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Intelligencer. Published every Wednesday. J. F. CL1NK8CALE8, I EDITORS AND C. C. LANGSTON, S PBOPRIETORS TEEMS] ONE YEAR, - --- $1 60 SIX MONTHS, --- 75 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3. 1903. A movement for improved roads if sweeping the whole Southern country. Let the good work continue. If the rogues in the postoflicc de partment at Washington keep on fall ing out we will presently discover thc nature and extent of the shortage. When the? farmers of South Caro lina get to turning out as many hoof cattle as they do bales of cotton thia part of tho country will bc rich sure enough. Tho two hundredth anniversary of tho birth of John Wesley, thc founder of the Methodist Church, will be cele brated ?ll over tho world on Sunday, 23th inst. Good road conventions have been held in several towns of the State. There are more to be held in others. There seems to be a general awaken ing of tho people on tho importanoe of good roads, and it is to bo hoped that much good will result from tho pres ent agitation. - mt * mm -- The "lily whites" have been de feated io Alabama, and the "blaok and tans" will be at tho next Repub lican national convention with tho same old delegation for sale. Mr. Roosevelt's negro policy will avail him naught if some man is there who wants the nomination and has the ooin in his pocket, i lt is very gratifying to South Caro linians to know that the South Caro lina table at the bazaar recently held in Richmond, Ya., was second best in the proceeds notted from the sales, Virginia taking the lead. The amount taken in by the Bazaar was $20,000, whioh will go to the Jeff Davis Monu ment Fund. A Kansas Judge, the other day, in declining to issue an order prohibiting the publication of cvidenoo brought out at a trial until after the verdict had been rendered, declared that the press was the bulwark of American liberties and that it had the right to print all of the news, sc long as the publication was not subversive of justioe. There is considerable clamor in the priers about tho president being in the Weit so long. It is urged thai he should return to Washington and TB some his duties. What for? Tho government seems to be getting along very well without him, and really, if it were not for the papers, the people j?Quld Q?( know but what he was in the white ho???i .in mi ? mm, ? > " - 3. C. darlington, late editor of the Spartanburg Herald, has formed the Garlington Publishing Co. and pur phased that old, reliable and popular weekly, The Carolina Spartan, of whioh he will be the editor and man ager, W. Zaoh McGee, editor of The Educational, has been selected Mr. Garlington'B suooossor as oditorof the Herald. We wish both gentlemen much success, ?* J, K, Blackman has retired from the editorial management rf the Greenville News and has been suc ceeded by R. W. Simpson, Jr., who has heeii a member of the staff of the News and Courier in Charleston for the past six years. Mr. Simpson is a son of Gol. R. W. Simpson, of Pendle ton, is a most worthy young man and eminently qualified for the duties of his new position. Wc extend the right hand of fellowship to Editor Simpson, and wish him muoh suocess in his new field of labor. John Mitchell, colored editor of a paper in Richmond, deolared in the course of an address delivered in Roa noke, Ya., the other day that "race equality docs not exist, never has existed, and never will exist," that the better class of negroes, just Uko the whites, desire a separation of races, and that "the whites of the south, especially1 thc old ex-slave owners, are the best friends and only true friends of thc colored race." Mitchell is a sensible negro, anO speaks the truth. Such speeches will accomplish good for his race. The New York Sun is a Republican paper aad advice to the Democratic party coming from it might not be totally disinteroted, but thc following chunk cf solid sense will do for tho Democratic party or any other like it: "If there is really to be bjfmony in the Democraoy, tho unnecessary rubbing-in of past mis take i sill be as carefully avoided on the ?ono aide as will be the stubborn obtrusion of dead issues on the other. An equal perception of the main chance and an equal desire to Gua common ground for .future co-opera tion are the only indispensable^re quisites." OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Special Comxpomh ncc of Intelligencer Washington, D. C., Juno 1, 1003. Will there bo harmony in the ranki of the d?mocratie party next year ' Will tho party bo able to get togetkei and once moro present an united front to the common enemy! Those aro thc questions now uppermost in the minde of all patriotic democrats in the coun try. This is tho political nerve centei of tho country. To this city come all sorts and kinds of democrats as to s Mecca and when they get hero it is at natural for them to talk politics as it it tor water to run down hill. I have used the personal pronoun very little in this correspondence. My opinion ae an individual democrat amounts te very little, but for the purpose of thie correspondence I have talked to almost every democrat who has visited thie city since the adjournment of CongreBe and 1 have done BO because I wanted to present to the readers of this cor respondence the true conditions of the party gathered from an intelligent consensus of opinion obtained from the leaders of the party in the Congress and out of it, and I want to give my readers the result of my research in that direction. I want to say right now that thoro is going to bo harmony in tho party next year and that all fuctiouB are going in to tho battle in Berried ranks, with visor down and lance at rest, all light ing as never before and for a common causo. AU this Bcrapping and crimination and recrimination between tLe socalled Brynn and Cleveland factions of tho 1>arty at thia timo is more by-play, nt east BO far as the Clevel&ud faction is concerned. The olemont cf tho party which left tho regular organization in 181)0 wants to get back and intends to get back. ThiB talk of attempting to renominate Grover Cleveland is all balderdash and tomrayrot. That ele ment is Bimply fostering that kind of talk in order to "tryout" the regular organization democrats and endeavor to show them them the strength and power they possess in the East, what their defection has cost the party in the past and how muchtthey can be wo. th to it in tho future. They are not trying to ride the pnrty or dictate to lt or reorgaulre it. Thoy only want recognition. ? have warrant for those statements. They come from the highest possible author ity. They came from one of the lead ers of the faction that refused to sup port the ticket in 18'JO. I have the same authority for the statement that the so-calleu Cleveland faction of the par ty is going to give tho ticket tiie warmest and heartiest support next year and that that support will be given a candidate who is entirely sat isfactory to the Bryan or regular ele ment of the party. All they ask is a reasonable platform and they will support the nominee with earnestness and enthusiasm. They will do this for the one, single and overpowering reason that they want to def oat Roosevelt for election. They know that this cannot bo done with any man who is not acceptable to tho regular dem?crata who loyally sup ported the ticket in 1800 and 1000, and they want to win. In order to do this they aro willing to follow instead of attempting to lead, but they do not want to be kicked in tho face as they enter the democratic door and it were folly for the regular democraoy to con tinue to bait them. They are afraid of Roosevelt, they do not want Roosevelt at any coat and they do not intend to have Roosevelt. They will not ask for anything that the so-called Bryan wing of the party, or, if yon please, the regular democracy, cannot grant gladly. I think they would prefer an eastern man who is acceptable to Mr. Bryan and the regular democracy, and I think this will bo conceded them. If so, then they will support the ticket aa loyally as any democrat did in the years of 1808 or 1000, and will help elect him ' triumphantly, for Roosevelt is their bete noir ami they will KU to almost any length to beat him. Let the regu lar dewucrats then stop berating the ' gold democrats and the men who left the party in 1890, for tliey will be with them in 1004 and on thejerms dictated by tho regular or ll ry uh democrats. } lhere is no occasion tor republican . smiles and cocksureuess at this time. . They aro up against it good and hard, t 'liiere is no further occasion for demo > eratic dumps, for thc clouds are fast > blowing over. The party is in better - lix today than it has been since 1692. ' AU tl.is I have told you is still an un I derenrrent and has not come to the sur i face, but it will in the near future and i all will see it as plainly as 1 do. Dcm i ocratic victory is in the air. ' It now appears that all the trouble ' in the i'ostofiice department-the 1 favoritism, the wastefulness, the ir ' regularities, the deficits, the jobs, the ! scandals, and the rest of it-are the ' fault of ono Thomas W. G ilmer, an $1,800 clerk lu the Treasury Depart 1 ment. Mr. Gilmer was an expert ac countant in the office of Mr. Trace well, the Comptroller of the Treasury, anti in that capacity he had to examine ac ' counts as to which his superior office! 1 might be in doubt, or concerning whicl: ' further and more accurate information seemed necessary. Among these ac counts requiring expert scrutiny ant competent analysis a great many cann from the Postoffice Department, and it now transpires that Mr. Gilmer's habil of asking for explanations gave great otfonse to certain high ollicials in tba branch of the public service. When ever ho fuund charges, entries, &c. which he could no understand-and hi seemed to have found a great many lie went to the eminent personage sup posed to know all about it, and boldly asked for light. 1 need hardly sa] that ho was not doing this on his owi account, but under the orders of hi chief. ComptrollerTracewell. Atlast Mr. Gilmer's activities became so of tensive to certain postal oflicers, win had moro important caves than the ac curacy of their accounts or the propri ety of their expenditures, that the; complained to him to the Assistan Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Van derlip. Gilmer was rude. He wa meddlesome and intrusive. His re queBta for information which the omi nent personages in question could np impart amounted to an insult. DJ . with his bead! And it went off, This occurred in 1800, nearly foo years ago. Gilmer was put where h could no longer offend the great me of that day. _ At the time Comptroller Tracewel was mystified. Indeed, as lately a the Sd of the current month, he wrol to the Postmaster General these wordi "Mr. Gilmer was a most competen painstaking and industrious clerk. I ray office he displayed none of tb traits of character of which' these con Elaints were made." Mr. Tracewe ns. amended and qualified this verdi* during the past three weeks-und? what inspiration 1 shall cot stop 1 consider. In hts lotter to the Poe master General, Jfay 22, the Com] trollet* discovers all sorts of shortcon inge in the clerk to whom he paid sut a glowing tribute just three weeks b* fore. He now regards Gilmer wit suspicion and speaks of him in tern of disparagement. Evidently the tin ima como when good men must star together and when virtue must rebnl wickedness. There is further test mocy to the bad character of th , wretch, Gilmer. It comes from e: i Attorney General Griggs and from e: Assistant Secretary of the Treasm Vanderlip. If he had only refrain? fror asking those silly questions < such uien as Beavers and Machen ar Perry Heath, the country would m now oe shocked by the disgusting di closures now coming to light every dt in the Postoffice Department. What the governmental departmen at Washington need is a thoron*; cleaning out with a democratic broo and the people can furnish it. W: they do itt Charles A. Edwards. D? YOU WAMT ELL? OFFICE OF JOSEPH J. FRET WELL, DEALER IN REAL ESTATE, \??? ANDERSON, 8. C, June 1st, 1903. We are entering the Real Estate Business for the Purchase ami Sale ut Real Estate in the City and Counts of Anderson, and abo in enjoining Counties. . If you have anything in the Real ?state line that you wish to sell or exchange, or if you want to buy desirable City or Country property, improved or unimproved, it will be to jour interest to call and see us. We now number on our list some of the most desirable landed property to be fo?nd in the Piedmont section of tb?) Stat*. Write us your wants, and we will euueavur to reply promptly to a.i in* quiries. Correspondence solicited from all who want information in reference to our country. Large Tracts viii be divided to suit purchasers when possible. We can furnish money on your purchat-e*, where you are not prepared to pay all ca*b. Soud in your names at once, if you wish to buy or sell, as thia ia the time to get in shape before the Fall months, and make your arrangements for next year. JOSEPH J. FKETWELL, Dealer in Real li h tate, Anderson, S. C. ON THE MUTHERN THE LINE FOR BUSINESS? THE UNE FOR PLEASURE* THE LINE FOR ALL THE BEST ?SUMMER RESORT? Complete Summer Resort Folder Malled Free to Any Address. W.A.Tttsr. S. H. HAROWJCK. W.H.TATU?*. PMS. Traffic Mer. Can't Pas?. Ac?nt. Asst. Can't Pasa. Aet. WASiUKOTQM.S.C. WASHINGTON, D.C. ATLANTA, OA. -J A BUSY DAY ! We try to make every day a busy day at this Store. Every time you come you will fi?dseme* thing new, something that will attract you. LACES. Just received by express a new line of real Val. Lace. A real nice quality Wash Val. Lace Edging, Insertion, Bead ing, etc., at only 2io yard. Fine French Val. Lace at 5c, 6c, 7c, 8o and 10c yard. We sell a nice quality Cluny Lace at 10c yard. Big lot of Remnant Embroideries came in too late for the pole. They are here at about half price. DKESS GOODS. Nice line of Wool Dress Goods from 10o to 81.25 yard. . 44-inch Serge and Cheviot 65o goods, all wool, 50c yard. 44-inch Imported Brilliantine 49c yard and np. Nice line of Lawns at 3 Jc yard. > 10c Lay/n in remnants at 5c yard. Fine Sheer Organdies, 12 Jc quality, $t only Sic yard. , Very fine Sheer Black Batiste, 25c grade, at ldc yard. Full line Wash Goods, all grades, new styles, 3Jc to 25c yard. MEN'S PANTS. Prices commence at 39c for 50c kind, and ranges upward to $3.60 pair for Pants that regular houses ask $5.00 for. GENTS' FURNISHINGS. Men's Gau2& Shirts at 15c and up. We sell a Dice Balbriggan Shirt and Drawers to rc atc h at 25 c each, Sell 50s Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers 39c each, two for 75c. Elastic Seam Drawers, 50c kind, at 39c pair. ? . SHOES, CLOTHING. ETC. Ladies' Sandals at 75c pair. Ladies' Dongola Oxfords, worth 1 $1.25, at 98c pair. Ladies' Tan Oxfords, worth $1.00, at 49c pair. 1 Ladies' Fine Shoes 75c to $2.50 pair. Men's Fine Shoes from 08c t pair np, and the best line of $3.00 Men's Fine Shoes on earth, in all I styles. ) Boya* Suits at 49c Suit A bice Wool Suit, well made, at ). $1.25. We have some real $6.00 Boys1 Suite at 83 98 Suit. Men's ) Suits from $1.98 Suit up. Best $10.00 Snits on earth.. Nice line ) of Thin Summer Coats 25c to $4.00 each. \ FOR ONE CENT-2 Balls Sewing Cotton, 1 Ball ?Tape, 1 Fan, 25 Sheets Good Note Paper, 25 Envelopes, 3 Boxes Matches, 1 Key Chain, 1 yard Ribbon, and hundreds of useful artioles for one ru Qty penny, THE BEE HIVE. t G. H. BAILES & CO. In looking over our Stock we find that we have a great many lots ene and two of a kind. As we do not care to carrv these over we have marked them at MU vi m r M ?Pk\ BF* 0% B lutSr $10.00 SUITS NOW $8.00. ? 7.50 SUITS NOW 6.00. 6.50 SUITS NOW 5.00. 5.00 SUITS NOW 400, A Tlie One Price Olotliier. Marble -Front, Ona Door Below Farmers and Meiefcants Banfc 10 H 1/1/Ul! AT I A v5 ll. Big Bargains in Wash Goods, wm Imported Wash Fabric^ Included in this lot are auch popular fabrics as Silk Ba tistes, Silk and Linen novelties, L ce Stripes, SiUf Corded] Tissues, Silk Striped Ginghams and many other pretty fabrics,; This is certain to attract many prompt shoppers, as the o??r-j ingismadeata time just when most needed. These fabrics] are all extremely light weight. Each piece in this offering sells regularly from 60c to 7?c per yard. You can have yoi choice this week at - - . . - . ? . * . . -, . ' 2fel ^hito Fancy Madras, One yard wide, manufactured at H Belton. Th?se goods readily sold at 10c. This wo ok they S goat - > - - - - - - - - - * ......... M White Goode, fancy Lace effects, sold at 10c, this weals at Fancy Striped White Lawn, regular value 8c, at - 41. White Mercerized Fancy Lace Effects, just tho thing: a fine Waist, regularly sold at 20c, this week at - - - Good quality Colored Muslins, regular value 5c, for week at -.-------->--? - - - . Fine Sheer Printed Batiste, beautiful designs, equal toi finest imported goods, regularly sold at 16c, this week Respectfully, JULIUS H. WEIS, ? CO. gins Just to see tub boys scramble to pick up a few gem legitimate and irresistible ^5Te throw out a few s?males of what we propose to do this Spring ia trading line. Some of them, you will see, are to el'se out becauco of the season, but geewhiz i notice the pries : 20 Sacks Bliss, Triumph, and other varieties Seed Irish. Potatoes $2.50 pei Sack, former price 83,25. Doan & Ratline's Fancy Patent Flour, worth 85.00i our prioo -84i25. ?'? Dean's Patent Flour, worth S4.25, we ask only $4.00^ Bully-good Plantation Molasses to go at 15o in barrellota. 25 pieces pieces vouon ana TTUUI uonw ?auguig ?** I?I?VD W to -i worth 25 p?r cent more than. this. One Car Trunks, rangii t in price-from 9So for a Zinc'Covered, Trunk $4.50 for the finest Trav s. *ng Trunk on the market. We are always Headquarters for FEED AND PLANTATION ' SttPPLIESj You will save dollars to gi ve us your business on^ m Bratty' mm t prices are always lowest and our Goods are the il The Busy Hustlers*