Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BY CLTNKSCALES & LANGSTON. ' ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1899. VOLUME XXXT-NO. 17. About Eighteen Months Ago ... We started our Spot Cash Business. We decided we could save our trade money by selling for Spot Cash, as we would be enabled to sell goods cheaper than any Credit Store. We have dispensed with the services of a book-keeper, and liave no bad debts on our books. We have no losses. How well we have succeeded we let you decide. Notice the num ber of bundles that come from B. 0. EVANS & CO., and the well pleased customers whose trade we have. We save you money every time you make a purchase here, and you are standing in your own light if you don't come in and see if what we say isn't true. To show you we have great confi dence in our Goods and Prices, and that we will treat you straight, we give you TOUR HOMET BICK IF MB HT IT ! - ? ?_\_\ _ Men's Hats. Don't wear that old Hat when you know yon can get a good Fedora here-one that is Union-made and not" ont of a job lot-for a dollar. You had taber make ap your mind to come here at once. Our Fall Hats are all in, and we want you to inspect the most complete line-in Anderson. Hats from 25c. to $3.00.' Shoes. We handle only a One Price Shoe -rall styles, one quality, one price, and that is $3.50. The next time you waDt a pair of Shoes come in and see ours Notice the way it is made, how far the leather is turned over on the inside of the uppers, the daintiness of the stitches, the graceful shape, the way the back seam is covered, and in Tan Shoes the soft brown colors. . Compare all ihese things, not only with other $3.50 Shoes, but with Shoes at a dollar more. Then buy the Shoe you think is best worth your money. BOYS' KNEE PANT SUITS. One lot Double Breasted Suits ages 8 to 14 years-extra well made. A good bargain at. . SI' 00 One lot Double Bieasted Suits ages 8 to 16 years-strictly ali wool, double seat and knees. The Credit Stores' leader at ?3.00. EVANS' price.$2 50 One lot Vestee Suit3 in mixed Che viots-ages 3 to 8 years-an extra value, for.'.SI 50 A complete line of Knee Pants for Bov3 at 25c, 50c, 75c and 81.00. Single and Double Breasted SACK SUITS. In Plain Goods, Blue Serge, Blue or Black Clay Worsted, and Blue or Black Herring Bone Cheviot are the correct things, though a few Fancy Worsteds will be worn. We have these Suits at 85.00, 87.50, SI 0.00, S12.50, 815 00, and on up to 820.00 if you wish. BT CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ' ANDERSON, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1899. VOLUME XXXIV-NO. 49. ! Oiizis Denounces i?oard of Control. COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 13.-Mr. D. A. G. Ouzts has given to the public his first installment of dispensary revela tions, containing about 10,000 words. He addresses himself "to the State Hoard of Control/' As a preface he says : "As I have by a vote of a majority of your members been denied the hearing to winch I had a right in which I had been promised by your chairman, I intend making my defense in the pub lic prints. At the same time I will go further and show the characters ot the men by whom I was so summarily de posed, and of their fellow conspirators. I am deposed because I violated an order of the Board of Control-an order which the two honorable members of the board assert was modified to per mit the very action which -was alleged as the reason for my removal. I will show how members of the board violate the dispensary law and how employees at the dispensary, who are pets of the majority faction of the board, violate tho board's orders and are not even re primanded for their misconduct. As the majority faction seems anxious to wash dirty linen, I will first prove that mine is clean, and then give them some dirty linen of their own to clean." Then he proceeds to argue that this action in selling contraband liquor, while against a resolution of the board, had been in reality made null by sub sequent action, and was so considered by at least two members of the board. "The mnjority faction, which is plot ting to get absolute control of the dis pensant, filling all positions with its henchman, had decided to remove all employees who were not subservient to it. They did not intend to fully and fairly investigate the conduct of such employees, but preferred one-sided testimony. At the September meeting of the board, Messrs. Haselden and Williams were appointed to investi gate the contraband room and its ac counts. Mr. Haselden wanted Mr. Williams to meet him in Columbia on Wednesday following the adjournment of the September meeting of the board. Mr. Williams said he had important engagements up to aud includiug j Wednesday, but would meet Mr. ! Haselden in Columbia any day after Wednesday. The}r parted with the understanding that Mr. Haselden was to notify Mr. Williams when to come to Columbia to go to work on the in vestigation, which he never did, but returned to Columbia before Wednes day and gave to the newspapers a statement that he was going to Harris Springs. Mr. Williams saw that state ment in the papers and continued to .wait for a notification when to cometo Columbia. The next thing he saw was a statementthat he had been supplanted on the committee by Mr. Robinson, ?without notice to him. "It was then two of a kind and Mr. Haselden was at liberty to proceed with his one-sided investigation. Neither I nor Mr. Douthit were asked for any explanation of the charges concocted by the one-sided process. "On the night of the 20th or 21st of September, T. C. Robinson, who had loosened his tongue with liquor, told me in front of Huggins' store, on Main street, that Haselden had set a trap for Douthit. and had caught him in it. After asking him several times what the trap was, he said it was in selling contraband liquor at the State dispen sary and not having it entered upon the shipping clerk's book as required by the r?solutions of the board at the last board meeting. Was the trap the addition of the words, 'through the regular channels?' Probably at the time of that conversation Mr. Robin son did not know that Chief Constable Haselden Avanted my scalp also and, therefore, spoke as a strong friend, which he always claimed to be, espe cially since 1890. I and my relatives worked for and carried Edgefield coun ty for him as the candidate for State Superintendent of .Education. Hut when Ross Haselden popped the whip over his back he forgot his friendship and sense of obligations to me, and also forgot his statement to me utter hearing my explanation ol' my sale of that bottle of gin, that he did not see how I could have done otherwise than obey the instructions of the commis sioner. '.1 have shown that there was no just cause for my suspension. Hut 1 was not suspended for whavl did, though timi was alleged as thc; cause. I was suspended because a political clique wanted me removed lidia tin; dispen sary. They are bound toge Iber ov a community ot interest, their predomi nant feeling being a thirst for revenge and a desire to get complete control of the dispensary for use as a political machine and "more venal aims, which can be understood from the charges and specifications which 1 will make. When Haselden and Robinson, tho in vestigating committee, were in Colum bia tney left the work of conducting the investigation as to the contraband, which a committee was appointed to do, to Bookkeeper Mobley and Inspector Moody and spent their time caucusing with Chairman Miles and the conspira tors. A caucus was held in the olliee of a State officer, and it was decided to suspend me without giving me any notice or asking me for any explana tion o? the charges against nie. This determination was talked around Co - lumbia nearly an hour before 1 was notified of my suspension; a friend ol' mine heart! it at the upper end of Main street and walked down town to a tele phone and told me that the. gang had ?ixed to make it hot for me and lo do nie. "The day after my temporary sus pension Chairman Miles gave the news papers an interview which contained a lie and a slanderous insinuation, whose absolute falsity he could have easily informed himself of. He said: 'I did not know until this morning that. Com mission or Douthit had been doing thu same Hiing, else 1 would have suspend ed him .'dong with Mr. ?uzts.' The afternoon before that interview was given out, I told Mr. Miles I had made a sale nf contraband because my supe rior oilicer, Commissioner 1 ?outhit, had made such sales ?md instructed nie lo do likewise, and I showed him on the book Hie records of such sales bv .Mr. 1 lout-hit-. "There was a slanderous insinuation in his statement thal 11101103 obtained I from thc sale of contraband had been ? properly turned over, st?lavas he knew. ? , lie knew ii had been properly turned over, because I told him so ami showed ' him 1 he record. "There is another lie I<>1<! by .Mr. , .Miles. Me promised me thal I should bo accorded, a Hull hearing by t he board j before a vote was taken mi the motion ? to make my suspension permanent. 1 put thc vote was taken without a hear ing being given.me, ?hough I was mi ' hand wailing for it. When I taxed Mr. Miles with his perfidy he at first tried to deny having: made such a promise. After I forced him to admit it, he said, 'Vos, but I forgot it.' Then he returned to thc board room and said to the board, 'Mr. Ouzts wanted a hearing but did not know it was my place to get it for him.7 "While on the question of Mr. Miles, veracity, I might state that he is a liar by his own confession. 1 have heard him say on several occasions: 'I have told more lies since i have been on the board than in all my life before.' I dare him to deny that he made this statement; if he does, I will prove it on him." Mr. Ouzts charges Mr. Haselden, a member of the board, with "acting as well as telling lies." COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 14.-To-day Bookeeper Out/, issued another batch of his * dispensary revelations. The current chapter deals with Secretary of State Cooper, a former member of the board, with Ex-Commissioner Vance and with the case of former Mayor W. McBec Sloan, whom he styles "X-Mayor Sloan," as a "local striker" for whiskey houses. He charges Cooper with seeing that purchases of liquor were made from a whiskey house by one Gibson, who rented Cooper's farm for buying and sending out whiskey during the cam paign for political purposes. He pays his respects to Captain Webb for not closing up Castello, a Charleston beer dispenser, when order ed to do.so by the board. He also charges. the clerk with violating the rule about drinking on the premises. He charges Colonel Vance with sell ing contraband liquor to himself and others. Colonel Y ance is also charged with "pushing" the Hunter rye whis key. He charges Colonel Vance also willi "loaning" some coal to William B. Sloan. He then goes for ex-mayor Sloan as a "stinker" for a number of whiskey houses. He charges that every effort was made to carrol the dispensary employees and make them vote for Sloan in thc last municipal election. Mr. Outz promises a good deal more matter and from what he says it will grow warmer and warmer toward the end. COLUMBIA, S. C., October 15.-Mr. Ouzt's contribution to the dispensary revelations to-day is an article contain ing about 5,000 words. He brings in Secretary of State Cooper and ex Mayor Sloan of Columbia. Besides, he refers to dozens of incidents of minor affairs in which the law was violated by members of the board. Denver >'ews. At the residence of Mr. W. A. Mc Whorter, near Denver, on Oct. 11th, a select company gathered to witness the marriage of his daughter, Miss Myrtie, to Mr. Sam Harris. The rooms were beautifully decorated in golden rod and English ivy. Promptly at 8 p. m. the bridal couple entered the parlor and stood under an arch of flowers, while Rev. A. B. Watson pronounced the impreissve ceremony that made them man and wife'. The bride, a petite blonde, was lovely in a stylish dress of castor, trimmed in brown velvet and cany in g a bouquet of white roses. After the ceremony the guests were invited into the dining room and served with delicious refreshments on a table prettily decorated with the golden rod and ivy and a center piece or roses and ferns. About 10 o'clock the assembled company were conij- - mented by a serenade from a string band in charge of a bevy of young ladies and gentlemen, friends of the bride. They were promptly rewarded by being invited in, and served with refreshments. The guests all entered into the spirit of the occasion and had a most enjoyable time. Mrs. Harris is a lady of noble character and charming manners, aud has been for a few years a popular teacher in our County schools She lias a host of friends who, on this happy event, made her the recipient of many handsome and valuable presents. Mr. Harris is a worthy and highly esteemed young man from near Belton, where he has a lovely home in which to install his bride. They were given a reception next day at the home of the groom's father, Mr. L. D. Harris, near Belton, where a large company was gathered to honor the occasion and greet the newly wedded couple. Mr. Wm. El rod, our kind neighbor, has been suffering intensely for tlie last six weeks with a felon on his right, hand. Last week Doctors Orr and Duckworth met at his house and am putated the linger at the wrist, lie lias suffered a great deal since, then, but is now thought to be some better. Mr. Reed Garrison has been right sick with jaundice, but is fast recover ing under the care of that line young physician, Dr. W. S. Hutchinson. The smallpox cases have been pro nounced well, their houses fumigated, and the guards discharged. Xot a sin gle case died. Mrs. Scott Dickson Russell has gone on a visit to her brother near Birming ham, Ala. She expects to be gone sev eral months. Mrs. G. M. Harper and daughter, Miss Annie, visited relatives in Denver last" week. Miss Daisy Major is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. John Pruitt, near Rock Mills. Mr. Pruitt is very ill with lever. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Major visited hini last: week. Miss Emma Wooten has gone with her aunt, Mrs. Muscotte. to Ann is ton, Ala., to enter the High School there. We believe this bright young lady will make good use of this golden opportu nity to obtain an education and put to shame those who cannot appreciate the sentiment of Burns' grand poem, "A man's a man for a' that." We are under many obligations for a generous supply of the wedding cake; also, for the delightful music with which we were treated last Wednes day night by the merry crowd of seve naders. These, lovely moonlight nights natu rally bring straw rides, music and love to young hearts. Mr. Toni Simpson has gone to Green ville on a visit to his parents. Mr. W. T. Browne was in Denver las! week visiting relatives. I Ni'ot: NITA. Catarrh Cannot be Curei! willi I.OC?L APPLICATIONS; as 1 lier cannot resell th ' real nf thy disease; Catarrh e. a I lood ur constitutional disease, ?ind in order to cu Veil you must lalee internal remedies. Hall's < atarrh L'ure is taken Internally, and acts directly on tho Mood and mucous surfaces Hall s Catarrliif.'urc is no*. ;.. ?piacfc medicine lt was prescribed IFy lUicof iii? beal physicians ?:? T li irs country for years, and is irregular prescription, lt ia'coni posed ol Hi" Itcsl tunic, known, condoned v.-iili Ll?o bust i.!." d purifiers, neting directly on lie mucous su rfaces; Hie perfect combination ol ?in Itfo Ingredients is whnlproduccs s:i<!i wonderlul results in c?ring.C?tarrlr. ?j?n? for testimonials ?rce Kg-Sold hv Druggists, 75t Hall's Family fills are the best. Dr. Bowen Explains. MK. EDITOR-: Allow mc space in your paper to clear up a little matter winch was presented to the Grand Jury by a committee appointed by the County Medical Association, of which Dr. J. C. Harris is chairman. I finished my studies at Trion, Md., in 1891, after talcing a three-years' course, with last year in hospital. At that time there, was no State Board, a County Board having been appointed instead. I ap : plied to this Count}' Board for exami I nation, but learned they would not serve. My only resort was to present my diploma to the Clerk of Court for registration, and he made a note of it in Iiis book, which you or any one else will find upon calling upon Clerk of Court Watkins. I could do nothing more, had reached the end, and what other recourse had I? No County Board, no State Board, why was ? not registered? The chairman of this reporting committee and a majority of physicians in this County were never before a State Board, because at the time they finished their course, all they had to do was to present themselves to the Clerk of Court with diploma and register. What is the difference ? These very men who have reported me have never been before a State Board, and now, in trying to do something out of their usual line, they move around and try to create the impression that 1 have violated the law. Remember, ! this County Board would not serve be cause Gov. Tillman had State Board done away with and appointed County Boards in every County in the State. Who violated the law:.' Yours, etc., W. C. BOWEN, M. D. Pisgah Items. Mrs. J. X. Davis and daughter, Mag gie, visited relatives in Piedmont last week. Mr. Remus Henderson, one of Ander son's most energetic young men, while out drumming recently, made a visit in our midst. We are always glad to welcome such young men as Remus. Mr. J. I. Gallanani is attending the graded school at Easley. Mr. W. L. Davis left Sunday after noon for Pelzer, where he will work in the Moneynick Oil Mill. Rev. D. W. Hiott has been re-elected as pastor of the Pisgah Church, but whether he will serve yet we do not know. One of our young men and three of the ladies of this place made a dashing call on the Mountain Springs side last Sunday afternoon. Some attraction for the former, we guess. Miss Ida Nichols, of Due West, has been elected teacher of our school. We hope she will bc successful in the work. Miss Eva Moore, of Simpson ville, wor shipped here Sunday; also Mr. W..O. Callaham, of Piedmont. Mr. James Reeves, of Majors, S. C., visited at the home of his brother, Mr. N. S. Reeves, Saturday night. Mr. J. N. Davis and son, C. N., have gone to Brevard, N. C., this week. SALUE COCHINEAL. STATE SEWS. - The United States District Court convened in Greenville yesterday. L ? - An election was held recently in a hamlet of Chester county to decide ?which citizens, if any, should be re quired to leave the community. Sev eral were invited to go, and they ac cordingly packed np for the start without delay. - People from all parts of thc State have been dropping into Columbia for the past week. Without exception they say that more people and more exhibits will this year come to the State fair from their respective sec tions than to any fair for the past de cade. - Charleston's business men have been debating for some time as to whether or not the usual fall festival will be held this year, and it has been decided to hold it in November, com mencing on the 20th. Beti need rates will be given and a grand program arranged for the occasion. - The trustees of Limestone College have determined to establish a great department of history in which with out any way neglecting other branches of tile subject, particular attention will be paid to the history of the Southern States, lt is proposed to make Lime stone College a great center of histor ical investigation. - The will of Mr. D.E. Converse has been probated. He left Converse Col lege practically one-third of his estate which is estimated at 6.100,000. This will give Converse College an endow ment of 6lv0,000, which will put it fat above want, and enable it to continue on a still grander scale the work of ed ucating Southern women. - The Rev. H. B. Browne says in the Southern Christian Advocate: "1 wish to procure a pair of saddlebags used by an itinerant Methodist preacher in 'the days of saddlebags,7 before 18G0. I want them for preservation among the curios of the South Carolina Con ference Historical Society. I will be obliged to any friend who can give me information that will enable me to pro cure this relic of the past." - Whiskey selling is giving serious trouble over in I'ickcns county and about Seneca and Walhalla. Pitched battles occurred Sunday night in both Seneca ami Walhalla, and one man was wounded at each place. A big den of j gamblers and liquor sellers was un earthed on Saturday night in Latham's woods in Pickens county; seven Ne groes were captured and they have given information resulting in the is suance of warrantsagaiust twenty-four gamblers anti two liquor dealers. - Bertie, a young son of Mr. S. P. Wells, of Orangeburg, accidently shot and killed himself a few days ago. The lad in company with an older brother ami others went ?on a hunt. After being out sometime the dogs "treed" a coon or'possum, and pre parations were being made by the party to secure the game. Young Wells was standing ou a log with a gunin his hand. Some how or other lie slipped oil the log and the gun was discharged, the load ol' shot taking eilect in lin- unfortunate young man's | lace. I le wa.- immediately taken j home by his companions where he lingered until he died tin- next day. Cheap Printing. Law lb ?el's a! (?.i cents a Page-Good i Work," Good Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper than ai any other j house. Catalogues in the best style I If you have priming todo, il will be to j your inter?s; to write to the Press ami j Banner, Abbeville, S. C\ tl. ' Is a Little Thing1 when it Begins I THE longer yon put it off the harder it is to cure. The longer it lasts the more serious it becomes. Let it run on and there's no telling what the end will be. The worst case of Consumption was a little Cold once. TAR MINT Will stop any Cough when it first begins. It will stop most Coughs after they get bad. But the best way is to take it at the first sign of a Cold. It ought to be right at your elbow all the time. Tar Mint Is the BEST REMEDY for COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, ? aud all diseases of the Throat and Lungs. Don't buy any other kind. 50c. HILL-ORR DRUG CO. An Appeal to the Country for the Great Oli?er Chilled Plow We can speak more confidently than ever. The Farmers -hundreds-who have used them say the OLIVER is the ne cessity of the day. It gives big returns, increases the crop yield, and proves its value beyond question. To be without one is to be BEHIND. We are maintaining our former low prices on the Oliver Plows in the face of the big advance in all Steel and Iron material. GUNS and AMMUNITION TO MEET THE SEASON. 1000 BAGS SHOT. ' . 400 KEGS POWDER Bought under Trust prices and sold to beat the market. The greatest and finest variety of CUTLERY Ever displayed in Anderson. FINE RAZORS Under special guarantee. That little matchless HARNESS RIVETER We sell is worth its weight in gold on the farm, and sells for a trifle. Buy one and you would not be without it. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. THE HOUSE-KEEPER'S TROUBLES! DURING the Full and Winter mouths the House-keeper has no little trouble in supplying the table with something to eat. We can help them if they will only give us a call. We have a choice and select Stock of Family and Fancy Groceries. Our Stock of CANNED GOODS can't be excelled, and if you need any CONFECTIONERIES, FRUITS, NUTS, etc., we can supply you. TOBACCO and CIGARS a specialty. If you will honor us with a visit we will appreciate it, and make it mighty interesting for von. Jtoe City Delivery.* Q-e Jn\ BIGrBY. M. L CARLISLE. * L. H. CARLISLE. FOR SALE T THE GREAT OLIVER CHILLED PLOW ! WE have on hand a i'ull and complete line of these famous Turu Plow?, which have surpassed the expectations of our most progressive farmers. We also handle a i'ull line of other Farm and Agricultural Implements. Wagon and Buggy Material, Av. In fact, a general line of Ii 1RDW?RE. Wc also carry a selection of FAMILY "GROCERIES. Call and ex amine our genuine heavy Red Rust Proof Oats. New Crop N. 0. Molasses. Mr. T. E. Martin with us now, and will be glad to have his frieuds call and eeo him. Phone No. 13-S. Free Delivery. CARLISLE BROS,, Anderson, S. C.