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The Improved "CIRCLE BRACES" r IVERSE CULTIVATOR To be sure that you get the Cultivator that will do your work best, run lightest, last longest and" work easiest see that it is the Improved "Circle Brace" - - Four Styles - of these famous Cultivators now on sale, "Circle Brace" Lever Di v erse, P? ai a Tungue, and Detach- " able Shovel Points. The best Cul tivator in the world. Come to See Us E. Whittier St., ?teas f -r-i-rii Anderson, S. C. * ?*> fea^-M ?. .?? - -. .. vivi m ? . km li DUPENT" YOUNG MAN ??N/CEO W ?ONEY ANO BECAME A PAWNER IN THE BUSINESS. Such a thing as not "having alliance" is all BOSH.-1 Every man has a chance if he will only TAKE the chance. . Older men with lots of MONEY are looking for younger men with a little money whom they would like to take into PARTNERSHIP. Nothing can hold down a maji with CHARACTER and . money. Banking your money will build your character. * Do it ' arid have BOTH. % I i (. Make OUR B.u;k YOUR bank We pay 4 per cent, interest quarterly. Anderdon, S, C. 3 m The Fanners & Merchants Bank and the Farmers Loan and Trust Cdmpany, both of Anderson, S. C., take a. great deal of pleas ure in lending money to prompt paying cus tomers and at this season of the. year take an especial pleasure in lending money to their farmer friends. . v- :.. wv J Wc- would be pleased to extend our nprruatntunoe with UM term ers of thia good county hy lending them money. ' ross TO SEE us. ... v. . ... t:_ ?, . .irv??.; Farriers & Merchants Bank Farmers Loan & ?rust (?b. JET*5.*-.. ^.u-ff estseaosvi'st *- ?sf fi In Owr Thre Letter from Mayor of Spokane, y this City Tells of the Benefits ? ? . -: Tuc Daily Intelligencer lias boon en deavoring to get information on the subject of the commission form of government. W. A. Sanders, civil en gineer, a r?sident ot Anderson but formetly assistant to thc city engineer ' of Spokane, Wash., bas received a very 'interesting letter from the mayor of that city, giving bia reasons for fav oring the new plan of government. The following are extracts from that let ter: "Good business, and when I Bay 'good business,' I do not necessarily mean 'big business,' for not all 'big business' is 'good business' any more than all 'small business' is 'good bui ness;' but aj? good business, whether big or sir?iUl, is demanding some read justment vf the management of the modern city. "People have grown weary of the mismanagement, the waste and extra vagance and lu souie cases the irres ponsibility and- inefficiency, If not the graft and boodle, which bas been in I cident to many of our municipal af fairs. "The public has come to feel the truth of what: the Hon. James Bryce, author of 'The American Common wealth,' said a f?w decades ago that 'the one conspicuous failure of the American people is seen in the gov ernment of the American city,' and stirred by the consciousness the peo ? pie of our American cities are exper iencing what I am pleased to cal tho renaisance of civic responsibility, and a new day is dawning for the Ameri can city. I "Arnon the siena of the new awak ening and the answers given to thc public demand for civic readjustment, none has attracted more attention and none in my judgment is more preg ? nant with the prom's e of civic bet terment than the Ido* of commission form of government whose policies arc already In force in over 300 of our American cities, and the striking fact to be noted in this connection is that I while this list of ctles has been grow : lug for the pas* decade, and while re j peted attempts have been made to . revert to the old councllmanlc forum ! of government, up-to-date not one city in America has so far suffered a re lapse. Individual commissioners have failed, here and there charters have demonstrated their need of re adjustment, but no reversion to typo has so far been recorded. Reaffirmed by people. "Spokane called a special election November, 1912, to vote on a possible recall, not of the individual commis sioners, but on the charter of commis sion government Itself, and the result of that election was a reaffirming of the charter by a vote of practically two to one. It carried In every, ward, and was given much larger Indorse ment than when lt waa adopted near ly two years before."" Several Good Reasons. "Good business stands sponsor for commission government for several reasons: "First-lt removes municipal affairs from the domain of party polities and offers its candidates to the electorate upon the Stile basis of character and ability. "Second- By electing the commis sioners at large, the old Ward politics with their log rolling, trading and patronage abuses, are completely eliminated. " ?"* vate citizens, not in contemplation, but in actual process of constructfen. j 'In regard to tho ntprai condition of' YOUNG LADY HAD NARROW ESCAPE Seriously Cut and . Bruised .When Buggy Turned Over Monday Night - (By Associated Press. Hounding an abrupt curve just, off j the end of a bridge, a buggy in.which Miss. Allie Major was driving, turned1 over last Monday night and the young. lady was seriously injured. Her babyl brother, only five years old, escaped unhurt except for a slight shock. j Miss M,ijor, the 19-year-old daugh-| 'ter of Mr. ard Mrs. J. A. Major, had. driven to a neighbor's house carly in the evening and wast returning home, about 6-o'clock, : Wheo' she drove off1 the bridge In some manner the buggy tilted to ono side and turned over, both occupants1 being thrown to'{he ground. Mies Major w>-.s knocked un conscious ?md waa diagged along un der the, buggy, for a distance bi some 20 feet, As soon aa the Utile boy re covered from the,fail he began to cry and some, negroes were attracted lo tho scene. They hurriedly rushed the young lady to her home where Dr, Hayn ie gave assistance "and Tuesday shh was said to be .resting well. Ono feature of the affair, rather' funny now -Strico the 'young lady whs pot badly injured, ls that a five-gallon glass Jar of milk In the^nbggy' at the time, went out when she did but was not broken. The. accident look place at tho| bridge over Pea Creek,' Which ts about 1 seven millos from Anderson. Biow Up Fordon* Of Sunken Liner (Hy AHB?c"iaie? Press*) Washington. Starch 24.-The .rove neu cutter Onondaga was ordered tot ' day tn blow up any portions of the .sunken Old Domlntph liner Monro? that may menace navigation. ' The steamer's hall will not be disturbed f and her cargo .piny nilli Ix? saved. ri a Success ? Hundred Cities Washington, to W. A. Sanders o? af the Pian of City Management the city, lt ia only to bc Haid that th* law is being enforced and there is no commercializing of vice. Over forty saloons have gone out of business since the commission form ot govern ment was adopted, many of these li censes having been cancelled by thc city council and others forced out ot business on acocunt of the enforce-1 ment of the lawt The social evjl has been eliminated BO far as institutional and commer-l clal phases of it are concerned, andi while there ls doubtless a great deal of clandestine vice below practiced In certain lodging bouses and hotels, yet this statement has been repeatedly j made on public platforms: 'That there is not a street or an alley ra the city 1 tU.? ,.tl...__I._ il..-_ J-_ 1-, ' uuufl Oiuci pc U<&UD luau ? ui uun.cn, man, which would bring a blush lo the cheek of a child or an apology I from his guardian's Ups.' " "Third-By focalizing the lines of? government, you reduce to a mini-! mum 'the friction of government, the] old clash between the legislative and executive branches is done away with, and the mayor ts not made the scape-j goat of the administration, those wbo| make the laws are charged with the responsibility of their enforcement, and each commissioner in charge of his own department is directly respon sible to the people. "Fourth-By close knit organiza tion and personal supervision ot hts department, the commissioner bas shown an Increase of nearly 100 per] cent in the quantity and quality of the, work done. "In HnnVonn public Improvements have been cheapened from 14 to 46 per cent. . . "The cleaning of the streets, the up keep of our public institutions and the service rendered to ur people for less money than under the-old system. No More Chean Politics. "The city hall has been redeemed from that odium of graft and cheap politics and the worst our drittes say about us is that we are monarchical and nen-represcntative, and that some of us lack business ability. "The present city council ls meet big additional Axed charges such as 1875,000 for parks and playgrounds; $i,ooo,oo<> for concrete bridges; $250, 000 for o new etty hall; and $200,000 Ip street lights, "sewer and other public Improvements not assessed'pte 'abut-, ting property. Wo have also taken: up $1,250,000 of outstanding water warrants which were drawing six..per, cent and were: being discounted; "an-; other five petr cent, at .thc b^nks,'and have funded that in a t wen ty jyear wa ter bond serial at 5 per cont- BO that ; now wc pan buy our supplies in the open market for one hundred cents on the dollar. "Thc Milwaukee railroad^, having purchased ono. side of ono of,pur busi ness streets, baa withdrawn nearly two million dollars of property fro j our city assessment rolls, as this'ls, nc taxed as operativo property un- 1 de. the stats law, and "yet. with all I these additional fixed charges and the shrinkage tn assessment" values,, we,; havo reduced taxation $90,000* andi for r the first time tn over ten years ,tba fiscal year waa. closed without, a defi cit appropriation: Has Helped H posase. "That Spokane bas not Buffered, but rather has been revlv.cd under com mission government is evidenced . bx the fact that just now there aro over 126,000,000 in public improvements by railroads, power companies and pTl-? Estimated Production j Of Various Grains I ----- ' Washington, March 24.-A red?e- i tlon or 12 per cent id the combined l wheat crop of the Argentina, Australis ? and New Zealand from the pr?vloui i year's crop was reported t^iay to UH 'J department of agriculture by1 tnv,*? r terhatlonal institute of Agriculture a1 a Home, The' total estimated produc < tlon of all wheat in those countries was placed at'250.133.3S3 bushels.'. ,. Argentina's estimated area of cori ,, which probably will be harvested? ,1 placed at 10^260,000 acres, or 8.4 ne f cent more than the previous year.' The estimated rice production o5w Spain, Italy and the United Statei India. Japan and Egypt ls 82.C44.00 * pounds, or slightly less than the prc " vious year. j ?J Exploring Parties * ? Lost All In Rapid 5, L.. , . , . ... i . . . H Roosevelt Party in South Anear f, cm Had ASisfortttne With [{ Their Spoil Jj -- .. lp ? {By AiS?Ctoted Prsse? '* ? New VorK, March 23.-After wai d lng sir day ib vain for further a if? Vices regarding a report of an ac< rd dent to the Roosevelt explor?t! *> party in Brazil, tho American Mut jn um of Natural History tonight caM id< te the American consul at Para as ?1 ?lng for Information. Tho mesas n satdtr * ... . . "Can you obtain Shy Informally ?concerning the Hm*?velt part M| 'Wire Sa?ur?m. Advise by tolegra 2 it earliest possible moment. All f ! peases guaranteed " i Scnurem is the foa/c la the_ sfi Ot Tara frote which Anthony K 111 on Sunday sent bis brief message tl ltc the Roosevelt party had "loci CTSI thing in the rapids." , j* Nothing to supplement Pilate's d ? patch was received here during t Sg Underwood Opp? I? ike G Says the President Is Not Adnerin Adopted m Washington, Mareil 21.-Representa tive (Jnderwood of Alabama, demo-' eratic floor leader in the House of Representatives Tuesday delivered a strong speech against repealing tbe Panama tolls exemption, as urged by President Wilson. The scene of the leader of the House majority, who had led the successful fights for practical ly, all the administration measures,' combatting the position of the Prest-, dent,, attracted wide attention. Mr. Unterwood urged defeat of the Sims'j bill which follows President Wilson's recommendation for the repeal of tbe tolls exemption. He declared tho I the repeal was contrary to the plat-' fron of the democratic party adopted , at le baltimore convention, and that as re option favoring American , coa wise ships did not violate tbe j Ho: Pauncefote treaty. 11 " yt for one moment do I believe we, he* violated a treaty" declared Mr.', Upi rwood. "Our whole difficulty., arti i from the un-Amerioan spirit of., sut nder that some of our own poo- , pie ave e.;.libbed toward this Imper- < tal luettion from the very beginning.!, ! in aqy one tell us plainly why we . sut nder and what ls to be accom-| pit sd by lt? Are we to yield merely j bet me thc sentiment or Europe is1. agast us? What has the sentiment ., of urope ever been With us about t mt irs ot moment? When will the c tin come when we can expect to, tnf tam and preserve our rights, po- j lit 1 and commercial with hte acqul-1 eal it sympathy of European govern ?iaaT" Tao Party Pledges, yUnderwood niiotnrt fhn tolls ox-1 en ion plank from the Baltimore] pl orin aad continuing said: lhere can be no contention as to th neening of this language. No one ct raise the issue that the bill now \H lng before the house introduced 0 bj ie gentleman from Tennessee '0 (1 Sims) Is not in direct conflict Ic w the declaration of tbdj9demo-j* ci c platform. Personally I believe 11 tt the party pledge should be lived ? U to in good jfaith by those who ? n allegiance to party principles, ? b as there aro many here who dtf-jci f with.me in reference to the bind ii effect of ? party platform I will tl heat this time endeavor to discuss d t pending bill from that standpoint. .et us resolve the Issue Into the c> t ilion as to whether the platform B< < be democratic party favoring ex- w < tlon of lolls of American ships en- tl fid in coastwise trade passing d' ugh the Panama Canal ls best for ?* ? nation and tho people of our coun or whotbor the gentleman from "til nessec In this bill now pending bo- fl i the House repudiating the declar- ni ti'of 'the democratic party, is pro-*th log letif lstldn that will be most eilcial to our nation and our poo-.'dc \oi opresedtattve Underwood quoted a? rcs to show that the cost of mata- cc ince of the canal and interest on,8(1 government's investment coula ho C( : easily without charging Amen ? vessels tolls and by charging for- bi 3 vessels a "fair and reasonable". th He compared the tolls charged ot the British at the Suez canal with] A I proposed Panama tolls th The purpose of Congress,," said rU "in providing tn the . act for the in ming, maintenance, protection and co ?ration of the canal,1 'that nc tolls fr? ill be levied upon vessels engaged wc the coastwise trade ot thc United loi Ves', and 'providing further that lt tin uld be left discretionary with the thi isident of the United States to ex-!a" pt from tolls our ships engaged foreign trade, was an effort ob the fr t of Congress td discriminate in sir Dr of American shipping and to thi establish our merchant marine, int B has' Been ? policy pf the demo- ba tlc party since' the .beginning ot by govenment The democratic par-, ' has bever stood for direct subsld- Ca les but* he has always favored Shh* by lions and discriminations hi favor,of our shipping; ' ' J of Caaal fer Americans. Jjr lt was through discriminating', Ci ff duties that our merchant niarlno : i developed in the firsts three de- { es of our government's existence. ' democratictariff law that'ls now " the statute books carries; tn lt a t? rltnrnatton amounting tb a 'educ- h of five nar cent, of the duties .on ma ls imported in American ships. f. If we have built tho'canal for tho. ' 3flt of sp American merchant ma-: h*? i and not tor practical exclusive,,. Sf foreign shipping, we must ?d->pt; ,1" Icy o? discrimination In tmv?r trican snips, or We must Ip .th/ < Indirect subsidies to enable .our ia to compete with ships' of foreign ~ ona The subsidies and dtecrtm- .?j lons that European governments,,,, i given to their shipping interests '., ? practically driven American a from tue seas. .. Vir the reasons given ? believe that " " democratic party Waa both wiso "J*3 patriotic When lt announced a ., sjr In favor of discriminating in , . r ot ear coastwise ships goiny ugh the Panama Canal and the', r" e,ts.no reason at this tune why we ~r' ?d' abandon a solemn promise ?* s to the American people in one ot rrj noct prominent planks ia our par- ~*7 latform. ."! Hot YletaUag treaty. wb? ut we Sro told that We ire *vio< nrei ra solontn treaty made with an-] mer natkmSndta good HWh tnat wo thy ?Irs Weane* te ~fpt*s.9.. iwaukee. Mar. Z# -This revolver I* h John Rohrank attempted to kill dent tAnra Heosev??t in Milwaukee, tn tere ber 1011 will be presented to Mr.'Ash evelt together with five car-i Ni as" which remained in the' Weep- mer hen it was* srtaert upon his return & Benth America. ' . Ciel oses Wilson anal Totts Matter -- g. to tfse Psrty^Platform as lt we* t Baltimore ...... . -. CirWiMr i * .. should abandon th?? canal to foreign rivals without contest'or dispute, in order that we may Veep our ?lauding In the family of nation?., "Not fdr one moment do I believe that we have violated a treaty right and not for ono moment do I believe that the English government serious ly contends that we have violated a treaty right. Our whole difficulty tn the matter arises from the un-Ameri can spirit of surrender that some of our own people have exhibited toward this important quostton from thc very beginning. . "If the congress bad unanimously passed the canal tolls bill two years ago, I do not believe that the question would ever have boen raised that we Jo not have the right to exempt Amer ican ships from the payment of toils when we charge foreign ships a fair ?nd equitable rate tor their passage through the cana!. Great Britain .'hargeB $1.80 for the passage through i canal that cost oply one-third of what it -cost us to build the Panama 'anal and our toll charge 1B only $1.20 tot lie within the mouth of Grout ie* net ton. "It soems to mo clear that lt does| 3rltaln or any foreign nation to com? >lain that we have not given them fair] ind equitable treatment iq tho tolls hat we have charged for the passage] if their ships through the canal. "There is a moro serions question! nvolved in the passage-of this bill. The j >S~i tz diacriniiuniu in iavor or our hips, the opportunity to encourage] 'Ur shipping Sud to increase bur j ommorce are matters of vital Import ince. but they pale Into Blsnlflcannn j then compared with the attack on the| ?verelgsiy v? our country in canal ono. A War Measare. "Tim power to Build the canal tinder! ur constltntlrn mels In Die wgr po'w r of thc Cnkod Etk'.ca. Wc Lullt tao anal primarily as nn addition to our] rar power as lt permits the quicker'] ransfcr of bur naval forc?s from one coan to another -Its Inland, lako rovides a harbor bf refuse in which ur navies can rendezvous and as oc asi?n offers, strike either ocoan. | "Tho adv?calos of Great britain take ' ie position that wo, aro forbidden io'] Incriminate in favor af our own ves-' els of commerce, arid, ss vessels of omnierce and war aro named to- < ether, haw long will, lt, be boforo the imo advocate cf the British conten-! J on .WI advise us that wo cannot [acrim?nate in favor of our own- war issels. i "The contention of those advocating ie British claim seems almost ab ird when we rocoghlzo that if we lmlt them ,f?r vose?is of commerce o same reason tug wm require us to tmit thom for yesse.li.or waif. _ To.'...* ) BO would convert tho canal In timo .' war into a liability in uto ad of an ] "int. Of course Wc',' made no such , iptract. ' WQ glv.i pa all nations ob- > rv|ng certain . ruW adopted by us ; trtaln privileges in Ute canal. That ' d not mean that vc proposed . >' \ illd a ?pana 1 at eur own dup-jn?" ..nd <| en .surrender its .sovereign.*- to ul I * ber nations. \ "There ls no word In thc treaties * st even by Implication denlos ourj't rht to give free tolls tb our vessels .< ans trado abd tho day will yet 1 me whon we will free our vessels, I roi tolls In the foreign' trade. But "1 : have yet to consider thc most ser- \_ IB surrender that'the advocates oft 3 British, contention desire, to. make; I . at IS to make the admission that we ? e not sovereign in the Canal Zone, i By your vote.you aro asked to'.ratl-!. for all time to come, the British de o that we surrender sovereignty of i ? 3 Canal Zone and admit that lt ls an D ernational waterway In which wc . ve no rights that aro not possessed . all,other nation?. . J I 'Our governmental status on the t nal Stone was established and rt vol m a treaty made with the FrtPUopi Smama subsequent to tho making e H ay-Pau nc o foto treaty. Great Kain remained silent pftor the pub atlons of this treaty and allowed us build the canal under it and she ls opped now to deny the rip ht we ac- - Ired under. ls treaty with. Pana The Republic of Panama acquired ! sovereignty over the land through ich tho Canal was built iq the same nner the original Thirteen States ' this Union acquired their sovereign-1 by successful revolution. Panama i surrendered ''or sovereign'v rvr Canal ?onc to ftfcf govurnmont, by t guage that ls so blear lt rim not be ~ .understood. ?, j*J Are wo now to yieldf the sovereign , "J btv of a nation and for what?.Can m rone tell us plainly vhy we surren* tr and what, ls to b" accomplished by ^ Are we to yield merely because the tlment of. Europe ls against Uff en has ' the sentiment of Europe ac r b*?in. with us about matters of nent?^. !**' Was. Europe with UN,when vc pro- . ed ggalnst tho rr'tlBli '{tovcr?rp^Ut I lpg us without granting represon-i I ott Tu the parliament? Bid Europe j . ipathlse with us when we protest-1 asabist the ualaatful selaures and J ? iwausat^ *' When'wm .the tia? ever. come. 1 ?a waf-^aspeet te maintain andi testate S^ieUutlJsss. ashldgtoh, starch ?$.-Th? presl-' t today nominated thete postman-1 und; X M. "Harrie. Blackstone. ! nrth Carolina- W. C. Bsas, EU*e> filth Carolina J. H. G. McDaniel,' [ena. Pea You will be doing yourself a good turn by installing a GAS RANGE. We sell them under the strongest guarantee. Easy terms-$2 down and $2 per month. Anderson Gas Co. Want to Sell Your House? If so, you had better give it a new dress of Harrison's "LAWN COUNTRY" Paint. A house of good appearance is much easier sold thin + dingy-appesr.-?K ;.;ruc*J?c. * Think the flatter Over. 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