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The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-02
SECURITIES
BRING GOOD FRICE
(coNTINuED FROM PACE oNE)

up the meeting ON account OF his alb
scnce. hut 90 ahead and sake what
over action It thought best with re-
ference to The bids for tic paving
certificates and it would be agreeable
10 him.
Mr.. George, who wa. al uiyuc-
cessfui bidder on the city's pains
bonds sold Wednesday. appeared be
fore the joint meeting ANA explained
that after The sale OF bonds Wedncs-
day he lea ned that the city woull
have a quantity of paving certificates
Tor sale. .hai slace his house made Z
specially OF buying securities of tnis
mature H. decided To wire his com
paay for permission to make bid
on the certificates while in the cjty.
Mr.. George said that his housc i'm
mcdiutely authorized him TO make a
bid on the certificateg rhc agent
then made proposition L. the joint
mccting, Offering them par and ac-
crued interest for the certificates. Il
BEING understood that the certificates
are TO bear interest a the rate OF 6
per cent payable semi-annualIy ard
to be ISSUED sCriaily one To ten years.
Following the stating Of Mr.
Georges proposal, council and The
commission discussed it 1T length,
after which the following resolution.
proposed by Alderman Spearman.
was adopted:
Resolved. That the mayor appoint
committee Of three, including HIM
self. to confer with the city attor-
ney and inTe@tigate the cue ,tion Of
the city entering into Il contract 10
sell the street paving certificates
when they shall or may be Issued.
and TO make such contract for the city
for the sale Cf said certificates. when
they shall or may be issued. II they
deem the sai1e advisable, r~J ided
same shall not be sold for less than
par together with ali accrued inter
est, and subject to this provision said
committee is authorized 70 make the
contract on. 3uch terms as they may
deem advisable. aad as the city ut
torney may advise shall be legal.
The bidder was advised that ia
payinE certificates do nor exist nov
and that they can be issued only ar
ter the assessment rolls for the ya
Iious streets to he paved have been
drawn UP and approved. Anv con
tract entered into. therefore, with re-
ference To the paving certificates
would be for future delivery OF ii,
secuI it!es.
The resolution having been adopt
cd, the mayor appointed on this COM
mittee Aldermen Spcarman, DobbiHi
and Carte. This committee with the
mayer aud Acting City Attorney FIR
nest T.. Cochran met with MIR.
George after the joint session Of city
council and the paving commission
and Mr.. George stated that he would
raise his bid for the paving certi-
ficates by adding premium of 500.
1t was then that Ir. George. was
told that 1t would be unw.se for
council to sell the certificates with
out giving other brokers and bank.
ers interested in such securities an
opportunity OF DiGdinG on the certl,
flcates.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-02
@TTs RAINING yIOLETs.

Very often one feels that luck is
against h:,nrthat the clouds are rain
ing rain that is unpleasant and un-
just. It often seems that there are
days when everything goes dead
wrong" and try as one may they will
not come right. II MAJ be that there
is something unkind being said about
one or one'B friend, and there is no
good way to get at 1t and get 1t cor
rected before irreparable injury is
done the good name or the person at
tackled. 1t may be that there are mis-
Understandings and misjudgiuents of
one,s efforts aud, that turn as one may
there stands a stone wall. We can
rest assured. however, that right will
prevail, end that those who dc
wickefiy viii be rewarded in kind.
But. after all the attitude of the
mind is what counts. and 1t depends
on the motive within as 10 whether or
notlit is training rain" or violets. The
following little verses express : this
eoneeit ia simple and effective man
nef
s. isn't raining rain To me,
Itsl raining daffodils,
N every dimpied drop ! Sec
wild howers on the hills.
lThe clouds OF gray engulf the day
And oyervhelm the town;
Ut Ism T. raining rain TO me,
It,s raining roses down.
II isn't raining rain. to me-.
Eaf 6eids OF clover bloom.
Where any buccaneerlng bee
Can Ind q bed and room.
Al hsait unto the happy,
"a slk FOR him who frets!
& II sbn,t raining rain to me,
ts rhining vioietsi stS
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a0 ksg -THRRE, NElGRpOR.

IS The Anderson Intelllgencer wants
70 annex Clemson College aud parts
sof piekenr and 0conee Counties TO
Ana aerson County. Andeyson County Is
alrs6d9 larger than either Pictens
or Dconee Cpdnty. bnt It's Just ike
eor,a people 10 want q hog everything
In sight. We do not believe we want
10 Kef mixed up with that bunch Ia
Anderson that wants TO fun every
Thing. and &c we are not mistaken
The 0eonee peopie voted against 1t the
only time they ever got the chance.
TnS plckena Sentinel.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-02
, NEED IT IN COLUMBIA.

Coll William Banks OF the Columbia
Record is Kicking because preachers
DO not pray for newspaper editors.
Maybe since moving backsto Columbia
the Colonel feels the need of prayer
more than when he resided In the
Piedmont -The Pickens Sentinel
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-02
A GOOD TRAINING.

The work being done to educate the
negro children Of Anderson indus
trially was demonstrated yesterday in
the parade of schools which occurred
in the carrying out of the program
as announced for field day. Making
brooms may seem to he small task,
hut to make good broom requires
expert SKILL and ability to stick 10 it
Till the mysteries of broom making
are mastered. In this the negro boys
trained in tho school in Anderson to
make good brooms. are at the same
time being trained to make good citi-
zens when they grow to be men. Any
man who is master OF good trade,
and will ply II. is master as well of
himself, and will deserve to succeed
Just in proportion to the industry
which marks his career. We com
mend the good work of this school.
and the teachers who are giving the
mental and industrial training TO
make good citizens.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-02
ALSO THE aBRAfNIEST.r

The Anderson z Inteiligencer says
that MIR. w. W. Long is one of the
States biggest men. anu The Intel
liEencer might have added "brainiest.r y
THE Greenwood Iournall
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Postpoue Publi.atiou ~ Note.

Washington. April t.--It was an
.nounced today at the request OF tae
British foreign office chat tile .Ameri-
eau note 10 England would not 5e
published until the morning OF April
seven. So
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Can This Seer
Read YOur Life?
Many Prominent People
Say That She Can.
Crowds Continue To Call

The Rich, Poor, Exalted and Humble
Seek Her Advice on Bnsiness, Mar
rlnge, Friends, Enemies, Changes.
Speculation Love AnaiTs, Journeys
and Ill Events Of Life.
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Receiving Complete Daily Telegraphic
Service.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

a careful study of HI problem. C e Schan, president Of the NJ K & T
railway company, when asked to outline the relation Of n public to all
roads Investments. said in part:
1T may be said that the railroad world is encountered with a lt o.
phantoms which exs only in the popular fancy. Fol Instance because
there have been a few socaled railroad magnates' whose names haveh figured
prominently in finance, nan people have come to believe nj the railroads
of the country are largely owned b. a few rich men As a mattero f fac
nothing could be farther from the truth, Ut Of thu colossal III OF twenty
billion dolars of American railroad securities, less thsnh We per cent is o
or ever has been. in the hands oft these mel h have figured prominently in
the newspaper headhnes-Shne the other 81 per cent ts In the hands o rel
to million investors. large an small who In many instances have u the
modest savings of lifetime into these securities in order that they might
lay away a competency for old g When. therefore. tn vsue OF these
securities is depressed or perchance DESTROYED the hardship Is a hundred,
fold greater upon thousands Of everyday citizens. than upon he hsndfu or
mihonaires, good o bad, who have figured prominently in railroad circles
Hundreds OF millions OF dollars Of the assets IF our great life nd IRE
insurance companies, savings banks tlsc ompantes educanona an hducary
institutions are invested in railroad bonds-and the moment. therefore. that
The soundness Oft these bonds is called into question tbs financial sohdty of
these myriad institutons-directy affecting the welfare Off millions Of policy
holders and bank depoItors-is gravely uenaced During the last several
years, many millions OF dollars representing deprecated values, have been
charged OF the books of concerns like those numersted above American
railroads have become a vital part OF the very oo and fabric OF n naton
Their continued efficiency is absolutely essential to the smsnes community
in the land.
In bhndly striking at the railroads our blows fall not merely upon thou
sands who have committed n o wrong but in thu last analysis, upon ourselves
We should remember how tnterdependent Ne have com 10 be in this mighty
republic of ours-that each is n truth become more and mor his brother
keeper and that we nee to act and think crcumspecty, lest in u mistaken
zeal we destroy those who. Ike ourselves. need whateve of this world
goods the toll and sweat OF years has bequeathed to them
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26
Makes New Milk Record.

Minneapolis, MINI, Nov. q. I
worlds championship for the produc-
ton of butterfat by a single cow in a
wear has been won by Duchess Skylark
Ornlsby. a Holstein- Friesian, according
to an announcement made here today:
The COW produced a total OF .2o?,U9 ~
pounds of butterfat; gave q, l6l.!
pounds of milk in the year: gave o5e.
pounds of milk and "a. &c pounds of but
ter in seven days; maintained an aver
age butterfat record of ABB per cent
ate less than twenty pounds OF grair
a day; consumed only grains within
practical reach of every dairyman. ant
remained in perfect health Throughout
the test period.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

In0f6.
Of competitive qualification tests as .
requisite for appointment to office.
To combat the rather general I'M
preston that competitive examina-
tons in all cases mean the answering
OF s~tereotyped technical questions,
Mr.. Wales said:
For these hlgh-grade positions
where men of experience and attain
ments are needed an examination is
given which does not require the com.
p~etitors 10 assemble at any place or
to answer technical questions. They
are called upon to furnish. under oath.
a detailed statement of their education
and experience. including all the work
they have done since graduation. They
also may be asked to submit al orig
inal thesis or report OIL published
works. and they are required to give
the names Of persons able and com
petent to testify as to their experience
and personal fitness.
Confidential inquiry is made by the
commission from various sources as
W0ll Do vi oil pei SUITS iCiCiicu w "
the applicant. Gratifyingly accurate
and discriminating testimony is OBJ
tanned by this means OF confidential
communication. Such testimony ap-
prOximates, II not equals. the testi-
mony adduced upon cross-examination
in judicial proceedings. A demonstra-
ton Of the ability of the competitive
c,,cAor, g. oIta;n h;pbc1oco man for
technical positions has been made
within the past year. in connection
with the employment Of men to ap-
praise the value OF the property OF
common carriers In the United States.
For this work the interstate COM
MERGE commission required men with
qualifications ranging all the way from
rodman and chairman to senior posi-
tions In civil. mechanical. structural,
electrical and architectural engineer
ing. as we'll as motive power men and
expert accountants.
There have been approximately
$4,000 applicants for these positions
and the task of sitting the wheat from
the char and Of grading the wheat
Ill 6AtSA Az oiitih6 "ao Oh0 Va
able magnitude: but it was done. and
1t was done 80 we'll that the interstate
commerce commission expressed III
qualification to find that it could Sc
cure a force so we'll equipped to per
form the gigantic task Of obtaining
an accurate appraisal Of the value o
common carrier property. A system
which can successfully secure a com
petent force of high-grade engineer
for this valuation work could surel,
provide the proper kind Of men t
have charge of the construction an
maintenance OF public highways"
1t is expected that steps will b
taken to wage an active campaign l
every state for the elimination Of tn
spoils system and to substitute for
the merit system.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26
SUPERVISION OF ROAD WORK
Suggestion Made by American High
way Association and National
Civil Service Reform League.

A concerted movement for skilled
supervision of roadwork throughout
the United States has been launched
by the American Highway association
and the National Civil Service Reform
league. These two great organizations
co-operated In the holding Of q SEES
sion at the recent American road con-
gress devoted to a consideration OF
the merit system in road manage
ment. The United States civil service
commission was represented by Chief
Examiner George r. Wales. who
pointed out the manifest advantages
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26
Calomel Claims
Many Victims.
Science Has at Last DiscOv-
Substitute For 1t.

Very few realize how many people
are salivated by calomel each year.
Every one who mas taken this danger
Gus drug knows that it gripes. sickens
and is very unpleasant to take, but all
do not know that while it acts violently
on the liver that it softens the bone
and is liable at any time to salivate
them. Many doctors dislike to pre-
scribe it as they would any other pois-
onous drug. and some doctors refuse to
give it to their patients. 1t is for these
reasons that men of science have been
patiently searching for a substitute for
dangerous calomel and have at last dis
covered a medicine that possesses the
virtues of calomel without the danger
Gus and unpleasant after-effects. This
new medicine is called Lemolac n l:
now on sale at End Class Drug Store
and Corner Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

MONUMENT BUYING. coincidence
is one of the most important and salts
factory considerations in every act. In
buying memorials you should know you
will be protected from receiving defec-
tive work. The regulations of the
firm and the capacity of its plant are
worthy of consideration. There is sat
~isfaction in knowing you get just what
you order.
Mr.. Jno. w Vance, of Grenada, rep
resents the
COLUMBUS MARBLE WORKS,
Columbus. Miss.
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commissioners Sale of Land.

By virtue of a certain decree of the
Chancery Court of Grenada County
mississippi, at the October, 1915, Term,
the undersigned Commissioner in Cause
Number 3il6, styled Jerry Oneal VS..
Asa Oneal, ct al, will on Monday, De-
cember 9Th, 1915. within legal hours at
the Court House in Grenada in said
County, offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash the FOL
lowing lands in said County, to,wit:
The east half of the east half OF sec
ton thirteen, township Twenty-one,
range three east. less twenty, acres OF
woodland nearest to the eighty acres
of land belonging to Sallie Oneal; ~,
Witness my signature, this the 4tf
! day of November. 1915.
Jno. S. King, Clerk,
Commissioner.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

Commissioners Sale of Lands.
By virtue of a certain decree of the
Chancery Court of Grenada county,
Mississippi, at the October. 1915, term,
the undersigned commissioner in cause
number 3l39. styled ex parte Mack
Walters. ct al. will. on Monday, No
vember %, 1915, within legal hours at
the court house in Grenada in said
county, offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash the fol
lowing lands in said county, to-wit:
South half of southeast quarter
section II. and south half of south
west quarter, section Y, all in town
ship %. range 6 east.
Witness my signature the 25th da!
| of October, 1915.
Jno. S. King, Clerk.
Commissioner.
! Cowles Horton. Solicitor. l0-29-4
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

Mr.. A. C. Leigh started OF his return
Wednesday afternoon for his home in
Los Angeles, Cal. He had been in Gre
NADIA for about two weeks looking after
some business matters. Mr.. Leigh was
enjoyed by his many friends while here
and regret is felt by many that his
visit was such a short n
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

Mr.. Thomas /. Rice and wife of
Summer passed through Grenada Sun
day enroute to Oxford. Mr.. &c Is
filling out the term of his lamented
father as sheriff of Tallahatchie county
and is a gentleman in every way, wor'
thy of the mantel that has fallen tc
him. He is a successful business mar
and planter at Summer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

srsrt tba mnonush nights of his youth possum hunting going to protracted
neetines M occasionally turning down the community at a spelling match
mas he right sort IF stun in him to make a good business man The active
orcials Of mos OF the large business organizations OF America II is said
vera YIN a yery few exceptions raised o the farm, and could swim the
puch hay chop wood. milk the cows Or sp the hogs as easily as
thew "a rn worldly wide business institutions
The farmers look to these capable and loyal sons OF the sol. to assist
IN. somtion of tbs business problems OF agriculture. Wall Street is repued
to be capable of financing everything from a Y Nj { A o a war, sc why not
finance sricutur II is lot sufficient to lend money to a correspondent %
end to a local banker. to lend to a broker to lend TO a merchant to lend to
ta lopd1ord 10 len TO A farmer. Such a financial system sounds like the
house ht Jack built. and is just about as useful Neither is assistance com
nhte ben money is furnished buyers to move the crop" What the farmer
wants is money to hold the crop What better security is there than a ware
howsa rec.int for +. hale Of cotton a sac If wheat or a bushel OF corn and
why will such securities no travel by hi side of government bonds?
~ American Mariner is a cspabe plowman He alw ays has filled md al
way will fill the nations granary. srder and wardrobe, nut he has nothing
70 ssv in sxinst h price of his products The problem confronting the farm
es Of this nation today is marketing and its solution depends hIt upon the
Interests in marketing the crp Agriculture is the biggest business IN
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

The primary department Sunday
school Of the First Baptist church ex-
tend an invitation to everybody to at
tend a parcels post party at the resi-
dence of Mrs. r. Pressgrove, Wednes-
day afternoon, Dec. Is. from 3 to 3
o'clock.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

When the days work is done drop
It there until tomorrow. Have the
pleasantest kind Of a chat with the
wife and children; that is the kind OF
rest that sweetens toll and takes the
snarls out Of the threads Of life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

Rev. r. A. Tucker, presiding elder.
held the fourth and last quarterly con.
ference of the Methodist church OF
Grenada last Tuesday. The work of
the year was reviewed and final ar
engagements made for the annual con-
ference next week. But nj change
was made in the board of stewards ana
that was the substitution of Mr.. J.. H.
Horn for MI. w. M. Dubard who asked
| to be relieved.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26
For OVER HALE A CENTURY "

FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY we
h been manufacturing monuments
IN Marble and Granite, the reputation
earned through these years is OF ines
timable value to us and the experience
gained is invaluable to you as it is EN-
bodied in the monuments we offer you;
See Mr.. Jno. w. Vance, our loca
representative at Grenada.
COLUMBUS MARBLE WORKS.
Columbus. Miss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

The public school dismissed Wednes-
day afternoon for the balance of the
week. Teaching was done last Satur-
day to make up for the day after
Thanksgiving and the intermission was
utilized by the trustees in tearing down
the old smoke stack, which was re-
garded as not altogether safe. and
erecting a new one.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

Mr.. F. E. Higginbotham. who has
been employed at the express office tor
ssveral months, left this week for
Water Valley where he will spend
sometime at home and from there ne
Expects to go to Houston. Tex, where
he will be employed as a Pullman con
ductor.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

Announcement has been made of the
engagement and approaching marriage
of Mr.. Thomas H. Meek to Miss Mary
Mullin, the ceremony to take place at
the Methodist church in Grenada. Cards
only to out-of-town friends and &C
lquaintances.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26
Keep Out the Weeds.

1t is Just as important to keep the
weeds from seeding along the public
highway as it Is on your own prem
ises. Ripe weed seeds along the
highway scatter into the adjoining
fields. Cut the weeds and keep them
cut.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

Mrs. M. E., Nicholson reached Gre
noJa the early part of the week, Al
ter spending sometime here with her
sister. Mrs. A. T. Roane and otner
Ss she and her sister, MISS
blanche Winter who preceded her here
s DaI weeks ago, will start for Their
Sowe at Eustis, Fla, via Charlotte; n;
c.. where they will visit Mr.. WIN
Nicholson.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
IX-Peter Radford

Back to the Soil With Wall Street"
When Wall Street wants good business men shs
usually goes back to the soil to get them. That financial
thoroughtare is said to be honeycombed with men who
have plowed barefooted, who have drunk branch water.
eaten cornbread and molasses and slept on the hoor in
their early days A man is more capable OF holding the
reius OF business who knows how to drive a team Of
mules, shear a sheep or put a ring in a shosts nose A
man is better equipped to meet the problems of life who
in his youth has walked the log across the creek to get
to school. courted the girls at husking bees aud
pitched horse shoes Saturday afternoon. A man who has
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-11-26

The Sentinel regrets to note the Sc
rious illness of Miss Lizzie Horn of the
public school faculty. Miss Horn is a
very efficient teacher and is dearly
loved by all her pupils, all of whom
earnestly wish for her speedy recovery.
She has been a part of the public school
faculty for eight or ten years.