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Dwati Prices I Values ! These words fitly describe our Selling of A broadside has been fired your way, causing a most remarkable falling away of prices on all our Spring and Summer purchases. The season is waning. We are anxious to sell. This selling applies to every Department of our Store. OUR PRICES DO THE TALKING. Compare them with others. STUDY THE FIGURES given below : We have a great variety of MUSLINS, &c, from ole. to 5c. per yard. A lot of REMNANTS and Odds and Ends, Short Lengths, &c, in SILKS to be sold at a sacrifice. Just think of Silks at 12?c. per yard. We have thrown on the Bargain Counter a number of Ladies' Sailors and Children's HATS and CAPS, and marked them far below regular prices. In feet, you can secure many rare Bargains in OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT JUST NOW ! In consideration of the immense popularity of RIBBONS, we are keep ing our Stock thoioughly up, and jon will have no trouble in satisfying your wishes in our Ribbon Department. Though late in the season we are doing a nice business on FANS and PARASOLS, and in order to close out the Stock have made some remarkable price concessions. SUMMER UNDERWEAR At the prices that we are selling it will pay you to buy now and lay away for next Summer. We are still enthused on LACES AND EMBROIDERIES, And our Stock is up to high water mark in quantity, style and quality, but - at low tide prices. We have not sold all of those beautiful SHIRTWAISTS Mentioned last week, and are now offering Oar regular 50c. Waists. Our 69c. Waists. Our 75c. Waists. Our 98c. Waists. .... Oar $135 Waists. Our $1.50 Waists. Our $2.00 Waists. We also have a limited quantity of READY MADE SKIRTS, On which you will note the big ?eduction : Sewn Linen Skirts, with white insertion, formerly sold at S2.50, to go now at $1.98. Eight White P. K. Skirts, with Insertion, former price S3.50, price now $2.50. Only three White P. K. Skirts, with Tunie and Insertion-have sold quite a number at $3.98-will close out these three at $2 75 each. And we have only one Skirt of extra fine quality White P. E., with Tunic and Insertion, that we sold formerly at 84.25, will sell the one at the remarkably low price of $3.25. . In addition to a nice assortment Linen and P. K. Skirts for Summer we have a good lice cf Black Skirts suitable tor any season. Also, a very handsome Black Taffeta Skirt that would be a good value at $10.00, our price S7.50. If you ?re bothered with flies, and your slumbers are moles:ed with the pesty mosquitoes, you will find our MOSQUITO NETTING a great protec tion. We have it in white, red, pink and blue. We have culled out and marked, and placed conspicuously, all goods in tended for this SPECIAL SALE. Our centre counters will uot hold them all-BUT WATCH OUR CENTRE COUNTERS. Keep your eyes on them. For the next few weeks they will be burdened with Bargains for the public. DOiJT FORGET that while we are putting forth special efforts to get nd of all Summer Goods that almost every day we >peu up something new? We are not satisfied to be up-to-date, but up-to-the-moment. Just received a lot of the Nobby or ("Cyrano") Beauty Pius and Pearl Beauty Pins-the latest Parisian novelty-and Belt Buckles and Back Combs. Come and see us or write for Samples. Mail ord* rs attended to promptly. Tours truly, rown, Osborne S Co. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Greneral Merchandise* ANDERSON, S. C. .at 38c .at 50c .at 55c .at 72c at SI 00 at 1 13 a?, 1 50 Local News, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26,1899. A local weather propliet predicts a wet August Miss Elise Mauldin is visiting friends in Elberton, Ga. Sherill' Nance, of Abbeville, spent. Monday in the city. The railroad meeting at Piercetown takes place to-morrow. J Miss Julia Maxwell, of Walhalla, is visiting relativ?s in Anderson. Xow is a good time to lay in your winter's supply of wood and coal. Messrs. C. B. Hall andW. M. Thomp son are on a trip to the mountains. Read D. C. Brown & Bro's. twenty live reasons for buying from them. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Watkins are vis iting several of the mountain resdrts. Anderson is well represented at thc Veterans' Reunion in Chester this week. An excursion from Anderson to Au gusta last Friday carried about 350 passengers. All the Baptist Union Meetings in this section will be held next Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. H. L. Adams, of Charlotte, N. C., is in the city visiting her mother, Mrs. A. S. Stephens. The old weather prophets said there would be little rain during July. They have hit right so far. Yandiver Bros. make several inter esting announcements in their new ad vertisement this week. Miss Belle Fromm, of Shelby, X. C., is visiting her sisters, Mrs. Rosa Dahn and Mrs. J. T. Burriss. The Board of Pension Commissioners lias an important notice in another column to the veterans. Carlisle Bros. are agents for the Champion Mowing Machine. Read their new advertisement. Mrs. Dr. J. T. Gordon, of Atlanta, Ga., is visiting the family of her father, Mr. L. J. Scott, in the city. Mr. R. W. Speer has bought a lot on Bleckley Street and will erect a hand some cottage at an early day. Mrs. Kirby, of Abbeville, is iu thc city visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. C. Hamlin, who is seriously ill. Thc annual pic nie afc Friendship will take place next Friday, 28th inst. Everybody is invited to attend. Watermelons are being brought in from the farms every day. They are of fair size and of good quality. Mr. W. F. Anderson, who spends the cotton season in Elberton, Ga., is at home now to spend a few weeks. Mrs. W. S. Lee left the city yester day for Lancaster, S. C., where she willftSpend a few days with relatives. O. D. Anderson & Bro. have just re ceived a car load of oats, which they propose to sell cheap. Give them a call. Mrs. L. A. McSmith, who has been teaching music in Greenwood for sev eral months, has returned home to rest awhile. Miss Ada Jenkins, Messrs. Paul Jen kins and Geo. Bacot, of Greenville, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. R. E. Belcher. Mrs. (4race Cochran, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Minor, has gone to Cashiers Valley to spend a lew weeks. . Rev. J. H. Oliver aud daughter, Miss Maude, of Hepzibah, Ga., are in the city visiting thc latter's aunt. Mrs. A. S. Stephens. The contractors have commenced the erection of dwelling houses for Dr. B. A. Henry aud Mr. Ab. Kay on South McDuftie street. Mr. W. C. Pearman, who has been superintending the County chain gang, has resigned to accept a position in thc oil mill at Pelzer. Miss Ruby Daniels left yesterday to make her home in Union with her sister, Mrs. E. E. Williamson.-Xcir berry Herald and Xeirx. Mr. and Mr*. T. M. Gleun with their little (laughter, of Columbia, are in the city visiting Mrs. Glenn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Gumbrell. Kev. Wm. T. Capers, our popular Episcopal clergyman, has received a call to Goldsboro, X. C. Anderson cannot afford to sparc him. .Mr. Ben. Hughes, one of the South ern Railway's engineers, lias boen spending a. few days in Anderson visit ing old friends and relatives. Misses Josephine Casino, Hertha Reese. Gertrude .Joues, and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Webb have gone to the mountains to spend a few weeks? McCully Bros. have in their store the latest improved 10 inch Saw Huller Hin. and they would be glad for all tho ginners to call and examine it. Mr. 1?. S. Newman, a worthy and highly respected citizen of Poker, died suddenly on Thursday, 10th inst. A wife and several children survive 1dm. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Deal, of Swan nanoa, X. C., have been spending the. past week in the. County with Mrs. Mary A. Davis and Mrs. C. O. Burriss. There is very little sickness in the city at present, which, no doubt, i's attributable to the good sanitary con dition ?d' the premises of our citizens. Mr. A. L. Welch, the superintendent ol' the Anderson Roller Mills, informs us chat lie is running day and night, and bc. is turning out some, very tine samples of flour. Farmers for a dis tance of thirty miles are bringing wheat to the. mill. Every farmer should sow a few acres in wheat this fall. It will pay. Mr. Tiios. C. Chiles, superintend of the Connie Maxwell Orphan farm, has been spending a few day the county visiting his neice, Mrs 0. Burriss. When you eat a melon don't thi the rinds on the street. Put then the barrels sitting around on the strc so the garbage wagons can sec vthein and haul them off. Supt. Welles, Roadmaster Sou gate and Division Roadmaster Pay of the Southern Railway, spent a p tion of yesterday in the city on a t< of inspection of thc Southern's WM bed. Dr. R. Luther Parker lias located Belton for the practic? of his prof sion. Dr. Parker is a graduate of 1 Dental Department of Variflerl University, and we predict for him 1 success. The congregation ol' Sandy Sprir Church has set apart next Friday, 2i inst., to clean oft"the Churchyard, i persons who are interested should on hand promptly or send a hand to the work. Attention is directed to tin; adv< tisement of Claremont College, Hie ory, X. C. This institution is for t education of girls and young worm and is recognized as one of the best the South. Capt. Charles B. Satterlee, of t Sixth regular artillery, U. S. anny, di at Honolulu on thc 10th inst., of co gestion of the brain. The decease married a sister of Rev. W. T. Capel of this city. Mrs. Eliza Gross, of Nashville, Teni Mrs. Carrie Howard and Mrs. Nell West, of Greenville County, all dang ters of the late James Jones, of th County, are now visiting relatives this County. Work on thc Orr Cotton Mill is pr j grc8sing rapidly. The foundation fi the main building is being laid, tl warehouses are nearly completed ar the dwelling houses for the operativ? j are being erected. lt gives us pleasure to announce thi ' our fellow-townsman, Mr. J. L. Mau din, who has been quite sick for sei eral weeks, is now convalescing. W hope he will soon be restored to h usual good health. Mr. F. T. Wilhite is in attendant upon the sessions of the Southern Ir dustrial League in Atlanta this weel He was accompanied by his niece, Mis Lydia Wilhite, who will visit he grandmother there. The Pclzer Manufacturing Compan intend to build a large central schoc building, where all the children of th town can be assembled under one roc and arranged and classified on th graded school order. Read what Brown, Osborne <fc Cc say about "dwarf prices" on "gian values" in this issue, and call and ex amine the goods enumerated an? compare their prices. They are deter mined to make room for their fall steck Reports indicate bountiful shower on Monday night in the Hopewel ! Church section and in the vicinity o Williamston. Frequent showers o late have greatly relieved the parche* condition in portions of Broadawa: Township. The competitive examinations io the scholarships in Winthrop Colleg* and the South Carolina College wen held last Friday. There were fourteei applicants for thc tonner and four foi the latter. The result has not yet bcei made known. An advertisement of thc Greenville Female College appears in anothei column, to which wc direct thc atte.n tion of parents having daughters tc educate. This college has few equals and its rates are reasonable. Writ? fora catalogue. Mr. II. G. Anderson, ol' thc timi ol Hall & Anderson, of Abbeville, is vis iting relatives in thc County. Weare pleased to note that Abbeville is deal ing gently with him and that he ii reaping a rich measure of success among that worthy people. The commissioners for Abbeville County have decided to order the elec tion for that portion of Donald's Town ship which wants to vote on the ques tion of going into Anderson County, This settles a long contention about thc holding of the election. Mrs. R. L. Griffin, of Lockhart, S. U" who has been spending several weeks in this County with the family ol' her father, Mr. Brown Wardlaw, returned home last Saturday, and was accom panied by her sister, Miss Lola Ward law, and Miss Pauline .Sutherland. Quite a satisfactory crowd ol' excur sionists left this place yesterday on the excursion ot' Smith &. Co. to Charles ton. lt is understood that other points also contributed largely to the crowd. Like ?ill of the excursions run by these gentlemen, excellent order prevailed throughout. A ten year (?ld negro boy, named Graffcureicl, who lives on Mr. A.S. Masters' plantation, in VarcnnesTown ship, was bitten by a large moccasin on Monday and was brought to Dr. .J. C. Harris for medical attention. At last accounts he was doing very well, and it is thought is entirely out. of danger. Anderson County claims to bc thc liest County in the State in everything ami our County Normal, which closes .on Saturday, 29th inst., but adds to our claims. We. have enrolled seventy nine teachers, which is the largest yet reported in the State. The teachers speak of the. work done by Supt. Thus. C. Walton, the principal, and Miss Sarah Thurston, thc assistant, as not, only interesting bul ol' tin; very best educational value. There has been no blow and shooting oil' ol' pyrotechnics but; hard work. Tin's is what wc need and we hope to see another next year upon the same basis. Prof. Walton has demonstrated that a prophet does sometimes have honor in his ?.own country. Among the appointments made 1 tlie directors of the Orr Cotton Mil we are pleased to note the name of M Calhoun Harris as book-keeper. Th is quite a nice and deserved comp] mont to a thoroughly competent ar worthy young gentleman, and we coi grat?late alike the mill and Mr. Han upon the happy selection. Rain is very much needed ever where in this County, not only to co? the hot atmosphere, but to revive tl growing crops. Everything is needin rain. Corn and cotton are both suffe: ing, and if it does not come soon tl corn crop will be injured badly. Tl rainfall in this County since the 15th ( April has been very light. That man Minor, of the lOceut Ston is up to another one of his freaks. H is now in the North visiting some ( the iV largest domestic factories an attending to his direct importations r fine China and fancy holiday good We have no doubt that Mr. Minor wi scoop in a large supply of bargains f< his big new store before his return. Our Mr. Langston, accompanied b his neice, Miss Norma Garrotte, : spending this week at the Hams Lithi Springs attending the aunual sessio of the South Carolina Press Assock tiou, of which lie is Secretary. He de serves a little rest and recreation, an the entire INTELLIGENCER force wishe him a pleasant sojourn at the Spring! A called meeting of the Board c County Commissioners on Monda] elected Mr. Forest Vaughn to succec Mr. Ches. Rearman as overseer of th convict camps, whose resignation take effect on August 1st. The salary c the new overseer was fixed temporaril at $30 a month. Mr. W. E. King wa elected to fill the vacancy of guan caused by the elevation of Mr. Vaughi It is said that there will be ten c twelve candidates for the position c County Supervisor to succeed Mi Snelgrove, whose resignation take effect September 1st. It is proposed t fill the vacancy by a primary electio: of the Democratic voters. A niectin, of Democrats is called to assemble ii the Court House on Salcsday in Au gust to take steps with this end ii view. Peter Gibert died at his home ii Monterey last Friday at the venerabl age of TO years. He was an elder o the Presbyterian Church for man: years. He was a school teacher in hi early life and was a good one. Ht taught in this county and in Anderson Pickens and Oconee. He was burie< at Long Cane, the services being con ducted by Rev. J. F. McKinnon. A bbeville Medium. Mr. R. M. Wheeler aud wife returnei Wednesday from a most pleasant visi to friends and relatives in Anderson, S C. Mr. Wheeler was greatly please( with what he saw in Anderson, both ii town and county. He saw the famou: electric plant on Seneca River whicl supplies Anderson with light and sev eral factories with power. The gener ating plant is ten miles from the city -lorena ((Ja.) Jiecord. It has gotten to be quite a seriou: matter and one that demands sonn official attention-the reckless,thought less manner of handling fire arms ir the city. Especially is this true ol those who know best the real dange: of such carelessness from repeated dis charges of weapons, supposedly un loaded. It would beaverv poorjokf. if some one should lose his life by sud rattle-brain foolishness. Monday night au altercation occurree between Governor Tribble and Misi Ola Wright, both of the colored per suasion, in which the feminine portioi of the association came into forcible coy/act with a brickbat in the regior of the forehead. The point of attach being six measured feet from the vita] portion of the body no serious damage was done. Green-eyed jealousy wai the casus that bellied the trouble, ii wc may rely on current, yet too of tee erring, testimony. However, Mayoi Hood has kindly consented to arbitrate the difference and fix the necessary forfeit, upon the convenience of the second best party mentioned. All ru mors will then be set at rest under judicial investigation and all the fact.' be known. Let us possess our souls in patience and await the sitting of the investigating tribunal. If you want a Mower that will run easy and g.ve the least trouble be sure and get tho Deering Ba 1 Bearing lor Kale by Brock Bros. sole agents. Write for Catalogue. Few improvements of late on other Mowers, bur, ine "Champion/' sold by Sullivan Hardware Co. is a great i ap provement and you will know it wheu you see if. Builders1 Hardware at the lowest pri ces at Brock Brothers Hardware Store. Saw Mills and P?erless Engines ou hand at Brock Bro.?. Hardware Store. Buy a Mower-not a toy-get the best. The ""Champion"' Mower told by Sulli van Hardware <"o. ia the only Mower made with auy valuable improvements of late. Beering Ball Beariu,; Mowers are the best ou e-?rtb. Inspect them before buy ing aDy other make. Sullivan Hardware Co. are Morgan <? Wright's regularly appointed distributing agents. They eau always furnish these well known Tires and Inner Tubes al lowest prices. Cur Flowers, Pot Plants and Palms for sale MRS. J. F. CLIXKSCALES, 242 Main St. You waut a Mower that will cut grass, ppavines, sorghum, millet, Ac. Thc "Champion,"' sold by Sullivan Hard ware Co. is tho machine. The "Champion" Mowers, sold by Sullivan Hardware Co., are not only th? simplest, strongest and lightest draft Mowers made, but tbey are the only Mowers with late and valuable improve ments Fou RENT on SALK-7-room residence on Calhoun Street. Ample grounds, wa ter and other facilities. Apply to W. H, FriersoD. Twenty-five Dollarn will buya fairly eood Bfjuare practice Piano at the C. A, Reed Music House. They are intrinsi cally worth double that amount. Roofing, tin work, galvanized iron work and plumbing done on short notice by Osborne & Osborne. Iron King Stoves are sold in Anderson only by Osborne & Osborne. For Hot Weather. Keep cool and be comfortable. Buy a light-weight Serge Suit, or Coat or Vest, light-weight Cassimers, Silk-finish Secelians, Drab Detas and Alpacas. In other words, a com plete line of Hot Weather Clothing. Prices, well-we have nothing to say. The Trading Pub lic knows where to get the lowest price. Summer Shirts ! Negligee Shirts, with or without Collars and Cuffs ; Silk Bosoms, Soft or Stiff, in all the latest Stripes and Plaids, ranging in price from 25c. to $1.50. STRAW AND SUMMER HATS ! We have a few left. They go at almost your own price. Full line of medium and light-weight Clothing always in stock. Cut Prices on all Clothing. Clothiers and Furnisliiers. 0 Je j?QOS. - Have you seen our last shipment of Ladies' Evening Slip pers in Patent Leathers, White Kid, &c. They are beauties, To s. 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. * Don't forget to call for Trading Stamps. We've got them. Yours for Reliable Shoes, COBB & CEAYTON, The Shoe People. Brock Bros. e Store!! Is the place to find anything you need in the HARD WARE line, and their prices are always as low as the lowest, and sometimes LOWER. THEY carry three of the best things in the market for the farmers' use and convenience, and these three are, viz : THE PEERLESS ENGINES, Made by the Geiser Manufacturing Company. THE FARMERS' SAW MILLS, Made by the Salem Iron Works. THE DEERING BALL-BEARING MOWERS, Made by the Deering Harvester Company of Chicago, Ul.-the larg est Mower manufactory in the United States and probably the world. All the above named Machinery and Mowers are too well known to need describing, as they have been tried by people all over the country, arid are giving entire satisfaction everywhere. You will also find in stock a full and complete line of BUILDERS' HARDWARE, BELTING and MACHINERY SUPPLIES, Always at the lowest prices. We treat everybody fair and square, and if given the opportunity by those who have never tried us will prove what we say. Come in and see us and be convinced. Yours always to please, BROCK BROS, THE HARDWARE PEOPLE.