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SOCIAL LIFE IK ivTrs. litLk? O. Wright] ^ inthelPh: The morning aftjer Gen.v Luke E. [Wright's reception an Memphis The Commercial-Appeal had an interview witb Mrs. Wright which in part is as follows: \ ^central figure nail the cemon ?tr?tioD that express to her honored husband the love and appreciation his fellow townsmen, ds well as the en tit? bou'y politic fe3i for him, is Mrs. Wright, who has enterod so spiritedly into the great work Goo. Wright has done and ??c? him as only a vornan ofcivar perceptions and the adapta bility may do under changed and utter ly novel conditions. i jjr8 "Waight when seen by a report er of the Jommeroial-Appeal was as completely oharmiug andserenely gra cious as tt igb more than a month had not elapsed since she could relax from the strain of a long trip by sea, udder the most exhausting circu ms tancas. ' Fresh from the Philippines whore the conditions of her life .bsd grown to be real and not at all out of the baal, the reoent First Lady of the Lands was a trifle dumfounded at the 'reporter'o proposal that she should give some ideas as to the real Booie! conditions of the Philippines which is so mooted a question even among people of information. It is an utterly mistaken idea," UidMrs. Wright in her gentle but 'charmingly animated fashion, "that the Filipinos are a people whose intel ligence is below the average or whose standards of refinement ?au social ob servances are not of the highest. Their homes are superb and their hospital ity regal. For the most part the bet ter classes are educated and they ipeak French as do the Frenoh nen born. Their manners are per?eo ion and they are adaptable to the de cree that argues well for the essential hacgea that will be inaugurated under he new regime. "And the jewels worn by the native romeo of the highest caste! It is al Qost impossible to imsgine, unless ne has seen them, the gorgeousness f these jeweled ornaments worn by y the Filipina. Set in the rare work cjLship for whioh the east is famous, bey make the most inposing show, though the sight is a little dazzling to maccuatomed American eyes. To a ?light extent they are beginning tb eave off the overplus of finery and .?ko up a few European and American luatomB with regard to dress. Yet they liing tenaciously to their charming istive dress whioh is a combination )f finery and fascinating negligence. "Why, in the provinces, and even in Manila, they wear the simplest and scantiest of randals instead of shoes, md sometimes," laughed Mrs. iVright, 11 they lose them when dan ling with the officers. The ensuing libation is not regarded, either, as lighly embarrassing. Their gowns ire of the loveliest and what would )etoua the costliest fabrico. They ire enough to or?ate envy in the for ligner's hearts, these frooks of jusi, IB it ia called, a fabrio very like silk yenadine, only so?ter and silkier than icyihing we are accustomed to. Americans realise wherein the Fili pino has the advantage, ?nd I under hand that sooiety girls here in Mem Mi have eeveral charming gowns ashioaed of the weblike material. "They live luxuriously," she oom uented, and seem to have reduced the rt of enjoyment to a fine degree of lerfeetion. "Their household flyetem certainly .M its drawbacks to the American lomtkeepors. The lower classes Jork, the women especially, but" they lo not make the very best servants^ fte? have a peculiarity in their lousehold arrangements that strikes ae American as exceedingly queer. It ' Patriarcal in a wey, and interesting ~ showing tho spirit ofrece and fora 'y- Every household, of sooial im ?ortanoe has a train of ?parientes' who re the poor relations of the family, wy work for their maintenance, but J? regarded as equals of the family, to the premises of the largo, palatial l0nje8of therioh are small houses ?we of 'nipa,' familiarly called ?nipa ?oks' by Amerioans, whioh are oo *Pied by these parientes: Ours," wd Mrs. Wright, giving a delightful *rsonal touoh to her narrative, "were .Copied by the soldiers? who were whoned there for the protection of J? vice-governor's house, ?nd in one * them my son lived. Then, again, J? have the Amerioans following the ?upiso etop, for a number of fashion ^ people over here call their shoot ?8 lodges ?nd country places 'shaoksV ?erthe8e sufte. thatch-like houses. J0 hBd flo??e amusing experiences in ?J* Places while having a card T?e floors are mids of bsm which is piaoe?t rather! fecaparfe. l?c*rds seemed to haVo an irresls 2??ttracfionvf?i these interstices, mwould constantly inioaton falling [ THE ISLANDS. Describes the Customs ilippines. ' ' . I through. I assure you vn kept the I Filipino s or vent a busy running after ! them. ? "You know we had about fifteen of them, though the whole lot amounted to vok-y little as far SB work went. The Chinese and Japanese servants were .ar more efficient. "Our home was beautifully situated, the dining-room windows overlooking Manilr Bay hardly a stone's throw away. Across the street Aguinaldo lived und we were tho best of neigh bors. "Do the insurreotor's and the Americana mingle in sooial oiroles? Why, indeed they do. At a very delightful funotion given by Gov. Taft to us just before our departure, there were numbera of them and they regard us ia the friendliest manner. Altogether they are. pleasant to meet with in every; way, oro musioians and artists of exoellent skill and their homes are filled with embroideries and carvings that are considered perfect gems over here; though one becomes so accustomed to them over there that they finally fail to make any impres sion. "The women do the must exquisite embroideries aud finger work of all kinds -and their homes are kept in spotless order. A good s?beme for our bousekrvoers to<adoptis their plan of keeping their beautifnl natural wood floors polished. It is another very amusing sight-this process. mu. ?_?__?._1_.i... A XUO DCI TSUtO ?>UV ?tVV.SU uuuvu waa their feet and slide over the floors until they refleot your faoe and all objects in the room. It is truly ridi culous to see them skating over the .floors in the most adept manner. "The sala io the residence we oeou pied was 110 feet in length and that was divided to make a hall 70 feet. They had plenty of room for the slid ing which was gone through religious ly twice a day, for two hours in the morning and two in (he afternoon. "Some things that one meets up with are calculated to grate on the housekeepers nerves to a terrifying extent. "House snakes in the walls are not only of common occurrence but are necessary for protection against rats and mioe. At almost any time one can hear their taita flopping ominously, oatoh a Bound of the squeaking of mice and then a dead silence. Lisaards ave of too usual occurrence to be noted exeept in passing through one objects sometimes, to having them inside the mosquito bars. "What did we eat? Well, for the most part we have been eating out of tin oans. Since Maroh when the ohol era broke out nc in e has eaten fruit to any extent. W.'OiV Gen. Wright in dulged in fruit it waa necessary to have them unromantically soaked in bichloride. After a time* the sale of them was altogether prohibited. The Chinese are olever at devising dishes but one grows tired of the fare. "The olimate from November to Maroh is absolutely ideal, and social life flourishes. During the dry sea son the W?BO-especially the ladies of the land-keep indoors and keep oool. The rainy season is not necessarily objectionable when one haB a car riage, as all the riohor class of people have. "And that reminds me that when Ameriobu horses and carriages were first introduced we looked on them as elephants, positively. They fairly dwarfed the tiny carriages and ponies of the Filipinos. "The natives attach great impor tance to the state of high officials of this country and-pay thtm great de ference. Our coachman had a way of lashing lower class pedestrians right and left with a 'swagger stick' and calling 'Commissionaire!' which gsts the populace to understand that they were to make way for a United States offioial. On their voyage home the sbip in which Gen. and Mrs. Wright sailed waa caught in a terrible typhoon, which lasted from4 2 o'clock in the afternoon to 12. at night with unabat ed violence. Mrs. Wright gave a vivid account of how the wind swept the upper deck until it became ne cessary for eight sailors to make a ohain down the stairs and carry the passengers, including herself down tho passage-way while they clung to the rail. Her description of tho ?cene in the room, where all the passengers were gathered . in terror, was full of power and de*? interest, sinoe it con cerned so nearly the safe arrival in port of Geo. and Mrs. Wright whom the whole country waited to welcome, and for whom so ?aany hearts were beating. . "The fate of poor Ah Sing, our faithful servant, was tragio," said Mr?. Wright. "Ha bad bought for him self such flue olothes-had oven gone to Shamba! to get them-and then to ba ref used admission waa a pitiful fate. His summing up of the situ* ation is that the Amerioans would take tho Chinaman to their heaven, hut not to their country. Mrs. Wright expressed herself as unfeignedly gk?i *y be at home again, and certainly looked so in spite of her fatigue. Her enthusiasm over her husband's work ?B delightful, and her outlook on the social and eoonomio situation in the Philippines too broad to be encompassed in ono interview. ma . mt Corncobs are Used. There is one big industry localed in Indiana, in the little city of Oreen town, by whioh that plaoe can justly lay claim to hoing the "corncob" cen tre of the Hoosier State. It is to this place that shipments of corncobs 1 aro oonsigned, by not only the oar loud, but by train loads, and at this j time there are nearly twenty train j loads out on the ground. Those great outdoor mountains of coba are kept j covered with largo canvases and a horse cart is busily eogsged transport ing them to the milling chutes. The industry is the Corona Milling Company, on tho south side of the Glover Leaf traoks. The oonoern is owned and operated by Toledo capital. There is bot another industry of its kind in the State of Indiana, and only two others in the United States. One of these is in Kantuoky and the other in-Ohio. The plant, costing thousands of dol lars, filled with expensive machinery for the grinding of corncobs, baa been the oause of much ouriosity. As yet not a single inquisitive individual has been able to gain admission to the big mill, while the attempts are almost without number. The corncobs are ground into a ft JO meal product called "oorona." ?ust what that is, for whr4 purpose it is used, ie the Beeret whioh the company j KM ta lr mi ATAPV p;~-?*ii?0?i tn g-jjtfd. And not sn employee will tell. Corona is saoked as any other ground product and stacked in the oars in rows. When thus loaded the car is ready to start out on its journey to Toledo or New York, but withes much silent ceremony and precaution as that with whioh the unstamped currency is carted from the bureau 'of engraving and printing to the treasury at Washington; That this oompany has fe ?ind some thing rich in corncobs is -tain. The rumor is that the finest, or first, grade of oorona goes into some kind of shred ded biscuit, the second, or red grade, to the Eastern breweries for the color ing of beer, and the third, or mixed grade into a mixture of ground feed, composed of oom and oats. The plant oonsumeswell on to 1,000 oar-loads of oohs annually. In addi tion to the oorona produot this com pany is a large buyer and exporter of corn, and in case the suppl j runs short it manages to secure enough corn to sheii to keep the corona industry busy. _ _ _' Sensible Boy. Some of the small boys who get into a business life young oan be relied upon for good common sense. A man in one of the big shops up town was mnoh pleased at this attribute in a boy he employed. He was a bright, honeBt boy, quick and reliable, and when a second boy was needed they sent for Ssm. Couldn't he get them ahoy? They wanted ahoy as good as he was, and he must know of one. After some thought he finally agreed to send one, and the next day the boy arrived, and Sam was called to identi fy him. "Do you know this boy, Sam?" ask ed the employer. "Yes," answered Sam; I know him." "And you know him to be a good* honest boy?". "I have played with him all my life and I have always thought he was." "But will you vouch for him?" per sisted the employer. . "No," answered Sam, indignantly: "I won't vouch for any one. I wo ula not vouch for my own brother. How do I know what temptations you are going to put before him?"-New York Times. Ceres Bleed Poison, Cancer, Ulcers, Eoiceia, Carbuncles, Etc-Medi?las Free. Robert Ward, Maxey's, Ga., says: "I suffered from blood poison, my head, face and shoulders were one mass of corruption, aohesin bones and joints, burning, itohing, scabby skin, was all run down and disooursged, but Botanic Blood Balm oured me per fectly, healed all the sores and gave my skin tho rioh glow of health. Blood Balm put new life into my blood and new ambition into my brain." Geo. A. Williams, Roxbury, face cov ered with pimples, ohronie sore on back of head, suppurating swelling on nock, eating uloer on leg, bone pains, itching skin oured perfectly by Bo tanic Blood Balm-sores all healed. Botanic Blood Balm oures all malig nant blood troubles, such as eoxems, acaba and Beales, pimples, running sores, carbuncles, scrofula, etc. Es pecially advised for all obstinate eases that have reached the second or third stage. Druggists,, $1. To prove it oures, sample of Blood Balm sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta,-Ga. Desoribe trouble and froA medical alvioo sint in sealed i leter. $ Sold ia An toon by Orr-Gray Drug Co., Wilbite & Wilhite and Evans Pharmacy. : -> This Establishment has been Sellins; IN ANDERSON for more than forty years. Daring all that time competitors hare come and gone, bat we have remained right here. We have always sold Cheaper than any others, and daring those long years we have not had one dis satisfied customer. Mistakes will sometimes occur, and if at any timo we found that a customer was dissatisfied we did not rest until wo had mado him satisfied. This policy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and we oan say with pride, but without boasting, that we have the confi dence of the people of this section. We have a larger Stook of Goods this season than we havo ever had, and wo pledge you our word that we have never sold Furniture at as close a margin of profit as wo aro doing now. This is proven by the fact that we aro selling Furniture not only all over Anderson County but in every Town in the Piedmont section. Come and seo us. Yoi r parents saved money by buying from us, and you and your children can save money by buying here, too. We carry EVERYTHING io the Furniture linc, G. F. TOULY & SON, Depot Street. The Old Reliable Furniture Dealers. A GKEAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUY AT LOW PRICES. Nearly all styles of Disc Harrows have, curing tho last three months, cdvanced from three to four dollars in price per Harrow. We have on hand about two Car Loads of Harrows, which we propose selling at old prices. There is no implement manufactured that is more ne cessary for successful farming than a good Harrow. Our list comprises the following : Clark's Celebrated 24 Cutaway Disc Torrent Harrows. The most perfect Implement in the line of Harrows e7er manufactured. On this particular Harrow we are offering a special inducement by putting them down at a lower price than ever heretofore given. 16-inch, 18-inch and 20-lnch Solid and Cutaway Disc Smoothing Harrows. AU of the latest improved Double Lover patterns. Acme Smoothing Harrows. Such an opportunity you cannot afford to miss. Come at one and make your selection. Sullivan Hardware Co. GROWING ! . WE have enlarged our Store room and added to our Stove and Tin busi ness GLASS and CROCKERY, and would be pleased to have you call and inspect Goods asa get prices. We sell the best Cook Stoves, Ranges and Heaters on the market Would call special attention ?o thz Air Tight Wood Burner. It will burn knotB, chunks, chips, corn-cobs, roots, trash of any kind, and gives the greatest amount cf heat with less fuel than any Stove in ex istence. HS? We contract for Roofing, Gut tering, Plumbing and Electric Wiring. Yours for business, ARCHER & NORRIS. Wheat Growers ! TAKE NOTICE. Do not Fail to try our Specially Prepared 8 1-2 2 -2 Petrified Bone Fertilizers for Grain. We have all grades of ?mmoniated Fertil izers and Acid Phosphates, also Kainit, Ni trate of Soda and Muriate of Potash; all put up in new bags; thoroughly pulverized, and no better can be found in tbs market. We shall be pleased to have your order. (MERSON PHOSPHATE MD OIL CO. Gins Guoiera-Inf anton?, Dlarrhoea,Dy*cntery, and the Bowel Troubles of Children cf Any Ago. Aids Digestion, R?gal?tes th? Bowel?? Strengthens Costs folly 25 cents at Druggists, ^^t?uv? Or attQ SS c?ats to C. ?I. MOFFETT. M. D.. QT. LOUIS, MO. * JV AX perl.QC BWBMjjBKfit 'remedy waa axhsaited laths ?napa of prcrcriptlona iroia famiiyi . ra blood ?nd barning fever conUnned for d*ys ftt a Urae. Her Iii? wa* almoit deipairodpf. ' >ta*rowMartt*?chAflre-ne? Ufa toad Mtcm*d ba U now idas well. , Editor ?nd Proprietor Yuiker** (AU.) News. BLACKSMITH AND WOODWORK SHOPS ! THE undersigned, having succeeded to. the business of Frank Johnson & Co., will continue it at the old stand,and solicits the patronage of the publia - Repairing and Repainting promptly executed. We make a specialty of "Goodyear," Rubber and Steel Horse Shoeing General Blacksmith and Woodwork. Only experienced and skilled .workmen employed. We have now ready for sale1 Efome-made, Hand-made Farm Wagon j that we especially invite your attention to? We put on Goodiar Rubber Tires. - v Tours for business C&urcn Street, Opposite Jail. .J. TODD. LESSER <& COMPANY Remarkable Pricing of New Fall Goods. A mammoth oolleotion of the very best Fall and Winter Gonds at LhSSEBS. A storo full of New, Bright and Fashionable Merchandise at prices that oannot be oqualled. Monster showing nf new Dr-.-^s Goods, Coun ters piled high with fresh, uew Dry Good*. t)oaie?tie Nuttung, Huts. Shoes, Clothing and Gems' Furnishing Goods. The whole ?riced only us LESSER can price it. For tho last 40 years the leaders of low prices and thc recognis ed trading place of Anderson County. NEW FALL, BARGAINS IN OUR NOTION DEPART MENT. 100 Toren Ladies Perfect Fitting Ribbed UnderTests nt only. IOIZQ 00 Dozen Louies Perfect FittiuK Uuion Salts at only. "' Sic 36 Oor.cn ladies Wbltu Hemstitched llaudkercbie!*. worth fie. at only. 2c 100 Dosen Ladles Extra Heavy Home Knit Hose, -aitio 10c, at only. 7c 15Dozen lnfnuts Wonted Hoods,real Tala? ?c. a? only.isc 4U Dozen Ladlee AU Wool Faucitiator?, rfal value 40e, at only. 24c 80 Palra Littra Heavy IO 4 White and Urey HlankcU, at ouly Tor l\dr. CSc 10 Dozen Ladles Flannelette Underskirts, roady uudu a- only. 2io 600 yards rabie DI? (Moth, flr?t quality at only . I?c 10 Dozen Ladles Black Parssols at oui?. 25c 26 Whit? Counterpane?, ready hennaed, extra largo slzi>, at only.13c New Fall Bargain* in our Dry Gooda Department. 8 cents Outings In dark and light shade* at only. 4'<o Best Apron tilughauti In brown, blue and green nt only. 4^o 10 cent Outing, very wldo ami heavy, at only. 7c ^K!t'C08y.Vr.l.a,tl .~,w1m*'!?. white ground with red, blue, groen figuro* ai only . 10c 101 ieee All Wool F.ulcnlowu, tu all colors, at onlv. 26c 60 Pieces new Flanuetlelta, lu all the latest doringa, at ouly. 7Uc 20 Pieces double width Cotton rinds, beautiful designs nt only . . >jy,c 100 yards of Remnants of Cheviots, extra heavy valuo lue nt only . 6c One Lot Keiunants and Sheet Lengths In all wool Ked Flannel ni only . 12*4 610 yards Dark Styles lu Percales, last color?, nt only. 7c 1000 yards Kxtra Heavy Colton Hun ucl at 6, ?">, 7, 8 and 10c yard. 800 yard Wool Piad Dress Hoods, real valuo 35c, at onlye. l/J^o New Fall ldue ot* Up-to-dato Ladle** Clonks and Reefer*. Wo were fortunato to purchaso whilo in New York five hundred sam ples of up-todato Ladies Cloaks, made of thc very best material. When in need of any CLOAKS it will pay you to seo our line before purchasing as we will save you 50 per cent, on tho dollar. Ono lot Ladle? Fine Cloaks, all colors, Silk Lined, at only. 81.50 One lot Ladles Fine Tan Cloaks, made of French Diagonal, al oniy.... ft. 15 One lot Ladles Black Cloaks, uiado of Fine Beaver, Silk Llued, at only. 81.98 One lot Ladles Kxtra Heavy Melton Cloaks, all colors, Silk Llued, .at only.- 88.48 One lot Ladles Black Bonclay Jackets,Silk Lined, at only.'..". St.48 One lot Ladles Black end Tsn Kersey Jackets, Silk Lined, at only.-. 84.36 One lot Ex i rn Fine Sample Lino Kusitau Blouse Jackets, value 810,. ?4.60 ODO lot Child's Heavy Beefers, in all sizes, at only. . 2fa One lot Child's Cherlot Reefers, In all colors and sises, at only. 75o One lot Child's Extra Heavy Helton Reefers, beautifully trimmed, at only. 98o NEW FALL LINE OF MILLINERY. We ofler 260 Ladles Elegantly Trimmed nats, any shape and color, at only._.". 98c Ono Lot Richly Trimmed Children's Hats at only.n.M.? ? 48c Do not buy any Ladies Hats until you seo our immense varioty of ele gantly TRIMMED HATS whioh will be sold AT A SACRIFICE. NEW SHOES. NEW FAIL IL LINE OF SHOES. Our immense Shoe trade has forced us to inorease our Shoe stook. We sell only solid leather Shoes at the very lowest prices. Our Shoe stook is now complete. We purchased all of our Shoes from the largest manufaatures in the United States and guarantee any Shoe that s?oes out of our Store. One Lot Ladies Dongola Shooa, all solid leather, at only.75c One Lot Ladies Grain Button and Laoe Shoes, all Bolid, at only .75s One Lot Ladies Vesting Top Shoes, all sizes and solid leather, at only... 85o One Lot Men's Brogan Shoes, oablo screwed, all leather, at only.75o One Lot Ladies' Fine Dongola Saoes, sootoh bottom, value $2, at only. ..$1.48 Oue Lot Gentlemen's Yioi Kid Shoes, guaranteed all solid, at only.$1 50 One Lot Boy's Brogan ShoeB, all solid, 3 to 5), at only.50o NEW LINE CLOTHING AND GENTS' FURNISHINGS, j 100 Dozen Gents Fleece Line Shirts, well worth 50o, at only. 35o 10 Dozen Gents all wool Undershirts, regular value $1.50, at only. 95o New Line Genta Hats of any style and oolor, from 25o to $2.00. New Line of Gents Single Coats, valuo $2, at only. $1.48 New Line Gents Trousers, just received, worth $1.50 and $2, at only... $1.00 New Line Chesterfield Gents Blue Flannel Suits, real value $10, at only $7.50 Free, Free, Free-Hand Painted China FREE. A House-wife's delight, a nicely arranged table. Buy your Goods of US and get a set of hand painted CHINA FREE. Ask for CouponB for free Premiums. Yours always truly, LESSER & CO., UNDER MA8ONI0 TEMPLE. LEADING STORE OP AHDERSON. Wliy Not Give Your House a Coat of MAo l il You can put it on yourself-it is already mixed-and to paint your house would not cost you more _ than - . ?^ive or ?ix Dollars! SOLD BY Orr^Gray & Co. RATES HOME SEEKER EXCURSION VIA The Western and Atlantic Railway and Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis Railway. To points in Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Missouri. 8olid vesti buled trains between Atlanta and Memphis. Only one change of cars to principal weBtern cities. Very low rateB to all points North, Northwest and West. Best service and quickest time via the Scenic Battlefield Route. For schedules, rates, maps or any information, write JOHN E. SATTERFIELD, Traveling Passenger Agent, No. 1 Brown Building, Atlanta, Ga. Sept 10, 1902 _ m 2 8 ? H M? ?td F 58 ?d M & O < tr1 M M OD O ? ? M H Q W ? < M O a w > a a g tr1 12 ft 4 S M g 6m co il ta fl - CELEBRATED Acme Paint and Cernent Cure. Specially used on Tin Boofs and Iron Work of any kind. For sale by ACME PAINT & GEMENTICO. Reference : F. B. CR AYTON & CO., Druggists, Anderson^S. O.