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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDEESON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1. 1899. ~ VOLUME XXXIV-NO. 36 Suppose You Were Told That you would have to pay a certain part of all the losses by bad debts if you traded at Cr?dit Stores. You would laugh?X the idea of 3uch a thing. Now, wouldent you ? Well, that's what you will have to do if you -trade at Credit Stores and pay. your bills. It isn't the intention of the Credit Stores to bear these' losses by bad debts. They figure each year hew much -*jhey will ?ose, and of couree-somebody has it to pay. The way it's done is this : -Everybody .is made to pay much more than we ask for the same Goods io make up for theseTossee, and you pay your part if you pay your bills. s Some Credit Stores tell you they will sell you Clothes and charge them to you at their Cash prices, and then they actually ask you for your Cash . trade. If you, spend your Cash with them how about those losses by bad defe? -We sell for strictly Spot Cash. We have no losses. Don't you think itV a duty you owe to your income to buy your CLOTHING, HATS and'F??lNISHINGS from us? We think so. Remember,your money back if you want it. BEFOBE YOU BUY- V A Suit for $ 6.00 see ours at $ 5.00. A Suit for $ 7.50 see ours at $.6.00. - ? Su?t for $"9.00 see ours at $ 7.50. A Suit for $10.00 see ours at $ 8.50. . A Suit for $12.00 see ours at $10.00. A Suit for $15.00 see ours at $12.50. m WHY AND THE WHEREFORE ! The comparative figures above do not lie: They represent actual facts. - If you doubt glue us the benefit of the doubt-only to the extent of coming . to investigate We've got everything in Clothing th?it any other Store has, except trash, which we moBt positively will not handle. We carry no Suit cheaper tfian S4.00 for men, and none cheaper than $1.00 for boys, because any to retail for less are "simply rotten." . It's a pleasure to show you how cheap we sell good Goods, and you will ?nd it's not a mere catch-phrase, but a true statement of facts, that ' " WE SELL IT FOR LESS." y, THE! SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. Hill-Orr Drug Company's Specials ! ^p Bed Glover Compound, The greatest and best blood purifier. Pkt bottle $LO0. Johnson's Headache Powder. Safe and sure for all pains in the head. 10c. and 25c Tammi, - The best of all Cough Remedies. 25c. and 50c H. 0. D. Co's. Horse and Cattle Powder. A teaspoonful is a large dose, and the result will surprise you. A 'fine Tonic and epecially good for hide-bound and stoppages. 15c. and 25c. a bagful. Johnson's Palatable Worm and Liver Syrup, Removes the worms every time, is safe, and is not to be followed bj castor oil or other active ad nauseating medicines. 25c We offer this new and latest remedy for Headache, Neuralgia and all pains. This remedy we need not recommend, as it stands above all remedies heretofore offered as a reliever of any kind of pain. 25c boxes. HILL-ORR DRUG CO., Headquarters for Medicines of all kinds, - Paints, Oils, Glass, Seeds and Dye Stuffs. OUR SPRING SHOE DEPARTMENT IS now open for the inspection of the public, and we know we can suit everybody in exactly the Shoe you want. In Men's Shoes we have cut prices, and are selling high grade, first quality Harvard Ties at $1.00-former price $1.25. Men's Satin Calf, thoroughly solid Shoes-former price ?1.25-our new lot at only 90c. In Fine Shoes we have all the latest and newest produc tions, in all shades of Tans and Viei Kids, Cordovans and Patent Leathers. "We can"give you any style Toe or any width made. In Ladies'and Misses Shoes we arc sure there is no house in the city who can compare with us IN STYLE, FIT OB PRICE. We have everything in Oxfords and Spring Heel Shoes, in Blacks and Tans. If you want to see the most perfect-fitting, attractive and elegant linc of -stylish and up-to-date footwear ever shown in Anderson come in to see us. We are headquarters for Shoes. Very truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO. All Veterans Expected. I . _ In order to secure the attendance a great number of Veterans at thc ] union, the following circular letter : been sent out to the editors of Southern newspapers by Gen. Geo Moorman, Gen. Gordon's chief of st "Dear Sir: Gen. J. B. Gordon, cc manding United Confederate Vetera respectfully requests that you will the patriotic aud benevolent objects the United Confederate Veterans publishing, in your next issue, di Reunion is to take place at Chariest S. C., on Wednesday, Thursday, Fric and Saturday, May 10, ll, 12 and 1898, with editorial notice of the orgi ization, or please publish this letter. "Also urge Ex-Confederate soldii and sailors everywhere to form the: selves immediately into local organh tions and apply to these headquart< by telegram or letter for papers to < ganize in time to participate in t great Reunion, to be held at t "Cradle of the Confederacy," and th unite with their comrades in carryi out the laudable and philanthropic o jects of the organizations. "Business of the greatest importan will demand careful consideration di ing the ninth annual Reunion-such the best methods of securing imparti history, and to enlist each State in t compilation and preservation of t history of her citizen soldiery; the b nevolent care, through State aid otherwise, of disabled, destitute aged Veterans and the widows ai orphans of our fallen brothers-in-arra the care of the graves of our knov and unknown dead buried at Getty burg, Fort Warren, Camps Morto Clmse, Douglas, Oakland Cemetery ; Chicago, J olin son's Island, Cairo at at all other points; to see that they a: annually decorated, the headstone preserved and protected, and comple lists of .names of our dead heroes, wit the location of their last resting place furnished to their friends and relativi through the medium of our camps, tin rescuing their names from oblivion an handing them down in history; the coi sideration of the different movement plans and means to complete the moi ument to the memory of Jefferso Davis, President of the Confederal States of America, and to aid in buile ing monuments to other greatleader soldiers and sailors of the South; an as ttoere is no relief or aid for our Vet? rans and their families, outside of oui selves and our own resources, to pei feet a plan for a mutual aid and benev olent association; to make such change in the constitution and by-laws as es perience may suggest, and other mat ters of general interest. Gen. Joseph Wheeler has consente' to deliver the oration at the openin: exercises on may 10. Total number of camps now admitte? 1,200, with applications in for near! loOmore. GEOR<;E MOORMAN, Adjutant (?ener?Pand Chief of Stan". THE VETERANS' TAR ADE. The following general order has beei issued from the headquarters of th? South Carolina division United Con federate veterans at Charleston : 1. The general order for the parad< on May 10, 1890, at the time of the re union of the United Confederate Vet eraus at Charleston is transmitted foi the information of all comrades of tin division. 2. The division will form on the eas: side of Meeting street, facing thc west, the right of the First brigade resting on St. Michael's alley, the righi of the Second brigade resting on Trade street, at :? o'clock punctually. Thc various camps will form earlier at houri as fixed by their commanders so as tc be in their brigade position at o'clock, 3. The commander ot* thc division having been appointed chief marshal of the parade, Gen. Asbury Coward, senior brigade commander, will com mand the South Carolina division. Col. Zimmerman Davis, the senior colonel, will command the First brigade. 4. A call has been made from Gen. ( Jordon, asking that as many historic Confederate battle Hags as possible be brought and used in the parade. The bearers of these Hags Avili report to j Col. Edward McCrady on South bat tery, opposite Meeting street. As a special guard of honor to such Hags, I all the members of any command of which the battle tU;g was the colors will parade with their colors .ind not with their camp. They will report to the bearer of their colors on South battery, opposite .Meeting. For ex ample, if the Hag of the First South Carolina regiment, volunteers is on the parade, all the survivors of that regi ment will parade with the colors as a special guard of honor. So with the Hags of other commands. 11 is desired to give the highest dignity and honor to these worthy emblems of southern valor. r>. The Mexican veterans of the Pal metto regiment having been invited to join the parade, will, under the eom roand of Col. J. D. Uland ing, form be tween thc two brigades of: the South Carolina division. (I. The commander desires to say to the comrades of the division that be hopes cadi brigade, regiment and camp of tlie division will appoint ?i sponsor und ber maid of: honor, ?ind assures them that they will be wel comed to Charleston and to the re union. Appoint Hie descendants ol' some veterans to these ollices and en courage Hu- rising generation to re vere the cause we fought for and mi noble the memory of those who laid down their lives for the Southern Con federacy. Wc want the dear girls with us at all .such gatherings, and they will always find a wami place in the heart of every tr ue veteran. 7. The comrades of the division will assemble at their headquarters, Market hall, Meeting street, at 0 o'clock Wed nesday morning, May 10th, when their sponsor and her maids of honor will be ! presented to them. 8. Comrades will register at the South Carolina headquarters, Market i hall, Meeting street, where they will receive their delegates and veteran ? badges. Delegates will there present their credentials and receive the badges which alone will enable them to be ad mitted to that part of the auditorium reserved for delegates. One or more staff officers of the di vision will be at division headquarters from 12 m., to 10 p. m., May 9th, and from 0 a. m., to 12 m., May 10th to issue badges and give any other information ? for the comfort and pleasures of com rades. 9. The following changes on the di vision staff are hereby announced and the new members commissioned will be obeyed and respected accordingly : Lt. Col. R. W. Shand, judge advocate general, having resigned, Lt. Col. Ful ler Lyon has been appointed to suc ceed him. Two of the aides. Maj. N. In graham Hasell and Maj. tl. R. Brooks, having also resigned, Majs. E. IL Sparkman and S. Reed Stoney have been appointed in their places. By order of C. IRVINE-WALKER, Commander S. C. Div. C. C. V. JAMES Gr. HOLMES, Adjt. Gen., Chief of Staff. Three Historic Guns. Mayor Smyth has received a tele gram from Gen. Burlington, chief of ordnance, U. S. A., stating that the war department had consented, to the loan to the city of Charleston of three big siege guns that were used on James Island during the latest real war. The guns were formerly mounted in John ston's battery, on James Island, where they were dismounted by the Federal troops, and have for over thirty years been lying on the beach of James Is lanp, exposed to the weather. Two of the guns during recent years have been completely buried by sand, and they had to be dug up. The three pieces of historic Confederate ordnances have been brought to the city and will be mounted. Two of them will be placed in posi tion in the Auditorium park, on either side of the main entrance, while the third will occupy a prominent place on the Battery, near the foot of Meeting street. These guns are only given over to the custody of the city of Charles ton and will always be subject to the order of the war department, which, in all probability, means that the relics will remain in this city forever, as they have no intrinsic value at all.-3rcms and Courier. i? ? ? A Miracle Worker In Mobile. MOBILE, ALABAMA, April 10.-Reese Hutchison, a young electrician, a grad uate of Auburn College, Alabama, is exhibiting here his apparatus for mak ing thc deaf hear. He augments vi bration and enables deaf mutes to hear words spoken in the ordinaiy tone and also to hear piano, guitar, the phono graph and enjoy the music. The ap paratus for the use of thc deaf is the size of a pocketbook, and is connected by wires with an audiphone, which is held at the ear. Two totally deaf men were experimented with. They stood lifty feet from the piano and marked the time of the music, laughing with delight over the novel experience. A Gallant Editor. Miss Helen Morris Lewis, an up-to date new woman of Asheville, has an nounced herself a candidate for super intendent of the Asheville waterworks. The Landmark has no vote in this contest, but we are for Sister Lewis for anything she. wants, and we hope there is enough gallantry and chivalry in Asheville, to see that she gets what she asks for.' Some time ago Miss Lewis proposed that a woman be given the job of cleaning Asheville's streets, as serting that women could do it better than the men. We agreed with her and asked that she be given that place, but her request was denied. We are of the opinion that the street job would suit Sister Lewis better than the posi- 1 tion of superintendent of water-works, but that is neither here nor there ; she should have whatever she wants. 'Staieseillc, X. C., Landmark. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy Hie sense of smell and completely derange thc whole system when | entering it through Hie mucous surfaces; Such 1 articles should never be used except ou prescrip- j tiens from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is len fold to the good you can possi bly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure manu factured by F. ,T. Cheney A Co., Toledo, 0., con tains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon thc blood and mucous surfaces ol' t*ic system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be Bure you get the genuine. It is tBkeu internally, .nd made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney AC?. Testimonials free. 49"*S?ld hy brugirists, price 75c. per bottle. Hall's Family rills are the best. Cheap Printing. Law Uriel's at (JO cents a Page-Good Work, Good Tailer, Prompt. Delivery. Minutes cheaper than at any tither house. Catalogues in the best style. If you have printing tb db, it will be to your interest, to write tn the Press and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. ff. What May he Done with Swamp Lands. Apropos of tlie oft-repeated sugges tions with regard to draining certain swampy tracts in various parts of this State, and in North Carolina, and so redeeming valuable lands for agricul tural and other purposes, the following statement of the Indianapolis News de scriptive of the success and profitable results of avery extensive, enterprise of the same character undertaken by one man in its State is interesting'. It says: "What may be done with swampy lands under an intelligent system of cultivation is told in a story of the suc cess of B. F. Gifford, whose land hold ings are in Jasper County, Indiana, and who is said to be the owner of the larg est amount of swamp land under culti vation in the world. Mr. Gifford bought 33,000 acres of swamp land from the State at little more than a song, and he now has nearly that number of tillable acres, whose fertility is the wonder of other farmers. Seventy-five miles of broad ditches, supplemented by several hundred miles of tile piping, drain the lund, and from it Mr. Gifford last year marketed over 1,000,000 bushels of corn, 400,000 bushels of onions and great quantities of other vegetables and grains, harvesting, in addition, .^n abundance of hay for his hundreds of horses. The crops raised on this enor mous tract afforded sufficient traffic to keep a small railroad busy, and as Mr. Gifford estimated he could with profit build his own line, haul his corn, stock, hay, vegetables and other products to the Chicago market, he surveyed a line from the center of the tract, and is now constructing a freight line from the center of his farm north to a point of junction with the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa line, which gives him direct con nection with Chicago." We direct the especial attention of thc State board of education and the press of North Carolina to this highly instructive narrative. The board, as reported, recently sold 30,000 acres of swamp land in that State, most of it heavily timbered, to the saw mill men at the price of a dollar an acre, and one of the State papers notes that there are 500,000 acres of similar lands belonging to the State awaiting sale on the same or lower terms. It would pay the State nicely, we are sure, to appoint a com petent commission to visit Mr. Gifford and study his methods, and apply them at leisure to some, if not all, of its thousands of acres of now waste lands, with a view to obtaining results com parable at least to those which he has achieved with like property. Slr. Gif ford, it will be noted, bought 33,000 acres of "svfamp land" from the State of Indiana "for a song," and has made of them nearly that number of tillable acres, "whose fertility is the wonder of his neighbors." lt is the same kind of lands that North Carolina is now sell ing for a song, and the authorities and people ot the State might well profit by the object lesson that is presented to them in the experience of their Indiana neighbors. The same suggestions apply with equal point to the State and some of the communities and private citizens of South Carolina. If Mr. Gifford, one mau, in Indiana can cut "seventy-five miles of broad ditches, supplemented by several hundred miles of tile drains," the State of South Carolina, or any community in it, and some of its larger land-owners, can afford certainly to do similar effective work on a smaller scale, and the profitable returns of such work are abundantly exhibited in Mr. Gifford's enterprise. The State and county convicts, at any rate, could scarcely be employed to better purpose for the lasting benefit of the State, or of any county interest ed in such au undertaking. While on the general subject of re deeming swamp lauds -by effective drainage, we may add a suggestion which we have been asked to make public for the sake of its possible use fulness in certain cases, lt is that not a few of the smaller ponds aud "swamps," which are to be found in this part of the State, and which cannot readily or economically be drained by ditches, could doubtless be dried out very quickly by sinking shallow wells a few feet in diameter within their limits. Numbers of these ponds and swampy places, oi. and off farms, there is good reason to believe, lire simply natural reservoirs of water, which is held in place by a thin substratum of "hard pan,"' clay or marl, forming a shallow basin, from which the surface water cannot escape, lt was a matter of gen eral remark just after the earthquake of 1886 that nearly all such reservoirs had "gone dry" in a few days as a re sult ol* that disturbance. A reasonable assumption is that the violent motion ol' tlie earth effectually "cracked the bottoms" of each basin, and that the water has accumulated again, in the course of thirteen years, by reason of the cracks being cemented again by the infiltration of line silt from above. The theory is a plausible one at any rate, and has been reduced to practice with wholly satisfactory results in one instance which we have seen reported from another State, lt might prove to be worth the cost of sinking an experi mental well or two. to some ot our farmers and land-owners in these parts. - .Xrirs <iinl Courin'. - Peer tabloids are about to be put on tlie market by a German linn. A small tablet dropped into a glass ol' water will turn it into beer as fresh as ? if just drawn, it is asserted. I Tilt' Climate >'ot Changea. If thieve is any one subject on which the people in this part of thc country arc nearl}' unanimously agreed it is in their oft expressed conviction that the climate hereabouts has greatly changed for the worst during this ccntirry, i'n that the winters are much colder than they used to be, and that the "frost line" is far south of its former position, and is creeping further southward every year. Mr. Jesunofsky, our local official weather sharp, supported this belief in part by showing by the records that the cold spell last February was the coldest in two hundred years, but stag gered it again by citing evidence to show that there have been several falls of snow in this region, and that groves of olive and orange trees on the coast were frozen out by a blizzard in the seventeenth century-about 1070, as we remember. Yesterday our Beaufort correspon dent reported the further interesting fact that, according to an old diary in his possession, to-day, April 15, is the fiftieth anniversary of a decidedly "un seasonable" snow storm that pervaded Beaufort county, and doubtless others in the State as well, in 1849-fifty years ago, "and which was succeeded by three days of freezing weather which effectually killed vegetation, and even trees, all over Georgia, South Carolina and parts of Florida." There was not the same howl over the visitation then that is heard on such occasions now since the States named have taken to growing peaches, garden truck and oranges for the northern market, so that the "cold wave" in question was long since forgotten, but the fact is, as noticed, that the three States were swept by a pretty stiff blizzard, cold enough to kill trees, as late as two months after the date to the never-to be forgotten one of this year. It is a safe assumption, in view of these reported occurrences, that our climate has not changed so very much since early colonial days, after all, and this view of the question is strongly sustained by the authoritive declara tions of a high weather authority, the Monthly Weather Review, as reported by one of our exchanges. In the first place, says that journal, according to the most acceptable judgments of the day the climate of the country at large "is not changing perceptibility," and the climate of this part of it cannot well change much in such conditions. "The mean temperatures recorded by the earliest observers, Xorth and South," moreover, "are not materially different from the temperatures record ed to-day," and this is true of the cli mate abroad, as well as at home. Four "very disastrous frosts," or freezes, it is noted particularly, have visited the South in this century, and it is believed that the first, which came in 1835, "was : the worst." "That winter was preced ed and followed by other winters of i extraordinary harshness," and so was j "the memorable winter of 188G and that of 1894, and this last fierce winter." It might almost be established as a rule, it is noted, that the hardest winters "are but the climaxes of periods of un usual refrigeration," and between these cold periods are sandwiched warm ones. "No attempt," finally, "is made to explain the warmth of the long in terval between 1835 and 188(1, except by the statement that in earlier days no widespread notice was given to any thing less than extraordinary freezes." The figures collected by the Weather ?au are conclusive on the subject, of course, and we must, however un willingly, accept the declaration that "the climate" is no worse, on the whole, taking one year and on?i "period" with another, than it used to bf. That it appears to be growing colder every year is, perhaps, sufficiently, if sadly, explained bj'the fact that, people are older now than they used to be.-Xews j and Vonrter. - An orange tree that Avili flourish and bear fruit as far north as St Louis is promised by Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural department. The destruc tion of the orange groves in the South during the past three or four years by severe weather directed Mr. Wilson s attention to the matter, and he went to experimenting. The result of his work is that he has crossed thc orange tree with the Japanese trifoliata, a hardy variety of fruit, and has obtain ed an orange tree that will live through severe frost. Several thousand of these trees will be planted this spring, and in case the experiment succeeds the nation will owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Wilson. - R. F. Holcombe's government distillery, near Easley, was raided and thc property, valued at $1,000, was seized by constables Altoni and Tol and. The property, coosisting of a tine 75-gallons capacity copper still, 400 gallons of. liquor, oa steam boiler and other fixtures, was turned over to thc government authorities upon in structions from Columbia. The dis tillers are accused of violating the revenue law by stealing a march on the gauger by operating the plant at night without his supervision - In ironing tablecloths, the creases should be varied from time to time, so as to avoid wear. - If clothes make the man some men must patronize mighty poor tailors. STATE SEWS. - The Citadel Cadets will have their annual encampment at Orange burg. - Adaline Lindsay, colored, died at Due "West a few days ago, aged 102 years. - Orangeburg will this year experi ment largely with tobacco. They want something better than four-cent cotton. - Governor Ellerbe improves very slowly. While he is able to attend . to official business he is by no means . a well man. - Engineers have begun work on the Congaree at Columbia preparatory j to deepening the channel of the river and making it navigable. - In anticipation of the increased acreage in tobacco this year, a number I of gentlemen have begun the building of another warehouse in Manning. ! - Mr. August Reckling, the oldest Knight of Pythias in the State, died in Columbia a few days ago. He was 82 years of age and a most excellent citizen. j - The Secretary of the Navy has ordered the cruiser "Raleigh," just returned from Manila, to visit Charles ton during the Veterans's Reunion next month. - Capt. G. G. Wells, a prominent lawyer and a Confederate veteran, died at his home, in Greenville, from a stroke of paralysis, Tuesday morning, 11th instant. - Last week in Greenville Miss [ Minnie Pollard sued John Jenkins for $5,000 damages in a breach of promise suit and was awarded a ver dict of ?2,500. - The State Phosphate Commis- ** sion will meet in Columbia next Mon day to elect a Phosphate Inspector. There are five candidates fer the po sition, which pays a salary of $1,500 a year. - C. B. Smith, of Columbia, and Paul Trapier Hayne,f of Greenville, have been appointed second lieuten ants in the regular army from this State. Both are graduates of the Cit adel and members of the same class. - Tn the last few years many car loads of beef cattle have been shipped from this State to Virginia and Mary land markets. The demand will in crease and the price will advance, for cattle are scarcer North and West than for several years. - Mr. Thomam J. Thackman, for many years State armorer, died in Co lumbia. He was armorer before and during the war, and since that time, until a few weeks ago, when he was retired from office. Since then he has been in declining health up to his death. ' - Mr. G. W. Andrews, of Green wood, had a servant with him in the Confederate army who was faithful and true as steel to his young master, facing every danger and providing ra tions when the government failed to do so. This old negro is now about eighty years of age and Mr. Andrews furnishes him with rations every month as a reward for his faithfulness dur ing the perilous times of war. - Rev. Robert Anderson Fair died in Savannah, Ga., on Tuesday, 11th, at the residence of his son, Rev. Jas. Y. Fair, pastor of the Independent Presbyterian church, at the age of about SO years. In the civil war he was Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventh South Carolina Regiment, and at the close of the war entered the Presby terian ministry, in which he remained faithfully and ably for many years. The interment took place at Long Cane, in Abbeville county. - On last Wednesday near Dacus ville Dr. W. C. Black, of this city, assisted by Drs. Jesse Morgan and W. M. Ponder, performed a surgical ope ration on a lady 22 years -old of more than usual interest. They removed I an ovarion tumor (cyst) weighing 40 ? pounds, and they say that all symp I toms now indicate that the patient will recover. A tumor of such pro portions is a very rare affection in a young unmarried woman and its re moval is a serious and difficult matter. - Grccnvilh' Kens. - Smallpox is gradually being stamped out in this State. During the past two winters it has been epidemic in various sections of the State. Be fore Christmas it was widespread in the Mayesville neighborhood, in Sum ter county. The State board of health had no funds with which to meet the emergency, and the epidemic was fought with the meagre residue of the governor's contingent fund. When the general assembly met there was introduced on the first day a concur rent resolution to give to the State board $2,500 with which to stamp out the smallpox. The general assembly gave to thc health authorities an ad ditional $7,500.