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Bf CLINKSOALES & LANGSTON._ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25. 189!). VOLUME XXXV-NO. 18. 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 have no bad debts on our books. We have no losses. How well we have succeeded we lot 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 rai MONEY eic? IF m MDT IT I Men's Hats. BOYS' KNEE PANT SUIT Don't wear that old Hat when j ou 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 bet1 er make up your mind to come here at once. Our Fall Hats aie all in, aud we want you to iospect the most complete line in --\udc-jsos. Hats from 25c. to $3.00. Shoes. One lot Double Breasted Suits ages 8 to 14 years-extra well made. A good bargain at. .81 00 One lot Double Bieasted Suits ages 8 to 16 years-strictly all wool, ! ?riuble seat and knees. The Credit ' Stores' leader at 83.00. EVANS' price. ;..82 50 One lot Vestee Suits in mixed Che viots-ages 3 to 8 years-an extra value, for.81 50 A complete line of Knee Pants for Boys at 25c, 50c, 75c and SI.00. Single and Double Breasted SACK SUITS. We handle only a One Price Shoe -all styles, one quality, one price, and that is 83.50. The next time you want, a . pair of Shoes come in and see ours Notice the way it ia 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 83.50 Shoes, but with Shoes at a dollar more. Then ; buy the Shoe you thipk is oat worth your money. 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, 810.00, 812.50, 815 00, and on up to 820.00 ? if you wish. "BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER iii. 18!)!). VOLUME XXXV-NO. 17. THE REVELATIONS OF .OUZTS. Sixth nial Last Cuaptcr uf tho Dis pensary Exposure* Ex-Bookkeeper Ouzts1 book ol" dis pensary revolutions concludes with tho recapitulation ho gives below. Mr. Ou/.ts winds up by calling on tho gov ernor to do something which lu* has no mort: power to inti-rfc re with than Mr. O ti/.ts himself, so the lawyers say. Mr. Ou/.ts stops to catch hi's breath alter he basso extensively "hlowed oil* his mouth," buthe says he has much ammunition lof t tor shelling tho enemy if they leave thc trenches ard trv to return his preliminar}' shelling, itero is his conclusion : A good hunter never. ??Hs out ot am munition. In time ot war it is liol wisc to shoot all your bullets, even at an enemy on Hw run. I donut intend to give the dispensary conspirators a chane?* to work the persecution dodge on Hie publie and try and obtain tito public sympathy, diverting public at tention from tho serious charges I have made. I have said enough for the p?sent and will suspend my "revela tions.'' I ij.ivo plenty more ammuni tion. In fact, i have not brod my heaviest guns. Tiler?' is much more l can say which would provo as inter esting as what I have already said. But 1 have made serious charges against tho 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 1 have already charged and put some new burdens on their shoulders. I am read" for them: first, como, first served. Now, let me brieily review what I have said at length, so as to impress the salient features upon the public mind, for the public eau remedy the evils and abuses I have pointed out. I have charged that there is a con spiracy to get control of the dispensary asa political and money-making mn chine. The conspirators are bound to gether by self interest. Their plans and purposes eau be judged by their performances. They play for high stakes and are not at ail scrupulous as to their methods. Their only excuse for dismissing me was obtained by doctoring the minutes of tho boara. This is a small matter for such honor able gentlemen. The surreptitious addition of a few words to a resolution was nothing to mon who would resort to blackmail to manufacture evidence to suit their purposes. It is but a short step from the lies 1 have con victed two mein hers ol' tho board of telling inc to pe ri ury. T h ey s ol ei n ? i - ly promised nie a hearing. Tho other member of this well-assorted trio said he did not know bow he wmuld vole on my ease until after 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 the matter knows that before tho 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 turn blind eyes to their questionable pro ceedings and violations of thc law with whoso administration they were charged, therefore we must be gotten rid of. 1 have shown I was guiltless of any wrong, and that Mr. Douthit was never given any chance to defend him self. 1 ask tho public to contrast our treat ment with that accorded Webb, Black, Bryant abd Yotrngby tho majority fac tion, ilad we been guiltyofany 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 tho board ?lacarded throughout the building, lack 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 I have shown Vance and Bryan did. Haselden said Bryant was a "G-d d-n thief and scoundrel," and boasted that he could put him in the penitentiary. If he had. any such power over mo or Douthit, %vouid he not hare used it? Why this leniency to Bryant? Ah, Bryant is Robinson's friend and Haselden could not anger Robinson to tho point of not voting with him. But he bagged both; he niado Robinson believe it necessary for him to voto as Haselden directed to save Bryant's scalp, and he made Bry ant believe he could not escape thc yawning gates of the peDitcntiary un less he swore against Douthit and my self and made it "hot as he could" for us. I have not only charged Black with dr onliness, but I have proved his utter incompetence beyond tho shadow of a donbt. He mado scores of errors which would have cost tho 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 the majority of the board have done to me? But Block works in with them, ho is ono of them, and so they do not care how incompetent ho is nor how much his mistakes may rob tho State or th?: dispensers. Black's pull is shown by tho fact that, though Douthit time and again reported him to Miles for drunk enness, Miles did not check his drink ing, much less suspend him. The partiality they show their henchmen is further instanced by the way Elmore Young's ignorance and incompetence for the position of receiving clerk are overlooked. But ho is-Miles'nephew, and therefore privileged to do ns he pleases. And when ho pleases to worry and annoy men working in tho dispen sary, throwing water on them and pad dling them, thej 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 ho did to one who objected to such pleasantries, whom he vilely cursed I and whose heart he threatened to cut i ont. Bnt favoritism' to dispensary em ployees and officers who toady to it is not th? whole extent of tho majority faction's . favoritism. Favoritism in the placing of orders for whiskey has been proven and is subject to a much worse construction than the favoritism to employees and overlooking their in competence an d violations of the board's orders. I have shown how various whisker bouses succeeded in getting orders Dy employ in g local strikers, who knew nothing about the whiskev busi ness but who had a pull with the ma jority faction. I hare shown how val uable-'those pulls were by tho size ot' the orders they obtained. ? have shown how especially fortunate was each house which got one of H midden's plentiful supply of cousins as itsstriker. I have also shown that when om? of Haseldcu's cousins ceased to represent a house, its whiskey seemed to deter iorate in his judgment, for he ceased advocating onlers for it and it likewise ceased to j;et orders. As further evidence of the conspiracy 1 have cited the action of the majority faction in removing, without giving any reason, Dispensers Lynch and Hnokninn and tin- Wichland county hoard of control, li simply further ev idences the d?termination ot' tin; ma jority faction to control the dispensary "from a to izzard*' and till all places 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 the major ity faction. i have shown in t he State dispensary how all corn is not measured with the same half bushel: how ignorance, in competence and violations of rules are excused in henchmen of tho majority faction, while Uouthit and 1 are re moved, without a hearing, on trumped up charges. Lynch, liookmnu and tho Richland board ar?! removed without even a charge being made against them. But Dispenser lirown, of Chcraw. was found short in Iiis accounts. He admitted that he had sohl liquor on credit and not collected for it. Selling liquor on credit is a direct violation of the dispensary law itself and not a mere rule of the botad, but the chairman of the Chesterfield board of control wrote hero that Brown was a good fellow and he wanted him rein stated and given finn', to pay up his shortage, which the board graciously did. Is then* 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 olllce. and from which he 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 Hnsclden bought liquor on credit at the State dispensary, thus violating the dispensary law himself. Ile disre gards thc dispensary law and violates it. but he hud me removed for au al leged infraction ot u doubtful rule of tho board, which is not of near so much authority as the law creating the hoard. Ile not only bought on credit, but he and Miles bought ot the price; to dis Ilensers and not to consumers, where by t he county and town lost their share of the profit of the transactions. 1 have cited another instance of j llascldcn's disregard of the rules of the board. When Dickson resigned the position of superintendent, lt was a month before his successor was elected. The board ordered Haseldcu 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 $80 on his account. No wonder Hnselden did not vote to punish Webb for losing the State ?112 by giving a beer dispensary authority to run on after thc board had ordered him to close up. I have charged that a former com missioner gave away State property at the dispensary, but was not disciplined by tho board. I have charged that ITsselden made hin ter?n as chairman profitable by etiarging per diem for days be was con structively tit work in Columbia, but really attending to his business nt homes according to his statement Of his plans to the treasurer of Greenville county. 1 have made various other charges against strikers and ex-officers of tho dispensary, but who at present are not charged with its management, which last I particularly wish to attend to. I have attempted to show the people of the State what mannei 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 tho State, it is not my fault, for somo of them I tried my best to prevent, be cnu8e I believe them wrong. My efforts were in vain, but that wns not my fault. I am ready to assist the board or any body who lias the power to sift out all the wrong-doing, and have tho dis pensary ?aw obeyed and carried out honestly and efficiently, and in behalf of tho best interests of the people, not to the private or political interests of the honorable majority fnction of the board. This brings tho matter squarely up to tho attention of Governor Mc sweeney, who has a chance to sig nalize his administration by attempting to purge the board of its unworthy members, tho majority faction. The statements I have made are true; they have not oven been contradicted, much less controverted, and. 1 think, furnish the Government sufficient grounder a request for the resignation of the men against whom I have made charges. lt he is not satisfied as to the proof ol?cred he eau obtain more. He is the Executive bend of the Government, mid he should see that all its branches are clean. If they are not they should be loppedoff, and thc public will sustain and endorse tho man who thus acts. I have now passed the whole matter up to tho Governor and tho people await his action. D. A. ti. (huts. - An attempt was made to assassi nate W. II. Amakerof Orangebmg 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 they cannot reach the teat of. the disease. Catarrh ia a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to euroli yon musl take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure ia taken internally, and acta directly on tho blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Curo ls not a qnack medicino It was prescribed hy one of the best physicians in this country for roar*, and is a regular prescTipUon. It is com? posed of tbe best tonics known, combined with the beat blood purifiers, acting directly on tto mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of tho two ingredients is what produces ouch wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials frea 49-Sold hy Druggists. 7Sc. nail's FaoiUy Pills are the best Cheap Printing. Law Briefs at 60 cents a Page-Good Work, Good Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper tlian at any other house. Catalogues in the best style If yon have printing to do. it will be to Sour interest to write to the Press and tanner, Abbeville, S. C. tf. STATE SEWS. j - 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 (M Greenwood has decided ti? have no dispensary. - The Abbeville cotton mill has in creased its capital stock to .?r?tHi,tMH). - Charleston is arranging to have a gala week, beginning November .'nth. - Another lug phosphate plant in Charleston has been purchased l?v tin trust. Th?' farmers in every section of thc State are ?owing large crops of small grain. - A l?Ok?k Hill farmer is gathering strawberries from his garden. This is rather unusual at this season. - Purumu University is perhaps the only institution in tin- State in which, Spanish is taught thoroughly. - Joel K. Hrunson'ri sash and blind factory at florence was humed las; week/ Loss $17,000; tut insurance. - Colonel Coward is pleased with tho opening ol'the Citadel Academy. The attendance this year is I Ht) to 140. j - The Evening Telegram is the name of a new paper i ti Spart anbin g. ; Mr. Gibson Catlett is managing editor, j - Many negroes in Beaufort county ! would like to go to the 1'hilipines but j they cannot Bland 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 that* the thad County Treasurer ot Barnwell is short about $11,000. The bondsmen will have to pay it. - Mr. Louis J. Bristow, editor of the Da ri ?nato? hin, has laid down his pen ami will enter the ministry of the Baptist Church. - The Richland Volunteers, of Co lumbia, hayo raised and oller a prize of SlOO for tho best drilled company that will attend the State Fair. During the quarter ended September :?0th last tho Greenville postollice transacted a larger business than dur ing any other similar period of its his- j tory. - Kev. XV. T. Derieux, who has been I pastor of the first Baptist Church in Spartanburg for liftecn years, has re signed and will go to Richmond, Va., to serve ti church. - The .Southern Cotton oil Company ol Barnwell, mi tin* Otb instant, ship ped from Karn wei I to Liverpool, England, via Charleston, ll*'tons ex port cotton seed meal. - James West", tho negro postmaster at Bernini, who was short in accounts and who has been eluding Unelo Sam's warrant for some time, was arrested near Bernini 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. Coriune Items. News is rather scarce at this writing; however, I 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 Jessie Thomp son on the afternoon ot tho 17th. 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 wo all repaired to tho dining room ami did justice to the many good things before ns. After supper we again assembled in the parlor to listen to sweet music on tho violin by that expert violinist, Mr. David Silverman, of Anderson. The hours How so rapide that wo could scarcely realize that the hour of de parture had arrived. We are indebted to Miss Jessie for such a pleasant en tertainment. But we must not forget to say that sho was tho recipient of many handsome presents. Miss Sallie Schrimp bas returned from an extended visit to relatives in Cincinnati, Ohio, which she says she highly enjoyed. Miss E?la 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. H. C. Fennel, last Sabbath a. ni. at Ya rennes Church, and also listened to an other iu the afternoon delivered by Rev. J. N. H. Summcrell at flat Rock Church. JUANITA. Union Meeting. The Union Meeting of tho :ird Dis trict, Saluda Association, will meet | with Salem Church on the Hf th Sunday 1 and Saturday before in October. SATURDAY. 1. Introductory Sermon by Rev. O. L. Martin, at ll a. m. 2. Organization. 51. Recess one hour. first Query: Church Discipline ac cording to the New Testament, first speakers, O. L. Martin, Wm. Brown and J. E. Breazeale. Open for general discussion. Second Query. What should bo tho attitude of a Church member to citi zenship? First speakers, l'rof. W. E. Lott, C<d. J. B. Patrick nndO.J. Cope land. Open for general discussion. SUNDAY. Missionary sermon by Rev. <>. J Copeland, at ll a. m. J. IL HUTCHINSON, for Committee. Union Meeting. The following is the programme for the Union Meeting of tho lower district of Beaverdam Association, which will bo held at Shiloh Church, in Anderson County, next Saturday and Sunday: Introductory sermon, by Rev. H. M. Allen. 1st query-"What, is tho duty of Church to pastors?" Discussed by A. B. Sullivan and Rev. IL M. Allon. 2nd query-"Why should tho 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. IL M. Allen. The missionary sermon will bo preached by Rev. J. M. Mc Guire. R. A. SULLIVAN, J. B. IIAIUUS, f M. C. BAKON, Committee. Is a Little Thing when it Begins ! THE longer you j.ut it off thc harder it i> t-> eu iv. The longer it hists the inore t-ciious ii heroines. Let i; um nu iiuu there's no telling *\\*\ the ? n i will The w..:s: cuse of Consumpti ?:i was little (old i me. TAR MINT NVili stop any Cough when il iirsl begins. li will stop most Coughs niter they get bad. But the ln>t way is to nike it ?it. the first sign of ? Cold It ought tu be right nt your elb;>w :vll the time. Tar Mint Ia the BEST REMEDY for COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, ?ml all diseases of the Throat and Lungs, Don't buy any ( thor kind, 50c. HILL-ORR DRUG CO. An Appeal to the Country for the Great We can speak more confidently than ever. The barmera -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. ti To be without one is to be BEHIND. We are maintaining our former low prices on the Oliver Flows in the face of the big advance in all Steel and Iron material. SUNS and AmMUMIlUJi TO WIEET 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 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 Fall aud Winter months 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 u 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 eau 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 you. Free City Deliver)-._ GK F. BIGBY. M. L CARLISLE. L. H. CARLISLE. FOR SALE ! THE GREAT OLIVER CHILLED PLOW I WE have on hand a full and complete line of these famous Turn Plows, which have surpassed the expectations of our most progressive farmers. We also handle a full line of other Farm and Agricultural Implements, Wagon and Buggy Material, ?fcc. In fact, a general line of H 1RDWARE. Wo also carry a selecdon of FAMILY GROCERIES. Call and ex amine our genuine heavy Red Rust. Proof Oats. New Crop N. O. Molasses. Mr. T. E. Martin' with us now, and will be glad to have his friends call and eea him. Phone No. 13*. Free Delivery. CARLISLE BROS.? Anderson, S. C.