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N E W FALL The very prettiest in town, of course. Big lot to select from; different styles, materials, colors. ai . ... 1 The prices? ix $5.00 and up NEW COAT SUITS For you early buyers. If you select one of iiese now, we guarantee you'll see nothing prettier or more stylish: later in the season. $20,00 and up If you need anything in Summer ( >oods you can buy it here at reduced prices?and you buy Qua??ty, , i.^jg Ml MOORE-WILSON COMPANY cV. d oo o o o o o o o c p ? T?WSYILLE NEWS. . ' O'. . .* . \ ? 0,0 o o. oooooooc I Townvillo, August .7.7-Rev. W. B m Hawkins. J. P- Ledbotter, W..C. King Ld? Baioman. Silas Earls. C. E.' Mar oUf,'J. N. Boleman attended the Sain da association at Iva last week. -Tbo many friends of Dr. W. T. Hun are pleased to seo him at his home af ter spending several weeks In the hos pltal In Baltimore. Wo trust that h< will be restored to his usual good ^; health. . Mr. and Mrs. Pleas Mhhaffey are en . tertainlrig a little man at their home .Willie Boleman vlBited relatives at Starr last week. :Dr. and Mrs. 8. A. Wide m an anc V." " ' children have returned from a viali tp Honea Path and Due West MIhuoh Koto and Susie Sharp, of. IM voll, suent tho woek.cnd with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ligon. Mrs. S. W. Dickson or Westminster spent a few days with hor parents Mr. and Mra. W. N. Woolbright. .'Mr. and Mrs. Loo Hunt are rejoicing 1 over the arrival of a Uttlo lady ai their homo near town. ( "Mrs. Louts. Ligon of Enoree spent a.few days last week with hor parents Mr. and.Mrs. Will Hunt. Mrs. Ligon Is pleasantly - remembered as Mist Clara Hunt.. /Rev. W. B. Hawkins, *Lon Boleman, und uo? Gaines are the latest auto mobile ownor8 In our little town. ' Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Asbill, Mr.. ano Mrs. * J. D. Bahb are home from a visit to relatives at LaurenB. /Dr. J. R. Heiter recently visited his ' r mother, Mrs. 8. R. Heller. Dr. John hka recently moved from Fair Play to JjCnoca and likes his new home fine. . ijitin Miss Rebecca Heller is visit ing her grandmother, Mrs. S. R. Hel % K :v> ifrMrs. Hatnoy of Westminster is vhv ; fflng.Mr. and Mrs. W. C. King. ; Prof, john GalnoB and family oi IJoroq, Gn,, aro visiting relatlvos here Mrs; Earle Barton and children spent;'Wednesday with relatives at gr#v -.Westminster. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Boloman spent the1 week-end with relatives at Andor > J. P. Ledbottor and daughter. Alloer - spent Friday with Dr. and Mrs. W. K Sharp; Mrs. J. W; Dickson Visited Mr. and mi? Mrs-John Sharp last Mfeek. u Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harris span! K^jSuIday with Mr. and Mrs, J. B. Ligon V / ;R. H. Price and Andrew 8ullfv&n R 4 he*a m?ut> 'to .the reunion at Carswel] a^^lujwdte. '. . ' ' ; Madame* Lih Boleman and Waltet pf-;- Dickson were the guesta of Mrs. Clam Hunt Ligon , last Friday afternoon. 'v,v.-Miss- Willie Fart, has returned tc vm??k her home /after a pheasant visit tc ;? P*>f, J: S. Felton and family. p.; fM?si Mario Gaines, One of our mosi Jl(:' . ; . - '. ? popular young ladleB has returned af > tor spondlng several weeks In Char. ) lotte, N. C. > AIKEN IS AIDING MAIL CARRIERS \ Southern Congressmen Trying To Get As Mach Remuneration As Possible For Carriers I People living In Anderson and in the Third Congreslsonol district will iearn ivitn interest mat Congrensiuau ' Alken has Introduced a bill which may ; result in tho B. F. D. carriers ot the L south getting moro pay. P. H. Mc i Gown yesterday sent the following ' dispatch from 'Washington to the Co 1 lumbla State: "Southern congressmen aro dcter mined that the rural free delivery ear" 1 rlors of the United States shall lave all tho remuneration to which thoy , aro entitled by law. * , "A day or two ago Representative Flnley of South Carolina Introduced ; a bill regulating their pay and Mr. I Alken today did likewise. "The latter bill Is as follows: 'That ; on and after July 1, 1914, the com \ ncnsaMon of each rural letter carrier \ for serving a standard route of 24 ? miles and over, six days in the week. shall bo $1,020 per annum, payablo monthly. On routes 22 miles and less than 24 miles, ^1,152: on routes 20 miles and less than 22 miles, $1,080: on routes 18 miles and less than 20 miles, $960; on routes 16 miles and ' lens than 18 miles, $840; on routes 14 miles and less than ten miles, $576; 1 on routes 12 miles and less than 14 1 miles, $672; on routes ten miles and ' less than 12, $642; on routes eight miles and les sthan ten miles, $576; \ on routes six miles and less than 8 miles. $528; on route? .four miles and less than bIx miles $480. " 'A rural letter carrier serving ono r trl-wcckly route shall be paid on tho basis for a route one-half the length j the route served by him, and a car rier serving two tri-weekly routes shall be paid on a basts for a route one-hnir the Combined length of the ! two routes served by him. . M,P. H. McQown."' INDIAN BANDITS > Americans Robbei of Large Sums In Arisonn. . 1 N'ogalcB, Arizona, Aug. 8.-?W. C. * Loughlln, an American, has been held ' up by Yaqni Indians and robbed of 1 more than $60,000 In gold and silver bullion, according to reports reaching ' here tonight. S Thrw other Americans were in the party with fifty Mexicans as soldier guard*. The soldiers fled when the ? Yaquts appeared near La Colorado. Souora. The Americans have not Llbcen harmed. A MESSAGE TO THE FARMERS HOLD YOUR COTTON; STAND AND STAND FIRM IS THE ADVICE GIVEN CONDITIONS GOOD Plenty of Money With Which To Move or Hold the Coming Cotton Crop Assured (Hy Associated Press.) Washington. August 7.?In un an dres sto tlie- cotton growers and peo ple of the cotton growing statua made pllhilc tonight, the congressional com mittee, which volunteered several days ago to book measures which would prevent ?crions consequences to the south because of the European situa tion, declared: "Our message to you is?stand ilnn. Sell cotton only ns a hist necessity.' Members of the committee headed by Senator iioko Smith of Georgia, ut ter a careful investigation of condi tions up to the present time gave it as their mature judgment that th least possible coton siiould be put up on the market during the next sixty days, ['.".sorting that tlm agencies of the federal government, both execu tive and legislative, were doing all possible to relieve the strain of the situation caused by Die lack of trans portation facilities and tho danger of facing no market abroad. They call ed for unselfish co-operation among tho farmers, merchants und bankers of tho south for the common good ana declared: "It should be understood that wc are not in the midst of a panic, nor lu a financial panic possible under our new bank and currency law and It is not necessary for us to throw our cot ton on the market at prices less than ji? tc?i Vni?c, i The platement of tho congressional committee follows: "We recosnize the fact that cotton is tho money crop of the southern peo ple, and any situation which vitally affects its value must be felt by all linos of commercial und industrial ac tivities. "While, tho condition of war in Eu rope gives rise to a situation which is serious, wo believe that It can be greatly overcome if all agencies, nat ional, state and local, promptly and vigorously respond to their respective duties. "Your president, the several execu tive branches of the government, and your senators and representatives, are exerting every effort to devise m ans iby which the :rotton crop may be marketed at a price wurrautod by a normal law of <<upp!y and demand, and not by a condition caused by the European war. "The Important problems involved in this situation are: I'M rat: Transportation. It is essen tial that lint cotton, and cotton manu factured goods, should reach forolgn markets where thoy may bo consumeu. We are confident congress will pass within a few days an amendment to our shipping laws which will greatly facilitate transportation. Wo have no doubt transportation facilities will be available for cotton, and cotton manu factured goods within a very siiori time.. "Second: Consumption of cotton. Tiiu ?uruiiuau war (iiusi nuuuss'iriiy reduce temporarily tho demand and consumption.of our cotton. Tho state department has cabled our oonsuls abroad for detailed Information. From the information we have received, ?o are confident the consumption, domes tic and foreign, of our cotton, will bo much larger than is generally sup posed. Tho mills of the United States and Canada will consume approxi mately half of our production, and the demand for American cotton by Great Britain and the Orient will not be greatly reduced. Great Britain con sumes nearly half of our exported cotton. Eleven million bales of our cotton should be absorbed by the trade, even under the most aggravated conditions. "These facts should be most reas suring, and should entirely dispel the idea that our foreign trade In cotton will be wiped out. "Third: Money to market the crop and care for the surplus. Already the secretary of the treasury has ar ranged to deposit In. southern banks the sum of $20.000. He desires this used especially to handle the cotton crop. During the present week, your congress has passed an emergency currency bill, under the terms of which uot less than $1,500,000,000 of additional currency will be available to meet every emergonoy which may arise. "The reserve banks, under the new banking and currency act. will speed ily organise. They will accept notes secured by agricultural - products. Insures ample money for mowing the crop and to care for such distress cot ton as. may come upon the market, and also to.keep In operation the fac tories and various - Industries neces sary for the consumption of the crop. "The financial situation of the coun fy could sot do better, and when It is understood that the treasury depart ment stands ready to lend its groat power to' pr?vent a sacrifice of the cotton crop, a feeling of confidence and assurance should come to ns all "Fourth: Local Co-operation. Tho agencies of the federal government, both executive and legislative are do ing all possible to relieve the strain of th? situation. While the power of th? government Is great. It should not be overestimated. We desire to Impress emphatically the necessity for the most cordial and unselfish co-ope:a MORE PRECAUTIONS IN POSTAL SERVICE CARELESS HANDLING OF PARCEL POST MANY COMPLAINTS Second Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Issues Warning Matter Must Be Carefully Handled I'oBtmsBter Cochran is In receipt of a letter from the second assistant poHtmaBter general, in which he states in regard to the parcel poat system, that numerous complaints have hcen received by the department that ar ticles forwarded by parcel poBt are reaching their destination in a damag ed or crlroly worthless conditions, Indicating that In many instances par cel post packagos aro being subjected to rough treatmont while In transit through the malls. Attention was called to the fact that the contractor for the service on tho Hcrcon wagon route be advised that, according to the terms of his contract, he is re quired to carry tho malls In a safe and secure manner and that fincB will be Imposed upon him and the amount deducted from his pay in all cases where it is shown that any clas of mail matter has boon damaged on the part of his employees. He continued that the contractor should further be advised that he Ib expected to give special attention to packages liable to be injured by caro Icbs handling, and that such packages mint not be thrown down chutes, into or from vehicles, placed underneath other mall or otherwise mistreated. Ho warned that the omployees of the local office designated to deliver the mails to the contractor should be re quired to sec that all parcol post mat ter is properly handled while being loaded or unloaded,' and should not uges containing fragile matter in bis | vehicles under pouches sacks or other mail liable to Injure it. Also that special report* should be made to tho office at Washington where parcol post matter is injured on' ac count of the improper handling by the I screen wagon contractor or his em-| ployees In order that appropriate dis ciplinary action might be taken. The letter was not a warning or In dictment against the local office, but a general warning being sent to post omces all ovor the United States. In order that the parcel post system may be made as safe and reliable as possible. The local officials state that lp-this respect they are very careful and arei doing _all\lri'tr^Jr power to make this service to the people of An derson as near perfect as possible All ! perishable matter is prmptly delivered an dthey are ezrlcslng every effort to make tbo parcel post the medium between producer and consumer. The authorities state that thoy will gladly give Information to any one who is In doubt as to whether their package wll conform to the rules and regulation and If they will call at tho postofrtce, and that that they will be pleased to assist patrons of the system in any possible way. Thoy are striving to make the parcel post not only the cheapest mehtod of trans portation, but also the mos popular. 85.000 MEN map?h AGAINST MEXICO! United Forces of Villa and Camn. I aa Are Headed For Mexico City (By Associated Press.) Saltlllo, Mexico, August 5.?Via La redo. Texas, August 8.?(Delayed)?I General Francisco Villa waB instruct-1 cd today by General Carransa to mobi lize his division and lead It south to take part In the campaign against Mexico City. Gen. Villa's men are scattered throughout 'Chihuahua, where they have been resting and re. crulting. The joining of Villa in the movement south will present a forco before Mexico City estimated at ap proximately 85,000 men. Military men In close touch with Mexican affairs declare thoy oxpect th? federals ' will realize the futility of offering resist ance to this overwhelming force. Gentral Carransa. it Is announced,] will himself take command' of tin combined '. constitutionalist forces | when he reaches tho south, - tlon among farmers, merchants and i bankers of the south, to tho end that] every local effort, and every 'local ag ency, shall bo brought. Into'action lh| the Interest of tho common good. "Wo?belleve that conferences in Hu I r???????!ye states and ?ocs?lt.s? wo?M bo most helpful. They would furnish tho machinery through which the problem in all of Its phases can' be thoroughly cdnstdored and dealt with under the pcctullur environment of each state and community. Accurate information as to warcfe^usiag fac??l? ties should be gathered tor your local uso, and furnished to -your senators and representatives in coagrimf J,t!4hg earliest moment. "It Is our mature judgment that the least possible amount ot. cotton should be put on the market during the next BO days, for it is our. belief that the combined strength of the federal gov ernment and state and local agencies; coupled with tho Inherent courage of the southern people, will, make, it pos sible for the cotton crop tu he'market sd without sacrifice."" POLLOCK HARD j ONGOV.BLEASE WAS PARTICULARLY SEVERE IN HIS ATTACK AT BEN NETTSVILLE IT WAS ii* REPLY I Biea?c linn Cne?fgea nun wun Voting Against "Separate Coach" BiU in 1898 (Special to The Intelligencer) Bnnnettsvllle, August 7.?Marlboro county voters here Friday were treat ed to a hot line of talk. In the opening speech of the day the governor, who once said he would Ignore Messrs Pollock and Jennings,1 charged W. P. Pollock with voting, against the separate coach bill back in 1898 when Mr. Pollock was a mem-i bcr of the state legislature. The Chcraw candidate branded thlB| as a wilful distortion of the official records, and said that a man who told a part of the truth and concealed the other part was worse than the1 man who told a full lie. I Mr. Pollock said that he voted against u weak bill which provided that the same coach should be cut Into separate compnr linen Is for tho races. He then wrote us a substitute the bill which provided for separate I coaches which was later adopted al-! most word for word as the present separate coach law. To retnliato for the goveror's mis representation, this candidat?? peered ' forth a tirade of invective that haB | scarcely been equaled In - any cam- [ I palgn. Among other things the chlof \f oxecutlve was pictured as "a feather j legged Shanghai, which couldn't stand] the' gaff," "a coward." along wlthi other complimentary epithets. The governor was tho first speaker and gave over most his entire time toi ?t. n -.n ,, ~ ^lvKi-*_-y? j) - ...p? ... .... oiiditvi tu nu rj. Smith circular, entiled: "Far tho Pur pose of Keeping tho Hecqrd Straight, and Correcting Certain Misrepresent tat ions." The Smith circular, warn lie sued In rebuttal to the governor's. -St. Matthews speech, which boo also been circularized and distributed! fa-ne ly all over South Carolina. What the governor read today was but .a. .dppli* cation of the HaBkelllto charges pre ferred against Senator E. pri .SmRJi, on practically every campaign,, s?prop In the state, and refuted by Senator Smith with tho evidence whenever, b.? took notice of them. pniui" h. D. Jennings followed tho. custo mary outline of his speech, palntipg the governor as "the pretended, protpen tor of woman's virtue." In support <>{ this characerisatlon, tho speakovt.oited 'he. case of Rlchey, in AbbevUlemyrbQ seduced his own adopted daughter, fourteen years old, and the Emmer son case in Anderson "Whcro. .a,n,agpd father was slain In defense pf,Tr jilp laughter's honor. Beth of which ,cr,\m.i inals got the bonefit of the govornjorj'a 'abundant mercy." ' . :;( I" UL, This speaker offered to .withdraw from the race and give $r>or> :to: apy man who could prove that in single word he had uttered was untrue.nj m Marlboro is tho homo of J. n. ;Glh son of "mixed-republican-ticket'' fomrj, and there had been much speculation is to what form the resentment iwtvjIrl take today when Mr. Pollock, tpe Che raw candidate flaunted the callcn backed ballot. It was rumored that aibson would do something. Mr. Pollock did not vary his speech! In the slightest to appease the local | ?Otting when emnhrujUfng the gov ernor's Inclination ' toward "tainted" appointments. To tho contrary, the I mating only served to spur to a more | ixcited pitch the bitter tongue lasti ng and whlplng into fury of his scath- ] ng denunciation. Senator Smith said that there was lot a single act of hU from his earliest >ntry into public life that'called for m apology. The governor's r?cit?t vas termed "garbled statements" and a llstortlon of the record. The senator said that he would not plvo his time to the dlBcuBlson of any nan's record. He would discuss the ssues d?ar to. the heart of 'every armer. He would go to. Washington Saturday to Invoke federal old for the termers. This ho said would bo diar?cteiised as "playing politics." Ie would not go ob a candidate, but in | :ontlnuatlon of the work he had al wody been doing. He would remain In Washington l.f necessary, though thin ihould jeojardlse his chance of going >ack to the United States senate. He irould resign with dispatch,- if that vouid rehabilitate the cotton market ie said. Senator Smith's plan Is to Urge that he machinery for the full operation it the now banking and currency law ie completed at once.. When this is (Ohe. It will bo possible for farmers 0 demand issue of mohov. the pans:* Ming compelled to accept cotton as rcllaterel:. Such transaction la pro-] rlded for In section IS of the law,) snick amendment was written by Sen. it or Smith. 1 This was ohe of the largest crowds if..the campaign., it woe estimated hat at the beginning of tho addresses here were 8,000 people present and I there came while the meeting was n progress. The crowd, In the opin on of conservative men of the town bad country, Cwas overwhelmingly utl-Blease. Senator Smith and Mr. Pollock vere favorites of the Marlboro voters. Bach was given an ovation when Iri roduced and when - they concluded heir speeches. Mr. Pollock pnrhaps ocelved more.applauBo than any other, pcakor and ho was even more bittet THE TEN DAYS Economy Sale lAfhich Begins at BAILE'S BEE HIVE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 Promises to be the greatest sale event ever held in Anderson. Already enthusiasm over the splendid offerings is running high?people are asking for specials by mail and phone. Store Closed Tuesday Arranging for Sale I I Hoors swing open at 8.30, sharp, Wed - morning?you can't .afford to miss the opening days. G. H. MILES, Proprietor tin usual In t*ta denunciation of Bleaso's record. He dared Blease come on the stand -when he was aklrig and said he 'Vould stand on bo's toes .and te'.i him .what he His refenc.es to Bleas?lB being rusteo of a negro coll?ge wero very V ~ ~ FNEY ROUGHS I f WORRY SPEAKERS ididatea Far Sta?* Offsets Were ; Heckled By Voters in Chero kee County peclal to The Intelligencer. j OalTney, August 7.?Administration otera were very noisy at the cam ftjgn meeting hero today and an at :rhpt was made to heckle practically vhry antl-Blease candidate for the ItIouS state offices. There were few irmors In attendance .upon the meet ig, the crowd coming from the mill Istricts near by. . ' Acting upon the suggestion .of imps A. Summersott, tho campaign 's addressed a ' Jlftgram, lo President rilson, expression deep sympathy be ul at of the den. h of Mrs. Wilson, The candidate.- delivered today ractlcally the samo . speeches thai ivo been heard on tho 30 or. mere umpa previously visited. In his speech A. W. Jones charged iat James A. Sunimersett, his op inent, is the candidate' for the insur lco and bonding companies of Co mbla. ' A. Q. BrIce, speaking for attorney mural, denounced ' Thos. H. Peoples t permitting the race tracK gam ing to operate In Charleston., "Governor Blease has said from not SB than throe stumps," said W. C. by, Jr., candidate fo;- governor, hat he is hands-off In > this rac? for wernor, yet scrao people cay that he is come cut fpr John G. Richards, uioas you believe that Gov. Blease ts Me ta his friends, It looks like somo. >dy has lied." R. I. Manning today stressed the Im ?rtance of the state campaign and ged the voters to pay more attention -the Issues.. He spoke fdr law and der. John G. Erhards denied that ho as a "coat tail swlngor.'* ; . Charles Carroll Slmma^-tbi "orlg al Blease candidate for governor," verely scored Mr. Richard* for bU lifting positions In politics; i He said at he had been informed that Rich? ds voted tor Judge Jones ,two years j?j(, f.;VHe it?rer has denied lt,f. said e- speaker. ' -v::, Mendel L. Smith denied the alleged tomptn of some newspapers to eltov ate him from th? race. M^^mM NEW YORK HARBOR CLOSELY GUARDED Drcatlnaught Florida It To Inspect Cargoes of AU the Seagoing 'Vesseu New York, Aug. 6.?The channels leading out of Now York harbor were guarded tonight by the United States \. drcadnaught, Florida. No vessel headed for sea can pass until an of ficer u? um nuiuesnip has inspected the cargo. The Washington government has taken this step to prevent foreign reg istered vessels from involving the' United States in" possible neutral en tanglement with, tho warring Europe, an nations.' The reason for the sudden coaling of the Florida In tho Brooklyn navy yard yesterday and her departure this morning with destination unannoun ced, became publie tonight when the, announcement of tho. government's plan to preserve neutrality In this harbor. . / Acting under instructions from Sec retaries McAdoo and Redfie?d, the col- ; lector 6f the port today organised a. flying squadron of customs guards. and doubled the number of thesefj guards on the city's piers and on the''' ships lying in; berths , here Every, endeavor will be made, Collector Malono said, to prevent any ship eail big with cargoes of a contraband character.. The collector passed on' to Washington tho d?cision thero, the question of allowing vobboIs to carry reservists away from Mew 'York. Guards will 'supervise the' loading of all outgoing ships. "~ :. The idle float of nlue Germr> ships In port was augmented tonight when the Friedrich d?r Grosse^ Hcd-Up and did. not ????iupi iO .C?uiy??le lier . voyage begun from Baltimore on July 88. She had Jb?ett recilled by wire- . less while in mid-ocean. German reservists. had registered >? J>(v by tho thousands nt the Germs n con sulate. No plans have hcen; made tor getting" them to the Fat?.?rland. j^x?r??iJB ?> tu? ;Gsr^an'?o?dl here tonights The American liner St. Paul will sail from Liverpool tomorrow ; with onp of the largest eastbound consign ments or mall ever carried from this' port. The B? Paul. will carry;- <?60 naBsenkera including srim? w*n-t?-do reservists who* hope<tb bo;able to reach their natlvo land,- American newspaper cdrfespoudents bound for thb theatre of %nr, .consular repre |??attves.:army officers and others, among the prominent passengers booked are the Fineness of ?Har?bor ?ugh; Mrs. Hdrave Lee Washington, wtfa of the American consular at Uverpool J. H, Grand, Aawrtcan con- . . t nil at Odessa; Kenneth H?ttoi< A? Brlean consul at Cognac: Alex Prayer, Motherlands, conrui . to Cairo; - and (Jen. C M. MUls, Captain \vVH. K\ , Hamilton and.Col.'Heber, U. S. A ,