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Intelligencer. Published every Wednesday. J. F. CLINKSCALES, I EDITORS AND C. C. LANGSTON, J PROPRIETORS. TEEMS! ONE YEAR, - - - - $1 50 SIX MONTHS. - - 75 WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, If99. Men who use the English language have a great deal to say in this world. That explains why it is growing faster than any other. "While Gen. M. C. Butler is an advo cate of free silver, he believes that it will be unwise for the Democrats to make that a leading plank in their platform. ' Spain has foolishly decided to build another navy. Bearing in mind how much troubleher.last one got her into, it is strange that she should spend any more money on such things. Press dispatches 4>ring the intelli gence that Newfoundland is seeking annexation to the United States, lt would seem as if Uncle Sam had come to be regarded as a universal protector. Aplanis on foot to raise by popular subscription $350,000 for Admiral ?Dewey and build him a nice home with part of it where he can pass his old age in peace. Dewey is the most popular American to-day. Professors. P. Langley, of the Smith sonian Institute, has a new flying ma chine which is now ready to fly, he says. The work has been done under the auspices of the government and the United States aerial navy is among the things of the near future if the pro fessor is not mistaken. Aguinaldo, the Philippine leader, is again seeking peace and his commis sion is now at Manila consulting with the American authorities. President McKinley has submitted a liberal prop osition to the Filipinos, but it will be several days yet before it is known what the result will be. " . ? A negro came near losing his life a few days ago at the hands of an infuri ated mob-so-the dispatches state-in a small town in the State of New York ' for snatching a lady's pocket-book and making off with it And the probabil ity is, that h~d not- the wise counsel of cooler heads prevailed, the mob would have lynched him. A. B. Williams, editor of the .Green ville News, has-gone to New York to finish. some work tiiere on the New York Times. Mr. William.*' absence from Greenville is only temporary. He has some literary work which can be done only in New York. While absent he wiU furnish daily editorial corres pondence for the News. . ' 'mm The administration is having troubla J in Cuba. Gen. Gomez has refused to j have anything to do with the division ? bf the $3,000,000 generously donated to r the Cuban soldiers by the United ; States, and it is not known what the result will be. There are too many office seekers and politicians on the Island, and we expect it would be a good idea for "Uncle Sam" to withdraw and let them settle their troubles by themselves. .-:-- ? -? lt is not likely that the election of United States Senators by the people will soon become the, law in this cocn try, but States that desire it can ar range for candidates for the Senate to come before popular elections for nom ination, the successful nominee to be the only candidate before the Legisla ture which will elect This is South Carolina's plan for selecting United States Senators, and in this way popu i lar election is practically secured under the present law. Ten years ago Charlotte, N. C., had a population of about 10,000 and one cotton mill. To-day ito population is more than 28,000 and its twelve cotton " mills are running day and night in the manufacturing of cotton yarns, gray cloths, ginghams, toweling, webbing, sash cords, hosiery, batting and wad- j ding, and its five clothing factories are j utilized every hour of daylight to keep up with orders. Anderson can do the j same thing if our people will build more cotton mills. The "Ex-Slaves' Mutual Belief Com pany and Pension Association of the United States of America" is the latest swindle of large proportions, whereby thousands of ignorant negroes have been victimized. This association, for the modest sum of twenty-five cents as a registration fee, promises to obtain for each member who is an ex-slave a pension from the government. It is claimed that the membership of the association is now 000,000, and there are agents working for it in every State in the Union. - - i m - Gen. Hampton has written a letter in which he returns thanks to the irood people of South Carolina for then kind offer to rebuild his home, but begs that they abandon the scheme. We have always been willing and ready to accept the grand old hero's advice and act upon his suggestions, but this is one instance, we think, in which he should uot bc obeyed. The movement has been started, the money is being subscribed and we hope the promoters will go ahead and rebuild thc home at once. The acquittal o?; Mrs. George, charg ed with the murder ol! George D. Sax ton, of Canton, G., was what the public had reason to count on with almost ab solute certainty. The trial did not re sult in a Scotch verdict-guilty, but not proven. The evidence left no doubt, in the minds of anybody who nead it that MTS. George killed Saxton. j It is safe to say that tJie jurors were fully persuaded that she was the slayer. That was* uot seriously questioned by anyone. The acquittal of this woman only means that a man of Saxton's character takes his life in his hand when he enters a family with the in tention of destroying its peace and blasting its honor. It was simply a case of sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind, and it has been again demonstrated that hell hath no .fury like a woman scorned. Counting tbe People. Th? idea of counting the inhabitants of a country, or even of a city, is com paratively modern, and grew into use as sort of a-military necessity. The rulers of European nations, a century or two ago, needed to know something concerning the populations over which they held sway, in order that they might judge of the number of men that could. be called out and the revenue that could be secured in the event of going to war. Previous to that time countings were made generally in a crude way and taken irregularly, save that among the ancient Israelites, and; probably among the Egyptians, the numbering was done systematically and probably correct. A few nations remain which have never token a cen sus, and it is worth noting that Persia is among the number, for the student will recall the account by Herodotus of the method adopted by Xerxes for enumerating his army before setting out upon his in vasion of Greece. The Persian despot simply ordered 10,000 men drawn up.compactly and a line of earth thrown up around them. Then the soldiers were withdrawn and other soldiers marched in until the space was lilied ; these were set down at 10,000, and the operation was repeated until all the anny had been marched in and out of the prescribed place. That was the ancient' Persian's idea of a report to the acting assistant adjutant gener al's office. But the census idea has taken a firm hold of the mind of the modern statis tician, and an attempt is TO be made to secure a counting of all the people of the world next year. At the recent convention of the International Statis tical Association, ' held at Berne, Swit zerland, plans were made to have a eeri&us taken of the entire world for the first time, and a committee on ways and means, consisting of scientists, geographers and statisticians, was ap pointed to work fer as complete a count as possible. With few exceptions, all the countries of the world will jcin in the world census of 1900, and the twelfth census of the United States will form a part of it. The population of the world has been a subject; for guess work, and even after the census of 1900, mere conjecture will still play a large pari in all the estimates of the j number of the world's inhabitants. Professor Beam and Wagner of Goet tingen, who have made one of the most recent estimates, place the population of the globe at l,?Q0,m,0W.--Manche8 fe?* Union. - ?mt m m Jumping on the Cigarette. . CINCINNATI, May 32.-The National Convention of Charities and Corrections was addressed to-day by George Tor rence, of Pontiac, 111., superintendent of the Illinois State Reformatory, on the "Relations, of the Cigarette to Crime." After reciting his experience with boys coming to his institution Mr., Torrence said: "lam sure cigar ettes are destroying and making crim inals of more of them than the saloons." In his reformatory now there are 278 boys. "Of 63, averaging 12 years of age, 58 were cigarette smokers. Of 133, averaging 14 years of age, 125 were cigarette smokers. Of 82, averaging 15 years, 73 were cigarette smokers. This demonstrates that 92 per cent, of the whole number were cigarette fiends at the time of committing /crimes for which they were committed to the re formatory." The general discussion developed a similar experience with others connected with reformatories for boys._ _ A Plucky Georgia Woman. ATLANTA. GA., May 19-A special to the Count it ution from Rockmark, Ga., says : Mrs. James Wood, of Esom Hill district, sent a ball into a negro's head shortly after midnight last night, es caping the clutches of a negro assailant who was seeking to enter her bed room. Mrs. Wood is the wife of a prominent planter, who is away from home quite often. He has taught his wife to use a pistol. A few hours after the use of the pistol, Mrs. Wood's hus band found the dead body of the negro lying under the window through which he was trying to enter when the wo man pulled the trigger. Teach the Girls to Shoot. Teach your girl children to handle a revolver quickly and effectively. A woman who kuows how to handle a pistol aud has a pistol in her hand is a dangerous foe. Let us be prepared in our homes to defend our homes. Every southern kid who is knee high to a duck should know how to shoot. Let the deadly dagger and thc quick-lirini pistol be at the hand of every southern woman and she will be quick to use it in the defense of herself. Thc honor of. one southern girl is worth more than the lives of ten thousand brutes, be they white or black. Teach the girls to shoot.- \V*tyero*$ Herald. An Essay on Smoking. Young men, we have adopted a rule that all of you who like to smoke can do so, but please do not smoke while in company with ladies, if you want to smoke, please go out in thc porch or yard. Our rule is to stop smoking in thc parlor with ladies, for wc think if a gentleman has the respect for a lady that ho ought to havo he would not 4tnok<: wliilc in her presence. We have some nie?- young ladies who have ;i de sire to be respected: therefore, we have made this rule to show our respect for them. Please follow the rule, or you may got cold treatment from the Indies. -Madrid County An/us. Alice Items. We are all in war now, and it is with "General Green." We hope to win the victory in a few days. Mrs. Mabie Moore and her school will pic nie at Price's Mill, on Rocky River, next Saturday. Mr. J. Press Boyd and family, of Bowersville, Ga., visited this section last week* J. B. McAdams is hunting the delin quent taxpayers in Hall and Comer Townships. B. Taylor is doing some good work on our public roads. Rev. Mr. Wright preached at Rocky River last Sunday. Charlie Schrine says he has to.sit up with Wm. Bell all night; its a girl. Mrs. Mary Hall is visiting relatives in Greenville. Mr. I. 0. Kay has a fine baby boy at his house, and he is a happy man. FA UM EH. Notice to Alli an ccmen. Since the purpose of the notice to Al liancemen which appeared in last week's ADVOCATE has by some been miscon strued, I will try and be a little more ex plicit. At the annual meeting of the Farmers' State Alliance held in July, 1880, a plan for our Alliance Exchange was adopted. Thirty-four of the Alli?nces in Anderson county ratified the plan adopted by the State Alliance and took stock in the State Exchange, aggregating about $2,500. The purpose for which the Exchange was organized having been secured, the corporation should be dissolved and the money contributed by the various subs should be refunded lo them. But this can be done only by County Trustee Stockholders regularly elected, and Coun ty Trustee Stockholders can be elected only by sub Trustee Stockholders, and to elect sub Trustee Stockholders the sub Alliances will have to reorganize. For the purpose of reorganizing there need be only five present who were mem bers of the. Alliance. Dues to the State and National Alliances amounting to thirty-five cents each must be paid by them. One of the five, if only five participate in the reorganization, should be elected a sub-trustee stockholder, and one should be elected a delegate to the County Alli ance. The same gentleman may act in both capacities, and must attend a meet ing of the County Alliance, which bas been called on Monday, the 5th day of June next. At the annual meeting of the State Al liance if three-fourths of the stock of the Farmers1 State Exchange is represented by county trustee stockholders, duly elected, the corporation may be dissolved and the money held by it refunded to the subs that contributed, otherwise it cannot be done. Action must be taken at once if you desire to secure this 'money. When re turned it may be gi ven-to those who con tributed it, or it may be* used for any public purpose, such as furnishing, re pairing or building schoolhouses, or you might give to the "Monument f und" to be used by the women of Anderson County in erecting a monument to the memory of the Confederate dead. The only purpose of the reorganization is to secure the return of this money. JOHN C. WATKINS. The ripened grain cannot withstand the keen edge of one of Sullivan Hardware Co's. Grain Cradles. POR SALE. THE undersigned will sell on Thurs day, 25th inst., at ll o'clock a. m., to the highest bidder for casb, on the Greenville road, near the city limits, the Lumber taken from the plank road. W. P. SNELGROVE, _Co, Supervisor. Notice to Contractors. SEALED PR0PO3ALS for the erection of the Peoples' Bank building at Anderson, S. C., will be received until the 1st day of June next. Plans and Specifications on file at my office JOS. J FRETWELL. President, Anderson, 8. C. May 24, 1899_48_1_j NOTICE. PURSUANT to authority vested in us by a Commission from Hon. M. R. Cooper, Secretary of State, we will, at 10 o'clock a m., on Tbursd*y, May 25. 1899. at the Store of Cobb & Cray ton, at Anderson, S C., open Book-* of Sub scription to the Capital f i tock of "The Boys' Steam Laundry:'.' C. E. COBIk ' -: . F. B. - M. M:TM&TTX?ON, - C. B. HALL. G. C. GREEN, LEE G. HOLLE M AN, W. F. BARR, JOHN N. BLECKLEY, S. N. GIL M ER, Board of Corporators. Anderson, S. C., May 24, 1899._ VAilVEBBffi&MAJOB, DEALERS IN - Fine Buggies, Phaetons, Surreys, Harness, Lap Robes Whips, and All kinds Buggy Fixtures, Just received another shipment of Bar ber's Fine "New south" Buggies that we want to move nicely and quickly for cash or good papen?. These are nice, nobby, slick, new style goods that will please you. Sold under an absolute guar antee. * This is the bright and beautiful season that inspired the poet to write, "In Spring a young man'? fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love " Now, if yon want that pretty girl's "fancy" to tarn in the same direction buy a "New South" Buggy from us. We want you to have one. Yours truly, VAN DIVER BROS. & MAJOR. STATI: OF ROUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OV G REEN VILLI:. To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Patent No. 613101, dated October 25, 1898. We hereby certify that W. H. Wild man is 'ho pninnreeof the above-a com bined FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR AN? CULTIVATOR. Letter Patent deposited for HH?H keening in Ao?pri?,an Bunk, Greenville. W. r. OA?*AWAY, Cash'r. H KN RY BRUJOS, PrPH. Sworn to be fi. rn e 'hi- 10' li dav of April, 1899. J. F. DoRiiou, Not. Tub. All iniringera will b* oromptly prose cuted bv W. H. WU.LIM AN, R-eclv River. S. C. May 3, 1899 45 ? h SPEECH_ WORTH BEADING. FELLOW-CITIZENS, LADIES, GENTLEMEN* ANTI CHILDREN : It affords us no little.pleasure to be with you this evening, because wc have been pouring our tale of woe in your kind ears for ten long, weary years, and you have never turned a deaf ear to our supplications. Our experience has proven that a straight, honest statement of a proposition is all you ask, but is what you. must have. Our efforts always being on this line, we are brought more closely together, and when we have asked you for bread, or its equivalent, we have not been given a stone, nor have we delivered you pebbles instead of grain. And now to draw the cord which binds "thee to me" more tightly we have contracted to fool away about one thousand dollars worth of Shoes-a great sacrifice compared with regular prices. With this in view, we have secured the sample lines made up by two of the largest and best Manu facturers in this country. If a factory makes only one pair of good Shoes in a whole year we believe they would be the sample pair. Does it strike you that way. Now, remember, these goods came only one pair of a kind, and if that pair fits you-you have a bargain for the asking. Now, would you be doing yourself justice to pass them by. None so blind who do not wish to see. We put one of these sample lines on sale last Thursday, and you should have witnessed the sport. The second line we will offer beginning to-day, and we want to see you fellows in at the rat-killing. To illustrate the value of the bargains we actually offer in these goods it is enough to tell you what some of our competitors are doing to try to head-off the rush. Some two or three of them have gotten out their old stock of odd sizes and ancient styles, threw away the boxes, and spread the Shoes out on counters and tables like ours, and would have you believe they are selling samples, too. Some folks always ready to try to do like us. It is always easy to buy samples, but the opportunity to buy samples, made expressly for sam ple purposes by the manufacturers themselves, and consequently the very best they can make, does not come often, nor to many people at all. Listen what some of our customers are saying about us. A lady bought sixteen pairs, and told her husband that she was about to pass our door when, she reckons, the Lord directed her to come in. Another lady, seeing a lot that was carried home by a friend to select from, nabbed one fine pair, and came right on to our Store and got two more pairs. Two gentlemen . met on the street, stopped and planted their shapely, well-dressed understandings on the sidewalk for inspection, and were about to advise each other to attend our exhibition and get shod, when each discovered that the other had already been to see us and was all heeled. One little girl insisted on keeping her feet on the seat at Sunday School '"because," she said, "I must take care of these Shoes ; they are the best I ever had. Mama bought them at the 10c. Store." A happy old fellow that never saw such values before says: "I can wear Shoes even in the Summer-time now." We also have a pretty line of 50c. Shirts which we will sell you at 25c. each. Don't be too slow and miss the pie-others are grabbing, and why not you. Special prices to Merchants everywhere in our Wholesale Department. Yours always truly, SPOT CASH DOES THE WORE. OUR RECENT TRADE HAS been extremely gratifying and we appreciate the very liberal patronage. We expect to make it pay yon to trade with ns, as we give our entire time, thought and energy to our business, and do, perhaps, the largest business, compared with tt e expense of running, of any Firm in this section, and are on the alert for Cash Bargains for our customers all the time. We want your Cash and Gilt Edge Time Trade, and will make it pay you to give it to us. We are in position to SH all or ders for yo ar bands at prices to please them and satisfy you. Just DOW we have some Bargains in COPPEIB and TOBAOCO, And firmly believe we can save you money on anything in thia line. $Sr NEW DRY GOODS and S BOES constantly arriving. Yours to make you a customer, _ VAND1VER BROS. 0. D. ANDERSON & BRO. FLOUR FLOUR ! ?5?O BARRELS. GOT every grade you are looking for. We know what you want, and we've got the prices right. Can't give it to you, but we will sell you high grade Flour 25 to 35c cheaper than any competition. Low grade Floui $3.00 per barrel. / Car EAR CORN and stacks of Shelled Corn. Buy while it is cheap advancing rapidly. We know where to buy and get good, sound Cora cheap, OATS, HAY and BRAN. Special prices by the ton. We want your trade, and if honest dealings and low prices count we will get it Yours for Business, O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. B@? Now is your chance to get Tobacco cheap. Closing out odds and ends in Caddies. WILL YOU ? Before you bay a PIANO see me. I have saved co some of my customers as mach an eeveuty-rive dollars in the Dur ch?s? Of ONE PIANO. Snob makes a's Cbickering, Emerson, Stula & Bauerand Mehlin to select from. None better. AB to ORGANS ?ou can ?ave from fif teen to twenty five dol?an* hv seeing me. Remember, 1 am in the SICING MA CHINE business, just for fun. You can get prives on any of the high grade makes ; and do not forget that I sell any Machine Needle at three for 5c, 20c per dozen. 'I he finest Sperm Oil So. per bot tle. Nothing but new, select stock. Remember the place M. L. WILLIS, Sooth Main St., Anderson, S C. -% THERE IS BUT ONE QUALITY AND THAT'S THE BEST. '99 Tires Bear this Brand SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO., ANDERSON, S. C. , FOR SALE BY May 10, ISM AG s FOR SALE. 100 CITY LOTS-350.00 tr> ?2,50(?. Four or five well lociited, nicely built j modern lb>usa". J am the only up-to dato Real Estate j mau in town. YOUR HOME PLEASURES NO influence lends so much to home life as music. No Stock offers greater attractions than ours, and we wish to help you to happiness. Ifs not alione that we say it. bat yon know that we mean it, as we sell the liest .class of PIANOS and ORGANS, As well as small Musical Merchandise, and will give yon f nil value for ev ery dollar. You are cordially invited to call in person and inspect our Stock, or write for catalogues and prices. We also represent the leading SEWING MACHINES Of the day, and a?e constantly receiving new additions to our Stock. We appeal to your judgment and will sell you the best in thia line. We still handle thoroughly reliable Carriages, Buggies and Harness, And can save you money by an investi gation. Look to quality first-then price. Most respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. DENTBST. IN Pendleton every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. At Clemson College every Thursday. Fr<Ja\ and Saturday. April UG, 1899 44 tim ABOUT TO MORROW'S BAR GAIN SALE. A special selection of "unbeatable combinations" for to morrow's Bargain Sale from each of the departments, mark ed in readable letters as to price and a plenty for all. You will find in the price signs that attract you, short stories of grand values. We promise you a big saving, and we always see that our promise is carried out. The bigger the promise the better we'll keep it. Nothing but respect-deserving mer chandise on sale. In the Dry Goods section of this Big Store big values of Lawns, Organdies, Ginghams, Percales, Dimities will loom up and astonish the observer. Dress Goods with, perhaps, one* third of the regular value taken from them. Sea Island, Sheetings and Domestics generally at split prices to suit the day. Ladies' Duck and Linen Suits and Skirts, Ladies' Shirt Waists, all will be treated in the Thursday fashion. You will find many a little opportunity in the Millinery Department that we know will please you. Our effort-being that every taste and every purse shall find satisfaction. SHOES are always of interest to our patrons, and espe cially when we announce that we will shave the price, and make Thursday Shoes a pure and unadulterated bargain. We do not have two kinds of Shoes. The Thursday Shoes are the same as the Sunday Shoes. Shoddy Shoes are not tolerated here. CLOTHING of the seasonable kind. A Serge Suit, an Al paca Coat, Duck Trousers. Such are the Goods that we are selling freely. Such are the Goods that will be remarked for your benefit at the Thursday Cut Price figure. Not Goods found difficult to sell, not Goods of doubtful fit, but good clothes, creditable clothes. Those are the Goods we mark down on Thursday next for your benefit. Agency for Butterick Patterns and Delineator. Agency for The American Lady Corset-the best Corset of the day. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Sa myles for the asking. Yours truly, JULIUS H. WEIL & CO. THE PLACE TO BUY ... . . GOOD GOODS CHEAP. Morgan & Wright's Tires $5.25. Morgan & Wright's'Inner Tubes 75c, Come and investigate. THOMSON CYCLE WORKS, The Bicycle People. Over Post Office. 'Phone No. 115. . M. MATTISOIM , AGENT. LIFE, FIRE, ACCIDENT. Call for nice Calendar. Onice always open; Tlie New Dri S We have recently opened up a complete line of DRUGS AND DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES, Patent Medicines of all kinds, Hair, Tooth, Nail and Shoe Brushes, Combs, Sponges and Rubber Goods. PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY filled day and night, F. B. GRAYTON & CO., Freeman & Pack's Old Stand. STOVES, TINWARE, CROCKERY. A LARGE LINE, carefully selected to suit the public. We sell the Iron King. J\, Elmo and Garland Stoves and Ranges, and the Times and Good Times, Ruthi cottage and Michigan Cook Stoves, ranging in price from $7.00 to $35.00. AU are guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction if not money will be refunded. Be sure you make us a call before buying a Cook Stove. We are bound to sell you and are sure to please you. We will take your old Stove in part payment for a new one. ? ?ur TINWARE is the best ou the market. We carry a well-selected Stock or CHINA, such a* Dinner Sets. Tea .Sets aud Chamber Sets. Wo also carry a full line of PORCELAIN ? ?OODS. Also, a nice line of GLASSWARE. We do all kinds o? ROOFING-Tin Rooting, Slate Rooting-and Repair work. We will bo pleaded to have you irive us a call before buying. N. 3. - Al.: Accounts due Osborne & CHnkscales must be settled.