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The Greatest Opportunity FOR In the History of Anderson. 15,000 STOCK TO SELECT FROM. WE offer a limited quantity of James A. \ Men's $4.50 and Shoes at $2.50 per Pair. About half price. Also, 300 pairs of HATES PARTRIDGE CO'S. Women's Grade Worth $2.00, $2.25, $2.50, $2.75 and $3.00 per pair, tha\we propose giving you youivehoioe- y X\ At $1,50 per pair. - And 150 pair? J^YSS ?A9TiCIDG? SHOE CO'S - ans . *. i.. Oxfords, Worth $2.00, $2125,$2.50, ?2.75 and $3 00 per pair At $1.50 per Pair. The above means a considerable loss to us, hut we must clear out all odds and ends in Shoes, so as to make room for Fall and Winter Stock soon to arrive. HENCE THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY I In addition to the above Specials we wish to invite your attention to our-^ NEW UP-TO-DATE FOOTWEAR. Men's at $3.00, and Low Cut at f ?11.50 & $2,00. Also, Ladies' $1.50, $2.00, $2.50. Shoes $3.50 &$ 4.60 Summer Shoes $3.?0&$3.50. ?Sum. Oxfords $3.00, $3.50, $4.00. Remember, that in our Stock you can find almost any* j thing in the wily of Footwear for nie?, WCS&B RUB children. Cjm?y, Wholesale and fiot??l Dealers sn C4 Local News, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1900. THE COT?OH MAMET. Cometed Weekly by Brown, Osborno 4 Co Strict Good Middling-0*. Good Middling-0. Strict Middling-Si. Middlinp-8S. Stnined Cotton-8 to 8J. The sommer girl has arrived and is as captivating as usual. Mr. Chas. D. Brown, of Abbeville, spent yesterday in tho city. Tho number of candidates for the various County offices is slowly increas ing. Miss Helen Sloan, of Charleston, is visiting friends and relatives in the city. If the census enumerator fails to call on you, hunt him up nod give him tho facts. Miss Julia Haiti wanger, of Edgeiield, is in Anderson, visiting friends and relatives. The attention of contractors is called to the advertisements of the County Supervisor. County .Superintendent Nicholson has an important notice to teachers in another column. Anderson should have a first-class military cowpony. Who will toko thc lead in'orgiinixing it? Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Humphreys, of ' Cliarlestou,\aie in the city visiting tho I former's mother and family. Mr. L. P. Smith is arranging to run au excursion from Anderson to Ashe ville, N. C., in the near future. Dr. 15. Frank Sloan, a son of Dr. P. H. E. Sloan, of Clemson, has located in Ninety-Six for the practice of medicine. In their new advertisement this week 13. O. Evans & Co. announce a big re duction in prices of clothing. Read it. Blackberries are plentiful and jay birds and newspaper folks are sato on the ration question for several weeks to come. Messrs. Kurty P. and William J. Smith, of Columbia, are in the city tho guests of their sisters, Mrs. Denn nnd Mrs. Rntliffe. It is reported that the wet weather is rotting Hie penches iii some sections of the country nnd many of them aro fall ing from the trees. The County Democratic Executive Committee meets next Monday. Every member should attend, ns the meeting is an important one. A. Beaty Sherard, Esq., of Columbia, came up a few days ago to spend a short vacation with his parents and other relatives in this County. Bead the "Great Opportunity" pre sented the public for buying shoes by Brown, Osborne & Co. in this issue. This should interest every one. Postmaster Cochran, who has been quite sick for several weeks, is now convalescing rapidly, and we nope he will soon be able to resume hu duties. . Kev. It. C. Ligon requests ns to an* nomico that the sessional m jeting ap pointed to be held at Rob e.'ts Church next Saturday has been postponed to a. later date. -. ??f Youngman, -it-you aro going to try' for. that West Point cad et sh ip, you must appear before the examining committee in Columbia, S. C., July 3, at 10 a. m. The National Educational Associa tion will hold its session in Charleston from the 7th to the 13th of July, and as many teachers of Anderson county ns cnn should attend. With this issue THE INTELT.IGEXCEU begins its t.jirty-sixth- year, and can still proudly boast of having a larger circulation than any other. County weeklyjn South Carolina. *Thero will bo preaching in tho Pres byterian Church at Deans on the af ter ternoon of tho second Sabbath in July nt 4 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend the service. The following candidates are. an nounced this week: For Congress, C. T. Wyche; House of Representatives, R. F. Div vcr and G. E. Prince; Sheriff, N. R. Green; Coroner, J. J. Dodd. / At n meeting, of the Board of Trus tees of the Anderson Graded Schools last Saturday all the teachers of the Greely Institute, the. colored school, were re-elected to serve another year. The annual inspection and parade of the Anderson Fire Department Wilt take place on Thursday afternoon, July 5th, instead of on Wednesday after-, noon, July 4th, as has been announced, j Mr: John M. Geer, of this County, who has been living in Greenville for several years, has moved to Easley, having been, elected President of the Easley Colton Mill, which is now being bsiit. It ? of no use for boys to try to start up that old gag about some girl being poisoned by catina ice cream. Oh, no, bud, yon can't get out of it by any such racket as that, might as well get that '20 cents ready. -? Mr. Ellison Capers, Jr.r of Colombia, spent last Thursday in the city visit ing his brother. Rev. W. T. Capers. Mr. Capers is a candidate for State Superintendent of Education, and ia eminently qualified for the position. Mr. Victor B. Cheshire, of Anderson, S. C., was'in town the first of the wee*k? He is nn accomplished typo graphical compositor, and is what is known by the craft as a "swift." It is rumored that he sets typo so fast when he gets a move on hint that a. hose has to bo turned on the case to keep the typo from meltii^v-Hartwell {(ia.) Mrs. P. M. Roynll will give a talk on China at the First Baptist Church next Monday afternoon, July 2nd, nt 4.30 o'clock. Ladies and girls in the town ami the country who would like to hear her are cordially invited to attend. On account of the celebration of the Fourth of July tho Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets to all points i?rone and one-third iirst-cinss fare for tho round trip. Tickets will be on sale July 2nd, 3rd aud 4th, with iiunl limit July 7th. Our former young i . smnu Mr. "Walter R. McFall, who ii < onducting the Riley Hotel in Greenw d, is keep ing it up to its old stn; ?ard, and is being liberally patronized When you visit Greenwood don't fail to stop with Mr. McFall. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Townsend, Mr. George Evans and Miss Maggie Evans leave to-morrow for New York en route to the Paris Exposition. We join their many friends in wishing them a most pleasant trip mid a safe return home. Thc Southern Industrial League .meets in Atlanta on July 18th. Gov i Mcsweeney has appointed a delegate from each Congressional Districts ii this State. Hon. J. M. Sullivan, ot this city, has been appointed to repre Eent the Third District. Tho members of the Executive Coin m it tees ot' tho four Democratic Club in this city will meet at Bonham ? Watkins' ollico next Friday evening a 7 o'clock for the purpose of tixing i date and making other arrangement for tho municipal primary eleetioi next month. The Secretary of State has issued i c JIU mission to the Citizens Hank o Honen Path. Tho capital stock is t< bo $25,000. Tho corporators are J. A Brock, C. E. Harper, Ellison Smythe James L, Orr, E. Harris, J. W. Hroek L. A. Brock, P. W. Sullivan, J. V. Ka: and M. McGee. The new free rural mail deliver; along "star routes" iu South Carolin; goes into effect July 1. All interests should have in place proper boxes b; the date named. These boxes shouh bo so fixed that the carrier cnn put th mail into them* without leaving th seat of his vehicle. The Anderson base ball team downe* the Yorkville team at Yorkvillo las week. Our team came home Saturna; and are playing a series of games wit! tho Abbeville team. Anderson woi the games of Monday and yesteiday and will no doubt be the victors in th third game this afternoon. O. B. Martin, principal of Centra graded school, of Greenville, has beei appointed by State Superintendent o Education McMnhan to-conduct a sum mer school for negro teachers to bi held in Anderson, beginning July lOtl and continuing for four weeks. H will be assisted by Thomas L. Colt in of Columbia. Mr. C. II. Burkett has been electei Superintendent of the new Oil Mill t be built at Anderson. He will seU hi property in Union and move his famil; to Anderson in time for the opening u] ot' the mill. We are sorry to lose Mr Burkett and his excellent family fror our midst. Bat wish him succ?s wherever he goes.- Union limes. The heavy rains which have fallen i this section almost daily for the pae ten days have done much damage. Ii some sections the laud is badly washe an? u great deal of bottom corn is ruin ed, while the crops generally are almpi taken with the grass. The stream have been greatly swollen and a fci bridges have been washed away. Mrs. Margaret Bradberry died lat Monday morning at the home of he son, Mr. James P. Brndberry, nee Townville. She was about 80 years c age, and had been quite feeble for se\ eral years. She was a sister of Messr 0. H. P. Fant and W. P. M. Pant, c this County, and leaves many friend and relatives to cherish her memory. Mrs. R. H. Burriss, of Newsome, Va who is jn the city visiting the family < her brother-in-law, Mr. N. C. Burris is quite sick, and yesterday her hut band, Rev. R. H. Burriss, arrived hoi to be at her bedside. The many f rient of Mr; Hurries are delighted to gre? him, and will join us in wishing h good wife a speedy restoration i health. f On account of the annual meeting < the National Education Associatio the Southern Railway will sell rous trip tickets to Charleston at one fire class fare, pins two dollars members!) fee, for the ronnd trip. Tickets wi be sold Joly 3,0, 7, 0, and 10, with fin limit September 1st. The rate fro Anderson, including membership ie is $0.40, j An exchange says there is hardly married man, excepting editors, wi does not habitually carry in hispocke the picture of an attractiv? young la? who is not h i H wife. We violate i confidence when we say her name Miss Anna Widers Williams, of Phi! deipl'ta, and that picture oi n a men the silver dollar which all of us use when we have it. The latest manufacturing enterpri for Anderson is a fertilizer factor with a capital fitock of $100,000. Se eral of our progressive citizens ha been considering the matter for soi time, and lust Wednesday it was d term in ed to inaugurate the enterpri at once. ? brief canvass resulted securing subscriptions to the arnon of 840,000, aud it was very evident tb there wonld be no trouble in secnrii all the capital needed for the plai A petition has been forwarded to t Secretary of State for a commission organize the Company. The corpoi tors are F. G. Brown, J. J. Fretwell, Frank Mauldin, W. G. Watson, J. : Sullivan, J. H. Masters, M. A. Der John Eskew, D. A. Lcdbetter, P. Allen'and W. F. Cox. Let the go work go on. Mr. John I. McGee, a popular and in fluential citizen ot'Greenville County, died at his home at Fountain Inn last Wednesday night of paralysis, aged 50 years. He was a brother of Mr. W, P. McGee, who died near Donnldsville on the 10th inst. His wife and four child ren survive him. He has many friends and relatives in Anderson County who deeply regret his death. Mrs. Mattie Ramage, the beloved | wife of Mr. Dorsey Ramage, died at their home, near Fair Play, on Satur day, 10th instant, after a brief illness, aged about thirty years. She leaves her husband and six children to mourn her death, to whom is extended the symr>"thy of many friends. She was a faithful member of tho Methodist Church. Her body was buried at Benv erdam Baptist Church on Sunday, after funeral services conducted by Rev. J. W. Bailey. Mrs. Josephine Lewis, widow of the late Augustus Lewis, died last Monday morning in a hospital at Baltimore, whore she went, a few weeks ago for treatment. The remains will he brought to her home at linnea Tat li to day and interred by the side of bei husband. Mrs. Lewis was the eldest sister of Mr. .LA. Brock, of this city, and was a most excellent Christian woman, having long been a devote? member of the Baptist Church. Hoi death, while not unexpected, briugi sorrow to a wide circle of friends an? relatives, who will ever cherish hoi memory. 'I'la- Greenwood Journal, of the 32m inst., says: "Miss Miriam Karie Lee am Mr. Taylor St. Julian Goodwyn wen married at 0 o'clock Thursday morn ing, June 20th, at the home of th bride's parents, Major and Mrs. T. 1) Lee. Dr. James IL Thornwell, of For Mill, assisted by Dr. Forrester, per formed tho ceremony. The bride am groom left tho city on the ?:?10 South ern for the mountain resorts." Tin happy couple carno to Anderson am spent a few days with relatives of th bride, she being a sister of Mr. W. V. Lee, of this County, mid a neico of Mi W. S. Lee, of this city. Great preparations arc being made a Piedmont for the fourth of July. Th Piedmont people aro expecting a larg crowd, and they nrc preparing to giv them all the accommodations and en tertaininent possible. One of the tea tures of the day will be a bnrbecuet dinner put in proper shape by an ex pert at the business. There will be i game of ball in tho morning aud after noon?between the Piedmont-Greenvill team pud the Anderson team. In th afternoon there will bo bicycle, sack potato, wheelbarrow races, climbinj the greasy pole, etc., followed in th early evening by a display of firework* t Tho Warren ton correspondent of th Abbeville Medium says: "Last Monda; in response to a letter from one of th patrons Prof. R. B. Cheathnm went u; to Belton nnd made such a good im pression on the people there that h was at once elected Principal of th Belton High School for*the next sea sion. The School is a large one, pay a good salary and employ H two assist ant teachers. Prof. Cheatham is to b congratulated upon being employed b people who appreciate the fact that h is one of the best teachers in Abbovill and will build up. their school with th growth of tho town, Williugton's lo? is certainly a big gain for Belton." Last Friday night Mr. C. IL E. Orl man's horse escaped from tho stable i the rear of his bakery, and next morn ing was found dead at the Blue Ridg Railroad yard, with a long, terribl gash in its bowels, which no doul caused its death. Mr. Ortman lu been informed that tho horse was see on North Main street, near the railroa bridge, between 10 and ll o'clock tin night, aud that a buggy, occupied b two men, came down tho street at fat speed and ran into tho horse, thc en of tho shaft entering its bowels an cutting the long gash. The horse coul be traced from Main street to where was found by the blood dripping fro its wound along tho route it travele lt is not known who thc persons ai that occupied tho buggy. Rev. nnd Mrs. F. M. Royal, who luv been serving ns Missionaries in Chii for the past five years from the Sont ern Baptist Convention, have retnrnt to the United States on a short vac tion to visit their old homes and rel ti ves. Mrs. Royal, who was Mies Ma Sullivan, of this city, was sout ns missionary to China, where she m and married Mr. Royal, who had pi ceded her to that heathen land a she while. Mr. and Mrs. Royal arrived j Anderson a few days ago and we warmly welcomed by the latter's ma: friends. On Sunday night Mr. Roj delivered a most interesting add rf in the First Baptist Church on 1 work and experience in China, Th left China last March, when every thi was comparatively peaceful there. A most distressing accident o cc mr near Dean last Monday morning which Mr. Wad. A. Dean, a son of B R. B. Dean, and a brother of Mr. Mnj A. D???, of this city, was dangerom shot in the left hip, the ball rangt upward and lodging nnder the st near the right nipple. The course the ball, which was a 38 calibre; show that the, intestines were uninjni though it came into contact with soi of tho larger bones and grave fears t entertained that the liver and rig lung were penetrated. There see: to be no certainty as to how tho t fort?nate accident occurred, the mi plausible theory being that the pis was discharged in bis pocket while was asleep on a workbench in the ya: At last reports he was resting v< quietly, though his friends are nu apprehensive ns to the result. He i Ipopular and energetic young fnrn who numbers his friends by the seo and they await anxiously tho co\ol f news of his ultimate recovery. CHANGE EVERY maja owes himself two Suits of Clothes. A change makes him feel like a new maD. It's a cooler one we want to sell you. We have all the New Things In Flannels, Stripes and Plaid s-round and square cut, dou ble breast and straight cut. Prices from $5.00 to $12.50. All Cassimeres, Plain and Fancy Worsteds greatly re duced. You can't afford to buy a Suit of any kind before seeing the Cut Prices we are now giving. You had better call early to get your size, as they are going rapidly. Hall Bros. & Co., CLO rHIERS ^?L THIS SPACE pf BELONGS TO t\\Xm*\COBB & CBAYTON, The Shoe People! Who bought their Shoes in solid car lots before the ad vance for the year 1900. We are selling this Slipper you see at COST. Do you need a pair ? Tell your friends whenever you see them that we can save them money on Shoes. Many thanks for your past patronage. THE SHOE STORE, MASONIC TEMPLE. A WORD TO THE WISE I A freight train makes more noise than the fast express, and for this reason we do not want to make any extra "large" noise, bat ia a very modest way we would like to say : We havo too roany Goods for this season of the year, and we aro Roiog to make some very interesting prices on Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats and Groceries. Our Shoe Stock alone compris*s over aovan thousand dollaT worth of Goods, and while we are selilDg a lot of Shoos we would like to greatly increase our sales for the next sixty days, and for that reason we win make z. Speomi Discount Sale on every pair of Shoes in oar House. One lot of Ladles' Dongola Button Shoes, former prioe $1.00, now 75o. One lot Ladies' Viol Kid Shoes, all styles, Lace and Button, former price 91.65, will aell them to you now for ?i.2r>. We only mention these two lots be cause they are onr most popular line?. We have hundreds of similar lots tojgo the same way. Remember, we carry Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes of every kind, from the cheapest to the beat band-sewed goods made, and this Discount Sale applies to every Shoe In our House. D. C. BROWN & BRO. THE ANDERSON Mutual Fire Insurance Co. WROTE its first Poli?y Sept. 23, 1896, and has made only two assessments since it commenced business. This is a great deal cheaper than you cm get firo insurance elpewhere. Any of our Policy-holders will toll you that. Other people have saved money by placing their firo insurance in this Company, and it is confidently believed you can. . _ J. R? Vandiver. President. J. J. Frctwell, R. S. Hill, J. J. Major, Jae. G. Ducworth, W. G. Watson, R. B. A. Robinson, J. P. Glenn, A. P. Hub bard, Directors. ". J. BECK, Agent.