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New Goods I ta We have just opened up a beautiful assortment of New White Goods? New Embroideries, $ew Laces, &c* jufit the very things that the Ladlee wish to bay in January. Goods that are Brand New. Goods that are of thc Newest Designs. Gooda that are the Lal-?t Fads of Dame Fashion. We have a most excellent variety of MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Cone and seo it and compare it with others. "We strive to merit the confidence and patronage of the public by carry. ?og st nil season- a targe and well-selected line of substantial and reliable Merchandise at RIGHT .PRICES, accompanied with pleasant and accom modating seivice. TEE LADIES are especially invited to visit our Store and examine our January oflerings. THE GENTLEMEN and all interested will do well to look into our GROCERY DEPARTMENT, And get our prices. We are now heavily stocked with Fancy and Staple Groceries. Our Basement is rilled with Flour of all grades, Molasses all trades, Sugar, Coffee, Lard, Bacon, &c. Also, Canned Goods, Oysters, Sal? moo, Sardines, Potted Goods, Corned Beef, &c. We handle several excellent grades of Roasted Coffees, and would be pleased to have you try them. We have just received an unusually fine Car of TEXAS RED RUST PKOOF SEED OATS. TOBACCOS. TOBACCOS. This is one of our strong linee. We carry a great variety, and some of the most popular make. For instance : - Bailey Bros. well-known Tobaccos-Hops, Solid, Cockspur, Rock and Rye, Zoe, Big Whistle, ?c. F. R. Penn's Popular No. 1 Tobaccos. Christian Poper Tobacco Co's. Natural Leaf and Tooth Pick. Harvey's Natural Leaf and Rich and Ripe. N. D. Sullivan's Celebrated Tobaccos-Our Own, Sullivan's No. 1, T ube Rose, T. C. D., Natural Leaf, Free and Easy and Sullivan's Best. We are Headquarters for Farm Supplies. We sell Fertilizers. In iact, we can come nearer supplying the needs of the people than any other concern in this city. The Public is invited to see us. Yours truly, OSBORNE & PEARSON. Wholesale and Retail Sealers in Oeneral Marchandise ANDERSON. ?. O P. S.-We must insist upon an early settlement of all Notes and Accounts made prior to Jan. 1st, 1903. Your prompt att ention to this notice will be appreciated. 0. & P. MOVED ! Next to Farmers' and Merchants' Bank. FIRST. J ? THE BEST OF EVERYTHING IN .s Wear Is to be had here during the coming year. We have just moved in our large new Store Room, next t? the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and we intend to make "duality First" our motte. Don't*buy a Suit this Spring until you have seen our line ?f expert Tailored Clothes. See ?B now for UNDERWEAR and FURNISHINGS of every description. We intend to make them go. C. ?.. REESE, Next to F. and M. Bank. Furnishings and Shoes. Local News* WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7, 1903. TES COTTON MARKET. Good Middling-8. Strict Middling-7*. Middling-ii. If you Lave tnrned over a new leaf, don't soil it. Thorn will be no Borviceo at St. Joseph's Catholic Church next Sunday. Chas. F. Jones has gone to the East ern markets to replenish bis stock of goods. Miss Hortic- Miller, of Martin, Ga., is visiting friends and relatives in this County. Miss Elisabeth JfoBee. of Greenville, is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. Mas. Crayton. Be sore to make your tax returns to the County Auditor and save the fifty per cent penalty. Prof. R. L. Sanders, of this city., spent the holidays in Darlington Coun ty visiting friends. According to the Duieh Bigu iv03 is going to be a tine crop year-thero vms a "dark Christmas." Miss Mattie Davis has resigned her position as night operator at the city telephone exchange. McLees & McGee Bros. havo sold their stock of goods to D. C. Brown & Bro. and retired from business. If you aro in need of a stove, tin ware, etc., bo pure to read the new ad vertisement of Archer &- Norris. In their new advertisement this week Moore, Acker &, Co. make their first offering for the new year. Read it. The Globe Store is now offering all heavy goods at greatly reduced prices. For particulars see ad ver ti semant. The People's Furniture Co. have a new advertisement in another column, to which your attention is directed. Last Friday about forty people ar rived in the city from Gainesville, Ga., to work in the Anderson cotton mill. C. A. Milford and C. D. Brown, for mer Anderson boys, have been elected school trustees in the city of Abbeville. Attention is directed to the new ad vertisement of B. O. Evans & Co., who tell you how to start the new year right. The January clearance sale is now on at the store of Julius H. Weil & Co., as you will see by reading th ?ir new advertisement. Messrs. Wade El rod and Gordon Williams, of Wichita, Texas, are visit ing relatives and old friends in Brushy Creek Township. Osborne & Pearson announce in their new advertisement that they have just opened np a lot of new goods. Read it and give them a call. Anderson's cotton receipts by wagons up to the 1st inst, are 21,300 nales, an increase of 8,300 bales over the receipts for same time last season. Misses Sudie Snelgrove and Jessie Martin, who have been visiting the family of Joseph R. Fant, in Spartan burg, have returned home. Miss Norma Clinkscales has gone to Glasgow, Va., near Lynchburg, where she will spend some time visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles iii ic hie. Our young townsman, Joe M. Evans, of the Evans Pharmacy, has gone to Baltimore to complete his ?tudies in pharmacy and get his diploma. , G. H. Bailes & Co., of the Bee Hive, call attention in their new advertise ment to a few of the many bar gains they are offering the public. The new advertisement of John A. Austin and the Magnet Store will tell you of the many bargains they are offering the public. Read it carefully. Rev. W. B. Hawkins will preach at Prospect Church next Saturday and Sunday morning at ll o'clock. Every body is invited to attend tho services. Sam'l Simpson, accompanied by his little nephew, D. P. Bnftord, of /lnnis ton, Ala., visited the family of J. W. Erskine in this County during the holi days. Married, on Sunday, December 28, 1002, by J. B. Spearman, Notary Pub lic, Mr. Albert Hollen, of Gainesville, Ga., and M?SB Ada Hammett, of this County. Our young friend, Frank Watkins, who has been several weeks at his home in this city, has returned to the University of virginia to resume his studies. , Married, on Sunday, December 28, 1002. at the residence of the officiating minister, Rev. John Attaway, Mr. Wm. Bolt and i/iss Beulah Lollis, all of An derson County. County Supervisor Vandiver will let the contract for the building of a bridge over Generostee Creek, in Sa vannah Township, on Friday, lGth inst. Seo advertisement. A number of water pipes burst dur ing the recent cold snap, because the precaution to turn off the water and open the faucets so that air could get into the pipes, was not observed. B. B. Hart, who bas been clerk mg for the Anderson Cash Grocery, ima accepted a position with C. .*rank Bolt, where he will be pleased to jreet and serve his friends at any time. Miss Francis Lee, of Anderson, stopped over Thursday with Mrs. J. I. Copeland on her way to Lancaster, where she goes to resume her work as stenographer.-Clinton Chronicle. There will be preaching in the Pres byterian Church at Deans nextSunday, nth inst., at ll o'clock a. m. The friends of the congregation aro cordi ally invited to attend the services. Our clever friend, A. B. Sullivan, and his interesting family, of Savannah Township, have moved into the city. Mr. Sullivan comes here to get the benefit of our excellent schools for his children. Married, on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 31, 1002, at the Baptist parsonage in this city, by Rev. J. D. Chapman, Mr. G. W. Stevenson, ot' this County, and Miss Zula Stevenson, of Lincoln County, Gn. The concur bureau report on tho cot ton ginned from the 1002 crop np to and including December 13 lont is 0, 311,835 bales, irrespective of shape or weight. This is Q0.2 per cont of the crop. It ia believed there will bo at least one million bales more ginned. This report will no doubt increase tho ?ii ire of the Mercy staple, and those armers who are still holding a part of their crop may yet get 0 cents or moro for it. J. C. Shirley, who lins been living in | Rock Mills Township, hus gone to ? Braidentown, Flu., where he will make his future home. We join his friends in wishing hi tu success in the "Land of Flowers." Lesser & Co., in their now advertise ment this week, thank their friends and customers for the liberal patronage given them during the past year, and refer to some of tho bargains they are now offering. State Constable K. H. Newell, who waa shot aud painfully wounded in tho leg at McCormick recently, is now at his home in this city. He can walk with the aid of a crutch, and the wound is healing rapidly. Our clever friend, W. T. Hickman, of Oakland, Fla., sent a box of fine oranges to relatives in the city a few days ago, and in it were a lot for The Intelligencer force, for which we ex tend our best thanks. Married, on Tuesday, December 28, 1002. hy Rev. George E. Spraill, at tho home of the bride's father, J. J. Cox, in Belton Township, Mr. James Hol combe, of Laurens County, and Miss Tiny Cox, of this County. Prof. T. C. Walton, of this city, at tended a meeting of tho Superinten dents of the graded schools in this State in Columbia last week, and was elected President of the organization to serve tho ensuing year. We were pleased to shake hands with Prof. C. .Marshall Moore last week, and learn from him that he ha? a most interesting school in Anderson. His school prepares young men for college.-Gre? nwood Journal. C. A. RecBe, dealer in gents1 furnish ings, is now in his new quarters, next door to the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, where he will be pleased to greet his friends. Rend his new ad vertisement in another column. H.H. Madden, who was a clerk in tho Hotel Chiquola several months hist summer, committed suicide in Char lotte, N. C., last Thursday by shooting himself in the head. No cause is known for the deed save that of whiskey. Walter King was in the city yester day. He reported that he had killed in two days 103 quail and 18 rabbits in the Brushy Creek section of Anderson County. This is one of the best re cords ever known in this section. Greenville News, lat inst. Attention is directed to the adver tisement of that well known and ex perienced buggy maker, R. T. Gordon, which appears in another column. When your vehicle needs repairing give Mr. Gordon a call and he wil please you both in work and price. Nearly all of the merchants of tin city are busy taking stock and figuring exactly what they have made during the past year. The universal verdie is that the year 1002 has been a recon breaking one, and that more mono: has been received than ever before. E. G. McAdams, Esq., has moved hi law office from the Court House to th? second floor, front room of the Ander son building, over C. A. Reece's cloth ing store, next door to the Farmen and Merchants' Bank. He will bi Eleased to have his friends call and se im in his new quarters. An attempt was made last Satnrda; night to break into the store of Mn A. F. Shearer, near Holland's st?rt The blind was opened and a pane o glass brokeu, but the store was not en tered. The family being up a goo deal through the night, on account o sickness, doubtless frightened the thie off. I W. D. Garrison, of Denver, Anderso County, -visited C. L. Reid dunn I Christmas. He is one of Anderso County's prosperous farmers. He saj that he made corn and meat enough i I 1902 to do his farm for three years. fl j must be the exception even in Andei I son County, the banner Connty of tb State. -Oconee News. W. A. Dickson, a teacher of no* > i I Anderson County, was in the city th I week on his way to Brevard, N. C I where he will engage in teaching. E is a brother of the Tata Rev. J. Wal t< I Dickson, and is a gifted writer, wi I has contributed much to local histoi I in the newspapers of his native count; I -Greenville Mountaineer. I Miss Anna Gary, a bright and wit I some young lady of Anderson, S. C I has been spending the holidays wit I her grandmother, ifrs. Effie Gary, i I the Gary House. Miss Gary, by h< I sweet and amiable disposition, hi I made many friends during her visit I the city, who will regret to see h I leave.-Elberton (Ga.) Star. Rev. O. J. Copelend left Anderson I few days ago for his new hom I Waynesboro, Ga., where he has a I cepted a call to the pastorate of ti I Baptist Church. While his mai I friends regret to see him leave Ande I son, he carries with him their be I wishes for his he :1th, happiness ai success in his new Held of labor. Died, on December the 20th, in t I suburbs of Williamston, Charlie Ro inson, colored, popularly known Santa Claus, who, according to his o\ I computation, would have been o I hundred and twenty-live years old h he lived to the 6th o? Jan., 1003. 1 drank Williamstoc water and hen I his great longovity.-Williamst I News. I At the last regular communication Townville Lodge, No. 200, A. P. ? I the following officers were elected a I installed to serve the ensuing ree Dr. W. K. Sharpe, W. M.: M. 3/ayB, S. W.; J. G. Soars, J. W. ; J. I Ledbetter, Treas. ; E. B. Farmer, Se J.D. Compton, S. D.:E. N. Can boll, J. D. ; J. N. Tribble and J. I Holcombe, Stewards; E. W. Holcoml I Tiler. I Salesday brought quite a large nu I ber of people to the city despite < I muddy roads and tho still mudd I city. Two pieces of property only w< I sold. One lot in the city, on Chm I street, containing one-fourth of acre, bid off by L. P. Smith for $1,5 I One traci; on Twenty-Six Mile Cre I property of Mary Tims, et al., conta I ing 115 acres, bid off by Col. J. I Brown for $600. At a regular communication of H nett Lodge, No. 100. A. P. M., hol<] Guyto.. December 27,1002, the follr I ing ofliceio were elected and inst al I for the ensuing Masonic year: C. Guyton, W. M.; A. J. Smith, S. ^ Wm. P. Lee, J. W.; B. F. Mullil I Treas.; A. M. Guyton, Sec. : E. Duckworth, S. D.; M. Berry Willia J. D. ; A. T. Newell and 8. L. Hie ! Stewards ; J. P. Johnson, Tiler. Superintendent J. B. Loflin, of I Orr Cotton Mills, lins given up t J position to go with tho Gluck i I now being organized by K. S. Ii I Mr. Loll i n is a thoroughly up-to-d I mill man, genial, clever but ful I business and just the man to m.tn I and hold together the class of ope I tives who make a mill successful, j is succeeded by John A. Lyon, om I the "bosses" in tho Orr mill, who I ceived his training from boyhoo< I the mill at Piedmont. Tho unusual good ordei (hat prevail- ( od during tho Christ nins holidays itt tho city was duplicated iii every suc tion of the count > so taras heard from. ? A Sunday aspect was over everything, and there was n general absence of hilarity and frolicking in the country. Liquor drinking was at a low ebb, aiid intoxicated men were few and far be tween. Christmas of 1003 lett a splen did record in this section of tho State. The case of Brown, Osborne Sc Co. against A.T. Newell, which, at tho re cent special term of Court was re feried to W. II. Hunt. Special Referee, to bo heard tho first Friday iu January, 1003, was entered upon at tho appoint ed time. The testimony in tho caso was taken, but arguments were post poned to be heard in Columbia some time during the sitting of the Supreme Court for this Circuit. Tho attorneys in the case will meet in Columbia Mon day next and lix a day for tho hearing. A few days ago Magistrate Spoon, of Hall Township, committed to i ail Mary Barton, ? negro woman, charged with the murder of her husband, who was shot and killed a few weeks ago at their home. An inquest was held at the time, and the woman claimed the shooting was accidental. There were no witnesses to tho shooting, and the woman was discharged. Since then it is said that evidence has been secured that justifies the Magistrate iu causing her ni rest. Tho Greenville News of tho 3rd inst, says: "Col. J. C. Boyd of the First South Carol i mi regiment on Thursday notified C. K. Willis, agent for thc Southern at Willinmston and captain of the Williamston guards, of his ap pointment as engineer with the rank af captain on tho stall' of the li ist regi ment. Capt. Willis is a weli drilled militiaman and is thoroughly uipnbh of holding the position to which ho hat been assigned. Hu is favorably knowi in Greenville nnd his friends here wil be pleased to learn of his appoint meut." Miss Myrtia Pant was the hostess a a delightful gat hering of young puoph at her horneen Kennedy street Thurs day evening. The affair was given ii honor of Miss Nellie Fant, of Ander son, who has been ono of the Christ ma visitors toSpartauburg. Thirty younj people were present and the time wa thoroughly enjoyed by playing a serie of games that never prow old. Durin her visit to this city Miss Faut ha made hosts of friends and it was wit genuine regret that they bade her a revoir upon her departure for hom yesteiday.-Spartanburg Herald, 8r mst. The Columbia correspondent of tl News and Courier, under date of tt 2nd inst., says : "Tho new year ht started out with an application for charter for a half-million dollar cottc mill. The application comes from Ai derson County and has the signature < some of the very best citizens of th; progressive community. The chart is asked for by Messrs. R. S.Hill, N. 1 Sullivan, Robert E. Ligou and J. ] Brown-as strong a team as can 1 found in all Carolina. The mill is bo known as the Gluck Mills-go< luck. The capitalization is to bo a ht n million at the outset and is likely be increased. A half a million doll mill on the second day of tho new ye is certainly doing very well." A special dispatch to tho Atlan Constitution from Hartwell, Ga., und date of Dec. 20th, Bays: "Mari Massey shot and killed Earl P. Sandi nt the home of the latter, in Hi County, yesterday afternoon in drunken row. Massey used a shotgi The entire load was emptied in So der's face and 120 shot were taken fri his faco, neck and shoulders. Mas? at once took to Hight. Sherill' h Save pursuit, tracing Massey wit! loodhound. On the bank ot Lue & vannah River Massey shot the dog a swam the river to the South Carol! shore." Massey is a native of t County, and has many relatives a friends here who will regret to hear his trouble. John P. Cox, a son of D. P. Cox, Belton, died at his home in Broadv Township on Christmas Day, and day following the remains were terred in the Neal's Creek Churchya the funeral services being conduc by Rev. O. J. Copeland in the preaoi of a large concourse of friends i relatives. Mr. Cox had asevere atti of fever a few months ago, wh brought on a severe attack of diabe which cans'-? his death. He wa the 23rd year of his age, and wi most worthy, excellent young m whose death is deeply regretted I wide circle of friends and relatn He was a devoted member of Ne Creek Church, and has gone to r the rewards of a well spent life, leaves a devoted young widow, v with his parents, have tho Bympa of all their friends. The Keoweo Courier, of tho 81st \ saya : "LaBt Thursday morning, are informed, a Mr. Patterson, 1 lives in the Townville neighborhi in company with a friend, was pre] ing to fire an early Christmas can of the old style, composed of two vils. Just SB tho charge of powder made ready for the lase, some o short distance away lighted a Roi candle, and tired it in the directio the two working at tho anvils, sparks from the Roman candle reat the powder in the anvil, causing a nbc explosion while tho two men \ still ra work. Mr. Patterson's i were both so seriously burned that thought ho will bo totally blind, companion was seriously burned cut about tho face and bead. Prot L. Abbott, who informed us of thc cident, was unable to givo Mr. Pal son's first nnmo and had not leal tho name of his companion." Tho angel of death is over h Silent, unseen and BO often unexpe ho is constantly entering our hi and laying his frozen hand upon dear ones. However bright tho pi ise of utility, however tender clinging bo tho affections of the fa and friends, ruthlessly all is shatt and torn away. On '1 uesday, the of December last, Lorin O. King of C. C. King, and ono of the I promising young men of Hope Township, died. For some time h< been ill with tuberculosis, but his d so soon wus notexpected. He was 24 years old, and there was every son to hope for recovery. During Spanish-American wnr ho was a n ber of Co. C, 1st Regiment, am mained with the regiment till mu ed out of service. Before his il confined him to his home, he \ student at Clemson College, ?ii senior year, and would have gradi next June, but his illness forced to abandon his studies last Octi Iiis death occurred at his bonn o'clock in the afternoon and thu i ment took place at Hopewell Cfc the following day at 3o'clock, tho W. B. Hawkins conducting th? vices. A number of Clemson ci mid others from tho city attende funeral. A wide oi role offriends? ly sympathize with the ?(?rely bric parents. WAGONS-Wo ? ave a largo stoi ham! tbat wo want to dlatvise of st down prices. Vsndlver Hr??-. A. S\? Ammunition of all kind* of tli*? beat gradea la sold by Sullivan Han Co. Wo have had the business of our lives the past twelve months, and now in the wind-up propose to give each and all of you who visit our Store from now until Xmas a surprise in the way of prices. Profits are left off in this Sale altogether. A RECORD BREAKER. Come, look and investigate. You can't afford to miss this sale. All-wool black and blue Worsted Suits regular price 7.50, this sale $4.75. 25 good heavy Overcoats, 7.50 values, this sale $4.75. 50 doz. Men's Shirts 39c. 20 doz. Men's and Boys' Hats, 1.50 value, this sale 98c. 100 Hand Umbrellas, 1.50 value, this sale 98c. Men's Pants, new goods, new patterns. 100 pairs, regular 3.00 to 4.00, this sale $2.25. 50 pairs our standard 3.50 Shoes, put in at $2.50. HALL BROS. South Main Street. Alway B Gut Price Clothiers. THE TORRENT HARROW. Torrent Harrows and Turn Plows to go at a sacrifice for the next sixty days. From now until January 1st, 1903, wo will sell our entire Btock of nar rows and Turn Plows at greatiy reduced prices. These Goods have advanced about ten per cent, but these Harrows and Plows were bought at tho old price, and wo must sell them to make room fer other goods. .?.''?^ ?;C2RB Our Torrent Harrow is ahead of anything ever sold hero for putting'in small grain, and tho celebrated Steel Beam Syracuse Plow has no equal for pulverizing and mixing tho soil. If you need one or both of tho implements you cannot afford to miss this opportunity to get one. l._ -ll Wo are in the Hardware business to stay, and can sell you loaded'and empty Shells, Shot and Powder, Caps, Cartridges, and (?mis from tho cheapest to the highest. Our stock of Nails, I?arb ^ire, Mule and Horse Shoes is complete. Builders Supplies a specialty. The only complete line of (?rates in town. Wc have any kind of Grato you want. Yours for trade, BROCK HARDWARE COMPANY, Successors to Brock Brothers. This Establishment has been Selling IB'TIT IR IST IT TT IR IE IN ANDERSON for moro than forty years. During all that time competitors have com . and gone, but we have remained right here. Wo have alw.vys sold Cheaper than any others, and ?luring those long years we have not h?ld ono dis satisfied customer. Mistakes will sometimes occi :, and if ai auy timo wo found that a customer wa* dissatisfied wc did not rest until we had mado him satisfied. This policy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and wc can say with pride, but without boasting, that we have the confi dence of tho people of this section. Wc have a larger Stock of Goods this season than we have ever had, and we pledge you our word that we have never sold Furniture at as close a margin of profit as wc arc doing now. This is proven by the faet thal we ar.- selling Furniture not only all over Anderson County but in every Town in the Piedmont section. Come and seo us. \onr parents saved m..ney hy buyin* from u<. and you and your children can savo money by buying herc, too. We carry KV KK?TUING in the I- urniture linc. C. F. TOLLY & SON, Depot Street. Tho Old Reliable Furnituro Dealers