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Shes a Strange Old Whirly Isn't She? A STREET CLEANER will clean a street but there's nothing doing when you try to get a vacuum cleaner to clean a vacuum. ljut we guarantee our Electric Cleaner to clean everything else. Made a Quick Sale THE Investment Department af a Bal timore stock exchange house had a caller who wished to buy fifty shares of a certain investment stock. While the customer waited, the manager called up the firm's Philadelphia agent on the Bell Long Distance Telephone and secured the stock, with the promise of delivery next day. ' Quick trades are often made by the Bell Telephone service. When you telephone-smile SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Palmetto Detective Agency Criminal .and Civil Work li corps of trained Specialist H whose net-vices may be secured IQ strict ly legitimate work. Address P. O. Box 402 A ttention All Machinery Owners ^Vl??|i you Install Machinery you need a chain block. Wc have thom MX) lt?, capacity lo ti,0 ?0 lb. capacity. Soil you a 2,000 lb. capacity for {.'?'t?.0<>. (?in ,Saw tilers .abd Mummers nt stock. Filero $20.00. Delivered by Iv- press. COM ?M III A SUPPLY COMPANY, 823 West Gervais St., Columbia, S. C. SEWERAGE IN THE COUNTRY One great problem peculiar to the j rural districts is that of the proper j disposal of organic refuse and similar waste matter. In the cities such mau ler Is completely and satisfactorily taken caro of in thc modern sewcrago systems, and thus Hie city Is enabled I to preserve a cleanliness which is of greatest aid in fighting Ciscase. When auch matter ls a?ov.cd to nt and In the open, ac overy rm ai res ident knows, lt becomes a ?warming placo for files and a hot beti Tor dis ease germs; it polutcs the sp:l and the drinking wator, and is always an un lA?htly and embarrassing nuisance. Such conditions are generally thu cause cf sickness and disease. The Sanitary Sqptie Tank..especial ly designed along improved ?mes, for usc in tito rural districts, ano. maud- i facturad by WeBton '& Hooker, Co lumbia, S. C., completely suives thc ! problem ot sewage disposal un* thc rural homes. It is of small size, j mad? Of reinforced' concreto simple, easy to. Install, never gets'out of or der, nor nooda . attention. Placed just beneath the surface, and con nected with the house by a snort pipe lino, ' lt securely kocps the-poisonous organic wasto matter enclosed until by natural process, lt disintegrates, and then seeps out Into the ground, harmlose mineral matter and water. There ?B no odor, no noll pollution. Approved by health authorities. Its cost ls small, lt affords al! the conveniences and tho, full- protection of the city . sewerages system. . It is well worth your whilo xe Know all about this Septic ,Tank, and you tan do so by simply writing to Weston St Brooker,. Columbia. S. C. 1 1 Room House McDuffie St $35 7 Room. House, Orr St. . .$22.50 7 Room House S. Fant St. . .$20 7 Room House Ligon St .-.'.$20 5 Ronni House W Market St $15 I ? 1 nonning of Ebeneser Cemetery. All persons interested In Ebeneser cemetery are asked to help In clean ing it on Friday, the 14th. .;~?r -'-. '. - ?'- '-. ' . In the v?stless season a man can show a largo;; percentage of the value of his tic. .... ANDERSON REAL ESTATE ANO INVESTMENT GO. THO?. F? CA I IT WRIGHT, Mgr*. Renting Dept. BURRIS REUNION Will Re. Held at Mountain . Creek ( imrch on tile 20th. The Reuben and Levi Morriss an nual reunion will be held at Mountain Creek- church August 29th. Committee on Arrangement-Dora Sullivan, Lois Findley, Charley Bur rlsB, Homer McCurry. Committee on Music - Minnie Glenu, Vinnie McCown. Amy. Russell. Obituary-Bertha Burr IRS, Ether Norris, Lula Brown. W. M. BURRIS. Secy. Ebeneser Church. lt. R. Keaton wishes to give notice that the Ebeneser cemetery yard Will be cleaned off% Friday. August 14, and to urge every one connected with the church to lend at hand. > j ? \, , ARRIVAL AND DEF Train No. 6 arriver at G:28 a. m. All northern und western mail. Train No. 12 arrives at 8:31 a. m. All local niall from herc to Walhalla, S. C. Train No. 7 arrives at D:C0 a. m. Lo cal mail from Greenville, S. C., to Hel ton. S. C. and northern mail. At ll a. m. mall from Townsville, S. C. Train No. 5 arrives at 11:40 a. m. Local mall from Augusta, Ga., to An derson. Train No. 25 arrives at 2:25 p. m. Local mail Seneca, S. C., to Atlanta, Ga., inclusive, and western mall. Train No. 21 arrives 3:45 p. m. trom Starr and Iva. S. C. Train No. 25 arrives at 3:35 p. m. from' Greenville, S. C., anil nortneru and eastern mails. Train No. 10 arrives at 4:52 - Local mail to and including V .halla, S. C., and wes'orn nail. Train No. ll a rr! voa at 6:03 p. m. All southern mail. Total number locked pouches re ceived per day 22. Mails Dispatched. Train No. 22 leaves at 6 a. m., C. & W. C. All local mail to and including KU. SHAWS MULE. And now brother voter, can you think of any Invention Half so rottun. UH thc State dem ocrat Convention That convention mut. to defeat. Colo. L. Blcaac. And they dldent ceaso, If they was destirben of tho Peaco. For thev knew It wouldont do to wait. If they did Bleaso would sweepe the State. And it lt. they went, to Seo what they could do. Monkeying with the Primary, to fool me and you. Up jumps a haskleite I have a good plan To make every voter signa tho club Roll In his own hand. For we must do this to head off tho fight. Tc* keep the poor from voting for wo know they cal n't write. Here is. Mr. Pollock, who ever hearu of such a man. - To receive tho Smlthltes monoy to carry out their dirty alan. ?iiw.f.*nf.?w??.>;??F*i)H? He must go from City to City and then from town to town. .And get up before the people, and cry Cole. Blease. down. And now, bro, Dalloy, they tell me your hat 1B In thc ring. To run for commissioner, who ever heard of such a thing. And if you dont be Elected I know, lt will make you walL To see you couldent get tho Job. hold ing to Smith, coat Tail. . Now here ls friend Lawrence, who will get in with all Ease. Because, is a supper of Colo. Ix Blease. And when tho Election is over. Let ma tell you what you Will See. If tho votes aro counted rlghL It will be Commissioner McGee. Now that Missouri. Smith Mule, of Which you Speak. It will como In after while all be smeard with, defeat. You will have to use the curry comb and rub with a Cob. And you will Swearo by all good and bad you never had Such a Job. And when the State Election is over. and the people are all at Ease, If tho Votes are counted right It will v be Senator; Blease. All halo the name of Blease-then, the man you dont- Love atal. But the BleaselteB all Will Shout the Song And Coley, has beat them all. i And now. Mr. G ai loy. you aro going to turn, the Smith Mule out. and run lt away Oh. Bleaso before you do this give tho poor thing a Little bunch of hay. For you have run the? mulo tb Smiths defeat Blease dont run it off Until you give It Something to Bate Good by. Jack. Now that old razor back, you wouldent Let Blease feed About ' next January, the hame you ARTURE OF MAILS Willington. S. C. Train No. 21? leaves at 7:20 a. in. on Hulton & Walhalla. All local mull lo und i m hiding Walhalla, S. C. All lo cal mail mail from Seneca, S. C., to Atlanta, Ga., and western mail. Train No. G leaves 7:35 a. m. Pouch en for Belton, Williamston, Falzer, Piedmont and Greenville, t?. C. Train No. 12 leaves 8:31 a. m. All southern and eastern mail as far as Banville, Va. Train No. ii leaves 11:50 a. m. for all points except lower part of state. At 1 p. m. mail for Town ville, S. C. (Star route.) Train No. 24 leaves at 2:15 p. m. Mail for Belton, Greenville, S. C., and all northern and eastern mail. Train No. G, C. & W. C.. leaves at I*-.35 p. m. All points to and including ' A ?*UBta, Ga. No. 25 leaves at 3:45 p. m. I Local points from Seneca, S. C. to At lanta, Ga., aud southern and western points. Train No. 10, leaves at 4:52 p. m. All noriuorn, eastern and southern mail. Train No. ll leaves at ti:03 p. m. All northern and western mall. Total numbor locked pouches dis patched per day 22. will need. Let tho pig bo fed. no matter how It conus. . io For I tell you. good old ham gravy helps the biscuit, crams. J. L. O. SHAW. Rock Mills, S. C. oooooooooooooo o. o o IVA NOTES o o < o 000000009000000 Iva, Aug. ll.-Misses Vera and Ruby Spoon was the cuest for a few days last week of their friend, Mit listher Balley. Messrs. P. E. Spoon, C. R. Mc Donald, B, S. Burton and H. M. Mor row left Saturday tos a trip to tho mountains. They exr.ect to visit High lands, Lake Toxaw&y and other points of interest. They v ont by wagon and expect to be gone about two weeks. Miss Georgia Autlcy, a charuiing arid attractive young lady of Cordova, S. C., is thc guest of Mrs. Henry Wakefield. A delightful party was given last .HYlday night when alka Floride Bur rlss invited a number of her friends io celebrate her fourteenth birthday. Games wero played and delicious re freshments were served during thc evening. Rev. Geo. W. Hanna and wife, of Pittsburg, Pa., have returned home after spending a week hero with Rev. S. J. Hood aud wife. Dr. C. H. Burton left hore Friday to visit his old home in Laurens, lie will be gone several days. Mr. Joel Morse, of Abbeville, spent a short whilo in town Tuesray. Mr .and Mrs. A. M. Ervin, of Au treville, spent a few hours in town Sunday. Mr. John Reid and sister. Miss Lula Reid, have returned to their home in / boo ville after spending a few days biro with relatives. Miss Tern Stewart and Miss Lila Ne lins, of I o1 iville. Ga., have return ed home ?/lcr. a visit of several weeks'' her' to their cousins. Misses Mkanza a id Clara Townsend. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Du'senbery, ot Ninety-Six, spent tne wc?K-ena at the borne of Mr. Lem Reid. Mr. W. C. Sherard, of Abbeville, has been on a short visit to iii; brother. Mr. H. S. Sherard. Miss Marie Albon hast returned to her home in Elberton, after a visit of several weeks herc with relatives. Misa Lizzie Townsend left a fow dayB ago for a short visit to rela tives in Elberton and Hartwell. Miss. Georgia Belle Bask lu has returned from a short stay with .rela tives in La tim er. Mrs. V. C. Sherard spent last Fri day with her brother, Mr. 3. T. Baskin, near Loundesville. t -Misses Mabel and Winnie Reid have returned home from a week's visit to their aunt, Mrs. S. O. Jackson. Misses Lucy and Ix)la Mcphail, ot Laurens, spent a short .while boro last week at the' home'of their uncle. Ur. S. E. Leverett. Miss May Poole, of Starr, was vis iting in town last week. Mr. and Mrs.* Lem Reid spent thc week-end at the home of Mr. 8. O. Jackson, ot 8t(.'revllle. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jones were In Andersen a few hours Saturday. Dr. J. G. Law, or Walhalla preached two very urang and ita? pressive sermons here in the Pres byterian church Sunday. Rev. S. J. Hood and family left Monday for Gastonla, N..C., where.he SPLENDID ORDER ON SECOND CAMPAIGN DAY ?_ IVA PEOPLE ALL BEHAVED THEMSELVES ABOUT 200 PRESENT Voter Did Not Try to Heckle Candidates - Good Order Featured Meeting The second day of the Anderson county campaign waa featured yoH tcrday hy splendid behavior on the liart of tlie audience at iva. The vot ers gave every candidate a respect ful .hearing and there wna no at tempt made toward heckling any of the candidates or In any other wa was there any effort made to disturb the (lillee seekers of the crowd. Thc meeting was called to order at tva at ni:2(i o'clock and for four hours (he candidates told the people of that community about why the country ls lo immediately go to tho wall If they are not selected to turn the handle of tho county government machinery. The meeting way adjourned at 2:20 o'clock. Practically all of tho candidates were in attendance and there was Mttle departure from the general out line of the Monea Path meeting, which was the first of the campaign. Tho lime allowed thc candidates for the House of Representatives to sneak was Increased from live minutes to seven minutes but a number of these did not take up all the time allo them. None of tue candidates de parted from thc platform outlined by them Saturday and practically tho name speeches were delivered. Frequently p.omc favorite candidate was loudly cheered but nothing ' ap proaching disorder was seen th rou gi - out thc day. NEW DEPARTMENT HARD AT WORK Bureau of Markets of National Government Recently Estab le After Material That all of the office holders of tho United States are not sleeping on their jol i is shown by a request which J. W. Rothrock, farm demon stration agent, has Just received. The reuest asks Information concck-ning thc cotton storing capacity of Ander son county and comes from Director Brant, of the Bureau of Markets, l'nlted States government. This b reau was bot recently established and Mr. Brant is already getting in some good work. This will be of more than ordinary interest to American people becase Mr. Brant Is well known in Anderson, having made trips from Washington to this chinty. The complete s tor, np; capacity of Anderson county for cotton, including the 16 mills, thc Farmers' Union -ind the Regular or Standard Warehouse, is 101,200 halos and this information hos been forwarded to Washington by Mr. Roth rock. SERVICE? WERE SAB AND BRIEF (Continued on Pago 5.) ute of the nation, were piled high over the. tomb. Memories of the Past. On thc way to the cemetery tim procession passed tho house wherw Mrs. Wilson lived as a girl, and an other spot above the banks of the Etowah river whore tradition has lt that she promised to t.">cr>me the fu ture president's bride. Nearby was t? statue to the Women of the South, the Inscription on which was written by thc president a few years ago. On every side were scenes which rc. called vividly to him the days of his young manhood sud sweet memories of her who now lios in a grave In her old home. Within less than four hours from the hour the funeral train arrived, the president and his party were onco more or board Uieir special cars and the return journey was begun. Rice's Graveyard. Mr. C. Ii. Cassaway requests the announcement that all who are inter ested are requested to assemble on Thursday, the 18th for the purpose of cleaning off Rice's graveyard. goes to spend his vacation. Mrs. Minnie McAdams, of Anlerson, la the guest of her cousin, Miss Uv le Townsend. Mr. Albert Ervin, Of Autrevllle, wat a visitor herc Sunday. SAID THAT SAM ?V1 ON S SUC CEEDS LEE A NEW CITY CLERK Speculation Heard Over How Ma ny Members of Police Will Lose Positions It lia? been rumored for several days that a number of change? In tho personnel of etty officials ls con templated. The city council h<st night had no opportunity to elect and as it had been announced that Hi: meeting to elect would he held this morning it was considered improper to ; rio ap plicants to go ahead with Hie selec tion. The city clerk. Mr. J. II. God?rev, having become mnvor, t'ilj important position will bc Ulled, it ls understood that thc prorcrit capable asckitant clerk, MT. .E. M. Scott, will ho pro moted to tho position of cl-%rk ard that he will have no assistant us Mayor Godfrey will give some of Ititi time to assisting in th? clerical work. The impression is that tho council will make a change In tho hc.vl of tho pollco department and timi ( hicf W. C. Lee will bo puccccdcd by Sergeant J. W. Simmons. Mr. S'mmons lins made no effort to get ?he place, but wiiB considered on lils merit and will no doubt bc selected. There will hardly bo any chango in the fire department, at leant none in I tho person-ot' tho Chief, for In Chief W, L. Jackson all of the citizens o; Anderson have tho greatest confi dence. . ' It ip. also stated that Capt. G. Cul len Sullivan is slated for th2 position of city attorney. He is too well known in Anderdon i'or any introduc tion, Mr. John K. Hood, has been tho city uttorney for several years. Home other changes will probably bo made, but those of chief of perice and city clerk are the ones in which there is tho aiufi Interes:, lt was stated some days ago that Ur. J. C. Mitchell, meat inspector, would bc succeeded by Ur. John Major, upon tho recommendation of thc board of health. John Summons, who will pvobubh he como chief of police on tho lut of September, ?B a native o? Greenville county, but has liven In this county for 2? years. He has boen a mom tier of t!ie force for five years, and lu that time has shown energy, courage an determination and at th : same time tact, and other tjuah float ?ons. It is rumored that several of thc private officers on tue force uro slated to go to make room foi oth ers POOR RICHARDS IS IN A CORNER The Terrible Blcasite Candidates Can't Tell How He Voted m 1912. Special to Tito Intelligencer. Union, August ll.-John G. Rich ards, made famous by the title "coat tail swinger," In the state campaign, took tho defendive today for thc first time. At thc meeting hero today ho refused to state for whom he voted in 1912. Thc question was put squarely to him by W. C. Irby, Jr., long time friend and supporter of Gov. Mease. Richard's did not answer Irby'B ques tion. He declared that he had never committed himself on thc race. Irby told tho voters that ho had it on good authority that Richards voted for Judge Jone< lu tho 1912 campaign. There werq moro than 1,000 voters in attendance upon the meeting to day. Lowndes J. Drowning was given an ovation by the voters, this being his homo county. Mr. Uruwnlng was presented with a stlvor loving cup. The crowd wau noisy today anil,an attempt was made to beckie several antl-Bloa?e candidates. Tho speakers changed Utile from tho regular paths at the meeting. A SERIOUS SITUATION". New York, Aug. ll.-Through fail ure of. British and German vessels to report weather conditions at Bea be cause of the fear that their locations will be forwarded to hostile cruisers, the weather bureau is unable to give notice of West Indian hurricanes now probably forming. Owners of ships calling to South American and West Indian ports and officials in the local forecaster's office declared today thc situation was extremely serious. MINES PLANTED IN NORTH SEA mmmm~~m?mmmm u ^'4ft ENGLAND AND GERMANY HAVE MADE NAVIGATION DANGEROUS PORTS BLOCKED Four Neutral Nations Injure Planting of Explosives-Nav igation Perilous _ Washington, AugUBt ll.-Mining thu North Bea as part of thc plan ox thc European war not only may cloBe rnoBt of the northern Europe ports lp navigation, but thc gold-laden cruiser Tennessee, the cruiser North Caro lina and neutral passenger vcsselB bearing Americans from Europe, will be confronted with new dangers. ? ' Thc American government was ad vised formally during the day by the I British embassy hore that, Inasmuch ! as Germany had been ''ircdttorln'g I mines indiscriminately" Great Britain no longer could refrain from pluming Ullin H r?nr |w>r OW'? port H. ' .' Will Take No Chances. Socretury Bryan Bald tuniglit Amer icans at home might rest assured that thu passenger llncB plying between Northern European ports would take no chances that would Imperil- life. It ls believed that Americans in north ern ports will remain there for the present or make their way' south and southeast to such ports as Marseilles or Llhuon io obtain passage for the United States. In only one or-two places in Europe notably at' Genoa, In Italy, and in Sweden, does the financial embarrass ment of Americans continue, accord ing to reports received today by Sec retary Garrison. The situation has improved, BO much that lt may be un necessary to depo-lt any gold in tho Europe for tbe relief of Americans. Nearly all. of thc European govern ments are believed to bo desirous g? establishing heavy cr?dita with Amer? len to draw upon in payment fqr the. vast quantities of food and supplies of other kinds which they must buys during tho continuance of hpstllltiefi and for a hum time afterwards. Panic About Over. Secretary Garrison thinks, there fore, that as soon as thc first panicky, feeling is over and financial condi tions have been readjusted, the mere, announcement that tho United States or an individual has deposited specie in an American bank, subject to tfle draft from European countries, will^ bc sufficient to establish credit "for Americans In Europe. Cruisers Arrive. San Francisco, Aug. ll.-Tho cruise ers West Virginia and South Dakota, returning from Honolulu, arrive 1 hare today. They made the trip to tho Ha waiian Islands last month, each towr lng a submarine. N KA KING COMPLETION. F?nr Dreadnaughts Are Almost Beady for Service Washington. Aug. ll.-Two of the navy's four now dreadnaughts. now building wero nearly three-fourths completed on August 1, according to comparative figures Issued today. The Nevada at thc yards of tba Fore River Sblpbllding Company and th? Oklahoma, under construction by the New York Shipbuilding Company, are moot advanced with a respective pe> centage of completion of 72.4 and 72 ?. Thc total per cent ago of Completion of the Pennsylvania, building at New port Nows, is 42, and that or the Arl. zona, at thc New York Navy Yard Is 24 4. "" ANNUAL APPROPRIATION. Fund for Militia Supplies Apportioned .. by Secretary. Washington, Aug. ll.-Announce ment was made bv tho war depart ment today that our of the total ot, $2,000.000 .annually appropriated by congress, for apportionment among the states for the purchase of sup plies and ammunition under tho trill lula law, $1,599,362 has been sot aside" by tho secretary of war for that pdf** chase during tho fiscal year l&lQ^tffi remainder, amounting to $400,637, aaa been recerved for special allotment, from time to timo at thc discretion of the secretary. The amounts al let ted to South, Atlantic States for the fiscal year Wi 5 are as follows: i Florida, $13,781.50; Oeorgia, $3ivf 517.69; North Carolina. $30,344,94;;, South Carolina, $20,922.24; Vlrgiutfc.? 187,004.81. v