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Attorney J. K. !
Validity of 1
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EDITOR THE INTELLIGENCER:
In view of the recently published
opinion of Mr. Sullivan that the wat
er and lighting" contract made by the
city council last whiter waa and is
void for the reason that it was an at
tempt to create a bonded indebtedness
without the vote of the people and
was therefore in violation of certain
provisions of the constitution of 2895,
it seems to mo necessary that 1 make
this statement in ordt- to prevent
misunderstanding as to my position in
the matter inasmuch as he and I were
the city's attorneys when that con
tract was made and ho is now the
city's attorney.
I then thought and still thing that
the city cou.icil bad the legal right to
make th? contract in question. Mr.
Sullivan's contention seems to be that
the only ground for questioning the
validity of the contract reste on the
question as to whether the agreement
to pay. the company for water and
lights from month to month as furn
ished during a term of years created
a bonded Indebtedness within the
meaning of the constitution without
authority from the people so to do as
expressed in an election held for that
purpose.
I claim no infallibility of opinion,
legal or otherwise. In fact, it is my
errors and shortcomings that help to
keep me humble and sympathetic to
ward my fellowmen. But I certainly
ought to know what a municipal bond
ls, for every outstanding bond 'against
the city of Anderson was issued dur
ing the 12 ?lars that I was actual and
active city attorney, except the $8,000
issus O* c.'twff hall UO?UB, Which were
issued while ? was mavor.
The very fact that neither I nor MrJ
Sullivan nor any other member of the
bar nor citizen of Anderson, it is fair
to presume, for one moment thought
that tho making of the contract for
water and lights was creating a bond
ed indebtedness within the me&nlng of
tho constitution in some evidence as
to how both lawyers and laymen con
strued the meaning of "bonded indebt
edness," for not only the lawyers but
the laymen know that no bonded In
debtedness can be created except by a
majority vote cf tho electors of the
municipality cast at an- election order
ed by tho city council as a result of a
petition from a majority of the free
holders asking fer the election.
- One of the fundamental rules of
construction ls to give to language the
ordinary and common meaning which
tho average man understands by it.
The generally accepted meaning of
municipal bon ?ed indebtedness 1st that
the city issue and sell its bonds for
the purpose of raising a fund with
'which to perform some municipal
work or improvement. The very fact
that the constitution requires that mu
nicipalities shall, on issuing bonds,
"create a sinking fund for the re
demption thereof at maturity," strong
ly supports that' view. TJ?e average
man, whether a lawyer or a layman,
would be Sorely puzzled to see any,
necessity for erc?tlO?* a Sinking fund
to pay water and iisbc reniais which
are due and payable monthly.
The necessary proc?dure for issuing
bonds is as followo, by way of illustra
tion: A majority of the freeholders;
of the city sign a written petition to
council asking that an election be
held on the question of Issuing the
bo?u? of the city to a certain ?moaut
for the purpose of making certain im
provements, as for instance, paving
streets. The voters cast their ballots
saying yes or no on the question as
to whether, In the first place, they are
In favor of tho paving, and. in the sec
ond place, whether they are willing j
for the city council to Issue and sell
enough bonds to raise the amount of
money that is necessary to do that
paving. If the majority votes in favor
of issuing bonds for that purpose* 4be
city borrows the required sum by is
suing and delivering its bonds to the
.man who lends, the money, bonds be
ing nothing but promises to p?.y back
tho money with Interest, and the mon
ey fa turned Into the treasury and
paid out as the work is dode. Of
course the city thereupon levies a tax
for the purpose of paying the Interest
on the bonds each year, and is also
required to create a "sinking fund"
with which to pay the principal of the
debt when due. Of course everybody
understands that a "sinking fund"
merely means that the city must lay
by each year such sum*of. rooney ss
trill in the aggregate enable lt to pay
the principal of tho bonds when due.
On the other hand, If a majority of the
people vote no, then the paving, as a
matter of course, is not done. In other
words, the Question'res!ly voted on
is' "sholl we have paving."
What would the people be af ked to
vote on when lt comes to making ?
contract for water and lights? Cer
tainly not aa to whether we should
have water and lights, fdr that is an
absolute necessity and a fixed policy.
We might aa well ha a*k?d u/Jiother
we want eiitosh-me and showers. They
could not vote On the question of con;
firming or rejecting any pmpceed con
tract, in all .probability, for lt ls not
likely that responsible people who
would be able to satisfactorily furnish
water and lights would care to go to
ike trouble and expense of makin*? a
extract that might bo whimlseally
rejected, or that might be rejected for
some feature that could be easily
agreed on if it were possible to find
ont the ground of objection. It must
he remembered that if Mr. Sullivan's
contention is valid, that there would
be np costract on which to vote unless
?4% ?was voluntarily entered into by
those proposing to furnish: water and
lights for the purpose cf submitting it
to the people for ratification or rejee
?:. It is not a question df voting on
tho contract that has already been
made. If that contract ls invnlld then
ne company weald have the same
ht ss the city to treat it as void.
W>.at, then, would bc submitted to
the people tor their x decision T It
?MajaflaanB^BHaf
Ipod Discusses
Franchise Matter
could only be. In my Judgment, the
question whether the city should un
dertake municipal ownership and
control of the water and lighting sys
tems, or whether the city council
should 'make tho beet contract po ssl- j
Me with some responsible person to
furnish water and lights to the city
and its inhabitants on the most satis
factory basis that could be negotiated.
Suppose that question had been sub
mitted to the voters and a majority
had voted in favor of municipal own
ership, which would have required
the city *o issue bonds to carry that
into effect, lt JB possible to conceive
that a majority of the people might
thereupon refuse to vote the neces
sary bonds. Granted that' such ls not
likely to be the case, ??111 it eau not be
denied that such ia a possibility and
that an absurd result would follow.
Our constitution is not likely to re
quire that which may lead to an ab
surdity.
On the other hand, suppose a ma
jority of the people had voted in favor
of the city making the best contract
possible with some private concern to
furnish water and lights. What kind
of a predicament would that have
placed the city council in? If Mr.
Taylor should have been asked to
submit a proposition under such cir
cumstance!, ha might have replied
that he Was not In the market Just
then and that when tho city council
had fled all other possible contrac
tors that they might call around to
see him again if they had not obtained
what they desired. When that time
came, as it certainly wnuld hiva
come, then ho could have submitted
his proposition- on terms of his own
choosing and then told the atty coun
cil that' the people had already voted
against municipal ownership and that
they must accept the contract offered
by him or look elsewhere. Such a pre
dicament would have deprived the city
council of the strongest leverage that
it had to force the most favorable
terms possible, for without the threat
of municipal ownership and control,
which waa constantly used by the city
council in the contract made, the city
would have been under the necessity
of making that contract without the
least competition or pressure in its
behalf.
As tested by common sense, which
ls a very necessary and important
factor in the successful practice of
law as of every other business, lt does
not seem to me that the making ot
this contract wss the creating of a
bonded indebtedness within th"> mean
ing ot the constitution. The men
that made that constitution were men
like Jobn B. Breazeale. George E.
Prince, D. H. Russell. J. M. Sullivan,.
3. Perry Glenn and L. D. Harris, who
were members from Anderson Coun
ty, and I do not believe that they' in
tended to say that the making bf a
contract for the furnishing ot water
and lights was a creation of a "bonded
debt" that required a vele of the peo
ple to ratify. They doubtless mosst
just what the average man under
stands to be meant by a bonded debt,
namely a debt created by the sal.e of
bonds, from , the proceeds of the sale
of which some- corporate purpose is
accomplished. .
But Mr. Sullivan thinks that the. su
premo court has already decided that
the ms'.isg cf such a contract where
by the city merely obligates itself to
pay a monthly rental for water and
lights for a terni of year bs the crea
tion of such a bonded dent as requir
id a vote of the people to make the
contract valid, and refers to the Char
i l~?ton caae and Gie Fountain Inn case
authority 2cr his conclusion. I do not
reach the same conclusion from those
cases thst he does. In fact I think
that the latter of those cases pointedly
indicates' that the court does not deem
such a contract as creating' a bonded
Indebtedness in the constitutional
meaning.
The 'Charleston case was merely an
attempt, on .the part ot the city of
Charleston to avoid tho constitutional
limitation as to indebtedness ; hy hav
ing organised a water company which
was ostensibly to issue a million and
a half dollars worth of bonds for the
purpose of infilling a proper water
system and letting the city of Charles
ton in effect guaranteo Gie payment
thereof by binding Itself to pay the
equivalent of nearly $S0. per hydrant
per year for So years, the term for
which' the water bonds were to run,
unless the city in the meantime should
able to take over the plant. The
promo court very properly held that
that was an attempt to increase Its
bonded indebtedness, which already
far exceeded the constitution limita
tion, and that the proposed contract
was therefore void. While Mr. Jus
tice Pope, who rendered'the decision
in that case, used language that in
dicated' that he believed the macing
of a contract for water and lights
WOUI4 amount to a creatina of ia ttM??.
ed debt within the meaning of; the
constitution, the other three' Justice?
concurred Only in the "reawlt" of his
decisions which means that they re
fused to commit themselves to any
reasoning or statement made in the
opinion other than the nier? conclus
ion, namely, that t?iat particular con
tract, was Invalid.
Tne Fountain Inn case waa an at
tempt on the part of a cl ti ?en to pre^
venrthe making of a lighting contract
j between the town ead the Enroee
Power Company after "a' special elec
tion wa? held tn said town In which
the question of making ?aid contreet
was submitted to the qualified electors
thereof; and Ute majority of . th era
voted in favor of making tho con
tract" The only two questions "In
volved were whether the town had au
thority, to order the election sod
whether there was a proper registra
tion of volera. Mr. Justice Hydrick
wrote the opinion and began
the opinion by Baying; . Ht
laaay^ fe ejaeafei* that_?be
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proposed s contract ia ot the nature
of a bond debt (referring; to the Char
lestou case), which can not be created
without the sanction of the majority
of the qualified electors of the town,
constitution, Art. 8, Sec. 7." If ht and
the other members of the supremo
court were of the opinion that that
contract created a bonded indebted
ness it ia not likely that they would
have used, that pecvMar language, to
wit: "It may be conceded that the
proposed contract is of the nature of
a bonded debt." To my mind, it was
merely equivalent to say that for the
purpose of deciding the two questions
involved it may be conceded that it
waa cerating a bonded] debt, but even
if such were true, and an election was
I necessary, then thia town council had
I authority to order the election and
I consequently the contention that it
I was without such authority overruled.
I In coming to that conclusion the
I court further used this languange:
I "Moreover, as the making of the cou
tract is thc creation of a bonded
I debt," etc., but that, to my mind,
I merely meant, namely, that it may be
conceded for the purpose of thV* de
cision that the contract waa a bonded
I lebt, and still the constitutional re
quirements as to creating a bonded
I debt had been complied with.
But let's concede for the sak>? of ar
gument (as the supreme court " did
above) that our contract was invalid
at tho time it was made, and then the
I question naturally arises whether the
I city and the citizens are now estopped
in fairness und justice from raising
that question. Mr. Sullivan came to
the conclusion that they were not, and
quoted the case of Mllster vs. Spar
tanburg, 08 S. C., aa, in ?w.pport of his
'lew. That was a case brought by a
citizen to require the city of Spartan
b.irg to collect taxes from a cotton
mill that had been exempted from
ta ration for a period of ten years by
tho city council.. I think the Tollo'w
inS quo-l-tion from that samo dccU?ou
moro in point than the portion quoted
I by Mr. Sullivan, to. wit: 'That most
serious question for the court I?, did
the Inaction and delay amount to s&??i
l?ch?s an will make the granting ol
tho petition unjust and inequitable? ll
so, whatever may have been the rights
of the petitioners, the;' phnuld not
?ow be inforced. In solving this ques
tion the important inquiries ate:' ftj
I Was the delay unreasonable; and (2]
Woulds ita natural result' be injury t<
tho party against whom tho relief ii
sought?" That involves moral ques
tions that every man can answer foi
himself. Every citizen has had tbi
right to go directly to the supremi
court to have the validity of the con
tract tested from the very day that 1
I was signed. And if that court ehouh
I hold that the delay was not unreas
I onable, could it hold that the natura
I result Of setting the contract asid
would not cause injury to tho com
I pany? I hear that the company ha
I spent something like $30.000 In put
ting in new mains. Section 6 of th
contract provides that "the compan;
shall immediately upon acceptance c
thia ordinance, or as soon thereafte
I as it conveniently can, and 'within 1
H month* from acceptance,' replace al
water mains of four Inches, or less, I
? diameter, that aro now used to sur
I ply water to Are hydrants.with main
I not- less than six inches in diameter,
I etc. Had the .company delsyed pal
ting in those six .inch mains up t
thia dat? it could well have bee
charged with indifference to ita cos
I t ractual obligations and that lt woul
likely fall to perforar that part of il
I contract Within the. time i sp?cifie*
? Would the injury done the compan
I be entirely compensated for by tb
I city reimhur?!ng _ fer thc cs pon?
? incurred? It is not. conceivable tin
? any fair minded man would be wil
ling to set the. contract aside un let
the company waa. fully compensate
? for ali moneys expended in- Iraprovln
I ita services so as to save it agalni
? the very injury that the court s peal
of. I do not believe the supren
?court would ?et asied the contract ui
der the circumstances even if
I should come to the conclusion that ti
I contract was Invalid when passed ar
? would then have so declared had tl
H question been promptly raised.
If the supreme court should declai
tho contract invalid 5 will have tl
satisfaction ot knowing that I ga>
Hour former clients, the city comic
the best service I was capable of, fi
? it goes without saying that they r
? lied absolutely on their attorneys
? (eke care Of the la gal phases ot tl
? {batter. They, as well as the puMl
might well feel that the city attorns
had been derelict In duty had th<
?permitted ' ?ss waste of time, otto
and mon . negotiating a worthle
? contract, i would feel deeply morl
? ned if auch should have proven to 1
the case. *
?Now a few words as to the buslne
H side of tho matter. The members
? council ' aad their attorneys spe
?mach time, day and night, in workli
?pu, the negotiations leading up to tl
?adoption of itne contract. So rar as
?know, every one of them was workli
? to obtain a contract that would
?mir and Just to the city as well as
?the company. I found Vr. Taylor a
Mr,-Orr alert in behalf of their coi
Dany, as lt waa thftfrr AnHr-.?o bc
?never saw the slightest effort pu th<
?gtfri to mislead br deceive anv o
i nd I believe that t can say for eie
?mewther Of that council, as I say i
myself, that the negotiations We
?soudttctod without thp least'dW^S
on either side, and1 &tfT&foxWl
of the matter was thoroughly and i
?peatcdly discussed add undersfa
?aad'tito utmost publicity given then
as everybody will remember.
? 'Yba test, of the Intelligence a?d
dollly with which work is done c
generally be found in the results i
complishsd. Let os look at some
the benefits that were accomplished
behalf of the city and Its citizens:
The water consumer now gets 3,(
?gslloos for 75 cents as against S.?
?spy rs Cents under the old contra
We tried very hard to make the m
(mum Bd cents but lound that abo
tody would have had to pay tai
than a reasonable rats ff th* minimi
co. sumer obtained water at' leasT
a reasonable rate.
-Ali four Inch water mains are
placed by not lesa than ?tx Inch maras
and only six inch mains shall now be
installed.
The city now pays |40 per hydrant
as against $50 under the old fran
chise; and aa the city ls now requir
ed to pay for the water used fer sew
erage and sprinkling and other pur
poses, the Individual consumer ob
tains his water at the lowest mini
mum possible.
The city has the right at any time
to purchase the entire water plant on
a basis that would ba fair and Just to
the city and company.
The minimum consumer of electric
ity pays ll cents per killowatt hour
with five per cent discount in ten
days as against 121-2 cents ander the
old contract, as I remember. When
tills was under consideration the offi
cials of the company stated that they
would reduce that, charge to 10 cents
as soon as arrangements could be
mad o to adopt that rate in Spartan
burg and Greenville, and that Ander
son would be given the benefit ot that
rate though it was a less consumer
than either of the other two cition. I
understand that that Tate has been
put in effect
The city has tho right once in every
five years to purchase Ute company's
electrical plant and appliances In use
In the city for furnishing electric
lights and ?mall power, in connection
therewith ut ?he Unie of the purchase
by paying a fair and reasonable price
therefor, and a scehme ls provided
for arriving at that price lt the city
and company can not agree. While
the term of tho contract is 40 years,
still Ute city may terminate lt In each
five years thereof by purchasing the
plants of the company.
I think the city council negotisted
an excellent contract; that no other
body ot men could have done better.
My understanding was that tho three
members who voted against the rati
fication of the contract did so 'tecause
thou "ht it desirable tc submit lt
to a vote of the people and :tot* be
cause they did not think thc.t the con
tract was a fair and Just one to the
city. i : tflM
I am handing Mr. Sullivan a copy
of this statement before its' publica
tion. Had he shown me a copy of his
opinion before publication, which
every consideration of courtesy and
mutual Interest and liability in the
premises required, I would have tried
to save him from Ute unhappy plight
into which he has let his extreme par
tisanship throughout this whole mat
ter lead him.
I ehall endeavor by every proper
and honorable means to uphold the
validity of this contract, made by our
clients with our assistance, as their
trusted attorneys, and wot only on
that account but for the additional
reason that I believe that tho people
of Anderson, whom I have ever striven
to faithfully sente as n municipal of
ficer, are enjoying and will er Joy the
fruits of a fair and beneficial contract
that probably could not be duplicated
should they be deprived thereof by
any unwise action on fae part of their
present city council. Indeed, I enter
tain a very confident hope that at
least a majority of tra council will
abandon the et!? .1 to deprive the peo
ple of the brents of that contract as
soon as tliey shall have bad the op
portunity of studying the matter
th .-roughly slough to roach '?a inde
pendent conclusion thereon.
JNO. K. HOOD.
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W. W. Long. State agent of dem
onstration and director pf extension
at Clemson College, advisee South
Carolina farmers not to sell or. dis
pose of a bushel of their cowpeas
this fal!, but instead to buy ail ?he
cowpeas they are able to buy, In or
der to have the peas to sow after
small grain next season. South Car
olina lands will be incalculably Im
proved by such a practice, accord
ing to Mr. Long.
Encouraging reports are reaching
Clemson College from the county
demonstration agents. In cyst sec
tions of the State more wheat Is
being sown than ever before in the
history of those sections. Clemson's
agents have been conducting a
grain and live-at-home campaign
Sally eyer since the outbreak of the
European war and effects are be
ginning to be noticed on every side.
Mrs. Lander
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Laid to Reel Yesterday Afternoon
nt 3:30 in Wilii&m
ston.
Tho funeral services or Mrs. Laura
bander, who died Wednesday night
it Greenwood, were held In the Main
Ureet Methodist church there yester
i*y afternoon at 12:30 o'clock oat
uicted by tho Rev. L. P. McGee and
he Rev. Dr. Jahn O. Wilson. Follow
pg the services In the church the
>ody was taken to WINlamston in a
ipeefal train over th** Interurban
allway. the remains befog ateom
tanled by some SO or 40 people from
?r~n-oc?L At thc ssrvio*. *i Green
wood the following gentlemen served
LS pallbearers: Ho?. C. A. C. Waller.
hr.'-R. B. Hoting, Cr^t J G. Jenkins,
b T. MedlocV, W. 5. Williams and
Seorge C Hodges, Jr.
The inu.nr.eut at Williams ton took
dace at 3:30 o'clock, six rona of Mrs.
Ander serving ss pallbearers. Mrs.
ander is survived hy the following
hiidren; Mrs, John O. Wilson, Green
aunty; Br. Frank Lander and Dr.
T. Lander, of Wflliamoton : Mr. A.
it. Laader of Polier; *fr. E. M.
Ander. Calhoun Falls; v*|r. hf. M.
?ander, of Jacksonville, pla., and Dr.
ohn M. Lander, Rio Janeiro, Brasil,
rho Gora! tributes were profusa and
xquislte. : i :
The Unexpected Happens.
"It waa .an unusual situation that
onfronted our tax'banting club and'
tobody knew Just what to do."
"What hap?minr
?yhey, they eae?gealx started up,
PLANS FOR RAISING OF
BELGIAN RELIEF FUND
n . 4' i
I DISCUSSED YESTERDAY BY
j COMMITTEE AT CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
MEETS SATURDAY
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For Parp?te of Announcing Plans
And Putting Them Into
Practice.
Ways and means for raisins; funds
j for a Christmas offering for the' Bel
gian widows and orphans) who hare
been left In destitute circumstances
by the European war were discussed
at some length yesterday afternoon at
a meeting of members of the educa
tional committee of 'the Chamber ot
Commerce. At the meeting, which was'
he'd at the Chamber of Commerce, but
a few members of the committee, In
J eluding one clergyman, were present.
It was decided to bold another meet
ing noxt Saturday Afternoon at
o'clock, at which time a committee,
which was named yesterday after
noon, will suggest plans for going
I about the raising of this fund.
Present at the meeting yesterday
afternoon were Messrs. EL C. Mc
Cants, superintendent pf the city
schools; F. M. Burnett, secretary of
the Y. M. C. A.; P. H. Whaley. secre
tary ol' the Chamber of Commerce; M.
M. Kdttison, Dr. ?AA I* Smothers sad
?.?io iver. J. H. Giubouoyn rector ci
Grace church. The Rev. Dr. W. H.
Fraser, pastor of the First Presbyter
ian church, telephoned his regrets thee
he was indisppeed and could not come
out to the meeting, while the Fer.
Dr. J. F. Vines, pastor of thc ?lr st
Baptist church, rent a letter stating
that he was out of the city and regr r>
ted that he could not attend.
Various plans were suggested at tlx1
meeting for raising a fond for tho Bel
gians. Mr. Burn et announced that he
would give the proceeds of the open
ing day at the Paramount motion pic
ture theatre, or the proceeds et the
day performance, in order to make
the attendance as large as possible on
that day, he suggested that he would
procure a series of pictures especial;
ly pleasing to children and have the
matter called tb the attention bf the
school children of the city hy their
teachers. The Her. Mr. Qlbbonoy
esme forward .vit - .a suggestion that
contributed nvel pea be printed abd
distributed UH pastors to tba
chairmen o" < ? committees, who
would see to lt uiat the members of
their commit!"w gave un offering of
some kind.
After a thorough discuaaionn of the
I matter ii was decided to appoint a
committee consisting of Messrs. Whnl
ey, Burnett and Gibboney to map out
a program for the meeting which will
be held Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock, m tho meantime letters will
be sent to the pastors of every church
land superintendents of every Sunday
I school in the county urging them to
attend this meeting.
liT'wiWeW'O
Ot Pythias Did Amplified Third
Rank Work Here Last
Evening. ? .
A hundred or more Knights ot Py
thias, representing practically every;
lodge in the county, gathered last
night in Chlquola Lodge hall in spec
ial session for. amplified third raak
work, which was carried out by an
expert team of the local organisation.
Voe third rank was conferred upon
Messrs. Frank Brownlee abd F. EL
M?Hugh, and the work was pot on ia
gae J form.
Following the exercises a delight
ful smoker was enjoyed, the Knights
remaining ot the hall until a late
hour abd enjoying the good fellow
ship which Iz qb characterlsUc of .this
oroer. ?1
Disolve
Well Known Law Firm of Hood
ASitlUvanlr ?3l
swansea.
Formal notice of dissolution of th?
well known law firm of Mood ft Sal
??va?-^onaposea of Messrs. John IC
Hood end G. Cullen Sullivan- appears
elsewhere in The Intelligencer this
morning.
This well known partnership hag
eight %^??^l^ih^t^%Si
enjoyed a large abd lucrative prac
tice. The announcement of the dis
solution will come as a surprise to I
the large uumbe. ot friends and clients J
of both. .
Neither Mr. Hood nor Mr. Sullivan
have made any announcement as tb
their plans for the future.
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Pi ra t?lsaJ^ev Wal asses. Il
There will ba preaching at Welcomed I
Baptist church Saturday afternoon at ll
% o'clock The hour was nnaeaaoagll
for 31 e. m. but la changed to the af-11
ternoon. This Information is given
by the Rev. H. C. Martin. jj
:?W ic?-by making yo***
oney go farther ia th? per? |
chase of good meats. We cu*
meat and we are ?Iso cutting
the prices; read these prices.
Loin Steak* por pound 20c
Best Roast, per pound. 18c
Pork, por pound 15c and 20c
- All others in proportion? ?nd
16 ounces to tho pound.
G. P.
Phone 755.
nuuuay ptes
The Charl?ston & Wes-'
tern Carolina Railwayj
will sell cheap Excursi?n
tickets account of ihe*
olidays. Tickets on
ale, December ft&th ito
5th inst., Dec. 31, 4914
and Jan. ist, I9*5,3nal
Limit Jan. 6th, 1915.
For rates, etc., ap??y to
Ernest V.';?1??*?V*W,
emeral Paggeng?r
Agent, Augusta, CU.
t Wi ProwigiJon. j
; I
Try a botUe of Nantetta's Pre
serlptlon tor Impure blood, kidney, '
liver and stomach. It bas pleas*
ed hundreds and thousands, trUy
shouldn't it please yon.. Doctors
and dragnets claim lt can not hst
Improved upon, for what lt la ra-1
commended.
Sold and iruaranteed byalll;,lee?
tor, drug atores and tho Nause?
ta Medicine Company, 114 CoStae
BfcV OreentUle, ?. C.' PonVlt?lF*
1
Bli.. JU
WUK ? vor p Winari ?
Floor Mop yoe boy irons
? .tuct?
m ?t Ono Dollar -wo,***
give poa FREE -of ;cfe$ge
* WP tattle OnV?j|lfl*iflgi? ft^
1
friar Co.
1 Phona '647.
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