BELTON PARF 0e"0,r.d ,o mcu^??"?a ?? Be"o" ana v.c,n"y, and a. I UH I ?UL a Medium for Communicating News and Ariv^-ll^,." HEW STUDIO OPENED. AnkndU Pl*(nr?? ir? in R* V?JU hw Kew-Coraer. Taylor's ptudlo is toe latest busi ness ventu/e* in Belton, this concern hayles opened Its doors to the public ly high grade of work ls to be done and Mr. Taylor says he feels sure he!wi1? be able to please the people ot Belton better than thy ever have been beforer 1 ' ' _ Statement of the Condition el THE BANK OF BELTON, located at Belton, S. C., at the close of business January lath* lil?. Resources* Lonna and Discounts.$ 218,568.84 Overdrafts. 653.11 Fu-nituro and Fixtures. 2,000.00 Banking House.. . - . 4,694.98 Due from Banks and Bankers. 98,540.24 Currency. 16,841.00 OOld. 2,870.00 Silver and otb?r minor Coin, .2,932.68 Checks ad Cash Items_ 13,286.67 Total.$369,387.42 4 Liabilities i Capital Stock Paid In.1 60.000.00 Surplus Fund . 60,000.00 Undivided Profits, less cur rent Expenses and Taxes Paid. 20,048.58 Due| to Banks and Bankers 16,262.67 Dividends Unpaid. --7,0.00 Individual Dposlts Sub i ject.to Check. 218,922.4? Demand Certificates of D? pOBlt ..?-.,..,.. 2,773.52 Cashier'sXfc'eoHs i. jj.f 2,320.16 Tola!..*.....$ 359.387.42 STATF' OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson, RB. Before me came Walter E. Greer Casjiier of thc above named bank, who, being duly sworn,, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true con dition of said bank, aa shown by the books of said bank. WAL-T1?R KL GREER. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2l8t day of January, 1914. HENRY R. CAMPBELL, Notary Public Correct Attest: W. C. Cllnkscales, J. T. Rice, Lewis D. Blake, Directora. _ ? Statement of the Condition of THE BELTON SAVINGS and TB?ST ?..?COMPANY. Located ab Bettan* & ?<., at the Close of Business, Jan. 13, 1911 Re so arces Loans and' Discounts . 88,682.87 Due fren^Bsaka and Bank,-. < l: ; era^-p4^4^avf-l*,26&,6? Total.V. ins C-2K.K4 Liabilities Captai Stock Paid in , . ,r 125.000.00 ; Surplus FM>,. .. 7,600.00 Undivided Pronta, less current Expenses and Tax ?e Paid TX... 7.126.95 Div?deos Unpaid.4.00 Individual Deposits subject Check . 60.774.13 Demand Certificates of Dep. 3.631.46 Total.* 103.935.64 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Anderson, as. Before me came Walter E. Greer, Cashier ot the above .tamed bank, who being duly sworn, say ? that the above and foregoing statement is a true con dition of said bank ai shown by the boona of said bank. WALTER E GRRER. Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 21st day of January, 1914. . HENRY R. CAMPBELL, Notary Public. Correct Attests F. M. Coy. J. M. Holcombe 'I"HA lja*? g\? T^yngft Charged to Speer !.\ia<^n, Oa? JajrjL 20.-The trend of the investigation nore ot chargesj>f misconduct * against Judge .Emory Speer, of the"' United States Court) southern district of Georgia, by a subcommittee of the judiciary com mittee of the.; house of representativos shifted again .this afternoon. The committee examined two wita estes regarding the alleged use of drugs by Judge Speer. | Xi. E. Fellow.,i ioctl druggist,-teat!? fled that abo tu .ten : yean ago a pre scription was filed fey him for Judge a-?eer. He said the jurist calited lt hi?, "hay tyr*y.,ooltttion'," The pre scription was- a one or two ounce, thfes per cant solution pf cocaine, r.o said. Once cr twice a year for the pant decade, h aoja he had rfilled the original pyeacription. if ort the past year ho had not filled the prescrip tion at all. he taatifled. Dr. W. J. Little, a Macon physician, w$q; said he had. been for the past three or four years In occasions! kt-j tendance on Judge Speer, stated that, he bad on one, or possibly tv? o oc casions, niven Judge s&esr a hypo demto injeetkm of morphine. At the time tba Jurist waa suffering from a s Ware attack ot indigestion. The does waa a mtata?am ont, the nbysi-j clan staf-d, and. Hg effect wa* surt? aa to Indicate that Indee Sneer waa; mdt aa haw tue of the/Srug. ? ? ate said Sn hu opinion Jada's Speer1? peculiar complexion wai du? to orgarJo disorder, . * 4 . Auui?t:. xi ts vf ?mc aZ u???u?rjr t??>M? ed on during the day's proceedings was Judge Speer'p alleged love of n^p^opapc-r noto?ic'y. &. OUUVWHS, managing editor of the Macon Nowa testified' that Judge Speer had -fre quently sent bim articles for publi cation. One of these articles, he stated, concerned a. bankruptcy case pending before Judge Spear, and waa . published as a news item and without signature. ?j Henry ?Y Tucker,- deputy United States Marshal, read entries from a cash book kept by himself, showing that fines of $1 each had bene col lected from Kerney Wright, Janitor, and Emma Powers, chairwoman, by order of Judge Pveer. it was claimed that these fines were not assessd in opn court. Tb committee apent a considerable portion of the day's session probing the alleged delay of Judge Speer in making the mandate of the aupreme Court of the United States the Judge ment ot the lower court in the Jeml son habeas corpus case. Counsel outlined the contention ot the defense that Judge Speer acted only after Judson had exhausted every resource ot the State courts, and that he had not defied the authority of the higher tribunal. ' LIFESAVING SERVICE Washington, Jan. 20.-Consolidation of the lifesaving service with the revenue cutter service, which would give life savers pension privileges en Joyed by men in the cutter orgaiz tlon was urged by Senator Townsend, before a subcommittee of the senat. Senator Townsend, who has intro duced a bill making such a provision said something should be done to at tract young men into life saving ser rice He said be had been assured his bill would bo favored in the hours. FIGHTING IN HAITI Capa Ha?tien, Haiti Jan. 20~The Ha?tien government troops weis overwhelmingly defeated by the rebels and-fled in disorder' siter atarrtblo bsttl today, two miles fron this city. The minister of war took refuge on coard the steamer Qu?bec. P*^?rleT???tlonary droops'have infested Cape. Haillon ana tho uutuOriti?v Ii?V? begun negotiations with the revolu tionary chiefs- to prevent bloodshed. Fort Saint Michel, which dominates the town, haa been captured and the government troops are laying down their arms. _ A despatch boat with troops atoar? left for Liberte thia morning. COLLIDED AT SEA Norfolk. Va.. Jan. 20.-United Sta tes Waddell toady held the Norwe gian steamship Norwegia to be solely responsible for a collision at sea be tween that Teasel and the Norwegian sailing ship C?=!?j. oft Cape Hatteras some time ago, dismissed thc ? Norwegia'* claim for salvage. The Gleniuj's cargo recovered against the Norwegia to the extent of 3,000 dr 112,000. Pensacola. Fla., Jan. 20--The battle ship Mississippi with a corps of naval aeronauts and eleven aeroplanes on board, arrived here today from' An napolis. _ A permanent school OT* aeronautics wit be established here by tho navy department Nap Rucker Signs also "Red" Smith ' Atlanta, Ga., Jan. "fl.-Charles H. Abbots, president and owner ot the Brooklyn Nationals, secured thc signatures cf Nap Rucker, Frank Allon and "Red" Smith" here today. Mr. Ebbetfl, during his three hour stay ia this city announced receipt ot a telegram from Catcher Heckihger, formerly with thc Chicago Nationals, sayiug that the big backstop would r?iurn to Brooklyn this season. Rucker ?ad Allen, who are pitch era; signed for three and two years, rospeotlvely. Smith, who ls a third baseman, signed for one year. Mr. Ebbet** skid all three players receiv ed an increase over their former sal /aries/*: '\ * ' ' - j The Brooklyn magnate predicted ' the early death Of the Federal Lea gue and added that. "Joe Tinker j. would he wearing a Brooklyn uni for (j before the ead cf tho. coming season." The Biggest Family !a Tliis Town 1$ the Family o? Readers of --THIS PAPER Greater Security For Skips at Sm London, Jan. 20.-The tusk of se curing '?Tester security for untos at pen and their passengers was dealt wita in a through manner hy the lu it ?'ruat ional conference on safety nt sa. v2tfch came to an end today. The delegates of fourteen nations th's, jaftet coon signed a convention .'ayn g down regulations. Lord Mersey, the President, In his [closing speech, referred to a genral pray to all th subjets on which |afreements had been reached by the ?delegates. H did not giv out th full t of th c on VD t lon, which first most submitted to the various govern? Bots. The convention provides that all ?merchant vessels when engaged in linternational or colonial voyages, whether steamers or sailing vessels, d whether carriyng passengers or not, must be qulppd with wireless legraphy. if they have on board fifty persons or more, except where that number is increased owing to uses beyond the master's control o contracting states, however have ho discretion to make exemptions in rtaln cases, the most important of which are vessels which on.their roy ages db not go more than 150 miles from the nearest land. Wireless apparatus muBt have range of at least 100 miles and ah emergency apparatus piaced in the safest place. The master of a ship in distress ls to have the right to call for assis tance. Vessels not called may pro ceed on their voyage. There must be lifeboats or their equivalents ror aiipersons on board. There must be a minn mum num ber of members of the craw who are cc' ".potent to handle boats and rafts and these men must hold a certifi cate of competency issued under go vernment authority. The carriage of dangerous goods is forbidden and each administration is to Issue warnings as to what goods are dangerous. For detecting fire, an organized system ot patrols is called tor, and adequate provision for extinguishing fore4 and . for., .the organization ot craws- for-fire and boat drills ia re quired. Tho ships of the constructing States which with the requirements of the converrrion shall be furnished with catea which Bhall be accepted >7 all States as having the same value certificates issued by them to their wo ?hips and aa conetltuting prima aoie evidence of compliance with the -onvention. AT WORK AT Mt English Statesman Cat Dcwnn In His Prime. London, Jan. 21.-Lord Stratchcona id Mount royal, the high commis Istoner for Canada, died at 1:55 o'clock this morning. Lord . Stratchonn's Ufe spanned ?early a century and his active cereer full three-qtiar|cra. "Tho beat way J^gTto BU old "age," he explained rhoh found at" work at his desk1 in >ndon on hts 33rd birthday anniver sary .cn Aug. fi last,, "is Ihy not think lng .about old age at ail. batt just go-i lug cn wMwg 7?m? work." Frem his'eighteenth year when ss Donald Smith, a st;:rdy''Scot, he sail ed, for Canada, to his 94th year which would have been completed : next August, he lived up to his : maxim af work. His first years iii Canada were those od an adventurous youth ti what then waa a real .wilderness : From a clerkship he grew to be head of a great corporation. After thirty yeera in the Eastern wilda betook what he called a slight "rest" aa resident go.?mor in Mon treal and then accepted the offer of ^edition to] the Northwest. Lord Woseley said df hun that his tact and confidence so won the Indiana of that whole r? gion, that hie word was law among od?. T"h*se last years In London were a* tan Of work aa were the days lu can &: From-the vast 1 fortun? he accum lated. Lord Strathcona often dis pensed large ?urns for edncattonfcl gia'o charitable purposes and hs also +mjk a* patron * of many Winches of, sport. * - ADVERTISE Y??B TOWN By Having Its ?.Same ou the En velope ot Every Letter Ton Sand. Lei Us Quote Prices For Printing Year Stationery. THE DUAL STANDAR "Uncle Dave" Doesn't Believ? in It . For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he Is guilty of all.-James ti. te. . liest the title mislead, let me say that the references la neither to po l?tica nor finance, hut to religion things which unfortunately seem to have little in common. Yet the po liticians and financiera may read thia with profit. A abort time since a young man Bald to me, "Well, you know there are two standards of conduct, the Ideal and the real; the one we think by, the other we live by,'. That is doubtleaa a prevalent opinion which la certain to lead into trouble. The young man In question had got into difficulties, because in a certain in stance be had conformed to the low rather than the high standard. When actions are to be appraised at their true value the world has an un-j pleasant way of measuring the in-! dividual by the Ideal. However it may be with, the pre8 clous metals, there la but one stan dard of character, character being the resultant of action, action the expres sion of thought. The impression of the moral conscience ls one function of religion. Add to this the enforce ment of conformity to the standard and you approach the complete de finition-to believe in God, to strive to he like Him through Christ. Many men are loyal and pleasant In their homes and in society outside their doce. . Many men aro unrlght and honest in society and crooked and deceitful in business.. Many men aro conscientious and honorable in' business ard hopelessly venal and corrupt In politic?. Thia is the result of (he double standard. It would be brutal, and unmanly to be cruel to wife or child but any treatment of an employee, an inferior or a .competitor la warranted. It would. legitimate in business, com mercial -honor 1B too bcala^ of HoredU wlthout*creuIt business is itnpossible but any^koTt oT a deal 'goiVi lb. poll UCB- T\#* #ft>?,\rT?ncll,al lo aa alluring proposition; to llvi to do a petty du^?^-bore. ~ The mere statement ot these thlngi ls convincing- ,&'o further argumeni is needed for a sing! ? ttfofal etan dard A* Uhlng ia neither right 01 wrong, 'tfcur Information' may 'be in adequate, your Judgment Inaccurate when vj^e ls not certain hs docs h h bes* aiordls? to hts rights 5*3- ? BO Judged, but the fault is not li the ?tendard. A thing which ? wrong in one case Ia wrong in.. sj other. It lt is right to be gentle a home, it is right to be gentle in th world. It is is right to be truthful li society, lt ls right to be truthful ii business. It lt is right to be nprlgb In business,, it ia right to be uprlgb in politics. "Whatsoever thou has to do, do lt with thy might," Bays tb Wise man. There aro degrees In Bins of ama! degree. The payment ofx thetltloc mint, ania and cummin ia altogetbe admirable when the weightier mal tera have been attended to. The law of Cod cannot bo divided and applie at random. They are to be/kept a* whole Jesus Christ, the exemplification < Sod's laws aa well as of Als love, ci not shrink from : the - impcrath mood. He waa as peremptory 1 Hoses. He ie the standard. There ca bo no other aince God ia one. Ni ta He impossible for man. Cod Juat-Jffe doee not require from_ . . BBAtTTU , , ?jfjj^ " _?>S??*?? - n i f <,,r^dftfc?? ^^V^???S9HV*SBB\I^.^atjafialH&?l ? Thirty acre Fteld of Cotton on farm or W. M. Tolltson, Piedmont, fi- C.. raUed hy UNION GUANO. COSI?" PANY'S FertilisersMr. TolllEon lg one of the thousand pf aatlsflcd customers using these FejtUlxera. Ask your*dealer for our~?ood8 and accept n'soubstltute.* - < -^^iMaaaaVHB .'" c'nti^y'^^^0lBtmW * A bettor Fertiliser will produce a better crop. "UNION BRANDS" haye demonstrated to many ot^ th^Jg* gest planters in your own county their superior "crop producing" dualities. v AB* the maa who us^.th?V'^^^^ For Sale hy ^_ Ilndgens & Ragsdale, Pulser. Hampton Mercantile Co* Piedmont Belton HereanU.e Cd* Helte?. Bennett Mercantile Co* Kartar. Victor Mercantile Ce* WilUamston. Empira Mercftat?e Co* WiUtamstaa. P. F .Cox, Greenville. J. B. lloutbH, Sandy Spring?. ana many other dealers In Anderson, Greenville and Pichaos counties. For further Information wrifa v?t^f$t resentative at Anderson.'Mr. R, JE. Bur risa or address UNION GUANO COMPANY. Wlnston-Salam. N. G. better living and get more cut ot life than do tho6e who try to live from the salo of hay and grain." Charges Orozco with Cowardice TT, ?si El Paso, TexaB, aJn. 21.-Gen. SoK ra dor Morcado, commander of the Mexican Federal soldier?, who fled Into the United States from Ojinaga, Mexico, and who were internad to lay at Fort Bltsa on the footing of prisoners of war, tonight defended bia abandonment of Ojinaga and sbarged Goov Paa?ual Orozco with1 cowardice and insubordination. Gen. Mercado detailed bis roasons tor'taking asylum tn this coudtry. He said Orozco repeatedly hod robbed the Federal provision train, had be soms arrogant, had ref heed to at tack the rebels, had abandoned hie >wn troops and had run away under 9re to give the impression that be ierolcally would remain on the Mex can to fight ^cre bar?es, r?bcre L 3 Orozco waa afraid to cross Into lie Uult?u fUuti-'d bcvUucv ?f ?ii? i.. Ui.tme.nl peuOiag against him here, rle said Orozco bad demanded money ind had placed drunken officers at he head of his forces. Gea. Mercado charged that Gen. feez Salazar and Gen. Antonio Ro as, volunteer commandera, were jowardjy under fire and that they abandoned their posts as soon as the .obcls appeared. "The appearance ot Orozco at 'Chi huahua before we left for Ojinaga ?aa fatal to the federal caube", Gen. dercado said. "He bad been told by tome one that he was to be governor ind military chief, hence bia in sol mee and reticence. Rojas also re latedly abandoned his people vS^S ?wardly manner. There were qyar .ela of all kinds. ?"la Chianahua, Gens.-Manilla, Sat ikar, Orpinal and Rojas told mo their oreen were panic stricken ?nd would mt fight. That ted mc to evacuate Chihuahua, for I had no aupport." Gen..Mercado said he was .ready IOWE OF MB. In Dr BLAKE OF BS conformity to the ?nattain ?ble. To Etrlvc to be like Christ sums up the law and th? gospa^. Choose you thia day. that one standard and keep it. Thus lt ls written In Doutteronomy. "Cursed is be t??at confinneth not all the worda of this'law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen." Again th* New Tear, for which I can glv* you no batter greeting than th* old toast. Here'* a health to,the future, A. sigh for the past; We can love and remember. And hope to tba.Igst. An? hope for all the base lies That the Almanacs bold, Wail ?J there's love'in the heart We can never grow old. "Where there is h cow ia a home," is a Quotation worthy or being adopt ed as a slogan by every one ? be lieves in the American farm home. The cow baa paid the household ex penses of thousand? of borne* for many years. Tho keeper of .a storoj in a new settlement* was but voice lng what lit true everywhere when he said, "Our farmers who keep cow's always have money to pay their bills, what is moro they no doubt har% j to go to Mexico City to stand trial by court martial. Gen. Mercado, when his soldiers i tumbled off the train that brought them to Marta, Te^as. was still com mander of his .troops, but ali auth?r tty was subordinate to. that, of thc American officers. (He worked diront ly under Brig. Gen. Hugh I* ts. < of the United States army, and sbo-.--] ^ed bis gratitude fir .lils treatment und cautioned his eofdlera to obey American orders. Sonn ufter^^jieJr. arrival the refu gcea were spread over the reserva tion, mixing- beaus .."with chili and making tortillas out of flour furnish ed by the American aTfmy. im c LTOX. Night School Is Making Progress Tbs sigh* achoo! at the Y. mt C. A. last night was one of the ?tost enthusiastic gathering* that one could Imagine and on the face of every pupil present was written th? determination td make the best of thia opportunity. The fact that th* students are going into the work of ?;hppl with no much spirit augurs fc-cll, for the success of the under taking. The school began only a abort dirie agt> with 18 members and tba [act that it has Increased to ita present li?t of enrollment ehaflw-' that there must hnvt< bron a crying aeed for auch an in#t: fore it waa '*f?fiSre can be that there are leslre an education .he tact that they are foi luring the day time, they are .ito y w V i i C? c Ol ci ii?: I* Qi.'?i, v*?C jchools. In making lt possible mose peopie to prepare ihen^si*?* tor better thing* in life, tboae who laVe charge of the night school ara toing a great work. .last night six new students ?vera mrollfid, making the total attendance nore than SO and this nccqsr-itstcd in additional teacher. This teacher rras secured I" the person of Mitta Cell tfummeraett and she hos already intered upon her new duties, "ummereett ia a capable and na true tor and she witt'mikW'^c Halueble in thia bra: Iv Bj6* has don* nne workj rcbools end in icboojs and in Anderson people .*--*-> (15.00 Mofeilc, Ala-, ud rMt-r-. ut count of Mardi Ora? Siro, with retv.rr, timlt March -, 4th, JU. M O 7e* P;^k?^n^ Vail nd return, account of National M??> Speaal Aase?Ma*?i^ra4*k?t . Cl. ll. aavl tS*d. erith retu larch'4th. 1814. For complete laticn, ticket*, Cte, call - Kent, or. r. B. HeOEMt A6FA? r. B. VABEB, PATA,