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THE INTELLIGENCER IftVABLIHHED im. Published ?Terr morning except Monday by 'the Anderson Intelligen cer at Hu Weat Wbitner Street, An dereon, s. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIOENCMR Published Tueadaya and Fridays L. M. GLENN....Editor and Manager Entered ss second-class matter April 28, 1914. at the post office st Anderson, Sou'h Carolina, ander the Art of Marrh 3, 187?. ? AJB?OCIATED PRESS DISPATCHER! Kele phone .821 RUBHCBIPTION LA I EH DAILY One Year .16.00 Six Months . 2.50 Three Months .1.2G One Month.42 Ona Week .? .10 SEMI-WEEKLY Ona Year .81.60 Bli Months .76 The Intelligencer ls delivered by ?arriera in the city. Look at the printed label on yonr naper. Tho date thereon abows when the subscription expires. Notice date | cm label carefully, and if not correct alease notify us at once. Subscribers desiring tho address of their psper changed, will pleaae state 'o their communication both the old and new addresses. To Insure prompt delivery, com plaints ot non-delivery In the city sf Anderson should be made to the Circulation Department before 8 a. m. and a copy will be sent at once. All checks and drafts should be | drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ADVERTISING Rates will be furnished ea applica tion. No tl advertising discontinued ax sept on written order. The Intelligencer will publish brief and rational letters tra subjects of general Interest when they are ac sompanlad by tho names and ad dresses ot th? authors and are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not bs re turned. Ia order to avoid delays on account sf persons! absence, letters to The Intelligencer Intended for publication should not be addressed to any Indi vidual connected with the paper, trat simply to Tba Intelligencer.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1915. Lest we forget It, what has become j of little Servia? ?RVs, '. It would tako "some" army to beat| tho Russians beating lt -o Who will be thc first ono to point] out signs of a hard winter. -o And sometimes tho straightest man | doesn't mind going on a bonder. ' Cows suffer from the cattle tick and j speculators from tho stock tick-cr. -o Mr. Hearst ls against tho proposed I Ally war loan, which makes us in favor of the proposition. -o Wo suppose, by a stretch of the Im agination, corset designers could be| ted with the re-formers. Henry Ford says he lias invented a I new kind of submarine. Wonder If ho I will sell them on tho rebate plan. -o When a divorced couple marries In wc suppose lt would be correct say they have been re-paired. Hell :t?pl -Or" Has the hot spell gotten your vi ii ty?-Spartanburg Journal. Don't I low' about that, but it haa gotten our | goat. . -o a fellow who is always Jawing mt "personal liberty" usually rt concede that tho other man any. ' peace ls a purchasable commod t, Henry -Ford ought to be able to ] a lot of lt with hts. $10.000.000. yet, Andrew Carnegie atarted ching peace years ago with a tar fortuno than Ford's, and look world now! -o Gaffney gardener carried to Ed ip'a newspaper office samples of j, prolific onion, he having ired from 28 rows. 200 feet long, a of 85 bushels. Dut what use will DeCamp have for those samples, that the state ls going dry? Queer how viewpoints change.] author of the "Hymn of Hate" said he's sorry he wrote lt; and the author ot "I Dldct Raise My > Be Soldier" ls sorry he wrote Soon the poet of hate will 'e lng a peace poem, and the poet will be chanting hate. (.KtrNWOOi' AM) COTTON. Tht- Greenwood Journal 1? throwing u (it a? u result Of disturbing report? that cotton lt? brining better prices on neighborhood market? than it is bringing on the market of that town. In commenting on the matter thc Journal record? that Anderson ls "all Up In thc air" ajout the cotton market ul 'hin pluie. Herc it* wlint tho esteemed Journal has to aay on the subject! . "Every season complaints arc heard about our cotton market. We aro tobi thal cotton I? bringing more at olin r places, and that something should I??1 done to save the day for <?r<t II wood ns the higher price? pre vailing elsewhere are drawing busl nesH awiiy from Greenwood. All kinds of BUggcstlons are made as to what should be done and what must be done to nave the day. "Now, we are Juat UH anxious for Orcouwootl to pay aa much for cotton as any other place, and if there la anything wrong with our cotton nun kel we want tho remedy applied, and we want it applied at once. Hut ive (ind that oilier towna have had to contend with the name complaints |n the past, und they no doubt,un- (an: to face with them now. BO they are in thc Baino boat with Greenwood. Tho lirst thins *~ do ls to Bettie the quest!? i QB to whether there 1B any real .iiindation for these complaints, if it should be discovered that these rumor? aro correct, then, prompt ac tion ?hould be taken to put the Greenwood colton market up to the place that it should occupy. We be- ; lleve that the business men of Green wood have the interest? of the farm era and of thrills-I ver, enough at hean tu take Hteps promptly to bring about this change. And we aro satislicd that tho cotton buyers of Greenwood want the market to be what it slumhl bo. Why should they not? "Wo do not know, but we are! strongly Inclined to tho opinion that tho cotton market is as good hero us it is at any other placo. If it is ? not. wo aro ready to say BO, nnd to ('o our part in making tho market what lt should be. "We note from the Anderson.napers that Anderson is all up in the air about her cotton market. Seneca, Hartwell, Georgia, and all the towns within reach of Anderson are re ported to be paying a great deal moro for cotton. The Daily Mall thinks it very ungracious in the peo ple who have been accommdatcd by the merchants and business men of Anderson all the year to be parties to tho circulation of reports that are not only untrue, but dnnj?ging to tuent. If a merchant at--?omc place paya a man who owes an account twelvo cents for a bale of cotton that ls no excuse for putting out the re lier t that cotton ic bringing twelve cents in that placet Wo repeat we BOO no reason why cotton should not bring os much in Greenwood ' an it does In any other pl*ce.?in . South Carolina. If it is not bringing what lt should bring on the market then the remedy is at hand. Let us first find out the truth about the matter, and do what should be done to cor rect the wrong. "Not a day should be wasted, but cur peoplo should take steps at once to bnvo this que'? tl on settled and settled right. : Ifc^Mr .market ls not up to the standard let the reason for it be -known and apply the remedy without delay.*' Thc Journal makes rcforenco to a communication from Mr. J. J. Fret wcll appearing In Tho Intelligencer Borne day? ago In which he reported that higher prices were being paid for cotton in Hartwell, .Seneca and West minster than were being paid' in An derson. Tho Journal also 'quotes the afternoon paper of this city as think ing lt "very, ungracious in tho people who have been accommodated by the merchants and business men ot An derson all the year to be parties to tho circulation ot reports that are not only untrue but damaging to thom." At tho time The Intelligencer print ed thc communication from Mr. Fret well and at the time it printed a news article quoting well know fanners ot this county on the same Subject, at tention was called to the statements; contained both lu the news article and in Mr. Pretwell's communication, and an urgent invitation was extended to aay person who could dispute these assortions, or show them up, to send In his communication to this paper. Tho Intelilgenoer believed that there was som? valid reason why the cot ton markets in Hartwell, Seneca and Westminster wore higher than the Anderson market, and called Upon any person who could explain the matter to do BO and thus clear up the mis understanding and put an end to these reports, which are, no doubt, injurious to on extent. As yet, no one has seen flt to come forward and reply to Mr. Pretwell's card and tell the peoplo differently. If the assertions made tn his communication can bo controvert ed, someone who is In a position to do so owes lt to thc community to point out the errors in Mr. FretwaU'e card. A free and frank discussion of th?' question by people who are in a posi tion to give us the fact? cannot, in our opinion, dd any harm. It's a pity someone doesn't come forward and show-^p this cotton mar ket bugaboo-if it ts such-and thus put an end to the oft Now which has been bobbing^ up regularly for. the psst decade or tonger. 3K0NK? FOB THE FAUX. lt 1H pretty certain that the next congress, soon to assemble, will be asked to do something about the long ! deferred rurul credit system. Con ! gross undoubtedly will have its hands ' full, what (ho demand for new meas ! uren of national defense, possibilities j of foreign complications, and another j presidential election coming on. Nev jortheslcss, thc national !'?;./. ?.;.!? m. would do well to take up thin subject, regardless of politics or wur, and do Homet ii lng ubout it. It ls surely absurd that, while Germany ins had for 150 years, a rural ? redit system that entibies her farmers to ber row money for long periods at about 3 per cent, the Amer Iican farmer ha? to pay from 6 to 12 per cent for short-term loans-when . he can get them at all. j The German system may not be ap I plicahlc to this country ns lt stands, I hut Hie principle of lt at least seems I capable of adaptation herc. It's slra ' ply n method by which farmers pool j their credit. An American farmer seeking a loan has to go to a bank j which repre?ents organized raoncy ? lenders. The German farmer goea to I an association representing organized borrowers. A community of land-owners, call ed a Landschaft, takes dut a charter under tho ('orman state and national laws. Each farm is registered accord ing to Its earning capacity. When a I farmer wants money for carrying his , ! crop or improving his land or buying stock, he npplies to his Landschaft otilce for a loan. The Landschaft takes a mortgage for tho amount agreed on, charges him a small fee ? and gives him a bond for thc sum. Ile takes that and sells it In thc open I market, as other bonds aro sold. And such is* the rating of these farm credit j bonds that they command normally a j higher price than German government ' ! bonds. . That 1B because the Landschaft as . a whole is responsible for the pay I mont of thc loan. If the borrower ? defaults payment the Landschaft can, without legal action, foreclose tho ( mortgage, sell the land and pay off ; tho debt. The borrowers, however, ] seldom default Thero ls little reason j to. They have plenty of timo for pay ment And by paying an annual pcr I ccntage no larger than the American j funner ia accustomed to, they not only I pay their Interest charges but at the ? same time Beale down the principal, by an amortization arrangement, so that gradually the principal itself is wiped out. Tho prosperity of German farmers ls based largely on this system. Are American fanners, needing money and holding the host collateral In the world, less able than Germans to work together In the same, way for their mutual interest? LENDING OUR MONEY. Would arguments are alwa>s to bo expected on financial problems, but few persons could have expected tho argument made by Senator Lewis ot Illlncjls against the credit loan to the Allies. Tho senator declares that we can't spare the several hundred millions wanted by them; we need the money ourselves. But he adds, if we are determined to lend a lot of money to foreigners, let's lend lt to Latin American republics at a low rate ot interiBt. It Senator Lewis wera arguing against the loan on the ground of neu trality, or tho questionable morality of tho munitions business which ia partly responsible for the financial situation, he would be comprehen sible, evo> though his reasoning fail ed to convince. But under the cir cumstances lt's Impossible to follow him. i As a matter of fact the money Isn't : going out of the country at all. It's merely a question of a "credit loan," to put international money exchange on a sound basis and enable the Euro pean nation? to puy our merchants and manufacturera for gooda they have already bought here and other goods that they expect to buy. It's a measure meant primarily In the In terest of American business and credit, and will benefit England and Franco only Incidentally. If we dont give them credit they -vont buy near ly so much foodstuffs and manufac tures here, and we'll all lose by lt As for lending big sums to latin American countries, lt'a not a bad idea, lt our bankers want to take the risk, and don't mind actually parting with American gold. But let's not confuse that matter with the immed iate need of providing banking facili ties for oar remunerative and legiti mate business with Europe. Crasy censors who are crying for a law to require stenographers to be kept In steel cages evidently havant thought of who will keep the key*. ?????????????????????* * ? ? (AHI) F BUB MK? FBETrYELL. ? AndcrHon, S. C.. 8ept. lilst, )915. liclitor Thc Iiit?niK6Qcer: I returned this afternoon from Fork township, where J talked with a mall carrier win. distributes mail matter all over that section, and lie told me lie had talked wiUi farmers who had been to Lavonla, Ga. earlier in the day with their cotton and received ll 1-16 Lent? for it. Today I received a tele gram frcm Mr. Walter Mason, a cot ton buyer of Lavonla, telling me that cotton WUK bringing ll cents there. 1 call attention to the fact that cot ton ia Helling at Lavonla. Hartwell and other nearby market? at GU to 60 points higher than lt is on our own market. I think lt ls shaine, and if tho local buyers cannot do any better than they are doing they ought to quit buying altogether and let the farmers store their cotton. Your? truly, J. J. Fret well. The Intelligencer was criticised for printing some days ago a fd from Mr. Fretwell along lines mllar to the one above. We took it for grant ed, of course, th?t the average per ron knows a newspaper cannot closo its columns to a responsible person who desires to contribute a signed enmmmunication discussing brielly, rationally and in proper language any subject of general Interest. The com munication appearing above is printed for what it is worth, and responsibili ty for the statements therein is, of course, not assumed by Thc< Intelli gencer. Any person not pleased with Mr. Fretwell's card, and who thinks ho can show wherein lt is mislead ing, has but to ccminit his thoughts to writing and convey it to The In telligencer and tho same will be given the same consideration as to public ity as 1B given Mr. Fretwell's card. Ed. Intelligencer. A LINE If o" DOPE Weather Forecast-Ifalr and cool er Wednosday; Thursday fair. -o T. Li. Cely and company have about finished installing one of tho latest improved Grand Rapids hat cabinets which haB a capacity ot approximately 350 pieces of men's headgear. This cabinet is something n*?w in Ander son and is worthy of inspection. Few concerns in the south have them and this is the only one in this section. Thc cabinet ls about four by six feet, ls finished in mahogany, has revolving doors and the racks Inside are BO con structed that they may be pulled out and at a single glance' one ?may see every hat displayed. Mr.'Ceiy stated yesterday that he waa 'well pleased with the cabinet and had bought it so he could accommodate all the hats he carried in stock. Hats placed in this cabinet have no possible way of got tlos out of shape, aro kept free from dus", and yet at the same time are on display all the time. Tomorrow, September 23. the day and night will be of equal length all over the world since it ls one of tho two times of the year when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, or tho two places wherein, the celes tial equator and ecliptic interesect each other.' One of theso points ts the first point of Aries and ia called the vernal point; the other is io, the first point of Libra and is called th? au tumnal point, the one which the sun ls now entering. The equinox is generally marked by equinoctial gales, storms and changes of temperature. It docs not seem that this section is to bo visited by a storm or gale right at this time but there was a marked change In the tempera ture last evening. A report last hight from rittsburgh, Pa., stated that lt was too cold tor a baseball game scheduled there and lt is believed that thia section will soon' ?njoy* much cooler temperature. .V'??V'"? -o The presbytery ot thot^treabyterian church of Anderson, Oconee ?fld. Pick ens counties ls in session at Liberty. Yesterday Rev. D. w: Dedgo antf'Mr. J. H. Anlerson . went from Central Presbyterian church ot this city and Dr. W. H. Fraser, Mrs. Joe Shelor and and Mr. A. P. johnstone from the Sirci church. Others attending are Rev. W. H. Hollingsworth and Mr. John II. Halley of Midway church. The presbytery will be la session three nays. -o Purman Smith, the Hcedemaa, stated yesterday that he feared ?hat lae peo ple were going to lose tastr first car ly sowing ot turnips. The weathar hag been wo hot and lt has been so dry that all nt ?he turnips have been parched up. There is no reason, however," stated Mr. Smith, "tor anyone being Sold on Approval EVERYTHING we sell here is sold on approval; our specialists are so thorough in their knowledge and careful scrutiny of the things we buy-men's clothes, young men's clothes, boys' clothes, hats, shoes, haber dashery-that we are always ready to say to a customer 4If it isn't as you want it, bring it back." Value, style, price, wear-everything you can ex pect of such merchandise is there; and we offer our unqualified guarantee that you shall be satis fied. We'r? really backing our own judgment, rather than taking a chance on yours, Money cheerfully refunded at any time. We feature these quality lines B-O-E Suits for men and young men Manhattan and Eclipse Shirts Hanan Shoes Arrow Collars Stetson Hats Koundtree Luggage " The Store with*a Conscience" without a turnip patch this fall and winter If it raina any time soon. Seed plauted immediately after a rain como up in a very short time and it is not yet too late for them to make a good crop. "Now is the time for those who wish winter gardens to get busy also. As soon as it rains Beed ought to be put In the ground. Among the things that can be planted at this season are turnips, all varieties; radish, both fall and winter; lettuce, kale, mustard, spinach, onion sets by all means, case rape and Bweet peas. People who wish to have a green patch for their poultry should plant a mixture of barley, rye, rape and crimson clov er. This will glvo the fowls some thing grcon to feed on and will mako the hens lay better." -?-. Mr. S. Rosenthall of New York was in Anderson yesterday calling on the jewelry trade. This salesman only makes five towns in South Carolina, Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, Columbia and Charleston. He carries nothing but cameos and yesterday was fihowing a very pretty line in this cUy. { Henry Cason is back in the city and has returned to his position with Gelsberg Bros. Shoe company, after an absence of. about threo months. Ho left Anderson because of being ill and white away went to Chester where he underwent, an operation, only get ting out of the hospital last Friday. Mr. Cason says that he is glad to bc back in Anderson and will be ?lad to' see all of bis old friends. o ' Mr. G. H. Bailes bas secured a sub agoncy for the Buick automobiles. This is one of the best known popu lar price automobiles on the market and has a good reputation. Already three sales have been made !n Ander son, Messrs. P. E. Cllnkscales, Cliff Green aud Swillen MjcFall having bought Buick machines. -o Speaking of automobiles it might be said that Messrs. Liuljy and Watson have the agency for the Cole car. This JB also a very substantial automobile that has made good. These agents re cited the first car yesterday and lt ls a beauty. It is not known what territory their agency covers. Probably the last excursion of the season over the Southern from Ander son waa run yesterday to Savannah, Jacksonville and Tampa, Fla. A DO ut 12 people from this cl'.y took advan:. tage of the low rate... -o Mr. H. S. Williamson, who has-made bia home lu Anderson for the past several years left yesterday tor Mia mi, Fla., where he will engago In th? insurance business. Mrs. Williamson Will remain In Anderson for the pres tid. . -o.? Mr. R. E. Ligon, general manager of fha Equinox Mil!, yesterday ac cepted the street lights at that milt which, were 'recently Installed. The lights , were turned on for the first Um? Saturday night aad lt asama Cat they are going to give satisfaction. Thoy were installed by Mr. A. E. Hol man of the Southern Public Utili ties company, from which the power is bought There are seventy-eight SO candle power lights being used and it is estimated that the cost will bo about 46 cents a night. -o The street flusher, recently bought by the city, arrived yesterday morning after being delayed in shipment for several days. This flusher will take the placo of the old street sprinkler and sweep cleaner and will be much more sanitary. It will be used on all the paved r.trccts cf thc city. i o The people of Anderson will read with interest the announcement of thc engagement of Mr. L. T. Towers to Miss Carstairs of London, England. Mr. Towers is a cousin of Mrs. Mary Towers Ligon, Miss Annie Belle Tow ers and Mrs. Claude Townsend of .this city. Tlie following is in part a story of the courtship and engagement of Capt. Towers as carried in The At lanta Georgian yesterday: "The engagement ls announced of Lily Carstairs, only daughter of Charles Carstairs, of Mayfair, to Johu H. Towers, United States Navy. You remember Jack Towers, don't you? That handsome young fellow from Rome-Rome, Georgia-who looked so well In the navy uniform? 1 Yes; the same Towers who went up. in an airship over Chesapeake Bay] with Ensign Billingslea a couple of years ago, fell into the water and waa rescued alter floating about the hay all day. BUlingslea was killed, you remember.' Well, be's going to wod Miss Car stairs, ot Mayfair. Wehn' you say Mayfair in London, you know, you say everything. It's wealth and family and all that sort of thing. Lieutenant Towers was on duty In England when he was In vf ted to a shooting on somebody's estates near Edinburgh, Scotland. Miss Carstairs, Of Mayfair, was there, too. She liked the yoong American officer and thought lt a pity he was doomed to ht spread out over thc landscape some day when his plane skidded, and tbs only way to stop him was to he arne his superior officer, sp she pu-omlsed to marry him. Lieutenant Towers took Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels for a flight two years ago and brought him safely back to earth. In 1912 ho broke the American record for continuous flight by staying np six boors and ten minutes. He ls attached to the avia tion corps ot the navy. -o The New York osaka are charging five per cent Interest on a Joint obli gation ot Great Britain and Franca, but Anderson county borrowed money a few days ago from a New York bank at 3 3-4 per cent. The neces sities of Great Britain and France mest have been greater than those of Anderson county. But that waa the j lowest rate a New York b*sk . ever named for ? loan to Anderson coun ty. A few months ago when money was sot as plentiful hi New York as it is now, a bank in New. York offered the eily of Anderson $45,000 at a rate almost as low, but on account of some legal requirements tills bid was not available, and the next bid was ac cepted. It looks aa if the credit of the county of Anderson and th* city of Anderson is as good as anybody's or any country's credit. v " ' --?--*! \ yis Moore-Wilson Co., have an ingen ious mechanical' contrivance in their show window that t?hows a nice little pussy cat playing with a spool of the famous Corticello silk that is attract ing considerable attention. It is very QoVdike, and several kiddles were heard to say yesterday that they would like to play with tho kitty. ? * ? THE DISKA&E-CABH?LNG ? ? CAT + ? + ? * %. ?+**++*+++??+***+?* Many cala are a serious menace to human health and life. ?Medical lit erature seta forth Sow the infections of diptheria, ' grippe, tho common cold, pneumonia, tuberculosis, mumps, measles, scarlet-feyer, ring worm, typhus, typhoid, and relapsing Cevers, cholera, dysentery, summer complaints, surgical infections, foot and mouth disease, tapeworm, tetanus, and rabies have been transmitted to humankind by cats. Nearly 6 per cent (5.9) of cats are reported to have cancer, and there is also a well-defined cat asthma-the paroxysm of difficult breathing, gray face, and blue lipa being brought on by Mie inhabitation of cat emanations. . Cats are disease carriers, either by having infectious germs nesting cozi ly in their fur or by harboring the fleas, lico and other ?asects that con vey to men the specific causes of ty phus, plague, relapsing fever, or cats In sick Tooma become infected by prowling about the dhtcltargea of ty phoid fever patienta, and the like; or oats themselves suttor diptheria, tub erculosis, and* grippe, and spread tao germs of such infectloas-djseaaes-by. coughing, sneezing, or spliting (aa they do in anger) or germs such aa those ot teteuia may traversa the hu man skin ' that is scratched', or laid open hy the cat's bite. . Then, again, the germs (as of foot and-mouth disease) aro likely tb be in blisters or sores in the cat's mouth, to be smeared , in its spittle with tts paws, then rubbed over its face and its body the familiar way. Not a few children have contracted ?Usense 'from cats being huddled up in their arms and allowed to lick their faces.-Dr. John D. Huber in "Collier's." ?. , , -_- . . vf . Golf or Cree.set. A v It was during a golf game in Scot land. The first player who dTOtMMR waa very bow legged. Tha! s^eeh? player, unmindful that his opponent was directly in front of htm, struck the ball, and It whizzed between his opponent's lega. "Toot, mon," nald the bow-legged one tn anger, "that's nao golf." "Awcel," said bis opponent,, com placently, "cf 'tie nae golf 'tis guda croqu?t."-Ladies Home Journal. - i. Pwor Fellow. Vagmt-Sir, I was captured in in fancy by tba Indians and reared In Ignorance of all civilised usages. "Well, what of HT* "Why, I don't knew bow to lie. cheat, steal, boast, bluff or toady, and I'm starving to death.-Life. Brown---"Did I leave an Umbrella lore yesterdayr Earbar~--"Wh*t kind it an umbrella?" Brown-"Oh, any Und at all. I'm not fussy."-Boston 31obe.