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RUSKIN ANDERSON'S IG MID-SEASON SALE CONTINUES IN FULL BLAST While we have been busy supplying many customers, our large stock stands the strain, and we are ready for all that have not yet called and received their share of the many Bargains in every line of Merchandise. ?g We have all we advertise at the prices ; so come and get your wants while the season is on and the prices are cut. ^e^c^^c^e^t^^ ?J? Figured Lawns and Light Col ored Calicoes, 3 1-2 cents yard. Six spools best J. & P. Coats Thread, lOc. Three Cakes Octagon Soap, only 10c. Three boxes Matches, 10c. Big lot Children's Shoes and Oxfords, solid leather, good val ues, for $1 and up, to go at 48c. to 69c. Ladies' Oxfords and Shoes at 73c. and 98c. and up. Men's Shoes, $1.48 and up. Men's Pants, 79c. and up. Men's Hats, 48c. and up. Men's Best $6.50 Panama Hats, $3.98, Furniture and Cooking Stoves all at a cut price. See Us for Your Wants in All You Wear or that Goes in the Home SENECA RUSKIN ANDERSON SENECA I il ? 'I v LANI) AND . K 'MTV. I'hdlors Going ?ad Coming.Pei** sonni I teins of Interest. Bounty l.?and, June 29.-Special: Rev. .Mr. Lamar and Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Wyatt, of Wasley, were at "The Oaks" Wednesday as guests of Hon. and Mrs. John L. Smith. Miss Cora Hubbard and brother, T. S., were among the excursionists to Atlanta last week. Dean Davis spent Friday night with his cousin, Cherry Davis, be low Seneca. The boys went Ashing in Seneca river and caught ?JO pounds of tine tish. Little Miss Ila Guntharp has | whooping cough, but is getting along very nicely. Mrs. D. A. Perritt, who has been in Charleston foi the past month ' with her daughter, Mrs. A. S. Rol lins, returned home Wednesday. Misses May and Hettie Guntharp will leave Friday for Rock Hill, where they will visit their uncle, Ernest Guntharp. Ryan McCown, of Florence, a young law student of the University at Columbia, spent Thursday and Friday with his friend and classmate, O. H. Doyle. Thornley Cary, of Sen eca, was also a guest at. "Edgewood" on Friday. Edgar Shanklin spent from Tues day until Friday in Anderson with his brother, J. H. Shanklin. C. K. Rankin was in Anderson last week on business. Hon. and Mrs. John L. Smith vis ited their son Ernest near West Un ion Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Davis, of near Clemson, spent Tuesday with relatives in the community. Miss Sallie Davis accompanied them home, making an auto trip with them to Anderson Wednesday. Miss Bertrand Perritt, of Augusta, Ga., is taking a vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Perrin. Misses Sallie Davis and Annie Mc Mahan will leave to-morrow for a few days, stopping at Russell's, and ?thence to Pine Mountain, Ga., where they will he guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Gillison. Miss May Guntharp visited in Sen eca a few days last week. Misses Xanyline Drown and Dot!) Stribling, of Seneca, were guests last week of Misses Cary and Susan Doyle. Mrs. A. M. Milam and two chil dren, Henry and Cornelia, of Sandy Springs, spent the week-end with their mother and grandmother, Mrs. J. D. Pickett. m?m Venezuelan Envoy Dead, Washington, June 26-Private ad vices here to-day reported the death of P. E. Rojas, minister from Vene zuela, at Atlantic City. Dr. Rojas, who was 7ft years old. died of heart failure, with which he had been threatened for several years. He was prominently identi fied from youth with the politics of his country. For many years he was compelled to livo In exile from Vene zuela. From 189:*. to 1898 be was minister of foreign affairs. Dr. Ro las had boen minister bore for the last five years. \ViNl> BTOltM i .-?ns O rLUMBIA. K |(in?lif uiut . <n;.i tipil ?'olca BoWl} and City in Darkness. Columbia, June 28.-For two hours this afternoon Columbia was visited by a heavy storm of wind, hail and rain, accompanied by light ning and thunder. The disturbance was the most severe of its kind to strike this section for some years. Heavy damage was suffered by pub lice service companies, stores and residences in all parts of the city. Plate glass windows were blown In, signs and fences were blown down. Office buildings were Hooded and ventilators were torn from skylights. Telephone and telegraph poles were blown down and trees mutilated, making the streets impassable In some places and filling roadways with wires. As a result the city to night is in darkness. At loast eight hundred telephones are out of coin mission. Lightning struck in many places within the city limits and re sulted In one small conflagration. As a result ol* road conditions re sulting from the storm au automo bile three niiles out of Columbia on tho Two-Notch road, skidded, the machine turned over and the occu pants were violently thrown out. Mrs. J. D. C.oldson, ol' Columbia, sus tained a broken arni, broken collar bone and fractured ribs. Miss Vickie Sauls, of Orangeburg, suffered a bro ken collarbone. Both were hurried to Know Hon's Hospital. Other occu pants of the car escaped with a se vere shaking up. They were Janies Coldson, B. B. C.oldson, P. C. Turner, A. D. Brownie. Miss Linine C.oldson, all of Columbia. Power (?one, Huerta to I<eave. Washington, June 30.-Private dispatches received here to-day from unofficial sources in .Mexico City stated that President Huerta had sent his son and daughter toward Puerto .Mexico, and was making preparations for his own departure on short notice. The information was conveyed to the State Depart ment. Cnrrair/u is Defied. Mexico City, June 30-News reached hero to-day that ESmellano Zapata, tho southern revolutionist, had published a decree rejecting any allegiance to Venustlano Carranza, /.apata is said to have declared that he intends to extend his operations along the western coast of Mexico as far as Sonora, and that he will fight Carranza "forever." The information was brought to Mexico'City by iiersons who arrived from towns under Hie control of tho followers of Zapata. In the State of M ?relos. Bases Tonnent of Ast luna and Hay Fever. For the discomfort and misery of asthma and hay fever use Foley's Doney and Tar Compound. It puls a healing, soothing coating over the swollen, tickling membranes, and eases the thick and choking sensa tion. Helps you to breathe easily and naturally. In the yellow pack ago. Bell's Drug Store.-?Adv. .#.??? .? ? wn vijsfc awn ?tr .1 v i nv? s o'. I . ?1 NEWS VOTES OF WEST3VI1NSTJEK. .Mat ? Visitors in und Out ol' Town, Personal Notes. Westminster, June 30.-Special: Misses Ethel and Lola Erwin, two pretty little girls of Cornelia. Ga., are visiting their friend, Miss Annie Ruth Carter. Mrs. F. W. Cannon and children and Mrs. I. S. Pitts spent a few days In Creenvih *he latter part of last week. Mrs. Jas. E. Dickerson and little daughter Una spent last week In Cornella, Ga., visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leeson. Misses Daisy and Lizzie ErvIn, of Elberton, Ga., are visiting their aunt, Mrs. C. L. Foster. Several families have picnicked on Changa during the past few days, enjoving the cool breezes and water. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Taylor left Thursday for Greer. After visiting there for a few days they will go to New* York, where Mr. Taylor expects to take a special course of study dur ing the slimmer months. Mrs. C. C. Whitmiro returned to her home at Cornella Sunday, after a few days' visit with her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Carter. Mrs. D. W. H lott, of Easley, has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Terrell, for a few days. Mrs. Lorene Loehr, of Hartwell, Ga., is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. C. Poo re, A series of meetings will begin .it the New Westminster Baptist church next Sunday. Services will be held in the evening only, prayer and praise services beginning at 8 o'clock; preaching at 8.30. Rev. Fallaw has announced some very in teresting subjects for bis sermons for the meeting. Mrs. O. T. Brockman, of Mem phis, Tenn., is visiting her mother, Mrs. A. N. Qllreatb. W. O. Pitts, of Lavonia, Ga., spent Sunday with homefolkn. Mrs. Coil Robinson, of Dallas, N. C., left Wednesday after spending several days with her sister, Mrs. W. C. Taylor. There will bo a series of three gaines of base hall with Elberton on the Westminster diamond t'hls week. The families of J. G. Brea/cale and P. P. Sullivan moto rca to Rus sell's Tuesday and there spent an enjoyable day, returning late In tho e\ ening. Miss Nelle Dickson visited ber cou sins. Sloan and Ft. E. Darkey, of East Point, Ga., last week. Among those going to Chattanoo ga Tenn., on the excursion from this place were H. C. Stonecypher, R. B. Honea, Horace Cowan, Rhyne Perkins. C. C. Simpson, B. T. O'Kel ley, J. D. Farmer, Paul Marett, W. E. Rhyne and daughter. There is Healing In Foley Kidney Pills. You need a mighty good medicine If once your kidneys aro exhausted by neglect and overwork, and you have got it in Foley Kidney Pills. Their action ls prompt, healing and tonie. Sound health and sound kid neys follow their use. Try them, boil .s Drug Store.-Adv. "> tu 1 PLAOCC .\ \ WAK OKI CA\S. vu?,- Dee. ti i and (?JU-. New Caso-Gov - ernment Take? Cliarge. Washington, June 29. - Surgeon General Blue, of the public health service, will go to New Orleans to take charge of the campaign there against bubonic plague. One death and one other case has been re l>orted. After receipt of telegrams to-day from Oscar Dowling, president of the Louisiana Board of Health, the Trea sury Department ordered the sur geon general to take charge of the situation. Dowling reported bacte riological confirma*ion of the two cases. The public health service, however, will make its own exami nation. Surgeon Blue said to-day that nei ther the cit.v of New Orleans nor the territory surrounding was In any danger, but that it was advisable that the Federal government take sharp measures. Apparatus for rat catch ing and fumigation are being sent to New Orleans, and a corps of experts in plague eradication, including Sur geon Creel, of the public health ser vice, will carry out the surgeon gen eral's plans. Notes from Mount Pleasant.. Westminster R. F. D. No. 2, June 29.-Special: The health of this community is very good at this writ ing. Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Price, a son. Wayman Iloitca ls wearing a smile -it's a boy. The song service has been changed to tho second Sunday at C. S. Owens's. Mr. Kindley and his class will slug at ?1 o'clock. There will also be preaching by Rev. Milson. Clayton Harris visited his brother. John B. Harris, Sunday, and reports that he is improving, though slowly. E. B. Keose is erecting a nice new cottage, wir h will soon be occupied. Sumatra Earthquake Kills Many. Batavia, Java, June 20.-Many were killed or injured to-day in a \iolent earthquake, which caused widespread damage In Southern Su matra. The olllces of the Dutch Resident and many other buildings collapsed at Benkoelen, the capital, and tele graph and cable communication was interrupted. Sumatra ls the largest Island of the Malay Archli>elago, except Borneo. It has a number of volcanoes, some active and some believed extinct. The population ls estimated at 3,500,000, among whom are about 5,000 whiles. High Officials Wear H. C. Duck. Washington, June 29.-Represen tative Byrnes, of South Carolina, presented President Wilson and Sec retary Tumulty to-day with two uhiie duck suits. The duck was manufactured in n South Carolina cotton mill, and made up by the Pr?s idant'?; New York tailor. Former Policeman Killed, I ?.Anderson Mail, j Joe Kelly, a former policeman at Willinniston, was shot and killed on 'the streets of that town Monday morning by Policeman Claude Poore. It is said there had been bad feel ing between the two men for some time. Kelly was former policeman, holding the position now held by Poore. Kelly was not armed. Kelly was arrested on Sunday by Poore for disorderly conduct, and was locked up for a few minutes. Poore shot at Kelly six times, only two of the shots taking effect, one of these near his heart. Immediately after the shooting Kelly was carried into Sullivan's store, and was shortly afterwards taken to Greenville by Dr. Frank Lander, bis wife and G. W. Sullivan. Ile died before reaching the hospital at Greenville. His body will be taken back to Wllllamston for burial. Poore surrendered after the shoot ing and was brought to Anderson by Mayor Vance Cooley and lodged in jail. Kelly was 10 years of age and lived on a farm near Wllllamston be longing to Dr. B. F. Brown. lb; leaves a wife and about eight chil dren. The shooting, according to a state ment hy Poore, was due to threats from Kelly and his menacing atti tude when they first met after the arrest. Six County Mules Pilled. Belton, June 29.-Six mules, the property of Anderson county, were Instantly . killed by lightning Satur day afternoon between 5 and G o'clock near Calhoun. As the cloud approached the convicts sought shel ter in an out-house In the yard of Jas. Mattlson and the teams were left at the roadside. When the bolt caine 13 of the mules were knocked down, but seven soon recovered and the other six were killed instantly. The bolt first struck a tree in the yard, then passed Into tho house, tearing a hole through the wall, knocking the papering and pictures from the wall, then passed through the hall and tore a mantel In the parlor to splinters and did other mi nor damage. Several of the family w o re in the house at the time, but aside from a slight shock suffered by one of the young ladles none of them was Injured. Tho mules were very valuable ani mals and possibly cannot, be dupli cated for $:i00 apiece. The animals were Insured for $100 apiece, which ' is the maximum amount taken by .thc Insurance companies on this class cf risks. I American Shells Stop I lom ba rd ni en;,. Washington, Juno 28.-Bombard ment of the rebel city of Puerta Plata by President Bordas, of Santo Domingo, was silenced late Friday by fire fron? the main battery of the American gunboat Machlas. Only a few shots were required for the task. County Farmers' Union . he ocoiieo County Farmers' Un ion will meet with Picket Post Local on the second Friday of this month (July 10th). All local unions aro urged to send delegates, as business of importance will be discussed. J. W. Alexander, President. J. H. Garrison, Secretary. Always select the host belfert; for breeding purposes. .I"I"M?M"M?p ?3?4"?Y??fr*r>>I~I**I**I*?t' ?fr ANNOUNCEMENTS. 4. .'I',*I'**I'**I**?'"*I**I**?**I**?,*?**I*?I*?I',?tv,*?**I,,???,'I* (Announcements of candidates for office in Oconee county will be ac cepted and printed at a uniform rato of $3, strictly in advance. Announce ments nt this rato must be confined to six lines. Extra charge for all in excess of that space. ) FOR CONGRESS. 1 hereby announce muself a can didate for Congress from the Third Congressional District, subject to tho rules of the Democratic, party. JOHN A. HORTON. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the House of Representatives from Oconee county, subject to action of voters in Demo cratic primary election. FRANK H. SHIRLEY. J hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the House of Representatives, subject to the will of tho Democratic party in the pri mary election for tho nomination of said office. M. R. MCDONALD. I hereby announce' myself a candi date for election to the House of Rep resentatives of South Carolina from Oconee County, subject to the action of the Democratic party In the pri mary election. HARRY R. HUGHS. FOR AUDITOR: I hereby announce myself a candi date for the oillce of Auditor of Oco nee County, subject to action of the Democratic voters in the primary elections. HUGH P. IIOLLKMAN. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Auditor of Oconee County, sublect to action of the Democratic voters at the primary elections. DRESDEN A. SMITH. FOR TREASURER: With appreciation for past support, I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of County Treasurer, subject to the ac tion of the Democratic voters In the ensuing primaries. R. H. ALEXANDER. On the same platform advanced by me in 1912-thorough competency for the duties of the place-I hereby nnnounce myself rv candidate for tho position of Treasurer of Oconee County, subject to the action of the Democratic party In the primary elections. JOHN H. BROWN.