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"BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. . ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY ll, 1900. ~ VOLUME XXXV1-NO. 8. ODD SUITS Big Clothing business we have been having. Xarger thar- we have ever known. But it has left its mark, and a large business of any kind always leaves an early mark-Odds and Ends. Odds and Ends are crossways with our way of doing things, so what shall we do 1 Sell them-and sell them quickly. Make the price way down below regular-in this instance almost a half. In other words we pay folks to come and get them. 44 Suits in all. Can't fit yon in every Suit, but your size is here in some of them. Most of them were $10.00, some were $8.50 and some $7.50. All are marked $5.00 Tor quick selling. To-day is the right time to buy. B. 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT GASH CLOTHIERS. # WHITE FRONT. VA 15 MIGHTY* WELL ^jg I AND so are thousands of others who are using CHAMPION MACHINES. They have no equal for durability and simplicity in construction. The Champion Draw Cut Mower meets every requirement for grass cut ting. Ii the cotter bar meets a fixed obstacle the wheels will not lift from the ground. On all other front cut mowers the wheels ?ill lift from the ?ground, thus reducing the catting ability and putting the driver in danger of being thrown off and injuied. Should tbs cutter hat ges out of Hue, by sim ply giving the coupling bar a quarter tum, the outer end will bs set forward in exact Hue with the pitman. On no other machine can thia be done, and it IB an important feature as it saves many a pitman from being bent or broken. We are still selling HALL GINS. They are the fastest, lightest run ting, most dumble Gin on the market, and will give complete satisfaction. We ex pact to make record-breaking sales on Gins this year. It is one of the jew Gins that is not controlled by the Trust. We now have ou hand two car loads of all sizes, ready for delivery. When needing any of the above machinery we are ia position to make very close prices. Yours truly, MeOTjrXiir BROS. MISfsbriftftH.NSI Recul?tes tts Bowell? otrcngtnn? ene ??ru?? Makes Teething Essy. TEETH?NA Relieves th* Bowal Troridu ol Children cf ANY AGC Orlame**? te c. J. MOPFBTT. Kl- nu LSii'S. DB. MOFFETTS E ET H IN (Teething Powder*) WppTOBuT? io a question often asked by people who want the BEST VALUE for their ^oUar. We have endeavored to sell Goods at prices to suit the "times," and *> far have been successful. We do not intend stopping at this, bot propose to give you more "sound" Gooda for your Dollar than *e have heretofore WE WANT YOUR TRADE, and if prices abd square dealing will help to get it we can keep it. We carry full Hnee in Dress Goods, Suiamar Goods, Trimmings, Notions, Millinery and Shoes. . lu our Grocery Department you will find only the best Goods at. low prices. ' " fletar, Tobacco, Molasses and Cora. F* We guarantee Prices and Goods. Yours truly, MOORE, ACKER & CO, FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Oicu Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 9,1900. President McKinley is hesitating vfhether or not to throw Pension Com misaioner Evans overboard and ap point in his place some more facile tool who will cater to the Grand Army vote and thus perhaps save some of the doubtful States to the Republicans. The fact that the Brownlow faction in Tennessee got the better of the Evans crowd in the fight for delegates to the Republican convention naturally less ens Mr. Evans' claim on thc adminis tration, and it is believed that little harm would be done to the party by sacrificing him. If the President con tinues him in office it will be because he believes that the grand army of pensioners will prefer any Republican, no matter how distasteful, to a Demo crat, as head of the Pension Bureau. There is no question that Evans has administered the affairs of the Pension Office admirably. He works hard and has saved the country thousands of dollars that were awarded or would havo been awarded to unworthy claim ants under the loose pension methods that have sometimes ruled in the Bureau. This, however, is a crime and not a virtue in the eyes of Republican demagogues, who think that every one ought to have a pension who has AVPS a colorable claim tc one. Their atti tude is pitched somewhat on the lines of the old verse: "Stand up, saints in de middle; Line up, sinners on de flanks;* For all'll git a pension an' a honorable mention, What stands up stidy in de ranks." Evans'real mistake, however, was in opening a fight against the pension attorneys, who number 40,000 or 60,000 throughout the country and naturally exert a wide influence. He called them all kinds of names and tried to convey the impression that most of them got their living by swindling the old soldiers and the government. There are doubtless many dishonest attorneys. You find a certain percen tage of wicked men in every profession -the clergy not excepted-and there is an equally strong objection to being called so, and by branding the entire profession Commissioner Evans com mitted an unpardonable sin, which the attorneys say that the administration and the President who protects him must atone for. The question is whether McKinley will stand by the man who honestly administered his office, or will yield to the pension sharks and dismiss him for doing his duty. The postal records brought by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow from Havana are said to convict E. G. Rathbone of even grosser extravagance than any ' that has heretofore been printed-extravagance wholly unwar ranted by even the most liberal.con 8t ruction of the remarkable portal code under -which he operated. Mr. Bris tow maintains silence as to the facts disclosed by his investigation, but it is well known that the reports of the inspectors who examined Rathbone's books set forth fully the outrageons expenditures above referred to. These reports are being summarized, it is un derstood, for examination by the Post master General. It is understood that Rathbone's pe sonal expenses (all charged to tho Cuban treasury) daring his official career as director general of posts in Cuba reached a grand total of 918,000. The sum of $8,000 was ex pended in furnishing th? house wherein his elaborate fonctions were given; almost as much more was spent in fit ting up his stable, and there were allowances galore for domestic sup plies, servant hire, and divers inciden tals, all purely personnl in character. There is much comment, especially at the War? Department, over the delay in the Neely case. It is known that Governor General Wood is very anx ious to de ^ with the embezzler and all his confederates at the earliest possi ble moment. ? Senator Foraker has given out an interview which explains the alleged Quiggingof the Republican platform at Philadelphia. He exp?alas that tho subcommittee that drafted the nlat '???U hei? four meetings and that he waa not present at the last two. At the earlier ones no change was even suggested in regard to the shipping and Porto Rican tariff plank. Any alteration or omission of these must, he says, have been made at the later meetings or must have been surrepti tiously Quigged out. In view of the fact that Senator Fairbauks, who stands very close to the President, says that the changes were approved at the last meeting of the committee, the charge against Quitta fall? tc thc ground and the truth becomes clear. It ia evident that the President, who had first approved the platform, wob bled, as usual, at the last moment and that the changes were made on his instructions. It never did seem possi ble that they were made otherwise unless the change waa made snrrepti?* tiousiy, which Senator Fairbanks de nies. Tho occurrence proves that tho administration le vary doubtful of the correctness of ita attitude on Porto Rico and fears that a court dccLion from an authoritati vc source may inter vene and discredit it before the elec tion, despite its frantic efforts to stave off such an occurrence. Wayne Mc Veagh, for instance, commenced pro ceedings which would havo involved a determination of this question by the Supreme Court, but the eases were terminated through the action of the Government iu pnrdoniug Mr. Mc Vengh's clients. The case ol" thu Porto Rican who was brought to New York aud detained under the contract labor law, would undoubtedly have reached tho Supreme Court had not tho detain ed immigrant been released by order of the Secretary of the Treasury. Other cases have been similarly termi nated. Still, the President did not wish to take thc chances and wobbled. Since the platform has been so de nounced by Republicans, he probably wishes that he hadn't. The selection of the unspeakable Addioks as national committeeman for Delaware and his admission to the Philadelphia convention has been tho subject of much Democratic comment, as showing to what depths the Repub lican party will descend under its pres ent management. Even the Republi can papers object. The Washington /Star, a solidly Republican sheet, speak ing of the matter, says: "The episode was anything but creditable to the Republicans. That so unsavory a politician as the Delaware boss should have won recognition nt the bands of a national convention, and been strengthened by it for another assault on the decent politics of the State, must be a source of humiliation to many members of the party outside of Delaware. It cannot very well be ex plained except upon the score *' t Mr. Addicks has made nn impression with his money at home, and in a campaign when every electoral vote moy be valuable he must be reckoned with. Movement to Hold Colton. Tho cotton and Wool Reporter, of Boston, has discovered that a move ment is ou foot in Georgia by numer ous cotton planters to control the sup ply of cotton to be placed on the mar kets, and for this purpose a Cotton Grower's Protective association has been formed. It hos been claimed that if tho cotton crop were marketed more slowly and judiciously, as tho demand called for it, better prices would be realized for tho crop than has usually been the case, ns in the latter instance, it has almost invariably been a fact that when the season first opened the market would be flooded with stock, which, of course, would cause prices to decline quite rapidly, and then, again, this flooding of the market at the out set causes many to think that the crop is large, which does not always turn out to be true. The organizers of this association aie forming branch . organizations all through the cotton counties of that State, and believe that if the planters adopt their plans and abide by them they will derive better results there from. With the cooperation of bank ers, cotton merchants and warehouse men the association expects to provide for its members a way of marketing the crop which will not flood the mar ket, and will at the same time keep well in touch with the demand. Though the cotton is held on the farm and in warehouses waiting for a demand, it will not be an idle asset, for the bank ers and warehousemen in touch with the organization will make advances at low rates upov it, thus aiding the planter in his efforts to obtain a fair profit on his cotton. In addition, the association proposes to gather reliable facts concerning the crop and to pre vent false reports, which are regularly used to mislead the country and Eu rope, in order to affect prices. From ginners and special agents of the coun ty association reliable data will be obtained nnd the statistics furnished by the association relating to crop con ditions and yield will be acceptably re liable. Whether the "discovery'* thus out lined is a genuine article, there may be good reasons no donbt. Efforts on the part of cotton growers to control the market-to free themselves of the domination of speculators and stock jobbers-have thus far been without visible results. The control of the mar ket seems to haye remained in tho hands of those from whom the pro ducers have sought to take it. Doubtless the southern farmers feel that they are already overstocked with advice about their own business. Still, a little more may not1 e quito unaccep table. It will be a long time before any organized movement ninon g cotton growers can take such form and have such influence that it may control tho price of cotton. Thc one plan thus far suggested io the holding of the crop hy inose who raise it. Without stopping to question the efficacy of such >i scheme, it must be said that it is well nigh impracticable. Some farmers can hold their cotton-many cannot. Some farmers "ill hold their cotton-some will not. Actnal cooperation, appar ently the foundation ot every plan sug gested, seems impracticable.-Tfie State. - The State House commission will meet in Columbia on August 2nd to open the bids and award the contract for the completion of the structure. Hew's Thia. '. Wo ?Oer Ose Hundred Dellars reward for any case cf Catarrh that cannot bo cared by HolTo We. thonndcraljncd hire known . Cheney for tho last 10 yean, and beUoTe him perfectly honorable in til bruinee* transactions and Saan, dally abie to carry ont any obligatlona mada by their fina. Waar a TBTJAX, Wholesale Ito ?ris ta, Toledo, 0. Wa LD reo. Unman A MARVIN, wholesale Drug gist ?, Toledo. O. Hail's Catarrh Care ls taken internally, acUnc direcUy apon the blood and raucous surfaces ot tte system. Testimonials sent free. Sold by Druggists, 75c Hsll's Family PLUVeis the best. STATE NEWS. - Spartauburg is going to build a ruad to connect with the Seaboard at i Clinton. - The Sumter cotton oil mill has 1 increased its capital from .*100,000 to t $.2.50,000. - A cann" ig factory will be put up i in Pickens very soon mid fruits of nil 1 kinds will be canned. - Mrs. Narcissu White died nt her i home near Westminister on Thursday, J 29th ult., nged 07 years. She was pro bably the oldest woman in Oconee i Courcy. 1 - There is only ono pauper, an old ' colored man, at tho Greenwood county poor house, notwithstanding the in- < stitution lias been in operation for nearly eix months. - Charles S. Moorer, a popular young man in Charleston, WOB drowned a few days ago. Ho attempted to get a lady's hat which tell in the river nnd was seized with cramps. - A disease has appeared among the stock in Williamsburg County that re sembles the glanders very closely. Tho vetcrennrian from Clemson college lins been ordered there to examine the dis ease. - In accordance with the request of the Spnrtanburg bar association, Chief Justice Mciver has appointed ex Judge J. H. Hudson as presiding judge for the extra term of the civil court to be held in October. - The Virginia-Carolina Chemical company will rebuild the plant destroy ed by tire in Greenville. The compnny has also rewarded the firemen who fought the t?nmes and provided liberal ly for those who were hurt. - Williamsburg's executive com mittee has given it out plainly that if any of the forty odd candidates for the niue offices in that county to be filled, sling mud, that the mud slinger will be ruled out of thc campaign in one, two, three order. - Mr. Preston Lindler, n substantial farmer in Lexington county, was kill ed by lightning. He was in his field when he saw a storm coining up. He went to a negro's barn near by for shelter where he was stricken. Thc sime stroke killed the negro's mule also. - Delegates and sponsors of the United Confederate Veterans and Sous of Veterans who are going to tho State Reunion nt Greenwood on August 1st, are expected to send their names im mediately io J. B. Parks, secretary of the committee on entertainment, Greenwood, S. C. - Lost Wednesday afternoon in the thunder storm, Mrs. Mit Nicholson, who lives near the northern limit of Walhalla, was severely shocked by a bolt of lightning, though not seriously hurt. One of her children was also shocked. A fine cow that stood in the yard near a large oak tree was instant ly killed. - In Aiken John Mays, a 16-year-old colored boy, undertook to seize a quar ter of a dollar in the possession of Douglas Blocker, a white lad 9 years old. In the scuffle the white boy drew his knife and either cut the larger one in the thigh, or the large one in get ting it from the little fellow, stabbed himself. Anyway, he was stabbed and bled to death. - Tho premium list for the next State Fair has been issued. In some prefuctory remarks Colonel Holloway refers to the improvements made on the grounds and buildings and the fact that exhibits eau be landed on the ground. The society will pay the freight on exhibits raised or produced in the State, and it is believed that this will induce the best display ever seen on the grounds. - Mr. J. M. Love, census enumerator in one of the Chester townships, lost his papers m u creek near Chester, cn account of high water, one day last week. lie saved himself with some difficulty. He had finished his work and^waa taking the papers home to make some corrections. He has been appointed to retake the census in the district in which he had been at work. - Recently the Adjutant General of the United States army directed a cir cular to the Adjutant General of the State asking as to number of militia, equipment, etc. The conclusion was drawn by some from this circular that the real object was to learn what force might be expected from this State in case volunteers should be called for service either in the Philippines or in Cuba. - There is on unusual demand for copies of the Constitution of ino State. These requests come particularly from States where the suffrage question is attracting attention. To supply this demand Secretary of State Cooper has bad a large number of copies printed and these will bo sold at ten cents a copy. If they ate to be mailed two cents must accompany the order to cover the postage. The copies are exact and accurate in every detail. - Marlboro county seems unfortu nate with her prisoners. At the second session of court three negroes were convicted, one of larceny and two of assault, and as Deputy Sheriff Meakins went in jail to give supper to the pris oners one of the above seized him and threw him to the floor. Mr. Mee kin's pistol fell from his pocket and was picked np immediately by one of the prisoners, and these with another pris oner who bad just been convicted by a magistrate, made good their escape out of the back door and into tue swamp just back af the jail. (?KNKRAL NEWS ITEMS. -.iThoru tue nine presidential tickets n the lleltl, it is saitl. - The Supreme Court of Tennessee , ! ins decided that women cannot prac- < ice law in the State. I - Thomas lt. Heed, according to re- ; [torts, is openly opposing the Rcpuh ican ticket. - A farmer ut Hath, (ja., in plowing i in a Held turned up a pot of old gobi imounting to $7,700. - North Carolina truck farmers have sold twelve million baskets of straw berries this year at an average price of ten cents. - William Woodward, a farmer, shot and killed his stepdaughter and, in turn, was beateu to death by bis neigh bors at Marshall, Mo. - A terrille hail storm during which hailstones as large as hens1 eggs fell, damaged wheat Heids near Denver, Idaho, to the extent of $;K),000. - A nugget of gold that weighed 77 ounces and valued at $1!',500 was re cently picked up in the Klondike tho largest ever found on this conti nent. - General heavy rain? have fallen in Wisconsin, Minnesota and North and South Dakota. It is believed that part of the wheat crops cnn now be Baved. - Tho general crop bulletin of the United States says that cotton has b2en badly hurt by rains, and that in some States the fields have been aban doned. - Tho Treasury now shows a surplus of over $00,000,000. lu June the re ceipts from customs amounted to $20, 000,000 and from internal revenue $28, 000,000. So tho little stamp tax is doing good work. - President McKinley and his Cabi net and Theo. Roosevelt, Republican nominee for vice-President, have been invited to attend the reunion of the blue and gray nt Atlanta on tho 20th instant. - Alabama is now shipping coal to Germany. A Birmingham agent n short time ago secured an order for 100,000 tons from a German firm, and it is assured that other large orders will follow. - It is said that Tennessee cotton planters aro sending out largo orders for turkeys in nu effort to save the crop from destruction by grasshop pers, which have appeared this season in enormous numbers. - Miss Abigail Roberson, of Roches ter, N. Y., has brought suit against a folding box company anda mill inet y company for $15,000 damages, because they are, without her consent, nsing her picture on their packages. - A fire at Hoboken, N. J., destroy ed $0,000,000 worth of properly, con sisting of ocean steamers, wharf pro perties and frieghts, and burned to death upwards of three hundred per sons, besides injuring many more. - It is probable that within the next month three regiments of the United States infantry-the. First and Second and either the Fifth or Eighth-will leave Cuba. This will leave but two regiments of infnntry in the island. - Leprosy is said to have broken out among the Idaho volunteers returned from the Philippines. The State Health authorities are investigating the re port. It is known that four coses are being looked into, and it is stated that ono of these is beyond question leprosy. The victim is the son of an Episcopal clergyman in Blaine County, and is now isolated in the mountains. - A unique phase of the liquor license question has appeared at Marshfield Mass., once the homo, of Daniel Web ster. The town had for a long time been "dry," but nt a recent election voted in favor of license, and the local authorities have proceeded tc make tho license fee $1,000,000 a year. No body has come forward impressed with the idea that a place of 2,000 inhab itants can have a million dollar thirst. - Tho statistician of the Department of Agriculture estimates the total area planted in cotton at 25,053,000 acres, an increase of 2,080,000 acres, or 8.7 pei cent, over tho productive area of last year. He estimates the increase at 7 per cent, in South Carolina and Ala bama; 8 per cent, in Texas and Geor gia; 0 per cent, in Louisiana and Ten nessee; 10 percent, in North Carolina, Mississippi and Arkansas; 15 per cent, in Indian Territory; 18 per cent, in Oklahoma; 25 per cent, in Virginia and 27 per cent, in Missouri. - Link Clem, of Orr, Kan., who en listed for service in the Philippines, was wounded in the leg in his first battle, and when tho wound healed ho found that tho injured member was two inches shorter than the other. He W?K ?lied with a cork-soled shoo and sent home. Soon after his return he met With an accident and broke the other leg. When the bones were set, curi ously enough, both legs were found to be of the same length, bnt his height had been reduced by two inches. - Miss Nannie He th, tho only daugh ter of the late Gen. I ie tb, of Confederate fame, who is in the opinion of a large section of the Southern people the logical successor of Hiss Davis to the title of "Daughter of the Confederacy," has recently, it is announced, had an other distinguished honor bestowed noon her. She has recently been se lected unanimously to be the regent of the room of the solid South at the Con federate Home at Richmond, Va. Miss Heth if a very bright and accomplish ed lady, and Is a prominent member of the organisation of Daughters of the Confederacy. ;he Greenville District Missionary Meet ing. Tho annual meeting ol the Womnu's foreign Missionary Society of the 3 reen vi lie District. South Carolina .'onference. closed its session for the pear 1000 in the hospitable town of Piedmont last night. The meetiug was opened on Friday evening by devotional exercisescouducted by Rev. T. C. Ligou, pastor of the Piedmont Methodist Church. Mrs. J. \V. Hum bert, Corresponding Secretan of the work in this State, was introduced and took charge of the meeting. She has been at tho head of the Woman's Work from its infancy, which dates Decem ber, iy?M. The wonderful success of the Societies is largely due to the un tiring efforts of this Christian woman, who labors from January tlrst to De cember thirty-first in the work nearest her heart. Mrs. Jas. H. Marshall welcomed the delegates in the name of the Piedmont auxiliary, and did it in such a pleasing and hospitable manner that all stillness and formality was completely done away with and the meeting proved to bea delightful one socially as well as religiously. Rev. Mr. Ligou extended a welcome to the visitors on behalf of the Church and town. Miss Della V. Wright re sponded to Mrs. Marshall aud Mt. Ligon, and Mrs. Humbert made a very interesting talk on woman's work, the deplorable condition of tho heathen, the task of missionaries and of funds, etc. The presence of Miss Wright added interest to the meeting, ns she is from this District and will go to foreign fields ns soon ns she reaches the age required by the Board of Mis sion, for acceptance as a missionary. Miss Wright has just graduoted from the Society Bible and Training School, located nt Kansas City, Mo., where the Woman's Board prepares young ladies for mission lields. This school cor ! tainly does a noble work, and we are j glad to know that the churches are i taking up the idea of preparing their I workers for special duties and thus keep pace with thc business world, ; with progress and mlvnnceuicut. ? The reports of the Societies were heard Saturday morning, and Mrs. M. I H. Goodgion, retiring Secretary, made a report of tho work in the District. This District has advanced very much in the Inst three years, the financial report this year showing au increase over Inst year of about seventy dollars. ' Almost six hundred dollars has been raised by the Methodist women the I pnst year, and greater things are ex pected next year with ??iss Bertha D. j Anderson at the head of the work. Miss Anderson is a young woman of ? rare endowment and succeeds in her undertakings. Williamston took the honor o^ being tho banner adult society and Anderson the banner juvenile one. Mrs. W. L. Wait, Vice President of ! tho State organization, arrived in the j afternoon and took charge of the meet I ing, devoted to testimonials and expe riences. Mrs. Wait also conducted the night session in an admirable manner. The biggest day of all was Sunday, when Rev. M. B. Kelly, of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Greenville, preach ed tho missionary sermon. It is need less to dwell on this part of the pro gram, for Mr. Kelly is known as a brainy man nnd a powerful speaker. Amass meeting Sabbath afternoon devoted mostly to children closed the annual meeting of the Woman's For eign Missionary Society of the Green ville District. A resolution of thanks was tendered the kind people of Piedmont, and the ladies who attended this meeting will not soon forget it. R. BROOKS GOODGION. July nth, 1000. Program. The Woman's Missionary Union of District No. 2 Saluda Association will meet at Whitefield on Saturday, July 28,1000, at ll o'clock a. m. All the societies are urgently request ed to send delegaros. !t is also earnestly desired that those appointed on duty will bo present and prepared to make the meeting one of interest. Devotional exercises conducted by Mrs. W. C. Bowen. Enrollment of delegates and collec tion. Miscellaneous business. Individual Resposibility in Christ's Cause.-Mis. P. G. Acker and Mrs. O. K. Brenzcale. Recitations by Hattie Gumbrell and ?ci...? Knv mn uci IKI; . Frontier Missions.-Mrs.' F. Crynies. LENA CAMPEI.L, for Committee. People's Advocate pion?? copy. - "A Chinaman," it is noted, "died in Boston, a few days ago, and his fel low countrymen turned out to honor him at his funeral. The Chinese were orderly. They formed a procession and started to march to the grave? when they were set upon and stoned, and beaten by a mob of Boston men and boys." Tho outrage, it is added, was without excuse and was a manifes tation of "race prejudice," puro and simple, like the refusal of tho hotel keepers, in Philadelphia to entertain colored delegates to the Republican National CorrVent?on. ' There are "Boxers," it appears, outside of China. It is an interesting question what the mob of Boston men and boys would probably do if tho Chinese were to endeavor to establish .Joss houses in their city. ", . ? -