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^ T-TTrTtTT AL T A mn orriAxi ! ANDERSON. S. 0.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1903. VOLUME XXXIX-NO. 18. *S> WHEN YOU BUY A ?=S? WINTER OVERCOAT ! &*&k AT THI3 STORE you will be eure -jf A to get the most stylish, ?he best tail % ored ami the best fating Overcoat 2f3xl!?K>??L 'nat can '3C nad ^or ^,jC money* ^e jj X^^^^^Hj^ta^ luivo mudo h ure of thia by handling J^'^tej^^^p^?^ only the product of the beet Clothes mailers in the country, and can thero 0^5^i^l^^^^^^^P?a t?>re guarantee every garment to he ! iT^^^^^^^Jf^^H^'^^ In ^eu'8 an(? Young Men's Over j'?.,;I^^^^^^^^^^^^^J^P coats we are offering incomparable I |??fl WfM?^ $5.00 to $20.00 n^^^^^S^^'^T??w3/?! Ipri, ,a8e ?f while our style and fabric as ^^^^^^^^^5P**?""^fcv*^^^*' sortment is at its zenith. We were ^ti^^l^^^^^L-_ ^?01 never 80 proud of any particular s^^f^^^^M^^^^S?^n grouP ?f Clothing as we are of our ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^T : Stylish Overcoats at $15. ?fi^?s\M I?P^^Y? I ' They are extremely fashionable W$?& ' lli^'^Jn XV'' garments, such aa you usually pay 620 jf???f iHaSKIlVu ^or' and cone"31' ?^ knee-length, me p?-j? 'v&? 1 \\ dium-length and long Overcoats, up. fpjlr lloL \\l I to-the-minute in style, close-fittingcol J^'rW wiWk i Jj j lar, broad shoulders, cut loose and fiB // ! rDomy ; made of .Kerseye, Vicunas, vi Cheviots and Friezes, in black and Copyright 1904 by ?xford> and the mo8t re" ?T o 1 rr ri n/r maskable value ever seen at 81o.00. Hart Schaffner esr Marx Fashionable Suils for Little Boys. Here thrifty parents can clothe the "little shavers" most stylishly at de cisive savings ovei what like quality Clothing costs elsewhere. Visit other Stores first, then come here and make any lair comparison you like-if you do, you'll find our styles smarter and our prices lower. Hese's just a hint : BOY XJITS Sizes 4 to 17 years, made of sturdy Serges, Fancy Cheviots and Tweeds handsomely tailored, strong linings, trousers &i PA TA CC HH rc-in forced, warm, comfortable, serviceable. $1,011 I U $UiUUa B. 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. A WORD ABOUT S J AND OTHER FLOURS. THE only reason that the people of South Carolina have to eat sticky Flour is that these is no Pure Food Law in this State, and, as a consequence, this State is made the dumping ground of every refuse lot of cheap, adulterated Flour in the country. We have no Pure Food Law because the people do not want it, as it will force manufacturers to discontinue their rec kl eas and in jurious adulteration, and incidentally increase the coat of pure foodstuff*. - The howling demagogues of the cour> . try could not stand any increase in the cost of living, and therefore the State is hopelessly committed to im pure bread. Such is not the case, however, with our Flours, for every Car of our Flou.* is thoroughly teated for impuri ties, and our mill contracts guarantee absolute purity In every detail. We rise to teil the dear people that if the great, good and patriotic Legislature will not protect them from the sharks that are feeding them on injurious minerals which they call Flour, we will do so ; but we must charge them the price ci pure Flour, as wa cannot sell pure Flotar, as oheap as the other follow sells dirt and Flour. rMElTHBPOINT? DEAN & RATL1FFE, Dispensers of Pure Foods and Fall Vaincs. j Tho Fa-mers' Educational and Co-Oporativo Union of America. CONDUCTED BY J. C. 8TR1BLINQ. CorauiuicatiotiB ioUmitad lortbiu I department should ba addressed to I J. C. Stribllng, Poi.dU'ton, S. C. Some of Our Objects and Principios. Our objects in combining our ?orces is not to squeeze out ot others un un just tribute of their wealth lo our cof fers, but after feeling the pressure brought to bear against our unprotect ed interest by tho unanimous organiza tion of all other important tradesmen, tho law of self protection forces us to | abandon our traditional principles of j opposition to all combinations ot capi tal and tako hold of the God given forces of this progressive ago in order to protect that which already belongs to us, viz: "Tho full valuo of our cotton crop. The staple product of tho hon est labor and industry of the cotton growers of the South." Tho rural mail, the rural telephone and the rural trolley are effecting the most remarkable trend of the times and will soon obliterate space and iso lation to tho farmer which has hereto fore been the prime obstacle in the way of effecting a satisfactory organization among the farmers. The farmer of today, who may avail himself o. the blessings of this electri cal age haa but to touch the button in his rural home and drink in from the fountains the knowledge from all the bureaus of information of the world as quickly as any business man in our larger citieB. In the New England and Middle Western States where the Southern agricultural retrograde commercial "lieu laws" do not exist and the yeo manry have better control of their farms and farming the new era of the electrical pulse nave been felt; the How of the country men to the towna haB been red?ced from sixty-four per vent in the decade from 1880 to 1890, to about thirty-two per cent, in 1000. Wi' solicit friendly business relations with the cotton manufacturing inter est. We need the cotton mills in our business near our cotton fields, and we in South Carolina have fostered this euterpii8e since the insipiency of the new era, in this business by enacting favorable law6that released the earlier mills from taxation for ten years and many cotton growers are also stock holders in the mills, but we deplore the actions of some of our local mills who have combined with tho speculative cotton operators in bearing down the cotton maiket to the direct injury of thc cotton growers and legitimate man ufacturer, und given material aid in de moralizing and discredit the whole American cotton interest and trade in all its phases. In thu American cotton manufactur ing interest with its four hundred and thirty-two million dollars and the American cotton growers with their seven hundred million of encumbered property besides their yearly crop of. seed and lint cotton worth eight hun dred million more would come togeth er upon a just business understanding as to an equitable division of reason able profits to both interests, their combined wealth of nearly two billion dollars, would be sufficient weight to anchor the wnole cotton interest down to a solid foundation, sufficient to withstand the tempest and onslaught of all the "bears and bulla" in the cot ton market of tue world, who are as unnecessary in our business as a para sito is upon the back of a living ani mal. * This vast and COB? ly army of demor alizing non-producers between the producer and manufacturer can be cut out by the bonded warehouse system which will make it possible for the manufacturer to get his raw material direct from the producer, whose repu tation for conservative business fore bodes violent fluctuations of prices and puts the whole cotton interest up on a steady and firm foundation, which insures confidence and benefit to all the producers, manufactur?is and consumers. Any inquiry concerning farmers'or ganizations, stock raising or farming cheerfully answered through the farm ers column. SOUTH MUST STAND FIRM. Hon. Harvie Jordan of Monticello, Ga., president of the Southern Cotton Growers' Association, has issued the following address to the farmers of the South. Shall the Sooth quietly surrender to the dictation of a few Wall street gam blers in depressing the price of our great staple crop last week from nine and a half to seven cents per pound, or will they rise in their manhood and re fuse to submit to this unholy sacrifice? The bearish bureau report issued from the department of agriculture on Dec. 3rd, indicating a crop of 12,162.000 bales, gave the speculators the oppor tunity they had been praying for, and in less than 80 minutes nearly $30,000, 000 in valne was struck from the pock ets of Southern farmers. The bureau report exceeded the expectations of the moat extreme "bear" speculators, and but few well posted men in the South believe for a moment that the yield this season will never reach the high estimate placed npon the crop by the bureau. That report was based upon a theoretical acreage of about 82,000,000 , acres, and Indicates a yield far in ex cess of that indicated by the amount ot cotton ginned np to Nov. 14th in the census report. Either one or the other of these reports is wrong. The pin ners' report is based npon facts as as certained at the eins, while the bureau report as issued last Saturday is guess work. The recent heavy depression in the price of spot cotton bas been caus ed by a lot of gamblers and specula tor? who neither produce or weave a pound of cotton. Every dollar's IOBB on colton sold at present pricee will go in to the pockets of these speculators and it remains for the present owners and holders of at least 5,000,000bales of this ? crop to say whether this unrighteous hold np and high handed robbery shall be quietly submitted to. The mills bad already bought their supplies for future delivery from these exporters and speculators at prices ranging ? around ten cent? per pound ano: the manufacturers will not be able to share lo the heavy slump in priced. Cotton is worth just as much for spinning pur poses today as it was at the opcniE?| of ! the - season, as yarns ? bare advanced :. U .. ..V ; \ : ? ?. three cents per pound since thu first of September ned no reduction bas been made in tho price of cotton gooda since ttie drop in the price of the raw product. Nor ia there likely to be any considerable reduction in the price of manufactured gooda this year or next. Then why should the South submit to Wall street gamblers and speculators! Several million bales of this crop aro yet in tho hands and control of the farmers, merchants and local bankers. The only salvation of the South at thia moment ia to at&nd steadfast together an?! to absolutely refuse to market a sir gie bale of cotton at present prices. Sell no cotton voluntarily and permit none to he sold by coercion or intimi dation. If the speculators want to put down the price on paper let them doit to their heart's content, but when the call is made for spots, to lill their contracts within the near future, demand the full value of the staple, based upon a minimum of 10 cents per pound for all middling cotton in tho interior. Wall street gamblers are now telling tho public through tho press that they will teach Southern farinera a lesson to re member and stop them from forever undertaking to hold any part of anoth er crop again. Will Southern farmers surrender their manhood to the lush of Wall street speculators? Lettera are coming to mo from farm ers all over the South stating that they will not Bell any cotton now in their possession at present prices an i urging that every farmer take similar action. Others propose to enter into an iron clad p cement to hold all the cotton they L JW have until next September and reduce their cotton acreage next year 25 per cent. They urge me to is sue thia call for volunteers on a similar agreement and undertake to absolutely tie up from 2.000,000 to .1,000.000 bales of the present crop nnless prices go bnck to legitimate figures. We face a serious condition and not a theory. It may cost us hardships, but the South has been through much severer struggles and won out in their fight for fieedom and independence from the yoke of foreign domina tion. The Southern bankers anti mer chants should, and I believe will, cor dially co-operate with the producers in their present effort to put the price of cotton back to its legitimate value. Tho whole South is aroused as never before at the outrageous doings in Wall street on the .'Ird inst. The farmers were led to believe last spriug by cotton experts all over the world that the manufacturers would use. nt food prices, all the cotton that could e raised, and yet by tho time half of the crop is sold a lot of gamblers get together, headed by Theodore il. Price, of New York, and force the price down below the cost of production. I now call upon every producer who is holding cotton, aud who can possibly do so, to attend the National Cotton convention to be held at Shreveport, La., Dec. 12, 13, 14 and 15th inst., mere I to take definite action looking to the I holding of the balance of this crop un til prices advance, aud consider plans for reducing the cotton acreage next year so as to prevent a surplus which is now being used by the speculators to harass, embarrass and impoverish again Southern cotton producers. We had far better produce a crop of 10, 000,000 bales and sell it at a profit to raise large cotton crops without for a large crop and sell it below the cost of I?roduetion. We had better produce CBS cotton and more supplies, thereby winning independence in agriculture, than to go on baying supplies to raise large cotton crops without profit, giv ing oar labor and the products of our ?eil to a few millionaires who live a thousand niilea from our doors. The salvation of the Sooth depends upon every man who now has cotton in his possession to do hie full duty by refus ing to oell at present prices. Do not get discouraged or timid. Store your cotton under cover or in warehouses and there let it rest. The world wants it and must have it Boon. No farmer should be afraid to retain possession of a staple which is today the most valuable agricultural product in the world. Hold tight to your cot ton until the Shreveport meeting on Dec. 12th, at which time a definite plan will be adopted to force an ad vance in the present depressed price of the staple. The Southern press is respectfully asked to publish the above. Very truly, Harvie Jordan, J/onticello, Ga., President Southern Cotton Growers' Protective Association. Tribute of Respect. We, the members of the W. M, U. of Cross Roads Baptist Church, desire to oxpresaour deep eympathj- in the loss of oar beloved member. Mrs. Icie Mc Gee, who died Nov. lOfh, 1004. Our Society has loBt a devoted and f ?ii t bf ul member, and the community a sympa thizing friend. Therefore, be it resolv ed 1st. That by her death we lose an earnest member, who was always willing to do whatever abe thought was her duty; ever ready to serve her Master. 2nd. That ber presence and her gentle speech will ever be missed among our membera. Std. That while we mourn her loss we bow in humble submission to the will of oar Heavenly Father? who doeth all things well to them that love Him. 4th. That we tender the family oar Bincere and abiding sympathy, with the assurance that our prayer ia that "as one whom his mother comforteth" so may our Ged comfort them. 6th. That these resolutions be in scribed upon a page of oar Minute book, that a copy be sent to the family, and a copy be furnished the Baptist Conner and county papers for publica tion. Mrs. A. A. Dean. Mrs. Cora Hall. Misa Lala Dean. Misa Valeria Clinkscalea. Commit ce. - An increased deficiency of 92.53 per cent, oyer the previous year ia shown by the financial statement for the postal service ino >rporated in the annual report of E. O. Madden, the third assistant postmaster general, foi the fiscal year ending Jane 30, 1904. The report shows, however, that the increase in expenditures is on account of the rural free delivery service. Were it not for thia extra expenditure tue postal service would now bo about self sustaining. STATE NEWS. - A number of northern visitors have already arrived in Aiken for the winter. - Seventeen young men wore ad- ? milted to the bar by tho Supreme ! Court on Wednesday. - Greenville's new depot to bo . built by th^ Southern has been start ed, lt will cost $'10,000. - The Greenwood Cotton Milli havo sold all ?he goods that they can 1 manufacture up to next .lune. - A friend whose name is not given made a present of $5,000 to Trinity Episcopal Church, Cclumbii, ou Sun - i day. - W. E. Boyd obtained a verdict against the town of Camden for fall- ' in* in a ditch and breaking ibis arm. He sued for $5,000. - Elias ll. Moore, of Sumter Coun ty, met with a horrible death in an at tempt to adjust a belt on some ma - \ chinery at his ginnery. - John N. Melton, aged 00, was' shot and seriously wounded i i Dar lington County by his son-in-law, Rob ert Clements, aged 25 or 30. - L. F. Agnew, of Donalds, found a package of "Rough on Rats" in his well put there with tho evident inten tion of poisoning tho family. - Col. Thomas Martin, of Beaufort, sold last week ten bales of sea island cotton at 50 cents a pound, the high est prico paid in a loDg time. - The two policemen of the town of Seneca were hanged io effigy by unknown persons Wednesday night. The town council has offered a reward for the persons who did it. - D. H. Olinga, of Laurens, for several years a student at Furman university, will leave tho 10th instant for Chiua as a missionary from thc Southern Baptist Church. - Uncle Sam is calling for moro teaohers in tho Philippines. Exami nations will he held this month io Greenville, Columbia and Charleston. The salary is from $1,000 to $1,200 a year. - Jeff Pitts, a colored farmer, has bought 400 acres of land for $3,000 near Maddon, Laurens County, and will establish a uegro industrial school there, something like Hooker Washington presides over at Tuskee gee, Ala. - T. B. Bailey, a son in-law of tho late Geo. D. Tillman, while on a hunt six miles west of Clark's Hill, fell from a tree and crushed his skull. He was about 40 yeai-s of age and was a prominent citizen of Edge field County. - An effort is on foot to have thc throe Presbyteries of the State Eooree, the Sor h Carolina and Bethel -to buy Uhicora College, Greenville, and make it a church institution. The city of Greenville is asked for $15,000 of the required sum. - Among the first appointments sent io by President Roosevelt was that of Dr. Crum, colored, for collec tor of the port at Charleston. This is the fifth time he has been appointed. The Senate will probably confirm him this time, though Senator Tillman will make a speech againt it. - Mr. Joe Covington, a most pros perous man of Marlboro County, though robust and in the best of health, has alraady purchased tomb stones for himself and wife, and he has also had their graves dug and cemented so as to keep the water out. Oftentimes he gets into his own grave and plays on his violin and sings somo sacred piece. - One negro shot and instantly killed another near Silver, in Claren don, with a shot gun, and then fired a load into another old negro, wounding him so badly that it was thought that he too would probably die. A young man is said to havo saved his life only by getting out of the way. It is stated there was no real causo for thc shooting. - The Comptroller General has completed a list of assessments against the railroads for the railroad com mission's salary and expenses for the year 1904. The total cost waa $8,800, of which the Southern was assessed $3,925, the Seaboard $1,040.80, the Coast Line $2,496.53, the Southern express $66 04, the Western Union $32.78. the Postal $28.14, and the in dependent lines the rest. - R. B. Hughes, of Trenton, is thought to have murdered his wife and two grown daughters, set fire to his house, and then sent a bullet through his own brain, some time after midnight of the 8th inst. The laughters were 15 and 19 years of agc. The flames from the burning residence were discovered about 5 a. m. Thurs day, and the bodies were rescued, all showing that death resulted from vio lence. No robbery was committed, and the course of the bullet shows that Hughes fired the shot that ended his own life. -r The Abbeville Medium of the 8th instant says: "William Mills onco lived in this county, but went to Ala bama in 1856. He was then in love with a young womi?n, but there being socio objeotion to the match by the parents, he went to Alabama. He married, fonght through the war. raised ten children, and his wife died last June. He became so lonely that he thought of his sweetheart cf other days and last week arrived at Mt. Car mel to marry Miss Margaret Robinson, whom he had not ceased to love, ana who had a warm place in her heart for him. He is 68 years old, and she has seen 65 snmmers. They married, yes terday and have gone to Alabama, and have again demonstrated that true love is immortal." Denver Items. Wc nie pl?ci to know that thu sick i in our community arc nil improving. Miss Blanche Browne has been quito ill hut is some better now. Mr. Hodge Clark nml wife have moved to Denver. We are always 1 glad to ?eu good citizens coining; in. Master U?ymond ami Hewlett Gar rison made a short visit to ti h-nils at Walhalla last Sundas. I'rof. C. K. Goodlet visited friends in Anderson last Saturday. Tile Denver High School is prosper ing under the management of I'rof. C. 10. Goodlet and his charming assistant, Miss Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Ithmus Brock, ot' Monea i Path, v.eie the guests o! Mi. Wm. ? Erwin Sundas. Cadet Hot; Ki win came home (rom ! Clemson ?md attended a dinner given hy Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buchanan on I ri hunksgiviug Day. ljuite a crowd gal hoted round their hospitable hoard ! in honor ot t hat day. J/iss Hattie Mays and Mrs. Kuhl j Summern! visited relatives in Ander son recently. Kev. A. A. Merritt and wife, of the New Hope Circuit, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. lt. Elrot recently. Mrs. H. M. Hums, of Sandy Springs, t has been spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Anna Derrieott. Mr. Charlie Todd, of Uattiesville, Ala., writes that he will dine with lila father on Christmas Day. Mr. Rufus Heruhrce and Miss Daisy Cook were happily married on tho 7th. Mr. Hombree ia a lino young man and a ?rood larmer, and has many friends wlio are congratulating him on his good fortune in securing such an excellent wife and daisy cook. Mr. Edwin Jolly is having great suc cess in duck hunting on the Waeca mau. He sent home niue tine hirds by express and they made delicious eat ing iudeed. _I_ ~ ~T Mr. Hamey Hughes, of Walhalla, and his friend, Mr. Jamison, of Xenia, Ohio, stopped ot!' at Denver last Fri day for a bird hunt with E. M. Hrowue nod Manson dolly. They were verv Will pleased to bag about ?J0 "bob whites." Tho crops are about all irattiered and thelsiuall grain sown, and nearly every body is getting ready for Christmas. Hauling up wood and killing hogs by the men folks, while thu house wives ' nru busy frying out tho lard, and muk in.ur souse and sausage, mince meat and fruit cake, lint the dear little chil dreh aro having thu best time of all in ! talking over the pretty things good obi Santa Claus will bring them. Bless thu sweet faith of innocent childhood, j May none of them bo disappointed, is tho wish of Incognita. - Thc Hov. William May, prob ably the oldest Methodist preacher in Kentucky, il* not the country, is dead at h *. i home io I'erryville. Mr. May was Hil years old and had b preach ing for 7f) years, but durin> hat time had never accepted a cen' of money for his services. Ile had, it is said, married 3,000 couples, baptized ?r>,?(J? persons and oflioiatcd at 5,000 futierais. He was a great horseback rider, using his steed for traveling over his district, but had never been on a train, and in order to make a living conducted a farm, with which he was eminently successful. lownvillc News. Mr. and Mrs. Bonnen Harris, from Kocktuurt, (?a., hnvo berti spending awhile with their father, H. .Marris. Mts. Sam. Brown ia teaching tho Speed Ct eek Selliud. " " Mrs. J. I'. Led bc tl or has returned ftiim a \ ?Mt tn relatives in Atlanta. .1. C. S peates and daughter, Miss Helen, ate u.-iting .1. 1'.. Felton at Ebenezer. Miss Clara Hunt is teaching school at I ne/.. Miss Etta <>iles is visiting ber broth er, \V. E. G ill's, at Seneca. C. E. Kant, of delius, Ala., is spend ing awhile with his father, W. F. M. Kant. Mrs. Sarah Hunt is visiting rela tives in Wes Inti nster. Mr. Newt. Williams is dangerously ill id' consumption. Mr. Chainlets Haba, nf Hm re ns, is the guest of hiv brother, .1. 1>. Babb. Miss Alice Smith, ol' l\ur Play, is visiting ber uncle. .1. W. Shirley. Prof. Locke will sing at tho Baptist Church the 'I rdSunday. Mrs. I'rchburger luis been spending awhile with M ra, ?I. A. Gantt. Pansy. Eureka News. Mr. Frank Hreazealo, of Temple, Texas, spent n few days with his uucle, L. E. Campbell. Ho is well pleased with Texas. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shirley made a short visit to their daughter, Mrs. Reid McCrary, of Pendloton. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hreazealo re ceived tho sail intelligence of tho death of their sister-in-law, Mrs. Matthew Breazenle, near Belton, on the 8th ?nar Rev. I,. E. Campbell has been called lo tho pastorate ot Eureka Church for another year. Mr. Charley Maddox and family havo moved to Anderson where ho will en gage in business. Christmas is nenrly here, yet some of our cotton is still in tho field. Hands have been very scarce. Mr. Wm. Wright and family havo moved near Belton. Wo regret to seo them leave. Miss LilaB Campbell spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents. X. - There arc said to be sixteen can didates for president of Cuba. - Three men dynamited a bank in Kunid. O. T., and stole $3,000. They then escaped. - Mrs. Hock Perry and her two children were burned to death in their house iu Pittsburg, Pa. - A dispatch from Burnett. Wash., says eleven miners have been killed by an explosion in the Burnett coal minc and it is believed thc death list will total fifteen, lt is understood that ?he explosion was caused by fire damp. - Two negroes have confessed t> thc murder of ll. G. Story, a promi nent planter, whose body was found in a swamp near Thompson, Ga. They said they killed him because he would not let them leave thc cotton field to attend a funeral. To See the Prettiest and Most Complete Line of D RES SI GOODS Ever shown in Anderson, at Prices . that DEFY COMPETITION, cometo JA ^ ^ AAA^AA A. AL ^ A A ^ A ,4. ^ ^ The Racket Store] Our Bayer has just returned from the Northern markets, and values in Goods are arriving daily that prove to the - "? r rm most fastidious dressers the result of careful selections.* See our Stock of the Celebrated- ^ 3 \ Strouse & Bros. High Art FALL AND WINTER- ' CLOTHING,^ Which will interest those who wish to dress well and SAVE | MONE5T. ? 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 oar 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. _j:_?_ -1.??.r^BfMifaBMMB^B^B^B^BWBHBI