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4 MORE CASES ABE j WIPED FROM DOCKET, FOUR CASES TRIED YESTER DAY ALL RESULTING IN ACQUITTALS TWO BY JURIES Verdicts of Not Guilty Were Di rected in Two Cases by the Court. Four casca were dispose*, of yes- ; tc relu y in th?- co? ri of general sessions, all of Un m resulting in I he defendant* ? being acquitted of thc charges on i which they were indicted. In two ul i (lu canes the presiding Judge directed thc verdicts and in thc oilier two cai verdicts of ucijuittal were re turned hy jurien. Upon lin- reconvening of court at ;?:;{(? o'clock yesterday morning the cane of E. Truman Wolt/orne, Indicted for murder, was taken up. Th? pros ccutiun was represented hy Solicitor K. 1'. Smith, while rlonham, Watkins 'ind All. : i appeared for the defendant. Win n the State had presented Its case counsel for the defense moved that a verdict ?f acquittal be directed hv the court. The motion was sustained and tho Jury instructed to write a verdict of not guilty. The second casa tuken up was that against Oscar Sargeant, Indicted for hom., breaking. After henrlng the testimony tho Jury retuned a verdict of int guilty. Sargeant was charged with Mavin;: set fire to a store at Pel ter tn order that tho Insurance on thc property might be collected. Tho ntnro In q invition was tho property of Krunk und Qus Simmons, who were tndirte-1 nu similar charges. The case against thc boys was nol proM<Mt. however, when the Jury acquitted Ser geant, i Tho third ense called for trlul was that against Roosevelt Robinson, in dicted, for assault with Intent tv> ravl3h. When the prosecution had presented Its case, counsel for the d? fendant moved that a verdict nf "not Kullty" be directed hy the court. The mot ion waa upheld, over thc vigorous protest of tho solicitor, however, and the Jury instructed t~ deliver a ver dict nf not guilty. Robinson, a young nqejrct, WaR arrested several weeks ago on charges nf having attacked a young white girl In West End as she wa., cm her way to work In tho An derem Mills. The fourth and last cuse called for trial yesterday was that sgalns* Pleas Agnew and Jim Davis, negroes, tndict ( ''. for housebreaking and larceny. Af inrjhonrlnp: truMcst!morty In the caae SAVE YOUR KAIRI IF OR DANDR? * Ladies! Men I Here's the quick cd, surest dandruff cure known. Thin, brittle, colorions and sornKgv halr ls mute ovldenco of a neglected sculp, of dandruff-thnt awful scurf. There I? nothing so destructive to the "hair as dandruff. It robs tho hnlr of Its lustre. Its strength und Its v ry Ufo; eventually producing a fevorlab ness and Itching of tho scalp, which if not remedied causes tho huir roots to shrink, loosen and die-then tho Hi?' Jury returned a verdict of "noi guilty." Til?-, negroes were cliurged with having i>r<>krn Into u corn crib, on iii?' plantation of a farmer living nev? ral mill's south of Andersen, ami stealing a quantity of corn. LYCEUM NUMBER NEXT IUESDAY Frank Lea Short Company Will Present "The Roman cers." Th?' next attraction to be prcsent <-<l under the auspices of ibo Ander don Lyceum association will be given Tuesday evening. February it. at the Anderson College, and will iindoubt edly IK th?' lieal number given s*o far tliis reason. Th? Kr un li Leu Short coinpany will present Kdnioud Rost and's "Romancers." Thin is the mo:.i expensive attrac tion Hie lyceum association lias yet ..nguged. The company carries UH own scenery. Members of thc com pany ar? beautifully costumed, and Du- whole uggregauon remitida one of the Hen Creel Players, only they are helter, it is muted. "Tho Itomunccrs*' (L"s Romanes quint) wu? llrsl product .i ai The Com edy Francaise lu Purls witli Hie great est of corni (Haili., (Jaquelin, lu the leudlng role. It ia considered the comedy masterpiece of the fumvius author of ''Chuuteeler," "L'Alglon," "Cyrnno de Bergerac," otc. Mr. Short use? the translation which Mrs. Pat rick Campbell hud made for her pro duction of thc play in London. When 3he WUB in America, she gave Mr. Short the privilege of this translation, which bas been pronounced by stu dent j of French llteruture to reluln the full beauty and el?ventele of the original French. Window Shade Co. Put in the Shade (ny Aiawiaud I'ren.) NEW YORK. Feb. li.-Recel vt?ra were appointed by tho federul court for thc Jay C. Wemple Coinpany. win dow shades and window shade cloth manufacturers, with plants herc ami in Chicago. The company, organized in 1887, has liabilities of $555.000 and assets worth $401,800. according to the schedules. Bist!- Over Hrrnri Prices. SASSAUI. Italy. Feb. :!.-(10:4? a. m.)-Riots growing out of the agita tion over the high price of Inend are arsumlng a graver character. Crrrwda today went about streets sacking Moles. Strong reinforcements of troops have been called out tb maia tain order. _ LING OUT FF 25 CENI DANUERINE hair fnlls out fast. A little Dandorlne tonight-now-any time-will imrely uavc your hair. Cot a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton'n Duiiderlne from uny drug store or toilet counter, and after the first ap plication your hair will lake on that life, lustre und lururiance which ls no beautiful. It will become wavy und fluffy and havo thc appear ance of alu: adan ce ; an incomparable gloss and softness, but what will ideaso you most will bo after Just a few week's use, when you will actual ly seo a lot of fine, downy hair-new hair-growing all over tho scalp. pMIEUO IJATR[ TODAYS PROGRAM: THE GORDON MUSICAL COMEDY CO. pretents "A TRIP TO PARIS" Movies For F oday i "THE LEGEND BEAUTIFUL" American Two Reel Feature, "HER MOTHER'S VOICE" Royal. +*+??<-*????????.?++++++++++++ j Personal j +++++++?????+4 ??????++4'+++ \V. K. Strickland of Belton WUK a visitor in tho city yesterday. -o W. !.. Brownlee of Due West spent yesterday in the city. A. (?. Thompson of Starr was among Hie visitor in the etty yesterday. J. H. Iluckabee has returned to l.owtidesvllle. ufter a short visit here. A. I'. Spence ls in the city after a week's visit in Greenville. P. if. Hyatt, well known business man of Columbia, was a visitor in the city yesterday. E. F. Lanham of AiiKUstn was iraoug the business visitors lu the city yesterday. II. T. Ferguson of Spurtanhurg waa a visitor in the city yesterday. .1. M. Griffith 'of Greenwood spent yesterday in tho city on business. Sum .hickson of Ivu was among the visiter.? in the city yesterday. J. L. j.ivkson of the Storevllle sec tion spent yesterday In the city. W. A. Mullinax of Pelter was among the visitors In the city yesterdny. E. I). MeAllster of Pelzer spent yes terday in the city. Hoy E. Murrin.i of the country was in the city yesterday. Charles Hobbins of the Lebanon section spent yesterdny In tho city. John Breazcale of Pendleton * as a visitor In the city yesterday. John Snclgrove of the country spent yesterdny In the city. Will Tucker of the country was umong the vijitors in the city yester day. E. O. Hunter of Spurtanhurg was a visitor lu the city yesterday. Miss Ella Sadler of Pendleton was a vlsi'.-or in the city yesterday. Sam McAdams of Ira spent yester day in thc city 0:1 businesj. Hamp Crensbaw of Pendleton was a visitor In the city yesterday. Augustus Moorehead of Sandv Springs was a visitor in the city yes terday. J. B. Tucker of Iva spent yester lay In tho city. W. W. Mciver of Greenville was a visitor In tho city yesterduy. L. A. Todd o' Starr was :1111o.u- the visitors in the city yesterday. J - H. S. Mciver of Greenville was ampng the visitors in the city yester day. J. M. Fesjoll and J. M. Cohen Jewelry drummers of New York city were In tho city yesterday calling'on locul dealers. Charley Finley or the Mountain ."n ck section was in thc city yester day. Mrs. Charles English of Belton was a visitor in the city yesterday. Mn. J. W. Lyon of Iva was among thc shoppers in the city yesterday. C. I). Watson of Starr spent yester lay tn the.city. J. H. Wright of the Roberta aec t:>n was a visitor In the city yester day. R. H. Price of Townvlllo was.among the visitor.} In the city yesterday. Magistrate Lee Cochran of Calhoun was a visitor in the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hutchinson, who have been making their home on Mur ray avenue, arc moving to Walhalla. Mr. Hutchinson ls connected with the Dlue Rrldge Railway. W. F. Lee of Piedmont was a. visitor In the city yesterday. Mrs. H. S. Moore of Piedmont waa a visitor in the city yesterday. The Day in Congress Senate: Fight over the ship bill re sumed. Foreign relations committee gave hearing on Senator Htchcock's bill io prohibit exports of war munitions. Commerce committee worked on river and harbor appropriation bill. Considered nominations In execu tive session. Adjourned at 6 p. m. to noon Thurs day. House: Mlscelloreous billa con sidered. Psssed bills amending navigation laws to facilitate operation ot foreign built vessels transferred to American registry. Bill to dissolve the Roosevelt foun dation aad return the $40,000 Nobel peace prise to Colonel Roosevelt fav orably reported. Represe ntattve McDonalds bill to create a nat tonal employment bureau was reported favorably. Adjourned at 4:66 p. m. to ll a. m. Thursday. ..... '. - - JURORS FOR SECOND WEEK ARE EXCUSED PRESENT TERM OF COURT NOT LIKELY TO CONTIN UE ALL WEEK ONLY 2 CASES Are on the Docket For Trial.1 That Against Whitlock and | One Against Shaw. Indications yesterday were taut the present term of the court .>f general sessions would be adjourned sine die before the end of the week. At any rate, it will not be continued into next week, as all second week Jurors hu ve been excused. There ure hut two cuses left on the docket for trial ut this term of the court, and only one of these ls of importance or likely to tuke more thun u half day for trial. When court recessed Tuosduy night Solicitor K. 1?. Smith announced that ? here were hut seven case-; left on Ute docket for triul at this tenn of court. Yesterday four of these cases wore disposed of by trial and a fifi li dlspo.ied of by being nol proSBcd, leav ing hut two more cases for trial. The case of S. Hi Whitlock, indicted for murder, and that of C. A. Shaw, indicted for disposing of property un der mortgage, ure the two remaining on the docket for trial nt this term of the court. Whitlock's casi' is set for tr'.iii today, and it is probable that it will he the first taken up when court meets this morning at 9:30 o'clock. It is not likely that the case of Whitlock will take more than a day | for trial. In the event it takes ul! of imlay for the trial of the case, this will leave only the case of Shaw for trial Friday. As this matter will like ly ba disposed of In a short while, lt ls not Improbable that court will be adjourned by nevm Friday. FAMINE THREATENS MEXICAN CAPITAL - . ? Carranza Officiais Are Moving Their Records to Vera Cruz. (Rv AMnrUtMl t*rrs? ? WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-A food famine menaces Mexico city unless conditions are relieved: according to advices reaching the American state department. " . The diplomatic corps hore is mani festing much anxiety of er conditions In the Mexican capital because nf the ban on cipher communication which has been placed by tho Carranza au thorities. This is the first time, it is nhl, that foreign diplomats have had serious difficulty in reaching,their le gations In Mexico City.' State department officials are get ting their telegrams through, but with much delay. Carranza -Hel?is at] Mexico City are minim, dielr records to Vera Cruz, where it is believed the capital of the Carrauza government will re main. Tho Constitutionalist -agency hero made public tonight the following re ports from Vera Cruz: "General Pablo Gonzales reports the capture of Cadereyta. ir? mile, oust nf Monterey. Tho VUUstas were decisively defeated and suffered heavy losses. "Between Monte Morolos and Lin ares. Geperal .Marino Sundava), com manding a Vllliasta army, was over whelmed and forced to retreat to the north. "Tomorrow (Thursday) railroad traffic will bo resumed between this place and Mexico City. Qa account of the scarcitv of food in the capital thc Vera Cruz chamber of commerce has arranged to send suppli?s thora by the first train." SPENT SIXTY TEARS IN FRI CATION WORK Viss Rebecca S. AI hergott! of Orange burg Dead After Long and Use ful Career. ORANGEBURG, Feb.. t.-Miss Re l- ?.cen S. Alberton I riled at the home of her brother-in-law, T. A. Jeffords, Sr., last night about midnight after anrillness of many months.. Miss Al bergotti leaves an enviable record as a school teacher, her educational work extending over a psrlcd of more than three score years. She began teaching In the Memmlnger school in Charleston when she waa quite young. She afterwards conducted for many years a private school , in Orange burg. When the graded schools were established here, she was elected as a teacher therein, which position she held until two years ?go, when she resigned on account of feeble health. The news of the death of Mles Al bergottl will be received with sadness by her numerous former pupils, who reside In all sections of this Stste. Miss Alborgottt was a consistent member of the Methodist church. The funeral services will be held tomor row afternoon at 4 o'clock at St. Paul's Methodist church. Burial will take place at Sunnyside cemetery. new Mr. Davit Get Wi et a Bad Cough. "Some time ago I had.'a very bad cough" writes Lewis T. Davis, Black water. Del. "My brother McCabe Davis gave me a small bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Ramed*. After toking this I bought halt'* doxen bot tles of lt bot only used ?ne ot them as the cough left me and I have not been troubled sinos." Obtainable every where. ,_ * ELECTRIC CIT * _ * Item? of Interest and Person * Wireless on th* S E. II. Hil liards Beaches Home. A com ur un lent ion received yester day morning at the chamber of com merce from Mr. E. H. Richards, who ls interested in thc erection of a Bruin elevator at Anderson and who spent Bevern I days here lust week in the In terests of the proposition, stated that lie reached his home at Willow City, X. I)., last Thursday night, to find everything covered with snow and the thermometer standing at 10 degrees below zero. He stated that at Wil lislou, X. I)., the temperature Thurs day morning registered "?2 degrees below zero. Mr. Richards stated that he was leaving for Minneapolis, where lie goes lo consult manufactur ers of grain elevator machinery. Voting Jeter tiela Appointment. There are many Anderson people who will be Interested In knowing that Powers Jeter, son of the Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Jeter of Aiken has won a scholarship to the I'nlted States Naval Academy, at Annapolis. The Rev. Mr. Jeter WU3 at one time a resi dent of Anderson, being rector of Grace church. Powers Joter came out second In a competitive examination. He will be appointed to the academy by Congressman J F. Byrnes of tho second congressional district. -o Only One t'asp Hefore Recorder. Rut one casa came before Recorder Russell In the police court yesterday, and i ii this case the sentence of $5 tine Imposed was suspended. A young white man named Clum Craft was charged with drunkenness. loud swearing and disorderly conduct. There was a lack of positivo evidence against the defendant, and the record er stated thut as there was Borne doubt as to his guilt he would Impose a fine of $5 and suspend lt. o J. Belton Watson Ul In Columbia. Mr. Wade A. Watson left yesterday afternoon for Columbia to bc with his father. Hon. J. Belton Watson, who will be operated on at a Columbia hospital today. Mr. Watson went to Columbia about a week ago for treat ment at the hands of a specialist, and after several days observation the sur geons decided that an operation would be necessary to relieve Mr. Watson of his affliction. Mr. Watson has long been prominent in public affairs of Anderson County and is well and fa\ - crably known throughout the State. His many lrlends In Anderson Coun ty wish for him a opeedy return to health. . ?flt Colton Remains At Eight Cents. The local cotton market continues at the ??ame old price which has pre vailed for the past ten days, that is, fi cents. Cotton buyers stated yester day that there liad not been mere than half dozen* bales of top cotton cold on the streets during the day, and very lltllo of any other kind -o Test Ont Theatre Lights Teda). Officials of thc Southern Public Utilities Company, contractors for the wiring of the new Anderson theatre, stated yesterday that the test ing out of the lights In the new play house would probably begin today lt ls expected that the work of wiring the house and installing the fixtures will be completed by next Saturday. -o Bread Like Germans Eat. A young lady of .lits city received yesterday from a German friend a sample of the rye bread which the Kaiser has ordered all his subjects to eat while the Fatherland ls at war. The recipient of the piece ot rye bread gave a morsel of lt to a report er for The Intelligencer, and the re porter has not yet fully recovered from the effects of masticating and swallowing the same. The bread was about as heavy and as tasteless as one Imagines a brick bat would be. Felton Visited Country he hool? County Superintendent of Education J. r 'elton yesterday visited Eureka and *x>ng Branch schools, thc former being visited In the forenoon and the latter In the afternoon. Mr. F*i?t?r stated that ho found nffe'.rs of the school* In splendid shape. -o - Lee House Fire Lost Settled. The Insurance adjuster yesterday approved the danns on the old Lee house, on Bleckley street, which was burned several nights ago. The house, which waa owned by Mr. W. R. Lee. of Charlotte, was Insured for $1.000. The house was valued at $2.-; 600. so Mr. Lee's net loss amounta to about $1,500. Warrants Fer Women Iftsaed. Because two white women of the Anderson mill village failed to ap pear In police conn yesterday os wit nesses In a case tried thea-the wo men having been duly summoned Recorder Rasselt swore out warrants for both of them, charging them with railing or refusing to appear as wit nesses tn tho recorder's court after being duly summoned. Y SPARKLETS * _ * tal Mention Caught Over the * itreet? of Anderson * County Physicians .U??t Yesterday. At the regular mont lily meeting yes terday of the Anderson County Medi cal Society, held at the nurses' home, at the county hospital. Samuel M. Wolfe, a member of the Anderson ('(ninty delegation to the general ss? ?embljr, was elected attorney for the medical society. He will work on u revision of the medical practice act of the State. The meeting of the so ciety was largely attended and inter esting papers were read on tho follow ing subjects: "Epistaxis," by Dr. W. II. Nardin; "Random Observations of Medical Europe," by Dr. E. A. Hines; "Fractures," by Dr. H. A. Henry. -o Won't Slav Clear Long Prediction. Prophets predicted freely yesterday that the weather would not remain clear long, not more than three days, at the most. And they based their predictions on tho old superstition that when it clears up during the night lt will not remain clear longer than a period of three successive days! During Tuesday night the rain ceased and Rle clouds lifted, bringing yesterday bright sunshine. -o Xew Residents Arrive In ( Itv. Mrs. C. C. Garllngton and Miss An nie Carlington, lately of Columbia, mother und sister, respectively, of Miss Maggie M. Carlington, county su perviEO1.* of rural schools, and Miss Janie Garllngton, canning and toma to club demonstrator for Anderson County. ha\v urrlved In Anderson and will make their home herc. Mrs. Carlington and lier daughters have taken tho house of the Rev. r.'. H. Bur riBS, on River Heights. Mr. Burriss and his fnmllv have taken a house-on West Franklin street. ! Sylvester Fretwell Goes to Poughkeepsie. Sylvester Fretwell, son of Mr. and 1 T.frs. T. J. Fretwell. left Anderson last Sunday for Poughkeepsie. N. Y.. where he will pursue a course of study at Eastman Business College. Mr. Fretwell will be away about a year. He hus many friends and ad mirers in Anderson who will be in terested to know of his going away, and they predict a bright and success ful future for him. FIRST RESPONSE FROM RUSSIA Only Russians Can Distribute Food and Clothing to Pris oners.. (fly Aworiatnl Prc?.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Russia to day informed tho United States that only Russian military authorities would be permitted to distribute food, money and clothing to German and Austrian prisoners in Siberia. A re lief expedition of American mission aries whp started from Peking with supplies for the prisoners will not *KJ permitted to proceed. The Russian communication, sent through Ambassador Marye, made it clear that food and clothing could be sent to soldi**"* h?w prisoners, but . money. All relief supplies must be addressed io commandants of the military districts. No mention was made in the Rus sian reply to requests made by diplo matic officers to Inspect the prison camps, nor war any report made on the condition of the prisoners. The communication was the first response to the American govern ment's repeated representations on behalf of Austria and Germany, whose diplomatic Interests are being cared for by thc American embassy at Petrograd. ?r?Bolt i LOVE ANDA FELLOW-FEELING I am the man to fix your teeth BO you can eat the pie that I put In the Piedmont Belt. I make plates at $6.50 I make gold crowns nt$4.00 'Silver fillings, 50c and np. Gold fillings $1.00 and up Painless Extracting 40^r. I make a specialty of treating Pyorrhea, AlveolarlB of the guma und all crown and bridge work and regulating mal formed teeth. All work guaranteed flrBt-cluBS. S. G. BRUCE DENTIST Something For Nothing Youngs Island, 8. C., NOT. 23, 1*1?. To get started with you wo make you the following offer. Send ss $1.0* for 1,000 Frost. Proof Cabbage Planta? grown in the ^oen air and will ?tana freezing, gr- .rom the Col abrateo Seed of Boigie a & Son and Thortons & Co., and I will send you 1.0)0 Cab bage Plants additional FREE, und yow can repeat the order as many time? as you like. I will give you special prices on Potato Seed and Potato riants later. We want the account? o2 closo buyers, large ard small. W? fuj supply all. Atlantic Coas* Plant Co. / In a Bottle 1 / -Through a I Strawlsfhewsy f to enjoy the deli ciousness of Chero Cola. This way it is always uniform, ? pure and wholesome, k [ rCherO'Cola Sf Borriss Metal Shingles GREAT FIRE PROTECTION la Ike ems? of the fire Monda j afternoon, which destroyed Un Ivre story boase at No. ?04 Bleekley Street, and occupied by Mr. Will Edward?, th? hanses adjacent thereto would sorely kare barned lt Ikey had stol been ai? net as they were as a result el the extrenefy wet weather we bare been aavteg recently. A Barrls? Metal Shingle reef wm afford great* protection la ease of fire ? tear you? tab baa been prevea tiste and time again. Better leek tata, this MOW, Oar fire Department ls terribly Icecaps** la Wita? to tb? fires ?a aeecnnt of Ike very bad streets. Tohn T Burris? (s? Son Earle Street