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Boys' and girjs' Buster Brown and Black Cat Hose, tan and black, sizes 6 $1.00 B^st quality Calico, solid and dark figured, only ;f::yards $1.00 35c best grade Roasted|20c size "O. & O." Teas, I Large size 5oc bottle Olives.! 25c fresh Columbia River I Best grade, 4 string, 4oc I Ladies' 50c light weight Un Coffee, 4 lbs for 'Yard wide Brown Sea Is Sr" $1.00 $1.00 7 cans for .. .00 ,r $1.00 Salmon, 5 cans for $1.00 Broom, 4 for .. .. $1.00 ion Suits 4 suits . $1.00 Dollar Day-Thursday WILL BE SPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE AT Osborne & Pearson Quit Sale Read the price? quoted hera and just remember there are hundreds of other prices that will be just as appealing to the keen and wide awake buyers. Get our prices first, it will pay you* OSBORNE & PEARSON ian Ladies' $1.00 pure thread Silk Hose, (tan only) forpr $1.00 Men's 5Oe pink and blue striped. Night Robes~4 $1.00 Best grade 20c Dimity, small dainty check, 8 vards for $1.00 I Senator Sherard Editor The Intelligencer: In some sections of the county, sc ?I am rellebly informed, the statement is being circulo* ,d that I, as Stet? senator, favored the issuance of bonds for permanent road improvements without submititng the question to a vote of the people. How such a state ment originated I cannot understand, unless it sprang fr-m ignorance of the facts or was conceived In a desire to injure me. It is utterly without foundation and absurd on its very face, r The bond issue first came up for discussion at a Joint meeting of thc Anderson delegation and a number ol citizens of the county held in the State houBe at Columbia, on Friday, feb ruary 12th, Just ?ix legislative days before the close of the session of the general assembly. As chairman vjf thc delegation, when the meeting waa called to order and before an opinion was expressed by any one, I stated for myself that I would kill in the sen ate any sort of bond bill unless the people were given the right to rote on it. With me this condition was abso lute. This was readily agreed to by all the delegation as well as by those who came before us In the name of citizens of the country wjio advocated a bond issue. The bill was then intro duced concurrently in both houses. During the campaign last summer ' one of the Important issues I discuss ed and advocated was the initiative i and referendum, an instrument of government that brings to the people themselves the direct and supreme power of selfrule, and it would have been at utter variance with every theory of democratic government 1 hold and with every consideration of justice to have thought for a moment of denying to the people a rlgbythat belongs to them and not to their rep resentatives. There seem to be no le gal obstacles in the way of a county bond Issue without a vote of the peo . pie, lt is true, but I consider such ac tion a gross and wanton abuse of pow Control the Tho "Florence-Automatic* Wickle?, Valveless, Blue , Flame Oil Cooking Stove burns ordinary kerosene oil works on a new principle^ you regulate the flame by a tum of the lever, as shown in the cut above, so that the.he?t is always under absolute con trol'-always ready, convenient apd economical-no clogging ' or leaky valves, no trouble some wick, hence no smoke, ho kitchen full of soot.JMade in five popular sizes, A US QU Stoves Fiarmtce Oven* sou ty Anderson Hardware Co. Ens* Whitner St. cEvnui ?gas^ggm ce.,*?*? Makes Statement _J| er that cannot be defended on any ? grounds. . I I regret .the necessity of having to ', say anything in the newspapers, and I ' ; am making this statement simply for i the purpose of correcting a report ?hat does me great injustice. Whether or not it is .wise to vote bonds for permanent road improvements, it a question for the voters themselves.to decide. They have been given by the county delegation the privilege which, under a popular form of government, should always be theirs unquivocally by right of law, and to their Judg ment and to their desires I am will lug to leave the entire matter. It is the people's business. Let them rule. J. L. SHERARD. March 15, 1916. Anderson's first m. ule festival and indoor chautauqua will be held Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. Two performances wlll.be given each day, afternoon and evening. Capt. William Laughlin, chairman of the Music Festival Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, states that the artists who will figure in this fes tival are among the best that can be had for towns of the else of Ander son, and that those attending these entertainments are assured of being entertained in a delightful and profit able manner. One of the greatest attrs :i\ons of the festival will be William Sterling Battis, who is known far and near as the Dickens man. Mr. Battis' read i i?gs from Dickens are masterful, and those who have heard him declare ' that he is probably the greatest read er of ^Dickens in the world today. A card received yesterday from Mr. (Battis stated that he would arrive In Anderson about noon Wednesday. Another splendid feature of the fes tival will be the rendition qt "Peg O' My Heart" by Miss Gay Zenola Mac'^auren, on Thursday evening. For this one number reserved seats msy be haA. but during all the rest ot the festiva,1 persons holding reserved seats may will sit anywhere in tho house thsy choose. Persons holding season tickets may present them at the box office at The Anderson threatre, where the' festival will be held, anytime after 10 o'clock Wed nesday morning and have seats re served for "Peg O'. My Heart." The program for hte festival ls as follows: ,:> Lecture by Mrs. Varney, "The Sil ent Partner." :-*"^ Wednesday evening-Mr. Sterling Battle, "The Dickens Man." March 18th-Afternoon, Prelude concert, "Tho Hearons Sisters, and a lecture t>y Mrs. Verney, "The Citizen Mother." Evening-Prelude concert. s The Hearons Sisters, and a full play by Miss Gay Zenola MacLauren, "Peg O' My Heart." March ' lflth-Afternoon. Prelude conoevh/ The Hearons Sistei, and lecture by Mr. Verhey,. "Tho Ideal Woman." Evening-Grand full concert, The Hearons Sisters. , - It will be noted that the above pro gram does not include Skovgaard, the celebrated violinist, who is to ap pear at the festival. Due announce men? ot his appearance at the theatre will .be made. CITBOLAX CITFOLAX! CITROLAXt First-get the name down pat-than buy it ot your druggist. Just the vary best thing for constipation, sick head ache, sour stomach. Issy liver, slug gish constipated bowels. The pleas antest, surest, nicest laxative you ever used/ Tastes good-Ilk lemonade Ac is promptly, without pain or nsusea. Gives you the most satisfac tory flushing you have ever had Evans Pharmacy. LEGAL NOTICES TAXPAYERS TAKE NOTICE The time .for paying taxes will be out April 1st., and I have published a ilst of Anderson School Districts *?o. 17, which have not been paid. Now if you fall to call for your poll tax when you pay your taxes. It wilt cost you $8.00 so if you fall tb pay, do not bl?me your auditor. > Preachers and Behool Trustees are liable for noll tax, WINSTON SMITH, County Auditor. Goods Road A number of newspapers have of fered this contribution-authorship unknown-to the fuud of good roads literature: "When Caesar took nn eastward ride and grabbed the Cauls for Home, what was the first tnmg that he did to make them feel at home? Did he increase the people's loads and liber I ty faabld? No, he dug it und build 3ood roads-that's what old Caesar I did. "Did Caesar put the iron heel up on the iceman's breast, or did he try to make them feel the Roman Rule was best? /What did he do to make them glad he'd come tbeit nild.it amid? He built good roads in place of bad-that's what old Caesar did. "He built good roads from hill to hill, good roads from vale to vale; he ran a good roads movement till old Rome got all the ?tale. He told the .folks to buy a home, built roads their hills amid, until all roads led right to Rome-that's what old Caesar did. "If any town would make the town the center of the map, where folke will come and settle down and live in plenty's lap-if any town its own abode of poverty would rid, let it get out and build good roads-just like old Caesar did." What Caesar of old did could be ?.emulated by the rulers of bur own day and. time. His example has been scrupulously followed In European countries and many ot our own 'States have "seen the light" and ore making rapid forward strides. The rules of good roads for -a city is equally and even more forcefully ap plicable to a State and nation. Our federal government ia experimenting with national aid to post roads and, no doubt, will soon launch into this great work of internal improvement on a scale as comprehensive aa that of riverer and harbors .improvement. Effect of Easy Communication. The social, moral, economic, com mercial, industrial,, material, educa tional and personal benefits In the progress and uplift of Texas and Texas people that would ace roe from easy and free inter-communication and transit over permanently high ways from the great rural productive areas of Texas to the market centers has been for years one of great in terest to me and in campaign for minor bond issues in several Texas counties I have freely lent my voice In advocacy of the principle and practice of building good market roads at district county,. State and national expense. During the last year it haa been my privilege to travel over some ot the Improved highways of Kansas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Qhio, New Votk, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Missouri and Maryland, and from train win dows to observe roads in Oklahoma, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and other States. I have pretty we)l traveled in past years, over Texas and have been quite familiar with Texas toad lawa and conditions. Inquiries Made of Other States.. In riding over roads In some other States I made mental'comparison of the roads In our own State and de termined for my own information and satisfaction, to make some investi gation of the various State laws and procedure to ascertain, if possible, wherein our improved roads were so Inferior In number and construction. With this end in view, some . two months ago I directed a letter to the governor of each State In the Union, making substantially the following Irruirles: t. Doer jodr State, from State funds only, construct permanent highways or lend State aid in the lm i% ovement ot public roads? 2. If so. how do you finance same? .Nay Present mileage and amount exnended? 5. Materials used, which found moat satisfactory in. your State, and average construction cost per mils'* 5. What does lt cost and whst rr thhues are used to main tali them? 0. Average width of Improved road surfaces? 7. Have you a highway depart ment or commission, and tb? num ber cf administrative officials? S. Does the department have au*, thority, supervision and control over til po'?I ic roads? 9: Have you a license tax on Te ntai**? 10. How is commission Or depart- ? mont maintained? Nearly all have courteously re plied? furnishing reports and other mluable Information, which is the scarce pf th* data which I ahull har? after give relative to ibo various 5 Department States. From this information it may 1 be observed that our own great com? i monwealtli is among only about eight States out of forty-eight without a centralized highway department or commission. Centralised Control Essential, t j It further discloses ihe prepon iderant weight of opinion und oxper j lenee to be that such centralised con trol seenm to bc absolutely essential jin obtaining effjcie.icy and economy in road construction and main , tennncc. and that th<- principle ol national or ?tate aid a-id control I: , firmly established and well fixed. ] . nave been thoroughly convinced tba the responsibility for toad construc tion and maintenance In Texai should. In part, be taken over by th? , State under :in administrative tom mission or department head, when responsibility can bo well defined an? j readily placed. I bolls', e such a department of oui ' government should, frotq top to base be a c'.03cly-kniii businesslike or ganlzr.'.!?n that would not only sei that ?ll icad Improvement in-Texai should be scientifically, capably am I honestly done, but that, by a genera plan, the isolated spasmodic, In cohesive work done by municipalities ? districts and counties might be don under the supervision ot one centra ? authority, in a practical, economics manner, with a well defined schein of ultimately merging these highway into a closely-wov?n and continuou system of cardinal, trunk line an market high wapa. The service of providing and ..,ulc mining passable roads-the arterle of commerce. Industry, t agricultur and trader-becomes yearly more an more important public ** functions Therefore every reasonable effet should be made by our lawmakin body to proviie funds, by appropria tlon or otherwise, that the tremen doua hindrances to the internal an economic development of Texas ina be overcome and removed. Method should be carefully, earnestly an patriotically planned, adopted am put into early execution, whereby th greatest good may be extended to th greatest number of people. . The value of good roads can scarce ly be overestimated. Their vallie 1 dollars and cents can not t>e aac mutely expressed. No -tatton, St? county, city, town, community or in dividual farm can attain its full sher of prosperity until Its market high ways ara surfaced or so graded an drained as to make avUllable th easy passage of vehtcles. Steam an electric power for. transportation c tho products of the territory can no be' utilised to full advantage unies the ronds leading to the principa marketing and shipping point ar passable, and the more essy th travel, the greater the efficiency o the means of transportation and th more prosperous the people. I should like to quote Georg Fltcha tribute (?) to "Mud:" "Mud ls earth which has been pu in sosa by nature. "Mud is the most valuable thing 1: .the world. After earth has been mu for awhile it produces crops, wlthou which mankind would curl up and di Uko a baby sparrow on a hot doo* step. "However, since mud does not rats crops on the country roads, he hs uo particular use for mud In the particular spot. "AIT over the central part of th! nation tho country roads sre pave with mad. Mud makes ? the won pavement in the world. A flvo-mll mud pavement in Mar uh is aa effet Uve as a two-inch oak Jail door fa keeping a farmer at home. There ar hundred-ot millions of busholt c grain on the farms of America ' 1 the early spring, but they db nc have much effect upon the cost < Uv|Ug, because they are separate from the market by several miles c roads which clasp the farm wagoo tb their bosom with a glad gurgle an refuse to release them until thre teams are hitched on. "Wherever mud lo used for mskin roads the farmer nells his aral when the roads ar? firmest instes of when the market is firmest. "American mud ls extremely us? less on the country roads. It ls eve more useless ot the city streets. ] ls hard to work op n worry over th fact that the American business do? not worship old masters and broket nosed statuary. But it ls essy to tx come distressed over the oeathet caste cf a ra sn who will wads dowi town aukledeep ia last winter's mt sll spring without eal Hag around j the city, halt with a rope and plead! r to. he alic wed to hang the admlniatn Hon. "The efficiency nf American eli government can be measured in soino ways by the amount of mud on the American city street." TENTS FOB CADET ENCAMPMENT HEH WORK OF PREPARING CAMP GROUND WILL BEGIN RIGHT AWAY RECEPTION BOARD Chairman F. B. Crayton of Re cept?on Committee Name? His Assistants-Program The tents which have been loaned by the National Guards of South Caro lina for the encampment of tho Clem son Collete ct dela im-<- next w;ek arricd here yttlerday from Colum bia. Mid will be un?oslo 1 today nnd tranaf? r'n. to the camp Mte, which .s on Ine Rob2rts pr >,? '-' ly, on North Main street. Work of preparing the comp ground for the pitching of the tents will begin today, and Wednesday or Thursday a crew from Clemson Col lego will como to Anderson for the purpose of erecting ttv* tents nnd get ting everything in readiness for the coming of the cadets on next Monduy ' uiternopji. Lieut. J. M. CUmnncgs, V. S. A., comma'idsnt cf caue?? at Clemson, was In tho citv yesterday fer the purpose of looking further into arrangements for titi encamp ment . Parade nnd Concerte. Lieut. Cummings announced yes terday that the dress parade of cadets would take place Thursday afternoon, the 25th Inst., on the public square, at an hour to be anne Kneed later. Thursday afternoon a band concert will be given on tho anuure by the Clemson College cadet band. . The hour at* which this conceit will be given will also be announceu later. Tho cadets corps, ,'30 rirons will leave Clemson College ?arly on the morning of Monday, the 21'nd. inst., and march to Sandy Springs, where dinner will be served. At Sdn-iy Springs the cadets will entrain and como to Anderson by railway, ar riving here early in the afternoon. The visitors will be met at the rail way station by a reception commit tee composed df the following: F. B. Crayton, chairman; Capt. R. J. Rather, F.?. E. Burrtss. Fur man Smith, T. Frank Wat kin:;, W. L. Brisseyv-Dr. Clyde P. Ross, Br. A. L. Bmethers. Harry Orr, C. H. Bleich, A. M. PinkBton, Fred M. Burnett, Geo. W. Evans, Rhett Parker. Harry Oelsberg. Ous Anton akos. Glenn Evads. F. M. Unger, T. i . Cely. C. S. Minor. Leon L. Rice, J. M. Glenn, W. W. Smoak, M. M. Mat tison, F.'jv. Jno. F. Vines, Mr. W. Sullivan. H. Rosenberg. C. S. Sullivan, W. E. Watson, R. S. Ligon, Rev. J. V. Spcake, G. Cul len Sullivan. G. H. Geiger, B. B. Goasett, Jno. Linley, Rev. W. H. Frazer. Gen. Af. L. Bonhm, A. 8. Farmer. ooooooooooooooooo o CLEMSON COLLEGE o o - o ooooooooooooooooo Second term examiations began to day and will continue through next Satnrtfr.y "Hie 18th will be a holiday, Calhoun's birthday. Following the examinations will be an encampment tor flvfe days In the city of Anderson. The great majori ty of the cadets are expecting to have a delightful stay in Anderson. Dr. Lovermore, representing the peace foundation, gave one of the strongest lectures ever heard here on. last Wednesday morning at the first hour after chapel, exercises. He met representatives of the literary societies in the Afternoon and out lined plans for tho Improvement of their work and suggested many topics bearing on world relationships for discussion. , ANNOUNCEMENT DR. WELLS 199 1-2 E. Whilner St. Anderen, 3. C. FILLING. CROWN AND BRIDGE SPECIALTY EXPERT ON EXTRACTING Either way, asleep or wide awake; One of the best in the State. She was the recipient of many de lightful social attentions during her short stay here. Mrs. Frank li. Gary has returned to her home in Abbeville after a lew days visit tb Mrs. Carrie McCully. li you have business abroad, a systematic usc of economical, efficient WESTERN UNION Cable Letters may save you a trip across that ia expensive of both time and money. Cable Letters-12 words flied today, delivered tomor row afternoon. The coat-about % regular cable rates. Week-end Cable Letters-24 words flied Satur day, delivered Monday morning. Rates very reasonable. Fali inform . ..Vn af any Wmitern Union Office THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. Mr. W. M. Bunts, representing the intercollegiate prohibition asso ciation, spoke at thc chapel excr etes Thursday, morning. Ile .or ganised a brunch or the -.ssoclotlou here r.ith considerable membership. Th? Play given by local talent last Saturday night for the benefit of tho Y. M. C. A. building and the ti. O. C. was an unqualified success. More than a 1 andred dollars was realised. There were BO many in tho cast and each one'perfected his part Bo well that individual comment is Impossible. The inter-soclety . contest for the purpose of selecting debators to meet Davidson College at Winthrop iu April was held on Thursday even ing. The judges. S. L. Sweeny. A. C. Holmes, and .1. C. Littlejohn, select ed D. V. Polger of the junior class and D. E. Swinehart of the senior clsss aa the representatives, with J W. Sanders a sal ie rna te. The Clemson College Glee Club is composed ol tfcft following: L. L? Grand, manager: J. S. Moore, di rector: F>. S. Blake, A. Ellis, R. P. Steakhouse, J. E. Glover, J. H. Myers, T/ fl. Dukes, F. C. LeGette. V. T. Anderson, W. A. Tesl, J. P. Blackman, and C. H. Albrecht, pianist. The club baa given Success ful concerts at Winthrop and Chi cote, sud hopes to take other .rips. Tho new pl?n of section formation ind marching that l.< being tried as kn experiment is working well so far. The plan relieves the cadets from military restraint, for s few minutes between-recitations and give soppor Lunity for consultation with Instruc tors. . Following la the Clemson baseball ichedule: March 26, Furman at Anderson. April 2, Wolf ord at Clemson. April 3. Furman at Clemson. April 9. 10, Erskine at Due West. April 13, Richmond College at Clemson. April 14 ind 1G, Wofford at Spar-, tanburg.' April 17, Citadel ut Clemson. April 2 Tand 28. Presbyterian Col lego'at Clemson. April HO, Muy 1, University o^ Georgia at Clemson. May 7 and Auburn at Auburn. May 13 and 14,. Newberry at Clem son. May ir>, Furman at Greenville. May 17 and 18, University of South? Carolina at Greenwood. OUR BUSINESS IS ' LAUNDERING and tho quality o? our work and tho promptness of our sorvlca, i$? makes ever** day a busy day at our modern, up to dato minute laundry plant Just now we are busy help ing a lot cf women clean house ; -doing up their lace curtail woolen blankets, heavy bedding,: etc. and sometimes by doing the weok's wash- for them, so they c?n have it out of the way, while cleaning house. Maybe, you could be helped too. ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY THONE KG. t, Parkor^Bolt