Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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immer HUMID! I OXFORDS I ? mp yiy v ^ ? ^ v ? <r <r ?r ^vp y T ? yr? The Best $2.50 and $3.00 Oxfords. Beautiful $1.50 and $2.00 Oxfords. Summer Newest Styl es. AU Sizes, FOR MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN. Yours truly, ?SB?ME & PEARSOE Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Local News WEDNESDAY, JULY 13. 1904. Jbfisa Annie Farmer ia visiting rela tives ir. Seneca. Miss Fannie Watkins, of thie city, is visiting friends at Laurens. Mrs. W. I. O'Brien, of Havannah, is visiting relatives in the city. Miss Estelle Hillhonse, of Augusta, is visiting friends in the city. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Allen are spend ing several days in Walhalla. Marvin M. Mann, of Antreville, spent a few days in the city last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Webb are spending a few days at Walhalla. Miss Vance DuBose, of Atlanta, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. M. Sullivan. Miss Lucile Montgomery, of Spar tanburg, is in the city visiting friends. Miss Sarah Henry, of Abbeville, is in Anderson visiting i/iss Lucy Bar ton. Miss Annie Pr?vost has returned to the city from a visit to friends in Clin ton. Walter H. Geer, who represents the Columbia State, was in the city Mon day. - The farmers are taking more interest now in their promising crops than in politics. Mrs. Mike Hoke, of Atlanta, is visit ing ber parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Nardin. ifisa Iola Johnson, of Anderson, is visiting Mrs. Yerner.-Greenwood Journal. Attention is directed to the adver tisement of Wofibrd College in another column. A number of wells- and springs in, this section have gone dry in the paafr few weeks. Miss Annie L. Williams, of Berkeley, bas been visiting the family of Geo. E. Prince, Esq. Capt. Theo. Dehon, representing the Newe and Courier, anent a day in the city laat week. Noel B. Sharpe has a lot of line land for sale. Bead his advertisement in another column. Miss Lucile Brownlee, of Nashville, Tenn., is in the city visiting the family of S. D. Brownlee. J. S. Carter, a popular merchant of Westminster, spent a day or two in Anderson last week. The farmers have commenced laying by their crops, and are ready to emjoy a much needed rest. The July meeting of the Connty Farmers1 Institute will be held in the Court House to-day. Some floe watermelons from Georgia were brought to the city last week and met with ready sale. The candidates for offices in county have tc make themselves known by the 1st of August. Mrs. B. F. Hawkins, of Newberry, is visiting her daughters, Mrs. B. ?. Bar rio and Mrs. C.B. Allen. The State campaign party will be here next Wednesday, 20th inst. Come out and hear them speak. John W. Linley, who ia traveling during the summer, has been spending a few days in the city with his mother. Mrs. J. J. Baker and daughter, Miss Helen, came down from Richmond last week to spend the summer in Ander son. Miss Zenobia Welch has gone to Chautauga, New York, to take a spe cial course in music during the sum mer. Suggestions of candidates for Mayor und Aldermen are now in order. The time for the primary election is near at hand. . J. C. Ligon, of this connty, went down to Newberry last v?eek to spend st few days with his lather, Bev. B. C. Ligon. It is just as easy to praise a neighbor as it is to find fault with bim, but peo ?le seem to derive less satisfaction rom it. We are told that the water in the Savannah River io abantas low.asit ever gets to be, and at some of the fer ries it can be forded. T. Lof tin Roberteon, ! v/ifo and chil dren, of Abbeville, have been spending the past week in. the city visiting friends and relatives. The Citizens' Band has began'its regular Friday., ovening open air con-, certs. They are much appreciated by the people of the city. 1 IsaaoA. Weil, of Plymouth, Pa,, is viciting his mother, Mrs. Helen Weil, who baa been suffering for months from a paralytic etroko. Ali persons interested in the grave yard at Bandy Springs are requested to meet there Friday morning, July 10th, with necessary toola to clean it off. Hies Eunice Russell, who has'been teaching in the Thom well Orphanage at Clifton, bas returned to the city to spend her vacation with ber parente? Messrs. Owen McKinney end Dick Dobbins, two of Anderson's popular ?oung gentlemen, were in the city a Ow days this week.-Hartwell (Ga.; Soc. . Milledge L. Bonham. Jr., command ent of cadets at the Wilmington (Del.) Military Institute, has returned to the city to spend his vacation with his pa rents. The Democrats of the city have completed their orean iza? inn hy warde, end the approaching primary elections will be conducted under the new order of things. R. C. Laughlin has purchased from Joe B. McGee, Jr., ot Colombia, the handsome cottage on Greenville street that Mr. Laughlin bas been occupying for some time. - The annual camp meeting of the South Carolina Conference of rb ? Wes leyan Methodist Church wili convene at. Central, Angnet 3rd, ard continue until Angust 15th. - Miss Cordier, milliner for Moore, Acker & Co., and Jfiss Crawford, who holds the same position with the Mor row?Bass CO., have gone t" Baltimore to spend a few weeks. ' Geo. E. Prince, Etq., is attending the court of eesaior.s at Walhalla this %<-eek. He was one ot the prosecuting attoraeyain the. case of Hovt Hayes, upon whom the death sentence will again be imposed by the presiding judge. Osear, theil months old son of Mr. and Mis. J. H. Smith of the Anderson cotton mills, died yesterday morning. The remains were laid to rest in Silver Brook cemetery this morning. Married, July 10th, 11)04, at the resi dence of the bride's father, Mr. John Boit, near Anderson, 8. C., Mr. Kum. Campbell and Miss Nannie Bolt. Rev. Thomas A. Campbell officiated. Our Junior editor, accompanied by Miss Norma Clinkecales, ie attending the annual meeting of the South Caro lina State Press Association, at White Stone i thia Springe this week, Mrs. Carrie Howard, of Pslzer, Mrs. Nellie West, of Greenville, and Mrs. A. ?. Grose, of Nashville, Tenn., are in Anderson visiting their brother, J. T. C. Jones, and other relatives. The Cole cotton planter is a very popular machino with our farmers. The Sullivan Hardware Company lins recently booked orders for 450 of these planters, to be delivered early next spring. Rev. R. C. Jeter, the new rector of Grace Episcopal Church, did not arrive in time to holdecrvices Sunday morn ing ns was expected. '1 he first service under his ^rectorship will be held next Sunday^ A-party of boys, consisting of Leslie, William, Joe and Bratton Simpson, Eugene Fant, Fred Gumbrell, Ed Frierton and Archie Cathcart, have gone to the mountains for a two weeks camping trip^ J M>wretCon Sunday, June 20, 1004, at ?oratio, Ark., by S. M. Tribble, No tary Public, Mr. Clarence M. Arnold, formerly a resident of Anderson Coun ty but now of LockeBburg, Ark., and Miss Kittie Drake, youngest daughter of Thon. F. Drake, of this county. As will bo Kden by reading their large and attractive advertisement on the first page, B. O. Evans & Co. have commenced their annual clearance sale. If yon want bargains in clothing and* gents' furnishing gooda read what they aaz^Hmgive them an early call. -MfCWill Patterson and family left 'here Tuesday for Anderson. Mr, Pat terson has accepted a position ?hero with the Toxaway mill. Mr. Patter son is an industrious, hard working young man, and has many friends who wish him well.--Piedmont Observer. J. A. Austin and the .Magnet Store have a large advertisement on our first page that you should read carefully. They have to vacate one of their store rooms, and rather than move their goods they will sell them at bargain pricea. Give them an early call and secure some of them. The rural mail carriers are not allow ed now to carry packages that are mallabie without the postage is prepaid thereon, nor can they carry persons with them, except government officials. Now, when the carriers refuse to let iou ride, don't get wratby, as it's your incle Sam's orders, and they always go. All persons having relatives or friends buried in the graveyard at Good Hope Church, or feel any interest in it, are requested to meet there next Tues day morning, 10th inst., at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of cleaning it oft*. Those who cannot go themselves are requested to send the necessary tools to do the work. Invitations have been issued to the marriage of Chas. L. Willingham, 6f this county, and Misa Lula Saramons. of Macon, Ga., on Wednesday, 20th inst. The happy couple will reach the home of the groom's father, A. L. Willingham, near Belton, on the day following, where a reception will be tendered them that evening. R.B. Tribble, who is a machinist in the United States Navy, is spending a portion of his furlough in Andorson visiting his brother, C. E. Tribble, whom he had not seen in several years. Since his enlistment Mr. Tribble has visited many foreign countries, but ie now stationed in the United States Navy yard at Pensacola, Fla. The Easley Messenger of the Otb inst, says : "The barn of M. Jones, five miles south of town, in Anderson County, was destroyed by fire Monday night about 10 o'clock. The barn con tained a lot of forage, corn, wheat and one cow and all was burned up. Mr; Jones is a well-to-do farmer. The fire was the work of au incendiary." Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Chandler left Tuesday for Anderson, where Mr, Chandler bsa accepted a position sa second hand in the card room at Gluck mills. Luke is a good mill man and the Gluck mill people will find he and his estimable wife a desirable addi tion to the population of their pleasant little village.-Piedmont Observer. "Chas. A. Gambrill, who has been foi several years secretary of the Ander son Phosphate and Oil Company, hat been elected president of the newly or? Sanieed Wateree cotton mills in Cam en. Mr. Gambrill will move awaj from the city in a few days. His mans friends regret to see him leave Ander son, bnt they wish him abundant suc cess in his new Hold of enterprise. Commissioner of immigration E. J Watson has been invited by the Cham ber of Commerce to come to Anderson tod Address the people on tbesnbjeci of immigration. He bas accepted, and adate will be arranged later. Thii is a matter affecting the progress ant development of the State's natural re sources,.and it ie to be hoped that mool interest will bo taken in the address. During the past month negotiation! between Oconee and Picken i Conntiei and Mrs. Salena Ravenel for the pur chase of Ravenel's bridge over 8eneci river were closed and the bridge be came the procerty of the two counties The price paid was 81,500, which wai fixed by the last Legislature, the ac tion of that body raak ins it mandatory for the two counties tc own the bridge As it ia now pnblic property there wil be no toll in the future. Harry J. Gignilliat, of Seneca. S. C. who is a candidate for Railroad Com missioner, spent a few days in the cit; last week and gave us a pleasant cal! Mr. Gtgnillint baa roany friends in An derson County, and it will give then {deaanre to support him in the primar: or the position be aspires to. Fo thirty years aa a railroad agent he i eminently qualified for the position o Railroad Commissioner, and has beei endorsed by the Oconee County De mot-racy. Mack Heard was over from Andersoi Thursday. "Elbert County will neve grow and prosper and live up to he privileges until ehe devotes more at tendon to manufacturing," said he "Just look at Anderson and Andersoi County* It bristles with smoke stack e and things are humming over there In town we nave paved streets, aewere waterworks, fire department, stree railroad, an electric line being built t< Greenville 80. miles dietant, and al manner of pnblic improvements in th* town and county. 1 want to see rn: native county go and do likewise. El bert can. All the opportunities ant advantages that- Anderson has Elber hf o got." Thus saith Mack Heard. Elberton (Ga.) Tribune. '?*5?.'?-v's .Ti'. '? '?' .,'<**{? ? ' "?. \\ ade White, a young man 22 years of age, who lived at the Anderson cot ton mills, died Monday night. His body was interred in Silver Brook cemetery yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. He was a popular young man, and his untimely death is deeply re gretted. Henry Speed, a negro boy, was drowned in Tugaloo river at liatton's Ford last Wednesday afternoon. He was acting as cook for a camping party that went out from the city with A. G. Meads. H o was in the stream swim- I ming? and getting into swift water was carried down with the current. The body was not recovered until Friday afternoon, when it was found moro than a mile below in some driftwood. Speed had been in the employ of Mr. Means tor several yenrs, and had al ways been a valued servant. Rev. W. L. Preesley, D. D.. president of Erskine College at Due West, spent last Sunday in Anderson and p.eaehed both morning and evening for tho As sociate Reformed Preshvterians. After the morning service tho members of this Church in tho city organized into a congregation numbering thirty-nine members, lt is proposed to purchase a lot and with tho assistance ot the Synod erect a handsome and commodious Church this fall. Bill Wright, a necro employed at the couuty dispensary, was arrested Friday on the charge of stealing whis key from th.? dispensovy. For some time Dispenser Jones has been missing bottles ot wines and liquors that were taken from tho cases. His etVorts to apprehend the thief were without re sults until Wright was detected in the net of concealing a number of bottles. He was tried in the Mayor's Court, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a tine of $40 or serve 00 days on the city chaingang. Lightning struck and instantly killed a negro boy named Ernest Barber Fri day night on Elias Earle's plantation near Piedmont. Tho boy was in the house sitting near the fireplace when ?he electrical bolt struck the chimney and entered the boy's body. He tell limp and lifeless to the floor without uttering a sound or moving a muscle. Parts of the roofing were shattered by the stroke, and fire started at once, but the boy'o mother and other children who escaped uninjured, used a pitcher of milk to extinguish the flames. The storm in and around Piedmont was aevere. Rain fell in sheets, the wind was high and the growing crops on a number of farms were seriously injur ed. Mr. V. Pleas Kay died at his home in Broadway Township last Thursday night, after an illness of several weeks, leaving a devoted wife but no children I to cherish bis memory. The deceased I was a moat worthy, upright citizen, and his death is deeply regretted by a wide circle of friends and relatives. Mr. Kay served his State faithfully through the civil war, and bore the scars of several painful wounds he re ceived on the battlefields of Virginia. He was about 05 years of age. and spent the greater portion of his life on the farm in the section where he died. On Friday afternoon the remains were interred at Neal's Creek Church, Rev. j Geo. T. Baker conducting the funeral serviced. While attempting to arrest a negro in Pickano County last Tuesday nigh'. Constable Columbus Jones was shot and instantly killed. The tragedy oc curred near the Greenville line about six miles from Easley. The negro, Henry Jones, escaped immediately after the shooting and is still at large, his whereabouts being nnkuown. The women who were in the house with him have been declared by the coro- j ner's jury to be accessories and are now in jail. The inquest was held at Ens ley and the verdict charges Henry Jones with having taken the officer's life. The dead constable was a young man of excellent character, and has a number of relatives in the npper sec tion of Anderson County. HANCOCK'S LIQUID SULPHUR. Ihe Bett Blood Purifier Known-In valuable as a Wash. Snlphnr is nature's greatest germi cide. Its value hos been known for centurias, but it was never successfully produced as a liquid until the discove ry of HANCOCK'S LIQUID SULPHUK. It is the best blood purifier known. HANCOCK'S LIQUID SULPHUR will save doctors' bills and make clear, brilliant complexions. Taken internally, it is invaluable in the spring. Used as a wash it kills ge .TOO, and cures and heals eczema, acne, itch, dandruff, Erickly heat, diphtheria, catarrh, cats, arni, scalds, and all inflammation and sores. Ask yonr druggists for it, or write for booklet to Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co., Baltimore, Md. EXCURSION TO AUGUSTA, GA. I have arranged to run an Excursion from Andereon to Augusta, Ga., on Wednesday, July 20th. Train will leave Anderson at 7.80 a. m. and arrive at Augusta at ld o'clock. Returning the train will leave at 12 o'clock that night. This wiU give 12 hours in the city. Come and go with us if you would like to visit the old city where your Dad traded years ago. The fare from An derson will be Si.00 for round trip. Very respectfully, HL. P. SMITH. Turnip Seed. Come to us for your Seed. Fresh shipment just in-all varieties. Also, come tons for anything in the the Drug line. ORR, GRAY & CO. ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WELL? Bright's Disease, Diabetic, Rheuma tism, Gout, Gravel, Dropsy, Inflamstion of the Bladder, Bad Blood and Nervous Troublea caused by Slok Kidneys. Evana Pharmacy, the well known Druggists of Anderson, know by expe rience that HINDIPO will cure a l forms of Kidney and Nervous Troubles, and will guarantee it in all oases. Can't yon afford to if y it at their risk 7 lt coate yon nothing if it don't do the work. Sent by mail to any address, prepaid, on r <-<*>! pt of 60 oeuU. 6 Bjxes |2.50 an der a positive guarantee. A Very Close Call. "I stuok to my engine, although every Joint oohed and every nerve waa racked with pain," writes O. W. Bellemy, a lo comotivo fireman, of Burlington, Iowa. * I was week and pale, wlxhout any ap petite and all rnn down. As I wa? about to give np, I got a bottle of Electric Bit ters, and after taking ir, I felt aa well aa I ever did In my life/' Weak, sickly, mn down people always gain new life, strength and vigor from their nae. Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by Orr, Qray ifc Co. Price 50 cents. Buck Stoves continue to grow more popular. They possess merit which is at once recognized by the. utter. These Stoves have points of genuine superiority than is possessed hy all other makes of Stoves combined. Any home is made nappier by Buck's Stoves, and Sullivan Haw. Co. womd ilk? to tarnish one of these "Peace Maker?" to every home in Anderson county. Such as Sacks, In smooth Worsteds (top-no tellers for style) and roughi Homespuns (always right.) JR* have them in a multitude of tasteful mixtures, fresh from the Stein-Bloch benches?. Four button, three button, English (square away fxent) sin glo and double breasted. Why be tailor-troubled, when you can be fitted as soosi as you are sized ? Our experiment station is open all day, i _ _ Chas. IL Hall Co* CUT PRICE CLOTHIERS. Contemplating a change in em business on {July. 1st, and in order to reduce our stock by that time, we offer our entire stock of Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Men's Furnishings, AT A DISCOUNT OF; Remember, we have no shelf .'vern Gooda to show yon. Everything Fresh and New. Sale commences Monday, Hay ?fltb. Marble Front/Next to.F, and M.?BanIr.r SEB J*\