Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ SECTION TWO VOLUME 1, NUMBER 144 Wee?!,, Established 1860; Dally, Jan.18, m*._ ANDERSON, S. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1^7 F:iv7??Er^r" $5.00 PER ANNUM ? IN TEXT BOOK PRICES MEANS THAT OTHER BOOKS MAY BECOME LOWER WILL APPLY HERE! South Carolina Pupils and Ander son County Students Will Get Benefit of Rate Anderson, county Behool oflicials and patrons of the schools have always belioved that thc price of text hooks for UBe iu South Carolina schools 1B | too high and they will therefore learn with pleasure that a slight reduction bas been made in the cost of two tey books used in the public schools and lt ls believed that additional reduc tions rosy Inter be obtained on other books. John E. Swcaringen, stale superin tendent of education, has beeu in formed of reductions in the price of | two textbooks now in use in the publk schools. Thompson's United States! history, adopted for the seventh grade will sell for 65 cents instead of 70 cents. WebBter's High School dic tionary, adopted for the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh grades will sell for 88 cents instead of 90 cents. Both of these textbooks were adopt- j ed for South Carolina in the summer | of-1911. The prieeB then, agreed up on were fixed in acordant e with the ? bids of the several publishers. With1 a the last fortnight the text book commission of Tennessee com pleted Its adoption of school books. Thc D. C. Heath company, publishers of Thompson's United States histry, wore awarded the contract for this book at 65 cents per copy. This price automatically accrues to South Carolina as well, making the cost of Thompson's United States history to seventh grade boys and girls 5 cents less than heretofore. Purchasers of the book should be careful to see that the label on the inside front cover of thiB book shows 65 cents instead of 70 cents.. ., _ -. " . , , . lahomabas-Tttifrr~ndoptcd Webster's j The state hoard of education of Ok lahoma fcfctj adopted the use of tho! High Behool Dictionary, published by I the American Book Company The textbook situation in Oklahoma has | been watched with great interest by publishers and school men every homa tangle will be worth cents to | where. The settlement of the Okla every high school pupil buying a dic tionary in South Carolina during the next three years. Purchasers of this book should examine thc label to see that it is marked 88 cents instead of 90 cents hereafter. These two r?ductions indicate tl benefits of state adoptions in lower ing, the price of ?school books. Com ing at this season of the year, when pupilo have not purchase supplies for 1914-15, they should be borne In mind by teachers and patrons when prepar ing for the work of the next session. DOCBL? TRACKING SOUTHERN. Contract Let for Nineteen Miles in Virginia, Mr. J. R. Anderson, superintendent, of the Blue Ridge railway, received the following dispatch from H. W. Miller, assistant to President Fairfax Harri son in reference to double tracking the main Http: - "Contracts for construction of nine teen miles of double track on the Washington division between Amherst and Elma, "Va* have just been let by Southern Railway, contract for the eight miles Amherst to Tye river was awarded to C. W. Lane & Co, of At lanta and for the ll miles between Tye riyer and Alma to H. J. Dunavant & Co., of Chattanooga. The lines to be constructed are through the Virginia Piedmont country and will involve some heavy'work. "These are the first contracts let under th? plan by which Southern Railway Company expects to complete lt's" double track between Washington and'Atlanta tn-the next five years. The Benefits pf Commission Form. Greenwood Journal. We are glad to be able to give the following experience ot the benefits that Morgaaton, N. C , IB deriving from commission form of government. The writer la acquainted with this town, h it not near half the site of Green wood. When We knew the town it wa? without any improvements, but ' thia clipping will show that conditions there have bfeen wonderfully changed. lt MB from the Observer of Charlotte, ^Extensive ?Own improvements are betas made,hero and in a few months Mofganton will in several respects he right up with the larger towns. . j j?!??**.'1 vWa*. C9mn,enc?l yesterday on the installation of a white way K^t?mf&^?fi. ? ?...... ?<-, court house square. Eighteen poles j wtth five lights each will he put up. The white way will mark the passing of the wooden poles in the streets and both telephone mid electric light poles will be removed at once. "Work is well under way on the concrete street, which will extend from below the court house on Depot street up to Multi street and then through Main street to the Tate cor ner. "(.'onunlsrion government is now firmly established pud the manner in which tilings have moved on lu the las t IS months har been culte a revo lution in local government, and it can be said that in that time more hus been accomplished and is under way than for any similar period lu'thu history of the town." tTo be turo Greenwood is a live town, and it has many improvements, but if we hud cominis: ion form of government, no doubt we would/sur pp.ss, in Hie shortest time, anything that has been done in the past und there can he no doubt about a great paving in finances under thlr govern ment. We should have more and bet ter improvements, at lera cost and a .saving Iii, tuxes. Mahlte uf Hire Fred for Ollie. Ollie Branyon, a handsome South Carolina boy. who formerly lived here, came down on a visit last week and when bc left for Kern county, Sunday, bjis young friends here gathered at the station and dumped a whole grocery store full of rice on his trail. Ollie wasn't married then and he Isn't mar ried now. but his friends made the whole train load of folks believe that he was on his wedding trip. Ollie's trunks were decorated with old shoes and other relics and he even wore thc customary nervousness of the regula tion groom, and he spent two days in combining South Carolina rice out of his hair. The passengers all smiled and nodded and expressed curiosity, and it was a great relief for Ollie to break away and escape to the oil fields near Bakersfield. Next time he comes to Banning he will either not come at all or really become a loving husband and let the crowd fire rice until the walls of the city totter and fall,. Banning (Cal.) Record. Of Ono Mind. Foxy Uncle (after leaving the carlo. Shop, showing his nephew" th o way- to buy curios)-"There you are, you see. When you are dealing with people like that juat hargue the point a blt, and down comes the price ten shill In's." Curio Dealer (to his nephew) "There you are, my boy. When you're dealing with a man like 'im, and you see as 'ow 'e's going to hargue tba point a blt, all you've gc* to do ta to put the price up ten shUUn's to ?tart with."-Sketch. FISHBURN WILL PLAY IN CHERAW Anderson Citizen Slated For Ac tive Part in The Checker Tournament July 22. A number of Anderson people take a very active interest in thu great game of checkers and they are all in terested in tbe successes scored by j ("ant. F. U. Fishhurn in lils favorite pastime. They will therefore read with interest of the tournament which is to be held at Cberaw: Wednesday. July 2:?, lt) a. m.. meet ing of the North and South Carolina Interstate Association will open. This day's playing will determine which state is winner for this year, also who is champion of each state. Players from North and South Carolina only participating in the tourney. Anderson and Flshburne being barred as they ure ex-Champions of the south. "Thursday, 2?lrd. il a. m.. opening of the Southern ('becker Association meet. Play will last two days, deter mining who is champion of the south. Flayers from all points south of the Ohio river participating. During the meet Hanks of Michigan and Pisnburne of South Carolina will play six experts at one time-blind. For tbe tirst time in America, Banks, champion of the United State; and Flshburne, champion of the south will play each other, six boards at a time, blind folded. Meetings will be held in rooms of the Chhiuola Club. Cash prizes have been ottered for players in the Southern Checker Asso ciation. First prize, $40; second. $25; third, $10; and several other $10 prir.es. Chess lovers will also enjoy a treat as some of the best chess players in the United Slates will attend and play. JURY HAS GIFFORD CASK District Attorney Declared Witnesses for B?fense Lied. Albany. N. Y.. July :>..-The case of Malcolm Gifford. Jr.. charged with the murder of Frank J. ('lute, was given to the jury shortly after li o'clock to night. Thc district attorney asked for a verdict of murder in the first negree: Judge Addington, in his charge, ex plained both murder in the first de gree, and second degree, and declared that if the Jury concluded the evi dence warranted it, a verdict of mur der, in .either degree could be reached. "Dtars" was the tenn District At torney Alexander applied to Mr. und Mrs. Samuel D. Gibson, of Troy, and Miss Mildred Thorne, three witnesses for the defense, who testified that Clute's passenger on the night of thc slaying was not Gifford. STATE COMMITTEE TOMETUESOA? 'john Gary Evans Calls Demo f eratic Central Committee To gether Next Week - I Columbia, July :\. The stale dciito eralh: executive committee has been called to meet in Columbia next Tues day at noon in thc state house, accord- . lug to a letter received in Columbia j today hy \V. C. McOowan. secret ry. J from John Cary e vans, of Spartan-t iou g. chairman. No announcement us to thc propos ed '.business of tho committee was made. Thc Anderson member of thu , committee is J. Fran li Wal kins. ? HOME WISE FISH _ I t arp That Tried to Un Around a Fence IN thc Latest. i Kasley Progress. ^ Mr. Mack Fowler of the Saluda side, was in tho city .Monday for the. first lime in several years. Mack once lived near Easloy. Ile is a good hon est fellow, but told a tish story that is a little hard to believe. He staled that near lila home when the water gct3 up in the river it hacks up a small ravine and quantities of large carp run out of thc river into this ed dy water and that he and his neigh bors just run a wire nm across the mouth of the small stream and when the water recedes, capture all the tish they can make use of. This, of course, is all very plausible, but now comes the part of the story that gets our goat. He says that on a recent occasion after the water has fallen they failed to lind as many carp as usual in thc pond but were much surprised to find several very large ones lying on the hank al thc extreme end of the pond where they had jumped ont of the wa ter in an endeavor to get hack into thc river which was several yards dis tant. -. Koo ve? idl Resigns .lob. New York.July 3.-Theodore Roose velt has resigned from the editorial staff of the Outlook, it was learned to night. He hud been a contributing editor since March. 190?. when he left the white house. Lawrence Abbott, lone of the pro prietors, of tho publication, said there had'been no break in the relations be tween thc colonel and thc magazine management. SILLIMAN WILL JOIN CARRANZA Wilson's princeton Classmate Will Be President's Man In Mexico Wu hillston. July J. Kully in-1 drud cd as lo tin: Washington guv- j :'rn incut's uttilmli' toward every [iltur*.' of tho Mexican problem, John lt. Silliuian will leave tomorrow for Saltillo to represent tho Culled State, at lin tem lunary capitol of llenera! i'aiian/a. Hist chief of tho .onstlt utionalists. ll is understood Sillium;: goos vir tually ar. IM evident Wilson's personal agent, to talk willi tho constitution alist leader, to lend a hand if occas ion oilers in healing the Currunza Villa hreach and. particularly, to tui lier impress on the constitutionalists Hie urgent necessity of early peace through a pro vir ional government as proposed al Niagara Kalls. SilliniUll, who was a classmate of President IflHlson at Princeton, ls? the regularly accredited vice and deputy roiisul at Saltillo. II" returns to his post, now General I'arrnn/.uV heud- | iiuarters, nndei permisti?n recently niven by General Huerta. A few weeks ago he war. a prisoner there, charged hy Umita ollicluls with aid ing their enemies and his release was Brunted only on the condition that he leave Mexico not to return. While the adiniiistration was ar ranging foi the vice consul's depart ure, constitutionalist agents here were still seeking to learn hy tele graph what was going on nt Saltillo. Late tonight it was said no definite information had come, ll is said dif ferences of opinion pi eva il among constitutionalist: in Washington us lo whether their first chief ever will consent to deal with 1 i nert ti except an the battlefield. Reports cann* to day from Torre?n that General Villa was in conference there with General Villa!eui, General Sant?n Coy and r?verai other Canaliza commis sioners and thal the outlook was fav orable for u satisfactory adjust ment of diff?rences between Carranza and Villa. OOOOOOOOO O.O O O GO oooooooooooooo Forty-nine years ugo today the world'.- first meeting of tho Salvation Anny was held, lt took place In an old patched tent erected in an ancient O o O SALVATION ARMY o o titiriiil ground in tho Whitechapel dis-j Hid of Loudon. Tho tirst preacher j wu: William Mooth, a clergyman who was al thal time without a church, ile hud boon called upon to talo- the | place ot ihe n gular minister, who was I lying iii at Iii: home. The lirsl con gregation was made up of a "mass of poor people, many ot them evidently without God. or hope in the world." Aller the meeting Mooth hurried to Isis home and exclaimed to his wife: "Kale. 1 have lound my destiny! As I i>as.cd the doors of the Hauling gin palaces tonight. I seemed to hear a voice sounding in my car. . 'Where cnn you timi such heal hens as these and whore is lhere :*o great need for your labors'.' And there and then lu I my soul 1 offered myself and you and I our children up to this great work." I This was the beginn lug of a world-i wide organisation. From thai day , meetings were held regularly. On j the third Sunday the tent blew down und was wrecked beyond repair, Hav-j iug no money for ano!lier and without j funds to rent a building. (tooth preached iii the open air. Finally he , secured the use ol' au old dance hall j thal was not iu urti on Sundays. Week day meetings were held in a dilapid?t- ? od ; heil formerly a storehouse for I tdd rags. As 111?' army grew it was' forced imo Hie streets; narrow alleys. I abandoned saloons, or unoccupied | (beatie: became Salvation Armv chap- ? els. J Today thc Salvation Army is tho: greatest evangelistic organization in the world. Thc poke bonneted army lassie is a familiar sight In every country on earth with the single ex ception of ltussiu. Tiley aro wag ing Hod's battle even in Iceland. They have laid siege lo ltussiu and il is reported that even that empire is on the point of capitulation. Their hat tie cry ls heard in every common wealth of the United Stales; more than Hld "outpost?," or missions nre located in nearly every city and town Today the Salvation Army s the In these meeting places more than 10.000.000 Americans gather during a year's time, to listen to tho exhorta tions of nearly 7.000 ofhceis of holli sexes that make up the Salvation Army in tho United Stutes. Tho street corner meeting ls a familiar sight in every part o? the world. More than 150,000 of these arc held .'very year In this country at which over 50, oou recrujts have been gathered in a twelve-month to the 'army's ranks from the army's ranks from the con gregations. "Our war is a war of mercy," they proclaim and it is wit nessed by the world-wide charity of the organisation. It has* established in thu United States neut l*a 100 work ingmcn's hotels which accommodate annually more than 2,000,000 persons; over 120 Industrial homes where about 3.000.000 lucais have been served In a year; about thirty rescue and maternity homes where 0,000 girls and children lind shelter. NAME RECEIVERS OF THE C.H.&0. AT CINCINNATI Bankers Trust Company of New York Seeks Protection of Cincinnati, <)., July II minna Harmon, former attorney general o? tile United States, and Judge liufus B. Smith, of thl? etty, were loila? ip" poinicd receivers for Hie Cincinnati, Hamilton mid Dayton Itallroud, up plication for which was filed i:i t!ie t nlted States District court earlier In the day on behalf of thc Hankers Trust Company, of New York. Thc bonds of each of the reucive.'s we rc placed at ??0.000. The petition asking Tor tl i r<-ieiv ers declared that the . mir? bonded indebtedness of the ral!.-cu ; ?T.".. 000,000, and charged tbnt the rail road lins defaulted on the interest of S29.lMO.ooo first morlgage und re funding fifty year gold bondi; on $;:,102,ii0o bonds of the indiana, Deca tur and Western Railroad, and ?1. 722,000 bonds or the Cincinnati. Indii 11 a and Western Railroad. The petition of the Bankers Trust Company seeks the foreclosure of a mortgage which is estimated at Soti, 000.000. The Hankers Trust Company, ie ad dition to asking for a receiver, asks thal olllt'ial? and employees of the railroad company be enjoined from interfering with, transferring or dis posing of any of the property of the coin puny. Thc Cincinnati, Hamilton und Day ton was thrown Into the hands of a receiver in 1905 following the ta\ing over of Hie property by the J. Pier pont Morgan Company, of New ?o?*k\ Judson Harmon who was appomted receiver at that time, continued in that capacity until 1909, when tlni property was Bold to thc Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, the latter company guaranteeing certain of the securities. & The devastation due to the floods of 19t:i and the ensuing pressure of tt\a road is given aa*?M???eas?Bfe.?hy Ute company "has been unable to meet" its obligations. Odd-Looking Shark's Egg. A shark's egg is one of the oddest looking things Imaginable. It ie un provided with shell, but the contenta are protected by a thick, leathery covering, almost BB elastic as india rubber. The average size is 2 by 2}? InchcB, and it ls almost jet black. $36,000,000 4 Judge Geo. E. Prince^ Gol. Wm. Banks and Maj. J. R. Vandiver Speak Words of Praise about Richardson's Liver Tonic. JUDGE PRINCE SAYS: Dear Sirs: "In response to your inquiry, I cheerfully state that I used R. L. T. in my family for several years with very beneficial results. 1 have personally used it recently for its tonic effects and have been benelitted. For chronic constipation, indigestion and torpid liver, I do not know a better remedy." GEO. E. PRINCE, Judge of loth Circuit. MAJ. J. R. VANDIVER SAYS: Gentlement: " %, i; "As a liver medicine Richardson's Liver Tonic is unsurpassed. I have given it a thorough trial and can un h sitatingly recommend it to the general public." J. R. VANDIVER, President Farmers & Merchants Bank. COL WM. BANKS SAYS: Gentlemen : "I wish to say that I have been very much benelitted dur ing this oppressive hot weather by laking Thc extreme heat was very exhausting to mc until I thought of taking some kind nf liver stimulant, and I wish to com mend this tf) .inv ?nie lo whom you may wish to show this let ter. I would like to see . R. L- T. become au industry in Anderson, for there is not a superior as a liver medicine and lhere is no need for our people to send their money away from home." Yours very truly, WILLIAM BANKS, Editor. You all know these men and what they say is true. We do not claim R. L. T. to be a "cure all" but as a LIVER TONIC, v/e'do not believe it has an equal, lt is a well-known fact that most of the diseases common to man are due to the inactivity of the liver. This is especially true of CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS, HEADACHES, ETC. There is no better remedy known to day f pr any of the above troubles than )? Richardsons Liver Tonic. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS MANUFACTURED AND GUARANTEED BY EVANS' PHARMACY THREE STORES