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i WORD TO... We wish to inform you of the fact that our Stock of . . , . Is now complete, and that we are making a desperate effort to reduce our large Stock. Therefore, we have renovated prices, and are offering inducements in all grades. A. good Carpet, 36 in. wide, former price 30c, now 22 l-2c. A good Ingrain Carpet, 36 inches wide, former price 60c, now 45 c. Thc best Heavy All Wool Ingrain Carpet, 36inches wide, former price 75c, now 65c. A fair quality Tapestry Carpet, formerly sold at 50c, now 40c. A good quality Tapestry Carpet, formerly sold at 85c, now 55c. An extra quality Tapestry Carpet, formerly sold at 85c, now 70c. PATTINGS Wc have a large and pretty line of Mattings of various grades and styles, from 10c per "yard up to the best CHINA AND JAPAN MATTINGS At 30c per yard. We have some REMNANTS OF CARPETS AND MATTINGS j That you can buy almost at your own price. We aldo sell ? have the prettiest assortment of ART SQUARES |To be found in the city, and a line of ?That is hard to surpass, from 25c up. Also, Bug Fringe. HASSOCKS it 40c and 50c each. CURTAINS. We undoubtedly have the most magnificent line to be ?found in the up-country. We have a good assortment of Chenille Curtains* from $1.75 to $5.00 per pair. But Tapestry Curtains ire newer and more admired this season, and we have some eautiful ones from $1.75 to $5.00 per pair. They show up mdsomely at the windows. LACE CURTAINS |&re always good, and we have a big Stock of them. If in need of any of the above you should not fail to see p' We will please you in price and quality. We are just in reeeipt of some brand-new Carpets and lut Squares that are beauties, and when you see them you be surprised to know that such Goods are being made in Fo?th Carolina. You might pronounce them a home product gs they are manufactured by the Gaffney Carpet Manufr.&tu f**? Co ? Gaffney, S. C. Don't forget us on Carpets, Mattings, Bugs, Art Squares, r^ains, &c. Yours truly, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in erteral ]Vler*oliaiiciise? i LOCAL NEWS. ? WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, 1898. THE COTION MABKET. Corrected Weekly by llrown, OMwno A. Co Strit t Good Mddliug-5. Good Middling-li. Stritt .Middling-IS. Middling-4?. Stained Cotton-'M to 4*. Christmas goods are being displayed by our merchants. Kev. .J. .J. Heck was seriously ill last week, but is able to be out again. Governor Ellerbc ha? appointed Mr. John C. Watkins a notary public. You have just a little more than a month in which to pay your taxes. Mr. .1. L. Masters, of Fort Hill, has i been spending tl few dava ill tho city. I I Mr. Dennis O'Donnell, of Sumter, lins been spending a few days in (be city. I Dr. i\ II. E. Sloan, Secretary of I Clemson College, spent Monday in the city. To-iiiorrow is Thanksgiving Day, and all places of business in the city will be closed. ll* yon need a snit of ?dothes, the new advertisement of Ii. 0. Evans ?.V Co. will interest you. Mr. Blair Clayton, of Newberry, has been spending a few days in thc city visiting relatives. Tin-managers ol* the Federal Elec tion can get their pay by calling on Mr. M. II. Russell. Mis. .J.H. Patrick and Mrs. W. W. Sullivan have gone to Hurtsville to visit Mrs Edwards. Lesser & Ct?, are offering! their stock of goods at bargain prices. Head their new advertisement. 'i'hti regular communion service w ill be celebrated ai Cond Hope Church next Sunday morning. In their now advertisement this week Hall & Milford tell yon what they can do for you in clothing. Anderson needs anti should have a good military company. Who will take thc lead in tho matter? Weather prophets continue to say that the coining winter will be the coldest experienced for years. Your attention is directed to the new advertisement of Frank Cray ton, who is offering bargains in furniture. Thc inclement weather kept a good many Audcrsoninns away from thc State Fair in Columbia last week. Mr. M. li. Kay, who lives near Abbe ville, C. H., was in tho city last Mon day and gave us aa appreciated call. Head our advertising columns closely every week and you will know where to buy your goods for the least money. Special Thanksgiving services will be held, in tho Episcopal Church to morrow at ll o'clock. All aro invited to come. Don't fail to see Brown, Osborne &. Co. on carpets, mattings, rugs, art squares, curtains, &c. Head their new advertisement. Mr. J. B. Gray was tho happy recipi ent of a handsome walking cane on Wednesdaj-, Kith inst., from tho Heb ron singing class. There will bc many gatherings in the country to-morrow, and Thanksgiving dinners will take many of our young people out of town. Mr. Sam. Trowbridge, chief musi cian of thc 2nd Regiment Band, came up from Savannah Inst week to spend a few days with his parents. Mr. Will. W. Sullivan left a few days ago for Toledo, Ohio. He will travel for the next few months for a linn in that city and sell bicycles. Cobb & Crnyton, the new shoe store people, give a recipe in their new ad vertisement in regard fo your turkey for your thanksgiving dinner. We wish to remark hero that we still have plenty of blank subscription re ceipts and will bo pleased to lill them out for delinquent subscribers. Mr. and Mrs. James "Martin, with their little son, of Woodlawn, Green ville County, spent several days in tho city last week visiting relatives. A military company has been organ ized at. Hones Path. W. A. Hudgens Was elected Captain, and R. L. Bran yon and J. L. Redden, Lieutenants. Tho farmers would do well to read tho new advertisement of thc Sullivan Hardware Co., who have just received another lot of the Oliver steel beam plow. Those who aro interested in tho "Lend a Hand Club" are requested to meet. at the residence of BI rs. L. H. Beel Monday afternoon next, -nt 4 o'clock. . Married, on Sunday, November 18, 1898, at the home of the bride, by Rev. J. F. Singleton, Mr. John F. Smith and Miss Lillian R. Kay, all of Anderson County. ' Married, on Tuesday, November 15, 1908, at the Good Hopo parsonage, by Rev. R. C. Ligon, Mr. R. 8. Yenrgiu and Miss Bullio Hnll, all of Anderson County. Ex-Sheriff M. B. Gaines, of Ander son, spent several days in Walhalla this week. He contemplates purchas ing somo real estate in Oconce.-Oco nce JVcira. O. J. Copeland will preach at Big Creek Church, near Williamston, on the first Sunday in Dec, at ll o'clock a. m. Subject : "The second comirg j of Christ." Mr. and Mrs. J. Townes H ol lcm an and two children and Mr. Lee G. Kollc man, of Anderson, attended the Sea boru-Hollcmnn nuptiale, at Walhalla, ; lust Wednesday. . Next Sunday had been set apart lor the observance of Children's Day at Eureka Church, but the services have been postponed toa later date, which will be announced in due time. This is the month foi planting straw berry beils, gathering and batiking sweet potatoes, Begin to plant and prune fruit trees. The earlier the vine is pruned after killing frosts the butter. .Just befor<> going to press the report reaches us that the dwelling-house of Hon. II. H. Edwards, in V?rennos Township, was destroyed by lire this morning. We could not get any of the particulars. E. E. Cochran, Esq.. Assistant C.S. District Attorney, was summoned to Washington last week to confer with the otlieials of the department of .ius tice ill reference lo the recent rio! in Greenwood County. .Mrs. U.E. Adams, of Charlotte. N. C., who has been spending sume time in the city visiting lier mother, Mrs. A. S. Stephens, left hist Friday with Miss Sue Whitefield to visit Washington, 1 Hal ti more and other cities. I Col. W. .1. Craig, of Augusta, is anv ious to get the farmers ulong the Chnr lcston ami Western Carolina Railway to try tobacco, He will soon have pamphlets giving full in format ion as to its cult ure. Ask him hy postal ?'ard for a copy. Mr. Randolph Thompson, formerly a citizen of this Stat?', hut now ?d' Bir miughum, Alabama, arrived in this city from Spartnnburg last night on a short visit to Capt. P. K. anti T. NW Norris. He leaves for Birmingham this afternoon. On to-morrow, morning, at ll o'clock, Thanksgiving service will be held in the First Methodist Church. Thc Eresby terian congregation will hold a similar servii'e at i o'clock, p. lil. Tue friends of both these congregations aro invited to attend these soaviees. Sherill' tireen sent Deputy Sherill Hose und a posse down to Craft's Ferry last Monday night anti succeeded in capturing about forty gallons of whis key and Scott Russell, a white man, who ischarged running a big blind tigei down there. Russell gave bond yes terday and was released from prison. The corner-stone ol' the new Metho dist Church will be laid nt 10:U0 o'clock a. m., Thursday, November 24th Thanksgiving Day. Rev. O.T. Har mon, Presiding Elder of the District, will be present and conduct thc servi ces. Every one is invited to be presen! and witness the ceremony.-Hon cc Fat h Chronicle. . We are in receipt of an invitation tc attend the marriage of Rev. Waddy T Duncan and Miss Rebecca G reen, whicl will take place in tho Methodist Churcl at Bishopville, S. C., on Thursday, De cember 15th. Mr. Duncan is a memhei of the South Carolina Conference o! thc M. E. Church, South, and is a na tivc of Anderson County. Tho Southern Christian A ilvocate says "At every quarterly conference of Co lamina District, tributes to the lat? Rev. J. Walter Dickson were adopted Tn every case his devoted service, higl character and full consecration wen emphsized. With gund sense and inst? tho brethren dill not deem it necessary to publish more than a few of the reso lutions." The Oakway correspondent of th Kcowee Courier says: "Dr. Iber J. Eur riss, of Anderson, has located in Oak way to practice his profession. Di Eui riss is it graduate of the Medien University of Oeogia, Atlanta, and ha been in active practice for quite while. Ile is boarding with Mr. L. A Edwards and is now ready to nitcm calls. Dr. Burriss is a noble Christin: gentleman, and it cordial welcome i extended to him." The Pope Mfg. Co., of Hartford Conn., has issued the Columbia Desk pad Calendar for 1899. This handy re minder has been for years one of tb most pleasing of special advertisin features. Wo note that the new calen dar is very similar in design and maki up to the 1898 calendar, although it ha moro artistic covers and is more jun fusely illustrated. Any person ma obtain a copy by applyl?g to the neal est Columbia dealer or by scuding liv 2-ccnt stamps to the Calendar Depari ment, Pope Munufncttuiug Co., Hurl ford, Conn. Mrs. R. Frank White died siiddenl at her home in Greenville last Sunda morning, about 9 o'clock, of beni disease. She was a daughter of ll late Col. Joel Foster, of Spartnuburj and was married to Mr. While abot thirteen years ago. Mrs. White was member of the Methodist Church ar was greatly beloved by her friend A devoted husband and two siun children survive her. Mr. White, wi is a native of Anderson County, hi many friends in this section who deep sympathize with him in his sore b reavoment. Rev. W. R. Richardson, of the Fir Methodist Church, was greet?* d by very large congregation last undi night to hear his sermonen the "mod wife and mother," which was bo interesting and impressive. Mr. Ric unison handled the subject in a pl ai practical manner, mid every wife ni mother who beard it was no dou benefited. Next Sunday night he w conclude bis series of sermons by coi bining tho two subjects "the moil son" aniV "tho model daughter." / the friends of the congregation n invited to hear the sermon. Do not fail to attend "Bibi, a Comet of Toys," on Thursday and Frid nights. For the convenience of ch di eu whoso parents cannot accompai them, Tho Robert E. Lee Chapter the Daughters of tho Confederacy h appointed six chaperones to sit in t gallery, where scats will be reserv for children and ladies who prefer accompany their children. The char. rones aro Mrs. voulliissclit, Mrs. Rieck- ' ley, Mrs. Hollcmnu, Mrs. Healy. Mis. Means and Mrs. H. C. Webb. AU seals ; (ni the door are HO ets. Crown people ? iii thu gallery, ?W ets: children. 25. Mrs. Jennie Lee, wife of Wm. |\ l.ee. ; and youngest duughicrnf thc late Jesse II. Italleiitine, died at her Inane in An derson County, l miles west <d Pied- i mont. November Nih, ls;,-.. ag?*d 5.1 | years. Mrs. Lee was a devoted mem-j ber of the Methodist Cliureh, a true j I Christian, a loving wile and motlier I ami ll good neighbor. Ih r remains | were laid to rest in Shiloh Church ci in etery alter an appropriate funeral ser- ! vice conducted h\ the Hew Mr. Martin . ol'the Methodist Church, assisted Itv the Kev. YY. 1.. Walker, ol' tin- Pied- 1 mont Presbyterial i Church, in < lie pres- ' euee ol'a larg?' concourse ol soi lowing, relatives and friends, O'rmi uh .Vein*. Samuel K. Moore, who moved from this County to Texas about tifteeu j years agt>, ?lied recent 1\ at liishomeof typhoid fever. Many "relatives ol' lite deceased still live in this County, and every survivor of Compnuv I.", dr's] Regiment, will recall the Ina ve cnn- j duet ?d' the deceased in the war ot 'ni i (55. and particularly at the second bat tie of Mantissas, where lt?' lost Iiis !. g. ' Alter the war he was lax colleetor un der the administrations of hoi h Cover mu- Mir and (?ovcriior llamptoii. His' courteous manners made him vers popular ?ind won nunn friends, who. together \\ il Ii his relativ? s, w ill regret to learn of his deal h. His wife ahme, formel h Miss Major. sttrvi\e liim. ile was about u*> years ol' age. A. (J. Means is now a "knight ?d' Hie grip." Ile has accepted a posit iou wit li Ni ey or. I.einhaid & Co., Haltimore. mid will travel the Stat? s nf Nm t li ami South Carolina ami Tciiuossi e. "Ab." as lu- is familiarly kunu n. has been t he foremost eba hing man in Anderson Cor a ?lo/en or more years, and hi> genial. gen? i ons nat ure lins made him a host ol' i,i h mis. Ile possesses an unusually good address, frank and ??pen. is timi otighly posted in t lu- ? hu hing business, and a lim.1 salesman, and he is sure t<> succeed on the road. We congratulate .Messrs. Meyer. Reinhard &. Cu. on se curing a manso well n, nu li lied for the posit inn. I ) tiring his vacation from (lie road. Mr. Means will have headquar ters with Messrs. Mall <\ Milford. i A few ?lays ago a negro by tin? name of Will Clarity, who I'm ins over in 15 reen vi Ile County, became t ?red of ex pending u w hole year's labor on a crop that sells for only !??-.. mid concluded thal it would be belter pi?>lits if he 'could sell rocks-com ni on old every day rocks-at lie. per pound. So he proceeded to pack up some ?JIM) pounds of such material in a bale of cotton and tried to sell it to our ellicient buyer. Mr. Make. The bale weighed sonic eight or uim' hundred pounds, and this led to a suspicion that something was wrong, so Mr. Itlnko did md issue a bill for this cotton until he bad sent it into the mill and had it opened up. The negro was arrested anti now he is safe behind the bars of the Anderson jail. lt may have been cheaper for Will Clardy to have gone on raising 4c. cot Um.-J'chvr Uf raitt. Two negroes, Al. Hammond and Al len Majors, seven pairs of shoes, three boxes of shirts,-half dozen shirts to each box,-one bolt of bleaching, two dollars worth of percal remnants, D. C. lirown &. Pro.. Brown, Osborne & Co., Deputy Sheriff Bose and Sherill Green all got mixed up together last week, and when the clouds rolled by Hammond and Majors found them selves in jail, on the stool of repent ance. Wednesday last Hammond and Majors visited the stores above men tioned, and while, the proprietors and clerks were busy they appropriated thc articles above enumerated, taking thc shoes and shirts from 1). C. Brown ?V Bro., and the other goods from Brown, Osborne & Co. Thursday morning I) C. Brown Pro. missed their goods and suspected these negroes, who, they remembered, wert; in tue store, but did not know their names. They also re membered (bal. .lim Douglass, another negro, was in the store at the sann time, and he was seen and told to givi the names ol' the others, which be did when told he would bo arrested if lu refused to d<? so. A warrant, was <d> tained and Mr. Hose went for thc ne grties. Hammond lives seven mile: from Central, and Majors lives abou one mile from Pendleton. Majors wai brought in Thursday and llammom Saturday. Majors played the role o injured innocence until Hammond con fessed, when he, too, confessed. Al the goods were recovered. In makin) the arrest Mr. Bose found the bolto: blenching and remnants of percal, and believing them to have been stolen brought them in, and they were identi lied as the property of Brown. Osborn & Co., and tho negros confessed t stealing them. Free Pills. Send rear nd ?hess to II. E. Bneklen i Ci , Cn lc ?g ?. Mini ucl. H free sample nnx r Dr. King ? Ne* Lifrf Pills A irial wil coivine.? y u < Y iheir merits Tba*? pill are easy in aeti ?n ami HHI particplari .dieciiv? in the cur.? ??f Constipation >w> Sick Headache. Fir Mtlaria and Liv? trouble-* t iny have been pr??-wl invaluable Thay aro mi ai an tee I tobe pert? ct Iv rn fro u HiM?ry deleterious sub-tn nc? ami t r>e> purely veueluM??. Tii?y?lo mu weak?i hy i heir pelion, hut by giving lone t, ? tl; stein mix toni i nwels gr?* ?ll y invigorate tl svH'etn. Keilli or size 2?C. per lu.x. Sol tty llill-Orr Hrn.; Co. HilenuiHii (-??ii :ehl Factory bim easil gO(.<| lor $101? tiiotithly coins. Free min plHM. Rubber ('.... IS Clit? St.. NH York. 2.?-1 To RKNT-Residence ??r?ate N'rs. M.. Orr, a*, corner orr ami F.ast Ibmn 'Bl aireen*. Po* essieu niven ifev. l-i. 'i h property can tm bought for H reaannab price. Aiiftlv t i l)r. Orr ?tr Simpson Hood, Attorney?. 22-1 Iron King and Elm?? Stoves h.ive be? aold in A ml arno II for 20 year*. Y< know what they are. A car lead just r eel veil by Osborne <fc Clinkacale'. Buy Air Tight Heaters, Coal lleate and Oil Heatei a of Osborne dtCllnkscah FOK FALK OR HKKT-A fine plantatlc in Elbert Co., Oa, within ?1 milos of F I vannab River and 2 nf Middleton depc Apply to J. H. H?cker, Middleton, O 21-3 The Anderdon Mattresa Factory wan to buy ahucka and atraw and will pi giiod prices. li Air tight boaters Bavos fuel. Will kc lite all "night Cheapest beater on cart For Halo by John T. Purri*** IS-i Repair ymir gutter now for tin? whit ruina For inst repair work son O?bor ?t Clink?-calen. C?ld weather i? earning. C??lland u RU air tight beater of Jnti T. Burilas. ; It" you ara afllieted with riiarrhica dysentery, try Evans' Mixture, (J nura teed to cure ibo Neverest attack if tak In tltno. For wale at Evana Phar mac Price, only 25 conta a bottle. The C. A. Recd Music House Are offering nome special bargains Fianna and Organs at thia time, lt w certainly pay any. who wiall to pureba ac instrument, even in the remote fu tu to see and investigate their magnifi?e stock. The Sullivan Hardware Co. ia nc pushing ita Plows and Harrows. Re the ad. in this paper. Have hot water pipes run irom yo ?tove to bath room. Try Osborne Olinkacalea. OTJ'E first Full purchase wore great, sellers. They are all gone. Have bought our second Nev/ Stock for this Fall. No anet ici., shop-worn stuff, but clean and first-class in every respect. We will give thc Trading public thc benefit of thc lower prices. Wc can quote a few prices, but think it use less. However, we make a few honest figures : We can give you n $2.00 Suit, worth in cash 32.00. Wc can give you a Sf?.OO Suit, worth in cash $3.00. Wc can give yen a 34.00 Suit, worth in cash $4.00, We can give you :i $5.00 Suit, worth in cash $5.00. We can give you a $7.50 Suit, worth in cash $7.50. Wc can give yon a $10.00 Suit, worth in cash $10.00. " HE OEL.&E3RATED MRS. M ISPK?ir CHILDREl'S CLOTHING. Double Seat, Double Knee, Patent Waistbands, non - ripable. If you think you can do better wc have nothing ta "say." Our Prices tell the tale. WE SELL OWLY SOLID LEATHER SHOES. ?..... .. . . .. - ; j RUBBERS aa tough as the Thanksgiving gobbler. Protect your feet and spoil the doctor's bill. You know you cau't do justice to that turkey if you have a cold. The best Rubbers in the market ?ost only 50c. Compare that with your last doctor's bill. A pair of Rubbers in time saves niue or ten colds, and we have the BEST SHOES IN THE WORLD To go inside the Rubber;-, and tho prices-like the Shoes-"out of sight.'* We are thc Shoe Store people ! Como and let UH sell you your Shoes. CO 1313 & CEAYTON, Under Masonic- Temple, tho Yutos Shoo Co's Old Stand. ONLY A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL CHRISTMAS . . AND the peoplo witt have to buy thousand* ol' dollar-- worth of Gooda in that tim?. Wo want our par? <>f Hie trail?, ?md aro working, planning and Helling Gooda, hut aro not. sat t>lled without at least a portion of your trade, l'un we have it? Wo are making prices-CLONIS 1'KICEH-eu good, honest .Staple (ioods-tho kind you munt have. Wo aro specially STKGN?; OX SHOES. Can give you good, cheap Shoos at lowest prices to William Kn eel a nd's finest Hand Sewed Cordovan Goods. Give UH a chance to nell you. On JEANS, FLANNEL, OUTING, PRINTS, We can do you good. If you want tho host Fleur, Coffee, Tobacco, Lard and Hams For the least money we will be delighted to furnish them. Yours truly, BROWNLEE & VANDIVER8. P. S.-If you owe UH an Account remember it io past due, and give it your kino and prompt attention and greatly oblige._ B. A V. Nowa THERK arc s ? many advertisements that tho average buyer is liable to place little credence in general statements. Our knowledge of tho fact that quality, coupled with lowest prices, brings U3 customers, and bringa them back again, is amply sufficient guarantee to us that our best advertising is in our Gootls. To those who are not customers of ours, wo request that you ask your neighbors who we are. Our Stock of Staple Dry Goods, Shoes* Hats, And Groceries, Are New and Up-to-Date, and knows no competition. Come in to see us. Wo guarantee to please you. Very truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO. NEXT TO POST OFFICE.