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THE ANDERSQ?SJNTELLS8ENGER f.. BOUNDED AUGUST I, 1860. i 126 North ?Kin Street- ~~ ANDERSON, S. C W, W. SMOAK, Editor and Bus. Mgr D. WATSON BELL.City Editor. PHELPS SASSEEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. E. ADAMS. Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Entered as second-class matter Ap ril 26, 1914, at the post office at An derson, South Carolina, under the Act Ot March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION BATES .Scmi-Wceklr OIK Yeur.91-50 j Six Mon thu .761 Bnlly ODO Year .$5.00 Six Months.2.60 Three Months . 1-25 TELEPHONES Editorial und Unslness Office.321 Job Printing .693-L The Intelligencer ls delivered by; carriers in the city. If you tall to get your paper regularly please notify us. Opposite your name on the label of your pnper h printed date to ?which our paper is paid. All checks and drafts should ho drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. DAILY THOUGHT. "I'm growing fonder of my staff; I'm growing dimmer In tho eyes; I'm growing fainter In my laugh; I'm growing deeper In my sighs; I'm growing careless, in my drcas; I'm growing frugal of my gold ; . I'm growing wise,. I'm growing-yeB .-I'm growing old." The person who leads you Intd temp? fallon seldom leads you out Some girls handle their beaux like a postmaster sorting mail. Boys will be boys-and so will girls I cometimos. i The key to succeaa won't let you in to the house st 3 a. m. Luck will always be against you it ?you give up the moment it appears { that lucie la: against you. - '? The way some girls attract men of a certain brand reminds one of the way billiards; hang around carrion. -o S An easy mark for a woman IB a mer chant who marks bia goods down from 60 cents to . 49 cents. A Bingle life aems ? great deal to ns | -the \fyim of lo.ooo !s but ss isel?sst in the great European war. j-_o ? Those who have never felt sorrow' or grief are in position to sympathise j with those who hare. .... -r?--? . Enthusiasm is necessary to succeaa, but too much sometimes leads- to fall ./jftrey . The tax collector never pleases a customer but they all come back to sim the next year Just the same, ? "?" Some who have left footprints In the aanda of time s coom to have tried to cover them up ao that others could not . follow. - The trouble with winning a person by flattery- is that you have to keep at lt BO continually that he soon go tn suspicious, '. ' o. . A married man ia compelled to load a double life-one himself as he really . : ID, the Other himself aa his wife would "nave him. , ? . o - It seems as if a certain few In every community Imagine they are always being abused by the rest of the com munity. t Thero are at least two aldea to a thing, which give? you an opportun ity to pick out the bright side if you %lah to. } Don't growl about the things that I don't go right-but don't be satisfied - with something that can be done bet ter. -o . When moat of the Imported goods we buy are grown and put up right JR our own United States, the war hadn't ought to affect us very much. :'.y .;.. -'-o '.?.*?.. war is hell, tho preachers haye an object lesson at the present time that ought to aid them in getting , a ct folks started tba ether way. K Somehow or other Mexico seems to Kava timed its performances BO that ; the intermission. comes while tho ^front nage la tn nae. .' We presume ?hat by this time lt isl Kottled that both poles have been sat isfactorily dlacovered. After all the .'tass we would like to know what last ing good h?iB come to humanity. ^ ? scientist triba1 to make up bsUeve that the h aman body la seven -eighths water^W*-naow .that;'musti't? ?'>n^: Uke because that much water would : ?bt ho? >ave?? as easy as some people ^ : A PATRIOTIC IMTY. Tho Intelligencer acknowledges with appreciation the muny kind remarks made yesterday as lo its stand on the great moral question now being tried in thin community. Of course this newspaper could have remained silent, and have said nothing to indicate the position it took, but to have done this would have been to compromise with duty that was too plain to be shirk ed, as we saw it. Of course there are thoso who will not agreee with the po sition we have taken. We expected this. We arc willing to grant those who differ from us thc right to their opinion, and we certainly expect as fair treatment on their part. It was gratifying to note that those who are with us ure seemingly in thc largo majority in this community, and if we can read thc handwriting on the wall, lt will not be long till the presence of a blind tiger in An derson will be unknown*. This is a consummation devoutly to be wished. We are sincere when we say that we wish them all well. We would much prefer that every man who ls guilty of selling Intoxicating beverages should voluntarily give up hlB avo cation and return to the ranks nf those who work at a legitimate trade to make a living. It will be much better for them and for the commun ity to effect a silent cure of the evil. But. if there <B no appeal from the standpoint of reason, then let the strong arm of the law step in and force an obedience, and let the good people of the community assist In this great work. Anderson must be a bet ter place than anywhere else in which to have your- boy grow up, and you must kelp make lt so. Mr. Citi zen. If it requires that you give up your secret vice, should you possess one, will you not be patriotic enough to do so? THE BON DH IN THE FUTURE Ia any member of the Legislature prepared to guarantee that ten or fifteen millions or thirty-five millions of dollars in South Carolina five per cont, bonds can be sold now at their face value? Where 1B the Representative or Senator with such faith In the issue that he would contract now to buy 16,000 of the bonds In October, 1916, at par? There are among the legis lators some men of large means. ; If tbe bond issue should be passed and ratified by the people and it should result in adding ten millions of doliera to the public debt, and soma voter inquires i- ISIS, "What bas the State to show for the trebled State debt?" what will be the reply of the men who voted the benda? If the bond i?sue should be voted and should result ia trebling the State debt, what would be the reply in 1916 to the queatlon. of a railroad conduc tor asking, "What bench, did we con ductora derive from the bonds?" Hair the white population of South Carolina have ONLY THE LABOR OP THEIR HANDS.- The State. OTHER CRUSADERS It appears that Anderson ls not the only city just now that ia In tho throes of a crnaade against the preaence of blind tigers. Columbia business men have awakened to the danger of al lowing the illicit sale of liquor to con tinue, and recently a number of them appeared before Mayor Griffith and the members ot the City Council re questing that stepa be taken to put a stop to the sale ot liquor illegally in the city of Columbia. Thia awakening of the public con science along thnse lines is to be com mended; Laws are placed upon the statute books for ?he purpose of cor recting evil8, or supposedly so. So long as any law ia not enforced lt doea not correct what it waa Intended to correct. Now, the enforcement ot ?ny law depends upon a healthy public ?jen tl ment backing up the enforcement This public sentiment ls either exist ent in the consciences ot the people as an Inherent principle, or it must be arouaed through nome crusade. If lt exists there inherently, the enforce ment of law becomes eaay on the part ot those who are entrusted with the duty of seeing that laws are carried ont Where it has to be created through some agency, it ia doubtful If the good effects are BO,lasting as in the former case, but it ls de si rabio that it be there nb matter how ; it ls created. Selling liquor ia either a good thing or lt is not If lt ia a good thing for a community to have intoxicants sold, then there should be no objection to lt being sold in any quantity or in any manor. If lt la not a good thing, then lt should be stopped at any cost Es pecially is this true when the sale ot it is forbidden by law. Therefore no excuse can exist for its sale in those communities which bare had the, op portunity of voting on the matter and have decided by their vote to outlaw tho sala. Such community ia Anderson, and the battle being fought here now between the two forcea Ia being watch ed with great interest Who shall win? Will it be the forces of right or the forces ot wrongf We ?t?alt^ see. * FOR THF ri HUT DEFENDER If society needs a prosecuting attor ney to see that punishment is meted out to its enemies, by that same token lt needs a Public Defender to protect its members who arc accused of be ing its enemies. The Juvenile Court was a long step in the right direction. It gave our youth the square deal. Now let's institute thc Public De fender and give the poor and needy a chance for their white alley. Every person, no matter how Impe cunious and down and out he may be, in entitled to a fair trial. He cannot ?et it without money, be cause without money be cannot pro cure a good lawyer. Without a good lawyer to offset tho prosecuting at torney, who is alway? a good attorney, he does not get an even break. Boost for the Public Defender. The Billboard. A TRIUMPH OF TRACTION Before the beginning of war in Eu rope there had been a great deal of prophesy concerning the prominence the automobile would assume as a fac tor in the warfare, but it seems that nobody foresaw that to motor traction would be due the greatest change in the fundamentals of war that has ever occurred. As far back as history goes there have been forts and sieges. For tifications have always been relied upon to withstand attack, and have been changed In form as changes in armament have suggested the neces sity of Improvement. The blockhouse of pioneer days in America was Im pregnable to the attacks of savages I armed with aboriginal instruments of war or with firearms other than can I non, which the Indians rarely succeed : ed in acquiring. The walls which atti surround some of the Asian and Euro pean cities were in their day safe against all attacks save those of sol diera who contrived to scale them. The I high, thin masonry walla of the "Red Fort" of the Mughul Emperors of Da dla were Impregnable to arms that could be turned against, them, al though'they would be no protection; against light field pieces nowadays. The modern, fortifications, such as those of Liege, Namur and Antwerp, vere regarded as impregnable upon the supposition that there was limit j above which the weight of cannon for j field nae could not go. But the mili tary engineers did not take into ac count the possibilities of motor trac tion. It WEB for a long time stub bornly believed that mule power would alwaya .be the only practical form of traction for cannon across country. Automobiles, lt was held, would mire of their own weight where there were no roads, and at'first there were no models built to cope with uneven sur faces. There are now "four-wheel drive" | trucka which can climb over almost any sort of obstruction and scramble in and out ri ditches with amazing adaptability to difficulties formerly .re-1 gard ed aa Insurmountable. There are giant trucks which can cross com-' paratively boggy stretches drawing after them siege guns larger than were formerly regarded aa possible mobile arms. When it waa announced. that the Austrians would une a twelve-Inch field gun lt waa popularly believed that it could not be dona. Now the German Forty-two centimeter, or six teen-and-a-half inch gun ia being hauled about by tractors and used with irresistible offoctlvcness against the moat modern fortifications. A sixty centimeter gun for use against for tresses ia now reported to bo in the making. The rumor ls more credible now than the report of Austria's twelve-inch field gun waa when the wan began. It has been demonstrated that the possibilities of motor traction are such that lt cannot be longer said that any gun designed for fo' V use cannot be transported. The German forty-two r n time ter gun weighs twenty-six tc j , yet it is moved with certainty <m.t does exe-i cut ion wholly impossible where light er guna are naed. The sixty-centimet er cannon wilt weigh,, perhaps, forty , tona Of course tho Krupps can 'make guns vhs large aa they believe to be practical. Tho answer to the question whether a gun ot given size . and weight is practical depends upon the means ot moving it It has already beeb proved that tho Germans can use cannon much heavier than tho Allies have at the front Their artillery has been the surprise of the war. There may be further developments of . its suporlority. If there are lt will be be cause of traction facilities Unknown In pVOTtoua wara. Will-historians havo to credit motor traction with haying rendered fort!fl catlous obsolete, and revolutionised the theory cf defense ?-Cour lor Jour nal. A modest mother in a house dress fondling or playing' with a healthy baby? makes a prettier picture than a dashing ar.? ?uud?s* beauty who has sacrificed motherhood In order to bo able to always appear in fashion's lat est orsaUona, THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.-President Wilson today issued a proclamation designating Thursday, November 26, as Thanksgiving Day. The proclamation, which refers to the fact that the United States is at peace while the rest of the world is at war, follows ."By the President of the United States of .America: A Proclamation. "lt has long been the honored custom of our people to turn in the fruitful autumn of the year in praise and thanks giving to Almighty God for His Many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. The year that is now drawing to a close since we last observed our day of national thanksgiving has been, while a year of discipline because of the mighty forces of war and of change.which have disturbed the world, also a year of special blessings for us. "lt has been vouchsafed to us to remain at peace, with honor, and in some part to succor the suffering and supply the needs of those who ire in want. We have been privileged by our own peace and self control in some degree to steady the counsels and shape the hopes and purposes of a day of fear and distress Our people have looked upon their own life as a nation with a deeper comprehension, a fuller realiza tion of their responsibilities as well as of their blessings, and a keener sense of the moral and practical significance of what their part among the nations of thc World may come to be. "The hurtful effects of foreign war in their own industrial commercial affairs have made them feel the more fully and see the more clearly their mutual inter-dependence upon one another and has stirred them to a helpful co-operation, such as they have-seldom practiced before. They have been quickened by a great moral stimulation. Their unmistak able ardor for peace, their earnest pity and disinterested sym pathy for those who are suffering, their readiness to help and to think of the needs of others, has revealed them to . themselves as well as to the world. "Our crops will feed all who need food; the self-pos session of our peoplt!*amidst the most serious anxieties and dh ficulties and the steadiness and resourcefulness of our busi ness men wilt serve other nations as well as our own. "The business of the country has been supplied with new instrumentalities and the commerce of the world with new channels of trade and intercourse. The Panama Canal has been opened t<j the commerce of the nations. The two con tinents of America have been bound in closer ties of friend ship. New. Instrumentalities of international trade have been created- which will be also new instrumentalities of acquaintance,"'intercourse, and mutual service. Never be fore have the people of the United States been so situated for their own advantage or the advantage of their neighbors, or so equipped to. ser ve themselves and mankind. "Now, therefore, 1, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States Jof America, do hereby designate Thursday, twenty-sixth qf,, November next, as a day of thanksgiving - and prayer uutHuviie ine people throughout the land to cease from their Vern te d occupations and in their several homes and places bf worship render thanks to Almighty God. "In witness, hereof I have, hereunto set my hand and caus ed the seal of thc. united States to be affixed. "Done at the .city of. Washington,, this twenty-eighth dsfy .of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and'f ourteen and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty ninth. "WOODROW WILSON." "By the President: 4 "ROBERT LANSING, f j fr i v "Acting Secretary of State." . -. Before you "economize" by buying cheap clothes, make sure the maker didn't econo mize on QUALITY. There's no way yet discover ed by which good clothes, good style and good quality can be had for less than they're worth. $10 to $25, properly placed, buys the very best values in clothes today. When you pay less you lose more in wear than you save in price. Our clothes at these prices represent our idea of helping our customers to the most for their money, and helping ourselves to their permanent patronage. Order by parcel post " We prepay all charges. .The Stan_tcah o Catada*? D OOOOOOO O'OOOOOOOOOO O' o o 0 OUR DAILY POEM 0 0 o 0.0,0 O O O o o O OOO o o ? o o o o The Cowboy's Prayer. "Oh Lord. I have never lived where churches, grow, 1 love creation better as it stood That day you finished lt BO long ago, And looked upon your work and called it - good. .JE knew that ether- find yeu in the light That's sifted down through . tinted window panes, And yet I seem to feel you near to night In the dim., quiet starlight on the plaina "Lord, maka me easy on the man that's down, Make me square and generous with all Pm careless Lord/ sometimes when I'm In town ?But never let them say that I am mean and small. > ? ' -. Make me as big and open as tho plain, Aa honest as,the horse between.my - knees, Clean as the wind that blows behind the rain, Free aa the hawk that circles down the breeze. "crgivc mc, Lord, if sometimes I forget, You understand the reasons that are hld, Yon know about thc things that gait and fret/ You know me better than my mother did. J Just keep an. .eye on. all that's done and said. ." Just right me sometimes when I turn aside . -, And Guide me on the long trail ahead That stretches upward toward the. great Divide." .' World's Darkest Moment. The darkest moment ls said to bb Just before dawn. Thia ls now dis? covered net to be sc. Tba darkest moment, relatively speaking, ts when the noonday ; sub "shines, Thea it ts that living things on tho earth ara blinded by the ?Basal?! ot tba sun ana tau to recognise the light thai nave* tails out In space. Laughter Aids Digestion. Laughter ia a moat healthful exer tion ; lt is ope of the greatest helps to digestion with which 1 am acquainted; abd the custom prevalent among our forefatlora. of exciting lt at table by. jesters and buffoons, was founded on true n.edlcal prlnclploB.-Hufeland. A Heater That's Distinctive Herc's a stove that st rinds head and shoulders above the usual HEATERS. It te built belter andi looks better. lt ??xa many features that no other HEATER offers-features that mean greater, heating power, more durabDity, lower . ' . ' .' . running cost* Moore's Air-T^ Yow watt quickly gee thal Moore's HEATERS give yon ~ . . ? ' moro for your money Como ard let us show you. Sullivan Hardware &L ?'.>?.' " ' , , . ' ? 7 " : Anderson, S. C., . ? .. Be?lor^ S. CV:''- ? GreewtOe, S. C. ENCOURAGEMENT OR CRITICISM When a man 1B doing nfs best, don't find fault with him. Anybody can find fault Help him, if you can; if you can't at least don't- throw obstruc tions in his way and*make, bis task the harder. ? ' Little as some think- it, there, are numbers of men who aro working for the public good with no design or hope of personal gain.' Hen Who don't understand that sort or aplrit stand off and knock and knock. ;. . . ? ? . The man who la trying to do some thing, though his plana and Ideas may not he sound and wise/ deserves com mendation. He is a better man than the smarty who stands off and scitl cises. It ls better to have tried and failed than never to hays tried at ail; and the person who keeps on trying in a good cause will succeed,In time In doing something of value to li bis state or community. lt is easy to criticise; lt ls hard to do. It Is easy to pull down; it Ja hard to build up. . . nit I . i* : Don't criUclso a man. who is doing his boBt unlesa-you can uo lt better and will do it. There are men. and ?oma, running newspapers, who*Btand off and . find fault wUh every attempt that is made to ? better conditions. T^'ey^And ?fault wih federal congressmen., and with state legislators; they ?ad fault with the churches : and the preachers, ?he Schools and Ute tcaohersv wjth eiforta making to: promote hb^^^an^^iAv hrlety~?with ovary elf ott loosing to public betterment; and -they 1 them selves never undertake a?ythlngi worth while. Th ero ar e more knockers than, doers, and that ls why ?a/little is done,*-. The Newberry Obserter. "-N .; Borne men haven^'aaw to make use ot what sense they have. THE PUBLIC DEFENDER Toe creation In Los Angeles last spring of tho office ot Pu Mic Def end er suddenly awakened the . various cities to the fact that a very necea gary official of tho Judiciary system had been di seo vis rod. Th .> Idea of paying a m an11 to prose cute ostensible offenders of the . law and then paying another tn AaMjid them seemed, st first glance, Uko pul j ling In two diff?rent ways, but a short j tune after the office had been in com mission in the Western city it had demonstrated- Ita worth, with the re sult ibatf today some of the most in S??nt?sl neWipMpers /and TO agam ?es are leading m. publicity campaign which will probably result, and with in a comparatively short time,- tn avery city in the country, which, bsa a prosecutor having its foU^-The Public Defender. The old way of disposing of crim inal cases, or rather of the alleged criminal, who waa unable to employ an attorney to defend htm, consisting ot tho Judge appointing a fledgling I lawyer ] tb handle the case-excellent practice for the lawyer, but rough pa! /Jr* accused, who rarely got bli with leas than tbe maximum penalty. The ancient wheexe regarding the prisoner who, when tho attorney ap? i pointed by the court, to defehd him 'waa pointed ont, immediately-plead ed guilty and threw himself upon the mercy bf tho court; waa . ubi entirely [without foundation. Under tho new. order - thia;-will; be changed ; , Indigent prisonora will be de?ndM by ootmse! as ???s,. i?S=iftsd and respectable, and With the same prestige of thd State behind them, as the prosecutor, and ali ,;; 'pr^a## abbr or rich, wilt ho peaced upoti a true equality before the law. ? ' ? ' ;. ;;" ' '