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Attractive Investments In Farms ?Ju? 8*3 acre tract of good land*1 known as The Baach' Harrigan home farm, five miles from Townyllle, and nix milos from Fair Play, on pubUe road, mostly lard land. This Itt a special bargain for nash. ? One 65 acre tract, fire miles west of the city, five room cottage, two barns, with all necessary out-buildings. This land will easily make a bale of cotton te the acre. This will make a splen did BOMB farm for some geed farm er, and can be bought on 'VEHY BE ABONABLE TERMS: One third down, with the other la yearly pay ments. Lack of space prevents our enum erating other farms; but we have a big list of desirable lands for sale. 8EE ME if you contemplate buying a farm anywhere In this county. H. G. Love Beal Estate. Office Over Hubbard Jewelry Store. oouth Carolina must -provide means for her teuaut citizens to own their homes. Selfish Individuals must be held to their heritage, and not allow ed to usurp that of the many. Chanqe In Location I am nov/ located over W. A. Bower's grocery store at 212 1-2 S. Main Street. I thank my friends tor their past patronage and ask con tinuance of sanie. I make plates at $6.50 I make gold crowns at$4.00 SQver fl'lings, 50c and op. Gold fillings $1.00 and np Painless Extracting 40?. I make a' specialty of treating Pyorrhea, Alv?o laris of the gums and "gil crown and bridge work and regulating mal formed teeth. All work guaranteed- fkst . class.- _ S. G. BRU C E DENTIST TWO WEEKS BARGAIN SALE From November 9 to November 2?st Electric Grill?, regu lar price $5 at $2.50 It broils,-boll?, fries .and toasts? Southern Public Utilities Ck?. Lower Prices < Buyers to Shs Effective August 1st, \9 and guaranteed against that time. All cars full twit. Runabout louring Car.. 49C Ali r^feU buyers of new 1st, 1914 to August 1st, profits of the company i $60 per car, on each Cl ED; we sell and deli vi i cars, during that period. ..(Ask for P TO&D?U I The City Atti Reply EDITOR INTELLIGENCER: In tho Issue nf your paper of Fri day morning laat, you sav flt to make a fierce attack upon roe In the form of questions you soem to think you have the right to have answered by me. Several of your questions are equiv alent to asking me: "City attorney, tell the Southern Public Utilities corn pay, through The Intelligencer, what your client, the city council, la doing and will do?" This I most respect fully, emphatically and finally decline to do, Editor, even though I like you immensely In your normal and better moods. I shall answer questions 1, 2. 3, which by Inference and in effect aro a very thinly disguised attack upon me as far as I can without discussing "confidential communications between attorney and client" which of course would be Improper. 1 ask the people to read again ques tions 5, 6 and 7. i'll put their real meaning for you Into two questions as follow;: 1. Please give the editor all the information you have about tho plans and purposes of the pres ent city council? 2. Please violate your professional duty and tell me what your clients ar? thinking about, are doing and are going to do? Now, Editor, I make "mistakes" but I am only "foolish" at times-not all the time. Every sensible citizen knows it. would be improper, unfair and a serious breach of ethics and duty for me to divulge the plans and purposes of the present council, therefore again decline to answei question i 5, 6 and 7. I do not pretend Infallibility, make many mistakes. I do not even pretend to be as "deep" and good at "strategy" as the editor of The In telligencer or that distinguished pub lic service expert-(legal and practi cal)-Zebulon Vance Taylor, who en gineered tho "contracts" through council, I admit, frankly, that the at titude of Zebulon Vance Taylor "fooled" mo on one' vital point. Doubtless he has since often laughed about how he out-goneraled the young country lawyer, handicapped with general practice, having had little ex perience In the handling of a matter ot tl.Is kind, Imploring council at every step to employ or to permit bli to employ a franchise expert to aid him Itt his unequal combat, working night and day to. master the various phases of the numberless questions Involved in order, in a crude way, to make up for lack of an expert to help him guard the interest*? of the people, j offering to Ex-Alderman Fouche and J Farmer to resign as one pf the ?itv'a , :*.?torncy? ia order not" to ???bkrmss a majority of council who differed with his views and not resigning, merely because Aldermen Fouche and Farm er and perhaps others, asked him not to do so and he himself realised that lt might be more embarrassing to council to resign than nr.t to resign yes, I 'was out-generalled by the gift ed expert lawyer-president of ' the Southern Public Utilities company. The only wonder ls that I gained any thing at all in the "fight." So, while I frankly confess this, I will also say that at no timo was eith er of the city attorneys asked to make sn investigation and report aa to the power or authority of council to grant the things asked for. From tbe very first night, when a desperate effort was made to put through thc 60-year permit without any previous notice to council at all, until the last night when the "papers" were "passed" by a bare majority ot council, without my approval, the kind of "franchise" to be granted" or not granted was the "bone of contention." 1 frankly ad mit, as I had already told the editor ot The Intelligencer before his arti cle was published, I for one did not make a'carefuland exhaustive Inves tigation of tiie question' as to- the power of council to do the things ask ed for and I. ara. truly sorry I was kept so buBy fighting for ?rood tni , for the city that I did not make, .ch an investigation of my own Initiative without special instructions from council. in fact.' several tunas during lulls In the "battle" it occurred to me thal Mr. Taylor might be "bluffing.*? Sev eral thugs I was "suspicions" because r>? Ford Cars ure in Profits 14 toAugurt 1st, 1915 any reductions during y equipped f. o, h. De ? $440 >Town Car. 090 Ford cars from August 1915 will share in the o the extent pf #40 to tr they buy, PROVID er 300,000 new Ford m articulan.) TOSHOP MB mMMwmmtmmwt^t^^titmmmM???mmmmmmmmmi^tm^?M?Mtr?> 3 or ney's to Questions of the repeated effort to put through the "permlt"flr?t. But I foolishly bur ied my suspicions under the thought that a man of Mr. Taylor's legal abil ity and expert knowledge of fran chisee would not run the risk of ask ing for something the law would not let him keep. So I went on fighting ?day and night for better terms for . the city without stopping to investi gate the power of council to grant Mr. , Taylor's demands. j Yes, citizens, your imperfect city I attorney, the j oung country lawyer ! cf only about 10 years experience lu j the general practice of law, waa "dup I ed" and frankly admits it. His only I satisfaction is that some very able ?business men of the city (probably in ? eluding the editor of The Intelligen cer) were also "duped" about the same time in regard to the promised Atlanta railway, the bringing in of ad ditional power and In other ways. They were told by Mr. Taylor of many wonderful things that would promptly follow the "granting of the franchise" but they didn't follow and haven't yet. Nevertheless, in spite of your city attorney's "blunders," strangely enough they can not now be used j fairly as an argument In favor of let ting the "contracts" "stand" because tho ''advice" of your city attorney to council and the Southern Public Util ities was to submit the matter to a I vote of the people. His instinct was ? sound on this point even if his legal knowledge was In this respect defec tive at that time for the record shows that the-only completed ordinance ever recommended by me was the one introduced by Alderman Elmore and given a first reading only. This ordi nance embodying my crystallized views of a suitable franchise-contract contained a provision that it should nov become effective unless ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of tbe city at an election held for that purpose. In addition to that, I strongly urg ed Mr. Zebulon Vance Taylor, presi dent of the Southern Public Utilities company, to agree to submit the "franchise" to a vote of Ihe people for bis own protection and he agreed to the extent of saying that he did not want a*francaise that would not meet with the approval ot the people. He also stated this publicly at a council meeting, but at no time did he or any other representative of hlB company, agree to test the approval of the people by a vote at an election to be held for that purpose. So. I hardly think the Southern Public Utilities company can now jnstly claim that my failure io make the ' discovery" caused it to "accept" -an unconstitutional franchis?. . - f Sc, Editor, "pointed" Questions . 1 and 2 have been Quite humbly ans wered without any /'embarrassment" except as to the propriety bf my dis cussing these matters now at all. Question . 4. As to "who prepared the contract" as to the white way: I did in conjunction with Capt. H. H; Watkins, lt contains all the terms the committee of council told me to put in and Capt Watkins Baw that all the terms the company wanted were put In. Neither of us was asked, nor did it. occur to either of us, to look into the power of council to make it. We prepared what our clients asked us to prepare and stopped with that. If our "fore-Bights" had been as good as our "hind-Bights", doubtless we would have gone into lt deeper and that's all there ,1s to lt except that the Impression you attempt to make that I was paid a sp?cial fee for this "contract" ls not corri jct and you could have known it was not correct If you had beer. Just enough to ex amine tho min?tes of council which I several times Invited you to exam ine before yen asked your questions. Question 8 must be a joke or a "Jdkert" But for the editor's Infor mation, (everybody else seems to have 1 kept up with the" "franchise fight" but hun) I refer the editor to the ' minutes of council, to the filer of his own newspaper, to Ex-Mayor Holle mr.ad, the ex-aldermen, to the files of ' the Dally Mali, to the archive? of the 1 city, to Mr. Zebulon Vance Taylor, etc, etc., etc, for my objections to ' the "franchise." In answer to Question 3, I reply ' that the city attorneys were paid ape ' cial compensation tor their services In connection with "the recent bond election and the water and light fran chise" upon motion of Alderman Fouehe made* at a meeting on Janu ary 6th, 19J4. The "white way** wat not even mentioned until a meeting held more than two months later, ou March 19th, 1914. These facts I take from tho public record, the minutes ot which the editor had access to pt any time and had both a "special" and a "standing" invitation to' examine on any anesH?n be desired to know abaut. ? What, then, Ss the editor's purpose in singling me out for attack? Is lt to argue that my recent opinion ls un sound because I failed to make an ex h-iUBtlve Investigation of tho Question ac tore, although not asked to do so? Or, Is lt ht? puvpese to attempt to de flect public thought from the company tu me, to bury the main t*nue by "et tachlng" me for making "mistakesT" I leave It to an Intelligent public ti decide why the "attack" on mo was made. Answer me? slr, ono simple plata question as a reward for my pattest aa swating of year eight "pointed* ones: Waa are the people wee are wandering why tbe Illegality was net sooner discovered t Answer by name, please, and give all the names. Whatever your reel Intentions, edi tor, you must know that- your Ques tions will convince any reasonable mind that you deliberately singled out the sky attorney for attack for the purpose of creating the belief in the public mind that but for him the pres ent council would not have "agitated" ' these Questions or for some ether pur pose equally unfair in result to bim and the present council. The present council instructed me to filo my written opiuion as to valid ity without suggestion, solicitation or encouragement from me. They are able, conscientious men, fully capa ble of decking upon their policies and their duty tc the city and its citizens without advice or dictation from me or the editor of The Intelligencer. I. do not intend any criticism of members of the old council by any thing contained in this article. They did their duty aa they Baw it con scientiously and a majority ot them honestly believed the "passing" of the "franchise" was for the best Interests of the city, and doubtless still so be lieve. I have said so on numberless cessions and gladly repeat lt now. Nor can my written opinion, recently flied, be distorted Into an attempt to reflect upon the old council. It is a plain special report in obedience to a special instruction of the present city council and the minutes Will so show. Now, Editor, a few concluding re marks and I'm done. In your editorial is this sarcasm: "We assume that the present city council, G. Cullen Sullivan. Esq.." etc. Is that really funny, editor? Sup pose 1 should be unkind enough to offer you some of your "own medi cine" by saying: "I assume that the Southern Public Utilities. "W. W. Smoak, press agent, etc." That wouldn't be fair or funny,, would lt? You are a strong fighter, editor, u' I like you for it, but I commend to you and to me these .few lines from a poem once recited In ' Anderson -by Vice President Lee, of the Southern Power company: "If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; "Il you meet with triumph and dis aster And treat those twe ' asters just the same; "If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you If all men count with you but none too much" Why, then, Editor, ours will be "the earth and everything that's in lt." "And-which is more" we'll be mon, "my son." respectfully, G. CULLEN SULLIVAN. Nov. 14th. 1914. . P. ?A--'After writing the above and while it was being put In type I was Informed by Mr. Smoak that the ref erence to me as tho "city council" was a typograplcal error. I therefore very cheerfully withdraw that portion of my reply in regard thereto. G. C. S. ? i i ? rJews ?ietter From ^Belton ' - -TT"**,.*I ? . . ? ? BELTON, S. C.. Nov. 14.-Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Geer and D. A., Jr., and Mrs. H. M Geer motored over .to Laadrum Sunday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Hoy P. Whltelock. mr. Frank Mathison has returned from a visit lg relatives In Greenville, Misa Miss Florida Green left Saturday for Georgetown where she has ac cepted a position as governess. Miss Alice Hitch of Frultland Park, Fla., arrived In Belton last Friday to spend tile winter with Mrs. Jane Drake. Mrs. Mattie McDonald of Anderson spent Sunday in Belton the g jest of Mrs.. Corrie Broom on Anderson street ' Herman Campbell and family of Greenville spent. Sunday In Belton. Mrs. J. F. McCubtt, who baa been quite aick at her home on Brown avenue, ls recuperating rapidly now. Miss SUe Carpenter, who haa been visiting Mrs. E. C. Frlerson. haa re turned to her home "In Greenville. Rev. W. H. Provence, of Forman University, will preach at both morn ing and evening services at the First Baptist church Sunday. The church ls always crowded when lt ts known that Mr. Provlence ls to preach, as he is quite a favorite with the Belton people. Mrs. W. C. Powen, Mrs. J. T. Rice, Misses Ina Peere, Callie Wright and Nannette Campbell returned, Satur day from the State Missionary meet ing in Newberry. Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Keerd, of Elberton, Ga., on Sunday* Novem ber 8th, a son. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Millard Hor ton on Monday. November 9th, a daughter. Mra W, C. Bowen, Mrs. Reuben Gambrell and Mra W. H. Trammell attended the bazaar given by the lad les of the First Baptist church in Greenville on the 6tb. Mrs. J. C. Garrett has returned from a visit to Slmpsonvllle. Mfa B. A. Willson of Walhalla spent a few hoare In Belton tala week With ber Sister, Mrs. W. A. Clement. Miss Sadie Kirkpatrick ts spending a fortnight with her friand, Mrs. Jes> ale B. Lewin Mrs. Robert Baker of Richmond. Va. ls visiting her father, Mr. W. F. Smith. Miss Rosa Nichols has returned to Belton and is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. A. Parker on River street. Mrs. M. F. Kelly has moved into the Stokes house on O'Neal street The Lawton s who formerly lived bare nave moved to Greenville. Miss Mary Copeland ot Cheddar has accepted ? position with the Hodges Novelty Company and will be glad, to ase her friends there. . V-;. \od Mrs. W. H. Geer ?of Hart well, Ga., spent Sunday in Belton. Mra. Geer was tn route to Virginia to vUlt -relatives there. Mr. Frank Mat tison has returned from a visit to his paren is in Weet* minister. Mr. and Mrs. J. Leland Vasa and* children. Miss Mabel Covington ead Mrs. WaUace Smithy, spent Thursday ? ''?j&fll^?^BBBvflinuHfe) Free to School Girls To every School Girl that cottles in our place MONDA Y we will give FREE, one Chance at the Pretty Doll Which will be given ?way Monday, December 7th. We want you to come and get yorcr chance, then look in ?how window. We think you want the doll bad. The older folks cen help you, for we give one chance to them for every one dollar cash purchase or for every one dollar paid on account.. On Monday, December 7th, well have s omi' disinterested person to select one number from those that have been given out. This lucky number will appear in Tuesday morning's paper, December 8th. Don't forget-and while we are talkinsr about "big pretty dolls," we wish to remind the mothers that our stock of Baby Fixings is'undoubtely the bett in the city real fine things that mothers "just love" to dress baby in. The weather man says cold weather week. If you need Outer Gar ments this is a mighty good place to make your bill--Lots of these articles pleasingly priced for next week's selling and certainly all that could be desired in style, quality and fit: Just come in for all your wants, we'll fill them satisfactorily. Moore-Wilson Company with Mrs. J. E. Harper cm Brown ave nue. Manurers Campbell and Cox of the Pastime Theatre have put on the famous Warner features every Fri? day and ali who are lovera of the movies are delighted at thia new ef fort on the part of these up-to-date picture show men to please their and? iences. . Miss Cleo Norris of Shady Grove spent this week-end with ' Miss Leila Terry and Mra A. W. Bogga. Mr. G. W. Washington of Augusta, Ga., was the guest of his father? Mr. J. W. Washington Sunday. Misses Lillian Shirley. Claudina Skelton' and Ruby Williford . ara spending the week-end at their res pective homes in and near Anderson. Miss Marguerite Adama ls tho week end guest of her friend. Mrs. G. B. Green In Anderson. Miss Bess Allen want to Abbeville Friday to spend the week-end with her brother. Mr. Emmett Allen. Mra J. W. Washington will have aa her guest for Thanksgiving, Miss Hal lie Jones Washington ud Misa Ida May Crenshaw. The Belton Band. IS very busy now reheaslng for a minstrel show to bc presented by them at an early date. Mr. Taylor, director of the band, ls in charge ot thia chow and that fact In itself assur?e the success of tho performance. The Ladles Missionary Society ot the Presbyterian church met Friday afternoon at the church. They decid ed to have a social meeting on Friday evening, December 4th, at the resi dence of Mrs. A. W. Bogga. Dr. B. C. Boyd of Chico ra college, of Greenville* will preach at both morning and evening services at,the Presbyterian church today. Mrs. Pearl Craft WL\S married on Wednesday night, ?t'kv?r residence near Belton, to Mr. T. A Parka of Mayesvine, .la. The marriage was a very qulev me, only the imm?diat* family and a *ew friends being pres ent Mr. Parks v.j accompanied tc Belton by his br ?ber. Mr. W. H. Parka, of Fignall, Ga. Mrs. Alice D. La timer baa returned from a visit to ber daughter, Mrs. L M. Heard in Elberta. Ga. Mr. Willie Brea seale, who has beet with Mra. Alice B. Latimer all sum mer, bas returned to bis home lu An derson, sad ts now with the Tr lbw? j Clothing store in Anderson. Miss Mary Wesson la visiting Mrs lohn B. Adger. I The bazaar to be given.on Decena bei 3rd by the ladies of the Baptist churcl promises to be a grand success. Ii will be held in the old church build lng and will AU every need from fan cy work to dinner. A delicious turkej dinner will be served. The following ladiea are to be li charge of the different department and, with their competent help, yoi are sure to be pioperly cered for: Fancy work booth- Mrs. D. A. Geer chairman. Candy and flowers- Mrs. Jessie H Lewis, chairman. Baby (pretty things for baby)-Mr? C C Wilson, chairman. ' 'l '. ' ' ', : . Aprons and Caps- Hrs. O. K. Pore, chairman. Dolls- Mrs. W. C. Cobb, chairman. Dinner- Mrs. H. M Geer, chairman. ANNOUNCE RATES OF REDUCTION Charged by Fedora! Reservo Banks for Discounting Com mercial Papar. (By AMoclatad Pms.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-Tho fed eral reserve board today announced the following rates of rediscount to be charged by the 12 federal reserve beaks tor discounting commercial pa per for member banks: New York and Philadelphia, T> 1-2 per cent, on bills and notes having maturities ot not over 30 days, and 6 Par cent: on all papera'having longer maturity. Boston, Cleveland, Richmond, Chica go, and SU Louis, 6 por cent, ou ali maturities. Atlanta, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas and San Francisco, 6 per cent ou bills running net longer than 30 days and G1-2 per capt on bills of longer maturity. In announcing tho rates, Governor Hamlin stated that the-law permits the reserve bank? to change the ratea at any time with the approval of the reserve board. Now is, tho time for all fair women to come to the aid of the cotton trade. Europe evidently believes, with one Benjamin Franklin that "disputes are apt to sour one's temper and disturb one's quiet?" so rather than suffer her feelings to be ruffled abe will simply fight it all out. Property of Small Towns Affected by the Big Mail Order Houses It Is generally safe te assert that the f>resaertty sf a town ena be ganged accurately by the business ot Its shop*. The store keeping element of any community ls always a substantial force Ia pabllc affairs, lu employing labor, con tribu tin g te public funds and work-*,and la other ways tee numerous to mention. If the doctors nad lawyers an! editors and laborero aai farmers af every .'II _._IJ ": .?.-. *- . - "-.. J,.11..- ?KM?' la ?lu? ivnu *>v?u? vmmj .VII?--. * HIM ?wa v ? . ? j w . ??? ?# .-?5--- - - shops of their ena community, there ls aa excellent chance of a tangible fraction af that dollar returning to their ewa pockets If that realisation shonld become as general as lt is forceful, we weeder kew long the giant msll order senses would contiene ta business. Per st ls aol the big etty that sap nerta these institutions. No? lt ts the small town ef the class that ls steadily losing tts popula tion, Hs r?assur?es, tts very personality We wonder Just hew much of the ?l?ment el chance there ls In the hsppenlng ito* as tas eatalogtvfa grans, the small te wa shrinks. For the money that hos gone te the eut of town Mall arder hoe se has really gone. There ls. ne possible chasco of tts censing hack through the varions trade channels-from storekeeper to laborer, laborer te doctor, doctor to lawyer, and se on through the whale yreeess thst used te keep the life Ia the American town. The endless chain ls wearing etti, lt would peenu-Fair Trade Leagee^Pablisers' ?side fl