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GOMES ?Q TAKE OVER THE NEW PLAYHOUSE MANAGER C H. BLEICH AND HIS FAMILY ARRIVED HERE LAST NIGHT OPENING FEB. 19 Theatre Will Be Thrown Opec to Public Soon-First Night Attraction. Mr. C. H. Bleich, secretary anO manager of the Bleich Amusement Company, lessees of the new Ander son theatre, with his delightful fam ily, arrived in Anderson last night from their former home at Hopkins ville. Ky. Mr. Bleich comes to take charge of the new theatre, which wir be formally opened on the evening o' Friday, February 19. Mr. and Mrs. Bleich and their three children art stopping at the Hotel Chlquola for a few days. They will take a house lr the city in a few days and make this their home. They wilt prove a val uable addition to the social life ol the city, and will be accorded a hearty welcome to "My Town." Aa haB been announced heretofore ? the new theatre will be opened with "The Prince ot Tonight." a high claw musical comedy. The company ren dering-this attraction in this part ol j tho country is an excellent one, enc* I has shown to large and highly pleased audlencf-8 in a number of the target cities ot this and ( adjoining States The theatre is rapidly nearing com pletion and everything points to Itt being ready for use several days be fore the date for the formal opening Do You Find Fanlt With Everybody 1 An irritable, faultfinding disposition la often due to a disordered stomach. A man with good digestion is nearly always good natured. A great many have been permanently benefited by Chamberlain's Tablets after yeera ot suffering. These tablets strengthes the stomach and enable lt to perform ita functions naturally, t btalnablr avery where. For Rent ll room house, N. MeDufne St, $3540 8 ream house, Calhoun St .. 25.00 7 room boase, W. Market Si. .. 10.00 7 reas fecaee, Ugou gi.. 15.00 . roein Meuse, N. McDutte St 1640 ?Boom bouse, Bese HOI.. .? 1240 ? reen house, FY. Church St .. 12,00 5 ree? bonser Webb St.. .. 1640 6 reen bouse, Hose EUH.. .. 11&0 ft room bens?, W. Harket St 1640 -ft roe? boase, McCnlly St,.. .. 12.50 -ft roe? boase, Murray Ave,.. .. 6 ree? heat?. Welch Ave.-1040 ft ree? banse? BOM ADJ.. .. 1240 Anderson Real Estate & Investment Co. THpK. Y. CARTWRIGHT, Manager Benito* Dept Overnight Relief For Constipation * When the bowets become clogged wth a mass ot poisonous Kt omach waste, sick headache with ell Ita attentant misery, belching of sour stomach gases, bloat and general discomfort are sure to follow. A mild, pleasant laxative-tonic that will carry off the congested mass without upsetting the stomach or griping the bowels, ls the combi nation of simple laxative herbs with pepsin sold In drug stores un der the name of Dr. Caldwell's Syr up Pepsin. A dose taken Just before retiring will afford grateful relief next morning, without un pleasantness or discomfort. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin ls the Ideal family remedy, especial ly for women and children and old fulkB. A free trial bottle can be obtained by writing to Dr. W. H. Caldwell, 462 Washington St, Monticello, tils. flNE ORCHESTRA FOB I ANDERSON THEATRE WILL CONSIST OF EIGHT PERSONS AND ALL AR nsts. THE DIRECTOR Of the Orchestra, ?I. J. Cooper, Accompanied Mr. Bleich to Anderson. A skilled orchestra, consisting nf ;ight members, will furnish music for the new Anderson theatre, according to an announcement by C. H. Bleich, secretary and manager of the Bleich Amusement Company, lessees of the playhouse, upon his arrival In Ander don hut night. Mr. Bleich was accompanied to An lerson by R. J. Cooper, who will be llrector ot the orchestra. Mr. Coop er ls a graduate ot the well known conservatory of music at Clnclnattl, Ohio, and ia a violinist uf unusual tal ent Several other members ot the or chestra will Arrive in the city in the hext few days, and by the time the new playhouse Is formally opened the entire aggregation will have been got ten together. OR AW COLOR LIKE ob4iM"4 IN SPARTANBUBG Ito Negro Permitted to Move Into AIL Waite Square ead Vice Tersa. SPART ANBURQ, Feb.. 2.-The couac!! ot the city ot 8 partan bn ra at Its meeting yesterday passed the segregation ordinance that has been before that body for the hut few months. The ordinance will prevent any one from taking np bia residence in a Mock that ls entirely occupied by citizens of the other color. Of course lt does not interfere with exist ing conditions. These blocks of the city whlct are occupied entirely by white persons are designated as "white blocks," and those which are entirely occupied by negroes are de signated ss ''colored." The ordinance makes lt unlawful for a white person to take up his residence in a "colored" block or for a negro to take up his rolden ce in a "white" block. The ordlnau 1.0 also prohibits the operation of a church, school or dance hall tor persons of one color In blocks wholly occupied by persons of tho other race. The ordinance applies to pisces ot residence only and does not refer to the conduct or the location of places of business, j tn caite lt ii desired to erect a dwelling on. a block In which there are at the tim? neither negro nor white residents, the ordinance pro vides that the application for the building permit must be advertised, the advertisement to state whether the building ls to be occupied by no groes or wlilte people. Should a suf ficient protest be made by the owner of the property In the block, the per mit may be refused. --7-"---1 ? ? !? ' I ? ' . I ll. I . ? ? ... . -1-.-j - Horses and Mares For Sale or Trade We will have one fresh load of mules and mares on Thursday, February 4th. Will swap one for two and pay the difference in Cash, or we will 1 oay the Cash fpr true war stuff. Bring your old mules in boys and change them for good young stock while you have the chance. Cheap. DAVIS BROS. : ' .'..-.'V '. . \- ? ? . ' .% ?? ' '.? . APPROPRIATION FOR AGRIGULTURAL WORK LOCAL DELEGATION HAS NOT YET TAKEN ACTION ON $800 GIFT WHALEY RETURNS _ \ He ?nd Prof. W. W. Long Went Before Board in Interest of Matter. Returning last night from Columbia, where he and Prof. W. W. Long, State Agent of the Farmer Co-operative De monstration Work, went for the pur pose of appearing before the Ander son county delegation to the general assembly for the purpose of securing an appropriation of $800 to further thc cause of agricultural work in Ander son county, Secretary Porter A. Whaley of the-chamber of commerce stated that up to the time he left that city the delegation had given him no assurance that the appropriation would be made. "However," said Mr. Whaley, "I feel reasonably certain that the two members of the delega tion - 'ho are holding back on the mat ter will decide *z v*e for the appro priation and that it will be made." Messrs. Whaley and Long left here last Tuesday morning for Columbia. That afternoon they appeared before the delegation and made known the object of their visit to Columbia. As ic^erally known, an appropriation of $800 ia desired for the purpose of helping pay ih? expenses of an agri cultural demonstrator for Anderson county, and lt was to secure this ap propriation that Messrs. Long and Whaley appeared before the delega tion in Columbia this week. As will be recalled. Prof. Long ap peared before the delegation at a meeting held in the county courthouse several weeks ago and explained the object of the appropriation he desir ed. At that time the delegation took no action on the matter, as one mem ber of tbe board was absent and the ithers did not care to commit the delegation in tbe absence ot any member. DR. FRANK SMITH DIED AT EASLEY YESTERDAY WAS PROMINENT IN BUSI NESS AND SOCIAL LIFE OF HIS COMMUNITY REL?TZVES HERE I Dr. Saith at One Time Candidate ] For Congress From the Third District News* or the death at Easley early j yesterday morning ot Dr. H. Frank j Smith, well . and favorably known throughout the counties of the third congressional district, brought sad ness to a number of Anderson people, j who were his friends and admirers. Dr. Smith became ill last Saturday ead steadily grew worse until the end came yesterday morning at 1 o'clock. His death was attributed to heart failure. He was prominent in the business j and social life of Essley. Some IB j i years ago he retired from the prac tice of medicine and thereafter de voted his time to looking after his business interests. He was president of the Easley loan and Trust com pany and of the oil mills at Easley I and Liberty. He waa also interested in a number of other business enter-j 'prises of that town and section. . When Congressman W-att Aiken mode his first race for congress s?v ir' ears ago Dr. Smith along with I I i George E. Prince, Mr. E. Mar io. Rucker, Mr. I. O. McCalla and! others waa in the race. Dr. Smith | was in the second primary with Mr. Aiken, the latter winning out over him. He had been a member of the State Democratic convention a num ber of times and represented hts Slate two or three times In the national Democratic conventions. Dr. Smith has two sisters residing In this city, Mrs. .ohn C. Watkins and Mrs. J. Perry Glenn. They left for Easley yesterday morning upon heating of their brother's death. Other broth? rs and sisters of Dr. 'Smith are: W. C. and L. J. Smith of Bosley and Mrs. L. G. Clayton of Central. Dr. Smith was married to Miss Ida Hollingsworth, daughter of the late Judge Hollingsworth of Pick ens County, and she and two daugh ters and four sons su wive One son. Mr. Lloyd IL Smith, waa recently ad mitted to the bar and ls practicing law at Pickeas. CUT THIS OUT HOW : If yon dont want lt today, you may next ?eek. Bend this advertisement and B cents to Foley ft Co.. Chicago. III., writng your name and address clot rly. Ton receive la return three trial packages-Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs, colds, croup ead grippe; Foley Kidney Pills, for weak or disordered kidneys or bladdnr; Foley Cathartic Tablets, a pleasant, wholesome and cleansing purgative, jost the thing for winter's sluggish bowels and torpid livor. These ?ell known standard remedias) for ?nie by Eva**' Pharmacy. . MKS. W. A. H?DGEN8, Kalter Fhoae 87. Senior Phlhuhea Vim**. The Senior Philathea Class of tho First'Presbyterian church will meet thia afternoon ut 3:30 with Mrs. H. O. Evana and Mrs. D. P. Sloan ut thc home of Mrs. Evaus on North Mc Duffle street. Colonial Ten. The ladies of the Aid Society of St. John's Methodist church are planning to entertain at a colonial tea on Mon day. February 22. from 4 to 6. They will have it in the basement of the church and their guests will Include the ladles of St. John's church. Calhoun Street Club. A charming meeting of the Calhoun Street Club was held yesterday af ternoon with Miss Ella Mae Cummings at her pretty home on Sharpe street. After several merry and Interesting games the attractive hostess served a dainty three course menu. Her guests were: Mrs. Bond Anderson, Mrs. W. I). McLean, Mrs. W. W. Morrison, Mrs. T. L. Ody, Mrs. E. R. Horton, Mrs| Keith Pr?vost, Misses Linda Thomp son, JeHsie Browne, Louise Gilmer, Beitha Cashin, and Wilma Polk of Jackson, Tenn. Mrs. Frank E. Todd expects to leave today for Mobile, Ala., to visit her parents. Misses Sylvene and LOIB Mulligan of Willlamston are the guests of Miss Ruby Davenport. Robert E. Lee Chapter. The Robert E. Lee chanter, U. D. C., will meet on Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Mr? J. V\ Vandlver on McDufDe street. Mrs. W. E. Atkinson has returned from a two weeks' visit to her broth er. Mr. W. B Todd, in Union. Her mother, Mrs. Jane F. Todd, who has ?been spending the winter in Louis ville ls also'in Union and will remain there for a week or so longer before coming home. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Campbel lof Co lumbia are visiting Mrs. Campbell in Nosth Anderson and the family of J. C. Holder, on Ella street, f i Sixty the Goal. The Christian Growth Club will meet Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock In the basement ot the First Baptist church. The lesson is tho 3rd and 4th chapters of Goodbird the indian. We want 60 girls present so let every member come and bring some one else. Miss Berger te S?pala. Friends of Miss Anna J. Berger who are Interested in the work she ls do ing In Anderson have arranged for her to continue this work for the present Some time ago the Baptist State bo?-d cn account of shortness In fi?.ms waa compelled to discontinue soce of their best workers, to take effect February 1. Anderson's friendo however realising the splendid work being dpne by M'ss Berger here, have arranged for her to continue it for the present Meeting of College Association. The first meeting of the Anderson College Association for 1915 was held st the library February 2 and'plans for the new year were submitted. Mre. J. O. Wilbite, president, called for reports and Miss Helen Burris* gavia her records aa treasurer. Mrs. A. L. Smothers, chairman of the li brary committee, reported in full for the three years she has acted In this capacity and nominated Mrs. E. F. Cochran as her successor. Special attention waa called to the two remaining numbera of the lyceum coarse u?-der charge of the associa tion and all members were urged to work for Its success. Every one wai pleased to hear that "The Roman cers," by Edmond Rostand will be presented here next Tuesday evening, the 9th. We consider ourselves for tunate to have a play by this "mod ern Shakespeare," aa he ls sometimes Called as tho Initial performance on the Anderson Colege stage. Mrs. C. S. Sullivan has kindly offer ed her home for the musical which is being planned .vane time soon. The Fnnoan Glee CluV ls anxious to come to the college and an announcement concerning lt may ba expected later tn the spring. On the 12th of February the mem bers of the College Association will serve a turkey duiner which will be suggestive of the valentine season and thu public/ts cordially invited. The meeting adjourned until the next regalar day In May. MBS, H. H. BRICE DB AB Prominent Boo Weet Woman Bles Ia ?aa uar Iv o? ai Charrouc DUE WEST, Feb. il.-?Mra. R. H. Brice died Tuesday evening in the Charlctte sanitarium after an illness of only a few days. She was rushed to Charlotte for an operation for ap pendicitis. About ten days ago and af ter cttnshUM me sanitarium lt was ?Mscovared she bad complication of ?reuble. with a touch or pneumonia. It was found best not to operate at once for appendicitis and she had since bean improving, it was thought. Mrs. Brice la's daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Kennedy* of this place and has always been one of the most pop ular young ladies of the town. About one year and a* half ago, sha mar ried Dr. R. H. Brice, who has been s resident of Due West since childhood. They had such a happy future ahead of them and her numerous friends will feel her leas very deeply. She has always been aa active worker la the church and community lifo and has ?il?i a large place in the town. Dr. Brice wag at ono time a resident of Anderson, beirg associated with the ute Paul Bare in the latter's drug business. SIMMONS BROTHERS GASE NOL PROSSED OS:AR SARGEANT ACQUIT TED OF CHARGES OF HOUSEBURNING TRIED YESTERDAY Counsel For the Simmons Beys Makes Statement as to Their Integrity. A verdict of "not guilty" having been returned yesterduy by the jury In the case against Oscar Sargeant, on trial on charges of househunting, in the court of general sessions now Bitting here, Solicitor K. P. Smith nol prossed similar charges against Frank and Gus Simmons, who were Indicted for participating in the burn ing of the same building as that Sar r, -ant w: .s charged with having burn -i cu. Counsel for the Sargeant boy, Leon L. Knee, slated yesterday that Sar geant and the Simmons boys ere of good reputation, and that they aro anxious for the general publ'.c to be informed of their having been acquit ted of tho charges which were pre ferred against them. Mr. Rice pre< pared the following statement for publication in behalf of the boys: "The solicitor during the course of thc testimony for the defendant, Os car Sargeant and before all the wit nesses had been sworn got up in open court and stated that he could not ask for a conviction and asked that the court direct a Verdict ot not guilty as to Sargeant This was ?one and the solicitor then stated that the case against Gus and Prank Simmons were nol proBsed. Thus enc.tri the case which aroused so mucn itterest st the time these young men were ar rested. It will be recalled tb.it Gus Simmons was arrested in Satmnah and Frank Simmons In Green ville The building alleged to have burned belonged to the Simmons Brothers and was in the town of Frankville The testimony of the State's witnesses, who saw the fire was to the effect that the blase when first discovered was coming out the roof, and at ihut time Frank Simmons was in Ander son. Sargeant had been to a carni val at Wllllamston that night and had witnesses to trace him from sundown up until t*?e fire. It was while the defense as m UIIB line of testimony that th ' ??< -ltor brought the matter to ar I upi end by asking for a ver dict c. g il ty. "The Simn-ons brothers 'are both young mm vnder 30 and hy tnolr thrift and er.ergy had accumulated enough to own the building that va* bunion and other property whore they engaged in business." POULTRY IN THE SOUTH vtnst tan Be Aecome-Jtshed Proven By Results ia Tennessee. - ? MORFdSTOWN, Tenn.. Feb. 4.-| The opportunities for building up the poultry Industry throughout the South are well Illustrated in what has been accomplished in the territory sur rounding Morristown, Tenn., from which 1,350 miles' of eggs were ship ped during 1914. Tho records of Southern Railway Company show a total of 325 solid cars sbjpped during the year. These contained a total of 130.000 cases or 46,800.000 eggs. Adding the shipments made in mixed cars and by express and parcel post, it is estimated that the total production from the Morris town district exceeded 50,000.000 eggs worth at the average retail price, more than ?1,250,000. If laid end to end In a straight line these eggs would cover a distance of 1,350 miles, or the distance from Mor ristown to the Panama Cans!. One. hundred and seventy-five cars j of live poultry, _63 cars of dresrod fowls and a largo number of small lots sent by freight and express were 1 shipped during the year, the total of solid cars of poultry and eggs being | 553. The total value ot poultry pro ducts shipped from the district dur ing 1914 fa well worth over the 82, OOO.OuO record of 1918. CASCARETS FOR YOUR BOWELS IF HEADACHY, SICK Tonight! Clean your bowels and ?ad H?adacbes, Colds, Sour Stomach. Get a 10-ccnt' box. Pot aside-Just once-the Salts, Pills, Castor Oil or Purgative Waters which merely force a pas sageway through the bowels, put do not thoroughly cleanse, freshen and purify these drainage organs, and have no effect whatever upon the liver snd stomach. Keep your "Insides" pure and fresh with Cuscarets, which thoroughly cleanse the stomach, remove the un digested, sour food and foul gases, take tho excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste metter and poisons In Ute bar****. A Ca jcaret tonight will make ybu feel great by morning. They work while you sleep-never gripe, sicken, and cost only 10 cents a box from your druggist Millions of men and women take a Casca ret now and then and never have Headache, Biliousness, Severe Colds. Indigestion, Sour Stom ach or Constipated Bowels. Cascarete bolong In every household. Children last sors to take them. . SATISFIED CUSTOMERS I? what niakoH our business good. Ton nay gain a little here, there and yonder, but hiking our goods 'il the way through, from month to month, you will find that the quality and price cannot be beat We ran supply your table with more gcod things to eat than any store In Anderson. 5 In addition to everything yon rall for In table luxuries, we have Hog and Beef Brains, Liver Sausage, Spare Bibs, Pork ( hops and House Meat? Liver, Veal Chops and Steaks. Pork Saunage, Hamberger and FrankierteT, West Point Oys ters and Fresh Fish. LIVE AN? DRESSED POULTRY. You ran help us bj 'phoning in your order early every morn, lug. ^ Phone 182. POWER SIS SOUTH MAIN SAM HARPER, Manager.' 97 GIRLS ENGAGED IN CANNING GLOB "ORK TWENTY-ONE FROM CITY HIGH SCHOOLS ARE EN ROLLED MET YESTERDAY t City Giri? Received Lessons Yes terday in Construction of Hot \ Be di i With 9T glrlB In tho county enrolled for Uie canning and tomato club work, 21 of whom are pupils of the city high school. Miss Janie Carling ton, demonstrator for Anderson coun ty, is quito hopeful that splendM work IB going to bc accomplished lu this line this season. Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock MIBB Carlington met the 21 girls of the city high school who have en rolled for the work at the chamber of commerce and gave them Instruc tions as to how to make hotbeds for the planting of the tomato seeds. Borne ot the girls have already made their hotbeds and have their seeds in the ground, and those who have not yet done this were urged to construct Unir beda. Immediately, as tomato seeo? should bave been in the ground ere n< w. Wheu lt ls known that 60 girls ls the numb ir one demonstrator ts sup posed to :ook after *a the caching and tomato club work, one can readi ly see that Mi?? Carlington will hera quite a busy season '?s^tTUCttag this larg? ?l?mber. * The canning and tomato club work bids fair to prove successful In An derson county, and organization not yet completed tho enrollment ls al ready much larger than other coua ties of the State have had. BREAK IN GERMAN COTTON PRICES WASHINGTON. Feb.. 3.-Tho break In German cotton prices from H 1-2 cents to 16 1-2 cents a pound ls due, American Ambassador Gerard sU ted in a dispatch today, to arrival of rot ton steamers at Bremen, opening of the port of Rotterdam, slackening of demand from spinners on acount of freer offerings and anticipated decline In prices, and salo of captured cotton stocks* from Leds .nd Antwerp. Cotton mills in Germany are run ning threa?cuartera capacity, and us ing 160,000 bales a month, Commer cial Attache Thompson at Rotterdam reported. "This amount ls apparently provided by ships arriving and afloat," he stated. "Cottain prices are de clining. Shippers are cautioned against expecting continustion of present high prices. They should go slow about chartering ?shlpa at the present inflated charges." FEEL BLUE--OB JUST STUPID Sluggish bowels and torpid liver usually go together and it does not take long for constipation to produce a bad condition-a feeling of languor or la?tnesB-the "blues," headaches, palpitation or other malady. Indeed, when lr this condition the system in vites more serious Illness and is not able to throw off disease. Foley Cathartic Tablets are a wholesome laxative and cleansing cathartic. They act without Inconvenience, griping or E?cksning. Evana Pharmacy. !9 Tfho opens n Say'ag* aeconnt and addK to It regularly. He Ia In a jwsltlon to Uke advantcjn of v\\ pnrtunlUes whoa pre. '?entcd. Tba Strongest Baal la the County. "HELL is paved with ?ood inten tions." .Wit! we pave our streets with personal prejudices, juvenile jeal ousies, puerile politics or will we vote the bond is sue? SLOAN WE BUY AND SELL DEBTS If anyone owes you money furnish us an itemised written statement ot the account. WE GET THE MONEY If you owe anyone money, we will help you pay the debt by Oar Mutual ?-oaa Flan. Our "Indian" will call on alow pay. era and collect bad debts; That la his business. MUTUAL LOAN COMPANY 105 1-2 W. Benson St. Anderson, S. C. 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