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?tit ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1900. VOLUME XXXVI-NO. 10. HOES FOR -' .50! Our Buyer while in market closed out a lot of Men's $5.00 Patent Lea ' or Shoes at a sacrifice, and wo place them on sale to day at $3.50. ^ These Shoes were made for a Shoe Store in Philadelphia but were refused on account of the lining being different from that ordered. It is needless to say that they are made ou the very latest last, and that the style is correct. Our Buyer was fortunate* in being on the spot at the right time, and you are fortunate if you need a pair of Shoes now. It's a saving of $1.50 for you. Sizes from 5 to 9 1-2. B. ?. Evans THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. Oat Season 1900. Seeding time has come and you come with it to LIGON & LEDBETTEB..and get their? Fine Sherman Texas Oats, Grown on ground where there is no Johnson Grass Just received 18,000 bushels. Price as LOW AS ANY ONE, according to the kind of Oats. Gome and see NEW STORE and NEW OATS?either the BEST that GROWS. V UOON & XEDBETTEK, WHOLE8ALE DEALERS. Plenty Rye and Barley. THE HALL GIN Is the Leader of them all In point of Speed, Durability and Out-Turn. , ...[ >" ' ' ' ' / ' ' ' I' ~ ; , > IT is, owing to the skillful construction of the breatt, the best eeed cleaner on tho market. That part of the Gin. covering the ends of thf. brush is so formed that Hut cotton cannot pack or clog at ends of brush. Many Gins catch fire from friction at this point. The HALL does not We guarantee these Gins to give absolute satisfaction, and if yon are in doubt as to what Giti to buy ask any owner of a HALL or any one who has ever seen one work, and they will tell you that it is the beat. We have all sizes on hand ready for immediate delivery. McOULLY BROS. JL. (Teething Powder;). Regulates the Boweb, Strengthens thz Child* Makes Te*thing Easy. JEETHINA Relieves the BowtS Trw?les of Children o! ANY AGE? - f OrwawecoU too. J. MQFFETT, M. OT.bOUi9?lft0l? FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Own Correspondent. Washington-, I). C.,Sept. 24, 1900. Th? report of the Toft Commission, recently made public by the President, is the most extraordinary ollicial docu ment that has probably ever been put forth, even during the present admin istration. It is little more than a lie publican campaign documeut from start to linish. So evident is this that it has been suspected and freely charged that it was written or doctored in this city. The chances are, how ever, that this is not so. The Taft Commission knew what President Mc Kinley wnntcd and wrote it for him. The report is so frankly mendacious that its effect will probably bo directly the contrary of what its authors hoped. If there were the least approach to trnnquility in the Philippines General MacArthur would never have protested against taking any of his 05,000 men for Chinese operations. The members of tho Philippine Commission have not been outside tho fortiflsd limits of i Manilla since their arrival. Tbyre could be no better proof of insecure conditions than this. Every private letter coming from officers and enlisted men in the islands tells of constant turmoil and apprehension, and not one of them breathes any hope of cessation of hostilities. The press dispatehes are of tho same tone, and General MacArthur has continued to con?ne himself to cabling tho list of deaths by disease and wounded, except when bo is forced to send bad news. Tho ap pearance of the report explains the re cent publication of tho President's instructions to the commission, which were printed in pamphlet form at the government printing office April 7, 1900, marked "confidential," and only exhumed for campaign purposes Sep tember 18, after ostensibly remaining under the presidential lock and key for nearly six months. In his letter of acceptance, Mr. McKinley devoted over five columns cf solid print to showing how good and benevolent ho is and how much he has suffered from the wicked perversity of the Filipinos who persist in fighting for what they call 'their country and their liberties. The "instructions" are presumably publish ed to show bow benevolent Mr. Mc Kinley'8 intentions were six months ago. All of tbi6, however, according to the commission, was brought to naught by the insistence of the wicked Democrats in actually daring to nomi nate a man for the Presidency who presumed to differ from the God-given programme laid down by McKinley. A study of the Porto Riean Act shows plainly the hypocrisy of the Re publicans in protesting against the re strictions of the suff rage in the Sonth by an educational test. Official reports to the War Department show that no leBS than 150,000 out of the 200,000 males of voting age iu Porto Kico are depriv ed of the suffrage either by educa tional, or, worst of all, by property qualifications. Tho Republican Act, passed last winter in tho face of the united protests of the country, pro vides that: "At snch (all) elections all citizens of Porto Rico shall be allowed to vote, who have been bona-?de r?si dents for one year and who possess tfce other qualifications of voters, under the laws and military orders in force March 1,1900." To ascertain what the laws and military orders in forco March i, 1900, one has only to look at para graph 8, page 3, of General Orders No. 160, issued by General Davis, military commander of Porto Rico, October 12, 1899, which snys: "An elector, to voto at such elections, shall possess tho fol lowing qualifications: He must bo a bona-fide male resident of the muni cipality. He must be over 21 years of age on dato of election. He must bo a taxpayer in tho municipality in which he votes at tho date of this order, and bo must bo able to read and write." While a number of States, such ai Massachusetts, North Carolina. Con necticut and Louisiana, have prescribed educational qualifications for voters, this Republican measure enacted for Porto Rico is the first attempt in the history of onr republic to prescribe a Sroperty qualification since Thomas efferson, the great champion of human rights, succeeded in giving to every man, rich and poor alike, the right to exercise his elective franchise as a free American citizen. The present time is not the first when high minded Republicans have deserted their party in shoals in hope of check ing its race towards imperialism. Soon after the war, it was evident that that party had made up its mind to govern, in peace as in war, outside tho consti tution, and then as now, there were many Republicans of high rank who set their faces against the acts of their fellows and won for their pains the name of "traitors." President Andrew Johnson. Senators Reverdy Johnson, Garret Davis, Tinton of- Nebraska, Lyman Trumbulf, J. R. DoolitHe, JamcB Dixon, Edgar Cowan, Charles Sumner and many others?men whoso Satriotism no. one dares to question to ay and men who bad stood by the Re publican party and the Union all through the days of the civil war were all denounced shortly after its close with a virulence for which even the Bryan camnaign of 1800 furnished no parallel. More than one of .them was called upon to resign by his angry legislature, while all were ostracised and made to feel the weight of con demnation of. tho victorious North, which still called for vengeance on its ?irostrato foes. Tho only reason why his course was checked and tho coun try turned back from tho imperial courses on which President McKinley is urging it anew, is to be found in the fact that there were found men who wore willing to sever their lifelong Srtitical relations and join w??h the emocratsin contesting every foot of tho way until the sober second thought of the country had time to assert itself. V. : ' i\. '.' I ft Cotton Growers' Convention Call. Below is the text ot tho cull for the Cotton Growers'Vonvontion to he held I in Columbia during fair week : Tho Cotton Growers1 Association is hereby called to meet in Columbia oil October :ilst at S::50 p. m. A State convention of cotton grow ers met at Greenwood, Sept. I3tlb 1900. It was then decided al ter due delibera tion to perfecta State organization and officers were duly elected for one year until Sept. 18th, 1901. It was decided to compnetly organize ' each county in this State with a view of getting tho more accurate report of the ginning and marketing of tho cot I ton and to interchange views and in formation from all tho cotton States, for tho purpose of obtaiuiug fair and just prices for our cotton and cotton seed products. Upon my suggestion an adjournment of the Cotton Grow ers' Convention at Greenwood was had to meet in Columbia during fair week at my call; therefore, I name October 81st, at 8:30 p. m., as the time for the convention to meet in the city of Co lumbia at the county court house. Let each county be fully represented byaelegations. The number of dele gates is not to be restricted. All coun ties aro urged to organize at once by electing a president, one vice presi dent, secretary and treasurer and ad vising board or executivo committee. The constitution and by-laws of tho Stato of Georgia have been adopted as far as they apply to South Carolina. Bonded warehouses to be established at all local markets wherever required by the banks and members of the as sociation. Warehouse receipts to be issued and negotiated at nearest bank?as collat eral security for money borrowers. Each producer shall control the in dividual sale; if he desires to dispose of his cotton before minimum price fixed by the association is oi?ered bj' the buyer he shall be at perfect liberty to do so. A fair and just price for cotton and cotton seed can be fixed and maintain ed in open markets in the South by united concert of action, by holding back the surplus crop, if auy there be, and marketing the crop during the twelve months of the year to meet the demands of tho mills in nlbparts of the world. Ginnera throughout the cotton belts will he supplied with postal cards ad dressed to headquarters of the State bureau, with request that each Satur day night the number of bales ginned that week will be forwarded. The secretaries of tb^county organi zations will bo in close touch with the producers and careful estimates made on existing crop conditions will be sent weekly to the board. Tho cotton grower has the crop bet ter in hand to-day than he has had for 30 years, and he is warned that ho has no reason to become unduly alarmed over the report that tho mills arc clos ing down to depress a fair price of cot ton. You uro reminded that when cot ton sold as high as 30 cents a pound it was manufactured. Let us organize, let us work, watch and continue to labor. All parties interested in growing, marketing, ginning and handling of tho crop are invited to send delegates. The bankers, merchants and ware housemen are invited to participate in the convention. J. C. Wn.nonx. - mm -o mm-?" Hold or Sell. 'Shall I hold or sell?" That question is worrying the cotton producers as much now as when the price was pnly five cents. It is quite natural. Not withstanding the prevailing high prices, few farmers like the idea of selling at 10J when perhaps, within 30 dnys or CO days, they might get 12*. The farmer is at sea iu regard to the matter and so is everybody else; but still there aro certain facts that should receive consideration. The mills at this time are no less per plexed than are the fanners. The price of cotton has been advancing at a more rapid rate than the price of yarns, and tho situation has been disturbing to a degree. Tho mill people have become so anxious that they have held nuiiier ouo meetings on tho subject, and have concluded that about tho best thing is to curtail production by closing down entirely or fewer hours. Thero is a feeling among some of the cotton producers that the mills are try ing to depress prices; but this feeling is hardly well grounded in fact. Of course, tho mill people want n rensona able margin between the raw material and tho manufactured product; and so long as this margin is satisfactory they do not care any wing about tho price of either cotton or yarn. The closing of tho mills has its effect on tho cotton market. Thero is no question of that. It also has its effect on tho manufactured goods market. Advance in tho price of manufactured goods increases tho margin of . profit between goods and raw material, and with the increase of this margin thero is au increase in tho keenness of tho mills togot to work again. Come when it may, tho demand of tho mills for cotton will advance prices. While in our opinion it is easily pos sible that sp?culation in New York and Liverpool rjoy carry tho price of cot ton lower th/Mi it is now, under tho natura', laws of trado the position of tho Btqplo has not been stronger for years. 'TThe success of tho mills in raising tho price of their goods will mako tho position of raw cotton still stronger. People who have cotton, therefore, need not ho very greatly alarmed about tho possibility of tho bot torn, falling ont of present prices. The chances aro that thoy will bo ablo to sell at still better figures,' Thero .has never been a time when, to all ap pearances, they had more complete control of tho whole situation . ? 3 ork viUe JSnqttirer. Why Coarse Goods Cannot Now be Wade, j Greenville, Sept. in.?Nothing thai hi?.s occurred in the Southern industrial world for a long time has excited as much interest as the announced inten tion of the South Carolina cotton mills on coarse goods to run short time. The most important of these mills are the following: The three at Piedmont, the three at Heizer, the three at Clif ton, the two mills of the Anderson company, the Belton mill, the Abbe ville, Newberry, Reedy Hiver, Whit- ! ney, Pncolet and Glendale mills and the Orr mill at Anderson. These mills manufacture what is known as stand ard drills and 3-yard sheetings, that is three yards of goods to the pound. They also make Sty-yard and 4-yard sheetings. The above list includes, so far as 1 can learn, every mill in the State manufacturing coarse goods. Those on flue goods sell to the domestic market and are not affected by the war in China. The line goods mills have orders ahead suflicicut to pay them to run on full time even with 11 cents cot ton. Hut with 3-yard goods at?l cents the coarse goods mills cannot afford to manufacture cotton at 11 cents. A leading mill president to-day told me that for these mills to continue un der existing conditions would mean a loss*of 30 cents per loom every day. This would soon eat up dividends and capital. There are two causes for the trouble. If either cause were absent the mills could continue. Fiist, cotton is It cents, 1 cents higher thau one year ago; second, the Chinese troubles have closed the principal market for coarse goods aud the exporters are not buying at Unprofitable prices. There is no other market for these goods save China, anil already one-third of the English mills has shut down com pletely, while another one-third is running half time. The two largest coarse goods mills in New England, the Peperill and Laconia, have also shut down. These latter mills wanted the Southern mills to shut down, but for the sake of the employees they re fused and will slop running only a por tion of the time. 1 am told the two Augusta mills are closed also. As con sequence of this condition, these mille have withdrawn from the market foi cotton, though few of them are well stocked, but the lino goods mills be sides having remunerative coders ahead are also well stocked with row cotton. 11 is possible tho exporters arc holding down prices believing South ern mills won't shut down, but the mills have called this* bluff and then action may soon settle the trouble, especially if cotton falls off. Refusal to shut down is really a kindness not only to operatives but to the country generally. Some of these mills art also changing to fine goods as rapidly as possible.?Cor. Columbia State. Union iMeeting. The union meetingof the third divis ion of the Benvcrdaiu Baptist Associa tion will be held with South Unioii Baptist church the 5th Sunday and Sat urday before in September. Introductory sermon by Rev. ?J. R Enrle; alternate, Rev. A. P. Mnrctt. Query 1 : Where minors become members or. the church aud parents give their consent fov them to indulge in that which is contrary to the rules of tho church, should not the parent be disciplined first, then the child! Discussed by J. W. Hearden. Query 2 : What are the evidences of xi regenerate soul? Discussed by M. C Barton. Query3 : What is the duty of a churcli toward a member of the church whe persists in absenting himself from church service? Discussed by Rev. J, M. McGuire and W. M. Brown. Missionary sermon Sunday morning at 11 o'clock by C. Wardlaw; alternate, II. M. Allen. Song service in the afternoon. All singers invited. R. XV. Nelson*. J. B. Harkis. For Committee. A Tribute of Respect. Belton, S. C, Sept. 23, woo. Whereas, our Heavenly Father, who is all goodness and love, has seen fit to bereave us of our dear friend and member, Helen Brcazeale; yet we re cognize this ailliction as a distinct manifestation of His infinite love. Therofore, bo it licHolveil, 1st. That, in her death, the Sunday School at Belton has lost a faithful, true and earnest worker?one whoso absence will always be felt. liesolred, 2nd. That a page in our minute book be marked to her memory, and that theso resolutions bo recorded thereon. Resolved, 3rd. That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to tho stricken family, and earnestly commend them to Him who comforts all sorrowing hearts. Mis. Kv'a Stringer, Mis> M allie Geek, Mns. Rosa Pooue Bow en, Committee. Statk o? Ohio, City or Toledo, I,? Ldcab Cookty, I Frank J. Cheney wakes oath that ho ft the Mis* partner of tho firm of F.J. Chkhky A Co. doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforctaid. and that said firm will pay the turn of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catabbh that cannot bo cured by the use of Hall's Catabbii Cons. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my pres ence, tbis 6th day of December, A. D. 1680. [aBAX] A. W. GLEASON. Notary Public. Hall's Catsrrh Cure is taken Internally and acts directly on the blood i.nd mucous surfaces of the aystem Send for testimonial?, free. Address, F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo O. 49-Sold by Druggists, 75c. HbWs Family PHls>re.the.best. STATE NEWS. Thi' State militia will bii encamp oil in Columbia timing l'air week. ? There has been an epidemic of diphtheria in York county and tin- doc tors rely mainly a- remedy ou anti toxine. ? Theie au- charges of irregularity in the election of slier ill' of Kershaw , ounty and another election has been oulered on October '2nd. ? The Graded Schools in varions parts of the State have opened lor the fall session and all report largely in creased attendance. ? The orphanage children of the ' Clinton Thornwell Orphanage have contributed their pennies to the (tal veston sufferers, amounting to $11.40. ? A commission for a charter has been issued to the Hank of McCormick. The capital stock of the bank is to be ?25,000. ? It is understood that it has been definitely decided to set apart Thurs day of fair week for "Charleston" or "Exposition11 day at the'State fair this year. ? The Ncwberry cotton mill has de cided to run on three-fourths time. The directorssny daily operation means a loss of money, at the present price of cotton. ? The State Penitentiary buildings are to be practically re-built. It is to be built on improved plans, made with the view of giving health ami comfort to the prisoners. ? The Laurens County Agricultural and Stock Show will be held on < h'tober 4th and 5th. A half mile track has been built and a grand stand and an exhibit stand will be erected at once. ? Tho Nortis Cotton Mills, of Catee chee; have placed orders for (1,000 spin dles and accompanying machines te make line sheetings. They are to usi Mason machinery and tins order du plicates their present ?quipaient. ? On September 18th ill the Suddutli murder trial in Greenville Capt. J. A Mooncy, Snddetlfs attorney, raised tin point that the venire had not been properly drawn. Judge Adlrich sus tained the poiut, dismissed the juror* , and adjourned the court. ? By vote the citizens of Orange burg have decided to exempt from tin payment of all licenses and taxes foi live years all manufactures located in '. the city limits which have a capital , equal to or exceeding $5,000. ? With the desire of giving her bus I band a true picture of herself, a womai > iu Aiken had her photograph taken at , she appeared at her daily houscwori [ in her kitchen dress with a baby on one arm aud broom aud dust pnn or - the other. ) ? On Friday morning, 14th instant about two o'clock, Mark Burrell and T P. Bay made their escape from tin Walhalla jail by boring a hole thrortgl tho wall with a brace and bit whicl had been smuggled to them by somi . person. ? The weather bureau of Columbii , has sent out its weekly summary o: . weather conditions and crop report This bulletin states that the corn croi on an average is lees than half ai average yield, and that the cotton ii ? nenrly all open and at least half tin , crop gathered. , ?The Stewart Contracting Co. liai ; informally notified the Chicknnmugi d Monument commission that the%ionu ? ment that company has been crectint on tho famous battlefield for the Stati t of South Carolina has been complete! except for the inscriptions upon it These are to he eut at once. The mon , muent Is said to be a handsome'one, , ? Mr. Stephon El more passed hh , 80th birthday Wednesday and Mrs. E S. P. Giles, his niece, gave a dinner ii: honor of the event. Several of tin p oldest people in the city were present Among them were: Mrs. Susan Hill 98; Thomas Henderson, 81; Stepher [ Elnioro, 80; Mrs. Martha Wideman, 79; Mrs. Stephen Elmore, 7A.?Orcemcooi Journal. ? Jessie Morrell, a 12-year-old boy, met a horrible death at Timmonsville He wa*working in his father's cotton gin, and it Is thought was trying to ad just one of the belts on the shafting. The young boy was caught iu the rapidly turning belt and was thrown with great force against the rafters. When picked up he was dead, hi* skull being broken open. There were other bruises on his body. ? Col. James II. Till man. Lieuten ant Governor-elect, the junior vice coiumnndor-in-chief of the Spanish War Veterans Association, announces that thero is to be a reunion of the veterans of the First South Carolina Regiment U. S. V., that served in the war with Spaiu, in Columbia during the coming State Fair. The reunion is to bo held on Wednesday of Fair week and all members are requested to be present. ? Gov. McSwceney has granted a pardon to C. J. Allen, the former coun ty school commissioner of ^Dorchester county, who was convicted of forging a teachers pay certificate in May, 1890, and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and a fine of $200. The strongest kind of petitions wore pre sented to tho governor, signed by all the best people in tho oounty, setting forth that Allen's wifo had broken down in health; that she hns six little children and hns recently lost both her father and brother who were her means of support. Believing that Allen has been sufficiently punished, the govern or acted promptly in the matter. HESEUA1, MAYS ITEMS, ? The Bryan tide continues to sweep on to .victory. -Many Republicans pvivntely con cede that a majority of tin- next House will be Democratic. ? It will lake 2,000 men, working every day time .1 onths, to clean up Gal vestons streets. ? Tho first snow of the season fell in Wisconsin September IU, with the ther mometer 20 above zero. ? The census bureau announces the population of Augusta, lia., us 30,411 against33,30(1 in 1800, an increase is.r.1 per cent. ? The summer of 1000 has been the 1 hottest ever known in New York, ami 1 the people of that city had a regular I plague of mosquitoes. ? .lohn 1). Hockteller, it is estimated, makes $104,3*3 per day. The odd 1 cents ate not given, but he spends them for crackers and milk, his actual needs. ? While on his death bed General Edward W. Seriell, of New York, mar ried Miss Marion G. Hombach, who had been nursing him, whom he was J to marry next month. ? Governor Savers, of Texas, says that the loss of life occasioned by the storm on the Texas coast cannot be less than 12,000 lives and the loss of prop erty will probably aggregate 820,000. oon. ? Kansas City has now become the I second Hour-making city in the Uni ted States, having turned out 18,420 j barrels of Hour in one week. This eclipsed all records save those of the I Minneapolis mills. ? Charles H. Stuevor, of St. Louis, lis the latest millionaire to distribute I his fortune during his lifetime-. lie I has a horror of family quarrels over ' wills and has divided his money chiefly among his children. ? The amount received by the Unit^ ed States government from the sale of ' j postage stamps, etc., for the liscal ' J year ending June 30, exceeded $100-, ! 000,000. This is * 10.000,000 in excess 1 I of any previous year. ' I ? Mrs. Florence E. King, who was ' I the only woman member of tho law school of tho Ohio Wesleyan univer sity class of 1800, has just been admit ' I ted to practice at the bar of the Kos I ciusko, Ind., circuit court. I ? John L. Walker, colored, who was I consul to Madagascar under President I Harrison, and who is now iu Cuba, has ' I written home to say that ho will sup 1 I port Mr. Bryan, on the question of im * I perinlism, aud will take the stump for c I him. 1 I ? A Now Euglnud company has 1 I turned out an electric car capable of I making sixty-live miles an hour. It is ' to run on tho sevonteen mile road be ; tween Providence and Fall Hiver, aud 3 ;8 expected to cover the distance in six 1 teen minutes. ? Prof. McGee, of the Smithsonian institute, Washington, thinks that the site of Gal veston should not be used * again for a populous city. He says that the shoro of tho gulf on which * Galvcston issitunted is gradually siuk * ing, and that a city built there canuot 1 last long at most. * ? The annual crop of mushrooms in 5 France ii valued at ?2,000,000 and there are sixty wholesale linns in Paris deal * ing exclusively in them. In the depart 1 ment of tho Seine, it appears, thero are some 3,000 caves in which mushrooms ' are grown, and about 300 persons are j employed iu their culture, ? Mr. I. A. Hosnier, who was presi dent of Oahu College in Honolulu for ten years, has resigucdnnd returned to s this country. He says that there is a lack of suitable agricultural labor in [ the Ilawaiau Islands, and that 10,000 negroes from the Southern States have been engeged to emigrate and supply tho lack. [ ? Jose ph B. Noble, father of the first child born of a polygamous marriage j iu the Mormou church, was buried at Bountiful, Utah, recently. The fun eral services were attended by thirty of his children, 84 of his grandchildren. [ Mr. Noble hns six wives, 17 children, ot whom 33 are living, and 124 grand children. , ? Practically all tho lifo insurance \ held in Galvcston at the time of tho storm was carried in thirty-three com ', panics, one-hall' of the total being in throe companies of Now York. The aggregate of 1 he life insuranco losses, it is estimated, approximate 810,000,000. The general belief is that the compan ies will arrange to relievo distress by ; making payments promptly. ? The president of tho Ohio Hiver Railroad refused to allow the Bryan special ear attached to one of his trains in West Virginia, and forced the Bryan party to ride in tho regular passenger. It is said to bo a bit of spito because of Bryan's speeches attacking the trusts. It is declared that Democrats aro in censed and Republicans disgusted at this petty revenge by a trust magnate, and that it will carry many votes to Bryan. ? Gfen. Wheeler has a son in tho Philippines, who is a major of volun teers. Recently tho young fellow led a charge up a hill and captured a strongly entrenched position of the enemy. The hill was so steep that often the men had to climb on hands and knees, aud whenever one of them was wounded lia would roll to the foot of the hill; ne/ertheless Wheeler aud his men stormed the position and took it. Tho young chap is evidently a 'chip off the .old block."