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Pe and Cashier. .iL R, CarapbcU, ASBL Cashier." . We are recommending our 10-1-0 and 10-2-0 and lO-^-^-O for wheat jahd ?ats this fall when you sow it. This wiil give it stalk and grains in the head, and that it what Jrou want in grain; > M / -y?o^^ 'in.,: ,cats this fall, after pr?paring the land well ^m?^.'5???W^fi?> it'?->w^li^:^ ei^??r.. of these :: ^gbods, youwill fina it advantageous. Y\fti?? i0-?24^0 i$? an especially fine goods for J^at?/ : ?^t us hear fi om you. ' yy} j;i;h:y:' Anderson, South Carolina. VERDICT IS RETURNED IN GENNW GASP, JURY FOUND THEM GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER YESTERDAY NO SENTENCE YET Will Be Passed Some Time Dur. ing Today-Two Other Cases Tried on Yesierdrfy The Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock in tao case of Ernest Gen try . and Reed Shaw, charged with ] murder; Shaw was also found guilty of carrying concealed weapons. The I case went to the jury yesterday at ! noon and a verdict waa returned) at 4 o'clock. Tho i*nt onces have not yet been passed. Tho law provides for a sentence ranging from two to 30 year? in a case of this kind. Yesterday afternoon tho case of Jdseph Seaborne, chargeot wita vio lation of the dispensary law, wal* tried. The d'j'endnnt was not pros ent and he was tried in his absence. HQ was found guilty on tho first count, but not guilty on the eecond. Another catee tried yesterday after noon was that of W. A; Gilliam, charged with disposing of property under lion Ho was found not guil ty. A'i work or court is expected to be finished today. Several argu-. m en ts for. appeal are to be made, among t-aose being those for Gentry and Shaw. The defense's evidence ?*a brought out In court' on Monday afternoon 13 as follows: T. Stone was sworn by thc state and it was attempted to prove by him a previous ? difficulty between Heed Shaw and Waymon Cain. Ho was not present at the time of toe difficulty and his evidence could not be ac cepted. He testified that he bad seen Waymon Cain strike at Heed Shaw with a whip when Reed'Shaw ran af ter his buggy one day in August. ' '?? With thia Witness, Mr. Smite! an nounced that the case for the state was closed. Tho noon hour of ad journment was then at hand, and a recesa until 3 o'clock was taken. Defense Opens Case. .At 3 o'clock tho defense opened its case by offering W. It. Nixon as the first witness. He said: ..; "1 am a miller at Jackson's mill and testified at the coroner's inquest. This party of boys left my house be tween 10 and ll o'clock and there was no evidence of ill will then, their re lations seemed like, brokera : This happened about 150 yards fi um my home and it was about five mit atea af terward's. Rced\Sha'w'' talked 'to me a little after tho others left, and was tho laBt to leave. m? where I ha*? walked to tho roa'i with them At the house 1 ?eard them planning to have a Utile sham row, which they said was only for fan. I advised them not to do lt because it might scare some of the women folks. I remem ber that &rnest Gentry was there and that he had coat off part ot timo. I saw no pistol. Tuey.were preparing to have fun and all teemed to be in good humor . When I got .to the Ecene Clyde Dempsey and Johnnie Cain were not there." Cross examination: "t did. not BCD any gun and said they were, going to have shani row. I did not say anything about S.;aw TOW at inquest. He could .have had pistol when he had on coat ami I could not have soen it. Recd Shavf left nie last. Ollie Baylors told me about lt.- I caw gun on ground between hand and body. Jesse Shaw sworn said: *'Waa at Nixon's and I heard Waymon Cain say they were going to have sham battle to try to scare Ollie gaylors and ;Johnnie Cain,t Think Dempsey knew about it. i was with . Waymon Cain' in front of the others. Wl'i?? called he stopped aiid Waymon and Ernest Gentry began- shoving and pushing. Til en they began passing shots. Waymon fell; to . ground, and Reed struck match. Saw blood, and knew he was shot. 'Saw "gian there hoar his (band. Waymon and. I hod been talking about trading guns that night. , Clyde Dempsey and Johnie Cain went to telephone." Cross examination: "Waymon start ed shooting first, then maybe Ernest bogan shooting. Saw no gun but supposed he had one. I did not swear at coroner's inquest that I. did not ltnow who w?s shooting. I told w^-at I wan ted to tell-down there.. I said nothing about sham fight then because they did not ask me about lt. Bay lor? and I went to musical together Eogene Shaw stopped ;; I homo. . Carl Shaw was not there. I do not know f:ow many shots were fired and there waa - more than .one -person doing thc shooting.- Saylors. was not shooting tout 'Waymon waa shooting. Don't know how many times, he shot. Don't know bow/many. Ernest fired. . Way* mon .shot first. That is samo pistol h?iaell wrtt?., l>?at i? not mine for I always carried ,a good one. He foll O?r back. I he&rd nothing about go-< lng to have fuse 5*?* before that hap pened. Dirt not set, my brother-'hit ban lb aldo after he. fe.l. Both cf thom were oursing. If anyojingw?? cold about going to shoot A did not hear it. I went to Mr. Elgin's after wards. Ciel not hide pistol there in bale?'-'Ot' cotton? When Cain fell :?'\ walked up and told him to get op and feta go before ' -match was. struck;. None of us ran off." * Ollie Saylors sworn testified : "I j was at Nixons but heard nothing about ? plans for fuss. All of iis were, laugh- \ lng"and. talking on way back homo. ; W?en tfi?ht first started Waymon Gain and Ernest Gentry were talking lHce'/they were mnd. First shot OM?S sa? by mc. Waa dark abd I could cot pee but there were two or three doing the shooting. - I thought lt waa a free for all fight but X waa afraid to get away for being shot. Heard toed say it was ail In fut after first shot was fired. Somebody went up to Gentry and asked him if Lo was shot and to come on and,lets go home. Saw pistol on ground when match was struck. I was about ten feet away when shooting took place." Cross examination: "I do.no?, k/ow who shot Waymoh Cain. I knojv that be was shot when match was otruck. Eo?'4 were shooting. I \va3 afraid to I run and get out of tho way. Saw no j ono with pistol except Waymoo Cain. After Johnie walked up and caught 1 Reed Shaw he said it was all In fun. Never Jerked him loose from but he walkod up close to' Recd. Did not put hands on him. I'e was close enough to touch him. 1 Coard first shot and others started right away." Reed Shaw sworn, Bald: "I am 16 years old and put on my long pants three weekB ago. 1 knew Waymon [ Cain and we wore on pretty good terms, very friendly. Ho came tOw seo me on Friday night be"ore killing." j We were, out at Nixon's and all left but me. I clayed and talked to Mr. Nixon a. little while. I caught up with Ernest and John. I said lets j start topi r?w. Ernest and Waymon | started pushing each other. They all | who shot first. Wnen he fell I shook him and asked - him to get up. j Struck -match and eaw ifcat he was ! shot. I had no pistol then and shot at nobody. Dempsey was standing nearby. Ho know nothing about plano for the sham row. Johnie Cain knew nothing about lt. Waymon s'aot first. | Ernest also began and I think Clyde Dempsey tired. Were five or BIX shots. Did not t)':ink anybody would get hurt. I got pistol from Robert McIntosh on Saturday and loaned lt to Cain that night. All wore smil ing. " . ! " Cross examination: "I was smiling. I Do not own pistol. Kept that ono ' i'rom Sunday until Thursday. Told ; McIntosh 1 had sent pistol homo by ? Ollio Soylors. Ho did not - ace Bob | and he gave it back to rae. Waymon borrowed lt. Did not put pistol near body after he WSB shot. Saw Gentry* H'-.opting and saw Cain shooting al so. Saw two men shooting. I went there by myself and when Ollie gave me pistol Cain wanted it and I tamed lt. over to him. All of us were standing close together. Whoa I caught lip 'With" Ernest Gent:? and Johnie Cain I said: 'It we aro goiag | to have that row wo had better have lt.' Did not tell Gentry to scoot hun. I did not put pistol on groror.d ano them,were five cartridges in lt when I let Waymon have lt."' ; t'? Ernest i,Gentry a wc-p. '?aid: "I am about 21 years old .and have been knowing Waymon going on two years. Live about three-four ihr, mile from him. Were the beBtof friends and had 'boen running tone tin-; I never bad a better friend. I a ad no pi>tol that ndgtat nor have I' had one in . past three years. Saw no.pistols at house that night. Recd saki leta nave sham i row and scare Ollie and,John.. At thc house I had pliers In my pocket. Hadt them on me when I came to Jail. All were In good humor and taere were no plana to hurt nnyooe. E)3ed ask ed about row. AU were laughing and lt was done to ccare two boya Way mon wag close to mo and Johna lo grabbed me. Reed said il was all in Dun and he pushed Johnie back. I turned around, and had ?-bo ck to Cain.. I ? said-- nothing abeu? gun except lal me get my gun and- J reached In pocket and got pliers. -When Waymon shot s traiga t up I turned around. Do not. know wi. ero other shot* carno from. About six or Bevon wore fired. When ,? turned, around -.again Reed waa standing over Cate patting him on side. Ho asked him if he.was dead. When match was struck I 8&w that he -was shot. Reed put his gun down there and eaid that ho dar ed anybody to move lt." Cross examination: "Reed knocked bim in. side when match was struck. He j said that Cain's' >gan had been moved and he ?ut his Chere, Recd 'Was. standing by me and I. do not know whether ho shot or not. All of us, were together and there were about seven shots fired ' Ij had no pistol.; and did tot see Feed's" until 'I-a throw lt down. .Had back tu rn cl when1 shooting was going ont Do not know .where Reed got p&tol pud . do not know where Waymon's pistol went to." -".< '.. The next witness 'was J. Olin Sand ers, deputy sheriff, who, testified to bringing Gentry to jail and finding pliers in ticket-. W. L. Mouchet, D. IB. Bowie, J. C. Ligon aiM J. O. McAdams testified as: to. the- good reputation of Ernest gentry. Heed Shaw was sent back to thc chair s~i testified that te told them hot to move pistol because-he saw it there;and thought it ought to stay there T: Robert' Elgin was called by tho -state and stated that Jesse Shaw went over to his house f.:at night and told him aboht shooting. . He then weat out of house".. Next morning he carno by ,thore anf .'went by some bales of cot ton-in the yard. Ho said that he took something front .one'Of the bales that iooked like a plato!. T?'ere being no further witnesses th?1 arguments began * f ?;This -case ls attracting much attention and all seats were, taken in the -court room while some'people were standing. ----- ..;.;."';". ';? Not fer a tttcfrel. It-was in a country store Io Arkan sas. ; A one-gallon customer drifted in: .XMn-uno a nickel's worth ; ot esafe ?da." . " ) I . 'Otto elerie poured some asafettda in a naper bag and pushed it across the., counter- i . "Charge it,'', drawled the customer, ' "What's your nainai** asked' the clerk: '. " - Tf;^ - ? ' "Honeyfankel," . ^ "Tux* it," said the ?lerk. "1 wouldn't write assfeyda and Honeyfnnkel for 5 centsl'.'~-JBr?rybody*si - j BOARD OF DIRECTORS H MEEf TONIGHT SPECIAL MAN WILL BE PRES ENT TO ADDRESS CHAM BER COMMERCE WILL REORGANIZE Chapman Jas D. Hammett Sends Out Notice to Members Ask ing That They Be Present. The following notice was sent out' to the directors of tho Anderson chamber cf comm^r-je yesterday by the chairman, Mr. Jas D. Hammett. Tho notice states that Mr. Kingsley Moses, a trade; organization man, will be preaent and will address the board'. A full attendance ls urg ed. The notice follows: "Nov. 23rd, 1915. "Anderson Intelligencer. "City. i "Dear Sirs: I "A meeting of thc board of direc tors of tho chamber of commerce will held in t/je rooniB of tho organiza tion at oight o'clock Wednesday even ing, tho 24th instant. I "Plans to r-Drganlze the chamtor and place it ... a moro usoful, posi tion will be discussed by Mr. Kings ley Moses. Mr. Mosos has Just iin Ished work of this character at Greenville and is now taking up the question with Spartanburg. I "Every member of tho board is urged to mako come sacrifice, if nec essary, to attend tibi* meeting and ? it is the hope of your chairman Hint not a member will ta absent. "Please bo sure ' to ba oa hand ! prcmptly.- . "Yours respectfully, . ' "Jas D. Hammct*. "Chairman." Jubal Korly'8 Way. The Richmond News Leadtr, sur mising OB to I'^ow tho British officers in the field -with the Hvc3 of a mil lion soldiers and the destiny of an empire in their keeping will relish the charges made in parllamont that 70 ?cr ce ot of them aro incompe tent, recalls n striking Incident of how a Confederate commender--Old Jube--was rpaeptlve to official criti cism. The incident recalled bv the Richmond paper la wf? t'.n tho knowl edge of nearly all the North Carolina survivors of the war, for it had wldo circulation as characteristic of the peppery old general. The Confed erate con/gres3, The News Leader re lates, had decided that a little in spiring eloquence would bo good for .tho armies, and it had dolegatcd in formally ! a number, of. its. members Ito Journey to tho various fronts and to address trie men, telling them that \ victory would crown tholr efforts and so forth and so on,..in the wonted assigned to "eoernl farly's army cr.-ac In due season to tho cominan drr's tent to "report" for epeech making; Early recelvod him with that icy manner he could so well as sume when angry. "What do you wast, slr?" he asked through f:is nose. "General" began the~orotbr, "Congress has decided"-and ho..went over the whole matter. The old Con ic dc-rate hear? him through, with an Occasional "Yes, slr," snarled ii'torough I his nose. . "And so, "General,", the congressman concluded, "I would like for you to arrango a series of meet ings'at th j -various brigade headquar ters ?where-" , ?. . There was a quick explosion and a I sud-'en burst of expletive: "Meeting? Not in this army, slr! If you want to ?servo your, country, sir, and help lt ! win its ?independence, go get a musket und enlist. The men who fight aro the only men, who can talk, about this army, slr!.'' Tt:ie Incident as re lated by the Richmond paper is lack-, [.lng vigor in that lt l? necessarily .-ebbed of the linguistic picturesque* etler tried .but "wnnst" a thing that did not happen to set well.--Char lotte Observer, : "Killed By Idle Gossip." A coroner's 11nry at Western Springs, 111., has'directed .attention to ono of the greatest evils that afflicts humanity by rendering a verdict of "killed by .idle gossip" in the carJe of a young wife and mother who com mitted suicide. Mow many persons have' suffered Blightly from the same exquisite tor ture that forced this young woman to end her life ! The agony of mind that cornea from the gossip of friends aa well aa enemies is beyond the imagi nation ht those who have never suf fered I? A carelessly spoken word may ac tually wreck a human life, lt may be the spark that ls Set to a lifelong fuse of-disaster. Rumors circulated about the character of-a man or woman sel dom aro minimized.. but rather are magnified as they pass from. Up to lip. ' The most unfortunate part of the circulation of gossip'ls that it. ls usa nlly directed ng-iinut a woman. The unf or tua Atc dual moral code, which som o day will be abolished, makes men impervious to Such gossip usu ally, and In fact exempts him from lt. Bot a woman, to whom reputa ition means much more, cannot v '.th stand such gossip, Lcg.il penalties aro provided for (Slander, but unfortunately scandal is : accentuated by "... an" ' appearance In .court In such a case, -It .would be i. well If won en would gain the courage 'to take such cases Into court and. ;demand the punishment of the Offend-' ero. But lt would bo hatter still if sb :olety were to turn a cold Shoulder upon tho ono who gossips rather than, upon the subject of the gossip. Washington Post. . ?:X\' ' Mother of Heroic Nurse Shot in Belgium. Mrs. Cavell. Mrs. Cavell 1B UI5 mother of Edith 1 Memorial fund, which may ho <le ! voted to the mother of tho woman , who enid, aa she faced tho German. Cavell, the English nurse who was Bhot to death in Bolglum. The British ? fMng^oT?ndT "Fam happy to dio for oro now trying to ralBo a Cavell i my country I have a farm 7 miles out of Greenwood that has an eight room brick house, all put buildings, o good bani, two tenant houses. Building alone worth 93*000.00. Tract contains 86 acres. You can buy this valuable farm for -$3,000,00. Fifteen hundred dollars down, rest on terms. H. G. LOVE Real Estate Over Hubbard's Jewelry Store . . '" 1 1 ? " ' 1 1 j .''1 ' ? ? . It's two in the morning and the house is cold. > Out of the darkness comes a cry -Benjamin Bradford. .'jj* ,. .. .-iv?;. . *"?.k:r*" - fi i Daddie! Daddie 1 Oh, Daddie!' And Daddie is up. He.doesn't mind the cold if the little hand that pats him is warm. That was ten years ago, happy short years, work>. ing for the baby and. her mother. . lt is two in the thorning again-and out of an aw ful darkness comes the cry Daddie! Daddie! Oh, Daddie! But Daddie will never jump tip again--and he doesn't know that Betty's hands arc warm over his cold ones. It's "two years later and the. little cash balance is gone. Mother is a fore-woman in an overall fac tory. Betty is. a cash girl. She will be an un educated woman. "Daddie" and Mother had plan ned college and a happy life for her. : The cash balance would have paid for ah income* for life for wife and daughter. Go. story from life, and save other Fathers from making the same economic mistake! The Mutual Ben fit Life Insurance Company M. M. MATTIS?N, GENERAL AGENT C. W. Webb, District AgentgM^^MB|? J. J. Trowbridge, . \m-,?? V|%t .'. . , . : C; E. Tribble, '-iW^^W ^?!SKi^R> w- R- Osborn*, \>i \: , . Special Agents, '..Bleckl?y/&?i^ih?' Anderdon, S. C . WBWL