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^ T-TTrTtTT AL T A mn orriAxi ! ANDERSON. S. 0.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1903. VOLUME XXXIX-NO. 18. 4ft?? FOR ^ft Some of you think it's too late to buy Summer Clothes, but you forget what a hot month September usually is. It'll bo a good long time before you'll feel the need of Winter Clothes? and right now we have some exceptional Bargains to offer you in LOW CUT SHOES, ODD TROUSERS, STRAW HATS and TWO-PIECE SUITS. Prices on the above are reduced from ons-quartor to one third. You'll find some values here, so come in this week and get them. Boys' School Suits. We have just received our first shipments of Boys' Knee Pant' Suits. Good Suits, well-made Suits-Suits that'll stand haxd knocks-made for growing boys. In this department we'll show for Fall a larger and better assortment than we have ever shown. Bring your boy here and you'll find what you want. Suits from $1.50 to 86.00. Boys' Knee Pants at 50c, 75c and $1.00. Ages 4 to 17 years. ANDERSON, S. C. The Spot Cash Clothiers From us Sn season and out of season, and refuses to take any other, no matter how "cheap," he is the man who enjoys life and carries a high head, for his toni ia never troubled. He has no worries and he never frets. Hejseeks comforts for his tired feet hy buying a ' pair ^f our-^- ; ^ FOOT EASE SHOES For they are well named, and, like all our Shoes, are chock full of superiority.. He buys his FERTILIZERS .. From us and beneath the friendly shade of his own viue and fig tree, for our Fert??zera do all the rest .They are the best grt?s on the market, and that is what he always demands and what he always get. SAY, DON'T- ' WANT TO BB HAPPY ? Then, come and have a smile of sat isfaction with us. Take a full doss of our Compound Chronic Values and tho r^t b Peace, Plenty and Prosperity. Chance curtomera are sure to become regolara. Try us, and whenever you think of perfect, un alloyed Happiness you will think of SH The Folks that SeU the Good Binds. STATE NEW?. - For the first time io seven years there is not o white man in Charles ton jail. - A young white man hy the name of Louis fell through the dook in Sampit at Georgetown and was drown ed. cn - Two negroes were killed by ^he explosion of a steam pipe in the boiler room of the Olympia mill in Columbia. - Two highway robberies have oo ourred in Newberry county within the last two weeks. Both men robbed were white men. - Judge Gage has returned from Scotland but his health is still too feeble to permit bira to perform his judicial fuuotiono. - Graded schools aro opening all over tho State and there are reports of unusually larg ? attendance and good prospects from al'. - The cotton gin is getting in its work early in the season. Ramsey Bowers loat his arm last week in a gin in Hampton County. - A young white man was found unconscious in a yard in Columbia. It is thonght bc is . life insurance agent for tho Virginia company. He was a great cigarette smoker. - The body of the late Lieutenant J. W. L. Clement, U. 8. N., haebeen brought to Charleston for interment. The yonng man died of typhoid fever while his ship was at a European port. - Will Dinsmore, a whiteman, was arrested in Spartanburg on the charge of stealing goods from freight ears. The man had been employed by the Southern and had in his possession keys to the ears. - It is reported in the New York papers that Mrs. Sigmund Wolf, for merly of the town of Sumter, has fall en heir to a fortuno of over twenty millions. It is said that this enor mous sum was left by a brother in South Africa. - A terrible storm visited the lower portion of the State last Wed I nesday. Much damage was done in 1 Charleston and Georgetown, and in j Horry County the damage to the crops, timber and buildings is esti mated at one million dollars. - A fishing fleet known as the "Musquito Fleet," was caught in a severe squall off Charleston and one of the boats was sunk. Two men in the boat were drowned and the ether waa pulled out of the water when almost exhausted. All were negroes. - Last Saturday evening at 6 o'clock in the city of Greenville a Charleston and Western Carolina freight train ran over and instantly killed Wm. Henry Morgan and Arthur Pavia. They were walking on the track and paid no attention to the train, which was running slowly back wards. - 8eoreta?\v Hester, of the New Or leans Cottee Exchange, says that South Carolina made 87 ' i bales of cotton last year agait <- J.OOO the year before. The orop of 1903 04 was the most valuable on record. The average was 161.38 per bale against 944.52 thc year before. The total value of the crop was $617,501,548. - The cotton mills of Columbia will probably be equipped with a new device for the cleaning of cotton.dust ' and other trash whioh gives the op i eratives so muoh trouble. The device is an invention of a Sumter mau and a trial ' is being given at the Granby mill now so that if it works success fully tho other mills in the syndicate will use it. It is now being . used at ! Sumter. I -If the present ratio of increase keep? up: in fertiliser tax returns, Clemson College will get not far from $120,000 this year. Up to September 10th the State treasurer has reeeived from this source 0102.330.70,^ against $91,299.05 for .the same date last year. The income for the entire fiscal year of 1903 wot? $88,909 80, whioh shows that the iborease in (be last three months of the year was about $7,000, most of the fertiliser having been pur chased. - The boiler In the saw milt of Mr. James Wiso, near Aiken, blow up at 9 o'clock hat Saturday.morning. Mr. Wise' was badly cut and scalded. David Pagan's skull was broken and the negro fireman is badly scalded. Fagan ia the only one thought to be seriously hurt. The accident is enid tu have been caused by the careless ness of the fireman in putting cold .water into the boiler, with eighty pounds of steam on. - Cherokee County enjoys the dis tinction of being the first county not only in; South Carolina, but in the United States, to. have as much as a carload of tin ore .mined within Ul borders. Capt. S. S. Boss, who dis covered . iia caine on his farm neai Gaffney about a year aso. has so fat shipped two carloads of ore to "Eng land to be sm el tered at Cornwall. It is said to be a faet that not so much as a ton of ore -has eyer before been taken out of any single mine on the North American continent. - Being conscience stricken at thc thought of having swindled a cotton mill seven years ago with a waten packed bale a farmer, living in anothei county, baa sent $5 in cash to Green ville, that being the amount to whiol ho was not entitled. The cace ii rather remarkable. Often it is found that tho weight of a bale decreasec after it has ne?n thoroughly dried, but it more often happens that when complaint is made to the original seller the fault is laid at the door of agin ner. In thi? instance, however, the ginnoi was the innocent j: arty.-Greenville NeWS. GENER Ali NEWS. - Judge Parker has visited Ne? York and held a oonferenoe with the Democratic leaders. - The Japanese Boheme of tunnel ing'Russian forts in order to blow them np is proving successful. - The Ottoman government has deposited $25,000 in settlement of the claim of an -American citizen of Smyrna. -- As the weather is gettiug cooler people are moving in on St. Louis. Great orowds will attend within the nest sixty days. - James MoWilliams, 107 years old, a veteran of the Tndiau. Mexi can and Civil wars, died Wednes day at his homo near Greenville, Ala. - Seven thousand men have been thrown out of employment in the Pullman car shops because thc com pany says it cannot pav tho high wages. - Blaine Hoffman, of Pittsburg, Pa., is the first viotim of this season s football. He was- killed by being crushed underneath apile of opposing players. ^ - The special grand jury at Hunts ville, Ala., investigating the lynch ing of the negro Horaoe Maples have reported indictments against ten of the mob. - The great strike at the blooming and bar mills, at Sharon, Penn., has been brought to an end, and the fires have been lighted preparatory to going to work this wees. - David B. Leiphardt, superinten dent of the dead letter office at Wash ington, is himsolf dead by his own bands, having sent a bullet into his head on Saturday night. - Frank O'Donnell, a lad 18 years old, has been arrested in New York, charged with forgery and embezzling funds to the amount of $25,000. He was in the employ of a lawyer. - Heavy fighting with great loss of life is of frequent ooourronoe in Para guay between the government troops and insurgents. Negotiations are now on foot to end the revolution. - Gen. John T. Wilder, of Knox ville, Tenn., nowa pension agent, but commander of Wilder's brigade in the Civil war, has just been married in North Carolina. He is 80 and she is 18. - Some of the Indians of the Five Tribes in the Indian Territory are threatening to boyoott the ? publio schools if the negroes are permitted to enter them-thus drawing the oolor line between blaok and red. - The Southern Methodist Church at Statesboro, Ga., have by resolution denounoed the borriblo crime in that place, the burning of two negroes, and they have asked members par ticipating in it to withdraw from the ohuroh. -- The largest ohioken farm in the world is at Sidney, Ohio. Between ! 70,000 and 90,000 ohiokens are hatch er, daily, and each day's crop enters a series of ninety pens, at the end of l: whioh after moving up one a day they are ready for market. \ -Judge Miller in his oharge to the grand jury of Hinds County, Mis- j Bissippij on Friday said that 2Q? men were killed in that State between January 1 and April 15, and that it is reasonable to suppcea the samo ratio haB been kept up since.. ! - Two shocks of earthquake were felt at Augusta, Ga-, laot Wednesday. Within the eity limit? the disturbance was noticed only by a few, but on the hills west both tremor-) were distinct ly felt.' The first was noticed at half-, past two and was followed in five min -utes by the second. No damage was done. -- Andrew Carnegie gives a bonus of 10 per cent, upon their yearly wages to'all employes upon the Skibo estates who are total abstainers from intoxicating drinks. He believes that suoh are well worth their benup, both from an eoonomio and eoolal point of view. - A mob at Carlisle, Ind., has ohased all non-resident negroes from town; and the press dispatches report that all resident negroes will be driven but. The homes of all negroes in the village have been visited, and partly demolished. This assault upon all the negroes af a community was in cited by the shooting of a white man by one negro. . - Sam Faison, a young negro who threw a rook in a moving train on the Atlantio Coast Line between Wilming ton and Newborn. N. C., sometime ago, was tried ana convicted at the recent term of Fender Superior Court, and sentenced to two years in the ohaingang service, whioh is the heaviest sentence imposed by law. The negro's act was one of pure devil try And the heavy missile whioh he hurled into t?;e train struck a small white boy named Koonee, of New beru, fracturing his skull and perhaps inflicting a lifo injury. - A singular freik by lightning was enacted at A rabi, Ga. From a e)ear sky a bolt of lightning came and struck the r?sidence of Mr. Kimball, loaring it. almost to pieces. The bed on whioh Mrs. Kimball and her four-year-old baby were lying was torn into fragmentai ' Mrs. Kimball and infant falling to the floor; how* ever, t?e feather bed on which they were lying saved .hem. Neither of them wore hart in the slightest-only shocked. Mri. King, the nurse, who was sitting try the bed, was seal-spin ning around in her ohair, and was somewhat injured, it is thought, by a piece of the splintered bedstead strik ing her on the head. There was a set of steel springs c'4 the bed, and how the nacupfints escaped death ia a mys tery none can explain. Happenings at Seneca. Seneca, S. C., Sept. 31. Miss Christine Dickson has accepted a position with W. P. Niinmons. Miss Fannie Lowery is with Hanter, Dendy & Co. again. Miss Eloise Harris, of Pendleton, is staying with Mrs. P. L. Sitton and attending tho Seneca High School. Miss Mary Ligon, of Town ville, is the guest of Miss Ellen Todd. Miss Mary Cherry and Bessie Norris are in attendance at tho World's Fair in St. Louis this week. Miss Alice Fretwel), nn attractive young lady of Walhalla, was in the city a few hours Friday. Miss Mattie Ledbetter of Townville, was ia the city ? few hours Friday. Miss Lilian Cladwell, after an illness of several days, is ablo to bo out again to tho delight of her many friends. Mis* Nonna and Lois Gignilliatt aro in Marietta, Ga., this week with rela tives and friends. Miss Eunice and Lalla Hallonger, of Richland, leave Wednesday (to day) for Greenville, where they will onlor Chicora College. Misses May Hamilton and Sue Gig nilliat leave for Columbia to-day whero they will enter the Sonth Carolina College for Women. Miss Janie Gantt, of Pendleton, S. C., was in the city a short while Fri. dey shopping. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Ashe, after a pleasant visit of several days as the fuest of the latter'o sister, Miss Stella incanuon, returned to Auderson Sun day evening. Mrs. M. W. Coleman, Atlanta, Ga., is in the city the guest of Mrs. L. W. Jordon. Mrs. O. K. Doyle, of Calhoun, 8. C., waa in town Saturday with relatives and friends. Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Austin and son Willie, after spending several days in St. Louis taking in the World's Fair, have returned home. Mrs. J. Frank Alexander and daugh ter, Miss Franois, o? Piedmont, S. C., are the guests of Mr?. H. F. Alexan der. Mrs. M. E. Sligh, after spending sev eral weeks in Baltimore, where ahe went to receive treatment, has return ed homo. Miss Carrie Hunter leaves this morn ing for Greenville, where she goes to re-enter Chicora College. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Holland spent several days last week atLavonia, Ga., with the former's relatives. Miss Mary Miles Jordon, of Annie ton.. Ala., is the guest of Mrs. L. W. Jordon. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Holland,delight fully entertained a number of the young people on last Wednesday even ing! E. A. Wood of Charlotte, N. C., is operator at the Cotton Exchange here, that has an office in the Doyle build ing, and private wir.s from Nsw York direct to Seneca, giving all the cotton markets and trades each day; also stocks of all kinds are quoted after each trade is made. Anyone can get these quotations free of charge by calling at their office or telephone them for the market. They will take pleas ure tn giving you these quotations. Messrs. J. H. Laroubee & Co., have established a cotton exchange in An derson, and, having a re-lay office here, they decided to pat an office here. W. N. Jackson, of Charlotte, spent several days here last week representing thin concern. Constable Jno. T. S. Hopkins is making Seneca and Walhalla his head quarters now. Glenn Sheldon, of Atlanta, Ga., spent several days in the city last week with friends. Johnson Reid, of Clemoon College, spent Sunday in town with his pa rents. Louis Jordon, of Union, was in the city a few days last week with his pa rents on business. F. M. Gunby, of Columbus, Ga., spent several days last week in town with Marshall Jordon. Thomas J. Perrin, of Atlanta, Ga., waa in the city Thursday on profes sional business. Charles and B. Benedict returned to Nashville, Tenn., last week after spending the summer in Seneca. H. J. Gignilliat is in Marietta, Ga., this week on a visit and pleasure trip . for a few days. T. M. Lowery is in St. Lonis this week taking in the World's Fair, also on business through the State of Ten nessee; W. S. Hunter is having a new coat of naint on his residence, which adds very much to the appearance of it. Ca\)t. L. W. Jordan, of the First Uuit<d States Infantry, stationed at New York, is in the city, where bis many friends ure delighted to see him agProf. H. P. Boggs, of 8hort Oft*, N. C., is in the City for a'few days in the interest of the Short Off College. Horace Whitworth, of Lavonia, Qa., has accepted a position with W. J. Lunney. John Jordain left Sunday evening for Spartanbarg, where he goes to re enter W otford. Clark Harbin, of Chattanooga, Tenn., is in the City with relatives and friends. Ogilvie Todd leaves to-day for Clin ton, S. C., where he goes to enter col lege. Jn?. B. Sitton, of Westminster, spent Sunday in the City with his pa rents. T. J. Mauklin, of Pickens, was in the City Mondav on business. R. P. Tucker, of. Charleston, S. C.. was in town Monday on professional business. Jim Brown, of Central, was in town Jlfond?y es business. Jfessrs. Earle and Charles Harper, R. H. Boyd, and D. Hunt are the mem bers of a now firm which has opened np a stock of general mercbsndise in the new hotel building. The Senecu Pharmacy has removed to the now hotel building and now have one of the prettiest store rooms in the City. The interior is a beauti ful piece of work and ia one of the prettiest finished rooms ter a first class orng store in the upper part of Sooth Gasolina. ; Leslie 8 tri hiing, m ana ger, is in charge and will be ever ready to serve his customers. W. J. Lunney has also made a num ber of changes ia his drag store in the last few months. He Bas had th? front fitted op with plate glass, and the innide has been remodelled and has a very neat and attractive appear ance. New shelving and other noted improvements have oeen made, which iain line with the u pb nidi n g of our little city. -X. H. Cary. ? . '- Telephone.talk is silver and po" litio al telegrams are golden. To See the Prettiest and Most Complete Line of DRESS GOODS Ever shown in Anderdon, at Prices that DEFY COMPETITION, come to e Racket Store. _ w Our Buyer has just returned from the Northern market?, and values in Goods are arriving; daily that prove to tho most fastidious dressers the result of careful selections. - See our Stock of the Celebrated Strouse & Bros. High Art SPRING and SUMMER CLOTHING, Which will interest those who wish to dress well and SAVE MONS 7. A new and complete line of OXFORDS, Men's, Women's and Children's, at prices unequalled else where. We extend to all a cordial invitation to visit our Stores, inspect our Goods, and be convinced that what we say is true. MORROW-BASS CO, Successor to Horn-Bass Co., 110,116,120, East Benson St.,.Anderson, S. C. ARE READY To show you an entire New Line of Fall and Winter Goods ! Everything you should desire can be had at our Store. In making your selections for the coming season we ask that you visit our place and inspect thoroughly our line. You'll find that in every particular it will meet with your approval. New Remnants in Outings, Flannelettes, Etc. Full Une of Ultra & Brockport Shoes For Women jujt received. M pore, Acker & Co RU3BER?STAMPS ABE WY LONG SUIT. I make any kind except the bad ones. I furnish a name, Stamp and indellible pad for marking linen for ide. I have some other good things. cr. wiXiSOisT GIBBES, Typewriters, . office Supplies, Etc.,. 1334 Main Street, - . . . Columbia? S. C.