Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mm. MM IL" tem Have you join ed the Saving? Club? Join Now. j 5 ',v> Bf VJ ..' Tba Strong*** ,Be~k| in the County. 'Ve"-3 ^ ; - If it's Good Meat You "Want;. ?m ^ . Is What You're Look ing For. ' Here, you'll find the very best of J reshrineats at jailJirnes, but particularly so at this sea son. We I have some ? of. the best beef, norh, veal and sau sage we haye eyer sold. We are. also selling lots of fresh j oysters and fish. Let us have your orders this month. You'll enjoy the change. Vork Sausage, Mixed Sau sage, Beef and Hog Liver, Liver Pudding, Beef Veal,' Pork and Fresh Oysters and Fresh Fish. * Phone 755 Sanitary Meat Market FRANK DOBBINS, Prop. . ';???%...?fVt . :.<;;. ;.'tu.-/.,'IM . .-,*- ty ? ?' . V*. '-TS. ; . _>.' . .'? vi - __ :.> ? ? To cook With is the most convenient fuel t o b^e had. ?? V',V: Aud it te cheaper, too whenth? least .bit of thought and attention in "given it Try it for awhile^ and you['wittlikeit * faete^-i&aw satisfied uses* o? gas ni.. Amk* son. ? It's just the thirig to heal tito bath room with. SCHOOL HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS CHRISTMAS TREE WAS Delight to Children-Miuic Good and Exercises Splen didly Carried Out A very interesting exercise was held at the Hammond : school last night. It was tho closing of the school for the holidays togethor with tho Christmas "tree and exercises ap propriate td the season. A very at tractive program w:/? reudorod as follows: . - Song-"O. Little Town of Bethle hem," hy ochooi. Speech-^By Ruth Vandlvor,' Star Drill-d?y the School. Speech-By Lida Webb. Speech-By Mary Vandlvor. Speech-43y four little hoya. . Speech-^By Lila Stringer. . Sorg--"Little Band of Children," By smOl children. Speech-By Lila Stringer. Song-"Little Eand of Children"--: By small children. Speech-*-By four little .girls', .Speech-'By foyr little^ girls. Speech-By Hilda Knwalskt. Song-"Wb?rf Good Old Cris Comes Around."-By schools ." 1 Address-By Dr. W. H. Fraser.' \ ' Christmas tree and distribution of presents. - '.'..,. Song-"Send tho Christmas Tid ings"-By the. school. Much credit ls duo to Miss Gaillard and her supporters for tho splendid work ti.:at ls .being dono.r The com-, m unity pride manifested by .the good people of that community is such ns should bc emulated by all. London, Doc. . 22.-^Conditions Ih Jn~ vaded Serbia ' are described to the London press by Colonel Govaars of the Salvatlon ?Army, who has Just completed a six months' tour of that country. In the Interests of his or ganization, he country ho speaks Hos In the northwest, from which the Austrians were driven out In their first invasion. One vlll?go, which-a- year ago hud 2,300 inhabitants and 350 houses, now. has 1,100. Inhabitants ??? and only 126 whole houses, ?ceo?diu? ii? .Col. Gov bars. YfOf the' other- ijiouse? 90 were entirely : destroyed' and - 134 so badly damaged as to be un inhabitable. Even uiu??,surviving nair TO ne? cunoi??rw.-.; bly patched up. This village -'had'I {formerly over a thousand draught, oxen. "Now there-are two. Out of 2,000 cows, only 14 romain, and 27 sheep and goats have to make-up for 3,200 or mora. Taoro. were formerly 70,000 chickens and 17.C0O pigs, but -.only a dozen or Sa now - toko their place. / .. . In this same community, said Col; Govaars,; fifty-six familles were .wiped out ontirey, and famlli?s.' formerly consisting of 30 or 40 members aro now represented by oae or two. v; The colone) met ' a widow who -was the sole survivor of a family of 28. When th? Austrians : occupied the . place,, many civilians wore.killed itt tho shel ling, others were taken away as'pris oners and an epidemic swept away j 305' of tfcb irefugees who returned after ] the Austrian occupation. "When I reached the district,". he continued, - ''the people were living ?ri? corn meal and unripe fruit, chiefly plume. .No.Other Topd wa$ obldmable except : by the ?few . who' ' lived near military posts 'and Cduld .depend' ca tho charity of the soldiers. /'In another'village lernet tho case of a woman .'whose .husband had been killed In battle while starvation and disease, left ber only ono .child out of seven. Another woman I talked with was Um sol? 'survivor "bf a family of ll. I passed V deserted .'...house:?,, und when I asked what had b?coni?t^B^?i people," ? i t?ard but the .ont-, answer, tTMoAout.'-'. ''Miles and* miles or rich land lie- absolutely. w?s|??^^r^rj? with woods cmd thistle's. '.'ibo-, great, plum Orch?rdi of tho district Wore bearing fruit at tho iiihoof My visit, ?b?c't?wr? Vv?a nu Oho Ut nick and :dry it. Formerly tj^e--'vifarmeraj. qsod./'to ; ??B?? plum brandy on'x.neir premises, jbafrtitpf,the Copper stUls wert - to>.?n f?j?fibi" the invaders. There waa no lafc?rv'and;no means of tranBp?rt$StJ?&j ;'-,^In, another" village ! I stood 'oil tho .ruin s'bfv?^aruihouso In which .103 persons had been turned e.l{ve. Their bones were collected ?nd buried la a ' hillside nearby,;'In, one . pit the bo^Hes bf ?0 civilians ??a^been ' throwh and"buried." .' '"?:",v < SAVINGS CLUB STARTS PROSPEROUS G?f?tEf? Managers Are Weil Pleased With Numbers Jobing , on Its Opening p.y. There waa something accomplished in Andi-.-son Tuesday that probably never waa canaled before In the his tory of tho state, possibly, of tue en tire nation. The Perpetual Building: & Loan association, of which Mr. Prue Clinksoalea 1B secretary and treasurer, opened" their series. "W*. W." on Tuesday. December 2?ai, and with tho exception cf a very small amount (less than c hundred dollars) all of it was subscribed and paid for tho. very first day it was offered to ?ho .public, . This fact speaks volumes for tlie financial stnnding,' caving proclivities and toe confidence which the people have in the Perpetual Building. & Loan association. And os .the Bank cf Anderson began the first day's business Tuesday ot their "simplified Savings System* right in the very samo bank building, .thia record of the B. & L. associa tion ls ali tho moro remarkable. About that "Simplified Savings System" which opened it's books. to tue public Tuesday, Mr. Ollnkscales Bald yesterday that they are moro than satisfied, with their showing thus far-that their, first two day's busi ness, has more than met 'their fond est expectations; He stated that ird?oy had lots and lots of new people open up savings accounts wit i them that had never had ?ch^r foot within tho bank before. - This "bank set out to obtain ten thousand savings, account totaling a million dollars; and speaking ot the M 'owing thus far, Mir. Clinkscalcs yesterday said that he was almost positive '.'hat by the middle of nc->t month," they ' would ' have\?> the ' first thousand depositors. Mr,' Cl inimical e> has a j very ilnlquo idea for the ad-, vertlsing of - this .''Simple Saviug System," whlca ho has already put into operation. . In addition td thc small -display ads scattered through out this paper, ?:tho -Bank of Anderson has hung each window'shado with a wreath ' of holly and ribbon and sus pended . beneath each wreath Is a placard on which is plainly printed ono..bf 'the following sign-;: '"Jolu thc Savings Club," "Industry, Economy, Thrift Saving.'; 'Secret of 'Success!" ?Dlmes to Dollars Grow in'.the Club;" "Preparo for Future Festive Occoa ions, Join NoW;" "Merry Christmas, Have You Joined tlie" Club?" "Invosr tigate the S. 8. S.'?; "Join the Sav ings CIub"i"A CIOBB for You'or the Yo?nges?, Joln{" "Happy New Year"; "Wanted 10,000 Members \ih Ou? Savings Club." Witta one of these. In each window, displayed there until the ' holidays are over will certainly'' give this savlngb proposition some publicity.( l 'V ?7.Ono of. our. m?^t. prominent educa tors was quoted, yesterday as having said: "Well, that savings' proposition rr ?i u? TT wudcTo ?GWHwTti euuCattufi t?35 growing boys and girts of Anderson into thrifty men and women. \ When approached yesterday by a representativo of, The Intelligencer, Mr.. Clinkscales was all smiles, and wCsy. shouldn't" ho bo? Por an ac complished fact such a s tho -above? was enough, to mak?, any man feel proud and satisfied with himself, at .least for the timo being. However, Mr.. Clinkscale?; gave due cr?dit for the groat success attained by either proposition to tho newspaper adver tising; -which fae has always used lib erally.. On this subject ho stated: . The best proposition on earth will emount to inching unlesa .the'.people' (Whom you wish to reach know some thing of it; but if you've got some thing good .and will let'them know about lt, tihe rest is easy. ' OUR ilTNE? OFFJ5B-This aha 6?. DONT'; MU?S - THIS, h Cot opt this 'slip, enclose, with Cc and - mall lt te Foley & Co., Chicago, 111., , writing your name and address clearly. . You will..receive by return a Jtrlal pack ?ge'containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, ; for .coughs, colds . and croup; Foley Kidney- Pills, tor pain in side- and back,: rheumatism, back ache, ltldn?y and bladder all men ts ; and Foley Cs*hartic Tablets, a whole B?mo and thoroughly cleansing -cath artic \'. for. constipation, biliousness, headache end sluggish bowels^-Sole ??HIIIIIHIIIM- . . '-I I Investigate ? Ig^nk- of Anderson ; ?ilwt ilium iiiiini II min,'! II 1 III : . .. ? : wan? L SHAW ARRESTED; WILL SIEBVESEN?ESGEI WHICH WAS SUSPENDED ; PROVIDED HE LEFT AN DERSON COUNTY GIVEN ?2 MONTHS Or Fine of $S00 for Violations . Dispensary Lvw?John . Will Shaw is in Toils of Law. Carl Shaw?- ono of the young tuen who on toe 2?rdl day of November in criminal court, olead guilty tb viola tions bf the dispensary law. and was sentenced tb'Serve 12 months on the publlo^works.,ot. Anderson county or pay a fine of-?.*500, both of which were suspended" provk'sd thc defen dant loft the county by -December 20, was yesterday afternoon arrested by Shoriff Ashley, and placed in 'the county' Jail. . Shoriff Asuley had been called to the t.'je Shoal B section to arrest John Will Shaw for violations of the dis pensar; law under a. warrant sworn oui. by Magistrate Sam O. Jackson. This arrest was made , and while in this section tho sheriff learned that Carl Shaw was in tine county. He will begin serving his 12 montlm'sen tence today. x . j . Carl Shaw, along with others of the same family,' waa arrested In Novem ber after Investigations had been made on. fae part of Uve grand Jury, and was placed tn jail .on, charges of violations of tho dlsporitiary law. He plead guilty when brought into court and was sontenced too. fine of $500, or .12 months, both of which were suspend ed provided he left <tho county never to return. In every other . instance the defendants had to leave tho state, but In thia case, -thia being done, it was said, because fte had to appear at the next tomi, of court in Abbeville county. 'Covernor M?nh?ag oh Monday night extended the iime limit to December 50, in the case.of Eugene Shaw, who had to leave tile state by December so... ,.''.. . ; ./John Will ,?haw, tho one arrested under the' ' warrant yesterday ^gave bond-.1 'Sheriff >As!'aley returned to An derson with hts; ?other priRcuor late last,;, night. Intelligencer j ? Worked Wg^ers for an An derson ^Grocery. 1 " 'fi;,.-v. ; "= fU-1-^^.?a.?la.. : .aM i . ?Mi . bli.ur." ly iy..w,-.y,y.Mi,wj to a^epr.esontatlvo of this paper: "li knew ' tJh?t? your paper had . circula tion and good ci rout.it ion at that, but j I was amazed at the-results obtained (rom my sd hi your paper , about "those oranges at n penny u piece. We sold, over 6,$?0v?f ', thins). :.rthe'. came day ! that that ad appeared in your naper. The phone, wap.. j imaging all day, we had people in our store that never had been there.before. We sold those oranges over a radius ot fifteen miles each way from -Anderson. Prom that one' ad in- your paper we sold a great "big bill to a party who .llye3 6lxty miles "this side of . Baltimore, and wo shipped ike. goods there yes terday; the -penny . oranges, caught him .^*- ' j. Thc sale, of six thousand five hun dred oranges represents ?vbr thirty crates of oi anges,'- and for - one retail grocery \storo to ?.? sell - that many oranges, in ono day, meant a lot. ot customers also a lot; of-work on the ^M^'Of the grocer.and his help. Hr.. Charles.provost has fiad a'blg success In. building otp a big retail' grocery*'business, ia: Anderson^, and. he 1B frank .enough, to say : that mor? than half ' of that success " belongs to the advertising of his business. He ti' iCnlly aware of tho fact tliat it's up to the. metr&ent : to'..' deliver goods cf T?iil morlband. at the.rigbt prices, too, tut he ls: iperfectly'-willing to ac knowledge that'' a' big part of his success in the grocery business is due to tho:newspapers.,. Library Closed. . ,i.? > The- library will be closed on Sat urday and Monday; opening again on. Tuesday morning-;lat tea V-cloek. | Books due-on those days should bo rotUimTO.;.pn Friday ?dri a' fin? .of two ^?ip^per?day overtime will be Charg ed; ' . .-.-''>; :}-:?;. ot; ? ?'-'?..!.' Sure Sig?:' ..'.;.. "Did: yoli1 ?Ver:'notice ; ny lt!gos itfeftritty about She; intent"" . '^Well,1 when, fcV ?idt ;a legacy froin ; *la .- .im^e>*'he fpsid o^ 'the-mortgage j on his houso Instead i>f guying an au tomobile-'Ifr ' SIGNED GON?BAOT FOB ELECTRIC POWER RIVERSIDE MILLS HAVE AC CEPTED J. B. DUKE S PROPOSITION OTHER PLANTS In This Section Are Considering j Samo Thing-Means High , Powered Lines Here. Tho hoard -of directors of tho Rhor* side Cottr S mills hav? authorised President* ll. B. Gos3ett.to execute.a contract with tho S:athCiU Power company for 250 Bccontiary electric horsepower, the dclivory to begin on April 1. 11)16. Mr. James B. Duke when recently iu Andcreou ou.llaod a proposition that the Southern Power company ?wan going to make ta manufacturing plants in tills section of tho state to furnish them . with secondary power, stating that if his company would secure a sufficient number of con tracts to warrant the erection of high powered transmission lines frcm Greenwood to Belton and from An derson to. "Wesi .ministe i* or Seneca, that these lines would be built. The oflicers of the mill havo eighod a contract of t. is kind and the saine has been signed by officials of the Southern Power company. ' ' '. | Interesting. The American consul at Amsterdam reports that the price paid for tho j Holland-American line steamer Pots dam recently sold to a Swedish steam ship company, was moro than the original cost of tho VCBSOI fifteen years a . i. ' Tho statement ls Interest ing as indicating the prosperity in store for shipyards the world over, not only ?luring the continuation of the war, but for many years, after peaco shall have been restored in Europe.-Virginian Pilot. SAYS WE BECOME CRUNKS ON HOI jp DRINK Hopes every man and woman adopts tiiis splendid morn- '% ing habit. . ^ Why ls man and woman, half the time, feeling nervous, despondent, worried; some days headachy, dull and unstrung; some'days really in capacitated by illness. ." -3* If we all would practice Insldo : bathing, what a . gratifying change would take piece, instead of thou sands of. half-sick, ' anaemic-looking i souls with pasty, muddy complexions we Should ?ed crowds of happy, healthy, rosy-cheeked people .every where The reason is that, tho human* System does not rid itself each day of all the waste which it accumulates under our present mode of living. For evory ounce of food and drink taken into tho syn ten nearly an ounce of waste material.must be car ried'out elna it ferments , nd forms ptomaine-like poisons which are ab sorbed -into the blood. just ns necessary as it is to clean the ashes from the furnace euch day, before the Are will burn bright and hot, BO we most each morning clear (lie inside organs of the pvevious day's accumulation of indigestible waste and body toxins. Men and women, Whether sick'. or well, are advised to drink each morning, ?before breakfast, a slags of real hot water with a tea spoonful of limestone phosphate in it, as a harmlose means of washing out of the- stomach, liver, kidneys - and bowels the Indigestible mcYerfal, waste, sour bile and toxins; -thus cleansing, sweetening; and purifying tho. entire, alimentary canal before putting more food Into the stomach. Millions of people who had their turn' ut constlpat'on, hlliouB attacks, acid stomach, nervous days and Sleepless nightn ?-.ave become .real cranks about tho morning inside bAth. A quarter pound of limestone phosphate" will not cost much at the drug store,. but ls sufficient to dem onstrate to anyone, its cleansing, sweotcrsing and freshening ' .'effect upon tho system* ' """""" .<.:... EVERY ?AY 16,000,000 AMERICANS EAT BREAD Made from Gold Medal Flour. All discerning housewives use Gold Medal Flour-other plod along. Your Grocer has lt-ask him. G. E. TURNER Distributor Make ONE Gift Do for AU the Family All will appreciate ah Edison Diampnd Disc Phonograph from this good store. Bring thc combined amount you -j? tend to spend on the different members of your family for mere trifles here, and get a present that ALL may enjoy not for a day, a week or , a month, but forever. We also sell the Columbia Graforiola, with the Electric Motor. Mil. ffffl ?K ? > WSW gmwcMim Li ?Uo r_ 4- lifad. Plimo. -fc Organ {?Ot 3?4 South ~MahT This1 famous Lafcor Saving De vice is the Greatest Xmas present that ariy/jiie can 'give a lady do ing her work. It will save lier a great number of unnecessary steps and lots of work. Most ladies using the Hoosier, say that if is equal to a "Helper" (another woman in the kitchen). They are worth many times .what we ask for them. Your w>fe wants one badly. Why not give it tr. her on our "Easy Payment Plan'" Price $37.00 Payable $1.00 down and ?1.00 a Week. Shirt-waist boxes and Cedar Chests are admirable Xmasv .presents for any lady. They are ornamental as well as ex tremely useful; and they don't cost very much. Useful, Practical Christmas Presents Are the Order of the Day. Peoples New Furniture Co "It's Easy To Pay Tho Peoples Way" DEC?