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Intelligencer. I'uhlithiil inri/ W Ulmstlin/. J. F. Cl.ISKSCAI.l->, ( KlMTOHS WU C. C. LA.NI?STON, 1 J'lCOlMtf KTOllS. ONE TEAK, - - - *1 .Vi SIX MONTHS, - - - V, WJSDNKSPAY, I?'KB. J. 18!?U. Several nf rlie States have bribery scandals in connection willi their sena toria,! coiitcstx The relations between I Taue?! and England ure still bailly strained, und fbe press dispatebes state (hal holli ? mininos ure preparing bu- war. mm . ?i lt i- tin- general opinion id' members "t Congress that an extra session will nul be ea lied, although main imp?t tani bills have yet tu be acini on. The l?rmet who hos well tilled nu n ? iib-, bain- and smoke hoti-e. with a nth .litton -till uu-wlil, -honbl bi li 111 jv f li.ml. ! ii!. Li i u- hope I lint next yeal' will -'1 t lum-.i ml - in that eon !:l mn. All tin tun I- yel alu .ul in tin Legi .ititn-. Neilin i hmisi" has \< t tackled the appropriation 'nil m liipioi lpns ion. The figlil on tin latter i- ex pected aux day. .uni will mi doubt I? ..li intel i -I ing one. m o mt I ?en. Wade I lampton lei-out h v i-.it <-d I ?ai lingtoii and leceivednii "ld lime welcome, 'l in- gland obi lu io will be honored ami respected b\ good people ". Inn tin- names ol those who i md nee? I < i m will lu- Im got o H. Wi Know ni > |."io,ooo th.ii i - seeking ?Il vest melli in a cotton mill in the ['ieilnioul bi li. \\ b\ run t Anderson take ad vantage of the oller und build anotliet lug mill hen- .' There i- room 'u n- tor another mill and we shoultl nave it. We -uggt -t that tin- Voling Men's Business League agitate the mattel am! see what eau be done. mm . mn The Columbia Stulr hints at some scandals td' the last administration td the Adjutant and Inspector General's office. This paper ?alls on General floyd to publish a full statement of the disbursement of the ??,(100 appro priation to the militia, lt is said that Watt's report covered the appropria tion, but that there are several com panies which failed lo receive their portion. .- i- m 'Wm Looking back over the statistics of IMUS, the criminologist of the Chicago Trilnnir reports a gratifying decrease in the crimes nf embezzlement, for gery, defaulting and bank-wrecking, the amount of hist year's stealing* for this country being little more than I half as much as in IW7 and lower than J any year since \HM. Such a decrease in crime is n pretty gund measure (d' the improvement ol' the time. In the eating of meat the (huted States heads all nations. Not less than ILOOO.OOO.OOU pounds of meat are used here every year, or MT pounds to each person. Five thousand million pounds are beef, -bono,OOO,OOO pounds are pork and Huo.nno.ooo mutton. The Cnited Kingdom stands next with ?iMl pounds per inhabitant; Norway uses NO pounds; France ??; Spain 70: Germany tia; Swit zerland itS; Belgium 71; Austro-ll unga ry HO; Uussia, Portugal and Netherlands, HO pounds each: italy SM pounds. The burial of a Confederate soldier by the G. A. it. of Illiston was the first funeral of the kind in that city. The G overlier of the Stale was represented hy Colonel Bradley of his stall, a sol dier of the civil war. ami in a collin wrapped in ?ill American nag. sent by a Boston citizen, the body ol' .lohn Bink, a Virginian, which had been twice tom by ?nion shot, was commit ted to t he gummi. So comes mi unity through the lapse ot healing lime ami the influence td tm- reconciling gravi1. mM m mmi The Cnited Stale?., in -pite ol thc great gobi development iii Africa, con tinues the first of all countries in gold product iou, ami will probably 1M iii I tho lend. This is thc linne probable be cause ol' the prospect of u large devel opment of the gobi Melds td the South. (Jobi milling has increased rapid h in <?i orgin during thc past two years ami lhere ..te now thirty gobi mines in that State being successfully operated. The output of several of them is quite large ?md increasing. Georgia is destined to take her plate among the great gold producing States of the Cition. ? . mm The peace i reilly, framed at Caris by a joint conference ol American ami Spanish Cmmuis.-iouers, was ratified in the Cnited st.ne-Senate las! .Mnmhiv afternoon lo, ?i majontv ul tbree votes, there being fifty-seven votes for ami twenty-seven against. Senator Mc I.attrill, of this Stale, voted for tin treaty. Not until tin vote wa.?? taken did the friends ol the measure feel ab solutely sure nf its passage. The lin lt battle at .Manila last Saturday night and Sunday no doubt had its effect in tile speedy adoption ol' the treaty, which was no doubt the best tinny that could have been ?lone. Tin-old light to bring about the re duction of the cotton acreage is on again, lt always conies up in earnest whenever the cotton ero]? is em mums and the market gets down about live cents, lt is a good thing to reduce thc cotton acreage, but the farmers of tin smith will not let it stay reduced. Whenever they reduce the acreage, and make a smaller ero]?, then cotton goes up, and forthwith they plant mote cotton and then tho prier goes down. lt is to oe hoped t hal the cotton acreage in the south this year may ho greatly reduced, and I hal it may never again be increased. Let the reduction hi cotton acreage be permanent, regard less of any fluctuation in the cotton market that may come hom a smaller crop. COLI M HI A LETTER. Thc Latest News from lin* Legislature. --. ? ----- S?n * nil ( 'm ri x/Himh iH c nf Jiiti lH'Ji nu r. C??l.i MU?A, S. C., Feb. f>, mut. Th?' L?gislature is not in session to ilay. Tin- .Sen?lt4. adjourned Saturday to moot Tuesday night, and thc House of Representativos adjourned t<? meet Monday night, lt lian been a time honored custom to mi joli ru over ?m SalcftdtiyA. Tile eapri<'ious weather experienced hy this section since thu Legislature hi?- beeu ia session is a mattet' ol some Comment. No twa days have been ll li ku, mid the unions of the tlicrliiom t I ? i ii ii? I buloinelel have reminded ono ol < IM lit i ?ti phiying ?it peep-squirrel. Then have been sleets mid snows mid rains with theil attendant chilling hi.i-i followed alternately w ?th ballin days ol sunshine, and these sudden changes h.ive shown Iheir effects upon tho Kopicsoututivos in many eases of hi grippe and oilier pulmonal \ trou ble*. Ven lew have escaped, and ol' tin Anderson delegation Messr.-. l'un e, Kobinson alni Levered have suffered considera I d.\. Mnn\ loll- ol importance were dis posed ol la - I week, bul t lien* are plenty inore on I he cab-mini , and ?I I he session ends b\ the'.'Otb ol Februar) nothing -inn t ol tuo.si -?ions pei day will bring I! about. Sollie ol tin menthols think thai im.il adjournment cannot lu ll ucind before lin li rsl ol Mareil. Tin liijilor i|iie>lion ha- mu been touched vet. .uni lhere ali- so Wm I ot hoi illlpol lani n?-asures loc?me up, which v. ill lequil'o lime loi inlelligeiil discussion ami lina I ai l ion. Tin- loll expected from the Senate indician committee lunching the pm ?loge tax question, ami to which my I.I-I h llei le fend, was ?ul rod ticed lasl Thursday. This bill is intended to take the place of the House bill-, on this subject. If fixes I he tux ill I wellt \ live cents; meets t he ('oust it ul toual ob jection by making this lav a charge lot inspection ami analysis; provides for analysis of a portion of the soil of each township of t he respect ?vi' counties of lite State lo ascertain the character of the fertilizers best suited for I he differ ent crops; to establish branch stations in each county to experiment and make reports, and that this tax shall be paid into the State Treasury and held sub ject to the ortler of the boan! of Trus tees ol'Clemson College. If this bill liasses in tho Senate, and in all prob ability il w ill.it w ill meet w ith a strong light in the House on the reduction feature championed by our Mr. Ashley. His amendment to the House bill to reduce this tax lo ten cents wen! through in the House with a fair ma jority and it is scarcely to he expect eil thal asimilar amendment tn this bill would fail. There was an interesting light in the House last Thursday night on tl bill providing timi the revenue derived from the. sah' of alcoholic liqv.ora in the State shall be apportioned among the count ios of the State for thu benetit of the common schools "in proportion to the umount of profita derived from the sale of alcoholic liquors in thu re spective counties." The main light appeared to be on the point that the bill would bi' unconstitutional-anti it really has that appearence-but the delegations from the prohibition coun ties kept Hie duba tu warm by deina ml . lng their share under the constitution and with the cry that dispensaries were being forced upon them. Tin- bill passed the House on a voto of fl! to 4(1, the entire delegation from Anderson voting for it. The remark now heard is "if no dispensary, no school." lt is thought this bill will be killed in thu Senate on the ground that it is uncon stitutional. A "simon pure" prohibition bill was introduced last week by Mr. McCul lough, oft! reeiiN ?Ile. This is the t hird measure looking to thc adjustment of the liquor question, the Matildiu and lite Kobinson bill being the other two. The prohibitionists have no hope of success, of course, but there are several delegations iutlie General Assembly pledged to prohibition, muong them being Anderson, and the measure will meei with very fair support, it is understood that although the prohibi tion bill wits last introduced it will be given the right of way and Hutt no ob jection will be made to the Mailldtll bill being taken up ahead of the Kobinson bill, and from this it can be seen that the Kobinson bill is consider ed the strongest and most likely of success. There is a matter in which the coun ties of Anderson and Goonoo should be. ami doubt less aro. \ erv much interested and concerning which Senator Sullivan has been giving much time and careful attention lt is the matter ol' taxes past due by the Kine Kidge Knilroad company, which accrued between the years of l^Tvi-si and amounts in the aggregate, without interest, to $11. 7:??.I7. Hy an Act approved thu Pith day of February, 1*.W. thc Commission ers of tho Sinking Fund wore author ized ami directed to collect this tax and to pay to the Treasurers of Ander son mid l leonel' counties respectively their proportional part of this tax. This Act. together with preceding Acts, delegate all thc authority neces sary for prompt action, but the Sink ing Fund commissioners have neglected the matter. Senator Sullivan has now secured a promise from tho commis sioners to take tho matter up at once, ami. if necessary, apply to the United States Courts, a step which may be necessary because of thc fact that the Kine Kidge Kailroad is in the hands of a Keeoiver appointed by the Federal Court. Senator Sullivan says he ?loes not intend to let this matter rest until active steps have been taken. !.. K. NnunvuK. Another big joh lot of Leather Collars just received :?'- Sullivan Hardware Co. I Thia ie a raro hargnin, and \ou will TH gret it, )? you buy before seeing those (.oed a. Negro Emigrant Sl?k of Mississippi. Tin: negroes, who recently emigrated j from this county to Mississippi have not found that to tx- a hind (lowing with milk and honey by any means. Some very doleful letters have been re ceived from Home of them. Among thone 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 lie could soon be able to make enough money to send tor them. But the let ters he now writes to his friends hero tell a very ditlereut talc. Ho has writ ten a Very pathetic letter to Charley Stuart, of this eily, a fellow member in some kimi ol' benevolent union, to which many of the negroes belong, which The Index is permitted to pub lish. It is interesting'. Df'KKftsox, Miss., Jan. 1). hem Brother Stuart--l write to ask you to ?lo me favor. Will you take t In- letter ami go among the citizens of Creen wood, .-neb as Mr. Kugene Tar rant, Dr. Kpting, George Bailey, Joel Bailey. John Barksdale, George Bal k- dale, und anyone you think will help, ami ask them to give you a dollar, or whatever they will to help me get back. Ami ask the Inion to help me as much as they eau. I am nuder obligations lo tin- man here for Sin..Ml und I want lo luise as much n< s-?n so 1 eau come bonn . Please lake this letter am! try to get i hem io help lue. I am like the prodigal son- I want logel home >i? Pad. I want lo rome back so I eau stop this em igra t ion I nisi - ness. A mau -imply can't live in these bottom-. If you see my wife tell her for (?oil's sake not to rome bete. Tell all ol my friends not toc?me. Please see what you cando forme ami write me at once. Your brother, W MU Tl KN I I!. Some of I he colored people ari'car rying around a subscription list ami have raised several dollars toward j Hiv ing Turner's way home. Turner is very well !:hi d b- those who know Ililli.- ( ? rmi imo,I liuti'x. Black IMumoml Sure. < I.KV i t. v M>. Ullin, Feb. I.-Colonel Albert Boone, the railroad promoter, said in au interview here to-day con cerning the proposed Black Diamond road from Columbus, ohio, to Fort Boyal,S.C., that contracts for building the di Here nt divisions of the linc are all signed and it would surely be con structed. An English syndicate ia be hind the enterprise. "We will have one of the greatest railroads in the world when it is com pleted." said Colonel Boone. * * 11 will cost sV.U.OOO.OOO to construi t it. It will be double tracked its entire length. The line will pit sa through sume of the richest mineral districts in the world, and the grades will be very slight." f> n rd a I In Urvrnvilh' Xvirx. mm . mm - The only true happiness consists in getting out of trouble. - The office seldom seeks thc man, but the officer very often does. - i m mm-? How to Look Good. Good looks are really more than skin deep, depending entirely on a healthy con dition or all the vital organs. If the liver is inactive, you have a bilious look; if your stomach is disordered, you have a dys peptic look; if your kidneys are a fleet ed. you have a pinched look. Secure good health, and you will surely have good looks ' Electric Bitters" is a good Alter ative and Tonie. Acta 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 ai. Hill-Orr Drug Co. 5ti cent? per bottle. Cheap Printing. Law Briefs nt.00 cents a Cage-Good Work, Good Caper, Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper than ut any other house. Catalogues in the best style. ll yOU ll.IN? piilitlIlK I'' OW, il ?Viii IM ur your interest to write to the Cress and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. tl'. TAKE NOTICE. TFM1E Copartnership existlnc between JL P. lt. Allen and J. H. Pruitt, under the Firm name of Allen ?fe Pruitt, has this day been dissolved by mutual eon sent of both parties int? rested, P. H. Alien retiring from above h inn 1?. C. ALLEN. J. II. PRUITT. Feb :t. 18S!? :\:\ .V Dissolution of Copartnership. THE Firm of FREEMAN it PACK was dissolved on tho ,'Khu nf Janua ry. Persons owing the Firm will please make hntiitdiate payment to moor my authorized agent only. AI! claims against the Firm will bo rendered to ino at Green ville, S. C. W. lt. FREEMAN. Feb s, 18?M1 :v.\ IMPORTANT! I am better prepared to sell you a PIANO. ORO AN or SEWING MA CH IXE than ever before. I have noth ing but new goods. If you think from .}r.o.eo to $?f> 00 is worth saving in the purchase of a Piano seo me. New Home Hewing Machines &tn 00 New Royal $20.00. Needles for any Machine 20c. per doz. Oil 5c. per bottle. Shuttles for N. Home Machines (>0c\ Yours for the highest grade 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 are prepared to give you the best work for least money. PAUL E. STEPHENS. THE WINDS BLOW ! The Rains descend, thc Times and the Weather hang heavy, like a mill-stone, about the neck of Competition. With the last days of the cver-to-be-remembered 1898 many a weary heart dropped out of the race for fortuue 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, but While time aud 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. Ves, 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 ol" the list, but we must outstrip our 1S1*8 business ; and to do that we must make the start right, so hero goes : Our entire line of .leans to close at ?c. yard. Good Wool Flannel 5c. yd. Heavy Twill Flannel 5c yd. Heavy Solid Outing ?o yd. Good linc Spring Capes ?ile. lied day Tobacco, best. 3un lb. King Soap 10 for 25c. Canton Flannel '.ic yd. Heavier Canton 3Jc. Heavy and wide Canton 5c. Heaviest ..nade ??Je. Found Prints 10c lb. Excellent Perfume ?c and 10c. 50c Gen tlemen's Gloves MOc and l??c. 200 yards Progress Machine Thread 2?c. 12 Spools for 2?c. <?ilt Watch ('hains 5c and 7c. draper's Plate Chains ISc. Complete Set ?anjo Strings 10c. Will sell a lew Cigars live for 5c. Air < ? uns 59c-Repeaters OOo. No advance on Chinaware yet. See our prices and gre?1 happy. Six Teacups and Saucers for 'itia. Baltimore Teacups and Saucers 35c. Piedmont Teacups and Saucers ldc-every lacee guaranteed. Tea, Breakfast and Dinner P.'tes 25c, 30c, 35c and -Ide Set. Flat and Heep Irishes f>c, (ic, Sc aud 10c. Teapots Fie, 1 Sc. 23c. Agate Teapots ISc, 20c and 25c. Agate Wash Pans, large size, 12c. (?lass Dippers l?e-Agate ldc. Pic Platt s three for 5c. Pint Cups fou: for 5c. l-qt. Coffee Pots ldc. 2-qt. Coffee Cots 7c. Porcelain Lamp Shades 10c. Illuminators 10c. Small (?lass Lumps fie. Brass Lamps ldc. Footed Hand Lamps Inc. Side Lamps, com plete with No. 2 Humer and Chimney and Reflector, 2."ie. Soda two lbs. for 5e. Epsom Salts ,">e lb. Pepper, Spice. Cloves, Nutmeg, (?inger, Cinnamon, Mustard rock bottom, sure. Hair Brushes 5c, ldc, 2fic. Combs ile, 5c, 8c, ldc Tooth Brushes ?{c. ."?c. ldc. Would you see our Bed Ticking at 'Mc yd. Wc have all grades. See our pretty Ducking to close at 7?.c. Best heavy White Duck 10c. Buggy Umbrella, good. $1.25. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Bubber < Overshoes, new stock-keep your feet dry-20c, 33c and 1 lc. Ladies' Leather Shoes 3Se. Weean suit you aud will save you inone\. The only Genuine Good Luck Matches, huge boxes and every Match makes a tire, Sc a dozen boxes. Well Buckets 20c each. W UNDERBUY, UNDERSELL always our motto. Spot Cash does thc work. Yours always truly, c. s. MINDRAT 10C. STORE. A FIRST-CLASS COOK Can't (lo first-class work with second-class materials. But you can hold the girl accountable if you buy your : : : : GROCERIES FROM US I 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 Confection?, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc., Are always complete. Yours to please, Free City Delivery. Gr. IT. BIGrB Y. OWL BRAND GUANO. IF you want the BEST GUANO oa the market, and at a very reason able price, buy OWL B^JLItsTIX 'mese 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 & ?R?. P. S.-Oue Thousand Barrels 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 iu Car lots we give lowest possible prices. The sizes for this section are Nos. 40,20,19, 13, ?fcc. Buy only the Oliver Steel Beam Plews if you are aftez 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 JDXHTXHTO- IR/OOIM. - Is the place to buy - A Dollar's Worth of COFFEE if wantZsomething I Richland Strone. J. G. RILEY. Hie Alliance First . ft? Announcement ! ON FRIDAY NEXT, FEB. ia 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 IO, 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 Gards. Each customer will receive a card, notwithstanding the FIRST ANNIVERSARY OFFERING. Yours truly, JULIUS H. WEIL & Our Business 2for the past month demonstrates the wisdom of osf| ing. We know the wants of the people, and we conti them in selecting our Goods. No better and more thoro reliable Stock can be found in Anderson. The market is flooded with shoddy goods, more esp Shoes, as in the Shoe business there is great ?pportu: sacrificing the Stock for appearance. OUR SHOE STOCK C ah . Is a source of pride to us, and there is real pleasure ing a Shoe which we know represents the actual v cash. Men's Heavy Shoes $1.00, $1.15, and the best that made $1.25. Heavy Seal Skin Bals. $1.50. A serviceable Shoe for dress, any style toe, worth only $1.25. Vici Kid, Tans, Cordovan, Box Calf, 50c to $1.50 I er than anywhere else. Men's Heavy Oil Grain Shoes, button or lace, Si-^Sh Ladies' Nice Bress Shoe, lace or button, with or heel, $1.00. And so on through the Hst. We are sellioS^ cheap, and we give your money's worth when you buyijx Heavy Outing 4 l-2c to 8c. Canton Flannel 4c up. Wool Flannel IO, 12 1-2,15 and 25c. Heavy Fleeced Undershirts for men 25c. Sweet, Orr & Co's. Pants, guaranteed not to rip, nfl Ladies' Capes, a nice, well-selected line, from 50c tn We will seU you Capes 25 per cent less than what otip pie ask for them. Trunks, Valises, Batches, of all descriptions. j GROCERIES OF ALL KINS WlQ SELL THE BEST COFFEE IN TOWN FOR THE MOD Our first consideration in making a sale is to bl customer pleased with what they buy. If anything you does not come squarely up to representations t always find us willing to do the right thing. McGULLY BE( Fe