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Intelligencer. Jfullished every Wednesday. J. P. CLINKSC?LES, I EDITORS AND C. C. LANGSTON, S PROPRIETORS. TEEMS! ONE YEAR, - - - - $1 50 SIX MONTHS. - - - 75 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13, 1899. The American officer who captures Aguinaldo will be the hero of the Philippine war, and ought to be prompt ly breveted to the highest rank in the army. - ? *> m - The Atlanta Journal has in the per son of Mr. James A. Holloman one of the livest Washington correspondents of any paper in the South. He has an inside pull somewhere and gives his paper full benefit of it. --~.? ."tv ? Governor Jones, of Arkansas, is an avowed candidate for contraction ow ing to his pronounced advocacy of ex pansion. He has a weather eye on the United ' States Senate. That elusive body bids fair to leave in the lurch another statesman out of a job. - ? rn ? The plan as outlined by the . Presi dent in his annual message for the government of the island of Porto Ri co is reassuring to the pacified patriots of that island whose struggles for the past century have been for self-govern ment and against taxation without re presentation. It is now proposed to accord the Porto Rican's self-govern ment as follows: The President has the appointment of a majority of the legis lative council, which majority is com posed, by virtue of their offices, of the Governor and the other commis sioned officers of the island, and the minority of the council, representatives of the .people, are appointed by the President. The plan is strikingly il lustrative of the, "heads I win, tails you lose" option; or of the choice sub mitted to the old negro "I'll take the turkey and you take the buzzard, or you take the buzzard and I'll take the turkey." At any rate, the pledges of this government are acknowledged "of the highest honorable obligation" and are being "sacredly kept." Whit a tempting feast is spread for the busy heeler and hungry hanger-on, better known in the old South as carpet-bag gers. Senator Appelt, of the Manning rOmes, has framed a bill for presenta tion to the next General Assembly, the effect of which is pure and simple county local option as to the whiskey traffic and the mode of conducting it, and at the same time a strict prohibi tory measure in counties voting pro hibition. It_provides for submitting the three questions of Dispensary, High License and Prohibition to each county. Prohibition counties can not import liquors for even private use. Counties voting for dispensaries are provided for as follows: County boards of control composed of the Supervisor, the foreman of the Grand Jury and one citizen appointed by the Mayor or In tendant of the County seat, said board having in charge the election of a dis penser, the purchase of all liquors, said purchases to be made public in detail in the County newspapers, and all other business of a like nature. The profits of the dispensary are to be divided equally between the municipal corporation and the County school fund. It authorizes licensed druggists to purchase from their County dispen sers alcohol and intoxicating liquors for the purpose of compounding medi cines. It prohibits the receiving by the board of control any samples of li quors as a gift or otherwise. It pro vides in lieu of the spy system that one-half of the fines, which are smaller than the present law prescribes, shall be paid to the informer. A like license board is provided for Counties voting high license in whose discretion de pends the number and location of bar rooms, no bar-room to be established outside the towns or cities of the Coun ty. License fees are placed at from $600 to $1200 per annum, in the discre tion of the license board, no license to be issued in towns of less than 5,000 inhabitants, except upon the petition of a majority of the freehold voters of such towns, nor in cities of more tb an 5,000 inhabitants, except upon the peti tion of a majority of the freehold vo ters in the ward in which the bar-room seeks to be located. The amount re ceived from licenses is to be divided equally between the municipal corpor ation in which it is situated and thc County school fund. It provides that citizens may make domestic wines for their own use but shall not sell same except to dispensers or duly licensed bar-keepers, except in prohibition counties, where they shall not sell at all. It provides for the abolition of v the State Board of Control and the winding up of the State dispensary's affairs at once. With few exceptions the bill is possibly the best and most equitable solution of the liquor pro blem. The proposed Act will, no doubt, be amended, as it should be, to provide that no dispensary shall bc es tablished in any town except upon the petition of a majority of the freehold voters of the municipality in which it is intended to be established. There are other amendments, mainly of phraseology and punctuation, which should be made, and will no doubt be detected. The prohibition to dispen sers and bar-keepers not to sell "be tween sundown and sunrise, on Sun days, except upon the certificate of a practicing physician," or not to sell to "any person in the habit of becoming intoxicated, on Sunday, or to sell adul terated liquors of any kind,*" is liable to be misinterpreted and can be made more clear. The authoi also evidently intends that the application for license shall be accompanied by the petition of a majority of freehold voters and not by the majority of voters in person as the bill in its present shape reads. It is probable that most of the guess es at thc population of thc United States which next year's census will show are too high. These estimates generally rango from 75,000,000 to S0, 000,000 for this country proper, not in cluding the population of our new pos sessions. There is one thing which persons are liable to overlook in prog nosticating the next census, and it has an important bearing on the subject. It is the fact that the last census show ed a greatly decreased birth rate in this country. It is probable that the census next year will show a still larger decrease of the ratio. Mr. H. T. New comb, an eminent statistician, is con vinced that the rate of growth of tho country's population has been less in this than in any preceding decade. He estimates the population in 1900 at 74,400,000, which will be an increase of 13.94 per cent, for ten years, a much lower rate than any former ten years have'shown. , -m ? o? The grand-stand play of morality and social purity attempted by the "Republicans in the Roberts case is a fair sample of the assumption and hy pocritical inconsistency of that old party. The only point of difference between the two parties was in the means. They were agreed on the end. The Republicans, however, being too anxious to seize the glory of purifying their body ignored all constitutional warrant, and claimed the undivided credit. They are painfully silent, though, on the appointments by Presi dent McKinley of Mormons as post masters over the protests of indignant gentiles. They are silent, too, when the Sultan of Sulu, answering to the call of the pay roll, receives his tribute from a Republican President to main tain in luxury his well-filled harem. "We are told they expect to make a a winning fight on their attitude in expelling Roberts. Certainly the Democrats will take up the gauntlet. There are no fears as to the result. There is no hope for any provision by the present Republican Congress for election of Senators by direct vote of the people. That party is directly in terested in the election of Senators as far removed from the people as t he East is from the West. The party of trusts, monopolies, and protection finds it far easier to buy a Senatorship from a Legislature than from a sovereign people, and just so long as the present system of choosing Senators is in vogue, just so long will the trusts and organ ized capital dictate legislation. Should the trusts be seized by a generous sui cidal determination, there would then be some hope for a government of, by, and for the people. The Republican party to a man are advocates of trusts on basic principles, President McKin ley's twitting reference to them to the contrary notwithstanding, as can be seen by Mark Hanna's open defense of them and his feverish haste to proclaim for the party that there are no trusts. McKinley's reference to tho trusts was party policy, Hanna's apology to the trusts wa8party policy-all prearranged and astutely studied out. There is a perfectly mutual understanding be tween the Republican party and the trusts, and the trusts will contin ue to rule that party as long as it is a potent factor in American politics. If the country is desirous of any reform inimical to the interests of combinations, it must rise up in its majesty and fight its battles through the Democratic party or those reforms will never see the light of day. The inexplicable tacking course of that vacillating body known as the Board of Control on Commissioner Douthitfs case is rather remarkable in the face of the preponderant damning evidence against that official which, according to Tillman's jurisprudence, must be disproven, certainly to the satisfaction of those half-hearted dis pensantes who have grown lukewarm by reason of thc disproven charges. I f Messrs. Miles and Robinson receded from their commendable position on account of the disgrace of their coadju tor, Haselden, or bent a listening ear to the suggestions of those interested in the perpetuity of an odious institu tion and smothered the truth in order to stifle universal indignation and to drive away by stealth the burning blush of shame upon the State's fair cheek, they are notoriously incompe tent to hold a position requiring cour age, stamina, and undeviating firm ness. If they seek to heal a cancer by cloaking its hideous crust or, like their inglorious associate, show the white feather in the presence of the enemy and are too timorous to use the knife when the knife's wound, and that only, would heal, they should bo re lieved of their charge as common quacks. Nothing is more certain than that they at first "went up the hill" of Eopular approval but while on the igh mount of contention yielded to ignominious temptation, then went "down the hill" and rested under the frowsy shade of public contempt. Douthit is on cop de jure but de facto he is very much on the bottom of a cloud somewhat larger than a man's hand. MASTER'S SALE. STATU OF SOU I II CAROLINA, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. In the Court of Common Pleas. Edmunds T. Brown Co, and others, Plaintiff*, vf. Ji. Beman Allen, David K. Cooley, an Allen it Cooley, Keturah W. Allen, et al., Defendants.- Belief. BY virtue of an order of NHIO made in the above stated case I will oll'^r for ?ate nz Anderson Court House, s. C., at publie outcry cn Halesday in January, jilOO, (Tuesday, January 2.) within the legai nour? vt sale, the following de scribed propuriy, situate in said State and in the County of Anderson, to wit : All that fi act or Parcel of Land, known as the Mao id in Tract, containing One Hut'? red and Seventy-two ROTH*, more or less, bounded by lands of James VVanslow, Estate i.f Thomas A Sherard, and ether?. Terms of Pale-One-half cash, balance on a ? redit cf twelve month , with inter est from day of sale, tn by secured by bond and mortie. Purcbaser to have leavo to pay all rash. Purchast r to pay for papers. WALTER L. MILLER, Master. Dec ??, 1899 25 -'5 PULLING YOUR EARS OR PULLING YOUR PURSE ! Either is bad, but which is the Worst ? Look Ont, Friend, or You will get both Pulled ! It would pay you to watch vigilant lantly those who keep d?Dg-doDging at you about their line of stuffs, just as if you were not posted enough to know that we are the particular peo ple you wish to see before you spend your holiday cash. Just look at the fun and pleasant surprises we have arranged for the ex press purpose of making Christmas, 1899, the happiest and one most to be remembered by the little folks and the big ones. Our Doll Nursery, complete in its appointments, from wee tot dolls to the large kind, 5c, Sc, 10c. and up to suit your purse. .Doll Cradles and Beds,*Rocking-chairs, etc.. 10c to 50c. Pianos, toys up to perfect goods in miniature, 23c to $7.00. for the big gest. Complete Band Sets for boys, $2.00 to $3.90, or will sell any horn separate. Drums to match at 25c each. Toy Wagons and Carts starting at 3c to 5c each. Cat running the Mouse, 5c; Iron Pony Carts, 5c, Iron Sulkies, 23c; Iron Safes, 5c, 10c, 12c; Combination Safes, 25e to 50c; Iron Trains, 10c to 22c; Climbing Mon keys, 20c; Trumpets, 5c and up; Zo bo Musical Instrument, 5c; Animals, 5c, Double Animals, 10c; Tea Sets, 5c, up to the Finest China. Fire Crackers, 5c per pack, up to 10c each for the largest sized Cannon Cracker; Roman Candles, lc, 2c, 3c and up to 15c for the extra large sizes. Sky Rockets lc to 20c, for the 3-lb goods. But for an unmitigated noise try a San tiago Boomer, at 7c each. Fill up the holes after they shook Cat Scat and Dewey torpedoes, safe and noisy, 5c per box. We have 15 American Salutes in a package for 10c. Humming Tops, a wreath of fire, lc each, new. . Sun Wheels. 20c dozen. Toy Watches, Pistols. Hammers, Hatchets, and Lit tle Ships, 5c each. Toy Scales to weigh thc doll baby. 8c, 14c to 20c. Air Guns, 60c. The Dewey Air Gun, good, 75c. China Cup and Saucer, 5c 10c and 25c. Cup, Saucer and Plate Sets, beauties, 25c a set. Full Tea and Dinner Sets. $2.75, $3.25, $4.50 and up to real China goods of the la test known makes. We have just re ceived one Solid car load Decorated and Plain Crockery and China ware thirty thousand pounds-thus secur ing the lowest possible prices. Try us. We will divide our good fortune with you. Fancy and Plain Glass, in every conceivable shape. We can match your ideas if anybody can. Remember, we have all kinds of odd pieces in Fancy China at prices un known by our competitors. My son, would you do the best pos sible with the means at your com mand? Would you have your folks as nicely fixed for Christmas as your neighbors are? Would you supply your wants and still retain a part of your cash? Then just see the bar gains Santa Claus in driving for you. Yours, always truly, SANTY CLAUS, C. S. MINOR and the TEN CENTS STORE. E m?km^k 4 A ll A il ? A ?tm ^Lm^Jm^V OS . . . Tho above figures tell a remarkable F A? story ; they represent almost exactly tba k ^ per centage of cures mide by r i RHETJM?GIDE. ? ^ the wonderful new constitutional cure for r j RHEUMATISM. The other two percent, i * were not curable, or failed to take niedi- y A cine according tu directions. Tlnrjnands k * have been cured. In view of the fact that Br A luany physicians think tha: jhiMimatism L ^ is incurable, and tbat most ren piiies fail, y A ii mutt be true that RHEUMA CI DE is tho L * greatest medical discovery of tlinage Par- W A ticulars and testimonials of maiiy w.-l - L * known people sent free to all applicants Br A 82U8old by EVANS PHARMACY T at SI-00 per r.nttI*- y i~~~~~~w Y V V T -y-yny '^r-y -y^ Wry- . . . ^aiw': & Im - a-ft W?????^ CAN BE SEEN At a glance that the work done at THE ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY is of a superior order. There is not a speck or spot to mar the beauty or perfection of finish. Starched and unstarched goods are alike carefully treated, and reach our patrons In a highly satisfactory condition. May we Mend for your work ? Our friends and customers in. the coun try can always leave their Laundry at D. C. Brown it Bro'H. Store, which is our central o Hice-next door above the Post Office. ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO. 202 Ea&t Boundary St. lt. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treas. PHONE NO. 20._ Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administratrix of the Estate of E. B. Murray, deceased, hereby gives notice that she will on *he 17th day r>f January, 1!I00, apply to ihe Judge of Prohate for Andersou County, S. C., for a Final Settlement of ^aid Es tate, and a discharge from her office aa Administratrix. EVA ?. MURKAY, Adm'x. Dec 13, 18D?? 25 5 CHRISTMAS FRUITS J 50 boxes Florida Oranges, 50 barrels Northern Apples, Raisins, Currants, &c. Malaga Grapes 20c. lb. 50 bunches Bananas $1.00 to $1.50. Mixed Nuts 15c. lb. Cocoanuts 5c, Candies, Chocolate Cream Drops, best, 15c. lb. We have got an enormous stock of Nuts, Fruits, &c., and will sell them as cheap as dirt. Give us a call. O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. OSBORNE & OSBORNE HAVE THE Biggest Stock Toys in Town. TOYS of all kinds. The prettiest line of Dolls you ever looked at, and their Doll Carriages and Go-Carts ju*t out of sight. Trains, Fire Engines, Hook and Ladders and all kinds of Santa Claus Toys. Now, we want you to come and .look at our line CHINA DINNER SETS and CHAMBER SETS for yourself. STOVES !-We have all kinds of Cooking Stoves, Heating Stove and Oil Stoves. We have forty-five different makes to select from. We know we can please you. Yours truly, OSBORNE & OSBORNE, The Biggest Stove House in Town. Seasonable Goods at Reason able Prices ! APPROPRIATE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Guns and Ammunition for the sportsmen. Air Rifles and Pocket Knives for the boys. Scissors and Table Cutlery for the ladies. A great assortment of one of the best selected line of Ever brought to Anderson. Ammunition of all kinds. The best brands of Loaded Shells, loaded with any quan tity of shot or powder desired. Shot, Powder, Primers, Wads, Caps, Cartridges. Pistols, all of the standard lines manufactured. AIR RIFLES, Not boys, or the kind made on the anything-will-do-for-the child kind, but good ones of the best quality-unequalled for accuracy and for service. Sullivan Hardware Co. Southern p c3 University. PUPILS RECEIVED AT ANY TIME. FAr<Trnrnrtf>Tfl*C! obtained road Iv afcor Ukin;* a CMirao ot ROO Iv KELPING vCtJL A iW? ? ?nd SHORTHAND in thia old attd reliable institution. Over 8,0?0Graduales. Senti for lar^e catalogue. Grand Winter opt liing Jan. 1 to 15. ATLAW I A, GA. A C. BRISCOE, Pros. T.. W. ARNOLD, V-P/ci Will be contributed to by thc Butcher, the Baker, th? Poulterer, the Grocer, aiid others. WE are one of the "others," our contributions being Cloves, Peppers, Mustard, Cinnamon, Mace, Nutmeg, Allspice, Sage, and other Condiments, Anise, Fennel, Caraway and Coriander Seeds, Flavoring Extracts, Essences and Fruit Juices, Chocolate, powdered, ready for making Cakes. Our ground Spices we guarantee to be 100 per cent pure, and that, too, at the same price as ordinary kinds. The same comment applies to our Essences and Extracts for Flavoring, of which we have every variety, either bottled or in bulk. FRESH LOT HUYLER'S. EVANS' PHARMACY. ?0#?#????*??Q' IS the biggest, brightest, jolliest Store in Anderson. Why, think of it, we had careful buyers at work for weeks in Xew York gathering the nicest sort of things that the market afforded. Here it all is, except a part of it you've already bought and hid away till the jolly, happy night arrives. You ask the charm of buying at this Store ? This : Choosing from the biggest assortments and being sure that whatever you buy is the best of its kind. And so whether the expen diture is to be pennies, dimes or dollars, you do best by pur chasing here. If strolling through the Store you see anything you wish, we will for a reasonable amount lay it aside and deliver later. Our entire stock is more complete to-day than to-morrow. Call early for choicest selections at the lowest prices for best qualities. ^ ou remember those beautiful Art Pictures we displayed last year? We have just received a quantity of even finer goods. They are displayed partly on the walls of our Store. You cannot help but be attracted by them. St. Cecelia.<25c. to S4.9S each. Choir Boys.15c. to 84.50 each. Psyche at Nature's Mirror. .19c. to $4 50 each. Madonna.25c. to 84.98 each. Fish and Game for Dining Room. 81.98 each. Hand Painted Pastels.81.48 to S4.00 each. askets. The stock contains Hampers, Waste Paper, Sewing, Laundry, Infants', Toy and Shopping Baskets. A very pretty and .useful gifr. Not expensive and very useful. Blankets and Comfortables. Not to be placed in a Santa Claus Stocking, but Christmas weather at once suggests the gift. A good one makes a lasting tiieud. We have them for babies, we have them for grown folks, all sizes, all weights. Prices the lowest. A choice selection is yours. Holiday Linens. You feel perfectly at ease upon one point when buying Linens at this Store. Everything we sell as Linen is all Linen. If there's a thread of cotton in any piece we show we :?il you of it. Fair, isn't it ? Our new Christmas Linens get their first showing to day. A great iaray of Holiday Linens await you. The low prices is the advantage gained by buying all your Linens at this Store. Jardineres and Lamps. English Jardineres-not English Jardineres made iu Liverpool, Ohio, but of stri:tly speaking an Imported Ware. Nothing quite so artistic made in this country. Prices range according to size and design. The assortment is large, the prices are various but always the lowest. LAMPS. Not many of them here nt this time, for we have been disappointed in one shipment have been lost. Thc finer grades have arrived and are displayed. Prices range from 83.9S to Sit) 50 each. We have just rec? ived a bran new line of Fur Rugs. Fur Rugs for baby carriages, for bedrooms, for priors. Smyrna Rugs, Damask Rugs, Moquette Rugs, Art Squares. Any of these would be a sensible present. Prices will suit you. Folding Hcteens, Fire Screens, newest Oak Hassocks, Tabourettes, Umbrella Stands, Costumers, Shaving Mirrors, Easels. E'ther o? these are of the Novelty Furniture order and a necessity for every com plete household. Sofa Pillows, Head Rests, Etc. If you have not seen that magnificent assortment that we have just re ceived of Fancy Sofa Pillows, Head Rests and Fancy Work, just ask to see them. The mere looking will tickle your heart. A line of Sofa Pillows never before was brought to thia city that would at all compare. You like to see pretty things. Looking will cost you nothing. New Embroidery on net work. Battenberg patterns in a lot of new designs. This Store is open every night until 9 o'clock for Shoppers. Come see the Holiday Window Display. Send your mail orders here. Yours truly,