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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. .m-? ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17. 1895?. VOLUME XXXIV-NO. 47. THE BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST CASH PRICES ! THAT'S the inducement we are making to secure your trade. We lou t begin to sell Goods at lower prices than others if we sold on Credit. ih Buying and Cash Selling is the only way to cut prices down. We |;e cut them deep, and the advantage is mostly gained by you. ?very cash dollar you spend with us will purchase more than a promised piv dollar will buy anywhere. When we say we can save you money on ir CLOTHING, HATS and FURNISHINGS, we mean every word of it. ive want is a chance to show our Goods and to quote you the low prices I them Remember, we give you-YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU INT IT. IN'S BLACK WORSTED SUITS. By an interesting turn in trade we secured a big lot of Black Worsted [?niuch below their market value. These Suits are full regular made, i good Serge linings and sewed with silk all over. They are the kind of that the Credit Stores make a leader of at $6.50. We have marked $5.00. won't last long at the above pi ice. tNTo matter what you want in the Clothing line you'll save money by :?Dg your Cash with you to this Store because WE SELL IT F?R LESS." THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. iil-Orr Drug Company's Specials! ? ros mer, ?elli andi lp Red Glover Compound, The greatest and best blood purifier. Pint bottle Si .00. [son's Headache Powder. Safe and sure for all pains in the bead. 10c. and 25c. it, The beat of all Cough Remedies. 25c. and 50c. ID. Co's. Horse and Cattle Powder. A teaspoonful is a large dose and the result will surprise you, A fine Tonic and specially good for hide-bound and stoppages. 15c. and 25c. a bagful. |son's Palatable Worm and Liver Syrup. Removes the. worms every time, is safe, and is not to ba followed by castor oil or other active ad nauseating medicines. 35c. lol. We offer this new and latest :emedy for Headache, Neuralgia and all pains. This remedy we need not recommend, as it stands abc^e all remedies heretofore offered as a reliever of any kind of pain. 25c boxes. ILL-ORR DRUG CO., Headquarters for Medicines of all kinds, Faints, Oils, Glass, Seeds and Dye Stuffs. ihi*!-_-__-.-.-. >rit| roJ| SPRING SHOE DEPARTMENT L ^flnow open for the inspection of the publie, and we know we can suit H% in exactly the Shoe yon want. In Men's Shoes we have out prices, ae|B selling high grade., first quality Harvard Ties at $1.00-former price fl Men's Satin Calf, thoroughly solid Shoes-former price $1.25-our OW flat only 90c. In Fine Shoes wc have all the latest and newest produc m all shades of Tans and Viol Kids, Cordovans and Patent Leathers. ? give you any style Toe or any width made. ?Ladies* and Misses Shoes we are suro. there is no house in the city fl compare with us J IN 8TYM3, FIT OB PRICE. CB have everything in Oxfords and Spring Hool Shoes, iu Blacko and B?ou want to see the most perfect-fitting, attractive and elegant linc of Vmd up-to-date footwear ever shown in Anderson come in to see us. flare headquarters for Shoes. Very trtdy, NBj D. C. BROWN & BRO. I \" fl. ;. ijJ?MBlMw ' Making Their Influence Pay. COLUMBIA, May 14.-if has been a no ticeable circumstance that on occasions of the meetings of the State board of control ic this city the hotel registers indicated more than the usual number of persons stoppiug temporarily ?n the city. The whiskey drummers are, of course, here on such occasions in full force, about twenty being usually on hand. Their presence is perfectly nnt - ural, and their coming excites no com ment. But with them usually come some men more or less known in this State, and men who, so far as thc pub lic is aware, are in no way connected with the dispensary or whiskey inter ests. These are most assiduous in at tendance upon the meetings, and cnn be seen constantly in company with tho regular drummers. Sometimes they come iu such numbers that at night the hotel lobbies have the appearance usu al during Legislative sessions. It has been developed that what has been long suspected, is true, and that is thr.t these m*>n represent whiskey, wine, beer or supply houses "on the quiet," and they come here ostensibly ou a visit, but really for the purpose of pull ing for business like anybody else. Sometimes orders have been given them in a small way, and sometimes they come in for a big slice of the business. As might have been expected it soon beean tobe hinted that these people were getting orders by reason of polit ical pulls, or i ?ugh persoual influ ence. It is not asserted that members of the board were influenced by 6uch con siderations, though that is not an un heard-of thing, but the fact is that such talk became quite common. The present board, in view of the opposi tion she rn to the dispensar}' during the last Legislature, wants to avoid as far as possible all such insinuations, and at the last meeting, in an "execu tive session,1' it is alleged this matter was discussed, and the board had de termined to purchase hereafter only from agents of liquor houses, who are known to be such, and to throw the other fellows aside in order to avoid the semblance of favoritism or the idea that political or personal influence has anything to do with the purchases. Whether such action was definitely taken or not cannot be positively stated. Chairman Miles was asked about it on one of his visits to the dispensary this week, and he said the matter had been informally discussed, but he did not think any positive action was taken, he having left for home before the meeting adjourned.-News und Courier. Gen. M. C. Butler Talks. The Augusta Chronicle prints two interviews with Gen. M. C. Butler. In one of these the general says be favors acquiring the Philippines, offering the negroes in this country inducements to go there, and paying their way. In the other he is thus reported: "Free silver? Well, it is hard to say. Personally, while an ardent supporter of silver in the last campaign, I am not heartily in favor of making it the fore most issue in the next. It has been before inc people once and luis been disclaimed and declared against. Get some new issue. Don't drag a dead he :-8e into the ring. ? "Not all the leading democrats will now support the Chicago platform, for the reason that a man may want tobe a democrat and still not be anarchistic. Had the Chicago platform simply been based upon a championship of silver and such radical attacks as that against the supreme court been omitted, it would have been well. "While silver may play a minor part in the democratic platform for 19001 think there will be some new thing taken hold of-expansion, perhaps. You know the country is full of talk, pro and con, regarding expansion, and democrats are divided upon the mat ter, as indeed are republicans. "Mr. Bryan is going around the country decrying expansion when Jef ferson was the greatest expansionist the country has ever seen. He is try ing to make silver the leading issue, but it ia a question whether or not he will succeed. "Who will be the* candidate? That is another question impossible to an swer. Bryan has a strong endorse ment, bul he ia too firmly welded to free silver to be the man it silver is not tho issue. I thiuk Gorman of Maryland, ia a much stronger man. He is an astute politician and a statesman. His recent defeat for < the senatorship, I think, may be traced to Cleveland's dislike for him, as may the downfall of other politicians. But Gorman is a strong mah nationally and can do more to dissipate party differences than pos sibly Mr. Bryan can. "I have left politics forever, thank God, but I think that there is coming a union of tho democrat and populist parties, which will both havo their in fluence'on the platform of thc coming campaign." Haw's Thia. We ofter Ono Handrad Dollart reward for any (Ut . t Catarrh that cannot be cared by Hall's CR Ur r li Cure. Wo. the uni"ralgnrd hare koowa fri?, Cheney for toe>a*t. 15 years, and helio vii bim perfectly honorable io all business transactloua and fl atti dally able to carry out any obligations mada by their firm WEST <t TRUAX, Wholesale Drugrltts, Toledo, O. WALDIX?. KINMAH St MABVTK, Wholi B?J? Drug gtsta, Toledo. O. Ha'l's t^tarrh cu?*? U tz?-- Inter-lij, arning directly upon tba blood and mucous surface* ol the syatcm T?*ttmonta)s aent free. Price 76c pe* ?wittie RoM hv all dru/?lata Hall'a Fa? ll y PiUs aro the best. Food Adulterations. The adulteration of food products has proceeded in this country to an alarming extent. It is estimated that thc people of the United titntcs spend no less than S-V 000,000,000 tt year for food and that nine-tenths of this money is paid for articles of food which arc more or less adulterated. All food adulterations are not injurious to health, though a great majority of them, probably nine-tenths, are so in greater or less degree Flour, cottee and syrup arc among the article? of common usc which arc most rarely found pure, but the list of impure food products ottered to the public and palmed ott' upon it includes almost every species of food and drink. The adulterations of drinks from whis kies, brandies, wines, cordials and beers to milk and mineral waters are almost innumerable. The art of adul terating food has beeu carried to a very fine point by American ingenuity and has proved immensely profitable to those who practice it, while it has un doubtedly worked great damage to the general health. A report of the Con necticut agricultural experiment sta tion on foods made only a few days ago shows to what an estent frauds of this character are perpetrated in that State. Sausages were found to be embalmed with borocic acid and oysters also. Forty-three samples of fruit jelly out ofOJi examined were impure. Out of 49 samples of jams, marmalades, etc., only three were found to be pare. Adulteration. of this kind suggests to the Charleston Xeivs and Courier the fact that there is a large opening in the South for the manufacture and prepa ration of pure jellies, jams, pickles and many other articles of food which it is hard to find unadulterated. Both fed eral and State legislation have been directed against food adulterations but they seem to become common in spite of all efforts to check and prevent them. It is a wise mau who knows what he is eating nowadays.-Atlanta Journal. Sad Flight of Our Men. WASHINGTON, May IS.-The startling story which came through Associated Press channels to-day from Hong Kong describing the situation in the First Nebraska regiment at Manila created something of a stir at the war depart ment. The dispatch was not permitted to go from Manila, where the censor ship pencil intercepted it. So it became necessary to send it from Hong Kong. The dispatch proves what had been suspected here for seme time, that the condition of the volunteer troops on the island of Luzon is not as cheerful as General Otis hafi portrayed it. and that the censor at Manila is making his power felt. No dispatch received from Manila had been read with deeper interest at the war department than that which was sent by the Associated Press via Hong Kong. War department officials and army officers did not care to bc quoted upon the subject, but the com ment generally among army officers was that the troops which had been I fighting so long and continuously, were exhausted and were really in need of rest, lt was explained that the men did not fear fighting, but after fighting and marching and constant picket du ty they were tired out and much ex hausted. Some of the army officers suggested that the action of the Ne braska regiment was like a town meet ing, and that the army could not be conducted upon such lines. Comment was made to the effect that the dis patches indicated that the various reg iments were on duty constantly and that there was no reserve io relieve them when they reached the limit of endurance. It was stated by an officer in the de partment that one reason why it had been impossible to relieve the volun teers with regulars now at Manila was because the regulars recently sent to the Philippines were at least two-thirds recruits, and wen? necessarily untrain ed and lacked the discipline of the vol unteers who are now veterans. It is believed that General Otis did not care to risk the hard fighting to untrained men and that he desires the volunteers to remain at the front because he is sure of them in any emergency. Cotton Acreage Reduced. WASHINGTON, I>. C.. May 10.-The cotton irop report for May indicates merely the belief of correspondents on May 1st as to the intentions of planters regarding the acreage to bo planted and ali the estimates are liable to mod ification during May. They should bo regarded merely as a general indication of the strength of the apparent tendency toward en largement or redaction ot acreage. In every cotton growing State tho indica tions on the 1st inst., pointed to reduc tion of acreage, with corresponding decrease in the .salo of fertilizers and increased acreage in various food crops. Tho probnble reduction by States is ns follows : In Mississippi and Indian Torritory, 5 jper cent.; Alabama, 8; Texas, 0; Arkansas, 10; South Caro lina, ll; Louisiana, 12; Georgin, 13; North Catalina and Teuncssee, 14-; Ok lahoma, 18. Cheap Printing. Law Briefs at 60 cents a Page-Good Work, Good Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minutes ehftAn*?r thzr. at au/ other House. Catalogues in tho best style. If you have printing todo, it will bo to ?our interest to write to the Press and tanner, Abbeville S. C; tf. Dewey Comes Home at Once. WASHINGTON. May 12.-"SendOlym pia's ihnil to H. F. Stevens, No. 4 Tra falgar Square, London, Knglund." was the notice given out at the navy de partment to-day. This is thc first for mal indication that the famous flagship ?s corning home immediately. Upon inquiry it was ascertained that Secretary Long hail last evening cabled Admiral Dewey permission to return at once to the United States. Helms been relieved of the obligation of re maining at Manila until the Philippine commission completes its work. He is not even required to await the cessa tion of hostilities, but may start home ward at once. The notice posted at the navy department indicates that the Olympia will nut remain long enough to receive the next outward mail. The Mr. Stevens referred to is the navy de partment's agent at London to distri bute allot the mail of the United States warships in European waters, so he will see to it that the Olympia receives hers as soon as she passes the Sue/, canal, lt is estimated at thc navy de partment that Dewey will reach the United States in time toi a national j d?monstration on the Fourth of July. The Olympia will not come under full steam, but nevertheless she should make the run to New York in about 55 days from Manila. That she is to come to New York is nearly certain, as shown by the following response made by Secretary Long to the urgent message of invitation to Dewey from Mayor Yan Wyck, of New York. It maybe stated that this was sent before th?? notice was sent to Dewey that he might come home at once: "Navy Department, Washington, 1). C., May IL-Sir: I am in receipt of your telegram with regard to the return ol' Admiral Dewey and expressing a ?le sire that he arrivo first in the country at New York. . The time of his return has not been fixed ami the depart ment has taken no other action than to au thorize his return whenever the condi tion of the peace commission shall per mit. As to the route he shall take in returning, tho department is inclined to leave that to him. He has served with great ability,and must necessarily feel so much the affect of arduous labors in a trying climate and under trying circumstances that the depart ment is disposed to let him covent himself in this respect largely by thc consideration of his own personal con venience and wishes. It is understood, however, that Admiral Dewey will elect to return to New York. Very respectfully, "JOHN D. LON?;, "Secretary Navy." Heady to go to Manila= CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May 12.--Gen. Joe Wheeler is in Chattanooga, where he met the river anti harbor committee of Congress to-night to go with the members down the Tennessee. Hiver. The committee is looking at the river with a view of making recommenda tions as to an appropriation to carry on, necessary work and develop the river. Gen. Wheeler gave cut an interview to-day, in which he criticised Speaker Heed for his failure to recognize him on the floor of the House the last ?lay of the session. He said : "That was part and parcel of Heed's assumption of authority which the Constitution did not give him. The Constitution states that the House shall be judge of the election and qualification of its mem bers. This means that the majority vote shall determine this question by a vote of more than 2 to 1. They refused to even cousider the question of declar ing the seat vacant, and even after that Mr. Heed, in direct violation of the Constitution, assumed to decide this question for himself. But that was all right, I am still here ; it ?lid not hurt me." Gen. Wheeler will resign from Con gress if he is sent to tho Philippines for active service as a general in the regu lar army. In regard to the matter he said: 'Twill do just what the President tells me to do in regard to my sent in Congress. If he says for me to go to Manilla with the army and there are no signs of peace, I will resign from Con gress, otherwise I will retain my seat in the next House of Hcpresentntives. "I would like to see active service very much; in fact, it is my only desire. 1 want to go to the Philippines and help whip the insurgents there." Talking of the Confederate Bennion, Gen. Wheeler said: "It is pleasant to see that thirty-four years after the close of tho war Con federate Veterans and their sons are more cordial and earnest in their sup port of the Government than people in some of the other localities. The peo ple of the South were earnest in asking for service in the field, and it is grati fying to know the Government has not been embarrassed by any criticism from the Southern people, ami that no Southern Governor has asked for the discharge and return home of our vol unteer sobliors. lt is also gratifying to see that when Governors of other States have made such requests. South ern people have beggetl to bo allowed to take their place in the front of the battlc.'VJVcie YorJfc Tribune - The best day in the whole year for duty is to-day. - A bad actor is sometimes the ham served with antique eggs. Southern iiaptist Convention. Loi ISVIM.K, K?.. May IS, is;t<?. ?huir Mr. hJditor: Perhaps your wad er* would like to hear a word from the meeting of the Southern Baptist Con tion. now in session in Louisville, Ky. . NV?' caine by tho Southern Railroad, t and were very much pleased with thc routes. One way lay along by Atlanta, Chattanooga and Lexington to Louis ville The sienes from Lexington to Louisville is beautiful. The sun shone bright on the large trees that stood by j the mud side or in the line pasture I lands, and spread their shadows on the beautiful blue grass as it sparkled with the morning dew. Here and there great herds of horses, eows and sheep strolled over the rich -.allies of grass, well watered with small streams and springs. There were small towns given solely to the distilling of liquors. One still or one linn, is Kidd to usc :l.(HH) bushels of corn a ?lay and runs nine months in the year. This whis key Hows into Louisville and makes it the second larges! whiskey market in the (tinted States. This proud city, which is beautifully situa ted on the Ohio Uiver, claims to have thc largest, manufacture and sale of tobacco in the world. The inhabitants, which number about :t00,000, are divid ed into three classes. Northeners. i Southend's and foreigners. With all. it makes a tine combination,possessing the integrity and courtesy of the South and the vim and push of the North. Thc Southern Baptist Seminary, the largest. Seminary in thc Tinted Slates, and the largest Iiaptist. Seminary in thc world, is located on Fifth anti Broad way streets, ami is the pride of thc denomination. Thc conventional ser mon to-night by Dr. Trait, of Texas, was one of the best ever preached be fore the convention. Respectfully, IL .1. Wil l i vu*. Pendleton Items. .Messrs. W. J. Martin, R. K. Sloan, Samuel McCreary, M. C. Dickson, Jesse Stribling. XV. M. Gibson.* Miss Lila Stribling, Sponsor, Miss Mamie and Laura Davaut, and others, attended the reunion last week. Charleston cer tainly did her duty to the old veteraus. Your correspondent took the senti ment of forty-seven Georgiaus, who said it. was the best reunion ever held. Mr. W. G. Austell, CT. Bridges, of Gaffney, Mr. B. Y. H. Lowery, of Sen eca, MIOM. A. Terrell of Westminster, and others gave Charleston the praise. Mr. Charlie Boggs, who lives nenr our town, we hear is very sick. Rev. Mr. Watson, pastor of thc Methodist Church, is conducting a series of meetings at the church in this place, at night. Capt. .LC. Stribling had a very narrow escape by the cylin der head of his Engine at his brick yard blowing out. lb* thought bc was again in the Confederate war, and he felt around for bis gun under thc ex citement of thc moment. Thelndiesof the Presbyterian Church served icc cream alni strawberries last Thursday, and were liberally patron ized. . TEM. TALK. No Governmental Care or Confederate Graves* CiiAitLKSTON, S. C., May 12.-The ne port of thc committee on the resolution relative to thc president's suggestion that the government care for Confede rate graves, is an follows: "Your committee to whom was re ferred the resolution introduced by General S. D. Lee, begs to report the following substitute, with the recom mendation of the committee that the same bc adopted: "The United Confederate Veterans in their annual reunion assembled de sire to place upon record their siuccre appreciation of the utterance of the president of the United States in At lanta in December last concerning the assumption of the care of the graves of our Confederate dead by the national government. "Wo appreciate every kindly senti ment expressed and wc shall welcome any legislation which shall result in thc care of tho graves of our comrades in the northern States of our govern ment. "In regard to our dead whose re mains are resting in the States which were represented in the Confederacy and Maryland, the care of their tinal resting places is a sacred trust dear to the hearts of the southern women, and we believe wc eau safely let it remain there." "Thc resolution, after an exciting de bate, was adopt cd. Pension Schemers Fleece Negroes. - NKW YOUK, May ir?.-A special to the Herald from Washington says: Thousands of colored men m this country ar?' being induced to believe that they are to be pensioned by tho United States government upon being a bip to show that they were formerly slaves. Thc promoters of this scheme have been at work for several years and it is estimated that more than $150,000 in small sums has been col lected by those having the project in hand. According to a circular sent out, a copy of which is now in the hands of a certain United States Senator, one of the offices is in Nashville, Tenn. LIL Dickerson is general manager. The circular is headed "Onward rn Victory." it also contains what purports to be a picture of General Manager Dickerson. W. C. Lawson, of Washington, is men tioned ns attorney. Auother circular bears a picture of i Senator William E. Mason, of Illinois. STATE NEWS. - A big cotton mill is being erect? cd at Hcnncttsville. - Fur man University will have twenty two graduates this year. - The now military company afc Greenville is now fully organized. - Thc attorneys for Col. Neal stat'.; that he is prepared to settle with the State. - There seems to be a determined effort to build a hotel at Piekens. The chances now for success are de cidedly promising. - Attorney General Bellinger hai been chosen to deliver the anniversary address before Furman University, afc the commencement in June. - A company, capitalized at $H)U, 000, is being organized in this State for pressing round cotton bales. It in called the "S. C. Round Hale Co." - While (Jen. M. C. Butler is aa advocate of free silver, he believes that it will be unwise for the Demo crats to make that a leading plank ia their platform. - We are glad to learn that Gover nor FJlerbe has greatly improved sine;; his removal to his home in Marion. Ho is riding around visiting friends and neighbors. - Columbia is uioving'for a big ho tel to accommodate pleasure and health seekers in the winter. A northern capitalist, proposes to erect one pro vided the citizens will contribute a lot worth $15,000. - On Wednesday morning. 10th. instant, at Keowee, Deputy Sheriff B. R Moss and Mr. L. L. Jarrard cap tured John Sullivan and Monroe Hale, two negroes, who are wanted at Car terville, Ga., for burglary and lar ceny. - The acts and joint resolutions of the General Assembly of South Caro - lina, passed at the session of 1890, have just been issued. These form a part of thc 23d volume of the statutes at large, commencing with the aots of this session. - Mr. E. A. Scott, an aged and highly esteemed citizen of Newberry, died a few days ago. He was a mem ber of the Catholic Church, and left an estate valued at $25,000. Among his bequests was $500 to the Thorn well Orphanage. - The Seaboard Air Line, which has been surveying for its line between Cheraw and Columbia, has practically completed the work from Cheraw to Camden, and contracts will be let out this week for grading the road be tween the two points. - A little child of Mr. John Paoe, a well-to-do farmer of Pickens oounty, swallowed a safety pin opened, a few Jays ago, which after remaining in the child's stomach 12 days, passed leaving the child uninjured and none the worse for the ordeal. - It is reported that the Southern Railroad has bought the Carolina Mid land Railroad. This road runs from Batesburg to Allendale, and it will be made a part of the proposed line be tween Columbia and Savannah, neces sitating the building of a comaratively short mileage of track to complete the route. - There is such a demand for ad mission to Winthrop College that those desiring to attend begin filing their applications early. Already something like 50 have made formal application for admission to the col lege next fall, and President Johnson is constantly receiving letters of in quiry and requests for catalogues. - Every day the people of Cherokee county are growing more enthusiastic over the big celebration to be held afc Cowpens battle ground on May 27th. Thc executive committee of the Cow pens Battle < J round Memorial Associa tion, under the auspices of which the celebration is to be held, has been hard at work and everything points to a great success. - The fire insurance men of the State propose to have quite a gather ing in Columbia during thc firemen's tournament in June. They wish to form a State Fire Insurance Associa tion, and say that there is no purpose to organize a trust or combination, but merely to form such an organization, as will result in good not only to the agents themselves but to the t?remer. and the people as well. - Mr. John C. Walker, ex-post master at Ninety-Six, has becu lodged in jail at Greenwood by United State* Commissioner Frierson in default ot $700 bond for his appcaranoo at the October term of the United States district court at Greenville. The charge against him is "using and die posing of revenue stamps iu the pay ment of debts and the purchase ot merchandise, he being at the time postmaster and entrusted with the core and custody of stamps.