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^ T-TTrTtTT AL T A mn orriAxi ! ANDERSON. S. 0.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1903. VOLUME XXXIX-NO. 18. FOR MEN. Now is the time to change from that brain-heating Derby to a cool Straw Hat. Brims are Narrower this season. Popularity will be decided between? Splits and Sennits, ! ? WITH ? Soft Milans and Panamas Coming to the fore again. Shapes and proportions to fit every man's head and fig? tire, and prices to fit every man s idea of expenditure. Good Eats all prices : 50c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50. PANAMAS $5.00 and $7.50. ONE PRICE TO ALL. The Farmers' Educational aud Co-Operative Union of America. CONDUCTED BY d. C. STF|IBLING. -f p?- Commuicatione intended for this department should bo adJi reused to [ J. C. Strlbiing, Pesdleton, p. C. _| 1 To Cotton Grovvors. ?i?. . I Here is some important: information for cotton growers that was read be fore the Anderson County Farmers' Union on lui?x June. Thin extract was taken from b? address delivered at the Anderson bankers' Association by a tinanbier from Boston on the subject ol cotton certificates: "In the matter of collateral paper offered by mills whose financial state ments are not anoh aa will warrant their single name paper being market ed, various forma of warehouse re ceipts covering cotton bave been offer ed m the North. Snob receipts cover ing* cotton stored in the warehouses of the mi?B have not been well received in Now York or Boston, for the reason that the cotton never really passes from the owner's hands into an independent warehousing company. "If a warehouse receipt is to be re ceived with favor, it must be issued by a company of sufficient capital and financial strength to insure its stabil ity'in all markets, whose management must bo ouch as to render it absolute ly certain that ouch receipts represent the actual cottou stored aa described, and that it will be held by the ware housing coming on its own premises, or upon leased premises seperate and distinct from those belonging to the mill to whom the receipt is issued. Personally I am a great believer in this class of security and I am glad to know that in Sonth Carolina a number of independent standard warehouses have been built, and that companies have formed, or are in process of or ganization to develop this clnra of bus iness, I believe you will bave no trouble in getting unlimited capital in the north at low rates, to carry cotton warehouses in this manner." Fanners' Cotton Exchange Warehouse Plans, After hearing reporte from the va rious local Unions of the county and discussing the same, the consensus of opinion was that the Union at large had reported in favor of bnilding cot ton warehouses of their own, and the following resolutions were unanimous ly adopted as a starter towards the perfecting of plans that we may get to work at once to raise the necessary capital for building these houses: Resolved, 1st. That in order to pro vide a reliable and safe plan by which all cotton growers may obtain ad vances on reasonable terms on bis cot ton when current priceo are not profit able to the grower, we recommend the bonded warehouse system of the standard plan. 2nd. That in order to raise capital to bni'" these warehouses we recom ! mend * the shares he placed at the .par.va.uo. of one dollar .Ach, and that all land owners or tenants subscribe ono shnro for each bale of cotton rais ed on their farms for tho year 1905. :Jrd. In order to insure protection to tho interest of cottou growers these certificates of shares in these cotton warehouses bo written on a plnu of noutransferablo stock, except by a two-thirds vote of all tho stock invest ed in each warehouse. 4tb. That all funds thus paid into the bands of local unions for warehouse ouiposea be deposited in some responsi ble bank aubject to draft of district warehouse committee for tho use of constructing and maintaining ware houses for the Uho of cotton growers. 5th. Aa all cotton growers are mu tually interested in controlling the marketing of cotton, wo recommend that theae warehouses be located at such places in the district as a major ity vote of all the wnrehouse certifi cates of stocks may indicate each local business agent casting the votes for their respective local unionB. If you have a better plan to get up these warehouses be sure to put it in writing and submit it to the next County Union on 11th July. Remem ber, that thin ntocl: for warehouse fund is to be made up by the local Unions between now and the next county meeting. It is generally understood that the amount of stock taken were to be based upon an estimation of bales for this year'a crop of cotton. This warehouse stock will bean in vestment that may be made to pay you good dividends besides increasing your power to protect your interest by controling the marketing of cotton. The Farmers' Cotton Exchange. MucL has been said recently about getting the proper man to manage our cotton exchange. We have designa ted this man as our business agent for our district or county, when reallv he should be r.?thiog more nor less than the manager of our district fermera' cotton exchange. Now, it io a well known fact in the commercial world that in order to do business either the manager of this cotton exchange or cotton exchange itself moat have sufficient capital or licenciai strength to insure its strength and stability in all markets; or the cot ton exchange itself must be a corpora tion backed by its bonded warehouses with sufficient securitiea to make its rating and reputation as to its manage ment ereditable in proportion to the amount of basinesa in view. Banks, cotton mills or other corpora tions are not rated in a financial way according to the individual wealth of their managers, but their ratings are quoted according to amount invested and character of its management. About the financial rating of the farmers' cotton exchange, we have on ly to refer to the average crop of cot ton to ahow to the cotton growers of Anderson County that if they will only line up in this warehouse business half as well as they have been talking, the cotton growers of Anderson County can organize a cotton exchange of as cood financial rating as any corpora tion in the county. Government cot ton reports show that Anderson county produced over 60,000 bales last year and that she will continue to average over 50,000 bales. If half the growers would subscribe $1.00 per bale for building the ware houses and deposit houses only one-tenth of their cotton as an additional collateral, we have approx - imately $25,000 in realty and a capital of $ 125,000.00 in cotton and could tre ble this without embarrassment at any time. ThiP.it would Be?tn, ia a nucleus to start a real good creditable couuty cot ton exchange. Farmers, it. is up to you to put up j the stull' or shut up ami go way back I and sit down and behave yourselves [ like you have been doing, and whon tho cotton maniuulators levy a -tribute of $5.00 or $10.00 per bale on your cot ton just go right up and turn it in as usual. Which will you do? Washington Accepted as Place of Peace Conference. St. Petersburg, June IS. ? Russia has finally and definitely accepted .Wash- I ington as the meeting place of the Rus sian and Japanese plenipotentiaries, tho foreign ottlce having waived its request for reconsideration at the per sonal action of the emperor, whose de sire to give the fullest and fairest op portuning to President Roosevelt's proposal for a peace conference, is hereby manifested. After his confer ence with Ambassador Meyer, Count Lamsdortr, the foreign minister, went last night to Peterhoft' and laid the matter before the emperor, who, on learning that insistence on The Hague might endanger the negotiations, di rected Counts Lanisdorff to inform Am bassador Meyer that Russia would ac cept Washington. It was after midnight when the foreign minister returned from Peter hoff, but Ambassador Meyer was forth with notified, and a cipher dispatch waB prepared and sent to the State ! department at Washington nt an early hour this morning. Count Lamsdorft' this afternoon is sued a publie announcement of the selection of Washington. The result is looked upon as a de cided triumph for American diplo macy. In certain quarters here envy and jealousy of the United States are ill concealed. The entire collapse of the negotiations was predicted yesterday, and there was almost open exultation at what was declared to be a "rebuff to Roosevelt." Even in peace circles gloomy faces were drawn at the report that Russia would insist upon The Hague, bat thanks to the personal attitude of the emperor and of the well put represen tations of Ambassador Meyer, the threatened diplomatic mountain has decreased to a molehill, over which negotiations can now proceed rapidly. The Gazetta, which is known as a mouthpiece of the foreign office, de clares that nothing is yet known re garding Japan's terms. It intimates that Russia may not balk at an indem nity significantly stating that inter national control of the Chinese Eastern railroad is possible as a nienns of in suring payment of an indemnity. It says that the plenipotentiaries will have special powers and may be au thorized to conclude peaco. ? The building of an electric rail way between Donvld's ant! Due West is under discussion. The distance is four miles*. ? J. G. Padgett, a lawyer of Wal terboro, says the dispensary will be voted out of CoV.eton five to one. There are five dispensaries in that county. To See the Prettiest and Most Complete Liue of? DRESS GOODS Ever shown in Anderson, at Prices that DEFY COMPETITION, eome to The Racket Store Our Buyer has just returned from the Northern markets, and values in Goods axe 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 MONET. A new and complete line of? Men's, Women's and uhiidren'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. CO., Successorito Horn-Bass Co., 110,116,120, East Benson St,.Anderson, 8. C ! This will be a ??y long to be remembered in Anderson, as we are going to start on gest Sale of MERCHANDISE ever attempted in this City. In Ten Days We Are Going To Close Out $30,000.00 Worth Of Merchandise BELOW Manufacturer's COST. rrSZZEl ^F,OIliXjO"W,I3SrC3- FACTS : It takes Three Entire floors and over eight thousand square feet of Floor Space to hold this immense stock. We have the largest variety of Merchandise nnder one roof in the State. We have no shon worn or worthless Goods to offer you. Ton can save more money by attending this sale one day than yon can earn in a month. Goods sold for Cash only. Store will be CLOSED Wednesday and Thursday preparing for sale. A ^K^cM'tmeiit_ Sal? begins ?^id?jfy ^ last 10 days. Look for the big<sign in BLACK AND WHITE next door to Post Office. $|???egins Promptly at 9 ?Clock FRIDAY Morning. 8000 y 1500 y di 5000yd 8500 y a WASH GOODSV ?tl Muslim', worth 5c. * Batiste, vorth^Wf*^ .at lo yard ..at 4o yard and Plain Lawn?, worth 10 and 12^i*...t..i............:...i...w.at 7ieysr<l d Scl?Bg^fWoetA 12Jo;.....-.........at 8c yd Cotton Voiles an . 21 niecoydw^de Percale, wo*th lOo 60 piece Coitoa Chocks,worth 6c....;....;.,...,...<...v WHITE GOODS. ...;at vd 2000 yd4<Wbw? Lawn, worth 7o.:.!,.......;, 2500 yds Finn White Lawn, worthlOo.... 1500 yds 20(50 yd* W JOplees 05paircr S Menja aLawbj worth 12lo................ Mercerized PIquo a&d Or fords ha lengths of 2i to 10 yds, fcX WOrtU !?50..r.,t>P| .................... ...... .-.?? ...<>..>.<.I Loca Strips, Worth 7or.U,...^ SHOES AND OXFORDS. * s Tane and Blank Oxfords, worth 85c, Tans or BlackOxfords^................... .... . woxth$1.25.............. worth fwso.....................,. Worth 2loo..... ............................... ......m ......... worth 2.25;.:...,.... Cid Shoes, worth 1.25......... .,...?.,. Ladles' Tan Oxfords, worth 1.50........ SHIRTS. Men'oandBoya'Soft Brown Shirts, worth125?and 85c............. s Men'oRhhte, wo?th 50o...?.... Men?iSWr? wdrth 750..:.................... ?Men>*8hirtB, wprthl.OOand 1.25. Men'aWorKShirte.wdrthS?o... Men's, Work Shirts, worth 60c.:. r ~ LADIES' A-'?D CHILDREN'S HATS. ? Sailor'sw?rth>25carid Sfla....... |. Sailor's worth 590 ami ?75n..:. " Trimmed Hat?, wovtb BOo.,. Trimmed H??t*. worth. 1,00m. Trtmmed-Hats, wcvth 150.>..:.:.:.; ?. ............et4oyd ....*t7io yd at 8Jo yd |A 124o yd .^...4.,.at4eyd ...at 650 pair .... reduced from ?1 to 85a .-,-...?180? .i.cat fi.10 .at 1.25 .....at 1.80 ..........?;,...v>.at?5o ............at 1.10 . ;....a?'aso .....at*~p ..at. a .L.;..v...at?B?j ,0..^..,.?,...,.....;>..;...a6l0o .;..,.at. 356. .....vsM7o ......at3yo ...;..at25o ......at.49o .at'59c DRY GOODS. 10 piece colored Broendltte, worth 15a...... 8 piece colored Brocadine, worth 25c........'.. 13 p.eco American Boyge,/va)ue 85o. 2 pleoa JSfavy BI^o Voilo, worth 40c,.....?,.,..-.. BLACK GOODS. S piece doubl? fold Black Good*; worth loo....;. 5 piece doubio fold Black Goodo, worth 25o. 5 pieces Wool Voile, worth 40c. S piece Black BrUUantfne,. worth 65o. 5000 y du Brown Dress Llnlug. worth 18a.?. 75 pieco Apron Checks, worth f>o.... 25 piece Apron Checks, worth 7io. lftOO yds Dress Ginghams, worth 7o. 1000 yds Dress Glnghama, worth 10c.... ? ?..... - ^T TA B L E LINEN. 16 pi?ces Tablo Linen, not mote than 5 y da to * customer, worth G0o.......at 35a yd 20 dos Fringed Doilies, worth Co.....nt 2o each 10 doz Mercoriza? Table Kapklho, worth 1.25.....,at 89o doz LADIES' COLLARS. 9?&?J&$$^^ > " '.*.at 3c each Il : ; .-..h.<icv;;<....at 8c yd ...i.,.,,f:;)..at l5o yd ....;.,.;>;;.at 22o yd ......../....at 2t?cyd r; : - \%zf# . ................at 8ayd ........at 15o yd .at 29o yd .............. .at 45o yd ..i.i.at 9io yd M..?..?...j..at 3\a yd .at 5c yd ....at 4s yd .at 7o yd 10 dozUorao^Ars,-Worth 15o'..y...... 16doe Ltdlas7 ??iocainga, iybrth 15c.......... lOdozlAdlea? BtockingB, worth 25c.... . . ' BOYS' CLOTHING. K3G6 P&nts, size 4 to 16, worth85o......:. Knee Pants, size 4 to 16, worth 50o.,... Bdys' Suitsj srzs 6 to 15, worth 1 25.,. 3ojs*?uits, sliss6to 10, worth 2.50........^. Boys' Suit?, size 4-to 10, worth 3.00.......... ...... H03IERY. ' -iisdiosr Bl^ek Hose, worth 5oV.'..;.,;;i.'...,..,v...^.- . .......... Lsdios' Blaok Hose, worth lOo.:..ViVi.U.V;.,?>v-?;?i.;,v,.:i.:v..;.;.,. Lsdlea' Black Hose, worth 15o;..,:.V...?.. Men's Hoso, worth 12Jb....'.'....?.?'.^ Mjin'ft ii'nfto, emtroidercl, worth 20.?._ 125 pair* Men's l.Ci) grade.Bluo pyeralla.;. .?.Kat7o each ..at 7c each .at 15c each .at 15c pair i.i.at 350 pair .............at 69o dair ................at 1 50 pair ......at 1.08 pair .J.at 2c pair ..................at Oo'pair .at 8c pair .;ut6opair ., .....at 12-lc .efOfif. .at 40o .at 69o .at 79c .at 95o .at 1.25 .at lo yd ....at 2ioyd ....at.31 o yd .u-t 5o yd .at 9o yd .,..at20oyd ..at lo yd LACE CURTAINS. 25 pr Lace Curtains, 2J yds long, worth 756?. 20 pr Lace Cartain?, 3 yds Jong, worth 1.00. 13 pr Lace Curtains, 8 y da loner, worth 1.25. 15 pr Lace Curtains, worth 1.35.,... 12 pr Lace Curtains, worth 1.90. , EMBROIDERIES. 35 pieces Embroideries, 1 to U in. wide, worth 31o...... 2000 yds Bmbroidsry, U to 2 in. wide, worth Oo. 1500 yds Embroidery, 21 and 3 in. wide, worth 7o. 50 pieces Embroidery, 35 to 4 in. wlds, worth lOo. 75 pieces Embroidery, 6J to 9 in. vide, worth 15c. 15 pieces Embroidery, 15 ino? wide, worth 35o. . LACE. , 25 pieces narrow Val and Torchon Laos, worth 8c.... 1000 yds of Fins Not Lace, Irom 31 too in. wide, worth 12}o, 15o and 20o yd....at 5o yd 2500 yds Torchon Lice. 4 to 6 in. wide.et 6o yd SHIRT WAISTS in White Lawn and Bine and,Grey Chambray.at 39o each White Lawn trimmed with Embroideries, worth 1.00.at 59c DINNER SETS. 200 doz white Caps snd Sancers at 5o eaoh; 250 doz large Dinner Plates 5c each; 160 Breakfast Pistes 6o each; 50 doz Cups snd Saucers gold decorated 9o eaeh; 75 doz large Plates 8o euch; 60 doz Broskfast Plates 6s eaoh; 22 doz covered Steak DlBhes worth 50o at 25c 42 pleoo Dinner Set, worth 6 50, at 3.98; 10O piece Dinner Set^worth 12.50, at 7.25; 100 piece Dinner Set, worth 14.00, at 9.50. Toilet Sets?10 piece Toilet Sets, worth 3.50, at 2.25; 10 piece Toilot Sotn, worth 4.50, at 3.25; 10 ploce Toll jt Sets, worth 5.00, at 3.75. GLASSWARE. 1000 Glass Tumblers at lo eaoh; Glass Butter Dishes at 8o eaoh; i gallon Pitchers, worth 2?c, at 15c each; I gallon Pitchers, worth 40e, at 25c; 1 gallon Pitchers, worth 05o, at 40s; Tall Glass Vases, worth 25o, at 15o each. '?. TINWARE. :>-\ Waeh Basins, v/orih 7c, at 8? Wash Hasina, worth 10n. at 5e; 10 qt Milk Pails, worth lSo,-at 2 qt, Tin Dipper*, worth 10c, ut 5.*; Pmre Water PaI)h, worth 35fi, at 22c; : Wire Egg Beaters lc. Stone J;trs and Ch?rn??-2i .l and 1 gallon Jars, worth 10c a j .gajloo,-ai 5j galion. - i Crockery, China, Glassware. Haviland and Bas8etts Dlanerware, both plain and decorated; also the best Eoffllshware; every piece ol it to be sold at 25 pes cent less than the cost to Imsnufaoturer. Don't miss this great Jsale or vou will regret it the rest of your life. We have only attempted to mention a small I part of the stock we have-on sale We have hundreds of other Bargains that we have, not the space to mention. THE MAGNET. Next to Postoffice.