Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BYICLINK8CALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1903= VOLUME XXXIX-NO. 2& DONT need to wait nntil the thermometer registers be low zero to believe winter is near at hand and Buy Overcoats. Ton should be looking now. Why not look hore? The variety is unusual, even for us; . SAME WITH SUITS. Overcoats from $5.00 to $20.00. Snits from $5.00 to $22.50. B.O. Evans & Go. ' ANDERSON, S. C. The Spot Cash Clothiers Beginning Saturday. November 14th, closing Saturday, November 91st, we ofter you the following and many more Big Bargains : Double Fold Dress Goods.. ? .*. Ooyardup. Yard-wide Cotton Flannel........... .> 7c yard. Yard-wideFlannelette.....^.......... 8cyard. Yard-wide Percales... fioyard. Yard-wide Gingham..-.. So yard. 8a.|neh Gingham. . .1..... -. 5^>Md. 82dDch Drillt.. .......v 6c yard. Yard-wide Bleachtog............y... ?oyardop. :\;T:v:';Bh^'8ateen SkirUu,. .98c up. Bea^y.to.WearBkii'ta.......SSCup. Blankets, Jackets, Furs and Capes at remarkably low prices. Shoes for everybody at prioee^that will please. Bemember the Bargain week. Everything at Cut Brices. ~ ^ - ? ..i.ii i ur Old Santa Claus Will soon be bore, and he is going to buy his supply of BOYS'tm WAGONS Wi?Mk From Tho Fe'opla-Fun?tairo Co. Some cf the Wagons have ?hafte OB them, just ready Sot tho goat. T Everything In the Foraitcre line. PEOPLES FURNITURE CO. **wer?? Birectoi*?nd ?ndonaiow. STATE NEWS. - There ai? two negro women in the Spartanburg county jail charged with carrying pistols. - The Farmers' Protective Union of Manning have adopted resolutions strongly urgiog tho repeal of the lien law. - Tho Grand Jury of Newberry County has presented tho Supervisor of that County for drunkenness and irregularities. - Dr. J. R. Wilkinson has left Greenville for San Francisco, whence he will sale for China, wbere he has charge of a hospital. - The postmistress at Central re ceived a human hand through the mail on Saturday-sent to uer by some idiot as a joke. Robert Pitts, a white man in Laurene county, got drunk and beat his wife and out his brother-in-law, who afterwards fatally wounded him. - The Easlev cotton mills recently sold 2,500 bales, aggregating 2,000, 000 yasds, io be shipped directly to China. The bill amounted to $95,000. - The President again sends Cram's name to the Senate for confirmation. Another effort will be mado to de feat him for the Charleston oolleotor-1 1 ship. - Henry Dean and Henry Duncan, negroes, had a shooting scrape in Spartanburg oounty and Duncan was killed by a 44 calibre bullet in his head. - Revenue officers made another raid on Dark Corner in Greenville oounty, destroying several prosper? ing stills and capturing barrels of whiskey. - The attendance at tho southern convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Charleston is the largest ever held, 23 States being represented. . - The dispensary system of South Carolina has increased instead of de creased the sale of whiskey in this State and inereased the wealth of a few individuals. - Henry S. Holman, a farmer in Orangeburg county, shot and serious ly wounded his negro servant a few nights ago, thinking he was shooting at a ohioken thief. - J. A. Schank and his son-in-law, Marion Burnett, of Saluda county, bave been arrested on the charge of poisoning several of J. P. Addy's horses, causing their death. - Brown Rodgers, the negro who killed Rodger Fant and was convicted of murder recently at Union, was ex ecuted by due process of law at that place about noon last Friday. - Governor Heyward has appointed R. P. Hamer, Jr., of Marion County, a delegate to the Farmers' National Co operative ExohangeConvention, tobe held in Chicago on December 1. - Henry Strickland got & verdict against tho Capitol City ootton mill in Columbia for $1,500. While at work he had bia arm hurt in a picker- ma chine. Thc dodi OF Hoya the injury, though slight, waa probably permff nent. - In Walhalla, after a trial of five dayB, the jury found Hoyt Haye? guilty of tba murder of his wife. His attorneys gave notice of a motion for . new trial. This has been one of the most interesting cases ia Occnco's history. - In Greenville in a house of ill fame. Homer Everett ahot and so* l-iously wounded Henry Haynes of Spartanburg. Everett, who was said to have been drack at the timo, left the premises shortly after the shoot ing and has not boen seen cinco.. - Earlfi Wbite,colored, the burglar lodged in jail at Walhalla pioked the cell look in jail some time during last Friday night and made his escape. He was held on the charge of burglary and larceny the crime being the en tering of Peden's atore at Westminis ter. - Walter MoHam, a 16-year-old negro boy. has been lodged in the county jail at Spartanburg, on the charge of having assaulted a negro girl, about four years of age, at Cow pens." MoHam left Cowpe ns and went to ! Spartanburg, where ho was arrested. - There have been a number of burglaries in Beaufort recently. Some of the perpetrators h ?ve renain cd un detected, but last week a negro seek ing to enter a store Was shot through ? tho thigh by a clerk sleeping inside j and another of the burglar? was captur ed in Savannah.' - A homo for the aged sick is 'to be erected three miles from the city - of Columbia at once; under the auspices of the Catholic Church. Land wa* ?iurobased by H. P. Northrop, of Char ?ston i Bishop of this diocese. The site consists of 31 acres. Work will bo began at once ona $7,000 building. It will be governed by a non-sectarian board, ' - In tearing down tho old brick walls of the old Agricultural Socio ty building, upon the site of the new Axt Institute, on Meeting street, in Char leston, Mr. H. T. Zacharias found among the ruins of the massive-brick work that marked the northeast cor ner of the building, a small, dark* colored, four-ounce vial, hermetically sealed and containing what appeared Sf be a roll of paper money, the out do bill of the denomination of $20. In the presence of a reporter for The News and Courier Mr. Zacharias broke open the bottle revealing a roll of five Confederate billa of the follow ing denominations : .$5, $10. $20, $50, and $100all io good state of preserva-' lion. GENERAL NEWS. - Sam Adams, a negro, was lynch ed at Pass Christisn, Miss., on Friday for assaulting Mrs. Peter Laduz9. - In a trolley car disaster in Erie, Pa., five persons wero killed and a number injured. The trolley ran into a train. - Tho miners' strike iu Colorado is extending and tbe outlook is not bright for an early settlement of tho differences. - Out in Brinkley, Ark., Z. C. Cadlo was taken from jail and lynched for killing a policeman. All tho par ties were white. - Eight .housand million nows 8apero wero printed in tho United tates last year. Tho nowspapor is the book of the people. - A pumpkin of tho pie b-nd, weighing 102* pounds will bo exnib itod by Oliver Ferrill, of Liberty, Mo., at tho world's Fair. - Tho Pullman Palace Car Com pany made a net profit of $13,000,000 the past fisoal year. And that doesn't include tho tips to the porters. - Philadelphia is puzzled over tho strange oaso of a Cuban, who has been asleep there for ten days and who defies sll efforts to wake bim. - Railway immigration bureaus have brought over 300 Gorman fami lies to north Georgia, principally in Rabun nnd Habersham counties. - One hundred non-union minors in the Coal Creek district were as saulted.at tho Thistle mine by union miners and foroed to leave the minos. - Four children were killed by the explosion of nitro-glycerine et Bucko Run, Ohio. They were playing with a ean of the explosive when it went off. - The yellow fever situation at Laredo shows a deoided ohange for the worse, eighteen new oases and four deaths being reported in one day. - Prof. James T. Agnew, of the Southern Pines Academy, N. C., was indicted and tried for whipping a pu pil. After testimony and able argu ments the jury aoquiited him. - A farmer in Nor wick, N. Y., tried to drive a hog through a gate and his wife laughed at him. In a frenzy of rage he shot hia wife and and afterwards killed himself. - Gen. Wm. H. Hughes, member of the New York legislature, hanged himself at his home in Glenn FalU on Wednesday. 1'he oause was, he had been rich and lost his property. - At Monongahela, Pa., Earl Flory, a boy 13 years old, enraged at a neme applied to him, shot end killed James Murphy, aged 12 years, and severely wounded John Johnson, aged ll years. - Hanly Peacock, of Coohran, Ga., was shot and killed by H. G. Everett, who was also shot by Peacock and may die. The trouble grew oat ot the oharge that one had alienated the affeotions of the other's wife. - The ?^ricu?tnra? colie/?o of the University c? Georgia has been asked by the British Cotton Raising Asso ciation to name a number of young Georgians oompetent to teach ootton eulture to the natives of South Af - rios. - The Chioago City railway strike io on. Four thousand men, inolud i ing oar service employes, weat out on the long expected struggle between the ear men's union and the company. The outlook is that the fight will be long and stubborn. - At a National convention of rep r?sentative negroes from all over the country in Washington Bishop Bel sey, a negro divine, proposed as a set tlement of the race problem that the negroes of this country be given one or <a??e States io whieh to ave exclu sively. - A. J. Rios, the "wheat king" of Graham County, Kansas, has thresh ed 6,000 acres of wheat. He cot twenty-two bushels to the aere, or 132, 000 bushels in all. His crop will make a train of 220 oars, counting 600 bush els to the oar. He is the owner of sixty-seven seotiocs, 10,720 acres in all. , I - A silver dollar eoined in 1804 was sold at Denver, Col., on Friday by R. G. Parvin, of Denver, to H. G. Brown, of Portland, Ore., for $2.000. Toe coin was bought by J. W. Dex ter, of Denver, in 1885 for $1,000. Since then a sale has been made at $1,200, which was the record until to day. - A passeager train on the Spar tanburg and Asheville road ran over a woman at Buena Vista, N. C., on Thursday, severing the head and man gling the body. The victim was a r?sident of Trenton, N. Y., who had been staying with a family at Ashe ville. She left, saying she was il), and was not seen alive afterwards. - As the result of an election quar rel a young man at Riohardsville, Ky., applied for a warrant for the arrest of hit father, Tom Stewart. Stewart sent the magistrate word if he iasued the warrant ho would kill bim. The magistrate- issued ' the warrant and later he and Stewart met. when he Sot th? drop on Stewart and shot him sad. - A dispatch saya the colored popu lation of west Atlanta is very muoh excited over the belief that the ann will be blotted out at 1 o'olock on Thanksgiving day, November 2b*, never to be aeen again from this earth. Ser vi ees aro being held in various church es daily and converts are growing at a marvelous rate. No cae can toll where the prophecy came from, but the negroes believe it firmly and can not bo shaken in the belief that their doom ia pending. Boicman News. Wheat Bowing seems to bo tho order of the day with tho farmers of thia community. Mr. J. M. Jolly, accompanied bv his daughter Miss Niun, and Mrs. J. A. P. Barton, aro attending tho soldiers1 Reuuion in Augusta, (Ja., this week. Misses Hettie Jolly and Paulino Bur ton visited friends iu Anderson last week. Arthur Sullivan, of Anderson, was in our burg last third Sunday. William Archer and Miss Annio Bolemnn, of Andersou, were visiting hero recently. Ernest Harrison, of La von in, Ga., was sporting in this vicinity last Sun day. Como back again. Bub Conner and family, of Alpine, visited the family of J. L. ?. Maret recently. B. Sharpe is riding the mail this week in tho absence ol our mail rider, Sam Grubbs, who is attending court this week ut Walhalla. Wo think B. will make a good one. Miss Pallie Barton, of Broyles, will take charge of theTugalooSchool next Monday, November 10th. This is her second year at this place. Miss Pauline Barton, a beautiful and charming young lady of this place, will leave for Riverside next Monday, November 10th, where she will take up her Behool at that place. This is her second session there. We like to see or hear of our girls having their samo schools again. We think ita good sign. C. 8. Marett will move to his father's old homestead another year. Jessie Afc Adam s will move to his home. Mrs. J. M. Jolly is suffering very much with vietus. We wish for her a speedy recovery. Mioo Bessie 1 ribble was shopping in Anderson last Friday. Miss Gertie Mahaffey, accompanied by Miss Pearl Marett, of Fair Play, visited homefolks last Sunday. Rob Price, of Broyles, was in our burg last Friday buying cows. Bob snre is a hustler. Misses Annie, Tana Barton and Eula Donald, of Broyles, visited Misses Pau line and Myrtie Barton recently. Walter Heller and Carlton Leathers, two of Fair Play's dashing gents, pass ed through our burg last Sunday. Dr. J. R. Bruce, of Uconee, was through here extracting teeth last week. With best wishes for the dear old Intelligencer and its many readers, Nov..14. Violet. Lowndesville News. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard Barnes, of Prattville, Ala., are visiting the for mer's relatives here. Mrs. Smith Martin left last Tuesday for ber home in Trenton, after a visit to her sister. Mrs. T. O. Kirkpatrick. Mrs. James Campbell and children, of Moffattsville, visited the family of R. B. Hutchison recently. J?iss Vera Allen spent last night with her uncle's family, Mr. Bolin Al len. Miss Sallie Mann iu visiting her cousin, Mrs, Sallie Huckabee. T. J. Baskin, of Moffattsville, at tended eorvices in the Presbyterian Church here yesterday. Maj. F. W. R. Nance and wife re turned last night from Abbeville, after a few weeks' visit. The Major is somewhat improved and aU of his friends hope for a speedy recovery. Miss Ruth Coonor, of Batesburg. but now asaistaafc taacber in the Iva High Schoo?, visited Misses Meta and Vera Allen last Satnrdav and Sm^y. Miss Kate Liddell has returned to her home in Crystal Springs viss., af ter a year's visit to her gr?, a ?mother, Mrs. Xi. A. Cunningham. Daring ber stay here she mada many friendo, all of whom hated to see her leave. Those who visited Augusta last week from here were Messrs. Moseley Huckabee, Vess Bell, Ralph Mason. Will Armstrong, Hamnton Bonds and Mr a. O. Johnston, M re. J. T. Lntimr.r, Mrs. J. D. Wilson, Mrs. Fannie Col yer, Mrs. John Lomax. Nov, 10. - _Vedei. Fork Dots. Our farmers are about through gath ering cotton, and are busy sowing grain. Rev. George Baker was unable to fill his appointment at Oakdale on last second Sunday, and Rev. H. B. Fant, of Anderson, ulled his place. Mr. Epp Sanders and sister, Eva, of Milltown, Ga., visited friends here last Sunday. One of Townville's yoong genta was out driving last Sunday afternoon with ono of Broyles' fair maids. We think Portman waa their attraction. The school at Oakdale iain a flour ishing condition, under the manage ment of Misses Med Major, of Belton, and Eula Donald, of Honea Path. They seem to take great interest in the children. Mus Eula McAdams, of Anderson vtile, can now be found behind the counter of the store of N. O. Farmer & Son, and will be pleased to see her many friends. Miss Pallie Barton has opened her school at Tugaloo. This is her sec ond year at that place. The school at Double Springs open ed bist .Monday, with Mies Rosa Pratt, of Level Land, es teacher. Miss Pratt isa graduate of Due West Female College, and comes to Double Springs highly recommended as a teacher. Long live the Intelligencer ! Romeo andJuliett. Nov.17._ Belton flews. Messrs. Horton & Gambrell are now in their tunde?me new stores and are ready to serve their customers. The two new stores occupied by this firm and the poa toft! ce add mnch to the at tractiveness of the square. The friends of Mr. E, B. Rice will be glad to know that he has sufficient ly recovered from his recent severe in juries aa to be able to drive out a few d Cotton has been bringing the good sum of Ho per ponnd, and it seems, that there are a number of farmers who are holding their cotton for something still better. It is to be hoped that the producers will be able to nave more of the advantage of the higher prices than they are usn al jv so lucky to obtain. Miss Mabel Brown has returned from a visit to Atlanta. . Senator Latimer has gone to Wash ington for the extra session of Con gress. , Belton, Nov. 10. X. RACKET STORE Has Changed Base on account of Needing TVtore Room - FOR OUR Gfrowiiig Business! I rom Now On Will be Found At Iff A OiilHTP fPFlimTF mm min? MAM ifiirLE OUMlNb ?HO ? -W BJ iff ? ? n More Clothing, More Dry Goods, More Shoes, AT LESS PRICE than any Store in Upper South Carolina. WATCH US ! We are going; tc sell them CHEAP ! Your loss if you don't give us a look. Satisfaction guaranteed to everybody. Come to see us in our New Quarters and you will continua to come. Yours to please, HOI-BASS CO 3? MAN & J. lill X. JU Are too Busy to fill in this space with the many - . . Matchless Values They are daily giving out to the Trade. These values speak for themselves wherever they arett sold, and henee need no fulsome praise in these columns. Our reputation for selling only Goods of the very besj( quality is a sufficient guarantee to the trade? Our prices are always THE LOWEST Consistent witk the best quality and honest measure. Bear in mind, then, our line : SHOES, DRY GOODS, TRUNKS, MOLASSES, TOBACCO, DEAN'S PATENT FLOUR, Ratliff's Select COFFEE, , In fact, everything that white folks use. AGENTS FOR WHEAT FERTILIZER. Also, sole agents for Anderson County for the genuine^ cd fashioned PERUVIAN GUANO. DEAN&RATL IFFE The Tip-Toppest Cotton Buyers?