Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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To our Friends and . Bc not despair because the crops are short, and e one around you is crying hard times. The crop will tut better, perhaps, than you think, and if the price of Cot ton will continue to advance yon will yet have enough to pay your debts and a few dollars to spend. Throw off the dumps, look on the bright side, and think how much better off you are than some of your acquaintances, and all will work out for the best. We know there will be some money to spend in this community this Fall, and with that end in view we now have three buyers in the Northern markets. We shall buy a complete, up-to-date Une of Goods in all departments. Mrs "Hess" Porcher Winn, who has charge of our Millinery De partaient, and who has resided in New York for two years past, is now selecting.the Miss Helen Cater, our head Sales-lady, has also been in the market for several days, where she is looking close after her friends' interest. Mr. Osborne, of the Firm, is there, also, and with the experience and knowiege of the three, we expect to lay in the most complete, assortment in all depart ments that we have ever yet shown to the people of this vicinity. Will be presided over by one from thc head-centre of Fash ion, and is now preparing herself with the latest styles in her line. We propose this season to make our Store Head quarters for the latest Novelties in Millinery, Dress Goods, Notions, Ready Made and. Made to Order Goods. ALSO, Shoes, Staple Goods of all kinds, Carpets, Matting, Trunks, Men s Clothing and Furnishing Goods, And -anything usually found in a first-class Dry Goods Store. We also keep a LARGE STOCK OF GROCERIES OF AI.L KINDS. If you want TEXAS OATS come to us as we have too many. We hav? enough BAGGING and TIES of all kinds to pack 30,000 bales of Cotton. Get our prices before you close a trade. We are also headquarters when you wish to sell your Cotton, and it will pay you to get a bid from us before you seU. We need a little Cotton in our business this Fall, and wiU pay good prices, especially when you want to buy any thing, or pay for something bought heretofore. We will make it to our mutual benefit on such occasions, and we give you a pressing invitation to give us a showing. We thank you all for the liberal patronage of the past year, and ask that you ^continue to come to us when you want to trade. Yours truly, Brown. Osborne S Co. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Greneral Merchandise, ANDERSON, i*. C P. S. To those who owe us for Merchandise, Fertilizers, or any thing else, we wish to say that you must come up promptly with the Cotton or the money, as it will save the expense of sending one of our traveling men, who will keep the road hot this Fall to see you. WE MEAN YOU. B., 0. & CO. Local News* WEDNESDAY, SEPT. G, 1899. THE COTTON HABEST. Corrected Weekly by Brown, Osborne & Co. Strict Good Riddling-Ci. Good Middling-0. Strict Middling-Sj. Middling-6i. Stained Cotton-4 to 5. A stock show will *be held at Pelzer on October 7th. The chestnut crop is said to be a fail ure in the mountains this season. Attention is directed to the new ad vertisement of the Sullivan Hardware Co. Mr. Frank Johnson has accepted tho position ot* book-keeper tor D. P. Sloan & Co. Mrs. Blake and children, of Green wood, are the guests of Mayor Hood thii week. Kev. J. N. H. Sunimerell went to Due West Monday to attend the funeral of Dr. Grier. Mr. Oswald Breazeale, who has been quite sick for several weeks, is able to be out again. Miss Olive Brown, of this city, is iu the country" visiting her friend, Miss Minnie Anderson. I Rev. A. J. S. Thomas, of Greenville, j will preach in the First Baptist Church next Sunday morning. j Geo. E. Prince, Esq., went to Abbe ville yesterday to spend two or three days on professional business. j We invite your attention to the new { advertisement of C. F. Jones &. Co. It will interest old and young. The engineer corps willina few days complete the Black Diamond survey bo- j tween Anderson and Port Royal. ; Rev. James Boyce, President of the Due West Female College, spent laut Saturday, and paid us a pop call. Mrs. T. B. Lee and daughter, Miss Mel, of Greenwood, are in the city vis iting thc family of Mr. W. S. Lee. Mr. J. H, Pullen, of Fair Play, lias gone to Eutaw, Ala., where he will spend the fall and winter buying cot ton. The Knights of Pythias will hold au important meeting to-morrow night at 8:30 o'clock. Every member should at tend. Read D. C. Brown & Bro.'s new ad vertisement this week. It will tell you why they can save you money on what you buy. Don't forget that the (traded Schools I of the city open next Monday. Hunt up yourjbooks, children, and bc on hand promptly. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Simons, of Charleston, have been spending a few days in the city as the guests of Mr. E. W. Taylor. Messrs. W. H. Harrison and Noel B. Sharpe have gone to Hot Springs, Ark., to spend a few weeks for thc benefit of their health. Mr. Wade H. Thompson., of V?rennos, left yesterday to resume his studies at Davidson College as a member of thc senior class. Brown, Usborne & Co. make an im portant annnounccment to their friends and patrons. Road their advertise ment carefully. Messrs. Paul Ayer and Victor Chesh ire, of this city, have applied through Gov. Mcsweeney for positions in thc United States anny. Mr. Solomon Lesser, accompanied by his neke, Miss Dora Geisberg, has gone to New York to buy fall and win ter goods for Lesser & Co. 1 ? Col. and Mrs. J. X. Brown, accompa nied by their daughter, Miss Valina have gone north to spend a month at some of the popular resorts. Mr. W. R. Hubbard has made an as signment for thc benefit of his creditors to E. F. Cochran, Esq. See notice to creditors in another column. Anderson's total cotton receipts for the year ending August 31st, 1800, were 33,788 bales. This is an increase of 312 bales over the preceding year. I Joe J. Trowbridge &. Co. is thc name of a new timi that will open business in the city in a few days. They AV?II han dle gents' furnishing goods only. Mr. John McKinney, who has been very sick at his home on Greenville street for some time, is able to ride out. We wish him a speedy recovery. Ur. R. F. Divver is again comfortably quartered in his old home, corner of Evans and Orr streets, having ex changed residences with Mr. Penning ton. Messrs. W. L. Hrisscy and E. W. Caldwell, of this city, have opened a racket store at Laroma, Ga., the latter having gone theve TO manage the busi ness. Married, on Sunday, .September :>', 18?9, by Magistrate J. P. Anderson and at his residence, Mr. Ed. Brown and Miss Nora Jefferson, both of Anderson County. Rev. A. J. S. Thomas, editor ol' the Uaptist Courter, Greenville, will preach in the First Baptist Church next Sun day at both the morning and evening services. Mr. C. 1>. Owens, w ho has been living ut Bowman, Ga., for several years, has returned to his old home, Pelzer, where he will engage in business wit li J. W. Williams & Co. Samuel Reeves, who lives near Pis gah church, in Brushy Creek Township, had his house to burn down on Monday. 28th ult. lie lost almost everything lie possessed. Tho tire is supposed to have originated from a defective stove tine. As Mr. Beeves had no insurance, the lo.?s falls nuite heavily upon him. Misses Allie B. Beck, Mary A. Cl man, St. Claire Browne, Selma Shi and Bessie Smith have boen awai thc scholarships in Winthrop Col from this County. Mrs. L. A. McSmith is quite sic the home of her son, Mr. L. E. Non on South Main street. We join friends in wishing her a?speedy re ration to health. The holy communion will be c brated at the Presbyterian Church i Sunday morning. There will preaching at the Church Friday e ning at 8 o'clock. Capt. John W. Dillingham, An( son's efficient Chief of Police, has b granted a vacation by the city lath and, accompanied by his wife, has g to the mountains. The Anderson Telephone Excha: is now connected with Honea Path ? Greenville and all intermediate poi] The Exchange should now secure line running to Townville. Last Saturday B. 0. Evans Sc C money box was opened and three yoi gentlemen received $5.00 each. ? their new advertisement, which \ tell you. how you may be a lucky m Mr. Julius H. Weil, who has be confined to his home several we? with a severe case of typhoid fever now convalescent. We join his frier in wishing him a speedy restoration health. Our young townsman, Templet Ligon, left yesterday for Baltimo where he will attend the Maiyla College of Pharmacy the next sessic He will return home next spring wi his diploma. Our old friend and former townsmc W.H. Dillingham, has been nominat in the Democratic primary as Alderm from Ward 1 in Spartanburg. He h three opponents, and he received a m jority of all the votes cast. Mr. R. Prank Hall, of Hall Sc M ford, is now in New York selecting large stock of fall and winter clothin gents' furnishing goods, etc. This fir has a new advertisement this week, which your attention is directed. Mr. Louis Sharpe has gone to Nas ville. Tenn., where he will engage the furniture business with his brot; er, Mr. Percy Sharpe. Hfs family w; join him in a few days. Their frieni regret to see them leave Anderson. The committee on thc missionary o fcring for the Woman's; Missionai Society of the First Baptist Chun requests that all gifts bc sent as ear as possible to Miss Ida Watson insteii of the place stipulated in their verb request. That man Minor, ot'the famous Tc Cent Store, has changed quarters, au is now located in-the Barton buildin; No. 36 Granite Kow, formerly occupic by Vandiver Bros. Read his new a< vertisement and don't forget to eli that coupon from it. Capt. A. G. Means, sr., of Spartai burg, is in the city visiting thc famil of his son, Mr. A. G. Means, jr. Cap Means has passed his four score year is hale and hearty, and can read th newspapers without the aid of glasse: which he seldom uses. Mrs. Charlie Sullivan and childrei of Anderson, are visiting Mrs. W.I Bewley. Mrs. Sullivan was a favorit in Elberton society duringher residenc here, and her visits always occasio joy to a wide circle of friends.- Elim ton {Ga.) Tribune, 7st inst. Messrs. W. C. and W. B. King hav formed a partnership, under the fin name of King Bros., and arc opening stock of goods in the room just vacate* by Carlisle Bros., on North Main streel They are worthy, energetic young mei] and will no doubt build up a line busi ness. Prof. T. C. Walton, the efficient Su perintendent of the Anderson Grade? Schools, has returned home from Lau rens, S. C., where he has just closed. ; very successful Teachers' Normal In stitute. Mrs. Walton spent last weel with him in Laurens. The Professo enjoyed his stay there very much, ant says he never met a more genial au< clever people. Mr. Lawrence ll. Carlisle, of the tiru of Carlisle Bros., of this city, who ha; been the agent of the Southern Rail wa) at Hodges for several years, has re signed his position and returned to An derson to push lu's mercantile business He is succeeded at Hodges by his youngest brother, Mr. W. K." Carlisle, who has been telegraph operator at Union the past year. The Greenville .Vcirx ol' yesterday says: "'The -1-moiiths-old daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. V. I. Masters died earlj yesterday morning at their residence, ?T? Washington street, after a pro tracted illness and thc body was takeu to Anderson yesterday for interment iii thc family burying ground, the Kev. Dr. 1). W. Key, of this city, olhciatiiig.'3 The bereaved parents have the sym pathies nf their friends in this County. Mr. .J. A. De Wees?.', representing the Chamberlain Medicine Co., Des Moines, Iowa, was in thc city Monday and gave us an appreciated call. He is a 11105t genial gentleman, and represents a medicine company that is well known throughout the civilized world. The Chamberlain medicines are advertised iu thc IxTKr.i.iGEXCKii and sold by the Ifill-Orr Drug Co.. undera guarantee to cure the disensos for which they are recommended. < ?ur good friend, Rev. J. J. Keck, was over from Anderson, S. C., the first of thc week, and his numerous friends were glad to see him looking so well. For some time he was near death's door, in fact, he had to correct a report of his demise by an open letter through the press, and was immensely t ickled at the good things that; were said about him. Mr. Beck's health is better titan it has been in twenty years, and lie is once again a stalwart specimen of full orbed manhood.-Hartwell (Ga.) Sun. Any man who uses a fertilizer madi ' for corn or tobacco iii the oultivatioi i of cotton is in his own light. So is th< : man who uses a cotton fertilizer in th< i cultivation of wheat. So argue Messrs Dean & Ratliffe in their new. specia adv. They claim to have a fertilize; especially made for wheat culture, ant j adapted to the needs of Andersoi ! County soil. Read what they say, i: you're a farmer. At thc next meeting of the Andersor Bachelors1 Club charges will be pre ferred against several of thc mcmbere and they will probably be expellee the Club. They are contemplating matrimony, it is reported, which is a violation of the first section of the by laws. Among the accused ave Presi dent F. T. Wilhite and vice-President G. W. Evans, who deny thc charge. It will bc an interesting trial when thc Club meets, and some of thc members are in favor of inviting the young la dies to attend the meeting and using n few of them as witnesses in the trial. Our tabulated statement last week oi the primary election for Supervisor was about eorrect. The four boxes that had not been heard from when the IN TELLIGENCER went to press linally came in but did not change the result. Thc total vote was, Vandiver 1303, Bolt 1338, giving the former a majority of 55. Both gentlemen have just cause to be proud of their vote. G ow Mc sweeney was immediately notified of che result and has issued a commission to Maj. Vandiver, who will assume the duties of thc office as soon as his bond is approved. Rev. 0. J. Copeland has returned from a very pleasant trip to Northfield, Mass., where he has been attending the Ministers' Conference, under Rev. Dwight L. Moody. He visited also a number of points of scenic interest. In conversation with him, he said that New England thinks more kindly of the South than formerly, and realizes that this section is rapidly becoming the commercial centre of the country. They place us on notice, however, that unless we are watchful their capital will control our resources in the end. Could wc see ourselves as others see us, it would from monicd serfdom free us. Mr. W. B. King, Anderson's giant policeman, more familiarly known to everybody in this section as "Big King," attracts the attention of every visitor to tho city. Many parents in the city frequently, in getting after their children for their misehicvotisacts, threaten to report them to "Big King,'1 aud, of course, some of tho little folks are afraid of him. A few Sundays ago in Sunday shool a teacher was asking the little fellows in his class some ques tions, one of which was ''who was the strongest mau?" One little fellow quickly replied, "Big King." The teacher, it is said, attracted the atten tion of the whole school by his hearty, loud laugh, and had to lay down his catechism. The Columbia correspondent of the, Xeics and Courir.)-, under date of the 1st inst., says: "In the Donald's Town ship case, where a portion of that Township wanted togo to Anderson County, or, at least, so voted, the State Board of Canvassers to-day decided that thc election was held according to law, and that the result was in favor of the territory going to Anderson County. It is announced that an appeal will be taken to thc Supreme Court of the State. Themain question seems to be whether an election could bc held at a precinct indicated by the Governor, when there was no precinct for the election in the territory which had been established by the Act providing pre cincts' for the various counties." Editor Jaynes, of the Kcoicec Courier, has recently been on a trip to the motin - I tains. Speaking of his stay at High ; lauds, X. C., he says: "Our host on this I occasion was Mr. David Norton, who has relatives in Walhalla and many friends in Oconee. Here we had the pleasure of meeting Capt. John W. Dauiels, who was the honored and effi cient Clerk cf Court of Anderson for twenty years. On Sunday a birthday dinner was spread in honor of his six ty-sixth birthday and Mr. Norton's six ty-fifth. This is the eighth time they have thus celebrated their birthdays. On the present occasion it happened that the birthdays of two of the guests were also celebrated, viz: Mrs. A. M. Brinsmade, of Great Barrington, Mass., widow of a prominent Presbyterian minister, who had attained' her seven tieth birthday, and Miss Elsie Thomp son, of Charleston, S. C.. whose birth day we felt a delicacy in inquiring, not withstanding her extreme youth." The Postofficc Department has adop ted a new form of domestic money or der, which will be introduced general ly, or as supplies ol' the old form be come exhausted at varions postofliccs. Tile new torin is somewhat smaller than thc order now in usc. Its dimen sions are about those of thc ordinary bank ?Irait, lt has two adjuncts-the advice, or notification, to bc sent by the issuing to thc paying master, which is a reproduction of thc order through the use of carbonized paper (thc mani fold process), and a receipt for the amount to be furnished by the issuing postmaster to the remitter. On thc back of the order a separate space has been provided for the stamps of banks through which ir may be pass for col lection. Tn the adoption of the new form of order the interests and prefer ences of patrons ol' the system no less than economy of administration have been considered, lr, is expected that about January I next the fee charged for orders will bc materially reduced. Subscribers to thc Anderson Tele phone Exchange will please add thc following names to their list: E. W. Brown, residence, 05: Dean & Ratline, 13$: J). I?. Sloan, 134; King Bros., 135. I ). P. Sloan's is a pay station for non subscribers to the Exchange for long distance connections-Greenville, Wal halla, Monea Path and intervening towns. Iron and Steel are way up, hut Sullivan Hani ware Co. is keeping price* down on the great Oliver Chilleil Plows. UL* IONS For '99. Our buyer is now in the Northern markets searching every Manufacturers' stock to procure all the latest, nobbiest and newest patterns in Foreign and Domestic Goods manu factured in First Class Clothing. We are the acknowledged leaders in the Clothing and Furnishing Goods business. Our laurels are won by head work, honest dealing and always keeping the latest Novel* ties at the lowest possible prices. We cannot describe all the Novelties in Kindly call and it will be our pleasure to show you the best selected stock in upper Carolina. 1ALL Clothiers and Furnlshiers. To tte Lais. Have you seen our last shipment of Ladies' Evening Slip pers in Patent Leathers, White Kid, &c. They are beauties, To ts. Have you seen those $3.00 up-to-date Shoes we are sell ing the boys. If not, call and inspect for yourself. All the latest colors and shapes. Don t forget to call for Trading Stamps. We've got them. Tours for Reliable Shoes, COBB & CEAYTON, The Shoe People. Brock Bros. Store! Is the place to find anything you need in the HARD WARE line, and their prices are always as low as the lowest, and sometimes LOWER. THEY carry three of the best th. in the market for the farmers' use aud 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, III.-the larg est Mower manufactory in the United States and probably the world. All the above named Machinery and Mowen are too well known to need describing, as they have been tried by people all over the country, and are giving entire satisfaction everywhere. You will also lind 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 ue will prove what we say. Come in and =ee us and be convinced. Yours al wa vs to please, BEOCK BEOS, THE HARDWARE PEOPLE,