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TODAY'S PROGRAM: IN VAUDEVILLE DAVE NEWMAN'S MUSICAL COMEDY CO. ? PreHeut? \ "THE GAY DECEIVERS" A Kip. Boering Musical Farce Comedy. l\ ,- * IN MOVIES: .THE FARTHER," & two reel Broncho Feature. "COHN KM NU HATS," a very lonny farce comedy by the Comic Film Co. Remember the Content lu ?tili going OBI your chance? are Jnttt a?,good BB any one eine; and this Newman Musical Comedy Co. Show IM a UCAR ANTEEO ??nc-"YOUR MONET BACK If yon went U." FINKSTON. m M >. ti; vt. WHY PAY MORE ..... . . , THAN SS A TON FOR COAL? I sell the best coal that fen be bought. and save money on your fuel- v k B.N. Wyatt WE BUY AND SELL DEBTS If anyone owe? you money furnish us nu itemised written statement ot the account v**4dS?* WE GET THE MONEY m o we. anyone money, we Will j ay the debt by Our Mutual lea? Plan, Our "indian" will call on alow'pay. era and collect bad debta. That is hld business. MUTUAL LOAN COMPANY 106 1-2 W. Benson St. . Andersos, fl. C. American Comment Read With Interest (By Associated Pre? > LONDON, Jan. ll.-American com ment on the British preliminary roply to President Wilson's protest against the detention ot American shipping by British warships wss read with great pleasure st the repeated evi dences of tbs friendly spirit with which the negotiations are proceeding. The British foreign office, lt was pointed out by officials there, never maintained that Ute partial statistics concerning American trade with Eu ropean neutrals were conclusive, hut, on the other hand, that they were merely suggestive. ? -?- Hi SEVERE PUNISHMENT Of Mrs. Chappell, el Bte Tom Steat&f, Relieved by CarduL Mt Alfy, N. C.-Mrs. Sarah M. Chap? pill of this town, says: "k suffered tor live years with womanly troubles, also stomach troubles, and my punishment ann mort than any one could tell. L". I tried most every kind of medicine, bat none did me any good. I read one day about Caroni, the wo man'? tonic, and 1 decided to try iL I had not taken but about six bottles until I waa almost cured. It did me more good than ah* the other medicines 1 had vied, put together. My Mends began asking ma why 1 looked so well, and 1 told them about Cardai, Several are now taking iL'* .Do yon, lady teador, suffer from any ol the ailments due to womanly trouble, auch aa headache, backache, sideache. slcepleasuess, gad that everlastingly tired II so. Ictus urge you to give Cai ?ui a trial. We feel confident it witt help you, lust aa H has a million other women in the past half century. Begin taking Cardu) to-day. You i won't regret it AU druggists. . Ifr** /^Oatfanooee tMMm Co., Lad*?* advisory Oast. GhtUWMo*!, T?nn.. tor SttritU AU High Shoes Are Going at a Big Reduction in Prices. Thompson's BigShoeSaleDidlt We seid they mest move ?nd they do move Roaaerohor every ?hoe in amt store is mended in this Sale. Get 'em at Thompson's and Save the Difference. Sa^aV)aB%W4aein|pVintM GUARD AND WATCHMAN OVERPOWERED AND TIED HAND AND FOOT SLIDE DOWN ROPE FROM 4TH STORY Four Long-Termed Prisoners, Up for Forgery, Murder and Rob bery, Break For Liberty. (Dy AMociated Prrss.) RICHMOND. Va.. Jan. ll.-After overpowering and tying hand and foot, successively an armed guard, and arm ed nlghtwatchman and a shop fore man, four long-term convicts, serving terms for forgery, murder and rob bery, slid down on a rope from a fourth ?tory window of the State pen itentiary here tonight and after scal ing a 30-foot wall, made a clean break for liberty. The men were H. L. Hamilton, sent up for forgery, who had about seven years yet to serve; Slier Atkins, for second degree murder, with 10 years yet to serve; Al Burton, second degree murder, whose term would have ex pired In 1932. and E. B. Hanley, rob bery, who had five years yet to serve. The escape was sensational and evidences point to a carefully laid plan. The men left behind them a signed note, attesting a mutual agr?ment to make a break for liberty as the only recourse left to them to obtain jus tice. Tho men possessed good voices and sang regularly as the quartette In the penitentiary choir. They were all sklied workmen employed as cutters In the shirt and overall shops, which ls located on the fourth floor of the penitentiary building. At a late hour tonight the men were still at large The men were at work in the shop with one guard over them. One step ped behind the guard ostensibly to get a bolt of cloth and the others ap proached aa If to assist In carrying lt. In a moment the men seised the guard, disarmed him, tied him securely with ropes taken from bains of cloth and gagged him to prevent outcry. In a few moments the night watchman on hts round of the building was confronted by the pistol taken from the guard. aimed point blank at his heart, In the hands of one of the convicts. He, too, was bound and gagged and his revol ver taken away. The men then await ed the return of the foreman, who had left the shop for a few minutes. When he arrived he was confronted with two revolvers, the artillery filch ed from the men on the floor. He was unarmed. The binding and gagging of I the foreman took only a bare two or three minutes and has was laid to rest with his two companions. I Prom their positions on the floor the I bound men watched the convicts work [at the preparation for escape with helpless interest. The men patched to gether a long rope frora tho binding of the bales of overall and shirt mater ial and tied one end, of lt to a metal support in the shop. Tfcen one after, the other, they swung out of the win dow and made their way, hand under hand, to the ground 68 feet below. Before leaving the building they dis robed, leaving their sprlped outer garments behind them. They dressed themselves In the shirts and overalls which were scattered about In pro fusion in the shop. The escape was discovered through William Balley ,a trusty, whose duty required him to be at work in the yard ot the overall fatcory. He be came uneasy when the night watch man failed Vi put In appearance at the regular time. When more than hali aa hour had passed and the watchman had aot appeared. Balley struck out on a tour of Investigation. Ia the cut ting room of the overall department on the fourth floor he discovered the watchman and .his twp companions. He lost no time In cutting the bonds which hold them and removing the cagB from their months.. - Leaving tko men to regain, the use of Uplr cramped limbs. Balley rush ed down to the yard to raise the alarm. Superintendent J. B. Wood, of the penitentiary, waa at once notified and, the alarm became general. The tying and gagging of the guards was uot without touches of sardonic humor. When all three had been se curely tied and disposed nf, Hamilton, the boy forger, surveyed the band work of the quartette and Inquired of the bound men if they were perfectly comfortable. Noticing a negative gesture hy one of the men, be sod his companions gathered some loose ov erall material lying on the tables, and forming them luto Impromptu pil lows, laid them nader the bound men's heads. Thia done. Hamilton approached the guard, lying'dat on his back on the floor. "Tom over on your side." he-com manded. The guard complied. Ham ilton bent down and kissed him on his cheek. "Bye-bye. oId,snort.,, he said, "nod good luoaV? ' > Bsfore leavmr the cutting room the convicts riffed the pockets of their victims, taking with them the small amount of money their pockets con tained. Kithing else besides the re volvors of the guard and foreman was taken,_ Italian Troops Hov lay. LONDON. Jae. li.-italian troops have arrived at Piraeus on the way to the, Italian islands In the Agnen archi pelago, according to a dispatch fros? Athena to Router's Telegram nany. Th? soldiers, tho message will oe apportioned among the . soas on the varions Islands wak? feting strongly toni fled. PAVING Ll BEFORE ALDERMAN TONIGHT TENTATIVE BILL WILL BE DISCUSSED AND SENT TO LEGISLATURE OTHER MATTERS Of Importance and General In? tercel Are Coming Up for Discussion. The -cguiar monthly meeting of city cjncll this evening st 7:30 o'clock will be an Interesting one, as several matters of unusual impor tance will come up' for consideration. The bill outlining the Btreet paving will be presented for discussion and will be adopted and sent to the gen. eral assembly for action. The abattoir committee ls to report on the matter of erecting a mund pally owned abaUolr. Other maUers to be considered will be that of re moving the city barns, Ute sanitary dues, the report of the police com mittee on th? metter of proposed changes In the guard house and Ute purchase of a patrol wagon, that of accepting deeds to streets in the An* derson Mill village. The tentative bill with reference to the street paving, which ls drawn to Include the town of Honea Path, reads ns follows: Be lt enscted by the general assem bly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That the city of Ander son and Ute town of Honea Path arts authorised and empowered to provide by ordinance for the payment of the cost of the permanent improve ment of their streets and sidewalks, by laying upon Ute owners of prop erty immediately abutting. on Ute < streets and sidewalks or parts of cither so improved, an assessment In proportion to the frontage only of such property on such streets or side walks or parts .of either so improv ed, of not exceeding in the aggregate one-half of the cost Of such improve ments: Provided, That no assess ment shall be so laid upon Ute abut ting property owners until such im provements have been ordered pur suant to Buch ordinance upon the written consent, signed and flied with Ute clerk of said city or town, of not less Utan a majority in num ber of Ute owners of Ute property abutting upon Ute street, sidewalk or part of either proposed to be im proved, and provision made for the payment by the - corporate authorities of said city or towns1 o? not lesa Utan one-half of Ute cobb* of such lm provements. Tl ni ea ami 'terms of pay ment and rates -ot 'interest on defer red payments of ? assessment* by such property owners shall bf such as may be prescribed by ordinance. Section 2. That the amounts o' UK ey raised by such assessments together with Ute amounts added thereto by Ute city or town anUtorl ties from the city or towt treasury shall censitute and he ?ept as separate fund to be used only for the purpose for which lt was raised and appropriated. ? i 1 ? Section 8. That Ute assessments so laid shall constitute and be a lien upon the property so assessed and payment, thereof may be enforced aa the payment of city or town taxes are enforced. Provided, such as sessments be entered in a book kept by Ute city or town clerk, to fee entitled "Assessment Liens." H tat lng the name of Ute owner, the location ot Ute property and the amount of Ute assessment and Ute time or times of payment: And provided, further, That such lien shall con tinue from Ute date of entry on such book un Ul Ute expiraUon of five' years from Ute date when final pay ment ls due and payable, unless soon-' er paid sud upon default In the pay ment of any of such assessments of I any deferred portion thereof at thc-1 time -and in accordance with the terms abd conditions fixed by ordi nance, the whole amount of such as sessment Uten unpaid, with interest,! ff any shall be due, shall at the'di Hon' of Ute said city or tpwn,'V1" and be due and payable linne ly and payment thereof enforcible as Ute payment ot city or town taxes are enforced with such penalties and costs aa are provided'for Ute non payment of such taxes.' Section 4 That it shall by ordi nance be made Ute duty of Ute city or town clerk to make entry ot sat Infect lon on such "Assessment Liens" book as seen aa full payment ts made, and Ute lien shall be there by extinguished. Section 6. That Ute mayor and aldermen ot said city or a majority of them, end the intondent and war derm of said town, or a majority o'] them, are respectlely authorised and i empowered to issue certificates or indebtedness, showing amovnts du? to said etty or town by said property Snare as deferred jpagssents or;tr ( iments upon such assessments, and] 'from time to time to seU any cf su< certificates of indebtedness OXJ? bor row, money upon any Sf them. *n pledge any of them aa collateral sr. curity for Ute payment ot each debtor end. tn either event, to gu?rante Ute payment' of sufctr certificats? a cording to their terms and to JPlf*L th? fakh abd ?redit of tb* salacity, or town for Ute payment thereof. Section 6. Upon the sale or trans fer of any property upon which the assessment lien herein provided for ha? sot been fully satisfied ot record. Ute salier ana purensser thereof ?n?n gie. ls writing, wit* Ute city or. town clerk, within ten days after any such te*.-* or transfer, the aasies of a-eeh seller ian? purchaser, s Mon of the property ab soM or treata-j ferred end Uta date of the salo of BocUoo ?. That thia act shall not| be operativo until Utt sago* bo snto. ?gUted te Ute qualified -?leeta-. .JUST RECEIVED Our First Shipment Of Stetson Soft Hats FOR SPRING $3.50 Parker & Bolt The One-Price Clothiers said city and towu for their appro val. Matters pertaining; to the assessing abutting property ' proposition not provided for In the above bill are to be provided for by ordinance of the city. City Attorney Sullivan has suggested the following matter to be regulated by city ordinances: When said assessment roll has been ' ratified in the manner - above prescribed, each owner of property BO- assessed may, within thirty days after such ratification, pay into the city treasury" the foll amount of said assessment or shall have the right to have euch assessment di vided into five equal payments: the first installment thereof shall be dus thirty days after the date of the ratification of the assessment roll by the city council, and the remain, lng Installments shall be due. in equal amounts, due respectively ia one, two, three and fonr years from the date of the first installments, with interest on such Installments at thc rate of six per cent per annum, pay able annually from date, until pale In full. MUS. W. A. HUI*;ENS, Editor Pas as 17. ' Pkfiatkea Class. The meeting of th;. Philathea class of the Central Presbyterian church, which was planned for tonight, has been postponed until Tuesday night of next week on account ot the death of Hr. David-Beatty. Wesley Philathea Class. The meeting of .the Wesley Philathea class of St John's Methodist church, which was to have been held with Mro. John Humbert this evening, bas been indefinitely postponed. \ Mrs. Frederick Maxwell and Miss Caroline Maxwell have returned from ? ?trip to New York. ?Mrs. A. J. Duncan of .Clayton sud Mrs. Robert If?e Kensey;of lan ta, left yesterday for" their Jh3L hfiter a delightful visit to Mrs. a %kley. Was Frances Major of Winthrop College was called home yesterday by the death f i her brother-in-law. Mr. David Beatty. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Pearson were called to Walhalla Sunday by tue illness and death of Mr. Hughes. Mrs. E. W. Brown loaves thia morn mg for a visit to relatives at Orange burg. Mr. Sidl B. Harper of Charleston Mr. and Mrs. William Harper of Abbe ville, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Harper SBelton, have been here for the past w days ou account of the serious ill ness ot Mr. O. M. Harper. ? K 7 Hew-Tear's DJ I Ono ot the prettiest Itebtful of the New " Ms* given by Mr.aL Speer ea Sunday. Air elegant - dinner was beautifully served ly enjoyed and the day was most pleasant Their guests were Mr. and Mrs ft S. McCulty. Mr. and Mrs. 7. M. Ollea, Mr. and Mrs. ~ Mr. and Mrs. Ira Andrew Speer. A i?erry Sp*a*-tae-I>ay An Informal and merry Ul party for a few of their . waa niven ea Saturday Wienie and Emily Frasier at M*8i5*\?5?5Sw ?j-. W-J* Wut?.? . M rh nf After a very happy day all weat to the piejtnre show fa the afternoon, a de lightful ending to a very delightful Say. Among the guests were Miases Vic toria Earle. Dot Sullivan. Aaa Oam aru},. Am*.e Earle Farmer, Vela Mesa laeit Clarice Townsend, Georgia Lee uri aaiaabeth Ku.M row, Katherine and-Nelle Klacid ?nd.Sara Tcwaaead. PRELIMINARY BE6UN IN FAIR PLAY CASE MCCLURE, KAY AND CAMP BELL BEING GIVEN HEAR ' ING AT WALHALLA LOCAL LAWYERS Ia. Frank Watkins and A. H. Dag nail Are Representing Defend* ' anta--Hearing an Today: T. Prank Watkins'and A. H. Dag. ian of the local bar went to Wal lalla yesterday morning where they represented William C. McClure, Cal rin C. Kay and Woodrow Campbell *t a preliminary hearing wMch ?h*y ure being * giren before Magistrate J. 3. S. Dendy on charges of killing 3reen Gibson, at Fair trlwr, December (9, last, daring a reign of lawlessness n which some four negroes were tilled and several others wounded jr otherwise injured, and seversl white men wounded. ' The hearing was begun at ll ?'clock yesterday morning. M. C. Long of the Walhalla bar represent ing the prosecution. The State* had summoned 36 witnesses, but only ?bout six of these had testified when the hearing was adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning. The cert stenographer will be present to.\y ind-take down the testimony. Owing to the prominence of the iefendsnts the case ls exciting inter nst throughout this section. The case ls being vigorously prosecuted. Overhauled at Sea and Courtmartialed - (By AwocUted PrwrO ON BOARD U. 8. S. 'SAN DIEGO, AT SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. 11. General Juan Desel, Carranee's gov ernor for the state of Teplc, was over hauled at seat while fleeing to San Diego, last Saturday and was taken back fja Mazatlan and courtmartialcd. "Wireless today carrying this news to Rear Admiral Howard, command ing the Pacific fleet,* said the sentence of the court had not been made nab Have You Got a Good Watch ? Does It Run Correciiy ? (Answer.) _ Yes, 1 have a good watch and it has kept good time up to about 6 months igor' 1 haven't had it cleaned in about 3 years, and for the last 6 moaths it has been gradually losing time. What must I do with it ? (Answer.) . Let Lyon Clean lt. Rabelais with the char acteristic coarseness which inarred his wit makes one of his heroes boast "I can always put my belly to a good table and my back to a good tire." Those who deal with Sloan can at least do one of these things. "if you owned ft Goos? that laid golden eggs* wouldn't you insure, her if you eouid." -Mm!& MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY M. M. M?TTISON, General Agent, C. W. WEBB, District Agent v J, J. TROWBRT0GE, Special Agent ?A*A'***<?*?****?*****?'?*'***-**?*?**?^ II muir in i ii-iirmii nnniiiif