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PALMETTO THEATRE ALL THIS WEEK DAVE NEWNAN'S MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY Comprising the Immensely Popular Tabarian Girl Regardless of where you have been, or what you have seen, we GUARANTEE that the show this week will beat any show you ever saw for the same price. If it isn't, stop at the box office and get your money. That's fair isn't it? They come direct to us from a very successful four week's engagement at the Bonita in Atlanta, where they turned the people away on many occasions. Our contest, which has grown so very popular is still in progress; it will continue on through this month. Two Annual Passes given each week; You are as apt to get one as any other person* r aUttf\ftffflQhVlfTtm'Wh*mtir^*Ui ntt^r*- i i Come Monday, and Remember this Show is GUARANTEED to Please YOU ! i?H THEFT OF $52.00 ________ FROM RESIDENCE OF FRANK P. ROBERTSON LAST MONDAY NIGHT A CONFESSION By Clever HSl of Detective Work j CoruUble ?nd Police Get Maude Scales in Toils. ' Arrested on suspicion In connection with thu disappearance last Monday nlfcnt ot ICS in cash from the resi dence of Fra ?lc P. Robertscu, SOS South Main ntreet, but released the following dev because of lack of evi dence against her,' a negro women of j many "ulalses." but who, through exi gencies of the occasion, ls dubbed Maud Scales, was rearrested Friday night on charges of haM'ug stolen the money, und according to Police Chief I gammons, has mH0 a confession to] thia effect. flare lier Hone. Although the polico had no evi dence against tho uejro woman in connection with the robbery. They were morally certain that she had had lethia* to do with lt. But before roi-Juattee opinions and moral ties, do1 not go-one moat be able to deliver the goods, which, tn legal parlance, is evidence of the brand where no reasonable doubt ex lits as to the aunt or innocence of j the accused lr. this instance Van Martin, con-1 stable for Magistrate B. F. Wilson, | abd members ot the police depart ment decided to bring luto service a time-honored and homely blt of epl .rramnjsttlcal wisdom, to wit. "give THO plenty of rope and he will hans* himself." So they decided to give Maud Scales plenty of rope, and now It appear? that Maud baa, figuratively j speaking, pla cod the noose about Toar own neck-" Boufut Much Finery. One night last week Privates 8an ' rs ?od WhUten ??arched the domi of Maud Scales. They discovered] tl new garments of rather ex auspicious. But Maud had not been given enough rope. While- Constable Van Martin and the police rented on their guns Maud went about the-job of wcaUng a net about herself, BO lt ls said. In nome way 'tBo officers' 'learried thst Maud had made -ather extensive purchases st s local department store. They made an investigation but found that the goods had been returned. About this time tliev received a "tip" thst a colored woman had made con siderable purchsses from a ladled store of the city. They investigated this, but at first found no evidence. 'Tis true extensive- purchases bad been mad o at this store by a negro woman, but she did not give her name a's Maud Scales. 'She had" purchased gooda smountlng to 135, and had left them ht tbe store, to be delivered lat er. The police went a little further with tiio investigation and learned ? hat the purchases in question hod be?n made by Maud Scales, but under in assumed hume, or as she would orobably sav, s non de plume. It wai m Interesting fact to note, that thc -woman had requested that the pur chsses be held there and not sent tc ber home. A Sly "Mott, The colics are of ?he opinion thal Maud Scales ordered the'goods no' sent to her house Immediately foi 'ear that the police might search hei domicile and find them. In othei words, they*, believe, she planned t< wait until the "storm bad blown over' before: taking the gooda home. The woman was arrested. Frida; night and placed In tbe guard house Yesterday morning she was transfer red to the-county jail. Her case wi; be handled bv the county nuthorltles as the, amount of money stolon 1 over IBO and constitutes grand lar nany, which is not within the Jurtadlc lion of the recorder's courte' '.* . iM-wwiin. wo* Mr. ReJ^fa^'sfoe?d?d t>*. setrSui back the.' 135 which waa spent by th negro woman at the ladles' store men tioned. Ile recovered sr? from soothe source, which leaves bim still ll short ot the amount stolen. Maud Scales was a domestic st th home ot Mr. F^berteon, snd f<nc moue; waa taken from, a bureau drawer. Tm? Troop? Holding City, SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Jan. 9.-Dis patches received here tonight, fran the Mexican border reported the bat tie between Crransa and Villa- force nt Saltillo, Mexico.? still In nrogrea with the Villa troops'holding the cit against the attacks ot the Carrana army. Both sides claim an advantag aa a result of the two days fighting THEME MONDAY DAVE NEWNAN'S MUSICAL fi COMEDY CO. with their Popular Tr&arian Girls in a Very Funny, Funny Show. MOVIES FOR MONDAY "THE OLD MAID"--A two reel Majestic Drama? .?FATTVS MAGIC PANTS''-One of those funny Keystone Comedies for which this company is justly famous. Remember the Contest for Annual Passes ; Two are given away each fweek. The Vaude ville this week is a GUARAN TEED Show. PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE TO BE HELD IN ANDERSON COUNTY BEGINNING . TOMORROW DR. J. C. CARMAN And Other Prominent Speakers WIO Attend the Institutes nod Discuss Matters. The program tor the Sunday school Institutes to be held in Anderson county beginning tomorrow ls ss fol lows. AnderKon, Jan. 11-3 O'clock All the schools of each denomina tion in Anderson School District Na 17 and Oluck Mill will send delegates to the institute meeting at the Central Presbyterian church, meeting Mon day. Jan. ll. at 2 o'clock. Belton, Tuesday 12 -2 O'clock. The schools of Broadway, Belton, Martin and Hoea Path townships will send delegates. Meeting held In First Baptist church. Starr, Wednesday 18-9 O'clock. The schools ot Varennes. Savannah. Hall and Corner townships will send delegates. Meeting held In Methodist Episcopal church. Pledsaont. Thursday 14-4 O'clock. The school? nt Brushy. Creek. Gar vin. Wllltemiton and Hopewell will send delegate?. Meeting held in Bap Pendleton, Friday, Jae. 12.-2 O'clock. The schools Ot Rock Mills. Fork, Pendleton and CenterviUe townships will ?end delegates. Meeting held in Methodist Episcopal church. It ls heped every church tn the county will be represented at some of these Institutes. Dr. Carman and oth er good speakers will be pr?sent and a live man will discuss a live topic and our schools will be greatly bless ed. If any school finds lt difficult to send delegatos to the Institute mooting In the district then send to some other distict on any of the other days men tioned. Below will be teand a Hst of I the speakers and the topics to be dis cussed and also the county organisa tion: (Each school ls urged to fill out the | bianka carefully a?d rotura as re quest.) Comity Central Committee. A. L. Smothers. M. rx, vice presl- i dent; Mr. T. Prank Watkins, vice] Eresident; Mr. L. M. Cecil, secretary; lr. R. M. Cathcart, treasurer Assisted by State Ce Bimi tte? men. Dr. J. F. Vines, Anderson; Mr. J. A. I Brock, Anderson and five institute Anderson, Central Presbyterian Church, Jan. IL . John C. Carman, state superintend ent; R. s. Lig?n. F. M. Burnett, G. Cullen Sullivan. Dr. J. B. Townsend. Bette?, First Baptist Church, Jan? 12. John C Carman, state superintend ent; O. W. Chambers. W. & Ram wey, Rev. D. W. Dodge, A. R. Campbell. 8t*rr, Methodist Church, Jan. la. , John C. Carman, state superintend ent; F. W. Bannister, Rev. J. W. ! Speake, Rev. Herman Stone, T. Frank Watkins. Piedmettt, Baptist Church, Jaa Id. John C. Carmal, sUte superintend ent: Rev. D. C. Williams. W. F. Coi. C. JB. Karie, O. M, ??ard. Pendleton, Methodist Church, Jaa. 15, John Cv Carman, state superintend ent; E. W. Brown. Ber. J. M. Gar rison, Dr. J? R. Young, J. W. Quat tlebaum lestitat* Program. Some of the following subject* will ? fe dUcnesed-tor evmie of the workers f at all of the institut??: After**** Session 2 te a P. Ms %. Weakness ot Our Sunday School Work. 2. How to Make Bible Study De-1 llghtful. 3. Roand Tabla Conference on "Sunday School Management" 4. Should th* Sunday School Teach Sy*4emstto Proportionate Giv ing? 6. What Kind Pf Bibi* Class At tracts Men? ?. Shall Anderson be a Front Lino Hy=r??v AshMl CAU?(V? 7. ?as?itufe Surprise. Erenla* Beset** tm te tltd. 1. BUong Points ot a Saoneeaful Talks on "Why I go to Sunday School." 2. "Thc Hom? and the Sunday School Harnessed Together." 4. Th* Qualifications of aa Effect ive Teacher. i r, a WIU ?'Ake Von to Bee*** Fishers of Men." 6. Vi * ErtrteitlDK. 7. Institute Surprises. 8. Whet a Well Organised Men's Clsss Means to a Church. Anderson County District No. 1. Brushy Creek, Garvin. Wil liemston and Hopewell townships. No. ?. Broedaway, Belton, Martin and H-pnea Path townships. No. 3. Varennes, Savannah, Hall and Corner townships. No. 4. Rock Mills, Fork, Pendleton and Centerville townships. No. 5. Anderson School district No. 17, including Oluck. Every Sunday school should send two or more dele gates, preferably to the Institute in your district. PROGRAM FOR FIRST SESSION ?Outlined For 71ot Genera! Ai aembly of Sooth Carolina Which Begin? Tuesday. The Intelligencer Bureau, W. F. Caldwell. COLUMBIA, Jan. 9.-A program of ! constructive l?gislation han been out lined for the ?rat session of tho 71st general assembly of South Carolina which begins on Tuesday at noon. Everything la In readiness for the an nual meeting of the legislature, andi i the session which begins Tuesday is | [expected to prove ene ?of the most Im portant in recent years. Organisation at the:two houses will i be first perfected. * ?Retiring . Clerk I Jsmes A. Hoyt will calk tho new house to order, and aa soon lhasa temporary presiding officer ts setpeted Mr. Hoyt, who is A representative from Rich land. will b? unanimously elected ?sneaker. Six .candidate? sra eftes-tog I for the clerkship. J, Wilson < Gibbes and E. O. DePsss of Columbia, C. A. Mays of Greenwood, H. C. Booker of Spartanbnrg, J. TJ McGee ot Bates burg, and J. W, Hamel ot Kershaw. John 6. Wilson in a candidate for re [election as sergeant at arms, and 8. McO. Simkins tor reelection aa read. J lng clerk. No opposition hus devel oped to Rev. J. P. Know of Columbia I ? for chaplain. The holdover senators will caucus I tomorrow night to select n president | pro tem snd make the committee as signments. The names of . Benstors Legrand Walker of Georgetown and Alan Johnstone of Newberry aro prominently spoken of for president pro tem. It ls expected that .Senators Christensen ot Beaufort for chairman of the finance committee, Sin&ler ot Charleston for chairman of the edu cation committee, Carlisle of f partan burg for chairman ot ! the Judiciary committee, and Appelt of Clarendon tor the chairmanship.et the railroad committee will he reelected without opposition. M. M. Maa? of St Mat thews for clerk. K Beverley Sloan ot j Columbia for assistant clerk, J. Fred I Bchnmpert of Newberry lor sergeant at-arms. Rev. W. a Stokes of John ston far reading clerk, hid Rev. c. A. Freed of Columbia for chaplain have no opposition tor reelection, and will probably lie unanimously selected by the canons on Monday Ofht. .Lieutenant Gordimer Charles A. Smith of Timmoo/ville will cell tho s?nate co order. The hew senators win be sworn ?a and the nominations of the caucus read and elected. . New faces will predominate Ia . the house. Only 29 of the igst house ara returned, but some of the members have served In former legislaturas. However over two thirds of the new house will get their, first legislative experience. Prominent members of former houses' who are members ot the new house are T. C. Cothran and Jos. A. McCullough of Greenville and S. T. McKeown of Chanter. Less than a third ot V? senkte will be new members. Mair oe those who will not return have be*? prominent ly identified wnh one or the nther tag- j tslaitvn branches for many yadra. There ts one vacancy ta the senate, from Chester, caused by the death of Senator p. L. Hardin. A special elec tion to fill thia vacancy win tea* place on Tuesday, ansfthern age two candidstee offering. Jw O. Brice, who wak a' member ot the last howse, aa* 8. T. Stokes. The Inauguration of Governor Rich-1 ard t. Manning sad Lieutenant Gov eraor A. J. Bethen wRl take placa AA Taesdsy week at noon. The inaugural exercises will ba heir tn the hall oC tao bonne of representatives in the presence of the Joint; session of the s?nats and hoaaa> suaram* court of* finials nod the people. Chief Justice Gary of tbe supreme .coart will ad mtaist r th? oath of effie* to the gov ernor and lieutenant gov? ?cr. The capitol b ready, for the reatta hiing ot the tewkaaksia. The hall? ot the house and senate have been swept and prepared, and all the prelimi naries gotten into shape. The message of Governor Cole Blease will be presented to both houses immediately after they organ ise and send a committee to \otlfy him of the fact. The message has been written and ls now in the hands of the printers. Members have already begun drop ping into Columbia and by tomorrow night practically the entire member ship will be in the city. NO STOMACH PAIN? GAS. INDIGESTION IN FIVE MINUTES "Pope's Diapepsin" is Ute only real stomach regulator known. "Really does" put bad stomachs in order-really does" over come indi, gestion, dypepsia, gas, heartburn' and sourness in Ave minutes-that-just that-makes Pepe's Diapepsin the largest selling stomach regulator in th? world. If what' you eat ferments into stubborn lumps, you belch- gas' and eructate sour, undigested food and acid; head is dizzy and aches; breath foul; tongue coated; your Insides tdled with bile and undigestlble waste, remember the moment "Pope's Diapepsin" comes in contact with .the nt omach all such distress vanishes. It's truly astonishing-almost mar velous, and the joy is-its harmless. 'A Urge fifty.cent case . 'ot Papes Diapepsin will give you a hundred dollars' worth of satisfaction or your druggist hands you your money back. lt's worth its weight in gold tot l$ea aed cornea T??o can't get ikeif stomachs regulated. It belong . in your home-should always be kept handy lu case of a sick, sour, upset stomach during the day or at night. It's the quickest, surest and most harmless stomach regulator in the world. i EX-SHERIFF KING OUT FOR SARG?? OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE SENTATIVES AT AP PROACH1NG SESSION IS OPTIMISTIC Has Received Assurances of Sop port From Many Parts of State. W. B. King, ex-sheriff of Anderson county end former police chief-of tue city, is s candidate for sargeant-st arms ot the House of Representatives, a position which will, be filled by the lower branch of the Legislature upon the convening of the General Assem bly oa- Tuesday. ' afr. King stated yesterday that he ?entered the race at the Boldtltatton ?of friends and that he had received I assurances of support from friends land acquaintances and many who are not acquaintances, and that he feels be has a good chance of being elected to the position he seeks. In his campaign for the. position of sergeant-at-armB ' of the hduse. Mr. King has not traveled over the State tor the purpose of consulting various persons of Influence as the remuner ation of the office does not warrant such. Mr. King has, .'however, address ed letters to members of the House and others throughout the State In forming them that he IK a candidate for this particular office. He baa not sexed any 'of those to pledge hun their support, but merely requested them to withhold pledging themselves to the support of shy one man until he could have an Interview with them. Mr. King stated yesterday that he would go down to Columbia today or tomorrow ba the Interest of his campaign. . That Anderson's well known and popular ex-sheriff is out for this po sltlon will be of Interest to bbl ,many Underneath the MUD Is where you'll find the soil, and that's the stuff from- which alt wealth springs. Do you ever think of that? And while you are thinking of it, ?lease remember that I sell lots of farms every week; how ever I still have, some of the very best farms in Anderson County for sale. If you contemplate the pur chase of a farm SEE ME! H. G. Love, Real Estate Office Om HaMutft Jemlij JMm. friends throughout the county. He was torn und reared In this county and has alwayslived here. For yee.? he figur ed conspicuously tn public life of the city and county, and no man who ever held public office here ls sere popu lar with the rank and file of the peo ple, big hearted, practical and affable, but utera and exacting in the dis charge of duty, when the occasion re quires, he would make an ideal ser jeant-at-arms. And many are there who would be delighted to see him se cure the appointment. Mr. King stated that he is opposed by some three or four others ?tor the same position. Tho position is to be filled immediately upon the convening of the Legislatura, which will be on Tuesday. FOR THE PERSONS WHO COUNTS THEIR DOLLARS and like to see thelrpcrT nies work we ask an inspection of the great values in gool substantial shoes we have to offer. Men Women $6.00 Shoes now . 5.50 Shoes now. 5.00 Shoes now. 4.00 Shoes now. 3.50 Shoes now. . . . b $4.95 , 4.75 i 4.25 . 3.25 . 2.95 $6.00 Shoes now. 5.00 Shoes now. 4,00 Shoes now 3.50 Shoes now, 3.00 Shoes now . 2.50 Shoes now ?443 4.25 3.25 IS We are pretty near recognized for headquarters on good shoes-the shoes we sell at this st?e^represent the best* manufacturers mak c. Ueisberg Bros. Shoe Co. Under Masonic Temple. "Shoes That S?rtisfy."