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: BY CLINKSOALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, | ?, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER g, 1901.__ VOLU5IE XXXVII-NO. 15. The above picture was drawn from ? garment taken out of stock, worn by a living modol. The Varsity is only one of several styles of Sack Suits, we are showing. The style is new ; it is a critical matter to make these garments right ; you'll find plenty that can make them wrong. Like all new styl?s, if they are not right they are all wrong. They'll be popular; you'll want one of them. Better look Out what you buy j when you can get H., S. & M, styles, tailoring and quality, you're foolish to take anything else or to think you'll get anything better. H., S. & M. Suits from $10.00 to $20.00. Other good Suits at 35.00, $6.00, $7.50 and $8.50. Remember the place-on Granite Bow, between Brock Bros. and Wilhites' drug store. ANDERSON, S. C., . The Spot Gash Clothiers Trade at the BUSY STORE! ANYBODY that watches. the crowd knows where the most Goods are sold. Watch the bee* sou you wiii nod wbere the honey grows. The tremen dous stacks of Goods daily piled at DEAN & RATLIFFE'S store doors po to prove that the people know wbere to get the most of their money. They buy BAGCIftf G a?d TIES there because everybody else ! does, and for the same reason they buy those pure SEED OATS, RYE and BARLEY, that havn't got * particle t I Johnson Grass in them.. They juBt know that DEAN fr EATLIFFE'S pnces are as low as tba lowest, and the quality of their Go- da are above suspicion. They believe that, no matter how busr DEAN * EATL?FFE may get, they will handle their odors just as though it was the only one they ever had. That's what make? DEAN & RATLIFFE the Czar of all the Russias in trade circles, and %ue high-eock-a-lorera of the bargain ranch. They've etaked their reputation on their SHOES this season, and declaro they've got ^he nea*e?t. newe*t, cleanest line of Shoes they ever car ried in stock. The?: Ladies* Shoes p otect.the feet as well as tke purse, and give you one of those regular "old shoe" fits. 1 Common, ordinal y $*g Af S I0T* 1 ike thirty cen ta beside their new line just opened up. - There's only ono place to buy co vt p LOUR, &&d that is DEAN & RATLIFFE'?. and the heit Fh ur to buy itt season and out of season is DEAN'S PATENT, and don't you forget it DEAN & RATLIFFE, The Store where people trade, and where Grain Fertilizers of all kinds are now being sold. Hurry up and catch up with tho crowd. ISSI. ~ _10O1. fTOMI TOTllilfY. GREENVILLE, S. O. A. V. 31?*NITA?5WE, PM.?:, U D" President. TWO Courses aro one red leadintrto the degtoe? of Uacbelnr of Ari? (B. A.) nnd Master ct Arft? (!HL A ) Library sud Reading Room. Chemical and Physical Laboratories New Judson A'umni Rall, containing Auditorium and So ciety Cialis. Dormitories on mm pin*. tSevr Forty-Room Dormitory* Ex penses reduced to a minimum by ramm system, Next session begins October 1st. Catalogues and circulars of information on re? ,nest. Address ^ D? A. P. MONTAGUE, Greenvale, & C. For rooms apply to Prof. F. T. COOK. Groenvllle. S. O. _ fl^-S M. JJ. CARLISLE. DROP IN JJ. H. CARLISLE. AND SEE US. WE ore not tho largest dealers but, yon will find that we will give you the best values in Anderson. Remember that we have the exclusive sale of, the Walter A. Wood Mo?g Machine, Which is given up to bo the boat Mower on. the market and costs less for re pairs. We oan cite you to one farmer in Anderson County who has out on an f'.versgc c? 100 acres per year for 10 years in sncrcEsicn with only ?5?c. cost foi xefiairs and machine still in good condition. Respectfully, ^ CA??tLE BROS., Anderson, 8. Cl H^HHaWBasi STA?E NEWS. - Tho South Carolina oollego open ed with fine prospects for the year. - There will be twenty-two acres of midway at the Charleston exposi tion. - Cotton receipts all over tho State are very light; much behind the re ceipts last year. - A recruiting station for the United States army has been opened in Spartanburg. - On account of tho protest of many of her best citizens, Spartan burg has called off the proposed car nival. i - The govornmcot expenditures for thc Charleston naval station on the Cuopor river will amount to about $6,000,000. - A. Frank Lover, of Lexington, received the nomination for Congress from tho seventh District in the sec ond primary. - Work of harvesting the rice in the coast countries is now going on night and day and Sunday, too, in some instances. The danger from storms is now greatest. / - Rev. Dr. Z. T. Cody, pastor of Cai First Baptist church of George town, Kentucky, has been called to thc pastorate of the First Baptist church of Greenville to succeed Rev. Dr. Chas. S. Gardner recently resign ed. - The family of Jones Castleberry have begun suit against the Phoenix Bridge company for $15,000. Mr. Jones was killed a few weeks ago by the falling of a bridge the company is constructing over thu Congarec near Columbia. -qr A passenger train on the South ern railroad ran into the rear of a freight train near Columbia Wednes day night. Five persons were injured and five freight cars burned. The freight, it is 'said, was running on tho passenger train's time. - The strike in the Whaley mills in Columbia seems to have been set tled by both sides stopping the fight and neither asking any questions abont unions. Thc most of the old operatives have been taken back. - Plans are maturing looking to the establishment of an oyster can ning plant at Bull's Bay, near Char leston this winter. The matter Is being pushed by the management of a similar enterprise situated in Savan nah. -. Governor MoSweeney has restor ed R. E. Stansill, of Bamberg his citizenship. He was convicted when quite young of forgery and sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. He desires now to join tho United States army and begin life anew. - On good authority it is stated that Jvdge O. W.v Bnohanan will not stand for re-election to tho bench in the third judicial circuit. Ono of his friends in another county has made the positive assertion that Mr. Bu chanan would withdraw. However, there is nothing official. - Jessie Ashworth, of Greenville county, aged ninety-four, has invited Clinton Moore, of Tran sy lan ia county, North Carolina, aged ninety-three years, to join him at the Old Field Rook in South Carolina in November to have a big hunt and a ripstaving old time generally. How is this for plucky Piodmonters. - It is proposed to have a oom (tetitivo drill and battalion parade at Columbia during Fair wook, and the committee will make thc arrangements as soon as the finance committee fixes the amount that will be available for prizes. The presont purpose is to get two or three of the best companies in each of the three regiments to en ter thc contest and give an exhibition drill. - Hebert Griper, au ?S->ear oid i negro, near Cowpens, shot and killed a two-year-old child of Mary John son. The child was crying and Dra per threatened to kill it, if it did not quit. He got a single barrel shot gun and fired, the shot entering thc head of the child causing instant death. Draper says the shooting was acci dental. He wias arrested and is in prison. - Some time ago S. W. Mitchell, of Hickory Grove, York county, en tered suit against the local oamp of Woodmen of tho World, and also the National order for $15,000 on account of certain injuries received while he waa going through tho initiation cere mony. After that complaint was made he had to undergo a surgical operation and owing to injuries ho asked leave to amend the complaint and fix the damages at $50,000. - J. T. A. Belue Of Laurens, re ports the strangest coincidence of late months. Last fall ho wa? raising three fine fox hounds when the presi dential campaign was going on. Ho named them Brysn, McKinley and Roosevelt. On election day Bryan, disappeared and has not been at home si ace. On tho day President McKin ley was shot the second dog, McKin ley, disappeared. He will now watch the third to see what the new presi dent is going to do. - When J. W. Lancaster, sheriff of Barnwell, died, it was claimed, that he w&s- due tho county $740 on ac count of executions placed in his hands, tho money not having been turnea over to the treasurer. These creations ran from 1891 io 1896. Attorney General Bollinger has been in Barnwell settling up this mattor, and it appears that there is no evi dence that any money was ever col* lected on the executions. Neverthe less the executors or che estate pro poso to pay tho amount when the estate ts settled -aeS sc-?d i? Decem ber. G EN Eli AL NEWS. - A trust has been formed to con trol national baseball. - Capital aggregating $250.000,000 is invested in 42G colleges in the Unit ed States. ^-Thirteen men perished while camping in a dry ravine in Texas by a cloudburst. . -Admiral Sampson has boen re lieved from his duties as commandant of the Boston navy yard on. account of ill health. - Tho governor of Kontucky has had to call out the militia'to suppress striking miners. - The postoffice department has deoided not to issuo a memorial stamp in honer of MoKiuloy. - The steel strike is said to havo cost the trust $15,000,000, and thc labor unions $10,000,000. - President Roosevelt has more children than any president who has ever occupied thc white house. - The longest electric railroad in the world will bo built from Cincinna ti, Ohio, to Pontiac, Mich., a distance of 305 miles. - It is estimated that the funeral of President McKinley cost over $50,? 000. Tho entire cxpeusc will be paid by Congross. - Tho North Carolina farmers have entered into a compact not to sell their cotton seed unless they get 25 cents a bushel for them. - Kansas makes money out of her convicts. Theircarciugs for tho last fiscal year exceeded the cost of their maintenance by $41,000. . - The Democrats and Populists of Nebraska, after holding separate con ventions made a fusion, the Democrats getting the head of the tioket. - On November 14th the Southern Cotton Spinners Association will meet in annual convention in Atlanta. Thc last convention was held at Charlotte, N. C. .-The Cleveland, Ohio, publie school board have decided to introduce into tho course tho Lord's Prayer, tho 23d Psalm and Ten Command ments. - The Good Roads advocates are seeking to secure the establishment of a government bureau, which shall have road building especially under its su pervision. - Miss Elizabeth Aird, of Jersey City, brought a suit for $25,000 for breach of promise against Martin Daily, a wealthy retired merchant of that city, and received a verdict tor $40. . - At Swainsboro, Ga., last week, Mrs. Drake attended a session of the Free. Will Baptists, where her young est child was baptized. After the ceremony she said that now she was ready to die and then fell dead. - The will of President McKinley was presented for probate a few days ago. His estate, including life in surance, is estimated at $250,000. He leaves this amount to his wife, with an annunity of $1,000 to his mother. - One of the most interesting of recent gifts to colleges is that of Mrs. Carroll to. the University of Virginia. She has handed over to the institu tion the greater part of an income which she wae to have enjoyed fer thc term of her natural life. ?- The widow of Bresci, the assas sin of King Humbert of Italy: has been banished from Patterson, N. J., by the citizens. Though she declares that she is not an anarchist, she is known to have befriended the men of that society and sheltored them. - A million more farms are in the United States to-day than ten years ago. This fact was brought out in the work of the Federal census bureau, jlotailcd figure? B?UU ?o?oiiow. These will show approximately 5,645,000 farms in the United States when tho census was taken last Juno, compared with 4,565,000 farms ten years ago. - Acoording to United States Con sul General Hurst at Vienna, the con sumption of horse meat at Vienna as an article of food is rapidly increasing. In a report to thc State Department he shows that 25,646 horses and 58 donkeys were slaughtered in 189!) for food. This was 1,000 more than in tho previous year,, and about 3,000 more than in 1897. V - S. N. Tracy, of New OrloanB, La., who has had charge of the experi ment with Egyptian cotton raising in the South reports that it is a failure. It will thrive only in the extreme Southorn part of Florida. An effort. will be made to cross it with our cot ton to produce a substitute, as Egyp tian cotton is in good demand for cer tain fabrics that our cotton will not maka. - Andrew ?. Ross, a printer, who beoame an editor and afterwards sena tor from Kansas and by his vote saved Andrew Johnson from impeachment is now a typesetter at a case in a Now Mexico newspaper office. Ross was expelled from the republican party for his vote in Johnson's favor. He beoame a democrat and was appointed governor of New Mexico by Cleve land and afterwards stnk to the bot tom again. - Mrs. Perry Curtis, wife of a far mer living near Northfield, G., threw her four ohildron in a well and then plunged into the water herself. All* o? the children and the motlier were drowned. The father was temporarily absent from homo when the tragedy aoeurred. Thc children were aged 2, 1, 5, and U years respectively. It is supposed that Mrs. Curtis was men tally deranged when she committed the deed. She vas discharged from the insaue asylum at Massidon two jfeeks ago. FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 80,1901. It is bi coining moro and more evi dent every day that there will bo a bat- ' tie royal in tho Republican party in I Congress this wiuter on tho subject of reciprocal trade arrangements with foreign nations. Mr. Roosevelt, has declared in favor of these, aud the American Protective . Association- j which practically controls the destinies of all eastern Congressmen-has de clared against them, l???e will noun j be joined; indced.it ian-ready asserted ! that Mr. Roosevelt is weakening. Such would not be expected from a study ot' his record in the past, but it is worth while to remember that when he de- 1 dared so nrescrvedly for tho treaties, he had not felt tho loree of tho opposi tion. Tho Tariff Association dui not consider that he, as Vico President, would have anything to do with tho decision of the question except in the highly improbable case that the Senate should bu a tie, aud had taken no steps to influence him. Now that ho has BO suddenly been elevated to so powerful a position, the Association is moving heaven and earth to convince him of the inadvisability of taking any action. "Wait awhile," they say, "and study the situation. President McKinley's declarations on the subject were not positivo but only tentative and ho was open to argument from our side. Do you bo the same." "Besides," they add, "it would bo such a pity to an tagonize those who would hold tho strings of tho purses that, "upply tue Republican campaign funds-funds that will be BO necessary in 1004." The question may thus resolve itself into whether Mr. Roosevelt intends to bo n candidate three years hence; if he does, tho chances are that he will be very chary in pushing reciprocity. Secretary Wilson is trying to explain away his fruit bounty giving proposi tion, but is. Anding great trouble in so doing. The arrangement, as will bo remembered, is one whereby the Gov ernment takes all the risks on ship ments of fruit to Europe and gives all the resulting profita to the ship pers. Thus, it practically amounts to a partnership in which ono member of the Arm may loose but cannot make any profit. One is reminded of tho old story ot the dissolution of partnership between Tom Jones and Hill Smith, in which tho former announced that "all who owe the Arm will net ile with me; those whom the Arm owes will apply to Bill Smith." Nevertheless. Secre tary Wilson denied "in absolute and unqualified terms that the agreement can be considered in the nature of a bounty." He does not explain why it is anything else, but simply denies and lets it go nt that-which, after all, is about the wisest thing ho could do in such a case. The fate of Federal office holders, especially in tho South, is exciting a good deal of interest in this city nowa days, ono essential question being whether Mr. Roosevelt will continue in South Carolina and other States the efforts began by President McKinley to build up a white Republican party and throw overboard, the old scandal ous Republican black and tan combi nation. Another question, even more important, concerns tho future of Sena tor Hanna. It is well known for the last year or two, practically every ap pointment in the South waa made ??>!y with his approval, anti that holiad thus built np for himself a moBt pow erful machine on which ho relied to secure his nomination in 1004-this despite his assertions that it was fool ishness to talk of him for President. Now the question is whether these men, who owe allegiance to the Ohio mau, will be reappointed as their terms expire. If they are, they will consider that Hanna saved them, will still main tain their fealty to him, and will sup port him when the national convention meets. If? on tho contrary, Mr. Roose velt puts in his own men, thoy will favor him. An almost identically simi lar situation exists in regard to New York, where Senator Platt, who has always been understood to be Roose velt's enemy, has dictated the disposi tion of tho offices. Will he be allowed to retain this control and use it to an tagonize Roosevelt in 1004, or will the new President bnild up a machine of his own theret To those who under stand the great power exercised by tho Federal office holders, the question io n moni iuUu-us?ng one. Having allowed tho stable door to stand open until after the horse is stolen, Secretary Gage will now pro ceed to recommend to Congress to put a splendid new time lock on it. In other words, he will ask that the Secret Service be enlarged and given power to run down anarchists. Ho will also ask that he be specifically authorized to take steps to exclude and deport known anarchists. Just why the Secretary wants additional law is a question, as it is admitted at the department that ho possesses already power to exclude anarchists j ust as he now excludes wo men brought in for immoral purposes, persons suffering with contagious dis eases, paupers, and so on. The :,ole reason thus far given for not making a regulation that would cover tho case of anarchists is the diflicniiy of proving them to be such. This, however, is no excuse at all, as it is equally difficult to prove tho government's case in regard to any of the other objectionable classes. In regard to tho Secret Ser vice: Its powers might well bo en larged; at present they extend only to counterfeiting, and anything else done by it is in reality entirely outside of the mw i ?JUC cicatea it. What may be expected from army officers whon they get control of popu lar assemblages is Bbown with startling vividness by the investigation that has been held into the proceedings at the Capitol hero during tho obsequies of President McKinley. A good deal has been pnbliBhed concerning the dis graceful crush outside the entrance, ut very little concerning even more disgraceful scenes inside. These natu rally fall under two heads: First, tho exclusion of Congressmen and their families from teats in favor of small fry officers of the army and navy; and second, the exclusion of many people who >ad waited in# l:ao for boura to Bee the President, in order to allow time for Randolph, tho army(cfficer in charge, to pose before the catafalque fora number of flash light pictures. The trouble carno from tho fnet that tho War Department illegally took charge of tho proceedings, instead of tho Capitol police, who lind always controlled everything inside that build ing. Tho soldiers placed on guard sven tried to exclude their families and those of the Supreme Court from seato in tho rotunda, which dozens of junior army ofllcers occupied. From O?r Own Correspondent. A Day With the "Old Boys" Who Wore the Gray." EDITQKS INTELLIGENCER: About four miles from tho heart of the city of At lanta, nt the terminus of the street railway, isa beautiful hill oovered with primitivo forests; upou the highest point of this hill amid largo oaks is nestled a grand, a beautiful building, built there in 1891 by tho efforts nf Henry Grady and the good and patri otic women of Georgia for a Soldiers1 Homo. After thus writing down their senti ments nud venerations for tho grand old heroes who woro tho gray in a tangible way at the cost of 845,000 in vested in 110 acres of laud and this grand edifice by private subscriptions, they tendered this building and laud to tho ?State' of Georgia to house her indigent soldiers in, if she would feed und care for them. Hut tho politics of Georgia were then like they aro here in South Carolina to-day, and tho Geor gia Legislature refused to accept this grand bequest, and gave her indigent soldiers pensions, ranging from $0.00 j to $100 a year, or about $(50.00 a year i where wo give $19.(50-and told tho old soldiers it was better for them to take this and live among their friends at home. Hut after ten years experience it was found that $00, or even 8100, j would not half board and clothe them j nud poy somo one to attend to tho de crepit or sick soldiers, and on tho first ! of June, 1001, tho Homo was occupied , and formally possessed by the Stato j with an appropriation of $13,000 for its I support, if so much be necessary, and tho Home is now occupied by 70 in mates, tho sight of which 1 wish every member of our South Carolina Legisla ture could look upon that his heart, ii even of stone, would soften nud lie would at once be converted to Ibo truth that no treasury could hold dol 1 lars enough to rep. y these old veterans for their patrioti un that has deprived . them of the uso o> .hub or body. Some of them hobbling around on one leg. i some with heads oowed low down with . suffering from wounds or rheumatism, ? white yet others are in bed never to I rise again. No soldier with a heart of llesh, who has ever grappled with the dogs of war or experienced its vicissitudes, can look upon this gathering of the relics of our great army without feeling a choking lump riso in his throat. When news was spread through the Home that an old South Carolina sol dier was at hand on a mission to in spect the Home, tho gathering arouud and tho eagerness of the ola boys to hear tho news and give information during the war, (for Georgia is to-day in front on duty for her old soldiers, and South Carolina is in the rear), and after a hearty handshaking from the official head down to tho old army nurse I was invited to a breakfast that would have been considered good enough for Gen. Leo or President Davis during our army days. These old veterans plied questions and queries about their South Carolina Colnrades taster than three men could answer, and among the questions was ono that I bad rather took a whipping than to havo answered, viz: What sort of a Soldiers' Homo have you in South Carolina? My reply was that South Carolina had at least two location? offered her for a Homo that was better suited for a Home than theirs, and that there was no doubt in tho minds of our people but that South Carolina would at tho next meeting of our Legislature step to the front and provide a Home for her worn out soldiers that would be second to hone in the South. The Home building of Georgia is three stories high with veranda after the stylo of tho health resort hotel, and contains 65 rooms, 10 of which aro mostly large rooms for memorial hall, library, drawing room, dining room, kitchen, and for each office for super intendent, matron and steward, and basement rooma for lnnndry. gae gen erator and storerooms and commissary; Ci> rnnm ? are rnftde for bed rooms, with 3 single beds, 2 rockers and 2 arm chairs, 2 bed rugs, 1 bureau and wash stand, towel rack, etc., all of which cost about $00 for each room, and every room's furniture, that is how furnished and occupied, has been con tributed by some individual or society of ladies or gentlemen, whose names are written in large letters above tho doors of the rooms they have furnish ed, such aa Chapters ot the Daughters of the Confederacy. Memorial Associa tions, Camps of U. C. Vs., etc. But the most touching of all was a douation for furnishing a room from the Atlanta Camp of tho Grand Army Republic our once enemies in war-while the merchants, manufacturers, firms, etc, have filled ali the other rooms, halls and closets with all t! necessary fix tures and appliances. Memorial ball is used for all the gatherings, preaching, prayermeeting8, speaking, etc., and is well furnished with nico seats and an organ. Over tho door of tho largo drawing room is tho name of Henry Grady. This room has nico furniture, a good piano, violin, organ and guitar. Tho library is also well furnished with cases, chairs, books, weekly and daily newsnanera. Th? flirting roon! has modern"hotel tables for six people, aud is equipped with the latest fittings. The kitchen is supplied with rango and other fixtures to cook fer 200 inmates. MANAGEMENT. The board is controlled by a Hoard of eleven Trustees; all of these, as well as tho other positions in the Home, nrc filled by old soldiers. The following aro the snlaried posi tions that aro appointed by tho Hoard: Superintendent's salary,.SfSOO.OO Matron's (a soldier's widow).,.. 5300.00 Steward. 180.00 Surgeon. 200.00 Night Watchman. 420.00 Head Cook. 240.no .Second Cook.:.150.00 Two-Waiters ?8120.00 each).... 240.00 TwoLaundryWoinen($120 each) 240.00 To House Maids C$120.00 each)-. 240.00 Negro Man Nurse.- 180.00 $2890.00 Cost of attendance each inmate $41.28 Approximate commissaries for each ininato. 21.00 Clothing bill for each inmate-20.00 ??cld?ntms. 5.00 or total cost of each inmate about $93.28 Among tho errors that Georgia has mule aud that South Carolina may 1.relit by is, 1st. That tho building for i ho Homo should have an elevator or a ??nd Biory building for indigent decre ed old people who can't climb stops, yud. 1 ho hospital should be detached lrom the sleeping rooms, as tho groans and disturbances of ono patient will interrupt the sleeping and rest of the ?whole house. 3rd. Instead of invest ing 815,000. in ll!? acres of land, South Carolina is ottered two splendid healthy locations for tho Home with out tho cost for tho land, and it is dikely that many locations will be ten dcrcu for thu homo when tho time comes to l?ente. 4th. Georgia has paid too much for her building. Be ing iain i liar with tho cost ot* such buildings, 1 venturo to say that South Carolina can to-day put up such a building for about one-half of the original cost to Georgia, which is said j to be 8:10,000, but ns South Carolina lins much less inhabitant* than Ceorgin, 812,000 would build a very comfort able Home, and $8,000 would equip and run tho homo for tho llrst year, in. eluding tho clothiug bill for.40 inmate?.. lt will be well for nil who oppose tho Soldiers' Homo movement to bear in mind that tho home is proposed for tho homeless and friendless indigent sol diers, who have no friends who aro able to take caro of them, for tho Stato cannot afford to hire a nurse, pay doc tor's bills, board etc., for each old sol dier that is on tho lift or muy bo nt any time. It took ten yenra wrangling in political turmoil for Georgia to come to tho practical thing about taking care of her indigent soldiers; can't we AX South Carolina proiit by Georgia's ex perience and with ono great and grand movement raiso our pensions iu class A. and B. to $00.00, and class C. to $20.00, and allow them all option, of drawing their pensions and living among their friends, or forfeit their pensions and live at the Home? An analysis of the trial in Georgia, wo think, will point out the foot that the forfeited pensions will pay 70 per cent of tho running expenses of the Home, and might be mud o to ??o bettor with more experienced management. J. C. STHMUN?, Camp 1,000, U. ?J. V., Pendleton, S. C. WHHamston Writings. MUs Annie G arlington, after a month's visit with relatives, returned to Laurens Monday. Mr. II. C. Wilson, who has baen so very ill, 1? slowly improving. E. M. L inder is acting cashier of tho bunk and manager of the i ' mill during Mr. Wi!? son'n illness. Messrs. W. H. aud-.T. E. Sullivan en tered Wolf ord College Saturday. Mr. Jos. C. Ducworth bas acaepted a position in the office oftke Willlamator Oil and Fertiliser Co. Rev. S. C. Todd is still conducting re vival services in a tent near the center of town. Great interest is manifested in these services, and people come from far and near to attend them. Mrs. Todd pre sides at the organ and adds much to the attraotlvenosa of the services by her sweet einging. Miss Gertrude Brady, of Tennessee, is ibo guest of her cousin. Miss Lula Stone. Miss Brady visited Wllllamaton a few years ago, being then a resident of An derson. Miss Ola Cooley has returned to ber studios at Converso College. S. J. Duckworth is erecting a building to oe used as a boggy and hariiAMdnnnAi. tory. He bas already purchased the stock from F. A. Ames & Co., and has begun to sell buggies. Mr. W. R. Powell has begun handling the fleecy stapl* at Williamston. A. cot ton market has been sorely needed in our town for years, aud we hope those having ootton for sale will give Mr. Powell a chance at it. A new building is goirg up near the railroad oroaslng on Main street. It is to bo used as post?nico, dental parlors, phy? slotans' office, etc. The residence of Mrs. M. J. Epilog is now being painted and will bs occupied in a short while. , Tho bridge over Big Creek, on Main Btreet, which was turned around and broken uo by recent heavy rains, will be replaced by a new one at an early date. Henry Simpson, of Clinton, is boarding with his grandmother. Mrs. C. E. Hor ton, and attending the Male Academy. Also Messrs. Beeks and Welborn, of Pelzer. are stopping with relatives while attending school. M!SH Mary Blackman, of i?ssvsr, ia with her uncle, Postmaster Russell, and ls taking ? eourau in the Willlamston Fe male College. G. Wants the Law Changed. Mn. EDiTon: Having read the artlole of Hon. J. W. Ashley on building a Sol dier's Home, I desire to sav that I agree with him in his opinion. It will not be long nntil we old soldiers will have an swered our last roll call. What I wish to call the attention of our Representatives to ls to certain old soldleis who are now denied a pension, and who at the same time stand in need of it more than some who are on the penaion roi). A veteran's name was taken from the roll thl" year becausa he had bought a tract of '?nd in hia own name, though he has not paid anything on it. Toe interest on the money will be as much as the rent was. Now, is he not as much entitled to a pension as he was bofore he bargain ed for the land? I know of two widows of old soldiers, one of whom ls over 00 years of age and has at least five hundred dollars cash or at interest. She draws a pension. The other widow has a few honsehold goods and a small, sickly son. She is uot 60 vears old and cannot draw a pension. Which one need* lt th? mnnt? I knar? another veteran over sixty yoars of age, whoso wife has a piece of land with a heavy mortgage upon lt. They do not live on the land, but have it rented, and oreditora get the rent for in terest. The man has to live with bis children, as he ls not able to do bot little labor, huving been and is partially para lyzed. Hts wife stavs with her sister the most of the time. Under the law he can not draw a pension. Is he n"t a fit sub . j oct for a pension? I know another veteran who married a widow after the war. She bad a li foti m o interest in a farm. It all weat well so long as he was abie to work, bat now he ia very feeble. He has no Interest in the land. Ought he not to have a pension? 1 could name others that ar? debarred from drawing a pension under tho exist ing law that are as needy aa some that are on the pension roll, If not more so. I know porno who have no one but their wife, and l??th stout for their age, who have positions where they make a good living, but because they havo no proper ty in their name.draw a pension. Let the law bo ohangO'l and give every needy old soldier at least iarty dolla? a yoar. lu my opinion'.lt would.be cheaper than a Snl'b.or*' Home, and if thsy cannot got a pension, don't make them pay a tax on uruano to oducatetbo rich man's non, 3 Ax On? SOLDIER,.