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i o? Groceries - AND - SHOULD BEE US BEFORE BUTING. We ara making an unusually strong pull for business in this line. OUR STOCK GROCERIES IS COMPLETE. Our assortment of Flour Is large. Our Molasses Stock Is bard to equal. Our Stock of Tobaccos Is not excelled in this city. We always carry a complete stock of Sugar. Coffee, Bice, Bacon, Lard, &c. We have a Car of Extra Fine Texas Red Rust Proof Seed Oats. In addition to a most complete cftock of Groceries we car ry one of the largest and best Stocks of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, Shoes, &c, in the upper part of the State. We sell FERTILIZERS, too. We carry just such Goods as the people need. We Guarantee Price and Quality. Come and see or send us your orders. Yours truly, F. S- All who owens on either Note or Account made prior to Jan. 1st, 1903, will oblige us by settling at once. We need the money, and must insist upon the payment of all that is past due. 0. & P. MEN'S WEAR CLOTH! THAT TIME PRONOUNCES BEST It isn't for to-day, to-morrow or next week that you buy a Suit of Clothes. Clothes are bought to serve-the longer the better. The better the Clothes the better they serve, and the better they look, even to the last day. You can't get service or appearance out of poor work manship. A thrown-together, pressed-up Suit may look all fight for a week; then comes the time of kicks and dissatis faction. . Peck's Clothing, for which we have scoured the agency, is made to serve j long and well; to keep ita shape; to look dressy as long as; yon want to wear it. That's the kind of GlotMn^&^ya ?r?ray. IT'S MADE RIGHT. Ifs almost an investment to buy it, for a long-wearing Suit pays you back more than its cost. C. A. REESE, fact to F, and M. Bank, Head-to-Foot Outfitter, ANDERSON, S. O. Local News, VKDNESDAY, FEB. 4, 1U03. THE COTTON HARKET. Good Mid^.ing-8 J. Strict Middling-8|. Middling-Sj. 'Flinch," the new game, has struck our town and is very popular with the young people. Anderson has been visited this month Dy an unusually largo number of com mercial travelers. Remember, the timo for making your tax returns to the County auditor ex pires on the 20th inst. J. C. Keys, who is buying cotton this season in Greenville, has been spending a iuw days in Anderson. . The supply of small cottages in the city is not near equal to tho demand, somebody will have to build a few. W. Z. McGee, editor of Tho Educa tional at Columbia, was in the city last Saturday, representing the Nows nnd Courier. Mrs. J/aggie Norris and little son, i rank, of 'loney Creek, have been spending a few days in tho city visit ing relatives. When you need blank liens, mort gages, land deeds and other blanks, cali at The intelligencer ollice. We can supply you. Tho Smyth Rides of Pelzer gave a banquet last Saturday night, at which Gen. M. L. Bonham, of this city, was one of tho speakers. The Court of General SeBsiona con venes next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Jurors and witnesses should be on hand promptly. Mrs. T. C. Walton and Miss Mamie Brown have gone to Vicksburg, M?BB., to spend a few weeks with tho family of Rev. W. T. Capers. General Passenger Agent Williams and Superintendent Anderson, of the C. & W. C. R. R" spent a few hours in the city last Thursday. Our young friend, Joe Trowbridge, is now a salesman in the clothing store o* C. A. Reese, where he will be pleas ed to serve his friends at any time. People generally believe that this is going to oe a fine crop year. Wheat And oats look well and the land is seither washed nor compacted by heavy rains. J. K. Breazeaie, of Belton, who has been spending the past month in Ten nessee grading a railroad, has returned louie. He waa in the city Monday and javo us a call. In discussing the muddy streets and roads Monday one of the old "Vets" remarked, by way of consolation, that 'WP always nave some kind of weather it this season of tue year." Married, at the residence of the offi ciating minister, Rev. T. C. Ligon, Towuvj'le, S. C., on January 21), 11)03, Slr. Warren Whitefield and Mies Had? ?vish Schlagg, both of Fork Township. Some of the gossips and busy-bodies ire saying the matrimonial epidemic las not yet subsided, and that the lisease will take a "relapse" in the ?pring. Who will be the next to 'ketch" it? Flour and wheat have advanced and ;he probability ic that consumers in bis State will pay ten to fifteen per sent more than recent prices. New lour will not come in before the mid He of July. Rev. O. J. Copeland, of Waynesboro, jr a., spent a day or two in the city last veek, and was cordially greeted by his nany friends. He expresses himself is being more than pleased with his lew home. Married, on Sunday, February 1, 1903, at the home of tba bride's mother, Urs. John Clarke, in this city by Rev. F. JD. Chapman, Mr. Marion W. Mo S?eace, of Union; S. C., and Miss 3mma Clarke. Chiqnola Lodge, Knights of Pythias, ?viii meet m regular convention to morrow evening at 8 o'clock. The auk of Knight will be conferred on l?verai candidates. All the members ure nrged to attend. The little five-year-old daughter of Sir. Thomas Frazier, of Pelzer, while playing around the fire a few days ago, Sot its clothing ignited and was BO adly burned that it died in a short svhifcd.-Williamston News. Rev. W. W. Leathers will preach at the Flat Rock Baptist Church next Sunday morning at ll o'clock. A con ference of the members will be held at the conclusion of the service. AU the members are urged to attend. At an early hour yesterday morning the poBtoffice at Antun was entered by burglars and the safe blown open. About $100 in money and stamps were secured by the burglars, who were dis covered by the watchman but made their escape. The lawyers of the Legislature have grouped the counties into ten circuits in anticipation of an increase ef two in the number of circuit judges. Under this grouping Anderson would be in the Tenth Circuit with Greenville, Pickena and Ocone?. Dr. B. F. Brown spent a day or two in the city last week and gave us an appreciated call. The Doctor has just recovered from a severe attack of pneumonia, and his many friends in Anderson were agreeably surprised to see bim looking so well. During the rain last Wednesday af ternoon lightning struck a house on Mrs. J. B. Cooley's place at Hollands. The hoiihO was considerably damaged, and but for the absence of the entiro family, which were negroes, some of them doubtless would have been killed. Our young friend. David Taylor, who haa been in the hospital in Balti more, returned home a few days ago, and has about recovered from his re cent severe operation. We join his friends in wishing that he will never again have to undergo a similar expe rience. Anonymous communications will not be printed in this paper under any cir cumstances. Very frequently cn tn ely unobjectionable articles of more or less news value are thrown into the waste basket for no reason save that the writer neglected to sign his or her name. Monday was a drizzly, sloppy Sales day, but there was a pretty good crowd in from the country. There were no land sales, but the Board of Pension Commissioners was in session, as was also .the Board of Registration. The matter of pensions must have been tho drawing card exclusively, as there was not one registration certificate issued. Those who cam? through the rain and slop simply to se? friends and hear the newe certainly deserve a chromo. The Tokoena correspondent of tho Oconee News soys: "Ciando Shaw, formerly of Tokeena but recently of Mountain Creek section, Anderson County, has been circulating among friend? nt this place. Claude is a jo'.ly good fellow and we aro always glad to have him in our midst." Gov. lleyward has appointed his military- stall', and among the names we note the following: J. M. Patrick, assistant Adjutant ?nd Inspector Gen eral, en-othcio member, li. H. Wat kins, Quartermaster General,both with rank of Colonel; A. G. Pinckney, with rank of Captain, of Pelzer. It is rumored that smallpox is all around us. Near 1'elzer aud Piedmont there are several cases and it is spread ing rapidly in tho country. There is reported to bo a caso or two on Capt. H. f,l. Prince's Five-Notch farm. Fam ilies and communities should look after proper vaccination promptly.-Wil liam 3 ton Nows. TheStato Convention of tho Y. Af. C. A. will bo held in Greenville Feb ruary 7-10. This is tho twenty-sixth annual meeting and a number of prominent leaders in association work will bo present. Reduced rates will bo given on all railroads and the dele gates will bo entertained by tho citi zens of Greenville. Lillie Vienna, tho infant daughter of Chief of Police Jas. A. Dillinghum, died at the home of her parents in this city last Thursday night, aged six months. Sho had been ill two or three weeks with miningitis. Tho remains were interred ali Silver Brook ceme tery Friday afternoon, Kev. J. L. Mc Lin conducting tho funeral services. The bereaved parents have tho sympa thy of their many friends. It is announced that the Southern Railway Company has made arrange ments to spend moro than 84,000,000 for rolling stock this year. This is in lino with preparations made by practi cally every railroad company in the country. Tho experience of tho last few months in the matter of handling freight shows the pressing need of more adequate equipment. Quincy Snow, one of our former resi dents now living in Atlanta, has filed suit against the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, of that city, for $10,000 damages. Ho was thrown from a car on Capitol Avenue while alighting. Quincy was badly bruised up, his back twisted, his left jaw in jured and several teeth being knocked out.-Hartwell (Ga.) Sun. On the 2nd and 3rd pages of The Intelligencer this week wo publish the address delivered by Gen. M. C. But ler at the recent memorial meeting held by thc General Assembly in Co lumbia in honor of South Carolina's grand old hero, Gen. Wade Hampton. It is both eloquent and interesting and full of historical matter, and is worth preserving in the scrap book of every une of our readers. The Pickens Journal of last week Bays: "Mrs. T. A. Wideman, eldest Bister of Mr. W. T. J/cFall of this {dace, died at her home, Orphans lome, Texas, on tho evening of the 20th inst., aged about 79 years. She leaves surviving her husband and a largo family of children and grandchil dren." Mrs. Wideman is an aunt of nu; townsman, John M. Hubbard, and is a native of Anderson County. She has many old friends and relatives in this County who will regret to hear of her death. William Stockman, of near Ander son, was placed in jail here last Satur day, supposed to be insane. Eater de velopments bavo revealed the fact that he had imbibed too freely of "John Barley Corn" for some time, and hence had loat his reason. Since his confine ment he has shown conclusive evidence that aside from the nse of whiskey he is a man of sound mind. His father samo in from Atlanta yesterday and parried him back with him.-Oconee Newa. J. B. Douthit, who was once regard ed as the most reliable and honest man that ever served the State on the board of control of the dispensary, has com mitted the folly of rushing into print with a lot of stories of how the State can be faked in that dispensary board. Now we have all thought this ail along, but we did not know that Mr. Douthit was so familiar with the ins and outs of the schemes of the graft ers. We will have to get Outz back on the stand.-Florence Times. Married, on Thursday, Jan. 20, 1008, at the homo oz the bride's father, John G. Fagg, by Rev. N. G. Wright, Mr. James Thomas and Miss Bessie Fagg. The attendants were Mr. William Fagg and Miss Fannie Thomas, Mr. James Wright and Miss May Fagg. Alter the ceremony the guests, which numbered about forty? were invited into the dining-room where a sumptu ous repast was served. The bridal party were all of this County. We foin their friends in extending con gratulations. W. L. Pritchard died at his home in Pickens County on Sunday, January 26th, after a brief illness with pneu monia, aged 87 years. On the day fol lowing hiB remains were laid forest at Enon Church. The deceased waa a son of Berry Pritchard,'who died from a wound in the civil war, and was born and reared in this County. About four years ago he moved from thie County to Pickens County, whero h< has since made his home. He was r steady, upright man, and had long been a consistent member of the Bap tist Church. He leaves a devoted wif< and a v ide circle of friends and rela tives in this County to mourn his death Mrs. Polly Hyde, wife of Geo. Hyde died at her home in the Toney Creel section of Belton Township Wednes day morning, 28th ult. She linc been in feeble health several mon tin with that ever fatal disease, eonsump tion, hut was not forced to take her bec until a few days preceding her death Many of her friends were not expect ing her death at this time and the an nouncement was a shock to them. Mrs Hyde was 44 years of age, and th? youngest daughter of the late Samne Poore. . She was an excellent woman and had long been a devoted membe: of Shady Grove Baptist Church, when her remains were interred on Thurs day, Rev. W. T. Tate conducting tin funeral services. A sorely bereavei husband and nine children are left t< cher i oh her memory. The amount of business to be trans acted by the February term of tin Court of General Sessions bids fair t< occupy the entire week. To begii with tuero are four murder cases, to wit : John Harriz, charged with kill ing Henry Yarborough, with an axe, ii February 1902: Joe Clark, charg?e with killing Edward Scott with 1 pocket knife October last; Ed. Robin son. charged with killing Tom Parki with a gnn last November; Mary Bur ton and Ray Burton, charged with kill ing John Burton with gun last Decem ber. These aro all negroes. In addi tion to these murder cases thero aro 1 number of lesser offences to bu tried embracing assault and battery witl intent to kill, bigamy, stealing cori from flold, attempted rape, housebreak ing and larceny and tho like. Cour convenes Monday, the 9th inst., wit] Judge R. O. Purdy presiding. A? wo go to press information roach es us that tho PostoOico at Iva was en tered by thieves last night, the safe blown opeu and *::<:o secured, lt is known that there were thr#?o thieves, ono very tall. Their track indicates that they went toward Belton. This is doubtleso the saino gang (hat operated at Autun Tuesday morning. The stockholders of the Orr Cotton I Mills met last Wednesday and decided unanimously to increase the capital I stock from ??40d,000 to $800,000 and add ? :U),000 spindles and 750 looms on tine goods. The installments will bo call I ed in between .March 1st, 1903, and January Stn, HKU, in Uve payments. ! Tho mill will be capitalized at $14.00 per spindle, und oilers an excellent in vestment, lt is running now satisfac torily with a thorough organization and excellent prospects. All cotton needed for the mill, and of excellent quality, eau ho bought here, thus sav ing freights, and iieip hus been abun dant since organization. $325,000 of tho now stock has been subscribed, and the balance can be subscribed for at par and paid ia as needed for tho erec tion of th? plant. President Jns. L. Orr or Secretary Calhoun Harris will be moro than pleased to receive your subscription. On Friday night lust, about 10 o'clock, lire destroyed the barn, with contents, of Edgar Hall, whoso home is about 3 miles west of Anderson. The building was now and roomy. In tho Btalls wero six mules, ono horse, twelve cows, gear and a two-hoi se wagon. The upper part was Mied with rough ness and cotton seed hulls. When dis covered the Uro had made such head wa> that it was impossible to release the mules and cows, and live mules, tho horse and two cows were burned to death. Ono mule made his escape by breaking through tho weather board ing. Ton cows broko their halters and escaped, but one or moro of them were badly blistered. Tho roughness and hulls, gear and wngon wero burned with tho barn. Mr. Hall had S?00 in surance, but it covered other outbuild ings with tho burn, and tho loss is, practically speaking, complote. No theory as to tho origin has been ad vanced. Allen Caudle, white, and David Sher ard, a negro, employees of the Standard Oil Company, were arrested Thursdny morning under a warrant charging them with obstructing the U. S. mnil. The warrant was sworn out before Commissioner W. H. Friorson bv Henry Trescot, mail carrier on Pendle ton Route No. 1. Tho preliminary trial was held Saturday. Tho testi mony developed tho facts that Dave Sherard was in charge of tho four horse team while young Caudle lind charge of the oil, collecting. Trescot met the team in tho public road near Five Forks. Trescot asked them to drive out of tho middle of tho road and allow him to pnss. Tho negro replied with oaths, and when told ho wns de taining tho mail again cursed and swore ho would stay in the middle of the road. He tinnily drove to ono sido and allowed Trescot to pass, after having been spoken to by Caudle. The Commissioner released Caudle but sent tho negro to jail, fixing bail ut $200. Tho negro lins tho reputation of being very insolent. Henry TreBcot its a son of Wm. Henry Trescot, who was a prominent citizen of this county, living at Hazelwood, near Pendleton. Ho was twico made Envoy of tho American government, first to China and then to Chili mid Peru, and it was ho who wrote tho inscription which was chiseled on tho Confederate monument which stands in front of tho State House in Columbia. It is rather an unusual thing for dividends to be paid on the capital stock of a cotton mill, or any other industry, for that matter, before tho ! industry is completed and set at work; ; but this has been accomplished in An derson by sorao of her farseeing finan ciers. Twelve 1 or thirteen years ago some of our citizens determined to I build a knitting mill and Col. Joseph '. N. Brown wns elected President and , Treasurer. The amount of capital i stock had been determined upon, and ' something like $20,000 was paid in. Before the building was entered upon ! it was determined at a meeting of the I directors to abandon the scheme, as. it ? was thought by some tobe inexnendient just at that time. The stockholders indorsed the action of the board of i directors and a resolution was adopted I authorizing the return of the money Enid in. This was done and the stock olders were surprised to receive a ? handsome dividend on their money for I the timo it had been out of their pos session. Tho President had not allow ed the money to be idle a moment. He fully appreciated the value of time In its relation to money, took advantage of it and earned a dividend when most men would never have dreamed of it. It is in this kind of school tho young business men of Anderson aro being trained, and in a large measure ac counts for tho success being made in the various industries of tho city. If any other city in the State can make a better showing we would like to hear from it. Fire at 2.30o'clock last Monday morn ing destroyed tho big barn, the proper ty of the Brogan Cotton Mill, which is located just outside the city limits, west, on tho property recently purchas ed by this mill. The barn was former ly known as the Ligon barn. A blaze, about the Bize of a man's hand on tho top of the barn, was discovered by tho watchman, but ho waa unablo to got up to it. Ho gavo tho alarm and began tho releaBe of tho animals, quito a number of which were confined in tho barn, and all wero saved. This build ing was very largo, covering nt 1 just a quarter of an acre, and a part of it was three stories high. In it was stored a largo quantity of roughness, cotton seed and cotton seed hulls; also four wagons, a lc. of harneBS, gear, farming implements and 85,000 feet of coiling, sixteen barrels of oil and tho tools of the workmen engaged in tho erection of the big mill. All was a completo loss. Tho alarm of tho watchman was seconded by tho big fire boll, which rang vigorously, and tho department was ready and enger to respond, but nothing could bo dono. The IOBB will reach something over $4,000, covered by $3,000 insurance. A good deal of the loss falls on R. E. Ligon individu ally. Tho gear, farming implements, ono wagon and tho cotton seed and hulls wero his. He, however, has somo joint insurance with tho Brogan Mill. Probably the heaviest loss falls on tho workmen, whose tools were destroyed. They had no insurance, and doubtless needed it moro than tho others. FOUND-A sum of money. Owner can net il by describing name and paying for tbU ad. G. H. Balle*.. PernonB wishing to ?ell f?olld oar loadB >n ti half car loada of Wrought Iron, Steel and Casting? abould write Fant Bron., Anderson, S. C, and get thPlr prloea on Scrap Iron of all gradee. P. O Box 52. Old Bollerp, Plow?. Axles, Tiros, HorBO Shoes, Hoea. Axe?, and all kinda of ma chinery not tit for use, composed of Cest Iron, StPel or Wrought Iron, bought for ewan at Kant bros. Oillco on Depot St. WANTED-Scrap Iron of every de scription, and all kinds of old Ma?hin ?iy. Writo for particulars to J. B. Garfunkel, Columbia, S. C. 40-1 When you want a good Shotgun or Rllle do not fall to call on Sullivan Hardware Co. and Inspect their line. Have taken place in our Heavy Trousers, Heavy Suits, Overcoats, Underwear, Heavy Shoes A short time ago they were much higher. They must be closed out to make room for Spring Goods. HALL BROS. South Main Street. Always Cut Price Clothiers. THE TORRENT HARROW. r . Torrent Harrows and Turn Flows to go at a sacrifice ?forj the next sixty days. From now until January 1st, 1903, we will sell our entire stock of Har rows and Turn Plows at greatly reduced prices. These Goods have advanced about ten per cent, but these Harrows aaa Plows wero bought atjthe old price, and wc must sell thom to make room for other goods. Our Torrent Harrow is ahead of anything ever sold here for ^utting in small grain, and the celebrated Steel Beam Syracuse Plow has no equal for pulverizing and mixing tho soil. If you need one or both of the implements you cannot afford to miss this opportunity to get one. We are in tho Hardware business to stay, and can sell you loaded and empty Shells, Shot and Powder, (Japs, Cartridges, and Guns from the cheapest to the highest. Our stock of Nails, Barb Wire, Mulo and Horse Shoes is complete. H . J Builders Supplies a specialty. Thc only complete line of Grates in town. We have any kind of Grate you want. Yours for trade, BROCK HARDWARE COMPANY, Successors to Brock Brothers. Ott, Biggest, PW Uti! This Establishment hos been Selling: ZFTJ-IRZLsTITTJ-IRIE IN ANDERSON for moro than forty years. During all that time competitors havo como and gone, but we have remained right here. Wo have always sold Cheaper than any others, and during those long years we have not had ono dis satisfied customer. Mistakes will sometimos occur, and if at any time wo found that a customer was dissatisfied wo did not rest until wc had m ado him satisfied. This policy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and we can say with pride, but without boasting, that wo have tho confi dence of tho peoplo of this section. Wo have a larger Stock of Goods this season than we havo ever had, and we pledge you our word that we have novor sold Furniture at as close a margin of profit as we are doing now. This .'3 proven by the fact that wo aro soiling Furniture not only all over Anderson County but in every Town in the Piedmont section. Como and see us. lour parents saved money by buying from us, and you and your chi drer. c>n savo money by buying here, too. Wo carry EVERYTHING in tho furniture Imo, G. F- TOLLY & SON, Depot Street. The Old Reliablo .^urniturc Dealers