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: i .V v. J , Xt is with grateful hearts that we return thanks to the Trading Public for the very I liberal patronage accorded us in the past, and i especially during the year ' -I 1 :#t 1 "Which far es .V .viV;.?:v^>;.-*.-V-.r.i-.|?:? I rar existence. We wpl strive to m?rit tho confi dence and good will of the people. We will continue, to carry in stock at all times just s uch goods as the public may demand at most reasonable prices. We will not attempt to 1 enumerate or specialize at this time, as it is too well known throughout this section that o?0?. a Inxge and chally aborted ato.k of \ ? ^'??'f? '\ -..t'y- 0 ; :- / ? $ ' % '. v '/:> '? . : ^J-l ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ' ^ >?:J ?iv Ri: \ Has proven successful beyond our exp ec ta? i tion. Tho Merchants haye shown in a very ^ | substantial way their appreciation of a First ?less Wheles&lc Stock so conveulent.' W*4*e ^? a*?trulythankful to every \ 'ry. who has contributed in the least :io .' o,ur', sue? ? \ i tronage ia tho future^ ^ .- ; prosperity, , . , ;.<; ^ . 1 I Local NewSe WEDNESDAY. FEB. 14.1900. ?KE COTTON MAUZET. Good Middling-10}. Strict Middling-ll. Middling-10$. I cbruary is tho month when women talk tho least and men do tho least work. Chief of Police L. M. Murphy is con fined to his room by an attack of the grippe. The time for making tax returns to the County Auditor expires next Tues day, 20th inst. Unless the time ie extended you have only two more weeks in which to pav your city taxes. R. T. Jayoes, Esq., of Walhalla, ?pent last Friday in Anderson on pro fessional business. Mrs. Paul Stephens went to Atlanta a few days ago to visit her mother, who ia seriously ill. John T. Long, of Central, S. C., was in the city yesterday and gave us an appreciated call. We repeat the advice: Keep the chimneys burned out rainy days before March winds blc.7. , A large number of drummers are now visiting the City eliciting order tor spring and summer goods. . . Miss Anna- Cunningham ls visiting friends in Colncnbiasnd othor points in the lower part of the State. Coroner T. C. Pruitt has moved to the city and is occupying a residence iu the eastern part of the city, Mr. W. R. Osborne has moved into the hand&one Arlington home which ho recently bought or M. 8. Dicken. P. M. Cox, ono of Belton's popular citizens, was in. the city Monday od business and gaye usn pleasant call. . Cool consumera had better lay in a supply now, for . with that threatened strike prices are bound to greatly ad vance, j Font Bros. want a lot of hides and will pay good prices fo? them. . See their advertisement in another column. Dr. Geo. E. Coughlin, A. S. Farmer and Tv Ev Earle, are spending several days in 'Florida on a hunting and fish ing trip. ':; An exchange very truly says that it is a good thing fdr 'a lot of husbands that their ? wives do not go on a strike fotVagNi^:v .^i^';;C--.i^^^^>-'i^-'"' . Howard Beek, of this city, left lost i Monday morningf for * Los ' Angeles, California, where he intends to reside in the future; ' ? Rev. B.P. Estes, of Anderson/was in the city Saleday on business, lia numerous friendo were glad to see him. --Laurens Herald. J. C. Stribliug, et Anderson, address ed the farmers la the Court House Saturday on fertilizers. He made a good ta?k.--AbbsTil?6Medium. Don't borrow \ you neighbor's paper. The subscription rmce is too email tor yon to practice Buchan "imposition on1 your neighbor and tho publisher. ; Today ia St. Valentinen Day, and the letter carrions will ?o Oe^bt bc overtaxed in order tb deliver the nu mero as missives of love and affection. 'Those' who predicted a "mild'' 'Win& ter have about changad, their minds .nd b*ve resolved to txy to keep warm, if pos?lGlef and say nothing more about ' V ?' "An Andereon- !, &. dor,' wt?v* called ou a favorite lady friend a few nights ago, cays: "The iuan who loves his neighbor aa himself neYer keeps st fierce yard dog," C. F. Bolt, of the firm bf Reese S? Bolt, ia spending thia weak in the Northern markets buying a/ choice stock of spring and summer clcthisg and gents7 furnishing goods. Mrs. < Della Thompson and Miss Mira Crumley, of Bessemer, Aja,/ who fa?ve been spending some time in An derson with ; friends ami relatives, re turned home a few days ago. P- L. Barr & / Co., who recently opened a drug store on .North, 'Main street, have j hst placed in position one of the finest and most handsome soda fountain? to bn jmAn lu the ?tiit?. Married, on thursday afternoon, february' ?; V1906;> v by Revi W. W, Leathers, and at his rosi de n c c. Mr. Aarbn D. Hardy aud Mrs/M. B. Adams, ,both of Anderson County.^-.^^ ^?WqaplarLodge, No. 33., Knights of Pythias, will ^rXeet tomorrom evening at ^ioch. Tba rank will to??bonfem AU tho rhembero are urged tc attend. The lunar ?elipse came tb time last 7,Rev; G 8. Blackburn, of this county; haa accepted the call to thep as terato bf the Baptist Churches at Walhalla ^B&^iflW?t^ Kov. C. Ward h^ and has moved to the;; 1 MESH Jones & Kay, r store in the wish them JTbe contract for tho building oE tba dam at Gregg Shoal? ha? been let by Ul begin ot once and the dam is to '?Mk; Wj?^?^&ett h?slreturo, city froid . Jasper CO^itttj re he recovered the hors&sg r^D^l^^lis ^.d^tM^ve'^tn^p^ .^nsijjuejS^^ Atlanta, Ga" is in tho city, and HK?n?H^AAss<K4aiIoo another column appears a nott ie Asao<natjcn. mm The momontouB season is almost at hand. And soon some of. onr farmers will plant com during tho dark uights in February, because ihoir daddies did, while sumo will wait until after tho cold snap, that usually comos with tho tull moon in March. Tho Confederate Veteraue will hold their nest reunion iu New Orleans tho latter part of April. That will bo a delightful season to visit that gland old city, and a large number ot Vet erans from this section coutemplato attending tho reunion. Miss Maude Kay left last week for Belton, where Bhe will bo for some time. She bns accepted a position with Tho K. A.Lewis Millinery Co, with whom she has beeu for several Bm sous, ft ho is au accomnlished trimmer and au excellent Bal?slady.UK.eowce Courier. Farmers complain of scarcity of la bor and many tenants have changed places for the ensuing yer' r. Tho high price of cotton makes the laborers moro independent and many of the farm hands refuse to hire out prefer - ring lo rent land. Thin accounts largo ly for ibo scarcity or labor. The latest fad cut Weat, anya an ex change, is a shoe party. They ?treten a sheet acroas the room and the Indies stand behind it and stick their feet under it BO you can only see their shoes. Then you go along and pick out a pair of shoes and the lady who is in them you take down to sup per. The Southern Express Company has adopted certain features of the dis pensary law with reference to the delivery of whiskey packages. Whis key will not be delivered before sun rise or 'after dark. Parties who have whiskey shipped to them are expected to call and get their goods bo for <s the ann goes down. Ernest F. Cochran, Esq., received bis commission aa Unite! States Dis trict Attorney' for South Carolina lael Friday, fie went to Charleston where .the formal transfer of tho office wat made on Saturday. Mr. Cochran will continue to reside in Anderson, thougt his duties will carry him away fron home a good part of hie time. T. L. Bowen, a young negro engag?e in the insurance business in thia city has been lodged in jail on a charge o! breach of trust with fraudulent intent He represents a benevolent insurance company, of Columbia, lt is. allege? that ho misappropriated collection which be bad received from negroes ii Anderson to the amount of $03. Walter, the 8-months-old son o Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Caldwell, died a their home in Martin Township ci Sunday, 14th inst.,' after an illness o -about three weeks with pneumonic The remains were interred at Bethab; Cburcb on Mondayt 0th inst., Bev. Is G..Wright conducting the funeral sei vicua. The bereaved parente have th sympathy of their friends. : 'It may be a li ttl? out of order t bring the subject np just pow, bot! would bo a good time nevertheless, t push the go -A roads ' question. ' 1 would be a- havd matter tc find a me at this, time who is not thorough! convinced of the need of improving tt ?ublic road?. If there is auch a mai eis, without doubt, a hopeless eas BO far as this matter ie concerned. i Mayor Sullivan made a trip to Nev berry last week to make a contract fi suitable stone to continue the work ? caving the air?ete of tho city durit tho present year. He perfected a rangements by which the city will g the best of belgian block at a got price. It ia ? csp ec ted that the sum $10,000 or moro will ba expended ti year by the city in carrying for wa the good .work of paving. J ', '.? ' Charles H. Pooro baa resigned Buperintendent of the Cox mills ai will engage in the manufacture roofing tile. The plant will be locat hear tue union passenger depot in a f< days. The tile will be manufaetur by anew proco BS, which was recent Italented by Mr. Poore'a brother-i aw, Frank M. Sawyer, of Charlot! NV C., and it is said makes a most e collect roof! foi; any sort of building. If al! the loafers in town could put on tho street force and modo work it would he a> blessed go thing. Andmon needs a moro rig en force rneiMi of the law n gainst v gran ta very -much. There are numbc of able-bodied'men and boye to seen on tho ?ireete daily with ho vi albie means ?2 support-and yet th livo and are being supported at SOM 'body's expense- Some examples o necessary. '..: 'i^^W^^^-l The Directors of the Farrabra* Al ance Exchange met in Columbia lc jFriday. and. -apportioned %he_ fonds long ic thc 'CQurts. After u?jwv?i AU expenses and reservation of a co tin gent fund td complete tho work distribution, 67 per cent of the en ti amount paid in was apportioned: T fund paid in WOB $29,405.85. Andeni will get 8879.37 when -the county tri tees have completed the collection certificates. ' v. ms ?fejThis is'a. good rabbit year. Frc all reports from diffe?out sections tbe county there has never been not such Sn abundance of ^'cdttOn tails" till the woods and neldo. The from sportsmen who have not reached t attainment of killing quail on t wingi. enjoy rabbit bunting, and ma good, rabbi t dogs are found throng oat tho country. Then th?<>negrc rn aka h al ? a ll vi o g in t he rc mot e mi districts Off the rabbits which fl .rleh?fui;^~vV'. ;.,'_ Ernest F. Cochran's nomination the President aa United States Dktr ^A?oi??j^ for South ; Carolina, vi ^bnv Or-: Capers wmoy?d. . baa be confirmed by tho United States S? ate. Mr. Coerjran ls ft'*lgood> lawi and will no doubt make au efficient a capable officer. During his yoaot days bo taught school i n Wai halla wi acceptability, and wo doubt not th? are some young men in town today w rom ?rnber him aa a strict diacip??nari in tUo school room. Ho spared not t rod.-&eowee Courier. wm I Monday aftercoon Mrs. En Une Clamp, ? who.liyes with ber dapa ter, Mrs. ?. W. Clamp, on Weat Ea gtraet, met with a painful accide which ;m?y . "provo serious. Wh goinr?own the steps from tho plai she accidentally fell to the ground a fractured both her leg and should She received prompt medical attenti provo fatal: Mrs. Clamp is tho wid Op. tho. late: John Clamp, > who diet! feMjfcnnthB ago at bia home ic V?T< rJ^^ownsbJp. ;^., : . : S?^^iB?WuW'.'ofi Pytbia^?fcSw Carolin a b a ve arrao ged o ve ry in t eating programme for the celeb ra ti ctffhewdahnlrera^ orga sation in Columbu^on the ifcth . 10th inst The aa?niverary- sera ?Hil he preached'^po ^SuBMap?'w? ?Sth inst., at 8 o'clock, $n th? WOJ iagton Street ?felhodisfc Church Ber. J&J^ Trr^gg^sry^g-r ^ga ci Mentally und physically u wreck as a result of piotrneted illness, Morris Wilkins, Jr., took his own lifo early Saturday luorniuK o+. tho family home, Lowudes Hill, near Greenville. A pla to! was the weapon used. Ho is, as his nemo indicates, related to aome ot the best families of New Yoik, while Mrs. Wilkins is connected with tho Lowndes i'umilv of South Carolina, through which she inherited thu Lown de?? Hill ?esidoueo, formerly ono ot tho handsomest homes in upper South Carolina. Tho deceased waa well known throughout this section, and his friends will reglet to hear of bia death. Two small negro children of Mary Chiles have heen lodged in jail charged with having committed a murderous assault Upon their mother. The wo man lives several miles below the city. While sleeping alone in the room with her two Binnll children she was beaten about the head and body nnd was found in an unconscious condition tho next morning. Her wounds will prob ably result fatally. The children deny any knowledge of the affair, though Bleeping in the room with their mother. 1 Her daughter; who is held by the a tboritiea, was sleeping in tho same bed but professes tu be entirely ignorant of the assault. The wornanya huabnnd was away from home at the time. The affair will be fully investigated. Our clever fellow-townsman, C. A. Heed, celebrated on the 10th inst, his fortieth anniversary as a merchant of Anderson, and in point of continuous service now lanka aa the oldest mer chant of tho city. The C. A. Heed Music House? to which he devote? Ms whole time and attention, is ono of the largest eatabliabments of ita sort in the South. His stock comprises every sort of musical instrument and bis cus tomers are scattered throughout this and other S tates. His prices and terms?, too, pleases every customer. When you visit the city go into bis es tablisbmenc and hear some of his sweet phonographs sing and play and yon will be highly entertained and given a cordial welcome. We havo card them and know whereof we speak. Deputy Sheriff Joseph Ramsay, of Anderson County, stationed at the Orr cotton mills in the Buburba of the city of Andeison, is in the city looking for John Patterson, a mill operative, and Anna Belle Lewis, a girl of lifteen, with whom he is said to have eloped, deserting his wife and three children. The elopers were traced to Greenville. They spent Monday and Tuesday hore, and were S?CU rround tho Southern Railway passenger station Inte Tues day afternoon, but up to a late hour last night the deputy had not succeed ed. ' in serving his warrants. The of fenses charged are among the gravest in tho statutes and if Patterson is con victed he will spend many years in the pen. The charges against tho girl will not be so rigorously pressed.-Green ville Newe, 8th inst. A agency Conference of the field force of the Equitable Lifo Insurance Company in this 'State waa held in Rock Hill last week, and R. J. Ginn, who represents the company in this city, attended. The Rook Hill Herald in speaking of the conference says: "A leading feature of the Conference was the presentation of prizes to snccessf ul ngeuts in a contest inaugurated in November and December of 1005. Mr. It. J. Gino, of Anderson, was the hap* py winner of a handsome Tiffany watch, and a beautiful -gold ring de signed by Tiffany and carrying the Society's coat oi arms was presented to the other prize winners, Messrs. J. P. Queries, H. C. Bruce, and T. H. Gore. These handsome prizes were personally presented with appropriate remarks by Mr. Bod dey, and the win ners were warmly congratulated by every competitor in the recent con test" Kind Lady : "You're a riddle to me. Yon say yon are hungry and from the looka of your trousers you must be very poor, but those shoes you wear are better than / those my husband wears." Weary Willie : "Very true. Lady; dese pants may be ragged and tattered, but all do same dey covers a honeBt heart; an' if your husband would buy hie shoes from Dean & Ka tl i i?e ho would look as well as rae." The husband is refered to tho new advertisement thia week iu which Dean & Bathftetell why their shoes should be worn by trampa and otbera Honor Coll For the McLees School for the Month of January, 1900. Louis Glenn, 07 2 7; Lucila Cham hie*, 00 2-7; Emma Bolt, 04 5-11; May HUI bous?, 04 5-12; Grady Hall. 04 5 4; Ruth Hal), 03 2 S; John HUlbouee, 03 1-3; Win ford Busby, 03 2-7; Jamos Glenn, P3 1 4; Zonla Bolt. 03: Net? McClure, 02 510; KiuGl Norris, 02 2 8; Mamie Glenn, 02 5-12; Walter Hall, Wi Allie Cbamblee, ?017-11; Bertha Hall, 014 0; Lee Coker. 00 4 6; Willie Bolt. 0012; Willie Hall, 001 7. E'ldie L. Davis, Principal. Va&htl. Tate; Assistant. .FOR SALE OB EENT--Five room fottsge on South McDuiS? fctreet. Pos session given at oncf. Mrs, Bessie Taylor. No more trouble from the broken Hame Btrings If you have Sullivan Hdw. Co's. Chain Hame Fasteners. Galveston's Sea Wall. tunken Ufe now ss safe hi that city as on the higher uplands, E. W. Goori 1 e, who resides OD Dutton, St., in Waco, Tex , needs no sea wall for safety. He whilst "I nave need Dr. King's flew Discovery for Consumption th? psst five years and it keeps me well and safe. Be fore that timel h?da cough which for years had been growing worse. Now lt's ?ooe." Coree ohroolo Coughs; La Gripp*, Croup, Whooping Coughs and prevents Pneumonia. Pleasant to take Every bottla guaranteed st Orr, Gray ?fe Co's, drag atore. Price 60o and 81.00. Triai bottle free. - ' - Call cn Sullivan Hdw. Co. and fu?! their "Blue Bid ge" Harrow. Thia ls the best Implement of the kind on the mar ist.; Tai? Harrow can be Used aa a Sin gie or double ?tock, aa weU as a three-) tooth cultivator. It is strongly built, nnd will do perfect work. .. ' " ? PlraUgg Faley's Honey uri Tar. Foley <fc Co., Chicago, originated Hon.. ey and Tar ea a throat and lang remedy. ?md on account of the trreet merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations are offered for tba genu ine. These' worthless imitation B have I similar sounding names. Beware of I them. The genuine Foley's Honey and Har ls tn a yellow package. Ask for lt1 and refuse any substitute. . lt ts toe bet t remedy for [Coughs and -cold?. Evans Pharmacy. A full stock of hleh-grade Bridles ls carried by Sullivan Hdw. Coy : A Mystery Salved. ..How to keep off period'o attacks of biliousness and habitual constipation wa? a mystery that Dr. King's New Llf* PUIB solved for me," writes John N. PJes?^?Tl^ pilla that are guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction to everybody or money ro funded. Only 250 ct Orr,, Gray A Co>. drugstore. SnlUvan Hdw. Oo. *7 . mffa m^rn ?mS? m\i m%)m mWm IYK ^1 ilfkt DO NOT FORGET THE BIG 4 < < < < < AT THE oston $3.50 Bay State Shoes at $3.00 $5.00 Cushion Shoes^at $4.25 This sale will last fifteen days. Everything Bold for Cash only during this sale. Yours for business, THE BOSTON SHOE STORE MARTIN 8ELIGMAN, Proprietor. Two dooiBlfrom'Farmers and Merchants Bank. p tm I am selling the LOTS known as the 1W ARDL AW PROPERTY If you want a bargain meet me at Dr. Nardin'! office every.Wednesday or pall on Br. Nardin, I am offering special inducements to dose ?them out J. H. ?ADMS, 8EN?CA, 8. C. THE NEW YEAR will Find Us TVS?U a Cicas, incriminating and Complete Line of Men's Furnishing Goods 1 ?.x Outline cf NECKWEAR, includes the newest sty ka an? colors-all in rich Silk fabrics-in Fourin-Hande. Ascott and Puff Soarfe. Shirts. f Colored and White-P2aln and Pleated Bosoms. Gloves, Bte* AU colors and sizes. Collars, Cu^s, Handkerchief*. Mufflers and Umbrellas. A full line sizes, styles and colors of the best $3.00 RAT on the market-HAWES. See these lines before buying. .