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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1900. VOLUME XXXV---NO. 43. A v " . .* TTS This is a little straight talk for your profit and ours. It was put here for you to read, not to fill up space. We sell CLOTHING to make money. We have no other purpose in selling Clothes. We sell GOOD CLOTHES because that is the only kind from which we can make money, but it would be poor policy to make all the money ourselves. If we tried to do that we would soon cease to make any thing. We want you to make (save) money by buying our Clothes. There is enough profit in them for both of us. The way you make money is by trading here. Your money will go farther here than at any Credit Store. For instance, we will sell you a good Suit of Clothes for $8.50, as good a Suit as you can buy from a Credit Store for $10.00. You save $1.50 on the purchase of a Suit of Clothes by paying us Cash. Do you wish to pay $1.50 more for a Suit of Clothes just to have it charged ? Our SPBING STOCK now ready for inspection. Give us a look. B, 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. SPRING SEASON. We are ready with the NEWEST GOODS to supply your wants. The Prettiest Dress Goods, The Prettiest Trimmings, 1 he Prettiest Milliner j, Everything Up-to-Oate. Special attention to our Millinery Department. Big Une of Groceries at very low prices. Yours truly, MOOEE, ACKER & GO, Wholesale and Retail Merchants. B G. FYANS, Jr. B. B. DAT, M. D. PENDLETON, g. C. 3">?TJC3-S and 3SdIS333IOI3SfHS9 Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Jfcncy Soaps, Sponges, Combs, &alr and Tooth Brashes, Bubbs? Goads ana uruggist Hotions, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dyes, Buists' Garden Seeds, WE ARE REACHING OOT for more bna?we? and ?ant to 46 7-- S-?US?fff tf?RK. Oar place is the best equipped io the eity. Everything that ?Knud improve the quality of the work , and enhance its wo?shm done, aa ali cf oar operators aim esperte and their akU!> expeii enos and cate insura perfect r&nlts. BjapsetfttUy, AUBE?SOMSTE?ML?UMO?VeO. 282 tatt Baaodary St. B. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. ?nd Treas. l'IIO??E NO. 20. _- Leave ordere at D. C. Brown & Bn>'*. Store. WOOD'S HIGH GRADE FarmSeeds. Our business in Farm Seeds is to-day one of the largest in this Country. A result due to the fact that quality has always been our flrat consid?ration. We supply alt Seeds required for the Farm. GRASS & CLOVER SEEDS, Cow Peas, Cotton Seed, Seed Ofcis, Seed Cora, Soja, Navy ? Velvet Beans, Sorghums, Broom Cera, Kaffir Cons, Peanuts, Mulct SeetJ, Rape, etc. Wood's Dcscrintlve Cataloga* HlTca tho f?lleet iiifofinatiGn ? ?boa? r Sit??? ?nd all ?war Seeds ; best me tbods of ?altare, ?ou test adapted for dio*?* e rea S cropn ?nd practtaal binta aa.to . ^fhat aro likely to prove mostprofitab?o to?iw? Catalogue matted freo upon, request. T.W.WCBO&SOHS, SEEBSMEN, - Richmond, Va. HaHanaHIIHI FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Own Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10,1000. Reference was made in this corres pondence a few weeks ago to tho situa tion off the Chinese coast, and it was asserted that an understanding of some sort existed there whereby Gre?t Britain and this country would stand together in opposition to Russia and others on any point necessary to the well being of British trade until after tho South African war was over. Cor roboration of this has come to hand in the ?sserl??^.^?10? from there that tho United States', ?rctf?i Sn5 certain other countries has made joint' representations to tho Chinese Empress in regard to tho pernicious activity of the "Boxers." lt is denied by our State Department that there has been joint action, the course of the United States Minister being described as merely "parallel" to that of other pow ers. The facts remain, however, and it is unnecessary to say, mark adopart nre of the United States from the wiso advice of the fathers "to avoid entang ling alliances", and show, in tho opin ion of many prominent men here, that there is a secret understandingbotween tho United States and Great Britain on more subjects than one. It is certain that in the Samoan affair, in tho "open door" negotiations with China, in the Nicaraguan treaty episode and in tho treatment of tho Boer appeal for me diation, as well as in this last deal, tho whole course of tho administration, so far as we know it, has been precisely what it would have been if tho "un derstanding in the minds of the states men of tlie respective countries" spoken of by Mr. Chamberlain had the practi cal effect of a formal treaty of alliage. This is, in truth, said to be the gravest aspect of the McKinley policy bf Asia tic adventure. No one can say how fur it is going to lead tho United States into tho labyrinth of Old World poli tics, nor what it may cost it in lives and treasure to get out of it with honor or to stay in it with credit. But every one can see that someone in anthon ty at Washington has already given en couragement to the British imperialists and jingoes to believe that we aro arm and arm with them for a grand Anglo Saxon coat-trailing promenade in the Far East There is no longer any reasonable Iou ot that Admiral Dewey is being pushed for the Presidency by that wing of the Democratic party that is oppos ed tc Bryan, and will do anything within its power to prevent his nomi nation. Tho ract that goldbug papers io Ohio, Texas and New York have pronounced for him, is accepted as evidence of this fact. It seems proba ble that the Admiral made his an nounce ssent wi thu ul giving notice to anyone, bat it is more evident that his :ause has been taken up by the gold nen. There is something curiously inpractical about bia candidature. It is related as a fact that he and Mrs. Dewey both supposed at first that all ;hatwas necessary was to distribute ^allots with the Admiral's name on ihem on election day, and that the peo ple would do the rest. Afterwards, vhen convinced that a more elaborate >lan was necessary, he proposed to orm a committee, comprising mer of Kith political parties who would orgon ze his campaign on a free trac 5, gold, Democratic platform with Theodore Roosevelt as a running mate. Mean vhilo, he and Mrs. Dewey ore both laving a lovely time. Their home is ?vertun with reporters, their mail hos welled to huge proportions, and they ire being invited all over the country, io wonder that their heads are turned >y so much attention and that it seems o them that they are elected already. Liter a while the pipe will go out, as a natter of course, and they will wake tp. Whether the Republicans can be falle the Admiral into making some ?mark-while still dreaming-which viii prevent his finally accepting the leoond place with Mr. Bryan on the itraight Democratic ticket, remains to ?O' seen. Bryan and Dewey would nake a good ticket! The adminiatration is doing its ut nostto stave off a decision on the itatus Of the Porto Ricans until after he fall election. The Supreme Court idjouras about May 15 until October 8, mly four weeks before the election, [tis extremely doubtful whether any mit brought before the passage of the Porto Rican tariff bill on any pretext ?venid cover the case as it will be after ?ot bill becomes? law, and itiscer ain that the administration does not propose to take any chances en the mbjeefc. The cooa of Ramon Baez, ivho has sued for h?W? coriss is the tap?eme Court, he being imprisoned ?ty the military author!ti** ? ? Perte nico, was not decided on Monday as jveryone expected it would be. The attorney General says that he will not it present prosecute the employers of Forgo Cruz, who waa arrested at Ellis [aland. Nev York, for coming to the United States as a contract laborer, in jrder to f omi?h a test case. The At torney General thus show* fear lest the Courts may decide against the Repub lican contention, and on every hand there appears to bo reluctance to sub? nit the matter to judicial determina Lien. A resolution of investigation, has been introduced in Congress in regard to the expenditures of "Ferd" Peck,- of Chicago, President McKinley's com missioner to the Paris Exposition, who ha? submitted a most extraordinary account to tho governmont. It has been credibly reported that Mf. Peck has taken in hit* train to Paris tho greatest number ot "sons of their fath ers" that over crossed the waters, and has taken them at tho country's ex pense The law requires thc Commis sioner-General annually to submit to Congress "a detailed statement of tho expenditures incurred." Mr. Peck's report was made to the President on ( Nov. 1?, but for Gomo unknown reason it did not drift into Congress until April 2, nearly live months after it was submitted. It shows that under Mr. Peck's direction the sum of $240,083 was expended from Nov. 1G, 1808, to Nov. 1,1800, and the only explanation ofwhere tKfeTffon?Y^? ??^t?inc,? in the following statement: Saraf !?* experts,. $72,040; salaries of clerks, $34,020; officers7 salaries, $17,705; salar ies of employes, $2,732; traveling ex penses, $30,245; buildings, $88,047; rent, (Chicago, Paris, and New York) $18, 430; furniture, $7,252; stationery and printing, $5,403; telegraph and cable, 61,775; miscellaneous, $10,400. Nobody hero knows anything about paid ex perts, while tho travelling ex pen ROB seem extravagant even when Mr. Peck's propensity for vibrating between Eu rope and America is taken into consid eration. Palls a Tooth With a timi. NEW YORK, April 8.-Walter Smith of Bloomville had been suffering from toothache. In vain he tried to extract tho molar with a pincers and string. Then his anger rose, and when his wife taunted him with not having a particle of sand, he resolved upon desperate measures. Procuring a yard ol' stove pipe wire, he fastened one end of it firmly around the deeply rooted tooth in such n man ner that it could not pull loose, and the other end he wound around a var:rod. Taking down his shotgun he placed an extra charge of powder in the bar rel, rammed the rod home, and stepping to the door, he cocked his gan, opened his mouth and fired skyward. There was aloud explosion and tooth and ramrod sailed away skyward. Smith has not since been troubled with toothache. She Skipped The Rope S30 Times and Died. BELLEVILLE, 111., April 13.-A skip ping ropo contest between children caused the death of eleven-year-old FrcH Poign?e and the serious illness of two ether children. There was great rivalry among the three children and others of the school which they attended as to who could jump the rope most. One little sirl established a record of 150 skips with out a rest, and her companions at tempted to beat this record at recess and before and after school. . This feat excited Freda particularly, who had been the champion up to that time, and when she entered the ring to beat the record of the new comer a crowd of girls gathered and applaud ed her efforts. With flushed face and flashing eye she passed the 150 mark, and kept right on till 280 skips had been made, when she staggered from the ring sad was led home dizzy by her companions. She became ill and the doctor could not cure the violent palpitations of her heart. When she died to-day he said it was heart disease caused by too vio lent exercise. Freaks et Lightning. . QKEEN VILLE, April 10.-One of the most remarkable freaks of lightning ever heard of in this country occurred at tho home of Mrs. T. W. Ree, near Reedy river, eight miles above. the city, a few nights ago. Mrs. Roe lives alone except for a negro servant, in a house of several rooms. The light ning struck a white pine at the corner of her house during a recent storm and tore np the ground around. En tering the parlor through a window, that room was badly damaged and pine bark was thrown all over it, while .tho plaster was cracked. Every glass in all the windows waa broken. The bolt then went on to the dining room and demolished things there. The mantlepiece was thrown into the mid dle of the room and half the chimney torn ont. A tin waiter on the mantel looked as if it had been perforated with large shot and a metal pitcher was melted. The lightning went up stairs, toro up the moulding-and disar ranged things very much. A holt also struck tho back yard and wont np a small tree where several chickens were roosting' without hurting them. Three trees were strack and SS window panes in tho house were broken. Vvm, Hoc was awakcued by the noise generally? as she had fallen asleep in fier chair, and when aroused ?he f e-jnd ?u i^pmui me in the dining room. , Every room tn the house except her OW.? was visited by the lightning, and it is very strange that the building was not set on fire. _ y Bettet* fjasaet fcc Cart* by tocal application?, a* ?har ?aa Oe abcue* portion ?rf the nar. Thar? to ?ato ?fe? ?ey <o ?or* D*afa??. ?od that 1? by coasttta Uonal rta edi?. Dcafoew IA e&aaed by ao todito. edooadiUoo.rikABtaoooa UatngofthAEosUofc. faa Tab?. Whan tM? tub* jets inflamed yea h*To a rn tabling moat?. or Imperfect bearing, ?od when ? ta entirely eioeed deafness to tb? reanlfeabd uuleasthe inSaantl- tau bo toban oat and this ebereatored to Ita normal condition, bearing witt destroyed forever ; nina ease* out of ten ai? canead by entomb, which le Bathing tai aa In flam od condition ol tb? trucoua ?orfaaoa. W? WW glT? On? Handrad Dolla*? for any caa* of Deafnaaa (camed by catarrh) lint cannot be cored by Bair? Catarrh Cor?. Bend for circulars, fro?. .' P. J. Of! EN EY S CO., Toledo, O. *j-Sold by DroggUu, 75c Htll'a Fatally rilli aro tho Ix ct. STATE MEWS. - Four cases of smallpox aro report ed from Big Camp, Berkeley county. - Darlington has sold 4.850,000 pounds of tobacco thia season us against 2,000,000 last. - Tho turincrs of Barnwell county will plant moro cantaloupes but fewer watermelons this year. - Seneca is soon to have n yam mill that will bo run by electricity generated by tho water power on Coueross. - Tho summer school at Kock Hill for South Carolina teachers will opon on July 17 and close on August 18. - Tho city authorities of Charleston have prohibited tho Mormon elders from holding meetings in that city. - The annual Council of tho Episco pal Church for tho diocese of South Carolina will convene in Aiken on May 0th. f'^.Tho Secretary of State's olltcoat CoTumb^^T8 "t?Igriud 0U? now charters at thi?4g? threc four a d -Major lKB.Evans^Ms>T?r^ from Cuba to Edgoileld and will be-* come a candidate for railroad commis sioner. - It is expected that 20,000 people will attend the meeting of tho National Educational Association nt Charleston next July. - The State Christian Endeavor con vention will meet nt Aiken April 24th to 20th. Several noted speakers will be on hand. - Julius S. Moses, confidential clerk of a broker in Charleston, has. disap peared leaving a shortage of $700 in his accounts. - The dispensary on Gervais street in Columbia was burned on April 10th, and several adjoining busiuess houses badly damaged. - There is to bo a big electric plant paton Broad river at Gaffney which will furnish power to a number of big mills in that section. - Farmers all over the State are busy planting corn and preparing for cotton. The general opinion is that the acreage of cotton will be increased. - Prof. Newson, veterinarian of Clemson' College, has found glanders among horses in Georgetown, Dar lington, Orangeburg and Bamberg counties. - The Seaboard Air Line between Cheraw and Columbia is now open for traffic. The distance is 88 miles end and there are ll stations between the two points. - John R. Abney, a graduate of Wofford College, class of 1870, now living in New York, will make the literary address before the societies of Wofford College in Jane. - The State House Commission has elected Frank P. Milburn, rsi Char lotte, N. C., supervising architect for the completion of the State House. Mr. Milburn's plans estimate the cost of the work at $106,000. - ? committee of busiuess men are | making a canvass of the city of Spar tanburg to secure funds with which to endow a chair of scholarship in Wofford College in honor of Dr. Jas. H. Carlisle. The purpose is to raise 920.000. - R. G. Hunt, of Dacusville, is in possession of a petrified duck. He found it a few days ago in tho bed of an old river where he was cutting a ditch. It is supposed to have been there over a hundred years.-Vicktn* Journal. - Colonel Issac F. Hunt, the last commander of the Thirteenth South Carolina regiment, McGowan's bri gade, died in Greenville last Friday after a brief illness. Paralysis of the brain caused his death. He was sixty seven years old. <. - Mrs. John Jolly, a young woman, was burning trash in the field near her home near Florence, when her dress caught fire from the trash pile and her clothing were barned off before help could reach her. 8he was the wife of a popular young farmer. - Last week at Aiken Jailer Pitner was overpowered by George and John McHan, two desperate negroes, who took the jail keys from him and mode their escape. They scaled the brick wall and then slid down the railroad cut and fled to the woods. - Mr. Henry H. Branson, the. de faulting probate judge, has returned to bis home in Orangeburg. He has been quite sick, and is not well yet. It is declared by his friends that he is not short in his accounts, and that he will take up the duties of his office again as soon as he recovers. - The Spring festival of Music and Art tobe held at Colombia April 26 and 27th, is an assured success, and will be one of the greatest events ever ? convening in the South, Excursion tickets will be sold on all the railroads and large crowds from neighboring cities will a?w?ud. - John and Harvey Jackson, two brothers, acc.ised of killing and burn lng*Cassie Boone in Chesterfield coun ty, were found guilty of murder, with recommendation to mercy. Judge Klugh sentenced the two prisoners to Ute imprisonment in the State peni tentiary. - A distressing accident occurr?4 at Greenwood last Friday night at 8 o'clock on the Southern road. Mr. Bogerro, a stone cutter, who has lived in Greenwood for several years, was run over by tho down passenger a few hundred yards from the station; both legs were horribly mangled jost below the knee and were afterwards takon off by the physicians. .vv',*f>.>'./i.'- N ' ' :.-.&.? lit Meuora! News Items. - Preparations for wnr are being ? made on both Bides by Russia and Jopan. - The news from South Africa is convincing Great Britain that tho wal is not over. - Turkey has announced that it will hereafter prohibit the importation of American pork. - Mineral production in the United States this year will reach a value of nearly $100,000,000. - There was a consiedrablo fall of snow in central and western Kansas last week, in many places to the depth of ten inches. - A handsome statue of Senator Vance has been completed by a Wash-1 ington sculptor and will soon be un veiled at Raleigh. - Statistics taken at Washington say that there is more money per capi tal in circulation now thnn ever be fore in this country. - A son of P. Lorrilard, tho mil lionaire tobacco man who inbei i tod over two millions from his father, has tiled petition in bankruptcy. U* ??y8 ?f Philadelphia , ,JC*^>-^. mass meeting at tho have held a &mw?S^ ROn( R me8Bag0 Academy of Music mi-^,. of sympathy to tho Boers, '^htwi^.,^ - Tho North Carolina State .>v.. eratic Convention has nominated llo./b C. H. Aycock for Governor, and en dorsed lilyan and his platform. - Mrs. Laura Iloltshneider is a can didate for mayor of Buena Vista, Colo rado. She is now an alderman and said to be the only woman" alderman in tho State. - The farmers of North Dakota have formed a grain growers association, the principal object of which is to re strict the production pf wheat and reg ulate the price. - The Manufacturers1 Record of Bnltiinoro states that since the iirst of Jauaruy cotton mills enough have been started in the .South to require a capital of $15,000,000. - In 1890 the Republican party is said to have raised for campaign pur poses $18,000,000, mostly from the trusts, but this year it is proposed to call for $80,000,000. - Reuben Dailey of Jcffersouville, Ind, is a candidate for the office of treasurer of his county, and hns in troduced in his campaigning the novel ty of stump speaking by phonograph. - Ont in Arizona section hands on the railroad eight miles fro M Jerome struck a vein of gold which assayed $28,000 to the ton. Those hands will soon be able to buy the railroad and about half of Arizona at that tick. - The telegraphers on tho Southern Railway system, who are members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, were ordered on a strike ax ii o'clock last Thursday morning. The officials of the Southern claim that only 10 per cent of the men have quit work, and the other side declares that 00 per ceut. are on a strike. - William Harper, tax assessor of Cleburne County, Ala., has for years beon ossified from his waist down, but is a thoroughly efficient officer. In making his rounds assessing property he is carried on a stretcher from place to place. He has been assessor for ten years, eight of which have been passed in his present helpless condition. - The lower branch of tho Iowa legislature has passed a bill prohibit ing the use of tobacco by persons under 10 years of age and by all minor pupils in the publia schools. Sales of tobacco to minors had previously been prohibited in the State, but the law had not been rigidly enforced. - Vermont has a law prohibiting th? sale of liquor in any town unless tho citizens vote for it, and then it must be dispensed by a town agent for med ical purposes or use in the arts.) INorth fieid, a town of 8,000, has had such an agency, and its receipts have been so large that the temperance people have had a law passed requiring the publi cation of the purchasers1 names. - Dr. Hunter McGuire, the chief sur geon of Stonewall Jackson's staff dur ing the war, and one of tho best known surgeons and physicians in the South, lias been strickened down suddenly with paralysis and his condition is alarming. Dr. McGuire amputated Jackson's arm after tho latter was wounded at Chancellorsville, and was with him when the great commander died at Guinea Station. Dr. McGuire is probably better informed about the military life of Jackson than any mon in the country. He has been consulted on this subject by writers and histori ans in various parts of the country. Dr. McGuire is 65 years old and his health has been fniling ?or several years. . - One of the ycusg men who will be j among the richest of the rich men of ' the first decade of the twentieth cen tury is Hatty Payne Whitney. He is at present the heir of three great for tunes. His father, William C. Whit-1 ney, is worth probably no less than ' $75,000,000; his uncle, Col. Oliver! Payne, has nearly as mueh, and it will go to him. His wife, who was Ger? trude Vanderbilt, will receive some thing like $15,000,000 from her father; so, taking in all in all, Harry Payne Whitney is liable to be one of the richest men in the United States a quarter of a century hence. He is a fresh-faced young man, is a lover of all athletic sports and is not averse to the club and social pleasures, which ho can so well afford. Pisgah Oracle?. Spring. surrounded by all of Nature's loveliness, has come, and the sound of the plough-boy's voico is heard echoing in the neighboring fields. The turiners seem to bo very busy putting in guano and planting cotton seed. The small grain crops aro looking very promising throughout this sec tion. Mrs. Nickles, ol' Due West, visited her charming daughter. Miss Ida, re cently. Misses Vivian Folger, Mary Hamil ton and Ruth King, ot* Ensley, wor shipped at this place Sunday. Messrs. W. O. Calhiham, W. L. Davis I nod James Charles,of Piedmont, visit ed relatives here Sunday. Our much-beloved pastor, Rev. Mr. lliott, preached a most interesting ser mou lust Sabbath, his text being, "What shall I do then with Jesus, which is caller Christ?"-Matthew 27th chanter and 22nd verse. Tho U mon Meeting will convene at this placo Saturday before tho fifth Sunday. Everybody is invited to at tend, and bring their dinner baskets plum full. The school at this place is in a nour ishing condition, and will close about the 12th of May. The health of our people is very good, with tho exception of Mr. Wm. Onllaham, who has been suffering the past week with la grippe. We aro glad to say he is some better now. Muv happiness and prosperity ever attend tho INTELLIGENCER and its ?-inanv readers. UNCLE REMUS. 1Tv Flat Hock items. ^^ijo bad weather we had Owing to tiVvjyers did not do much last week we l'aiu.."*V* farm i u g. ^S?^ *h? S? with Planting seems to bo a^w those that aro not through. "?%??d to a Hov. J. N. Sumnierel preachcig!fi?2.st large congregation at this plac? Sabbath afternoon. Wo understand that Miss Mamie Norris' school will give a picnic next Saturdav. Of course everybody is in vited. Several speakers uro also invi ted for the occasion. Some, of our most popular youugpeo ple are endeavoring to got up a first class musical club. Wo hope and feel that they will be successful in their mulei taking. Such a club will be a good opportunity for tho enjoyment of those that love music. Tile health of the community is very food at this writing, though the grippe as claimed a great many victims, c arly nil of whom have about recov ered. Easter has come and gone, and every b'\. - seemed to enjoy the day, for it was such a beautiful Sabbath. ?il tiloso v/ho had prepared "new riggins" hod a lovely dav to wear them. Mr. Henry Moore and Miss Bettie Walker were married last Sabbath af ternoon. Rev. J. N. H. Sumnierel per formed tho ceremony. LOGNON. Dir. E i rei Ps Successor. The following general order has been issued from the headquarters of thu Sonth Carolina division, U. C. V., in Charleston. General Order? No. 46. I. Tho division commander is pained to officially announce to the comrades of the division, the death of their late chaplain-general, Rev. S. P. H. Elwell, D. D. He "bivouacked on fame's eter nal camping ground," Feb. 17th, 1900, dying suddenly in Columbia, S. C. Our late chaplain-general Rev. S. P. H. Elwell, I). D., was in all things an ex emplar ol' all that is best in the Con federate veteran. While we mourn the deep loss, we will ever revere his meaiory. II. Rev. James H. Thoniwell D. D., of Fort Mill. S. C. is appointed chap lain-general. III. Miss Louise McFadden, of Ches ter, S. C., is appointed division sponsor for tho current year, and Miss Aline M obley, of Rock Hill, S. C., maid of honor. IV. Comrades J. W. Floyd, of Co lumbia, aud C. K. Henderson, of Aiken and Sol Emanuel, are appointed aides to the division commander, with rank of major. Gen. Walker has also issued this cir cular to the veterans.: "The division commander has made every effort to secure accommodations for tho comrades of the South Caro lina division, at Louisville, in one place and together. But nothing could be done, unless he could guarantee a certain number of delegates which he could not do. "The camps are advised that their delegates will have to arrange for themselves with the hotel they propose to stop at. "The division commander and staff will be at Willard's hotel, which is cen trally and conveniently situated. "He would like to see all the South Carolinians stay there-but to seouro accommodation delegates should apply for board at once. "Col. Geo. B. Lake, of the dilision staff, who has visited Louisville to en deavor to make arrangements for the division as a whole, writes that the Louisville people expect at tho reunion "all the surviving Confederates and the balance of mankind," so to be com fortably quartered, he would advise that delegates at once arrange for their board. "Those who cannot provide their own accommodation wilt be cared for for by the people of Louisville. "Tue matter of tho route io reach Louisville will be published to camps as soon as the committee can deter mina same* "We expect to arrange for a united movement by the division." Reduced Railroad Rates. The Charleston & Western Carolina Railway beg to announce reduced rates on account of the following occasions: Anim il Convention Christian Endea vor Unions, Aiken, S. C.--For this oc casion tickets will bo sold ou April 23rd to 26th, inducive, with final return limit April 80th, 1900. ^ < District Conference al. E. Church, ' Allendale, S. C.-For this occooion tickets will be sold May loth, loth and 17th with final limit May 22nd, 1900. Reunion United Confederate Veter I ans. Louisville, Ky.-Tickets will be sold May 97th, 23th and 99th, with final ' return limit Juno 0th, 1800, \ ABk for your tickets via tno C. & \\ C. Rntlway. W. J. CRAIG, General Passenger Agent* * MI ort Itti iwwS BS ' J WI I