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Intelligencer. Publislied every Wednesday. J. F. CLINKSCALES, ) EDITORS AND C. C. LANGSTON, J PROPRIETORS. ONE TEAR, r - - , $150 SIX MONTHS, r - . 75 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1. 1899. Several of the States have bribery* scandals in. connection with their sena torial contests. ?he relations between france and England are still hadly strained, and the press dispatches state that both countries are preparing for war. It is the general opinion of members of Congress that an extra session will not be called, although many impor tant bills have yet to be acted on. The farmer who has well filled corn cribs, barns and smoke house, with a little cotton still unsold, should he ^ruly thankful. Let us hope that next year will see thousands in that con dition. ^ ? - All the fun is yet ahead in the Legis lature. Neither house has yet tackled the appropriation bill or liquor ques tion. The fight on the latter is ex pected any day, and will no doubt be an interesting one. Gen. Wade Hampton recently visited Darlington and received an old time welcome. The grand old hero will be honored and respected hy good people when the names of those who traduced him will be forgotten. We know of $150,000 that is seeking investment in a cotton mill in the Piedmont belt. Why can't Anderson take advantage of the ofter and build another big mill here ? There is room here for another mill and we shoultl have it. We suggest that the Young Men's Business League agitate the matter and see what can be done. The Columbia State hints at some scandals of the last administration of the Adjutant and Inspector General's office. This paper calls on General Floyd to publish a full statement of the disbursement of the $8,000 appro priation to the militia. It is said that Watt's report covered the appropria tion, but that there are several com panies which failed to receive their portion._ Looking back over the statistics of 1898, the criminologist of the Chicago Tribune reports a gratifying decrease in the crimes of embezzlement, for gery, defaulting and bank-wrecking, the amount of last year's stealings for this country being little more than half as much as in 1897 and lower than any year since 1888. Such a decrease in crime is a pretty good measure of the improvement of the time. In the eating of meat the United States heads all na dons. Not less than U,0CO,iXX),000 pounds of meat are used here every year, or 147 pounds to each person. Five thousand million pounds are beef, 4,000,000,000 pounds are pork and 800,000,000 mutton. The United Kingdom stands next with i00 pounds per mhabitant; Norway uses 80 pounds; France 77; Spain 70; Germany 65; Swit zerland 62; Belgium 7i; Austro-Hungary 60; Russia, Portugal and Netherlands, 50 pounds each; Ital j- 24 pounds. The burial of a Confederate soldier by the G. A. R. of Boston was the first funeral of the kind in that city. The Governor of the State was represented by Colonel Bradley of his staff', a sol dier of the civil war, and in a coffin wrapped in an American flag, sent by a Boston citizen, the body of John Buck, a Virginian, which had been twice toni by Union shot, was commit ted to the ground. So comes on unity through the lapse ol healing time and the influence of the reconciling: grave. The United States, in spite ot' the great gold development in Africa, con tinues the first of all countries in gold production, and will probably hold thc lead. This is thc more probable be cause of the prospect of a large devel opment of the gold fields of the South. Gold mining has in creased rapidly in Georgia during the past two years and there are now thirty gold mines in that State being successfully operated. The output of several of them is quite large and increasing. Georgia is destined to take her place among the great gold producing States of the Union. Thc peaee treaty, framed at Paris by a joint conference of American and Spanish Commissioners, was ratified in the United States Senate last Monday ?afternoon by a majority of three votes, there being fifty-seven votes for and twenty-seven against. Senator Mc Laurin, of this State, voted for the treaty. Not until the vote was taken did the friends of the measure feel ab solutely sure of its passage. The little battle at Manila last Saturday night and Sunday no doubt had its effect in the speedy adoption of the treaty, which was no doubt the best thing that could have been done. _ -rn The old right to bring about the re duction of the cotton acreage is on again, lt always comes up in earnest whenever the cotton crop is enormous and the marker gets down about live cents. It is a good thing to reduce thc cotton acreage, but the farmers of the south will not ?et, it stay reduced. Whenever they reduce the acreage, and make a smaller crop, then cotton goes ni?, and fort li with t hey plant, more cotton and rheo tin-price goes down. lt is to bc hoped t hat the col ton acreage in the south this year may be greatly reduced, and that it may never again be increased, be* the reduction in cotton acreage be permanent, regard Less of any fluctuation in thc cotton market that may conic from a -malle: crop. COLUMBIA LETTER. The Latest ?iews from the Legislature. Special Correspondence of Intelligencer. COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 6, 1899. The Legislature is not in session to day. The Senate adjourned Saturday to meet Tuesday night, and the House of Repr?sentatives adjourned to meet Monday night, It has been a time honored custom to adjourn over on Salesdays. The capricious weather experienced by this section since the Legislature has been in session is a matter of some comment? No two days have been alike, and the actions of the thermom eter and barometer have reminded one of children playing at peep-squirrel. There have been sleets and snows and rains with their attendant chilling blasts, followed alternately with balmy days of sunshine, and these sudden changes have shown their effects upon the Representatives in many cases of la grippe and other pulmonary trou bles. Very few have escaped, and of the Anderson delegation Messrs. Pince, Robinson and Leverett have suffered considerably. Many bills of importance were dis posed of last week, but there are plenty more on the calendar, and if the session ends by the 20th of February nothing short of two sessions per day will bring it about. Some of the members think that final adjournment cannot be reached before the first of March. The i liquor question has not been touched yet, and there are several other impor tant measures to come up, which will require time for intelligent discussion j and final action. The bill expected from the Senate judiciary committee touching the priv ilege tax question, and to which ray last letter referrd, was introduced last Thursday. This bill is intended to take the place of the House bills on this subject. It fixes the tax at twenty five cents; meets the Constitutional ob jection by makiug this tax a charge for inspection and analysis; provides for analysis of a portion of the soil of each township of the respective counties of the State to ascertain the character of the fertilizers best suited for the differ \ ent crops; to establish branch stations in eac h county to experiment and make reports, and that this tax shall be paid into the State Treasury and held sub ject to the order of the board of Trus tees of Clemson College. If this bill passes in the Senate, and in all prob - ability it will, it will meet with a strong fight in the House on the reduction feature championed by our Mr. Ashley. His amendment to the House bill to reduce this tax to ten cents wens through in the House with a fair ma jority and it is scarcely to be expected that a similar amendment to this biH would fail. Th?r? was an interesting fight in the House last Thursday night ona bill providing that the revenue derived from the sale of alcoholic liquors in the State shall be apportioned among the counties of the State for the benefit of the common schools "in proportion to the amount of profits derived from the sale of alcoholic liquors in the re spective counties." The main tight appeared to be on the point that the i bill would be unconstitutional-and it really has that appearance-but the delegations from the prohibition coun ties kept the debate wann by demand ing their share under the constitution and with the cry that dispensaries were being forced upon them. The bill passed the House on a vote of Cl to 4(5, the entire delegation from Anderson voting for it. The remark now heard is "if no dispensary, no school." It is thought this bill will be killed in the Senate on the ground that it is uncon stitutional. A "simon pure" prohibition bill Was introduced last week by Mr. McCul lough, of Greenville. This is the third measure looking to the adjustment of the liquor question, tho Mauldin and the Robinson bill being the other two. Thc prohibitionists have no hope of success, of course, but there arc .several delegations in the General Assembly pledged to prohibition, among them being Anderson, and the measure will meet with verj- fair support. It is understood that although the prohibi tion bill was lasi introduced it will be given the right of way and that no ob jection will be made to the Mauldin bill being taken up ahead of the Robinson bill, and from this it can be seen that the Robinson bill is consider ed the strongest and most likely of success. There is a matter in which the coun ties of Anderson and Oconee should be, and doubtless are, very much interested and concerning which Senator Sullivan has been giving much time and careful attention. It is the matter of taxes past due by the Blue liidgc Railroad company, which accrued between the years of 1872-81 and amounts m the aggregate, without'interest, to 811, 730.47. By an Act approved the 12th day of February, 1898, the Commission ers of the Sinking Fiind were author ized and directed to collect this tax and to pay to the Treasurers of Ander son and Oconee counties respectively their proportional part of this tax. Tin's Act, together with preceding Acts, delegate all the authority neces sary for prompt action, but the Sink ing Fund commissioners have neglected the matter. Senator Sullivan has now secured a promise from the commis sioners to take the matter up at once, and. if necessary, apply to thc United Stales Courts, a step which may be necessary because of the fact that thc lillie liidgc Railroad is in the hands ol' a liecciver appointed by the K?dern! Court. Senator Sullivan says he does not intend to Iel this matter rest until ictivc steps have been taken. L. F.. N'ni;i;v< K. Another big job lot nf Leat her Collars (U?-t received Rt Sullivan Hardware Co. VU?H isa rato bargain, and \<>u will re -rot it, i* you buy before seeing these oods. Negro Emigrant Sick of Mississippi. The negroes who recently emigrated from this county to Mississippi have not found that to be. a land flowing with milk and honey by any means. Some very doleful letters have been re ceived from some of them. Among those who emigrated was Wade Turner, a well-known colored man. He left his wife and family be hind, being confident that in the glori ous country to which he was going he could soon be able to make enough money to send for them. But the let ters he now writes to his friends here tell a very different talc. He has writ ten a very pathetic letter to Charley Stuart, of this city, a fellow member in some kind of benevolent union, to which many of the negroes belong, which The Index is permitted to pub lish. It is interesting. DICKERSON, MISS., Jan. 0. Dear Brother Stuart-I write to ask you to do me favor. Will you take this letter and go among the citizens of Greenwood, such as Mr. Eugene Tar rant, Dr. Epting, George Bailey, Joel Bailey, John Barksdale, George Barks dale, aud anyone you think will help, and ask them to give you a dollar, or whatever they will to help me get back. And ask the Union to help me as much as they can. I am under obligations to this man here for $10.50 and I want to raise as much as $20 so I can come home. Please take this letter and try to get them to help me. I am like the prodigal son-I Avant to get home so bad. I want to conic back so I can stop this emigration busi ness. A man simply can't live in these bottoms. If you see my wife tell her for God's sake not to come here. Tell all of my friends not to come. Please see what you can do for me and write me at once. Your brother, WADE TURNER. Some of thc colored people are car rying around a subscription list and have raised several dollars toward pay ing Tui-ners way home. Turner is very well liked by those who know him.-Green wood Index. Black Diamond Sure. CLEVELAND, OHIO, Feb. 4.-Colonel Albert Boone, the railroad promoter, said in an interview here to-day con cerning the proposed Black Diamond road from Columbus, Ohio, to Port Royal, S. C., that contracts for building thc different divisions of the line arc all signed and it would surely bo con structed. An English syndicate is be hind the enterprise. "We will have one of the greatest railroads in the world when it is com pleted,"' said Colonel Boone. "It will cost $50,000,000 to construct it. It will be double tracked its entire length. The line will pass through some of thc richest mineral districts in the world, and the grades will be very slight." Special to Greenville Neus. - The only true happiness consists in getting out of trouble. - The office seldom seeks the man, but the officer very often does. How to Look Good. Good looks are really more than skin deep, depending entirely on a healthy con dition o? all the vital organs. If the liver is inactive, you have a bilious look; if your stomach ia d'sordered, you have a dys peptic look; if your kidneys are affected, you have a pinched look. Secure good health, and you will surely have good looks ' Electric Bitters" is a good Alter ative and Tonic. Acts directly on the stomach, liver and kidneys, purifies the blood, cures pimples, blotches and boils, and gives a good complexion. Every bot tle guaranteed. Sold at Hill-Orr Drug Co. 50 cents per bottle. Cheap Printing. Law Briefs at GO cents a Page-Good Work, Good Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper than at any other house. Catalogues in the best style. If you have printing to do, it will bc to your interest to write to the Press and B an ti cr, Abbeville, S. C._tf. TAKE NOTICE. rpHE Copartnership existing between X P. B. Allen and J. H. Pruitt, under the Firm name of Allen ?fe Pruitt, h?is this day been dissolved by mutual eon sent of both parties inurented, P. li. Alien retiring Irom above Firm P. B. ALLEN. J. J I. PRUITT/. Feb 3. 189!?_33_3? Dissolution of Copartnership. THE Firm of FREEMAN ?fe PACK was dissolved on the 30th of Janua ry. Person? owing the Firm will pleas? make, i mm td tate payment to mo or my authorized agent only. All claims against the Firm will be rendered to me at Green ville, S. C. W. B. FREEMAN. Feb 8, l?!l!l 33 3* IMPORTANT! I am better prepared to sell you a PIANO, ORGAN or SEWING MA CHINE than ever before. I have noth ing but new goods. If you think from $")O.0l> to $75 (Kl is worth saving in the purchase of a Piano see me. New Home Hewing Machines $30 On New Royal $25.00. Needles for any Machine 20c. per doz, Oil 5c. per bottle. Shuttles for N. Homo Machines GOc. Yours for tho highest grado goods at lowest prices. M. L. WILLIS. WHEN YOU WANT New Axle Points, New Wheels, New Curtains put on, and your Buggy re Painted, or any kind of Repairs on Carriages or Wagons, we arc prepared to give you the best work for least money. PAUL E. STEPHENS. The Rains 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 1899 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, hut 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 leas 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 yd. 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 6.]c. 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 48c. Complete Set Banjo Strings 10c. Will sell a few Cigars five for 5c. Air Guns 50c-Repeaters 60c. No advance on Ohinaware yet. See cur prices and grow happy. Six Teacups and Saucers for 25o. 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, Gc, Sc and 10c. Teapots 13c, lSc, 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 JIand Lamps 15c. Side Lamps, com plete with No. 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. Wc have all grades. See our pretty Ducking to close at 7]c. Best heavy White Duck 10c. Buggy Umbrella, good. 81.25. 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 Are, 8c a dozen boxes. Well Buckets 20c each. m- UNDERBUY, UNDERSELL always our motto. Spot Cash does the work. Yours always truly, ?IIO?inittSTOffi. A FIRST-CLASS COOK Can't do first-class work with second-class materials. But you can hold the girl accountable if you buy your : : : : GROCERIES FROM US ! We have the right kinds of everything and at the right prices. Where qualities are equal no dealer can sell for less than we do. We guarantee to give honest quantity at the very LOWEST PRICES. Come and see us. We have numerous articless in stock that will help you get up a square meal for a little money. Our Stock of Confections, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc., Are always complete. Yours to please, Free City Deliver). Or. F. BIQ-BY. OWL BRAND GUANO. IF you want the BEST GUANO on the market, and at a very reason able price, buy OWL ZBIR-A-?sTD 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 Ba/rels of FLOUR, bought before the advance, which we are going to sell cheap. D. C. B. & B. The Great Oliver Steel Beam Plow. OVER ten times more OLIVERS sold in Anderson than any other make. They have been tried. The verdict is unanimous for the OLIVERS. The Steel Beam a great feature. Warranted to stand anywhere. Handled in Car lots we give lowest possible prices. The sizes for this section are Nos. 40,20,19,13, &c. Buy only the Oliyer 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. RILEY'S JDTHTX^TG ROOM - Is the place to buy - A Dollar's Worth of COFFEE if want:somethinq$Rich:and Strone J. G. RILEY. rni i ut Toe Alliance t Announcement ! ON FRIDAY NEXT, FEB. IO, We celebrate the First Anniversary of business life in Anderson, S. C. We feel duty bound to show our gratitude to the people of Anderson and vicinity who have helped us to make the past twelve months pleasant, in the way of confidence placed with us, and the liberal patronage that this Store has shared. We have deter mined, as a matter of reciprocity, that on Friday next, February 10, we will make a Special concession of 10 per cent, dis count from our regular marked prices to each customer. This exceptional offer will in no way affect the presentation of our Photograph Cards. Each customer will receive a card, notwithstanding the FIRST ANNIVERSARY OFFERING. Yours truly, JULIUS H. WEIL & CO. Our B 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 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 Eid, 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.C0. 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 cent less than what other peo ple ask for them. Trunks, Valises, Satches, of all descriptions. GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS. XV El SELL THE BEST COFFEE IN TOWN FOR THE MONEY ! Our first consideration in making a sale is to have our customer pleased with what they buy. If anything we seil you does not come squarely up to representations you will always find us willing to do the right thing. cCTJLLY BROS.