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Is the popular Setall Frica for Goods in ANDERSON at thio writing. . . . We Are in the Swim 1 1 ' v* ;.. \ . Our firm has always stood In the front ranks, and is note d for its enterprise. We will not take a back seat now-. b?t strive to lead the Procession. As advertised our stock must be materially reduced preparatory to a change in our firm the first of January next. To sufficiently reduce our stock we realize that ^ofit-making is out of tho Question* But for us to offer our entire stock at actual cost would mean a heavy loss ; therefore, as thc most practical solution of this difficult problem, we have divided our stock into three classes, as follows : _ ' Below Wholesale Cost, At Wholesale Cost, And at a Small Profit. In a stock the size of ours, aggregating between $65,000.00 and $70,000.00, We naturally have some Goods that we do not expect Cost for, and have marked them at a BIG REDUCTION, far BE LOW COST ! FOR INSTANCE : We have culled from our DRESS GOODS stock a number of desirable th ug8 aud thrown them oo oui JOB COUNTER. Goods that coat us 60c, 65c, 70c and 75c per yard, marked down to 35c, 40c, ?nd 50c p?r yard. Thea, again, Goods that cost 91.00 and $1.25 per yard, marked down to 75c per yard. : Between 500 and 1000 yards halt-wool Cashmeres, worth 10c per yard, reduc .d to 5c per yard-goods that are worth to-day from 7ic to 8o per yard wholesale. These can be used to advantage for linings and quilts, aud various other purposes. Big assortmeat of colors Then we are showing on\ this Job Counter of oura a number of good things in Dress Trimmings regardless of cost.' , Then our Silks, Satins aud Velvets come ia for slaughter. MILLINERY. MILLINERY. This Department comes in for its share of sacrifice, and you will fiad in I it some vert desirable things for less than Cost. Our Millinery has been unusually attractive this season, and grows io popularity daily. CLOTHING, CLOTHING ! Men's and Boys' Suits at actual New York Cost. We have never figured prominently ia the Clothing Trade, but have always carried a small, select line of Men'*, Youths! and Children's Suits at I popular prices.. They are big bargains at Cost. IN OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT You ?ill find some oi the C hoicest Bargains., ?. big assortment of Ladies Bress Shoes, formerly sold at 61.00 and $1.25, offered cow at ,65c per pair. 200 or 300 pails of Ladits' Fine Shoes, former price $1.50, 82.00, $2.25 I ind $2.50-your choice out of this lot for $1.00 per pair. All Ladies' Fine Oxfords and Summer Shoes to share ia the reduction. While for ?he next sixty days you caa buy ia almost every Depaitment j of cur Mammoth Establishment some good and desirable Goods Far Below New York Cost, Others at New York Cost, > would not have you forget the fact that vra are showing the greatest lice of General Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, Shoes, &c" ever shown ia this ?ty. The newest and most up-to-date styles at a very close margie. Goods bought at the closest prices possible for the Gash. While we are candid enough- to cay that these are not included ia our OcetSale, we are perfectly willing for you to tome and get samples aad com" P?:e .with others. . ' We Dei*y Cost Sales for Comparison. We have been on the lookout for values, and have got them. We know * We are not compelled to sr? I tu eso at Cost, and to do so would be com ercial fuioide. Our Hue cf Capes, Jackets and Rainy Day Skirts is one of the most wap'ete. Also, our stock of Furs. Al most, a ay thing desired in Furs. MERCHANTS "?11 fiad this a great opportunity. Goods can be ghi from us in round lots at prices that will astonish you'. A look and tonparism is desired. the Public will please bear in'mind that their money will go as far at oar St?r?i ns anywhere. We will not ba undersold. Oar Stock must bo reduced. This is no fake-no humbug. -We moan what wo say. Now the greatest opportunity ia tho history of Audersou for the people "wy Goods. oho-1 Cotton crop oflset by Low Prices. Our Terms Spot Cash.. ThoHG indebted are requested to como forward at once and settle1 e need the Cash and must have it All will please come and ste oar Goods or write for samples. Yours truly. Diu f?iefCo. Wholesale and B?tail Dealers in erieral Merchandise Local News, WKDNK3DAY. OCT. 31, 1900. TS* COHOS M&EK??. Corrected Wesily by Brown. Otborne 4k Co. Strict Good Middling-0*. Good Middling-9. Strict Middling-OJ. ?iido?ng-?f. Stained Cotton-8 to 61. The new advertisement of Keith & Co. will interest yon. The public schools in Fork Township will open next Monday. A local weather prophet predicts a mild winter for this section. Miss Doola Brock, of Due West, is in the city visiting relatives. Cotton is selling in Anderson at the same price it is in New York. Attention is directed to tho now ad vertisement of W. F. Marshall & Co. E v ci y Dciuuurul lu tho County should go to the polls and vote nest Tuesday. Next Monday is Salesday. A lot of real estate will he sold at public out cry. A .number ot farmers are storing their cotton in the warehouses in this city. Several wagon loads of home-raised Watermelons were ou tho streets inst week. Anderson County is well represented at the State Fair in Columbia this week. The weather varies between bracing and depressing, lt will bo cold enough later on. Ring Bros. have a new advertisement in this paper, to which wo invite your attention. We invite your attention to the new advertisement of C. Frank Bolt, the cash grocer. Walter II. Geer, representing the Columbia State, spent last Monday in Anderson. Solicitor Ansel and Mr. H. C. Beattie, of Greenville, spent last Monday in Anderson. Miss Birdie Thompson, of Seneca, is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. Eu gene Cray ton. I Look up vour registration certif?cate and be sure to go the polls and vote next Tuesday. The public schools of Savannah Township will open next Monday, November 5th. The New Methodist Church at Henea Path will be dedicated next Sunday by BiBhop Duncan. - I The Secretary of State has granted a j charter to the Farmers' Oil Mill Com pany of this city. . Reader, have you paid your subscrip tion to THE INTELLIGENCEU ? If not, please do so at once. Idra. W. M. Wilcox, accompanied bv , her children, of Elberton, Ga., is in the city visiting her parents. ! Mrs. Elizabeth Todd, who has been j visiting her son, Mr. A. N. Todd, at Lenoir, N. C., has returned home. Mr. Clarence E. Elgin ha? returned home from Brushville, Tenn., to toke charge of the Lebanon High Sohool. From every'section of the County comes the report that the farmers are Bhowing a large acreage in small grain. A wooling of the cotton growers of the County will be held in the Court House next Monday, at 2 o'clock p. m. Mrs. Jas. T. Pearson and Mrs. S. M. Pickens spent a few days in Abbeville last week and attended the marriage of a relative. Mr. S. A.Jones, one of upper Jaroli nn's leading planters, was in town Friday. "Thump" is a genius.-Hart nell (Ga.) /???. Mrs. Sallie Crayton, Mrs. Maxwell Crayton and Miss Bessie Crayton went to Greenville last week to spend a few days with relatives. The Sunday School at Sandy Springs will observe Children's Day next Sun day afternoon at 8 o'clock. The public is invited to attend tho services. Married, on Sunday, October 28,1900, by Magistrate J. J. Gilmer, at his home in this city, Mr. S. V. Bogga and Miss Cleo Banister, both of this County. AV. Lewis Bolt has bought the stock of goods of Morris Sc. Co., in tho B roy les block, on South Main street, and will continuo the business nt tho old stand. The cadets of Clemson College about 400 strong-passed through the city this morning in a special train on their way to the State Fair, in Colum bia. Hon. B. F. Crayton, who is perhaps the oldest living member of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, is spend** - j this week in Columbia at tending the State Fair. Counterfeit dollars and half dollars are in circulation, and they look BO much like the genuine new coinage of 1000 that it is difficult to detect them except by their weight. Read what Brown, Osborne & Co. Bay about goods at and below cost in this issue. They are more determined than ever to reduce their largo stock r%? ?*?>?.'..?;;? ?ssrchan?isc. Claudia, the two-year-old daughter of Mr. C. F. Snipes, died at her home in Millville last Wednesday, after a brief illness. The remains were in terred at Bethany Chui*ch. Chiquola Lodge, Knights of Pythias, will meet to-morrow evening at'8 o'clock. All the members are urged to attend, as tho meeting will be an im portant one. At thc conclusion of tho business session, tho members will in dulge in an oyster Buppcr. On and after to-morrow it will be lawful to shooc partridges, provided one 3ooft not tre^p*** on forbidden ia?ida or kill to sell. Under the new law the fine for BO shooting ia $10. Charlea Hoghes, a yoong man who held a good position with the Anderson Cotton Mill, has disappeared, leaving a wife and two children. He baa not been ueen since the day of the circus. Last Monday morning, while shift in ? ears, one of the Bloe Ridge Railroad engines waa badly damaged by run ning into a loaded lumber ear. An open switch waa the cause of the acci dent. Tho members of the Central Presby terian Church have secured the Max well lot, at the corner of Orr and North Main streets, aa the si te for the erection of their Church. It is a very pretty location. To-morrow wiii bo the big day nt the State Fair in Columbia. You cnn leave Anderson on the special train in the morning at 5:30 o'clock, spend tho i day in Columbia and return home to morrow night. Cold weather is approaching, and it is very important that you have your chimneys and stove itucs inspected and put in good condition. A little time and trouble spent in thiB way might save your house from burning. The flower garden*; in the city ar< showing up somo very pretty speci mens of chrysanthemums just now I The dry weather has made them a littb backward, but they are eoming on, an< the color and variety aro beautiful in deed. The many friendB of Mr. Frank T Wilhite, who has been quito sick fo several weeks, ore moro than please? to know that Lo is now cbnvnlescin, rapidly nnd will soon be ready to at tend to busiucss again. Rev. Tj C. Ligon, now pastor of th Methodist Church at Piedmont, ha been selected to take chargo of tb Oliver mission in Columbia and to edi The Way of Faith. He has accepte the positions and will enter upon hi work the 1st of January. Dr. A. P. Montague, of Fui man Un versity, will visit Cross Roads Chord in this County, and deliver an addrei on the first Sunday in December, at 1 o'clock a. m., and at 3 o'clock in tl afternoon of the same day he will ai dress the Flat Rock congiegation. The large advertisement of C. 1 j Jones & Co. on the 6th page of this pi I per will prove interesting to every oi I of our readers. This firm will dissoii I on the 1st December and are now one I ing their immense stock of goods I cost. Read what they say and gi' I them a call. Mamie Eunice Campbell, daught I of Mr, and Mrs. L. T. Campbell, dil I at her home, five miles north of tl I city, last Sunday night, after a bri I illness, nged 4 years. Tho reniai J were interred at New Prospect Churc Rev. W. B. Hawkins conducting t I funeral services. The annual convention of tho W. j T. U. of this State will eonveno I Marion on Friday. Tho following ! I dies have been elected as delegal I from the Union in this city: Mrs. E. Prince, Mrs. S. Bleckley, Mrs. W I Laughlin, Mrs. W. W. Russell a Miss Lois Watson. Tho Atlanta Journal of the 27th in I says: "Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Campb are being congratulated upon the I cent arrival in their homo of a lit I daughter, who bears the name j Ernestine." Tho Doctor has mc j friends in this, his native County, v j will join us in extending congratu I tions. We regret to leam that Rev. N. I Wright is quite sick with fever at home in the Craytonville section, j was unable to fill his appointment the Carswell Institute last Sunday i I will probably not get to Triangle n j Sunday. We join his many f riend I wishing him a speedy restoratioi health. Mrs. Emma- D. King, wife of Mi L. King, died last Wednesday aft I noon at her home in this County, i I Piedmont, after a brief illness, a J 37 years. She was a most excel! I Christian woman, and was highly I teemed by a wide circle of friei I who deeply sympathize with the di j ted husband and taree little child ?who survive her. Her remains v j interred io the Bethel Churchyard I Thursday. I Mrs. R. L. Dean died at her h I ia Centerville Township last Thun J afternoon, after an illness of sev I weeks with fever. She was a daug J of Wm. Telford, of this County, I about 21 years of age. Just four mo I ago she was married to Mr. Dean, ^ I in his sore bereavcmei*^ has the f I pat hies of all his friends. Her rem I were interred at New Prospect Ch j on Friday, Rev. O. J. Copeland I ducting the fanerai services. In the death of Mr. John It- / I strong, which occurred ?it his hom I, V?rennos Township on Tuesday, inst., Anderson County loses one o best and oldest citizens. He wa the 87th year of his age and bad quite feeble for a long while. On day following his death the ren were laid to rest in the Mountain C Churchyard, the funeral services I conducted by Rev. O. J. Copeland Rev. H. B. Fant, in tho presence large congregation of sorrowing fri and vetativos. Mr. Armstrong born and reared noar Booen Pat this Comity. In his young man ho married Miss Nancy McOown, several years later movr 1 into Vi nes Township nt tho placo whe has ever since lived and wherohu His venerable wifo nnd ouo dang Mrs. W. J. Stoveni.cn, survivo The deceased had long been a dc and consistent member of thc Bi Church, and was uiost highly este by his friends and relatives, who < ly sy nina t hizo with the wife and dr J ter in their sore bereavement. -*"* il TIM I Mr. James P. Payne died at his homo in Brushy Creek Township on I Wednesday, 24th inst,, aged about 60 years. Ho had been sick for eonie time, and a complication of diseases developed in dropsy, which proved fatal. Mr. Payne was a most worthy, upright citizen, and was highly esteem ed by his friends and acquaintances. He leaves a widow, five sons and two daughters to cherish his memory. His romains were interred at the Bethesda Methodist Church with Masonic honors on Thursday. Mrs. John It. Kay died at her home in Hartwell, Ga., on Friday, 10th inst., after many weary days of intense suf fering. A correspondent of tho Hart well ?Sun, in speaking of the deceased, says : "Mrs. Kay wns a daughter of the late Jonathan Pickerel!, of Ander son County, R. C., whodieda few years ago at the ago of 0?. Mrs. Pickorcll is Still living hi iho advanced ago of 03. Mrs. Kay waa 08 years of ago. In girl hood she joined tho Church, and ever nf ter lived a consistent Christian. Mr. and Mrs. Kay were pioneer settlers of Hartwell, and were muong tho iirst residents. Mrs. Kay was greatest whore all true women are great-in tho homo circle. Mr. Sumter V. Brown, a brother of our townsman, Mr. F. G. Brown, died Buddcnly at Cleburne, Texas, on Fri day, 10th inst. Ho lived at Bear .loni, Texas, and had gone to Cleburne on a business trip, when ho was attacked with a congestivo chill, which caused his death. The deceased was tho sec ond son of tho lato Johu Peter Brown, bf thia County, and in tho 30th year of his age. About eighteen years ago ho left this County and located in Texas. Ho was a very popular and prominent member of the bar of his adopted home aud was meeting with success in his profession. He has ninny friends and relatives in Anderson County who deeply sympathize with tho dovoted wife and two little children who sur vive him. Rev. Mike McGee, of Honen Path, was in tho city yesterday and was a welcome visitor to our sanctum. Tho disappearance of his son, M. Arthur McGee, still remains a mystery. The whole country between this city and Honea Path has been closely searched and the streams and ponds diagged, but no trace of the missing man could be found, anu nothing has been heard from him. The distressed father said he was receiving numerous letters of inquiry and sympathy from his friends, and requested us to state that it was simply impossible for him to reply to them. He appreciates the kindness and interest manifested by theBO friends, and says the first information he gets concerning the missing son will bo given to tho press. . . Alice Items. News is scarce in this section, Mr. Editor, nt this writing. On Saturday, 20th inst., Pink Hall, a negro, returned homo from Anderson about sundown. Taking a pistol from his pocket, he laid it on the mantel and went to his supper. One of his boys, 0 years old, saw the pistol and picked it up. In a chair nearby sat another son, 7 years old. While the elder brother was handling tho weapon, it fired, the ball striking the younger brother in the head and causing his death in less than an hour. Magistrate Morgan held nn inquest and the j my rendered a ver dict of accidental killing. Miss Lula McWhorter, of Level Laud, is now teaching tho Savannah suhool. Thoa. A. Hall is building a now and commodious barn. Two more candidates aro out for Magistrate. FARMER. A Car of Studebaker Wagons to arrive in a few day?. The last car of the season. Call and place your ordor at once for ono of those celebrated Wagon??. 10-1 J. J- Fretwell. FOR RENT-A Cottage on Whltner Street containing four Boome. Apply to A. LESSER. JUST received Car Load Owensboro Wagon?. H. O. JOHNSON & SON. 10 W. H. Bhearer Surveyor, You will And me nt Dean & Ratline's. Sullivan Hardware Co. have their two large Store Booma packed with goods from cellar tc tcp ?oor, as well as their warehouses, and you eau get anything from them from a Plow Bolt to a Steam Eugine. A full line of Chattanooga Cane Mills ?nd Genuine Cook's Evaparatora and Furnaces, and we will make prices that will be Interesting. Brock Bros Who ls to benefit ? Who will lose ? If it's a Piano you're bnying come here to choose, and we will oonvinoe you that yon, at least, have lost nothing. The C. A. Heed Music HOUBP. This is our greatest year. Wo are proud of our record, and are striving by every honest means to win von for a cns tnmer. Give ui a trial If you have never dono so before. Vandiver Bros. Have hot water pipes ron from yonr bluvu to bath room. Try Osborne & Osborne. Iron Kine Stoves are sold In Anderson only by Osborne & Osborne. Jobbers prices on "Schapps," "Early Bird" and "Blue Jay" Tobaccos. Low est pi ices on Flour, Coffee, Corn, Bacon, and heavy Groceries. Vandiver Bros. Sullivan Hardware Co. keep in close touch with the Manufacturer?, buying direct <rom them, they knock out the middle man's profit and give it tc their customers. Twenty-five Dollars will buy a fairly aood square practice Piano at the C. A. Reed Muslo House. They are intrinsi cally worth double that amount. Spot cash purchases nade in oar load lota enables Sullivan Hardware Co. to al ways take caro of their customer In prices. If you will buy an Oliver Chilled Plow and a Diso Harrovr from Sullivan Hard ware Co. you cannot regret it when the harvest comes again. R/y>flngf tin work, galvanised iron work and plumbing dono on short notice hy Osborne & Osborne. A clean Shave, an oasy Shave Is what a man wants when ho shavea at all. This you can have by buying your Razor from Sullivan Hardware Co. A big lot just received at right price*. Sullivan Hardware Co csu supply you ??Ith everything necessary to repair your Wat<on cir Bug?y. A big lino of Spokes, Hub?, Rims, Steel and Iron Tiro in stock. Wo ofior thia *wk h u nd reda oi paira of S.< ni plo Shoes at prices tc please. Como quick whllo wo have your number. Pri ces on these Shoes t o cheap to quote/ Yscdlvor Bro*. ' to Your Interest! WE aro in tho Clothing, Shoe and Business. Don't mean to brag or boast, but we sell m -re Clothing-, Shoes and Hats than any house in Andersen. Wc are up-to date in every line. We don't sell goods for COST. Any fair minded man knows that we can't do business that way, but we do sell Goods for less money than any first-class house in town. We give you a price, and challenge any store in An derson to sell it for less. Our Clothing is made by the best manufacturers that are in the business, BO we defy quality, fit and prices to be sold for less. Our Shoes are the best leather that the market affords. Prices right for solid leather Shoes. We are in the Hat business. Keep the largest stock, all grades-John B. Stetson one of the best. We will give prices if yon will call and see ut, and it will be to your interest. HALL BROS. OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF AND COST ? Come early, before the sizes are broken. Wo Goods charged. COBB * DRAYTON J. M. RICHARDSON, M. D. KEMPER I). SENN. For Pure, Fresh Drugs uo TO TUE: CHIQUOLA DRUG COMPANY ! Try our CHILL TONIC. Our Turnip Seed are fresh from the growers and are guaranteed to be gooi? The place to get Fruit Jars cheap. Wo are sole agents for the Heath & Milligan Paints, which are considor ed by all Painters, after a trial, as the best on the market. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. B@* PRESCRIPTIONS carefully compounded. -THE ANDERSON Mutual Fire Insurance Co. WROTE ita first Policy Sept. 23, 1896, and has made only two assessments sinco it commenced business. This is a groat deal cheaper than you can get fire insurance olscwbero. Any of our Policy-holders will tell you that. Other pconlo havn ??ved n?oaey by placing their fire insurance in this Company, and it is confidently behoved yon can. J. R. Vandivcr, President. J. J. Fretwell, R. S. Hill, J. J. Major, Jno. G. Ducworth, W. G. Watson, R. B. A. Robinson, J. P. Glenn. A. P, Hub bard, Directors. -T -T FE'JK, Ascit.