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POTA TO LOCATE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BE EXTENDED ON KAY STORE ROOM ON E. SIDE SQUARE WILL BE OCCUPIED AUGUST FIFTEENTH ?Vii. J. E. Clinkscales Announced Yesterday That Lease Had Been Signed-Mean J Much io Andef*ons Mr. .lillian K. Cllnkttcales an nounced yoi.-terday Unit he had lease'! ?ii* store ronni on the casi shh- of iii? Willare to I'*. II. Woolworth ii Co., ami (hut h would he orren pl cd hy this concern aller August Iii of Chis ye ir. Tuc Kimi of $10,000 1M lo he expended ii rimodcHiiK and enlarging 'he .?lori' room, which ls now occupied liv Mr. Albert W. Kay, and whoso leas" expires in June. Mr. fl. M. Miller, locate:- of stores for the Woolworth company, was In Anderson last week to confer with Mr. (Minksenlet'. It became prac tically certain at that time that IIIF company would open n storo here, bul Mr. Clinkscales refused to give anything to the press until ho was sun? that tho contract hud been clos ed. Yesterday he received word from I ?isl rici Manager Hermits that every thing was all right, and that tho con tract bad only to he approved by the main ofllc?a in New York. Aa I? generally known. P. \V. Woolworth & Co., aro the owner? of a chain Off Ivo and ten cent store J which number 886, and also owner? of tho Woolworth building In New York, tho tallest building in the world, und which Itself is world fanions. Tills corporation ls one of tho largest In tho country and anv city will boast of having ono of their stores. Anderson will bo tho fin ii city in South Carolina to have one of these stores, the other four bollix located In Greenville, Spartanburg, Columbia and Charleston. Tho fact that Anderson 'las been selected aa a lona lion for ono of tho Woolworth Morea sneaks very highly for the con sideration lt is given by largo inves tors. . Mr. Clinkscaic-5 stnted yesterday that a tan year IcaHo hud been signed and that hu would spend $10,000 in remodeling tho old building. A com pleto and attractive brick front will Im put. and the interior completely renovated. The building will OIBO he enlarged by completing the structurr back to MdDuflle street. Tibs wi?! give a storo room 2fi0 feet long, running from thu east side of tho ttquar'e to McDuffle Btreet. Work of remodeling will begin in June, as soon as Mr. Kay's* lease e\ plics. and will bo completed in time for the building to bo occupied hy I August IS. -*-***-! SPECIAL Fern Sale Monday and Tuesday 10c each, 3 for 25c. I Pant's Book Store Tte ANDERSON Today "THE ADOPTED BAliY" ii Heels, BEATING FATHER TO IT 2 Keel Comedy. li ? ; ? BIJOU THEATRE - "llrlghtest Spot lo Town*? T0DA? <~ ../ ? ?} . .. Betty Nansen * V Tn "SHOULD A MOTHER TELL BETTER KIND OP MOVIES ni ??"*?.* ? i : i i MI I COMPANY STORE HERE M'MASTER WRITES LETTER TO AGENTS HE SAYS THAT COMPANIES COULD OPERATE, BUT THEY WONT MUST COMBINE Says Companies Will No} Be De nted Righi to Combine as to Rates. .'lint 'I'.ey Won't' ls a suitable title for a letter I huvo received from In surance Commissioner Mcmaster," stated one of the local fire insurance agents yesterday. "He seems tr. think that the word 'wont' ls the cause of all the present trouble." Copy o? Letter. The fol ?owing is a copy of Mr. Mc Master's letter: "There aro about a dozen stock companion now doing agency busi ness lu the state. The withdrawing stock companies could ?lo hiislreBS Just as well under the law a< the companies which are here, but I1 ey wont. "Tlie withdrawing companies could help their old agents and persistent policyholders by taking renewals through their foi mer agents as brou ers, without the companies subject ing themselves to -tho law o? the state, but they wont. "Tiio withdrawing companies could take reinsurance from the com panies now hero and the sUktit'on would be much relieved, but :'uey wont. ' The withdrawing companies could w ihhold their disapproval (and the consequences) and thus permit the staidly reinsuring companies doing business with the companies now liera ind tlie situation would be mud.l re lieved, but they wont. "Thirty of tho withdrawing com panies forming the Factory Insurance association, which is by name ex empted from tho law, could continuo that form of insurance and flint would bo snino help, but they wont. "The withdrawing companies will not do but incas here, and no oilier companies closely allied wi'Ji them .viii do business here. 'T.'sgaraless of what may be tho law? of other states, the fire in mrance companies' which havo with trawn from South Carolina are de ermtned they will npt bo denied the sower to combine SB to rutcB and they "efuso to permit tho stato to have iny revisory. power over those rates. There are a few incidental conten ions, but ttoey auteuil, to nothing, und :he eise is stated In the preceding lenience. "Thereiforo unices tho law ls re pealed South Carolina must take :aro of herBeli, with the aid of the Insurance organizations now ?toing justness here. In my opinion, these irganlzatlons will scarcely be able to ak? care or the best Insurable risks Which are protected by municipal wa erworka. Property not so protected mist be Insured otherwise, and I see io chance for UIIB except in mutual L'ompanies. Bvcry tl.inking IndHvi lual knows that each class of pro perty must or should pay Its own fire osaes, whether the insurance be In a dock company or In a mutual. Thero s no prospect of organizing many Uoek companies. "The agents who havo lost their companies throughout the state should bo able to organize mutual :ompnnies to meet this absoluto de mand better i'.ian any one else. "The way is clear " WILL BULB DEPOT Work on C. & W. C. Freight Depot Will St ?rt Soon. As has been stated through the press on several previous occasions, the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway company is to build a new freight depot in Anderson, the ap propriation having already been made. ?nd yesterday lt was announced that work would begin wiOhin tho next two weeks. The building is to bc located on the company's property on South Main street nod will be 00 feet wide and ?bout SOO feet long, the roof tn bo of terra cotta or slate. Approxi mately $40,000 will be expended. MEETING WOMEN'S CHICLES To He Meld on Wednesday Afternoon ot Different Hones. The Women's circles of St. John's church will meet Wednesday after noon at 4 o'clock tn the following homes: Eastern--Mrs. W. L. Rrlssey. Wo?.tern -Mrs. Joe W. ?vans. Central-Mrs. j. w. S peake. Southern-<Mrs. J. B. Humbert." River Street-Mrs. John Wall. Northern-Mrs. Will Wallace. ? . g r; 1 jg 1 ;? Let us make your Easter Soft. American TaUor*. IPS Vour? 1 JJ., i ., I.. !-' vines fe CIT M PRIMAI HELD MA' GOVERNING RULES ADOPT ED AT MEETING OF EX ECUTIVE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY ENROLLMENT OF j VOTERS REQUIRED I Very Little Difference in Rules of Two Years A go-Regulations Should Be Read By All Voters. j The approaching city primary for j Andersen will he hold on Tuesday. .Muy IG, tilla matter having been de rided yesterday afternoon ut a meet ing of the city executive committee, when rules to govern"1 ?ho primary election were adopted. The meeting. wu3 held at 4::IU o'clock in the office of i e chairman, Mr. G. Cullen Cul len Sullivan. The most significant change in thc? rules from those in uso two years ago is in the'fact thut the enrollment on tho club rolls must be made in person, this rule being made to con form with those adopted by the Demo cratic party and later adopted in'o law by the South Carolina legisla ture. Till? does not mean that new club roll books will be made un. The com m it tee as decided to use thu same roll books tha't were- used In the state and country primary election two years ago, and it will only he necessary for those who have moved to the city since that time and those who have moved from one ward lo another, and also those who have been affected by the changing of the boundaries of Wards-and-. As soon UH t.:ese books- are located, the names of the secretaries from the different wards, who will have Char g ? of them, and the places where they can be found, will be announced. The committee decided to have the primary election carly since, if this were the case, lt would be over and out of tile way before the state and county politics begin to demand so much attention. Rules F-or City Primary. T.ie following is a copy of the rule.*, to cover tho primary elections for 11? 1G as adopted by the executive com mittee yesterday afternoon: Unies lo rover City Primary Eler fions for IOU}. He lt resolved by the Democratic executive committee of the City ol Anderson as follows: j 1. That a pvilmary election bc [held In the city of Anderson on Tu. ?day, May IGth, nineteen hundred and [sixteen, from eight o'clock a. m.. un tll four o'clock p. m., for the pur pose or nominating candidates from tho Democratic party for the follow ing ?nices, to wit: For a mayor f r Bold city, and for an alderman for said city from each of the six wari' of said city. 2. That each of Ve els ward.; ol said city shull constitute a vot'ng club district, and tho voting place ?;' wards' ono to five, Inclusive, shall lie In tho court house and thc vitia.: place of Ward Six chal? b? at Roller iHcidquart'jrs adjoining Chappell'* barber shop. ii. The managers of election fer tho several ward club- districts sia'l bo elected by the city executive Com mittee, if any manager Shall fal5, or refusn, to servo thu c*.airman of tho city executive committee mry a;j-' point a substitute. The manageri. before opening the polls, shall take and sign the following oath: "We do solemnly swear that we will conduct this election according to law and the rules of the party, and will allow no person to vote whose name is not regularly enrolled In thia club, and we wlli not assist any voter to pre pare hil ballot and will not advise any voter us to how ho should vote at t'.ls election.". Said managers shall Immediately aftor counting the votes cast at the several voting dis tricts, put the ballots and their poll ing lists and ballot sheet's in their I respective ballot boxes and seal ard lock said boxes and immediately de liver the'same to the chairman of the city executive committee. 4.. The city executive committee shall meet in the ol nee of the chair man at 5:30 o'clock, p. m., on said election day for tri? purpose of tab ulating and declaring the results. Said committee shall declare any can didate who may receive a majority of all the votes cast for the Office fer which he ia a candidate duly nomi* nated far euch office; and it "no can didate receive a majority of all tiie votes cast then anld executive com mittee shall declare the two .highest aa the candidates for such office in ff?e aecond primary. r>. A second primary. If one should be necessary, shall be hold on Tues day May 23rd. 101?. within the same houra and at the same places and with tho same managers and subject to the same rules? as are provided for In the first primary. ' 6. In the event of protests or con tests notfeo thereof- shall be filed with tho ei.airman of Fas? city execu tive committee within twenty-four houra ?fter said executive commit tee nas announced the results of sahl elections: and said executive com mittee shall .hear and determino the housand this week. Prep ult if you are disappointe >r main crop. IY TO BE Y SIXTEENTH same with all convenient speed. 7. All candidates for any of said otllce.c shall .on or before twelve o'clock noon on Tuesday .May 2nd, 191??, file a written pledge with the chairman of said executive commit tee to lin- effect t'.at lie will abide tlie r? suits of said el? ?tions and sup-? ? port tin- nominees thereof, and shall pay Iiis assessment as fixed by said committee io thc secretary and treas urer ?-f the committee. Only such person.v as comply herewith shall be permitted to h . candidates in said primary elections. Provided tliar af ter the time tor filing raid pledges and before the close of either of such elections, s ould any candidate die. lt shall be the duty of the city exe cutive committee to ?flo;.I opportuni ty fur the entry ol' oilier candidates lor tiic o!lice involved. If sue' death occur less than ten days 1 .lore a primary election, the balloting for said ellice shall not Ix? al tim suc ceeding primary election, but at. such time and under ; neb rules aa may be fixed by said committee. S. No poison shall be allowed to enroll ou a club list as hereinafter provided or cote at said primary elec tions inless he ls 21 years of age or Is .all become so before the succeed i ni; general municipal election for the City of Anderson, is a citizen of Hie 1'nlted States and the State of gou?h Carolina, has resided In the stale two years and in the county of Anderson six months prior to tile said gener.il municipal election ami in the ward club district sixty days prior to i lie first primary election provided for herein: provided, That public school teacher.?, and ministers of the (losp;>l in charge of a regular organized cV.ure.lt and Federal employees from this State shall be exempt from ?he provisions of this section as to resi dence ls otherwise qualified; Provid ed, further, that if any person other wise 11 na I i :'ied remove from a ward club district within sixty days prior to the suid first primary election he may vote in the ward club district In Which he previously resided if enj rolled on the club lists of the latter district before t.;e cloting thereof i?s herein provided. The Democratic club rolls of the six wards In said 1 city shall be kept open for the en rollment of those otherwise qualified under these rules and the laws or this State Ki vote at said primary elee- | Hons until five days before the first primary election when they shall be closed and delivered to che chairman of tiiis conn,ii;tee, and may then be Inspected, revised and corrected I? this committee. If not already en rolled ns hereinafter recjuircd. each applicant for enrollmeut on any of sahl club rol,3 shall in person wrl.'e his name and immediately thereafter his age, occupation, the name of the street and the nuiubet of the housv? in which he resides. If the name be ille gible, the secretary of any such club shall write the name beneath the sig nature of t'ue applicant. If the ap plicant cannot write he may mali' I lils nuuk upon thc roll which, shill be witnessed by the secretary of sue!' club or any other person then having the custody thereof and tho secretary shall fill In the other requirements aforesaid. After being certified to by the chairman and secretary of this j committee said club roll3 shall be-? como the ofllcial democratic club rolls for said elections and shall be delivered to the respective managers ! thereof before the opening of the polls as the official polling lists for said elections and only those person* otherwise qualified and properly en rolled on said club rolls five days be-i fore thc first primary election shall ! be allowed to vote nt said elections. I Thc managers of the election shall require every voter to take the fol lowing oath: "I do solemnly swear that I am a resident of this club district, um duly Qualified to vote at this election liiyl il have not voted before at this elec tloo. " . 9. The secretary bf this committee phall have 'prepared a sufficient num ber of ballpts for tbs severnl wards, each of which shall contain all the j names of candidates for mayor and candidates for alderman from the several wards, respectively, with the number of the ward designated ther? on. The names of all candidates not voted for rihall be erased and if any ballot is not erased so as to clearly! phew for whom the voter intended to vote then tho ballot shall he reject ed OB to such office. Substantially tho following form of ballot shall be used: For ?Mayor: 1 For alderman from Ward -: "Which ahall be followed by the names of the candidates for the sev eral ?nices as aforesaid. 10. AH' tho niles and regulations pf the Democratic party of fae slate pf South Carolina which shall rot be inconsistent With the provision t? he re ef shall apply to these elections and the same, shall be subject to the laws of this state os to candidates filing statements of expenses before and of ter said primary election and In all other matters relating thereto. 11. vAt said election, when the right of a person to vote is challenged, the managers shall place the vote so chnl .lenged? In an envel?pe and endorse thereon the na?t'e of voter and that of the chai leng?n, and the person so c. 11 al 1 engod shall bo al 1 o wed to : vote. an,d the challenged votes shall be kent sepa rato and apart and not counted ,but turned over to the. City executive comm'ttee, which ?hair at its first ?are your grourcL It^ will be d. Put out slips early and cut FIRMAN SMITH, Seedsman PHONE 464 These Beautiful Spring Days Call For 'New Clothes New clothes to scores -yes, to hundreds-suggeSt-Parker & Bolt, the One Price Clothiers. You can't go wrong here-we guarantee every . garment, its tailoring, its fabrics, its fit and its style to be right. Over 20 years experience study ing clothes for Anderson men A pattern for every taste-a suit for every man-in which he'll look his best- 1 $10, $15, $18.50, $20, $22.50, $25 and up meeting after either of sahl elect looa ?lear all objections to auch votes' and when no person appears to sustain in objection made at the polls the ballot shall be removed from the envelope and mingled with the regul ar ballots' and counted, but where the challenger appears or produces wit nesses in support of the challenge then tho committee shall proceed to hear and determine the question. ? 12. lEoch of the candidates for 1 mayor is hereby assessed $lf? and each of the candidates for alderman $7.50 to defray the expenses of sahl election. G. Cullen Sullivan, J. S. Acker, Chairman. Secretary. Lecture nt iilgii Point. The Rev. Province, pastor of Shady Grove Baptist church will lecture at High Polot school house Saturday night. April 8. Beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The public is cordially in vited to uttend. No admission will Le charged. Our Millinery Ladies, make a new ?jraw Hat with "Colonie"-just paint it on. 1 Owl Drug Co. j -T ! Be sure to hear the College Glee Club in the college auditorium next Monday evening nt 8:30. Plenty of music and a good laugh ir assured. Admission 25 cents. Becomingness is Ihe keynote and suitability the aim of good millinery. Our great variety of styles, shapes and sizes insure becomingness and suitability, at our very moderate prices. New Sailors of all shapes and sizes, chic little close fitting Turbans, med:Ui.i rolling ef fects and the still larger flaring styles, cleverly trimmed in scores of beautiful new effects. New Coat Suits, New Dresses, and a large assortment of Children's Hats and Children's Dresses just iii. We will ap preciate the opportunity of showing you. M. S. NIMMONS MEET ME at the Anderson County Fair Anderson Theatre April S and ? SURE! Benefit Elk's Charity Pttad 200 Local People [Miniature County Fair, Songs, Dances, Comedy and Specialties Everybody else will be there. 80 Way Net Yo* i Prices: 25c, 50c 75c and $1.00 Tickets reserved Wednesday April 6 nt Theatre. Big Auto Parade will start from Ij?lk'a Home at: 4 p. m. Thursday and parade the entire town* '. . Next to Parker & Bolt's man who ex periments_comes back to Firestones. The man"of experience sticks tb Firer stones. Graduate now. into the- exper ienced class who enjoy . M?ST Mi LES PERDOLLAR See the Firestone man and find out why yob can get this extra service ut average coat. Pis' Automobile and Motorcycle Tires, . h 11 North Main iwiilrii'ii'if?-'ritirrmihTni?