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Intelligencer. Published every Wednesday. J. P. CLINKSCAI.ES, ) EDITOKS AND C. C. LANGSTON, ) pRoruiETOus. TERMS: ONE YEAH, - - - - $1 50 SIX MONTHS, - - - ?5 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25. 1899. SEAL AND D0?TI?T DEFEATED. ?Special to thc Intelligencer. COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 24-G p. m. The Legislature to-day held an elec tion for Superintendent of the Peni tentiary and member of the State Board of Control, and both Col. W. A Heal and Mr. J. B. Dont Mt, who weie candidates for re-election to their re spective positions, were defeated. Senator D. J. Griffith, of Lexington, was elected to succeed Col. Neal, and T. Clins. Robinson, of Pickeus, suc ceeds Mr. Dont hit. Both were elected on first ballot. The Neal vote was 33. L. E. N. Gov. Ellerbe luis made no answer, ns yet, to the charges made against him by the Columbia State. Ex-Governor Evans is not Mayor ot* Havana, after all. He is in the "de partment of corrections," whatever that is. The Philippines say the United State: have no right to govern them, and that they will fight as hard for their liberty now as they did under Spanish misrule. An interesting question just now is, "what have we got for our $20,000, 000 P - ? ? "The United States of Central Amer ica*"--the name of the new federated republics-have adopted our constitu tion in. the main. lt is a compliment to the sagacity of our forefathers-for parties may come and parties may go, but the constitution prevails forever. The proposition now before Congress to abolish prize and head money, now allowed in the navy in war, should prevail. This booty system is a relic of barbaric warfare and should be abandoned by civilized nations. It no longer prevails in the army and it should, be abolished in the navy. . When South Carolina grocers sell South Carolina Hour, meal, bacon, hams, hay and other necessary et ceteras exclusively,?.then will agricul tural ?prosperity embrace our farmers. South Caroliuapossesesallelements ex cept properly directed energy to bring about such a state of affairs. It is evident now that President Mc Kinley has once again changed, or is j 1 in the throes of changing his mind over the disposition that should be made of the Philippines; and it is not Tinlikely now that his plan of govern- j1 ing the islands will be finally modeled to an imitation of the government that |{ ha? been mapped out for Cuba. Mr. Roberts, who has been ciected to < Congress from Utah, should be fired 1 bodily from the House of Repr?senta- i tives upon the assembling of the new ? Congress. This country cannot afford t to tolerate a polygamist as a lawmak- i er, especially one who has been tried, convicted, and punished by fine, itu- J J1 prisonment and disfranchisement, and | I who still openly violates the law. His case is one which no man can consider from other than a moral standpoint, neither can the immorality of other Congressmen be urged as a justifica tion in his behalf. Men may go to Congress who favor free trade, free silver, free transportation, or even free whiskey, but when it conies to free and unlimited love the line of demarcation has been reached. The parting of the ways, so to speak, has been arrived at. All parties are agreed on the neces sity for a canal across the isthmus, 'thus connecting the Atlantic and Pa cific oceans. This unanimity of pub lic sentiment is in accord ?with the well-known phrase, "westward the star of empire takes its way." In other words, the Pacific is destined to become the world's great waterway, and our western civilization will push hard against the east. Distance is practi cally annihilated. Telegraph, tele phone and cable encircle the globe. Railways and steamships unite all peo ples. Ignorance is being banished. Prejudice is giving way to justice and truth and mercy. A link in the chain is this Nicaraugan canal. The com mission which has been investigating on behalf of this government says we can construct the big ditch at a cost of $123,0(0,000. It will be20 feet deep, 181 miles long, and from 50 to 80 feet wide at the bottom. While Congress will be engaged in re-organizing the standing anny, in dividual States will have their own militia organization to look af ter. lu many Staters thc militia is and has been ona good basis, butin many others little interest is taken in this arm of the national guard, and South (Jaro lina is one of them. While New York has spent hundreds of thousands on her militia, South Carolina contributed but $8,000 hist year. The equipment of the militia ia other States is of a very superior order, while in South Carolina it is almost nothing in com parison. It has been reported that friends of the militia will make an effort to have, thc appropriation in creased this year. Thc experience in camp of the volunteers has shown them what is necessary to make a sol dier, and their training last summer will no doubt have its al ter effect upon the militia, for there seems to !>?. a stronger interest manifested in 7uilitia matters. w a a P o o cl ei cl Hi Si k d ti ri a C 1> II r< b t< (J t'< tl i> E Ii ii S5 COLUMBIA LETTEIi. The Littest News from tho Legislature. Kliecial Correspondence of Intelligencer. COLOMBIA, S. C., Jan. 23, 1890. Tho Legislature enters to-day upon its third week. More than two hun dred and fifty bills have been intro duced, and others are being prepared in the engrossing department; lint the impression still prevails that the length (d' ihe session w ill not renell forty days. Ali interest now centres in lin: elec tions set for to-morrow at noon, and it would appear from a concurrent reso huion agreed to thara deadlock is ex pected. This r?solution provides that if no election bc d?clar?e', by 2 o'clock, n. m., the Joint Assembly shall taken recess tintilla p.m. The election of a Superintendent oft be Penitentiary overshadows al! others, and, indeed, I might add, all oilier business and very little will be done until (his mattcris disposed of. Col. Neal is still thc strong num. ilis friends are hard at work and are quite sure, of success. It developes that (he Ellerbo-Gonzalos affair is not operating as strongly against Col. Neal as it was thought, it would do; anti, inasmuch as his efficiency ami record for thc past six years cannot be assail ed at any point, his opponents and their friends can present, only two points to bc com batt ed, thc first being thc idea of rotation in office and the other is his scathing denunciation of the administration of John (Jury Evans as set forth in his recent address pub lished in the ?State. Iiis honesty and earnest solicitude for thc wellbeing of the entire people of tin; State is not doubted or questioned. As to Col. Neal's strongest opponents. Mr. Griffith and Mr. Crura, a week ago Mr. Griffith was thc stronger, and had the election taken place at that time, he would have been the man upon whose shoulders thc man tlc would have fallen if Col. Neal's strength be over estimated; but this is not the case now. Mr. Urum is the stronger man, and indications point quite plainly to the fact that in thc event Col. Neal is de feated. Mr. Cram will bc the next Superintendent of the Penitentiary. Please bear in mind tiiat this state ment is not intended to admit of the interpretation that Col. Neal's friends show any signs of weakening. This is not the case, and to thc contrary he has grown stronger during the past week. Notwithstanding the fae;, thar this election is claiming the attention of a large majority of thc solons, a bill will to-day be introduced looking to the total annihilation of the State Dispen sary, and will precipitate a fight, (vhich, taken with the fight over the election of a Superintendent of the Penitentiary, will make this week the uost eventful the Legislature has gassed through for years. At the be ginning of last week indications point id very strongly to the introduction of i bill, providing for the submission to ;he entire State at the next general ilection all the questions of prohibition, iispensary or high license, but during ;he past week a self-constituted com nittee of members (among whom was >ur popular Representative, li. B. A. dobinson,) who, after careful conside ration, have prepared a bill which is 'licha compromise as will meet with he appioval of the majority of the nembers and deal a death blow to the Jrate Dispensary. It may precipitate i long, barJ fight, it may be amended, mt, "The" State Dispensary "shall eel io and fro like a drunkard, and hall be removal like a cottage, and he transgressions thereof shall be teary upon it: and ir shall tali ami not iso again." This bill empowers ami requires the bounties to own and control the local )ispensaries; provides for local option s to dispensary or prohibitipn, and to lose out the Slate Dispensary. It pro ides tba: the County control of local lispensaries shall take effect July 1st icxt, and that tho question as to pro ibition or dispensary be submitted to >e voted upon at the next general elec ion. The idea is that if the State. Dis ensary is unsatisfactory in its man gement-and Governor Ellerbe says t is in his Message-to take the Coun y control of local Dispensaries home nd try it for the time intervening be reen now and the next general elec Lou, and if it prove, satisfactory to the copie keep it; if not, tin- General As rmbly meets one year front now, af >rdingan opportunity to amend the .ct by inserting a provision for high cense or, in any event, settling thc latter to suit tin- people :tt the general lection. The Board of County Commissioners ?th the County Supervisor is nairn d i ii County Board of Control. They re given authority to appointa Dis ensary Commissioner, "whose term of thee shall bc coterminal with their , wu, and to tix his salary and to dis liarge him at will. They areempow red in like manner io appoint hi< [erk aud fix his salary. The Dispen try Commissioner is io supply tin :oek, books, provide a system of book eeping, have liquors tested by chem st or competent tester, aII under thc irection of thc County Board of Con ol. He >iiall give bond with a Seeu ity Company equal io thc average moimi ot -tock kept on hand. Thc xpenses for thc requirements to be aid from thc dispensary. Thc cbair lan of the County Board of Control is :q ii i red to Kee]/ a sena rn le std ol: oohs for the dispensary and deposit ivo-thirds of the profits with thc ounty Treasurer fort minty purposes nd one-third with thc City Treasurer >i tho city purposes proper-poliet utics by the eily. Thc school f< ature ; knocked out. The Counties are to unload the Stain ?ispensary by purchases so tai as the quors sui! them only: the hain ncc re mining on hand to bc disposed o? by iles outside of thc State and nuch liquors as arc worthless to bc destroy ed. lt is impossible to give all the details ol' Ihc bill. Suflice it to say that all tho restrictions tn prevent illicit ship ments and sales, .-MM! provisions for the proper conduct, (d' Hie business, are incorporated in thc bill. L. E. NORRVCI:. Talk about New Railroads. MACON, GA., Jan. 19.-It has develo ped that Macon men arc interested in another railroad. It was said at one time that no railroad scheme on earth, no matter how alluring, would ever capture any Macon money, and it has not.in fact transpired that actual cash investment is involved in thc lending of thc names of the Macon people to tlie undertaking to build a road from Anderson, S. C., to Carabolle, Fla., but certain it is that .Messrs. George A. Smith, the president of I he chamber ol' cmimerce, Mr. Howard Smith and Mr. T. J. Carling appear among the incor por?t ors of a road to be built between these two points. The charter for the road is now be ing applied for in the counties through which the road runs, lt is an impor tant and a daring venture. English capital is. it is said, behind the scheme, but just who the men are it is not yet given out. In fact the whole under taking seems to bc shrouded in a good deal of mystery and the incorporal ors have kept the plans of tho road a pro found secret so that the announcement that they wer?' interested in a railroad seems to have created no small sensa tion. Mr. George A. Smith, speaking of the matter, said that the road would be baili, and that it would be a big thing for the whole South in that the road was destined to play a very important part in the future of business with the southern ports and Nicaragua trade. The iucorporators seem to think that there is ample money here for the un dertaking, tl\at is to say that the money will bc forthcoming when thc English men are called upon to put it up. They will themselves take stock in the road. It. is said that the road is an outcome orin connection with the Black Dia mond road about which so much has been said in the newspapers.-Atlanta Journal. A special io the Cincinnati Commer cial-Tribune from Vincennes, Indiana, says: The Vincennes. Vevay and South Atlantic branch of tin- Black Diamond Railway met here to-day. '1 he con traer for constructing the double-track railroad, 204 miles in length, was let to Colonel Albert E. Boone, (d' Zanesville, Ohio, tor $10,000,000. This includes a branch from Fredericksburg to Jeifer sonville. Work will begin May 1. 1890, at Petersburg and will be pushed in both directions. Col. Boone also has the contracts for constructing the road in the States of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio at an aggregate cost of $50, 750,000. J. M. Scott, President of the Vevay. Bank, was elected Third Vice President of the road. Col. Albert E. Boone now has con tracts signed up for the different divis ions of the Black Diamond System of Railways, aggregating over$50,000,000. All of these are in the name of Albert E. Boone and altogether.make the largest contract ever held by a single individual in the United States. Ir is through him that all contracts for actual work can be put. in loree at all available points along the line simulta neously, as soon as the. money is ready for the work. This will insure rapid construction, for when the suit-eon tractors get down to work after that money you will see the dirt fly.-Dover {Ky.) News. In .ueinor?nni. The '-Good Shepherd" who gave his life for his sheep has taken another lamb to his bosom. On Dec. 19th Marjorv, the six-year-old daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Willson was called to come up higher to dwell in greener pastures, beside stiller waters than these of her earthly home. We, the Belton Baptist Sunday School, mourn with tile parents the loss of Marjory, who was a faithful member (d' our In fant Class, but we rejoice in the. knowl edge that she shall neither hunger nor thirst anymore but henceforth lie led and fed by the "Lamb upon the Throne." MILS. M. E. GEER, MISS KW. STRINGER, MRS. Hos/, POOEB BOWEN, I ? Committee. ; I The Ravages of the Grip. That modem scourge, tbotirip, poisons ? the air with its fatal germs, PO that no I home is Rafe i'r>?m i.s. rauigos but multi tudes have found PUro protection a^riinst , thia dangerous niiludj in Dr. King - New | * Discovery. When you iee' a soreness in '? your bones und musHe.-, have chilis ?tn?! fever with sore throat, pam in t?o buck j nf th? her.', rntarchal symptoms ?nd at stubborn cough, von may know-yon havo the Grip, and that yon uoed Dr, King's Now Discovery. It .. promptly euro ( the worst cough, In.? the iciiiuroed mem- j bran es, kill thc. disenso ... rai- and pre- j vent the dreaded ?ino Hf-cta ;>s' tie? mal- j ii?iy. Price 50'. ano 31.00. Money bark j if not cured. A ubi ! >;;. free n: IT.ill ' ?rr t Irug C \ Cheap Printing. Lav, Briefs at 00 cents a Page-Good Work, Good Paper, Prompt delivery. Minutes cheaper than at any other house. Catalogues i" the best stylo. If you have printing to do, it w ill be to your interest to write to the Press and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. tf. WHEN Y00 TOT , New Axle Points, New t< I Wheei?, New Curtains put I (. on, and your Buggy re- j( Painted, or any kind of Repairs on Carriages or Wagons, wi? aro prepared j to give you the best work ' " for least money PAUL E> STEPHENS, 1 The Kains (lfscciid. the Tim* s ;HS<& HM; Weather hung heavy, like a iii ill-stone, about the neck of (iMiipHiiioii .... With thc last days nf thc evcr-to-be-rcmembercd 1898 many a. weary heart dropped out of thc race for fortune through mercantile channels, and many more will drag thrungli the length of 1899 with heavy heart and weary limb. Many nave been thc restless nights spent rolling and tossing on their pillows, grief-stricken because success shines not upon their pathway, but While linn: and tide are sweeping aside Many who struggle fur nam-.'. There's one .-'.ill rides rough-shod o'? r thc tides. And ?ra.-.ps both fortune and fame. Yes, we propose now i<> begin the work of stamping our name in match less splendor on the spotless page of 1S99. Wc aro not satisfied ai putting ourselves at thc head of the list, but wc must outstrip our 1S98 business ; and to do that we must make the start right, so here goes : Our entire line of Jeans to close at 5c yard. Good Wool Flannel 5c. yd. rieavy Twill Flannel 5c yo. Heavy Solid Outing 5c 3d. Good Hue Spring Capes 34c. Red Jay Tobacco, best, 35e lb. King Soap 10 for 25c. Canton Flannel .'5c yd. Heavier Canton 3}c. Heavy and wide Canton 5c. Heaviest made 6-vC. Pound Prints 10c lb. Excellent Perfume 5e and 10c. 50c Gen tlemen's Gloves 30c and 35e. 200 yards Progress Machine Thread 2}c. J2 Spools for 25e. G'lc Walch Chains 5c and Tc. Draper's Piate Chains 48c. Complete Set Banjo Strings 10c. Will sell a few Cigars live for 5c. Air Guns 50c-Ile pea tors b'Oc. No advance on Ch i na wa re yet. Sec nur prices and groi happy. Six Teacups and Saucers for 2.~K:. B.i J11 moro Teacups aid Saucer- 35c. Piedmont Teacups and Saucers 40c-every niece guaranteed. Tea, Breakfast and Dinner Plates 25c, 30c, 35c and -10o Set. Hat and Deep Dishes 5c, 6c, Sc and 10c. Teapots 13c, I Sc. 23c. Agate Teapots 18c. 20c and 25c. Agate Wa.-h Pans, large size, 12c. G.lass Dippers 15c-Agate 10c. Piti Plates three for 5c. Pint Cups lour for ."JO. 4-qt. Coffee lots 10c. - >\i. ('oiler; 1 '.?ts Tc. Porcelain Lamp Shades 10c. .Illuminators 10c. Small Gdasa Limps 5c. Brass Lamp- 10c Footed Hand Lamps 15c. Side L imp-, com plete with No. 2 Burner and Chimney and l?eflector, 2?e. Soda two lbs. for 5c. Epsom Salts Tic lb. Popper, Spice, (.'loves. Nutmeg, Ginger, Cinnamon, Mustard rock bottom, sure. Hair Brushes 5c, 10c, 25c. Combs 3c, 5c, 8c, 10c. Tooth Brushes 3c. fie. 10c. Would you sec our Bcd Ticking at )?:c yd. Wc have all grades. See our pretty Ducking to close at Tin Best heavy White Duck ldc. Buggy Umbrella, good. SI 25. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Uubber Overshoes, new stock-keep your feet dry-25e, 00c and 44c. Ladies' Leather Shoes 38e. We can suit you aud will save you money. The only Genuine Good Luck Matches, large boxes and every Match makes a fire. Sc a dozen boxes. Well Buckets 20c each. JB@* UNDERBUY, UNDERSELL always our motto. Spot Cash does the work. Yours always truly. Successors to Brownlee & Yandivers. WE be? to inform our friends that we are ready and anxious for all or any part of their trade, and will appreciate it more than we can tell you here. We expecL to give as close atten tion and hard work to our business as it is possible for any one to do, and practice the closest economy consistent with good service. Wc will certainly appreciate an opportunity of doing business with you. Yours respectfully, VANDIVER BROS. S&* P. 8.-Highest Grade Charleston GUANO and ACID now on hand The Great Oliver Steel Beam Plow. UV ER ten times more OLIVERS .-jold in Anderson than any other nake. They have been tried. The verdict is unanimous for the OLIVERS. Che Steel Beam a great feature. Warranted to stand anywhere. Handled n (Jar Iou vic give lowest possible price.". The sizes tor this section ar?* Nos. 10.20, I9,13,&c Buy only the Oliver Steel Beam Plows if you are after the best. DISC. SPADING AND SMOOTHING HARROWS. &c. Twenty y eur-: experience ha? taught us the needs 03 tb* t?.rrm c. .ucl wo I :?]- v. our Harrows are just the Implements for this section ? An absolute? broad, neinons' guarantee given by us IJ rARE CO. 3 & CLINKSOALES Are Sole Agents at Anderson, S. C., for iron King and Elmo Stoves, ^ Garland Stoves and Ranges, - -VINO Til? Times Line of Gook Stoves. The above. Stove? arc bought in CW Lots direct from the manufacturera, 'hus we save "middleman's" profit, and also get cheaper freight rates. Cns ?mers who buy Stoves ?'iom us get ibo advantage of this. We carry ft well-selected stock of F INC? CHINA. PORCELAIN ?OODS, CHINA DINNER SET8 and TEA SETS. Just the thing for Ihrfetmna Presents. Call on us. OSBORNE & CLINKSOALES, The Sole Agents for iron King Stoves, j c R,IXJ33TT'S JDI?NTI?STG BOOMf -l's the place to buy A Dollar's Worth of COFFEE if wantlsom?thinglRieMand Sfron-. .1 G. K?LEV i HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. On our second floor we are stocked with innumerable ne cessities for ihe household. Our Carpet and Rug Department abounds in a complete line of Floor Coverings. Lace Cur tains, Curtain Poles, Window Shades, and everything per taining to the decoration of the home. BLANKETS REDUCED. Do you need a Blanket ? Here's your chance to buy and save. Good, dependable Blankets that have somewhat muss and soiled in handling are ordered to move on. Prices ar? cut. Remnants of Dress Goods. All of the short lengths in our Dress Goods Stock are laid out cn a centre table. Our idea is to dispose of them quickly. We have placed a nominal value on them that will move the ai. If you want them take them to-day. BOYS'SHOES. If we did not have too many of a particular kind we would not sell them at the price. They are no shoddy goods, put together at a cheap price, but good, substantial goods. Marked one-third the regular price. UMBRELLA SACRIFICE. You cannot help but find one in our big assortment that will answer your pun ose and suit your taste. Our stock of the fine ones is far too large. We would rather have their cost. The profit has been eliminated. It is time for us to say good-bye to the heavy Winter Suits and Overcoats, and make room for their Spring cousins. If you have need for a Suit, Overcoat or Mackintosh now is your opportune time. Never before were prices so tempting, not even at this Store. JULIUS H. WEIL & CO. For the past month demonstrates the wisdom of our buy-* ing. We know the wants of the people, and we conform to them in selecting our Goods. No better andmore thoroughly reliable Stock can be found in Anderson. The market is flooded with shoddy goods, more especially Shoes, as in the Shoe business there is great opportunity fer sacrificing the Stock for appearance. OUR SHOE STOCK rs a source of pride to us, and there is real pleasure in sell ing a Shoe which we know represents the actual value in cash. Men's Heavy Shoes $1.00, $1.15, and the best that can be made $1.25. Heavy Seal Skin Bals. $1.50. A serviceable Shoe for dress, any style toe, worth $1,50? mly $1.25. Vici Kid, Tans, Cordovan. Box Calf, 50c to $1.50. Cheap 3r than anywhere else Men's Heavy Oil Grain Shoes, button or lace, $1.00. Ladies' Nice Dress Shoe, lace or button, with or without leel, $ 1.00. And so on through the list We are selling Shoes ?heap. and we give y our money's worth when you buy from us. Heavy Outing 4 l-2c to 8c Canton Flannel 4c up. Wool Flannel 10, 12 1-2,15 and 25c. Heavy Fleeced Undershirts for men 25c, Sweet, Orr & Co's. Pants, guaranteed not to rip, all prices Ladies* Capes, a nice, well-selected line, from 50c to $3.50. ?Ve will sell you Capes 25 per cent less than what other pea )le ask for them. Trunks, Valises, Satenes, of all description* w r: ?ELL Tm; BEST COFFEE IN TOWN FOB THE R10NEV1 Our first consideration ia making a sale is to have our ustomcr pleased with what they buy. If anything we sell 'on does not come squarely up to representations you wiD lwjiys find us willing to do the right thing. IcCULLY BROS.