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AILL'S And MEYERS MUSICAL COMEDY CO. I _- .... .-^-".-^^ ANOTHER DANDY SHOW II At The PALMETTO THEATRE All of This WEEK I ^r 5BMB "Theatres may come and Theatres may go"-BUT -You can always find the best in Movies and High Class Vaudeville at this amusement house,--We wish each and every one, A Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year, and sincerely thank you for your patronage in the past and assure you it will ever be the aim and desire of the management to put on shows that will meet with your approval.-A. M. PINKSTON, Manager. BBSS&SS LIVE WIRE For th* H ^7 M m Electrical Gifts Please Every "Woman Electric Iron ?UM . Chining Plan *K00 Percolilli i- . " ttja ' Tons ter $3.011 ?.rill *\SM M?fffl Disc Sto*c ?4M? ? ?.loch ?lue Stove *1JQ0 Carling Iron COB? -MI^Tor^Jten, and many other electrle devices er convenience and economy. sr Southern Public Utilities Co. GIVE BOOKS this year. A book is a continual source of pleasure and a constant reminder of the giver. There is no more appropriate holiday gift. To learn of the best books published this season come in to our well equipped Book Store and make early selections while the assortments are complete. Choice books for grown-ups and little, folks. NOTHING BETTER THAN BOOKS FOR GIFTS We are also showing the finest line of "Charac ter" Dolls ever displayed in Anderson; also a very comprehensive line of Games for Children. We have the Largest and Best Selected line of Books this Christmas we have ever carrier^. PANTS BOOK STORE r '. ' i Ti/* iffian'** . :'?L' V ' ii EMPLOYEES WILL GO TO ANNUAL BANQUET rO BE GIVEN IN CHARLOTTE BY THE DUKE INTER ESTS. NEW PROGRAM Understood There Will Be No Speech Making This Year. Motion Pictures. Local employ?e? pX tho Southern Public Utlllti.% Company and the Piedmont & Northern Railway ar* ooking forward wHh anticipation of uuch pleasure tq.Abe anf.nal banquet vhieh employes of the Dfcke 10(01*0818 will enjoy in Charlotte n#.\t Saturday H?ht.. * It haa been the custom heretofore 'or the. employes of the Southern 'uMic. ru I it ii s company to be ban llie.ted In ono city, those ot the Soutn >rn Power Company In another uud. hos? af the Piedmont & Xcrrtheny jliieit in it third city. Lust y esr bun mets were held in GretnvUle. Char ott'..- and Wiiiaton-Salom. Thin yea.', ?owever. the threo banqueta will be iombined and beld in Charlotte and ut he aamo pince. S. The m eat gathering will be held in he auditorium at Charlotte, next Sat-, irday craning, aud hundreds ot em iloyoH of these three big companies viii b? preaeut. Plann for the fuuctioh lave not been announced aa ye!, hut t ia probable that there will tx- sey .rU changes in the plan which w?a ulloweo* last yeas aud in yours before. It is um I en; tu. ?1 that tho banquet .1 Charlotte will be devoid ot speech uaking. Instead of tho usual after llnncr addresses by officials of thc 'ouipaay aud others, it is reported notion picture? will bc shown* u??the tanquel IH in progr?s?. Just what hese pictures will (Il?strate, is not loflriVely known. Uni lt is understood bat they will be ainu* lines of purti ular interest to tho employes of the oinpany. These banquets do much to foster .loser rcla.lonr. bttweeu . employers md employee* und Rive tho employ?es if mie brauch of tbe big com pa uv an .pportunlty -of meeting and knowing h* employees of another branch. The tanqueta arc Usually atti tided by ull 'mployees of the company except hose who cannot for obvtoua reasons eave their posts of duty tbat night. A'hile I no announcement along thia Ino have been made, it ia probable hat apecial tra?na will tie run on the nterorban linea for tbe purpose of conveying tho employes . to Charlotte 'rn* the banquet and carrying them jack to their respective stations after he entertainment. EXCHANGE CHALLENGES TO PERSONAL COMBAT (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE.) :1am "unjustified and unwarranted." Representative Ragsdale. of South "arolhm, said /hat 'when the' gentle nen charged that there in railroad in lu en re enough on the Democratic dde of the house to defeat thia legis ntion, I dont believe lt and I repud at? lt. "Well, the gentleman has his ophi on," replied Representative Moon. 'If the hit dop yelps, let him yelp." representative v Webb, of North karolina, said he "was not influenced jy railroads, but hy my own col eagues who I think are high minded, tanest- and conscientious mea."* Representative Moon concluded Sith the statement tbat the Demo trata who had voted against the rule iud done so because of "profound tg lorauce." Republican Leader Mann, who, had ed the fight against die origtnal role, at er renewed the controversy. "The charge haa been ma le on thia loor," he said, "that the influence of railroad interests has been felt in this louse. I believe it la the duty of the louse, it the charge is not true,. to .epudlate the charge and condemn the nan who made lt. If lt ls true, the? .ho.house owes.lt to itself to investi* rate the charges aud punish those nen whose votes have been'changed *y railroad influence." A little later Representative Moon, n a brief speeoL. disclaimed ?ny In I untlou lo "roflocl on tho honor or lu I ifKriiy of any menthe.' of iii? house." ll? talc! thut his speech wa? nia<lo "In Uu> lioat of debate" arni "uiay have been a Utile rough." ll? offered tu wlthdiaw any "offensive language" he might have used. ATTENDS FUNERAL OF HIS BROTHER T. B. Kinney, of The Intelligencer Force, Summoned Heme Ac count Brother's Death. The following report of the death o? Paul Kinney ls taken from a Shreveport (La.) paper. Mr. Kinney wan the brother of F. It. Kinney, of thlB city, who haB been connected with The Intelligencer force for a?r erai months as pressman. Mr. Kinney reached Shreveport before the funer al of his brother, and in spending a [few days with his aged mother before returning to resume his duties: The funeral' of Paul O. Kinney.'aged 37! son of-Mrs. Clara G. Kinney and the late Capt. William Kinney, who died at the family residence at 216 Fanning street early Saturday morn ing, after an Illness of ten days, will I be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from She'family home. Interment'will he in the Oakland cemetery. Rev, Father F. Berte}* of the^Hoiy Trinity j church, officiating., , The deceased. w??s boru and reared In this city and was widely known. Last Monday he Wan stricken with pneumonia and although he Huffefed greatly during the days succeeding, his condition was thought to have bren Improved Frtday when - he told mvtub?r? of the family that he was feeling better. Ills condition took a sudden turn for the worse during the night, however, anti, he died .about 3 o'clock Saturday" morning. He is survived by bia mother, three brothers, Leonard,' Brazier aud Fran cis, tuc last named living in Anderson. ti. C., and one sister, Mrs. J. H. O'Neil, of ltlveredge. X. J, A telegram was rtcelvpd last night from Mr. Frauds l\,1uney( which ?tated thut he would be here in /time for* the funeral Mon day. * Tho pall bearers will be J. C. Tri chel. S. E. Adams, Jim Dykes, Henry Haag. Murray Quiglos, Leon I. Kahn and Will Jones. O O O O O O o o ? o o o o o o WILLIAMSTON o ? c.. o O O O O O O O O O O O O O O Mrs. Jaa. 9. Deik' of Atlanta, Ca., ls t her? visiting, home folk for the| Christmas holidays. Miss Lydia Sherard han returned' home from, an extended vlalt to| friends in Greenville and Clemson. Miss Blanche Ferguson ' of Green ville spent the weekend with her! mother, Mrs.'M. M. Ferguson. Miss . enrobe 1 Cooley has returned j from a visit in Atlanta. Dr. J. D. Caldwell is visiting lu] Chester. Misa Kiddie Arnold apeat last week end In Greenville. Misses Edith Blgby. Maude At tawny I and Bertha. Anderson attended the teacher's meeting In Anderson last [ Saturday. Messrs. B. S. IL Harris and : O. J: Brockman of Greenville were busi ness visitors in town Friday. Mr. J. B. Martin,.anent Tuesday in Anderson oa business. Mrs. H. T. Crigler. spent last week- j end in Anderson th? guest of Mrs. B. j B. Gossett. Mr. J. C. Duckworth spent Tuesday j in Anderson. Mr. Joe Sullivan of Anderson spent Sunday with the homo folg* Mrs. R. P. Hansom has. returned home after a short *sit tn Anderson. Mr. li. T. ertgley |? 6ft- cm a hunt- ] lng trip. Mr. Jus. P. Gossett has returned | from a business trip to New York. - Mr. K. H: Waihora spent Tuesday] in Anderson on business. Mr. Harris of Anderson . waa in | tow? Thursday on business. ' Mr.." De Witt.. Melborn of Charleston! returned to tow? Saturday for .the holidays. Kev. Alexander and Mr. Gregory have returned fron? Charleston, where | r.U*ey attended tba. State Beptist con vention. . , Mr. Fred Gaines left last Monday I PRODUCED GORN FOR 27 CENTSA BUSHEL GOOD RECORD MADE BY AN DERSON COUNTY BOY FARMER ACRE YIELD WAS 159 1-3 BU. Frank Thompson of Pendletc Produced Some of the Cheap est Corn. - - . That corn can be produced on An derson county rented land as cheaply as 27 cents per bushed was demon strated in the reports which were aub mitted by the members of the boys' corn club at the annual contest held laat Saturday week at the chamber of commerce. Several of the beat reports were laid aside hy Demon nt rat ion Agent J. W. Rothr?ok, at, the requeat of thc In telligencer, for publication for the en- ? iightinent of tho general public. Aa j generali}* known, each member of the I club had to submit a written report j on his prize acre of corn, giving in detail the coat of' production, etc. These reports figured "largely in de termining the winners of the various prizes. Som o Cheap Cora I Frank Thompson, of route 2, Pen j dleton, produced corn nt a coot of I 27 cents per bushel. He planted hia j ?corn in 5-inch dark ldora aol!, with I iblue clay subsoil. Oats aud peas had 1 been grown on thc land the year be- ? fore, and oats and crimson clovor? ? were planted on lt an a winter cover crop. Tho land was broken lu June to a depth of fi Inches, and the seeds were planted ou the third of that month. Ho planted Marlboro pToll (Jo. corn, In rows 4 feet apart and In l.r> Inch drills. For fertilizer he UBcd 1100 poundii of crushed cotton seed and 225 pounds of K-4-4 fertilizer. The crop wa8 ploughed three times with sweep and subsoil plows. Thc ylelt* per acrj was 59 1-3 bushels. Thc average yield tn the county on similar, land with ordinary cultivation ls 20 j bushels. Frank reported that his crop i was planted Inte, after oats had boen cut,, and slates (hat had he .planted earlier he believes a larger yield would have been made. Tho total cost of producing the 59 1-3 bushels of corn was $15.99, or 27 cents per bushel. Other reporta by members' of the boys' corn club will be published i from time to time. for Greenville, where he has accepted a position with the Piedmont and Northern lines. Mr. Clyde. Stone took Mr.* Gaines' place as night central her? Mr. 8am Wells of Savannah, Ga., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Powell. Prof. George Welbon? spent last Saturday in Anderdon attending the teachers* meeting. " " ' 1 ?1 H.?1 The Day Io Congress WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-SENATE: I Walter I* Fisher, former secretary of the interior, testified before the lands i committee en the water power site leasing bill. Efforts to agree upon a vote on im migration bill January 4 were defeat ed by objection of Senator O'Gorman. Keating* continued on the hill for ultimate independence, cf the Phillp*, pines. Secretary Redfield aubmitted a re port on exports ot war munitions to Europe, Adjourned 4:1."? p. m. to noon Mon day. HOUSE: Representative Bulk ley as sailed the proposal to let rural credits legislation walt for the next con gress. . Rivera and hat bora bill formally re ported by tho committee. Army appropriation hill perfected in. committee and debate on the postai bill proceed A on the Boor. Adjourned 6:0.5 p. m, to noon Mon day. . . "Comfy" BlippcrB, ribbon trim med with ?pring heel and nice pon-pon. ?j London ' Smoke, Deft Blue and Ked, worth $1.60, now.. ?.W? leadles* trimmed houBC slipper? in oil Rotors. .?. $1.00 Men's leather cu?hlon sole ?Up pers in tan and black.. ..$1.50 Men's black Romeo's in block on sole..,..$1.50 Geisberg Bros. Shoe Co. I nder STasonJc Temple Shoes That Satisfy. . 4 Your Christmas Music -;,5 ?rf . ? Are You ave in ff' US ? L lt gua 1 You can find no better medium for fur nUhing music than the famous Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph Thk instrument is Che- knott wonderful musical instrument of the ase. nama a genuine Diamond for reproducing the tone, end ? heavy indestructible record, playing from 4 to 5 minutes. We repeat Mr. dbon'e invitation. "To let the public hear them, end they be the i judge." 0 * fWe also have Columbia. Machines arid record?. Come m end hear, 'ifs a Long Wey ti. ?rt_-" ?. C. i ED PIANO 6 ORGAN CO. -117 N. Maia St Anderson, S. C. Airer Jan. l?, 1915, 314 S. Main St. A Wneless Banquet. ly ?pent for champagne. Instead of a ; dinner at |5 a. plut? at a downtown CHICAGO. Dec. 19.-One hundred j hotel the officials gathered In Ute clnb officials ot the Illinois Steel Conioanv?rooms ot the works wheie the dinner attended a trinelesa banquet tonight j cost one dollar, and the four dollars and gave to charity the money usual-1 WA? .given, to the needy.