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Y^^H8H^jN$N$w^$N$M^^$NgM$M$M$M$M$M$N$M$M$<M>$M$Mg>. I| BL'QOI ?i XI fx ft || Harness, Sad dies,Etc. TT i if w e have a large and select stock of r tt Harness, Saddles, Whips, Lap Robes, fx YJ Etc., and you will mid that our prices are right. Come in and let us show vou our stock. You are not asked to.- BKwHd^^? f f buy unless we satisfy you we have the Hj||||ggMm goods and prices you are looking for. I it " .... % $H$H$M^4$H$t^H^3^H$H$H$H^^3H$>"^$"3H$H3M?H$H$H$>-' ANDERSON MAN SHOT. j Protestant Growth in the U. S. I in / , . j ! ti C. E. Herring Kills Clarence E. Tolley, Recent statistics issued by the cl Jnst Back Fom HosPital. i Home Mission Council of the Pres-jai ^ , byterian church indicate a healthy i C; Anderson, Sept. 1.-Charles E.Tol- growth in the membership of Ule|b( ley was killed this afternoon about b Protestant churches in the United j Cf o'clock by C. E. Herring, one of his gtates Qne Qf {he mogt eneou-rM, truck drivers. Mr. Tolley is a mem- facts ? that U]e percentage of menjyf ber of the firm of G. F. To ey ?_ Sons -n practicajiy a]j Protestant churches: ai Furniture store. He returned from jn Qur ^ ,g jncreasi That j p. Baltimore at 3 o clock where he had percentage ,g now forty_thre6 and; tl] irv TrO-m TTnnkins hnsnital tor . _, ~~ - ' ?? -? ?? - " ^ ' I ' U fa /v?^ M/\r, + 1 1 -r* | l> , uccu AAA * nnie-ieuui per cent, i ue nguics iui-i o, several weeks. When he entered the njShed by the Council which will bejfil store he went into the room where 0f interest to all Christian people and fo Herring was at work. He shot him published hy the Christian Observer! Pi four times, the balls entering the are ag follows: ; fil right side. Mr. Tolley breathed onl> There are 202 denominations in \ E; a few times after he wras shot. There j xjnited States. Thirty-one new j fil were no eye witnesses. No cause denominations were born in ten years ' is can be given by the brother of Mr. L.and seventeen died. Of all the peo- T1 Tolley. It was not known if there ple in the United states 41,926,854 to was bad blood between them. Her-are chUrCh members, an increase of Ui ring ran as soon as the fatal shots, ^ ^60,000 in ten years, or twenty ce were fired, but officers overtook him, per cent There are 227,000 church- ar and arrested him. I eg^ an jncrease 0f 15,000. The value fo Mr. Tolley has for many years been ! Qf churcll pr0perty is $1,676,000,000. T] a leader in politics, was Democratici an increase 0f $420,000,000 in ten th county chairman for some years and j years There are 15>72l,815 Roman ai resigned on account of his bad health. Catholics. From the number should N< He was also one of the city s ward-; deducted fifteen per cent, for in- cc ens for several years and was at the : fants and children, all of whom are 0? time of his death foreman of the __ grand jury. Mr. Tolley married Miss [BBKllllBfiMSllBBBBlSBPlllflfll Leila White and they have three chil- EBB dren. George M. Tolley and Wulliam H m Toiler ere brothers and Mrs. Wrilliam 9 K B B ^ / Wilcox, of Elberton, is a sister. i wum CHASED FROM EDGEFIELD. Hf < ? 13117 J J Man Alleged^Haye^Curs^l Befo.e, I 0(|]10SuSlV Edgefield, Sept. 3.?An unknown man, said to have been a negro, H ?fI?17I7D\7IIi strange to this community and em- H L V f K I fir ployed by the waterworks company,: ? JLlAA I If was on the afternoon of the elections i ffg; guilty of using loud profanity and ob- *B Featlll jectionable language before a wihte |fv woman on the public sq,uare of Edge- VIOLET HEjIVUVTIITGr field. He was quickly arrested and: jgg "PFFPT1! fined $50 by the mayor's court. As j 9B| ivUijiiji soon as he was released a crowd of ?|? about thirty white men gathered to B This is a big production an administer him. it is alleged, a sound R fail to Si thrashing for his indiscretion. The j afc tyo o y"> c O O i P cr f hn nocen i-n tr f nnl" +/\ 1 IHlv Ill CI IX , OVViii^ UiV/ 1111*^, iuur\ iv^ l HH ^ flight land was fired at several times, B g 11? a ? there being no evident intention of f|| 1 ^ If causing injury other than quick flight. B | W This is the first happening of this na- B " ture that has taken place for several B years in Edgefield and has caused no ? BAMBERI bad feeling between the races. B ~ ~ * :??,? H Show Starts 8 p. m. Ac Cotton sheets reduced to 60c at I G. O. Simmons's, Bamberg, S. C. j E S and W MULES! Buggies Our stock of Buggies is the largest to be found in this section. We have on hand several makes, and we know them to be the best on the market. ^ What is better for a present for your wife and c'hil\ dren than a nice Buggy? We have all styles, open or top, and we can certainly please you. This is the \Y place to get your new Buggy. Come in and see them. 4 N K BAM BAMBERG, S. C. / .eluded in the Roman Catholic stasties. Less than one-third of the mb. mreh members in the United States |1? e Roman Catholics. The Roman H IBaH&SBHBHHKSiHHHm atholic proportion in the total mem- H jrship was forty and one-half per n ;nt. in 1906, in 1919 it was thirty- Kv j|j iven and one-half per cent. In ten H B m jars the Roman Catholics gained ten R| B # id three-fifths per cent., while the H B B BM| m rotestant churches gained twenty- Egg B I B ^^B B tree and two-fifths per cent. The j ? I aptists gained twenty-sjx and one- j 1- - f| fth per cent.; the Congregational- i B? B ^9 & >ur and four fifths per cent.; the jS| H I ^ BB 1 resbyterians twenty-three and one- H fl fl I I fth per cent.; the Methodists and BB B B mBBm piscopalians twenty-three and one ? fl * :th per cent.; the Congregational- Igl S ts and Luthereans thirteen per cent. ||| 1 le universansis are lusuig, naviug m day only 59,000 members. The Bp S litarians have only 82,000. The per ||| B rntage of men in nearly all Protest- B j| it churches is increasing. It is now K 1 rty-three and nine-tenths per cent. H hie average ministerial salary among fi| e Northern Methodists is $1,223, l| liong the Congregationlists $1,343, K orthern Presbyterians $1474, Epis-|H ' palians $1,632 and Unitarians $2,-!B 10.?Index Journal. H ING l| .. H rp Spnf Kll * ' P II rJA a 11 posits AND THEODORE g B M, d will please you. Don't I B mi II Farmer Theatre I I Imission 50c and 75c B fl i a o n s | ? ?! ' ... ; 'I fx Mules ? **+ We have on hand some good mules ?;gfo?*3 and a few horses. We will take pleas^^rflili nre in showing you these animals, a! Tj mm ^011ie in and look them over, whether X ? M" " you desire to buy or not. Our sales- it men are at your command. ^ t 1 ftirrtj'il'nfrl AA Wagons l It is always our pride to sell the best Wagon yy ) f. made. Our stock is more complete than ever. We have dozens of all sorts of Wagons, and when you want one we will sell it at the right price, va|| Remember our guarantee with every vehicle. Vy Vt "m BERG ' 11 I Us ' id after July I . -i m_i | IV lllgs uupi/o- I his applies to I nd new de- I jgjg . i s & Merchants Bank I I EHRHARDT, S. C. | 9 * S 111 \ , r ' ' ^ v y.