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Intelligencer. Published every Wednesday. J. F. CLIXKSCAI.ES, I EDITORS AND C. C. LANGSTON, J PROPRIETORS. TERMS i ONE YEAR, - - - - $1 50 SIX MONTHS* - - - 75 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 1899. The Columbia Kccord thinks that the friends of the dispensary have a small but absolute majority in the General Assembly and can defeat cither a pro hibition or high license bill. According to Spanish reports 80,000 Spanish soldiers perished, chiefly from sickness, during the last campaign in Cuba. We hope "Uncle Sam's'' boys ?will not be so unfortunate over there. The Montana Legislature has elected Hon. Wm. A. Chirk, a Democrat, United States Senator. The Republi cans thought it good politics to vote for Clarke in hope of disrupting the Democratic party. We hope that the South Carolina Representatives in Congress will in sist upon fair treatment of the south in the postal appropriation bill, and will not submit to the cutting off of our fast mail from the north. Now that most of the cotton is out of the liiands of the producer it is taking an upward tendency in price, but that should not fool the farmers and cause them to plant a large acreage. To keep the price up, plant less. -m -m> 9* - Hon. Augustus H. Garland, of Ar kansas, who was Attorney General in President Cleveland's first Cabinet, was stricken with apoplexy wrhile ad dressing the United States Supreme Court in Washington last Thursday and died within ten minutes. Capt. D. J. Griffith, the new Superin tendent of the Penitentiary, is highly popular in his county, which he has served as Clerk of Court, Treasurer, and State Senator. He was a captain in the Confederate army, and is said to be a most excellent business man. The Hull army bill, increasing the standing army to 100,000 troops, has passed Congress. The bill provides that the President may, in his discre tion, decrease the number to SO,000 men. It is very evident that the Re publicans want a big standing army. On the 10th of next May the old Con federate Veterans will hold their an nual reunion in Charleston, and the citizens of that city have commenced work in earnest to entertain and care for them. Every County in the State should lend a helping hand and make the occasion a great success in every respect_ The United States Senate will vote to ratify the treaty of peace next Mon day. As it requires a two-thirds vote to ratify the treaty, it may fail of rati fication at this session of Congress. If so, the President, it is said, will call the Senatein extra session on March 4, when it is believed the treaty will at once be ratified. It is 'estimated that the fund raised by the American school children for thc Lafayette monument will amount to $100,000. The children have done their part. Now let the monument be such a one as will not only properly commemorate the action of the great Frenchman, but also be a credit to the children of America. The information conies from Colum bia that Congressman Latimer.will be a candidate for Governor next yea:-, as also Col. John G. Sheppard, lt is re ported that Hon. Stanyarne Wilson will either oppose Senator Tillman or enter the gubernatorial arena, but of course these are mere surmises, as no one can tell what surprises the next campaign will bring forth. Secretary of War, Russell A. Alger, may retire soon from that position. In other words the Secretary is going to be bounced, as the McKinley adminis tration has about concluded that he is too heavy a load to carry further. The old ship is sinking and they are rapidly lightening the load. Rumor has it that ex-Governor Merriam, ol" Minnesota, is to be given the war portfolio, and that Senator Davis, having become recon ciled to Merriam, will not fight his con firmation in the Senate. The great unsol ved problem in Amer ican statesmanship is T?O- restoration of American ships to foreign carrying trade. An attempt to solve it is to be made during thc present session ol' Congress.'through ;i bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Hanna, and in the House by Representative Payne, which proposes that the United States Government shall pay to American Ships in the foreign titule an annual sum but little more than half that paid by France to her shipping in the for eign trade. After nine weeks of idleness thc strike in the cotton mills of Augusta has come toon end and the strikers have returned to work at the reduced settle of prices. Some small conces sions were made by the mills in the matter of house rent .-md fuel, the lal - ter being furnished ut cost. These concessions were tittered lite strikers the day after thc} went out. Tho strike has been ?i costly lasson to tin; opera tives, and they should profil by it. The co: i<?n mills are a greal blessing to the p ?uv women ind < h il dren of this country, und they should not regard the advice and counsel of thc leaders of labor-unions. The operatives will always lind the officers.and stockhold ers of the cotton mills better friends to them than are thc leader- of the labor unions. COLUMBIA LETTER The Latest News from the Legislature. Special Correspondence of Intelligencer. COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 30,1809. The General Assembly is progressing rapidly -with its work. Night sessions are frequent, and the killing of hills has begun-a very necessary part of the work, by the way, as over four hundred bills have been introduced, many of which, as is always the case, scarcely deserve consideration. Since the the elections last Tuesday, the log-rolling, wire-pulling and ener getic lobbying has ceased, the commit tees are hard at work, and the law making machinery is moving smooth ly. Very few comments on the results of the elections are heard. Mr. Grif fith and Mr. Robinson have simply "got the coon and gone,'' and that is the end of it. Col. Neal's management of his department is conceded to have been highly satisfactory, but recent developments demanded the head of some one, and as the right one could not be reached, the one nearest to it was taken; and besides, it served to il lustrate how deeply rooted is the idea of.'rotation in office, and ' that in poli tics, as in the ordinary walks of life, a man has a sufficient task in sweeping before his own door. The'*liquor bill, as outlined in my last ?week's letter, was introduced Monday by Mr. R. B. A. Robinson. The day following a similar bill was introduced by Mr. W. L. Maul din, of Greenville. This bill differs from the Robinson bill principally in providing tor the submission to the voters the question of high license, as well as pro hibition and dispensaries. It is amend atory to that extent only. The Robin son bill covers the entire dispensary law as it now exist6. Both bills have been reported back by the Judiciary Committee, to which they were refer red, without recommendations, and both bills will come up on their merits. The recent published letter of Mr. Featherstone is altogether favorable to the passage of either of these bills, and lie but echoes the sentiments of a ma jority of both the Senate and House. The doom of the State Dispensary ap pears to be sealed. I was told by a prominent Senator to-day that a simi lar bill would probably be introduced in the Senate this week, and the indi cations were altogether favorable to its passage. The privilege tax bill, formulated by the House Judiciary Committee in or ier to meet the objection that it is un constitutional in that it affects inter state commerce relations, has produced considerable discussion. Mr. Ashley introduced an amendment, cutting the tax down to 10c, and precipitated a fight in earnest. "Josh" is uncompro mising in his demand for reduction, ?ind a considerable battle was waged during the sessions of 'Thursday noon and Friday night, with an incomplete victorj- for the reduction. The fight will be resumed to-morrow. It comes up again then on an amendment of Mr. Blythe, fixing the tax at 15c, and will probably pass the House with this reduction, but I learn from excellent authority that the reduction feature will be killed in the Senate, and that the bill will be sent back to the House, embellished with many brilliant and highly beneficial amendments. A great deal of interest centers in this light, as the well being of Clemson College, to a large extent, depends upon the ulti mate results. Thc redistricting bill has passed the House, boen favorably'reported hythe 1 Senate Committees and will probably become a law. I leam, however, I hat thc Senate is pretty evenly divided on the subject. Twelve are said to bc Lor it, twelve against it and the remainder on the fence. Thc debating strength, however, is in favor of the bill. A bill to lix the times for holdiug the Circuit Courts in the Eighth Judi cial Circuit, lins been introduced and wjll probably become a law. I Mixes the fourth Monday in February, fourth Monda}' in June, and second Monday after the fourth Monday in September, for the holding of the Court of General Sessions, and the Wednesdays next following these days respectively for holding the Court of Common Pleas at Anderson. This separates the two Courts. The arrangements as to the other Counties makes the Circuit work more uniform, and there appears to be no objection to the passage of the bill. The Anderson delegation ure acquit ting themselves with credit to the County. They ure attentive, watchful and quick of speech when occasion re quires it. They have introduced sev eral bills of considerable importance to Anderson Co. and, indeed, lo t he .Stale, to wit: Authorizing the City of Ander son to issue bonds lo cover indebted ness arising from the building of thc City Hall; to lix salaries ol: County of ficers; to extend jurisdiction of Magis trates; to provide punishment for the acceptance ?d' rebates by officers of trust in State or public institutions: to prohibit Slate Board of Control using any label or bottle with the palmetto tree on it: amending Act ol' 1*!U extending to special referee au thority to turn into the Count}' trensu r\ unclaimed finnis accumulating in his ?lands after a given length of lime ; and last, bul anything bul least, tin bin providing for^County Dispensaries, submitting the question of prohibit ion or dispensary and lo abolish the Stale Dispensary. Tiny have also made t heir recoin monda t i< ms for I he appin II I ment of County officers as follows: Advisory Members of Count} Moa rd ol' Commissioners, .lohn 'Ch?mas Ashley and John ( '. I inuit: ' ?oroiier, \\\ V. .Miller: Cit\ Magistrates, J. J. (Mimer ami D', ll. Kussel I. In the Fork. Mr. I!. Cromer succeeds \V. I . M. Kant: in Marlin Township, Mr. I.. M. Martin succeeds Mr. Broome; in Corner Town ship, J, A. McAlister succeeds Hon. .las. !.. Jackson. The ?thi Magis trates iu the County remain about as Indore, except Honen I'aih. where they will bc^elcetod, and al Pied un mt, where they will be agreed upon by i he I . loen ville and A nderson delegations ?oin tl v. L. K. NVnj'nv, i..' Denver Notes. It is useless to comment on the weather, and how far behind in their work fanners are-everybody knows these facts as well as we do. We are more sorry than glad that the price of cotton has gone up; farmers will be tempted to plant too much of it. The low price it has been bringing had induced the sowing of more small grain than usual. Two of our linest fanners, W. D. Garrison and J. A. Mc Elroy, sold nearly one hundred bales since thc rise in price. Mr. Lawrence Eskew was in Denver Monda}-. We are always glad to seo his genial countenance. The. friends of Miss Mattie Eskew will be glad to hear she is about well again. Two of Clemson's dashing Cadets, Claude Douthit and E. Bell, called to see two of our prettiest girls last .Sat urday. Alas, for the boys ! Alas, for the girls! They were not at home to enjoy the call. The beautiful snow had tempted the girls to go rabbit hunting. They enjoyed the sport, though they caught no game, but wish ed they had stayed at home. We hope they wiil make it all straight at the so ciable on the 3rd. INCOG. The Success of a Former Andersonian. MR. EDITOK : Will you please- allow me a little space in your paper to write of a worthy Anderson County man, who is now enjoying the full confidence of the best people of the city of Atlan ta, and has one of the largest practices of Iiis specialy in that city. Dr. Geo. Brown, of whom I write, and whose specialty is that of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, and under whose treat ment I have recently been, and from which 1 feel so much benefited, I can not withhold my praise of him. Dr. Brown's office is one of the most modern and latest equipped for his specialty to be found in the country, and under his care and treatment one cannot do other than realize his ability to cope with the greatest scientists of the age. Dr. Brown's waiting-room is crowd ed from morning until night with pa tients waiting on him for treatment, which is further evidence of the peo ple's confidence in his skill and ability to please. I feel it would be hard to say too much in his behalf, and those suffering from any of the ailments that como under Dr. Brown's specialty could not do better than to entrust their troubles to his care. Yours tnily, A. C. STRICKLAND. Several of the Western States have been visited by severe snow storms the past few days. In Colorado and ad joining States the trains are at a stand still, towns isolated, business suspend ed and the suffering intense. In some sections great loss of life is reported from the snow slides. - Every gill has an idea that when she is telling a man she loves him, her face will appear transfigured. - Probably the greatest compliment a man can pay to a woman is not to have her fall in love with him. - A successful hypocrite is never a success at anything else. Grip's Ravages Doomed. So much misery and so many deaths have been caused by the Grip, that every one should know what a wonderful rem edy for tho malady is found in Dr. King's New Discovery. The distressing stub born cough, that inllames your throat, robs you of sleep, weakens your system and paves tho way tor Consumption, is quickly stopped by this matchless cure. Lf you have chills and lever, pain in the hindi ol ibo head, soreness in bones and muscles, sore threat and that cough that grips your throat like a vice, you need Dr. King's New discovery to euro your Grip, and prevent Pneumonia or Con sumption. Price50cte. and ?100. Money back if not cured. Atrial bottle free at H ill-Orr Drug Co. Cheap Printing1. Law Briefs al <'?<. cents a Pugi-Good Work, Good Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper than al any other bouse. Catalogues in the best style. If you have printing to do, it will bc io your interest to write to rite Tress und Banner, Abbeville, S. C. tl'. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AKDEusoN COUNTY By Ii. M. Iiurriss, Judye of l*robate. WHEREAS, W. Ii Cbainblee hi* applied to mu to f;rant. him Letters of Ad ministration on the Estate and effects ol Robert '!'. Chniiiblee, deceased. These are therefore lo cite and admon ish ?il kindred and creditors of the said Robt T. Ohamblee, dee'd, to be and appear before nie in Court of Probate, to beheld aL Anderson C. H. on the 15th day of February, 189!), after publication hereof, to show" cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this :;ist dav of January, 1899 lt.' V. ll NAIN CE, Probate Judge. Fob 1, IS'.t';. WI -1 Notice to Teachers. THERE will bean Examination of Teachers ou the 18 h inst. All ap ollcants must he provided with paper, pens, ink, tte. Tims? wishing to stand tho Examination should beber? proinpt IvatOfl. m., in onl'-r io avoid confusion and delay. R. H. NICHOLSON, ('o. Supt. ol Ed. NOTICE. Lld., let to the lowest responsible bidder on Wednesday, February 15, Di'!' at ll a. m., the building of a now Bridge ovor Creek near !.. I!. W atson's mill, on road loading lo Five Forks. Plans and specifications made known on dav ot i etti ntl. W. P. SNKL'JROVE, Co. Sup'r. WHEN ?00 WANT New Axle Points, New Wheels, New Curtains put on, and your Buggy re painted, or any Inna of Repairs ou Carriages or Wagons, we are prepared to give you thc best work for least money. PAUL E. STEPHENS. THE WINDS BLOW ! The Bains descend, the Times and the Weather hang heavy, like a mill-stone, about the neck of Competition. .... --^-^?^ With the last days of the ever-to-be-remembered 1898 many a weary heart dropped out of the race for fortune through mercantile channels, and many more will drag through the length of 1890 with heavy heart and weary limb. Many have been the restless nights spent rolling and tossing on their pillows, grief-stricken because success shines not upon their pathway, but While time and tide are sweeping aside Many who struggle for name, There's one still rides rough-shod o'er the tides, And grasps both fortune and fame. Yes, we propose now to begin the work of stamping our name in match less splendor on the spotless page of 1899. We are not satisfied at putting ourselves at the head of the list, but we must outstrip our 1898 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. Heavy Twill Flannel 5c yu. Heavy Solid Outing 5c yd. Good line Spring Capes 34c. Red Jay Tobacco, best. 35c lb. King Soap 10 for 25c. Canton Flannel 3c yd. Heavier Canton 3}c. Heavy and wide Canton 5c. Heaviest made GJc. Pound Prints 10c lb. Excellent Perfume 5c and 10c. 50c Gen tlemen's Gloves 30c and 35c. 200 yards Progress Machine Thread 2?c. 12 Spools for 25c. Gilt Watch Chains 5c and 7c. Draper's Plate Chains 4Sc. Complete Set Banjo Strings 10c. Will sell a few Cigars five for 5c. Air Guns 50c-Repeaters 00c. No advance on Chinaware yet. See our prices and "groar happy. Six Teacups and Saucers for 25c. Baltimore Teacups and Saucers 35c. Piedmont Teacups and Saucers 40c-every piece guaranteed. Tea, Breakfast and Dinner Plates 25c. 30c. 35c and 40c Set. Flat and Deep Dishes 5c, 6c, 8c and 10c. Teapots 13c, 18c, 23c. Agate Teapots 18c, 20c and 25c. Agate Wash Pans, large size, 12c. Glass Dippers 15c-Agate 10c. Pie Plates three for 5c. Pint Cups four for 5c. 4-qt. Coffee Pots 10c. 2-qt. Coffee Pots 7c. Porcelain Lamp Shades 10c. Illuminators 10c. Small Glass Lamps 5c. Brass Lamps 10c. Footed Hand Lamps 15c. Side Lamps, com plete with Xo. 2 Burner and Chimney and Reflector, 25c. Soda two lbs. for 5c. Epsom Salts 5c lb. Pepper, Spice, Cloves, Nutmeg, Ginger, Cinnamon, Mustard rock bottom, sure. Hair Brushes 5c, 10c, 25c. Combs 3c, 5c, 8c, 10c. Tooth Brushes 3c. 5c. 10c. Would you see our Bed Ticking at 3;c yd. We have all grades. See our pretty Ducking to close at Tic. Best heavy White Duck 10c. Buggy Umbrella, good. $1.25. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Rubber Overshoes, new stock-keep your feet dry-25c, 33c and 44c. Ladies' Leather Shoes 38c. We can suit you and will save you money. The only Genuine Good Luck Matches, large boxes and every Match makes a fire, 8c a dozen boxes. "Well Buckets 20c each. BS&~ UNDERBUY, UNDERSELL always our motto. Spot Cash does the work. Yours always truly, OWL BRAND GUANO. IF you want the BEST GUANO on the market, and at a very reason able price, buy OWL BIE^A-ILsTID These Goods need no words of/ commendation from us. More of them have been sold in Anderson than any other one brand of Guano. We also handle POWERS, GIBBS & CO'S, celebrated Fertilizers, and will make it to your interest to see us before you buy. Very truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO. P. S.-One Thousand Barrels of FLOUR, bought before the advance, which we are going to sell cheap. D. C. B & ?. 19.S.B. The Great Oliver Steel Beam Plow. OVER ten times more OLIVERS sold in Amir;-.:! than any other make. They have been tried. The verdict is unanimous tor the OL' VERS. ! The Steel Beam a great feature. Warranted to stand anywhere. Handled in Car lots wo give lowest possible prices. The sizes for this section are Nos. l -10, 20, 19, 13, eve. Buy only the Oliver Steel Beam Plows if you are after the best. DISC. SPADING AND SMOOTHING HARROWS, &c. ? Twenty years experience has taught us the needs of the farmers, and we know our Harrows are just the Implements for this section. An absolute, broad, personal guarantee given by us. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. OSBORNE & CLINKSCALES Are Sole Agents at Anderson, S. C., for Iron King and Elmo Stoves, Garland Stoves.and Ranges, A.IND XIIE Times Line of Cook Stoves. $gj? Tin above Stoves are bough! in Car Lots di reel from the manufacturers. Thus we save "middle-mauV profit, and also gei cheaper freight rates. Cus tonn rs who buy Stoves from us get the advantage oj this. We carrya wei I-selected stock of FANCY CHINA, PORCELAIN GOODS, CHI NA DINNER SETS and TEA SELS. Just tho thing for Christmas Presents. < lull on us. OSBORNE cv CLINKSCALES, Tor Si h Agent- for [ron King Stoves. -Ls the pla< e to buy - A Dollar's Worth of COFFEE if wantrsomethinp Richland Siren-. J. G. RILEY m -? 4 nc 1 n ia oie! -E I ?a Interesting Glove News, i We tell you that this news is in- i terestmg because we give you a chance to secure a 81.25 Glove for 75c. Who is the woman that won't embrace an opportunity to save 50c. on a pair of Gloves. They are odds and ends of our big stock-that is why the reduc tion is made. It is needless to say that you will appreciate the offer. Womens Suits. The closing cf ihe season and the underprice at which we bought these last Suits is reason enough why we oSer them so modestly. Had we bought them at the usual time and usual way we would have to ask $19.00 for them ; but the prudent method pursued make them $11.00 to you. An Event in Shoes. We have had oceasion to careful ly go through our big Shoe stock and to change it about. In doing so we found many lot ends, as sorted qualities and assorted sizes all in one section. About 200 pairs of Women's Shoes-the regular price of them is. S2.75 we have a moving price at $1.50. They won't last long. Better be quick. Men's Furnishings And Clothing, There will be some lively selling in the Men's Department during the next week. The manner ia which we have marked a big line of Clothing and Overcoats and Shirts and Collars and Ties will gain the attention of economi cally inclined men. Then we have put decisive rents in the prices of the Men's Hats in our Store. We make these general reductions just to gain your bet ter acquaintance. New Wash Fabrics. The very thought of Spring brings with it the advance styles of the season. They are here in grand array. We do not know that we have ever seen a prettier assortment of advance styles* The color schemes are peerless, the designs enchanting. Would you have first choice. Then buy now ! Muslins and Sheetings. Some extraordinary offerings in popular branded goods. The kinds that are almost as staple as Sugar in a Grocery Store, But since we have big selling in mind the brands count for noth ing. The prices tumble. JULIUS H. WEIL & CO. l S J .si ess For the past month demonstrates the wisdom of onr buy ing. We know the wants of the people, and we conform to them in selecting our Goods. No better and more 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 for sacrificing the Stock for appearance. OUR SHOE STOCK Is 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, only $1.25. Vici Kid, Tans, Cordovan, Box Calf, 50c to $1.50. Cheap er than anywhere else. Men's Heavy Oil Grain Shoes, button or lace, $1.00. Ladies' Nice Dress Shoe, lace or button, with or without heel, $1.00. And so on through the list. We are selling Shoes cheap, and we give your 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. We will sell you Capes 25 per ceut less thau what other peo ple ask for them. Trunks, Valises, Satches, of all descriptions. BcST COFFEE IN TOWN FOR THE mm ! Our first consideration in making a sale is to have our customer pleased with what they buy. If anything we sell you does not come squarely up to representations you will always find us willing to do the right thing. cCTJLLY