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VOLUME XXXVIII?NO. 32. t t The evidence of your own ey es is all that is necessary to prove the splendid values in this Clearance Sale. Just as you know a gentleman from a rogue, you can distinguish true Clothing from trash. There is character on the face of every article in this Clearance Sale. No matter how little the price you pay you are absolutely safe on a purchase made here. This Store's reputation is guarded as zealously in these Clearance Sales as when we get regular prices. A Clearance makes no difference in the quality of our merchandise?all the difference is the price. This Sale includes all of our New Fall and Winter Cloth ing. This season's best and most popular Suits, Odd Trousers and Overcoats, all go at these reductions?nothing reserved. $5 ?2 5 Is the phenomenal low price we place on all of our 87.50 Men's and Young Men's Suits. Blue and Black Serges, also Worsteds and Ca83imeres, in Checks, Plaids and Mixtures?every one of them excellent value at their iornier price. Is tbe small price we place upon any of our $10.00 Suits. These Suits were the very best values shown in this Town at 810.00. Now^you will only have t ) s(e the Suite to appreciate their value. $9.45 For any $12.50 Suit we have in stock. These 8uits have an air of elegance that cannot be found in any 812.50 Suits elsewhere. $11.75 Buys any of our 815.00 Suite. 812.90 buys any of our 816 50 Suits. $14 50 buys any of our 818.00 Suits. These are the Suits which are so much like your high-priced tailor's best ones, the kind he will charge you at least one half more than our regular prices. TROUSERS. Now is the time you should need an axtra pair of Trousers. You are in luck if you do. Every pair of Trousers in this house is included in this sale. Better hurry. Here is what we do for them? $1.55 for Trousers that we have been selling for 82.00. 81.95 for Trousers that are regular-priced 82.50, 82.25, for any of our $3.00 Trousers. 82.75 for any of our 83.50 and 84.00 Trouiers. 83.75 each is the price we place on our fine lineof 84.50 and 85.00 Trou ?ers. BOYS' KNEE PATNS SUITS. $1.65 for any of our $2.00 Knee Pants Suits. 1.95 for any of our 2.50 Knee Pants Suits. 2.25 for any of our 3.00 Knee Pants Suits. 2.75 for r4ny of our 3.50 and 4.00 Knee Pants 8uits. 3.75 for any of oar 4.50, 5.00 and 5.50 Knee Pants Suits. OVERCOATS ! You remember how cold it was last year about this time. The weather people say this month will be cold, and lite" way it's starting out seems as if they're light. Here's some interesting prices for the man who wants an Over coat : 83.75 for any of our 85 00 Overcoats. 85.25 for auy of our $7.50 Overcoats. 87.85 for any of our $10.00 Overcoats. 811.75 for any of our $15.00 Overcoats. $12.90 for any of our $16.00 Overcoats. $14.50 for any of oar $18 00 Overcoats. The cuts on the above Goods are deep, but they are genuine reductions. Ko fake business here. We have always stood tquare up to our ads in the past, and we will not this late day misrepresent Goods to make sales So 70U can come here knowing beforehand that what you eee in this ad will be more than ?ubetentiated when yon sue the Goods. You had better hurry, though, as yon know the beat things always go first. First come, first served, is the rule Hre. ANDERSON. S. C. The Spot Cash Clothiers STATE NEWS. ? Civil service examinations will be held twice a year in Greenville and Columbia. ? The State Federation of women's clubs will meet in Columbia on Tues day, April 28. ? The Charleston Cigar Factory i? now running, and a hoc grade of cigars is being turned out. ? George Harvey, of New York, has left a legacy for $6,000 for Claflin univeraity of Orangeburg. ? The State Bar association at their meeting in Columbia adopted a reso lution asking the legislature to eleot two more circuit judges. ? Senator Tillman is deeply affect ed by the tragedy in whioh his nephew figures, but has said nothing on the subject that we know of. ? James Cox, 11 years old, had both legs cut off in Greenville on Saturday while attempting to swing on to a moving freight train. ? A oitizen of Columbia has con tributed $100 as a nucleus for a "Gon zales Fund for the Encouragement of the Study of South Carolina History." ? Senator MoLaurin has sold his house and lot, whioh probably means that he is preparing to leave Ben nettsville, but it is not known where he will go. ? The infant child of D. G. Harrell, a well-known citizen of Spartanburg county, died last Wednesday night as a result of eating strychnine tablets fed to her by 3-year-old sister. ? Judge Goff, in the United States District Court, has deoided that the State cannot collect back taxes from the Cheraw and Darlington railroad, now a part of the Atlantic Coast Lino system. ? An earthquako shook, which was preceded by a rumbling noise, was felt in Charleston at 8:11 o'clock last Friday night. The same shook was felt in Savannah, Augusta, Columbia and all intermediate points. ? Senator B. R. Tillman has ac cepted the invitation to deliver the annual commencement address to the graduating class of the Charleston Medical College. The commencement exercises will be held April 2,1903. ? Greenville's mayor has no re spect for'men of a scientific turn of mind. A white man claiming to be a hypnotist and reader of the negro's mind was sent to the chain gang for 30 days for appropriating a few arti cles belonging to negroes. ? On A. E. Hamilton's place five miles from Laurens. Sam Sullivan made a murderous attempt on the life of one Thompson. He attaoked him with an axe, inflicting a terrible gash in his left side. He is in a dangerous condition. Both are negroes. ? Craoksmen opened a safe in the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens depot at Clinton at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning, 20th inst. Before taking all the cash they were frustrated by a policoman, who fired on them as they were escaping. Less thi n a hundred dollars was taken. ? John Pulley, a young white far mer, who lives near Tylersville in Laurens County, killed himself at dark reeently, shooting himself in the diaphram thre? times with a pis tol. Mr. Pulley had been married only three months. He had been slightly ill three or four days. ? The new Taylor building of the State Hospital for the insane was burned on Tuesday morning, 20th inst., just bofore daylight. It cost the State $25,000, and had just been com pleted and would have been ocoupied in a few days. The insurance reduces the losses to about $8,000. ? Fire in a two story briok build ing in Columbia last Friday morning is thought to have cremated an in valid man who was missed after the fire. Two ladies were injured. The building was all afire when the alarm was given. The occupants had to jump for their lives. The propertv damage was about $3,000. ? Chas. F. Hart, while sitting in a ohair holding one of his children in Union recently, suddenly leaned for ward as if asleep. His wife tried to awaken him and found it impossible, nor could she release his arms clinch ed about the child. He had been taken with a cataleptic fit and remain ed that way for Cany hours. ? Tho(will of the late Geo. W. Williams was filed for probate in Charleston Wednesday. No public benefactions are mentioned in it. An inventory of the property of the dead banker is not giveu but it is thought that his estate is worth $2,000.000. After giving his widow $400,000 for her life time he directs that the rer.t of his property shall be divided equal ly between his two ions and two daugh ters. ? The reports of the shooting of Editor Gonzales by Lt.-Gov. Tillman say that he used a "magazine pistol." Many inquiries have been made as to the charaoter of the weapon. The Newberry Observer says one who is posted on the matter of firearms says it ia a pistol that carries a steel ball or shell filled with combustibles and that if the ball strikes any hard sub stance in its course, suoh as a bone, it will explode with great foroe. ? A bill was introduoed in the Legislature or. the 14th, by Senator Marshall, of Riohland, providing that after May 1, 1903, no child under 10 years of age shall be employed in any factory. Accompanying clauses to the bill provide that after May 1, 1904, no ehild shall bo employed under 11 years, while factories after May 1, 1905, oannot work children under*12. (iESEIUL NEWS. ? Ex-President Cleveland is hunt ing in North Carolina. ? Seventceu lynchen have fled from Mississippi to avoid arrest. ? A brisk eruption of a volcano on the island of St. Vincent is reported. ? Ail the electrical workers in In dianapolis, Ind., art on strike for high er wages. ? A town lying in thrco counties is a distinction in regard to whirh Win der, Ga., probably has no rivals. ? Tho convention of tho southern lumber dealers at New Orleans have agreed to raise tho price of lumber. ? A orowd of men, women and chil dren captured and ooofiscated seven cars|loaded with coal in Brooklyn, N. Y. ? More than thirty great manufac turing companies of the United States are establishing faotorios in Canada. ? Col. Wm. E. Mickle, of Mobile, has been elected adjutant general and obief of staff of the United Confed erate Veterans. ? Rhode Island is the only one of the New England States whioh has a d?mocratie governor. The other State officers are republieans. -- Among the oonverts immersed in the icy Delaware river on Sunday at Camden, N. J., was Mrs. Jane Shorts, ninety-two years old. ? Congress has passed a bill to pay tho First Baptist church of Carters ville, Ga., $5,000 for property destroy ed during the Civil war. ? Episcopal laymen, including J. Pierpoot Morgan and Senator Hanna, are raising $1,000,000 for missionary work among the Filipinos. ? Mrs. Litauma, aged 30, shot and killed Santo Mavziz, at Yatosboro, Pa., on Wedoesdoy. He had entered her house and attempted to assault u6r. ? Another very rich field of gold has been discovered in Alaska, not far from the Klondike, on American soil, and the prospectors aro rushing thither. ? The United States will retaliate against foreign governments that re sort to discrimination, a measure now pending in congress having this end in view. ? Without cutting wages the River side and the Knoxvillo Woolen Mills, of Knoxville, Teno., will give their employees ten instead of eleven hours for a day's work. ? The Colorado legislature is in quite a unique condition, in that it has two senates. Notwithstanding, balloting is in progress for United States senator. ? Virginia negroej are drawing the color line very Btrongly. A negro preacher in Roanoko refused to con duct a funeral because the undertaker was a wr.llc man. ? Judge John H. Reagan, tho only surviving member of tho Confederate cabinet, is 54 years of age. He has just retired from tho office of railroad commissioner of Texas. ? A petition from Aguinaldo has been r<ont to congress asking the loan of $20,000,000 to establish a bank in the Philippines for the development and improvement of agriculture. ? The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company has decided to move its general offices from New York oity to Atlanta. The proposed change will take place about April 15, ? Lieutenant Peary wants lo make another attempt to reaeh the north pole. He believes it possible and will try tho third time if somebody will furnish the $150,000 necossary to equip the expedition. ? A. A. Howlett, the veteran bank president and business man of Syra cuse, N. Y., has issued invitations to about 100 widows, who are to help hirn celebrate his eighty-second birth day anniversary on February 17. No man will be there save the host. ? A sensation was created in the lower house of congress the other day. In the course of a speech by Cochran, of Missouri, he spoke of the "truok Hng policy toward Great Britain," when a stylishly dressed woman in fche gallery exclaimed, "You lie 1" ? This month witnesses the inau guration of a Democratio governor in Rhode Island and also in Nevada and Oregon. These are the only States outside of the South which have Democratic governors, except Mon tana, which elected a Demoorat in 1900 for a four-year term. ? During the month of December 50,291 immigrants arrived at ports of this country. According to the re port made public by Frank P. Sar gent, commissioner gc .eral of immi gration, this number was 12,743 in excess of the record for the same month of the previous year. ? The new issue of 2-oent stamps bearing the portrait of Washington in a new position with draped flags above the vignette is being distributed by the postoffice department at the rato of about 20,000,000 a day. All the old issue is exhausted except those in the stamp books, and those will soon be used. ? Judge S. T. Corn, a Democrat, has become chief justice of the Su fireme Court of Wyoming under the aw whioh provides for the rotation of the several justices of the court in in the highest place. Judge Corn is the first man of his political faith who has ever ocoupied the position. ? Thousands of letters have bean received by United States senators protesting against tho seating of Apostle Smooth, who was a fow days ago ohosen by caucus to be senator for Utah. These letters are largely from women. The reasons given are that ho is a Mormon. Nearly all the writ ers consider the reason sufficient. (Joy. Hey ward's Inaugural Address. Miles B. McSwccny bid aside the cares of office yesterday and was suc ceeded as Governor of South Carolina by Duncan C. Hoy ward. While eou gratulatiug the retiring Chief Magis trate upon bus successful administra tion of the high trust imposed in him wo wish to congratulate his successor upon the splendid opportunity opening before htm, and to express our cou? donco in his courage and impartiality in tho discharge of the duties of his office. It was not to be expected that the new Governor would go into au elabo rate di6cussiou of tho affairs of tho Stato in his inaugural address. It is a very well balanced publi-j ^aper, and distinguished by a conservatism of statement and suggestion which must make favorable impression upon the people and the representatives of the people in tho General Assembly, who will share with Governor Hey ward the responsibilities of conduoting the Government of this Stato during the next two years. Among the more important of the recommendations in the Governor's first official utterance may be enumer ated: 1. Encouragement to broader and more diversified work among the farm ers by providing larger 'means for scientific instruction in agriculture. 2. Tho establishment of an immi gration commission or bureau to give official and accurate information to those seeking homes in this',-part of the countiy, and the opportunity of advertising tho resources of South Ca rolina at the great World's Fair iu St. Louis. 3. Ample provision for tho estab meut of the best common Bcbools so that iu every community and district there shall be well built school houses, longer school terms, more competcut and better paid teachers. 4. Encouragement to capital to seek investment in this State by providing capital so invested with ample protec tion under the law. 5. While providing for the protec tion of capital the Legislature should also provide for the defenoo of tho people against tho abuses of oombiood capital. 6. The enaotmcnt of a law prohibi ting the employment of ohildren in the cotton mills of the State, sufficient time being given "for both manufac turers and operators to adjust them selves to changed conditions." 7. The enforcement of all the laws of the State, and particularly of tho Dispensary Law, it being, iu the opin ion of the Governor, "the duty of all law-abiding citizens to give that same obedience to this law whioh they give to all others." 8. The thorough drainage of th? s .vamp and lowlands of the State, such JaDds, which nre now wholly unproduc tive, comprising "fully one-fifth of tho area of our State." 9. Tho enactment of laws whioh will prevent " the Importation and sale of adulterated and impure food products.' There could be no more important work for the Legislature to perform than this. 10. Tho submission of a constitu tional- amendment to the people at the next election, providing for biennial sessions of the General Assembly. "In my judgment," says Govern or, "were such an amoodmeut submit ted it would be adopted, which I cannot but bolieve would be to tho in terest of the Stato." 11. The administration of all the affairs of the State' Government with out parsimony, but with true economy and provision in some way, cither by reducing the appropriations for "the support of the public institutions, if that can bo done without impairing their usefulness, or such increase of | taxation as may be required to place the finances of the State on a strictly business basis, the necessity under ! which tho State has been placed of borrowing money to eonductits affairs not being approved by sound business sense. The moat important and significant thing about Governor Hey ward's in augural address, however, is not to be found in tho suggestions which ho makes to the members of the General Assembly as to appropriate legislation upon pressing public questions, but in tho emphasis whioh he plaoes upon the restoration of good feeling among the people of the State in this new era when none is for a party, but all are for the State. The oampaign last year developed the faot as Governor Heyward said, that "upon all funda mental principles our people aro agreed," and it is because ho enters upon tho discharge of the duties of his high offico as Governor of the whole people of South Carolina that this new man, without experience in public af fairs, without political debts to settle or factional issues to oonfound his better and patriotio judgment, vill have the united support of the conser vative forces of society in South Caro lina. It is the dr.ty of all good men to hold up his hands. There can bo no question of his devotion to the State; it is worthy the service of all its true sons.?News and Courier, Jan. 22, 1 NO CLAPTRAP, NO HUMBUGGING ABOUT US. Plain, Open, Fair, Square, Above Bor rd Dealing. WE mark our Goods in plain figures. If it is worth oue dollar we mark it oue dollar, not II Y K. What do you kuow about II Y K, whether it is one dollar or one dollar and a quarter. ? UNDERBUY?UNDERSELL. Many claim to?few do it. This UNDERBUY buaiuess is all rot ; ono merchant can buy Goods as cheap as another. UNDER3ELL ! This part is all right if you strike a merchant who has PUSH, PLUCK and PERSEVERANCE enough to do it, but they are few and far between. UNDERSELL--WE DO IT ! Wo don't ask you to take our word, Uuclo Sam's, Aurt Jane's, Cousin Sally's, or anybody's word. They might not be judges of a good value. Come and see for yourself ; be your own judge ; take the same Goods and compare them. We are nat afraid of comparison ; they will Btand it and we know it. These prices will show you what we eau, and not only can, but will do : 25 pairs Jeans Pants, all wool?come and see them with your own eyes, and feel them with your own fingers?worth $1.00 per pair, now 50c pair. 35 pairs All-wool Cassimere Pants, been sold right here in Auderaoii at 81.98 pair, cur underselling price 81 25 pair. 10 dozen Men's Soft Felt Hats, broad and medium brims, value 50c and 75c, this is the price now 39e. 60 Children's Caps, fancy stripes, satin lined, yours for one dime and a nickel. 10 dozen Ladies' Felt Hat*, this is a job lot, but are all right to wear around home, and are really worth from 25c to 75c each, but we make the price 10c each. 15 Chenille Table Covers, L'2 inches square, got no tables for them, so hero goes, 39c. 5 pieces double-width Ladies' Cloth, 50 inches wide, all wool, and you never bought it for less than 50c yard, but now you buy it at The Magnet for oniy 39c per yard. 10 dozen pairs Children's All Wool Mittens to close out quick only 9c. 10 pieces Dress Plaids, all right for making every-day dresses for the children, worth more money, but we dou't wear frocks, 3?c yard. 6 dozeu Glass Syrup Pitchers 5o each, 5 dozen Glass Syrup Pitchers 10c each. 4 dozen Glass Syrup Pitchers 15c each. Nothing delights us more than to dig uuder the fifth rib of a fellow who is fooling people with a so-called snap. If you don't believe that we are dig ging into their profits try us on your SPRING 8UIT when you get ready to Buy it. We have Bargains for everybody?every day in the year, except Sunday. Our Three P's Prices advertised last week will be continued on DRY GOODS, SHOES and UNDERWEAR ono week longer. We do this for the benefit of our country friends who were kept away on acconot of the cold weather. We trust you will be interested enough to avail yourselves of this sale, ard kind enough to show this add, to your ueighbors and friends. Now for o.rae lively selling. Yours always truly, JOHN A. AUSTIN AND THE MAGNET. And the 5c and 10c Store?The Man down next to the Post Office that Sells the Best. P. S.?Seven Plugs of TOBACCO for 21c. We place on] middle Counters for January our Stock of Embroideries, Insertings, Laces and White Goods, To be sold at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. In every piece there's a bargain, and nowhere can you And such values as we offer. We have reduced the prices so close on these Goods, and our profit is so little that we have to ask for cash purchases. Send for Samples and Prices. When in Town see us? BEFORE PURCHASING Anything in Winter Goods of all kinds. **n Moore, Acker&Co. Royal Worcester Corsets and McCall Bazar Patterns.