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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDEESON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1. 1899. ~ VOLUME XXXIV-NO. 36 THE BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST SPOT CASH PRICES ! THAT'S the inducement wc are making to secure your trade. We couldn't begin to sell Goods at lower prices than others if we sold on Credit. .Cash Buying and Cash Selling is the only way to cut prices down. We . have cut them deep, and the advantage is mostly gained by you. N ' Every cash dollar you spend with us will parchase more than a promised ic-pay dollar will buy anywhere. When we say we can save you money on pour CLOTHING, BATS and FURX^SHINGS, we mean every word of it. Ali we want is a chance to sh?w our Goods and to quote you the low prices 'on them. Remember, we give you-YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU WANT IT. . MN'S BLACK WORSTED SUITS, By an interesting turn in trade we secured a big lot of Black Worsted "Snirs much below their market value. These Suits are full regular made, wini good Serge linings and sewed with silk all over. They are the kind of .Snits thiit the Credit Stores make a leader of at 86.50. We have marked ^at$5.00. They won't last long at the^above pi ice. No matter what you want in the Clothing line you'll save money, by^ bringing your Cash with you to this Store because ';*. ; . ; " t ' WE SELL IT FOR LESS." , THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. Hill-Orr Drug Company's Specials ! Syrup Eed Glover Compound, The greatest and best,blood purifier. Pint bottle SI.00. Johnson's Headache Powder. Sate and sure for all pains in the bead. 10c. and 25c Tannint, 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 specially 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. Jfamnol. s 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 hei rtofore offered as a reliever of any kind of pain. 25c boxes. ' HILL-ORB DRUG CO., Headquarters for Medicines of all kinds, Faints, 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 out prices, and are selling high grade, first quality Harvard TieB 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 Vici Kids, Cordovan? and Patent Leathers. We can give you any style Toe or any width ma le. In Ladies' and Misses Shoes we are sure there is no house in the city ?who can compare with us IN STYLE, FIT OB PKI< E We have everything in Oxfords and Spring Heel Shoes, in Flacks and Tans. If you want to see the most perfect-fitting, attractive and elpgant line of stylish and up-to-date footwear ever shown in Anderson come in to sec us. We are headquarters for Shoes. Very truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO. Doesn't Feed Her People. WASHINGTON, May 21.-A report on the plant products of the Philippine Islands .lust received bj the agricul tural department is authority for the statement that the Philippines, al though an agricultural country, do not produce enough food for the consump tion of its inhabitants. In order to supply the deficiency it is the custom to draw upon other rice producing countries, notably the Fren eli colony of Cochin China. No explanation of this condition is offered, the report dealing exclusively with agricultural resources of the island as they now exist. The report shows that of the ir?a of the Philippine Islands one-ninth, or about 8,000,000 acres, is devoted to ag riculture. Taking into account the natural fertility of the soil aud the vast portion of these rich lands not yet j under cultivation, it can safely be as sumed, it added, that with better j methods of exploitation the total agri- ; cultural production of the islands could be increased to ten or fifteen times its present amount. One of the most important food pro ducts of the island is rice, whicii forms the staple food of not only the native population, but also of the numerous Chinese inhabitants. More than 100 varieties are grown, and by planting alternately an early and a late variety two crops a year can be secured. The ordinary price of rice in the husk is from sixty cents to sixty-five cents per bushel, while shelled rice brings from ninety cents to ninety-five cents per bushel. The annual production of this commodity is about 36,000,000 bushels, an amount far below the actual re quirements of the population, even when supplemented by maize, sweet potatoes, bananas and other native fruits and tubers. In some years the quantity of rice imported into Manila from Saigon has exceeded 8,200,000 bushels, with a value of nearly $2,000, 000. Maize, next to rice, is the most im portant of the grain products of the Philippines, the report stating that in several provinces it is the chief subsis tence of the natives. Tuberous roots also constitute a val j uable source of food. Among these the sweet potato occupies first rank, with an annual production" of about 98,000, 000 pounds. The common white pota to, although a rather inferior quality, comes next in importance. Then fol lows th? camatengcahoy or manihot. There are also a large number of other roots and vegetables, the list in cluding most of the more common kinds that are grown in this country. Fruits grow in great abundance, ba nanas heading the list, while other va I rieties are the mango, pineapple, or ange, lemon, plums, bread fruit and pawpaw. The Philippine plants cultivated for industrial purposes are quite numerous. Among saccharriferous plants cane is the only one that is at present employ ed for the manufacture of sugar. A species of sorghum called batad is grown, but does not appear to be used for sugar making. Owing to crude methods of manufacture the sugar made in the Philippines is inferior in quality and consequently brings a low price. About 500,000 pounds a year are exported, exceeding in importance all other exports except those of" Manila hemp, of which nearly the entire crop is marketed abroad. Thc average yearly 'shipments amount to nearly 100,000 long tons. Cotton has recently lost much of its former importance, partly because of excessive taxation, but principally be cause of the successful competition of British fabrics. Hampton Thanks His Friends. To the people of the State :- My duties during the past week at the Kennion in Charleston left me no opportunity of expressing to my friends my grateful sense of the spontaneous and almost universal sympathy shown by them for the loss I have recently sustained by fire. Let me now assure them that I am profoundly touched by their man ifestation of kindness and by the pro posal to rebuild my house. Hut they must pardon me for asking them to abandon this intended act of kindness, though thc motives which prompt it are fully and gratefully ap preciated. I cannot accept from my friends a testimonial of regard stich as they propose, but thc affection shown by them in wishing to reimburse mc for my loss can never be forgotten, for it is prized by me far more than any: gift from them could ever be. It is the duty of every citizen to serve his State whenever called on to do so, and his sole reward should be the con sciousness of having fulfilled that ob ligation. If my fellow citizens think that I have ever been able to serve my State in any manner I only discharged my duty in doing- so, and am amply compensated for any service rendered by their verdict of "Well done, good and faithful servant." I am, with heartfelt thanks for the great kindness shown me, your fellow citizen, WADK HAMPTON. Cheap Painting Law Briefs at 60 cents a Page-Good ! Work, Good Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper than at any other houw.. Catalogues in the best stylo. If yon have printing todo, it will be to 1 your interest to write to the Press and Bannar. Abbeville, S. C. tf. I New Law. There is .1 law on the statute books of South Carolina which is very much a dead letter. This law was approved by the governor on the 3d day of March, 1800. It is entitled: "An Act to Prevent Drunkenness and Shooting Upon the Highway." The provisions of the law are very plain, simple and easily understood. . "That any person who shall engage in any boisterous conduct under the influence of intoxicating liquors, or while feigning to be under the influ ence of such liquors, or without just cause or excuse shall discharge any firearms while upon or within fifty yards of any public road, except upon his own premises, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or be im prisoned for not mon- than thirty days." Probably very few people know that there is such a law and it will be well to read it carefully and understand that there is a severe penalty attached. It will be easy to work up a "just ? cause or excuse" for discharging gun. ; pistol or other fire arni, but it AV i ll be dificult to work up an apology for a roaring, middle and both sides of the road jag; Thc jagger had better do the quiet, reeling, say nothing to nobody jag, as "boisterous" is thc essence of offense. The noise of firearms and the roar of the jagger seem to meet on a perfect equality in the provisions of this law. Cir en vi Ile News. A Jugular Vein Removed. Should William Jennings, lit years old of Greenport, L. I., recover from an operation on him at thc New York Eye and Ear infirmary, he will have tile distinction of being one of tho few persons to live with one jugular vein removed. He was taken to the hospi tal snffering from necrosis of the bone behind the left ear. Three inches of diseased bone was removed from his skull and an abcess in the brain was cut out. The removal of the left jugu lar vein was made necessary by the discovery of three clots of blood, which, unless removed, would result in death. Dr. Gorham Bacon performed the ope ration. Previous to being placed under anaesthetics the situation was explained to young Jennings, and he was told that the chances of saving his life were very slim. In addition to Dr. Bacon, there were twelve other physicians in attendance. The jugular vein was severed just above the collarbone and then cut from near the upper part ot the head and the ends tied. A portion of the vein several inches long was taken out. The physicians have strong hopes of Iiis recovery.--New York Sun. Lynching Case Decision. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., May 17.-Judge John H. Baker, of the United States District Court, has rendered a decis ion, in which he holds that the heirs of Marion Tyler, who was lynched at Scottsburg several months ago, had a right for action for damages against the sheriff of the county and his bonds men. The decision was rendered 011 a motion to overrule a demur to the complaint. James F. Gobin, the sheriff, and his bondsmen were required to answer the complaint within ten days. The case, which is for $25,000 damages, is expected to come to trial in about a month. In holding that a sheriff is re sponsible for the prisoners in, his care, the Court said : If the law imposes a duty of care in respect to animals and goods which he has taken into his possession by virtue of his office, why should not the law impose the duty of care on hint in re spect to human beings who are ii* his custody by virtue of his office? Is a helpless prisoner in the custody of a sherifi'less entitled to his care than a bale of goods or a dumb beast? The law is not subject to any such reproach. Gen. Gordon's Thanks. To thc Editor of the News and Courier : Thu official order expressing thc thanks of the I". C. V. organization to thc people of your State and city was written by Gen. Moorman, my able adjutant; general, at a time when I could not command thc leisure to take any part in its preparation or to give any expression to my personal appre ciation. 1 beg, therefore, to add, over my own signature, that no community has over deserved, or could deserve, a larger share of gratitude from all Uni ted Confederate Veterans than do the people of Charleston and South Caro lina. J. R. GORDON. Atlanta, May 13,1S0O. - She--Why haven't you told me that you had been married ? He Who said I was married ? She-.-I can tell by the way you take all the um brella yourself. How's This. We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case "f Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. We, tbe undersigned ba7e known t.v. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and finan dally able to carry out any oblijptions made bj their firm WR8T ? TRIMX, Wholesale. Druggists, Toledo, O. W ALDINA. KIN ?AU & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo. O. HaM's Catarrh Cure ls taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces o the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 7 So pe?* bottle Hold hv all d nudists Hall's Family Pills are thc best. Trusts, Trusts, Trusts! PITTSISUKG, May ly.-A combination of three of the largest manufacturers of lamp chimneys in the world and con trolling the output of the United States lias been practically completed. The George A. Macbeth Glass company and the Thomas Evans Glass company have been merged into the Macbeth Evans Glass company ana ihe Libbey Glass company of Toledo was ab sorbed by it. The company will have a capital of $2,000,000 and will operate the five best chimney plants in the United States. It will also control and own the plants for glass blowing ma chinery and will install these machines in all its plants. The headquarters of the new company will be in Pittsburg. The new combination will have an an nual output of 5,000,000 dozen lamp chimneys. PHILADELPHIA, May is-The Record to-day says: "The worsted yarn trust, to be known as the United States Wor sted Yarn company, with a capital of $JO,000,00(), is practically an assured fact, and all that remains to be done is the matter of formal organization. Nineteen worsted yarn spinners, in cluding the largest spinners in the country, have agreed to enter the trust. Their plants have been appraised, and the prices at which they are to be taken into the new company have been agreed upon." CHICAGO. May If.-A special to the Chronicle from St. Louis, Mo., says: Leading soap manufacturers of New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Kansas Cit}- and Nashville are organ izing a gigantic combine. Plans have been practically completed a? recent meetings held in St. Louis and Chicago and will be finally clinched at a ses sion to be held in Cincinnati next week, lt is said that the new combi nation will' have a capitalization of $50,000,000, one-half of which will be six per cent, preferred and the balance common stock. NKW YORK, May 18.-Gustav Hock of Habana is in this city arranging the union of his tobacco syndicate with the newly formed Habana commercial company, of which E. Garcia is the leading spirit. Mr. Bock's syndicate is English. It is expected that all arrangements for the union with the commercial company will be completed by June 1. If it is completed the effect will be a monopoly of all the higher grades of Habana cigars. New Flying Machine is not a Success. WASHINGTON, May 12.-Professor S. P. Langley, secretary of the .Smithso nian Institute, the inventor of the Aeriodome. who was given $20,000 by the board of ordnance to experiment with his flying machine for war pur poses, made his first test at Quantico, Va., yesterday. Professor Langley with the amount of money placed at his disposal built a new and larger ma chine than that with which he experi mented two years ago. The machine was launched from the tcp of a house boat anchored in a broad sweep of the Potomac, about three fourths of a mile from the island owned by the Quantico Pod and Gun club. The result was not so successful as were Professor Langley's former ex periments with thc smaller machine. The machine soared aloft to a height of 500 feet, but descended after a hori zontal flight of 800 feet. His former machine, which was propelled by a small steam engine, fifewthree-quarters of a mile, and only descended when steam was exhausted. It was under stood that Professor Langley was to overcome the limited power capacity of the former machine by the use of a condensing engine, which could repeat edly utilize the condensed steam from the boiler. Dreams Make One Fat. Au English physician' claim's to have discovered a new and efficacious cure for persons afflicted1 with nervous or mental maladies. If such persons, he says, can only proeure pleasant dreams they will soon regain their health, and his aim is, therefore, to furnish them with delightful dreams. For thispurpose lie uses a soft leather cap, which covers the patient's head and ears and leaves only the face un covered. Beside the ears are placed two metal plates, which are joined by a rubber tube to thc phonograph. Thc patient rests on a divan in a dark room and in front, of him is a sort of magic lantern, from which are projected at brief intervals various- enjoyable pic tures. In this way, it is claimed, the eyes of the sick person arc delighted, while at thc same time his ears are soothed by the vibrations of the pho nograph. As a result weariness comes upon him and is soon followed by slumber, and it is while he is dozing in this man ner that happy dreams are evoked, thanks to the phonograph and the ster eopticon. After this light slumber comes a deep sleep; which, wc are as sured, is always most beneficial. Several tests of this kind have been made with success, and it is said that not only are tired nerves refreshed by this method, but that the patient's body also rapidly increases in weight. That pleasant sonnds and sights are sooth ing to the nerves we have all known for a long time, but that pleasant dreams have a tendency to make per sons fat will certainly bc news to the general public. Tlie Truth About Our Country. To the Editor of Th*3 News and Cou rier : Please allow me to thank you for the first-class advertisement you have given my "School History of the Uni ted States" by republishing the article of the Philadelphia Press, which quotes the criticism of the G. A. R. Encamp ment at Buffalo on my book. I plead guilty to the soft impeach ment. I do teach in my history, as clearly and emphatically as I am able, that in the great "War Between the States" the Confederates were right and the Federals wongin the begin ning and in the conduct of the war. I teach clearly, and I think conclu sively, that the Southern States had ? not only a perfect right to secede, but sufficient cause for doing so, and that the war made upon us by the North was unconstitutional and wicked, and that in defending our soil from inva si?n, our homes and altars from des ecration, our people were not "rebels" or '.traitors.7' but as true patriots as the world ever saw. I do teach that as the ships of old England and of New England brought thc negroes to this country and sold them to the colonists-th at as the North ern States abolished slavery, not on moral, but purely on economic grounds, after they found that it would not pay iu their climate, and among a manu facturing people, as they did not free their negroes, but sold them South and pocketed the money-and inasmuch as the Constitution so distinctly recog nized slavery that Mr. Lincoln himself said in his inaugural address that he had "no right to interfere with slavery in the States, and no disposition to do so if he had the right," the proclama tion abolishing slavery was "unconsti tutional," and its final accomplishment by the triumph of brute force over jus tice and right was "a bold piece of wholesale robbery," and the plea of "military necessity" only "the plea of the'freebooter through the centuries." And I do teach that in the conduct of the war the Confederates "acted on the highest principles of modern civi lization, while Sherman's "March to the Sea" aud through the Carolinas, Sheri dan's desolation of the Shenandoah Valley and the conduct of other Federal soldiers were an eternal disgrace to the ri ag they bore. But excuse me, 1 did not mean to write so much, but merely wished to thank you for copying the article in the Philadelphia Press-beautiful rep resentative of "the City of Brotherly Love" and the "new era of fraternity between the sections"-which I shall ask my publishers to put into a circular and scatter all through the South. I do not de?y that Jones's School History is Confederate to the core, but 1 claim that the number of leading Northern papers which say that it is fair to both sections do not put it too strongly, and all I ask of Southern teachers and school authorities is a full examination of my book, that it may | stand or fall on its merits. Allow me to add my thanks for your editorial of to-day on Lee's feeling as to the war, and to say that the proofs that his heart aud soul were in "our great struggle'for constitutional free dom"-as he always called it-are cu mulative aud overwhelming. I call your attention to just one in addition to those you give. When, in June, 1869, that noble old Roman and unconquera ble patriot, Gen. Wade Hampton, made the address at Washington College, and was the guest of Gen. Lee, in a free talk with the great lieutenant about the war-its causes, conduct and re sults-Lee .said in reference to his own course, in refusing the supreme com mand of the Federal army and espous ing the cause of the South : "We could have taken no other course without dishonor, aud if it were all to be done over again I should act in precisely the same manner." Gen. Hampton related this incident at thc Reunion in Rich mond, and it was received with the most enthusiastic Confederate yells of i the vast crowd present. The G. A. R. may growl as much as they (please, but we must teach our children aud our childrens children that we thought we were right in '6l-'65, aud know now that we were right. J. WILLIAM JONES. Charleston, May 17, ISO!). Spring of Life Comes From Kids. CHICAGO, May 10.-The Tribune says: A discovery which, it is claimed, solves the problem of circumventing old age, has just been made public by Prof. Jos. IL Hawley and Alex. C. Weiner pf the Chicago Clinical school. The re turn to youth, it is asserted, is pro duced hy hypodermic injections of the lymphatic fluids of animals, particular ly young goats. The discovery was made a year ago, and subsequent dem onstrations of its efficacy are proved. The general theory of the discovery is that if the mineral deposits which accumulate in the bones?in the process of life can be replaced with the life cells contained in the lymphatic glands of goats, deterioration of'the bones will bc prevented and elasticity and youth will be retained in the system longer. A number of animals and human be ings, it is said, have been experiment ed on in Chicago with good results. The apostles of the discovery do not claim that a man or woman thus charged with goat's "life cells" will live forever, but they say life will be prolonged, perhaps doubled. ' STATE NEWS. J - Berry Allen, a negro man, waa j found dead near Seneca one day last i week. - T-he Neal investigating commit tee will meet again $une 13. G-lenn. Springs is suggested as the place for meeting. - The railroads carried 30,000 pas sengers into Charleston and home again during the Reunion without a single accident. - The medical examinations before the State Board of Medical Examiners in Columbia last week resulted in giv ing the State 48 new physicians. - The Carolina Midland Road has been purchased by the great Southern Railway system, which recently bought the South Carolina and Georgia Road. - The indications are now that there will be nine or ten candidates for governor and five or six for the United States senate in South Caro lina next year. ' . - Bishop J. S. Key, of Kentucky, ; will preside over the next meeting of the S. C. Conference M. E. Church, South, at Orangeburg, beginning De cember 9th. 1899. - Mr. Eugene Loeb, a most excel lent young man of Charleston, who has been attending the Scuth.Carolina College, was drowned last Thursday near Columbia while bathing in a pond. - Gen. Wheeler indignantly denies that he was snubbed at Charleston. On the contrary, he says : "I was never more royally entertained, both by the citizens and veterans, in my entire life." - Application has been made for a charter for the Cowpens' Battle Asso ciation, of Gaffney. The object is to collect historical data relative to the famous battle, and make efforts to ; have a national park established at the battleground. - A meeting of the county trustee stockholders of the Farmers' Alliance Exchange of South Carolina will be held in Columbia on the 27th day of July at 8:30 p. m., to consider ques tions connected with the business of said Exchange. - Last Sunday night, in Horry County, a row occurred in which Walter Rowell, 18 years of age, shot and killed two brothers, Brogdon and Yon Elvington, aged 18 and 20. The boys were on their way from church when the difficulty occurred. - Mr. E. H. Hitt, of Greenwood county, has an invention which, if it accomplishes what he claims for it, will land him in the ranks of those who enjoy fame. The invention is nothing less than a solution of the perpetual motion problem. - Lieutenant C. B. Smith, a well known member of the editorial staff of the Columbia State, who enlisted and saw service in Cuba with the Second South Carolina regiment, has been ap pointed to a lieutenancy in the regular army and assigned to the 8th infantry now stationed at Havana. - A ten-year-old colored girl was killed by an extra freight train on the S. U. & C. railroad on last Saturday af ternoon below Glendale station. The train was moving at the rate of fifty miles an hour round a sharp curve when the child was struck and in stantly killed. An inquest was held and the railroad men exonerated from blame. - President Henry S. Hartzog, of Clemson College, has secured the ser vices of Mr. J. C. C. Brunson, of Florence, one of the best tobacco farm ers in the Pee Dee county, as lecturer at the F armers' Institutes, to be held the coming summer, on the cultiva tion, curing and marketing of the fra grant weed. - The Altamont Bible Institute viii be moved from Greenville to Co lumbia this fall. The friends of the institute claim that while their pres ent situation is advantageous for quiet, hard study, it dees not present thi SQ opportunities for Christian woik among the people which are so much desired in connection with an enter prise of this kind. - A charter has been applied for the Olympia Cotton mills of Columbia? Its capital will be $1,500,000. The power will be electricity, furnished by the power plant on the Columbia canal. It will be the largest mill in the South, having 104,000 spindles and 2,600 looms. The corporators arc Columbia's mill and bank presidents and 1 .ding business men. - Governor Stone, cf Pennsylvania, has officially invited the manufactur ers and citizens of this State, through Governor Ellerbe, to participate in the exposition of American manufac* turers which is to open in Philadel? phia September 14. The exposition is to be made a permanent one and will be a complete "show" of Ameri can industries.