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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1899. VOLTTME XXXV-NO. 18. About ? ? ? 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 have 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 TIN MOUE! BICK IF YOU INT IT! Men's Hats. Don't wear that old Hat when you know you can get a good Fedora here-one that is JJnion-made and not out of a job lot-for a collar. - You had beber make up your mind to come hera at once. Our Fall Hats . are all in, and we want yon to iuspect the most complete line in Anderson. Hats from 25c. to ?3.00. Shoes. We handle only a One Price Shoe - -all styles, one quality, one price, j and that is $3.50. The next time you want 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 these things, not ouly with other ?3.50 Shoes, but with Shoes at a dollar more. Then buy the Shoe you think is best worth your money. BOYS' KNE PANT SUITS HNH 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 all wool, double seat and knees. The Credit Stores' leader at 83.00. EVANS' price.$2 50 One lot Vestee Suits iu mixed Che viots-ages 3 to 8 vears-an extra value, for.81 50 A complete line of Knee Pants for Boys at 25c, 50c, 75c a?d 81.00. Sing!** and Doable 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, S7.50, 810.00, 812.50, 815 00, aud ou up to 820.00 if you wish. THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. THE REVELATIONS OF .OUZTS Sixth and Last Chapter of the Dis pensary Exposure. Ex-Bookkeeper Ouzts1 hook of dis pensary revelations concludes with the recapitulation he gives below. Mr. Ouzts winds up by calling on the gov ernor to do something which he has no more power to interfere with than Mr. Ouzts himself, so the lawyers say. Mr. Ouzts stops to catch hi's breath after he has so extensively "blowed oil' his mouth," buthe says he has much ammunition left for shelling the enemy if they leave the trenches and try to return his preliminary shelling. Here is his conclusion : A good hunter never gets out of am munition. In time of war it is not wise to shoot all your bullets, even at an enemy on thc run. I do not intend to give the dispensary conspirators a chance to work the persecution dodge on the public and try and obtain the public sympathy, diverting public at tention from the serious charges I have made. I have said enough for the p?sent and will suspend my "revela tions." I have plenty more ammuni tion. In fact, I have not tired my heaviest guns. There is much more I can say which would prove as inter esting as what I have already said. But I have made serious charges against the dispensary conspirators and have furnished proof. It is up to them and I can wait on them. If they remain silent they plead guilty; if they answer I will further prove what I have already charged and put some new burdens on their shoulders. I am ready for them: first come, first served. Now, let me briefly review what I have said at length, so as to impress the saHent features upon thc public mind, for the public can remedy the evils and abuses I have pointed out. I have charged that there is a con spiracy to get control of thc dispensary as a political and money-making ma chine. The conspirators aro bound to gether by self interest. Their plans and purposes can be judged by their performances. They play for high stakes and are not at all scrupulous as to their methods. .Their only excuse for dismissing me was obtained by doctoring the minutes of the board. This is a small matter for such honor able gentlemen. Thc surreptitious addition of a few words to a resolution Avas nothing to men who would resort to blackmail to manufacture evidence to suit their purposes. It is but a short step from the lies I have con victed two members of the board of telling me to perjury. They solemn ly promised mc" a hearing. The-other member of this well-assorted trio said he did not know how lie would vole on my case until alter I had a .hearing, and he took precious good care not to let me have a hearing. Pshaw, any sensible man who has kept up with thc matter knows that before the board met the majority faction had fully de termined to depose Commissioner Douthit and myself by hook or crook. We were not puppets who would bow down to them; neither would we turu bliud eyes to their questionable pro ceedings and violations of the law with whose administration they were charged, therefore we must be gotten rid of. 1 have shown I was guiltless of any Avrong, and that Mr. Douthit was never given anv chance to defend him self. 1 ask the public to contrast ourtreat ment with that accorded Webb. Black, Bryant and Vomigby the majority l'ac tion. Had we been guilty of any of the things they were guilty of, how quickly they would have been used as the basis of our removal instead of the trumped up charges to which they finally resort ed. Webb drinks on the premises, vio lating a special order of the board {placarded throughout the building. Mack keeps him company in disre arding that rule, and gets drunk and isorderly. But they are henchmen of the majority faction, and rules of the board do not apply to such. They are privileged to violate the board's rules and even to help themselves to the State's property, as 1 have shown Vance and Bryan did. Ilaselden said Bryant was a "G-d tl-n thief and scoundrel," and boasted that he could put him in the penitentiary. If he had. any such power over me or Douthit, would he not have used it? Why this leniency to Bryant.' Ah, Bryant is Robinson's friend and Ilaselden could not auger Robinson to the point of not voting with him. But he bagged both; he made Robinson believe it necessary for him to vote as Ilaselden directed to save Bryant's scalp, and he made Bry ant believe he could not escape the yawning gates of the penitentiary un less ho swore against Douthit and my self and made it "hot as he could" lot us. I have not onlv charged Black with drnnkness, but I have proved his utter incompetence beyond the shadow of a doubt. He made scores of errors which would have cost the State or the dis pensers heavily had they not been dis covered. All of his errors may not have been caught. Had 1 made one hun dreth of his errors, what would 'thc majority of the board have done td rae! But Black works in with them, ho is one. ol'them, and so they do not can how incompetent he is nor how much his mistakes may rob the State or the dispensers. Black's pull is shown by the fact that, though Douthit time and again reported him to .Miles for drunk enness, Miles did not check his drink ing, much less suspend hint. The partiality they show their henchmen is further instanced by the way Elmore Young's ignorance and incompetence lor thu position of receiving clerk arc overlooked. But he is .Miles' nephew, and therefore privileged to do as lie pleases. And when he pleases to worry and annoy men working in the dispen-' gary, throwing water on themandpad dling them, they must smile and look pleased at receiving such marks of at tention from the nephew of the chair man, otherwise the chairman may do as be ?dd to one who objected to such pleasantries, whom he vilely cursed and whose heart lie threatened to cut out. Bat favoritism to dispensary em ployees and ofiicers who toady to it is not the whole extent of tho majority faction's favoritism. Favoritism iii the placing of orders for whiskey lias been proven and is subject to a much worse construction than the favoritism ? to employees and overlooking their in- j compel euee and viol?t ions ol'the board's orders. I have shown how various I whiskey houses succeeded in getting J orders by employing local strikers, who ? knew nothing about the whiskey busi- I ness but who had a pull with the ma jority faction. I have shown how val nable those pulls were by the size of the orders they obtained. I have shown how especially fortunate was each house which got one of Haselden's plentiful supply of cousins as its striker. ? have also shown that when one of Haselden's cousins ceased to represent a house, its whiskey seemed to deter iorate in his judgment, for he ceased advocating orders for it and it likewise ceased to get orders. As further evidence of thc conspiracy I have cited thc action of the majority faction in removing, without giving any reason. Dispensers Lynch and Bookman and thc Richland county board of control. It .simply further ev idences the determination of the ma jority faction to control the dispensary '.from a to izz?rd" and fill all pinces with their partisans, which will enable them to wield its full power in politics and also manipulate the sales of liquor to the advantage of linns represented by relatives or henchmen of thc major ity faction. I have shown in the State dispensary how all corn is not measured with thc same hair bushel: how ignorance, in competence and violations of mles are excused in henchmen of the majority faction, while Douthit and I are re moved, without a hearing, on trumped up charges. Lynch, Bookman and the Richland board are removed without even a charge, being made against them. Bat Dispenser Brown, of Cheraw. was found short in his accounts. He admitted that hr had sold liquor on credit and not cc fleeted for it. Selling liquor on credit is a direct violation of the dispensary law itself and not a mere rule of the board, but the chairman of the Chesterfield board of control wrote here that Brown was a good fellow and ho wanted him rein stated and j given time to pay up his shortage, which the board graciously' did. Is there a reason for making such a difference in the treatment of the two boards? If so. what is it? In one case, a dispenser violating the law under which he holds office, and from which lie gets his living, and in the other the dispensers have never been accused of violating anything. Possibly fellow feeling made the ma jority faction wondrous kind to the Chesterfield dispenser, for I have shown that Haselden bought liquor on credit at ihe State dispensary, thus violating the dispensary law himself. Ile disre gards the dispensary law and violates it, but he had ifie removed for an al leged infraction of a doubtful rule of thc board, which is not of near so much authority as thc law creating the board. He not only bought on credit, bat he and Miles bought at the price to dis pensers and not to consumers, where by thc county and town lost their share ot' the profit of the transactions. I have cited another instance of Haselden's disregard of the rules of the board. When Dickson resigned the position of superintendent, it was a month before his successor was elected. The board ordered Haselden and Vance to do the work of the superintendent during that time, and they even gave him extra pay a week after Bryant took charge. He helped pass the order about the superintendent's work, but that did not keep him from violating it. The State lost 830 on his account. Xo wonder Haselden did not vote to punish Webb for losing the State 8112 by giving a beer dispensary authority to run on after the board had ordered him to close up. 1 have charged that a former com missioner gave away State property at the dispensary, but was not disciplined by the board/ t have, charged that Haselden made his term as chairman profitable by charging per diem for days he wns con structively at work in Columbia, but really attending to his business at home, according to his statement of his plans to the treasurer of Greenville county. I have made various other charges against strikers and ex-officers of the dispensary, but who at present are not; charged with its management, which last 1 particularly wish to attend to. I have attempted to show the people of thc State what manner of men have control of the dispensary. I have ex posed their acts, and if those acts have not been for the best interests of the State, it is not my fault, for some of them I tried my best to prevent, be cause I believe them wrong. My efforts were in vain, butthat was not my fault. I am ready to assist the board or any body who has the power to sift out all the wrong-doing, and have the dis pensary law obeyed and carried out honestly and efficiently, and in behalf of the best interests of the people, not; to the private or political interests of the honorable majority faction of thc board. This brings the matter squarely up to the attention of Governor Mc sweeney, who has a chance to sig nalize his administration by attempting to purge the board of its unworthy members, the majority faction. The statements I have made are true; they have not even been contradicted, much less controverted, and, 1 think, furnish the Government sufficient groundor a request for the resignation of thc men against whom I have made charges. It lie is not satislied as to the proof offered he can obtain more. He is the Executive head of the Government, and he should see that all its branches are clean. If they are not they should be lopped off, and f he public will sustain and endorse the man who thus nets. 1 lia ve now passed the winde matter up to the Governor and thc people await his action. D. A. G. Otate. - An attempt was made to assassi nate W. H. Amaker of Orangeburg a few days ago. Ile was shot by a party with a rifle from an ambush on the side of the road as he was returning home. IT is thought that the would-be as sassin was some enemy in his neighbor hood. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as tlier cannot reach the seat of. the disease. Catarrh is a blond or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and nein directly on tho blood and raucous surlaccs Halls Cata'rrh Cure ?a not a quack medicino It was prescribed hy one of the bust physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is com posed ol* the best Ionics known, combined with tile best- blood purifiers, acting directly on tlc mucous surfaces. The pericet combination of tho two.ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Seud for testimonials frc? tfgrSold by Druggists, 7?c. Hali's Fa?;, ll y Pills are the best - - m& - ? &m -- Cheap Printing. Law Briefs at GO cents a Page-Good Work, Good Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper than at any other house. Catalogues in the best style If you have printing to do, it will bo to your interest to write to the Press and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. tf. STATE .NEWS. - Small pox is reported in Hamp ton and Laurens counties. - Admiral Dewey has promised to visit Charleston next Spring. - By a vote of 17? to fil Greenwood has decided to have no dispensary. - The Abbeville cotton mill hus in creased its capital stock to 8000,000. - Charleston is arranging to have a gala week, beginning November 20th. - Another big phosphate plant in Charleston has been purchased by the trust. Thc farmers in every section of the State are sowing large crops of small grain. - A Reek Hill farmer is gathering strawberries from Iiis garden. This is rather unusual at this season. - Fiirman University is perhaps tho only institution in the State in which Spanish is taught thoroughly. - Joel E. Branson's sash and blind factory .-it Florence was burned last week. Loss 817,000; no insurance. - Colonel Coward is pleased with the opening of the Citadel Academy. The attendance this year is 130 to 140. - The Evening Telegram is the name of a new paper in Spartanburg, Mr. Gibson Catlett is managing editor. - Many negroes in Beaufort county would like to go to the Philipines but they cannot stand the physical ex amination. - William Kiley was a respectable white man of Charleston. He could not get work and he therefore commit ed suicide. - It is now stated thaf the dead County Treasurer of Barnwell is short about $11,000. The bondsmen will have to pay it. - Mr. Louis J. Bristow, editor of the Darlinqtonian, has laid down his pen and will enter the ministry of the Baptist Church. - The Richland Volunteers, of Co lumbia, haye raised and oiler a prize of $100 for the best drilled company that will attend the State Fair. Daring the quarter ended September 00th last the Greenville p?stolhce transacted a larger business than dur ing any oilier similar period of its his tory. - Kev. W. T. Derieux, who has been pastor of tiie First Baptist Church in Spartanbnrg for hf teen years, has re signed and will go to Richmond, Va., to serve a church. - Thc Southern Cotton Oil Company ot Barnwell, on the 0th instant, ship ped from Barnwell to Liverpool, England, via Charleston, 112 tons ex port cotton seed meal. - James West, the negro postmaster at Remini, who was short in accounts and who has been eluding Uncle Sam's warrant for some time, was arrested near Remini last week. - A negro boy was accidentally shot and killed at Waterloo. The deceased and another negro were snapping what they thought empty pistols at each other and one went off. Corinne Items. News is rather scarce at this writing; however, ? will attempt to give you a few dots. The young people of this community had the pleasure of attending a birth day party given by Miss .lessie Thomp son on tl?e afternoon of the 17rh. The guests spent the time very pleas antly in chatting with each other and listening to sweet strains of music un til supper was announced, when we all repaired to the dining room and did justice to the many good things before us. After supper we again assembled in the parlor to listen to sweet music on the violin by that expert violinist, Mr. David Silverman, of Anderson. The hours flew so rapidly that wc could scarcely realize that the hour of de parture had arrived. We are indebted to Miss Jessie for such a pleasaut en tertainment. But we must not forget to say that she was the recipient of many handsome presents. Miss Sallie Schrinip has returned from an extended visit to relatives in Cincinnati, Ohio, which she says she highly enjoyed. Miss Ella Webb is spending a few days with the Misses Jackson, of your city. We listened to one of those very impressive sermons delivered by Rev. ll. C. Fennel, last Sabbath a. m. at Va rennes Church, and also listened to an other in the afternoon delivered by Rev. J. X. H. Suinmcrell at Flat Rock Church. JUANITA. Union Meeting. The Union Meeting of the 3rd Dis trict, Saluda Association, will meet with Salem Church on the fifth Sunday aud Saturday before in October. SATURDAY. 1. Introductory Sermon by Rev. O. L. Martin, at ll a. m. 2. Organization. ?I Recess one hour. First. Query: Church Discipline ac cording to the New Testament. First speakers, O. L. Martin, Wm. Brown and J. E. Breazcale. Open for general discussion. Second Query. What should be the attitude of a Church member to citi zenship? First speakers, Prof. W. E. Lot t, Col. J. B. Patrick andO.J. Cope land. Ojien for general discussion. SUNDAY. Missionary sermon by Rev. 0. J Copeland, at ll a. m. J. IL HUTCHINSON, for Committee. I'niou Meeting. The. following is the programme for the Union Meeting of the lower district of Beaverdam Association, which will be held at Shiloh Church, in Anderson County, next Saturday and Sunday: Introductory sermon, by Rev. ll. M. A lieu. 1st query-"What is the duty of Church to pastors f Discussed bv A. B. Sullivan and Rev. II. M. Allen. * 2nd query-"Why should the Church hold stated meetings for prayer ser vice?"' Discussed by Rev. A. P. Maret, Rev. R. W. Nelson and M. C. Barton. Sunday School mass meeting on Sun day morning. Lesson taught by Rev. H. AI. Allen. The missionary sermon will be preached by Rev. J. M. Mc Guire. R. A. SULLIVAN, J. B. I?AIUUS, M. C. BAUON, Committee. Is a Little Tiling when it Begins ! THE longer you put ic off the darder it is to curt:. Tlie longer it hists the more ferious it becomes. Let it run on and there's no telling v.hat the end will be. Tiie woTSt case of Consumption was a little Cold once. Will stop any Cough when it first begins. It will stop most Coughs after they get bad. Bur, the best way is to take it ar, the first sigu of a Cold It ought to be right at roar elbow all the time. Is the BEST REMEDY for COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, ami all diseases of the Throat and Lungs, Do?'t buy auy ether kind, ?n Appeal to the Country for the Great We can speak more confidently than ever. "The Tannera -hundreds-who have used them say the OLIVER is the ne cessity of the day. It gives Mg 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. TO SWEET THE SEASON. 1000 BAGS SHOT. 400 KEGS POWDER. Bought under Trust prices and sold to beat the market. The greatest and finest variety of POCKET CUTLERY Ever displayed in Anderson. FINE RAZORS Under special guarantee. That little matchless HARNESS RIVETER We sell is worth its weiglvc 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 Fall and Winter mouths the House-keeper has uo 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 ot' Family and Fancy Groceries. Our Stock of CA RIMED GOODS can't he excelled, and if you need any CONFECTIONERIES, FRUITS, NUTS, etc., we eau supply you. TOBACCO and CIGARS a specialty.' If you will honor U3 with a visit we will appreciate it, and make it mighty interesting for you. Free City Delivery. Q-. F. BI&BY. M. L CARLISLE. L. H. CARLISLE. FOR SALE ! THE GREAT OLIVER CHILLED PLOW ! WE have on hand a full and complete liue of these famous Turn Plows, which have surpassed the expectations of our most progressive farmers. We also haudle a full liue of other Farm aud Agricultural Implements, Wagou aud Buggy Material, &c. In fact, a general line of H 1RD WARE. We also carry a selection of FAMILY GROCERIES. Call and ex amine our genuine heavy Rea Rust Proof Oats. New Crop N. 0. Molasses. Mr. T. E. Martin with us now. and will be glad to have his friends call and se3 him. Phone No. 13#. Free Delivery. CARLISLE BROS., Anderson, S. C.