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i PALMETTO THEATRE ALL NEXT WEEK THE GORDON MUSICAL COMEDY CO. .In several new and laughable farce comedies . This ls u good company coming for this week. L, .and.we want you to como, see and hear them und pass judgment on their merits. This company IH above reproach and is guaranteed by the DP - u&ewv'nt as usual. i Movies For Monday: "VENGEANCE IS MINE" "HER WINNING PINCH" HER WINNING PUNCH" Keystone Comedy. Monday j-A sample bog o? pop corn free wiih every ticket sold. .ian. ^ 'SBURGH PERFECT' We have lo stock, styles " ^^Wn^^^^TOB Hmp1" db* atm of "PITTSBURGH PI'RFKCT " '-^SKIS^sl ??P**^ Fl'.NCli scientifically designed to inclose nny ^GbZ^^ffiffi ?BFV;'-"' RIKT?D> I'ARM, LAWN, CIIICKIiN and POULTRY ^S^Sg : : YAttDasdCARDKN. WBen.vou buv fence choose that ^^ffi ^K?Wfrgtyle especially mada for your particular 7piirfio?e and you'll get. ??mit fence etfieiency at lowert cost. Open Hearth Wire heavily and evenfr sHnlAtiui nure l ire galvaniziux and electrically welded joints give unexcelled iahend durubil.i jr to "J?ITT?BURGH PP.RPKCT" TRNCR. EVERY ROD GUARANTEED PERFECT; t Wteat ??nco catalogue help? you to economically fence your fsa&^f&V Ksrrmi'i HARRWABE CO. iS?Kr Anderson, 8. CM Helton, H. C. W| The Anderson Guaranty & f Trust Company I Now nf you have money on hand you can invest it, increasing ur income by Betting first class 8 per cent paper. Thu beata 4 H .wfffeqftfc We ara of the opinion that oar legislature next year will i'Jp.s 6 per cent law tn thia State, but if you havo a contract for * ? ?W?t8&tc* ye*** *' ? P?r cent you are safe. 1 ur plan ts to bring the pcoplo who want to loan and tho people m'?.^?MBM!* B9RROW together ?o ^ou won't have to watt for some one our neighborhood to wan! money, just get in Imo and let us know' ijy^^fa^io and we will sae what can r? done about gaiting what you v Anderson County mortgagee are better than you can ?et rtny %>iff>rl eaJfth* BeUer bonds, better than stock in the new |B[|Bfe- better than stock in the Elevator Company, better than mill ^HBU^tter than sumk stock, better than bank deposita, pays better ^^^Bkteresi. backed by better security-in fact, the very best and I ; /seifet^ investment to be had. Get in line quick. Call to see us, |T1?Pj^^** Wfc tho matter over with you and more fully explain our ^^amounta are a few wanted by parties ht Anderson J , County, an?'lut the lands offered as security axe weU known to us H^^B*^loane a*e desirable. Remember we guarantee good titles to 1!.4ft?M** IT h*ve * mortgage against them. s vieil improved, m\rtk (M^OOjOO, loan wanted . ..- r>a^M* T< ?BfeSlv,'U *",nr*,<,'!' ***** 'Ms wanted.4$&*? H^Kfe-**" Improved, werth tlftyWQjg?, lean wasted ? :J^A ^HP' ttell improved, worth ??00441, loan wasted .'. ^^.JilMp .y nell improved, nerta tt^HmJO, lean waated. lrsOBJW rea; werlt, el^etMM, lean wanted. .. Sdfr.to ?efrw^ ai^Wa, Ieaa waeted... . imp ?fe weis improved, worth WOMtt, wanted.., aeres well Improved; werta tPMOOJM, wanted.. Wrm well improved, worth &moft, wanted . . Mati? RjH&|*f,*reI1 heyrevea, werta ?t,??Me, wanted.i/sti?jon > well Improved, wert* fS#*MX>, wanted. 8M.6? ly wants' $3W<ij0o on hanse, tal ead storeroom, werta. tvt9*Mfc - I j-*m0uktlj a*d get fest chale*, Gmtmty k Trost Ce, 2??I RaesoB Street, HumMmVmaaliiaakMitti ASKED IO SUf PORT EXPRESS RATE BILL TO FIX INTRASTATE CHARGES AND MAXIMUM CHARGES NO ACTION AS YET Matter Will B? Placed Before Transportation Committee Soon. The chamber of commerce bas been requested to lend Its approval to a bill to (Ix the baals of intrastate express chargea and rates and the maximum chargea of express companies doing busineflH in South Carolina, which is now before the legislature. A letter from the Columbia Chamber of Commerce with reference to the matter will bo placed before the trans portation committee of the chamber of commerce at the earliest opportunity. Mr. Porter A. Whaley, Secretary, An* Hon. S. C. Dear Sir: I am enclosing copy of a bli: which has been Introduced ip the legislature by Representative Dixon from Fairfield, concerning the intrastate express rates in South Car olina. ' You will doubt teas recall the fight which was wac?*i by this organisation last summer on the change of express rates from the old mileage system to the present block system. The en closed bili has been endorsed by the j Columbia Chamber of Commerce of I passage of this bill that every city In South Carolina will be materially beuefitted by virtue of this change in rates. You will note the bill provides for s minimum rate of 60 cents for the 8 sub-blocks surrounding the main sub-block in which your city is located and that for each sub-block beyond this *J tho rate I? to increase 8 cents for each sub-block, instead of the present rate, which provides, for an increase of & cents for the first and aorond sub-block and 15 cents for the third' sub-block. . .Piesse place thia metter before your board of directors and request them to endorse it and forward copy of your resolutions to your representative in ! the general assembly. ' These rates virtually affect every I section of i uouth parolina and your local merchants will be materially beuefitted .tn the event we are ?bte to secure tho passage of this bill." ' * ' ' ? 1 shall await,with interest' your decision.to. thia maUer. ? ;.. . Yours very, tiuly. , lt. Wf IfoRombe. ... ... . Secretary. A bill to fix the basis of. intrastate express chargea and. rates and' tho: maximum charges of ..empress com nantes doing business lu South.Caro lina. ; ' Section 1. That for the purposes nf rates to bo charged and collected on intrastate shipments by express com panies within South Carolina, the State is hereby divided i ubi blocks and Sun blocks conforming to those establlsh by tfc* Interstate C<ju?r,*?ce Com mission of the United States, the main blocks being. formed by the intersec tions of parallels ol aatitude and lon ni tudo and all th? mala blocke being J divided into 16 sub-blocks. Sec. 2. That the maximum charge I for the transportation of article*, of merchandise by express companies on | intrastate shipments shell be aa fol low?: First-class rats 60 cenia .per hundred pound? (with minimum charge ot SS cents for any one ship ment to any noli)t In the & sub-blocks immediately surrounding sad Includ ing the sun-blocV cf origin (which shall be known aa the. nome sutv block? the said 0 blocks forming a square, the bone sub-block being the Central sub-block of said square. That the rates shall increase 5 pents per hundred pounds for-every- sub-block removed ueyopd .th* ?sid square of. first ? sub-blocks. That foodstuffs and soft drinks shall - take eo pee cent of tho first class, rate, and perishable goods shipped In Icc shall be charged for at the net rois of contents, not Including the lee. ; That empty pack ages, commonly, called ."empties" shall be returned at a charge not exceeding io ??entn each. Sec 3. That any shipping point lo-1 cated immediately adjacent to or at j tho intersection of atty parallel of lat itude and longitude fornlir ; a block, I within- this State, abell take the low? | est rate applying to ur Cnn any onei of the four ad touting sub-blocks lo- j cated at auch intersections. 8t*\ 4 That ?ar shi ppiuK wi ut .lo cated In a main- olooh, within-this State, extending approximately more than half way tn tbs Atlantic ocean .mall have a rate as from the nearest sub-block in the ad ?ou.tug main block io the narin or < 'WHATS HIS NAME?? AT THE PARAMOUNT Max Flamen, assisted by Lolita Robertson, delighted a large and.very appreciative, audience .yesterday . af ternoon at the Paramount In "What's His Name.". . The theatre . waa ? al most packed front three, thirty to five, and the Interest ot th? audience was he4d firm!? fr?te beginning through out the entire story. Tho play .was ?ftll.t?aatd. and cos tumed, and the acting was finished throughout; even to the least of.sae. minor tl rta ev^nt, ons did her or his part splendidly. . .Tbs company, pat? ting thia co waa well balanced, and it waa a vt** strong play, t?*>. The patrons at the Paramount are indeed glad te learn that Mr Burnett has arranged to secure more of the Paramount featurevtojr Andersen. CREAMERY ROUTE TO BE SELECTED FEB. 6 AT MEETING OF THOSE WHO HAVE AGREED TO SELL CREAM PROSPECTS BRIGHT ? For Bountiful Supply of Butler Fol Being Secured on Route. A meeting of all farmers who have agreed to furnish cream for tho creamery route to be established Out of Anderson will be held next Satur day morning at ll o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce, according to an announcement yesterday by Prof. O. W. Watkins, dairy agent of Clem son College, who spent Saturday here shaping up matters relative to the putting into operation of the cream route. At the meeting of farmers to be held next Saturday the exact route9 to he followed will be mapped out. The matter of choosing a driver for tbs cream gathering wagon will. also be taken up and disposed of. It ia prob able that agents representing cream separators on what ls know as the "cooperative plan," that is. all the farmers who furnish -cream on that- route buying their Separators to gether. No little interest ia being taken generally In Anderson' in. the estab lishment of the cream route. Clem son College is now turning out be tween four and five hundred pounds of butter daily from its creamery plant, it ls stated, and tbe output IB constantly being Increased, lt will also he of interest locally to know that arrangements have been made with tour local grocery stores for handling the Anderson county but ter which will be manufactured from .cream gathered in thia county aqd manufactured at the Clemson Col lege plant Arrangements will be made with the driver qt the cream collecting wagon, i lt is stated, whereby eggs . c?a} be gathered along the route und brought t<> market for 'those who bave them to Belli ' * ?H EXPERT INSPECTS , t THE-CIRO WIN ll GRAIN Repr?sent?t hre' of ? Entomologie?? Rn* , reaa of Department of Agrien! [ FLOR-SRC?, Janr?th-A, H; B?yetttff ?lio entomological bureau of" the de partment" of agriculture was In Flor* tuce Wednesday, ' rooking after? t/ao growing, gram -croea m this section. The government 1? ?rery anxious to Sf** a ??c^s 'oT igraln growing in Uth raroKiia and 1 want* tov-wnftfb for the development of diseases ttiat .will affect tbe-erepi The department bf Bgr*ttttur?M therefore keens two I practical young men fiom ?bia bu- j reau in Columbia who are t. .bjeo.t to call from the farmers in any section where disease.*) might crop caiav,-wat ? they might take if in hand and ky . p---r,pt ?rtion mlniml?e the eftoct ,}, ? .Ufr. Beyer reported . yesterday at the ehamner of commerce ead asked the secretary to arrange, if possible, for hun to see the farmers and visit Min? of the grain fields In thia neigh borhood. There were not very manv : of the farmers ht town ont several from various sections wera brought ?ato the chamber tor. conference wllb Mr. Beyer and they derived a greift deal of proRt from his advice. Very little disease waa reported from any. section bat W. F. Claussen said that there were signs of come trouble lu his locality which Mr. Beyer will in vestigate at an early date. Root knor' : waa discovered on some of the crim son dover at the experiment statten; ; which disease Mr. Curia ls energetic-, any fighting and his experiments m, , this line will be very benefice! to th*< farmers. .. . ^ - . JU DINNER TODAY AT & > BOTEL CHIW0L4| Dinner at-the Hotel Chiquoia to day will be moat tempting, this belnj? the second Sunday on which Propriei tor Bob King baa ordered a special* ! mean prepared; During the dinner hour, ?rora 1 to 3 o'clock, music will he rendered by the orchestra of the Paramount theatre. -Th* following menu wm be sei ved: Cream of Tomato, Cronton King Mackerel, Tartar Sauce Pickles Olive* Celery Hearts Roast Prime Kibe., nu Jus Chiquoia Potatoes Stuffed Bell Peppers. F ?d Sauce, Oreen Lima Beans Roast Young Gobbler. Cranberries: White Turnios Steamed Rice M Candied Potatoes -M Macaroni - Cora Bread Loaf Bread ? Lettuce Salad,* Mayonnaise J Fruit Cake .AngelCake Sponge cake ' Oreen Apple Pie ' Cream Cheese Saltine* ? After Dinner Minta , Yea . . - - Coffee - Milk - o OAK GROVE SCHOOL 9 V . ooo oooooooooo?oo As I do not see any letters trota mur school. 1. will say a tow words. ( We have a .real nice school. Misa Te cou Stone ls our teacher. I like har vary much. She Ia so Mad and good tr.?n. We have about 30 pupila We MSVO organised a literary . society. We elected Wayne Poore, ?residettt; Pearl Cummings, vfee preaideet; Lydie ttan Cox, secretary, and Florence Holiday, treasurer. Lydie Mae pax: Sevepth grads DO IT NOW Buy that Suit or Overcoat Today Don't Wait. Suits and Overcoats like these go fast at such reductions as we are now making. The sooner y?u come, the larger will be the selection to choose from. HERE ARE THE PRICES ?81 $25 00 Suits and Overcoats M VIM ?o *t one price AH $20.00 Suits and Overcoats All $18.50 go at one price All $16.50 Suits and Overcoats All $15.00 go at one price All $12.50 Suits and Overcoats All $10.00 go at one price $17.75 $13.75 $10.75 7.75 i WBit ALL OVER HER OLD SCHOONER WAGON ON ' [j LONG JOURNEY PASSES THROUGH ! _1_ . ? COINCIDENCE Rev. O. L. Martin Discovered j ' That He Had Sapper at Driv , er's Home 20 Years Ago. ? ? j . - S Hit Interest In the sight of a genuine ald-fasrloned mountain-wagon-of-the mlebr?ted "schooner" 4 type. crossing [ |he square yesterday morning result td In the Rev. O. L. Martih establish- i lng a little link with the past that was , ta interesting aa it was-unusual. Up-1 bu seeing this curious looking wagon j bussing along tho street and coming lo a stop at the intersection of North I Kala and Whliner streets. Mr. Martin ; paused and remarked to the driver of ? the strange vehicle, "I bet that wagon i tame fronT-Vlrglnia." The driver of |ka schooner replied that his inter rogator waa correct In his surmise, as ie waa from Virginia. . One word drought on another, as one wonld say, until lt developed that Mr. Martin, ?/ho is a native of Virgina. ? had irpvped nt the house of this man's tailer, back In. the foothills o{ "ole vTrglnny," more than 20 -years' ago. A Rare Wagon. . The driver of the wsgop , .waa peddling tobacco and hailed from Henry county. Virginia. The-vehicle I vas of the genuine Nlsslon type and iras manufactured in Winston Salem Storth Carolina. It was covered over. it course, with canvass, which made t more watertight than the best tent n rainy weather. The long,, rakish looking body of the wagon curved up it either end. the re?r one being so High off the- ground that a tall man tiad to stand on tip toes to peep over Lue "back gate." It waa one of the Int wagons of the kind that had been ??eu In this section of.the country in yours and attracted no little interest Croea passersby. The wheels were equipped with a *p)?adid set of brakes and every etber portion of the vehicle was In the. best of shape.- The harness. worq by the dorses seemed to be ot unusually fine tastily and verv strong. Peddling Tebareo. .Ade. conversing with tho man for a-few seconds, Mr. Martin, who was attracted by the appearance ot the because lt reminded him very of the days ot. his youth, that his aame was De Shaio he waa a native of Henry County, Vtr?la. Mr. #rtin^fgrog nlzeo*"tho.-Rame bnmedmteAjf end re minded Hi? man That he hail stopped at his father's house, fr.?;i.805i-'while' attendhig an association " meeting in that section of Virginia. The driver nf thc wagon declared that he dis tinctly recalled Mr. Martin's visit to his father's house. " The driver of the wagon left Vir ginia several months ago with a Toad ot tobacco, which be sold along the route. . After tarrying a few minutes on th's stiuure he headed his team' tip North Main street and drove on.. NO HEADACHE OR NEURALGIA PAIN Get a IO cent package ol Dr. James' Headache'Powders and don't suffer. fi' '.* .'.?, - - ". .. - .f.. ? ^V-? When your head aCh?s you simply mast have relief or you will go wild, it's needless to suffer when yon can take a remedy like Dr. James' Head ache Powders and relieve.the ^aln and neuralgia at once. Send someone to the drug store now for. a dime package of Dr.; ?Ames',. Headache Powders. Don't suffer. In a few momenta you will (eel' fine-headache gone-no more neuralgia pain. ^_~~~" L' "j *. ' ' *~-^^-ui^j Attractive Prices .} I have some of the best farms in the county for/sale and t)ufry* . are cheap. . % * 1 have a tract of 210 acres, 3 miles from Sandy Springs that is worth investigation. ; \ I have 76 acres 2 miles fr wi Starr, that 1 am.offering for sai:* cheap, and lots.of others.- il?' - . * ? " }?. j. I have any size tract you w^t. Come to see mc. I . -? V ;| H. G. Lovf, Reai Estate Office Over Hp.???rd*s Jewelry Otere, \V?4 - GREAT FIRE PROTECTION ID lae ease of the Ar* Mosday arterase* which destroyed the twa Story at ll* 404 Bleekley Street, and eeeaglei hy Mr. W?? Edwards, ike ti oases adjaeest thereto wonle sorely have toned if they bad aft here &> H et os they were as a result ef tko ext^wely wet weather we hare hep* urta* reeeatly. .. /- > ??{? -.. -?. - ?V -, f A Barr?a? Metal Stlegle reef wm affar? great ?reteeUee ta rase ?ftre tegr ycdi this eas heea prevea Mata aa* thee aga!* Barter lee* ?at? this KOW, Oar Fire Dep?rtate** ta ierrfkly h?aeUapi>e4 lg getins; to the Ares ea aeeeaat et the tery fsa! streets. Xohxi T Burriss & Son Earle Street