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ANDERSON, S. C , WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1901. ' --???????????Mtrnmrnm??J?? VOLUME XXXVII-NO. 26. Twenty Per Cent. Discount on Winter Suits, Overcoats, And Odd Trousers. Don't forget that other folks will take advantage of this ?aie. Setter come in to-day?.nay-be the very Suit you'd piek will be gone to-morrow. This is the Clearing Out Sale of all Winter Suits and Overcoats, and people are certainly taking advantage of the saving. We were hardly prepared for the big trade we had last Saturday, and, although we kept a great many of yon waiting a long time, we did the best we could. We know, however, that you won't regret the time wasted for you were well paid. You saved twenty cents on every dollar that you spent here. ' Our trade so far during this Twenty Per Cent Discount Sale h&s been larger, far larger, than any sale of the kind we 1 have ever had. It amply illustrates the quality of our offer- \ ings and the confidence the trade has in our statements. $5.00 Suits and Overcoats now $4.00 10.00 Suits and Overcoats now $8.00 ,^ \ 15.00 Suits and Overcoats now 12.00 \ . * ' \ ' . '. ' ' i B. 0. Evans & Co. j ANDERSON, S. C. \ The Spot Cash Clothiers j FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Own Correspondent. Washington, D. C, Jan. 27,1003. The D?mocrate of the House greatly disappointed the Republicans by hold ing a perfectly harmonioua party cau cus last Tuesday, the action of which waa confined to the adoption of the resolution reported by the committee appointed at the December caucus. It would have been Bimply playing into thehandB 01 the Republicans for the Democrats in caucus to have attempted to make a party platform. It will be ' more than two years before the next | Democratic National Convention will I be held, and it will be the duty of the I delegates to that convention to forma- ! late the platform upon which the party I will stand in the next national cam- I paign. The Congressional campaign ia much nearer, and the first duty of Democrats is to see that a Democrat is I returned from every District now rep- i resented by a Democrat and from j enough Districts now represented by I Republicans to give the Democrats control of the next House?a task that i is likely to be made easier by the j Roo&ovelt administration and the Re publican majority in Congress. That Mr. Roosevelt can dodge upon ! occasion was shown when he turned j Schley's appeal over to Attorney Gen- | oral Knox and asked that he go over it and make a recommendation. Mr. Roosevelt may regard this as a very clever way for him to evade responsi bility, bnt the- people will hold him, and not Attorney-General Knox, re sponsible for what action betakes upon the appeal of S?hley. Rear Admiral Schley isn't losing any sleep over whe t Mr. Roosevelt may do with his appeal. Accompani:; l by Mrs. Schley he left Washington Friday for Chicago, where the ovation he received down South will be duplicated. Judging from Schley's talk, it will not be possible to axcel it in earnest enthusiasm and good will. And the people everywhere feel Lhe same way. Representative Stephens, of Texas, las introduced a bill providing for the Konsolidation of Oklahoma Territory vnd the Indian Territory into the State >? Oklahoma. Senator Bacon gave the Republicans i few sharp whacks in a speech against ;ho Philippine tariff bill, for their "hot laste" in pressing the bill and for their ifforts to withhold from the Senate in formation relating to the Philippines. Representative Lever, of South Caro ina, is the youngest man in the House, ind he looks muoh younger than he eally is. He is twenty-seven, but he vould have no trouble in passing for wenty, if he wished to do so. "He does t without vishing sometimes, as a lit tie story that haa just become public shows. It happened when Mr. Lever first took his seat. The House official, who gives notice to those not entitled to the privilege of the floor to getont just before the opening of the sessions, had noticed a boyish-looking fellow for several days who didn't ?v.y the slightest attention to the notice. Fi nally the official approached Amos Cummings, remarking in a nettled tone: "If that boy don't get out of hero before 12 o'clock I'll throw him out." "Whatboy?" atved Cummings. ; "Sitting ovoi there,1' replied the offi I cial, pointing to Mr. Lever. "I wouldn't I throw lu m out." said Cum min jib "Why I not?" 'Becauao, you might low your job. F.e ia a member of the House." A delegation of TexanB made ah argument before the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors last week in favor o an appropriation for the con struction of a ship canal from the mouth jf Sabine and Neeohes Rivers to SaKne Pass, a project that has been strongly endorsed by all the commer cial organizations in Texas. It is to be hoped that the Senate will get the facts asked for in the resolu tion adopted calling on the Secretary of War for full information as to the number of vessels, ownership, and cost of the United States transport system. If it does, somebody will have a lively time, as there is little doubt that there have been some scandalous things con nected with the transport service. Perhaps Secretary Root hasn't known of them, and perhaps he has. At any rate several Senators? including Mr. Till'" ?an, have intimated on the floor of the Senate that thsy knew of them, and if Secretary Root fails to supply the information they may do so. Ex-Senator Faulkner, of W. Va., when asked] what he thought of the political outlook, said: "I think that it will not be very much longer before the pendulum will swing back and bring with it a return of the Democ racy to power. This will depend to a large degree on the conduct of the party in Congress. If, in their opposi tion to the Republicans, they adopt a course too radical to suit the solid business interests, they will not bo en trusted with the reins of government. After all, the people who have the say in determining party supremacy are those who control the finances of the country. The Democrats have a gol den opportunity but to gain the sup port of this class they must be conser vative." Henry F. Oxnard, president of the American Beet Sugar Association, who was before the House Ways and Means Committee to oppose removal of the tariff from Cuban sugar, denounced H. O. Havemeyer, head of the sugar trust, as the "fnstigator-in-chief of all this Cuban free sugar scheme." He also said that to encourage an increase in the production of Cuban sugar would result in bringing the American fann ers into competition with Chinese Coolie labor, which the Cuban sugar planters would get as soon as Cuba was an independent government. The delegates in Congress from New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma threat en to resign their seats if the Houbo does not pass the bills giving statehood to those Territories. * Democratic Senators are making the Philippine tariff bill the text for a gen eral raking over of the Republican Philippine policy, and the broadsides, are likely to grow warmer as the de bate goes on. STATE NEWS. T- Several oases of smallpox are re ported among white people at Fort Mill. ? H. T. Hurt was shot and serious ly wounded by his brother-in-law Newt Kelly in Groenvillc. ? Goorgotown was visitod by a big fire last Saturday morning, destroying property valued at about $20,000. ? The proposed uew county of Pee Deo sustained a crushing defeat ia tho special oleotion bcld in Marion county. I ? The Seaboard road paid thirty thousand dollars for tho park in Co lumbia, only to find that it does not want it. ? The report of the business done by the Spartanburg postoffice for the year 1901 shows an increase of $5,000 in revenue over the previous year. ? Perry Andrews is drilling a well at Greenwood for a better water sup ply. He has already gone down 140 feet, mostly through solid granite. ? Ex-president Cleveland and par ty have arrived in Georgetown, where they will spend a fortnight Taunting | and fishing. Gamo is reported as plentiful. ? Hon. Frank B. Gary, a promi nent membor of the Abbeville bar, will be a candidate for lieutenant governor in the demoeratic primary next summer. ? Numerous* burglaries have been committed in Laurena county within the past two weeks, a considerable amount of money being secured in several instances. ? Tho twenty-fifth -annual conven tion of the Young Men's Christian Associations of South Carolina will convene in Columbia on Saturday evening, February 8. ? The guard house in Walhalla, was burned a few nights ago, and &n old Confederate veteran, who had been behaving badly on the streets and was looked up in it, was burned to death. ? President Benjamin F. Wilson, of Converse college, at Spartanburg, one of tho largest female colleges in the South, has resigned, after 12 years' service. He will go to Europe to study. ? Direotor Dodge, of the office of publie road inquiries, U. 3. Depart ment of Agrioulture, ' .is issued a cir cular calling attention to the Southern Inter-States good roads convention to be held in Charleston, February 5, 6 and 7, next. ? A oonneoting wall between two two-story briok store rooms on the public square at Laurens oollapsed at 6 o'clock last Wednesday morning, and both buildings fell into a heap. John W. Fowler and C. T. Whitten were sleeping in the second story, but miracuously esoaped with several outs and bruises. The loss will be about $3000. Y Uli I ? Mrs. Mack Johnson, of Edge Bold oott'-^y, was sweeping her house, when her o!othing in some way eaught fire and were almost entirely burned off of her. Her injuries are feared to be scriouB. ? Captain Hughes, who has been running conductor on tho Columbia and Greenville division of the South- ! em road for about 25 years, is to be transferred February 1st to the Ashe villo division. ? President Roosevelt will visit tho Charleston Imposition on Febru ary 12th. Ho will bo accompanied by his family and tho members of his oabinet. Great preparations aro being niado in that city to entertain him. ? Sidney Miller, a young colored boy, who completed a term on tho York oounty ohaingang Thursday, was shot by one of the guards at about 1 o'clock on the following morn ing, while prowling in the vioinity. ? Clemson College has sustained a great loss in the death of one of her staunoheat trustees, Hon. D. T. Red fearn. It is a striking fact that this is the first State Trustee that has died; while all the life Trustees, those mentioned in Mr. Clemson's will, are living. ? Mrs. Clark Abrains, of Mud lick, Newberry uountv, was accidentally shot with a pistol in the hands of her husband, tho other day. Tho ball passed through the right arm and nto her side, Btriking the shoulder blade and imbedding itself against tho spinal column. It was extracted. The wound is not considered serious. ? In a personal difficulty Express Messengers MoLeod and Sanders in tho car of tho former on tho north bound Columbia, Newberry and Lau rens passenger train near Goldville, in LaurenR County, Mr. MoLeod was shot through the thigh by Mr. San ders. Both came on to Laurens and the wounded man received prompt medical attention and is reported doing well. j ? Tho trustees of Winthrop Col lege met reoently in the governor's offioo at Columbia. Tho meeting oi the board was called to consider the reported probability of the diverting of the Peabody fund, heretofore given the Winthrop College, to some othei educational enterprise. It developed that the report was basod on a mis understanding of the intention of th< Peabody board, and that Winthroj College is in no danger whatever oi losing this appropriation. ? The stables of James Reedy, Ashley avenue and Ilaoe street, it Columbia, ware destroyed by fire lat< last Friday afternoon and Prince George, Mr. Reedy's fine hay stallion was burned to death. The anima was sold under the hammer when h< was three years old for $2,200 and Mr Reedy has refused to sell him foi that sum several times within the lasl few months. jam A?.?.V11?NO. 32. < JENE1UL NEWS. ? Georgia has five candidates for Governor. ? St. Louis has been visited by an earthquake. ? Mobile, Ala., haB had a $300,? 000 fire with tho loss of two lives. ? Tho majority of tho inhabitants of Cuba uro said to be ready for an nexation. ? Tho city of Chilpancingo, Mex., which was so badly injured last week by an earthquake, is to bo rebuilt. ? A negro woman in West Virginia, j with murder bent, shot and instantly killed two negro men aud mortally wounded a white man. ? At Hambloton, W. Va., seven men were burned to death while asleep iu a lumber camp. Thirty seven others narrowly escaped being oremated. ? John M. Penniman, a patrolman on the polioe force in Boston, has been a police officer for 50 years. Ho is claimed to be tho oldest policeman in the oountry. ? Tho weather in the Northwest is very severe, the meroury in son: a places being ten degrees below zero. Reports from ranches indioate con siderable loss of stook. ? Whilo flourish'' g a new hatchet in Topeka, Kan., Mi a, Carrie Nation, the "smasher," dropped it and out off the big toe of her right foot. The hatchet was a present from an eaotorn firm of hardware dealers. ? Gen. Longatroet, having become too old and feeble to discharge the duties of national railroad commis sioner, will probably bo retired by congress on tho pay of a major. Sena tor Morgan has introduced a bill to that effect. ? A postoffico clerk at Knoxville, Toon., was stamping letters when an oxplosion took place. It was eaused by smokeless powder, or nitro glycer ine which was packed in a tin box. . Tho name of the New York firm send I ing the explosive by mail is known. ' ? It is figured that Danny Maher, > the American jookey, who will ride ; the king of England's horses this * year, will earn in all about $55,000. ' Of this $25,000 will be his fee for L handling the king's horsoB and the - rest will oomo from outside engage ) mentB. i ? Mrs. Boulah Abbey, wife of a young merchant near Sparta. Tonn., is dead aB tho result of pulling out , one of her eyes in a fanatical and i literal interpretation of the scriptural j injunction: "If thine eye offend, s plume it out and oast it from thee, for it is better to go into heaven having 1 only one eye than to suffer the tor 3 ments of hell fire." She became . much exoited over religion last autumn p and since that time she had been t noted for strange vagaries in religious fl*1r TESTIMONIAL Bead this testimonial from a well-known citizen of An dersonCounty : EVANS1 PHARMACY, Anderson, S. C. Genta? it gives ms pleasure to give to the public my high opinion of the value of your preparation known as Evans' Sarsaparilla. I have a cancerous affection of the face of some years standing which gave me no little concern. After I had given many other preparations for the blood a full trial, and had consulted several eminent physicians, I found myself not improved, my attention was called to your valuable preparation, known as Evans' Sarsaparilla, and t<* my delight one bottle completely removed the giowth, and I feel that every one should know of it. I can recommend Evans' Sarsaparilla in all skin and blood affections, whatso ever the cause may be. J N. HEMBREE, ' Ex.-Con. and N. P. GUT THIS OUT. A. .A. A A A A A A A A. A A. ^ A.A. A A A A. A A A A A A A GOOD FO? ONE OP OUR elegant forecast calendars." Bring this part of our ad. to our Store and we will give you one of our Elegant Forecast Calendars. These Calendars are not the ordinary kind, mind yon, and they won't be given I i'ont"-^mout;this ?onpe?. i?c/c&eh is the prfae wo pay for r 1 them, and wo buy them in large lots to get them at that price. ? J EVANS PHARMACY. > A Remedy You Can Bank On! F VANS' A ^SAFARI j ^a! THIS "agreeable preparation is [composed of the most valuable alterative, tonic and blood purifying vegetable remedies. It is made right here in your own Town by reliable Pharmacists, and if it wasn't a remedy that would be of great benefit to you it wouldn't be manufactured and sold by Evans Pharmacy. Evans' Sarsaparilla costs more to manufacture than any other Sarsaparilla on the mar ket, although it is put up in the same size bottle and sold at the same price. The dose is one-half that of any other Sarsaparilla, so by buying EVANS' SARSAPA RILLA you get twice as many doses for the same amount of money. Then you get a remedy that has been tried right here by people ?you know, and it has proved to be all that the manufacturers claim for it. One peculiar point about tais medicine is that it strengthens and builds up the system while it eradicates disease. gflTaken as a BLOOD PURIFIER, or for any of the troubles arising from an impure state cf the blood, it is, we believe, superior to any remedy on the market. It is a quick and per* manent cure. * TRY IT. Three bottles $2.75. Six bottles ?5.00. lA-iidLerson-i ?. O,