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LEGAL NOTICES TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF AN? DEHSON WATER. LIO HT AND VOWER COMPANY: I Notice Is hereby given that a meet- ; lng of the stockholders of the Ander son Water, Light & Power Company will be held at tho office ot tho com pany at Anderson, S. C., on the 24th day of August, 1914, at 3 o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of considering the advisability of liquidating and wind- < lng up tho affairs and dissolution of the said Anderson Water, Light & Power Company. H. A. ORR, President. ' Delinquent Road Tax Kotlce. All delinquent road tax collectors are provided with an official receipt book with numbers, and stub numbers attached. Pay no money to collectors unless you get the official receipt as above provided for. J. MACK KINO, tt County Supervisor. BOOKS OF REGISTRATION For the convenience of the voters of Anderson County the board of regis tration will meet the following ap pointments to register and renew or transfer certificates: Cluck Mill, Saturday, August 8, from 9 a. m. to 12 m. AOrr Mill, Saturday, August 8, from 1 p< m. to 4p. m. Piedmont, August 10. Pendleton, Tuesday, August ll. Towuvillc, Wednesday, August 12. Starr, Thursday,.August 13. Iva, Friday, August 1',;. Toxaway, August 15, from 9 a. m. to 12 m. Anderson Cotton Mill, August 15, 1 to i p. m. '* W. L. ANDERSON, W. C. BURRISS, P. N. LINDSAY, Board of Registration of Anderson County. * ' NOTICE. ' By resolution of the County Execu tive Committee the secretaries of the 1 various democratic clubs in the county 1 aro directed to meet In tbe Court 1 - House at Anderson, on August 10th, at 1 ll o'clock a. m., with the County Chairman and Secretary of the County 1 Committee, for the purpose of examln- < '^S the club rolls and ascertaining if.1 any irregularities exist in the enroll- < ment of. voters. Each secretary ls 1 directed to appear in person or send ' \ some one who' 1B famili?r with, the en- j roihncut for his particular club. All other persons, who -have any 1 knowledge of the existence of any lr- j regularity in the enrollment, are ra- 1 quested to bo present and give such information. ' The names of the secretaries'for the < clubs are as follows: . "And creon Ward 1-C. E. Tr ibbie. ?.. An d ?rson Ward 2-^Foster,Fant. I . 1 . Anderson Ward 3-J. 8. Acker. ? Anderson. Ward 4-D. O .Browne. Anderdon Ward 6-Frank White. 1 Anderson Ward 6-Bob King. Belton 1 and 2-W. H. Cobb, Jr. Belton 3-J. W. Campbell. J Bishop's Branch-E. G. Arnold. Broadaway-C. E. Martini ? 1 Bowling Green-L. E. Knight. Brushy Creek-W. W. Fleming. Progon Mill-J. F. Foster. Campbell's Store-W. C. Campbell. Cedar Grove-H. Kelly. Concrete-J. W. Childers. Comer-W. T. A. Sherard. Obx Mlll-^W. T. Blakeley. i Chiquola Mill -A. V. Hughes. Craytonville-W. W. Cllnkscales. Flat Rock-r-G. W. Tucker. . .. Five Forks-W. L. Casey. ?>?':.? '< . '. Fork No. 1-J. M. Broylea. Fprk No. 2-M3. F. Marot. i Frabkville-?-W. ^. Elrod. Friendship-J. C. McMillan. Gluck M1U-^J. W. Neal. ' Grove School-J.. A. Cllnkscales. Hall-W. P. Bell. Honed PaUi-r-L^. Monroe. " Hopewell-L. E.- Martin. Hunters Spring-T. H. Burriss. , ITO-A B, Galley, Long Branch-L T. Holland. Martin-L. N. Martin. Mt. Tabor-B. O^?rbmer. North ? ndeT8on?J. H. Hutchison. - Orr Mill-R. F.'Tnackstob. pendleton-H. C. Summers, Jr. . . Balzer-John; A. Hudgens. Pol sor No. 4-John McBrearty. Piedmont-W. A. McCall. Piercotown-R. L. Elrod. . > Rook' Milla-R. P. Black. . Sandy Springs-J. M. Mllnn. . Starr-J. Bc Leverett, Throb andTwehty-^fciS.-Mall. Touby ?reek-rJ. M. Cox. Townviilc-Pleas' Mabuftey.-, WalkerrMcElm?yle-f N. S. Reaves. Wc3t Savanah-J. A. Jones. WUllamatobNo.lr-J..C.J)Ucworth, : WlHlamston No. 2-^-M. B> Leslie. Whlto Plains-W< J- Johnson. Tho above secrotarles are roquosted to bo;pro8ont on Monday, Aug/10, al tho court house. . If for any reason . you find lt impossible to attend be burp to have yonr representative thero?i" r? S. P. J?earman, Co. Ctoairinatt...;: Leon. I. Rico.. Secretary. ?? NOTICE OF ELECTION .(.There, will bo oh election in Martin , district, .No. IB, .i>n Saturday. August 8th, for the rarp?se"of voting on a special 4 ml'.is tax. . Polls open . 7 a. m., Wd plbra>LA p;m,>??? . . j, g. FELTON, ; Clerk ot i-y?unty board bf education. Shiloh dlsrlct No. 49 on. August 10th. -Genttahesp at Kon?. Uso your' genUeat' vojdb 'at' AStn?.^ Wat eh '.It day by day ab. tf'>peartVot greatbrtc?i for lt wilt" bo worth mor? t?Von ?n 4pys to como thab 'thb'^ . pearl hjd; ^??W^p^?t?u?, vpicb ts home;' It ls a light that slogs as well as ahlbea. ^fftain^ lt to ?weet, tones now, and lt will keep tn tune through WC.-EJKrt Burrltt. o Cot Robert A. Thompson? o Hon that Pased Walhalla, August 7.-Colonel Robert Anderson Thompson died at his home hero at 12:20 Friday, after an illness of several weeks. The funeral ser-j vices will be held from the Presbyter ian church Sunday morning at ll o'clock. Services will bc conducted by his pastor, the Rev. Geo. M. Wilcox* Colonel Thompson's wife preceded him. by Fcvcral years. He. leaves thc following children: Mrs. W. T. Row land, Taylorville^ N. Cj; MIBB Badio Thompson, Walhalla; C. J. Thompson, Charlotte, N. C.; P. R. 'Thitdpson,' Woodruff; El S. Thompson, Anderson. The following grandchildren were reared at Col. Thompson's home; R. ? T. Keys, Savannah; Mrs. Marvin Phln ney, Wept Union; H. B, Keys, Hono lulu; Joel P. Keys, Walhalla. All of the above except H. B. Keys will at-, Lend the funeral. The death of Col. Thompson has been expected for days. It was re markable how a man In his eighty seventh year could hold out so long,' yet his death IB a sorrow to every-j body. Ho was a man whom everybody i revered. He was sent to tho legisla-j ture from thia county after be was 75 years of age. Sketch of His Life. R. A. Thompson was born in Pickens county. Juno 13, 1828. His father,' Capt. Chas. Thompson, e. native of' Union county, died at thc advanced age or 71. Col* R. A. Thompson spent his childhood dayr. on a farm, and at th? age of 14 he entered the office of the Pendleton Messenger, established 'n 1807. There he served a four years'i apprenticeship. In 184D Col. Thomp son acquired an interest in thc paper. In 1853 he went to PJckens, where he ? established the Keowee Courier. Ho har. been connected with this splendid county paper until a year or two. agu, and until 1868 was Its sole owner ana editor. In the latter year he moved the paper to Walhalla. In 1853 he was elected commission. Br in equity for Pickens county, serv ing in that capacity until is GS, when the office wa? discontinued by legisla tive enactment, In I860 he was a member of thc se cession convention, and in 1861 enter ed the Confederate service as captain of Company B, Second Scuth Carolina regiment. In the fall of 1862 he wad promoted to lieutenant colonel, having commanded his company, with singu lar courage in the battle of Seven Pines. Late In 1863 be resigned hhs commission oh account of ill health, and he was never able to re-enter the army. In 1872 he'was admitted to the ber, associating himself, with Judge Sam uel- McGowan. He divided -his time between law and Journalism and was unusually successful In each profes sion. \ In 187G through the press and on the! stump he exerted his influence for democracy and has in many cam-1 palgnr been chairman of the county democratic executive committee. Hej stands high in Masonry in tte state, and; has tor years been a sta,inch and devout Presbyterian. " (The following sketch and Interview, with' COL Robt. Anderson Thompson, was published. several 'years ago, the author being Pierre H. Pike, ut th ut time a well known newspaper writer, ?nd now postmaster nt Spurt anburg.) I . .-- . . ! It's the little things of everyday, lifo, trifling, indeed, within them selves, that make the children of men! the dice ot destiny. -Just 72 years ago a small barefooted.- boy 'was plowing a mule In a South Carolina new, ground, within -three miles of tho up-country home ot. John Caldwell Calhoun, Tho ploughshare ' ; stuck, deep into an old stump and there was on abrupt. pause to tho proceedings. Tho':mule couldn't budge, .the stump wouldn't budge and the lad stuck to tho-, plow, handles'. That was tho first time In his life that this plow hoy had struck'a snag. . Ho .urged .tho mulo on-and with a great effort tho animal made headway, disintegrating the rotten stump, and opilling . the! plow and. its. driver all about tho field. Tho boV picked himself up,, some j 40 yards away, then picked thc parts ot tige plow up out .ot tho now ground, npd ledj-the mule.Jiack hopao. ,\ dBi told his mother that he wasn't cut cut fpr a lamer,an$*u1^?eht aroused inga in the jew ground, interested him Pendleton (St and l??rn th?-' omeo of the Pendleton Messenger. Had the 12-Vear-61d ;1plowboy. stuck to th?ijpb, he would, doubtless, haye mended his "plow' hi the #eld,' kept a Wary eye out for snags, learned well tho'lesson Of breaking UP the soil, and made a successful, Independent far mer, winding up his rural life In ? entail farmhouse with a. small compe tence the righteous fruit of industry ?nd thrift, just a good, quiet, unobtru sive fellow, ' But the die Was cast. .That hpy Robert Andrew Thomp son, the solo survivor; of the seces sion convention and the farm life was nof for him. Yet through i bw jrjong Eventful life he. had nfev?r forgotten tho rucus^ with the roots of the, Bt?mp and his being spilled in the plowed land. That waa thc turning, point on life's highway putting him on the road the. path of which ls. dotted-with so many, and ' varied experiences. Robert Anderson Thompson was born Juna 1?, .18*8; In Pickens dis trict, about eight mRe* north of Pen dleton, u on - Twelve^D?lfO river. . His father was Charles Thompson ?nd his mother,'Mahala^ Gaines Thompson. His godfather, Winiam Thompson, waa a native of Union -county' .(8. Cf! His great grandfather, Jamea Thomp son, vms a native of Ireland. , as waa ?Iso-hie great -grandmother. They yea.chod America In 1776, and utter f the Great ( f Walhalla, Who Died Yestreday,} the Ordinance of Secession in Di landing at New York, came on to tho Union county, South Curolina. It wu? the writer's privilege to visit Col, -Thompson in his little law office in the beautiful mountain town of Walhalla a few days ago. The col onel waa in a personally reminiscent mood, and for hours talked of the things past. At the age of 82, the Are is still in his clear eyes, thc red blood mantles bis cheeks and he car ries himself with that case and dig nity which naturally assumes itself ou a man whoso lifo 1B crowned with honors and dignities in the service of his country and for its people The personal appearance of thc man ls worthy of note. Dressed in i neat black, in keeping with the sea son, with standing collar and Andrew Jackson black tie, low-quartered : shoes, neatly polished, and spotless I linen, his gentility was pronounced. I But it was when he began converging I that 'thc charm of his individuality made itsolf felt. The innate gentility j and culture of the man ' is distinct I j without the need of an interpreter. In i touching on the great conflict 'uad th I causes that led up to ii, the colonel's conversation , was remarkable. Ono became singularly impressed with his one desire and aim to cay nothing that would offend either thc living or thc dead. The consideration shown and the fine manner of eliminating Ibo. personal equation from any part of the conversation bearing on tho se cession convention or the War Be tween the Sections itself could have penetrated on the most indifferent lis , tener. Laetcs was admonished by ! Polonlus, Col. Thompson gaye no uh I proportioned thought his act." And yet this man, a member of the ; convention that set the Irrevocable 1 step forwar 1. bringing on tbe great 1 conflict, w ' .o a itel wards became an officer of distinction and gallantry in the Confederate army, talked briefly and modestly of himself at all times.1 and with extreme prudence atm mod eration of others at all times reite rating that he did not want to say anything vthat ' might offend the liv ing or worse still, the dead, who could make no defence. How nice a dis. Unction to observe in this commer cial age Here was one who lived and exerted an influence in the portentous times just prior to the War Between the States lived through tba, b'oody epoch and baa.lived long afterwards to sec his native land smile and blos som like the rose-with all his facul ties remarkably clear and his mind peculiarly alert and abreast with the present. : Robert Anderson Thompson ia tho very, best product of th? manhood that was the glory of the old South-of the old school, yes. Of the old Behool where honor, and honesty, temper ance in all things, manliness, culture and gentility are synonyms of that cavalier strain that made th-j history of the bid Souih a dream as gorgeous and magnificent as the story of tbe field of ibo cloth of gold. Knight hood was in flower when that plowboy walked from hui home over to.Pendle ton- and entered the Messenger office as a bound apprentice. . And it was history-making times, too. ! Ai; Eng lishman hamed Miller, who -was tried In England before coming :o America fqr publishing the famous "Junlus Letters," attacking' the reign . f George III, edited. Uio Pendleton Mes senger at tho time. ; John Caldwell Calhoun Was a fr?quent "loafer'* In the Messenger office, and Pendleton was tbe culminating center for all tho representative. Illustrious, promi nent and near-prominent folks of that 'day and g?n?ration when^away from Charleston:''"" The little apprentice kept his ears and, eyes open and hi;? person free from the vicious habits .that early beset tho craft. Vf'Serving his four years abd getting bia ndvahco from "devil" to journey-" .mah printer, > Robert. Anderson Thompson Wont to Laurens, S. C., ant! ?worked on a/TSper owned .-by-'Bailey Bros., and edited by a Yankee named Clink. ' Thia editor afterwards mar ried a Bister of Col. James H,-Irby, tho father of tho late United States Sen ator J. L. M. Irby. 'Ono-of the Bail eys was a physician and tho other ran a drug-store. . They'Vibr? Charleston ians. One day Dr. Balley drovo up in his buggy in front of the printing office and after going In for a while, return ed to his seat In the vehicle and start ed to driv?, off, '?>. Ula horse became frightened and ran away, throwing tho buggy .against- a/prick wall near thc atore of Mills, Robor?ton,,.on >wcst side of the Laurens court houBO Ganare. The doctor was.hurled against the walt and. Jellied outright, fi Col. * Col. Thompson later wept to , Co lumbia to work on the first dally pa per ever . started lb . tho state capital, which -bad for Its editor^Dr. Gibbes. While In Columbia he?bparded',wltb. a Baptist minister whoee'nbme he cor lld not: recall, fi He emphasised; the.; in tegrity and character ot Oils preach ir, 'who, he -?id, waa deputy. treasurer of tho. Baptist convention ot tho state. This Baptist v>as active in organising a. Sons ot Temp?rance society and Cpl. Thompson. 'became one of,Ma;mpm *!er8'8aw John'<V.Calhoun Often. "My . grandfather . .'Gaines came from Virginia," continued Col. Thump s?n, "and we held our heads jest as high''ap', anybody.'' ?,.w*8 torn- June IS. 182?, on a farm neat Central, S. C. When I was IQ or 12 years old I went ont to plow, up that nerf, ground and the plow-?Um* in.ftvToot and final ly, the root popped and scattered mo and the plow all over tbe field. -That 'rhcus with th? stump led me into thc SrlhtingV husmees^ When I entered ie?. Pondelton Messenger aa appren tice a ?aatt' named Brldweli was thc 'printer in chargb;. he was a brother bi 2ibn ' BridweR,who , published *ha brat papar at Chester,.S. C...which pa per waa'.edited h* Samuel .Melton,,;a man pt groat intellectual ability. "Dr. ?meia w?sgedjtlng the pendle ton Messenger then and ho waa a great friend v>f Jphp 0. Calhoun, I .l - y ? '- ; ' "'! " ' ' ' Contention rVaa a Member ol the Conven member 1880 '. -it:- ? - ? ?-: Baw Mr. Calhoun often and thought him one of tho greatest men that ever lived. Col. Frank Burt bought tho Pendleton Messenger. He was one o? your first class men, none of your high flyers. lu those days Franklin Pearce was president of tho Uulted States. John C. Calhoun wus a scn ator and Armistead 'Burt, brother of Col. Burt was in congress. Col. Burt's friends got up a petition to make him governor of Kansas, as there was a good chance in those days to admit Kansas into the Union au a slave holding state. But Nebraska was knocking at the door .too. There was no probability of lotting Nebraska in as a slave holder. "Senator Burt and other friends of Col. Burt did what they could to have him named governor of Kansas but President Pearce thwarted their plans by naming him governor of Nebraska. Ile died after serving as governor of Nebraska about two years and His body was brought back to Pendleton and buried. Isbcu J. Rice, a South Carolinian and a graduate of Harvard College, went out. to Nebraska with Col. Burt, and he, too, died out there. Along about;this,time s.omctlrlng hap pened that went against my grain. They sold the old Pendleton Messen ger to Col. Orr and Jake Reed. It made the tears cont? to my eyes when that happened. You seo the Messen ger had always 3tood for "high" pol itics, while Col. Orr and his crowd roprcsented the "low" politics of the state. The Messenger, after the pur chase, was moved from Pendleton to Anderson. I went to Anderson and continued to work on tho old paper awhile. Best Place on Earth. "From Anderson. ? went to Duo WeBt to work tor Dr. Bonner on his A. R. P. paper. ' Duo West is the best town in tho entire south, or the best anywhere when it comes to that. It was winter time when I reached there and Dr. Bonner went.to the office with mc. The printing office was in an uncalled building . and there were cracks and holes in tho framework besides. He complained about the print of his paper. . I told him that could bc easily remedied by ceiling the building and stopping up the cracks. This was,done and the print on the paper was. fine. It was then sud there that I first, laid my eyes on Hugh Wilson. I asyed. Dr. Bonner what aBsistanco there Was to get out the paper. He said there was a "col ored" man to help about with thc press and the forms, and then pointed to a corner of the building, where a small boy stood. . '?This boy fiad the reddest hair and tho ^nost of it I ever saw on any boy's head and this hair was standing straight up. \ That boy,'. 6ald. Dr. Bonner, 'helps abdut, too,' and he's mighty handy.' And that lit tle, boy *was Hugh Wilson, who grow to be one of the best, and most suc cessful newspaper men. South Caro lina has produced. . J^siwayg litcpd ?Wilson, wo have been 'friends' ever Since and that's saying ho little for Hugh Wilson 1B ono of the 'kicking' kind of folla-, lt he don't like you. This Dr. Bonner .was an abolitionist, and his paper was'r tarted as a secular one. He always called, the negro a 'colored mau. I had a great liking for the Associated Reformed Presby terians, too; they certainly are good people. . At Abbeville. "From Due West I wont to Abbe ville, S. C..and worked'on a paper published by Charles 'Allon. While there I boarded at a place run by a Mrs. Allon. This house was the pluce where tho noted lawyers, of that town stayed, and among theao I recall Gen. afterwards Justice, Samuel McGow an of tho supreme court. Judge Coth rau and Mr. Parker. Mr". Allen was getting along nicely with'his paper when a man named ? Posey carno to Abboville. and started ? rival weekly. This Posey was a regular agitator, a mis between a socialist, and an anar chist abd his paper always printing something startling;, and frequently questionable. This kept hun In hot ?later and ho had one .duel to fight, as well as many street fights with citizens. The people all liked, to read bis paper though, whether they, like him or not* . About ?bis time P. W. Solleck; came, to" AbbovUlo-pud;'bought. Charles Allen's paper? , This Bel lick was just back front tho Mexican war, having..served-in ;it.a? a mem ber of the famous Palmetto regiment, and to him belonged the'distinction of being, the first person to/, plant the American flag over tho pajhee of the Montes?mos. JJter Solllpk .... bought Slien out, I:wprked for. htni. for some mo; but grew tired, and wrote to Mn Ross, vvh? was then publishing tho Kopwoo Courier at Plqkepp;' In 1863 I ' > ught tho Courier "from him and? tor ,47 years cohdufitad^thivl pa per as editor and publisher while lt was Issued at Pickens end subso ditoptiy. whpri 'moved to JWalhalla. Thc Kcowoe Court?? .was founded by a Spartanhurg'man---Wiiliant Trlnlthier. Appointed Commissioner lit Equity. in 1863\Col: Thompson wno ap pointed commissioner in equity for PicfeenB district by the gov?r??r. This officeiWAB imo'''elected by the legisla te re "every, fjftir ' years, ' vacan c i es oc curring in, which being filled by the governor.0 For 20 year^ Col. ?Thomp son served as commissioner. His Journey Inga, to ? Columbia at Intervals and his official duties kopi him In di rect touch and contact with the repre sent at ive men. of the,,, antebellum times,, as: well as of the days of tho Civil War and the blighting ora fol Ulpwihfc itt its wake. In 1858 he mar ried Misa. V.. Bose- Carrito qf .Clarks vii?c, Ga,, W#o ..'*.** hlB derated com ; panion for mow thjtn half a CQntdry. She dind : last October, fiji* children -auryiye, this, -uniones. fdli/jwa:,, Robt Mls?/Maba?*^ Pickens R. Thompson. In 1879 he wus admitted to the bar? 1 Hi? first law partner was Gen. Samuel Mc Gowan .afterwards associate Justice of I (lie supreme court. Later on Col. IL T. Jayncs, a distinguished lawyer of Walhalla was associated with him. The Printers of Long Ago. Col. Thompson laid emphasis on tho printers of the ante bellum days when talking about his sojourn in Columbia, directly after leaving Laurens, S. C. He met a number of fellow-workerB in Columbia, all of whom exerted an influence in moulding public opinion in thal day and generation. Among these he particularly mentioned Geo. Elford He worked with Elford in ?the office of the Presbyterian Review. This ofllce waB located in Columbia where thc Wright's Hotel stands. The editor yf Tho Review was Dr. Howe a crippled man of splendid literary at tainments. And George Elford wns tlio only printer in thc shop who could set the Greek phrases and sentences that Dr. Howe would uso lu his classi cal controversies. Voil could get a good picture of Dr. Howe as C4fl. Thompson described him to tho news paper mun: "He was a cripple and would dlrve down to thc office bright and early every luoialng. Ho would wobble) out of his buggy and wobble up thc office steps on lils crutches and get to bia desk as spry as you please, and his Taco was as bright and cheery as a now silver dollar. This Dr. Howe was a warm advocate of prohibi tion and one of the contributors to his paper was the great Judge John Bel ton O'Neale, and Judge O'Neale wus sound on the liquor question." Aftei setting thc Greek and performing all his duties well in tho office of Thc Re view, George Elford went to Green ville and founded a semi-weekly paper. "He waa a splendid, all round, good man," said thc colonel. . "Then there waB that Yankee Stokes In Columbia," ho continued. "I did not like Stokes, he went to LaurcpB, and afterwards to Union, where he started the Union Times. " I sbcri Morgan also published a pa per, a temperance paper; ho waB a good, clean. Industrious mun. . "There was a fino fellow named Darr in Columbia in those days. He went to Sumter and started a paper and did well. And another named Height, started a paper at Georgetown. ; All these men exerted a telling influ ence in their respective spheres of ac tion." lu Loved Laurens. Throughout :he talk Col. Thomp son's mind ? would ever and igatn re vert to Laurens and his two years' stay in that town. He loved ita peo ple and related many Incidents of the place, and its people. Speaking, of Col Henry Young of Laurens who also sat in tho Secession convention with him. Col.'Thompson said he waB one of the moat noted lawyers of upper Carolina. On one occasion Col. Young came to Picken? to. attend court and nt the time Col. Thompson decided to buy a. piece of land .at Laurens, the purchase price being $100. He sent the. money to Laurens by Col. Young. Subsequently ,601. Thompson sold this land for $1,600. His First Vote, It was'In Laurens county that Col. Thompson ,in tho. year 1847 cast his first ballot^ Col. J. L. Orr. and Gov. D. P. Perry were running: ior con gress; he voted for- Orr, who won out In that raco. Whilei In Laurens, Col. Thompson attended n big baptizing . at Warrior Creek Baptist church, which is locat ed at Warrior court, house. One Itu rn dred persons were baptized there that day. "Tho Baptists were mighty strang down there in those days," he said. Proud of Ff rheas. No son . of the old Pickchs district is marc loyal or truer'to.her best tra ditions than Col. Thompson. One ol' his sons is named Pickens. He loves the Pickous district, tho good old days and tho present times, and gases unflinchingly ahead to the fu ture. ? '' "Look at the illustrious sons of old Plckehs district,'-- bo said. "There's Gen. Cleveland and Gen. Andorson and' Horseshoe Robinson of Revolu tionary fame; Gov. Plckens and later on Gov. P. W. PickenB, tho war gov ornor; Gen. Earle. Gov. B. P. Perry and the late Senator Jos. H. Earle all these first saw the light o' day In old Plckens district and there are many more, all of whom hove.contri buted to ; tho building np of their conn try and have been loyal and faithful at all times'."' Col. Thompson has the most un bounded, admiration for tho late Gov. B. F.: Perry bf Greenville and fre quently spoke of him lp the highest terms, calling him ^patriot, statesman Hopes Her Statement, Made PuMic, will Help Other Women. Hines, Ala.-'i must confess", sa v? Mrs. Eula Mae Peid, of this place, "thal Cardui, the wonwo's ionic, has done mq a great d ?al of gord. tired, sleepy feeling all tifi?' time, and wat irregular. I could hardly dra^ around, and would have severe headaches con? linuously. Since taking Cardui, ! hare entirely quilspHtli^j^biha^ Eyerythlnj seems to digest ali rhL.t, and I have gaked 10 pounds lniwcl&&" I H you are a victim of any ci thc numer ous tils so common to your sex, it La wrong to sufi?r. For hal f a ce nluiy, Ca rd ul has been re -.-?tobE?B-jpcuf^Cp 0MC'ql^a;-3re|g by year, CarduJ^I^ugc^ulbscw U leem on thc womanly constitution, and help? build thc weakened organs backtohcal?i and sttengtfc ;~T% ~f Cardui has helped others, and will help you, too. Get a bottle today. You won't regret ?L , Your druggist sells it. . . Writ* lo :; CHatUe?\ir?Me4idne Co., A4 rtruct\on* on your .cai? ?rd M-mea WOK. ?tomi Trwuwrn for Wowen," wm ls plain wrappf*. KC Ut mi and a scholar. Ho aaid that tho pa per GUY. ferry opee published, called tho "Southern Patriot" was the very beat paper ho ever put his oyes on. Of tho Pendleton of long ago ante bellum days-he said: "Around Pendleton chasten d tho education, tal ent and patriotism of Uta state." He described the quaint, historic old stone church at Pendleton, which was built by John R. Rusk. A son of John Rusk, Thomas J. Rusk, was onco n United Slates senator from Tcxus. Col, Thompson has been from his youth an omnivorous reader. In hts law office can bo found a well worn copy of Gov. B. K. Porry'B sketches of prominent Carolinians, which has op Introductory wn?ton by A. B. Wil liams, a brilliant Virginia newspa per man. There IB atao Dr. Lnn (I ruin's hist orv of Snartanhurg county. Rut Hie book he most frequently roads nowadays is n large volume entitled "Story of tho New World," by Henry Davenport Northrop-? history of tho United Statea and every administra tion down to Harrison's. While glanc ing through this book, the picturo of i President Jumes Buchanan caught Col. Thompson's oye. vThere," he said, "was a man who well under stood thc conditions existing at thc time he was President. Sprinter at 82. Col. Thompson lives on his com fortable farm, one mile nnd a halt from tho town of Walhalla. . Here hu ls surrounded by the loved faces of his children; his maiden daughter oc cupying the place held so long by his devoted wife as the head of house hold affairs. Mrs. Thompson died last October. He stated that he walked Into town,that one and a half mile stretch frequently, und did BO the day before I saw him. He cats two meals a day, breakfast and supper and enjoys them. Ho rests well at night and hus no complaint to mnkc on the loss of sleep. Wi'h a cleat conscience of duty perfor ul at all times and often under try..IR circum stances lu tho many periods through which he and bis country have passed, awaits thc summons to a hotter world, tho reward of tho true and faithful. Throughout tho long span bf years, before and after the war and In tbe later, modern times, ho has over been regarded as a safe and sane leader. Hts character and ability made him a potent factor for all in which hin country was lnvol/ c and he hiv; wc!? kept tho faith. Thc honors 'which have followed his pathway have come unsolicited-a member of the Con vention of Socession and officer in tho Confederate army, aa active agent in redeeming his state from tho horrors ot Reconstruction and radical rule, not later than ten years ago n number of ; tho s'atc legislature, and al. u num ber, ol' tb? constitution ai convention of 189.}-tie has spont hto life, epen't In activo duty for his couutry. In tho Presbyterian church ho ls un elder, and prominently identified with the religious and moral" advancement of tho community In which he lives. Leaving this remarkable man.slltirg in his office, after a> respectful ?arc? well, the reporter glanced back again at ?tho whitened head and sturdy fig ure and tho lines of Tennyson's ^Ulys ses" came involuntarily to his lips; All times I have' enjoye'd ' Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those TuAt loved me, and alone: on shore. and when ' Through scudding drifts ( the rainy. Hyades vext the dim sea. Much have I seen and known cities of men, And manners and. climates, councils, governments, . Myself not least, but honor'd of, them all;. And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the' ringing plains ot windy Troy. I am a part of all that I have met. Tho' much ls taken, much abides, and tho' We are not now that strength which in. old days Moved earth and hcavon; that, which wo aro, we.are; 'r One equal temper of heroic hearts, Modo weak by timo and tate, but strong in will, To strive, to seek, to And and not to yield" o o o o o o o op ooo o o o O o o o o ELIZA ANN CALDWELL. o o o iUOOOOOOoOOOOOOOOOOO Miss Eliza Ann Caldwell died at tho home of-her, sister, Mrs. B. F. Wright; near Andersopville, early Monday night, August-"3, 1914. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cald well of the Fork section, they both having preceded ber to tho gr.wo a number ot years ago. j ' Minc Caldwell was bom December j \ 22, 1844, near ' Anderson ville, and ' most of her life was spent In that sec tion. Having never been married sho mn do. her homb with Mrs. B.P. Wright. . Sho wes a good Christian woman ann! wlil b"j greatly missed by her relatives , Und friends, as her whole Ute was' - .spont In serving "those who needed i help. Sho becamo a .member of the . old Andersonville Baptist church. In I her carly girlhood, of which church she', was a nie.qibpr until her 'doath. > Sho is 'survived by one sister and one brother, Mrs. B. F. Wright, of Ander ? Bonville, and J, H. Caldwell, of Ander ? eon, and two.half sisters, Mrs. Alice I Wright of Andersonville, and! Mrs. R. V. Dy ar, of Alabama, and quite a num ; ber of nephews and nieces; The fuu I erar services were'held'Tuesday even. lng at Oak Dale church, at which placo , the body waa buried. . Services w~- . i conduced by Rev.L F, Wolde:. I , tor of that church, cr. 7 . ti. , Hawkins, a formt-r ,.4.....^ I ASK UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER t Mexico f?j??^?? v cognised. organ In H?xfeor.City, . ?t I C?nPr?! Carram*, today pablishod a I proclamation calling upon all Inhabt I lunts o? the city to meet lu front of tho i demand the n'nebu snrrcndri ,of the C-irlmjVi government, ? Deposit YOUR MONEY WITH US y ' - }P:b - ] ; - .' h'Y and then, we will lend you money when you need :r . fe: :. Interest paid on deposits. Farmers and Merchants Bank and Farmers Loan & trust Company. Anderson, S. C. combined resources u little-flio risc of one million dollars* m CraytorCs \ ream ! Good Cream I Ice Cream :: I Eat More Of It*. M '*_f PROFESSIONAL CARIB- - : ?? . # : ; SAYRVl ? DAIDYYIH J * AHcluTECTS * ? Bteei?sf'Bl?f.'"' ?S?cih?,.?i$ I * CltlsenB s Nat ional Baak Bia*. * * Ballegta, If. C . * . ? . _\f,_._,i ,n I * * * * * * * ? * * * * * * * .* * * ? * : . ">* * CASEY A FAST /' J * Bronn Office Banding" f * Second Floor. Phone ?6? . * T. Frank Watkins ftuifl ?Wnt? |' * ^ WATKINS I PBOrCR f> * . f Attorneys and Counseilor-atLetr * fe 1st Floor Blee Wer Bldg, 7 >{ * Anderson. ? C - t , jj ---O?-U-l-!-1-j. : . . ? ? ? o * * . ?,?.*.*. t\- ? . ? " - ." .?:;->-': I ' * DB. L. H. SNIDER * ?? . .? . f * VETERINARY SURGEON * '?. ?. 1* Frctwcll Co. Stable , , J * Phone 64. Anderson,,S,.C. * ^- , ls it your eyes or,g!aBsea fia , speciallie on these tronbT?a and cnn gire yon ?hnt finish on work that snells ' 'RnilBtactf?n. Prices ?3.CQ to ?5.00 a> Be pairs 10c np. , ,-j?^?:^: BR. ML R. CAMPBELL mw. Whitney^ \L -? Ground floor-telephone con- ', section?, -;v - ^r*:,^A B. B. BLECKEE Y O. M. HE ARI) NPao?e#71 V' -Maaeiir i?tl?ey S.?8i:# Answers an calla dey of nfgkir. if Phone 268. r^i*K.'*?W>