The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 14, 1899, Image 1
BY CLINKSCALES ft LANGSTON.
ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1899.
VOLUME XXXIY-NO. 51.
"WE SELL IT FOR LESS."
B. O, EVANS & CO.,
THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS,
ANDERSON, S. C., June 7, 1899.
DEAR SIR :
If you have traded with us you know our way of doing
business ; if not, this letter will tell you something about us.
Our idea in business is tc have each individual who makes
a purchase of us to be satisfied. We satisfy you by selling
good, honest CLOTHING AT LOWER PRICES than any
credit store can give. When we sell you a suit of Clothes,
we give you fall value for every dollar invested. If at any
time you should be displeased with a purchase you make
here, let us know and we will cheerfully give you;-your
money back if you want it
We-do a STRICTLY SPOT CASH BUSINESS ; we
keep no books ; we have no bad debts. We give you more
value for 75c. cash than our competitors would for $1.00
- On credit. If we can't save you money we don't want your
.
traie.
If you will come into om store we can show you exactly
why we are able to save you money. We ask you to take
our word for the above cnly to the extent of coming in to in
vestigate. Toa will find it not a mere catch phrase to get
yo ax business, but a true statement of facts, that
"WE 8BT.T. TT FOB LESS."
Yours truly,
B. 0. EVANS & CO.
Hiiir?rr Drug Company's Specials !
Syrup Red Glover Compound,
The greatest and best blood purifier. Pint bottle $1.00.
Johnson's Headaehe Powder.
Safe and sure for all pains in the head. 10c. and 25c.
Tarmint,
The best of all Cough Remedies. 25c. and 50c.
H. 0. D. Go'fc- Horse anet 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.
i
Kamnol.
We 'fifer thia new and latest remedy for Headache, Neuralgia and
all pains. This remedy we need not recommend, as it stands above
all remedies heretofore offered as a reliever of any kind of pain.
25c boxes-.
HILL-ORR DRUG CO.,
Headquarters for Medicines of all kinds,
Paints, Oils, Glass, Seeds and Dye Stuffs.
OUR SPRING SHOE DEPARTMENT
IS now open for the inspection of the public, and we k?ow we can suit
everybody in exactly- the Shoe you want. In Men's Shoes we have cut prices,
and are-selling Jwgb'grade, first quality Harvard Ties at $1.00-former price
$K25. Men's Satin Calf, thoroughly solid Shoes-former price $1.25-our
new lot at only 90e. In Fine Shoes we have all the latest and newest produc
tions, in all shades of Tans and Vici Kids, Cordovans and Patent Leathers.
We can give you any style Toe or any width made.
In Ladies* and Misses Shoes we are sure there is no house in the city
who can ?compare with us
IN STYLE, FIT OR PRICE.
Wehave everything in Oxfords and Spring Heel Shoes; in Blacks and
Tans.
If you want to see the most perfect-fitting, attractive and elegant linc of
stylish and up-to-date footwear ever shown in Anderson come in to see us.
We are headquarters for Shoes. Very truly,
D. C. BROWN & BRO.
A New England Mob.
We have a notion that some bright
Southern contemporaries of ours are
going to get a lot of amusement-and
comfort, too-out of the recent tribu
lations of "Elder" George W. Higgins,
of the village of Levant, in the State
of Maine. They have been lectured
for years past, and with quite insuffer
able airs of moral superiority, upon the
outbreaks of mob violence in their part
of the country, and it has made them
pretty tired. This story from Down
East gives them the chance to do a
little lecturing and moralizing in their
return; small blame to them it' they
gleefully improve lt.
Levant is a post-village of Penobscot
County, on the south branch of the
Kenduskeag, nine miles from the city
of Bangor. Higgins first turned up
there six or seven years ago. He was
then a Methodist local preacher, or
perhaps exhorter. In 1895 he began to
preach about "sanctification." The
Levant people did not take kindly, as
arnie, to his doctrine. They consid
ered him a wool-gathering fanatic
or worse. They say now that his
rantings drove excitable women to the
edge of insanity, and across it. They'
accuse him of having made discord in
families, having counselled the beating
of young children to "drive the devils
out of them," having procured the
deeding to himself, or bis new sect, of
valuable property, and so on. The
story is as old a's "religion" with hys
terics in it-and that's one of the old
est things in the world. In spite of
Levant's disapproval-of course he
called it persecution-Higgins went
ahead with his propaganda, made con
verts, and has retained some of them
unto this present.
. Monday of this week Selectman John
White, a leading citizen, advised him
to get out of the village without delay
According to report, the selectman
threatened the preacher with a watery
g*ave in the Kenduskeag if he tarried
iggins said he would quit when di
rected by the Lord to do so and not
before.
That night, along toward 12 o'clock
between one hundred and two hundred
citizens-some with masks and some
without-surrounded the house of the
disciple (Ruel Clement) with whom
Higgins has been making his home
The "elder" came to the door with
lantern. "Hold up the shining light,
he shouted, "that we may see the faces
of our enemies." He didn't see theil*
faces long. He and Clement were
knocked down, and dragged by the
heels into the road. There the disciple
was turned loose. He went back into
the house and immediately started a
prayer meeting, which lasted until
Higgins's return. When the "elder"
got back he wore a close-fitting suit of
tar and feathers. He had had a long
ride on a rail and a warning that if he
remained in Levant worse would be
fall him. ? * *
To the Portland Press a local corres
pondent writes:
"Public sentiment is overwhelmingly
in favor of the mob. * * *
"But this resurgence of the mob
spirit in Penobscot County, Maine, and
in the year 1899, is a surprise. It is
also a lesson in humility. Human na
ture doesn't vary materially with the
parallels of latitude. New England is
not yet inhabited exclusively by just
men made perfect. Before op?rating
on the South's eyes, we'd better per
haps attend to our own."
Keep to the Right.
SECTION 1. Beit enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That section 1,130, general
statutes of South Carolina, being sec
tion 853, vol. 2, criminal code, revised
statutes of South Carolina, be, and the
same is hereby amended, so that as
amended said section shall read as fol
lows:
SECTION 353 (1,130). Every person,
carriage, animal or other thing, travel
ing on or over any turnpike road, pub
lic highway, causeway or bridge, now
constructed or hereafter to be con
structed, laid out or opened according
to law, shall keep entirely oh the right
of the centre of the said road, public
highway, causeway or bridge, so as not
to obstruct the passage ot any other
person, carriage, animal or thing, on
the other side of the centre thereof.
And every person who sholl drive, lead
or having charge thereof, shall oermit
any carriage, animal or other thing to
travel on such road, public highway,
causeway or bridge, contrary to this
provision, shall on conviction thereof
before any court of competent juris
diction, pay a fine not exceeding ten
dollars nor less than two dollars, or in
default of the payment thereof be im
I)risoned not more than ten days nor
ess than one day, and be further liable
for all damages occasioned thereby.
Approved the 6th day of Maren, A.
D., 1899.
Filled Him With Lead.
"ATLANTA, GA., June 5.-A special
from Columbus, Ga., says :
An unknown negro made an attempt
yesterday to assault Mrs. David Ward,
who lives three miles west of Girard.
Mrs. Ward defended herself with a
pistol, and sent two bullets after the
frightened wretch.
While a posse was scouring the woods
to-day to find the negro, leaving Mrs.
Ward alone, her husband joining in
the chase, the same negro, with re
markable nerve, entered the Ward
home again and made the second at
tempt ot assault. This time he tore
the clothes from Mr?. Ward, but she
managed to secure her pistol and shot
the negro four times.
Mrs. Ward says she saw the negro
fall several times while running from
the house. Bloodhounds from Opelika
have beru telegraphed for. If not
already dead from the wounds it is
expected tbe negro will be lynched.
- A German professor, in giving his
experience as an explorer in the wilds
of Africa, says that the best protection
against lions is an umbrella, as the
beasts are especially afraid of one when
opened suddenly upon them.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they rna not reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Dearness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflam
ed condition of tb<? mucous lining of the Eustach
ian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have
a rumbling >ound or imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely c osed deafness ia the result, and
unless the incarnation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal conditiou, hearing will
be destroyed forever ; nine cases out of ten aie
caused by catarrah, which is nothing hut an in
flamed condition of the tiucous surfaaes.
Wo will give One Hundred Do.lars tor any case
of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot bo
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure .Send for circulars,
/ree. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
?3*-SoId hy Druggists. 75c
Hall's Fan-ily Pills are the best.
Jeffries is Champion.
NEW YORK, June 9.-Janies J. Jef
fries, another sturdy young giant, has
come out of the West to whip champion
pugilists. At the ?irena of the Coney ;
Island Athletic club to-night he de
feated Robert Fitzsimmons, world's
champion, in two classes (middle
weight and heavy-weight) in ll rounds
of whirlwind fighting. He came to the
ring a rank outsider and left it the
acknowledged master of the man he
defeated. He was never at any time
in serious danger, and after the size-up
in the earlier rounds of the contest,
took the lead. He had the Australian
whipped from the ninth round.
The Loser Received a Small Fortune.
NEW' YOKK, June 10.-The Times to
morrow will say: The division of the
spoils of the Jenries-Fitzsimmons fight
was as follows: Half of the receipts
went to the Coney Island sporting
club and half to the contestants. The
amount taken in at the door was $85,
270.
Half of the admission money amount
ed to $42,035. Of this Fitzsimmons re
ceived sixty per cent., or $25,581, and
Jeffries forty per cent., or $17,054. The
purse said to have been offered by the
club was $20,000. In the event of
Jeffries winning this was to be fully
divided, thereby making Fitzsimmons'
total receipts $35,581 and Jeffries' $27,
054.
It is declared that Fitzsimmons
would nol: make the match until he
had beeu guaranteed the large end of
the purse and the gate money, owing
to his reputation and position. Man
ager Brady accepted 40 per cent, for
his man, believing that in the long run
such au amount anda decision were
worth more than GO per cent, and a de
feat._
Negro Lynched by Negroes.
SARDIS MISS., June ll.-Simon
Brooks, colored, was lynched by a mob
of 500 negroes near here, having been
taken from the jail sometime between
midnight and dawn. The crime which
was thus avenged was one pf the most
atrocious in the criminal aahals of this
State. Last night a negress named
Armistead, while returning from a
shopping tour to her home, was as
saulted by Brooks and: another negro.
The woman was outraged, her throat
cut and she was severely beaten-about
the head and her jaws- were tied to*
preven t breathing. Her bodv was then
concealed in rubbish. The woman
rallied sufficiently to give the alarm
and the names of her assailants*. Part
of the goods taken from' tile woman
was later found in a trunk- belbnging
to Brooks.
The mob, which was composed en
tirely of negroes, did' its work- very
quietly. The white people knew noth
ing of the affair until hours* after it
occurred.
Elopement Spoiled-.
WEBSTER, IA., June 7.-Frank Starr
was shot and dangerously injurednear
Homer to-day by Reuben S. Spencer,
while attempting to elope with Spen
cer's daughter, aged 17-years; Spencer
is a farmer.
The young people'have been quietly
going together for some time, which
was against the wishes of the father.
Spencer had threatened to kill Starr if
he saw him with the child.
The couple started to elope, and
Spencer pursued on horseback, ile
gained rapidly, and when within range
fired the full charge, striking Starr in
the back. Starr-declares that if he re
covers he will surely marry the girl.
Poer and Happy.
A diminutive couple that ought to'
have been spanked and sent home were
married at Stanford by a preacher Fri
day, who received G5 cents and'two
dozen eggs for his services. The groom
was about 15 and the bride a little over
12 years of age, wearing1 a dress too"
short by two inches to reach1 her knees."
It looked like mockery of marriage.
After the ceremony they' drove their
wagon up in a fence corner in the out: 1
skirts ot town .and proceeded to dine,
a basket of victuals having been
brought along to save the unnecessary
investment of five cents in cheese and
crackers. I happened to drive by with
two friends while the bridai dinner
was in progress, and the show was well
worth the price of admission. Adam
and Eve were never as happy in the
Garden of Eden as that couple I saw
in the fence corner.-Harvmlsoury, Ky.,
Sayings.
For Fighting Trusts.
Gov. Jos. D. Sayers, of Texas, has
writen Gov. Mcsweeney as follows:
Dear Sir: After rnUcli reflection, I
have concluded that it would not be
improper for me to suggest that a con
ference of the Governors and Attorney
Generals of the several States and ter
ritories to be held to consider the
effect, which the formation of trusts is
having upon the country, and if pos
sible, to agree upon a character of leg
islation that will not only force those
now existing into dissolution, but will
also prevent their further creation. I
am firmly of the opinion that if as
many as twenty States can be induced
to adopt a uniform policy in reference
to this generally admitted evil, and
will enforce such policy with firmness,
impartiality and vigor, relief will surely
and quickly follow. 11 cannot be doubt
ed that in this matter State action is
necessary and that uniformity in the
enactment and enforcement of legis
lation indispensable. I have, there
fore, to respectfully suggest to your
excellency and lo the Attorney Gene
ral of your State, that, a conference of
the Governors and Attorney General
of such States and Territories as may
see proper to attend, bo held at St.
Louis, on Wednesday, the 20th day of
September, 18?W, for the purpose of
taking such action as may be deemed
proper respecting the subject matter of
this communication. An early reply,
advising me of your views and inten
tions, is requested.
- A thrifty woman saves a thing ten
years and then gives it away the day
before she needs it.
Cheap Printing.
Law Briefs at 00 cents a Page-Good
Work, Good Paper, Prompt Delivery.
Minutes cheaper than at any other
house. Catalogues in tho best "style
If you have printing to do, it will be to
vour interest to write to the Press and
Banner, Abbeville, S. C. tf.
STATE NEWS.
- Greenville is to have an electric
railway. It will be built by Philadel
phia capitalists.
- Parks Stewart, a young man
working in the Kock Hill cotton mills,
was killed while stealing a ride on a
train.
- It is claimed that there is over a
three hundred thousand dollar stock
of liquor on band at the State Dis
pensary.
- The South Carolina State Dental
Association and the State Board of
Dental Examiners will hold their an
nual sessions at Harris Lithia Springs,
beginning Tuesday, July 11th.
- Six Charleston recruits for the
United States army have left there in
the past few days for San Francisco,
whence they will take passage on a
transport fer the Philippines.
- About 40,000 acres of land in
Jefferson and Alligator townships of
Chesterfield county were bought a few
days ago at a dollar an acre by a rep
resentative of the Seaboard Air Line.
- Joseph H. Earle, of Greenville,
a son of the late Senator Earle, won
the West Point appointment, for which
a competitive examinatioo was con
ducted a few days ago at Spartanburg.
- The second trial of Mrs. Hughes,
the pretty white woman charged with
the murder of?her husband at Greers,
several months ago, took place in
Greenville last week and again result-'
ed iu a mistrial.
- Some schemer in Spartanburg
has been changing a $1 bill to a $5
bill with pen and ink and the work
has been so cleverly done that these
changed bills have been passed upon
some of the bank officials.
- The drought is getting right seri
ous in some sections of Aiken county
where it is reported that no rain has
fallen in eight and ten weeks. In
some places corn is turning yellow,
and some report cotton not yet up.
- Adjt. Gen. J. W. Floyd is pre
paring a history of the part South
Carolina took in the Spanish-Ameri
can war. He is doing considerable
work on the book, and it gives every
promise of being something that will
be well worth keeping.
- Governor McSweeney will not go
back on his first love, the press. Dur
ing his administration the Guardian
will be under management of his bro
ther-in-law and his foreman, and when
tired of political life the Governor
will again adorn the sanctum.
- Jane Slippey, a young married
woman living near Spartanburg, climb
ed into a cherry tree in her yard to
get fruit for breakfast. She lost her
balance, and fell, her feet catching
between two limbs. She made no out
cry, and hung there until dead.
- Senator Scarborough, of Horry
county, becomes Lieutenant Governor
as the successor of former Lieutenant
Governor McSweeney. This is by
virtue of His office as President pro
tem. of the Senate. Mr. Scarborough
is a lawyer of Conway.
- Mr. John H. Morrah died at his
home in Abbeville last Thursday, after
a'painful illness of three weeks. Mr.
Morrah was thrown from his horse
and had several of his ribs broken, j
which caused his death. He was a
good'eitizen, and had represented Ah- I
Seville County in the Legislature.
- The extended drought was broken ?
in the northeastern section of Laurens 1
county Wednesday afternoon by a ter
rific storm of wind, hail and rain.
Crops are reported considerably dam
aged and some outbuildings and trees
were blown down. In one section hail
killed frying-sized chickens and in
jured the growing crop. The rain was
light.
- A special from Greenwood, says
an 18-months-old child of Mr. John I
H. Clegg met with a horrible death.
The little one was playing around the
kitchen and got hold of the kerosene
can and drank a quantity of the fluid, j
Congestion followed and the little one
died in a few hours. The child's
mother died very suddenly about ten
days ago.
- The State constables, under Mr.
Bahr, are finding quite a number of
whiskey stills in the edge of Orange
burg county and in lower Lexington
county. It seems to have been an
unexpected find and a sort of multi
plying find. Last week two stills were
raided and destroyed. The United
States government officials have gone
into the matter also, and have made
cases out against the parties the State
raided.
- During the progress of the rais
ing of funds for the Hampton home,)
some very touching examples of the
devotion of the older regime to the
old leader of the soldiers in the sixties
and thc foremost of the men of the
State in the seventies have come to
light. One of thc latest of these isa
donation from Mrs. Jane Bowly, now
a resident of New Jersey, but who is
a native of Charleston, although for
twenty-five years she has not lived
there. Mrs. Bowly heard of the in
tention of the people of the State of
South Caroliua to raise the Hampton
fund and voluntarily sent in her check
for $25.
- Rev. J. C. Abney, chaplain of
the Penitentiary, was on the special
train going from Columbia to attend
Gov. Ellerbe's funeral on June 3, and
while passing Congaree station his
arm was struck and fractured by what
it is thought must have been a stick
of wood falling from the engine tender
and striking a box car and rebounding.
The injury and shock were very pain
ful, and at Sumter Mr. Abney was
left in charge of Dr China, who did
much to relieve the sufferer. At nigh"
Mr. Abney was brought home again,
and he is now reported to be getting
on well.
If the weather is hot all the
people can't go without Shoes.
We can supply you in Foot
wear for all kinds of weather.
We are making some SPECIAL
OFFERINGS on.
Lais' Oxford Ties
J
Good, Solid, Reliable, Wearable Stuff.
Have been retailing them at $1.00 and
$1.25, but want to clean them out
now, so are running them off at
75c,
This is your opportunity.
Ladies',
Misses' and
Children's
TIES,
WILL INTEREST YOU.
June, July and August are months
for cleaning out.
Odd Lots and Sizes
Our customers get the benefit.
Some interesting offerings in
MEN'S GOODS
AT
$1.00
TO
$3.00
We are figuring on close margins now.
Want to get right at your business.
Let us have all you can.
WE GIVE TRADING STAMPS.
Yours very truly,
C. F. JONES I CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers ia
DRY GOODS, SHOES, CLOTHING, MILLINERY