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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1904. VOLUME XXXIX-NO 44 The Straight Front Varsity I flirt Sdnfacri HindTiilored Ooprricbt 1*0* H? Rut Manner ft Ku? If you want to Bee the snappiest stylos produced in Clothes for this Spring you want to see the new H. M. & S. "Straight Front Varsity." Yon can get a pretty good idea of it from the illustration! trat in order to see the Suit as it really is you need to put it .on and stand before the glass. Then you'll see for yourself how these Clothes fit. Notice how the coat collar lies on the neck-just follows your shirt collar around without a wrin kle. How smooth the shoulders are, what a graceful hang the coat has to it-from front, back or tho side. These and other good qualities of make and style you'll discover when you try this Suit on. Vie believe that when you get one good look at yourself in one of these Suits you'll much rather give up the price than give up the Clothes. . 0. Evans & Co. ANDERSON, S. C. The Spot Cash Clothiers :-: SPECIAL :-: SM A TH hh* V Omi u l) li i mi VJ FOR TEN DAYS ONLY, Beginning April 14th and ending April 23rd. These are a sample of the prices that will pre? vail in our Store for the above named period : Flours. A Fair Low Grade._..4.at $3.00 per barrel A Better Low Grade.. ..... *............ .at $3.60 per barrel A First-rate Choice Family. ..at $4 00 per barrel A Splendid Straight..at 84.25 per barrel An Excellent Half Patent. .. .at $5.00 per barrel A Matchless High Patent....... .at $5.00 per barrel. '< A Beautiful Paney Patent................. .at $5.50 per barrel A Good, Clean Feed Oats... -................ai 52e. per brunei Shoes. > A Splendid Value in Men's Fine Shoes. ................... 75o ? A Staving Good Value in Ladies' Fino Shoes.50c > A uniform 25 per cent, rednoiion will prevail all through * thia Hue on ull gradea. I ' We cannot charge any Goods At these prices, nor > send out any on approval. The tera? are absolute * ly and without variation SPOT CASH. > Remember tho date ana the Drice. The Howie of Unmatchable Values. STATE NEW?. - A railroad is to be built from Barmore to Ware's Shoals. - Stato constables seized fifty gal lons of booze hidden in a field near Duncans, Spartanburg County. - A salvation army post will likely be established in Columbia and sev eral up country towr s of the Slate. - An Oraugeburg oonstablo shot and killed a negro, who was resisting arrest. Tho negro tried to kill the constable. - In Barnwell thirty-three can didates have already announoed them selves as candidates for the various county offices. - John Engelmann. aged four years, was run over by a trolley oar in Char leston on Wednesday and both lega were ont off above the knees. -? The annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Junior Order of United American Moohanios takes place at Rook Hill on April 26. - Andy Benson, of Greenville, who stole four ohiokens in 1901 and was given five years io the penitentiary, has been pardoned by the Governor. - On the 12th inst. Mrs. George Duokett, who lives near Walhalla, gave birth to triplets. All three are oyo. The mother and children are doing well. - The date for the annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans will not bc changed from the time originally set, May 17, 18 and 19. The reunion will be held in Charles ton. - William Thompson, a negro of Columbia, beoame involved in a quar rel with his step-daughter and finally shot her with a pistol, the ball enter ing the fleshy part of the leg and mak ing an ugly wound. Thompson was captured after an ezoitiog chase. .- The supreme court has affirmed the decision of the lower court in the case of R. A. Adams, a white man convicted in ColleLon County of the killing of Henry Jaoque, also white, in February, 1903, and sentenced to be hanged. The case now goes baok to the lower oourt for sentence to be pronounced. - J. Bunyan Gregory, a white lad of Lancaster, aged about 14 years, was arrested on a charge of assault and battery with intent to commit a worse crime on Miss Minnie Caskey, daugh ter of Mr. John H. Caskey, who lives a oouple of miles from Lancaster. The boy, who denies the oharge, was given a preliminary and released OD a bond of $1,000. - C. M. CameroD, a eeo ti on fore* man on the Seaboard Air Line rail road, shot and killed Isaac Thors, a .jamden negro, Sunday morning at Sheppard, a station about six miles ! above CamdeD. The negro who waa armed went to Cameron's house and cursed and threatened him when Cameron secured his pistol and shot him. - Tho six-year-old son of Green wood Washington, colored, was killed on Monday evening, H th ins t., about dark, by the kick of a horse at his home io Newberry. Washing ton had driven the horse into the yard and was taking the harness off when the child ran up and the horse kicked him, death resulting in a few moments. - Last Saturday, 10th lust., Nathan Oxener, of Saluda County, met with a violent death. While OD his way to Batesburg with a two-horse wagoo load of shingles his horses beoame frightened and ran down a hill. Io some way the body of the wagoo was thrown completely off and turned up side down. Mr. Oxener was caught nader the body and shingles and .was crushed to death. No ODO witnessed the oasualty. Mr. Oxener was about 65 years of age. He was a gallant Confederate soldier. - J. MoRae Whitaker, second SOD of Mr. L. L. Whitaker, of Camden, was shot and killed OD Saturday af tar DOOD, 9th inst., at Boykin Station,*by J. E. Gillis. The men had had some trouble before and it was renewed. Whitaker oallen to the proprietor of a store and told of tho trouble and at the same time suggested that they turn over their pistols and fight it out fairly. Ii was at this juncture, while he was about to pass the pistol to a disinterested party, that the younger Gillis fired at him, the ball penetra ting him just below the heart and oauaing death io a few minutes. - The commencement exeroisos afc Converse College will be held on Sunday and Monday, May 29 and 30. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached by the Rev. Dr. J. J. Tigert, of Nashville, Tenn., a distinguished and eloquent divine of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Th? an nual address to the two literary socie ties will be delivered by Col. Bennett H. Young, of Louisville. Ky., a fa mous lawyer, noted for his eloquence and literary attainments. In the Con federate army he played a conspicu ous part ia the struggle of tho South against the North. The graduating class numbera 41 members. i - Io a shooting affair in Green ville on Tuesday night,. 12th inst., Policeman Tacker received wounds from ?hieb ho died, Policeman Bro wa waa wounded and Ellis Sanders, wutoh man for the Southern railway, was morta?y wounded. A notorious negro woman with whom Sanders had been living was arrested. 8he waa tmbse Septly released on bond, and when o officers met the watohman On Tuesday night ha opened fir?. Ac cording to the anto-mortem statement of Tooker he did not have time to use his pistol, the bullet whioh entered Sandor's body having been fired by Brown. Sanders died last Saturday. GENERAL SEWS. - A whole family was poisoned at Hoffman, N. G., last week from eating wild turkey. - Fire at McKinney, Texas, de stroyed the business property. The loss is $200,000; insaranoo $150,000. - The river and harbor bill which has passed congress, appropriates only $3,000,000 for river and harbor im provements. - The attorney gooeral of Qeorgia has ruled that all Georgia dispensaries must pay tho $200 tax the same as other dealers. - J. M. A. Watson, former clerk in the auditor's office of the distriot of Columbia, is being tried on the oharge of embezzling $73,000. - An Arkansas oirouit judge fined a bill collector for contempt of court because he presented "his honor" a bill while oourt was in session. - Rev. George Solomon, rabbi, of Savannah, has gone to New York to institute plans for settling 500 Jews in Emanuel County, Georgia. - Two white wemen at Wheeling, W. Ya., quarreled over a man and then engaged in a fight in which ODO drew a pistol and killed the other. - William Farr, of Nashville, Tenn., is held on the charge of hav ing been at the head of a college whioh conferred degrees ut $10 each. - Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, a woman convicted of murder in California, has entered an appeal. It is esti mated that her prosecution has oost California in the neighborhood of $80, ooo. - Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson was defeated in a close race for oon Sress in the 6th Alabama distriot by ohn H. Bankhead. Hobson's friends may contest the election, charging fraud. " - The Daughters of the Confed eracy of Athens, Ga., have written to the authorities of the University of Georgia protesting against the stu dents being permitted to play baseball on Memorial day. - A negro in Delhi, La., went to the house of his father-in-law, a negro preaoher, and calling his wife to the door shot her dead, shot his mother in-law fatally, and then sent a bullet through his own heart. - Magistrate Crane of New York says that in the last six months more than 300 boya have been arraigned be fore him for greater or less crimes, and of that large number 98 per oent confessed to smoking cigarettes. - A plot was discovered among five negroes to dynamite their way out of the State prison, Nashville, Tenn. Fellowing ihe discovery of the plot one of the conspirators, a negro, out his own throat, inflicting a mortal wound. - The gold dollar of the United States is the monetary standard of Canada, British Honduras and Colom bia, ana it is anticipated that Mexico will attain the gold standard, with the American dollar as its unit, at an early date. - Tucker Pinokney, the brother of Congressman John MoPherson Pinok ney, of Texas, was shot and killed near Hampstead, Texas, by negroes while riding by a negro ohuroh. The inoidGDt resulted in raoe feeling run ning high and trouble was feared, - Turner Pearson, a young man with a wife and ohild, committed sui oide at the home of his father-in-law in Milledgeville, Ga., in the presence of his wife and others by shooting himself. He lived in Atlanta and wanted his wife to move there and live with him, and she refused. - The famous factional fight in the Christian ohuroh, at Huntsville, Ala., has been revived. As a result, two elders and three members of the ohuroh were placed under arrest on Sunday afternoon for wilfully defacing and injuring the ohuroh building. Only one faction has worshipped in the ohuroh for several months past, and on Sunday the other faction post ed a r otico on the door warning overy one away, charging that the present trustees were illegally elected. - The Latimer Good Roads bill will be reported favorably by the sen ate committee early in the next ses s!on of congress. An agreement to that effect has been reached. . It was decided to amend the bill by fixing at $100,000 the minimum appropriation whioh each State shall first receive and then share in the balance of the appropriation in proportion to its pop ulation, no oity to oe credited with more than 10,000 population so as to limit appropriations for States haviag large cities. '- Four men* oin*?Washington . lost their lives by an explosion in the plant of a gas company. The death of one of tho men was the result of an heroic attempt to rescue his com* rades. He rushed into the engine room and catching the arm of one of them, who was buried in the debris, tried to drag him ont. The flames rapidly enveloped the rescuer, but he released his hold on his companion only after the arrival of the firemen, by whioh time he had received injuries whioh resulted in bia death. - A eeyore windstorm in Whites boro, Ky:, last Thursday picked un a hive of beac and dashed it through a farmhouse window. The hive-was de molished, add the liberated bees soon made it so uncomfortable for tho hu man ooo up an ts of the house that they wera compelled to vaoate it and rush oui ia tho storm. Lightning struck a tree in the orchard under whioh were several other hives, and all the bees were shocked to death and the honey in one hive melted by the heat of the electric discharge. Latest War News. St. Petersburg, April 13.-Official telegrama from Port Arthur state that that tho Russian battleship Potropav iovsk has been sunk ott' the entrance to the harbor. It is estimated that eight hundred men lost their lives hy the destruction of the ship. Among those who were drowned were Vice Admiral .Ma ku rofl', the com mander of tho Russian naval forces ?n tho Far East. So far as known only four of the officers were saved, among them being the Grand'Duko (Jvril, who was wound ed. The Grand Duke Cyril was only saved from death by a miracle. His brother, Grand Duke Boris, witness ed tho catastrophe through a marino glass. Dispatches received hero say that while going out to meet tho Japanese fleet oft* Port Arthur, tho Petropav lovsh struck a mine in the outer road stead, heeled over, turned turtle and sank. Practically tho whole of her crew were lost. As the Japanese fleet approached, Vice Admiral Makaroft' ordered his whole squadron out of tho harbor to meet the attack. St. Petersburg, April 14.-It was cru cially announced today that, tho tor pedo boat destroyer! Bezstrashni, was cut oi?' from the rest of the Russian fleet ai Port Arthur and sunk by the Japanese; that her crew was loet and that the battleship Poqieda accidental ly struck a mine while maneuvering, but was able to return to tho harbor without loss of life. The Bezstrashni was sent out dur ing the night to reconnoiter. She sepa rated from the rest of the f?eot owing to the bad weather prevailing and was surrounded by Jnpaneso torpedo boat destroyers and was sunk in tho light. Five men were saved. Forty-live officers and men perish ed on board the destroyed Bezstra shni. St. Petersburg, April 15.-A telegram from Admiral Alexieff, from Port Ar thur, to the emperor, Bays that from 0:15 o'clock this morning to midday, the Japanese lleet, in two divisions, bombarded tho fortress and the town alternately from tho Liao-TiBhan pro montory, tiring 185 projectiles. The Russian squadron, including the battleship Pobieda, replied from the anchorage by a plunging fire. The batteries also participated. The losses on land were seven Chi nese killed and live soldiers, and three ChineBe wounded. Tho Russian warships sustained no damage and there was no loss of life on them. London, April 10.-A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports that the battle ship Sebastopol and another Russian vessel have been blown up at Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, April 17.-Rumors were in circulation here today of a fresh engagement on the Yalu river which hud resulted favorably to the Russians, but a dispatch received by the general Kt atv tonight says that the situation is unchanged and that all is quiet on the Yalu. According to tue reports of spies, the Japanese troops in Korea have been ravaged by the various diseases. One of these diseases, called "inibion," is a kind of intermitent typhus. Anoth er, called "souda," whick has not yet been studied by European doctors, produces premature senility. The patients lose their teeth, become extremely weak and the nails aro twisted on tho lingers. Dysentery is very prevalent among the Russians at Harbin. The Russians report that they have repulsed an attempted landing by the Japanese between Port Arthur and the Yalu river. When the two armies meet on land a great battle is expected. To Confederate Veterans. The following circular let.'sr to the Confederate veterans of the State has just been issued. To all Camps of United Confederate Veterans in South Carolina : We beg to call the attention of veterans to the dates of the approaching reunions. Our South Carolina division will hold its annual reunion in Charleston, S. C., on May 17th, 18th and 19th, 1004. The United Sons of Confederate Vete rans have been invited to hold their annual convention at the same time and place, and to participate in the samo welcomo ceremonies, and have accented. Tho general Confederate reunion will be held in Nashville, Tenn., June 14th, 15th and 10th, 1004. You are earnestly urged to ?end full delegations from all your camps to both these reunions. Each camp send ing delegates to these reunions should elect and send a sponsor. It is our duty to insist upon the col lection and payment by you of all camp dues to both these bodies. The division dues of 5 cents per member should be forwarded to J. M. Jordan, Adj. Gen., Greenville, S. C. The Con federation dues of 10 cents per member should bo forwarded to Gen. Wm. E. J/ickle, 824 Common street, New Or leans, La. You are urged to make immediate payment of all dues in ar rears. No camp will bo allowed to vote in the convention unless all dues for the present year are paid. In case any camp is unable to pay all arrear age it may pay as much as possible, together with does fer the present year, and they will be allowed to re tain their present number. Unless this is done the number of the camp Will be lost, and upon reorganization will have to take a lower number. This is important, aseach camp should have a just pride in retaining its first number. Yon are cordially urged to use your influence and efforts toward the for mation of camps in towns and com munities where they may not now exist. Each reunion reminds us how thin ont ranks are ?Trowing at every gath ering. We miss faces long familiar and each returning year numbers with the phantom bosta the forms of com rades who have bivouaced on the theres of Eternity. ThoB. W. Carwile, Maj. Gen, g. C. Div. U. C. V. - Andrew Cor, a young white man, is ander arrest in Latta, Marion County, oharged with forgery. He had-jost served a sentence on the ohaiogang when arrested. - Shrimp salad and chafing dish mushrooms will provision an engage ment, but it takes roast beef and mashed potatatoes to satisfy married life. To See the Prettiest and Most Complete Line of DRESS GOODS Ever shown in Anderson, at Prices that DEFY COMPETITION, come to j The Racket Storel Our Buyer has just returned from the Northern markets, and values in Goods are arriving daily that prove to th? most fastidious dressers the result of careful selections. See our Stock of the Celebrated Strouse & Bros. High Art SPRING- and SUMMER CLOTHING, Which will interest those who wish to dress well and SAVE MONET. A new and complete line of OXFORDS, Men's, Women's and Children's, at prices unequalled else where. We extend to all a cordial invitation to visit our Stores? inspect our Goods, and be convinced that what we say is true. Successor to Horn-Bass Co., 110,116,120, East Benson St.,.Anderson, S. 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