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Tn t*p>11 i cTff^n POT Published every Wednesday. J. F. CLINKSCALEB, ) EDITOHS AND C. C. LANGSTON, \ PROPRIETORS. ONE YEAR, - - - SIX MONTHS. - - $1 m 75 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9. 1904. If the farmer will raiBe his home supplies on his farm, there will never be any danger in the overproduction of cotton._ It has been decided to hold thc an nual reunion of the United Confed erate Veterans ut Nashville, Tenn., ?Tune 14, 15 and 10. In Severance, Kansas, an ordinance authorizes the girls to pop thc ques tion, and requires the men to accept the propo?itions without a murmur. The world do move in Kansas. Dubing thc last two months the speculators have bought and sold over fifty million bales of cotton. In other words in that short time thc crop of thc South has been bought and sold five times over. Tho Columbia State well says : "It is the duty of sound business men to offer for thc Legislature in every County. It may be argued that 'thc people' prefer to bo represented by tho dull, thc narrow and the incompetent, but at least give them something bet ter than Hobson's choice." Stato Chairman Wilie Jones has called a meeting of the Kxecutivo Committee of the Democratic party to beheld in Columbia on Tuesday even ing, April 5th. The committee will fix thc time for the Stato Convention, at which delegates will be elected to the National Dcmooratio Conven tion. _ _ One bill which passed the last Legislature has heretofore escaped notice as to its importance. Its effect will be to practically put out of busi ness the money loan sharks who have done so much harm in the cities of the State. Tho law applies to mort gages and is of suoh a character as to prevent theso men doing business. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, talk ing to a reporter for tho Washington Post, of tho coming national election, expressed tho opinion that thc Demo crats had a good chance to win if thev wcro careful of their proceeding. A., to candidates, the veteran Senator said that he had his preference, but it waB not time to talk about that yet, but he expressed "an unalterable op position to the candidacy of any man who may have twice held the Presi dential office." In other words, it is anybody to beat Cleveland with the Alabama statesman. / The New York Medioo-Legc? So ciety will have a bill introduced in the State Legislature instituting the whipping post as a punishment for wife beating. Tho president of tho society says "Thc present system of punishment is whoiiy inadequate. It j _ ._ mu._. _._ _ o uuen uuti timur, HIL- gruaii atruuui ui wretched and despairing women that passes us is one of thc indescribable horrors of civilization." It is point ed out that in Delaware where thc whipping post is employed to roprcts this instinct of- barbarism in men, wife beating has boen well nigh done away with. Such a law should be en acted in every State. Now and then many of the news papers refer to the iron trado an thc pulse of business, but in an agricul tural country like ours the farmer is the mudsill and foundation of fortune. And just at the present the American farmer seems to be doing pretty woll. In his last report Secretary Wilson, of the Agricultural Department, re views at length the growth and ex ports of American agricultural pro ducts and shows that the increase in suoh produots for the half century ended 1901 was from $147,000,000 to $952,000,000-550 per cent. The ex ports of farm products for the dosing decade of the last century W6?c more than $700,000,000, and for 1903 more than $878,000,000, an amount second only to that of 1901. Although tie onsumption of cotton is greater tKan ever before yet, in addition to supply ing the homo market, the South ex ported last year nure than 3,500,000, O00 pounds of cotton* worth $317,000, 000. Of grain and grain produots the export exceeded in value $221, 000,000, and io tho supply of animals, meats and meat products the value of exportation was $211,000,000. Dis cussing the balance of trade, the Sec retary shows that the favorable bal ance to the oredit of this country is due entirely to the farmers. The bal ance of trade in favor of farm pro duots during the last fourteen years, no year excepted, aggregated $4,806, 000,000. In products other than those of the farm, during the same period, th? balance of trade was ad vorj,. ,. rl,?4 omi ni rv* tn the OXU-nr. nf * V',% ' ' -r .? : . otiVy cancelled this iinuiuuso obligation, nut ??laced $3,910,000,000 to the credit of ne nation when the books of inter national exchange were balanced. He concludes that "it is the farm er*" wSn have p*id tifo foreign bouV hdders." JOSEPH LABOON BYKUM. lt Y VV . W. K VA s. Ono of tho sturdiest citizen? of An derson County forty years ago was Joseph L. By ru m. lim home wad a mile and a half west ot tho city of An derson and is Htill known ns the Hyruui homestead. His nearest neighbor on the west was my father, and fer a dis tance of about a mile, running north and smith, their lands joined. They both had large farms, koot largo herds of sheep and cattle and hog?, with horses and IUUICB and servants sulli cient to operate their place?, and al though tho line fence was a very sorry one, furnishing very poor protection against tho passing of stock from ono pince to the other, there wau never, to my knowledge, any cause of serious di florence between thorn on account of tho trespassing of ?tock or from any other cause. They were what we would call good neighbors. They re spected each other's rights, were con siderate of each other's interests, and accommodating and fraternal a? neigh bor? should be. lu both the By ru m and the Keys home were many chil dren and these, following the good example of their fathers, maintained in all their relation? a kindly fellow ship and mutual good will toward each other. And so it was also with tho mothers ic these homes. The ex change of friendly visits and a thous and and ono little courtesies between the good women continued through nearly half a century. Each seemed to thoroughly understand tho other, and if there was ever an unkind feel ing on the part of either foi- the other their children never knew it. ile who learns how to live in harmony with his fellows has solved one of the iin riortant problems that con front? every i fe. These families solved the prob lem as it concerned them a? neighbors, and enjoyed the blessings resulting from it? solution through a long period of year?. If 1 remember correctly, Joseph L. By ru m wa? a native of Georgia, prob ably of Hart County. On a visit lo Anderson County when a young man he made the acquaintance of Mis? l'eggy Burri??, a member of tho large tinnily of that name which has done so much for the development and en riching of thu County, and soon there after they were married and begun the journey of lifo together. They wero well mated. They were both dcaconded from Bturdy stock and had been reared in conditions that required familiarity with all Berts of labor noccs Bary to country lifo in their timo. Mr. Hy nun was both a mechanic and a far mer, while his good wife knew how to Bpin and weave and make the cloth ing, to tend the garden and prepare the meals, and to wisely direct the affairs of her household. And in a knowledge of all th enc accomplishments she gave her six or seven daughters full instruc tion. As I remember Mr, Byrom be was rather of tho rugged order, and I nm impressed that he paid somewhat less attention to his personal appearance and to tho conventionalities of lifo than wnB usual with tho other gentle men of the community. He wt?? not a man to wear store-bought clothes and tho regulation black silk neck-choker and Bilk hat. Indeed, 1 doubt if ho would have worn such nn outfit if it had been provided by his frienda free of coat, and ! feel quite sure that he valued his dollars too highly to invest them in such articles while hi? good wife, l'eggy, kept him BO well sup plied with the necessary articles for his comfort of her own make. But if he was indiff?rent to his personal ap pearance he was not indifferent to his Bersonal conduct, and after all it is otter to put the emphasis on conduct than on appearance. And evidently that is where this rugged countryman put it. Ile was a man of stern Integ rity, of the kind whose word is as good os their bond. He gave full measures of wheat and of corn for the money and put honest lumber and hon est work into every plow-stock and wagon-wheel that went out from his shop. When au honest heart beats within a bosom, who cares whether it is covered with tine linen and broad cloth or coarse cotton and jeansf Mr. By rum was not very socially in clined. He Boldom visited bin neigh bors. I imagine he was too busy with bis farm and shop work to spare the time necessary for visiting. And yee he was a hospitable man and enjoyed the comradeship of his neighbors and always gave them a cordial welcome when they weut to his home. He was a hard working man ami I suppose spent as few days in idleness in the year as any man of hi? means in An derson County. Ho worked on tho farm during tho crop season, made brick after tho crops wore "laid by" and spent many weeks in his shop, which was well supplied with forge and benches and anvils and all the tools necessary for work in wood nud iron. He could build a wagon or make a plow, and do all kinds of repniriug, from the most delicate pm ts of intricate ma chines to the heaviest parts of the large farm wagons. He did much repair work for his neighbor farmers and was always most accommodating about it. His shop was a curious looking place, at least to a little boy who was not used to such establishments. In addi tion to the numerous tools which hung from nails and spikes in the walls, such as sawB and hammers, planes and axes of all kinds and sizes, squares and comp a? sos, drawing knives and wrench es, screw drivers and files, vices and screws, tongs and punches, there were all kinds of lumber in all the stages of manufacture, and everywhere were bro ken wheels and springs and sbaf ts and fdow-stocks and scythes and number ess other suoh articles awaiting the skillful band of tho master mechanic or discarded na worthless. Talk about a curiosity shop, but if Mr. Byrom's shop was not a curiosity, then 1 have never seen a place that deserved to be so de signated. To the novice there was con fusion everywhere, but 1 imugine with tho master of the place things were in perfect order and justas ho wanted them. Tho subject of my sketch was a lnrgo man, perhaps six feet high and two hundred pounds in weight. He was stoop-shouldered and moved in slow and measured strides. Ho wore a full beard, which was originally black, hut ns 1 remember him it was well mixed with gray ; ho had a small, keen oyo that Hashed from under a heavy brow, a stern though kindly face, and bore the appearance of a man who in the vigor of manhood possessed great powers of en durance. Ho would have been selected ina crowd of a hundred as a man of great physical strength, and he reached quite an advanced age before there was any ?erceptible waning of bis vital forces, n his "Village Blacksmith" Longfel low thus describes the man who awak ened his Muse: ''The nmlth, a mighty roan was he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the monotes of bin brawny ur ms Are strong as iron bandy." .Who that kneW Joseph L. Byrum in Mi? ?tiiyi*'ol tus vigor that doe? not ro c '."liz.- In* pict nie ie th?? nlit,yo line?? And there is much else in this gem of onr greatest American poet that is equally as applicable to onr friend. I can remember when Mr. Byram was regarded aa a crack shot with the rifle, and recall the pride with which ono of m. oMfi: hu??her* exhibited n?*i even him in nflt' shooting. Hu liad spent tho afternoon with the old gentleman ?mil his nous in target shooting in the grove by the shop, and Hucceeded in nutting a billet in the centre of tim bull's eye at a distance of a hundred yards, while thu next best shot, that of Mr. Hyrnin himself, waua full inch from the centre. It was a triumph of which ho waB quito proud ; but per haps tho old man's eye was then grow ing dim and his nerves were less steady than fo. -riv. Ho had become expert With the ri tie in tho days when the for ests abounded with deer and turkeys and squirrels; and. like the men ofilia time who indulged in such sports, he took pride in telling of the successful "drives" in which ho had engaged. He lind the out flt of tho typical hunts man of his early days-the long-bar relled rifio, tiie powder-horn and tho buck-skin game bag-and thus equipp ed hs was a lit model for a statute of the pioneer of whom we read in the books. From tho dnye of my childhood I have carried two dinting impressions of .Joseph L. Byrum. One is that he was a stern, rugged and hard-working man who cared next to nothing for tho conventionalities of lifo but who was deeply concerned with tho varied in terests of his farm and shop and brick yard and tho welfare of his family. This impression 1 gained from obser vation JIN a chilli and youth in contact with him and otiier members of his home. The other impression is that he was a man of ligid integrity and high sense of honor; and this impression I gained from tho estimate placed on tho good man by my parents and older brothers. I believe both aro just and correct, and it gives mo great pleasure to bo able always to thus think of the man who was the nearest neighbor through so many years to my father, and who through them all was his friend. "Thanks, thanks to theo, my worthy friend, For the lesHonsthou hakt taught. Thus at tho Huming fonte of life Our fi r unes munt be wrought ; Thus ou Us Hounding anvil shaped Esch burning d?H>d mi thought." ti reen ville, S. C., Feb. ii!), 1004. War in (he Far East. St. Petersburg, March 5.-Although almost four weeks have elapsed since the Japanese first attacked Port Ar thur, here the war is considered hardly to have begun. Heavy land fighting, upon which tho fate of tho campaigu depends, is not expected much before the end of April. Hy this time Russia will have in the held, exclusive of the largo army of men required to guard the railroads, four army corps, each with a cavalry division and an artillery brigade. Ail that has happened so far, or is going to happen until these forces ure in the field, is considered, according to the Ruesian view, to be nothing more than tho prologue to the real drama. Vlad i roBtok, March 5.-A fleet of live Japanese battleships and twocruis ers appeared ott' this place at 1.35 o'clock this afternoon and bombarded the town and shore batteries for 4" minutes, The fleet approached from the direc tion of Askold island at the east en trance of Ussuri bay and about32 miles southeast of Vladivostok. Entering I'ssuri bny the enemy formed in lino of battle but did net approach to a closer range than five and one-third miles. They directed their tire against tho shore batteries and the town, but no damage resulted as most of their ?00 lyddite shells failed to burst. The attack resulted in no loss to the Russians, but cost the enemy 200,000 roubles ($100,000) in ammunition. Moot of the projectiles were six and 13 inch shells. The 2,500 Japanese troops who land ed at Plaksin bay are advancing to ward Muoan with the intention of veaching Hunchnn, .'nd threatening the Russian flank. To checkmate this move a Russian outpost. 1,500 strong, is advancing to occupy Koyryoung, on the Turnen river. London. March 7.-It ia reported from St. Petersburg that great anxiety is felt for the Russian Vladivostok fleet, which ia now locked out of the harbor by the Japanese. The Russians will soon be helpless because coal and munition will soon be exhausted. It is feared that the Russian ships will be destroyed by the Japanese fleet. Seoul, March 7.-Russian soldiers in the vicinity of Anju are committing all manner of excesses, maltreating native women and committing robbery. Ko rean soldiers attacked n body of the invaders last Friday, killing 30. It ie reported that as a result of this, colli sion between Russians and Koreans nt Kanggo, the Russians were driven be yond tho Yalu river. Notice of Election. TIT?? Electors of Townvllle School District are hereby notified that an Elec tion will be held at tho Town vii lo Acad emy on Saturday, March 10, 1004, on the tho question of levying an additional TAX of Three Mills on all the taxable property tn the District, Bald Tax to be used for School pnrposvs. J. W. SHIRLEY, J. A. 8 > EVENSON, W. T. HUNT, Tm? tees. M ft roh 2.1004_37_2__ - THE - Faners Loan & Trost Go., ANDERSON, S. C., IS authotized by ils Charter to act aa Executor, Administrator, Guardian or Ti u a tee. It is also authorized to lend money at lowest rates on satisfactory paper. Interest paid on dep.'gita. - TUB - Has plenty of money to lend the Farmers tn help them make their crops cheaply. R. 8. HILL, President. J. R. VANDIVER, Cashier. fCAN WE INTEREST YOU\ ti HEGE IMPROVED LOG-BEAM SAW MILL? Wt-rH THC HKACOCK-KlfrO VARiAeiC FCEO WORKS. IT CAN'T bE SCAT. Write "The Machinery People" for prices W. H. GIBBES <S? CO. coomata, s. c. INOINK?, UOILCH8. COTTON 0?NS. TMK ?Nil PO AT AB I* ?Mttt&t MACHINE We've always something new to talk about. If you want correct styles, good Goods at Lowest Prices visit our Store first. Corsets, Corsets. Warner Brothers New Style Corsets, with or without Hose Supporters. These are guaranteed not to rust-a new one free if they do. Price, 81.00 eaoh. Wc buy Corsets from the Manufacturers, and get Jobbers' prices. Real nice Girdles to arrive this week at 25c. Genuine Batiste Girdles at 48o each. R. & G. 81.00 Coraets, correct styles, at 75c each. New lot Ladies' Hose Supporteis at 25c and 49c. Dry Goods Specials. Yard -vide Taffeta Silk, guaranteed not to split, at 81.00 yard. Silk and Wool Henrietta, worth 81.50 at 81.15 yard. 50-inch Black Brilliantine, worth 81.00, at 75c yard. 30-inch Blouse Linen, worth 25c, at 15c yard. New Style Dark Percales, worth 10c, at 8c yard Remnant White Homespun, thin but oheap, 3ic yard. Yard-wide Bleaching, worth 9c, at 7*c yard. 24-inch Birdeye Diaper Cloth, 10 yards, 69c bolt. Shoes, Shoes. Women's Dongola Shoes, Heel or Spring Heel, Common Sense or Cap Toes, all styles, and every pair guaranteed, at 81.25 pair. Shoes for Children, all solid, sizes 5 to 8's, at 50c pair. Women's New Style Blucher Shoes at 82.00-look and wear like the 83.00 kind. The Queen Bess Shoe for Ladies at 82.50 is a Shoe of beauty. Men's Fine Shoes, all solid, at 98c pair and up. We handle such high grade Shoes as the Selz and Bion F. Reynolds, 82.00 to 84.00 pair. A GOOD L-l NE OF Men s and Boys' Clothing and Pants, Cheaper than you can buy them 'elsewhere. The I. S. line of Boys' Knee Panta, guaranteed not to rip, at 49c to 98c pair. of Turkey for 5c, Bul Comba 5c each, Extra Heavy Horn Combs at 10c each, Stick Blue ing to arrive thia week, five Sticks in Box, at 3c Box, one hundred dozen Ladies' Fast Colored Black Ribbed Hose, strictly seamless, at 10c pair. TRUNKS-We buy in Car Load lots. Metal Trunks at 98c to 810.00 kind at 86.98. Canvas Trunk, cheapest up to 825.00 kind at 815.C0. THE BEE HIVE Blood Ammoniated Fertilizer. We are selling Armour's Guano and Acid, and have a few more ears of our comtract- left. If you want high grade Blood Ammoniated Goods see us AT ONCE. VANDIVER BROS. - GET THE HABIT! TO SEE fr HE BOSTON SHOE STORE Before you buy anything in the Shoe Une. 4 Few odds and ends of solid, heavy Shoes formen, women and children at greatly reduced prices. ^ These Shoes are Bargains and give full satisfaction. Do you want a NICE SUNDAY SHOE ? The latest s lyle, combined with comfort. If so come ? and let me fit you. Rubber and Leather Boots. Rubbers for little and big babies of any kind. Full line of HOSIERY. LEGGINS. OVER-GAITERS. MARTIN 8ELICMAN. J. W. Quattlebaum. | Ernest ff. Cochran. Qnattlehaum & Cochran, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ANDERSON............ Cm "PrwjtJoo in all Court?, State and Fede tl J.::.. A?onev to Lend on An derain County Real Katata. Cheapest Laundry in the Oily I do flrat-olaBa hand wot k, and g naran 66 R ?t la foo ti on to every patron. My prices are reasonable, and I want yea to give mo a trial order. Will call for and ?.liver all clothing free of ooet In tb* ct tv * .* io*7 Want Barle S^veH, Tefep'aena 105. J. 8. WAH. 1? TT TT 7 MOA julius ti. wen & io. i i Come 51 Irl d fi e Us This Week. I ?^,You will be?waisting dollars if you fail to take advar> tago of this'week's sale. 'Vim xnln ? - T\_J__J (Bill_ BW ??WO XXX XII COO tJTUUUB UUU 0A1?.D. rSi Special offers of Ginghams, White Goods and Linens, Bargains; in Laces, Embroideries and Neckwear. have inst received the very latest effects in Ladies'! Belts-Crushed Leather, Military, Tailor-made and Ciuehe Fabric Belts, ?p Everything that is new in Pearl and Gilt Buttons, Hair Ornaments, Ladies' Wrist and Carriage Bags.? During last week wo have closed out fifty dozen Ladies^ Bid Gloves at 50c. We were fortunate, however. Our Buyer in New York secured another lot, and we will put them os sale this week. Ladies' Fine Quality Kid Gloves, black and colored] value $1.00 and $1.50, at 50c. New Spring Millineryj Ready-to- Wear Hats by the hundreds. EMpMftt"y JULIUS H. WEIL & CO. GRANITE BOW. A FEW NEEDFULS FOR YOUR DAILY MEALS TRY THESE. They may be new on yon, bal all ave good. X-CEL-O-FLAKES-They are ready to eat and are better tb J Force. Ten canta a package. MONARCH SWEET CORN-The sweetest, ju Wy Com, gLarantel to please. Fifteen cents, or two for twenty-five cents. ME \DO .Y DEW TOMATOES-These ar* mtm njc*?%s>. vesv m put up. trial of these will certainly please you.. Tea oents the can. If ni jo?a please you tell your friends for me, if not please ten mea your comi aita j C. FRANK BOLT. Gash Grocer J Phone 279. J AFTER THIS DATE | We Will Not Retail Fertilizers I And Acid Phosphate to Any On! We do this for the reason that we are represented here by Merchal and it will be much better for all of the retail business to pan through tP hands, thereby saving a lot of con?ision. Wa therefore respectfully ; ask friends to call on OSBORNE & PEARSON. OR DEAN & RATMFFE? Or any other one of our repr?sentative? here or any adjacent town. W represented at every Town in the up-countiy, and hope to merit your tinned liberal patronage. OUR GOODS ARE FIRST CLASS IK EVERY RESPEf And the results show that there is none superior In quality. insoi mam MD OH 4 OUR WAY THE GENTLE WA?. The feelings and the edges of the Coila? are respected, Shirts are re turned to theiWpwnera free from the rip and tear that some Laundries seem to think are necessary, Cuff? are worn out as little as maybe. Aa a reault the linen lasts longer and wears hot ter when done at the LATJREN8 STEAM LAUNDRY, LAURENS, 8. Cl tu*/**.?***?, 37-S NOW !S THE Tl For Overhauling Carriages and Buggies so as to have them ready for servie* in pretty weather,. We have a tine lot of material and plen ty good, reliable help, and will do our best to please with repairs on all vehicle a. PAUL F. STFPHE1