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TIS ? I The Improved "CIRCLE fcR?C?D" riVERSE 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 - "c A.?_r_r?.-ii '. t - wi lucsc (aiuuus vjuiuvatuis iiuw on sale, "Circle Brace'* Leyer Di verse.Plain Tongue, and Detach- " able Shovel Points. The best Cul tivator in the world. ^uie to See Us Such a thing as not "having a chance" is all BOSH.. < 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 man with CHARACTER ana - money. Banking your money will build >our character. * Do if arid have BOTH. .... ~ Make OUR Bank YOUR bank Anderdon, S, ?. 1-L-..... -.^IJrilnjJliMl.^^ ? '. lL 1 ".' I! ?. The Farmers & Merchants Bank and the Farmers Loan and Trust Company, both pf \ Anderson, S. C., take a great deal of pleas ure in lending money to prompt paying Cus- \ tomers an? at this season of the. year take 1 an especial pleasure in lending money to ; their farmer friends. Wo would be pleased to extend our aerrualntanvo with UM tn rm- : cr? of thlB good county hy lending them money. f COME TO SEE US? " i Farmers & M?r?liati*|s Bank Farmers Loan & Trust Co. ?9? ?BnHHH?B Commission Fort In Over Thr* Letter from Mayor of Spokane, this City Tell? of the Benefits The Daily Intelligencer has been en deavoring to get information on the subject of the com miss ion form of government: . W. A. Sanders, civil en gineer, a resident of Anderson but formerly assistant to thc city engineer of Spokane, WU3h., has received a very I interesting letter from the mayor of I that city, giving bis reasons for fav ; orlug the new plan of government. Tbe j following are extracts from that let ter: "Good business, and when I _say| 'good business,' ? do sot necessarilj mean 'big business,' for not all 'big I business' is 'good business' any more j than all 'atnall business' is 'good out ness;' but all good business, whether] big or s niall, is demanding nome read justment cf thc management of the j modern city. "People have grown weary of the| mismanagement, the waste and extra vagance and in some cases the irres ponsibility and inefficiency, if not the! graft and boodle, which has been in-J i cident to many of our municipal af ! fairs. . ".The public has come to feel the truth of what, the Hon. James Bryoe, author of 'The American Common wealth,' said a few 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 j pie of our Ainu ?Omi cities are exper : iencing what I am pleased to cal the renaisance of civic responsibility, and I a new day is dawnine for the Ameri can city. , j "Arnon the signs of the new awak i public domand for civic readiustment, none has attracted more attention and . none in my judgment ls more preg jnunt with tho promise of civic bet terment than the idea of commission form of government whose policies are already in force in over 300 of our American cities, and the striking fact to he noted in this connection is that j while this list of cties has been grow : lng for the past decade, and while re j peted attempts have been made to ? revert to the old councllmanic forms ! of government, up-toHlate 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 type has so far been recorded. Reaffirmed by people. "Spokane called a special olcct?o? 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, warf and was given much largei indors ment than when It was adopted nea ly two years before. Several Geed' Reasons. "Good business stands sponsor io commission government for severs reasons: "First-It removes municipal affairflj from the domain of party politics an offers ite candidates to the electoral upon tbe sole basis of character an ability. "c!c:o?id--By ^Icxting tac cc si mi B? stoners at large, the old ward polltlc| with their loe rolling, trading an patronage abuses, are complctel ; i-liminaiad. vate clttz?ns, not in '! contemplation! but In actual procesa of construction] "In regard to tho moral condition YOUNG LADY HAD NARROW ESCAPE Seriously Cut and Bruised Whe Buggy Turned Over Monday Night (By Associated Press. Hounding an abrupt curve just ol the end of a bridge, a buggy In .wide Miss Allie Major was driving, turne over last Monday night and the youn lady was seriously injured. Her bab brother, only five years bid, escape unhurt except for a slight shock. Miss Major, the 19-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Major, ha driven to-, a neighbor's house early.i the evening and was. returning hom about 6.-o'clock,, Wheo she. drove ol the bridge In some manner thc bugg tilted to one aide and turned ovei both occupants being thrown tb tb ground. Miss Major Was knocked Un conscious and waa dragged along un der Um buggy, for a dlst?*ice of Bom ?0 feet, As soon as tho tulle boy re covered from tho fall ho began to cr and some negroes were attracted t the scene. They hurriedly rushed th young lady io ber home where Di llaynin gave assistance ?and Tucsda abe was said to be.resting well. On feature of thc affair, rather funn now . BInco tho "yeohg lady was bo bidly Injured, ls that a flve-galloi glasB jar of milk th the Tjiiggy at th time, went out when abe did but wa not'broken.' < The accident ..tobit place at th? bridge over Pea Cree*, Which ls abo ul Of Sunken Line t?y Associated Press) Wnshl?jt?nfc? MarchThe ?rev_ jnru cutter Onondaga Was ordered ttl ' dav to bk>w up nay portions of tiffi sunken Old Dominer? If nor. MonrofU , that may menace navigation. Tba I Stoamcr'a hall will not be disturbe? [ and her cargo mny still be saved. m a Success ie Hundred Cities t/ashington, to W\ A. Sanders of f the Plan of City Management the city, it is only to bc said that th? law ?B being enforced and there is no commercializing of vice. Over forty saloons have gobe out of business since the commission form ot govern ment was adopted, many ot these li censes having been cancelled by the city council and others forced out of business on acocunt of the enforce-' ment of the lawt The social evil has been eliminated BO far as institutional and commer-l dal phases of it are concerned, andi while- there ls doubtless a great deal, of clandestine vice being practiced in oertain lodging bouses and hotels, yet this statement has been repeatedly j made on public platforms: 'That fie rc is not a street or an alley m the city 1 tiona other perhaps than a drunken! man, which would bring a blush to the cheek of a child or an apology I from his guardian's lips.' " "Third-Hy focalizing the lines of. government, you reduce to a mini mum 'the friction of government, the j old clash between the legislative and ' executive branches is done away with, and the mayor is not made the scape-j goat of the administration, those who| make the laws arc charged with the responsibility of their enforcement, ! and each commissioner In charge of bis own department is directly res non-1 sible to the people. "Fourth-By cloBe knit organiza-1 tion and personal supervision of his ? department, the commissioner bas shown an Increase of nearly 700 per cent in thp ntinntny S.S.? quality cf tbs ' work done. "In Spokane public improvements Kn-V.--I--? M-... - ~-.. ^'..'?i'^.iv... ?? ;r-t% ?iv IV yv.l I cen*. . ' "The cleaning of tho streets, the up keep of our public institutions and the . service rendered to ur people for less money than under the old system. No Mere Cheap Polities. "Thc city hall has been redeemed from that odium of graft and cheap! politics and the worst our critics say about us 1B that we are monarchical and non-representative, and that Borne of us lack business ability. "The present city council is meet-, ing additional Axed charges such as $875,000 for parks and playgrounds;! $1,000,000 for concrete bridges; $250,-, 000 for a new city hall; and $?00,000 In street lights, "sewer and other public improvements not assessed to -abut ting property. We have ajso taken1 up $1,250,000 of outstanding water warrants which were drawing six per. cent and were;being discounted; ah-, other five per cent, ut thc bjynks, 'and .' have fonded that in a twentyryear wa- J ter bond serial at 5 per cent, so that J now wc can buy our supplies ID the ; Milwaukee t-sttrerto.WMC? 'purchased one.stdc of ono of ,pur bual*,: ness streets, has withdraw a nearly 1 two million dollars of propertyfro fl Dour etty1 assessment rolla* as thi Ibow taxed as operativa, property uh ?er the-state law, and "yet with ail these additional fixed charges aod-|Hl shrinkage in easessmenv vaiuesj, ,jnflr bave reduced taxation ?30.000. andi for ( bte first time ta ti^jrjeu 3rearB.,tbanj B sc ttl year wae.elqsediwithout, a dMj9; yim B|rw>y???il??O?. . ' j " I Has Helped Bpobane. ! ..That Spokane has not su?ered, but Hither bas beeb revived under com- ' I?mission government ts evidenced by ?fee tact that just now there are over L ?$26,000,000 in public improvements ; jj ItaUrosds, power companies and pfl- ; ketimated Production \ Of Various Grain?,; .Washington, March 24.-A. redd?'JJ lion or 12 ber cent ip the rombiaai 1 ?beat crop ht tho Argentina, Australia e A XeW Ztslacd ?roa th? prexM i .ar's crop was reported today to thc t epartment of agriculture by1 theJfr 1 iraat?on?l Institute of Agriculture at i oms. The total estimated pro** oh of all wheat In those coen ab placed st 2504334K? bush Ar%c*tthaa estimated area of -hick probably will be baryeabsjab laced at ln,*?e;060 aero?; pf ?.4 '?r? ] ont more than the previous- year Vlfee estimated rice production. <ol , j pate, Italy dad 3nb United States. * J idtS; Japan and Egypt ts 82*44.000 * 1 bunds, or slightly loss than tbs prt loua year. x ploting Farlie* Lout AU In Ram ,;."" ,'? ... : ^oose^?it Party in So?Hi ca IU? Ms?ottm W\ Then* Spoil , (By Assovuaten *?res?) New York. March S3- Aft? (ng all day itt vain .for further - axi ses : regarding a report, of an lent to the Roosdy^K ext larty In Brasil; the AWteiican 6Ei o' fttftfrtl ?it?ory tonight cs tb thc American consul at Para, feg for ioforrMStlon. The ? "(Jen yb ti' obtain S&y Inform* fresa *'bi< h Anthony flHtai -Jay mai his brief oias-uigo that Roosevelt party; bad "lost ererv-' Jetch was received 1 ihe Underwood Opp! In theQ Say? the President Is Not Adherin Adopted a Washington, March 84.- Represents- I live Underwood of Alabama, demo- I eratic floor loader lu the House of I Representatives Tuesday delivered a I Btrong speech against repealing the I Panama tolls exemption, as urged by I President Wilson. Thc scene of the I leader of the House majority, who had I led the successful fights for practical- H ly ail the administration measures,' I combatting the position of the Prest-. I dcm, attracted wide attention. MT. I Underwood urged defeat of the Sima'j I jill, which ioiiows President Wilson's I recommendation for the repeal of H h? toll? exemption. He declared tho 11 the repeal was contrary to the plat- ' I fron of the democratic party adopted H it the Baltimore convention, and that I in exemption favoring American fl maitwise ships did not violate the H Haj Pauncefote treaty. 'Wot for one moment do I believe we1 H ?av violated a treaty" declared Mr.1! Unt?rwood. "Our whole difficulty <? iriis from the un-American spirit of.H lurender that some of our own peo- fl pip have exhibited toward this tm por- fl art question from the very beginning.!? "Ian any one tell us plainly why we I mn ender and what is to be accom-lflj plbbed by lt? Are we to yield merely H ?bemuse the sentiment of Europe is'JJ flsgoast us? What bas the sentiment H if Europe ever been with us about H ?maters of moment? When will the I ?timi come when we can expect to,H P/naittam and preserve our rights, po- H ?ttaal and commercial with hte acqui- H Bfe^ei sympathy cf European govern- H Tho Party Pledges. I ar. L<nacrwooa quotca mc tollu "x- fl Ismttlon plank from the Baltimore fl phi form and continuing said: I "There can be no contention as to I th*; meaning of this language. No one fl PJoaa raise the issue that the bill now I poding before the house introduced fl ?fey lt be gentleman from Tennessee iH MAT. Sims) 1B not in direct-conflict M Hw lb the declaration of theflademo- .flj eratic platform. Personally I believe H that the party pledge should be lived fl PJti?[ to in good iaith by those who fl .?im allegiance " to party, principles, H ?bu. as there ara many here who dtf-fl Hf(f with, me in reference to the bind-VJ hg effect of a party platform I will H ti ii at this time endeavor to discuss fl tie pending btu from that standpoint. ? ? f Let us resolve the Issue ibto the fl ;iaestion as to whether the platform fl Hf! the democratic party favoring ex- H yftption of lolls of American ships en- fl ?ged in coastwise trade passing flj hrough the Panama Canal fs best for So nation and the people of our cohn- H ry. or whether the gentleman from flj BJrennessee In tfrt* bill nPw, ffiDdlmz bo-^Bj >enoflciaI to our nation and our peo-; representative Underwood quoted igures to show that the cos', of main-, chance of the canal and interest On, be government's investment could bp act easily without charging* Amert-IJ ?JgH;. vessels tolls and by charging tttr-:flj sign Vessels a "fair and reasonable** ?Bl oil. Ho compared the toll? charged JJ 4Zia* i..?r.su ?u ?tii? putin canal, willi] no proposed Panama foils.' I '"The purpose of Congress,;' B?id !? ie, "In providing tn the act for the ? ?peotng, maintenance, protection attd'flj tpcratlon of the canal.' 'that ho tolls hall be levied upon vessels engaged BMaTtfre coastwise trade of the United flj gtaek', and providing further that lt ? I.Cu'?d be left discretionary with the ? "resident or the United States "to ex-? mpt from tells put ship? engaged !? n foreign tirade, was Sn effort on the ?art of Congress t? discriminate, in ? ?vor of American "shipping had to ? e-establlsh our merchant marin*.? Phi? has' been ?* policy t?lne'iremo tratic party since the beginning ot hb goveoment Th? d?tncbfi^^r-M y has bevor stood for direct sucald-^flj taries but' bo has ?rways favored ann* Mentions and discriminations la favor ( ? our shipping. ' ' . Canal fer Amerjeaas. . j Wftt "! was tb rough . dlsc?imt natta ? ?riff duties that our merchant ?larine voa developed In tW first-, three de fence of our government's existence. Hm democratic tarl? law that Is tiowj ii the statute booka carries tn lt a Uscrimmatto? amounting to ? reduc-j lpn of five ptr cont, of tho duties,on{ soods imported lp Aroerlcati ships. ' .{ "if we have built tho canal tor3JMlH i^efit of African merchant ma-' Hine and riot for pit^*<?-?! Exclusive. Me pt foreign shipping, we must adopt i policy bf dlicrlmlnation Iii fa vet of Utterlcan ships, or We must tn the end ?*y n^rw*'Sf*eMM iglps ic compete With shifts pf tqrcl?n latiohs. The subsidies and dlscrlm satlons th?t European government* tave given to their shipping interesta ; feve practically driven American ?Kips from the ?eas. "'For the reasons given 1 believe tanti Ito democratic pirty Wa? boin wise tad patriotic When lt announced . n ??Uley In favor ' of dleorlmlnnting ' io Aver of our coastwise ships going brough tbe Panama Canal suirt ^hav Aero is. nb reason at this time why we hould abandon a solemn promts* oade to the Amoricah people in one ot fit saw: prominent planks ia our par-? y platform. xet imtltm t??My. uiiut we ar? tobi teat we era blo ating a solemn treaty made wfl? fug ?fief nation and % good raith that wa imiiiL'-^'iii?'jusu-L^Jj-aj'au'-i. l'iiiuA. ?Iv? Weapon te *|WWf.".. ... . ;i ? cMItwauke*. Me*. ?1 -'Che ; revolver! shtch John Sohrank attempted to killi rnooaore Roosevelt bi Milwaukee, ta* ??tober lft&^j^-,fcc preaea^sd to ?. jwseev?lt' together . Wita' iive , car ridges which refrained tn the' Weep- : ia wh?n lt wasSHSed U?mn hbt return! .^?h As?cr:?a, _ l ses Wilson anal Tolls Matter to the Party flatform as it was Baltimore should abandon tho ca?al to foreign rivals without contest'or dispute, in! order that we may keep our standing in the family of nation?, "Not for one moment do I believe that we have violated. a treaty right and not for one moment do I believe' that the English government serious-! < wiiioiii.s thai -w?j have violated s trraiy rigat. Our whole difficulty in the matter arises from thc un-Ameri can spirit of surrender that some of our own people have exhibited toward this important question from the very beginning. , "If the congress -bad unanimously passed the canal tolls bill two years jago, I do not believe that the question would ever have been raised that w< do not have the right to exempt Amer ican ships from the'payment of toils when we charge foreign ships a fair and equitable rate for their passage through the canal. Great Britain charges 91.30 for the passage through canal that cost only one-third of what it -cost us to build the Panama Canal and our toll charge is only $1.20 not lie within the mouth of Great per net ton. "It seems to rac clear that lt does Britain or any foreign nation to com? plain that we havq not given them fair |and equitable treatment in the tolls that we have charged for the passage of their ships through the canal. "There is a more serious question Involved in the passage of this bill. The risht to diacrlmlnnto ;2 ??vcr of cur ships, the opportunity to encourage our shipping and to increase bur commerce are matters of vital Import iney pate imo nignuicance ?when compared with the attack on tho sovereignty of our country In canal zone. A w?r Measure. .Tho power to Build the canal Under our coustltutlr-a reels In tho w-*r pow er of thc United Stales. Wc lu'M tao canal primarily as ap addition to our] war power ss ll permits the quicker' transfer ot bur naval forces from'one ocean to another , -Its Inland . lako provides a harbor of refuge in which our navies can rendezvous and as oc casion offers, strike either ooeau. "The advocates of Groat Britain take' the position that wo, are forbidden to' discriminate in favor pf our own ves sels of commerce, and as vessels of commerce and war *W named to gether, how long will lt. ho boforc the asmo advocate of thc. British conten tion ?W1H advise us that wo cannot discriminate. In favor .of our own- war vessels.. "The contention of those advocating Ithe British claim seems almost ab surd when we rn cognize that i do so would covert ?ie canal in Uro*? of war into a liability instead- of an assot. Of connu? u : made no such coptract. " We glv.i iq tin nations ob serving certain ? rUW. adatad by us certain privileges In tito canal. That ? did not mean that v.'c proposed ; to build a canal ?.t ?ur iiwn expans? abd fl th"u t?*irro?dcr ?is. so-orelgnty ta nti ? other nations. > * Abure ut ao word m the tysA^tes M that Oven by implication d?nias our i right to-give free tolls to our vessels in aa* 't'tm?o, ?ai ?,c - come whoa we will free our vessels; from tolls in the foreign Irado. "Bat' wo have yet to consider the mest ser- .< ious surrender* that' tito advocates ot the British contention desire, td. makai j that la io makb the ^uiisslon that we are not sovereign ta the Canal ^oae.!] "By your voto.you ard asked to ralfr] fy for ail tlpie to come, tba.mina dfcr have no rights that aro not possessed by all other native. . "Our ,g-ivero?ent?r sUtus on tue Cenel .ap^e.wg* established, and .fl- erl by a treaty made with the lV?publ'-! of Panama subsequent to tho making of, the Hay-Pauncofote treaty- dr$at Britain remained silent after th? PUPr Mptlons of this treaty and allowed us to.build the canal under it and she ls estopped now to deny tho right wc ac rqlBdred und-ir th lt treaty With Pana "The Republic of Panama acquired jU?? sovereignty over the land th'ough which tba Canal was built In the ?ame manner the original,. Thirteen States of this Union i : , i heir Bovcrolgn ?fe ;by sncc?3?f(?t revolution! Panama bas surrendered '?er.loi-crolgn?y rv;?' ttl?, Canal ?ono to *>>. fovcrnmont, Vy, Is^wteibsi ls so cj[ear it csnnpt. be l^?ju? we new to yjcl/r jibe eoverelgn ! rights Of a nstl?n arid for what?.Can anyone tell us plainly why we surren? der and what ls to,be accomplished by lt? . "JM *M <t?. Mtwk. ffkt?\y pecante the sentiment of, Europe ls against ' ne? When bas 'the sentiment of Europe, ever been. with , us about msttera^nij BMjn*eui"r . i KjSwa?. Europe with us .Whet? wc ,i.ro? tested j|gawt the.rr^ht? ^vernn^^t taxing us without ctraittlng represan? i Utlob lu the pe-I lamont? qtd Europe sympathisa wit:? us-whan we protest-. ed agilest the uslawtel aeteures and! I^ajpch of vessels,-' In,.;tbs. second dc- { eade of the b^t e*ntsry? . ^yrhe* ^?^' ^ ^^'? I m'?^CUd? wHtfc'the acql??^n^ tay int European gueii-nn-entaT" !*j"?'JI??Stl*1?1?1 ""iMWL''ftf.OOs.^*g?Wesjsi ?in ?nii. .Cry I . Watultjgtoo, Marth J*3.-The pros?-' dens today bom I nat ed the?c -joitmas-l teri: Vlrgldla-^Na^httaiel ?ane*st#t,| Ashland; fl M. Harris, Blackstone, j North Cn rolls* - W, C, ^JUl't-^fo^! 1 I'b'kriiH. "" " . .iPl, You will be doing yourself a good turn by installing a "?AS RANGE. We sell ...em 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 t._U _! - - . J '.?.S.. jL iii iiiuvii kujiki 3UIU mon .> dingy-appeasvig structure. * Think Ute f Caller Over. Anderson Paint & Color Co. Bleddey Bid?. Phone 647 Clean Up and Paint Up. 1 WU1-.WW You? eward ter Melon f ?' Wyjhnvi CRISTO} iniroduciion, onckage* of J'jr??ier 'melon? wm be gr?m fro* to any dor rarth^ frifn?. who will Fani's Bodk Store. ? L ? J us . Ween Voa need gi ones yon natur ally want' th%vibeet and at a living ; price. 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