Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Cost of Living Goes Up 'i-i We are glad to announce to the Citizens of Anderson, that our Electric Lighting Rate has been REDUCED from 12 l-2c per Kilowatt hour to 11c per Kilowatt hour, a REDUCTION of OVER 12 per cent. To you who |re not our patrons, it will pay you to investigate this MATCHLESS UghlE^-so well termed 3 "BOTTLED SUNSHINE". ?AM?. ROW FOB TUB FOLLOWING* , and day old ?^HrKti j Wymouth Rock?Prixe winning *-| AuguflU, Atlanta, etc. iaa Runner Duck? (winners and other fairs.) om prise winners. _ -Pure or also crossed ? Vtraiala wild iaifkeyi. I Cockerels Caproaed so can car ?B ehtekn gWen them. a c. ? ^w^??imjmm?m -!,;. ...--=^n into meal any grains? stalks, shucks, hay Work done ile you wait. Bring a id when you come to ?ed uo. % Horse Farmi . .To Rent.. fl|t*l$HJSi. ?NpS??SON Office, over Walter .n le Barber Shop VUE HOTEL BU1XD1N3 laundered.towels, high ?rade lO experienced ?mrb?rv. Oo7; te please our customers. ;IT mitllof^ Hiiteif iodla and elean linen Wkr?at, j. Ia Raatpvy. i> Best material; ??'work? Address ggpurg, S. C. |A--V'?'i ^ftiS'l - I ; iter Kin -.8*1* Man ::r4MBin^4Me-> and Groceries Je?*; Waat? he Her* Wt J. M?nes? ^WjgggteegegBttBgwjijji'' i; fa?hsra toifrcuU seSth Croeeria* F?*afe M Pbow 132 IMPORTANT NOTICES :: ^^BW^sfre01 fi Lumpkiu, aa.,i cqtjnty seat WM trade for stock* In Ander son National Bank. Worth investi fating. F. a Box No. ?7r Town vllle. 8. 0. 1-2212 D FOB 8AXB One Ova lot, in town psintea and In wilt be sold at ran, S. c, first ige, one half acre ?WnvOIe, house condtltlon This j auction* Ander may In Foby., 1914. For information apply to W. C. King, Townville, 8. C. : FOB BALE Eggs. Egos. Et*s~-S. C. Brown Leg born 11.00 and.$2.00 por 15. 8; C. White Leghorns 81.00 for 15. Barred Plymouth Rocks 11.00 for 16. W. B, RASOR, 801 8. Main ?:reet or Hotel Chlquo I la Barber Shop. 2-7-B.O.D-lm WANTS r Wanted?You to know that the place to buy your WOOD Is Piedmont Wood Co. Phone 049. Shearer and W. O. Ulmer. iw. MONEY TO LRNll?$25,000 to place at onec on sate reol_ estate mort SSgeSr ursene ? osrie, Aiiyu. iMMt TODAY Battle Wi Et Dar- ' InUisstrog legal Anderson county tor one of rhe lonK^t the local Aourts *^*'ta an end -Crout case the Court day and it It would be the tim*> at the swesr withe?n th*l< j One of the battles w? some - time civil cases In some mont BMiSekBN'' is finally This Htee of Common I Was then ex teaelajgd la ready consumed, lug of each sddlt end of the case seemed more and more distant. All the ?vidence was concluded >0*J tarday morning and the arguments of the attorneys began. These argu ments lasted throughout the day and when court adjourned last night there were stilt two speakers - :irwr?, ibiiw briiij: wnrrni and John K. Hood. Ik Is ex ( those two arguments wili consume {tee better part oi the morn tag and It lit hsrdly probable that the case win ?^aiiy be siveii over to rn? jury be* M .fore afternoon. ' ji to WELL KH?WN H?RE Prominent Rock Hill Man VVfce Committed Suicide Tuesday Had Visited Amlersou^ Anderson people read with much rc- I grot yesterday morning the announce.' meht that Capt. J. J. Keller had com nitted suicide In Rock Hill. Capt. Keller had visited Anderson, having aeon here last summer on the encamp ment, being on Col. Lewis' Btaff. -The rollowing account of the suicide is rrdm the R?ck Hill Herald if yester isy: " "One of Rock Hill's most prominent sltutens took his lite this afternoon at 2:80 O'clock when John J. Keller placed a ' 38-callbre revolver against !>!?'temple and blew his bi ?inh out. Leaving his office shortly after 2 ?'clock as cheerful, apparently, as he jould he, Mr. Keller walked homo and stepped out into bis ambulance house, u the rear of the residence. A min ute later Mrs. Keller heard the fatal lbot and rushing out found him prone upon the cement floor uncconsctous. "Drs. H?y, Fennei? and o?cV?n? were quickly summoned, but' they taw'nothing that could be done. "Mrs. Keller was overcome by the shock and a physician had to admin vr to tier. She seated that, he . had tone into the back yard and had stated :hat he would return to dinner in a noment. "One of the negroes employed by ffr. Keller was unharnessing a horse Htiance house, ^e immediately beard i shot and asked Mrs. Keller what the 'boss'' was hootlug. Mrs. Keller went at once, suspecting something tad hurried to the place to find him .in conscious. ' ' I - is appsreui thai Mr. Keller se cured his revolver, a Colt's army. ?rhffO passing through the house. If ie left a note giving any reason for ils act It had not ben found when the Herald went t? press. -C. K. Chreitsberg, who is conaect 3d with J. J. Keller & Co., contractors i?"o wF.deriakers and embalmers, dated that when he had 1er* seen Mr. \ el 1er he was in bis usutJ. mood. So $r as he knew there was nothing to nake htt? contemplate the ac^ ''Mr. Keller earns to Rock Hill about light years ago, rrom Yorkvlllo. Since Us residence twe he has made hun Irods of friends who will learh with regret oi ills tragic end. He was as ift?u>pisr cmxen, courteous And kind md woe held In high esteem by all *ho knew htm. He was a loyal mem ber of St. John's Methodist chnrch, md was' also a member of several se? :ret orders. 'Mr. Keller is surv?"#d by his wife. Ms father and raotbor of Rutherford &w?, N. c, two sisters and two broth Hi *^ut 50 mn of age.; Jr., Keller had ben a member of *e publie works commission, since l%at body was organised by law throe rears ago and bad in this capacity rendered faithful service to his adopt >d city, often devoting" time to his work that should have been given to ? ??f |*? ivaAti s>tsnBgssB9f9. - "His firm did a general contracting Dust seas, having erected Imposing droitures in various parts of the ??te. He was wel> ??raown In berth <oi?^ ?nd South Carotins, ncing a ?ative of .the former state." COUNTY OFFICERS HOLD ?ONFERENCE One of the Interesting Features of the Sunday School Doubft?fc* Ihe meat? 'enthusiastic ^tsrepte ^ Hhi\??rtSLejat^OD was that held In Ute Sunday^fichOol room, of the Pirat Baptist church for coun-' ty and township bffi?era". Mr. S. T: Lanham; of Sportahburg, presided, with ' Mr.. John Cl' Carman, general secretary of the Colorado association,' Denver, Col., as specialist. Vhlrty-flve were ?h attendance at this conference, five Of whom were county presidents, ten county vice presidents, seven county secretary treasurerb and one each of teacher training and Home Visitation super intendents; seven were township presidents, one* each u? township I^Mne visitation superintendents, and executive committee. A message of greeting and God ;\esd was se7?i.ts "he absent cfhcer? by the conference'through the news papers and on the wings of prayer. The subjects for discussion . were "The Value of District Organisation liflilimissed by Mbf. L. O. Watson, sec retary of Edgcfteld county." He show ed/ from hhr? ownr experience, what" it bad done for sjdgefieid.. He sa it .'caches all the schools, arouses ento'uslasm and develops workers.' "WdV Voidn ' County ReacnedV th Front Line," Was ' shown by Mb4. N. Alexander, secretary of Union county. Collcton'Is' tbe only other Front Line coimky. A'beabHful tri bute was 'paid tn^M/fa Farr" for he* faithful work. Miss Ida Flshburn was the i>ower that brought COIleton to the Front Une. Rfr. B. I* Kdthing. secretary of. Greenville couhty, discussed the big problem of eOunty finance?. ' TJRe open p?rriamcnt ted by Mr. c arman, proven iir ?c ' ?cry Interest ihg. 'Calhouu ecunty warf organised and made a .banner county in one year. A 'telegram fc* congratulations was sent fo MrSs Ahle, county secre tary, for her arm" Work. Miss Able Was' detained at h??rn? because of her mother being ill,- " The conference Will doubtless do much for organised work in the State. i'r/.^S?" General Arbitration Treaties ?? Senate (By Associated Press) Washington, FWfi '11.?General ar wtratlcs tr^t'es' wit?? Gr*?i priu??, Japan, Italy. Spain, Norway, Sweden, Portugal and Switzerland; which have expired and arc awaiting ratification for extension, are to be taken up for consideration by th* Senate Feb. 15?. This Coarse was determined upoii to day by the foreign relations* com mlttes, which recently favorably TP ported th* treaties ftftrr .- conference with President Wflao? Opposition to extension of the treat ies is certain to develop, but admin istration leaders 'see -a. ct*?r*rie us of the foreign relations of the country and believe that the conventions will be favorably acted; upon after the To open to navigation a lake In Norway which is s?pararvl from the sea by a monntatn1 ridge there will b? tfullt a canal more than nloo miles of which will be through a tunnel. ELEMENTARY WORK I WAS THEIR THEME! Interesting Session at St. John s | Church in the Afternoon The elementary conference which was held In the St. John's Methodtstj church, Wednesday afternoon was at tended by a large number of * de*e* gates, vir,Hors and Sunday School worker* of the ctly, the Sunday school room being full to overflowing. The meeting was presided over by1 Mrs. Samuel Hurts of Spartanburg, and the program as carried out Was declared by all present to be one of the most instructive as well as at tractUre of Its hind. The Rev. D. W. Dodge, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, opened the meeting with a most im-j presslve pray?r for th? children of South Carolina, and the Bible les son for the afternoon_ was rtlven_ In story tof??i &y ihr?. v?. n. *?a' ic-y, who told the story of a "mile girl v.'??q helped ether;; She Interested her hearers in a beautiful itc.couoA of how the little captive maid liclp?V :N?amam ; . -?* MIsb Agnes Ravenel gave a demon stration of how to teaeh a sdng to the little child in the primary depart ment and taught that beautiful child's prayer hymn "Jesus, Tender Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner, of Chica go, the elementary superintendent' of the International Sunc&v school} association who is no stranger to the Sunday school workers in this state, was next introduced and gave in most IropresBlve manner "The'Teach er's Parable.;' She told of the task of leading the little child to the Fath er and how it was accomplished only When the teacher suited his steps to I the b"..ort steps of the child. Tne part ?~: t!ie oipmonfury depart ment la the Ingathering which is the theme of the convention program, was discussed by Mesdames Barner and Hurts and the Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton. "What to do when the babies and the mothers come to Sunday school." was the instructive topic opened for discussion by Mrs. J. -W. Speaks, superintendent of the primary depart ment of 8t John's church. ' She urged tho formation of cradle roll classes in our beginners department for the babiea under-three years old, and the organisation of mother's clashes for the* mothers wno bring C*ese little ones each Sunday. " T*he Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton. chair* man of the executive committee, wade an address on the beautiful vrork of teaching. He spake feelingly and eloquently on the kind of teachers the little child loves, n:.d said there was a piece is the department de voted to teaching the little folk,'only for the cheerful teacher, and the teacher who knows how to satdbt. He said the teacher of the - little child went a-woolng every Sunday morning and must dress well to' meet her young lovers, but that the greatest of all characteristics Was conseerai without whien the teacher, contd ac complish nothing. Mesdames Bryner and Barts talked of the use of tho story m the Sunday school giving many helpful hints to to children. the teachers as to how to tell stories Another elementary conf?rence will {.be held Thursday afternoon at 3:80 o'clock U the Sunday school roont?! of the' BC John's Methodist church,} to whtch all delegates nod those in-] )terestea,rn child'study are invited to attend. Tne program is given in run c where. of SUITS % Vr...ifc'.'"--; and DRESSES Will take P|ace Friday, Feb. 13th, 3 to 6 and 8 to 10 o'clock P. M. We wan* you to come and over. -On this coca si)o# tye will have with us from the show rooms of M. Schwartz. New York city, a living model who will take pleasure in shewing you the new things. Eysn though you m ay not be ready to buy, come anyway* Mrs. B. GRAVES BOYD West Side^ Square } We Print Them ?rs mvre D*t llraeta insects hftfuc so that. There wilt he sn election at Ham - mead School House for the Hammen? Sehool District No. s, Saturday, Feb ruary riet. i?i4.ton the question of levying a special tan of six mills on all of the taxable property of sale DUitrtct. to be used for Gen oral, school purposes. Ptolbrepen jst ? a. ta.. Mid Close at * p. m. a\\ voters must ex hibit registration ticket, aod Uiat re ceipt. ' By order of the County Boa'=d oops,