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* ELECTRIC Cm * _ * ? Items of Interest and Persona] * Wireless on the Str pf* pfi Sf* Sf* Sf* Sf* Sf* pf* Sf* ?ft if? vf* Sf* if* mf* Tele phone Company *Ilonrrht>A-ilMle.n '< Through Walter S. Healy, manager ii of the Southern Hell Tolephone com- i pany in Anderson, tliut company yea- < terday pur? lia: rd a bale of COttCSl in < Anderson at 10 cents per pound. This 1H carrying out the Iden ol tho company, ?nnnuneed u few days ago, to purclniKe 200 bale? of cotton in tho. States where the company operates. |l Expert Grader Hus Returned to Hosten. I M. J. Goode, an expert cotton Krad- I er from Boston, who hus been H pend- i lng'several week-; in Ander* .n at i1!'! i Equinox mill, ha? returned to hin': honte In Boston. Mr. Goode carnell here to assist in teaching one of the < Equinox men the art of grading line cloth goods. Since tho Equinox mill ? got under way the mill lias discovered that they did not have sufiiclent cot- ! tage? to house UH people and ac- : cordlngly tho Townsnnd Lumber i company is now putting np ll nice, new cottages. No Change In Cotton Market. Yesterday br. .?hi. aboiri no chango in the local cotton market and throughout the diy the lu st offering made by loca, buyers was 6 3-4 cent?. The small rise did not serve to tempt many cotton planters and there was no perceptible Increase In tho sales yesterday. Although the Anderson market ls now and has boen ull sea son aa high nu any other market in thia part of thc country, local cotton people seem determine?! to hold on to their product until 10 cents is reached. -o Improving Front On Manes? Store. Workmen were engaged yesterday In removing tho old front from thc building on Main street occupied bv Maneas' Market house and a hand somo new front will shortly be plac ed in this building, while some re painting wiri bo dono and the appear ance of the place will bo improved. Anderson Hoys to Play In Greenwood. Tho next game scheduled for the Anderson High School football toam is tho engagement with the Batley Military. Instituto In Greenwood Sat urday. Tho local boy3 say that they do pot mind their defeat of Monday, administered by the Wofford Fitting school team, ami they are conildont. that they will be ablo to win from the "soldier boya" when they .play ! on tho Greenwood Hold. Melvin' MoanF wl!i accompany the Anderson j team In capacity of coach and he ox-1 poets to seo thc lofeal boys win. Cot Wise Ja !n the Hty. Coi. I). H. Wise, from the office, of the comptroller general, arYlved in Anderson yesterday at noon and straightway went to work on tho books of tho county auditor end the? county treasurer, preparing for the I IA!1 ."THEATRE . TODAYS PROGRAM Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold. -. .Eclair 2 reel Western heart throbbing i drama with Carol Holloway and, Bob Frazier. Tho New Butler.Joker! Comedy. Th? Sharps Want a Flat. . Joker, * Comedy. Coming tomorrow "The Trey O'Hcaru" series No. 6, entitled "The Crack O'Doiwn." Coming Friday "European War Scenes of the Conflict Now in Progress. Coming Saturday "Love and Base.1 balL" 2 reel 101 Bison featuring Christy Mathewson, f DEPOSIT YC With us, and then we will lend Interest Paid TheFormera and ar The Former8 Lc ANDERS! Combined Resources . Little ti OUR DI E. A. Smythe, X. B. Sullivan, J. F. Watet?, J. n. Jlammatt, H. A. Orr, |I. J* Major, Tho*. C. Jackson, J, H."1 i r SPARKLETS * _ * 1 Merjtion Caught Over the * ccU of / idcrson * uir.ual settlement between I hose two ?IL'M'H. It is believed ttint thc settle II? ii? this timo win b<- u fairly sim ulo Ultlltor und that Ho y. e.it length ii lima will be required for the State ? jlficer to complete Iii? labor? here. W-?y Provld? Mg ? Feature Show Here. One of thc probable features for the next program to be given in this pity by the Redpath Chautauqua will bo "Thu Servant in tho llou.se." This la one of the mont grlpp'ng plays be ing pfosente<l In the United States at: this time and If the Anderson people , eau arrange it they p'.an to have the T'edpath bureau ?end that attraction here for Chautauqua week. "The Ser-. vant In the House." as presented by ? Hod path, has a complete all-star cast, and it will undoubtedly tuke well with an Anderson audience If it can he secured. The Redpath people are now making un the programs for tho cities In which they will have chau tauquas during tho coming season. lTfll Ilnve Charge Of County Exhibit. J. \V. Bothrock, county demonstra tion agent of the Anderdon chamber o' commerce, will Icavo tcrno-row morning for Columbia where he goes lo make preparations for the Ander son county exhibit, to be shown in Columbia front October 26 to October Kl, while the State fair 1? li. progress. Mr. Hothrock says that he expects the -Anderson exhibit to be one of thc best shown at the fair and he bc 'ieves that it will excite considera ble Interest and attention from thc visitors going tr. Columbia, lie la c.omVvhat disappointed that no An derson county livestock could be rent l'or exhibition but this was made mpossible because of thu cost of transportation and tho fuct that the stock can not be spared from the fagins just at thiB time. 0 (Juinge Made in Local Real Estate. A deal was consummated yesterday morning in Anderson between G. H. Hallos nnd Or. EL C. l>ewls by walch Mr Hallos becomes tho owner of tho handsome store room which Dr. Law IB recently completed ou the corner of South Main and Church streets. It io understood that Mr. Balles gave tho Hillman building on Whltncr street and a substantial sum in cash for tho new building. Immediately following the conclusion ot this deal, tno Anderson Real Estate and In vestment company sold tho Hillman building on Whitncr street to Kylo Shirley for $8,000. o ??? ?fir. Manning Will Visit Helton Today. A telegram wan received In Bolton yesterday afternoon from Hon. Fich an! I. Manning of Sumter, governor elect of South Carolina, saying that Mr. Manning would certainly be in Belton today for tho annual Bolton fair. Some days ago Mr. Manning promised to come to Belton if possi ble and later advlcea now apsure Bol ton people that he will be there. Belton people say that everything ls in readiness for the biggest and host fair they ever held. -o Royston Has New School Building. J. J.. Baldwin of tho firm o' Sayre & Baldwin, Anderson architects, went to Royston, Ga., yesterday to ac cept a new school building JUBt erect ed in Royston. The buitdtng cort $30,000 and la one of tho most mod ern -nd complete ever built In Geor gia. It has modern heating and ven tilating systems and there is a tele phone in every room. Mr. Baldwin says that it ic one of tho nicest.school buildings his Arm ever designed. -o 'filling to Win a tale Scholarship. "Billy" Branning, better known as "Bicycle Bill" arrived in Anderson yesterday on his .",-00 mlle ride on a bicycle frotn Tampa, Pla., to New York and San FtunclBco. The young man is making the trip in an effort to win a scholarship to Yale, offered by. the New York Athletic club. His time limit in which to make the trip ia six months and he has now been traveling 26 days and has traversed 842 miles of his long trip. He te rid ing an Iver-Johnson coaster brake bicycle and is earning his way along the route , by selling post carda. He says that ho 1B making splendid time and that If the roads continue as good as they have beep thus far and he encounters only a fair amount of bad weather he will win ont ' He made the trip from Vacon to Atlan ta, a distance of 103 miles In eleven honrs and fifty minutes. The young JJ. ? i1 J . 1 ' 1 II i ' ?? tUR MONEY you nu moy when you need it. j on Deposits. Merchants Bank id )an t$f Trtist Co. ON, S. C ?a Rise of One Million Dollars [RECTORS t Gao. W. Evans, W. Laughlin, J. C. Barris, Foster L. Brown, J? B. Dont alt, B. O* Witherspoon, raadiver. ruin is un ly 21 yearn of agc and is a I ?cry interesting and entertaining talker. To Exhibit Picture Farmers' thuutati<|iia. The Anderson chamber, of com merce lias received a picture of tho chautauqua, which wa * held at Wit liamston during the Bummer and wa? known as the "alarmera Chautauqua.'1 The chamber of commerce plans to have thia picture enlarged and to use ii. for exhibition puriHises in thc rooms of the local trades body. tireen* We Also Wunts Elevator. A letter was received in Anderson yesterday from H. II. Newton of Pol zer, route 4, in which Mr. Newton says that be has, made n canvapa of al! thc farmers in his section ot Greenville county and finds that they are all very much Interested in Ute plan for building a grain elevator i here. The letter says that the Greenville planters, If the elevator ls built, will plant more grain next year than they over did before and 1 will bring lt In to this city. Mr. Newton urges that some doflnit steps be taken. ? C alhoun Wills ?~ ! In Fine Shape. The stockholders of the Calhoun: Cotton mills met yesterday at neon lin the oflices of the mill, at which | time the annual report was heard j lund lt was found that the mill ls ln|< splendid condition and all business.! affairs are very stalsfactory to the .board of directors. The stockholders ' entered Into an election of directors! to serve dining the coming year and I 'the following were chosen: G. M. j Whltln, George A. Draper. William Whitman, \\. F. Cox, C. S. Sullivan, J. P. Gossett and E. M. Lander. Fol lowing the conclusion of the stock holders' meeting, the board of direc tors went into session and re-elect-? cd J. P. Gossett president and E. M. j Lander secretary. The local stock- j I holders returned to tho city last I night In automobiles. Sunday Lectures For Mill People. Prof. D. W. Daniel of Clemson col- | lege will come to Anderson next Sunday to deliver an address before the people of the Orr mill village, according to announcements mad? yesterday from tho Anderson Y. M. C. A. The lecture is to tie given in the hall over the Orr mill store and it ls probable that the attendance \ 'wi?i be large. Prof. Daniel is a good, speaker and he deserves a big I '. crowd. It is the idea of the Y. M. C. A. to secure a speaker for every Sun day afternoon during the winter If it be possible. I MePndlst t'oni?ren?r To Meet in November. South Carolina Methodists will gather in Sumter on November 25 when the South Carolina Conference I convenes. Rev. T. C. O'Dell, presid ing older for this district, will be in attendanco and will represent Ander son at the conference. It ls proba ble that the meeting will last for fully a week and sonic of the most prominent Methodists In tho South .will be in attendance. I -o Two Were Given ' Trial Yesterday. In Magistrate Broadwoll's court yesterday two defendants wero ar raigned and were given trial. Bow man Roberta was ch-rged with ob taining property under falso pre tenses and also of disposing of mort gaged property. He waa bound over lo await trial at the next term of the court cf general cessions and In lieu of bond in the sum nf $200 in each case, was committed to Jail. His wife, Mariah Roberts, waa also charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses and ehe, too, was bound ovor to court. Like her hus band, she was not abie to furnish bond and was sont to jail. Fair Today Anderson People Will Go m Num bers to Belton Today to See Many Exhibits. Every train leaving Anderson this morning will be crowded with peo ple going to Belton to attopd the Fifth Annual Belton Fair. Indica tions are that more people will bc in Bolt?Q today than the fair ever drew before and tho committees in charge of the arrangemonta for the affair are all weir pleased. Last year over 12,000 people were In Belton for the event but lt ls eon- I fldently expected that this number' will be Increased by some several1 hundred th lc year. j One feature ot tho fair ls the fact that everything ls free. There ia j no general admission charged and' thors la no charge for Inspecting any) of the exhibits. j ' Very attractive rates will prevail t over all railroads going into Belton! and this will attract a number of visitors. Tho hotels and cafes In Bolton mada evory. possible preparation for [taking care of the.crowds and In ad dition tb this the ladles nf the Belton Civic league plan to furnish dinner. In thia way lt should oe possible io furnish ?1! the visitors with good meals. ' Belton extend?? a hearty invitation to Oie publie to be present today. ALL DAT SINGING. ' There will be an all-day singing at Welcome church, neer Denver. Sun day. Oct 25. Prof. John T. Mitford will conduct the singing ead Profs. Hale, Bolt, McKinney. Stevenson, i Hombree and others will be press?t. Bring books and well tilled baskets. .The public ls cordially Invited. J. O. HALL. WHITE MAN KILLED BY BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD BODY HORRIBLY MASHED AND MANGLED HAPPENED MONDAY As Work Train Was Running From Anderson to Scene of Wreck, Burdon Killed. A Willie man named William Bur ion was in. tautly killed Mond:<> night about 10.30 o'clock when he was run over by a work train on 'thc Blue Ridge railroad. The body was horribly mashed and mangled, thc left leg being cut off and ground to pieces, his skull fractured and face cut in several '.placer, while th? hones all over his body were brok en. A wreck occurred on (he Blue Ridge railroad between Anderson and Pendleton Monday and ail dur ing Monday afternoon the work train consisting of an engine ad one flat car, waa running between Anderscr and the scene of tho wreck. Thc train was in charge of Conductor I? J. Fredericks while Engineer J. F. Snipes was at the throttle. According to the story told by tho engineer and corroborated by the other members of the train crew, they had noticed a man beside the track several times as tho train went to and from Anderson and the en glneer at one time opened the steam valve of his engine as ho passed In an endeavor to arouse the sleeping man. He testified that this did arouse the man and that be raised up on one elbow and watched the train go by and then fell back to the ground.,.- This was the last the train crew saw of him. As the train approached the 121-2 mile post about 10:30 o'ciodk Mon day night they felt the v. h cl s pass ing over something but they all con cluded that lt was a rock cr some loose pnrth and they were not alarm ed until a man coming Up the track brought the news that a man was dead on Jho track. They returned with htm and found tbe body. Coroner Hardin held an ino nest yes terday morning at which time the Jury returned a verdict to the effect that tho deceased came to his death as a result of carelessness and ex onerated tho train crew of any blame. Burdon was a young man about 2f> or 20 years of age and was well known In this city. He lived on *'air street iii- the EJquinox mill village I with his father and mo'ber and wax ; known aa,"Six" Burdon. It Is knowr that he drank at times and the gen eral presumption is that he was in toxicated Monday. The body was brought to the home of his parents hore yesterday morn ing and the funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 4 > o'clock. NEAR BY BANK HAD TQ OLOSE ITS DOORS STRENGENCY OF MONEY MARKET WAS CAUSE IN CALHOUN FALLS \ j - Directors of Institution Will Prob ably Be Heavy Losers But De positors Are Paid. Visitors coming to Anderson yes terday from Calhoun Falls reported that the Eank of Calhoun Falls had closed Its- doors and that the institu tion will j go out of existence. Ac cording to the account laid here of the bank's troubles, '.e stringency in the money market Just at this time, coupled with tho loss sustain ed by a shortage In thc accounts of a former cashier, were too much for the iustlUii&n ?nd ah? directors ami officers of the bank found out that they could no lon regkeep thoir heads above water. The officials of the bank announced Monday that they would no longer receive any deposits and shortly thereafter, the doors of the place were closed. This bank was six years ago es tablished in Oalbaun Falls with B. B. Goes oft aa president In Novem ber, 1918. .?.# officers were elected and at tl .) time of the bank going" out of business tho folio win f direc tors and officials were In charge: S. J. Hester, pr?sident; W. D. Wilkin son, cashier; 8. J. Hester, O. O. Grant. C. H. Taylor, H. H. Hester and' Thomas H. Russell as direc tors. lt is said that the directors are tho principal stockholders and that th BJ will be the ones to bear the loss Incurred 'by thebank failure, since all the depositors are to bs paid In tull. The capital stock of the bank was $10,000, with a surplus of $1,800. De posits are said to have amounted to about $13,000 and the assets of the institution, including the building, amount to about $37.000 with liabil ities aggregating $33.000. I Anderson people will regret to hear or this tallare, ?ince all of the men interested ia the institution are well known here and have a number of friends tn Anderson. 1 - ' ": M A ST Kit ALAN GOUDI.M;. A little five-year-old who is capli- , vating Hie hearts of the ladles with lils prettj songs ?uni dancing at the Pal metto theatre this week. MISS G ARLINGTON MAKES REPORT Tells What Has Been Accomplish ed Dur irs pr the First Month of School Year. Tho following report of Miss Maggie Garlington, county rural school su pervisor, for the first month's work of tho present session, was intended for tho school page or The Intelligencer. It will bc seen that Miss Garlington has not been idle hat that she has done a great deal of hard \ irk for thc Bcbools of tho county. Course of Study nnd Helps. My first two weeks of (hin session was taken up with the arranging of a "Course of Study and Hr'ps" that I had written during the summer. By j the daily use of this little book I hopo tho teachers of the county may have Borne Bystem In the grading of the pu pils and find some helps in teaching the prescribed .courre of study. Each subject was treated according to grades. The table of contents is as fol lows: I. Opening Exercises, 'tl. Daily Program. HI. Course of Study. Read lug, Arithmetic, English, Geography, , History. Spelling, Nature Study, Writing, Drawing and Construction Work ?V. . Helps (and where to get them.) V. Programs of Special Days. VI. School Improvement Associa tion. N The next school ws>rk to claim my time waa" the remodeling of a room in the court house for a teachers* rest room. The room has been completed, and many teachers and trustees have shown their appreciation by using the room each day. The following arti cles were given by generous friends: Rocking Chair. Anderson Furniture Co., Bookcase, G. F. Tolly & Son, Rocking Chair, PeoploB* Furniture Co Brass Jardinier, John A. Austin, - ?teed waste Hanget, Kant's Book Store. / Mirror and Frame, Messrs. Rast & Fant Paint and Aiabastine, Anderson Paint & Color Co.. Centerpiece, Mrs. John Smith. Pot Plant. Miss Oreen. $2.00. John A. Hicks. $1.50, cash. $50.00, J. E. Swearingen. A tend ors' library is being added tc lae rest room. Ninety-two volumes have been pur chased, and many of these were takes out on opening day. I have aided trustees In selecting teachers and in purchasing of 'paint? and school furniture. Meetings have been bold with trus tees and patrons whero now schools are being built Six of these schools are competing for state prises. > . The following schools have been visited: Iva. Lebanon, WilHamston, Weal Pelzer;- Oluke MH1, BeMom Hone? Path end Long Branch. MAGGIE M. CARLINGTON, Supervisor Rural Schools. Moral *4on. It ls In men aa U soils where som? times there te a vain of gold which UM owner knows pr* cf .-Swift ?>ALME' roi ?JILLY OF THE VA " Vjta&raph--Turo rad ft ROGERS' MAI AMusical Comedy? bril Remember the ff J ? " HOM ? OF OWN IS A HOM "You can't acqui by working for i You've Got \ Make Inves FO R HOHES, S EE NOW GET THE PO That man can't acquire wealth,-i BUT IT DOES MEA That foj quire wealth, he must invest and A Home Should Investra Nb Inquest Coroner Hardin Sranmoned to Williams ton Yesterday by News That Dead Negro Had Been Found. Coroner Hardin received a mes sage yesterday at noon to the effect that a dead negro had been found at Williamston, a- -\ asking that he come to Williat.Mton at once to hold an inquest. Yesterday morning friends and neighbors of Eliza harten, a 'well known negro woman of Williamston, about 65 or 70 years of age, became alarmed as to her whereabouts, since she had not been hi the last few days, and they went on a search for her. When they entered her homo' they found her stretched out on thc floor, lifeless. Coroner Hardin hoard thu testi mony of Dr. W. T. Lander, which wws to the effect that there were no mark? of violence on the body and indica tions were that the woman had come to, her death In a natural manner. Frenz the physician's, investigations lt appeared to him that abe had.been dead since Sunday and he gave it as lils opinion that she came to her j death from fatty degeneration ol thc heart and other causes. After hearing the statement of tue physician the coroner decided that nc inquest was necessary. W. C. Robbins ot Buffalo and Al bert Wa'.steln of Cincinnati, well known jewelry salesmen, were in the city yesterday. "Store-New?" In The Intelligencer Sell? The Goods. POLEY KIDNEY PHIS ?ONT BACKACHE KIDNEYS ANO 8LAD01? ITO THE [JAY'S PROGR?3 LLEY'' I "KIDNAPPE (ature. j Kalei SOMETIMES IT WORKS" Lubm-Cotnedy. RDI GRAS BEAUTIE WO MILLIONAIRES'* a toll of Itidkrotts situations, gejd* sin ?Terna of Pauline" No, 16 which Con E iNorro ^ojL^ ire wealth J?3i? i salary, tments. INT, doesn't mean a salaried not at all. N r a salaried ( m an to ac a part of his salary, Be Your First tent. Fresh Fist TOMORROW iVe receive Fish and Oysters fresh EVERY lay, but Sunday. =or Monday* we will have som J 3xtra Nice Makerel and Trout, Uso sofr?e* very Select Oysters, md mixed bunch fish, too. Your orders -will Be high ly appreciated. . v . ? McRelvey & Thomas Fish Co. Phone No. 887. BIG BEN Should be in every farmer*8 home foe usa who live ea a farm have got to be heavy workers. And if ion are heavy workers yoa require eavy sleep and lots of lt. For heavy sleep ts heavy works' recreation and it's not always easy for the heavy sleeper to get up without help. Teat's where Big Bea comen in. ? He rankes lt easy every morning. Bia Bea b ? trnth.telllng and re. liable alarm clock. He gets yoa ap? Be. never falls. See him In oar window tfee Bert Um? yon/re 1B. iowa. Hear UM g-s-ri jva geed morning. H? ls r,t:? horlh meeting. Indeed. $2.30 H.KEESE &C0. i Leading Jewelers I ID WI INDIANS" ?Drama. S presents s ?rag sm?tJsjjMssBff. wat Friday