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CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, KEB UT A RY 22. 185M. YOI j I'M E XXXIY-NO. 85. "WE SELL IT FOR LESS." B. Oe EVANS & CO., THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS, 5 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 ue. Our idea in business is to 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 full value for every dollar invested. If at any time you should be displeased with a purchase you make aere, 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 trade. If you will come into oui store we can show you exactly v.-hy 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 your business, but a true statement of facts, that "WE SELL IT FOR LESS." Yours truly, B. 0. EVANS & CO. Hill- Orr Drug Company's Specials ! iyrup Bed Glover Compound, The greatest and best blood purifier. Pint bottle $1.00. ohnson's Headaehe Powder. Safe'and sure for all pains in the head. 10c. and 25c. annint,. * The best of all Cough Remedies. 25c. and 50c. 10. D. Go'fc* 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. Imson's Palatable Worm and Liver Syrup, Removes the worms every time, is safe, and is not to be followed by castor oil or other, ?ctive ad nauseating medicines. 25c. ol. We oner this 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 Medicine* of all kinds, Baints, Oils, Glass, Seeds and Bye Stuffs. mm SHOE DEPARTMENT jp IS now opon for tbe inspection of the. pnblie, and we know we can suit rbody in exactly- the Shoe you want. In Men's Shoes we have cut prices, [tte selling.higb'gnitl6, ?r?t quality Harvard Ties at 81.00-former price Men's Satin Calf, thoroughly solid Shoes-former price $1.25-our lot at only 90o. In Fine Shoes we have al) the latest and newest produc id all shades of Tans and Vici Kids, Cordovans and Patent Leathers. Ie*? give yon any style Toe or'nay width made. / In Ladies' and -Mieses Shoes weare sure there is no house in the city ? cao-comparo with us IN STYLE, FIT Oil PRICE. Wo-have every thing in Oxford s and Spring Heel Shoes) ia Black* and H. t , .. ^ .-?.-> ? .. . : > j . " . ; ,'? If you wa nt to see'the most perfect-fitting, attractive and* elegant line of TJ* and uD-to-dat? f?iAt?eEr eres We are headquarters for Shoes. Very truly, D'. C. BROWN & BRO; t??i&t?'y.: Cv A Sew England Molt. We have a notion that sonic bright Southern contemporaries of ours are going to get a lot of amusement-anil comfort, too-out of the recont tribu lations of "Elder" George W. Higgins, of the village of Levant, in tho State of Maine. They have been lectured for years past, aud 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 if they gleefully improve it. 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 1805 he began to preach about "sanctification." The Levant people did not take kindly, as a rule, to his doctrine. They consid ered him a wool-gathering fanatic or worse. They say now that his rantings drove excitable women to thc edge of insanity, and acrosr it. They" accuse him of having made ?cord in families, having counselled the beating of young children to "drive the devils out of them," having procured the deeding to himself, or his new sect, of valuable property, and so on. The story is as old ak "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 Rome of them unto this present. Monday of this week Selectman John White, a leading citizen, advised him to get out of the villago without delay. According to report, the selectman threatened the preacher with a watery B-ave in the Kenduskeag if he tarried, iggins suid 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 (Rael Clement) with whom Higgins has been making his home. The "elder" came to the door with a lantern. "Hold up the shining light," he shouted, "that we may see inc faces of our enemies." He didn't see their faces long. Ho 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 Lovant 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 1699, is a surprise. It is also a leeson 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 operating on the South's eyes, we'd better per haps attend to our own." Keep to the Right. SECTIOS 1. Be it enacted by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That section 1,180, general statutes of Souti. Carolina, being sec tion 858, vol. 2, criminal code, revised statutes of South Carolina, be, and the same is hereby amended, so that as amended said section fthall read as fol lows : SECTION 853 (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 ont or opened according to law, shall keep entirely oh the right of the centre'of the saia road, public highway, causeway or bridge, so as not to obstruct the passage ot any other ?ierson, carriage, animal or thing, on he other side of the centre thereof. And every person who shall drive, lead or having charge thereof, shall permit any carnage? animal or other thing to travel on such road, public highway, causeway or bridge, contrary to this 8revision, shall on conviction thereof eforo 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 March, A. Filled Him With Lead. VAIXANTA, GA., Jane 5.-A special from Columbus, Gu., 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 Bistol, and sent two bullets after the tightened wretch. While a posse was scouring the woods to-day to lind 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 at assault. This time he tore the clothes from Mm. Ward, but she managed to secure her pistol and shot the negro four times. Mrs. Ward say? she eaw the negro fall several times while running from the house. Bloodhounds from Opelika have been telegraphed for. If not already dead from the wounds it is expected the negro will be lynched. - A German professor, in giving his experience os an explorer in tho wilds at Africa, says that the best protection iiguinBt lions is an umbrella, as the beasis are especially afraid of one when opened suddenly upon them. Deafness Ctnitt be Cored t>f local application J, M thay cannot reach tba .beaned portion of the ?or. There la only one way to care Deafnoaa. and that ia hy constitu tional remedies Deafness Is cauaed hy an in flan id condition of the macons lining ci tho Eu atoch an Tube. Whc-n thia tobe gets inflamed you have a rumbling *ouad or imbarfect hearing, aod when lt ls entirely cosed deadness is the result, and unless Ute Inflasaation can ha taite.* out and thia Lobe restored to its normal condition, hearing will sa destroyed forercr ; nine cases out of ten ate vj unimran, ?bien is norning but sn in? lamed condition cir the ccucous surfaaea. ' Wa ?III gire One Hundred Delara for say case it Deaf o eas (caused by catarrh) that cannot be Mired ht Hail's Catsrrh Oar? So td for circulars, r?e. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,Toledo. 0. Car-Sold by Dr?jniat*. 75c Hilra FamUy Pills ara th? boat. rlsiBrililnlliilsffl Jeffries is Champion. NEW YOKK, June J).-Janu s J. Jef fries, another sturdy young giant, has come out of th?'Wost tu whip champion pugilists. At the arena of the Coney Island Athletic dab to-night he de feated ilobert Fitzsinnnons, 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 innstcr of tho man he defeated. Ho was never at any time in serious danger, and utter 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.- Thc Times to morrow will say: The division of the spoils of the Jeffries-Fitzsimmons fight was as f lows: Half of tho receipts went to ic Coney Island sporting club and half to the contestants. The amount taken in at thc door was $85, 270. Half of the admission money amount ed to $42,035. Of this Fitzsimmons re - ceived sixty per cent., or $25,5H1, and Jeffries forty per cent., or $17,054. The purse said to have been ottered by the club was $20,000. In the event of Jeffries winning this vas to be fully divided, thereby making Fitzsimmons1 total receipts $515,581 nnd Jenries' $27, 054. It is declared that Fitzsimmons would not make the match until he had been guaranteed the large end of the purse and thc gnte money, owiug to his reputation and position. Man ager Brady accepted 40 uer cent, for his man, believing that in the long run such an amount and a derision we?e worth more than GO per cent, and a de feat. Negro Lynched by Negroes. S ARDIS Miss., Juno 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 ono of the most atrocious in the criminal annals 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* prevent breathing. Her body was then concealed in rubbish. Tile woman rallied sufficiently to give the alarm and the names of her assailants Part of the goods taken fronv tile woman was later found in a trunk belonging to Brooks. The mob, which was composed en tirely of negroes, did its work very quietly. The white people knew noth ing of tho alla ir until hours* after it occurred. Elopement Spoiled-. WEBSTER, IA., June 7.-Frank Starr was shot and dangerously injured near 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 f nther. Spencer had threatened to kill Starr if he saw him with the child. The couple started to elope, and' Spencer pursued on horseback. Ho gained rapidly, and when within range fired the fulPcharge, striking Starr in the back. Starr-declares that if he re covers he will surely marry thc girl. Poor 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'05 cents and*two dozen eggs for his services. The groom was about 15 and the bride a little over 12 years of ?g?, wearing a dress too" short by two inches to reach'ber knees: It looked like mockery of marriage. After the ceremony they' drove their wagon up in a fence corner in the out 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 brid I 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.-Harro?tiburg, Ky., 8ajfing*?_ For Fighting Trusts. Gov. Jos. D. Sayers, of Texas, has writen Gov. Mcsweeney as follows: Dear Sir: After milch 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 tho 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. It cannot bo 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 to tho Attorney Gene ral of your S tate, that a conference of the Governors and Attorney General of such States and Territories as may see proper to attend, be held at St. Louis, on Wednesday, the 20th day of September. 1809, for the purpose of taxing such action as may be deemed proper respecting tho 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 r.t 30 ?e??o a Page-liood Work, Good Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper than at any other house. Catalogues in the best 'stylo. If yon have printing to do. it will be to Sour interest to write to the Press and > anner, Abbeville, S. C. tf. ?.-' .., . ' . . ' .", :..' - , .;'. . -- STATE NEWS - Greenville is to have un electric railway, lt will be built by Philadel phia capitalists. - Parks Stewart, a youug man working in the Kock Hill cotton mills, was killed while stealiug a ride on a train. - It is claimed that there is over a three hundred tbouaaud dollar stock of liquor on hand 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 havo left there in the past few days for San Francisco, whence they will take passage on u transport for the Philippines. - About 40.000 acres of land in Jefferson and Alligator townships of Chesterfield county were bought a few I days ago at a dollar an acre by a rep resentative of thc Seaboard Air Line. - Joseph H. Karie, of Greenville, a son of the late Senator Karie, wo^ the West Point appointment, for which a competitive examination was con ducted a few days ago at Spartanburg. - The second trial of Mrs. Hughes, the pretty white woman charged with thc murder of?her husband at Greers, several months ago, took place in Greenville last week and again result-' ed in 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 tr 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 auccessor of former Lieutenant Governor McSweeney. This is by virtue of his office as President pro tem. of the Senate. Mr. Scuiborough is a lawyer of Conwr.y. - Mr. John H. Morrah died at his home in Abbeville inst Thursday, after a* painful illness of three weeks. Mr. Morrah wa3 thrown from his horse and had several of his ribs broken, which caused his death. He was a good citizen, and had represented Ab beville County in the Legislature. - The extended drought was broken in the northeastern section of Laurens 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 fryiog-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 H. Clegg met with a horrible death. The little one was playing around the kitohen and got hold of the kerosene can and drank a quantity of the fluid. 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 weeV two stills were raided and destroyer!. The United States government officials have gone into the matter alr.o, 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 the foremost of the men of the State in the seventies have come to light. One of the latest of these is a donation from Mrs. Jane Bowly, now a resident of New Jersey, but who is a native of Charleston, although for twenty-five years sho has not lived there. Mrs. Bowly heard of the in tention of the people of the State of South Carolina to raise the Hampton fund and voluntarily sont 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 iojurv ?nd ?hont -ere very p?iu fol, 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 r? portud 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. 1 id Ties, 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 OXFORD TIES WILL INTEREST YOU. June, July and August are months for cleaning out. Odd JLots and Sizes IN SHO 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. Tours very truly, C. F. JONES I CO. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in DRY GOODS, SHOES, CLOTHING, MILLINERY