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"BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER iii. 18!)!). VOLUME XXXV-NO. 17. THANKSGIVING, 1899! We wish thee w?ll! Give Thanks That you are living, That you are prospering, That you are blessed Beyond the majority! And that you are enjoying privileges and benefits in the United States that can be enjoyed in no other country ! Wish for happiness, Wish for health, Wish for honor, Wish for wealth, BUT BE SURE TO WISH FOR THE CONTINUED PROSPERITY OF B. 0. Evans & Co, THE? SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. F KO M THE NATION'S CAPITAL. ! ?.'rout Out' thru Co>'i't'#potuh'iil. WASHINGTON, I). (.'.. Prc. 2, ISD9. Tim linicl lobbies and committee I rooms at the Capitol aro tilling with , legislators and politicians anti thocity is taking on rapidly its customary m iii - session appearance. Prom the best opinions obtainable it seems improbable that ni nell legisla lat ion will be accomplished or serious- i ly attempted before the holiday recess, whieltAvill nm I'rom about December 'JO t<> .January ."?. lt is said I Ii?! Speak er Henderson is not disposed io an nounce the appointments ol' commit- j tees until after the HOUR?1 reconvenes ill .January, and this of itself will pr?'- j elude the vigorous undertaking of im portant legislation in December. A notable exception to this plan, howev er, may be the proposed gold standard bill, which bas been prepared by the Republican Caucus committee of the House during the recess. The gold men demand that it be passed before the adjournment for tho holidays. ! They now distrust the intentions of thu republican managers in Congress with regard to currency legislation. In fact, the bill devised by the caucus committee does not cont?mplate gener al currency amendments, but merely proposes to lix more fundy tile single gold standard upon tho Treasury, leav ing a pian of general currency legisla tion to bc drawn, if deemed advisable, later on. It seems to be taken for granted by the party lenders that there Mill be no general river ami harbor act this win ter. Xor will there be any general ? provision for new public buildings. These important works must await better treasury corni it ions, ?md de creased expenditures for the ?univ omi navy. Hight herc thc American people will timi another illustration td' the wastefulness of a war, which entails upon them the lossofcountlcssinillioiis abroad, and enforces strict parsimony upon publie improvements nt home. ? tenth of what the waria the Philippines has cost already, would provide hun dreds of lino public buildings through out the country, and would have fur nished the means for containing need ed works upon rivers and harbors, by which commerce would have been fa cilitated and rates of transport?t ion lessened. There will be no reduction of the army proposed during the coming ses sion. While tlio reports of better pro gress against the Filipinos are encour aging, yet tiiere aro many prominent legislators who recall the unreliability of despatches from .Manila heretofore. They appreciate tho.lact that Congress is about to assemble, and that it is ad visable for the administration to re port apparent progress in the Philip pines. They point out the fact that the insurrection broke out in February, and up to two weeks ago no substan tial work had been done in suppressing it. They hope for its suppression in time, but they do not reconcile thc as tonishing progress reported just as Congress is meeting with the long months of inaction, even retrogression, received up to a very short time ago. Legislation concerning Hawaii and Porto Rico will be undertaken, and there will be litiie if any party division upon thtoso questions. They aro both admitted to be undisputed territory of the United States, and proper govern mental systems for them will be de vised this winter. With regard to Cu ba and the Philippines, the belief is general that some time must elapse be fore serious effort to lix tho permanent status of these islands can be made. There will be nothing done in the way of actually beginning work upon a Nicaraguan canal. Another report of au investigating commission is to be made, and its absence will serve the onponents of the scheme further rea sonable ground for resistance. Hut the treasury conditions are not propi tious for this project at present, even if the preliminary steps had been com pleted and there was no other ground for opposing the canal. The organization of tho House by the republicans will be a tame adair, inas much as the speakership has been set tled in advance. Tho only ehange in House oilicials will be that Maj. Hassell of Missouri will bo supplanted by Hen ry Casson of Wisconsin, as sergeant at arms. The Democratic caucus for nomina tion of speaker will be held Saturday afternoon. Four candidates are mak ing a sharp contest for tho I to nm-, De Armond of Missouri; Richardson of Tennessee; Hank head of Alabama and Sulzer of New York. The friends of these candidates seem to be equally confident of the success of their respec tive favorites. The contest appears however, to be between Richardson and De Armond. Hailey of Texas, tho former nomineo for speaker, and lender of the House denis iu tho last congress, favors Hnnkhead, and it remains to be Been what strength the Texan and his former adherents cnn muster in thc new contest. Thc "candidates say that the contest is entirely friendly and that all hands will accept cheerfully and in good spirit the result of the caucus. In general, the outlook is for a ses sion of important and nt times excit ing debate, ns might be expected pre ceding a national election. Hut the general opinion is that tho republicans will feel their way with caution and bo Blow and timorous in tho actual ac complishment of legislation. Tho Philippine policies promise to over shadow other questions in congression al debate, but the currency, tariff and trust questions will not be lost sight of. Deafness Cannot be Cured b- less! application*, M ihey cannot reach tb? tleeaeed portion of the ear. There >? only one ray to euro Deafneen, and that ia by constitua Lio nal rem?di?e. Deaf o eu la caused br an Inflam* ?d condition of the mucous lining of tho Eustach ian Tube. Wbea tbla tub? rete Inflamed you nave a rumbling ?ou nd or Imperfect bearing, and when It la entirely cosed deafneaa ia the result, and iinleaa tbe inflamatlon ?aa be taken out and tbla tub*, restored to iu normal condition, hearing will bo destroyed forever ; nine cases out of ten ate sauted by eatarrab, ?hieb la nothing but an in lamed condition of tbe ntuooue aurfaaoe. We will give One Hundred Donara lor any case it Deafneaa (caused by ca ta rr b) that cannot be rared by Hall'* Catarrh Cure Bead for circulars, rree. P. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo. O. .aTSoM by Dragaiate, fla Ball'? Fan,Hy PlUa aro tba beat. Cheap Printing. Law Briefs at 60 cents a Pago-Good Work, Good Paper. Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper than at any other house. Catalogues in the best style If yon have printing to do. it will be to voar interest to write to tho Press and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. bf. STAU; M.ns - At hutt accounts G. Walt Whitman is reporte?! as rep iii ititi mnnitircs ami 011 i tur op his I >i'vt lor thcguhc! natorial campaign. - Surveyors have started on tltr route of til?' Missing Link railroad, which is io ron from Chattanooga t<? Walhalla S. I'. - Zachariah Singleton, a negro, who killed another negro m Charleston, has been convicted ami sentenced to ho hanged January M h. - A. B.Coviogton. of t anuhm, com mitted suicide because ol' a disappoint - meut in love. Mc was a native ol' chcraw and a bout thirty-years, ot age. - Mr. A. W. Smith, a wealthy citizen ol' Abbeville, is ?it the head ot'a move ment having for its object the building ot a 10,000 spindle mil! in that town next year. - The citizens ol Columbia are just ly proud of the now Masonic Temple which is now nearing completion, and is acceded to be one of thc handsomest buildings in the city. - Mr. W. D. Sullivan, of Laurens county, has presented Prof. 1). A. Du Prc,of Wottbrd Col lego, with au Indian relic-a spherical stone which they doubtless used in making medicine into a powder. - Mr. .1.11. Privett of Darlington county realized last year >>':{,?or? from 1(5 acres of tobacco and this year's crop will equal last veal's. His brother, Mr. J. E. Privett."will realize 82,000 on 12 acres plantet' io tobacco. - An infant ol Mr. ami Ml*. V . S. Medlin, who live alunit two miles wost of Bickens C. ll., accidentally loll in the tire last Woonesday and was very severely burned, only living about twenty-four hours afterwards. - tiov. McSwoency and his stall' wore entertained in Charleston's own generous way in that city last Thurs day. At the banquet given in his honor?t night in- was toasted amid great applause, astin- "nextgovernor."1 - A citizen of 1 ?arlington claims to haye had a Strange experience one night last week. W hile asleep be left his room and woke to timi himself in his neighbor's chicken coop, lie was kind enough not to disturb the chick ens, however. - The Southern Express company has oH'ercd a reward of #"?00 for in formation that will lend to thc arrest and conviction of the robbers who robbed the. express ear near Branch ville. As yet there is absolutely no clue as to who the robbers were. - A. J. Pittman, who killed his brother, N. T. Pittman, of Gourdins, on Oct. 17th, was tried in Charleston Wednosdry anti acquitted by the jury, much to thc astonishment of every ono who knew anything of thc case. Thc plea of thc prisoner was self-defence. - The governor has ordered an election to be held in (Greenwood coun ty on the 10th of this month to till tho unexpired term of the late Judge of Probate, Capt. W. E. Cothran. The first Democratic primary will be held next Saturday and if necessary a second on tho Kith. - Col;'Jas. 1>. Mantling, of Sumter, will retire from the practice of law on January 1st. De luis occupied the same building, the same room and same seat with tho same law books around him since July 1844, except, two years in tho Mexican war and four years in thc late war between the States. - Almost every druggist in Char leston'has received notice from the in ternal collector of revenue that they arc indebted to I'nele Sam in tho sum of $00 for license ?nd penalty for the sahi of malt preparations during thc past year and tl half in accordance with tho revenue act. - Sam Lee, the mulatto political! from Sumter who li gored conspicu ously during the days of radicalism, and who was one of tho representatives in Congress when the State was under negro rule, was up before thc police court in Washington last week charg ed with brooking into a chicken coop: friends interceded for him and had him released on the ground of insanity. - Miss Dennie Thrcatt, of Chester field, had a narrow escape from a watery grave last week. She was on her way home from Kershaw. She drove into Flat Creek which was HO much swollen from the rains that her buggy was washed down tile stream several yards anti lodged against a tree that was lying in the creek. Dy catch ing hold of a limb she was enabled to get out upon the bank. The horse was drowned. - Ifitw.'iB thought that tho small pox scare in South Carolina had be come, a thing of the past it was a mis take, or if it had it. has taken root again. Governor Mcsweeney has re ceived communications from otlicials at Hampton and Mamburg notifying him of tho existence of tho pest in or near those places and he has put thc matter in the hands of the chairman of the State Hoard of Health. The cases discovered have created quite aseare. - The South Carolina marble works have prepared the design of a hand some monument and submitted it to Col. .lohn T. Sloan and Col. Wylie Jones, the officers of the Gary? Monu ment association, which purposes to erect in Columbia a monument to the memory of Gen. Mart Gary, the "Bald Eagle of Edgelicld," who was a gallant Confederate soldier and a leader of tho straigbtout movement of 1870. The base of the monument will be 12 feet sq miro. The dio block will be a polish ed stone. The shaft will bo rustic stone with polished edges. Tho mon olith will risc to n height of 35 feet. Suitable inscriptions will be placed on tho die block with possibly also a U_I. - ? .1 S.vliiiu uam cu^il-. - There is t\ law on the statute books of South Carolina which is very much a dead letter. This law was approved by the Governor on the 3rd day of March, 1890. It is entitled: "An Act tor Prevent Drunkenness and Shooting Upon the Highway." The provisions of the law are very plain, simple and easily understood: "That any person who shall indulge in boisterous con duct while under the influence of in toxicating liquors or feigning to be ander the influence of such liquors, or without juBt cause or excuse shall dis charge any firearms while upon or within fifty yards of any public road, except upon his own premises, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a- fino of not more than one hundred dollars, or bo imprisoned for not more than thirty days." Rooflog, tin work, gaUanized Iron work and plumbing den > on abort notios by Osborne A Osborne. Trinity 11 appen i nt*. Ti ?nily is still ot j a boom. Mr. Kdilor, ami Kihee turnips .md " I ;i 11*1 s have Ix ni gathered some ol our boys ?nv begin ning to lain ti. I lu- y ou ni.' |>i i mir enjoyed I lu-uisclves a! an oyster supper ai Mr. .1. !>. Mc I hliiitd7s on thc l.iii ni:., and b\ i ht' way sonic ul lim girls alt ''peppoi sanee" wo t li i li 1% M was vei\ uiiieli ell joyed. Mr. XX'. Xl.Smith furnished Ibo oysters, and it is lu him and his sister t lia t tile KUi'sl- aie due theil' (hallies tor tlie merry lime. Our farmers have finished I heir work and are now get tint'up their winter wood. flie balmy days td' Autumn have emne at last, the lime for hivers tu meet at the gav dance or the delight ful sociable. What are we to do.1 The ones we once had sn much lim ami froliewith.it seems, are going lo (or have done so? get married. Hut let the good work go on. XX'e are always jrlad to see or hoar of two lover-, lying tile "knot." ( ?ne more Thanksgiving day has pass ed, ll was a rest dav tor school girls and boys. Some of the boys went bird hunting, tithers went diivk hunting, but all, both old ami young, gave thanks tm this day ami went un their way. We aeeeptetl an invitation ttl be with the Lchnnonitcs that ?lay: so. after the maje.* 'ic sim had started ?ni Iiis timely course, we fourni ourselves going to wards the Church, where quite a crowd had gathered to give thanks ami listen ttl the exercises by the children. The rostrum was most* beautifully decora ted with citrons, watermelons, caitlin ?rc pepper, corn. Howers, anti mativ other (lungs thal it takes tu make a beaut i lui decoration. Mrs. Dr. I hick wort li ami Miss Hoy Nance did the oversee ingot'the decoration, ami I luise ilia* weit- present need mit inquire aimil the taste td' those holies, for their work, tells lor itself. After the introductory came some splendid recitations liv some of t he pupils of t he I .el ia non High School. Prof. XX*. K. Lott gaye a lalh, showing a few of (he most important reasons w hy the people of the ('tilted States should have a day set apart for thanksgiving. Iiis remarks were well founded, and the listeners were only sorry when he took his seat. Miss Hoy Nance ?rave au address. She spoke of ? (lu- origin til Thanksgiving Day, the! ti rs I to observe such a day and how il ; bad been handed down from the I'll- | grim Fat hers to the well-bred people' ol' the United States. Her remarks were touching, and (he people only wished her time longer. A collection for the orphanage at Greenwood, then a song ami (he prayer which dismissed tho assembled congregation. The pro- ? gram was most interestingly arranged, ami all did (heir parts well. From th? church we went to Mr. XX'. A. Martin's (<i enjoya most excellent dinner, after which, in company with Miss Kihi, we visited the home "ol' Mr. T. M. XX'elborn. XX'e enjoyed the eve ning most hugely till thu glorious sun had completed Iiis daily course. Then came the boys and girls from every sido, for a sociable had been given bv his channing daughter, Miss Elsie, and, of course, the young people knew where to gt) to have a good time. XX'e had music, then some innocent games, and buforu we knew we had had any fun the clock hail told tin; midnight hour, and altera few moro good violin pieces wu bid each good night. XX'e certainly did enjoy thu ?lay, anti Misses Elsie ami Hallie sure ?Io know how to make any one haven /rood time. Well, as time is short and we have gol to be oil'to school we will wish you all a good and happy life, and close. Come up, Mr. Kditor. S< nom. Hov. I Auton Hems. Thu long, winter nights are here, and it is thu opportunity of farmers' boys, not to gt) a 'possum hunting, or to some frolic, which, indeed, are worthless in the end, but tn supply himself with a few books, which he can do for almost nothing, and increase his store of knowledge. Time glides by so fast that there is no hope of es cape if wu play too long. Wo were exceedingly pained to hear of tho death of Mr. "Gantt, the post master of Pendleton on last Friday, Mr. Gantt had a severe attack of paral ysis Wednesday morning, after which he never regained consciousness. His remains were laid to rest at thu Stone Church. Mr. Gantt bail held tho olllce of postmaster at Pendleton for more than a half score of years. Hu was an honest ami upright mau, whom all de lighted to honor and esteem. Pearle, infant daughtei of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mc Al ist er, was very ill last week, but we are. glad to say she is convalescent. Mr. J. E. Pilgrim's family worshipped at Tabor, near Central, last Sunday. Look out for Santy. Write lum a note inviting him to i Bon AMHTKCK. HM pt i st Convention. Cou; M ii IA, 8. C., Dee. -i.-A special tt> the State, from Gaffney, S. C., says timi the Baptists in statt' convention have passetl a resolution endorsing prohibition. The committee on tem perance reported resolutions stating "the dispensary is better than thc bar room. This can be said with scant praise tor thu dispensary.'" Hon. Joel E. Bronson, former prohi bition candidate for governor, spoke against the dispensary. The report on temperance was recommitted in order that the convention could go ou record as favoring prohibition, preferring the barroom to the dispensary. Tho convention deplored the fact that the State is using the proiita or. liquor for sustaining public schools. The Connie Maxwell Orphanage mat ter was settled by the election of Rev. A. T. Jamison to succeed Rev. J. L. Voss as superintendent. Resolutions were adopted opposing tho seating of Congressman Roberts, of Utah. The Convention meets next year in Newberry. - In Virginia they are talking about Senator Daniel as a presidential nomi nee. - The Sultan of Sula is to re?oive a salary of $350 a month from the United States. m - Silver Republicans are discussing thu advisability of uniting with tho Democrats. - Governor-elect Smith, of Mary land, says his state is back in tho D?m ocratie party to stay. - There are now 4,500 practicing women doctors in the United States, one to each l.f.oou population. (MIMO! K The Famous Atlanta Optician, DIRECT from (lu* home itlice of this Gnat Optical House, or one of his practical Optician-*, am] will remain at the Stoic ol' his Agent. HILL-ORR DRUO CO., Druggists, FOUR DA YS ONLY, beginning DECEMBER Kith. This will give thc citizens of Amloison ami vicinity a rareoppoitu nity ol* having iheir EYE Si O HT TESTED FREE hy ?nie of thc mosl renowned ami successful as well us reliable Opticians in the U. S. Mr. Hawkes lins the modern appliances l'or soieulilie adjustment of plantes to the eye. There is n?> Opto ian in the I". S. wno enj >vs tin.' coillideufO of tho peo ple more than Mr. Hawkes. His nani?' i. a fttmiliar word throughout a see t Un <f << omi} ii,hui it? tl by over tu? my live milli? nsof people. Mr. Hawkes has probably adjusted glades the eyes ol' nmrc people of national ami in ter nut ional lame titan nnv other Optician living. i'his jinn waa established in 1870. KYK STRAIN is often the cai:.-?-of headache, dizziness, nervousness ami dimness of vision. This can ho cured ii: immy east s l>v the correct fit ting of the Crystal lenses to,th? eye. Call eat ly, ho positively remains hut FOUR DAYS, as lie Im? other engagements for later dates. OAUJTQO?iVl - I would caution the puhlie against buying Spectacles from peddlers, going lr- m In.uso to house with n lol t f Spectacles, represent ing them to he Hawkes' or .selling the same grade ol' go* tis Hawkes' Spec tacles arc NKVER peddled. Many of the inferior gla?.-t> that Hood the cou ut ry are positively injurious t<? thc eye. FROM Kx-pRESIDENT Ol' V. S., GltOVKR Cl.KV Kt.AND. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Doe. 2, IS'.l?. A. K. Hawkes, Esq.-My Dear Sir : 1 lind your Crystallized Lenses well suited tn my eyes for far seeing. And 1 shall enjoy them on my shooting trips. Yours very truly, GROVER CLEVELAND. THE GRKAT WARKIOR AM? STATESMAN. Mr. A. K. Hawkes - Dear Sir ; When I require the use of glasses I wear yo ur Pantiscopic Crystalizcd Louses. In respect, to brilliancy and clearness of /1 ?sion they arc superior to any glasses I have ever used. Respectfully, FITZ Huon LEE, Consul Gen. to Cuba. ONE OF Ora GREATEST STATESMEN. Mr. A. K. Hawkes-Dear Sir : The Pantiscopic glasses you furnished mc some time since have given excellent satisfaction. 1 have tested them by usc, and must say they arc unsurpassed in clearness and brilliancy by any that 1 have over worn. Respectfully. GEN. JOHN H. GOROON, KX-GOV. Ga. and U. S. Senator. A. K. Hawkes received (Jeld Medal, highest award Diploma of Honor, for Superior Lens Grinding and Excellency in the Manufacture of Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Sold in over 8,OOO Cities and Towns in the U. S. Estab lished 1870. CAUTION-These Famous Glasses are never peddled. Jfetf" WAIT FOR HAWKES and not only get Glasses scientifically adjust ed to your eyes, but secure a ( air ol' his Crystallized Lenses, the most bril liant Spectacle Lenses in existence. A. K. HAWKES, Inventor and Sole Proprietor of all the Hawkes Patents. kW He will positively remain but FOUR DAYS. QA B Op_ OLD HICKORY AND TENNESSEE WAGONS, JUST ARRIVED. COLUMBIA BUGGIES Are going right along, and if you don't buy at once you will have to pay 15 to 25 per cent advance. A FULL LINE OF Carriages, Wagons, Buggies ard. Harness On hand at all times to bo sold at thc Lowest Cash Prices. jB?y If j ou have a good young MULE l'mt >"wu wish tu seH at a reasonable cash price bring it around ami let me look at it. I would prefer t i pay you the cash thau to take it West. t&* I am also in thc market f ir DRY CATTLE and Feeders. t8a~ Como to seo me when in the city mid let's see if we can't trade Borne. JOS. J. FRETWELL. STOVES, STOVES ! The Best Stoves in tlie "World. SOLD ON THEIR MERIT. They never fall to bake perfectly on bottom. Have you not & Stove that burns the bread on the bottom. If you buy of JOHN T. BURRIS3 you will have a good meal throe times s day. I have some Karo Bargains in Crockery, Of Patterns in Decorated Ware, that I am running out of Stock. You should avail yourself of this opportunity to get something in best Gooda at a reduced price? TI1STWABE Cheaper than any competition will sell you. Don't forget this item of merchandise? It will pay you to price this Tinware before buying. TOYS! You know too well that I am Headquarters in TOYS competition tries to oopy by putting in Toys to draw trade. Don't be dooetved by what you hear, but come and soe for youraelf. I ?eil moro Toy? for less money than any ooe. An Iron Toy that you will be asked 50.;. for you oin buy the name sizi of mo for Mc. Your trade and inspection solicited. JOHN T. BURRISS.