Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THO! What I Beta Things I BELIEVE ' That National Wido Prohibi tion will prevail-and that real prosperity wilj,,(inmediately fol low Hueb legislation.. That our extravagance is alone responsible for our inabil ity to meet promptly every full that a christian community de mands. That a Cash basis 1H the only road to Prosperity that thc buyer can snfely take. That'the retail merchants will be forced to absolutely adopt a cash Hystem or discontinue bust' ness That merited reforniH come slowly but surely. That ?ur "White Way" wilt prove a splendid Investment we step more quickly in the tight. That our city will voto for strpet Improvements. That this Is the proper time to make' such improvements and that the suggestion of the An derson Real Estate and Invest ment Co.-relative to such was timely and demands tho consid eration of every citizen. That we forget the value of the weekly pay rolls of our cot ton mills and no not appreciate their worth to our city. That if tim busInosH mon of Anderson will attend Sunday ?1 school and chureh service? reg- I ulnrly during tho year ?915 they | FORMAN SMI' Phone 73 Dinners Wer? Given Out to Th? Poor Local Salvation Army. Seventy-three dinners were given to the deserving poor of Anderson and Belton on Christmas dsy by the local post of the Salvation Army. For sever al weeks Ensign Belcher bsd been working and nianing for the free Christmas dinner, as lt is commonly called, and as a result of his labors a large number of people mere naiads happier than they would otherwise have been on Christmas day. Fifteen baskets were sent- to Belton .md distributed a rong poor families there. The remaining 58 were given out here. Each basket contained enough food for ?Ive persons, and the contents, consisted ot potatoes, bread coffee, sugar and either a chicken or., a piece of roast. . ", isisaif* iJertueajN Vers lea. BERLIN. Dec 26.-Thxa official Mfr; nouncement on the progress of .tue war, given out In Berlin this afternoon relates German successes in the west ern arena. English and French at tacks near Nleuport have been repul sed. The statement refers to engage ments elsewhere in France, but eith er makes no mention bf tho outcome or says the situation remains un changed. In Russia the Germans took prison ers near Lotsen; ceased their attacha on the Bsura river and were success ful oa the Pillea. The German admiral tty announce ment or ah attempt by British warr Aoips against the German coast ts the first me:-1ion ot what appears to a re ply to the recent German raid against th? English ports of Scarborough. Whitney and Hartlepool. The British authorities have made no mention of this operation. ?ro?a the reference to Cuxhaven in tte Gorman announcement, it would aeem that the German rivera indies t ?. th? Eibe and "Weser./uxhAven l? a-fortified German seaport, 68 miles j * west northwest of jKao^O""?- It?a ttt'? .outh o of the estuary of the Elbe, i " The Approximate distance scross ?he ' * Kort h .Sc? ?.om from Jlt> English ? coast tc Cuxhaven la 360 miles. J YOU UPSON' re and a Few I Know will obl;'!.n better hlens of how to conduct a mon* profitable business. Diut Anderson should follow Ihr example of Charlotte. N. C. let's make our city a church going pnbiic-so tliat our daily newspapers win every Monday comment on the notorious at tendance of MEX. That wo should make SUN DAY, January the Third, the banner Sunday school and church service attendance for MEN of Anderson, liad weather don't count for non-attendauci> -MEN* are going Souiewherc let's go to CHURCH' Will yon be there1 That your own buttincss sal vation demands your co-opera tion to legitimate public de mands. I KNOW We nro bad citizens If we ever forget our Orphan Children and our responsibility-for thut cause. If you don't want to contribute to tho support, take the responsibility of a charge. That a Christian Community will care for the needs ot its worthy unfortunates. That tho demand fur MEN is now the greatest in the hilstory of tho world. Whnt are you ?oing for your ROY. That all Anderson is proud ot "Dick" I.lgon. fH, Seedsman 464 "Hello Girls" ia ch One Received Handsome Christmas Gift of Bar Pia. The "hello girla" In he employ ot he local office of the Southwestern ! tell Telephone and Telegraph oom-' ?any were the recipients yesterday of j tande?me and serviceable Christmas! ememberances from the well known i ewelvy firm ot Walter H. Reese A Co. I Each girl of whom there ure fourteen, i 'ecelved a gold bar pin, in the shape ! >f a crescent. It hss been a custom ot his firm for years to give Christmas j ?resents to the members ot Ute police ' orce, the county officials or other j nembers of that class who serve the rabltc It is needless to say that the j oung ladles are appreciative ot the' clndness and thoughtfulness of this I rm. ._ Orman Uaer ?ought. PORT ARTHUR. Teas, Dec 26. rho German steamer Dacia, which has >eeu interned at this port since the lutbreak if UV European war waa oday solo to New York Interests rep esented by H. O. Schundler and Har y 8. Hooker, or New York etty. The rossel will change to American reg ster. .The vessel waa owned by the tambarg-American Steamship Com atny. Preach Sahnarlae Sang. LONDON. Dec. 27.-(8:36 a. m.)-A iteel net stretched across the entrance o Pola harbor, the arrest Austrian na rai port, proved the undoing ot the .Tench submarine Curie, says a dla witch from Milan to LloydV Nows. In company with other submarines he Curie .was attempting to fores an j tntrance into the harbor to torpedo an { Austrian squadron. The Curie roltld id with the net A merchantman gave he alarm and the forts opened Aro.' Two shots struck the Curie, which Aowjy sank. The captain and crew. ' ixcept one officer, swam dear and rare captured. j AND S A VI A SPLENDIl BY THE I - ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF I MAIL MATTER HANDLED , IN EXCELLENT STYLE. DONE ON TIME. Seemingly Impossible Task Is Performed by a Faithful i Poitoffiice Staff. Xo review of Christmas in Anderson 'would be complete or fair without I mention of tb<? very Important part ' played by the postoffice employees In ?contributing to the BUCCCBB of the or ?easton. While home have taken no tice of this fact, there are but f?<w j people tn the city and county whose pleasure was not made tho grcntor by i reason of the excellent service reit- > ! dared by Postmaster John R. Coch ran's loyal and efficient staff of help- ? ern.. The truth of this would be fur more I convincing could the people ot Ander don but have taken one look Into tho .poHtoffice matter it was a B'riM to j stagger any set of postoffice em ployees In tho country which met the ?eyes of the clerks and carriers last ! Friday morning. Actually, there were ?wagon loads of mnii mutter brought i Into the office for delivery. To huve "worked" that amount of mail and de liver it in one day of fair weather 1 would have been a tremendous task, I but to clear tho postoffire by dellver ' ing that much mail matter in such weather ns that which existed Friday, seemed at first an impossibility. A Herculean Task. But with a determination that no obstacle could have overcome, these loyal mon s pt to work to perform 'what the average meu fould pronounced an impossible task. The result of their efforts waa that when dark came no one single piece ot mail matter, except' ,that whlclfVas put in lock boxes. I was left In the postoffice. In addi tion, the postoffiee waa as clean an'" ?tidy as though It had never been used ?at all. One looking at the interior of that building Friday morning and see ing it that night would scarcely have believed* bis own eyes. Bue a Holiday li should have been said In the out set that Friday was a legal holiday. ?and the city carriers and the clerks of I the postoffice were entitled to a holll day. But not a single man once thought o? taking tlie day off. or even ja part of lt. lu fact, Postmaster! [Cochran han never observed the legal ; holidays. Instead, they did the hard iest day's work in the blistory of the Anderson postoffice. Too much could I not be said tn praiso of the city car i riera, for on their shoulders fell a [burden that wuld have been impossi ble ot perform...g by many. In a driv ing rain'and through streets that were veritable quagmires the city carriers plodded throughout the miserable day. making two complete rounds and de livering every piece of mail matter that was to be delivered. Rural Carri?res Task. Despite the fact that they were ac tually sick, suffering with la grippe and high fever, two or more of th? employees refused to if. o their posts ot duty when Postmaster Cochran suggested that they do so. They ?tuck to the respective posts and toiled away until t'<e last piece of mail matter had been ....merly disnosed of. So heavy was the mall to be deliv ered in the city that two extra car riers, Marshall H. Gaillard and E. C. McCants who are postoffiee clerks, were transferred to this service. So burdensome was the incoming mail that lt was necessary' for the railroad to put two dray wagons into Acrvlce between the depot and postoffice in stead of the usual one. And no man worked moro faithfully than E. B. L. Graddlck. the veteran carrier of mail to and from the postoffiee to the depot, to make the Christmas handling of mall a success. Mr. Craddick is em ployed by the railroad. He ls an old soldier, but his years affected in no way bis ability to do as much work as the youngest man in the service Heaviest Hails Ever. In speaking of the matter yesterday, Postmaster Cochran stated that the Christmas parcel post mali this year was estimated as being from three to five times as much as that handled last Christmas. This fact ls most probably du? to the general public having become bet ter educated to the advantages of tho parcel post as a medium for trans porting their packages. The "straight" mall matter was many tlimes heavier than that of lest year, and the entire amount of mail was the heaviest in" the history of the Anderson postoffiee. Many patrons oa the etty routes were appreciative of the good work done by the carri?re and remembered them ia various ways. Bomo patrons made the carriers nie? presents, while others invited them in tc have hot coffee and Christmas delicacies. Postmaster Cochran. IC^t onlv was the main postoffiee kent busy Utronahout the week, but a rattling business waa done at sub-sta tion No. I. at the Orr-Cray Drug Com? nany. Postmaster Cochran estimated that the amount of business done at SE > RECORD 'OSTOFFICE this sub-station this year was fully double? thc amount done at ?' e main postoffico tho first years be war, post master, he agent in charge of this substation as well as those In charge of the sub-stations performed Ho ir duties well and willi mark? d faithful ness. Hack of thc excellent record ne leomplihhed hy Anderson's postotflco force, who are second to none in (li?' ?United late? in efficiency and loyalty to duty, i* tl>e genius of Postmaster John lt. Cochran, who hhs just gone through h's seventeenth Christmas in ttiis capacity in this city. Ho is tho oldest postmaster in point of service in South carolina, and it is largely due to his abuillty to organize the work and execuw the plans that are neces >arv lo its success that the Anderdon public has enjoyed thc best postal servite of any town of the size of this city in tho United tutes, here is gen eral repret that lie is soon to lay down the duties which he has performed so faithfully ami well through all these years. In order that the general public i might know the employees of the post- ' ofllce who have contributed to their ! enjoyment of Chr'stmas, the follow- j ing directors of Lie office is pub lished: The Employees. Rufus ii. Gaines, assistant postmas ter and chief cl*-rk P. C. Mcl'hall, superintendent of carriers and dispatching clerk. Carland McGregor, money order and registry cl??rk. Harry Jones dispatching clerk and general utility clerk. C. C. Gaines, general delivery clerk. C. Ed Klmsoy, stamp clerk. James H. McDaniel, dispatching clerk and parcel post clerk. Marshall H. Gaillard, substitute gen? eral utility clerk, nnd carrier Edwin C. McCants, substitute gen eral utility clerk and sub-carrier. Malcolm T. Rurrisu, city carrier. ?talus C. Maxwell, city carrier. John L. Furguson, city carrier. F. A. Wllllford, city carrier. Lawton M. Wllllford, parcel post carrier. Leighton Pruitt, substitute parcel post carrier.. Hurold Howell, special delivery messenger. Jesse Johnson, special delivery mes R"**.Sor. Jasper Coker, serving for J. J. Coker, rural carrier No. ,1. Sloan Maxwell, rural carrier No. 2. Clarence I. Meeks, rural carrier No. W. S. Power, rural carrier No. 4, Wade H. Gtliner. rural carrier No. 5. Leroy Gaillard, rural carrier No. 7. James P. Gray, rural carrier No. 8. John A. Dendy, clerk in charge Gluck rural station. Samuel H. Johnson, clerk in charge Mills rural station. L. Reed Jackson, clerk in charge Orr rural station. Smith L. Mull, clerk in charge Tox away rural station. David S. Gray, clerk In chargo city station No. 1. E. B. ti. Graddick carries moll to and from trains for railroad. The Winners of Dugan* "Santa Jumble" The very attractive and interesting show window ot "Dugan the Paint Man." with his "Santa's Jumble" at tracted a great deal of attention from both young and old. Hundreds stop ped and looked nnd pussled Utelr brain for the correct answers; how ever there were comparatively few who were able to solve Ote riddle cor rectly: Tlie correct answer is: - Young Mother Hubbard went to ber cupboard, And threw up her hands at the sight: But a brinah and a can brought from Dugan, tho paint man, Soon made lt shipshape and bright again. Little Novelle Cromer, ot 121 East. Earl street won the first prize of a nico doll. Samuel Hardin of North anderson won Ute first prise for boys, which'wan an sir rifle; and hi? nialtir. Helen Hardin won (he second prize for girls. The Show Window display and the idea back of it are .worthy bf atten tion. It' was well gotten up. RECORDS BROKFY Feld Wate ls Worst Kv er Recorded In Many Sections. WASHINGTON. Lee. 26.-Thc cold Cit* that gripped tba country today, using record-breaking temperatures st many places from the-Misalssipnl River to the Atlantic coast, was mod erating tonight and gradually rising temperatures were predicted ior to morrow. Fair weather, waa predicted with Ute exception ot snow flurries in the Great Lakes States and rain In Florida. The lowest temp?r?t urea reported within the United States today was 32 degrees below aero at Northfield. Vt. The Weather. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-South Carolina: Cloudy Sunday and Monday, ?lowly rising temperature. ALLEN & KE "They will lip with us all week? i ? guarantee this one, too.** 4 M The Award of Justice," a two "Doctor's T^st,** Biograph Conn "The N'otk," Lubiu Brama. j o o o o o o O o o o o o o o o o o u o n I lo oh 0 I NION DOTS. ? I I U M 0 o n o o o o o ? o <? o o 0 o o o o o ? ? (?citing Keiiily for Christmas. < letting ready for Christmas may be 1 lots of fun for the women folks, but < the fellow who wears the Jeans doesn't ] get much fun out of the preparations.. ! And this year it has been a genuine '. 1 religion test for moat of them. You see ? I the weather has been so rough th? j I wearer of the Jeans could not stuy out ! ot doors, and it wasn't any better in town. So tho daily program goes ? something like this: "John get up; it'* live o'clock. I have got to bake 0 | cake, us soon as I have finished break- 1 feast." John gets up and goes th ough | tho usual turn of errands, and chores, (misiles brenkfast, builds a good fire ? land sits down tb read, only to be In- i lerrupted with "please John get some stove wood." "Beat fheae eggs," "O, i 1 My! The water bucket is empty. "John ) I listen ut those pigs crying for break fast, and the chickens need water," "John get the baby out of the way." j Perhaps John reads one column dur- , ing the morning, is fed on mush and ( baked potatoes for dinner, sweet milk and cornbread for supper. Fasting two 1 weeks to have It all set. before bim at one time on Christmas day. When he , tries-to make up for lost time and it L I ali ends by a splitting headache and scrapH another week. j f I The following young people ar? at : home from tbe different schools and', colleges for the Xmas holidays: I Messrs. Harmon- (?nmhrell of Fur- | aun and Smythe Gambrell of Colum bio. Misses Mary Gambrell of Chicora, ' ( Beulah BrookB of Westminster and , Elizabeth Harris of Winthrop. 11 The patrons and children of the rn- '[ ion school spent a very pleasant after noon at the fish pond exercises .given ! t by the teachers and pupils. Santa failed to put in hU appearance. How ever his gifts were there and ho was ably substituted. ' i] The following 'is the honor roll for ]' the mouth just"closed: Emma McConnell. Ruby Lee Knight, 1 Beulah Drake, Mamie Harris, r:dUh I Knight Lien Jones. Grace .tampec, ? George Robinson, Nora Xay, Kato c Knight, Marion Keys, Earl Hand, Jack ? Hand, Clarence Uamby. Eula Cam- s broil. Ravmond Breazeal, Ethel Rog- a ers, Frank Rampy. Hattie Knight. Bertha Jenkins. Hillie Hand. Hulet (! Burgess. George P.ampy, Eloise King, Glenn Knight, Housten Jenkins, Guy j13 Uamby, Clyde Gambrell. Harold Camp-1 * beU, Harmon Brooks, Adger Breazeal, -j Lorena Breazeal, Melvin Campbell. j(. Mrs. John MeGrau and little dan gb'j j tera are at home with her parents. Mr. (1 and.Mrs, Enoch Keys. (a Miss Cora Lee Farr nnd Mr. Albert ' n Burgess were married lost Sunday by j Rev. A. W. Attaway. Peuce go with if them snd Joy trot along behind. Mr. Ithama Brooks whose time in's the army at Fort Terry, N. Y.. host just expired, is now at home. fa Mr. Albert Bow lan of Texas will, i< spend the Xmas holidays with his o father, Mr. Thee. Bowlen. Misses Henry Austin! snd Carold Cooley spent Saturday in Greenville a shopping. V Mr. Edwin Acker of Tucaupan spenf t Sunday at the home ot Mr. P. T. Wei-r born. I1' : Dr. P. M. Lander spent Sunday in . " Greenville. - j ' .Miss Blanche Ferguson of ? Green- ' u ville is spending a few da vs nt home.) Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay Shams ci Bel- ' c ton are visiting In town. lp Mr. and Mrs, E. E. Wayland are] ' spending a few day4 In Greenwood. if, Mr. and M ra. C. E. Shockley aro vis-} Hing in Hodges. DT. G. P. Ransom of Allanta is in'z town for the holidays. fi Cadet K. D. Ransom ot the Citadel ei is spending th? holiday* with homo h folk?. s Dr. R. W. Alexander has relamed g from Durham, X. C. i B Mr. Dick Parker is visiting in Green- ; , ville. G Miase? Boyd, Arnold, Anderson stitt o Attaway,' teachers ia the graded BC boo] a! here, left Wednesday for their respec- Y liv? homes, f< Miss Annie lAurto Welborn, who is cl attending the Greenville Woman's Col- h lege at Greenville, ia spending thc * holidays at borne with her percata Ti Mr. E. H. Welburn made ? business tl trip to Greenville Saturday, j ? I AT ?HOE S [TO THE PROGRAM NN A PRESENTS fr. Aviation Girls" A classy Up-to-date Show, and tlio more they rome, the helter : lovies For Monday : reel Kalcm, featuring'; Carlisle Blackwi .dy^ Ur. and Mr?. .Tas. S. lielk of Atlanta ire visiting at the home of Mrs. L C. Cooley. .Mr. and M:**. Boozer Acker of Au gusta, On., are spending a few days with Mr. Acker's parents. Misses Edith Gossett, Jean and Nelle Qr iff) n ol Converse College nre spend ing thc holidays in town. Capt. Rigby and Cadets Poore anjtl ottaway of Clemson College arrived in town Wednesday night to spend the holidays with home folks. Messrs. B. S. H. Harris and J. O. Stockman of Greenville spent Wed nesday in town on business. Mr. Ferris Williams, a student at ihe South Carolina University, spent Tuesday night in, town en route to his liome in Greenville. Mr. Ralph Gossett left Saturday for Sau Francisco, where he will spend lome tint). Misses Mary Herbert Attaway, An nie Laurie Colver and Sara Bighy are linnie from Winthrop College. Mr. Kd Ackt?r of Abbeville is in town Mr. and Mrs. W, S. Ramsay and family of Anderson spent Christmas lay with Mrs. Ramsay's parents. M? md Mrs. R. G. Acker. Mrs. Chria Suber and Chris, Jr.. 3pent Tuesday in Anderson. Miss Annie Donnald of the Green ville1 Wotuun's College is in town lor he holidays. -Dr. Victor Wilson of Atlanta, Ga., is mending a few days in town. Mr. Harold Denn nos returned from i visit to friends in Anderson. Mr. D. J Tucker. Jr.. of Furman "ulverslty is in town for the holidays. Mr. Hugh Martin spent last week end in Slnipsonvitle. . Misses Mary Hart and Nelle Griffin ind Grace Lander spent Tuesday In 3reenvllle shopping. Mr. Matthew Austin is in town for* he holidays. Li- I CONTRABAND OF WAR '.. ?i .ist Hus Reen Revised by Great Brit- i tain and Notice Given United I milli"'" J WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.- Great i Irltain today notified the United i ?ates of a revision o fthe British I oatraband list. The previous list ot 1 ontraband is maintained, but sulphur i ind glycerine are transferred to tho , absolute contraband class. The following additions to the list ! I absolute contraband was made: (?, Ingredients of explosives, namely, \ dirie acid, glycerine, acetons, cal- ? lum acetate and alt other metallic , cetates, sulphur, potassium nitrate. , ructions ot distillation products . ot , oal tar between benzol and cresol . nclulivej aniline, methylanillne, f lin thy 1, aniline, amonium perchlor- . te, sodium perchlorate, barium chlor- ;. te, calcium nitrate, mercury.. , ' j Resinous products: Camphor and urpentine (oil and spirit.) Ferro alloys lnclnudlng ferro-t?ng ten, ferro molybdenum. Tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, eli niiun. cobalt, mag?ese, wolf rum ie, seheo] it e. molybdenite, magnese re, sine, lean ore. Alums and salts of aluminas. Antimony together with sulphides nd oxides of antimony. . Copper, part y rough t and copper J rire. I Submarine sound signalling nppnra- ! as. Tire? for motor vehicles and cycles ?gether with articles or materials et?* eclally adapted for use in manure?? re or repair of tires. Rubber, including raw waste and rc .?im^d Tubber and goods made whol t of rubber. ?ermim- Has Least Pelt ifte Wantage of War. In the December American Maga-, lae Will Irwin, war correspondent I >r that publication, writes an article I ntitled "The Gloryof War*? in which ! e gives a snrvey of the warVi effects a he has seen them in England. Bel iura, France and on Gie edge of Ger inny. Following Is an extract: "Perhaps or all central Europe, erroany has least felt the wastage f this war; for, except tn east Frus ta, she has so far been unlnvadcd. et from end to end ot Germany the ictory doors are closed and tho ssa? tiiuery~ stands unmovable In grease, ecanse the men are gone to war. rom Aix to the Polish border, abe ls irtually producing nothing except ie eternal war materials-which are raste because their end ta wastage ?ALE :ATR? ?ONDAY: roi?MI like 'em; .ll. ?SSB PURE DRUGS For years we have been estab lishing a reptation for furnishing everything that is the very best in dru^s, at the same time keeping prices down where they belong-. We are not SUBSTITUTORS, and you GET exactly what you ask for here. Special care ?iven .prescrip tions, and our delivery service ts excellent. The Ow) Drug Company Phone 636 mid the few necessities, like shoos, which the Btay-at-homes must have sven in war time. Distribution bas been pared to a minimum; the govern ment has been able to dispense with nilly enough railroad men to satisfy the most pressing needs. Of course, tlie fine side of life, tho sportive side, bas gone by the board, though the safes and a few plays and cinema shows are still running, I believe, in Berlin and the other larger centers. \ border, city like Aix furnishes such i spectacle SB history never saw be fore; One or two hotels are running ?alf force. Their cooke,and walters ill old men. Tho rest arr. closed. Half tlie shops are closer'.. On tho streets you see no young mon, save i policeman or a uniformed railroad jfftcial here and there. A few cabs tang round the station; they are marr ied by bent, grey-haired drivers. Down the streets files an eternal pro cession of women, carrying bundles lome from shop or market." NOW is the Time to Buy That Farm Money is Tight, and you can get it cheap 1 Have Some Real Bargains Ia Good Farms SEE ME H. G. Love?, Rea) Estate ?Ste Over Hubbard's Jewelry stero,