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Headquarters We have advertised DEY GOODS so extensively, and said so little about GROCERIES recently, that we fear some of our friends and customers mry forget that we are large distributors of? ivuCERIES. We wish to call the attention of the publie to the fact that our GROCERY DEPARTMENT is now complete-that we are prepared to supply tjie needs of the people. We have Corn, Flour, Bacon, Sugar, Coffee? Hice* &Dc, In abundance at the Lowest Market Prices. Our TOBACCO STOCK is unusually large and well as* sorted, both Smoking and Chewing. Also, a good assortment of Canned Goods and Shelf Groce ries. Several especially popular grades of Parched Coffees. When in need of GROCERIES get our prices and com pare with others. come AND SEE US. Yours truly, Featherweight Negligee.., TTbFTI I To keep cool these hot July days is to wear the lightest weight apparel. That's why I suggest these Featherweight Negligee Shirts. How could they be otherwise, made from the lightest weight possible Madras and Percale. There's no occasion to t?e surprised at the excellent values I give at? $1.00. I am determined to do the Shirt business of Anderson, and that explains it. Ask to see my? AND Cm They are VALUES. C. A. *08t ^fflc? Block. The Furnishing Goods Man. Local News. WEDNESDAY. JULY 30. 1902. mmm ? ^ gi Solicitor Bogs** of Pickene, spent a dey or two in the e?ty 3aat -week. Miss Daisy Marshall, of Greenville, is in the city visiting friends and rela tives. Mrs. John R. Cochran, Jr., and Mrsr J. E. Barton are visiting friends in Walhalla. Candidates for county offices are now doing earnest, hand-shaking cam paign work. Mrs. J. P. Hillhouse, of Greenville, is in the city visiting her mother, Mrs. L. J. McFall. Next .Monday is Sale?day. There will be no public sales by the Court House officials. Rev. S. J. Cartledge is assisting Rev. J. L. MoLin in a series of meetings at Belton this week. Anderson County will be well repre sented at the Veteran s' Reunion in Greenville next week. L. P. Smith will carry a large crowd on his excursion from this city to Au gusta to-morrow morning. George O. Tenney, the contractor, is progressing rapidly with the work of laying the sewerage pipes. Candidates for office in this County are cautioned not to forget to file their pledge and pay their assessment. Some valuable land in Abbeville County is offered for sale by Mrs. H. H. Norwood. See advertisement. The Beaverdam Baptist Association meets with Double 8prings Church, Fork Township, on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Rev. B. M. Anderson and wife left yesterday for Richmond, Va., where they will make their home for the present. Dr. C. A. Milford, of Abbeville, spent a few hours in the city last Sat urday on his way to Townville to visit relatives. Miss Willie King and her little sis ter, Rosa May. of Atlanta, are in the city visiting their aunt, Mrs. J. L. Hawkins. Wednesday, August 6, is the last day on which candidates can file their pledges and pay their assessments in this County. W. L. Briesey has been awarded the contract for the erection of the Corona Knitting Mill, and will begin the work in r few days. C. M. McPhail, an old Anderson County boy and a popular "knight of the grip,'1 spent last Friday and Satur day in the city. Do not throw yonr melon rinds in the streut, but put them in the barrels that have been placed in the streets for that purpose. Onr young friend, Thos. S. Maxwell, of Greenville, is spending a short va cation in the city visiting his parents and other relatives. Persons interested in the graveyard at Flat Rock Church are requested to meet there on August 7th for the pur pose of cleaning it off. In their new advertisement this week D.C. Brown &Bro. tell youhbw to save money. Read it carefully and and then give them a call. The following candidates are an nonnced this week: House of Represen tatives, Col. M. P. Tribble; County Treasurer, F. M. Welbcm. A bunch of keys was found last Mon day mornirg on North Main street, near Mrs. Bleckley's residence. The owner can get them at this office. The C. A. Reed Musio House is offer ing some second-hand organs at bar gain prices. Read their new adver tisement and go and see the organs. Prof. W. H. Milford will begin Normal Music School at Beaverdam Church on Monday, August 4, and close with a concert on Friday, August 15. George W. Davis, of Fair Play, and who was a member of Co. "C," First S. C. Infantry, was in the city last week shaking hands with his old friends. Onr yonng friend, Harris Todd ticket agent at the union depot in Co lumbia, has been spending a few days in the city visiting his mother and other relatives. How swift is the flight of time, is one of the questions nuw prominent in the minds of school boys and, perhaps school girls. About one-half of vaca lion time has passed. An abundance of very fine melons peaches and apples aro being brought to the city. The melon crop, especially is one of the best that has been pro duced in this Connty. Capt. H. H. Watkins and Dr. W. W Chisholm, who have been spending short vacation in the mountains, re turned home last Friday greatly bene fited in health by their trip. The Senatorial and Congressional candidates will visit Anderson next Tuesday, August 5. Every voter who can possibly do so should visit the city that day and hear the speeches. W. A. Hammond, of Williston, Fla is in Anderson visiting his sister, Mrs S. Bleckley, and .other relatives. Hit many old friends'are delighted to greet him once more in his native Connty The annual clearing off of the Ric< graveyard, ir ?1 urtin Township, will take place on Thursday, August 7. All persons interested are urged to honor the occasion with their presence. Persons interested in the graveyyrd nt. Aabnr$? Church, Ccntorvillo Town ship are requested, to meet there next Saturday morning at an early hour for the purpose of clearing it of , grass, weeds, etc. Tho Ciayton Democratic Club will hold a special meeting at Craytonvilie on Saturday, August 0, at 8 o clock p. m. Business of importance will be transacted by the Club, and every member is urged to attend. ^^^^ Hall Bros., thecloverafiu'progresaivo clothing dealers, bawfereefed a pretty and unique electee sign over the Iront door of their^store on South Main street. ItvOf course, shows off best at nigbtwhen the lights are on. JBdnsus bulletin No. 300 gives this 'State a production of 003,381 bales of cotton for last year. Anderson County is put down as second in the State, having produced 40,088 bales,.while Orangeburg stands first with a pro* I duction of 58,060 bales. The county normal school for white teachers will commence on the 11th of I August and the normal school for j colored teachers will commence at the I same time. County Superintendent of I Education Nicholson will publish the I programme in a few days. I A meeting of Camp W. W. Hum phreys, United Sons of Confederate V.r^. ns, will be held in Clerk of Court Watkins' office to-morrow after noon at 8 o'clock to elect delegates to the Reunion in Greenville. All the members are urged to attend." Last Friday Jesse Gillarn, who is wanted in New berry on a charge of house-breaking, was arrested at Port man by Deputy 8heriff Hendrix and lodged in Jail. The 8heriff of New berrywas notified and he sent Deputy Sheriff Johnson for the prisoner. An advertisement of the Williams ton Female College appears in another column, fo which the attention of our readers is directed. Parents having daughters to educate could not do better than place them unuer the care of Dr. Lander in this excellent College. Stephen Harrison, a worthy and highly esteemed old negrc who lived near Providence .Church, in! Rock Mills Township, for a number of years and followed the trade of blacksmith, died near Pendleton on Tuesday. 22nd inst. He was nearly one hundred yearo of age. , I I James L. Boyd received a verdict for $2,180 at Greenville on Saturday against the Blue Ridge Railroad. A Sear ago while a passenger on the train e was thrown down on the floor of the car and hurt while getting a drink of water by a jar caused in coupling on a freight car. The annual pio nio at Friendship school house, in Honea Path Town ship, will take place next Saturday, August 2nd. A number of gentlemen have been invited to deliver addresses dcrlcK the day. The public is cordial ly invited to attend and bring well filled dinner baskets. Rev. W. W. Daniel, D.D., President of the Columbia Female College, spent last Sunday in Anderson and preached both morning and evening in the St. John ' Jl/ethodist Church. Dr. Daniel was formerly pastor of this Church, and his visit here was a source of much pleasure to hie many old friends. J-II. Collins, one of Anderson's ex pert photographers, has sold his gallery and gone to Jackson. Tenu., where he will locate. Mr. Collins is a most worthy, upright gentleman, and, while we regret to see him leave Anderson, wejoin his many friends in wishing him much success in his new home. Our clever friend, ?. J. Buchanan, of the Iola section, visited the city hint Friday and brought with him a basket of delicious peaches, which he present ed to The Intelligencer crew, and for which we return many .thanks. Such treats are always in order and are highly appreciated by the printers. The Greenville District Conference met at Easley last week. The session was a most interesting one and was well attended. Oar young friend,-Nor man L. Prince, son of our townsman, Hon. George E. Prince, was licensed to ?reach. The next session of the Con- \ erence will be held nt Williamston. Married, on Sunday, July 27, 1002, at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. N. G. Wright, in this County, Mr. Wm. Richey, ot Honea Path, and Miss Minnie Bell, of Anderson. Also on the dame day at the same place and by the same minister, Mr. Jl/elvin Smith and Miss Mattio Abies, both of Abbe ville County. If you want to vote in the primary election on the 20th of August you had better see that your name is on the Club list at least live days before the election. All boys who will be 21 years of age before the next general election, which is in November, are entitled to vote at the next primary, and they should join a D?mocratie Club. South Carolina, by a recent Act ot Congress, is entitled to two additional midshipmen in the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Senator McLaurin has re quested Superintendent of Education Nicholson to hold a competitive exami nation for tho purpose of awarding the scholarship. This examination is being held to-day and to-morrow in the Court House. A special telegram to the Atlanta Journal of last Saturday from Raleigh, N. C, announces tho serious illness of Rev. A. A. Marshal], pastor of the First Baptist Church of that city, and that death is expected at any hour. Mr. Marshall was formerly of the First Baptist Church in Anderson, and his many friends here will regret to hear o" his illness. Last Friday night the large barn and six smaller buildings near by, on the farm of Edrew Cromer, in Fork Town ship, were destroyed by tire, supposed to be the work of an incendiary. A lot of wheat, corn, fodder, cotton eeed, harness, farming tools and a two horse wagon were burned. The loss will aggregate more than $1,000, on which there was no insurance. Mrs. R. S. Hill and daughters, Misses Lois and Willie, of Anderson, arrived in Walhalla Tuesday afternoon on their way to Tamassee, where they will spend several weeks at the home of Mrs. C. Jones. They were accom panied from here by Miss Eunice Hill, who has been spending a few days visiting at the. home ot Major W. J. Stribling, near town.?Keo wee Cour ier. Under the direction of the South Carolina Presbytery two Sunday School Teachers' Institutes will be held within its bounds during the month of August. One in the upper half at Seneca on Thursday, the 7th of August, at 8 p. m. and adjourn Friday night. It is earnestly desired that each school send delegates to this in stitute. All superintendents and pas tors are expected to be present. The Columbia State of the 24th inst. says : "The Governor yesterday pr&nted a commutation to Henry Washington, convicted of manslaugh ter in Anderson County la 1001 and sentenced to three yearn. The com mutation reduces the term of imprison ment to one year. Solicitor Boggs re commended the commutation. He says the shooting took place at a pic nic at Bel ton. It was a general fracas and it was never positively proven that Washington fired the fatal ehot." Thomas H. Boggs. a brother of Soli citor J. E. iinggs, of L?ckens, died at his home iu Fernandina, Fia., on the 15th inst., aged 44 years. The remains were brought to his old home, Liberty, and buried. The deceased bad many old friendo and relatives in the upper portion of the County, who will regret to hear of his death, and who deeply sympathize with the bereaved widow and two children who survive him. Anderson was never healthier at this season of the year than at present. There have been fewer cases of fever this Summer than at any time for the past twenty years. This' is due to the very efficient management of the City Board of Health and the readiness of the City Council to grant their demands The small pox scare a short time ago was promptly and effectually handled and all danger of the dread dieease quickly stamped out. About two weeks ago a threc-year olc'. daughter of Kev. C. B. Smith, of Bonnettpville, S. ?., formerly pastor of at. John's Methodist Church in this city, was bitten by what was supposed to be a mad dog. Recent developments In the child's condition aroused the suspicions of the paienta, and, acting oxk the advice of their physician, Mr. Smith left last Monday with the aftlict ed child for Atlanta, where she will be placed under the Pasteur treat ment. There is to be elected by the City Council one member of the Board of Trustees of the City Schools to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. J. M. Sullivan. It has been sug fested by a number of citizens that J. I. Tribble, Eeq., is eminently qualified to succeed to this position, and certain ly no one has taken a deeper interest in the educational affairs of the city than Mr. Tribble. A formality of law requires that the Board of Trustees meet and notify the City Council of the vacancy. Onr young friend, Dick Hudgens, is now a member of the Augusta (Ga.) baseball team. The Herald of that city comments on his playing as fol lows: "Hudgens was simply up to his usual form, and that is saying enough, for every game he plays adds to the Eeneral opinion that a catcher to equal im has not appeared on the Augusta diamond since Park Wilson operated behind the bat. And Park himself would have had to keep both eyes skinned to come up to the little gentle man from the historic town of Honea Path, South Carolina." The Prattville (Ala.) correspondent of the Montgomery Advertiser, writ ing under date of the 22nd inst., sayB : "Work has begun on the power house of the Prattville Light and Power Company. The order for the machin ery has already been given and in six ty or ninety days the owners expect to have the plant ready for business. W. H. Barnes has been elected presi dent of the company, McNeill Smith, secretary an'' treasurer, and ?. B. Holleway manager." Mr. Barnes, who is an old Anderson County boy, has been in the employ of the Conti nental Gin Co. at Prattville for a num ber of years, and his many old friends in this section will be more than pleas ed to hear of his success and the high esteem in which h? is held in his adopt ed home. Mrs. Nancy L. Burriss, wife of Wil liam Burriss, died at her home in Pen dleton Township last Monday evening. She hnd been in feeble health for a long time, but her condition was not considered serious until a few days preceding her death. Mrs. Burriss wasa daughter of the late John Dickin son and about r>7 years of age. She was born, reared and always lived in this County, and was most highly es teemed by a wide circle of friends and relatives. She had long been a devoted and examplary member of Lebanon Baptist Church, where her remains were interred yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the presence of a large con {negation of sorrowing friends and re atives. A devoted husband, four sons and two daughters are left to cherish her memory, and in their sore bereave ment they nave the sympathy of their many friends. Corner Creek Local News. We are through work, and conse quently are now taking our much needed rest, which all farmers are due and justly entitled to. Crops are fine, bo are watermelons and other fruit of various descriptions. Misses Lois and Eugenia Robertson, two of Abbeville'a sweetest and lovely young ladies, are visiting relatives in our midst, the guests of G. A. Bigby and family. Miss Leila Gassaway has returned from a two weeks' pleasant sojourn with friends and relatives near Pied mont. The protracted meeting will begin at Barkers Creek next Sunday. The pastor, Rev. W. B. Hawkins, is an able divine and his meetings are always largely attended. Mis? Fannie Brown, from near Ab beville, spent last week here, the guest of her friend, Miss Ora Bigby. Our young folks are enjoying them selves during the holidays attending picnics and lawn parties. Miss Lizzie Gassaway spent the lat ter part of last week with her friend, Miss Helen V. Latimer, of Broadmouth. Clyde Campbell and Wayne Mattox, two popular young sports from near Belton, were in our midst last Satur day night mingling with the fair sex. Misses Allie and Julia Branyon, two of Hop ' a Path's sweet girls, spent last Thursday in our midst, the guests of their cousins, the Misses Gassaway. Our farmers have fine crops of com on Corner Creek bottoms, and a la; go I yield will be made this year if no dis aster comes before harvest. A glorious rain fell here Suoday, which, ot course, was very g'a?iy wel comed, as crops were needing rain very much. A tine cr*?p will be real ized if good seasons cuotinue on for I the next month, and the farmers are feeling hopeful of better times in the 1 near future. In fact, it i. tw seems evident that the majority of ti e labor ing clasB of peoplo are contemplating better days. We long for th< time when prosperity .may abound 'ill o'er this broad universe. Then doubtless happiness and contentment will prevail in every humble cottage. The dear candidate is feeling hope ful also, for he it) at the mercy of the I people jUBt now, and earnestly con I tends for votes sufficient to satisfy his desire?"office." At last we have ten for the House, and, also, how sad some will be made to feel "after the re turns," for there will be "five that were wise and five foolish." Several of our people will attend the Salnda Bantist Association, which con venes with Mt. Creek Church this week. Mr. McDowell and family of Foun tain Inn, visited the family of J. N. Shirley here one day last week. Kagsdalo Bros, are sawing out a large bill of lumber for J. A. Pinson, which he is selling to the Chiquola Mfg. Co., of Honea Path. Wishing all the "farmer boys" a pleasant vacation during our holidays, we are the same, Tyro. ? While we all have our weakness es, 'it is some satisfaction to know that the other fellow has the most. OUTER GARMENTS, FOR YOUR LEGS. At no other Stoi e will you find such a carefully selected stock of Trousers as here. We say "carefully selected" be cause the closest attention has been paid to the quality of the fabric as well as to its pattern and perfect form. Whether it is a pair of Trousers to wear with your DreBS Coat in the evening:, or a pair of Trousers to wear with your Treck Coat of a Sunday, you will find all of them here, and at prices that jou will cheerfully pay. We are selling excellent quality All Wool, neat, Stripeb and Blues and Blacks at $1.75 per pair. A better one at $2.50 and $3.00 the pair. Fine Fancy Worsted Stripes and Check $4.00 to $5.00 the pair. Wool Crash, all colors. $3,00 the pair. HALL BROS. Always Cut Price Clothiers. South Main Street. Y SAVED ! You can Save Money by Buying your Merchandise from D.C.BROWN&BR0. WE CARRY DRY GOODS, SHOES ?ND GROCERIES. We have the Cheapest line of Dry Goods ever shown in Anderson. The Best and Cheapest line of Shoes ever brought to this city. GIVE US A TRIAL AND YOU WILL BE CONVINCED. Our Shoes are New and TJp-to-Date, made of Leather and guaranteed to wear. Could they be better ? GROCERIES. We have always been on bottom. Look at our prices : Fancy Patent Flour $4 80. Half Patent Flour $4.25. Straight 84.00. Good Green Coffee 12 lbs. for 01.00 Arbuckle's Coffee 10c per lb. Standard Gran. Sugar 20 lbs. 81.00', Come to see ua?we will do you good. D. C. BROWN & BRO. VaT South Main Street. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Befunded! Boys' Clothing l AT EXTRAORDINARY, BARGAIN PRICES ! WE have too many BOYS' SUITS. 8everal hundreds too many lots that should have eaid good-bye to our tables a month ago will be literally pushed out of our sight by the propelling power of? SMALL PRICES. The assortment comprises Double-Breasted Two-Piece Suits, Single Breaoted Thiee-Piece Suits. The materials include Blue and Fancy Chevioto in light and daik colors, at prices ranging from 75c. up. SHOES, SHOES ! Unmatchable offerings ! If economy is an object in your calculation you can't afford to pass tbis Stoie if you want good value, good service and good style ' Try a pair. They are Solid Leather, at the lowest prices cn earth. Understand, if the Shoes are not what we claim in every way we will return the money. ZEH?- ?Afe ?L: t3 m The more per pie who buy their Hats of us the less they want to buy them elsewhere. We still have the 81.60 kind for only 85c Mm HIEtlLM AN * HUB CLOTHING HOUSE; Next door to O. D. Anderson.