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ir I The Jack Van Musical Comedy Company Presents Today-FUN AT A THEATRICAL AGENCY-One Continuous Laugh. MADAME COQUETTE.Lubin 2 reel Special feature. HER BIG SCOOP.Biograph Comedy drama. SECRET CRIME.Kalem Heal Western drama. For Thursday-Female Seminary, also a Cabaret entertainment by the entire troop of ter performers. , For Friday-#10,000 Beauty or Idolized Ida. Also chorus girls' dancing contest. Prizes $5, $10, $15. For Saturday-The Surgeon's Trouble. 2 acts every afternoon-3 every night. i Coolest Place in A nderson PALMETTO THEATRE Sm v??^"'fe is Cit* ^.m.,'^..???Wi> *?t ffBt, >A>>K*"?StiKF>W'?j?V?,??St?9JWET?R,?Cf ?JW >?.??" Your Foot Troubles Xo Us! We will flt your feet villi comfortable footwear-?ur $2.00 to $5.00 line of Mon's Oxfords, are the strongest VUIUCN we have ever offered to the trade $2.00 to $5.00 THOMPSONS THE ONE-PHI CE SHOE STORE WE SELL FOR CASH ONLY. Bed Room Suites in ?4 Solid Mahogany, vi Veneered Mahogany Circassian Walnut, Birdseye Maple '$ White Enamel * Oak-all finishes. ! i up io $400.00. iit?i ?G. F. Tolly ? Son SK I Anderson City I j Is "My Toten" II Anderson County f i Is "My County" What About e t Palmetto Detective Agency Criminal and Civil Work A eorpa>l trained Specialists whose cenlcJi MBJ be Bccnr?d In strict j'.ly legitimate work. ! Address P. O. Box 402 * ELECTRIC CK * _ * Items of Interest and Person) * Wirelesa on the Si 9& 9& 3$ $t ?^f*? ?yi *y Nor? A uniting . State Campaign. Andirson county voters have been devot ng a great deal of their time to dh>Missions relative to thc race for United States senator from this state, but since the candidates for the State offices have now gotten Into thc Pied mont section, more is heard about the probable winner of thc gubenranorlul race. It is bald that Anderson coun ty thinks well of Manning, while Cooper and ClinkBcales also have big followings here. It 1B a foregone con clusion that Richards, Irby and M. L. Smith, will poll a good vote here. The campaign party will reach An derapn on August 17, almost at the wind-up of the campaign und thia county will furnish one of thc largest audiences that the party has had. New Superintendent IN Well Known Here. People in various sections of Ander son County will learn with interest that Rr. C. Burts has been elected suporlntondent of the Rock Hill ji b lie schools and has accepted the po sition. He was formerly superinten dent of tho EaBley schools and later became principal of the Furman Fit ting School, which position he has held until he was elected to his new place. The people of Rock HUI fool that they wore fortunato in securing Mr. Burts and Anderson people agree with them. Ho ls a native of Honca Path and a son ot tho venerablo Rev. R. W. Burts. -o Watson W1U P''3?Iay Oats, E. J. Watson, commissioner of ag riculture has written a letter to Fur man Smith in which he acknowled ges receipt of the Anderson county oats, which are to be used for exhi bition pun -ses. The commissioner Bays a numbor ot very complimentary things about the oatB and says that ho ls now making arrangements for having them placed In glass cases and that they will excito -admiration when they are shown. He expects to make good use of the collection. . o Another Out For Commissioner. G. E. Conwoll yesterday announced that he is a candidate for county com missioner from district No. 1. Mr. Conwell has been a farmer for most of his life, has been in tho mercantile business at one time and now operates s public service automobile. He sayB that through his travels over the country ho has becomo - acquainted with what every section needs and ho believes that he can rendor good ser vice if ho bi elected to the position, o May Plan Trip To Cars well Today. A number of Andorson people yes terday signified their intontlon of go ing to Carswoll Institute today for the reunion of Company F of the Con federate vet er ns. ? The splendid ud droBses to be delivered will attract many while the music and the picnic dinner will be.a drawing curd. There will probably be a large attendance (rom this city. ? .? o , Piedmont Union Will Soon Meet. Tho next session of tho Piedmont Union ls to be held with the Mount Carmel church,-seven miles northeast it bosley, on Saturday and Sunday, august 29 ?nd 30. It has been re quested that every church in the Union send a full delegation to this meeting aa lt will be one ot tho most Important yet held. .-. o Dorchester People To Clean Church. , The members of tho Dorchester :hurch have been asked to meet next Friday for the purpose of cleaning off he cometery and clearing up the dniren yard. Those who have aglta :od the matter request that everyone nterosted in the church and cemetery nake an effort to be present. , '..-.7-? Wore People . ? ; ' ? Moving nero. v ' Prof. and Mrs. W. M.8pelcher, who lava moved to Anderson from Lyn ch >urg, Va., to make tbs lr home in tho jity, are now located at the homo of he fley. T. CV O'Dell, where Uiey have iecured quarters. Prof. and Mrs. Speicher have been tn Anderson tor mir a few, days but they have already nado frtadda and say that they are (bing tb. like Anderson and Andor ra's people Y SPARKLETS * _ ? al Mention Caught Over tba * treeta of Anderson * V V ^p* ^r* flr* ^r* 4f> ^ ^ ^r* ^ 4? Drove v Truck From Columbia. Deputy Sheriff Jim Will innis and "Coon" Murray havo returned from Columbia, making tho trip from tho capital to Anderson in a Reo motor truck. The truck1 waa bought by an Anderson man, and Mr. Murray waa sont for it. Mr. Williams happened to be in Columbia at tbe time and so the two set out for Anderson. It ls about 130 miles from Columbia to this city and they drove the truck here In ex actly 12 hours and 30 minute's. They Bay that tho rains had made thc roads bad in places and this retarded their progress. Mr. Williams said that on the down trip to Columbia?, lt began to rain Saturday morning when ho passed linnea Path and that it con tinued raining through the night. At the same time no rain fell in Ander son. Hartwell Meeting Closed Yesterday. One of tho genuine old time "camp meetings" attracted) a number ot visi to ru from Anderson .^o'Hart well. Ga., Sunday. The meotlqg,. Ima been in progress for the last week, but came to a close.last night. Tbe camp con sists of about 30 log cottages, and the meetings are held in the open air. Each sermon preached during' the meeting thia time was heard by hun dreds of people and it is believed that some good will result. The next camp meeting for that beetldn of Georgia 18 to open Within a'1 fe\'vuday? at 'Pop lar Springs near Lavonia) and doubt less several Anderson' portius will go there while tho emoting is in. prog ress. O ; j Plan to Travel On the "Kara.'' AU Indications, are that Anderson will send more people on the next ex cursions being opnratiid .'. from this point than Cvor befort, ,Tho Southern Railway, has announced that for its 45th -un nu al M ld-Hummer excursion, to a Washington, a rate of 912 will be granted from HUH city and In ad dition-a special Pullman sleeping c m will be operated from' Anderson to Washington for this event. The ex cursion rates to Washington are good on Wednesday, August 12. The other excursion trip for which' the Anderson people 'aro now planning ls that go ing from thia city to Sprue, ?ines. N. C., over the Piedmont & Northern line and the C. C. & O. railroad. ThlB trip will be mado Friday and the round-trip rate of $2.60 .'will be quito and inducement for many to go. Motorists Were Here Yesterday. It seems that the National highway Is growing more popular every day, Judging by tho number, pf tourists* pausing through Anderson. Yester day, there was a number ot .parties to spend part of the day here, among these being three machines ' from Georgia, one from Mississippi and one from New Orleans. Bach ' day brings four or five cars and sometimes more, through the city and tho hotels along this route reap a rich harvest ..' -o--- . Tremendous Vote Is Now Expected. Visitors coming to Anderson from other'towns and counties''Iii the Stato evince a lively Interest In the enroll ment of voters in this county. A majority of the visitors state that ev ery, section of the State will show a alight Increase in enrollment and that in some counties the Increaao Is de cidedly large. In this county lt has been expected that the vote would fall off a:hundred, instead'of which its in creased about that number and it now seems that the same condition, exists In almost all the counties- of-South Carolina. Had Short Rest Fron Candidates, fe Votera living in the city of Anderson had a short rest yesterday from th? many.candidates, this surprising state of affaira being due to the tact that the.aspirants for public office had all gone to Pendleton to attend, the picnic there and mix and min^o .with the "dear pee-pul" of that section. BIJOU ... THEATRE TODAY'S PROGRAM. THU SOB SISTER Rex. 2 reel dramu of thc newspnpor that will be an eye opener to every one that sees lt. Featuring Anna Little and Herbert Rawlinson. A BEACH ROMANCE Sterling. A dandy juvenile comedy. HEARTS AMI FLOWERS Victor drama with J. Warren Kerri gan. VAUDEVILLE-LAMB & LAMB in their comedy signing and Tango danc ing act. Coming tomorrow "Aiken Roland Quartette' with special scenery and electrical effects. Coming Friday MA Mexican Spy" 2 reel 101 Bison. Coming Saturday "Warren Kerri gan, King Baggot and Mary PIcford." Don't forget the Airdome at North Anderson running licensed pictures. ELECTRIC ... THEATRE TODAY'S PROGRAM. THE SUFFRAGETTES BATTLE IN NUTTY VILLE Majestic. One reel comedy of the militants. A WIFE FROM THE COUNTRY Reliance. LAUGHING VAS Keystpne. A great comedy. . THREE LICENSES FILMS TO BE SELECTED This ?ouse shows nothing but the best pictures. 6 BIG REELS-10c destrians. Some old men with rheu matic joints exhibited the agility of a high school athlete and in tha bat of an eye thc horse had the entire pave ment to himself. One brave cop- ven tured forth and captured tho animal before any damage was done to pi?tc glass fronts. Went to'Get ( Negro Thief. Deputy Sheriff Sanders rocoived a message yesterday ta come to Tow n ville at once. Arriving there he found that a negro, Junius Mooro, had stoic:: a brooch and a bracelet from the home of G. C. Merritt. The negro.wes easily caught and was brought to Anderson and placed in jail. He will bs given ia hearing within tho next few day's before Magistrate Broadwell. Prospects Good For Skyscraper. At a meeting of the directors of the Citizens National Bank, held yester day morning, that body hoard dlsoitsf ed the plans for erecting a ten story building on the corner ot Main and Whitner streets and after some delib eration adopted resolutions approving the Idea, provided the president ot tho bank can* secure the necessary funds for erecting such a .building and can find tenatns to hil the offices. It ii) bey Reved that both these undertakings will bo comparatively simple and An derson people are convinced that the town ls at last to have a "skyscraper." ENORMOUS GROWD? SEEVAUDEVIIXE _-. ... .. . Jack-Van Comedy Company Now Playing lat Palmetto Theatre Is Drawing Card ' ?-' ri P?svlng to a packed house at every performance, ti? Jack-Van Comedy Co.", now at tho Palmetto Theatre, ls one of the best vaudeville troupes ever seen In Anderson. Clean, high class vaudeville, the kind that vw^s am-' Bounced before their coming ls what this theatrical company ls giving at each performance. Every member ot the troupe Ia an artist to his or her, line, especially tho her part ot tho company, as the girls have tho . ad vantage of the male members in being good looking. That their offorts In trying' W please the public IB appreciated ia evidenced by the largo eu?husiastic attendance. ' . The program tor tho en tiro week ia announced at tho top of page eight, tills Issue of Tho Intelligencer. HEALTH OFFICER CHOSEN TUESDAY Dr. John Major Will Succeed Dr. J. C. Mitchell aa Meat and Milk Inspector Here An important meeting of the boara of health of Anderson took place yes terday, at which time thc board drew up resolution^ which recommend to tho Anderson city council the election of Dr. John Major as city meat and milk inspector to succeed Dr. J. C. i Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell's term of or , (leo will expire on October 1st and it I ls geuernlly presumed that council will accept thc board's recommenda tion and will elect Dr. Major to this position. "Rip" Major, os ho ls known by ali his friends, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Major. After being graduated from Clemson College, ho was alco graduated from the Alabama Poly technic. Institute and he Is able and competent in every respect. For the last few years he bas been employed in tho city health service at Mont- j gomery, Ala. j Another important act of the board' of health, taken at this mooting, was' mentahdetlo?ecromoht shrdlu tho. recommendation that Thoa. A. Camptoll, tho present health pfheor of the city, be re-elected to hie position. Mr. Campbell has been very faithful in the discharge of his duties aud will f probably be re-elected without oppo sition. PROFOSITIONTO TREAT STREETS Rumored That City Is Now Pre paring to Treat Principal Tho roughfares of City It is understood that tho new city council of Anderson is now'planning to have th? princ'oul bualnesn thor ough f area of the city treated with, tar vin, thus abating or tfossloly doing away with the dust nuisance. It la said that the people who do this work have submitted a proposi tion ta tbe city of Anderson,, fri wklch they agree to prepare the streets ot tho . city and administer the tarvla coating for a consideration of $3,100. When the' tar via is in place they will guarantee it for a space of 12* mo nt IIB and then at the end of that time they will return to Anderson and put on a second coat for one half that Bum, They will guarantee the second coat for a space ot 12 months and this will be repeated each year. Tho reduction over the first cost IB due to tho fact that much more work la required .tu get the streets in readiness, and to get the flrfat coat on than will be necessary after that. -rOf. course tho new members of council have not yet bad an opportun ity to consider this matter but it IB sato to say that tho public Will appre ciate such nu action equally, n? much ao' thoy could anything that council might do. The vote on this question will be awaited with inteient. ? ?XP^ISHER? TO STUDY RIVERS Cioyerniiiwnt. Engineer. In Ander? t ton to Determine Effect of ' | Dan? At Different Pointe It ls understood that n United States government engineer, from tho Savannah 'office? has arrived in Ander son and ls no wengaged In studying conditions along the Savannah river. It Is understood that this engineer, 'whose-name h aa not been mado pub lic, has been soot to Anderson to de termine what effect the dams on a river h?v? on the ferries, lt ts un* derstood that a number of complains have been made about thia matter, and the goVerhment regards a ferry as ? public highway and a part thereof, therengineer has been,sent hero to in vestigate and to make report. . . -, ' Canarder Clears "Port.: ;.>'?. 'l?ew- fork, Aug. i^-The CsKkW Wner Lusitania will sail at aUdnlght for tlfcrpeol. 8he TTOB due to MR at 8 o'clock tonight but her departure was deferred yesterday ?poa orders from Use hosie office {n Kngland/ ? These were superseded today. Feeling Our Oats Because we are v getting orders Every Day for Anderson County Grown and Bred Seed OATS FURMAN SMTH. The Seedman. I PAINT Any Paint that Dugan backs with his paint knowledge ls good paint. Ask Him Why Before You Buy i Anderson Paint & Color Company. Bkckley Bid?. ' Phone 647 Exceptional Bargains IN PIANOS Wo offer Home extra good values In pianos which lute hean ac cepted in exchange as part pay ment for nen pianos and player pianos. . 885 Flanu 800 Plano 210 t?? Plano . 210 Some ?? tihcBc pusnoa ure almost new, haring beoh traded.'? :.$?r player pianos as ' their owners were not musicians. Ea?? *'-*ms of payment arrangea; . f C. A. Reed Piano & Orpn ;. Compa?y . i v ' 115-H? North Main 8tW5*,.