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^ T-TTrTtTT AL T A mn orriAxi ! ANDERSON. S. 0.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1903. VOLUME XXXIX-NO. 18. This July SALE MEANS BIG SAVINGS To the men and young men who take advantage ot the ex ceptional values we offer in Stylish Spring and Summer Suits and Odd Trousers. As our regular prices are conside rably less than like quality goods are sold elsewhere, the sayings during this Clearance Sale establishes a new record for value giving?and remember at the cut prices quoted for this July Sale we give our usual guarantee of a perfect fit and satisfactory service. If you have never worn our Cioth= ing this is a good time to get acquainted with it at little cost. 1-4 Off on Men's and Youths Clothing. Here's a chance to get a New Suit that does not come often. Up-to-date Suits, made as only our Clothes can be, and fall wotth every cent of our regular prices to any one, but it's not our way of doing business to carry Goods from one season to another. Hence this July Sale. $5.00 Men's and Youths' Suits now.v.. $3.75 7.50 Men's and Youths' Suits now. 5.65 10.00 Men's and Youths' Suits now. 7.50 12.50 Men's and Youths' Suite now. 9.10 15.00 Men's and Youths' Suits now. 11.25 20.00 Men's and Youths' Suits now.......-15.00 1-4 Off on all Odd Trousers. If it is just a pair of Odd Trousers you need to make your Suit last the balance of the season here's a chance for you to SAVE MONEY : $2.00 Odd Trousers now.$1.50 2.50 Odd Trousers now. 1.90 8.00 Odd Trousers now. . 2.25 * 4.00 Odd Trousers now. ; 3.00 5.00 Odd Trousers now... <. 3.75 - 6.00 Odd Trousers now. 450 Parents Will be Interested in This! Interested because it offers to them an opportunity to provide their boys Smart, Stylish, Well-Tailored Suits at saving prices. This is really an im portant ealo, coming just at this season when many boys are in need of a New Suit. $2.00 Knee Pants Suits now.............'.. $1.50 2.50 Knee Pants Suits now..-....... 1.90 3.00 Knee Pants Suite now............. 2.25 4.00 Knee Pants Suits now............. 3.00 5.00 Knee Pants Suits now.....3.75 6.00 Knee Pant*Suits now.v.. 4.50 A chance to save money on? Oar entire line of $3.50 and $4.00 SHOES and OXFORDS cut as follows: $3.50Shoes now..? .'. $2.75 4.00 Shoes now. ^.............. 3.00. ; 3.50^Oxfords now. 2.75 - . 4;00Oatfordsnow.....^,,1...... S.00 At regular prices these Shoes were among the best to be had ; at the Out Prices they are EXCEPTIONAL VALUES. W? ar<ahaving the most successful July Clothing Sale we Have ever known In our whole business exp?rience. The people know that we meaa what we say, THE S3?OT CASH CIOTH?ERS. The Farmers' Educational and | Co-Operative Union of America. i CONDUCTED BY J. O. 8TRTBUNQ. Commuloatlons Intended for this iepartcaent should be addressed to ||J. C. Stribliog, Paiidleron, 8. C. Our Local Cotton Markets. We are pleased to read the Daily Mail's interview with Mr. F. M. Carey on the local cotton market question, which is about thetirst publio acknowl edgement we have Been from that side of the subject that there :s a kind of division of territory among buyers; and more, that there is a little thing called "courtesy" ailoat between our local cotton mills and cotton brokers, that keep down competition between buyers. We have never before heard this little thing that is costing our local cotton growers thousands of dol lars every Beason called "courtesy." This is a bad little word. . It costs the cotton grower too much. Mr. Carey tells us again that all buy ers and mill men areiu the buying bus iness for the money there is in it. Well, there ia nothing new in this. We can now point out to cotton growers quite a number of cotton men that com menced buying cotton as poor men and they are now rich, and several of them are presidents of cotton mills, and we have never known these fel lows to do anything else but buy cot ton. The organized cotton growers are now trying to deal direct with the mills and save the grower this large "leakage" that Has heretofore gone to pay for this "c urtesy" or go-between men. We do not need this costly ar my of middle men if the grower and the spinners will deal directly with each other. We do not censure these buyers for making all they can out of this busi ness, for the whole fault resta with the grower tor not using the eame busi ess propositions in his business to protect his interest that these buyers use in conducting their business. The merchants have at times took hold of the local cotton markets and bought their customers1 cotton at top prices, but when the merchant went to sell this cotton the local buyers have been known to refuse to take this cotton or allow it to till mill or ders. Is thia boycott or is it "cour tesy!" This darned little word "courtesy" is costing the cotton growers entirely too much and we wish Webster had not made or coined it. We have been told time and again that our local mills were among the many friends of the farmer* and yet we are in possession of the fact that some of our largest mills in the Pied mont section have actually bought or contracted for all the cotton for their next year's use at 7} cents per pound, thus putting themselves out of the competitive market for cotton and placing the power that could have been used to protect their own people's interest at tbeir ewn door, into the hands of others far away to deprees markets to the injury of the farmer at the door of the local mills. But, they say that all this is nothing but a busi ness proposition. Well, it is now up to the cotton grower to organize them selves into the strongest organization possible and stand up against deliver m g thia cotton at prices the grower never made. Farmers, cotton grow ers, are you going to deliver the goods at prices to suit others, or will you come to the aid of each other and price your own products'? Farmers' Union Barbecue. The Farmer's Union Barbecue on 10th August next at Anderson Fair grounds will he an old-time hand atan-tfng intermingling, how-do-yon come-on love feast, in the interest and for the promotion of onr farmers' or ganization and the concert of action among cotton growers of the whole South. This 'grand rally will no doubt be the grandest gathering of farmers and their friends that we have had in this section in years. At our laBt County Farmers' Union meeting at Anderson when the call was made, tor contributions for the barbe cue, the liberality of the farmers and the success of the effort was at once made apparent by individual farmers contributing.whole beeves each, until quite a bunch of bullocks, yearlings* and calves wore hurdled together, for the barbecue. Then the sheep, ram, lamb and mutton, shoats, pigs and chickens fairly tumbled- over each other to get In on the tirst round-up for the grand barbecue on 10th Au gust, which insures a grand success at the very beginning. \ : After the. live stock for the barbe ?de were driven in the hurdle, one en thusiastic and liberal farmer, who, no doubt, had'attended many missionary meetings, walked up to the secretary's table and threw down a five dollar bill, and then after calling in all the $5.00 bills in sight ho made it in turns for $4.00, $8.00 and On down to fifty cento until a considerable purse of hard cash was piled np to back up the livestock, j : The next thing was a resolution ss?= ing all local unions to moot at once and gather in all the contributions of cash and a list of eatables and forward to the special committee, J. M. Payne, J. R. Cot well and W. H. Glenn, at Anderson, who will receipt for the cash and receive th? li?t of contribu tions.^ ^2 Juot hero it is weil VO pinto that this i to be a genuine farmer's barbecue, and that these three committee men axe not to solicit or canvass for contribu tion? but simpiv to receive voluuteer con tri b a t i on e from any farmer or- f &r mmn friend for aid In getting np a large barbecue contribution. Farmer'? Urion Warehouse. When thia subject was called at our last County meeting and the reporte from subordinate unions were all in, the determination to build a Farmer's Warehouse waa developed beyond doubt. At this point the preliminary recommondationa in the resolution passed at the pr?viens meeting were taken no and pnt in working shape by appointing Messrs. B. Harris and J. B. Douthitto apply fora charter, and amending certain- clauses of thepre , vious resolutions. Up to this time ? ?vervthiug seemed to work harmon iously. DANGER HERE. We lind after more deliberate thought m the matter of taking the right to vote on transferring the stock out of the hands of individuals and delegating this power to the directors was wrong; and some of our largest cotton growers now protest against delegating too much power in the bands of a few men, and we think they have good grounds for taking this po sition. The trend of popular opiuion on this subject today is age inst this centraliza tion of power. The people now de mand the right of direct vote for U. S. Senators, and recent developments in cotton statistics at Washington de monstrate that the power for good here has been turned into a tremend ous loss to cotton growers to whom this work was originally intended to benefit. For another illustration as to how this placing of too much power in a few men's hands may cause untold trouble, we only have to refer Far mer's Union men to the intetminable difficulties now holding up the distri bution of the $10,000 of the Alliance Exchange funds now hung up in Court. It goes without saying that if indi vidual owners of this Alliance Ex change stock had the right to come to gether either by proxy or otherwise, that a solution of all difficulties and a distribution of this money could have been made long ago. But instead of this we are informed a few obstinate directors or leaders will squander most of these people's money in fighting each other. This farmer's warehouse stock is to be made up by farmers and controlled by farmers in accordance with the far mer's own ideas, and it matters not how difficult it is to transfer thin stock; in fact, the more difficult it can be made to transfer this stock the more secure it will be for the farmer's inter est. While we are ready to acknowledge all the good that the Alliance done for farmers (and that is much) we are loath to state that it has. left a heritage in these "sub-trustee stockholders" that iB a stench in the nostrils of farmers and as obnoxious as its name is long. The Farmer's Union must steer clear of all the rocks that wrecked the Alli ance. Instead of copying after their mistakes that wrecked them, the Far mer's Union should profit by their looking out for these danger signals. The Saluda Association. The following Is the roll of churche3 entitled to representation at the an nual meeting of the Saluda Baptist association, which will take place this year on August 1 with Mt. Bethel church, and the people who will en tertain the- delegates: Church Host. Anderson, First.L. N. Martin. Anderson, Second.Jas. B. Pruitt. Barkers' Creek.Jos. T. Mattox. Belton, First,.J. Rob Pruitt. Bel ton, Second,.James Shaw. Big Creek...Parker Robinson. Broadmouth.W. C. Shirley. Bethany.T. J. Saylors. Cedar Grove.,.M. E. Pruitt. Cross Roads.Thos. W. Pruitt. DbrcheBter,.Eugene Walker. Eureka.Jno. T. Ashley. First Creek,.Mrs. T. E. Shirley. Flat Rock,.. .J. N. Pennell. Honea Path,.Jas. A. Banister. Hopewell,.F. L. Banister. Keowee,.W. T. Ashley. Lebanon.Mrs. L. H. Burton. Little River.J. R. Walker. Long Branch, _W. J. Saylors, Jr. Mizpah,..J. M. Pruitt. Mountain Creek,;.. .Jno. T. Murdock. Neal'sr Creek.N. W. Parker. New ProBpect.J. R. Pennell. Orrvllle.(Patrick Hill. Pelzer,..._.W. C. Adams. Pendleton, . Jessie Drake. Poplar Springs, . T. F. Ashley. Riverside,....J. B. Ashley. Rocky River,..Mrs. M. E. Cowan. Salem,..-.B. F. Pruitt. Shady Grove,.Jas. A. Pruitt Tabernacle......Joe M. Murdock. Townville.Mrs. R. E. Parker. Triangle..N. G. Wright. Turkey Creek,..B. F. Wright & R. B. Ashley. Union.Jno. R. Drake. Welcome.J. S. Murdock. Whitefleld.Jas. M. P?rker. Williamston, First,.G. W. L. Mitchell. Wiillani8ton, Second,... .S. J. Fisher, v'. Visiting brethren will be entertain ed by J. J. Robinson and W. W Clinkscales. L. N. Martin, Church Clerk. vfl^bnoot Baptist Association. The Piedmont Baptist Association Will hold its next session with tho Bea verdam Baptist Church on Thursday before the first Sunday in August (August 8rd.) Beaverdam is six miles eouth of Liberty. Let delegates come prepared to stay three days. The in troductory sermon will be preached by Rev. T. F. Nelson; alternate, Rov. D. I. Spearman. The following committees are to re port: State Missions?Rev. F. R. MeClana ham, Liberty, S. C; John T. Wising ton, J. N. Howard. . Home Missions?Parker Brown, Lib erty, 8. C; E. B, Richardson andG. ?. R. Williams. Foreign Missions?Rev. D. I. Spear man, Pelzer, S. C; W. L. Julian and J. W. Wyatt. Sunday Schools?A. L. McGee, Ras ley, S. 0.; Rev. J. T. Dobson and W. D. Jones. Temparfluce?J. M. King, Easley.S. C; R. J. Blotti son. Education?R. T. Hallnm, Pieken* 8, O.; W. 0.O'DeU and Dr. J. E. All good. Orphanage*?A. M. Guy ton, William aton, B. C; W. A. Christopher and L. Ii. Smith. Periodicals?Dr. L. C. Guy ton, Wil Haniatoo, S. C.; Rev. F. R. McClana barorand John M. Gear. Nominations?M. P. Rogers, Eacley, S. C; J. M. Mullikin and J. A. Gary. Aged Ministers?J. Jameson, Wil liamaton, s. C; J. T. Robinson and J. H. Ballentine. State Of Religion?N. A. Christopher, Easier, S. ?v, R. F. D.No. 1; and T. J. Digby. Obituaries?C. C. Fricks, W. F. Wyatt andGeo.Hamilton. . Woman's Missions?Mrs. J. M. Geer and Mita Ida Jameson. W? A. Christopher, Clerk of Asso ciation. 8TATE NEWS. ? A new oyster factory will soon jo ereoted in Charleston. ? Chesterfield is likely to fall in .ino and vote out the dispensary. ? The fertilizer board reports that the sales for fertilizer last year oamo to $127,000. ? Tho body of a man terribly mu tilated was fouud on the coast at Sul livan's Island. ? An insect said to be the boll weevil has been found in cotton fields in Saluda County. ? Sumter's new eleotrio lighting company proposes to build a trolley ' lino in the Game Cook city. ? Robert Koeeoe wa9 killed near , Batesburg in a runaway, lie was driving a mule and got tangled up in the lines. ? Movements have been started in Williamsburg and Florence Counties looking toward the voting out of the dispensary. ? Andrew Lamb, a well known farmer of the Cross Keys section of Union County, dropped dead while plowing in his field. ? The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company has purchased a plantation near Beaufort containing valuable phosphate deposits. ? A negro woman in Orangeburg was fired on by an unknown person and an infant in he; arms was killed instantly. The woman was severely wounded. ? The Union & Glenn Springs Kailroad, which runs from Pride's on the Seaboard Air Line to Union, has been inspected by the railroad com mission and opened for traffic. ? Henry Mosely is the riohest ool ored man in Greenville. He was re cently awarded more than $0,000 by the Southern Railway for oertain lands to be used by the railway for termi nals. ? Miss Annie Holmac, of Orange burg, and Miss Kate M. Duncan, of Newberry, have been appointed mis sionaries by the committee on Foreign Missions of the Southern Presbyte rian Churoh. ? Yemen Nettles, aged 21, son of Rev. Hiram Nettles of Kershaw County, oommitted suicide by shoot ing himself in the head with a pistol, because his father reprimanded him for some offence. ? W. E. MoCarter, an engineer, was found dead in the cab of his en gine while it was slowly moving in the direotion of the chalk beds near Aiken. Heart failure is assigned as the cause of death. ? Andrew Wallace and J. W. Glenn, postmaster at Wallace ville, engaged in a street duel. Wallace was wounded in the hip. The rain was pouring down in torrents while they were fighting. ? George and Westley Prioe, col ored ohildren aged seven and eight, were playing with a pistol at Johnston when the thing went off, the ball en tering the abdomen of the older. He died the next day. ? It is stated that since the dis pensary has been moved from Piakens that the towc council has dismissed the policeman, he fines from disorder and druokennea.. not being sufficient to pay for his services. ? The Saluda Power Company has been granted a forty-year oharter by the city of Greenville. It has a capi tal stook of $300,000 and is building a dam on Saluda river, from whioh power will be transmitted to the city. ? Rev. P. N. Goldsmith, a native of Greenville, and paBtor of the old feast Churoh at Salem, Mass., is lost in the mountains of Mexico. He was on an exploration trip and it is thought that he was killed in trying to photo graph some volcano fires. ? IsadoreThompson, of Greenville, was granted a pardon by the governor a few days ago. Thompson was given a life sentence in 1903 for tho murder of a man who seduced his daughter. The petition was signed by the most prominent women of Greenville. ?- An application for a oharter for a trolley line and power plant has been made to the city oounsil of Flor ence. The trolley line is intended to ran to Darlington on one side and Al lison's landing, on the Pee Dee river, on the other? distance of 30 miles, ? The tobacco sales in the Pee Dee. section have begun in real earaest. Large quantities of the weed are being sold daily in Timmonsville, Florence, Darlington, Mullins, and other plaoes. Prices are ssid to be good. The to baoeo aoresge is much larger than it was last year. ? Robert Keith Dargan, president of the Darlington Trust Company, and the Independent Qil Company, of Darlington, oommitted suioide on Tuesday, 11th inst., by drinking osr bolio acid. Tbe deed was a couse quenoo of the failure of the two com panies for something like seven hun dred thousand dollars. He was about 35 years old and leaves a widow and two ohildren, one a daughter about grown. ? Robert A. Law, of Spartanburg, who reoontly reeeived his degree of dootor of philosophy at Harvard Uni versity, has been offielally notified of his appointment as instruetOr in the English department at Harvard. Mr. Law in well adapted to teaoh English. 8inoe graduating at Wofford a number of years ago, he was assistant profes sor of English at Trinity College. After resigning hia position there he went to Harvard and took up a special English oourse for his Ph. D. ? John D. Rockefeller has promis ed aid to tho Baptist College at Louis iana. To See the Prettiest and Most Complete Line of? DRESS GOODS Ever ahown in Anderson, at Prices that DEFY COMPETITION, come to A A A A A\i ?t* Jm mm, <m\ A A 4AA A A A A A AAAA A 4l \ The Racket Store. i_._ _ ^^^mmmpmmmmmf mjm mm ^r*V*mF 1? % %> y^y^T^r*^T^ ^ W "V V ,2 Our Buyer has just returned from the Northern markets* 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 MONEY. 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, 8. G -THE MAGNET. All Summer Goods To be elosed out the balance of this month AT COST PRICE ! We do not intend to carry over any Sommer Goods whatever. The Magnet, The Big Store. Scxt to Post Office.