MF. ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER | VOVSVEl) AUGUST 1, I860. m S?rth Main Street ANDERSON, S. C w. w SMOAK, Editor and Huh. Mgr L. M. GLENN.City Editor 1'HELI'S SASSEEN, AdverllBlug Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. K A DAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. ICr.tered ub second-class matter Ap ril 28, 1914. at the post office at An derson, South Carolina, uudur the Act of March 3, 1870. TELEPHONES Editorial and niiBinesB Office.821 Jnh Printlug .693-L SUBSCRIPTION BATES Scml-Weekly One Tear .$1.60 Six Months .76 DsJly. One Year .16.00 Six Months . 2.50 Three Months .1-26 The Intelilgoucer Is delivered by carriers in the city, if you fall to got your paper regularly please notify us. Opposite your namo on the label of your papor Is printed date to which our paper is paid. Al' checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. eeeoeooooooooooooooo S ONLY Mom Shopping Days Before X'nuas. OOOOOOno The Weather. South Carolina: Cloudy Sunday and Monday, probably local rains. jf j ; -m CHBISTSAS . I It is the Christmas time: "A holy and happy time I" What memory it . brings' to each of us! How the sight .of the holly or mistletoe carries ub for back Into the years: to our child hood; our abiding faith in Santa Claus; our childish wonder when "hopes fulfilled taught us to hope) anew"?when our letters ao laborious-1 Wide chimney which he and his pranc ing renideer, would so soon marvell ously- ?eauvmil And as um letters burned he read : them In the. ascend ing smoke. We knew he did, for we found the very things they had re Suestcd hanging in our stockings by iat same fireplace. O, the wonder and magic of it: the fearful Joy and thi mystery of the unknown; the dear surprise of Christmas! Then too there were the happy "darkles" waiting to catch the. ''white folks" With their cry of "Christmas glf." It was very , exciting. In later years our thoughts went bach to that "solemn midnight cen turies ago," when God's greatest gift came to the waiting earth Our hearts thrilled to the Joyful strains of the . glad music of Judea's plain. Again we traveled with the wise men from their homca afar "In baste to seek the1 moaning of the star." We watched with the wondering shepherds as the an gel's song soothed their < troubled hearts with ita heavenly chorus of "peace' on earth, good will to men." That song Is still echoing down through centuries! that shining star still stands "over where the young child lay" In the Btable "because there waa no room for Him" in the inn. On this birthday of the Pince of Peace it is not apeaceful earth. Al most It seems as of old that vthere fa no room" for Him. And yet? "Where nations are warring life for Ufa, A cry rings ont from the fearful I strife ' m\ As a dying people sinks to its doom: Boom for the Christ-Child, room!" And we know that if in our hearts I there is room for the Christ-Child we | ahaU indeed have "good-will to men." In lat-er lite too wo keep company at Christmas with those dear ones "whom we have loved long since and ; have lost a while," and especially do we keep this tryst with those who left us as children, still full of the trust and Joy of the Christmas tide. Our hearts grow very tender to all those "who are at home In our house." ' This year oar hearts go out with deep est longing, to those desolate ones .' across the sea who can no more turn to "that place this Bide,the stars inat men calf home," as well as to the homes made desolate by the know : ledge of the unretarnlng. And it we nnot give material aid then let as .this Christmas tide, in feeble 1ml tJon of Hun whose birthday we cele brate, at least give freely of ourselves to furthering the blessed cause of "peace on earth, good will to men." So shall we "follow the gleam" of the Christmas star. "Aud w. Tiny Tim observed: God iMs?^tts, every one."~York News. CREDIT TO AKDEBSON " Tho Anderson Intelligencer has Just agement and the stockholders at their arat annual meeting on Monday, are said to have been delighted at the ehowlag made. This Is very gratify ing news. The paper la under the able management of W. W. Smoak and is jTOjTSdlMo^ THEY'RE GOLN'G HOME. AloiOBt every train now Is crowded J with young men and women ou their way homo from tho college* to spend tho holidays with their parents, and i to renew again the friendships and acquaintances with their erstwhile comrades and friends. It Is tin in- , spiring sight to note tho enthusiasm , and eagerness, to say nothing of the frcBh yjuthfulneas of these ' young | people who are preparing themselves (or the battle of life, and who are ; thus becoming better equipped to light i its batnes. 1 These young folks will meet chang- 1 ed conditions at home. If it he the , nrst year away from home, they will i wonder how they could stay away * after tho holidays are over, they will so want to bo at home with their loved , ones. If It be the laBt year they will wonder how anyone can stand to live In tho proay old place where things 1 are not so up-to-date as at the fash- j lonablc college, and that their "old folka" do not dress aa "swell" as they 1 do at tho college town or city. Then, too, they will lind that there Is not this year tho air of prosperity | as was formerly noted on their return , from college. The mother and father . will wear their old clothes, perhaps, < land tho lines of care will ho a bit 1 deeper on their brows, and while , they will make an effort to show that , things are as they "uaed to be" it will i be found that they have to economize ! here and there to keep their boy or | their girl at school. Just how groat i the 'sacrifice they .will never know till i they have changed places with their father or their mother, and have j children of their own at college. This fall has been a hard one for t parents whoso ambition is to give 1 their cblldron the advantages of a col- ' lege course. ' Be it to the overlast- \ log credit of these parents that they j are making tho sacrifices necessary i to keep their, boys and girls at col- J loge, and if these boys and girls arc . not making good use of their time, , be it to their everlasting shame. Per- . hapB tho boy or girl going home to ! tho rural district, whoso father 1b a J small farmer, will be most struck with tho changes necessary to keep them in college. > To tbeoe boys, and girls The Intel- j 'lgcncer wishes a most enjoyable ; .'hrlBtmas season. May their pleas ire at tho reunion be unalloyed, and ' may every one of them be able to re- ; turn to school after the holidays; But !n case they find the sacrifice too i Treat, and they cannot go hack, we : irgo them not to be downcast and sad 1 wer It, but to buckle down and help 1 mako Lt possible for .them to. return . " ho next fnll' and finish their course. < rjet there be no "quitters" in this race ' or on education. Times like these try ' e mottle of all, even the older boys iill girls whose col lego Is that whose ' rrlculum is embraced in the coursr night In the University of Hart' nocks. In this school, also, then ' tust be no quitters. MORE NEW PEOPLE The Intelligencer is Indeed glad * as been tho instrumentality for iringing to Anderson tho publication if the Southern Christian Advocate or tho nozt four years. Ordinarily* one ' would think that thoro is not much in ; this to cause one to feel glad, but U r Is true that this is the. official organ < of the second largest denomination in 1 the State, and that the message it will ' contain will go into perhaps ten thousand homes, every one of these j papers being an advertisement of An- : der son and-her resources, ' it will be seen what it can mean to the city. 1 Then it will bring to tho city as a rest- ! I dent tor four years ono of tho ablest and most progressive ministers in the ' conference, who will become a part of the lifo of the city and will aid In the civic and religious life of the com munity. Besides this lt will give em ployment to Boveral persons who might otherwise belong to the ldlo class. The Intelligencer has cause to be proud also of the distinction of win ning this contract over some of the most progressive printing establish ments In the State. Tho idea We wish to emphasize in this connection, is that every person should be even on the alert to hunt out and bring to An derson every legitimate business pos sible, and to advertise to the rest of the country th? superiority of her re sources. As little as one may think of itt the establishment of The Intelli gencer under. the new management has brought to Anderson almost, .a half-hundred citizens, and has glvon employment to more than a score of skilled artisans. What other small enterprise has done mpre for tho up hujmius o? the city? These reflections are not mentioned as self-praise, but to "Beitr?te, the ?aluo to tho commun ity of such euterplaes, whether they he printing concerns or any other Una. ' ' TTsIng Force. Parson Johnson: "Do contribution dis morntn' -will ge fo' de purpose ob m?kln' up de d?ficit to your pastor's salary I De choir will now. sing, and will colntln?e to sing until de fall amount am collected!"?Puck, SOCIAL SERVICE At Tho Intelligencer publishes this looming tho report of the Rev. John ] F. Vines, I). D., of the committee on social service and public morals, A'h ich was presented at tho recent session of the State Baptist Convcn- j Jon. The report lu as follows: (Jod is In his heaven, hut ail is not right with his world. The trouble,1 'i owe ver, is not caused by any lack of nlerest or effort on the part of God, ut the serpent has crawled into our garden and made himself busy biuis iug humanity's heel. There ia truly much wickedness but the star of hope shines. We aro prone, at times like Ills, to think all is evil, when the rouble Is, we simply need u change )f glasses, a new perspective. Satan >vill not win the victory, while he has made trouble, und e bear the scars, vol he also carries the marks of our ilsplcasurc on his head. We firmly bo ll ve in the final triumph of Jesus Christ. His kingdom ill yet come and .lis ill he done and righteousness fill ihe earth. Your committee could call attention, especially to tho follolng topics: I. The Condition of Our Times. II. The Cure for Existing Evils. 1. The Condition. Climbing somo ilgh peak, from whence we see far out jver the world, we are compelled to 'eel, that heathen nations piay without .Miiharrasment to themselves, modest ly suggest to us, that we minght clean up a little .at borne before preaching so much to them. There are nations, :onsldered by us heathen, making [uoral progress that should make us sit up and take notice, and seriously -onsider our own sincerity. Since the Jzar of Russia, at a cost of $500,000, )00.00 to his revenues, ha.i ordered prohibition in his realm, I have been wondering if Christ was ob much in power where He is called Lord, as 'his Czar of the Russians is in his ter ritory, would we not change many things? Our "Land of the free and domo of tho brave" 1b a place where mo may live as selfishly as he desires, cheat, rob, gamble. Blander, murder, engage In every pleasure lust may suggest, and all with little fear of punishment. I quote from that inform ing book "Our World," by Dr. Strong. Ho says: "For tbo last ten years in the United States the annual average 3f murders has been 8,818. The Hon. Andrew D. White, writing in 1912 and referring to tho number of homicides luring the preceding year as upward ' >f 8,000, aays: 'I need hardly remind your readers that no other civilized nation shows any approach to tho ibovo figures. Groat Britain and the British American dominions upon our borders, which aro supposed to live inder laws substantially like our own, tiave relatively only about one tenth 3f tbo yearly percentage of murders shown by the statistics of the United States. * * * A similar difference, greatly to .our disadvantage, exists jetween Continental European nations uul our ovtn.' 'The' American Prison \sBoclatian'u committee on criminal procedure-declares that 10,000 homi cides' Aro. committed iU. this country jvery 'year, more than the aggregate lumber for any ten civilized nations, exclusive of Russia. A Judge in Geor ?la has said there wera mor?j murders ommltted in that state than in the vhole British Empiro with a popula ion of 400,000.000. in a report to tbe ?reenvllle Association said: "Anieri ans are still the most lawless civil ,-ed nation in tho world." Violations Uong other lines are on a par with ho violations of the law of lire. Lynch es in our land, led by our worst .en, men pretending to be lovers of orals and home, yet the most dan porous violators of the law they could ' >fend, do in cruelty and barbarism h?mo heathen Turkey. Dr. Strong is .uthority for tho statement that Judge Nmldon sold that during tho last sov nty-flvo years nowhere in the British Empire had a prisoner been snatched 'rem tbe custody of the law and sac iflced by a mob. Contrast this with >ur nation where half a hundred prls inera, during a single year have been aken. cowardly from officers, and < .tiled by a nv>b of murderers. How about our own state. South : Carolina? In the language of a n?gro i sreacher over tho body of his' dead subject: "Tho least said the bettor." i But thank God leaders and teach- f ?rs of anarchy have received merited ehtike.' With united voice of the pen-, >lo in country and in town, it has been ; laid that men who outrage all honor , ind law shall hot hold the'highest* >fflees In this state. And now we have lope that we may rebuild our broken vallB, begin to reconstruct the land j io marred with lawlessness. Impurity, ' gnorance, unchristian race prejudice ind oppression. Yes we may now be- , (in to redeem our land and people vhere we havo been so criminally ne- : ;llgent of all that makes a State great ind strong. I heard Dr. Glfford at the General Convention of Baptists at Jamestown, tse the following -Illustration, which1 : quote: "Some'years ago'there lived i mu in a fino home in a Vermont, own. He was rearing a family: tron do came upon the growing children; oints enlarged and weakened, bony i itructures grew out of shape. The loctor was consulted, medicines pres cribed and taken,'but the 'trouble lu-' treased, the children were sent to the tea shore and began *to be better; iearch for the trouble followed, and he source of the ovll waa found in i broken drain under the Bitting room, rhis sitting room was tbe Bring room, lero was the family altar, where the icriptnres were rtsd, prayers offered ind hymns sung, but the vision from, ibove did not cure the' trouble be ow. The cellar was da* ??, tbe brek m drain replaced, health followed' * rho collar of ow South Carolina rift isation abounds in broke ? drains, cases poisonous All the upper rooms, he growing youth is misshapen and noraiiy weak, manhood dissipated. ,vo must go below and fis th??? bre ton drains. While anarchy has relgn >d, filling the land with-sighing, the ihureh has gone on singing and pray ng and looking pious; as if this was he. essence of Christianity. But the . :h?rch is realising her work is some-1 hing more than being nurse to the leva's wrecks. There are two sides o successful cariiy for humanity, W PUBLIC MORALS take care of the wrecks and stop the cause. Look after the muu by Jorico's dangerous road and clear the forest of robbers. Feed Belgium's starving millions, but stop the heathen from fighting. We are to meet organized evil with organized Godliness, The church must bear her part of the shameful condition that exists, and mon; than any other denomination, the Haptlsts. because we boaBt of numbers large. Wc havo sung v>ur hymns, prayed our prayers, looked good and the evil has gone on. The time has come to fight as well as pray, to be felt ut a dynamic for right as well aa be seen In priestly robes of apparent righteousness. There is a cure for our ills, let us apply the remedy. 2. The Remedy. The time Is ripe for the application of right princi ples. The work was begun last sum mer, when men voted as they prayed. The result is apparent, the demago gue was dethroned. Crime, prejudice and ignoraiice received a "backset." Goliath met the thrust of a smooth stoue, flung by the united hands of men whose consciences were stirred with righteous indiguation. Dut we cannot stop now, for to rest is to lose all, for "while men sleep the devil sows tares." In the mind of your com mittee certain things are necessary: (a) Sane laws, Safe and sane leg islation can only be had by electing sane men to make laws. A prominent man said to me: "The time was when wo sent brains and character to make laws but now we send the biggest fools we can find." The statement sav ors of too much truth. Electing bad men, we have payed the prico of our folly In penitence we voted and now we bear with joyful songs the remains of the defeated to tho political ceme tery. "Earth, to earth ashes to ashes and dust to dus.t" Our laws have been so poor, a man could lie, cheat, per jure, steal money or suffrage, rob, mob and murder and go frco, with per haps a email fine, or short imprison ment. For example one can violate tho dispensary laws and with a small fee, the price of a cheap license, con tinue his dangerous traffic. We need laws that will make tho penalty to somo extent commensurate with the crlmo. Wb will have suffrage out raged, manhood debauched, and state ruled by the vilest, unless Christian men vote to bring good men with brains and character to represent ub and wc shall have legislation that will lift our State from- the disgrace which ohc has fallen into. (b.) Law Enfr?cement. Here, to think means to put'our faces In the dust and weep.' Wc have been held up to ridicule by our sister States and justly so. Not only .have we failed to enforce law, but we have freed those adjuged guilty, regardless of the na ture of their crimes or the public safety: Upon just'grounds, we may ! imagine the few men, remaining in our State prison, :dro of all men a "friendless" and ''p'cnnlle&B" crowd. We have made a mistake in'too mnny instances, of electing men who could' not enforce law, because ' they ware th? chief law-breakers and ' home* wreckers. I am athlnking of tho mock-: cry, where a magistrate passed sen- ; tenco on a man for 'neglecting' his! home, when this judgo had allowed, his unfortunate child to die from ne glect and want, the mother led astray under the pleadings of love! Is thoro anything meaner im hell? I an; think ing of men leading in a mob,, pretend ed defenders of home and iovers or morality, officers of the law .they were, yet loaders of'-crime! I am thinking of men, perjuring themselves, elected to enforce law, yet' Interpret ing law so aa to free some "friend" whom they knew to be'guilty! ? noted writer tells us: "Punishment In our land is neither swift nor sure. Wo violate law because it is law." It is said that in Germany convictions for crime equal 95 per cent, whllo in tho United States but LS. Law enforce ment is one of the. .crying needs of. South Carolina, Give ub men to lead, who will regard their oaths, men of character, a*nd then we shall have of fl eers who will not be In league with the crime loving. Sane and safe laws < enforced- by good taefc.is tho life of. civic honor. % (o) A Compulsory1- School Law. Much of our embarrassment has been caused by bad men appealing to those, whose prejudices were easily aroused, because of the lack of knowledge. To enlighten the coming generations this law is necesaary. Among Its advo cates may- be found' our best and wisest citizens. Tho men who oppose a law of this kind' give us the best, appeal for Its necessity. A brother said to me: "The right to take Implies the right to compel." The. State taxes its people to educate.' its children, then let the State do Its work Public saf ety calls for Intelligent manhood. How often In this state the minister is call ed upon to marry couples who are to build homes, rear children and neither party able to write I Almost one-fourth of our voters, r am told, cannot write. A magistrate tn one of onr leading counties arrested twelve young men, six white and six negroes, every ne gro signed his name aid each white boy made his mark and such a mark! I am profoundly eorry for the nar* newness and unchristian selfishness of any man who argues that he will no", vote for a compulsory school law, hex au so the colored, children Will get a uart of this advantage. Buch a per so i is in need of sympathy and prayer. K igroes not of their own accord came tj us. and they are "dependent, and God win hold us responsible for their salvation and uplift But the white' child's futurs is at stake, and this law is valuable In that-it will reach the parent who is willing tor grind his child's life away in the mills in order to indulge his own laslness. The other day a man Jumped'into the river to save a drowning boy. The lad was 1_A- w- . - :mJ*. .1?- *--tm r.Zr.. tS .wmvo uuwwq- ? ur land from this blot. It is time for joncerted action in killing this de mon that breaks homes, ruins lives md sends souls to hell. We cannot 3crve God and mammon. God pity the cown or State that Is willing to'build streets or educate her people with blood money. Let us demand that the people have the rignt to vote to free our land from this curso. (e) . A Church Standing - for the Things of God. Upon the ministry and the church as upon no other power does the responsibility for. good morals and social service rest. ' We cannot build up a civilisation, that will stand without God. Men co-operating with God is the only Bure\Way to per manent success. So here let me bur- : rledly mention Several things -under this subject. We are living, too. ex travagantly/ We are jUst now having a . touch of "bard times" and fast -living is a wonderful contributor to this con- j dit Ion. We are living-to much- to eat, dress and spend, and Judgment' 'day comes and finds us wanting. We are willing to spend- our money and time for things that are "not meat," Cheap moving pictures : am! ; vaudeville? these contributing to ruin/ yet we sup port them with hard- earned', money. There arc many ills all calling for the application of the principles, of God's word. Your committee believes that It would be conductive to good if our pastors would spend much time in tho coming year preaching the ten com mandments, for we. need the "Thou shalt not." Also preach much on the "Sermon on the Mount" since, this Is Christ's application of his truth to life; j Prom a season of study on these great fundamentals rivers - of law: and life will flow. Wo oa Churchmen are too willing to slander n little. Study James. "Thou shalt not steel" will have its modern application. How many are willing to take,an oath, and : make God a-party to it, that wo are poorer than we ar'o, "because by so doing we may get a little assistance In sending our children to o. State school? We will sign notes'and make promises: to assist God tn Hla work. Cu ii is feared we havo uttlo though ?at least we hardly consider this binding, is this honest? Wer are able to buy automobiles and land but the ' Lord must beg in His own world. How about our.noble honesty on the tax question? Suppose the State passe? ' 1. Ir.T* thct ?ma?. :;?ft.man nnd Bave our. land for God. Salvation to all, Christ ian education for every child, good laws enforced. God's word loved and lived and we shall win. Respectfully submitted, JNO. T. VINES, For tbo Committee. Negro Lynched for Attempted Assault PORT DEPOSIT, Ala., Doc. 18.? Will Joues, a negro, was lynched near here early today by a mob which took him from the hands of county authorities who were conveying him to Haynevllle, Ala., for safe keeping, it is said che negro confessed to an attempted criminal nBsault on a girl high school student here last night, A coroner's jury late today return ed a verdict that Jones came to his death at the hands of "unknown par ties." Court Annulls Conviction. LONDON,'Dec, i8.:-^!(7^^^A?$? ?Nicholas Alliera, sentenced Decem ber 10 to death, on,a treason4charg?; will bo freed. The court_of criminal appeal, today annulled. his conviction on the ground that the evidence did not show his action in aiding Ger man reservists to reach their couh try was hostile to England's inter ests. ^ Make you. purchase now, an $40,000 FIRE LOSS AT GEORGETOWN Chief Resigns, After Council Meeting.Because of Lack of Pressure in Mains. -o GEORGETOWN, Dec 17>?Between 4:30 and 7 o'clock this morning half a block in the heart of the residence section of this city, between Queen and Cannon streets, was hurned. ,' The residences.destroyed were those of W. H.. Andrews, mayor of the city and general manager of the George town & Western railroad; A. P, Web ber,' local chief;, clerk for the Balti more & Carolina'' Steamship company; M. P. Moorer, AT. D., surgeon of the marine hospital service, and Miss Min nie Daggett. . . g The loss will approximate $40,00u partly covered by Insurance. The Uro originated in the home of Mayor. AndrewB, in tho rear portion of the building.' Just what caused it is not known. Itr wub discovered by Miss Daggett, who lived next door. I The response of the Are depart ment, under Command of Chief Wal I ter H. McDonald, was prompts Tho fire bad not gained much headway when the firemen arrived, coupled on their hose and opened the hydrants. But, according to Chief McDonald,' there was no water pressure. Nor w,a iliA.A lia Aavtt onv nrfiflOUF. fron. --, -V ~? -J -? -- ? ?? tho city mains at any time during the burning, which rapidly became fierce > and at one time seemed to threaten the whole eastern end of the city. IFire Chief McDonald has tendered his resignation to the mayor, giving as his. reason that it is :useless for , mm to bring the department up to a high state of efficiency only to find ( in an emergency that thero is no wat er with which to fight fire. . - The explosion, of %-hot water boil er and sovoral hundred cartridges in the homo of Tir. Moorer added to the spectacular element, the effect of J the. boiler exsHbBlon,: in particular. ' being to hurl a column jpf brands and sparks a hundred feet high, the de v to nation shaking the entire section. d enjoy your Christmas Hunt.