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AT THE BIJOU TO DA\ Barbara Tennant! -Playing Into The Wilderness PHlIJilPS- SM ALLEY (Rex?Universal) -AND Playing ! I I The Clue A strong Detective i To Day s Program VoU Weber INTO THE WILDERNESS 8 reel drama featuring Barbara Tea* nunt and 0. A. ('. I.und. Mian Ten. mint un ><>u knew In a survivor of Hie prent Titanic disaster. i If* a verv strong story of the uorlhnrvf, full of situations that grip l.HTjone is bound te enjoy Its sturdy liuulitles. the rui Box V ?troug detective drama featur ing Philip Umalley and Lola Weher. 1 'omlnx tomorrow "KINO. THE DE. TECTIVl. JX FORMULA 8?f S reel IMF feainrlug Klag ?laggett. LECTRIC ..THEATRE TODAY'S PBOGBAM. MA BEE'S STRANGE PBEDICAMEKT KVysione < omedy with Mable Normand A Tl BN Or THE CAB08 ? Majettffr Fxittlnnr Drama THE COLONELS ADOPTED DA UGH* TEE? Kuy-l?er Military drama fib reei to be selected. Coming tomorrow ?THE ARROW Id s K E RH D.4 UGHTE B"?Esetting reel Kay-Bee India* drama. 4 REELS-~10c. Mutual Movie* Make rime Ry. * m-ECTRIC Cm * _ * Items of Interest and Persona! * Wireless on the Sfa H' X- X- -Y X- X- H' X- X- X> X- X> X V Wan Is New Hein?' , For Hunk of Anderson The committee of (lie Hunk of An derson is figuring with architects on the proposition to 'remodel the rear Of the hank and give more working room In the building. The plans have not been agreed upon. One of the di rectors said last night that he was \ ry much in favor or putting up a brand new bank, o onthat will be a credit to the upper part of the Btate of Sou!h Carolina, us the hank itself has been ror nearly a half century.v He is afruld by patching up and mak-1 ing mom room the ultimate building' of u beautiful borne will be deferred. Mr. Foster May Run For County f^iiunijsftfoner H. A. Foster of Jsosley was in the city yesterday and stated that he Is considering making the race for commissioner ..iromt Brushy Creek township. The last legislature cut this county into four .parts with a' commissioner, frcas each geographi cal section. Mr.' Foster is well known as one of the best men in this section. First Baptist "~ Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the congre gation of th?' First Baptist church will be held in the evening, beginning at 7:45 o'clock. Ml oC the members of the church are urged to atten and all friends are Invited. This will be the occasion .for. the presentation of the financial reports of the year. Dr. Vines in note to The Dall Intelli gencer says that there will be "good music and refreshments." -rp?r W. W. Hmntik Still (Milte 111 A letter to t$o 0dlt*r of the Intelli gencer from wwt*iW?o.bringB me in formation that W. Wv W. Smoak. the business mspMSSsof this paper. Is yet quite 111 and may bo confined to his bed for.some time. Mr. Smoak was engaged 4n the newspaper busi ness In Wblterborp .for sev?ral years and waa nn a hnMSMKvUH tn his old home when he became ill. Many in quiries have been received at the of fice. It is hoped that he will be able to return to Anderson within the next few days. Young Hen Were Acquitted. Frank Stnanoy and, David Harbin, two young white men, were given trial in Magistrate Sullvan'e court yester day on a charge of boisterous conduct on the , public highway and the Jury returned a verdict of not suilty. It had been chaffed that they drove ort of the city#?eteellag much noise and disturbance. ~?0- -I IiiM>ro?in? ^^Mc^y^fe whs painfully in jured two weeks ago at Portman Shoals when a piece Of steel felt on. his left hand, was In .the city yester day and said that bo was fast recov ering from his ioJnrlea. Two men were working with the;plece of steel up above Mr. McCoy when they let it slip from their grasp and It caught j his left band, mashing off one of his I fingers. I ? 0 :_ > BfoTCCa The Bridge Work A lsrge force of hands, engaged in the work of building the concrete bridge across Main street, spent yes terday in moving their timber, lum Per and equipment from the completed j Bide pf the bridge to the other side, where they will shortly begin work.) The first side of the new bridge is cow practically completed and just as I soon as the city street hands can get the bridge pkvod* end -let i traffic go j upon the now bridge the eld aide will, be torn down and work begun upon I It. Wood ( barged . With Uraud Larceny. Chief Lee of the police rorce yes terday swore out a warrant for Jim Wood the young man who la accused, of stealing a "Waich from vv iiiiam Laughlln. The .warrant chargea Wood with grand larceny. Following this action, Wood was, transferred from the ctty jail to the county jail where he will he held to await trial at the court of general-, sessions for . this county. Kit father was yesterday making an effort to get him sent to the state reformatory but It Is said thai he Is too old to be sent there. -o First Visit . In Twenty Veers j L. N. Cox. who waa In Anderson last night to appear before the An derson city council, told a reporter for The Intellignectr that this wealths first time he had been, to Anderson since he was here ?0 years ago at which time he Installed the first elec tric lighting system that the town had ever had. He saUjhtfcSt he could see no resemblance between the hustling, bustling. fJuatatauB-llke^ city of today and the village, he visited here M years ego. Ho spoke In the highest terms of their Wogftfe^e saw on ev ery hand and said thai Anderson's growth since that time had been re markable. > > Yesterday Was First Work-oat. The baseball teams of the Anderson Fitting school sad: the Anderson High school both had thl?r first work-outs y*?terday Afternoon. All ntleatluu^ are that both the institutions will hare far better teams.In the field this jeer thsn last year and some realty good form was shown .bv the vouns aaaa engaging In the precttoe yesterday af ternoon. The. day *?>.ideal and the first work-out was. ?fmh successful The neat two weeks will see both teams hard at work end by the time the first gssataa aeagdayed they should he la splendid ahao?. .... 4 r SPARKLETS * _ * 1 Mention Caught Over the * 'eeU of Anderson * County Assessors In Hcsslon Yesterday The county board of assessor* for Anderson county, sonic 75 strong, were in session at the court house yesterday the meeting being called to order by Winston Smith, county au ditor, promptly on the stroke of noon. The books of returns were turned over to them and they were Instructed to begin their canvas as boo as pos sible and to have It completed by March 21 in order that the county of ficials can have every thing in rc.di nes for the county equalization board when It convenes on March 31. The board of asssessors Is made up of 3 men from every township and six from some few townships. This Is the year for return* to be made on land and the responsibility is not a light one. The work is always hurd. but every four years there is a new assessment on land values. An derson's lands are assessed higher than any others in the state, than even tbe famed, rich Marlboro lands, and It is considered unjust to make this county pay more taxes per acre than any other. The assessors were given the tax returns and they will go to their re spective township boards and go over them. Freight Train Was Wrecked A northbound freight train was wrecked on the Piedmont & Northern Unes near Piedmont yesterday morn ing about 11 o'clock. Little damai' : was done either to the track or the cars but it tied up traffic for some time, passenger train No. 32 being held up for over .an hour. The wreck oc curred on an abrupt curve. -o- , An Eye For An Eye (Maude Lewis yesterday anpoarnd before Magistrate Broadwell and gave bond for his appearance at the next term of court to answer to a charge of assault and battery on the person of Ira Hall. It Is undprKtnofi that a fight was In progress between Ira Hall and Tiro Ldwis, father of Claude Lewis, when the latter proceeded to stab Hall with a klnfe. Hall is also to face the same charge for the assault be made on the elder Lewis. -o-? Ne; Clerk in Auditor's Office C. W. Wilson, who hss been mana ger for tbe Columbia Tailoring Co., In this city, has resigned that posi tion and accepted that of clerk In the office of county auditor Winston Smith. Mr. Wilsbn has already entered upon his new duties and is now to be found at the court house. Ballroad Man Here Yesterday. C. 8. Compton. traveling passenger igent of the Seaboard Air Line Hall way, with headquarters in Atlanta, 3a., spent yesterday In Anderson. Mr. Compton was very complimentary In his remarks about Anderson and laid that It was one of the most pro gressive eitles in South Carolina. An other Seaboard official In the city for the day was il W. Long, commercial igent, with offices In Greenville, rhey were trying to got the Sbiiners U> ride over their line. -o ??all Fire At Cars well Institute ,L Originating from a defective flue, a imatl fire occurred at CarsweH In itttute, located about 12 miles from Anderson, last Monday afternoon. The tire was discovered before it, had made much 'headway .and was 'extin guished with little damage done. A portion- ot. the roof was burend off. Sut this was yesterday repaU^u sud :he school will resume its work this norning. ' -o^-r ? Der MiH School Has Been Accepted The Orr Mill school was 'yesterday accepted from the contractors and this s said, to he one of the prettiest and liest arranged school buildings In the city. It Is constructed of brick ve neering and Is splendidly put together, seing finished ia modern fashion throughout It is a credit to the city \nd more especially to the section In which It Is located. J. J. Baldwin was the architect. APPOINTMENTS. Hade by the Governor Since Legisla ture Adjearaefe Columbia, March 10.?Go v. Blease das announced a mass of appointments since the general assembly adjourned, j In addition to tho appointment of a new state bank examiner he baa named the various boards of registra tion for the several counties of the date, the township assessors have Men appointed and a number of mag istrates and Other officials In Coun ties of South Carolina. Two appolnt uents the senate refused to confira! nave been made again. These are Dr. SV\ L. Settlemeyr as regent at the date hospital for the Insane and J. B. Mger Mullslly as magistrate at Clem ton Coiitnfe. The following county boards of reg istration were earned and the appoint ments sent to the office of the secre tary of state: Picks ne?O. W. Dorr and Bhanaoas, soetofflce unknown at governor's of Ice. Kitas Day. Easley. Anderson?W. I- Anders**. W. C. Burria, both of Anderson and P. N. Lindsay, Belton. Oconee?T. M. Chalmers, Walhalla; I. L. Reeder. Westminster; J. W. Can non, Salem. Green wood?x. J. siii its, Hodges; J. V. DcS*. Caiaas; Barr L Connelly, Bp worth. Eighteen states In the Union now limit tbe taker of chPiren under 1? rear*' to eight hours. TEACHERS OF ' MEET IN Every Branch of School Wark Vt of Many Associations Conned siona at 1 Sparluhurg, March 10. The meet ing of the State Teachers' Association o? South Carolina which convenes in Spartanburg March 19, and continues through March 21 will be one of the most interesting sessions in tho his tory of the association. On March 1 19 and March 20 meetings of the As l soclation of County Superintendents will be held. The South Carolina ! School Improvement Association will i also hold sessions during the conven tion. Another series of meetings will be hi charge of the association of town and city superintendents. I Publishers of text hooks and manu I facturers and dealers In school sup 1 piles will have a nuiuher of attractive exhibits which will he displayed at headquarters of the convention Schools arc urged to send exhibits of I work done by pupllt. Teachers should I communicate with Frank Kvans hu I perintendent of Spartanburg schools, . in regard to this fe.iture. Officers of the State Teachers' Asso ciation are: A. II. Casque. Florence, .president; A. B. Illicit, Charleston, ' first vice-president: Miss Mettle Brown. Hock Hill, teeond vice-preBl f'ent; L. T. Baker, Columbia, secre tary: C. V. Neuffur. Benneitsvllle, treasurer. The executive cemmittec is composed of A. H. Casque, L. T. Baker. C V. Keuffer. It. C. Burts afld E. S. Dreher. Well Known Speakers. The convention will convene on the evening of March 19 at 8:30 o'clock I In the auditorium of Converse col lege. The address of welcome will be delivered by John F. Floyd, mayor of Spartanburg. The response is by W. C. Herbert of TImonsville. The president's address will follow. Dr. E. M. Petent tri!! deliver an address and "Folk Lore in South Carolina," "-ill be ' discussed by Dr. Reed Smith ! Convening at noon on Friday the convention will be addressed by A. F. Lever, representative In congress from 1 the sevventh congressional district; R. I T. Hallum, J. E. Swearingen, state superintendent or education, v. H. ale Muster, state Insurance commission er. At the evening session address es will be delivered by P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of educa tion and Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, superintendent of schools of Rowan county, Kentucky. On Saturday* a report of the status of th? teaching profession in South Carolina will be made by W. H Hand. Plans "for "lroprovlog the association Will b?'cohaldered after which v, the trophy cUp- wrH $e presented Ko th? winning iceunty<. an<T. qfflcer%* will be elected, irsjayji < Vv/>. Banks I? raMifa . A. R. B*tfks> of*?$f?fMa?i? presi dent of'file Association jc*( Town and Oily Superintendents. " Wi C Bynum of Gcorgetowhof Georgetown, Is vice president/ B L. Jones of Laprons, sec fetai*y. and Davis Jeffries or Union Is treasurer. The first session will be held at 3:30 o'clock on the afternoon of March 19 at Wofford college. The programme will be opened wltii the president's address, after which J. M.lton Arlall of Columbia college and Samuel W. liardeu will speak. Convening at 9:30 on Friday morn lr. the discussion Will be participated in by Superintendent "W A. Shoaly, Olympia school. Columbia; James H. Thornwell, Jr., Winnsboro; J. Harvey Witherspoon, Yorkville and W. H. Scott, Blshopvllle. The election of officers will conclude the sessions. - The officer ? of the County superin tendents' Association are: Cecil H. Seigier, Alken, president; S. M. Clark son. Rlculand, vice-president; J. H. Brannon, Spartanburg, secretary. The meetings will be held at Wofford Col lege and will open'at 4:30 p. m. on March 19 At th? first session ad dresses will be delivered by Superin tendent Brown of Newberry, Harman of Lexington, Brown of Clarendon, Hallum or Pie kens and Prof. W. K. T?te. The folio whiff day J. E. Swear ingen, state superintendent of educa tion, will speak of "Educational Leg ( lalatlon of 1914." Addresses will also Ihe. delivered by Ornnch ?f Barnwel! and Drau non of Spar tan burg. Be fore adjournment officers will be elec ted, v School Improvement. Miss Eva Hite of'Alken is president of the School Improvement Associa tion. She is assisted by the following other officers: Mrs. Dora D. Walker, Barpwell, vice-president; Miss Made line Splgencr, CalhOun, recording sec retary ; Miss Godova Williams, corres ponding secretary;*'; Miss Florence Stubbs, treasurer. ' The pr'jldent's address will open the sessions at Wofford College at 9:80 a m. on March SO. Among the I experts who will tas heard are: Mrs. Hettie S. Browne, director of experi mental rural schools at Winthrop col ' lege; Misa nilxabfcth Dickson, super vising teacher for Darlington couc ty. Miss Florence Stubbs. Miss Edith L Parrott. State ngeat for girls' PALMETTO * THEATRE V-r TODAY'S PROGRAM. WITNESS T4> THK "WILL? Bdlsoa 2 reel drassft, OH THE BREAST OF THE TIDE? |8eUf Drassa. [ENGINEER'S REVENGE? Luhin Ira**, I Coalmr ThnrN<tart ?n?lfe*r tpw>Ul ' Natural Color feat?re, 4 pig Reels?10c THE MAN THAT ?V? THE MOVE IX MOTTES. THE STATE SPARTANBURG ' ill Be Discussed at Conventions ted With Work, To Hold Sea "wo College ? I canning clubs; W. W. Long, state agri cultural agent. Misa Belle Dunbar of TimmonsvUle is president uf the Association of Ele mentary Schools. Mrs. M. D. Klce of Appleton is secretary. At the first session at Wofford college at 4:30 p. m., on March 18, the discussion will ( be led by Miss Louise Aull and Miss j Annie McGregor Paine. At the oon-| eluding session a round table confer ence will be held which will be parti-I I cipated in by Miss Sarah Withers, Miss | Elizabeth McLean, Patterson Ward law, W D. Maggimine and Krank | '-vans. Al'G. W. SMITH, PBKSIBKNT. Spurtanburg Man at the Head of Greenville Mills. Greenville News. Tho directors of Brandon and Caro lina mills met in this city yesterday attcrnoon and formally elected Mr. A. W Smith of Spartanburg, presi dent and treasurer of these two mills, succeeding Mr. J. I. Westervelt, who declined re-election at a recent meet ing. It has-been understood for sev I ral days that Mr. Smith would bo choren as president of tho two mills. 1<ie directors decided yesterday to ncrease the capital stock of Brandon mill to $1.750,000. Preferred stock to the r.mount of $750,000 will be Issued, for the purpose of retiring the indebt edness of the plant. The majority of this stock, is already placed. It wals started by an official yester day that the Brandon mill,is in better . shape financially than it has been for several' years. j The directors decided also to in I crease*! the capital stock of Carolina ; Mil's,, .and to Issue preferred stock in order* to retire the indebtedness. The I extent" of the. increase was' not stated/ but will be announced soon. The re I tircrii?nt of the debt on this plant will mean a firm financial condition for it ' also. Mr. A V. Smith is a leading bust ' ness man of Spartanburg. He has for some time been president of the Wood ruff mills and of Union-Buffalo. He will retire from the presidency of the la'tter and will also retire from the presidency of the Union and Glenn Springs railway. He will continue to make Spartanburg his home. Court Busy at Lauren*. Laurens, March 10.?In the court of general sessions, which convened thlaj 'morning more than a dozen true bills were returned by tbe grand.jury to day. Two murder cases wern, tried, three pleas of guilty to minor charges accepted and several defendants ar raigned and tho time for their trials fixed. Thomas P. Noll, a young white farin er of Cross Hill, was acquitted this afternoon of the charge of kilUng Rob ert Smith, a negro A verdict of not guilty was returned in the. cage of Charley Darbey, colored, charged with killing hlB ?n-in-law, E. F. ? Young. .The three ..ugroes charged with the murder of Geo. F. Young, at Stomp. Springs last January, will be tried' separately. They were arraigned, j Monday. One of the trio. Greenwood Rogers, will be placed on trial tomor row. . SIVE STOCK WILL BE . t/SHED. Chitin Starts Campaign This Week' In York-Watt Ik Spying Stock. j if olumbla, Msrch 10}?P. H. Calyln ' of Clfcmson College, one of the live stock agents in tbe state, will start the*organisation of a, li?e stock asso-, elation in York county'this week, ac cording te* Information received .from; W I Wt Long? bead of -the farm denia l onstratlon work in South Carolina,* yesterday. - Mr. - Long went pn, to say, say thtat Mn Watt, also a live stock agent,'was now in the states of Ohio, Illinois)' and Missouri, choosing live stock and advising farmers of this I state tliat are with h lia and that have become interested in the raising of live stock. The state department tar the fur thering of the interest of live steck in this state are very careful In inter esting the farmers to take up this business. Tbe agents go along with them and act in the capacity of expert counsellor and adviser. Inasmuch as live stock raising is comp.'.ativcly in its infancy In this state a great amount Of care is nein? taken to see that tbe farmers'get their just dues, and a close consideration.of, ithe farmer's ability and opportunities to raise stock Is given in each case.' Mr. Long Is very hopeful of the ultimate success of this branch of the demonstration work, and fully r?alis?e the necessity of pro ceeding slowly. BBLTOVS CIVIC LEAGUE Us/, an I w partant X^eiing-J^eaey for The Library The Civic League met Monday aft ternoon at the residence of Mrs. Jesse B. Lewis. Tbe new officers filled their positions for tbe first time, and we had a very interesting meeting. It was dee Med to give the library] association $50 with which to get the room ready, tbe shelves In place and purchase books and . whatever t else needful to be done, ' Mrs. W. K. Stringer was elected i president of the Library association,! Mrs. W. C, Brown, vice-president and Mrs. Henry Campbell secretary end Miss Elisa Neville, treasurer. They hope to have the books all here cat alogued*; and tbe library open In aj ?^y^^U^%*SkM^ ?15 to the, , cemetery, committee .to begin the { fwork of beautifying the RT6tmdf"gVtlff there. This is a very small begtn-l hing, btttt we sincerely hope that it will lead to bigger and batter thing* and to a beautiful cemetery. The league has' also bought a lot TT Good Oxfords at GEISBERGS You will lose nothing when you buy tsiioeu here. Satisfaction and a Sav ing go with every pair of shoea we sell. All those who desire comfortable und stylish shoes will And us able to take care of their wauts at popular prices. THE MAJORITY of the new oues arc in?next tun you go shoe bunting cuino tiiis way. You'll find we'have tho goods. * ? ? ..?.. * "Every pair filled by shoe inea * * men of experience." v ?* ? * ? ? * 8 3 ?tlSBtH? BHUb, Under Masonic Temple SHOES THAT SATISFY Governor George H. Hodges, OF, KANSAS declcarcs there, is .nothing more Xul after, a Bcripus day of State bubi n,es8 than an evening at homo with the Edison Disc ; Phonograph. Tho cHh|f executive of the State spends some of. his happiest hours listening to the disc while In the enjoyment of family ^felicities. The tired buslce?? man cannot do better than follow th? Governor's, ex emple, and stay at home evenings with his family, and let Mi EdlBon diso dis pence pleasure to him and to aU "It's a sane and rational way to get the , r illef that a strenuous man must ."have. ' ' : .siiUf^i? C A. REED PIANO & ?ftG?NCO., ANDERSON, 8. I'. Think of the Company behind the ' / car?and you'll realize why Ffonfe an^ po^i^mem^ bonds are bought y/?th equal as urafnee.'^ cially?world- wide *. in ' scope?largest in volume of output. We build our reputation into the^r car. Better buy a Ford. Five huudrcd dollars is Ute price of the Ford runabouts; . the touring car la flvo fifty; the town car Bcven fifty?f. o. b. Detroit, complete with equipment. Get catalog and particulars fma Archie L. Todd. local dealer, Anderson, 8. C. ? of shirtwaist belts which the to sell and realise quite a nlca^ftttb! sum from. They will have a demo% Btration here soon and it is sincerely hoped all tde ladies will take an In terest la this sale sad help the Lea gue and thereby the sown. Work Is progressing nicely on Brown Avenue, and quite a' number of the finest trees In town have had to vcms down, bot Belton .appreciates the broad-mindedness of her clthtens whn r?alisa that thftSaftod of the frw must be one of their* first Interests. AH the r?sider.?* on th? street have consented to give In for the purpose and in a few weeks we will hare one of the handsomest residence streets In acy towc near here.. Mr. J. Mack Klag hopes to begin work at once broadening Urn street from the half ndt^juS on out. This will be a wonderf?? Improvement the town. to By adopting system of roovi the Ana Arbor itftslf wHh'n in* slve class of carriers.' ? large car card, with a rod ball printed la/ttr? center te ?M??S>ly taxir>j ?c ?V? -?jc of each car authorised to travel under the System. Snmster-Flowerisg BfiflM : Are Sow Kead^^De yea Waat 1 m BfPr?hair?Vsaae " TeS?erana