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l lUri Is Now On 1 AM we are exerting ourselves to make the next I days Busy Ones. We have many things appropriate for? \ aas Pres" Many things in? ', Notions and. Fancy Dry Good That would be appreciated. If you wish to give? USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PRESEN' A look through our Stock would be of interest to you. you are looking for? - SUBSTANTIAL^ Th? ne*t five days will be an? OPPORTUNITY. Blankets. Such a line has never, been shown in Anderson before. Also, Fancy Comforts and Quilts. Our JLinen Department Is an interesting one. Our Table Linens, Napkins, Doile and Towels, of every kind, are great values at the prices < are asking for them now. If interested in? Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Garments By all means see our offerings. We do not care to carry o v Ladies9 Goats, Jackets, Gapes, Automobiles, Waists and Skirls. Consequently we will offer great inducements in order move this stock. We hope to make a clean sweep on evei thing Beady Made. The Housekeepers should not hesitate to buy our? Carpets At present prices ; we have reduced the price on every yai You cannot find a more attractive line of? Rugs and Art Squares than Ours. : Some lovely? Moquette and Smyrna Rugs, In large sizes. Also, a fine line of? Mattings, Window Shades, And Window Curtains. If you desire^the newest styles, the best wearers, th most comfortable Shoes for men, women and children, se ours'Sure. We are prepared for a mighty Christmas Bush. Haye tl right Goois at the right Prices. The Cash will do wonders at our Store from now uni the night of the 24th inst. AU aro invited to come and see. N ,-. '" ; : ' . * . [./ '.; v, ' Wishing a?L a very merry Christmas'and happy Wew jy weare Yours truly, 1 9 Ai a ISfiSi WHO UWE US Wilt confer a^av?r by settling by the night of the Slot inst Yours truly, 0. & P. Local News* WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18. 1901. ; THE COTTON MARKET. Strict Good Middling?7J. Good Middling?7J. Strict Middling?7*. Middling?7*. ? Chicken and turkey thieves season has begun. Lookout! Dr. R. Frank Smith, of Easioy, was in the city last Monday. You can begin now to prepare those good New Year resolutions. There are now twenty-four prisoners confined in the County Jail. Don't talk about bard times so much and times will appear easier. County Supervisor Vaudiver v?ited Columbia and Charleston last week. Clemson College has closed for the 1 holidays and will reopen January 2. The first drove of hogs from Teu nesseo arrived in the city last week. ? All reports indicate that a great area is being put in wheat in tbis County. In giving your children presents give them something useful and sub stantial. Mrs. Eugene Fant went to Abbeville last week to visit her mother, Mrs. John Leslie.. Old Santa has just a week'in which to collect all that is necessary for the favored ones. Mrs. Wm. Perry\ of Greenville, is in Anderson visiting the family of Hon. B.F.Cray ton. . Our young friend, T. S. Maxwell, of Greenville, spent Sunday in Anderson with his parents. Paul Barr, of Charleston, came up last Saturday to spend a few days in tho city with relatives. In his new advertisement C. Frank Bolt tells you of the many good things he has in stock for Christmas. The weather has been fine for hog killing, and the most of our people are enjoying pudding and sausage. The friends of Rev. O. T. Porcher, \ o? Greenwood, were delighted to greet him in the city a few days ago. The . Good Roads Convention is in session in Greenville this week. An derson County is well represented. Remember, all places of business will be closed in Anderson ou Wednesday, T hursdny and Friday of ney* week. E.G. McAdams, Esq., offers a hue piece of real estate in the city for saie at a bargain price. See advertisement. The People's Furniture Company enn (supply you witb a useful Christmas [present. Read their new advertise ment. You have just two more weeks in which to pay your State and County taxes. You should attend to it at once. Some of our correspondents havo been very quiet for some time. We would be slad to hear from them of tener. The demand for farm animals has not become strong yet. It is proba ble that the sales will be light next Spring. Miss Inez Schroeder, one ol Walhal la's popular young ladies, has been spending a few days in the city with friends. Hon. J. Perry Glenn went to Colum bia last week to attend a meeting of the Board of 'Directors of the Lunatic Asylum. When you go to make your Christ mas purchases remember the many-ex cellent bargains advertised in these columns. In their new advertisement this week Julius H. Weil & Co. tell you what they have in store for Christmas pres ents. Rend it.. The city graded schools will havo a two-weeks' holiday for Christmas, be ginning next Friday. Of course, tho Students are happy. Capt. E. E. Rankiu, the genial repre sentative ot" the Greenville News, was in the city last Friday, and wns a wel come visitor to this office. Copt. George W. Snllivnn hns re signed ns President of the Williamston cotton mill and Jas. P. Gossett has been elected as his successor. V Tho Intelligencer will be issued a day earlier next week in order to give all of its employees an opportunity of enjoying tho Christmas holiday*. The Confederate Monument is gradu ally going up and is now about ready for the figure of the Confederate pri vate that will Btand on the top of it. The cry of hard times nud poor col lections is heard all around, but we should pull through with reasonable in dulgence if every man will do what he can nod not dodge. Col. J. C. Boyd, of Greenville, who commands the Third Regiment of the I State militia, will inspect the Anderson Rifles to-morrow night at their armory over Hall Bros.' store. The third snow for this season fell lu r* t^at. evening. It was very light. : T.;re?L snows preceding Christmas is something never before witnessed by the-oldest inhabitant. A. E, Dean, of Deans, left yesterday j for Tyler, Texas, where ho will spend | a few.-weeks, visiting relatives. We ! join his friends in wishing him a pleas ant trip and a safe return home. ?v?ry member of Chiquola Lodge, Knights of Pythias, requested to at- ! tend the regular convention of. the Lodge to-morrow evening at 7:30 o'clock, ns business of importance will be ?'-ansacted. Upper Carolina is considerably be* hind on rain for tho last two months. From October 1 to December 8 thero were only four showers aggregating not more than 2 1*2 inches. County Auditor Boleman publishes his annual notico of assessment iu an other .columu, which should bo read carefully by every taxpayer, Kcnie'ni ber that this timo you will havo to re turn real estate in full. We are requested to announce that Rev. T. C. Ligon will preach in tho j Presbyterian Church at Deans next Sunday, raorniug at 11 o'clock. Tho friends of tho congregation are cordial ly invited to attend tho services. Married, on Tuesday, December 17, 1001, at 7 o'clock a. in., at tho rcBidenco o? tho bride's sister, Mrs. P. B. Allen, at Starr, by Rov. R. C. Ligon, Mr. J. Willis McGeo and Miss Icio Jones, all Anderson County. Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Griffin. Belton, have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Annie, to Mr. J. S. Adams, a prominent young farm er of Greenville County, at their homo at Helton on December 20that 2 o'clock p. m. J. J. Rodgers, accompanied by his wife and two sons, of Spartanburg, has been spending a.few days in Anderson visiting the family of his son-in-law, James A. Non is. Mr. Rodgers is su perintendent of the Fairmont Cotton Mills. J. M. Stacks, Thos. Young and De Witt Manning, with their respective families, who have been living in Cor ner Township, have gone to DeQueen, Ark., to make their future home. We wish them much success in their new home. Rev. T. P. Lide, of Pendletou, spent a few days with relatives here recently and preached iir the Baptist Church Sunday morning. This is Mr. Lide's old home and his many friends are always glad to see him.?Darlington Messenger. Tho many friends of Col. R. B. A. Robinson will regret to hear that he has been seriously ill nt his home in Martin Townehip. Yesterday we learn ed that ho was improving. Wo *wish him n specify restoration to his usual good health. Cli.'ton, a little son o? W. J. Mitch- j ell. died at his homo in Martin Town- , ship on Tuesday, 10th inBt., after a brief illness, and was buried the fol lowing day at Mr. Bethel Church, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. N. G. Wright. Invitations havo been issued to the t marriage of Rev. W. J. Wyley, of j Donalds, S. C, and Miss Julia Parker, of this city. The happy event will J take place at the home of the bride's i mother, Mrs. Rebecca Parker, in this j city, un Thursday20th inst. Tho contract for the erection of the union depot has been awarded to our fellow-townsman, C. M. Guest, who will begin work at once. The rail roads have done well in securing the services of Mr. Guest, who will give them a good job in every respect. Mr. Templctou, tho gentlemanly and winning agent of the C. A. Reed music house in Anderson, has sold four piunos in ou: town lately. Of the last two, one was purchased by Mr. John M. Mays, and the other by Mr. W. B. Penn for our opera house.?fidgcficld Chron icle. The city ordinance against shooting fireworks in the city willtbe suspended from 0 o'clock p. m. Christmas Eve until 12 o'clock Friday night following. The boys must keep away from the cotton platforms, and must not fire their roman candles or throw their crackers Ht any person. It is tho opinion of cotton experts that the price is bound to go higher, and they areji advising the farmers to hold what they have. The misery of it, however, is that tho farmers mostly have none to hold. Those who have it are fortunate, as they will get something like the worth of their pro duct. ?t a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Charleston last week our townsmen. Dr. J. P. Dnckett was ap-. pointed Senior Grand Deacon, J. L. Farms*, Junior Grand Deacon, and J. C. Wat kins one of the Grand Stewards. These gentlemen will wear their honors worthily and discharge their duties faithfully. Tho scheduled cold wnvo reached this section last Sunday afternoon and with unexpected fierceness. The fall in the mercury within twelve hours was one of tho greatest on record, reaching 17^ above zero. The reports from the North aind West are terrible, many people and live stock haying been frozen to death. It is a mistake-about A. E. Browne resigning as postmaster at Denver. He thought of doing so on nccqnnt of his health, but J. R. Garrison declines to serve and Mr. Browne will cm tin in to fill the. position, with his wife and son as assistants. We join Mr. Browne's j many friends in wishing him a speedy restoration to health. The following officers have been j elected to servo Willow Camp, W. O. j AV., the ^ensuing year: Council com mander, W. E. Lee; advisory lieuten ant, 'R. E. Nicholson;'banker, G. N. Broyles; clerk, W. G. Johnson; escort, W. A. Power; sentry, W. B. King; physicians, Drs. Harris and Dnckett ; manager, G. X. C. Boleman. Under the".caption of "Convention Notes" tho Baptist Courier says: "There is no more lovely spirit in this Convention than Dr. J. D.' Chapman, I of Anderson. His face shines. His is ono of that small number of men's faces into which other men may look and feel that it is am inspiration, a j moral tonic. I wrote this once before, but it will bear repeating. Mrs. Chapman attended the Convention with her husband." Mrs. O. Y. Bonner, of Due West, | died at the home of her father. Dr. ; .James D. Neel, near* Troy, at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, December 8. Mrs. Bonner wos the wife of Rev. O. Y. Bonner, who, with several children, survive her; She has many friends in the lower section of this County who will regret to hear of her death. -At the Argyle Hotel, where the Press Association was entertained in Charles ton last week, wo met an old Anderson boy, Clarence Maroney, who is night clerk. He will bo on tho lookout for tho people of Anderson who visit the Exposition and will tako pleasuro in giving them any information desired. When you go to Charleston register nt tho Argyle. Tho South Carolina Conference hns designated next Sunday as Epworth Orphanage Day. This measure was or dered to make up something of tho loss occasioned by shortage in Thanks ! giving uiieriugs. The Methodists in this County should bear this in mind, aud g?i to Church next Sunday prepared to make a liberal contribution to the Orphanage. Geu. M. L. Bonham, Grand Chan cellor of South Carolina, has issued a circular suggesting that the Pythiaus of the State have a "Pythian Day" at tho Cnarleston Exposition. This sugges tion has met with much favor here, and I when tho day is set a largo attendance ! of the Knights from this city and coun \ ty will bo on hand to join in the festiv ities of the occasion. I Mrs. Martha Harris, relict of tho late John Harris, died at the home of her son, L. D. Harris, near Helton, last Friday, at tho ripe old age of 00 years. Two sons survive her. Mrs. Harris had since her girlhood been a devoted member of tho Methodist Church, and was most highly esteemed by a wide circle of friends. Her remains were interred on Saturday at Trinity Church. In order to allow their employees to have a merry Christmas tho merchants of tbe city have unanimously agreed to close their stores aud suspend business on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week. Tho public officials will also close their offices, and no business whatever will be transacted. Bear this in mind, aud don't come to tho city to transact business on the three days named. Rev. M. B. Kelley, tho new pastor of St. John's Methodist Church, tilled his pulpit for the first time last Sunday morniug, and was given a most cordial greeting by his congregation. At the evening service all the churches in tho city were closed and the- pastors with many members of their respective con gregations assembled at St. John's to hear tho new pastor and extend him a hearty welcome to Anderson. W. H. Hanna, of Vnrennes Town ship, received a letter a few days ago announcing the death of his eldest son, W. H. Hanna, at his home in Polk Count}', Ark., after a brief illness with pneumonia. He was about 30 years of age and leaves n widow and two small children. Mr. Hanna moved to Arkan sas a few years ago, and was meeting with success iu his adopted home. The parents of the deceased havo tho sym pathies of nil their fiiendsin their sore bereavement. Lust Thursday morning about 1 o'clock the dwelling house of F. P. Hollingsworth, at the comer of Green ville and East Boundary streets, was burned. It is not known how the tire originated. The house wnB owned by Mrs. Kate Harper, of Seneca, and was a two-story frame building. It was in sured for $750, and was valued atabout $1,200. Mr. Hollingsworth saved a part of his furniture. He had some insur ance on it, but not enough to cover his loss. "The Idler" in a recent issue of the Spartanburg Journal says: "They havo funny people over in Andtmon. J. B. Douthit, formerly State Liquor Com missioner, is selling Bibles, and it 1b said he will send ono with steel plated I backs to Dudley Haselden. Two of I Josh Ashley'r. l oys have quit running rabbits and are catching blind tigers. Josh is going to quit raiming for the ; House and run for the Senate.awhile, in the hope of more effectively repre senting the yellow dog. In town they are running an order to suppress law lessness and in tho country they are lynching negroes. So many funny and contradictory things are going on that Wo need not be surprised if a number of prominent farmers ask Judge Benet to locate in Anderson and help them subscribe for the Philadelphia North American." Prominent among the mnny remark ably attractive features which appear in The Designer for January is: "In Holiday Masque," illustrating and de scribing numerous unique and artistic fancy costumes for adults and young folks. In another article "Evening Waists" ara most charmingly set forth, and there is besides an alluring display of Winter fashions and millinery. Literary contributions having especial bearing on the New Year are: "A Watch Tarty," "A Twelfth Night. Din ner," and "Holidays at the. White House." There an* two short stories. "The Frolic at Bassett's" and "Found in the Ice nills," and a parlor comedy, "A Glimpse of Bohemia." "Decora tive Darning" and directions and illus trations for knitted mittens, bootees j and golf stockings offer pleasant and [ useful employment f ir winter even I ings. "Pointson "Dressmaking." "For ! Health and Beauty," "Book Notes," j "Selections for the Hecitationist," I "Etiquette Hints," "Nursery Lore" and "Cookery Rpcipes" are some of the ! other helpful articles in this execed i ingly interesting number. A few I words of well-deserved praiso should .be sp<>' en of Tho Designer's New Yeai I cover, vhich pictures a pretty girl in a dainty scarlet cloak and broad-brim hat [ against a background of pine boughs, i tho entire conception being in excel lent taste. ? WANTED?Hides ot all kind*. Hlgh fatcaxh criers paid for them nt the An j rtwrMon Tannery or T. Q. Anderson'-? Coal I Yard. 2d??. A re you iblnk'ng of what to buv your b'jy for h ChrlfHuiHM Pr*?BeniT Wbat can i you think of that would n'ense blm so union h* a Wn'ijno, mo Air Rifle, a Cbeat of T<>o1m or ? PocWwt Knln-? These goods are carried ?fy .Sullivan Hardware Co. What This Yast Business Is Built On ! The confidence of our customers is the key-note of our success. It is not what we say that brings us so much trade, as it is the feeling on the part of our customers that what we say can be most implicitly relied upon. We claim to have the? Best Overcoat For $5.00, $7.50, $10.00 and $12.50 to be found anywheie. Better drop in and get one of these Coats before your size is sold. HALL BROS. Cut Price Clothiers. South Main Street. Wheat Fertilizer. ACID PHOSPHATE, BONE AND POTASH, AMMONIATED FERTILIZER. * We have on hand a large quantity of the above named goods. They are in perfect condition, and manufactured espe cially for small grain crops. Our goods and prices will interest you if you are froing to sow wheat. Yours truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO. South Main Street. P. S Our special preparation of Bone and Potash for wheat will prevent rust, and makes a fine yield. uns, Guns GENUINE PEIPER GTJNS.-^The equal of which, at the price, have never before been brought to this market. SINGLE-BARREL BREECH-LOADING GUNS, with barrels of finest quality Steel. Genuiue "Walnut Stocks. Perfectly made ami beauti fully finished. An assortment of Breech-Loading Guns from which you can make a selection of anything desired. LOADED SHELLS.?A solid Car Load received. NITRO CLUB SMOKELESS SHELLS at only 50c. per box. POWDEK, CAPS, CARTRIDGES, WADS, PItlMERS, EMPTY SHELLS, PISTQLS, LEGdlNGS, HUNTING COATS, &c. EVERYTHING REQUIRED BY THF SPORTSMAN Can be found in our mnp.moth Stock. Sullivan Hardware Co.