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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED AUGUST 1, 1?60. 140 West Whitner Street ANDERSON, S. C. , W. V/. SMOAK,. Editor and Huh. Mgr. E. ADAMS.Muuuglug Editor L. M. GLENN.City Editor PHELPS SASSKKN.Advertising Manager T. B. GODFREY.Circulation. Manager. Entered as second-class matter April 28, 1914. at the post olilco ut Anderson, South Carolina, under tbo Aot of March 3. 3879. _ Member of Associated Preaa and Receiving Com plete Daily Telegraphic Service._ TELEPHONES Bditorlal and DusincsB Ofllco.321 Job Printing...C93-L SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE. Dally. SemLWeeklv. One Year.$5.00 One year.$1.60 Six Months.2.60 Eight Months. .. 1.00 Threo MonthB. .. 1.23 Four Months.GO Tho Intelligencer is delivered by carriers in the city. If you fall to get your paper regularly pleaso notify us. Opposite your name on the labol Of your paper is printed date to which our paper is paid. All checks and drafts should bo drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer._ TIIK WEATHER. Ettlr Tucsdiij and Wednesday. O O O O O O 0 O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 O () o o o o o ? o! s THOUGHT $Mt THE HA?. Q,j o o oooooooooooo oooooooooorooooo Two things break gently. Wo earnestly beg? Bad news to u friend, And an over-ripo egg. ?Memphis Commercial Anneal. eoouoooooooooooooooooooooooe . . ? OUR DAILY POEM, o o oooeoooooooooooooooooooooooo In tangled wreaths, in clustered gleaming stars, In flouting, curling sprays, Tho golden Mower comes shining through the woods These March days; Forth go all hearts, all hands from out tho town, 'To bring her gaily in, Tho wild sweet Princess of Florida? Of yellow jessamine. The live oaks smile to seo her lovely face Peep from tho thlcketsT'shy, ShO hides behind tho leaves her golden buds, Till, bloder grown, on high She curls a tendril, throws a spray, then (lings Herself aloft in glee, And, bursting into thousand blossoms, swings, In wreathB from tree to tree. / Tho dwarf palmetto on his kneos adores This Princess of the air; The lone pine-barren broods afar and sighs, "Ah como, lest I despair." The myrtlo thlcketB and ill-tempered thorns Quiver and' thrill within, As through their, loaves they feel tho dainty touch Of yellow Jessamine. Tho Southern land, woll weary of its green "Which may not fall nor fade. Bestirs itself to greet the lovely flower With loves of fresher shade; The plno has tassels and the orange!roes 'Their fragrant work begins; The Spring has come?has come to Florida. With yellow Jessamine. Tho kalsor Is trying to be si mctlilug of a "Ship ping Bill" himself.?Tampa Tr'buno. Overtures by the United States these days seem to bo off the key.?Wilmington Dispatch. Thus far the Pluto Indians haven't droppod any bombs upon hospitals.?Birmingham News. Germany's idea seems to ho to cast England's bread upon tho waters.?Detroit Free Proas. Missouri I no longer a Southoru State-?she has lyncbod a white num.?Jacksonville Metropolis. Przemysl seems like an easy proposition since Prsaanysz got Into the dispatches.?Nashville Ban ner. We aro roady to nominate the groundhog to membership in the Petrograd club.?Charlotte News.. I . ?:?: Tho czar must wonder whore all those Russians come ?rom that the German capture.?Now York | World. m \ ? How it would tickle tho father of his country If ho couWl come back end see where the flag is fly ing!?Washington Post. I ; . If Chicago modistes want to Inaugurate a popu lar stylo why don't they Invent a Jitney dress??' Boston Transcript. ,. if -? Funny, Isn't It? Every time the German* mop up * with the Russians the papers call It "a sweeping! . victory."--M?c?n Nova. Now ,?n't Pri&snysz, as a matter of fact, much easier to w-'noudce. even It it does not slip from tho lips like a cherry, than that other famous place, the pronunciation of which is best assured by drop ping a handful of red-hot rivets Into a bucket of ice water? Or, Is it??Charleston Posl. (AN AM>KIIS0\ \l I OKI) (JltOI) KOAIISf Tlic Intelligencer thinks thai the people, ?f An-1 dursoii County r-liouH think of iIn: bond issue lor good roads Just as a farmer would think of digging j a ditch on bin farm. c|c;iiiiig a ir Id or making any other improvement on Iii? farm. It will either pay I to dig the ditch, clear the Hold or build the barn It' i! will pay .-!!!<? !( . i?i miikc tin: tieeestiary llnnti cial arrangements, then Ik- should make the im provements. Hut he .-hould consider well th,. coat and the consequent income us a result ol the ex penditure. The pern Mage, of < o.-i should not be too i;ieat tor the c."(>d to lie ileiived, and bullion Id feel, ai least, that lie Is going to do something | which will increase the value, the comfort and the convenience of his tarm. The same ml* should apply to any other business, ami a good business man will figure out the coal and tin; desired In crease hi value of his property. This is exactly what tlx- voter:? of Anderson ! County should consider in this good roads bond Is- J sue. Will the building of 250 miles of permanent j roads in Anderson County be worth whih ? Will it I pay Hie county to expend this amount of money for , this kind of Improvement? If so. how will it bene fit the voters of the county? Wherein will they ! reap a profit from the expenditure? Will the. values I of the land in the comity be increased, and will it make I he honu more desirable? Will it improve the schools and the churches, making it easier to reach I hem, and increase the Interest ami at tendance? Will it enable the tanner living some distance from the county seat, or the market where ho sells his produce, to reach the market quicker and with a heavier load, and with less wear and tear on his team and vehicles? If these questions can he answered in (he alllrmative. will it pay then to moke the expenditure? What will it cost the individual citizen to obtain these advantages? We believe that the concensus of opinion la that it will pay to have these advantages and that it would be a good -investment* At least, we may say that is the. universal verdict ami opinion wherever good roads have been built. We are told that the value of real estate adjacent or near to a system of good roads is usually Increased in value to two or three times the former value. The convenience oT the people, und the ease with which.they can get 'iboul on tiiis guoii road is hard io estimate in dol lars and cents. It has been said that it divides dis tance, making places at least half as far away, when the time to ko is considered, ami the ease with which the trip Is made. All this being true then It s'ands to rcanon that it will pny to have 3ood roads. The only thing to l>,. considered, then, is the means of securing them. How shall a coun ty go about getting good rouds? Shall it be done by direct taxation, by the work of convicts, by a bond issue, or what means? Again the universal experience of those counties which have built them. I? to the effect that the most feasible way Is to se cure a bond Issue, build the roads and let the pay ments be made while enjoying the roads. This be ing true, then, we need to consider the matter as to wether or not wc are able in Anderson County to use this means of building a system of good roads without burdening ourselves with a heavy obliga tion which will 1 s hard to meet by the people. In order to arrive at this conclusion We must Inquire Into our finances and see what the resources of the county Is, and how the burden of the taxation nec ossary to pay the interest und create a sinking fund is to be borne. Let us see. The totul taxable value of the county according to the returns made in 1914. is S13.G06.705. This is divided into two kinds of property, us follows: Heal estate, $.-?,733,090; personal property. $7.768. 615. Of this personal property thR cotton mills and manufacturing planta, telephone and telegraph companies, railroads, and street enr systems, are assessed at $4.085,850. The bonded indebtedness will cost $37,500 interest, and the law provides for a sinking fund of $7.500. So there will be 345,000 to raise each year to pay this amount. It will re quire u little more than It mills extra tax to do this. Owing to the provision In the bill for Interest to be paid on the amount deposited in the banks, a mill will bo ample to meet the requirements as to this. The next matter of Interest will bo ns to who thall pay this taxes. Let us look into this a bit: The corporations and raiiioads will pay on $4,685. 850 property. Anderson, the county seat, and the largest city in the county win pay on $2.643,870 property; the other towns in the county. Incor porated, will pay, on an estimated valuation of at lcaBt $2.000.000. According to the terms of the law, none of these contributors can have any roads-built for them, and It will mean that the farmers, and the people living and owning property In the rural dis tricts will receive the entire benefit of the bond Is sue, and will pny only SO per cent of it. In other words the figures above show that for every 30 cents the rural inhabitant puts Into this bond Is sue he will receive $1.00. The Intelligencer has gone to the trouble to figure this out a little more in detail, and we find, taking several school districts in different parts of the county into consideration that the burden will be very light. For Instance: Martin School District. No. 15, has a total taxable property value of $24^,006. There are 246 taxpay ers In this district, and of this number 46 pay taxes on more than $1,000 worth of property, or on $9Q.153 to be exact, leaving for the 200 taxpayers $159.006. That is the 46 taxpayers having property returned at $1,000 or more will pay on an average property valuation of $1,960. or at 3 mills, exactly $5.58 for the good roads bond: tax. The other tax payers will pay on ah average property valuation of $795 each, or an average good roads bond iax of $2.28 per year." Will It pay the citizens of Martin's School District to have a macadam or other per manent road construction in their- school district? Will they not savo this on a day's hauling on the road after it is built? Three and Twenty School District, in Brushy Creek township/'shows similar results,, except the property valuation in this district is less. There are in this district 130 taxpayers, and 25 of them pay on $1.000 or more property. Tho average for the district including these is S"506;25. The average for the other 105 Is $21/ eaeh. That is the average for the entire district will be $1.52, and for the 105 taxpayers, 65 cents each per year. Will It pay Thrae and Twenty School District/to have good roads? Neals Cro?*k School District shows another re Milt. There an- MX taxpayers In this district, pay ing taxes on property valued ut $122,0!)5. Twenty six of these pay on $1.000 or more. or $47,9(*0. The hvorage for the district is $830; for the 20, $1,242; lor tie- 122, $C0S. Tiie average ta:: paid on the bond Issue lor Hie entire district will he $2.5S; tor the 2?; taxpayers, 8*1.72; for the 122 laxpiiyers, $1,8" Will it pay the individuals of Seal's Creek School District to have good roads? .Now the last consideration, or point of Interest is who favors or should favor the hond Issue? From what it appears the people ?t the city of Anderson, those who vjwu the mills and the railroads, and many of Hie well-to-do farmers and properly own ers, favor the proposed hond issue and will vote for i'. The greatest opposition seeniK hi he in the rural districts, if we have been correctly Informed. In other words the rural districts which will get one dollar for every thirty cents they pay, are said to he largely against the hond proposition, but the other interests which will pay the seventy cents and get no direct returns are in favor of it. This is truly a paradox, and we are puzzled to account for it. Perhaps sonip of those who aie opposing the bond issue will enlighten us and the people of the county. Let us discuss the thing and see whore wo are at, and why? Tho Intelligencer is open for a lull, frank and free discussion of the matter. Let us have your views whether or not they be for or against. We reiterate that this is too grave a matter to bo decided on prejudicies or passion, hut should be de cided on its merits. Wo believe the people of An derson are reasoning and reasonable people and will do the right thing in this and other matters claiming their attention. WHAT AILS THE COTTON COUNTRYI The last census shows a lamentable neglect of live stock in the south. While the average Iowa farm has 0 milch cows, in North Carolina and Ala bama it has less than 2. and in South Carolina 1. While the average Iowa farm has 35 hogs. In North Carolina and Alabama it has less than 5, and in South Carolina less than 4. While the average farm ui Iowa has more than 108 head of poultry, in North Carolina and Alabama It has less than 20, and in South Carolina Iosb than 17. An investigator has recently said that the average homo in Georgia produces loss than two eggs a week, than two thirds of an ounce of butter, two-thirds -of a pint of milk a day. one-third of a liOg. one-twelfth of a beef, and one one-hundredth of n sheep a year for each member of the family, and that the cotton crop of the Slate docs not pay that State's food and feed bill. No southern State Is giving sufficient to the pro duction of foodstuffs cither for human he'^gs or for live stock. A conservative estimate indicates that Texas imports from other 'States annually more than $50,000,000 worth of wheat, corn and oats; Georgia more than $24,000,000; South Caro lina more than $20.000,000. Twelve" southern States import more than $175.000.000 worth of the:;e three commodities and $48,000,000 worth of meats, dairy and poultry products. jjg If the farmers In the south had heretofore prac ticed diversification on a sufficiently large scale, producing their own home supplies, that section would not be In its present hard case.?The Secre tary of Agriculture in His Annual Report. J - THE INTELL10ENC-ER 18 DEE-LIGHTED. The Anderson Intelligencer is niistoten in sup posing that Greenwood is jealous of Anderson. She is not Jealour, one bit of Anderson nor of any other place that is on the map. Certainly there is no reason in the world why a town like Greenwood should be jealous of anything that is coming or go ing. We simply did not think it exactly right for our neighbor to have a little Bide show next "lall und call it the Piedmont Fair. The. Intelligencer eays they are going to have a grcut fair in Anderson, and that they will be able to lend Greenwood some ot their exhibits after they are through with them. This is very generous, and should we need thorn they will be accepted with thanks. Greenwood wishes Anderson all hind of good tilings, and slio Is ready to do anything that she can to boost "My Town." Here is. our heart-and band. Wc hopp that your fair will surpass any thing that has ever been pulled off in this part of the country, and then that Greenwood will lay It In the shade when she holds the Piedmont Fair this fall.?Greenwood Journal. RIGHTO, BOOKER. In Anderson tho papers print the names of all the voters in on election and wo expect they could tell you how most vjf them voted if Uiey wanted to.? Spartunburg Journal.' RECIPROCITY.. Every time there is a murder in Greenwood the Anderson papers twit their neighbor county, and now the Greenwood papers are after the Anderson papers about a particularly atrocious murder in that city.?Columbia Record. The defeated candidate always gets a lot of sat isfaction out of thinking that he's ahead of his times.?Ohio State Journal. ? I One . thing we have decided to economize on in 'heBe times of financial uncertainty is Elbert Hubbard's workB.?Ohio State Journal. _ P."'.' A medica. authority pronounces the tight skirt sensible and healthful. That settle's it. We see the finish of the tight skirt.?Cincinnati Enquirer. Some of the inhabitants of Poland are for the kaiser and some are against hln^?y Positive and negative Poles, so to speak.?Bostp^ Transcript. - I S . Well, it does begin to rook aa if ''Census Bill" Harris is the only Gorman worthy of holding down good, lucrative federal jobs.?Moultrte Advertiser. Time brings Its compensr Hons. Had the thirteen colonies remained perfectly loyal,-there might be no neutral American flagfto protect-,'English ships. ?Tavonla Times? ^?&j?itc?, Only Eleven More Days of This Rare Saving-Opportunity It's "rare," both for the savings and for the opportunity; and, for both reasons, you ought to take advantage of it; the sooner you get here, the bejtter it will be for you. Men's Suits and Overcoats $10.00 Values.$6.95 ?12.50 Values.'. . .$8.95 ?J5.00 Values.$10.95 $18.00 Values.$12.95 $20.00 Values.$14.95 ?22.50 Values.$16.95 $25.00 Values.$17.95 Clearance Value-Giving on All Men's Shoes Seasonable Underwear Sweaters Wool Shirts Automobile Gloves Onlcr by parcels post; we prepay. The Store with a Conscience Boys' Suits?Men's Odd Trousers $2.50 and $2.00 Values . .$1.75 $3.50 and $3.00 Values . .$2.45 $4,50 and $4.00 VaJues . .$2.95 $5.00 Values.$?.75 $6.50 and $6.00 Values . .$4.45 $7.50 and $7.00 Values . .$4.95 $9.00 and $8.50 Values . .$5.95 $10.00 Values.$7.45 PAVING COMMISSION WILL MEET TONIGHT IMPORTANT CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN OFFICE OF CHAIRMAN PROMPTLY AT 8 A Number of Matters of Import ance Will Come up for Con sideration and settlement . An important, meeting of the city paving commission will be held to night at S o'clock in the office of Chairman B. R. Horton, In the Ligon & Ledbetter building. In issuing the ?:all for the meeting, Chairman Horton, stated that it would be very important and that every member was urged to be present. The commissioners are requested to report promptly at the 'lour named, as several matters are :o bc taken up and the meeting will be in session late unless an early start is had. One of the most important matters to be considered by the commission^ .'.rs is that of taking formal action on the matter of the length of time the paving certificates will be in foace, that is, whether property owners will be allowed five or ten years in which to pay for their share of the cost of paving abutting on their property. The commissioners have already decided among themselves to make the paving certificates of ten year trm, but it is ncssary that formal action to this oftcct be taken. There are other matters of lmpor taace which will be taken up at the meeting of the commissioners' this evening. The election on the paving question will be held March 16, and it is necessary for a number of mat ters to be adjusted by ..that time. . Major S. L. EJ3kew of Pendleton and Secretary .T. Walter Sanders of the Pendleton Cotton Mills wore visi tors in the olty yesterday. .CASCARETS FOR BOWELS, STOMACH HEADACHE, COLDS Clean your liver and constitpated bowels tonight and feel fine. Oct a 10-ccnt box now,' Are you keeping your liver, stomach and bowels clean; pure and fresh with Cascarets?or merely. forcing* ? ' pas sageway every few days with salts, cathartic pills, or castor.oil?. This is important. Cascarets immediately cleanse the stomach, remov? the sour.'undigested and fermenting food and foul gases; take the excess bite from the lives and carry but of the system the consti pated waste matter and poison in the bowels. No odds' how sick, headachy, bil ious and constipated you feel,, a Car caret tonight will utralghten yon' out by morning. They work j while you sleep. A 10-cent box from your drug gist wUl keep your head clear, stom ach sweet and your liver and bowels regular for months. Don't forget: the children?t'.teir HtUe lnsldes neepV a gentle cleansing, too. New Spring Styles Pumps and Oxfords y Any leather or coniliinutien of leathers, in all the new styles-? "Mary June" pumps, with low heels; "Colonial" pumps, ?villi French or regular heels; anil Ihc regular pluttn pumps, with er with out straps $2.00 to $5.00 Get 'em at Thompson's and Save the Difference PRICES GREATLY REDUCED ON TIRE VULCANIZING Best of work at greatly reduced prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. Also Goodrich and Goodyear Tires and Accessories. FREE Air any time. Templeton's Vulcanizing Works No. 108 N. McDuftie St. LADIES' HOSIERY and MEN'S HOSE We have just received a new shipment of PHOENIX SILK HOSIERY. Ladies' colors. Men's colors Black . Navy White Whit e Tan Tan Gray Black I Ladies' qualities Men's quality * 75c and $1.00 50c to all Parcel Post orders promptly filled and prepaid. T. L. Gely Co.