The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, September 22, 1914, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
CLOSING SESSION OF
THE GRIMINAL COURT
MUCH WORK HAS BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED
MANY CONVICTIONS
Anderson Juries Seem to Have
Done their Duty and Many
Changing Sentences
? J' *
(From Sunday's fortify Intelligencer)
The tenn or criminal court Tor At<
dersgjn] county Which carno to n doss
yesterday afternoon waa ono of the
mont' successful from tho Stale's
viewpoint, held In this county in some
tintai An un po roydon led number pf
convictions resulted from this io'fhi
of court an?! it is believed that better
order will prevail for ?imo lim? to
como. .
The court o? general Bcosion'>, with
bin honor/ Presiding Judge Mcinoiiii
ger on (lu* bench, concluded all of the
Jury cases Friday und yesterday WUK
taken up with RRII?OIICCR and with
heming appeals. Tho following I
Ibo record of what wns accomplished
;.t yesterday's session.
i" . ?'(.-. Mn'.cinnii, who fac
ed :?.:,'' ;.' ..i.; ?osti?n on the charge
of murder, an order nf discharge WUB
.?? grunted, the defendant having heon
acquitted.
Will Hatcher wns admitted to ball
in the sum of $1,000. Belcher was
tried at his form on the charge, of
monler and a uiistrull resulted.
J. A. Brock served notice of an
appeal, following bis conviction nu
two count? and waa granted hall in
the sum of $1.000.
Ah order of dismissal wns gm nt ed
in tho case o>' Alfred Grant.
.. An order dismissing the appeal wan
granted'In tho COHO , of tho Town of
Pendietoh'evorrin.* TlsVo Hicks.
Abo. Knox was admitted to ball In
the sum/of $1,000, ponding nn nppeal
to tho Rupromo court of South Car
olina,
An order roverslng Iho decision of
the Magistrale; wus granted In tho.
case of Ncd,:liarrlB.
An order Reversing the Magistrate
was'grantpduta. tho CUB of Henry
-Holly. j,
An ordejr(iaffirming tho decision of
tho court and ^dismissing the appeal
waB granted. In tho caso of tue Town
of Bp?tpn vorflns Andrew JefforBon.
Ari order'/reversing tho Maglstrato
waa grant.l?ir/n'iho-caso of Frank Wal
ker,' alias 'Frahk Black,
In tho ca;o br Cinudri Poorb, who
waB convicted on 'ih? chnrgo of man
slaughter following his trial for mur
dor, the sentence, of the court was
- that tli?'dGfendarit be confined at hard
I&bor for o'spacO of rive'years.
Sentence of throe years at hard la
bor waa pasted on -Ulysses DavW.
"^"T-^vboinas convicted on tho charge of
manslaughter, following hts trial for
t&? killing, of. Jim Emmerson In
. $brtft ' ?ndefVfh ?
:. AH told, there wore 3.1 cases tried
nt this torni of court and tho follow
v<; lng Ja a brief summary of what was
: .nccompihhcd.
.: .j Abo Knox, convicted of assault and
battery of a hfgji and aggravated na
r, \ thi";.'. wan, sentnhned to pay n fino ol
, \ $100 or' to' corvo 30 days.
\ . Gotfrfc'e' Parks was convicted of Ini*
\ ceiiy hn d''non ton cod to pay a fino of
^ $100 or tb'ifcrve for 30 days-.
.J v?J t - Milton ' Lattmer was sentenced ' tq
3 months'1 oh tho chalngnng, follow
; V. lng, bia conviction on tho nhargo of
obtaining goods undor' falso preten
ses . . .
Ben Tat?* was'sentenced' tb three
months or. a fino of." $100 for violat
ing itho dispensary law.
* .^Harley. Howard was' sentenced to 5
y?aj;a on.ithcpublic works .following
?ll ^conviction, on'tho charge of nn
eoult ?nd battory with intont to kill.
, :.J4 A. Brock waa convicted .on'.a ,
charge of assault and battery of a .
ii?gU and ?g^yatcd ^?aturrv uiiu Bon
tonced to Borve 'two ' months nn thc
M ; ' ?eng. .
A. Brock was sentenced to
' .^crvo 30 days or pay a fino of $10Q .
{or? carrying concealed .wcapona. .
Julius Davis was given, three yeera ,
?oh ?'charge of ..manslaughter. '
'. ,?Tf Wlllnrii? 'was, sentenced to servo.
lP y'ettr.V for arson.
... Jack Sanders waa 'convicted ah- a '
3&?}:' charge ot,JmuF.ebrruktng and.larceny 1
/??V and . wan sentenced to IS mobtlH.
.Clntldo Ponro WOB sentenced to
i'\>.\ ?oren five yearn for manslaughter.
.Ed Collina was sentenced to $100
or 30 diiyn tor violating tho dispen
sary, law. '
?s-!tAIbert? Sharping was .sentenced to 1
.' >awZf*'?''n th0 reformatory.
. " .'GwenH Williams was sentenced ,4o
?UAmnmpnthtt for larceny.
./Floyd Onmbrlll was Rontonced to 12
mouths fo>* .ouHebrenklng and lar
VjEb William? was given fi months
( ^.-ibV: housebreaking and larceny.
\ . ',. >>: ?Job Blandon wan convicted of nn
I^^'^^WJ^'?'/^*^.-'^ A NLSL1 amJ ag
Hi:t< '???V?ted' nature and was R? etonced
/ , to th reo-months or a fine of $G0.
. /Will Randall waa given 30 days or
a fido-of ;$100 for carrying concealed
p, . 'Weapons. ' ' ? - . .. ? ' ':. .?.-?.?-?+?'?
: ; kewell Williams wns 'sentenced to
1&, months for larceny.
>2.'v. Robert Sniltb won given 30. days or
n 0?>e of,.$100 for carrying concealed
' ' . weoponn. .'
(.r*cy.voll Williams waa sentenced to
J8V jfnOutn's'.'f?? ?uree'ny.
: : . Jim ; Austin', was eentonowl to IR J
v.y- tn^thJr 'f^r^?sf?ult and buttery ot a '
: : / high an(l ag^frayated nature j
~.SEugono Austin wfia^ sentoncod to
?h.-: ? .:. "^^.dtths'tor hortschreakln?j and lar-',
? '^George thompson'was sentoncod to
DeVant Wilson 'vus committed to
tin; reformatory.
in Hie ease or Will Belcher, phurg
c(l willi murder, a iuislruij resulted.
Thu roi lowing cases wort- tried mid
resulted in verdict? of not gullly:
Will Chester, charged with throw
ing rocks into a train.
OM Hosomati cnurged with mur
der.
Alfred Uantt, charged willi lur
ceuy.
lt ls understood that this piucos
tho docket in splendid shape and that
.Solicitor Kurtz 1'. Smith is well pleas
ed willi whut ho accomplished ul this
term.
HANDSOME HOME
WAS DESTROYED
A. A. Atkins Lost House and All
Of Furniture in Blaze Shortly
After 12 O'clock
From Saturday's Daily I nt ul I ?g< ncer
While spending thc day in Ander
son On business-. A. A. Atkins of Sandy
fiprillgs received a telephone message
yesterday afternoon thal his home, to.
Slither with ail the furniture. had
boen completely destroyed hy lire.
The jioilfiu wnw a, large, two-story
frame ntr??iiiro of ten rooms
ind was built about four
years ugo. It wns one of Ibo hand
somest homos In that st et ion ami was
situated near Mount Zion church,
about one-half mile from Sandy
Sprlngn.
lt 1:? understood that Mr. Atkins
earrled iil.OOQ Insurance on thc build
ing and SHOO on his furniture and
Villip Ulis will not cover his loss it
will bo n groat help;
It is understood that Mrs- Atkins
?oft th roo Rinnll children in thc living I
room of Hie house yesterday shortly
after 12. o'clock pnd had just walked
aoroKS tim road when, she saw smoke
coming from tho windows. Sim rush
ed back to tho houso mid succeeded
'n getting the- children Out of the
burning room and then gave the
alarm. Neighbors gathered in and
fought- tho fire but tho blaze lind made
ouch licadwny that it was Impossible
In chock tho flnmos-.
JA fow small articles of household
furniture were reBOiied.
"Bettor bo nnfo Than Sorry"-Wll
let P. Sloan, Insurance.
TEN KILLED;
MANY WOUNDED
Queen & Crescent Train Crashes
Into Siding With Disastrous
Resutls
(Ry AsBOClatcd Press.)
Now Orleans, Sopt. lSj-Search Was
being nm ile tonight for train wreckers
bolle ved to hare caused tho .death of*
ten' pernota- sad the injury of thirty
other*, by derailing Queen nnd Cres
cent train No. 2, at ,1.n m. today at
Livingston, Ala. Rlondhoundn late to.
day railed to pick up a trail. Sr.ino of
tim injured, taken to Mord?an, Al'ss..
hospitals, aro in a serious condition
and the. death toll, of tho wreck may
bo incrcaned..
i William,Jones of Birmingham, Ala.,
n'nglnber- of tho wrecked train, who
lost lila lifo, is Bald to have.benn given
tho "elenr" signal nt tho last auto
matic . block -post before tho Klon\
tlyko switch) whoro tho wreck, ocqur
rod. Supporters of tho wrecknr
theory think some one tampered with
tho switch In tho brief interval after
'lin train passed tho block nnd before
it. struck tho switch. It niuo is said
that tho switch wan thrown, against
tho train, that the switch light .was
nut nnd that tho nil tank of tho light
?van empty. .
Tho dead:
Marcella C.. Il roselin, CfrutUiiiooga,
Tenn. ,.
C. T. Fallon, Stonewall, Miss.
.Olnrenco Juno, Hammond, La., N.
Rlslo Smith, R-yonr-old daughtor ot
Mrs. L. M( Smith. Gulport. Miss.
William Jones, engineer, Birming
ham, Ala. ' .,.
." John A, Preston, Abilene. Texas-.
M. J.-MoDpnough, Birmingham. Ala.
[insistant freight ngent of tho ^'Frisco
r.ystcm
: Mrs. Harriet Bollinger.. Baltimore
hoi h-ved . to ; be foreign missionary.
Felix'Hanlin,..-mail clerk.
.Unidentified negro woman.
Tlio train, composed of six hleop
crn, two day conches, mall, baggage
[ind express cars, left Meridian short
ly crier midnight. It wan* running nt
ti good rate of speed when lt struck
tho switch, where the englno crashed
into a loaded freight car. All of tho
?r?l? except tho last three sleepers
piled on to. tho onglno In a .heap..
Nearly every person in these cari? was
hurt.
Mrs. L. M. Smith, a Pullman n.n
sr-ngcr, was found unconscious ; and
badly. Injured with her lifeless child
In lier arms?. All of tho passengers
who csenped serious injury ' wnro
Ihrown fron: tholr berths and suffei .
ed minor burts.
SOCIETY LEADERS WILL HELP.
Ta t*?H?o Sfcea?S Tor Colton Fabric?
Ladles Will Banish Silks and
Sal ins,
Wanhlngtbh. Sept 19.-MIBS Oenc
rlnvo. n?arJt, the Snnnkor'n daughter,
bpa , launchedI n booni to nmk? cot
ton fabrico, tho rtro^s goods , bf tho
women, of the .'-Cnngrcesftnar BOL. and
thereby conlrlhiilo to ??fprta to re
lievo, ?he. situation In the cotton mar-'
k^t caused by tho European".war.
WWi. Mia?'. Collie ItoVe Smith?
daughter of the Senator from Goargln
and M?as Lucy Burlor.on, daughter .of
tho''r'-?stmnstor.general, tho Speaker's
-?laugt.'er he-pen to seo tho movement
spread among" American women, ,who
wit) bo asked to banish silks nnd sat
ins for the fabrics of American mills
now running On redOcod tune.
.WAS WELL KNOWN IN AN
DERSON COUNTY
KILLED BY CARS
' Vas Related to Many Anderson
People and Had Relatives in
This City and County
(From Sunday's Haily Intelligencer )
News roached Anderson yesterday
of thc denth of Mr?. Joint Ii. Harriss,
which occured Wednesday night in
Idnninghnm utter bho had been rmi
over hy a street car in thal city. .Mrs.
I turriff' husband caine from Anderson
uml they both wore related *tn a
number of people in this city. The
following account of the sad death
is from the Birmingham Ago Herald
of Thursday:
"Hcturing home from thc mid-week
prater meeting, Mr?. Elizabeth il.
Burris aged GO yearB was almost in
stantly killed when struck by au ast
hbund Kind Lake car at Fifty-sixth
street and First, avenue, Woodlawn at
9:16 o'clock lust night. Her husband,
John lt. Burriss, a prominent mer
chant of Woodlawn, waa seriously in
jured in the accident.
"The occident happened Immediate
ly in front of the Woodin undertaking
rooms. ' Mr. and Mrs. Harriss, both
elderly people, were walking horne
from tho Fifty-sixth street Baptist
church and n i they crossed First
avenue going couth nt Fifty-sixth Hlreut
car No. 20? of tho East Lake line, in
charge of Motorman Wlllio Kinehloe
and conductor J. Ch?niblee, going
east, struck Mr. Burris and hurled
him against bis wife, who fell heavily
to the ground, suffering a heavy con
cussion of the bruin. Mr. i'.urris suf
fered rerlOUS brumes about the limbs
nnd nlso was greatly excited by the
double shock of tho accident and the
death of his wife. Air. Dur ri s ls blind.
Died low Minnies After Accident.
Ina moment or two an nmbuiuuen
of tho Weedin company lind removed
Mrs. Burris to her home at G004 Third
i avenue, south, hut the shock had. been
to great and sim died on arriving at
her homo.
"The police and coroner wero imme
diately notified nf t lie accident and
Motorman Kinchino wns nrrciRted by
Sergeant Colo of the Woodlawn ,pr?
rlncl und brought to the police head
quarters on tho charge of manslaugh
ter.
"Coronr Charles L. Spain on being
told of. the actions of tho. police, or
dered that tho bond of tho motorman
'Should bc set nt $500 .nnd that .he
would conduct ail iniincstv.this morn
ing. An hour niter tho arrest of
tho motorman, he secured bin liberty
tiuough &h/. Huey, nit official of tho
Birmingham Ballway.. Light and Pow
er company, making his bond.
"Thomas H. Clay who is with the
Southern railway company and who
attended prayer meeting at at Fifty
sixth street Baptist church' last night
raid: . v
"Mr. Burris had Just finished mak
ing a Viii; nt prayer meeting. Ho ls
Idind, you know,,and hud to'be lead to
tho front to mako his speech and very
shortly afterward tho meeting closed.
Ho and Mrs. Burris evidently wore
among tho first to" leave the hullditig,
for ns I carno around tho corner of
th? church I heard a scream and I
rushed over to where tho car was
stopped.
"Mrs. Burris was nparently dead
with an awful cut near her loft ear
and the blinding headlight of the car
Shining upon hor I shall nover for
got, .
"I helped Mr. Birria up and his
foot was badly lin.? and there wero
br ut.?es on thc side nf his head. I
noted that ho had lost ene shoe en
tirely and we searched high and low
Tor lt. Wo finally found it Jammed
between the car coursing and tho body
of the car, indicar g that his foot
had been caught i i tho coupling BO
tightly as to tear ' .ie shoo off. Ho
told me that thc t.:.* dragged his sumo
distance." . . : ' y.. '
JFOIINDX ?RD1CT
If? E Jv?AG? SUIT
. .._ j .. r
Plaintiff in Greenville ?I Known
In Attfj son, Was Awarded
Co: Jderable Damage
. ' tfi't. &&??_.1 . :
Anderson people have often driven
hy a culvert on-Main street In Green
ville and wondered how. i,t- was that
tho accident, which' happened thero 2
years ago when two automobiles col
lided, was not fatal. .. .
A suit has been In tho Greenville
county courts over since that time
over tho accident and because of tho
fact that both tho plaintiff and tho
defendants aro well known here,- tho
following article from tho Greenville
Nows of yesterday will bo road.wlUj
interest here:, .--v, .. . . i 'v
"Tho caso of W. F: Burnett. Vcr-1
HUS Frank Poo and F. W. Kncblo In.
tho court of common pleas yesterday,
who stubbornly fought nnd . resulted
in ts verdict ot ?2400 for . tho p!*!n
tiff
"T?ilR case' 'ls exceptionally'"wolf
known, hore, owing tn' jth.0. torrjble ac
cident thjit was the origin Of./tho
fruit,. November 12? 1912, an nummo
luje driven by. tho. plaintiff was run in
to and wrecked by arcar driven by tho
defendants. Tho accident, occured at
the culyert on Main street at th? eily
park. / it will bo remembered that
one nf the .d?tendants .was .thrown
Into tho ut ream -jomo ^20 feet below,
add that both the ochers wore serlous
'.^M^?o ttrn? of tho accident it wai I
generally believed thut both wore
Speeding their automobiles und thal
thu occurance was an accident, Tiic
Jury, liowever, did not seem to take
that view of the matter, but put tue
blame of the accident upon lije de
fendants. The plaintiff hud u num
ber of hones broken and wa? in a
hospital tor sop ic time after the ar
iah-.
"Those who saw the accldout and
those who have seen the place since,
failed to sec how either cucuped with
their lives and the culvert over the
brook ls ut least 20 foot high, and
there was no place to land except up
on rocka or cement. Tho street
also reaches Its lowest point here,
there being a heavy grade there go
ing north und a slight grade going
south. Tho speed of tho automobiles
completely wrecked both thc ma.
chine-.
Tho suit waa for $20,000.
LADIES AGREE
TO MOVE GUN
Local Chapter of The 0. A. R.
Has Written They are Wit
to Move Treasure
That tho historic old landmark, the
cannon in tim center of North Main
street, will bo moved within thc next
few days ls now a settled fact, since
tho members of tho Daughters of tho
American Revolution have given their
consent.
A movement har. hoon on foot for
sometime to get tho cannon moved lo
some moro appropriate place, but l he
objections on thu part of a few o?
tho ladle's ol) tho city und some of tho
men held tho project hack. However,
all have finally como around and it is
now proposed to move tho cannon to
a now location on Uiver rtrcot. This
is tho silo recently donn' jl to tho la
dles-of the Civic assQisiu lon und it is
understood that the Civic association
has, ogrood to ninko a small park
ont of tho triangle, and to install tho
cannon In tho center, and to make tho
pince beaut Hub with flowers, a lawn
am) shrubs.
The following letter wan received
yof.terday at the chamber of com
merce:
N" :il7 McDufiln Street,
Anderson, S. C.
Chamber of Commerce,
Anderson, S; C.
fiontlemon:
Your note war.'rccelved today arid tho
proposed location of the cannon will
be entirely safiSfnctory to tho local
chapter of tho "Daughters of th? Am
erican Revolution. Our object is ac
complished when the cannon IR prop
erly cared for and eafoly placed.
Very trnly yours,
Mrs. J. R^ Vandlver.
"BOSE"CR?WS
TO GO TO JAIL
Unless He Purges Himself of the
" Ccarge of Contempt of
Court j
^ * ll?.** ? A ,'I. i" .'? . M. r.^/.ry.iB
' Laurens, Scpt^lD-Just before court
adjourned Saturday, Solicitor R. A.
Cooper called up (lie contempt caso
pending against W. T. Crow*, jnagla
trnto.of Laurens township. Tho so
licitor reviewed tho caso,. citing tho
fact that n rulo tp show why tho mag
istrate should not bo- held for con
tempt of court because of his allcgod
failure to make an accounting ot his
books to the county-authorities waa
Icpued last March..--A-rcturn to tho
rule Was made, and Crews was grant
ed nn exilien., ot time until this
term Oi coil ri. ..;<?>
Tho presen-mept-of- tho coso by tho
grand Jury at this-, court showed, a
shortage In tho offleo ot accounts of
about $r>70. Council forvthe magis-'
trate mudo an oral stn foment and wa
ved tho prosonco of tko.officer in court
whereupon tho Judgo adjudged tho
magistrate' in contempt and sentenced
hun to six moncha ' in. jail, sentence
howover,' 'hoing .suspended 20 days. In
order to allow him- to settle tho short
age, . . - . .. ' *
Crow? is a sori'?ttho lato Col. T.
B. Crows nnd waa appointed magis
trat o under tho present. administra
tion. He. haa always, boen a parti
san in politics, and two years ago he
started ot. Greenwood a political pa
per, known/as the ?OWB-Scimitar. It
lasted through tho political caip
p?lgq and wai bitter against Judgo
Tra B.- Jones. - Crews was at ..ono
timo a beer - dispenser in Laurena
county.
E. F. HAMMOND
G?T1IMTR?UBLE
Is Disarmed And Arrested as Re
sult ol Incident in
Columbia, 8ept. itt-There was quite
a large dinner party jjstthla cljty Fjridsy
night in t-uuipihnpoi -. to . .w.,if? pol
lock and L. D< Jennings.
As the party iWS^ /bfcaking, up, ?
Frank - Hammond, u ?^e?Uvo .employ
ed by the goyernoVw ItopjR??^up",to Mr.
Pollock in (ho ?ohhyv of "tho hotel and
demanded to knowItMr^FoUppk had
meant to rorer to Hammond In. nora
statement on -tho .-stump, about "Dag
FstenV '
Hammond's pistol was taken
him by sbmnone^fotheTcrowd and
was arrested hy the pollco^Jp.t.djfl
derly cohduct. Hammond ,Acco)npa
nlcd the governor aUthr.oash.tl}0 son
atorlal campaign during tho Bummer
SIX YEARS FOR
JOS. G. SULLIVAN
'-- .' i
.'slayer of Col. John M. Cannon
Will Endeavou to Get a New
. Trial
Laurena, Sept. li).-After overrul
ing motions for new trials in tile cases
of Jesepti G. Sullivan, found guilty
of mau slaughter-ami Greenwood Ro
gers, convicted of arson, and John
Q. Cunningham found guilty at this
term for manslaughter, Judgo Titos.
S. Sense today passed sentence on on
the defendants as follows: .
John G. Sullivan. G years on thc
public works or tho otate penllentl
ury; Greenwood Hogers, death in thc
electric chair on October 23; John Q.
Cunningham, two years on the public
works or the ?ttatc penitentiary.^
Pending an appeal to the supremo
court. Sullivan was allowed bail' in
the cum of $5.000. In thc motion for
n new trial for Sulivan, his attorneys
pleaded for leniency rather than for
u wow hearing.
When sentence waa passed on the
young man lie was surrounded by
illy motlier, his sister and other mem
bers of tho/family and lt was a very
touching scene. In both eases notice
of appeal to thc supreme court was
given, and Cunningham was released
on bond of $1,000, ? ,
MR. McADAMSH?S
LOST POSITION
Removed by the Government
From" Job as Ma3 Carrier of
Iva on Route No. One
Sam M. McAdams, well known In
?Anderson and all parts of Anderson
county has been removed from his
position ns rural free delivery carrier
out of Iva on routo Number One, ac
cording to a letter received yesterday
from "tho department at.Wnshington.
; Sorrio weeks ago. charges, werai filed
against Mr. McAdams and Inspectors
Jernigan and Morganroth wero sent
to Anderson to make investigations
and to report. Following their re
turn tiley wrote a letter to Mr. Mc-^j
Adams in which they, set forth tho
following:
That tho carrier has acted as a
participant in a newspaper .contort.
That ho has been negligent in the
handling of mall hy throwing it on
tho ground and similar ants.
That ho has solicited business for
firmi handling'grain, merchandise,
machinery, etc., while on duty, as a
carrier.
- That ho manifested, pernicious po
litical . activity.. . . ,.;..,.<. ..;
That he has failed tb, pay his Just
debts."
Mr. McAdams ts liku in various,
sections, of tho county.;and the char
ges will come as.a surprise to, many
of his friends. ?,? ,' , .
PAY TO RAISE
LOTS OF CLOVER
J. Allen Long Has Sold a Qnanti
. ty at a Good Price And Says
is a Paying Business ,
j '*' " .-iiiniiv? i
? ''.?.!.'..; fe
A few weeks ago. J. Allon Long
placed on the bulletin board of tho
Anderson chamber of commerce, an
advertisement. offering to sell /(SOO
bushels of Burr clover seed at $1.00
per bushel. Since that time Mr. Long
has sold 500 bus-iels-at S1.25 nar bush
ui and has 200 bushels loft. "
. Those seed were gathered from. 2
Ocres of land. If lie sells tho re
mainder at tho same price,.the'. acres
will make $8.75.00 or. $437.00 per acre.
It; has. not coatj .exceeding >$75 to nro.
fluco and market tho cr.0P.~This leaves
a. not balance* jOf j $.400.00- .por-'acre.
This '?hbwsvwh?t^litlo 'things oh the
farm may. amout to.
ClCAYLESfOSfilil??-' * ?;>.*.J >}?'
j tXf*? : ?' --'; 1 '
Charleston, Sept 17.-A't^tho^coh
cl'.mion of tho "buy.-n-balo campaign**
which ended hore this, .evening nt ,C
o'clock after two days Of .spirited ??n-,
v.i3sing by 24 tearru?. Secretary/Snell
nf-jibe chamber Of comth?rdc,; under
wftbso auspices the bi? 'effort0 was
waged, announced 'thrit^-'Gharie&on
huai'nosB mon had given pledges-..'to
bujf 11,785 from Over tho sta to at 10
cents a pound which means ,th?t
Charleston will Invest sonic $73p,250
Iii tho sta plo ti help thc"'farmors of
South Carolina stand tho Avar, .strain
- Wfto.n this anne'u'hcement'. wh?;:made
there'.'was''ajUonishm?n't recaudo 2,
^?o. hales 'had "boon. 'th*-'innrfe'-''.wfyh
ho^ot^of making; it possibly 4,000. but
{14,1^5 bales "exceeded -. aH, oxpecta
tiona and' it I3 likely thai' a? .record has
been rot. . ? . ,
.VThc cotton will he bought gradually
by.;wli ilesnlo.. houses, fertilizer firms',
rasnuf icturlng Interests and thrjlv'td
ual?,, , .:'.; ?
?rrjhgeqiohtB have been made' to
take ciro of distress cotton fn chnr
HAN l.KO.UI-: NEW HOME OF SOUTHERN BK LL TELEPHONEE COMPANY
TELEPHONE INVESTMENT
REPRESENTS THOUSANDS
Keeping liaeo with thc hundred mid v.ith his now equipment, that ho can
ono other improvements now hoing duplicate tho performance when tho
made in .Andorson^the SoqUiem Boll VM. '??arters arc-occupied.
Telephone Company" has dono just a ,; ' r.,,e ?'^^icium, expect to _ finish
i J? i i . , ,1 their work within tho next 15 days
little bit hotter by Anderson than and ,t , "robaMn that tuo exchni?e
any one had expected und aa a re--* will bo in use in tho new building
Bult thc telephone property in this within '?0 daysv
city is now represented by an cxpen- _ _ _ _ .
dlturo of probably $150,000. Tho new CLOTH MARKET
homo'which tho company will occupy ; A bnil?T CTrArw
hext month is tho bebt building to bc AoUU l ?lLAliY
found in thc city of ita kind and. it. . . ? . - . . ? .
has exacted favorable comment ?ioni Trades Journal Says Conditions
every visitor inspecting lt.
Some months' ugo thc telephone Grow Betterf Day by Day
company purchased a r.lto on Whit- ai o ?
ner street and let thc contract-for a -No Panir
thr?o-slory building to Evana Broth- Wll"0 Andoraon poople do t b
era construction confoy of Binning- liovo thcre , t ? anything np
nam. Ala 0. W .Frlckhooffcr was pronchlnh a an?(? in th\s gftgk
.sent to Anderson to have general EU- nRVerthelcss Uu5y havo "con nwarfJl g
pervislon of the work and aa a re- tho fact th t th * , business
su t tho build ng is now complete on deprCBs!on. TIlcy tyfi therefore read
Whit ner street as handsome a struc- .i.; fn|inwinn. * "\.ori ^"m "'" ", ,?"
turo asr mayo bo found in tho city and ^?ntrv?? ?L?? ??m?. "*L?
said t9 bo absolutely fireproof, The ?jMS L?? dn\t of 11?,? ^
li?^ 'o that port,?^ 0f "That^rhead ol ?ge* system
"i1?"?', "V?1" ii. \ u i i of cotton mills in this state had or-.
S?v?i !' ?Z? g%??8&M? "?*?' steadiness or-tho elem nwfet
catea on the Lrflt floor. Is up-todato a_"u, A rr.,.,.i"~ a"" ..t?..,,?
??.HW MU witt ?1? convenient 8? fT'" ?morie.- ?"a derribad aa
manser ?r private oHIco nnd orricea ,"" Qbt?wt0, ",",,,",.
4" S ?aaomcn, or ?el.nr 1. loeoted Wm* '?? ?'t"1?1
tt. ?loam nanties "an, and tte .Clot ?^JT ?"ST^
rrV!l03:*>,i..l"" .w, rilo'* Viiiii,iiti?* ?ave continued f??t-' or . tntorrupted
Thc fltrl"n9 J?* ^ aro -said to have practi
Comes on thc ?eco d c^ exhaU8tod tiiclr stocka of raw
>. ?VA VW?SS?^BB^^S? material. With tho demand for man- '
?f^, "^mtS??? fhn ta?h?ne ?faetnred cotton goods, practically all
iSSf ?. SSS the raw material at the mills, cxhaust
l? u4n?"?? w??S !"rt in ed arid no cotton on tho market, -the
tho hollow tito walls and io in num- _... i. t" . ? "?""_?_,,
liar th?v furnish ? c?r?Wv 0r ?ono mill* face tba necessity, of rcBnmlng
ber, tnoy rurnisni a ca _... o. -.<- -J oporatlonB and of purchasing cotton,
telephones) Tim niransemont, of the P ? , . con8Un?pt,on by the mills
switchboard an^l^^^Pfl?^v of . this" country , depends tho relief
issM|ss !Es?rEaSji
^tnBt^?rotfnT ho channels ?:of hundred* of dollars:
XpdorSn"f nttie? ??nf^| #S of PrpducL, and the placing iri
tors ? haVe.n new sWm? ^??" ? 011
iojw-ln making connections. For in- nraount of currency. .
?? o? ;" . TllF SMALL ARMS PSEP "
uurnlng. She will, connect vtho party g??M?|
MUi tho desired pun?bcr and t^.n nlih tho fnl|owinp information: .:
when tho connection . ia discontlriuqd TT O^an infantry . user ?ho
flio llcl te will disappear. Thia is ^..Mansor magar.inov rifle, model ot 1K9&.
hew SSS for^ '3M- ?Ting a "Bplt ball ? polnt
nVako irir much moro :cfnciont work ^ J^0'"--0^ J>^tt: voloc,t? ?.700,
6n the part, of^l.o operatbm . fcot-Eccopds; slglit range up to 2,000
A force ot about IS mon, worklns ynr,ls- Cavalry uses MnuBor maga
ter the Western Electric company. ?lne.carhhio and'carries lances,
aro now In Anderson "hnd working . :. French iafantry^? upos tho' .Lehel
?rider tho'direction of Mr. Martin, nmgazlno, rlflo, .31 f> calibre and tho
?Vo instelling aU: pew electric, dovicon. Cavalry has a .carbine of tho samor
No nftrt of tho old plant will bo mov-.- ? . ; ,j ;
of Into tho now .building and ^Ht?fe^!^M.^l^ for Infant^
th? new-pincevia,' flblshod.,there will] i^i1 K2'!inj?fclTlne' ?oj. Pattern, hoid
qOt bc ? single switch, battery- or any nff . 5 "^M^?. calibre^ .208 ; vt*
other old oloclrtcardevice in tho now baclty 2 085 foot-seconda; sight range
building. "P to 3.0Q9.yards. Similar am tor
?'Tho fact that all wirer? coming Int" tho cavalry.^but .with shorter barrel
Lho building and Inside? tho building, and with a bayonet used,.by no oUwNr
irb prdtcctod by steel and iron pW mounted troops, y
reduces tho flro posnviMHty :to the '?-Auttpl*tt mfantry small, arni, tho
nUnimum. ' MAnnlicher magasltie rifle. 1S95 mdd
3?Tho toleoho'ho hfljcat's have taken- ?h\ ?Hbr?; .315. C?vairy, carbine, bf
ayory posstblo' precaution, in making WV - , .
tho building flro pfopr. o.ut tit tho snm? Vw1?^^' ' '*?fi?lar -infantry
time .they have? ncptectcl nh. comfort J"?-"?^J^^^vWfij?tib.-magal'ne-rifle
which could bo provided ?or tho cm- 'bT!tn? ;te'ttltarlafs.-aur uso' tha old'
b?byea* ot. tho Company. , Ono. or tho votMMr .
prelUcet .parts ot thb' bnitdlng ?a tho . ."rlli?h.infantry arid cavalry Uso the
re>t rbou\ for tho : operators which Leconfield ; rlflo, calibre JJ03. :
will he n *showvplafon whf'n-'visitera *^;Wlgl^s hav? the Mauser rifle/
seo the now homo'bf. thc comna?jv <w.. nay<?; thtK'.^?ryi?nh. --tho-^attiir''
???c talking u? the Ulm- huiiuintrr??- 't?f? model or..'I89p, ^
toxday, ; Waltet 8. f itcaty, r^hlflbt ?abiarin has the M?nnlicher rlfli
7vip?Ri?r> of, tho ccronnny.; said- thnLJf^ and^carbln.e, ,juid-ao has,;'-Roumani*V- ?
wis pvmid-Of ibo building and wo? vi T ^ Oroeks uso the 'Mannllclcr
n*,?*fi? vj|Utv.whnt. he .ba* bor-n Anio. Schoopaubr rifle, mod.?l Of > 1903
fo Ae'crirb .for'"Anderson'and to do' for! v --'4+*~-U
Ahdemon's pttbtlri slnco ho bocVmbf Sttuntion Un;hnnr;ed
ihfthng?T of tho local office* vFtve London. .Sept, ; J^^h' announco
rpars ago, Mr. BeatyVwa? ,nlooed in mont lasted by tho 0??i^t press bu
t?ja Position..?s.'hlch b? ?asr.-.-fcs??vahd rcau tqriiffht says;.
In that time1 bo -has bn*n P.b??' tb nh-j ''According to a report received late
t?ftftp?lkh wnch' tor tbig clfv. jviih today thero. is no particular change
fin ovo to iniprqvom^nt' of th? ccro^M.U.tho situation.
to?*>>:he?lqo?n..'i.r?-' thl?rrni*vj-.h^,;:^!^cT^o?o.has-been some activity.on the
able to .do mom tl'itt doob]o tho nbm*l ParMif the allied cavalry, but withouts
hW'rbt i?l?phqnci In -Osp .here ?In",? b? j at the Present ' Upnfq any defihltij reP
wai made manager and . he believes*. I suits." - '