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Hurry Up if you want some good flour cheap. $5.75 a barrel is my price for just 10 days. It will please you, if not I will take it back and re fund your money. 10 pound Bucket l.ard. . . .??c 25 pounds Sugar.si. 50 H or Feed, S l.5o and 82-00 a bag. 100 pounds Salt, white sack 05c Nice empty 100 pound lard kegs.ioc 1 am doing my level '*est lo make limes Rood by dividing my profits with you. Terms cash. Could not afford to sell at these prices any other way. W. A. Power 2175 Main. Molasses in glass jug*', per gal. 3<>e We. are. headquarters, for. Fire Works. Chanqe In Location I am now located over W. A. Power's grocery store at 212 1-2 S. Main Street. 1 thank my friends for their past patronage and ask con tinuance of same. I make plates at $6.50 I make gold crowns at$4.00 Silver fillings, SOc and up. Gold fillings $1.00 and up Painless Extracting 40]c. 1 make a specialty of treating Pyorrhea, Alveo laris of the gums and all crown and bridge work and regulating mal formed teeth. All work guaranteed first class. _ S. G. BRUCE DENTIST wMyw?are SOCARlF?L Because the lens is the - most important part of % ! . your glasses. Our lenses* are selected with the most' especial care. We make sure of their per fection before we offer them to you. Our con stant aim is-to provide lenses and mountings that you may wear them with becoming ef fect and uninterrupted comfort. Prices From $2.50 to $9.00. The Shur-Fit Optical Co. 310 5. Main St. . ' Ground Ploor.1 Three Doors Below Krcss's Ten Cent Store. B* B. BLECKTET 0. 3f. HEARS Phono 671 . Phone S? | Bteckley & Heard UNDERTAKERS 117 Fi. Whitner St Answer all calls day or night Phone 268 ' INSURE YOUR PROPERTY WITH THE ANDERSON COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INSUR ANCE CO. Who are carrying over a million and a half dollars on Anderson conn ty property* :. The cost Is only $5,00 per 81/100. \'..iSo- annual does. ' ?and In ImbI & T.aro ? . Im?? ? a* made move than ose assessaeh? per year. ? v Eor farther Information see or wrlte-^ J. J. SMITH, President. .' J. H. MAJOR? Secretary. WAR OF WORDS IN THE HOUSE PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE END ABRUPT LY MEETING ENDS IN AN UPROAR The Committee Will Meet Mon day to Complete Naval Ap propriation Bill. (My A.vwiuH-il IV?jO j WASHINGTON, [)? . is. Public.) hearings bet?re,the houxe naval com-1 mltteu ended today in an uproar | when Representative Ouraisrr, ofi Massachusetts, a witness, demanded that committee members nay whether: they questioned data he had submit-j led to prove the nation's military un pruparcdness. .Mr. Gardner's insistence so angor nd Representative Witherspoon, of Mississippi, tlint he quit the commit tee room. A scries of queslinns put immediately afierv/irds by Represen tative Gray, of Indiana, arouaud Mr. Gardner's resent merit and the meet ing broke up abruptly. Representative Gardner vigorously resented what he said was an inipu iulloii (hat hi* campaign for Investi Kation of tho military situation was In th?? interest ot manufacture ofi war materials, lie railed upon Mr.' Gruy, who was questioning hltn, la "KCl up and prove, his facta." but the latter had nothing furthei to say and tho chairman declared the bearing ceded. The committee will meet Monday to empi?te tho naval appropriation hill, the plan being to report it. If possible, before the holidays. Mr. Gardner's statements today were based largely on tho testimony of the admirals and others before tho committee, and reports of tho navy general board. The war of words I came after the witness had finished j th^statoment and submitted to a long! cross examination. Mr. Gardner snhl j ho did not want his statements chai- ! longed later in congress and soughtj an Imm?diate expression from the committee- members. Hepresentative Wltherspoon declar ed sharply that the roQuest u)as "out rageous." I,'. '"I move that the hearings be clos ed," Haid ~Ute*<?iis8i8Blppl representa tive. "I nm tired ot this outrage." Chairman j Padgett asked him to withdraw the motion 1ml he pernisiteu, and when Mr, Qardner renewed his request for an.expression of opinion, left the room. "Did you write any letter to nny mercantile organizations over the country?" asked Mr. Gray when quiet bad been restored. "I hired a man to send out a print ed letter* to ?v)3ry chamber of com merce in tho land, tolling - (Item to bring it before the meeting, and en closing a copy of my speech. In the South, particularly North Carolina, several ot them did uot approve of it." "How many of these loiters did you write?'" "I do not know. T gave It to one ot these publicity fellows." , "What organizations did you em ploy for that purpose?" persisted Mr. Gray, "Do you mean to.say *Am I in al liance with the manufacturers of ma terial?' T am paying every cent my self.'* "Didnt you write letters to those organizations asking them to write to their Senators and congressmen?" "Do you assert that I did?" shout ed Mr. Gardner. ' "I don't assert anything," replied Mr. Gray. - v Mr. Gardner read n newspaper ar ticle which aald' it was intimated at the White House that the movement eamo from people allied with pror durera of war materials. "Now," ho said, "l am tired nf.lhls kind of talk. If any admiral or gen eral telle tho country what'you need and ought to gel, yoa Bay 'You-?d? rascal, you are trying to raise your standing by advocating this thing?' Then It any private citizen gotB up thoy say, 'You are bought by the man who has material for sale.' If any congressman get a up you say, 'That Is politics.' I'm tired ot It.' Get up, Mr. Gray, and prove your, facts." "I have nothing further to say," replied Mr. Gray. "Then," said Mr, Gardner. "I am through, unless there Is somebody who has something to eay.,v Representative Gardner read a long statement in support of his proposal for investigation of the national de fense by a special commission, ear lier in the session. '' "I am here to ask you to appropri ate for the full number of new ships roenniTviotvjnrt bitr tlm ?roll Oral tioyal hoard for this year's "construction," he satd. "I^am sorry to say," continued Mr. Gardner, "that Secretary Daniels,in his recommendations to congress had e?t the nayt&l hoard's building pro gram for this year alomst exactly in two. < < ' , "If- you nentlernen had permitted me tn nrttsent a* witnesses a few recently" retired officers,, in a single day the country would have learned of our demented policy of building warships 'for 'cold storage.! Out ot thirty, completed, battleships, do you know that,twelve of them aro uu availabio without a long delay on ac count of our refusai to pay the bill?. ooooooooooooooooooo" o o u KILLS 15-YEAILOLfl WIFE o ii - ? ? (Ky Associated Press.) o ?? Norfolk, Vu* !>ec. ! >.- John o u Newton, :i" years old, shot und o o killed his cur-old wife early o m toduy at their homo ut Lambert's o o l'oint, und then blew out his own > u bruins, o o Newton llred !w?i hiillets into o o his uife's hud) and wht-u she fell o o dead he stretched himself on the o o lloor by her side, placed her luind o ii on his breast and llred u bullet <> u Int?* his (imii bruin. n o The roupie hud only been ninr* u I o rh'd the months, liefere her mar- a ? rluK?' Mrs. Newton ?us .Miss Ola n 1 n May Ford. o O ?l| O O O O O O 0 0 O II ?) 0 U 0 0 O O O O ? j for manning them? "If wo hud gone to wnr with the! rest of the Ihsi class powers early In August, do yon realize that no l.cs* than nine of our battleships would' not have been ready to light? \w| huve 13 cruisers, 22 destroyers, ix' torpedo boots, live submarines, and perhaps u dozcif miscellaneous lifht-J in;; ship:; kept in YoNI storage-' with [the battleships. Eighty lighting ves-l sels of our modest navy are not avail-; able for halt le in an emergency. "I charge that our navy Is Is.oOO. Iileli : lion and a further shortage of 10.000 men is in sight. The gi-nerai J board which has actually made our) war plans estimates the enlisted force of the navy as between 30.000 and f?0,000 men short lor war. If any attention had been paid to the general hoard's emphatic appeals for nur na >nnl surety, instead of only 27 bat .teehlps built, ami building and au thorized, wo should now have 17 bat tleships built, building an I authoriz ed; instead i>f OH cV.st rovers, wo should now have 1X7 destroyers. If wo heeded tho ad*loo of the general hoard, we should have a Meet, of fust] ucouts today. How many do you think wo actually have got? Just three, und thoso were authorized over ten years ago. "You know that we have r,6 sub-! marlnc'3 in all, built and building, good, had and indifferent. Now romos Secretary Daniels and in a few 'soothing words recommends suma rlnea to Uie paltry number of eight or so. "We have just a dozen aeroplanes In the navy. The general naval board ; in its current report uaya that wei must spend $3,000,000 on - aircraft. '. Secretary Daniels recommends no, regular specific appropriation ' at all, j but he tells us about a volunteer air-j craft force. Captain Bristol says' that volunteer force dcesn't amount to Hannah Cook. "Some persons have quoted Rear Admiral Fletcher as saying the Amer ican navy ranks uhead of that of Ger many.' I have searched the admiral's evidence and find (hat he said noth ing of the sort. I don't bellow that any well informed man hclieves our fleet to bo superior to that of Ger many. A year ago. Rear Admiral p, E. Vroeland testified that we are third in' the race, and moreover, that we are a pretty bad third, for he said that we should still be third In 1020, even if we adopted the building pro gram of tho general Sbard." Legal Notices TBVSTHVH S.VLF. By virtue of- authority vested - In me In accordance wl'l: a trust deed executed to mo by P. I). .'> T. J. Orif lln on the Oth day of Jr?.?uury. H?M, (said deed being recorded In thi of fice of the clerk of c-jart for Anrier son County In i.ook S. S. S. S. at page 2K") l wll? koU to tho highest bidder in front of tho ?:oirt house door at Anderson. S. C. dnriug the usual hour of ruila on Monday, Jan uary the 4th, i.H?i the following de scribed tract of land, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract or land lying, being and situate In Broadway township, Anderson County and in the Stute of South Curoltnn. on? waters of Beaver creek, containing one hundred (100? acres, more or less, adjoining lauds of B. B. Breazcalo. L. 1C. Cumpholl, M. M. Campbell and others, it being the same tract of land convoyed to P. B. & T. J. Griffin by J. J. Pretwell on tho ir.th of October, 101O, which said deed In also recorded In office of the clerk of court for Auderaon County to -which further reference msy be had. Terms of sal?: One-third cash, bal ance on. credit of twelyo months, se cured by note and mortgage on said premises bearing Interest at the rate of eight per cent, per annum, with privilege of purchaser paying all cash if he so desires. Purchaser to pay extra tor all papers. . It. L. GRIFP1N, Trustee. S-15-22-20. NO DEFINITE ACTION TAKEN On Proposed Amalgamation of ' Northern and Southern Meth odist Churches. ATLANTA, da. Doc. isi?No definite action on the proposed.amaigamati^n of the northern and, southern branch es jCf tho Methodist church was taken $y the Church Commission on Feder ation, which adjourned hero today af ter- three days Of deliberation. Three bishops from the Bouthorn church, four bishops of the northern church, SiX. fju$mw. ?Sv? ?l? l?., umii OCujp(? ed the commission. All'.sessions were strictly executive, but it was, stated tonight that- more progress was made then at any time tlnce the creation of the commission 12 years ago. It also was said that, the commission, decid ed to postpone final action uStll tho next general conference of the-church. SUGGESTS ACTION BE TAKEN TO BELIEVE SUFFERING IN CITY MAYOR GODFREY CALLS ON PASTORS TO APPOINT COMMITTEEMEN A ? D NEEDED* Suggested General Committee Be ,2 Named to Look After Deserv ing Cases. Acting upon a suggestion Troni On. M. I... Doiihaiii, .Major J. if. God frey has culled upon the pastors tii tin; churches In'life city and the, (.'number uT Commerce to appoint j' representatives for the format ion oti( a general relief committee, whom.-,* duty it shall be to adopt und put Into * execution measures looking toward}' the relief of suffering in the city ot 11 Anderson brought about by the gen eral business devrosSloii existing all over the country. As soon as Mayor Godfrey lias been informed of the appointments he will call a meeting of the committee, in order that measures to he followed may he taken up at the earliest date possible. As In whal plans the com mittee will udopl, nothing Is known us yel. Several scheinen have been suggested, but which one of lhc.se will be chosen will not ho known j until the committee bus. held a meet ing. The letter from Generul Donnam which has prompted Mayor Godfrey to call .for tin- appointment, of th?se commltteemen Is us follows: "1 was sorry I could not attend (he meeting last night ot the Chamber of Commerce because I am much inter ested In the organization of a relief committee to look after tho cases of destitution and want In our city and cases which are almost certain to arl3o during the bard winter which the weather prophets predict. It j [ seems to ine that we ought to bave a ! largo relief committee consisting ot I v those appointed by the Chamber cfj v Comme? ce, by .the churches and by j r you as mayor. This committee could . ? divido the city into districts and look! out for the oases of deserving people T who would not themselves seek char- ' Hy. In order that this committee may do effective work it must have a fund. I presume tho city would make a do nation to that;end and the churches would take up collections and privat? individuals wou!d< contribute; but' you need more than it but and I suggest that the charitably Inclined should set to work to raise these funds In the ways knoyn :to the earnest and zealous women cf the community and the broad minded , charitable men. Dob King would get up a minstrel show that would rival At Fields' and alkwouhl go and pay double prices, in the name of charity and get our mon ey's worth in laughter. I simply sug gest these ,waysox>r. reaching an end which we all have-very much .at heart. As 1 said-In. a former Communication. I have known tho . people bt Ander son for ?o yean? and a more generous, charitable people never lived and I .do not doubt that the response of the people to your appeal would be a lib eral one. I suggest that you ask the pastors of the different churches to. fake action in this matter by numingj" the representatives' of their churches \ ? to act on this committee and asking for contributions to . this fund. This general commit toe.as I have suggest ed, ought to meet and organize im mediately. It is a condition and not theory .that confronts us and we have got to act quickly if we .would savo suffering and want." Was Burned Henrietta McGowan Met Horrible Death at Home Yes terday. (Prom Sunday Daily.') d - Upon returning 16 her house after I an absence of an hour yesterday c morning, a granddaughter ' of H?n- C rietta McGowan found the latter had- r tieen 'burned to, death. -An lS-montha 1 old grandchild' of Henrietta's, who was left with the woman, was also burned but it is hot thought that these injuries will prove fatal. Henrietta McGowan was the wife of Henry McGowan, one of the most highly respected negroes ot the coun ty, and lived on the Greenville road, something like a. mile from the city. Tho old woman and the young grand child were left in the. house about noon by another granddaughter. Within an hour or. go the latter, re turned and found the. old. woman dead 1 upon the floor. The clothing. had been burned from the body and.indi-J cations pointed to ' her having been dead several minutes, f . r Ji Ig supposed that Henrietta Mc Gowan, who wan some 65 years of ago and In had health, had gone too close to th? fl-e; that the clothing caught fire an? ahe was-too feeble to extin guish the flames before : they had burned her fatally. The flames did hot spread and; the*house was not damaged' In ths sllguUst. . A pi?oe ?u the carpet and som? ruga On the floor were destroyed. ^ .' W. F. Stacks 'of Belton' was m the I city yesterday, for-a ?hort whllo. , M. C. Dolt of?^"'??h\tr'iw^,tn-tBel city: yesterday; pr ?' ishbrt:.whlle.- i GQMMIESIONEBS WERE LEF? OFF THE TICKE THEREFORE ANDERSON HA! NO DULY ELECTED COM MISSION CAN BE RIGHTED Suggested That Legislature Car Pass Bill Declaring Them Elected. iKroui Sunday s Daily.) A Hurry was created in tu? office o Ii?1 county Supervisor yestert .ay whei lie morning's mail brought a Icttei mm Secretary of State It. M. Mc "own which means that Audcrsot 'ounty is without county commission rs for the ensuing term, althougl our men wore nominated lor thcsi Kisitions in the Democratic primer) if last August. Looked ut from urn tundpoitit, the matter appeared to ht I rather serious one; but viewed fron inother. it seemed to be but merci) ho failure to comply with a technical inint of law. It is quite probuhlc lowcver, that the whole matter will ?? cleared up as soon uh the leglsla urc meets, for a hill will likely b: itiKscd rectifying the error. At nn> ale. Senator j. I* Shcrard iti quoted is having assured the commissioners lect I hut I hey need have no real's ol heir not having been elected anil heir not retting to servo their term if office. Only an Error. Several days ago Supervisor J ifack King rocolvvd from the soere ary of state a blank rarm to ' filled mt for his retention in office for an ither year. Mr. King complied with he request and upon seeing some ol he comml8aIoners-elect a few dayi at' inquired if they had received imilar blanks from the secretary ol t?te. When informed that they had eceived no such blanks, Supervisor ilng instructed Clerk J. S. Acker to v'rite the secretary of state Inquiring irhy the vjmmissioners-elect had nol eceived the necessary blanks to fill ut. Supervisor King yesterday morning eceived the following letter in reply rom the secretary of state: "The return of the county board ol anvassers for Anderson County, as mde to the Slate board of canvass rs, does not show, the . election , .of qunty commissioners for the county f Anderson. Such a-report.should be ;ade by the county board of canvass rs and filed iu this office as evidauec liat an election wan held for said of; cors at the general election Novem er 3, 1914, giving the names and umber of votes cast for each of said ounty commissioners. "With this explanation, you can see hy notices bavb not been sent to lie parties naaied iu your letter. ;Af er they havo been vleclared elected hey must qualify by filing the re uired .bond proporly. executed and lsn subscribed to the constitutional ath or office." Left Off Ticket. Upon investigation Jt developed li?t tho names of the ' Democratic ominees for county commissioners ere left off the ticket which was vot d In the general election of Novcm er 3. The record of S. Dean Tear inn.s chairman of the crunty cxecu ivo committee, show that he. for rarded to the secretary of the etatc xecutlve committee, the nomes of all he Democratic nominees in this ounty. Therefore, it appears that lie error In leaving the names' of. the ominees for county commissioner* ff the genera! elect on ticket must ave. occurred in the office of the ecretnry of the State cxccutlvo com tlttef. fail l'as s DUU It has been suggested that tho gon ral-assembly can pass a Joint resolu ion declaring the four nominees for ommiBsionera to bo duly elected of leers and requesting Governor Mau ling to so commlsBlbn thorn. The ommiBslonera-elect are: J. Lawrence IcGee. 1st district; J. R. Culberson hd district; W. A. Spearman. 3rd i sir let; R. D. Smith. 4 th district Intll these four men havo been de la rod commissioners for Anderson :oun t y the duties of the office will onttnue to be performed by T. M rBudWer and J. M. Dunlap, at pr?s nt commissioner a. Magistrate. i. M. Mflam of Sandy Springs Will Succeed E?rla Green, Deceased. ? A, M. MUam of Sandy Springs wat co??r?ay appointed magistrate dj lovempr Col?. L. 13lease, vice Earl* ireen, deceased. The governor - also granted ; a p? oie to Will Watson, colored, who wai onvlctcd of -manslaughter at Wat alia in 1918 and sentenced to servi; ix years l^mprlspqment. . - Allies Have Advaa?fid. , LONDOi?. Dec 15.- ^3:51.4? a.)?-A Mme? . correspondent / l&T" n ort horn Yahce, under date otf'i ."Jniursday ays: "The Allies .have advanced*. Tbeii roops are reported to have passe?] llddelkcrke and to have broken hrough : the. Qe.rmSp,.lino, J&ejt ,below Mxroude.". 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 profitable employment. Further information furnished on application. Address GEO. W. ROBERTSON, - Supt. Dan River Cotton Mills, Danville, V?. S. P.U. CO. HARBORS NO ILL FEELING TOWAFtD ANDERSON PREST. TAYLOR SAYS HIS COMPANY FEELS KINDLY DESPITE THE FRAN CHISE FIGHT FAVORS PAVING BOND ISSUE Believes in the Future of Ander son and His Company Will Always Keep Step. (From Sunday's Daily.) Pres. Z. V. Taylor, of the Southern Public Utilities Company, spent a few hours in the city yosterday, having come over from Greenvile. He has been on a tour of inspection, having visited several of the cities and towns of this State. He will go next week to Winston-Salem, N C? and other North Carolina points, and then, on to New York for a brief visit, returning to Charlotte in time for the big an nual supper to the employes of his company, and associated companies, which will be held there on the even ing of tho 26th inot When seen by a representative of The Intelligencer, Mr Taylor express ed himsolf.as being well pleased with the outcome of the recent agitation here relative to the franchise matter. He said that he did not welcome, of course, critici&ni at. any iim.?, but that in this case he was glad, there had been bo much. discussion of the franchise matter, for it wao educa tional and he felt that the people now understood what a good contract the city really has; that he was delighted to know that the" people of the city would not.-stand for the setting aside of n contract entered- into; by the city under a former administration. Anderson's Good Contract, j "Public Bcrvlce companies." said Mr. Taylor, "seldom have any one to speak for them, and the information the people get concerning their work comes from those opposed to their : operation. They feel that there is al ways 'some nigger in the woodpile.' Dut tho people of Anderson should realize that they ha*a tho best con , tract (hey could have, better than , most pluces, or than almost any oth i er placo," declared Mr. Taylor. "Why. the rate for lights in Anderson is 20 I per cent, less than in Columbia, and 40 per cent. less for water than in the city of Charlotte, which is a munict : pally owned plant." ' > Speaking of Anderson's white way, : Mr. Taylor made the assertion that there Is not u town in Ith?- .United States, -so,.far. as he knew; that had .a?vhite woy'at all comparable to An . dcrson and Charlotte, that had been . installed by the company furnishing the power under , as favorable condl . tlons. ThlB is the second city in . which his company has installed a white way, the other one being Char i lotte, N. C. Atlanta-assessed the prop , erty owners to pay for tho. installa I lion, but his company decided that it , could bo dono by them, and Charlotte . was the first city in which they tried I the experiment. Anderson was the 1 Becond. i- . In Favor Of Paving. . 'Will your company favor the bond Issue for paving?" was. asked Mr. Taylbr. "You can state that my company. . will do all In its power to promoto a bond issue for paving although it .will not be to the Interest of "our . street railway system to do so, for the better you make tho streets the more 1 people will ride in vehlclos or walk. The immediate effects of paving will hot be helpful to .the street railway system, end the net returns from the operation of this system In Anderson would not pave a city block In a year. Now," continued Mr. Taylor, "a small 1 concern.could not net financial assist ance at stich a. tithe to, put into pav-. t lng, and we have to borrow IV, but yon can say to your people that we shall ' push the;8treet paving and Bhall keep 1 step with .the progressive p'llrens of ' your town on this paving proposition. ' Our company has spent $275,000 - in street paving in Charlotte during the ' past three years, ana wo have been ?lad to do it. We shall be glad to do. ' ih? ?arae thing for Andersoa I that we have done for Charlotte," de - dared Mr. Taylor, Ho 111 Feellngi "How does-your company feel to > ward Anderson <in view of the recept i fight that hau been made here relative It?, the franchise,matter?" Mr, Taylor 'was asked. "That mutter has not uflectud the feeling we have for Ander son in the -lightest degree. We feel just as kindly towards Anderson today as we ver did. We shall give the town mir earnest support and wo do not think that there it> any one in the city that will go further for the good of An-' werson than we will.- Why. do you know that wo are perhaps as large a taxpayer as there is in the oily?"'suld Air. Taylor. "Why should we, there fore, wish to throttle the city? Why, wo wouldn't own u public nor vice cor poration in :t dead town. 1 believe In tho future of Audcrson. You have here some of the biggest aud most rogresslvo men 1 huMe ever known, and with these men working for the upbuilding of your city it will he sure to grow. The Southern Public Utili ties Company will keep stop with you in progressive matters," said Mr. Taylor. Plants Owned by Company. The Southerl Pubic Utilities Com pany own and operate plants In the following cities and towns In this State and North Carolina: Street railway, light, power and water in Anderson; street railway, light," power and gas in Greenville; street railway, light power and gas In Charlotte, N. C; street railway, light and power at WinBton-Salem, N. C; light and power 'at Chester, Greets, Hickory, N. Cy Thomasv?.le, N. C. and about ten ohter towns in both Carolinas. "' ' ' LIBERAL MY FOR THE MILL OPERATIVES SEVERAL DAYS OF REST WILL BE GIVEN FOR CHRIST MAS OTHER PLACES Business Houses and Public Of fices Will Close on Friday and Saturday. Cotton mills of Anderson are going to be generous 'with' their employees this year In tho -mattur of Christinas holidays, as*several of them will cioso for a longer period than usual. Mer chants and business men generally are going to be liberal with their help also .In this matter, und, judged from tho .standpoint of rest from labors the .approaching Christmas is going to he one of the best, all-round occasions of the kind on record. Close Today. Tho * Riverside and. Toxaway Mills, it . was stated yesterday, will close today and resume op?rations Monday week, or December 28,' there by giVing the employes of these plauts a full week's vacation, which will doubtless bo enjoyed by them. Other Closings. It Js stated that the Orr .Mills and the Anderson Mills -will shut down next Thursday 1 afternoon -at, 1 o'clock, and will resume operations the follow ing Monday morning/ The Brogon Mills, it was also stated, will close at 11^30 o'clock next Thurs day and remain closed until the fol lowing Monday morning. With Other Places. The retail and wholesojc etoros of the city, banks, county offices and similar places will ber closed Friday and Saturday. The drugs tores win ob serve Sunday hourb during this per iod. < " ' . . ' ? /v.-* . Miss Fain' of Easley? i^ae. among Ibo shoppers in the city yesterday. Mitts prline Whltaker.- of Eaaley was In the city yesterday for"1almort while. f?MI L>?!tW? rSI1<L. inMrtoa^ifittiao bat corn. j^j.*00.1? ?t de?ters et liy util, post- '