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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER F Maded Aurait 1, 1800. IM North Main Stret AN DE ll HON, H. C. WILLIAM DANKS. Editor W. W. 8MOAK_IiUBlncBB Manager Entered According to Act of Con gress aa Second Class Mail Matter at tas Pofltofflce at Anderson, 6. C. Member of Associated Press and Receiving Complete Daily Telegraphic Service. Semi - Weekly edition-$1.60 per Tear. Daily edition- $6.00 per annum, S.60 for Rix Months; $1.25 for Three Mihi. IN ADVANCE. ? larger circulation than any other aewspflper in (bis Congressional Dis Met. TELEPHONES} Editorial.827 Baa?^e?" thrice.'321 Job Printie.693-Ll Local New.':.327 Society Nev. s.321 The Intelligencer in delivered by' carriers In 'bu city If you fail to I gat your paper regularly please notify aa. Opposite your name on label Ol your paper ls prnted date to which fltr paper Is paid. All cheeki and .rafts should be drawn to The Ander son Intelligencer. The Weather. Washington, Sept. 8.-Forecast: South Carolina-Partly cloudy and| somewhat cooler Wednesday; Thurs day fair. A HAPPY THOUGHT, ?The world ls wet," Bald the little frog. "What isn't water is mostly bog." "Oh. not' at all," said the little fly. "??'a full of spiders, and very dry! "The world ls dark," said the moth so white, "With many windows and nrcs of light" "My poor young friend, you have much to learn. "The world Is green," said the sway ing fern. "Ob, listen, dears," sang the little lark, "It's wet and dry. and it's green and dark. To think that's all would be very wrong; Ifs arched with hine ard filled with song." -Jubilee Gems. Is Ererybody Happy! SURE! -o Manning ls the man In. Self help ia tho?bost help. Today-and then a long breath. Joaffre may be a modern Joshua. C2oM morilug, Governor Manning. Every man should vote. It is a duty, , ** ' o i What did Anderson do for Wyatt Aiken? o Anderson la My Town-Richard I". Manning. Register for Ute general election. Last call today. Trousers that wear like Iron get rusty of ourse. What kind ot thanksgiving day will we nave this year? Sow a plenty of oats. And when that is done-some more oats. -o Demand for currency la always In order, emergency or other kind. Be on hand tonight, ready to cheer. But don't hurt anybody's feelings. Sumter's fcjig year. Ellie Smith and Dick Manning are native sons. The farm ia the power'house of all progress and the birthplace of all that ls nebia. This war in Europe will make us appreciate peace. Feels so good when it is over. If the telephone bell could only ulk, furry ls the bose who would not have a chance. "Tbs need of the rural communities tcdajr la intelligent and consecrated jeauerahip. ' Anderson and North Anderson gave 8H*majority. Did his own city of SumUr do better? ? ? o < "?. Mack King appear? to have mad? good as superviser. He ran away t&head of bis party. Tbs county In thia state that can . t?cat Anderson for a legislative dele gation la some county. , Now that Sam Wolfe haa broke In to the legislature, w? expect- to ?ee bis? do well by Anderson county. o ? '. There is bat one regret for some people and that'ia that Fortner got day votes in Anderson county. LET THE GOOD WORK GO ON The movement to buy a bale of cotton is taking hold of the si.nth Atlanta, Columbia and oilier cities have put it inti? operation and the men of those cities are buying "distress" cotton and paying therefor H> cents per pound. Mark N. Patterson's suggestion that Anderson fall ?ti line isl heilig '.veli received. The Intelligencer endorses this suggestion and ?viii buy the first l?ale of cotton presented on the market today. Hie price to be paid will be lo cents per pound, provided it is a poor man's cotton. When it was announced Tuesday night to the waiting crowds in front of The Intelligencer office that this paper would promote and assist in forwarding this movement a number of business men at once took up the proposition. Those who declared their intention to buy each a bale at ten cents were: Tee G. Holleman, Bob King, W. I. Brissey, The Ladies' Civic Association, B. C). Evans & Co.. C. S. Sullivan, Joe M. P.vans, Kev. J. W- Speake, H. H. Watkins, and R. S. Lig?n. Previously reported, M. N. Patterson and The Intelligencer. Let the good work go on.. STATE'S CONSCIENCE IS AWAKE The return of conscience to South Carolina. The people have seen what is right, and they have won the victory. The triumph is for the people. They alone have achieved it. Machine politics and selfishness have been rebuked. . The people rule in South Carolina, and they will rule by the law and by the constitution. Of all the amazing things in this remarkable year in South Caro lina, nothing has been more astonishing than the vote of Anderson county. This county is sane again. The work has been accomplshcd under the'leader^hip or Judge S. Fowler, Milledge L. Bonham and their assistants. The Intelligencer is proud of the stand it has taken for Richard 1. Manning and we pledge the administration of this pure, generous and lovable gentleman to be an era of happiness and peace in South Carolina HONEST LABOR IS HONORED There was celebrated Monday what ls something almost unknown In the rural South-Labor Day. People who labor have been forming organizations Tor years. The Knights of Labor came Into existence In 1869. The Ameri can Federation of Labor was organiz ad in 1881. There are occasional outbursts and exhibitions which cause the generali public to have a feeling of antagonism toward or disgust for labor organiza tions, but for these offensive and seg regated acts the whole scheme ot or ganism should not be measured and Bbould not be condemned. Next to the school house and tho church organized labor has played a great p?*? in the Uplift of the inauBes, In the broadening of ideas, lo the in culcattng or principles and of pa ture in their willingness to submit to arbitration. That labor union sacri fices public interest and loses casto with its fellow organizations, which seeks to dictate, which is sttrf-necked, cheaply assertive and puerilely arbi trary and imperious. But the great mass of honest, earnest, striving la boring men and v -nen ask for noth ing but a square il ul and are willing to arbitrate their grievances. lt is intolerance that is a symptom of wickedness, and the willingness to arbitrate shows that the labor union Is honest, that it has faith in itself and In the Justice of the cause and the Justness of Its appeal to reason. That day when the labor union loses faith in itself, lt resorts to vio lence, it becomes a mob, lt outlaws it self aud the cause of labor, the cause triotlsm. The laboring man who has j of millions suffers from the anarchy j an opportunity to join an honorable of the few. Labor, in its yearning, onion in an honorable way becomes a in its aspirations, in lt? appeal, ls. toe bett-r employe, a better mart, a bettor citizen. What we mean by an honorable un ion ls one that requires of applicants Tor membership that they must have ; gone successfully through the trials Ind experience of years of apprentice ship. A union which wi!! throw open Its doora to indiscriminate admissions Inj not a union but an Incubus upon hon arable labor. Many things for the good of the world have been accomplished by ot gonlzod labor. It baa made the lab srlng man have a higher respect for aimsolf and a deeper regard for his work.. It has made the world more ap ??rsc'a?iv? of ?ho tabor ci honest men. Legislation has been enacted Cw pro tect the people who labor. Sobriety, honesty, Industry and pa triotism are taught by those labor unions which amount to something, which stand for something. To be sure, there are labor unions not deserving of the name Just as mme insurance companies belittle the great services to humanity on the part of the great companies; Just as mme religious sects cause dlssatlsfac lion toward organisations bearing tho name of church; just as some of the honored professions are draggeu iown by charlatans. But there are labor organisations susceptible to tho iawning and the fluttery of the "walking delegate", that Iahmaelltlc parasite thar Inflames a healthy community with the poison of irresponsibility. That is not the true function of labor organizations. The true purpose is to inspire, to en courage, to uplift the individual; to strengthen the hond of organization; to cooperate with the employer to bring about the best results, the great est percentage of productive value. Labor in its eagerness to grasp hand extended, will sometimes take into its embrace one who has no re gard for the laboring man save to UBC him in strife, for in strife emt in strikes does' the walking delegate finds' hts means of Jil veli hood. May the day never come when la-1 bor shall cease to M entitled to the respect of. the honest people of the world. May the day never come when labor Shall repudiate the refev ence to arbitration. May the day nev er come when, by any act ot ita own. organised labor ahall forfeit rights and privileges of citizenship. But may lt ever respect capital which also j has Its rights, the rights achieved, amassed, and assembled through years of suffering, being an inspira tion ot the laboring man of today toi strive oe, to struggle upward, to suf fer hardships, to cadure privations, ? which are founded on good morale, high ' In the hope that through these tests principles and splendid purpose, " and of character may come the reward. lt ls to the credit of a great govern- that aa long aa manhood ls manly, ment that one day in the year ls set as I"-g as hearts ar? virile with Am apart as a national holiday in honor eric - spirit and aspiration the tnt! of the labor organisations. grimed hands, the sweat laden brow, There is one greet, humane, chris- may be a badge of honor or decora tian feature of labor unions that tlon of trne nobility of American citi es uses them to ?tu-vive and that fen- xensbip. oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?ooooo o BUY A BALE OF COTTON AT 10 CENTS <. o o o o o o o o o o o 0 0 Hon. Benj. R. Tillman, Trenton, S. C.. Hon, E. D. Smith, , Lynchburg, S. C., The Greater Anderson Buy-a-Bale Movement will start here today. Don't you want to head the Hst? Anderson as the greatest cotton producing county In the Eastern South, begs for your utmost aid in securing such federal aid as may be possible to save the Southern cotton crop, but in the meantime, help us push the Buy-a-Balc movement. Anderson Chamber of Commerce. Paid. o o oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo "MUTUAL REASONABLENESS." Anderson wai mon- than ;i year in renewing her public utilities fraiu ( bise, due in large mesaure to local politics, anil the company was more liln ral than its contract provided by voluntarily reducing the rate on lights 10 per cent. Home time after this wan done. Greenville asked for the .same rate, and got lt. Anderson had already been given this consideration by tho com pany. The Greenville Daily News, In commenting upon this situation, Bald editorially: "The Southern Public Utilities Com pany bas granted Greenville lower rates on electricity, according to in formation reeived by Alderman C. B. Martin, chairman of the light ommit tee of the City Council. The reduction wau secured upon request and upon representations made to the company comparing the cost of lights here and elsewhere. Mr. Z. V. Taylor, president of the company, states that he gladly acquesces in the request made by (.rr ?nvifte, as his company is anxious to give the best of service at the most reasonable rates. "A disposition such as this ls com mendable, and the Southern Pacific Utilities Company, ns well us this city will profit by the "entente cordiale" which exists and the willingness of each side to reason with the other about such matters, lt I? far better to settle differences In the ..manner In which this one'.vas settled, that lt is to take them to court, or to threaten and to nntugonlrc. Mutual reasonable ness and mutual friendship get the best results. "Alderman Martin has rendered the city a service in the good work which he has done in securing for Greenville more favorable electricity rates." Will Governor Manning please ap point a board of education that will show some common sense in selecting school books? NO BR FAD FAMINE. There will be no bread famine lr. the United StateB this year. The larg est wheat crop tn history bas just been harvested and according to the United States Department of Agricul ture, the total'production is approx*, mately 911,000,000 bushels; nearly 150,000,000 bushels more than any pre vious crop produced in the United States. We have at least 350,000,000 bushels of wheat which are not needed for consumption at home or for seed. The surplus production of the. United Staten usually goes to Europe, but under present conditions, reused by the European war, thia cere*' cannot cross the ocean. About 75,000.000 bushels have already been taken for export, but most of it ls being held at Ihe ports of departure. Conditions across tho water are not so encouraging. War in Europe tends to prevent the sh ip mont of wheat from surplus European countries to those which need imports-for exam ple-from Russia to France and a famine there secnm inevitable. The farmer asks no spools.! privi leges. The business of farming only wants tbe same opportunities afford ed other lines of industry. CROP STATISTICS. The Crop Reporting Board of the United States Department of Agricul ture today gave out the following es timates of South Carolina crops for 1913: Corn: 1.976,000 acres, 38,612.000 bushels, $37,357,000 farm value. Hay: 210,000 aerea, 244,000 . tons, $4,563,000 farm value. Wheat: 79,000 acres, 972,000 bush els, $1,264,000 farm value. Oats: 860,000 acres, 8,460,000 bush els, $6,007,000 farm value Irish Potatoes: 10,000 acres, 800,000 bushels, $1,040.000 farm value. Cotton (lint): 2.701,000 acres, ?. 330,000 bales, $80.621,000 farm value. Tobacco: 43.800 acres, 32.288,000 pounds, $-?,554,000 farm valu?. Rye. 8,000 acres, 32.000 bushels. $47,000 farm value. Rice: 4,900 acres, 147,000 bushels, +132,000 farm value. Sweet Potatoes: 50,000 acres, 4,600, 000 bushels, $3,450.000 farm value. The rural press, thep ulplt and the school ar? a trinity of powerful influ ences that Oie farmer must uttlte to their .fullest capacity before be can occupy a commanding position ia pub lic affairs. Over ls Jaw-paw they are already running candidates for election two years hence. The farm la Ute nursery of clvllipa-. lion and th? parsonage of all religious denominations. The outlook, in Europe is that tba Job ot king In some countries wilt be done away with. Are are really to belitre Uoat the end of tba European wsr ta at band? FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION. There arc 140.303 farms in South Carolina that use fertilizer, and the annual purchases amount to $15,162. 617, according to a recent report of the United Statea Census Bureau. South Carolina ranks second with other states in fertilizer, consumption. Ten years ago the annual expendi ture for fertilizer in this state was $4,484,410. Fertilizer purchases in South Carolina have increased $10, C67.607, or 237 per cent during the past decade. Eighty per cent of the farms of this state use fertilizer, and the average for the United States is 29 per cent. In the entire nation there are 1,823, 000 farms that use fertilizer and the present annual expenditure is $115, 000,000. Ten years ago lt was $53,000,. 000 for the entire nation. It is as much a duty of the country pastor to exhort us to own a home while on ear'.h as it is to inspire us to build a mt.n jlon in Hie skies. vice-President Marshall seems to like the administration just as it is. The Day Io Congress Washington, Sept. 8.-House met at noon. Took up miscellaneous bills under unanimous rule. Passed Stevens bill bill to promote safety of employes and travelers up on railroads by amending the hours of service act so as to fix a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars on eavh violation. Bills for provisional registry certif icates for vessels abroad and to re peal penalties on American owned foreign built vessels Introduced by Representative Alexander of Mis souri .; joint resolution for Joint Congres sional inestl slonal investigation of government expenditures and cur tailment to avoid war tax introduced by Representative Frear, Wisconsin, and referred to rule3 committee. Senate met at ll a. m. Attempts to bring up conference re port on trade commission bill disclos ed, no quorum. "The Buy a Bale" M?rement Has struck Anderson and is very likely*that the meal chamber of commerce will take the move up In this county and officially push the same through Ac cording te a representative of the board of directors, Messrs Mattlfion, Fant, Fowler. Watkins and Sullivan were ap prue Ii ed about the matter last night and all expressed them selves as heartily in favor of the prop, osftlon, and stated that they would each be only too glad, to "boy a bale," The other directors hare not been seep up to this time The Intelli gencer went to press. It is believed, however, that they will all get behind th* move, both personally and official ly. According to Porter A. Whaley, sec retary of the chamber of commerce, who discussed the matter Informally yesterday, if It ls thought best to put such a plan into action in Anderson, city and connty, he feels sore the or ganization will Immediately get be hind the move and Kee that Anderson does her part. At first It was thought locally that the "buy a bale" move ment would die out and be bat a spas modic move. In certain local I tien la the cotton belt, but lt seems that In stead great headway Is being made la the plan, advices being received yes terday from all parts of the cotton* belt that local "buy a bale" club. were being organised In varions ei tles and towns from Texas to the At 1-...I- .;_..U"..-J When The Intelligencer notified tba representatives of . the chamber of commerce that President Wilson had Joined the "Georgia Buy a Bale Clair* these gentlemen said that they would pledge their support heartily to tike move in this county and recommended the Immediate formation of a general club In Anderson with the clubs throughout the country. The secre tary wired Senator Tillman and Sen ator Smith asking them to Join the Anderson "buy a bale" movement. One thing ls sara and that ls that If the "buy a bale" movement ls start ed In Anderson, lt will move just as fast as the energy af as splendid a group of business ?nen as there la tn the state can make lt-and that means "moving." I i Told You Sot j r" ChamberUIn'a Liniment If you . are ever troubled with aches, pains or soreness of the muscles, you will appreciate the good qualities of Chamberlain's Liniment Many sut. Cerera from rheumatism and sciatica have used it with the best results. It ls especially valuable for ltunbago, and lame back. For sale by all deal era. . We're handing out only the very choicest produc tions of the most famous hat makers. In our showing you'll find all the little refine ments that go to give you that "easy" feeling when donning a new dome. This is truly an unprece dented shewing of ultra headwear for men. The soft and stiff hats from Stetson's line we're showing now, is causing quite a bit of comment you too will appreciate Hie individuality express ed thru them $3.50; $4, ?5. Other values $2 and $3. Also specials caps i n Special qualities for special occasions, 25c. SOC, $1.00, $1.50. Order by Parcel Post. We prepay all charges. "Th? Sion ooh ajGMKfcM* We Are Ready WITH THE LAR GEST STOCK OF Coat Suits, Long Coats, Dresses, Skirts, Waists and Millinery NEW GOSS ARD CORSETS ARE HERE Frca $2 to $12 Come in and let us lluUlt mw^mm jr WM Um ue is D Palmetto Detective Agency Crhnmal and Civil Work A corps ?4 tratas* Specialists wacs e services nay be seenred ta strict? ly logtt basts work. Address P. O. Box 402