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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1899
Page
1
In a notable trade move we acquired a large stock of Black Worsted Suits well below market value. The garments are full regular size with sturdy serge linings and silk stitching throughout, described as high quality and saleable in bulk.
Our spring shoe department opens inviting the public to inspect offerings. Prices cut on Harvard Ties to 1.00 from 1.25 and solid Satio Call shoes at 90c from 1.25. Fine shoes include tans, vici, cordovans, and patent leathers in multiple styles and widths.
In Anderson, Sewue showcases an elegant line of Oxfords and Spring Hoe shoes in blacks and Vans. The advertisement promises the most perfect fitting and attractive footwear, urging customers to visit the store as headquarters for shoes.
State board of control meetings in the city attract whiskey drummers and visiting liquor agents. Reports say liquor houses use locals to push business, raising questions of political influence. The board discussed buying only from known liquor agents to avoid favoritism, though no firm action was confirmed.
The Augusta Chronicle publishes two Gen M C Butler interviews. He endorses acquiring the Philippines and offering incentives for negroes to emigrate there. He comments on silver, the Chicago platform, and predicts expansion as a key issue with Bryan’s stance, noting Gorman as a strong potential candidate. he remarks he has left politics.
The piece warns of widespread food adulteration in the United States, citing heavy spending on tainted goods, examples like flour coffee and jams, and studies from Connecticut and Charleston. It notes federal and state laws struggle to curb the practice, with calls for cleaner jellies and pickles and mentions the Hong Kong dispatch about U S troops in Manila and Dewey’s potential return to the United States.
The cotton crop report outlines tentative correspondents’ views on May planting acreage. Indications from May 1 point to reduced acreage across states such as Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, South Dakota, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and others with varied percentages. Fertilizer demand and crop shifts accompany the outlook, signaling broader adjustments in acreage and cultivation.
An old style ad touts affordable printing with prompt delivery. It claims minutes cheaper than any other firm and invites customers to save by using Brivis Press in Aubeville, 8. C. tf.
Gen Joe Wheeler sits in Chattanooga with the river and harbor committee to discuss Tennessee River work and possible congressional funding. He accuses Speaker Reed of constitutional overreach over his seat and says he would resign if ordered to Manila, otherwise may retire next term. expresses desire for active duty against insurgents in the Philippines. He praises Southern veterans for support of the government.
A reader reports on the Southern Baptist Convention session in Louisville Kentucky describing travel routes via the Southern Railroad from Atlanta to Louisville and noting the city’s whiskey and tobacco industries A divided populace and the Southern Baptist Seminary are mentioned with praise for a Texas preacher Dr fruit whose sermon impressed attendees.
Pendleton Itens and attendees including Messrs W J Martin R E Sloan Samuel McCreary M C Dickson Jesse Stribling W M Gibson Miss Lila Stribling Sponsor Miss Mamie and Laura Davant and others attended last week. Charleston did her duty to the old veterans and forty seven Georgians called it the best reunion ever. Capt J C Stribling barely escaped danger at his brick yard engine head. Reverend Watson conducts a revival at night. Ladies of the Presbyterian Church served ice cream and strawberries last Thursday to a liberal crowd. Tent TALE.
Cuantesros S C May 1 The report of the committee on the resolution relative to the president s suggestion that the government care for Confederate graves is as follows Your committee to which was referred the resolution introduced by General S D Lee begs to report the following substitute with the recommendation of the committee that the same be adopted The United Confederate Veterans in their annual reunion assembled desire to place upon record their sincere appreciation of the utterance of the president of the United States in Atlanta in December last concerning the assumption of the care of the graves of our Confederate dead by the national government We appreciate every kindly sentiment expressed and we shall welcome any legislation which shall result in the care of the graves of any communities in the northern States of any government To regard to oly dell whose remains are resting in the States which arere represented in the Confederacy and Maryland the care of their final rest is placed in a sacred trust dear to the hearts of the southern women and we believe we can safely The resolution after an exciting definite was adopted
A Washington dispatch reports thousands of Black residents misled into thinking they will be pensioned by the United States. Investigators say promoters collected more than 10 in ill sums through a scheme tied to a Nashville office. The matter involves a copy in circulation and figures tied to Senator William H. Mason and others.
The era's plans include a $100 000 capital company for round bale presses, Furman University to graduate twenty two students, and a hotel venture in Pickens with northern capital. Greenville forms a new military company while Gov. Wilberforce Rendell’s health improves in Marion. Cavaliers seek to host a large Cowpens celebration May 27 and Seaboard Air Line advances Cheraw to Camden survey.
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