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tYING TO GET HIGHWAY EXPERT Expert Engineer Wanted to Pe role Highway to the Mountains Through This County .AII effort i? now being made tty K. .1. Watt.on, eoiuiulssloner of ut'rlcul lure for Sont h Carolina, to secure II highway expert to patrol tlx* inoun tain highway of South Carolina for the emanier months. Thia highway nins through Anderson county. Concerning the effort the State o? yesterday has the following lo s;iy: Today Commissioner Watson of the State department of agriculture will confer with officials of th? lh? United Stales office of public roads und will try to Hec'.iro til . services of nu ex it Tl engineer to patrol the line from Co ambla tn Newberry, laurens, An der son and tireen ville, during the Bum mer. This high-way serves JH a con necting link between Ihe Capltal-to ('oast highway. The commissioner , will also ask Hint the road from (Co lumbia to Charlotte und Oas ton lu he | placed under the supervision of the engineers. TII?H ls also a connect ing link dei ween Hie two highways lo tile Sont li. The commissioner will present thc nat ional good roads ollie * with a sei of pict ares made along the route .>.' Capital highway through South Car olina, which is to he placed under Die superintendence of the engineers. Tho maintenance of the highway to tin- mountains ls considered most im portant, especially, in the Hummer months when the travel ls heaviest. DR. RODGERS WAS SEVERELY HURT Automobile Turned Turtle at Williamston Saturday. In juring Three Occupants Anderson people heard wlthregret yesterday Hutt Dr. Floyd D. KodgerH, a member of the state board of health physicians und 'well known locally. Buffered a severe mluhup Saturday, when lila automobil . turned turtle willi him near WMlaniRton. At Ibo time in the car with him were Mrs. Lodger*-' and Dr. Polk, assistant to cure, Dr. Rodgers, lu rounding an abrupt curve Dr. Rodgers lost'control of tie? machine mid it turnad turtle, going over three tim -s before it came to a stop. Dr. Rodgers suffered three brok n ribs, n diolocated collar bone and ?re_ laceration on lils left arm. Dr. . badly hurt in the head, while ?.a escaped with merely n "^ybout her face. Jgodgers were married ? hi lila? ki-buri/, only a lort in I ago ant] had Jual returned from ii.'lr honey moon. Tia' physician ls (.-Aiaorarily lornted ai Ahh .ville, where A?. IH do ing nome special worn undilla- trip which reunited HO disastrously waa to Blackpburg ior the week-lnd. The ma lilia- was prat-tleally la-w. Dr. Rod des haviiK learned to di v c l it only a week ?go. Thia i> probably-ala- expla nation oi' (io- accident. 1 Advice-* from Abbeville fast nicht wer' to the effect thut all three of th" Injured pcole were dong weill and will soon he recovered. MISS HITE COMING TO MEET TEACHERS Ia the Field Agent of State in Rural Improvement Associ ation Work The teachers ' club of Anderson county will meet on Saturday, April I Ith at the Fir?) Hupllst Church. Home interesting features have boen arranged. The devotional exerclHen will be eon duclcd hy Rijv. I). W. Dodge of tba l'entrai Presbyterian church. .Mrs. C. S. Sullivan has been invited lo fing tia- two son CH that she coin posed and that have been publiHhcd -."."iii'?y. and ?he ha* accepted. Miss Mary Eva Hite of Aiken, will deliver au address. There will be a duet by Mrs. Claude Fai h and M ra. ('has. Spearman. It IH reported that Miss Mite is one of thu leading women of her profes sion. S'te has been in charge of the rural schools in the county, invites Aiken county and the sta' . legislature recently provided for her a place as ? 'at<- Held agent, a work similar to timi of Miss Mary Nance (now Mrs. Iianiels) who mude such headway in . he department a few years ago. Miss Hite will have a message for all tea chers. Miss Carlington, supervisor of ruarl schools In the county, nvltea each rural school Improvement socie ty in the county to send a delegation. ENGINEER WILL BE BURIED TODAY Body or VV. E. Williams, Killed In Wreck Saturday, Was Taken To Columbia. W. E. Williams, engineer dr ? frelgb' train on the Seaboard Air Line rai wuy and killed in a head-on collis lon Saturday, will he buried at Kl o'clock this morning in Columbia. Mr. Williams had a daughter In Anderson, MIBS Margaret Williams, a student nt Anderson college. The body was taken to Columbia yesterday and he will. be buried to day, the funenal services being front/ the home of his sister, Mrs. Lambert at 1723 Sumter street The funerAl SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY CLOSED In Sesison Throughout Saturday, Great Meeting Was Ended Sunday Tiu- Baptist Sunday He h CHI I Institut* which is in session with the New Prospect llaptist church (luring Sat urday nnd Sunday ?-unie te an end on Sunday afr irnoon. Every session of th?- association was tilled v. ii li Inter eat and those who aitended the con ventions feel that they wen- greatly benefltted. The Sunday morning session was opened at 10 o'clock with au address hy Ellas Karie, superintendent of th? Baptist Sunday School m Townville. Mr. Karl's address was n splendid one and was generously complimented hy lils hearers. "How to (Jet the People of All Ages to At ten Sunday School," was the topic discussed by Itev. W. T. Tale amt his aciuress was well worth hearing, lt made a speiend ld Impres sion and will doubtless prove to be Of valu ' to those hearing it. Kev. O. IJ> Orr, pastor of the New Prospect church discussed "Teachers Before Their Classes" and made a number of valuable suggestions to he followed hy the teachers in their work. The ecided feature of tim Sunday session was the Missionary sermon, ably delivered by the Rev. W. H. Haw kins. Mr. Hnwans discussed "Church and the Children," following which the dinner was served. The conven tion came to and with a SOUR service. SOCIAIL MEETING OF THE BARACAS Interesting Debate and Delightful Refreshments Gave Young Men Delight Thc social meriting of the Maraca class of tho First Baptist church was one of the most enjoyable events of the past week In Anderson. The de hate on the subject, "Resolved, That tim Hight or .Suffrage Should Be Ex ?tju?mi io ihe Women of South Caro lina" excited great interest. The af firmative wai represented by S. M. Wolfe and F. M. Burnette, while C. B. Karie and lyon 1?. Rice took the nega tiv:? position. The judges a^jeard'eff the decision to tho affirmative"' About 2uo yongj^srifcn were present for thu nffajjjfnfnd there was not a dull moiiu'?vrduring the entire even ing. M apical numbers and addresses player's prominent part on the pro griyf and the serving of the delightful r .'ffeshmenta near the close of the evening waa decidedly appreciated by a large number of enthusiastic Sunday School workers present. No dellnite date has been announ ced for the next me ding of this class but every one of the 200 present at this meeting will hope to hear of the affair being repeated at an early date: FIFTEEN U CN BRED PACK ACES. (larden S*ed Sent to Anderson by Sen. ntor E. D. Smith. The seeono number of the Comian, the aeml-montnly magazine or the Y. M. C. A. ts just off the press. It is devotad to Improving of the yards and gardens of the residents of the mill villages, and is full or information that will be valuable. Among tho interesting Items ls a news statement in which lt ls stated tb?t OCwjsressmau A!H?? and ***** sen ators from this state had been asked for seed for the yards of the mill peo ple. Seuuior Smith replied as fol lows: Responding to your favor of recent ?date aaking that I send you ai. aa I aortment of flower and vegetable seed for use In the six cotton mills in your section, permit me to say that I am today making arrangements to have fliteen hundred packages of the vege table seed forwarded to you. They will be under .my blank frank, and of course can be addressed by you to go through the malla without postase. The seed should reach you in the course of a week or ten days." With reference to the flower aced, I am informed that my quota haa been exhausted, however, 1 shall make an effort to procure an additional quota and if successful, will send you a nice assortment cf these. "I am very glad to have the sugges tion In this regard from you and lt is a pleasure to serve you at all tines." NEW SCHOOL IS NOT YET OPEN Builders Sent Wrong Keys and Doora Could Not Be Opened Yesterday _?_ The pupila who are to attend the handsome new Glenn street school, rust completed, were disappointed on yesterday when the hour arrived fdr he opening ot the sew place. Tho contractors who erected the building ind sent the wrong set of keys to An? lerson snd when afr. McCants tried to get the doors open he was unsuc cessful. \ Mr. McCants said Isst night that he iad communicated with the comtrsct >rs and expected to get the other net . it keys within the next two or three lays. Tho building will certainly be >ccupled this week. Mr. J. M. Morrow of Albermarle. N. C., member of the former firm of ..Morrow A Bass, is tn the city assist ing ht winding up thhe business ot the firm and looking after the estate t/ -th* ?ats Joseph Hampton Bess, whc?e sudden death a few night ago caused Ta gr-t noTTfiw ?mon? sissy friends. Y. .f, !f, rf, rf, if, ?fr ff, tf> if, ff, rf, ff, * ELECTRIC CIT1 * j?_ * Items of Interest and Persona * Wireless on the S ti f. ti. < r,?Ki0 m ?Hb Appendicitis. C. W. Crosby, trainmaster of the I?. & N. has returned from ('hester where Ms son. C. B. Cjroaby, is very III with appendicitis und will be operated on this week. The younger Mr. Crosby j is superintendent of the Carolina and Northwestern road. "I will uever ( casi' to love the people of South Car dilla," salli Mr. Crosby, Monday. .v.'ii m Mrs. Crosby and I ?ot to Ches? ter. tho splendid people thorp OVCPr whelmed us with attentions. And ult of my friends along the line of the In terurban have been ?:o hind lt; us. South Carolina is n great state and ber people are the best in the world. . -o Box Sup, <-r At Welcome Se h ooh Encouraged by the splendid success they had in their first box supper, the patrons und" pupil? of the Welcome school u-e i>')w making arrangements for another ?upper, tills event to take place on April IO. The first supper netted the school $20 und this sum will go a IOIIK way toward making the improvements desired at htls school. If the event, of this month la as lurgely attended and as liberally patronized as was the first the Wel come school, will be able to secure number of things in the equipment line. First Cotton Has Seen Planted. The first cotton planted jn Ander Eou county this year, so far as is known, wan that planted by J. S. Fow ler, uccording to the statement of J. W. Roth rock, farm demonstrator. Mr. Fowler ha planted about 40 acres and wit li favorable weather conditions lie should get an early crop. --o lil Sorge .McConnell HUH Signed Contract. CecrKO McConnell. Andernnn'a r?p centative in the "big league" has af fixed lils "John Hancock*' to his con tract with the Buffalo team of the In ternational league and is now prepar ing to report for Spring practice. He will probably meet his team in Char lotte within the next few days and prepare for the coming . season. (Jeorge is one of the best men in the International league and Manager Stein of the Buffalo team aeems to ap preciate that fuct. ? Btverslde Milts . /(--'t Pay Dividends ' i qoppii Messrs Alf: Moore of Tucapau and W. C. Cleveland of Greenville, were her? yesterday to attend a meeting of of the directors of Riverside Mills. This company i ha? had a good year, and lt was announced that a dividend of 3 1-2 per ceht semi-annual on pre ferred would fee declared on the 1st of April. Thia, ia the.llrst dividend in some years for thia oifjl and indicates a healthy condition.of - affairs. Meeting Will - Be Interesting. Tho meeting of tue Anderson coun ty equalisation board, .called for to day by Winston Smith, county audi tor, will probably be. . interesting. Many taxpayers- will doubtless appear and make rennest that their assess ments be lowered. The meeting ls to take place promptly at noon and will be held in the court house. Many Going To the Show. A large number of Anderson people wi!! be found in Greenville tonight, thc attraction being tito presentation of "The Rose Maid" at the Grand Opera . House In that city. This ls natd to be one of. the best musical conn-die:-, on tlie road'thia year, being a companion play to the "Spring Maid" which scored such a decided hit through this section. Attractive railroad rates are being offered for the show tonight. -o Mr. Kite Will Leave Anderson. Fred Kite, who has been connected with tho Anderson Steam Bakery has resigned his position and will shortly leave for Gary, Ind., where he goes to accept a more lucrative position. Mr. Kite haa a number of friends here who will regret hts departure and his leaving will also be regretted by the concern with which he has been working. He la skilled In the bakery business and will be hard to replace, . .-O- '?' Wires Are Going Cnder. The work of putting the tolephone wires In Anderson undterg*rV>u*nd 'fs proceeding splendidly and progress la being made. The force of workmen yesterday reached the public square and within the next ferr v.-^eka it la presumed that the actual work ot lay ing the cables will be started. .-u_o _- _ County Treasurer Leeka tor Increase. C. W. McGee, county treasurer, told a reporter for The. Intelligencer yes terday that he had his banda roll In making up the tux executions, getting ready to turn them over to Sheri ft Ashley. Mr. McGee anya that all told he will have about 8000 executions this year, an Increase of about 500 over the record for last year. Tho majority ot theae executions are with the mill people ot the city and many of them are due double returns and will he ad justed In that manner. Anderten Negro ' Beccfves Pareta* Anderson Picken*, a negro, waa pa roled during good behavior last Sat urday. Plckena waa convicted in An derson in the month of May, 1907. ot murder with a recommendation to marcy and sentenced to life Impris { SPARKLETS * _ * J Mention Caught Over tba * reeU of Anderson * Suffering Willi Very Hort* Hand. Hulph Wilson, Hie well known member of the firm of Moore-Wilson Co.. IIUH been confined to his home for the lust few days wjth a very sore hand and lt may be necessary to op erate. Several days ugo Mr. Wilson stuck a splinter in the huck of his hand aud shortly thereafter lt became inflamed and has caused hi mgreat trouble, lt was said last night that he Bee md to be somewhat better and that no operation would be performed ?f lt could posibly be avoided. Fell Afoul (If frap Shooters. Sheriff Ashley and his assistant*, fell a foul of a party of negro ? rap shooters Saturday night In North .An derson and brought them all up for trial yesterday. They were urraigued in Magistrate Broad well's court yes terday and fined apiece, all of them paying. The raid on the. gamblers was made ut the home of Lillie Reece, a negro woman, and she will today be given a hearing in Mr. Broad well's court on u charge of con ducting a public nuisance. -o Results Kvidenf of The Field Ray. Miss Maggie Carlington, supervisor of rural schools spent yesterday In Willlamston where she went to In spect tile schools. Miss Carlington says that the results of the first Held day, held here last Friday, are al ready becoming evident and that she and the other reboot officials are de ligted with the impression created. She Bays that a healthy interest is already being manifested on th part of the students over the duy for next: year and that she expects to exert every effort In making the occasion "bigger and better" for next year than lt was this year. Teachers From Lander College. Miss N. R. Schelrcr. Minn Irene menants and Mrs, Frances L. Rhine hart, all members of the faculty of Lander College at Greenwood, spent ? yesterday In Andersou. These ladles came here on a shopping expedition1 but spent much of the day in sight seeing. They are all from Columbus,' Ohio, and found many things to In terest them. They paid a visit to An derson College and expressed them selves as being delighted with that Institution. Motion Pictures At Orr Mill. Tho first free motion picture enter tainment of thc Anderson Y. M. CA. took ?7?ce at the Orr mill village last night ai.d notwithstanding the incle ment weather, a large and apprecia tive audience crowded the hall. That the poeple enjoyed the event was an assured fact. One special featuru of Hip night was the showing of 50 slides on the fly, the fly swatting campaign and the dango of flies. The same pic tures are to be shown tonight at the Gluck mill and so no until all the mill villages have been visited. ' Crimina!.-; Ked ?" Better Beware. C. W. Causey, one of Anderson's popular mill superintendents haa the distinction of owning 12 fine English bloodhounds, all al the same time. Eleven of these are puppies, whelped yesterday, and the twelfth one ls the mother. This ls taken as something of a record a single litter of ll pupies being ucCcuOuly more, than ls common ly heard of in this country. Mr. Causey Bays that all of the puppies aro fine specimens and tuat every one of them will make a valuable dog. -o. Revenue Collector Was In Anderson. S. F. Parrott, one of the internal revenue colectors from the State of fice in Columbia, waa in Anderson yesterday on official business. Mr. Parrott said that he considers An derson one of the best towns of the State and that lt ls always a pleasure for him to come here. Before being appointed to his present position Mr. Parrott was editor of the Cherokee News at Gaffney** Mr. Roberts Die? ?~ In Blacksburg. W. A. Power reealved a message yesterday advising him of the death, ?yt his brother-in-law, J. W. Roberta, which occured In Blacksburg on Sun day night. Mr. Roberta formesiy mads his home in this city snd the jody Will bc brought to Anderson to day, arriving here at 10 o'clock. In terment will take piece in Sliver Brook cemetery. Mr. Roberta wss 45 rears of age and had many friands in tndsraon. He was the -first superin tendent employed at the Riverside and roxaway mills and was well known inion g the mill workers of the State. -o --- Iprfl Number Of ?The Com?an." The April number of "The Com?an," the monthly magasine Issued by the Anderson Y. M. C. A. tor the mill work ers of Anderson, ls off. thc press and sill! today be malled ont and sent oat jy carriers. This publication haa tak ;n well with the mill people and well it might. There is no subscription charged, sad the magasine ia given Free of charge. The issue just ap pearing la especially good. .It has a lumber of new features, with some todd, cartoons and a wealth of fins Jekdfng matter. The people of the city teem to appreciate the splendid work that Messrs Burnett and Mirna ara do ing and thia' ls but one of the many splendid things that these men are putting through. -o Fleer Exhibits Being Held Her?. Miss Eaatbun of Spartanburg pja? Miss Callahan of Mobile arrived in ?a?erson yesterday sad Will rsmal? -J o f?*3 We have the strongest proposition iii Women's Oxfords and Pumps ut $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 that is possible to show at these prices. We are showing them in ox fords,~Pumps and Colon ial style at $2 to $3 All the new styles in Ox fords, Pumps and Colon als at $3.SO anc!S4 THOMPSON'S T??E ONE PSlCr SHOE STORE WE SaL POR CASU ONLY ^$$^^1*OUE. or Y??RZ^^D EEren the ?ne day's work J^JK1 made a market Improve. i | I meet OB The Gully- Lgi AST \ )ME3. SEE-T-?-_sa&3fcgata*Sa?a|S8 .mw -gre confident that "The Gul ly . IMB poBBibllitleB that few of those who apeed by dream of. WATCH IT. NOVr READY Plants -of Wood's BRIMMER Tomato 20c per. doz. 3 doz ?p* SOc. ANDERSON GO. 688 Marshall Av rene. Phone LMembers of Florists T< lit??rcry. w i here for a'week, conducting, a flour ex hibition for. the AndersonCash Gro cory. Ev.-sry afterr-noa at 2:30 o'clock an exhibition of the wonderful quali ties of their flour is given Gie ladles of the city by Gie two demonstrators. Thia le to continue through Thursday and each afternoon the ladlee of the cty will be aerved with a free lunch eon at thia popular store. Greenville, Spartaabarg sad Andersen Railway Company. (Condensed Passenger Schedule.) Effective Msrcn 24th: I?l4. Andmon, 8. C. ; D*partareg. No. S7 Nd. at* No . 41 No, 4? No. 30 No. SS No. 24 No. 36 No. 38 No. 40 No. 42 <?. General Pa?! 9:36|?& 11:46 a.m. 1:?? ?m. 3:25 p.m. ' 6:05 p.m. ' Pr 05 p.m. 6:80s. m 8:25 a. ra 10 a. m. 12i09.??* m 2:15 p. m 4:56p. m. i-p m WHAT PAINT IS. THAT! You hear this asked .'on every Bide. Harrison's T.>?s Connty Paint is being used on over 00 per cent of the houses that are} being pointed. A good, paint and you know it. I I Anderson Paint & Color Co. Bleckley Bldg* Phone 647 Clean ap and Paint ap I will WU1 Yo?? Every Day 12:00 to 3:00 P. M. SPECIAL DINNER .? Sfttul u* your order. We'll send it out to you Everything Clean and Neat. * BUSY Muy i BEE SAFE