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li t . < , '?-.. >? w LONG ^pCTjED SHIPMENT HAS ARRIVED is IN NEW YORK Manufacturers In Anderson Coun ty Elated Ovar News that ene 'Cargo Had Arrived The best news that has reached the cotton manufacturers of Ander son in a long time ls the item announ ing the arrival of thc steamer Rotter dam in New York with a cargo of dyt Btuffa. A local representative of a big dye'concern has received Official notification- of tho arrival of the first cargo exported since the beginning of the war. ' The Rotterdam belongs to the Hol land-American line, a neutral com pany, and came from, the Netherlands. Her cargo is not an usually large one, but the reason its arrival Is hail ed with delight is that it furnishes evidence that the American mills may be supplied with dyestuffs after all, regardless of the war. The question of securing dyes has been the moat serlouB problem that the war has brought to the mill men. It was feared - that the supply would be absolutely cut off for an indefinite period, and plans have already been made by many miles to turn their attention exclusively to manufactur ai; white stuffs Until the European situation is cleared up. But if dyes can be shipped through Holland in neutral bottoms the supply in this country can be kept at least,measur ably adequate hud the mill men will be delivered from revolutionizing their entiro business. The dye men explain that the hope . lessness of manufacturing our own dyes in this country 1B hot "due to any lack bf chemical knowledge ntl technical skill but simply to the fact that tbe German dyestuffs are all by products produced as sido lines in the manufacture 'of other things. Such being the case they can be pro duced at a very low cost-a cost so low that American manufacturers of ] dyestuffs exclusively could never hope i to compete witb lt . Most of the patents of the processes have long ago run out but Ute German manufacturerai 'have-. ' such binding! agreemtns, whereby one factory fur nishes what another lack's, that it'Ia next to impossible for any outsider tc 'Contest their absolute B?pxemBcy of the market With any hope of finan cial success. It might be done while the war lasts,, bu* once, peuce comee the . American , dye manufacturers would,,.find, themselves io, A..hopeless] position,. WAR TO BE FELT FOR A LONG TIME] Boston Banking House Shows Some of the Evil Effects cf . War Tho Bank of .Anderson1 has received from the First National Bank of Boa-, ton.a very interesting and illuminat ing weekly letter discusing fn? ef fects of the foreign' .war, AVnong other things Occurs this statement: . "Prom the b, u&lness view-point there exists 'the-nope' that partial disbar ment may follow the struggle, result ing iri thc. releasing of the : people of Europe, J h. Borne degree, froth exces sive burdens "in wa? taxevand mili tary service, and the greater concen tration of governments upon the prog ress iii ' industry and Commerce, rainer ( thah upon the problems of war. s One effect Of tho war qn thia ..coun try v bas to db with ' the sharp restric tion which tho war must impose, for a long lime,* upon the foreign invest-, \ ment? bf >the leading Europ?en Coun tries, estimated to'have^vbra'gfe^nbti far from ?me bhlf billions of dollars an nually/ Thili' will affect the "United States in. various-ways;' through In ability-,to sell our own ' ?et?url?es In the foreign markets, through the com petition of tho other countries foreur1 o wn ! capital and thr?ugh- the curtail?; meht Of tho d?ffaand for certain of our . goods .due tb . tho restriction iii the development of the hewer countries. v?yeatufra n&nter extensiyoly in the manufadturo bf textile*, le?ther, W per, . chemical*, -eseentially. New Sag land ; industries-ae . weB as into a bost of. othor products r^'lheB? ?frfc Stuffs .come, almost entirely from Ger many p?d tbe supply, haturally, since the war, began, has ben' poetically cut off. Furthermore. ' e>en when com> munication. with G?rmhuy ha3 beeb TV , establtshed. it; is hy np meaps certain; tba?th?.p>^ reliev ed. 'Tho surplus stock bf dyestuffs oh hand in Germany- is not krtowni hhd< with th? ^maft-pc^?^rloW in arm* it is probable that adequate production v win not,be resumed for 'some time; to hijve.'JesS than S5 t^lr?ent oX.th'e fv>rV?: ?T??ibls ai ino p?ant ' tho rest being , ; a| war . mk. WALTON Til a^ii??itrfen TO. ... '?',"' - . . - . BAY. . . Jr. (From Sunday's Daily intelligencer ) -Tlie.'fud?i^Trsr^^^ Thomas, C. Walton are to he tiela !thia afternoon St? "o'clock Mr. Wat? ' . toa Aia\% 'EVI Aa? nir^itii??" . o<*n and people r?f ?naernon^w?re alib?k?d to learn yesterday nSornln* that thin good man had pBi??d away. Rev., i; > \;Hail*r. Gibbony, paster ot Grace BpiS ? copal church,, ot which Mr. Walton Tf, ?**?: t?;bn1cer,> ' now o? h|s -M, to rap?r^i" Abd Will V?tich ^h? *M* ?? ti trw to conduct the fnherat ??rvlces /'-.this afternoon. - ' . ..- ; .'. . ..-:..;" ' ?;' JOHN ESKEW DIED YESTER DAY MORNING WAS A GOOD MAN Had Done Yean of Service For] State and . Country and Wa? Beloved Everywhere Prom Friday's Dally. Unusual' regret will be occasioned over the announcement that John Es kcw is dead. All over Anderson coun ty this man was known ami respected and admired and the news ci his death will occasion sorrow. .Mr. Bskew has been ill for a bout IC weeks but his condition did not be come serious until Monday. From that time on he steadily grew weaker and the end came yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. Eskew was 73 vears of age, was av Confederate veteran, was chairman of the county pension board and had always boen active In the various un dertakings of his county and State. John Eskew was the fifth child of Katherine and Elliot. Eskew and was born- in Anderson county. \ He wan married oh December 18GG to Amanda E. Burris, the ceremony being eriorm ed by Rev. William Waters, To them three children were born and one of these i?? now living. In 1865 Mr. Es kew Joined Prospect Baptist church and later he became a member of Old Salem Baptist church by letter. He was aj ways interested In the church work and the Sunday School wonk of thc community and he was a tower of strength in the church undertakings. He was a great lover of music and it was largely thought his efforts that the Anderson County Singing Associ ation has been kept alive. During the War Between the States .Mr.' Eskew was a member of Company D, Orr's regiment and . he was a gal lant soldlbV throughout the long con flict. It has been said of him by his comrades that he was absolutely fearless and that a better soldier nev er shouldered a gun than John Es kew. ;! " Mr. Eskew is survived by his wife, one son, J. Thomas Eskew. three brothers, J.. William Eskew, Joseph .Ai'i Esk?w. and "S. Lawrence Eskew and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Hutchison. V^Th'e funeral is to take' place Vihls "morning nt the home n't ll o'clock, fellowed by the interment in the fam ily: cemetery The funeral services win be conducted by Rev. J. D. Coving ton; of Greenville, assisted by* Rev. O. L. Martin and Mri Eskew's nephews will' be' the active pall-bearersT They aro: W. S :Hd^-hiac-n, Alvin lisksw. Johnnie' Esk?w| Willie Eskew. L% T. Campbell Und Walter Hpmbree. Camp Stephen' D. Lee, United Confederate Veterana, will attend lu a body and they will ail act as honorary ^pall ; bearers. Mr. Eskew enjoyed ? reputation all qveKAnderson county as being a good man in every sense of .the word. He was generous to a degree almost to a fault 'and nb stranger was ever turned away from his door. By his many acts of kindness he will always ? be remembered IQ Anderson. lp BEING PLANNED The Chamber of Commerce Has the Matter Under. Con? ? siueranon *r% An important meeting of the Trades Exf?h8??h; ??mmfttee ot the chamber of. C?fcmerce was. held last evening. Chairman B. O. Evans? presiding, and Committeemen \. R, J. Ramer, T. L Cely, W, S. Ramsey, and L. G?lsb?rg, being,present, also the secretary, and Phejps Sasseen, advertising manager or. The Intelligencer, the latter by re quest and invita;tioii\ . ^'.The' matter of holding.? merchant wide spring festival in- Anderson n?rl year WAS"' cohsldere'd abd "Mr. Sasseen made an address oh the matter*to tho opmmtttee, It is very likely thai; it wi|l ie deeded to tiold such a festival although the'secretary waa instructed to secure farther information before thev"matter would be finally decided, porotips""at 'the heit meeting: ? '. Mr.' R?maoy ' favors' n'6ldi?g-a spring festival-in the nclgboOrbbod pf Easter boxt V?ar, arid; MK Cely''favors a p?hh t? have every'store lh Anderson in the ed ?pt B^' thht n??t yea> an -jblti&raCei spring festlvaY '?caK'< bp-held1 here. *." ! ; The comfnttt?e"?ntlorsed the "Buy'-a! l?W^?vcment abd: l?Bu?d a ?riet?al? statement on the cotton situation asl MfiOT^elsowhore in Thc Intelligen-1 ^rnmUt?e ;a^?r^rtb?VWb>.j otrrt of alt'huslh?as men h. Anderson. . ' Motion '-!- Vag?Vttn??tmouhfy carried hsnkin g the Anderson 'COttnty' Farht h.rt ?ntoa ??r a?pb?htin?ht ot lat : committee consisting of Messrs <V A'> Burns. W A.: Watson. T. T Wakefield,. J. B. Watson and H. Oj Summers to co-operate in tho., buy-arj bale movement. \ Secretary Whaler : w*s? instructed Jo j wiirsvrwsttu*~Crrxsatani XUOUOR?I - ri. Anderson of the Onarjeston, & . Wes-i tem Carolina railroad /with regard to j passenger s?rvlc? into this city. Committee endorsed plans of V tho farmers to hold ?'poultry show In An dersen in October or Kovirthberr the nuartor? or the e???ociaHon to be>giren for the' same. Al! other heecn?.:m sistance was. promised/ THE FERTILIZER LAWS MAY RECEIVE CHANGES ON ACCOUNT OF SHORTAGE OF GERMAN POTASH USE MORE SEED Is the Advice Given By Some-] Who Regard It As a Substitute Columbia, S. C., Sept IC-It looks as if thc legislature when it meets next in oxtr.t, session is going to have to do something in regard to the read justment of the fertilizer laws to meet the situation caused -by the cutting off of the German supply of potash. A few days , ago Commissioner Wannon of the State Department of Agricul ture received from Commissioner Kolb of Alabama a letter in which Capt. Kolb Bald: "Thc war in Europe has to a great extent cut off the supply of potash that has heretofore entered largely into the making of a. complete fertilizer. The factories are up against it as the lawS of our State (and I presume other states have *>fnHliafu lawB)rprovide that a complete fertilizer shall ' not contain leasV than . 14 per . cent of available plant food; that 1B: Soluble phosphoric acid, nitrogen, potash. If the lawB are to bc complied with some relief must be given to thc factories. Therefore I write to ask your opinion of calling a meeting of the .Commis sioners of Agriculture) of the South ern state?, to meet at the capitol in Montgomery at some early date yet to be Axed so that this, question can be discussed and If possible arrange some feasible plan whereby the fer tilizer factories may not be penalized. Mr. Watson has replied to Commis sioner Kolb stating that the enforce ment of the fertilizer laws in this State do not come under his Jurisdiction and stating that'he; will call the matter to the attention i of the State Fertilizer Board. . Soon aftpr the reply to Mr. Kol b's letter was written' the following letter was received by the Commissioner from Mr. H. A. Ltgon, President of the Fairforest Cotton Oil Company, Fair forcst, 8. C., which also refers to the samo matters and indicates that some legislative action would be necessary to meet the situation: ii "As the legislature will be convened Very sOOn , we .b?g permission to cnn your attention td the condition of the fertilizer business and hope yon will use your endeavor to have the matter adjusted in ? practical way, if the same appeals to you. As you well know it : will probably not be, possible t?"'get I sufficient ?rf?nih' for ?er???a?r phrpcA do, and we suggest that the'old law be so changed as to enable manufac tories tc vske a otandurd fertilizer out of saed ?-'.idmeal add eliminate the pet potash can be obtained from the meat ash ingredient?, only getting what This 5?IH enhance* th? value to %ht> farmers of theil*'meal br rather hold the price -up fr?mT great" depreciation ; and lt Will become almost'a necessity for some measure of this kind to be adopted, as we c&xriot make a stan dard fertilizer with *the required amount of potash for next year, unless the present law ts- changed." The law we think might bc changed to. meet the 8peciel condition that prevails this year. We" 7ould also suggest that the Backs be reduced fromt'twonundred pounds to one hundred pounds, to en able us to! use the old meal backs and not have to buy new fertilizer sacks, the - prl'jo. of -which 1B almost prohibi tive. All of this would not entail any more hardships on the tanner, and it really ise?ms that we ought to do something tb get together in a practi cal way s dcb a-year as thiB, ns it will be to" tho b?BX? advantage, to use what Wo have on hand." ; . ' CIRCUS COMING , HERE OCTOBER 8] G^wdy Posters Goc^ Uoy Giving moth Shov/ to Be Seen' - ? > ; " : - ' - ^ The circus : ls coming! That tr?hi?h?b'riir 'cftV * whichIH In It self, is h ^delight tb man, woman "and1 chtTd, with 'it?i??ehshti thatyilft??f-?* large aa ; housea, to th?V 'Vo?nWBteirei: Its Vafrrirtttrm'WIie^ acts in mid-air, and its' various Hide shows hr widmen, y* bearded ladies, i glantr?nd -midgets; Is to mak?ite **p* pVardnco < in this city on Thursday*.' For years the Ringling Brothers', liircus has boen the delight Of Ameri can audiences and spectators. It has t?fcfe fb?en J?y the hearts bf the young tolte.v tn^w tho nante "Ring ling" ha? developed, into ? household word, i Many hew unique features^are promisod this y?&r, and a "biggpr ev erything" ia tne elcgan., " Preceding the circus program'prop er;, a "stupendous s**Macl?, <''?o!osum ana tho Queen *ot Shaba" *M be pre; sen ted. This mammoth production Vis 735 horse? ano a- patin ot soo, dancing girls/ h*\ entire train is necessary to transport'th? scenc-ry. costumes, pror j portie? and tho largest stage in the world. ..... >The maru?geri? is made up 'of deiit MMk'of forest*' firth, and junjp*&H?I& ?".? ?vS vago?,ii b??pnantB represent- ? i?t y on Ttggt?gatb; weight of ?88,000 j tons, 32 canilla "broken to harness and j a nursery ot ftld HjtUejtomtcU?fc? that, ore ever under the - watchful eye -of j Ui'clr ferocious, mot hew. .?The^irftht?r-4^*ri>#- is tn^e up of startling European and American nov-* eltioT; The Iilbyds, England's great en Hdesi: tho ??altranis, 4aroM?*5vll ISSUE fl CHALLENGE SECOND REGIMENT THROWS DOWN GAUNTLET A SPLENDID BAND Anderson Band Wanta Chance To: Show What It Can Do At Com mg State Fair 'It-Is probable that the directors of thc Sooth Carolina fair associ ation will' meet within the next tow days for the purpose of selecting the' bands to furnish thc music for the ; Fair which 18 to be hold this year du ring the latter part of October. Among the applicants to be consid ered is the second regiment band of Orr mill in Anderson and it ls said that this band will be one of the strongest contenders for the honor. Director Hendrickson yesterday en- j Hated the hld of some .of the influen tial business men of the city and al so the Anderson chamber of commerec and took steps which, will put the J Second Regiment band in the run-1 ning. . . Director Yarborough, ^ when he fill-1 ed that position on tbs hand, closed a contract with the State fair ofll cieis far this well known band to serve during, the faif and it ts under stood that nt that time the local band furnished better 'taU3lc than tho vis itors to tho fair had ever enjoyed be fore. It -ls believed that the local band has a good chance to'win out and Di rector Hendrickson is so confident that this band could do as well as any other band In the state, that he has issued a challenge in: which he says that ho will enter a contest with any Other bond or bands of the state und let it be decided .which, ls the host organization. The director stipulates that "every band entering the contest put in the sum of $50 and then after the judges have reached a decision that the winning band .get the entire amount of the "not." ? Anderson people ,, wofVld Uko very much to .seO the Second Regiment band win out and tboy .^o confident that the local men can do as well as any band to bc found in. South Car olina. , . o e o o. o. 000,0 o o- o o 'ivA VEWS. .ve' o . . ?>.? -:- .?. -o o ooo o o 0 0^0 o cVo! .iwaf ??i^t?^$^^^r%^??i^ High School wm open -next Monday'With Prof. Clirj-D. Coleman as principal. and tht . following teachers: Miss Kate RampyV ot> Hodges ; Miss Nannie Pearson, of Woodruff< Miss Nelie Wy att, of Eaoley; Miss Thompson of Sen eca; MISS Howell, ol Westminster; Mrs. Sudio Wright, of Hartsvllle. and Mis Annie Halford of Blackville. '? At an election held hero Tuesday, s. E. Leverett .Was elected intendent over S. S. McKee, by? a yote'of 61 to 1?, Wardens were also elected as follows: W. R. Lewis, W,. P. Cook, M. Al Chap man and P. C. Jackson. Rev. S.'J. Hood- hus returned from a visit to friends in Troy and Due West ' Mrs. < W. Wiles, Mn?. W. Frank* Mc Gee and Mrs. J. E. Watson were shop ping in Anderson Thursday.- - Wi ; Mrs. J. Homer Oymont died Thurs day afternoon after an illness of $eVr aral woeks. She was before her mar riage Miss Georgia Sutherland, daugh ter of the late Augustus Sutherland. She is survived by nor huilinnd; three' sons and three daughters. " Mrs. Oy ment was? a consistent member of Union church at which pince she was j buried on Friday.. The -services' were conducted by her pastor, Rev. H. W. Stone. Mrs. S. J. Hood wh? has been Spend ing several weeks .in Gastonia ?nd Charlotte has returned home. Tbb manx friends of Mrs. T.-Jtt. Watt 'will be glad to know that '?he- ha? rei turned- from the" -Anderson hospital Wry much improved. . Miss Helen. Leverett is spending fe *sw" days 1n ?faT? with her ''grabd parents. Mr. tttiMre.' J. B. Lev?fetf, f Mr. -Crouth Jackson left tnfc-w??k ofr Arlando and other points in Florid?. I Dr. J. N.'Land ?nd wife bf SUrr. were her?^for a short while Thursday with rebtt?r?s". "Dr. A. L/grbethjers bf Anderson WAS in town. Friday on professional busi no*p. . ? ';.... ':: :.'..:.... ^ . ;.-Vs":; - Mr. 3?Ai Cook, bf Anderson Was n butfbhjM^i|drjft,ri-tbietwee^ Mr. J. t? Harley of Ellenton was th? guest a few daya . ibis week of bis friend Mr T.; Miller, steamer ts lioag FaJrt.T>?e~Ke: TTe'wS'j Received as to whe^bouts. fBy' Associated Pres*.) '. ; ' New> Yo?Tr/; B?pV 18.^C0hccrn- OVifr Im^^^nW^f Xtie steamer Ka tabdin .which- left Georgetown; '8. ; c.. September 12 tole5 New York, and ls ii&&f?<itLWl!**r&- expressed by shbr bwhersi': 'thh Atlantic Coas^.-: number Oorporati?ri, ibnight. Nb Word has been ;/recHre>;:,from Norfolk.; Cope Henry, dr 4^ other;point,- along the eiiwr-"T&Ww;!?? .?!??'l*PC??e?.' - - ? . . " - l,?r*omon and horsewomen from over fte-?ea>'tlA^ tiots; tho Mijarfes sensational swing ing wlrWferormurs-; l>b>log t?tf wfc* tl?ng kangaroo?; three' troupe* of statue rrortrea and dog? nf snowy white; und tysuy other st?rttlng features Are the'lhd?ccmentn nf tho big show-JiilA SUGGESTIONS IDE FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS RURAL SUPERVISORS ARE HARD AT WORK MISS HITEIS PLAN Working Together with Miss G ar lington Here, Work Will be Accomplished in Country Miss Mary Eva Hit?, president of the state rural improvement associa tion ?.nd Miss Maggie J. Garlington, supervisor or rural schools for An- I derson county, are working on plans i for the advancement of their under takings in the rural districts in this* county. With Miss Hite and Miss Garlington working in conjunction |f is believed that the already splen did country schools of Anderson'will have reached a higher stage gf perice, tion by^the end of the present school session than over before. > School !m pro vc m ont Plant). Now that tho many rural schools of the state aro beginning their year's work, it ls well to call attention to ( 3ome of the plans of the South Caro lint school improvement association Tliis organization stands for tho minimum school term of 7 months, a local tax in every district, the en rollment of every child of school age, the recular auenaaiice o? every pupil at least ono teacher to every 50 pupils modern buildings with modern equip ment, and hearty co-operation be tween the home und the school. It is along these lines that tho president ot the association in co operation with the county superinten dent of education and the county or ganizer, has worked ono week in each of the following counties-Darlington, Kershaw, Cherokee, Lexington, Oco nec, Abbeville, Fairfield and Edge Held. lt is indeed gratifying to find such keen interest shown in the bet terment of "the country schools* as has . been found in these 8 counties, 1. FAIR EXHIBIT.-At the state - fair next month there will bo an edu cational exhibit under tho manage ment of the school improvement as sociation. This display, will consist, of the county exhibits from Laurens, Newberry, Dorchester, Kershaw, Oco nee. Anderson and possibly other counties, together with a booth fitted up as.a model school room"with-ideal equipment. Though this is the first attempt at ah exhibit bf thia kind,-yet \here ls every reason to believe the .lt w!ll prov? one of ibo mast taior es-ting features of the fair. 2. CLEAN-UP DAY^''Cr???n--.?p Day" observed in the schools" M South Carolina last year^eorved as a great . factor in the improvement ot, educational conditions.. Again, this year, we will observe ''Clean-Up iiayj in the schools on the first Friday in November. ' Every comnrnnlty, every, board of trustees, and every teacher should co-operate in observing thia day as early in the session as prac tlcable. 3. ->-PFtfZES-Through tho support of the state department of education, tho school improvement association, i3 able to offer $1,250 lu prizes' to bo awarded in 1914. This amount has beeb'divided into 40 prizes jmd will be given to tho "schools ot the state showing the greatest amount of . im provement/ during the given length bf time; There wil be 10 first prizes bf ISO each, and 30 second prizes of 325 each. . R?gulations governing thc award of these prizes .??. as follows: . - improvement must oe made be tween Oct. i, 1913 and Dec 'lt 1914. ??, 2.''- Only rural schools' eau c?mbete for these prizos.1 Districts? barred by the state'-high school a?t Or by thc state graded school act ere Ineligible 10 ent?r the contest. .yVj.' Priseswill bC-Sv/afdcd by tlio state osecotiVo committee bf . the school improvement association im mediately after tho. entries close.. . 4. All applications mest bo sent "through tho, county supe^ntphdent 11 education'/ tie rural school super, visor, ; br the county ' organizer of shoo! improvement associations. 5. Prizes, will bp awarded In checks sent fro?! the office bf the state su peHht?n'd?nVof^au^ttbn'*tb' tho coun ty sbp?r??tendehtf dr 1 edueairbh The mori?y will be ddpofelfe-d to ?tho c?ed?t bf the district in1 Which ' 'the prize winning sphool Ur tbcated. This money' m?st b? ?pent fur thb'turtaer improvement lol the "school .winning it. ? ? ' All reports rob St be made'on the printed blanks .tarnished by tho school improvement Association. VV- In making fcppjfcat?dn 'for a prize,'the clean-up. day score card, a photograph, and any evidence -of im provements should accompany the regular prize score card. P Last y?ar in : response to our ot ter of prizes we received applica tions1 Irons 147 schools, whose'valu ation ; ot improvements aggregated ?297,799 Bp; Ia it too mucli to'hos? ?ur at least a BO per cent indrasaethis ^(Signed) MARY EVA HITE, Pres. S. :C. School 'Imp. . A??'n. STAGED ix imwinsotfAiff ( Athlete*Vf?ll rontpete ??r ?^mbi?p. V?hlp I* the Wttsbwrg ot ?he Heath. 1 ^mingham,' Ata., Sept, i?^The American ch?mpIonsMp. for all round athlellCg .?H?? v OT*""-d"?t'*|sTT??r.ie? in' Blf mlhgtfem tomorrow where thl?' v?aVs meet of the Amateur Athletic Union is to behefd; ? ? ' >: v'' * T?A', track tfnd - field . events, are scheduled, ffr? mhmtes . apart, .ami each contestant most take part In eVery .event, the winner-of tho high* m^nutaper bf. potnt* to be declared . ho champion. Many, athlete* ni Vend y are hore tp participate, : "v-xT ? {'' \11, "'.-. ;on ?s "My Towri Anderson County is "My County" What About Anderson College ? oooo-ooooooooooo oooooooooopooo o o o Warring Against Cheap Loan Scheme o o - - ' . ... ....?' ? h ... 'vty-?&i is ??' r, \ . < ip oooooooooooooo ooo o o ooo o o o o o o Some ono recently remarked that it was astonishing how. hard some men were willing to work in order to make a dishonest, living. The field of rural credit is already producing a number of examples. Certain companies ure actively", at work promising farmers cheaper money than anybody else ls able 4.0 get on equally good security. Tho eagerness with which some aro accepting the bait is one indication of.tho need there In for a sound sys tem of rural credit. It IB not Wholly thc fault of the farmer who is taken in. ' ? great deal of mental energy, combined with marvelous skill, ls ex pended in pre par lng soulf compel lin R circulars which seem to promise the farmer everything, but really proralso him- nothing.'If a's much thought and skill wore exercised In trying to con vert sinners, we should bo very near tho millennium. Stripped of verbage . and words which darken rather thaw enlighten, the scheme ia essentially as follows: Buenba Company offers ; to lend you morrey on goo* security nt. pay. 3 per cent intr?s"ceU to ?lioiv you ip r? pay* the ???n fn?easy"monthly- install-'] monta bb 'the ambulation *? plan".' Thia sounds alluring, andi if you are not too persistent in asking what you are to get and-when you are to get it,.you sign an application for a loan on these favorable terms. In a-few days you resolve from ouch ? company a contract ,ior~ tho', loan for which you applied. Tho contract Which #)U 're-' celve is duly signed, by tho. officers of the company. Then yob realize that the application signed by you and the contract signed by the officers of. the company together constitute a valid contract, .?nd that you are now in for "Vi : " ' .:. ' , ' .,, " '. Under the terms of the contract you are tb bogjn at once paying off the debt 'of, say, ?1.000 at the rate of ?10 a month, but you; have opt #ot your $l,ooo yet. Moreover, you.da not know just when you will go lt. Tim obly thies you know is '.that you have **o* to go. right on paying Sio a. month. Vou have, however, \he promise that w hen over the - company bas the monoy to spare, you-will get your loan'. An other wyy o?. saying the same thing is that when your turn comes, you will get it This means that such a company has not got tho money now, and that there are.several other gen tlemen whose turns come before yours. AB fast, as .th? company gets money it lends U out tb these'.men ?fecb In his turin. When your turn comes, .if the company lasts that long, you will get your money. Now, where does this kind of com pany get tho money which it ia .going to. lend to you and the other gentle men who have signed these contracts? Why^ lt. gets it ftwrn you and those same gentleman, and from no ono else. Speaking to all of you collective-; ly, It says. In effect't "Gentlemen,, this company has no money of its own, but lt you will .pay your money into ita treasury, wo will, then bo glad to lend ii. back to you, if'yob will give good sociirity, on very favorable .terms, in deed."; . . . .. it such a company ceased getting aew Contracts, If co?ld "not lend -you yoiir thousand dollars until you had paid in n thousand. It. has no other Sobrce of Income; and. lt can not ejfo ate something out of nothing. If it con tinues to' get v^yf" -, contracts ratler yours, then it can take thc money paid In" by thoae who follow ybu.to lend to those .who precedo you. . in this way your f?iri) baa^.-c?me"b^'?cr?&'''yo?\'h?^. pah4 in. quite the fdit amonot Which rou expect to borrow. But those who follow.roujwili have to walt' still {opgor'oh that account If haw appll feant? sh'o??d' nigh. up rapidly And in largo numbers, ahd begin -pacing their good money. ? into' tho cOmpsjry, . Jhb uompany may thee be Abl0 to giva you root loan tolerably?:?afiy,/V\jBut.-;U??at ?aly, "postpones the ovil day, Those vim follow yon lu such numbers, will ahv?rto walt longer and longer, unless the applicants should continue |u t< sting, in a geometrical ratio. Cut tho longer this sort of thing goes on ?l?e greater .Viii be the smash when ii it?UlPi'. . fe .^t'nfeail"you ha v? boeninitiated into ift{{ mysteries of geometrical prasttvs ??on y?h may imagine tyftt this tort of thing can go on indefinitely, but f yon will take your lead pencil nnd fig n'y awhile you wih find that in nrifor that von may ?rel vnur loan,..within A: y'.?tr there mtist ba ?bout i<tihnc? As . mi.-ny applicants yent* aButhero were this. In order that they-.may? got their loans within A year, thoro must bo 10 timos as many1 applicants the following year as next year, and so on indefinitely. Now, if there Ure 1, 000 applicants walting for lohn? thin year, In 10 years there would have io be, ot this rate, 10,000,000,000)000 how contracts in the tenth year. This Ia nearly seven thousand times the pres ent population of tho earth. ',' Hut if you and all tho appllcij willing to wait fivo years' loans it would onl take 1, contracts in tho tenth year th? company going. Ey,tho thirteenth' year there would hnvo to bo S, 19-',000 new applications. There aro about Oj 500,000-farms In tho United Staten* !ir. there-were several companies like thia operatihg on pur farmers, you can abo . that tho- competitionaraoug them '".v?hid, uv inst- iii?a, ?ilotas ; .vv'i?vt' .might bo called'severo. . i ; - Hut why mince matters? Evorvono wbo ?as ever studied, the question knows perfectly well tbpi this sort or business,, ls destlrted to failure Thor? ar? only''two!possible cobditlonn under which lt can possibly last, anVl both these conditions assume a degree of foolishness^'On . tho part of; -Im American farmer '1of which eyon ?nm worst. enemy would not ''accuse' wm One IS that be will be willir#;nn ?On,-* siderablo numbers, ^^tont?^p^ MB montnly installments , into tim treasury of;the c^pAny until bo/hao actually , ?aid Sn aa touch J^ctato b^orrbw back. A sr>y,iflgS,bApk. Wyb?u b?'u?ti?f because it would BiJoW him interest on what he pays itt, and wb?h he draws dut what ha bas tfaid in," li? doeB not have tb payi-aby.iritor feit, not.Sven 3>ofvcerrt/Th?(Oth?ri!rA( ?tat co many et those who begin pay ing in their month.lv ?nut?timowu?. k*?m got.tired of their bargain 'aM~:quf?'aV to enable < the' .cont?auV to -takei their htoney 'And make loans to tho few who stick to it If ? otit Of eVory io whb pay in money 'stop before' they1 -get their lohne, tho comfcany tony then make Ita leans within' a reasonable ttme tp" the troublesome ono who sticke to them.'Under nb other ^?bdl t"?n wbatt?i-br 'ebb .'such a company last many years'.. Oho can pre'dfet its failure with the ?ante cert??hty '.th?'t ono can predict the d?ath of a numan being. In neither case CSn Ono"'predict - the ,day and hour, b that the"event' itself will occur 1 3 a namable period is absolutely' certain. Iff JuBtead of. paying ?10 a^month into the treasury of one of''these oora panies, one. .were 'to depbs.it''.-^t'O/'fi' month In a savings bfm?, which wonJd allow, him Interest month ,by:;month on all hiB deposits,, the'following tabto shows wh?t ho would ' hate, to his f .r? a,t tbe end^of each year.., PR?N?'WtT?,^,. CHECK FOR $1,000 >tfy .rt? ?irfi?UM*$tfr*i : Southern Road ^o^ ^p^rexia. tion of lo?g Service kendered By In recog?jtio? tjof 'th? love ' and splendid /AilrbAd Aervlte, bf Cap^ Wil liam o. feciith, offtctals of the ??'uth ^n,ikr.oad . yes^rday?,presented' .{tj$?>? smith with' presentatlqnr was mau'oto'c^pt SnilthV Widow at Walhall^an^ it took h*o en tirely by. surprise aa. she hid receiv-' ed np intimaron of 'such a^tbtng. ? .The,, voucher/ acepmpanying, ^tb? '^to^^^.^^P$f??^"i**r'' presentation read; , . aftATUITY, tn tff^ripi*, .of the JoOg;; ef?cieot ?nd ?f^^Wff*'^??.-^^^Vb^?^uaFiMc extending oy.er j^.-?erf?d. of ,?ity y^rs, ^hp^wAbbbo?rAM service bs conductor, Columbia divi sion, with an. uhbltftnlshed,: record on 'JAnuory' t. lOi?." N ? . ; It .ls ftndors'tood that tii?-appropti* ^^/^Jw0^ " r "sr?|rSlr?-ifc^f,- '^?$^?^????c^i?^^ ? byv;.W; .K. Wore??re.' who ; wis a llf^ ' long friend br Cabt/ 8jOUn? c