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New Stock.., We have just received a meet attractive Une ci Chinese and Japanese Mattinge direct from the far Bast via steamers recently- landed at Tacoms, We placed this order six months ago, when'prices were considerably lower than now. Conse quently^ we are showing the newest, the neatest, the best Mattings at the most REASONABLE PRICES. EXTRA BIG VALUES At $0.00, $8 00, 810.00, $12.00, 814.00 and 816.00 per roll of 40 yards put down on the floor. We also have a good assortment of? Linoleum and Floor Oil Cloth. RUGS, RUGS ! A variety of sizes and kinds from the small? 'fit . . ' ' ' Door Mats up to the Large Wilton Art Square 9x12 at $37.50 each. Also, All Wool Ingrain Art Squares, I AND AH Wool Ingram C&rpet Kemnants, AND All Wool Ingrain Carpeting, Window Shades, :-: Window Curtains. Scrims, Tapestries, Etc. We will make a Special Display of Mattings, Carpetings, Bugs and Home Furnishinss in general during the coming week. 1 Everybody Come and See. CSS I Wo} fladj we have on hand more high-prieed Clothing than we to carry over, and in order to reduce this Stock at oneo wo oflW for Cash, all Suits formerly sold for $20 OO, . ,. . ._ . /-:X... O^ftJ^eanfl you buy a? '[ $20 00 Suit for $1400. MM Suit for $i&60. $16,50 S?it for $3155, ; $15;Gp Soit f?r $10.50, sale Saclude? only the Goods mentioned, and in no _ iOPTv ^Mr>|<^ F?rnielier?, JL?cal News. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8, 1905. THE C OTTO H MARKET. Good Middling? {I. Strict MiddMr- -7|. Middling?7i. Mrs. M. W. Gantt i? visiting her parents in Abbeville. C. E. Summer, of Newberry, was in the city a few days last week with bis son. , Mrs. J. A. McDuff, of Lavonia, Ga., is in the city visiting Mis. J. C. Gil iuer. The movement of fertilizers is far leas than last year at a corresponding date. David M. Humphreys, of Donalds, spent a day or two in the city last week. Despite tho unfavorable woaiher, some ox the early gardeners have gone to work. Miss Ella* Heid, of Walhalla, has re turned home after a visit to relatives in the city. Measles and Meningitis are prevalent in some sections of zho country, so we are informed. Mrs. W. T. Ligon and MIbb Jennie Ligon of Greenville have been visiting relatives iu'tho city. Miss Jennie Stevenson has gone to Columbia to enter the Presbyterian College for Women. The farmers are getting ready and anxious to go to ploughing, but the weather is against them. Ii.* L. Cumnock, superintendent of tho Anderson and Brogon mills, has gone North on a business trip. J. R, Martin, Esq., a young attorney, of Greenville, was in the city last week on professional business. Miss G?orgie Martin, of (Greenville, has been spending a fow days in An derson the guest of Miss iola Johnson. Mrs. Sallie Cray ton and her daughter. Miss Bessie &*.<?> ton. have returned from a trip of several weeks to Flor ida. Rev. H. R. Murohison, editor of the Southern Home published in Colum bia, has been spending a few days in the city. Mrs. A. H. Oaborne has gone to Sa vannah, Ga., where she ?will spend several weeks visiting her daughter, Mrs. Blanton. Providence permitting there will be preaching in Dean Presbyterian Church nezt< Sunday, 12th inst., at the usual hour by the pastor. Representative J. B. Watson has been at homo for several days by rea son of sickness, He will probably re turn to Columbia this week. A number of people are now visiting Anderson prospecting with a view of locating here. We have plenty of room for live, progressive citizens. The Farmers' Co-operative Union of Denver will meet in the Bchool house next Saturday afternoon at 8 o'clock. All the members are nrged to attend. The Secretary of State has issued a charter to "The Grocery Company," the new wholesale concernfof. which mention was made in last week's pa* nut ?"-* The Conrt of General Sessions for this Connty convenes in the city next Monday. Jurors and witnesses should be on hand promptly at the opening hour. ^ When an item of news happens in your community let ua have a note from you giving the facts. Don't wait for the other fellow?send it yourself. If those subscribers who have not paid us knew how badly we need every dollar owing to us, we believe that a great many of them would come up and pay us. The machinery in the addition to the Riverside mill has been installed and is now ready for operation. The ad dition gives the. plant almost dcsblo ii? iunuer capacity. How can you go around all the days of the year picking flaws; rinding fault, mouthing and grumbling about little things,' when there is so much to praise and love in this world? T7. H. Walsh/manager of the Walsh Directory, iu iu the city for the pur pose of getting np a *Aty directory. It will contain tho usual information found in all directories of the kind. Manied, on'-Sunday, Feb. 67 1905, at the residence of Mrs. Joanna Elrod, at Pieroetown, 8. C, by A. M. Guy ton. magistrate. Mr. A. B. Picken s and Jfiss Tea Kay, both of Anderson Conn ty. Representatives Hall j and Prince catno up from Columbia Saturday and remained at homo until Monday. The L?gislature held no session Monday, ae ; many of the members had to be at home for salesday. A local dam of Beavers, a new fra ternal organization, will be instituted here in a few days under the direction of the organiser, J. S. Deal. The necessary number of names has been scoured for a lodge. Untried, on Sunday afternoon, Feb. r? 1005, at the home of tho bride's father. Mr. Chat lie King, in tho White field section, by Rev. H. C. Martin, Mr, Durell Banister and Miss Pearls King, both Audercon County. Kev. J. W. W?lling and family sailed from New York- last Saturday. 14th inst.? for South America, and their address for the coming year Will be Nc. SP Raa da Quitanda, Rio de Janerio. Brasil, South America. All parties who have not made their tax returns ?or the year loos, are urged to do BO at onco, as after the 20th day of February ajpenalty of 50 per cent, be added.-. A prompt action in mat ter means money to y?uV io-South Carolina Live Stock As ciation will hold its annual meeting in Columbia on Wednesday and Thurs day, 15th and lGth inst. Mr. B. Har ris, of thi* County, is oh the program for a paper on "Point* on the Dairy of worship on .tne* present, site. The members w?! be more than pleased to., receive any contribxuiona^to thoItoUdL mg funu ^om their fuende. ' There'wnl'^'^t?n^-'?cijips?"- two of the son and two of tho tnoon this year. There w?U>o a partas^eelfpse of . JW8 moon Feb. -18 ana an annular eclipse of the aunJAsxcb ft^lwth invisibi? in tho United** l be a partial - r, ,^?fc &S*S 9toai'tf.*-'&&ss& wi?? be ap*r-> tial:eelipss>< ?tthe sun visible in this State the mbrntng of August so. y "The/ weather is so chanpaj\ble.; One ra*y hear that. atprossion f?very day. Whether itis ralob-i or shining, calm or windy, hot or col d, p fore.' you that the weather la" very changeable. Do they want the same teaoperatore the year rouudt Do they :?Wt1i4ry.'aUi,tliis? or cordt ci hott The fact is that: the weather is is all right. Without changes in the weather the worid would be an unattractive t/iace. 't*on ,w)ll j^^;W:?.]t?i?;?:weath?ir. j?one^.^ nt alt rights _Mr. Laird Smith, formerly of the Equality section of Anderson County, haa moved to the Webb Dairy Farm, one mile west of town to live with hie eon, ?. M. .Smith, who ia managing the place for Dr. Webb.?Eaaley Pro gr?s*. Lajt Thursday, 2nd inst., was ground hog day. If the ground hog in thia section came ont of his hole in the early morning be saw his shadow and wentdjack, and we will, as a conse quence, have six weeks more of rough weather. C.S. Minor, of Salisbury. N. C, has been spending a few days in the city. Mr. Minor wus formerly engaged in business here, and says the town has ?rown a great deaT since he left her?, le may return here und engage in business. Evie, the little daughter of E. E. Molntyre, died at the home of her par ents at the Townseud twine mill last Sunday oveniug, after a brief illness. Tho remains were carried to Cornelia, Ga., the former liome of tho parents, and interred there. Mr, au? lire. J. C. Latimer, of Honea Path, spent several dajH last week with the lattei's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Phinnoy, at West Union. Their (mauy friends were pleased to meet them at Methodist services last Sunday.?Oconce News. Gen. M. L. Bonhani has returned from Columbia where he has been spending Borne time on professional business. He was one of the attorneys representing the interests of Abbe ville and Ldgefield counties opposed to the establishment of Calhoun coun ty. Kev. and Mrs. J.E. James, who were recently married in Columbia, return ed to the city last week and are etop ?in g with Mrs. L. Osborne on Sooth lain street. They were tendered a reception Friday evening by the ladies of the Central Presbyterian Church at tho residence of John C. Watkins. Mondny was salesday, but only three small tracts of land were sold at pub lic outcry by the Probate Judge. The lands belonging' to the estate of H. C. Erakine were sold in three tracts to B. B. Erakine as follows: a tract of 20 acres for $850; a tract of 24 acres for $250; a tTwCt of 28 acres for $020. Wort baa been started on the new double track steel bridge over Rocky river just east of the city. The Vir ginia Bridge and Iron company has the contract for building the structure, and tho manager in charge says that it will be finished in a short time so as to inconvenience the traveling public as littlo aB possible. Mrs. M. J. Haddon, formerly of Don alds, but for several years a resident of Texas, has been on a visit to friends in this section. Mrs. Haddon was well pleased with Texas and thinks that a great State. She has a son living in tho Lone Star State. Mrs. Haddon will after this, make her home in An dereon where two of her sons live.?A. R. Presbyterian. A white man is selling Bibles on a credit to the negroes of Edgefield County. His Bibles cost abont $1.00 and he sella them for $7.00, taking a mortgage on everything they have to secure payment. If ho comes this way we advise the negroes to conduct him gently to the State line, give him a few good kicks and send him on his way, never to return. Mr, and Mrs. H. D. Reese of Abbe ville, have isso^d invitations to the marriage of the. daughter, Floride, to Barle C. rage, of Columbia. Both Misa Reese and Mr. Page lived in this, city for a time, and they bave a great many friends here who wish them all the happiness obtainable in their mar ried life. The ceremony will take place at Abbeville on the 22nd inot. W. W. Russell received a letter last week informing him of the death of bio son, j. B. S. Russell, which occurred at his home in Wichita, Kansas, on the 15th of January. Mr. Russell wob abont 80 years old, and leaves a wife and one child. He moved to the west several years ago. He was a member of the Maconic order, and the funeral services were conducted with Masonic honore. Misa Lillie GambrelL the 18-year eld daughter of Mr. J. P. Gambrell, died last Saturday morning after a lingering illness with consumption. She was buviotl on Sunday at Broadmouth church cemetery beside her mother who died several years ago. Mr, Gam brelL has the sympathy of bia friends in his acre bereavement. His mother died only a few days ago.?Honea Path Chronicle. The County Farmers1 Educational and Co-operative Union will meet in thia city next Tuesdays 14th inst., at 11 o'clock a. tn. The Secretary of each Union in the County ia requested tq send in his regular report ana also a list of the delegates who will attend the Convention. This will bean im portant meeting, and every Union in th? county ?h< A? be represented by a full delegation. Six suits against the Western Union Telegraph company have been filed with the Clerk of Court Watkins, the total amount of damages demanded aggregating about $12,000. In addi tion to these suite, an action has been commenced against the Southern Rail way for tho killing of Mr. O. B. Creamer at Piedmont in November. The amount of damages prayed for in this suit is $40,000. At last Thursday's meeting of the Housecommittee on pensions Mr. Alk en obtained favorable action on several Sbath Gere?se pension biiiav The principal cose Was that of Cant. C. A. Mil ford, of Abbeville, formerly of thia city, late captain company A, let South ' Carolina volunteer Infantry, 8pacish war. In addition to a back pension of 91,100 the bill gives him $20 per month for tho balance of hia life; i .The directors of the two cotton mills, of which the late Col. D. K. Norris was president, have elected offi cers to fill the vacancies. Thomas M. Norrie, a nephew of the deoeasod pres ident, was made president of the Nor* ria mill at Cateeehee, and .R. G. Gainca of Picken s county was elected president of the Isaqueena mill at Cen tral? Both are experienced business mon, and tho mills will be in safe According to the cotton ginn er?1 re ?ort of the census bureau at Washing >n, Anderson county produced the lirgost cotton crop in her history last year, The figures as compiled by the agent for the county,/ are 57,485 bales up to December 18, 1004. The number or bates ginned since that date will slightly increase the above figures. Orangehurg is the only county in the State that produced a larger crop. The average crop for this-county is l??&?*0^bales. .v^gg?uv.y: &Mr& J;.B. iHaMwanger has ^s her guest her.aunt-, Mrs. Strickland, of An - dC-sonX . Mrs.\- Strickland "jay very, pleasantly remembered in Edgefield having visited hero on several former occasions. She is not only an exceed in gly refined an d c ul t urod .'. lady but is possessed of an unusually brilliant In tellect and of very marked mnaical talent.' Mrs. Strickland, has a dangh hood, who is a musical prodigy.. Se v cral of her .compositions have been published and have bean very favor *>ly received and widely commented by thei music world. She is at m in the composition of wme . difficult band mnalc-^Edgefield L. N. Geer, who is president of three oil mills iu tho county, has uuder cou sideration tho advisability of organ izing a soap faotory in this city. It is bia opinion that tho cotton seed oil from his mills can bo utilized more protitabl.'/ by usiug it Tor tho manu facture of soap than it Hing it to the refineries. Ho will niuUe a thorough investigation of tho matter to deter mine whether the organization of a company is advisable. An exchange says a fea/ale Sam Jones is stirring up tlio people, and that recently she stopped in the middle of a sermon, and picking up her bible said: "Thero is a man in this house who is unfaithful to his wife! I hid going to throw this biblo at him." Sl'V raised the book as if sho was goitig to throw it and every man in tho house but one ducked his head to avoid the missile. It was afterwards learned that ho was deaf and dumb. The street railway company has re ceived three new ca'ra for its line, and these will be put in operation probably this week. A trial trip was made last week, and everything was thoroughly aatisfaetory. Tho running of tho ears excited a great deal of intereac among the people of the city. Tho use of the cars for ono day was tendered tho ladies of the city tor tho beuelit of the hospital fuud, and Saturday was set opart for this purpose l ut the excur sion had to be postpone! on account of the snow. The work of extending tho street paving will bo resumed within n short time. Mayor Sullivan and Alderman Brisaey hare returned from Atlanta and Athens, where they went to in spect the street improvements in those cities. Theyinvestignted the coBtof pav ing and looked into other matters per taining to municipal government which might be of value to them in the dis charge of their official duties. The licence ordinance will raise a consider-1 able revenue for the use of public im provements. Urs. S. Bleckley. of Anderson, paid Edgefield a visit last week, accom Santed by Mrs. James H. White, of ohnstou. Mrs. Bleckley is a woman of high Qttainmenta in education and , in tho advanced ideas of 20th century usefulness for her sex. She is especial ly now interested in furthering the work of the Daughters of the Confed eracy in South Carolina and with this effort much success is attending her. Mrs. Bleckloy'e short visit was a bright spot in the life of our little town last week.?Edgefield Chronicle. Anderson got her share of the snow storm that prevailed over a large sec tion of the country Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and it was the heaviest this section has experienced in several years. The snow began falling at noon Friday and continued at short intervale until midnight. Saturday was bitter cold and ol > rdy. Early Sunday morning the snow began again and kept it up all day. mixed with a little rain and Bleet. The snow was of the "hominy" variety and covered the ground to the depth of three or four inches. In a recent letter to the Comptroller General, Auditor Boleman calls Mr. Jones' attention to an apparent mistake in his annual report to the legislature. In the number of polio and in tho amount of taxable property, Mr. Bole man shows that Anderson occupies third place among the counties of the State inatead of ranking fonrth as the report has it. Since the return of last year, conaiderable property hno been j added to the couu?y s weaUn, and the taxable property of the county ia now over $10,000,000. The number of polls exceeds 10,000. Mr. John Outss died at his home in Pendleton Township last Monday at the ripe old age of 10 years, and bia re mains were interred yesterday at Zion Church by the Matonie fraternity, of which ho had long been an active and zealous member. Shortly after the close of the civil w*r, through which ha served the South most faithfully, he moved to Anderson from Hart County, 01a., and was held in high es teem by a wide circle of friends. He ice issrri?u, and is survived by his second wife und four sons and three daughters by his first marriage. The properof the WiUiamston Fe male College was sold at public outcry in tbio city on Monday. The bnlldings and gronnda were bid in by Hon. Qeo. E. Prince, for Mrs. L. A. Luador, the purchase price being $0,550. Since the removal of the college to Greenwood tho property has been ot no material use to the institution, and a sale waa deemed advisable. The grounds cover a little more than five acres, upon which is located the two-story college building erected by Dr. Samuel Lan der, its founder, it is probable that the building will be concerted into a hotel. ' The Farmer?* Educational and Co operative Union avC?:ncord has started a movement to have the farmers o*i khe county pledge themselves to use only cotton bagging in covering this years crop. It is estimated that if each pro ducer should cover each bale of cotton produced by bim with nine yards of cotton bagging, weighing not lesa than two pounda to the yard, 875,000 bales of the South'* crop would be consumed, thus lessening the danger of an over crowded market. The matter will probably bo brought op at the- next monthly meeting of the county organ ization of the union. ' Chief of Police of Nelson on last Friday arrested F. D. Riddle and his wife, who live a few miles above Pel ear, on a warrant sworn ont by Stats constable McCravy, charging them with violation of the diapensary law in selling whiskey. They were brought before Magistrate R. V. Acker, wbo, after a thorough investigation of the whole matter and upon the testimony Of four witnesses who swore they had purchased whiskey from the prisoner?, decided to bind them over to the court of sessions, in the sum of $400. A. H. Dagnali, Esq., appeared for the pris oners? WiUiamston News. ' -Messrs. Samuel Mauldin and James M. Long, of Five Forks section of An derson county., wore in town last FH? day having titles drawn for three lots which they ' recently purchased from Dr. B. F. Smith, off rt the lot On Main and Church Street, known na the Hnd Sens^?ac?. They have purchased one usinessf lot on Main street next to John Craig's atora and two lots includ ing the dwelling and barn on Church street. The lot with the dwelling on it was purchased for Mrs. Smith aud her son-iU-law, Geo. W. Robinson. Who now occupy tho same. Messrs Long and Mauldin will' at an early date be - Sia the erection of two nice dwellings on Piokensvillo street, on the lots re cently purchased of W. BffAnthony Whiehthey expect to occupy when finished.?Easley Progress. .'y. m' m mm ,- ? Olcomarglne has the saute color and ia good imitation in appearance of pure butter but you would certainly preffr tho g?nnlc? article. Other Distributor? on the market are painted tho aarne red color and bear some resemblance to gen* nine Oole Distributors but the difference in quality is Just ai gruat ns that between tbo butter and its Imitation; Oennino Cole Dlatnbatons arc t?old exclusively by Snlllvap Hdw. Co. . The moat reliable preparation for kid* nay troubles-on i bo w*<k<t in Fol?'* Ktdnev Cure Hold by Evana Phar macy. A Merciless Slashing OF SHOE VALUE STA?t BRAND SHOES ARE OUR unprecedented Reduction Se le still continues, and is now the sensation of the day. The public have long since learned that we never advertise fake closing out sales and flim flam cost sales. When we advertised to the world that we were going to close out our entire stock of Shoes (exclusive of our Star line) at a tre mendous sacrifice, and at prices regardless of former values, we meant every word we said, and our customers who have filled their wants here are walking advertisements for us, for they are all astounded at the magnificent values we are giving. Our stock was large and fresh and is still unbroken. There are thousands of bargains here that will never be duplicated on this market again. We musk get iid of them, for we need the room for our new STAR LINE SHOES,, and at the prices we have put on them, they will not be long iu moving. Wise mer chants, especially, are invited to replenish their stocks at prices they can't get from any jobber. A. First Olass Pocket Knife ... FERTILIZERS. We know you want the BEST, and thai is why we oiler you the ANDERSON PHOSPHATE AND OIL GO'S. GOODS! They have been tested by the best farmers in the State, and are pro* nounced by them as being far superior to other makes. They are used by Clemson College on its faims, which shows that this insti tution, which is authority on fertiliser values, considers them the very best. What better endorsement do you want ? If you want first-class goods, at priceo that are no higher than other goods, and honest goods that you can see manipulated by honest formulas, you can't do better than buy your Fertilizers from ub. Spend your money with your Home Company and you stand a chance, to get some of it back again. Spend it with a Foreign Company and it is gone from you forever. DEAN & RATL1FFE, Dispensers of Real "Values. Gar Load Studebaker Wagons just arrived. Car of Kentucky, Old Hickory and Tennessee Wagonsto arrive. Also, three cars of Buggies, Carriages, Surreys and pleas ure Vehicles generally. Call and see us. < FJEtET WELL - H ANES CO. EVANS* LIVER AND KIDNEY PILLS f We sell in the course of a year about one million Liver and Kidney Pills, , 3DO "STOTJ TTSIE3 a??kES2sd. ? Phone 182.