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Cost of all new dwellings completed in 1914.. In City of Anderson.$68,000 In North Anderson. . 60,000 Cost of new dwellings to be occupied by owners, in other words-HOMES. . * In City of Anderson. .$30,000 In North Anderson.60,000 figures of dwellings In City of Anderson taken from list published In Delly Hall, December ?1, 1914. 1 - - ??IVEX NEW THIAL ON EKK0K OF LAW -o ?Innlus Bogers, Under Death Sentence, Oji. tytla. Chase* Vmm Ku. presse Court. (The State.) Junlus Rogers, under sentence of1 death from Greenville County, was given a new trial - by the supreme court yesterday on the main ground that a confession ls not admissible, unless lt is voluntary and lt ls on the State to show by burden of proof that the confession was voluntary: "There ls no presumption ot law that it waa voluntary," aays the court . Rogers was convicted of murder in Greenville and sentenced to death by electrocution. There wero threo con fessions alleacd to have been made by Rogers under arrest At his trial the judge would not allow the first two to be introduced, but admitted tho third. When the question arose of admit ting the confession, thc jury was sent ont of the court room and tho opin ion sets out that utter tbe jury came back no testlmouy was introduced to show that the confusion was volun tary, which fact, says the oort, was a failure on the part of the State to show cue confession was voluntary and it was erroneously admitted. 'The defendant was entitled to hava all the testimony considered by the Jury, upon which the presiding judge based his ru Ung. as we have already shown that tue jury must finally dotermlne whether the confession was volun tary." The decision was written by Chief Justice Oary and concurred In by tho other justices. GERMANY'S FINANCIAL POSITION STRONGER Banks Piling np Deposit Aceonnts and Will Astonish World When Farth er Loan Issue ls Made. AMSTERDAM. Jan. i.- (Corres pondence ot The Associated Press) Germany's financia i position is getting stronger every dr.y, according to the VosBische Zeltun?: The Imperial Bank n?? ?leen paying particular attention to exchange i?al teas* it sayn, and "han equipped itself with a large supply of the money of neutral states .which it is supplying to German importers at prices lower than the prices paid In the open mar ket. Every German importer who ls doing 'business of economic value to the state ls assured of support and co operation from, the Imperial Bank." The writer asserts that the banks are piling up deposit accounts which will enable Germain- to astonish the world when a further loan Issue ls made. MARITAL TROUBLES BOBS UP AGAIN' Dr. John lt. llopklun Chanted by Wife j of Having Soulmales. ATLANTA, Jan. 1.-The marital | I roubles of the noted Dr. lohn P-. Hopkins of Atlanta have bobbed up again In tho form of charges by his wife that he has Boulmate? on Peach tree in Atlanta and lu a flat in Wash ington. She says tbey are named Virginia and Martha and Nell, and calls upon him to tell of lils relation with them. Dr. Hopkins, who is clo?e to 70 or perhaps past that mark, bas shut iilm self up In his handsonn Peachtree home and denied himself *o all com ers except a few faithful cronies who can run the blockade established by a faithful butler. He ls expected to contest his wife's suit for alimony, however. Dr. Hopkins and his family have made many a good front nags story In Atlanta papers, from the boyish escapades of his' son. Russell Hopkins, who kept a zoo In his back yard, eloped with a millionaire's grand daughter, and drove a pair of zebras down Fifth avenue, to his owi matri monial troubles which began several months ago. Mrs. Hopkins is living with her son in New York while the old gentleman keeps solitary state In his Atlanta castle. _ C Ml OIO E 3> ? U*!i!M Choice of every Coat Suit and every Coat in the entire house-None Reserved. Values un to ?35.00. MILLINERY Choice $1.98 Choice of all Pattern Hats-Values up to $i5.oa None charged: or C. O. D., or on Approval. Terms SPOT CASH. COME QUICK ! D. GEISBERG V NEXT MONLAY AND LAY FURTHER PLANS FOR AN NUAL MEETING THE SPEAKERS Prof. W. W. Long of Clemson College Hat Been Secured. Others Will Be Gotten. A mooting or the executive commit tee of the chamber of commerce will be held next Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock for the pur post- ot* consider ing further plans for thc annual meet ing of the organization, which will bc held the latter part of this month. AH generally known, it was decided Homi' time ago to hold the annual meeting of the chambo of commerce in thc latter part of January. Tho exact date for the meeting has not been fixed, but lt will bc hold some time between the 15th and 25th of the month. The place where the mc ilr.g and banquet will be held han not peen se lected either. All these matters of de tail will ?;e attended ti) in due course of tlm.?. in the meant Inn.- the committee is going forward with the matter of se curing speakers for the annual meet ing. r.?t. W. W. Long, State agent of the farmer's cooperative demon stration work, has already been se cured as one of the speakers. He will talk on the subject of agriculture. The committee endeavored to secure United States Senator Duncan IT. Fletcher, of Florida, and President R. G. Rhett of the Peoples National Dank, Charleston, for speakers, but neither one of them were able to accept. First Fire For the New Year Came Before 1915 Was Six Hours Old. The Aro department recei\V:d its first call for 1915 before the year was over six hours old, an alarm being turned in yesterday morning about C o'clock^ from tho coal and wood yard of M. W. Sloan, at the Blue Ridge railway yards, where a pile of wood bad taken tire. The fire bell was no: sounded and only those who Baw thc fire department goingo to the scene of the blaze knew anything about tho fire. The loss was .nominal. Just how the fire started, Is not known. It ls supposed, however, that lt etarted from a fire which some wood choppers had built there Thursday while at work for the purpo?" of warming thfrniselvcs. It ls .uppossd that the fire was not entirely put out when the wood choppers quit work Thursday night, and that som? time between then and daylight yesterday morning a pile ot wood nearby be came ignited. Second Fire For the New Year Occurred Late Yesterday in Negro House. The second fire alarm for the new year was sent in yesterday afternoon at 5:35 o'clock, the blase occuring in a negro hbuse on what ls known as houses facing sidetracks of tho Blue Ridge Railway in the vicinity of the plant of the Blue Ridge leo Company Papering on tho wall of one of thu houses caught Are In some way. Tho flame's had been extinguished hy the time the fire department arrived, and the damage done was only nominal. The first fire alarm of the new year was sent In yesterday morning about 6 O'clock from thc wood yard of M. W Sloan, in the Blue Ridge Hall way freight yards, where a pile- ot wood had caught fire. Better be safe than sorry-Willett P. Sloan, insurance. Found Dead Nesrc Found Dead Near Hart well Seen With Gambling . Party. . With reference to the death of Ernest Gray, the negro whose body was found ia tba woods near Hart U.T.U. ?nit who WAN supposed tn have come tb his desth as a result of re cent race rioting fa the Pair Play section of Oconee county, ?he Hart well Son has the following to any : Ernest Gray, col., was found dead about ? o'clock Monday morning in the road near Mr. Tom White's resi dence in the western section of the county. Coroner Nixon was promptly noti fied and the Jury returned a verdict to the effect that the negro had met ! death by ''Brows with rocks and axe In the hands of unknown parties." i Witnesses stated that they had seen him the oeght before with some white oran in the woods playing cards, and that he was the only negro in the crowd. From all appearances he had been rot bed also. No motive can be assigned for his death, and, in fact, very little ls known about the killing. SALVATION ARMY MAKES AN APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE IN WORK IS GRATEFUL To Those Who Contributed to the Christmas Dinner Fund for Poor. "Christmas has come and gone and ? I feel that wo have been ?ble to i cheer some sad hearts. 1 want to thank all who contributed to the Christmas dinner fund. I appreciate their help, and I believe that th" Lord will bletf? them for their kindness "Now that the new year has arriv ed and I am anxious to do more for the Master this year than I did last! I want the people of Anderbon to help us. I want one hundred people to give $1.00 per month to our local work. Thc Salvation Army work is carried an by contributions from the people. It ls a splendid work and the army ia needed in Anderson. People come to us with their troubled and hw tho help of the public we are able to Mclp others. In these words Ensign A. Belcher of thc local post of'the Salvation Army spoke yesterday of the assistance which had been given the organiza tion prior to the holidays and of the work which the army desires to do in future. The ensign wan tr.-; 100 people of the city of Anderson to agree to give 51.00 per month to. the Salvation Army work the donation tc be paid monthly Those who are willing to make this contribution are requested by him to Mil out the following blank and mail it to him: Believing that the work of the Sal vation Army is ot Cod, having 'wit nessed the devotion of those connect ed with its cause, oftimcB laboring I under trying and difficult circum stances, and wishing to help them in a practical way, I hereby tsubscribe ?, monthly to their local work for twelve months the sum of $. Name. . ... \. Street.*. Police Court But Few Cases Were Up For Trial Yesterday Morn mg. li i l Tho following casea- were disposed I of .vestcrday in recorder^ court: ll - Ed Heard and Marie Hicks, fighting < and disorderly conduct. Heard fined t Sf>, charges against Hicks dismissed j I Will ?cker and Ola Cunningham,\i disorder!**- condiict ^5 o?ch < ' John Wall andi Sallie Vandiver, 11 disorderly conduct, $5 each. h John Marton and Paul Marion, car- 11 rying a pistol, cases withdrawn' by i Mayor J. H. Godfrey. ii It ifs requested that notice bc given ' f that tlic John Wall above mentioned t ls colored. _._ _ _i I i A "Nei That SI Go< Resolved > Tha in tl whe ted I A 11 C rs.it ui I PALMETTO TODAY'51 Allen & K-nna': Pres "WHEN WE 1 A dcligjitful comedy c\erjoue. MOVIES FC 'THE SAVIN? PRESEN ' Farce ( 'WHO KILLED GEORG 2 Reel West THE LUCKY VEST"... Com FIGHTING MAKES SOLDIERS HUNGRY Eat in Excess When Food is Available Through Fear of Not Getting More Soon. LONDON, Jan. 1.-Fighting makes j soldiers hungry and they also eat in :xceBs when food ls at hand through 'ear that they may not get any mure 'or some time, a Servian soldier writes a fellow countryman here. "If I wanted half aa much to eat ! it home as I do when campaigning, ny little farm wouldn't support mc," i he lotter said in part. '"We all feel thc >?me- that we must iay up at ea'-h | neal enough to last us foi days, the ' ul ure being so uncertain. "When we were n the trenches a lundred yard3 or so from our oripon snts, likewise in trenches, we wan'ed lomething to eat besides maisc avd i few men risked their skins to gi I braging tc thc nearest villages. They ! .Ame hack next day with three roast j amos. und. in the joy of the feast, ve forgot protection. Hitherto wc lever popped up our heads except to ire, but now wo could not resist eali ng, 'Hey, Swabos! See what we've cot for breakfast!' and wc showed I hem the roast meat, knowing it would j nakc them wild. They fired a volley rv Year's Reso ?ould Appeal sd Business M t1 will deposit my mc ie Citizens National B re it is guarded by the 1 States Government? avin?s depuM?s made o e January 10th will d ?st from January 1st. . j" - ? : ' W : : - ','?? - [.Pr?sident J.F.SHI PROGRAM: s Aviation Girls ent WERE KIDS" sketch tliut will pica?? f DR TODAY CE". . 'oniedy. .. Biograph |1 ? GRAVES?".. ..Selig ern Drama. Edison edy. at it. breaking it into fragment"-. "'Thanks for carving itl' we have no kniveB nnd forks, so in return for your service we will share wib you', shouted our corporal. Then we lay in our trenches and ate our nil, throwing the hones to the Swabos and laughing at their shots which all went astray, they -Vere 1*0 angry. "Next day we saw boots .uspendeu on sticks outsido the Austrian trenches, add a voice caled in broken Servian, "See, you rats, how we aro shod, while you have not even sound sandals!" Then our commander re minded us of all the roast meal we had consumed, and said that on thc strength of it we ought to he able to earn a par of bevjts. So we charged at a moment when the Swabos least ex pected it. Sure enough we drove them out, and captured hundreds of new boots, with many other god things. In that charge I was wounded, but I brought away my new boots." XEEPNG IX UO?D CONDITION Many poor?e suffer rrom Indigestion and constipation and do not know lt. A feeling of dullness and languid" n?ss. bitter taste in tho mouth, head ache, bilious icc*-ihosi. ot those conditions when you "arc not sick, but don't feel right"-can be traced lo sluggish bowels and torpid liver. Foley Cathartic Tablets cleanse thc sy'dtem, arouse the liver, banish in digestion and make you "feel good all over''-light, energetic and ambitious. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. lution To All en. ?ney ank, Uni n or Iraw