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CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, KEB UT A RY 22. 185M. YOI j I'M E XXXIY-NO. 85. . .. . .. THEY could pay Cash as well as not, but it's so cou veuieut to just step into a Store, get what ?3 wanted, and tell the Store-keeper to charge it. Yes, it's con venient, but let's see how much you have to pay for vour so-called conveuience. You buy a Suit at a Credit Store for-say 810.00-and it's charged to you. You could come to us aud get the same quality ol' ^?iods for 88 50, but you would have to pay spot cash. It costs you, iu this instance. 81.50 to say charge it. Sometimes we can save you even more on 810.00. No one undertakes nowadays to claim to sell better Goods than we do, or to sell good Goods so cheap as we clo, but our competitors rely upon giving credit as an inducement for thoughtless people to pay them much more than we ask for the same Goods. We sell GOOD, HONEST CLOTHING, and if you become dissatisfied with a purchase you make here, we will give you-your money back if you want it. NEW PRING CLOTHNG, NEW SPRING HATS, pring Furnishings. Tell your friends that " WE SELL IT FOR LESS." THE1 SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. R SPRING SHOE DEPARTMENT IS now open for the inspection of the public, and we know we can suit 'body iu exactly the Shoe you want. In Men's Shoes we have cut prices, ire selling high grade, first quality Harvard Ties at $1.00-former price i. Men's Satin Calf, thoroughly solid Shoes-former price 81.25-our ot at only 90o. In Fine Shoes we have, all the latest and newest produc , in all shades of Tans and Yici Kids, Cordovans and Patent Leathers, an give you any style Toe or any width made. n Ladies' and Misses Shoes we are sure there is no house in the city ian compare with us IN STYLE, FIT OR PRICE. Ve have everything in Oxfords and Spring Heel Shoes, in Blacks and If you want to see the most perfect-fitting, attractive and elegant linc of sh and up-to-date footwear ever shown in Anderson come in to see us. ?Ve are headquarters for Shoes. Yery truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO. RMINT. The Cough and Cold that irritates and torments is relieved with TARMINT. 25c. and 50c. usons adache Powders. Relieve Headache and Neuralgia. 10c. and 25c. ant Icum Powder, An elegant Toilet Powder. Prevents and relieves chapping and chafing. Sold Sn bulk, any quanti ty. 60c. per pound. For Rheumatism and Neuralgic Pains rub with our .... Nerve and Bone Liniment. It is the BEST. 25c aud 50c. Johnson s Worm And Liver Syrup. Removes Worms, is pala table, safe and sure. 25c. Landreth's Seeds. Just received. Fresh and new. HILL-ORR DRUG CO. INVESTIGATION OF COL. NEAL. Penitentiary Investigation Trohe (?nos u Little Deeper. IHsjHtlvh tn tira n rille .Vi'MV*. Cou M IMA, S. C., Mureil 23.-.The penitentiary investigation eommiltee resumed ils session to-day and the ll rat witness was S. I*. J. (Janis, member of the board of penitentiary directors, who asked that he be permitted to tes tify on a question ?d' personal privi lege. The report circulated the past lew days that he had received a ear load of bricks from the penitentiary was er roneous, he said. The car consisted ol' brick hats which had been reject rd. He tried to sell them hut could not. owing to their worthlessness. When questioned about the manage ment ot the State farms. Mr. (Janis agreed, as the reports showed, that I during ISSW oats had been sohl, bring ing ?4,4?)."?.70. The published receipts showed that 8l,41MUKi had boen turned in as cash and then* was owing on oats 8???2.2!), thus leaving a balance of ?2, 0:i:?.70 not accounted for. When this had been developed Mr. Patton paid a trib?tete the board by these queries : "Did you ever take occasion as a member td' that board to examine into what became of that >' VKM) or *<;.<MM). worth of oats that were sold, ami see whether the penitentiary charged itself with them and whether it had been received in cash or if not whether notes or other ?vidences of the indebtedness were properly std out as assets in mak ing the reports as cash .'" i "Did you ev?*r make tiny such exam ination ?" "Well, no sir; myself I did not," an swered Mr. (.?arris. "Did you ever know any other mem ber of the board to make tiny such ex amination ?" "Of course the board looked (?vcr the books." "Do you appreciate now what ap pears to la* a very grave discrepancy in that matter since your attention has been called to it ?" "Yes, sir." "And you had never suspected that or discovered it before ?" "Well, no sir." ! "Hut don't you think it wai your duty sis one w ho hail been charged by the State with the supervision of that lnrge institution to have so ru ;ted yourself so that such ti discrepancy, if there is one, could not have occurred, audit" there is not one so you could have explained how it was ?" Mr. Hoggs objected to this question, Mr. Patton insisted. Chairman Steven son overruled the objection and Mr. Garr?s answered: 'I have never been educated as a bookkeeper-never had any education much in that line. I depended entirely upon thc reports made, but neither Mr. Stevenson nor myself are bookkeepers, and 1 think you understand now. Hut I never went into such a close investi gation as you all have. I took it as we had a bookkeeper and superintendent. I had the utmost confidence in their keeping it straight and I never sus pected such :i thing. Now I am only one of the board you know. If that is an error I had never discovered it." Capt E. H. Westfield, former captain of the guard, was the only witness ex amined in the afternoon. His business, he stated, was to carry out orders. He said there was a pool table at the pen itentiary to otter inducements for the guards to remain there. The table, has been there three years and w as brought from the asylum. There was furniture made at the penitentiary bj- Lavalle, a convict. Chairman Cunningham had obtained a book case, Mr. Garr?s a washstand, book ease and other things, Mr. D. H. Tompkins a book case, Mr. Hardy a table and Colonel Neal furni ture, a book casein bed and other things but he could not say they were paid for. The board of directors have been entertained at-the penitentiary free. During the past B?X years there have been more visitors than at airy time prior to that. The directors occu py rooms there when here and so do visitors free. Governor Ellerbe has got coal and wood there the past two winters but there is only one entry of any pay payment, 8240. The coal is furnished the governor at act uni cost and wood nt a small profit. He thought this had beeu done for six years. Coal and wood were always free for Superintendent Neal since Westfield has been enptain of tin* guards. The superintendent has received wood and coal free at his home during the past three years. The superintendent lins also gotten his lard, kerosene, hains, sugar, soap, vegetables, milk and but ter from the penitentiary, and there is no credit for them, and the books show that they have not been poid for. . Convict labor has been furnished Cree at the governor's mansion, and also at Col. Neal's house. Captain Westfield said it was custo mary for the superintendent to get free his wood and coal and vegetables, milk and butter. The getting of other provisions has only started in the lost three years. He charged them on Ids commissary books, but the account for hams, kerosene, sugar, etc., does not seem to have been transferred to the penitentiary accounts. The penitentiary also furnished Col. Neal with a horse frcc,Vwhich is cus tomary. There was a steam laundry at the Penitentiary at which Col. Neal's und Governor Kllcrh?''s faiiiil.x washing; has been dolli- toi t Iii?* years ami nothing lind hoon paid tor ii. Thc ?team laundry is three ycnrsnld. No charge had been made tor family wash mg for Col. Neal or Covcruor KUerhe. It. was said last year lhere wer?1 alunit l.*?0 hams, sonic ol which were fed to the guards. Col. Neal yoi hams hui there is no record ot his havim* paid for them. Uovernor KUerhe pu hams. Captain Westfield says he charged them up hut does not Know it they were ever paid for. Ile seemed In think md. Au outside suggestion isthai Kllerhe exchanged some ?d'his hams for those at t lie penitent inn . Sonic outsiders ?rot coal .11 cost. C ip tain Westtichl said. Coil M ni A, S. ( .. Mandi 2?!. ~Co\ eruor Kllerhe lo-duy gave oui the I"! lowing statement regarding the peni tentiary matter: .'From the testimony ol Captain W'esttield the public would thiuU I lia heen gifting iu\ laundry done free at the penitentiary. Some lime ago our washerwoman lof! the city and we could not fret one lo do our work satisfactorily. 1 told Col. Neal about the matter, lie told nie he had a go???l laundry at the penitentiary and that ho could do my laundry for nie. I sent a pari of it only ami am to pay three dollars per mont h. About a month ago I succeeded in gcttiuga washerwoman. 1 have md had any lau tillering done al the penitentiary since. The penitentiary investigation coin millee to-day druggist alon- rathol heavily. Kxcept foi sonic spicy inci dents the most of the time was devoted to trying to straighten out 1 lie oats am! brick accounts, which have now heen practically explained and emphasize the worthlessness of the annual re ports. The hoard seems to have accepte?! the statements of fa ri 11 superintend ents and they seem to have been indif ferent as to facts when reporting what seemed to he facts. The investigation to-day developed the fact that there was a regular gov erinn's mansion account run hy Till man, Evans and Kllerhe. The account.. seem to hi' for coal, wood, cow ant horse food and provisions generally including molasses and such things bought hy Tillman and others. Tillman's account has heen pa ii ia liv settled, but there is a balance against him outside of tin* brick account ol ?.->7.0ii. No hills seem to have heel sent to him, and the money has uni been collected 011 the account report ci to he ?lue thc farm or the penitentiary This, as all other mansion accouut> was kept in thc commissary hoed;. Governor Kvans" account, still elm is sisi.14. This was never reported ut an asset of the penitentiary, Neal say inj? that li?' would attend to it. Governor Kllcrbe's commissary ac count still due is $21(i..*i0. ?d' tIii: amount $117.112 is due for oats whicl he expected to trade out fora norse Governor Kllerhe has been paying 01 his account. Colonel Neal's commissary nccouii shows that li?! owes $5?51.02. None o these items, aggregating $1,000, liav? been reported t?> tim board as asset except t he Kllerhe oats. Manager Cooley, ?d" the Kead planta tion, testified to-day thai he had s?'ii Col. Neal at his Easlcy plantation 20, OOO pounds of cotton seed for which n hill was made nor ?licl li? report th shipment tor payment. Among the pips given away by hil was a pair to Director Garr?s. Mr. Garr?s says that about I hiv weeks airo he tried to pay for thc pig but no one seems to have known wini what they were worth. The evidence to-day showed that i addition to what free furniture ha already been accounted for, that number of large pieces wore sent t Tillman, a book case to Asbnry Kati mer and two wardrobes t?? Dan Timmi kins. No charges have ever been mad f?ir these articles of furniture. Frank Weston testified that h bought and paid for four tons ?if sol coal nt $4.00 per ton. Manager Coole; of thc Read farm, testified that li Bwapped a cow with his son-in-lav and that thc cow which the farm jr? ?lied before his son-in-law took hi swapped cow away, but the swap wi made before this cow died. liv. treated a horse for Miss Kllerb charged and collected $ Pt for hispe sonal services but never rendered bill for the feed, which has not bei paid. Captain Westfield testified thal Til man, Kvans and Kllerhe all ran sum farms near Col un il ?in on which th? made their cow, horse and other stn? feed; that these small guhcruatori farms were worked by convict labt and ploughed by penitentiary mill and that no charges have been mad or expected, for the labor or plougl iug. Tillman rented about a two acre, pl from Newman ami Kllcrbe's fin seems to have been from 15 to 20 aer< One of Kllcrbe's credits is s.ooo poun of pea vines sold at $NA a thousand nt thc pea vines were made on th?' fin which was worked by free convict 1 bor. Two hundred and twenty ?lolhi has been pani by tim penitentiary foi granite curbing for the mausion win has never been taken from the ?pun where made. The penitentiary Ii paid the hill in labor but has nev been remunerated. Thc penitent ia paid either mdls for which ir has not > been recompensed. Tin1 III vt'sl ??.Mt inn will proceed t?t mon ow . Superintendent Cooley ti >tuii ?I tli.u In1 whipped negroes \*\ giving inn lushes ?m I In- har?1 Inn iv willi .1 leather strap. Iii* said ho 1 arch -uni in over six rases- drew hlnod. Col.I >tr.l \. S. I'. Mai. li J I. Tin- pi n itctitinry invest ?gat iou did not tn day develop anything start ling. The after noon session aniitunied to nut hing, l in superintendent ol' the Lexington Linn was sent for. Inn he arrived late. To-morrow personal witnesses will he examined, winn an adjournment will he had until dune Pith, when the State tann-will he visited and a new lim pursued. Sorgoani Adam*, who hhs heen at lin* penitentiary for tw?-nt\ years, was examined. II. sahl th.ii free wood, coal, vegetables and milk lol thc sit perin tendent was tue custom started the latter ]>:irl ol'Colonel Lipscomb's terni, mid cont inned sine? . Thc gullet - natorial farm-with free convict hibiu started during Tillman's tenn. Witness thought that I he pris? mers were well treated, except winn Allen was captain ol the guard. < ?nice lound ?1 necessary to hang prisoners le? t he thumbs for discipline. lit- gave considerable test i mom about th?' ?.\tent ol' tho free entertain ment ami said that then- were as many a* fifteen ?ut wen ty visitors entertained a ?lay at t he penitent ?arv. State constables who were on ?lut;, here fre?|U?'iitly w?-t?- guests al the penitent ?ai y. (. uard Ly hes said 1 lint lie worked a billig ol' fifteen or twenty rouvin s spreading guano on 1 he Kih i he planta lion, which he said was |."i or 2n a?Tes. ( hail tuan (milli ingham de vol ?'d much time t<> explaining th?- improvements mad?* since In- ha- been chairman of the board, and said t hat I in* State farms were now worth ?l25,il0u and had bern entirely paid for ?mt ?d' the earnings. Contracts for convicts were shown mn t?? comply with thc statute. The contract provides for the forfeit ure of $50 for each <*<>nvi<*t who escapes. The statute provides for ?50 forfeit for I each year the escaped convict hast?? serve. Mr. Cunningham said the at torney general d rr w t hr form of the : contract. Ile said that the sales from iii?' commissary werra revelation to him. and that lu- would immediately j undertake to collect this money, as well as all due for gubernatorial farms and ot her deb' >. Col t MI.IA, S. C.. Mandi '.'.'.. -Th?. penitentiary investigating mniniittro to-day took a iviTss until .lune Kith j when it will lake it]* new lines ami visit the State farms. 'flu* commission ?lid not caro lo ?dose up th?4 present line until Neal could be lu-mil. To-?lay*s chief ?h'velopiiiolil was that. ? Colonel Neal had bi-e.n (hawing ?IO every month for stabling his horses ali his home. lie is supposed to have j used this in paying house rent. In 1H1M In- drew !?l'Jo in a lump for stable rent and every mouth sin?-?' that time has drawn ijMU ;i mouth, and the board has been in absolute ignorance of it. Chairman Cminingh un said that he j never hulked at the prison pay roll oil which this -*10 for stable rent was placed by ('?lionel Neal's order. Ho Could have found that tho State was paying for the stable rent hy looking ! nt the pay roll. Hr admits over-confi dence and sub-oflieer's cheek being thought to br all requisite. The horses were kept, at Colonel Neal's for con venience. Ile said there was plenty of room to have kept them in the peni teiitinry. The horses were fed by the State and belonged to the penitentiary. The Charleston Kennion. Charleston will open her I muirs, ns well ns her boarding houses and hotels for the comfortable and pleasant ac commodation of all of the visitors who will attend the Confederate reunion, May 10 to |:j next. The follow ing in formation as to rates of board ami lodging is officially given out: Private homes and bo ling houses, lodging 50 cents to $1 a day; single meals, So cents to 50 cents; board and lodging. 1$ to $2. Hotels, board ami lodging .^'2 and up wards. Itestaiirauts, meals 25 cents and up wards. I lonni lories for ladies 50 cents ami upwards; also restaurants under the control of King's Daughters, Daugh ters of the Confederacy and ({evolution ! and church societies ol' all denomina tions will be established. Dormitories torm?n with abundant accommodations will br opened at 50 rents. Visitors are. urged to make all ar rangements for board and lodging in advance and all inform?t ion can be ob tained and (pinners engaged by ad dressing Mr. Itobert P. Kvans. chair man committee on information, Char leston, S. C. ^ STAT K OK ? ?mo. CITV or ToLP.no, I LUCAS COORI V, FRAWK .1. CIIRNRV m :ik ri ?mili that lu- is the Beniar partner ?if thc firm of F. .1. CIIKBKV ?tc. Co , doini; business ia iii? ?"ity 01' Toledo, County arni .Stater aforesaid and that said firm will pay tim tum of ONK HUNDRED DOLI.Alts for each ami every ea*?'of CATARRH that ran ?ot bc cured by thc ?ise of HALI'S CATARRH CORK. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to licforr nie and aiitacribed tn my pres ence, this Gili day ol' December, A. I> lB8f?. [SSAL-l A. W. GLEASON. \;t,inj Public. Hall'* Catarrh Cure ta taken Internally and ai t? directly on Hie blood and mucous nurtures of the System* Send for tC8tlm?*nl?iis free. Address, F. J. CHENEY ?St t'o.,Toledo O. Kohl liv DriHHjliti?. "5c. I Hall's Family Pills are the best. STATE NEWS. Thc Grand Lodge of tho l\;r.L'i.:> of Honor will moot in Columbia April nineteenth. Tin- State Medical Association will meet at Harris Lithin Springs next month tin- Stato boanl ol' health to establish < I uara a ti nc on April 1st. . A recruiting station has been es tablished at Charleston for enlisting recruits for the new army. I'ishnp hnncan went down t'? Mexico last week to visit thc eh undies there Ile will bc absent t w.> or three week-. ( 'ol .1. S Itrubaki :. nf .Spartan burg...slaughtered .> I'ojaud-China hog ;i few days ago that weighed .'.'.^ pound.- gross. Thc enlisted .nen of t he ! -t v. C. V. I., have presented Cl. .1 H. Tillman with a iiiagnilieeni gold med ul as a token of esteem. - Judge Samuel W. Melton ilicd in Charleston last Saturday night, aced years. He was one of South Carolina's brightest lawyer.-. Gaffney has a well "MU feet deep, and it goes through solid rock except fifty feet. The water Hows from thc top. lt is -aid to he strong ly mineral. W. C. Wyatt, of Mica, I'iekeus county, lost his barn and stable hy lire last week. Mr. Wyatt succeeded in saving his >toek. hut thc fodder ami other feed were consumed. - The Cowpens Memorial Associa- 1 tion intends to have that famous buttle ground suitably eared for. They pro pose also to have a notable celebration at the battle ground on the 27th of May. - The quarantine regulations of this State will he rigidly enforced from Saturday. April 1, at sunrise, ami will continue until Tuesday. October lil. al sunset at the several ports of the .State. - There will bc a conference of or phanage superintendents and workers at Clinton. S. C., April IS 20. hVpre sentatives from orphanages in Georgia and the Carolinas are expectctf to at tend. Adj'.taut General Floyd will issue an order that hereafter members of his and the governor's stall will wear blue fatigue uniforms. This is to correspond with the blue, uniforms in general use. - Tho foundation is bein J laid at Timmonsvillc for the largest .?team plant for thc handling of leaf tobacco so far erected in the Slate. Its di mensions aro 2()0xt?0 feet and two and a half stories high. - The barn and stable of Mr. Willie l-idwins, who lives a few miles below Orangoburg, was destroyed by lire on h.st Friday night. Besides losing all his provisions, Mr. Kdwins lost two mules and one horse by thc tire. - Union will have thc honor of entertaining thc State Christian Kn deavor Convention this year. The time fixed for holding thc convention is April Vd to 21, and preparations are already being made for the entertain ment of the delegates and visitors. - The remains of an unknown mu latto boy, about, Kl or 1H years old, were found by Section Master Holts hauser on the Coast Line track, about one mile west of Timmonsvillc. !t is supposed that the boy was s'ealing a ride and fell off of one of the night trains. The terribly mangled condi tion of thc body would Jindicatethat several trains had passed over him. At Darlington lusty Saturday nig] t .Hui -lohnsen, colored, was In ating his wife; and Chief^d' Police Dargan ?:.-r? 1 IHM- cry "Helli !" "Murder !" a: 1 caine t., her aid. .johnson assaulted Dargan with a saw. cutting him se verely. ?md Dargan then shut him dead. !:. boring un arti.-ia:; well iii Hamilton c.mit}- recently heavy beds ol' coal and traces ?d' ni] were found. The owner nf the plantation on which thc deposits were discovered has " t on offered sion.uno hy oil men for t'..o place, and have \ ut up siO linii ... :l forfeit ii' the price : - not paid !t i> rep nii i'i that smallpox Las assumed epidemic form in Kdgefn '. ! and the Stat- ant mc-it i--- have bi appealed to for aid. Within li scope ot' country 'en miles long ati'd from two to four milo wilie, tin re av. li ft 3? cases and there ha ..eleen three dent! ? since the epidemic began. A. M.S. Dunnawiy .- st< re ai .Ve Cormiek was burglarized Sunday. Ti 0 burglars secured about fifty dolla:- in silver, which was hid in a .-hot sack un a shelf behind some cloth. hil believed that the burglary was coa: mitted by some one who saw Mr. Duunoway place the money there. Last Saturday night at ridgefield John Webb and Will Touey. two ne gro hoy- about IS years old. were killed and two nf their companions, Kobi rt Seigler omi Will Harrington, were seriously wounded hy four white em ployeesof the lld ge ti chi cotton factory. Two of the murderers were mere boys, probably not over sixteen years old. About li! shots were tired, the weapons being Ki shooters, lt is di lit cult to I lix the motive, but it is supposed that i thc shots which killed the negrees were intended for others. Voutlff I ISuruette is in jail and Heese and 1 Cowley are held as accessories. .Mistrial lu Hughes Case. ' ?nt-M-.xvi 1.1.K, S. f., .March vi'!.-A mistrial was ordered this morning in thc case of pretty Mrs. Mattie Hughes for killing her husband. She took tho news philosophically, remarking: "Well, a mistrial is better than ft, conviction." This ease has excited unusual inter { ct nu account of a clever woman being charged willi the murder of her hus j hand. Last winter, Hughes, who was la prominent merchant of Greenville I county, and his wife had several quar I reis, each charging the other with in fidelity. The feeling between them ran 1 so high that in an open quarrel be tween them Mrs. Hughes shot her hus band. He died 21 hours afterwards, making a statement that his wife killed him without cause. The woman's de fence was that she threatened Hughes with a pistol. Uv. grabbed her arm in such a way as to cause the pistol's dis charge with fatal results to himself. The second trial will come off during the summer. Murder and Suicide* WILMINGTON, N. C.. March 25.-A special to the Star from Kingston, N. C., says: Friday morning Mr. Lonnie Lane, about 22 years of age, and Miss (ji lennie Sauls, aboutit, both of well to-do families, took a walk together. Not returning, search was made, and that evening- their bodies were found near th?* city. It appeared that Lam had shot Miss Sauls and then killed himself with a pistol, ilia attentions t?> the young girl were not acceptable to her parents, and he had been forbid den to visit tim home. This was prob ably the cause of the tragedy. mm . mn Cheap Printing. Law Briefs at (SO cents a Pace-Good Work, Good Paper. Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper than at any other house. Catalogues in the beat style. If you have printing t?> do, it will bo to your interest to write to the Press ami Banner. Abbeville. S. C._tj. w.u. EXH,B.TOATr8on JHURSDAY, APRIL 6. THE FAMOUS . . . -MEXICAN BULL FIGHTERS! THE only Exhibition of the truly eminent Mexican spectacle IN AMERICA. A true representation of Mexico's National Sport BULL FIGHT. Introducing genuine Mexican Matadors, Espadas, Toreros, Picadores, Ban derillerois, Capeadores, Etc., in thrilling and exciting exhibitions of skill ai:?l daring exploits with GENUINE MEXICAN BULLS direct from the pas tures ol' Jalisco, Mexico. Antonio Fernandez, the greatest of Mexican Bull Fighter?. A Caudrilla of Rough Riders, Cow Boys, Sharp Shooters and Bucking Bronchos. Jose Trigo's Educated Performing Bull, an exemplification of animal training. The Royal Mexican Band-a musical organization of Mexican Soloists. A Grand and Gorgeous Spectacle-the entire Caudrilla make their daily I'usen 'or Parade.) ONE PERFORMANCE O D M ' COMMENCING AT O r. Sil. -A_dmissioii 25 c.