The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, December 15, 1914, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
Hurry Up
Jf you want some good flour
cheap. . % cMBiOTi!
$5.75 a barrel is my price for
just 10 days. It will please you,
if not 1 will take it back and re
fund your money,
10 pound Bucket Lard.. ..95c
25 pounds Sugar.. .. ..Sl.50
Hog Feed, pi. 50 and $200 a bag.
100 pounds Salt, white sack 65c
Nice empty 100 pound lard
kegs.10c
I am doing my level best to
make times good by dividing my
profits with you. Terms cash.
Could not afford to sell at these
prices any other way.
W. A. Power
2*75 Main..
Molasses in glass jugs, per gal- 3oc
We. are. headquarters, for. Fire
Works.
Bort rut und mlco oxtonnlnntormmle
Killnauli'klr nntiubsoluU'ly v/'.ibout oitor
MuinmirWts? thus provatiiln;' <U>Coini>o*l/
Man. Utmer thnu ?11 tlin trap; in o.J
world. In-lmonCiiimfnnilATCOI?N. /
S&c.GOc, fl at dealora fat by mr.li. nos:
Hud.
BOTANICAL MFC. CO.
'4th A Rae*St*.. Philadelphia, P.-.
IB. B. BLECKLEY 0. M. HEARD
Phono G?l
Fho?? 2?
BlecMey & Heard
UNDERTAKERS
117 E. Wfaitner St.
Answer nil call? day or night.
Phon? 868*
' ?.,B. Poo?a of ?rcenviHe was in An
derson yesterday for a short while.
J. H. Miller of Pock Hill wbb in the
city yesterday for a short while.
INSVBE ?OUB PBOPEBT? WITH
THE
ANDERSON COUNTY
MUTUAL FIRE INSUR
ANCE CO.
Wfc.p are emrryli* over s million
and a half dollars on Anderson conn*
ift property.
The cost is caly $WM> par 81,000.
No annual dues.
?ami in last ft years ire have not
Sisio ssor? .than oae assessment per
f**r- ?
Fer further information see or
write?
J. J. SMITH, President.
3. 11. MA JOS, Secretary.
INSURANCE MEN
STATE LIQUOR IS
FOE TO LONG LIFE
Study of Life and Risk Insurance
Companies Run Reveals In
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.? Tho Johb of
five hundred thousand men as the
result of the present. warfare could
he made pood In less than ten years
through complete abstenanec from al
coholic drinks by all the Inhabitants
of Russia." according to Arthur Hun
ter, a New York actuary, who report
ed to the convention of the Associa
tion of Life Insurance Presidents here
today some of the results of an ex
haustive mortuary investigation Just
completed by the life Insurance com
panies Into 2.000,000 Insured lives in
the past 25 years.
Mr. Hunter is chairman of the cen
tral bureau of the Rledlco-Acturial
Oommlttee which has charge of the
three and one half year inquiry. The
investigation was to enable the com
of forty-three of tho leading compan
ies of the United states and Canada
in a great many groups of Insured
persons supposed to have a higher
than the averago anrong insured lives.
While tho fundamental object of the
investigation was to enable the elm
panics in determining what risks In
the future should be accepted rated
up or declined, Mr. Hunter said that
tho results also could be utilized to
lengthen human life.
Taking up some of the specific re
sults of the investigation, Mr. Hunter
said: "Nothing has been more con
clusively proven than that a steady
uso of alcoholic beverages, or occob
Bionalty using it to excess, injures
the individual. In my judgment, It
has also -been proven beyond perad
venture of doubt that total abstain
enco from alcohol is of value to
humanity; 'it is certain that abstain
ers live longer than persons who uso
alcoholic beverages. Among the men
who admitted that they had taken al
cohol, occasionally to excess in the
past, but whoso habits were consid
ered satisfactory when they were in
sured, there were 289 deaths while
there would have beed. only 190 had
this groupe been made up of insured
lives in general. The extra mortality
was therefore, over 50 per cent,
which was equivalent to a reduction
in the averago life of these men of
over four years."
One of the most insignificant results
of tho investigation, ho said, was the
high mortality experienced among
railroad mem Among locomotive en
gineers tho mortality was 60 per cent
In execess of that among the insured
as a whole, which is equivalent to
five years' reduction in the average
life Urne.
"There 1b a general Impression that
saloon keepers do not live as long as
persons In non-hasardous occupations,
he continued, "but it is now general
ly known that most classes which are
connected with either the manufac
ture or sale of liquor have a high
mortality. Among saloon proprietors
whether they attond the bar or not,
there was an extra mortality of 70
per cent; the cause of death indi
cated that a free uso of alcohol bev
erages bad caused many of the deaths.
In the fourteen sub-diviBions of the
trades connected with the manufac
ture and sale of alcohol, there was
only une class which had a normal
mortality and that was the distille'y
proprietors."
FOB SALE BT EVANS* FHABMACY,
Three Stores.
teresting Facts.
1914
Savings Club
Mir
On and After
Your money is here Awaiting your
1|?K Gei?ing .
1?:
BAIL FOR WHITLOGK
SET IN SUM $5,000
JUDGE MEMMINGER ACTED
FAVORABLY ON- HABEAS
CORPUS PLEA
OTHER MATTERS
Jury Out in Case of Cleveland
Against Southern Public
Utilities Co.
Acting upon habeas corpus proceed
ing brought for tho liberation from
prison of S. II. Whltlock. the Pendle
ton policeman who is held on charges
of having shot to death Charles W.
Robertson on htm Monday afternoon.
Judge Meramingor yesterday afternoon
fixed bail for the imprisoned man in
the sum or $5,000.
Counsel for the accused man, "Wat
kins and Prince, laBt night forwarded
the bond to Pendletpn for the signa
tures of various persons who will se
cure it. Tho papers will probably be
returned to the city today, in which
event Whltlock will be released. So
licitor Kurtz P. Smith argued the
proceedings for the State, la their
plea counsel for tho imprisoned man
presented a number of affidavits with
reference to the tragedy, which tend
ed to show that Whltlock was acting
in self defense and was in every way
entitled to bail.
Damage Snit On.
All of the morning session and
practically tho whole of tho afternoon
session was taken up with the trial
of the case of Miss Jodie May Cleve
land against the Southern Public Util
ities Company. This is the case which
was taken up late Thursday after
noon. When court recessed that night
a Jury had been drawn and the com
plaint and answer in the case read.
Upon tho meeting of court yester
day morning the taking of testimony
in the matter was begun. The plain
tiff introduced the following witness
es: D. J. Hix, Mrs. I>. J. Hix, Jodie
May Cleveland, Mrs. Susan Stephens,
Mrs.. T. P. McKinney and J. W. Hilly.
The defenso put up witnesses as fol
lows: Dr. J. Louis Gray, H. H. Rus
sell, Gary Eaten, W. N. Suttles, Al
fred Fant, A. C. Kay, W. R. Suther
land. A. J. Hearst, J. M. McCown and
P. D. Worley. The plaintiff is seek
ing $5,000 damages as the result of
tho colliding of a street car with a
vehicle in which she was riding, the
accident occurring on South Main
street on October 8, last.
Sealed Verdict '
The case was given to the Jury yes
terday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock,
and after they had been out for sev
eral hours without reaching an agree
ment Judge Memminger instructed
them to return a sealed verdict upon
the meeting of court this morning.
Last Jury Case.
This was the last jury car,c for trial
this week. The only other jury caso
scheduled for this week, that of Mc
Sv/aln versas the Machine and Foun
dry Company, was continued until
Monday on account of the Indisposi
tion of one ot the witnesses.
Jurors and witnesses summoned for
the first week of court were dismissed
yesterday by the court. Judge Mem
minger will today entertain matters in
equity.
MRS. M*LEES DEAD.
Mother of Mrs. Eugens T. Anderson
Passes Away.
Mrs. Susan nZcLees, relict of O. M.
McLees and mother of Mrs. Eugene
T. Anderson, died yesterday morning
at Mrs. Anderson's residence, after
an Illness of some eight months. She
was a consistent member of Roberts
Presbyterian church, and the funeral
services will be conducted there this
noon by the Rev. W. H. Frazer, pas
tor ot the First Presbyterian church,
of this city.
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REFUGE, Dec. 11.?We have been
having somo very bad weather tor the
last ten or twelve days. Everyone ts
wishing tor the weather to be clear
and pretty for tho Christmas season
so Santa can visit around In all com
munities.
Misses BeU and Aurie Nelson visit
ed Misses Saille and Et:ie Glllesple
last Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and : Mrs. Luther Kay visited
relatives In Pendleton last Saturday
evening.
On account ot the Illness of her sis
ter, Miss Declo Newton, tho assistant
teacher at the Bishop Branch scbool,
has been unable to teach for the pant
few days. Her dhtlea were attended to
by Miss Leila Wilson.
The many friends of Master John
and Mrs. Nellie Lenderman will be
glad to know that they are able to
be up again after a vet y severe Ill
ness of typhoid fever.
. Lois, the ten-year old child of Mr.
and Mrs. Blja Dacus of the Asthabula
farm, la dangerously 111 at this writ
ing. ,
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. GUleeple and
children ot Septus visited the latter'a
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Phillips,
Wednesday
Idrs. jane Graham, who has, been
living on tho plantation of Rev. R.
W. Nelson, has moved up near Seneca.
We ore sorry to hear of them moving
for thero was no better neighbors
to 11*0 by~than Mrs. Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert GUlestle went
to Charlotte. N. C, lsst -week to at
tend the funeral eervicee of Mrs. Oll
llsplo's brother. They made the trip
tn their car.
357,598 INDIVIDUALS
PAY INCOME TAXES
FIRST COMPLETE COMPILA
TION OF RETURN UNDER
LAW MADE PUBLIC
WEALTHIEST LIVE
NEAR BIG CITIES
I Tax on All Taxable Incomes Pro
duced More Than Twenty
Eight Million Dollars.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ll?The first[
complete compilation of returns un
der the income tax law was made
public today in the annual report of
the commissioner of internal revenue.
It showed returns for the collection
year of 1913 by 357, 598 individuals
paying these taxes aggregating $28,
253,535 as fol lows:
Net Incomes No. Returns.
s 1,000,000 and over. 44
$500,000 to $1.000,000 . 91
$400,000 to $500,000 . 44
$300,000 to $400,000 . 84
$250,000 to $300,000 . ?4
$200.000 to $250,000 . 145
$150,000 to $200,000 . 311
$100.000 to $150.000 . 785
$75,000 to. $100,000 . 998
$50,000 t6 $75,000 . 2,618
$40,000 to $50,000 . 2,427
$30,000 to $40,000 . 4,553
$25.000 to $30,000 . 4.164
$20.000 to $25.000 . 6.817
$15.000 to $20.000 . 11,977
$10,000 to $15,000 . 26,818 !
$5.000 to $10,000.101.718
$3,333 to 5.000 .114,484
$2.500 to $3,333 . 79,426
Returns were made by 278,835 mar
ried persons, 55,212 single men and
23,551 single women. The normal tax
of one per cent, on all taxable In
comes produced $12,728,038. Incomes
of more than* $20,000 a year and sub
ject to surtax produced $15,252,497.
The figures show that most of the
Individuals with large net incomes
live in districts near the cities of New
York. Chicago, Philadelphia, BoBton
and Detroit. Mpre single women, as
well as more single men paying the
tax were found In New York than any?|
where else! Married women made sep
arate returns in'every collection dis
trict except in the fifth North Caro
lina.
Returns were filed by 1,426 Ameri
cans residing abroad, representing a
total net income' of $19,843,399 and
425 returns were, made by, non resi
dent aliens '"renresej&tlng"' ' Incomes
amounting to $7.31?,. 42.
There were 216.909 corporations
doing business in the United States
during ihe fiscal year ending June 30.
They reported capital stock aggregat
ing $64,071.319,185, an increase over
'the previous year of about $2,333,000,
000 reported by 305,336 corporations.
The net income of the corporations
for the year was-. $4,339,550,008, or
nearly 7 per cent, on their, capital,
with bonded and other indebtedness
amounting to $37,136,215,096. The <
net Income reported for the year |
showed an Increase of more than
$500,000.000.
The commissioner announced that j
failures to make proper returns were
few and cases of fraudulent returns
still fewer.
The commissioner pointed out that
"bootlegging" had Increased to aj
m forked degree In States with prohi
bition laws.
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IVA NOTES
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Dr. H. Ri. Wells of Anderson was
here several days thin week on pro
fessional, business.
Dr. J. O. Wilson wont . down to
Lowndesville Thursday on business.
Mr. T. C. Jackson bas returned
from Charleston*' -where he went to
attend a meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Masons. '
' Mrs. J. F.. Simpson and children of
Anderson are visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B, 8. Bher?
ard. ,*!?,.?w.
Re vi J. R. McDee and wife and airs.
T. C. Jackson went up to -Starr
Thursday to hear Rev< J. A. Smith,
the Presbyterian. evangelist, who is
conducting a series > of meeting there
in the' Methodist: church.
Mr. and Mrs. l*irshal Jones havo
returned from a few days*, stay' with
friendB in Augusta.
Rev. J..R. McEbs.-'the. newly elect
ed pastor will preach bl8 first, ser
mon Sunday morning in the Presby
terian church here at 11: lc. Every
body is cordially invited to attendais
service. ?lEsWI
> i~i?uu?. ? .
Believe Store Was
Robbed aiid Burned
Bp*rt?l to Th? Inteitiwuseer. >
WALHALLA, Dec. I1.-Bm .large
brick store at Rlchland of W. C. and j
E. N. Foster wa? destroyed by fire i
this morning about 5 o'clock. The en
tire stock was lost : It. was discover?l
by persons who i reached the seeno tt
burning thst the elds : doors of tho,
building had been forced, heace the
building was perhaps robbed and then
burned. . .
Two suspicions-': persons were seen
about noon today. Two arrest* were
Made; bat It Is cot known what evi
dence fa had against, them. The
amount of Insurance^earvted by Was
ter Brothers 1? not i.aown at this
time.
II^b^H^^isVHH
FAIR PLAY FARMER IS
SERIOUSLY STABBED
BY OSCAR BIRD A NEGRO
FROM GEORGIA WHO WAS
WANTED
CHANCES SLIGHT
Though Young Man Was Alive
at 7 o'clock Last Night The
Worst is Feared.
Julius Marett of Fair Play, Oconeo
County, the son of E. C. Marett of
Westminster, waB stabbed with a
butcher knife and probably fatally in
jured by Oscar Bird, a negro, at Fair I
Play Thursday afternoon. Marett was
alive at 7 o'clock last night, but little
hope la held out for his recovery.
The unfortunate affair occurred
when Julius Marett went to a house 1
to arrest the negro, who is wanted by |
the sheriff of Fran.klln County, Geor
gia, on charges of murder. The Geor
gia sheriff came to Fair Play and had
Magistrate William T. McClure, a
brother-in-law of Marett, to deputize
the latter to go and arrest the negro,
or induce him to return to Georgia
with the officer of that State.
Stabbed In Breast.
The Georgia officer remained at
Marett'a house while the lati ir went
to arrest the negro. As Marett en
tered the house where the negro was
he snatched a knife' from a table and
plunged it into the breast of the of
ficer, the blade of the instrument go
ing several inches deep and severing
the sixth rib. A telephone message
was received by Dr. J. O. Sanders to
come to Fair Play and attend tho
young man. Dr. Sanders was unable
to make tho trip but Dr. J. R. Young
went in his stead, carrying with him
Miss Janlo Bryan, a trained nurse.
Looking For Bird.
The entire lower section of Oconee
County Is greatly excited over the af
fair and several hundred men are
searching for the negro who, it is
reported, has escaped to Georgia. It
is generally predicted that/ if the ne
gro Is caught violence will be done
him. The Marett family is one of the
largest and most prominent in Oco
nee County.
Description of. Negro.
Sheriff Ashley yesterday received a
telegram from Sherirr John W. Davis
of Oconee County, who was In La
vonia, Georgia, at the time of the af
fair, requesting him to be on tho
lookout for the'negro, whose name? is
given.as Oscar B'rd. The telegram, de
scribed the negro rs being of light
ginger cake color, about 23 years pf
age and weighing prcbably 165 j
pounds. -v
27 STATES ARE
REPRESENTED!
American Association of State
Highway Official* is Or
ganised.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.? State
highway commissioners and engineers I
from 27 states were represented bi?re
today when the organization of the
American Association of State High
way officials was perfected. All states !
are expected to be represented in the |
organization ultimately.
These, of Scars were elected: Presi
dent, Harry G. Shirley, Maryland;
vice president, Austin B. Fletcher,
California; secretary, Joseph Hyde
Pratt, North Carolina; treasurer; F.
F. Roidgers, Michigan.
At today's meeting IT states . Were
represented either , by their highway
commissioners or engineers, while .10
states were represented by-* proxy.
None, but highway, commissioners or
engineers will constitute the;voting
power of the association.
The purpose of the organisation Hs
to centralise the work of good roads
organisations ob far as possible and
to secure the "holding of one good
roads convention annually. It also Was
decided to cooperate with federal or
ganisations In the consid?ration of
rood problems.
PRIVATE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S NEXT GOVERNOR |
Manning Says He Will Appoint Her
bert A. Moses?Miles Wood 8tc
. negropher.
SUMTE It, Dec 10.?The Hon. R..I.I
Manning; announced today .that bel
[would appoint Herbert A. Moses, who
has been his secretary for a number
ot yearst as his private secretary,
upon his inauguration as governor in
January. Mr..Miles Wood; who has
been Mr. Manning's stenographer for
several months, wili have tho same
position In the governor's official fam
ily. The appointments aro mado for
purely personal reasons and have'no
political Blgnlflcance,' It , was etateft.
Mr. Moses is the eldest son of the j
I late Altomoht H"*?s, c? this p??c?,
who served as a legislator for Suinter
I County, both in the ittdse and senate,
where he was centered one of the
leading men. He ts> graduate of tho
Univern?j of Sout?i Carolina ohd is
considered well fitted for th? position,
both by his training as a newspaper
man and by temperament
DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY
With us, and then we will lend you money when you need it
Interest Paid on Deposits.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank
and ?* ' ""
The Farmers Loan & Trust Co.
ANDERSON, S. C.
Combined Resources a Little the Rise of One Million Dollars
Ol? DIRECTORS:
V. A.
n. n.
J. F.
J. I).
H. A.
J. J.
Thou.
Smyths,
Sullivan,
Watson,
Hnmmetl,
. Orr,
Major,
C. Jnekson,
J. H. Vandlrer.
tiro. W. F.vans,
W. Laughlln,
,7. V. Herr!*,
Foster L. Hrown
j. ]{. Douihlt,
lt. G. Witerspoon,
J. J. Major,
Operatives Wanted
FOR NEW AND MODEL COTTON FAC
TORY AT DANVILLE, VIRGINIA.
The Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills, Inc., are start
ing up the latest and largest addition to their great plant?the
most modern and complete mill in America today.
Spinners and Weavers can find here an attractive opening
for protitable employment. '
Further information furnished on application.
Address
:'
GEO. W. ROBERTSON,
? . Supt. Dan River Cotton Mills, Danville, Va.
FIVE LYNCHINGS IN LOUISIANA
DURING PAST WEEK FOR1V1URDER
(By Associated Press.)
SHRBVEPORT, La., Dec. 11.?Two
negroes were lynched near Shreve
port today and tonight another, Wat
kins Lewis, accused of complicity in
the killing of Chariea M. Hicks, a
merchant of Sylvester, La., was taken
from the parish Jail here by members
of a mob and is believed to have been
hanged.
Lewis was Becured by five men,
who gained entrance to the jail
through a window end overpowered
the jailer. The negro was forced to
accompany the men' to an automobile
which hurried away, presumably to
join other members of the m'jb.
Up to a late hour no trace, has been
found of tbe negro or his cr.ptorB.
The other negroes lynched today
arc said to have confessed to the kil
ling of Cyrus Hotchkin, an oil field
worker, near Mongansport, La., last
night. They were taken from an offi
cer who was attempting to remove
them to Mansfield, La? for safe keep
ing.
Two other negroes wero hanged by
a mob last week for alleged implica
tions inthe killing of Hicks._
THE PEACE OF THE PACIFIC FOR
THE TIME BEING, NOW RESTORED
(By Associated Prwss.)
LONDON, Dec. 11.? (9:55 p. .m.)?
Replying to his congratulations on the
victory of the British squadron over
the Germane off (he.Falkland Islands,
Winston Spencer Churchill,, first lord
of the admiralty, today cabled the
Japanese minister of marine as fol
lows.
"With the sinking of the Scharn
horst, GUelsenau, Leipzig and N?rn
berg, the whole German squaron which
had its base at TsingTau at tho out
break of tbe war has been destroyed
and the base itself reduced and cap
tured.
"This event marks the conclusion of
active operations in which .the allied
fleets have been engaged in the Paci
fic for four months. Though it be
fallen to a British squadron in the
South Atlantic to strike the final
blow. It was largely owing to the
powerful and untiring assistance ren
dered by the Japanese that 'this re
sult has been achieved.
. ."Had tho enemy.'turned west again,
tbe honora wonld. have rested with the
Japehese and Australian squadrons
moving forward in the general.com
bination. ' 1 -
"The'peace of the Pacific, for : tho
time being, is now restored, and- the
commerce of all nations can : pro
ceed with safety through the vast ex
panse from the coasts of Mozambique
to those of South America. The ex
pulsion of the Germans from the east
is complete and with good and vigi
lant arrangements by all a return by
them should be rendered extremely
difficult and hazardous.
"I take the opportunity of your ex
cellency's cordial message' to express
on behalf of the British and Aus
tralian navies earnest recognition of
the invaluable naval assistance of
Japan." .
SINGING OF GERMAN SONG AT
DINNER BREAKS UP GATHERING
CBy Associated Pits*)
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont., Dec. 11.?
The singing of a German-song at a
dinner herd last night broke ..up the
gathering and caused the detention
overnight 'by'the military author!tien
of V. O. Ryokman, general manager of
the Dominion Chain Company. Frank
Pfeiffer, also an official of the com
pany, was held temporarily. The com
manding officer today- released both
men and apologised for their deten
tion. . ; .
The dinner was tor employes of
the company and was .attended., by
city officials. R^yckman, ?s toastmast
er, called on an 'assbolate for an ad
dress andh e responded with the Ger
man^ Bong." A _ c\t9t!W*gi&i object,
saying that to-sing the song would bo
unpatriotic.- The" warnttfgumenr that
followed broke up the banquet and
the officials appealed to tho officer
In charge of the troops to act.
Cotton. For Japan.
? SAN ANTONIO Texas, Dec. 11.?
r;Jlftinload oZ cotton,; consisting of
1,500 bales; loft Taylor, T?xas
today on. Itsiway to spinners in Japan.'
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yo?want them. .
Christmas Day joyous exclamations of ' Oh, a box of
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will show well pur foresight?^likewise your wisdom.
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