistered negro Republicans; the managers ob jected and Tolbert said he would vote them anyhow and took his box-a pasteboard box with a slot in the top and carried it to the edge of the porch, downstairs, and proceeded to "vote" his negroes. The ballot being used was a printed certificate, as follows: Blank No. 3. State of South Carolina, -County. This certifies that the undersigned, being over the age of 21, male resident of the voting precinct of Ward-and legally qualified to register and vote therein, did, on this, the 8th day of November, 1S0S, present himself at the said voting precinct to vote for R. R. Tolbert, the Republican candidate for congress in the Third district of said State, desiring and in tending to vote for thc said R. R. Tol bert, and, upon his attempting to so vote, was denied the right to so vote, and his vote thus offered to proper offi cers was rejected. And the undersigned further states that prior to such an attempt to vote, and as required by statute, he had ap plied for registration, under the laws of South Carolina, being entitled to such registration, but had been refused and denied the right to register; and he further states that if he had been per mitted to register and to vote at said election, he would have voted for R. It. Tolbert, thc Republican candidate for Congress in said district. Witnesses. Personally appeared -and have made oath that the above is correct. Notary Public. -, S. C., Nov. 8th, lSii*. Thc voting went on for a short time when Mr. J. I. Et heridge, one of tho managers, and another young man came down and went around where Tolbert, was carrying on his private "election," having a Hew moments con versation. Mr. Etheridge moved off but went back with another niau and attempted to take, the box, whereupon he was struck in the lace by Tom Toi SHOES IO BE WE don't have to talk through our hu solve* if you will on'y tako the trouble to work. Wo just ata?d aside and grin. Yo wo prin We have to grin, nnyway, beni almost double in^t 3 oar's WP don't have t< wo eau'!. So corni-<>n to thc pince whoro ?hod, ami If we can't Shoe you and your f bo because you rather go barefo ited V. M -Wo can also "Shoo'' the inner PATENT FLOUR and J. K NO. li COEJ clotho comfortably tueloga ol ?ho outer-u ileman's PANTS for Sixty ('( nt? that will the infantile shrubbery. fj. BS.- Parti.H owing us on Note or expenso by netti i ni; up sam** beforu Dscet from us wo ?re talking to YOU. ONLY A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL CHRISTOS . . AND the people will have to buy II tim^. Wo want our port of the trade, uni but are not hat stied without at least a por are making prices-CLOSE PRICES-on must have. Wo arr specially STRONG < Can give you good, cheap shoos at lo weist Sowed Cordovan Good?. (Jive us a chane JEANS, FLANNEL, Wo can do you good, if you want the bo Flour, Coffee, Tobo For the lena1 mono/ wo will bo d< lighted Toura truly, BROW P. S.-If > ou owe us an Account 1 kind and prompt attention .md greatly ol j bert;, Jr., ?ind on tlic head with sm iron i wagon rod by some unknown person, ; immediately after winch he was fired I on twice nilli a pistol, one hall enter > ing tho center or t uc forehead between thc eyes and tho other on thc left side ; of thc head, near thc oar. There were butnbout fifteen young men on thc scene who tired into thc already retreating moh of Republican negroes, among wliich was the leader, j It was not known until after tho mob had been tired oh and run that Mr, Etheridge was dead, but from such wounds deal h was instantaneous, j Several of 1 he negroes were wounded, how many it is impossible to tell. It 1 was afterward found, however, that j Tolbert was badly wounded, and it; is thought fatal. News of thc horrible occurrence was ' immediately telephoned l<> Greenwood, and-'rapidly spread in other directions as well. On receipt oj! t Im news a com i pany of (?vcr 150 weil armed men form ed in surprisingly short order and has tily "went to the assistance of the whites at Phoenix. In the meantime bands from Brad ley, Vcrdrey, Kerkscy. Ninety Six, Callispn and in fact all parts of thc county had formed and started to the seat of thc disturbance. Large crowds continue to gather on thc streets of Greenwood and business traffic on the streets was considerably hindered by little knots of men scat tered around. About 10 o'clock a telephone message was received from Ninety Six saying 100 armed men were wanted there. It was reported that negroes were gather ing outside of town and trouble was expected. A number of men, well armed, boarded the noon train for Ninety Six, but on their return said everything was as quiet as Sunday, and the excitement was without cause. Squads of men continued to leave Greenwood for the Phoenix vicinity up to a late hour in the afternoon. Late in the afternoon a party went to the house of Tom Tolbert to capture and guard him. Finding him in a serious condition and on pleas from his old aunt he "was left as thc crowd felt assured lie. eould easily have been got ten when wanted. On coming out of the house thc party was informed that John Tolbert was coining from Vcrdrey with a band of negroes. They met Tolbert on the road a short distance from thc house followed by, it is thought, twelve or fifteen negroes. Mr. Tolbert had the 15-year-old son of Mr. Elias Tolbert with him. As soon as the parties fairly sighted each other the negroes opened fire which was re turned by tlic white men, who were armed only with pistols. Mr. Tolbert turned his buggy about and started in an opposite direction the while firing at thc white men. He was hit several times as was tho boy with him. The boy was taken to Mr. Ed. Seymour's house and his wounds, which were not fatal, wen; attended by Drs. Neel and Cobb, of Greenwood. About dark two young'men, Stuart Miller and Creswell Fleming, from Ninety Six, started home, saying they were compelled to be there that night (Tuesday) and while passing a point near Piney Grove church, a negro church, were' tired on from ambush by negroes. Both men were hit and Mr. Miler is thought; to bc in a serious con dition, nearly the whole load of bird shot takingeffeet in thc side of his face and neck. At latest; accounts he was resting easy but his condition is still serious. He was taken to thc home of j Mr. A. G. Stockmor where hcwasnn j mediately cared for. His companion, Fleming, was hit by ; a number of thc shot but ?snot danger- \ i ously wounded. ! in another melee at some other point j Mr. M. J. Younger was shot in thc foot. : At first it'was thought that Mr. Younger . was seriously wounded but luckily it proves otherwise. Excitement ran high AT THE BA-'JD. A* to soil mir Shown. TI)H ?hoes ?-ell them- I look Ht them. Quality mid Price* do the ! u don't IIRV? to buy from ua just because | uso %H can't help it. When our Shoo aale? i look sad-eyed nod imponed upon, heoauso j Ibo brainiest feet in Anderson County aro j arriily, your MUD John and lo** family, it'll j I -man with such substantials as DEAN'S I rKE that will malte his month wa?c-r, and ian with a i'ir>t Class, Capital pair ?>:' <;.. I juat elevate tho sup*-raunualed linen from i DEAN & R&TLIFFg. Account will Hay? iheinsetivea considerable j tiber 1st. If von haven't go' u dear recoip*. " DEAN A RATLliTFE ' 1 inusandfi of dollars worth of Gonda in that, i il are working, plunnir.K and s. lling Gooda, lion of your trade. <'?n we have it? Wt? good, honest Staph? Ch ods-tho kind you >N SHOES. pricfH to William Kneeland'a Quent Hand- ? e to H??1I on On , QUTHN'?;, PRINTS, st teco, Lard and Hams to furnell Un m. einem bor it ia i aa. die, a;ul gSvo ii vour | lige. B. AV. j until si very Inte li our Tuesday nigh Messages were seul back and for con tin no ii si y until i he telephone wi was cal when nothing more could 1 heard, causing the anxiety of ll townsfolk to rise higher for the nu who were out and from whom no woi could be gotten. A company of nu was organized for general protean purposes and to start out next morniii and try to peaceably straighten ma tors al the seat of the trouble. Amint nil ion and guns were gotten and ? about ten o'clock' Wednesday mornin thc company left town. In the meantime report comes that ? negro named Hampton had been sin near Phoenix. He was driving alon in a wagon when met by a party < men who told him to stop for tin; jun pose of conversing with him. [nstca of obeying thc negro jumped from iii wagon and started at a Tun* across cotton patch. A number of shots wei tired at him and he was seen to fall an crawl oil'to thc woods but could not b found when looked for. The company which left Greenwoo proceeded to Piney Grove churc where they met a crowd of about tw or three hundred men resting. The, had live or six negroes whom they wer guarding, lt was reported that larg crowds of negroes were congregate at the Harris place-the home of one o the Tolberts. The party proceeded b this place; and found the house deserte? except for Tom Tolbert who was ii bed in a serious condition and an aunt There were no negroes around save, om or two who were at work in cottoi patches. The swamps were thei scoured but not a single crowd of ne groes could bc found, in fact no two o the very few seen were together. About 4:30 p.m. a return was made in the Phoenix direction. At Rehobotl church a large crowd was met. Then were eight negroes seated on a log and strongly guarded. Another party had set out for tin Tolbert place it was said. The crowd at Rehoboth staid commendably quiet for quite a while but loud talk and profane language soon began. Twice was the rising heat suppressed only tc: start the .stronger. Finally one negro wais grabbed from thc logon which thc eight were sitting and forced iuto thc road a short distance from a large oak and about one hundred shots were poured into his body. During this fir ing two of the negroes on the log made a break for liberty and took across a cotton patch while two more took to the woods back of the church. The infuriated mob immediately turned on the three negroes who were rooted to the log from fear and poured a volley of at least two hundred shots in their bodies before they could move from their seats. Attention was then turned to the two men in the cotton patch, a number of shots being fired at them and one it is thought was wounded, but- they both escaped. Of the eight four were left mangled masses, three piled on top of one another as they fell off their seats. The names of thc dead arc: Hamp McKcnney, Lunn Jackson, Charlie White and Bob Daniels. The crowd immediately began to disperse, going in different directions, leaving the dead just as they had fal len. lt is utterly impossible to make even an estimate of how many wen; connected with the adair. Various were the expressions of opin ion. Many thought more fuss would be brought about, while many others thought that the death of the four ne groes would put a stop to all the trou ble, and that ii would be an object les son for any black mau who harbored any thought AV hat ever of causing more trouble. It seems that, for some time thc ne groes of this section, under the leader ship (d' thc white Republicans, have been trying to corni' above their nat ural sphere, while now thc general be lief is that they will all realize their error in following the dictates of white men who get them into trouble and then drop them to pick for themselves. Many were the expressions that "this will end our Tolbert troubles," and so might it be and with them ;ill other troubles between the whites and blacks, at political meetings as well as else where. .Joe Circuit, the negro who is said to have fired the shots that killed Mr. Etheridge, is still at large, and no one has thc remotest ?dca ol' his wherea bouts. I. VI I-.!;. Report yesterday was Unit .lohn and doo Tolbert psissed through Chester Wednesday night and were though! to still be in that county. An ellon will lie made to lind and bring them back to Greenwood and bulge them in jail. A letter was sen! to Greenwood yes terday morning from Mr. Milling, who lives in a portion of the disturbed sec tion that, is settled almost wholly by negroes, saying that, while the negroes were quiet the day before it was be cause the country was crowded with armed men, nearly all ol' whom had left since the killing of the four ne groes thc previous evening, he had grounds to fear that, they would now gather and come in a mass to do dam age. Ile asked that some men be sent to better protect the few white peoplo in that section. Essex Harris, a young negro, was shot, yesterday morning at Rehoboth church-the same place t he ol hers wen; shot the evening before. All ol' the five hollies are still lying in the road. lien Collins, on the Stullworth place, near Phojiiix, was shot by mob yester day. .ins! as we close at ld p. m. wc get a report that two more negroes ha ve been killed near ('allison. WASHINGTON. Nov. IL-R. R. Tol bert, Jr., the. Republican candidate, for congress, arrived here this morning to escape jilo wrath of tl io Greenwood people, who hold him largely respon sible for the trouble there. Ho says that threats were made against, his life and he will probably have a contest for his seat. COLUMBIA, S. G.. Nov. IO.-John II. Tolbert and his son'Joe. who lied from Greenwood county on account of the riots ar Phoenix, were arr? sted in this city this afternoon and are now in jail. Tliey came this morning and took rooms at Wright's hotel. Lieut. Wyatt; Aileen, of Abbeville, swore out a war rant charging them with riot. Gi?EENWooii, S. C. November 14.-A private telegram to this place announ ces that Post Master James Tolbert, of .McCormick, is in Washington, and has had an interview with the President; asking for Federal aid in holding his position. it is reported here that the President promised aid in the event of the failure of the ordinary process of law, which will first bc resorted to. A telegram to thc Greenwood-Journal says: "McKinley has weakened and abolished McCormick postoftlce." Lonnie Web, a mill employee, former ly of Augusta, was shot here last night by a negro. Three shots were tired by thc negro, two of which took effect in Webb's body, but are not considered fatal. The negro escaped. A negro woman Eliza Good, was fatal ly wounded this morning while in her cabin near Piny Grove church. It is said that shots were tired into the cabin by three men while enroutc to Green wood. The woman was found in a dying condition. Kennedy McCaslan, of Hunter post office, Abbeville County, was seriously wounded this afternoon by a negro named Hunter, who lives'on JVIcCaslm's place. A dispute arose over a division of cotton, and the negro ordered Mc Caslin to leave and fired on him. The shot took effect in McCaslin's face tear ing it badly. Hunter was arrested and lodged in jail at Abbeville. Threats of lynching were made, and as precaution ary measure the Abbeville Kines will guard the jail no-night. A Mass Meeting has been called to assemble at Greenwood tomorrow at one o'clock. Government official, Clayton, is here getting information for the Govern ment. He has wired the President that no further trouble is anticipated. - Mrs. Jefferson Davis, in a per sonal letter to a gentleman friend in Charleston, writes : t;The palmetto tree that was sent to be planted near my Winnie's grave I did see through niy tears, and it. was a distinct gratifi cation to me to have a South Carolina tree sent to keep watch over her rest ing place. Her father's family came from there and. he always loved the State." _ ST ?TE OP OHIO. HT/ OF TOLEDO, I LCCAS COUNTY, I ' FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath tnat he is t,he aeniar partner of the tirai of F. J. t HENEY & Co, doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid and that said firm will pay tbe tum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARBH that cannot be cured by tho use of HALL'S CATABEH CHER. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before mn and xubsenbed in my pres ence, this 6th day of December, A. D 188G. [SEAL] A. W GLEASON. Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and act* directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the systMU Send for testimonials, tree. Address, P. J. CHENEY tl CO.,Toledo O. Hold \>v 0r??z(??8U. 7<w?. Blood ami Kirf at Wilmington. WILMINGTON*, N.e.. Nov. io.-This has heeii a day of riot and bloodshed here. Early this morning <;00 of tho. host -white citizens of thc city, headed by ex-Congressman, Waddi, armed with rifles and guns, marched to the otliee of The Daily Record, the negro paner which reflected on the character of white women of tin; State, broke in and demolished the plant and set lire to thc building. Later 500 negroes rushed from the compress to their homes and the whites threw out pickets on each corner. In the first ward a collision occurred and a desperate battle was fought-. Three negroes and two whites were killed. About 1.30 o'clock two white men passing a house were fired on. A de tachment immediately surrounded the house and took away live negroes. It was at first proposed to kill them on the snot, but ic was finally decided to put them in jail. Another negro in the house broke and ran'. After proceed ing half a square lie was shot dead. The negro who shot Mayo, a white man, was recognized, it was said, and a detachment found him at his house. He was riddled aud left dead. It is reported that four other negroes have been killed in thc suburbs. The city is intensely excited and aU busi ness is suspended. Many of the best homes in the city are barricaded and what the night may bring forth in the matter of incendiary fires and general depredations can not be told. If a general riot starts to-night, as every indication now points, a whole sale slaughter of negroes will result. White reinforcements from several towns near by arrived this afternoon on a special train. The mayor and police, mostly ne groes, resigned to-night and the city is in the hands of a citizens' committee. Greenville Ncirs. --t? ? mm - The recent destruction of tho church building and parsonage of the Marion Street Methodist church in Columbia is likely to prove a blessing in disguise and secure for that city a handsome $10,000 house of worship. This at present is the aim of the con gregation. - During the smallpox scare in Columbia last winter the Board of Health destroyed, as a matter of pre caution, thc clothing, bedding, etc., of those who were alleged to have the disease. One of the men thus treated was J. C. Ray, white, who has enter ed suit against thc city for 36 dollars damage. - The Board of Control at their meetiDg in Columbia recently, pur chased about 2,000 barrels of whiskey, gin and brandy. On account of the health of some of our families, we are compelled to get out of business, and we will sell our entire Stock And here is our Cost; Mark : TCABGWHORE 12 3 4 5 6 7 This Stock is one of the best and closest bought Stock? ever brought to Anderson. Shoes, Clothing, Dress Goods, Etc ! . We thank our customers for their liberal patronage in the past, and trust they will come at once and take advan tage of THE COST SALE, which begins TUESDAY, NO VEMBER I5th. A 03 ?51 ?9 ? The Rocket Store. Requiring Stamps on all legal documents was a source of revenue to England ; the Stamp Act of Congress in 1S98 to liquidate the expenses of the Cuban war has been a sou reo of revenue to the U. S. ; but the Tra ding Stamp Act entered into by certain Merchants of Anderson Novembar, 1898, by which we give five per cent in real value back to Cash customers in addition to their pu rehaces, is one of the greatest sources of revenue for customers that lias ever been known. We will sell you- * Steves, Tinware, Crockery, China, Glassware, Wedding and Xmas Presents, As cheap as anybody, and thou for cadi ?10c. cash purchase you make we * give one Trading Stamps-10 Stamp? for each one dollars worth. For full explanation call on OSBORNE & CLINKSCALES, Agents for Iron King and Elmo Stoves.