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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25. 1900._ VOLUME XXXV-NO. 44. i s t .ft? t A so-called advantage in buying from other Clothing Stores in Anderson is credit-long credit, six months or a year. They have to give something in return for the large prices demanded. If that's what you want you can't buy our Clothes, but we give you everything else they do and more TOUR INT BICK IF TOD MIT IT I Every Cash Dollar you spend with us will purchase more than a Promise-to-Pay Dollar will buy anywhere. Don't that sound reasonable ? When we say we can save you money on your CLOTH ING, HATS and FURNISHINGS, we mean every word of it, and can easily prove it. Every word, mind you. All we want is a chance to show you our Goods and to quote the low prices on them. Then you can decide for yourself if what we have said in this "ad" is true. Our assortment of SPRING CLOTHING. HATS, FURNISHINGS and EVANS* $3.50 SHOES, Is complete and ready for your inspection. To-day is the right day to show you our Goods. vans & Co THE SPOT GASH CLOTHIERS. VVHSTil rre?wT A Few Things Necessary to make a . . . GOOD COTTON A PERFECT HOE should have a straight, vseiisea oned handle, made of the best grade selected tinber. The blade should be made of a high qi ali ty pf steel, perfectly tempered and properly sharpened. The shanks Bhouldbe of the e?me high quality of steel, and so fitted into the handles as to make their pulling out, from ordinary usage, impossible. All Hoes should be set to exactly suit the purpose for which they are intended. To find a Hoe that fully meet? ell of the&e requirements we invite you to come and inspect <uir line. ,Maa, ?romen. and children w?U here find a Hoe to suit them. All weight? and sizes are com prised in our mammoth stock. Please bear in mind that we are the only dealers in this section who buy their Goods in solid car lots, and hence are in a position to name such prices as cannot fail to make it to your interest to favor ns with your pa trO?ng?. ? ardware Co. We are ready with the NEWEST GOODS to supply your wants. The Prettiest Dress Goods, The Pretii^t Trimmings, 1 he Prettiest Millinery* Everything Up?to-D??e. Special attention to our Millinery Department. Big Uno of Groceries at very low prices. Yours ?r??y, MOORE, AOKER <& CO, Wholesale and Retail Merchants. K O. KVAWS, Jr. . "> 'Ifc R-PATI'"PI Perfumery, ToiletArticles, , ' Fasc^r ??rape, Sponges, <?ombo, > Hair and Tooth Brushes, Rubber 0oods and DntggistHotions, Faints, Oils, ?atnishks, Dyes, Buiets'Garden Seeds. FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Oten Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23,1900. The belief is growing that Admiral Dowey will accept tho second phice with Mr. Bryan on "the Democratic ticket, lt is well understood that Le will go into the Kansas City Conven tion with the backing of a number of influential Eastern Democrats, who will aBk for his nomination as Presi dent. But before they do so, or before the convention consents to even con sider his name for the honor, it will be essential that he state his intention to support the platform and candidate selected by the convention. Unless he will do th;s, even he must realize that there is absolutely no hope for him, and ?hat he might as well stay out from the iirst. Indeed, he would make a better race as an independent by so doing, as tho treachery involyed in such action would certainly lose him votes which he might otherwise ob tain. Possibly ho might prefer to re main in the woods and not state his position, Lr.t this will not be permitted. Willis Abbott, in behalf of tho press bureau of the Democratic party, has given out an interview welcoming the Admiral into the party and adding that "of course" he is too honest a man to ask the support of the convention un less ho is willing to abide by its de cisions. Further, a member of thc National Committee has written a let ter to the Admiral, which he cannot well avoid answering before the con vention meeta, asking him flatly for information on this point. If he does pledge himself, there is said to be no good reason why he should not accept the" Vice Presidency after losing tho Presidency. By so doing ho could achieve his dearest purpose of defeat ing McKinley, who, he firmly believes, has conspired to "kill" his popularity. He believes that nearly all the slurring remarks about him which are printed in the papers under a Washington date line, are inspired directly from the White Honse. Whether he is right in this supposition or not, it is certain that he is firmly convinced of the fact and that both he and Mrs. Dewey hate the President with a bitter hatred. A good many interesting reports of the attempts of army officers to track down and capture Aguinaldo are com ing in from the Philippines. They all have had only one result, and that is failure. The belief is, however, that Aguinaldo is not at Singapore, nor in Japan, nor anywhere else except in Luzon. In fact it is said that he Is sot far froui Manila and frequently visits that place, assuming for the purpose a disguise, at which he is said to be spe cially clever, lt would be an essy matter, say army officers &t Manila, foi A guinaldo co come into that town on .frequent visits without running the risk of detection, iu fact, about the safest placo for him to Stay would be Manila, which is the last place likely to be searched with the expectation of finding him. It is supposed that if he visits Manila it is in the garb of a beg gar or a destitute Filipino. The' present Republican Congress, which so exerted itself to please the trust in regard to Porto Rico and as well aa on other subjects, will almost certainly go home without even for mulating any plau for relieving the country of war taxes, which, according to the Secretary of the Treasury, will have yielded a surplus of over $50,000, 000 by June, 1000. There is some diffi culty in deciding which taxes to re I peal, emphasized by the insistance of I the people for relief from stomp taxes on the one hand and the claims of cer tain interests for favors on the other, and between the two, the Republicans proferto do nothing. Further, there is an advantage in retaining a huge surplus, which will amount by next June to some $78,000,000 in|the govern ment depositories. The government, of course, gets no interest for this, but there is no doubt that the favored banks will contribute largely to the caron ni ?>n fn??3s Gf tu? republican party this fall. One uer cent on the money leaned out to them would even now amount to over a million dollars, which would bea very nice nest-egg for the campaign. It would ail be per fectly straightforward, too. That is the beauty of it. The Secretary it>sds out the money to prevent congestion in the Treasury and the banks contribute to the fund out of pure patriotism. Further, by declining to reduce taxa tion at present the Republican party gets into an excellent position to prove the Democrats in the wrong. Next fall, if the taxes have not been before reduced, the Republicans can make just what reduction it sees fit. If Mc Kinley is re-elected it will retain plenty of revenue for the needs of the coun try, while if Bryan ?B elected, the Re publicans, who will still be in power next winter, will reduce taxation until the. revenues are ' insufficient for the country, leaving the Democrats with a Treasury which must be rapidly de pleted unies? they adopt the always unpleasant alternative of putting back some of the tarjes once more. Then the Republicana will say that they left 1 the Treasury overflowing, that they re duced taxation to suit the demand of the country, and that the incompetent Deinscrats r- "?-??jr postil? Treasury in finraeial difficulties. It is a beauti ful scheme, and there seems ho way of preventing ita going through. ? Some of the monstrosities or tho ! special legislation occasionally leak out. Here. is one. Representative Fitzpatrick, of Kentucky, recently re 1 eel ved a letter from a woman in his I oistnot who asked that,he become in terested ?r? her application for apeu [ sion. She said that when the civil war broke out ehe was engaged to a young farmer boy who went to the front. Before ho left he ?ave her a medal to r wear. He was allied, and since that t?iu? ohs ?ms been married twice and has raised two families. But she never could forget the blue-eyed farmer boy, and has always worn his medal. She thinks this entitles hor to a pension, and asked Hr, Fitzpatrick to aid her in securing ono. And this is no worsen eas?; than some that have been approv ed by Congress. \ A DESERTED HEARTHSTONE. Editorial Correspondence Gre?nrHl* JUouv taineer. ANDERSON, April moo.-Tint after? noon luis been bright nud balmy, and thc soft breezes lured nie away ironi the bustling activity of lifo iu one ol! tho most progressive towns in South Carolina, which was a mero village when I went to it more than forty years ago, a stranger yet in his teens who had been quickly assimilated with the homogeneous population, where thero were no castes or distinctions except upon lines of integrity and morality. Looking back to those days thero conics to recollection a feature of the com munity which did not impress me so strongly then as now, and it was the high standard of personal conduct ex acted by the public sentiment which dominated the inhabitants and per meated tho wholo structure of society. Churches and schools were more flour ishing than material industries, and tho village lifo was influenced largely by tho mon and women who were con nected with these institutions. A tem perance organization included scores of young men and young ladies, in ad dition to iv large number of older per sons, and tho weekly meetings were numerously attended. Tho seed sown in that day by godly men and women have been bearing fruit over since. I am digressing from what was in tended to be written, for tho country rather than the town has attracted mo this afternoon, and I have been revel ing iu memories of other days con nected with a family now scattered here and there, with whom it was iny good fortuno to bo associated from the beginning of a twenty years residence m Anderson. The lights and shadow's, the joys and sorrows, the eras of pros perity and adversity, come trooping along as the olden times are recalled, and in fanoy 1 am once again in the midst of a large .ind happy household, where good cheer and bountiful hospi tality were the daily ministration oE the master and the mistress, whose kindly welcome never failed to greet their friends, and under whose roof tho poor and the needy often found shelter arid nourishment. This latter is not idle assertion or fanciful description, but the iteration of facts too seldom met with in these days. Two miles west of Anderson there stands a roomy mansion, now tenants less and deserted, where such scenes as I have described were for many years being enacted. It was the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Keys, and it was near the exact spot where they began life together more than three-score years ago in an humble, unpretentious dwelling, which gave place after years of diligent ihdnsti? ^ad energetic toil to the stately building that now stands unoccupied on the brow of a hill over looking the surrounding country. This house was projected on a liberal scale for the times when it was built. The foundations were laid strong and deep, and the granite underneath will remain there when decoy has swept off every timber above it. The broad piazzas on three sides of the building were always cool and enticing in the summer even ings, and the wide hal?B were a delight at noon day. The square rooms were airy and comfortable, the ceilings were lofty, and the double windows invited the breezes from the valley of the Generostee which lies to the south of the old mansion. O, tho merry days of .winter with their great log fires and the happy gatherings in the summer season when fruits were abundant. As I stepped upon the piazza of the desolate homestead there lay before me the joggling board, upon which was rudely carved the names of grandchil dren, now broken to pie ?ES and useless. Peering into the parlor window there \ms the old piano, a relic cf earlier and happier times, which was so often the solace and entertainment of house parties when dreary winter and blind ing snow had shut in the entire house hold, and the music from the piano led the dance, where joy was unconfined and where Cupid was an active partici pant. Once these halls resounded with mirth and gayety, and anon I have seen them full of gloom and despair. Where the piano is now standing was brought, one bleak Christmas morn ing, the mortal remains of a favorito son and brother, who had been crushed to death in a railroad accident. Once there was dressed herc for burial a fair young girl, whose life went out as the exhalation of a flower, an adopted child of the household then trans planted to a heavenly mansion. These and other sorrows broke in upon the happiness and geniality of its inmates. The wonted sunshine gave way at an other tin'? tn ?h* ?r?^T?.tZt cf ?ajo ?u? i months, /when father and son were thrust into a Federal prison, tried by a prejudiced court martial, and sen tenced to the Dry Tortugas. They were afterwards removed to Fort Dela ware, from1 whence they were finally released by tho intervention of the writ of habeas corpus, which restored them after eighteen months- to* family and friends. Tho pationt endurance of the wife and mother under this sore trial was truly sublime, and in answer to her unceasing prayers the great cloud was lifted and the sunshine eames into her Ufe once more. Gentle, uncomplaining and filled with unswerving Faith, she went'the rounds of her daily duties as usual, and instilled lessons of patience and resignation into those who were yet beneath the roof tree. The match loss power of n woman's constnucy and devotion to duty was never better ex emplified, and tar away ia brighter realms is now worn a crown of rejoic ing nud the white robe of righteousness for which she was made meet in those days of trial and tribulation. Down yonder is the Bpring whose clear, crystal waters come bubbling from tho foot of the hill, and being surrounded with stately elms and oaks this was always a favorite resort for the town folk. Mr. Keys gave much of his time in perfecting the surroundings > and keeping the spring iu excellent or der. He utilized the water for keeping fresh and cool tho milk and butter, and for irrigating the garden which was below the spring house. Fish ponds were still further down tho stream, and in many ways the famous spring contributed to tho comfort of the family. This identical spot was the scene of the first reunion of the Confederate soldiers after their flag was furled at Appomattox, so far as I have ac knowledge, a lid which reunion took place in July, ISO.1}. Mr. Keys was the originator of this early gathering of men who had surrendered only three months before, after four years of hardship and privation, and his idea mainly was to have the members of the company (in which two of his sons had served) to become his guests, and inci dentally it was his purpose to give them such a quota of rations as would go far to make them forget the defici encies iu that line when they wert marching and fighting in Virginia, He had every member within reach summoned to tho feast, and represen tatives of every family who at auy time had a malo member connected with thc Palmetto Rillemen, which was Co. C, Palmetto Sharp Shooters. HU inten tion was to provide the entire company and their invited guests with a dinuei from his own larder, but this was such an immense undertaking that neigh bors and friends insisted upon having the privilege of contributing to thc royal feast, which was served mulei the leafy oaks and wide-spreading elms, with mothers, wives and sweet hearts as the happy distributors of thc bounty which loving hands had pre pared for the survivors of a most, gal lant band. The writer and Warren D Wilkes had been chosen to "tell tia story of the glory" that had gatheret around the stars and bars under -?Licl they had fought, and an hour wai spent in narrating facts and incident connected with their experience. Ru the most effective speeches were mad* apart from the crowd, and resulted ii other invitations being sent out at. i later day. Twenty years afterward (1885J the members of Co. C., P. S. 8. again assembled nt Keys' spring, whei the writer read a history of the com puny, and there was an exchange o story nnd incident far moro interesting than before, because Timo was cuttini down our comrades here and there which made us realize moro than w did iu 1805 the naturo and character o these reunions as perpetuating th name and the fame of the Confedernt soldier. Our noble and generous host ha years ago passed over the river at ripo old age, and he is entitled to th distinction, I verily believe, of in au gr rating the reunions whicii in recei times have grown to such proportior and engendered so much inter?s Leaving the spring he loved so we this afternoon, I went by the old pat to the house on tho hill, and each ste was a reminder of happy hours while away in goodly company. Tho pat seemed peopled again as of yore, bi only shadowy forms were around m and the echo of loved voices ae bac from wooded gieu and io* , valle; The orchard was abloom once mor* and there were gnarled trees here an there from which 1 had plucked ripci ed fruit with young men nnd maidci who are now going down the hill < life, or else who aro gathering fm from the tree of life over yonde Change is written on all before ir and the desolation of the hearthBtor was evident on all sides. Near tl house, stretched out and asleep, was darkey who might have been one of tl former servants, but alas, ho was n alien and a stranger, and he never f much as knew one of the old-tin darkies who always sprang forward 1 greet mc as I drove within the gat It would have been healing to 'm stricken spirit if one of them had bec there to talk about master and mi; tress, and even to revive menu ?iii that are mournful and sad. Not familiar sound was heard, nor a von that ever mingled with the tunefi melodies of the household. My foo ' Ttzonnitd with the echoes ot distant past, and I turned away wff sorrowful heart that so much of earth! pleasures had been submerged in tl ever-rolling tide of human affairs ar that their brightness had vanished fo ever. J. A. H. Ossftisss Cannot bs Cared hf local applications, M they eeonot retch tl aaaawi portion of tb? ear. Thiro ls only o: war to eora Daafnees, ?nd that lt by oonstit ?nal real edle?. Deafneee la caused by an lnflai condition cf the raucous lining of tho Kutta? Un Tobe. Whss ChU tab? reta inflamed you ba a r a tabling ?oued or Imperfect hearing, and wb< i to entirely closed deafness ia tba result, ai nnleee the Inflam allon can be taken out and tt eba restored to ita normal condition, hearing w destroyed forerer ; nine cases out of ten a caused by ca tarrah, which ia nothing ort an 1 flamed condition of the mucous surfaaee. .. Wc wUl give One Hundred Dalian for any ca of Deafness (canted by catarrh) that cannot cured by Halla Catarrh Cure. Bead for circulai free. P. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo. O SV-Bold by Druggists, ?e. Halla Family rills are the best. ". ' . ? ? ' > ? >.?...? .-..!./. . .?.'..-.?.?-r. . rv..-i ? STATE NEWS. - Charleston truckers have begun to ship green pease. - South Carolina's naval militia will get $2,27(5 from the government this . year. - Several new eases of smallpox have recently been reported in various ! sections of tho Stalte. - Bishop W. W. Unman will preach j tho commencement sermon of Win- ? th rep College tho first Sunday tu Juue. - The new naval appropriation bill carries something over a quarter of a million for the improvement of l'ort Royal station. - The Southern Wholesale grocers have succumbed to the charms of Charleston and will hold their annual meeting there in May. - Tho New Windsor Hotel in Green ville was seriously damaged by lire last Sundoy night. The damage is estimated at ?5,000, and is fully cover ed by insurance. - Attorney General Bellinger has given notice that he will appeal from Judge Benet's decision quashing thc indictments against Col. Neal, lute superintendent of,the penitentiary, foi failure to turn over publie funds. - Laurens seems to bo ahead of al the counties in the matters of candi dates. The local papers have mon than a column of names of patriots citizens who stand ready to sacritici themselves upon the altar of theil country. - A lady member of the Se.com Presbyterian Church in Columbia ha paid the mortgage of $5,000 that ha long rested upon that church. Ile liberality has not only cleared all in debtedncss, but leaves a balance c several hundred dollars in the treasury - Collector Tolbert was lired froi tho Charleston custom house on th representations made by tho speen agent of tho government who wet down thero to hunt; the blind tige that was thought to be concealed then Col. K. M. Wallace of Sumter has bee appointed iu his stead. - A hog disease has broken ot among tho stock of Aiken farmers. ! is not cholera, as the hogs do not los their appetite. It renders their hin legs powerless and they drag then solves about by their forelegs. A nun ber have died and the farmers ai puzzled to know what to do with ti disease. - E. Sitgravcs, a business man < Laurens, was before the federal dh trict court in Greenville last wei for contempt because ho did not tut over $0,000 to his creditors. He toi Judge Browley that he had lost ti money at poker, and when the judi asked him what thr limit was he cou not remember. - The Grand Lodge Knights < Honor of this State met in Columb lost week. The financial showing wi gratifying. The fotflcers for next ye? are W. A. Templeton, past grand di tator; J. W. Todd, groud dictator; ] N. Zealey, grand reporter; J. T. Kol orison, grand treasurer; L. N. Zeal? and J. W. Todd delegates to the si pre me lodge. - The postofllce nt Lake City hi been re-established and Mrs.^Della ! Carter, white, appointed postmastt This was done upon petitions filed 1 practically all of tho white and colon citizens requesting re-establishment the office mid this lady's appointmer The colored people submitted a se arate petition requesting her appoiu mont*. There has been no post?nico Lake City since the colored postranst thero was killed by a mob two yen ago. - The State Treasurer hus rece i vt a check for $3,000 which represeu the charter fee of tho Atlantic Cos Lino Railroad company of Virgin: This is the largest fee which has be received by the Secretary of State f the issuance of articles of incorpor tion in roany years. This fee aloi makes tho office of Secretary of^Sta almost self-supporting, but tho fe from other industrial corporations w run tho total for 1000 far in excess preceding years. - Cora, the four-year-old daughl of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Holden, w live near Walhalla, was., terribly bur cd last Wednesday afternoon abo live o'clock, from tho effects of whi ftho died the night following nt twel o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Holden were the barn shelling corn, and the t< oldest children, who were left nt t house, lighted A lamp and became i volved in a scafllo over it, when t clothing of tho oldest was, in soi way, ignited. When the mother reac ed tho house tho clothing was ncai a!! burn??.i "vi?a, tbs eiiiidTH bod Little Cora never regained con scion . ness.- Walhalla Courier. . - A sad affair occurred last Wedne i day afternoon in the Return neighbc ?hood', Oconeo County, when Da Sanders was killed by a pistol sh from the hands of Walter Hopkii Several young men of the neighbc hood congregated and in going from o neighbor's to another's they were han ling-pistols when that of Walter Ho kins accidentally discharged, the lo striking young Sanders in tho back ai penetrating the heart, causing mirnee ate death. Magistrate T. E. Stribli: held an inquest over the body. T jury rendered a verdict in accordan with the facts. Hopkins was so shoe ed and grief stricken that ho threate ed to take his own lifo. The fnmili are well-to-do country people. General News Item*. - lt is said the .South African war has already cost England halt a billion dollars. - Great damage has been done by the Hoods ii? Alabama and Mississippi the past week. - The effort to subjugate tho Hoers has cost England thus far 23,000 men aud $500,000,000. - The Kentucky governor's ease will come before tho United States supremo court on April 80th. - lt is estimated that William .J. Hryan has travelled Over 100,000 miles in the last four years. - Representative Levy of New York, hus introduced a bill in Congress to re peal the war revenue act. - Great damage to lives and prop erty has been wrought by heavy Hoods in the Mississippi valley. - Theodore Haynes, a young fanner, near Washington, Ga., was killed by lightning as he was walking along a road. - Dr. Broughton, ot' Atlanta, is j standing by the telegraphers in their strike aad says he is their friend with his money and influence. - A canvass made by the New York I Journal shows that already enough States ore pledged te William J. Bryan to insure his nomination. - Two young Georgia ladies are making money by a holly and mislctoe farm. They raise these evergreeus for I sale, and lind a ready market North. - Mrs. Matilda Quitman, of New York City, wept until she lost her eye i sight through grief at tho death of lier ' husband and little daughter. - The historic church at Concord ' where the Massachusetts provincial , congress met in tho spring of 1775, i was burned to the ground cn the morn ? ing of April 12th. I - President McKinley will visit t Charlotte, N. C., on May 20th topar : ticipate in the celebration of the 125th , anniversary of the Meeklenbcrgdeclar t ation of independence. - The project for a pan-American t Congress in Mexico has been success : fully launched nt a meeting in Wash > ington of diplomats from South and I Central American countries. - It is predicted that the fruit crop - of Georgia this year will be the great > est in the history of the State, and it !? -, estimated that fully 3,000 carloads1 will be shipped out of the State. ! - W. V. Powell, president of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, has : sued the Southern Railway for $50,000 i damages on account of a publication 1 which occurred in au Atlanta paper. ) - The Russiau government recently > borrowed $25,000,000 dollars in New L York, most of which will bo spent in this country for railroad material to : bo used ou the Trans-Siberian* Rail k road. i -Tho Kentucky grand jury turned ' in ten indictments for the Goobel mur der recently, tax principals and four accessories. These indictments will be followed by others, including tho in ' dictment of Gov. Taylor. - Chas. H. Allen, of Massachusetts, Assistant Secretary of tho Navy, has been tendered tho governorship^ of Porto Rico. He has signified that he will accept. He is 52 years old, a man ufacturer and a bank president. 1 -Tho Paris Exposition has been formally opened and the most elaborate exhibition of the world's progress in manufacturing, in industrial develop ment, in fine arts and in every depart ment of life is open to the world. - The National Agricultural depart ' ment reports that the condition of winter wheat for April 1 is 82.1 against 77.9 last year and a ten-year average 1 of 82.8. The Hessian fly has damaged ' crops in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. - Tho expense account of the last IT. S. Philippine commission has been made public. It foots up $117,185 for the three commissioners and their sec retary. The items indicate that none of them suffered in money or comforts or luxuries while striving to bolster up our new imperialism. - A scientific statistical work just published fixes tho population of Eu rope at 381,000,000, an increase of 70, 000,000 since ?870, or an annual increase of about three millions. The average density of this population is given as thirty-nine inhabitants for every five eights of a square mile. - Tho Federal Department of Agri culture ts making a special point of re commending nut culture. In New England tho abandoned farms are be ing planted with nut trees, and tho worked -out ground is found to furnish nourishment enough to cause the wal nut, butternut and chestnut to flou?l?u abundantly. - In addition to the national military parks at Gettysburg, Chickamaugo, Antietam, Shiloh and Vicksburg, it is now proposed td establish others at Stone River, near Fredericksburg, and at Atlanta. The battlefields are among the nation's great historical mona** monta, and public interest in them will be maintained as long as the re public shall exist. - A novelty for thc Confedera to Re union at Louisvilleis being arranged by Col. Will S Hays, the famous composer. He has written a song entitled, "Come a-Runnin'," which is to bo rendered by 100 colored people, men and women, accompanied by a full military band. The words of tho song are in negro dialect, and tho muslo is said to be simple, full of life and rieh < in melody. ^ id;