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ESTABLSE 85.NWER,S. C., FRIDA Y, DECEMBER 12, 1902,_ TWICE A WE EK, $ .50 A YEA .* TBUSINESS BLOCK BIB)ED IN ATLANTA. LSS UPWARDS OF HALF NILLION DOL LARS. Paidy Coered by Insurance-Buildings _ Destroyed Out of Date and Im provements Will Result. Atlanta, Ga., Dez 9.-Fire today the heart of the down town seption 4Atista wiped out almost a block bunes houses, causing a loss tia at between $400,000 and 00. The fire originated in N e furniture stQre of Snook & Aus 4 Whitehall street viaduct and trat discovered at 4 o'clock in It spread with great tothe Nororobs building, a on the corner of Peachtree ; rietta streets, whose six sto - we largely taken up with the of p. g " dentists and at Oi" ~ The Noroross building and suo# bulding were entirely , only portions of the walls -. Iming oeoikied by the Ja soe edyarm y corpany, adjoining ne nuilding on Marietta waeompletely gutted and the copany, and the Snook com the heaviest individ =_: eseof the fire. Water did damnage to several stores and across the street. Wiiams house, a small hotel n the .upper floor of the sphama building contained r ylodges and for some time prossile;that loss of life had among the guests of the bt Fire Chief Joyner declared 4 that al the guests had es Y}aK I unharmed. - ALL r!2 OARS STOPPED. 3 pe"tire street.ear service of the was p for about four during the fiercest progress of e aof the old and their material was aet gra.The Norcros the most valued of those was to have been demol a year to make way for oSce structure. It was at a cost of about $50,000. The heaviest monetary loss falls the merchants in the various buildings who lost their stock stres. S' was considerable apprehen ~>7~4 91y in the morning that the - would spread to the Kimball1 rad involve the entire central portio of the city but the o or of the fire departm~ent ~ asd tie fire to a comparatively are. It is not believed that 6*ki=11l street viaduct is seri ~Iaookbuilding was originally ~ ~8Naional hotel which during t~)rlyreconstruction days was the of RobertToombe, Benj Ij~D, exander H. Stephens and e~vSoathern political leaders. ~!eheaviest losers with insurance, *ras ascertained, are as follows: #mbsPharm~acy company, $75, ~ nsurance $50,000. H Snook & Austin Furuiture u ny, $30,000; insurance about tname, B. . Rose & Co., liquor dealers, $15,000; covered by insurance. QGuarantee Clothing company, $25, (V;.insarance $10,000. Williams hotel, $7,000; insurance The other losses have not been tabulated, but they will swell the ag gegate to an amount over four hun died thousand dollars. Almost all the plate glass windows were broken -n. the retail stores across from the lioreroes b'iilding on t'eachtree street. George Seton, a London writer, has pubiished a budget of anecdotes, -one of which tells of a fashionable -woman who appeared -efore Pope Leo in a very low necked dress Wie holiness disapproved of the cos turm. so strongly that he sent a car 4inal to remonstrate with the wearer. The messenger made this rather am biguous explanation: "The Pope, my dear madam, is rather old fash -ioned, you know, and dislikes seeing 8ny lady in evening dress. I, on the other hand, who have spent six years - o'f my life as a missionary among t annibals, am quite used to it." PLENTY OF COfTON. Agricultural Depantment Estimates Crop at 10,417,000 Bales. The statistician of the department of agriculture estimates the- achal growth of cotton in the United States for the year 1902 03 as 10,417,000 bales, of an average net weight of 490.7. The estimate was published last Wednesday. The area picked or to be picked is estimated at 27,114,103 acres, reduc tion of 764,227 acres, or 2.74 per cent, from the acreage planted. The total production of lint cotton is esti mated at 5,111,870,028 pounds, an average of 188.5 pounds per acre. The estimated prodnetion by States in pounds, of lint cotton per acre is as follows: Virginia 248; North Carolina 2364 South Carolina 199; Georgia 165; Florida 120; Alabama 144; Missis. sippi.220; Louisiana 262; Texas 148; &rkansas 268; Tennessee 252; Mis ,oari 252; Oklahoma 282; Indian 'erritory 244. The phenomenally favorable weath- t er that has prevailed almost contin-|< aously for some weeks past through 1 )t a large portion of the cotton belt das made a substantial addition to| he cotton crop as indicated on Octo-|, )er 3. All the eight States which at l hat date reported higher than at the t orresponding. date last year, have till further improved their positions, t while two (Louisiana and Missis- ' tippi) of the five States compared 1 infavorably with the year 1901, now eport slightly higher average yields a er acre than a year ago, leaving | [eas, Georgia and Alabama with t in unfavorable showing. e The commercial crop will consist n )f the above mentioned 10,417,000 t )ales, together with I54,592 bales t )roght forward from last year, ( ibout 250,000 bales of linters and e iample cotton, and so much of the t rop of 1903-04 as may be marketed j efore September 1, 1902, andso f nch of this same crop as may be 1 arried forward to the year 1903-04.|, "' I 1 THE PRESIDENT'S DILEPIA. ft Pears He Wml be Hurt Whichever Horn| He Takes--The Case of Vick, the Col ored Postmaster at Wilmington, | North Carolina. I( [News and Courier.] | Washington, D. C., December 9.-| 9 President Roosevelt, who is chafing | mder the demands for his settlement e >f the controversy between the white c md black factions of Southern Re-| t publicanism, caused it to be stated| a it the White House today that the|e administration, meaning himself, is| a lisposed to regard as '"'officious and premeditated" what he calls "the in-|1 ~erference" of the North Carolina nembers in Congress in the case of |r the negro postmaster, Vick, which is |t he most acute case now under con- l sideration. The President argues|] that the action of Senator Simmons | und his Democratic associates in the | Elose in entering formal protest | igamst the appointment of a riegro|i postmaster is merely a political play | bo put him in a position where he|t will be hurt with either the. negro vote of the country or with the Southern white Republicans. Pres ident Roosevel' fears that should he ref rain from giving Vick another term as postmaster it would be de lared by the North Carolina Demo rats and Democrats throughout the country that he had turned Vick down because he was a negro. On th other hand should Vick be again given his position the Prestdent would be proclaimed as hostile to the sentiments of the Southern white men of both parties who desire to eliminate the negro, and at the same time the assertion would be made that the President was opposed to a decent Republican party in the Soth. He is in a hole and is wor ried over his predicament. Always Good. When people who use - other brands of flour are kicking about their flour, users of "Clifton" are enjoying the same contentment as of yore. Nothing but sound wheat is used in making "Clifton," hence it is always good. Ask your grocer for it. If he does not keep it E. R. Hipp, L. W. Cosby or Hayes & McCarty cnn furnish it. U. C. V. ORGANTZATIONS. Commander Jno. B. Gordan Says They Must Eschew Politics, The following general order has been issued by Gen. John B. Gor don, commander in chief United Con federate Veterant., through Adjt. *en. George Moorman: As many communications have been received lately, asking these headquarters if it is permissable for U. C V. camps or officials to endo rFe andidates for political office, and if Q. C. V. camps or officials can, with propriety participate in politics to my extent; for the information of ill the general commanding repub ishes his circular letter No. 136, of late January 2, 1901, with the addi ;ion to it of section 4, article X of he constitution. As circular No. 136 is in strict sonformity with the terms and intent >f the U. C. V. constitution, it is his letermination while he occupies the igh position of commander-in chief >f the surviving heroes of the Con ederacy, to enforce it, and to see hat no infraction of the constitution curs, through any political or re igious action of any character, or by >ermitting the endorsement of can Lidates for office, or otherwise, by ,ny of the oamps of the U. C. V. sociation, or U. C. V. officials in heir official capacity. The general commanding places he U. C. V. association with its Social, Literary, Benevolent and listorical" aims, objects and pur ooses, far above the policies, politics d contentions of the present day; s the Confederate veterans belong D a period in history which they onsecrated by their valor, and im- J nortalized by their stainless deeds hey occupy an unique place in his ry, as there can never be another onfederate soldier-"That bright st young nation in the annals of ime," and the cause for which they ontended has been placed by the -rtunes of war in a niche in the Ab ey of Ages; leaving a record to hich mankind can point with cease ses pride, telling the story of their tonorable, glorious and deathless chievements. It is, then, the duty, and honor de ands, that the members of the U. J. V. association shall see that its ~enevolent features are not tarnished E any manner, nor diverted in any ray from the pure, noble and phil nthropic purposes which its found rs intended, and which its articles eclare in article II of the consti cution, by using its praiseworthy rd beneficent system for political or 'ther purposes foreign to its high nd holy mission. Circular Letter No. 136 is as fol ws, and will be strictly enforced: "I. It having been brought to the { otice of the general commanding hat one of the camps of this asso iation has violated section, 1, article X, of the constitution, by endorsing n aspirant for political office, and s it may have been done from in httention or ignorance, the section s here published in full, and brought o the noti-ce of all the camps, so hat no such infraction may occur gain, to wit: "'Article IX, Section 1.-No dis ~ussion of political or religious sub ects, nor any political action, or en. lorsing of aspirants for political >ffice, shall be permitted within the Federation of United Confederate veterans." "'Article X, Section 4.-Forfeit ire of membership shall be declared against any camp allowing political or religious dis.'ussion or taking any such action."' "It is of course right and proper for individual members of camps to endorse their friends for political and other offices, and to try and ob tain positions for old comrades in their declining years, by all honora ble means within their power, and their loyalty and friendship in this way can not be too highly commend ed: but under the above sections no such actions of a United Confeder ate Veteran camp, collectively nor any officer of the association,officially, will be tolerated by the association. "II. Tbe United Confederate Vtean AsscanMn was organized AT COST $10,000 TO BE Bran New Sti we have decidE SA GEN It is not a shelf from a No odor of. i clothing wh remarkable, date in qua n-any mark We Mean Whai And $10,000 wor Clothing is to be < and if anybody ca ment in the lot, value of the whol Suits for Men,' A fine selection! fabrics! Such al never before beer purchasing public A Genuine Cosi Of Clothing is sut we must persist that here goes a I all who want an: Suits will find it regret if they.dels to see how it is. Come and THEJ1 Sellers of $lO,C selling at C( W'P. S.-Turn i !or a high and holy purpose, ani will be the endeavor of the geni ommanding to keep it within proper sphere, and to see thati 1t diverted from the noble and nevolent purposes for which it intended. "As the glorious achievement its niembers, and the history it is tended to perpetuate, were all' and made in an era long since pas the association was organized'1 the distinct understanding thai ligious matters were not to be cussed or interfered with in manner, and that it was to hav connection whatever with the tics of the present day: there we must steer clear of all such anglments- a the constitr -WORTH OF NHW CLOT CLOSED OUT AT A Schloss Bros.' celebr; DC ! this season, and now d to make a change in our IINE COST SALE OF N ruse to get rid of cloi ;eason to season, for noth balls or creases ich is to go in this mo: because every garr lity and style--the bes :et of this country.: :We Say! 99 Nov th of the very best s osed out at Cost, nfind an old gar- + F we will forfeit the i~9 stock.a (ouths, Boys~ ! 9 Latest styles! Best i~ t opportunity has ~ A~Our placed before, the A Sale j 8 tt~ h a rare event that }}I in the statement jj9 y eaI cost Sale, and ~ ~ W y of the splendid + We out to their great D~1 y long in coming ii O} ?s ag i 99 is vI BooeUs! ---**- C WART-PI ~00 stock of New Clothing i )t $10,000 Stock of New C] t and look at it any way you may, it is l it plainly states, 'nor any political ac- to the car window ra I tion shall be permitted within the the middle aged its Federation of the United Confeder. "Goodby, profess< tis atA Veterans,' and consecrate all of A man with w be our efforts solely to the objects shirt front, who a1 was stated in the constitution." the dignified ger of"ef e. him narrowly, s s ofI "Prfeser."had started, he sa I In Boston all the bootblacks ad- trick with cards? do vertise themselves as "professors," N,Invrt ith and the custom is spreading to other 'Mebbe ye pla re cities. The real meaning of this ce t'no asnomt dis- honored title is of course, unknown eptiga a any to these Italians, and to a large "Well, ye ain't a no class of whom they are but a parr. see that by yer o. A current newspaper story well play billiards ?" Eore, "takes off" the situation: "No." en The train was about to leave the "Well, I've gt Lt:O- *tation. as a voung man reached uip It's funny I didn' CTUAL CSTi. ated goods I All bought to be closed out because business on January 1st. EW CLOTHING! 0 :hing carried on the five or eight years. of dust of years on 3t remarkable sale 'ent is new, up-to t that can be had ~, We Are Not Selling hoes, Hats and Gents' Furnishings t cost, but We do sell the celebrated lorsheim and Stetson Shoes for men rid a fine line of Shoes for women L prices which will meet all compe tion .... Line of Hats nd Gents' Furnishings comprise4 ie Best Qualities and Latest Styles Sbe found in Newberry or else here. -M~ Are Strictly Up-To-. ate and We are Selling Goods at ery Low Prices.--9 omne and.SBeeUal [FER CO., it Cost and persisting in othing. a Genuine Cost Sale.. THE E.-P. Co. shook hands with IYou're a mesmerist." .iL "I am nothing of the kind." man, adsd, "Well, Il give it up. What is .your line? I know ye're in the ide stripes in his bus'ness, 'cause I heered that young itardlookedeat t feller call ye perfeser." demaer thoed tan "I'm an instructor in Greek, rho d afer he taintoric and ancient history." d, "Kin ye do any "And ye can't do no tricks, nor ,,play music, nor hypnotize?" ched a card." "Of coursa not." eai the pianny?" The man turned and gazed out of ng of music, ex the window on the opposite side of dematical science." the car. "An' he calls hiaself per-. no boxer. I kin fesser!" he said. build. Mebbe ye ________ YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW YOU essed ye this time. Steam Laundary will gve you satisfac think of it before. dn't you patronize home neonle?