Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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J. M. ALEXANDER SENDS CROOK $25 Someone Wired Him From Mem phis, as Rev. M. O. Alex ander and He Sent Money. It will be interesting to know that the same crook who tried to get out of Mr. Ben Alexander of thin city, by posing in Dallas, Texas, as his brother, Rev. Milton O. Alexan der, and who successfully worked tho scheme on Mr. Dobbins, also got $25 from Mr. J. M. Alexander, superin tendent of the mills at Pelzer. Several days ago Mr. Alesander la Pelzer received a wire from Memphis, Tenn., stating that Rev. Alexander was there and needed the money. Mr. Alexander accordingly wired back $25 and paid the costs. As was stated, Mr. Dobbins wired to Dallas telling the telegraph com pany not to pay the $35 he had wir ed. His wire reached them in time and lt was not delivered. As yet there have been no arrests in Dal las. Diarrhoea Quickly Cured. "About two years ago I had a severe attack of diarrhoea which lasted for over a week," writes "W. C. Jones, Bu ford, N. D. "I became so weak that I could not stand upright. A druggist recommended Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose relieved me and within two days I was aa well as ever." Obtain able everywhere. Not Having bought th< W. ?. Breazeale and re Manager, I am now in the finest tailor-made S coats in the city. Mr. ' tailor, as you all know, dies' Coats and Suits an department, and want 1 people of Anderson. yf? manufacture al Guarantee every garm tronize home industry, can &t home. Yours t ?J?, A. M i26 and 128 Wc MR. JOHNSON WILL START WORK SOON C. & W. C., VVU1 Later Build Large Freight Depot on South Main Street Property. Work cf remodeling- the two store rooms hi the Andersou hotel build ing on Sou in Main street for the C. te. W. C. passenger station and -the construction or the umbrella shed will be started within the next few days, as soon as some minor detalla are settled between Mr. W. W. John son, the contractor, and the railway people. As stated a few days ago these two store rooms will be fixed un in first ciaEs style and the umbrella sheda will be built. The track of thu C. & W. C. was placed up there several months ago but for some time the freight station has been used for a passenger depot. Later lt is the purpose of the rail road to also construct a large and at tractive freight depot on some of tiie South .Main street property, but it ls stated that this will not be done un til conditions get better. Excursion on July 27. An excursion to Charleston will be run from Belton July 27, by the Wood men of the World of this section, un usually low rates of $3.00 being granted. One day will be spent at the Isle of Palms. ChriBtlanla, July 9.-Parliament has voted the sum of $6,500,000 for building submarines and fortifying the entrance to Christiania. GASTORIA For Infanta and Chlldrea. Mothers Know That Genuine Castalia Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years Ice! :;;T-. J y*i'-J y . . * ?'??.ir ; ' 3 Tailoring business of tained him as Cutter andi position to manufacture uits, Trousers and Over* Breazeale is an all-round and we have added La t? Skirts to our Tailoring the patronage of all the ll our gooda at home and ant. Our motto is pa Keep every dollar you o please. lulllnax: st Benson Street WANT ELECTRIC CHAIK TO DISPLACE HALLOWS Atlanta, Ga., July 9.-A strong plea tor the substitution of the slectrlc chair tor the gallows In georgia is being made before the leg slature by several members. The proposed bill provides for the ?roc i?n or a deff'h chair at the state prison farm in Mlllledgeville or in atlanta, all condemned prisoners to ie executed there ir stead of the :ounty where the crime was commit oJ. The commit'ee bas postponed lotion until it can investigate the relative merits of chair and scaffold -but none of the members has vol unteered to became a test case. 9E0RHIA SOLON'S UPHOLD TAX EQUALIZATION LAW Atlanta, July 9.-The tax equaliza iou law which' was part of Governor Slaton's program for putting Geor gia on a substantial financial basis ind \wblch has been in operation for mme time will not be interfered with >y thc- present legislature. The tight to repeal lt came to a lead yesterday afternoon and met Kith complete disaster. It was killed n the senate and in all probability Kill not come up any more this year. KeLAURIN ".IKES ADDRESS TO GEORGIA LEGISLATURE Atlanta, July 8.-John L. McLau 'In of South Carolina, delivered a two lours s*:<rech before the Ceo rs ia leg islature's agricultural committee to lay, on the subject of a state ware house bill. Mr. McLaurln received in ovation, and was formally request id to remain over and deliver another iddress tomorrow on tbe same sub led. ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE AT CINCINNATI INCOMPLETE Cincinnati. July 9.-It ls still im possible early today to give a defl ate estimate of the total life loss In Cincinnati and vicinity In Wednesday light's storm. Twenty-nine bodies bave been recovered and a score or more persons reported missing, in cluding BIX members of the crew of a ow boat which capsized in the Ohio. Eight toft Drink Tax. Atlanta, July 9.-Druggists of the ?tate are preparing to make a vig orous fight against the proposed tax m soft drinks now before the legis lature. A protest signed by Valdos ta druggists already bas been re ceive! and others are In course of preparation. The druggists claim that the bill would be class legislation, as they already pay every kind ot tax con ceivable, including those of the city, county, state and nation. Big Mill Wrecked. London, July 9.-The big Curtlss powder mills at Hounslow, Middlese waa virtually destroyed today by a series of explosions occurring short" ly after a hundred men commenced work. No statement of tbs casual ties is yet available. Tbe explosion waa heard ten miles away. Itt the po-vder mills only one per son was killed, but many were In jured. Pardon For Banker Atlanta, July 9.-Tx H. McCrary, serving a three year term In prison on conviction ot irregularities lu the Citizens Bani? of Athens, of which he was cashier, has been granted a full pardon i by Governor Harris, with the restoration ot citizenship. McCrary had served .two years and seven months of hld sentence. Offer Reward For Lest Boy. Atlanta, Ga., July 8.-The man who can. find the missing son of Charles Glass, ot Pike county. Ia., can pick un $500, according to a let ter received by Governor Harris from the father of tho boy, who ls describ ed as blue-eyed and light-haired. Ho ia six years old. ._ Will Name Faculty. . Columbia, July ?.-The Rev. B. C Byrd, president ot Chicora College foi Women, haa returned to Columbia, af ter spending several days In Green ville. The faculty for the new insti tution in Columbia will be announced ia a few days by President Byrd. Mr. Harper Returned. . Mr. Henry B. Harper, advertiste* manager B. O. Evans & Company '.as returned .from a several days stay lu Augusta, Ga., and other cities Saggestve Notes. (Nashville Banner.) y The German general, von Macken sen. baa ' a name very suggestive ol Scotch ancestry, and Gen. von Sand ers," the German commander of UM Turkish forcea on the GalUpoH pen insula, likewise bears a cognomen ot peculiarly Celtic Sound. The ?on waa "made In Germany.' but the Sanders must have been irlg tnally imported from Ireland. No Celtic admixture was needed tc add to the' fighting quality of Uu Germans, but that kind of bloop never hr * bern found an impediment tn thr.t respect. This serves to reeall that lt hat been claimed that the great vor Moltke was the descendent or i Scotch soldier who followed the for tune.-, of the Stuarts and fled fron bis country to Prussia after the bat Ue of Culloden, Hie name tn time hav ing become Germanised. Are Tea Feeling PR! Do you envy the man or woman o untiring energy, strong body and hap py apposition? All these depend upoi good health, and good health la 1 nipos alala when the kidneys are weak, over worked ot diseased. Foley Kidney Pilli act promptly anl help the kidneys flt ter the mood and cast out the poison ona waste producta that causa son and swollen muscles nod Joints, back ache, rheumatism, and the symptom) that *^J>?'aB^^^^Kana"bar THE STREETS ALMOST REAOHOR PAVING SOUTH MAIN STREET WORK IS BEING FINISHED IN HURRY NEW CEMENT DRAIN Will Have to Be Pot Down on Greenville Street-Present Drams Not of Right Grade. With the work of the street pav ing progressing nicely add that also of getting the streets in readiness for this work hy the city street forces, lt will not be a great while before Anderson will again have some streets that are not torn up. Mr. Sanders, the city engineer, stated yesterday that South Main street as far as the city council work is conceru'.J ls nearly finished. There still remains some work on a concrete culvert Just north of McCully street. The storm sewers, however, and the paving ot the sidewalks aro about complete. The city engineer says all the streets to be paved are ready for the paving contractors except Green ville and North Main. There is some work to be done also on church street. It will be necessary to put down cement drains on Greenville street from one end to the other. A part of this street has Belgian block drains and the other part has cement drains, but these latter drains arc not on proper grade, and will have to be torn up and new drains put down. From the brick piled on Sout'.i Main street It can readily be Been that something ls soon to be done. Many remarks about the good appearance of the brick are heard every day. BRITISH SEE TI HN OF TIDE IN WAB NEWS (CONTINUED FPOM PAGE ONE. the most important German African colony waa considered so vital that all of the South African Union forces were used in it. While German east Africa la yet unconquered, lt pro bably means .that a contingent caa be dispatched tot France, while addition al forces continue the campaign In East Africa, i Final disposition con quered territory ls not officially an nounced, but ls believed it will be come a part of the South African union. The Germana surrendered uncon ditionally following the Issuance of General Botha's ultimatum, which expired at 6 o'clock last night. With Ute exception cf the necessary army of occupation, the citizen army will be brought home aa quickly as pos sible. British Stores Destroyed. Berlin, July 9.-An overseas agen cy dispatch announced today that the remnants of the British's stores at Arras, France had been destroyed by German bombardment and fire. Basslasi Hare Ball led. Petrograd, July 9.-The Russians, according to thc latest reports, have temporarily stopped the Austro-Ger m?n advance and are even beginning a new offensive movement against the Teutons between Vistula and Vieprz rivers, striking south from Lublin The Germans have been resting for several days near Ourzendor, Bucb ava nnd Kransnik.* Another Vestal Snnk. London, July 9.-The Russian bark Marlon Lightbody waa sunk oft Queenstown today by a German sub marine. The crew was saved. ' I YILLA CLAIMS DEFEAT OF BILI (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. had a report that its forces admin istered a crushing blow to Villa* : army. Washington, July 9.-Genera' Vil la has been debated br Carranca troops south of A/.uaa Callenten, an J 'ts retreating north, according to ern aular service, daied last night, ?rom . Aguas Calientes. . i Washington. July 9.-United > States oft?dals are discussing inform ? ally today, the posslbllty of Prest f dent Wilson taking further steps tc bring about the' restoration of peace ' in Mozlco. Th? discussion ls based ' opon' reports of the United Stater counsels In Northern Mexico pleading > for a decisive action within a month, ? to bring peace. The consuls referred to a threatened famine in Mex Icc I and the Inability of the heads of th? warring factions to get tonether, and ? predicted If the United 8tates doei i not act promptly Car worse condt i tiona will prevail. Aa a solution ol . the troubles lt ia urged that reeognl i tion be accorded to some element thai - may establish a strong government. / Carra axa Report t??shlngtou. July 9.-Carran? agency's advice* concerning the hatti? f said the Villa anny la retiring from - Agna? Caliente*, Intending to make a t stand at Zacat?eos. Villa has aboul - ea ron thousand maa left. i Washington, July ?.-The depv/t - meet of justice will investigate the re . porta that General Fella Dhu is flt J Ung out Mexican exp?dition? In Boo - ton and Miami, Fla. Tbs department i caa not interfere v!U? shipments ol > arms, oat caa sot to prevent a milt - tat y cxpedlt.ior. fr HUDGENS ADMITTED BOND IN SUM $1,000 NEGRO DIED AT HOSPITAL EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING INQUEST FRIDAY Body Was Taken Back to Hones Path Yesterday Morning Coroner From Anderson. The negro who was shot at Monea I Path on Thursday morning died at' the Anderson county hospital early yesterday morning where he hod been brought for treatment. Hts body was ? taken to Honea Path yesterday mom lng. Coroner Hardin went to Honea Path yesterday afternoon to ho*. J tho inquest but un until a late hour last night had not returned to the city. Mr. Frank Hudgens, who ls charg ed with the shooting, appeared before a circuit judge in Abbeville yester day afternoon and bond was grant ed in the sum of $1,000, the bonds men being Messrs. John A. Hud gens, J. D. Hammett, and J. V. Kay. Mr. Hudgens was in the city for a ?hort time last night. It was stated yesterday that the negro received a wound from a .38 calibre pistol, which caused htm to bleed to death Internally. He was brought to the hospital here for au operation, but he died before this could be performed. NO SUCCESSOR IS YET DECIDED There Will Be no Selection of Secretary Chamber of Com merce for Several Days. Mr. J. D. Hammett stated last night that there would be no election af secretary of the local chamber of commerce within the next several days. He also stated that applications were coming In right along for the position and that the committee on selocting a successor to Mr. Porter A. Whaley bad BB yet decided noth ing. Fer Hay Fever or Asthma. Many persons dread July on account of the rocurrance of hay fever. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound long bas been recognised as the ideal remedy for hay fever anti asthma, because lt heals and soothe) that raw, rasping feeling in the throat and eaaes the choking senaatirn. It allaya Inbam matlon and irritation and brings about easy and natural breathing. Contains no habit-forming drugs. Evans Phar macy. Oneida Com SIL1 FOR READERS OF EVERY STTATE. ; Every Spoon The Oneida If you have not ?lr< from The Intelligence Office. Souvenir Spoon Cou pon ThU coupon, ?asa pre sented with 16c (or by mall 20c) ^ good for one State Sou venir Spoon. If ordering by mall, address Spoon Depart ment, The Intelligencer, An derson, 8. 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