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1t may not be known generally that
the dowagar empress of China has had
very romantic history. She was the
child Of poor parents in the suburbs OF
Canton, and remarkable for her beauty.
At time when her parents did not know
whence their daily bread was to come, she
suggested that they sell her as slave.
This course was followed, and she be-
came the property of q famous general.
He was 30 enchanted with her beauty
that he adopted her. When the general
next went to Pekfug, no says corres.
ponuent, the general offered his beautiful
daughter to the emperor, and thereby
won great favor. The young girl 80
charmed his majesty by her looks and
intelligence. that he soon made her bis
wife. When the emperor died the former
slave became regent of the empire, and
administered the national affairs better
than almost any of her predecessors. She
is justly considered one of the great wo-
men OF her time.
Mr.. Wanamaker has increased his
life insurance to the remarkable aggregate
Of $4,000, 600. He is certainly the most
heavily insured man in America and
possibly in the world. John B. Stetson,
Of Philadelphia, has policies on his life for
$3.50, 900 and Eamilton Disston for 5000, 600.
Chauncey M. Depew is Baid to be insured
for 100000.
-B. A. Walton, of Bryan, Ga, died
there from hydrophobia on Sunday night.
After being bitten by the mad dog he
was sent to the Pssteur Institute, New
York, for treatment and was discharged
as cured. His agonies for four days were
terrible.
"A Denver preacher has declared that
"ten thousand people are going to hell on
bicycles," which leads thoughtless
paragrapher to remark "That Is mighty
small percentage of Academia considering
the number Of BICYCLES on the road"
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disposed of otherwise than as the said
Board or its Health officer shall direct.
The carcass Of all dead animals ifdeposlsed
in the limits of the city shall be buried.
SEC. lG. The Board OF Health will ro-
quire all owners or occupants OF damp or
low grounds, within city limits, to disch
or drain the same at such times az said
Board shall Judge best for the hoalth or
the community, and any one who fails or
refuses 10 comply with the directions OF
the Board of Health within such reason
able time as tho Board shall designate in
it's notice to such person, who shall be
owner or occupant, shall he punished as
hereinbefore provided.
SEC. II. The powers aud duties OF the
Board OF Health are such as are defined
in the Act of the Legislature approved
January 5, 1898, relating to Boards OF
Health.
SEC. 18. The Anderson Water, Light e
Power Company, and their successors,
shall and caused to be done thorough
cleaning and enptying Of Stand Pipe once
every six months, and ofteper ifrequired
by the Board. All ends Of water mains,
known as dead ends, are to be elnpEied
twice month from April 1st to October
1st Of each year, and once q month there.
after.
Sec 10 All Ordinances, or parts there
of, in conflict herewith are hereby re.
pealed.
Done and ratified in Council assembled,
and the Seal OF the City hereto
[sEAL] affixed, this 9th day of July, A. D.
1895.
G. F. TOLLY, Mayor.
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A Cyclone In Georgia.

ATLANTA, July 1.-Two persons were
killed by cyclone in Putnam county,
Ga, late this afternoon and. probably
twenty were seriously injured. The list
of fatalities may run up to ten. A spe-
cial to the Consultation from Eatonton
says that q conductor on the Middle
Georgia and Atlantic Railroad reports
that at Willard Station everything in the
storms path was blown down. The con-
ductor's train had a race with the cyclone,
which barely missed it. Henry Adams,
white, and Bob Hardy, colored, were
killed. Henry Penick and his young
wife were caught in the debris Of their
house. Penick was injured internally
and is probably fatally injured. Jim
Collier, colored, escaped himself, but
two Of his children were pinned under
the wreck of their house. The children
were mangled and can hardly survive.
The Martin plantation was devastated.
In Morgan county, few miles from
Madison, the Robertson plantation was
swept clear of buildings and fences. The
Robertson family hid in the cellar, and
no one was hurt, although the house was
moved from its foundation. F. r. Logan's
farm was torn to pieces, and some of his
tenants are reported injured. The track
of the cyclone could not be followed far,
because night came on. The details will
not be obtained until daylight, when the
list of fatalities, it is feared, will run up
parhaps to ten.
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Hannahal's Sacred Toes:

BAMBERG, S. c., July 6.-Bamberg
holds this seasons record in the criminal
line, and life is forfeited for no less Of
fense than the accidental stepping on q
toe In crowded negro church festival.
Last night at II o'clock, while two or
three hundred negroes were crowded in
a small school building in town, Adam
Hannibal, bright young mulatto, was
pushing his way through the door, and
Alex. Brabham incautiously tread on
Hannibals toe, which enraged him 80
much that to vent his wounded spirit he
drew shining Smith & Wesson revolver
and sent two bullets through Brabham's
heart killing him instantly.
The pandemonium that followed
amounted to stampede. Hannibal held
the only exit with a revolver, while the
excited crowd poured from the windows,
regardless of shutters. or sash. During
the excitement Hannibal made good his
escape. The coroner's verdict this after
noon was that Brabham was willfully
and feloniously murdered.-Colmmbia
State,
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-a
The bicyole Is sharing honors with the
1neW woIhan'sS lin commanding attention
from the press; and now that the heat
warns the pulpit to indulge lighter pabu-
slum,, the ministers have taken it ur. The
New York Sun reports three sermons
delivered on recent Sunday on the
s1bjsct. The Rev. DR.. scudder argued
from his pulpit that wheelwomen should
sit upon the bicycle man fashion, and
should wear "yoluminous knickerbock-
sers'' when riding. The Rev.. Rowland
Dawson (Presbyterian) maintained that
bicycling is new source Of pleasure and
knowledge for women, and that "as soon
as woman frees herself from the slavery
Of the skirt, she will take mighty leap
toward equality with man." The Rev.
DR.. Harrison (Baptist) took occasion in
Ibis sermon to- praise wheeling as the
sscleanest and sweetest Of human sports"
and he gave it as his opinion, that "when
q man gets on his wheel in the country,
heis as near to heaven as he can got on
earth q,
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It is now. settled fact that the Conser-
$yatiye Democrats Of Anderson County
will not 80 into the primary election for
delegates to the Constitutional .Conven-
lion. This, We think, is wise and proper,
for In the end they will be better of; If
they have made mistake no one will be
4 to blame but themselves, and We believe
they will be able to bear the blame, ifit
Is necessary. They are tired Of ring rule
and one-man power, which has brought
no good to the people, and there is only
one way to get rid of such and cease bear
ing any o. the responsibility for it, and
that is By staying out Of any of Irby's
primary elections in future. The Con-
seryatiyes went into Irby's trap last year
in good faith, and every body knows the
result. They were looked upon as intru-
dars by the Reformers, who went off to
themselves into another primary and
tried to force their nominee down our
throats. It Yas an overdose for the Con-
serYatiyes, andYe believe they now have
enough Backbone" Of the Tom. Dixon
conception to enable them to resist any
more such doses.
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Knoxville Has Faith in. Col. Boobies Rail-
rnpd

Hello, you people of Jellico, "God's
country" Anderson and Port Royal!
We're up and at you.
We are coming with stoam boss, if
not an electric "scooter."
Knoxville put herself on record yester-
day for Col. Boone's scheme in way
that leaves little doubt of her earnest
ness. She voted to transfer her stock in
the Knoxville & Ohio road to Boone's
promoting fund, and Boone's enemies
say the stock is worth 100000, full face
value. However, that may be, If they
are worth anything the discovery is due
to Boone, for Knoxville had been unable,
for forty years, to learn that they were
worth anything. Boone said he would
take them, and the people voted that he
should have them if he would do what
he said he would do.
It required three-fourth's majority
of the city vote, but the figures show that
the people had decided to make a sure
voted about Is to in favor of the propo-
sition.
The first ward laid clean goose egg on
the side of "ferninst," and only for each
showed up in the third and eighth wards.
.What do you think about Boone's
probable success" asked a reporter yes
terday of one of our wealthiest merchants
and property holders" :.
ssYou don't catch me giving myself
away anymore" he replied.
elbow so ?"
"Well, when Arthur came to this town
and worked up enthusiasm and attracted
attention Of outside people to Knoxville
and his railroad schemes, a friend of
mine in New York city wrote to me to
frankly tell him what I thought of the
matter. I wrote him to keep his stuff in
his pocket SO far as Arthur and his rail-
road schemes were concerned. I told
him that Arthur wasn't worth a dollar
and would never build road as long as
telegraph pole. :.
You know the results. True, he hadn't
q dollar, but he built a railroad, built q
belt line at Middlesboro that is utilized
in getting out coal, ETC., built Middles.
boro and, in short, brought millions Of
dollars into this section. Col. Boone
may give us an object lesson Of striking
similarity, it looks to me as If he was
going to, with this difference, that Ar
thur fell up against the great depression.
You may be assured that am not going
to talk of Boone the way did of Arthur"
Knoxville Tribune, JuLy4.
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In Darkest Ireland.

DUBLIN, July 5.-Michael Cleary, liv-
ing near the town Of Clonmel, was con-
victed today of manslaughter in having
burned his wife, Bridget Cleary, to death
last March. The court deferred his sem
tence. Cleary believed his wife was be-
witched and upon the advice Of Dennis
Ganey, the "family DOCTOR" and in the
presence of her father and a number of
other relatives, held her over fire and
afterwards stripped her and poured para
fine over the body and set fire to it. The
woman was burned to death without the
slightest effort on the part Of the spectators
to extinguish the flames which were con-
suming her. Cleary claimed that 1t was
not bis wife, but "a witch that was burned:
DUBLIN, July 5.-Cleary was sentenced
to twenty years imprisonment. His ac-
completes were also convicted. Patrick
Kennedy was condemned to five, and
John Dunno to three years imprisonment;
William and James Kennedy to eighteen
months each, and Patrick Bolen and
Michael Kennedy to six months each.
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DeIuge Of Destruction.

ST. LOUIS, July 7.-Thursday morn
ing last, telegraphic reports began to ar
rive in this city of rains at Western
points. These reports grew in numbers
Friday and covered large territory,
indicating that. the entire eastern water
sheds of the Rocky Mountains of the
Nebraska and Iowa lines to Texas was
skeWt by q storm. Friday night the
severest blow came. Reports Of loss of
life and destruction Of property came
with every telegram and the downpour,
which was at first regarded as q blessing,
grew into q wave of devastation. Fields
of grain that promised the most bounti-
full yieldin many years are to-day swept
bare Of vegetation. In several instances
the seas Of rains were abetted in their
work of destruction by tornadoes. It is
too early yet to sum up the loss, but the
total must be appalling, and those to
whom the angry elements spared life
have little left to sustain it. The stories
of storm are so similar that statistical
summary is all there is left to tell.
The storms focus embraced an area OF
200 square miles, with the southwestern
corner of Missouri as the centre.
The greatest loss Of life is reported
from Winona, Mo-, where eleven corpses
have been found with as many more
missing.
!, At Baxter Springs, in southwestern
Kansas, five were killed and eleven seri-
ously injured by a cyclone that accom-
panied the storm.
One was drowned at Columbus and
two at Ottawa, Kansas.
!. At Vanburen, Arkansas, woman and
her child were drowned.
A family Of five were camped on the
banks of Fish Creek, in the Indian Ter
ritory. Yesterday nothing of them or
their belongings was found, except
part Of their wagon on pile Of driftwood.
At ThomasYille, Mo-, where the rain
fall was four inches in one hour, five lives
were lost. Uncon6rmed reports are re-
ceived of loss of life as follows:
Three at Fayetteville, Ark; one at
Paoli, Kans. one at Richards, Kans.,
and six of hunting party in the Indian
Territory. This gives known and
probable loss Of forty-three lives.
This total will be increased when the
receding water permits thorough search.
The loss in property can be placed in the
millions. Dwellings, fences and farm
buildings were carried off and wagon
of the eighty buildings in Winona sue
SsAAN
warehouse went down at Baxter
Springs. Six bridges went ont in Rus
sell County, Kansas. About Jefferson
City, Mo-, many square miles of growing
grain were covered with debris. Traffic
on the Fort Scott and Memphis railway
is temporarily suspended.
Reports of damage to property other
than above noted come from five points
in Kansas, nine in Missouri, six in Ar
kansas and two in the Indian Territory.
The storm spent itself in Illinois, but
having lost its force, proved blessing to
crops.
The above summaries give only frac-
tion of loss in property. The greatest
burden falls upon the farmers as the
season is too far spent to plant new
crops and suffering must surely follow
in the storms wake. Details Of indi-
vidual suffering and experiences recall
the horrors of the Johnstown disaster.
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A unique exhibit at Che Cotton Sta

q Ia
! A unique exhibit at Che Cotton States
and international Exposition at Atlanta,
Ga, will be a model jail. It will show
all the latest improvements In prison
construction, and will present for inspec-
ton Jail complete in sanitary equip
ment and absolutely safe. A prisoner
incarcerated within its iron cages will be
absolutely protected from without, and
will find it impossible to escape, even If
allowed to work for liberty with the most
improved jail-brsaking tools. We sug-
gest that our Board of Commissioners
send a special committee to Atlanta to
see this Jail. Anderson County needs
lust such Jail.
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NOTICE.

w ILL be let to the lowest responsible
bidder
On Friday, July 18th, at II q. NJ, the
building of Bridge over steel's Creek,
near J.. W. Rothrock.
On Wednesday, July 17tb, at 10 a. M,
the repairing of a bridge over Little Brushy
Creek. near Alex. Orr's.
On Wednesday, July II, at 8 p. NJ, the
repairing of the bridge over Brushy Creek,
near Cedar Wreath.
On Wednesday, July oath, at 10 q. M,
the building of q new bridge over Gene.
rostee Creek at Hardscrabble Mill.
On Wednesday, July Oath, at p. m , the
repairing Of the bridge on enerostee
Greek, near Mrs. Carter's, known as the
Carter Bridge.
In Friday, July 2sth, at II a: NJ, the re-
flooring and repairing of the bridge over
Eighteen Mile Creek, on new road leading
from Pendleton to Fort Hill, near j. @.
stribling's.
Plans and specifications made known at
'' " W. P. sNELGROYE. Co. Sup.
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Go to jail Rather Than Pay Fines.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July 4.-The
trial Of a number of Seven Day Adven--
fists in Graysville ended yesterday and
resulted in the conviction Of a number OF
them. They were charged with doing
such work on Sunday as cutting brush
wood, building fences, and selling goods.
They were all industrious, respectable
citizens.
Judge Parks expressed regret at hav-
ing to pass sentence upon those convict
ed, and only imposed small fines. Ihe
defendants said that if they paid the tines
they would be putting the law OF man
before the law of God, so they would
suffer for conscience sake. They emphat-
ically refused to pay the fines and were
removed to the Jail, which adjoins the
Court House.
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-The latest private residence complet-
ed in New York is heated and lighted by
electricity. Electricity will likewise do
the cooking in the kitchen, and there are
electric bells, electric dumb walters, an
electric passenger elevator and electric
ventilating fans. Electricity also oper-
ates refrigerating system which Is ar
ranged to keep the temperature in sum-
mer as cool as it is in winter.
The captive balloon which the French
expect to employ at the Worlds Fair Of
1900 will be IA feet In diameter, and is to
is twice as high as the Eitel tower. The
balloon is to be managed by wire cable,
varying in diameter from 1893 to All
inches, and will probably be capable Of
taking up 100 passengers at once.
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Some months ago the navy department
issued the first volume Of q series Of
records of the Union and Con-
federate nayies. In y few weeks the
second VIII be Issued, and as fast al the
records are compiled the whole set will
be Issued up to twenty-four volumes or
more, Pictures Of all the important yes-
elss taking part on both sides will be
Illustrated In the volumes. The famous
ships, sroh as the Alabama, Kearsage,
Sumter and others, with the pictures of
many Of The blockade escapes and the
fight in Hampton roads.
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Che last commercial reports Of Dunn
and Bradsfreet show that the tide Of re-
turning prosperity has begun indeed to
rise. Wages are being increased, prices
are stifening all round and everything
points TO an indefinite period Of business,
reYiyaL 1t has been shown that the
sSontk has stood the strain Of financial
depression better than any other section
ofthe country. Industrial enterprises of
varions kinds have continued to go up
an along, and the South to-day is in q
better position to reap the full benefits Of
q general business revival than any other
aeotion. s.
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PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
SOUTH CAROLINA,

CENTRAL location, three railroads, 300
" feet above the sea. Incomparably
wholesome social and moral influence,
excellent accommodations, thorough in.
struction. Preparatory Department taught
by the College Faculty; fine Commercial
course; students from eight States.
Total expenses for session Of ten months
$40 90. Write fol catalogue.
REV. e. @. MURRAY, President.
Ju1u IN 1905 3
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That we are
Asked Every Day.

QUESTION.-Mr. Minor, why are
you always busy ?
ANSWER.-"Eternal vigilance is
the price of living, and we must
have bread. We work for our Gus.
toners when they are not here, and
hence we are ready when they come.
Q.-Why are you forever getting
in New Goods I?
A.-There is a never ceasing stream
outward, and we must keep contin-
uous inflow in order to keep on
level.
Q.-Why are people forever CAB
bing about you, pro and con?
A.-Our competitors feel the blows
we have dealt them, and would resent
the damage done them. Our Gus
toners talk because we give them
something worthy Of mention.
=" Q.-Why are other merchants al
ways throwing off OH your goods ?
A.-They hope to scare timid GUS
toners off the track, but they only
urge them on.
Q.-Why is it you never have time
to talk with a friend? Other people
say they have more time than any
thing else.
Ave don't have time to talk
because our customers, who are really
our employers, demand our very best
services for their money paid.
Q.-Why is your house forever
crowded with goods new and custom
ers bright?
Ave are always crowded with
goods because our employers (cus-
tomers) are usually on hand demand
ing the stuff, and we must have it tor
them. We are usually crowded with
customers because the average man
knows which side. his bread is butter
ed. We acknowledge no dead, dull
seasons.
Q.-Why don't you employ more
help, and not keep so pushed all the
time?
A.-Ah! There's the point. Why
don't we do lots Of things to make
our business more expensive and
charge the difference to you when you
trade with us Right here's where
hundreds of good men drop their
candy. Our patrons want to pay for
store administration honestly and
economically managed. They want
full value for their dollars without
paying a few cents extra for an idle
clerk or two to sit around and white
on old goods boxes. In short, we
pay for the honest dollars we get with
honest goods at honest prices. And
that's why We laugh while competi-
tion frets.
We are in it for the Summer trade,
and want to sell you your Fruit Jars,
Jelly Tumblers, Water Jugs, &C.,
etc., &C., etc.
Yours always truly,
C. S. MINOR and
THE lOc. STORE.
19 The place we like to trade.
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Here isa fact for thoughtless boys to
ponder upon !: Several boys who were
candidates for a naval cadet etship from the
Eighth Michigan District were rejected
gbecause the examining physician found
\ that their hearts had been affected by
smoking cigarettes. s'
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ME cotton louise Is reported as doing
considerable damage to the stalk and
leaves IN some parts Of the country. The
.appearsnces OF this pest is complained Of
more generally In Louisiana and Texas
than IN North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, and other portions Of the cotton
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There is no Mistake {!

A B. TOWERS keeps the best Musco.
~ vado Molasses, the Finest Tea and
Roasted Coffee on the market. Wall Pa
per and Decorations. I have number
Of articles of my old Stock of Goods as
good and cheaper than you can get any
where in the city. Let me price them to
you. A. B. TOWERS.
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DY A RESOLUTION of the County
I'D Board of Comm:s :ssioners all Road
Contractors are requested to work their
roads as soon ss possible, and to put the
same in good condition. When necessary
to put any market road in good condition,
further time will be given by the Town
ship Commissioners. Contractors must
repair oil little bridges on their sections
Tie County will pay one dollar and twen-
ty five cents Isl 25) per hundred for lum-
Der and for the nails, but the work must
be done by the contractors under their
contract
Contractors are expected to work all
hands who have not paid their conmuta-
ton tax, whose names have been furnish.
ed them, and any liable to road duty who
have been overlooked, or bave become
liable to road duty since the last working,
or since moved into the neighborhood. Ut
is desifed by the Board that the roads be
we'll drained and all loose rock removed
therefrom. As soon as the work is done
and the account is approved by the Town
ship Committeeman. the County Super.
visor is authorized tn pay for the same.
w. P. SNELGROVE.
County Supervisor Anderson Co.