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SOME d^*wr^ WELL ISSI-I urviiviEZR ; ? li UITS (Jp il . AT I M?: $10 Td $15 i M At Least We Think They Are. In fact, we GUARANTEE them to be the Best ever offered for the price we are selling 'p. tn ..' .. .. .. .. .. ilium iii i II in nw- !?? i II i i * i i A Lest You Forget .\ Regal Shoes and Oxfords in Quarter Sizes _$4.00 $4.50 $5.00 "R. W. TRIBBLE The Up-To-Date Clothier. ANDERSON, : SOTTH CAROLINA. ET WEDDING AT ABBEVILLE Bride and Groom Ran Aw?<y and Were i^'S^M1 : noon in Near-by County . A surprise to the people ot this sec tion will be the announcement of the Marriage of Miss Irma Cooley and Lewis M. Barksdale, which took place at Abbeville last Sunday afternoon shortly before 5 o'clock. Miss Cooley's home ls at Lowndesville while the groom ls from Augusta, Ga? . I Without informing' any of their friends concerning their plans the couple left Lowndesville Sunday af ternoon and drove to Abbeville, where the ceremony waa performed at the home of W. D. Barksdale, the Rev. L. J. Bristow officiating. M?B8 Cooley is a popular young lady of Lowndesville, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Cooley while the groom is In th? railroad business. Mr. and Mrs. Ilarksdalo after a short wedding tr|p wll make their home in >?hgusta. G?TTIN? MATERIAL** ' HIB m If.IO Nt; SILOS Proper Time Now to Bertd Making Preparations far Constructing Hilos, Cl?ms?n Collego, Moy 19.-Urging fanners to begin Rotting together materials for constructing silos, lt. Hi Mason, dairyman of the federal Mu rena of Animal Industry coop?r?t-'ng with Clemson College, has written tho following letter to a large number of South Carolina farmers: "If you have not already begun, now la the time to start geting to gether tho materials for your silo. For thc beat results the silo should be completed one month before time of filling. "Experiments have been carried nut where dalry cattle produced one third more milk at one-third less cort when silage replaced the Lolls in the ration. Considering this fact, eau you afford to be without a silo? "Silage makes excellent feed for both dairy and beef cattle. A corn crop planted after oats have been cut will mature sufficiently Lo make . good silage. "A silo ls one of the first and ?. very Important steps tn the solution ' of the feeding problem in this section and any one having aa many as ten head of cattle cannot afford .to he without a edie ? {%??< "Both survo and concrete sUoadurwe ' given excellent results? in this'State : and either may bs erected with farra labor. W?pPfptMparcd to furnish bills of nr?frint for either of these r.ilos, as'walt as to give a limited amount of assistance In the construc tion. "Last year several men put off building their silos until such a tate date teat, tho com was too dry for .firsts class silage before the silo was completed. "We will be glad to furnish yon ad .111 Lanai tn>A?m?HAn r?oa-rAlntr ulina HF^iION VISITORS I ftvxftMt "w?w?*n Staff 'fritad""td" Meet ?im Herr Next Week. Oov. Cole L. Blesse will be one of the visitors during tho reunion. He has aHk?d'bis ehtirs staff to meet him here. The m?mbcrs of the staff ara: Commlssarjr General-Coloney Ivy Marlon Davis, Newberry. t Commissory Q*neral-?Colonel Ivy M. Mauldio, Picken*, ; Surgeon General-?Colonel . ? Witi Ham Wesslnger, Ballantine. . Chief of Ordinance-Colonel Al fred A. Richardson, Columbia. Aldes-De-Cnmp, with rannk of colo nel-Colonel Greaton K. Bamberg. Bamberg; Colonel Charles J. Epps, Conway; Colonel Wade Hampton Mc Intyre, Bennettavllle. Aidea-De Camp, with rank of colo Major W. B. Wise. Little Mountain Aiilea-De-Camp, with rank of lieu tenant colonel-Eugene W? Able, Sa* luda; James G. Long, Jr., Union;' Clarence E. Tolly, Anderson; John G. Barron, Johnsonville; Wlflam A. Kirby,, Johnston ; J. P. Carlisle, Green ville; IL: G. Landrum. Spartanburg; Isaac Appeit, Manning; . Walter G. Stubbs.. Greenville; Victor B. Chesh ire, Anderson; J. P. Hen?gan, Bea'-* nettsville; John K. Aull. Columbia; C. T. O'FtjrrsiH, Florence; Loon HC, Green, Columbia; W. H. Andrews, Georgetown; D. B. Peurifoy, Walter !boro; .1. P. Gibson, Konnettsvlllo; Jo? Seph Fromberg. Charleston; James T. Hornsby, Colursbla; Jesse Gaston. Charleston; G. G.1 McLaurln. Dillon; Edwin D. Hirsch, Kingstrce; W. A. James. Blsbopville ' Eugene R. i luck ingham, Ellenton; Prank C. Bryant/ Orangeburg; H. W. Dominick, New berry; E. M. Evans. Jr" Newberry: L. D. Singleton. Conway; D. W. Gas ton, Jr.. Aiken; Lucian P. Kinder. Klngstrce; Thomas H. Peoples, Co lumbia; Fred H. Dominick. Newber ry; Samuel Omohundro, Mullins; Q. C. Wyche, Spartanburg; T. Q.- Boozer, Columbia; .lam ... Botillo, Charleston. BALL HANK S Tr lt BAY A fast and Interesting gase is ex pected Saturday afternoon at Buena Vista Park when the Y. M. C. A. and i Gluck Mills teams get together for the I first time this season. The Mill boys bave always been ea I pable of playing Jam-up ball each sea rson, and are atatrlng where they left bunch. off last aeson with a fast and scrappy The Y. M. C. A. team haa just re cently bean organised by Mr. Fred M. Burnett, the popular young secretary of tho "Y" and be states that be ha? an aggregation that wit compare fav orably with the best in the entire stale). I Much enthus*asm ls being maatfett edd over the prospecta of a classy team this year by the Y. M. ?w A. boys and tt* safe bet taht they will come out ot th? coming affray ?Ith au easy vic tory, a good crowd ta expected out to witness the contest. Panama sends about Oo. millions cocoanuts to the United States yearly and they are said to be of finer qual ity than thnaa fjv>m ?n? nt har Mun* tri?s. . SAYS U.S. DOLLAR MAKES BIG NOISE -fr? Senator Williams Enlivens the Mexican Discussion in Senate , With st Caustic Letter (By Associated Press.) Washington. May 19.-The senate'for Ihe. Ural time In many days of calm .ea^sntivened today over a phase ot lija. Mexican situation. ?' Senator John Sharp Williams arous ed colleagues when he read a letter from "A gentleman in the. government service at Vera Cruz," whose name he had town off which among oth at ? things declared that "The n?iatast thing in Mexico is the Ameri can dollar." and predicted thal it would cont 200.000 lives and live billion dollars to "take Mexico and hold the Mexicans tn subjection." ?-?^It would be a great deal bettor." road another part of thc letter, "if tko United States were to bear the loss of thoBo who have come down here to tako a gamblers chance and tost, than to go to war with Mexico far purposes of conquest.". Senator Borah Insisted that Senator Williams reveal the name of the gov ernment official who wrote the letter. The Mississippi senator refused to di vulge, however, stating that he bad "entire confldenre In thc writer's Judg ment." Senator Gallinper declared he' han letters he would put In . the record showing an opposite condition In Mex ico. LEVER'S COTTON BILL AGREED TO House Committee On Agriculture Puts the Stamp of Ila Ap proval on the Measure Washington, May 20.-The Leter bill to regulate cotton futures trading has been agreed upon by the hons agricultural sup committee and the full committee may consider it tomor row. it^pMrldeV that there shall be no tax oh,legitimate contracts for cot ton, bnt lmpooos a prohibitive tax on what may oe officially determined t-ybe illegitimate contracts for cotton, -a lt. provides that cotton dealt in:on the. exchanges ?hali be within the st??darvntsd grades and creates r a board of appeals to consider disputes se venality, grade or length ot staple. Publicity of all transactions relating to futures ia prescribed Provisions of various kinds regarding the settlement ot contracts also are Included In tba measure. .. . , Rudolph M. Hoffman, an Immigra tion officer at Bills Island. N. V., owes bullet fired at him. ****** * * ELECTRIC CIT1 * _ * Item? of Interest ?nd Persona * Wireless on the St ****** * ****<??> ( From Thursda) Anderson Mei: Hine Won Trip. Hy writing a* much a? $100.000 life Insurance during th?! past year three Anderson men have been honored by tho Southeastern Life Insurance Co.. securing membership in the $100,000 Cluh of that company and receiving a freo trip to Wrightsvlllc Heach this Summer. Thc trip will b?> made from Anderson on July 9. and the agents will have a week of pleasure and roc creation at the famous seushore. Thc Auden on delegation Iff composed of Horace J. McGee, George W. Speer and James I,. Farmer und these men ure receiving the congratulations of ?it lo r Anderson iur.uruucc men In be inn able to secure thc trip. --o-. Mrs .Weekley IH Vol Improving. Andersen neoplo and people in all parin of thc sta." will learn with re gret that Mrs. S. Weekley is not lint proving. For nome lime Mrs. Week ly has been very Ul but it was hop ed that her laat visit to Baltimore hospital would mukc pome improve ment in her condition. Thin has not been thc case and it it? said now that her condition ls coriolis. Fred Max well of WinstomSalem, one of her sons-in-law, arrived in thc city yes terday to be af her bedside and all her other relativen aro in the nlty. Little hopen aro entertained for her recovery. \ ut om ohile Tliief IN Enjoying Life. Information was received In An derson yeetcrday from Greenville to the effect that the man wanted hero for stealing Mrs. Granville Bealle'? car at Calhoun Fall? and also charg ed with stealing an automobile from John M. Stee?V o? Granville, was last seen going in the direction of Hen dersonvtlte. N. C., driving tho Green ville car. The man succeeded in get ting the Greenville car "ondny, alter lie had broken down the car he bad stolen from Mrs. Bealle on Sunday Ho also performed the feat of buying two gallons of gasoline from a Green ville dealer on credit, when ix- ?mu never seen tho merchant before. Anderson Jewelers On Ike Lookout. Anderson JeW?lers are keeping a close lookout1 "for ' a man of ' Hebrew i appearane'ea bout h& years of age, supposed to bc'named John or Harry Gard since they received a circular on' yesterday from the Pinkerton De tective Agency advising that Durand i& Co.. Jewelers, of Newark. N. J., arfe offering ai 'reward of $10,000 for tho man's capture and the return of the J?We?ry stolen by him. The man employed i aa sample" carrier in j Chicago. Hhs Wf on April 23, about (-6T80 in-the afternoon, he stole two j sample cases ffvjtfri "a talesman for the ?company in- Newark. Almost evory imaginable kind of Jewelry was con tained in tho two cases and thu miss? ing articles wilt total a value or many I thousands of - dollars. Columbia Elks' Are Getting Ready. A telegram sjvas received In Ander son Vast nigbfe'trom Brian "Bell, exalt ed ruler of'the' Columbia lodge. 1160. B. P. O. Elke.'in which it was stated that tba CoHtrfVbm ledge of Elks will be well represented when the first j roll call is heard at the State conven tion of the Order, to convene here on June 17 and 'the message said that the Columbia bunch would remain in Anderson untU tho last session of the State lodge is conclnded. Columbia will introduce an innovation nt this mocting of tho State Association, and will bring a drum ? and ! angle corps with them and it ls also planned by this lodge to have a pair ot live Elks for the occasion. Tho, "Hollo Bills" from Columbia will be the life of the meeting to bo held hero. 1 Mr. McKinney I? Visiting Here. Owens McKinney,' who has been making hie home in Cincinnati, G., for some time/ls spending a few days in the city with hi? brother, Carlisle McKinney and other relatives. Mr. McKinney says that Anderson looks ' like home to bim and he expects'to enjoy his sU?- here. Shortly before hts departure from Cincinnati. Mr, McKinney had a tooth pulled and du ring the operation' the dentist broke tho patient's 'jaw bone. Mr. McKin ney is suffering severly but under the care of the - Anderson dentist he is rapidly Improving. The broken bone waa set yesterday and it ls probable that he will be recovered la . two or three weeks. -o Medical Society Met Yesterday. The regulan monthly meeting of I Ute Anderson County medical socle- j ty took place tn the rooms of tho An derson chamber of commerce yester day. Following the business discus sions the body, 'leard a number of very interesting papers , on subjects relative to malters of Interest to the local society. Among those furnish ing papers for the meeting yesterday were: Dr. Hie T. Latlmer, Dr.. II. B. Williams and,Dr. J. C. Harris. Pretty Pins ,Are Delivered, , . The chamber of commerce yester day1 received the 1,000 pins ordered {for the Confederate reuni?n to be held la this city on May 27-28.,. The pins, are made in the shape of a flag and have the stars and bars worked, in the colors of the Confederacy. The pins bear the words "Annual Reun ion. South Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans. Anderson, S. C.. May 27-8?, 1?U." WhR* tho pins jare not very expensive, they are as pretty aa contd .he desired, and Sec 1 retary Whs&y. of the chamber of nj* redaction. ****** * ****** IT- SPARKLETS . _ * J Mention Caught Over tho * reeta of Anderson * ****** * ****** .'s aDlly.) Boy Scent* Are Hurd ut Work. Thc patrol o? Hoy Scouts recently organized by F. M. Burnett of the Y. M. C. A. for the Confederate reunion, arc hard ut work und are learning rapidly about tho military tactics. They ure under thc Instruction of Ma jor Crawford, formerly of Clemson College and they are working earnest ly to perfect their drills by the time the reunion comes oft. It ls said that the scouts of Aiken last year did much to look out for tho veterans du ring thc reunion and it ls believed that Anderson's hoys am going to do fully as well. The youngsters made u good .show aa they count off and start on their puradeu. -o Huge Shipment Of ( hero-? ola. The Anderson ('hero-Cola Campany reeeived ono of the largest shipments of syrup yesterday ever brought to this section by a soft drink concern. In yesterdays shipment there ware 57 barrels of syrup according to th? lo cal innnugcrs of the company, this is enough to bottlo 36.0,000 bottles of Choro-Cola. This ls a record-break ing shipment and il will take some time for the local company to con sume it all. However, tho local plant lr running full time and then can hardly keep up with -the orders, ac cording to the story told by the pro prietors of the Anderson firm, o New Cornnay Koon to Open. The manager of tho United States Woolen Mills Company says that his establishment In this city will be op ened withing tho next few days. This company secured the Crayton bulbi ng on Main street for its site and the building is now being put in readi ness for the formal opening of Ander son's newest tailoring establishment. Tho n?w eomnanv deals exclusively in tailored-to-order clothes and bats and will show ->ne of the most com plete lines evor seen in Anderson. -o New Plan ls Working Well. The Anderson Real Estate and In vestment Company expects its new plan for selling lots to home builders to be one of the most successful ever tried in this section. Under the new pie- the lots are sold on the install ait. \i plan, a email sum being paid monthly, and the owner will not be required to pay any taxes until he has copleted his payments on the lot. In the event that he should die, the money he has paid in on the lot will be refunded to his relatives, with 'in terest, by the Investment cbmpany. Under this plan every working man in Anderson can o\*rh his own home. The offer is hems gen'orally accepted, according to' the real est?te men. ? t-o-~ 1 ~ Undertakers To ' '?sei' Is*-6seer. Tue undertakers and embalmers of Anderson county aro planning to go to Greer on Juno 10 and ll when the State assocl?tlon of the people in that business win convene. It la the lGth annual meeting and undertak ers from all parts of tho State are now planning to be In attendance. The officers of the association'say that the. program will be replete with features and that every minuto of the two days will be taken np some woy. AH told, thorc are probably 13 undertaking es tablishments In Anderson county, and almost all of these will bo represent-, ed. . .-o Negro Will Probably Rle. ?Will Roberston. the negro who waa caught under a falling embankment at the Llgon & Ledbetter excavation Tuesday, underwent an operation nt the Anderson county hospital yester day afternoon. When the negro was first taken to the hospital lt was not believed that .he waa much hurt, but later it was ascertained that he had sustained Internal tejarles, and lt be-: came necessary to perform an opera tion If hts life waa to be saved. Au thorities at the hospital- last night said the negro, was In a critical condi tion but he was Testing easy at mid-' night .and lt ls believed that he hus a [chance . to . recover. ooooooooooooeoo ea a a o o; e - .DOUBLE SPRINGS y S . ... ? ? ooooooooooooooo eeo eeo1 Townvllle, May 19.-Double Springs gave an entertainment Friday night. May 15. The decorations were lovely. The chief flowers were roses, begonias and ferns. The first on the program was a piece by Mr. Edward Cromer, entitled. "The Ways of a Woman." , The second was a play entitled "The New Woman." There were pine char acters in this play, Josie Cromer, the president. Pensacola Branyon, Secret tary; audie Presher. an old maid; Myrtie Cromer, a lawyer; Claudia-Sul livan, the tflnanclal secretary; Lucile: Sullivan, a servant; Jack. Cromer, th? Ice man; Eodrcw Cromer.the plumber; and.Mr. Bruce, the principal, a rich young heir. The third on the program was a play sntHted ' troon Creek Courtships" by Counto Cromer and Waymea Presher. They represented negroes and very good negroes they made. The fourth wee a lectors oh "Afr eohol" given by.- Mr. Brue! Presher. These also represented ne? groes. Mr. Broce" was' the parson'. Sad Eob?e Preahef "Smoaks.'f The, last thing.on th* program wat some dancing by George Compton, music by Paul Maret. A large crowd was present and tee program was enjoyed ?by ku. The membership includes repwagen tive life Insurance mea of South Car olina and each member has been ask ed to Mubmlt the name of at least, one new member before Jugs 12. Get 'Em At Bailes' Bailes' Big Busy Bee Hive Store Is Headquarters for so many different lines, we just remind you of a few, and you can always find thc best line at less prices than our competitors dare to sell 'em. Bion Reynolds' High-Class Shoes and Oxfords for men, our guarantee behind them. $? grades at $5. $5 grades Bailes' way $4. Men's high grade Shoes and Oxfords $3 kind Bailes' way $1.98 pair. We are selling earhart Overalls, John B. Stetson Hats, Krippen dorf Dit man's Ladies' Shoes and Oxfords, Mathewson's High Grade Ladles' Shoes. American Lady Corsets Schootman Bros. High Grade Young Men's Cloth, ing. Triangle 5-ply Collars, Triangle Men's Shirts, Gordon Dye and Bustea Brown Hosiery for Men. Women and Children Hosiery, Hrrdwick & McGee's French Wilton Rugs and Art Squares. ?rex and Dixie Grass Rugs-in fact you can find the highest grade goods at lowest' possible prices in every line vi I/leas uwuB, oimo, uiy uruuuo, viQuilflg, milli* nery, Ladies' Ready-To-Wear, Etc. , AT BAILES' BIG BUSY STORE ? THE BEE HIVE, G. H. BAILES, Prop. . I l^m. mu??.I.H..I? i ? i Officers ol thc aawclatlon. .are aa follows: . . ^President, F. H. Hyett, Columbia: vice-Presidents, O. C, Edwards. Chea ter and J. C. Dltib:?ham, Charleston; Secretary and Treasurer, W. S. Head ley, Colombia; Executive committee: Carrol H. Joneav chairman, Colum-. bia; T: W. BfAgL Charleston; Fred J.fParham, Columbia; W. J. P.oddey. Hock H>11 and SRscr. Capers, Sum merton. National committeeman, M. M. Mat tison. Anderson. ooooooooooooooooo o TOWN VILLE NEWS o ooooooooooooooooo] Townvllle, ?May 19.-Mr. L. C. Spears with his assistant Miss Lula Bunn bas closed a very successful rchool at Pine Croye, May 15, with a ' picnic dinner. ? Mrs. Dr. Widemao and two chil dren who have been visiting her mot i er in Spartnnburg has returned hone. < Miss Gertrude Mabaffey who ms been teaching at Pendleton Is at home ut the delight nf her many friends. i Mn. Lutis Bennett Who has been j teaching in North Orangebufg ls at nome where she will spend the sum mer with her father Mr, I. S. Mahaf fey. ? ~ '.. MK Woodson Giles and wife and . three children have been visiting the tater's mother Mrs. Collins of Spar-f tjmburg. . I Mrs. Sarah Giles of Anderson ls Visiting her sons W. E. aid W. T. Elles of this place. ! Mr.' E. P. Brice'and assistants Miss I Branyt and Mrs. Sullivan closed a vary [ successful school Friday May IK with a picnic.' Mr. J. A. Burgess la seriously ill at] this writing. Mrs. W. B. Hawkins ls on the sick I Hst. Miss Veta Bruce and brother Willie j are visiting their uncle J. R. Bruce for | g few days. " Mrs. J. A. Woptten has returned1 home from Lavonla, Ga., where she has been visiting her daughter Mrs. ita* Hicks.' Eapress t'ompanlCf) Upheld. Jefferson City, . Mo.. May 20.-Tho right of express companies to refuse C. O. D. shipments of liquor to dry mts in Texas was sustained, by the mri supreme court today. ' The was toe decision of Abram Ro of Kansas City. Mo., and "io collect from the Wi* Company's express ? the Pacific Express Company, I value of theJinuor packagjafr^aLl had refuasHiQHb< IlUeoh* Central ta SwproT''. Springfield. Ills. May '*0.-~The Illi nois public utilities commission today! handed down an order authorising \hn Illinois Central, Railroad to Issue Slft. 000,000 hoads and friso permission to 'seR linea South or t!h> Ok Lr? river. Of ? the bond Issue $10.000,000 in en linea [south sf.tae Ohio fer refunding and 1^0,000.000 la- improvements. S??THl^>ROUD Eignsy-Fiye Special Traira an Many Extra Sections and Not I On* Accident RiWted ff Atlanta, OR., Wnv is.-With the handling ol 'AS tpccml trains into At lanta and 35 special1 trains out, bear ing Shrinors who attended the annual meeting of the lipperiai Council of the Arabic Order, and in addition many extra sections of regular trains and extra equipment pn ali regular trains, all without on accident of any kind and on practically 'schedule time, the Southern Railway ' has just complet ed the largest -passenger movement in its history and what is believed to have been one of thu most successful ly handled movement? ever accom plished by any American railway. ' Arrangements ?foi?, the departure of thespecial .trains were BO arranged that .{his was accomplished absolute ly without congestion or confusion and as thc. res?U a? the proiecdoa given by the large force of speftiC officers whi?ht pe Southern badi duty at the* Atlanta Terminal Stat and at placea whore; cars were *pd ed, not a single robbery or attef ai robbery ?a* ? reported-' Tho par? lng places were occupied by 154 Ira man cars' ia which betwen 3,000 ?r 4,000 Shriners lived while In Atl&i being given every comfort and dbl venience afforded by the most mei ern hotels. These results could only have,been secured by a railway system with an* adequate plant, and an efficient organisation and they followed the' moat Careful planning, extending over months and resolute attention' tp ?very detail when the plans were being carried out. Every special train was accompanied by an opera ting officer and a passenger represen tative and the crew of every train waa personally Inspected by division and general officers ba?cre going on the ran. The entirely sattsfacto; handling of this extraordinarily I t movement to Atlanta by the Sou ern: Railway should etd all Sunb elt les in their efforts to land conventions In thef atur?.' SERVICES AT MITJWAT _ Will Re Held OB the Second Fonrth Hra^MJii'j?^t^ The servir o* at Midway PrishfrArV ls^e^re^wW^^eld on the seeSbd have heretofore been made on? she first find third 8undays sud at the request of some ot the neighboring Churches the' Midway church 5183 .eon? ?onted to changed Its Sundays' for preaching The hour for services ts 4 o'clock lu the-afternoon, and invites the congregations of other denomina tions to worship . with the Midway L'llUIVII.