Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^^^^^^ ^ ' ^^^^ "\ ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ If >?. ^ ^ BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1898. VOLUME XXX1Y-NO. 22. It is easy to JL* be Satisfied * t When you ?.I- Come to us To Buv... OUE large Stock affords an excellent assortment to choose from, and the quali ty of our Goods is such that you have confidence in them. You don't feel always as if something was going to happen or go wrong with them, and every one knows our PRICES ABE ALWAYS THE LOWEST. We're climbing fast into the heart of puolic confidence. Square dealing, brains and Spot Cash, great buying, courageous selling-that's all. They're winners. Eemember-Spot Cash. No, Goods charged, and-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. EVAftiS PHARMACY. C01E 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. 8&T Come to see me bet?re buyiug. ??F" Thone and Free Delivery. Yours to please, - J. C. OSBORNE, ftoiitk 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 raul ts than any Plow on the market. In the season ot 1894 we sold only 5 Syracuse Plows, in 1895 we ic?i 20, iu 1896 we sold 75, in 1897 we sold 174, and we have sohl nearly ukree 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 par ceot lighter, the poin? are harder and will wear twice as long. Now, we d? iot ask you to take oir statement for this, but be guided by the experi ence of your fellow-farmers who have used these Plows and do not hesitate t? give due praise to the Great Syracuse Plow-the world-renowned. Wo sell th? SYRACUSE SMOOTHING HARROW, Ami SjrftcM? Harrow?, like Syracuse Plows, stand to-day withoit a rival. Rtnoabtr, we are sole Agent?. See us before buying. Toara truly, BROCK BROS. Raise Moro Wheat. Atlanta Journal. Commissioner of Agriculture O. B. Stevens is heartily in favor of a large wheat crop, and he is urging the farm ers to get to work early and make the wheat yield as great as possible. In regard to this Mr. Stevens said to-day: "Before it gets too late I wish to urge upon the farmers of Georgia, par ticularly those in the middle and upper sections of the State, the importance of planting a large wheat crop. "The conditions are such that there is little or no hope for any material ad vance in the price of cotton for the present crop, and even should there be a decided reduction in the acreage of cotton next year, so large will be the surplus carried over from thc accumu lation of two heavy crops in succession that prices will infill probability be very low for the crop that will be grown in 1890. With such a prospect ahead, the thoughtful larmer will seek for some other crop than cotton, from which he may hope, for at least a mod erate rewind for his labor. For the sections of the State above mentioned, I the growing of wheat seems to ofter relief from lite thralldom of cotton. Even in tho section south of Macon good crops of wheat can be grown on the stiff red lands that aro to bc found in greater or less amounts in every, county of south Georgia. Asamoney crop, wheat, is just as available as cot ton, for there arc buyers ready*to take it at its market value in every town in Georgia. "My advice, therefore, is to plant as soon as possible a large- acreage in wheat. Select your best land; break it deeply (?hough do not bring the sub soil clay to the .surface); harrow,* and if necessary re-harrow until you get all lumps and clods broken up; then cither drill or broadcast the seed, covering lightly. For fertilizing apply either stable or cow manure, or if without thesis use 200 pounds of good acid phosphate and loo pounds of kanit per acre; and when the wheat starts to growing oft in the spring broadcast from 50 to 75 pounds of subnitrate of soda to the acre. "For-seed, get either bluest em or the fullcaster wheat, as these varieties have been found to succeed best in the State. Both of these varieties can be bought herc at about a dollar a bushel. "By following the advice given you will not only make a crop of wheat, but; can follow that with peas sown broadcast, and gather a heavy crop of peavine hay, than which there is none better. "In addition to planting largely of wheat, from which our farmers may reasonably expect to realize a profit, I earnestly advise a liberal sowing of oats to supplement the short corn crop in middle and north Georgia. Do not delay the planting of this important crop, for one acre of November-sown oats will, as a rule, yield at least twice as much as the same acreage sown in thc spring. Of course you must take the risk of winter-killing: but then; is no crop that a farmer plants that is not subject to loss and even total destruc tion, from the forces of nature, and the dread ol' such calamities should deter no farmer from planting his crops at the proper time. Should your oats be killed by cold weather, sow again as soon as possible. "For fall sowing thc Texas rustproof or the winter grazing oats are both good varieties; the latter will best stand cold weather, but the former will produce tho heavier crop if not killed by the cold, Next year, by reason ol* the low price of cotton, will be partic ularly hard on those farmers who have, made short corn crops, and every means should be used by them to help out their scant supply. Much can be done on this line by sowing rye, or a mixture of rye, oats and barley, which will furnish good pasturage through the spring months and eau then be turned under preparatory to planting some other crop on the land. The time has come when our farmers must aban don the all-cotton business, and right now they should make a beginning in this direction. Let each one for him self resolve that he will henceforth raise all supplies ol' e very kind that eau be produced on his farm, buying noth ing that he can grow or make, and prosperity and contentment will ore lung replace ? he gloom and despondency which now overshadows oar Slate." m . -<r - Congressman William Alden Smith, of Michigan, was once, as a poor boy. ejected from a train because Iii: could not, p::y his faro. Now he is general counsel for thc road on which that train was run. - If all the whiskey that is used to purchase votes could bc seen {lowing in one stream, doubtless it would bc the largest stream that many have ever seen. It certaiuly would be thc stream that had caused more disaster than all others combined. Beneath its waves could bc found more wrecks than beneath thc waters that cover thc nea. 8T*T?: OF OHIO. CITY OK TOLKDO, I LUCAS COUNTY, FRANK J. CHUNKY makes oath ttiat ho is tho sentar partner of tho linn of F. J. CUKSBT .fe Co , doinK business in tho City of Toledo, County anil Statt? aforesaid and that said linn will pay the cum of ONE HUNDRED DO LL ?ItS for eurh and every case of CATARUU that cannot be cured hy tho uso of HAI.L'M CATARRH CORK. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before m? and Hiibscribwil in my prov ence, Ibis 6th day of December, A. D lHSii. [SEAL] A. W GLEASON. ' .Votary Ihtblic. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken'internally ami nets directly on tho blond and mucous surfaces of tho system Send for testimonials, free. Address, F. J. CHENEY A CO..Toledo O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Inspection Completed. Tho Cincinnati Enquirer of the Kith inst, says : "TJic officials ot' thc Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky Divisions of thc pro jected Black Diamond Railway system gathered at the Grand Hotel yesterday to meet Sir Thomas S. Tancred, the distinguished civil engineer and rail way expert, who lias returned to the Grand from his inspection of the Indi ana branches, which finished his in spection of all the lines of the contem plated system. Sir Thomas submitted abrief preliminary report, which -while not made public, is understood to bc very favorable as to the feasibility of constructing thc road and its earning capacity, judged from thc resourceful regions through which it would run ?nd its terminal facilities at Tort Royal harbor, S. C., on the Atlantic seaboard, . and at Columbus, Ohio, when* it would j connect with the Nickel-Plate system Sir Thomas Tancred sails for England Saturday to compile his elaborate notes and data, which, in conjunction with the reports and estimates of the engi neers will make up tin; matter ol in's full and final report, which will not be forthcoming for four or live months." The Cincinnati Com merdai-Tribun e. of the same date, says : "A final meeting of the directors of the various systems making up the proposed Black Diamond Railway with the officers of the lat ter was held yes terday afternoon at the Grand Hotel. Sir Thomas Tancred, the expert, engi neer from England, left last night and expects fe sail from New York on Sat urday for Liverpool, and Mr. Dickin son, the general counsel, who left ('in- ! ein nat i with Sir Thomas, will spend I some three weeks more in America he fore departing tor the other side. "The entire louie has now been in spected and the data is ready for sub- I mission to thc English syndicate which is expected to build the road. At a meeting yesterday, besides the direc tors and Sir Thomas. Mr. Dickinson, Mr, Kirkby and Mr. Boone, were W. B. Crcnshaw, ol' Knoxville, Tenn., Superintendent ol' Surveys, and B. Watts, engineer of the Indiana Divis ion, the inspection of which has just been finished. "It was determined at the meeting among other things, that the prelimi nary work on the Indiana Division in terrupted last March, should now be taken up and rushed to completion." The State Must Keep Order. WASHINGTON, Nov. li).-Senator Mc laurin had a long conference with Postmaster General Smith to-day with reference to the Greenwood affair. The result of the conference is that, as there appears to be no danger of any further trouble there, the Government of the United States will not interfere, but leave the matter to be dealt with by the State authorities. Senator McLaurin showed the Post master General a telegram he received today from Mayor W. A. Smith, ol' McCormick. Hon. J. L. McLaurin, Washington, D. C.: Tolbert was advised to leave because then; was an element here we could not control. Mails have not been interfered with-Mrs. Tolbert, post master, is attending to duties as usual. She is respected by all parties, and no insult to her will be permitted. Advise Tolbert's continued absence. W. A. SMITH, Mayor. This telegram made a profound im pression upon the Postmaster General, and after his talk with Senator McLau rin he understood the situation in South Carolina much better than he did previously, lt is evident that the Administration realizes that the Tol berts are a disturbing element in Greenwood County, and under existing conditions there is no need for Federal interference. As previously stated the Republicans in South Carolina have practically forgotten all about the Phoenix riot in their midst and hurry attack upon the postoffice pie counter. WASHINGTON, November li).-United States Marshal Melton, of South Caro lina, had a conference with Postmaster General Emory Smith regamling some postoilice appointments. The race troubles in thal State '.vere uni dis cussed. Mr. .Melton staled positively his personal belief that the Toi berts would nolbe safe il'lliey returned to (heir State. "I have no hesitation/' j he said, "in saying that ii would be very unwise for them to return until , after the excitement has subsided. Thal may be a mailer ol'weeks." C j. - l'armer Privett, of Florence county, S. C., has pioneered the way out of the all-cotton rut, according to the Charleston News omi Courier. He cultivated eighteen acres in tobac co, and ?old the crop for $3,300, re alizing, after a liberal allowance for the cost of cultivating and curing, a clear pru?t of $150 an acre. With such a boost as that tobacco growing ought to soon get a pretty good start in that section. - Luther Tucker, a white man, met a terrible death, at the gin of Law rence Ashmore, in Greenville county. With several others, Mr. Tucker was engaged in packing a bale of cotton when thc lever flew up and struck him in the neck, producing death. Mr. Tucker was about .'J"> years of age and leaves a wife and six children. Shot Ry His Wife. GREENVILLE, Nov. 20.-George W. Hughes, the merchant of Greers, Greenville county, who was shot night before last by his handsome wife in a domestic quarrel at their residence in Greers, died from the effeots of his wound at 8.30 o'clock last evening. The wife is now in jail here awaiting trial for murder, and it is said that she has a very black case hanging over her head. She says the shooting was accidental, but it was reported last night that while Hughes forgave her he never at any time excused her and that up to the time of his death he resolutely refused to say that the shooting was accidental, declaring that he could not die with a lie on his lips. A Horrible Murder. GREENVILLE, Nov. 18.-The blackest crime in the history of South Carolina was committed last night. Weaver Smith, a white hoy 9 years old. was murdered within fifty yards of Main street, in the residence part of thc city. At 4 o'clock this afternoon his body was found in some weeds on El ford street, which connects Main and Townes streets. The body was in full view of Main street, when discovered by a negro woman. On examination ic was discovered that he had been strangled and his stomach ripped open with a knife, severing thc entrais. Thc mutilation was- horrible. (Ju further examination it was ascertained that a foul crime hail been committed on thc body before death, which prob ably induced the killing. At (! o'clock yesterday afternoon thc boy was given a supper by Mr. Riser, sexton of Springwood Cemetery. Later he was seen at the north side cami?. Ile was known to every housekeeper in Green ville, as he was a professional beggar. He was a harmless child, but consider ed a nuisance as a persistant beggar. The news of thc murder quickly spread throughout thc city, and the feeling of indignation is intense. Police are using every means to trace the move ments of the boy. No clue iias yet bei n discovered, and up to this hour thc murder is a mystery. Terrible Tragedy. Mi LI.EDGE VILLE, November 10.-A terrible tragedy occurred here at 2:20 o'clock to-day on Hancock street, just iu frout of- Thomas' grocery store. W. 0. Finney and son, Tom Finney, and J. ll. and W. ?. Stanley, broth ers, all engaged in a shooting affray. W. O. Finney is dead, shot through the liver and mouth, and Tom Finney is nearly dead, shot through the stom ach, leg and back. J. Stanley is seriously shot in the face a id head, and W. B. Stanley is shot through the upper portion of his chest. All the living are in charge of phy sicians, and they report them all in very serious conditions. Tom Finney keeps a restaurant, his father a repair shop. W. B. Stanley took dinner at Fin ney's restaurant. He was not pleased. He is said to have cursed Finney and told him he was trying to cheat him, and struck Finney. Finuey is young and small and Stanley's blows seem to have dazed him, as he turend round and round in a circle. When Finney recovered somewlaat he went across tc his father's shop and is presumed to have told him of the affair, and he and his father came down the street and meeting the Stan ley brothers, ,thc fight commenced, with the result stated. Stanley was under bond for his ap pearance to the city authorities on ac count of the disturbance in Fiuney's restaurant. All parties were armed and about a dozen shots were fired. W. 0. Finuey died on the sidewalk in the anus of Hon. I. T. Miller and your correspondent. Within ten minutes after being shot Mrs. Finney came on the scene, just as he died, and her grief was heart rendering. Finney is the father of a large fam ily, some eight or nine children. His son, Tom, is a member of Appollo Brass Band and one of the most popu lar young men of our town. The Stanleys are young farmers liv ing in thc southern portion of the county and are hard working, respect able citizens, lt is said two negroes were wounded by stray shots. There i< great excitement here.- Atlanta Journal. m ? n - Mr. Abial Lathrop, ol' Orange bun:. United States district attorney, was in Columbia ami called upon the -(.vernor in behalf of Col. John ll. Tolbert. He requested (d' governor l?llerbc, should warrants be sworn out against Col. Tolbert hy the people of Greenwood, as has been threatened, that he will not permit Col. Tolbert to be taken to that county, as his life might thus be endangered. Tho gov ernor complied with his request. - Rev. C. C. Brown, 1). ]).. of Sumter, has gone north to investigate the management of reformatories for youthful criminals. He will visit Rochester, N. Y., Philadephia, and Elmira, N". Y. Dr. Brown and Hon. L. 1). Chilis, who will accompany him, were appointed by (lovernor Ellerbc as a committee to investigate these reformatories, and make a report to thc next legislature, with a view to the establishment of a crimina! re formatory in this State. STATE NEWS. "- The Uneted States Court con venes in Columbia next Monday. - The South Carolina M. E. Con ference, South, meets in Greenwood on Dec. 7-th. - By incendiary fires several barna in Laurens county, S. C., have recent ly been destroyed. - James B. Williams was convicted in Greenville last Saturday of the murder of Charlie Potts. - The opinion prevails that at least 5,000 acres in Marlboro county will be seeded in wheat this fall. - The Spartanburg Poultry Associ ation will hold its annual exhibition on December 20 and 30th. The exhi bition this year bids fair to excel any held in previous years. - Freeman Sherbert, son of J. P. Sherbert, of Enorec, found a bottle of whiskey about his father's house and proceeded to drink enough to kill him. He died 24 hours later. Ile was 10 years old. - At the general election on the Sth, for State and county officers and for a congressman, only 730 votes were polled in Greenville county, while the democratic strength of the county is between 4.000 and 5,000. - It is said that a farmer by the name of John Kellett, near Laurens, had made ten bales of cotton on three and three-quarter acres of land. He used stable manure under this cotton with very little fertilizer. - The fields and the forests around Piekens abound with quail and squir rels. One old gentleman went out to shoot some squirrels, and succeeded in bringing down 32, aud it was not very hard to believe him when he said that they were almost as thick as snow birds. - Governor Ellcrbe has received a report from Senator Talbiru relative to thc recent storms in Beaufort. The senator writes: "The people need food, clothing and medicine, and if something is not done to relieve their immediate necessities great suffering, if not actual starvation, will result." - The cost of holding che Federal election in Oconee county was $300.20. There were 531 votes cast in the Fed eral boxes. This makes ea?h vote cast for Congressman cost almost 56} cents. The cos! of State election was $300.25, and there were 534 votesacast for State officers, making each vote in this election cost a little over 56} cents. - A Newberry farmer asserts that be can produce sweet potatoes ?nd sell them at 10 cents a bushel and re alize more clear money on each acre planted than he can on cotton. If this be true, why are so few potatoes grown in this country where there is an unsupplied demand for potatoes at 40 and 50 cents per bushel ? - Hoke, the 9-year-old son of Mr. W. B. Knight, of Spartanburg, got thc big toe of his right foot caught between the chain and rear sprocket of Waddy Thompson, Jr's., bicycle while riding behind him to school, and had it so badly mashed that it had to be amputated by the Drs. Crawford. - At the Newberry court last week Judge Kl ugh granted a new trial io a criminal case because one of the jurors was not qualified to serve, inasmuch as he was not an elector. The new constitution provides that none but duly qualified voters .shall serve as jurors. The jurors can now be re quired to show theirregistration tickets and receipts for poll tax. Notice. The Building Committee of New Prospect Church will receive sealed bids up to Dec. 1st, 1898, for lumber and shingles and for the building of a house of worship for said Church. Thc Committee desires contractors to make four separate bids on material and work to be done. One for lumber and shingles, one for building the house and furnish doors, sash, blinds and all hardware necessary to complete thc house; one for furnishing material and making seats and one for furnish ing paint and painting the house inside and outside. The Committe will furnish brick and build pillows, and haul all building material. Contractors will find specifications at Mr. Frank Bolt's store at Anderson, with whom they caji deposit their bids. The Committee reserves the right to reject any and all bids. All subscribers to the building fund, who have not paid their subscriptions are hereby requested to pay the same by the first of Dec. next. W. B. HALL, Ch'in. J. ,W. ESKEW, Sec'y. Cheap Rates. From Nov. 1st until April 30th, 1899, Winter Tourist tickets to principal Southern resorts, including Asheville and Hot Springs, N. C., and Florida points, will be on sale at special rates via Southern Railway. Tickets allow fifteen days' stop-over, and are good to return until May 31, 1899. Quick schedules and excellent ser vice via Southern Railway. Call on any agent of the company for detailed information as to schedules, etc. S. H. HABDWICK, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga. 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 X I 2 3 4 5 6 718 9 0 REPEAT . This Stock is one of the best and closest bought Stocks ever brought to Anderson. Shoes, Clothing, Dress Goods, Etc ! We thank our customers for their liberal patronage in the past, aud trust they will come at once and take advan tage of THE COST SALE, which begins TUESDAY, NO VEMBER 15th. Requiring Stamps on all legal documents was a souree of revenue to England ; the Stamp Act of Congress in 1198 to liquidate the expenses of the Cuban war has been a source of revenue to the U. S. ; but the Tra ding Stamp Act entered into by certain Merchants of Anderson November, 1898, by which we give five per cent in real value back to Cash customers in addition to their purchases, is one of the greatest sources of revenue for customers that has ever been known. We will sell you Stoves, Tinware, Crockery, China, Glassware, Wedding and Xmas Presents, As cheap as anybody, and then for each \10o. cash purchase you make wc give one Trading Stamps-10 Stamps for each one dollar's worth. For full explanation call on OSBORNE & CLINXSCALES, Agents for Iron King and Elmo Stoves.