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BELTON PA HF 'F?^E^^ *********** ?? J * INTERESTING BUD* * AND NOTES FM <** vj_ * CLAUDE A. GRAVI .%V * *?ft? ? Rolton? April 14.-The Pastime Theatre will put on tomorrow, Wed nedayV April 15, "Our Mutuel Girl", the firm rael of this most widely known surte? ot pictures ever pro duced. One reel of this picture will . bs shown each week et tho theatre. Don't miss any of them. A new reel of the story will appear each week hereafter, for fifty-two weeks. '. Mati nee in tue afternoon at 3:30 and at night 7:30 und will run until 10-00 o'clock. If you miss any of these reels you miss a .treat.. ? /Re*. W- S. Myers of Towpvi?le spent Sunday night In Belton, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gaines. Today being a rainy day the citizens of Belton were unable to do any o o o o o o o o o o o o o o IVA NOT?S o o ? o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Iva; April lt.-An Infant of Mr. andi Mrs. N.'L Hall died l?st Friday and WAH .laid;to rcat the following day in the ??a1 cemfttery. Mrs. J. E. Wataott was a delegate; to 'the civic'association which met'in Anacreon last saturday. Mrs. T. C. Jackson and Miss Annie Beaty, spent Saturday in Anderson. ? . Mr. Pat Roberts who has hoon m Florida .spending the'! winter, has re turned. Mr. E. C. Williamson, who'has been here several da?/? on tm si np an hos re turned tu -his hsi?s i" Abl^viii-s. ^ Mr. demetri C! Hall, city editor ot' .the. Aiken ! ^corder is here on a visit to ii!;i parents, Mr. and Mrs.*M. A. Hali; ' ' ' Mc. and Mrs. J. W, Wharton have neon visiting friends in Newberry. ' br. Ri Ii.'Robinson, president of the ^Worftaa'a College at Due, Weat, wjll preach 'herc' next Suhday-SBorning at at ll o'clock and st-the Iva A. H. P church at 3:30 td the ?Stlgb was the guest from Monday of her SIB ter, i Sligo, one of the Iva achers. ailsa/" Lida Dam pey, who teaches In Antrovlllc spent the week-end with :h??atster, Mrs; T. G. Smith. Mls3 ?JOIB Je-l?aon has returned from a visit to relatives ht Anderson. "r?. W Kl r?umiis, .who hs<J bt?nVt visiting, her Upele, Mr. Eugene Snipes, of Anderson has returned home. Mr. .1. H. Raskin spent'Saturday and Sunday with his brother. Mrs. J. T. ri-*.:;; o; ;_a-^-;?u?oViiii'. Misti Elma .Kennedy of Lowndes-, ville, spout the wbek-nnd with ber friend Mlas Annie Bamby, Mr. W; W. Brown, who represented .lenercato. church at th? rae-:-i lng o? tboy'Presbytery, which whs held in Cannon's Creek, Newberry County, has. returned home. . Another attraction of the Lyceum rourae will appear at. the Behool audi torium Friday'evening, April 17. Rev. S. J,, j'ood who has been, to Cannon's Creek has returned home. Mr. Ellison McAdams of Greenville, Christopher. Tile union' meeting which i^j^flL. conducted by FOY. J. L Singleton of I Starr and Sanders ot An derson win con: na much interest; is manifested In t cervices. Hov. lt. '?V Si o no of Anderson w a bjtalnoKS visitor to "the City yeatc ".?j. -j j-jicnriswoBSOSBPsamiMati M?ES Misr*' Pr lng I he week with her consto. M; J. E. Brownlee. Mrs. W. A. Powell and children ha been on a short visit to relatives tn ! Mr. Everett B. Willis of Troy. Ala., ; In spending awhile here with re?a--j ?res.. . >? ;g!|jBfe?" Mrs. A. C. Townsend .and daughters | ************ im mi nims . 3M BUSY BELTON * - . ? :A Composkdsat v * *> * * ? ** ****** thtnff toward cleaning up. But as soon as the weather ?Hears ap every body will devote at least two daya lu (deaning up and beautifying the, town. We trust that the clean-up spirit will ^ aa?t*gou8. Gartlen Gaines of Anderson was] among those to spend the week-end] In Bpllnn ? i ' :m ti. Walter Cox. Jr.. of Bolton had bust-1 ness in Honea Path today. f?-j Mr. and Mrs. T. &*Llnk of Anderson spent ?unday '^ Belton tbe guests of the .latter's parents!***.? - A. 3. Pant, one of our local cotton j brokers had business In Abbeville ? yesterday. the wisdom of giving careful consid eration to questions affecting the com mon interests of the community,'but there ls such a thing as carrying in-, ecision too rV- T people want cticn; they want progress within reu son; and when they are given the things they want, when'they are get ting the service, there ls no complaint. Now, tho market question is one of tlie oldest. It has been discussed for years and. the town ls practically un animous in its demand for a central market.' The people .want it. We would suggest that th? matter be giv en-right of way until it.ls Anally, act ed "upon. Thc proposition now before council ls a good one. We know of hone, better unless the city is in po sition to build its own market, which is to be desired.. If it ls impossible to do that a? the prest?'t time, lt might be possible to establish the market accordion to Mr. Calvert's proposat tnit inn- an nntinn. na . Hin urn lortv . ur a fixed price-lo extend "over a period of years. Upon some basis this mar ket question should bo decided and gotten out of the woy. I \ MEMORIAM. v . Ol Mrs. Anna Murdock. f; ;-&^pall of'gloom and sadness has been, cast, over ?the entire cauimunlt) by the nad'u'e?th'. ot our beloved sister, Mrsv- Anna^'Mu^dock, wif? of- Jame. Musdock. iia. TuesdayvUxorhinK last while under a spell of deep despon dency, caused by nervous debility, she took her life while her husband .had gone out on the farm to start the day> work. Wbxs. he started, shV asked him where he. was going, which he told her, adding that he would be back in, a few minutes. She told him to watch" i??r ?lii?o poy aa be ?i?ght ?B??~ofj ihv pony and get hurt, but before-lie had been gone fifteen minutes he heard hie second little boy screaming at the hquse?. : Thinking that the little fel ??S VM nari he went running nacK and found his loving companion lyinf aero**' the be** 'i* 3 pool of blood with 2 r.otc-ii?:. ; ia ber 1er iiund und a pistol lying by which bsd taitfen from'her hand. The note which she had written was as follows: ' Darling Roy and Trey: ' Take care bf Clyde. Good-bye. AJIni, you are the dearest 010 OP earth to mo, and oh, my sweet little boys, toke care of them. "Good-bye, . ouaded by all that heart could wish, hat this ..sed> affliction should bait ohib npon^Rer. Anna, was loved by ajl ..who knew .SiOS~-- IF: BiORIUBIIY' ip kiniscvc ??BT rfPM 3UUHLSU Hum Drink ta** of water sad1 ste* eatiift neat fer awhile If year Bladder . trouh?*N you. WSiec you waka up with backache abd dull misery in the kidney region, I lt generally means that yoo have bee ?eating-too much meet, says, a w< j known authority. M/rnt form? uric bi I rtich. overworks the kidneys ; their effort to filter il from .tho bloat. I and -they become sort of paralyted and r-onr kidney* trot SIUK :taai her and numbered her friends ' Hjt ll a cquain tan cea. She Joined the Mt Bethel Baptist, ? church when a girl ?nd had been an I active member ever ni?ce, living a Chrtattan life. She loved the: ?ota ? and hgt** evil. \ One's heart goos out in.deen sym-? pathy fer the axed father. J. T. Ash- : ley,"-arno ia'no well: known and the grief stricken buabaad and three lit- j tie Ijo-fs, the oldest, one b-elog 14 apd the youngest o; s S. Sha. waa buried in Mt. Bethel oem- \ etery the tellowlri* day amid a very ? large c?neoj?tri? of frf?ndf and re?a- I Uvea. Th? vB*rvlcee' Were ' 'cohd?etai?! I by Rev. 6.1 O. Wright :? The pail bearers were: John W. and , T. Pi Jasper, j/,"t.-Ashely. J. TT. and S. Y. Mnrdock.-'. A Friend I Country Life Chicago. April 14.-The problem j; confronting the Rural OrgauUation I Service of the department of agricu?-S ture, Waa described today by Br. T. fl.r Carver, director of the service 'as' twp- 1 fold teaching the farmer how" to ??rn a satisfactory income apd then how to ?pend lt. Dr. torver spoke of h? ? work at the/CWhference" on nisrkeGnS 1 and farm products. A very little ?tue> I of farmera1" orgahlsationtt In T 3thei? cOtmrrtes; a9 said -, would cc% /Ince any one that thc effective or Kan* ?sation ot the rural wtere$ta waa one -*f the most difficult problems' In the world. ' The chief difficulty, he declared, wall I lue to the fact that the fermera ard thc most numerourt economic' class tn I I lld rmiiilrv Tl.T ****-'?? . ..JmJ..ill Al' t'.Vl^B tave it wide diversity of interests and many antagonisms, and the process of selection tends to. leave in the country '.hose who sro strongly individualistic, vho prefer to be their own bosses, and who have the capacity for selt-dlrec I "to whom the nain nf a new Irina, in M. ? ''All of. th?me? hprvnln'" hu O^?S?jJ; .-H iruciating.Vwho'tlnd it o'great hardr: .hip to have "to decide what to do next, .viii find farm life.-unendurable Thai berhaps moro than any other single ' tact characterises the life of a farmer. His worjc never cap he standardised^ I 3e' must always he in the act of decid- I 'ng what to do next. HU work,from la yo tday, even fro mhour to hp'Or. fl tea to be adjusted to.the conditions of li'-Jwf .1 and climate, ' the exigencies of ilant and animal life, etc. This is no kind of'-a life tor a man' ?,ho fs only . ?apable of doing What he is Ibid and ?capab?e of deciding" hlraeelf what is .h?j ,next thing to ne do?e The? pro-i 'jes*' of selectionaa t acid, makes .A ru ral population very independent" in ?plrlt and temperamentally difficult to organize. "Another psychological* difficulty .>(5Thats ir.a~= out of the fact that the 'ni ui?? q?. ?iiCvV-n^ non MI tug parry^rgr.i pended very little upon his mental adaptability to other men. He he$ ? had to control the forces of natom ? rather than tb* forces'nf society, He -T? tnvri'?ore Jee-s micpt in i hose arte j ind gr?ces ' which adorn social life,] simply because his living has hot de-j :.ica~' seems io prevail at the -;r->2c-\t titre," ;*nld Dr. Carrer id con clusion,,"that alt that ls. necessary is o enable the farmer to grow his pro luft and tb buy and aol Ito advantage n order that h lu income may bo In creased."! dare say that mont people who are thinking on tills problem to day believe that the problem ls solved './hen the farmer has been assured a -.?tf?factary income. I wish to InBlat n tnt1 centrar? thsl th??-'te ??fe'halt thc", problem. Paradoxlcaf as lt' may j actual obser-l '.ry*'where th* land ls richest, where ctrop? have been most abundant, where land ; liaa reached the highest prfcrji, I and tho farm ewners attain to the _.i oroaaeriLV. ar^ iion? fror, ciwncrs are retiring from the faims sift* rabidly and leaving titem to ton "W'^'may.-as wei! face the fact first aa last that there aro only two things j thSt X?'tM oCC?r .rlS p?Cp?C t?? viiC CO',"ti?-( try. ( One ls poverty, er the inability i to live in town. Th? other-liv ah ?M tractive country life sufficiently at-J ttactivc to i;eep people .In the country oven wh.tfn they are ' prosperouaj t-uottgh to live lu tovrn. ' 1 "This will Indicate that tho problem j ' of ..organizion In rural Interests is i ? !^^0?i' 5 c- VtWVl BELTON, S. C. M i ?ook an^ Job Printing Bank and Cotton Mill Work 1 I i^miwwW Jprint?iifir . AJI Kind? of Legal Work M S LEAF LEDGERS WORK, and ALL OTHER RULED FORMS S K -~43>U[ ^Tr^[0r4cr& Taken for Fiae Eogruviiij^I . '-- fi FROM "MON?rtEL AND MA&TER." *? ?^X?NGa?*W^3?D. ttASTEll" lu 14- '. Fraticta X. Bushman ls featured In thia r*>werTul abd sensational polit ical drama, ; ".. .. ^tjc-oeped by Cupid? ??? (he newest ?roUueUn? or J. Farrell MacDonald. ill yeta*' Pscirie .CoasTstud?o*. J. War ren Kerrigan play? the part, new to blnv^f ? star reporter oh a murnini; newaaaner... "A ?*ech nf Industry." (Pattie. Three reala,) irvtap.^nmtnhtgs. Pearl Slndelar ?;nn Kteaft^j "Vut-dr-i?t - tn?jr the trading parts in t?ti*= thrilling three reel il ra nm of business Hie. The story ?K o?"bri nal, _i?oss;'ssi'* many imsabillthnt and JJ* ?n-pably directed. The fcnttire ls r. o m k In the-last rv-el In which a -train collides with np?Vutomdbll?. New York, April 14.-Washington connections in : uolWBBKri ot thel . ^arding the M<-.xicroi problem, wh.c ey word rovhlod the '?Hing. *?h ould not I ?? quickly <ag< looked tor B that th* ddvsnci] ited and that this actoion ron speedily, have, bett aterro pt lon, fWhet the* IF: disposing ol * ?0. halarle?. . lied without im? t'horughout the new? eatne. lc GLADYS HU LETTE. T^nk at. th.? ni<>ttir? ?? iilciUa Hg. lette m the heading of this department Wdteh for her face wheneye?.yoo se* Edison reeta In town. One of the most beautiful studlea of the jlfe of. Anne /Boleyn and Henry VIII, ia a threo reel Kubtnct to be re i?ase? by tn*' k<-itpse eowpany ot Paris. The arenario was prepared hy the French novelist. Max Pemberton, l^nira Cowie of Ills Majesty's theater, findon, piny*.Anne Boleyn, and mr. Deeoeur of Harsh Bernhardt theater, t'ni'hi. play* Henry VII J. month? und fro;n 7 to 10 paint on July and tho new orites. Tho market opened steady at un changed " nrP;e? to sn : advance nf 3 points and sold about i to ? noint? ly IT?ZU,,, was/a good deal of realising on the has been noted before the holidays, and tit,, market aoon turned easier. ^^^|:_; trade generally took a more ?pVvrmbia view of weather. conditions, while there waa more or less uneasi ness over the Mexican situation. Of ferings became moro generaras prices worked lower, and the market reached the lowest point of- th* ,-'W?-?sS?e trading when there was considerable Well' streets', probably promoted hy [weakness In the Stock market.' and" ru? roora that Southern spinners had found it uflr&drageouH to nouioata their stay contracts and bny spot oct BjlpP? . ; -":/> -?-l?' ? '".fi"JBfwi Giesing prices were within a point or ,two: of th? lowest Wpot cotton quiet; middling up land- 1?.10: Gulf 13.35. No sales. Oct ton futures closed stesdv. . . 1 Opened Closed May.12.65 12.42 .* t\\y. ... ... .. 12.??0 12,28 'Qctob-pp.\ ..li.S3 Coffin Seed Oil today ntsrtcd a shade higher on sup porting orders in tho nearby dellv >.;?.,: ; Un ttip Hst oonn oased ?>tt ?Oufor side demand, "final prices were point iow?r for April and 4 to ? ICM for ether taonth New Orleans Cotton na wy ha* Jtwt.completed a ?Ire part product?on^.of:?j^ conquest ?CJQM&?i?,^' This Kxtraordjniiry photo play, .-aCilpi^.''5-' ?int feature.prodpetio'n. "Wolfe, or the Conquest of ?debec.w will shortly be seen In motion picture theAte?. Maxim Gorky, the Itussiah writer, has entered into H contract with en American Him company by wbl< ?nd?jrt8>?a to. write ten Hbo play?, mont of them typical of HUMlah life A now factor bas entered the fea ture Aim situation In Ohjo. The 1ft ftepejidept?'Fea tu ree *V'fup?oy bas been organized with np it vowed policy of rc leafdtig one feu tu tv r. dar. . xii? eittlre output of tb? il reut N..u?l,.-i;i : , Rolax, Bladin; Gaumont, Film Iteles'aee. Of Amerk's, Jteift nm) .AiiUuM. tn>e1u nie? wl.tj the March, releases. ?re mk eu by Ihe lmleiiendcvt: had been so great that a large amount or cotton would have to be replanted. Tj*ni*!ftsa points also seat hi reports of damage, ^ . -'?>.. At the highest the market stood 6 rt ?ra r ypst?rriay'H oJna?; at j the lowest 8 to ?5 points under. j Spot cotton quiet unchanged; tnid {diing? 13 ? 1-lg/ Sale? Ott the spot MK), .to ?rrlre 500. J' Cotton futurrra closed: May iz.w; July 12.57; Aug tzj?d; Oct 11.57; Deo- ?1.&S;J Liverpool Cotton easier; good. middling 7.75; micaling 7.31; tow middlmg 6.9). , Sales 10,000; speculation and cs? ROrt 1,000.. |? rteceipt?i?,o??v' '". . j Money Market J'e'tf York\ April 14;*~Csir money steady 1 3-4 a 2: ruling rat? 1 3*4; (? oz tn;- I 3-4 a 2. I' Tibi? loons weaker; sixty-day? 2 1-2 |u 3-4: niniill?iJltffct .1-4; tdx owmhla railroad O?lu unchanged to t^Cof?, and pro visions down a shade to 10c. ; '? Outs severed company, with corn owing to ideal . weather end bet wino of Hberai.?nTft?le?^ to Chicago. '? 1'rovlsions ' sagged late in tho day The stronfeth in cdnh: however ?nd the tightness of wheat led to some cor sriojg/by short?. ? ^WSSm i hfcago. Stoffe M-i-keU Chicago. App? oma dr sales 5.SU ?R-5.?N?' pig? 8,?0. Csttl? irtaadyi'tow? and heifers ?#5 a S.?0; calves 6,50 a ?.60. Sheep lower; jambs 6.80 a S.'jr?. WH** TH? HOH?&MBtif? , WAS?*!?, LUCKY*, (By Rev. Thos. B. Gregory.) It was exactly o *v! - .uendred years ago that General A???re.'.? Jackson had his farupua, light 'wira&ey ?aeek In diana at th? tetoreehc ? State ot Alaban.. lt was one time when tb? horse shoe wasn't lucky for th? Rea Mea, al though it was a, red letter day for 'Old Hickory," a hy nu. means uuwor l&Wi?jWrtrtla- to the g^rtoes^ <^o*v January, 1&15, at Nsw.^ta?asL,.' . Of the Various Iud tan' tr free that er lean tontln?ut when first touched Its ?h?r were, with the single exception of s?a?o, by faritkd^isaai forasiidablv. Ia fact, they, might well bav? been called tho Iroquis of tiu: South. numbers, courageous and waourcefuT and atwiys led by men of snperleHfe ge?tty and 'will^a?wer;-<th*<iBff?W??'' fe red a res! problem to the pala#t?$ who would conquer them. Time and again, lt was dempnstraied that the Creeks could B?ht,* and I6hg waa the listefrwhtt* men #ho bil ?he dust .before the copper^ora^hreve* along the southern strain bowed their head*, to the it In 1813 the /country ? ?be shocking massaer. ia which Ute entire sarriii;-i" . thc? defenseless wotucn atti* c?lrdr?n. were ruthlessly pdt t?;d*i ? attrocions pice oof work thoroughly format* enb?^lbr>? ; ' Undertaking the task with tho :> .> that always ehsvacterlRed him. JaW "Horseshoe Bend. With consummate ekiii Jackson flo placed h?B forces M to cut the tn* dian sou* from ?very means Of-??cane, and then f? tiing upon theta with h bi frontiersmen. literally' annihilated i hom. lt was a horrible "kfraif^ Ov er nix hundred pf the red men were kHl*d on the,spat. The wounded were few in number. Jaekson told his ba0kW0Od?tP?m tO time . :.!;,] t\,.-y Almost before tho aratifte of th? z$u ruihirjr* eonlllct had ?etile*, thefew who bsd survived were ?!?o^io&i^h to make peace snd th? "Creek ques tion" WR* ?ritliwi 5?T JLI! UiA?v-^fi*;*},:, ? ?; . W a a****r?J* V* - Ampi VEQHJl remorihers with wmg'ad.'eo* "Ide tba story ot th? old Oh ' the srr?atnat of ii