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ANDERSON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. 180?. VOLUME XXXIV-NO. 5?. "WE SELL IT FOR LESS." B. O. EVANS & CO., THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS, ANDERSON, S. C., June 7,1899. DKAK SIR;. ? ^ It' you have traded with us you kuow our way of doing business : if not, this let^^t^ tell you something about ue.. < Kir idea in business is ?Cr ii?ve each individual who makes a purchase of us to be satisfied. We satisfy you by selling ^ood, honest CLOTHING AT LOWER PRICES than any credit store can give. Wiieu we sell you a suit of .Clothes, we give you full value for every dollar invested. If at any lime you should be displeased with a purchase you make here, let us know and we will cbeerfuily-gtve you-your money back if you want it. We do a STRICTLY SPOT CA8H BUSINESS ; we keep no books : we have no bad debts. We give you more value for 75c. cash than our competitors would for 81.00 ou credit. If we can't save you'money we don't waut your trade. If you will come iuto oui store we can enow you exactly why we are able to save you money. We ask you to take our word for the above enly to the extent of coming in to in vestigate. You will find it not a mere catch phrase to get voiir businessxl|a?a true statement of fact9, that WE SELL IT FOR LESS." Yours truly, ML B. 0. EVANS & CO. Orr Drug Company's Specials ! mufi Red Glover Compound, Bj The greatest and best blood purifier. Pint bottle $1.00. Eon's Headache Powder. JmQm\ ^&*e 8Ure ^ora^ Pa*DS m t?e bead. 10c. and 25c. j I The best of all Cough Remedies. 25c. and 50c fe). Co's. Horse and Cattle Powder. i A teaspoonful is a large dose and the result will surprise you. A fl fine Tonic and specially good for hide-bound and stoppages. 15c. I and 25c. a bagful. > very p's Palatable Worm and Liver Syrup, Removes the worms every time, is eafe, and is not toi be followed bj ?castor oil or other active ad nauseating medicines. 25c. l. ' * fl ? ? ill .. We offer this new aid latest remedy for Headache, Neuralgia and all paine. This remedy we need not recommend, as it stands above all remedies heretofore offered as a reliever of any kind of pain. 25c boxes. ' j LL-ORR DRUG CO., [Headquarters for Medicines of all kinds, Paints, Oils, Glass, Seeds and Dyo Stuffs. PRING SHOE DEPARTMENT open for tho inspection of the public, and we know we can suit in exactly tho Shoe you want. In Men's Shoes wo have cut prices, ling high grade, firafc quality Harvard Tios at $1.00-formor price n's Satin Calf, thoroughly solid; Shoos-fojfcr prioe $1.25-our only 90o. In Fine Shoes we have all the lajWafal newest produc shades of Tans and Vici Kids, CordovaW^dHRtent Leathers, e you any style Toe er any width made. . les', and Misses Shoes we are sure there i ff Hi 6T house in the city ?aparo with us- >n* IN STYLE, FIT:OE PR?fE. [ve everything in Oxfords and Spring Heel Shoes, in Black? and want to see the most pcrfeot-fitting, attractive and elegant linc of up-to-date fSetwear ever shown in Anderson como in to see ns. headquarters fer Shoes. Very truly, ' D. O. BROWN & SRO. GOV. ELLERBE DEAD. South Ca roi hin's ii o vernor Die- in Morion Last Night. Columbia State. SELLERS, June 2.-Governor Ellerbe has passed away atlast, succumbing to tho disease against which he has made so vigorous a resistance. Early thi6 morning the governor was about the same as the night before, but about 10 o'clock he had a strang ling spell and came very near dying. The governor said that there was no hope; that he wns dying, and called for help. The doctor gave him very strong stimulants from which he rallied a lit tle, but later in the afternoon he began to sink. Tho doctor said he could not livelong, but the end was not expected so soon in the night. At 8:25 he died seemingly very easy. The governor's deathbed was sur rounded by all the members of his im mediate family, all his brothers and Bisters being present. The funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock to-morrow afternoon and the remains are to be interred ut the fam ily burying ground, which is five miles from the residence of the family. The first news of Governor Ellerbeks death reached the city last , night through a telegram from the chief ex ecutive's brother to Private Secretary Evans. While it was of course uot un expected, the announcement called forth many expressions of sorrow. In official circles the news was received with the most profound sorrow, and at once preparations begun for the official family to attend the funeral at Seller?. The telegram from Mr. J. E. Ellcrbe, the governor's brother, to Private Sec retary Evans, rend as follows: "Governor Ellerbe died this after noon at 8:25. Buried to-morrow nt 4 p. m., family burying ground. Wire T. C. Moody at Marion number com ing." % Immediately upon the receipt of this telegram Mr. Evans went to the tele graph office and sent two messages to Lieut. Gov. Mcsweeney, the one ad dressed to Hampton and the other to Augusta, Mr. Evans having heard that Mr. McSweeney was in Augusta during the day. Mr. McSweeney, owing to the death of the governor, now becomes governor of South Carolina, it being only necessary to appear before a mag' istrate or notary, if he so desires, and take the oath of office. It is under- j stood, however, that Mr. McSweeney I will decline to be sworn in as governor until after the funeral of the deceased chief executive. It was feared that the lieutenant governor would not be reached by wire and would thus be unable to get to Seller? in time for the funeral, but later in the night a telegram came from him saying that he would leave for Columbia on the first train and would arrive here at G o'clock this morning over the Florida Central and Peninsu lar in time to go on to Sellers. Mr. McSweeney in his telegram expressed the deepest sympathy at the sad an nouncement of the governor's death. Mr. Evans also notified by wire the two United States Senators, the Beven Congressmen and a number of tho dead governor's most intimate personal and political friends. He then saw that all the State House officials were notified. These proceeded I at once to arrange with the officials of I the Atlantic Coast Line for a special train to be run to Sell?is, leaving here to-day in time to reach Sellers for the obsequies. The run will be 107 miles and the train will leave here about 11:30 o'clock. The homestead is two miles in one direction from the station and family burial ground is three miles in another. Late last night Mr. Evans was noti fied that his message to Senator Mc I Laurin had failed to reach that official. Mr. Evans requests the statement made that owing to the demands upon him hist night he may .have overlooked wiring to some of the governor's best friends, but he hopes that they will understand and appreciate the cause of any oversight. The message from Mr. McSweeney read as follows: HAMPTON. S. C., June 2,1890. W. Boyd Evans, Columbia, S. C, I am truly aorrv to learn of Govern or Ellerbe's death. Will go to Colum bia at once. M. B. MCSWEENEY. By reason of the fact that Lieuten ant Governor McSweeney becomes governor, Senator R. B. Scarborough of riorry county, who is a prominent attorney of Conway, and one of the most highly esteemed members of the State senate, being president pro tem of that body, now becomes lieutenant governor to succeed Mr: McSweeney. TBE NEW GOVERNOR. The Hon. M. B. McSweeney, to whom, on January 18,1897, was admin istered the oath of office as lieutenant governor for his first term, and who now, owing to his re-election in 1898 to that office, becomes governor of Sooth Carolina to fill ont the unexpired term, is a good example of what pluck and pers?v?rance will do for any one against the most adverse conditions. Young McSweeney was' left fatherless in Charleston at the age of 4 years. His tenth year saw bim struggling for a livelihood. He sold newspapers and clerked in a bookstore, and while en gaged in the latter occupation attend ed ~ sight schen?, ?sr??sr? uo ? av doped a fondness for reading. .. Mcsweeney afterwards worked for Burke & Lort!, job printers, and 140111 there he went to Edward Perry's, when' he completed his apprenticeship as a job printer. While employed at the latter pince n scholarship at the Wash ington und Lee University of Lexing ton, Va., was ottered to the Charleston Typographical Union, which was to be awarded to the most deserving young man employed in Charleston printing offices. By a majority of the votes ol* the union, young McSweeney was chosen, and the scholarship given to him. After stnyiug at the university for a part of a session he was forced to leave for the lack of means to pay for his board and clothes. This ended his hopes for a college education, and he once more applied himself to his trade. He was a union printer, and served the Columbia Typographical Union ns recording secretary and after wards as president. While living in Columbia he was also secretary of the Phtenix Hook and Ladder Company. Mr. McSweeney basan enviable re cord as a Democrat. In 1870 he did ex cellent service, which is not yet forgot ten by men who stood shoulder to shoulder with him in those trying- days. It wns about that time that the Rich land Rifle club was organized, of which Mr. McSweeney was a charter mem ber. Mr. McSweeney's first venture as a I journalist was when be moved to Ninety-Six and began the publication of the Ninety-Six Guardian. His cap ital was just $05^but he bought a sec ond-hand out?it for $500, paying $55 in cash. He was energetic, economical and gave thc people u newsy paper, thus enabling him ut the end of the year to pay the last cent of his indebt edness. Mr McSweeney's paper, the Hampton Guardian, mad? its first appearance August 22, 1870. From the lirst it has been well managed and well edited, and to-day ranks foremost among the countj* papers of the State. In all enterprises for the good of Hampton county Mr. McSweeney has shown himself indefatigable. For five terms he served ns intendant of the town, nnd then declined re-election. For eight years he was president of the South Carolina Press Association; has been a member of the legislature, and was a member of the last Constitution al Convention. Twice he has been honored as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention. In 1888 he voted for Cleveland and Thurman, and in 1806 he voted for Brynn and Se wall. For ten years Mr. McSweeney was county chairman of Hampton. He has taken great interest in the military affairs of the State. During the last two sessions of the legislature, before his election as lieutenant gov ereor, he was chairman of the commit tee on military and was a member of the governors staff with the rank of colonel. Mr. McSweeney"s interest in educa tional matters exceeds even his inter est in military affairs. He was foi some years a trustee of the South Car olina college. COLUMBIA, S. C., June ??.-Governoi Ellerbe's funeral was quietly held to day at Sellers. About fifty went from Columbia. A large crowd of people from *he neighborhood were out. The vail bearers were Governor Mc Sween y, Secretary of State Cooper, Attorney General Bellinger, Dr. Bab cock, F. H. Hyatt, Superintendent Griffith and H. C. Graham and J, G Holliday, of Marion. There were no services at the house an'J. at the grave the Rev. Mr. Beard, tiie Methodist pastor, read the simple funeral service. Floral decorations were numerous Many telegrams of condolence wer? received by Mrs. Elleber. The State, June 4. Hon. Miles B. McSweeney, who firs saw tho light of day on April 18,1858 now occupies tho exalted position o: Governor of South Carolina. It wai exactly 10 minutes past ll last night ir the parlors of Wright's hotel when th? chief justice, standing on one side ol ? tete-a-tete chair, with Mr. McSweeney on the other, their hands grasping 1 small Bible, administered the oath o office. ThjB ceremony was informal though there was some 50 or more gen tl em eu, consisting of the State officials who had made the trip to Sellers, an? a number of friends of the governo present in tho parlor at the time. AS soon as Gov. McSweeney had af fixed his signature with Justice Pope'i fountain pen, the chief justice con grut ul ate d the governor warmly and wa followed by the associate justices. Gov. Mcsweeney then turning to th' gentlemen present spoke briefly as fol lows. Gentlemen-I don't think it is necea snry to make a speech on this occasion I realize the importance of the posi tion I occupy to-night in South Caro lina and I promise yon I shall endeavo to do my dnty faithfully and imparti ally. If I am not governor of Soutl Carolina it will not be my fault. No man can feel more sympathy more honest sympathhy than I do to night for the blow that has befallei our State; that sympathy extended t my home. My wife last night on re ceiving the news of ' Gov. Elle rho' death telegraphed to Mrs. Ellerby ex pressing her sorrow at her great ?osi God knows 1 feel sympathy for Mn El I erbe and her children. Itiavzj d;;t i under the constitution to aasnmo thi ' responsibility, and with God's help shall try to do it faithfully. I appreci atc tho kimi words of thc*-distinguish ed gentlemen on my left (the supreme court justices?. I shall seek them al ways for advice, and with thu attorney general and other State officers I intend to perform the duties of my office ns faithfully as I know how. I deeply re- j gretthe occasion which makes rue gov ernor of South Carolina. I have tried to he as prudent and careful as possible. I have been asked by some why 1 did not come here to Columbia and assume the duties of governor. I believe (?ow KUerbe did his duty and those around him believe that he did his duty, hut I believed that he wanted to be governor of South Carolina when he died and I thought his wishes and desires should be regarded. To-night 1 assume the duty and I ask those here to help me. 1 am going to do my duty as faithfully and as efficiently as I eau, and if I don't make a faithful, true governor it won't he my fault. The audience warmly applauded the governor when lie concluded. The Blight of Trusts. The Journal referred recently tollu? practicnl destruction of a lately thriv ing town in Pennsylvania by a trust. The town had been built up by sev eral mills for the manufacture of wire and wire nails. It was almost entirely dependent upon these mills; they were profitable to their owners and gave employment to hundreds of men. wo men and children. A trust was form ed to control the industry in which these mills were engaged ami their owners had no choice but to sell out to the truster be crushed by it. They sold out. The mills wen; closed at once, their employees were thrown out, every other interest in the town was paralyzed and ruined, every store was closed, property that was valuable a few weeks before could not be sold at any price; a blasted town ami au almost despairing population was the spectacle which the merciless power of a trust presented where there had been a scene of prosperity and happiness. This is not the only instance of the blighting exercise of the power of com - bines and monopolizing capital that has recently been witnessed in the United States. The Washington Font gives this ac- ? count of the effect of trust methods upon another town : "The town of Fairmont, near Cincin nati, affords a pertinent illustration of this phase of trust operations. The American Steel and Wire Company owns wire fence works there that have been in operation for twenty years or more. Until recently these works em ployed 500 men, nearly all of whom lived in Fairmont or its imm?diate vi cinity. Thc pay-rolls amounted to something like $5,000 a week-more than $250,000 a year, lt is snid that employment was steady, wages good, and that many of the workmen own their homes. Fairmont was, in fact, a typical manufacturing village. Last Tuesday night the works closed-'closed down indefinitely.' The trust does not need them, because it can make all tho : wire it can sell at other plants Where production is cheaper. These works were purchased at high figures in order to kill off competition. Their cost, as well as that of others similarly treated, has gone, with nobody knows how much water, into the capitalization of the great combine. "This sort of thing bears hard on the displaced workmen and their families. It is more of a tragedy than a comedy. And this is what is going on in many another town. But the injury is not confined to the workmen and their de pendents. The weekly payment of $5,009 will be sadly missed in the busi ness of the town and among the farm ers of the adjacent country. Trade will languish, the value of real estate will decline, nnd discontent will pre vail where prosperity and happiness abounded." The Post, which has not been con spicuous as an anti-trust newspaper, admits that "in mnny of the States there are small towns that have been blasted by the trusts through the shut ting down of manufacturing establish ments." Wc wonder if the men who organize and control trusts believe that they can push the methods which have rando them already despicable just as far as they please. We wonder how much lou ger the people will tolerate trusts or any po litical party that does notopposo them, not by words and platforms, but by actual, practical a id effective legisla tion to prevent tho outrageous abuse of their power.-Atlanta Journal. Deafness Cancot be Cored i hy local applications, as they cannot reach the i disranod portion of tue car. There ta only one 1 way to cure Deafness, and that ls by constitu tional remedies Deafness U caused by an inflam ed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustach ! IIB Tube. When thia tubo gets inflamed you have i a rumbling ?Mai or imperfect hearing, and when i lt la entirely c oaed deafness ia the result, and unless the Inflam allon can be taken out and this tah* reste red to Ita normal condition, hearing ?111 ba destroyed forever ; nine cases out of ten are caused by catar rah, which ia nothing bat an in? flamed condition of tha scucous snrfaaes. Wo ?lil gi va Ona Hundred Dollars for any casa of Deafness (caused hy catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh fan Bead for circulars, tree. F.J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo. O. ?irSold by Druggists. 75c Hall's FsjailyTflts ar? the beat. Cheap Printing. Law Briefs at 60 cents a Page-><6ood Work, Quod Paper. Prompt Delivery. Minutes Cu??pcT ilma ac any other house. Catalogues in the best ?style If yon have printing to do. it will be to your interest to write to the Press and Bannor, Abbeville, S. C. ti. STATE NEWS - A little colored boy while swim ming in Broad river was caught by a shark last week. - (.'ol. J. ll. Whorton. of Waterloo, lost his baru aud stable by lire caused by lightning last week. - Near llagood a few days ago two negro women, while in their cabin nt work, were killed by lightning. - The Seaboard Air Line is doing some surveying in the vicinity of Co lumbiu. with a view of entering that city! - There have been four deaths from meningitis in the State penitentiary during tho past week. The disease is epidemic. - Thc indications are now that there will bo six candidates for the I'nited States Senate in South Caro lina next year. - lt is .ludgc Benet's intention, as soon as he winds up his tour of tho ! courts, to go to Scotland, his native j borne, on u visit. - President Marlin, of both the ! Newberry cotton mill and Newberry j bank, died at his home in Newberry I on Wednesday. - Seveu cases ol' smallpox are re ported muong negroes in the St. Phil ip's section. Newberry county. The disease is of a mild type. - Hew J. (_?. Dale bas resigned as pastor of tho A. H. Presbyterian Church in Columbia for the purpose of going to China n%n missionary. - The Southern is ready to build a union depot in both Columbia and i Charleston, and the officials say that they will both bc handsome buildings. - Tho Oconee County Alliance will hold its annual pic nie at Seneca on July 4th. Speakers: Souator B. IL Tillman, Hon. A. C. Uti mer, J. C. ? Wilburn, J. ll. Blake. - Nearly every town in thc State of any importance is doing something to keep themselves iu touch with the great industrial movement that is moving over the South. - A negro woman near Creston poisoned or killed her child last week by forcing it to swallow concentrated lye. The woman is :n jail. She says "a voice" told her to do thc awful deed. - The proposed home for Wade Hampton will bc built. People all over the State are moving in that, di rection ; but even if thc rest of the State did not feel inclined to take part, Charleston would complete the work alone. - Thc burn and stables of Dr. I). B. McLaurin at Wedgefield, were struck by lightning, set on tire and completely destroyed. Thc mules, horses and vehicles were saved, but everything else that thc barn contain ed was lost. - Capt. Lawton, of thc Charleston recruiting office, has received orders to enlist recruits for service in thc ' Philippine islands. Only white men are wanted. The reason for thc war department's discrimination against the brethren in black is not given. - On Tuesday, the HOth of May. Deputy Collector A. C. Merrick, it; company with Deputy Marshals Corbin and McKinney, raided a blockade dis tillery near Hazel, Dickens county, and destroyed a quantity of beer and tho distillery and captured J. M. and ll. T. Chapman at the distillery. - A few days ago at Walhalla Dr*. Bell, Derby and Stoddard amputated the right arm above the elbow of Har vey Randolph, a Confederate veteran. Mr. Randolph had a cancer on his hand which came from a wound in flicted by a ball in the sixties. At timos since then this wound would become an irritable sore which two years ago developed into a cancer. - Thc State sinking fund commis sion has concluded its work and ad jouncd until the fourth Tuesday in Juno, at which time it will take up the Columbia canal matter, the ques tion of exemption of cotton factories from taxation and several other mat ters of great public interest. It is not thought likely that the State will take advantage of thc defect in the law that makes these enterprises liable for back taxes. - Kate Johnson, the mother of four children, deserted by her hus band, was murdered in the presence of ber children by Bud White, a cripple, on the outskirts of Columbia, last Saturday. White had been a boarder at thc house, but had gone away a week ago. lt is supposed he was in love with the woman, who evidently feared him. The mun was seen bj' the children lying in a ditch near the house. When discovered, he approach ed the house. Mrs. Johnson rao. when White drew a revolver and shot her through the brain. He then fired a bullet through her breast as she lay on thc floor and walked away. He was arrested. Br. Brooks Talks Sense. NEW YOKE, Juno 4.-Sermons touch ing upon the recent lynchings in the South were preached by a number of tho colored pastors in the city to-day. In St. Mark's Church the Kev. Dr. Brooks in his sermon on lynching says: "The trouble is at tho doors of God's churches. If they would arouse them selves, in less than five years there would be no'more lynchings. But the negro must take tho advice of his friends. Self-defonce and not revenge must bo his reward. Sin must be stop ped and then tho crime which grows out of it will stop, and I say this as one of tho race. Tho negro must have and show moro respect for all woman hood--white as well as black. Ho does not respect, the women of his own color chough/' Cyclone Strikes a Train. TEKKE HAUTE, IND., June 3.-Word has just reached this city that a freight train on the Chicago and Illinois Rail road, near Watseka, 111., was struck by a cyclone, while running at a good rate of speed, and the wind carried five cars out ol' tho train and blew out two I tracks for a distance of sixty feet, to gether with a good portion of the road ed. -- THE WASHWOMAN'S BURDEN. OUR LAUNDRY , RELIEVES you of this care, and by the use of special facilities which you do not have can do your Laundry better and more satisfactorily than you can have it done at home. COLLARS, CUFFS, SHIRTS, SKIRTS, WAISTS, WHITE DRESSES, and all Fine Work, we make look nicer than you can. Coat ia moderate. ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY, _______ 202 EAST BOUNDARY STREET. STOVES, TINWARE, CROCKERY. ALARGE LINK, carefully aoloctod to suit tbe public. We sell the Iron King. Elmo and Garland Stoves and Kangan, and tbe Times and Good Times, Ruth. Cottage and Michigan Cook Stoves, ranging in price from $7.00 to $35.00. All are guaranteed to ?Ive perfect satisfaction, if not money will be refunded. Be sure you make ua a call before buying a Cook Stove. We are bound to sell you and are sure to pleaae you. We will take your old Stove in part payment for a new one. Our TINWARE is the best on the market. We carry a woll-selected Stock of CHINA, such as Dinner Sets, Tea Sets and Chamber 8eta. We also carry a full line of PORCELAIN GOODS. Also, a nice Une of GLASSWARE. We do all kinds of ROOFING-Tin Roofing, Slate Roofing-and Repair work. We will be pleased to have you give us a call before buying. OSBORNE & OSBORNE. X. B.-All Accounts due Osborne <fc Clinkscales mu*t be settled. _ Over Post Office. 'Phone No. 116? . M. MATTISON . AGENT." LIFE, FIRS, ACCIDENT. Call for nice Calendar. Office always open,