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? . "BY CLTSCALE8 & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, mi. VOLUME XXXVT_NO ?7 L, RF ST There eon be but one best in anything. There can never be two. This Store is the best Store for yon to trade with because it's a Spot Cash Store, and it's the place for you to trade if you wish to save money. We know this is the best Store to buy your munt, MTS HI names From, and you will know so, too. if you will but come in and compare our goods and prises with other Stores. Our cus tomers know it and say so. Other Stores can sell good CiotheB and do sell them, but tUey nave to ask more than we do for the same goods because they sell on credit. Credit Stores sell as low as they can. If we sold on credit our prices wouldn't beat theirs. We can and will save you money on your Clothing, Hats and Furnishings, but you have to pay us Cash. Let us sell you your next suit of Clothes. THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. Homage To Style And Beauty THE man who knows a Fine Conveyance when he sees it lakes his hat off to our line of BUGGIES, CARRIAGES AND WAGONS, Not only because of their beauty of design and finish, their marked style and-general make up, but because of their staunchness and - easy-running qualities. We will be proud to show you our full Stock. JOS. J. FSETWELL. If you want to have the best Gardon you ever had in your lifo, try our New Seed this year. HILL-ORR DRUG CO SOME JJARGAINS ! i HAVE 1 FEW runs. Of the very highest grade and latest styles, TO GO AT COST FOB A P2W DATS. . Thia Ss an opportunity of a Ufa-time. ias,iS!-2li*,,!L* Ut<tft ImpTT* ball-bearing NEW HOME SEWING 8f > '.?IN BB for ?-?O. Vibrator Standst d Mnobtno only $28.00. OR4BAHS CHEAP. SS? TL? ^LMIJIJSS, Sooth Main Street, Anderson, 8. Cl trU?llf TUT W*Tinw?D .From Our Oicn Corran? nient. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4.1001. Congress has cleared up its buainc&s by book ap ? crook and an extra session is no longer thought possible. True, the President and tho millionaire cor porations that cont i ol bim aro disap pointed by tho adoption of the Hoar amendment io the Philippine proviso, which will prevent the franchise hunt ers from looting these islands os they are looting Porto Ric*, but Ibis iu iiseit | is hardly sufficient to cause an extra session. Of course, the usual flood of bad legislation slipped through in tho cloning days, having been purposely held hack until the twa houses were wearied ont and their vigilance relax ed so as to permit its passago without being noticed. This has always char acterized the wind-up of Congress nud always will, but there has not yet been time to analyze them. One of the worst breaks of tho many made by the Republicans nt this ses sion, was contained in the report on petty scandals in tho Honse submit ted on Thursday by a committee appointed only on Saturday to investigate them. Naturally, no thorough search could be made and the committee merely admits the facts without suggesting any remedy. It is found that the em ployes of the House number 857 and their aggregate pay is about $400.000 per nnnum. The committee classifies the abuses under three header Trans fers of employes from the duties of the position to which they were appointed to other duties, unjustifiable payments of compensation to employes while absent from their post of duty, and division of salaries. Many details of these abuses rre given, but they are so complicated and amazing that it is dif ficult to understand how they could have grown up except under tho amaz ing extravagant rulo that has obtained at the Capitol BUICO tho advent of the .'hog combine," when tho Republicans reguined control of the House 6ix years ago. Tho ring that has been backing Sampson and discrediting Schley is greatly incensed over the publication of. the former's indorsement on Gun ner Morgun's application for promo tion. While the sentiments expressed therein represent with great accuracy tho ideas of nine-tenths of the officers of the navy, most of these have taken care not to put themselves on record ns holding them. It is amazing that cadets at both Annapolis and West : Point- drawn as they are from all walks I of life xi'om the highest to ibo lowest, ? should almost immediately develop,an aristocratic spirit and look down on the class to which their own fathers belong. 'Yet this is universally tho case. Admiral Sampson is the son of an Irish laborer, a ditch digger, and worked with his father when n boy. For him to object to tho promotion of n gunner on the ground that tho latter lacked social standing would be almost incredible if it were not absolutely true. The result of the letter hus been to dispel all prospect of Sampson's pro motion to Vico Admiral and has ex cited his navy partisans to frenzy. Admiral Crowninshield, for instance, head of the Burean of Navigation, and known familial ly hythe endearing title of the "Pirate," is now seeking for some pretext on which Gunner Morgan can be court martialed on u charge of having made the endorsement public. Minister Conger has been recalled "at his own request" from China. Sometime ago, attention was called in this correspondence to the mothods that have been begun by certain inter ested parties to torco Mr. Congor to request his recall. The old gamo of anonymous common ?cations from tho State Department to the press was then being played. Hints that Mr. Conger's work was unsatisfactory, that his health was breaking down, that ho wanted to como home and recuperate, and all the long list of "insinueudoes" (as tho darkey preacher called them) were being tried. Apparently, they have succeeded. Mr. Conger has given np tho unequal fight, and is coming homo. Whether this is wholly be cause of tho published attacks on him, or whether ne received n hint direct front tho President, is not known. Rut it will bo interesting to see who is sent to take his now very important place when Commissioner Rockhill has bridg ed over tho interval. . Ono Sunday sometime ago n thirsty stranger left the train nt tho down town station in this city and asked the nearest person where he could get a drink. The nearest person informed him that by getting on a cable car and riding about four miles, he would bo beyond the District lines and could imbibe at a joint, run in defiance of the Maryland local option law. Where upon, the stranger remarked profanely that he knew at last why Washington was called tho City of Magnificent Dis tances. This is apropos of the inaugu ration. Washington is an old-fashion ed place, and everything in the way of business is suspended on the Sabbath. There are no Sunday theaters or sacred concerte; the saloons are all closed, and most of the restaurants; the bar ber shops ure not allowed todo busi ne'is, and the news-stands are closed after the noon hour. Bnt Monday be iug Inauguration Day, the city will bo ?l?ed with strangers on Sunday, who will want to eat and drink and be merry. They will need to be shaved and will want to bry newspapers, and tho theatres wore planning to otter them entertainment, when the District Commissionersstepped in and instruct ed the police io notify ali concerned that they would be expected to observe Sunday as usual. This order has ratiAAd considerable excitement. There is no way to punish a theater or a saloon or a barber shop for keeping open on Sunday except to revoke their licenses and floe tho managers a few dollars in the police courts, but a reso lution has passed both Houses of Con 6ress giving the Commissioners of the ?istriet increased power, and it will probably bo effective in closing every thing but the. churches. S i" ? Tri ?EW?. - Landram. Spartanburg county.jis to havo a hosiery mill with $20,000 capital. - Watt Jones, a Greenville 'mau, is in jail charged with bigamy. His Hi st wife is on hand to testify against him. - IJ. S. Cannon and Joe Powers, pugilists ot established reputations, aro soon to have a prize light in Charles ton. - Several of the historic old South ern mansions at Camden have pass ed into the hands of wealthy North? - Tho Philadelphia Record says that South Carolina is tho smallest ami smartest ouo of thc Southern States. ! - A largo distillery will ho estab I lished in Columbia underan act recent ly passed allowing such in cities of i over 20,000 people. j ?- II. Bayer & Son of Charleston ! have established a line of steamers to to Cuba. This is a good chanco for j stock raisers to lind an open market i for their goods. ! - Dun Cameron, former United States Senator from Pennsylvania, and secretary of war under G rant's admin istration, is spending tho winter at St. Helena, near Beaufort. - Mose? Johnson, a negro convicted in Berkeley county in 1809 of arson on the testimony of a detective, has been pardoned. Judge Gago said that the testimony was unworthy of belief. - The State Fair Association has in creased tho amount of premiums to be given at tho fair this year by $1,500. This year tho li?t will carry $8,000. The association is in a prosperous con dition. - Down in Orangeburg comity a quarrel was Started about a dividing lino and threo men were shot and wouuded. Ono negro who owns no land and was not concerned about lines was involved. - Mrs. Clark Waring, of South Caro lina, was elected ono of the Vice presi dents general of tho National Society of the Daughters of tho Revolution nt their meeting which lins been in session iu Washington. - A little boy of six years of ago in Charleston recently found letters con taining about $5000 on an ash heap. It turned out that through carelessness these letters wero swept out of tho postofltce and carted off by tho scaven ger carts. - J. C. Wilbdrn, ns president of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' asso ciation, wishes it anuouueed that he stnndsready at any time when called npon to go to any point in tho State nnd assist in tho organization of branches of tho association. - D. S. Salter Bays that the nineteen Bccd of African limbless cotton in creased to 100 bushels instead of 200, and that instead of making two bales to the acre bo made a little over four. He says also that the cotton is not har der to Do picked and that it opens fas ter than the ordinary cotton grown here.-Newberry Observer. - James Townsend, a negro, wa? standing on the bridge over Waterco river at Camden with a loaded gunin his hand. He let the gun drop to the floor. The butt went through a crack in the bridge, the hammer was struck down on thc cap and tho weapon ex ploded. A part of Townsend's skull was found thirty yards from his body. - lt hos been reported to Governor Mcsweeney that glanders has appear ed near Klloreo and ihat several ani mals havo been a ile ct ed with tho dis ease. Governor McSweenoy reported tho matter to tho veterinary depart ment of Clemson College with request to send an expert to tho scone of tho trouble aud havo a thorough examina tion made. - There is considerable excitement in York county, this State, over tho reported discovery of oil. Tho Rev. P. R. Flam, who owns the mineral rights, or has options on probably 10,000 acres of land in York county aad tho adjoining counties of Cleveland and Gaston, in North Carolina, is said ti have struck oil. Tho find is said to be near King's mountain battle ground. - Editor Aull, of the Newberry News and Herald, in a letter from Columbia to his paper, says of Governor Mc sweeney, whose private secretary he is, that his name has been mentioned for Jnitcd States Senate, and adds: "I have not heard him say whether ho would or would not enter tho race. If ho should enter a great many people are of the opinion that ho would bc a strong candidate." - Whilo attending cervices in the Episcopal church at Winnsboro, Miss Louise Ellison was sitting just in front of the stove, in which a hot fire was barning. A comb in tho back of her hair became so hot that it blazed up, and before she could succeed In with drawing it some of her hair was singed and her head blistered. A gentleman extinguished tho flames and thereby prevented tho young Indy's sustaining any dangerous injury. - Pnoolet was the scene last week of a fatal runaway scrape, tho victim being Mr. Samuel Harman, of that place. Mr. Harman was out driving nt tho timo and his horso becoming frightened in somo unaccountable way throw him violently from tho buggy, killing him instantly. When ho was picked up, lifo wap entirely extinct and so far as known tho old man (for ho was nearly 80ye-ars obi) had nor. uri* r ed a groan. The vehicle was i maahecK to kindling wood. I ?XEXEU??J Nh Vi h? ?TEHS. - New York city's chief ot police weighs only ninety pounds. - Missouri shipped over $12,000,000 worth of chickens und egg3 last year. - The output of rico tor this season in Eastern Texas is not less that 80,000 tons. - Christians of New York City con tributed lust year $27,000,000 for gos pel work. - A national prohibition conference has been called at B?llalo, N. Y., in August nest; - A Now York man made over all his property to his wife. She eloped, and he is now in tho poor house. - Representativo "Cy" Sullowny, of New Hampshire, measures six feet eight inches-the tallest man in con gress. - William lt. Marda, Liberty, Maine, recently cut ott' his ten-foot beard be cause peoplo asked him too many ques tions about it. - There has beeu a series of mino horrors lately. Wyoming contributed tho latest, in which ?5 miners wero burned to death. - Tho Oregon Legislature has de clared in favor of tho repeal of the clause of the State constitution forbid ding negroes to live in the State. - After forty years' practical expe rience in dealing with criminals, Chief Justice Lore, of Delaware, declares in favor of tho whipping post, though not of the pillory. - Our loss of soldiers in the Philip pines lifts now passed the 0,000 mark. Of the total number 721 have been killed, 452 have died of wounds mid accidents, and 2,50!) have been incapac itated by wounds. - The Navy department is consider ing the ad .-inability of establishing a naval station ni? Blythe Island, Gn., which property was acquired by tho department tinder provisions of an act of Congress of 1857. - Tho postmaster at Centerville, Kv., is a woman who lost both legs in ti rail rond accident. Sho is said to make a faithful officer, but. live men are now applicants for tho place under the incoming administration. - Mrs. Rosa Wurzer, a widow, in a lit of insanity, throw her six children, aged 4 to 12, in a well, at Uniontown, Washington, on thc 24th of February drowning them all. She then tried to drown herself, but was taken out alive. - An amendment has been offered to the North Carolina Constitution providing for separation of the school fu'd so that the taxes paid by thc whites shall go to white schools ant] the tuxes paid by the negroes shall gt to negro schools. - Priarie chickens in Kansas only r few years ago were looked upon as t pest. Now tho farmers are encourag ing their propagation by keeping hunt ors off their farms. Tho chickens nr< much more plentiful now than fo: several seasons back. - Rev. Joel J. Vandiver, a natin preacher of Northern India, who diet recently after 48 years of hard work was at the beginning of that perioi j the only Christian in that region, wlier there are now 78,000 Christians ant 01,000 children in Sunday schools. - I. H. Dickerson, a sharp negro o Nashville, has been arrested in At Inn ta for swindling the old slaves. Ht travels around and sells certiticate which will entitle them to a pen sion when Congress passes tho ar granting pensions to former slaves. - Within its own borders tho lluitei States now produces eight-tenths v all tho world's cotton and corn, one quarter of all its wheat, one-third c all its coal, more gold than any othc country savo Africa, and more i .nu factured goods than England, Franc and Germuny combined. - Tho United States is about t begin thc coinage of a 3-ceut piece fe uso in tho West and Southwest. 1 will be of nickol, about tho sizo of 5-ccnt piece, but in the center of it wi bo a hole about a quarter of an inch ' diameter. This will enable one to dh tinguisb it by tho feel even in tho dar) - Scientists havo at last, os they ht lieve, succeeded in actually measui ing the earth. They claim that i diameter, through tho equator, is 70S miles, and that its height, from po top?le, is 78,000 miles. This demoi strates tho truth of tho belief that lu P'ng existed that the earth is flattens at the poles. - A. J. Hamilton, a prominet young merchant of Marion count; Ala., was found dead, with his thru; cat and his body sunk in quicksand t to his neck. Ho had been drinkit heavily and it is supposed that he wai dered away and waded out in tl stream, and when he saw that a terr ble death awaited him, he cut his thro to prevent further sufloring. - About seventeen years ago Ji Gould drew a check, written on a ha sheet of commercial noto paper, th called for nearly two million dollat This was considered so romarkat that it caused much public commet but two years after ?hat William I Vanderbilt drew his check for $?.00( 000, which held tho record for a loi timo and was considered so notai that tho check was afterward fra m and is held ns an heirloom by his fm ily. Sinco then larger checks th that have been drawn, buta new reen was made recently when Mr. J. P. M< gan drew a check on his private accou for $23,000,000. Death of Capt. Simpson. PI.NIU.K.TOX.S. C., Fob. 88. 1001. Captain William Simpson died yes terday morning, February 27, 1901, at Iiis homo in Pendleton, S. C. Ho wa? lun n January 12, 1812, near Cross Keys, in Union District. Ile was of Scotch Irish descent, bis fathei and mother 'laving emigrated to this count ry from tho nmth of Ireland. Hi? Itt her wann Revolutionary soldier and fought for Independence under general il reen. Captain Simpson joined thc Padgett's i Ureek Baptist Church win n quite a young man and has been a member of i Baptist Church ever siuee, having ?oined tho Poudletuu Church in is;."?. Ho marrL-d Miss Elizabeth Snoddy, daughter of Captain John Snoddy, ol' Spartanburg County. Ho moved from Spartanburg to Anderdon District in 1852. His wife died April 20, 1875. They had two sous aud ono daughter. Tho daughter died near Vicksburg, Miss., in 1878. Cue son, ll. A. Simpson, lives in Chattanooga, Tenn., and one, John W. Simpson, lives in Pendleton, S. C. Captain Simpson cauio^to Pen dleton last September, when he had been on a visit to his son, who then lived in Dalton, Ga., and has been in feeble health sinco that time. About three months ago ho had a stroke of paralysis, from which ho never entire ly recovered. He was an honorable, upright citizen, and had the respect and confidence of his fellow-men. He was a kind father, a good citizen, and a useful man. Ho loved his Bible, and was fond of reading it. His memory was remarkable for persons and events about which ho had read, know or been told. He seemed to have forgotten few of these things. His funeral was well attended. Tho services were conducted in iii". Baptist Church by the pastor, and his body was laid to rest by tho side ol' his wife and grandson in tho Cemetery ol' tho old Sumo Church. Like a shock of corn fully ripe, he came, to bis grave, full ol' years, and having lived moro than the allotted time of h ninan life. T. P. L?HK. ? mm .? m Too Much Cotton. ?? It is to bc feared that tho farmers of tho South will make tho mistake, of over-producing cotton this year. It has happened several times in tho last few years that when for any rea son a cotton crop brought good prices the next erop was so largo that tho price of cotton fell heavily, sometimes toa point which hardly paid tho fla mer for raising it. Tho Savannah Morning News, pub lished in ono of our greatest cotton ports and possessing excellent facilities for full and accurate informati JU, gives some wise counsel to Georgin farmers when it says; "Reports coming from various parts of this State indicate that tho farmers aro preparing to plant an unusually largo acreage in cotton. Tho sr.lo of fertilizers is largo and tho demand for mules and farm implements is active. It is fair to assume Dint there is tho same condition of affairs in other States of the cotton belt. "Tho prico of Cotton may [continue high. There is a prettty strong proba bility, however, that it will not bo as high next season ns it is] now. The reasons for this view aro that thc mar ket for cotton goods appears to bo glutted. Tho mills aro doing what they can to cut down production. At tho present prices of cotton goods and cotton there is no profit, for the manu facturers. Tho outlook is for a very largo acreage, which, with a favorable season, means a large, cotton crop, and a largo crop moans a fall in the prico of cotton. "Tho wiso thing for the cotton grow ors to do is to keep the cotton acreage below what it was last year. A small crop is moro profitable than a large one. It costs a great deal moro to raise a big crop, and tho chances are allein favor of tho small crop bringing moro money. "Tho crop last season was a small one, and it is expected that the crop this season will bo. Tho prico last sea son waa good ; this season it is better. Those who plant for a largo erop with tho expectation of getting 10, or oven 9, cents a pound aro likely to bo disap pointed. It is true they may be fortu nato and got both a big crop and a big price, but tho chances are they will not. It is better to bo on tho safe side, which is tho side of a small crop and a high prico. if a small acreage is planted attention will bo given to other crops. With other crops tho farmers will have, something if tho cotton crop is a fail ure. If alargo acreage is planted no attention will bo given to anything oise. Now is tho timo to decido between a large acreage and a small ono." Our farmers must settle their plans very soon. It will bo a greater misfor tuue to thom und to all other classes of our peoplo if they shall commit tho error of ovorplantiug cotton and neg lecting tho food cops. - At El Reno, O.T.. March:;, Prof. Coleman nod Clarenco Boyne, lioth from near Brunswick, Mo., were fatal ly injured by falling from a balloon while Attempting to make adoublo ascension. When about 75 feet from tho ground tho baloon hoop toro away and both mon wero hurled to tho ground with frightful force. Coleman's back is broken, and so are Boye y's shoulder and legs. A travelling man was bailly in jured by being struck by one of the men and a small boy was seriously huit in tho ?ame way. Guyton. Mit. Ki) ITO it: ? uoticu in Tm: INTKI. MGKNCKU th?* news anil happenings from almost every suction in the Coun ty, and I rarely ever situ anything from our little village-Guyton-named for our cKtootncd and honored townsman, Col. A. M. Guyton, and wo think Col. Guyton is tho right man in tho right pince, for ho sooms to take groat pride in military affairs and always intcrost ed in the welfare ol' the old soldiers. Guyton is a beautiful little county village, situated ll* miles north of the city of Anderson, on tho road leading to tho city of Greenville. Wo bavn't been abb', to ascertain from our enu merator or tho census bureau just tho exact number of inhabitants of our village. We have one dry goods and grocery store just opened and is doing a good business, and bids fair to build up a good country trade. Misses Ada and Ida Hogers aro thc proprietors, and they certainly know how to wait on and please customers. They carry a full lino of goods from a "Bob White" plow-stock down to "Coats O. N.T. Spool Cotton." Now for tho news of tho town. Miss Ali'.'u Ducworth, of William ston, and her friend, Mr. il. It. ehren berg, of Charleston, were tho guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. L. tiny ton last weok. Miss Alico has many friends in our town who aro always glad to eeo her, and it is with much pleasure wo wel come her into our town. Mr. Chroitz bcrg hus returned to his home, but we aro happy to say wo at ill have M?SB Alico with us, and hope her visit may be n long one. Mr. Warren Hammond has purchas ed a now horse, and top buggy. Mr. Krank Pilgrim has bought a beautiful horse. Somebody had betterbe on the look out. Miss Ida Hogers has been very sick, but I am glad to say she is able to be in tho store again to welcome her many friends and customers. "HONKY BKK." Triangle Items. Wo aro having som? vory fino w(ather now and tho merry plo n biy CRT bo heard Hinging over tho hills'. Kev. N. ti. Wright preached u vory ina prensivo boruion la^t Suiid*? nt thia pla e. There wer t Keveral visitors there from otbor Churcho?. Among them woro Minu?s Al io Mid tr, Lizzie 6nd Russie IC'iy, I/jo.on Iv .y, Lull Cox and Etilo Willingham, all ol Neal's Creek. M lut, Ber; le Gentry and sister visited their ft ?end, Miss Cordie Campbell, last Sunday. Wo had a delightful sluging at this place S luday afternoon, which was led by Mossr.-1. Holland and Kny. M I P. M. A. Cobb ls very sick at this writing, but we hope soon will recover. There was a delightful pound party at tho ra-ddoice of Mr James Kay last Sat urday night. The health of our community la very good. BL?H Ev KB. Anderson and Labor Contracts, Judgo Benet at Anderson found & specimen of an agricultural labor con tract used in that County which brought out a most elaborate lecture to tho Grand Jury. If that contract is the rule, then the lecture was pat to the point but we take it that tho specimen in the bnuds of His Honor was the exception and hardly proves tho rule. Worather think that His Honor should have done tho subject iu a dozen lines, in - stead of indulging a voluminous ha rangue. There is danger of tho in tense humanitarianism of our North ern friends accepting a Cross Hoads in Anderson for tho good old State of South Carolina. There should bo little parado over a mare's nest./- Laurens Advertiser. Girl's Father Used a Whip. CHATTANOOGA, March l.-Great ex citement was created in this city yes terday when W. J. Ingle, a prominent rem estate dealer and large property owner, accompanied by Kev. Mr. Davis, pastor of the Hill City Baptist Church, and another party, went to thc place of business of and assaulted one George Frank, manager of a meat market, with a horsewhip. Ingle belabored Frank unmercifully, tho toTiir being witnessed by a great crowd. Ingle charged Frank with having circulated reports connecting Mies Mabel Ingle, his daughter, in an im proper manner with Kev. Mr. Davis. The Ingles aro highly respectable - and Frank's rcnuirke had been food for gossip for several days. Merrymakers Celebration, Augusta, Ga.. April 22-27. 1901. Un account of tho above occasion, Southern Hailway announces reduced rates from Asheville, Charlotte and intermediate points ill North Carolina. Tennillo and Savannah and intermed iato points in Georgia and from all 8oints in South Carolina to Augusta, ra., and return for ono first-class fure for tho round trip for individuals (sin glo tickets), and for military com pan ?esand brass bauds in uniform, twenty mo) or moro on ono tickot, still lower rato. % Tickets will bo sold April 20th to 26th, inclusivo, aud for trains schedul ed to arrive nt Augusta prior to noon of April 27th, good to return until April 29, 1001. For detailed information ns to sched ules, rates, etc., write or call on any Agent of tho Southern Hailway or con nections. W. II. TAVI.DK, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. - Grer*,excitement has been caused in Pensacola, Fla., by virgin goblin considerable quantities being pumped from a well in tho suburbs of tho city.