Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?Our Buyers are back from market and our Goods are coming in daily. In fact many prominent lines are here READY for INSPECTION. Our Bress Goods Department is equipped with the Greatest Assortment - OF - Ever shown in the city, and the NEW and POPULAR FADS and NOVELTIES aie expected on every train. > Black Dress Goods. If you are looking for Black Goods you will do yourself j an injustice not to come and see our Black Dress Goods, or send for samples. We have a fondness for Black Goods and are always on the lookout for the Most Stylish as well aa the greatest Values in Black Dress Goods. Our Silk Department Har. grown to be one of our most important departments, and new, as heretofore, contains the Newest and Best for the Fall Trade. We will offer, even ia botter 30?inch Black Taffeta at 90c per yard than that of the Spring season. In addition to the Newest and Best Staple Silks we will show a great va riety of F?NGT and NOVELTY SILKS, Also, SATINS and VELVETS. OUR TRIMMINGS Are among the early arrivals? -nd we are new shvwi?g ?ow j Trimmings. We have received a few Rainy Day Skirts? Including the Popular trouser Stripes. Also, Ladies' Long 424nch Coats or "Automobiles," as they are called. Come and try them on and see how stylish you look in them. Our Winter Underwear Is here, and it would bea good idea for you to make your selection before it is picked over. Also- Muslin Undeiw?ar. Winter Shoes? They are here, too, and the swellest, most up-to-date Stock to be found anywhere. RIGHT SHOES. AT EIGHT PRICES, TOR ALL. As'is well known no one carries a larger or better Stock of Staple Dry Goods than we1 do. We invite all to como and see what weare showing. v Prices and Quality Guaranteed. Successors to Brown; Osborne & Co., Wholesale and Ret&? Sealers ia Local News* WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1901. Sammer is lingering in the lap of Fal). Dwelling houses are in demand in Anderson. If you contemplate buying a pair of shoes, read the new advertisement of McCully Broc R. S. McCully has gone to Alabama, where he will rpend tho fall season buying cotton. J. L. Hembree oilers a line tract of land near the city for sale. See his advertisement. Miss Eileen Jones has gooe to Lynch burg, Va., to resume her studies in tho Randelph-Mncon College. . . ???oses Eunice and Lois Hill havo gone to Baltimore to attend the Wo man's College of Baltimore. Notwithstanding the heavy rain, L. P. Smith's excursion carried, a large crowd to Atlanta yesterday. R. T. Jaynes, Esq., oilers a fine tract of land in Oconee County for salo. Seo advertisement in another column. J. P. Cary, Esq., ono of Picken^ most popular lawyers, spent last Friday in Anderson on professional business. Weregrotto learn that onr vener able friend, Maj. G. W. Anderson, of Williamston, continues seriously ill. There will be a school picnic at Mt. Springs next Saturday, 21st inst. Everybody is cordially invited to at tend. Julius H. Weil & Co. are o Hering a fine lot of books at popular prices. Their advertisement will tell yon about them. Mrs. T. C. Ligon, of Columhia, ar rived in the city last week to spend a few days with relatives and her macy friends. Mrs. Margaret Vun Wyck, of Atlan ta, hos been spending a few days in the city, her old home, visiting her eon and other relatives. J. H. Pullen, of Fair Play, who has been buying cotton for several seasons at Eutaw, Ala., will spend thia season in Spartanburg. > Osborne & Pearson are ready for the fall business, and their advertisement will tell you of the many bargains they have in store for you. C. M. Ragsdale, of Honea Path, has bought a farm in the Crow Creek sec tion and will move his family here shortly.-Bickens Journal. In their advertisement this week the C. F. Jones Co. announce that they are ready for the fall trade and are receiv ing daily a very large stock of goods. The Court of General Sessions con venes next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Jurors and witnesses should be on hand promptly when their names .re called. Rev. S. C. Todd Will begin a series of meetings in Williamston next Fri day, 20th inst... to which everybody is Invited. The meetings will be held in a large tent. The members of the Anderson Rifles are happy. They (have received their uniforms and guns from the Adjutant General, and will soon be ready for dress parade. How to encourage sud keep the boys on the farm? Take them off of it oc casionally for recreation and sight-see ing, where such opportunities as the next annaal State Fair will afford. Cuiquola Lodge, Knights of Pythias, will hold its regular convention tomor row (Thursday) evening. All the mem bers are urged to attend, as. there are several candidates for the first rank. Flora, daughter of R. E. Stewart, died at her home in Millville last Fri day, after a brief illness, aged fifteen months. The little body was interred in Silver Brook Cemetery Saturday morning. R. A. Ford, Esq., of Washington, ?. C., h?s been spending a few days in the city as the guest of his old friend, Capt. H. H. Watkins. Mr. Ford fornerlyre sided in Greenville but is now prac-, ticing law in Washington. Miss Meta Sullivan has for a guest her beautiful cousin, Miss Janie Sslli vnn, of Williamston, who will spend several wee 1rs in our city. Miss Sulli van is one Of the most Charming girls of ber section.-Ziiwreiis Neics, Prof. W. Henry Milford will conduct a song service in the Town ville Baptist Church next Sunday afternoon, 22nd inst., beginning at 2 o'clock p. m. The public is cordially invited to at tend and carry their song books with them. Mr. E. R. Horton and family have como'from Lowndesville to Anderson to make their home and are now occu pying their handsome new dwelling house on West Market street. We ex tend them a cordial welcome to the ??Electric City.? The Carnesville (Ga.) Advance says that a committee has been appointed to investigate the conduct of Rev. Car lyle Branyon, who is pastor of the Baptist Church there. Mr. Bran yon is well knft Whin the Honea Path sec tioa and went tom thr ift Georgia The Secretary of State has issued a charter to tho Dodd Hoister Manufae turing Company of this city. Capital j stock, $4,000. The officers are as fol lows: M. M. Mattison, president; George W. Evans, vice-president; R. E. Burri BS, secretary and treasurer. The graded schools of the city open* od last Monday with a much larger at tendance than ever before on tho o^e*? tug day. Central school enrolled 503 pupils, Millville 111, and the Colored school 175. Tho attendance will in crease everyday for several weeks. SB \ a "Tho Mognot," Anderson's latest venture in tho mercantile lino, ia now open and ready for busine&s, ao will bo seen by reading that "interesting let ter" in another column from John A. Austin, tho manager. Call and see the goods, get tho prices and you will be pleased. Owing to the fact that tho work on the new dormitory at Forman baa been somewhat delayed by unfavorable weather and other unavoidable contin gencies, it has been decided to postpone the opening of the University and tho Furman Fitting School ono week, that ts, until October 1. B. O. Evans &. Co. have moved into tho storeroom formerly occupied by the Mruns Clothing Co., on Granite Kow, between Wilhite & Wilhite's drug store and Brock Bros', hardware store, where they are prepared to greet and servo their cid costumers. Read their new advertisement. Mrs. J. H. Everett, formerly of An derson, died at her homo in Bryson City, N. C., on Tuesday, 10th inst.. ??aviuK a husband and ,four children to mourn her death. She was a sister of W. H. Simpson, of this city, and has many friends and relatives in om midst to cherish her memory. Tho romains of Mr. Joel Cox:, who died September 1, 1853, wore disin terred last Monday and moved from the family burying ground to th? Henea Path cemetery. After tho laps? of 48 years all the bones were found in tact, and portions of the collin and bo: were found in the grave.- Jlonca Patl Chronicle. The memb'jrs of the Woman's Mis sionary Society at Bolton will give ai entertaiment in the Academy Hall ii that town next Tuesday evening, 24tl inst., beginning at 8:15 o'clock. At th conclusion of the entertainment- re freshmen ts will bo served. Go out an patronize thc good ladies and help - good causo. All persons having loved ones burie in Midway Churchyard or intereste in any way there are requested to met there to-morrow monking nt an earl hour with all necessary tools for tb purpose of clearing it of grass, weed otc. Take your dinner with you so i to bo prepared to spend the day thei if necessary. Mrs. C. T. Morse, widow of the la Rev. A. A. Morse, died at her home : Abbevilleon Sunday night, 8th inst in the 74th year of her age. For years ago she lived in Anderson, h husband being pastor of the Fresh, terian Church here at that time, ai bas a number of old friends in this sc tion who will regret to hear of h death. The State Board of Equalization cotton mills, oil mills, etc., held : final naeeting m Columbia last we and made some redactions in the i sessmentof several plants. The E celsior Oil Mill in thia city was reduc from $30,000 to $14,000, and the Andi son Fertilizer Factory from $44,850 $33,000. There waa no change ip t assessment of the other mills in tl section. The Hon. Jerry Ruder, of the Sept section, paid our sanctum a please visit last, week. He look?, quite as hi and hearty as he did fifty years ai which he attributes to reading the n advertisements of Messrs. Dean Ratliffe regularly and following the i vice given therein. At his earnest licitation, a bran new ad. of tl ?hustling firm of busy merchants i pears in another column. ! Last week we were shown a sam I limb from a cotton stalk taken iros j 14-acre field of T. Ti Wakefield's ??i in the Sept us section. This one li I contained eighteen fully develo] bolls, and wo were told that the li from which it was taken is the fin cotton ever seen in this County. Wakefield is au energetic, success farmer, and we hope he with all farmers will realize ten cents n poi for tho fleecy staple. About the 1st of September last > the firm of Mente & Co., of New leans, ottered a prize of $50 for nearest correct guess of the numbe bales of cotton produced in this co try the past season. W.F. Cox, of city, sent in a guess of 10,375,000 bn whic'.< were 8,410 bales less than the ficial figures, and last Friday he cciv?d'a letter from the firm anne eing that he had won the prize and closed the check for $50. Mr. Sani'l E. Moore, of Broad Township, received a letter a few i ago announcing the death of his ur Mr. James B. Moore, which occu: at hi? home in Texas on the inst. Mr. Moore was born and rei in this County and about twenty y ago moved to Texas. He was a ? man and has many old friends in County who will be pained to hes his death. He served through civil war in Orr's Regiment, and recognized as one of its bravest diers. Prof. G. Li. Johnson, principal of Belton High School, died at hi B h in that town last Thursday night, f an illness of about three weeks typhoid fever. The deceased can Belton from Laurens County last J having been chosen by the tr us te? the school as principal for the ens year. Prof. Johnson graduated i Forman University at thtr age i years? and taught school in Lao county four years, after that t Then he came to Anderson Conn ty 'taught- the Lebanon School. I here he went to tho Sooth Can College and read law, was admits the bar and practiced law ic Lau for several years, after which he a entered pedagogical wo;*k. Altin but A short time a resident of Be he waa highly esteemed by all knew him, and waa a consisten t n ber of vue Baptist Church and an c getic, zealous worker in tho Sui Behool there. His remains were terrell in Laurene County. Ho lc a widow and four children to m bis untimely decease. j Very heavy raina have fallen in thia j section since Monday evening, and it ia I feared ni nek damugo nus been dono by the high water of tho creeks and branches. In thia city the new bridge recently erected across the creek on Whitner street was wnehed away, together with the abutments and sev eral feet of the embankments on both sides of the stream. The bridgo and work on both sides of tho stream cost about $3,000, and the damage falls heavy on tho city. Arrangements have about been com pleted to have Prof. T. P. Bailey, of the University of Chicago, visit Ander son and deliver a series of lectures on interesting and edifying subjects. His first lecture will bo delivered in tho city next Monday night. A email sub scription will give tho subscriber and all of his family tho privilege of hear ing all the lectures. Those who desire to hear these lectures should call on Rev. J. D. Chapman, Prof. T. C. Wal ton or J. L. Tribbie, Esq., who will tako pleasure in giving any informa tion concerning them. The celebration of the eleventh an niversary of Chiquola Lodge, No. 32, Knigh'.s of Pythias, will take place in the Opera House next Tuesday even ing, 24th inst., at 8 o'clock. Kev. J. K. Thornwell, D. D., of Fort Mill, nud George S. Mower, of Nc. berry, both of whom aro members of tho Grand Lodge of this State, have accepted in vitations to attend and deliver ad dresses on Pythiauism, and those wlu attend may expect, to hear two inter esting and eloquent speeches. Th? public generally ami the members o: sister Lodges in tho County are cor dullly invited to attend. James B. Carpenter, of Clinton, a soi of tho late James B. Carpenter, of thi County, is in tho city visiting hi brother, Albert M. Carpenter, an? other relatives. Since his childhood h has been ar. inmate of the Thornwel Orphanage, anti for several years bee an instructor in that institution, ll has decidetl to enter tho ministry, an will go on tho 1st of October to Louis ville, Ky., to begin his studies in tl Presbyterian Theological Seminal under the care of tho Enoree Presb} tory of this State. Mr. Carpenter is ? exceedingly bright young man, and \i predict a big success for him in tl Master's vineyard. Mrs. L. E. Bryant, who lives inti Level Land section, near the Anders? County line, is the proud owner of gander that is about thirty-six years age. It was raised by Mr. Christoph Ellis, who, in 1867, sold it to a neig bor, and since then has been owned 1 several other neighbors, finally becoi ing the property of Mrs. Bryant. Abo two ye ara ago the venerable gaud lost one eye, but in every other respe is in good condition, keepB np a stoai march with tho other geese on tl plantation and every eight weeks ready to contribute his share of feat ers picked from the flock. James L. Haynie, the third son the late Col. J. C. Ha j jie, died at t home of his brother, K. T. Haynie, V?rennos Township, on Tuesday nigl 10th inst, aged 40 years. He had be in feeble health for more than a yei suffering with a complicated diseai and for soveral weeks his death h been expected at any hour. Mr. Hi nie was a most exemplary man, a was held in high esteem by his frier and acquaintances. He had long be a devoted member of tho Flat Kc Presbyterian Church, where his : mains wore interred the afternoon f lowing his death, Rev. J. TL. Mci conducting the funeral services in 1 j presence ci a ?urge concourse of & I rowing friends and relatives. A wid and two children are*loft to cherish memory and we join their friends a relatives in tendering our sympatb to them in their sore bereavement. The New American, published at S nila, Philippine Islands, of Augi 10th, says: "Captain Joseph H. Gra w?io was announced yesterday as new Governor of Leyte, is pronoun' by nil who know him as a most ex? lent man for the placo. For ei years prior to the outbreak of Spanish-American war Captain Gr practised law successfully in So Carolina and Georgia. At the first? for volunteers he was commissioned First Lieutenant in tho First So Carolina Infantry and was af terwo promoted to be captain and adjut of the regiment. When the volant* for the Philippine service came to front Captain Grant was recomo sioned in the Twenty-ninth lnfat and, in command of Company M, m A splendid record that occurred Northern Samar." A session of tho "political sch? was held at Laurens last Thurs and speeches were made by candid? Johnstone. Hemphill and Mimer. ' Laurens correspondent of the Spart burg J our nal, in referring to Congr? man La tim er's Speech, says: "C greapman La timer struck tho stand i lively gait' and' enthused tho cr? from the start. He disclaimed pera alities but said the Junior Sen? caused this disturbance-'and he is here to face you and it.' He attac McLaurin's record. He aaid the Sc tor aurveyed the field through ei scries and then came to Andei through the back door at the eleve hour, like a thief in the night, havii j pack of Hessians there to whoop up. MacLaurin got the cheers, t say. That crowd that cheered wc have cheered a black negro; they ci ? for the buB?ftosa. Anderson will gc ri ghfe fat Dusaec?ftey.'" --,-? ? . ia * m*> i M. Kennecly liane i all ?rapnlv of B ?? band at a reasonable price. trsatOfC A'W. C. Depot, Andernoi C. 13 LOOK OUT !-Thompson A S ?vi Sf ne<?, 8. C.. bave for Ralo nome g Farias cheap. >*ov ls ?bo titus to I FOR S ALE-170 acre* of sood farn Land In Honea Patb Townoblp. < fourth In fir Iel uni loreat. Apply to J Harper, Anderson, S. C. 1 Aurora Ready Mixed Paint outla? other?. Hold and guaranteed by ll Evana A Co., Pendleton, 8. C. 1 MONEY TO LOAN ON LAND. A fdw thousand dollars to lean nov client.? at 8 per cent. B r. MAUTIN, Allome ti.; u THE I MIPS We wish to call your attention to the fact that we are now sole agents for the Celebrated oalitf Shoe, FOR WOMEN. La Senorita. Art In Shoemakfng. Exact Reproduction of this Style Shoe. In offering this Shoe we have no hesitancy in saying it is to-day, without doubt, the bcBt Shoe obtainable. When thiB Shoe was offered to us we investigated the matter thor oughly, and were satisfied the Shoes were all right in style, fit. wear and comfort. We would be glad to show them to you. They como in a great many styles, and. we think you would be pleased with them. Your wants can always be filled at HALL BROS. Out Price Clothiers. South Main Street. NEW STORE, NEW GOODS, NEW PRICES ! We are now in our New Store, South Slain Street, with* the largest most complete and by far the cheapest lins of General Merchandise ever shown between the walls of any Store in Anderson. We have been on the lookout for several months for some extra big values for our New Store. We have secured a great many things by buying in tremendous large quantities and paying spot cash. We will mention a few of them : 50 Cases Arbuckle Coi iee at 10c. per package. 50 Bags Seed Tick Coffee at 12 pounds for 81.00. 300 dozen Men's Half Hose, the 5c. kind, two pairs for 5a> 200 dozen Men's Heavy Sox, the 10c. kind, 5c. per pair. 50 dozen Ladies' Bibbed Ho30 5c. 500 dozen Men's Seamless Hose, Lisle Thread-black, brown, i-ed and blues-(the best value in town,) three pairs for 25c. 150 dozen Men's Hep.vy Drill Drawers, 25c. kind, at 15c. per pair. 25 dozen 50c. Overalls at 25c. per pair. We have equally as big values in Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods, Clothing, &c. Come to see us and make our Store Headquarters. Yours truly, . C. BROWN & BRO. E. P. VAN DI VER J D. S. VANDIVER. Vandiver Brothers, MERCHANTS. SEPTEMBER THE 1ST, 1901. WE beg to announce to our friends and customers, and tb J public gene rally, that we have decided to greatly enlarge our business at once. Expansion is the order of the day, and we have decided to expand soon In the future we propose carrying a larger and completer line than ever before, at even closer prices than in the past. We think our experience and facilities for handling Goods are known and appreciated, and if we merit the patronage we hope for in the future, we promise our grateful appreciation, and pledge you to do our very best to please you, and make you both our customer and our friend. If you will post yourself on Goods and Prices and then give us a chane? we feel sure of getting your business. Yours in earnest, VANDOVCR BROS. Between Masonic Temple and the Pccpk Glenn Springs Mineral Water - FOR SALE AT EVANS' PHARMACY. THE GLENN SPRINGS WATER has been known for over a hundred year?, and recognized by the next Physicians lu the land as a sure cure for distases of the Liver, Kidneys, Bladder, Bowels and Blood. Borne of ita remarkable auton wore brought before the notice of the publie in the Charleston Medical Journal in 1855. MKSSBS. KvANa PnARMACY-GENTS: I havo been a sufferer from indigestion for several y ?ara. sad have founa ?be use of yonr Glenn Springs Waler ol great beredt tr? m. ?nd cab oonlidontiv recommend lt to anv anftbrtae from 1 i I: r- troubles. R. E. ALLEN