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m COMMISSION MEEI HAS BEES POSTPONED Greenville, Dee. 4.- Tho South Carolina commission on December i, on petition of representative of shlo pers Interested, has advised all trade bodies of the state that conisrence fix ed for December 8th with shippers far purpose of considering certain Changes and eliminations in South Carolina exception has been postpon ed to a date to bo fixed later. Ship pers represented by D. A. Henning of Greenville and Cha3. Kimjnicb 0f Charleston. Thia ia of special interest to mer chants who will be directly afecled by any changes that might be made. mSOSI?AlFILED FOR PRIMARY BALLOT Lincoln, Dec. 4.-Tho name bf President Wilson as a candidate for the democratic presidential nomina tion was filed with tho secretary of tinto to be placed on the primary bal lot in 191 J. Tho petition wau clgncd by local democrats. Mayor Charles Bryan, a brother of William Jennings Bryan, refused to sign when invited. Ho said he did not wish to er. I '..--ass the president, but if the petithm . . ?' wait until he could communicate w?t,h President Wihon he might sign. t?***?A*****t*?:?.JJJ4,^j,,?. * * *. LANDER COLLEGE ? ? . *! **+*+***+***+*+****?** Next Friday evening the second number .of the lyceum course will bo given Angelo Corteso, the celebrated "aarplst, and Miss Laura Combs, so prano, will be heard In joint recital. This ir, a fine combination. Las'. Monday morning thc college household had the opportunity of hear ing a talk at chapel by Dr. Thornton Whaling, ot Columbia. Ho spoke about life as an adventure, and em phasized the necessity for courage, humor and faith. Lander girls will never! forget this gifted gentleman and his remarkable address. Dr. J. B. Green led the devotions at chapel that day. Instead of the regular exercises of the Chc^p club on Monday afternoon, the music students had the pleasure of hearing a recital by Miss Newton, of our' faculty. She p'ay6d selec tions from Bach, Beethoven, Handel Seeling ?nd Poldinl. - Her touch ;d ex quisite and her interpretation waa most effective. Dr. Willson has commenced a course of lectures on church history, giving- ono each week.i.?a.:Tuesday 'he gave ail account of thc session,ot conference in Spartaaburg-yery*mod-' era ' history. ' Thia week he is at tending conference in Charleston and on his return he expects to bring BUi.6p Wilson here for a visit.. Mr. Lawton and Mr. Edwards spent last iMonday on a hunt In the coun try near Hodges. They w?re guasia of .Mr., and Mrs. J. Beacham. Most* of the students on Thursday J went down town to Ure opening of tho Kan nt tftl j now ct ny? nt the MSOCham .Drug company. Lost S un dav evening nt the meeting . the. missionary society Miss Thompson mado a most interesting % talk about her work at St. Marks mis " sion. New Orleans. It will bo inter esting to our old girls to know that Miss Thompson was associated there. . with }s*ta? ?at'hyyn Wilson, bur form er trained nurse. On."-Friday tht< members of- tho physics'blass made a visit to tho leo plant and cold storage rooniB. Their visit-proved very Interesting and they appreciated <h"e kindness shown by the management of the establishment. Among~the interesting thlng3 thoy Baw were the milk fed chickens The domestic science class one day this week visited the beef market. . Republican Soft Soap. The union republican gives The Observer assurance that "tho first thing tho republicans should do when they get Into power In 1916 would -be to abulten som* of the sur plus offlceB, like tho boundary com mission 'lam? duck rooBt' and oth ers, an>J! live wlthlu.bre Income of.the government,' etc. Waiving dlsousslon of.- the; historical and established pol icy -of Mhb republican party in artrt , ihing bfucea asi turning its people : out of-Jobs,, we might suggest t.iat it would 'probably encounter some dlm culfy in-wiping out the international Joint, commission, for that ia what it ia referring to as "the lame uuck roost/- an appelation born out of^ en vy over- the^apnolntment of Mr. Glepa to V blaco-o* It. This commission 1. Was. created by treatr with Great Britain statesmanship. While there -'?- exista a Imundry iiae 1 between the United fitateB and Canada thereat eTiit'aYcommlsslon to .safeguard tho > , rights, obligations and interests of .*trf&?ttWl'States on one sido and Of Ganada on the other. But when lt comes to talking for votes the repab :.>2c*ns--;%?utd promise anything. Charlotte Obscrvor.. . 'Awcrtcan Sc*fS?*w' Sank. l?ew Ybtv; Dec. 4.-Hie American 0chbon^>MnahC KameasW wiAsnnk; onV^rm^teras today hva collison wtth'^ fredb aborning tb a - the.:Spanish at?ambr to the Marconi : ista^orTat Mt?mK . . Tho crow was {M^v^iwilfred -was bounding* Galveston to Barcelona, tho schooner . . gfom Newport News tc Coba. -, 5?btir if they -were, trying to con rtot?^m Watton, of making a. dis orderly noise th^ flUfht :,?2p|st^Stei'?. case.-Ralelgh Tims s. Washington, Dec. 4.-~Of tho 12.000 conspicuous positions, largely of an administrative character, listed in the 1915-16 educational directory Juct ls Rued by the interior department through its bureau of education. 2,500 are held by women. There are wo men v.i.'o are college pr?sidents, state superintendents of public instruction, county superintendents, directors of industrial training, heads of depart* menta of education in colleges and universities, directors of schools for afflicted and exceptional children, and librarians. . ? Twenty-four of the C22 colleges and universities listed in the directory ore presided over by women. Of tho near ly ;!,Ooo county superintendents in the country, 508 ar**? women. The ten dency to fill this position with wo men is almost wholly confined to the west. Ono state, Montana, ha3 not one man as county superintendent. Wyoming C;as only two. Kentucky is tho only southern stato that utilizes women in this offlce; the state ha3 26 women as county superintendents. On the other hand, there are only 26 wo men city superintendents in a total of ove:- 2,000. Seventy' institutions for tho blind are listed in tho directory. Of these 15 are directed by women. Of ti io 75 i state schools for the deal, ten aro un- j der the leadership of women; and of I taho 22 private institution;, of the came chai acter, 16 hav? women su perintendents. Of the 31 private in stitutions for tho feeble-minded, 20 aro under supervision of women. Fourteen out of 86 directors of In- ( du?trial school'-? aro worn. .' ? ol the 200 schools of art are In charge of women. Women have almora a monopoly of library positions. Out of 1,300 public and society libraries giv en in the directory women supervise 1,075. . The government thureau of education itself exemplifies ino call for women in executive educational positions; ll of the 33 bureau officials llBted. In ,th<2 directory are women . RUSSIAN EXPERT-10 I N S PE GT_MUN ?TI0NS New York, Doc. 4.--Sixty-one Rus sian experts arrived today-to insnect tho manufacture of munition's bought in the United State3; Colonel Theodor Kaloniess, head of of the party, said that he was going to 'Bridgeport. Conn., ,to supe-intend the making of 2,500,000 -riflos, and that I-ussia would have a new army of ^4,000.000 read> in U:e spring for tho. Berlifj. drive. v MAP FOR -AIR SC??TS Invention 'by Member of United States Marine Corps. Washington, - Dec. 4.-A portable military and naval topographical map for use of air scouts-in the field, and vhieh will entvble them co make quick and realistic reports of observations, Miss been ?nvonted ? by Connery Sci - geant Herman G. Stroscheln ot the United States marine corns. ; Worm gearing, operated by . tele scopic thumb screws from the sides of the map, will create.elevations and, depressions thereon, showing terrain, contours of yali eyes, bodies, of water, etc., -and- should ? make ..the. aviator's report clear to thc newest m a? -lu the field of operations, StrOschein claims. The map will be very Jlgfct though nt ron ply built, and, it ls thought by many military men.that-ono of,--.-the' great problems ' confronting: a vin torn lo the field-speed. and' accuracy in observation description-will have .been overe?me by., the." use of the marine sergeant's invention. . Gunnery Sergeant Strosehein ls on duty at the headquarters of tho Unit ed States, marine corpa In this city. Public Not Alone to Blame. Says one ' of- the . country's best known theatrical managers, "I.?t. a critic come out and say that play ,h clean; that lt. is delightfully written and well acted. It means empty, ihor '.in., lt does hot :oay. to docent ia vie theater .today', and the public ls ,to blamer fdr lt. To make lt pay, I have produced plays .-in {'?.' own theater " that I . would net.' let : my 15 year-old boy ace." , AU of which may bo true, though, Bome"? will '. be '.dis posed to deny the tmplioatlpn that the. majority of theatergoers n'ro persons of depraved taste...^'Ttiereits-, no dis puting that^art : of this . ; maneger'e confession, however, -which' '. empha sizes the fact that educating the pub lic taste and moralis 5s >jot & moh?v rontly ftave achieved no1 jfonounced professional reformers, who* appa rently bav? achieved no pronounced success. That ls a work that must bo left Co the churches'andv'th? people themseivesc; ' |t. : lui . jpr?lm^ir > iru?. however, that a large proportion of tho people iwvo ceased, patronizing the Aheat?rs,' having boah -K gradually driven away bec au JO th olr taste were ignored in the effort to .swelt, the box office receipts. Di othor' words one cl ass ? of; pstr???g? has ?been' ?a cr i ticed fty a too alberni catering to th? tastes ot another class, which tri o theatrical managers' naversgarded as;the more .profitable. It ls difficult to see how tbs managers are . tb escape hearing a part ot th? ; Mam?~W?shtngtpft Herald. % _ ??a?^-HWMrte?^ "*"H? was madly in ; ?ove? > B^? .'.*** bold and indifferent. ^See, darling,",-he exclaimed, "I am at yous feet." ' "VTt?l, how do you lBt? my spats?" -Yoniera S^fssmaa.' Japan's Foremost Finar on Baron ShI Baron El-lchi Shlbusawa. recogniz ed as the leading financier and busi ness man of Japan, ls nov/ In Now York, accompanied by a party of Jap anese business men. During the stay of the baron and his party they will be entertained on an unusual scale by Japanese and American societies. This ia the second trln Baron Shi busawa has made to tt':<is country to promote tho association of American and Japauoso brains and capitalHo is the leading private financier of ; Beef ?lilngV? Cul Cost of Lhinpr. "? belong to a co-opsrstivs beef ring ind we are generally well pleased with the. nraltn. How else could wc re ceive about 20 pounds of fresh flJOef every week at the low cost -of,. 8 cents a pound? An organized T?lan lav-the" only way for a number .bf farmera'.to supply themselves with frc::li meat in the summer by slaughtering the yearl ing steers they have raised."-Fann and Fireside. This Big Store ago, when you wei preparations; arid n We can outfit the c For Early Shor and. be herc Sure a Great Clothing Vaiaes m Whatever your wuntp or wishes r gardlng a suit, or oTcrcoat tor wen U 'Wm&& ??red well meet the here at moat aitrariiTe pricer Ai yen wUl ?ot be IhnSted in youie s f. '*. .'?*? O . .* *'.; ?' icier Visit to the United States Japan, a merchant on a great scale. owner and operator of mines and other industries, and always a worker in behalf of his country and govern ment. In 1878, with Count Okuma, then the minister of the treasury, and the late Prince Ito. minister of home affairs it t;';'at time, ha founded the Tokio . chambo* i< of commerce. Ho was its first president, remaining at itB head uninterruptedly until ill health forced'him to resign in 1905. He . was. created a baron in 1000. At temp (cd Trata Robbery. Little Rock, Dec' 4.- Posses today were pursuing bandits Who last night attempted td hold-up the southbound '.'ffbn Mountain* passenger ;Wurnbe.r^ necr Malve rna? Arkansas. ThN rob bery waS)?oilfcd %rcftigh t'.?o c*. lnesa pt Engineer; |Theod?r? P. Howard. Officers were on. th s trail so soon that a battle was fought with the 'bandftn three hours later. Sheriff Stabley of Malvern was wounded in tue foot. is better prepared to ci e wearing thin clothes ow we are ready. Rea ;ntir? family here; and j ?ping, we have named nd Certain Monday. ? '"<-.'?? ' '?: ?!-.''"??:? . lection to one or two Myles f nb rici; th prc are doaens models and we do sot kno good fabric fni- eltner ove , snit? that ia not represent* present she vt lng". About 69 Men's Blue Sei $7.00. values, Saturday and only $3.98 each.. Men's Ail-Wool Serge Sui Li ' S9.00-H8aturday and Mondaj each. SPECIAL-About 100 Suit celv?d'?rom our resident.!? . buyor^-not. a j s?lt - In the I< ' ^'leBB than. f 12.60, Saturday i day they artv.going for $7.05 Pr? T One lot ot Straus made Sui . wool, blue au'4 brown striped good!v$l&.?Qvvalues, Special Holiday season, $8.98 each. 46 . Snits,- $16^01 to |?0,0( everywhere, all-wool and bo lng, Special for Saturday ? . '?'?> day 19.98 each; 60. Overcoats from our .V- '\ ?ewaw^k' *uyer; worth em each. Special fpr Saturday. ! day each. |3|gra? 40 Men's Black Cravenetl In ??^ proof-:+guftrantv!cd to turn worth $10.00 at any atoro In I try. Spacial for Saturday c ?d We are showing an onerr e. lection ia everything that?? PAGE SEVEN Toy Town Joy Town Little Girl and Boy Town Toy Town Is Ready Welcome to the hosts of little kiddies and tkeir parents. And its not only the youngsters who are welcome here- their elders will find much to interest them. Why, merely to watch the faces of the children when they inspect Toy Town's wonders is an education in itself. Among the hundreds of different toys this year, we will only call attention to a very few, krtoWing full well that you will not be satisfied until you see them all, so we are expecting YOU. THE "BUILDMORE," The 3 iti 1 build er is an instructive toy, teaching children how to build. It comes in two sizes at 5oc and $1.00. ??THE MODEUT ERECTOR." This is another instructive toy. lt is a practical, ac curate, instructive and fascinating toy, which' will last indefinitely. It is priced from Soc to $5.00. TjrIE AUTOMATIC SAND CRANE (See Show Window) teaches children the prin ciples of hydraulic engineering, and amuses them by the hours in addition. Every boy in Anderson county will want one of these; and some grown ups will, too. Price $2.00. "PANAMA PILE DRIVER" is another of these fascinating, and instructive toys that are so very popular this year.i" This, one v sells for $1.00. . "BIG BOY CORK SHOT" PISTOL has a handsome grip, gun metal barrel, it makes a loud noise and is perfectly harmless. . It. arj.es with a scabbard, and sells for 25c. WE HAVE AT LEAST FIFTY and pos sibly seventy five diff?rent kinds of mechani cal toys-and they "work," too. They come in almost every price from 10 cents to $2.50. DOLLS. GIRLS! OH, GIRLS!! WE'VE GOT *EM. Undressed and dressed dolls Breakable and unbreakable dolls. Blondes and brunettes. Long and short dolls. Every sort of doll you ever saw. Briced from 5 cents to $8.00. RAILROAD TRAINS. We've gut the C. & W. C., the Blue Ridge and thc G. S. & A. VELOCIPEDES, AIR GUNS, AND fully tOOd other' toys which you MUST see. The .best tinie.is NOW, before they are all picked over, and some that YOUR children will bc , all gone, and they will have to do without. j u rl rs ?|J P Alias "Uncle Johnny," Seller of Goold Goods Only On the Square, Under tihe. Temple. if ion "g^ff, ? "foll te ECONOMY? s* XMAS, MOPPiN? ire for your every gift this Yuletide than ever before. Months and fussing about the weather, we were making our Christmas idy with a Great Big stock of good, dependable .merchandise, render you a big saving, too; / some Very Special prices for Monday's trading. Read every item or a tow of new w of any rcoats or ?d In onr rge Suits, : Monday, ts-worth r. at $6.93 n ju3t re lew York >t worth ?ind Mon osen, its, )ft all wprsteds, price for 3 values at tailor md Mon r?sident Wy #?.B0 ind Mon-, Le Raid-. water the cbno ind Mon-' S! ??aW se new ?ad reliable In shoes, for men, women and children and will sayo yon money on every pair you bny from ne. A big line of Omen's'every, day and Sunday Shoes trom Ul.** to $6.00. - I' lot Children's all leather Mhoo3. sizes 8 to ll worth tl.$6, sale price 89e . * Int missen absolutely,.all loather, patent kids and. gun metal, sixes 13 to 2,. worth' 82.60, this 'sale 81.39. l lot chWdren'b^Mutt.^nd;. Jeff line . In gun metal and hld,- worth $2.GO, this sale tiowffl&Wff?ffi'*' ' ^ One lot Ladled - .patent . leather Shoes, cloth' tobe, valu?'." 12.25, this sale $1.65. f . . : - ? 1 lot Ladles-' vlei kid Shoes, all styles, value $2.00, Sale price $1.65. 1 lot Ladles' Shoes in all leathers, worth $3.00.. this sale $1.08. 1 lot Lad le a' Patent Loather Shoes, fancy tops, inch and button, value $4.00, now $2.48. ' 1 lot Men's Gun Metal Shoes, worth $2,00, now $1.66. Ono lot Men's Shoes. all leathers,, worth 83.25. now $2.48. Ona lot Men's ?4.50 end $5.00 ?$04?, all styles now $8.50,) .' . ...-/ ' All Children's JShbes at very special for this sal?. I Ladles' Knit Petticoats, all colors, this sale 48c. ? v . ?. New tine Black Satra and Mercer. teed Petticoats at 76c and 88c . Kaw line Hand Bags', special for this Holiday sale, all the newest ' styles from 26c to $1.50. . Now lice Ladies neckwear, the lat !tflt novelties from 25c to $8.00. All Dress Goods and Silk's at spe- 1 dal Holiday prices. A new and complote lino of Table Linea and Napkins for this sale. In This Event We Offer Choice of Hundreds of Stylish Coat Salts andi Coats at Ridiculously Low Prices. And the Coat Salts and Coats ot tered 6ere ar? exceptional in every way.. They ar? J?st from the makers, prettily designed, up.to.tho minute In style and perfectly tellered., The ma terials or? the kind most In demand at tho present moment. In every re? ?peet they ore coats and null H that meet the publie demand for novelty: and CXCIOBITCKCSS In women's wear lag aprr.rei, and yon always save en ':'. price If you boy ai lesser Company, 1 .lot V 60 Coat Suits, cojors black, blue, brown, well made, values up to $10.00, now $4.08. One lot Coat Suits, all colorn, Sn Gabardine, ? Poplin and Whipcord, Bomi-ilttlng and -box coate, fur col mrs, . braid trimmed, ' values up to $20.00. now $8.98. v 1 lot Sport Coats, black and white checks,' value $4.00 arid $5.00. now $2,98. 1 Jot Fino Plush coate; fur trimmed, ' former prices $$5.0ft, and $30.00. bow; $16.98. - XM'W?^^^^^^^ffi All Dress?s at cost? ..' . Beautiful new, .separate. .Skirts^ ranging in pri?e from 98c to $7.50. HOME OF LOW PRICES WHERE YOU PAY L E S S