Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Attractions! Cleaning Out All Hot Weather Goods! j WHITE GOODS Particularly in demand just now-attractively priced ! Extra values in White Lawn Remnants At 5c, 8ic, 10c and 12ic -Well-assorted lines of White P. K's., White Dimities, White Organdies, &c, At popular prices. Summer Kluslins? That we would not think of carrying over. Rather lose profits and some of the cost to be rid of them now. Fancy Cotton Fabrics. Almost every conceivable kind. There was such a varied array of these Cotton Dress Goods beauties at first that even a busy season's selling could hardly spoil the assortment. Hence you will surely be pleased with the styles and prices now. Summer millinery, Summer Sailors and Outing Eats, Including the popular and much-talked-of Felt Hats, In gray and colors. ^ We are prepared to do any kind of work in the Millinery line. Work over the old Hat or make a new one. Will have in our employ during the cutir? Summer a first-class Milliner. Summer Eibbons. One of the largest and best asserted linea in the city. All desirable colors and widths. Also, VELVET RIBBONS at prices to sell them. Summer Parasols. Only a few left. They must not stay. Prices will not allow them to linger. Summer Underwear. We have too ?nany garments ia this Underwear section of ours. The Underwear must jig out at a lively clip to the tune'of economy. Summer Notions, In profusion. Large Stock Sommer Belts, Summer Neckwear, Summer Gloves, Summer Handkerchiefs, Summer Hosiery, &cf Muslin Underwear for Summer, That is popular and reasonably priced. Summer Shirt Waists, And Summer Skirts, At greatly reduced prices. Stylish Waists and Skirts all of them. But the season is wining and they must be cold. Hence a great opportunity for belated buyers. Summer Curtains and Curtain Swisses, Thc newest and best, at tempting prices. ^hopping throughout our entire CsUblishmeni O?? bo made profitable now, as all Summer Goods MUST GO. Yours truly, Brown,Osborne & Co. Wholesale sad Retail Dealers in General ?dleroliaiiciisei Local News. WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1900. Some tine County raised peaches are on the market. Rev. J. C. Brown, of Dae West, was in the city lost Monday. Mrs. R. F. Divver has gone to Toc coa, Ga., to visit relatives. The supply of spring chickens is not equal to the demand in the city. A Farmers' Institute will ho held nt Honea Path to-morrow ("Thursday.) Mr. Julius H. Weil hus gone to the mountains to spend a short vacation. A large crowd is expected at tho pic nic at Cooley's Bridge next Saturday. Mrs. C. S. McCullough, of Darling ton, S. C., is in the city visiting rela tives. Miss Aline Mohley, of Kock Hill, S. C., is in the city the guest of MIR. lt. C. Laughlin. Mrs. Georgia Brown, of Augusta, Gn., is in the city visiting friends and relatives. Mrs. M. L. Willis and daughter have gone to Wnynesville, N. C., to spend a few weeks. Tba attention of contractors is direc ted to tho advertisement of tho County Supervisor. Hoyt's Comedy Company will open tho theatrical season in Anderson on September 7th. Hon. E. E. Vei ner is announced as a candidate for Congress and Mr. T. B. Earle for Sheriff. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Todd, of Char leston, are in Anderson visiting rela tives and old friends. Rev. S. B. Harper, the pastor, is con ducting a series of meetings in tho Methodist Church at Millville. An advertisement of Furman Uni versity appears in another column, to which we direct your attention. Do not neglect to enroll your name on some Democratic club Hat if you want to vote in the primary election. Mrs. L. J. McFall went down to Greenwood last week to spend a few days with her son, Walter R. McFall. Mr. T. B. Earle has resigned as keep er of the dispensary and Mr. W. T. McGregor has been elected his succes sor. General Passenger Agent Craig and Superintendent Anderson, of C. & W. C. R. lt., spent Monday night in thc city. Wo would direct the attention of our readers to the advertisement of the Presbyterian College of South Caro lina. Mr. R. P. r}*ike, one of Greenwood's most popular citizen.??, spent last Fri day in Anderson and gave us a pleas ant cai!. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stewman, of Lancaster, S. C., are in the city visit ing the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lee. McUally Bros. have a new advertise ment in this paper. It is of special in terest to the farmers, who should read it carefully. Messrs. L. A. Jackson and J. C. Pressley otter six tracts of land for sale in Abbeville County. See their advertisement. Hon. E. E. Verner, of Seneca, who is a candidate for Congress from this District, was in the city yesterday and gave IIB a pleasant call. Mr. Oscar Hammond, accompanied by his son, of Morristown, Tenn., is in the city visiting his sister, Mrs. Bleck - ley, and other relatives. Prof. Harbin will conduct an all-day praise service at Cross Roads Church, at Starr, next Sunday. The public is cordially invited to attend. The eighteenth annual meeting of the Gist Rifles Survivors' Association will be held at Williamston on Friday, August 8rd, at ll o'clock a. m. Mr. Preston C. Fant, of this city, has accepted a position as flagman on the Southern Railway, and will work be tween Greenville and Atlanta. Persons interested in the Salem church graveyard are requested to meet there early next Friday morning; for the purpose of clearing it off. Mr. Charles E. Broyles, of Chatta nooga, Tenn,, has been spending a few days in Anderson visiting bia relatives, Messrs. A. T. and John R. Broyles.. The County campaign begins at Double Springs on August 7th, and from that time on till the primary elec tion County politics will be red hot. Mr. B. Hillman, of Augusta, Ga., has rented. Miss Lizzie Williams' store room and will open a stock of gents' furnishing goods there on 1st Septem ber. Mr. R. B. Goodgion, THE INTELLI GENCER'S accomplished and energetic correspondent and agent at Williams ton, spent last Sunday and Monday in the city. Mid-oUrainer attractions in summer dry goods, notions, millinery ?fee., are being offered by Brown, Osborne & Co. in their advertisement in this issue. Read it. Married, on Wednesday, Joly 18, 1000, by Rev. G. M. Rogers, at the home of the bride, Mr. John Griffin and Miss Maude Kay, all of Anderson County. Good, refreshing showers have visit ed various sections of the County dur ing the past few days, and of course, the farmers in those sections Are feel ing good. When your collar wilts just? remem ber the crops are humping, and stop grumbling, it hus b-ien this hot be t?re, ten thousand times, and men have urvived it. Mrs. W. A. O'Bryau and children, of Abbeville, and Mrs. W. A. Harris and two sons, o? Cherokee County, are in the city visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Y. H. Nance. Mr. W. A. Reeves, of the Belton sec tion, has presented THE INTELLIGEN CER force with a basket of tine apples, for which we return many thanks. Such treats are always appreciated. Mr. Jas. A. Hoyt, Jr,, editor of the Greenville Mountaineer, spent last Saturday night and Sunday in the city en the sad mission of attending the funeral of his grandmother, Mrs. Webb. Mr. P. K. McCully, Sr., who was one of the delegates present from Anderson in the annual meeting of the Southern Industrial League in Atlanta last week, was elected a Y ice-President of the League. The State Campaign party will be in Auderson on Friday, August 10th. The farmers will be over their rush of work at that time, aud everyone who can possibly do so should come and hear the candidates. The many friends of Mr. A. P. Hub bard will regret to learn that he is seriously ill at his home in this city. At the hour of goiug to press to-day he is slowly sinking, and his death is expected at any moment. There will be a picnic at Friendship Church, live miles north of Houea Path, on Friday, August 3rd. Several speakers will entertain, the crowd. Everybody is invited to attend with well-tilled dinner baskets. Rev. B. P. Reid will preach in the Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning, at the usual hour. Mr. Reid now represents the Home Mission Board of the South Carolina Presbytery, and his visit here will be in the interest of home Missions. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Keys died Thursday morning. The child was only n few weeks old. The funeral services were held at the residence West Washington street at G o'clock Thursday afternoon. Green ville Mo u n ta in eer. Last Thursday night, a few miles west of the city, Peter Harris, a notori ously bad negro, was given a severo whipping by a party of white men for iusulting a white lady a tow days pre ceding. After the whipping tho scoundrel was made to leave the County. Rev. James Boyce, President of tho Due West Female ^College, was in the city yesterday and gave us au appreci ated call. An advertisement of his College appears in another column. Persons who have dnughters to educate could not place them in a better Col lege. lt has been suggested that Anderson invite the South Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans to hold their nnnual reunion in this city next year. Wo second the suggestion. The occasion would attract a large, crowd to our city and we could entertain them royally. The following teachers are now en rolled in tho summer school at Win throp College from Anderson County; Misses Lizzie Crayton, Mary Hill, Maud Douthit, Della Wright, Ora Smith, and Messrs. A. W. Hussey, J. T. West, R. B. Cheatham, M. L. Bonham, Jr., J. L. Sherard. Bishop Capers has assigned Rev. O. T. Porcher to the rectorship of the Greenwood Episcopal church, to suc ceed Rev. W. T. Witeell. Mr. Porcher is at present in charge of the Pendle ton Church. He will conduct his first service? in Greenwood on the second Sunday in August. On account of the State Reunion of Confederate Veterans at Greenwood on August 1st and 2nd, the Southern Railway will sell round-trip tickets at one cent a mile each way. Tickets will be on sale next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, good to return until Saturday, August 4th. The round trip fare from Anderson is 85 cents. As will be seen by reference to the advertisement in another column, Prof. J. H. Ruebush will conduct a Normal Music School at New Prospect Church, beginning August 8th. Prof. Ruebush is well known in thiB County, having taught several schools here, and those who patronize him may expect to get the worth of their money. Misses Allie and Genevieve Simpson, of this city, together with their uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Simp son, of Honea Path, leave this morn ing via the Southern Railway for points in Western North Carolina, where they will spend soveral weeks visiting friends and relatives, making Bryson City headquarters, the home of their uunt and sister, Mrs. J. H. Everett. The examination for the four Win throp College and the two South Caro lina College scholarships took place in the Court House last Friday. There were twenty-two applicants for the first named and two for the latter. Super intendent Nicholson has forwarded the papers to the Presidents of the Col leges, and the names of the lucky students will be announcedshortly. Last night about 0 o'clock a shooting sSr?j -occurred at tue Orr Cotton Mille, near the southern suburbs of the city, between Ula Carden, a yoong white man, and Will Leslie, a young negro, which resulted in both being painfully wounded. There aro conflicting sto ries as to the shooting. The men had a quarrel a few days ago, and last night they met again. It is claimed that Leslie, who has a bad reputation, walked up to Carden, shot him and started off in a run, when Carden and his brother shot at the fleeing negro, who came ou to the City Hall and sur rendered to officer Campbell. Physi cians were soon summoned to the wounded men and dressed their wounds. Tho negro bad no pistol when he came to the City Hall, and claims that he was shot at several times by a party of men because ho refused to play some music for them. Editor Jaunes T. Bacon, of tho Edge field Chronicle, in a lotter to his paper last week from Harris Springs, says: "Mrs. Josie Peoples, of Audcrson, a wo man of high fashon, a daune de graud monde, has just arrived. She is ac companied by her two children, Miss Sylvine and Master John Peoples. She was Miss Bleckley. She is a charming and gracious lady and a beautiful singer." Herman Lodge, No. 110, A. V. M., will dedicate its new hall at Starr on Saturday, August 4th, at 10 o'clock a. m. Tho Graud Master of the Grand Lodge of South < arolina will attend and conduct tho ceremonies. All tho members in good standing of Hiram, Kuti", Puriuan, Iva and Roslin Lodges siro cordially invited to attend. A bar becued dinner will be served at the conclusion of tho dedicatory oxoreisos, and tho occasion promises to ho a most enjoyable one. Hov. Wm. Henry Strickland and wife, of Decatur, Ga., aro in tho eily visiting old friends. Last Sunday morning and evening Mr. Strickland preached in the First Baptist Church, of which ho was pastor moro than twenty yours ago, and his sermons, as in dalys of yore, were both eloquent und impressive. Mr. and Mrs. Strickland are holding their own remarkably w ell, and their visit to Andersou is a source of much pleasure to their many old friends. The firm of Evans & Day, at Pen dleton, has been dissolved by mutual consent, Dr. Day retiring. Messrs. E. G. Evans, Jr., ail'1 G. W. Evans have formed ai pau tner. .p nud will continue tho business at the old stand under the stylo of E. G. Evans &. Co. Mr. J. E. Bradley, of Troy, S. C., au experienced pharmacist, hus charge of tho prescrip tion department. Attention is di rected to their advertisement in an other column. A Kansas City judge recently render ed a decision that will interest young men who take their girls out riding. A young mau hired a team for this pur pose telling the liverymnu tho fact, and in the course of tho drive tho team ran away and demolished the buggy. Tho owner sued the young man for damages, and the judge gave tho ver dict to the young man, saying that it was the duty of the liveryman, knowing that he was going to take his girl out riding, to give ninia team that he could drive with one hand. Local liverymen will do well to bear the above in mind. Tho Piedmont, correspondent of thc Greenville Mountaineer, of tho, 1MM> inst., says: "Tho committee who had in charge the arranging for tho cele brating the last battle of the civil war met as per notice on last Saturday, and among other things decided on the 11th day of August as the dato on which to hold the exercises in question. A special committee to invite speakers, etc., was appointed, consisting of Frank B. McBee, of Greenville, Geo. Sullivan, of Williamston, and A. S. Bowell, of Piedmont. The result of their work will be given later on. All interested are requested to bear the dato in mind and be on hand if possi ble." A large excursion crowd went from Anderson to Augusta last Thursday and spent the day there. One of the attractions there was a game of ball between the Anderson and Augusta teams, which resulted in a score of 0 to 0 in favor of our team. The Augusta Chronicle, in speaking of the game, says: "Anderson outplayed Augusta yesterday in one of the best exhibitions of ball that has been seen on the dia mond this year. The home team fought like Trojans and played, except in the second inning, a remakably good game. The visitors have the best ag- j gregation that has crossed the green in Augusta this year. Every man on the team is a star and the nine is a unit. They get together at the call and stay together to the finiuh. The Amateur Dramatic Club of Bel ton, S. C., will present "What's Next!" to the public in that town on next Fri day evening, July 27th. This comedy is one of force and is humorous as well, lt has already achieved fame, locally, by a former production and promises to be even better this time. The Club presents: Miss Mabel Brown as "PoBy Poke," Mr. Rex Rice as "Dr. Chintzer," Miss Vandiver as "Mrs. Wallace," Miss Griffin as "Gertie Gush," Miss Cope land as "Mrs. Madder," Mr. A. H. Grif fin as "Moses Madder," Mr. Leland V j as "Zeph Somers," Mr. Leon Rice as "Phineas Poke," Mr. Copeland as "Tim Trenwith," Mr. Leta C. Nicely os "Willy Nilly," Mr. James Green as "Eli Reed," Mr. J. C. Griffin as "Toro," and Mr. J. L. Yass as "McGilp." Mccormick Mowers are perfectly built throughout. No guess-work in their n instruction. They are not only the strongest machines built but will run lighter than any others. The Dynamom eter tent shows it. In August, 1890, ex tensive scientific tepts were made at Worth, 111, in very heavy slough grass, where the cutting was extremely bard, the grass going two tons per acre. The average of a large number of runs was, for the McCormick 210 2 3 pounds draft; for the first competitor 265 2 3 pounds, and for the second competitor 272 pounds, &,c. If you want tbe lightest draft Mow er on the matkM ont = McCormick from Sullivan HdW. Co. If you have a Mirror you want Re silvered, or want a Mirror made to flt or replace the old broken one, seeR. W. SPEEK. He will make or repair all sizes at reasonable prices. 44-13 We offer this week hundreds of pairs of Hample Shoes at prices to please. Come qui :k while we have your number. Pri ces on these Shoes too oheap to quote. Vandiver Bros. Roofing, tin work, galvanised iron work and plumbing done on short notice by Osborne Sc Osborne. McCormick Mowers are so strong that running Into Btu mp? with a quick team falle to Injure them in any way. Where the other fellow chokes down, the Mc Cormick goes through flying. Other Mowors will cut where the grass ls thin or an average urop, but when you cut into gram that ls beavy'in spots you may look out for troubla unless you have a McCormick. Suttrvan lld w. Co. are gen eral selling QgentM for the McCormick. CHANGE OF CLOTHES! EVERY man owes himself two Suits of Clothes. A change makes him feel like a new man. It' s a cooler one we want to sell you. We have all the New Things In Flannels, Stripes and Plaids-round and square cut, dou ble breast and straight cut. Prices from $5.00 to $12.50. All Cassimere?, 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. 4 Co., CLOTHIERS o i ; OUR ESMT6R! STOCK OF SHOES AND HOSIERY AT COST ? Come early, before the sizes are broken. No Goods charged. COBB * CRAYTON. The day for High Prices is gone, and to compete with KING BROS. BARGAIN STORE Is for competition to strip Cost of her Profits. SOME will ask why can't others soil aa cheap as wo? We would say : Cheap Store rent, doing work ourselves and not hiring it done; knowing where to buy, when to buy, and in what quantities to buy, puts us in a position to sell at Rock Bottom Prices. To prove to you what we say is true compare our prices with any prices you can find, A few Alarm Clocks. ?Oe. A few Eight Day Clocks.fl.OU. Here is au eye-opener : 2- (?uart Cu pg. 5c. ii-Quart Coffee Pote. He. 3- Q uart Coffee Pots. 9c. I - Quart Coffee Pots. . ?Oc. ??-Quart ?nan ran. 13c. 14-Q.uart Dish Pan. 15c. These prices will make competition alck, but let it come aa it mnatbedone. Balloon Fly Trap 10o. Dippers, Dairy Pana, Pudding Pana, Cov. Buckets, Milk Backets below your own expectation. One thonaand and three hundred gallons of Jar Ware. Would you think of buying before aeelng ua. Four hundred and forty dozen Mason Frnit Jara already sold. About alx hundred more to go. Come and make your purchases now, for a good fruit crop la almost a certainty. Look out for our next ad. KING BROS., BARGAIN STORE, Two Doora from Post Office. -THE ANDERSON Mutual Fire Insurance Co. WROTE its first Policy Sept. 23, 189G, and has mado only two assessments since it eommcnoed business. This is a great deal cheaper than you can get fire insurance elsewhere. Any of our Policy-holders will tell you that. Other people have saved money by placing their fire insurance in this Company, and it is confidently believed yon can. ? J. R. Vandiver, President. J. J. Fretwell, R. S. Hill. J. J. Major Jnt? G. Ducworth, W. G. Watson, R. B. A. Robinson, J. P. Glenn, A. P. Hub bard, Directors. J- J- BECK, Agent?