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' SUNDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1915.
? W?j tch your step.
' . --o
' Tho coal man should worry.
;Bo sure ,tho whiskey houses . will ?
find you au?F?.
. I Sometimes a man la known by ,.tho :
bills he doesn't pay,
-o
Did tho hllz7?ird find you in a:
r.tate of preparedness?
. A bono ls a wei como sight ia the
Boup but a bonehead ; isn't,
.'.Probably tha champion bill collec
tor ls old man R. E. Morse.
---o
."t$ -hyphen is a go-between, and
sbmo of theni have played the part. ;
o '
' ?Some hyphenated cltisens would be
without co?solonco : in their own
lands. ?
! yr. , ^ i
j ^Taiklng about rank tropical growth,
what'a the matter-with Cat-ranxa'a
whiskers.
. Tho Nobel prlae will not be award
ed this year, a dispatch states. Well,
darned If we. car?v
j:V'*he amount ot Joy you will. got
out . of the Christmas ooascn will bo
j|b$ped by the amount you put Into it,
; Wo may bo oblo ! td forgive Mr.
Ford his peace voyage if he will
pvonihic not to write a book' after he
gita back.
Add Little Tragedle?: It was a bit
ter-cold and rainy hight and he know]
tere' lie' could get a good long brac
foV fiftoeu conta: He felt\'m;J?^?\
f?ai&to see if he had the price.. - Ho
didn't.
Ant ? ; Auto - drive? ' ; hurtling te-1
ward Sharp curve on a roadway Cov
ered with atee-t. . .
Act II: Tire chain:.; dont grip
iMHMay.
, Act III; ?Soft, -alox;' muslo and a
prof nalba of floral tributes.
lt floema to VB that during tho
Chrtetoms holidays would be a Ano
linio for old Coi. Aftermath and th?
|wjj|nad Josiah Sparks to summon
iiio loyal paragrapher? together. That
ivrril \m^ej?tftt ?h&nce.,'-~;Yor?t News.
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KEEPING THE RECORD
A new? Htory in another section of
(hl? issue of Tile Intelligencer HIIOWH
that exceptionally i nod yields of cot
ton have been ni .<io in Anderson
county tills year at u very small cost
ot production, which leaves a large
profit. These records are accurate
mid were kept on cost crop records
designed by tho department of agri
culture ol the United States govern
ment.
One lesson to be learned from these
estimates la tho fact that cotton is a
morey crop, und sometimes can bo
raised at a small com, leaving n good
profit to the cotton farmer.
However, we thir.-k that this ls not
thc main lesson to be learned. It ls
the fact that the forme* can keep an
accurate record of the coat of pro
duction of all of his crops, and in
thia way renllze at tho end of thc year
Just exactly what he has left ns net
proht.
Leading farmers throughout the
country state that tho reason thc far
mers generally do not make bettor
progress than they do IB because they
grope blindly ulong In tho dark from
year to year, never knowing cxacMy
how much their crops bring them in
money, nor Just how much they cost
to produce.
!Wnny Btate that this ls not neces
sary for tiley con easily tell at thc
end of ibo year If they have cleared
any money. This may he tho case In
home instances, hut it seems that it
is just ns reasonable to expect the
farmer to keep a ?et of books and
.'snow exactly what ho has done with
his money and how his investments
have turned out ns it is for tho mer
chant or business man to keep his
rr cords. Tho merchant or business
firm who does not keep an ac
curate set of books, generally fails,
and that in a short time. If at the
end of tho year when a reckoning 1?
bad, and the man linds that ho haB
loot money, then next year ho knows
j to retrench, or oleo he will soon be
ruined financially. The Borne way the
farmer can look over lils records at
tho end of tho yonr and see what he
han made or Inst. If he luis lost
monoy, the records will enable him to
better locate his errors and thereby
profit by his mistakes.
These record blanks are easily
kept. There is a space for the plow
log, from the timo tho . land, ls broken
in tito ?pring till the crop is laid by.
a space for the fertiliser used, space
tor the cost of harvesting, etc., 'so
simple that any ono eau keep them.
We believe that if the farmers would
secuto sr. m o of those blanks and fol
low them, they would find themselves
far better o fi al the ond of thc season.
MISREPRESENTING THEIR OWN
PEOPLE
If tho German-Americans aa a
class have been misrepresented, their
lunrrol ls chiefly with their own
newspapers. .
. The response of our Gorman lan
guage, publications to tho president's
message to congress is almost incred
ible to tho rest of tho American press.
They have bristled, with Indignation
over that part ot the document which
condemned oisloyal citizenship and
urged the need of suppressing plots
Tor the destruction of American prop
erty, life and neutrality.
In this utterance Pr?sident Wilson
mentioned no namss. And yet the
German language papers have uni
formly accepted tho criticism aa di
rected solely against German-Ameri
cans, and against all Gorman-Ameri
cans. What tho C orman population
as a whole thinks of such drastic con
demnation at the hands of their own
press remains to be seen. Thc rost
of the nation would never dream ot
making such an arraignment.
Lt ia all tho moro incomprehensible
from tho fact that the president ex
pressly declared that tho offender^;,
"Infinitely malignant," are "not
many,"*au?? paid deserved tribun bf
praise to ."thoso sturdy hosts by
which, our nation has been ; onrlchdd
In recent gen Cations out bf virile
foreign; stocke." Why ' the German
language .newspapers should take j&
port of bitter satiafacttion in inter
preting the. president's ..denunciation
of "creatures of passion and anarchy'?
os meant tor the entire Gorman
Amorican population remains a mys
Just as mysterious iB th?'attitude
taken hy these newspapers toward
the crimes that Inspired tho denuncia-,
lion. They have chocen to ignoro ab
eolutely the conspiracies and acts o?
violence bf which the whole nation
has knowledge. According to them,
there ; have itaen no sK,)? burned at
?ea, no munition factories blown up
or leveled .*?* incendiary fires, no
^jt?nerlcan property destroyed, no
Autoricen.Uvea lost no American laws
broken, by men acting in Germany's
behalf for moas^v or from allen ioy
RUiS ?.. -^tWf^^ip^^- .
HRHlHiiHH
These newspapers are not merely
misrepresenting their people, but
they are shutting their eyes to patent
fai ts. No passage In the president's
message was greeted with nearly so
unanimous evidence of approval, from
Democrats and Republicans alike, as
that dealing with treasonable con
spiracy on American soil, Congress
knowe what has boen going on, and
tho nation knows. And If tho Ger
man newspapers want to protect Ger
man-Americans as a class from un
just criticism or suspicion, the way is
plain.
All they haye to do ls to recognize
that such crimes have occurred, and
Indicate their desire that the real
criminals shall be brought to justice
t.o that the many Innocent may not
suffer from the acts of the few guilty
onoB.
RI'RAL SCHOOL SUPERVISOR
Yosterday in his talk before thc
members of the county delegation and
school trustees Mr. J. E. Swoarlngen
very strongly advocated the re-es
tablishment In Anderson county of thc
office of a rural school supervisor,
stating that such an office wielded n.
mighty Influence for the advancement
of education and rural school prog
ress.
Anderson county hud an off?co of
thi3 kind last year In connection with
thc cfflco of thc county superinten
dent, and much good work was ac
complished. This office was abolish
ed by tho action of thc trustees of the
various school of tho county
nt a meeting held lu June. Probably
thc?o gentlemen at that time thought
they were doing the right thing, but
v/e bollevo now all of them see ?their
mistake and are ready to re-establish
such an office.
At thc time that these school trus
tees took this uctlon, The Intelligen
cer criticized the point of view which
they took, and does yet. Wc believe
that the office of rural school super
visor is one of the most Important
from the standpoint of education in
the county and that without one, tho
schools will to a certain extent fall
back in certain ways.
For oxamplc, lt might be said that
muny rural school improvement asso
ciations were organized through the
olil co of tile rural school supervisor.
Many of these are still active in the
county, but they aro without a leader.
There ls no county officer to attend
the monthly meetings and put new
life into tho organizations. Many of
thom remain active and are doing
good work, but if Ibero was a rural
school supervisor in the county, all
would ba active and more would bo
organized.
It is impossible for tho county
superintendent of education to take
nil of this work in his hands. He
needs an assistant, and we believe
there ls no better way of giving bini
one than by the re-establishment of
the office of rural school supervisor.
.?KEEP A.GOIV?
"I have known many men," Bays
Chauncey M; Dopew, "who retired
from work, as they said, to anjoy life.
As a rule, after the first year they are
bored blue. Then they begin to think
more of their health than. anything
else..; They imagine they have all the
diseases described in patent medicine
advertisements. Then they take ' tho
medicines. And then they die.
"To keep the mind and body active
prevents worry from getting Into one
and ill health into thc other. The
greatest mistake anyone can make ls
to stop working along. the lines ot
his Ute's occupation, unless ho can
lind something- to occupy his time, and
mind which is equally interesting."
"Keep n-goln' " is hts motto. At tho
ago of eighty-one, ho- says he' does
everything he over did, and enjoys it
just a? much. Ho is busy from 10
o'clock in the morning until midnight.
ile doesn't limit his prescription for
longevity to. nrnre work, though that's
the chief thing In his opinion. He
doesn't believe In a man, especially a
ra?? Of maturo years, merely minding
his own business. He should h?ve a
wholesome Interest ? Ia' every depart
ment ot Ufo, and know what is go
ing on in tho world and know the men
who arts doing the big, new tilings.
Such an Interest m contemporaneous
affairs keeps a man permanently
young fa spirit.
Ile criticises a friend -who ls ">e^.
tiring from n responsible business
position at the age of seventy.. Com
modore Vanderbilt, he pointa out.
made moro than two-thirds of his big
fortune between the ages of seventy
and eighty. Gladstone won Ms great
est political triumphs af lei he was
eighty. Th's moBt successful generals
In the present war are anywhere iron
slaty to eighty year?, old. Josopl
Chonte, at the age 9t eighty-four, h
?aya. ls the most excellent an
eought-for ,". s^akeW tn. :v' Ois^TOW^
States, President Sllot ot Barver
bl
Gloves, just the right
Styles for every m
For srieet and dres
$3.50; warm woole
Bath Robes, Loungin
certainly needs on
See our com binti tic
Suit coses, Hand Bags
One of our rndesl
long remembered.
trunks $5 and up.
Umbrellas and Canes
b relias built esp ecu
white hench s $1 to
Ladies Week-Spe
Order by parcels post
past eighty, is recognized as one of
the nation's few great leaders of opin
ion.
And all because j htey "keep a
;:oin'." Tho Osier Idea, it seems, was
wrong. Martin Luther was right
when he Bald, "Wli?n I rest I luBt."
There's no reason why a man should
be content to rust "until he's in his
grave, and no reason why cocicty
should let him .rust,<,' Tho number of
years has mighty little to.do with lt.
It's an Invigorating ' ' gospel for
those who imagine1 they're growing
old. It's also a valuable hint to a
generation that is disposed to pay
blind homage to inexperienced youth,
and discriminate unthinkably against
the man past fifty, j
Weaiiaor Forcease-Rain Sundiy,
possibly snow In north portion, colder
in southeast portion; Monday fair.
The first snow or thia season began
falling yesterday afternoon between
3 and 4 o'clock. Tho snow was pre
ceded by sleet .which to such an ex
tent that ibo ground was covered.
When lt ?topped sleeting lt began
snowing and the flakes fell thick and
fast for about an hour, the fleecy
stuff covering, the ground to a depth
of about an inch. and. ? quarter.
Several stated yesterday, morning
that at 4 o'clock a. m. it was sleeting
hard in Anderson and visitors from
Sparenburg said that it was snowing
over there t arly la the day.
Tilts being tho first snow of the sea
son, many people, enjoyed lt very
much. The sidewalks^ wejre rather
slippery for awhile and the children
had-great'.nm. Several.people had
severo falls but cone were Injured to
any .extent .....
Ltju?. hight ii waa" cora Acu?'?gh i?
freest? the "slush.'.' but if the . sun'
shines thin morning, hil ot lt will be
gone in a few hours.
Mr. Posten Cater
make the roniark ^iy ) to-, the ; even
ing on Friday that it would'bo gnow
ing before 7 o'clock ?Saturday night.
Tho laWion is. how. did ne know?
Those who heartf supt. Swoarln
gen'a talk before the county delega
tion y?ster^r;:'mo?in?.'. WM: very
much Impressed with his ??.cute knowl
edge of the school affairs and C^t??
tiona in this county. He cou!J ?peak
{..fluently about conditions in ^ertiln
WNttloas. naming the schools ono af
ter tho other! This speaks excep
tionally wo?l for him au.4 tho office
he is; filling.
. - At ibo cloe* of th?i County, delega
tion meeting; > estoj'dajr morning, the
Uiembnv s went to ij?????e^
j where theyinspected ?Una ?hieb,
have been drawn foR ?ome. changea
-The Christmas S
f it is a question of a prese
ye will answer the questioi
anta Claus has turned the men's anc
lopping in New York for you to mt
rom our list we pilose the most ex
Feckwear made from the very newe
ork and London cravattings. Cole
val the rainbow, in individual Ch
oxes 25c to $1.
: kind to pass the glad hnnd.
an and every wear, everywhere,
s, $1 to $2.50; auto styles $1 tc
i 25c to 50c.
g Robes and house slippers-ho
e of them. Robca $3 to $10.
m bath and lounging robes,
and Trunks are serviceable gifts,
xuctible trunks or bags will be
Cases and bags $2.50 to $15;
are gifts for long service. Um
?ly for men, some wi?h the new
i $5; Canes $1.50. ~*
?icrJ service for ladies.
; we prepay all charges.
which haw been made at the county
jail. The delegation at a recent meet
ing instructed tho sheriff and super
visor to secure plans for the improve
ments and catimates of cost.
Dr. C. J. DeCamps > has returned,
from ridgefield county where he has J
just completed a survey for a pro-1
posed now county which will havel
as its county seat, McCormick. An.
election-was held last January on j
this mutter, but for sOnie reason it:
was rulee" out in tin? B?prersii court, j
Now another Is to bo hel*. on Tues
day. If this election proves success
ful, lt will not only mean that there !
will be a new county, but will also|
very likely totally destroy the hopea
of tho North Augusta people, nineo J
tho/- for some time have wanted to
have a,county of their own.
Supervisor King stated yesterday I
that the public road from Hailey's j
Ferry to Starr was now being widen
ed to ao feet ?ll the way. This road
was already 30 feet wide from Btarr
to Ellar. McGee's place but from there
t> the river it was rather narrow.
In addition to its, being widened ,the
grades are belog changed th nonie
places, and especially is this so near]
the river.
Yesterday was a bad day for - the I
merchants of Andersou.- They, were'
expecting a big y business but tho
weather being bad; many people ?rom
th-> country did not comp to 'town. |
However, raincoats and overcoats
wora Ul great demand, and as a whole
ene /usual line ot trado was far abOVo
tito average.. There remains only ono
moro Saturday before.thlB Christmas
The' C*?grea?Wai '-$ai6$-;itoT.0o&r j
aa suffrage epouc? its'J^?*?*''tj>^.$if j
.tack; oh . ibo- eajltsi - by. a.f s^jaater!
tore for ?den's and Bo,
? -
nt for a man, let us a nsw
?? for him of something fe
I boys' gift proposition over to us
ike sure you get the best gifts the
acting customers.
st New He sc tc please him, qi
>rs that every man. Everythi
ristmas able staple at 10c to t
lisles pri-d up to $1.
Hocproof Socks in beautiful hoi
giving. Six pairs, merceri
months $2.50 a box. Three
antccd three months at $1.50
Handkerchiefs-ls there anythi
for gifts? Seme special que
initials at 25c. Other qualit
Scaled packages.
Fancy Vests are always appreci
ness. Ycu can select a pleat
right size $1 to $3.50.
Shirts-Fer quality, richness an
unequaled showing. Shirts tl
wave of fashion. 50c to $3.!
"The Store will
and if it ia a pretty day, there will
he thousands of shoppers in Ander
son.
Ford Again.
Next timo one reads cf a nev; moun
tain holght scaled, a new river course
followed a new map made of a fro
zen expanse, it might bc well to rdck- j
on our present debt to explorera of ?
tho -past before we condemn, .'.oo light- !
Iy the work of those who aro prep ar
ag a place for orar far oai/Mren;
. There-was-Killing's Explorer, typo
o? them all, who wrns driven by
"One everlasting Whisper, day and !
. night repeated-so
"Something hidden. Go and.find it.
Ga and look behind the Rang-j
es.
"Something lost heft ind tho Ronges, j
Lost and waiting for you. Gol"'
And who knew when aftor his body
breaking, mlnd-shattoring, search ho
had "found his kingdom" that- after
him 'Would como "ali tho clever,
<i':aps7-surveyors, woodsmen-foun
ders of'villages and cites -who would
get Gie credit and be called the pi
oneers. "
"Yes, yon 'Never-nover country'
ye3, your 'edge of .cultivation. '
"And no sense in 'going further.'-till.
- I crossed the range to see
"God forgive me! No I didn't . .It's
?' God's presen t to our nation.
'.'Anybody might havo. found lt-but
" Hi3 whisper carne'tb; ME!"
Apropos, hundreds bf people nev
calling Henry Perd?a dunce nlnil re
alize that ouch. sas ever - beeb the way
ot tf-e world. But they do 'think Hen
iry a clown, adi the sam?-^Greensboro
News..- ''.. ?''
Not Wanted.
The National Academy of Science,
has-appointed a committee bf cretin eat
engineers to - deviso, ways and moans
of effectually fighting tho. Panama
slides.. Why bot ar?ply to ..solution of
tho problem tomo of-hbat: moral'sua
sion on which Hank Ford ls retirips
to otoo tbe war . in Europe?-Vir
ginian "Pilot.
Suffragists Invade Washii
>Rxatft^ v^'ousandb; ot suffragist!*
;gatt?'iw^v^: ^?""iif^^fM?'--'^Kb*!**
in glob bod thoa '^<jdb' th^pash, t?w
eft* to t&e capltoi, .wixre Stepvw?ata?
y's Gifts--1
er it for you as^
>r himself.
We've done some
big city ha? to offer.
ualitf.cs that appeal to
ng from the service
he luxurious silks ?nd
iday boxes, ready for
zed, guaranteed six
pairs, silk faced, guar
per box.
ng more appropriate
ilities in linen. With
ies from 10c to 50c.
lated for their useful
sing pattern from the
d variety here's tho
bat ave cn the top
50.
? a Conscience"
Waste.
Some years ago Senator Aldrich,
a business man, stated as a fact that -
cur federal government "wasted"
$300,000,000 a year. President Cleve
land showed that the government paid
a areat sum annually to fake soldiers
who had never giren a day of real
service to tho country. This year
there will be a deficit of about $ 100,
0UO.H0O: Since the Democratic plat
form av.de economy a duty ono would
think that an administration -which
suddenly wanted a - billion dollars'
would got some of it out of the wast*;
ago but the only proposition toward'
proviaioh for preparedness 1B through
new taxes!-Florida Times-Union..
Hope its True.
\, Tiie story of ibo Turkish subma
rine will ch held up a British passen- '
ger. ship.- but which' not,-only per
mitted it to depart unharmed, but
nupd <?very effort to nave a number
of itu demoralized passengers, who
expecting the fate of the LJ A tania'
and Ancona, plunged over'.-jard, Is
I refreshing and we hope it ia true. A
couple ot' years ago, this ls the con
duct we should have expected from
the . Gormans and Austrians and
should not. haye expected from the
Turks- -ocala Star.
? --i-L
The Hoad to Hell .
I. In 1828 the. school' board of Lnn
I caster, Ohio, refused to permit" the
j school ho uso to be used for th ?j dls
?eusii?n of tho question as to" .whether'
railroads were practical or not, and
J the matter was recently . called . to
(.mind by an' old dooumeut" that reads,
in part as follows:
"You are welcome to uso the school
I he uko to debate all proper questions
I in, but- such things os railroads and
telegraphs -.. arc impossibilities '?and
[ rank, infidelity. Thorp .is 'nothing in,
tho-word o? G?d about thom.' If God
Ihasdeaigned't^at lils 'intelIlgent crea
'arcs should travel at thc frightful
speed of 1*5 'milos an'.houri'by uteara,
I Ho would have clearly foretold"
through his holy prophets. It is ?d
j vices of Satan to lead immortal ?oi?u
down bo usll."-r.-iiiway ISnginecfring.
ngton