Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Why we want Small Accounts Do you realize thnt a hundred email accounts make a bank etf^jger than a dozen ?rrge ones even if tbey aggregate the same total of deposit is? That's why we are constant ly seeking new customers. We want as wide a circle of friends and customers as possible. Of course, large account* are welcome, too, for it Is our pur pose to serve ALL people. Hut we want men and women of limited means to know that : tills bank is willing to accept their deposits and give them the | advantage of our advice and ev ery facility of the institution. If you are not a bonk deposi tor at all come In and get ac- i quuinted with as. We will be t,,ad to talk things over with ou. Citizens National Bank You will be doing yourself a good turn by installing a GAS~ RANGE. We sell .them under the strongest guarantee. Easy terms?$2 down add $2 per month. Anderson Gas Co. EVANS' Fruit P.owders. By the use of this powder Peaches, Pears* PlnmB, Berries, of any kind. Fruit Juices and hcch vegetables as Tomatoes, Beans* etc., can . be preserved without the use of air tight cans. Sufficient quantity to preserve 40 lbs. fruit fur 20c . At all our Stores. Evans* Pharmacy THREE STOBES When You Buy Spalding Tennis Goods YOU BUT THE BEST. We .are sole agents for] in Anderson. Fant s BookSlore. - . ,? ' t-r- ? .. . '.,. &#n?er C?Uege r GBBENWO??, 8. C. Standard C o I l e g ? for Young Also Music, Art, Demesne Bclffce*,* Mllliaery, Ste?efraphy. Preparatory Department I OPEN8 SEPTEHBCR 10, |9M | V Send For Catalogue. ' m -. m diff?ra Ca*? Mistrial Albany. N, V-, July 4-^-Tho^ Jury that heard the case of Malcolm Gif ard, Jr., sou pf a wealthy- Hudson luahufacturor, charged ; with having mui dorod Fran* 3. ClUto. a chaffem*, had failed to reach.a-verdict 'late to day ?=4 t?s'-''d!5csa'rs?4-''by Grouty..1 Judge Aldington. The Jury waa. out 24 hours. ? , Jssrsailat . StatfageaV ? .. Sfavaa*. Cuba, Jujy ft^PieaUtoajL Menbcol today pardoned |hjriqn? . W stVthe Cuban vJourn?fot, w>n In Au gust, was sehtouteo to two*W and * half'imilriconment for saffuajr-: Jag Hugh Qlbson,Hheu. charge d!at fairs of tho American Ugatioa here. I H^HHBHnBflKwHWswi Baptist Courier For State-W From a somewhat careful reading, it would appear thai the Baptist Courier hua come out for Chas. A. Smith for governor. The* following editorial appeared this week: The Baptist Courier has no candi date for governor and takes no part in the party, personal or factional pol itic;- of the state. Ours 1b another task. But we have a very profound concern for one of the issues in the present campaign in which the moral welfare of the state Is involved and which is in danger of uelnj.* quitcly tide-tracked. We refer to stete-wido prohibition. The effort Jusc now Is to put com pulsory education In the cente of the rtage and relegate prhibltlon to a side room behind 'the cut tain. That which innke? the sltuu'lon the more alarm-j Ing 1b the seeming acquiescence in this arrangement on tho part of the temperance forces. The Anti-Saloon League, the official guardian of the prohibition interests of the state, has not spoken and so far as we know, is taking not part in this campaign. It would, we know, be improper and unwise'for this organi zation to give its influence to any one candidate. But we believe that it is not only proper and wise, but the bounden duty of the Anti-Saloon League to bring the issue of state wide prohibition to the forefront at least to sec to it that it is not ignored. What we are saying may not be need ed by this organization. Let this be known we ure not criticising the An tl-Saiooa !.earJ3. .Ms nurse of t? lence at this time Ib perhaps the course it teems tu bt- the widest .'or prohibition. Or, perhaps it sees no danger in the present sil nation to the cause it represents. We certainly havo the highest regard for the men who guido the league in (his, state. But we believe that they and all temperance workers need to be arous ed. State-wide prohibition is at a crisis. If Its friends do not crowd it to the front no ono olse will render this cervicc. If It Is to reach its destination in South Carolina it will not do bo sitting on a side-track. We feel that we must speak. There are three main issues before tho people in this campaign, law en forcement, compulsory education and state-wide prohibition. There 1b no possible antagonism between law enforcement and state wide prohibition. Wo feel that it can bo demonstrated that those ' who want the one cannot afford to be against the ether. It might also be thought that eoni pulcory'education and s t?te-wide pro hibition . are reforms that can go to gether, and that there can be no an* tagonirm between them. We suppose that It is true that those candidates who favor compulsory education would not oppose state-wide prohibi tion. We do not question their mo tives. But what we do affirm Is that there two reforms Cannot come together in South Carolina unless statewide prohibition' 1 Replaced first 'and settled -first. If tho ..present ef fort to force compulsory'- education to th? front succeeds it will postpone r-tatc-wide prohibition for years to come' and will certainly tend to In crease our wet territory. - pur reason for saying this is not because there Is any essential antag onism between. compulsory education add state-wide prohibition. On the contrary. whatever helps our educa tive work will ultimately redown to the .furtherance of temperance. The trouble is to be found in the'fact that our present dispensary .laws - turn the profits of whiskey-selling 4n South Carolina rery largely to the swelling of Jhe school fund. uompnlBory education, wimi>m ????. it may or may not do, will certainly do these two thingst- (1) It will in crease our present school tax and (2) .Mr'.- will. enlarge j the ;' burden idje. the white-'man Is now bearing for. the education of the children of negroes. We are not saying that .either or both of these things ought not to be dope. This 'paper does not fight negro edu cation. - But we ask that the-o facts bo dully considered . in their ..relation to r-tale-wldo prohibition. . ' Almost every, county in South Car* Ollha where the dispensary exists went wet by the use of two argu mente, which wore, (I) "We nt-ed the school money which the dispensaries furnich," and, (2) /'practically the only way we can get any.money from the negroes for public purposes is through ! the dispensaries; they pat ronise them and the profits go to pay* lng for their schools." Wo havo no sympathy with these arguments. Put every temperance worker In the' ernte knows what tre mendous .uCe was made of them. Now ' what we ask prohibitionists to do la to consider What the effect will bo If the school tax la greatly in creased and the burden tor negro edu cation Is enlarged.' In other words W? ash what will bb the etrect of com pulsory education, which will cer tainly do thcto two things on state wide prohibition* We believe tha> It compulsory education conies how, un - der. oar present rpniitlohs- a farther e?ttenaion or our temperance laws and ^p^^-ii?m^^^rm-- greatly embarrassed and madoY??most impos sible. Much of our at y territory *11! pe e'jdatisercd ?ml'ttrtse dry? ennntfes that adjoin dispensary oonhtlea will be -put Id on almost ' hopo?ess haute, there never was a state thar wus so pootly prepared to try compulsory education as South Carolina Is today. yflrW'are not fighting eomfmjsdry edneat ion. Wo arestand In g .for uro hibitiori.' Thcr* are tho** Who doubt less think that we could afTord to en danger ftato-wide prohibition for eoinpulsory education. We accord them the right to < think ss they d?i ?ut ; prohibitionists o?ght not < to agree with them, for (heir'method Is splendid way to sacrince* c'VCrythl w* have: fought folr during tho 1 twenty, yoa'rs..'--- ' * % !:ifc < ' ' As we see the situation It ts hot 1 "" ' 111-r Draws Line ide Prohibition wrong nnd foolish for piohlhltion to he mado seconciery to ccmpu::iory education or be etnyk in its coat-tall pocket. We will not discuss the com parative importance of the two meas ures; but we do think that the put ting of con pulsory education first In an inversion of values that ougirt not to be tolerated. Wc will not discuss the comparative poiituvl rights of these two isueo. But to us it Ik in the nature of an outrage to make an issue that holds in its hands the mor al and civic welfare of the state, that is to the forefront in "very part of the United States, that the people have once demanded by an overwhelming majority and were denied by the pol iticians that must be settled before we can have law enforcement and the supremacy of the moral elements?to make such an issue secondary to one on which our better people are divid ed, whose benefits are doubted, and at best, distant, is, we repeat, in the na ture of an outrage upon the righto of the greatest moral question of our time. But this side of the question we do not discus. What we call attention to now i? r.imply the folly, the egregious, un speakable folly of subjecting the for tunes of state-wide prohibition to those of compulsory education. Divid ed as our people are over compulsory education, that issue is very liable, for at least a while, to carry any man who advocates it down in del eat. But its triumph would be worse for prohib ition thai, its defeat. To put compul sory education on the statute books of the state next January would give a new lease of life to the dispensary as a necessary moans to furnish the needed money for the extra taxes. What do the temperance leaders of the slate think? Are they willing to see the very worst evil that nov? ex ists in South Carolina entrenched for another long lease of life? THE STATE TAXES ARE EXPLAINED Comptroller General Jones Now Makes Financial Statement as to Conditions (Political Advertisement.) Editor of The Intelligencer. I am Impelled to make the race for re-election to the office of Comptrol ler General because of my continued interest in the fight for tax reform, and- honest and economical expendi ture of .public, mouoya. . I say eco nomical, because the legislature must leave a great deal to the discretion of public officers and a close scrutiny of their accounts is necessary to discov er any wasteful extravagance which may creep into tue handling of the public /unds. . In many Instances, It Li easier to spend money which comes from the pockets of others, than from your own Individual exertion. When the legislature has placed an expense fund at the disposal of an officer the expenses are apt to be larger than It they baC to be paid out of hlr. salary. For these reasons. It is necessary to have a Comptroller general who will look, into nnd check over or audit the accounts of public ofllcialB and call attention to any expenditures which do not i ome within the plain. mean ing, of the legislative appropriation. Of courso tho people hold an officer directly responsible who extravagant ly expends tho money which they place at his disposal. If ! they dis cover that it has been so expended they can show their disapproval by roiuaiuB to - cotntnus u'm In office, but it Is like locking the stable door after the horr-c Is gono, for the money has been expended, and In the major ity of canes, thoro would be no chance to get it hack into the-stale treasury, as It would cost almost as much as it Is..worth in the expense of litigation to recover it; ^' This is what I mean when I say that public office is a public truBt, arid if tr?Bfee* were never held lo an ac counting for the moneys passing their hands, their position would cer tainly be delightful. . .It reminds me of the old story of preach sent for his son and told 'him he had made his will, leaving him all of his estate and appointing a law yer, friend executor to manage it for him and asking if he had any sug gestions to m?ke as to changes. The .son promt ply roplied " "Only one, leave your money to your lawyer, and make me executor." If the accounts of trustees are not rciutiuUed and examined closely and continuously, the moneys in their hands ore apt to be wasted and the party ihv, interest gets nothing but an honorable mention. , It has frequently been told me by public officials that it was unneces sary to Inquire whether or not fhe expenditure*.made* by them were such as were auf-irlied by the legislature, as they wo? .d be' acountable to the legislature when they came before It. U is certainly not a pleasure to have to criticise the accounts Of broth er officers, but It lr a duty - Imposed upon th? office of tho Comptroller General, and.'is necessary to on evo nomieal conduct of public affars, thai public accounts he thoroughly check ed and alt Items unauthorised by law be pointed out when hills are present ed for payment. Tho publicity given ce puoHc affairs by this scrutiny acts as oJatrong deterrent to extravagance arid wasteful ' ?xpendftures o< public moneys. In this alone, I am satis fied that thousands of dollars have | been saved to the state during *he time I h?vo boon entrusted with th* office of tho Comptroller General. As a member ot tho sinking, fund commission, having charge of the ac cumulated assets' of the rtato and their uro for the public benefit; I have 'leif^y^rm.w^btfiept r the reckless, loaning of these assets, other 1 than < upon Stute bonds, so that the Stato property be cured tor and preserved in tbe inout economical way. It was for this reason that I approv ed the policy of the StateV insuring its own property and grudually ac cumulating a sufficient reverse fund to avoid the payment of future pre miums intll losses should occur ren dering lurther premiums necessary to make good the losses. On this item of State insurance dur ing the time I have been Comptroller Ueneral, the State has paved and ac cumulated over $100.000 in profits when carrying only from 10 per cent, to 30 per cent, of the amount of In surance on State property. Under the Act of 1914, providing that the sinking fund insurance shall carry the entire insurance on State property and re-insure 60 per cent, thereof in responsible Old Line Com panies, the sinking fuad commission has been enabled to save more than $7000 on the insurance now in force without any additional risk to that heretofore carried by it. The re-in surance of GO per cent of the insura ble value of State property heretofore carried by other companies on origi nal policies, effected a caving of about 30 per cent on the amount paid for premiums on such insurance. It is nuiural that a few Insurance agents, who, under t?ie old system, Were receiving this 30 per cent, as profit for themselves and their com panies, should complain of this poli cy, but It is inconceivable that any well informed taxpayer, seeking the economical administration of public affairs, should object to it. If re-elected, I will continue my ef forts for the enforcemeat of the tax laws and the advocacy of such re forms as are necessary to secure the equitable assessment of all property for taxation, and to prevent the es- . cape from taxation of the rich and well to do. I mention this latter class, simply because it is harder for them to return their property for' tax ation at Its true value than for a poor man whose taxes do not amount to as many figures when it comes to pay ment. While a .man might console himself at the s?ss of hia taxes by tbe thought that he has been bleBsed with mpre property on which to pay, he is apt to forget the amount of ben efit and prosperity he has enjoyed be cause of his objections to diminishing his accumulations in the Blghtcst de gree. The question of tax reform is one of the mort vital importance '' to tho whole community, and when the peo plo have become thoroughly awakened to the inequalities, existing and the lore to the masses ;on account of them, they will demand that their rep resentatives In the. legislature find a remedy for the existing evils. Tho failure, to obtain there reforms haa been largely duo to a lack of ap preciation of the exemptions enjoyed by others, and a false feeling that so long as tho direct ,'taxes are not in* creased they do' not care how much more their neighbor"fescupes paying. Wa can !uovbf"expect a''perfect sys tem of equality In taxation, but the in equalities now existing can be great ly ? reduced and the public burdens more equitably distributed. . in so far as tho voters have kept up with the conduct of public affairs of the state, as made known in tho pub lic press from time to time, they are acquainted with my efforts along these Unes and during the campaign I hope I shall havo th?.opportunity of meeting the voters and explaining to them my views and ascertaining their's, and dlpcusslng'wlth them mat ters rcjA?ng to the conduct of the Comptroller General's office. If my efforts meet with their ap proval and they Bee fit to re-elect me to this office, I shall appreciate it; but if otherwise, I will cheerfully submit to,their will and surrender tbe office with which I have been honored and which was entrusted to me. Yours very truly, A. W. Jones. ANDERSON GIRLS , WANT EDUCATION Applicants For Winthrop Scholar ship Appeared Yesterday and Stood Ex&niinalmn (From Saturday's Daily.) Andeicon girls evidently appreciate the fact that education Is Invaluable and. something to be greatly desired. About SO young ladles,- balling from all ' sections of - the county, appeared at the court house yesterday and un der tbe direction of the county board Of. education' stood competitive exam ination for the . vacant . scholarship from this county to Winthrop College, it wiy some time for the papers to bo.oprrected and the winner of the scholarship decided upon. The following is a list of the young ladles here for the examination: mit-.*. Annie Donnald, Willlumston. Miss Sarah Bigby, Williamaton. Miss Annie Laurie Coly?r, William* aton. . Miss Fan ?na Knox, Williamston. Huts Glenna Barrett?- Anderson. Miss Madge LaBoon, Anderson. Miss Lena Clarke. Anderson. Miss Kate LaBoon, Anderson. . Miss Carrie Moore, Anderson. Miss Francis , Major, Anderson. Miss SaraSpearman. Anderson. MIbb Mary McCants, Anderson. Mies Loretta Nicholson, Anderson. ' Miss Felicia Cnnahum, Honea Path. Miss Agnen Medlock. Honea Path. Miss Marie Gaines, Honea .Path. '.. Miss Lucy Drake, Honea Patiu MIf-b Ruby Wardlaw, Belton. M!?? Amanda Shirley Belton. . Miss Mary Both rock, Pendleton. Miss Annie Wetborn. Anderson. Miss Ella May Tribble, Anderson. Misa Leila Webb, Anderson. Mlcr, Winnie Howard, Anderson. Miss Pauliac K. Hunter. Pendleton. Miss Mejrrtlt Wlllson, Pendleton. , Miss Margaret M. Evans, Pshd)ft* ^jftsS' Beatrice MerritU Eaaley. -.'1rs Irene Brown, Anderson. MuV Eula Smith. Anderson. ??- ' '. Joe Acker of Charleston is" spend ing a few day's,in tfce-city. the guest of his parents, .u, ' ; HaiBBnHsliiSHHBHnsai FORMER CITIZEN DIED FRIDAY - I J. B. Martin, a Railroad Conduc tor and Once an Anderson Citizen Died in Columbia J. B. Martin, who hau been a con ductor on the Southern railway for some years, was a nutlve of Ander son county and people in all sections of Anderson will therefore learn with regret of hin death, which occurred Friday in Columbia. The following appeared in the Columbia State of yesterday : "Joseph Brown Martin, a conductor in the service or the Southern rail way, died yesterday .at his residence, after an IllnesB of about six days. "One week ago toda^ Mr. Martin was taken ill at Spnrtunbucg. while 6n his run, which was from "Columbia to Spartanburg and return, and be fore reaching Columbia he had lost his speech. He gradually grew worse. "Mr. Martin was 32 yearB of age and was a native of Anderson. He had been a resident of Columbia for about 10 ycare and a conductor for the Southern railway for about Rix years, lie is survived by his mother, Mrs. Anna C. Martin, und two brothers, J. W. Martin, of Columbia, and. O. L. Martin, of Macon. Ho was a member of the Order of Itnilwuy Conductors, Brotherhood of Railway trainmen and the Eagles, and representatives from each of these orders will attend the funeral. "The body will be taken to Honon Path Sunday morning and the burial services and Interment will be imme diately after the arrival of tho train, about 11:05 o'clock. The body will lie in state at McCormlck's this morn ing." EXPLODED A ?OMR CAUSING DEATH Continued From Page One.) for threatening to shoot John D. Rock efeller. Jr. Cross examination disclosed that all tho eleven Tarrytown defendants, out on bail, met here last night with Alex, ander Berkman, anarchist, and oth er.- to devise a way to aid the persons facing trial Monday. Present at this meeting, according to statements to the authorities, were Carl Hausen, a member of tho staff of Mother Earth, and Carl Berg. 24, a carpenter, a Tar rytown defendant. Blown to Pieces. Hansen was blown to pieces In the explosion. Berg 1b missing and Is counted among tho victims. The oth er p?rsons known to hove been killed waa Mary Clavea, 65 years old. a cigar maker, who occupied an apartment ad joining the one In which tho explosion occurred;' In support of tho police theory that a bomb was bolng made for use in Tarrytown a search of .Aaron's apart', ment disclosed two dry . batteries, wired for use; ? loaded revolver, car tridges and partly constructed black, jack, together with a bowl .of yellow substanco thought to have been used in bomb construction. Statements to the police Indicated that the meeting last night ended about midnight. Caron, Hansen, Berg and a fourth man, Mike Au^pentl, who came here from Chicago about two weeks ago, left together and went to the apartments whore the explosion occurred, at 1226 Lexington avenue. Hanson's sister, ' Miss Louise Berger, who ranted the top floor apartment, occupied by hersolf. Hansen and Car on told the Inquisitors the four mon reached home at 1 o'clock. There were no traces of an erpl?- ' slve or of the material for making any, anywhere in tho apartment, MIso Berger- said. Tho exploulon occurred at 9:25 a. m., and she was notified of It, she declared, while at tho. Mother Earth office. *S I'_1 - i- _ _ uAjrwun uaiuciing. Alexander Berkman said the group] allied with him--happened to b? at the' Mother Earth office when the police j arrived because they had gathered to] go on a Fourth of July picnic. Berk man denied ho had counselled violence at the coming Tarrytown trin!?. He and Others planned to go to Tarry town, he said, arid Itaten to the pro ceedings. He denied that he had written" threatening letters to Tarry town officials. "You did send a telegram sometime ago to' the Judge at,Tarrytown. de manding the release of the 1. W W. prisoners, didn't you?" asked Deputy Police Commissioner Rubin. "Yes, I sent a telegram containing resolutions condemning the arrest and brutal treatment of the men ded wom en," replied Berkman. ' "The* resolution was adopted at a meeting of the Torrer gsonp ?nd I was Instructed to' forward them to the judge." Berkman said ho was Unable to ac count for the presence of the explo sive. He volunteered to produce him self and his followers at the coron er's inqucut. _, ?P^ny Saved By Absence. There were 35 apartments in the Lexington avenue building. All ex cept two were occupied. .Tho loss of life was not greater, accordlfc-s to the police, because so many of the dwel lers, bad started off early to upend th?' holiday at various resorts, nf the many known to have been Injured seven were- removed to Hospitals. Some of those who received minor hurts, wore in buildings across tho street. An far distant as two block*, persons were thrown down by the shoes.' ' They entire top of the Boutbca?t front of tho building crashed into tho street, tore a thirty foot hole in tu* Sidewalk and partly tilted a stretch of tho new Lexington avenue tub war excavation. 1 Tomorrow a systematic examination wilt he made of th? ruins In .search'.rit evidence that may otrpport the police theory tbat a ?*>l?h. was ?a he, takes Into th? Tamtbwn court roorii. H'^I^C*ff#f4iad Berg dead : frdnj the explosion, nbt.6 d?fen?^ta remaio to be tried at Tarrytown" Monday. Anderson C???eg??* . % A Christian Intitution for the Higher Ed u?a$pn of Young Women > Three large hrlrk buildings, steam heut, electric lights, private \ IihIIi (o every two rooms. Chins rooms, laboratories, gymnasium? \ all thoroughly equipped. Campus of :\l acres, rerreitllnn grounds, ' k tennis courts basket hall lie hi, nil hin easy walking distance of ; town, on two street rar lines. Course of study in accord with high est educational lequIrcmoutH. Experienced fiirulty of Clir'sllun men and ?union. Strong departments In MUSIC, A HT, KXFHKSHION AM? IIOMKSTIO SIJlKNffi A PKKPAR?TOKY It l'l'A HTM K NT for those not ready to enter ? college J i Y \ Write for catalogue. James P. Kinard, Ph. JJ., Pres, , Know All Wonren That Preserving and Jam Time T tir i?.nr. . is un ine way An<* hat Man Austin is better prepared t ever to supply your wants in this Hr.*;. Jelly Classes Porcelain Top Fruit Jars Glass Top Fruit Jars Cherry Ited Fruit Jar Rubber?best > i' riilibor made. ' ;' Y Apple bloNHom Fruit Jar rubber?the ' best .">< rubber mailet Grnduutcd Measures. Culauders. JMsb Fans . Basting Spoons. *: Vlilppors ; ' Preserving Kettle, etc ' ' >iij .! ?ll >1 .11 Austin, BleckleyBuilding tri' On The Corner. Anderson, S C. BEWARE. OFSMGQTtt STRANGERS W/Tfi NfCE IS ?J? v? ib?s? s en c in ta whiuii " Smooth'* strangers o m ? aroqnd to peddle are each great "Money Maker*" wljy don't they KEEP them themselves? V Whtjn n rhai^is trying hard to tell you a propositinn there is soraeShing in it ^or HIM?that's a sure thing. ' Is it not better for us all to keep -our; money here at home? invest in and build up OUR OWN Community ? The man who docs this is prcrjseroui, / > We p?yfy|fer cent, interest on Savings ' , Make OUR Bank YpUR hank ? Anderson, S. C. It Is a n that ono must havo a'largo amount of monoy to open an.'account . Seme of our largest depositors today made a beginning with email Amounts. Puv the difference between your Income and your out-go in thlrf^rik, and will always bp "aheadl of the game," ':l-'t$7$$j$$l Wo make a specialty of small notes running from J25 vo HOG, IMng them to us. / mers Farmers 'Ltm^&vfriut