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Intelligencer. Published every Wednesday. 1. F. CLINKSCAT.ES, \ EDITORS AND O. 0. LANGSTON, { PKOPBIKTORS. '1ERMS; ONE YEAR, - - - - $1 50 SIX MONTHS, - - - ?5 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, WO?. From a petty crime thc Mi.-iis.-ipi j Legislature has changed "blind tiger ing" to a felony. Tbis is a proper step, and thc South Carolina L?gis lature should do likewise. The prices which are now prevail ing for cotton moy tempt many far mers to set their stakes for an in< rease in the cotton acreage this yaar, hut it will be a grave mistake if they do. The report that a football team has been organized at tho Kentucky Sohool for the Blind is caloulated to evoke protests from tho profession against a team with no eyes to gouge out._ An Illinois jury has deoided that a dog has aright to defend his own ken nel. This seems a rather useless decision, as the dog has always in sisted upon defending the entire premi?os._ It is said that the people of Kassia are too ignorant for self-government, bat there appear to bo a number of them who know how to manage a campaign so as to quickly bring the most powerful autocracy the world has ever known to its knees. Tho information comen from Co lumbia that an appeal on the question of the constitutionality of tho Brice Aot will bo takon to thc United StateB Court. There is not, however, tho remo tent belief that tho dispensaries will over be reopened, and it is con ceded that tho doors have been closed forever. _ The Mountaineer, Greenville's old est newspaper, has been purchased from tho estate of Col. James A. Hoyt by J. H. Ligon, Luther Grandy and C. H. MoJunkin. We extend the right hand of fellowship to these gen tlemen and wish thom muofa success. The Sumter Freeman and the Sum ter Herald bavo consolidated. The Evening News will also be published by tho consolidated company. Col. John Ul. Knight, one of the best news paper men in the State, will be tho editor and manager of both the daily and weekly publications. At a largely attended meeting of Texas farmers recently it was unani mously agreed that the quail-com monly called partridge-is the surest and safest destroyer o? *ho boll wee? vii. All agreed in &j opinion that if the "Bob Whites" eoold be let en tirely alono for five years the boll weevils would be completely extermi nated and king cotton be secure again on his throne. ? m - In soother coloma a telegram fron: Washington announces the appoint ment of our clover young townsman, Ernest F. Coohrau, Esq., as United StatCB District Attorney for Soutt Carolina to suooeed. W. T. Capers Esq., and be is being warmly con gratulated by his many friends in thii city. Mr. Cochran we<s bora and raia ed in Anderson and has always re . eided here, being tho junior membe of the law firm of Quattlebaum ?S Coohran, whioh firm has a large prac tice. He has boen a Republican al his life, attends its conventions, bu lias never beon mixed up in ita row " and disreputable polities generally For several years he has aeived a Assistant District Attorney, and i well known and highly cat?eme throughout the State. Many cf tb leading journals of the State spca' very complimentary of the appoint meut of Mr. Coohran, who is in ever; respect well qualified for i ^e du ti OB i the office. : ? -- . For a long while the people of tb South have bsd , ocssioo to ver severely oritioise tbsi government coi ton reports. This criticism has bee hooted at and tho government repon have been held up as absolutely clea and correct. Now the faots have bec laid bare and it appears that thei has boco a constant leakage in the rc tmrta ?hat has enabled the boars c ; Walt street to manipulate tbs a otto market,ao they saw fit Against the io tercet of the Souihern farmers. Th criticisms of the Southern pc opio hov ., beon shown to have beeo correot ai t V the while. Tho government report cd!!' sever btv? .-the strength Saali that they formerly had. Tho peopl; - . lave been, shown wherein.,they can bi manipulated, against them and thej will never agSta pi ac o confidence ir them as in the past.oTho pcoplo ol the Sunt h navely this rottenness ir -. */f^'.;Vj|^ beet swindled out of .-millions of dollars and bad it not been for tho alert?os* of Biehard Chsatbam/jHarvic Jordan . ?n'?'iVsv whioh the j are officers theresa no telling much more of the > South V 't?fh svonld tuve gone into the pooktta ol ?ie Wall street gamblers. There is mach humbuggery pub lished at tbe pr?sent day about those who are the best f rienda of the labor i?g elapses. The greatest friend of tho laboring men is the maa who in vests his means in industries that create a demand for labor. Without work laboring tuen cannot support themselves and their families. What is the most important thing for the welfare of thc laboring men of South Carolina? The erection arid operation of factories that will require their services and that will give them thc wherewithal to support themselves, educate their children and surrouud themselves with homes and home com forts. Capitr.l that ?8 invested in business from ?hich laboring rn? n obtain employment is always of prac tical benefit to tho world. It builds up cities, opens undeveloped resources and lessens the burdons thc poorer classes have to bear. At the samo time it is a benefit to thc farmer, as it furnishes a better market fot his products._ OUR COLUMBIA LETTER. Coi.i MlUA, S. C., Jan. 22. After a recess of two days the Gen eral Assembly will reconvene today and begin the third week of the ses sion. '1 he members will find the work well along for this B tage of tbe session, with the committees well up with their work and the calendars not too crowd ed. It is likely that the roost interesting if not tbe most important thing to be taken up this week will be the elec tions for various positions -at the dis posal of tho legislature, but this has been robbed of some interest because of the decision of the legislators not te elect the members of the dispensary board and the commissioner until they haye decided what if anything they will do with the dispensary itselt. The other elections will not attract BC much attention, though there is to bc elected a chief justice of the supreme court and six circuit judges. Cbiel Justice Pope will not have opposition and all the judges will bo re-elected though Senator McGowan, of Laureus, will be a candidate aguinst Judge Klugh. There was talk ol'other can didates in this circuit but none bat announced. lt is diilicult to write nuy account ol tho G euc J ul A stu1 moly's proceeding! without getting the dispensary promi nent therein, though pretty noon thil may not bo tho cuso. However, the dispensary is to be {latched aguin or ii is to be abolished ut this session, or perchance, it will be lett aa ic is. Th?. ?Morgan bili, which provides for local option and high license, is a favorite measure with many ot' the opponent! of the legislature, aud it has dividee tho committee on dispensary in tin House, which brought in a report ir which the committee Bpiit evon on tin measure. On the other band the bil to purify and reform and regenerate tho dispensary, which was conceive! last year by Senators Ilaysor and Man ning, imo itself been regenerated am. introduced in another form, attempt int to place as many restrictions AH posst ble around the parchase of whiskey The principal scheme for doing this ii to have the whiskey bought m bulli for the whole year at one sitting by i board which shall bare nothing else t< do with the dispensary. This is on th< line of the idea of Senator Tillman nut also not foreign to the views of Gov ernor Heywardi both of whom hav? made their views known, the one un officially and tho other officially, te tin General Assembly. With this back lng it would seem that if the bill can not pass and cannot eave thew dispeu nary, the institude a is at last dead be yond resumot?c&i, but the truth ii that tbe dispensary reformers are no certain whether they eau count on i certain element ot: f!\e dispensary fae tion, which may dna a purified and lu corruptible dispensary altogether use less for their own particular purposes This element may unite with tho op position and kill the thing if it is no to be run as it has been run, after th manner revealed by the investigatioj committee. . And in this connection it may b said that the bili to give the commute more power, the authority to oumruon witnesses and compel their attendance has been passed by both houses, an* the committee will likely, get to worl again next week, with sittings in thi city. The te ot i mon y which has ai ready been taken, with which the pub lie 1B familiar,' has been published an makes a book of 578 pages. Labor laws are no new thing in th South now, but the time of the legie lature is occupied not a little by bill of, that character. The Toole ten hour bill,which bas been pending fe some years in one shape or another, j now before the house, with a ravel able report from the committee. Thei were a number of mill managers hoi last week to appear before tho con mittee in opposition, and the labe element alco had represen tatt vet There is also before the Senate a bi introduced by Senator Johnson. t prevent lock-oats, or, in other word to prevent one mill from locking ot ita employees who sotlvely sympathis with a strike in another mill, lt wc pointed ont before the house commit tee that the?e and kindred m?asurea & emanate from the Horse Creek .Valle cotton mill section, where the Jabe unions exert so potent an influence It is claimed that the mill "operativ* of the Piedmont? not being organise into Unions, do not desire this legh lation. . s . One of the most interesting debate in the house this week was-on Mi Cothrnn'a resolution to endorse tb plan of federal aid to highway build ing. Mr. Cotbran , supported, th eoheme in ? strong speech, 'and by vote of 60 to 4? the Louse refused t kill the resolution. . Senator Manldlo'a bill to make tb birthday of John C. Gel ho un a lege holiday and to reti?ir? it to be observ ed with exercises m the publi? ??u??? was rejected by the Senate, but it discussion called forth an excellent ad dress from the Greenville Senator o th? history of the State. The bill to provide for a week's holi day in the ?tate Colleges at Christm* bas .Passed- the noose, and it is no likely that the Senate wi il bo'so bard .haar ted as to ref gee to grant this booi ?to tho college boys sod giris. / Th Mil aime to override the decision o ho Winthrop trustees, who have re used tho students of that institntiot more than one day at Christmas, as al th> other. State Colleges have a longe holiday*' ; ; ' . lu lurecastlng. the work of tho Gen eral Assembly ee vera I years ago tai scribes used; to figure on t he ; fight that would be mudo on the appropria tions for tho StatD(Colleges, but thi is largely a thing oizto past Then ?S pending a bil?to ?Wrde the-fert?bte tog -tox ?Wbieh?sow goes entirely ti .QIeimx-^tt#ii>iBn^ ?oft makibi the gW college do part of the in fought each tiwi by both tJ&^ttenft of Clemson and Winthrop.. J. H. : m The Value of Land. Tho Comptroller-General boa ju?t completed tho following interesting table showing the value por nero of land in tho State, county by county. From tili? table it can be seen that land in Anderson County is assessed at a higher valuation than in any other county: Abbeville.8407 Aiken. 3.14 Anderson.5.38 Hain be fir.3.06 Barnwell;. 4 (?0 Beaufort.2 27 Berkley. M4 Uhurleat?!!.3.04 Cherokee. 4.38 Chenter. 4 32 Chesteilield. 1.43 Clarendon.2 40 Col loton.1.58 Darlington. 3.92 Dorchester.1.42 Kdgelield. 8 01 Fait held.B.00 Florence.3.87 Georgetown.1.31 (J reen vi He.4 27 Greenwood. 3.20 Hampton. 1.67 Horry.1.18 Kershaw.'2.83 Lancaster.2,72 Laurens.4.03 Leo. 4.19 lexington.2.20 Marion. 8.30 Marlboro. 4.08 Newberry.4.99 Oconeo.230 Orangeburg.2.97 Pickena. 8.10 Hichlund.8.42 Saluda.4 42 Spartanburg.4.75 Sumter.8.49 Union.3.58 Williamsburg..:.1.40 York. 4.57 A New U. S. District Attorney. VVaohingtou, January 16.-Capt. John G. Copers ia down and out as United States district attorney. To day President Roosevelt appointed Ernest F. Cochran, of Andereon, hie successor. Mr. Cochran was not an applicant for the place, but the Presi dent knew him as a candidato for the Judgeship should another Judge h provided for, and he was evidently im pressed by the high testimonials which hod been presented in his behalf. The failure of Mr. Capers to receive reap pointment is tho consequence of tho investigation mado by the agents of tho department of justice. At neither tho department nor the White House would the contents ot' this report be disclosed, und there was equal retie enco concerning the nature of the charges mndo against Mr. Capera Nothing moro was said than that tho President was satiB?ed that the reap pointment of Mr. Capers was not du ?irablo. The case of Mr. Capers hu? been boforo the President for several weeks. His commission expired on December 10. Certain charges were Hied against him, and his reappoint ment waB held up pending investiga tion at tho department of justice. It was stated that the ofliciule do not consider it proper to give out anything as to the charges against Mr. Caper?, as that woald be like "rubbing it in," that if Mr. Capers himself is satisfied to let the matter drop the department jo It is learned that, one of the princi pal chargea against Mr. Capers is that ne was reported to be retained by the Richland Distilling Company in ft suit in which that company is defendant against a distiller in Asheville. The Richland Distilling Company is liable to be brought into the United States Court as a defendant, in which case it v/onld be the duty of the district attor ney tc prosecute it. Tbs legislative dispensary Investigating committee caused the distillery to be investigated by the United States internal revenue officers, and it is aaid that it waa found to be violating the laws of the United States, ao that at the very time the district attorney waa acting aa the at torney of the distillery, it waa commit ting acts for 'which it might any day become bia duty as an official of the Government to prosecute it.-Special to) News and Courier. United Confederate Veterans. e The following general orders have e been received from Gen. Lee and are er published for the information of ali in I Headquarter? United Confederate fe . Veterans, s . New Orleans, La., January 15,1906. ' General Orders No. 38: . 1. The general commanding announ d ces that, according to custom hereto fore in force, which leaves to the gen e erai commanding and the department i- commanders the fixing of the date of s the reunion, the sixteenth reunion of i- the United Confederate Veterans will tr. be held in thecitv ot New Orleans, La., is on April 25th, 20th. 27th, 1906, Wed r- neflday, Thursday, Friday,. respective e Iv, those days having been named by e our host as satisfactory. 1- JP. moro aro i u au jr IWBVUO ?TUJ M.^ tr' reunion of 1006 should surpass any i. heretofore held. The city of New Or II lenna is geographically situated ao as o td be easily accessible to ? large sec B, tion of our federation, lt ia near the it great Trans-Jtfisaiesippi depart mont, ie with its thousands of enthusiastic old ! is soldiers, and the moat populous divi- j i- alone Of the other departments are not ll distant. The longing of the gallant1 y iemnauts of the Confederate armies to ,r meet each Other, which ea c h y e ar grows t. stronger, the peculiar oh arne ter of the sa city with its innumerable attractions, d ita old-time streets, its on ti que build I- inga, ita immense shipping with the countless craft that float on tho bosom. ia of the "greati river," tho beauty and r. refinement of ita women, the hospital e i ty o2 its people-ever tho moat en i- tbustnstic Confederates- the exceed* o ingly low rates. made by the 'railroads, a alt, coupled with the promise of ita 0 citizens (and with them promise te por formance) that this gathering ahalf f arv e- surpass all heretofore held, combine to tl make thia meeting a memorable renn - - lon. The general commanding, then, g most saraeaily nr*e? ?ii carno officer* a to strive td nave a ]arge attendait ? from their camps, that theoe aged me u may once moro bave the MfttjNTC.ftjfc meetibg Uieirold wtat?ea Tn Arma. . . ] ~ 8. Tho general commanding with a much pleasure jmnnrtheea. ? at tho :r*y t nnest of ita most energetic president, 1 ?rs. Wi J. Behap, that the Cont oder a ate Southern Ktomorial association. Will i 0 h'j?ri ?ib ?i^eti?g st thee^e>*m^4 ;r J f 4. The goner al command! og ein cere- ] - ly hopea that the press of ino enttte J a conn try will endeavor to stir np inter- j 1 eat in the coming meeting and U this j r end be tequeatu that thia order bo pub ; llBhed and editorial comment made . thereon:-''' . ,'. ' ^ ' : v' il; By command of Stephen D. Lee, B General Commanding, 'te,1 A: Offleiai:? #1^^^H^ i Adjutant Genetal fcbd^ht?ffif Steff * .., - If maniages ar* wadi in .heaven ' i yon had battew f rien^ \{ i:^0jWo^an*f , tongue i s her sword, , i which, ehe. .jnevorl?w rtte?^;-^v : . : ? v .?*?'& woman'stbo?ghtfc run before I- fSer:m?t!?n?;> f^m?^^^^^^^t^R Burgess Bridge News. E. M. Duckworth has enlarged and uproved the J. H. Neal boose and loved into it. He baa also built a apital barn. We welcome all auch jen to our community. Wo oleo welcome another permanent itizen. Mr. Hanks, a good larmer, fho has bought part of tho W. A. Neal and and moved to it. J. W. Stringer has built a new lOUBO. Mia. M. E. Hogers now occupies her lice now dwelling. Winter Knight baa built a good mm. E. H. Key8 ia erecting a good two tory house. Thoa. Balantine is building ono of h? best tenaut imune? in this neigh borhood. And what shall wo say of the nian lion of W. Q. Hammond? Tho largest arm house in the country, containing lixtcen rooms, covered with elate, out side brick costing one hundred and ?tty dollars a thousand and everything ;lso in proportion. Charley King, who baa lived many rears with L. W. Harris, has moved to the Waddy Browne place. I*. C. Opt ba? moved back to his old some because it is a botter place to ion a dairy. Jell'. Cox now occupies the Snipes house. Jim Landress has moved from Port man to P. C. Opt's. o Min Willingham has moved to the Ashmore place. The Whitefield congregation has boni;ht a new organ and new hymn books. Rev. Mr. Dagnr.U will preach at Union Grove this year. Prohibition isa good thing, if it lasts only a week, for somo men returned to their families over Burgess Bridge sober last week who had not done so before in a long time. From present appearances this neigh borhood will not save enough recd potatoes to sapply it. 3. What Peaceful Citizens Must Learn. Wo have bad several lessons in tho conduct of social and bus!nest affairs in thia Stafe recently which have beeb written in blood. The shooting in Lancaster teaches us that a merchant must not neglect to send np trifles or dered by customers, no matter what the exouse for not sending them is, lest he be shot by the offended party. We learn from the Gaffney shooting that one must not remonstrate with a gentleman for insulting ladies in his charge, lest he be shot. Some time ago we had another lesson which was that we editors must not criti cise a mnn whom we conscien tiously believe to ben monaco to the State lest we be shot' and the shooter be upheld by the juries. It takes peo ple a long time to learn some lessons and maybe there will bo some more shooting before the shooters learn that they in nat not shoot lest they bo hung. -Florence Daily Times. - The martyr's orown was never found by looking for it. - Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from our impatieooe. - Nothing pleases a little man BO muoh as a chance to sling mud at a big mau. - The best banks are in heaven; but thu rtceiving tellers are likely to be in some back alleys here. - No one needs to sit still while waiting on the Lord. harloston & Western Carolina Railway. rrivaLaud Departure of Traine, Auder- j BOO, S. C. Affective January 10,1900. DEPARTURES: 27 a. m. No. 22, dally except Sunday, for McCormick and interme diate stations, an Ive McCor mick ll 15 a. m. lop. m. NoO, dHilv, for Augusta, Al lendale, Fairfax, Savannah, Waycross, Jacksonville and Florida point?, connecting, at AuguHta vrlth O. & W. C. train No. JO. carrying tb.oogh Pull man Sleeping Car Service to jHcksonvllle, and at McCor mick with C. & W. C. train No. 4, for Greenwood and interme diate Htatlons. Arrive Calhoun Falls 5.42 p m.. Augusta 8 25 p. rn., Allendale 12.27 a. m., Fair fax 12 30 a.m., Savannah 2.50 a. m , Jacksonville 8.40 a. m. ARRIVALS: Tra?na arrive Union Depot Anderson, .Jo. 5, daily, from Augusta, McCormick, Taihoau Folia and Intermediate stations 1.00 a. m.; No. 21, daPy, except fciuuday, rom McCormick and intermediate ?ta lons 5.05 p. m. W. B. Steele. U. T. A., Anderson, S. C. Geo. T. Bryan, G. A., Greenville, 8. C. Ernest Williams, O.P.A. ' Augusta, Ga. H. M. Emerson, Trafilo Manager. i aft i mm Chose Husband by Let. Asheville, N. C., Jan. 20.-The mar riage of Miss Irene Depew and James William Mock, of Mockville, N. C.? is announced. Mrs. Mock, a well-known beauty and social favorite, is reported to have determined the choice oz three broth ers, all of whom bad been paying mark ed attention to her for years, by bal lot. 8he allowed all three to draw lots and the youngest Mock won. Tho bride's lottery consisted of three small pasteboards, on one of which was inscribed her name. The other two were blanks. She declared that she had been for months unable to de termine how to settle it, and that sho did not want to wreck the lives of the other two by choosing one. . MiBB Depew had received proposals from every young man in the village. Her wedding soon followed her deci sion by ballot. Notice to Administr?t ors, Executors, Guardians and Trustees. ALL Administrators, Executors. Guar dians and Trustees aro hereby notified io make their annual Returns to this office during the month? of January and February, aa required by law. R. Y. H. NANCE, Jud so of Probate. Jan 17,1906 31 5 WVLL PAPERING. A full assortment ot Wall Paper, in cluding Tapestry, satin finish, Ingrain and bath room lile. The largest stock ever carried In Anderson. Room mould ing to match all paper. All orders filled on abort notice. Three ot the beet paper hangers in the olty.< We also do work out of the city. Q. JJ. ARNOLD; . Phone No. 20, B. . >. 801 Depot street MEN'S. AND: BOYS' We have just bought at about fifty cents on the dellar the entire stock of f?en's and Boys' Fine Shoes of the Davis & Daniel Shoe Stock.? Tliaue are auch gooda aa Edwin Clapp** French, Shriner & TJrner'e and Snow's Shoes?'and Oxford for men, and a fall line of Boya' aud little GrBnte| Bx?e^ You t?ow; thees goode, and know there ia nothing better made, We put oit ' Bale toMl?y^ v*. ^i'k'W--. ? :,:?i|^ji .'. . V v-/^tTT^Pl^** Wm ?4ftNUFACTURERS' COST ! : Every pair mtrked v.dth these letters im^jt^^ ? can briog this mark and bay by it : ?jppC^Q;ySEE THEM. Sk-, :Wi\o^; notifak anything bat " Just remember also that Shoes have advanced 2o per cent in the last four iboetbs, and these goods were bought befora the rise, FOR We are now receiving a great many New Spring Goods, hick we ask our many customers to cali and Inspect WE WILL SELL YOU AT COST ! Wool Bress Goods, Blankets, Heavy Clothing, Cotton Flannel, Wool flannel, , / Winter Shoes* Wool Hosiery, Wool Shawls, fascinators, Ladies' ??ong Black Coats, Short Jackets, Misses' Cloaks, It will certainly pay you to buy'these Bargains, as lots of cold weather io expected. We carry in stock a large line of Wall Which we will sell at Factory Prices. Julius H. Weil & Coi AuteriT " .FMK* ll JHk lil Vt A VtfrU * vii I ? > offer y ou S otind, Substantial Fftri Fences, built of the best mat?? riais and 00 the latest and most approved p?tte adapted tci;ai? uses. ?UR. .TENSION^CURVES, i^M^^? i '; . Io maia simada O? bara ai:|ay^:^?it?U^^?ittf..|^&^Cv:/ ' sta^, a?d at am- ':<.''? . \ heat and cold and ma&e the fence elastic. THE HINGE JOIHT. ^^^^^?^^^^,?sP???al attention tej the _v"]hiipjts?''.:??te"f?:fl^'-*^y_?-.^^^?>"?s , ' . each ??tersection of stay with main ' bars.' Thfe tho^?7bas a hinge joint the feac\\ cannot te^~ ;: ?my^|!^ |||||P^^ '::?<?: w;<:;.f\;J'-vJ^ on the? - :v:?i$::'/\ wh?e the oprK3s??e is trae pf >U ?igid s^y ?acea. [?<Pp^?!^ : , '.IM j ~o?-wri?s?t?iit? 3 sidering ?he price, ibo W?gM per \ ii^^M-. sise of" Jg ?structurais^ ??.J?-. ; .vf:;anotb^'^c?^ . ? 5 tqi^'^^ta^tt.'of our^snca?^ ?'?' ; jS ^ w*?s V^oan ' SM^ vg