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Intelligencer. Published eva y Wednesday. ?3. P. CLINKSCALKB, \ EDITORS AND G. C. LANGSTON, i PROPRIETORS. 'IEHM ?3; ONE YEAR, - - - - $J. CO SIX MONTHS, - - - 75 WEDNESDAY, MAJiCIl 21. 1900. The gubernatorial bec ia buzzing in many South Carolinian's bonnet. It looks now as if we will have a dozen, more or less, candidates for Governor in thc approaching campaign. Poor old China is kept in holy terror all the time. She doesn't know any minuto when sho is to be parceled out by the great powers of the world or eaten up bodily hy some ono o/ them. -m .?>- a? - Just a pointer for thc farmer4?. ! Peas are quoted at SI per bushel in the market. South Carolina soil will yield from twenty to forty bushels per acre. Does ootton offer such o re turn ?_ While the Confederate veterans of the South are making arrangements to attend tho New Orleans reunion and expecting to have a great time thero, thc people of Now Orleans aro work iug hard for a local fund of $100,000 with which to entertain tho veterans. It is said that Comptroller General Jones has had no official report from any of the counties with regard to the income tax agitation, but thc likeli hood is that some of those who have not reported for>[incomo taxes will bear the burden of the penalty. A Missouri editor refused to pub lish obituary notices of people who, whilo living, failed to subscribe fer his paper, and gives this pointed reason: People 'kwho do not take their homojpaper are dead anyway, and their passing away has no news valuo. The8'Grccnvillo||Nows is authority for the statement that real estate in that county is returned for taxation at only 28 percent, of its market val ue, while iho'property of cotton mills, banks and other [corporations aro as sessed at'fl?O per cent. Wo expect that this statement is applicable to nearly every county in tho State.. Tbs Unitcdd States pension list grows and grows.f^Tbere are now over ono million names on the list. This represents onsjfourteenth of the voters in thia eountry, and asWcry few ne groes or people^livicg in the South get pensions, it ?might be truthfully said that li (represents ?ono in every eight voters of tho section of the coun try outside tho Bunin. Tr-- m . - ' Se oro tory ?H. Weston, of the South Carolina! Cotton f AsBooiation, does not "view?with alarm" the fact that a third or? more fertiliser bas been ehipped ont so far this year then was mod np to the same period of last year, when ?? inore was taken than in any previous year.? Mr. Weston does not think that the situation argues inoreased aoreage|wilh any forco. Col.tWilliamS-Elliott, of Columbia, former Representative in Congress from the FirstJSouth Carolins Din tritt and oandidate for^United States Sena tor, two years ago, has been named by Secretary oTaft as commissioner under tba Forokcr Act to mark tho graves of Confederate soldiers who died in Northern prisons and were , buried in the North. Thc work will . probably last? five or six years, as thousands of soldiers aro thus buried in uuknown graves in the North. A better qualified man for the position could not have been secured. The South Carolina farm should be made the fountain'?f prosperity.. Tak ing the State from the north to tho south, it can produce all the neces sary crops sufficient to support her present population and still produoe an immense ootton orop. Of oource to grow diversified crops successfully and profitably the farmer most know what is best adapted to his soil, as this State has-a diversity of soils, which are capable of prodooing ali the crops of the temperate and somi tropio zones. The olimace, With rare exceptions, permits year-round out* door labor. This country spends millions of dollars every year in its municipalities for permanent pavements, and more millions in the country for better highways, and then permit the uso of tho destructive narrow . tire. It is im possible to estimate the amount of annual damage to good pavements and good roads resulting from tho uso cf nar row-tir ed vehicles* .In the city trucks with heavy loads cut up and rot the pavements, making it neces sary to expend iu tho aggregate throughout ?tho country millions of dollars for repairs, and the sain? is true of rural conditions. It is. high time that city and country uultcd their influence in advooat?og (ho a .J op tion of State, county and municipal legisk* ioDi -ahina should provide for ; the equipment bf all wagons with willi Suit Against Clemson. In tho recent Court nt Walhalla. ] argument was made before Judge Aldrich in thu damage suits recently instituted against the trustees ol Clem son College for damages alleged to have been done to certain farm lands on Seneca river hy Ibo dike built to protec t the college failli. The damage suits aggregate ?:W,000 mid were instituted by Ur. .John Hop kins, Mrs. Lowery, the Kavenel est?t' and others. They claim that the dik built on the river to protect the fun uns caused tho river lo oveiliow their own lands. Tho plaintiffs are represented by lt. T. Jaynes, KHIJ , ol Walhalla. Tho college wan represented by Col. lt. W. Simpson and J. 1'. Carey of dickens. The attorneys for the college made the point that tho college laud is the property of tho State, and that, under the law, a citizen cannot sue the State except by special permission of tho legislature. Judge Aldrich reserved his decision. No matter how he decided the point an appeal will undoubtei .y be made to tho Supreme Couit. Poit.nan News. Everything is calm und serene. Un nccouut of the weather the far? mers are not getting along with their work so well. Tho other Sabbath some persons gathered at this place to catch tish some hunting tish, and some seining, some visiting and some having a jolly old time. We should remember tho Sabbatli day to keep it holy. One of our neighbors paid to a newly married lady while listening to the music on the graphaphone: " l'h?re aro two things makes me want to be singlo -when I hear good music und a child crying." Air. Glenn and his girl mado a.Hying trip to this place Sunday. Mr. Liath and wife visited Anderson Sunday. Mr. Brown and Willinm McClure, of Prospect section, visited here recently. Mr. McClure is one of Anderson's school boys. Mr. Hombree and wife also visited here recently. W. II. McLees has purchased a new buggy and he and his wife were out riding Inst evening. Young Indies, you must visit this place to take a peep at Mr. Shumpert and his squirrels and pretty Howers. Heavy Snows in t!:e West. Decatur, Iii., March li).-Eighteen inches of snow fell between ?) o'clock last night aud noon today. Thia ie the heaviest snow fnll ever known hero. Ali business is suspended. Street ear nnd interurban lines were block aded until noou. No passenger ttnins were run today on some railroads. No train on any rond moved without two locomotives. Uno train with four locomotives on tho C. H. & D . is stuck in a drift six miles east of Decatur. Silverton, 0" March lil.-Twelve mi ners employed at Shenandoah mine were caught by a great snow s'ide to day and swept to death. Their bodies have not been recovered. Decatur, 111., March li).-Twelve inches of snow fell last night. The storm ?H the worst here in :J0 years. Columbus, Ohio, March 10.-An un precedented full of suow iu u ?hort time today disarranged the ached tiles of the street and suburban car service. Six inches of enow fell between four and eight o'clock, whon a drizzling rain set in whioh made the streets im passable for a time. Reports from all over central Ohio aay that the fall of snow has been unusually heavy. Dayton, Ohio. March 10.-Snow to the depth of eight inches on the level baa fallen aloco last midnight and tf?wC of al! kinds ?S demoralized. Street car and interurban service ia being badly crippled and the steam railroads are operating under the great eat difficulties ever experienced in this valley. A drizzling rain has since act in, giving rise to fears of a disastrous flood. Nashville, Tenn., March 10.-Reporta are coming in from various portions of Tennessee and sonthern Kentucky and Northern Alabama of freezing weather, accompanied by sleet and snow. Grave feara are expressed' for the safety of the early fruit crop. Ouray, Colo., March 10.-Six hun dred miners employed in the various mines within a radius of 30 miles of Ouray hnve been cut off from all com munication with the outside by snow slides, lt is feared that as many aa twenty miners have loBt their lives in the slides, but the exact number will not bo known. AB many as twenty five mines are completely isolated. Tho damage may reach $1,000,000. At the Camp Hird mine, which is four miles irom thc Camp Bird mill, a snowslide late last evening completely isolated fifty or more minera employed there, and as tho provision house wr s carried away, it ls certain they are lu urgent need of food. A party of 200 miners started to their rescue thia morning. The body of William J. Creesey, the Englishman who lost his I if < in the elide at the Camp Bird mill, has been recovered. Ic is said that there ia fifty feet of snow at the high tower of the tramway ot tho Camp Bird. Veterans Meeting. All Confederate Veterans are invitad to meet with Camp 1,00? in Farmers1 i Hall at Pendleton on next Saturday afternoon, 24th inst, at S o'clock, to elect delegates to the State and Na tional reunions. J. C. Stribliug, Commander. B. C. Crawford, Adjt. - A little taffy is apt to make silly people appear stuck up. Lynched for Cow Stealing. P.' qucmine, La., March 18.-Last night ?bout 1U o'clock a lynching occurred on Hayou Pluqueniino, about o' milo below the town. Constable Ma ??*ieaux and V. M. Patureau, a wo' wn citizen of the Eighth ward, Vir way to tho j>iil nt this , a negro named William ( m they bad arrested and c th stealing and killing a in they were stopped nt Oy a crowd of about 35 il men, who overpowered them i.tking tho prisoner hanged him to t.iv. railroad bridge, which crossed the plantation ramil ?it this point. Great indignation is felt at this out rage and .J udgo Schwing has called tho grand jury together in extra session tomorrow to invest?gate the matter. Carr had a bad re;)? iation for stealing nini hud been before tho courts sev eral times, but always managed to get off. The Canal. It appear? that the Senate commit tee on ''annis, or rather a majority ot' its members, is in favor of a sea-level water-way across the isthmus. President Roosevelt =3 in favor of a lock canal. Various experts and engineers ore lined up on each side ot this national rog-ehewing contest. Euch expert can provo that every other expert is a numbskull, and does not know any more about ennuin than a cow does about playing the violin. I tims been two years now since Mr. Roosevelt yanked Panama into the list of nations, as a preliminary to1 speedy work on the canal. I From the results that have been ac compliohcd it appears that it would bave been just as progressive n policy to allow Colombia to keep Panama two years longer, while tho expert cnnalists, tho engineers, tho senators, the secretaries, and the rest of them chewed the rag. Tho trouble with the canal so far seems to have been that Mr. Roosevelt has from the first, been determined to have exactly hie own way about it; without being precisely certain, when it came to a show down what his own way was.-Atlanta Journal. Using Cotton Stalks, Macon, Ga., March 10.-Mr. W. H. Croll, the inventor of the process by which cotton stalks are converted into {mlp for paper manufacture, haB been lere for the past few days in confer ence with tho chamber of commerce committee on industries and with prom inent citizens who understand the pa per manufacturing business. Mr. Croll ?'xii i bi ted some samples of tho pulp made by his process and claimed to bo nblo to uinnufacture writing papor and paper bags of splen did quality at about GO per cent of tho cost of tho common grades of wood libre pnper. Lie said he would bo able to demonstrate this to the entire satis faction of tho Macon people, whom he will expect to subscribo $40,000 toward a 8100.000 paper mill plant which he will erect here, ile was told that he could count on Macon for her share us soon as be cuu demonstrate his ligures. He proposed to build a dozen mills in the South. \ Mammoth Stock at the Dispensary. A recent visit to the State dispensary showed barrels piled np on top of each other in suoh a manner that the spec ulation waa indulged in at the time that this must te the largest stock that the dispensary hos ever carried. The floor space was inadequate to bold the barrels and they were piled upon each other. On the first floor the case goods ?-/ere stacked to tho ceiling ewyvhere, leaving n?rrow paaaago wsore through the tiei'S or cases of "wines, cocktails and bottled whiskies. Now comes the surprising statement that the dispensary has on.hand about 8,000 barrels of whisk _.y, whereas it usually currica but 1,500. The com mittee appointed by the Legislature to c beck pp, the invoices at the dispen sary every .garter has found the as sets of th. State dispensary to be $7.80,491.f,0, although a law was passed three years ego requiring tba assets of the dispensary to be reduced to 8400, 000. In addition to this ?780,000 there is in the hands of local dispense** whis key which increases the value of ail assets to $1,057,140.08, no twit li s tun din g the fact that the dispensary has been voted.ont of overa third of the coon tie? which bad dispensaries at this time last year. The stock on hand at the State dis pensary is $003.302.18; contraband. $1, 020.20; supplies (labels, etc.) $02,020.50. The value of the real estate is 8i>0,8G0. 50, and machinery and office fixtures, S?,4?i.??.-The Slate, Taxation in Anderson. Andersou County is ahead of Green ville County in the matter of higher returns of property in the country for the purpose of taxation. The differ ence in favor of Anderson is 8 per cent, that monty chowing an average of 80 percent, ugainst 28 percent, for this county. By reference to hp ur ea taken from the nooks of the auditor of Anderson County, dealing with lands outside of incorporated towns, it is shown that there are 464,760, acres in the County. The average assessed value is $0.08 per acre, and the total assessed value ia $3,830.311. During 1005 there were sold in tho county 80,201 acres, and the selling price was $040,056.40. The average selling pri?e per aero waa 8*1.05 Thus, it is seen that fha atsessed' valuation, nt an average ot $6.08 per aero was a fraction lesa than 86 per cent, of the selling prcel.-Greenville Hew?,- . SSW_LLS?SSS?^S?m???Bmmmmm ' ' ?,m mi 1?11?1 m _.... i sra 'lian ?IJIII nm.m^mmmmm^tm ^ aBBB33E ? j:?..; :; ^WW????M ri .l? i ' . '? . : ' ; \ ' '.: ? ter they are also eli - Iowa ia to trJhibit ?he employ ment of chil?ruu under 18 year? of age. - Mrs. C. W. Clifford, of Dales ford, W. Ya., and Mrs. J. T. Kim erly, of Dallas, Texas, mother and daughter, met iu Birmingham, Ala , on Wednesday for thc first time io 31 years. Tho daughter was ?tolcn from her home in Weit Virginia by by gypsies when she was five years old and carried to Texas, where she waa rescued from their hands. - Tho Gre ?Uarrn at 2 o'clock Wed nesday morning aroused the peoplo of Toccoa, Ga., to discover that the large cotton platform and warehouse belong ing to Inman, Akers & Inman, tho. cotton compress owned by the Atlanta j Compress company, together with seven Southern railway cars, were in flames. The seven oars burned wore loaded with coal and fertilizer.. Seveo hundred bales of cotton were also con sumed. Tbe combined loss is esti mated to be $150,000, which is fully covered by insurance. Notice to Creditors. \ lAs rmrsona bavlnpr demands against ?L the catate ofW. F. Bf. Fast, deooss ed, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to th? undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and thoHo indebted to mako payment. J. M. FANT, Townville, 8. C. and C. P. KAY, Bolton, 8. C Administrators. March 21. J900 40 3 Notioe of Final Settlement The undesigned, Exeontors of the Estate of W. A. MoFall, deceased, hereby give notice that they will on Thursday, April 19th, 1006, apply ta the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun ty, S. C., for a Final Settlement of said Estate and a discharge from their offioo aa Executor**. ?ARAH MoFALL, Executrix. J. 8. MoFALL, Executor. Marou 21, 1906 40 6 - Three Italians were killed in a freight wreok in Pennsylvania and their companions attacked thc cre?? cf one of tho trains, who had to flee for their lives. AUCTION SALE - OF - BUILDING LOTS, IN EASLEY, S. C., March 39,1906. Wo will nell to the bffzhe&t bidder on Thursday, March 29tb, 1?HX3, in Eaaloy, 8. C., thirty-five Jots, ail of which aro v. oil located for rosldeoce lott*, in tbe wont end of town, near railroad, containing from three-fourths of an acre to one and one third acres. To those wboee information of our f>wn may bo limited, we will eay that E*aley ts located OB the main trunk, line of tho Southern Railroad. We have thir ty business houses, two banks, two cot ton mille, ono oil mill and ginnery, one I roller mill, ono machine shop, ono news paper and job printing office, two plan ing mills, three blacksmith shops, one wood ?-bop, two livery stables, two eales ' atable?, one bottling works, two cheese factories, five churches, a twelve thous and dollar graded school building and a population of from three to four" thous and. We have a progressive little olty, and this ls a golden opportunity to secure a nice building lot at a moderate price, and for those with a little surplus to invest, we predict that an investment In one or more of these lote will at leapt doable itPRlf in a verv short while. . ^ We will offer thees lota at private sale for the small price of 9100 00 each until the day of auotlon, and on that day ail unsold lots will be auotionod off to tho highest bidder. Remember the date and be on bond. No lots soid to colored people. Hour of sale to begin promptly at 10:80 a m. Terms-One half cash, balenoeone and two years time If desired, secured by mortgage of premiaos. SMITH & WYATT, Real KB tata Agents, Eaaloy, 8. C. ? New Goods for the Spring Trade arriving daily. 2 ? All of the Newest and most TJp?to-Date line of Dry 3 ? Goods, Clothing and Shoes in the State. We sell 1 @ Gooda for less than other merchants pay for them. i f DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. ? ^ Every Counter in this Department is filled with Unmatchable JE af Bargains that are now ready for your inspection. fr 40 in. Lawn, worth from 12io to 15c a yard, at only. 10o ? ff Cannon Cloth, big bargain at 12 Jc, only... 10c u & 1 yf?-d wide Linen, worth 2?c a yard, yours at...... 15c fl it 16c Yoi * at5.. c.i. . 10o ? IT Bk^ lot ut solid colored Calico, worth Gc yard, at.?.. %to }M jr Hew Lace Curtains from..35o per pair up % W Extra large size Sheets, each, at only. 49c & & Extra large size Hemstitched Sheets, each, at only. :........ 75c fl JL JPii'ow Cases, each, ai......= , V F - 1 Oo .3 it Ladies' Fleece Lined Hose three pair for. 25c Jp 9 Men's Seamless Hose, per pair, at. 5c | W New lino Pearl Battons, val?e 5c doz., our price 2 dozen.. v . 6o % . Clothing . \' ?m We have jost received a shipment of the "SmW?A nm'r r?T? ^ up-to-date line of Clothing, ali the latest, styles ; and patterns, thai e vre can save you 25 to 85 per coat, .:,";. , ?j ? 2 One lot Men's Suits, worth from 015.00 to 116 50, to go at. .810.00 ' One lot Men's Suits, worth 112.60, at.........'....'."' 9.00 ? Big job in Men's Suits, well worth 87 5? to 88 00, to po ac. !.? r 5:00 < Oxfords, Oxfords. J The big lot of Oxfords we bought of Davis & Daniel is Billi on sale at less than manufacturer's cost. We can save you about ' 50 per cent on Oxfords. Wo are also Agents for the famous < Queen Quality Shoes for ladies, and Walkover Shoes formen The ( best line of Misses' and.Children's Shoes and;Oxior.dain tho State.. 4 . .' Pants, Pants. ?.'? *;'{ New line of Pants for the Spring Trade ju^t arrived. ; ; . One lot Men's Pants, worth 83.50 to $4 00, ai only .; . .. . . . 8276 ' Bier job in Men's Pants, big value .Ht 81 '50, will g?* for.... ;1.00 < Is Overalls, Overalls. f m? We carry ojoe^of the biggest l?ies of Overal?a in the St^te. : lt One tot, the vi.00 ktud, *t only.... ; j V; '?V'Yi **'?"-. 1..,V;V 85o j^v 5 | Gent's Furnishings. ^W*,-** 6 .Our line of Men's Furnishing Goods for the Spring'and--Sa&^K ? mer are arriving daily. Wo can please any one ia this deparMlft-. 2 m^Qt Eave just received a big lot* of Shirts, itt all susi and Mp S ors, cheap at 75c, to gd at 49a One lot of Madras Shirts, worth Jp 5 O0ciftt,2oo. ? '.' " :' \'v' v: . ? \ ? 7 r Come to the Bee Hive anti save from 2B. ^fpf .?per cent. ^^HH| T 1 ' J UHUS TT p il ??CH O? Ul. The Store that is doing new things every day in ouch a rousing, vigorous ;Z* way that the entire retail shopping El W: public is intensely interested, : : i Spring Smartest Ready-to?Wear Hats at popular pricer.. Our Millinery Department offers the choicest styles ia the daintiest and most approved Millinery. These swell creations are in Stiff Hats and Tailored Hats, and are made of Straw, Neapolitan* Horse Hair, Leg horn, Chiffon and Braids, Blacks and all the leading shades We also display exquisite copies of Newest Paris ' Model Hats . There aro 250 Hats in this charming gathering ; large and small effects, leading colors and [black ; beautifully made, and as chic as anything you can buy elsewhere at double the price. We ask your inspection of the largest display of Trimm ed and Ready-to'Wear Hats for all occasions ever made by any Store here, and your judgment on our claim for su premacy in variety, beauty and value-for price. Respectfully, I WEIL & C0. 113 Granite Bow; <;lA>i'i ??) ?.?.:?.'??'.>?.av. . ?/; :;-"?- }??'?>':?,'v.v'f'" '?y. '?^?^l-'y^'' ':;A:?:-?^-*'i-Vi . - < *. vv- ..'?*>.;?.. M^ffS ?f? ftpi Mil I .