Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m&**?tlmmm?t??mmWmmimm?mm*??M^^ -1-*]rwr|ii.m., BELTON PAGE DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF BELTON AND VICINITY, AND AS A MEDIUM FOR COMMLTWCATING NEWS AND ADVERTISING. ^ y X BIL it sr rn? * INTERESTING BUD( AND NOTES FRC * CLAUDE A. fi* * Vj* ** * * * 4 Redtop, April 1?.-W. I. Wlthar #pe<n. n prominent merchant timi rendent of Yorkyillo. wan in Belton to<lu;. Meting and abahing ? nanda Ith tho citizens of Belton. Mr. rt&eiapoon is a candidate for JUHB trice or railroad commissioner in tba rbnury thin summer ty>d ?tate? tba* a hy receiving'a, ^reat deal of en gagement. JJ? i'-j ?:-^r--ri rai. P. Cothran, a prominent rosident abd farmer of the Touey Creek sec tion, waa lu Kelton today oh business. J. i>. .McFadden, travelling repre sentative of thc Southern Printers' S?pply Company, of Atlanta, -was apUvUR prose in town yesterday. G E. Mooee, editor und proprietor ni ?he Houuu Pulu Chronicle, had b)!f)inona in Belton today. % Alpha Necse, manager of the Queen Thi :itro. at .Honea Path,'van,a busl neita visitor tb Belton lind Anderson ftev. N. G. Wright, who bas been quite m recently..is-put'again, to the delight of his many irtends. .Mrs. Power?-nhdiMias Harris were nbnpping in Melton Thursday. > jt?r>-He'nry Milford of fanig Branch w?^among Ute visitors to Belton jTljursday.' ; ? > ? .>. ; ;. j" ! n;. G. M. Holllday pf Shady Grove Mas Hhopplng in the city yesterday. ' Mr?. Albert,S, Pant spent Thursday in Anderson. & Mis? Minnie Milford was ah attrac Uv viritor in Belton. Thursday. Mr. Lem Kay was a business visitor -to Anderson yesterday. Mrs. Jim Cobb af Mount Oliv, North Carolina, la visiting Mr. and MT. Hobb Cobb- on North Main jit^cst.^ Mrs. Cobb lived here a num .bdr of years and has numerous friend? ,who are glad to welppme. her; Isa i Ethq^&auls abd Misa jMajrV s Iv. tv,.-, wry aiiiacttvo ?attments ?. r. ffiS^r&ir?od'to their duties r: day uVterW most delightful visit ?Miss Pallb. Wright j - rn (heir Jb iterday in a (Mr. .Tee Pinson was'tho guest on, Mr. tn.d Mra. R. J. Gambre.ll Tbur?-[ StL._._- - " SEED PEANUTS Try 1-riersorTs Improved Spanish Peanuts. They pull up with the bush .'Xhd have titles io four peas] to the pod. Th? flavor is Wetter than the smaller Spanish or any other peanut. Remember-otu;'offer pf^ip^OQ -j V m cash . prizes for the largest melons L i ?VA II fr.uri our seed.' PI?A'RMACY- . (The Loading Drug Store?) . BELTON, S. C. ?ET OF NEWS * IM niicv D??I nm*i * J ? "*? * * * ? ? kr? 3 STRICK m A Ml i,K ... K?llc (lamil Ser??mly Hurt-Fare UaeJr i liU.L ' Bolton. Auril IG.-Ellie Clamp, of I baa Shady, .elroy e action.. . wa? se riously hurt yesterday afternoon at. the Ulac^mith sb/?p of 8-, M. -Wallace \ by his mole. Mr. Clamp was holding the miili- when ho waa struck on the QOS? with n frqnt'?robt,bi the mule, breaking th? bridge ot hts nose and making a very ugly gash. I Mr. Clamp was givenmedical at tention at once and ia, getting' along nicely though tho wbund is vet; paln FOR WM-ALK' .MKUAL Tho IVellnrtoery Contest to Bc Heidi Al Relton Friday Night . . ^ Belton^ AipiV, le.WThe preliminary Contest to releer due' boy'and one girl to represent Belton high school it tbe G'Neule Oratorical contest, will be hchl in the auditorium of the nigh Echool ImlldlngvPrJdtty evening, April 17. beguiling promptly, atS: A nthall admission -fee of five and Len cents' will <btf charged/ Lef thc people of 'Bolton turn out and < courage the young. orators \< Following ts'tho program: ' .:' Piano Duet-Grace Campbell and Soasie ,Wilson. .. . The death of Benedict - Afdold Ruth COX., , Jorry.1 tho Bobbin Boy-Vivian Cox an uitt ?wcctiieart of Mine-Ferol \ckeh. ' Thc Bight of Secceaslon-L . D. Harris. The Wreck of the H?speros-Mae Pinson. * " j , Sophronia Tabor at the t?pera-Geo Fant. .... ._. -?- ??--?-. I7II.II j' .-vim D nj|n:i icuic-?umuici Shirley."'- ? Plano Duet-Grace Campbell nndj [n m; Camphell. An Afternoon in a. Hotel-Eunice] Warnock. Btenxi to the Romans-Frank] Sutherland. A . ., Hin Sentinel-Idelle Kay. Uri "j> Daniel's Prayer-Annie Lit* Jto<^^Va3^^^pBT^^^^^t Mc-] Mahan ^ V;& Engineer Conuer'tLSon-BcBsjjffiflttl Bon. T ~*Y*f "fflfr ";' ? CeiU^ejhtea^Ofetlon-^ster^gglly, Ptllff^^Tjy^Htta WaTfcfi?SB^. . -iPUinp Solo-Grace Campbell. M?rshal?- (liarles Cox, Paul Tolll-| . ?iptk?ll, Ollie, Acker. oilba. First rilREE ^OaD'ANOKS TO LOSE OCT Washington, April I G.--From infor mation trivcn. three' companies oft Routh Carolina1 milita "have forfeited [ their right to receive further federal ??? i?oio lim gov t-?nTiiciit and u^rdjat^ of'-^hclr being np UT the governor of South The c?mpanl-R aro Compan iniinsuy; Company Talr, aniitbv^rop?i company o? tlll??ry.'. ? . ./' W' -Tbl* action, as explainc, Milis, chief of the dlvlak). lafj-.,affalr?, ls the. result o Inspection 'made by fol. ! the?request.of the gorernbi Carolina. "Tbcfld coropanif's." ??cn. Mills kalil. ; "failed to meet Hie requirements of| thc v.ar department. Kcnuj they will not hereafter partic?palo ii trlbutlop of federal funds. ': tb .it ; ; be^eft?-to. ?e<.?foyeynor. ofcj South carol I tia.; ' -Indenter ci "th* 6fc Louis Cardinale. John J. McMshan Makes An Art: By The Charles rn Editor Tho IptcUlgoncer-. '? '|i t muHt express, my strong ? ??ap* . proval bf the suggested discontinuance', t of th? county to county campaign I meetings. .Thone making this propos- l al'an- harking '.>a:k to their old irre- 1 con e liable opposition to the primary t itself and their preference for tho 1 eonvehtion system. They are reaction- 1 arl ps, out of harmony with tho prd* < gripBslve thought of the times. If you believe in th? primary, yon. must beHeye in thc county1 to county campaign meetings. There is no other way or giving the candidates an op-, porttmlty "to be heard, or of giving thc people an opportunity to see the men Jrom whom thar are to ehooae." thalf bflcers. j lt BO undi very well i/o say, "lit ev*? . erv candidate make his!own cnnipa'gn schedule.*' Hut the people.have soi. thing else to do besides attend meet- ; lng i, and frith, a "dozen or.more candt?. \ dates foj*-Governor and United Btatpil'. , Senator* to nay nothing af the candid i dates for pther offices myulvlngjgreat; ?! issues, such. a* .education, taxation, law enforcement, railroad regulation, agricultural promotion and pure food Pta^ectiba? a .?eftje QC juara or.Beparate, meetings .will Bo necessary in each county ir every, candidate with views j . to present, ia .to have a nance to say and to contribute to the thought of the campaign for the solution of our Iprojb^emB. ...jj. Tho- offlcial schedule of meetings . Hswves the purpose of cco-nomising the f Unie M the.oeo.ple. in hearing the can- ? Aid?tes and of assuring to the lunn- [ bj?st and nio$t unknown candidate a , large audience suth as he alone would j RS* powerless to draw. The people of, leachI county, in the remotest section. ( are given ample-ndtice of when and < where to assemble.?md devote one dex \ cr ijtvo or more deys, to informing . themselves on public- h^<jh and meas- ? Kvpepi?dly h?ar;'^ords:?ft truth fri?ir?? i oth^?th>:t will: rid'thflm'o perverted j opln?pn and bringt'them into the frei?> i coi sion Js^l^o?^s^hldote to prdjfrj j djoe. Let hil tho'-jofeobja hear aaa J learn to think. T We^, want publicity, j not suppression. ? . ^T^e nrjroaiy^ysjB II IS BI POLIS! Til MIK U ru MR it TJ?? ito ISome of the St?tesaent? 1= R?fere-acs to pCttw??g " Washington, April 15.-A witness before the Senate.committee who nd yocAtth.> repeal of the. toll exemp tion for''American ships was Profes sor Emory lt. ."Johnson of she Univer sity, pf, ' Pennsylvania, bmp?pyGi? hy fnriuor President T;?,ft to iranio a toll schedule for .vessels .hnsalng through Vvvn'ile frhe heating was In progersa the . sonate adopted a resolution call-',, lng on thc Secretary ot Stale, if not Incompatible with t^e. nubile Interest, to submit all correspondance connect ed with the Claywrt-Imlwer treaty ?with Great Britain, the subseqWBttt Hay-PttUiiCefote treaty^ and th r with Paadma known ss the Hay-Bxt nau-Varilla treaty. ' Little discussions of the tolls issue developed outside the.Senate, but Sec retary Tumulty made public al thc White House more than fiOO telegrfwtia received within 24 hours from demo crats tn all parts of fae country ?x ,ion before the canals committee that foreign trarVa would sniffer di?crlrnl nation by American gooda toeing ahlp [ ped fr'?c of toll? to F-acifl? coast points from:tbc Atlantic seaboard,'?nd tb?n imerit In Answer to the Agitation >n News fend Courier his State was a model, lt was 20 to 10 years ahead ot toe birth or the sya em In the 8tate? -of the West and Ult* ..ru th. The present Weakness in our iriraary syetem ia due to the fact that t was adapted to a simple agrlcultur .1 stable population and consequently ian no safe-guards whatever agaiast he dangers of a changing, moving, ingested populuMon.* JPprmerly near y all our voters lived where they vero bora and were intimately kno^u o oue another. Kow, cities, towna and inanes have multiplied, and there ls io longer 'ihe old time personal ac tuaintance as a check on falso Imptav tonatiou or other mod?* of fraudulent .ot lng. IThdro is now need for strict rules or listing the voters and making sure bat they aro actual residente. These .ules wc lack entirely. x Tho newer*?system*'bf the Weat and sorth ara adapted to these modern .onditlona, and are',febcktd and bul roB?cd by tho authority of the state aw. What'1e"'h?Wii.ln.ithc; great ma ority ot the stales-H'numb admired iew system, with moat Improved and ip-to-date ni et hods'ot e???cl?ncy la with ?.; an old sj stem, tbpt him neon Ito mst days and '^aa .?teved upon Ita taring ,?t iii . .. .nunn that'll viii rot and die unless rescued and .ecbnstructed on -modem lines. /The call to us is to reform the prl narv-to safeguard it- to make it an ine'rring instrument' for ^ascertaining he will of tlie people of South Car dilla. Let no frlend^er primary reform *~ -.-?- ...." ""WMBHH.1" ' ' c,,ul **?' rylng tc stifle popula rthought /hy ?hutting''off discussion'before the peo , It ls *un:Ortujiat ?ly too true thnt the Campaign meetings'are hot nu enUght ming and as elevating pa they should m. Thawte' the TjfflEB&bQ'Handldate-i ; i : : be cured only jy Us own . . . public. The .Imo will couro'''\v'henJ the-people will ;e disgusted T''jUl.lbe Inane stuff that jasses far piibinr olsf^?f?n on the stump in Somft (^HE^him the acople 'will flo! ".inn - -.ii*'?'nd th*:' ilndiiion o,f- t4ar^pAlg^yme^tiwR;t.^?Ut he enlargorr-nCoi. discussion' and itu niiUiulication: "bf ' wQO?he*. "The C^Uthhla^. Ap'rttn S, h would exact all tho t^Dq/wctUld l>?ar. AR to InternaUoual tiona, Prof. .Tohiyion '; fciu every us-,::.:, r:?viTipti?f],.iWQr]f^igi<a .dt^crlml nation ngainst. foreign cur: . Tit E ii KOKO I A ?K1S<>X AN. HT!! Trobab?y Sink? ?tonp Atlant 3f next' "ommlst lt Mll?f ticen nil than it t?. the i nate's a vent, afilledi State t i I ree ll prison sidcrable pro Ung tho stat nearly w-lf-s various. industrial' pt rju? fine. A printing ville from ell parts of the . bid on lt.. 'iiie proceeds go into. the .stat? treaaury. The commlflslo.i i. miking r??n vvllcvof ant dustrlal Sottcol and u (ion of SupLV Lc-vyorn g-i a 'regular monthly There are nearly forty * thousand p.rectrlo vehicles hi this ^ouaitfs!^:: CONCERNING CLEAN L?VER rawing r vromar FROM "THC IMPERSONATOR* ; T?E) IMPERSONATOR." Edison B|KH-liil release for April 10, Itt a drama of nf? In Washington adfipied froia the wall known novel by Mary imlay Taylor, lt i? 1h tliree parts and pwdueed In Washington and at. the Edbmh studio under the.dlrec tien of charlea J. ?rabin. A druuintlc moment from the j,iboto piny I? here rdetured;. /The Retter War* (Selig Two reel*:) The pr.ttu'tlc hst old story; of the ruln ation of a happy marriage through the doiu.?n drink. .The acencja^ft^e 8ll very pood, e?i>ecij?lly those in,.jbe wood?,and tho oho of the escaping deer ls exeep Uorially renll*tie,, "On the aVtar of Pntr?oMsm." (Pathe. I Two reei:*.i Ctenr photography, clever mm H?ruti wuiuga cojmune to make this story, dealing with the sec ret service of a military government, ot Interest- '_? LILLIAN DREW. Lillian Drew ls a talented member of the KiAnnay company of . photo play prodmrers.. She appeared lu "Luck In ?Odd -Numtiers,*' which you may have seen or may. ?lill see. Edward R. G. R. Evana, commander of H. M. 8. president in the BM?IBII navy, who wa? the second In comma lld of the Captain Rotiert F. ?colt smith pole expedition, WUK catight giving hu [autographed portrait of himself to .M?a? ';,'""un wmt}<a. ikie brimpton <>r ""ui Mutual Clrl" series. He will bc seen lu thecomlug chapter of thin great Mu tuul movie serial. *fter week* of ^rddlcity-^Samson.*' the great six reel production of the] Universal company, I? ?t lft"t ready for file market Never has a picture been , more widely heralded than thia, it hus been adven Ixe?! from const to cooat UK ??> the gre?.teilt effort ot lt? kind, ant! lt ' need not bu added thnt th* moving pic ture trade and patron* have looked forward to Ra hrst showily?. Scenario writers will be interested to lean: Hint tho American Film Mnnu fuctrirthg comPnny of Chicago' ia on tho qui vive rt>r scenarios nflnpted for com edies arid Hebt drama? for use Sn the "Beauty" ffthis.' Irving Cuquulnae. one of the mont popular I ead! lin mrih oil th? screen to ddy, will soon bc xeen nguiu In Mutual, movie-: Mr. Cumming*. ' ? ho hus a large personal roiio-wUig among the jihpti' 'day ..funs." lu now under II long rerui cbnthict with tb? Tiiaiihouaer Film cocimrntlon. o o e O O O O O O O O O O Ol o o o jmfiBW? OF From the o o o o o o o o oooo o o -?' ._ Mr. and Mrs. Jester MoCumi Princeton ?pent, Saturday in .the cit v^ttingfrelatlve?. Mrs. FA K, G?ssett ia KpendiuR th? V?ees: with^tb? family of her ?on. J. C. GosBett, near Tor.ey Creek. Airs. M. M. Shirley has been con Qped to her room* for the past ton days suffering with a sprained t M5sr.es Ann Orr Brock and Karon TrayUi?am, G. F. 0. students,'. aper Boater In Honea Path with home-f Ml33 Vera Shirley has returned ti? Spartanhurg to resume her studies in Ccnyorso. ?iM?-?ge, after a Pleasant vis it to her parents here. Miss Lucile Shirley who ls nUfend tnk Wfinthrop- College ?lient Baxter tn llo^Oa l'?th with her parents. Mri ?t?d Mrs: W. A. Shirley. Mrs. Ernest F. La; i mer lin?? return ed to hun horne in !x)7.'?desvlllQ after spending awhile In Hoilesi Path with her-parema. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Shir* lev. ' - . I i io'., ard. of Bog with. tho'lofflgTO^ Zarl lae. They'spent Honen Path. Monday Ej|?i$iut' Sunday O. nfanyc* h fow hours lt Messrs Harper and Wild:? har? soUt 51?- Ford cars since the first of th< hi. Ferguson nm J the, Great Council ii! Hist; 1 Improved Ordei of'Ked Mi j rcaentntlve of Comanche T of tills place. Mr. C. E. Harper has been confined ip hts room for several days suffering from an attack or neti'.^rnr.b. ;ie Iv; 'much tatter cow and will he ai le to Kttehd his busfnesa affairs.again 'with in a day or *o. IV >on ca. Ucrkmsly fil: ^_* P j ?"-. Clar?n<e P. Mr A?t j tor or tne nonea- irerir i itipeut Baster at hts old li j ross co???tfy. I T Mia* Marton T^eck of i j haH been ou a .visit t<> M* {Reaves has gone to Ninet: !> O O O O 0.? o o o O O?O HONEA PATH o iironicle o ? .... o 9 o o o o o o ooo o o o \ tho gant* on Monday was hotly con torted. The visitors we^w Jo ?t a little i too much for the boys and won by n j by three ?mail children, her father and t several brothers and slaters. I '.-t The Civic League requests us to an jn?unce that owing to .tho bad v.vathor. '! . Week" will be continued all during next week. The Wjjripspection will takexpTace on Thursday* ^pril 2:1. Have your, pren)I; Qn next PrTdhy aftortiootf at tn?.h j o'clock 1:1.. 1 -?onea Path nod Abbeville j teams wilf play a game of .bask?t-baf 1 [op.thc local ground. .The admission will bo 5 and IO coats. '"'. Mr. Roy mn Armstrong, one pf the best players on the local team, waa Painfully Injured during the gume on Monday afternoon. ?le will doubtless be confined lo bin room for .several I day*. Wallie in tho city Monday afternoon. Sheriff ARhley .arrested a iicxro. Jim Madden, winna he/Jetectnd In Ute arl I cf saning, liquor io settt? young boya. | Sheriff Ashley is always on. tho Job. An exchange ???i Th? ?i*?*S?e*t boy in the United States is nilli weal thier by t?, few millions more In a re cent bequest, which fully bears out the belief of Ute observant old woman that said ''him what has, RIK." Mr. B: F. Gassaway, president of tho | .local d?mocratie club, asks us to. an IPounce that a m?etlng of the club Will be b.?d lb th? Town ball at " O'Clock on the afternoon of Saturday. April girth for tho purpose of reor ganising and electing delegates to the j County convention, livery member of! tb'e dub and those who d?atru to ; come members ar earsed to attend. WI it. Medien, pastor of tho Baptist I church ni Dovesvilic, and B daughter of Rev. p, W.; Burta^>f. thia Place. She I was born and reared in this commun ity and the no** of her death waa la shoe'; tb her relatives and friends [here. She ! was a woman of lovable arador and waa a devoted wife and ten? funeral ot jun*, w. UL ait-\ ? but has been making his borne lo ug**t rena for a number of year?. He at? j tended the Hones Path High School j for a number of years ona is pleasant- j ly remembered t^pibny of the people I lure. The Herald baa ahov. n mark-} cd improvement under bis mannr? ' Sfcmdaj d by T?ev. W. od" by Hov. M.. BLr. J. W'lklns Norwood of flreeu vHlc und i - o?. John CI. CllnkBcal?B of Woolford college will speak at the Bap tist church on Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock hour. Mr. Norwood Is a Sn?cgssful banker and win bring a message designed especially for young men. Prof. Cllnkocales; la already wall known hero and ie always heard with pleasure and profil. They "Will |4pe*k at the Chirinola union church at- 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev, Edward 8. Reaves will preach at the Baptist church at (hd evesiug hour. A ll ORS I t Sp ri mt Occasion in tanita! cur. .t ls. the prediction t for theiyent which at the Fair Ground* Tuesday, Wfed lay and Th urandy of next week, iet'son p*?ople who Intend coming Columbia sor.n wll rind this a good ne. No effort has been spnred by tho di rectors of tho 'Columbia Horse Show association .<o make the snow a ?po ce-*, and to that end premiums Jdjat amquut to ever ?S/.Os?,,tn additinn*to cupe and trophies, vail .n.l< in order to insure absoUite fairness in iudKhur Ute forty events on the uro gram. a Judge v. lil be, secured front iadgmeutof.thehorseaone be secured, Col. Richard one of the directora of th.? association, is now in com OWIO? on the wall er.plo ttr*d the thin dr* ?Teettlur