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=?? Intelligencer. P- \shed erery Wednesday. J. F. CLINKBCAI.EB, ) ED1TOK8 AND ?. C. LANG3TON, s Proprietors. 'IE RMS; ONE YEAR, - - - - $1 50 SIX M0NT1JS._- - -_ 76_ WEDNESDAY, JULY li?, 1905. The Slate Press Association. The thirty-first annual convention of the South Carolina Tress Associa tion was held at White Stone Lithia Springe, Spartanburjr County, last week, and it was one of the most interesting and enjoyable as well as one of the largest attended meetings in the history of the organization. The Association was in session from Wednesday morning until Saturday morning, two and three meetings be ing held each day. and from the be ginning to the close there was not a dull moment in its proceedings. This was the third annual conven tion the Association has held at White Stone, and the members were so well pleased with every thing that they decided to accept the invitation to meet there again next year. Since our last annual convention tli'?rc the magnificent hotel and hca.'thgiving spring have changed banda, and is now owned by a stock company, of which Col. Samuel Sheftall is presi dent and general manager, Col. Sheftall is the right man in the right place, and under his hands the pro perty has been greatly improved. The improvements are still going on, and in the future White Stone will be both a summer and winter resort. The natural situation of the grounds is extremely pretty, the magnificent hotel?a three-story brick building? being ou the point of a ridge that slopes on three sides, and is surroun ded by a thick grove of trees of origi nal growth, mostly oaks. It is bril liantly lighted by electricity, and is supplied with all modern conveniences and comforts. A trolley line takes passengers to and from the railroad station to the hotel. The White Stone Spring is on the Bide of a small creek and comes out of a solid rock, which forms the banks of the creek on that side. A pipe has been fixed into the rock, and the natural pressure of the spring forces the water up into a marble basin over which a substantial rustic pavilion has been built on a rock and cement foundation. The overflow of spring water is conveyed in a pipe from this basin to the bottling works. The de mand for the water is increasing every year, and a large force of hands are kept busy bottling and shipping it all over the country. A very interesting programme had been arranged for thiB meeting of the Association, and nearly all the mem bers who had been appointed to pre pare and read papers on the subjects assigned them caiaa well prepared to perform their duty. The subjeots of the papers brought out other t : of interest to the journalists, cau of whom received new and practical ideas of our profession from the experience of our fellow-workers. The meetings were held in one of the spacious parlors of tho hotel, and at the first session Wednesday morn ing President Aull introduced Col. ?heftall, the general manager of White Stone, to the Association, who, in a few remarks gave the members a moBt cordial welcome. By request, W. W. Ball, of the News and Courier, responded to the weloome, and Presi dent Aull added a few words. After the weloome meeting the offi cers submitted their reports', then several committees were appointed and the Association got - down to bus iness in earnest. There were a large number of guests at the hotel and they were invited to attend our meet ings. Many of them did so, and they manifested a deep interest in our proceedings, especially in the interest ing papers read before the Associa tion and the discussions that follow ed. Much important business of interest only to the members was transacted. Among other things a resolution was adopted looking to se curing a libel law for the State that will meet the conditions of the day and whioh will he in line with the libel laws of other States. There appears to be no libel law in South Carolina except the oldiEngli?h common law, and the desire is to have a law that j will be fair to the people of the State i as well as to the newspapers. A com mittee of seven was appointed to look into the matter and bring it to the attention of the Legislature at its next session. The annual address at this meeting was delivered Friday afternoon by Col. S. H. Hardwick, the brilliant and efficient passenger traffic manager of the Southern Railway, bWashington, J). 0., whose subjeot was "The Story ( of the South?the Impetus and Pro gress of Htr Development." In tho selection of Col. Hardwick as the orator for this convention, the Asso ciation was exceedingly fortunate. The address was not only interesting and eloquent.3b it a patriotio appeal to the men of the South and made a deep impression. A portion of Iiis address was devoted to the discussion of the proposed Federal control or di rection of the railroads of our coun try, and he showed the dangers of such legislation by *^ic national law makers, especially to the South. He made a striking appeal for freedom of the railroads, and backed all of his arguments ,n a most logical man ner. One of the most enjoyable features of the meeting was the banquet on Friday evening given by our genial host complimentary to the Association and a few invited guests. It was 10 o'clock when the doors of the spacious dining ball were ttirown open and for the next three hours every editor, especially forgot the hardships of this life. An elaborate menu was served in line style, aud it was greatly enjoyed by the 100 or more ladies and gentle men present. There were no regular toasts on the programme, but a most eloquent address was delivered by lion. M. L Smith, Speaker of the House of Representatives of this State. He was followed by short ad dresses from Col. JohnT. Sloan, Hon. M. F. Ansel and the venerable Dr. lames II. Carlisle. All of the speeches were well received and high ly enjoyed, and everybody regretted that the hour for retiring bad come. On Saturday morning the Associa tion held its final meeting, and after adopting resolutions of thanks to everybody who had extended the mem bers any courtesies, adjourned sine die. A fine orchestra of accomplished musicians is employed at the hotel, and renders sweet music at intervals during day and night. This, of course, is highly enjoyed by the. guests. Col. Shcftall, the manager, is ably assisted by his good wife, who is a most charming woman, and a clever force of clerks in the office. If you contemplate visiting a resort for cither health, recreation or pleasure, take our advico aud go to White Stone Lithia Springs. If you visit there once you will surely go back again. An Address to The People. Tho Central Prohibition Committee lias issued the following address: To the voters of Anderson County: You arc to have a chance to express yourselvuH for or against the South Carolina liquor dispensary. Then? is to be no excitement, no beating of drums, ami blowing of trumpets, but there is a quiet, steady determination upon the part of our citizens to bring this institution to the bar of public opinion. It was promised that tho dispensary was to be a "great moral institu tion.'" Has it met that expectation fairly ? It was promised that it would great ly reduce the sale of liquor, and many of us belie>cd it, and determined to give it a lair trial. We are not pleas ed with r?sulta. We nre not pleased that the con sumption of legalized poison should have increased every year until it last year reached the enormous total of $3,500,000.00, and that dispensary offi cials have reached the point, as the daily papers recently reported, where they now refuse to give out informa tion as to how much of the stuff they do sell. It was promised that the revenue accruing from the dispensary would greatly reduce taxes. It has not done so. The tax rate in this county has almost doubled since the dispensary has been in vogue, notwithstanding the fact that the assessment has been raised from six to eleven millions dur ing the same period. The assessment throughout the State has been increas ed proportionately, yet the rate for state purposes is higher in this year of grace 1005 than it has been for fif teen years while the deficit in the state treasury is greater than it has been for many years. It is evident, then, thnt the dispensary as a means of revenue has been a stupendous failure. We are not pleased that beer shops or additional salenrooms have been grafted on to the system?in violation of law, as many think? in order that the receipts of the moral institution might be increased and the volume of "business" grow. We are not pleased thai: the liquor dispensers officers of this State, solemn ly Bworn to observe and uphold the law, should openly and flagrantly vio late the law, requirng from purchasers "written requests" for liquors, for fear that the sale of liquors might be re duced, as the law intended that it should be. We are not pleased that the officers whom we have put in charge of the dispensary to see that the law is en forced, should think tbat we put them there to ply a commercial venture.?-to coin doliara for a proud state at the expense of citizenship,?to ''push the sale" of poisonaua liquors among her young men and among the helpless victims of fatal habit, and to fatten the State's treasury at the cost of those whom the State should be most solic itous to protect. We are not pleased that men should more eagerly seek the "jobs" or posi tions on the State Board of Control in Columbia at $400 a year than they seek the governorship of this proud commonwealth, and more eagerly than they seek seats in congress from South Carolina at $5,000 a year. And we regard it as most significant that those who were friendliest, those who hoped most from the dispensary as a regulative measure, canuot longer avoid the stench of its moral atmos phere and are being driven to admit that the institution reeks with corrup tion and lawlessness and that the expe riment has failed. True, we get a little income from the dispensary. But at what a cost! We nut in tens of thousands to draw out hundreds;, we have heavier court dockets and court expenses and hea vier taxes every year; we give our young men, at great economic loss, to the demon of drink; and, worst of all, we make onr mother State the agent to furnish to them the means of debauch ing their characters and destroying their souls. Some say that Anderson county "will not enforce" a prohibition law. They enforce it in Marlboro; oan wo not do as well as Marlboro? The Charlotte News, a week ago, showed how well they are enforcing it there; is pnblio aen liment in Anderson coun ty not as enlightened as it is in Meck lenburg' Onr neighbors tell us that it is well enforced in many counties in Georgia, and we do not believe that the moral atmosphere and the standard of citizenship in this county is inferior to tbat of any counties in our sister State. In Marlboro County the first con victed "blind tiger" keeper was promptly fined $400. He moved to another town and opened up again. lie was promptly convi'.Lad attain and lined #509, when he quit the ousi ness in disgust. Anderson County will profit by her example. Let us all, at the very beginning < ? this movement, pledge ourselves, as this committee does, to <1<> otir full duty in enforcing the law when we get it. Certain citizens fear that to disturb the existing conditions is to take a step forwards "high license" and open barrooms. They need never fear that a South Carolina Legislature will disre gard the expressed wish ol the voters in and county; and public sentiment, in this county, has advanced too far lor open barrooms to ever again be a res I menace here. Fuithermore, the advocates of "high license" in the l?gislature will bud themselves solidly opposed, not only by the present advocates of prohibi tion, but also by the upholders of the dispensary system; and they would he doomed in advance to a worse de feet than that which now awaits the dispensary. And, finally, under the present constitutional provisions, the muucipal authorities cannot license, and the legislature cannot authorize them to license, the sale of liquor,? and it takes a two-thirds vote of the l?gislature to submit a proposed amendment of the constitution to the people and a majority vote of people and legislature to pass it. We appeal, therefore, to the men and women of Anderson County to move in this matter, aud to keep mov ing, until we have reached the only right so.'ution; to consider the matter calmly, earnestly nud carefully, and with minds single to the moral welfare of their country, to do their duty in this matter in the fear of God. Faithfully yours, B. F, Martin, Chairman, }{. F. Crayton, Rev. S. J. Curt I edge, Uev. W. W. Leathers, J. W. ^uattlebaum, G. N. C. Holeman, G. C. Sullivan, W. R. Osborne, ' J. L. Sherurd, Secretary, Central Prohibition Committee. Wants the Temptation He moved. Mr. Editor: We happen to be one of those unfortunates who can't refuse a drink of whiskey and we are ready to do all we can to put the dispensary out of business? the institution which sells the meanest whiskey that is made. We see men every day that are on the road to destruction caused by the use of that booze that is sold by Tillman's Pharmacy. We have especially no ticed two or three cases of line looking men who stay full of whiskey ami are not fit for work, and it <loes look like n great pity to see them going to destruc tion. Hut then there are thousands of cases just like these. Wo know that if the diapenanry was not hero most of these men would not go to the trouble of manipulating some other way to get ir. We know if it was not so easy to get whiskey by just stepping around to the dispensary that we would never go to the trouble to get it some other way. nud as lor us, we want the dis pensary voted out und then we will have no temptation. We all know that the young men growing up would likely remain to be sober men if we had prohibition. We oui seit would never have been n booze artist if prohibition had been in force some few years ago, and we know that tho young mer. coming tip uow are in the same fix. We want to see the dispensary voted out for our own special benefit, and we have heard a good many other drinking men say the same thing?that we want strictly prohibition and noth ing lesB. There is no use to mention the misery and trouble that the wife, mother and daughters experience on account of the dispensary. A Booze Artist. Townville News. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Haley, of Oak wny, were the guests of J. A. Gainee Sunday. Misses Clara Hunt and LesBie Wool bright are visiting MisB Sallie Dickson in Westminster. Rev. J. K. Karle, from Hollands, at tended services at the Baptist Church Sunday. Mis?es Julia Comp ton and Mary Dickson visited relatives in Anderson laHt week. Mrs. N. W. Grant and Mrs. Jamet Grant spent Wednesday with Mrs. Moore at Oakway. Prof. J. S. Harris will begin a school at Mt. Tabor Monday. Misses Dohnia Meyers and Nita Bruce, of Oakway, were the guests oi Mies Annie Campbell Sunday. Little Miss Eatello Harris, of Rock Mart, Ga., is spending awhile with hei grandfather, Handy Harris. Prof. Evans, from North Carolina, will teach at Pine Grove this summer, beginning Monday. Mrs. Jule Bogga spent a few days last week with Calhoun Bogga at To* keena. Prof. Graham goes to Hepsibah Mon day to take charge of the sohool there. Mr, and Mrs. 8ervetae Bogge. from Broyles, visited Rufub Bogga Wednes day. Mrs. Nathan Sheriff, who has beer seriously ill, ia improving. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown, from To keena, s pent Sunday with C. D. Giles. Pansy. Burgess Bridge News. Farmers are making hay while the sun shines. Mr. Earlo spoke at Whitefield July 13th. Nine new members were receiv ed, and the prospecte are bright for a large Farmers' Union there. Miss Annie Rogers and the children of Whitefield Sunday School are pre paring for children's day exercises and pol lection. These are always pleasant occasions. Albert Bowlan, of Atlanta, Ga., and Fred Bowlan, of Red Hill, Ga., visited their father recently. A family of skunks or pole oats re cently took up tbeir abode under the kitcheu of P. C. Opt and.ate about one hundred chickens, it requiring four to supply them a day. He thought opossums were eating them, until after many fruitless efforts his ekunkship was caught iu a steel trap. A lew days later five young onea were die covered under the kitchen and abot. Ia not this 0 big pole-cat talef E. Z. Brown has fine white Orping ton chicken? bought from John Mo EIree, Columbia. It ia likely these are the only ones of this kind in An derson County. They were hatched May 24th and are growing rapidly. It ia rumored that Thos. Balentine and W. Q. Hammond will leave their lands in other hands, and live in An derson in 1006. When will the tide turn from the city to the countryT \ m t m B. ?- In a train' wreck on the Missouri Pacific railway every oar except one went ;,nto the ditch at the aide of the track, but not a person on tho train v a* seriously injured. The train was l?nning at 25 miles an hour, yet not a oar was damaged by the sudden stop ping. The oars were new andh-avy aud of firm eteel framework. GENERAL NEW?. ? Many dead bodies are beiog found in the debris made by the flood in (iaunogoiuo, Mcx. ? New Orleans sold her first bale of this year's cotton last Friday for '0 cents per pound. ? The Savannah cotton exchange has Btarted a crusade for the abolition of the government cotton reports. ? John Wicher, aged 22, of Chica go, was arrested on Friday for drown ing his six-rnouthsold child in the river. ? In blasting rock on the Pennsyl vania railroad near Ilarrisburg, a pre mature explosion caused the death of eight men. ? A railroad detective and an out law were killed and a second outlaw i will die as a result of fighting follow ing a Kansas hold-up. ? The grand jury at Milwaukee haB brought in 105 indictments against former county offiidale. Nearly all of them charge bribery. ? A riot between niggers and white people occurred in New York. Sev eral were killed. A negro interfering with ? ball game caused the trouble. ? Lightning struck a grocery store in the small town of Sweetwater, Tenn., and before the fire could be ex tinguished $00,000 worth of property was destroyed. ? On account of heavy rains that have fallen in the section of country around Iluntsville, Ala., it is said that many farmers will have to abandon their cotton crops. ? The American Cotton Manufac turers' Association wants representa tion at the time of the declaring of the August cotton report by the de partment of agriculture. ? A case containing $10,000 in jewelry, which had been given to an express company by a salesman for a New York firm and with which the driver had disappeared, was recovered. ? Policyholders in the New York Mutual Life also want to know the worst, and they are petitioning for one of those old reliable brands of in vestigation?the kind the Equitable has always used. Rates to Farmers' Institute. Southern Railway announces rate of one Urst-class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip, (minimum rate 00 cents), to C'alhoun and Cherry's Crossing, S. Cm on account of the State Farmers' Institute, Clemson College, S. C, Aug ust 8-11, 1005. Tickets to be sold August 0, 7, S, with linai limit August 13, 15)05, from nil points in South Carolina, including Augusta. C-u. For full information consult Ticket Agenc, or R.W.Hunt, Div. Pass. Apt., _ Charleston, S. C. All of the latest and most approved de Signa in Builder's Hardware are carried by Sullivan Hdw. Co. They can furnish everything needed by the builder in the line of Hardware._ 17N"> 1905 College of Charleston, CHARLESTON. S. O. 120th year begins Sept. '29. Letters, Science,"Engineering. One Scholarship giving fieo tuition to each County of South Carolina. Tuition $40. Board and furnished room in Dormitory $10 to ?12 a month. Ail candidates for admission are permitted to compete for vacant Boyes Scholarships which pay $100 a year. For catalogue address HARRISON RANDOLPH, Pres. Notice oi Final Settlement. Tho undersigned, Administrator ol the Estate of Clara May MaCaulay, de ceased, hereby gives notice that he will on the 18th of August, 1905, apply to the Judge of Probate of Anderson Coun ty, 8. C, for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his office as Administrator J. W. QUATTLEBAUM, Adm'r. July 19, 1905_6_6 Notice to Contractors. Will let to the lowest bidder July 29th, at 10 o'clock a. m., the repairing of a Bridge across Generoatee Creek, In Sa vannah Township, known as McGee's Bridge. Also, on Bsme day, tbo rebuilding of Bridge at Majors' MIUb, Savannah Town ship, at 3 o'clock p. m. On Tuesday, August 1st, at 10 o'clock s. m., will let Bridge for repair in Pen dleton Township, known as Tlppen's Bridge, on Three and Twenty Creek. The undersigned reserving the right to reject all bids. Sp?cifications made known on day of letting. _8. O. JACKSON, 8up. A. C. MISS CLEMENT, TRAINED NURSE, - AND - MASSEUSE, 403 Whltner Street, - Anderson, S. C. Pbone 158. A Card. Having sold nty stock of goods tc Mr. 8. L. Dobbins at Town ville, and "retired from business, I desire Uo return thanks to my friends and customers for their lib eral patronage and begtthem to continue the same to my successor. G. E. SMITH. Townville, S. C, July 4. 2c Due West Female College ! 17th year begins Sept. 13th. Strong faculty of 5 men, 11 women. 120 pupils from 11 States. 70 boarders. A. B., B. S. and L. I. degrees. Usual extras. Board and tuition 9150 per year. Ideal place for quiet study, thorough work, sweet Christian influences, and kind personal oversight. For catalog address Rev. JAMES BOYCE, Presi dent, Due West, Abbeville Co., S. C. July 5, 1905_3_ z Trade Winners ! We are gaining ground and winning new trade every day, by buy in p our Goods direct from manu facturers in case lots, and selling them 10 to 25 per cent cheaper than yon can buy same Goods else where. i THIS WEEK. 3000 yards of Remnant ^Toiles, Polka Dots, Plains, Nicker Zephyrs, Etc., in all the leading colors ; they run in lengths from 2 to 10 yards, and are worth from 10c to 15c yard,' your choice of the lot while they lust.At only 5c yard WHITE LAWNS. 50 pieces 40-inch White Lawns, fine and sheer, worth 12Jc, at only lOo yard. 25 pieces very tine 40-inch White Lawn, worth 20c, at 12$c yard. BARGAINS IN BED SPREADS. 100 full size Bed Spreads at only C6c each, but they are $1.25 values. 100 11-4 White Bed Spreads, worth 82 00, at 81.19 each. : Extra eize Fringed Bed Spreads at $1.25 each. Marseilles Bed Spreads at $2.00, worth $2.50. $3.50 Marseilles Spreads at $2.50 each. Very nice Crochet Bed Spreads at 63c each. . . We can sell you the best and SAVE YOU MONEY on anything in? Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Eto. THE BEE HIVE G. H. BAIL.ES. A GOOD TIME To have your Carriage and Bugg^ BjSpaired and Repainted, so they will be ready when you need thorn. We bave a eplen- ' did stock good, dry Rims, opolces, Shafts, Wheels ; also, Lum ber in the rough, and nearly everything it takes to put a vehicle m good shape, with plenty good help to give prompt service. RUBBER TIES A SPECIALTY. PAUL E. STEPHENS, MID-SUMMER BARGAINS JULIUS H. WEIL & CO. find they v* too many Goods on hand for this season of the year. In order to dispose of them we have shaved the prices way down. -:- :: We offer tf ? (( ? ? (I ? <f M ? (( it ft it tf it ft ft ft ft ft ft ft tf . ft ft it ft best Indigo Calico.at 4i> Good Yard Wide Sheeting.it 4.5c. Yard Wide Percales.at 5* 40-inch Wide Black Brilliantine.< .at 24c Ladies' Best Black Hose.at 7c Ladies' Black Gloria Parasols.at 28c Men's Good Blue Overalls.at 40c Men's Percale Laundiied Shirts.at 39c Ladies* Kid Oxfords.at 89c Men's Vici Slippers. .at $1.U> Poe Mill Soft Bleaching.at 6c Indies'Trimmed Hats.at 48o Beat Grade Table Oil Cloth.at 15c Man's Wool 2-piece Suits.,.at $8.75 Men's Wool Pants.$1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.<K> Men's Straw Hats.at 25c, 60c and 76c We offer special inducement in Matting, Carpets, Rugs, Window Shades and Floor Oil Cloth. Julius H. Weil <? Co. 113 Granite Row. It's Buck's Season At "The Buck's Store/' And we are going to make it a Big One. We're going to, if possible, place a Buck's Stove in every home in this vicinity. We know that each one we do place will give a life-time of service. The best, strongest and cheapest Fence on earth.. We have jus* received our third fall car load oi this Fence for thin season. We can furnish it in all heights at such low pri?e? as cannot fail to please you. McCormick Mxjwers and Rakes. I ? These most excellentmachines stand in a class to them* selves?unequalled, unapproachsd. lu cva?y ?^&p?et j?&d at all points they are in every way superior to anything else manufactured in the line of harvesting implements.