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Our theatre i during Chautau 10th to 17th. OPEN AGAIN TUE First Schoi Adopt Co School . CLEVELAND DISTRICT NO. 36 FILES PETITION MAKING LAW EFFECTIVE ALL BUT 3 OF THE 44 PATRONS SIGNED Probable That Others Will Fol low?Three Ways of Adopt ing Measure. Cleveland school \listrict No. Itti Iiuh Sdopted the compulsory school ntton ance law. this being the first school district in Anderson county to take ad va iita>:.- of the recently ifiaclcd ntatute. The* petition signed hy a majority of the (|uulifietl electors re siding in nie district, which automa In tlcally makes the law effective ft: that fli.'it.iet, wan filed yesterday wilh County Bupetintenaint of Education J. li. Feltou. Near Honen I'nth. There are approximately 11 quali fied electors residing in Cleveland school district and all hut three atfilx ed their signatures to the petition. Cleveland school district is about four miles east of llonea Path. There is one two-teacher school in the dis trict, but it is one of the most wide awake and progressive districts in Anderson county. 01 her* May Follow. It Is probable that others may fol low the example of the Cleveland district.. In fact, it Is practically cer tain that KureXa school district will adopt the law, as the patrons of that school held ? meeting some days since and discussed Hie measure and went on record as favoring Its adoption. It Is not unlikely that Neals Creek 'school district will adopt the new law. A meeting of the patrons of that district was held yesterday and it Is understood they went on record as faVjring the adoption of the raeas Bijou MONDAY'S J. W?RREN ? "THESTOC A two pai "THE FAT A domestic npliravM with Max At "ONE OF TF Amerlrai A gripping two reel drama ena Eclair Co.. nud featuring Mildred I 5 BIG -REELS Good Music -U1J If -. I-.,L I. , . Chautauqt Last call at Only about tickets left price. Get after Monda price will be F ant's Bo ivill be closed iqua week, May SDAY, MAY 18TH o) To mpulsory Attendance i'lun of Procedure. Ah generally known, three methods Of adopting the new law ure authoriz ed, they being us follows: a. I'pon petition of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the district. ? b. I'pon election after petition by one-fourth of the qualified electors residing in anv district. c. I'pon election after petition by a majority of the hoard of lrust"ob of any district containing an incor porated town of fifteen hundred in habitants. The trusteea of Cleveland school district are: Messrs. T. N. I.atltner. W. F. Austin and K. M. husk. PENIH.ETON FAKMEKH SOCIETY Hill Hold Important Meeting May Utk. An important meeting of The PqU dleton Farmers Society Is to be held Thursday. May nth at 10 a. in. sharp. This will be the last business meet ing pertaining to the centennial cele bration. IHUNF.K AT ST. JAMES Flegant Layout For Modest Sum of Fifty Cents in Offered. Messrs. I'rt ssly and Karle, prop-tu tors of the St. James Hotel, are mak ing a specialty of their Sunday din ners, and today offers the following elegant bivout fur the sum of .'it) cents: Mock Turtle Soup Itaked Fish Celery Hearts I'lckles Olives Young Onions Lettuce en Mayonnaise Honst Beef au Jus Roast Chicken Chicken I?le .Urlng Beans Pickled Beets Com Fie I'otatoss In Cream Sliced Tomatoes ;'orn Bread Hotter Milk Candid Potatoes 3teamed Rice Aspu-.'agus Tips Spaghetti Coconut Morang Custard. Chocolate Cake ? * Ice Cream Coffeo Ice Tea Milk Adv ? Theatre PROGRAM KERRIGAN >L PIGION" rt drama. "AL KISS"# dm, Col. Henrj and Wm. Francy. IE RABBLE" ? Eclair. ctetl by the celebrated American? Iright and Bob Fraser. ?5c and 10c Universal Service FIREMEN'S F?ND HAS REACHED NEAT SUM TOTAL OF $118.25 HAS BEEN RFAISED BY THE COM MITTEE NO PLAN AS YET Has Been Decided Upon in the Matter of Spending the Money. More than $100 has been subscribed to the fin-nun's fund, which was started by u committee of business men in appreciation or work done by the firemen at the big fire last Tues* Jay night. Th?' first plan was to have a ban iu< t for tine local firemen, the chiefs Mid assistant chiefs of Greenwood and Greenville attend. This plan Is still tpproved by some members of the committee, but the plan of distributing the money among the members of the I department ami having them do with It as they phased lias been suggest ed. The firemen probably would rathei have the tnquev expended on new uni forms, as 11 ? y could ?u?e the uniforms to excellent advantage at the present time. Their idea is to have a uniform < olive di a'n goods made and use this for service wear. Just what will bi done with the nfonev bus not beeijl decided. Following in the IJst of subscriber: to tfio fund: Coca-Cola Bottling company.. ..$.'..00 John T. Hurris and Son.5.00 St. Raines Hotel.'2.00 ConnerosH Yarn .Mill.f?.O0 W. W. Sloan.1.01 T. (j. Anderson.5.00 .1. K. Barton..",.0t A. Qlcnn Evans.i.ui I ^'ush.1.00 McFall Grocery Company.2.01 Chero-Colu Company.5.00] The Texas Company.1.00 ? A. May field. . .*.:|.0Q Petroleum Oil Company.5.00 Joe M. Evans.:t.oo '. M. Ouest I'alnt Co.2.00 Southern Pub. Utilities Co. 5.00 .lus I). Antonukas.2.50 J. It. Hoffman.;,t) L. N. Gear.2,50 Townsend Lumber Co.2.00 '.I. H. Audersgn.2.r.0 w. r:. AtKlnsnu.1.00 !.. 11. Seel. .".1.00 Ulcckley ami Heard.l..01\\ Itulph Wilson.l.?n CL H. Hallos.l.uo C. E. Header.f.O V. S. Sullivan.50 O. W. KvunH.2.50 H. \V. Trlbble.l.OO Oelsberg Shoe uompany.l.oo Anderson Cash Company.50 O. D. Anderson.1.00 .Walter H. K??se Co.....75 Crayton Drug Company. 1.00 Murchbanks and Babb.l.oo Ideal Grocery Co...5(. J. H. T?te... .... '.51 Will Sullivan.1.00 W. L. Brlssey Lumber Co..">.00 W. A. Powe-.1.00 B. O. Evans.2.00 A. M Plnkston.1.00 -E. W. Masters.2.00 Morris aud company.1.00 J. I. Brownlee.1.0JS Alf "Fortune.LOO Bob King.2.00 Sam Willlford.1.00 W. D. McClaln.50 Mrs. Julia Daniels...?.5.00 J. P. Womble.2.00 Tutal.?118-2; Mrs. L. W. Church. Mr.i. L. W. Church, aged 65 years, died at 10 o'clock Friday Qlght at her home, No. -H Market street, Riverside Mils. The remains were sent to Clarks vllle.- Ga., where the interment will take place today. Todd Mel ver. The many friends of Mrs. Foderlck Mclver. who was so well known here as Miss Miriam Todd, will be grieved to hear of the death of the youn^* est child on Friday. Mrs. Mclver has lived in Barllfigton since her mar riage, bt has visited relatives here several times. The little fellow bore the name of one of the odest families of this city, and Mrs. Mc Iver's maiden name. Todd'. There are many here who will sympathie with I !. I parents in their grief. West Poets Are Coed For. 'In the April American Magazine David Gruyson, writing his story 'Hempflold," comments as follows on poets: "It Is n strange thing In this world how few people recognise a thing an wonderful or beautiful untR some pdet or prophet comes along to tell: them that It Is wonderful or beauti ful. 1 * 'Behold that sunset!' cries the poet, quite beside himself with ex citement, and the world, which baa bofn accustomed to having sunsets every evening for supper, and thinks nothing of them. Suddenly looks ap> and- discovers unknown splendors. A German scientist has discovered 'that lubricating oil-can be made from molasses. Ant* molasses, a verylng ex perience teaches us,'can be made from almost anything.?Grrvr-nboro SWELL IGE CREAM IS ALMOST READY In 'One of the Most Up to Date in This Section of South. Atlanta, Georgia hasn't anything on Anderson when it comes to up-to-date* tee cream manufacturing apparatus. Dr. \V. i:. Atkinson, the old-lime ana over popular druggist and lee cream man. is rapidly getting his drug store and ice cream parlor in first cIpss shape. He Is getting his drugs in <-ud arranged now. His fixtures, im . id ing two beautiful large mirror; are in, and looking mighty nifty, <oo. ills tile' floor 4s as pretty as one* would wish to see. Tin- onyx soda fountain will b? shipped this coming week, and <*i:-vill- tuPabout two weeks before it a.n/es and is set up, and in perfect running order. it will be worth walking miles to see, says Dock Atkinson, and lit- ought to know. .The ico cream equipment has arrlv ed und is Bet up and in perfect run ning order. In fact. Dr. Atklnu): made some ice cream yesterday with his new machlnen which by the way is the very latest thing In ice cream machinery. It has a capacity of six hundred galloon a day. it Is made'of enamel, german silver, and run by electric motors, ami it is as perfect as machinery can be made and perfectly sanitary lu every way. Nunnslly in Atlanta never had anythlug n- big, nor- as up-to-date as this machine of Atkinson's until the very last few months. Dr. Atkinson Is going to sell and ship Ice cream all over tbls section of ISouth Carolina. It is going to be quite a business in itself. He ap pears to have quite a reputation al ready as "some Ice cream maker," for he Is teceivlng letters almost dally, for his recipe for making cream, but ha is not going \p give It away. The doctor Is also going to devote ?riswif to the prescrit??**? sart of Wand Clothes the drug business, too. ' He has- aK ready engaged the services of Mr. ('. A. Baskin. a well known registered pharmacist, who will assist ih that department. This establishment will be unite an addition to Anderson. WEST PELZ lift Sl'HOOL Closing Exercise* .leid Last Tuesday. A Splendid Record. The clostng exercises of the West Pelzer school were held last Tuesday, and "un interesting program was car ried out. In the declamation contest was one of the features of the program. Tbo correspondents sending in this news itein neglected, however, to glvfj the name of the winner. The medal was given by the West Peler School Improvement Association, and is to be -^iven annually hereafter. Tbo Judges of the contest were: Miss Sara Cobb, Miss.- Maggie M. Garllngton and Or. F. M. Lander. The Improvement association sold cream after tbo contest and realied a neat sum. The association has finished paying for g-plar.o since, the middle of February. '-The following program was carried out at the closing exercises: Invocation. Song. Ellison Padgett?Thanatopsls. Gladys Johnson?Maud Muller. Mary Dell Stewart?Cha He . Mc Fteip. Ann?. Ilele Strlcklsnd-Ruggles Dinner Party. Jonnlo Crenshaw?The Second Election Mnslc. Decision of judges and awarding of medal, r? aJuatlan exercises. Song. class History?Gladys Johnson. Class Poem?Mas Johnson. Class Will?Mildred Harrison. Class Prophecy?Anna Belle Strick land. v Valedictory?Florence Dowis , Benediction. >, i^^y?!!^ ?aMgj[ i\ s iiiiMiiiiei'|>,r *" Young Mens Distinctive Clothes There Are All Kinds of Clothes But Only One Kind of "Society Bra nd Clothes" Designed by Peine?the clothes of national reputation?and WE ALONE have them in Anderson. Price $20n $22.50, $25. and worth it. No other clothes fit like them?no others have the style they possess.. May we have the pleasure of show ing them to you ? ''YOU KNOW THE PLACE" Parker Bolt "ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS" Stetson Hats... Boyden Oxfords. ^_b_?m_3____-hi uiim nimm i wtw__gBr?____?? Wg Can Make Your Home Attractive I? _________? With our beautiful wall paper designs. With us if is not a question of covering the wall, but a ques tion of decorating. Wall Paper must really fur nish, must make a decided improvement or we wouldn't feel justified in selling it to you. -There is nothing that enters your rooms that does so much to make or to mar the beauty of their effect as Wall Paper. ? Our Wall Paper store is splendidly* stocked with the choicest new wall coverings, which possess style, quality and attractiveness frorii the best manufacturers of Wall Paper in the country. Our Spring varieties of wall* coverings are now ready for your inspection. Make your selection where you know satisfaction is guaranteed, y We are the largest house painting contractors in the city, both interior and exterior. "Spring Paint ?.nd Help Beautify Anderson/' "NOW IS THE TIME TO WALL. PAPER" :-1 - ..j>. '. C. M. Guest Paint CoC "Guest Sells the Best."