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IAT THE PALMETTO THEATRE io PEOPLE ALL NEXT WEEK 10 PEOPLE THE CHOO CHOO GIRLS Right From Olg Circuit-Special Scenery-Electrical Effects Admission lOc and 20c Both Afternoon and Evening Absolutely and altogether different from anything we've ever had before -----. - Palmetto Tfe&for? ALL NEXT WEEK "The Choo Choo Girls" Ten People in High Clase Vaudeville Motion Pictures for Monday "THE LITTLE TEACHER" Two Reel Keystone. "THE CHOIR BOYS" Reliance. Admission 10 and 20 Cents Afternoon ?nd Night ?? ? y* iT? i*, t '? ri _ _ BIJOU THE?TR] PROGRAM FOR MONDAY VDT THE NAME OF THE KING" This ia in the "Under The Crescent" Scries Twp Reel Gold Seal "THE MECHANICAL MAN" Joker Comedy. ONE OTHER SELECTED REEL. WANTED-AT ONCE Four aoliclfors or canvassers for a ' . splendid proposition of merit tint will Day you excellent wages. Either ladles or gontl?!ine-i can do thia work; it is not difficult, and good . wages can .bp made' out et lt. Apply today In person, to The intelligencer Office Who Deposits Your Earnings ? SOMEBODY Does : Are YOU saving some of your income ead systematically putting :it away whore it will work for YOUR benefit, or is Mt . all slipping through your fingers Into the pocket and hank account of SOMEBODY fJL8E?( A former United ?tates Senator, now a rollllonjiirc, put $100 into a Savings BanU fifty years ago and has never withdrawn IL He s says: "lt's Influence as an anchorage In all crista of a long life has boen incalculable." Why not try his plan? No deposit -too small to open an account with uni .Como' to ste us. Make youfnoif rich Instead of SOMEBODY EL&R , Farmers and Merchants Bank Farmers Loan and Trust ,Co. INTER? FAGIS ABOUT ANDERSON GO. ARE BROUGHT OUT AT MEETING RURAL SOCIOL OGY CLUB ESTIMATES G IVE Nj Showing How This County Stands in Comparison With Others in State. I At a meeting of thc Rural Sociology club oi' South Carolina held recently at Winthrop College. Mian Maggie M. j Carlington, formerly rural supervisor of Anderson county, was elected pres ident for the next ensuing year. The purpose of this club or class ls to ' know your home-county and home state," and they ?r? creating sentiment for fearless fact-facing throughout thc state. At thc recent meeting lt was shown, that there WCTO nearly 35,000 native white tenants' In South Carolina',- re presenting 17r>,000 landless, homeless, hopeless and ignorant poverty strick en people. Very few counties in thp whole state have shown a decrease.In tenancy between the censu.? ears and for the state as a whole t .ure ls an Increaso of 3 per.cent of tenancy. At this meeting it was. also sho\vii that in the whole state there arc-only two counties producing enough food and feedstuff for home consumption, and these estimates are foi- the barest necessities of life only. Only Mal boro and Lee counties actually, pro duce enough bread and meat, thc first having a surplus of $4 per capita, and the second ot 50 cents per capita. IMIHB ' darlington who gathered these figures in Anderson county brought Out some interesting things and some that very-few people-In the county are acquainted with. T>"v are given below in order that the pe jr plo may become, bettor informed in regard tb the'conditions in thc county in which, thoy Ure. The figures show how Andaiaon county ranks with the other coun.los In tho state sud are as follows: First in total animal products. fl, ooo,?o*wtpa \?k? , ; /. Socdh?lfs ?Tomato club girls, about Second" In cattle, per'100 acres,14. Third In total crop value, $4,440.920. Firth* tn . per . capita ' farm ' wealth, 9405. . Thirteenth lu per acra crop yisld, 126: Fifteenth in church membership, 50 per cent. Twonty-fourth- in percapKa * food production, $51. Thirty-fifth In hogs per 1,000 acres, 6. Other tacts brought out showed that 'there are -2,487 white . tenants- la -An derson county, representing 12,435 landless whlto people. Also-that -184,000 acres or 41 per cent Aft Anderson county farm area ls un Salivated. . In native white Illiteracy this coun ty baa 11.4 per cent, giving i^aajui-1, ierata~nu?blch .voters or 12 per .cent. There are &467 illiterate white tn the county lyyears-old and older. . SJ!LL SMALL TRACTS . Anderson Real Estate and Investment Company Arranging Sale. The Anderson .Real Estate and In-, vestment rompan.v on next Thursday will* ha ve* an auction sale of land a tow miles*below-the city and lt looks ?Ike lt wilt be a good chapee for those desiring small tracts ot land bear the city to buy. Heretofore lt has been almost im? possible to buy. land In small tracts aear Anderson that waa suitable - for trucking purposes. This company will put. on'sale at auction the land fo.-inerly owned by Frank Hall lying on botiv'srtdes of the road from Orr MIHs to Kay's 8prtng. This Und ts in a high state of cultivation. It WU) be sold to the highest bidder on neat Thursday, July 22. .1 . .,. ? A- band will leave tl... public square et 10 o'clock and the people are ask ed to go down and be with the crowd at tko aale? - 5 PASSENGERS WILL HAVE TO TRANSFER PAVING STREET CAR TRACKS WILL CAUSE A LITTLE TROUBLE . - WILL TAKE TIME To Do ThU Work A? h Should be , . Dqne and Mr. Orr Asks That People Walt Patiently. in speaking of tho street car track paving v/fiich started Saturday on South-Main strcoVimtween Church and River streets, Mr.'Ul. A. Orr,- man ager of thc Southern Public Utilities company In trna''city,, has the follow ing to say: t. "Yes, tho. putting down of thlB pav ing ts going to QO,'""> a great deal bf inoeuvonienctt lo ifep^pybtyc ?QT> ?w^Ue, but it is hoped y^itb.ey 7{"}. bcar with us patiently until the work Ia completed. ' r 1 '"'*." '" -'. "The work will ?tart on South Main street and the first stretch pavej will be between Church..and River streets. It ls going to take several days to do this and lu thc m??tttlme the passeng ers on tho cars at'this end of' the* line will have to trans?a*/from one car to another. Some people will say that the. work.is going oh very slowly but they must realise that this job must be done with care, and thc best ma terial .possible must be use.: for it to be .a success and stand the btraln of 30.000 ' pound cars running over it. After' tho work is' finished on thi. block, lt will hare>to, stand for two weeks' before the car's can run over th?-tracks,' in order that-it may oe perfectly ?dry and settled. . lt. will be the sim? way with.- ail of-tu'c other sections that are paved. . -'Kio addition to this paving, 70 pound rails, are to be used, replacing the lighter rails now down. These rails are the same as those used- on the Piedmont ft Northern, lines, and are sufficiently large enough to Accommo date the heaviest traffic. "The Southern Public Utilities com pany ls doing thlsj &o,rk ;ftt-Anderson but the business dopa npfc^ifrrjyu. lt. It will take many*?fc|is ipr,'.tho com pany to get' tbJ?HMttIi back. An derson is getU^^MafgTOfhg better than 'Charlotte, tareen ville, ' Winston Salem, or any of. tho bother ol ties', but we are willing and.;, rca-iy ,to - help mhke'this 'city one flt the most, pro gressive In the south. "We 'hope that the "riding public" w411 ndderfetand that, lt is'Impossible for us to put down another parallel track to accommodate them -becauKi ttie streets arc to narrow.. As it ls, tho work will take n? a great part or the streets and there .is no way that we can run another car to accommo date the passengers. In some cities where cars run on parallel- streets, companies have' MftsnptflP tai., reroute cars around the streets torn" up, but such, ts not possible In Anderson. It J*W fee. trying for them to have to walk three or four blocks during the hot weather, but there la no-alterna tive that we caa resort to to accom modate, them. ?y "The company is etalna the very best obtainable material inv0e?g this work and Intends to go slow ami have ii done properly. Tho very beet stone and sand have been bought and th? miliare will be put down in the pro per way. When asked about the number ol hands that would be employed Mr. Orr stated that he did not know Inst how many would be used but that the) wonld need more thai&bad beten work tag daring the past-week. BK vi? AL AT KAyprspRixna Regiaaiag Today #K1 Centlaae ' Foi Seremivllajs.. A series of evangelistic services wll begin, at Sandy , ??rings Methodis chu -eh today and- wHl . con?ow throughout. the coming week. Th< pastor, Rev. W. M. Owing?, will Ix assfetoi by iv v.?JiWf' Meyers, of th? Roath Carolin** Monodist conferenee .... . . ^ , ?- . REGISTRATION BOARD NAMES_APPOINTMENTS WILL HAVE BOOKS OPEN FOR NEW NAMES AND TRANSFERS . ELEVEN PLACES .-?. WiU Be Visited and Everyone Will Have Chance to Comply With the Law. ? i r vt", \ At a meeting of the county board of registration was held yesterday, the itinerary of the places where the mem bers will be for 15 days beginning on July 30 for the-purpose of givnng the voters an opportunity to register, ro ncw or transfer registration certifi cates w?p made out. The law requires this board to make these trips over the county before : every regular election and every spec ial election and since the prohibition election is scheduled for Sentcntber 14, the board, will h?ve thc books open fdr new names and changes. The schedule of their appointments is as follows: Honen Path, Friday, July 30. Belton, Saturday; July 31. Anderson; Monday, August 2. . Williamston, Tuesday, August 3. j Pelzer, Wednesday, August 4. Piedmont, Thursday, AuguBt G. TownvlIIc, Saturday. August 7. Starr, Monday, August 0. Iva, Tuesday, August 10. Anderson court house, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 11th, 12th and 13th. AN ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE AT MRS. BOYD'S I nf Will Start on Monday 'Morning Prices Have Been Greately. Re duced and it Bargain Event. In this issue ls the f^i?pll page ad of one of tho Attdersea^erehants' Annual Clearance ,SuieSh.f\t This is Mrs. B. Graves Boyil'iv^Mld-Summor Marked Down - Sale,' aud frbm all Tja*, dicatlons, and tho prices noted in tho ad, she will certainly have a big crowd present when she inauguratee**her first Big Semr-Annual Clearance Sale. - They have been as busy as. could bo.in her store for the past.'tb ree days getting ready for this clean-up of all this season's goods, and wltb' tho opening of the doors at nine o'clock Monday morning the Boyd establish ment will usher in ono big salo.?-' These Clearance Sales aro splendid things; both for the merchant and the customer. They enable the merchant to clean up Ms seasons goods. Ah us guranteetng absolutely* f^rtajs goods each season to his trade, and lt also affords toe thrifty purchasers an op portunity ot buying ??Ods, seasonable goods at very low pnce?. NORTH ANDlKsON , LOTS SELLING FASf Since Profit Searing Plan Was in augurated Nearly " Twenty Have Been Bought. * Hr. John Linley stated yesterday that since the beginning of the "pro fit sharing" pla. In selling the lots In North Anderson nearly 20 lota had been B~ld, the total amount of the sales amounting to approximately $13, Since this property was divided ju? into lots there have been ' sales' enough to amount to about $60,00$ and ?Ince that time about $80,000 kas been expended- pa^wsatifui - reatdw>Bt?sv ? This section ls considered one of the most beautiful resldentialjdistrlcta around. Anderson and many people are sax lons to have homes there. Attention, Farmers! If you have more oats or wheat than you need we will exchange anything/ we have for it and allow you a good price. We have several nice driving horses that we want to sell or trade for mules, also have nicest line of buggies and carriages in thc upper part of the State, which we want to sell or exchange for good sound milles. We will guarantee more for cotton to be delivered this fall as part payment on bug gies- and carriages. We Are The Farmers' F|iend Try Us and Be Conviitced Who paid the most for cotton last fall? If you don't know, ask your neighbor! We bought more cotton at ten cents a pound than any other concernin Anderson county. We did this simply to help our customers. ? \ Let us paint and repair your buggy. We have a first-class rubber tire outfit, use best material and guarantee our price and qual ity of work. This depa^tir^njjs^ of an expert. . Gall a?ound and let% do business together. We will appreciate .you-trade. ? i .M~ 1 - . Yours very truly, The Fretwell Go/ I EXCURSION To Asheville, Wayneavalle, Henderson*?!?*, Bre* vard, Lake Toxaway, N. C,, and ."LAND ?F THE SKY" Via Blue Ridge Ry. and Southern Ry. ProMler Carrier if Ike Boat* \vTI>NESDAY,.J^ From Anderson, Seneca, Greenville, Spartanburg; .1 And ail Intermediate Point?. Excursion ticket? will he geed ea all trains Wednesday, ?ely ai, Et cerates tickets will he geed returning ea all'regular traies te resell erigiaal: starting peint hy midnight. Monday, Jury SH, ?ti. (tfsriou* opportunity fer a short sumner racatlea. Ealey the heaaUes and the wa?e?tffci sees J? en T I ron ?Rat af the mam oath Mountain ***** and Sakes and the aael br?ese* that mead their eseaes Irosa the weeded peaks , cato lng fte* au aHItuite BfiW feet abere sea leret Khjh-elass reaches ea all trates le accennedate Ike excursionists, fer farther fafenaatlea apply to sll ticket agents goatherd Hallway or W. E. NcQEB* J. B. A!f1>BRSOK, W. ?. TASSE, Asst. fis**! Pass. A?-, Saaeriateadeat, Trar. Pass. AgL, rolnstbla, & tn Anderson, a Cn OneaT?sN 8. C. '