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. . . We have just received a nice NEW STOCK of the NEW 1ST COLORS and KOST DESIRABLE PATTERNS in COTTON WARP, JUTE WARP. EXTRA HEAVY CHINA AND MATTINGS, I And notwithstanding the great advance in Mattings we are telling them as low as ever before. Our Stock is all NEW. Having cleaned up our former purchases we were compelled io replenish our Stock at once. Hence this Of having a full assortment of pretty, new Mattings to se* feet from at this season of the year. Our Pri?es I Are as follows by the Boll of Forty Yards. Will, of course, eat any quantity you may wish at a small advance in price j per yard : A fair quality of Matting at $4.75 per Boll. A botter quality of Matting at $6.00 per roll. A better quality of Slatting at $7.00 per roll. An extra quality of 'Matting at $8.00 per roil. An extra quality of Matting at $9.00 per roll. Au extra quality of China Matting at $10.00 per roll. A Super quality of Japanese Mattings at $12.00 per roll. We invite all to come and see our OR FOR SAMPLES Also, come and see our RUGS, ART SQUARES, FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, LINOLEUMS, CURTAINS, ^WINDOW SHADES, CURTAIN POLES, &c., And House Furnishings in general. Yours truly, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in X rM?>10?r?t*Orv . m <? Local News WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 181)9. Work ou tho Orr Cotton Mill has commenced. ? Court is not attrac ting a big crowd of spectators this week. Miss Norma Clinkscales is visiting friends in Greenwood. Your attention is directed to the new advertisement of Brock Bros. Mrs. H. G. Piuckney is in Abbeville visiting her father, Dr. Marshall. J, E. Bogg?, Esq., of Pickling, was in the city yesterday attending Court. Mr. and Mrs. Phifer, of Greenville, aro in the city visiting J. K. Rreazeale, Esq. Mr. T. A. Ratliffe has returned from 1 a visit to his old home iii North Caro? lina. McCully Bros sell the obi reliable Hall gin. Read their new advertise ment. Mr. Aug. (i. Smith, one of Abbeville's most popular cit.zens, spout Monday in the city. Miss Bertie G rubba, of Belton, is in tho city visiting thc family ol* Dr. W, G. McGee. Mrs. .John M. Geer, of Greenville, is in tho city visiting her sister. Mrs. .1. L. McGee. The new advertisement of C. S. Minor, of the Tou Cents atore, will interest you. ? The new advertisement of J. H. Weil &. Cc will prove interesting, especially to th? .adies. All the banks in thc city will be clos ed on the 4th of July, which is a na tional holiday. Mr, F.'.T, Pclzer and family, of Char leston, are now at their summer home near Pendleton. Prof. J. Scott Murray, of Maeon, Ga., iain tlie city to spend the vacation with his mother. If you need a wagon or a buggy it will pay you to read the advertisement of J. J. Frctwcll. ? Dr. S. M. Orr and family have gone j to some of the mountain resorts tn sp ond a few weeks. Lesser & Co. are still offering bar gains, as will bc seen by reading their now advertisement. Mr. W. S. Eec, Jr., who has been en gaged in business at Columbus, Ga., is at homo on a vacation. Tho State Normal School for the negro teachers will begin at Abbeville next Tuesday, July 4tb. Dr. lt. W.Tutt, of Aiken County, has located at Annie, in this County, for the practice of medicine. There will bo a pic nie at ll at toi Ts Ford next Tuesday, July 4th. Every body is invited to attend. Mrs. W. C. Bailey went over to Union last week to visit the family of her brother, Mr. T. A. Murrah. Mrs. Leila Swank and Miss Eli/.n Scoy, of Augusta, are in the city the guests of Mrs. J. L. Mauldin. Mrs. S. D. Brownlee and children have gone tn Highlands, N. C.. where they will spend several weeks. If you are hunting bargain B tho new advertisement of C. F. Jones &. ?"o., will tell you where, to lind them. Capt. Whit. Robinson, the popular conductor on the Savannah Valley Road, is enjoying u short vacation. Mrs. Margaret YauWyck, of Atlanta, Ga., is jn the ci$y visiting her sou, Mr. O. B. Van VVyck and other relatives. Capt. H. R. Vandiver, of Townville. ie spending a few days in the city, and is warmly greeted by his many friends. Brown, Osborne & Co. announce, a new and attractive line of mattings and house furnishings in this issue. Read it. On next Sunday tho regular services at Trinity Church will be held at 4 o'clock p. m. instead of. at ll o'clock a. m. City Clerk T. J. Mauldin ia quite sick. His brother, Ivy M. Mauldin, of Pickens, came down to visit him a few days ago. Mr. R. M. Baker, who is connected i with the Quartermasters deportment of the U. S. army, is at homo on a short furlough. Mrs. J. M. Sullivan and two of hor young children have gone to High lands, N. C., where they will spend a month or. two. The postofiice will observe Sunday hours next Tuesday, 4th July, which isa national holiday, and no money orders will be issued that day. Carlisle Bros. are offering bargains in their goods in order to save the ex penso of moving them to their new stand. Read their advertisement'. Miss By rd ie Fant, daughter of Col. Dillard R. Font, of Georgetown, Texas, is in Anderson visiting tho family of Mr. H. B. Fant and other relatives. . Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Durham, of Greenville, came over last week to spend a few days in tho city as tho guests of Capt. and Mrs. H. H.Wat kins. Tho Robert E. t,eo Chapter of tho Daughters of The Confederacy will meet next Monday afternoon at six o*clock at ibo homo of Mrs. J. R. Van divor. > Tho dealers in fruit jars will not do a rushing business this season. Tho fruit crop generally is nbont as near a failure as it, ever gets to bo in this country. Our young friend, Jos. F. Maxwell, who was thc successful applicant for the Annapolis cadetship, lof t yesterday to attend tho naval preparatory school at Annapolis. Pelzer xviii have a big celebration oii July Uh; An interesting programme hus boen arranged Tor the occasion, which will no doubt attract a large crowd ol' visitors. Dot and Leland l*ayue entertained quite a number of their little friends last Saturday afternoon in honor of their little cousin. George II oldman, of Spartanburg, S. C. Married, on Thursday, June 22, 18W, at tho residence of Mr. Frank Nixson, by.I.B. McAdams, Ksq., Mr. Pres. ll. Gailoy and Miss Julia Nixson, all of Anderson County. Misses Annie and Marian Spignor, ol' Columbia, and Miss Annie and Lizzie McBce and Miss Mary Mauldin, of Greenville, are visiting the family of Hon. M. F. Crayton. Our young friend, Sylvester B. Khod, of Denver, sent us tho lirst cotton bloom this season last Saturday. This is Mr. Elrod's lirst year in farming and his crop is reported very fine. Thc Summer Normal School for the white teachers of this County will begin in this city next Monday, full particulars of which are given by Su perintendent Nicholson in another column. Rev. Thomas Leach, the evangelist, is conducting a series of meetings at the West End Methodist, Church. The meetings are held in a large tent near thc Church, and will continue for ten days or more. Wc are requested to announce that Camp Mtg. Frank Hill, IL C. V., will meet at Iva on Saturday, July ?th, at 'I o'clock p. in. to elect delegates to thc. Stato Kennion. All the members are urged to attend. The railroad authorities have notiiicd Mr. L. I?. Smith that they will not charter him an excursion train this summer to Asheville, which he ex pected to run shortly after hi?, excur sion to Charleston. j Messrs. H. C. Webb and A. P. Cater, who have been out ou a drumming trip, returned homo last Friday to spend n few days. They are taking orders for fall and winter goods, and report business good. On account of the Alliance barbecue at Seneca next Tuesday, the Blue Ridge Railroad will run a special train from Anderson to that place, leaving here at i ? a. m. and returning at 8 p. m. Fare foi the round trip, $1.00. Thc State Teacher's Association has changed tho dato of its meeting at I larris Spring to July 14th in order not to conflict with the summer school at Winthrop. Many of the teachers will go direct from Bock Hill. Rev. W. W. Daniel, P. IL, of this . city, has accepted an invitation to visit Newberry and preach in thc First Methodist Church there next Sunda) on tho subject, "Tho Twentieth Cen tnry Educational Endowment." Miss Eva Simpson, a charming younj. lady of Honca Path, after a most pleas ant visit of ten days to tho family ol her uncle, Mr. W. H. Simpson, has re turned home, accompanied by he: cousin, Miss Genevieve Simpson. The Secretary of State has issued ; commissiou for a charter to the Pendle ton Ginning Company, of Pendleton Tho capital stork nf the company i? i> bo $8,000. The corpora tors named are B. E. Gantt, S. L. Eskew, J. J. Sitt?i and I). L. Beid. . There will bo a singing at Eurek: next Sunday, begining at 10 o'clock u m. The public is cordially invited t attend. A collection will be taken fo the Connie Maxwell Orphanage. Mossr I Willis, Eskew and Mitfords will b present aud lead thc singing. Counsel from Oconee and Andersoi Counties wore in Columbia last Frida consulting thc Attorney General rein tive to bringing suit against the Blu Ridge Railway for back taxes. It i likely that tho Stute will not take pai iu tho suit, as Blue Ridge bonds ma become involved. Abbeville is now to bo lighted h electricity. An Anderson firm whic for some years has been furnishing th lights for that placo on last Frida night closed a contract with the Cit Council here by which they obtained franchise for tho lighting of the tow at a cost of $2400 a .year.-A bitevii Medium. Our old friend, Mr. Willis Moore, th blacksmith, was brought from Autu to his homo in Midway on Tucsdd evening badly wounded in the leg by piece of steel flying off the anvil no entering his thigh. The piece of mefc had not been extracted from his leg i last accounts and tho old gontlcmc was suffering greatly.- Walhalla Coi vier. The third Quarterly Conference i Starr and Iva Circuit will be held ne: Saturday and Sunday at Smith's Chap by tho Presiding Elder. Rev. J. ] Wilson. Tho subject of Christi; education will bo emphasized. C Sunday the I^ord's Supper will bo ai ministered. Rev. O. M. Abney, tl pastor, "cordially, invites the public attend the services. Last Friday thc Pioneer Reel Tea returned from Columbia, where, th? spent three days participating in tl Firemen's Tournament. They enter* all tho races but won only one pris which was offered to thc fastest visi ing team, their time being 25 second Tho members of tho team o nj oy cd th< trip very much, but vow they w never enter another tournament Columbia. The Smyth Rifles, sixty-four stron were mustered into tho service of t State* militia at Pelzcr last Fridri Tho officers of tho Company are Jo! T. West, Captain; J. Adger Smyth, J First Lieutenant; Robert Woodsit Second Lieutenant All of these oi eera have received training in milita schools, and tho Smyth Rifles will so bo numbered among tho crack milita companies of South Carolina. Mr. C. P. l'resnell died nt his home in Hartwell, (lu., last Sunday morning, aged 70 years. Mr. Presnell for a num ber of years resided in Anderson, where he mai ried a Miss Arnold, a daughter of the late Lawson T. Arnold, and has many old friends in this section who will regrette hear of his death, lie 1er ve? a wife, one son and one daugh ter. Mr. and Mrs. ll. V, Wilson, ot this city, attended the funeral in Hartwell, The Greenville AVim of thc25th inst, says: "Greenville has :i prominent defendant ia the Anderson Sessions Court convening to-morrow morning with Judge Gage presiding, in the per son ol Charles Pack, who is accused by bis partner, W. H. freeman, of this city, of forgery and other frauds. Mr. Pack is out on bond. Ile was Mr. Freeman's partner in the furniture business in Anderson. Moth are resi dents of this city." Dr. ?J.H. Symmes, of Peru. Kia., a native of this County and formerly a resident of this city, has been spend ing a few days in Anderson visiting old friends and relatives. Dr. S.\ mines moved from Anderson to Florida about twenty-one years ago, and this is his second visit to his old home sine?' he left. Time has dealt gently with him, and he looks hale and hearty. His visit was a source ol' much pleasure to his many old friends. The families of Mr. W. W. Horn anil Mr. W. H. .Simpson spent a pleasant, day on a pie nie excursion at Portman Shoals last week. They report quito a lively time fishing for the tinny tribe, and, owing to their leaving a nice cup of bate at home, would have succeeded in catching a good string. Mr. Horn, however, caught a tine blue eat in the branch just below the power house with his hands, supposed to have got ten in the branch while the river was up. The ride back to the city by moonlight was delightful. They ex tend their thanks to the boys of the power house for the use of the canoe and other kindness shown. Mr. Ebenezer Ashley died at the County Home this morning nt 4.1K) o'clock, in the With year of his age. Mr. Ashley formerly lived in Martin Township, near Mt. Bothel Church, and has many friends in that section who will regret lo hear of his death. His wife preceded him to tho grave a few weeks ago. About four weeks ugo Mr. Ashley accidentally fell and brok? his left hip, and gradually weakened until death came to relievo him of lib sufferings. He. was a devoted meinbei of Mt. "Bethel Church and lived up tr his profession. At his request his re mains will be buried at tho. Countj cemetery by tho side ot his wife thu afternoon. Mrs. Guy, the wife of Superiutcudcn li. F. tiny, of tho Pelzor Mills, diet Tuesday, 20th inst, at the home, of he son in Pelzer. Her illness was shor and her sudden death was a great shod to her friends. While out shoppiuj the previousThursday she was stricksi with paralysis and was carried to th home of her son. From that time til death came she never regained consci ousness. She was a member of th Presbyterian Church and was highl esteemed and gr eatly beloved. A larg family HUI vives. The funeral was bel ! Wednesday afternoou, her pastor, th ? Rev. C. h. Stewart, officiating. Th interment was at Big Creek Cometer and thc attendance was very huge. Mrs..Cornelia W. Jones, whose dent took pince in Columbia on Tuesdn: 20th inst., at the residence of lu daughter, Mrs. W. T. Gray, in the 701 j car of her age, was tho eldest child < tho late Dr, >\ W. Symmes, of Pend!? ton, who wat; au intimate friend < John C. Calhorn?, and for man; yen ediitor of the 'eudletou Messenge. Airs. Jones has lived in Greenville fi a number of years, and was highly r garded for lier social qualities ar activity in religious work. She was zealous temperance worker, and in tl days of tho W. C. T. U. she was ve energetic and faithful in thc cause, devoted member of the Presbytern Church from early youth, her servie were constantly in requisition, and h example was au inspiration to othei Mrs. Jones leaves a son and daughtt and her surviving brothers are Dr. H. Symmes, of Tampa, Fla., and M Whitner Symmes, of this city. T burial took place at the Old Bte Church near Pendleton, where many her kindred of past generations ti buried.-Oreenville Mountaineer. Dr. C. V. Barnes died at his home Martin Township yesterday morai at 4 o'clock. On Saturday, 17th int he was stricken with paralysis, n gradually weakened away until dei came to relieve him of his sufferin Dr. Barnes was born and reared Abbeville County, but had been a ci zen of Anderson County for tho p thirty years or more, and resided this city for several years. Ho v about 07 years of age, and was w known throughout the County, practiced medicine a number of yea and was on tho list of local preach of thc South Carolina Conference tho M. E. Church, South, having joit that ('burch in his boyhood. He v avery intelligent man, and always U an active part in anything that wo? tend to the welfare of tho County II and the happiness of her people, his immediate neighborhood and in Church ho will be missed and bis pl will be hard to fill. Dr. Barnes marr Miss Minerva Martin, a daughter thc late Col. John Martin, who, \\ ono sou, survives him. In their s bereavement they have tho sympa of a wide circle of friends. Tho mains will be buried this afternooi Ebenezer Church. Have you over Keen n pitman oi Mower ilitttuiu notgivetronble? Chi Eion li -iv maker Mowers lia v.. no pilli! Ut? short driving link that t?k?H l>iH<:e of' a pitman, sud ba* no revolv motion st* ilber ?nd Sn li iv n Hardt* 0>>. Will taite plo-mure. lu allowing; now tnis a d other improved feati combine to make the Champ-on the n du rv.hie and least, expeniilvo Mowei the market. Special Clothin: Sale. We have succeeded in accomplishing one of the principal lecrets of the Clothing business-that is getting the trading >eople to believe what we advertise. We can say, and say it .ruthfully, that we have the best and most complete line of Clothing in Anderson. This expression comes from every me that has examined the Clothing of the city. Imagine ivhat a pleasure it is to hear on all sides, "Hall & Milford has me best line of Clothing in Anderson." You know the rea jon-our prices are the lowest, our Goods of the best quality. This week we will place on the counters a lot of Pat terns. Some All Wool, some Mixtures, but all worth $7.50 a ???it. a As a Special for this week we will mark them $5.(10 a Snit ! Any one purchasing and not satisfied with the value of these Goods v/e will refund his money. We not only show $5.00 Suits for this week, but our Pat terns, in all other prices, ranging rrom $8.50, $10.00, $12.50 and $15,00 are exclusive, and are confined to us alone. Per fect in fit, correct in style, above question in quality. Joseph Fowler's Negligee Shirts 75c. Scrivan's Drawers 65c. Straw Hats, Shoes and Furnishings up to the standard. Clothiers ami Furnishiers. To tte Ladies. Have you seen our laot shipment of Ladies' Evening Slip pers in Patent Leathers, White Kid, &c. They are bcsuties. To Gents Have you seen those $3.00 up-to-date Shoes we are sell ing the boys. If not, call and inspect for yourself. All the latest colors and shapes. Say ! Don't forget to call for Trading Stamps. We've got them. Yours for Reliable Shoes, COBB & CBAYTON, The Shoe People. SUNDRIES, PARTS, FITTINGS. URSE LEASING RICES. Everything needed for a BICYCLE at Lowest Prices. The largest stock of such Goods carried by any House in the State. We are in a position to supply reliable Goods at LOWER PRICES than any one. General Distributing Agents for Morgan & Weight's TIRES and INNER TUBES. Sulllivan Hardware Co. w. w. SULLIVAN, Manager Bicycle Department.