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The Newest,
[ Most Up-to-Date
j To Be Found.
Stylish and Good.
From our immense Stock wo can fit'and please the baby,
all the children, the fastidious little miss, and little gentle
men, the youths, the boys, the gentlemen, the ladies.
Below are a few of our most popular styles :
Infanta' Ssndals at 5ucv
Infants' Black and Tan Gibson and Ribbon Ties at 75c.
Infanta' Black and Tan Gibson and Ribbon Ties ac 81.00.
Children's Black and Tan Gibson and Ribbon Ties, sizes 5 to 8, at $1.00
and $1.25. .
Children's Patent Leather Gibson Ties afc S 1.50.
Children's Black and Tan Ribbon Ties, sizes 8} to ll, at 81.25 and $1.60.
Children's Patent Leather Ribbon Ties at $1.75.
Misses' Black and Tan Gibson, Ribbon and Tokio Ties, sizes ll J to 2
at $1.50 and $1.75.
Misses* Patent Leather, Gibson, Ribbon and Tokio ^ies at 32.00.
WHITE CAN VAS RIBBON TIES.
Infants* sizes, 21 to 5, at 75o.
Children's sizes, 5 to 8, at $1.00.
8i to ll at $1.25. -A
Misses' sizes, 111 to 2, at $1.50.
WHITE KID SANDALS.
Ladies' sizea at $1.25--Misses' sizes at $1.00.
Little (rents' and Boys- Chocolate Blucher Oxfords.
Sizes 81 to ll, at $1.35. Sizc-s-11-? to 131 at $1.50.
Sizes t io 2 at ci 75. Sizes 21 to 51 at 82.00.
LAMES' OXFORDS.
, Ladies'and Misses'Spriag Heel Oxfords at 81.50. Ladies' Nice Ox
fords at 02.00. . Ladies' liegina Oxfords and Black and Tan Ribbon Ties at
$2.50. Ladies' Black Kid and Patent Kid, Ribbon and Gibson Ties at $3.00.
Ladies' Chocolate Blucher Oxfords at $1 50. Ladies' Chocolate Ribbon Tica
at $2.00. Ladies' 3 Strap Black SandaU at $2.00. Ladies* Kid 3-Strap
Foxed Sandals at $2.00. Ladies' Isis Kid 3-Strap Sandals at $2 50.
In addition to Fine High Class Footwear- we have a large variety of |
Coarse Heavy Shoes for farm wear. Our's is not an exclusive Shoe* Store,yet
our stock is aa large, if not larger, than that of any Shoe Store in Anderson,
and is without doubt better adapted to the wants of the people. ? *
Yours truly,
. ?0PYWCHT190S EY
;?bt HOUSE 0F^hW?W3HER
est MI Round Suit
ls one which has Style, Comfort,
and bearing Qualities. One of
a
Will bear i our closest inspection ; lt
w}ll give satisfaction : to the end.
These garments won't lose shape and
style like ordin?r^ Ciothing/ &air
?loth fronts and experthasd tailcring
insures that, From th? set of collars
and shoulders ?!ovm to the lay* of the
trousers you can't distinguish this
Snit from one built to your order.
REESE & BOLT
tThe One Price Clothiers, Hatters em? Furbisher
Next door t,o Farmers and Merchants Bank,
Local News
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1805.
TBS COTTON HABEST.
Good Middling-7*.
Strict Middling-?*.
Middling-7i.
Mrs. T. F. Hill baa boen spending
a few days in Atlanta.
Chickens and eggs are in deniand in
the city at good prices.
, W;,A*. Holland, of Seneca, spent
last Monday in the city.
The measles are prevalent in? many
sections of the County.
Tho first straw hats for this season
ventured out last Sunday.
The outlook for a large fruit crop
still continues to he bright.
A few early gardeners are bragging
on their growing vegetables.
The man that is not satisfied with
this weather is hard to please.
Miss Nellie Humphreys has returned
to the city from a visit to Seneca.
Hiss jS/aggie Hudgens, of Honea
Path, is visiting relatives in the city.
Mayor James Thompson, of Walhal
la, was a visitor in the city last week.
The small grain crop has come out
wonderfully since tho 'warm weather
set in.
Mrs. M*. B. Clinkscales. of Due
West, is in the city visiting friends and
relatives. .
J. ?. Britt, one of McCormick's most
progressive citizens, spent Monday in
Anderson.
Cotton nest fall at 5 cents will not
pay bills very fast. Better grow your
provisions.
Mrs. T. H. Johnson, of Hartwell,
Ga., is in Anderson visiting friends
and relatives.
The air is delightfully fragrant just
now with the perfume of flowera and
fruit blossoms.
Brick masons, carpenters and day
laborers are iu great demand in the
city at fine wages.
_]Mrs. A. S. Stophens has been spend
ing ? few days in Williamston visiting
friends and relatives.
W. Baylis Hall, of Pendleton Town
ship, has been appointed a notary
public by Gov. Hey ward.
A local weather prophet says this
section will have several big Ireshets
during the month of June.
W. M. Wilcox, of Elberton, Ga., has
been spending JV few days in the city
the past week visiting relatives.
Mia Ellen Perry, who has been
visiting friends in the city, has re
turned to her home in Greenville.
G. Ernest Brown, of Birmingham,
Ala., is spending a few days in Ander
son, his old home, visiting relatives.
Hon. G. F. Tolly and wife are spend
ing a tow days in Elberton. Ga., visit
ing their daughter, Mrs. W. M. WilJ
cox,
Bev. J. D. Chapman spent last week
in the city of Greenville, where he as
sisted in a series of religious meet
ings.
A. L. Welch is building a Urge
and substantial dwelling house on his
lot adjoining his home on East tfrr
street.
A Committee is now seeking a loca
tion for the city hospital. Dr. W. H.
Nardin, Jr., is ch a.'nunn of the com
mittee.
R.. Frank Hall has purchased the
Dean place, just south of the city. It
includes the old racetrack and contains
175 aereo. ,
J. W. Sanders, of Augusta, Ga., has
come to Anderson tn accept a position
in the office of the Riverside audTox
away mills.
Mrs. J. B. Patrick and Miss Louise
Patrick have gone to Marion, Ala.,
where they will spend a few weeks
w^th relatives.
Jira. W. Avery, who has been spend
ing several weeks in Jacksonville,
Fia., visiting bec. mother, returned
home last week.
Thero will ba preaching at Flat Rock
Church next Saturday afternoon at 8
o'clock. Thev public is invited to at?,
tend the services. ?
M. L. Willis, dealer in musical in
struments, is now occupying one of
the rooms in the new Thompson build
ing on Depot street.
B. Frank Mauldin has gone to New
Orleans' to attend ? meeting of. the
executive. committee of the Southern
Bankers' Association.
Jasper M. Bell, formerly with Hall
Bros., is now with Reese Sc Bolt, where
h? will be pleased to greet and serve
his friends at any time.
The State Inter-Denominational
Sunday School Convention, which met
ia Florence last week, will hold it) ses
sion next year at Pelzer.
Passersby are attracted by the pretty
display of spring - gooda shown in the
windows bf soma of the most up-to
date merchants of tho city.
,. Col. R. W. Hunt, of Charleston, the
g?nial district passenger agent of the
; Southern Railway, was in the city yes
terday and gave us a pleasant cai!.
It has beert suggested that Anderson
have a firemen5* " tournament on or
about Jul? 4th. The suggestion is a
good ono and should bp carried ont.
Rev! M. B. Kelly, pastor of St. John's
Methodist Church in fchje city, is epsnd- ;
ingr thia week in Spartanburg, where
he is assisting in a religious meeting.
Mrs. T. R. Shuford/ of Americas,
GS:, is in tho city visiting bor parente*,
? Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Vanwyck. Her
many friends are delighted to greet
her.
Bishop Capers has returned to Cp
Is?fcia; ?ros F?crida greatly improved
in health. His many friends in Ander
sen will be more than pleased io bear
this. -. , ?
It is yet more than two weeks till
Eaater. How can the dear girls and
Sretty matrons forego the pleasure of
caning Easter bonnets for so long a
thjnef
Up to last Saturday night Ander
son's cotton receipts by wagoti this
season were 20.48? balea, n gain of 4,
800hales over tho receipts for the same
time last year.
Robert'C. Cunningham, who recent
ly purchased the McCuliy farm, three
?dies ttmt of the city, ban moved from
2d?farm, in Rock Mills Township, to
bia new homo.
The Willianiston Township Singing
Convention will meet with the White
Plaina iiaptist church next Sunday,
Otb, inst. All lovera of ruuaic are in
vited to attend.
An important meeting of the stock
holders of the Pendleton cotton mill
will be held on Tuesday, May 2nd, at
Pendleton. Seo advertisement in
another column.
A good many people are visiting An
derson prospecting with a view ot lo
cating hore. Let them come. We
have room for several thousand good,
substantial citizens.
The University of Georgia defeated
Clemson College on the latter's grounds
last Saturday in a game of ball by a
acore of three to two. It was a line
game and was witnessed by a large
crowd of spectators.
The potato bugs have begun their
work already in some sections. They
are eating the vines as soon as they
peep through the cruet. Paris green,
it is said, will lix thsm.
J. N. Paget andT. Frank Watkins
have formed a partnership for tho
practice of law, and will occupy the
rooms formerly occupied by tho timi
of Tribble, Prince and Paget.
No date has yet been Axed foi- i ho
election of a successor to Judge G. E.
Prince in tho Legislature .J rom this
County. It is said there will te sev
eral candidates for tho position.
Rev. V. I. Masters, the traveling
representative of thu Baptist Courier,
has been spendiug a few days in An
derson, where he has many f rienda who
are alway o delighted to greet bim.
There are giris of every season, but
we like the girl of spring best. When
she cornea from her winter adornment
into her Spring apparel she is charming
ly sweet and pretty as the early spring
flowers. s
Our clever townsman, O. D. Ander
son, who went to Richmond, Va., three
weeks ago to be treated in a hospital,
haB been successfully operated on for
appendicitis? and will soon be able t J
return home.
The Farmers' Educational and Co
operative Union will meet in this city
next Tuesday, 11th inst., at ll o'clock
a. m. All the membera tue urged to
attend as the meeting will bo nu im
portant one.
Chiquola Lodge Knights of Pythias
will bold its regular convention to
morrow evening at 8 o'clock, Tho
meeting will be un interesting and im
portant one, and all the munibers aro
urged to attend.
The dispensary at Pendleton, which
bas been closed since the tire a month
or two ago, bas been opened again. A.
B. Sullivan, of this city, is the new
dispenser in charge, succeeding L. .A
Hunnicutt, resigned.
If housewives will take the precau
tion to sprinkle their plant beds with
a little slaked lime they will And it
protects them largely against the rav
ages ot insects. Besides, it will act as
a fertilizer to the plants.
A= E. Holman has resinned as elec
trician for the Piedmont Electric
Company in this city and has gone to
East Pittsburg, Pa., where he has ac
cepted a position with the Westing
house Electric Company.
The Magnet Store has an advertise
ment on the first page of the intelli
gencer this- week announcing a special
salo of embroideries next Friday, ?th
inst. The ladies ' especially snould
road it and attend the sale.
James H. Maxwell, formerly of Pen
dleton, baa been elected president of
Reedy River cotton mill, Greenville
County, to succeed W~r.. ?. Beattie,
who succeeded the late Col. Cir as
president of the Piedmont mill.
If everybody could just knock off
now and stop expenses and have noth
ing to do but go fishing and to ball
gameB, wouldn't it be nice? Stopping
the expenses would be the great thing
-it is easy enough to do the rest.
Mr. Sol Lesser has just ratnrned
from the northern markets, where he
Su i ch nsed a very extensive and up-co
_aie line of spring and Bummer goods
for Lesser & Co. Read their new ad
vertisement carefully and give them a
call. .
The secretary of State has been
a oommisBion for a ?harter mr
the town of Starr. As soon as
the organization of the town is com
pleted by nu election of officers, a
charter of incorporation will be is
sued. .
At a "meeting of the directors of
the Blue Ridge Beverage and Extract
company Friday, J. F. McClure ten
dered his resignation as president and
manager of the company, which was
accepted. I>? C. Brown was chosen
to succeed him.
The South Carolina Medical Asso
ciation will hold its annual meeting in
Greenville , next week. Anderson
county will be well represented in the
convention. It .is suggested that the
Association be invited to hold its con
vention in Anderson next year.
A number of the Confederate Vet
erana of this county are contemplat
ing attending the Reunion at Louis
ville, Ky., this Bummer. If a suffi
cient number of them ?to a special
through car from Anderson will be
furnished by the Southern Railway.
Weare glad to learn from private
sources that Mr. Brooks Goodgion,.
who has been in. a sanitarium in Phila
delphia lor several weeks, ia improving
nicely. He is cheerful and hopeful.
Hie taany .friends wish his early return
to his home and loved ones.-William
ston News.
The. annual .convention of the Bap
tist Young People's Union of South
Carolina ia being held in Charleston
this week. Rev. J, D. Chsomnn is*
attending the convention Miss
Zadie Fretweit and Marsl* -Vaig
are delegates from the First ~ dst
Church Union.
.We welcome Judge Prince to Saluda.
Ho presided ono term at Saluda last
year and left a good impression upon
the peuple. He ni ak ea his charges
plain and speaks so distinctly that he
cac bo heard across the Conrt House,
We wish him ? pleasant stay with ns.-^
Saluda Times.
Arrangement? aro hoing made to
have a big Fourth o': July celebration
in thia city. It is yet rainer eariy. but
the manager of the street railway
company, Ut. Geo. E. Cougblin, has
mado several of his arrangements and
it is expected that an immense crowd
wilp>6 injthe city tu-enjoy tho day.
Mr. J, E. Martin, while in town last
Saturday, told of a calf being bord on
his place that, from his account, was
Mio moat curious .tr-ak of nature that
? yon ever heard of.. Tho calf waa boin
) withou t any legs whatever and its head
waa turned upward eo that the beast
appeared to be looking to the clouds
ali the time. Mr. Martin safe' the
calf, in its uonatural shape, somewhat
resembled a seal. It lived about one
. week.-Belton Times.
1 hp flowers in tho many gai den B in
tho city are bloomiug profusely, and
the aliaos trees along tho sidewalks
nre puttiog on foliage rapidly. The
fruit trees aro laden with blossoms and
the yoong garden truck is growing
well, lt is to bo hoped there will be
no more killing float*, but tho danger
is hardly passed yet.
W. Herbert Dames, a son of the late
Jas. F. Barnes, of Lownde&ville, died
at Memphis, Tennessee, Sunday
night, lie was well known in this
city where he lived for a time. He
had been living in Alabama for many
Sears, and was connected with the
daniel Pratt Gin Company. He was a
brother of I). L. Hames of this city.
Tho late D. Iv. Norris, who was a
life trustee of Clemson College, by his
will loft $500 of Norris cotton mill
stock to the Clemson trustees on con
dition that tho annual dividends de
rived therefrom shall be used for the
Burchaso of a gold medal, which is to
e presented to Ci? student of the
college meriting the yine at gradua
tion. Tho medal is to be known ns the
Norris medal, and will bear this in
scription, "JlonuB habet onus" (honors
briug responsibility.)-Walhalla Cou
rier.
Jas. E. Barton, the contractor and
builder of Anderson, was seen in
East ey Monday last, talking with a
brick mason and several carpenters.
If that don't mean a new two-story
brick store room on Main street at an
early date, wo would like to know
what use there is for a weather bureau.
Siuco writing the abovo wo under
stand that Mr. Barton is going right
ahead building a 100-foot two-storv
brick building on the lot occupied t't
present by Miss Catlett.-Easley Pro
gress. .
The Secretary of State has issued a
commission for a charter for the town
of Starr, and has appointed Albert S.
Bowie, C. C.Jones, J. J. Smith and
B. F. Gentry us commissioners to pro
vide for registration and to complete
the town organization. The incor
poratorsaro C. C. Jones, J. J. Smith,
J.H. Pruitt, B. F. Gentry, J. T. Stuck
ey, W, L. Fruittf, W. K. Gentry and
Albert S. Bowie. Messrs. Quattlu
baum & Cochran, of this city, are the
attorneys for tho incorporators and me
nrranging^all the details.
Tho dispensary profits for the pub
He schools, amounting to $110,000,
have been divided among the coun
ties of the Stato by Comptroller-Gen
eral Jones, and tho share of Anderson
county is $1,020.70. Tho nllotnient
was made alter subtracting the defi
ciency in ?0 counties, Each pupil en
rolled in tho publio schools will re
ceive 34 ? cents. This county has nu
enrollment of 10,321, and the cnroll
niou? for the whole Stato is 288,303.
The deficiency money is divided uniong
the counties where tho three mill
school tax does not afford $75 for ench
school in tho county. Anderson has
no deficiency of tins kind.
E. G. Rose, who left Anderson sev
eral years ago for Birmingham, Ala.,
has been arrested in tho latter city
under a warrant issued by J. P. Cat
lett, of this city. It is alleged that
Rose, before leaving Anderson, se
cured tho signature of Mr. Catlett tc a
bank note under false pretences and
failed to nay tho note. HOBO refused
to come back- to Anderson without a
requisition, and was released under a
bond of $500 until next Wednesday,
when Sheriff Green will go to Birming
ham with the necessary papers. Rose
was at one time chief of police of this
city, and his friends here will watch
the result of the case with interest.
We beg parties who send us com
munications for publication to always
send their names along with their ar
ticles. Not that we wish to publish
the name, but us a means of identifica
tion. We cannot publish artiolesjun
less this is done. Sometimes apar
tide is sent us and the party writing it
fails to send his name, perhaps he for
got to sign it. The article goes into
the waste basket, and he thinks hard
of. us when the fault waa all bis own.
Many an article Is thrown aside by the
?iubhsher that he would be glad to pub
ish, but not knowing whola respon
sible for it, no other alternativeis left
him.
An election was held in the city Mon
day upon the question of amending the
city's charter sb as to have two alder
men from each ward and to increase
tho mayor's salary to a sum not less
than $500 nor more than $1,500 per an
num. * Each proposition was voted
upon separately, nnd each was defeat
ed by a substantial majority. The
opposition to * he proposed increase in
tho mayor's salary was especially
strong, ns the amount was not fixed
at any particular sum, but was to be
left to the discretionary powers of each
Council. Tim vote was as follows:
For two al der mo ;i from each ward,
yes 84; no 112; increase in mayor's sal
ary, yes 77; no WI.
The Chamber of Commerce in be
half of the city of Anderson recently
extended a cordial invitation to the
faculty and student body of Clemson
College to hold their encampment here
during the spring. Dr. Mell, tho presi
dent of the college, lino replied, Baying
that on account of the work of the col
lege and the annual/ examinations it
will be impossible for the boys to come.
There will be no encampment this
year. The people of the city had been
expecting the cadets to come again
during thin spring, and it will be
a source of keen disappointment to
learn that they will not be able to ac
cept the invitation extended them.
The encampment last year is pleasant
ly ' remembered by the city and by the
visitors os well.
? difficulty occurred Saturday after?
noon between Frank Robinson and
Henry Washington, two negroes em
ployed on the street force, and as a re
sult Washington received a severe
blow on the head from Robin som,
which caused his death a few hours
later. The men had had some dis
agreement in the earlier part of the
day, and it is said that Washington
had made threats against Robinson.
In the afternoon the quarrel was re
newed, and Robinson struck Washing
ton on the head with a tool he was
using in his work. The wounded negro
was removed to his heme and died
Saturday night. Washington bore a
bad reputation. He served a sentence
on the county chaingang a few years
ago for manslaughter, robinson has
bren lodged in jail, and will remain
there fur mal at tho next term of the
Sessions Court in May unless released
on bail. ,
Partie? desiring good Elver. Bottom
Pasturo fer any number of Cattle can get
lt at 50c ? month per. bead from 1st ol
April to 1st of ^November. For further
Information apply to Frank Cray ton,
T.nvnv Hie, or C. C. Provost, Town sena
Cotton Min. 40-?8
When you want ti good horse or mule
Collar call on Sullivan Hardware Co.
Pnre Florr^ora ''otton Seed for sale at
Atkinson's Drug S ore, Anderson, S. C.
If you will compare the Cole Cuan )
Distributors with the others on tbs mar
k*3t you will note tb?t the only point ol
similarity I? In the color, all of them
being painted red. Tho superiority in
the workmanship and qunllty.nf mater
ial entering into the o mtruotion of the
'< Cote placon it In a c!iu to itself-uu
equalled-uoapnroach*d. Cole Distri
butora aro aoVi in Anderson exclusively
by SalUran Hdw. Oz.
A Merciless Slashing
-OF
SHOE VALUES.
BRAND
SHOES
ARE
BETTER^
OUR unprecedented Reduction Sn le still continues, and is ^
now the sensation of the day. The public have long since ^
learued that we never advertise fake closing out Bales and Him- <j
Ram cost eales. f
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 Ailed their
wants hero are walking advertidenients for us, for they are all 4
astounded at the niagni.. ,ent values we are giving. {
Our stock waa large and fresh and is still unbroken. There <
are thousands of bargains here that will never be duplicated on '
this market again. We must get rid of them, for wo need the 1
room for our new STAR LINE SHOES, and at the prices wo
have pu an them, they will not he long in moving. Wise mer?
chants, especially, are invited to replenish their stocks at prices
they can't get from any jobber. ,
a. First Class Pocket Knife
FERTILIZERS
We know you want the BEST, and that is why we offer YOU
the ANDERSON PHOSPHATE AND OIL CO'S. GQODSl 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 far nw, which sliows that this'insti
tution, which is authority on fertilizer values, considers them the
very best. What better endorsement do you want ?
If you want first-class goods, at prices that are no higher than
other goods, and honest goods that you can see manipulated by
honest foimulas, you can't do better than buy your Fertilizers
from us. Spend your money willi your Home Company and you
stand a chance to get some of it back agaiu. Spend it with a
Foreign Company and it is gone from you forever.
DEAN & RATLIFFE,
Dispensers <of Real Values
Oar Seed last year Were the most satisfactory we hayer?
ever handled. They came np, grew and made bountiful orop&.
We have the same kind this year-fresh-and we aro positive
yon will not regret it if yon plant them in y m\ garden.
Evans9 2?laar:macy.
Phone 182.
IP YOU ARE GOING TO BUYT
A Buggy
Or Harness,
We Want a chance to sell yon.
If yon OWE US yon don't know how we would appreci*
ate a payment these pinching times. f?
VANDIVERIBROS. &IMAJ0R.
