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Anderson Give?! Belgian 1 THIS AMOUNT REPORTED RAISED BY LOCAL COM MITTEE - THOSE GI VIN G List of Contributors to tito Fond ] ?nd Amounts Given- by Each. Slightly less thar. $260.00, or, to be exact $259.94, WBB raised locally for the Bllgian Christmas Fund, and last night the Rev. J. H.-. Gibbonry. who served aa chairman ot the committee in charge of the canvas, telegraphed the amont of the contributions to Henry Clews, of New York, who is the treasurer of the national committee having charge of this worthy move ment. The final meeting of the local com mittee was held yesterday afternoon at the chamber of commerce and con tributions reported a1! follows: - Paramount <ttieatre .$61.00 First BaptiBt church ........A. 24.10 First Presbyterian church .... 27.50 Grace Episcopal -. 27.76 St. John'B Methodist .'.j?.$40.00 Central Presbyterian . 9.86 St. Joseph's Catholic.$29.00 West Market Street school.1.88 MIBB Estes' school . 1.90 First Baptist, Williamston _ 33.00 First Methodist, Wllliamston .. 14.00 The movement to raise among the people of Anderson a contribution to the Belgian Christmas fund was be gun several weeks ago. After sever al meetings at the chamber of com merce for the purpose of deciding u pon ways and means of raising the funds it was agreed to have printed a number of contribution envelopes for distribution among the congregations of the city and county churches. At the first meeting for this purpose the mangement of the new Paramount motion picture theatre agreed to give a portion of its receipts on the open ing day. - When arrangements had been com - pleted for carrying on the canvass the pastors of all churches and superin tendents of all Sunday schools in UM city and county were invited to a meeting. Arrangements were made for dlstrubuting the envelopes and col lecting them and turning them Into the committee, at a meeting which was to have been held at the chamber . of commerce last Friday night For some reasons several members of the committee did not report at the meet ing set for Friday night, and lt waa decided to postpone the matter until Monday afternoon at S o'clock. At this hour yesterday afternoon^ practically.the entire committee gath ered at the chamber of commerce and canvassed the resalta of the camp/.gn. In addition to members of the com mittee there were others present at the meeting who were ot the opinion that at this meeting the matter of pro viding some means of relieving local conditions would be brought up. Hov - ever, as the mayor had been called upon to take this matter in charge, Come and See SantasJumbleNote! In Dugans Window At 5 p. m. Thursday we will give every child under twelve a Xmas present that gives us a correct solution of the jumble. S s -o Ask Dugan Why? AfldersoaPaioi&Color Watson Vandiver Bldg. Phone 647. Xmas Jewelr the most depesvfahte an ed for easy selection We have planned, ag aw atnie, so that those leno esma wfll malrodesasiona easy. The same regard Ipr mn permost tlineghl hence a gi We call partncolar attest Watcha? Rik Chains Scan Charms . Cwfl w. -nu icfen Christmas Fund ?nd had already called upon the pas tors of the churches to appoint mem bers for a general committee, the Bel gian Relief commute decided to ao nothing that would conflict with the work of the larger committee. Before adjourning, however, they adopted resolutions endrsoing the work which the larger committee had undertaken. ATLANTA LETTER ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 21.-A banner crop of whiskers is predicted for Georgia next year by E. E. Limbaugh, chairman cf the State board of bar ber examiners. Mr. Limbaugh is ex ceedingly worried over the failure of thousands of barbers to take the State examination demanded by the last leg I iBlaiure, pay their fees, and prove themselves sanitary, harmless and not too full of conversation. "Georgia * citizens will have an un usually large crop of whiskers," said Mr. Limbaugh. "Because she will be a barber less race. Out of 4,500 bar bers only 300 have applied for li censes, and no business can be dono without a license except in jails. State prisons and towns of less .han 5,000 population, where whiskers run rampant anyway." The barber who gets in before the first of the year can cop out a license for twa dollars, but after tn nt the bargain sale is off ami five trucks is the price. The Cotillion Club of Atlanta, the ultra swell dancing set, has chosen Raymon Hitchcock In "The Heat: i y Doctor," for its annual theatre party this year. Every season the Cotillion Club ha? one big theatre night, when lt takes half the first floor at the At lanta theatre and goes In a body to enjoy it, leaving after the curtain falls for a dance at one of the hotels. The Atlanta has an unusually good booking for Just after the holidays. "Potash and Perlmutter" ls coming next week, with Billie Burke and George Arliss and "The Little Cate" in. the near future. C Geojaia Sbrlners, and members of the order throughout the country are greatly pleased at the ruling handed down hy Judge H. L. Patterson of the Blue Ridge circuit restralng a negro organization from using the name, in signia, emblems and other belongings of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of tho Mystic Shrine. The negro organization calls Itself Rabban Temple, Ancient Egyptian 'Ar abic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ot North 'and South America and their jurisdiction, thereby giving a few extra words for good measure and'pleasing the African taste for polysyllabic nomenclature. Judge Patterson acted because all the Atlanta Judges ar? members of the oruer, or have relaUves in Yaarah temple. The negro shrine was organized in Washington in 1902. The local tem ple was 'chartered in IMS but local Shrlners heard little of it until after the recent national Sarine conven'.icn here, when the negroes became offen sively conspicuous. Thu petition'' ls based On the fact that the negro or der uses an exact imitation of the Shrine badge, uses the same names for officers of the temple, the same fez and the same emblems used by tho white organization. Chief Beaver of the Atlanta police department does not belle .? all the stories of hold-ups and burglaries that are reported, to him. He does not think tho "wave of crime" is so bad as it is painted by the sensational press. The chief quotes two Instances where reported hold-ups were investi gated and it was found that the "vic tims" were financially short and had framed up stories to account for the money being missing. It ls also a common belief that at least two re ported crimes recently laid to "bur glars" were not really burglaries, but one clearly the suicide Of a mau deep ly involved financially and the other the visit ot a young society man to a home - where be had no business, J'hieb resulted in his shooting by the ead of Ute family. "The Worst of the present depres sion hes passed," says Robert F. Mad dox, chairman of the Georgia commit tee which will have, charge of the State's share of the Wade cotton pool of I135.COO.OOO. Mr. Maddox, who ls vice president of the American Na tional bank, baa Just returned from a trop to Washington, where be Joined a conference on details of the loan Pinn. Mr. Maddox said $69.000,000 of the fund had been received but It would y and Desirable of ?Us store reflects tba ?pint of ?rabie nature are attractively ?Sani rer before, to main ow stock as coi My find St hart! to decir?? ?bat to f '. tv xlity which Ita* always characterise ft bought Isafe clurrie* m guarantee ion to the low price? on goods of t gi Necklaces tfPins Earring* ? f Airs _ Fontein) Pms ESE fit Co., Tl be the latter part of next week be fore the full amount would be ready for disposai. "We were disappointed to learn tbat the committee would lend only five cents on cotton instead of six cents, the original idea," said Mr. Maddox. "Neither did wo understand that the borrower would be expected to put up three per cent, of the loan as a guar antee fund and to cover expenses. However, it must be remembered tbat this one million dollars whi^h ls sub scribed through the north and west is to be loaned In the South and if cot ton should decline below six cents per pound the lending banks would have no authority to cal for additional mar gin; and in banking circles twenty per cent, markin is not considered unrea sonable." Mr. Maddox said the worst feeling In New YcVk was over and financiera saw indications that things would bc much better soon. Through the persistent offerts of Governor Slaton it has been definitely determined that the bonds of Slate and county officers in Georgia do not require government war tax stamps, despite the ruling of Collector Blalock of Atlanta otherwise. The governor, who is a Arm believer in State's rights, doubted the authority of the collector to Impose the tax and by go ing straight to headquarters secured a ruling in favor of the State as offi cials. The following letter to the governoi from W. H. Osborn, commissioner ot internal revenue at Washington, ex plains itself: "His Excellency Governor John M. Slaton, Atlanta, Qa. "I have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant in which you inquire whether bonds given by State and county offi cials guaranteeing the faithful per formance of their duties are subject to the stamp tax under the act ot Oc tober 23, 1914. "In reply you are Informed that tho bonds given to a State or county by officers thereof, guaranteeing the faithful performance of their duties, are not subject to tax. .'Respectfully, "W. H. Osborne, "Commissioner.** The controversy started In Georgia when a clerk in the executive depart ment csjled up the office of the Inter nal revenue collector in Atlanta and inquired, whether official bonds were liable to. the tax. He was Informed that they were. The governor felt that the tax was an unnecessary bur den upon county officers, and wrote a letter to Washington to gain an offi cial ruling. Meanwhile the governor's office was flooded with inquiries from 1 anxious county officials. They have been saved a total ot about one thous and dollars by the ruling obtained by the governor. Thb dura-dura bullet, vh ch hos caused so much talk in the ?Joropean I war, haa made Its appearance in At I lan ta. Jasper Devore of Geneva, N. Y. i waa picked up In the night by a lo cal detective and accused of being a traveling blind tiger. -When he was ! searched a gun 1 was found, loaded with cartridges which closely resem ble the notorious "dum-dums" which the English are accused of using tn -tue war. Devora Bays he bought the gun in a pawnshop, already loaded, so tt will be hard to trace the origin of I the objectionable bullets. The matter will hardly reach The Hague tribunal. DEATH OF MRS. LIDDELL. LOWNDE8VILU? Dec. 21.-Mrs. Allie May Liddell, one of Lowndea ville'a beloved matrons, died at her home here Thursday morning after an Illness of about three weeks. Mrs. Liddell was the eldest daugh ter of Rev4, and Mrs. H. C. Fennel. She was born at Cross HUI, S. C., 34 years ago, a portion of her childhood being spent at Due Wiest, S. C., but the greater part of her life lived among the people of Lowndesvllle. She was married to Mr. Thomas C. Liddell in March, 1900, an infant son waa 'born to this union, which ls still living. After thu birth of her child she grew gradually stronger but a. few days past she developed pneumonia, whtch ?ended her suffering early Thursday morning. The funeral cervices were i conducted In the Presbyterian church by the Rev. Mr. Cl ot feller, the inter ment being in the Presbyterian ceme I tery Friday morning. Beside her husband and little non, she ia aurvlved by her parents. Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Fennel, three ?isters. Misa Lila and Minnie Fennell Lowndesvllle; Mrs. 8. M. McAdams, Iva, 8. C.; titree brothers. Dr. J. I* Fennell. Waterloo, 8. C.; Dr. H. C. Fennell, Jr., Savannah, Ga., and R. C. Fennell, Columbia, 8.- C. The harder it ls to grin, the leas time you have to think about your troubles while you're making the amUa stick._ ! Gin Things Christmas. Gift things of ayed 00 every side--arrang mplcte and drverstfied as pos ive may find suggestions that ? of worth asad excellence, one and merit, espectalV ? Diamonds ?ai 001 htm Hair Ornaments, etc ie Progressive Jewelers .v. - - - i . r Commen?ai i Financial NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-Such hope as the financial district may have drawn from last week's decision granting eastern railroads a general freight rate advance was largely dissipated today when it became known that the Pennsylvania- Public Service Commis sion had ordered a drastic reduction in coal freight rates. While, officials of the roads professed to regard the decision as entirely local, speculative Wall street evidently received it in a less favorable spirit. Reading and ? Lehigh Valley shares fell to new low prices for the present movoment. In the final hour the Hst showed further unsettlcment and lower prices. The decline waa led hy United States Steel, which finally fell to 49 1-8 or 11-8 above Its minimum figure. It was reicarded UH ?tgni?eant that tho committee which controls prices on the exchange deemed it expedient j t'o establish new low minimum quota tions for tue south(|*n group of rr/J.?, ; including Atlantic Coast Line, Louis- ' ville& Nashville. Seaboard preferred, and Southern H??way common and , preferred. As a matter ot fact there bas been nv> recent trading in theBe stocks, most of which have undergone dividend r?visions during the.closure of the exchange and since its reopen ing. During the day's business, which was far below normal, some of the equipment shares and Bethlehem steel preferred showed signs of de mand at higher prices, but this group fell back with the entire list at tho close, which was weak. Much of the day's news was of a hopeful tenor. Money rates were eas ier, some. special 30-day loans made at 3 1-2 per cent. Exchange on Lon don fell to its lowest quotation since last February, on an over-abundance of offerings. < Bonds developed a declining ten dency on exceedingly light offerings. Total sales; par value, were $1,258,000. United States coupon 4s advanced 1-8 per cent on call. -0 New York Cotton NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-After a some what irregular morning, the cotton market became more active and clos- ! ed Arm at a net advance of 2 to ,8 points. The opening was steady at a de cline of 6 points |to an advance of one point and active months held about 3 to 6 points net lowt? during the early trading under local pressure. The talk around the ring suggest ed a general feeling that pre-noliday realizing waa likely to cause some re action'after the advance of last week. Offerings were readily absorb ed by bouses with European aqd western connections and the market turned firmer durlug the afternoon, owing to the continued absence of hedge selling. Some of the early sellers covered on tho advance. Which carried the act ive months sonar 5 to ? points higher. The census report 'showing 13,997. 189 bales ginned to December 13, against 12,927,428 last year and 13. 770,727 In the big crop year of 1911, appeared to create no fresh sentiment Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 7.50; sales 1,400 bales. . Cotton futures closed firm. open high low close January ? * . --V-?:28 7.28 7.28 7.38 March ; . . . 7.49 7.67 7.48 7.57 May . . . . 7.68 7.76 7.65 7.74 July . . . . 7.85 7.94 783 7.93 October . . . 8.14 8.20 8.08 8.19 New Orleans Cotton NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21.-After a decline of 4 to 5 pointa at the opening, cotton recovere.1 today, worked to a net advance of 1 to 2 points and CIOB ed net unchanged to 3 points up. It was reported that Germany was a buyer in tho early part of the day. The census report on ginning, while called bearish, had no influence of im portance on the market. Bears said that lt confirmed record- crop ideas but the bulls, while they acknowledg ed this, stated that prevailing price levels discounted even. the largest crop Ideas entertained! " The export movement was of fair proportions and the heavy receipts at important shipping points in Ute belt pointed to an increase in the near I future. Several spot points quoted higher prices and private rqnorts tola ' bf an increased demand at the ports ' because ot difficulty in quick handl ing of cotton in the Interior on ac count of unfavorable weather. Spot cotton firm. Sales on the spot 870 bales; to arrive 1,710. Cotton futures closing:. January 7.15; March' 7.33; May, 7.51; Jnly 7.72; October, 8.01. Liverpool? Cotton LIVERPOOL, Dec. ai.-Cotton, spot, in fair inquiry. Prices fair. American middling fair 5.28; good middling 4.66; middling 4.42; low middling S.95; good ordinary 3.33; ordinary 2.88. Sales 8,000 bules, tncludln? 6,700 American and 1,000 for speculation, md export Receipts 9,000 bales, including s> 800 American. Futures closed steady. May-June 4.20 l?t; July-August 4.28; October-Novemhsr. 4.89 1-2; January-February, 4.46. Cotton Seed Oil NEW YORK, Dec SI.-Cottonseed ?il advanced ll to 16 points early to lay on buying for wester? account in laced by the strength In hud and light crude offerings, bat near Ute slose there was a partial setback un ier realising and lack of demand for ictual oil. Final prices were 7 to ll points net higher. Sales 16,400 barrels. The market closed steady. Spot I6.6S0S.86; December - $6.6506.80; tanuary $5.8206.86; February $6.900 1.98; March $6.0606.10; April 86.200 Ul; May $6.3606.3?; June $6.410 148; July $6.640 6456. ind Financial Dry Goods NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-Raw sink ad. von cod Bharply today. Jobbera bougbt moderate quantities ot domestic cot ton goods. Print cloths were firmer. Dress goods re-orders for spring were beginning to come in. Cotton Ginnings. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Cotton I ginning up to the period ending De- | comber 12, made a new record ex- j ceeding that established in 1911, the i year of previous record cotton pro- I duction, by more than 206,000 bales. This was indicator today in tho census bureau's report showing 13. 977,189 bales had been ginned prior to December 13. In the last two years approximately 92 per cent of the en tire crop had been ginned prior to December 13. Calculating this year'p I crop on that bv?ls. it would exceed ' 10,270,000 bales, oklahoma, to Decem- ! ber 13. had ginned 106S,s?8 bales, or I more thzn produced there in any year heretofore. Ginning during the period amounted to 900,982 bales more than ginned in thc same period in any other year except 1911. Ginnings by States: Alabama* 1,573,183; Arkansas 894, 277; Georgia 2,452,790; Louisiana 415,533; Mississippi 1,085,002; North Carolina 766,673; Oklahoma 1.068,898; South Carolina 1,328,395; <^nnessee,| 319,848; Texas 3,875,144; all others 197,446. Sea Island glnningB by states: Florida SO;686; Georgia 37,385; South Carolina 3,617. -o Live Stock CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-Hogs strong. Bulk $7.00@7.16; light $6.75?7.20; mixed $6.86@7.20; heavy $6.80?>726; rough 3680<S>6.9rj; -pigs $F.:-,/?7.20: Cattle firm. Native streets $5 30? 10.00; western $5.00?7.90; cows and heifers $3.10(28.15; calves $6.50? 8.60. Sheep slow. Sheep $5.10?6.10; year lings $C.25?7.10; lambs $6.00?6.25. Chicago Grain CHICAGO, Dec. 21.- Swift dimin ishing of Btocks of wheat both in the visible supply and in first bonds brought prices up today trlth a whirl. Heavy profit taking followed and the ! close was unsettled but 5-8?3-4 to 1 i 6-8 above Saturday night. Corn rose ? l-S?l-4 to 3-8?l-2 net; oat? finished . 3-8 off to 1-8 advance, and provisions I with gains ot 16@>17 1-2 to 27 1-2 ad vance. Grain and provision closed. Wheat: December. $1.24 1-2 May. 1.27 1-8 Corn: December. 64 6-8 ' May. 70 3-4 Oats: December. 48 3-8 May . 62 6-8 - .Over in New Jorsey they Jailed a man who was carrying a cornet be cause he couldnt play it. What pun-! ishment do they reserve for those I who think U?ey can play a cornet? Philadelphia North American. Complaints that Lord Kitchener in holding back newe may ne based onj the suspicion that he's keeping lt for Irwin Cobb.-Washington Post . Wha< tot Look here friends hesitated whether tc scarce You must make 3 weather conditions 1 friend*, nor is Santa while our stock is ct promptly. I have 1 dollars worth that 1 and you will not be d I hope to have fifi you will not have to their satisfaction? an so come on and see 0 lection of merchant! Your friends, C. S. M 5. (Will be closed Chrii ' ' / .? . j,' '-, -v - : o O O O O O O O O O O O O J ? o o o o o o PENDLETON NEWS o| o o oooooooooooooooooooo Mr. and Mrs. Jo? Sltton have re turned from Mount Vale where they bave been spending some time. Miss Elate Sloan of Clemson was visiting in town this week. Mrs. H. H. Saddler, who has been on tho sick list for some time, has almost recovered. Rev. W. M. Owens, tho pastor of tho Methodist church of thia place, has Just moved into the parsonage. We feel that all Pendleton will be mighty pleased with Mr. Owens as he comes highly recommended as a pastor and citizen. i The Ladlee A'.d Society of the , Presbyterian church held a called meeting at t'je home of Mrs. M. M. Hunter Mor-Jay afternoon. | Mr. 15. Cooper, a substitute mail ] carrie^, ls Ailing Mr. Graham's place for a while. School closes today for Christmas holidays. All teachers leave this af ternoon for their respective homes. Mr. T. L. Hanna, principal, goes to Hendersonville, N C., Miss Hennant to Ridgeway, Miss Gertrude MaHaf fey to Townville, Miss Belle Mc- , Cutchen to Remberts and Miss Cole , to Lynchburg, S. C. Miss Alice Belle Newton, who is at tending Lander College, came homo this week tv> spend Christmas with home folks. Miss Nettie Terrell of Chlcora Col lege comes home today to spend Christmas holidays with relatives and friends. Mrs. Julius Aull is on the sick list at this writing. Mr. John Ellis Evans, who ls at tending medical college at Charleston, IB spending the holidays with his par ents. Mrs. Banks ot Augusta, who has been boarding at Harris House for some time for benefit of her health, ls Improving slowly and thinks of going to Asheville soon. Rev. H. B. Pant conducted prayer meeting at the Baptist church Thurs day evening. All. teachers of our school attend ed teachers meeting at Anderson last Saturday and report a very interest ing and profitable meeting. Miss Maggie darlington visited rel atives and friends in our town last week. Only one more week until Christ mas day. We trust that all may have a pleasant time during Ute holidays. oooooooooeoeo o CHEDDAR NEWS * o o ooooooooooooo We are In the midst of preparation I for Christmas. Everyone ls making plans for the holidays, the happiest time of the year. We are hoping that Tuesday night will be "fair and fine". BO that our box party will be a suc cess. Seven o'clock bas been the hour appointed for the beginning. Miss Maggie darlington waa an un- * expected, though very welcome, vlsi- j tor to our school last Thursday. Petrograd officially stated lt was ' "inconvenient" to hold Lodz. We gathered as much from the dispatch es.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Turkey might Bave timo by provid ing Itself with a series of form letters to be used whenever apologies are de mnnded.-Washington Star.. Every day now we are expecting' Liberia to issue a black paper.-New j Bern Sun. ddayor ioabout: i, the weather hat been h > come or not, and now /our ?elections now. No ire* you are not going t< GLus going to stay awi >mplete. Plenty of sales p holiday merchandise for tas not been touched. E isappointed. ty extra clerks for these li i wait. I have taken care id I am going to do it evei ?ur pretty new store and i ?se. j ?nor, Santa 10 and 25c Store itmaa Day.y 220 Soi OOOOOOOoOOOOOOOOOO to TOWN TILLE NEWS, o o OOOOOOOOoOOOOOOOOOO The Christmas boliadys ar? about ber? and the young people are antici pating a good time. The friends, of Julius Marlett of Pair Play will be sorry to learn that he ls still in a most critical condi tion. It will be remembered that Mr. Marrlett was stabbed last week by a Georgia negro whom he was attempt ing to arrest for crime committed in Georgia. Mr. Lawrence Martin of near Far mer's Store has purchased the farm known as the Coats place, and will move to lt soon. Adam Brewer, a negro in Fair Play, shot and killed himself Instantly last Saturday. It is said that debt was ; the cause of tills rash act. i nance Gaines, a negro, was recent ly arrested and lodged in jail for . shooting Mr. J. B. Shirley's mall box. lt. N. Compton and family of Green ville have moved to tho old Compton place near Townvllle. Rev. W, B. Hawkins and family will move to Starr soon. Dr. W. F. Hunt, who has been ill for some time, is still confined to An , dorson hospital. I Notwithstanding the very low price j a right good deal of cotton ls being sold in this community. I A good many of the farmers are taking advantage of the extremely cold weather killing their future pork ! era. We Can Raise Your Salary! Thal is-bj maida* your inoucy go farther sa the pur* chase of good meats. We cut meat and we ?ure alto catting Ithe prices; reed these prices. Lom Steak, per pound 20c Beet Roast, per pound 15c Pork, par pound ISc and 20c AO others m proportion, ead 16 ounce/.'.o the pound. G. P. FOWLER Phone 755. _ I, ams?sa?BmaarwmwmBB?m igoin it? ?ad and you have time is growing matter what the > disappoint your y. Come quickly ?opie to serve you all, thousands of Wt fail to come ist three days, so of all comers to ato the last day, !_.. _l l TUB wCr naen ui nc Claus, ' . 4M Uh Main St. H