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? i rr* me Wheels of Co It is not enough to do the best to-day, we must do better to-morrow, or drop behind. The slipping of a cog means a secondary place. Striving for the best has given us a wide reputation, but reputations once made are soon lost, unless reinforced steadily and constantly by tireless activity. We are determined to enlarge on our present reputation, conse quently the BEST Stock of-y In this section can always be found in our Store at the LO W EST POSSIBLE PRICE. By ceaseless activity we avoid crying hard times and duli trade. Between the seasons on BUY GOODS we rush GROCERIES. Just now we are hav ing a very satisfactory business on AND We have bought large quantities of FLOUR AT RIGHT PRICES, And are selling it at pri?es thajt puzzles our competitors. We bought an-r rf V.f.rrJi V IMMENSE STOCK OF MOLASSES When theywere at the lowest price, before the advance; con sequently we fear no competition on Molasses. We are always pleased to quote prices on Corn, Oats? Coffee, i&o. Try our HOME RAISED PE?VINE HAY, The finest stock feed made. The recent bad weather has stimulated the Shoe busi ness. Still we have a large stock of Heavy Winter Shoes. Also, Farm Shoes. We have just opened up our Ladies' Spring Oxfords, and would be pleased to show them. Come at once and make your s?lection. We are also showing many new things in Dry Goods and Notions for Spring and Summer. In fact, just such articles as you need right now. Our Buyers are in the market NOW, and the New Goods are coming in on almost every train. We are prepared to do more business than ever before. The policy of every smart tradesman is to buy the best Goods at the lowest pri?e ; therefore, duty demands that you see us. We guarantee Price ani. duality. Come or write for Samples, Yours truly, AST Wholesale and Retail Dealers iii A.tNTK>?H%&0 ?. O. Local News. WEDNESDAY. 'KAR. 12. 1902. .^*"r*""**~TTrirTriirrifmmw i rr ww ????? IIBIWUI-WH THB ?Q?TOH KABBLET. Stict Good Middling-3J. Good Middling-SJ. * ss tnct Middling-8*. Middling-sr We hope the backbone of winter is cracked, if not broken. Tho age for working the public roads ?B between 18 and 50 years. Don't neglect the payment of taxes. The time expires March 81. Several communications reached us tco late for publication this week. Cotton is climbing up toward 0 cents. Look out for a big acreage thiB year. M. M. Mat tison loft the city yester day on a business trip to New York. Now is tho time to plant Irish pota toes tp get ? good crop. Tho moon is jost right. Tho salary of the rural freo delivery carriers has been increased from ?500 to $000 a year. Sol. Lc s ser is now in the northern markets buying a stock of spring goods for Lesser & Co. W. E. McGee, traveling passenger agent of the Southern Railway, was in the city yesterday. Harry A. Orr and wife have been spending a few days in Charleston viewing the Exposition. j Attention is directed to the new ad vertisement of John S. Campbell, jew eler and watch repairer. L. P. Smith went to Charleston last evening and will spend several days there seeing the Exposition. John A. Austin, of the Magnet Store, has a new advertisement in another column. Read it carefully. The sportsmen will now have to lay aside their guns. The hunting season closes next Saturday, loth inst. Mrs. A. E. Norris, of Westminster, is in the city visiting her brother. Rev. J. L. McLin, who is still quito sick. W. A. Holland, formerly of this city, who has been living at Seneca the past year or two, has moved to Texas. The gardeners have been doing some good work the past week and many seed have been putin the ground. Baylis Clarke, of the railway mail service, Atlanta, Ga., has been spend ing a few days in the city visiting rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Keys, of Green ville, have been spending a few days in the city visiting relatives and old friends. Eev. O. J. Copeland, Rev. J. D. Campbell and Rev. L. E. Campbell at tended the Bible conference in Atlanta last week. Capt. E. A. Smythe, of Pelzer, and Hon. A. T. Smythe, of Charleston, spent a day or two in the city last week attending Court. W. H. Calder has resigned his posi tion os chief clerk at the Hotel Chi qnola and gone to his old home at Cokeabury, 8. C. E. F. Reed, of this County, has been drawn to Borve aa a petit juror at the April term of the United States Dis trict Court in Charleston. Remember, Thursday, 20th inst., ia South Carolina Day at the Exposition. Try to make yonr arrangements to be in Charleston on that day. W. H. Newell left Anderson last Monday for Schenectady, N. Y., where h? has accepted a position with the General Electric Company of that city. J. K. Richey, of Belton, and Miss Nancy Chambers, of this city, were married last Sunday afternoon by Magistrate B. F. Wilson at his home in this city. The rainfall for December was 10.23 inches; January, February, 8.40. Total for three winter months 22.15,, or 8.15 inches above the normal amohnt for those months. ' C. F. Jones has returned from the eastern markets, where he purchased a very large stock of goods for the spring trade. Watch out for his new adver tisement next week. Sweet potatoes are now selling in the city at from 75 cents to $1.00 a bushel. There is money in tl crop at one-half the above prices, and our^-farmers chould produce moro of them. Weare requested to announce that ? Rev. S. J. Cartledge will preach at Midway Church next Snnday afternoon at4 o'clock. 'The public is cordially invited to attend the services. Married, on Thursday evening, March 0, 1002, at the home of the bride's father, W. M. Hall, by Rev. W. B. Hawkins. Mr. A. W. Jones and Miss Javotee Hall, all of Anderson County. On the 20th inst, if the day be clear, the planet Yenna can be seen during the daytime. The best time to look will be an hour or two before and after midday, about two boura ahead of the sun. Andereon County will be well repre sented at the Exposition in Charleston on South Carolina Day-Thursday, 20th inst. The railroad fare is only $4.75 and the tickets are good for five days. The local political pot is begin ning to simmer quite early.this year. The race for, the office of Judge of Probate promises to be one of the liveliest contesta in the whole cam paign. Those of oar citizens who conten?- j plate going to Texas on the occasion of the Confederate Veterans' Reunion should notify Col. M. P. Tribble or J, F. Ciisdseales, at this office, aa soon as possible. Tho Governor hos restored to citizen ship G forgo Caldwell, of this city, who . was convicted of petit larcony in 1880. The Anderson delegation, co?aty oitt cials and a large number cf citizens signed the petition. 4 ! On Memorial Day, May-10th, the j members of Robert E. Lee Chapter, ?. D. C., will present a number of Con federate Veterans of this section with Crosses of Honor. An interesting pro gram will be arranged forthe occasion. Rev. IT. R, Murchison will preach at the Flat Rock Presbyterian Church next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Ali the members are urged to attend, and the friends of tho congregation are invited to participate in the ser vices. On the street a lady should recognize a gentleman acquaintance first, that is ? if she desires to, and if she doesn't the gentleman has no right, according to tho rules of good manners, to mako oven o bow in recognition, sai 3 an ex chango. About thirty dollars have been con tributed by citizens of Anderson for tho purpoBo of purchasing a sword to bo presented to Mnjor Jenkins. Tho money has been sent to Charleston to bo added to tho fund being raised there by the Charleston Post. W. J. Martin, of Pendleton, ?fters a reward of lifty dollars for tho return of a book, filled with a number of valu able noteB, which he lost in or near Pendleton on the 4th inst., and warns the public not to trade for any of the notes. Read his advertisement. Thomas, the infant son of W. W. Walker, of Hopewell Township, died last Sunday afternoon with the measles, aged fifteen months. On Monday afternoon tho remains were buried al Beaverdam Church, Rev. W. B. Haw kins conducting the funeral services . O.M. Heard, who has for the past two years been conducting a mercantil* business at Middleton, hos sold outhii b usinesB and is pow prospecting. Tt i rumored, however, that he will mov? to Anderson, S. C., and embark in tb telephone business.-Elberton (6a. Star. Our progressive young townsman, B C. Townsend, will establish a twin factory in this city at an early day. Th plant wiU represent an investment c about $25,000, and will employ about 2 hands. It will be located near the Co Yarn Mill and its erection will begin J once. Prof. O. B. Martin, of the Greenhill graded schools, spent last Saturday i the city visiting hisbrother, B. F. Mai tin, Esq., and was a welcome visitor 1 our sanctum. The Professor is a cai didate for the o Mice of State Superii tendent of Education, and will get large voto in this County. Capt. J. H. Whitner, of Birmin glim contracting engineer of the Virgin Bridge and I ron C o ni pan y was in the ci yesterday. Capt. Whitner is a Sou Carolinian and a memberof that grai old family of Whitners that has servi South Carolina well and done her ho or in peace and war.-GaiJoey Ledge 4th inst. Rev. W/.E. McHw?ine, D. D. repr senting the 20th Century Education Fund of tho Synod of South Carolir spent last Sunday in the city. 1 preached at the First Presbyter! Church Sunday morning and eve ing. A number of the PreBbyteria of 4be city made liberal subscripts to'the fund. ? Oliver Greer wiU pay the penalty his crime next Friday. The gallo -has been erected in the rear of t jail, and the hanging will be stric private. Sheriff Green will only adr the officers who are to act as goai and representatives of the city pape Greer does not seem to realize his t rible condition. We clip the following from the Rf way Age, Chicago, February 28: "1 French Broad and Southern Railwa; projected to mn from Toxaway, N. the terminus of the Transylvania Ri road, south about fifty miles to a ? nection with the Southern Railway Ocoaee County, S. C. John S. Ven of Columbia, 8 . C., is oneof the proj tors.?? . A meeting of Camp W. W. Ht phreys, United Sons of Confedei Veterans, will be held to-mon (Thursday) afternoon at 5 o'clock the office of Clerk of Court Watk and it is earnestly desired that ev member attend. Delegates to Reunion in Dallas, Texas, will be el> ed, and other important business be transacted. On last Thursday afternoon Messrs. S. M. Smith and J. S. McC lan, of the SeptuB section, were g< home from this city their horse bec frightened and ran away. Mr. Mc( lan was thrown from the buggy his left arm dislocated in the shonl Dr. J. G. Duckworth immediately duced the dislocation and and h getting along very well. "Aunt" Hagar Robinson, who more than one i in dr cd years of died at her home in Martin Town last Friday. She was in theda] slavery the property of the grandfc of Hon. R. B. A. Robinson, of Connty, and had served as ac? six generations of that family, was highly esteemed by the men of the family, who will long chi her memory. Last Thursday afternoon a 8-yea daughter of Jabez Clark, of Mill was standing by the open fire] when hef clothing caught fire, cbild'n mother, who was standing succeeded in extinguishing the fi after considerable offort, and waa ] fully burned in doing so. Mrs. ?1 son, a sister of Mrs. Clark, ran b latter's assistance and she, too, painfully burned. The little girl seriously burned/and it was feare awhile that she would die, but a now doing well and will recover. Only three casca were tried in tho Court of Common Pleas last week. Pho jurors were discharged Friday [if teruoon and the Court ou Saturday was engaged in hearing equity mat ters. When wo went to press last tveek tho Court was engaged in trying the caao of J. L. Jones vs. C. &. W. C. R. R., in a suit for damnges for killing the plaintiffs wifo. This case waB aot concluded uutil Thursday and re mited in a mistrial, tho Jury failing to Agree to a verdict. Thursday after noon the Court was engaged in decid ing whether S. J. Duckworth was a member of the firm of Carrol, Hallams fc Co., and the Jury decided that ho .vas not. On Friday tho case of Miss [na Holcombe vs. The Southern Rail way was tried. The plaintiff claimed that she was hurt - by having a trunk thrown from tho baggago car and 3trikiug her on tho ankle while she ivas leaving tho train in this city. She sued tho Railway for $1,030 damages und the jury rehired a verdict for $GT>0. A. grent many cases were continued until the next term, and it is believed by some of the lawyers that an extra term will have to be called to clear tho docket. Tho Atlanta correspondent of thc Augusta Chronicle, under date of the 5th inst., says: "At tho beginning of tho night service at the Bible Confer ence at the Tabernacle Baptist Church last night, Dr. Broughton made an an nouncement that is unique in church history, and that has never, perhaps, beendonuiua southern Church. Dr. Broughton surprised tho overflowing congregation with tho statement that in tho crush around the altar at tho closo of tho afternoon service tho pock et of Rev. L. E. Campbell, of Ander son, S. C. had beon picked and the thief hnd relieved him of his pocket book, containing tickets and $20 iu money. One of the other preachers suggested theta collection betaken up to reimburse the unfortunate divine and a Mr. Thomas, of Chattanooga, in the rear of tho audience, endorsed tho suggestion and offered $2. Dr. Brough ton cut that short by telling him to bring the money up to 1 ?ni after Bervice. In warning tho people to bo laro of tho pickpockets, Dr. Brough ton said tho devil hadn't been to his Church in a long time, as they had made it too hot for him. Now he carno in a now guise. 'Perhaps the reason this,' added tho doctor, 'is that he tinda that we have money here.1" Boleman News. Mra. Georgin Victory and Mrs. Hat tie Gulley, of Lavonia, Ga-, visited in this community last week. Jno. 1. Holland and Geo. W. Jolly, two hustling young gents, representing the Sullivan Hardware Co., were in our midst recently. Judson Barton, of Walhalla, was in our community last Saturday and Sun day. Geo. Maret, one of Atlanta's hustling drummers, was in our vicinity last Fri day. Ban Allen, of Anderson, was through here last week. Anderson Shirley, accompanied .by MisB Emmie Johnson,, vorshipped at Double Springs on tho la?t fourth Sun day. Bud Bradberry, we aro sorry to say, is quite sick. Mr. Singleton's little babe, we aro sorry to say, is critically ill at this writing. We wish for it a speedy re covery. Rev. Haroiter visited the family of Mrs. Elizabeth Farmer Inst Saturday night. Mrs. Farmer has been on the sick list for the last few days. ,Jim Bruce, one of Anderson's popular dentists, was in our community last week. Miss M ay me Jolly, who has been suf fering with eczema on her lace, is much improved, we are glad to say, under the skillful treatment of Dr. John R. Haller, of the Fair Play sec tion. ' Otto Banister, one of Bethany's pop ular young gents, was in our burg re cently. It seems that. Otto made a fair impression on some of onr girls. Cadet Bera Cromer, of Clemson, pass ed through here last Saturday on his1 way home. Messrs. J. N. Boleman and Willie Broyles, accompanied by Misses Vale ria ClinkscaleB and Flora Boleman, were the guests of Miss Bernie Farmer last Sunday. Wylie Maret, one of our popular young men, has a new top buggy. Waten ont, girls, 1 guess some of you will have a nae. D. J. Barton's horse ran away with him while on the way back to Wal h at last Monday, bat no serious damage was done. Sunday being snch a beautiful day, some of onr young people were out] driving. Some of our people contemplate at tending the Exposition at Charleston soon. J. P. Bradberry, our clever mer chant at Inez, while having a car load of floor brought home from Seneca during that flood of rain last week, had the misfortune to have ono of his wagons with one buuel of flour washed down Beaverdam Creek. They were fortunate enough to get all the barrels off but one. We hope Mr. Bradberry will not have such bad luck next time. Morning Glory. March 10,1002. ^_ Wise Merchants. Tho wino Merchants of North and 8outb Carolina ure giving us business, because they see at a glance that buying from the Mills and Factories they save tho Jobber's or Middle Man's profits. Merchants', we ask you who have never soon o.nr lines of Hoaiery, Pants, Cloth ing, Shoes and Hats drop us a card and let one of our Salesmen call. You will see at a glance it is to' your interest *. oe numbered- among cu-* growing llot of | custom era. We sell only to Merchants. Wishing you a prosperous New Year WEBB ?fe CATER. Commission Merchante, Anderson, S. C. Raw or Inflamed Lungs Yield rapidly to the wonderful curative and healing qualities of Foley's Honey and Tar. It prevents pneumonia and consumption from a hara cold Bottled on the lungs. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. The ladies all like easy-cutting, well tempered Bcissorj. Brock H civ/. Co. cater to the wanta of the Indies, and can fur nish fust ?ooh Scissors as will please them. The husband will always have a warm spot in his heart and a tender place in his nature for the tbonghtful wife who pre sents him with one ot Brock Hdw. Co's, matchless Razor*. . The genuine satisfac tion which these Razors alford the men makes them always remember with kindness the donor of such a gift. La grippe oonghs yield quickly to the wonderful curative qualities of Foley's Honey and Tar. There ls nothing else "jost as good." Sold by Evans Pharmaoy, WANTED. Hickory, Dogwood and Persimmon Logs. Southern Hardwood Co., Charleston, S. C. 4m W. H. Shearer, Surveyor, Yon will And me at Dean A Katiiffe's. Long dla* tance Phone at my residence. Some Straight Talk About -FOR MEN'S CLOTHING! SUITS, PAlsTTS, Hen's Shoes, Childrens Shoes I Tho tim? for doing a CONTINUED and LEGITIMATE business on the "Below Cost Plan" never existed ?md never will. Comparison in Goods and Prices is the only safe', way, and that we invite. Buy or not, nothing pleases us as much as visitors and comparisons. OUR STOCK IMMENSE, And we are offerine Grrea/t Bargains In Pants and Shoes during FEBRUARY. Big Reductions on all counters. Don't miss our interesting Sale for February. Seeing is believing-come and seel HALL BROS. Cut Price Clothiers. South Mair Street. FERTILIZERS. We represent the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., the Largest Manufacturers of Fertilizers in the World. IN buying their goods yoii get Fertilizers made by old, reliable Facto ries, and are guaranteed to be the finest goods on the market. Our aim is to give our customers better goods, better service and better treatment than they can get from any other establishment. CET OUR PRICES Before placing your orders for large contracts. We can give you Powers, Gibb33 os Co's. Goods, the Stono, Standard, Royal and Wando Complete Fertilizers and Blood Guanos, Acid Phosphate, with or without Potashr Eainits, Nitrates, Soda and Muriate Potash, &c. We trust that fortune will smile on you during the coming year, and stamp her seal of prosperity on every venture. D CBROWN?B?O. Sonth. Main Street. Any Article of Merit Creates Imitators, But we make it very interesting for imitators of Oliver Chilled Plows 1 THE best recommendation of Oliver Chilled Plows is the fret that they are used by all of the beet farmers of Anderson County. Try them and YOU will buy them. We have just received our third solid Car Load of these Celebrated Plows for this season. P?OWS, PLOWS, PLOWS. Perfectly shaped and properly tempered. The same well-known kind that we have been handling for the past ten years. We have a tremendous assortment from which you can select any style desired. PLOW STOCKS, HANDLES, SINGLE TREES, HAMES,| TRACES, BACK BANDS, HEEL BOLTS, CLEVISES, Ac. EVERYTHING needed by tho. Farmer in the line of AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS and kindred articles.