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?MS From The Interesting News Items From the Official Monthly Paper of the Anderson Y. M. C. A., Fred M. Burnett, Editor. ' On August 19th, the attractive. Library and Community House shown in the above cut was formally dedicated and opened to the public at Riverside-Toxavay. A large crowd assembled to witness the exercises and an attractive program was rendered. This advance move on the part of the Riverside-Toxaway management is mereh another indication of thc willingness of the aggressive manufacturers of Anderson to offer to their ambitious operatives the best possible advantages. THE COMIAN congratulates you, Mr. Gossett! RIVERSIDE-TOXAWAY PRIZES. We are glad to announce in this issue of THE COMIAN the pYviz? winners in the better flower yards and premises contest conducted by Mr. Gossett this year, in the" Riverside-Toxaway villages. Mr. Gos settfs offer was very liberal, although the weather was very unfavor able'during the spring and manywere at a great disadvantage to try to have flower yards and gardens. There were several families in the*vi?age that carried water during the dry weather and watered their flower yards and even the vegetable gardens, thus showing the interest in good homes and premises. The prize winners of the two villages are found below: Riverside Village-Flower Gardens. First Prize. ;-.Mattie Beasley Second Prize.:.., .. . L. W. Church T hird Pri2e..........-. .... .Mrs. Pike Fourth Prize.'..Annie Peace Fifth Prize..J. A- Alexander Fifth Prize. :-.. . A. C. Allison Best Kept premises. First Prize.L. W. Church Second Prize..Annie Peace Third Prize..Mellie Curry ? Fourth Prize. Mrs. Pike r if th Prize.-...Lonnie Franklin Specials. Best Front Yard.Mattie Beasley Best Back Yard.L. E. Smith Best Condition Shade Trees. ....A. W- Beasley Bes,t Condition Fruit Tree?.".Mrs. Pike Best Home. .L. W. Church Toxnway Village-Flower Gardens. First Prize.'.. .Mrs. Acker Second Prize.J. L. ?lead Third Prize.J. H. Davis Fourth Prize. ...A. H. King Fflfth Prize.E. A. Hutchison Fifth Prize...E. J. Campbell Best Kept Premises. # First Prize:.... Mrs. Pearson Second Prize'.-. .J. H. Davis Third Prize.;..'.. J. E. Moulder j Fourth Prize.J. H. Alewine Fifth Prize.....J. B. Estes Specials. Best Front Yard.Mrs. Acker Best Back Yard.. .. '..... .E. A. Hutchison Best Condition Shade Trees.E. C. Franklin Best Condition Fruit Trees.Mrs- Junkins Best Home.Mrs. Pearson -?-? VU.A . BROGON WINNERS. tn thc eajfly spring, Mr. C. W. Causey,-. Supt.'of the Brogon Mill, oiTcred different prizes, amounting to $5o.oo, for flower gardens, premises, vegetable gardens, etc., etc The prizes have been awarded, but owing to the fact that there ver?, so many who took a great interest in the improvement of their gardens, yards and prem ises, it was a hard task to really tell who did deserve the few prizes above the others. The Brogon people ate to be congratulated for the: real interest shown in the homes and premises of tte village, and while there gre quite a number of splendid bornes and premises in the village, those who had things just a little better than the others and captured int prizes are as follows: . Flower Gardens. First Prize.B C Grigg Second Prize-.E. C. White rhircT Prize . . v..John Wade Fourth Prize.Chas. White Fifth Prize. .. .Maggie Gantbrill Fifth Prize.S. J. h'.. Dixon Specials. Best Arranged Garden.-.B. C Grigg Beat Individual Plant.J. E. Floyd Largest Display..E. C White Best Kept Premises. First Prize.BC Grigg Second Prize.E. G White . Third Prize.,.L. E. Carethers Fourth Prize..-S.?E. Hart Fifth Fri. .J. D. Boykin SpecialeJ LVsl l r ?nt Yard.m-,...E. C. White .A.B.C. Grigg << ? . ? ? . t . . i . . t , i . ? ? t T i I ? ? ? : r . ? ? ? ' . M?~ B- H it M pember liest f'orch (ir Window Vine. liest Home. Oven i:irst Prize. Second Prize. Booby. GLUCK WIRELESS. - 1 1 he people of the village and especially thc children are look ing forward to Monday, Septem ber 14, when the Gluck Mill school will begin. Miss Floride Harris will he the principal this! year and will have cha ge of thc higher grades, while Miss Grace Owen will assist Miss Harris and have charge of the intermediate grades. Every hoy and girl in the village that can "should he ready to go thc first day Blake Morgan, of Greenville, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Kay, on vancliver street. f Misses Nessie Young and Dessie McGill, two of the village's pop ular young ladies, are Just back from a visit to relatives and friends in Hendersonville. Little Gladys Johnson is spend ing the week with her grandfather at Honea Path. Miss Lee Cooper, on Hill street, has been on the sick list for some time. Mrs. Macy Wood Brown is im proving from a short illness. A fine baby boy, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hancock, on Wellington street. The Baptist people of the vii-, 'age have preaching at thc hall on Saturday night now instead of Sunday night. J. M. Davis and family are vis iting in Abbeville county this week. Mr. S. E. Perguson, the new boss weaver, is moving his family to Gluck from Atlanta. Mr. Pergu son comes to Gluck well recom mended and. we welcome him and his family among us. - The Gluck Mill has been run ning on full time this summer and everybody seems to be happy and prosperous. A very unusual occurrence took place at Gluck last Saturday and Sunday when six young people of thc village were married in less than twenty-four hours, which alone goes to show that Gluck is the place to ljve. Mr. Albert McGill and Miss Ophelia Baine are one of the new couples and after a short visit to Hartwell, Ga., are at home to; their friends on Vandiver street. Mr. Robert Adams and Miss Katie Morrison were happily mar ried last Sunday and live on Hill street. Mr. Allen Boles and Miss Eliza Young vere married last Sunday and afterward left on a honey moon trip to Mr. Boles' relatives in Georgia, The friends of' the above couples and THE COMIAN extend to them all the good wishes possible. Now that Mr. Ligon has had the front streets >-i the village cleaned up and put in dandy good shape, with just a little work on the part of those in . the village, the Gluck village can be made one of the prettle t mill towns in the South. Trash .,f all kind and old tin cans (tin cans breed mos quitoes every d?. ) are hauled Off promptly wher put on the back alleys. Let's ir t rove the looks of our premises. HIKE TC HIGH SHOALS. Sunday r ternoon, August 15, a jolly ?rov J of 30 Sunday school boys enjoyed a hike to High Shoals, fhe bunch left the Orr vale'Methodist church at 3 :i5 and returned about 7:00 o'clock. Every boy seemed to be a good walker and, while there were sev eral small boys along, almost every one reached home as jolly as when he left. Two of the num ber descry*? ?"'?Hai mention. Mil ton; Cooper and John Henry Be? viii. These two are much smaller than the others and are only about 6 years old, but kepi up w ith the crowd and enjoyed the trip going And coming, which is not Itss than a ten-mile hike, showed that they were game tittie fellows, and sportsmen of the true blue kind. RTVERSIDE-TOXAWAY. . ' ? Almost all* the ladies of the tillage are taking advantage of the splendid crop of peaches and other fruit this year and are put? ting Up lots of fruit for wint?Y use, which is a very good tiling to The many friends of Mrs. Jane Moulder will be glad to know she is improving very fast at the hos .L. E. Carethers . .B. C. Grigg cen. . ..L H. Thomas I .T- fi. White . ..I- A. Patterson pjtal and is expected to return | home af an carly date. The new l ibrary which was formally opened Wednesday night, August 19, is the most popular place in thc village with the youn.? folks at this time. One of the social affairs of the month was the wedding of Miss Nannie Pearson and Mr. Will Roberson. Miss Pearson is one of the most popular young ladies of the village, while Mr. Roberson is the efficient cloth-room over seer at Toxaway. Their friendsl and THE COM?AN extend to| them very best wishes. Luke Moore is wearing a broad! smile now all on account of a fine I "boy" at his house. Everybody enjoyed the pictures shown by Mr. Mims at the hall last Saturday night'and hope it won't be long before we will have more. Mr. Luther Peace- was , at his regular pos: last Sunday evening. Mr. J. H. Willingham is very ill at this writnj. Mr. Tucker and family are. run ning the boarding house at Tox away formerly occupied by Mr. Ford. Mr. Wood, from Greenville, tilled Mr. Graham's pulpit here Sunday and spent the day with Mr. Joe Whitten. Mrs- Hughes, of Riverside, snent Sunday -vith Mrs. Vail, at Or: ville. Mrs. Pearson and family, Will ) Roberson and wife, Mrs. Cleve land and Mrs. John Mahoney spent Sunday with C. H. Pearson and familv. One of the most interesting baseball games of thc season was the one pulled off at the park two Saturdays ago between Riverside Toxaway and Brogon. The score | was 1 rfnd l ur^? the..tenth in ning, when our ?earn made a run and won tile game. Clean ball was played all through the'game. The addition of several new houses in the Riverside village adds n._J,?.io the looks of ?be l?ge. ? Mrs. McKee, ort MitcheM street, enjoyed a visit to relatives and friends in Union last week! Luther .??Church visited His brother in' Georgia during the shut down. We are glad to rcjfdrt that Mrs. H. T. Smith is improving very J fast from her recent Hines*. Every bov ahsd .girl.JfTithe vil lage should remember that I SCHOOL BEGINS MONDAY, | SEPTEMBER 14. ADVANTAGE OF EDUCATION The chance of a" prop?rlv edu cated man in holding apposition as aeainst an uneducated one is as 250 to l. according to Mr. Harris, United States commissioner of ed ncation. . , ..... ORRVILLE NEWS; School days are h?re and all the chil'lreh ate glad., Mrs. C. Tl Cooper is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mattie Evans, in Clinton, this week. Little Charlie Hart, who was kicked by a horse the first of Au gust, has about recovered. Mr. Bob Traynem, a brother of Mrs. Corra Whitten, paid Orr ville a short visit last week. ? Mr. W. T. Belvin, pastor of the Orrville Methodist church, is &ws$ CGi?dvictiri** *K ??iw?ti?inr Mr. and Mrs." W M. Hill visited relatives in Piedmont and Pelzer during vacation time. ". 'Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanders are just back frcnit a visit to relatives and frir?nrl?i in f?enrtr?a. Miss Blanch Stamps^ on Harris street, is quite ill at this writing. Mr. R. W. Hembree, director of the Second Regiment" ba??, spent the fir?t week bf. August in the country directing the Jolty band, n'ter which Mr; artr> Mrs. Hembiee sperrt several days with friends in .Piedmont. Mr. W. C. Jaynes and wife spent a few days in Georgia dur ing the month and report a very pleasant trip. ... Mr. S. W. Rabb reports a: very pleasant vacation of twtr> weeks spent in the mountains of North Carolina. Miss Florence Hudgens will soon leave td take charge of her school work in the country, where she Is to teach this year. Mr, Berry Edwards, ?LEIber ton, Ga., is visiting Mr. P.t M. Hutto and J. T. Mahoney. Amon? those who attended the annual picnic at Carswell Insti tute were Messrs. B- C. Young, Amos Craft, Charlie Ellison, Ed Conwell, W. M. Scott, J. H. Han cock and R. W. Hcmbrce. EQUINOX NEWS ITEMS. Mr. Hunter is the new superin tendent at Equinox and conies from Lowell, Mass. Mr. Hunter is highly recommended as a mill man and is winning a host of ;"riends already. Mr. A. E. Mull is the new man lier of the store at Equinox and is putting in his stock of goods as rapidly as possible Mr. Will Blakely has moved tri the village and lives on Church street. Mrs. Guy Beard, of Gluck, spent Sunda'y with her mother, Mrs. Hall, on Church street. After grading and hauling dirt several weeks Highland avenue, the new street in the village, has been turned into one of the pret tiest streets in the whole village. The ground \S very level on the front and the back and by the grading that was done gives ev erybody a chance to have a good garden spot. Omar Dickason and family are also among the newcomers. Mr. S. T. Massey, who has been installing, moving and over hauling machinery in the mill, states that he has finished his work and that it will only be a short while until all the machinery will be running. - Everybody is busy at Equinox, some are moving in and getting ready to go to work as the work starts up, others are cleaning up and beautifying their premises and planting fall vegetables, y Watch the people make a new place out of Equinox! MOVING PICTURES. There has been no permanent schedule arranged yet about the free moving pictures that are be ing shown in the different villages, and the only way to know when pictures will be shown is to watch the bulletin boards for notices. ANDERSON MILL NEWS. Mr. L. O. Gosnell and faintly visited relatives in Spartanburg and Greenville counties during the time the mill was shut down. Mrs. Annie Smith visited friends in Pickens county a- few weeks ago. Mrs. Smith is an old resident of the village and it is interesting to know that she has lived in the same house in the village fifteen years. C. T. LaFoy, of the office, took advantage of the special trip to Washington and other points pf interest during the month, and says he took in about aV he could stand at one time. J. R. Richardson and family are spending a few days in Geor gia at this writing. Mrs. M. A. White has returned home after a visjt to her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Abbott, in Walhalla. Miss Abbie Ivester is visiting in Westminster at this writing. Miss Levan,' of Pell Qty, Ala., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Mor gan, on' West End avenue. Mr. R. E. Smith is. now outside overseer at the Anderson Mills. MT. M. P. Owwt? from Prizer, is the new second hand in No. 1 weave room. SCHOOL BEGINS IN X>UR NEW BUILDING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,. and ev?ry boy and girl should be ready to go the very first day and attend regu larly. Mr. Frank White had a new coat of paint put ion his house while the mill was stopped. SIGN YOUR NAME. - "YbUi just sign. |t for me, I'm powerful nerVrJtts" or "I don"! .write ii?uch" are * expressior?s^that are . fre^ucmir ? neara p.rciim? a mill when aman is asked tb sign' his name;. lt\> I pitiable sight to see a m sn grown who can't even *ign his name and would not know it if he were to see it in Writing; . - This min, however, will not see thfc article, bat We are writ ing it, for those^ who will see it. You may have an opportunity to hetp <n some way by a word cf en couragement some boy or1 girl to get the rudiments of ari education that wilPbe of inestimable value to them irf after life. There ls positively no excuse for any person at any of our mills not being able to read and write. If the .opportunity is lacking, we wift see to irtbat the opportunity is supplied, if you can't read and Wanted: BANK STOCK Subject to supply we will buy Eight Shares cf Bank of Andersen. J. Fur man Evans Cb. Evans Building Anderson, S. C. While Others Are Crying Hard Times We are sawing and cutting wood? No. the. finest beef, mutton? veal, pork, &c., ever kept in the city of Anderson. Our business irr this ?line as well as in the Gro cery line is growing. We are not going to let "hard times" talk cut a hole in our business. We are going to give you the goods, the price, and the service, in return for your patronage and good looks. "Nuf Sed." W.A.POVI 2125 S. Main SAM D. HARPER, Mgr., II n i III ?B~ ' lilli" "ii i i M-. ii? iirfl r r;"' Phone 132 write, don't be too bashful to Jct some one help you. Thc above article "Sign Your Name'" was written by L. !\ Hol lis, who is editor of the Pacomico, the paper published for the oper atives of the Parker Cotton Mills Company. Mr. Hollis had in mind the people who worked in ?ho>:? particular mills when he pointed out the advantages offered to th?; people to obtain an education. Right here in Anderson, at Gluck, at Cr.-, at Brogon, at Equinox, at l iveiside-Toxaway, and at the Anderson Cotton Mills tile people x |1 have as good opportunity this coining fall and winter to obtain exp? Ti instruction as can be ha.* under similar conditions any v? !ierel We were proud of our Night School last year and expect \y make it bigger and better than ;ever this tihie. - BROGON ITEMS. " WE WILL PAY YOU TEN CENTS FOR YOUR COTTON We have several small farms, fine land, m five miles nf thc. city, which we will stell at from $t?5CQ to $75.00 per acre-only ?-4 payable (h's fall, and we will take Good Middling Gotten ir. payment of thia 1-4 ot Ten Cents a pound. Wc witt hold the cot ton until February let and give yon the overplus then, if there is any. Balance payable tn i One and Two Years at 7 per cent interest. Anderson Real Estate & Investment Co. E. B. Horton, Pres. L. 8. Horton, V. P.* W. J?. Marshall, Treas ' The people of Brogon village j j . mi -?? have been for the last two weeks -i . . ? u enjoying the annual vacation " . . ; 'JS-M-. I. which the company gives in order fuient AfiSfct then dont i that everybody may have a time . seek farther, Jest see aie. I for rest and recreation, Several specialise em these treaties aa? 5 families are spending their vaca- "V'&J0" ff^ J?iiaa" h?h in the country, while others J^^^'K"??????^ are in the mountains and other pairs 10c up. ^^^J daughters Eu-' DR. M. R. CAMPBELL genia and Clarice, and Mrs. Harry ? "* . _ r Cathey, sp?rit several days last ,112 W. V\hitner St week visiting in Georgia. '?reunir fi?or-telephone co? t? Belton Hall is away on a hike ?eetloHs. at'this Witing. _ ' ? ' - ' ? [ - Mr. and Mrs. Bruce visited rel- ?-????ge, . ? atives and friends at Inman last ' u .? . . .. ., vrtttk well attended and enjoyed by all, -Mrs. Charies White and chtl- by the women anti dren are back from a- visit to children. Wc wish to thank who ...... . OVOr jO . ... nnnriliK, f<-?? fll/? T?*'?f? rnenas in tne country. 2TS?'"'?* . ? f Miss Emma White has returned moving pictures, from a <fe<-rv Stay in the country ?ne of the most enjoyable with her eraridfather..Capt. Bus- ?J?}mP% ot the season was the jjy ; ouCi?t r?iR.c ia*cu uy UK. mem Robert Junkins spent a few ?fag of the Girls' Club of the days In Walhalla last week, ^brary iwo weeks ago. After (Some attraction m> that way for broiling meUs.^nd toast.nc matsh "BobbV'i mallows over the camp fires and ; Miss Alma Farmer and Mr. Will ghost stories, the girls re Philips were happily married bun- ?"'^ ?-???.> ? meu, wu,, day, August 16, and, after a very "vely crowd, sumptuous dinner, the bride and ? Mrs. George .Reynolds--- and groom left immediately on a short SP^/? str^et are honeymoon. Their friends , of <m-te ulI at this.writing, the village and THE COMIAN ex- Mr. .G W Causey and family tend to them very best wishes. spent several-days at Is e of Palms ? The friends-of Mr. and Mrs. during vacation time. Rush sympathize with them be- SCHOOL DAYS BEGIN MON causeo?The d^^^ DAY, SEPTEMBER 14. LET'S fe^w^eeksago GET THE CHILDREN READY T. E. White and sons and Mr. ?LL IHE Ti?RM' ? and Mrs. Magnus ??tts, Miss }\*Xch Brogon's flower Sarah Bowie and John Bowie, yaws ! _ spent a week of their vacation at , ~ ,.". Hatting Ford on a camping trip. M MmtUm? they; report plenty of fish and a ^yAt^^V!?T^mM tine tune. to buy what abe wested at Ute first The moving pictures which are atora aaa came tor "Yea. My vlf* being shown on. the lawn art the ; treeacattv **e*~^h#t ta, aa? retara? library about once every two to lt after eta's nasa ta ali Cha other weeks by Mr, Minis, are always mmm?