Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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L' I \T t/o A rPT/r^"^t AT H A |t* "p rushed Every Tuesday in The Daily and. Semi-Weekly InteUgencer and I I JI ? kJ -?*u*a~\. A 3,%^ 1. XslJLJ JL jTLVJIj devoted to the cause of Education in Anderson County and everywhere. i g HEDH W?BBBBtUS?KSKBB?BiS???BB?^^^B??BliKStBBBIHBlSBMBSn^ |ooaoQQOOOOOOOOooolao?nnnonr?r?,r?/->?^/".^.~i 1915 Term Begins Jan. 4 A special discount is offered for first week. Make arrangements now, and prepare yourself for an independ ent career. More calls for competent help than we can t supply. Catalogue free. Write or call today. Anderson and Spar tun burp, 8. C. A plainer for New- Year's is just ?s' appropriate; and will prove as acceptable as one -wen for Christmas. We have them for sale for* Cash' or on Terms to Suit; and our prices Are Right.- We- BOUGHT our pianos OUTRIGHT and can undersell all competition. ; The Patterson Music House M. N. PATTERSON, Mgr. 130 West Benson St ^si? ino GlnlsWidtJin(?InvitaiionsM?^iiooia?iStdiioiLery .6'rFMHlONABLy ENGRAVED: S THE .ANDERSON INTELLIGENCES JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT MELTON SCHOOL c c 0000000000004ooe One of the happiest events to take place in our community during the holiday season was the marriage ol Mis? E|hel Whittaker, daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Whittaker. and Mr John Fowler of the Hope well section The wedding was solemnized at t'si bride's home on tho ovening of tin 23rd, the bride's 18th birthday. Rev H. A. O'Kelley of Six Mile Acad?mj performed the ceremony which m|adi the happy couple husband and wife. After the ceremony a delicious eak< and fruit course was served and inucl merriment was Indulged in by thos< present. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler will very short ly be at borne to their*friends in oui immediate neighborhood. We wist them all happiness and much, succesi in their married life. Our school'closed for the holiday! the 23rd and will open the 4th, next We wish all the patrons as well as pu pits to bo present opening day aftei the holidays. Rev. H. A. O'Kelley wishes all tin people to take note that ftev. J. Deal Crane will be present, at Six am Twenty church next first Sunday. I is of greatest importance eBpeclall; that all of the church's members hi present and hear what Rev. cram has to say. . OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM o BETHANY SCHOOL \ o < oooooooooooooooo? School closed on December 22 fo: tho Christmas holidays and will ro sume work again on Monday, Januar; 4. Our professor, G. W. Smith, wil spend the holidays at his homo ii Townville. On la'st Friday ovening the schoo had an old time spelling match ant we were surprised to" see how wei the pupils spelled. Misses Lessh Bannister and Mattic Lou Simmon! were the oneB to spell the longest. I Mr. L. C. Herring of Townville wal a visitor here this weak. We have not been, able to bavto Sun' day school here for the last few. Sun days on account of rain, but we hop< to have .a full attendance as soon at the' weather will permit. Mr. W. M. Fields and his daughter Miss Alice, were shopping in Ander I son Tuesday. I MIsree Annie and Irene Simmons who have been attending school at Belton, are at home for the Christ mas holidays. Mr. Chester Wright left recently for Nlcholu. Ca., where he Is to teacl school. . ' Mr. T. Cr Bannister was in Beltot on business Tuesday. Messrs. Christy and.Floyd WrlghJ of this place were in Belton Tues day. ' A PUPIL. The Coat of a> DID you ever think how much it erate to give you the telephone right-of-way anywhere, at all times? Your telephone instrument, which consiste of 130 different parte, is only the entrance way to your ?hare of the vast equipment necessary in making a call. Your line is connected with die great Bell highways, inching every state in ?\a union?with its poles, copper wire, cross arms and insulators in the country; its under ground conduits, manholes, cable vaults and cables in die cities. _ You have the use of switchboards costing upwards of $100,000,000. You enjoy the benefits of countless in ventions which make possible universal telephone talk. Your service is safeguarded by large forces of men build in g, testing and" repairing lines. You command at all times the prompt attention of one or more operators, How can such a costly service be provided at rates co low that all can afford it? Only by its use upon a share-and-share-alike basis by millions of subscribers, and by the most careful economy in construction and operation. A plant so vast gives opportunity for rujnouo extravagance; and judicious economy is as essential to its success as is the co operative use of the facilities provided. That the Bell System combines the maximum of usefulness and economy is proved by the text that in no other land and under no other management has v the telephone become such a servant of the masses. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. -? * F?vcry Catt mean* a Pair of - Wires 155^k Subset iberfo Subscriber I inajoy Celte1 may be made or hovcv'er fur - -v t iLiWirTiiiii i il I Ii III WIM 1 may o HIGH POINT SCHOOL o ooooooooooooooooo Quite a large crowd of parents und friends met at High Point school Thursday evening to enjoy the Christ mas treo and Christmas program which was as follows: Welcome Beautiful Chrlsamas Day ?School. The Night Before Christmas? Emma Clement. Poor Santa Claus?Viola Gambrell. Boys* Complaint?Charles Wright. Dollle's Lullaby?Helen Prultt and Ernestine Welgle. Letters to Santa?Six small child ren. Happy Christmas to You?Rose. Kay. When Christmas Cornea? Robert Cummings. Song, Snowflahes?School. A Christmas Day?Savannah Can field. If You're Good?Helen Cromer. Christmas Recitation?Eight Small Children. Why? Elva Meyers. When Daddy Lights the Tree?Max Greer. Son,,, Jolly old St. Nicholas? Pri mary pupils. If Santa Claus was Pa?Abncr Cox. Christmas Bells? Willie Cromer Through the Telephone? Vivian Ccjc. Christmas in All Lands-r- Four Children. Two Little Stockings? Ruth Clem ent. When Santa is President?Elizabeth McClellan. A Christmas Dilema?Lillian Smith. A Letter to Santa Claus? Ada Bur ton. Play?The Gossips. Scene?In Street. Characters: Mrs. Quick? Ella McClellan. Mrs. Pry?Annie Burton. Mrs. Gossip?Ruth Clcmont. Mrs. Search?Maude Holland. Song, Star of Bethlehem? School. After tlhis prrv&am tho prcBonts were cut from the tree and distribut ed by four little girls, Elizabeth Mc Clellan. May.: Pruitt, Mary Greer and Hazel Welgle, who woro dressed as Christmas farlcB. Every child 'enroll ed received at least one present The beautiful new building was decorated very nicely with holly and other things suggestive of tho season. Messrs. Wayno Maddox and A. H Cox went to Anderson Wednesday on business for. the school. New pupils arc being enrolled every week. ?. -, Mrs. J. M. Crawford visited hor daughter. Miss Sel ma Crawford, who is one of the (cachera, aud attended tho Christmas entertainment Wednes day night. m The teachere, Misses Crawford and .{Gaines, returned to their homes for the holidays, Miss Gaines going to Townville and Miss Crawford to An derson. School will reopen January 4th. -rj?i I*. oooooooooooooooo ? TOWNVILLE SCHOOL ;oj O o I ooooooooooooooooo! TOWNVILLE, Dec. 23.?On account! of the extremely bad weather a large number of the students have been com pelled to be absent, while suffering from La grippe. Among those who have been on the sick list are: Misses Lila King. Jeunette ' Bolt, Euna and Fannie Steverson, Alline Ledbetter, Katy Thrasher and Allein Nicholson and Messrs. Charles and Albert Haw kins, Harry Hanks, Johnnie Hatcher. Rae McCarley, Joe Thrasher, Virgil and Edward Ledbetter. New students recently enrolled are: T. S. Grant and Miss Millie Ann Wblt ield. School was taught Saturday so that the holidays might be lengthened. Mr. Witt, however, after giving a little aid to the ninth grade algebra class, ex cused bis students because so few. were present. J. L. Whitleld was a visitor at school this week. Mr. Witt and Misses Kellet, Broyles and Stewart have gone to their homes for the holidays. They return to re sume work January 4. o o o o o o o oooooooooo o CENTRAL SCHOOL o o o oooooooe o o o o o oo o o The school closed at this place for! Christmas Wednesday, December 23. j 1914, and will reopen* Monday, Jan nary 4, 1915. Our teachers, Mr. F. M. Sbockley and Miss Ella EL Freeman have gone home to spend Christmas with parente near Greenville. There was a Christmas tree at this place"Vednesday, December 23, 1914. There were recitations and songs by the school and everybody seemed to enjoy it fine. Wo havfa had. a nice school at this place.' BEST FOB KLDNEYS?SAYS DOC Dr. J. T. R. Neal, Greenville. So. Car., says that in his 80 years of ex-r pertence he has found no preparation for the kidneys equal to Foley Kidney PHIS. Pain in back and hips is an indication of kidney trouble?a warn ing to build up the weakened kidneys, make them vigorous, riding your blood of acids and poisons. Foley Kidney Ptila will help any case of kidney and bladder trouble not beyond the reach of medicine. In EOc and fLOO fliaes. 8oid In your town by Evans pharmacy. COTTON MAI AFTER D The following is from tho Columbia State of the 281 h : "A thing is worth what yo> can get for it in exchange." This is tho f fundamental principle of trade or E commerce. E An ounce of gold picked up by a child from the sands of a streura 11 where it is playing is worth as much in the market as an ounce of gold for which a miner has toiled a whole t year. I A hat or a pair of shoes in a mer- ? chant's store, for which ho can get 1 $1, is worth to him, as merchandise. 1 $1, regardless of whether it coBt him 5 cents of $G. A pound of cotton for which I can get 7 cents In the markets, is worth 7 cents, regardless of whether that pound of cotton cost me 5 cents or 50 cents to produce. We have a cotton crop estimated at about 10,000.000 bales, in 1014, prob- [ ably the largest in the history of the industry, Tho demand for cotton, that Is tho demand in sight, iB probably smaller than any corresponding months in past ten years or more. The demand for next three or six ] months, or possibly 12 months, Is j picMematlcal. ( What foundation is there for the 4 assertion >* ? often hear, "My cotton j is worth 10 uts per nound and I < will not take It. > ??v It?" t If I ha?i_ no s ' ! aralnst mo , and I bave ten uatud ot Wuon in my { yaiU. 1? 1b my bu-.i'.r.au, uo one else's 5 what I du v/ith it. i If I bave stored ten bales of cot ton in a warehouBo and borrowed , money on it from the bank to pay ^ my obligations, then it is my business { and the bank's only, what I do with t the cotton. t If I owe local merchants $200 for c goods they furnished me for the com- t fort and sustence of myself and fam- , ily, probably ever Hinte first of tho ( year, and that merchant sold me those j goodB on the security of my honesty > and the hope of my raising a crop of t cotton and paying him for tho goodB, ] then that merchant ban a just und ( equitable right in the ten bales of cot- < ton in my yard: and. If ? have any : regard whatever for honesty and right t I will consider his interests or wishes i as well aa my own in disposition of t that cotton. t I know of no part of tho United States where merchnts are more len- < lent or U?/crai In extension of credit to farmers than in the Southern cot- I ton boil. I believe that tbe farmer with j a certain amount of property or avail- | j\ able resources, can secure a larger 11 liae of credit in the South than In any I j part of the United States. In view off these facts, which I belly/e a careful Investigation will substantiate, can the farmer afford to ignjre his obli gations to those whom he owes in a I time like this? "Hold your cotton." "Hold your I cotton." This Jia? bcoa the slogan for d past four months. 7'its has.bcon mis- ( interpreted. I think what was really < Intended was, "Pay your debts and i then hold your cotton!" 1 I agree with the farmers organiz- 1 ationB that is is well to store large part ot crop so it san be marketed 11 gradually ait demand develops. But a man to hold his crop in de fiance' of his just obligations is con- ) 1 trary to every principle of economy, business, prudence, right or reason. " Credit," which plays so Importahe ] part in modern business, Is founded on "confidence," that contracts will I bo kept or obligations met promptly. 11 When confidence Is destroyed bus!- [ neBs must stop for readjustment. The farmers and consumers of j South Carolina are destroying the confidence that the merchants have been placing In them, and are doing I nothing lees than forcing the mer chant to do business on a cash basis, and those farmers who seem to havo so little regard for their obligations will almost certainly find that their credit with the r ?er chants next year will be naught. The customer ci.'n no more do with-1 out the merchant than the merchant can do without, the- consumer. Each Is j equally essential to the otherfl It la f equally eostfnfjal that dach 1 should cooperate with the other for mutual | good. There Is no doubt there ,has been too much credit business done in the | South for the best interest of ' all. The fanner should make an effort to! raise-such products that there will be an income throughout the'year, In- j stead of ?11 at one time. For .merchants to reduce credit business SO per cent at once woulM be a crashing hardship to many farmers and consumers ot the South, but un less there t.*? morn cooperation be tween the consumers and merchants there will bo more than one-half re daction In credit business. in South Carolina in 1916 because tho merchant will be forced to do this to save them selves from absolute rain. Whether or not we approve of the policy of the Gorman government pre ceding the present war, we most ad mire ono thing in tho German people, the manner in which, every element of tho country cooperated, each one shouldering a part o fthe burden In >nch a manner as to mak'd a united German nation, which has probably uttered "lesat disturbance to Internal commerce and relations.. Now let us remove the ''floral of ferings" from the "casket" and look H the "face" of the facts. . The next six'to nine months , will be a critical time when every one most shoulder his part of the burden. The consumers, retailers and whole salers, or manufacturers, must , co { BE HELD EBT.iS PAID >perate for mutual protection in a :risiB like the South now faccB. The wholesttlerB and retailers are vorking together doing all thoy can 01 good of all. If tho farmer or con lumer will cooperate with others, in tend of trying to stand alono, the South will emerge from present crlB s, with all industries ou a much itronger, firmer basiB than ever. But, If Mr. Farmer can not afford o sell cotton for less than 10 cento >er pound, or store it and borrow noney to pay his obligations in 1914, dr. Merchant may feel a sincere sor ow to sec his former patrons fo hun gry or In need of supplies, but for he sake of his own wife and children t may be he can't afford to again risk xtending his a line of credit in 1915. W. A. KANOOR. Columbia. MARKET REPORT New York Cotton NEW YORK. Dec. 28.--Cotton was koavier today with all deliveries mak ng now ground for the movement on i further broadening \>f investment lemand and continued buylug by louses with foreign coiiieulons. May vmtracts sold up to 8.06, or 19 points ibovc Thursday's closing ligures and noro than four dollars per balo above ho recent closing low level. The closo vas steady and from 10 to 14 points let higher. The market opened steady at art idvancc of 2 to 4 points on Wall street, vcuteru and foreign buying. There ap icared to be very little cotton for tale, and tho failure of tho advance o attract hedge selling from south :rn sources, doubtless contributed to he confidence of buyers. The stcadl iess of tho stock market and reports >f an improving business in tho steel narkot also were factors in tho ad rancc. There was somo buying d??ring ho middle of tho day and prlcot sold IS to 20 points net higher during the :arly afternoon. Whilo there was iUOUgh realizing to check tho advance Lt this level, there was nothing in ither the trading *or In tho news, to ndicate that ltlghor prices were at ractlng increasd offerings of spot cot on. Spot cotton quiet;-middling-uplands '.80; Gulf 8.05. No sales. Cotton futures closed Btcady. Open Close Tanuary. 7.55 7.64 larch ..:.. 7.69 7.82 flay . 7.89 8.01 uly . 8.10 8.43 New Orleans Cotton NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 28.?Cotton llsplayed unusual strength today in lew or the fact that this is the holi lay porlod. At tho best of the session )ctobor was 21 points up, whilo the ild crop months wore 16 to 17 points tp. Brokers said the advance would >avo been wider but for profit tak ng on the long Bide, especially in the iftcrnoon. The cloBo was 3 to 16 mints up net. The advance was duo, in a largo uoasure, investment buying, ntimu atcd by rumors of peace talk abroad md by expectations of a heavy export novoment this week. Bearish comment mainly was di 'ected at the large stocks both at jorts and in the interior* and at the loor showing roaoe by the January >ptton, which closed only 3 points up, ndicating unwillingness on the part >f the longs to face deliveries of spots, Hocks at the ports were about the argest on record, totalling 1,528, 183 bales, thus fulfilling predictions hat port stocks would, bo more .than 1,500,000 bales before the end of the year. At the six principal Interior owns stocks amounted to 702,139 Miles! Spot cotton -toady. Sales on tho ipot 1,400 bales; to arrive, 1,600. Cotton futures closing: January 7.27; March 7.58; May r.78; July 8.01; October 8.28. NEW YORK, Doc. 28.?Closing: Mer ?nttle paper 40)4 1-2. Sterling ex ;hange steady; 60-day bills 4.8225; for ables 4.8615; for demand 4.85.25. Bar silver 48 8-4. Mexican dollars 37 1-8. Government bonds steady; rail oad bonds firm. Something For Nothing foungs Island, S. C. Nov. :18, 1914. To get started with you we mako rou the following offer. Send us $1.50 or i.ooo Frost Proof Cabbago Plants, crown In the open air and will stand 'reesing, grown from tho Celebrated 5c ed of Bol gin a & Son and Thor bom lb Co., and I will send you 1,000 Cab ?age Plants additional FREE, and you \\ an repeat the order as many times is yon like. I will give you special trices on Potato Seed and Potato Mants later. We want the accounts if close buyers, largo and small. Wo an supply alt Atlantic Coast Plant-Co. We Can Raise! Your Salary ! .That is?by making your money go farther in the pur chase of good meats. We cut meat and we are also cutting the prices; read these prices. Loin Steak, per pound 20c Best Roast, per pound 15c Pork, per pound 15c and 20c All others in proportion, and 16 ounces to the pound. G. P. FOWLER Phone 755. Opera Cloaks Dry Cleaned and Pressed Opera cloaks and wraps of dainty silks or heavier materi als can bo dry cleaned ami pressed and kept In perfect con dition for wear 'by onr service. ?Wo clean tho garments with out spotting or fadding the col- j ors, and without Impoverishing or othorwise Injuring . tho fabric. Wo press the cloak so skil fully that it looks as fresh as . when new. and It fits as It did', when first worn. Our charges arc reasonable. Try us, ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY THONE NO. 7. ITU SETTLE I? you no longer have to wait or send ei way for your glabses. I havo one of the most complote Grinding Plants in the South and every convenience to turn out your work promptly. You . uan't roalize what I have In ma chinery unless you visit, my place. I . ::un duplicate your lens?don't coro .' who made it or If you break It all to pieces , don't .worry come bore. I :an refract tho most difficult case of jye trouble and write the prescription, grind your glasses and guarantee tho very acme of precision. I havo a rec* . 3rd; I am justly proud of and I am ... keeping pace with the confidence tho people of my town have in me. This is what actuated me in the purchase )f the Plant and if you could just ' see the number of people in Anderson, , now wearing glasses ground In An derson, you would be convinced that Campbell Is In town and pn the job. All I ask 1b: try mo with your next lob. I .also* have the host equipped optical Office for making examina tions in South Carolina. My prices -, ire consistent with first-class work, ' ranging from $3.00 to $5.00 up for a complete job.i "Repair anything in the Optical Tine, duplicate your lenses . , 'rom 76c vp, owing to how It is to bo nade.i Begin'the new year right, by mvlng me do your Optical work. If - inyone tells you that I don't grind jood glasses far Anderson. I will give rou $25.00 for proof of statement. SVhen you have trouble with your eyes - >r glasses, think* of me' I nm tho sure emody- Also remember the place. *o. 112 W." Whitner St., Ground Sector. Telephone Connectionv DR. M R CAMPBEII* Registered Optometrist. ?OOOOOOO?O O ? O O O OO ? ' ". . *o > WHITE PLAIN SCHOOL o ? o SQOOOQOo oo o o o o o o o Honor Holl for Second Dgonth. First Grade. Class A.?Lillian Guy ton. Jake Rog ers, Beatrice Bas well ; Ethel atonwy. Cannie Attaway, Fletcher Finloy. Class B.?Gladys spearman, uoxa ?mlth, Edith Rhodds. Florence Black. Second Grade?Elisabeth Balhird ?arsh McCoy. Third Grade?Er?Wn Finley. Fred Bardett -'Fbnrtti-Grade^-v&.Sff. Gay ton, Jr.,, Secll Davis. Sadie Smith. ; Fifth Grad??-'Ethel At to way. Sixth GrMe? NelTRallard. nobcrt Flogers, Roy Tolllson, Ellle Chand er, ' - V>. ' :<> ' ' .:',? .-/Seventh Graded .Harrison Rhodds, David Spearman. Tenth Grade? Mildred Vi