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erica! i Stocks and Bonds. New YORK.- Jan. ?.-Sucu anima tion aa was mekltedt at odd times to todayV, ?tock market ;was mainly in the apeclsl class of Securities. /.This em braced Bethlehem Steel, which rose td 6? t-8. a hlt?>rtcd; to ihe accpmpant mett ot d'vWa&d resumption famors; American Caa. -waSte earnings are said to be jfhry fogs; tautinghouse Electric. Ihtc-mationai Htirvester, al though ther^ wae aa abrupt decltop to its^mlaimum by the sfock of ihe f ore iso corporations; and several ot the newly listed automobile shares. Favorite railway stocks were under pressure ? fdr-the greater part of the session, likewise United States Steel, which again Was offered for foreign interests, 'according tO' board room gossip.* Tn the final hour, however, and to the accompaniment of more ac-? tivity than figs recently been shown,! the- whole list broadened and aduane-1 cd with numerous r.H gains of I to over 3 pointe. The ?hort interest tn ' some of tb?fmdr? speculative Issues hu fried ly covered their commitments, which la many Instances resulted lo considerable toss. \ By far the most' interesting devel opment of the doy whs another decline in exchange.on London, bringing the quotations down to 4.83 1-3 the lowest price since the market panic here tn October, it*07. Despite' this abnormal situation bankers today expressed doubt that any of-the gold recently shipped to Ottawa would be returned ht the Immediate future/It was agreed that the chief cause of the decline lay in the vast improvement shown by this country's foreign, trade. " Small dealings continued in the London market, but high grade Is sue , swere stcsdy. Payment of a large Installment of the new wax loan was made without moetary strain. The Bank of England lost slightly more than $3.000.000 gold during the week and tts liability reserves showed some reduction. The local market for bonds was Ir regular with wide fluctuations In many Issues! Total sales, par value, were |i ,980.000. United States government bonds were unchanged on cali. _" Liverpool Cotton . Li ERPOOL, Jdn. 7.-Cotton steady. Good middling 0.94; middling 4.74; lom middling 4.31. Sales 8.000: spec ulation and eaport/*W. Efccelpt* VTA OOO. i-. Mk Futures bfcrely steady. Msysjui , 4;B0 ?r2? auly-?dgtlst- 4/?: 3^2; OetW ber-N?vember 4 66 1-i; January-Feb iMary 4.71 1-2. Cotto?vSeed ?i? NEW YOBjk. Jan. 7.-Cotton oil was active today with ?rt?e* h er on advancing crude mar keir, buying tor 'ntrteideJ long account and light offering* generally. Pindi prices vJ5jpB8j^??,? S?^Jt ?3.15t$ i January ?.10056.22; February March 6.48? 6.50 ; April md Financia! New Orleans Cotton NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7.-After an advance ol 4 to ? -pointa In Ute' ear ly trading today cotton tell ott and continued to sag throughout the re mainder ot th? session, closing at practically the l?weat ot the day, a net -loss of ? to 6 points. Selling for both account? was responsible (or the decline, bearish traders selling short on the reaction, theory and also on what they considered waa unfavor able European newe, while longs let go freely.at.times. . . Beare claimed that . leading spot, house's' were'heavy sellers and that spot holders in the Interior were of fering larg? quantities , of cotton. Against this Were reports Of a contin ued, good .spot .demand, and foreign clearances for the day of 74,528 bales, es against port receipts of 76,545 bales.. Exporte for the past four days totalled 261,486 bales, Indicating thal 'his' week's clearances will be the largest .of aux week .thia, season. Spot cotton steady; eales on the spot 550 bales; to arrive 1.500. Cotton futures closing: January 7.41; March 7.68; May 7.89; July 8.09; October 8.38. New York Cotton . ; NRW YQUK. After a com paratively steady morning the: cotton market? met renewjr.d ' Realizing ?to day and closed barely steady at a not decline of 8 to 10 points. ,!VV Cables a little more than respond ed to yesterday's local doclinc, but alter opening at decline of 1 point to an advance of 2 pointa, the market here sold about 4 to 7 points net high er duripg ther early trading. This1 advance reflected covering by some of j yesterday's sellers, who were evident-1 ty Impressed by the largo .sales and steady showing of, the southern spot markets while there, also appeared to be some buying by houses with Ger man connections. , The demand waa pot as general o? ; as aggressive as lt waa earlier in the. Week; however, ead the market be came comparatively quiet at the ad vance, The slackening of demand loomed to inspire renewed realising by old longa, and as prices began to sag pit the Belling became more active. Spot houses were sellers ot October on the decline and rumors that Italy ifrae on the verge .of declaring war on Turkey, combined with unfavorable British Board of Trade returns ?or De cember, may have promoted some of tho\ preaBure which sent prices to 6 to 8 points net lower in the later trad ?B^Sa^^OO^1615''^^^18 uplands Cotton futures closed barely steady. ... Opon' hlKh low c??w? ??auary,.. ? ;? - . .-U? . 7.9* w 7.77 March.. .. .. ..8.0't S.l'V -.?JK? 7.?^ 'Ma*.-. .'.'V.J. ..8.23 r.zi Jus FitTJ Janly...... ... 841 < 8.G0 8.35 8?5 October. .. ?Al 8.?3 8.6O ;^.?0; ' J '-rr?-- ? Dry Good? NEW YORK, Jan. 7.--AU advance to ly. were in bett?r^emanfl,, Machinawa Laite?* Photo ? the Kaise Hair is Turning Gra ?EBH9HHSB ^^^LJj 1 Hj B ?V ! ; i ' ; j ?I , This is the latest photo of Kaiser Wilhelm. He is wearing hie new gray field nnfornv and it lar the first picture taken, of him since ho adopted it. But the striding thing about the photo is tts confirmation ot statements in s?v Were bought freely; for fall. Wine ad-' ranees on. them, reaching 17 l-2c a yard: Ba, wsilk was 10c per pound nigher. Raw silk of dry goods were .more plentiful than for.some time. . Chicago Grain -?- . ?3SEiGAaO . **? ?? _i--?>?.Va? _ ed excitedly on European buying in the last hour today. The close was strong a? l 3-4 lo 2 3-8 above last night, Corn rose 3-8@l-2 to i-2 net and oats 8-407-8 to ??v i-8. In pro r Snowing How Hi? iy Since the Way Began. i oral cable dispatches from correspond- j ents who have recently seen him that ] his hair has turr.?*d gray. Photo graphs of the Kaiser taken before the war. show more black bair than gray. The change i? hts appearance ls there fore very noticeable. _ _ visions the finish varied from a five cent decltoe to an upturn of 2 1-2? 6c, .<*. ; ? Grain and provisions closed: Wneet, May 1.38 3-8j July 1.24 3-8. | Corn, May >76 5-8; i July 76 1-2, Ooata, May 55 7-8; July 53 3-8. Caah grain: Wheat. No. 2 red, l.S3; k-8?1.3a 5-8: NO- 2 .hard, 1,82 5-8? i.36-5-3. Corn, No. 2 yellow^, l-2?70. Oats, standard, 52 T-i@53. Live Sibck CHICAGO. Jan. 7.-Hogs weak. Bulk 7.15? 7.25; light 6.906??5;' mixed 6.90?7.25; heavy 6.90?7.25; -ougbj 6.90@7.05? pigs 5.50@7.20. Cattle firm.. Native steers 5.6." ?9.70; cows and helgfers 2.90@8; calves 7.75@10.50. Sheep firm. Sheep 5.90?6.80; year lings 6.90?7.90; lambs 6.90@9. NOSE CLOGGED FROM A COLD OR CATAftrtH AW^lte1^A^^sa*a2 Ahl What. relief! Your clogged nostrils open right up, thc air pas sage? of your bead are clear and you can breathe Ifreely,. No more. hawk ing, snuffling, mucous discharge, headache, dryness-no struggling for breath at night, your, cold or catarrh ls gone. , Don't stayistued up! Oct a small bottle of Eiy*a Cream Balm from your dtuggiet now. Apply a little of thia fragrant, antiseptic cream tn your noe - trils, -let lt penetrate' through .every. affir passage ortho head;;sobtbo-and heal the swollen, .i^fjkmad.: mucous mcmbahe, giving you l?^twnt i^ll?L Bly'a Cream Balm ib tust* what every cold and catarrh Hutterer 'has > been ahsfrtng, t's JUBCsplendor- " IS HER Birthstone lt SHE was boni ?n January give her a ring, lavs?ier, or some oilier pretty .piece of jewelry con taining a pretty, garnet, to typify it her birth-month; shel? * appre-jj cl?*c ft. i? ' Tiiis is the Message For ; Wh^h ?ll ,k??r|s.ev.er?l>years> our' Great Winter Clearance1 Sales? have; been . the ;:m?st)ta?k^about!s?les;here:or elsewhere. This year this sale is . greater, withtmore interesting Bargains than ever before. One of the main -reasons-'why * the women talk of our sales and wait for them? is :that\they know that the garments they get here are autjientic in "style. V That ?if'they xame fronv "Boyd's" they are."alrigritV Suits '^Siand-Mo^Suits.at.. . . .. $15.00 $l$<and!$20>Suit at .... ... .$8.00 Coats A big.line of Coats ranging in. price from $l8,to $20 at .'. .. ..$10.00 Dresses Choice ' of f all ; our, Evening? presses, which sold-for i40 111(1^35'at '. . . . . $25.00 Misses' and Children's $12.00 Coats at ... . . . $10.00 Coats at .... .. $5.00 Coats at .. . $8.00 $6.00 $250 Furs $4o.oo Sets at. $35.oo'Setsat. . . $30.00 Sets at ...... ,t >25.00 Sets at ......... $20.oo,Sets at. ; $*18.?0 Sets at .'. . . . . . . and others reduced.as-low as. .$30.00 $26.80 .$22.50 . . .$15.00 . $12.80 . . . .$5.00 This isa boria-f ide (Clearance 'arid the-first and i last < Cut Price Sale of the season, heirce-the importance of quick action !on your part. Czar Visiting His Sold?ers in the Field. fi-4 --te -*>v^ r:/^*i> V ?\ i titi \'i ' ' . "????ii "M&M" billys" .:.-UH sather In the Russian field ot bnttle. j him congratul?t Jog tho )BE!?f? vtlLL HATE O SEAT OBALN MARKET "as are Belag row* *7 . the Clumber af Commerce-Body ls Aetlve. FL0RT,tC?r lan. ?.-Tu* hoard ?f, l i rector* ot the chamber ot eastmere* net yesterday to complete the organ tatton for the year and to take up whatever waitera et interest should. Erenen* iheuiselvec. M. D. .Lucas, who ?ar seen a very acm * member fot l?verai years, and tor several month? MM. beenup***tua. Ailing th* ??? fcfcalrsd term of R. ndcCowu ileated president., JMetobers, of > >h*nl bsd o ledKco\ active coop* urer. There were a number pf ft matters brought up for const among them the locattoa-oi industrial epcasras, and th* e of the .tobacco market a od tho ot a grain, market. ?a iheeo commtttees whick-had them f bad fut things in motto? sW wresting reports ; Plana. : ... Israln <mark< VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA