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CUT? PFRFECn.Y TEMPERED We exercise 'gf?fct care in t!^ perience enables us to correctly j. tlx patterns of Cutlery. SEE OUR SHd Sullivan Hal Anderson, S. C., Oreen MARKETJOPORT I Stocks and Bonds. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Total sales on the stock exchange today were thc smallest for a full session since Feb ruary, 1888. Less than 50,000 shares changed hands and trading was limit ed to about a score of socalletl favor ites. . The movement was narrow through out, with a lowering trend, leaders yielding as much as a point at tho outset, but making general recoveries on settlement of short contracts. This completed, the list drifted aimlessly to rm apathetic, but Arm close. Ot all the. Important stocks. St. Paul failed to regain its decline, the weak ness being associated with rumors of an impending bond or note issue. These same rumors applied to other' railroads as well as industrial com-J pa??es whose pressing financial re-1 qulrements were matters of generali knowledge. Missouri, Kansas & Texas preferred was the only addition to the list ot I stocks touching their minimum de spite a favorable statement of earn ings, for November: Restoration of the regular . "panhandle" preferred dlvi-1 dend was received with interest be cause the company, is controlled by the Pennsylvania company, wi)Ich re dend, tfll A slight, advance in M prices of certain finished product! Ras hailed ga ??. ?rtJt<w?4i/;-?. mg v^*fi-fluent in the I mec*? trade. Other linet fbi business showed further tndieaU <m of recov ery, chiefly A,* a resnlt >ffl war con tracte. ] I An additional gain ol almost $C 1*00.000 gold was the nw MJinteresting feature of the Bank if Germany's weekly statever.t Lo. d i's market was steady with Vape?ta i regarding next week's resumption 1 tho stock exchange. . The local bond mark? t, tas irregu lar with renewed weak us in , low grade Issues, Total sal ai pa: value, aggregated $1,500,000. 1 ITufted .States governs >t coupon S's gained 3-4 per cent * call. Liverpool Cc ton LIVERPOOL; Dec. 30 - otto?. spot limited business, prices a ady. Amer lean middling fair 5.51: cood mid dling 4.86; middling 4 S. low mid dling 4.15; good ordlni r 3.53; ord inary 3.08. Sales 5,000 I CB. includ ing 4,400 American and 5 for specu lation and export. f ? ipt? 38,000 bales, including 38,000 i t (rican. : Futures closed quie : May-June 4v^4; Juiy-?aB??t 4.41 B>ctober*No vember 4.62 1-2; Jan i? y-February 4.58. ' Lrv*?RPOOL, Dec. $ - Weekly cotton statistics: Total .1 rwarded to milla 63,000 bales, of r itch 48.000 were American; stock 8> WO, Amor!? can 669.000; Imports M 140. Ameri can 147.000; exporta MP . New York qtltton NEW YORK, Dee. Hi - The cotton markst Was quiet today ?nd trading seemed to he largely 11 the way of evening' up accounts tod < rer the holi day, bul ??ere wts a Si le southern selling. Fltfptuatiuuff '#< e more or leos irregular w?Ui th ? lose steady at a net advance ot 3 pip ts on Janu ary, w?lle other monlh were 2 to - o pointe lower. j The opening vr. B sf ea jl. at a decline r tewat of the realising movement. Dec meer waa relatively easy at the it rt, probably owing to Gie circulation ?f a few no t. It was else a not) eflday fer new style January coe tract tS but none seemed to be'weil tah ?9 around Gie initial ilgures. The mair c4$ soon stead ied and active months 4|l a point or t'?^?awS?*|it'>^ K^tt* tyres^of laBt jB Sj ^wVU KEEN CUTTING BLADIIS e selection of this line. Our exr dge the quality and propcr-.y select >W WINDOWS rdware Co. brille, S. C., . Belton, S. C. night on covering and a little invest ment buying which was encouraged by the continued abbi-nce of southern spot pressure and a hope that Wash ington's negotiations with Great Brit Ian would result In a stimulation of tho export movement. Later, however, the market cased off again under re newed realizing and closed at practi cally the low point of the day. .The latest estimate of the Egyptian crop places the yield at six to six and a halt million cantare, or considerably under the figure circulating earlier In the season. Members ot the cotton exchange today voted in favor of the amendmentea to the by-laws increas ing commission on foreign business. Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 7.80; Gulf 8.06. No sales. Cotton futures closed steady. Open Close January. ' 7.(55 March. 7.79 May . 7.98 7.95 July - . 8.18 8.15 I October .8.40 8.88 New Orleans Cotton NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30.- The cotton market was narrow today with much -talk of a reaction, hut offerings were fairly well absorbed and the trade appared to be Impressed by tbe steadiness of spot markets. The net change for the session was a de:i?ne of 1 to 4 points.'AW the highest the more activ? months'* were r. point above yesterday's close; at the lowest they were 4 to 6 po'nts under, j There was some liquidation of long [cotton, but it was offset, to a consid erable extent, by the fresh buying which came in on the sort spots. Pro fessional-traders were Inclined to sell short around the highest levels an the theory that tho reaction from the ad vance Was due. Fresh trading waa restricted on both aides of the market hy the near ness of the triple New Year holidays. Shorts also were held in check by the large amount of cotton on shopboard In American ports as it pointed, to heavy month end clearances. '. Spot cotton steady. Sales on thc spot 1.375; to arrive 800. Cotton futures Closing: January 7.26; March 7.53; May 7.74; July 7.70: October. 8.23. Cotton Seed Oil .NEW YORK. Doc. 30.-Cottonseed Oil waa very kinlet today and about 1 to 4 points net higher, trade being en tirely professional. Sales 400 barrels. The market closed qui??*.. Spot $5.78 ?TC.O0; January $5.81 tfr5.85; June ?G.40tfifi.02; March $6.12?6.15; April $6.22<fiG.2G; May $6.3966.41; June $6.47?C65; July 6.61?6.63. Chicago Grain CHICAGO, Bec. 30.- Uneasiness re garding the export outlook today car ried wheat values to a lower level. The market closed nervous at 7-S to 1 3-4 net decline. Corn finished 6-S to 7-8 down, and oats unchanged to 1-2 oft. In provisions the outcome was the same as last night to a setback of 7 l-2c. Grain and provisions closing: Wheat. May 1.28 1-2; July LIS 3-8. Corn, May 73 1-8; July 74 1-8. Oats. December 48 5-8; May 58 1-2. Cash Grain : Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.25 1-SOLS7 8-4; No. 2 hard, $1.25 1-24? 1.27 8-4. . Corn, No. 2 yellow, 68 1-2. Oats, standard, 50 1-103-4. NEW, YORK Dc\ SO.-Mercantile paper 404 1-2. sterling exchange steady; 60-day bills 4.8150; for cables 4.85?&* for ?tomanri SSKlK . . Bar'silver 48 7-8. Mexican dollars 37 1-4. Government bonds' firm: railroad bonds irregular. iame loans essy; 60 and SO days 2 1-2*94; six months 2 S-404. Call money firmer; high 3; low S: ruling tate 3; last loan S; closing hid 3; offered at 3. load you FREE PERFUME ks today fer a tsatie* bottle of ?JNAUD'S Ul.AC SIE BX PHVAUD, Dspsitmssrt ML taUnUMNG MEW VOSUC . . ' "Ililli, ll PI6HT IS ON FOB ?HIP BILI, (3X0 30VJ IYOUJ UJ.IXIIXOOJ log a debtor to a creditor nation, and the possibility opens to our leading that hand ot financial fellowship to our fellow republics in Latin-Amt? i ca which they so much need and by which we should tie them toVurselves la commercial bands of ateel which would endure to the great gain or all our people. Up A gals st lt. "Not only aro our goods hampered by absence of shipping, but they also are hampered by the rates which are out of our control, but which are now charged on such shipping aa takes place. Our competitors, who control our ocean terminal facilities (for such and no more arc ocean steam ship companies as related to rail ways) have seen tit for their own profit to advance the'.t' rates from one half to doublo or more. There are ports In Enrons today "that , eagerly seek our cotton and we know that our brethren In the south anxiously de sire to sell their colton, and the price ubroad is such as our produccra would be thankful to receive, il.tween these two stand? the excessive rato, und tile scarcity ot ships. The reasons must bo mighty and compelling which would lead ane on? to Interpose be tween the flood of American com merce seeking to be free und the needs of foreign buyers seeking for. our pro ducts the Interest of any one or two br more groups of our people." CAMP.uoxnftTTs VERY EXPENSIVE (CO.VTINVEt) FROM TAGE OXE.) Prohibitionists $4,443.28; Socialists $354.75, and independents $1,010.06. The average per capita expenditure waa Democrats $3,074.63; Republicans $3.852.44. The greatest total In any one State was spent in Georgia, where two sen ators were elected. The amount sworn to by all Georgia senatorial candidates totalled $41.492.63. North Carolina, Where Senator Overman was reelect ed, reported the smallest expenditure -a total of $702.65. South Carolina reported $4,420.50. According to law, no candidate may spend more than $10,000. One candi date, however. William Henley. Pro gressive, of Oregon, reported disburse, ment ot $10.326.94. Several candidates reported that they spent no money. The lowest expenditure on record was 8 cents comprising the campaign ex penses of E. L Hltchens, Socialist, of Ohio. CORONER'S JURY EXONERATES MEN Duck Hunters Wer? Trying to Evade Arrest, Killing Accidental. BUFFALO, N. Y.. Dec. 3?.-A coroners jury at Fort Erie, Onta rio, empaneled to Investigate the death of Walter Smith, the Buffalo man shot Monday by Canadian soldiers, re turned this verdict tonight: "We find thst the deceased met bia death while evading arrest for un-' lawfully shooting ducks out of sea son in Canadian waters, by a volley delivered accidentally from the rifles of three militiamen who were called upon by Provincial Officer Thomas De laney to assist him." Officer Delaney appeared before the jury and' took responsibility for the whole affair. He called upon the sol diers to aid him, he said, and ordered tho firing. J. H. Curtis, United Staten vice con sul, questioned the officer's authority to call upon the soldiers, hut was as sured by the crown attorney that De laney had such authority under On tario laws. Delaney test!fled thnl~4l.n watched Smith and his companion. Dorsch, who waa wounded at the time Smith was killed, ahootlng'ducks from Ca nadian waters; that he called to them to como ashore; that they refused and he telephoned for tlu* soldiers. " 'I want to arrest those two fel lows."* Delaney testified he told the soldiers, " 'throw a scare Into them, bat don't hit them.'" When the bullets from the first' and second volleys splashed near the hun ters' boat. Delaney said, he cautioned the soldiers not to shoot so close. ' Tho third and fatal volley. Delaney said, was fired- after the hunters had headed toward the American shore. He had/told the soldiers to let them go, but one soldier saJ/ "Let's give them another acare," and he consented. Only two of the soldiers fired. Delaney said he saw Gie men drop in the bottom of the boat, bat thought, they had crouched down to avoid Gie bullets. The soldiers. Archibald Kayo, a corporal and Edmund McIntosh and Leslie Kinsman, privates, testified that they hsd tried to avoid, hitting Smith and his companion. HEAVY EXPORTS GALVESTON, Dee. 30.-Exports ot Cotton and wheat through the port of Galveston in December ware greater than during any month this season, clearances of cotton aggregating 631. 208 bales, valued at $21 ?06,084 sad wheat (?65,1*8 bushels. / Of the cotton 282,453 Aales went to tV* United Kingdom, 4&?715 to Prance, 34.409 to Sweden, 77,283 to Italy. 32. $08 to Japan and 6,5*0 to Oermany, the balance being miscellaneous ship ments to various cen tries. Of the wheat shl/tments, 2,0774114 bushels went to tho/United Kingdom; Mt7,5&5 to italy; ?148.400 to Frtr.ce; 4&R?9e to Greece/ 381,643 td Spain ?ad 101.700 to NosVey. The Morgan Line steamer SI Mar sailed late today/with approximately 7.000 bale? of cotton for Bremen and the American steamship Nebraskan will sail for thefsame port next week with a cargo of&otton. \ FARM PRODUCTS GREATEST EVER 1914 ECUSPSE5 ALL RE CORDS FOR VALUE OF CROPS . OF MOST VALUE The Corn Crop for Year Exceed ed the Million Mark, Wheat Next in Value. WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-American farm produi ts durta* 1914 eclipsed all records of value, willi a ?ela! nf al most, ten billion dollars. Secretary Houston announced today (bat tho xjaluo of all farm crops, farm animal products and farm animals sold and slaughtered aggregated $9,872,936.000. That waa $83.000.000 more than tile grand total for 1913. the previous rec ord year, lt was more than doublo the valu? o? all farm products lu 1899. Crops this year were valued at $<!, 014.480,000 and farm animal products at *3,?28,4r.6,000. The value of crops was p light ly lens than In 1913, on ac count of the reduced value of ( ot ton. The corn and wheat crops, however, were the most valuable ever produc ed. They brought the year's crop value total to only $88,270,000 kss than the total for last year, despite the loss of more than $300,000,000 in the value of cotton. "The estimated value of thc animal products of the farm in 1914," said the Agricultural Outlook today, "ls dls t int ly higher than in 1913, which was Itself a record year In the value of this class of producta This ls due to gen eral, but slight increases in produc tion, except for sheep and swine and 1 In prices, more especially to a small I increase In the average farm price of i eggs, and to a more considerable in- i crease tn the farm price of eggs, and j to a more considerable increase in the tarni price of cotton and caH<?s sold j and slaughtered. ? "It must be borne in mind that the! amounts of Oiesc estimates do not ; vt und for wealth produced, not fori cash received, nor for profit, nor for Income In any sense. Each product ts j valued, as in the census, when lt reached commercial form, and the' grand aggregate of all Gems is to be regarded as an index number, or from a relative rather than from on abso lute point of view.". Sales of crops last year were esti mated at $3,93?.OO0.0'^- sales of live stock $2.919,000,000* a total ot $.*>. 847,000,000. The estimated value of total sales per farm was $892, and sales per capital of rural population (excluding towna) $139. The value of the principal farm crops this year was: Corn $1,702,599, 000; wheat $878,680 000; hay $779, 968.0Q0; cotton $r>19,61G,000; oats $499.431,000; potatoes $198,609,000; barley $10.1,903.000; tobacco $101,411. OOO.; sweet potatoes $11.294.000; rye $37,018,000; sugar beet s$27.950,000; rice $21.849,000; flax seed $19.:. 10,000, and buckwheat $12,892.000.. In tho production of theso 14 prin cipal crops, the aggregate was about 10 per cent, larger than in 1913 and 6 per cent, smaller than in 1919.1 which year stands aa the one of tho | greatest aggregate production in the j Halted States. This year two Import ant crops exceeded previous records- I wheat, with 891,000,000 bushels, fol-' lowing the 1913 record of 763.000,000' bushels; and cotton, with 15.960.000 bales (preliminary estimate) tho pre vious record hoing 15)693,009 bales In 1911. The value per acre of all enumer ated crops averaged about $16.444 this year, compared with $10.52 in 1013 and $HU6 in 1912. AUDITION AI, PEItftOXAL '-' Miss Marie Hairis of Greenville is the guest of Miss Lois Heese on Sont li Main street. Mrs. J. D. Golightly of Fairburn. Ga., s Gie guest of Miss Lois Heese at her some on South Matn street. J. H. Bristow of Greenville, former ly owner of Gie Bijou and Electric theatres in this city, arrived in An torsoOjlast night for a short stay. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. McConnell and archie McConnell have returned to foccoa, after a pleasant visit here. Mr. and Mrs. Z. S. Sharpe of Macon, ind Mrs. Hill of Greenville, have re amed to their homes after a short /Isit* to relatives In the city. F. L. Clarke, an old Anderson boy ano la now located In Union, la visit ng relatives in the ctiy. "White Caps1* Jailed. TIFTOX, Ga.. Dec 30.-Nine white nen were arraigned la Gie Justice jourt here today charged with "white rapping." Five were remanded to Jail n default of bond and four were re eaaed. The men are accused of taking John fancock from his home nesr Lenox, la.. Sunday night and flogging bim. !*. M. Lindsey, living nearby, escaped dratlar treatment, the authorities said, brough the intervention of his wife* rho tired a revolver at the men, earni ng them ro flee. lt ia said that other arrests are rrobable. The reason for the flogging s not known. Banks dose Friday. It ia announced that the banka' ot he etty will be closed Friday, which s New Year's day. Thinks Um Could Enc WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-That the United states could ?nd tho European war in three mouths by cutting off ex- ' port of war material, wan the asser tion of Representative Vollmer, of i Iowa, today before the house foreign i offairs committee. Witli Representa tivo Hnrtholdt. be endorsed a resolu tion to authorize the president In his i discretion to prohibit such exports. "President Wilson?" be said, "sus- ; pended the embargo of export of anns and munitions to Mexico in tho Inter-' esta ot true neutrality as against neu trality on paper.' < The right of congress tn Impose nu embargo, lie snid, was fully establish- ' ed, and the only question at issue wa one of "national policy." "I maintain," sahl Representativo i Vollmer, "that this resolution in in line with the historie reputation of this i nation as the RTi Bte?! advocate >r I peace, it ls not in line Willi ?hat re- i nutation tc supply the Instrument H of murdo." ir. l.uropean n?tton?. "We ore now in the pisl'.'on of.i sending dollars for Uelgium and dum i dum bullet* for Genna ny." i Representative Vollmer en phutical- I ly derla rrd: i "Germany cnn not be beaten in tb!? j war. lier people are united and de-j tormtned to light to the Inst drop of 11 blood.' If.this war continues it will i go on and on until nil the world is dragged down to bankruptcy. < ' "There is only one nation whose ; \ lines of national interest nre hopeless- I ? Science in A Is At Last. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30.-Agrl- ?1 culture's Increasing Importance and i its basis in science were recognized by members of tbe American Association I for the Advancement of Science today ? 4 when a separate section, for the. first i time in the 66 years of the associa- i lion's history, began consideration of toplcB related to that science! Dr. Charles W. Eliott, president of < the association, in introducing Pro- I lessor L' H. Bailey, ot Cornell, as 1 vice president for the newly created i section, declared American bad fal- I len far behind other countries tn agri cultural methods and results. i "Many reforms are needed in the < teaching of agriculture and more i time should be devoted to the teach- 1 lng of natural science in the schools," \ he said. "Our race cannot endure 1 urban Ufo and the factory system, t Country life development ls one ot < MAYOR SWALLOWED A PIECE KNIFE BLADE Was Opening Oysters When Blade Was Broken Off Recovering. While engaged In opening and eat-'j lng some Lyunhavcn oysters Tuesday ' " night Mayor Godfrey hod tho mlsfor- U Lune to break tho blade out of the L knife he was using In separating the j, bivalves. He had tho still greater t misfortune to swallow tho broken 11 [doro of knife blade, which WOK dis- I sovered ufterwartls In his Internait* j, ?>y moana ot th? X-ray apparat us in , .ho office of Dr. W. F. Aahmoro. L An examination made yesterday r mowed tho blade iii the mayor's ' [ stomach and ono mude later in the . ? lay .showed tho piece of metal had j. Sassed out of the stomach and prob- . \bly beyond the point where lt would ;. likely result lu any serious Injury to'l Lhe digestive organs. Tho mayor1. ?tates that the knife blad* waa about two Inches in length and half av Inch broad. Cotton For Europe. WILMINGTON. X. C.. Dec 30. With a cargo ot 6.800 bales of cotton valued at ; 408,000, the British steam-1^ er Hermia cleared and sailed from j,4 this port today for Liverpool. This ia ', the hrst ship flying the nag of a bei- a llegernt nation to carry a cargo di-?j root from thia port to Europe aince;t; the beginning of the war. "GUS XO GOOB* Highwayman Relieves Atlanta Man of Money as Well as Artillery. ATLANTA, Ca., Dec. 30.-Toting a pistol to keep off hold-up men didn't work In the case of Joe Lebewsky, of 134 Auburn avenue, who started home ate at night with several dollars and . ~1- nf ...illl..-.. IM 1.1.. locket. Ont on the Boulevard a negro sud ienly appeared before Lebewsky. ! p Tied "hands up" and relieved him of he money and the gun, too.. nooooeeooocooeooooo " NEALE'S CREEK NEWS e f ? . C DOeOooooeoooooooooo The holidays sre passing quietly ? tere on account of rain and deep mud. Mittle travelling ts being done. Miss Allie Major has resumed her 11 tulles tn the Baptist Hospital at Co rnubia, after spending s few days with ter parents. Miss Zella Hollaad, who bolds a d: eeponslblo position at Montezuma, b ix, ls spending the holidays here o titb her parents. a Pastor Hlott preached another of A tis able sermons here Sundsy. la Dr. Floyd McDaniel of Troy spent j ai ly oPPObOil to ours 1 do not hestl tutc to predict that Japan proposes to hold, not only Kino-Chow, but the Is lands of tho ?ea which she lins Belt ed. Sin? desires to secure the uuliir.it i il possibilities of the rapidly develop ing trude of China, na against the world. Sonic day this Ismo mist bc (ried out in the Pacilte ?nd it may lie lo t he interest of tills t onnt rv to have ;i powerful friend at her s "ile.'' "Do you think tho Uer mun KOMM ment expects nu Herlounly to puss sucli a resolution as tlu<r' asked Chairman Flood. * "I believe, ami persons who hnvs been In'Gerniany say," replied it.uro tentative Volkner, "thal tho Clermans loo kwiih gravid displeasure on ship Dienta ol artur, to the Allies." Representative Mart hold! told the pomniiitoo that hy "dollar neutrali ty," 111? i'nited Stufe swas alienating the friendship of Germany and Austria. ' That friendship luis been unbroken nineo tho br;: i mun;: of this govern ment," he said. "We might to preserve lt. The alliance of Great Britain with Ibo yellow race ls not a good omen ?or our future In the Pacifie. We ;.re now selling our neutrality for nrltish ?old." Mr. Bartholdi asserted shjpnW'Ms of munition's ?ince tho war. began .nrj-ro ?ated $1^0.000.000. "I am convinced,'" he Raid, "thai by ^utting rff tlie exportation of these ivar supplies we can bring the .var tc x close vcr* soon." Recognized :he greatest of the present day ho nan Uar ian movements." Dr. Balley said In part: "Agriculture ls our bottom Inlus ry. As we organice its affairs, so to i great decree shall be secure tho -esults in society in,general. "Society lies between two danger* -monopoly .and beaurocracy. On tho me Bide ls the control of the necesal les of Ute,' and even of life Itself, by ntrenched groups that ostensibly, re present the people and whom lt may ic impossible to dislodge. "Both are evil. Of the two, mono >oly ls Gie lesser. It may be more saslly brought under control, lt IS nore progress!*,*, it ls less hateful. [ am' convinced that there are people shorn will pride themselves on escape 'rom monopoly who are nevertheless mfferlng from the next deadening and lam ag in g beaurocracy.'* he week-end here witb homo folks. Miss Mary Hanie' of Bolton visited i riends here this week. ? Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pearson. of ? ?aunt ?un ipn Visited the letter's par .nts, Mr, and Mrs. Charier. Cobb, and >ther relatives Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sheriff of Oco lee county, were the guests last week if Mr. and Mrs. Toe Erskine, Sr. Miss 'Ailee''Cohn visited relut ives at ["oxaway this week. Mr*. Haskell Kay of Belton, with ils little sons, visited his brother, Mr. Eugene Kay. last week. Speaking of permanent road build in:, of which The Intelligencer has poken editorially, lt might be added hat If any one? wishes to soc an ex implo of the need of such work, let dm Inspect the road from Andersor. 0 Helton by Neal's Creek church ff hey cnn pull through the mud.) This ilece of work waa completed before he rainy season set In. nnd was pro 1 on need a thing of beauty: hut what s lt now How long would lt lake a ihyslclun to travel from Anderson or leiten to Neale's Creek church, walch s t? and 5 miles respectively? If tho uitient was very Uh he would prob ihly .die before the physician could mil through tho mud. bringing a emedy which might otherwise hove ellevt-d him. Mis? Francos Shirley, who has barge of our school, gave the com nunity an entertainment, which waa leid . in Gie school house Christmas ve night. The pupils rendered the nr?ous numbers on the program wiih redit to themselves and their teach r. This was followed hy the appear nce or Santa Claus, who unloaded he Christmas tree, and distributed mong the young people various gifts, oy -?igned supreme, except among be small rhildren, who did not think ianta Claus so beautiful ; but he pact led them somewhat by sending them Ifta by the little boys who waited pon him. Miss Otflda Moje;., who has charge f Oak Grove school, is at home for he holidays. Messrs. Frank and Jack Elgin left Vcdnesday for Abbe vi le Conn ty* to pend thc holidays with relatives. Mr. Zeke Major of Anderson was mong friends here Sundsy. A happy and prosperous New Year 9 The Intelligencer and Its readers. <ong may Editor Bmoak live to chain ion the right. "PROHIBITION PROHIBITS." TOPEKA! Kan.. Dec. 30.-Kansas as demonstrated that prohibition ac ually docs prohibit, declsred Arthur 'apper. governor-elect, before the na umai convention of the Intercolle late ProhibiUon Association here to tght. He asserted that the State's rosperity is largely due to prohibi ten. Bandit Gets ?1,090. WINNBBOP.O. Ls... Dec. 30.- A ban It entered the Stato Bank of Winns oro hare today, and covering the ?shier with a revolver, seised $1,000 ad escaped. The cashier waa alone, posse pursued the robber, but at late, hour tonight he had not been pprahended. F?r years wc have been estab lishing a reptation for furnishing everything that is the very best in drugs, at thc same time keeping prices down where they belong* Wc are not SUBST.TUTORS, and you GET exactly what you ask for here. ( Special care given prescrip tions, and our delivery service is excellent. The Owl Drug Company Phone 636 We Can Raise Your Salary ! That ia-by making your money go farther in the par chase of good meats- We cut meat and we are abo catting the prices; read these prices. Loin Steak, per pound 20c Best Roast, per pound 15c Pork, per pound 15c and 20c All others in proportion, and 16 ounces to the pound. G. P. FOWLER Phone 755. !-I The Money Market Never grows too tight for the one who hal systematically pat a certain sum each month In the Bank- Op portunities often open to people who have nons7v Are yea la a position to take advantage of a good business opportu nity, Deposit your mor.^y with the Barings De partment ot The Bank of Anderson Tbs Strongest Baak ta the County. J. M. McCown's Grocery GOOD THINGS TO EAT Oranges.15c, 20 and 25c Apples, per peck.....40c Raisins. 2 lbs.... ?. .... .25c Nats per lb....25c Bananas.15 and 20c Cran berrie? * ... ..... ..10c ot Prunes, 2 lbs... .?...25c Citron, per lb.20c National Biscutt Co.'s Fruit Cake at per pound... .50c J.M.McCOWN Phone Ko. fit.