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The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
Ship Mules
Fretwell Company Filling Orders
for Army Of
France. (,

The Fretwell Company will make
tta sixth shipment OF mules from this
city next week for the French armv.
the stock being sent to Atlanta. from
which point 1t Is sent to New Orleans
end there loaded on transatlantic
freighters.
The French government some time
ago placed an order in this country
for 10000 heed of mules. A portion
OF the contract was sub-let to the
Fretwell Company. who have been
purchasing mules in this section with
which TO I'LL their orders.
Cash will be paid for mules at the
offices of the Fretwell Company so
long as the contract with the French
government Is in force.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
HELPLESS AS BABY
Down in Mind Unable to Work,
and What Helped Hex.

Summit Point, w. Va.-Mrs. Anna
Belle Emey, OF this place, says: 81 SUI
Tered for Is years with ssi awful pain In
my right side, caused from Womatily
trouble, and doctored lots for II, butwiti.
out success. i suffered SO very much,
that ] became down in mind, ard as help.
less as a baby. was in the worst kind
OF shape. Was unable to do any work.
began taking CARDIFF, the womar's
tonic, and got relief from the very first
dose. , BY the time 1 had taken Il bot
Ties, my health was completely restored.
i am now 48 years years old, but feel as
good as l did when only 16.
Cardui certainly saved me from losing
my mind, aud 1 feel it my duty to speak
in its favor. wish | had some power
over poor, suffering women, and could
make them know the good II would do
them"
Ifycit suffer from any Of the ailments
peculiar TO women, 1t will certainly be
worth your while to give Cardui a trial.
1t has been helping weak women for
more than so years, and will help you,
too. 4
Try cardui. Your druggist sells Il.
.Wras to: Chattanooga Medicine Co, Ladiss
Advisory DEBT, Chattanooga, Tenn, for .Syseial
haoraeficrI on your ease and 6t-page book, Home
Treotment for Women" In piain wrapper. NC. l2l
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
Tho New Year Presents.

The French "etrennes," both in
came and in date. preserve historical
continuity with q c~learness that our
Christmes box has lost. According to
tine ancient Roman legend the crstom
went back to the rape OF the Sau,nes.
o., rather, TO the reconciliation of the
two peoples afterward. when Romulus
cut green branches from q grove of
the goddess Strenua and presented
them to Tatius. Thereafter Romans
gave each other branches for luck Jan.
uary 1, together with figs, dates.
honey and small coin-sueh LUCY
gifts being termed "strenae." Even
emperors were powerless to put down
q custom that in time became burden.
some and the church similarly failed
and WAS driven to Christianizing the
practice.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
TOM SPRIGGS WHO DIED IN
HARTWELL JAIL TOLD OF
WHIPPING
HAD M o B SCARE
Hartwell Authorities Feared Mob
Would Attempt to Storm
Jail.

That Tom Spights, the negro who
died last Sunday night In Hartwell
1ail as q result. it is alleged, Of a
whipping given him by n number of
citizens OF the Fair Play section, made
an affidavit before death which will
De used in the case against the men
charged with his death. Ia the infor-
nation contained in an article in the
Hartwell Sun with reference to the
reports current there last week that
a mob from Oconee County had plan
bed to storm the Hartwell jai! and get
the negro Spriggs. The article from
The Hartwell paper Is as follows:
Much excitement was manifested In
'artwell Monday afte21oon when
Sheriff Johnson received n telegram
rom the sheriff at Walhalla, s. C.,
Eating that a mob a on its wav Ia
''artwell to take the negro Srripp
VINO was so severely beaten IN the
'Snching at Knox Bridge on Sunday
he Goth.
The negro died on tho night before.
Sunday 9th, I'm the TAIL here. It IL
Fnnnosed that the nartv knew that he
'rou'd tell all about the occurrence
and that they wanted to kill him an
hat he could not testify against them
~ the trial. Sprigg had already made
= sworn statement which is now in
the hands of the proper authorities,
ard will be brought out. of course, in
the trial later.
Sheriff Johnson promptly made ar
raDgements for the mob. and Governor
Slaton ordered the military company
here to be In readiness.
For some reason the mob eve put
In it's appearance. The negro was
dead. anyway, and probably the men
fonnd out that there was no use in
coming.
At any rate. It was pretty exciting
here for several hours and 1t was good
for all parties that nothing really hap
pened.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
Died in Jail
Concioe Statement With Refer
ence to Death of Tom
Sprigga.

A concise statement with reference
to the death in Hartwell Jail last Sum
day night of Tom Sprigg, who was
severely beaten by a party of white
men Of the Fair Play section of Oco-
nee county several days ago, Is found
in the following from the Hartwell
Sun:
Tom Spiggs, Col, who was beaten
and left for dead in the recent killing
at Knox Bridge, in which two Gibson
negroes were ,iled, died in the Jail
here Sunday evening from the wound
he received at the hands OF the party.
The tdetails OF the ARRAY, which
were published last week, are as fol-
lows: Several South Carolina white
ihen were enraged at some act Of
George Gibson, COL, and were taking
him to the Georgia, side ito whip him.
They we're met by Gibson's father,
who wanted to know what the trouble
was. They shot him dead. Gibson
was then carried to an ole store room
where no was beaten to death by the
negro Sprigg at the command of the
white men. Sprigg was then tied and
beaten, and was left for dead. He
was found the next morning, and was
brought here Monday, the 21st. He
died Sunday, the 9th.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
MUDDY STREETS CAUSE
LOSSES TO ANDERSON
ONE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
DECIDED NOT TO LO.
CATE HERE
ALSO z FAMILIES
They Liked the City Alright With
the Exception of Muddy
Streets.
ALSO z FAMILIES

ut Is a hard thing to say, but 1t is
true Anderson lost a splendid manu-
featuring industry the past wee. also
two retiring families from the North
seeking a Southern climate. all bes
cause OF the. awful condition of the
city's street We must remedy the
condition." said a representative of
the Chamber of Commerce yesterday
when asked concerning the proposed
candy-ice cream factory which had
contemplated locating here.
The gentlemen from Virginia who
visited Anderson in the matter stated
the condition of the city's streets was
so bad that he could not come here,
and had decided to go to Athens.
Two ladies. both Of whom are heads
of families and who were on a tour
of the upper South to select perma-
nent Southern homes, were well pleas
ed with Anderson except with regard
to the streets and decided to go to
Augusta where there are ample pave
ments.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02

born In eastern section OF the county
near Holidays bridge. Size was mar
ried to- Eewton Harper and OF this
union four children were born, they
being ~ ". Harper, OF Frankgille;
Mrs. ". 8. Cothran OF near Honea.
Path; W. r. Harper or Gseenviiie
county and J. NJ. Harper. Jr., OF near
Belton.- Her husband died during the
war.
Several years afterward she wRs
married 70 Jesse H Baiientine. who
died in 1889. or. thir union four child
ren were born. they befng as follows:
j. Lee Bailentine OF this city; q. c.
BailentIne of River Heights: e II,
Bellentins pf this city and c. H. Bali
lensine OF North Anderson.
Mrs.. Ballentin1 10 also survived by
two brothers George n. Harper of
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02

I@~01OHN HARDING vas not
HSM a mild man, neither was
N&AM he inclined to be super
NGS stitious. AS a rule he
I}D. had small belief in
ON signs, presentiments or
@@ lunches, but just now
all this was different. For he had
seen certain signs that one Of his
shoats had been stolen; had a pre-
sentiment that a certain unworthy
known as ''shiftless Joe" had done the
foul deed, and possessed a hunch that
he was about to horsewh:p Joe until
he o~utsouealed any pig critter that
was ever lifted over o fence on a
moonless night. So, being a man Of
deeds as well as thoughts, he took
down bis trusty bull whip and started
~1swampward towards the abode OF ms
victim to be.
Now Shiftless Joe was not reckoned
among the 400 of John Harding's com.
munity, and when one is told that
there were but 400 people In that dis
trict he will understand hat the state
lived alone at the edge of the big
swamp. fishing in summer when it
was not too hot; trapping in winter
when II was not too cold: sleeping and
loafing the yea around, ne was avoid
ed by the entire Woodworking. hard.
praying settlement.
1t was a long tramp from the home
Of Harding to the miserable cabin Of
the trapper, and blythe time the for
mer had arrived there his righteous
wrath against the slothful. sinful be-
ing whom he sought was grim and un.
r~elenting. My house Is the house OF
prayer; but ye have made It a den. OF,
thieves" he quoted. sternly. Then he
raised his fist and smote upon the
wretched door such q blow as Moses.
of old might have struck when ne split
the rock and babe the waters giush
forth. From within q squeaky. rat
like voice babe him enter, and through
the narrow doorway he crowded.
He glanced around the cluttered
place. From IN rne a thin, weasel
like figure arose and stood bringing
before the mighty one. fear thickly
spreading his face as he noted the
formidable whip tightly clutched in
the equally formidable hand. Good
morning, Mr.. Harding. Happy New
Year" he said. fawniagly.
1T IN a bad mornir : for you. ana 1t
Is going TO be an ui2aappy beginning
OF the New Year he retorted. .s.ss,
my shoat, will you!' The smaller man
threw up his hands with a protesting
gesture as quick denial leaped to his
lips. But Harding silenced him With
q roar.
Don't add lying to your thievery.
you aheep-kiiling cur. One false word
ss= sss.r ifps and sour pnnishment
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
IT'S

you no longer have to wait or send
away for your glasses. I have one of
the most complete Grinding Plants in
the South and every convenience to
turn out your work promptly. You
cant realize what I have in ma
chinery unless you visit my place. !
duplicate your lens-don't care
made 1t or IL you break 1t all to
pieces , don't worry come here. I
can refract the most difficult case of
eye trouble and write the prescription,
grind your glasses and guarantee the
very acme OF precision. / have a rec
ord / am Justly proud OF and / am
keeping pace with the condolences the
people Of my town have In me This
Is what actuated me in the purchase
OF the Plant and If you could lust
zee the humber of people in Anderson
nov wearing glasses ground in An
derson, you would be convinced that
Campbell ID In town and on the lob.
All 1 ask is: try me with youE, next
Job. I elso have the best equipped
Optical Office for making examina-
tiono in South Carolina. MY prices
are consistent with .flrst-class work,
ranging from $500 to $500 up for q
complete job. Repair anything in the
Optical line, duplicate your lenses
from 75c up owing to how It Is to be
made Begin the new year right, by
having me DO your Optical work. IL
anyone tells you that I don't Grind
good glasses In Anderson, I will give
you SIS. 90 for proof OF statement.
When you have trouble with your eyes
or glasses, think OF me- / am the sure
remedy. Also remember the place.
No. liz w. Whitner St., Ground
Floor. Telephone Connection.
DIR. NJ r CAMPBELL,
Registered Optometrist. 80
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
News From Lowndesyille.

Mrs. Lewis Bell and little daugh-
ter, Clara. OF Augusta are visiting
relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Speer enter
tanned at dinner On Christmas day
the families of DR.. j. d. Wilson, Rev.
j. A. ClatfeEter and Mrs. Clinkscales.
On Wednesday of last week Mr.. d.
A. Bell and Mrs. Mamie Gilbert were
united in marriage.
Miss Annie Liddell has gone to
Florida to spend the winter.
MIR. and Mrs. T. d. Cooley had a
number OF their friends to dine with
them Tuesday.
The stag party given by DR.. A. j.
Speer was enjoyed by all present.
You can get the news while It's new
In The Morning Dailv rnteliicencer.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02

Wild oItburst OF passion passed and
into the red eyes e look of cunning
crept, the cunning that ontwftted
wary wild beasts and took them In his
snares.
He passed rapidly through the brush
until he came to q hollow log, from
which he drew an ancient gun which
ne had stolen and hidden there years
befosS. None knew that he possessed
II, and he chucklei Mt his own cum.
ming as he plotted his details. He
know that Harding's. family was away
and that John would attend church
that nightsad return hone alone after
services. Nothing would be easier
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02

this e,ty and J. BIZ. Harper of che Eu-
rska sasreh section. Mrs Ballentins
dass5 before her death. Some three
years ago. while visiting near Bolton.
she sustained q fall, which broke her
hip She was never able to walk az
ter that. She joined the Dorchester
Baptist churchs near Baton, when
q young glrl and lived an exemplary
life.
The Following friends viii serve as
~paslbearers: E. e. Elmore. r. ~.
Tribble, W. s. Breazeale, Lee Barrett,
Walter Hembree and J.eA. Cook.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02

shall be doubled. You thought, YOU
werc cunning, but in several places /
found the mark OF that club foot of
yours while you were making of with
my good pork. Now what have you to
say?"
Nothing, except that I did not steal
-" AS a bear strikes, 60 did the heavy
arm of the invader shoot out, the hand
gripping the thin shoulder like a trap.
Il warned you If you lied your pun
Sshment should be doubled. Has not
the good Lord commanded Thou shalt
not steal?' Thank your stars that you
I'D not live in those days, for you
would have been stoned to death.
Rather. bless your luck that you have
fallen into the hands of q compassion.
ate man" With a hiss the lash fell
and a shuddering scream burst from
the lips of the crlnging one. But from
then on no sound escaped them until,
atilast released from the iron grip, Joe
fell Imply upon the frozen ground.
Sternly gazing down upon his victim
for q moment, Harding turned away.
ut was the just punishment Of a
rogue by a just man." he mtttered to
his conscience. ar
From a shapeless writhing heap the
fallen n arose. his small eyes CLINT
Ing with the deadly glare pf q prodded
serpent. Whip me, you black DEVIL
you usurer-you foreoloser of widows
mortgageH-you dodger of,taxes-you
YOU" The voice rose to an inar.
ticuiate scream Of rage. "By the Eser-
nal, I'll kill you for that-yes, murder
you in cold blood" Then the first
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
NOW no CURE A IA GRIPPE

Coughs that hang ont demand
treatment Stop and Think Reason
and common sense tell you that It IL
folly 70 grin and bear it, Those.
racktng ia grippe coughs that wrench
the body and capse soreness and
paina In the lungs yield more quickly
to FoIeyis Honey and Tar than to any
other treatment, Forty years. record
of s~ueceEses proves THIS. For
coughs, colds, Group and other ais
tressing ailments OF throat chest
guneis. lerynx and bronchial TUBES yor
can find nothing that viii co1aDaf6
with this reliable charlottesville BY
Evans phAripacs
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02

This photograph shows a company
OF "Larkin's Citizen Soldiery'' in
front of the. headquarters of the
Transport workers union, of which
Jim Larkin, the famous labor leader,
Is the head. They rave drilled, not to
join In the war against England's
enemies, but to fight for Home
Rule in case there is an attack from
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
EsTllGAaLE n DEaD
lTra. Elizabeth Ballentine Passed
Away Yesterday ut Ripe

Mrs. Elisabeth Bailenine, aged SO
years. and an esrnest Christian wo-
man. died yesterday morn ng about
$3.50 o'clnck at the home Of her son,
p. II. Raiientine. at No. eco Power
street. Infirmitiea or Did age and q &C.
we're cold were the cause OF death. The
funeral services will be held at tne
home this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock,
after which: intermene will be In Silver
Brock cemetery. The obseauies VIII be
in Charge Of the Rev. Or. j. +. Vines.
pastor OF the First Baptist church:
Mrs. Ralltntina Maa the daughter Of
William and Nancy Harper and WA
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02

the Ulstermen who had previously
organized. The sign on the building
above them shows their sentiments:
WE SERVE. NEITHER. KING NOR
KAISER
But 1relandi
So far the British authorities have
taken no official cognizance of the
threat implied in the sentiment go
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02

boldly expressed. They are SO busy
trying to get recruits in England
for the war that they have not under
ken to stir up trouble In
Ireland. Larkin is now In the United
States. He has led several meetings
OF Irish and Germans to show SYM
patty for the Germans in the war
In Europe
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
ChdngeI In Location

/ am now located over w.
A. Powers grocery; store at
1fS 1-2 S. Maifi Street. Il
thank my friends for their
past patronage and ask con-
tinuance of same.
1 make plates at $3.50
I make gold crowns af$4.O0
Silver Filings, soc and up.
Gold Filings $1.OO and up
Painless Extracting 4Oac.
| make a speciality of
treating Pyorrhea, Alveo.
laris of the gums and all
crown and bridge work and
regulating NAL formed teeth.
All work guaranteed first.
class.
s. C. B r u C E
DENTIsT
New Britain herald., 1915-08-24
Better Walks Needed. (NOrWich Bulletin,)

It doesn't require any extensive investigation, or a walk of many miles about the city, to discover the general unsatisfactory condition of the sidewalks. This is nothing new, but rather a situation which has come to be looked upon as the es- tablished order of things
 It is needless to say that it's re- fleets no credit upon the city or the property owners. It is the poorest kind of &n advertisement for an en- terprising city not to keep it's side walks up to decent standard which will not only contribute to the comfort Of the many people who use them, but insure safety where it at present does not exist.
 Norwich has been backyard in the matter of sidewalk mainten- ance. It has pursued a happy-go- lucky policy of giving them atten- tion only when the spirit moves re- gardiess of the needs of the travel ing public, and the cohditiOn in which they are today, and in which some of them are every year, Is the result thereof There is not the proper cooperation among the property owners and there is also that injustice which throws the burden of such improvement upon certain owners while others go scot free
 Good sidewalks are a benefit and a decided asset to every city ard 1t is high time that Norwich should awaken to this relization. It has experienced for years the unsatis- factory results of it's present method of building and maintaining them and it should therefore be all the better prepared to not only endorse but to adopt a plan which gives promise of furnishing a decided inn prONCment.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-24
SOMETHING NEW.

Not content with having crippled
 driven it to seek the registry of other
 nations, Senator Fighting Bob" La
 Toilette is now out after his own state and the scalp of the man who succeeded him in the gubernatorial chair of Wisconsin. Governor Philipp is bent on reducing the high taxes of Wisconsonians. It was because of LaFollett's absolute dominance of the situation that the voters of WisCOn- sin stood up on their high horse and elected Philipp as their governor in 1914. With all his radical reforms the people of Wisconsin found out that expenditures weres reaching too high a point. LaFoliette spent the states money like a drunken sailor. Philipp, grasping the grand oppor- tunity. launched his campaign on a platform of retrenchment from the LaFollette policy and made his main
 plank one advancing lower taxes.
 Ever since he took the oath of office
 this Governor, who has already cut
 down expenses to the tune of $8,000,-
 900, and promises greater saving
 has been hampered by the fanaticism
 of La Toilette, his henchmen claim.
 Next year an election will be held for the senatorial toga 'of MT. La Toilette, and the campaign is just about getting it's start now. Govern
 or Philipp is going out after the willy
 old fox of Wisconsin and the battle promises to be one of the strangest ever fought inasmuch as one man
 is advocating economy in running the | machinery of government and the | other demands its exact opposite. This ] is probably the first time in the United States that campaign was | ever waged on such contentious Tn the ordinary run of things the man advocating the cutting down of ex- 1 penses should win. We must watch and wait for Wisconsin's election re- | turns to get a line on the American | temperament of 1916.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-24
The August Bachelor.
(Ncw Haven Register !

Everyone has read about the Man Without a Country" hut ,n these Aug ust days, with their charming weather al the vacation resorts, there comes into existence that loneliest of m ortal Is the man whose family is away. If there be a more discontented and disappointed individual m the history of the time, he hasn't yer appeared.
 Before the family goes away, the head of the house plans for himself a rest from his labors. He will go down town every night. He will in duge in mild "busts'' without having to think of getting home in time to let out the cat. Everything will be given up to the care-free and jolly life reputed to be led by bachelors.
 Then the family goes. The lone hus- band goes about town in search of enjoyment. He finds his bachelor chums are out of town. He eats alone Not wishing to spend too much money he eats Cheaply, and nO< only gets nothing nourishing, but also nothing to please the palate. l7na0lO to find anyone at his club, he wandcrs up into the library, and ssadR the lass