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Relton .April Kt.-John T. Hanke, p
well-to-do and host ling farmer of th*
Shirley Store section, was among thog*
who had business,, ttl Belton today, -i
x.. V. Oh H p men, progressive fanner
and marchan! of Toriey Cr?ele section
was ii . ^Biness visitor to Belton
0*y:v-:v..^,;.-.,,;;.;,.f /> .
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Mr. and Mr.s. R. E. Chapman, of ti
Totiey Creek section, were in Belt
today. Mr. Chapman is a hustlin
farmer and merchant.
Mrs/H. M. Geer, of Belton wll
leave today for Land rum. where she
will spend ten days, the guest ot he
daughter, Mrs. Roy Whitlock.
II. p. Willingham, waa'a visitor
Anderson this afternoon.
.:- O. K, Livingston Jr.. wah . arno
tliOBc who went to Anderson today.
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J. Newton ('ox, of Bolton route 4,
waa ajbuslnens visitor to Relton toda"
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T. ll. Hunks, G. .W, .McCoy and J
O. Smith, leading'farmers'of Hodges,
ii::, wero ,among Uioae, to' Belton-yW
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Wlliiamston, April ?f>.-The weather
of the past week his been such as to
'give Som.-? of our farmers a severo
?.neo /vf iii.. Kl ii/ia rV h a v tx WA cot t i ri D'
anxious to plant cotton seed and corn.
, Wlth'^a few^more days of delay we will
bo"-folly as late with the planting as
Wo Wer J last, year:
R. F. Whittaker missed one pf his
f.'ow? ficveJ^otfea^ago arid.he'.thought
abe hhtl beoh. stolen, but ? few days
ago sne was fmind-tn a gully on his
placejwhnre she had fallen and killed
; herself.
Revi chorlo* Kay - of Oeonee was
vlsithtg relAtlv?* fir this section sev
eral days 1ant week, j ' ".
) The?friends of<B< H ?tono who liv
ed; hefe fer vtffcj-R ^ hut is now living
near Ostral wWe-somewhat surpris
cd to .hoar of hl3 marriage.i.lasi, Wed
-THE
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Pendleton, S. C.
5 3
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V, ill hr pleased lo discount from
nod to >no gilt edge notev run?
liing from *.V) to tl06 each, that
. . V- -, .
will be nhl? dnrlhg- ike months
iii ?i.jf A-lt-ati ui,n \intinitu' 1
B Ii
Cashier.'
it^i irv A. iTt V* 1
'FX TAUL
?GET OF NE^/S *
OM BUSY BJELTON *
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W. A. Hud gens, pf Anderson, waa
A business visitor to Belton today.;
?I Mr. Hudgens ls a candidate for State]
' Senate in,th? prima? tbts summer.
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Letter Pr? m H. Brooks Marsha iL j
Tb? following letter was received by
Hr. E. 0. Frlerson of Belton and we
feel tht^?mgaU?a^a of Belton will
read lt ^WP?SWWlff. The letter fel-1
lows:
Greenwood, April ll, 1914.
'"Dear Sir:
"in Benair of the Booster party of
the Chamber- of Commerce I. desire to
extend our thanks to you and through'
you to the citizens of Belton for the
cordial, reception given us on yester-:
??y W*^i!i, ippreciatc re?y much*
your meeohg us, ybur kindness to us
while In your town, etc- We hope thai
we may be able to return some of
your good-treatment when yoy, come
: down to .the Hortys Showed .Chautau
qua. . ^faesh nrey|rtng tb be^t?(great
events and wn hfp? th?t a>1arge>num
ber of your people will avail them
selves of, this opportunity to Bee good
horses, hear and see fine attractions
and' spend a few days ht the livest
etty' or thc state. * . ? .
"Ver* truly, .
v.ji. /'Bi Brooks Marshall"
IncSdsy night tu a Mrs. Oates ot Piek
I en s. coula ty.
j G. B. <fflbb and hi? wife spent ?uU
I d?y*with: friends i>??d Beaverdam.
A. Z. BryBon was greatly missed nt
Sunday School Sunday afternoon. He
and his wife were visiting relatives
near Belton Saturday' and Sunday.
Boozer k?y or Walker-McElrnoyle.
wua vlaitinv in thia rinmmully nn Bun
dey afternoon.
aVL M. Bmith was a business visitor
to -, Ahderpon y es te rd & y.
Miss Martha Elrod. a beautiful
young lady ot Plercetown attndod
Sunday school here* last Sunday. - .
Messrs Lewis of Beaveraam - and
Smith of Slabtown are expected to 'he
at Six abd Twenty next Sunday af
ternoon to assist tn the son*-, service
?-Everybody turn out at 2 :?oTo^clMi???v
Andrew IKulllken, who has beenMW#
sick with pneumonia Is again able to
be out. ; ?. ,'; ?'; ' < t
M. H. Moore or Zlon-M^TalKir.
Tornied us at Anderson a row any.--j
ago, that his section.was no-longer J
"Wild. Hog." but "Hog Heaven." We]
plty-the poor bog. . - '1
. \??%n Allgood of "Liberty, R l;.nH
tn tuts i wtniuiSo^naMncBs last'MrUl
Cul j, i mti J??jrtt; lias imi?hcu h i S I
ahwihg --here and moved'h IR saw milli
home. This waa hts last sawing for J
th*,season. [
J?armos %nd Mourne Smith S.??*W?|M
ed:servhes ot While Plains'last Sun-j
?day morning. j
? urce number" ot pur people at- j
tended nt." einging at-Guthrie Grove !
i ropor'ed a pleasent j
I After the writing of this, we posl
tlvel ywlll not have more to "say oh
liquor -question unless circumstances
? make lt absolutely necessary, and wo
do nor. think thoy will. Personally,
we do not care If there ls never aU>
other drop of Intoxicating liquor aold
louth Carolina, bu1 '* marty others,
thc two evlis, prnhibtUos .that does
?'*tio? prohibit or 'dlspenl.?ry, Sire choose
t!>e lesser, and that is the dispensary,
know that vannie creal moralists
^french of surrounding the boya und
young meT with temptation and all
that. Great Gfd, what. ls any-worse
thanjlo-'dive , ft; so that the boy can
ay. negro
he wanta IL _ Ttie ''roas j?oads cor
respondent *hade * slight, though un
intentional mlfitake. The writer from
that nla?e'Sftld thnt'T?'*!' r',n .noef?oes.
whre, Relline liquor and. no one got
PART ONE
VOL. 1. NO. 1.
Weekljr, K?t?WUhe4 1860;Doily, Jan. 18, 1914.
ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 13, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PEF ANNUM.
what waa meant by thia statement, #rt
there is a tremendous nrotV fofthe
sefterv They boy their uupnlle* from
laen who ?ell and fillip if, pim.-: at
12.00 &1t4bfo:?it?nkbQ* thru a#U
lt at 75c td #1.00 a ptnt. That ig
profi? of from 14 to |6 a-gal'c?i. Does
tn'at Jotik I?e pT5t, ?nd la lt any
Wonder lmat lt ls^lmp&fcSbl-! Inr i
farmer to hire a negro'to do a week'?
lor a month H work for him in the busy
[crop time, Especially the- town? ne
gro; hadn't tb?y rather violate the
I town law > bj" kelling i liquor and pay
ing a ?niall fine Imposed by the courts
than to go out ii the country and
work ior an amounr per month that
j he could make in a few days ailing
? liquor. And the negroes are not nil j
who, sell liquor either. There ls about
n;.j much sold by the wintc*people sa
"hy the negroes, and by Borne, periiara,
who "would not be suspected We re
cently heard of a man ' stopping at
a hotel in- a town In this-state ask*
lng a negro who was working about
[thn place If he couldn't get him rome
be ose. Thc negro told "hinj ih.tt he
HpouM not, but Mir. -<-, the not???1!
heeler, would let-him, have what, he'
.wonted.
? Ai>y one will tell you ??at whiskey
Ila gj>lhg to be sold in - some form or
other as long aa the world stand?. Ev
,en those whipare opposed to the sale
in any way ^shy this. This beln;j ad
mitted, what ls the remedy? Wo rug?
gestfthc following:
Tl-? dispensary with the proper safe
guant thrown around It! A ch?lh
gang sentence for all who are cot.
vJctdd of selling fin violation of tho
law,' A national law that'll! not
mftjet with,' th? . Int?ntate com
nokfbft,the' shipping of ?f?jior to any
one who-is 'ne> eni Author!'.ad seller. '
Any . farmer - who worka hired labor
tun tell Whether or rttit tim SarfficHf?ii
inate Beliing and drinking rf'liquor
rjcmbralltes labor. '
_ , VeifiCiklT ATTENTION la called tel
?*bjtwHs?m that, ap
pears: on th*r -page; Their offerings1
ihculd rcppeal to tho economical buy
or. :?.''n??t? .i-. . ? .
a o O o o o o o o Ooo i? o o o o o o
K^-*'0, o b o o o o o o o o o o o o o O O O
Barates, April -1?.- Mra. John Mc
Allister of Mulberry. Flur***-wa?? here.!
le?ehily on h?l? W?y lo;'Shsley,whare*'
she ?&/?^*W??.fa? wnil? -vim re?a-:.
. Mts. E. H. Bond and Mfes Bessie
.f?a'r?'??e. were,.lp. Auderson recehtJy
^hoppln?:.
If^ijsWt^esst?' Herron ?ponr tbe week
end frith pavent? at Andereon, R. F. D.
.< A little Child ot 5tV? w?d Mr*. W?*>r
man? Hall of,: Iva was burled here Sat?-'
ur day ofter servioes conducted by T>av.
J. Lu Singleton, assisted by Kev. C. M.
Saunders.
L>LoA JJ*, ?r.r11 IMi Mr". S- ii. C?"-t\~
topher after an Illness of about Bve
weeks. Mrs. Christopher wa? him
?|UHi 1?, 1?20 hear Old r*el?-:\vsh<p
church.. Sixty o?rt yeara .nr,> inn
inovefi ii ) thia ce-and r.vdte.l her-j
has been oi.e-Of great service, ?be be:
ins . a Woaian of except iorally floe]
cnafaCTnr ?ii? ?ne. wno han-apent her j
time in no?nf?.goou non hiiu?mering to
those who needed her. ?
- -Fo* n number? of years Mrs. Christo
pher bas hot been away from home but
her influence for good "has beev felt.,
and. th bl qftlct, g?ut.t.\ bu* ever ready
friend'will be lnlsr.'id by nil who have:
known heh -Truly '.. liurWes -W* r.ns'
talned a.great lot?3 in the death of thia
nobie Woman.
Tha deepest sytrlpathy of the entire
comiuunUy goes out? to the bereaved'
husband and sister and other relative*
funeral, se:**:?:?^"-weie held on
?y afternoon, conducted by Her:
Stone, in the presence of a largo
. tisi ana -friends.
Or.-en ville,.
iere Monday to attend thc '^un
it his aunt, Mrs. Christopher,
s. Ellen Mcl.ee? who was with
Christopher durleh her illness,
Monday night with Missen H*r
her ho
oonoo o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
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irkrre, PLAINS
April 14. 19l*!.--We.
s that the health of
very good at this
, . |^i?-' W. A. Martin fell and Woke
??W,\btgH a few,'dnya ago, but we wish
>ier ? speedy'recovery.
auSie farmers are getting behind with
'Fite Afraid
-Jo? Frlotiiis ?3e||?^*|*ieitt
AMD?R*OWs SV C. JL j
Book m4J^M%m Bank and Cotton S???) 1?
Coima?raal ^ A? of UgaiWork
LOOSE LEAF LEDGER WORK, and ALL OTHER RULED FORMS
? - (iii.Ti,''! ..'.<,
ele ns this would
impossible.
thought
xii? urnA;ni-ios.ry shop," another OT
Charle? Dickens' famous stories, ia to
we put out toiilptufesr, by the American
Film' MaWacturing-'company. Lori
?r?^fcet on th
She Priory tO.t*
reef irr, nrodui
111 also di-1
wee
Toe :
lived
limut
tfqe eouiu -nave
longer had nut
ikon. 1
t?re and Mita Addt?e and Maille j
^-iirfvi^'t?'i the iiarfe at Pe1?pr on j
Mr. Coward Jobnaon"t?afle bia reg
ular i-.1 ...v af ie moo?, ?ail. ou Miss
Kui? Davi. ! 7 ,-' ?
Miss Mattie Davis visitad Miss Mee
ToTllson Sunday.
Mr. U T. Harbin of Seneca, is mak
. ~;t.; .-TI" -~--..
Mr.. M. A'. Attawajr.
Mr. Luther Martin. Miss Janie Ben
nett and !VV~s Gra^e Osrrisra were
otu driving ?Sundav and worshipped at
.ni Baptist church or P?tzer at
. Mr. J. T. HOgera oi^wl??ia?wwfi ??
building a, nttie' residence JR thin sec
tion and ts coming back to this roun
dest wishes-to all.
* A asr* '
Leroy CUtrnpbcll Has Seen M$4e|
C?a^n^ jrtf ^ 1
^?nnday wttl
tay friends J
Rpbel?:
pll. Coat
BILLIE RH0D?3.
Mi?* ??iiu fctawfe*, one Of tb* KnwJ
Staff. npr**rs io VA Race With the'
<i.'' n stirring railroad ?tory, re
leased April 17.
"Th.-* Three Musketeer*," niter Alex
anfjrc Dum; novel, hus enfetv
ed on-' lt*- second momba ron I"? s?w
Vork oUr..?%ii\c*inir iii?
itj of thia ai)lendld"featu??.
Spiritualism, ia said to be one of
Claire Whitney'* favorite pastlm?*
ttnee her nppearnme In tho Kolax
fviticlie production of Wilkie Collins"
"The Dream Woman. '
season. 1!~ defeated Osborne of
North i? fc o?s n? in the half rr. ile in th?
first Chicago-Northwestern rae<;t of
the. season; captured the half mlle in
lbs. Purdue meet at lafayette, heat
Kraft of, Northwestern in the second
bleating with the Purples, took second'
In the mlle at the 1914 indoor confer
ence and helped the Maroon two-mile
to"w; io 9<V*?ry ?i ?iic rvv?-n? '?
Sportsman's Club show.
r; Tn'o Midway lender "wil 1 completo I
As soon as the weather
farmer will be rushed to ^
-..'.iud. ; ... vi;] ? ..?iri ?:.
to ,:)(> Llii: . Pian^?i \>,t .V
reVy. There is but one N
Our stock
King Baggot i? produxtag ?>fl ptcy
Hg the title ic!.? In a play,Witten by
?rgtoti. The playls Sa ???W?eia ind
?viii he rt>U>ased nf! an ?Mp.
: Nolan Cune, wi?y ? tarred on the
dag? at. thlri^,.-?s >f jhs
^?i?f??i Richelieu's \V?rd**' as Frau"
Allan Dwlin. direVt?r of Gold'Seal
IrtimeS at Hie Vnivi -;:;! V.a Ula coant
HjoMb, ' tina "jut! Vftlahed the produc
ta? ^fee -Great tlnlveraal-.Myateiy-''
tr-1-'-~~
w1^''ff?gemau, stoat abd LelSuro In 1
titevt?O-JRiie relay at the ? Drake gatnt? V
next Saturday. The .team practiced
5;0S. 1^5 yesterday at Stagg fleld.^
Movable tahlee and chair? insto ni of
On. rv.'?vent Ional fixed desks aro used j
'Vkidlington Irving High School <
... ?,__?- _l. -. 1? U.x.-> Kaan fr,..
tVia't the pinn makes for cleaner school
room? and more efficient ?chool work:
conditions permit, every .
.;et his corn and cotton .
e best planter with which 1
i which h?^an' absolutely li
Uch?ne of Wis kind that t
.v..-lw.V.|nrlw<r J'W. ?W* mj j
:tion-th&t One heinJ
IS THE FIGHT BEING MADE^
IN CONGRESS NOW
HOBSON I? LE?0lht?v
IrhporUnt Hewrirtg? B*f?r*
Comir?tt*e*i
(By Associated , Press)
abington, April 15.-Prohibition'1
.~<-t of a constitutional, amendment
to eorori-c orohibitlon throughout too
Culb*! 8t*(^:Ttiey. urged the rom
?fm?to report to the house tho rm?*
lutlon of Repon?an , r
Alabama, prdviairfr for thc submission-'
atitutfonal amendas** directed ;hgaStW
ine- sah?, or manufactur? ;for sal?, of.*
?!L?"JCoho,lc ,,(?Uors f?T beverage pur^
th'*** . J?????? m*i; . vrom^?
fflW^Jlw?s ail over the "Rast
ed the Srjtuments and told ot
w^tTT.i -r. .ti?. . ""Viu'.i?-- ii_iH
-.*> ? ??o UL '.MC piuu:viinfn IILKUIL
Tomorrow they wi!? appear bsfuT? the
sub committee c: *he senate Judiciary
committee in ohargo of the prohib?. < !
lion resolutions.
Led by Representative Hobson, the
prohibitionists argue? that they simply
were appealing for ah opportunity io
present to the people bf the country,
through the State legislator*, *..?*?
Mly?f?tendum *he liquor que*-1
tlon. They declared '*K?*S v 1
trence to the merits -.vf the''question 4. j
the problem had grow? tn ??tr.h i>,n.'
portion* that lt jiistl
Tub
Pie of fhe country'llvj
territory, they aaaertU.,
?me for the submission of the que*- ,
l favorable report that woul
the measure before the hons*,
sot propose," he said, "to/ar
KeriU of this question. Our
?r. iiizi <bft ouesUon before th'
ry :s simply who'
ind congress will give the ^
bo Plates the right to pass u
natter, it matter? not what t
.Idnal met?hers or this eOmvSnHHH
bink of the merita of "ttftr-ease, we
hlnk they should be wilna
he people an opportunity toJ
lUsetion."
tt**es rights, He-*a?d that ti'h?A?H|
5r6po5ed ameudmoht It would *8? po*
dBle to manufacture tlrruoV ?*for -***'.
mt not for "sale." The amendment,
ie said, would not interfere with the
'old drinker drinking" hut would pirn
rent tho; "debauching bf youth."
..Thls'Vo; s%?'y *n? tu*
?rgaolsed'. liquor 'huhlh???>-'h^*r hk1#^'
and Our boys wm have au oppor
p. grow up sober."
>er cent of the people .
Rates > now are living h