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SALE. Very desirable business lot on North Main Slreet. Those who bought business property a few years ago art" now. Kuy this lot and get the benefit of the advance in values of busi ness pfoperty that will take place in the next few years. J. FUKMAN EVANS CO. F vans Building Anderson Smokeless, Sootless, for Tubes and Cas ings. NO OPEN FLAME REPAIR YOUR OWN TIRES Todd Auto Shop w' Thone ?26 : : Anderson, S. C. jg_ SIDE - DRESS This cotton that is just now coming np should he side dressed as quick { ; t . ?. . .. ? ] ' . . -, aa it can be. tblnheffc- out. If ytm side dress \t with our 9-6 (nine" per cent ? i i? ii * ?* *W$&> ??? r j ummonla mu) sjjtvnei,?cent potash) it will outgrow and make more than cotton j % 7, * ft % ?. ! ? r-'-i **.?*? ' ' ' " '* "?' '..*.' that ha| been tip a month and not side dressed. Where your cotton is up, cur i-.-? or ourj-?iiJO-3 ts what it needs. The outlook for a b!? coitoa crop is j , ?ft . ? . not gadji now, n?* where; you have a fair chance at a good crop you want to help lt on aa much ar. possible, and make every lock of cotton you can. aB it luo'.cn now un If cotton would bring a good price this fall. . F?rtil % ? ii H..F.., izer used in. uidc-dresning pays hotter than any fertlllzei you uao. You havo got ten rid of the grass co that-wilt take mme, oi. it; you have thinned out your crop eo.ihut tbs crop that is left, gets all.the fertiliser you use; and then your crop gets the full benefit of it just when lt is fruiting, when the strahl is great Give your r-|'.t|^nVpifenty of plant food and it will not shed. It can stand drouthtbetter, iusects and pests and diseases better, because it is better fed: and stronger. - ?r?--:? ? - . .. It le estihiare'd i hat for eery dollar you payout for side-dressing, you get back from three to four dollars. That is fine interest for a four months in-: ;.. .::?tr-> .. . \ ? ''.' ' "" ". ;.v.":\. .? '/. ''. '1 vestment. It bringa your cotton In earlier and early cotton weights better than late cotton, and then 1300 pounds of seed cotton that has been side-dress ed makes as heavy .a balo of cotton as 1600-pounds that baa not been stde t!recsod. .There i lu more lint on-the seed. It pays to side-dress. There is bo mistako about it. It should be applied early. You want the best, of course. Oet tho best, and'firgct the rest. i_ O fi?L JUDGE; PRINCE HANDS IM 'rtSRTANT ORDER DOWN NEWI SCHOOLS PAY in" '. ? -r':: . . \ '. All Schools in Anderson^ Erected Before February VViH Get'; ' free "Water Following the dispute between the school board of Anderson and tho Southern* Public Uinittes Company, a very important ruling baa been hand ed down by Judge Prince, which says that all schools erected before Feb ruary J.G, li?M must bn furnished wat er free.while the nev/ Schools ihust pay ! for what they consume. Because of the fact that every one in Anderson j baa been Interested in this case the eu tire decision ia reproduced: TI1?3 waa s controversy without ac tion on a?? account alleged to be due plaint 1ft hy defendant and hy writ ten aigrcemeut of connue) it wa i heard by nie at in y chumbera In An der .un. S. C., on llio 131 ii day of Juc>\ Hi l, on tJio (following agreed Statement.'! of facts to-wii: I'. Thc? plaintiff. Southern Public Utilities company, is a corporation chartered and organized under the laVis oi the state ol' .Maine and con ducting business ?within and nour the city of Anderson. . . . The defendant, Anderson r. -hool district, ia a body corporate tinder and by the laws ol' thc state of South Carolina, and embracing the territory included within tho corporate limits of the city of Anderson aud certain other territorys lying contiguous thereto. . 3: Til at on or about the eighteenth day of'November, 188!?, the city coun cil of We city of Anderson entered in to n franchise eontruct with the An derson'touter Supply company, a copy of which is hereto attached, marked Exhibit A. .and made u part of this agreed statement. 4. Tbat.-on the eighth day of De cember, 1S93, the said city c*ouucil ol' the city of Anderson passed an or dinance, among other things, altino* ir.ing the transler by the Anderson Wa ter Supply compuny nnd the Ander son Electri-.: Light and Power compa ny of tholr respective contracts with the city council of the city of Ander son, and all thc rights, powers, privi leges and fiauchises under said con tracts, to a new and consolidated cor poration to be known as tho Ander son Water, Light abd Power company, a copy of which ordinance lu hereto attached and marked Exhibit lt. That &uch transfer above rofer ed to was duly made, uud on thc twonty-Boeond day of November, i WM), the Anderson Water, Light and Pow er company hied with -the said ? lt council its aceap<ahc? 0? said amend ed ordinance, u copy of which accept unce ia hereto attached and marked Exhibit rj. 6. That from the date of said fran chises aud acceptance the said Water Supply company, until said consolida tion, apd thereafter the Anderson, Wa ter, Light und Power Company, fur nished the -water provided form st.' contract and fran?aises as ?to?Uiin specified, until the conveyance of the property of said Anderson, Water, Light and Power compuny to thu Southern Public Utilities Company. That 'thereafter the said Southern Public >?tillttC3. company furnished water an provided in said franchises und contracts until the.gruullug of the new franehise by Ute elly on-the tenth day of February, 1911. 1 7. Thut un the - day of Aug ust, 1913, tho Anderson Water, Light und ;Power company sold .and. .con veyed its property .to tho Southern Public Utilities company aa oat out in its deed, a copy of which i < hereto at tached and marked Exhibit-1 J. 8. That- by act of-tho legislature of the state ot'South Carolina approved January 5," 1895, the Andorran school district was created; ila boundaries bu ln co-tertuinouB with ;tho. canporato limits of tho city of Anderson, lter oreneo to said act ia hewby- craved. 9. That by an act of the gonoral assembly of the state of South Caro lina, approved February 19. -1913, the original school district waa .enlarged po an to include certain territory con tiguous to tlie city of Anderson, and thereafter the election provided for In said act having resulted in favor of the. questions, therein provided lo be r,ubinitted. to an ,elcctlou, the', act went Into effect, prior to August, 1013; reference to" which ucl ls here by craved as,u part of these proceed ings. Pursuant to said set. -aeveral additional school buildings wore erect ed within Che city of Anderson'. and ono without the corporate . limits ol said city, so that the said board of trustees now has under Its''control within said district teven schools within'the, corporate limits of the city bf Anderson, and one outside ol tho corporate limits? all being within said sclwol dlBtrlct. 10. Prior'/to tito tenth, day ai Feb ruary,' lal*, water was fiirul?b'id^o thc -various public schools w?M??n tho carpriratje limita of tho'city by *h? wat er comp&nie*, iree ot' chargeai pro* ruted <b*othe ?franchlso and contract liscn'of *>rce. 11. fln??tn.e,\tenth dav or February, I'M, live-city 'nundi of tb-i city ol Anderson. ?ranted to tb-j Southern 1'uhlM l!|?;a. company n frau .-ilise, copv ol which io-hereto ottadied upu mar ned .Exhibit E, and on. thc same fiuypiu/aa^tlhereto, tho S-mthorn Public Utilities company and th?? cit? or Anderson entered into .a contract, copy bi wilie11 is hereto attached and marked Exhibit F. lSr^lMrtnn 'thef date of the franchise Here She Is, Aquitania, Fastest of Ocean Liners INTERNATIONAL;Interest hns been aroused by the new transatlantic liner AquItAotUi which ls the fastest nae senge r .steamer lu the world; ,8b* salis 'between .^Liverpool and New ?ork. The A vinita ida can make ns liigb ns twenty-six miles an bour, nlthungb ber average rate of speed ix ma in tallied at about./twunty-four knots. Her furnishings are of the diost elaborate description. She hus a length over all of 001 feet and ls built nloug the same tines us the Lusitania and Muuretanin. graut ed by the city of V.'th rso.i lo These common schools were entirely the Southern P?'t bile UUlittisjs.-ompniiy, independent of tue etty's cont roi and und..of the contract, ont oreti Into pur- U was not until the your lSft?. that suant thereto, thc plaintiff has rurnlsh- the Anderson graded schools were.us ed water to the city schools, and hus i tab?ishod. It was then that these rendered Its bills therefor. Including graded school- became the only pub tho attached bills, aggregating eighty- He schoolH ir suki city nnd as such, two and :?!>-lOO dolara t$.S2.:.!t?, for were receive and .did re water furnished certain school* situate eel from the Anderson within the corporate limits of the city. Wu?? i upany and its succ?s-. Separate meters have Veen installed for. th? >n Water Light and and are maintained by the plaintiff Powe corni, until the latter corn ?t and for each achofd building with- puny transferred all of Its property lu the school district, and seperate leal, personal and mixed tri the plain reading within Ihe'rfcboul district, and liff, corporation. Among the tirings separate readings of thc water furnish- conveyed to plaintiff by the Anderson ed are made monthly by tin; company. Water, Light and power company The defendant dispute? thc right of was: . . the .plaintiff to make tim charges above "All that'certain water system with referred to, oh the\gr- und that the thu pipes, conduits, meiers; roBerviimr i iranctiiscs and contracts.entered Into' and all and overy machinery apparatus betiV?en the city of-Anderson und thc or material inc.idont-thereto.-or-.rou Anders?n Water. Light 'and Power ?meted therewith or usefiil therein, in Company arc still effective in so far and around the city of Anderson, stain, as they require tho vealer'company to of South Carolina, including all rights furnish free water for theiie behool:?, of way and all easements Incident to On this statement of i'nets counsel the lualnteiinnrc of said distributing propounded >to tho, court thc follov Cynical or connected in any w,?y there in g questions of law ror decision: . SvKh.V First: Js and will be d?fendant ne While it is true that Ibo deed to liable to tim plaintiff for '..'aler iur- plaintiff does not' on its face purport tushed to tile public schools of lite to n?-H?Kn the franchise, it does no city of Anderdon trout the lOlii day of completely transfer all the property. February, 10.14, until.the-day ot meium nnd instrumentalities inclnd Septembir. 1915, wbou the franchise |ng nil rieht? of way and easements of. the old Wnter. Light mid Power connected with its wnter system in the Company by Itu term expires. city of Anderson, as tb render it Second.- If ftbe defendant ?3 liable wholly unnb'o Jkn conuriy with tire forthe payment of water. billa, should, terms of Its franchise. It th-ift grant-' the chargea .<be made separately P(j to pla'ntiff all the substance of j against each school, or should the tJi?t frnnc*-?'9c and retained for Itself total amount of water consumed by onlv the shadow, If lt retained any all the-schools within the corporr-e . thing. limits of the city be charged in um; on the aornnfrnce of this convev-_ bill and tho chargea bo made upon the ?mee the nxant.ee who is the nbiintiff. aggregate amount .furnished, HO as tu so proceeded ns though lt had assum-' glv? the defendant the bone?t of re-? "d to do KO to fulfill all tho obllga ductions uilowod on total, aa per slit;- j tiona of the grfnntor. Including the ann ing ?cale set out lu tho contracts with | nlylng of free water to .the public the city? schools in fold city, and lt thereafter The questions are not altogether continued this service until the grant without difficulty and I havo been lng and acceptance by lt of the fran-, somewhat perplexed in reaching a con- chlse. of date February 10. 1914. j elusion for the reason .that counsel Having accepted all the rtghts of, has cited no case Just in ?point, and way and easements granted in tbe. in my own researches-I have not been original franchise, when lt accepted able to find any. But I unhesitating- the conveyance from the Anderson ly hold that under the franchise grant- Water. Light and Power company,: ed by the city of Anderson to ann-a- plaintiff, muet be held to have acceut copted hy tho Anderdon Water; Light ed them with nil the burdens end nbli and Supply, <2o\ wlihch was sitbse- options under which .thev wore hold, quently atfnlghed, with the consent of one of which WHS thc duty to suppK! the city of-Anderson lu the Andercon the public.schools with freo water..and' Water. Light and Supply Co., which this duty continued untl the.expiration. was subsequently assigned, with the Of the original franchise until about consent of the city of Anderson to the September. iBt,. IPlfi. Anderson' Water, Light and" Power The rluM of free wnter for thc use; conipnhy, and under which it oper- of the public schools was vested in ated in tho city of Anderson supplying ?ii public schools In the city of An-' water for both public and private us?, derson that were entitled to receive and furnishing the public schools In and were receiving free water st the' enid city, free water, tho ! panie time "bf the granting and acceptance schools tn said city-were?.entitled to r0f the franchlseof February 10th, 1014., free wnter from whomsoever operated Schools that.have been opened since (under said franchise. This waa.snob a that date have not the right to free 'right that the Anderson school district water. The'.city .of Anderson .ROUld cpuld have al any time ?ono into court not and did not divest the public und-enforced. ?cr scVools then in existence of their VCB Whlle .?lt was notlhor a party or ted right of free water secured to them privy to said' contract,. yet lt -was a by the original franchise and this third'patty for whoso benefit the elty would l.-o true even though It be fully of -Anderson had. secured this volu- conceded that ns between the city .and able right. Tills right of freo waler pii?<;.tlff the franchis-* of February fdr the. publie schools WOB . in said vnh v?\\\ was au abrogation of .tbe - franchise contract expressly stated to -?rlglnal franchise, be oho -of the considerations .that in- AS to the second question, I hold, duced the, city of Anderson to grant that each .separate, school -bita consum said ?.franchise, a . ii - ri'and may to KO 1 rented bv .tho plaln -1 venture to think that lt cannot be ntl ff in rendering bills against the de ' donbted<Uhot*itbe city had-n tperfect fondant for tho uso of .water supplied right .to centrant for the. benefit of the such schools. This, of course, .mow f PuW'c sobools'in said city. ; applies .to such .schools as have boen-, Henderson Water- -Co. vs.. Trustees opened'.since February io. 1014. nnd of the Oraded Schools, 65 &. iE. Rcpt, rfter the expiration of tho original, 927 ?? . . , ' franchise it will apply .to all dhr. public While the authority cited Is not schools in the city, of Anderson, controlling it te very -strongly persOa- it in decreed further, that either, sive on thls-polnt. -party to .this cause.-may nt any time Now it aiiould he remembered, that on proper notice to the other party. . nt tho time this franchise was origi- apply at ho, foo of th'a-decreo for .nully granted to tho Andcraon. Water such further order or judgment a? it Supply company there was not In tho apply at the foot t,f this .deottte for . jetty of Anderson any sy'atom of?grad- .may bo udvlsod that it b-entitled io. ed-schools jund the colily public schools, Get\,?\. /Prince. ; then , in1 ssld>clty were ordinary com- # itesiiing /qdge. . inon aebooto'jst tho county-and slate. Jane 19, 4914. ,?..-?*... j ? ;. - 'J '?'. ' w!?/)/-? - . - - '. ' .-.:?.?, v QUARTERMASTER SAYS IT IS THE BEST CAMPSITE HE HAS EVER SEEN (Ac i~ v fe ? ?r.t h THE "LAKE"; Drill Ground rs Large Enough to Throw Three Regiments Into ll?Wiine?v?ra af^n?'T?ri??. * Special to The Intelllngeucer. Augusta. June JU.-Major M. J. Dan iel, of tiriffin, chief Quartermaster of the ?National Ouant of Georgia, ex-1 pwnsed surprise and, UH he termed it, "unlimited delight*' in the instruction camp yeaterduy afternoon' after he hud gone over all the Au mond property. "In the number of years 1 have beeu connection wUh the militia and ?mili tary camps I have never seen any thing os good as -this," said Major Daniel. "And, as far as this site lat, concerned, lt isn't necessary that one nore tbiug be done to put it in shape -1 don't soe how you aro going to improve lt at all. .tOne of the features which is a moot' pleasing surprise to nie. next to ' tkcifact that we will have in thia camp muru room than we have ever had anywhere else, is that it ls BO pleasant out hore, Naturally, those of UB -who ure not familiar with the fact that the camp is going to be located on Umso hills above the city of Augusta would jump at thc .conclusion that, because tile camp is right here on the edge of the city el most, lt would be os hot ar -tn a city, >but It is aa petasuut out l?ese as one could wish to be in sum mertime-thin br?ese is fin?.". , .~? contrast, which oppealed to Maj Daniel, ns lt has to other military of ficers who have seen the comp site, und who participated in the AnnlBtou encampment, is th", comparative dis tance between the location where the tents will be pitched and the enormous parade and drill ground at the 'Augus-j la comp. For un officers' clubhouse,' on the eastern side of the lake, Au-| mond Corporation superintendant'*! residences and ufdee'on the. proporty.i will lie used-a aommodluus residence,, with.a uia/./.a around three sides - and, ainag in front of this the camp will he pitched. To the west of the camp proper, and on the western side ol' tu ; luke,. with an intervening stretch - of about .2.600 feet.of ground-less than Hie length of ? 1,000-yuxd rifle ranga, -the drill and parade ground com mences. At Anniston it wua necessary, for thc troop to ;marcb more than two miles from the camp lo tho drill ground.- ?? r ?, . i?v i Nore lloom Than They Ever liad. : "Por drill,purposes thin.hs theilnest place I have ever seen," said General ..Daniel. "For close-order drill it is' nioro than ?would d>o'needed." That iporliou of ..tho property which Will he-used for a drill ?ornod ls tho, Aumoiid golf links.. which covers a total of 250 acres, of which i"f. acres, are clear and level in Bermuda graBs.' On the three Hides of ibm, away'from' the camp .?'.te proper, are dillis -and' iorealry just ?neb ea the military mun; say they uboslutoly needed .to .make un instruction camp a complete success lu working out. military .-problems. .In this connection Major'Daniel said: 1 "On the drill-ground-it. will be the easiest .matter in the world ito'-work: the three regiments,-which will he in cump at one. time, all at once, und not have them conflict at all. In fact, this clear ground here and the .growth, of -trees Atound the .back of lt ?gives Identically what lu needed for .military -purposes-Hand - - lt . is more room for maneuvering than we have. 'Over bad before "As to Hie ten tage, that space over on .the Other ? ide of tho lake is aban-! dant and-excellently adapted-for<?amp ? purposes ; in fact, it -is -unusual that, tho. combination can ever. be. found! 'that exists here; the necessary amount, of clear space, thc shade trees and the nearness of the drill ground. Indeed, .as I r.ald before, I don't think a better' campsite i?ouid be found Anywhere;! and.the troops of the-four states-ought: to. bo comfortable and well pleased, here. Lake To Be a ?lg Feature. ! "Thu Hoke..U,-.yulte .naturally, going, to bo a ?great attraction, .and tempta tion to them, und .i judge-ii is .going* to.be neoBssnry to establish .bathlngi .hours during the encampment in order, to keep the lake from being full of the 'boys -in -swimming ell- the. time.', in reality, -1 consider the .pr?senos of that Jake, right in dbe middle tof the; (campsite, one.of the . ron Hy-big features, and one which is -going to add enor mously to the popularU/ zl the camp' with ;thc enlisted men." Major Daniel, a? chief quarter master, ls thc "paymaster" for thc Na tional Guard in Georgia, and ls per haps one of the 'best known military ?men |n the state, -He will IK> in Au gusta tmlay and part of tomorrow. lilli Back to Conference. Washington, Jun? 19.--The senate' today sent the naval appropriation bill' ?pack <to conference, after approving the - agreement roached by the confer ees on moat of ? the items -im the drill., The Items still in disagreement eon-, cern appropriations,for. a dry docket Norfolk, Va., a sea-wall at K>y 'V.-M. Fla., and the aaleTofiV ?.?itliililpj "Mississippi and Td-*>'/. - ( . Ftrturlat, The teacher had just rand the myth, about Pe-reous-and MedU3a..Hhacwislrdd to s t i mu?ate tho .im4?:tuation -ot - mer j youngsters-atm naked them to de scribe .Oio hero aa they (pictured him.' One little -?irt wrote: "Perseus *waa, 'UH ami stately- wita a 'black waxy mustache ?nd -wore a -monolog-over? iiis left eyB.'' . i g a?' j .,.>:, o ?f.- j 6. Hunt .u Ilome.T .For quick aale I of ? fur ? nice -house ?lid .lot ou-Groen villv efervot <at Ka?:rifUie. CY.<?U should in ventilate tblr-. Part cash, balance on time. Address, Oppontn .idty, ???ru Gen. Deb, Anderson, -S.'C. ? ,1, JR? m i titulen-From In front Of The -Intal ? ligencer office, 'Iroquois bicycle, stock model No. 311124. Coaster brake, two 'brass plugs tn f rom t Ire. Reward for information leading to recovery of same and conviction al thief, L. M. hi., car intelligencer, it LOST-Wednesday ulght the 10th, in . or between Andersou and Midland ShoalB on Savannah river, a?iio'' yel low folding pocketbook containing 6 checks aggregating about. t3?H10t, 00. -Keward it returned to -W*. W. *\>w?ll at 'Chero Gol? ?Bottling Go. Anderson, 3.-C. ?-i?-tt FOR SAUE ; . ; .?||-i-t?? For Hale-If you want nitrate of soda for spot or future shipment 4t ev*?l pay yon to communicate with 'aa before placing ?your orders. Karby & .Co.. ?Brokers/ Importers, Pvioiow, jill fertilisers. Sumter, SC. For Hale-Prompt shipment, car lots, 80 tons, Eooked ? cottnu Jioed hulls, 80 tous baled .calton seed hulls Union Seed and Fertilizer Co.,->Co lunibln, S. C. . ?> 9? A. Under this head will bo run shoft I announcements of candidates. JTJte tates .for these-aire ?a. follows: ,For tounly offices In both ' dally arid .e-al-weekly, lill election 47.GO; in .either alone, -95.00, cash in advance 'strictly.- < Fori city offices: io .dally [only: Mayor, $5.00; aldermen, $3.00.. FOB MA-YOB. ' I hereby announce myself a candl lato for Mayor of Anderson, subject to the rules of the Democratic . jjri mary T?>? . '. >Y ?*? J. M. PAYNE. ? -J-. Hi Godfrey is -hereby las candidate for Mayor,-.anbisctdo.tfee I-rules of the City -Democratic Pri mary -ulectlon. ?=- ,.4-;- fr- <??> \R s m w ? m m m -j .ti ? ?fi ?? -ia ?&i&W W *f* j B. 3. Bleekley Thone 671 O. BL Ecori i'fjone fl?. ?Iii M Undonakera , 117 E. Wiltner St. ?fa r/fi:~~ Answers all coils day er sight. Phon? ses. ?? -Hi "iS ?? -iii ?fi ?ti tf ^ nt ? i .tr ;^fijij|^jii^;j|i