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Sam M. Wolfe E To Tke G After upending all day In counting the vote cast for W. W. Scott and Sam M. Wolfe for the general as sembly, the county democratic execu tive committee Thursday evening at 6 o'clock completed and reported thal by a majority of 31 votes Mr. Wolfe had eceived the nomination. This was one of the most interest ing races in tho history of the county. Tuesday night it appeared quite cer tain that Mr. Wolfe would be the nominee*, but two belated boxes on Wednesday morning gave Mr. Scott a lead of 21 votes, which appeared to be final. When the executive committee met yesterday the vote was tabulated and the Corner box showed a dlacrepency. Scott reaily recivea but 13 votes there although he had been credited in the unofficial returns aa were put down on the tables with. 48. This pulled Mr. Scott down 35 votes, giving Mr. Wolfe a lead of 6 votes in the tabu lation. Whole Vote ' Recounted. As the result of this announcement, Mr. Scott requeued a recount of the whole vote, ba" by ballot. This re quired a long tin.: and the result was that Mr. Wolfe received a majority of 31 votes. He gained 49 and lost 4 and Mr. Scott gained 28 and lost 8, a net gain of 25, which added to Mr. Wolfe's lead of 6 votes left the latter the nominee for the sixth place on the ticket by 31 votes. In only 16 boxes in the county were no errors found. In the remaining 38 boxes there were errors in the tal ly sheet kept by the managers of the boxes. It was a long, tedious pro cess, but semed to show the need of absolute accuracy as to) each individ ual ballot. The changes: were aa fol lows: ? Gains Wolfe-Ward 1. 3;War? 5, 1; Beltcn mill 2; Broad a way 1; Cedar Grove 1; Cox mill, 1; Fork 4; Fork No. 2. 1; Friendship 1; Honea Path 1; Hun ter's Spring 1; Iva 6; Long Branch 1; Martin 1; Orr Mill 2; Pelzer 1; River side 2; Rock Milla 2; Sandy Springs, 5; Starr, 3; Three and Twenty, 2; To ney Creek 1; Weat Savannah 2. To tal 49. Scot-Ward 2, 1; Ward 4,2; Belton 4; Belton Mill 3; Campbell's Store, 2; Cox Mill, 2; Fork, No. 2. 1; Long Branch 1; Martin 1; Orr Mill 2; Pen dleton 1; Pelzer 2; Pelzer No. 4, 1; Piedmont 1 ; Piercetown 1 ; Rock Mills 1; Sandy Springs 1; WlUiamston No. 2, 1. Toral 28. Losses Wolfe-Brogou 1; Cray ton ville 1; Five Forks, 1; Gluck 1. Total 4. Scott-Ward 5, 1 ; Broadaway 1 ; 11 Brogon 1; Flat Rook 2; Frankville 1; Three and Twenty 1; Wiliamston 1. Total 8. No Changes Ward 3; Ward 6; Bishop's Branch; Bowling .Green; Brushy! Creek; Con cr?te; Corner; Chinuola, Grove School; Hall; Hopewell) Mt. Tabor; North Anderson; Town vi Ile; Walker Mi-IO! moyle; White Plains. Tho Final Vote. The total vote after [ the recount, was as foi lows: scott 3,<54fr; Wolfe 3.-1 680. Before the recount and accord- < lng to the official tabulation, lt was 1 Scott 3,62?; Wolfe 3,633. Mr. Wolfe i Personal S. J. Due worth of Wiliamston was among tho business visitors to the city yesterday. Miss Gary Boyd of Spartanburg, ls visiting at the homo, .of/lpr. S. C. Brecdin in North Anu?ryon. : Mr. and Mrs, James? M. Graham of Gainesville, Fla., spent yesterday in the city with Mendsv j. 8. L*>:t orpS?fe^Pa?r ' of the visitors fi fWNr'^? Anderson. . - C. M. Jamison of Spartanburg ls spending a few days in the city on business. ? CL. Harper of Honea Path spent part of yesterday in the city. Thomas B. Kay of the Hopewell section was in the city yesterday for a short stay. M. b. and A. ti. Richardson. Weil j known planters of the Lebanon section j were in the city yesterday. Gen. C. A. Reed has gone to thc North C?r?otna mountains' wt?ro ho .will upend a fortnight. A. L. Pinckney ot WlUiamston spent a few hours in the city yester day. " A. Fltxbugh of Columbia was in the city yesterday, a guest at the Chi* quoin hotel. E. C. Pteasanta of Greenville, waa among tho visitors to spend yesterday in the city. J.R. Duckfirth ot WlUiamston spent part ofjjjiestertlay in the city. Jule Ducworth of the Lebanon sec tion was among the visitors to spend part of yesterday tn the city. Mrs. C. D. Watson of Starr, was shopping in the city yesterday. ' M. A. Mahaftey of Cheddar spent yesterday in th?;city on business. I. W. Copeland and C. C. Copeland of Cheddar were In A**d*>r*on y ester da v. 8. A. Wakefield and Johnnie Wai:? leneral Assembly SAM WOLFE Over Whose Election There Wt? | Mueh Interest. came within 7 votes of Mr. Hutchin son, whose vote also might have been larger, if it had been recounted. The Official Itesnlt The official results for all the can didates were ns follows: For Supervisor J. M. King. 3.652 C. F. Martin.3,495 For Treasure re G. N. C. Ii ol cm an .3.720 W. A. Tripp.3,388 For House of Repr?sentatives Rufus Fant, Jr.3.926 Oscar D. Gray.3,080 Asa Hall. Jr.3,282 J. H. Hutchison.3.687 W. W. Scott.3,649 S. M. Wolfe.3,680 Four candidates received a majority jf the votes. IF'-r Commissioners. District No. 1. J. Lawrence McGee.4,137 J| H. Hancock.2,999 District No. 2. J. R. Culbertson .. .. .. 4,154 R. A. Sullivan.2,963 District No. 3. W. A. Spearman.3,791 H. A. Foster.3,276 IHstrict No, 4. R. Dick Smith.4,282 J. M. Holllday. 2,839 For State Offices The tabulation of votes for congress md for state offices resulted as fol lows: For Congress Wyatt Aiken.... .. 3,660 F. H. Dominick.3,419 ? For Governor Richard I. Manning.3,684 Jno. G. Richards .. .8,471 For Lieutenant Governor A. J. Bethen.3.462 Bi F. Kelly -j.8,68$ For Railroad Commissioner Fortner ...8,490 P. M. Shealy.3.G5? Mr. Manning's majority In the jounty was reduced by the tabulation, mt he carried the < county by 213 rotes. leid of AntroviHe were In the city yes orday. Will Bell or Carswell Institute I pent part of yesterday in the city. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Robin?on of Lebanon were shopping in the city yes terday. A. S. Fant of Belton, was among he well known visitors to spend ,-estorday In the city. T. M. Fort man of the Portman ?hoal*? section was in tbs city yrs erday. Dr. J. E. All good of Liberty, was imong the visitors to spend yesterday n the city. W. C. Owens of Williamston wa* n the <lty for part of yesterday. K. E. Allgood of Liberty spent yes erday In the city on business. . John C. Pruitt, a well known burl es man of Starr, waa in the city ys?? j _ M. II. Sexton af Starr spent a few lours in the city yesterday. A. A. Jones of Holland's Store iras Ktcoi'sr ihe vLsUorS to hpemi yes terday in tl?* city. Mrs. Alice Wright of Seneca spent >bsterday in the city with friends. Joe Major came over from Atlanta yesterday to attend tue funeral of Feaster Tflbble. 10. C. Williams, special advertising man' of the Chero-Cola Company, is :pcndlng a few days in the city. Miss Ann Hunter has just return^H ?O ,l.Cr ?.V..IV uv iMiiui Auuvrsoii, aneri \ most enjoyable visit of two weeks j to Washington. Philadelphia and New Kerk. Mira E. G. Harrison left yesterday! Tor ? visit of several days to relatives | tn > Savannah. ' A Cusin will acctwn pany Miss Harrison on her returv which will bo early next week. Fred V. Williams of Plain View. Texas, has arrived in the city for a visit to his* relatives. He says that Bailyb>ro is dead In Vbxan. And Seen Kothla? Better. ~8ay, did you over know a woman to buy what she wanted at tbs first atora abe came tor "Tea. My wife frequently does-that Sa. shs returns to lt after r&o'a kera to ail the other * ELECTRIC CIT * _ * Item? of interest and' Person * Wireless on the S Pfi 3f? i^ft ?y ?j*^ ?y s^ *y s^ 9? ?f* New MAB In The Treasurer's Office. R. A. Gentry, who has been spend ing the summer months in Anderson, and acting as clerk at the Treasurer's office for Dr. W. A. Tripp; left last night for Rtdgeville in Dorchester ; county, where he will assume his du ties as principal of the Rldgeville high 1 school. He has a norn ber of new i plans to put into effect at his school and says that he expects the coming ; session to be one of the best he has ever experienced. During his stay In Anderson Mr. Gentry has made a num ber of friends and they will regret his departure. Mr. Gentry was succeeded in thc treasurer's office by J. R. C. Griffin, who was a candidate for coun ty auditor in the recent election. Mr. Griffin had had several years' exp-.- < rience In the bookkeeping business at i Ware Shoals and other place? and will prove very valuable in this important office. He already has assumed his new duties. -o Helton People Buying a Bale. The "Buy a Bale" movement has at-, tracted. considerable attention around Belton, according to the people from that town who were here yesterday , and they say that 30 of Bolton's best j business men have agreed to each pur- 1 chase one or more bales of cotton from 1 the farmers, paying at the rate of 10 1 cents per pound and in addition to this 1 all of the men agreeing to this have also agree that they will hold the cot- 1 ton off the market for one year at 1 least. The first bale to be bought in ' Belton under this plan as purchaaed ' yesterday by Walter E. Greer, vice- \ president of the Bank of Belton. He . bought his bale from W. N. Hanks : and Mr. Hanks says that it certainly , was a great help to him and he knows that it will be a big holp to every far mer who is assisted. Auto Owners Put on Notice. ? Mayor Godfrey yesterday called the i attention of Chief of Police Samonds < to thT complaints which are being now 1 heard in regard to the speed which i automobiles are run in the city of An- i deraon and also thc dust nuisance t which is created to a large extent by , the automobile "cut-outs." There has , been much complaint in the city over j this matter for some time and more especially during the last few weeks. K is said that automobile drivers re fuse to recognize that the pedestrians have any rights and run their auto mobiles at a very dangerous pace on | the business thoroughfares, while others insist on using their cut-outs ; al all times. Both practices are to be ; stoppe a if possible. ? .,. . --o-1 . .. , ?ne Fanner Cut Down His Acreage. i Judge Plummer Nicholson yester- : day bec&uie a member of tho "Buy-a- ! Bale" clue ia Anderson by parchas- I a bale of cotton at 10 cents per pound from W. L. Perry, who Uvea one mile out of the oity. Mr. Perry saya that it was certainly a great help to bim when Mr, Nicholson bought the bale. I He has resolved to cut his acreage < in cotton one-third next year, and be : says that he believes it would be a 1 good thing for every farmer In the I county if they would agree to do I this.. It is understood that many 1 Anderdon county farmers .favor the ! reduction of cotton acreage. I -o- ) 1 Ready for the ! Opening Day. ' Dr. Kinard asks The Intelligencer ' to.'annuonce again that the students of Anderson co ll eg must report to thc ' college at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morn ing, Sept. 15. This is necessary in order that students may be classified 1 before Thursday, the 17th. Parents ' sre requested to send their daughters 1 promptly on the 15th. < The formal opening of the college 1 will be held on September 17, at 9 ' o'clock, and all are cordially invited 1 to be present on this occasion. ! Little Giri Met With An Accident. Little Mary Roger Jolly, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Jolly, met with a very painful acident late Wed nesday evening when she fell and broke ber leg. The little girl had started to run across the lawn at her home on River street when she fell. How the fell broke her leg remains e mystery. Medical assistance was sum moned r.nd lt was said yee'erday that she was beginning to recover. -o Vie? Smith at Anderson College. Min? Heieu tr. Stuliti of Abbeville, th? lady principal of Anderson college, arrived in the city yesterday and has taken up her duties at the collegs. Miss Smith is an' A. B. graduate it Converse college and ot Smith college, and took her Master's degree at Co lumbia University, New York, this mi*' '"8 . The college is fortunate in securing Miss Smith for the important office of Lady Principal, and she will receive a werra welcome in Anderson. --o Inspector Has Entered Hospital. Aj ?. Wilson, inspector for the Krec? Company, Vbecame Ul in thia etty yesterday and *ent to the Ander son hospital for tMatment. Mr. Wilson's condition teviot such as to cause alarm but he concluded that he would have better care and attention at the hospital-than hs could Meura at a hotel. In iiBcusatnp the new Kress building,. Mr. Wilso* said that ha was well pleased With Everything Itt connection with the new building and that lt will be one of the beat buildings in the etti*' when completed. He expects that It will be raddy for occupancy within a month -.-'jUJ* " - --~ Y SPARKLETS * _ * al Mention Caught Over tho * t reeta of Anderson * ********* * * * H- >{. * An (Md Question Wfll He Citied. The abattoir question ts to be finally settled, once and for ali, at a meeting to be held today, provided lt is possible for such a question to be setled by mere human beings. The question has been a bone of contention in Anderson Tor the last year and dozens and dozens of discuBlons have been held on the matter while sessions Of city council are going one. At the last meeting of council a special abattoir committee was appointed, whose duty it shall be to thresh this matter out and settle it for good, and thia committee will con vene this morning et 10 o'clock, to gether with the butchers, the abattoir owner, the board.of health and other Interested parties, lt is confidently expected that the meeting will last all day unless better time is made than ima been the case heretofore. Frote*! Over Council's Act Those intersted in Anderson's Car negie Library protested long and loud yesterday when lt became known that the city council had refused to again make an appropriation for the Car negie library. Hurried consultations were held and it was announced that the matter ls at once to be placed in the hands of the educational commit tee of the chamber of commerce in order that action may be planned and executed. One well known business man of the city said that if the city council refused again to make this appropriation he would at once can cel his subscription to the chamber of commerce and to the other organ ization of a like nature and give the sntire amount to the library. It is probable that something will be done In regard to the matter within the Im mediate future. -o Straws Beginning To Be Conspicuous. Straw bats on the streets of the larger cities of the country are becom lng conspicuous now by reason of tho fact that after September 8 lt ls "open season" for the straws and the public bas the right to knock a straw hat off a man's head. Even in Anderson thc chango is noticeable and felt hats are appearing every day. Nobby soft, hats and derbys galore are adorning domes ind within the next few days there will be no straw hats to bo seen. People Are Here . From Arkansas. Mr. and Mr.;. ?. W. Campbell arc in the city visiting Mr. j Campbell's brother, Dr. M. R. Campbell. Mr. Campbell's home wa? formerly Is landton, Cblleton county, S. C., and be and Mrs. Campbell .are on their I bridal tour, having b.ecu ..'umwied but j a few days. Mrs. Campbell was a Miss Cora Black, one of Colleton's moat popular young ladles. They aro charmed with Anderson, and think lt wbuld be easy to say "Anderson ia tay town." * -o Feaster Tribble Was Buried Yesterday. Feaster V. Tribble was burl ixl yes terday morning shortly a ter 10 o'clock at Silver Brook cemetery. The funeral services were held from the home of his mother, Mrs. J. L. Trib ale on Main street, the services conduc ted by Rev. O. L. Martin and Rev. D. Witherspoon Dodge. The floral tributes were beautiful and in number they were larger .than at any funeral lield In Anderson within months. Mr. Tribble was popular with the rich and poor alike and they are grieved because of his death. -o Bo * mtnm ? Are Drawing Crowd. The meeting which ls now tn prog ress at the Associate Reformed Pres byterian church of Anderson ls at tracting large crowds and the people of the city say that some of the best lermons ever heard In this city are being preached by Dr. Phillips. The Bervices are held at 10 o'clock every morning at 8:15 every evening. LESS MEAT F BACK AND KIDNEYS HURT Ts*e a Glass of Balts to. Flush the Kidneys If Bladder . R?thers j*?>s? Eating meat regularly eventually! produces kidney trouble in some form I or other, says a well-known authority, | because* the uric acid in meat ex cites the kidneys, they become over worked; get sluggish, clog up and cause all aorta of distress, particularly backache and misery In the kidney region; rheumatic twinges, servers h~d-chc=. st3s?ch, ec^sSiwlio?, torpid ?Iver, sleeplessness, bladder | and urinary Irritation. . The moment your back burts or kihdneys ere not acting right, or If bladder bothers you, get about four ounces ot Jud Salta from any good pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in a glass ot water before breakfast for a taw days and your kind ney s will then get fine. This famous aalte is made from tba acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithta, and lias been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity; also to neutralize the acid* tn tbs urine so it no longer irrit?tes, thus ending bladder disor ders. makes a delightful effervescent llthia. water'drink which millions of men and women take now and then to keep the kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus avoiding serious kidney disease. Cole One Horse Grain Drill. No. 34. Mr. J. Wade Drake, one of Anderson Comity's most scientific and progressive farmers, whose bushel of oats sowed with u Cole Open Furrow Grain Drill won first prize at Anderson County 1914 Grain Festival, states: 1 Anderson, S C., August 7, 1914. Sullivan Hdw. Company, Anderson, S. C., Dear Sir?: The Cole Three-Row Oat Drill bought of you last fall, gives general satisfaction. One man and mule can sow she to eight acres per day better and easier than any way I know; one Drill last fall in ten days sowed me sixty acres ia cotton land that made twenty-seven hundred and seventy-two bushels oats. The oats I took first prize at the Grain Festival in Anderson were sown with this machine and yielded ninety-seven bushels. The fertiliser attachment works perfectly, varying at your will from one hundred to one thousand pounds per acre. Yours truly, (Signed) J. WADE DRAKE R. F. D. No. 7 All progressive farmers will appreciate the merits of this splen did DRILL, and each will have one of them. A car of them has just been received. Place your order now. Sullivan Hardware Company Anderson, S. C. Belton, S. C. Greenville, S. C. THRILLING EXPERIENCES American girl bas n Series of Adren tures that Will Long be Remembered. London, Sept. 10.-6.20 p. m.-aS5r guerlte Uattebrock, 16 years old, of MillcrevUle. Illinois, arrived In Lon. don today after an adventurous trip from Louvain, the burning of which she witnessed. The girl was visiting Flemish re latives near Louvain when the vil lage where her relatives Uved waa burned. They went into Louvain. She said that the first sign of trouble was when two German soldiers mah War News Fir? ! If not ?!i??dy a subscriber of The Daily Intelligencer, Anderson's favorite paper, call 321 and order,il deliver ed at your home with alt the. news of the nitrht bright and sirtu T*ti? Int&\\>ir*nfaT Se ---4*J* * ***- "?**'*'* * - " the best appetizer for break fast. As to war news, The In telligencer brings it all COM PLETE from the GREAT EST NEWS SERVICE IN THE WORLD-1-the Associ ated Press. The big news comes in the night and appears in The Intelligencer FIRST. By the year, only $5.00. A trial subscription from a new subscriber for three months will be accepted at $1.25. Ring 321 NOW. treated and killed several girls. These soldiera were p-~*np*v ahot by their own officers, but the fooling of the populanco against the invaders had grown ictenao. The German soldiers, according to Miss Vpttcnrock. made no secret Of their detention to make the Belgians suffer for the indignities they claim ed tho G?r_!_ recent* had Buffer ed at the hands of the Belgians at the outbreak of the war. The girl described the destruction of Louvain and the terribie condition that contlnned for two days as thc sight that had been burned into her memory. . Her father and a 16 year old brother, who were also In Lou vain, disappeared. Seeking to locate them Misa Uattebrock made ber way into Germany on ? German prison train loaded with British and Belgian captives. She;was unable to find her relatives snd appealed to the Ameri can consols in various cities. The in vestigation of the consuls satisfied them that the father and brother were;J held at some German concentration camp. The girl then made a difficult trip to Cologne where she met her aged mother and l.rought ber to London. The mother aad daughter are now oe millee. MARRIED BP PARIS Paris, Sept 10-James Gordon Ben- _~-s-u-:- . ? --- > nett, proprietor bf the Kew York Her old, and Baronesa George de Reuter. il/?la?--|4 k"0fl.A nnrl were married here today. The civil Walter fl. sVeese ana cerraony Was performed at the city ^________ " ball and waa followed by the religious V#ompaiiy service at the American Protestant ... ? . -, Episcopal church where Mr. Bennett We Strive to Please, waa baptlred yesterday. , The witnesses for the Baroness rhone ol 1 were Viscount Breteull. who married Mrs. Arthur Padelford, formerly Misa " n ' III Edythe Grant, .of New York and Duke iwwMMn?iwM^p^wwwwM^ ds Camastra. The groom's ?fitnesses "T ?| were the American ambassador; My- of Philadelphia. Her former nusbaed ron T. 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