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It m with, grateful Ewarts that wo return J? thanks to the Trading; Public for the very liberal patronage accorded us in the past, and especially during the year- ? 1905f plillSllil??I lilt which far exceeded any previous year in cur existence. We will strive to merit the confi dence and good will of the people. We will continue te* carry in stock at all times just such goods as the public may demand at most reasonable prices. We will not attempt tc enumerate or specialize at thio time, as it is too well known throughout this section that ours is a large and carefully assorted stock of ; Has proven successful beyond our ?xpectft^ lion. ??he Merchants have shown .m a. very substantial way their appreciation of ? First ? ' 4 . s>?? '?' ? '. il ? ' .. -?;vif \ While we are truly thankful to every one who has contributed in the least to ?ur suc c?s s, we solicit a continued and increased pa* I-'-' *m??ft ' ' , .. ???4 "1. Local News. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21.1906. Local cotton market 10.75. According to tba almanacs the sprigg season begins today. Nearly every other person you meet ia afiiieted with a bad cold. Tho hens have got busy at last and there has been ft fall in tho pnce of eggs. lira. Paul E. Stephens has returned from a visit of several weeks to At lanta. The good housewife ia. very much puzzled these days to get up a good dinner. Tho dry goode stores are now roseate and resplendent with beautiful spring merchandise. W. E. Thompson, of Williamston, has been appointed & notary publio by Gov. Hey ward. Mrs. J. D. Maxwell, Jr.. end chil dren, of Spartauburg, are in the city visiting relatives. Miss Nina Mattis?n. of Tailed aga, Ala., i8in the city visiting the family of M. M. Matt icon. A man who oan hold his tongue can generally hold down any other thing that cornea bia way. Mr. Frank Cray ton, who is located for the presentat Wares Shoals, spent Sunday In the city with relatives. Those who go hy the moon say that ; tho tiara to plant Irish potatoes is j is from the 17th to the 24th of March. I fi. C. .Webb and wife have gone to Florida to spend a few weeks, and may visit Cuba before returning home. i Dr. Claude Earle, of Anderson, is in Elberton for a few days. He is do i lighted with his new location.-El i berton (Ga.) Star. A local weather prophet says old I winter is going to "linger in the lap of spring," and that this section will not have much fruit this year. ; M i BB Annie Farmer came down from Anderson Friday and was the guest of i Mrs. H. G. Anderson for a few daye. j -Abbeville Press and Banner. Col. J. C. Boyd, of Greenville, who isa candidate for Adjutant and In spector General, spent Monday in the city and gaye UB a pleasant call. Bev. J. T. Jlfann will preach at Beaverdam Church, in thia county, next Sunday morning at ll o'clock and at Friendship Church in the afternoon. Augusts, Ga.,rearranging to have a big horse show on Thursday and Fri day, 29th and 80th inst., and it will no doubt attract a large crowd of visi tors. ? Mr. Leslie Simpson, of this city, left last Saturday for Asheville, N. C., where he will stand an examination to enter the United States Marine ser vice. . ' A Baptist Church was organized at the Cox mills last Sunday afternoon. Its membershiD io competed of people who live at both the brogon and Cox mills. .' * ... ; . v I If any of our yoong physicians desire a job ia the medical corpa ot the United StAtAgNftvv they should road Congressman Aikeivs notice in another column. . . ? Bpbert B. T?bble, of thio, county, who baa bean serving the past? four years ia tho United States Navy,-ia in i?^c|?ir: visiting ,his brother, ..C.jB. ! \ Bev. E. A.' Child, financial agent o? WcSord College, is spending a few days in Anderson, where he lias many friends who are always delighted to . The tain which fell last Wednesday sight was thc heaviest timi, baa faiien i- in thia section.< for several months' the record .being: nearly two Inches during twelve, hours. M; ; , ' Another advance in tho price o? lum ber is predict ed for April 1. If lamber goes much higher it will be cheaper to dwell in marble halls than to live in a pine board house. F. H. Heidt, of Columbia, has been appointed to BuccCed 1\ E. Howard, i who re sign e d a few day a ago as mana ger of the Western; Union Telegraph office in ;thls City. ! : The law gives to each school district all ot' the dog tax collected in that dis trict to ita own Behool B, therefore the trust?es should ace that tax j? paid on (?U dogs in the district. : " :>Tho time for paying State and Conn ty taxea with the oen al ty attached ex pired on the loth; and under the law the treasurer will now ?BBUO executions gainst all delinquents. Prof. J. ; Bi" Hipp, who is. teaching ochool in thia: County, visited his ela home in Newberry last week, and on Thursday wxa an attendant,at the Sfgjjj^?lgpl illa elster. " Miss Loi B Hill, one .of Anderson's charming yoong ladies, was te the city from Friday ontU Monday she guest o ? her friend ???Ba Mary Par ker .-Ab be ville Press and Banner. i .\Tn? Woman's' Missionary Society ol the First Bap tia t Chu rc h are obser ving thia we?k aa a: week of prayer and thanksgiving, Services: are held each [afternoon, from 4 to, 5 e'iiock. Anderson ; continues to attract home alikerii::? ->Thev-. seem to come from ? This section has b?en visited by ? some verv heavy ruin? nnrt^S the past week and all sorts of farm work have been Stopped. The mercury got down to tho freezing point several mornings, but the early gardeners say no damugo has resulted aa y?>t. Mr. and Mrs. T. 13. Coleman have moved back tja Greenwood from An derson, whero?A?ey havo been living for nearly a year. Wo nodcr3ta?*.u that Mr. Coleman intends to opta up a grocery business iu Greenwood. Greenwood Journal. Dr. S. BI. Orr, a capitalist of Ander son, S. C., who is at tbo head of tho movement looking toward the develop ment of tho water power of the Savan nah river, was in Elbertou thia week looking after his business interests. Elberton (Ga ) Star. Rev. Leroy Gresham, of Richmond, Va., will preach in the Firat Presby terian Church next Sunday morning and evening. Mr. Gresham is expect ed to arrive in the city today and will conduct the usual prayer meeting in' the church this afternoon. Misa Anna Ross Cunningham, of An derson, is the guest of Dr. Fraok E. Harrison for a few dayB. Miss Cun ningham was the guest of Mies Helen White for some time last summer and is very pleasantly remembered here. Abbeville Press and Banner, Memorial day is just a few weeks off and it will no doubt be appropriately observed here. It has been suggested that some distioguibhed citizen be in vited to deliver au address here on that occasion. The suggestion is a good ono and should be carried out. Dr. Wm. G, Stribling, who has beon with the Union Drag Co., for several months, has resigned his position and hae returned to Anderson for a visit to his family. Dr. Stribling hos made many friends hero, who wili learn with regret of his leaving.-Union Times. Doctors say that in this country there are 3,000 ditto-rent kinds of drinks that will make a man intoxicated. This will be cheering newB to the man who has to awear off periodically, fox he can swear off from one kind and still have 3,099 other kinds to fall down on. Representative delegations from thc Confederate Veteran's camps in th? State are invited to attend the great Wheeler memorial celebration in At lanta next Tuesday, 27th inst. Tin railroads will sell ronnd trip ticked from all pointa at one fare, good foi fifteen duvs. A letter was received in the citj yesterday bearing the good nows tha our townsman, G. H. Bailee, who hai been seriously ill in a hospital in Bal timore for the past two weeks, wai greatly improved. His friends her? will juin uBin wishing him a soeedj restoration to health. , The City Council has decided to eu force the collection of city license against Confederate vetorans, who an exempt from liability under the pres outstate law. Thia action is basel upon the belief that tho law is uncon etitutional, two of the circuit judge haviug so declared iu d?cisions recent ly tiled. David W. Bryant died at his hom at the Anderson cotton mills Frida morning. Ho waa 49 years of age an is survived by a wife and childrei The deceased moved to this city sev oral years ago from Corner Townshii The remains were taken to hia ol home and interred in the graveyard c Good Hope Presbyterian Church. ' Our young friend, Geo. Q, Wiggins ton, of Brushy Croak Township, and brother of John and X. A. Wi? gin g ton, of thia city, has just gradi ftted from the Shenandoah Collegial Instituto and School of Music, Day toi {Ya,, and Ia now; prepared to condn musical ' conventions, institutes^ < SIt?g?Cg C*u?reCw? In ui? vuG?vui y i ute sion wo wish him much success. j The twenty-ninth annual Sta Sundav School Convention, an into denominational organization, will 1 held in the First Presbyterian Chur; at Pelzer, April 10-12. Arnon?: tl prominent speakers expected ia V C. Pearce, of Chicago. Several of t! large houses will make exhibits hooke, maps and charts. The co vention will' bo attended by a nut ber of Sunday School workers. J. ?. White, the Henea Path polic man who killed John Marion As bk waa released from custody last We nee dav aa stated in the last issue The Intelligencer. His bondsmen r all prominent citizens of Monea Pal Mr. White was granted a short vat tion by the town council which ho v. Spend with relatives in Nino ty-S He will then return to Ho nea Path a resume his duties ai chief of police. Dr. R. F. Div ver ? announces that . wiU be a candidate fer Scc;???y '-. State in the campaign this summ : He isjwell known over the State, ne ing served as past master of the grn iodgeof Masons.1 Severalother prot neat men of the State have also i nounced themselves for thia offl ; among them being Col. M. P. Tribb i of this city, and the race will don less bo a close and interesting one. Mr. ?V A. Johnson, ot Worcest Mass., hoe been spending a few di : in the city. He was a lieutenant the Federal garrison stationed h ! just after tho close of tbe war. N , withstanding the tense feeling at time, Lieut. Johnson won and ma t?ined' the .confidence of the citizens Anderson, end since that period i bas frequently entertained Ander ; visitera in the North at bia hospita h>me. o.. '" ..y ''. ': _ :, . - The Oratorio Club of Greenwood preparing for a grand musical fcati . on the 18th ami 10 th of April. Tb s will be 187 voices' in the choras, clading tho best stagers of that e ;. ;tjon. The festival wili be held I 'Banner College, and there will be - doced ratea on all the railroads ; to i ? fore pluar twenty-five cents for ; : ronnd: trip. The occasion, will doubt attract a large crowd of visit from all sections of the State. i J. 8. Adams, a negro who bash janitor ot ow ot tho Anderson grn achoo 1 A fhr gome time, carno to Gre ; ville yesterd ay on his way to Mr. J, Kecier'sdistifiery io thiscoun^ wi he will act aa gu ager and store kee] ? J*e%t??iigivss:tE? position af i?r?ia ; ing n> ov?' '. service r examination, was placed on tho eligible li?t tt years ago, and waa appointed ?o t charge at the Keeler distillery a days ago.-Green vii lo News iv th ii I &;.The City CbnncH ?at its last rem 1monthly meeting approved the i posed Ralo of ?he Anderson Tel?ph company to the Boutaern Bell T< phone and Telegraph company, I Tided that the Bell people will sec . $n amcndoi^nt to the ordinance ile iog thel?fe of the franchise to 2% yo 'i ?^^BCgotiations havebocn under t : for some time. Council waa unwUi W)tffi&\*flf " ?e?uchiee that did carry ali the provisions of tho o; ? i^-*^^ comp lir?V^a^^arbot Sw a^ag Wakt the sale will row go thro ;. (Wlthout fartfaes delay.. The Honen. Path Chronicle of the !4ih Inst., cays: "iii*. G. W. L. Mitch el, relict of isolate G. W. L. Mitchel, of Martin towuabip, died yeeterdny afternoon nt tho homo ot her daugh ter, Mrs. J. A. Banister. She was stricken with paralysie about three weeks ago and gradually grew weaker until her death yesterday. Mrs. Mitchel was about 80 years old, and for 47 years had beeu a member of tho Mt. Bethel church. Sbo leaves ?ix childtcn to ch?.'titi lt hor memory." A largo delegation of Southern cot tou mill mo; from Georgia, South Car olina nnd North Carolina appeared he fore tho houso committeo on foreign affaire in Washington last Wednesday to ask for an amendment of tho Chinese exclusion act-the act which has so incensed tho Chinera that they are boycotting tho cotton goods from this country. Among thoso who at tended from South Carol inn were J. A. Brock, of this city, and E. A. Smythe, of Pelzer. The Grand Council of the Improved Order of Red mon of South Cnrolinn, will meet in Newberry on April Oth, 10th nod Uth. Preparations aro being inndo by the local tribe ofthat city for a royal good time. The four tribes in Anderson will be represented in the Grand Council by ten cr twelve dele gates. C. E. Tolly, ot this city, w?>o bolds the office of Great Senior Saga more, baa been put down on tho pro ?ramme to refond to the welcome ?d rese on behalf of the Grand Council at the public meeting. Tho people of Due West are trying to pertest arrangements by which the electrio railway now being construct-. ed between Anderson and Belton shall be extended to their town. R. S. Gal loway and K. U. Brownlee were iu the city fast week to confer with the trac tion officers in tho interest of tho pro fiosed road. These gentlemen have ong been working for a lino to con nect their town with outside points. They are among tho loading citizons of Due Weat and in their efforts to build a rond they have the support, financial and moral, of their home people. At a meeting of Camp Stephen D, Lee. United Confederate Veterans, hold in the Court House last Saturday, tbe following officers were elected to serve tho ensuing year: Commander, Col. J. N. Brown; First Vico-Com mander, W. T. McGill; Second Vice (.emmander, John Eskew; Adjutant, L. P. Smith; Surgeon, Dr. W. H. Nardin, Sr.; Chaplain, Robert Moor head. Tho following delegates were elected to the reunions: State Reunion, P. K. McCully and W. T. McGill; National Reunion, John W. Thomp son and James M. Payne. It is about timo to plant Irish pota toes. Aa most every gardener is an xious to get rid of tho potato bug, wo herewith ro-produce a clipping which mnybeof interest to sotno. lc reade: "A gentleman who grew potatoes for a period of ten years in Colorado-where tho pest originated-says he discovered that, by plauting two or three flax seed in each hill, not n bug appeared in the patch. Ho claims to have tiied it sev eral yeara in succession with always the same reBult," lt will pay our readers to try this duriDg tito coming ?pring. It's certainly easy to try and handy if it does the w?rk. Tho Columbia State of the 10th inst, says: "Rev/ H. G. Scudday preached I two forcefal and interesting sermons yesterday nt the Main Street Metho dist Church to large congregations. The meetings so tar have been un usually successful and the pastor, Rev. W. I. Herbert, is very much pleased with the results. The services will be held chis afternoon and tonight and up to Wednesday,- whee M?". Scudday will leave for BennettaviUe to conduct a eer^aof meetings there." Mr. Scud day's many old friends in Anderson, hie former home, will bo moro thou pleased to hear pf his good wort; in his native State. . Mrs. Essie Cobb, wife of Mr. 8. H. Cobb; died at her home in this city I'last Saturday night, after an illness of only a few days. The announcement Of her death was a gt eat shock to many I of ber friendB, some' of whom had not I heard of h?r iilnBBS. Mrs. Cobb waa ' about 83 years of agu, and was a most estimable Christian woman, being a devoted member of St. John Methodist Church. She is survived by her hus band and three little children, and in their sore bereavement they have the sympathy of a wide circle of friends. On Sunday morning the funeral ser vices wero conducted nt the homo ol friie deceased by her pastor. Rev. R. Si . Trueadale, and the remains wero car ried to. Johesboro, Ga., her formet home, for interment. Attention, Confederate Veterans! The Palmetto Chapter, Unitec Daughters oftbe Confederacy, will eu U. Ititi C???Queruie vu teran s at the residence of Mrs.. Bessie Rucke; Tavlor, corner of Earle, Orr and Mc Duffie streets, at 10:80 o'clock Wednes day morning March 28tb.ic honor ot th? birthday of South Carolina's peerlesi leader. General Wade Hampton.. / musios! program, composed ot' South ern melodies and war songs, intersper sed with remarks from several Coofed orate Veterans, will be rendered, aftei which a hot lunch will be served. Al Confederate Veterans are moat cor aiaiiy invited tobe present. . To The Trustees of Providence Cha rob, Gentlemen: Ita sound tense that we tell yon. It will cont Iras dollar? lo paint y?ui church with L. A M. Paint, because moro painting ia don? with one gallon ol lu & M. than with two gallons of othei paints, and tho L. A M, Zino hardens the Ii. A M. White Lead and makes thc JJ. A M. Paint wear like iron.. Any church will ba given a liberal quantity free whenever they paint. 4 gallon? L. A M mixed with 3 gal lons Linseed OU will paint a moderate sized h6r?e. : ?J. '' . Actual coat L. A M. about $1.20 per gallen. J. EL Webb. Painter, Hickory, N. O . Writes, "Houses painted with L <fc M. 15 years ago have not needed painting .ince" . ** Sold by F. B. Cwyion, Anderson, S. C.; E. R. Borton, Lowndwill*. B.C.; T. O. Jackson, Iva, S. Of F. L.. Hopper, Bel ton, e. c. ; Call on Trowbridge for good Tennessee .Ear Corn. Sell or throw away'tho Inferior C >tton Planter that you may have and bov a '.Cole" from Sullivan Hdw. Co. You will flhd the purchase of ono of these Planters the beat investment ever made. G. B, garfe?is Testifies After Four Years. Qi B. ?urbana, of Oarlialo Center, N. ."!SV wrltea* "About- four years ago I wrote yon stating that I bad been en tirely cured of a severe kidney trouble br taking lees than two bottles of Foley's Kidney Care. It pstbely stopped the brick dust BOdiment, and pain and symp toms of kidney disease disappeared. I am glad to any that I have never bad a i ?stnrn *?f as^ ef these, sysssiosss ?snag ? the roar years ?bat.nave elapsed ?nd I am evidently eared to stay eared, and ?wruly roooai mend roi ey *a Kidney Core to any one sn firring from kidney or tied der trouble.? Kv*n? Pharmacy. It doesn't make much difference what Stores say about their Men's Clothing if they can't prove to their patrons that what they say is true. Nothing makes a Man so disgusted ans to be sent on a fool's errand-to waste his time on a wild goose chase. If we weren't certain that our Clothing was bet ter than other makes, you can maire up your mind to one thing-we'd nevar risk your ill will by say ing so. We'll say thia, though, that we've got SPRINGO SUITS to sell at $7.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 and up to $22.50, that you'll say when you come to se? them that we didn't blow enough about. We're interesting a great many Men these days, and we would be pleased to Calk tho Clothes ques tion with you. r 1 THE ONE PRICE ?Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers. ?A?AAJytj A A A. AL A A A. A. A. JW Aw DO; NOT FORGET THE Blt I AT THE S $3.50 Bay State Shoes at $3yuG< $5.00' Cushion Shoes at $-fc25' ? i ll This sale will last fifteen days,, Everything sold for Cash only during this sale, Yours for business, THE BOSTON SHOE STORE MARTIN SELIG Itt AK, Proprietor. ? Two doora;from! Farmers and Merchants Bank. iLiHU 1 U lam selling the LOTS known as the . WARD LA. V PROPERTY j If yon wantha bargain meet me at Dr. Nardin'* every Wednesday or call on Br. Nardin. I am offering s j^eeial inducements to close them ont.