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Intelligencer. Published every Wednesday.. J. F. CLINKSCALES, > EDITORS AND C. C. LANGSTON, S PROPRIETORS. TEEMS' ONE YE AR, ---- $1 50 SIX MONTHS. - - - 75 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 1899. Captain Dreyfus, of France, should beg his American sympathizers to cease finding analogie? between his case and that of Captain Carter, of President McKinley's watchful caro. The Democrats of Ohio have nomi nated Editor McLean, of the Cincin nati Enquirer as their* candidate for Governor. He is a brainy man and one of the most popular citizens of the State. _ Kansas should be prosperous. Ac . cording to one of the papers ut there that State has two head of cattle, one hog, one-third of ahorse, aadfour-fiths of a sheep f or every man, woman, and child within its borders. The New Orleans Picayune is so h'rm ly convinced that there will presently be an upward movement and u stiffen ing of the cotton market that it is advising its farmer readers "not to be cajoled or induced to part with their cotton at a iow price through fear of a ; heavy crop." ? - Despite parental objection, the beau tiful and bewitching Donalds Town ship and Anderson County were united in the bonds of I matrimony be fore the State Board of Canvassers in Columbia ?ast Friday. Gen. M. L. ?; Bonham; of this city, acted well the role of best man. The national Democracy is in good shape just BOW for winning a great vic . .tory in 1900. Much to the dismay of * the Republicans an unusual amount of harmony prevails in the Democratic janka; throughout the nation. The east is gradually coming back into line, the j west and south are where they were in 1896, only stronger and better equipped j for the fray. The industrial spirit in South Caro lina is more pronounced just now than ' at any other period in the State's his tory. There are comparatively few towns intnev State that haven't an in dustry of some kind, and the town that has none is working with might and . main to get one, while those that have one or two are seeking others. Let the good work, go on. Why should not harnessed lightning lend its useful aid to agricultural en deavor as well as to the transportation, light and news facilities of the times? . Its possibilities in this, direction aro not overlooked entirely. The Phila delphia .Record tells about an enter prising' farmer near Jonesville, X. Y., 'who has an electric plant on his place, f The motive power is furnished by two falls in a creek which courses through his land. With this invisible agent at work on the farm, the saving of labor will be enormous. Rural homes may be lighted brilliantly at small expense. "Possibly 1:he domestic economy of the \ household, may be revolutionized. . W. A. Neal, ex-Superintendent or the * State Penitentiary, who lias been justly ?iven the name of the "Mark Hanna" v of the Reform party in South Carolina, ha's been arrested under three indict ments and would haye gone to jail had it not been for the kindness of two of Columbia's staunch citizens, Mr. W. B. Lowrance and Capt. Geo. A. Shields, <^who signed his bond, $3,500. These gentlemen belong to that "old rotten, aristocratic ring who ruled South Car olina" prior to 1890. Col. Neal has been courted by nearly every Reform office-seeker for years past, and yet when ho needed their aid and assist ance not one of them came to his res cue. Ingratitude is a very mild term to apply to such action. . Many people will bc surprised to learn that the postal establishment, o? the United States is the greatest busi ness concern in the world. Charles Emory Smith, the postmaster-general, writing in the Cosmopolitan, tells us that it handles more pieces, employs more men, spends more money, brings more revenues, uses more agencies, reaches more homes, involves more de tails and touches more interests than any other human organization, public or private, governmental or corporate. The posto?ice department, directs 73, 570 postoffices, musters :'.n army of 200, 000 employees, spends this year $105, 000,000 and counts receipts to nearlj the.same amount. It hand!ed lnpt year 0,204,447,000 pieces ot' mail matter, of which 2,825,767,000 were letters, so that every minute confides 12,000 new mes sages to its hands. It manufactured and delivered pastage stamps to tho number of 3,913,821,608, and the value of $71,788,333. It carried 2,009.742,000 newspapers.' Rev. William BI. Grier, L>. J)., Presi dent of Erskine College, died at his home iii Due West last Sunday after noon at; 3 o'clock. His death was sud den and unexpected. He preached at Bethlehem in the forenoon, reached home ac 2 p. m., complained of being vciy sick, fell back in his chair, and never regained consciousness. Apo plexy was the cause. The deceased graduated at Erskine College in 1860. He enlisted in the Sixth South Carolina regiment and lost a leg at thc battle of Williamsburg. He studied theology and was pastor of a church in Wilcox county, Alabama, and afterwards was elected president of Erskine College, at the age of 29, and held that position at the time of his death. He was ono of the most distinguished educators of the south, and noted for his eloquence as a preacher. For many years he was editor of Thc Associate Reformed Presbyterian, and held that position until his death. Dr. Grier was 30 years of age, and by his death South Carolina loses one of hernoblest men. A widow and seven children are left to cherish his memory. Maj. Franz Melchers, editor of the Deutsche Zeitung, Charleston, S. C., died at his home in that city last Sun day night, aged 73 years. The deceased was a native of Germany, and came to Charleston in 1843, where he has made his home ever since, being engaged in journalism nearly all that time. He served his adopted State faithfully through the civil war as an officer of the German Artillery, and represented Charleston two terms in the State Leg islature. The deceased was a charter member of the South Carolina 'State Press Association and for the past fif teen years served as its Treasurer, which he resigned only a few weeks ago at the annual meeting at Harris Springs on account of his ill health. The writer has been intimately ac quainted with him( for a number of years, and we can sincerely say that we never have known a better or more congenialjJChristian gentleman. We deeply sympathize with the two sons and three daughters who are left to cherish his memory. There is not a man so depraved and hardened who can see, unmoved, bar barities and cruelties perpetrated on our faithful domestic animals by thoughtless keepers, drivers and others having them in charge. When a crip pled, halting, suffering mule is goaded on by a cruel driver everyone is ready to say "that fellow ought to be taken up and whipped and his mule taken away from him," yet no orie is willing in the interest of humanity to take the initiative and have the miscreant ar rested and prosecuted under the laws. The city of Anderson is big enough and suffers enough from such flagrant violations of the law to justify the organization of a society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, whose duty it will be to report such cases and prose cute them. Within the past week we have seen such cruelty to animals as would not be tolerated a moment in many smaller towns, and it is now high time that Anderson should say to these brutal owners and drivers that they both must suffer the consequences of any cruelty to which their stock is subjected, certainly within the city limits. Let the good people formulate some plan of organization and proceed at once to business. There is no use to delay this matter for some one else to take the first step. It is too important a matter to delay, and we hope to pub lish in our next issue a call from some one who is willing to do a duty too often shifted upon some one else's shoulders. On the first of September Supervisor Snelgrove's term of office expired by resignation. During his term many miles of dirt roads have been con structed, the finest Court House and Jail in the State have been built, and the County's poor made comfortable. Major Vandiver, the incoming Super visor, is also a man of well poised parts, independent of all restraints, .unhampered by any ring or clique, and a man who will administer the finances of the County us judiciously and as impartially as rests in his power, lt must be remembered that he has not been schooled, as yet, iu the intricacies of the office, and inasmuch as there has been much discussion regarding the state of the County ;s fi uanccs, wc would recommend for his own and the people's satisfaction that he prepare at the ear liest date possible for presentat iou to the Grand Jury at its next term of Court a clear, concise, detailed state ment of the condition of the County, showing its enumerated assets and liabilities, and how the latter arc se cured. Wc have no hesitancy in say ing that Supervisor Snelgrove\s books are quite accurately and neatly kept, and will show very clearly what the people at large are anxious to know. If it is not proper that this exhibit should appear at the time mentioned, it is certainly incumbent upon the office to make thc showing asked foi- in its annual report, as these reports sel dom give out a satisfactory idea of the basis of taxation. Another suggestion: Let the Supervisor peruse the recom mendations of thc Grand Jury for the past three or four years that ho may acquaint himself of the unfulfilled de mands and suggestions ol* that body. We know that there are certain recom mendations that have not been carried out owiug to the finances of the Coun ty. The people want to know when these will be carried out without plunging the County into debt. One of these recommendations we recall is the oue relating to thebuilding of per manent roads similar to the Mecklen burg, X. C.. roads. Ir is a fact demon strated over and over again the past winter that the same expenditure of energy on macadam roads requisite to drag a heavy two-horse wagon through the endless and almost bot tomless mire of dirt roads will pro duce more than double the amount of taxes required to build and maintain a macadam road. These suggestions are not made with any view to underrate thc ability of the new incumbent to ascertain thc will of the people but to assist him in that duty, as wc know that he recognizes the fact that to be an acceptable servant of the people one must do tho people's will. Reunion of Co. E. A Kennion of Co. K, 20th S. C. Vols., will bc held at Neals Creek Church on Friday, Sept. 22ud, 1899. The follow ing named gentlemen are invited to make addresses on that day: Gen. M. L. Bonham, Hon. A. C. Latiner and Rev. 0. J. Copeland. Everybody is in vited, especially thc ladies, and don't forget your well-lilled baskets. J. J. COPEL?NJ?, Ii. li. A. R<MUNSON, President Secretary. - The shortest honeymoon and thc quickest application for divorce ou record ?ire reported in the "Winfield (Kan.) Courier. On Monday of last week a resident of Pawnee, ?. T., was married to a young wo m au of Winfield. It was noticed that the bridegroom was somewhat under the influence of liquor during the ceremony, and when he retired to the room of the bride he sat down in a chair and at once went to sleep. When he awakened two hours later his bride was still with him, but she had been transformed from an affectionate girl into an angry and disgusted woman. She turned a deaf ear to all his apologies and entreaties, and walked out of the room and straight to a lawyer's office, where she com menced action for divorce. - A story comes from Georgetown County of the eating alive of a young negro child by a wild hog, which ven tured out of a swamp and seized upon its prey. The mother, of the child came upon the scene just in time to save a few fragments of the child'; body, upon which tue animal was still munching. The swamps in that sec tion were at one time filled with wild boars and animals of that class. - The business connections of family in Kirwin, Kas., are rather sug gestive. One son is a doctor, anothei is an undertaker, a third makes tomb stones, and thc wife of the latter is druggist. - A man never knows what he can do until he tries, and then he is often sorry that he found out. A Tribute. Died, in this city, Aug. 23, 1899, Ber tha, fifth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence 0. Burton, aged ll years ll months and G days. She had been ill four weeks with malarial fever. A few days before her death she told one of her sisters she was going over yonder, and asked her to meet her in heaven. She was very industrious and ever ready to do her duty. On Thursday morning her remains were carried down on the train to Cook's Station for burial, Rev. Elias Spearman conducting the funeral services at the M. E. Church. After the services her body was laid to rest ia thc cemetery. The newly-made grave was decorated from head to foot with beautiful wreaths and crosses, made by the hands of loving friends and schoolmates. The family has the sympathy of all their friends. * A FRIEND. Card of Thanks. MR. EDITOR: We desire to extend our thanks to the mends and neigh bors who so kindly ministered to our venerable father, Nimrod T. Smith, during his illness. May the good Lord reward each and every one of them. S. W. SMITH, BROTHERS AND SISTER? American Pharmaceutical Association Will convenoatPut-in-B^,0., Sept. 4th-18th, 1899. The Southern Railway announces sale of tickets on the above occasion at rate one and one-third first class fare on the certificate plan, ;o delegates attending this meeting. J. C. HEYWARD, T. P. A. Augusto, Ga. Machine men are mistaken if they think they'can buy Belting, Steam Fittings or any kind of Machine Supplies any where in the U. 8. cheaper than Sullivan Hard ware Co. ofter their goods. To please the ' hardest customer is our pride and purpose If he is worth pleasing. Any man who can't be pleased with Sul livan Hardware Co.'s Belting and prices is simply beyond hope. It is the particular customer, the inves tigating, "well-informed buyer that we like to strike when be comes to town for his Hardware, Implements or Machin ery. We, that is, Sullivan Hardware Co , know that all such will snap bargains when offered. Twenty-five Dollars will buy a fairly aoocl square practice Piano at 'the C. A. Reed Music House. They are intrinsi cally worth donble that amount. E. M. BUCKER, Jr., ATTORNEY AT LAW, WEBB BUILDING, Anderson, - - S. C. The Williamston Bank. BIDS will be received for the building of the Williamston Bink until the 20th inst. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. W. A. McKELVY, Chairman. Sept 0, 1899_U_2 NOTICE. ArflPAtine ?f the Creditors of Will. K. Hubbard is hereby called to be ! held at anderson, S. C., at the office of Quattlebaum ?fe Cochran, Masonic Tem ple, at ll o'clock a.m., September 14,1899. I ERNEST F. COCHRAN, Assignee. Sept <i, 1S99_lt_1_ j Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having demands against the Estate of Samuel F. McConnell, 8r., deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the under signed, within" the time prescribed by law, and those im'et.ted to make pay^ ment. MARTHA, c. MCCONNELL, MARTHA E. ii ?NNELL, Kxecutrixes. Sept is:t9 ? :.: . Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Martin Burriss, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will on the 7th day of October, IS99, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, S. C., for a Final Settlement of said Es tate, and a discharge 'rom his office as Administrator. JAMES BURRISS, Adm'r. 8ept'J, is9!i_ll_5 Valuable City Property for Sale. i Y virtue of the power vested in me by Deed of Trust duly executed by P. M. Murphy, and recorded in Clerk's office, Book FFF, if not sold at private ?ale before that time, 1 will sell to the highest bidder before the Court House door at Anderson, S. C., at the usaal hours of public sales, on Halesday in Oc tober next, the House and Lot situated on South Main Street, in the City of An derson, containing one-half acre, more or less, adjoining lota of the City of An derson, Mrs. E. J. McGrath, L. H. Soel and Main Street. Terms of Sale- < 'asb. Purchaser to pay extra for papers and stampp. For fur ther information call on J. JJ. TRIBBLE Trustee, or F. M. MURPHY. >ept .:, ?SW" J] -t TO NO. 36 GRANITE ROW, BARTON BUILDING. Monday, Sept. 4, C. S. MINORSJSseIOC. STORE! The House that is not dying with dry-rot, is located, oc cupies and fills the big Barton Building, No. 36 Granite Row. Every nook and corner packed and jammed with rare and select bargains. NEW LOCATION, NEW ENERGY, NEW METHODS, NEW PRICES, TRASH MOVERS. SEE THEM. New experienced force, added to the best of our old force, gives our customers a certainty of best attention and correct treatment. Examine our new up-to-date selections. See our competition-killers, sledge-hammer values, pounding competition to dust. See the bright elements of business life flying upward and onward, securing feathers of pride and pinions of fame. Remember, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, is the happy day, and after that our happy-dity-prices shall be on. Hear how they ring : l*c. each good Table Tumblers, Fancy Wreath, etc., at 8c. per Set of 6 (See plan and coupon below lie. each.) Calico, many shades and coloirs, at 2c. per yard for ten days. Judge Tobacco at 3c. per Plug, 24c. pound. Twelve pounds good Baking Soda for 25c. " An excellent Linen Collar for 8c. Good Linen Cuffs at lOc^per pair. Well you may exclaim Happy Day when you see us and our Happy Day-Prices in Barton Building, No. 36 Granite Row. Special prices to Merchants everywhere. Yours always truly, C. 5. INI TABLE TUMBLER COUPON. ] Present this coupon, together with Sc., to C. S. Minor and the 10e. '( Store, Barton Building, No. 36 Granite Row, and get one set of six [ high grade Table Tumblers, provided you come during the month ( of September, 1899, to- [ C. S. MINOR and the TEN CENT STORE, > Barton Building, .... No. 36 Granite Row^J Is Anderson the Leading HARDWARE and IMPLEMENT market of the State ? Because in Anderson Sulllivan Hardware Co. Carry the St ocle and give the Prices to ? attract the trade. They do the business. Builders' Hardware, Kubber and Leather Belting, Machine Supplies, Seasonable Shelf and Heavy Steel and Iron Goods Now to the front. The Wonderful Rife Hydraulic Engine. lui or iiiation Free. An early contract enables us to keep down prices for awhile on- . THE POPULAR OLIVER CHILLED PLOWS. Dealers may talk, may blow, but the 'Oliver'' speaks for itself the world over. It is a world beater. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. E fl EVANS, Jr. li. B. DAV, M. I). EVANS & DAY, - DEALERS IN - ZDIR/UG-S and GBOCEBIBS, PENDLETON, S- C. START BIGHT I-The regulation of the prim.c vise is the basal principle of all therapeutics. Keep clean, eat properly by using FRESH DRUGS, FRESH GROCERIES, FRE9H SODA WATER, FRESH ICE, FRESH FRUITS, FRESH TURNIP SEED. EVERYTHING FRESH EXCEPT EVANS & DAY. BOYS' STEAM LAUNDRY ! The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Laundry in the State. Every Machine the latest improved, and ciesigned to do most peiicct work. Under thc superintendence of an experienced Laundryman, with a corps of skilled assistants. Every piece of work carefully inspected, and no sorry work allowed to pass from Laundry. PRICES LOW. Quality of work unexcelled. Give us a trial. \V. F. BARR, Business Manager. Locate cl at rear ol* Fant's Book Store. mi oe We sell Goods Cheap, but we do not sell Che&p Goods. August must be kept bury irrespective of profit. Reduced pricis at which we now sell apply not only to Goods of Fashion but to styles as weil. "Staples" are Goods used the year round, not subject to change of style, and therefore seldom offered at a sacrifice. Our prices rule lower than present wholesale rates. NeveiLbeless, for the balance of this month as un em tra inducement we will sell even lower, feeling that the money-saving oppc :su nity will be so quickly recognized that our sales will be doubled. All Linen Check Toweling, regular price 10c, now 5c. Honeycomb Towels 24x51, regular price 12c, now 7c. Unbleached Turkish Towels 20x41, regular price 15c, now 10c. Bleached Honeycomb Towels 20x40, regular price 12c, now 9c. All Linen Hemmed Huck Towels 15x30, regular price 15c, now 10c. All Linen Hemmed Tuck Towels 20x38, regular price 18c, now 12*<. All Linen Damask Towels 20x40., regular price 20c, now 14e. Checked Linen Doylies 18x18, regular price 50c. per doz, now 32c. Turkey Red Table Damask, regular price 25c, now 18c. Bleached Linen Damask, regular price 35c, now 24c. Belfast Bleached Linen Damask, Mill Ends, regular price 75c, now ri:c. Bleached Hemmed Sheets 31x90, regular price 50c, now 35c. . Bleached Hemmed Pillow Cases 36x45, regular price 15c, now 9c. Good quality yard-wide Sea Island, regular price 5c, now 3?c Good quality yard-wide Bleaching, regular price 7c, now 5c. Lonsdale 4-4 Cambric, regular price 10c, now 7c. 10-4 Unbleached Sheeting, regular price 16c, now 12c. 10-4 Bed Spreads, regular price 75c, now 56c. 12-4 Bed Spreads, Marseilles patterns, regular price $1.19, now 98c. Good quality Feather Ticking, regular price 15c, now 10c. August Sales of Carpets. Prices are rapidly advancing everywhere but here, and even we shali be compelled to charge more after present stocks are exhausted. Buy now what, you are likely to need later on and save money. Wool InCTain Carpet, regular price 50c, now 35c All Wool Ingrain Carpet, regular price 60c, now 48c. Extra Super Ingrain Carpet, regular price 75c, now 53c. Tapestry Br?ssel Carpet, regular price 50c, now 38c. Ten Wire Tapestry Carpet, regular price 6oc, now 48c. Axminster Moquette, regular price 1.25, now 90c. Wool Art Squares 2*x3 yards, regular price 4.00, now 2.98. Wool Art Squares 3x3 yards, regular price 5.00, now 3.69. Wool Art Squares 3x4 yards, regular price 6.00, now 4.75. Fine Smyrna Art Squares 2x3 yards, regular price 15.00, now 11.75. Jute Rugs, 24x50, regular price 85c, now (55c. Jute Rugs 30x60, regular price 1.00, now 85c. Jute Rugs 36x72, regular price 1.25, now 98c. Fine Smyrna Rugs 30x60, regular price 3.00, now 2.15. Fine Smyrna Rugs 36x72, regular price 4.50, now 3.38. Fine Smyrna Rugs 4x7 feet, regular price 6.50, now 4.98. Yard-wide Hemp Carpet, regular price 15c, now 10c. The remainder of our Stock of Mattings we are now offering at Kew York Cost. Our Fall Clothing has arrived. Among the many styles are without, doubt the nobbiest designs ever shown in this section. The prices are right. Our buyers are off for the Eastern markets. Their instructions are to scour the markets to secure the best values for this vicinity. "You are not here to please us, but we are here to please you." Yours truly, JULIUS H. WEIL & CO. VANDIVE? ?BROS,, MERCHANTS, ^KE WIDE OPEN FOR BUSINESS in their elegant New Store-room Between Masonic Temple and the New Bank, And respectfully and earnestly invite you. to call and see them, inspect their Steck of Goods and get acquainted with their way of doing business. We promise to fully pay you for the lew feet you have to walk oil' the Square to get tc us. We are going to carry by far the best Stock we have ever carried, and promise you more for your money than anybody. We mean business. Try us and see if this isn't a true statement. Splendid high-grade line of SHOES, BOOTS, HATS and STAPLE HEY GOODS. Get our prices and see if they are not rieht. We are going to handle at, BOTTOM PRICES, CORN, OATS. BRAN, HAY, BAGGING and TIES, BACON, LAUD, and other Heavy Goods, at SELLING PRICES. We heartily appreciate your liberal trade in the past, and promise to show cur appreciation for that trade. Come to see ns in our new place. We will appreciate it more than ever before. You will find us nicely quartered. Free City Delivery. Phone 75. Promptno-s in everything. Yours gratefully, _VANDIVER BROS.. j FRESH LOT OF . . . TURNIP SEED Just received at . , . F. B. GRAYTON & GO. ?ike Hall Gin is tie ta, Every part of it is constructed with the view of giving the best*[possibie service. , QH0 The Saws are of the very beat imported steel, the rib3 undergoing a new pro cess are chilled harder than steel. Every part of the Hall Gin is as perfect ?gt as up-to-date machinists, who know their business, can make them. Ask asy ^tw user of a Hall, or any one who bas ever had their cotton ginned on a Hall and their answer will bear out om statement that it is the bestJGin made. We have in our Store the Latest Improved 10-inch Saw Hnller Gin, which we would be glad to have you call and examine. McCULLY BROS.