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God be v sciei Easl /"*** OME around "We expect COUNTY OFFICERS ARREST BURGLARS WHO ARE CHARGED WITH BREAKING INTO SEV ERAL STORES IN GREENVILLE Six Were Brought Back to Ander son and Placed In the County Jail. Sheriff Ashley and Deputy Sheriff Sunders relumed from Greenville yesterday morning about li o'clock where they had spent nearly all of Thursday in rounding up what seems to be an organized band of burglars wh'o have broken into several ?'.tores In tho eastern part of the county. Six arrests were made. Those placed in tito county jail nre: Edgar Jamos, Hoy Green, li. B. Petterson, Earle 'Graham, Cora McNInch and Lula ll un it r, nil negroes, These arrests are the result of Ute untiring efforts of Sheriff Ashley and his deputies to solve what was al most a myBtory in connection with robberies" in Pelzer und Wllliamston. Within the past ten weekB four stores have been robbed at these two places, and in each case, the burglars made ' good their escape. The first store robbed was that cf CrenBhaw & Alli son in Pelter: Then followed Greg ory's store in Wllllamston. Next carno lludgins & Ragsdale's place in Polser, and carly this week, Tho Pal . tnetto, a mercantile establishment in ;'Pol ker, wus also fcayglarlaed. tn* each' lnatanco tho articles stol en, from the stores were about thc ?ame things that had been stolen from the others. They Included men and women's clothing, Bhoes, sock* and stockings, shirts,' collars! ties .etc. The county officers. took an in ventory of those articles and this ' enabled them to'pick the, right ne groes to a large degreo on Thurs day*. 1 lt seems that the headquarters o: the hand were In Greenville and that tho members worked out from there. "Nearly all of those arrested had ot. somo of the stolen goods.' Two ot th? negroes, Earle Graham and Ed gar James* formerly traveled with t. carnival and got laid, off In Green ville. Roy Green and Bob Peterson formerly lived in VyMlHamRton but hae moved >to Greenville. Tho two ne gro women al.soTtyed in Greenville. Several moro arrest? are expected to be made In connection with the rob beries. . Thc Anderson county omcors j woro utalstcd by Messrs. Crawford! and Nelson, chiefs of,police of Wll llamston and Pelzer, Sheiiff Hector of j Greenville and bis deputies. Tfee "ANDERSON TODAY jrt'tt MCINTOSH m MY PARONER** and ( Oi. J. T. ROBERTS in. THE VOX CHASE " - ? _. . ? ^-?rr^' _? . liai lal M-i wan >??^MMn^M**^MM?i<i ni??? liUOt! THEATRE . ..; TOD AY )? ' IIEI.EK HOLMES In I Wj*f?tRL AND THE OA ME" ? ' : ?.. ' - - 2 Iteel,Charis* Chaplin ?'CACt-'nT is A CABARET* ;? 4:?.. ...r:;.;...;.-..-. ,'?/?, ,-." ?,) - BETTE* KIND OF MOVIES ?Phone 4<W expects from dished for the ( ace that their ter dress.-Soi . to the Wesley Bit 450 men, the larges CONTESTS lil BELTON WERE GRAND SUCCESS REPRESENTATIVES OF BEL TON AND HONEA PATH VICTORIOUS ABOUT 800 PRESENT Exercises Held in Opera House Anderson Schools Wore Well Represented. Mlsb Olivia Greer ot Monea Path, reading "Tho Ono Legged (.loose." and Mr. !.. B. Harris of Hulton de livering the declamation, "Adams, For the adoption of the Constitution," were winners In the O'Neal Oratorical association contest at Belton last night. About SOO people were pres ent at the exercises, which were held in tho opora house. The address of welcome wns mude by Mr. John A. Horton of Helton. Ho was followed by a pruyer by Mr, J. T. Cox of Belton. A response was made by Prof. O. S. GoQdglon, president of tho association, who waa master of the ceremonies. Tho O'Neal Oratorical association is composed of five schools. Belton, Wllllamston. llonea Path. Anderson and Starr, the latter being added dur ing the last year. Aunual contests aro held each year and medals award ed for tho best speakers. The exercises last night wern splendidly conducted and everything was very pleasant. An Instrumental duet was rendered by Mrs. Emma Monroe and Miss Annie Wiles of Honra Path and an Instrumental trio hy Mrs. Inez Tyse, and Misses Lucilo Donald and inez Brock of Honea Path both of those adding much to the oc casion. Tho Judges were: Miss F.. Julia Elden, a graduate of Converse col lege; Prof. C. B. Waller o? Wbf ford college. Spartanburg and Prof. H. B: Martin of Furman University. Greenville. The medals were award-' od by MISS Seiden, who made a very appropriate speech. The ushers for the occasion were tho members of the Boy Scouts of Belton. The judges were entertained by tho association and were guests at .he Hotel Geer. Anderson was' well represented nt the exercises, about 100 children from tho schools here being present. They went to Belton yesterday afternoon nt 4:50 and returned last night on tho 10:20 car. ANNOIIMKH WARDTIVE Mr. A, 0. Menus Makes Official An nouneement Today. In this issue of The Intelligencer Mr. A. G. Moans makes hia officiai announcement as a candidate for al derman from Word five, lt was stat ed several days ago that Mr. Means was considering making the race, und the official announcement will be read with interest by tho people general ly. Gaster (.'roc tin gs by Telegraph. Tho Western Union Telegraph com pany has made arrangement? to deliv er messages containing Easter greet ings on special blanks of an attrac tive design appropriate to the occas elon. The employment of similar blanks last year mot with consider able, favor. With tho growing recog t'llon of the effectiveness ot . the telegram in Its modern form, such as the.day letter and night lotter, as a vehicle for family, and social mes sages, there has been a large increase in its use for communications of a personal character, particularly for conveying messages of seasonal greeting.*. The telegraph company 1? responding to this development by making . provision for. specially de vighed message^ forma' In keeping with thc spirit of the occasion. * . i. Spring* Spring ls looked upon by many as the most delightful season ot tho year, but this cannot be said of the rheumatic. The cold and damp weath er brings on rheumatic pains which are anything but pleasant. They, cap berWlievea; however;- by applying Chamberlain's Liniment Obtainable everywhere. . ;- , ? ? . ... Boy yow Easter Flowers at Fartas and you'll bo happy: 3?fwQNEBl?Gsutsn men something ?redit of their Easter devoti ith. >le Class at St. John it gathering of men BE SUI A REVIEW OF NEWS ANDERSON C?LLEGE DURING PAST WEEK Tho College Q!?e club appeared In concert at Clemson college on Sat urday evening. The members or the Klee club with their director, Mis:-. Stranathun, took the trip In automo biles. A number of Anderson peo ple accompanied them, A delightful picnic supper was an interesting fea ture of the trip. A dinner-party In honor of Presi dent and Mrs. Janies 1\ Kinard was, given at the Chlquola hotel on Mon day by tho faculty and officers of An- | demon college. The guests of honor | were President and Mrs. Kinard andi Mrs. Kinard H motlier, Mrs. Rather-! ino Wicker of Farmvllle, Va. Tho Llngerlongerlaughalot enter tained on Monday at a birthday din-j nor party lu honor of MJssos Emily j Sullivan and Lois Anderson. There: were present besides tho guests of ! honor, Misses Smith and Abbott. Misses Strannthan. Louise ano .Mar gu?rite Henry, Marie Nelson, and Catherine Sullivan will be In Atlanta I next week during grund opera. Tho gymnasium classes will give >j May festival on May Da>\ Misses Elizabeth Buxton and Mar-1 tba Owlngs will spend Easter In Ab bovltle with Misses Aiken and Perin. Misses Gladys White and Marguer ite Henry will visit Miss Janet Bolt this week-cud. MHS. MATTIE BROOKS Fuetral This Afternoon 4 O'Clock nt Providence Church. Mrs. Mattie' * Brooks, wife o! Mr. F. M. Brooks of the Rock Milli township, died yesterday aftp.-. oon The funeral service will be brit this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Providence church. Besides her bus lui nd Mrs. Brook.-) | ?is survived by tho following daugh j tere: Mrs. Connie Whitfield or Ocr) j nco county, Mm. J. C. Glhncr nil this city, Mrs. L. C. Qobee of Ander I ton. Mrs. Manly Brown and Pru:: Winifield and'MIas Miste Brooks, al) of this county. MRS. CYNTHIA PRUITT Died at Home nt Shirr Yesterdii) Morning-Mother Ten Children. .Mrs. Cynthia Parker Pruitt, wife ol tho late? James B. Pruitt, who died about 18 months ugo, died at her home in Starr Friday morning at ii o'clock Sho had been ill for some time and her death was not unexpected. Sht was Mis? Cynthia Pafker before her marriage, and was .Si years of age, having been born in l8aT>. Tho fun eral serv?cet? were held at Starr at b o'clock yester?ay afternoon and Inter nient was made in the Starr cern? tery. Mrs. Pruitt ia survived hy 10 chil dren, as follows: Mrs. Drake of Don alds; Mrs. J. lt. JackBcn of Storc vlllo; Mra. John Flndlov. <vho liven south of this etty; Mrs. Oscar Bowie of near Starr; Mrs. Wesley Morrison j of near Starr, and Messrs. R. W. Pruitt of this city; J. M. Pruitt of 8tarr; E. J. Pruitt c? Starr; Walter Pruitt of 8tarr and John C. Pruitt of near Starr. Mrs. Pruitt waa a Ufe-long Chrls tlon and.her influences for what was light ?nd good and jast. have beca felt in her community for years. Sho roared a family cf good, substantial citizens, .ber, children being ; highly regarded and respected,by all the peo ple. She was' a consistent raombei of the -Baptist church and was an en ergetic church, worker. She had hundreds of friends and admlrer* who will mourn her death. Ladles to Mest. The eight ladles who wIU have charge of tho tables'to sc-rv/- refresh nen ts at the open air entertainment | for the Clemson - cadets on Tuesday ulght are aSkedUo meet ia the rooms | of the chamber of commerce' this af ternoon n: 4 Relock.'and also to havel a list , of the. names of those1 who aro j to assist them in serving. 1 Th!!? meeting is not to be confused with' tho'meeting of the general en tert ninia ont committee which is sched uled for 4:80 this afternoon, afc-tho j Chamber Of commerce headquarters. flrOTO School House dab. The Grove school house D?mocra te club viii nisefc this afternoon at a j o'clock. . I more at sud religion as we ons would in t's Sunday morning in one Sunday Sci IE AND BE ' START IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COUNTY JAIL ADDITIONS ARE TO BE MADE WHICH WERE RECOM MENDED _. v? PLANS COMPLETED And Work Will Start Within Next Few Day?,--To Be of Brick and Concrete. Plans for improvements to (lie An derson county Jail have Jusi been completed by Mr. j, .1. Baldwin? j local architect, and work will be 'tarted within tho next few days. T.'eae improvements have be"n rec cv.nmended hy the state board of char ities and corrections and will mean an expenditure of about S2.r>00. The additions will consto! of a padded cell, a detention department, a colored department, hospital de partment, and shower baths. The work will be done in brick and re enforced concreto, being fire-proof. Mr. J. J. Baldwin, architect of this city, ls securing much out of town work and hr now .busily engag ed in drawing plans for a 325,000 school building at Hickory, N. C. The plans for this building, call for one of the best in the s out li. In addition to .I e above, Mr. Bald win ia drawing the plans for two school buildings nt Fitzgerald, Ga. which will cost about $10.000 each. Ho .la also drawing plan?s for #the Tabornacle Baptist church In Macon, Ga., this building to cost $30,000. Mr. Baldwin has Just completed plans for ' tho now '.. Presbyterian church at Seneca, whlcn will cost about $12.000. He baa aldo complet ed plans for a Methodist church at Walnut Ridge, Ark., which will mean an expenditure ' ot about $15,000. WOMEN OF ?TIJtfiT? iV?. E. CHURCH, SOUTH, NOW TO TAKE HAND IN POLITICS Atlanta, April 21.-Tho worooa ot the Methodist Episcopal church are going t? take an active hand in poli tics in the .future, but ?not as advo cates ot suffrage, although numbers of .them are no doubt individual champions of the ballot for . women'. As an organized body they ; are"; go ing to campaign forv'the enactment end enforcement of legislation to car ry out a social service program which they adopted yesterday ' at tho clos ing session tn this city of the Wo man'!/ Missionary council of the Methodist Episcopal church. South. There was some tendency among con servative members of tho council to oppose the adoption pf the program on the ground that it Involved parU cipatlon in pol?tica, but the forward looking element was very largely In the majority when the;matter came to a voto: The program adopted,by tho coun cil has a direct bearing on laws al ready enacted, or lawn under discus sion, In practically all. the southern states. Tho principal ''items of " the program are: . v fe?' First, uniform votai statistics laws in al* states; second, abolition ot child labor by enactment of uniform laws; third, abolition pf illiteracy by enactment'of .' compulsory education' laws; fourth,' cstabl??ament of Juve? nilo courts; fifth, censorship of mo tion pictures; sixth, enforcement of. ina federal antl-nurcotiO law and eh " actmentarid enforcement' of ' laws against:.*Intoxicants and cigarettes, seventh, establishment of state Insti tutions for .the feeble-minded ; eighth, abolition nf recognized and segregat ed'; vlc? and' compulsory* r?portt ; to; health boards of venereal diseases,': ninth,.prison reform abd abolition o 1 convict leases and convict, labor;' tenth,. cultivation of a bette.1 und?r stnulling between th'e^rac?s. C. S, 8hhv? Get lato ftk?pe. Boston, April 21-seven thousand blriejackbti. lri Charlestntf navy. yard at*? W?klf?kiaOw?r 'vessels'l? ih?'b?ir bo?;read* M?>*: ls, ?dtforlta Uv?ly si?ted.thKt virgil*:k>rety ?hip wDl he a? the top 'ore?ci'epcJr 4ri ?6 . day^-tHalt <the- meafkvwer?>recelled from shore leave and,'furloughs. i times, and th ll as the satisf some measure and hear Dr. Chas, iool ever seen in th THERE - ADDRESSES WILL BE MAOEJEF?RE GAME STUDENTS WILL BE WEL COMED BY MESSRS. GOD FREY AND WATKINS ARE NOW ANXIOUS People of City Are Looking For ward to Hearing Umpire Yell, "Play Ball," Monday. The people of the city city have contracted a bad caso of baseball fever und all of thc f:ins. which in cludes many new ones every day, have begun to talk about and look forward to the two games which are to be played here next Monday and Tuesday. Wofford plays Clemson on Monday afternoon and Purman plays Clemson on Tuesday afternoon.. On Monday afternoon the ceremo nies will start at the ball park at 2:15. Short addresses of welcome will be made by Mayor Godfrey for .the city of Anderson and by Mr. T. Frank Watkins, president, for the chamber of commerce. , These will be followed by a response for the col lege authorities by Dr. W. M. RlggB, president of Clemson. The ball game will be called at 2:30. The entire'corps of Clemson cadets will march to tho grounds in a body, with the fntnous Clemson band lead ing. The people of Anderson ' ure ex pected to attend the game in large numbers1 nnd to support their favorite team. There are many old Wofford students in this section, and also a great many Clemson men. CHEDDAR AGRICULTURAL CLUB Held Regular Meeting Last Night nt Cheddar. The regular monthly meeting of the Cheddar Agricultural club was held last night at Cheddar. Nearly all of the members were present and many of the ladies ot the community. Mr. W. P. Stewart, district agent, wai present and talked about poultry. Miss Lillian Snelgrove, home demon stration agent, and Mr. S. M. Byars, county agent, were also present and made short talks. SHOT.HAND OFF Negro Below Starr Lout His Loft Hand Because of Wounds. Haskell Logan, a uegro living ou Mr. Ben iPearman's placo below Starr, accidentally discharged a double bar rol shot gun on Wednesday night. Ho had his lett hand over the end or the barrels. Both loads passed Into his hand; and as a result he had to he brought to the Anderson coun ty, hospital, where the hand was ant putated at the wrist. . Buy your Easter Flowers at Pant's and you'll be happy. . Don't fail to see our Easter window. Owl Drug Co. at it were much to action of their con 5 come up to their . D. Bulla, D. D., of Nashville, Tenn, e state. We received yesterday a shipment of ?Kid Gloves in Gray, Mode, Light and Dark Tan and Black, (no white), sizes well assorted. Prices $1.50 and $1.75 They'll last probably through the day. So if you have a glove need in these colors you'd better get your order in early. Lots of pretty Untrimmed Shapes at pop ular prices, Flowers, Feathers, etc. A num ber of dandy ready-to-wears added during the week-a sufficient number, we think, lo take care of your hurry wants. You'll find us well prepared in every de partment to help you be well dressed on Easter. Come in during the day and tell us about the big and little things you need. We're apt tahave them. Tfaveler's<Sttec% When you take your trip iliis. summer be sure ami supply yourself with K. N. ??Ki Traveler's Checks. . Cashed.every where; your signature is your iden tification;, if lost no one ese can ?et .them cashed ; and the cost is Very smiMl. ;... . K. N. and K. Traveler's Checks are for sale at. Peopl?s" Bank of Anderson Ki . nig BS I u us EV P RIE V? Nt An ounce of pr< y .pound of ; day^?|i*ft . OBuaty as' in, regard to the car?x . ot the TEETH, -Visit'the d?a* v flatt'AT LEAST twice: a year, whether yoa thinjc you need it or not . V Let him give your teeth a thorough cles-ning. search out tho.beginnings. . of decay, clean ott the tartar, and in general PREVENT those dental : arlis that ar? lP?tely to grow on you. unawares. DR. HENRY R. WQJtt&f . J y- y ' .0?t* Ov*r Farmers'* Urban ?a ? ?t ! 5~ m ' ff.: '"'-? HS :..'.*. ' v ? ? ? f '. . i'