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Classified Want Advert Twenty-five words or leBS, One T Bix Times H 00. AU advertisement over twenty-flv word. RatcB on 1,000 words to Uon. - No advertisement taken for less If your name appears in the tele your want ad to 321 and a bill will prompt payment. FOR SALE FOR BALE-180 aeren 2 miles east of Iva, H. C. 5 room dwelling, barn, tenant housees Well timbered mid watered. A bargain to a quick buyer. Address O. W. Belcher, Iva, B. C. A (1001) FARM roil BALE-104 acre Oconee county, South Union road. High state of cultivation. Well watered. Good pastures. Fine or chard and scuppernong vino. Four tenant houses and large barn. A ? bargain for some man. A. T. Thomp eon, .Westminster, 8. C., R. F. D. 3. FOB SALE-260 farms So. Ga., West Green and Denton, Ga., 510.50 round trip. If you are interested write or see me at once. C. E. Key, County Clerk's Office, Anderson, S. C. if FOR SALE-Pony and buggy. For particulars seo Miss Julia Guyton or J L. Farmer. 8-21.3t FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-HorseB Carriages, Buggies and Harness.' Cheap for cost or exchange for mules. Sadler's Garage. 8-21-3t FOR RENT FOR RENT-Front office In new Wat son-Vandlver building. Very de sirable location. ff The Anderson Intelligencer FOR RENT-New store room In Wat. son-Vandiver Building. E. P. Van. diver at Peoples Bank. 8-18-61. WANTS WANTED BAGS-Bring all your meal and hui! bugs to us and get the CASH. Nothing but the best want. ? ed. Farmers Oil MUI ' WANT Eil-You to know that we make the bent Evaporators. Either Cop ,. per or : Galvahlted Steel. Metal Shingley, Tib Roofing, Guttering, Smoke Stachp, Gin Suction Pipe, etc. Diwer Roofing Co. The Shop with a Reputation. Wanted-B;d? on two thousand dol .A. lars worth of school bonds to run a period of twenty years. These bonds are of Fairview and Cherry school districts. State rate of tn 'vterest tn bid. R. O. BROCK. Mt. A. MULLIGAN, Pendleton, S. O. LOST LOST-Ono small beauty pin with name "Baby" painted In blue In Bijou theatre Saturday afternoon. Finder please return to No. 13 E. Franklin street.-Mrs. W. G. Cul. lan. LOST-Between O. D. Anderson's store and ;tae foundry. Tuesday af . ter ? p.'. mi. one 17 Jewel Howard wadi, with. Annlston, Ala., militia fob. Paul. Bradshaw. Phone 243. tf LEGAL NOTICES 1.1 .J"- '"i aggi ? j ->u,; Delinquent Road Tax Notice. All delinquent road tax-collectors are provided with sn official receipt book with numbers, and stub numbers Attached. Pay no money to collectors ..uniese you get tho official. receipt as snore provided for. ' J. MACK KING. tf? ' County Supervisor. Gould , : . ' ?U?4/? \ You Us? a Hule extra money lo good adva?*Ug& j?pt now/? H&vf&ft yow ?anelhbs to %el\ ? Rd you own corne?h?ns yo? no longer cae, feat which if offefed at a oarsiu? price wou?d op peal ot once to sorar, ono who .. does rrt?d ht 1 > . hy ')??;. >x:' '?? - ' ?? . An SrWElX?GENCEa Want nxf WlU UBU IK9 IT?CH.. PHONE 321 mn ? il? mr MW tl liifiWifa ? timi mi II ? ?a-II II m [ Columns ising Rates Imo 25 cents, Three Tinana 50 cents, o words prorata for each additional be used lu a mouth made on ujipli than 25 cents, cash In L-dvanco. phono directory you can telephone bo mulled after Its Insertion for IlLL TRY NIX ON A I VERY SERIOUS Ceil HE IS WANTED IN THIS COUNTY IS IN GREENVILLE Will Be Arraigned There At Next Term of Court and Fate Will Hang In Balance Jefferson D. Nix. the man who ls now in Greenville a wai tl UK trial on a1 very aerlous charge, la well remem-l i bcred by some people living in An-1 I dorson county There is a souled Bon-1 i tence In this county for Nix, he hav-j I lng been convicted here in 18')2 of , assault and battery but skipped thu I country before bis trial, i Nix ls indeed in u predicament in Greenville, judging from thc newspa per stories which have been sent out from that city. The following is from tho Greenville News of yesterday and tells of his preliminary hearing: Jeff D. Nix was given a preliminary hearing yesterdny afternoon before Magistratu Samuel Stradley and bound over to court without bond nuder tho charge of murder. Ile was charged with having killed the Infant of Jdu I Hill, a girl who was raised in his own home and who was a niece lt ls said. He is about 69 years of ngo I According to the testimony brought out yesterday, which testimony wn3 given by Deputies Kelley and liunt alnger, tho baby was born near tho first of August and waa burled by Nix near tho home. Ho left tho home but was tracked and later captured bv the sheriff's officers and olaced' In Jail. s ' - v ' Tho 'deputies went to the homo for an investra lo.-., carrying a physic ian who had to use bia best skill to eave the girl's Ufo. It developed that none but the defendant, whom tho girl claimed was tho father of the child, and herself, were present nt the birth of tro Infant. According to the teatlmorl/ of tjie deputies, tho mother of tho infant stntcd that lt was alive when born. It seemn that Nix took the child And wrapped it In a cloth, carrying lt out In a nearby Hold where he hurled l?. The officers had nomo trouble in arriving at the facts; but tho girl, believing that she was to die, ?on foaaed and told them all- She ?tated that her uncle was the father of tho dhlld. Sba stated that ho forced her to comply to his will when hc carno home drunk ono night and that she had been living in this condition for nome 'live years. Owing to illness, she could not he present nt the trial yesterday but tho ruuther of the defendant and other *v>lntlvcs were present. Tho aged mother, 82 years old, Bat In a corner with bowed hoad and" hoard tho testi mony of the officers which did not seem at all favorable to tho defend ant. Ho wa? represented yesterday by Mr. Price, of tho firm of Townes, Barle & Price, and Inter this term will Join, in tho defense with Cotliran, Dean & f'othr?n. Solicitor Proctor Bonham will represent tho state. War Maps At Cox Stationery Co. SALEM TO HAVE THE ASSOCIATION ? ? 'i ? i Gapiui? To Gather With That Church On Sattffda?, A?srust 29 and Sunday August 30 ? The Union meeting for that part of tho Saluda association, of which Sa lem ls a member, will be held on Satur day. Aug. 20, and Sunday Aug. 30. . The follower-? program will be car ried out and tho committee asks that all churches, appoint 'delegates and that tho delegates come prepared to! speak. Saturday, Au HT? st 29. 10:30 sharp-Devotional exercises by L. P. Smith.. 11:00-Sermon by A. L. Martin:, 12:00-Dinner, furnished by Salem, and discussion, by everybody. 1:30-Systematic Riving, disou-'-* by J. M. Padgett. St. C. Kine, J. Eft . Watson. 3:00-The Better Church and Sun day school- W. W. Leathers, Ellas Early. 3:30-Query- How to Croat More interest In tho union meetings. ; 4:00-Miscellaneous business. . Adjournment. ' 10:00-Scudny school. I.:**-Sermon by T. L. Smith.. Elias Earle, ?,\ L. Brown, . L. Bsfeew, Commit toe. CANDIDATES HEBE FOR FINAL WIND-UP COUNTY CAMPAIGN CAME TO CLOSE ONLY ONE TILT A Number of Candidates for State Offices Came To Anderson Yesterday For a Day Til?; fiiir.1 meeting of Iho Anderson county eauij.nlgn look place intliis city yes)erda< wli< ii the candidates for tho county uHicun .?i1,?l<*"- Tim meeting was lichl ?ii lim court house amt through oul Ihn Unit UK' bunding wi?s com-j 'orlalily Mk<i. Leon L. llico, county secreta. . call* cd Lim meeting to t.riler shortly after JD o'clock. tl? made a lew iniro ductory rt marks in which he instruct ed Iho managers it; lo their duties. .. asked I hat il!'- stat? vote be count I .1 Hist when thc box OK have closed: and the re: nit nt once be telephoned to The Intelligencer office and I hen th? county vote hu counted and tole phened lo The Intelligencer. Ile also warned thc enndidutes about filing their expense accounts. The campaign meeting Itself dif fered le.:: lillie from tho.se preceding it. All thc candidates delivered their u-ual sp?ches with the exception of i ll. A. Ahrains and Winston Smith, both candidates tor the ellice of coun ty auditor. A difference arose be tween these gentlemen on a tax iiucs tion nnd hot h speakers took tho floor twice on the ground of personal priv ilege The Incident amounted to but little. A one-hour recess was had for din ner and al a late hour in thc afternoon the meeting came to a close. Yesterday in Auder.-on waa a warm day from a political standpoint. Irby, Cooper, Duncan, Browning, all can didates for governor of South Carolina were In the city for the day and in nd dlllon to these Dominick und Aiken, candidatos tor congress from the Third District, wore both In the city, and last night. Governor Ulease, a candldnte for the United States sen ate, was in the city. PRESENT OUTLOOK MUCH BRIGHTER New York Firm Writes That Pros pects for Business In United States Are Not So Gloomy So Tar as Anderson people arc con cerned they do not beleve that tho country is going to thc clogs ns some sections seem to think or nt least ai they are trying tn mnko people think, and therefore tho following letter written by a prominent firm in New York city to Marchhanks & Babb, of Anderson will be read wtlh Interest: While tho European war came about so suddenly that first Impression.; ? were so startling ihnt tho people ot this country were dazed when think ing of possible results, in a few brief 1 day.* tho atmosphere was cleared to such an extent that confidence nnd 1courngo aro' taking the place of fear i and doubt. j 'The stability of the banks and the quick response of thc government to ; tho needs nf tho commercial fabric, coupled with the immense resources of tho .United States, moans much to ns n nation. Unquestionably conditions will soon be normal and oven more, a decided improvement, with prosperity looming up big and good prices for our food stuffs and for cotton, and demands very largo. Europe depends upon us. "Do not be pessimistic, but let your hopes run high, and you will nut be disappointed. Let ns nil put our shoulders to the wheel with renewed energy and confidence, standing ' to gether. With the Immense crops and tho government and tho banks behind us, brighter days are very near at hand. "T Very truly yours, C. G, Allgood & Co. ACTION COM "1 KN BED England's HLiiid m Pr?tent War . Praised hy Paris Paper. ... Lor.d?u. August 23.-The Pc ria.cor respondent of the Router Telegram company In a dispatch say's: "A more than favorable | impression has been produced here by tho decis ion of the British govern me nt to ad vance S50.000.00O to Belgium1. Tho Temps says: .. . " 'England has replied nobly to Germany's brutal action in exacting a levy on tho city of Brussels and tho province of Liege. One more bond, thtia unites in close collaboration tho ai mles arrayed against German pir acy. Belgium. Frunce und England are shedding, their blood for the wel fare of Vi. England adds her gold." GERMANS MA? SWERVE Not Try te Toke Belgian Pert el . . .. '. Antwerp. . . I (By Associated Press.) '. London, Aug. 22.-Large numbers] bf refugees from Belgium arrived in I London tonight - corni.i ff {rom Ostend.-, They are mostly Belgians, bpt among i them are a fow Americana. They say ' the general opinion in Ostend today were that th? Germans were not com ing to tho coast, ?A di;patch to tho Exchange Tele graph Co. denies previous reports that, the Germans have occupied the i city of Ghent. CROWD GATHERED FOR POLITICAL MEETING BLEASE APPEARED TO BE VERY TIRED DOMINICK SPOKE Anti-Faction Said That Crowd Wafs About 3,000 and Enthu siasm Not Very Evident . Tho political moot ?UK hold in An derson last night was chiefly distin guished by tin? splendid order. Gov oronor Rlcnse, candi.late for the Unit ed Slates Kennte, was one of the speakers, Kred II Dominick, candi dato for congress from tho Third dis trict spoke. Mr Dominick spoke to the crowd for only about 10 minutes during which time he predicted that he would be elected by an overwhelming vote next Tuesday. Ho thanked Anderson county people for the splendid vote which they would give him. . Governor Blouse reached the city from Greenville nhout 1) o'clock and was met by a tremendous crowd and escorted up Main street to the cpu rt house steps. Ile delivered a short ad dress, explaining that he had deliver ed four speeches in Spartanburg .and was very hoarse. The governor va ried but little from his usual ad dress. Ho said that he would be elect ed Tuesday by a majority of from 8.000 to 11,000 votes, warned hU bear era that the anti-Blouse people would try to steal the election, warned hil supportes that they must watch the ballot boxeB He paid his respects to his opponents in the race for tho senate, made a few remarks about newspaper men accompany ir. 5 the campaign, designating three of them as the biggest liar? in the world, ad vised tho cotton mill men td organ ize and demand higher prices for their labor and closed by thanking the people for the votes ho will get in Anderson. Although the crowd was a large one lt was observed that much enthusiasm was lacking. Splendid order marked the entire meeting and so far as is known hero there was aboslutely no disturbance while the meeting was In progress. War Maps At Cox Stationery Co. SOLICITOR COOPER HERE Is Assured of n Big Vote In the First Primary Next Tuesday. Solicitor Robert A. Cooper o? Laur ens, was In the city yesterday on hlft way from Iva to Greenville, lie has been making speeches in behalf of his candidacy for governor. Mr. Cooper. Rays that he has advices that lead him to believe that he will bo the leading candidate in tho race for governor, and that ho will go into th,, second primary with <|ulto n flattering sion. Il? fools sure of election when once ho gets Into tho facond rncc. THRILLING SCENES ARE RECOUNTED Tourists Tell of Harrowing Sights Witnessed Before 'Leaving Europe (Ry Associated Pres?;) . New York, Aug. 22-The White -Star line? Baltic arrived ?odoy from-Liver pool and Queenstown with 2420.pas sengers and nearly 6,000 sacks of mail. Tho passengers Included more, than 1.1?00 American refugees, -who reached either Queenstown or I.ivorpool from thc continent after suifering many hardships. ?Jft'rij? Seven hundred of ino i.??? steerage pa sen K?'rs were Amor leans, unable to get accomodntions in tho first, and second cabins. One. of thc passengers was MIBS Florence Falph, of rvjffalo. who at thc outbreak >>f hostilities, was Studying music at Berlin. She heard tho omporor deliver the speech In which he said hts ? word . had . boon forced Into his hands hy his enemies. AB ho said it. Mis.* Ralph declares, ho patted tho hilt; of a heavy sabre banging at his si.io and tears came in to his eyes. The Gormans' cheered the emperor'? speech until he told them to go tc tho churches and pray. "The day before I lett Berlin, the authorities ir sued 'Order* .* -sato -lilss Ralph; "*hai no parema should be Bil lowed and that any - persons" * found ! singing patriotic Befogs? would be ar rested.. The Idea, I understood, was that the government wanted to Im presp; upon the people that it was ttmo to be solemn and not to over-confi dent." Samuel tint erny er, the lawyor, said that-American women, who were forc ed to toke passage in tho steerage. s*\t at table* sandwiched among1 the'for eigners of. tho kind usually-found in the steamship steerages. In tho steer age were IS Americana who had been arrested tn Germany and Ruadla as spies. ? Dr. B. Pollock, of Son Antonio, Texas, was a steerage passenger. Ho i waa In Liege August i and fi and Bald ! i the streets were filled with. wounded men. Many were sitting with tholr I backs against tho^sldoB of houses, ! nursing their wounds. Ho raid there seemed' to be few physicians In the I town. Ko himself dressed ?ho wounds i of several of them. The Baltic waa , convoyodI by the British cruiser Ks rex from the middle ot tho Atlantic to a short distance*ouW? aide thc three mlle lirait. AH the passensviTS nrained .the Brlti?h go*-? ernmeat for its efforts to ease hard- ! iAIpo of stranded Americans. ust Back! From a Buy ing Trip To NEW YORK You Know What That Means: Clothing Unsurpassed In Quality and Price BONTON GIRLS ARRIVE TODAY Company of Ten People Will Exhibit at thc Palmetto Thia Week ?Another week of genuine pleasure is herr TO Mho theatre-going folk of Anderson nh thc Palmetto Theatre will have noan attract ion tho entire week, Crawford & Humphreys' Bon Ton Girls. A troupe that comes with the highest recommedatlon? from tho Grand Theatre of Columbia, where I hey were all of last week.' Manager Plnkston baa been assured that thia ls a first class attraction In cvory re spect hy tho manager of the Grand Theatre ns well us by tho article that appeared in tho Columbia State which in reproduced In tho P*lm?tto-H j nd, at the top of page 8 of this issue. Tho Bon Ton Girls arc said to he what thc hamo implies, thc prettiest group* on the road. And as oven the wore\ grouch in Anderson likes to look 'at pretty girls, tho attendance .at the Palmetto this week will no doubt bu a record breaker. COX<;RESSM AX AI li EX Spent a Few II dun Hore Tes'erUiy - Is Snre of i'c Election. I Congretr.nan Wyatt Aiken was hore yocter?ay for a few hours and stated that he bus advices from .every part ot the district which '.id him to be lieve that he will be aomlnatoa to ruccecd-himself by a vt ry mattering voCo. With reference to what ls go ing on in congress Mr. Aiken said that the country ar ems to have been Riven a ?ense of security by congress being in st&clon wh?n 'be European ! Crisis arrive**, and tie currency measures and other r tnt tors have gon0 a long way toward smoothing down the-first eac'teir.erit.. .tArrangementc ar e-being perfected for financing the cotton crop There ls no reason why tho price of cotton should go very much' If any lower than it lo now. It will not do so lt tho farmers will not rnah it .bn the c'tjurkct. There will be plenty ..tit money.tn the banks, and money can bo" borrowed on the cotton -aid whore necessary debts may be carried for a whllo longer, and in this ,way, if w? will all work together, and keep our head*, we will go along. Tho rest ot the world la facing the greatest crista in history and wp of thia conn try must keep our heads cool and try to stay out ot \l. "I havc/iovorj conti, dence VhsV President Wilson wUl han dle thc sit nation with ability, and that ?congrers will' frfr* hint loya. ?apport." iOMr, , Aiken said he had nothing' to add in tho cantrov-nrsy wlth-f. i? Baker, ah* ht* Aihit .*t?n?ed-statamon't covered tho ground so fully Uiat . > > .... .... i Baker's reply '.ind not answered. Jblxnv] ut ail. lie would have nbtht'dg fol Bay of IIIB competitors. DE PALMA WINS ELGIN NATIONAL Duplicated Fridays Trkk on El gin Race Course Yes terday Elgin, 111.. August 22- The Elgin nntlonal road race, whlc.'? lito thliL ot yesterday, was won hy Ralph D-VPal ma, today .developed Into a tragedy. Speneer Wishart, the wealthy young Philadelphia racer, ft bridegroom or only two months, *'met ' death .while driving hin machino at a rate of so miles' au hour. H?B mechanician, John G. Jenter, a New Jersey boy, probably was fat ally inj'.ired -..'? Wishart, loading the reaee and [ Closely pressed by Bunnan, tried to : pass a machine on th? thirteenth inp. The hubs of the cars came together. Wtohart's machine crashed into a fence and terned over, pinning him beneath. His right leg was broken, lils skull fractured and his , chest crushed. He was hurried to a horpttai where he died In the presence of his wife, who until two ' munthy ago was Miss Louisd McGowan, of the' wealthy ind inn a j) joli s family of that name. ; Jan ter was thrown one hundred ifeet from where tho car -overturncu. ' Militiamen dragged him from the path of other machines. :. He, too, was tak en to the hospital, where lt was stat ed tc .Ight hl? ch?nce ot recovery wac : slight. j Four spec tnt ore vere bruised When the car hit tho fence. I A dinner to have1 ?been given the drivers in Chicago: tonight was can celled, and the accident cast a cloud byer Dc Pa im a's remarkable perform ance. - ? . Yesterday thhj_driver .beat tho field over thc .mi mile conre? at an aver age speed br 73,6 miles. Today's race had twehfyvfonr'-starters. Only five were figuring in the mee ut thy olose and again DePalma was ahead, his average speed being 73.5 miler,.:/or one-ten?*> ot a milo lower than his previ . performance, which was a new .uao T jord. Wioiturt's ul .lick began yesterday. He war. leading for moat of th? cup race ah'.U a leak in his gas tank de veloped abd put him out of it' . Sixty thousand persons ; witnessed today's race. ' DePalm a's time - wan !4:?8.18. 1 . CRUKL.' 'O ClipllyrT-"When I : Was a boy,cyob know, the doctor said if I didn't stop smoking cigarettes i would becomo feeble-minded." vv Mis?'Keen-?.Well, why didn't' you otop?"-; Booton, Transcript. SWITZERLAND IS FULLY PREPARED Mobilization Is Completed and Situation Well In Hand, Coun try in Excellent Condition (Ry Associated PreBS.) Washington. Aug. 22.-At the Swiss delegation hero the roll o wi UK state ment was marte pnblic today: "The Swiss Fcdeal council has mo bilized from tho beginning the whole military forco or Switzerland, j . the Elite and part of the Landstrum, abm- 't bering together about 300,000 mou.'* The mobilization is not a result of a monaco tb Switzerland, but merely .. a precautionary military measure; The ambient training ot the army, and care ful preparations for wat enable Swit zerland to maintain tho inviolability of its territory. "Av commander-in-chief .ot the army Colonol Ulrich Willo, was elected, -ris ing to tho rank of general.. Colonel Spreecher : von Derneck ir, chief bf the staff. Roth names arc popular and Inspire the troops ?with highest confidence. ''Tho moblization was completed, quietly and speedily, the frontier, tho Alpine pass as well as tho Gotthard and St. Maurlcb fortification's -are strongly guarded. Thc Gunnan rail way station at Rasel is barred. Rail road trafile between Germuny and Ri se) has ceased, as all trains arc stop ped In the German stations outside ot Hasel. . The Swiss-Germaxi boundary. there ls sharply guarded on both Bides. Some German patrols which crossed the-boundary line were Immediately disarmed and Interned. ' . ?V???ie financial" situation la entirely satisfactory, panic and withdrawals of money from banks and suvin&a'in stitutions having: ceased.- "Now bank not?s of twenty and of five francs were issued to preserve the metal reserves. "All foreigners who 'escaped into Switzerland ?re woll cared tor there. The authorities are assisting the ifc; 000 stranded Americans by organizing special trains to ports ot cmbr.rkmeht. The supplies of foodstuffs, principally grain and meat, ate. satisfactory. - In milk and cheese Switzerland possesses a formidable food ?"reserve. The', city population and , non-mobilised stu dent? are helping tho farmers to har veta tho crops.'.' ..v^ C?antc Wtte I'd tralyV > V* London, Au^S^j^^?^atoK to The that Theophtlo DelcasBe, former for eign mmlstwJWrl??Bc^, 0ount Witto. ex-pr6faier?f lOAs ; 7 .?/?.