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1 i BY CLINKSCALES ft. LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAKCH 21, 1906. VOLUME XLI-NO. 40. . '.?-- .ir;' -.: . ./;- v? Copyright 1905 by Hart Schaffner Cs? Marx mb Some men prefer the double-breasted Sack Sait. The illustration here shows why so many of them prefer our 4oiihle*br0agte? Sack; livr?rent from the ordinary in style, workmanship and flt. Add to the good looks the good quality, the style, the tailoring-, and you'll understand why #0 many men prefer our Clothes. : 3& S. & M. Suits S15.00 nv* ^fner good Suits $7.50, $10.00 and $12.50. THE WORK OF THE Cil? THE PRESIDENT MAKE Following is the annual report of President F. G. Brown? of the Cham ber of Commerce, read at the meeting of that body yesterday afternoon: Anderson, S. C., March 20, 190C. To the Members o? tho Chamber of Commerce. Genltemen:-Our Chamber of Com merce is now three years old. This ls our third annual meeting, and lt is my duty, under our constitution and by laws, to submit an annual report, show ing the workings of oui organization for tho past year. In doing so I want to begin, as I have begun each of my former re ports, by congratulating you on the growth bf tho city of Anderson during tho past year. Anderson is a bigger and better city today than lt was a year ago. We have more houses, more homes, a larger popula tion, more stores, more business of every kind 1B done here, there is more money on deposit in our banks, the value of real estate, is higher, wo have more public Improvements, the value of real estate is higher, our people generally are in a more prosperous condition, than a'year. ago. Anderson has made greater strides during, the past year than in any year in her his tory. We have made material and lasting progreso along all lines. Our Part in It, - I am constrained to believe that-at least a part of the credit for what An derson has done In the past year, that at least a part of the credit of what she is doing now, at leaot a part of the credit for the position that she oc cupies, is due. to this Chamber of Com merce and the w.ork it has done slnc? it has been organized. The primary ob ject of such an organization is this is to advertise the city, to promote a nea?thy public spirit, and to advance the interests of th? city and community through co-operation, and this we have tried to do. It Is true that we have fallen short'bf what we might have done, but Ve have accomplished something, and I believe the results are here to show for themselves. Advertising. During the past year the Chamber of Commerce has kept up its work of ad vertising the city, with the means at its command. We have kept Anderson to the front lu many waysv We have used space in the Manufacturers Rec ord, the' Tradesman, and other finan cial and Industrial; publications. Spe cial articles and. information have been collected and furnished the local and state papers, >andl while some of this has been secured without direct cost to us ita value has been none the less real and beneficial. This Ls shown hy the increased number of inquiries that are being, riselyed *bout Ander son. Such letters are always answered promptly, and in many cases such let ters have resulted in brining new citizens to Anderson. J ). Fre?ghfte ahtf.Transportation. | In aiy. test ?nnu?i.report t congratu lated1-you On the"' {act that . Anderson h4d, at. last been put ;on tho - same basis as other Piedmont cities in the matter bf freights from the north and east ^d from tho feast;. - We have nothing to complain of ia this respect But, in common with other cities; An* derson has suffered to some extent during .the past year by the railroads hot being- able to move f reight prompt ly. This has had our attention, and wfehave :had the matter up with the railroad officials. We have secured promises from the oificials of both the roads coming into Anderson that con ditions will be soon irnproved? Both roads, we h?v??. been promised, will make improvements rin their terminal facilities here-during; the coming sum mer, putting . hi: more sidetracks .??d putting on " a larger forc? for-vthe han* diing of business. "; Passenger Schedules. The traveling public . bas been great ly annoyed 'for several months past by the1 delays in passenger trains? We haye.'had this matter up, also, arid on this we have had a. great ideal' of :c?r reapnnde?ee with the raUrond officiais; th?^ost'Jor:w?ilelii' has not been made publie: It seerris to be a fact that the railroads in" this section are having more bu?r^wry/both in' passenger and freight -trafilo, than they are able to handle /fiupta?r present' e4uipments. Wa : are ! promised, though, thtit the railroads are increasing - their equip ment, and will at once improve their road beds, so wemay hope for better "tim^J^^ better ser .Tiee'- has,not jm? - given long ago ha? not hean the fe^ for we have i been making such repr* sentations^ busi .-s^^Wterast?,.i-?f_ Anderson deserved. vlriee^ ;tha^,the Western Union Tele, graph company was not giving Ander son "A e?uaro deal" in tho matter of telegraph faci'.l ties, and we entered: in to corre?ponder?f? with, the officials of the Postal Telegraph and Cable ftom* p&ny, with a view;; of. getting tho ^ to ope? ? ,m ':6fiice ;' here. .We^ . have'y.not been success but they prom ised to take the. matter up again tn th? near futures/and Wo hope : to get the Postal to'openVain' ?ffieajhere during the year.'"- ?n the meanUmb' th? w?et ?rh tJnion co;mpAny1 has wcr?ased number of wires conting .into Ander 8pa, aadimpt?v:ed ita a^ulpmerit here? and hss bee? gtvicg ? better ijervlco for some monUui past. . v ;?;:p?^anV.jMemoVyv''^'^. -v A f?ws w^eeksl; a'fter^ our laRt annual meetly ??? ?^^bi^Box;"to-/= oujr uiem>er^ bf invited ; gueste ; fri m other, ?itie*>ih r t?iK ei?te. rfc#6, moiiy /.?repr^entative ^business TO?irji an?*v; towns,v and 'acquainted them with what we are do rSN^^^f^^^^^'to'.man'y of ffn^iira^rthey'weittt ttw?y^t?.say pl?as iMBER OF COMMERCE; IS HIS ANNUAL REPORT soclatton held its meeting In this city. It was the pleasure of this organiza tion to co-operate with the local bank ers in entertaining tho visitors. Bank ers are shrewd and discerning men, given to making investigations. There fore it is a matter of pride to ns that every banker in tho state was moro than pleased with Anderson. This city occupies a very exulted position lu the esteem of tho bankers and busi ness men of tho state. New Enterprices. Several important enterprises have been launched during the past year. The inter-urban ?'.ectrlo railroad la now a certainty, and work of construc tion has commenced. The cars will he running to Belton beforo tho end of two years, and lt is the intention to push tho line on to Greenville as speedily as possible. The people of Honea Path and Due West are ask ing that their towns be connected, and I have no doubt this will be done. It 13 hard for us to realize now just how much the inter-urban road will be worth to Anderson. I firmly believe it will do more for the growth and de velopment of the city than anything we have ever bad. The Savannah River Power compa ny has been organized with $?,C?0.O00 capital, for the purpose of developing water powers on ibe Savannah river and bringing the power to Anderson for manufacturing purposes. Work has already commenced on one power plant at G ?egg Shoals, and as soon as this ls completed other work will bo taken up. More cheap power for man ufacturing purposes will merni more in dustries and moro growth for the city. We know what cheap power has done for u3 in the past, and we can form some idea of what it will do for us in the future. During the year several handsome business buildings have been erected, and two new Hotel buildings, the Col onial Inn and the Electric House. Two new wholesale houses, and a number of retail houses, have commenced busi ness. One new bank has open for business. Plants for the manufacture of building stone and tiles have been started, and other smaller enterprises. During the past tew days one of our young bunine*9 men, Mr. E. B. Rice. Jr.; has declaro'11- i?is intention of starting a webbing mil, and I hnve no doubt that he will get such en couragement, ns will make his enter prise a certainty and that it will be successful and will do its part in add ing to the growth or the city. The Postoffice Building. Mt ls now practically settled that the present congress will make hn appro priation for a poatoffice building for Anderdon. .- Ii has given this organiza tion pleasure to furnish from time to tune statistics and information regard ing' the city , to Senator Lo timer and Congressman Aiken, who has had di rect charge of the mater, tn this con nection I think it. but fair tb say that the thanks cf our people are due these gentlemen for their efforts in our be half. . " ^ ' ; .. ; ?. I have been: greatly impressed dur |ing the past year, with the number of ne w homes that aro being built in An derson, and. this, if Eeems to me, is a matter in which all of us ought to. feel a great deal of pride;. It shows that people. ilnd Anderson a pleasant place to live; (hat they, they; are making in*: vestments here and be coming penna-: neat citizens. Every time I take a ride through'any.,part of Anderson I find,, ? number of new houses going up. .There: is a great deal of activity in all building lines in real estate, show? ing i-that the proportion- of home own |:^rs ia thoi?iy. ? growing larger.every [ day: ' It ls the duty?; of this organiza I tlon, and tho duty of all of us as indi viduals, to. encourage this continued home building In every way possible. . / . .Tne ttsefUbaesS of this Chamber of Commerce, has already been demon strated in so many ways- that it is hnrdly necessary for me. to comment on this Uno. But I feel that I should call your attention ' tb one thing, and f^hat la this: If we are to maintain the usef?lhes? of the organisation we must take & personal Interest, in lt. We must keep things moving, and. we can do this only by attending the meetings. > If we go to a meeting ann find no business before it, we ?> Should cast about and find some business, find something for the orgp.nlzatIon to do. Daring the flrst two. years the monthly meetings were well attended. We were kept busy, and this account* ed for the great ? usefulness ' of our Chamber of Commerce, this made; Its accomplishments poaswle.' D?ring the past several months the meetings have not been so well attended. There has been no sp?cial reason for this, save that eacb one grew careless. We bave relied too much on a few to keep the work going. The organization hes' not beeb Idle during th? year, but it Could h?ve Accomplished a great deal more if more Of the-members had kept up an activo interest in lt. Our mem bership holds up well; Nearly every busbies s c one e rn in the city holds a membership, ana the . dues are psld promptly, and I know that if we should need additional money for any ?purpose we Could- get an additional I subscription from nearly sv??y man in Anderson.ABut this ls not .. enough, The members should take ? more per sona: interest in the work o? the or? ganization. :They should attend tho meetings more regularly. ? It ls only lu fttuV way.??.f?Ato-we- ?an accoihplisn- tho latest good as a whole, and it is onIy? r j.this: Wjay, that each individual .can :|ft??]tl?b greatest- good from the Organ*, " . Proud & o?r WW : .. we are all proud .of our. growing cit JV and with good reason. : We can npftirpr)8?.to our hotel facilities,' " are . now, second to none In, the bemg'thbrong^Iy eautpaed with tesVSPPWances fdr, comfort, with ; ci inr^,s utug*, ana .;np-ti>^te pVoudy.; ^Jour- trcdley\ Une. and Buena Vista Park, a place if beauty that has been given us by the Traction company and beautified with the assistance of the ladies of tho Civic association-it is a place where the old and young can go at any time for recruit iou and amusement. The ladies of the City occupy a uni que positlou in the picture of our pro gress and enterprise. The ladles of tho Civic association have accomplished wonders. In addition to the beautiful walks, grass, and shrubbery that now adorn tho Plaza, and that elicits the I admiration of all who sue lt, they aro ; now erecting a fountain at a cost of j nearly $2,000, which will forever stand ! as a monument to tho zeal and success ?ful efforts of the management, j The ladies of the Hospital assocla ; tion are now about to enjoy vhe fruits of their continued efforts to erect a ! hospital, having purchased and paid i for a beautiful lot on which to erect 'the building, thu money for which, j they aro acquiring, and lt will not be I long before the work of building will | begin. Carnegie Library. The ladies of tho Library association through their persistent efforts, have secured and paid for a lot on which to erect the Carnegie Library. Tho generous gift of $10,000 of Mr. Carne gie's, has been accepted and made pos sible by an annual donation for main tenance? granted by our City council. The work will begin before very long, and within the year we hope to see tho building completed. County Fair Association. This association will hold its third meeting next fall, under the manage ment of a new organization with new j officers. This enterprise, in which WP are all interested, should receive our financial, as well as our moral support. The farmers of Anderson county are very much inter?sted in thlB enter prise, and they compose tho majority of the board of directors. I hopo tho people of the City will appreciate their efforts along this line sufficiently to subscribe liberally to tho stock and do all they can .toward making the com ing fair, to be held next October, tho best we have ever had. Our City council is also inoculated with the spirit of progress an? enter prise, and in addition to tho many streets paved with vitrified brick and j Belgian block, they have Just p'.aced an order for curbing and Belgian block sufficient to put many more streets in good condition during the coming sum mer. This is the right kind of pro gress. Now, my friends, in order to con tinue to point with pride to our grow ing city, and evidences of push, and progress, we munt all get busy and as sist every enterprise that seeks loca tion ?ere. We can offer good loca tion, cheaper motive power than can be secured elsewhere, and as low freight rates as any of our neighbors. In addition to this, we must go down into our pockets and subscribe is ein sh w even jf il be a small amount, to. such enterprises. This hus been our policy In the past, and if we con tinue to follow it up earnestly, we will Bee here in a few years, ono of the greatest manufacturing paints in the south, aa it now the greatest in the state-not only cotton mills, but email Industrial plants, manufacturing all kinds of articles must bo built, Our cheap electrical power is the greatest inducement and in this wo have tho advantage of our neighbors, so do not forget to offer it, talk lt, and push lt, and tell what we have accomplished aa ? city in the last few years, and you will acompHsh something. . Nothing succeeds like success, jj ;,.*?'.. \m.\ .i i .M..,. V mw i ? ?nu" GENERAL BEWS. - Reports from the Georgia peach crop lay that about one balf ie killed. r~ ? hotel waa burned at Tuatio, Mich , and four guests lost their lives. .. "? T A. iirgro was taken away front the officers in Louisiana and lynched for. oow stealing. - It ia known that at least fifteon persons have been killed in snow elides in Colorado. - Mrs. John Morrison was shot dead by one of three burglars who en tered herb?me near Pottsville, Fa. ? -Thc war party among the ooal mine operators is io oootrol at In dianapolis and a strike now seems in= evitable. .-' A polioemsa was killed in Brook lyu, Mteb., while trying to arrest three men suspeotedof robbing a post office oafo. y ?-Dr. Dixon, a dentist of Prank? fort, Ind., called bis sweetheart np over a telephone, and after talking (o her killed himself while standiog at the instrument. < - In an address iu Charlotte, N. C., former Judge Alton B. Parker ealled upon the South to aseert its supremacy in tba Demosratio party ano name the next candidate for presi dent. - Ttfo armed negroes entered tho store of Frank Botte, au aged Ital ian at i Grow, Point',' ?ear New Or leans, La., and shot bim dead, fa tally wounded his two aOns, aged 13 and. 14, and then robbed toe store. /- Twenty persona wc$e killed in a head on oollisiciS between two' pas senger trains near Adobe, Col., on Friday morning early. The collision ool.urred in a blinding snowstorm* Both trait,s were wreoked and barned. - To prevent his drunken father from braining his mother with ? luge stone, Elisha Franklin Puroell at , 6 o'clock Wednesday nifht shot Henry Jackson Pareil 1 thron;;h the stomach in tho fitting room of their home, 272 Couitlahd efree/t- ?T? Atlanta. ' The father died instantly io the pr?senos of bis wife, his ?son and his daughter in law. Ther eon made no attempt u osoajpe and is now in'police barracks . Hts. claim that he shot bia father to i prevent a murder is* eorrohor?led by < toe statements'of the two women who ?wera^tbo only eyo-witneaaes of. tho Farmers' Union Bureau of Information. - Cond anted by the - South Carolina Farmers' Educational and Co operativo Union. p?F Communications intended for this department should be addrestsed lo J. C. Btrlbllng, Pendleton, 8. C. Don't forgot that tho Farmers' Union ?B an educational afluir, and that wo all should tako learning irom each other, Lebanon Farmers Union, Ander son County, saved to its members by loyal co-operation last year sixteen thousand dollars. This agreeable and highly commendable report was brought out at tho last Anderson County Farmers' Ui ion. Well, now, if you think wo aro not nayiug enough of the right things in these 'Milmans, and are saying tou much on the wrong side of our funn ing interest, do .(hop us a little confi dential note ubout it, so that wo will know better next timo. Cedar Grove Union, of Anderson County, had a Ano oyster supper and good speaking last Saturday night. That is right; you seo it is good to feed nnionism to the loner man now and then, and not try to crowd too much Unionism into the brain all the while. 3ome men can tell you abont nmsy bad tilinga that the Alliance done, but if you ask thora about the good things the Alliance did fop farmers they aeem to have been too busy looking after the bad things to find any good in tho Alliance! Look diligently for what yon wont and you generally lind it! When you lirst heard about the Far mers' Union coming your way you could not help thinking about all the bad things the Alliance had done, could you? But when you know more about the Farmers' Union, and can get a peep on tho inside of como real good lively Union, you will then know that tho up-to-date Farmers' Union has learned a great big thing out of the mistakes the Alliance made. South Carolina State Farmers' Union to : Organize, At the meeting of the Executive Committee of the South Carolina Fer mera' Educational nnd Co-operative Union in counoil with Andereon Coun ty Union on theist h. it was. agreed to drpnnize a State Union nt Anderson, S. C., beginning on May 3lBt? and con tinue the mooting until the werk is finished. "?> . > Mesara. B. F. Earle, State organizer, Anderson, Professor Mahaftey, of Wil liamston, and Hon. O. P. Goodwin, of Laurens, Assistant Stato organisera, aa well aa several local organisers, are now io the neld bringing the farmera together in the Union preparing for organizing the State Union. If you lr.now of a good farmer in your county that is/ as good an organ izer or better than the three named above, just trot bim out, we have a good job for bim. Send his name in to either of the organisers. The Far mers1 Union needs about 25 more good men to visit every county in the State. . ? CuitiflX Acreage and Holding Cot ion. Cutting acreage and bidding cotton reminds me of something else. Do yon know of any farmer in South Carolina that is holding a flue beef I steer, pig? or a fine pair of mules, or good pair of coach horses, a ton of hay er, a bushel of grain, or a lot of good fat hens and frying chickens, a lot of fresh eggs and butter, that is now walting on some live stock, or grain and hay association, or dairyman's as sociation, or hen society t<x meet and rt ii RA resolnHos? to bold tueae South Carolina farm products for profitable prices* No! None of these kind of formers are waiting for profitable prices for these producta, but on the other hand buyers are going all over the country looking for these farm pro ducts and are paying lino priceB. Tho producers of thia kind of Month Caro lina farm products are not holding and hunting for buyers but tho opposite condition is here. The buyers are on che hunt all the while for this stuft*, and thia in no new condition of things in South Carolina. Is it not atrange that all animals, even gluttinous beasts, learn to know when they get enough c.* a thing? But, some bow or other, eomo of our silly all-cotton far mers Heom never to know when they have got enough cotton. Tho moro homo suppliai ono has about him tiro tMiBier it is to hold cotton. You cannot Htarvo n cook any more than you can starve outa tanner that raises all these hume supplies. This kind ot' South Carolina farmer can hold on to his cotton until his clothes are worn into holes and tho tax man comes. Anderson, S. C., Mar. 14, 1000. Mr. J. C. Stribling Pendleton, S. C, .-The question of planting ie now be fore the members of the Union, and t tho subject of reduction * of cotton acreage has been sprung; and I believe every member is willing to do tho right thing about the matter, but don't know just what that is. Now, it seems to me that the only way to make a praotic&l suggestion ia that every man be bis own judge in the premises baocd on this: Be sure to plant enough grain to make all you need, if a short crop is made. Now, the fellow who has to buy a bushel of corn is planting too much cotton, and is not living up to the doctrine of the Union, and is not a good Union man, lee bim be whom he may. So, brother, if you belong to that list and want the respect of your Union quit it right now, and take some of that land you meant to plant in cot ton and put it in corn. You are the man that we want to reduce. You are not treating yourself nor your brothers right. We ought tu put a stop to the shipmen*-of corn to our country. Wo cnn doit und not get hurt, but to tho contrary bo ?olpf?l to ourselves. This is the doctrino of tho Old Grange, which is one of the fundamental doc trinen of the Farmers' Union. How and what to make was the mission of tho Grange. To supply money to pay for it was the doctrine of the Alliance. Heneo tho only new idea of the Union is how to get value received for our product. So I do hope that the apolo gists for the Grange and the Alliance will cease forever their Bongs of des pair. 1 for one nm convinced that there never has been grander successes than the two above named societies, making room for the Union. They lived to established their principles in the heart? and minds of the people and stopped (and died s mae would say.) They a rs sot dead. No, by no means. How to make is still a live issue in its multitudinous form-improved im plements, improved stock of every des cription, are all the doctrines of the Grange firmly engrafted in the minds of the'people, and the various de mands of the Alliance are being put into law as truly as in the Grange. So will the Union live. We are here to stay, and we are growing aa fast as could be expected, but it takes time to get anything worth the \ having, be sides the hard work. "So puah Along, and shove along/7 and lot our motto bo .'keep moving." Youra very respectfully. T. T. Wakefield. -- Au extraordinary miser was "Father1' Aeby, who died the other day io Berne, Switzerland. He has, been referred to by newspaper cor respondents as. "tho mot* miserable miser ia all Europe." Since he was 20 years of age, when bo inherited a large fortune, he had livod on charity aaa au expenditure of three osuts a day. He died at the age of 79 and his body was so emaciated that it re sembled a dummy. He left securities valuod at $750,000, $100,000 in gold ?ad ail vor coin concealed about his house and no relatives. i "- THE - Farmers Loan & Trust Co,, ANDERSON, 8. C., 13 authorised to act aa Executor or Administrator of Estates and as Guar* dian for minor children. We have quite a numb ar of Estates ia hand so^r. Wa will be glad to talk the matter over with yon. ter Office at FARMERS AND MERCHANTO BANK, Anderson,S.O. FRED. G. BROWN, Pres. and Tresa. . | B. F. If AULDIN, Vice President A. 8. FARMER, Secretary. The Anderson Real Estate and Investment Co., s- BUYERS AND SELLERS OF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS & BONDS. J. G. CUMSS??fGS, Sales Dep't. m?t?mmmaimmmmm '.? Oar facilities for handling your property are perfect, as wo are large advertisers all over tho country. Bight now we are having considerable inquiry for farms in this and ad olning Counties, and owners of farm lands in tho Piedmont section who wish to dispose of their property will find that we are in a position to make quick and satisfactory sales. Now ls the time to Hst yonr property with ns, and we will proceed at once to give attention to all properties on trusted to us. . Address all comumnicat io ns to J. C. Cummings, Sales ?apartment. ^ IIDEB.SSI'HII ESTIK ? im^!iL?T COHPUT.