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FOR mt AND The public is doubtless tired of Clearance Sales, &c. Therefore for a change. We invite your attention to a few items for the Fall and Winter that will come in well, in some instances, for immediate use. We have just opened up an early shipment of M Pretty, stylish and nobby, and especially adapted for TRAVELING COSTUMES And for Mountain or Seashore Resorts. We wish also to call your attention to our line of LADIES' FINE SHOES, Made expressly for us for Fall and Winter. The most up-to date Shoes to be found anywhere. The newest Toes and Lasts. Ask to be shown the "Dewey" Toe, the latest fad 'among the women. Also, "Regina Shoe," the greatest $3.00 Shoe for ladies on the market to-day. Comes in all the new styles. We have also received oui Fall stock of MEN'S FINE SHOES. We have the correct things in Ladies' and Men's Fine Footwear, and those seeking dependable footwear cannot afford to give us the go-by. i "Now, if you contemplate going away or staying at home and need a TRUNK OR TRAVELING BAG, Of any kind, don't fail to see ours before buying. We are showing a more complete line than formerly, and might properly be termed the Traveling Outfitters of Anderson. A WORD TO HOUSEKEEPERS. It may appear a little unseasonable, this hot weather, to talk to you about- x CARPETS AND ART SQUARES, But we have just opened up the largest and prettiest line of Wool Ingrain Carpets that we have ever shown, and at the most reasonable prices. Also, a magnificent assortment of Art Squares, all sizes, and the latest and most artistic pat terns. We have bought Fifty Art Squares to begin the sea son with, and nearly all are different colors or patterns. If you would like to make your selection before they are picked over, now would be a good time. We are agents for the Gaffney Carpet Manufacturing Co., Gaffney, S. C. We will show you the prettiest patterns and the greatest values in Ingrain Carpets and Art Squares, and demonstrate the fact that SOUTE CAROLINA can compete Successfully in the manufacture of Carpets, &c. We still have a nice assortment MATTINGS, RUGS, &c. We have called to your especial notice FALL and WINTER DRESS GOODS, NEW SHOES, for Men and Women, TRUNKS and TRAVELING BAGS, CARPETS, ART SQUARES, &c" But would not have you forget our general lines and the constant arrival of New Goods. MERCHANTS Will remember our Wholesale Department. Tours truly, rowe, Osborne S Co. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Greneral Merchandise. ANDERSON, N. C. Local News, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9, 1899. Mrs. R. E. Belcher has gone to Green ville to visit relatives. Woftbrd College has an advertise ment in another column. Read it. Mr. J. B. Douthit, of the State Dis pensary, was in the city yesterday. Miss Cora G. Clyde, of Greenville, is in the city visiting Mrs. M. Kennedy. Mrs. J. J. Dodd, of this city, is visit ing friends and relatives in Laurens, S. C. Capt. and Mrs. P. K. Norris have gone to Highlands to spend a few weeks. The gossips say that there will be several marriages in the city in the early fall. Mrs. Ellen Norris, of Westminster, is in the city visiting her brother, Rev. J. L. McLin. Mr. George Bissell, of Chaneston, is in Anderson visiting ii is sister. Mrs. J. H. Townsend. H. H. Watkins, Esq., and wife have gone to Hendersonville, X. C., to spend several weeks. Mrs. W. G. Smith, of Columbia, is in city visiting her daughters, Mesdames Ratliffe and Dean. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Robinson, of Ab beville, are iu the city visiting the family of W. C. Lee. There are four candidates in the race to succeed Supervisor Snelgrove. All of them are good men. Ernest Wakefield, Joe M. Evans and Raymond Mattison have gone to Glenn Springs to spend a few days. Col. J. B. E. Sloan and family, of Charleston, aro nowrusticatingat their summer home near Pendleton. Prof. B. S. Patrick, of the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College, is in the city visiting his parents. The Anderson Steam Laundry Co. has a new advertisement in this paper, to which we invite your attention. Miss Iola Johnson, after a mostpleas ant visit of five weeks io her sister, Mrs. J. A. Cook, has returned home. The population of the city has been increased by the arrival of four little, girls and one little boy during the past week. Mr. Wm. R. Osborne, accompanied by his sisters, Misses Irene und Clara, have gone to thc mountains to spend a few days. Bishop Ellison Capers, ot Columbia, spent a day or two in thc city last week visiting the family of his son, Rev. W. T. Capers. , Mrs. W. G. Reville and children, of Charleston, are in the city visiting their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Barney O'Donnell. Brown Osborne & Co. invite the at tention of the public to ''Some New Things1' in this issue. Bead their ad vertisement. If you contemplate buying a buggy, wagon, harness, etc., the new adver tisement of Yandiver Bros. & Major will interest you. Mr. W. A. Fowler, editor of the ?Southern Record, Toccoa. Ga., was in the city yesterday and w.is a welcome visitor to our sanctum. Married, at the home of the bride, on Sunday, August C, 18D??, by Rev. ll. C. Ligon, Mr. J. R. Tilly and Miss W. K. Bailey, all of Anderson County. We iuvite your attention to the ad vertisement of the Columbia Female College. Rates have been reduced nearly 25 per cent for next year. Several Andersonians will not take a trip this summer. They are saving up the dollars iu order to visit the world's Exposition in Paris next summer. Ebenezer Churchyard will be cleared oif on Friday, 18th inst. Every person who is interested should be present or send a hand to assist in the work. There will be a meeting at Provi dence next Friday for the purpose of cleaning oft" the graveyard. AU who ?ire interested are urged to be present. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Willis, accompa nied by their little daughter and .Airs. J.J. Gilmer, have gone to Asheville md other popular resorts in the moun tains. Married, on Sunday, August, fi, I8!)i), ;it the West End Methodist Church, by Rev. S. B. Harper, Mr. J. Arnold and Miss Emma Smith, both of Oconec County. Officer O'Donnell, ol* the Anderson police "foreo, has been grau ted a short, vacation, and, accompanied by his wife and little son. will leave to-morrow tor Asheville. Rev. C. K. Hurts, ol' G al latin, Tenn., is in the County visiting his parents. He spent last Sunday in the city and preached both morning and evening in the First Baptist Church. Mr. A. L. Smith will deliver his lec ture, "Lights and Shadows," at Shady Grove to-morrow (Thursday) evening. No admission fee will be charged, and the public is invited to attend. Rev. A. A. Marshall, D. D., will preach in the First Baptist Church next Sunda}', 13th inst., at 11.30a. m. His many old friends in Anderson will be delighted to greet and hear him. Master W. W. Donald, ol' Honea Path, is in the city visiting thc family of his uncle, Mr. J. S. Martin. Our young friend is blind and is being edu cated at thc Cedar Springs Institute. Mr. Berry Bohannon, ot' Harmony Grove, Ga., is spending a few ?lays in the city with relatives. Mr. Bohannon is a native of Anderson, and this is his lirst visit to his old home in twenty three years. The annual reunion ol' Orrs Regi ment vrill take place next Tuesday and Wednesday, August 13th and Kith, at Sandy Springs. Several speakers have been invited and thc occasion promises to be interesting. Mr. W. B. Gossett, of Quincey, Fla., who has been spending several weeks at his old home in Williamston, has gone to New York to buy his fall stock of goods, and will return to his adopted home in a few weeks. Mr. J. L. Talbert, who has been spending a few weeks at Hot Springs recuperating his health, has returned to the city and has resumed his posi - tion as Express Messengeron the Sa vannah Valley Railroad. Mr. W. S. Brown has resigned as manager ol' thc Anderson Stationery and Printing Co., to take effect Sep - tember 1st, and has been succeeded by Mr. Foster Fant, who has considerable experience in that business. Misses Mabel and Sybil Odiorne, two j attractive and accomplished young ! ladies of Greenville, are in the city visiting their aunt, Mrs. Dr. Harris, and are accompanied by their aged grandmother. Mrs. Jane C. McFall. Mrs. Mary Keith, daughter of Mrs. John Lewis, ol' this city, died at her home in Newport News, Va., last Mon day, after a brief illness. She was married in this city last fall to Mr. W. E. Keith, and was abolit 22 years of age. Mr. Minor, of the Ten Cent Stove, is still in the Eastern markets, and is seeming an abundance of ammunition to lire at competition. He will have an immense stock of goods when he moves into his new quarters, Septem ber 1st. Our young friend, John E. Wiging ton, Avho has been the bookkeeper for W. H. Hammett & Co. at Piedmont, has changed base and is now a sales man for W. C. McKenzie, of the same place, and will be pleased to have his friends call and seo him ar. his new place o:f business. *We have received a copy of the premium list of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Caro lina, for the tliirty-lirst annual 'Fair to be held in Columbia beginning on Monday, November (?til. For a copy, or any information address Thos. W. Holloway, Pomaria. We were glad to meet, on our streets last Monday our old friend, Mr. W. T. McFall, of Piekens C. H. Waddy was bom and raised, in this community and has many friends and relatives who arc always glad to meet him. Helias been quite successful in his adopted home, and is one of the solid men of his County. Mrs. Amanda Hays died at the home of her son, A.N. Hayes, in this city last Sunday, in the 03d year of her age. She was the widow of the late Western Hayes, of Anderson County. The re mains were carried to the old home of the family in Anderson County for interment on Monday.-Greenwood In dex, -hui ins!. The County Democratic Executive Committee having appointed a date for tlie primary election for the suc cessor of Supervisor Snelgrove, the Democratic mass meeting called for last Monday was not held. There was a large crowd in the city, and the sev eral candidates for Supervisor put in a good day's work. The first open boll ol' cotton for this season was placed on our desk by .Mr. A. E. Dean, of Deans, lt was picked from the field on the 2nd inst. Twine Thompson and Quince Leveret, two negro farmers near tin; city, also picked three bolls the same day ami gave them to us. The pickers will soon have to go to work. Au excursion train will he run from Anderson to Greenville next Wednes day on account of the colored firemen's tournament in that city. There will be a separate coach for white people. Fare for the round trip 85 cents. The train will leave Anderson at 8 o'clock a.m. and returning will leave Green ville at 10 O'clock that night. A meeting will be held at Fair Play next Saturday, 12th inst., at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of taking subscriptions toa cotton mill to be located at Hat tan's Ford, on Tugaloo River. Gen. M. L. Bonham, of this city, will address the meeting. Everybody interested in the welfare of that section is respect fully invited to attend the meeting. Hon. J. A. Sawyer, wile and child, and Mr. David C. Clark, of Union, S. . C., are in the city visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Sawyer is the eldest, daughter ol'Mr. E. L. Clarke, formerly of Anderson, and lier friends are more than pleased to greet her. Mr. Sawyer isa member ol' the Legislature from his County, and one of its most popular citizens. Tlie primary election tn select a suc cessor to Supervisor Snelgrove lias been fixed by the County Executive Committee for the 22nd inst., and if none; ol' the candidates get si majority of the votes east, the two receiving the highest, vote will 7iiake the second race on the. 29th inst. The candidates will have to move around lively to meet the dear voters. Mrs. Julia Hell, wife of .Mr. .James Hoyt Bell, died at her home in Lowndesville last Thursday morning. She had boen in feeble health for some time, and a few days preceding her death she had a severe attack of con gestion, which caused her death. Mrs. Bell was a daugh ter of Mr. W. F. Clink scales, of Abbeville County, and a sister ol' Mrs. Ii. G. Johnson, of this city. Sile was 48 years ol' age, and had long been a devoted member of the Methodist Church. She was highly esteemed by a wide, circle ol' friends and relatives, who deeply sympathize with the bereaved husband and five little daughters who are left to cherish her memory. Her remains were in terred at the family burying ground on Friday. I Tlie annual session o?" the Saluda Association was held at New Prospect Church last week, and the meeting throughout was one of great profit and interest to all who participated in its deliberations. The meeting attracted a large crowd of visitors, and the good people of the Prospect section threw the doors of their homes wide open and treated their guests royally. Mr. Clarence Pr?vost, . formerly of this city, died in Baltimore last Friday, aged 66 years. He had. been residing in Baltimore for the past seventeen years. He was a bachelor, and an up right, worthy man. His old friends regret to hear of his death. His brother, Mr. S. H. Pr?vost, and. sister, Mrs. E. A. Bell, attended the funeral, which took place in Baltimore last Monday. Mr. George W. Evans has purchased the interest of the late Capt. Thos. F. Hill in the Hill-Orr Drug Co. Mr. Evans will continue his connection with the Evans Pharmacy, and will have general supervision of both estab lishments. Mr. Evans is one of A nder son's most worthy, industrious and energetic young business men, and suc cess crowns his efforts in every under taking. Nine out of every ten persons you meet are afflicted with one or more corns on their feet, and at times they suffer with excruciating pain. On our first page this week "Messrs. Wilhite & Wilhite have an advertisement that will no doubt attract your attention, and if you are afflicted with corns you should read carefully what they say. Their remedy is guaranteed to cure you, and we advise yon to try it, Another manufacturing enterprise has been secured for Anderson, lt will be a yarn mill. Mr. W. F. Coi is at the head of the enterprise, and has been quietly working for sonic time to secure the necessary capital. Success has at last crowned his efforts, and the necessary papers have been forwarded to the Secretary of State for a commis sion to organize the Company. The capital stock will be *30,000. This will be a paying enterprise, and the person who secures stock in it will be fortu nate. The howling mob that was organized in this city yesterday morning aud started down Main street in the direc tion of the County jail burst into this office af; exactly 68 minutes past eleven aud demanded the surrender of suffi cient space in our valuable columns to extenuate in advace the deed about to be perpetrated. "We make this ex^ plauation in justice to our readers and refer them to the article headed "we are on your trail" and duly signed by Messrs. Dean & Ratlific, hustlers from Hustlersville. Mr. W. J. Kirk, chief engineer of thc surveying party of tin; l>lack Diamond Road was in thc city on Monday. His corps was then about eleven miles from Aiken, near the upper Three Kims, which they will cross above Corbett's bridge. Mr. Kirk says they will reach Aiken with their survey about the last of the week and will conic into the city below the freight depot ?is ho is making an air line route. Ile started at Port Royal, and there is another corps which started at Ander son now iu Abbeville County.-A?ken Times, hui inst. Henry T. Thompson, ol! Darlington, Lieutenant Colonel in the Second South Carolina Regiment, and who was recently appointed senior captain of the Twenty-Ninth Infantry, has re signed the captaincy to' accept the place of commandant of the Military Academy of Ohio, to which he has been elected. The information reached An derson yesterday that Lieut. .1. H. Grant, of the Anderson Volunteers in the First Regiment, has been appoint ed by the War Department to succeed Col. Thompson, and that he will be sent to the Philippines at once. Lieut. Grant has been in Washington for sev eral days. The Piedmont correspondent of the Greenville Neics, under date of the 4th inst., says : "Ed. Wright, a 12 year old negro boy, was found yesterday in Brushy Creek, Anderson County, about 100 yards from where, the creek empties into Saluda River. He was lastscen on Wednesday, after crossing the creek bridge, to take a path leading np the ereek to a settlement locally known as Simpsonvillc. Bruises about the nose and mouth and scratches on his face and throat together with the fact that he was found with his clothing on, suggests the possibility of foul play. Magistrate J. C.Mitchell empaneled a jury yesterday afternoon with George Reid as foreman, ami after hearing all the evidence available rendered a ver dict, * that deceased cann* lo his death from causes unknown to the jury/" W. C. Weir, a young negro, who has been ;i resident of the eily only a few weeks, is ?it trouble, and will have to do service in the chain gang. About ten days ago Weir secured a position as a porter at. Mr. S. T. Craig's board ing house. In a lew days aller ho be gan work a number ol' the young gen tlemen boarding with Mr. L'raigmissed various articles of clothing from their rooms, and they began to suspicion the negro. The stealing continued, and finally the matter was reported to the police, who learned that the negro had slipped a heavy, packed valise by freight to M t. Airy, Ca. They arrested the. negro, secured the bill of lading and had the valise returned to Ander son. Yesterday morning the young gentlemen who had been robbed were summoned to the City Hall, the valise was opened and they identified all ol' their goods, which consisted of coats, vests, pants, collars, culls, cravats, etc. Weir will do duty on the streets awhile and then go up for trial in the Circuit Coull. Foil SALK-Safe, Know Casa and other Store llxtures. J. T. lagon, Jr., A: Co. Buy a Mower-not a toy get the best. The "Champion" Mower told by Sulli van Hardware ?'o. '?. th* only Mower mad? with an)' valuable improvements of lat?-. 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. Foll line of medium and light-weight Clothing, always in stock. Cut Prices on all Clothing. HALL A MILFORD. Clothiers and Furnishiers. To the Lais. Have you seen our last shipment of Ladies' Evening Slip pers in Patent Leathers, White Kid, &c. They are beauties. To fills. 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 sud shapes. Say! J Dout forget to call for Trading Stamps. We've got them. Yours for Reliable Shoes, COBB & CEAYTON, The Shoe People. Brock Bros. 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 bes: 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, 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 sll over the country, and are giving entire satisfaction everywhere. You will also rind 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 ne will prove what we say. Come in an-i ;ee us and be convinced. Youre always to rOease, BROCK BROS, THE HARDWARE PEOJPXJE,