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nu QIIQ un uuuu DECLARES THAT THE WORK! BEEN UNDESIRABLE PG? ICY OF ADM NOT TO INJU] Washington, Jan. 20.-President I Wilson personally laid before a joint I session of Congress today the fundr- I -eointal princ'mrs of the Democratic I administration's program for dealing I erith trust* and "big business." The I President presented the c?se, he said, I "as 5t lies in the thought of the coun- I tot," reiterating "that private mo- I istpoly is indefensible and intolera- I ble,*' and declaring that conscientious I boam*** men throughout tbs nation I would not bo satisfied until practic?n I BOW deprecated by public opinion as I restraints of trade and commerce I .were corrected. ,rWb are now about to write the I *?ddltionnl article? of cur constitution I ?rf peace," said the President, "tho I peace thatfiB honor and freedom and I asides suggesting the scope of I legislation, the President made a per- I ,aon?l appeal for an atmosphere of I ^sndQineBs and co-opcration in Con- I gres* while handling the problcio. I ^.^a^HJitagoidsre* he said, ^be- I over. We are now about to give ex- I . wression to>'the beat judgment of I Am?rka, to what we know to bs the I busbies* conscience and honor of thc I land. The government and business I men are ready to met each oth^r I half way to a common effort to I iquaro business methods with both I public opinion and the lav7." The chief point? which the Presi- I .?at singled but as a baila for legis- I lation were: I. Effectual prohibition of tho in- I ' flocking of tho directorates of I ^orations-banks, railroads, in-, I ?nstrial. commercial and public set- I idee bodicii. law to confer upon th* Inter I . f. Commerce Cotumins?on th^-B Yto i?ui>erlntend nnd^ reg?late! sBnaananaWnHPih* money they need fori MpF proper development and im- I Wyred transportation fncilities. '.The I ^^HKdent mudo it clear that "the I ; prosperity of the vailroad and thc. I ".iosparity of the country aro innep- I d?ably connected" in 'this regard. "?. Dslnition of "the many hurt- I tul restraints of trade" by explicit I legislation supplementary to thc Sherman law. I 4. The creation of a -commission te aid the courts and to act aa a I ?innini i-auto ? gi ??uonv.?? w?n in fl i helping businea to conform with thc! . la w. I 5. Provision of penalties and pun-1 ishmenta to fall upon individuals re-1 apun&iwle for unlawful business prac-1 G. Prohibition of holding comps-1 -a and a suggestion that the voting I ^^W?cr cf individuals <heUK?g sharer I ^^Ht^lct9d'QUS cor?:>rationi! ""Sht bc IKW. to private individual' I ,ht to found suits for redress I ea"-fast? - and judgments, proven , in I nant. suits, and providing that I atstuttr of limitations should run only I frois .dat? of., conclusion of the gov-1 vxn??sn-i w ?cimri. - Address. ?''Jfc'*wl?!?1 ." * ". ''* "' I v- Gentlemen of the Confrres M : I . I? my rsport "or. the state of the I ??Joa,,r which ? had tho privilege of I Jtadtog to^yee. on the 1st of Deeem ber iget? J ventured to reserve for ?wo?joa at a later dat? the subie* I ^^^^rili&^ii U^n?r l af <S^ s^tsnanepoUes^mrtsine I now j^trnB opportune, to tura to that I ^?o^.lefis?atton, 'which-absorbed .ttssriJoa-And the attention of ^'?STOIl'-1? Pember, is BOW dH , posed of, but also bscauM opinion ^Mma to- be dearu%g;afc?t>**.witt I .in?alar rapidity ir? this other, great i flKd^f ?ct^a,^ In .the matter .of - the j ^Fv^^g^C^tw^-the' much-'c^hate.-? j S^Swsdt' iaregan? te"1tie* variob' ?taos by whia\they.have heen *r 1^^?? ano mainttmid it seems to ; h elming te a clear" aha all but cmV wat! agreement in anticipation efl .'-.< f***0,*,? *s ? hy way of propara ?oa,| making the vrxy easier to ace .M s^.ojjVJWen with conti ?wt without sonf usion of coun ' Wat. ' ' . Le|1slatJoa?h?fl ?ti atmosphere likr evernhtagr elster ?nd the atmosphere ?f a^nimodatSon^and wiotoel under vltedag which we r.o^y broatho with - r?uch -refreshment is matte? cf nette, congratulation. It ought to j?afei{ cor task v*?w mueh leas difll *>i tad embarrassing then is would k?ve?>*en had we b*^n obliged to een ttaae to act amidst the atmosphere : *i eaeplclon and antagonism which ? 1*00$'.made Jt ???possible to ?.s such questions with dUpe? sienai*^Hw*e. CofiKrttctlve lega te tie*, when aueeessful. is always tba embodiment of convincing ex ocr ? ' ' ?ad bf th? matura publie opin Tbe Antagonism Between Business I Declares. Business Methods | Th? PPT f?C ODIUft' LUI ui inuit NGS OF "BIG BUSINESS HAVE AND INDEFENSIBLE. INISTRATION EtE BUT CORRECT ?nd Government Is Over? Hv Must Be Squared With Law. ' ion which finally springs out of that j experience. Legislation is a 'busi ' ness of interpretation, not of origina- j tion; and it ia now plain what tin I opinion ia to which we roust give cf -; feet in thia matter. It is not recen*, or hasty opinion. It springs out of the experience of a whole generation, j It has clarified itaelf by long contest. ? und those who for a long time batiod ? with it and sought to change it are now frankly and honorably yielding to it and seeking to conform their, actions to it. The great business men who or- ; ganizad and financed monopoly and i those who administered it in actual ? overy-day transitions have year' i after year^ until now, either denied 1 [ ta existence or justified it u3 necea-' snry for the effective maintenance ami development of the vast buiines pro? esses of the kountry in the mod ern circumstance*) of trade rind man ufactura and flnarire: but nil tho while opinion has made head agains'; thom. The amorago business man i; /*#\tjv4tt,??/i ?Tko*- tVtrt ......?E. Q# iihcrt'.* are also the WE ya of pence and th* '.vaya of success as well; and at last the masters of business on thc great icale have begun to yield their pr? f?rence and purpose, perhaps their hidgment also, in honorable surren der. < What we art purposing to do therefore, in, happily, not to hamper or interfere with business ai enlight ened business men prefer lo do it, or >n any sense to put it under thc ban. The antagonism between business und government is over. Wo are now about to R/ve er.pier.-ior. to tho best busines?' judgment of America, to what wo know to bo thc busings;* conscience and hdtior' of the land. The government and business men are reudy to meet each other half way in a common effort to square business m?thode with both public opinion and the law. Tba beat in formed men or tba business world condemn thc methods and pro resano incl lotiHcquencei of monopoly aa we condemn them; ar.d the instinctive udgment o' the vast majority of .usines? men everywhere goes with flier-. Wa shall now be their spokes men. That tar the strength of our position and the sure prophecy of what will ensue when our reasonable work ia dona. When serious conto.'ts and?, wnen J men PnHe in opinion and purpose, hose who are to ?hange their ways of business joining with those who ask for the change, it ia possible to effect it in the way in which torudcr.t ?ld thoughtful and patriotic men would wish to see it brought about, with aa few, et alight, as easy and imple business readjustments aa uesssbic in the clKumatancea, noth ing torn np by the mots, no parts rani asunder which can Le left in wholesome combination. Fortunately, np meaaurea . of sweeping er novel change aro necessary. It will be un derstood that ear object ia not to un settle bueinesa er anywhere seriously to break ita established course* \thwiri. Cm the contrary, we desire thc lawa wa are now about to paas to re the bulwark? and safeguards of industry against tho forces that have iisturbed it What we have to do .an ir? dena in far baw spirit, in houghtful moderation, without rev olution af any untoward kln?. we are all agreed thst "private uonopoly is in^afehaihla and intolor able,* and our programme ia founded ipon that conviction. It will he a comprehensive bot not a radical or anacrepteble programme and thea? ?rc ita items?the changes which opinion deliberately sanctions and for whieh husi-.ieag waits. It wait? with acquicrcsncei ia the Irat place, for laws which wfll effec dually prohib? tend prevent auch in terieckinga of the. personnel of thc iQcactora af great corporations ."janka and railroads, induct rial,' com -norna), . and public service pome*-* Lia m effect re*uU in mnk?fg fhoae^ vjio borrow and those who lend j?rac neall? ona and the same, those' who ell and those who buy !ui? tha gair.r eraons trading with cite antftttecun. 'cr different ntmea and in dlfWrent combinations, ?rd those, who Affect *o cdirip?te In f?tt p^rtntflfa and^nMe tara a? some whole fiald>f bu*-iiie?^ 3*ttfneient time, should b? allowed ,?f ! our*e, in which td^&Tect ' these tange*' of orjrxrdtatlon without te-1 .on vanienee ; er Confus ion. surf* a prohibition will work nwich ?aa^awttl^fawnwf*^ga>iva goM b orreet?ag the Bartons evfi? have arlsatfi bec*use, for exatr spirits of the great investment banka nave usurped the place which be tanga to indapnndent industrial man JW.V'i J^rkin*?in ?*? o-wn be?oof. It wm bring new mer., new energies, a new spirit of initiative, now bfeod, nto th* management; of our gnat fe1^ *^?**- U ^5? the ft>M of Indoatrial development and origination to eco rsc of men who have beeb obligad ta serva wee? rc Mni??oniv IL mumu ULI their abilities entitled thom to direct It will immensely hearten the young men coming on and will tireatly en rich the business activities of the whole country. , In the second place, business men na well as those who direct public j affairs now recognize, and recognise] with painful clearness, the great harm and injustice which has been done to many, if not all, of the great ; railroad systems of the country by the wsv in which they havo been fi nanced and their own dirtinctive in tercsts subordinated to the interest? of the men who financed them and r.f other' business enterprises which those men wished to promote. Thc country is ready, therefore, to ucccpt, | ard accept with relief as wejl as no proval, a law which will confer upon the Interstate Commerce Commis sion tho power to .superintend and regulate the financial or-?rations by] which the railroads are henceforth to he supplied with the money for th'-i proper development to meet tho. rap idly crrowin.? requ'rements of tho I country for increased and improved f.scilitics of transnortatinp. We cr). r,ot po-tpon" p.ctmn in this matte* without Invirg the railroads ex rccd to many serious handicaps and ?'nr*?r''s; ard the prosnerity of the rr il roads and the prosperity of the country |ro inseparably tonnorted. XTnon this rrueftion tho'-e who ar-? rhiefv responsible for the actual iranngemenl and operation of th milroads hnve snoken very plainly1 n-;d very earnestly, with a purpo<-" we ou*?ht to be quiek ?to accent. It will he mo st?*r>. and a very Impor tant one. toward the necessary sepa* rntion ot the business of production from the 'bU'dnc'???? nr transportitioi. Th? business of the country o . riii ?ilso. hns lon? awnitod and han rt-f fored because it eonld nit. obt?,5s further r*nd more explicit legislative' defiritfob of the policy and merning] of th?- existing antitrust law. rVolh ing hr"nper3 bnsir???.-s like tmcort-un tv. Nothing daunt?, or discourage; il like the necessity to take chancea, to run the risk of .fall i nj? under the. conder.nation of the law before it I can make sura just what the law is. Surfl/ly we are sufficiently fnmilinr with the actual proc?s-.ta and meth ods of monopoly nnd of the many hurtful restraints of trade to make definition posible, at afty rr.to up to the limit*- of what evnerienco has now abundantly disclosed, cnn he ex plicitly and item by item forbidden hy statute in such terms as will prac-. Mcally eliminate uncertainty, tha law Itself and the penalty being mad equally plain. '. And. the business men of the coun try desire something more than th-it tu? 7;i?-in4ve o? ietrti? process in these matters be made explicit and intel-1 ligible. Thcv deairc the advice, the) definite guidance and information which can ba supplied by an admin ij-trative body, an interstate trade commission. The opinion of the country would inrtantly epprove of such a co mm i s r'on. It would not wish to see it empowered ' to make terms with mo , nopoly or in any aort to st - snnss control of business, aa if tho arov?atiment made itself rexoonsiblc. It demands auch a commission only aa . an Indispensable instrument of information and publicity, aa a clanring house for the facts by, whieh both the public mind and the msna-c.7? of great business under-: takings should ba guided, and ai ar. inatrumentality for doin-^ justice to buairtesa where the processes of .tho courts or the natural forces of cor rection outside the courts ara inade quate to adjust the remedy to the wrong in a way that will meetrrll thc equities ?nd circumstances of th< case. Producing industries, for example. ui I? "~ P?Sa6? the point up to which combination may be consistent with the public Interest and the free dom of t-fade. can not always be dis sected into their component units as rettaily aa railroad companies or similar organisations can be. Their cnasolntion by ordinary le/ral pvooes nny oftentimes involve financial con equ?nees. likely to overwhelm UnH ccurTty market and bring apon :? hreakdawn and confusion. Thare -mtrht to be an admlnfatr?tiT? com miaaton capable af directing and haptajr. weh corrective procaasee, not ?dy in aid of tha courta but also by tadapandent sugfeation, if nacea ^*ty, - Z??TO.0*-1 w OVt? o^*6* and tho spirit of our action tn these mattere I .a to meet businesa half way rn its procaaaas of aelf-eorreetion and dis turb its legit?malo corroa-as little as poaaible, we ourht to Sea to it; and ?na judgment of nraetioal and astra-1 T?. meV of affaira atarywharo would applaud ua if we did see-to it S?M 5Bn*U,a? 'nd, PT'?hmants! Jbould. fall, not upon business it*elf hut upon the individuals who usa the 'ntn^tv^-U?3S, if* h,H"ncf5 tO do * ?1 f 1 9it.)Uo policy-; and sound mli< 2t>*\. P.rric*i.i'<! condemn. Every act of busmasi is done at the cons ma.nd or upon tha inlathre of *?mo ascertstnabla person or group af ^Tfi8' Thw? ba held indi udaally responsible ard the punish ment ahoula - fall upon them, not u,*nv ??? business or^aniaetion of ?he; maka, il?agaj uae. lt lld be ona of the main objects of legislation to divait aucb tw,rT c. t.neir corporata cloak and caa with thom ss with thor.? who do no <orpo!atJO??8,, bu the lt,w. Bfuaiaesa mon the rountv thr#ugl. would, I am euro, appia us if wa w,re to take effectual aw tc sea that tha officer* and diracto" of g-reat businosa bodies wara pr vented from bringing them and lusines? of the country into disre . te and danger. ?V.I?I?T questions remiiin which w;ll ?cd .. ry thoughtful and practical .-eutrnenC Enterprise?, in these modern day? of great individual for- ? .unc?, aie oftentimes interlocker;, not only by being under the control of the ?ame directors, but by the fact] .?W ?ll? ni.i'.' j...li Ul tuen tUlj?I' jte ?tock i? owrt?d by a single per- I on or group of persons who ure in ome way intimately rea ted in in feetest. We are agreed, 1 take it, hat holding iompanii-' should be rohibited, but whait of the control ir.g private ownership of individual:?] or actually cooperative groupa of in viduals? Shiill the private owhersi ?f capital stock be suffered to bel hcmselves in effect holding' compa res? Wo do not wish, I suppose to forbid the purchase of stocks Ly cny person wno pleases to buy thens in quantitiea as ho can afford, or in ar.y way arbitrarily to limit thc sale of ?tock to bona fide purchasers. Shall we require thc owners of tock, when their voting power in several companies which ought to be independent of one another would constitute actual control, to raa?c election in which of them they will exercise their right to voto? This 'jue8tion I venture for your consid . ration. There is another mater in which I imperative considerations of justice nd fairplay suggest thoughtfu7 remedial action. Not only do manyi f the combinations effected or| curht to be effected in the industrial vo'id work an injustice upon the| pi:blic in general; they also directl' and seriously injure the individuals! who are put out of business in om unfair way or another by the many ilslodgin.?? and. exterminating forces of combination. I hope that we shall -tfcree In giving private individuals vho claim to have been injured hy U:?sc procedes the right to .found their su'ts for redress upon ?';ie facts und judgments proved a'.d entered ir. suit" by the government where tho government hes upon its own initia te surd the combinations rom plained of rind won tts suit, and thatl the statute of limitations Fhnll ne| ed to mn against such litigant* mly i rora- the date of the confusion of the government's action. Tt in )-?t fair that tho private litigant mould obliged to set up ?nd cstab i;~h iiir^ir: thc facts which ihe <o rnmer.t has proved. Ho can not nf ''ord, bc has not tho power, to make u^e of such processes of inquiry a? nc government has command of. Thus shall individual justice be donel while tho processes of husineua are .edified and squared with the gen eral conscience. I have laid tho ease before you, roi dov'.t f>8 -t Hes in your own mind, as| if lies in tho thought of the country. What must every candid man say ef the suggestions I have laid before you, of the plain obligations of which I have reminded you? That these ire new things fvr which' the coun try fa ndt"prepAre*T No; but that they are tte OW things', flow famil iar, and must of coarse be ued?1 t&ken if wo ore: to-^square our lnwsl with the thought ?nd desire of the country, j Untilnq these things a?el done, conscientious business men t.h*> country over will be : unsatisfied They are in these things our mentors and colleagues. We are now abouti to write the additional articles of our[ constitution of psaee, the peace that| is honor and freedom and prosperity. ATTOBBSOX IIAB7) TO <3ET~T<7~ But l?r. Tan Uer Veer Wishes to Tall it| fils Town. Dr. Frank E. Van der Veer, brother! of Mrs. Reed Miller, has been spending! roveral days In Anderson.on account ofj c;;e family reunion ol Jloed Millor'r,| folks, Dr. Van der Veer ls tho dis trict examiner for tho-.Equitable IMe insurance company ?sd has- several states under his supervision, but this is his first visit to Anderson. He will 1 leave with reluctance this a&oroiag?>ai> ; though; ho doblares he had hard enough time getting here, .Do you know that I got Into Green wood in tho dead hours-of tho night and trudged up to Mr. .Bronson's nice little hotel only ti be told that it was fU" . Up find t?i?n wnTii - nnwn ?0 thc lilley hotel and had''the same bad lue!:, except that I waa permitted to j sleep on a matting in. tho "parlor." '.Anderson should be closer to At lanta. You should have that interur ban railroad running into your.city.*1 I be said. "And I propose to pull for t from tht$ time on. Another thing I have found to your disadvantage," he said, " is the fact that your po t -taffice has such hours. Aft.*>es seem ?hat there hould be a better postal -service. Living in a*etty ; I wee die appointed to find thst I could not dis patch fro? ' this d?c* afte idartTeT parcel which I had lugged dp tb the of flee." V ' Dr. Van ?sr Veer wau oterwheltsed with the charming noap!J*my extend ed by Heed Miller's relames. He said he. had never enjoyed "a visit of tho same length unywhero ebie s-. he lmd t ii-? one. lie 5n ^m^wt?at'Of a draw ring room ?do?tf.t offhand perfonaerJ and he war. made to'do a number otp "t tunti" while Oeorje SSiler and Reedf wore writing ne-v tongs 'around the filogen "Acilttr'o? la My Towi>." - 1 avocation hy Vej ber Ila? et Teters? The sons of Lee^this day, 0 God, tho ?ivar of -ett^bonnty. . Stand around the' faeMve boa rd His nemo to honor, tktag adored. Bless .this our dey.' Cur purpose ac-ly aaeJcs, That loyally sad trnrh w*y y.oij;;^ li; ita 'wasc ,, , Accept eur thanks. < May the gocdn*?a: #v*r b*. ?-\. To va, th? ?hHdrefrJef the reeks A foretaste of eternity. ... Blees tie as ste sf lea, ?ld from his noble UT? and true, Hie eons way ?vee faithful be, la loyalty te coen try due." * -Y- v * * * * * * * V- #! * SPORTS * ******* * * * * * * C'iiicego, Jan. 20.-Developments Jn the newest baseball war left both| sv.os-tne ag^reuaive outlaws of tnt i Federal Leonie nnd "organised bail"! confident or success. Predictions that! tl.e now ?cague would nive up the' ?li??t ia t.- Bhort tim?; WPT" m-,1e by! Pr??idenl ??<. in? n?. 6! the Americas] te.ig.i" .. L'resid^nt Murphy, of tl.<> Chicago N'allouai?. Lack of i>i-< parution In n number; of towna, although thc opening of! t? o Benson is teas thun thr*^ months! away, was given ns a leading reason I hy prophets ?rho er peet the Federais'i end toon. Meantfoe i'io owners of tho Fed?, league there- wu? a busy scent all day. Among the visit?se wore Russell Ford and Ed Sweeny. tbe^Sa* York. Yanks battery, both of whom were closeted with Joe Tinker manager ot thai Chicago club, and President Weegman j ot the local club for some time. Whether either or both of them had signed contracte with the Federalf. was not announced. Howard Cann it?, the foroi?r Pittsburg pitcher, traded to the Philadelphia Nationals, had a private discussion wtth "Dae" Gassier 'he'Pittsburg manager. Despite reporta that Kllllfer, of the Philadelphia Nationals. an4 Kirk Patrick, of Brooklyn, had not signed cor traits with the F?deral. President; Qilniore this afternoon exhibited t'.ej eontract& signed hy these men.' Thirty-three major league players; have signed wHh the leo gue, he said, j and eight of them having Joined the' new organisation since Saturday. I Infielders McCarthy, of Pittsburg, j was a ?aller aft: the ?^fficeaearly -this overing . and conferred, with Tinker I Felix Choulnard, formerly of the Chicago Americans, and later wltb! Des1 Mblnes, also consulted with tlie Federal Loagunr* and lntSmati<d that he would sign the contract with them. Wilifeic'Brennan. Nattopal t%?gue titnplre. this aft?raoon sl^ne.1 a EhYdtr .rear contract with the Fdoes.. Seven] tao rv umpires, of 'Iiigh ch?*-; are oa| their way' nero to tala, tv.-tth tlie hoss?* r Gilmore enid. Weeehman repent?n todey t'iet b?| would stand by the new league?* hatti j said that since the stormy meeting of Saturday he wrj? surr lt would bel a success. In this connection Proa.! Murphy claimed to have Information j that Weeghman'e protest, at the meeting against ?'carrying thr*e! clubs" resulted rn a verbal attack on I bim that "orceiod wounds rtiat can! hardly be healed.'* ZrMXEB3Li?.,?l COXTBACT. Chicago, Jan. 20.- Zimmennas signed a three year contract at an annuel salary of 17.000 to'play tY.iaJ baso for th?; Chicago, Nnttonal Ijengqe, club. Tho f'?tw coi-tract, ' ta for the season ii ci |}>t5 L<> 19*7, hi? pr?sent contract liolumg orr it- the ?otning ?e?Mti|-, Hie tor i ns were nottgiyen, but were told by a fnend of the great third buFcman. Greenfitoro, N. Jun. 20-At a meeting hero of rr presentatives , of Uv six ctn! s in thc North Carolina liu>eb.tll Lu.vjuv,, .i >.-'.cdule for the l?l? season was adrptcd. The season' opens April 2". and closet Sept; 9 The H'lu^luio. provi(',es.'fri* three game ..vr.'os . \\iivton ??alvm * opens the season.. atc tifocn^bpro; HaleU-h at rutriir.m. sail' C.iarf.o.lo r.t Ash?vrt?*. ;<*ains r?prsac?tittlng :hc#o e!~ ww?i composing leaser, >01? StATtX -MORI!. . Von Can't lM?ij H,Wy Boele Yard." Cn?rlnttci|vt|lo-. j^'fai Jeu. 2<V-'All A<ht< ?t- ri-iaUons,. ,'K'tWeen "tfec Rlf> CrtiVi r.sity of V;i yilila ?nd Georgetown Loiversjty will bo hrtVUcs off, was flo antoanceraent mmie tods> by Albert L*fert, chairman <?? the faculty coinriilttoc oh athifttk?. . -.-'News ct L'ie orr?k waa not wholly; unexpected it la tho third filnee^ Virginia and Georgetown ?hart?g relations in ,.ife: .V i? that-time e??k? tnfititutlon has won r.aven football ft!t?i?? and.*?^o ?ss lia*.? r??,.c!t?,?i. Fv?NT F fl AU oi?'Tj iVWH Chicago, Jan. io.- TV* Araerionn AsBociHtton ia nor. cr f feria j serioualy from F?deral LAa?ue ivid?, ac?or?lW|?' TO infommtiun wrr-ch teschs?" rrtm? C/alvttrgton ^er* today- . icH^gmti ?etd the t?Tilev?lle c?uh had'aeaurct signed contracte from all but- two plavcra, Ont- of whom has agreed to terrr? whVe- tl.r nih rt: o^j* '?aSM^ 'hH eoutrv !. Tlie r/jul-virt lirlhV^ tn ?ie'Asuftclatl?n to announce a E depend upon adv er ti sin g to? attirait your patronage We rely upon t ii e quality of the coal to hold it. GOOD FOR TWBNTY-F1VJJ. VOTES IN THE ANDERSON DA1CY ?W TEUJIGENCKR POPULAAKITY CONTEST. '.?nrlHateH Name You tu?y at'Cd tu a? many pf tbea?free ballots as you cap. got, each one [.Will i'ount twjahty-fiyo vote?. -, J This ir?o ballot roust reach thpcoi.tcst Officf not l:?'er than Jan. 21, t1314. VOID AFTER JANUARY, 84, 1914. \Vas supposed to trans mute the baser hetals in to gold. Today we call it efficiency. Efficiency is tfte result of knowing how, and of do ing the best you know how. We could do pur work cheaper, but we won't. We would do our work better, but we can't. w, ANDERSON^. C , ll You people that have had idle pianos in your homes, think of the possibilities that a PL?YER PIANO opens to you. You can have the music that you like, play it when you want it, and play it like you want it. You can play anything from t h e simplest ?popular air, to the most difncul t passage from '?Chopin, without knowing a note of music. We will take vour old Piano in exchamrie on a PLAYER PIANO, and you1 can pay the balance on easy terms. GOME IN AND LET US DEMONSTRATE THE PLAYER -----: PIANO TO YOU :-.; ' . ; " - G. A. Reed Piano and Organ Company 115-117 North Main Street, Anderson. S. G, l*he " pr.ytw> Ifcfitfn:-; >.f shu:?/ ^l.niov ? hus I leen a .' great problem With roost merchants,. L c,- lighting them;? In a va; which vt!; disolav the MERCHANDISE and not?*{ fut- LIGHTING FIXTURES. While'*He.n?htihg fixtures ?*] atv absolutely nectary tor the proper .'lighting 3T the vj display tiiey should be designed to plac?jWC l?gnt on the ffdods and ?iot in the e\es of persons looking in thc tfin i^ituoiiiti A-ray rc'iccTors are scsjg??ea . cx??usive?y for window, ti?htin& .fct? thc merchant w}Jl, luve no dif flcu?ty in selecting one which will cow etty and economi cally illuminate, his windows. sign i ri you ?ter natte* Our Blee trie Sign? NJ doubt you hara. HynjCTW^ff notice? lt,.'Hns ?notrt everybody ttotXc^rv$Wr ^lP.l\l^^WypJ\^ . j ililli win caa poalV*??? re mamba* **h?va,t?aB.year rtjm at ail? Why not mm^M^tUMr* ctt?trgh to'ba'raiiTMiabotad^awaotiva^ocgfo to'^raw IraVlaS??tfaa tiva ent??gp^to'.lndtriga'yo^r'pfeife to h e.:? |<ff>H?<??itfaA? HW ???Ufo?; enough to show people that you vwh w attract ihwa-that ya? f heir attcaUon and trade th you. 0?1P-P?8L10?IUI81. 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