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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED 18*0. Published ??very morning except | Monday by The Anderson Intolllgea ccr at 140 Wont Whltner Street, An derson, 8. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN....Editor and Manag'ri Entered as second-class matter April 28, 1914, at the post office at Andersen, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ASSOCIATED PIUS8S DISPATCHES telephone .821 SUBSCRIPTION BATES DAILY Or.? Year ..$8.00 Six Montlia.2.60 Three Months.1.2G Ona Month.42 One Week .? .10 8BMI-WEEKLY One Year .11.60 Biz Months .76 The Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers In the city. Look at the printed label on your paper. Tho date thereon shows whoa the subscription expires. Notice date on label carefully, and if not correct please notify us at once. BuhscrIbers desiring the address of their paper changed, will please state In their communication both the old %nd new addresses. To Insure prompt delivery, com plaints of non-delivery in the city af Anderson should be made to tho Circulation Department before . a. and a copy will bo Bent at once. ?8 Ail checks and drafts should pa drawn to Tho Anderson Intelligencer. ADVERTISING Ratea will be furnished on applica tion. > No t? advertising discontinued ex cept on written order. The Intelligencer will publish brief and rational letters on subjects of goners! Interest when they are ac companied hy the names and ad dresses of the authors and are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not ba re turned. In order to avoid delays on account Pt personal absence, letters to The Intelligencer Intended for publication should not be addressed to any Indi vidual connected with the paper, hat simply to The Intelligencer. Fair Friday; cloudy Saturday. WEATHER FOBECABV Fw Thursday and^Frlday. j? Rank Teller Wins Rich Widow. Headline. Wonder what ho told hor. Something to worry about: Frank P. Walsh urges a law limiting lega cies to one million dollars. lt's real hard.to tell whether the "Homo Coming" movement IB more popular in Russia or in York. Italy's official poet has gono up in tho clouds. Wo thought poets spent most of their time up choro anyway. -o Old von Tlrpitz, (ii rr. in nubmarine czar, ts Ul from overwork. We thought the old renegade was overdoing the Uilng. -o England Claims Germany .Started . the European War.-Headline. O hang that,<what wo want to know ls who ls going to stop lt and when. -o-- ". Those of us who didn't go to tho mountains are now enjoying the pleas pee ,pf having the mountains-or mountain, weather-come to us. -o- . /Will Make a Test of Brotherhood of Ma:?.- -Headline. Th und erat Ion, Isn't therepiotrty of proof of tho fallacy of ic lp ho soen In Europe? 'i-o Harris' Dinner Wins Pardon for Convict:^-Headline. And wo havo al ways hoard th?t tho nearest route to a man's heart la through his stomach. -o .palina are being painted grey. But that won't provont the English seeing red when they hear one over head. ^ ; An Atlanta nows poper jubilantly an nounces the early appearance of thc tl vet installment bf a new ness Wil lard series. Who is Jess WRlard. any way? \ \ 'v - K ? 'i ;i; -M> ? ' S Tho. city ot Dayton has appointed an official chiropodist to take care cf the policemen's feet In some cities we knew thero ought to be appointed an official breeches abat patcher. An Invtinor has patented a contriv ance tint will collect the dust made by automobiles while " ting. A good invention; but tf he wlli ivent a ma chine that will collect over-due bills well take one, says the PIckens Be? thiel. WAKE IT! Former Governor Hanly of Indiana and Dr. Oliver W. Stewart of Chk-UKO. two of tlie most powerful and elo quent Speakern in the cause of prohi bition in the United Hinte?, will ud drcbH the public tonight in the cour' IIOUKI' at H o'clock. No admi?blon fee will he charged, and no one will he aaked to contribute any money. There han been Relierai indifference in tins county to the prohibition elec tion HO Ix- held on Ilia ,14th of tula month, and it la thc duty of voters to go out to thin meeting 'and listen to calm und dispassionate argument. It the cause of prohibition is lost by the failure of its friends to KO to !l?" nolls, the result muy bring a shock of surprise to those who are now asleep ut the switch. If it is lost, there will probably be an organized movement, hacked by in fluence und money, to vote the dispen sary back in every dry county in South Carolina. You'd better watch out, Mr. Voter. And you can help somo hy going out tonight aud receiving an injection of enthusiasm und public duty. The Tugaloo Tribune says so many automobiles were sold in that town thia summer gauollno advanced two cents in prico in ono day. 101 lil II I N FOREIGN SIIIITi.MJ. It is. pleasant to learn thad thc American flag really ls making its way on thc seas again. Our shipping cn-, gaged in. tho foreign trade, which last year totalled only 1,078,000 tons, rose 'in the year ending Juno 30 to 1,813,000 (tons. That was a greater foreign tonnage than wc have had H I nee tho civil war started our shipping de cline. The gain ls three times as much as wc over made before in ono year. It has raised our standhig. slnco this w?r began, from the tenth position among mar?timo nations to the fourth. Only Great Britain, Franco and Norway now surpass us dn car rying patter of foreign trading ves sels. Unfortunately, however, this growth is restricted'almost entirely Ho tho European traffic. The increase in the number of trans-Atlantic ships of American registry would be moro sat isfactory if lt were matched by a pro portional increase in thc Pacific and In tho trade routes Of the eouthern hemisphere. We arVlbsTfoj? Tnste?h Ot gklhlng In tho- Asiatic route*. It Ls feared, too, that the present rato' of growth will provo merely temporary. Our ship ping has of course been unnaturally stimulated by war- conditions, which have multiplied freight rates In the Europ?en trade. Great numbers of Bhips have changed to American reg istry for the sake, oL'the profit in car rying war supplies I and tbe greater saftcy they enjoy under our hag. When the war ends, this ?timulus will fall us. Moreover, Germany, re gaining access to the nena,, will re sumo lier place ahead of us in ton nage. And then, unless something ef fective is done in the meantime for additional protection of pur shipping, putting the burdens of American ves sol owners more nearly on a par with those of foreign nations, wo may seo our shipping hopes fade again. A GREAT LAKE NAVY. The Chicago Yacht Club has a bril liant plan for -thc establishment of a great naval reserve, aud tho mayor of Chicago has entered into it en thusiastically. It Is reported that Mayor Thompson and Commodore Puch aro preparing to go to Washing ton and lay it before the adminis tration: It ls nothing le-\n than the organisa tion of all tho power boats on the Great Lakes to serve aa a reserve scouting fleet. The idea la to begin with the Chicago Yacht Club with its 200 power boats, and eventually to bring In all the rest of the yacht clubs on rhe lukes, registering the boats and enlisting their officers and crews, making an auxiliary force of about 300.000 men. They would be trained under regular naval officers. In the usc-ot rapid fire guhs, wireless teleg raphy, torpedoes, with a view to their utilization as sn auxiliary branch of the navy In case of war. It sounds very wvU until oas looks up the Canadian treaty whose cen tenary waa celebrated recently. That treaty provides that neither the Unit ed States nor Canada shall maintain any naval ;orce on the Great Lakes except ii, couple of revenue cutters acid training ships. The organisation of any such extensive naval auxiliary would violate the treaty. Old man von Tl rpi u ls ni and has gone off on a vacation. Any maa; who is the daddy of as much deviltry as he Is too valuable to Hell to be al lowed a moment's rest. HOST ENVY THE OLD ROMANS. We're not greatly Impressed wit! the picture of ancient Roman un-to datenesB given by Dr. M. Cobera arcbeologlst of Allegheny College at Meadviile, Pa. Doubtless thc Romans had some sort of shorthand system, but we've never heard of any Roman typewrit ers or dictographs, or even of any Ro man malden that earned $15 a week for taking dictation. If they really had elevators In the best homes, as Dr. Cobcrn avers, we'd like to know whether they ran by electricity or steam or slave power, or whether the pas'.icuger pulled himself up band over hand. As for "pipe organu driven by water I power," they muy have had them-| maybe Saint Cecilia really played one In the third century-and maybe that's what she was martyred for, be cause they must have been mighty poor instruments compared with ours.) They had Hats for rent; hut fancy; a flat with no elevator, no dumb walt er, no fire escupe, no telephone, no ? steam heat und no windows! Their roads were better than ours, hut their only way of traveling over them was in springless chariots that v/ould jolt the innards out of a mod ern. We're Just as well satisfied to live in the twentieth century, when lt's In the power of almost any family to own a little runabout and cauncd-nn>*!c machine and a dwelling equipped with comforts and luxuries that were he- j yond the reach of the Caesars. . * .-3Tffs. After Debrief vacation, Harry and Evelyn are again In the nows dis patches. A LINE o' DOPE Several people from this city will go to White Plains today to attend tho big picnic. Sew.al speakers of| prominence will be there and there \ will be a canning demonstration. This will probably be the last big picnic In the county this summer. -o Mr. Asa Hall, Sr., was a business | visitor yesterday and he brought the sad news that Mr. Joe Hall was at the point of death. Mr. Hall went to j tlifc Richmond reunion in May. and al ter getting back homo was' taken Ul. He has never recovered and at pres ent ls very low. -o Mr. Oeorge Tolly stated yesterday | that business was picking up In thc furniture line. He stated that cus tomers were buying more in propor tion ?lian they were at tho same time last your and that he thought busi ness lu general would be good. He said ho had bought for a large trade .and did not think he would be disap l pointed. Sheriff A. S. Johnson of Hart coun ty, Georgia, was a visitor In the city yesterday having come over for al negro, Tom Walls, who had been caught by the Anderson officers. The | negro ls charged with larceny. -o Every day In the inclosure around the Confed?ralo monument on the plaza In the public square may be seen a hoe, rake, lawn mower, and other tool?. Even; oa Sunday they stay right there. 1 Tf seems that It would be best for those who have this in charge to have these tools placed somewhere else. No front yard looks right with tools and Implements scat tered all about over it and neither does lt look nice to have them placed around the monument eroded to An derson's brav? sons who died in bat tle. Dr. Fred Atkinson, Messrs. Dan Llgon and Roger I* Gamble arrived in the city last night from Louisville, Ga., having made the trip in an auto mobile. They stated that the road's are gatrly good but bettor in Georgia than in South Carolina. Mr. Llgou ia visiting his mother, Mrs. T. C. Ldgon. Manager Plnkston stated yesterday.! that beginning next Thursday he] would put on at the Bijou the serial picture, "The Broken Cola." Pour] reels will be shown Tuesday and on the following Thursday two reels will | be shown. Thursday will be the regu lar day for the picture and on this day every week two reels will he run. Thia picturo ,1a attracting much at tention all over the United States and Ia said to be one of Ute best ever shown. "Are you going to rusticate this J summer, Mrs. Comeup?" "No, In deed; we're Just going down on the farm."-Rainmore American. AN AVERAGE PRICE FOR SOUTH'SJ??ON CROP! CONCENSUS OF OPINION IS THAT THU! WILL BE THE CASE BANK WILL AID AU They Possibly Can-Mr. B. F. Mauldin of Bank of Anderson Has Made Statement Especial interest: ts lu int' shown by everyone at present In ibo outlook foi an average pri?e Cor coton tills fall. Almost every man who is aeeosted on the street will sooner or later begin talking about w*l:at cotton will bring in money this season. It is perfectly natural that this ls tho case since so niueii of this coun try's welfare, and that of foreign countries nlto, ls centered in the price that ls paid for the south's staple product. Tho cotton farmer wants to know because It ls his product and ho Is the man that will get the benefit first; fie bamkers want to know be cause 1t will enable them lo better Judge as to collect.ons; the mer chant wants to know for then he can to some extent forecast ns to out look for his business this fall, ami so on with everyone In all walks of Ufo. Several prominent bankes and business men of this city are of the opinion that cotton will bring an average good price this fall and all are ready to help all they cnn In mak ing this tito ease. These men say t'.iat money le a great deal easier to got than lt was one yeer BRO; and, therefore, lt will po easier for the farmer to borrow money at a lower rate of Interest than ever before. This will, to a certal-n degree, keep much of the cotton off the market and at tho same time will relievo conditions generally. Mr. B. F. Mauldln, one of the fore most bankers of the state and a man who ls In close touch with the money Interests In New York, stated yester day to a reporter of The Intelligen cer, that foe sow no reason why cot ton should not bring bottor prices than it did last year. Mr. .Mauldln WSB4 asked what the Bank of Anderson was going to do to help the farmers and he said: "The Bank ot Anderson is.?as,it al ways has been, in ?ull symp?thy with any plan for securing a fair price for cotton to the producer, and has al ways been able to extend to Its farm er customers all needed help In thc matter of holding their cotton on as liberal terms as any,other bank. For tunately, money ls easy in the finan cial centers and- *J|hV coapled *iUi. the fact that cotton ftrrplshes the xcry best bf security.^ b*Inf,Jmperv?9Sble and easily liquidated, should secure a low rate of interest on cotton loans. While none of us can forecast the price of cotton, the government re ports Indicate a much" smaller crop than we had last year, and if cotton la gradually and Judiciously marketed lt should bring its ftill vain.-., and thc banks in the county with their com bined strength and infltr??,ce should be able to finance We*county's crop with little difficulty." This, like tho statements made by.J those connected with other banks of ] the city, namely, the Farmers and Merchants bank and the Farmers Loan and Trust company, and the Citizen? National bank, will be wel come news to all cotton farmers in ?be county. It appears that that all are willing to help, and like Mr. Mauldln says, "tho banks in th? coun ty with their combined strength and influence should be able to finance the county's crop with little difficul ty."_ I ENGLAND IS PAYING FOR COTTON SEIZED Charleston Mai. Gefn Check for Cotton Taken By British Several Months Ago. -- Washington. Sept. 2.-The British embaatiay today remitted three hun dred and twenty-three thousand dol lars to W. Gordon McCabe, of Char leston, South Carolina, for American cotton taken from the steamships Baltic and Carolina by British author ities several months ago. The payment represented nine cents per pound. The Invoiced value was over ten cents. It is understood the difference ds to be paid inter. r<>B LATIN.AMERICA Two Distinguished Citizens Call on Pr?sident to Cement Friendship. Washington. Sept. Z.VDr.rPattr Goldsmith? of New ock^dlrector o? the Pan-American dlvjftqn bf the American association Internai Monal conciliation. andfHopry Alex ander, of PhUadelp'uia^orlperly, an editor, called at the White Konso to day relating to strengthening the friendship between the United States and the Latin-American countries. Accepts Call to Aaaevfile. Asheville, Sept. I.*-Although fhe declined the first call which w* in tended to him hy the vestry of . .ni tty Episcopal church of AshevSlTe, Rev. Willis O. Clark, rector of Batnt Andrews' church, Birmingham, has notified the members ot the vestry that he has decided co accept the second csll and will report tor duty aero December 1. TRANSFERS OF REAL BOTATE FOR AUGUST THE BOOKS IN AUDITOR'S OFFICE SHOW SLIGHT DECREASE 31 TRANSACTIONS ? . ?. ?I Fewer in City of Anderson Than in July-lively in William ston-Few in Country. THO transfers of real estate in the county during thc month of August a? Just completed in the auditor's office, shows that as a whole there were fewer land deals during the moitii of August than during tho preceding montli. Anderson shows a slight de crease and Wllliamston a slight In crease : , 4 j ?JSttiJJM The Hst follows: City of Anderson. J. F. Evans and F. J. Martin to J. A. Rouchillon, one lot, $150. The Sayre Realty Co., to Thomas C. Speer, one lot, $700. Thomas C. Speer, to the Sayre Real ty Co., one lot, $700 L. A. Anderson to J. E. Clink 8calc8, one lot. $340. W". F. Marshall and L. S. Horton to J. E. Watson, one lot, $22,500. ' L. L. Powell to Mrs. Annie Pow ell, one lot, $5. Love and affection. William Menefield, to J. E. Clink - one lot, $3,000, J. S. Fowler, to J. F.C"Sriulgrove, ano lot, $3,000. E. W. Drown to Christine Spencer, one lot, $475. C. Frank Holt to J. I .\ Brownlee, ?nd C. M. Cecil, trustees!' cub lot, $10. J. I. Brownlee to C. Frank Bolt, one lot, $10. Edina N. and Solomon H. Byron to Joseph B. Felton, one lot, $3,D00. Belton. D. A. Geer to Kan son Arnold, 1 1-2 acres, $300. Brnaby Creek. John C. Ellison to W. S. Murphy, 20 1-2 acres, $10.000. (enten il lc. North Anderson Development Co.. to W. E. Watson and John Linley, ono lot, $750. Corner. Dr. J. E. Watson to W. F. Mar shall and L. 3. Horton, 107 acres, $S, DOO. Garvin. J. S. Wilson to Geo. H. Reeves, 31 acres, $3,400. Honea Path. J. J. Fretwell to H. A. Hammond, 108 1-2 acres, $4,940. . Martin. Mrs. A. I. Martin to Mazie C.-Mar jon. 67 5 8 acres, $5 love and affec tion. . j Theodosia Hawkins, et al, to "Ann io M. Hawkins, 85 acres, love and af fection. Pendleton. Oliver Massey to A. E. Massey, 38 acres, $2,600. T. T. Wakefield and Robert A. Breazeale to J. C. Wallace, one let, $60. James R. Simpson to Mrs.; Stella C. Burns, one lot, $1,000. ,". Vurtu nes. W. P. Nicholson to Ola Todd Adgor, six acres, $3".65. Willlamston. Miss Mary Turner to E. F. .Nelson, 1-2 acres, $650. Thorn? M. Clark to Chris Suber, 17 69-100 acres, $1,500. W. A. Chambler to M. C. Smith, 31 acres, $3,000. D. F. Gray to J. P. Drake, 1 3-4 acres, $100. Tom Suber to E. W. Gregory, one lot, $200. Wllliamston Lumber Co., to Anna Conley, one lot, $400. ROBBERS BLEW OPEN SAFE AI BREEMELE Standard Oil Co.'s Safe Wrecked and $135.65 Stoic -Think Professionals Did Job. Greenville, Sept. 2.-A small iron safe in the office of the Standard Oil company was blown open at an early hour this morning and a metal draw er containing $135.66 in cash was stolen. The explosive used wan nit ro-glycerine and the authorities are of She opinion that the robbery was committed by professional safe-crack era. The robbery was discovered this morning at 5:30 o'clock by Julian Friday, an employe of the oil company and the alarm was immediately giv en. Sheriff Rector and Chief ot Po lice Noe hastened to the - scene and conducted a thorough examination but no dues to the Identity of the in truders were discovered. SOO Miles la Canoe. Kingston, Ontario, Sept. 2.-Can adian canoeists were about to start today on ai 200-mile race over the St. Lawrence and Rideau river route. Opening Belayed. New Orleans, Sept. 2.-The local branch of the Atlanta federal reserve bank wlli not open until September 10. It was planned to open them first but officials are unable to arrange tue details. Drag Fiend Camp Growing. Atlanta? Sept, 2.-T?e new camp for drug victTbms, established by the city and county when tho federal government fattened the lld on drug sale, already has wino teen patients. The new Fall Belfry awaits your dome. If this shape fails to har monize with your classic features, we have numerous other blocks, all correct. Soft hats are the topnotchers for Autumn. Stetson's most select styles in soft and stiq hats, $3.50, $4, $5. Evans' Special Hat-a value out of the or dinary, #3. Evans' $2 Specials-They are without an equal for less than $2.50. ; See all the nev/ styles here. "The Store with a Conscience" COTTON IS AFFECTED BY AMACHOSE NOW THIS DISEASE IS DOING MUCH DAMAGE IN THE COUNTY THERE'S NO REMEDY Whereby ?ts Growth May Be Stop* ped This Year-Rotate Crops and Plant New Seed. Anthracnose, a fungus growth on cotton bolls, ls doing a groad deal of damage to tho cotton crop th this county. It is reported to be hi all sections of the county and the farm era are very much worried over the damage that ls being done. Yesterday Mr. S. M. Byers, farm demonstration agent, was exhibiting several bolls affected with disease which had been brought in by Mr. McCoy, a farmer near Portman Shoals. On the side ot each boll there was a fungus growth, causing the boll to decay as well as tao lent on the inside. In some instances the decayed apot was ss large as a quarter and in others the bolla had split open. In nearly every case at least one-half of the lent in the in terior of the boll was decayed. This disease is (nothing new and every year it does damage in South Carolina that will run up into the millions. This yeer, however, . tbs anthracnose hss started very early, BO early that there Is no wsy of telling how much damage'it. may do to this year's crop. Ratoy or cloudy weath er is very conducive to tho? growth of the disease and it is probable that the rains and cloudy days of the past few weeks sro the reasons that it hast such an early start. A drop of wa ter falling on an affected boll will fall oft ?ad thus scatter Ahe germs to another boll. Anthracnose ls distinguished by a pinkish spot on the side of tho cot ton b?ll, and beneath this the peel is' vary soft. A boll that ls affected never opens and is a completo loss'. Mr. Dyars stated yesterday that there was nothing that could be done to stop or hinder the disease which has attacked this year's crop. Next year,'"however, it would be wise to plant seed that came from plants not affected. Mr. Byers stated that Prof. Barr of Clemson College, who has done extensiv? investigation along the -laes of the dlseae* sala that he tied known of instances where the germs would live aa long as fifteen mouth* !n tho cotton seed. P/of. Barr also stated that he had seen the disease affect the cotton so badly that BARN AND CONTENTS DESTROYED BY FIRE FOUR MULES, ONE HORSE? OTHER UVE STOCK WERE LOST OFFICERS CALLED Yesterday Morning Because Wat Thought Fire Was on In Grant Clarke, a negro living Ll Hall township several miles below the city, Saturday night lost four mules, ono horse, two cows, two calves, two bogs, all farming implements, Including new mower,, new thresher and other tools, by fire Wednesday night about li o'clock when a barn belonging to his sister Ellen, was burned. Clark's loss is in the neighborhood of $2,000. Insurance to the amount of 9400 was carried on the barn. Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday morning Deputies Sanders and Wil liams were .called to the scene, lt be ing thought that the fire was of in cendiary origin. The barn was still burning when they, arrived. They carried a blood hormd along bot lt was .unable to. strike a trail and as far aa contd be seen, there were no material evidences ol anyone setting fire to the building. Messrs. Sanders and Williams returned to the etty yes terday morning after 3 o'clock. The' barn contained fourteen stalls and had larg? storing capacity. Clarke said yesterday that he does not smoke and that ?one of his hands smoked. , Chinese Vies President Qnlts. ; SbanghaiT^hlna-, Sept. 2.-l3"Yuen Hong has resigned aa vice president of the OMiMtee republic. The inter pretation placed upon the act ls thal Jt ls preparatory to the establishment of a monarchys ."which ls popularly regarded att--^^MMkcertapn. "on are care?!!? to set \n example for your eonV "I used tb try' to sot' bini an exam ple," replied the serious than, "but now I study him . attentively to ase?r .tain what kind of clothes I ought to wear and the style of conversation that ls considered smart. "-t-Weshmg ton Star. ? in some statics no bolls at! ail would open. i Mr. Byars also suggested rotation of erupa as a preventative in coming years for thia disease which extends enc all of Ute coif ta beH and la some years does more damage than the boll weevil. cendiary Origin.