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'RYC?JINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 14. li)(>:i. vm.VTMw YVYVH. HA ?? ' APRIL Just passed our Sales mounted to a j height never before reached in an^ 1 previous April ! . - ... - - This may Interest some of our friend? and customers, for it's perfectly natural to have pride In the Store of your choice. The trade is finding out that our way of doing business is the best? . ? J - ir Our Cash Buying and Cash Selling is making new cus tomers daily. If fou don't buy your-r .'.V ' Here yo u are standing in your own light. Better look at our Suits before buying n?xt time. ANDERSON, S. G. .s-?.' I 1 f RV A are the best ls the world. We are showing them with It's the latest and mest proper effect in up-to-date Cor page. Conforming closely io the hip %ure it assures perfect H in gown, so necessary to a correct appearance* anf makes STATE NEWS.. - It io estimated that ton thousand aeres of land arenad Charleston haye been?put in truck farms thia season. * - It is now almost certain that the government will establish a naval training station at Paris Island, Beau fort. - Cokesbury farmers report that . thc wheat crop in snd arouud Cokes bury is almost a failure in consequence of the mst. - Bobbers entered tho po si omeo at Clifton Wednesday night, scouring fifty oents only. They did hot molest tho stamps or mail in tho office. - Tho Stile of South Carolina has made arrangements to borrow $50,000 and another note will bo made for $25, 000 soon, making a total of $75,000 borrowed by May 1. - There is. on exhibition in Colum bia's handsome gold headed umbrella, in?oribed with appropriate insigna, and is to be presented during tho re union to the oldeBt visiting veteran. - Georgia May Parker, a little, girl living in Bamberg, was poisoned last week by ? druggist's derk, who, in filling a prescription, gave the child corrosive sublimate instead of calo mel. .*-Three barrels of liquor,' contain ing 142 gallons of corn, were found a few nights ago hy the constables near a licenced distillery in ricken o coun ty buried nearly three foot under the ground. - The State Summer Behool will be held ' in Winthrop College, Book Hil!, from June "3rd to July 22nd. The very best of instructors vail be scoured and excellent courses of study will be provided. - Arthur Simmons, a negro preach er living near Beaufort, has been ar rested for running a blind tiger in his home. The constables had quite a tussle with him when they went to sear oh bin house. - ? little negro girl of 10 years was burned- to death at her father's home in Laneaster., She lived long enough to, tell that a rat knocked.over a lamp, tho lamp falling into her lap and setting her afire. - The Secretary of State has is sued a commission to the Magnolia Mine Company of Charleston and; Yorkville, which is capitalized at $300,000. The company proposes to develop mining property . in York county. ^ - Governor Hey ward has granted a respite of thirty days to Judson Beek, a negro, who was convicted of murder at the recent term of court in Barn well and sentenced to ba hung. An appeal in the case is pending in the Supreme Court. | - Chief Constable Hammett and Deputy Osborne caught a wagon in the suburbs of Columbia with 284 gal lons of contraband liquor on ic. The liquor belonged to E. C. Shull, who is is said tobe a wholesale dealer.' It was confiscated. - It is rumored through tho Con garee section that the kaolin .beds are to be utilized in a few weeks , and a crockery manufactory is to be built in Sumter hy Northern capitalists, who will own the entire enterprise. The factory will use from four to five carloads of kaolin per week. .-J. A. Wright, of the firm of Wright & Patma'n,proprio tors of a beef market in Greenville, attempted sui cide in room No. 37 of the- Southern hotel in that oity by outting his throat and severing the veins: of his arms. The aot is said to be xhe result of despondency over financial ' circum stances. - Mr. McCormick - about 70 years .of age, who lives oh Factory hill in Dillon, waB killed at Little Pee Bes trestle, two miles? north of Dillon Wi-jj-xesday afternoon at 6 o'clock by tuth-bound train, No. 23v Tho train was stopped, a boat procured, and the bo'dy recovered and taken to tile man's home. y ~ Information of a horrible acci dent has been received from Savage in the lower part of Florence county. Swinton Dozier, a well known resi dent of that community, was killed by the kick of a mule on Sunday after noon. The kick was so strong thal the abdomen of Mr. Dozier was out op?n and his liver torn by the hoofs of the animal. , -Charleston has been afflicted with another ne^ro offioisl,this time in tho perron of /. A. Brier, who has been appointed by United States Mar shal Adams ta be a hatti? of the court, succeeding . a very competent and obliging white man, Capt. Isaac* H. Doggett, wlio is also a Republican. Brior took charge of his office Monday. The appointment of Brier makes two negro bailiffs of the Federal court. : -y The attorney general has had a question submitted to him of con siderable interest. Arural mail route carrier wants to know whether if he carries a pistol he must carry one of statutory size, which must be 20 inches long and weigh not less than three pounds. He says he doesn't wan! to violate the state law, but does not want to carry snob a heavy gun. No opinion has beon rendered yet on the question. - The famous painting cf Mr. and Mrs, Balph Izar?, of South Carolina, exeoutcd by Copley in 1774, was sold at Charleston to tho Boston Museum of Fine Arts, by the late Gabriel Man igault. James B. Townsend, who was itrt director of the Charleston exposi tion, negotiated the sale. It is under stood that the picture brought $8,000. The picture was nn exhibition at the exposition and was- muoh admired. It was one of'the'best works of Cop ley. GENERAL SEWS. - Burglars robbed the postoffioo at Ravenswood, W. Vs., of $10,000 and escaped. . -A blind eouple ran away and were married in Massachusetts the other day. - The city of Borne has just cele? brated its two thousand six hundred and fifty-sixth birthday. - The Klondike gold output the patt year exceeded that of the pre vious year by over $3,000,f dO. - J. C. MoReynolds, of "eonessee, has been appointed assist?t?, attorney general of the United Statos. - The town of Weat Point, Va., was almost entiroly wiped out by fire last Friday. The loss is about $450, 000. - For three months there vtero 938 persons killed and 11,873 injured by railroad' accidents in the United States. - Within, twenty years the South has increased its railway mileage 162 per cent, and its exports ninety-five per cent. y Two masked men required the empress agent ot-Mason City, Ia., to open his safe,.and they took $10,000 and departed. - The revolutionists have succeed ed in overthrowing the government of Santo Domingo and forming a provis ional government. - Mrs. Marsylla Keith, the oldest person in the state of Alabama, died on Wednesday. She celebrated her 116th birthday on March 7th. - The men eonvioted at Indian apolis, Ind., of robbing graves were sentenced to the penitentiary fer terms ranging from five to ten years. -The safe of Bouse Bros., bank ers at La Grange, N. C., was blown open on Wednesday morning be fore daylight by robbers, who got $3, 500. - Miss Edith F. Jones, twenty-two and pretty, has beon appointed "fore man" of the Pueblo Machino works in Chicho, in whioh 200 men are em ployed. - Gen. Gomez, who fought for the Cuban cause, is now'in Florida, and thinks that as soon aa the Cuban hand loan of $35,000,000 is.floated all will be well. j : - Reports .from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia say that the frosts of last Friday night have killed all kinds of fruit and seriously affected some crops. - The Florida Eaet Coast railroad, through their land department, are preparing to drain the Everglades of Florida and thus bring many thousand acres of land into cultivation. - The rovenue from the mines in and around Butte, Mon.,is $55,000, 000 a year-probably the riohest min eral section in the country. Tts out put of siiver alone is $13,000,000. - An unknown friend has given Washington and Leo University, Lex ington, Va., $40,000 for a soienoe hall. The donor lives in Chicago, but does not want his name mentioned. , - The'top of Turtle mountain, with millions of tons of rook; tumbled down upon the town of Frank, B. C., kill-; inga large number of women, children and men, the death roll being number ed at 100. - Benseley Johnson, colored, was lynohed at Carthage, Texas, for as saulting a four year old ohild. and a negro was lynohed at Santa Fe, Bl., for an attempted assault upon a ten year old ohild. - The house of representative of the Florida legislature reconsidered and passed resolutions proposing to divide the sohool fund between whites and negroes in proportion to the amount paid by each.. - The North Carolina legislature recently elected two women trustees of graded schools in that State. They are the first women tc be elected to such places in North Carolina and their terms are for two years. - The record for tho highest price ever paid for one saw log in Alabama was broken last week, whoo J. G. Grayson paid to Andrews & Co., of Huntsville, $25.43, one whi?h will net over 1000 feet of lumber. The log was poplar. - G. Hallinan Sims pleaded guilty iii Atlanta of embezzling $94,000 from the Capital City National bank and .waa sentenced to six years in the fed eral prison. Sims was collector of the bank and a prominent figure in At lanta society. ? -A farmer in Campsigu county, 111., is said to havo sold $11,000 worth of horses, the produoe of one pure bred draft mare, and . several central Illi nois* breeders sro alleged to have realized from $5,000 to $10,000 for the progeny of a singlo Peroheron mare. - Rev. Dr. Roberts, stated clark of thc Northern Presbyterian! General Assembly, has announced that two thirds of the Presbyterians voted in favor, of revising the confession of faith and the subject will be finally disposed of by the General Assembly, whichs meets in Los Angeles, Cal., next month. - Aaron Bark, a farmer who died suddenly at his homo in Muhionburg county, Ky., was discovered to be a woman, whcao nome? ia Mrs. Fredrick Green. She carce to Muhlenburg county about thirteen years' ago with a small ohild. She was dressed in men's clothes. She. has lived on a farm the entire time and her disguise has never been suspected. Mrs. Green told a noigbbor who wasvwith her be fore she died, that her homo :r^r. In Massachusetts and that she had as sumed men's garb because she could make a better living than she could otherwise. Prospect Dots. | J. R. Eskew, of this section, says he ! will have to replant his cotton, as he planted his crop too soon. Cadet Fred. Bolt, of Clemson Col lego, spent last Saturday and Sunday with hiBparonts. Miss Minnie L. Milford and her mother, of tho Fork, spent last Satur day and Sunday with Mr. Abe Holt's family. Joe BurrowB, of Littlo Kock, Ark., ia now visiting friends and relatives here. He is a son of Elias Burrows, of Georgia, and lived in Picken* until a few years ano, when he went to the Sand Mountain?, where ho made his home until about two years ago when he moved to Georgia, whore ne will live tho remainder of his lifo. Mr. Burrows is a brother of the late Jacob Burrows, of Belton, who lived in An derson un il about a year ago, when he went to Belton. D. P. Tate, of this section, has finish ed tho bill of sawing down below town and is at homo for a few days to holp his folks with their crop. L. T. Campbell, of this section, is ahead on farming. He says ho is dono planting everything. We are,all well. B. L. G. Boleman News. We had quite a heavy hail and rain in this community last night (Sunday) but no damage was done. The farmers arc very much behind with their work. C. E. Maret, of Seneca,. who has been suffering with rheumatism, spent a VY hilo with his mother, Mrs. Jlfaret, recently. Dr. D. Judson Barton, who gradua ted in pharmacy in Atlanta, Ga., after spending two weeks with his home folks, has accepted a position with Long & Co. at Piedmont. We regret very much to give up\ such a young man as'Sudson. Misses Luoia and Litella McAdams, of Riverside, visited Miss Edna Barton recently. f .issea Nora Jolly, Myrtle and Edna . .ton attendod tho closing exercises o?. Miss 'Pauline Barton's school at Riverside last Friday afternoon. They report a huge lime. Our popular merchant, N. O. Brad berry, ia doing a hustling business at this timo. S. H. Barton has accepted the posi tion tis driver of tho road scrape for John Sullivan. Miss Pallie Barton has returned to her home at Broyles after teaching a very successful school at Tugaloo. Lee Sitton and Miss Annie Dickson were sporting through our community last Sunday afternoon. ?lisa Anuie Hembrce is making her home with Mrs. Elizabeth Farmer now. ? Misseo Gort1? Mahaffey and Anna Maret, ot Fair Play, visited the for mer's father last third Sunday. Miss Lillie Tribble, one of our fair maids, visited Miss Flora Boleman, of Alpine, recently. . Miss Pauline Barton has returned.! homo after teaching a flourishing school at Riverside to Bpend her vaca tion.1 / With best wishes for the dear old Intelligencer and its many readers. May 4. Jumbo. Riverside Items. The school at this place, whioh was under the management of Miss Pauline Barton, closed last Friday afternoon with a grand entertainment. This was her first school, but she sure took pains in training the children. The follow-. " ig programme was rendered : "Song of Welcome," School. "Welcome," Lois -McAdams.. Recitation, "Old Santa Claus," four little girls. Dialogue, "Lamb." "How Nisa Major lost his Christmas dinner," Erneat Wright. Music. * "DoUie's Broken Arm," Gertrude Shaw. "The Two Dogs," Silas Jones and Joe Dobbins. ' ' ' '? "What ia Success," Tillman Wright. "Two Littlo Kittens," Henry Wright. "Perserving Times," Benia Wright. "A Little Pig and thc Dogs," Aven ger laomo. "Who am I," .Verner Ieome. Music. VThe Whistling Boy," George Dob bins. "School Days," Nannie Shaw. Dialogue, "First Day of School." "Do Your Lovel Best, Boys," Chas. McAdams. "Flowers in Georgia," Elvin Shaw. "Multiplication Table," school. Music. "A Memory," Etta Wright. "Tho Barefoot Boy," Manson leonie. "The Dying- Soldier," Lois .Mc Adams. Song, "Just as the Sun Went Down." , "The Gipson Girls Woe," Loudella Dobbins. "With the Pickaninnies Riding, in a Row," Henry Wright. Dialogue, "Grandma Shaw'a Visit." "The Popular Song," Charles .Mc Adams. ? Song, "Goo, Goo, Eyes.'' "Tho Inventor's wife," Lucia Mo-? Adams. Music. "He Gathered Them Into a Drunk" ard'a Hell," Fanny Wright. "Farewell Address," Lucia Mc Adams. Mr. B. F. Wright gave an address to the Riverside school last Friday, which was very mnch appreciated by the school. It made thom feel aa tin ir work waa very much appreciated. Little IdeUe Sanders, of Middleton, Ga., is visiting her elster, ifrs. J. H. Dobbins. Mr. Harrison Price, who hap. been quite sick for the last few - weeks, we are glad to say, is improving. E. Weather For May, The following will prove of interest as showing the normal conditions in this section for the hist 1& years for the month of May: The normal temp?rature is 72 degrees, The warmest May on record waa 1800, when the average was 78 degrees; but tr 1805 the average was CO degrees-that be ing tbe coldest May record. The most abnormal conditions happened on May 20,1894. when the thermometer fell to 40 ?^grees'; tbeiKttteat May day on record waa May 30, 1809, when the thermometer ran up to 101. The average amount of precipitation has been 3.24 inches but in i tho month of May, two y?ara afro, the rainfall was 8.02 inches. Watch this Space* I SttG?s foi* Women I1 5 Thousands of wei! <lre*flod women prefer IC 3 ? BAOCMKKK SHOKS at 68.?O to any ? f ? I abo?? they can bny for UM or ftoo- for ? g g style, comfort arni good wear. Callao? H: jj THE MAGNET. Il WE fc^ve just what you need in ??t us fill you* dbcle wants *t leas price than you have been paying. For all your needs come to THE MAGNET AND SIVE MONEY. Yours always truly, JOHN A. AUSTIN ANO THE MAGNET, And thc ?c and 10c Store-Tha Mau down nest tc'the Post Office that Sol/ft the Best.