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Intelligencer.
P- \shed erery Wednesday.
J. F. CLINKBCAI.EB, ) ED1TOK8 AND
?. C. LANG3TON, s Proprietors.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY li?, 1905.
The Slate Press Association.
The thirty-first annual convention
of the South Carolina Tress Associa
tion was held at White Stone Lithia
Springe, Spartanburjr County, last
week, and it was one of the most
interesting and enjoyable as well as
one of the largest attended meetings
in the history of the organization.
The Association was in session from
Wednesday morning until Saturday
morning, two and three meetings be
ing held each day. and from the be
ginning to the close there was not a
dull moment in its proceedings.
This was the third annual conven
tion the Association has held at
White Stone, and the members were
so well pleased with every thing that
they decided to accept the invitation
to meet there again next year. Since
our last annual convention tli'?rc the
magnificent hotel and hca.'thgiving
spring have changed banda, and is
now owned by a stock company, of
which Col. Samuel Sheftall is presi
dent and general manager, Col.
Sheftall is the right man in the right
place, and under his hands the pro
perty has been greatly improved. The
improvements are still going on, and
in the future White Stone will be
both a summer and winter resort.
The natural situation of the grounds
is extremely pretty, the magnificent
hotel?a three-story brick building?
being ou the point of a ridge that
slopes on three sides, and is surroun
ded by a thick grove of trees of origi
nal growth, mostly oaks. It is bril
liantly lighted by electricity, and is
supplied with all modern conveniences
and comforts. A trolley line takes
passengers to and from the railroad
station to the hotel.
The White Stone Spring is on the
Bide of a small creek and comes out
of a solid rock, which forms the banks
of the creek on that side. A pipe
has been fixed into the rock, and the
natural pressure of the spring forces
the water up into a marble basin over
which a substantial rustic pavilion
has been built on a rock and cement
foundation. The overflow of spring
water is conveyed in a pipe from this
basin to the bottling works. The de
mand for the water is increasing
every year, and a large force of hands
are kept busy bottling and shipping
it all over the country.
A very interesting programme had
been arranged for thiB meeting of the
Association, and nearly all the mem
bers who had been appointed to pre
pare and read papers on the subjects
assigned them caiaa well prepared to
perform their duty. The subjeots of
the papers brought out other t : of
interest to the journalists, cau of
whom received new and practical ideas
of our profession from the experience
of our fellow-workers.
The meetings were held in one of
the spacious parlors of tho hotel, and
at the first session Wednesday morn
ing President Aull introduced Col.
?heftall, the general manager of
White Stone, to the Association, who,
in a few remarks gave the members a
moBt cordial welcome. By request,
W. W. Ball, of the News and Courier,
responded to the weloome, and Presi
dent Aull added a few words.
After the weloome meeting the offi
cers submitted their reports', then
several committees were appointed
and the Association got - down to bus
iness in earnest. There were a large
number of guests at the hotel and
they were invited to attend our meet
ings. Many of them did so, and they
manifested a deep interest in our
proceedings, especially in the interest
ing papers read before the Associa
tion and the discussions that follow
ed.
Much important business of
interest only to the members was
transacted. Among other things a
resolution was adopted looking to se
curing a libel law for the State that
will meet the conditions of the day
and whioh will he in line with the libel
laws of other States. There appears
to be no libel law in South Carolina
except the oldiEngli?h common law,
and the desire is to have a law that j
will be fair to the people of the State i
as well as to the newspapers. A com
mittee of seven was appointed to look
into the matter and bring it to the
attention of the Legislature at its next
session.
The annual address at this meeting
was delivered Friday afternoon by
Col. S. H. Hardwick, the brilliant and
efficient passenger traffic manager of
the Southern Railway, bWashington,
J). 0., whose subjeot was "The Story (
of the South?the Impetus and Pro
gress of Htr Development." In tho
selection of Col. Hardwick as the
orator for this convention, the Asso
ciation was exceedingly fortunate.
The address was not only interesting
and eloquent.3b it a patriotio appeal
to the men of the South and made a
deep impression. A portion of Iiis
address was devoted to the discussion
of the proposed Federal control or di
rection of the railroads of our coun
try, and he showed the dangers of
such legislation by *^ic national law
makers, especially to the South. He
made a striking appeal for freedom of
the railroads, and backed all of his
arguments ,n a most logical man
ner.
One of the most enjoyable features
of the meeting was the banquet on
Friday evening given by our genial
host complimentary to the Association
and a few invited guests. It was 10
o'clock when the doors of the spacious
dining ball were ttirown open and for
the next three hours every editor,
especially forgot the hardships of this
life. An elaborate menu was served in
line style, aud it was greatly enjoyed
by the 100 or more ladies and gentle
men present. There were no regular
toasts on the programme, but a most
eloquent address was delivered by
lion. M. L Smith, Speaker of the
House of Representatives of this
State. He was followed by short ad
dresses from Col. JohnT. Sloan, Hon.
M. F. Ansel and the venerable Dr.
lames II. Carlisle. All of the
speeches were well received and high
ly enjoyed, and everybody regretted
that the hour for retiring bad come.
On Saturday morning the Associa
tion held its final meeting, and after
adopting resolutions of thanks to
everybody who had extended the mem
bers any courtesies, adjourned sine
die.
A fine orchestra of accomplished
musicians is employed at the hotel,
and renders sweet music at intervals
during day and night. This, of
course, is highly enjoyed by the.
guests.
Col. Shcftall, the manager, is ably
assisted by his good wife, who is a
most charming woman, and a clever
force of clerks in the office. If you
contemplate visiting a resort for
cither health, recreation or pleasure,
take our advico aud go to White Stone
Lithia Springs. If you visit there
once you will surely go back again.
An Address to The People.
Tho Central Prohibition Committee
lias issued the following address:
To the voters of Anderson County:
You arc to have a chance to express
yourselvuH for or against the South
Carolina liquor dispensary. Then? is
to be no excitement, no beating of
drums, ami blowing of trumpets, but
there is a quiet, steady determination
upon the part of our citizens to bring
this institution to the bar of public
opinion.
It was promised that tho dispensary
was to be a "great moral institu
tion.'" Has it met that expectation
fairly ?
It was promised that it would great
ly reduce the sale of liquor, and many
of us belie>cd it, and determined to
give it a lair trial. We are not pleas
ed with r?sulta.
We nre not pleased that the con
sumption of legalized poison should
have increased every year until it last
year reached the enormous total of
$3,500,000.00, and that dispensary offi
cials have reached the point, as the
daily papers recently reported, where
they now refuse to give out informa
tion as to how much of the stuff they
do sell.
It was promised that the revenue
accruing from the dispensary would
greatly reduce taxes. It has not done
so. The tax rate in this county has
almost doubled since the dispensary
has been in vogue, notwithstanding
the fact that the assessment has been
raised from six to eleven millions dur
ing the same period. The assessment
throughout the State has been increas
ed proportionately, yet the rate for
state purposes is higher in this year
of grace 1005 than it has been for fif
teen years while the deficit in the
state treasury is greater than it has
been for many years. It is evident,
then, thnt the dispensary as a means
of revenue has been a stupendous
failure.
We are not pleased that beer
shops or additional salenrooms have
been grafted on to the system?in
violation of law, as many think?
in order that the receipts of the
moral institution might be increased
and the volume of "business" grow.
We are not pleased thai: the liquor
dispensers officers of this State, solemn
ly Bworn to observe and uphold the
law, should openly and flagrantly vio
late the law, requirng from purchasers
"written requests" for liquors, for fear
that the sale of liquors might be re
duced, as the law intended that it
should be.
We are not pleased that the officers
whom we have put in charge of the
dispensary to see that the law is en
forced, should think tbat we put them
there to ply a commercial venture.?-to
coin doliara for a proud state at the
expense of citizenship,?to ''push the
sale" of poisonaua liquors among her
young men and among the helpless
victims of fatal habit, and to fatten
the State's treasury at the cost of those
whom the State should be most solic
itous to protect.
We are not pleased that men should
more eagerly seek the "jobs" or posi
tions on the State Board of Control in
Columbia at $400 a year than they
seek the governorship of this proud
commonwealth, and more eagerly
than they seek seats in congress
from South Carolina at $5,000 a
year.
And we regard it as most significant
that those who were friendliest, those
who hoped most from the dispensary
as a regulative measure, canuot longer
avoid the stench of its moral atmos
phere and are being driven to admit
that the institution reeks with corrup
tion and lawlessness and that the expe
riment has failed.
True, we get a little income from the
dispensary. But at what a cost!
We nut in tens of thousands to draw
out hundreds;, we have heavier court
dockets and court expenses and hea
vier taxes every year; we give our
young men, at great economic loss, to
the demon of drink; and, worst of all,
we make onr mother State the agent to
furnish to them the means of debauch
ing their characters and destroying
their souls.
Some say that Anderson county
"will not enforce" a prohibition law.
They enforce it in Marlboro; oan wo
not do as well as Marlboro? The
Charlotte News, a week ago, showed
how well they are enforcing it there;
is pnblio aen liment in Anderson coun
ty not as enlightened as it is in Meck
lenburg' Onr neighbors tell us that it
is well enforced in many counties in
Georgia, and we do not believe that
the moral atmosphere and the standard
of citizenship in this county is inferior
to tbat of any counties in our sister
State.
In Marlboro County the first con
victed "blind tiger" keeper was
promptly fined $400. He moved to
another town and opened up again.
lie was promptly convi'.Lad attain
and lined #509, when he quit the ousi
ness in disgust. Anderson County
will profit by her example.
Let us all, at the very beginning < ?
this movement, pledge ourselves, as
this committee does, to <1<> otir full
duty in enforcing the law when we get
it.
Certain citizens fear that to disturb
the existing conditions is to take a
step forwards "high license" and open
barrooms. They need never fear that a
South Carolina Legislature will disre
gard the expressed wish ol the voters
in and county; and public sentiment,
in this county, has advanced too far
lor open barrooms to ever again be a
res I menace here.
Fuithermore, the advocates of "high
license" in the l?gislature will bud
themselves solidly opposed, not only
by the present advocates of prohibi
tion, but also by the upholders of the
dispensary system; and they would
he doomed in advance to a worse de
feet than that which now awaits the
dispensary. And, finally, under the
present constitutional provisions, the
muucipal authorities cannot license,
and the legislature cannot authorize
them to license, the sale of liquor,?
and it takes a two-thirds vote of
the l?gislature to submit a proposed
amendment of the constitution to the
people and a majority vote of people
and legislature to pass it.
We appeal, therefore, to the men
and women of Anderson County to
move in this matter, aud to keep mov
ing, until we have reached the only
right so.'ution; to consider the matter
calmly, earnestly nud carefully, and
with minds single to the moral welfare
of their country, to do their duty in
this matter in the fear of God.
Faithfully yours,
B. F, Martin, Chairman,
}{. F. Crayton,
Rev. S. J. Curt I edge,
Uev. W. W. Leathers,
J. W. ^uattlebaum,
G. N. C. Holeman,
G. C. Sullivan,
W. R. Osborne, '
J. L. Sherurd, Secretary,
Central Prohibition Committee.
Wants the Temptation He moved.
Mr. Editor: We happen to be one of
those unfortunates who can't refuse a
drink of whiskey and we are ready to
do all we can to put the dispensary out
of business? the institution which sells
the meanest whiskey that is made.
We see men every day that are on the
road to destruction caused by the use
of that booze that is sold by Tillman's
Pharmacy. We have especially no
ticed two or three cases of line looking
men who stay full of whiskey ami are
not fit for work, and it <loes look like n
great pity to see them going to destruc
tion. Hut then there are thousands of
cases just like these. Wo know that
if the diapenanry was not hero most of
these men would not go to the trouble
of manipulating some other way to get
ir. We know if it was not so easy to
get whiskey by just stepping around to
the dispensary that we would never
go to the trouble to get it some other
way. nud as lor us, we want the dis
pensary voted out und then we will
have no temptation.
We all know that the young men
growing up would likely remain to be
sober men if we had prohibition. We
oui seit would never have been n booze
artist if prohibition had been in force
some few years ago, and we know that
tho young mer. coming tip uow are in
the same fix.
We want to see the dispensary voted
out for our own special benefit, and
we have heard a good many other
drinking men say the same thing?that
we want strictly prohibition and noth
ing lesB.
There is no use to mention the misery
and trouble that the wife, mother and
daughters experience on account of
the dispensary.
A Booze Artist.
Townville News.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Haley, of Oak
wny, were the guests of J. A. Gainee
Sunday.
Misses Clara Hunt and LesBie Wool
bright are visiting MisB Sallie Dickson
in Westminster.
Rev. J. K. Karle, from Hollands, at
tended services at the Baptist Church
Sunday.
Mis?es Julia Comp ton and Mary
Dickson visited relatives in Anderson
laHt week.
Mrs. N. W. Grant and Mrs. Jamet
Grant spent Wednesday with Mrs.
Moore at Oakway.
Prof. J. S. Harris will begin a school
at Mt. Tabor Monday.
Misses Dohnia Meyers and Nita
Bruce, of Oakway, were the guests oi
Mies Annie Campbell Sunday.
Little Miss Eatello Harris, of Rock
Mart, Ga., is spending awhile with hei
grandfather, Handy Harris.
Prof. Evans, from North Carolina,
will teach at Pine Grove this summer,
beginning Monday.
Mrs. Jule Bogga spent a few days
last week with Calhoun Bogga at To*
keena.
Prof. Graham goes to Hepsibah Mon
day to take charge of the sohool there.
Mr, and Mrs. 8ervetae Bogge. from
Broyles, visited Rufub Bogga Wednes
day.
Mrs. Nathan Sheriff, who has beer
seriously ill, ia improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown, from To
keena, s pent Sunday with C. D. Giles.
Pansy.
Burgess Bridge News.
Farmers are making hay while the
sun shines.
Mr. Earlo spoke at Whitefield July
13th. Nine new members were receiv
ed, and the prospecte are bright for a
large Farmers' Union there.
Miss Annie Rogers and the children
of Whitefield Sunday School are pre
paring for children's day exercises and
pol lection. These are always pleasant
occasions.
Albert Bowlan, of Atlanta, Ga., and
Fred Bowlan, of Red Hill, Ga., visited
their father recently.
A family of skunks or pole oats re
cently took up tbeir abode under the
kitcheu of P. C. Opt and.ate about
one hundred chickens, it requiring
four to supply them a day. He thought
opossums were eating them, until after
many fruitless efforts his ekunkship
was caught iu a steel trap. A lew
days later five young onea were die
covered under the kitchen and abot.
Ia not this 0 big pole-cat talef
E. Z. Brown has fine white Orping
ton chicken? bought from John Mo
EIree, Columbia. It ia likely these
are the only ones of this kind in An
derson County. They were hatched
May 24th and are growing rapidly.
It ia rumored that Thos. Balentine
and W. Q. Hammond will leave their
lands in other hands, and live in An
derson in 1006. When will the tide
turn from the city to the countryT
\ m t m B.
?- In a train' wreck on the Missouri
Pacific railway every oar except one
went ;,nto the ditch at the aide of the
track, but not a person on tho train
v a* seriously injured. The train was
l?nning at 25 miles an hour, yet not a
oar was damaged by the sudden stop
ping. The oars were new andh-avy
aud of firm eteel framework.
GENERAL NEW?.
? Many dead bodies are beiog found
in the debris made by the flood in
(iaunogoiuo, Mcx.
? New Orleans sold her first bale
of this year's cotton last Friday for
'0 cents per pound.
? The Savannah cotton exchange
has Btarted a crusade for the abolition
of the government cotton reports.
? John Wicher, aged 22, of Chica
go, was arrested on Friday for drown
ing his six-rnouthsold child in the
river.
? In blasting rock on the Pennsyl
vania railroad near Ilarrisburg, a pre
mature explosion caused the death of
eight men.
? A railroad detective and an out
law were killed and a second outlaw i
will die as a result of fighting follow
ing a Kansas hold-up.
? The grand jury at Milwaukee haB
brought in 105 indictments against
former county offiidale. Nearly all of
them charge bribery.
? A riot between niggers and white
people occurred in New York. Sev
eral were killed. A negro interfering
with ? ball game caused the trouble.
? Lightning struck a grocery store
in the small town of Sweetwater,
Tenn., and before the fire could be ex
tinguished $00,000 worth of property
was destroyed.
? On account of heavy rains that
have fallen in the section of country
around Iluntsville, Ala., it is said that
many farmers will have to abandon
their cotton crops.
? The American Cotton Manufac
turers' Association wants representa
tion at the time of the declaring of
the August cotton report by the de
partment of agriculture.
? A case containing $10,000 in
jewelry, which had been given to an
express company by a salesman for a
New York firm and with which the
driver had disappeared, was recovered.
? Policyholders in the New York
Mutual Life also want to know the
worst, and they are petitioning for
one of those old reliable brands of in
vestigation?the kind the Equitable
has always used.
Rates to Farmers' Institute.
Southern Railway announces rate of
one Urst-class fare plus 25 cents for the
round trip, (minimum rate 00 cents),
to C'alhoun and Cherry's Crossing, S.
Cm on account of the State Farmers'
Institute, Clemson College, S. C, Aug
ust 8-11, 1005.
Tickets to be sold August 0, 7, S,
with linai limit August 13, 15)05, from
nil points in South Carolina, including
Augusta. C-u.
For full information consult Ticket
Agenc, or
R.W.Hunt,
Div. Pass. Apt.,
_ Charleston, S. C.
All of the latest and most approved de
Signa in Builder's Hardware are carried
by Sullivan Hdw. Co. They can furnish
everything needed by the builder in the
line of Hardware._
17N"> 1905
College of Charleston,
CHARLESTON. S. O.
120th year begins Sept. '29. Letters,
Science,"Engineering. One Scholarship
giving fieo tuition to each County of
South Carolina. Tuition $40. Board and
furnished room in Dormitory $10 to ?12
a month. Ail candidates for admission
are permitted to compete for vacant
Boyes Scholarships which pay $100 a
year. For catalogue address
HARRISON RANDOLPH, Pres.
Notice oi Final Settlement.
Tho undersigned, Administrator ol the
Estate of Clara May MaCaulay, de
ceased, hereby gives notice that he will
on the 18th of August, 1905, apply to
the Judge of Probate of Anderson Coun
ty, 8. C, for a Final Settlement of said
Estate, and a discharge from his office as
Administrator
J. W. QUATTLEBAUM, Adm'r.
July 19, 1905_6_6
Notice to Contractors.
Will let to the lowest bidder July 29th,
at 10 o'clock a. m., the repairing of a
Bridge across Generoatee Creek, In Sa
vannah Township, known as McGee's
Bridge.
Also, on Bsme day, tbo rebuilding of
Bridge at Majors' MIUb, Savannah Town
ship, at 3 o'clock p. m.
On Tuesday, August 1st, at 10 o'clock
s. m., will let Bridge for repair in Pen
dleton Township, known as Tlppen's
Bridge, on Three and Twenty Creek.
The undersigned reserving the right to
reject all bids. Sp?cifications made
known on day of letting.
_8. O. JACKSON, 8up. A. C.
MISS CLEMENT,
TRAINED NURSE,
- AND -
MASSEUSE,
403 Whltner Street, - Anderson, S. C.
Pbone 158.
A Card.
Having sold nty stock of goods tc Mr.
8. L. Dobbins at Town ville, and "retired
from business, I desire Uo return thanks
to my friends and customers for their lib
eral patronage and begtthem to continue
the same to my successor.
G. E. SMITH.
Townville, S. C, July 4. 2c
Due West Female College !
17th year begins Sept. 13th.
Strong faculty of 5 men, 11 women.
120 pupils from 11 States. 70 boarders.
A. B., B. S. and L. I. degrees. Usual
extras. Board and tuition 9150 per year.
Ideal place for quiet study, thorough
work, sweet Christian influences, and
kind personal oversight. For catalog
address Rev. JAMES BOYCE, Presi
dent, Due West, Abbeville Co., S. C.
July 5, 1905_3_
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Trade Winners !
We are gaining ground and winning new trade
every day, by buy in p our Goods direct from manu
facturers in case lots, and selling them 10 to 25 per
cent cheaper than yon can buy same Goods else
where.
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THIS WEEK.
3000 yards of Remnant ^Toiles, Polka Dots, Plains, Nicker
Zephyrs, Etc., in all the leading colors ; they run in lengths from
2 to 10 yards, and are worth from 10c to 15c yard,' your choice
of the lot while they lust.At only 5c yard
WHITE LAWNS.
50 pieces 40-inch White Lawns, fine and sheer, worth 12Jc,
at only lOo yard.
25 pieces very tine 40-inch White Lawn, worth 20c, at 12$c
yard.
BARGAINS IN BED SPREADS.
100 full size Bed Spreads at only C6c each, but they are
$1.25 values.
100 11-4 White Bed Spreads, worth 82 00, at 81.19 each. :
Extra eize Fringed Bed Spreads at $1.25 each.
Marseilles Bed Spreads at $2.00, worth $2.50.
$3.50 Marseilles Spreads at $2.50 each.
Very nice Crochet Bed Spreads at 63c each. . .
We can sell you the best and SAVE YOU MONEY on
anything in?
Dry Goods,
Clothing,
Shoes,
Hats,
Notions, Eto.
THE BEE HIVE
G. H. BAIL.ES.
A GOOD TIME
To have your Carriage and Bugg^ BjSpaired and Repainted,
so they will be ready when you need thorn. We bave a eplen- '
did stock good, dry Rims, opolces, Shafts, Wheels ; also, Lum
ber in the rough, and nearly everything it takes to put a vehicle
m good shape, with plenty good help to give prompt service.
RUBBER TIES A SPECIALTY.
PAUL E. STEPHENS,
MID-SUMMER
BARGAINS
JULIUS H. WEIL & CO. find they v* too many Goods on
hand for this season of the year. In order to dispose of them
we have shaved the prices way down. -:- ::
We offer
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Good Yard Wide Sheeting.it 4.5c.
Yard Wide Percales.at 5*
40-inch Wide Black Brilliantine.< .at 24c
Ladies' Best Black Hose.at 7c
Ladies' Black Gloria Parasols.at 28c
Men's Good Blue Overalls.at 40c
Men's Percale Laundiied Shirts.at 39c
Ladies* Kid Oxfords.at 89c
Men's Vici Slippers. .at $1.U>
Poe Mill Soft Bleaching.at 6c
Indies'Trimmed Hats.at 48o
Beat Grade Table Oil Cloth.at 15c
Man's Wool 2-piece Suits.,.at $8.75
Men's Wool Pants.$1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.<K>
Men's Straw Hats.at 25c, 60c and 76c
We offer special inducement in Matting, Carpets, Rugs,
Window Shades and Floor Oil Cloth.
Julius H. Weil <? Co.
113 Granite Row.
It's Buck's Season
At "The Buck's Store/'
And we are going to make it a Big One.
We're going to, if possible, place a Buck's Stove in every
home in this vicinity. We know that each one we do place
will give a life-time of service.
The best, strongest and cheapest Fence on earth.. We have
jus* received our third fall car load oi this Fence for thin
season. We can furnish it in all heights at such low pri?e?
as cannot fail to please you.
McCormick
Mxjwers and Rakes.
I ? These most excellentmachines stand in a class to them*
selves?unequalled, unapproachsd. lu cva?y ?^&p?et j?&d at
all points they are in every way superior to anything else
manufactured in the line of harvesting implements.
