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The Bank of Anderson The Strongest Bank b. the County solicits your banking business. It is prepared to supply your needs in all phase? of Banking. It solicits Savings accounts. Checking accounts and borrowers. All are welcome* Is your name on its books? The BANK of ANDERSON The Strongest Bank in the County. B. B. Blockier 0. M. Heard Phone 671 rhone 27. BLEGKLEY 8 HEARD Undertakers . 117 E. Whittier St Answers all call? day or night, rhone Other People Own Their Homes Have they been more fortunato than i S yoy^.pr .have they, been more thrifty?' lyell, tho difference is thia: you have neon paying rent while they were pay ing for their home. Yours fit i ll be longs to the other man, though you might have paid for it. Your friend got what he paid for and owns his home. LET US BUILD YOU A HOME IN . WEST END NOW. ANDERSON BEAL ESTATE AND ! INVESTMENT CO. E.R.Horton, L.S.Horton, Pres. V.-Prcs. W. F. Marshall, Secy. BOILERS, TANKS, STACKS, ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY 'AND SUPPLIES, REPAIRS PIPE* GALVANIZED ROOFING LOMBARD IRON WORKJ5 ~ Augusta. Ga. * CASEY Sc FANT ^ * ARCHITECTS ?j * Anderson, S. C. * Brown Office Building. . * Second Floor.. Phone 269-' *i m.. : ; bi... . BR, ? O. WO?D8 . . . . . .. - . sreciAusi . . ; ,Honrst . ?9n rn. tolp.rn.8p. m. to 6 p. ea. . fWeas^fa^|D,Blee^ . Bvealsgs ky Appointment <*J . TKLfcfi'l?oNE COKKKCytyS ?1 . : . .'.ii . i *... . mm Ii ? J ? U_'.pjlli-Xi^J-i.- ' -J^.lU'.lg. ?..*,? a ? - . . * . . *1 . SAYRE & BALDWIN * o o ? ARCHITECTS . t* BlecKley^Bidg, Aqdefson, S. C. * r* Citizens National Bank BMf. *-f ? ? . ? * ' a ,* a ? . . * .m MUSI RAISE FUNDS ?O BUILDMWO FROM ANDERSON i TO THE BLUE RIDGE MONEY IS NEEDED Walhalla Peopje Are Anxious For Highway and Want Some Aid From This City and County .. .. >i. . ? ? - iy_ ?I? ti ? ,?,;. , . 1 Some tillie ago Porter A. Wlialey. secretary of thc Anderson chamber of commerce,' was asked by the peopje of Walhalla to io?d a hand in building a-highway from Anderson to the North Carolina mount ?'in via Walhalla. At this time lt wau explained that a por tion of the road bad already been con structed and was completed and that if some financial assistance might be oxpected from tbir section the entire undertaking could be put through in time to catch thc early fall tin vd. When thc matter was first broached lt was proposed that some of Wal halla'? best known citizens would come herc and assist in laying the .proposition before Anderson people but this course was abandoned and it was feared that the entire plan might have been given up. Evidently, how ever, such is not the case- as the fol lowing letter from W. M. Bi own. chair man of the good roads committee in his county and written to Porter A. Whaler, win-show; "In' reply' to' your favor of 22nd, I wish to thank you for your kind ex pressions in rc the way our Walhalla people do things, when it comer to building good roads. "Since receiving your letter, I have been thinking the matter over, and have ?gone over it. with some of our committee, and'it har been suggested that possibly the best way to manage thc matter of your helping us on the road, would be for you to take the matter up in your chamber of com merce and see what could be done in that way. and save us thc embarrass ment of going to your town in person to solicit money for this enterprise. Col. H. T. Jaynes. especially thinks that you might do us more good in that way, than we could do by going direct to the people. "It will take about $1,500 to finish the road and the Highlands people are willing to put up half of the amount necessary to do the work, and the work is now being done under thc sup ervision of Prof. Harblnson, of High lands, N. C., and knowing the Ander son people us I. do, and realizing the advantages this,-.road will be to your people as well as to thc people of all the state, I believe that Anderson will do her n&rtJhitbia^ enterprise it pro perly pu^/bW?r^ her people, and we. wiy appreciate anything that you can do for us. and feel at the same time that you. will be doing your people a great .service,-u* that lt. will, give .them an excellent road to the mountp.ins. . "Thanking you for your kind oller to help UR to make a personal can vass of your tow/ii, and hoping to hear from you again as to? what you think will be the best way to work, I am, Yours very truly, "W. M. Brown." DOCTORS WILL WAGE BATTLE American Medical Association j . Will Change Tactics To Some Extent in the Future _ Atlaatiq,sQlty. N. J., June 29.-To edurttte trre^bllc regarding medical matters in .order Co prolong lifer the whole administrative -power of the American Medical Association will bo brought . to. bear during the coming year. Dr. Victor C. Vaughun, the newly elected president of the ashttgj elation, made this statement. at thc close ot the congress. Dr.' Vaughan said the work of tho American Medical Association had grown from <^ more gathering of phy sicians ? to discuss technical subjects into an organization of 4,500 pracfi .Honers devoted to the service of men kind. . ' "During the coming year,'- salGj l")r. Vaughn, "tho policy of the administra, tive branch of tho. association will be a definite ono? we shall spend our time and money in education. Conditions have changed. Once lt was simply a matter of a physician's duty to lit? patient. The field has broadened. The physician must now go to the public.'*" ,i\K~ . Dr. Vaughn Bald ; the . association "Would expend large sums of money In preparing medical matter - for : the newspapers. ??e*K *M*(w ShooMng "Soflpg.WcJures. Berlin, .Ji^efJ&.-'The moving plc SMC a?Ti& Hon of tho soldiers' rifle, range work wl'.Kivarcaftar.bo done with moving figured for targets. A teat of lae new contrivance al tho Dooberltz rang? gave good.- results, .And. the 4 Emperor who witnessed the testa- and . hlnuotf fired a number of shots , was pleased with the Innovation. Long rolls of paper replaced the usual film..and oa them appear marching soldiers, caval rymen, artillery in full. gallop, cy?let tropps and other moving objocta. The instant a bullet ^trikes the paper the spot of Impact is b?SUianUy. lighted and the movemont Of the oontrlvance is arrested for nearly a seoond. giving an opportunity to. seo. the full effect of -lae ahot. 41 ls . believed ?bat the j invention will not .only improve ? the ( (soldiers' inaxUmsnshlp, tut will also . prove . valuable in trJmii:g EA prove valuable in : training them, to aim and .fire rapidly. j TEA6HERS ATTENDING UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OVER THREE SCORE NOW IN COLUMBIA FOR SERIOUS WORK Anderten People Interested - In! What Is Being Accomplished During Course A mle nuiii county is alway? interest ed in anything pertaining to education and is always ready 'and willing to lend her assonance in movements which go to make for bettor conditions in the State and particularly in this county. Therefore everyone in An derson will leurn with interest that a new plan of summer school now be ing given a trial. The first school of Ur kind in this State is now in session al the Univer sity of South Carolina. It ls a robodl exclusively for high school teachers with the benelits of specialization. The attendance is over GO., which exceeds the most optimistic expectations. The school will continue until July 17 und ' in addition to the special courses in high school subjects and the depart ments of high school organization and administration the school f eastons are featuredwith training in athletics and manual training. . The faculty has been carefully clio: ( n and those attending arc a rep resentative body of high school teach-1. ? era, coming from all parts of the state. The students are there for serious* work. The men and women are about evenly.represented among the Ptudents and the arrangement of the cchcdule has brought about the congeniality of college lfe. A reception wac given them Tuesday night by Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Moore, and the parlors of Flint Hall, with Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Kinard in charge, have been thrown open for I the convenience of the teachers and their frlendr Miss Mary Martin, of Marion, has charge of the manual training depart ment, which is proving exceptionally successful. R. C. Burls, of Greenville, has charge of j he athletics and lt ts stated that 50 par cent, of the teachers 1 are attending the gymnasium classes which ate held from 8:30 to 0:30 in the morning and .from noon until 1: 1 o'clock each day. H. C. Ross,.physical director of the Y. M. C. A.. has extend- ' ed the aid of the Y. M. C. A. io further- * i lng the work in athletics, and exhi bition gamer of basketball and volley ball will be given tonight for Um beb- 1 ?.nj( pf .the teacrers. The memberr of thc faculty. with their various departments arc as fol- 1 low?: W. H. Hand, rchool adminis- ' trallon ; R. C. Burts, athletics; Miss Mary Martin, manual training; A. M. : DuPre, mathematics; A. G. Graeser, * French and German; LuecO Gunter, Latin; Heed Smith. Ens li: li; D D! 1 'Wallace, history; A. C. Carron, physics 1 and physical geography; J: W. Mills, ?chemistry; A. C. Moor? agriculture. ' and Patterson Wardlaw, adolescence and English grammar. The daily schedule is as follows: 8:30 to 9:30-Physical geography, ? geometry, beginners* Latin and. Eng- 1 lish hit-tory. 0:30 to 10:30-French, chemistry. 1 English literature and education ado- 1 lescence. 10:30 to 11:30-Algebra, manual 1 training, agriculture and American ' hlrtory. ' 11:30 to 12-Chapel. 12 to 1-Arithmetic, Latin reading. 1 mgnual training and English composi tion. 1 to 2-Physics, German,, high ' schcol administration and English ' grammar. RAILROAD* DIVORCE ! WOT YET ARRANGED j Massachusetts Kas Failed To Ap- [ prove the Plan For the New . 1 . i New Haven . i (By Associated Press) . ' . ' Washington, June 29.-Unless the ( Massachusetts legisla turo speedily ap proves a changed, plan under which the New Haven railroad may dispose , of -the Boston and Maine, tlie .filing ( of. a suit by, the. government to Hepa- , rate the two lines seems imminent. , Chairman Howurd Elliott, of the . New Haven, waB in Washington today , and called at both the-Interstate Com-- j merce .Commission... and the Depnrt-J, mcnt of Justice to discuss New Ha- ] | ven affaira. The position of the New ii Haven directors was made clear In11 a recent resolution they adopted Inj 'Boston stating they would not be t willing to have the Boston railway i holding company dispose of : Boston i and Maine stock If the Massachusetts < legislature insisted that each-eertlfi- l cate 'should be stamped with thp pro- i vision that the. stock might be taken over. by the. commonweal th at price -, ! to be fixed by agreement or by a;1 court.- . {' .The New Haven directors say this j provision makes the shares unsaleable'*',' and would put the company in woree ; position than if it were compelled.' to sell the Boston aud Maine stock under a decree of the federal court. . i July 15 ls the time limit Attorney General McReynolds . fixed .within j which the seulement moat be effected. A Paul?is Will fie. Washington, June 2a.- Secretar* ; Daniels wll attend the centennial - celebration of the battle of Platt burgh -on* Lake Champlain., September1 8 and 9. On the first day Mr. Daniels,-: will i apeak on ike Vermont aide of i the lake and on the next at Platts- . burgh. ' President Wilson has promis ed to attend if possible. Cotton Produ in The Washington. Juno 2 .-The quantity of cotton ginned from ihc crop of 1913. counting round ur half halos aud ex cluding linters, was 13.982,811 running bales. With the exception of thnt of 1911, this is the largest cotton crop the United States har ever produced. Ex pressed iu gross 500-pound bales the crop amounted to 14.156.486 bales, be ing.1,536.21 & baler, ot 9.8 per ceut. less than that of 1911. but exceeding that of 1912 by 453,065 bales, or 3.3 per ceut; that or 1909. the smallest crop in re cent yours, by 4,151 "?37 balen, or 41.5 per cent; and that of 1904. the fourth largest crop, hy 718.474 hales, or 5.3 per cent. These figures arc given in a bulletin on cotton production for 1913. which har been issued by Director William J. Harris, of the bureau of the censur. department of commerce, lt was prepared -under the supervision of William M. Stuart, chief Statistician for manufactures. The quantity nf cotton ginned from Wie crop of 1913, prior to September 1, was 799.099' bales, exceeding that ot 1911- the next largest-by 27 ,??2 bales. Almost one-half of the total crop' was ginned prior to October 18; by November 14 almost three-fourth ol the crop had been ginned. ?|'hit> ?3 practically the same ns the average for thu years 1902-1912. the highest per centage (80.51 being chown for 1909 and thc lowest (60.91 for 1906. - The amount of cotton seed produced in tons, in 1913, was 6.305.000. with an estimated value or $156.600.000. Of this practically 4.767.802 tonr Were crush ed. The corresponding .-amounts Cor Ufli -were 641)1,000 tons produced and 4,&7'J,f?08 tons crushed; and for 1911. t U,9U7i000 tons produced and 4,921.073 tour, crushed. Conditions Affecting Mic 101? I Top. .Tho cotton crop of 1913 began with an increased area planted, the re vised ostimate of the department of agriculture being 37,458.000 acres, us against an estimate of 34.766.000 acres for the crop of 1912. The 1913 crop as a whole got a late stait, but good Btands were obtained in practically thc entire cotton belt other than thc At lantic coast states, where much re planting was necossary-probably 25 per cont of their total cotton acreage. Inning May and June favorable weather conditions prevailed in all lections, offsetting to a degree thc late ness of the crop and permitting the i very late replanted cotton to get a good start. Favorable conditions con- J tinucd for the mort part ,in the At lan- j tlc states and In thc grouter portions j of tho-Middle Gulf states, .enabling thc | plantr.Jn there sections to matine and ? fruit and converting thc carly dis- J couraging prospects into an excellent | harvest. On the other hand, what I promised to be a large yield in the ' ?ea -west of thc Mississippi was rcduc- ' cd hy prolonged drouth and excessive I heat to a poor yield, -considering that | a lal ge percentage of thc increased j acreage was in this section, j Tho "ef fects of the drouth and heat were especially, sovoie In Oklahoma andi unly .slightly lass SO In Arkansas and in the northern and Western portions of the cotton growing area of Texas. | The cotton crop of 1913 In general was less seriously, affected' by insect peatr. than the previous one, although ceilain large sections suffered more ns ver ely than ever, before. With the exception of certain reef lons in north am Texas where, there was some re cession in tho territory.Invaded by the weevil, there was an advance all along the linc as compared with 1912. The total ten i tory now infested ls esti mated at -296.300 square miles, includ ing 22,800 square mile? invaded for the Br. -. Umedtil913. ' ?'orton Crop of thc (Hates. .The cotton crop of 1913 as compared with that of 1912. showed a gain in well of the colton belt states with the exception of North Carolina, ' Ok hi ltonia, Texas and Virginia. The pro f action in ,iAlabama, Georgia, Kout li Carolina and' Tennessee' -was the ter sest ever repoi ted for these rtates ex :opt for 1911. Ai kan -is made its rc :ord crop in 1913 and Louisiana show ed the largest amount ginned from a i dngle crop since 1908. While the crop in Texas was nearly 1,000,000 bales ] tbort of the record crop of 1912. it was I ?xoeeded only by two others--those bf 1906 and'1911. A largo part, of tho In- j crease In- tho production of .cotton in recent years has been due to.that in georgia and South Carolina. Thc pro duction of cottoit in Georgia in 1913. while showing an increase of more than half a million-bales, as compared with thc previous, y ear,.waa istiir432, 326 short of the record crop of ion. The crop of 1913, however, was, in that State greater than that of 1906 by 724,029 bales, or 45.5 per cent, and In South Carolina by-501,633 bales, or ?7.3 per cent. 'The. production of cot ton tn Louisiana decreased rteadily hom 1906 to 1010,' though since then there has been tonlodncrease. In 1906 the production hf the state amounted to 987.7T9 bales. While in 1910 thc unount war ottly 245,648 bales. This rapid decline >war Idue largely to the ravages of (he boll-wee vii -and to "the consequent diversion .of-cotton lands to 4ne-- cultivation of sugar cane, rice und other crops. Thc imperial Valley In southern Cal ifornia- ?cams to bc well suited to the cultivation of cotton. ''This coot ion has. a rich (.oil, a warm climate, a long sea son, and situated a? lt is on a lower level than tho'Colorado river, the fur ther-advantage of feeing easily sus ceptible: to..irrigation. The - high cost Df labor for picking, cotton, however, ts a drawback, while Ihc suit ability of the land for other crops undoubtedly restricts.' to rome extent. its culture. Cotton has been grown 4n thip. locality on a commercial basis for only u few rears. There were 5.986 bales,ginned In 1910. 9.790 in 1911, 8,215 in l?12, and 22,888 in 1918. - It v has been reported that t h e ; ac rea ge. planted In cotton in 1914 in tho Imperial Valley will show a - large i-Increase over | that in 1913, while the .probable production is vari ously erl! mut ed from -50,000 to 106.000 baler- i There were 2.299 bales reported as ginned in Arizona from the crop of [dion United States j 1913. Tho large:! pnit of tins hus tho same charactci ?sites as that grown in Egypt, having been prorogated from seed brought from that country. Thu cotton is grown on Irrigated land and the average yield is high. Thc area tu be devoted to this staple in 1914 shows a large increase over that of 1913, the amount being variously estimated fi om 12.000 to 15.000 acres. :| The sea-island cotton crop of 1913r amounted to 77.6?3 bales, or 29.840,000 pounds gross weight. While slightly larger than the preceding crop, it was one of the Mustiest produced since the iiinuga i at lon of the ginning reports of the census bureau in 1899. The av erage quantity of sea-island cotton' produced each year b)<egutvulent to about 75,000 bale of GOO pounds each. Of this amount about 25,000 bales ure exported and 50.000 l?ales ore consum ed In this country. The best sea-island cotton produced tn the United Stutos is grown off the coast of South Caro lina, by planters who have for many years paid the mort 'careful attention to seed selection. The r^u-Island cot ton now being grown in the West In dies is said to surpass , the average | American product and competes with j that grown in South Carolina rather. than with the lear valuable varieties ! grown in Florida and Georgia. How ever, the total exports of sea-island cotton from Hie Dtltish West Indies for the year ending September ?10. 1913. were only 4.309 bales of 500 pounds each. The World's t'rednct lou of Cotton. As compiled from various sources, the world's production of cotton in 1913, exclusive of linters, measured by the factory supply-that ts, thc quan tity entering commercial channels was 22.225,000 bales of 500 pounds net. This compares with 20,97.6.000 bales, tn 1912, 21.259.000 bales in 1911. and 10,241,000 bales tn i 909. Tile United States is the only country which has provided an adequate sta tistical service to ascertain the quan tity of cotton produced each year. The governments of India. Egypt, and Rus sia compile and publish estimates from time lo time during the season, and it?t-- raid that the Indian govern ment pr?poses to establish a By?tem of enumerating the bales at thc press es.. In- an iving at thc production in foreign countries, lt was .Mrercl'ore necesi a ry to rely on con.ular reports. trade publications, special correspon dence, and other raf?eo"anoous Bourses. d' the total world production of commet cia) cotton tn 1913 the United Sts.tes contributed ?0.9 per cent ; In dlu. J7.1 per cent; Egypt. 0.6 per cent; (mina. 5.4 per cont, and Russia, 5.4 per cent. Some idea of the import ance of cotton production In tho United States from an economic standpoint may bc had when it is considered that, next to corn, cotton is tho most valu able crop grown in this -country and that cotton ls the largest single Item of export. The value of thc cotton crop of 1909 represented 15 per cont, of the total value of all thc erops of the country. The valu? of -cotton ex ported dui ing thc- fiscul year 1913 amounted-'lc $f47.357,l95, or .22 5 per cent of thc-total value of all arttelop of domestic meuchandlsc exported dur ing the year. WAY DOWS IK ?Mittut; I A. Legislature ?Spending tho ; Time Tn der the Electric Fans. Atlanta. Ga.. June 27.-With a big electric fan whirling, palm loaves helping a tit and plenty of Icc water tinkling In the tall glasses thc Geor gia legiBlatute is trying to attend to business and forget the thermometer. One of the attaches, thinking of conl ferrlng a favor on thc members, kindly brought a large thermometer to the house today and hung lt In the Smokers' Club ns ; the ante-room is called. One of the South Georgia members who has not seen his knees in a decade on account of an abund ance of avoirdupois, became intently! interested in it. He consulted it ev ery five minutes and with every ad vance of a degree became more dis gusted. "If lt goes un to 98 I'm.going to pack my grip and go home." he de clared. Then he went io lo answer a-roll call. When be came out again for another look the mercury hud climbed to 105. "Me for tho wlregrass." he said. He was on hts feet to request a leave of absence when a friend explained to him that a mischievous page had burnt a match under thc mercury I and sent it .up a few notches. REVIVAL- AT ORRVILLL ?? . /. i Being Conducted by Ito. Hebert G. Lee. Rev. Robert G. Lee, wlton'ls* now conducting revival services- nC Orrville Baptist church, was horn -nt''Fort .Mill. 8. C."? His 'parents are -Mr/'-and Mrs. D. A. Lee who now reside at thal place . J -Early- a desire to preach pos sessed him. When he grew to man hood, he left, at 21 years ot. age, for South 'America - where he spent one year -in the service of the''"?"'United States- government. Returning to hts home, he entered Forman . University, becoming a class mate -of - the pastor bf Orrvllle Baptist church. -He grad uated, with high honors in -lune 1913, winning' the -gold medal for the best senior oration, and the gold medal for the best contribution to. the college magazine. During hts obi loge course his fellow st udont s elected him to many of the'blgheet Offices in thc power of tho ttudent body. He ls now -pastor Of Lang Branch Baptist Church, one of the lending churches In the Saluda Association, of White Oak church of Greenville, and of Waterloo Baptist church of Waterloo, S. C. . Conley R?fowed New Trial. Attenta. 3 Jane : i7.-James Conley, ?be negro*?t?tory sweeper, ?entenred to serve one year In prison as an ac cessory after tho fact to the murder We Have Buggies coming in almost every day tho latest shipment being a car of -C OLUMBU S Como in and let us show them. They arc 1914 Models. Wc have a nice line of Ponv buggies. J. S. FOWLER Rushed the Order ATRAVEL/M^ 'esman, while in Nashville ook a large order, promising Qv. y in ten days. It ? ' would take two days for the order to reach the Home Office by mail. It took him only a few minutes to telephone thc order from a pay station of the Bell Tele phone system. Tim e saved by J tele ph on i ri ? orders often means fulfillment of contract. When yon tcicpHane-r^tmUc mmHEm BEIX TELEPHONE AND VELEGR7SPH COMPANY University of South Carolina. Scholarship ^Examination. Thc University of South Carolina oilers a Teachers' scholarship to one young; man from each county. The scholarship is worth in^nojiey and exemption from all fees, amounting to S158. (SI58.) Tile" examination will he held ill Hie county seat Friday, July IO, 1*)M. General entrance examinations will be held at the same lime for all students. The; University offers great advantages. Vuried courses of study in science, history, law and and business. Write at once for an application blank to Ihc President University of^South'Curolina Columbia, S. C. JTnXY:mWPT FALL OFF when provided with a clip that fits your own nose. Utnsse3 that won't Hhakc off are a specialty with us. and you don't have to tie them on, either That's only one of their advantages. The heat ls that we fit them accurate ly to your eyes. Wo aro experts to testing eyes. For the glaseos we charge from $3.00 to $5.00 and upward, according to the style and frame. Re pairs on frames and parts 10 cents and upward. Dr, M. R. Campbell 112 W. Whltner St. ?frenad Floor Office Tooee 638J. Res. Thane 4681 of Mary Phagan, for which crime Leo Prank ls now under sentence of death, today war refused n new trial by Judge lien Hill, of thc Fulton su perior court. Conley's attorneys did not attempt to support hts motion by argument, and immediately served no (tee' of-apro&l. TLe matter will come before fae higher court at its ? Octo ber te: m, ^ .j.M i