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?? ? ~ ? -?-----?-_ ,. BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON._. _ANDERSON, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL ?7. 1904. ~ VOLUME XXXIX-NO. 45. The Straight Front Varsity ! Copyright 1B04 Li Har? &-h&?D?T A Vira If you want to see the snappiest styles produced in Clothes for this Spring you want to see the new H. M. & S. "Straight Front Varsity." You can get a pretty good idea of it from the illustration, but in order to see the Suit as it really is you need to put it on and stand hefore the glass. Then you'll aee 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 th? coat has to it-from front, back or the side. These and other good qualities of make and style you'll discover when you try this Suit on. We 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. B. 0. Evans & Co. ANDERSON, S. C. The Spot Cash Clothiers ??6 1: ..'V . Profoundly grateful to our friends who have manifest* ed their confidence in us during our Big Special Sale jiiBt ended, we take this means of expressing our sincere appreciation of the splendid patronage they gave us as a result of .the expressed promise in our advertisements that we would give exceptional values during that Sale. We did not resort to that threadbare old hoax in advertising Goods "At Now York Coat" and under, for our customers are intelligent people, and no longer credit such magna nimity on the part of merchants. We simply gave the public our prices and described the Goods as faithfully as we could. The result was moT<? than gratifying tc us, and proves to as that the public appreciate being dealt with faithfully and honestly. This baa always been our policy and will continue so to be. In the absence of any special prices now. we announce our readiness to- 'J SAVE CUB CUSTOMERS' MONET On all purchases in our line. Oar priesa are always as low as quality will permit, aa we do not advertise "Cheap Goods" bot "Good Goods" at reasonable prices; '?y it The Store that does what it Advertises. STATE KEW?. - Conway has shipped a second oar lpad of strawberries JNorth. - Judge Gage continues unable to hold court. The State says his con dition is serious. - Conway has unanimously voted a bond issue of $10,000 for erecting a schoo.l building. - Tho Lexington Dispatch says that a Parker Club is io be formed in that city, to work in tho interests of that gentleman for president. - A survey has been made from tho Savannah down the valley to Bee if territory for a now county can be cut off from Abbeville and Edgefield. - Senator Tillman has returned home from Washington by direction of his physician, as he is not yet well enough to attend to his senatorial duties. - It is reported from marion that the republicans from that county arc especially aotive and intend to put out a county ticket for the general elec tion this year. - The nomination of Cram for col lector of the port of Charleston will not be oonfirmed at this session of the Senate- but the president will re appoint him-for about the fourth time. - The pension roll last year was 8,296. During the year 532 died or left the State or were dropped and 793 new names have been added, making a present total of 8,527-net increase of 231. - Yorkville ?B making good pro gress in the matter of its Confederate monument. The corner stone will be laid on thp 10th of May. Col. As bury Coward will be the orator of the ocoasion. - Rev. E. G. Lund, D. D., of Min neapolis, Minn., has been called to St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Char leston, to succeed Dr. James A. B. Scherer, the new president of New berry College. - Relatives of Sergt. Ernest Rey nolds who lives in Bennettsville, have reeeived a oablegram stating that he was killed in battle near Manila. He was torn to pieces by a cannon ball and died instantly. - The suit for $30,000 damages by Fitz McKay against the Seaboard for the loss of a leg while aoting as brake man near Columbia, resulted in a ver dict for $25,000, the jury being out only fifteen minutes. - The State Board of Dispensary Directors has decided to give the city of Charleston her part of tho dispen sary profits which have been withheld for several months. The amount the city will receive is about $5,000. - Will Gardner, a negro at Barton in this State shot and killed Will Stone, a white man, wounded John Griner and killed a negro bystander. He then took to tho woods. The origin of the trouble is not known. - Sam Hunnioutt, a young white man, was convieted on eight charges beforo the mayor of Rook Hill, the most serious charge being grossly in decent conduct beforo ladies, and was fined $200 or 240 days on the chainga?g. He appealed. v - Wesley W. Madden was shot twice and badly wounded by Bud B. Hill, in a negro restaurant at Laurens while the two men with several friends were getting dinner. Both men had been drinking. Both are farmers of Laurens County. - Mrs. Lizzie Goodsou committed suicide by hanging herself at the home of her daughter in Piokens County. She and her husband had been separ ated for some time and it is thought brooding over her unhappy lifo led her to take her own life. - Jno. B. Irby, a young farmer of Marlboro County, was waylaid and shot at ten times by negroes on Wed nesday night, five of the shots tak ing effect, though his wounds are not serious. He returned the fire with a pistol and the negroes fled. - There are three important meet ings in May. The State D?mocratie Convention meets in Columbia May 18; the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, in Greenville May 17-18; the Reunion of the State Veterans will bo held in Charleston May 17, 18 and 19. - Dr. W. H. Jackson, who lived in Colombia 1869 to 1877, died at hts home io Erie County, New York, where he was a prominent business man. He was associated with the carpet bag government in this State and left when the Hampton Ad ministration waa established, - The. Columbia Record of tho 20th inst., says: Commissioner of Im migration Watson's correspondence is quite large now, and many inquiries about the State are being made. He has a large list of names of white men who want farm work ia the State. He is corresponding with variouB peo {de in the State in reference to looat og these people. The commissioner ia also endeavoring to' secure several large tr?ete Of land, and if he succeeds he oan locate colonies of desirable far mers ia the State. . -Constable Fred W. Fourea, of Orangeburg, in a eouffle with a negro whom he had ander arrest, shot and killed the negro, about seven miles below that etty. It seems that two ?oung negroes, Riobard and Jeff Shu >r, got into a difficulty with another negro on last Friday eight and shot at him several times, bat failed . to hit him. A warrant was sworn oat against tho Shulers before Magistrate Bran son, of Or?ngebarg, end ho seat Con stable Foares oat to arrest them. The prisoner attempted to escape and io the struggle the offiofr drew his pistol and fired, killing the negro almost in stantly. . . .-. GENERAL BEWS. - A large section of tho wholesale district of Toronto, Ont., was burned on Tuesday night, 19th inst., oausing a loss whioh will run to *bout $10, 000,000. - The damage to the battleship Missouri, as the result of tho explo sion on tho vessel while near Pensa cola, Fl?., recently has been estimated at only $10,000 by the ohief construc tor of the navy. - Mrs. Laura llebach, aged 32, was shot and killed in Wilmerding, ' Pa., by Mrs. Hugh Beninger, with whose husband she was walking at the time, and Mr. Beningor was shot io tho leg by his wife, The trouble was jeal ousy. - John Morgan, a Norfolk, Va., carpenter 60 years of age, was struck ann knocked down by his son-in-law, receiving injuries in falling from whioh he died at onoe. There had been bad blood between the two men for three years. - The Louisiana State election came off on Tuesday, 19th inst. N. C. Blanchard was eleoted governor by the Demoorats. The "Lily White" Republicans ran Gen. J. W. Behan, a Confederate veteran. The regular Republicans ran no ticket. - A. J. Davis, a government gau ger, was convioted in the United States oonrt at Greensboro, N. C., of making fraudulent returns. He had swindled the govornmeot out of about $30,000 in four mouthe by collusion with wholesale liquor establishments. - President Roosevelt, from his desk in the White House at Washing ton, will press the electric button which will set in motion the whole of the World's' Fair machinery. This will be done at exactly 1 o'olook eas tern time, or 12 o'clock noon, St. Louis time, next Saturday. - A negro is being closely guarded in the jail at Davenport, Iowa, because he swallowed a valuable diamond Ma sonic emblem. The negro abstracted thc emblem from a tray in a jeweler's store, and the elerk turned j net in time to see the negro swallow the jewel. - S. H. Herrin, of Culman, Ala., who was recently nominated in the democratic primary for clerk of the circuit oourt in his county, dropped dead while signing a note of thanks to the voters of his county. Just as he signed his name he was stricken with heart disease and died almost instant ly. - Tho Virginia Democratic State Convention was held on Wednesday. lt is said that the opening was one of the stormiest ever held in Virginia, but things quieted down and the con vention ended in harmony and enthu siasm. The fouv delegates at large and all tho district delegates except two are for Gorman for president first and Parker second. - According to M. Piohon, the Japanese soldier has muscles like whipcord, is a sure shot, has an eye for landmarks and a memory for local ity. He eau do with three hours' sleep out of thc twenty-four, is clean ly, attends to sanitary instructions and is ardently patriotic. He costs the Stale about nine cents a day and thir.ks himself well off. - Georgia ha9 a model log oabin at the World'a Fair to exhibit the real Georgia cane syrup. An old negro woman from Georgia makes Georgia flap jacks free for visitors. These appetizing flap jacks are served with the syrup to all visitors to Georgia's World's Fair building, whioh is a re production of ''Sutherland," the home of the late Gen. Johu B. Gordon. - Habitual drunkards after convic tion in Montreal, Quebec, are now given the option of paying a fine, undergoing imprisonment or taking a certain cure. At present there are twenty-two under treatment, ten at their homes and twelve at the jail. Each patient is expected to take six teen doses of the prescribed medicine each day, and is warned not to drink any intoxicating liquors during the time of trial. - The House committee on mili tary affairs has authorized a favorable report on a Senate bill "to provide for the proper marking of the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the Confed erate army and navy who died in Northern prisons." Thc bill was amended by reducing the amount ap propriated from $200,000 to $20,000, and putting the work o? locating the graves in the hands of an army officer, instead of a commission. - Miss Mary B. Robinsor, of Pitts burg, Pa., is th2 riohest woman evan gelist. She is the niece of John G. Robinson, secretary of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railway; has a fortune of $500,000 is her own right, and owns ono of the most luxurious homes in the Smoky City. She is young, pretty and has such a glorious voice that au impresario offered her $10,000 a year to sing in public Friends and relatives opposed her purpose, but she has de cided to enter the field of evangelical work and devote her life to teaching the moral law and trying to save sin ners. - With the arrest of Eddie Fay, Postoffioo Inspector Janies E. Stuart thinks the mystery as to the identity of the men who some months ago rob bed the Chioago postoffioo of $74,000 in s tam p>-"has been fully cleared up. Inspector Stuart said that he was sure Fay planned the whole affair and pro fited most by it. Fay is now in jail at Superior, Wis. j and is to be tried for robbing the postoffioe there. Of the others implicated in the robbery "Lind" flowlih an is in the peniten tiary at Raleigh, N. C.. "Tom T?rke" and "Australian Mao are now at Urge, and "Jo" Hopkins is dead, hav ing been killed by "Dan" Ripley in a f fight over a woman. Latest War News. The Russians have retired from Korea altogether, leaving the entire peninsular to the Japanese, who aro advaucing in two divisions, carefully covering their rear. Russiau officers are all at sea regard ing the plans ot the Japanese ns to lauding troops in Manchuria. The Russians expect no important laud battle for some time. Viceroy Alcxiell', in supremo com maud of the iiussiau forces in tho Far Enst, has wired the emperor asking to bo relieved, lt is believed his request will be granted at once. Lives of british and Americans aro enid to bo in great danger throughout Manchuria, where tho bitterest feel ings ure held against all foreigners. The Russian government IMB pro vided for an "isuue of $15,000,000 paper currency on the gold reserve. It is reported that the Japanese have bombarded Niuchwang and that a large force has been landed which willaot in concert with the troops landed at tho mouth of tho Yalu. The Japanese forces in Korea are now ready to move, and will it is be lieved make a dash for the Yalu from three distinct pointa in a few days. An official telegram received at St. Petersburg states that the Japanese are centered in force about Wiju. A smnll Russian detachment was en gaged, but succeeded in crossing the Yalu, having two killed and fifteen wounded. j Reports from several sources, but not officially confirmed, indicate that important events have transpired at Port Arthur. It is believed the harbor has been blocked and that Port Arthur is now doomed. It is stated that pro visions and ammunition are scarce there and no new supply can reach tho town, it being cut off by sea and laud. Along the Yalu Japanese lines ex tend for thirty miles. The Russians are fortifying the Manchurian side of the river. Tige Hill is again the key to the situation. In the belief of the Russinn general stnff the Japanese will not attempt to invade tho Manchurian interior. London, April 251.-Rumors of severe fighting on the Yulu came from various sources. According to one story the first Japanese army has crossed the Yalu almost without opposition, while other reports say the fighting was des perate. For stragetic reasons no de tails can be sent. No authentic news of any conflict beyond skirmishes have reached here yet. It is reported that China has taken a decided stand in favor of Japau during the past few days. This it is believed may cause trouble io tho relations be tween Russia and China. China's ac tion, it is supposed, is caused by the request of Alexieff that Chinese troops be withdrawn from Manchuria, lt is also reported that the Chinese minis ter at St. Petersburg will bc recalled. The latter report is denied but ninny believe it. The Russian Vladi^ostock squadron, consisting of four cuiisers, entered the ?iort of Oensnn, ou the east coast of voreo, Monday and sank a small Ja panese merchant steamer. Czar Nicholas has rejected the oller of King Edward, of England, to act as mediator of the differences between Russia and Japan. The czar says the war will be continued until Japan has been conquered. The Russians assert that all weak points at Port Arthur havo been strengthened and that the stronghold is now practically impregnable. Card of Thanks. Mr. Editor : To all our many friends and neighbors I wish to say that your exceeding and unceasing kindness dur ing the long and fatal illness of my wife brings mo under life-long obliga tion to you. For all your many favors I thank you. May our divine Lord who so graciously sustained our loved one in life, ever mercifully bless you. In deep appreciation, I am very respectful ly, Titos. P. Hobson and Family. Pendleton, S. C., R. P. D. No. a. April 2?, 1904. Cheap Fxcursion Rates. The Southern Railway announces the following very low excursion rales to the following points named below : Nashville. riVon., and .return, account meeting "Peabody Normal Summer Schools," June H to August 3, 1904, at the very low rate of one fi'st-clas* fare plus 25 cen tr. for tue round trip. Knoxville, Tenn., and return, account "dummer 8chool," iroui June2>> to Au gust 5, 1001, at iii-? vory low rate of ono first-ola*s fare plus 25 cents tor the round trip. Nashville, Tenn , and return, account meeting ''Soulnem Baptist Convention and Auxiliary Societies" May 12 to 13, 1001. at tbe very low rate of one firet-class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. Detroit, Mich., and return, account ' H iptiat Young Peoples Union of Am?ri ca," International Convention July 13 to 15, 1904, at tbe very low rate of one first class fare plus 50 cents foi the round trip. Atlantic City, N. J., and return, account " Im perlai Council Axctent Arabio Order, Noblen of tbe Mystic Shrine," Joly 13 to 15, 1904, at the rate of one first-class fare plus tl.00 for the round trip. Monteagle. Tenn., and rot urn, account "Womans' Congress." from August 1 to 7. 1004, at rate of one first-class fare plus 25 cerita for the rou nd trip. Monteagle, Tenn., and return, account "Monteagle Sunday School Institute," ft om August 15 to 30, 1904, at the very low rate of one first-ulass fare plus 23 cents f.ir the round trip. Monteagle, Tenn., and return, account "Mcnteagle Bible School," from July 4 to August 4, 1904, at i bo very low rate of one ?rst class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. New Orleanr, La., and return, account "Southern Good Roads Mtetlng," from April 6 to 7,1904, at the very low rate of one first-class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip Athens, Ga , and returu, account "Sum mer Behool" from July 5 to AugUBt 0, 1004, st the very low rats of one first-class fare pius 25 cents for the round trip? Jacksonville, Fht., and return, account "Interstate Growers' Association," May 4 to 6,1904, at the very low rate of one first class tare pina 25cents for the round trip. Louisville, Ky., sod return, account "Biennial Conolave Knights of Pythias," from August 10 ta 20, 1004, st the very low rate of one first-class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. The Southern Railway offers most con venient schedules wltb Pullman Sleepers and Southern Railway Dining Cars on all through trains. For full Information ap ply to any agent of tbs Southern Rail way or R. W. Hunt, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, b. O. - Every day is a gift from heaven and we should make the very best of it we eau. To See thc Prettiest and Most Complete Line of DRESS GOODS Ever shown in Anderson, at Prices that DEFY COMPETITION, come to j T h e R a ck e fS to re j 4_r Oar Buyer has just returned from the Northern markets, and values in Goods are arriving daily that prove to the 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 MONEY. A new and complete line of OXFORDS, Men's, Women's and Children's, at prices unequalled else where. We extend to ali a cordial invitation to visit our Stores* inspect our Goods, and be convinced that what we say is true. MORROW-BASS CO., Successor to Horn-Bass Co., 110,116,120, East Benson St.,.Anderson, S. C. WALKING SKIRTS ! JuBt opened up a new line of Ladies' Walking Skirts in:, the new Novelty and Plain Cloths. In Price $1.50 to $6.00. Each Skirt represents the very best material, workman ship and fit for price paid. Better see these. Also, an excellent line of Underskirts, At $1.20 to $2.50. Remember our Millinery Department Is always the best* ul ,Acker&Co si* OOTJOHS ! Murray's Horehound, Mullein and Tar Ia composed of th? most effective ro?adles known fdr caring ooaicbB, colds, 1 ?grippe, tore throa*. and all aita nions du-J ti mil un ! J asi lrrlut?i aia liena ot the air passages. It ls prompt In affording relief and certain in lti effect of hiltonia* a euro. Hun ay's Horehound, Mullein and Tar Mar be used to advantage tn easel where other medicines hire filled. It it pleasant, purely vegetable and absolutely safe for old and young. Nothing else libe it in all the world. Itshoildhire a p?aos In every boase, ready at hand when needed. Parent* will fini lt? en* jct mtflcsl in oaiei of cror.p. lb has remarkable virtue In controlling tho paroxysms of whooping c>ujh. A J Frico 26c. 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