Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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$10.98 TAILOR-MJ Over Two Hund? You know the trad losing is 'necessary, truthful. A Great 1 * ELECTRIC Cm * _ * ^tontis of Interest and Persone * Wireless on the Sta if 9J> Sf, ff fffffffftfififSfif SfH Anderson Kxhlblt Attracted Attention. Anderson people returning to tho city yesterday from the State Fair at Columbia, said that they wore actual ly proud of the splendid showing made by tho exhibit sent from this county. It compared very favorably indeed with the exhibits from other sections of the state and most Anderson peo ple considered lt superior to anything they saw from other counties. One particular attraction to be found in the Anderson booth was the mammoth , watermelon, winner of th? Aro? p-i=c at the Belton Fair. T/ilj excited much op.vy.on the part of thc other demon- , strators from different sections of South Carolina. J. W. Rothrock who j was tn charge of thc Anderson exhib it says that he was well pleased and j expects some results to accruo from , the showing made at Columbia. Anderson Citizens Are Paying Taxes. The clerk at the treasurer's office ? said, yesterday that Anderson citizens i are paying their taxes at a lively rate < and that thia ia certainly one feature I of business affairs in the State not 1 seriously crippled by the crlea ot hard I times. The tax books were opened on I October lb and since that time a large 1 number of property owners have al- X ready settled up. One feature being 1 neglected la that nf noll tar en the ? part of those whose names heretofore t did not appear on the tax' books. The i club rolls used In the recent primary t RS MOME OF ^T'^?WN IS A MON ^ They Had Tl -Mea j??~ LrU? Thirty-two out of thc f bought lots In North Ande to build when they bought already built. But They figured th they'd get a better selection that they would pay for th that would probably oilier' ! them. \DE CLOTHES red styles of Suitings and le conditions that prevail e?nd to prosper with you Many Men have already 1 COLD F. Ut UNGER, f$ f? 9fa pf* i^P> 9f* 3f? P? ?a* -3r* {SPARKLETS * _, * 1 Mention Caught Over the * reeta of Anderson ? election wore carefully gone over and something like 1.000 names secured. These people will have to pay their poll tax before December 31 or suffer* a penalty. Lebanon Han Is In Harnest. One of the Interesting visitors to the city yesterday w-y\ John Smith of Lebanon, an avowed candidate for the Beat tn Congress now occupied by Wyatt Aiken. Mr. Smith believes that the people occupying government pnal (lons could have done more to help the South during the present crisis than has been the case. Tho Lebanon planter 1B very much in earnest about his race for the National 'House of Representatives and ho will have some interesting things to say to Anderdon ? mern when the race begins. tnderson Interested In .School Endeavors. Both Miss Maggie M. Carlington, supervisor of rural schools for Ander don county, and J. li. Felton, the .ninty superintendent of education, lave boen spending the week in Go* umb'm attending the Stste Fair. Miss darlington and Mr. Felton were es >eclally interested in that part of the air week" devoted to the School Im irovement Association v/crk. The ex ilblt sent ' ? the fair, showing a model 'ural sches?, how to get tho best ro lults from theso schoolB and how to nterest both patrons and pupils in he school, proved to be one ot the YOU?_??Sj0 lg IN PEED lie Right iftv-four who have rson were not ready :-(twenty-two have lat by buying early -at less cost,-and eir lots with money wise get away from DB GRE, TINUES 1 1 CHEAPER TH Overcoatings valued up as well as we do, and it is when we all can prosper, aken advantage of this v , Manager LfiH moBt popular places on tho fair ground. Mr. Fulron. when he returned to the city last night, said that he had learned* several things In Columbia and would put Borne of the new ideas into execution in Anderson. Anderson Froud Of "Home Hopea." Anderson people are proud of the splendid showing made by the Ander son members of the Clemson football squad. In Thursday's game with Caro lina, played on the fair ground field nt Columbia, "Tandy" Webb and "Young Rip" Major were the Bhln Ing lights for the Clemson aggrega tion and they both distinguished them selves by their brilliant playing. A number of Anderson people were present ' for the name and they en thused over the splendid work of the local boys, as well as their team mates. Gifted Speaker IN Coming Her.-. Dr. John G. CltnkscaleB of Wofford college will draw an ennui:.ms crowd whon he spen'Ks in - his cit; tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Spar tanburg man ls one of the most gifted speakers in South Carolina and he is not on' an orator but he always has a '.edi message to deliver. Dr. CM ink s' ales will speak in the auditorium at Orr Cotton mill and lt ls a foregone conclusion that the large hall will be unable to accomodate the numbers desiring to hear the address. --o Next Friday to Witness Battle. "He stood on the bridge at twilight In his muddy football clothes Tho bridge, by the way, belonged to The rival half-back's nose." Something like the above may bo applied without mistake to the scenes Spartanburg people will witness next Friday afternoon when the Anderson High School football team Journeys over to Wofford Fitting School to get revenge for the defeat experienced by the local team when tho visitors came here a fortnight ago and won from the A. H. S. The local bc-js say that they will win this game or come home crip pled for life. Now Locate In New Office. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany moved yesterday from the tem porary quarters it has been occupying In the Llgon & Lcdbetter old hull 'lng Lo the handsome rooms to the new building. Manager Howard said that tie disliked to move before all of his new furniture arrived hut the cold weather left him no choice. This Is me of the pretties*, offices in the city ind when the new furniture arrives md is tn place the Anderson telegraph >f!lce will be second to none In this [tart of Ute State. -o faay Waat the R. F. D. Positions. Following the notice issued by the jost al authorities of the government hat an examination will be held on November 14 to All two vacancies aa I. F. D. carrlevs on two routes from iva, applicants for Ute positions have iprung up from all sides. Oap vist or from Iva spending yesterday in Anderson said that he understood iver 100 applicants had already sig ilfied their intention of undergoing he examination, although lt la hard y probable that auch a number will e in attendp.::c? when the day finally oils aiounc?. o ? .tale Roy HM Fracture ef Ane? John R, Cochran, postmaster at Ms point, received Information yes mlay to the effect that hts lltle son, ohn lt., Jr., had suffered a broken rm while at play in Savannah, Ga. . number of Anderson people know ie little lad and they will 'alt regret > bear of hts meeting with the acci Mlt. ' . 'O' .?? ' lae Here la Price el Cette?. Anderson people were more coa ne ed yesterday afternoon .that het r times are coming than they have ?en in some time, when they learned at the price of cotton on the local ar kat had advanced fro? ff S-4 cents >r pound to ? cents per pound. It is ?Reved that this Increase will con AT $1 ro NOV. IAN "HAND-MI to Twenty-five Dollars; F unnecessary for us to go ii Ask the other fellow; he . ery liberal offer. Do nbt TAILt 122 WEST WHl Moue, although a number of Ander son planters will be turning their cot ton loose today if tho price remains at 7 cents throughout the day. Big Beeres se In ('orton Ginning*. According to the report of the De partment of Commerce, mide public yesterday, the total ginning of cot ton from , the 1914 crop up until Oc tober 18 amounted to 25,888 bales, as compared with 30,776 beles prior to October 18 in the year 1913. These fig ures were compiled for Anderson county by. 1.. A. Bolt and it ia prob able that, .they will cause some sur prise, sjn'?e few people believed that there was shortage in this county's crop.. Plows on the ! Bargain Counter. The "'ate Hardware Co. has put 25 Ciivei Plows on the "Bstrgais cor .it tv" tvlthin the psst week or ten i- sdi "?rtising them in the loe?? ne>... te 4, simply as a "trade Sim ulator" ma* Mr>Shanklin reportrd to \n intiUSg???eey man yesterday that they had owraold the original t venty ftve plows, ?and as the people hed re sponded to-the advertisement so nice ly he was ; going to put on another sale of these standard plows at the same reduced prices. He Knows One . Real flood Town. H. M. Taylor, the manager of a crew -of men who are sampling Ander son with "Clean Easy" soap; and who, by the way,h*a sold almost every gro cer in the city, says that Anderson ts one of the bent cities that he has *>een throughout the South. -o Belgian Xlalsfer Makes aa Appeal. Mr. Emmanuel Havenith. Belgian minister at Washington, has appealed to the American people for relief foi the women and chlldren'of that coun try, who have, as non-combatants suffered more than any part of Eu rope as a result of the present war and are in dire need of relief. Hi Eminence, James Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore., has : been named as hon orary pr?sident of the -ettef commit tee. An appeal ls made to tho whole American people for this great ob ject. The' suffering of Belgian wo men and children and other non-com batants, who narre been made home less and destitute by the Invasion o their country, has aroused the gun erous sympathy of the American peo ple. In behalf of .this appeal, the Rt Rev. H. P. Northrop, cf the Romar Catholic church of South Carolina has ordered that a special collection be ta. en up in ell the church of hlf diocese on next Sunday, November 1 feasae Old Story. Early in her speech the militant suf fragist struck the key-note of emanci pation from masculine control. "The day of tyranny ls past," she said. "Men may command, but we' no longer obey." It was a stirring speech. At inte, rats throughout its delivery an insig nificant looking little man In the rear sf the hall called out "Louder, please," ind each time nie speaker pitched her rolco in a higher key. When, in obedi ence to his ef*en repeated requests, the had ffisMPtly attained a vocal imlt she sass: - "Can you not hear what 1 say?" "Perteo*jirj?H*a4d the little man. They why. bave you bean asking me o apeak louder?' "Just to-ehaw," said, he, "Uiat in iplte of you??yagging a great, fine vornan like you will still do what a Ittle no ?.ccount man like me asks her o."-N. V. Thu* *. He Was a Great Maa. One afternoon Elizabeth and Neille rere in tba 4#?r??y, discussing books rhen ElI?e/i(Bth said: "I have read a grand book called He Last Oayb of Pompeii.' . Nellie-*I?Jsaaglne lt was ?na By lie way, who- was bet" Elisabeth began laughing hilarlous T and Nelli?rbeglnning te feel snger d, said: "Well, you needn't be laughing so, I now he waa some great man.'* Sadie ftjee. 0.98 S 7, 1NCLU -DOWNS" < it and Workmanship Gut ito*details. We are one knows; he knows by expe miss this opportunity. P TNER STREET Settle Loss AI -raisers Are Here Trying to Agree on Some Settlement of Fire Lots Garage. Lee A. Folge'r of Charlotte, one of the appraisers selected to take jart in the negotiations looking toward thc reniement of the fire loss sustained by Judge S. Fowler when his garage I was burned in May, has arrived ir I the city to represent the Are insur ance companies at a hearing. Mr. ! Fowler's representative, T. D. Earle.| returned to the city several days agc* and i:i ready to go into the. questloi | Of n ."??t!nH?*?r.t -~ SOM a,a kugelt? | Eskew, the third member of the ap praising beard, can be induced tr ' come to Anderson. It is understood that Mr. Fplger is willing to try tc rfe.tch sonic conclusion with Mr. Earle in regard to the amount of Insurance to be paid, but Mr. Earle ?? unwilling for this and there thc matter reste. It is probable that some two or three day?1 may yet elapse before the loss i? finally ?diusted. it. will be remembered that Fowler's garage, containing about 49 automo biles, was burned one day in May Mr. Fowler had $22,000 insurance and the difficulties met with in reaching r settlement are due to the Inability of either the Insurance companies or Mr. Fowler to reach an understand ing regarding the worth of the hum ed machines. BY mi i iJKJKJ ...THEATRE Today's Program. The Phantom LtrM..,.. , .101 Bison I A 2 reel thrilling indian fantasy that will give you a new light on the life of the Indian before the white man knew him. Featuring William Cllf- j ford and Marie Walcamp. Creel. Creel World.-Joker] Comedy. . * .; ? ??. i ? '.. *c ' - v The Siren.Nestor] Drama with ? Wallace Reid and Dorothy Davenport, < Th* ??trees...Powers] Drama with Edna Mason. Corning Monday "His Fathers Son"] i reel Victor western-with J. War ren Kerrigan. And a selected pro-1 gram from the Mutual service, doming Tuesday "The Million Dellar I ?yslerj* No. 1?. Iteming Wednesday The Battle af L Loavlae* Strand war series, actual | var scenes on Ute firing line. Homing Thursday The Trey | hearts" No. 8. .'The Oilweii C?nspi A two-reel Special Feature. "Broncho Billy's Close < Comedy. Essanay EXTRA-On Mond&f next * formed. See JALE SIVE OUR LOSS IS Y iranteed at Ten Dollars ant of you, and are willing to j rience that every word , the lace your order TODAY. COMI "BILL" DEAN, STREET RAI WI LL El Following the anno.'r.crment made yesterday by the Southern Public Utilitic Company to the effect that an attem^i as to be made to run the No?'h iderson street car with only one en.ployc, acting in the dual ca pacity of motorman and conductor, John W. Linley ot the North Ander son Development Company and the man who made the extension of the car line in North Anderson possible, talked interestingly to a reporter for The Intelligencer. 1 It ls a known fact that the street car system in Anderson bas been hard nit by the recent bu sine.-, depression ur.d tu?t lito uiiujiaiv anouiu desire to retrench is only natural but Mr. Linley does not like the idea of North Anderson being chosen for the first step. Mr. Linley ? said that the first In for m..tion tl at hie company had of the reduction of the cres/ eras when it Col. Wise Wm Return to Anderson Tuesday . Nish! ?Sd Aruv.i?? ockuemem. Will Bc Made Wednesday. Following* a stay of several days is Anderses, Col. A. ?. Wtes of tbs office of the comptroller, general, left' yes terday for his home in Aiken to spend the week-end! CeL Wise ' has been here for the purpose of arranging the Anderson county books and getting ready for the annual settlement he tween the auditor and the treasurer. All arrangements for the settle ment are now complete and with thc books in first class condition the set tlement will take place Wednesday morning. Col. Wise will return to thc city Tuesday evening. A married man is compelled to lead a double Ute-one himself as he really is, the other himself as his wife would have him. Just ; Why not try res, we have the the Piedmont. WALTER a Anderson's Progressii no THE AY'S PROGRAM DOCTOR'S DILEMMA Wildly Hilarious Comedy racy" "The House tl Ralem Dram Sall" "The N. Y. Gits ment and a C Comedy. e will have afour-reel Peatur Big Ad. in Sunday's Intelligei $10.98 OUR GAIN 1 ninety eight cents, lose with you when it we advertise is .ANY iVsst. Manager LIVA y \FERMENT was published in the newspapers. He paid that he went to see Mr. Orr im mediately and that Mr. Orr stated t. at business had fallen off on all UK- :'nca but that the North Ander son i'no was tho only line where the traf Tu; was evenly enough distributed Lo be handled by vine man. that all tho other Unes went to mill villages where a largo percentage of the traf c came on Saturdays and Sundays. Ir, Linley says that Mr. Orr assured bim that the service on the North anderson line would be in no way im paired. In fact that the men operat ing the North Anderson cars would ?? instructed to render every reamd tblb service to the patrons of - this line. Mr. Linley further stated that kia :ompanv Is well pleased with the traf ic on the North Anderson line. In fact hat the amount of travel had far ex :eeded their expectations. L NEW AND RADIANT MORNING WT THE SOUTH By John Temple Graves. After many a rain-swept and stormy i ven lng, the skies have cleared at mid* light to make entrance for a nov/ andi .adlant uicr???uc. It is so with the South. Out of the aost serious financial shadow that it tas known for half a century there la uroly coming and now at hand, the iay or better methods, wiBer econo mies and more substantial prosperity ban mis . cetion o! our country has ver known. "Couid be Worse! One morning two men who chanced a meet at the club were talking .of a oung fellow of distinguished family thom they both knew very well. The oung man had succeeded In dlsslpat ig the entire fortune left him the ear before by his father, according-to ie New' York Times. ?I'm really awfully sorry about RV dd Dolan. "He must be In a bad way ow." "Yea, bis affaire are in wretched tiape,* said Donnelly; "but Just think ow much poorer he would be if the ld man bad left him inore!" as sure as two w? make four sure will you t foy patroniz s. rgest and bott selected stock for .ESE & CO. ? a. I ?..??IA.. Cl n'tf ? po Jewelry acore. E lat Went Crazy" a. Selig Police Depart arnival Co." Edison e, .The Outlaw Re leer.