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Do It Isl ow! Make a small deposit each week in this Financial Stronghold, and by adding a little each week to your Bank Account you'll be sur prised at the rapidity with which you can accumulate a snug sum - "Big Oaks from little Acorns Grow." The same applies to our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT WHEN REVERSES COME Your worry will be reduced to a minimum if you are in a position to meet all obligations with a check on The Peoples Bank LEE G. HOLLEMAN, President D. O. BROWNE, Cashier E. F. VAN DIVER, Vice-Pros. Blcckicy Building, Anderson, S. C. WE HAVE and houses and lots for sale in and near TowrivHle, X Roads and Oakway. Can give you almost any location, any size, prices right. P. HL PRiCE? i^?Bii ASBELL, f?^nville, S. C. Make Your Deposits With Us ; gp .ii"''-- And Then ? We Will Lend You Money When You Need lt. Farmers and Merchants Bank Farmers Loan and Trust Co. Interest Paid on Deposits Anderson City Is "My Town1' /Anderson County Is "My County" ?j Il > What About j WM?nderson Col)eae ? ? ^L**rr* ? ' ' . r 1 a . *** -. S ?Ti'f-'ffii? ??>{?::; . \ ? =vr-. . .. . Mji.' '?"??j* ?^"?.'.?' I * 000000000000060000000000000000000 ;Wo; ?'? ? .' "..? - I o ~- ~ , . Mn ADM!CT,rr rt g 0 ' ' ; - ' -- O .? in reply, to i request by the Germans, fat Aa armistice: .of o 24. hours,to bury their dead and care for the wounded the o o French authorities are enorted to have sent this messie: c o "We grant you itiatfiinleio get out of France." ? ; ; . o . c. o ooo ooo o o oo opoooooooooooooo 0 0 0 0 0 0 POORE IS OF MANS! ----- i JURY OUT LITTLE OVER AN HOUR INTERESTING CASE Crcwdea Court Room Yesterday Heard Attorneys On Either Side Put Up Strong Fights i !.>.?;.i S;it nr.!ay';; Daily, t Ar;< ! <!. liberal inn for ti? J : I I ono hour .-ind lift(t<:n intuitifs. Mu: jiirv n - turned a verdict nf guilty in the -as" of th" State versus ('laude Poore. RhMrgod willi luurilcr. Thin CUSP wein io (lie jury yesterday afternoon at il: |*i <r> ?o' I: n:id a verdict wa? ren dered ai 7 : '.?. Wiien court enlivened ycn.terda> tiKii*ri 1 nf; ll juron; lied neoi sei nr.-1 10 ir;. Hi - (ase anl after some dllll ?illly the lil?! ID?II war selected in tin perren or A. NV. Harwell, who was ul*o 11 'po'.iili il foreman hy the Judge. I'oore v then brought into the court room and (he trial wa? begun. The jiri. oner was neut ly dressed III a vak of Mack tilatlies, hi? hair wan e?re?illly hm: lied and he seemed per fectly Riimpo:;ed. Airier on people are familiar willi lin- fad.-, in iii<> VMM', which ure. thal I'oore. mi a policemiin in Willlams loii. rho: - "td killed .Inc Kelly, fornicr I.- a pol iceni nil in the ?ame town. Thc .vening hefore the killin*" I'oore had arrested Kelly and lt ls said I hat this led to tin- troubl?. Willlainston peo ple \v>re greatly interested In the trial ?nd the court room W:SK crowded throughout the day yesterday Dr. frank Lauder was the first wit tiest! called yesterday morning. Ile testified a.? to Hie nature or Kelly's wounds and ho was followed hy Capt. A. (!. I'lnkncy. who was an eyewitness to the affair Ile Rave a very graphic account cf the shooting; telling of what each man said and of Kelly's ac tions after he wai- idiot. % Capt. fl. \V. Sullivan gave a touch ing account of the shooting, explain ing that he arrived on the scene just ?s tile defendant had his gun raisod to shoot again He protested, saying "Claude, if you do. that will bo mur der." At the time Kelly was leaning np ugathct the wall of n building and he started to come to Capt. Sullivan falling Into, that gentleman's arni:-.. Vance Cooley, mayor of WilUanis ton. testified ns to the facts leading lip to the ease, explaining that Poore had arrested Kelly on tho evening before (he liual diflleulty arose, and that Kelly had become incensed over this and cherished 111 feeling against I'oore. Other witnessed acquainted with the case were called and then tim defendant took the stand. In reply to questions put Jo him by the attoruoyK. Claude Poore asserted that he has been a repldent of the town of Willlainston for twelve years and that In that time he has acted as con stable and policeman. He has nlso been n carpenter and bas worked in the mill there at other times. When he was 18 year? of age' he loft his father's farm which ls near Wllliamsfon and came into the town to go to work. He hts lived there ev ery since that time. On Saturday ev enings and Sundays. Poore was em ployed by the city as a policeman At the time of the shooting he had in lils pockets several warrants that he had to serve. In connection with the case In de tail he testified: "On Sunday afternoon I was sitting In front of thc Gregory company store and heard Joe- Kelly and Ira Ti. Hol der joshing at each other in pretty had language. Holder and Kelly both cursed each other several times, but nelf.her had nn attitude that was ag gravating or which appeared trouble some. Finn! y Joe said. Tm going to ll"k yon and then 1 nm going home.' Holder said, 'Well, I'm here, come ahead.' They cursed a while longer and then Poore came out and told them to shut up. Holder shut up but with several oaths. Joe Kelly asserted that 1 had nothing whatever to do with him and thnt he was not going to obey. I told him to get off the streets or go home, and he said that he would do neither, I then toidi him that 1 would have to run him in If he did not be quiet He said with an oath or two that I 'would have to rup him In and that wa? sure. I then started with him to the jail, and about middle way he r.tonned' and naked about his bond. I told him that T couldn't give him ?ny hoad but I'd let him go free If he wanted to. He refused to he lot go, and said that I had arrested '' him. damn you now lock me up. I took him to thc guard house and put him In the ofTlco of the council room and locked tho door. I did not place bim In n cell, but I did lock him In the of fice. I however did offer to let him stay there without being locked np, "nylng (hat I bad confidence enough to know that be would stay there. "I went en up to the home of Mayor Cooley and got him to como down t? the jail. Hero we found Kelly as I had left him and the mayor let him out on a boin! of $10. He left tho place In company with the mayor and was making nil sortR of throat? against -*-?' He cursed and abu Red mo all the Mayor Coolev told hird that If 1 "n't shut up that he'd put him in. n Jttll..^ "P met Joe once or twlco more that night and eaoh time he would abuse md threaten me. Chief Nelson was aware of the ?aets and he sent me'up In the northern part of tho town and :h??n ? vent-to b??f> "The next morning os I wa? coni ng to town. I met Holder, who warn?, id mo of Kelly saying- thnt_ he wan af ir me and that 1 had better look out 'or myself.. Not wanting to have anv rouble with the man I went back mme ?nd tl was npt until 10 o'clock GUILTY LAUGHTER thal I cann' hack io town. My wife wanted nome ii?cdlc? and asked ? n to from? for them. I went down to thi> -tore and there I met -Joe Kelly In Iront of (.rllliu'i; r.tor." Hero i'oore described ?lie scone be tween ho ard Kelly about going out in the yard. "And when he ha:?: ti , <i .- you. you havo got to ?ettie it and right here. I turned and drew my pistol " "What did you ?io then?" was a:;l;ed, | .l ?bot him." "How m..:,y timer. df?! you shoot?"| "5 shot six times ?nd then my gua WH.' . mptf." "Why il id you load your gun again?" ' I did rot want an t mjity gan in my i pocket." I I'oore (e.-.tilled that 1. . did not hear ! or ,ii least did cot understand any. Ihiug thal was said to him while he j was shooting at Kelly. ile asserts ? that the doctor.-, pronounced him ns half Mind in one tye and deaf in his I h rt ear. When the evidence was all in far both the defense and the state, tho urguiucut:i begun. Co!. .Julius E. Hoggs, for the state, wan thc first r. pea lt or. (ol. Hoggs wan followed by Capt. II. ll. Watkins, of thc defame, and (?cn. M. I.. Hon h a in of the de fense, and Kurtz I'. Smith, the solici tor, closed the case for thc? stale at :.:.-,?. All the attorneys delivered splendid arguments and the attention oj' every man iii the court room was held until tho nrgamont?- were com pleted. Judge Memmingor charged the jury as to the law, taking up about :!U min utes and then the indictment was handed to the foreman The jury ir. tired at <?:1~> and at TStO they brought out a verdict to the effect that Claude I'oore was guilty of manslaughter. This was the only case tried dur ing tho day. HOW-WAH AFFECTS THF COTTON FARMER. How War Affect? the Cotton Farmer. Tlie discussion on thc editorial and business pages of the Examiner of the menace to the cotton farmers of tho South from the European war lias ex cited wide Interest and attention. Throughout the South and at.Wash ington the conditions described In the Examiner have awakened practical action. The cotton dates' senators In thc senate, with Hola} smith as1 chairman of the executive committee, and tue cotton states* representatives In the house, with Oscar Underwood as chairman, have organized to help the Southern farmer through the emerg ency created by the. possible loss of a market for the 4,000,000 bales of cot ton which have Heretofore gan? to Germany and the nations on the other Bide of lt, with ? .the ..re.4uce?4 .deinanjd from England and France. The cotton'crop df't'he South IS an. euormou3 part of Uie nation's wealth Its 14,000,000 bniea. at about $65 a bale, are worth over, $900,000,000, and the 6,000,000 bales that go tb Europe make e. trade hnlan?e o? alore than a half mlllloXdjollars. It would hurt the wholo country to ??.we panic and depression strike the Southern farmer, abd have him rush his grent crop to -market at paule prices for fear of the paralysis ol! his great market for:. 4.000.000. bales in G?rmaio* and beyond. .. < And so the business statesmanship' of the entir^, country joins with th" . business statesmanship of the South I in protecting the great staple from unnecessary depression. The first effort of the cotton states congressmen doubtless will be to reassure and stiffen the confidence ot tho cotton planter. He should be told that cotton ls selling today in .Eng. land, in tho very face of thc war, ut c. cents; and that England indicates no intention whatever, to shut down its mills or throw Ha workmen out of work ; that England's navy, that alU satisfying, all-protecting asset, guards England from financial and from physical panic. He should be told that of the emerg ency currenj^whlcb the common sense and vigor of the country has provided, more than $300.000,000 will go to the South to enable Itu banks and money men to holp the farmer carry his cot ton through this uncertain period, and that the money that j conies to the Eastern centers wlir iietp1 tho South as well by relaxing the pressure of the money centers upon tho.'*- Southern finances. . And the congress and the govern, ment should lend a hand to help the establishment of Senator Hoke Smith's proposed licensed govern ment warehouse, whose very name as a depositors or any surplus cotton will give it dignity and credit. ' If the Southern farmer can only, be assured that the government ls In full sympathy with tho Southern business man In the protection of the great in ' niece of aprehensi?n, and' the stir ' dufitry, confidence should take the ' plus cotton can bo held until it ls evi dent that there will be no surplus of I tho indispensable staple. ' The Southern farnss-^?s rea^onsW rich In the recent fat y?ara of pros perous cotton behind bim, and should with this stiffening ot confidence be. fully able to hold his surplus bales abode the necessity * of 'sacrifice to nenie prices. ... ." ('erma ns Fleeing. * 1 Paris. Sept. 12.-An official state mont Isp.ued tonlghVsayer' '? . . ' "The German retreat Isl rapid. The pursuit is vigorous. '' {The; Germans ? have abandoned many mortars'." i MI m ?pjiii.],. L1 11 .????i* ?'JJJ'.'K1.11 '...>'.'."?? Il ls Better t^:;B??#^??--M;j <B?&Stt|^%W^' SOUTH SHOULD HELP IN CRISIS Government Will Aid As Much As Possible in Financing the Crop (Hy Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. H.-Atter lons consid?rai inn federal officials decided not to (inprove Hie valorization plans to aid cotton producers to meet un usual condition!- caused by the Kuro pcuii war. The treasury dcpartuienl ha;, announced its determination to accept warehouse receipts as a basis for additional national bank currency, hut friends of a plan for valorization of the cotton crop have not succeeded in convincing government oilicials : . . ri?.iiral?ilitv. Officials who have studied the situ ?t?..u that any remedy to ne taken lien in the cotton men themselves and ?in the state legislatures. Some of these student ; believe valorization of u part of the present crop hy tho cot ton producing states is entirely feas ible and would prove helpful. The idea ls held here among government ex perts' also that slate legislatures, where able, should pass legislation to limit the crop next year and for suc ceeding years if desired/ lt was pointed out today that fur ther federal measures to aid the cot ton men might brinfr down on the gov ernment a demand from other sec tions for similar assistance. Those familiar wlth"*Condltlons in the south say it has been demonetrlade for years that a reduction in the amount of the crop would work no hardship, but be to the advantage of the pro ducers. Past efforts' to insure such a reduction have failed and tho chief hope now ls in legislation which would tax overproduction. QUICK RETURNS IN HOG RAISING Livestock Man Advises Farmers of Anderson County That This Is Way to Solve Problems According to J. O. Williams, live stock demonstrator for Clemson Col lege and the ?'nitrd States depart ment of agriculture, the why for the farmers of South Carolina to over come the present financial stringency la by raising more hogs. Mr. WU liasms ls- enthusiastic over his plan aud he told a representative of Thc Intelligencer that this will prove to be tho explanation of thc farmer's trou bles if the farmer will hut consent to try the plan. Mr. Williams has mailed out hun dreds of letters within the past week touching on thin subject, a copy of which, follows:. . "Owing to tho present crisis brought about by the European war, I think it is imperativo that tho farmers of this vtnte turn their attention toward some phase of livestock production on the farm that will nssure them of au in come In the near futuro. "I do not know of anything that would be more adaptable to this sec tion of the state, or surer of quick re turns, than the production of hogs on the farm, which cr.:i be done with very little outlay of money and on n .unall acreage of land. I nm endos?las a pamphlet showing what return) cat) he expected from a small herd of hogs within a year's time, the figures being based on a ten year average. "J. would heartily recommend that nil rarmcrr. start in the production of hogs, on r. email scale at least, as roon as possible, and I will bo glad to co-operate with you in every way pos sible towards this end. "Very truly yours, "J. O. Williame, "Livestock Demonstrator.'' FOREIGN FIRMS ARE ALL RIGHT Andersen Men Get Information From Insurance Companies About Foreign Companies Since the war scare arose in Europe and the financial outlook far foreign countries became so gloomy,' a num ber of Anderson people have become somewhat con?ernfed over the ques tion-of < whether or not Insurance car ried with foreign countries, was ab solutely dependable. {Q. H. Geiger of the Arm of Geiger & Wolfe bf Ander som determined to find .but for himself and he accordingly wrote the . follow ing letter to P. H. .McMnsfor, insur ance commissioner for South Caro-, lina: "Dear Sir: Ploam let me know it you consider fire insurance written In an English company safe.. What ef fect do you think the-war -in that country will have on.:.insur?nce.coro>' posies? ? have' a psHcy ls ~ I4vor?4?bt and Edinburgh company and have felt some uneasiness about it." - In reply to that letter, Mr... MeMas tcr wrote to the Anderson man na fol lows: "Yon need have absolutely no fear nf the safety 01 your policy in. an Eng lish company. All foreign com panier, stand entirely on the assets, whicti are held tn Amonen. No consideration whatever ls given to their fort-tgii. ak* sets. Practically though a "ompany retains Its English namo.lt is for the purpose of insurance In thia cou.v;ry .m. Amoricnn. company. 'Wi y Truly, "P. H. McM.xsler.' "fnsurnnci? Commission?'!-." \ Sera Un. in Austria, across the'rh:*r from Belgrade, has boen taken by tho Servians, m PUBLIC LIBRARY 1ST 8E KEPT OPE? FRIENDS* OF INSTITUTION ARE TRYING TO MAKE PLANS THE AGREEMENT The City Contracted With Mr. Carnegie To Maintain the Institution The action of tho city council in de clining to make an appropriation Tor the public library was varioUKly ilis cuBscd yesterday. Mayer Codfr.-y de clared that the council ha* heavy re sponsibilities, hut that tito members are amenable to argument ;?nd nra willing to receive Information on any matter in which the citizen* are Inter ested. The Intelligencer Uv Informed b1 Mrs. Rufus Pant, president, that th civic association has not taken any position on tltip matter. The ln??lli gencer received its information from member:; of the association who slat ed that the ladles disapproved of the action pf council. At a meeting of the educational committee of the Anderson chamber of commerce Saturday this matter was brought up. The members of the committee feared that the library would have to be closed and wera con cerned over the proposition of getting funds to meet the expenses. The ox uenscs or the library include pay for the librarian, lights, water, Janitor, etc. - At the meeting Friday a general discussion wus indulged In. during which4he members of thc committee stressed thc fact that tho library is one of Anderson's chief possessions and that it ly invaluable to thc ita bents of the city and 'o tito business men of tho city. They also took up a saw feature of the caso tba", it would v-it Anderson In .? very undesirable light 3lnce the city is morally bound, ucvcrdlng to this commit' ; ', to make the appropriation. ?iot?<mlln? to lie terms.- of agreement with Mr. Carnegie. The following, taken from the min utes of a trustees' meeting, held when the library project was under way, was cited in support of this conten tion: "Mr. Carnegie agreed to give ?17 .1C0 to pay for library building provid ed, the city council would pledge nn annual appropriation of 10 per cent or $1,750, for support funds: Tnat ::um was pledged in accordance.- there with at a meeting of city,council -held on ICth of April, 1907 and Mr. Carne gie was so advised. '.Upon completion of ? the library building it. was ascertained tho rust of samo was approximately $1.200 more, making 18,700. Mr. Carnagie was advised of this fact, and finally consented to. give the additional $1,200 provided thc city council would in crease tho pledge by *120 additional annually-which agreement w?-j suet at H connell meeting hold on tho 30th of March 1908." After considering the matter in all Its phases and engaging In i lenghty discussion ns to what might he done, the following resolution was adopted; "Resolved, That the commitj.30 on education of .he chamber of com merce, feeling concerned as to tho fu ture of thc Carnegie library, hereby expresses Ur. hope that tho trustees of the library and thc city council will be able to devise a ni an w.oroay the library may he enabled to con, tinuc UB vcrv excellent service;* to the community. It - is realized that tho present council la laboring under some temporary extraordinary ex penses In the city government but feel euro n woy ni3y bo io?m5 tc handle the situation, without compromising the future of the library." JNO. WOOD SEES A LIGHT AHEAD Writes Anderson from Roanoke, Va., Saying that Country Needs v "To Hold Head Up.*' In the words of one Anderson man, "it ia indeed most refreshing to hear any words of optimism just at. this time, when every neighbor on every hand it? yelling 'hard times.' However, the calamity howlers may come and they may go. but John Wood, well known to Anderson people, ls not in that class. In writing a letter to a friend' In Anderson. Mr. Wood says that all this country, needs is to "sit tight with heads up." . Mr. Wood was formerly secretory of the Greenville chamber of com merce, anti later secretary of the Sparenburg. [Chamber, of cOmmtjrco, Hts letter to Anderson nays tn part: .T have a sort of feeling that all ifiuB? i mugs are going to be worked out and while the shoe .may pinch- us temporarily, the resources of . our 1 country are too .?'eat and. money, too enormous to permit a long period of depression abd if we sit tight and hold pur heads up. we will haye a perron of tremendous prosperity. Moanwhllo en courage the planting pf every. square foot of land .in Anderson county in some sorfof feed stuff that will ephie on tho market as quickly os possible." i ". -1-; . Austria's Loss In ' Heavy. London. Sept. 12.-3.A8 p. m.-A Central newa dlspath from Rome says : "A telegram received here by the TWussagro from Petrograd states' that Ino second battle in Galicia resulted even, moro satisfactorily to the Rus slana than th0 first. The Tosses'bf ; tho Austrians aro estimated at 130,-' 000 of whom 90,000 are prisoners." j GIVEN GOOD ADVICE W. W. LONG TELLS THEM WHAT TO DO SAYS SCW GRAIN In An Open Letter to 50,000 Faur- . mers, South Carolina Expert Outlines Proper Work The lime has now come when the farmers has learned that the experts at Clemson college are not only will ing to serve the people, hut In tho present emergency they are anxious to lend any possible aid. Therefore, Anderson farmers will be quick to take advantage of the information which they will derive from the cir cular letter jent them from Clemson. Farmers of Onderson county are ad vised by W. W. Long, agent in charge of the federal farm demonstration ser vice in this state and director of the extension work of Clemson college, to seed large areas in oats and wheat, building bog pastures and rai-e hogs, pay special attention to poultry and maintain good kitchen gardens, by wav of preparing for the reduction < cotton acreage which next year will bring. Mr. Long ha3 had printed 50,000 copies of a circular letter which ho issued yesterday, embodying this ad vice; and with these he expects to placard the State from one end to the other. "Our experts," he said in Columbia, yesterday, "are getting out special matter concerning the question of oats, wheat, hogs, poultry and garden ing and are calling the attention of the farmers to our readiness to Bervo them." The letter issued yesterday by. Mr. Long was addressed "To the Farmers of South Carolina," is as follows: "These are times when you must not. Let others do thc talking. You can not afford to have your farm idlo this fall and winter. It IB the time when you must use the cold months for both making and saving money. Any one who tells you what to expect nf cotton for thc next year ?3 just guessing. Nobody knows. "After careful consideration w? ad vise the following courses as profita ble for you at this time. Do these things now. "To farmers in the Piedmont coun ties: Seed large areas In oats und wheat. These crops can be made to bring consid?rable profit in - ash or can be turned under next spring. ; Vegetable'matter turned*under t?akus the raw potash in 'thc soil become .more available. We will need all thc available potash we can get next spring. In the event we use; com mercial fertilisers wo will secure bet ter results. "To farmers of other parts of thc state: Seed oats as a market crop ' and enough wheat to supply home consumption. "On cotton lands these crops can best be seeded with one-horse grain drills, or vertain makes of fertilizer distributors can bo used to take the place of the drill. They can be used ic October following the cotton pick ers. , .. ) ' '? "To all South Carolina farmers: Build hog pastures and raise hogs. Hogs can be put on the market within the next year at a big profit Don't be afraid of hog cholera. Clemson will furnish serum at cost and a man free of charge to Inject it, if you will notify the college as soon a3 youv.bear of an outbreak in your ommunlty. j "Pay special . attention to .poultry,. which can' be made a source of large revenue. "RB sure to give attention to r. tris ter garden. Nothing pays a farmer better at this season of the year than a good garden. "To do the things suggested abovo will require the least amount of labor and money. ' "The nations of war must be fed. Wc can take advantage of the high prices offered for foodstuffs and turn this period of depression into one of great profit. "We have the men who can furnish the information in detail as to. how to carry out the abovo suggestions, arc anxious to nerve you. "Write me at Clemson College, S. C., or call upon any demonstration agent In the State and he wilt secure the Information for you. "The main thing ls act now." . ^ i. BARNWELL WILL BUY. One Cotton Bale Movement Meet* ? With SnceosR. Barnwell, Sept. ll.-Tho buy-a-batc mVcotton movement ls .being discuss ed in Barnwell .and soveral individuals have already purchased a bale each ot the fleecy staple, which will be held for not less than 10 cents a pound. It. is said that the officers and employees of both of the local banks bayelbougbt cotton and. aa the Idea is contagious, it is spreading among the clerks ot tlie stores, many of whom will invest a part of their, savin*? in this' gilt, edged security. ,.? ... 7 ..''. .Perhaps the .youngest member ot tho buy-a-balo club in South Carolina is B. P. Davies, aged two and one-half years, who Thursday bought a 550-. pound bale and "warehoused" ' lt lo the office of the Barnwell People, or Jvhlch paper his father is editor." It ls togged WltK-o ?OWA-wA-_i?? .?.^. "^7V " ~ " "? worn ?UK mc following 'ascription^ "Bought hy B. V. Davies, Jr., to .b*; told for 12 cents. Have yon bought yours?" A number of the parents here will take the aar ngs ot theiir.boys and girl* and InVeat nVsSK??;1?6 ?tan 18 Bloted ??Lw L. th?locaVpapem and lt Is very, probable that several hundred taies r?in?^ M Mrod from *** ??W ** thia KgSa