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m Are You Gheatiiig Yourself ? ~& li you are throvnng away /out income, that'? exactly what you are doing. SaVe the Dimes that they may $ tt into Dollar? as the years go by. Citizens National Bank If It's Good Meat You ?6 What ^You're Look ing For. . '.. Here, you'll find the very: best of fresh meats at all times, but particularly so at this Sea son. We have some of the best beef, pork, veal and sau sage we have ever sold.- We /are also selling lots of fresh .oysters-and f?s|\. Let;MS have ?your orders ihis monthV. You'll en joy the change. Pork Sausage, Mixed Sau sage, Beef and Hog Liver, .Liver Pudding, Beef Yeal, Pork and Fresh Oysters and Fresh Fish. ' Phocje 755- : Unitary Meat Market - Prof*. .W,HJ.I|'l I II MPII . I lill .1 I rr I1.IIIIH. I ll ll jj See the Window of ? And '* tighter ia ?n.e o? '.het^^h#W5*: ??l. exertlo!??; lt ls. ot great JWwi?j f??csiilon. A stin moro bff?ctrta? help I? v ?oKe of Ch^bos;laih> ' Tt^letsi lt- re? shoni? j^'trhuD?ea with ^ai i3W?Srk:?tvfti&era a\?Ma\ ?? .They- otfly ^3t,4v4^?tet; ? Ff.r ?ai? My fell t??&i? ANNUAL RE SOUCI SHOWING NUMBER CRIM! ?NAL CASES IN COUNTY FOR 1015. l i TOTAL 116 CASES SO CONVICTIONS Made Out Yesterday and Sent to Attorney General-Figure-} . for Oconee County. Solicitor K. P. Smith yesterday made out hie report to the attorney genera! which included an account of tho criminal cases tried in court in AuderMon cot'ntv dur'es th** ves.T 1916. Thia report speaks well for Mr. Smith and. proves that his work l:as been very commendable. Out of a total of HG cases of various nature, there were 90 convictions. Includ ing Oconee county, the other one in tho ten til circuit, thoro wero a total 160 cases and. 127 convictions. Hie report of the eases in Ander son county is as follows: Arson-Two cases, two guilty. Assault with intent to ravish-Two cases, ono guilty. Assault and battory of a high and aggravated nature ' cad with intent to kill-Fourteen cases, twelve'guilty, i Burglary-Two caaes, two guilty, Con co fled weapon-Ono case, one guilty. . ; , Disposing property ' under lien Pour cases, ono guilty. Housebreaking-Twenty-one cases, sixteen guilty.. Larceny of various kinds-Forty nine caseB, forty-seven found! guilty: Murder-Sixteen cases, six convic tions. Obtaining goods undor false pre tonse-Two cases, ono guilty. . Violations- of diBpenBarv law-Nine teen oases, seventeen guilt;*. ;V Disturbing publio worship-Three cases, three guilty. .Buggery-Two cases, two guilty... Total number cases, 116; convic tions, 00. It will be . soon th'at tho work in Anderson county has been much heav ier lraan it was in Oconeo county, but this is duo largely to tho greater population. Whitewash, a Disinfectant. "Whitewash is ono of tho best, dis infectant? for damp, dark places," says Farm and Fireside, the national farra paper published in Springfield, Ohio. "The best way to apply whitewash is,, first, to have it perfectly free.from, lumps, andt *hen use a spray, pump.. "Thoroughness is .important In all kindB of, disinfecting work. It ls of ho ?be t? disinfect tho walls of a barb unless you also disinfect the floors and mangers. ?'.. "One good point about whitewash is that Its color tells you when you have thoroughly coverc.d h surface. *\Somo of the coal-tar disinfect ants not only destroy, germs but also kill lice, fl?au, parasites and, In addi tion, heal cuts and wounds. 1 ? "The host ways to disinfect yarda, such aa after a hog-cholera epidemic, are>: First rake upi all ;tha trash and burn it. Then coyer the yard three Indies-deep- with straw and burn that. If you\arb.not able to secure straw sprlnk/,\ugthe grouhd with limo is a second choice. To disinfect posts and fences...whitewash or paint them. "Disease germs shorten the average Bpan of life by ahout two years. About SO per cent of the. common dis eases are- 'infectious, or , 'catching.* Disinfection after disease is tho flrst step for healthfulness, both .'for per sons, and live Block/' , rv- : V "Wet Blanket Sated Crop. . V?t . waa late in autumn." SSNM ?> writer In Farm and Fireside, "who.. a sagt?grass field caught'dre just over the fence from ray, corn crop. As'lt was a very dry seanon, tho fire spread rabidly, and'.my whole crop was . In. 'danger, also my buildings. The /ire Btarted from a .neighbor's clearing. A strong wind waa blowing and the Are was soon .beyond control..; Several rabn voirie-to help me, .and we .tore dbwu the fences to save tho build ings. But ull our efforts to check thc fire proved ".'unsuccessful.. until some one suggested this - method : "A large blanket was soaked with water; then two mon on horseback .took opposite ends and dragged lt tk'rpss tho field, and back again in iront ot tho tire. This was on the hext my crop and buildings. After tho grass was wet it would not catch fire easily, sod we, had no trouble to put ic out. "To prevent 'this Are ? .should; have had furrows around my Acid '--,..*nd buildings, three furrows to=proteet a crop and ten to protect building*.*' Hpr'.3id Whiskey os Bag?rase. Charleston, W?\Va.V, Dec. 23,-Con firming tho recenk.court ruling a, gen eral onter prehlbltrog .t%?e, acc?pl?nco t? ;W?iakey: tn ; W**t Virginia was put t?o effect by. four railroads', operat ing in thia state. . Pr?sident' Stevens? o? the C. O'; speakl?g!* fornts road. and tho. p.. & O. Kanawh? und Michigan dad Wes tern Marland!'; 'lises' told the, $' hition doi?a:?Hm?nt yeat?rdi*^^ railroad desired to assist ,%a?, depart ment iii- rv* ry wiy to enfojree Iaw?- . if y ?I*R?T Bread? ?foAi?d?tt. .-. - V?tmno, Dec; M;.-A' vdalst?rial de cree has beosi forbidding b?**}$? .rtfil'?; biscuit -and other Tancy?br??ds. and '$?^tttfn|j only tne niiktog pf loaves or ?r?ih*ry l?reaq- *?be ?rnisr doss not apply to Jiousehold?. PORT OF M BRITISH OPTIMISM Wet Mach Impressed With Feel ing of Seif-Con?dence in England. -~ Amsterdam, Dec. 23.-Tho "strobe sense of power aaa of self confidence that seems to he the very atmosphere of England." is commented upon by Dr. Hann Vorst, a professedly neutral correspondent, in recounting 'ais impressions on a recent visit to Eng end to the Berliner; Tageblatt. He begins hie artcle by t?llln? of meet ing 4 Russian government official in London, who, after-a. rather despon dent review ot the operations on thc Russian front said: "At any rate, one feels quito at easo and heartened again after a few days in London." This statement interested Dr. Vorst. Ho decided to mako a clo?o: Investigation of tho Russian's re mark, ?nd found , that ho tilmself soon succumbed' to the sense of London's might. In .hi3 words, he came under the spell of London's "silent demon stration bf solid wealth,-quiet strength and established power.' Speaking.of life in London, Dr. Vorst tolls the people of Berlin that be found London has changed little daring the war beyond the darken ing of its. streets. Nowhere in tho warring . capitals has Btreot traffic suffered so. little. - In Berlin and Paris, .motorhbunes have disappeared, But in London, even those that wore sent over td. Prance in tho beginning of th?.wor have been replaced. Paris's (hotels have reduced their, prices to ? war scalo:. Bul no such concca olon has been made in London. Fur thermore. the ?tages of London are as resplendent as ever, evening dtress ls common in tho boxes and crches tra chaire, oxcept for officers in uni form, and the restaurants have lost none of their elegance. Conversations with . EnglWhmen, continued'*ho writer, show that the English themselves are dominated by a sense of conscious power. "This impression grows," he.adds, "tho moro one talks with English men.? ; The 'hysterical - behavior ot certain English newspaper's does not seem tb ' mo to reflect che nation's feelings ih any wayj On tho con trary, I have'always noticed a totally calm and objective attitude toward tho whole business, for extravagant excitement ls not a part of the na tional character. So from my omi experiences I am inclined to consider these last peace speeches in the house of lords1 aa '? sign bf this conscious power. The in- . vi-r-.--, - _uu l^wJ. u..?lf " i?5lfi7U . Jpm?ytu mut xw.u- ? w?>* .......... n enough for anything, aha is con se* quentiy not afraid ' to have such speeches exploited as signs of weak ness, especially when they are an ex pression of -what all natlona without exception want at inp bottom of their breasts-peace." - The Worst Thing for Good Hoads, j ; -.'.'Perhaps the ' worst . thing which: could happen to the cauBc of good roads," says Farra and Fireside, "would be thc building of all those now needed, with ,no provision for keeping them up after their comple tion. No-'permanent'Vroad Is perma nent In the sense of-no.t needing re pairs and .upkeep. We have, shewn in these columns that a conrpte road way 16 feet wide can be kept in .conr ditton for. twenty years or more by the expenditure of from 225 ; to $35 per mlle a year. There is probably no road, ppiman?fit or temporary, which can be -kept in reai?v good condition for less. ??^^^^m^^?^K'' '. "Some chargo for maintenance there surely will foe on every p?rma nont rood.>s When issues of bonds for better roads are voted on, thia matter of maintenance should be provldod for. . . "in . many cases tho.;,permanent road will be far easier to maintain by the Ordinary tax levy than were the old unimproved highways. In such cases the new road, instead ci adding to the local burden, wilt lighten H." Sharp WH. . Hlihu'Root's wit was being praised at th? Metropolitan Club in Now York, .?h'?: r.o)low?ng '?tbry "t? related; in the Hartford Courant: ..< Root's sharp wit has . scored many a good point for him, a lawyer said I'remember o&ce, yeara ?'?o, .tVfjftim* ducet? : a very Important wltoea^p?fe^ coso against Robt -My-.'w?me???Mtjw a fat red-nosed man and I Bald to tho Judge: ?.That wttnass, your: honor, ;?B -a very, responsible citizen. ? Ho holds a miSst: important position. In?ict he |s the superintendent: of the iiraier1?OTks? "When Root came to croas-examlhe my. witness, "he said, nratr - '''So'yon1 are tho superintendent of tho waterworks,' ehr' "Yes, slr. Mr. Robt." "And you give' satisfaction?0 :,' ."Yes, slr! .. ',?'ye.v'given ..parf<sey?fji?' isiactlon at the waterworks for se years." . .' "Humph, said Root, ;,, mildly; look like a man who could b? tr with ?ny amount of *yatar." Owes Her Geed Health to <?ap' ?? ?ft?^?? f?ble??, . "Lowe my good health tn. chat?ber^ Jain's Tableta," \?rllea t?rs. R. G. Netti Crisoksibn,'?-.Ohlei.". ,*tTwo yc?jrs ago T was an invalid duo io -stomach trouble, .l^took tlir?e i?ottl??; J "if^?et?- ?nd hsve ?ihcp befm hmi ?U health." For salo by To Wed I j Countess of Min Tho .Countess of Minto is to be the bride of Lord Kitchener, if roporis from London aro true. Ho has boen a bachelor despite tho fact that be might have made n election from among tho most boauti/irl ld Eng POLAND'S JUDI DIS&RGANTZEl \ . --- Warsaw, Lee ..23:^Practically ev-, eiy F.ljrssian judge-- in {Poland tied I when Warsaw was evacuated by the j russians and occupied by the Ger mans. , Tine lava'doro- therefore were confronted . with' a.-' peculiar situation I in the'if efforts to reestablish'order, j and the' way the problem has been solved has been Jprgely through 'the importation of uerman juiges; and the appointment '.''ct' German lawyers who had been woundeil In battle to judicial position's. -.Almost every Po lish!. Judgo or lawler who remained is the'couTtry der-Hncd to fill the va cant positions for 'fear of punishment by the Russians ix tho latter should return. 'H. ? For contarles past Poland has had two hinds o? judges, lay and profes sional. The lay counts, handling small and unimportant matters, were scattered all1 over tho kingdom and their baso] rullns??/wero^ mainly on conunon sense rat nor than technicali ties bf the law. . Tho professional judges were located almost exclusive ly in cities. ;.?> Since tho German occupation the number of judges has nt no time been BnUrely sufficient tb handle all cases and dt han been necessary tb biter t':e existing law in some particulars. The right ot . appeai to a higher court has j been resricted somewhat in order to.i prevent congestion, and .'."a master inj chancery system" has been evolved to lighten the work bf higher justloef. . T.-.o "Warsaw Trade Tribunal" was created as a sort ofsunromo court ior , civil matter's and place;! tn charg?, of ' two judges who rule ch iall important bases and appeals for ^he: entire king dom. - As ?ssistan??^lh? services of a ; number; of oxporiv* civilians were enlistedwho.hear evidence just as masters do, and;, the* report to tho fCStlces. . ' v v) With few exceptions thc Napoleonic j taws, especially those' governing civil matters, conrnior?!e, marriage, paren tage, inheritan?o and so, forth; ?javt been retained,-and ; tho imported Ger* | man judges rule accordingly. The principal .exception, concerna , debt dbbt procedures,- .. which . constituted one ni tho most difficult of the legal Problem? which -the. -Germans .found ? tvwfmsclves confrontia v.iih. j ^.??apol-^baie, and hence Rwsslssr/?a?ft provides'that in case of a debt action;, a notary with twoiwitnesses'must gb. to the-debtor, t?\kc: hlB statement and ; rule against him .'when .th? evidence warrants.and payaient ls refused. .The.exigencies ot the war, Wwever, long before' tho. arrivai o? tho Ger mans. >^aite^ The notary, nb longer went .personally to the <5ebtor, and Sent, hotib^no' witness, merely /. .'.because".-'.*witn?sses; werev scarce, ; and / th? ; notaries were too busy,tb,.be able tb spare the time. .y | The German?, therefore, were cbn frbctbd '"ivlth the ?Uernatlye- of con doning th?s;hr?nclj,i?f law. abd'becom ing paviy to If. or of changiug tho l?v , Tjhb latter coarse':Woe4" adopted, aha tho German system' applied in debt mattera w'aS; iatrbduee?. Up to roa' tim? ot-the. arriv?t ot the Germana moratorium., bad existed.-. Ther conquerers ?ecide<i,very 'quicklyj that thia wt? hbviti^morb evil effects j tlianNtfobd, iind ?^^f it almost (-v. at once.' This step "%a* basify decided ?pon ?ince . existing ' 'Peiish law gives al! ?^?^cs, ?tho power tb grant indi vidual moratoriums when they seem to ' he, Necessary. With tho. p\boHUbu ot' the mbralxicixmrin Poland ? wide spread cV?ldlhe dodging., bfj 4cst .debt Kitchener land. Lady Minto, who is moro tinta forty years of ago. ls tho -widow ot Lord Minto, once, governor general of Canada and later viceroy of India. She holda tho highest position dh English society. CIARY WAS BBYGERMANS . ? hy men well able to pay-waa done away with. . The criminal law in effect in Poland ?had for years beeu looked' upends the antiquated and. archaic that the Russian government in 1903 recodified tho statutes. The revinsod laws, how ever, for one reason and janotfoer, nev er has gone Jnto effect. After con saltation with Polish legal- authori ties, the Germana at once made the recodified statutes effective. ' Por a conturyr. .the .prevailing lan guage dn country' courts In' Poland has been Polish, jmd in the higher courts, Russian ; "i no ?a??c-x laug^a^o tps disappeared almost entirely frora the entire kingdom, as much it is de clared becauBO of any ruling' of tho conquerers. Th? Germane ordained that Polish and German should become.-the .offi cial court language, with! however, tho additional provision that '. cases should, be conducted: in. i'^?t. language in which principals weiro best versed, In consequence almost every suit, civil cr. criminal, ia carried On in PoliBh. The German judges who have boon "imported" speak Polish In an as tcai?hlngly large'.number of cases, ?ad .oven Poles who know German ara able to testify -in their nativa ton gue. '. Make Your Orchard Fruitful. In Farm and Fireside ls tho account o? a simple expedient that made rooney for a Now England 'apple, grower* "Mr. E. H. Fltshugh bought a farm tn New-' London cohnty< .Connecticut, in lf?13. An old apple orchard grac c?-^OT. more 'properly speaking, dis? gi^cQd-44he place, for it bore, no ap? pl o s mi ci "paid no ' rent for the land bc-; cupled. In the fall of 1913 he pruned the trees, but they boro no fruit in 1914. '.In October. J9M. Mr. Fltehr^h de cided it was t'mf CT a pbake-cL>, and what was tit'-ing to uso for the fdinkc-up.limn dynamite? "Four holes wero made twenty-four inclues depri mid six feet away frora t?i?,'tw>ij.*t. o* each tree. Then the holes ^?.'Vd/wlth'- a small, charge of tho-b?r; rois?-maker, "in ??15 the trees bore ? crop of extra iine fruit, and present proa peets seem to b<? good for .A vigorous future production of the trees thus "There is no mystery about ..it, ?!astin g accomplishes the same nut" ppse as deep plowing., Root expan sion ; becomes.-easier and tho .soil" is broken tip; new stbres'.??. plant! food are made available; tho soil is aerated and ^he' ntovement of. moisture .pro-', motes. In short, the tree ls given a .chance f?r'. its lifo by giving it fav orable;, chvironmeht in. which, to; grow ;and'perform its function ot making ?fruit." ; ...?.^^^^F .' Tl? Lights of i'arls. " '.'Insris/. P?e, .^?3.:r^?*?ris S ?^--??sr ^irosr invisible from a ?lat???et at night in "spite >??.ih'^V^Iftofr#^|?^ that have beeb taken to restrict lightlas. |w?jwUa?tS of the '-suburbs ? as ? far distant as fifteen mi 1 es day .the night glow cTCd tho capital '2s almost as dis tinct as wtien all lights aro going full blast. Under normal conoltiotwrthd glow over Paris mr&fee seen from ? distance of thirty miles. Tho measures adopted for d?fia& ing tho streets and diminishing ?> the light reflected from the mterjkvr in?dafags seems to accomplish RtUe sato than to moko the itif&jffim certain b?l?dlngs dlMcuit/ ; 3SS58 : '' " ? ? < ?'.i If "HE" Si You Can't Do Better Give Him a Box of Cigars If he doesn't smoke, a baby rattle or a teething ring v/ould be about as appropriate; b-u-t IF he enjoys smok :"_ /-i :r t._-t.^" ~A _11 . - :- ti V,. nV.n^i'.-jV " mg \aiiu ii nc aiuurtca at an. uv. vu jvjro, ii. "?lui?iiavij / a .. box of any one of the many different brands of CHOICE cigars which we have in stock will prove the gift that will please him most, and stamp you as a person of very dis criminating tastes. In all probability, "He" buys his \ cigar? here and that wo bz^rv ex actly which brand he prefers. Phone . .t . ?3 NOW, we'll be glad to advise you. Cigars-Good Cigars from $1.00 to $4.00 a Box J \yy:!What Is Home Without Miis??? Buy "Hor" a GOOD Plano here, and you wilt provide happiness ot alono for your wife and yourself, but for tho entire family; and 'or many, many years to come. *- '?' We have an unexcolletl Hat of. roally GOOD Pianos, and at Rea sonable ptfe?s. We sell tho Steinway, Kranich & Bo?lv Ivors & Pond, Hallet & Davis, Milton and Kimball;.everyone a;High Grade Piano. REECE-WELSH Pl?^ Successors, to the C. A? Beed Plan? & Organ Co. ,'514 .South Hain Street. Belton, S.?. Capital und Swrp?oa J^Ueettess Giren Prot?t ^ueawaa PresMeat T. P. Md Caan?fr, JUL, KU Campbell, Asst, CssMer... I ISSI ICE CREAM PARLOR AND CANDV KITCr??N (Formerly Q?yxnpb Candy i^chc^ V 'Haye complete line Candies, Fruits, Toy?5 and G?gar4' Soft brinks a Specialty. We solicit yo?f if ade, i , ; Proprietor. ? mwniw^-.mi nii-rrwimn'jww^