Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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RFI?flM PA?F Dfevot^ ? Ihfe??BUtt?t^bi ?telton ana Vltelnlty, alM as ??' 'Jjj" 1 " McMmW for ComthunlcaHng News and Advertising. o o o o o, opoooQoo o B?LT?N NEWS, o ooooooooooooo jlrx. tit Hold Shorn i d anil children! or \Vitt!;.ni,ton, will be in Holton for', u few mouths with Mra. A. 11. Catup ke$l on Kouth Main street. : Korn to Mr. . and Mrs. CInrcncc Cll:?k::calea, a daughter, on February! Chas. M. drown is at home again. (Jr-.rlkle McKinhoy of Anderson, was in Helton Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Mirtini umuvj friends will bo ?lud to know that tiveir BpUf' V.'lUio, who has been very 111 with paeunfonfa at .the Citadel m ChafloBtdn.-ls m'ueh. Improved arid 1 rte phyetOian* think he will soon be quite well and ?tronc again. . T. F.-Cely of Anderson,-Kpcnt Tues day, in Kcitou. Mr. Crosby, eliV f dl-patchcr of the] (?. fi: A. l.in0 wit'.', headquarters in Greenville"; was fcjt.Cotton fer a short) w' ile Tuesrtay. Barr Allen of Anderson, spent Tues day in our town on busiuosa. The Mi :sii-;i Styidy Class met Tues day with Mrs. Joel T. Rice. Viftecn! rnomhern voro present and a moat in-| teroKtlns.n? 0*tinfi improved to be. Mrs. Hi e always mnkou.thc lessons inter-1 rsting, and Lh? nomhuts ere a! ways | obi-1 when Tuesday comes, Mr?. Jas. Lanlo* Of West Point, is visiting her brother, \V. 11. Tram mell oa Hnwn.iivenue. Mrs. Lanier la o-.iitQ a favorite in TJelton and Is al vyaya welcome to our town. \\\ <'. (*!inkiu:al?< HP<'Pt yostorrtfty inj Anderten. ;??-. \v. ('. Drown hnd as her guotts i'f a spnnd-thc-day party yesterday.) Mr- Will C. Clirikavu?ns and Mrs. .l.| T. Wo-1. : {- A?m.;i [>Oa? West had littlo M irre- -Vjtlv.ne, Bpyper. -Janic Hayttiu and Floride ?nith Sine with her yes terday. Too vit'' fathers" have changed the !snii:e of Crayto?j street tn Hrown avenhOi in honor, of Dr. George, the founder of Ceiton. , Prof. Hand, State high 'school In Kj:o"tor end prcslUcnt-elect of An den ort College, v'a?ed the Bclton high .nckeul yesterday. He was-well *,::css o'd.'wlth ti:o v.-ork-b.Mnrdrmr-here. Im* ] especially i in pressed with the urgent rce:t for n:oro ,roofci over there. Ho thinks ui! of tie jrrades arc entirely too crowded for the test work to bo " dune. Messru. V/falkar Tiiri.^slon of (Ireenyf?o, passed' through Bolton yesterday cri route to Hones Path. Mr. Rarie ?f A?idorKor? WHo reprc sentit th? Stndcbaher. Autonrohilo' Co.", was in DcUon yesterday demonstrat ing. . f Tiie. following traveling men stop net! ai Hotel" fieer. yrst^rday; T. L. i-?.ill?*. South C?rolteir P.. B: V.'.itth nll. Rlchmoifd; \V. J. Edwards, Asb'e viUo; Ernest Miller. Atlanta; B. H. ? w??t, Atlanta; H. W.. regram. North Carolina; F. E. Schuicpert, South Carolina; ' . It. Cratghoad. New YdVk; y. Lamp'.icnncr, Baltimore: J. Bath amy, Atlanta; ti O.-Wood, Cincinnati: A. A. Levy, Atlanta; A. C. Johnson, Richmond. . i;;:i,T!?N high school Friday, auditorium. : Th ebruary 13th, the the Belton High 11 meeting in the] !adings were v.?llj . .-. ? -- i tnl r:olo rendc-ed by Mints VerU Mc-I _ Malian. A new feature of the pro-1 > hii ?fawwaiiiiii.i'i ' i.i. . NR9 m *1pHE plant of ^ * has feeen purcl will be rup as a Job rcii'Jy splendidly equippei ?\nd equipment will be.ad?, all orders, ?ar^e or small; Competent and Bxp?riefrced W will be employed and out the patronage of those ti& erj'. THe Anden JOB PRINTING was a song by Misses Ilntl Grace Campbell and Bessie Wll Miss Pearl Wardlaw spent the week| end wit!) home folks at Due West. Miss Helen Woodsfde spent tho week end with home roiKS at ureen ville. Miss Kliaa Wooflside was a pleasant visitor her? last week. A play "The Farm -Folks" wilt be] here soon given by the high school girls and boys. Miss Emma Wright went to Honea | Path Wednesday to attend tho mar riage of her sister. .* Prof Watkins attended the teachers | meeting at Anderson Saturday. Miss Annte Chiles attended the I teachers meeting at Anderson Satur-1 day. Mr. Hand, rural school inspecor| was a visitor at the school house to day. Pastime Theatre to Reopen. .Messrs- H. G. Campbell and Waiter Cox, Jr., wlB reopen the Pastime Thea tre in the opera house March 2. Mr. I W. K. Stringer owner of the binding is having a fire proof operating room| built, and the coilfng that was destroy ed by lire has >been replaced. Messrs. Campbell and Cox havo ordered a I new machine and an electric piano, (fend no doubt C:cy will give the people [of Belton a first class show. U is understood that they will run every night In- the week. NEAl.'H CREEK ?JE1VJ3, The death of Roy Martin, which was p.nno?ncrsd in Tuesday's Intulll-| g*mcer, has ca?t a ftloom dVer tho en tire comtoiiftHy. For many months Ii? had suffered without a murniyr. In October He was carried to the An derson hospital, where a number- of tihysl ;ans, after thorough examina tion, fifH've no assurance ef his re covery. He was at once brought home, where the family, their phvnl cian, Dr. .1. O. Sanders, and their rela tiv?:, did all they could to comfort V'.c suttercr. Roy Raid that he was willing that ti.o Lord's will bo done whether he Jivod or not. Last wbefi he began to nlnk rapidly, and those ahoet him knew the time of his depar ture was near. He peeked rmt of tfris world without ? str^s^o. H?a* wh!ch appeared to*be natural steep, being changed Info the lone: sieep.? Funeral and . took place at' >al's Greek church Tuesday at 12j /clock, services being, conducted by; tho pastor. Rev. D. W. Hlott, assisted i Rev. .T. T'Mann. His.school mates ?cted..as pall-bearers. Much-sympathy is fcK for th? family. It wlH^be re ^ra?r-^nrerTna^r^s^fi rn off in the Ncal's Creek g A touching scene was witnessesT?es day, when t>.o dismembered, arm, vine!) had been moved from another Ipart of the cemetery, was placed in the grave of our deceased friend. Tho deceuscd-is survived by Ms parents,! five brothers and one slstor. 1 Misses Kxib And Nettie Kntg^of; TrMMv, visile* friends here Wo rr.-r'tit to report no' improve- ' ent in the condition of Mr.5. Strickland, who Is confined to her! roam with grippe. * " Miss Allie Major, spent Sunday inj i/O I ten. I S^TS. Elizabeth M^Gr? at Sinrr, hs, visiting hor daughter, Mrs. C. F. Mar-1 tin. A number of people from the Moun tain Creek section, v/ere here Tucs-! day, to attend the funeral of Roy Mar tin. Mrs. Luther Major and Miss M'imie ! Kay of Helton, visited Mrs. S. M. M& r last week. Mi?s Russie Kay has returned home, ?ter .spending some time in Ander son and" in the Pro3pect eection with relatives.. ""Misses Addle and Mary Holland I spent the . week-end at Belton, the] tests of Miss Doris Major. rs. Jane Martin Of. Townviller.is '.Itf* Martin." a student at the Clt p.doli and who has had a severe attack _!_!-.. . ,, . :..-um? " utj.ua 'he Belton News iiased by us, and it printing Plant. Al i, additional machinery led to enable us to handle or efforts will be to mer!1 ?ding commercial station- j iir Prtntttik i intelligencer DEPARTMENT of pneumonia, lu recovering, but is] not able ? be.out. Mrs.' WWtbT Elgin nod little daugh ter, Margart*, retWrwed to their bouie at Jasper, Alabama, Sunday, having apent several weeks with Mr. ana Mrs. J. A. Elgin. I'tLZKU 3 KWH. Pclzer, Feb. 17.?Winter Is really upon us. . The grouud has been cover ed with enow and ice einco Fridaj mornmg. The thermometer has been j tbo lowest of the reason. Our young folks have surely enjoyed the snow slelghiag, skating/- and snowballing has been the order or the day. From I the weather appearance it looks very much as if there will be more snow ere this is gone. The extreme rongh weather i:\ accompanied by quite a lot of eickueus. The friends of Mr. amj Mrs. Bob Ooker were grieved to learn ot the death of their little daughter, last week. The cUlid was sick only fdur j days when pneumonia claimed Its vlc jtim. The little body was carried j across the country to Wckvillo the I church near the old t'oker home I place. Mrs. Will Martin has the synipatuy I of her many friends. Mrs. Martin's) mother, Mrs. Hammond, died cf pneu monia last Sunday. Mrs. Hammond was most faithfully attended by her [physician and loved ones'but ago was very much again rt th? dear old lady 1 and tiic se't/ere attack of pneumoniu was too mach 'for hor frail body, j^ho leaves staged husband who also ! nap. been very 111. All that wasof I the earth of the sainte'd Mrs. Hara mond was returned to the earth in t'.ie >Beaverdant co?fcetory Monday after neon. . Thej jfcnbr&i. services. were, conducted by tier fcastor.amhl a great' consource of loving and aympa'hizing friends. Tho-aged father is now with! his daughter, Mrs. Will Martin. l>r. Stoward of Lickvllle was ai ; business visitor hero lost week. Mr. John Frank of Anderson was In [town cn buginosa last Tuesday. -Mins MriKgie Garllngton, county su-1 Ipcrv/r.orof the Anderson county [schools w? in town last Tuesday , V/liilo here s MUs Garlington made| quite an interesting talk to the chil dren- attd teackers \>f West Pelser schotol' urging fchefit io do much for Hie Peid day to "he in Anderson 22d of Marcir. The oT/ildren ore taking quite art'amount of irtterort "in the field day. SeYorai of thftm nave made a number of things to be exhib.ted that day. -JVtte? .''larp. Eonner one o fthe teach ers of "the Wiltlamston high 6chool and little Miss Constance Felaser were the guests of Miss Ola &ft>ggins last Thurgdny afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.'John I). Bonner of this] plttce "ftre now, v.ith Mrs. l?nnnnr*? gic |icrJiifltr<s..(ieorgo Sullivan of.Williams or.dfJo , onncr comes back and] O nls> school here on the Q.,.8, and A. The young ladies of the First Bap-1 tl8t church held a hankerchlef kale] Saturday night in the Y. W. C. A. rooms. Miw.es May and Gladys Johnson I spent last Friday night here as the) guests of llluri Mildred Harrison. Mrs. C. J. Murphy spar.t last SundayI here wjtn retailles. The friends liefe or Mr. John Ham ney fAgrett?d very rauch to V:avc- hinv] move to AnU-j.-hon n few days ogo. Wej hope Mr. Rampai will End Anderson! all lie expected j Mr. Andy (Jobb who .li*>5 recently re-1 tturnen trc:n ibe hospital Ih Green-1 .VT11? Is improving. Kia friends are| I hoping to sco bin? nut again. Mr. Thomas Stcgall of the Whitol Plains section whs a business visitor j here last Monday. - . Mr.'Harold Sullivan of the Gi_ ? ville, side was in'Pelzer on business Saturday.1 Picnic! Weil this coid wcatlier does not very.mu?nlr?r??nd ore of picnics does H? Xev'oriheless'taat.bj Just what the geod folks? ef West Pclzer enjOved iast Tuesday; at (or rallier in, the school building. Tlie fried chicken in great' abundance, cakes, pies, pickles, and s?lad and numerous other good things .to oat reminded one not of *ioo* jr.o-, ?ut instead It ir.ide na think of tho regular "good old summer tire?" In'tho ' uhatly lane picnics. Mesdames W. A. Crenshnw, J. W.'McCuen and J. M. Oarrett with the help of somo of the school girls served the guests with the tempting dinner. This pleasant occasion was a farmers* picnic. The moaning was given over to address? made by men of worth who are deep ly interested in farming. Mr. Lot of fidgftville, who represents the Unltod States department of nsricdlture made the first and a very interesting speech; Mr. W. H. Bnker of Greenville, repre sentative of demonstration farm, im provement assoclatipu of the Southern Hall war bind* the second speech. Mr. Baker'-, address Was very helpful. Mr. Rothrock of Anderson, who is our county government farm demonstra ting agent mau.si a stimslating talk to the Jar*mfrr*?;'{Sfft? Sfaggi? Garlmgton ouV Anderson ertimty supervisor made unite i?i mi crofting talk to t dren and tcachers She ur? they do somfcthiiu: for field tie derson some time ia March, the day war? co.'d and rainy sov mers and a number of t'.e yoi ... ate were present as well as were' all the speakers and a really and truly basket picnic wan enjoyed in mid winter. We eay what nc*t? iS4r. Byru Fletcher of Laurens has! >.nd? here who were o-di; aad f*mi; 1 ' : r ago. Mr. John Mkuldiu .,at Plercetown, M mrnmi _ IN K EU A KD TO IIIS LETTE? TO K E Fit K S ENTATiVE SIEYENSON In stating that lie would veto any measure with reference to the puri fication of the- primary cloct-ott b.vs tem, Ooveruor Blosse sent th?-follow, lng message to the house of repre:;<-j tatlves: I notice in your journal of Thurs day, Feb. 12, l?t*. oa page .20, a copy or a letter from myself to-the Hon. W, F. Stevenson, member of your body. 'it would scam tlia4*lr. StoveneouV Idea tu presenting this letter to you was to load Borne to t'c ?oucliviun that I favor requjrin all men w;io vote in the primary elections to have a registration -mrtiflcete. If you will read the letter carefully you will ecu that no 3uch interpr?tation tan nossi bly be placed upon it. In the !ir.:t plac? Iicnght through.my wholo ;o!i tlcal career In opposition to any re striction of the primary, and bays .ad vocated in public and in-private, at ail times, and on all oc^aaioas, the allow ing of every white mnn to partieli?ato in the democratic primaries, whether he.be able to read or write' or not; whotiTor he'.otwnn any prbptnrtjy or not; Oi-.Tviictcer he is a qualified elec tor, or not. 1Nonc of thoto rcqoire ments . wore neec3*nry when men w ere-called upon' to go on tl?e br.t tla ...-!,-*, in t'.e Co'.-, and ar.cd ?stc re quired .when they vere called apon, and volunteered, to go Into the fijhi with Wade ??nni;;;on, to rcriec.ii SoiU'i Carolina- from ltepuulicanism, and n^-er^will I consent to any reatr.c tuhs beios placed nround a primary eletlon to i r?vent one ot :':<c*|L'~ old soldiers or the son of one ef^igflgjjbtd soldiers, from saying who they thlnl s'.iculd hold tho offices In South t ?ro l!na. N'trto Interferon re and/noRn* domination is\ ai! rot. Conditions nr.-: different now to-what tlicy were -v. ; after the war, wlien our father** wen forced to accept cerfim thiii&a. It cculd no mere happen In :-' ? Una today than a keg of powder pbu?d stay in hade* forty-eight * out exploding, Thercfoi v.iio talhs to you about tha negro, er n split ,tn at the general election, w having the balance of l>c either a mixed-breed, ? m himself a disappointed. ; Let the white people',?11 vi primary as yon have- been wncn either aidn appeal*.W you will see all descub-white me the, puro Caucasian; the negro nnd>bh; mixed allies will be.;beaten, as aas Wiia- tho result every time it hasitMivn tried since 1814. '"Xav/, listen f Hero k?-what my Jotter, j said: "That a ecrtttned copy-of the names! Of. the qual.J'.rd. votors of ca ?h fimj cinct snail be sent to the iuuna-soiMj of such precinct, end In -case any per bha?l I&?C- 'c-z ?-i?iiBta4? CtUu? ?K OU tb? l.i'.'ks in proper fi r.?.; V/. tSn?l#l Iir. ollr.f,?l ... ..r>... I .... ------- ~~ ?-. ? - ---> -> ?. <-? tha managers anow him, or he -can boj Identified." ' This suggestion was o?f?red ouly In 1 case a bill wsb forced through aSH"" Orft>v who had made r.p t$i ds regardless cf contoquci na it: end. of cnureo. t'.'i:! v.'onhil ve herd to be parsed vovcr my'-'flS any. bill passing this - -esshi 2hing tho primary in anv -.-.;>c form, will have to ha- ? have th? gentlemen 4n my message ,n meant It, and I mean il .: p??l to .every friend' I have m bonse ?o vote against any and all howpyqr innocent they may tool,.... h?wevec innocent th*y mcy appear in any manner, lu any shape or form, and any .friend or mine, or the people who dcci not ds it i* putting himself In his ohemics hands and fixing for himself l.r certain defeat as the neonla i . rmltted to rote'thls year. I< ??n/ surprised al all of?yon. Von fame hete over the r-rhnftry bridge, and if you never expect to run for another dfttce, burn the bridge; b?t if yon ever expect to'come back again over that stream, you would be fools to burn the primary bridge that yon came across ca this time. Furthermore, I subnet*. od that an act be passed bv von 1*13 erqnlrtag the eooks of re tion to bo opened darin? the entire months of July and August, in order that everybody might have the ?pp>N twn{t7-to-register, ar.d then if a nd?? did n&i, it wbutd be his own fftrtlt. Ycu passed no such Jr. w. The njjkjor Ity of yovr hon??4 arc opposed to^ai a?! they t?,txHHA te give poepl* ?ils opportunity to register, when I ant-ed >ou to give it to-them, ?Md when they d? to, the*Weased even friend of th? peuple in this.statc^p gafd oc d?:m thai could be int. rprcE ed Into mcan.ng that they favored an> change In-tho ?ir:n'.sry. i insi aal t i0 boards ci supervisors ?-f nMSRiiii ! he Menahce of the Mulatto Problew. ?s lite Negro Question ^Seltf?ttg Itself 7 m as ss iiii'*-^ lass: "Tc Negro Question is settling itself," they tell us, and The Pro gressive Farmer almost alone among the btgger Southern jour nals today is sctcntiflrcally prob* ttig to the bottom of the vn?h? g??at protbm t? see how it is being "settled." DM you know, for example, thai from 1870 to 1910 the num h-. : cf. mulatto es in this country intrecr.ed from 584,049 to 2, 050,688 or over 251 per cent? 'whereas the number of ruH blootf c? negroes increased only from 4 ?.95\6S0 to 7,777,077, or 81. ;..?- cent? . ??? ether v/erds, th?"c are r?t?t even Iv/icc as many full-blooded rofjrocs cs there were in 1870, but there arc .nearly F?UR TiMLS as many mulnilocs. The Progressive Farmer of February 2let will present some amazing k.gurcs crr.tS some notcble utter ances by Rev. A. H. Shannon, Prof. T. J. Brooks, Seriator B. R. Tiibrion arid others about this whole big, sinster, loathsome subject, it is not going to be pleasant reading, bist it's mighty necessary reading atfd in many respects aiioundingj reading, and ought aroftse the wrfole South to action concerning the perils that confront Is*:*; ' : . . Look o^'for it. Many oiher equally notable sc?ei\t*uc articles on "The Negro, and Southern Farm Life" will follow. EE&2 3= 3?rVd us tin cents for a ten week's ? subscription intludmg n copy of tins ^invcduable farmer's ^gu?dcVjoW., : ?r .better^ sti?, srrtd^$J ^SLifl^-^.y^-r s ^P^^hilion. We'll < give you ^ye*"" money, Irack?with interest?if yen arc not satisfied. * Isn't that fair? Address? RALEIC??, N\ i?iV?li to \C-i.r uUi ui.::<*, ?\?i? i.c man - .oulil be, olio wed to vote unless ho l'.y?s ?n Sout?J Carolina, and no bae ?bcUld mo -..'..SV.'jy or money to Inltu ;>nfe Voters ov other'Aiic debauch the ary nyaiemi Wo snouid have n open , rj:::ary, whnrv ali <>f Our ,v:.!l;' toartp?o can cast their ballots for tlioir choice-, Ad once again I an-j prni iu you not to ir.terrere<wlth tiw] p>lr.:orv and I appeal particularly to friends iu your house tot vote agclCKt any measure, no piattsr w'- t il ls, or !iow j;inc?ent it may look, in terfering with th? primary election, and if any such bill in pin seed, as soon as it .-paies, do wn to Vue, It will bo sent l<:>' It to you vetoed; a*nd while we bave act a majo'rjty. la yorar house, if we vyiii nu ^tan'qr''tArother, we certainly nave rodre than n t'Urd, and we can n i ft.. I ... , i ,1 ,1 '. pf?itjCt Iii? ii>iila Ol ilip UCi?' i? ue i.ii. r invatlon of/thei r opi?nr.rnt?. Very ropdetfulty, COL12 L. ::i li.'.si:, Governor. Columbia, S. C.-Fvu. 5 5, ivi*. tinruiaiiy discourages the cutting Of i peat, as the government desires to con-j vers t'.:o moors and nogs into arable ; Iand3 through proper drainage. Thin | action is taken because or the sczxcltyj o." tattle and meat. <Us? About 3,000 ton of cork sawdust! are up?d In Spain aunna?ly in pi^kiug fruil.i fpr,siHp?lont, Kome.40,t.tfu per-.l sons are pinpjoyr-d in zom? manner inj the ocrk industry :4u Spain with an; .".verAge wage of about G7 cents a day-.' Por two weeks we are sending you this paper free to prove to you the merits of The Daily. In telligencer. If you like it, let us know how much. T.ie l.'nion .Pacific. Hallway com pany has ordered S.OOfr tretgb* car.* at Plttsburg. Thirty acre Fiel PANY'S Fertilisers K your dealer for our goods an& accepl A better Fcrttlnter will prodec gast plsmtcrn m your own county thrt floajrea* & Bageilaliv Tclier, Bbaeetl Mercantile L'as ley. ?% ? A'ox, <<reenyin*> and ranny otr<er dealers lio Anderson, Ore reaentfttlv? at A^dorson Mr. Jt, 1?. pprriss Cotton on rai-m o. V.'. 11. Tolilson, Pkr.r.ont, a ('.. ralaed by UNION OO?NO CO*?? oliitton la ore of tiie thousnu< < ? ec^afted cusiejs^rs ??alng these ^rtflisera. Aatc tn^ accepft a soabxtitute. ?r crop. "UNION BRANtlB* have demonstrated to many ot the ta* >r "c?-op prodncing" quaiitles. Ask the man who ueoa tbasa. l or Sat* hy >n ?ententim Co, riedooat. Be!foh Vercantim fteKsji^ . .. if St^rrarctlT* i t* WtmhaMOKv Empire ?ercaaOle Co.. WflMs?wsta J, B. ?ienthit, *acdy ftortag?. For further information write os? j?iV ANV, ^'inrton-8a\a?h p.