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THIS COLTON
GOOD FOR ONE DOLLAR
If unwilled before October Iftlh wc will ac
cept lliis coupon UK purl payment eu any suit
(ti clothe* purchased of us al KM face value,
$1.(10. Oui) one tuiipon accepted on euch suit
suhl.
AMERICAN TAILORS.
The most beautiful linc of woolens from tho choicest
Mills of this country und abroad. They arc from the
swellest, niftiest patterns to be had
Made to Your
]VT*iO Cl ll? o
IfiVUOUiV
American Tailors
ON THE SQUARE.
Our $2.00 Hats Are ^Wonders-See Them
Electric City Sparklets
No Time Lost lng amounted lo about $2f>0, bul on thu
In Seeking Lan. following day there was not a Bingle
Evidently D. .1. Hicks does not bo- arrest made and Saturday splendid
llevo in letting thu gruss grow under order was maintained. Tho evil-doers)
hin feet, according to a statement were conspicuously absent and tho
nta<*0 Saturday by tho ofilciulH of tho "cops" had u chanco to loaf on tho job
^N^Streot railway system. On circus day throughout tho ?lay.
in Anderson Mr. Hicks' teuni. was -o
struck by a street car and his mule ][?nicsvi<kcrN to
was killed. Yesterday tho Southern <;,, <),, Kxcurslon
Public Utilities Compauy received no- s. W. Westbrook, industrial agent or
tico from Martin, Oreen & Earle that tho Georgia and Florida railway, and
their firm Jiad been retained by Mr. (; K Key> representativo of u Georgia
Hfcks and that any adjustment of tho farin com"uuy> woro engaged yester-l
^ matter would'hovO to bo made through ,iHy Jn making plans for running an
. them. _ excursion train from this city lo
"*r~<*""TT"TT points lu Southeast Georgia. Tho
root Lall Oamn ? i-lrjp haB uwm planned especially for
V??H Called Off. .7 t|ie bencllt of Anderson county plant
^Evcry student at .tho Anderson High crH desiring to chango their location
School and especially the momboru or Blld t<> BetUc elsewhere. Thc Georgia
tho football siiuad, experienced keen nnd Florida railroad is- behind tho
disappointment t Saturday morning gcilCnio and their Industrial ugent says
When a telegram was received rroni Uint wjlon Anderson planters see the
the Wofford FRtJng school conveying (crtl!e fields of Georgia and Florida
tho nows that the ramo for next Mon- ,|iey v/m bo willing to stop und locate,
day afternoon would have to be prout- Tho Georgia and Florida runs from
poned. No explana^lo? was offered for Augusta, Ga. to Tallahassee, Fla.
thiB action, although tho letter said .-o
that a game to,to ployed on Ootobor v , ,
n could be nfr?^XimberB Of tho ^^Tif.rfinv
A; H. B: ?a^?^h^p?bllc to un- Aioro 8"|u??0*V mana^r nt thn
mf^^im^^^il batiotte ?StiT^Mofnr- Car
. f?uR olThHo^? l"'?l's? a" Company; was in Anderson Saturday
* U ."'IQ , confufriiig with Areme L. Todd, local
1 Cotton Took ? no i jv representative of tho Ford company.
Another hlumP' * > *,r- LQnsf?ri1 aWa tl,at i?'8 company's
Tho price of Cotton continues to SifS?^??8. ptlckfe? up w"n^ully
i - drop and Anderson farmers take u ???5 ?fLS^SSt .?J ??
Ughter hold on every bale every thoo ofllclala of tho bord company say that
n fraction Atoati??iR .chonnod off business-will bo normal ugaln In u
L?TaV iS ^ ?/ J?*P ?r *** g?
nrti.? it toi,i.(?wniimt um) i,TnH 8alu tlmt ho was well pleased with
. Anderson formera say -that they will Anderson j^nty^
got 10 contador ;rta/venndlf they keep ." -, ? j . .
up their deioriuMnltlorPthey will even- Nr?t Fino On v
tually get their own? price. Now Truffle Law. . S
.--o-; - Automobile drivers and other vobi
rnmhiv Wuilim clo drivers around Anderson may huvo
Will BrowCrowds - thought that the city ofllctuls were
The announcement waa made Sat- if8?tn"'?"11 ^^"'T11^ rf*
urday by Rev. Dr. John F. Vines, pas- tuo traffic laws of driving lo tho right
tor ot tbo First BapUst church of An- nmst bo observed Possibly some bo
dcraon, to tho effect that a tories of Moved that the officials were lu car
. revival meetings will begin at his nest buL certainly many did not. How
? Vv church on Sunday. October IB, Dr. ?ver, m th Rt- may b? scyera! arrests
? l Vines has socured tho services for ]\*Vo been made within tho last few
M this meeting of Dr. Lindsey J. William- (lays on l0h,Vl)ar*0 ,nml ??no tlofond
^slon of St. LoulB. en? of the roost "wV Bnt was flnefl *50P in Poljco court a
P$ ed-Baptlst divines in tho United Statcu. Qi. 80 ?8o^for disregarding
: Tho mcetlng will attract largo crowds lh? ?natructtan? of tho officers. After
-aud Dr. Williamston will bo greoled 14 fo,w ua?8 thc drivers will como to
^../.byap'preolatlveaudlenoos.' realise that it is giSng to cost them
?f tl , o Bomoining every timo Utoy violate tho
. Police Getting . . . l8W- *_
A Needed Rest, . r-?-~
. Tho Anderson policemen got a Hail road Men
rpucb needed rest Friday ant] Satur- Anton* (sitora,
doy. That they worked abd worked Hoi Kinard, industrial agent* of the
?,i- ; bard:po circus day ls an ocknowledg- Georgia railroad with .offices ln-Spar
. dd-4act,*?lnco the Anea Friday morn- tanbnrg. spent Saturday'in Anderson
says Mrs. Sy!vani:t Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky.,~ In f???
? -ZLSILM :wri*4ng ?f her experience with Caidui, the woman's ?j
.jlgffl- tonic She says further: 'Tsforc 1 beean to use aQfi
JPrcl Ca/dul. my back and head would hurt so bad, 1 p3^?
thought thc pain would kill mc I was hardly able hr*r4
-PSI to do any of my housework. After taking three bottles Hn
i&La 'Of Cardul, 1 began to ice! like ? new woman. I soon
" gained 35 pounds, and now, I do ?ll my housework, in
as well as run a big water mill.
|g0 i Wish every suffering woman would give |g|
I ?HKUUI Q
lg The Woman's Tonic
f23 ^^.. t stm use Cardul when I feel a little bad,-:"H
'Zj?? ?iic?-it always does me good." mSn
..|RBV . ; Headache^ backache, side ache, nervousnesi
h. > 1?S !irc?? woril"?i:t ~?'.*S5. c?e, sure signs of woman- fe^S
SSS trp?b!e? Sighs that you need, Cardui; the woman's BS
tonitt " Y?u cahh?t malee a mistake in trying Cardul Cj
aH'/;'w.vy?Uf trouble. It lias beca' fietelng weak, ailing MQI
ST.*.
in thc Interest ni Iii? road. Mr. Kinara
succeeded John Ferguson, wi ll known j
lu Anderson people, whu illcil not lon?
ago. Mr Ki ii ?i rt I says (hat ll? like? I
Anderson lim; ami thinks this would
lie a good place for his office.
All th?! Children
Kn j?) ed Service.
Tho special services for tho child
ren of Anderson, hold Saturday morn
ing in Kt. John's Methodist church, at
tracted a largo number of the young
people of the city ami they all enjoy
ed every minute of tho affair. Tin- ser
mon preached by Kev. John W. Spcake
made a dec]) inipression upon them and
Mr. Hpoaku anys that li? cointiders ibis
particular service one of thu best lie
han ?ver held.
Sew Iden ut
LoCiil Store?
The Olympic Ice cream parlor bas
introduced an innovation in the way of
serving' toft drinks. Having reached
conclusion that ordinary glasses are
not as sanitary for drinking purposes
as they inlaid he, ibis up-to-thc-miu
uto store hus received a large num
ber of paper cups in which they are
serving drinks at their fountain. The
proprietors of th? store say that (li*
public Is well pleased with the Idea.
Anderson Hoy
HUH Made (.'mid,
Ensign S. Hallen (leer, who was
gorn and raised in Helton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. II. M. (Jeer, who left some
welts ago for China, hal goon promot
ed lo commander in chief of tho Asia
tic Heel. Thia news wua cabled from
Shanghai, China, September 21, to tin:
Cubed Stute?. Commander ticer will
bo stationed nt Hie I'hiilipino l.-.lands
and be should have reached there thc
li rsl of September.
Commander 'Jeer hil made wonder
ful progress in one year. He ia uni)
" l years old and his standing in Hu
Coiled .l ites nu?y is o rj.vnl tu bc
prouud of.
Johnson Mot
Drain Contract
At a meeting of thc special commit
tee of city council, appointed for tin
purpose of having constructed a stern
drain from South Main street dowi
Market street to Peoples street, me
Saturday morning and awarded til
contract for the construction of tin
drain to W. W. Johnson. His bid wa
for brick, $2,lf>0 and for concrete, $1,
ti'Jfi. It ls understood that- tho drab
matter lias retarded the work of th
C. & W. C. railroad and since it hu
been settled it is presumed that th
work wlM go ahead.
Working for
Foreign Trade.
Tho Anderson Chamber of Con:
moree distributed to large^nianulai
turers In Anderson's territo?y copie
of nu interesting trafile aniiouncemei
made by tho Southern Ry. with refei
once to South American business. Til
announcement contained somo vet
valuable' Information, and addition!
copies of same may bo obtained froi
Commercial Agent L. B. Harris, cai
tho Blue Ridge Ry., in this city.
-o
WH! Use
Road Signs.
B. O. Eva r.d &. Company, who ai
liberal users of newspaper advert!
lng nnd who always' get splendid r
aults from their advertising of wba
eve:' nature, Saturday placed a- co:
tract for 2,.r>00 square feet of li if
grade metal signs-outdoor or roi
signa-which will bo used on tl
moro prominent thoroughfares lea
ing into Anderson. All these sig)
will be of thc newest style and of tl
very host materials. They arc to !
manufactured by a local concei
which ?B a sufficient guarantee tb
they will bo ali right as is every thii
CIKO "Made in Anderson."
-o.
Tom-hern Are
to Meet T?doy
Tb? flrsi mtt:t'?ip for the ache
teachers of. Anderson county.will ta
placo today in the West Market stn
schooi. Thc mooting is of moro tn
ordinary interest sinco the office
for tho coming year will bo chosen H
day and other matters of general I
terest to tho association will bo
for discussion. Tho program calls l
tomo very pleasant events, amp
them being a luncheon served by. (
domestic science class of the bi
school. Miss Carlington says that i
ls much pleased ovor the interest tl
tho teachers aro taking in the znecti
and sho expects tito attendance tot]
to be large.
--o
Wofford Hoya
Coming Monday. ,
. Tho task of trying to persuado
dersou people to go out and encourt
and support the "home'hopos" ip
athletic contest ot any kind la moi
mental, lt one ls to Judge by tho ba
ball record of last Rummer. Tho te
ball game which is to' be playeij n
Monday afternoon ot Buena Vista, pi
between tho, Anderson High Sch
nnd tho Wofford Pitting School prc
Is?'j .tb be a good exhibition and
pntiena ot tho school -and parents
tn?, pupils should turn out to t
game and. lend their support and
courngoment The >bny?' cnn liar
hopo , to koop their t*,?ro tn?cthoi
they do not rooclvo any outside aa3
lance.
. " o ? ?
Says Anderson's
Chances Are tiopd
"I believe'that Anderson liss ag
chance.' to secure ber share of j
money that the next session of
Oeneral '. Assembly " may. .'approapf
for school purposes," said J- Rv I
ton Friday, Mr. Felton Jf?tS^b
tp Columbia, where bo conferred >
tho State superintendent,of educa
on mattera -relative. . to.-; Auder
schools and he says tbat^aderson
certainly be considered when ttjo
burning of Rinds begins., s ^
fermer Andersonlnn ,
li to Be Married . 1 ,(
Anderson peonjo mum? in
ested in the approaching marring
Dr? "?V^Mlam doorie riarp*r?. fqrf
ly a resident of the etty; and nov
Abbtvillo. Tbo following Invit?t
wore received Friday, .
Mr and Mrs. Josue Calvert Fils
request the pleasure of your company
al tl;-.* wedding reception pf their li?COC
Miss Mary Gillam Hodges
and
Pr. William Ceorge Harper
on Thursday ?'vening, October 27
from 'J to 10 o'clock
* At home,
Abbeville, S. c.
Good Negro
Hissed Away
Universal regret was fell hy Ander
son people Friday when they
learned that ?'liarlos Cherry, thu ne
gro sexton at tho First Presbyterian
church, bad died late Thursday even
ing. ?Some weeks ago Charley bad a
stroke of paralysis and lie steadily
became weaker until tho end came
Thursday, ('lierry bad always been
in Hie employ of white people, hav
ing been born in slavery and through
out Judge A. O. Norris' life bc worked
for that gentleman. Cherry's mother
was Hie mother of a large family,
having given birth during her life to
two sets of twins and one Bet of trip,
lets
Shewing Others of
Anderson's Work.
From thc office of the county su
perintendent of education a large
number of pictures of the handsome
11 am mond school were malled Fri
day. The pictures aro large size and
were sent to tho superintendent of
education in every county in Soutli
Carolina- Thia step was taken to
?show people in other portions of thc
State that Anderson county ia' easily
hoad and shoulders above everything
else when it comes to rea] rural sc Imo 1
Improvement- The Hammond school ls
probably the most complete and up
to-date country school in tho State
Horse Killed
liv Automobile.
Shortly after 12 o'clock Thursday
night a negro named Fred Johnson
: eecured n horse from M. N. Patter
son's livery stable and drove to North
Anderson, stopping at Maneficld's
store- Wliilo Johnson was at the
door of tlie store he heard au automo
bile coming and ran to the horse's
head to hold tho animal, but as he
did so the horse was sideswiped by
thc automobile and instantly killed. It
is understood that tho machino waa
driven by a negro from Grcotr-dlle and
that lie number of the machine is
known, lie will probably bo arrested
within thc next few days
Lengthy Sc???-n
o? Police Court.
Thc city recorder PiT'ed willi d**-;l
m av on the blo'.ter whoa bo ap,<(-ai.|
ed Friday at noon to hold police
court. Exactly 45 cases stared up at
bim from tho docket.' For a time he
cnust have believed that court would
last all day. Happily, however, for
tho recorder and other cou trjfficlals,
a great number of tho, defendants ht-d,|
forfeited their bonds, .while others en
tered picas of guilty and- very few of ]
the cases required tria?. Tho ses
sion of court was lengthy enough as I
it was but it would havo boon horrl
blo had all thc il^efudants appeared
land demanded trials
.-o
I May Organizo
Girl's Club.
A letter luis been -recolvod In An
dorson from Miss Edith.'Lr Parrott, of
Winthrop College In charge of the
Glrl'B Demonstration Clubs for South
('arelIna, In which Miss Parrott says
that sho will bo glnd lo lend her as
sistance In tho organizing of a club |
in A.-iderson if tbc people of the coun- j
ty ticfciro it. It if. li'glily.probPblo that j
an effort will bo made to infect an
organization of such a club in this
county, since tho young Indies in all
E -'fens are much interested. -
-o--->v
111 Luck Still
I>nrcii.u W/kluva i
ill lucie soeniB to Jj? on the trail
of Richard' Roper, a well known Main
street "merchant. Several days ago Mr.
Roper snoezed, breaking' one of his
ribs, and Friday, as Mr. Roper
drove down East Whither street his
horso took fright at a mountain wag
on and bolted. Tho horso Jumped so
suddenly when he became frighten-,
ed that Mr. Roper had no tim? to tigh
ten tho reins and tho. animal jerked I
them from the driver's bands. When |
the . driver' finally succeecdcd in get
ting the reins back into his ' pos
session he had a very difficult time in
stoppIpag the horse, but. got the ani- J
mal under, control bc foro any serious
durango was done. Thc buggy suffered
severely from its rough passage ov
er Whltner street.
.i o i ' |a .
School Inspectors i
s Planning Trip Here.;
j- Lueco Gunter, rural^fchool super
visor for South Carolina ia coming to
Anderson on Monday ^ thc aecoAd
week In November, according to ad vic
es received yesterday, and will spend a
fortnight .th Anderson 7?ounty* ibspect-i
lng the rural schools .and
elans by which the schoole
ion may be Improved. It h
that J. E. Swearingen, sti
tondent ot education, ip planning to
accompany Mr Gunter ic Anderson
and will spend several days ? hero .at
tbal ame- tiltboagh U^tf
aid? to rs??atn fo^^S^^'^M^
weokB. Mr. Gunter's vIsR Is being ant
ci pa ted with much intotvst and every
rural school in tho county wilt short
ly begin making pr?parations fox hav
ing their classea in goodTdtapb for his
appearance | y 41
Was Aided By ? N.
..Salvation Army? . V , A ?
At least one man can be found who,
will gladly testify that tho Salvation
Arny post in Andorson ls a power for
dobig good. That map Is Charles Rei
me v. who came to Anderson with.Ring
ling Brothers circus o? Thnwqay. The
man was in cbargo bf a refreshment
stand but he waa physically ill and
his btiplhecs was poor-dEtfa* ?he d-iy
and when night came |t lound1 him
without funds. Hia home ls In Balti
more, Md., and there was no help
nearer at hand that that city, BO ho
resulted to the Salvation Army. After j
investigating thu man's claims and
finding that he was honest, Euslgn
Melcher furnished him with transpor
tation from Anderson to Baltimore
The stranaer said that ho neyer,had
such u kindness bestowed upon him
before anti he was very grateful in
deed.
New Schedule Is
(.rent Improvement. *
In speaking yesterday of thc charg
ea in schedule on tho Anderson branch
<jf the Charleston & Western Carolina1
railway, T. H. Curtis, commercial ag
ent of thc road, said that the new
service would suit Anderson better I
than any schedule thia city has ever !
enjoyed Prom hi3 road. -Mr Curtis
points out that visitors and shoppers
coming to Anderson over the C &. W.
C. will now have more limo to spend
in Anderson than they have evor had
before and also show.s that tho loav
{?.?r tnjjc tjf the train? will suit Ander
son's traveling public better.
Brown Bu'ldlng ls
Nearing Completion
, 1 Some of the store rooms in thc now |
Brown building on Whitnur street
have been occupied for ^oine days,
but all of the work is not yet .com
pleted. Friday a forco went to
work placing thojnmdsomo plato glass |
windows in the fronts of tho stores
and this work will soon he finished.
When the new block ls finally com
pleted lt will add much to the appear
ance of Whltner street and will make
that section popular for business
houses.
-o-;
Special Service
For the Clhldren.
A special service for tho children
and young people of the city will be
held ?t St. John's Methodist chur^.
this morning at 10:30 o'clock- Mr.
Spcnke said last night that bis ser
mon would deal with topics easily un
derstood and that it would appeal to
every child. He hopes that his church
can .be filled today with the Children
of the city and that every parent will
send- the youngsters, from swaddling
clothes on up- There will be no ser
vice tonight- /
ruining Services
On Orville Charge.
There will be services at Toxaway
Methodist church next Sunday morn
ing at 11:30 a. mr and Sunday school
at 3:30 p. m. There will also be preach
ing services in the Gluck Mill audi
torium next Sunday at 7 p. m., while
Sunday school will take place ut 10
a. m. and 3:30 p. m. At the Orrvllle
Methodist church, of which Rev- W. T.
Delvin is pastor, Sunday school will
take place at 10 a. m. The public is
cordially invited to all these scrvices.
KOBE11T EMMETT COX '
.'HAS PASSED AWAY
.Prominent Citizen of Abbey il Io Died
nt Greenwood Hospital 'Saturday
Horning.
(Greenwood Journal.)
-After on illness of \ces than two
weeks Mr. Robert Emmett Cox, cac
t of the leading and most popular clti
"/.orj? of Abbeville county, died at tho
Greenwood hospital Saturday mornK
at ll o'clock. Mr- Cox was brought
to Greenwood on Tuesday, September
29, suffering with an acute attack or
appendicitis. Preparations were mad"
for ,an operation, but lt waa found that
his condition would not warrant lt.
The body will be taken to Abbeville
Saturday -Jtcrnoon and the funeral
will be conducted In the Presbyterian
church ot that city on Sunday. The
Interment will be made In Upper Long
Cano cemetery by the side of his
father who passed away a number ot
years ago ...
Mr. Cox wa-? a native of Abbeville
county, having been born near the
county seat about 4G years ago- For
.0 number of years'he served as trial
justice and later was elected auditor
of ibo counijr which position be filled*
most acceptably for four terms. After
retiring from thia office Mr- Cor, with
Dr. Goode Thompson, organised tho
[ People's Bank of Abbeville, one of.
tho most thriving financial institutions
ot the county. He was cashier of this
bank from . ta .organzatfon* He waa
also president of the Abbeville Ware
house Company.
'ifcNB TAX
W1U Be Called tin In V- S- Senate
Today.
Washington, Oct ?).-Although the
Senate finance sub-committee- did not
complete today: its .revision, of the pro
posed tax on domestic- winos in the
war. revenue bill, the measure will be
coiled up in the Senate tomorrow for
general debute. Senator Sln?noots,
chairman ?I tho' finasen -dom m
Will present the vlewo-ofJn? admin
; gration. -
] The wine tax , will bo taken; np
the full corrfmitteo. as soon as; tho
sub-Committee completes, Ita work,
probably tomorrow morning.
?ti '."y.n .vv-...
8AVJNG3 OP 8AQE8.
I have never bad a policy. I
? nave simply tried to do whit I
I , ?eemed bes? each day os each '
.day came-Uncoln.
A To tlye, to work, to help and
.to be helped ( to learn aympntby
through suffering, to loam faith
Djr .'perplexity, to reach truth
through wonder-beholdt This
- is wbnt lt ls to prosper? this ta
what - tfc 1? to Uvc-PhlUIpa
Hroolss. ;' .-,> <. v ? -y A /V?V?
God bas-connected the tahoe
-which ls essential to the bodily
sirstonaneo with the pleasures
which are tba healthiest tif?vk?
heart; and ^hiie,he made tho
eronnd 'atubbom bc r?^do/lw
I herbage fragrant and its liloe
<\. /?ms fsIr.-Jchn Bikini V
1,1 '-.". '. iii J.? i .i. y 'fi. .''tap+pfatQ**"^
An' Unusual Opportunity
The special departments of Anderson Col
lege can enroll a few more pupils, and th? Col
lege invites the ladies of Anderson and vicinity
to taUe advantage of this opportunity.
PIANO ART
Prof.. and Mrs. Goode Miss Ramseur
VOICE DOMESTIC SCIENCE
Miss Stranathan Miss Murray
VIOLIN EXPRESSION
Mis3 Smith Miss Wakefield
Whether you contemplate taking up the
study of any of these studies or not, we will be
glad to have you visit the College and see the
work that ?3 being done.
Anderson College
DR. JAS. P. KINARD, President
HOTEL HAPPENINGS
AROUND 1HE GUY
WHAT VISITORS TO ANDER
SONSAY.
ALL ARE PLEASED
Say That Anderson Business
Does Not Reflect That There
Are Hard Times.
'Fairfax Harrison ls thc most op
timistic man in tho South anti ono
who roads his statements ot? contain
ed in tho Southern press relative to
tho European war and tho vast op
portunities the South has to extend
her tradp possibilities both beyc-nd
the Equator and in tho Orient must
indeed feel that tho South is lucky
to have ?such a man at thc head .
ono of her great systems, said Mi\ A.
G. Wilson of Florida ot the Chi quo ?a
Saturday. "What I Uko about Mr,
Harrison ls his ability to seo con*
tiona in the South not as they ter
porarily nro today, but as /they are
bound to bo in the very, near future;
ho ts just tho kind-ol'.roan" to insure
j confidence in the South and to ac
j ?urately estimate hor possibilities. I
undorstan ho is also a good friend of
Anderson."
IS
L
THE ONLY WAY . TO HANDLE
THE SITUATION;'
WILL GET RESULT
If . Business Men and Industries
Desire to Help the Farmer,
Then Use More Cotton.
"I holleve 'conditions in Anderson
aro. better than in any other sizo
city in the cotton belt, according to
tho buwincEB I havo received at any,
rate-. 1 was surprised at the great
amount of building going on here. My
( business ls connected with tho building
trade and I know is to be a fact that
tho lifo on.tho streets of your city la
ah cad. of anything I have seen for tho
past sixty days in the entire South,
j and I have been over , most of il" said
I Mr. A. L. LaFon of the LaFon Mct
taltc Co. of Philadelphia, R guest at a
local hotel . yesterday- Mr. LaFon
covers tho whole United States once
every two years and gives it as his
opinion that tko war. In Europo -is
bound to help the- South and espec
ially the \.Carolin^?. H? Plated he
looked for- great prosperity" in this
section after the holidays
The reasonable and only logical way
to help the Southern .cotton/.farmer la
his time of need, according to a wo1
known attache of the "Anderson cham
ber of commerce, is for the business
men and lnditrtrles of the South to
uso moro cotton instead-of other ma
terial in shipping their, .products.
In talking .yesterday .?to reporter
for The Intelligencer, ?this gentleman
said: . ? v. ? >u'j
'Mt has boen clear from < tho first
that consumption was .the, key to th?
cptton problem, and. that plans for
holding supplies off tho market and
curtailing production were but means
for (stimulating demand. - Withholding
supplies ls not consumption, and cur
taim?nt cf production is. not a price
factor because wai;ting] .assurance of
certainty; and all plana for offering
immediate enhancement' of., price hav.
lng failed from various reasons, relief
ls to bo found only in immediate and
substantial consumption-'.'
"Tho South is in position" to sensi
bly enlarge the demand' for cotton in
nt least.one practical >v'ay, "and this
county endorse/* and earnestly recom
mends tho adoption pf tho following
plun: .
"That the rico mlll?, grain, 'elevator
companies, cotton oiY mink,* hour and
cotton mills of tho country he urged to
uso cotton bagging for'pipping' pack
ages, and tho chambers of/ commerce
and boards of tr?ds ot 'tnV'8put!if*aB
well rji individual ni orb ants, move1
vigorously In brlnglng^tn?' .mattor to
tho attention of tho'trude,,
"resolved, That a copy of this ac
Jt-. -_? ii.. V*
iiwn uv oom l.Vf ii.M Uli ttjut1 i/U A. n Ul CO III -
nxirc.o and boards of trade, of tho
South with request for, .their1 cordial
co-operaUon." . ' '?" -*??v
- ..- '.j n?; OPii
"I hayo never soon a building go
up so fast as the new thcatro; the
contractors mean to get through as
soon as possible, and they arc build
ing tho (structure along modern lines
too;" said Eufua Fant, the well-known
newsdealer and stationer Saturday
When.in conversation with Tho Intelli
gencer man. Mr. Fast stated that, ho,
; as well as all-tho other members of
tho Board, were well ple?s?d with
tho leasing contract entered - into by
tim Directotrs, and be also jsald ho
hoped td seo the theatre part qt the
building Completed by Christmas*
^Tho time to pavo Anderson ls this
winter and ws^ahimld pave-a* l??zt 20
miles of streets and havo the work
: oithjer don? or well under way by
summery Whou money tb slightly tight
as at present"la tho time to voto bonds
and do. public work. Anderson ' ls be
hind tho procession in BtVcot paving
and -we must do abra ?thing. I ?n?
dorstand thevclty council favors push-.i
lng the matter aa ranch as possible
I have talked to quite a number of our
most progresstve-peoplb recontty, es
poclaUy since tho recent wet spell,
and they ill are impressed with. the
necessity ot doing this work now"
said .Judge cox Saturday wDcn dis
cussing'?street paving 'sith- ? party
bf business mon interested in the
matter.
Washington; Oct lo -SENATE: Met
at il a- rn.
Sent aoitftn.letastios .Alaskan coal
lands lessing bllhback tp conferees
on' point oC bider against now section.
Resumed debate on war revenue
(bill- y;/] >? \' : \ ?
(Recessed at 3:35 J^-BV. unity ii a; m-,
I Monday. - /-...'"'''v'. ' ' ;:" . ..?'....:...'.'.' \t'
HOUS?^-Met. af ?bbn- " /."'.. ..'
> Resumed debate oh Phllippfdos blU,
-.: Adjourned at 4:SB p- m. until noon
'Monday.
Claim Big Capture. ....
Paris, Oct 9.-The following official
communication was Issued hore to^
night: .. ?;*1^^s|
-Thero ls nothing now to report ex
cept that thero has been a lively en
gagement in the region of Royo, where
In tho last two days we we captured
1,600 prisoners." .
To and From the
NORTH, SOUTH, |?||
EAST, WEST
Leaves:
No.-22 .... 6:00 A. M.
No! 6 ..... 3:35P.M.
Arriv?s:
No. 5 ..10:50 A. M.
No. 21 .... 4:55P.M.
Information, Schedules,
rates, etc., brorrtfitlv
given.
E. WILLIAMS, O. P. A.,
Augusta, Ga.
T. B. CURTIS, C A.,
Anderson, S. C.

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