Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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|The Cutting I of Cameos r hus rome donn to UM from (lu1 m ancients. Today fbr lluUuiis rexecute the most beautiful ?mil e X difficult subjects in delicately Leaned and tinted specimens, f Home run* samples may bo * seen ut PROFESSIONAL CARDS * T. Frank Walkin* Hum'l L. Prince * WATKINS & PRINCE * Attorneys and Countiellor-atLaw * 1st Floor Blockier Uid^ * Anderson, 8. C. ?.,**** ****** *.*..*. BALDWIN ?TBkTIIITECTS * Bleehlej J?Mft Anderson, H. C. * I'ltlauUs"; NKMuiml Bank Bldg. * T ) . JioIIe??, C. * ? *.*..*?*****.*?*.. ?.jj ?mw?*?*? Myi ' M. ?ASE? & FANT ,<UU 'HITECTH - 1 ' Anderson, 8. C. ???Brown Office'Biilldlrm Second Floor. Phone 269 DB? L. II. KM DE It VETLiHINAKY SFKUEON / Freltrsll Co. Stable ../.Hi toon Phone <"ih 1 I? - Anderson, 8. C. IV UulliJ' dth?r People Own Their Homes ?Have they been mona fortunate than I you or have they beeb more thrifty? Weft, the difference la this: you have j baan paying rent while they wero pay ing for their, home. Youra still be longs to the other mao, though you might have paid for it. Your friend gut what ho paid for and owns his home. LET US BUILD YOU A HOME IN W?8T END NOW, MERSON REAL ESTATE AND ...... iESpEllTGO. E. R. ?orton, L. S. Horton, Pita. V.-Pres. W.ljVMarshall, Secy. ihK ..'*.* ?<";, ?\v;-: ,v ;J -.ttv' ti ilse a little extra money to good fixant age jost now? . f.* .^.^?.?'.t'. 15... Haven** yon something to sell? '&&nm ? & . ? . n? you own something you no :-l'.%Mi?i'v . <j,.>\ f*fl i ?.: " longer ute, but which if offered at * bargain price would ap peal at ojice to some one who does need it? ' i. An lrTTEjLLIGENCER Want A4 will tara ??i? ?rick. MURDERER'S FATHER KILLED YESTERDAY T. W. HYDE KNOCKED FROM TRACK OF INTERURBAN NECK WAS BROKEN Piedmont ?St Northern Car Struck Piece of Scantling Carried By Aged Man T. W Hyde of I'elrcr, Gft years ot tige, was killed yesterday afternoon at 1:1ft o'clock as hu was Walking ulong the tracks of the Piedmont & Northern lines. The ni-cldoul occured mar Smyth's rt ut ion ami when the aged man was struck he evidently did not have time lo know what liad hit him. Death must have been Instanta neous. Mr. Hyde was carrying a piece of scam ling across his shoulders as he was walking along the track ami willie he was not directly on the track, the Umher protruded across. When Hie car st rind; the slick i; either caused the rcnutliiig to break Mr. Hyde's neck or thin happened when lie fe|| into a ravine near-by, many feet in depth. The car was in charge of Conduc tor W. It. Thackston while Motorman W. D. Muulditl was ut the throttle. It was dearly impossible lor either of these men to prevent the accident. One of the joust Interesting features !n connection with the the case is tho fact that the dead mau was the fa ther of Sam Hyde, who was the lir.si mun in South Carolina to die in the electric chair. Hyde was con viet ?I lu . he Anderson county court of having killed his wife and father-in-law at Hie Orr Mills and was sentenced lo die Just before thu electric chair system wan inauguarteil in the state. Hy his own request Hyde waa allowed Hie privilege of being the Hist man to enter the deuth chamber to take his punishment by the new system. Following thc occurcncc of yester day Coroner Black of Greenville, went to Pulser as did Sheriff Ashley of Anderson. The coroner held an In quest yesterday afternoon and the Ju ry returned a verdict to the effect that tho deceased was killed by un olec li ic cur. No blame was attached to Hie Piedmont & Northern lines. Mr. Hyde ls survived by four sons, Sllar, George, Paul and Arthur Hyde. CAUGHT BAD MAN IN THIS COUNTY Belton Police Took In Charge a Negro Accused of Smashing His Wife's Head With Axe James Cllcreasc. charged with gen tly tapping his wife over the head with an axe as a token of his affection, wan arrested Monday by the Belton police officials und has been sent back to Greenville and placed in Jail. He will bc held without bond, pending some chango in his wife's condition and should she die he will face a charge of murder. Gilcrease ls a negro and lives near tho Southern station In Greenville. When he returned to his home last Saturday night he became incensed at his wife and proceeded to lay open her head with a well aimed blow of the axe. She was rushed to the Green ville hospital and ls now said to be In a critical condition. Gilcrease suc ceeded in making a get-away but wus halted at Belton. MI ST CHANGE LAWS Western Slates Make Budleul Changes Iii Banking Laws. Atlantic City. N. J.. July 7.-Wes ern States must make radical changes n their banking laws before the cur .ency syrtcm cun become generally affective, according to speakers nt the munal convention of the National As loclation " of Supervisors of State hanks here today. It was pointed out that tho banking awn of several western common wealths forbid the investment of tho ,'unds of State chartered banks In itocka of any depcrlptlon. This con flict with Federal banking laws will >e one of the matters taken up when he supervisors meet members of the federal recorv? board In Washington Thursday. A feuturo of tho day's ecssion was in attack by Edward H. Doyle, bank ing commissioner for Michigan, on the laws that permit prlvnte banks. "No one will deny that the days or ho private banks are numbered." said Mr. Doyle, "Their number is steadily decreasing and their abolishment A'ould work no hardship to those who ire solvent but lt would put the pri mate hanker on the verge ot bankrupt cy out of business." The commissioners agreed that leg ation of thc "blue sky" order should io made uniform throughout the coun ry and that lt should not interfere with legitimate business in high grade docks and bonds. Mark of the Great Artist. A really great artist can nlijnya transform tho limitations of 1 :'. M nto valuable Qualities.-Oe car \.U?J For Stains on Mahogany. - Uso oxalic acid and water, rubbing lt tn with a clean cork until the stain disappears. Mahogany may be pol ished with a flannel-cloth dipped la sweet or cold drawn linseed olL Al tho Top and Bottom. Of all the people In Europe the French havo tho fewest children and' tho {risk tho ax*fc Wmi ' W % "~ ?-? ' * '.<r -j?';- ja.-. " REPORTED R?PE CASE STIRRED MLLIAMS?ON PEOPLE SEEMED TO HAVE REE* UNDULY ALARMED 'Mil Rb-_ NEGRO AS USUAL Because Man Shook Blinds Early Yesterday Morning, Report Current of Foul Crime People ar? always loo really to uc e?me <':<: i:<(| over insignificant events :::.;! this proved to lu- tn?- in regard tu ti happening at WilliuillStoil yester day, it was riiniored Unit au attempt had been i :nulo nt rape in that place carly yesterday morning and oxcitc tnriic'l prevailed urotind Hie town for ?.onie lime. Tilt1 report was later lound to ?a- without foundation and people tivjrottod their rash tall;. .".II interview was secured last night hy The Intelligencer with olliclals at Williamstou ami it seemed that tho entire rcpnil uart ed rr<uii lie fact Mia; a in uro matt yesterday morning approached Un- home ofa well known colton mill man in Williamstou and when li. roached the part of the house where a lady was asleep he rattled the window hllmls It is he lie ved that his action was without significance as he malle on further attempt to enter Un- In.usi . This happened about 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning and when lt was reported to the police tile ut once he r.au a search for the ner-.ro. They fi nally arlen ted George Nance but when he proved an .ililli he was released. li was sahl lust night that they had finally apprehended the negro but discovered that he was crazy and a character well known around Wll 1 tamaton. The entire Incident is already al most forgotten in Williamston. P. y. AND G. s. a A. HAVE MERGED LINES MAIN BUSINESS OFFICES ARE IN GREENVILLE IS NOW IN EFFECT Little Change in Policies But Of ficial Expect to Secure Bet ter Results On All Side* Ever since tho Piedmont & North ern Lines began to operate in this soc- | lion it has been expected that a con- j solldatlon would he effected with the j Greenville. Spartiniburg and Anderson railroad, and this action hat. now been j taken according to news received from Greenville. It ls understood that the change is already effective and the new plans in force. The following dispatches from Greenville tell of tho merging of thc. two Unes: Aunouncement of the merger o? the Greenville, Spartanburg & Anderson raliway with the Piedmont Traction company, the latter road running from Charlotte to Gastonia, a dfstance of ?3 miles was made from the local or noo yesterday. The change was ef fective July 1 and In thc future the roud will be known ns the Piedmont ind Northern Railway company. The principal business of the road Will be .'.an di ed from this end of tho line. One result'of the mercer was the transfer of C. V. Palmer now general freight and passenger ae-mt to this city. Mr. Palmer arri' 1 here last light and will take char, of his new lutles at once. He will bring his family with him. The new agent's jfllce will be on the second floor of the present passenger station. C. S. Allen, Jr., ls made traffic igent of thc Piedmont and Northern uy. the change and will have offices liere. T. L. Black, auditor will have juices at Charlotte. Officials of the road said yesterday that the merger would not decrease the cost of opera tion, hut was made to facilitate the lervlceo. You'll lief sonic food for thought tnt of the Dime Savings Bank ad on liage two. (adv.) Mrs. charlies Dean of Atlanta is the mest of Mra. J. D. Cooley. Dr. VV. H. Frazer and family have tone to Lafayette, Ala., making tho trip in their auto. Mrs. Frazer and diiidreu will spend thc rest of the maimer there. Mendel I- Smith came right out >penly in his speech yesterday. And ret as speaker of thc house ho was so Iberal in his appointments that ono vould not have known that he had my partisan feelings. ^?T. LAWRENCE TRAGEDY Montirenl, July 7.-The judgment >'. the commission which inquired In u the wreck of tho Empress of Ire-, und will bo delivered noxt Saturday norning, according to advices today i From Quebec. The collier Storatad,' Vilich rammed and sank the Empress i thc St. Lawrence river on May 29,' was Bold today In the admiralty court tor $17f>.noo. It ls understood the, purchasers were the original owners. The .Storatad, was held ss security for damages In the $2.000.000,action vrought by the Canadian Pacific rail way company, owners of the Em-' B$ss ^gainst fljQ cplUvfa triers, i 1 Mi h$4 ?Sn I Of VARIOUS MATTERS HEARD APPLICATIONS FOR NEW LIGHTS ROUTINE BUSINESS Regular Monthly Meeting of City Fathers Held Last Night_ Lasted About Two Hours Mayor Holleman and all six mem bers of tin; council wi ro present last night ai thc regular monthly session of thc-city fathers when many mat ters of interest und importance to the ?a opie of he city were disposed of. The regular order of business was suspended in order to hear petitions out of their order. Dr. S. G. Druce asked council to curb and drain holli sides ol Lig?n street, between Sayre and Hampton streets, also lo give pav ed sidewalks. He stated also that nn are light is needed on this street. Mr 1. O Durress appeared with Dr. Druce In presetning the petition. Mr lt. li Henderson, owner and proprietor of tho abattoir, reminded eouiicil that In the month, of February he had resumed killing at the abattoir, the understanding that he was to con tinua tliis killing nulli the special committee of tho council could meet and make satisfactory arrangements with regard to the operation of thc abattoir. Ho declared tho abattoir is nul n paying business, and asked council for permission to have the butchers do their own killing at the abattoir, thereby relieving him. The establishment of an arc light oil :iie corner of Drum and North s'reels, and ono on the corner of Sayre and Hampton streets were" or dered on motton of Mr. Elmore. Localise of thc druin taking care of the waler from the front part of the stores on the east side of North Mui:i street between he railroad bridge and he square has been cut off. when tho walls were constructed in the cut, arranging for the station, the owners of the property asked for relief. City Engineer Shearer stilted that lt would be necessary to empty this wuter lu the regular drain, or empty it in a pipe, which would convey lt ucross tho bridge to the man hole near Hubbard'.] store. The matter was referred to tho city engineer who shall give re lies*. Mr. dimer's motion to give Mr. L. E. Bradley on Monroe street some re lief from overflow of water prevailed. Thc south end of the street will be cut down HO there will be a better drain. Mr. Oilmcr moved that the residents cn l.igon street be given better side walk facilities; that dirt sidewalks bc constructed -Immediately. The mo tion was adopted. Mr. Cllmer pointed out the need of curbing and draining the north side cf Sayre street. He moved that this work be done, and the motion was adopted. Mr. Spearman said that the small Ugh! on the corner of Wardlaw and Mcnufne streets ls inadequate. He moved that it be exchanged for an arc light. The change was ordered. The engineer was Instructed to see that the approaches to the North .Main atreet bridge be filled in and kept In better condition so traffic will not be retarded. Mr. Farmer stated that the surplus dirt from grading Towers streets has bein placed on West Orr street be tween Main and Murray avenue. In order to hold this dirt from washing away it wll lhe necessary that the street he curbed, as. already ordered. He moved that the original plan of Improving West Orr utreet be carried out immediately. The Central Pres byterian church has ugreed that thc street might be widened. Thc mo tion to make l?tese im provements was carried. Mr Carter's motion to establish an arc lamp on Glenn street between the Petroleum Oil Company plant and the cotton warehouse of tho Anderson Mills provailed. ? Some bridges on Piedmont avenue and on the corner of B and Glenn streets were washed out of place by recent rains. The street overseer was Instructed to replace them. The chief engineer of tho. South eastern Underwriters Association submitted lengthy report of fire fight ing conditions in Anderson and rec ommendations, which, if carried out, will enable this city to continue to en Joy the present Insurance rates. A representative of the association spent several days in Anderson preparing the report. The matter was recleved as information. Mr. B. A. Wharton, deputy inspector cf the state insurance department, suggested that the council adopt an ordinance prohibiting the establish ment of pressing clubs within the fire llmints. The recommendation was re ceived as information. The board ot health recommended that the city engineer Investigate con dition of drain pipes on Cllnkscales and Fair streets ond give relief. The board also recommended that city stop using certain lands in ex treme eastern part of city as dump ing grounds * ' Another recommendation of thc board was that the barn yarda and stables at city hall be cleaned, and that the barns and yards be abolished after 90 days from date. The board asked the council to pass to third reading the ordinance reg ulating livery atables. The fifth and last recommendation of the board was that the Southern Public Utilities Company be required to pay its pro rata share of the cost of sprinkling the-street?, over-which the company's cars, aro operated. Th? council acted favorably on thron of the recommendations and voted to refer; {o'the incoming1 council I My Saving Creed:- I ? To earn more, to spend less . j ? To get more for each dollar I spend, j j To spend only when either myself or someone dear to me will be permanently ben?f?tted. To spend a little less than I earn, always; To save a little more than I have in the past, To make the best use of what I save To those who adopt the a bove Creed THIS BANK ALLOWS 14 per cent interest on all they save. Dime Savings Bank I Mitti TOKS: John W. Linley, E. 31. Ducwortli, S. IL Furled Jj A. S. runner, """J. II. Cruft:, J. II. Brown, Sf. 31. 3Intfisnn, Jun. It. Humhnrt. I OFFICERS: J. IL Brown, Pres. J. lt. Shelnr, V. Pres. Vi. E. Watson, fishier. ? the recommendations relating tc abolishing city stables and adoption of ordinance regulating livery stables o? city. Council ordered spread on the min utes tho report from the trustees ol the schools showing the cost of the construction of the Bower line which serves the Glenn street building. The cost was $1.323.40. The city has agreed to take over this line at thc expiration of five years, paying the original cost of same. The council voted to stand by its original proposition to pay $500 of the cost of Hie proposed drain down West Market street from Main to Peoples street. The Charleston and Western Carolina railway asked that the city pay one-half of the cost, estimating tile cost of the drain at $2,500. Council udpoted an ordinance pro viding for the general munlcapl elec tion, which will be held on Tuesday, August 4th. The hooks of registration will be opened in the office of Mr. T. P. Dickson, supervisor, July 21-24, inclusive An ordinance requiring vehicles to stop when street cars stop to dis charge or take on passengers was adopted. 4 Council adjourned at about 11:30 o'clock. SLIM JIM" GOT HIS IN THE NECK Anderson Phenom Was Hit Hard By Greenville "Gi-unts" In the Game Monday Maybe Anderson's white population is not interested in baseball but that does not applv <o the negro fans by any means. Tacy are wild on the rub; .-.t and when it comes to a ques ta.n of tho home leam going on the mad. the i nt ire colored population of the town tries to make thc trip. Andel sn ti am lost Monday after noon to the Greenville team, the talc of which defeat is told as follows in thc Greenville Neva. 'The colored j.eople of this section of the state flocked to Greenville in droves yesterday to attend the Fourth of July celebration at league park, lite baseball game in the afternoon, rnsiiir.'i'g ia t!.e cetc-at o-' the Anderson Athletics by the Oreenvtle Giants by a score of 6 to 2. Earle pitched a splendid game for tho Giants striking out 14 mon and allowing only 4 hits. "Slim Jim" for Anderson was hit hard when hits meant runa "No disorder attended the celebra tion according to information from po lire headquarters last night. At 10 o'clock not an arrest had been made. Several thousand negroes wore In the city." All-Day Singing. There will be a singing at Roberts' Church the second Sunday in July the 12th. Everybody conic and bring song books and dinner baskets. Profs. W. W. Hale, Harbin and others are ex pected. W. J. Shirley. Roberts, S. C., July 6. ANDERSON PYIHI1S ?O TAKE ACH PART WILL ATTEND PICNIC FOR THIS DISTRICT AT CHICK SPRINGf I This Country Will Send a Number of Loyal K. of P. To thc An nual Frolic of Order Determined to make the trip if thej have to walk. Anderson Knights ot l'yt lilas are planning to go in full for.-v. to the annual frolic of the order, which is this year to take thc form of a picnic. Pythians from all portions of the Piedmont aro packing their tcntB and preparing grub for the journey to Chick Sprinr-s on Friday, where Inin ti red s will spend tho day in feasting and merrymaking. From all indica tions Hie big Pythian iden Ic will bc one of thc 11103t enjoyable and largely attended get-together affairs this part of the state has ever known. Hun dreds of Knights will bo there, and besides trfe picnic dinner to be enjoyed there will be speech making by promi nent Pythians bf this BCtion, not to mention tht pleasure of jolly fellow Pythian3 having the opportunity to grasp hands und "blow of the success Pythianism has gained in this section of the state Not only the Greenville lodges have had a successful year, but the lodges throughout the Piedmont section have flourished phenomenal ly The purpose of the picnic is simply to get Ute Knights together for an all day outing and a feast. No political speeches will be tolerated, say offi cials ol' the local order. When seen last night. Hnrry A. Dargan, chancellor commander of Blue Ridge lodge and prime mover In this movement for a big celebration, spoke enthusiastically of thc outlook for thc picnic at Chick Springs. Everything will be in readi ness by Friday he said, and tho meet ing promises to bo the blggrst of its kind ever known in this section. All Knights who can are urged to cntcb the 10:15 car for the Springs Friday morning. JOLLY SPRING PICNIC The picnic given by tho Bethel Methodist and tho Second BaptiBt Sunday pchools and the Anderson Cot ton Mills at Jolly Springs obfthe 4th of July was attended by about 450 pco plu mid every ono present Bccmed to enjoy ibetusclves very much. The train left thc crossing between the Methodist and Baptist churches at 9 o'clock and arrived at the springs at about 9:20 o'clock with something like *375 paid faros beside thc small 4 Days Ml $5.50, $3.00 Dress?s, at $3.98 [). Giesberg ?i?E?T Ft?fe MOSS ARD CORSETS children. The trip waa free, being paid by the Sunday schools and the mill. The committeo on refreshments and grounds were already at the springs when the train arrived, and had free lemonade ready within a short time after thc arrival of the crowd, which was greatly enjoyed by thc, children all through the day. Thc committee also had a stand erected where could be bought ice cream and cold drinks of all kinds, gum, cigars, etc., and in fact most anything wanted along this line. Thc committee on grounds had seatB and swings erected all over /.he grounds and a wagon load of chairs was sent up from thc two churches so that everyone who wished could sit down and enjoy watching the children play thc different gaines and swing to their heart's contents. The program committee arranged and carried out a very interesting pro gram up until thc rain in tho after noon when the crowd was forced to seek shelter. The game of ball between tho fats and loans was a very interesting fea ture of the day. The fats wore com posed of boys like L. O. Gosnell, B. F. Aiken, Rev. S \V. Danner and others while the leans were composed of boyB like Gus Heaton, "Monk" Kay, Chas. Ivester, Wm. Thacker and the like in size. The game went to tho leans by several runs. The pie race for boys, the egg race for girls, foot r?eos for boyB and fat man's race with other things of this kind entertained the crowd all day except betweent thc hours of. 12 and 1:30 when we had two very fine addresses b7 Col. J. E. Boggs and Hon. G. Cullen Sullivan which were very appropriate for thc duy and enjoyed by tho whole crowd which gathered in front of the speakers' stand and gave the speakers the very-best of at tention. Wc also had tho Jolly band to fur nish music for us during the doy. Mr. Jelly has an excellent band whoso ser vices we wero very glad .to have se cured as the clasB of music furnished was very good and helped to make the ?lay what it was. After the addresses and a selection by thc band, dinner was announced and abcut twenty waiters selected by thc committee in charge saw. that everyone was well served After din ner the band gave a concert which lasted about an hour after which some of the races above mentioned were carried out. When the clouds had become very threatening Mr. Clark, our superintendent, came down, to' town in his car and got the train to come up after us at often and \t arrived just after thc rain began fall ing. We were brought homo, sorry our program could not be completed but glad to sec the much needed rain. - Approved Definition. Willie -"Paw, what is an ignoram us?" Paw-"A mon whose views dif fer from your own, my son." j Them Itt the j .' f ? - s " ? ??--I H, I. I Saturday - ..? ?? 1 S ! ' .' 1. ' ... 1 1 '*? r-, .{ 'j' - i" J*, j?.. g ;