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These words fitly describe our Sellins: of A broadside has been fired your way, causing a moat remarkable falling away of prices on all our Spring aud Summer purchases. The season is paning. We are anxious to sell. This selling applies to every Department of our Store. OUR PRICES 00 THE TALKING. Compare them with others. STUDY THE FIGURES given below : We have a great variety of MUSLINS, &o, from 3ic. 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 Jc. per yard. We have thrown on the Bargain Counter a number of Ladies* Sailors tad Children's HATS and CAPS, and marked them far below regular prices. ID fact, you can secure many rare Bargains in OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT JUST NOW ! lu consideration of the immense popularity of RIBBONS, we are keep ing our Stock thoioughly up, and you 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 aro 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 SHIRT WAISTS 38c SO" i WO j 55c j 72c Mentioned last week, and are now offering Our regular 50c. Waists..at Our 69c. Waiata....-st Our 75c. Wiasta, ; ? ?.at Our 98c. Waiata-.at Oar $1.35 Waists.at $1 00 Our $1.50 Waiata.at 113 Our $2.00 Waiata. ..at 1 50 We alao have a limited quantity of READY MADE SKIRTS, OD which you will note the big reduction : Seven Linen Skirts, with white insertion, formerly sold at $2.50, to go now at $1.98. Eight White P. K. Skirts, with Insertion, former price $3.50. price now $2.50. ? . .. . Only three White P.. K. Skirts, with Tunic and Insertion-have sold quite s number at $3.98-will dose out these three at $2 75 each. And we have only one Skirt of extra fine quality White P. K., with Tunic and Insertion, that we told formerly at $4.25, 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 line cf Black*Skirta suitable for any season. Alao, a very handsome Black Taffeta Skirt that would be a good value at $10.00, our price $7.50. If you are bothered with flies, and your slumbers are moles^d with the peaty mosquitoes, you will find our? MOSQUITO NETTING a great protec tion. We have it in white, red, pink and blue. We have called out and marked, and placed conspicuously, all gooda in tended for this SPECIAL SALE. Our centre counters will not 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. . . DON'T FORGET that while ne are putting forth special efforts to get nd of all Summer Goods that almost every day we open up something new? We ara not satisfied to be up-to-date, but up-to-the-moment. Just received a lot of the Nobby or ("Cyrano") Beauty Pins and Pearl Beauty Ping-the latest Parisian novelty-and Belt Buckles aad Back Combs. Co?ae ead sss as or Mail ord? ra attended to promptly. write for Samples. Yours truly, ?.??->? --?"j|g^vitnrt>.'ii*Ki?rti.;.1 Brown, Osborne & Co. Ceders in ol Local News. WEDNESDAY, d ?LY"2M8_99T A local weather prophet predict* a wet August. jj Miss Elise Mauldin is visiting friend? in Elberton. Ga. Sheriff Nance, of Abbeville, spent Monday in the city. The railroad meeting at Piercetotm takes place to-morrow. Miss Julia Maxwell, of Walhalla, is visiting relatives in Anderson. Now is a good time to lay in your winter's supply of wood and coal. Messrs. C. B. Hall and W. M. Thomp son arc on a trip to the mountains. Head D. C. Brown & Bro's. twenty live reasons for buying from them. Mr. and Mrs. H. II. Watkins arc vis iting several of the mountain resorts. Anderson is well represented at the Veterans' Kennion in Chester this week. An excursion from Auderson to Au gusta last Friday carried about :J50 passengers. All the Hap tint Inion Meetings in this section will be held next Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. II. L. Adams, ol' 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. Vandiver Bros. make several inter esting announcements in their new ad vertisement this week. Miss Belle Fromm, of Shelby, N. C., is visiting her sisters, Mrs. Bosa Dahp and Mrs. J. T. Burriss. The Board of Pension Commissioners has an important notice in another column to the veterans. Carlisle Bros. are agents for the Champion Mowing Machine. Bead their new advertisement. Mrs. DrJ J. T. Gordon, of Atlanta, Ga., is visiting the family ot' 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 in the city visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. C. Hamlin, who is seriously ill. The annual pic nie at 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 nt home now to spend a few weeks. Mrs. W. S. Lee left the city yester day for Lancaster, S. C., where she wilLepend a few days with relatives. ?. D. Anderson & Bro. have just re ceived a car load of oats, which they propose to sell cheap, (jive 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 Jt?i?kias, Messrs. Paul Jen- i kins and Geo. Bacot, of Greenville, aro visiting their aunt, Mrs. B. E. Belcher. Mrs. Grace Cochran, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Minor, has gone to Cashier's Valley to spend a lew weeks. Rev. J. H. Oliver uud daughter, Miss Maude, of Hepzibah, Ga., are in the city visiting the latter's aunt. Mrs. A. S. Stephens. The contractor s have commenced the erection of dwelling houses for Dr. B. A. Henry and Mr. Ab. Kay on South McDuffio street. Mr. W. C. Pearmao, who has been superintending the County chain gang, has resigned to accept a position in thc oil mill at Peker. Miss Ruby Daniels left yesterday to make her home in Union with her sister,- Mrs. E. E. Williamson.-.Vrir herry Herald and Xeicx. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Glenn with their little daughter, of Columbia, are in the city visiting Mrs. Glenn's parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Gumbrell. Rev. Wm. T. Capers, our popular Episcopal clergyman, has received a call to Qoldsboro, N. C. Anderson cannot afford to spare him. Mr. Ben. Hughes, ono of the South ern Railway's engineers, has boen spending a few days in Anderson visit ing old friends and relatives. Misses Josephine Cashin, Bertha Kecsc, Gertrude Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Webb have gone to the mountains to spend a few weeks? McCuBy Bros. lia ve in their store tho latest improved 10 inch Saw Huller Gin, and they would bo glad for all the gi nners to call and examine it. Mr. B. S. Newman, a worthy and highly respected citizen of Peker, died suddenly on Thursday, 1.1th inst. A wifo and several cbiMrcn survive lum. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Deal, of Swan nanoa, 27. C., have been spending the Bweek in tho County with Mrs. jr A . Davis anti Mrs. C. O. Burriss. There is very little sickness in ?he city at present; which, no doubt, is attributable to the good sanitary con dition of. tho premises of our citizens. Mr. A. L. Welch, the superintendent of the Anderson Roller Mills, informs us that ho is . running day and night, and he ia turning out some very fina samples of nour. Farmers for a dis tance of thirty miles are bringing wheat, to tho mi?. EveTy farmer ciUould Bov a few acres in wheat this fall. It will pay. 3$3i ? : . . '. ' ' :; V\ . ' ?? :? ?: Mr. Tho8. C. Chiles, superintendent of tile Connie Maxwell Orphanage I farm, has beeu spending a few days in ' the county visiting his ueice, Mrs. C. < O. Burri ss. When you eat a melon don't throw 1 [ the rinds en the street. Pat them in the barrels Bitting aroondon the streets ; so the garbage wagons can secure them and haul them off. Supt. Welles, Roadmuster South gate and Division Roadmaster Payne, of the Southern Railway, spent a por tion of yesterday in the city on a tour of inspection of tho Southern's road bed. Dr. R. Luther Talker bas located at Belton for tho practice of his profes sion. Dr. Parker is a graduate of the Dental Department of Vanderbilt University, and wc predict for him big success. The congregation ot' Sandy Springs Church has set apart next Friday, 28t'i inst., to clean oft*the Churchyard. All persons who aro interested should be on hand promptly or sen d a hand to do the work. Attention is directed to thc adver tisement of Claremont College, Hick ory, X. C. This institution is for thc education of girl? and young women, and is recognized as one of the best in the South. Capt. Charles H, Sntfcerlee, of thc Sixth regular artillery, U. S.army, died at Honolulu on the 10th inst., of con gestion of tho brain. The deceased married a sister of Rev. W. T. Cair?rs, of this city. Mrs. Eliza Gross, of Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. Carrie Howard and Mrs. Nellie West, of Greenville County, all daugh ters of the late James Jones, of this County, aro now visiting relatives in this County. Work on thc Orr Cotton Mill is pro gressing rapidly. The foundation for the main building is being laid, the warehouses ave nearly completed and the dwelling houses for the operatives ?re being erected. It gives us pleasure to announce that our fellow-townsman, Mr. J. L. Maul din, who has been quite sick for sev eral weeks, is now convalescing. Wo hope bc will soon be restored to his usual good health. Mr. F. T. Wilhitc is in attendance upon the sessions of thc Southern In dustrial League in Atlanta this week. He was accompanied by his niece, Miss Lydia Wilhitc, who will visit her grandmother there. The Pelzer Manufacturing Company intend to build a large central school building, where all thc children of thc town can be assembled under one roof and arranged and classified on the graded school order. Read what Brown, Osborne. & Co. say about "dwarf prices" on "giant values" in this issue, and call and ex amine the goods enumerated and compare their prices. They are deter mined to make room for their fall steck. Reporte indicate bountiful showers on Monday night in the Hopewell Church section and in the vicinity of William s ton. Frequent showers of late have greatly relieved the parched condition in portions of Brondawny Township. The competitive exnminations for the scholarships in Winthrop College and the South Carolina College were held last Friday. There were fourteen applicants for tho former und four for the latter. The result has not yet been made known. An advertisement of the Greenville Female College appears in another column, to which we direct tho atten tion of parents having daughters to educate. This college has few equals, and its rates are reosonable. Write for a catalogue. Mr. H. G. Anderson, of the linn of Hall &. Anderson, of Abbeville, is vis iting relatives in tho County. Wo are pleased to note that Abbeville is deal ing gently with bim and that ho in reaping u inch 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 wanta to vote on thc ques tion of going into Anderson County! This settles a long contention about the holding of the election. Mrs. R. L. Griffin, of Lockhart, S. C. who has been spending several week? in this County with the family of bei father, Mr. Brown Wardlaw, rotaract home last Saturday, and was accom panied by her sister, Miss Lola Ward law, and Miss Pauline Sutherland. Quite n satisfactory crowd of excur sit mist s left this place yesterday on tin excursion of Smith & Co. to Charles : ton. It is understood that other point I also contributed largely to the crowd Like all of the excursions run by thes gentlemen, excellent order prevailed throughout. A ten year old negro boy, name? Graffenreid, who lives on Mr. A. S Masters* plantation,in Varennes Town ship, was bitten by a large moccasin ? Monday and was brought to Dr. J. C Harris for medical attention. At la.' accounts he was doing very well, an it is thongut is entirely out of dangei Anderson County claims to ho til heat County in tho State in every thin ami onr County Nor m al, which clo? .on Saturday, fl?th inst., bat adda to ot claims.. Wc bavo enrolled savent] nine teachers, which is tho largest yt reported in . tho State. The teachei speak of tho work done by Supt. Tho C. Walton, the principal, and Mit Sarah Thurston, the assistant, as nt only interesting but of the very be educational value. There bas been i blow and shooting oft* of pyrotechny hut hard work. This is what we ne* and we hope to see another next yet upon tho same basis. Prof. Waite has demonstrated that a prophet; do sometimes hero honor jin . his ? on country. Among the appointments made by the directors of the Orr Cotton Mills kvo aro pleased to note the name of Mr. Calhoun Harris as book-keeper. This is quito a nico and deserved compli ment to a thoron ghi y competent and worthy young gentleman, and we con gratulate alike the mill and Mr. Harris upon the happy selection. Rain is very much needed every where in this County, not only to cool tho hot atmosphere, but to revive the growing crops. Everything is needing rain. Corn and cotton are both suffer ing, and if it does not ? orno soon the corn erop will be injured badly. The raintaU in this County since thc 15th of April has been very light. That man Minor, of the 10cent Store, is up to another one of his freaks, ile ia now in the North visiting some of tho t largest domestic factories and iittending to his direct importations of line China und fancy holiday goods. We have no doubt that Mr. Miner will scoop in a large supply of bargains for Iiis big new store before his return. Our Mr. Langston, accompanied hy Iiis neice. Miss Norina Garrotte, is spending this week at the Harris Lithia Springs attending the annual session of the South Carolina Press Associa tion, of which he is Secretary. He de serves n little rest ami recreation, and the entile INTKI.LIOKXCEK force wishes him a pleasant sojourn nt the Springs. A called meeting of thu Hoard of L'ounty Commissioners on Monday, elected Mr. Forest Vaughn to succeed Mr. Ches. I 'cannan as overseer of the convict camps, whose resignation takes effect on August 1st. The salary of the new overseer was lixed temporarily at $80 a month. Mr. W. E. King was elected to fill tho vacancy of guard, caused by the elevation of Mr. Vaughn. It is said that there will be tenor I wei ve candidates for the position of County Supervisor to succeed Mr. Suelgrove, whose resignation takes effect September 1st. It is proposed to lill the vacancy by a primary election i)f the Democratic voters. A meeting )i Democrats is called to assemble in the Court House on Sulesday in Au gust to take steps with this end in view. Peter Gibert died at his home in Monterey Inst Friday at the venerable ige of Ti) years. He was an elder of the Presbyterian Church for many pears. He was a school teacher in his ?arly life and was a good one. He taught in this county and in Anderson, Bickens and Oconec. He was buried xt Long Cane, thc services being con lucted by Rev. J. F. McKinnon.-? Abbeville Medium. Mr. R. M. Wheeler and wife returned Wednesday from a most pleasant visit to friends and relatives in Anderson, S. C. Mr. Wheeler was greatly pleased with what he saw in Anderson, both in town and county. He saw the famous electric plant on Seneca River which supplies Anderson with light and sev aral factories with power. The gener iting plant is ton miles from the city -Toccoa (i?a.) Record. It has gotten to be quite a serioui matter and one that demands som? official attention-the reckless, thought less manner of handling fire arms ii tho city. Especially is this true o: those who know best the real dange af such carelessness from repeated dis charge? of weapons, supposedly un loaded. It would be a verv poor jok< if some one should lose his lifo by ?ucl rattle-brain foolishness. Monday night nu altercation occurret between Governor Tribble and Mis Ola Wright, both of thc colored per suasion, in which the feminine portio: af the association came into forcibl L-oUjtact with a brickbat in the regio of the forehead. The point of attaci being six measured feet from the vite portion of the body no serious daniag was done. Orecn-eycd jealousy wa the ensus that bellied the trouble, i wo may rely on current, yet too ofte erring, testimony. However, Maye Hood has kindly consented to arbitral tho difference and fix the neccssat forfeit, upon tho convenience of tri second best party mentioned. All rt mora will then be sen. at rest und? judicial investigation and all the fae be known. Let ns possess our souls i patience and await tho sitting of tl investigating tribunal. If you wsnt a Mower that will ri easy and g.ve tbs leant trouble be su and Ret the Deering Bs 1 Bearing for ?a by H rods Bros. sole agents. Write f Catalogue. Few improvements of late on otb Mowers, but ibe ''Champion," sold I Sullivan Hardware Co. ia a great ic proveraent and you will know it wb< you see it. Builders' Hardware at tbs loweat pi ces at Brock Brothers Hardware Store, 8aw Milla and Peerless Engines i band at Brock Bro?. Hardware Store. Buy a Mower-not a toy-get the bo The "Champion" Mower mid by Sui van Hardware Co. ia' the only Mow rondo witb any valuable improveunei of late. Deering Ball Hearing Mo wera are 1 best ou eartb. Inspect them before bi ing any otber make. Sullivan Hardware Co. are Morgen Wright's regularly appointed diatribnti sgeptf. They can always fnrniab tb' well known Tires and Inner Tobet lowest prices. Ci)t Flowers. Pot Plants and Palms ?ale Mus. J. F. CLINKSCALCS, 242 Male SI You want a Mower that will cut gr? psavines, sorghum, millet, Ac. 1 "Champion," sold by Hnlhvan Hs ware Co. io ibo machine. Tbs "Champion" Mowers, sold Sullivan Hardware Co., are not only simplest, at ron goat and lightest di Mowers made, but they are the o Mowara with late and valuable i on pro menta FOB BENT OR SALK-7-room reside on Calhoun Street. Ample grounds, tar and other facilities. Apply to W. Frier son. Twenty-five Dollars will buy a fa stood square practice Plano at tb? C Roed Muslo House. Tb ey are tu tr i cally worth double that amount. Roofing, Un work, galvanised i work ana plumbing done oa short no by Osborne & Osborn??' Iron King Stove? are sold in Ander only by Osborne db Osborne. Hot Weather Clothing For Hot Weather. Keep cool and be comfortable. Buy a light-weight Serge Suit, or Coat or Vest, light-weight CassimerB, Silk-finish Secelian8, Drab Betas 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. ?ximirier Shirts ! Negligee Shiite, with or without Collara and Cuffs ; Silk Bosoms, &oft or Stiff, in all the latest Stripes and Plaids, ranging in price from 25c. to $1.50. STRAW AND SUMMER HATS i 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. HALL & MILFORD. Clothiers ami Furnishiers. To the Ladies. ~ Have you seen our last shipment of Ladies' Evening Slip pers in Patent Leathers, White Kid, &c. They are beauties.. 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 latbdt colors and shapes. - Say! Don't forget to call lor Trading Stamps. We've got them. Yours for Reliable Shoes, COBB & CEAYTON, The Shoe People. Brock Bros. Hardware Is the place to find anything you need in the HARD WABE 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 ?armers' use and convenience, and these three are, vi/, : 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, 111.-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, and are giving entire satisfaction everywhere. Yon will also find in stock a full and completo line of BUILDERS' HARDWARE, BELTING and MACHINERY SUPPLIES, Always at the lowest prices. Wo 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.