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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTA BU HUED I860. Published every morning except Monday by The Anderson Intelligen cer ut MO Weat Whittier Street, An derson, S. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN... .Editor and Manager Entered ns second-class matter April 2X, 1914, ot tho post offlco at Anderson, South Carolina, under thu Act of March :i, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES i 'Xelcphono.321 SUBSCRIPTION HATES DAILY One Year.$5.00 I Six Months. 2.D0 Three Months. L2B One Month.42 One Weok. .10 SEMI-WEEKLY One Year.|i.50j Six Months.76 The Intelligencer ?B delivered by carriers in tho city. Look at the printed label on your J paper. Tho dato thereon shows whon tho subscription expires. Notice date end label carefully, and if not correct plcaso notify us at once. Subscribers desiring the address of their paper changed, will please state in their communication both Gio old and new addresses. To insure prompt delivery, com plaints or non-delivery in tho city I of Anderson should bo made to the' Circulation Department bofore 9 a. m. and a copy will bo sent at once. AU checks and drafts should bo drawn to Tho Anderson Intelligencer. ADVERTISING Rates will be furnished on applica tion. No ti advertising discontinued ex cept on written order. ?n The Intelligencer will publish brief and rational letters on subjects of goneral interest when they aro ac companied by . the names and ad dressee of the - authors and are not of a defamatory nature.. Anonym o un j communications wili na! bo noticed, j Rojected manuscripts will not be re turned. In order to avoid delays on account I ot personal absence, letters to Tho) Intelligencer Intendod for publication ehuuid not bo addressed to any Indi vidual connected with tho paper, but simply to The Intelligencer. . ' SUNDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1915. ? W?j tch your step. ' . --o ' Tho coal man should worry. ;Bo sure ,tho whiskey houses . will ? find you au?F?. . I Sometimes a man la known by ,.tho : bills he doesn't pay, -o Did tho hllz7?ird find you in a: r.tate of preparedness? . A bono ls a wei como sight ia the Boup but a bonehead ; isn't, .'.Probably tha champion bill collec tor ls old man R. E. Morse. ---o ."t$ -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. - . 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