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THE INTELLIGENCER E&ifABLISHED 1880. . Published ?very morning except Monday by The Anderson Intelligen cer at 140 West Wbltner Street, An der ?on, 8- C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesday a snd Friday s L. M. GLENN_Editor and Manager Entered ss seoond-d' M matter April 28, 1014, st the post office at Anderson, Routh Carolina, under the Act of March 8, 187?. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES telephone .821 BUBHCBIPTIOW BATES DAILY One Year .15.00 Six Months . 2.60 Tb reo Months .1.16 One Month.l? Ons Week .??. JO SEMI-WEEKLY Ons Year .11.80 Bli. Months . .76 The Intelligencer ls delivered by esrriora In the city. Look at the printed label on your saper. Tho date thereon shows when the subscription expires. Notice date on label carefully, and if not correct please notify us at once. Subscribers desiring the sddrsss of their paper changed, wilt please ?tate ls their communication both the old snd new addresses. To insure prompt delivery, com plaints of non-delivery in the elty sf Anderson should be made to the Circulation Department before 9 a. m and s copy will hs sent at ones. All checks snd drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer ADYEBTI. JNG Raies will bs famished ea svallsa tfon. No tf advertising discontinued ex sept on written order. The Intelligencer will publish brief and rational letters on subjects of general interest when they are ac companied by 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 be re turned. Ia order to avoid delays on account Sf personal absence, letters to The Intelligencer Intended for publication should not be sddressed to any indi vidual connected with the paper, hut ?Imply to Tho Intelligencer. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1916. The ice man ls always glad of an encore. -o He re'H hoping the beat wave will wave along. --o . The fodder's In the shock but tho frost is a long way from the pumpkin. -o Reports from , the eastern theatre of war indicate that the Russians are down for a long run. Colleges throughout the country are opening now "with the biggest atten dances In their history." Respecting international complica tion*, Undo Sam la out of one hot bath and right into another. ---o "Mako hay while tho sun Baines" and before lt comes up and after it goes down, if you want to succeed tbeso days. -o The public schools of Pittsburgh have clo ?cd down on account of hot weath er. Don't you wish yoi were in Pitts burg, boys and girls? - o -- . Tho Mexican Soil weevil ia said to be spreading, to say nothing ot two other bugs who have been disturbing factors down there for months snd months. Bidna Allen has repented and Join ed the church. Had Shins, done that before he helped 8hoot-up the Hllls ville court he probably would not now bo In the pen. o 1 For tear war might be declared on thia country before we are ready with our increased armies aid navy lt might be well for some of us to take lessons in running. .V'O A Chtcago leader ot the no-called "Friends of Peace" says that the or ganisation will control 16.000.000 voira In tho next election. Inasmuch us that Ia lust abo.c the total number cast in tba last pr?sidentiel election, for all candidates, the rest of the na* tloh may as well make up its mind to tlie inovitablo. -rO The Russian czar ls credited with a couple of victories already. Cssr Nick must be cleverer than moat people suspected. Ho showed great shrewd? ness in taking command of the Grand Duke's army Jost -when It had re treated far enough for safety, sad got re-lnforcements and smmunltioa. sad was ready to fight again. LA BOU KL l'HKSK NTATI VE WHITES In yesterday's Intelligencer appear ed a Htatemcnt given to tpla paper by tho management of the Brogon Mills with reference to the strike now on nt tba! plant. In the nftornoon paper yesterday appeared a communication from one of thc national organizers of the American Federation of I .abor, in which reply was made to thc state ment from thc mill management that appeared in Tho intelligencer. It ls cuHtomnry for replica to ar ticles appearing In one paper to be submitted first to that same paper, hut In this instance the labor repre sentative chooHOH her own order of doing things, und not only goes to an other paper with her reply to an ar ticle appearing first in thia paper, but ?loos not do th?H paper the courtesy of furnishing it with a copy of her communication, or asking it to repro duce what appeared in the other pnpor. However, The Intelligencer has no quarrel on that score, and to show that this paper has no desire to show partiality in the matter, by publish ing statements, from oply. ono. side, taken the liberty of reproducing the communication which appeared In tho afternoon paper. The same ls aa fol lows: Editor Anderson Dally Mall: In reply to the statement of tho Bro gon mill management published In tho Dally Intelligencer of the 16th, I would like tn call the attention of thc public to several mlsntatementa con tained therein. First, if tho employ?e? carried stick they were surely not for the purpose of intimidating any of th?? olflcers of the company, as they seemed to want the public to fctlcve. Nor was any officer cursed or abus ed, as the management stated. Theso men aro under ihe jurisdiction of the American Federation of Labor which would not tolerate any act of violence. The American Federation of Labor hud far rather lose a strike than to commit any unlawful act. It achieves its ends by peaceful, means or not at all. When there have been acts of violence in strikes under their con trol, lt was where thc men had been goaded to desperation by strike breakers, and were not .authorized by any one in command. The employers quite often do ail within their power to provoke trouble between the strikers ando the strlekbrcakers. for they know that if they can throw even a few of tile more influential strikers Into jail on any charge, whether real or faked, they might soon discourage tho work e. s and they would be forc ed to return to their work under tho old conditions. ? Although the county officers have been calle/* to. the mill on more than one occnelon, 'they- havo ??vor -found any one breaking the law .nor have they found any evidence that it had been broken before they arrived. These people are law-abiding citizens and are out on strike for a just cause. They have lived here for years, many of them every since the milt started, and their records are known. They have neve? been law breakers in the mass, nor have they ever resorted to mob violence. TI??B ls common knowledge. Surely on one with the least vestige ot reasoning power would contend that they are going to change to outlaws over night, destroying property and threatening human life. X W1B:? to again assure the public that tl. 9 striking employees ot the Brogon mills are not desperados nor lawless banditB and that no such acta as tho mill authorities have reported havo ever been contemplated. Their only existence is in the minds of a few overwrought officials who can see nothing but violence in every peaceful act committed by these people. Very truly yours, Mary Kelleher, National Organiser, American Federation of Labor. Pl DLIC SCHOOL ECONOMY. New York City, with its 800,000 school children, ls in a bad way for lack of accommodations. The increaso of children has far outrun the facili ties for handling them. At the close ot me laet school year there were 132.000 pupils in school less than tho regular number of hours, because there was no room for them. At pres ent the number restricted to "part time" ls said to bo con Adorably over 100.000. Tho board of education estimates that the new buildings required to provide adequate accommodations would cost from $30,000,000 to $40, OOC.OOO. And the city is so hard up that teachers' pensions are unpaid, and the administration ls planning a special assessment on personal prop erty to make up a big deficit. Now, it happens that Mr. Wirt, tho; originator of tbs famous "Gary sys tem" of Instruction, has Veen askd to submit an estimate of thv coat ot installing that system' in all th? New York schools. It has already been tried, and proved successful, in some ot them. He reporte that for $6,000, 000 the present school buildings and grounds could bo pat Into proper shape to take care ot all the children in the city. There ia a saving, to begin with, of 924,000.000 to $34.000,000. And the director of the Public Education es timates, on the baals of Brooklyn ex perimenta, ttssTKWQtf ?a $3,000.000 a year could bo saved in salaries, though tliut is leus certain. Tile enormous economy effected un der the Wirt system ia simply the re sult of rnakiiiK full use of a clty'a "educational plant," aa u private man ufacturer or merchant makes of his factory or ?tore. Til? achoo] build ing are used all day. The children don't ult come und go at once. They attend in shifts. And HO thc cost is less per pupil, in spite of the fact that they nut in moro hours a day than under other systems, and have wider opportunities for study, work and play. There may be a saving In teach ing expense, too, because the flexible system makes it possible to distri bute the work more uniformly among the teaching staff. The educational results obtained with the pupils themselves are, of course, the main . 'nslderatlon. That aspect lias been much discussed, us ually with conclusions In favor of the Wirt system. Hut the financial argu ment alone is calculated to appeal to any city, largo or small, particularly when emphasized by the millions of dollars involved In the New York problem. GETTING RID OF MEXICO. If Cen. Carranza can handle the Moxican situation himself, let him do it. There has never been a time during the Mexican reign of terror when this nation would not gladly have upheld Carronza's hands if we could have been sure that he had the requisite power, that ho meant to carry out the legitimate purposes of the revolution, and that he would treat the United States and other foreign governments with the proper consideration. Nearly all C'arranzn'8 troubles have been caused by his own arrogance and un reasonableness. Ho ahows signs now of cqmraon sense and discretion. His reply to the Invitation that he Join in the con ference with representatives of the United States and Latin-American powerB to consider the restoration of peace in Mexico has been dignified and courteous. At last he recognizes the "sincerity and noble desires" of the governments making the proposal, ile is atlll opposed to any show of "foreign intervention"-which has not been suggested by tho American pow jrn-and is willing to confer on .nat ters of international Interest. Ho proposes a conference somewhere in IIIB own territory, and maintains that there can be no question now of bis right to apeak for Mexico because he controls "the greater part of the na tional, domain." How well Carranza controls lt ls open to serious question. Anarchy ta still reported in many sections, and certainly northern Mexico ia far from peaceful in spit eof Villa's defeats. Nevertheless, Carranza today yields more power apparently than all the other rebel chiefs together. And if he really can subdue the remaining mal contents and conduct himself as the head of a responsible government, by all means let our government recog nize Mm as soon as the necessary as surances have been given. It would be a tremendous load off our national mimi at thia vexing time to be rid of Mexico. THE TEACHERS' UN?ON. It the Chicago Teachera' Fidera tion, affiliated with the Federation of Labor, is as bad as its critics insist, it IR not altogether surprising that th ? board of education is trying to ;>nsr. A' rulo prohibiting teachera from membership In lt. it ts charged that this "teachers* union" tums the minda of the teach era from their work, that lt plays politics that it lobbies at the state cenital against the interests of the city, that it levies assessments on teachers, that lt refuses an account ing, that lt boycotts teachers who will not join it or approve of it, and Incites pupils to persecute the refrac tory teachers. These, however, are merely inci dental questions of tact not neces sarily involving the main issue whether teachera have s right to or ganise. It ls somewhat open to question, ot course, whether it ls a good public policy for any class of purely public employees to have organisations cap ablo of exerting pressure on the city administration. The public doesn't like to <be dictated to. And yet, if un ionism Is right in the case ot a cor poration's employees, why not for a city's employees? And lt sny class of etty employees msy properly or ganize for mutual Improvement sad protection, why not teachers? Haven't the Chicago teachers, for example, as good a right to form a union and "bar gain collectively" regarding wages and working conditions aa have the workmen ot Gary or Pullman? The fight against the teachers' un ion in Chicago and elsewhere 1? real ly, in largo part, a light against labor unionism in ita latest incarnation. And to anybody who believes In thc principle of unionism, there's no Hound objection to teachers organiz ing along labor union lines, provided they conduct themselves as "good unions," und avoid all illegitimate and offensive activity. A L I N E I o' DOPE Weather Forecast-Fair Friday and and probably Saturday. -o Mr. J. F. McClure, Jr., who lives out on Webb street, was exhibiting some prize tomatoes of the Brimmer variety yesterday that certainly were beauties. Ile evidently is "some agrl I culturlst," judging from results ob tained from his garden. Mr. McClure states that he first raised a good crop of turnips, and followed it with a splendid crop of larg?, solid heads of cabbage, which in turn was followed by these tre mendous tomatoes; thus, making th reo crops from the same soil in one season. ? It appears that Mr. McClure, who la a'n old Clemson College boy, tried out some "Radium" fertilizer on his garden this year, getting splendid re sults from every vegetable planted. Besides the turnips, cabbage and tomatoes, ho raised Irish potatoes, corn, okra and beans, obtaining excel lent results in every Instance. Hs obtained the Brimmer tomato seed from Furman .Smith, and states that this is by far the finest tomato he ever raised. Mr. McClure raised at the rate of 468 bushels of Irish pota , toes to Ihe acre on a small plot of his gulden ; planted his corn on the first M'eiday in July and had roasting ears j to ea* within six weeks. I Mr. McClure states that he also tried out this "Radium" fertilizer on I some shade trees which, had seeming ly gotten their growth; and found that they showed from nine to twelve Inches of fresh green growth late in the summer just as trees do in the early spring. Among this lot ot big looking toma toes which Mr. McClure bad yester day, were some thaU,weighed a pound und six ounces, and tf ll nf them were large and nice looking. , air. McClure stated that from his fifty one plants he had raised enough tomatoes this summer to bave them three times a day at home, to give away several bushel, and still he sold from eight to ten dollars worth. This trucking business looks bet ter than cotton and" other crops us ually grown hereabouts, provided a reasonable amount ot care and thought ls given to lt. -o In reference to the article In yes terday's issue ni regard to the loan made to the county Mr. Lee O. Holle man president of the People's Bank made the following statement yester day afternoon: "The 3 3-4 per cent rate m ride by tho Farmers and Merchants bank on county loan of $40.000 was not the lowest rats ever made the county for money borrowed. "The Peoples Bank . audi Citizens National Bank floated lean of $76,000 for the county last March at 3.48 per cent "Tho Farmers and Merchants Bank was not the lowest bidder on the city loan of $45.000; made? la March, Peoples Bank, Citizona National Bank. Bank of Anderson and Farmers and Merchants Bank made a Joint bid of 4 3-4 per cent on the lunn, and the notes w.V! handled through tho Peoples Bank, their correspondent be ing the lowest bidder for the paper, or j certainly as low as any other or they would have failed io get the paper." The following from the Greenwood Index will be of interest since Mr. Morgan roth bas been a frequent visi ter lo Anderson: H. C. Morganroth, of Columbia, who baa been postofflce inspector of the western district, has recently been transferred to the eastern district His successor for the western district has not been appointed, it ls under-, stood. Mr. Morgan roth waa here for court, in connection with the case against defendants charged with vio lating the postal law*. o " ? 4 Owing to the increased business of J the Dime Sawing* bank, at a meet ing of the directors, lt was decided to lease.the room now occupied by the IPetroleum Oil company which will j move over Into the new building of Mr. J. H. Anderson's aa soon aa lt ls Watches Free With Boys' Suits With every boys' suit at $5 and over we will present to purchaser, with our compliments, a handsome nickle plated watch. These watches arc manufactured for us by one of the best known watch makers in the world and carry an absolute guarantee to keep good time for one year, many have been in use for quite a number of years. Our stocky in the boys' department are very full. Our bovs' suits are built by men who remember they were once boys. They re member the strain and the wear that a boys suit is up against. Ages 4 to 20. Prices $3.50 to $12.50. "The Sion wUha Cumienem" completed. New fixtures and a vault will be installed. The Dime (Savings bank's business ls on a steady increase and the direc tors hope that soon the deposits will reach over $100,000. -o The Guest Paint company ls mak ing arrangements to move into 135 South Main street about the 28th., inst. Their new quarters are located between Marchbanks and Babb, Jew elers, and the Eagle Barber shop. The building is being completely re modeled and repainted. When finish ed it will' bo one of the most up-to date rooms in the city. -o Mr. W. W. Strickland of near Starr asked The Intelligencer to state to day that he was in Hartwell yester day where cotton was selling for 10:70. Ho stated that the people in his section preferred to bring their cotton to Anderson provided they could get just as good price as they could in Hartwell, but if they could not, they would take it across tho river. A want ad in The Intelligencer will find all lost articles, or find owners of same, will get positions, or will find the man or woman for a position, and will do anything else that a want ad in the best papers in the country will do. Here are three instances in five days weher they brought resuts: Sunday morning ? want ad appear ed in The Inte'Wgencer to the effect that Supt. Felton had lost his suit case. A negro found it in tho city, carried it b- ?me and gave it to the man be -vorked *or. The gentleman lives about nix miles east of tho city and Monday returned thc suit case to the owner through the want ad. Tuesday afternoon an employee ot The Intelligencer lost a watch fob. It ' was advertised the next morning and yesterday afternoon lt was re turned to the owner. Yesterday morning an ad appeared in The Intelligencer to the effect tnat two cow's had 'been taken np ?..n a man's place and that owner might have same by paying for keep. The owner located the cows through the ad yesterday afternoon. +.?++*??*+++**?**?<>? 4> ? ? ? ? ? THE COUNTRY CHURCH * ? ? ******************* *** Editor of Intelligencer. Anderson; S. C. Dear Mr. Editor: The movement which means most for the south today 1s that for Che re vival and re-creation of its rural life. The home, the school, and the church must all co-operate to this emt. The farmer, the teacher, the preacher must work together. Their educa tion, from primary sc??opi through college, university, or Theological seminary must prepare them for this wise and effective cooperation.' At least one theological seminary ls striving earnestly to equip its stu dents to share in thlr beneficent movement. And that r.^minar, is'she Columbia Theological seminary which serves Alabama, Georgia, Florida 'and South Carolina. , . ' A new professorship of Christian Ethics Including socUiv?gy In all of its aspects, especially ?rural sociology and economics, has been established*, and a lecturer who will deal exclu sively with the problems ot tho coun try churtfv and the country minister bas al-.r been engaged ' for neat year. We enoloie an editorial from Cte Columbia Record ot July 1?. 1915, - <a President's Niece tc Tilias Alice Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson of Baltimore, will make her debut in Washington soc ie ty this fall. The event is llkciy to which emphasizes the value of this ser vico. We ask you In tho Interest of news and of this beneficent move ment in behalf of rural life to give space for this letter and tho enclos ed editorial in your vr.lunble paper With best wishes for your largest usefulness bi your etiosen field of ser vice, Cordially yours, Thornton Whaling. "One of the graduates of the Co lumbia seminary, the Rev. W. H. "Mills, of Clemson, is becoming quite a specialist in the field ai the country church. Ita problema, their solution, methods o'f advancing the Interest of the rural communities and serving tho community life. The United States department of agriculture ls aiding film in his work. Mr. Mills has had overtures to gil? his whole time to thia field in fae employment of the United States "MI rean of education. He la already do ! lng valuable Berrico in this field In hir. nat?ve state of South Carolina. 'The Columbia'seminary Is ver/ fortu nato In securing him to Oliver a aer'as of lectures, during tVo next year, covering this field of the coun try 0 mrch and. narai sociology. There will be five lectures, which will perhaps treat tho subject under' the following general heads, with' such modifications as immediate pre ? pa ration may lead him to make: First, ! 'The Kingdom of God;" second, "The church as tho Means of tie Bringing Sn of ?Tjhe Kingdom;" third, "The Coun try Cjhurch and Ita Problems;" fourth, "Tho" Country Church and Ita Solu tion of These Problems;" ami fifth. VThe Country Minister as the Centre crt the Whole Question of the Relation bf the Country Church to the Whole Community." "lt ls very necessary that students should hear from specialists in this florid this whole subject treated, In order Shat they may be prepared w*ie ly to serve the rural churches of which they themselves become pas Make Her Debut. WM M' * K?1 IMP ?bk. ' 'V? ? be ono of tho big social ^casions at tho White House. She has often visit ed the White House sn J in .therefore well known in tho capital. ' tors. Perhaps that ls now confront ing th? Christian people is the pi ob lcm of the country church and tho preparation of wise and effective min isters to fill these fields. "Setenty-five'years ago ?there n were throughout South Carolins . hundreds of country churches that -were-: the bed-rock ot the civilization ot this country. Today their people are scattered, their influence waning. They must be revived." TITIWt T. B. S PICTURE TO WA Lu t ^ ?aar Chicago Germans Punish Colonel for His ?VlUfleatlon.*? --r-- ?TS .'/.!.>> ? (Chicago Dispatch.) ,* ,?even Pr?i tdP?ls- Washington Lincoln. Oren- Garfield. Cleveland. Meninie/ and .Roosevelt, aid from the '-rush of tb.? octogenarian irtist, Loni* Kurs--adorned tho wall of the Turner Hall nt SOO North Clark street Untiil wat Thursday. Since then tho portrait of Colonel Roosevelt has been consigned ?to a dark >tJorner of the cellar, with tho face firmed to tho damp wall. "J .. A atatomcnt isaueb hy George. A. ScCunldt, Chairman ot a ' committee appointed to remove the plctuer, nays: ' "The former president h? o gone too far in bia vUliticatlon of the German American character." Niagara.' A party ot Engllahmeu were viait ing Niagara Falls, relates The Pitts burg IMspatch. "Aw. I say. what a magniitrient volume of water." ?aid one. "Aw, yii-aa, and 'ow it ttabdera!" exclaimed another. "Aw. my word! What an awful abyss!" added.a third. "There's no doubt about it," said the American n?io was showing thara around, "the falla certainly are awe inspiring."