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Local News. WEDNESDAY, NOY. 15, 1899. A Sad Tragedy at Lowndesviile. im This community is resting ander a heavy cloud of gloom and sorrow, for one of oar leading- citizens and mer chants, M. Arthur L. Latimer, daring a period of temporary insanity, com mitted suicide on Saturday, 11th inst. For several months his health has been very bad,, and his spirits conse ; quently low. .On the day of the trage I dy he seamed; no worse than nsnal, and went on with his customary office work ? at the store of Harper & Latimer, in */which he is a partner. Before leaving i'^ ?or dinner, he secretly put in his pock S#?t a pistol, which' was kept there for the protection of the premises at night, and of which he 'Was not supposed to know the hiding-place. : ; Daring the meal his family noticed nothing peculiar or unusual about him, and saw him start out as if to return to i/v-t?e store, which they thought he" had . . done until after the tragedy had occur red. In reality, he stopped at the outside door, took off his shoes, walked softly up the stairs,? and entered the room furthest from the dining-room. About twenty minutes af terwards the family heard a shot and the sound of a heavy Yali, and rushed to the scene to find the deceased lying nnconcious on the fioor in a.pool of blood, and blood streaming % from a ghastly wonnd in the temple. . When found he was barely breathing, and inrfive minutes life was extinct. The deceased was ? steward in the Methodist Charca, and for years has been Superintendent of the Sunday School. He waa a devout, earnest, con secrated Christian, a model business man-7-the very ROO! of integrity and honor. He was in every way a perfect gentleman of the old school, ever cour teous, kind and ready to serve his friends. His was a character preemi nently fitted for the dutieshe perform ed as husband, father, son and brother. It seems almost trite to say that the bereaved mother whose, only son he was, his wife andi children and his sis ters have the, f uliest sympathy and love of the community, but nevertheless the : truth remains. The. funeral services were performed' at the Methodist Church at 13 m. Monday, 13th mst., and the interment took place immediately after nt Smyrna Cemetery. Mrs.? I?HI. <?f Anderson, a sister of the deceased,. Lh\' Bvockington, of Kings tree, a brother i if.M rs. Latimer, Charles M. Horton, nephew of the deceased, and Mr. George M. Moore, principal of ;, .4he Anderson Central. Graded School, ?ind others, whose names do not occur to us just now, are here on the sad mission of attending the funeral. , ; Messrs. J. E. Allen and E. B. Horton went to Abbeville on business Friday. McD. HORTON. A Fatal Accident ia Texas. Last Monday Auditor Boleman re ceived from Mr?j. D. S. White, of Sher . man, Texas, a copy of the Sherman J?egister, which contained the follow ing aceouut of the deatlfof Mr. Jeff. King, who moved from this County to Texas about iff teen years ago. The deceased was born and reared in the Fork, and Was ? grandson of the late W.P.King and Richardson Tribble, both of whom were well-known citi zens of this County.. His parents died in his childhood, and he was raised by . his grandparents. He has many old - friends in this County who will be pained to hear of his terrible death: W. J. D. (Jeff) King, for many years a resident of Sherman, had a fearful and fatal fall yesterday afternoon, shortly after 6 o'clock. He was an employee at the well of the H. and T. C.railway, being putin on the com Bany's right-of-way, just north of tho , dneal street crossing. The weil is about thirty-keven feet deep and rock are being blasted in tho bottom. Water is pouring in pretty fast and it' requires a great deal of steady pump ing to keep it out of the way of the men. Yesterday afternoon at the hour men tioned a blase had just taken place and % men were being lowered back into the well to commence the work of loading and removing the loose rocks. Four men had successfully descended al ready when King grasped tho rope and the man at the steam hoist began to let the rope eas? off. Just how it happen ed no one seems to know, the rope was given a sndden jerk and King's hold relaxing he fell about thirty feet to pe rocks below. It is miraculous that m falling he did not strike and crush some of his fellow workmen already in -kewell. It is their opinion that he ^ame down feet foremost until within . a few feet of the bottom, his bodv was ?turned by coming in contact with the piping and was turned nearly complete ly over, eausiog the nnfortunate man .to come down practically head fore most in aheap of stone. He was un conscious when, picked up in the well. No time was lost in proenring medi cal attention, but from the very first the physicians expressed themselves as hopeless in the case and considered it unnecessary to make a very critical ex .?unination of the body last evening to -.see the extent of the injuries, it being .so apparent that it would prove fatal. There are severe bruises -especially on :?he left side of his faee and head. He was carried to his home, 530South First -street, and lingered on unconscious ?until about 5 o'clock this morning when 'he died. He had many friends in Sher atan and worked for the Cotton Belt Tfl?way for years. He leaves a wife and two children. Shady fclrore Items. The beautiful Summer has passed away, and autumn, in all of its glory, is again with us. "Autumn's earliest touch has given To the woods below, Hues of beautv such as Heaven Lendeth'to his low." The season of recreation and rest over, the teachers and pupils have again returned to the familiar scenes -ot the schoolroom. It must not be wi th a feeling of regret that vacation could not be prolonged, but rested and re freshed, they begin work with a cheer ful and happy heart. Miss N. Emanuel, of Bennettsville, has returned and again taken charge of the Calhoun school. Miss Emanuel is an excellent teacher and ha8 given entire satisfaction. Gordon Acker and Waster Suther land have entered the Belton High School. > Mr. A. L. Foster and family have moved to Westminster, where they will reside in the future. Miss Annie Shirley, of Honea Path, and Misses Eula Shirley and Annie Griftin, of Belton, worshipped at this place Sunday. The farmers are about through gatn ering and are busy sowing grain. M. G. Photographe. W. M. Wheeler's Gallery, in the Maxwell building, will be opened on the 20th for two weeks, until Dec. 4th. Now is the time to have some nice Photos made for Xmas, as they are very popular now for Xmas presents. Denver Items. The half crop of cotton is about all picked and farmers are busy sowing grain, where the land is not too dry and hard. Some of our neighbors plowed up the cotton stalks in Sep tember aud sowed oats, which are now up and looking fine. There will be more grain sown in this vicinity than usual this Fall, our farmers having learned at last "not to put all their eggs ic one basket." The prizes so liberally offered are stimulating the farmers to a better preparation of the land tobe sovrn in wheat, which will, of course, increase the yield. Mi?? Hattie McWhorter closed her school at Antun last week, and is now taking a richly ^deserved vacation. She has been teaching almost contin uously for eleven months. There is a rumor that a tent meeting will be held soon in this vicinity. . There is a relic held by the descen dants of John Miller in this communi ty, which they prize highly. It is a Sart of the Daily Ledger of The Lon ou Evening Post, from 1769 to '71, as kept by John Miller, who was one of the fifteen proprietors of that paper. Ile was one of the publishers of the celebrated "Junius letters." and was tried for that offense before the Grand Assize in London. After that he emi grated to America and published a pa per in Charleston called "The Mer cury." Miss Mattie Eskew is visiting friends near Corinne. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pruitt, with their lovely babe, have been visiting Mrs. Pruitt's father, Mr. T. E. Simp son, sr. . Ti R. Simpson, jr., familiarly known as "Bub," has been on a visit to Green ville. There is great attraction for him up that way. Miss Marv Pickens Harris, of Pen dleton, has been for a few days the guest of Mr. J. W. Majors' family. Dr. Iber Burriss, who has been on a visit to his parents, boarded the train at Denver this afternoon for his home at Oakway. Cadet Will Garrison stopped over with his parents on his return from the State Fair in Columbia. He Baid the Cadets had a royal good time on their trip, and returned jubilant over their victory in the foot-ball game with the S. ?. College boys. 35 to 0 is something to be proud of. Clemson Cadets are hard to beat, anyway, as orators or athletes, and are young men who intend to score high in life's no bler ambitions. The school at Denver is doing finely under the management of Miss Louise Anderson. Though young in years and experience, she seems to understand her business thoroughly. Let me say here THE INTELLIGENCER is one of our best papers. Always blight and newsy, with good selections, and editorials which do not hesitate to con .dernn men nor measures when wrong. Long may it live and the number of its subscribers never grow less. INCOGNITA. Honor Roll, . Second Mouth. CENTRAL SCHOOL. First Grade.-None. Socond Grade.-Blanche Tribble, Ruth Strickland, Rosa Simpson, Ruth Watkins, Donald Brown, Turner La Foy, Winnie Reeves. Third Grade.-Joe Duckett, Frank Taylor, Alethea Sullivan. Fourth Grade, First Section.-Frank Mauldin, Martha Bonham, Oze Van Wyck. Fourth Grade, Second Section. Dessie Martin, Gertrude Erskine, Thomas Hill, Butler Kelley, Lydia Orr, Sara Wilhite, Helen David, Ar lington Fant. Fifth Grade.-Fay Drennan, Nina Sullivan, Olive Brownlee, Ethel Gary, Florie Geisberg, Hamilton McConnell, Eva Mayfield, Jake Sullivan, Robt. Sullivan. Sixth Grade, First Section.-Lila Brownlee, Zoe Watt, Stacy Russell, Mary Leo Breazeale, Annie Chapman, Sudie Snelgrove, Nellie Watkins, Elea nor McGregor, Willet Sloan,-Bessie Tolly, Margie Johnson. Sixth Grade, Second Section.-Lydia Wilhite," May Macaulay. Seventh Grade.-Walter Poore, Con ner Clardy, Helen Baker, Addie Brown, Sue Pinckhey, Roy Burriss, Mattie Hill, Sallie Giles. Eighth Grade.-Sam Orr, Jr., Herbert Nowell, E. B. Murray, Maggie Erskine, Edgar Shumate. Ninth Grade.-Mary Major. I Tenth Grade.-Albert Johnstone, Louise Johnson, Daisy Riley. MILLVILLE, SCHOOL. , First Grade,First Section.-Lawrence White, Arthur Cromer, Lula Campbell, Corrie Williams. First Grade, Second Section.-None. Second Grade.-Bertie Duncan, Lillie Tucker, Claude Alexander, Urban Burton, Lee Moss, Finia Banister. Third Grade.-None. Fouith Grade.-Johnnie Jaeksoh. GREELY INSTITUTE. First Grade.-Roland Brownlee, Ulysses Brownlee, Melvin Peyton, Bessie Jones, Sam Overton, Albert Kay, Hattie Thompson, Arline Ivoiy, Harold Gassaway, Annie Gilliard, Hat tie Gaillard, Christine Thomas, Walter Earle Galloway, Lucinda Banknight, Annie May Clarke, Mary Allen, Bessie Roberts, Christine Johnson, Shakes peare Latimer, Addie Lois Allen, Maria L. Hope, Jessie Cochran, Maud Frasier, Will Dora Williams. Second Grade.-Samella White, Nel lie Caldwell, Liese Jones, Fannie Laura Gassaway, ( Eddie Batiield, Florence Thomas, Clifton Clark. Third Grade.-Willie Lee Morriss, Margie Glover, Mary Thompson, Mamie Williams. Fourth Grade.-Margie Hammond, Colia Patterson, Steward Evens, Eu nice V. Jackson, Eddie Bau knight, Charlie Asburry, Malinda Taylor, Cleveland Rice. Fifth Grade.-None. Sixth Grade.-None. Taos. C. WALTON, Supt. The Thornwell Orphanage, under the presidency of its founder, Rev. Dr. Ja cobs, is au institution for the educa tion and technical training of orphan boys and girls, lt is located in Clinton, South Carolina. Nine handsome stone cottages house the children. In addi tion there are school buildings, gener al dining-hall, industrial and technical schools, library and shops. A farm of an hundred acres gives tue boys oppor tunity for learning that business. These orphans represent hf teen dif ferentStates (every Southern State) and their parentage was of eleven different denominations of Christians. They are received at the tender age of six, and after being taught to take care of themselves, go out to lucrative situa tions. . , The cost of support is comparatively small. Five dollars will board, clothe and school a boy or girl fora month. This could not be done, were it not that the young people are a busy set and practice self-help. The money that cares for them is that which each be nevolent individual gives, as moved by his own heart, or the Father of all. There is not a State in tho Union that does not contribute. No one compels. No one is responsible for their support. Often, there is but a day's supply ahead; but never, in the 25 years of its existence, has there been want. He that says: "I am the Father of the fatherless," seems to have a hand in this. And what of you : Eureka Items. Our school is in a flourishing condi tion under our excellent teacher, Miss Nora Williamson. Mr. Charley Harper, of Anderson, visited his parents at this place last Sunday. There was no preaching at this place last Sunday, as our pastor, Rev. R. W. Burts, failed to get here. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Haynie, and lit tle daughter, from Neal's Creek, visi ted the family of Mr. J. A. Shirley last Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. V*. L. Anderson's Sunday School class enjoyed an entertainment given at her home last Saturday night. The health of our community is very good at present. XX. Auton Items. Sowing wheat and oats, together with an occasional corn shucking continues to be the order of the day. Mr. J. C. Campbell, ot* Autun, and Miss Mattie Stevens, of Pendleton, were married last Tuesday night in the Episcopal Church at Pendleton. There was nothing left undone that would enhance the beauty and attractiveness of the Church. The house was filled with spectators, who, just at the ap pointed hour, beheld the bride and groom, together with the attendants, marching to the altar, where Dr. Por cher pronounced the words that made the bride and groom henceforth as one. The Autun school came to a close last Friday. The patrons are well pleased with the work their teacher. Miss Hattie McWhorter, has done, and cordially extend to her their thanks in the hope that they and their children may again be honored and benefited by receiving another term of instruction at her hands. Bon AMATEUR. Normal Music School. Prof J II Ruebusb. of "Virginia, will teach a Normal Music School ac Mountain Creek, six miles south of Andereon, be ginning Thurs-'ay, JCth inst., sud contin uing 15 days. Rates for the fall term will not exceed ?1.25. Whether you expect to study Music for pleasure or for profit you cannot afford to mif-s this opportuni ty. For any information, apply to M. L. Willis, Anderson, S. C. 20-2 Money to Loan-For Clients. Low in terest and Jong time, if security is first class. B. F. Martin, Attorney-at-Law. A good Harrow should follow a good Plow. Follow the Oliver Plows with Sullivan Hardware Co's matchless Har rows and the work will count. It is nnw in order to select you a good Gun and supply yourself with Ammuni tion from Sullivan Hardware Co.'s big stock.' Go to Brock Brothers and see the Av ery Disc Plow before you buy any other make. They will seil you one at a low price. Roofing, tin work, galvanized iron work and plumbing done on short notice by Osborno & Osborne Who dof>s not appreciate n good Razor ora good Knife? Sullivan Hardware Co. can satisfy the most fastidious in price and quality. Mend your own Harn es"-! You can do it quickly and effectively with Sullivan Hardware Co.'s Harness Riveter. It is the simplest and most useful article for thiR purpose we ever saw, and seils for a trifle, pall on them aud sea it tried. Some one in order to soil his wares may say his Plow is as good as the Oliver, rbis is doing business on other people'? reputation. Buy only the genuino Oli vers from Sullivan Hard ware Co. Iron King Stoves are considered tho best. Buy one. Osborno cfc Osborns Sole Agents. Nota day passes (Sunday excepted) thfet the highest praise is not heaped upon the Oliver Chilled Plowe. Ballard's Obelisk and Guthrie's Finest Patent Flour for ?4.50 per barrel at Van diver Bros. Free ci ty delivery. 'PboneT? Sullivan Hardware Co. iain receipt of the largest invoice ot" Pocket Cutlery and Razor8ever displayed in Anderson. The biggest, best and cheapest stock o Shoes in the city at Vandiver Bro*. Oliver Chilled Plows have made a re cord. Before their introduction in An derson large turning plows were unpop ular and rejected. Now tho Oliver bas friends wherever triod, and pays big div idends. For Rubber and Leather Belting and Machinery supplies, Brock Brothers Js the place to find them when you aro in' need of such goods. When you have any kind of Plumbing ? I would like to figure with you on it. 8-tf John T. Burriss. Big drive in Shot at Sullivan Hardware Co.'s. 1,000 bags to be sold. If you want the finest Texas Seed Oats cheap, get them at Vandiver Bros. Cut Flowers. Pot Plants and Palms for Bale. MRS. J. F. CLINKSCALZS. 242 Main St. The brst and cheapest 9tock of Fall and Winter Dry Goods in the city at Vandi ver Bros. For Sale-Some desirable city property. Apply to Cl C. Langston. Even with the poor crops this year the Oliver Plows, sold by Sullivan Hardware Co., gave results, visible to any ordinary observer, which no other Plow attained. If your Piano or Organ needs tuning or repairs, it will pav you to see Mr. Jan. A. Ruddock of The C. A. Heed Mnsic House, who will guarantee perfect satisfaction to all. 400 kegs of Rifle Powder in Sullivan Hardware Co's Magazine to be sold under trust. Iron King Stoves are sold In Anderson only by Osborne ct Osborne. Twenty-five Dollar- will buy a fairly Eood square practice Piano at the O. A. Reed Music House. They are intrinsi cally worth double that amount. Have hot water piprs run from your stove to bath room. Try Osborne & Osborne. IN DAMP WEATHER Collars and Cuffs Laundered b? us do not lose their gloss or stiffness. ' GOOD LAUNDRY WORK Is our pride. We glory in it For La dies and Gentlemen, and the little folks, too, we do our best. PLEASED CUSTOMERS Are the kind of people we deal with, and we want you to be one of them. Can you give us any good reason why you should not be ? ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treas. PHONE NO. 20. This Week we offer Great Inducements to Dress floods Buyers. BIG CUT IN PRICES ! Our Bress Goods Stock has been simply immense for the last several years. We have made up our minds to reduce at all hazards. We have sold more Dress Goods to date than ever before, still we have a large quantity on hand. Some will say, "Why cut in the midst of the season ?" Because it is sheer nonsense to do so when everybody is supplied. Our plan is to cut at once, and that to the quick. We have culled out from our big stock of Clothing about seventy-five or one hundred Suits, one or two of a kind. If you can find your size in the lot you will get them away down in price. It is truly a bargain table. Opened up this week a big shipment of LATE STYLE Stiff and Alpine Hats, For young men, as well as the Railroad shapes, Broad Brims and Staple Planter Styles. In fact, we are ready to fix you up in all styles of Men's Hats. From now till the Holidays we want to have THOUSANDS of our friends call and see us. . .. LOTS OP THINGS THAT WILL INTEREST IOU. Yours truly, NEW SHOE? ! rE have just opened up the best and cheapest line of HEAVY ?iKOES tbat ever was offered on thia market. There is only one kind that we do not nor will not naodle, and that is the cheap, shoddy stuff palmed off on unsus pecting buyere. If we sell you Shoes they must be solid leather or we didn't sell 'em. So if you want Shoes to wear buy only the best-they aro always the cheapest. DEAL'S PATENT FLOUR, like Mrs-. C?3ar, is as pure as the Alpine snows, thrice bleached by the hyperborean blasts. If you want anything purer than that we havn't got it. We have even more pure TEX AS RE? REST PROOF OATS than Car ter had, and want to get rid of them-will sell them cheap. Yours for the $ ? $ S, DEAN & R?TLSFFE, "VT" T> -Parties owing us on either Note or open Aooountare sri ven notice JIN. Sj* that their Accounts are due, and lhat they are expocted to settle the same AT ONCE, or bear the costs of ?en di og a man for our money; Wheu our Collector comes to see you, you will save yourself a great deal of annoyance by settling with him at once. He will call to 9ee those whose Accounts are still unpaid on and after November 15th. D. tfc R. Ten Dollars Prize To Wheat Growers? FOR the best live-acre yield of Wheat grown this season with our Wheat Fertilizers, and top-dre-sed with our Nitrate of Soda or other dressing, or not dressed at all, we will award as a prize the sum o? TEN DOLLARS. The award will be made ou JULY 15, 1900, upon the affidavit of each contestant for the prize and the Beveral thresheis. DEAN & BATLIFFE. DaT- NEW GOODS always on hand. j&sS0* Our specially prepared Wheat Manure makes the fineit yield. H?VE BORE ; THAN OOLlifiS, . And must exchange with you ! AT this season of the year we can't ali-.rd io carry such a large stock, j and to reduce our Dry Groods and G-rocery Stocks We have made the LOWEST PRICES that has ever been made on Staple j Dry Goods since Anderson has been Anderson. Believe us, and give us on- look if you want to SAVE MONEY. Very respectfully, D. C. BROWN & BRO. (NEXT TO POST OFFICE.) _ JOE TEOWBRIDGE & CO., HABERDASHERS, ANDERSON, - - - - S. C. WHY buy Old Styles when you can buy new ones for the same money? The Haberdasher has NEW GOODS coming in every week. Hats and Caps, Shoes and Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, Cravats and Underwear. JOE TROWBRIDGE & 00. MARVELOUS OF FE??ITO OF . . . COAT SUITS. GREAT CUT IN PRICES. We throw on sale this week fifty Coat Suits. Have plunged the knife straight to the quick. Exceptional oppor tunity for the Ladies to get a Coat Suit at an extremely low price. Latest cut in Jackets and Skirts, make the very best. You could ask no more elegance for the money. Style, econ omy, durability all crammed into one great fact to close them out. As stated, .ve are giving the Bargains before the Fall season is over. Those that come first will get the best selection. One Tan Suit, size 36, of Covert Cloth, trimmed in stitched bands on Jacket, lined with best quality of Taffeta, price first of season $20.00. OUT PRIGS $1500. Grey and Blue Homespun, very stylish, trimmed with But tons; Jacket lined with good quality of Satin, price first of the season $10.00. CUT PRICE $7.50 Brown, Tan and Blue English Cloth, lined with good quality of Satin, very jaunty Coat, beautifully hanging Skirt, sizes 32-36, price first of season $12.50. CUT Ph ICS $8 50. Great value, all wool Black Diagonal Suit, trimmed in But tons and stitching, Coat lined with best quality of Satin, exceptional good thing, at first of season price $15.00; CUT PRIG iii $11.50. Best quality Blue and Black Serge, lined with' Italian Satin, first price $10.00. CUT P?IICE $7.50. Good styles Covert Cloth Suit, first price $9.50. CUT.PM0E $7.00. The above prices are real facts. This, a genuine sale, to close the fifty Suits. If you need a Suit this is your opportunity. THE above cuts are representations of a few pieces of handsomely decorated,- hand painted CH 1^3A, now ou exhibition at our Store, which we intend Giving Away Free to our Customers ! We guarantee that our prices on Goods will remain the same. This Special Ofier is made for the purpose of increasing our trade, and showing the people that wc truly appreciate their patronage. This Ware is rapidly taking the place of White Granite or Iron S;oue China. It has that soft, white, velvety linell ; is of the finest qualin-, and without doubt the best in the world. The shapes are the ven ia trst patterns, and have been desigued to meet the taste of the most fastidious. It is only by our guaranteeing to use a large quan tity of this Ware that we have been able to get it at a price that puts it within the reach of all. Our assortment consisto of Cups and Saucers, Pie Plates, Breakfast Plates, Dinner Plates, Platters, Cov ered Dishes, Cream Pitchers, Sugar Bowls, Tea Pots, and everything else which goes to make up a FINE SET OF DISHES. We earnestly invite you to call and inspect it, when we will cheerfully give you full information. Very respectfully, LESSER & CO., TJNDHR MASONIC TBMPLE.