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Published every Wednesday. J. F. CLISKSCALES, ^ EDITORS AND C. C. LANGSTON, J PROPRIETORS. TERMS: ONE YEAR, - - - - Si 50 SIX MONTHS, - - - 75 WEDNESDAY, MARCH, S 1S99. It is being hinted that we are just entering- an. era of great prosperity. We hope it is true. It is said that broom corn will grow to perfection in this section: Our farmers should try it. It is now worth $130 a ton, and the supply is not equal to the demand. The situation in the Philippines is most perplexing) and only those on thc gr ound can tell how the matter stands. There are almost daily skirmishes with ?the natives who keep up a desultory fire nearly all the time. Commodore Philip, who is now at the head ?of the Erookhn navy yard, gets a salary of $4,000 a year. General Eagan, wbo was court-martialed and found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, gets $5,500 a 3*ear for performing no duties at all. Iff is evident that the Republicans are anxious to hold up free silver as the only issue in the campaign of 1000. If the Democrats are wise they will construct a much broader financial plank than free silver. When that is done some of the Republican brethren will desire to get on it. Railroad building in South Carolina is to have the biggest revival known in recent years, judging by the number of new charters granted by the General Assembly just closed. According to these charters there aie eleven new railroads projected, having in round numbers an aggregate length of 500 miles. Let the good work go on. We cannot too. earnestly caution our farmers against the folly of planting for a short crop nuder the delusion that his neighbor's reduction of acreage Will secure the necessary diminution of crop and enable the large grower to reap largely of the short crop prices. If you want a short crop it is your in dividual duty to plant less. cotton; by norther means under the sun can it be procured._ _ Congress adjourned last Saturday. The appropriations for governmental expenditures aggregate a total of $1, ; ?00,000,000. This is an increase of about $600)000,000 over-the largest aggregate of appropriations ever made by a pre vious Congress. There is a deficit m sight of $180,000,000, according to Sen ator Gorman, for the present fiscal year alone, and the Secretary of the Treas ury, it is reported, is already preparing to make a new bond issue. The numbers of students at the dif ferent colleges in the State this year, according to reports, is larger than ever. With 4k cent cotton and the ' consequent depression in business, one wonders where the money comes from to educate all these boys and girls. In the days when business was brisk and profits large our people did not live as well and enjoy the advantages that they do now. And yet we continually prate about hard times. Why is it ? Whether it is owing to the agitation to reduce the acreage or whether the financial condition of the farmers is such that they can not purchase fertil izers, the fact is that up to date less than half the amount of fertilizers lias been bought tliis year than there was last. Those who watch the trend of events say that this means less cotton planting* and more grain. This is said to be particularly true of the up coun try. In the middle and coa,st sections of the State it is said that about the same amount of cotton will be planted as last year, but even in these sections more attention is being paid to the raising of home supplies. It required no table of statistics from the Treasury Department to prove that the year 1898 was "the farmers' year/' But the extent to which American farms have furnished food for the world can only be adequately appreci ated by reference to the comprehensive tables compiled by the statistical ex perts of the Treasvry. The tables dis close the fact that the farm products exported from the United States last year were valued at the enormous sum of $8"50,000,000, which is a gain of $12Q, 000,000 over tim exports of 1897, and surpassing by $100,000,000 that of thc great export years of 1891 and 1892. Of breadstuffs alone the exports of tho year were $(>5,000,0(H) greater limn those of 1897, while the exports of cot ton were also considerably in excess ol' those of 1897 and 1895; That thc Euro peans arc beginning to appreciate thc nutritive value of om- corn is also indi cated by the fact that tor the fu st time in our history the exports passed the 200,000,000 bushel mark. A superficial view of poultry raising on the farm presents the aspect of an insignificant aud piddling business, but as a matter of fact, witli ordinarily caicful attention if brings :i larger re turn for labor bestowed and capital in vested than any regular farm crop. It is admitted that while small (locks permit pf a profit ol' from two to three dollars a hen for one year, one dollar is considered au average foi- largo (locks, il'one has (wo hundred hens a profit of $200 is about what should be expected for a year, as allowance should be made lor disease, inferior birds and other causes. Dut if the matter is viewed in comparison with the profits front other stock, the sum ol' one (lollara hen is quito large. The actual value of a hen is not over li l i v cents if she weighs live pounds, yet sire may lay as many as twelve dozen eggs in one year and also raise a brood of chicks. Of course, the profit depends upon the cost of the food and the prices obtained for poultry and eggs, and in some sections not over fifty cents profit a hen may be secured; but even at that low estimate an acre of land will enable tho farmer to keep one hundred hens. In sections contiguous to good markets the farmer should make a profit of one dollar a hen, and if he does not do so he has not given up scrubs and mismanaging in some di rection, which Avili leave him ample room for improvement. Almost Beyond Belief. John D. Rockefeller, the money czar of the world, is said to be about to re tire from active identification with the Standard Oil Company. This does not mean that he Avili sell his interest in the business of the great monopoly, but simply that he will retin; from tho direction of the company and leave its interests largely in the hands of Col. 0. H. Payne, says- the Philadelphia Times. The reason for the contemplated ac tion is the desire of Mr. Rockefeller for relief from the active cares of business. He will still devote his attention to tho conduct of his own personal business and in so doing will still be actively before the commercial world. If lie could, he would gladi}' abandon this, too, but he has been grasped by the huge octopus which he has reared, and to release his hold upon it now is prac tical!}* impossible. John D. Rockefeller is to-day the richest man in the United States more, indeed, the richest man in thc world. His fortune is an incompre hensible one to most people, vast be yond their wildest imagination. He is ,valued at $250,000,000, but it is likely that his Avealth exceeds those figures considerably. . If it docs not, it soon will, for it is increasing at a remarkable rate. His income is upward of $40,000 a day, o'r over $14,000,000 in a year. At this rate rate alone, leaving aside the marvelous profits -which he makes through the appreciation and deprecia tion of his stocks, he would in the course of his ordinary life, should he live to no unusual age, become the first billionaire in the history of the world. His history is most extraordinary. When he started in the world he had scarcely a penny. His accumulation of money was at first slow, but through his marvelous shrewdness he acquired a hundred thousand dollars in ten years. Had he ceased his efforts then, he would have been a millionaire to day, so well devised were his invest ments. But he did not. Where he had laid the foundation for a million, he raised beside it similar construc tions on a larger scale. To-day, as a result of that marvelous foresight, not unmixed with little ingenuity and a little good fortune, he has attained his present position as a modern Crosus. Rockefellers millions have been largely made through the Standard Oil Company. He has been the moving spirit and largest holder in the compa ny. He has operated the wholesale monopoly which the company repre sents, and he alone knows how valua ble the stock really is. It is safe to say the present quotations of the stock market, $4G9 a snare, for it are not too low. Xor have those who have believ ed it to be too high found it profitable to act upon this belief in the purchase and sale of the stock. Rockefeller's interest in the Standard Oil Company is represented by fully $150,000,000, $25,000,000 represents iron interests kindred to the Standard Oil Company, wliile $5,000,000 represents his interests in natural gas industries and in the lead trusty all growing out of the Standard Oil Company's busi ness. The rest of his wealth is invested in real estate, in railways, in transporta tion lines, bank and miscellaneous se curities, but these represent hardly $?5,000,000. The vastness of interests may be better appreciated when it is realized that he has controlled in the past great railway systems as perfectly as if they were toys in his nursery, that he has owned every oil car in the United States and 20,000 miles of oil tubing, that he has 200 steamers owned out right by him and over 70,000 delivery wagons, that he employs over 25,000 men and controls the income of at least as many more. Truly he is the most influential man in the United States to day. But just a word more about his in come. It may be better understood when it is stared that it not only ex ceeds $14,000,000 a year inlegitimate lines.lbut often scales as high as $$, 000,000 a day by speculation. He rises every morning $20,000 richer than when he retired. He draws, in other words, more than $25 a minute. A Clever Trick. It certainly Jooks like it, but there is really no trick about ir. Anybody can try it who has Lance Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous ;troubles. We mean he can cure himself right away by raking Electric Bitters This medicine tones up he whole sestero, acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kidneys, ia a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cure* Constipation. Head Hebe. Fainting Spells, Sleepiness and Melancholy. It is purely venable, a mild laxativp, and restores the system to ts natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Ouly 50c. a bottle at Hi ll- OrrDrug Co. TRUSTEE'S SALE. BY virtue of a Defid of Trust from Mrs. M. T. Sloan, (wife of T. D. Sloan,) recorded in the oifice of Clerk of Court for Anderson County, in Book PPP. pa cen 63.*; and itf?, I will sell to the highest bidder, unlesH sold at private sale before arid, on Salesday in April, 1S!)9, in front f tli?? Court House, at the usual hours of ublic sales, tbat certain House and Lot ? West Market Street, within the corpo rate limits of the city, containing four acres, mc rr- or less, more fully described V re fe renco to (trigina! deed and plat to Mary T.Sloan from B. F. Wh'tner, re corded in Clerk's ollice, Book YY, page m. In addition to resideuco tben-on, hieb is conveniently arranged ?nd be gbut short di-? lance of U rad eu School, lero is one two-room Cabin and one rjo-roorn Cabin. Stable and other im provement--. Turms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pav extra for pupers. J. o. WILHITE, Trustee. March S, IS!)!? :;7 1 FOR SALE. ALIGHT THO US AND DOLLA KS OF CITY OF ANDERSON HONDS. For particulars apply to T .1. Mauldin, K?q., Clerk, or t;> tho Mayor. .INO. Iv. HOOI>, Mayor, j Ma rch 1 I Si'ii :>> Public Sale of Valuable City Property. 33Y virtue pf a Deed of Trust executed to me by the Anderson Educational As sociation, 1 will sell at public auction in iront of the Court House door at Ander son, S. C., on Salesday iu April next, that valuable property known as the PATRICK MILITARY INSTITUTE. Formerly Johnson Female University, containing eight acres of Land, with the valuable improvements thereon, situate on the West side of South Main, and South of West Franklin Street, in the City of Anderson, bounded on the North by lot* of John E. Breazeale. Franklin Street intervening, East by J. P. Sulli van and A. T. Broyiez, Main Street in tervening, South bv Mrs. Jane D. Sayre, and West by E W. Taylor and C. W. Webb. Terms of Sale-One-half cash, balance twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by mortgago, with leave to pay all cash or anticipate payment at any time, Purchaser to pay iosurance, cost of papers and stamps extra. JOSEP/I N. BROWN, Trustee. March 8, ISO!) 37_-1 Notice Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Executors ot the Estate of William Riley, deceas ed, hereby give notice that they will on the s;h day April, 1S99. apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun ty fora Final Settlement of said instate, and a discharge from their office as Exec utors. J. G. RILEY, W. M. RILEY, Executors. March S, 1S9S 37 5 Of our discontent lingering in the lap of Spring, or does the mocking bird's melody awaken the glad echoes of the apple orchard, and remind the glad world that plum time is coming. Yes, we have Btruck one blow that pro duced instant death to fickle Winter. We struck bim broadsides with our match less line of SPRING GOODS at prices neither he nor competition can stand. The sledge hammers we name below are for competition to stare and wonder at, but not to resist : o a QT5 -a ?a a ? es ? a > oT o aa o ?B ?0 v OT! 00 J2 P. pl ea o cfc - Good Sheeting, No. 1, at 2*c. yd. Extra Heavy, yard-wide, at 4c. Best Typhoon Gingham at 5c. 10c. line heavy, fancy and solid color Bucking at 7?c. A little world of assorted Robing, Cover, Curtains, etc, at 5c. Best Windsor Cambric at 4c. Martha Blue Prints, pretty, at 4c. American and Merrimac Indigos at 5c. Solid Oil Color Calico at 5c. A lot of Shirting Prints in Percale Pattern, good, 3?c. Genuine yard-wide Percale, doubt it who may, at Gc. And now what? S"o* Wm. Simpson tfc Sons genuine ? 3 | BJ original 3 Percale at 5?. *? B Q? Good Hickory Stripes at 5c. g ?a 5 ? Best heavy Hickory at Sic. N 2. y ST Lexine too Cottonade at i2Jc. & ? JL 3 Good Brown Linen at 10c. ? i? 0 tr Finer Linen at I2*c. to 15c. ~ *? ? Fine qualitv of Batiste at 4c. ? ? rr ? All Scotch LawnH at 4c ^S*? % All Rosebud Lawns at 3c. "O ^ g a Manhattan Linings 5c. g SP"3 Good Black Satine Gie. x S < ~ Good White Lawns and India g 2.^. Linens-the thing-at 4c & 5c. p 0 g tr A few more pieces Twill Flan- ?? ? nel to go at 5c. 0 B a < King Cleaning Soap, the best B-oaa thi ng y et, two for 5c. g S - ? Celluloid 8tarch ?c. package. * S-'^ o gSs! B ut t o' o 2-2 A. M'fe. & Parking Co's, big c s 3 No. G Laundry Blue 5c. box. ??|a Progress Machine Thread, 200 2 ? 0 ? yards spools, two for 5c. O'0 o 2-1 Sheets good Note Paper and g " S 24 good Envelopes, packed tea ? a in a box. for 5c. " a g g-? Indellible Ink 10c. bottle. ^ 0 a; Express Pencils 10c. dozen. - o o j Good Turkey Feather Dusters a ? o'" " 15c. and 20c. each. 2 *a u 2 o Somo Shoes now-big Shoes j2,gaS and Hale Shoes : g ** g S ? Ladies' Do ngola Shoes 3Sc. ?J^So Ladies'Pebble Grain GSc. a? es^ 0 u Ladies'Heavy Glove Grain GSc. a w a** g Ladies' Solid Inner and Outer Kg*o.^ Soles4c. ?~GZ% Our Introductory line South fe ?-E*- ern Beauty 9Sc. One-half 3 . o vour money back on every XVJ tenth pair. Still more Shoes The Wild Rose line at S1.25. Women Polkas at 00c. Girls' Polkas at 50c. Children's Polkas at 40c. Smaller Polkas 30c. Men's Solid Tan Bala, at SUS. Men's Finer Tan Bals, at $1.38. Something new under tbe sun ! Automatic E*g Separator you break the egg, it does the rest. 10c A Mouse Trap that catches and holds them 5c. Some high grade Tobaccos, honest work, 35c. lb. Red J, four plugs 35c. Old Bull of the Woods 3Sc. lb Flavorin?LT Extracts hz and Sc. bottle-ah lldvort) t? -t s g ? 2 r- T W$ ? - Q a cr rv*3 w. ST o 5. < = -3 5? ?* o o n 2 I 3 ? c T. "** -O . . 2 ? 3 ii ' 2 3" =? ! SS. oj 5.5; i 3 ? < o ! te D ^ 3 p* ~ 3 " ? S) I Cups and Saucers, to please 2 s S ? ? ! all, 25c. to 4()c. Set. .3ts^*'??o I Decorated Dinner Sets, best s g. ?5-S I goods, ?5 75. S S-g aw I c. o ' i Dumb, blind, fools be they ? c~ i~' wm) cannot see the diiler 'S.0 a ? o 2 ! en?:e in our ligures aud those ?ajOo'5,i they are being done for by - -2- 71 o 0 ' other people o ST o tiw ; .aor>0q2 I Willie he?r<r getour prices - ?j i before paving for his whis- ; if j _. < I tie. ? ^ .3 * * I c -J > ~i a ' Yours always truly, C. S. MINOR and TEN CENT STORE, The poople wbo.Underbuy and Undersell. Spot Cash does the work. Special nrices to Merchants every whrro in our Wholesale Department;_ NOW is the time to have your Buggy Revarnished, Repainted, and new Axle Points fitted on. We have the best Wagon Skeins on the market. All kinds of Piith Wheels and Dashes. Headquarters for Carriage, Buggy and Wagon Repairs. PAUL E. STEPHENS. M. L CARLISLE. L. II. CARLISLE. NEW FANCY km FAMILY GROCERY STORE, on North Main Street, two doors from Post Office. HAVING opened the above we beg to solicit' the public patronage for everything in the line of Fancy and Family Groceries, Fine Tobacco, Fine Candies, Fine Cigars. We propose to keep on hand a complete line of Fresh Groceries at all times, so by dealing with us you get Fre*h Goods at very low prices. Free delivery to any part of City. Yours to please, _CARLISLE BROS. %?M BICYCLE FOR 25 CE?TST IF you don't believe it come and see us and we will tell you all about it. This is the way to do it : B?y a Coupon from our Ap;ents, (Messrs. Leroy Sadler or Frank Pearson.) and send it to us with S2.'50, and get a Book which contains ten pf these Coupons, which you must sell for 25c. each to your friends, and when they have bought Books, as you have done, you get a 830.00 Guaranteed High Grade 1809 Bicycle. If you do not un derstand drop in and vre will be pleased to explain our plan, and also show you the greatest line of j; Wheels in the city. THOMSON CYCLE WORKS. D. S. VAN DI VER.E. P. VAXDIVER. We want to figure with ycu on FLOUR, COFFEE, MOLASSES, TOB \CCO, and all kinds of GROCERIES and STAPLE DRY GOODS and SHOES. ^ Don't fail to see us on GUANO, ACID, GERMAN KAINIT, NURI ATE -OF POTASH, cr anything in thc Fertilizer line. We can save you money on high grade goods. If you want to settle what you owe Brownlee & Vandivers you will have to do so quick, as we expect to place the Accounts in the hands of an Attorney for collection March 1st by suit, if necessary. Yours truly, VANDIVER BROS. When the weat1 jr prohibits Bicycling it's our opportunity to talk '99 Models. AND Crescent... Represent ever practical Bicy cle improvement of the year. Right in PRICE and unap proached in QUALITY. n niT* TT Sita H Now have their '99 Models on exhibition, and invite every one to come and examine them. W. W. SULLIVAN, Manager Bicycle Department. I IF you have a Stove to buy SAVE MONEY by getting the latest improved, the largest oven for the least money. I will take your old Stove in part payment on a new one. Crockery, Tinware and Glassware, Lamp Goods, A full and complete Stock. t&~ Bring me vour HIDES and RAGS. JOHN T. BURRISS. N. B - Prompt attention to all Repair Work, Roof Painting, Plumbing, tte. THEIR NAME IS MUD I THIS shall be the name of the mun who tries to sell FLOUR cheaper than we. We bought before the risc, and we are going to let our customers have it just like wo bought it. We are right in the swim, and our price is low enough to suit the times-in fact, you would hardly know Flour was any higher. Then, our SHOE STOCK ?s too big. We are going to cut it down, and our prices will be slashed to beat thc baud. We've got all sorts of left-hand upper-cuts for any price that's going. _ We are in ihe Held for glory now. Come on and see 'cm squirm. We're in it to thc finish. We are the people of people when it comes to FERT?LGZERS ! Our 10 and 2 ACID and POTASH is the best goods on the market, and we have got thc prices that will make them go on sight. All grades of Fertilizers at 1,0 WEST PRICES. DEAN & RATLBFFE. TTOIRJ_ Fancy and Staple Groceries, Flour, Sugar, Coffee. Molasses, Tobacco, A.nd Cigars, South Main Street, below Bank of Anderson, Phone and Free Delivery. W. li. Harrison's Old Stand RILEY'S ZDUN'ITsTG?- BOOM - Is the place to buy - A Dollar's Worlh of COFFEE if wanCsomefhinn; Richland Strone J. G. RILEY. 1VJ * Grand variety of Percales, Calicoes, Ginghams, Lawns.. Nainsooks, Piques, Embroideries, Laces, Silk, Dress Goods, Hosiery, Underwear, Kid Gloves, Sheetings, Bleachings, Dra peries, Corsets, etc. LADIES' SUITS ?ND SKIRTS. Biggest line of Ladies' Ready-made Suits, Skirts, Jack ets, Shirt Waists ever brought to Anderson. Elaborate assortment of Ingrain and Brussels Carpets, Mattings, Rugs, Lace and Porteirre Curtains and Window Shades. MILLINERY New Millinery and Trimmed Hats. Sailor Hats for La dies and Misses, New Sailor Hats, New Infants' Headwear. MEN'S CLOTHING AND SHOES. Choice designs in Men's, Boys' and Youths' Clothing, La dies', Man's, Boys' and Children^ Shoes. All of the above mentioned Goods have arrived. They are fresh and new. Come early and secure your first choice of designs before they are selected. Best assortment and lowest prices ever produced in An derson County. Yours truly, JULIUS H. WEIL & CO. 4 4 r 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 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, lo 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. W.fC SELL THE BEST COFFEE FOR THE MONET I < 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 wilJ always find us willing to do the right thing. cCULLY BROS.