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It is with grateful hearts that we return thanks to the Trading Publie for the very liberal patronage accorded us in the past, and especially during the year 1005. ' . : **? Which fer exceeded a&sr previous year in our existence. We will strive to merit the oonfU dence and ?ood will of the people. We will continue to carry in stock at ail times just s uch goods as th? public may demand at most reasonable prices. We will not attempt to enumerate or specialize at this time, as it is top well known throughout this section that ours is a large and carefully assorted stock of Has proven successful beyond our- expecta-* tion. The Merchants haye shown in a very substantial way their appreciation of a First (Diana Wholesale Stock sc convenient.1 - While we are truly thankful to every one to our sue ?ess. we solicit a continued and increased pa tronage ia the future. . i Was Wishing WHOLESAWB ?^?mmm Local News WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7,1906. THE COTTOH HARKET, Good Middling-10J. Strict Middling-ll. Middling-101. Good beef cattle aro iu demand now at fair prices. So far February, like January, is giving us a variety of weather. The oarly gardener lms put in ?orno good work duriug the past week. . Miss Muy Haute, of Greenville, is in city visiting friends aud relatives. J. W. S helor, of Oconee Cc un tv, was among the visitors to the city last week. The gossips say there will be threo weddings in Anderson in the early spring. Nearly every wagon that comes to the city thoBodays goes out loaded with fertilisers. T. A. J. Green, of Greenville, was in the city last Saturday and gave no an appreciated call. Hrs. J. I, Copeland and little daugh ter, of Clinton, ?. C" ore in Anderson visiting relatives. C. L. Lanius, of York, Pa., is spend ing some time in the city with his sis ter, Mrs. G. C. Sullivan. Senator Hood came up from Colum bia Saturday afternoon and spent Sunday and Monday at home. A, W. Todd, of Charleston, was in the.city yesterday and was warmly greeted by his many old friends. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. ?once, of River side, Ky., have decided to move to tue city to reside here in the future. W. B. Young, a progressive farmer o? Abbeville County, was in the city last Friday and gave us a pleasant call. * Walker Hombree and M?SB Jessie McDowd were married Thursday in this city, Rev. R. S. Truesdalo officia ting. Yon have until the 20th of February to make your tax returns. Botter do so in time and avoid the iii ty per cent penalty. The rural mail carriers are having a tough job of making their twenty-live miles a day in the present condition of the roads. . . ' Better sow down some of that land yon have set apart for cotton in spring oats, to be followed by cow peas and sorghum. : Rev. D. W. Hiott, of Easley, waa called and has accepted the pastorate of the Chiqaola. Baptist Church at Honea Path. Novelty dealers are displaying val entines and the young-folks are having ? great, fan selecting missives for the coming festival. . . y The average inhabitant is now fig uring on the proposition whether his Sresent ec&! supply %fl? last sutil hq egina buying lee. < The contractors aro taking advan tage of every good day to push the work un the new buildings now being erected in Anderson. r.r_. .... ? A representative of the BssMivelsnt Order of Buffaloes will visit Anderson in the near future for th? purpose bf org?????Jok??aloc??,lhQr??Qthi0Ci6y: Prof. and Mrs,-Coleman Bs Waller, of WofTord College, ?par tanbar ff, have j been spending a few,days in the city visiting the latter's mother, Mrs; B. a*] Hill. . .; . . A-V H Married, by J. H. Barney, Magia- I trate, and at his residence, on Bonday evening, Feb. 4,1806, Mr. L. G. Sbiflet and Miss L. J. Cordell, both of Hart Comity, Ga. Ono-twelth of tho year bas already paused into history. Wonder'how many good new year's 'resolutions were lived np to during . tbs, first month in the year, ' H. D. Hendricks, who has been em ployed as street overseer j in this city, tho past year, hes resigned to accept a position as overseer of alargo farm near Calhoun Falls, Mips Mattie Holder/ Mrs. J. H. Hutchison, li ?le Edit h Hutchison, Mrs. Wingo Barrios and J. C. Holder Visit ed the homo of a. A. Hutchison in Elberton, Go., last week. - \ - Good roads help matte good farms; Good farms help build good towns, lt is therefore eanally important for far* mers an d ci ty dwellers to enlistnuder the banner cf good roads. ' ' :':'-'TheColonial In n, the new hotel on The Court of General Sesssiona ' for Audcrson County will cou vonein thia city next Monday vrith Judge Aldrich presiding. Tho criminal docket is ? heavy oue. Jurors and witucssoB should bo on hand promptly at the opening of the Court. Dr. W. II. Nardin, Jr., accompanied by his wife, ?caves today for New York, where ho will spend several week? takiug a ppeciul course sn tho treatment of diseases of tho eye, ear, nose and thront. During his absence his father will have charge of hts pa tients. Kev, Thos. Looper, one o? the oldest Baptist preuchera ill South Carolina, died at lus home in Pickens County ott Tuesday, 30th, ult., in tho 02nd year ot his age. Ile was well known in the upper portion of Anderson County and his niauy friends will regret to hear of his death Hon. M. F. Aueel, of Greenville, will deliver an address to the Camp of Confederate Vet?raoB at Piedmont next Saturday evening at 7 BO o'clock. A small admission fee"of 15 cents will be charged and the proceeds will bo donated to a worthy object. The p *iU I lie is invited to attend. Judging by the number of molos be ing carried out by the farmers this season, there is going to be something doing on a big scale to the lands in this territory. We trust that the food stuffs will not be neglected, but that hoar, hay and hominy will be much in evidence in the fall of 1000. Capt. Whit K. Robinson, one of the most popular conductors iu the employ of the C. & W. C. B. lt., who has been confined to his home in this city for many weeks with a severe case of fever, is able to be ont again. We join his many friends in wishing him a speedy restoration to health. Chas. B. Hall, who hao been quite sick ut his home in this cit? for several weeks, left last Sunday for Baltimore, where he will spend awhile under treatment in a hospital. Ho was ac companied by his brother, Frank Hall. We join his many friends in wishing him a speedy restoration to health. Mrs. N. L. Fant and little son Gor don returned from Atlanta, Ga., yes terday, where she had been for the past two weeks for the purpose of hav ing tbe lad treated for a disease of the throat and ears. Gordon conies back very much improved in health and ie getting along nicely now.-Keowee i Courier. . The last issue of the Mill News says; I "R. W. Mussel white leaves the Wil ? liamston, S. C., cotton mills this week to accept a position in Lancaster, and a letter from a friend at Williamstot expresses the regret of the people then at his leaving, especially on account ol his efficient services in the Sunday echo ol, of which he was on pei i nt? m dent." Lumber has again advanced ii price, the advance being from $2 to $< per thoasaod feet. Contractors sa: that the price of lumber is higher a nresent than eyer before in the histor of the city. The increase in the prie of lumber will doubtless cause mau; contemplated improvements to be bel* up or cause many builders to reso??t material other than lumber. s More money is going to the mea shops and grocery stores now than be fore the closing of the dispensary Often have we stopped and ?!EO? u the crowds in the dispensaries , on Sat urdaya. Nine out of ten needed sea and clean clothes more than whiskey Four-fifths of them were too poor t epend money for liquor. Cutting o whiskey from that class will bo great benefit * Wilt Johnson, a negro station s?k at Donalds, lost ail his good loo ka foi ever Sunday afternoon. He swan aboard the Northbound afternoon pat eenger train on the Southern Bailwa; and attempted to lump off when tl train" had attained a speed Of thlit miles an hen?. He lauded head iori moat in apile of rock,-receiving feai ful bruises that will probably result i the loss of his eyesight. The advance in prices in all kinds < provisions should cause a large, ii crease in home-raised producto fi man and beast. Our people mac plenty ot provisions during the civ war because it wno a necessity. , can be done again. If provisions ai made ac home, so far as possible, tl moht>y for the cotton crop will ni have to be sent tn the west tc pay fi meat, lard, corn, flour, oats, etc The postoffice department i h re a te i to discontinuo rural mail routes wfaei the smalt quantity of mail carried ii dientes that the routes are not rieedec Now let tho -people along the rout fet busy and increase the mail matte 'h?y ?an increase it same by se?dit. The Intelligencer frequent letters wit the neighborhood news, and by sent ing checks and money orders for eui scrip ti on. A word to the wise is sufi oient j". A farmer tells ns that he rid his far of rats ia the following manner: "? a very large number of pieces of ol shingle, I put 3?>?u ? u??-uait Ol S Wi spoonful of molasses, and oh tbs with my pocket knife, 1 scraped a ems amount of concentrated lye, and thc placed the old shingles around undi the stable floors and under the crib Tho v next morning I - found 40 des rate, and the rest va m oosed the far and 1?re for parts unknown. I hai cleared many rayma ot the pests in tl ?ame way and have never known it < The ?asley Progressifjapt Wed ne day say e.- "R. C. Wyatt a promine: ??lunter living six miles south of Ea ey, ?nd a brother to A. G.Wyatt, i tola place, was stricken with paraXyi last Saturday evening es bewaa gob homo from Easley. He was rid ii ?lone in a baggy at the time, and win tibs horse Stopped; at the gate he w nuable to ' speak and bad lost the u nf bi* limbs. He has not been able speak aToce."; Jfrv Wyatt has mai friend* < and relatives in Anders Conney who will regret to hear of 1 affliction. . - \ v " ... :< At a meeting of the directors of t ?treot oar company Saturday afterno it was ; definitely decided to have t trolle/lino between toit city and Bi ton jran north of the Binn Ridge ra road through the northeastern port! of the city. The preliminary sorv< have all been made under the directi bf tba engineer in charge, J. E. Birril of -Greenville. The contrae* for t steel rails ban been let .and tho sot* work of constriction will begin In t spring. .Witto favorable labor eon tions the Hoe will probably be co ploted by the early fall. The Newport (Va.) Timta Hen o? Jan. Bist mentions / tho death. t?i?t*i,5tew^n? 2XS??S? that city last Wednesday morning deceasedwaa*88 ear?ofa?eand' ol^Sanme"^ &torm? UtetfTLV Corner township, lae) i .?fctoyed, as^ajmsek? nlst tat' the s most'?e^ friends and relatives r in this cou who wUl regrette learns** his deotl Tue citizens of Duo West Lave a bill on ita passage 'through tbe Legis lature giving them power to vote bouda not exceeding $12,000, in aid of a rail road from Due Weat to Donalds or z point near there, or in nid of a railroad troiu Abbeville by Du? Weat t*i Huma Path and Anderson. Thia menus that theeo bonds can ba applied to one ol' several roads. Tho booda are iu ad dition to ti private subscription of u like amount, livery voter in Due West sigued a petition asking tho Legislature to grant tho town thu privilege to vote theso bonds.-Asso ciate Reformed Presbyteiian. Tho Cotton AfiRociatiou of tho coun ty met in tho Court ilouso J/ondny morniug for the discussion of tho cot ton situution. Several interesting talks were mude by farmers and busiueas men. JJ. F. Mauldin, who attended the recent convention in New Orleans, ad dressed the meeting on the subject of tho relations between the planter and the banker. Capt. P. K. McCully, Sr., discussed the warehouse system, hoing followed in hisremnrksby T. T. Wake ?iold, B. Harris, W. W. Russell and others along tho samo lines. Tho meeting was well atteuded by repre sentative farmers aud business men. Tho annual meeting of the Library Association waa held Thursday after noon, and the following officers were elected to serve during tho present ?ear: J. A, Brock, prendent; Mrs, Geo, ',. Prince, first vice president; Mrs. M. L. Bonham, second vice president; Misa Margaret Evans, secretary, treas urer and librarian. The library is steadily building up and baa nov? about 1,800 books including all depart ments of literature. Before the end of the year the new Carnegie library will bo built, all the necessary pre liminary arrangements having been made. Work on the building will probably begin in tbe spring. Thc entire cost will be $10,000, for wbicb Mr. Carnegie made a donation last year, o Two mrn from Anderson County attending tho Horse Swappers Conven tiou, put up at the Eaeley Hotel las Thursday night. They were given i room on the Heccvid floor. During thi night one of them, a Mr. Dicksoi walked out on the porch and fell ove tho banisters a distance of abou twenty feet, to the ground bblow He lay there in tho snow for about ai hour before he could attract any one tinnily bo was discovered by his room mate and carried baok tc his room Besides being shaken up by tho fal and almost frozen from exposure ? (having nothing on except his nigli clothes,) his shoulder was dislocatet Dr. Gilliland was called ia and sut ceeded in re-setting the diBlocate arm.-- Easley Progress. Mrs. Cynthia M. Barnes died at ht home on West Franklin street, in tb city, Saturday night. S ho was stricke with paralysis tbe day previous ai: never rallied from tbe attack. Mi Barnes was 00 vears of age. She wi a daughter of tho late Col. John Ma tin, of Martin Township. In heryout womanhood she was married to Dr. 4 V. Barnes, who was a physician ai later a minister of the Methodi Church. She was a good and pie woman, devoted to tho church and h friends. She is survived by one so V. Motte Barnes, of this city. H husband died several years ago. T remains were taken to her old hoi end laid to rea in Ebenezer grav yard beside the remains of her ht band, the fnn?f?i exercises havi ben ti sid jonday. The Greenville Newe of yesterd morning says: "T. Lawrence Hick o prosperous yonng farmer of upper A deraon County, and a nephew of Cor ty Auditor W. P. Hicks, lost by f before daybreak yesterday mornii bia bis barn, containing 160 bushels eora, 1,500 bundles of fodder, volnol agricultural implements and fa stores, and a handsome horse, woi about 8200. There waa no insnran The origin of the fire is unknoi though there were signs pointing incendiarism. These are being iuv tige ted. Mr. Hicks had been marr only s few sscsihs, aud while he o? one of the most fertile plantations the Brushy Creek section, near Siloc the loss will fall heavily upon h There waa no salvage, no alarm be: given until the roof was falling in." The coldest wave of the win struck this section last Friday nia the thermometer dropping 28 degr during the night, and reaobing 181 ?prees above zero, which marks owest record of the season. A cb ai in the temperature was expected, when the ground hog came out Of ho*'ton Friday, saw his shadow i then scampered back into bis den, weather proph?te predicted a chat in the temperature, though they < not expect such freezing weather ai now being experienced. Tao c weather has resulted ia mauy bro i water pipes, for a largo number of c zone failed to cut off the water on tl premises Friday night, as they did think ic would turn sufficiently c during the ni^at to freeze tho pii Saturday morning, however, mi pipes in the city were frozen ana nc few ot them were broken and plumb had to bo called into service. . Mrs. Amanda Brown died at. home ia this city last Saturday mc log about 7 o'clock, and the announ meat of her death wee a great sh to her manv friends and relatif She had oot been enjoyiog good hei for several months, aod on Batan morning, after ari sin? from her t she wa? attacked with congestior the lunge and in an honre time de relieved her of her sufferings. J Brown was the widow ot the late ?I Brown and in the 72nd year ot ber i "Before he marriage she waa a i McCown and was Dorn and reared this county. She was a most eat!: bu> Christian woman aod had i been a devoted aod active membe tho Baptist Church. Soe leaves sons . and three daughters tb che her memory,' and in their sore beret ment they have the sympathy of a v circle of friends. The fanerai ?erv were conducted at the home of .the ceased Sunday afternoon at 8 o'c! by Rev.-J.. 1), Chapman, after wi tue remains were interred in.Si Brook cemetery, y ' When yon want Plows that have oorreotahape and tho proper temper Towors ?. Sullivan Mtg. Co's go .Ms i Sullivan H?*. Os. FerBSHsa8Beaaead8!okKsadacli Take Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup sweetens the stomach, aids digestion acts aft a : gentle/stimulant on the and bowels without irritating I organ?. OHuw laxative Fruit S \ eurea hUVeaeneee aad habitual ec padoa.' Vom not pan-ate or grlpt B Pittd and pleasant to take. Rome the name Onxno aod refuse toaooep Substitute. Evana Pharmacy. . ' Por.liry Netting lu all heights la i ried by Sullivan Hdw. Co* MONEY TO LOAN 'for home ol I oneeaVtarma... , Simpson & Hood, Attora* ft ;Farmsra have; alreMy ?a^un bi Cole PUntera. Sullivan Hard war have already secured .orders for ; than ?ix car-loads or Cole gooda, territory controlled by them. No fi can afford to bo saihmxfc ono of Plantare. Pisen y ou r order now j sure your gowing th? Planter yon DO NOT FORGET THE BIG \ $3.50 Bay State Shoes at $5.00 Cushion Shoesjat $4.25 This sale will last fifteen days. Everything sold for Cash only duri ag thia sale. Yours for business, THE BOSTON SHOE STORE (MARTIN SEUGMAN, Proprietor.^ . ran Two doors'Jrom'iTarmers and Merchants Bank. I am selling the LOTS known as the T WARDL AW PROPERTY If you want a bargain meet me at Lr. Nardin's office every;,Wednesday or call on Br? Nardin. I am offering special inducements to close .them out. J. H. AADMS, ' 8?NECA, 6. G. THE NEW YEAR will Find Us with a Clean, Discriminating and Complete Lin? of Men?s Furnishing Goods I Neckwear. Wi Our line of NECKWEAR includes the newest styles &? f j colors-all in rich Silk fabrics-in Four-in-Hands, Ascots lr and Puff Scarfs. / . - y . ? Shirts,. : - r : Colored and White-Plain and Pleated Bosoms. { Gloves, EtPv ; All colora and sizes. Collars? Cuffs, Handkerchief Mufflers and Umbrellas. A full Uno sises, styles and oc?ssit of the best $3.00 HAT on the market-HAW?S. . ?? ' ...??'.,' . . . ' See these lines Wore buying;. REESE & BOLT 9 The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers* f Next door to Farmers and Marchants Bank. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^