THE ANDERSON IHTELLfGENREB
, Foeided 188i
% IM Herta Hain Sinai
ANDERSON, 8. C
WILLIAM BANKS - - Bdltor
W. W SM OAK . Business Manager
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The Weather.
Washington, May 4.?Forecast:
South Carolina: Local showers |
and Wednesday.
To be unpopular with some folks fs]
to bo right.
Our advice to the state democratic
convention?Be good.
Sometimes an eye-opener can. come
in a pretty dry way.
If your business is run down, wind |
It up with a little advertising.
When women fish for comp Urn en
these days, they use a tro line.
Be prepared for a tidal wave to re-]
surge when, it rushes in shore.
If Mieter Carransa d'oesnt look oqf:}
rvyes??eotfrel Funston will eWat alii,
wHh a c&ofcu* burr.
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The woods are beginning to be full]
of candidates, and tho picnic and the]
barbecue are on tho way.
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Char<**a j?re, however, that nobody
will sufifer V^i-y acutely with ennui at |
the coming D. C.stite convention.
.Th? ~r hi?-lss pctcni! out, aa the? j
would say up in Sparenburg, tho]
???apreai his gone beck to ?U festtt!s'. |
In the meantime, don't fort<?t *"\
plow deep thia year, even if the candi
date of your ch?me does come arcund]
. often.
There 1? nothing secret about the
Heiland government, says a New York
newspaper" Certainly not; lent its
ruler a queen?
. Oood byeJ: I.ines)ln O. Dickey. Thla|
old town lutr^?- doua regret, to ;>ar
with you. .f?ood bye und good luei
and don't fwrgot the'way back.
[tomans are aosr. Urins In the
tops of trees on account of the floods.
In about two months thjr-IMbS
shipping In drinking water front Mis
Bojrl.
Instead ai holding wakes over tiioj
utilities franchise, we should be wak
ing v?p to the necessity for good]
streets. The dust taxe in this place]
is getting heavy.
o??
The Mexican war having gone in a
hole and the cabinet having convinced
the public that U is happy, the poor
news editor cannot be blamed (for j
sulking in his tent.
Wo haTo nevar enthused overly
much about thia naval program to
t-uild tho biggest battleships . ever,
since a gent by the name of John Paul
Jones did what he did-with three old
tubs. .^4>t..
We don't.Warne4 Marietta, Oawgy a
bit. It hast keen trying;, to get in the
date hoc xlnco the war, and
?" arrived In '
and having
intent was to
r.MiOKSKI? WILSON
Anderson county endorsed Woodrow
Wilson's admlnlMtrutlon as president
and passed no other resolutions. The
mat (er of regulating the primary was
not discussed. We trust that the de
legation to the state convention,
which k<" with its hands free on that
question will act- conservatively and
tar tt\a jnlowslo r%t nlf the^tfoplC.
If the prlmury rules need changing,
It is with regurd to detail rather than
to acope. l^et every man's ballot ho
made worth something to him, and
let every white man be given a chance
u> vote. Repeating and UBlng the
votes of non-residents might require
some legislation In some parts of the
state, although we are not prepared
to admit even thot much for Ander
son county. We believe the people of ]
this county can be trusted to hold fair ]
elections.
The r?solutions passed by the con
vention yoKiiTday were introduced by]
ex-Senator John K. Hood and declare:
"Be it resolved by the Democratic I
convention of Anderson county, that |
the very faithful and efficient admini
stration of our national affairs by j
President Wilson and his party asso
ciates In all branches of the govern
ment is hereby heartily commended]
and endorsed.
Resolved further, that our senators
are hereby urged to support the presi
dent In hbv efforts to repeal the law
providing to<f^49R8*Ptlon through
the Panama canal to any ship owners,
and that we approve the time honored
democratic principle of opposing sub
sidy for ship owners in any form,
i That the delegates - to the. state
democratic convention are hereby In
structed to support, resolutions similar
to these In that convention. >
That the chairman and secretary of
this convention are hereby directed
to immediately forward certified cop
ies of these resolutions to the presl
a? ?ka TTnltiwt StutfUl. tn ' thfe I
United States senators from this state I
and to members of congress from this j
state."
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(iiTjr.ty. as rnARfiKD
In the editorial columns of this
p?per Sunday we appealed to the pub
lic of this city not to be trapped Into
a position of ' unfriendliness to the
Hmthern Public; Utilities ; Company.
TVtts company has not yet spoken to j
the public, has not denied5'the mis
leading reports that hayepssldluonsly
jOOjV ted to ?hf penjf e| from some
source or other. la this article we
used the <exprefs|on; i_ : ,
Ther? appears ta 1be a. deter
mined effort to discredit the
Southern ? Public utiliti. a Com
pany by having It assume an ag
gressive attitude that -would
make it offensive to the people
of Anderson. A careful, reading
of the letter of.Prost. Z. V. Tay
lor, published . In these columns
some days ago shows that he
appealed is c-iUoo! trv=tct>3
to protect his company, as cor
( tain misleading statements had
^?man?tcd as coming from the
ooard and had not been Seated In
the same manner.
Toe local afternoon paper yesterday)
in an editorial railing at the Southern!
Public Utilities Company Bays.
It. Is the most unpopular con
cern that has ever done business
In this city, not excepting the
Southern'Expr?s Company * *
Tb.is matter ,1s going to be the
Issue In the city campaign now
opening up. There iu no use try
ing to side step it; and we pre
ownership than now exists
Recurring to our editorial and
If theTe Is, ar-thejtr appears to
bo, u direct effort being made to.
?e^f^llc'es^ 4
people should look for the deep,
"underlying cause.
i And so we have the gist of the j
Whole matter. There had to' be ai feoljU |
tlcal campaign this year.
?HK HiTSBliK tiOOBER
The peanut, baa grown into great
favor in the leer few years. For
awhile It was regard od as the dally
ration of politicians, whittling clubs
and the like, but there has been dis
[entered thai the humble "goober" baa
nutritious value and that it is a good
thing to have on the farm, growing
readily in favor in almost any kind of
soil.
Now.that the south la being ?PIMpfe
?d. to ss* the Button which
solve the a lit problem of this or-.-.;:;
try. as western ranches are'playiagj
out on. account of drouth, the raising
of hogs mayIn a: few years.become a i
*fgui?r industry <* nnth.j
In. IVai ^tCrC -W '
tBar theUKthu't. " A Teem
Irom Deilas, Texas, saqra;
"The Industriel,. Cofftr*ss of tl
sta>e is urging the fann<
peanut crops lor heg feed,
[advantages or being a re
iMiiuutn ?nu inaa.es iigmct urmt j
upon the soli. Com Is a very exacting j
crop, requiring plenty et rain, draw-!
lag heavily upon the aolld fertility, is \
I subject to insect pests and plant <it*
esses,; and requires to be bar Verted
at considerable expense of labor and
money. The peanut is a drouth resist*
or, making road yiald* when corn
ruUfvutlon than corn, and has few
Insect enemtes. And the hog will do]
his own harvesting, digging up the
ground while rooting for the nuts.
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UK IS OPPOSED TO IT
Mr. Met ne 11 hau Kot Signed Petl.
tlon anting for Pardon of Yemen.
Editor The lnj*?lligcp/cor : f i
I so in the column's rbf you/ papef
of May ?nd, that the friends of J. H, j
Vornon are circulating a petition for
his pardon and that the prosecutor
in the case was lending his assist
ance to securing the pardon. That
statement Is false.
I will not sign a petition or lend any
assistance to any premeditated crimi
nal, Let me way further that there I
are man In .Anderson, r?jho have fef
celvedr money from muVdeirers and
their friends and have gone to the
governor and had them turned loose,
and I suppose that will be the way'
with .1. H. Vernon, t^e notorious cot-1
ton thief-who rode o r.the county In
daylight, spotted the ttun. then went |
baefc udder t|ie cover of night, took
the cotton, six bales and had the plans j
laid to get four more and would have
got them had be not been caught, and
locked up. And now men aye signing |
a petition to turn him loose..
When I sign a petition of that kind
or do anything to turn a criminal
loose, k?ll me that l am-net fit to be a
citizen of Anderson ^county.
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AndcrkA, 8. C.^May 4.
(Th? Reporter wlio wrote the story I
referred?; to,>; saw'the petition handed!!
to a get|tlemun in this town with the]
statement made as quoted. As to the I
case hself we xnow, nothing-.ex?ept,j
that fllrfi McConnell states that there
are other 1. dictaient* ponding ugalnst]
Vernon./'' Editor of The Intel1 .gencor.j
MIL SMITH'S COMMENT
Declare*: that so Blease Men were
Elect#l to the State convention.
Kurts.'P. Smith, solicitor for this!
circuit ana a supporter of Gov. |
Illease, last night made- the follow
ing statement with -r?f?ren?a to the
work of the county convention held ]
hero Monday:
:McCc*neli; !
I\ t tac wui
to the a|ate convention were, elected
fairly utid honestly. No ruse or trick
I or Bubterfugs or gag rule?In keeping
with thftiaction of the convention two
years ago> was resorted to in selecting
?^es to the state convention,
ere only five men of the 22 !
who were supporters ofl
Blease, yet. all five of these
e defeated. These five men
ean and high toned citizens
crate as can. be found la
county or anywhere within
yet because they are' >siip?
porters Hbf; Gov. Blease .they arc not!
consldei^d fit representative*, to the |
state ic^hveutiqh. and certainly. ,the
only dbkrgo;, thjj,t -can bft ,. brought j
jkgalnstMh?tn .f? that they (?v.e sup-|
porters ipt th?' 'governor. '
"So fd| as the friends of,Goy. Blease
la' thlB'-county l ate coucorned,| thejf
hare nowompluint to make *t the ac
tion of sk> county, cun veut ion, hut t?
those !vr?o. huvo been declaring for
"peace! Jpd harmony" who have beep
saying:'Vp'hw?y wiih factional politics
and dp Snot ^aw factional llpee^'. I.
wibh to< say that tne opponents of
Govern of Blease have first drawn the
; ?SCS sH5.it -ill r.at t??.te ?H-ir ?rejwtv.
to codrpaln if the Unes are drawn
and tnefkvoters' valiy to tho cause' of
Gov. iJieSse and.hip friends."
IS THE SLOGAN
(Continued Fram Page One),
restricting the primary were features
of the Greenwood county contention
tion todfey.
The following delegates were elect-j
Moore. M. G. Bowlca, M.
T. Strom, Q. C. Stallworth. j
phols?n, il. C. Tiliraan and
_ton. The motion to'tfeatrfofi
the-primary was warmly debated but
was carried.
ken h Convention.
May. 4.?Pt?kens. .count} j
convention was largely Ut
thuatcgute /and harmonious.
II was made president and
chairman-.* ttelogatas to
vention aro C. LwCureiou,
. O. R. Doyle, W. T. O'Bell.
U and. Jt. ;N? Morgan. No
of Governor Blease elected
delegate* to the stet? convention
?wberry Convention.
,M?y 4.?Tho democratic
was in eesBloa only forty
mlnuteh^and everything , pessed off
pleasantly not a contest or protest'or
an unkind word. The anti-Blease At le
gate Wota in a largo .tna&rlty. The
Blease' delegates made no nomination
tor delegate? to state convention or
for any office. Governor Blease was
, i present at the convention, though
a<- luul i-cted a delegate- . I
<Hife*ftionIous la Abbeville.- .
i . Aubdv?lc, May 4.?The -copjBty cob-,
wntlob W balloU elected a solid antt
adminfctSaiitXR^delcsatton of cSght to
the ??ffit?wwlo? and voted down a
resolution favoring i ne' county tb]
couotyy^rtyass, .
Adopj?ed resolutions, I&8iro?*n?g
ft?t*#AjMHtt\ work* for flii amendment'
indulgmg In personalities and to re*
d about two to one.
ion tshdoraluR Wilsor
V) M Bp Given Event**? of May
day will 1
h Saturdfi
Li Ii I fli ft.'
T.ic local afternoon paper Saturday
printed an extract rronl the letter of
Z. V. Taylor, prejridcut of tlu? South
ern Utilities company in ttf board ot
tfitf ttjt-flL whlclf hjtte^ wb are iftf<*rrgc^
? als never" glVen ai reply? Ay'only uwr
tionu of tjie letter were published in
the afternoon paper, wo present the
complete letter that the public may bo
inforru?d a.s to the begioniug of the
attack on the company.
"Sometime ago, at least one montb,
my attention was called to an artlulo
spi-curing in one of our daily papers
to the effect that the board of school
trustees in th? city of Anderson had
refused to 1.ay a bill for service ren
dered by the Southern Public Utilities
Company on tli? ground than It was
void and of no force and effect. This
?as a matter of-such ?erlousneas that
immediately, want to Anderson and
there our locul manager inrormer me
but the mutter had been referred to
the attorneys for our company and
the attorneys for the board of trus
tees and that it would be amlcahjy act.
tied, within a fear days. ',
"I have waited pniiuutl/ for some.re
lief froni ^^MHP1 -alter Ls
pi ?iertous WnsbqueiM <> to us.- Un*
der the terms ?T.Mr;;rraacniH?
TPijiiired sj' jrf tjsv1 cfty < .
derson in irai
ter syxtemi
I not produce
creased ref
PileIy tfor th
its citizen*
thereIor^;-S?
mode tjurt our
Mfrof tiV m
in jie mad?
the city said
Tcadily - %<&,
ention is t? be,
se is null and
void, coning ? fairness to us royulreo
th-'t this eontentlpu ?htill he disposed
of before we epejid the ?um of mo
ney. . z. - -v
fcIn addition, 'this wc are offering i
for Kale our Recnrit?ew ?11 ov;
country to in*e?**r>: who are .
cent of any supposed defects
franchise and fab* dealing
requires that this be settled
Med at once, for certainly the)
pail 1rs to this .controversy iiiid- shoutd :
??t tw made, fn suffer on account OT
it.
The franchise of'a p'nblic Service
corporation must be above suspicion
as to its-legality, and 1, therefore, find
myself forced ' to take such stops in
the event1 this pbp?ion abo?c r^fcr-Fro ||
to in insisted upon, as will*definitely|
settle . the matter for all tune.
?As. aboveIndicated, I have waited I
Patiently,, because I did not desire to)
an aaythfa* waJehV might he tf
I Jeet of criticism or to plac? myseir infj
[tile attliude of deirrbW*h^^e|mtflR,l
of Anderson bf wafer, und jet fa the |
other hand, you cannot but see that
U am forced, in ?oniin|?u lustjee U^our I
sehe? and our ?ccurKr holders, to I
take "s?'?h actiea^a^owTftli-aelirstln?il
whether or not we hare any rights in
your city. '
I hayu fclven this fuse:
turupht dt which 1 'rii cau.ibio and':
I, can see no' way to being it'baft?re iLe I
courts i xicpt by a discontinuance..of
I your'service. Thla w^U.^lye. you,au:}|
opportunity of applying for an inj.unc-j
tton. and the matter'will then
[squarely, presented for- final determi
r
Political ppiste In
Over the Aj
j portant
were ot
ohthron 1
several officers
thoroughly sympat
action was ?pudi?
' Secretary of Wap,
and others King
show a type of.-1
il 8 PROPOSITION
nation. I regret to adopt this method,
as some may be so unjust as to take
thp position that our corporation is
attempting to deprive the schools of
Audorspn ef, water ^but^I fffi ?,at7<m,
are rair mlnflod'Ctiough wryA-Tim fntf.
pose for which this has been done and
and to realize tbat^uhder these condit.
iona it is the only thing that we can
do. .
"If you desire, and wiU In writing,;
accept this letter as a refusal, on our
pert, le d?lirer von water without
compensation on end after Thursday,
April SO. 1014, and will agree to bring
j our action at once, we will not dis.
continue the service but proceed on
the assumption of Its discontinuance
otherwise, however, the service wlii
he discontinued on the date above in.
d'rated.
: -"The question here presented Is'ffot
the simple question of tbo payment of
a bill lnsignicant in'amount, but the
question rais?d by the board, .is one
that strikes at the very lite of our or
ganization and I must insist that it
b'j determined definitely and beyond
peradventure or abandoned."
'-(Continued From Second Page)
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?e-'pf the' Stufe board of health
went, promulgate and enforce
M and regulations for the.JJeUer
jnjgM and protection of the pttblfc
|h'c-alth pr the. people(Ot South Caro
lina, did promulgate and Issue the fol
lowing 'rcgulaticz, whleh' a?p?rsedea"
regulation 2 set forth in circular No.
2 issued April 26. 1914 :
"Regulation 2r?All flour , in- the
process of manufacture that has
en pubjocted to . any j treatment
hereby it is bleached, or its natural
flor changed in any manner through
chemical action, must be clearly and
Iconspiciouply labelled on the package
So, show this fact.
'^The statement on the label must
contain the word ^bleached' in capital
HJiitirn ul ms??? typi' nOt IZZZ t?Z.T.
One inch in height, anil this word
must be followed Immediately by
words (in smaRer type if desired)
stating clearly the process used In
Kl*>nr-hlnnr nr Int'har treat??C?t. Til?
following statements illustrate word
ing to be used. 'Bleached by Chlor
ine,' 'Electrically Bleached.'
"Tins regulation shall take effect
July 1. 1914.
ice la further given that un
Ider the provisions of tho code rcqulr
tfng the inspectors of'this department
to enforce the pure'food and'drug'brw
of the ct?te and tho rules ahd're%?ta
tiohs- pjfemulg^ted thereunder the'In
spectors of this1 department hhvO beeh
toawocted to strictly enforce- Uris
KgejgolaAionv'wU'" ' ' ' sutoauntl .
I^^All manttf?ftturers. iobbersi-agent?,
merchants "or-other persona offering
for sale any good* in violation of this
regulation are - notified ' that on and
after. July 1, 1014, any -stocks found
in thlr Etato, offered for sale, will be
dealt with according to law. as-will
also those offering ; such stocks for
cale." :-'
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Irmy Resignations
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Jfordsk .....
You may pay whatever
Ipri?e ypu please here fcr
oxfords from $3,So to
#6.
We will match your
price with extreme value
in fit, style and
leather.
Snow's oxfords, #3:50.
H. and F. oxfords $4.
Our special oxford at $5
is a real wonder for qual
ity.
For the most critical we
have Hanan's bench
made oxfords at #5.50
and $6; the highest point
of shoe excellence.
Order by parcels post. We prepay
?11 charges,
TOW :<
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f!^oti?id?r jJ?reftj!hr]I
question of "
I BUY MY SECT SUIT? I
Look where you will?then closely ex
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$13.50 per suit
15.00 *
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20.00
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