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INTELLIGENCER WANT ADS. GET RESULTS LORT--About two weeba efco^ large I fountain pen with narie curved*on| cap. Rc ward If returned io this o% flee or lo C. 13. TrlbbJc. Dro\?3 Bldg. r,-i5-?t WASTED-Babies at the chamber of commerce room, Friday afternoon. Muy 1UU, ul o' o'clock. Kee nowa columns. ii A S TK I) -Ty pie Writer purchasera. We hara over 200 new rebuilt and second hand typewriters for oulck sale, cheap. All makes. Price ?beet ob request. J. EJ. Crayton Co., Charlotte, X. C. H-?-tf - ; - ?-. - ^ Vi .HI t> II - 'i '. > . i !" " i v td niiCW Wo mane j tho best stool tanks for ull purpoaes, any stse tank made on short notice. I \ ' j jT|ie S^onj WS?na Imputation. ;. ;?rtfK''?t IB??t? T$?J1S : l?Q ? years] old. Thc-Jagtest and best bred j horfic you ever -had u chance to breed to. Will be in the stud at] navio Bros. Stables- Foe 15.00. j .ruLiih^AL {ANNOUNCEMENTS Under thia head will be run short announccmrtits ct camlidulcn> The rute? for those, aro aa follows; ,For county offlceo lu both, dillly and Kcini-wmdily, till election 47.50; ia ?ither alone, $5.00, enap in advance strictly. For- city, til fices; "in dally only: Mayor, $0.00; aldermen* fi.flO. IOU MAYOS I hereoy - announce myeeir a candi - Jato for Mayor of Anderson, Bubjeet o tho rules of the Democratic pri mary . 4-aotf. J. M. PAYNE. " ?: ? y ,'. E. E. Elmore is hereby announced aa candidate for mayor, subject to .ho rules of the.city democratic pri mary election. -, Dr, W. F. Ashmore Is hereby an TitiiiSviru an ? rujuxmni?: luf T?njx?T, ?nbi-- t" the r?\io!1 of the cu_-j demo cratic primary election. The fri-n is cf W. U Srhwey hereby i his name for the democratic nomination for mayor of - Jle city of Anderson, subject to the rvloa of thc democratic primary. FOB ALDR BMAN The friends of J. I. Brownlee an nounce him ns u candidate for alder man from Waid t. Bi F. Johnson la hereby announced a candidate for Alderman from >. Ward 3. Hnblet'-t tit tin- ruin? nt ttl" demo* eratic primary, 1 horaby announce myself a candia Ward 3, subject to tho rules of the date fer reelection as alderman from -arty. Cha?. F. Spearman. Th'-? frlvidf? of Joe. Bell announce him UH a candidate for alderman from *&*m.:si in the city primary election. ? " . '- 'ggouixu-Jii..1 . . tt"jai... NOTICES BOAB TAX NOTICE paying commutation 6a extended hy tho lat. after which time ; turned over to the ' usual nouantes will Supervisor, he po further t. ?Vfi-to-Ut. Will HALL SHOT AND INSTANTLY KILLFO ROW OCCURRED IN FRtT WELL'S ADDITION PISTOLAS USED Man. and ^?mart B?tfa Implicated j : in Kil ling of Negro La-1 Night At About 9:30 Will Hall, better'known as "Monk" Hall, a negro porter at a local club, waa shot and killed last night mi I?:30 o'clock on Peoples Kow in Fretwcll Addition, a negro settlement in An derson. Tbe negro waa shot tbrous?.; tbo heart with a 38-calIbrO pistol and died Instantly. Details of the shooting were hard to obtain last nlgnt. The negroes living [on Peoples How seemed to know but little about the dead man. Hia hom? was on East Bud and many of the ne groes in ?he Addition claimed that they knew nothing of him, Shortly after 9 o'clock last night one of the patrolmen ..heard, three pistol shots in rapid succession and bo kita two other policemen set out for the dl tectlou from which the shots came. When they reached Peoples Row they found a woman who said that abo kne>>about where tho ' 'wot ?ame from aud after some jpd.'ch tho otltcer? found the negro's^b?dy.' He waa dead and ?indications>?r? tb?? he ?md di? <: almost Instantly after he was shot. Ho was partially against a barbed wire fence and an open knife - was on the ground beside him. H?tve'vcr, his hat waa at least 'JO yards away and this seemm to indicate that ho may' i liavt. run for that distance before he struck thc fence and collapsed. He {struck a post when be ran Into the fence and this cut his nono and face hut there seemed to be but one pistol wound on bl.? body. Thia WM <?irjy>fi? I over the heart and tho bullet evidently penetrated the heart, ? Tho shooting occurred in a vacant liol between two houses and a negro j I wan living in the house nearest tn tn* I : . unid last night that he was in the door when be heard the shot and ! that ho saw a man and a woman run' ping away frrm" the spot weber the1 shot was toed. For some , time no moro Information could pe gained .and. 'the police began tn look for sums wit nesses In tho case. They finally in fested Lizzie William. Neille Williams and Nellie Frailer and locked them 1 in tito county jail, . Later in the night j lt was said that th*se .women had1 ?iuifoaeiiA ii>eu orUnothlnir nf tho murder and had pitt the officers on the trott ot the man who'did the shooting. Coroner Hardin waa summoned last [night at 10 o'clock and ho bad,,pr. Jenkins, a negro doctor, to make un fisamlnation of the body. Following that the coroner instructed.the dead man's relatives to carry the body to the home and lt.waa. 'announced that [an inquest -.vonId.bo held this tuornlna i at S o'clock. ntrirffn m* A. nr*tr???-4. IS MADE PUBLIC I Pr. W. F. Ashmore, Candidate For Mayor, Tells His Views On Way City Should Ba Run Dr. W. F. Aahemore one of the candi dates for mayor of Anderson, yester day matte publie his platform, ; T?J w?M^n he.gives bia views and opinions on a number o fpnbjic. questions. The following ia what Dr. Aahemore bas to say : "I am not in furor of the mayor and ounci? siting a contract beyond iuei. I term of office, unless ratified by the I peopie. "i tur. in favor .pf running the city on conservative, business principles and if it la consistent to do so I am in favor of cutting dow? ?he runnln? ?im penses of the city wherever \i Ja possible to do so. "? am in Tavor of the best sanitation possible, and that a fund should bo set aside for this purpose. I db' not Rican by this that tai* ??od should be spent on sewer, but for such other purposes that the board of health aeon flt. "I am not in favor of tbe city ac cepting sower put in by private parties until it la passed upon by a majority of the. board of health.and city engi neer and recommended by thant. "I feel that . the granting .of- the franchise to the Southern Pullc I uti lities company wes premature and th mi kl have been left to thci admini stration of 1915-tfl. and that the cit*. , icm; of An demon should have voted on Ltt hfttore it wa9 granted; and farthor, V believe that tbs tams of the ron ?Mpt ia unfair, and will work a hard ship on the people and 1 feel that a 40-yoar contract is too long and fur* ?her, before I would have agreed to any such contract, I would .have advo d 1 beliere tn giving them a deal, and they should be-eat vi th a legitimate profit. up for the rights ox >t the classes. THE FARMERS?! Historic Building ai Pendleton Where (' mased Crops. PENDLETON < Outlining extensive plana for thc j ( Hundredth Anniversary of the found-j?' lng. of tao organisation, the meeting M of tho Pendleton Farmers Society held 0 yesterday at Pendleton, proved to bojB one of thc'bctjt'attanded tn the recent . hi;itory,pf .tiiq, association. fly October of next "year, just one hundred yearn shall have elaspfcd since ?he Pendleton) Farmers Society was or. gahized nt Pendleton Court House, District of Pendleton. At the time the only other agricultural society existing in the United States waa th? Philadel-1 Iphia Soci?ty for the Promotion of Ag-,I rlcultttre. Several years ago the j Philadelphia organization ceased ox-j 'instenrfl. nml ttiumfftpn th?. PandWnn i . I organization is thc oldest agricultural 11 I society in continuous existence lu tho ? ( ? United States. And it is therefor* flt- f ting thst the members attending the i meetlna yesterday, decided thai it would be wise io celebrate the Cen tennial next year. An elaborate cele oration will be hold. At the meeting yesterday a repre sentative of the Anderson Chamber of Commerce pledged the active support of that organization to ?Ae movement for h great Anderson County Homo-' Cobing as a' part'.of the Centennial Celebration at Pendleton iadd Presi dent Riggs promised the' support of P?W6 CiPfiii ? lOnlwiaOSYSIEM ?CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE I BEHIND EFFORT SNELL IS COMING I ?Coramerc-o' Secretario? Are Also c Endeavoring to Organize a State Chamber of Conameree Anden on wilt pro'.woly- I?' honored with ? visit from '.A. ?r. SnAl;. ?.?cre ta? v O the Chr.ri-.'oU n thar,! r ol nam merce, within the n \t few day .j. This.1 depends entirely upon whether or ?ot j1 the Charlentou commercial b :-iy will ( relieve Mr Snell for a sufficient length < to time to permit his tabing ,a, .trio I' ?V?r the State but A. S. Johnseone, * secretary of the Breen Ville, chamber, ? bf. commerce and president of tho? South Carolina Commercial Secrete* ries Associ?t lop. bas written io the president of tho Charleston chamber of commerce and asked that Mr, Snell be. permitted to make the trip. Ho de lma that, this, may be done so that ir. Snell can; pr?sent to all the trades I oodles In ti?*; sla?o th? plan Tor ae I curing better roads. Thia agitation for good roads on tho j \ part of thc chambers of roi:-, como about a? a result of the addressj< by J. J. Pretwcll of Anderson In Sum-jl tor some weeks ugo when be spoke onjt "I low To Cet a System of State Hoads ll It is said that Mr. ['Pretwcll showed his hearers so clearly j? the necessity of such roads that, they j' hastened to put w.herta in motion}? looking toward the . securing ot au rh j < roads. j Iter.olntlons were adopted in Sumter j? io body wae & or f men slst in-thls work and Mr. Johnstone now bbay trying to find suitable mi for the undertaking. The preaMfru : i baa writt?rt. concerning thc matter "lit hob? this raeazaiaslon of men witt take ( I Ita" task et? ri ou sly and will propose nj] (plan which will command united hack- 1 lag of cobuaeroial bodies of the state. j < in that event our 'association ia nro-!< pared. ? b?ieve. to push the matter.'4, i The qiKsatton of organising a South I .voiiaa chamber .of commerce will; i. HO<VlRTT HAtL 'ulhoiin ?nd Oilier Crest Men Dis? CENTENNIAL .leotonj'College and agxosd to turn .un o?tir? institution over to the Pen laton Society ior one day as a part ? taeVrelebruUon, 1,000 tents will be .'cured from the War Department-for he uso of ' pontons from? a distance, "he records of the society show that OqttmeTiibcrK in every state In tho alon and in many foreign eouutric ?. ?auy of theaa irrer-o-pected to attend,' i appelai invitation will be extended lient. V The pl^tns for thc celebration will ie worked out at a specially called nceting Saturday, May 23rd, by tha oinmittee yesterday elected, compos ? fi! Prof. J. N. Harper abd Rev. \V. j o? v ieniBuii Co?icao ?U? Mesa, i \ Ridge MoCrary, M. M. Hunter and cl. ,t. C. : :rlblinK of Pendleton. Two days In October, the exact dates et to bo selected, will bo used. for. tho ! T:>3 Anderson Dally In elllgenc'-r viii r.et, on,*,?a-spccial Con .vntial Kdttl?n. J. W.- Rothrock,.:Agricultural Oem-; infitraVr of the Anderson Chaniber ot "onTmerce.'ond Dr.-/J*>tf: Harper made alka or? cooperation/ at the meeting, ftef vhioh the major portion ol th* imp vron 'devoted to considering plans lid suggestions for' the! ?OO-Anniver-, p.rv meet lu a. irllflollfilol <OT GUILTY OF ASSAULTING PERSON OF NEGRO vf ORE S0O5>E C?SES :ourt ls Now Engaged m Trial of " Oscar Lewis, Charged With Selling Whiskey The case or Vf. W. Adams, George >mlth and J. M. Blackwell, charged vlth assault and battery with Intent o kill upon th? pereon of a negro vas heard In the court of general ftes Upasy4or Anderson county yesterday md a verdict,of not.guilty waa return; ;d by tho jury yesterday afternoon, ["be. caa^\ ^tsappled the attention t? ito L^nrf^pnajbfiut Hie morning an4 artcd until well In tho afternoon bc NMr^alng ta- ihn jury. This was one of the most Interest ing casestto be called at this term ot :ou rt. Adan? ie a constable living tear Starr and the negro alleged that Vdanir. svuitfe othir two . white'mst; trew angry with him h*c&ns?\fc? vould no.ftf'ro te*tlmony they desired n the famous Huff cate ot Ashe .iilo, N. Cv, and that they net upon dm and fanged bia) by his thumba, nf'.lctlng ?ertoos beditf Injury, lt .vas nil. ' thc white men want .vard offered for the .apture of Huff, who slew a policeman n that city? and they believed the ?egro they caught kenw sf>methlng cf he case. Xtimorous' witnesses were introduc . 1 yesterday and great Merest aorrounded the hearing. The ?url room wa? filled throughout the rl.il. Followiag ?he completion of that sase thc court' took up the trial of 5m a young white man ot felton. Sonuidi-iVuio : .' .ii waa ^oefr ?f^? v thia trial :'due possibly to t;>e fac? rounu??^^ .ives. Tbs ptos?scuilo?i completed Ita ease . v:. lofons* t*?l had werai witnesses to HrtWrV?T^o' ca*o wti legale *e taken GREAT 06? - j ANDERSOjN ELKS WILL SPEND ' ALMOST $1,000 WI?X FINISH HOME Local Lodge of B. P. O. E. Plans To Spend Large Amount When Etta Meet flore 'f.: Vf. >".. . ' ? ' Tho finance committee of the An derson lodge of Elks has reported that a splendid start has been made on se curing funds sufficient to take care of the ?tate Association of Elk?, which meets here Jdne 1*M<> and that there will be no lack ot hoapital'ty offered to the visitor*. The local committee bas reported that they wilt be able to secure almost $1.000 with which to take care ot the convention. Thc South Carolina asocUUlon is comported oi.the ll Elk lodges in this state and every lodge will send large delegations to Anderson next month. All told there will be at least 600 Elks in Anderson for the two days and many believe that an even larger number will be here. The handsome new home pr Ander son JSlks? located, on tba, corner of Sharpe and Metroffie at roeta is being rapidly completed. W..I^"BjHssey,.the contractor, said ycsterday?that in all probability.the.home would be finish ed about June 10 although it will be ready before that if possible. The new home will be one of the most complete in (he atete, with'all modern conveniences and it will be a credit to Anderson and to Anderson Elks. The fur ni tu ri- for tho new place has already been ordered and it will begin to arrive here within the next few days. L?. rt Cary, district deputy andi grand exalted ruler for South Carolina I vvrctr. irorr. GrG-c-u.i'.u- yesterday to Capt. Ti. J. Ramer, exalted ruler pf the Anderson lodge, to the effect that the Anderson convention promises to bo the biggest ever held in the state, ?... .t-.-. ?. .a va a. j war ? a. v i.tvo. oi^^ynart a*.i With a delegation of about 100 from Columbia, an equal number from Charleston apd Greenville, ? over 60 rrom Spartanhurg and large delega tions from Newberry. Sumter, Orange burg, Gaffney. Florence $ dad other cities in the state, it is epftr/to beli?ye that over .600 Elks will b< Ope of tito prihviple'^Mnml? 'M i meeting here will bc tpe pjjrade|whJc 'will take piece somo t?m?;durl?|;|Lnej two days of the conventions ;Thei??et i day has not been <loclded,iyet but this j xviii he ?ut?Oip?t?w ?riiii vvr?B?i various lodges of the stalte will. ?laoi send delegations in tbe.e?oial purple and white uniforme and 3 the parade] will aikke an impression it>on Ander don people. . re:?*Pf*Wi Another decided featurc tcif-then v?ntion will be the first public ap pearance of the drum and bugle corps of tho. Columbia lodge. Attired in gay uniforms, this will make the oth er lodg?3 in the state alt up and take fire* corps to D? organized in this ?tate. A n^...a.vr.- in Anderson bts?r-s?ss UOU3C3 are p?annmg. to decorate for thc occaeton? using the purple and white ot the order, and tho city will be alive with "Hello Bills" and their well-wishers for the two days tn Jon?-. BE SECURED HERE Conference Held itt Columbia Yesterday Resulted In Agree ment Being Reached A....;-Y?.OI.. leal o? picasvw standing was reached at the freight! rate conference held In Columbia yes terday by which thc freight rates to as they were before, the raise on| the first nt January. iiailroad repr?sentative? aleo '?an nounced that they were Wrkin^-jw^ freight rate table for South Carolina points which would compare favorably with thnt 'rt* North Carolina Not only Anderson but ell |ftiN| shipping points in the Piedmont sec* tlon will feel elated over the fact that thc railroads hate agreed to tav. ate? and thus the probability ci a long fight before the railroad commission I has been done away with. the fourth tl mo, a- wees in?>iru<\' Nv.w Vu? *, Norina i IS, wants bte marriage to j Ellen Leo, 35, ar nulled. i* t^:'^v*i9fii\?!mK* Hm UL.. ECKLES AT CHAMBER OF i AFTERNOON A Adfeiaa?cmi 15c and U Any bah* under fonr j*?t Mill in. pl von. pimple but (em merren irerto'nn. . Hr Inp jronr biby und rive (Tudor direction Ladlee* .War ?11? ?Kt -DtSHIW itlc TOGETHER WITH ALL THE HOUSEHOl4P'!^Hn^WE (NIX KQySE CAUGHT ?Foreman Put Up Brave F?? Afiralnet Stubborn Flames, Fa? nedi By a rttgh Wind Five . shortly !*?Motttaldntebt ;%t night ^entirely destroyed the home of William T. Sumpt?r at 218 McCulIy street and partially burned the ad joining house, occupied by Ernest N|x. Doth the men are painters ip\ the em ploy of Stevens A*Cv>mpany. lt ia not tan?? ber thc i,!a?.? started ?last nlgii nnt it was discov ered a i>aw minutes before midnight and a call turned into the dre depart ment at 11:50. The firemen made a quirk run ?o McCu?ly street fc;:t '".'hen tney reached thc place it waa seen that the house was doomed and but few articles of tofffiteWS .were saved. Notwithstanding the fact that the pressure was splendid the fire depart ment had all lt could do to sayo ad joining honse?^^he honae occnnbjd tirata ifhm?d h?ws?* $is4die property j of Hon. J. A. Hall and waB rented by 1 4 A,-anmtf6r of, the _large oak?ireeal along McOplly street caught fire and soon the whole Btret was illuminate:! irj^?B?WJlna by .th- hurftlng li' Batter "bo safe than sorry--Willett P. Met- ? I SCHOOL YEAR IS lg- ALMOST CLOSED Com roencemen t Exercises nt Fraj vr Academy Are Soon Tb Be gin With Many Features ' With the coming of the last days of] May the school year wil come to a cjpso, both at Anderson college and at or Acaii Mirally interest! entered in these two Institution?] "Tho commencemtnt uxorclsos ur? to! boffin ot Ff^'er 'Academy ?n ?uhday, ' May 24 shan ihn ba? CeitiUrCatO T.?7 roon wil. be preached by . Kev, W. UL Wallace Qf Kque?a. , Th?.?veut will tike place at' ?l O'clock Sunday morn ing and will draw a-vast Audience. Tuesday, May 26lh, nt. 11:30 a. m., will bc heard the address te the grad-1 uatlng class, delivered by Hon. G C. 1 Featherstone of Greenwood. Thia ?sj another event on the program sure ? to draw a large, crowd. On Tuesday evening *t g:$0 will be h?nrd *he graduating addresses -ny thc Btudeul body and th? diplomes will be delivered. The fol?nwicg Is a list of : these to apeak Tuesday nights Edward timpson, Gooree W, Brown. Ffu? D'. Bloan. Jr.: Rollo Snow, Will Sullivan. Loris Farmer, Harte - Hunger, Floyd Parker/ Oscar Martin. Fran* Steele <U Jan and the student*' aie ! wm road on Tuesday evening. pAMSW/! TA fri R*r?ted Yesterday ;OMMER?E FRIDAY Bl ? S ?-Ci-QCK. ?M to em# your baby. KU .' .? -rf- mn i is eligible, ?nd thr<& prize* Kfl ptir.K refrcHbinciiis ;wlll be J ifni er hera chance te ma, ^^fl lng Society et Central Church) &fl e?iable medies For every ache and pain ls a relia ble remedy. You can cure the diffi culty if you only act In time and act with wisdom.. A Utv, torpid, sluggish liver is. without a. doubt, responsible for more aches ndn . pains than any ?thor iWlnw f?y in it *?o t?*?tCe consti pation, biliousness, indigestion, head? ache, etc. '? A ' octa nllthese out by going right to tho bottom of the difficulty-the liver ^-aodformthore strengthens the en tire ny?tem. A trial provea it. r.O cents and 81.00 per bot lo at-your druggists. Evans' Pharmacy Three Stores. .m, . . .. i 'i " i' . " i . i i i ? . . , ANNOUNCING THE ew Royal Sf?de? 10 JJ TheMasterMachine S fi intakes the*grind* 0 ? otst of typewriting / Jg Q *J^1 fi rapid-fire action 9 ? . of the new j? its tremendous advan tage of superior conven ience-itt oil-day speed without tiring the opera tor-ita new Adjustable Touch^-'mnke it easy forvj-VKeteho^ropher to turn out MOfilZ letters in the same working day. Get thc Fads i:i yrnr ?r-wn ord UL!: irr a OEWONST RATION, Writ? Direct for our r>*w brc?Vurc, "i?/,'7 Titi S?fcr;?ft"ar.d .ti.tr.v. thal Color? Pferocgrsph <.! (ho '. nc w fia yat ??a:ter A'ccV f i O. * BiecUcy ?ldg. Andet^on, S. C. * Raletgb, N. C. . * s? * inf $. C.