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Intelligencer. Published every Wednesday. J. F. CLINKSCAXEB, I EDITORS AKD C. C. LANGSTON, ? PBOPBIETOBS. TERMS; ONE YEAH, - - - - $1 60 SIX MONTHS. - - - 75 WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1903. If there is Anything especially noticeable in Anderson jost now it is prevalence of the spirit of advance. There isn't a business or a calling in Anderson that is not permeated with it. The people from one end of the city to the other are imbued with a desire to help Anderson and a de termination to do their full share in her upbuilding. On every side there are abundant evidences of the growth and progress of the city. The volume of business is growing rapidly find the business houses are reaching out for more territory. The manufacturing interests show a keon appreciation of thr cituation, and new enterprises are are b?ing organized and established. The educational interests aro expand ing and improving day by day. New buildings are going up on all sides, new people are coming hero to take part in the work of upbuilding thc city, and new capital is finding its way into many investments here. Our people have realized to the f uii degree the splendid possibilities of the city, and are determined to leavo no stone unturned in tho work of developing her resources and making known to the world her unequalled advantages. There is no factional division, we aro proud to say. Tho concentrated effort of the community will accomplish much, and henceforth the business community will move as one man through tho regularly organ ized Chamber of Commerce. Im provement is the watchword among Andersonians. Anderson, within the next five years, is to become a city of 20,000 people. To that end her citi sens are now working with steady determination. And their expecta tions are to be realized, for combined and energetic efforts will bring ail to pass in due season. We notice in the last issue of the Southern Cultivator some sound ad vice to the farmers in general with re gard to the prospective scarcity of grain for the markets next year. It seems that there has been serious cur tailment of all the grain orops in tho west, the result of the late floods. The Cultivator is exactly right when it warns us of the situation, and puts as on notice that, to meet the impend ing eoaro?ty, we had better plant before it ?B too late more corn and peas. ? mm m -? The reoord of immigrants into the United States for the past oleven months shows an enormous number of new oitisens for this republic. The ncnulsticn is 2rotB,?t?T fon?Hl?? ?n /man. " " - ------- -M-,-j - i -u &icy. iSut the quality of it is not necessarily improving. Wo should be looking to that now. Our bigness is fully demonstrated; our worth must be impressed upon the world. Road-building in Pennsylvania is to be oooduoted in a roasonablo and just way. The plan contemplates tho dividing the cost of durable, well-con structed roads between the State, county and township. The State is to bear half tho expense, and tho county and township each ono-fourch. Thoy will be constructed by competent road-builders, and kept in good re pair. -!-O) ? A movement is on foot by designing politioiana to unite the reform (?) or disgruntled elements of the two great political parties under populistio leadership. To accomplish this pur pose a meeting of an inoipient "Peo ple's Party1 : has been called to assem ble at Denver on July 27th, at which time and place it is hoped to com plete tho arrangements for tho unholy allianoe. The Sumter Watchman and South ern wiBely suggests that if the Spar enburg relief committee is unable to ase all the money contributed for the flood sufferers, it might place the un expended balan?a in the hands of tho Governor to be held by him as a per manent relief fund to be drawn on in emergencies when disasters make citi zens of the State destitute and in need of immediate relief. The strike at the Lowell mill, Mass achusetts, is at an end. This strike cost the workingmen nearly a million and a half dollars in wages, which mil lion and a half dollars the mill compa nies have saved. The strike began on March 30, and bas thus lasted nearly three months. The whole thing is to be deplored, but it is said that the mill companies wero glad of tho strike because of the high price of material. , Tho Rural Freo Delivery Syntom scorns to hnvo been a countvy-pionic free lunch for thc Republican ma chines of Nev York, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Tbo politicians got everything but the pickles Murder at Piedmont. On Tuesday night, Juan 30th, nn old negro man named Reuben Elrod, was shot tu death at his home in_Antferson County, auuuiouu uiiie ; rom Piedmont. Old Uncle Reube was born and reared in this settlement, and has been a fa miliar personage about Piedmont ever since the place was founded. He was always ready to do odd jobs of every kind, and was considered a kind of in onensiv man, The one bad feature! about him was that he had the reputa tion of keeping a lot of loose negro women about his place, and this, it seems, led to his unuoing asnear as we can gather from the evidence given at the coroner's inquest. It seems that sometime on Tnesday night a company of men came to old Reuben's cabin and demanded the wo men who were in the house. In the wrangle that ensued a shot was tired through the weatherboarding of the house at random, but the ball struck old Reuben in the throat, cut his jugu lar vein and caused his death. His body fell on a lighted lamp he held in his hand, and he was burned some what about the neck and shoulders. The two negro women who were in the house claim that thc/ were badly beaten with sticks and ordered to leave the country. The women were evi dently cowed, and could noto, woul 1 not swear to the identity of any of the assailants. The verdict of the inquest was, in brief, that Reuben Elrod came to his death by a gun shot wound from th" hands of parties unknown. There WP> but one shot fired, aud close in vestigation failed to discover but one bullet hole in the body, which was in the place already stated, 'i tie general impression about town may be summed up iu the following: A party of men, becoming disgusted with the character of Elrod's house, went out there for the purpose of whipping the women and running them out of tho community; and that the Bhot was tired with tho intention of scaring old Reuben and not for the purpose of doing bim mortal harm. The result was the tragedy as portray ed above. It is a casu ot' men becom ing JawlesB for the sake of punishing law-breakers. The participators in the crime must have beeu few in numbers, as tho affair did not attract much attention until the next morning. The locality where it occurred is on a lonely road not much traveled after nightfall. It is not believed that any ot the residents of Piedmont were in tho altair, aud our people universally condemn the deed. -Special correspondence ot the Green ville Mountaineer. Coming Cotton Crop of the Country. Baltimore, July 2.-The Manufac turers1 Record published this week a dispatch from ita correspondent at Now Orleans containing an interview with W. P. Brown, the leader of the grent bull movement in cotton, in which Mr. Brown talks ns follows about cotton prospects : . "Thia is not a matter of speculation. We are merchants of cotton an?! have been for a good many years. I have jcen a bull on cotton ever since it was selling at4i cents. Cotton has simply gone up in common with other values. When cotton bold at Ai cents other things were low. Iron has gone from $0 a ton to $20 in this periou and iron is not subject to drought or to boll weevil. All you have to do is to dig the ore from the ground and turn it into pig iron. Cotton is sellibg at its present price because it is statistically worth it. Last fall I predicted that this crop rvonld be about 10,730,000 bales, and it 1? being demonstrated that my prediction waa alM?nt right. The requirements of trade are very much more than that. Conditions en - tirely warrant present prices, for cot* ton has never failed to sell around present prices with the statistical con dition anything like ns strong as the f?resent one. There is not only a f ara ?e in cotton, but there is a famine in dry goods now. IC the mills shut down, of course that will add very much to the present scarcity of dry goods supplies. Although manufac turers and jobbers of dry goods com plain that* they can't sell goods on the present basis cr raw material, thia will eventually regulate itself. Consumers must pay thepxices or go without the goods, ned we know they won't do that. Trade all over the world was scarcely ever better and the consuming world is iu condition topsy high prices. It ls a mistaken idea that cotton bas been forced to present prices. A legit itunte demand and the strong statisti cal position have put prices where they are. If this were not the case I would not be bulling cotton at present prices; in other words, if prices bad been forced up, and thc actual stuff - could not bo sold at pre lent prices I would say that cotton was dangerously high. "As to the new crop, it is exceeding ly late. This adds very much to an already strong situation, as we cannot expect much new cotton now until late in September. As to the sise of the new crop, it is entirely too early to say much, though we know a late crop is subject to a great many more neces sities than any early one. For in stance, there are three things that could make this crop a failure, a great deal of rain during the next few weeks; or a severe drought during July and August, or. an early frost. On the other hand, if none or these things.hap pen and we have perfect condition? ail the way through and a very late fall, we might make an average cron. Bnt it is easily to be Been that the odds are against thia year's crop turning out an average one and t he world needs a big crop, a very big crop. Eleven and a half million to twelve million bales would not be any too much. In fact, with n crop of not over 11,500,000 bales, I think prices will range high all dur ing next season. The whole truth of the matter is, consumption luis over taken production and there is not much ot either raw material or man ufactured goods ou hand. - The Edgetietd cutten mill has been compelled to temporary suspend operations, oo aoeoiiu? of the high price of cotton and the low price of manufactured good.*, - There is s goo?e 50 yearn old owned by a farmer in Rhode Island. INVEST Increase from 1 to 42 Hv actual weighic that. r?ne pound o Will increase in the above proportion 120,000 ?mueds of fled for yon? stock table. Will hare a f<e>h lot of the above flo.*?r" by inviting in a nuall amount Uewov Gold M nie Slock." EVANS* In Memory of J. C. Griffin. Whereas, God, in His ali wino provi dence, has removed from oar midst our beioved brother and ri?arnn j. C. Grimu ; and whereas, we, the Dorches ter Church assembled in conference, desire to place upon .record a memento of onr affection and respect for on? departed brother; therefore, be it 1st. Resolved. That as a church we boar in meek submission to the will of our heavenly Father. _. 2nd. That in the death of Brother Griffin the Church has lost a loyal and faithful officer and the community an honest, upright and model citizen. 8rd. That we feel assured onr loss ia his eternal joy. 4th. That his stricken family have onr heartfelt sympathy and prayers in their sore bereavement, 5th. That a copy of these resolutions be sent our County papers for publi cation, and that they be also recorded in the minutes of the Church. Done by act of conference by the Deacons as a special committee. State Sunday School Association. Mr. W. E. P-jlbam, chairman of the State Executive Committee of the Sun day School Association, has issued the following: To Pastors, Superintendents and Teach ers: The 26th annnsl convention of the South Carolina Sunday School Associa tion will be held in the Washington Btreet Presbyterian Church of Green ville, 8. C., August 25-27. Theexeoutlve committee recommends that the County Conventions be held either during Joly or August and that delegates be elected to the State Convention. Mrs. Mary Poster Bryaer, known as the most ex pert primary teeober in this country, will attend the convention, tench the IcHHona and make addresses. We are very fortunate in securing Mrs. Bry ner's norvic* a for this meeting. Prominent speakers of all denominations will take pu rt. Programmen will bo issued later. Tj?t all of our Christian people encour age by prsnenc* au by sympathy this im portant gathering, that great good may come to tho cause we nil love so much. Piedmont Association. \ - The Piedmont Baptist Association will convene with the Mt. Pilgah Baptist Church, Anderson County, S. C., six railes went of Piedmont and eight miles south Of Ensley, on Thursday before the 1st 8unoay in August, 1003, at 10 o'clock a. m. Introductory sermon bv Rev. O. W. Campbell; alternate, C. C Fricks. The following standing committees will be expected to make reports at this meet IUB: Executive-John M. Geer, Laban Mauldin, E. B Richardson, W. F. Wyatt and E. F. Allgood. State Missions-J. M. Geer, W. R. Wvatt, E. S. Griffin. Home Mlpsionu-Laban Mauldin, W. C. Scott, J. D. Aiken. Foreign Missions-J. H. Brown, W. ?. Rohlnson, C. C. Fricks. Munday School-A. W. Hudgens. J. B. Richey, W. J. Spearman. Temperance-F. R. McClanaban, T. E. Clvde, J. M. King Education-H. M. Allen, J. T. La thnm, W. F. C. Owens. Orphanage-E. F. Allgood, E. B. Riabardeon, M. P. Rodgers. Periodicals-D. I. Spearman, J. T. Wiglngton, S. P. Philipps. Nominations-W. T Odell, G. N. Wystt, J. M. Garrett. Aged and Infirmed Ministers-T. F. Nelson, W. F. Wvatt, H. M. Uuvton. Obituaries-J. T. Dobson, C. W. Cap bell. A. T. Robertson. Woman's Mission-Miss Maggie All good, Mrs. A. M. McCord, Mrs, Pr, Guy toe. Historian-A. W. Hudgens, .Laban . Msuldln. J. Jameson, Clerk. The annual meeting of the Ladies1 Un ion will be held at 8 p. m. on Friday, the 31st. Delegates from each Church or So ciety are requested to be present with re ports. We will try to have an interest ing program for the meeting. Miss Ida Jameson, Pres. SOUTH CAROLINA El I LIT AB Y ACASM2S5 af? THERE is o**e vacancy in the 8tate Beneficiary Sa' o.'arahlps to be awarded on oom petit! > examinations for the County of Andetbon. Blank forms of application should be applied for at once to Col. C. S. Gadsden, Chairman Board of Visitors, or the Coun ty Superintendent of Education. These application?,-FULLY MADE OUT must be in the hands of the Chairman on the 30th day of July, in order to receive attention. C. S. GADSDEN, Chairman Board Trustees. July 8. 1003 3 3 Farmers Warehouse Co. THE Annual Meeting of the Stock holders of the Farmers Warehouse Com pany will ba held at the Farmers and Merchants Banh, in the City of Ander son, on Tuesday, August 4th, 1003, at 12 o'clock noon. N . R. B. HILL, President. ROB'T. E LIGON, Seo. and Treas. July 8, 1003_3_4__ Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having demands against the Estate of B. H. Lattmer, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make navmout. W. J. STRINGER, Adm'r. Joly 8,1003_3 3 Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having demands against the Estate of Polly Hyde, de ceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to tao under signed, within the time proscribed by law, and those indebted to make- pay ment. W. J. STRINGER, Adm'r. July 8, 1903 _ 3 _3 _ Notice. WILL he Itt to the lowest bidder on Joly 22, st 0 o'clock a. m., the building ?f H bridge over Brushy Creek, known ss the Elrod Bridge, near'the Richard Elrod place. Reserving the right to reject any or all blds J. N. VANDIVER, Co. Supervisor. July 7, 1903._ MENT! 0,000 in Six Months 1 ig we have prov*:* f our.? IE3 SEED -that is, one pound of Seed will make or 420,000 pounds of eatables for you:* > 8eed shortly. Get in on the "g?ound of Seed now. It will beat the "JKast PHARMACY. Tl 13 ?TS lili ?*??4> Saturday is always BIG MEETING BAT at our Store. Tho rich and tho poor, tho "high and tho low/' all moot hort to do their purchasing. UNBEB-BUY, UNDER-SELL ia tho attraction here. We buy from forced salee or direct from tho manufacturers, and save you tho middle man's profit. GOOD GOODS, LOW PRICES. 4000 yards 40-inch Light Sheeting 3ic yard. 2000 yards best y ard-wide Sheeting 5c yard. 2000 yards Fast ?clcrsd Laws, fall belts, 10 yards, for 35c, Fine quality 4-4 Bleaching at 5c yard. Fine Blouse Linen at 10c yard. Crash for Skirts at 5c yard. Remnant White Goods in profusion at about half price. Nice lot of Fine Lawns, Dotted Swiss, etc., at 6c to 25c yard. Yard-wide Taffeta Silk at 75c yard. 31.25 Silk at 93o yard. Fink, Blue, Black and White Taffeta Silk, worth 50c, at 39c yard. 40-inch Persian Lawn, 20c kind 15c, the 25c kind 20c yard. CLOTHING, CLOTHING. Boys' Suits, worth 75c, at 49c Snit. Boys' Suits at 98c, $1.25, $1.98, up to 84.50, worth 25 per cent more than our price. Men's Suits at 81.98 Suit. Men's Tailor-made Suits, worth $15.00, our cut price 88.50. Men's All Wool Worsted and Serge Suits, 87.50 vaines, at 84.98 Suit, Men's Panis at 98c and 81.25 up to $3.50 pair, worth at least 25 per cent more than our price ' SHOES, SHOES. We sell the best Genuine Dongola Ladies' Shoes on earth, and guarantee every pair, at 81.25 and 81.50. Ladies' Fine Shoes, 75c to 83.00 kind, at 82.50 pair. Men's Fine Shoes 75c to 84,00 pair. HATS, GENTS' FURNISHINGS, ETC. Straw Hats, worth 50c, at 35c 75o Straw Hate at 39c. 81.00 Straw Hats 75c. Misses' 50c Sailois at 39c. 25c Sailors at 20c. Men's fi?? new lot, best styles, 50c each and np. . Men's Elastic Seam Drawers, worth 50c, at 39c. Men's Good Shirts, to arrive in a few days, at 10c each. Men's Dress Shirts 35c, 75c kind at 50c. , Lion Brand Shirts, beet Shirts made, at 98c each NOT IONS-2 Balls Sewing Cotton lc, Box Blueing lc, , 1 Box Shoe Nails lc, 1 Key Chain lc, 25 Envelopes lc, 24 Sheets j Note Paper lc, 4 Big Cakes Laundry Soap for 5c, 3 Boxes Match es lc. Bring this advertisement, trade $4.00, and get I FREE a fine Box of Toilet Soap, 3 cakes in a box. THt BEE HIVE. G. H. BAILES & CO. 25 Per UN ?LL Beginning Saturday, June 20, "and ending July 20, we offer our entire Stock of Clothing, Shoes and Hats at Ono? Quarter Off. These Goods are all Bran New-come in this season ! $15 00 Suite, one-quarter off.811 75 10 00 Suite, one-quarter off._ 7 50 . 7 50 8uits, one-quarter off..... 5 60 5 00 Suits, one-quartet off..... 3 75 88 00 Pants, one-quarter, oft'_$2 2 50 Pante, one-quarter off.... 1 2 00 Pants, one-quarter off.... 1 1 50 Pants, one-quarter off.... 1 83 60 Boys' Suits, one-quarter off_82 65 3 00 Boys' Suits, one-quarter off.... 2 25 2 50 Boys* Suits, one-quarter off.... 1 88 1 50 Boys* Suits, one-quarter off... . 1 15 $3 00 Hate, one-quarter off... .81 2 50 Hate, one-quarter off.... 1 2 00 Hate, one-quarter off.... 1 83 00 Shoes, one-quarter off... .$2 65 3 00 Shoes, one-quarter off.... 2 25 2 60 Shoos, one-quarter off.... 1 88 2 00 Shoes, one-quarter off.... ? 50 1 50 Shoes, one-quarter off-1 15 25 88 50 15 25 88 60 15 Marble Front, NEXT TO FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK. Tnl.iin.- TT mum ii lill Ll l l /IT Tl bil M \? Trunks and Ba We have one of the most complete stocks of its be found any wha*e. Bummer travelers will Sud it a advantage to inveatigtue our offerings before concluding j purchases. The Prices appeal to the most economical and the i to the most critical. Flat Top Canvas Trunks, 30 inches, at.\ Pla* Top Canvas Trunks, 32 inches, at.. Flat Top Canvas Trunks, 34 inches, at.. jftat Top Canvas Trunks, 86 inches, at........... Fine Boiler Tray Canvas Trucks, 36 inches. Fine Roller Tray Canvas Trunks, brass trimmings, 38 inches....'j Oval Top Boiler Tray Trunks, brass mountings, 32 inches.. ?.a Oval Top Boiler Tray Trunks, brass mountings, 34 inches..... Oval Top Boiler Tray Trunks, brats mountings, 36 inches..... Ladies and Gentlemen's Traveling Bi Wp show everything now in this line from the lowest 60c, Hand , the finest genuine Cowhide Suit Case. Clearance Sale of Floor Coverings. Prices have dropped, and it is to your inter?s), to take advantage of important fact. Csrpote, MattiDge> -Sugg, Art Squares, Linoleum and Ckths. We want tb clear out, if. prices can do it, our entire Stock. ! We make Awnings both for Window ant Store ?Tonts, Let us give you an estimate. a.-'?"". JUU?S H_ WE|L 4 Q THC 8 S?'S H I Ilk gins "CRAMBO Just to see the boys scramble to pick up a few genfj legitimate and irresistible We throw out a few samples of what we propose to do tht? Spring itt trading line. Some of them, you will see, are to close out because of tl Beason, but geewhiz 1 notice the price : 20 Sacks Bliss, T^imph, and other varieties Seed Irish PotaUj $2.60 pei Sack? former price S3.26. Dean<fc Ratline's Fanoy Patent Flour, worth 05.00, our price *4. Dean's Patent Flour, worth 84.25, we ask only $4.00. Bully-good Plantation Molasses to go at l?c in barrel lots. 25 pieces pieces Cotton and Wool Jeana ranging in price from 8c worth 25 percent mora than thia. One Car Trunks, ranging in prie* from 98c for a Zinc Covered Tra $4.50 for the finest Traveling Trunk on the market. We are always Headquarters for FEED ?ND PLANTATION SUPPLIEj Ton will save dollars to give us your business on Oats, Biran, lowest and our Goods are the] 0 Ti % frit YT\T\ $ KA ? A JL ML M. The Busy Hustlers.