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CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, KEB UT A RY 22. 185M. YOI j I'M E XXXIY-NO. 85. ars AWAY BY B* Oe E vans & Go., ?-?OW Ei RSON, S. C. THE GRAND KEY AND TAG SALE ! * We have placed in our Store a handsome Oak Money-Box containing Silver Dollars. We have had made for us a number of Keys, some of which will unlock the BOX. With every CASE purchase of jl.OO will be given a KEY attached to a tag. Keys can be tried Tile First SaMy in each mill aller Sept. lsi, ind holders of Keys that unlock the box will be given Five Dollars as a present. This is a new and novel way we have of advertising and giving to our trade in Cash what we have heretofore paid for advertisng, with the hope the greater number will be benefited. 0. Evans & Co, THE1 SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. Over Two Hundred and Fifty To Arrive in next few Days. I am sole'Agent and control this territory for Old Hickory and Tennessee and other Wagons. Babcock, Tyson & ?Tones. Columbia and Columbus, and .any other makes. These Wagons and Buggies are j well known to you all, don't buy ? "pig in the poke" by buying something that is 'presented as being 'just as good.*' Wagons have advanced $^.50 each; but to reduce my stock [will continue to sell for thirty days at same old price. A first-class 23 1-4 Wagon for?45.00. The Celebrated "Columbia" Buggy, with Grade Wheels id Bust Proof Axles for $50.00, worth $65.00. When they arrive I will sell you a first-class Piano-Body barnett" Buggy for $35.00. Worth a good deal more, but Just be sold. While in the W est a few days ago I secured a line of Car ies at a price that will surprise you.' ? am in the Buggy, and Wagon" business to stay, and no ie in the business can sell you cheaper than I can. I pay )t cash for my goods and get benefit of all discounts. Let every one that wants a vehicle call on me and I will IRE DO YOU GOOD. JOS. J. FRET WELL. FRESH LOT OF MIST'S TURNIP SEED EVANS PHARMACY. WHEELMEN. ATTENTION ! IFYOUWANT BICYCLES ANO SUNDRIES ? FO? COST, Bring the CASH and call on THOMSON BICYCLE WORKS; THE BICYOIiF. PEOPI?E. BILL ARP'S LETTER. Arp Answers Some Inquiries About the Present Season. Allanta Constitution. lt scents to nie that I batt better an swer some ot those interesting ques tions through the Ear-reaching medium of thc press. Here are three inquiries from among your readers who wish to know something definite about these so-called dog days. Of coins?', I kuow only what I get from books, but a vast multitude have not the books nor ac cessio them. Whether the advent and the influence of dog days be a super stition or a fact, all that is known should be disseminated. Pliny and Herodotus both wrote about dog days 400 years before Christ. Ancient astronomers and modern ones agree in ascribing to Sirius a very malignant influence when it arises in conjunction with the sun, for it is the brightest star in the heavens and its great heat added to tho heat of thc sun increases and intensities thc tem perature as long tis this conjunction continues. But this rising with the sun is not n lixed day. It varies from the Jul of July to the ISth of August and hence the almanac makers take an average day and set down July 20th ns the first dog day. Some date it July 24th, but these dates may miss it two or three weeks. It is generally be lieved that these dog days continue for forty days, but in fact that is an indefinite period, for the conjunction of Sirius with the sun sometimes lasts for fifty-four days. The sum of the whole matter is that about this time of the year we may look for very hot weather and showers almost every day, and to call it fodder pulling weather would be as good a name ns any. Whether Sirius has anything to do with it or not we can only surmise, but Sirius is the dog star and gave the name. Sirius is the very brightest stal in the heavens, and is in the mouth of a big dog-a constellation that the ancient astronomers named canis major. The ancient Egyptians mapped off the starry heavens with imaginary animals and men, such ns dogs, bears, dragons, bulls, Hercnles, Orion, etc., and i he names they gave to groups of stars have never been changed. Theieisa big dog and a little dog, a big bear and a little bear, a big dipper and a little dipper. Right in the tip of the tail of the little bear is' a very notable star called the Pole star, or North star, that navigators used to sail by and they called it Cynoskuros, which in Greek means a dogtail. From this name we have the word cynosure and so when we say of a beautiful woman in an as sembly that she was the cynosure of all eyes it is equivalent to saying that she was the dog tail of the concern. J list how the sailors got to calling this star the dogtail is not known, for it is really in ursa minor, thc little bear's tail. The ancients gave many names to the stars to fit the things in nature that they resembled. The word comet comes from cornetos, which means a mare's tail. The word lunatic comes from Inna, the moon, for the ancients believed that the mind was affected by chang?s in the moon. Those old Egyptians were very imaginative and i superstitious, but they were very learned. How they got so far ahead of the Hebrews, God's favorite people, we do not know. Their astronomy, Math ematics and architecture have never been improved. The scriptures tell us [ that Moses wat, learned in all the wis dom of the Egyptians. Job asks: "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion?" Amos calls them the seven stars and mythology names them the seven sis ters,\bnt modern astronomers say there i never were but six and thero are only ' six i ow. Hence the superstition about the lost Pleiad. Their "sweet in fluences" nre said to come from the fact that whenever seen in tho heav ens it is a sign of good weather and a safe time for vessels to sail, for pleian means a sail, lt is like the pretty word halcyon that literally menus duck egg time, for the eider duck never builds its nest on the cliffs by the sea until pleasant weather comes to stay for the season. Hence the word als the sea and eon an egg. But I reckon this is enough about dog days. It is a relief in these troubled times to have something to write abont besides the Philippines and war scan dals and mobs up north and lnnchings down south and Kentucky politics. There aro good people everywhere who would love to live in peace with their neighbors and the rest of mankind, bnt some folks are possessed with a devil nowndaye, just like they used to be and there is nobody to cast him ont. The people feed ripon excitement more than they used to do. Communities want sensations and politicians and preachers can bo found who get them np. Governor Northen had hardly got tlie Bostonians soo; ned down before that Miss Jowett get? np a counter irritant and wants to raise a thousand dollars to come " to Charleston and move the Baker family to Boston. Why, it won't take more than a hun dred. They can be sent without her coming if they are willing to go. There's n nigger in that woodpile sure. She either wents to marry one or put 3900 of that money in her pocket. Wonder if she wouldn't like to come to Early co an ty and take away a few more or phans. The way they do things down in Karly suits our people generally. | Suppose lynching does not stop these ! outrages, lt' a rattlesnake bites a man | we kill the snake, lt a tiger earlies oil i a child to the jungle thc brute is pur- | sued'and killed. These negro brutes are infinitely worse than snakes or tigers and have more sense. Supposo I they are not identified according to law, no goori negro is in danger a il the bad ones are of no consequence. The devil gets them a little sooner, that's all. Let the north howl. They have howled before. Let Thurber issue his ipso dixit. Ile luis made mil lions out of the south and I hope our people will boycott him. Tin- impu dent, impertinent, conceited swell, j Such utterances of his don't jostle tho I i wagon. The south is just rolling along, as usual. The north is having their i bloody strikes and rows and riots and we have a lynching for every outrage, so le?" the procession proceed. The diff?rence is that with us no good citi zen, white or black, is in danger, but up north everybody is in danger. Life and property at Cleveland have been wantonly desiroj'ed and the innocent have suffered moro than tim guilty. What dies Thurber care so he can kee]) his government contracts to'furnish the army with canned goods? Inger soll never painted a more pitiful pic ture than the iniquity, the horrors and the tears of that Philippine war. It was enough to convince even him that there, is obliged to bc another world, a judgment to even up things. Of course, the professional military men tire for war. Blood and tears are nothing with them. Victory, fame and promotion are their sole ambition, and like Satan in "l'arndise Lost,*' they exclaim, "My voice is still for war." We are long suffering people. An other London paper has been sent to me called The Christian. Almost all of it is good orthodox reading, bu.'. an American correspondent gives a long catalogue of our recent horrible lynch ings in thc south and among them is a negro mnn from Griffin for asking for a drink of soda w ater and a white gir eight years old lynched ut Hampton, Ga., for no known cause. Au English man traveled from Atlanta with one of ? our townsmen and said: "Why, these negur-ros seem to be quite happy and very well clad. I hear them laughing merrily around the dapos. I lind sup posed they were very miserable indeed. Did you ever kill a negur-ro:*' No, sir; no, sir. Why do you ask me that question?" " Well, I had supposed that almost every man in the south killed one or more negur-ros every day or two." . 1 Now there it is. The man was in earnest. Ida Wells and her sort made them believe those lies and this man Thurber is backing them up. The very paper that published his speech and had in big head lines, "The Inse curity of Life and Property at the South," had in the next column 'More Troops for Cleveland," and the Catholic bishop says "Anarchy reigns. Riot prevails! Visitors fear to enter our portals. Our citizens are in danger of their lives," etc. Thurber can't see that. Never mind, we will give them ; Early county now for chewing gum. _ ^ ^ _ BILL A?I\ The Latter Day Saints. ATLANTA, GA., July 38.-A special to the Journal from Jackson, Ga., says : The three Mormon elders who were taken away from the home of William Cunnard, at-Newton Factory, in Jasper County, on Wednesday night escaped from the mob while crossing a creek in that county and are now safe near Jackson. They are Butlering from mnny bruises and injuries sustained in a fight with their captors. They swam down the creek, hotly pursued by the mob, finally escaping, making their way through thc country to the home of friends. From there, they sent for some clothes. They tell n thrilling story of their experience. It is not thought here that the mob intended to lynch the Mormons, but was bent on escorting theui out of the country. Mrs. Cunnard, a portion of whose jaw was shot away in the fight with the mob and her husband, is badly wounded. The World's Financial Centre. The United States is already the largest of the Christian nations of thc world in point of population except Russia. It is far ahead of Russia and every other country, including Eng land, in wealth. It is growing faster than Russia in population, and will soon overtake that country. In manu facturing, it has led England, which previously held the world's primacy in this important respect, for the past twenty years. Its material resources are greater than arc those of any other corTntry. The money market , of New York has been mor^ abundantly sup plied than that of Loudon in the past six months, not wi ti. standing the im mense expansion which has taken place in this, country in general business in that Hmo. Rates for money have re mained steadier in New York than in London. These are a few of the Tea sons why some of the great monetary transactions which formerly would have been negotiated in London now take place in this country. The star of empire, which bas already carried the centre of the world's wealth and moral influence to this side of the Atlantic is swinging the centre of tho world's financial gravity also to the American Republic-*St. Lout? Globe Democrat. Antun Items. Th? languid looks of thc people wore somewhat relieved lust wirk hy thc timely visit of a good rain. ('rops arr looking line ami promising in this community. The revival services ?it Slimly Springs, owing to the ill health of the pastor, will not begin until Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. The patrons of the Sundy Springs school are requested to meet at the Sandy Springs school house on Satur day, thc ISfch of August, tu make ar rangements for tho building ot a new school house ai that piare. I Mease attend, and let's work together in order that wo may secure tho liest results. Thc Sandy Springs Literary Society will meet on the next :ird Saturday evening at s o'clock. The subject for discussion is, "Tho grout need of the ?lay." Tho public is cordially invited to attend. Miss .Minnie Blackman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .I. M. Blackman, is still very ill. May the fanners still continue to re ceive part of their blessings in the shape of rain. Hon AMA?TI K. Dean's Brevities. The blessed and long-waited for ruin has come at last and revive Hie crops. Tim health of this vicinity is very good. No sickness so far ?is I am aware of, with the exception of "heart disease," caused by the wounds of Cupid's darts. Mr. Wilton C. Dean met with a pain ful accident by getting his knee hurt, but is able, with the aid of crutches, to be out again after several weeks con tin?ment to .'?is bed. Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Barties, of Lown desville, S. C, came up last Saturday evening to spend n few days with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Denn. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Tiny lor, of Au gusta, (?a., and Mrs. .lohn Hopkins, of Piereetown, S. C.. are on u visit with their parents. Mr. Berry Holland, of Lavenia, lia., was in our vicinity visiting friends. Kev. IL C. Ligon and ?on were, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Dean re cently. Miss Valeria (Jlinkscules was thc guest of Miss Pearl Dean last Sunday. Mrs. U. E. Seybt, of your city, is vis iting Mrs. Annie E. Beaty. Miss Eva Lewis, of Anderson, is vis iting Miss Ida Beaty. Misses Florence Clinkscales and Louise Ligon were the guests of Miss Lula Dean recently. Mr. Ira Hamilton, of Iva. S. C., made a dashing trip up her?; lately. Miss Lucy Dennis oft'on a visit to Mrs. Bowman nt Iva for a few days. Mr. DeWitt Dean is erecting a nice dwelling house near Dean's. Mr. Charles Porter, of Iva, made a Hying trip here lately. Miss Nancy Terry and Mr. C. B. Allen, of Anderson, were thc guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mat tison last Sun day. Kev. Kinard has commenced the holi ness meeting at Starr, and will continue for several clays. . With best wishes for tho lKTF.Li.f OEN'CF.R and its renders, NKAD. Denver Dots. Again death has entered in a happy home circle and carried away tho pride abd joy of the household.. Little Sal lie, aged 14 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. IL W. Hammond, died on the 27th nit., after an illness of three weeks with cholera infantum. Tue family has the sympathy of our com munity in this sad bereavement. Mrs. Hammond is better, though fur from well yet, and Mr. Hammond is not in good health. We hope they may soon ne restored to health. Mr. Wm. Elrod has been quite sick, but wo are glad to see him able to be out again. Mr. IL A. Buchanan and sister, Miss Leila, Mr. Sylvester Elrod and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Farmer, an* having a ?deasant outing over in Northeast ieorgia, visiting Toccoa and Tallulah Falls and other places of interest. Mr. and Mrs. Garrison have just re turned from a pleasant visit to rela tives in Greenville County. Miss nnd Mr. Simpson, of Greenville, have been, visiting friends and rela tives in our community. Mr. Sam Harris, of Belton, was seen in Denver Sunday. He finds great attraction about here. We rather think he enjoyed waiting for tho train that never pulled in-at least, not till too late. Mr. Ernest Browne accompanied his aunt, Mrs. Paxton on a visit to rela tives in (ieorgia last w'cek. Protracted meetings will commence nt Welcome and Sandy Springs next Sunday. We hope they will bc well attended and much good bc done. Rev. Mr. Daniel gave a splendid educational address at Sandy Springs last Sabbath. INCOGNITA. Pisgah Items. Going to pic-nics and protracted meetings is the order of the day. Misses Ella and Bessie Webb, from near Flat Kock, visited the family of Mr. J. M. Webb recently. On the evening of the 22nd ult. death entered our midst and bore away the spirit of our oldest citizen, Mr. John nie Smith. He was sick only a few weeks and death came to his relief. He was a devoted member of the Beulah Methodist church, a concecrated Christian, a kind husband nnd affec tionate father. The bereaved family have our sympathy. Miss Rosa Davis has been visiting her grandmother. Misses Emmie and Mindie Webb vis ited their friend, Miss Muggie Algood, last Sunday night. We have been having some tine weather on the farms in this connnu veral of our men are getting ready for a mountain trip to Asheville. A protracted meeting will begin at this place the seeond Sunday in Au gust. Miss Nollie Walter*?, ot Orccuvillc, is visiting tin? family of Mr. W. C. Scott. ?KEHA^1 Mr. W. <?. Uallaliam. of Piedmont, is vi.-sit in^r his parent. Mr. M. W. falla hain. Trait and vegetables arc very ??caree in this community. Miss Maggie Davis is visiting rela tives in and around Helton this week. We wish her a pleasant trip. CorxTUV CHA? M I:. m . mm- ? This is Had Neus. N KW POUT Nr.ws. \'\.. July ?10. There are thirty eases of what is be lieved to lie genuine yellow fever at the National Soldiers' Home, near Hampton, ami three deaths from the disease wen? reported t<> day. There were several other deaths al the insti tution y estel (hiv. hut it cannot In stated (o-uigllt thal all of them were caused hy yellow lever. Newport News and Hampton will quarantine against the Soldiers' Home. TheOov crnuicnt authorities nt (?hi Point have already adopted this step, and no street cars are allowed to cuter the reserva tion. Quarantine on Uer Hobson, of this port, went to the Soldiers' Home to-night ami verified the statement that there ?ire now thirty eases of the disease nt the Home ami that there were three deaths from the malady to-day. while noone outside of the Soldiers' Homo knew anything about the exis tence of the yellow fever until to-day, it is said that the disease made its ap pearance three days ago. The most rigid quarantine regulations will be enforced to prevent the spread of thc malady. The news has created great excite ment in Newport News, Old Point and Hampton, and the most vigorous measures were resorted to prevent its spread. There are 4,000 veternus at Home, anti several largo excursion parties went through it Inst week. - mm . mi A Traitor's Awful Heath. KANSAS (VIV, MO.. July "T.-The tragic scene which attended thc death of Corporal Leonard F. Hayes, Amer ica's only traitor in thc Philippines, wns witnessed by Sergeant George A. Lnmnrsb, of Co. H, Twentieth ICansas volunteers, now in this city. Corporal Hayes, he says, became enamored of a Filipino beauty and de serting his comrades, was placed in charge of a filipino battery with thc rank of lieutenant. He met his death almost, in the first engagement in which he fought against his country. Speak ing of this battle, Sergeant Lamarsh said: "We hnO. charged the Filipinos, driving them back and killing and wounding many. Among the wounded left on the held we found Kayes. He was recognized by several of tho boys. One of the soldiers of the Second Ore gon drove his bayonet through the body A the wounded traitor and lifted bim above his head and held him there while the soldiers shot him. The body was thrown into a trench and buried with several dead Filipinos. We would have treated him worse if we had known how/' Hayes was a corporal in Co. I, First Colorado volunteers. An Enterprising Partridge. A report of a peculiar occurrence in bird life reaches the city through reli able parties. Mr. Ralph Wise lives seven miles from Walker's, his post oflice being. Money, S. C. It was on his place that the occurrence is reported. Several weeks ago one of his hens made a nest back of the barn and laid several eggs therein. Thc nest was discovered by partridges, which proceeded to lay a number of eggs in the same place. A eur on the place also found the nest and sucked all the. eggs. Upon dis covering her less the hen moved her nest, some distance and laid two more eggs, and thor, began to set upon them. The: old partridge; also decided to set and proceeded to drive the hen away. The feud between the feathered crea tures continued for a number of days, but finally ended by the plucky little game bird winning out and obtaining sole possession of the nest. Days passed and after the required number I had passed two little chickens hatched | out. The part rid ire immediately car ried them to tho woods, but not far from tho house. Ever since their ad vent into thc world tho partridge has ? continued to care for the chickens, and now, although tho chicks aro nearly as large as she is, can be seen constantly with them. Upon the approach of a ! stranger partridge and chicks dodge away in the underbrush, but anyone j wishing to the see strange sight has I little trouble in finding the trio.-.Wnw ami Courier. $100 Reward. $100. Tl<? readers of this j?p?r will be pleased to learn that there I) at least one dreaded disease that sci ence has been ahle to cure in all its stauen, and that ls Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is thc caly posi tive cure now known to tho medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease reqilrrs a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de stroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pa'tient strength by building up the constitu tion and assisting nature ia doing Its work. The proprietors hare so much frith in Its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for Hst of tes timon?ala Hall's Family Pills are the bast. Cheap Printing. Law Briefs at 00 cents a Page-Good Work, Good Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper than at any other house. Catalogues in the best style If yon have printing to do. it will bo to ?our interest to write to the Press nnd launer, Abbeville, S. C. tf. -Tons of wool are gathered by In dians in Oregon from the boJics of sheep that have died in the winter. - Artificial ivory is made from bora:: I and skimmed milk. STATE NEWS. - Two negro murderers will bc exe uted in Charleston next I'ridny. The dispensary profits for the pa.-t uarter aggregate a total of $??1.000. Burglar* are operating in most of he railway towns in the upper part of he State - There ave four flourishing roller lour mill- in the small county cf dewberry. Au effort is started again to erect i monument to the memory of (lc? . il. \V. t.ary. - The au mod excursion ii : \ charleston t<? the up-country ta ko .i dace on tin? 10th inst. The kissing hug has arrived in Jreenville. Sheri if G ? heath has cap ured one aud put him in a bottle. - It is reported tn Columbia that a io\V syndicate has bought the Colutr. da canal, paying something like <SUl),t)()() for it. - OHicial announcement has been nade that on Oct. 1st, 1899, work will JO begun on opening Congaree river 'or steamboat navigation up to Co unibia, S. C. - Thc Lowndesville Oil Company ivith a eapital stock of $12,000 has been chartered. A. L. Latimer is president and treasurer, and A. \V. Barnes is secretary and manager. - Thc Fall meeting of the South Carolina Holiness Association will be held at Leesville, S. C., beginning Monday night, September 4, 1899,and continuing through thc following Sun day. tien. Wade Hampton, who has been spending some time at Wrights ville Sound, near Wilmington, N. C., is reported to have been much invigo rated by his sojourn on the coast. The grand 6*ld hero is DOW at Dagger's Springs, in Virginia, where he has gone to join his son and daughter. Mr. W. T. Walters, of the South. Union neighborhood, has a sow that has given birth to three litters of pigs within one year as follows : July 22, 1808, fifteen pigs ; February 22, 1800, eleven pigs ; July 14, 1809, fourteen pigs total forty pigs. The sow is about four years old. .* - The citizens of Kasiey have de cided to erect a cotton mill. The cap ital stock will be $200,060. The fol lowing are the corporators : S. V. Bradley, W. M. Hagood.Dr. R. F. Smith, J. M. Geer, W. H. Pickens, Col. J. L. Orr and Col. J. E. Hagood. Mr. John M. Geer has been elected president of the mill.' - That was a piece of agricultural enterprise on the part of Mr. Blalook, of Laurens county, who hauled water to the field and had fifty hands plant ins; and watering corn. He is a large planter and plants for a crop of 1,000 or 1,500 bales of cotton as a rule, but fear? his crop will be a sad failure. - The tobacco farmers of?Orange burg are busy curing their crops, but it will be several weeks before their tobacco will be put on the market. lb is desired to have a quantity accumu late at the warehouse in Orangcburg, and that there will be an inducement for a number of buyers to attend the sale from different parts of the State. - Tho automibile and bicycle shov, which will be held in Charleston from < Nov. 21 to 24th, promises to be we'L attended and will attract immense crowds from South Carolina, Gerrgia, Florida, North Carolina and other Southern States, as all of the rail roads will give reduced rates over a wide territory. - Since the 1st of January, 1890, charters have been issued concerns in South Carolina representing an aggre gate capitalization of nearly $5,000,000. Of this amount $2,226,700 represents new concerns, and $2,013,000 the cap ital of organizations increasing their capital stock ; a total of $4,839,700, being a gain of $337,000 compared with the same months last year. Maggie Brown, a negro, commit ted suicide in Greenville by satura ting herself with kerosene oil and set ting herself on fire. Thc fire occurred at 3 o'clock a. m., and every thread of clothing was burned from ber body. She died in terrible agony at eleven o'clock. She was able to talk after a physician reached her, and to him she admitted her act, saying that Babe Walker, her lover, had deserted her for another woman, and not caring to live any longer she soaked herself in kerosene and set herself on fire. - Ned Murphy, colored, died in this city Monday. Ile was about 65 years old. He was born at Due West and belonged to Dr. R. A. Archer, and afterwards to Miss Murphy. He was the last of eleven brothers. AU were fiddlers and Ned was one of the best, and said he wanted to take his fiddle with him. After emancipation he erected a monument to his old mis tress because of her kindness to him. Perhaps he was the only slave who ever did such a thing. -Abbeville. Mr~ dhan.