Do It Isl ow! Make a small deposit each week in this Financial Stronghold, and by adding a little each week to your Bank Account you'll be sur prised at the rapidity with which you can accumulate a snug sum - "Big Oaks from little Acorns Grow." The same applies to our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT WHEN REVERSES COME Your worry will be reduced to a minimum if you are in a position to meet all obligations with a check on The Peoples Bank LEE G. HOLLEMAN, President D. O. BROWNE, Cashier E. F. VAN DIVER, Vice-Pros. Blcckicy Building, Anderson, S. C. WE HAVE and houses and lots for sale in and near TowrivHle, X Roads and Oakway. Can give you almost any location, any size, prices right. P. HL PRiCE? i^?Bii ASBELL, f?^nville, S. C. Make Your Deposits With Us ; gp .ii"''-- And Then ? We Will Lend You Money When You Need lt. Farmers and Merchants Bank Farmers Loan and Trust Co. Interest Paid on Deposits Anderson City Is "My Town1' /Anderson County Is "My County" ?j Il > What About j WM?nderson Col)eae ? ? ^L**rr* ? ' ' . r 1 a . *** -. S ?Ti'f-'ffii? ??>{?::; . \ ? =vr-. . .. . Mji.' '?"??j* ?^"?.'.?' I * 000000000000060000000000000000000 ;Wo; ?'? ? .' "..? - I o ~- ~ , . Mn ADM!CT,rr rt g 0 ' ' ; - ' -- O .? in reply, to i request by the Germans, fat Aa armistice: .of o 24. hours,to bury their dead and care for the wounded the o o French authorities are enorted to have sent this messie: c o "We grant you itiatfiinleio get out of France." ? ; ; . o . c. o ooo ooo o o oo opoooooooooooooo 0 0 0 0 0 0 POORE IS OF MANS! ----- i JURY OUT LITTLE OVER AN HOUR INTERESTING CASE Crcwdea Court Room Yesterday Heard Attorneys On Either Side Put Up Strong Fights i !.>.?;.i S;it nr.!ay';; Daily, t Ar;< ! ?o' I: n:id a verdict wa? ren dered ai 7 : '.?. Wiien court enlivened ycn.terda> tiKii*ri 1 nf; ll juron; lied neoi sei nr.-1 10 ir;. Hi - (ase anl after some dllll ?illly the lil?! ID?II war selected in tin perren or A. NV. Harwell, who was ul*o 11 'po'.iili il foreman hy the Judge. I'oore v then brought into the court room and (he trial wa? begun. The jiri. oner was neut ly dressed III a vak of Mack tilatlies, hi? hair wan e?re?illly hm: lied and he seemed per fectly Riimpo:;ed. Airier on people are familiar willi lin- fad.-, in iii<> VMM', which ure. thal I'oore. mi a policemiin in Willlams loii. rho: - "td killed .Inc Kelly, fornicr I.- a pol iceni nil in the ?ame town. Thc .vening hefore the killin*" I'oore had arrested Kelly and lt ls said I hat this led to tin- troubl?. Willlainston peo ple \v>re greatly interested In the trial ?nd the court room W:SK crowded throughout the day yesterday Dr. frank Lauder was the first wit tiest! called yesterday morning. Ile testified a.? to Hie nature or Kelly's wounds and ho was followed hy Capt. A. (!. I'lnkncy. who was an eyewitness to the affair Ile Rave a very graphic account cf the shooting; telling of what each man said and of Kelly's ac tions after he wai- idiot. % Capt. fl. \V. Sullivan gave a touch ing account of the shooting, explain ing that he arrived on the scene just ?s tile defendant had his gun raisod to shoot again He protested, saying "Claude, if you do. that will bo mur der." At the time Kelly was leaning np ugathct the wall of n building and he started to come to Capt. Sullivan falling Into, that gentleman's arni:-.. Vance Cooley, mayor of WilUanis ton. testified ns to the facts leading lip to the ease, explaining that Poore had arrested Kelly on tho evening before (he liual diflleulty arose, and that Kelly had become incensed over this and cherished 111 feeling against I'oore. Other witnessed acquainted with the case were called and then tim defendant took the stand. In reply to questions put Jo him by the attoruoyK. Claude Poore asserted that he has been a repldent of the town of Willlainston for twelve years and that In that time he has acted as con stable and policeman. He has nlso been n carpenter and bas worked in the mill there at other times. When he was 18 year? of age' he loft his father's farm which ls near Wllliamsfon and came into the town to go to work. He hts lived there ev ery since that time. On Saturday ev enings and Sundays. Poore was em ployed by the city as a policeman At the time of the shooting he had in lils pockets several warrants that he had to serve. In connection with the case In de tail he testified: "On Sunday afternoon I was sitting In front of thc Gregory company store and heard Joe- Kelly and Ira Ti. Hol der joshing at each other in pretty had language. Holder and Kelly both cursed each other several times, but nelf.her had nn attitude that was ag gravating or which appeared trouble some. Finn! y Joe said. Tm going to ll"k yon and then 1 nm going home.' Holder said, 'Well, I'm here, come ahead.' They cursed a while longer and then Poore came out and told them to shut up. Holder shut up but with several oaths. Joe Kelly asserted that 1 had nothing whatever to do with him and thnt he was not going to obey. I told him to get off the streets or go home, and he said that he would do neither, I then toidi him that 1 would have to run him in If he did not be quiet He said with an oath or two that I 'would have to rup him In and that wa? sure. I then started with him to the jail, and about middle way he r.tonned' and naked about his bond. I told him that T couldn't give him ?ny hoad but I'd let him go free If he wanted to. He refused to he lot go, and said that I had arrested '' him. damn you now lock me up. I took him to thc guard house and put him In the ofTlco of the council room and locked tho door. I did not place bim In n cell, but I did lock him In the of fice. I however did offer to let him stay there without being locked np, "nylng (hat I bad confidence enough to know that be would stay there. "I went en up to the home of Mayor Cooley and got him to como down t? the jail. Hero we found Kelly as I had left him and the mayor let him out on a boin! of $10. He left tho place In company with the mayor and was making nil sortR of throat? against -*-?' He cursed and abu Red mo all the Mayor Coolev told hird that If 1 "n't shut up that he'd put him in. n Jttll..^ "P met Joe once or twlco more that night and eaoh time he would abuse md threaten me. Chief Nelson was aware of the ?aets and he sent me'up In the northern part of tho town and :h??n ? vent-to b??f> "The next morning os I wa? coni ng to town. I met Holder, who warn?, id mo of Kelly saying- thnt_ he wan af ir me and that 1 had better look out 'or myself.. Not wanting to have anv rouble with the man I went back mme ?nd tl was npt until 10 o'clock GUILTY LAUGHTER thal I cann' hack io town. My wife wanted nome ii?cdlc? and asked ? n to from? for them. I went down to thi> -tore and there I met -Joe Kelly In Iront of (.rllliu'i; r.tor." Hero i'oore described ?lie scone be tween ho ard Kelly about going out in the yard. "And when he ha:?: ti , and at TStO they brought out a verdict to the effect that Claude I'oore was guilty of manslaughter. This was the only case tried dur ing tho day. HOW-WAH AFFECTS THF COTTON FARMER. How War Affect? the Cotton Farmer. Tlie discussion on thc editorial and business pages of the Examiner of the menace to the cotton farmers of tho South from the European war lias ex cited wide Interest and attention. Throughout the South and at.Wash ington the conditions described In the Examiner have awakened practical action. The cotton dates' senators In thc senate, with Hola} smith as1 chairman of the executive committee, and tue cotton states* representatives In the house, with Oscar Underwood as chairman, have organized to help the Southern farmer through the emerg ency created by the. possible loss of a market for the 4,000,000 bales of cot ton which have Heretofore gan? to Germany and the nations on the other Bide of lt, with ? .the ..re.4uce?4 .deinanjd from England and France. The cotton'crop df't'he South IS an. euormou3 part of Uie nation's wealth Its 14,000,000 bniea. at about $65 a bale, are worth over, $900,000,000, and the 6,000,000 bales that go tb Europe make e. trade hnlan?e o? alore than a half mlllloXdjollars. It would hurt the wholo country to ??.we panic and depression strike the Southern farmer, abd have him rush his grent crop to -market at paule prices for fear of the paralysis ol! his great market for:. 4.000.000. bales in G?rmaio* and beyond. .. < And so the business statesmanship' of the entir^, country joins with th" . business statesmanship of the South I in protecting the great staple from unnecessary depression. The first effort of the cotton states congressmen doubtless will be to reassure and stiffen the confidence ot tho cotton planter. He should be told that cotton ls selling today in .Eng. land, in tho very face of thc war, ut c. cents; and that England indicates no intention whatever, to shut down its mills or throw Ha workmen out of work ; that England's navy, that alU satisfying, all-protecting asset, guards England from financial and from physical panic. He should be told that of the emerg ency currenj^whlcb the common sense and vigor of the country has provided, more than $300.000,000 will go to the South to enable Itu banks and money men to holp the farmer carry his cot ton through this uncertain period, and that the money that j conies to the Eastern centers wlir iietp1 tho South as well by relaxing the pressure of the money centers upon tho.'*- Southern finances. . And the congress and the govern, ment should lend a hand to help the establishment of Senator Hoke Smith's proposed licensed govern ment warehouse, whose very name as a depositors or any surplus cotton will give it dignity and credit. ' If the Southern farmer can only, be assured that the government ls In full sympathy with tho Southern business man In the protection of the great in ' niece of aprehensi?n, and' the stir ' dufitry, confidence should take the ' plus cotton can bo held until it ls evi dent that there will be no surplus of I tho indispensable staple. ' The Southern farnss-^?s rea^onsW rich In the recent fat y?ara of pros perous cotton behind bim, and should with this stiffening ot confidence be. fully able to hold his surplus bales abode the necessity * of 'sacrifice to nenie prices. ... ." ('erma ns Fleeing. * 1 Paris. Sept. 12.-An official state mont Isp.ued tonlghVsayer' '? . . ' "The German retreat Isl rapid. The pursuit is vigorous. '' {The; Germans ? have abandoned many mortars'." i MI m ?pjiii.],. L1 11 .????i* ?'JJJ'.'K1.11 '...>'.'."?? Il ls Better t^:;B??#^??--M;j ' posies? ? have' a psHcy ls ~ I4vor?4?bt and Edinburgh company and have felt some uneasiness about it." - In reply to that letter, Mr... MeMas tcr wrote to the Anderson man na fol lows: "Yon need have absolutely no fear nf the safety 01 your policy in. an Eng lish company. All foreign com panier, stand entirely on the assets, whicti are held tn Amonen. No consideration whatever ls given to their fort-tgii. ak* sets. Practically though a "ompany retains Its English namo.lt is for the purpose of insurance In thia cou.v;ry .m. Amoricnn. company. 'Wi y Truly, "P. H. McM.xsler.' "fnsurnnci? Commission?'!-." \ Sera Un. in Austria, across the'rh:*r from Belgrade, has boen taken by tho Servians, m PUBLIC LIBRARY 1ST 8E KEPT OPE? FRIENDS* OF INSTITUTION ARE TRYING TO MAKE PLANS THE AGREEMENT The City Contracted With Mr. Carnegie To Maintain the Institution The action of tho city council in de clining to make an appropriation Tor the public library was varioUKly ilis cuBscd yesterday. Mayer Codfr.-y de clared that the council ha* heavy re sponsibilities, hut that tito members are amenable to argument ;?nd nra willing to receive Information on any matter in which the citizen* are Inter ested. The Intelligencer Uv Informed b1 Mrs. Rufus Pant, president, that th civic association has not taken any position on tltip matter. The ln??lli gencer received its information from member:; of the association who slat ed that the ladles disapproved of the action pf council. At a meeting of the educational committee of the Anderson chamber of commerce Saturday this matter was brought up. The members of the committee feared that the library would have to be closed and wera con cerned over the proposition of getting funds to meet the expenses. The ox uenscs or the library include pay for the librarian, lights, water, Janitor, etc. - At the meeting Friday a general discussion wus indulged In. during which4he members of thc committee stressed thc fact that tho library is one of Anderson's chief possessions and that it ly invaluable to thc ita bents of the city and 'o tito business men of tho city. They also took up a saw feature of the caso tba", it would v-it Anderson In .? very undesirable light 3lnce the city is morally bound, ucvcrdlng to this commit' ; ', to make the appropriation. ?iot?