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STATE FARMER ?m-; To the Press of the State: 1 Some weeks ago there appeared in j the National Feld, the weekly farm paper owned by the Natlonnl Farm-1 ers' Union, a circular letter sent out ; by a Dallas hardware firm urging : their retail stores to dcmund of the i farmers that 'they ?eil cotton and pay j their accounts, so that the retailer could pay the wholesaler und so on. | President Lewis of the Texas Stute j F-rmcrs' Union answered this olrcu- i 1er latter effectively' when he Mild "Why is the farmer picked out a*j the only one who fa to sell his waves at ; cost or below to keep trade moving?" It was-announced that a New York j firm was so much pleased with this . circular that they would send out ten thousand copies In the east, of cours? ; without the answer of the Texas Far-1 mers' Union. A Charleston newspa- I per published It and perhaps other papers in the State also. From the, standpoint of the merchant It sounds j like good advice. Taking up the circular Mr Kanouf, | a hardware salesman of Florence, I ! am informed, has published several letters giving farmers "down the coun try" for not selling their cotton and paying th dr debts. One of his pet \ sentiments is "Farmers, what would yotl do if notices were posted suying ?No goods sold after Jan. 1st, 1915, sccpt for caBh?" He then proceeds to read a good lecture of about three fourths 'Of a column to the farmers on th?-aven to them of being honest, etc. When I read his first letter, I was disposed to.-be provoked a? what ap peared to. be a part of a conspiracy of the Texas hardware house to force tlifcr1 farmers to sacrifice cotton to malutain the credit and standing of merchants,. But when Mr. Knous re peated und I saw how seriously he took himself it became amusing. I I 'wonder if he has considered what would happen, if tho merchants could b^fcersuaded to put up' such a sign? Well, . In the first place they would hot UVe up to it thirty daya. With al most nothing being sold along about (a*, last week in January a farmer would go to town and the mercaunt tut'he7 usually bought goods from WOUll a?y "Mr. Blank, come in and lot no sell you something." "No, I have no money." "Well that doesn t apply to you, when ever you want anything come In and get it. We know you dro all right." The farmer would ' r "Well, I believe I do need a pair plow lines; it is rather trying to .v. with grapevines." And so the lit system would be In full swing U) for Mr. Blank would only be I tho thousands of fermera sp in the same way. > It suppose for argument that ierchants would live up to such l??lness would be reduced _i. half, Nearly all the book j would lose their Jobs. Hair > irka would be discharged. Mr. < t would be one of the salesmen Is: job or-his territory would (than doubled to take the c-f . some other good man who two' to seek othftr employment, of-these men could get work as Miters or builders, for these in would be discharging men, could not get work on the freight , for the railroads would have OB their crews part of the trme, 'Owing ;o ihu BcnfOjf*7 of traveling losmon and other travelers some Inger trains would be diacontln . Those clerks, bookkeepers, sales -c^en, masons, carpenters, etc, could Ttio't oven get Jobs as section hands 'for tower trains and lighter ones .wOUld mean less repair to tracks and tpsuX bed and section men. would be laid, off to still further increase army of ihe unemployed. could they do? ! am afraid our friend, Mr. Kanouf and his friend h would huvo to try taking up some of tho unimproved landB thut are Buch a 'sotirco ot unnoyanco to our worthy cOromlBsioner of agriculture,- and the proffreasivo boards of trade of our eitles, aided and abetted .by the edit ors";, of our 'metropolitan dallies who ' aro: clamoring for Belgian farmers to ahdiv ut, natives how to farm. M? thlnfco by the time our friend had cleared a niece of land, grubbed, and led It ; built a modest " settler bought stock and Implements,' L viand fertilisers, even it he did \UE9 anything but ground Umo ? and-l?g?mes to put his land In for cotton and com, that he wont not 10 . r IB cents fur his . but 20 or 25 cents, and he \4ould tell his many advisers to mind their own. business, be would sell when he had a profit, or they could take Jt from him by forces. If thero were no credit production would he so. reetlcted that in spite of these accessions to the ranks ot tho farmers every farm product would be higher and the farmers who would bp prepared to farm as we ought "would be In clover." Wbut a grand thing Jt would be for the farmers If -merchants , would only take Mr. tours '.people emphv e. While the swarms o would 'bo thrown "out problem of subduetng nature to ' I . ?o> live od and to icll,' aomotlmca a moat ^and contrary Soil. Great! use it.would at one stroke ot the f.??uc?pato ua from the burdens rtlng so many people wno . b^r Mpbs^essllk? methods, would bo great for us after we now Support becamo titovE,' because with over gea-ACut m-Ve than . half, romained In the mercantile *AuW, be able to give us a worth of goods for a dollar, V fftty., cents worth of goods cejoibji worth of service, as is fc. cabe no*. In the declaration of of the' Farmers' Union Is "To ^the credit, and mortgage sya jMn W>y Kanout .the 39M ?3.00 PER fljggt-ri&ss GalrtfrYfferl Corrugated flfrtootlengths. r-;*. Sticks iff easts naeeaaaie extra, I right hand of fellowship as tho hoBt abolitionist of my acquaintance. But let any crazy reformer Intro duce a bill to make It a misdemeanor 'for uny merchant or salesman to ?eil uny article from nowsyuper subscrip tions tv> tructlon plows on credit und our friends and advisors would bead 'the lobby to protest against any sum restrictive law. "It would ruin busi ness." "It Is un Infringement on per sonal liberty, the right to do business according to the dictates of each man's conscience, etc." Ami tho bill und its author would be snowed un der by the protests of the merchants whom it is Intended to protect from that most undesirable citizen, the de linquent subscriber and the funner wir.) will not sell his cotton ut any old price to pay his debts. That the credit system has been profitable to the merchants is evi denced by the number of men in the mercantile business und the number who have bought Inridti. 1 venture the assertion that for every farmer who has bought land since 1865 two men In the trnde or professions have bought land. Mclvcr Williamson in n series of articles in 1912 in the Southern Cultivator brought out this invasion of the farms by merchants; doctors, lawyers, Btublemcn and rail road men as responsible for the bump er crop of cotton in 1,1)11. lie protest ed then against this invasion of the farm as soon us the farmers hud put farming on a profitable basis. This ur tlcle is my feeble protest against tho beneficiaries of u system that has en riched the traders and impoverished tV producers undertaking to dictate I the producers shall market their crops. While. i was writing, the above' i was culled to the phone and offered some goods payable next October. Once long ago a clothing clerk said "Let me sell you something on ac count" i asked why? HIb reply was "BecauBo when you open an account you will buy something every time you come to town." Three or four times In my life i have been refused credit for something that i needed very much, but it was good /or me, and like many another can say "If i had never bought anything except what i could pay either in cash or barter, i would be worth much more." If Mr. Konouf. wants to reform tho merchants' way of doing business, i wish him well, for it would help us farmers to reform ourselves. B. W. DEBUS, President S. C. Farmers' Union. i do not think I can better further the ends sought by' the Mulllns local I Farmers' Union than to qlve out the j letter below from Mr. S. A. McMil lan touching the need of a better sys tem of grading and marketing tobac co. i trust that the friends of reform at KingBtree, Lake City, Nemlogway, Manning, fiumter, Timmonsvllle, Flor ence, Darlington, Olanta and other points will communicate with Mr. Mc Millan at Mulllns and send such p?ti tion? as they get signed both to htm and to the chairman of their county delegations in the legislature. The petition which 1 am asked to circulate calls for a law to require all tobacco except scrap to be graded before of fered on warehouse floor, and to fix sale of warehouse char*7-*? snm? ss In North Carolina. 10. W. DABBS; .President S. C. Farmers' Union. "Mulllns, S. C, Dec. 26, 1014. Mr. E. W. Dabbs, May?svllle, S. C. "Dear Sir. The enclosed clippings will explain what our Union Ib trying to do. i am writing to you with tho trope of enlisting your co-operation, tor i realize that to affect the propos ed cbango In marketing tobacco we will have opposition. Though i am not looking for'any great fight from any resident warehouseman. They feel like the time Is ripe for a change, wheth er they will admit It or not. But the majority of tho warehouses aro run by men who have interest In other markets and the change would Inter fere with their plan. With our preoent method of selling tobacco, no ware houseman can possibly prevent con siderable damage to good grades tot tobacco, when offered for sale un graded and untied at crowded sales so common all over this state. If ours Is tho best method. It Is very strange that no one else has found it out We are getting up a great many potltions In Marlon county and in Horry and Dillon. We would like for you to help us get in touch with prominent farm ers at Klngsree, Lake City, Florence, Timmonsvllle and Darlipgton. Thank ing you in advance for any sugges tions, and i trust an article for the press, i am, Yours sincerely, n. a. mcmillan. DEAD FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS Negress Pardoned by Governor Blease Died in County More Than Two Years Ago. (by AwKtated Prem) SPA KT AN B?RO, S. C, JsU. 6.? When the county authorities received official notice today from tho govern or's office that a full pardon had been granted by Governor Blease to Anna Drummond, a negross convicted of the murder of her husband in this county three years ago, it developed that the woman had been dead for more than two years. While a prisoner In tho county jallsoon after her conviction she died leaving an infant whole death soon followed._ "ING-ROOF1NG. 1 SQUARE I ind V-Crimped Hoofing in 0. 7,8 and I ?mes g. McKinley died en route from ander son to McCORNHCK ?CUTE INDIGESTION Is Given as the Cause of Death. Survived by Widow?Lived in This City. (From Thursday's Daily.) ; Leaving Anderson yesterday after noon at 12:15 o'clock at Iiis post of duty at tho throttle of local freight No. 24 of the Charleston & Western t'urolinu lluilroad, Engineer James (j. McKinley was stricken with illness before reaching his destination and died last night at 7 o'clock at Mount Carmel. Acute indigentton is thought to have been the cuuho of death. News of the engineer's deulh was telegraphed to ofilclals of the C. & W. ('. railroad immediately, and last night they went to the dead man's home, 413 West Market street, and broke the heart rending news to his widow, who. ulone. sat hiding the hour when tho sound of the locomo tive whistle would herald the return of her husband and lover. Wit?. McKinley left Anderson yester day afternoon at 12: ID o'clock as en gineer of local freight No. 24. opcrat-1 Ing between this city and McCormick. Somewhere this side of Mount Carmel he was taken violently ill with acute indigestion. At Mount Carmel he was taken from his, engine and carried to 1 a nearby home, where he was given medical attention. In oplte of what could be done for him, he expired last night at 7 o'clock. While ho had been in the employ of the C. & W. C. railway a number of years, Mr. McKinley had been on the Anderson brunch only six months. Ho was considered one of the most valuable men on this division nnd his death will prove a distinct loss to the 'railroad and to the community. It had not been determined last night when the funeral services will be held. As Mr. McKlaley's old home was in Augusta, it was thought that tho remains would be carried thero for interment, lie and Mrs. McKinley made their home on W. Market street !n si cottage just In front of the West Market street school. During their comparatively brief residence in the city both made many warm friends, who will be grieved to learn of . Mr. McK I nicy's death and who will sym pathise deeply with the widow in her bereavement. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o n o o ? o o Rr.'Ft'tiF l i ri.nS o j o o oonoooooooooooooooo Rev. T. M. Land filled his regular appointment nt this place. He had a verv good attendance and delivered n fine sermon. The preaching day has boon changed from tho fourth" Sun day to tho first Sunday In evory month. We think this a wise Idea, for now every one can attend service at all tho ?huroh.es In this community, services being here on the first Sun day. Sharon on the second Sunday, and Corinth on the fourth Sunday morning and Corinth on the fourth Sunday afternoon. . Mr. Mllledge Swords from Elborton, Oa., has been visiting relatives in this community for the past two weeks. He returned to his home last Friday, Jan. 1, on tho No. 11 train. He boarded tho train at Central. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Kay and fam ily spent several days during the Christmas holidays with relatives in Pendleton. . Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Evatt visited the latters parents, Mr and Mrs. Frank Mays, one night last week. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kay spent lust Monday at tho homo of Mr. Lu ther -Kay, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Otllesplo and Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Evatt and little son. D. C, Jr.,. spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Evatt Mr. Frank Glllesplo of Greenville, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Margaret QlllcBpie, of near Pendleton. Messrs. Fred Phillips, Austin Kelley and Major Glllespie spent a few days last week in Pondletou. Mr. and Mrs. L. 0. Evatt spent last Monday at ths home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lendermann. Mr. and Mrs. A. If. Crenshaw and children of Pendleton spent New Year's day with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Glllespie. Mr. Calhoun Stephens of Six Miles was visiting relatives in this section one day last week. The young people (and. older ones too) of this community- enjoyed a pound supper at the home of Mr. S. L. Hicks last Saturday: night Mr. Bub Hicks and brother, Master Lawrence, of Six and Twenty section spent the eek-end Ith their grand father, Mr. a L. Hicks. \ Mr. and Mrs. William Kelley of the Bishop's Branch section spent Monday at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. a P. Phillips. Formulate Plans For Action. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. . 5.?After deciding that at least some mines la the eastern Ohio coal fields, where a strike of 1S,000 miners has been on since April, should be operated??Ith. er by striking minors or non-union men?coal operators at a meeting here today named-a committee to for mulate plana for action. With New York Nationals. NEW YORK. Jan..6.? Hans Lobert today utirnMi * three-year contract with" the Now York Nationals. Lobert former Philadelphia third baseman, caate to the Giants In a trade yester day for Stack, Dom a reo, Adam- and a cash consideration. oooooooooooooooo IVA NOTES o oooooocooo o o oooo! Prof. Cliff D. Coieniun. principal of the Iva high school, and his asslst ints. Miss Sudlo Wright, and Misses Maggie Thompson. Nellie Wyatt. Nancy Pearson, Kate Kaiupey and Corrll Howell, have returned from their respective homes where they spent the holidays and opened school today with bright prospects for the New Year. | Messrs. Carl and David Smith have I been visiting relatives in Hodges. Miss Greeta Hall, who has I ?on spending the holidays hen.' with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Hall, left Sunday to take charge of her school at Cumpobello. Messrs. Held Jackson and James Dunsenberry of Anderson spent Sun day here with relatives. Mr. l'reston Adams of Latimer was visiting here a few hours Sunday Messrs. Claude Masters of the Mountain ('reek section and Bill Bailey of Anderson were visitors here Sunday. Mr. S. C. Jackson of Stevevlllc w>\s In town a short while Sunday. Miss Pearl Beaty left Saturday for Lancaster to resume her work there in the graded schools. Masters Ralph and Joe I-and of Starr have returned home from a visit here to their uncle, Mr. S. K. Lever et te. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gray of Starr were in town for a few hours Friday. Miss Julia Kennedy, who has been the guest this week of Miss Vera Spoon, left Saturday for her home in Due West. \ Misses Audrey, Imogene and Rosa Lee Sniper left Saturday for their home hi I'elzcr, after spending the week here with their sister, Mra."W. R. Mullinux. Miss Minnie Galley, who is teach ing near Honea Path left Saturday to take charge of her school. Miss Jennie Wideman of Troy spent the week-end with her cousin, Mrs. W. Frank McGee. Miss Otis and Grler Brown left to day for their home in Due West after spending the holidays here wit'., their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Mc Cullough. Miss Gertrude Weldon, who teaches the Moffctt8villc school, has returned ; froir i two week's visit to relatives in Newman, Ga. Mrs. M. Watson of Mt. Carmel has been visiting her son, Dr. J. E. Wat con, for a short while. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Cook were shop ping in Anderson Monday. On last Friday evening Miss . Lola Finley entertained a number of the young people at the boro? of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. if. Finley.' At. a late hour tbe young people depart ed for their homes after spending a most enjoyable evening. Mrs. Minnie Brown who has-been visiting relatives' here for the past week left today for her home in Due West. . . Another pleasant event of the week was a card party given by Miss Geor gia Beii Baskin ut her home on last Saturday evening. There was an en joyable occasion. The following young ladles left to day for Winthrop College after spend ing the holidays here with their par ents: Misses Claia Cook Mamie Sea bright and Mabel Hold. Mrs. Jamea F. Simpson and family who have been spent.' Ing tho past week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Sherard, left today for her home in Anderson. Mr. John Kennedy of McCormick spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs. W. Frank McG?e. Mr. David Kennedy of Tray has re turned home from a short vibII, to rel atives here. Miss Sarah Gilleland left Monday for Anderson where sho goes back to enter Anderson College. Mesura. Ban Allen and James Dus enberry, two popular traveling men of [Anderson, were In town Monday on business. Miss Lulu Finley h*".8 returned to Greenville to enter-th-i Sacred Heart Academy after spend! j g the holidays here with her parents. Rev. S.' J. Hood Jolt Monday for a short stay with relatives in Gastonla, N. C. Miss Hdlen Lever et t? entertained a number of her little playmates on last-Friday evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and -Mrs. 9. E. Lever et to. Mr. and Mrs. Rosamond Scabrlght left Monday for their home in Ander son after a stay of two weeks here with relatives. Attitude Awaited With Interest. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 6.?There arc only three Progressives in the New York legislature, which convened here today, but in view of the course taken by Illinois'Progressives last night .In joining the Republicans the attitude of the New York men was awaited .with great Interest. Change In Location I am now located over W. A. Power's grocery store at 212 1-2 S. Main Street. I thank my friends for their pdst patronage and ask con tinuance of same. " I make plates at $6.50 X make gold crowns ?4*4,00 S?ver fillings, 80c and op. * Gold fillings $?.00 and up Painless Extracting 40)c I make a specialty of treating Pyorrhea, Atveo laris of the gums and all Crown and bridge work and regulating mal formed teeth. All work guaranteed first class. - S. G. B R U C E DENKST DETAILS OF CANNING AND TQMATQ CLUB WORK miss g arlington will be here January' is to start work HER SCHEDULE Will Start to the Schools on the 18th.?In City on Saturdays Thereafter. .Miss Janye Con way Gurlington, who was recently uppointed supervi sor of canning and tomato club work for Anderson county, will take up her duties here Junuary IB. Miss Gurlington has been in this work for the past year She tauguc 3chool for five years prior to that. She is a graduate of Columbia Col lege und of Chicago University in do mestic science. \ The saving of waste fruits and preservation of vegetables for winter use ure part of the home economy which is taught in this canning club work. Other objects of the work era to encouruge rural families to provide purer und beter food at a lower cost and utilize the surplus of the orchard and garden; to provide some means by which the cauntry girl may earn money at home and at the same time get the education and viewpoint neces sary for the ideal farm life; to open the way for practical demonstration In home economics; to furnish earnest teachers a plun for widening their pu pils and helping their communities. The business men of the towns, the clubs and rural associatons of the county schools and the pupils are ex pected to give their hearty coopera tion in the work which MIbs Garllng ton is to undertake. It is not her ob ject to,get a few girls into the busi ness of* canning fruits and vegetables for the market, but to get many girls and many families to growing good home gardens und supplying the home needs for winter with canned fruits and vegetables. Girls between the ages of 12 and 18 years can compete for the prizes, but MIbs Qarlington will be glad to enroll every woman and older girl in the' neighborhood. Each girl plants one-tenth of an acre, town girls plant ing 25 plants. Miss Garlington will start to the BChools on Monday, January 18. On Saturdays she will be In Anderson and will be glad to give instructions Lo say one on tomato culture, --v CASH WHEAT SELLS AT $1.36 1-41 Highest January Prices in More| Than 40 Years?Flotsr Ad vances 55c a Barrel. CHICAGO, Jan. 6.?Cash wheat sold | here today for $1.36 1-4 a bushel, the highest January price in more than I 10 years. In consequence, top grades of flour were advanced 55 cents a | barrel and quoted at $7.15. The ab normal European demand for bread stuffs was held responsible for the rise. Second quality flour that sold fori $5.60 last week was quoted at $6.30 a barrel today. Flour that command- ! sd today $7.15-sold in August for 15.30. , . r Waves of buying on 'change carried the chief speculative wheat option. May delivery, up to $1.37 5-8ffp3-4, aj leap of more than 10 cents in a week und three cents or more above last night. Many brokers declared the May .option would go far beyond the 11.85 record established In 1898 at tho lime of the LCltei- deal. Several pre ilcted |2 wheat. OOoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o ol ? MIDWAY NEWS 0 . ' " V ~ ' v ' . ; ' 0 0 o o o o o o o ooooooooo? We sure have been having aomo bad weather,during the Christmas holi days. Mrs. F. Kowalski spent Sunday with tier daughter, Mrs. J. C. King. Miss Katherine Ortmann, of Ander ion spent the week-end with Hilda ?nd Ada Kowalski. Mrs. ?. H. Ortmann spent Wednos lay night with .Mrs. Kowalski. , Mr. Paul and Ernest Drown of Iva mont several days with their sister, Mrs. T. M. Vandiver. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Kowalski of Sreen Pond spent Tuesday night at the home of their father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. F. Kowalski. Mrs. c. ?l E. Ortmann and daugh ters, Katherine and Ada Kowalski took Unn?r Thursday at the aenne of Mr. md Mrs. Anton Rhody. j Mr. Vorn on Kay spent Sunday with Mr Paul and Carl Kowalski. . ; Mr. Paul and Ernest Brown called it the home of Mr. Kowalski Wednos Isy night and. they made some fine music on the violin and organ. Mrs. J. S. Kay and children attend ed services nt Whltefleld Sunday. There waa a pound supper at the' Itome of Mr. and Mro. S. M, May field Saturday night 1 We wish the editor a happy new pear. Adele Botini Here Soon. Adele Rotini, who is to appear hero jory shortly in David SbarrV new musical-drama *The Singer", is of Italian birth, as her nacre implies,' Sut speaks English as fluently as she loss her native tonguo. An accent that Is Just barely-discernible only lends m arm to her conversation and stage tvork. Miss Rotlnl possesses a so prano voice of seemln?ly unlimited range and ?rare quality of toae. ; Her Magnetism have endeared her to all who have xeen her work, iharmlng personality and irresistible Dolt Now! 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 wilk 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. P. VANDIVER, Vice-Pires. Bleckley Building, Anderson, S. C. Episode in Negro Settlement Reveals a Pathetic Picture of Human Misery This is a simple, homely story of. abject poverty. The qualifications? "simple" and "homely"?are hardly necessary, for any story of abject poverty could scarcely be without theBe characteristics. But it Is a story of poverty, which in this case had reached that stage where the gaunt shadow of starvation had be gun to steal acrosB the threshold of the miserable. And, furthermore, it Is a story of temptation and fall? where a mortal was tempted to com mit that which she knew was wrong and did it. The characters in this pathetic lit tle story are an ignorant old negress, her five little half-naked, hungry chil dren, two collards and two police men. Tt all happened MOnday night down in a negro settlement on.Hor net street. The police were summon ed to come there and arrest one who had committed, a theft. Privates Brls coll and Whitten responded to the. call. They investigated the. charges, which were preferred against this old negress by her neighbor, also a ne gro woman. The latter charged that and forcibly took the only morsel of food between it and starvation. The police made an Investigation of tho accused woman's house, and there in a little sack, hidden away in the dark corner of a filthy closet, they found the two collards that had grown in tho neighboring negro's garden. The accused then admitted that she sneaked into the garden un der cover of darkness and stolen the green, growing things. And she ad mitted that she stole them because she was hungry, because her five small children were crying for some thing to eat, and because she did not have food to give them. And the only way .she bow of getting it. was to steal two collards from her neigh bor's garden. . ' . ? ' The police were in a quandary As to what to do about the matter. To have taken the woman to the city jail *aud brought her before the re corder would have meant her convic tion and a term in the workhouse. While this would have been well. for the woman, for she would have been fed the while, it was bad for the five tiny brats left In the house, for they the former had gone into her garden. would have had to live like rats after after night and stolen two collards. The owner of the garden crept about on the damp ground of her little patch In the dark and felt the grow ing collards. She came to the spot where two were missing. It was as though she had had each.one count ed. When she discovered two Of her plants mlBBlng sho raised a . howl, much after the fashion a starving an imal of the deserts would raise a cry to high heaven when another beast of more strength came along j in their misery. that. Blindfolded Justice was placed In the background for the time being, and the matter settled on the spot on the condition that the woman return to her neighbor the two stolen col lards. The two, green plants were returned to the rightful owner. The police wept their way. An ignorant old woman and five small, hungry children were left in the deepening night, cold and hungry and shivering Three Electrocutions. . THENTONi N. J., Jan. 5.?Three men tvoro electrocuted at tho State prison tonight, marking the first triple exe :ution since the electric chair was In stalled in New Jersey. Th? throe were negroes and paid the death pnalty for murder. < Publish Names of Detained Steamers. LONDON. Jan. 5.?A list of nine [.steamers bound from the United- Sta tes to Scandanavian port , ''whoso cargoes or part of them hr e been de tained" in British ports, is given in an ofilch,l announcement in the Lon don Qazatte. DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY With us, and* then we will lend you money when you need it. Interest Paid ort 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 OUB DiBECTOBSi E. A. Smyiho, N. B. Sullivan, 1. F. Wntson, J. I). Hamme tt, ftiSSk Thou. C. Jackson, Jf. B. Teadlver. Geov W. Evans, W. Laogblln, J. 0? Harris, Foster h. Brown J. B. Doutait, B. CL TOtenpoez, J. J, Major, Oper atives Wsuit?d FOR NEW AND MODEL COTTON P?& TORYAT DANVILLE, Vmdwi^A The Riverside ? Dan River Cotton Mills, Ina, are start ing up the latest and largest addition to their great plant?the most modern and complete mill in America today. Spinn;rs 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, Va.