Friday, October 23, 1?14.
THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER
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C L?S IN
OUT
of Cost or Value
! to I
i." ' i lOti. '
As announced some weeks since we are closing out, regardless of cost or value, our entire stock. Our
lines, somewhat broken, of course, still afford the careful shopper a great opportunity to SAVE in buy
ing Dry G?ods, Shoes, Rugs, Art Squares, Trunks, Suit Cases, etc. Also, we would emphasize the fact
that the r?ductions we make are genuine and that the values are true values honestly reduced. :
ICOME TO SEE iJS FOR
Underwear Notions] Rugs Table Linens ?
I Blankets Dress Goods Art Squares Sheets
Sweaters ' _ Silks Carpets Pillow Cases
Rain .Coats Domestics Matting Tow als
Shoes Curtain Goods Trunks Laces, etc.
Embroideries Ladies- Cloaks Furs. etc. v
Come and see the Goods and we are confident that we can do business, as we know that you will recognize the difference in
DECLINED TO G?
OR SEND DELEGATE
Coiqndmkm Galled on Gen* Car
ranian and Invited Him to At*
tend Convention? r v <
. ^(By^vaBBocIated Press, ?
v^ABrllN?TON. Oct. 21.-^Prompt
withdrawal of Amer,Ican forces*, at
Vera Crus . wag foreshadowed ^today
by tbe Aguas Calierites conference's
approval of American request that
Mexicans, who served the J United
States there be given protection.
Other desired guarantees, also were
approved by the Mexican conference, j
:Tn? . state department. received
word that the convention bad in
structed General Car ran ta to com
ply with the American government's j
requests. . He will issue a proclama- ]
tion covering the various points in
volved.
It is not known just when in el
troops and ahtps will: be ^ ordered
from Vera Cruz, but.lt was intimat
ed that the action.of the 'United
States: would, be taken irrespective of
the deliberations .ot the convention
on the question of a provisional gov
ernment. '
Reports that General Villa , had
moved an army within threatening
distance of the convention Were- not
^> utiracsir YOUR money
With us, and then we will lend you ; money when : you need it.
Interest Paid on Deposits.
' The Farmers and Merchants Bank
- ; and .
- Th? Farmers Loan & Trust Co.
' ! ..' v ::.'V. ' M ANDERSON, S. C.
Combined Resources a Ljtilt? the Rue of One Million Dollars
OUR DIRECTORS:
E. A. Smyth a,
>*. B. Sullivan,
J. F. Watson,
J. D. Ham me it, r
H. A. Orr,
J. jr. Major,
Tb oh. ft Jaeksoii,
(Jeo. W, Evans,
W. Lnngblin,
-J. ft. Harris,
Foster L. Brown
J. ?U rjonthit,
R. a. Witerspooa,
.JW.- Major, .
J. R-? Vandlver.
Worry less and work move. '
Preach lent* and Prar^ce more.
Buy your^ Gro?eries from Fower*s Stored
And When you die, on wings you'll spar,
And lite inHeaven fos ever, MOORE.
v $
>Ve seti the best flour Ott{E?r^B"fof the
' t^?a^tP^Ue4or. ^ ::. h . .$1.00
...-. ..$im
100'ponn&;^ ... ; v .66?
[try our Votan Coffee; $1.00 per; can.
? We Imve everything good to'eaiW" man and beast and ? will
2&M Ma?ii St.
&?m, D, ?^iii>ert Mgr.
credited by administration officials.
Carranza Declines.
j MEXICO -, CITY, Oct 21.4-Geheral
?bregon he?ded a commission today
which called on Gen oral Carrania
and invUed him-to attend , the -Aguas
Callentes convention- and sign an
c^rccrnent to Suluo - by its decisions.
General Carranza declined to go or I
send a delegate.. -He preserved the|
right t6 approve or disapprove the'
final acts of. the convention, main
taining' that the sovereign' power of
th? state rests with him alone until,
.his successor as head of tho govern
ment : is elected. ? V .
I Asks Safety. For Delegates.
EL PA80. TEXAS; Oct, 21.-43eri
j?ra? Cure goo, ua, neaa or the carran- (
I sa commission, has presented a res
olution before the Agues Callentes
[ conventian asking 'for guarantees" foV
i safety for all delegates and recom
mending that the convention be re-j
moved to ."a safer place." ,
This information was. received to- j
day in an official message from Mex
ico. City confirming fhe fears of the
Carranza government' that Its dele
gates . either .have been arrested or
threatened with Imprisonment by tho
Villa facih^nt.
DOfjGLJUi,-mi?,;,-Oct ?l.-^Efforta
! of the Aguas- Callentes peace cpnfer
lenco to end hostilities between Gen
eral Hill and Governor Maytoreha
"tailed today. General Hill, it IwaS.
said, refused to recognize tha au
thority ofr.the^cohventlom His rest
I "son. according-, to General Spa* .fas
mediator," was that the convention :
was eubiectttb the dictates of Vnlay;
Sosa left; Hilt's headquarters .: and
I went to those of Maytorena.
? 1 '.
. KchatcB .Amount to ??^QO.OOO. '
;fcNsW;1(0T$K,'jO?i 21-^-Secret re
bates given- the American Can com
pany by, the American Sheet and Tin
Plate compauy amounted to more
than ' 81,000.000 last year, according
to tesUmohy given i?day *by Chartes
i H.,,penman, 'fca'?' accountant, at a
heuriug ???fore^JBawa?>Hsckor; spe-,
clsi ' etnmih?r in the rfgovomment's
>lu?on suit' againsUthe. American
company and subsidiaries. The
>ks of the Americant Can company
j'shewod, sai4 the witness,, ttu\t the
; company had. been receiving Utese reV.
bates aluce. Its foundation.
world's champions, was the. guest
honor at- a banquet- given here^to
night by two hundred^ of "his boyhood
com panions. Tyrus Cobb, of the . De
troit Amertcans> wta ' among ihpss
I In attendance.. Stellings also was
lbs guest of tho Rotary club at a
lunchoon today, . TheV Boston maha
' gsr was bord 3n Augusta.
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o the bond'Issue o
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 oorio o-.ty 0
' Mortgage theVFntyr?Y ' .\ .
South Carolina, as. a state, is not
and has not been wealthy, i n v. re
are numbers of well-to-do. and a few
wealthy men in. the state, but they are
a .minority hf the whole people. -
1 Of the 725,000 white people, at least
300,000 are poor. About ;125,000 are
wage, earners and tenants and the
.150,000 who live in their own homes !
are, for the most part, p?o^^''>">-^i
The public debt of South Carolina,!
however, has been reduced to abouti
!f0,000,000. That is not a large debt]
'With a - few years of '.prosperity the i
'state wouii.ne in rinanclal condition
1 to go forward.: It would be possible
to improve our school and college aye- j
tern rapidly, 'so that wo might hope
I to get away from our unenviable place
as the next to theVmo'st illiterate state
of the'forty-eight. It would be pos
sible to build bettor roads, to spend
money for the intelligent protection
of. the public health/T^gradually to
move up abreast or the more fortunate
commonwealths; One of th? great, ad
vantages' that we should hare, in fu
ture, la freedom from ? heavy public
debt ?
:" If we conclude, however, to issue
Viondsvand With them ib buy. cotton
worth seven cents or less in the open
market? we take the risk oflncreaBlng
the Btate debt to $26,000.000 or $80,
000,000. We are minded, by ute way,
pf a email group of men who own
share* in cotton 'mills, worth intrin
sically one hundred cents or more on
the dollar* and they Wish the state.
While ias?lng bonds, would give Uwin
thirty per cent moro than market
valde toi1 their Shares. . Really, they
nave lost million0 of dolnirs in these
shares, but If, the state would become
a bidder for them, perhaps their mar?
ket pri?o would Vapidly rise,*Of course
South .Carolina's, purchase * of cotton
might "bull", cotton prices.
In case th* cotton should not be sal
apIO at ten'cents ? pound? ihe people
would' be-saddled- with; a great debt.
Public debts are seldom paid. A mort
fea^ w W,?n?w> " only wnw&i&Xr
en Rrmy with big guha Public debts,
when1 they mature, are refunded?that
is. the li?ndB are rcnew^.%Who be?
llev?s that how tan rinilon or twenty
million dollar bond Issue *?rold be
paid in ten, in twenty, or. In lorty
y?ara? To what example of the paying
of the principal of such a debt carr one
Of .course' we ?4- borrow money,
from ourselves, by issuing fawn's for
cortonvforecoup ?the losses oa cc-Uon
In I914?4and we dan repeat Ihe pro-,
cess in 101?? If we choose. ?\?r the
tira?, .-are should, by doing aof be a
greet?t:^^
spend a?b proceed^ of a mortgage that
our eaild.'en and children's, children
would stagg^r?jndor>f The qflostlon ' hv
would Oie Issde of the bbnds.and por
caase >Jf the'coJWm4 at tcp oenta ?,
pound make?.ebttbp worth ted
o|nts & pound ??-The' State.
Governor
Richard I. Mantling Was Among]
the Visitor* to Beltop and Was
' \Vc55 Fieaseo.
Richard T. Manning, governor-elect]
of South Carolina, arrived In Belton
yesterday by the time that the. fair !
tot; well under way. and was. an in- ;
t eres ted spectator, at all of th? events:
staged by the Fair association. Mr.'
'Manning came to Belton from his ;
homo In Sumter to attend the event
and, ho .said that,he was well pleased.
over h?vlas made the trip aftsr ho
Baw. what Belton people could do*
toward arranging a one day fair.
' The distinguished visitor said that
ho was woll pleased with the many
?vidences' of prosperity, and be does
not see why people of this sc ction
should complain of hard times.
: Mr. Manning complimented the of
ficials of the Belton fair and assured |
them before ho left that he had en
joyed every minute of his stay inj
their charming city. '
FIXAI ARRANGEMENTS
For T??s Years Anny.^nvy Football]
Game Compclted.
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21.?Final
^rangements' for this year's Array
Navy football game was completed
here today. The contest will be held
on Franklin Field November 28.
Army and Navy representatives to
day agreed to accept 11,500 seats
each. This leaves between seven and,
eight thousand scats for the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania which will be
sold for the benefit of th? relief so
ciales of the,two arms cf the ser
vice. ' \. -
[MERCER IJN?VEB8ITY
V V DEFEATS Hwmb vvvLk?R
?AC?N; GavOct. 21.-r-The Mercer
University football team this after
noon defeated here tho King's"College
eleven of Bristol, Tenn., by a score
of 27 to 7.
^The visitors' touchdown and goat:
came in the fourth quarter^ as a re-'
suit of two forward passes, ono of
which was handled by several play-,
?re, with Kiss solnfc' fcrV 55 tsrds
Again. Mercer fdmblo&"& great deal ir
the ftiBl quarter but scored in esc
period,' '
Oar College Gate Closed.
Or. Ktnard wishes Us (p say tha
[he, finds it necewnry .to close : or
[of ' th? college- gates on. Sunday, Th
I is done for tho best interest of t"
UruUtutiop.
THOMAS C. SHAW
Appointed Secretary of Civil Ser
vice District With Heedquar
ters in Atlanta.
Special to The Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.?Thomas
C: Shaw of Greenville county,. who
has.for several years been held agent'
of the department of agriculture, was!
today appointed-secretary of the fifth
civil service district, comprising i*,e'
States of South ' Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and
Mississippi with headquarters In At
?uaiu. r?e succeeds B. B. Hare, who
resigned to accept a position with the
agricultural department with head- '
quarters in Columbia.
- - . ??pi
by the admiralty from Colombo, Cey
lon. The Emden sent to the bottom the;
British steamers Chtlkana, Trollus
Bonmhor and-Clan Grant, and the
dredger Ponrabbl?, ? bound for Tas?'
mania The British steamers Exford
and St. Egbert wore captured, by thti
Hhnden. Passengers and crews of" bota
the St. Egbert and Exford have ar
rived at Cochin on the St. Egbert, ac-r
cording to Lloyd's C-ochin agent ' ?.
COTTON TEN GENTS PElV
POUN!>
We give \0 cent? per pound for cotton
in exchange for tuition. Write US today
for pox?cnUrs regarding this fair propo
sition. Don't Btand back on account or
scarcity of money. Come ahead now. ;
German Cruiser
Sinking Steamers
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Oct. 21.?The German
[cruiser Emden again has boon .sinking
British. steamers, this time at a point
[150 miles southwest of Cochin, British
India, ' according to a report received
S
An Unusual Opportunity
The special departments of Anderson GoU
lege can enro?? a few more pupils, and the Col
lege invites the ladies of Anderson and vicinity
to take advantage of this opportunity.
-r
PIANO
I Vrot and Mrs. Goode
VOICE
Miss Stranath?n
VIOtlN
Miss Smith
ART
Miss Ramseur
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
Miss Murray
EXPRESSION
MissWakefteld
Whether you contemplate taking up ihe
etu'iy of a% of these Studios or not, w? will be
glad to h?ve you visit the College and see the .
work that is being done.
, Anderson CoUegc
' DR. JAS.. ?. KlNARp; Preeident