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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER Pounded 18? IM Hortli Mala Stree* ANDERSON, 8. 0. WILLIAM BANKS, . . Editor W. W. HMO AK, - Basinets Msaagtr ?. Catered Ar cord In g to Aet ol Cos ?Tats as Second Clans Mall Matter at tte P?stenles at Anderson, 8. C. PabUihed Every Morning Except Monday ?ami-Weekly Edition on Tees tay ?a? Friday Mornings Daily EdltioB-f&oo per sanean tfc&O for Six Months; 91?? for Tbree Months. Semi-weekly Edition - SUM per Annum; 7ft cents for Biz Months| W .tats for Poor Months. IN ADVANCE Member of the Associated Press ned vllrrelvlng Complete Dally Telegraphic Herr iee. A larger Circulation Thea Any Oth> er Newspaper la This Ceagreasloaal District The Intelligencer lg delivered by earrlers in the city. If yon fall to fat your paper regularly please notify os. Opposite your name on label sf your paper la printed date to which pear paper ls paid. All checks and drafts should ha drawn to Tan An derson Intelligencer. Anderson ls' My Town-Stock-rain era' headquarters. Clean-up day next May includes the face of the numil boy. . . Stockingless "women is said to he the latest durnfoolishness. Tango shirts, tango .skirts, tango ahooB aid-well, maybe tango booze. To make Anderson county great, we must have the best roads in the South. A new dope factory to be started herb. Doesnt look like Sunday clos ing does so much harm. It Villa doesn't stop these execu tione. Pres. Wibma will write a note to Mr. Carranza about it. Five hundred, beef cattle raised In thia county In a year would mean big money for Anderson, i The commission form of government ta liked by some; people as Improve ment on the omission kind. By the way, are there any home cured hams In Andereon county? Get our 'phone number, please. One of the hardest 'things heard of against tte Democratic administration is that Prof. Taft is in favor of lt. Joh hunters around the Ford fac tory in Detroit no doubt disappeared >v2:f?n the time'came to above' ?now. The March winds beat the split-log drag In getting rid of mud, but the the drag is. better for removing the rtits. We neyer have, gotten rid of that hunch that Anderson ls to be the blg geaf" city in the upper part of the 3Ute. i Reed Miller will come back home. Which does not mean to say that he can't come back whenever he gets ready. ' i - The Carnegie hero medal commis sion might award something to those popr boya who have to report the leg islature. ' ? The Governor of Texas may over look a few trifling irregularities and send a few good scouts tm r Into Mex ico himself. The young men of the country should be grateful that there are men such ae Fred M. Burnett to take an interest In them, , wo rest quite sure that Mayor Gibbes or. Columbia is in favor of the commission form of government. He enema to like it. ' - i" There sro as many candidatmi for Lieutenant Governor in this State as there are for president of Mexico. And both are suicidal. . * '., ."1 '''n, ."..?if?f nj jr) Anderson will prove to the old sol diera of the State that thia tathafecc Van Of the State wh4f^fiCoftWdlftf will always be revered. if..o'? ,ffc ?i *A**so<Jft aa President Wilson gets through Settling the Andersen, peat office application matter, he will take up the little affair with Mexico. . Wo never believed In the evolution of man from monkey, bpt we believe '.men are devolutlng. Judging ie fads and styles th*?* d*y?. Anderson County butter pulled the gold medal down for the whole United States at the Dallas Corn Show. This la ? strong country-oven'oar butter tS strong. THU Ol K^ON I> JgKXH'O AH on? read? further Into Hie .?x Ican problem, the more startling ap pear Lhe lischt* and, shades of th?* un happy people. On one hand you find a class possessing education and cul lure and comparable lo Hie finest pol ish of America or Europe. Under neath thc thin upper crust composed first nf cultivated and educated peo ple, second of the feudal owners of the land, are the million.; of "peons" who ar?- practically serfs. A bad eco nomic aystem keeps them alwuys in debt and Ignorance, ti v> The situation is really about -'ino years behind the ?ge. /The feudal ti i archy of land ownership is !'.ke what existed in Europe a number of centu ries ago. It ls nq .wonder that' the peon, hopeless In Attoettfc of low wages or heavy taxes, frequently <|uitH the despairing task of agriculture, which seems only to ob'cluuUXhe proprietor, under such circumstances lie feels that be has nothing tn lose by bri gandage, or by espousing the cause of some demagogue, und lie might possibly gain something. Observers of tho problem incline to one or two alternatives. Does the 'country need another pfojfc, .some strong man who wlil restore order, establish a benevolent despotism, with tho end "Iii vJew^jfAn' gradual enlight enment of the working classes, un til some, fulurc'dtiy^vpioh they under take some, share id' Jeff* government? Or is the time ripe now for a more d?mocratie moyome.nt, in which tho attempt Khali.he made to establish a real republican government in this lund of darkness? Whichever attitude, ono may take, this one thing seems clear, that what ever power shull rule at Mexico City, I it must toke determined measures ta] encourage private holdings In land. The small fariner must' be protected. | There must Ifb courts that will de fend his rights to enjoy the fruits of bis land in peace. Ft RM r?.?PE lt ATKIN. Wherever farmers hove been get ting together the subject of co-opera tive methods have been discussed. r ?a the farmer too independent and Odjated a ,P0i%?a4ity,, jto, .Jco-or -te, |u|c?iQM|?f Jefjfe fjpll Ul the >4, from dawn until dark, with wonder ful industry and persistence. . But long solitudes have made'him an in TBnTjd^dfVfduallst. Sure of food' and ygf^l^'ftftte homestead',, he defies world of commerce and society. . Attempts ?it &r&^'?op?r?tt?h ern j ? ,?^bm^ffB^g^???B9^t''ot suspic ion. Tlie niom?JffTe put out of his hands the function of marketing or buying, he suspected}crookedness. If a neighbor by better, methods, pro duced a superior article and cot bet ter prices, less, successful compet?-1 Hors attributed it to.favorltlsm. A recent writer in the Saturday Evening Post, describing conditions formerly existing rnHfie lumber bus iness, told of ittl? ^discrimination against thc product of the smaller dealers. It ls very easy for an unfair grader to slip-up thet#tc4uc(.of the big man, and slip dawn the product {b% th?,'^tle/.fel|okO<5?r recent years as the resul* of forming of trade as sociation*. ^ ??n^m^ ojf jthe busi ness 1B against^ unfair dlscrlmlna SlmUarly the farmers qan avert such abuses id cooperative work, pk other trades have dtme, by cordial un ion, frank discussion, of errors, in sistence on the 'square deal.' No man ever gets ahead .yt^m'ls too suspicious of his fellow-men. There are plenty of bright, sou ase mea who can han dle farm co-operation honestly, and efficiently. The farmer must find them and trust t$cty.'pr forever suffer from the limitations of the Individ ualist. DOCTORS A*Nir-ADTfcBTI8ING A committee ot'Uf?'American Medl-j cal Association h&jtast submitted to' thc,national bodyMHfly " questiops as' to whether physlWhs ma^>&|ljfW advertise, their burtMss, and, if ko, tc wbnt an extent. ^v^SL Tiie strict r u les probes*'-* al ejfr quette havo herct?irfl>out o. 'A^HL tining of physiclans^thar than Ira*? professional carda!, fJv^d3M?tn9<?? t% pr?tant tradltiftoMtaven\| V pijfl slcian from giving fVr?^bHc facts which lt would like to know. When a stranger comes to town he would j like to find out how long physicians have been practicing, In what diseases they] make specialties or have had special experience, what other professional Braining they hare had. It would well seem that some enlargement of the typical physician'a advertising might bi possible, without descending to the ^rUe of so-called medical - advertising. A Ht le well writtea publicity( might tend to check the tendency ta %akLmoney .ott-;,*** trained men and uieieaa <BV barmfnl AL li NOT H K HO KS Willie the sum totnl of the result of the Carnegie hero medal commission's work IH satisfactory, yet there are some phases of the Investigation that show a very cheap and sordid side to humanity. The commission's records ?how awards to only about 8 per cent, of the persons for whom application was made for recognition as "herods. One man lost some false teeth while swim ming out for a friend, and asked for a new set. A woman who tail ?out without wraps to help the victims of an automobile accident, wanted a re ward for taklne the Hui*' ?jf pneu monia.. Some of the applications have been fakes. Some ti mew nmjer the scrutiny of weather recordsYfhe terri fic storm in which a water rescue was effected, turns out to be a.-still and sunshiny day. CONSUL ORDERS ISLE SURVEYED 0 Construed to Mean Mexico Will Fight Against Extra dition. (By : Associated Press.) Austin, Tey.., Mar. 3.-The Mexican Consul at Laredo has ordered a survey of the island.on the Rio (?runde to de termine whether or not lt ls Mexican or Amcricjan territory, according to advices redling Gov. Colquitt today. State officials construe! '.the Infor iiiation as meaning that the Mexican governments planned to ?fight any . pt-, tempt to extradite the m?m involved l,p the events le?ding up to the arrest and supposed execution of Clemente Ver gara, the Texas ranchman, who used the island as u horse pasture. Ver gara was assaulted nd Belied on the Mexlacn side according to eye wit nesses, but -Mrs. Vergara has filed an affidavit charging Captain Apolonio Rodriguez an 1 flv0 Federal soldiers with stealing eleven head of horses fi om the island, it ts cnarged Ver gara was lured to the Mexican side of the river under promise of payment for his stock. If the (Bland ts Mexican territory, lt ls pointed out, Texas has no authori ty to demand the return of, the men for trial on the horse stealing charge Uti ich the state attorney general has ruled as tho pnly one tlmt.can lefraUy, be brought-against' them ' In this coun try, ft . m .Governor Colqultt has also ordered an investigation of the status of thc. {Bland to protect Texas rights. ,,Webb county ofn>talB have claimed that tholr^records -show lt to belong to the .u ... ^Y TRIBUTE L.GO?TH?LS l". <:' .Mt tl .? ' m .- . Aw?rrded Medal at Annual Ban quet of N. G. 3. So ciety. . -, i (By Associated Press.) Washington, Mar. il.-Washington teaisht paid tribute to Coi. George Washington Goethals,' builder of the Panama canal. The occasion was the annual banquet of the National Geo graphic Society, with Colonel Goe thals present as the geuBt of honor and to receive from the han! of the president a special'gold medal award ed - hin? by the society in recognition of his wonderful achievement j ? Secretary ??Bryan was toastmaster. Gathered! 'around the- banquet table dlatlnguiehed scientists of the soclety :*ur?? president Wilson and his -cabi net. Justice? ot the supreme court, members of tho diplomatic corps, high officer* .of t?d? army and navy, leaders In bbth hbU?s of congress and other notable ftgutp? in the life of the na tional capita* ' . Inscribed '.on the..medal were the words:1. :; : v? .' ; "This medal of the National Geo- I praphlc Society is awarded to George Washington Goethals, to whose abili ty and patriotism tbe world owes the construction of tbe Panama csnal. March 3. 1914." ... The medal was awarded by Presi dent Wilson, who, reciting in detail th? merita of the canal and the man who carried lt to s successful comple tion, con eluded thus:" "I esteem lt a real privilege, acting on behalf of this Society, to present to 9&& Col. Goethals, thia very benefi cial medal. ' it is made of mere gold add gold is of no consequence In this .connection, but lt speaks,tja'tho moat precious metal we know, ?the grati tud.? ?hoVadm (ration of the world"? Lowttjt Price Ever Reached. . York,?? Hays? a>*S3n5^ . .-ead entr sold was reached today. ?jHf?tr tTK?appearance of the January fltW^eBwIn*^eorpaaaan tfpeajf? JpTTncpme of $352.000, the quotation clroppdfi a point to CB 1-2 r 'last decent-' * her. when the. dividend waa passed* ahe Steak declined to 66 6-8, hut'last month lt rose to 78. In the seven months of New Haven's fiscal year which have elapsed the operating In come Jins decreased ts 468,000. ._,L NoB-PolItlcsl ?Arder. NEI Paso, Texas, Marett 2,-r-Word from Madera, the big lumber town In western Shlbuahua. brought news of a non-political murder of whtob J. J. Harmon, a watchman of the Madora Company, Ltd\. was the victim. He was slain'with an axe, alleged to have .teen yielded by Miguel Alvarez, a 4^x)etsdfl|ttfegrsph operator, whose Ihothtfs^lt'ViUnraonai iheaaeuet^rari ntMB' were arrested, i The ^ggjgg^gattted a, week ago. Men of Observation. Declare That It Is the Very Thing That An derson Needs-Not Too Small, . No City 'That Has Tried It Would Give It Up. Sunday Tho Intelligeneer presented ty>e -view? of 15 .prorninejit 'citizens of Anderdon with reference to the .need of commission form of government for t his. etty. We .also .gaye the ad vice of prominent men in Orangeburg Columbia and Spartanburg in fuvor of it. and commending it lo Ander Bon. Following are a few more in terviews, received yesterday: MAYOR W. H. GIBUF.S of Colum bia, in a letter.'writes to the Intelli gencer that he bad sent his inter view "Hot off the Bat" over the tele phone and could add nothing to what he then had said, although he feels that he could write columns. "I should have udded that no city which has udopted the commission form has ev er forsaken lt. This pregnant fact speaks more than everything else on behalf of its practicability as applied to cities riinjiihg from a few hundred people to halt a million. Hoping that Anderson 'may adopt it and may be come a shining example of the bene fits or wisddmV' etc. 1 ' lt. S. LIGON--"I believe that lt is the very best .thing that we need here to push the town forward. I am very much In favor of it from what I haye feud und h a vp' been able to judge bf lt.. t : "ie . ..< L. S. HORTON-"I conress th?t I have not been'able to l?ok Itnehto have not been able to look into the matter as closely a? I should ?eave done, hut I believe that lt would be u splendid 'hing for Ande'rson. I am sure it could not hurt us." v J. J. FRETWBLL, capatallst-We need some form of business govern ment. Thc city cannot ask business men to quit their own business for nothing to work for the city, and the city with an annual business of some thing like. $200,000 should have men constantly at work looking after its interests. I bel Ivb from what I have observed fha! the commission t form is "What Anderson needs." J. E. BARTtflf,'%Wtldef Und capital ist-"I have Heard 'ebth good and bad of. tIve commission form ot govern ment, although^ sotfeUeVp'that almost any change woutd<b? a'b?beflt for the city.; I ant'rattier inclinen io favor lt us- a buBlness? proposition, although my vlewaiore awrored!"' *? . '1 REV. MIL pJ?*!NERLYJ.';?r Ander son milla-?'I ?know from fobeerva11 on that the .commission form has revolu tionized Orang3bch*?i H has " made1 that ti*, beater] ?Itt .'an* ?has fcaused marked ImproWtnfentsJ UV every way. It is the 'ver> thing that Anderson neei S " ! "* , Dil! GEO. Vf, EVANat^n certainly am in favor afj ttl* We" need a govern ment by strong business men and believe we will get it this wav." JAS. J. BALDWIN-Hl have had BIB EOWABQ OBEY GIVES ENGLISH VIEW (Continued from 'first page.) ever, giving me any suggestion or In- | dlcatlon ot what action we can take i at the moment. :*J ? "I must repeat what I said last, ( week-that there is nothing we can!, db effectively tinder, present condl-' 1 "The government Ih'Mexico City has no control over the territory where the 'death 6T Benton .took place, nor. over those responsible for his. death. We cannot, therefore, under the pres ent 'circumptances, secure reparation through that gbvertfflf?fct, * \?~ :-"r?We have nd int?dfl?? bf ' engaging in such a fantastic attempt as send ing force-which to fae effective would have to be a large force-Inti any part of Mexico. "Under ordinary circumstances we might have taken action at a port by way of blockade. Under present con dltlons, if we took tuen action and it had any effect, it could only result in giving assistance to the contend ing party In Nortli Mexico. This Hoes Not Ead IL "Tb take action that would positive ly help those from whom we demand reparation simply for the sako of ap pearing to do something would be worse than futile. "But wo do not intend to tel the matter rest, and as soon as by any if, change or circumstance**''it ls In our?;? Pdwer ta *?rlry the matter further we Replying io another' tjtiestion, Slr'* Edward said that Great Britain had, nat ?a&gdlsdd Gen. Villa as a belllg-1 * erent. Another question brought the ^ asatenient from Slr BdWard that no f changes had been obtained from Hoer- 1 ta regarding the protection of British subjects In Mexico. Pres Meat Expresses ApprovaL , Washington, March g.-President ; Wilson, tn a conference tonight with * Slr Cevtl Spring-Rico; Ute British am-.n uassador, and Slr Lionel Carden, * British minister to Mexico, Is under- J stood torhave expressed*, lt* approval!*1 aad appreciation of the friendly sea?1* Omenta uttered by the British foreign?" secretary In the house ot commons. *? The entire situation was discussed!* at length tonight in the conference. 5D It waa the first time the British am- J baasadoT Bs* called on the president! std<i*?he Beaton ex?daObtt. W77?*? ]? lealings with boards of public works ind with the commissioners in, Cities; whore this' form in used, and with .tho >ld aldermanlc councils, and I- jw ih o say that- any man WIIQ .lias}l? ?i ?ess'd?alrhgs .wltli a cltyt will jf ql .ome the commission form. It ls the inly way to run a city. Haye,the commissioners to meet dally. Just >*?n lie directors of banks, and let them ransact business in a business like ^I^?RMA?) <$HAS. SP^RMA}! )f .coune I am In favor ot*'it. I km n for anything that will improve An le/Bon..and I, believe from the ?Boorda ? >f other cities that this is. what we ?eed." , . MISS MA HG AK ET EVANS AND MH. BELTON O. EVANS-"Wte; favo* he commission form of government is a change from the present me hod." ? , ALDERMAN C. 'Wt McCLURE-? 'The commission form of government, s a good tiling, but whether or not it viii suit Anderson T do not know. am afraid Anderson ls too small a :ity to undertake it right now,' al hough I believe in tba principles as tpplied to other cities." , C. E. TOLLY, former Alderman "i am heartily in favor of.thq-.cojo- . nission- form Of . government 'for An'*- 1 lerson and alwyys have been since bogan to study it. Anderson'will gb orward under .it." . A 4.>9lr* * i Several of the ministers of the city expressed the-naeVre?WIMv?^oflt if ter their meeting Monday.;,,They lo not discuss such matters io their neeting, but several were asked as hey were leaving add they expressed heir belief that it would make Am- 1 lersbn a better city and a bigger city." FRED W. FELKEL, State- Agent bf 1 he Atlantic Lifo Insurance Company -I think I can safely say that Ander - ion needs the commission form ! of government. I attended school in spartanburg, ana one of my former ir?fessors, Dr. Waller of Wofford col; ege, is one of the commissioners here. It ls a singular kind of coridi ion that gets men such as'he Into ni bl lc service. He is a splendid man, ind from all reports I get from Spar anburg the commission form ia .doing treat good there. W. A. SANDERS, Civil and Civic En rlneer-Of course I am in favor of he commission" form of government, < or I lived under it 'three years Jn Spokane, Wash., and I /know what ft ? The people of that city would not . ; ive it up for anything. They hs,ve ?n1 dy'ed great ppfeperity under' it1,' und ' voutd not, retuiftf to aldermahic gbv-i ' srnment'. ' Anderson,*In nt? judgment, 1 s, not too. small to be; operated snc^ ' .?ssfuriynndentnitfptarii' i 2 W< ; T. ?. ti?Kki Spjo-te^ig^W-y have 1 lad' Hid' commission .form of? ??vern- , neut in Spartanburg but a /-sbOTt<''j inle', and ft seems to be! giving gen? ?ral satisfaction.?/ certainly!, -?? im* 1 l?ovement ob' larmer (conditions. 1 - enow one thing j, ?Mayot* Jobr? FSoyd. vho acta as the -police judge, IB cer- U amiy'drhHng the. liquor men ?ut of ' Spart'anb?rs: It is a good thing In hat respect. ' We have not had it long mough to see how lt will operate with .ef?rence to extension work. ary Bryan. He.came primarily to nt md nco sir Lionel Carden, whose ntlmate knowledge of the political ind diplomatic situation In Mexico "'itv enabled him to give the president Irst-hand information on condiciona here. White house officiais 8ald< aft erwards the'conference was for "mb ual information." .!.--..?< The conference with the president t is understood, was arranged to em ihasize the friendliness of Great Brit Un- to the United* States in Its han liing of the problem, . > \>dw There ls every,,reason< to."believe, hat the United States will continue.} te request for an examination- .'of benton's body. -, ,., . t> > ^ rrost Secretary D?nie?s announced7, that he 1,000 marines on board tnetjBtfn' :ock w?uld be kent at New Orleans ndeflnltely. His policy? it.la Jcnowtt s to keep as m any ?marinea as passible n gull caters at. this time. > ;T?OO/ . ' 1- . K- Carranxa Appoints Coauaissfon , Nogales. Sonora, M?x., Mar.- 8.-AJ? ommisslon to investiste the fiajltoni 1 ase was appointed tonight by Gener 1 Carranxa. The deeislon waa takeu fter a long session bf-' the rovislonal cabinet. It ts said he death at Juarez of the British ubject, William S. Benton, had "occu red virtually all the attention pi j arranza and his adlveaera. " V ''T | Members of the commission ere,,Ra~ ?onFraustra, consUtutionallst mill ?ry attorney general; Miguel Silva, hyslclan and exgovernor of the state r MIchoaean and Miguel Lara,; ?ttor-,. ey and ex-govciaor of HidalgttI; ; ?X These three rom. it is explained, are' J ready on their Vay to J hough ' they bdve qot ' beetr1 Heir naissloff there. * Nothlne -ras ^bntti???Sfi he d?enppt^ra$ic??bf1 tSust n Amer.can. r. i ft was aaV bange -ba* -*ee?" made In tand that the; .death'?'?'J?t lootchman, slioild toe takeu a kigltah goverit'nWtlmalt?ot,iby ugton authorities. . Against Iforaettttlp. '', London, March 3.-Lord Roberta, 'iBcount Milner. Baron Balfour of iurlajgb, Rudyard Kipling, Prqf.'Al ert Venn Dicey, 81r William Ramsey ad a eeore of leas prominent elli en stoday Issued aa appeal jto their ?How countrymen to foUow their ?s mple ia signing a declaration which I milder in form than the Ulster ovenant. by wblcb they hold th em el ve?. In case ?-?? Ii** home rule bill ecomeaa law without first being Rub iBted to the'5e * lusUfied In .tab etion'tha? may i tata* edt ir i ti su ?sai*:^ mm? ?? . ^ir Ja i fliil;<>'-> IP* v tl, Mt ?|'t>. Url! P??oi* A CASH OF INTEREST $ . ~ ~v to men young in years or s spirit. We open the case today, : and would like to have ' 1 v yoi* on the jury-that is, . ???J W / ^ , if you are free from pre- i fxt^ ? \ ?3 judice against new styles . . V' ..>T / -because this case is . "*..' ./' i?j<&'? ; full[ pf ;ttie '^ery newe|t, { rvT ^ / ?V? styles m spring su jts.' ?^7 * / ^ 7,!;-^?w styles,in patterns. * Newstyles in cut. / No subpoenas served. But you are invitee! to come in. "The Store TFIth ? Conselene*." .il illi m ti nw. ! w^teifc ?-?I ?I Usntii . |{ Mz? Vehicles of ?very des?r?Mfh?i t??ep coming in every day. ll Our stock of H?rneds, Whips and ibbes is the finest ever. *$?o mm - jiii^ ; Muf?s and [jli I ? .. PPP ri no?if?btJA O'."* wie "??Hire of ?fit econqrntcat , , tion. More*tlwn;' thousand :m^S^^ worldwide service1 have changed distance from a matter of distance to a matter of minutes. Buy your Ford today. . Five "hundr*d dollars i* the ?rice of the Ford runabouts; tho touring car ta fire ? If ty; tho v?; rn car ?even 3 fly-f. o, h. Detroit, complete with equipment. Oct catalog and partiera lara from Archie I* Tottd, looa* deakf,Anderson, a C. ..uiw * ? ' .1t V te ' <t l: