M ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER
Founded August 1, 1860.
j 5SS North Mulu Stret
WILLIAM DANKS, . Edltor
W. W. SMOAK_Business Manuger
Entered as second-class matter Ap
ril 28, 1914, at the post office at An
derson, South Carolina, under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
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The Weather.
Washington, Aug. 12.?Forecast tor |
Booth Carolina:
Local thunder showers Thursday,!
except fair near the count; Friday|
generally fair.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"Man marks the earth with ruin, his
control
Stops with the shore! Upon the |
watery plain
The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth
& remain'
A Bbadow of man's ravage, save his I
. own,
When for a moment, like a drop of |
ralu
He sinks into thy depths with bub-1
bling groan,
Without a grave, unknelled, uncon
fined and unknown."
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/Knock der Kaiser.
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' Swiss watches?guarding the Alps.
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^ These nro happy days for old Nop ]
Tune.
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1 Come, back from your vacation and j
?rote.
: Widow In weeds; grass widow In;
Bayonet soup will soon become a|
Idler's ration.
ty. your grain seed now or you ]
[.never be able lo get any.
^ of peace?not the kind the old
'dijiokea around the house.
-o?^ ?.
coin id soon end this war by |
fjhreatenlnlf captives with garlic
e of tBioae European fleets need
Wey, toi do something quick.
f, Success to IVoderBon's new city ad
ministration. / 'Opportunity awaits
A third of the insane recover, but |
\ pearly ait politicians die In the throeB.
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M Today one week?and the trek will
be over and the campaign Bar will
sure enough start in.
WT?fcri barhitrra go on strike they !
tommit no violence?until they gol
bark to barberlng again.
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i| Win or lose, E. D. Smith has con
tacted hla campaign with tbe decorum
expected of his high office.
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& Peking, China, has the oldest uni-1
freralty in the world. But what ia a |
country without patriotism.
m?p -' ~??
/?%.TW?- the state convention rob any
of anything No. Tl,en what of
men who accused them?
0
I If Anderson annexes part ot Don
alds will she get a "hilarity pot," as j
Col. Dave Humphreys calls the rr.oon
jftdne stllir
( Mr. Pollock goes too rough some
tlffciea. Why should he call Gov. Blease
'a. < ."feanter-iegged coward," and
Jyworse than a liar"?
'Mi- 0
II Ue Belgians ever take a notion
fire at the Germans with some nf
cheese, from Limburg?It will
good night to der Vaderland.
every citizen of Anderson be a
ittce of one to observe roads and
g and be ready to vote when
good proposition is submitted.
P. Pollock proposes to Institute
fil Ube?/ Bults agalast person*
aid that ho was put
algn with "Smith money."
Enquirer started that false
Jennings squelched it.
WHERE HELP IS NKKDKI?.
The United States government has
done right to put aside several mil
lion dollars for the protection of her
< itiz'-ns who are touring in foreign
lauds. Hut how much more impera
tive In the demand to take care of the
poor people here at home who have
suffer* d the loss of their all through
hall storms, if the principle is good
in one cm *. it idiould he in another.
Iu fact tl, tourists are well to do
people, or they would not he able to
tour. In the' other case the people
who were rulin-d by the dispensation
of Providence have Ioki everything in
the world that they had and their lit
tle homes uro mortgaged. Wo ap
peal to congress to do something for
theBC people. Make a survey to prove
what they had and what I'.ey have
lost and then pay them something,
either us a long term loan or as a gift
to help them.
THE SIM TIPS OPPORTUNITY.
The Intelligencer was probably the
first paper in this section to point out
the opportunity for Increased trade
in South America on account of tlte
war. Our view is confirmed by many
who can see afar.
Southern manufacturers and mer
chants should lose no time in taking
advantage of the opportunity which
the war in Europe has given them
for extending their trade with South
American countries, particularly with
Argentina and Uruguay on account of
the direct steamship service to these
countries through the port of Mobile,
declares Mr. Charles Lyon Chandler,
South American agent for Southern
Hallway.
Those coui'tr'es which have been
buying largely from Great Britain,
Germany and Krnnce mti3t find a new
nom ce of supply und Mr. Chandler
says thpre is no reason why southern
manufacturers should not obtain a
large share of thlB trade, particularly
of mach nery and metal articles of
all kinds as well as cotton goods.
Tho recent establishment of un
American hank ut Buenos Ayres and
Rio Janerio will prove uf great ad
vantage.
Mr. Chandler Is prepared to furnish
Information of every character in re
gard to South American markets, his
office having been established for the
purpose of aiding southern business
men to establish trade with South
America. Inquiries may be addressed
to him directly or made of any repre
sentative of the freight traffic depart
ment of the Southern Railway or af
filiated lines all of whom will be in
close touch with Mr. Chandler.
This information or any help that
Mr. Chandler may be able to give will
be without any cost! being part of
Southern Railway's work for the de
velopment of the South.
ALFALFA'S HOHE HERE.
It Ik now well nigh impossible to
get alfalfa or vetch seed at any price
as these are European grasses. How
ever, there may be some secured this
fall. Anderson county next yeur
?hould produce ten times as much
grasses and grain as she has done
this year. ADu?raui? la the home of
alfalfa in this country.
The recent Interest evinced In An
Plcdmont section of South Carolina
in the growing of legume crops brings
out the very interesting fact, not gen
erally known, that alfalfa, now per
haps the greatest forage crop in the
United States was first planted in An-'
derson county, S. C, 81 years ago,
having been imported (torn Switzer
land into this country from Lucerne,
Switzerland, by an Anderson county
pioneer farmer.
I Tliis farmer was one of the Whitner
family, and the alfalfa, when called
lucerne, was planted on a farm locat
ed on territory which 1b now within
the municipal limits of Anderson,
Hose Hill, one of the well known
quasi social organizations of South
Carolina now has its commodious
club house located on the land on
which this alfalfa or lucerne wh? ??rui
grown. One of the most remarkable
things conectcd with this planting of
alfalfa on the shores of America is
that the roots of alfalfa then planted,
are still existing and crops are grow
ing stilt from the same roots in the ?
city of Anderson.
Anderson county ".as thus the first
home of alfalfa in the western hemis
phere and it was in Anderson county
that it was first demonstrated that al
falfa was a great legumlnoua crop of
special value for feed. Where the boII
is deep, enough It Is still a great crop
for this section, and . within the past
several years there has been contin
uai interest awakened In the planting
of this legume.
The interesting thing In this first
planting of this alfalfa In Anderson
county, is revealed in the fact that
when the plant was first brought to
this country from Europe, It was con
sidered not to have sufficient food
power in if to warrant Its growing.
Mr. Whitner, at this time, challenged
such argument and- demonstrated
otherwise. . . The whole agricultural
world now knows tliat Mr. Whitner
was right and thai in1 nave the world
through pioneer demonstrations, an
invaluable discovery.
Hardly less interest ihr and perhaps
as little will well known as tin* first
important introduction of this plant
into America by Mr. Whitner is the
work which was later done by Mr. W. (
I). Warren, also an Anderson county
farmer, who first introduced alfalfa
into the irrigated district of Colorado
ami the west. When Mr. Warren tir^t
went Jo Colorado in the vicinity of
the present county of Durango, he
planted Colorado's first acre of alfal
jfa; he started the hegining of an
Industry which in later years became
the greatest empire builder of the
centennial state and of the other irri
gation districts of the western and
soul h western states. It is needless to
say that when he attempted the intro
duction of this plant in Durango
county. Colorado, be was laughed at.
The pioneers in Colorado did not be
lieve that any plant which required
such a great amount of water as al
falfa could be successfully grown in a
western state, and that the farmers
could not afford to divert sufficient
iwatcr, amounting to as much as 80
inches per annum, the required
amount to produce best results for
the successful growth of the plant. It
was argued that water was too valu
able. The argument was fallacy. It
is now known that there is no more
giving to an alfalfa plant all the H.20
required. The greater amount of wa
ter the plant will take the greater is
its productive strength and conse
quent yield.
The whole story is borne out by re
liable and trustworthy sources. And
it cannot be doubted that it was an
Introduced the plant into the west,
und that today Anderson county farm
er*? are the ones who are the better
able to produce the plant. In all of its
luxurious fragrance, than any other
farmers, for in Anderson and in the
Piedmont counties, alfalfa reaches its
greatest success and produces the
largest yield per acre.
TRIP FROM ROME
WAS UNEVENTFUL!
President Now Ready to Actively
Engage in Plans for Better
ment of Affairs
(By Associated Press.)
Washington-, August 12.?President
Wilson returned to Washington at 6
oclock today from his Journey to
Rome, Oa., to bury Mrs. Wilson. With
him came Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo,
Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, Miss
Margaret Wilson. Fror. Stockton Ax
Fon, Mrs. Wilson's brother; and other
relatives..
The trip from Rome was unevent
ful. On the advice of Dr. Orayson,
his physician, the president \upent
most of the time on the observation
platform of Mb car to get the breeze.
Few people were at the stations to
see the .special go through.
At a place in Virginia a gang of sec
tion hands working on the railroad,
ran beside the president's car while
the train, was going slowly and he
reached out of the window and shook
hands with them.
The president appeared to have
been aged by sorrow and strain he
has undergone, and his few words in
dicated that he was thinking con
stantly of Mrs. Wilson. The trip to
Rome recalled vividly to him the days
of his youth.
Tomorrow the president plans to
plunge into work and to assume ac
tive command again of the work of
helping stranded Americans in Eu
rope and of bringing about better bus
iness conditions in the United States.
He will see the members of the fed
eral reserve hoard, a delegation of the
representatives of the shipping Inter
ests and several b .ess men.
U. S. ANXIOUS TO
PREVENT WAR
Plan to Close Debate on 20 Trea
SSeS S WIMM low aura m.v? naiujr
Them AIL
'By Associated Press.)
Washington, August 12.Whlle war
raged today In Europe, i??ace treaties
were discussed all day by the United
States senate behind closed doors.
Twenty special treaties with foreign
nations recommended for ratification
by the roreign relations committee,
were under consideration, and Secre
tary of State Bryan remained at the
capital for consultation with the sen
ators while the debate progressed.
No vote was reached after prolong
ed debate, but It was agreed to close
general discussion by 1 o'clock to
morrow. Administration leaders pre
dicted that the treaties would bo rat
ified and that no more than ten vot?es
would be recorded against them.
Similar treaties have been negotiat
ed with Great Britain and Prance, but
the war is expected to delay their
consommation Indefinitely.
Mi Bs Mabel Murphy has returned
home after an extended visit to Co
lumbia and Sullivan's Island. She
was: accompanied home by Mtss Jesse
Earle Maxwell, who will spend two
weeks visiting relatives.
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POSTMASTERS PLAN
FOB SAL OUTING
MAIL MEN OF THE STATE TO
MEET
IN THE CAPITOL
South Carolina Postmasters to
Have Annual Session Dur
ing October
Postmaster .lehn R. cochrnn, of the
Anderson postofffce, as well us all
oilier postmasters in South Carolina,
are anticipating the annual meeting
of the South Carolina Postmasters'
Association with a great, deal of
pleasure. A. W. Knight, of Hamberg,
secretary and treasurer of the State
Association, is hard at' work ou the
plans and ?avg that the meeting to
be held in Washington will be a
splendid success. The following Is t
letter, written by Mr. Knight to all
the postmasters in the state:
Dear Sir and Brother Postmasters:
After a great deal of correspond
ence, President L. G. Young has de
cided to hold our next annual meeting
in the city of Washington. I). C.
where a joint meeting will be held
with tho postmaster of Virginia, Del
aware. North Carolina, District of
Columbia and probably Maryland, the
meeting to be held October ".. t?. and
7. This joint meeting appealed very
strongly to the ofllcers of our associa
tion, and ns a large crowd of the
postmasters from the states men
tioned will be present, we are ex
tremely anxious that . the Palmetto
State should make a good showing.
Leave of absence has been granted
the South Carolina postmasters for
six days to attend Lite meeting, and
the official order will no doubt be is
sued in the August Guide. I have Mr.
Roper's oflicial letter to President
Young.
This is going to be a great meeting,
and it will be of incalculable benefit
to every postmaster. But let me tell
you first about expenses. Reduced
rates of two cents a 'mile have beeu
secured, as well a? /reduced hotel
rates, so tho trip wfll not bo an ex
pensive one. Tickets will be on sale
October 4th. . -.
The postmaster at Washington, the
Chamber of Commerce, and the
Board of Trade are heartily co-op
erating, and a program which will be
interesting and of great benefit to
every postmaster !b assured. The con
vention meets Monday^ October 5, and
the address of welcome will be deliv
ered by the president t of the hoard of
commissioners of the,,-District of Co
lumbia. There will be brief responses
from each state. Hon. D. C. Roper,
first assistant postmaster general,
who by the way Is a nutive South
Carolinian, will make an address, and
other representatives of the depart
ment will also deliver addresses. The
parcel post system will be empha
sised, and addresses are anticipated
from such .men as Dr. ?, H. Wiley on
"Farm Pr9duv.cs by Parcel Post/'- Mr.
Bowerman, librarian of Carnegie Lib
rary, on "Library Circulation by Par
cel Post," and an expert1 from the
Bureau of Markets of .the Department
of Agriculture will talk on market
ing by parcel post. There will be as
exhibit of containers fur parcel post
shipments. Other features will . be
added to the program. - { *
The social side will not\ be jpeg*
lected, as plans are being perfected
for a luncheon and a..trip tp Mou.nl
Vernon, and other attractive' 'social
affairs will no doubt be arranged. It
Ib expected that every postmaster
will bring his wife and other, .lady
members of his family, and those who
haven't a wife should get one before
the meeting or bring their sweet
hearts.
This will without doubl be the most
notable and valuable, gathering of
postmasters ever held, aud no. post
master In this state can afford to
stay away I am sending this letter to
every postmaster in the state that I
can possibly locate, and if you are not
now a member of the association, I
trust you will at once, .send me your
membership fee of fifty cents, and If
you are already a member, send me
at once the yearly dues of one dollar.
If you owe for more than 'one year,
send one dollar for each year you. are
in arrears. The retiring secretary
treaurer turned over to me 154.39, but
no expenses have been paid yet,' ana
It will cost considerable for postage,
stationery, etc., in arranging for this
year's meeting, as I am going after
every postmaster and do( my. best to
have a good crowd of ub present
when .the meeting opens. For the
honor of our state, with the. first as
sistant from South Carolina, we can
not afford to go up there with a mere
handful of people, and I urge you to
make our plans light how to g;v
Many of us have not. been to Wash
ington, and the government buildings
and other points of interest, espe
cially the post office department, will
be Indeed instructive. If yon want to
give the beat service to your patrons,
and that should be the earnest desire
of every postmaster, you should go,
for the opportunity of meeting tho
different heads or the departments and
having the workings of your office
fully explained to you is one yon
should hot miss. This should espe
cially interest new postmasters, who
have not become familiar wltu the
postal system, and thoso of us who
have been In the service longer s tili
have mach to learn. Personally t con
sider this the greatest opportunity we
could have to get Information and
learn how to give our patrons the
very "best service. Wilt-you not write
me at once, stating whether we oa?
expect yon at the meetlnr land don't
forget the membership fee or dues 'ut I
the case may be), if there is any (?- {
formation you want, don't hesitate to|
It's really amazing to watch the eagerness with which
our bargains are being grabbed. You'll see the reason
for it when you come in; there are plenty of reasons left.
We still have a big stock of the choicest merchandise to
clear. If you can use some clothing, oxfords, shirts,
etc., at almost unreasonably low prices, better get in now.
i Men's and Young Men s Suits
$25.00 values now. $19.75
22.50 Values now. 17.25
20.00 values now . ... 14.75
18.00 values. 13.75
15.00 values now. 11.5b
12.50 values now. 9.75
10.00 values now. 7.50
Boy's Suits
M
$3.50 and $3.00 Boys' Suits
4.50 and $4.00 Boys' Suits
5.00 Boys' Suits.
6.50 and $6.00 Boys' Suits
8.00 and $7.50 Boys' Suits
9.00 and $8.50 Boys' Suits
10.00 Boys' Suits.
$2.50
3.25
3.75
4.50
5.00
6.00
7.50
You ?anmake the same saving on a pair of Odd
Trousers as on a Boy's Suit. An unlimited as
sortment?trousers for all occasions ? at all
prices and in all sizes. 7 r
Men's Oxfords at very Low Prices
$6.00 Hanan Oxfords, in tan calf, tan vici, blaekleathers.$4.75
5.50 Hanan Oxfords, in dull calf and black vici.4.25
5.00 Howard & Foster Oxfods, in tan calf, gun'metal and vici . . . 3.75
4.00 Howard & Foster Oxfords, in tan calf ^ gun metal and vici . . 3.25
3.50 Snow Oxfords, in tan calf, gun metal and vici.2.75
Highest Class Shirts at Reduced Prices
All $1.50 Manhattan Shirts now.'.$1.15
Ail 2.00 Manhattan Shirts now,... .l.5o
All 3.50 Silk Manhatta n Shirts^iow .. . . ..j.., . ..
Order b y Parcel Post. We prep ay.
The Store with c Conscience''
tiR A IN FOIl BELGIUM
S?umern Preparing to Leave New
Orleans With Cargoes of Wheat.
(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans August it.?Belgian
steamers will clear from this port for
Antwerp with cargoes of wheat wlthr
in the next few days according to an
nouncement tonight of Li. de Waele,
Belgian consul general to New Or
leans. The consul gescial stated to
day he received instructions from his
government to clear as many Belgian
bottoms as possible with wheat, the
war risk to be assumed by the Del?
gian government -,
NOW EXHIBITING
ANDERSON OATS
Southern Railway Writes Hint
Our Oats Are Being Shown
In the Norih and West
Furman Smith yesterday received
a letter from' M. v. Richarda. land
and Industrial agent of the Southern.
Railway company. In which Mr. Rich
ards acknowledges receipt of types.* of
Fulghum seed oats and Hastings seed
oats as grown by J. Wade ?rake of
this county. ; ,
An additional portion of Mr. Rich
arda' letter folows:
"We received these oats in due sea
son and they are now. on exhibit at
fairs In the north and west and .1
thapk you very much for ' sending
them. They are very fine.
"I note that at a little later, date
yon will have other types and'will
send them to Us. We shall be glad to
recelv? any other specimens you may
have."
write me. But write mo aar way;-for
I want to get In touch with' you. h?
Your fraternally, s .
. A. W. KNIGHT.
See.-Treas. S. C. Association of Postr
masters.
NOW TRAVEL2NG
IN MOUNTAINS
Annual Excursion Over Southern
To North Carolina Proved
Attractive Trip
The 35th annual mountain excur
sion over the Southern railway to th?
points In the North Carolina moun
tains was run yesterday. The excur
sion originates in the low country,
comes via Columbia and Anderson
people got' on tbe excursion train at
Belton. More passengers bought tic
keta In this city than any of the rail
road employes had anticipated and a
large number left yesterday afternoon.
noXix 'onjAuosjapuoH 'eiiiAsqsv
??ko T?ZSv?sy and other - North Car
olina, points will be visited by the ex
cursion party and the trip' promises
to be one of the meet delightful ever'
'conducted by1 the Southern railway.
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* THE DAY 1H CONGRESS ?
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Washington, Aug. 12.?Senate:
Met .at 11 ?. m. .
'Debate on Secretary.Bryan's twenty
peace treaties began in executive ses
sion! . . x.'
Recessed at 6:20 p. m. to 11 a. in.
Thursday. S
House:
Met at noon.
'.Hearing on financing cotton crop
continued before, agriculture commit
tee.
Representative jHoward, ' of Georgia,
in resolution- cr,lled on the -, dep art- 1
ments of Jiu>iioe and commerce to in- I
vestigate inrr^isos in food prices. i
Adjourned'at 5:30 p. m. to nooh <
Thursday. j
Cleaning ef Ebencxer Cemetery. \
All persons Interested in Ebehexer \
cemetery are naked to .help lb clean
ing It ou Friday, the 14th.
NEW DIRECTORS
FOR WAREHOUSE
Farmers Chose New Governing
Board at Meting Held Here
Last Tuesday
The stockholders of the."Farmers.
Warehouse company have selected a
new board of directors for the concern
and are planning to make a number
of changes in the policies of the com
pany. A meeting was held in Ander
son, at which time the new board wan
selected and the affairs of the old
company were disposed of.
Some time ago this enterprise was
(told and was bid In by some of the
stockholders, who have now assumed
the active management of the busi
nesB. The following will constitute
the new board of directors:
F. L. Brown, T. T. Wakefteld. t,.
N. Geer, B. J. Smith, W. A. Watson,
n JY?llsp
J. F. Watson, Robert Moorehead, T.
H. Bur ris s, G. P. Browne. The fol
lowing officers were elected: T. T.
Wake field, president; F. L. Brown,
vice-president; T. H. Burrls, secre
tary. ' Mr. F. Ij. Brown, who has
been president for the past two years
declined reelection.
. .MARE GETAWAY
Americans at Antwerp Rave Succeed,
ed In Getting Away.
J (By Associated Presf*)
Antwerp August, it ? Via Parlff?
Th? American consulate, assisted by
the Belglau authorities, has succeed-'
ed in gett'ng the majority of Ameri
cans away fppro Antwerp,; The Red -
Star steamer Marquette, which sail
ed August 6, and the Finland which
Balled' August 8. are carrying many
passengers to the United Sto?es.
There will, be no more sailings from
. .this port which. ia-; closed. .";. , >>-,,'