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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER fssnded August 1, I860. IM North Malu. 8tret ASDEB80N, 8. C. WILLIAM BANKS. Editor W. W. 8M0AK .... Business Manager Entered According to Act of Con gress as Second Class Mail Matter at the Postoffice at Anderson, 8. C. Member of Associated Press andi Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic Trice._ .ami - Weekly edlMoa-11.60 per : Year. Linly edition-$5.00 per annum: $3.50 for Six Months; $1.26 for Three Months. IN ADVANCB. ? larger circulation than any othet newspaper in this Congressional Dis trict. TELEPHONES: Editorial.327 Baslner? '?mee.'321 Job Prim tri*.693-L Local News.'.327 Society News.82] Tba Intelligencer I? delivered by carriers in ?he city, lt you fall to f??t your paper regularly please notify Ca' Opposite your name on labei of your paper is prnted date to whicf paper la paid, All checks and should be drawn to The Ander Intelligencer. The Weather. Washington, Sept. ll.-Forecast: South Carolina: Showers Saturday; Sunday partly cloudy and warmer. THOUGHT FOB THE DAY Whet' a blt of sunshine bits ye Aft >r passln' of a cloud When a fit of laughter gits yo An' yer spine's a fcelln' proud; At a soul that's feelin' blue, For the minit that ye fling it, It's a boomerang to you. -Captain Jack Crawford. -o Buy a bale. Make lt a million. September morn needs some clothes now. ? o The German army has had a spray ] of Paris green. ' o There la no recall .with reference to railroad commissioners. The Kaiser doesn't hesitate io shout j about the dum-dum bullet. j -o Price of cotton will be forgotten whoa the clycy*. mosses to town, o The Carnegie library matter ls re-1 ferrad to The Hr?su? peace commis sion. Col. E. J. Watson made an exhaus tive address on cotton In Greenwood yesterday. Vii 1 lt the South quits raising cotton, the boll weevil will say that war ls that Sherman thing. . Gov. RifiBue might hurry up that ex tra session or all the cotton will bel turned to dog tall. The war bas reduced the cost or bacco, but that's no reson for a fel low to learn to smoke o ?? ? The kiddoes needed the vacation to I Strengthen them for carrying so ma ny books to school. Wei,, hard times ls no stranger to j us, although well be dinged busted if ? he hasn't worn out his welcome. The educational institutions must Struggle against adversity, but fiery' trials prove the value of tho metal. *lt Isn't often that a person has a chance to bar 7 Vs cents cotton for 10 cents. Taki!a chance, try your luck. Col. Roosevelt wMl permit himself to be nominated - president An other reason for .nuing Mr. Wilson in onie?. 11 i4Mow that the weather is cooler. It| Isn't really necessary for "vawdeveal" artists to sae how near nothing they | caa wear. ^ i ???.??r yisz say tm mu o. me new democratic primary rules, there tant all tho row over the outcome of the election. The gas-electric service teems to be tbs very, thing between Anderson snd Walhalls. The novelty has worn off bat the patronage hasn't ? o The extra session of the legislature j might confer medals of honor upon some of our paroles who ware treated j so mean by our wicked state, ? ?> . This paper will publish tomorrow j a very interesting letter from a mem ber ot tbs board of trustees of the j library. Everybody vhould read it THE COTTON SITUATION AB we ?ai<l a few day? ago, the South must take hold of thc; cotton situation herself. Congress can hard ly be depended upon to do anything. The vlHit to Washington of Charles S. Barrett, national president of th?' Cotton Farmers' Union, indicates rather strongly that congress ia dis posed to do nothing, because it would establish a precedent which might be dangerous. There ls one difference, however, between cotton and wheat, and cotton and tanned salmon. Cotton may be troublesome but lt will not spoil and more nearly ap proaches an indestructible article foi legal tender than anything else except the precious metuls. The only way congress seems dis posed to aid the South is In the mat ter of making the currency more elas tic, or more liberal. Dispatches from Washington say that Senator Hoke Smith bas im pressed the senators with the situ ation in the South and has showed Just how serious is tho crisis. He read an amendment which he will propose to tho Aldrlch-Vreel- nd cur rency law that tho law be so liberal ized as to enable state banks and trust companies to receive and Issue emer gency currency. Under the present law only national banks can Issue cur rency and several hundred state banks In South Carolina are deprived of the privilege. In ?he meantime we recur to our original proposition. It will require days, perhaps weeks, for congress to give favorable action upon this bill. It has now been proposed for nearly six weeks. On the other hand our state legislature will not meet for h. month, and there ls no guarantee or even assurance that any remedial laws will be passed. As we have indicated before, he assets are here-and what is needed is tho cash. Along ? h i H line wc quote from Bradstreet's weekly review of trade: It is conceded that fundamental conditions are sound, crops being of excellent volume, and that ulti mately crop money will make It self felt. But on the other hand high rates for money check enter prises. Now is the time for financial cen ters north to come to the aid of the South. There are so many demands for loans, however, that coney com mands a price, Just as cotton would if there was a great and Insistent de mand for it, and we could not look for cotton owners. to : cut the price or. cotton to help the manufacturers any more than we can look for the money owners to cut the price ot? K rarely philanthropic basis. Therefore, we say again, ihe South must solve her own problems and we must not waste any more time. The fields are whitening ar 1 the crop must be picked. Labor U?s been high re cently, on accor.at of so much con struction work and lt will be difficult to get labor to understand that wages cannot be as high as heretofore. In view of these circumstances we think that the strong men of Anderson county should get together and form an organisation, and stand together. We again call upon the banking hous es of tho city to take tho lead and suggest that the city council and the Chamber or commerce and the farmers' union call a mass meeting. The South must handle her own problems, and NOW ls the time to FOR THE SPEAKERSHIP Ono of the interesting developments of the recent primaries ls the nomina tion of Jas. A. Hoyt to the legisla ture. Mr. Hoyt is an avowed candi date for speaker of the house. An othor aspirant for that high and hon orable office ls George W. Dick of Sumter. The retiring speaker is Men del Iii Smith of Camden, one of the most brilliant men who has ever held a gavel In an assemblage In this state. Dr. Dick I? at present chairman ot th? committee on ways and mcar.~, the ranking position on the floor of the house and, as a matter ot fact, a place offering a greater field for use fulness, opportunity and service than the speakership. Dr. Dick has been one of Sumter's representative/, for at least a decade. He ls a warm friend of Richard I. Manning and was large ly Instrumental In Ute Manning elec tion. Mr. Hoyt la "an Anderson boy". His father waa one ot the founders of this paper, and for a number of years conducted the Anderson Inte'Mgencer. Col. Hoyt waa tbs choice of Ute prohi bitionists for gov arno? snd waa de fsa*<*d by the old utate dispensary. Jas. A. Hoyt, tbs younger, has bad a successful newspaper career, is president of tbs National Babb of Columbia and for six years waa clark ot the house of representatives. While not having had exp?rience an the floor of the boose, his position aa clerk, fitted htm eminently to be a presiding officer? Mr. Hoyt was pres Idont of tiu> last democratic state con veution. lils friends urne that he can not an a new member bec onie chair man of the ways arni means commit tee, ?t that he baa a chance to be come ?peaker. Dr. Dick is one of the moat lovable as well as hes' loved men in the state, and if he Becka the position of speak er, it will not he easy to keep him from being elected. There are numerous candidates for thu office of clerk of the house. H ?BATI.N(J WOULD FOLLOW At first glance the declaration of Commissioner McMaster seems to be sound and patriotic. Hut a closer consideration make us doubt the wis dom of his opinion on the proposi tion to receive cotton in lieu of cash in payment of insurance premium?. "I see no reason." says Mr. Mc Master, "why the insurance compa nies and agents should not accept colton on a ten cent basis in payment of premiums on insurance. "There is good reason," he contin ues, "to believe that cotton will prob ably be worth more than that, espec ially If the crop of next year can he reduced in size as compared with the past production. At any rate the ex cgencles of the case and the general methods of doing business of today seen* to warrant me In saying that there is no violation of the law in agents and insurance companies ac cepting the cotton on a ten cents bas if for payment of premiums. The objection that may be made to Mr. McMaster's ruling ls that under the law it would not affect renewals, we believe, while to accept cotton at a higher price than Its market value would inevitably lead to rebating to get new business, and the standard and substantial companies could not engage in that kind of wild cat bus iness. While Mr. McMaster's pur pose is no doubt laudable, yet he should be more definite in bis ruling or revoke it. . FOR CODE COMMISSIONER The friends of Curran Cool-iy, mem ber of the Anderson bar, are proposing his name for the position of code com (missioner of South Carolina. Andrew J. Bethea, the present commissioner, will become lieutenant governor next January. The duties of code commissioner are jUBt such as Mr. Cooley ls quali fied for. The commissioner takes the VtSJ?Wed, br ithe^Tj?j?l.a8B?mbiy: ?nd-prepares them Sfcr publication in - book form. Purthernu c at tut?, cud of every period c en /earp the acts nassed within t?u ti .eira are as sembled and compiled and together with the general statutes ?hen existing are formed Into a code of laws for tho guidance of the courts. This ls a particular and exacting work and a trained and educated at torney, as well as a person of literary tastes, for frequently the misplacing of a comma might mean the changing of a law. Mr, Cooley IB an A. M. as well as an A. B. graduate of the State university and he has had sever al years in the offices of Bonham, Wat kins & Allen He IB being put forward by the Anderson bar. OFFICIAL NEWS OF BIO BATTLE (Continued Prom Page One) Kluck as* well as the army of General von. Huelow faning back before our troops. "It was the region included be tween the plateau to tho north of Sezanne and Vitry-I^Francois I bat tho most desperate ? fighting occurred. In this region there have beeq oper-. sting, besides the left wing of the army of General vou Bimlow, the army of Saxony and a part of the army commanded bv tho Prince of Wurtemberg. The Germans have tried to break tur center by repeated and v'olent attacks. Our success on the plateau to tho north Ot iksanue en abled us. In our turn, to take ?bc of fensive and last night the enemy stopped fighting on tho front between the Marsh of St. Gond and th3 Sora mezons district and fell back in the region west of Vltry-LeFrancois. "Gr. tbs Gmain river, ?B between the Argonne forest and the river Muse, where the armies of the Prince of Wurtemberg and tho Crown Prince of Germany were operating, fighting waa- still going on with alternate ad vances and retreats but without any great change in the situation . "Thug the first phase; of trite battle ?? thu Maroo iv turning out in iavor of the allied armies, since the tier man right wing ,gnd center al proser: are in retreat. "On our right the situation re mains without notable change In the Vosges and around Nancy, which the Germans have tried to, bombard with long range gunn. "The general situation thus has been completely transformed during tho IsBt two days both from strategic and tactical points of view Not only bavo our troops stopped the Germans' march, ^?Bfr they thought waft a vte tofioje oiljfout the er * my has fallen bsckfeetord as atarear.? every ..oint." Petrograd says that the Russians bare.succeeded Sn separating the Aus trian left wing from Its maia body near Tomassow and Rewa, lu Russian &tei*nd. a t TI'KKK WILL BE WITHIN BIGHTS Continued From Cage Ono.) hui?' in the Olteman empire UH here? tn?or.',. if .not safer, according to ? statement tonight by Ujelal Munit Br y, Turkish consul general nt Nen York, . ."This IH tx ease of Turkey taking over her own eountrj." ?>nld..MAnd ?iib Turkey In charge of her.own cenntry the result will he Huit A merl* onus mid other foreigners will he at?. H?dutel) safe." FOREIGN FIRMS ARE ALL RIGHT Anderten Men Get Information Frcm Insurance Companies About Foreign Companies Since tho war scare arose in Europe and the financial outlook for foreign countries became HO gloomy, a num ber of Anderson people have become somewhat concerned over the ques tion of whether or not insurance car ried with foreign countries was ab solutely dependable. (!. H. Geiger of the firm of Ge.?er & Wolfe of Ander son determined to find out for himself and he accordingly wrote the follow ing letter to F. H. Me Master, insur ance commissioner for South Caro lina: "Dear Sir: Pleas? Iel me know if vou consider fire insurance written in .in English company safe. What et fect do you think the war in that country will hnve on Insurance ?^(?m ponles? I have a policy in a Liverpool -.nd Edinburgh company and have felt some uneasiness about it." In reply to that letter. Mr M'.'MIH ter wrote to the Anderten man as fol lows: "You need have absolutely no frat of the safety of your policy in 1:1 Kng llBh company." All foreign companies stand entirely on the assets which are held in Amorlca. No consideration whatever 1B given to their foreign ai> sets. Practically though a company retains its English name it ls for tho purpose of insurance In this country in American company. "Very truly, "F. H. McMnster. "Insuranco Commissioner." QUICK RETURNS IN HOG RAISING Li ves to ck Man Advises Farinera of I Anderton County That This It i Way to Solve Pro}-.?emt According to J. O. Williams; live stock demonstrator for Clemson Col lege and the United States depart ment of agriculture, tne'wiry"for'the /armers ot Sou?!, Carolina to over come the present financial stringency I ae-'lhy :^la#nirBfr 1 ttttr*r^i^Sslffi ilasms i? 'enthusmsttr*?rv*r'''h?8 pian and he told a representative of The Intelligencer that this will provo to be the iwii of lite farmer'a trou bles if the farmer vdu but consent to try the r.au,. . m>&* ? S Mr. Williams has nfcUed^iUllpS dreds of letters within ^the p?sv'weefcj touching.on this subjgtft, a,copy of which follows: TB "Owing to the prc;euA/%rlsis brought about by the European war, I think lt ls imperative that the farmers of this state turn their a* lent ion toward BO??C phase of livestock production on the! farm that will asrura':*jthcni of an IBM rome in the near future. "I do not know of anything that j would be more adaptable to this sec tion of the state, or surer of quick re turns, than the production of hogs on ihe farm, which can be done -with very little outlay of money and on a .;niuil acreage ol land. I am enc losging a j j pamphlet showing what ret uni? faq be expected from a gmalr herir" of] [hogs within a year's time, tho figures ! being based on a ten'Jrtar afV^Md&v "I would heartily recommend that I all farmers Btart in the production, of hogs, on a. small scale at least, tra coon as possible, and I will be glad to co-operate with you in every; fsnyj. poje?' slble towards this end. "Very truly yours. .M. O. Will lamp. "Livestock Demonstrator..'1 JNO. WOOD SEES A LIGHT AHEAD Writes Anderton from Roanoke. Va., Saying that Country- Needs 'To Hold Head Uri." In the words of one Anderson man, "it is indeed most refreshing to hoar any words oi opi inusm . i ..st St this time, when avery neighbor on every band is yelling 'hard times.' However, the calamity howlers may come and' they may go, but John Wood, well known to Anderson people. Is not in that class. In writing a letter to a friend .in Anderson. Mr. Wood, says, that all this country needs ls to "sit tight with heads up." Mr., Wood was formerly secretary of tim Greenville chamber of com merce, and later secretary of the! SpartanbuTg chamber of coratndjree. i Hts letter to Anderson says In part: j "I have s sort of feeling that all theda things ere going to; bt? worked out and while the shoe may pinch us temporarily, the resources of our country are too great and money too enormous to permit a Jong period of depression and if wo ott tight and hold our h>?e.df'up, we will ' tremendous prosperity-.. 1 courage Ute planting.! foot of land in Ant some sort of feed sh^gtthst jtljtt c jon the market ss quickly a? possit ? Semita, In Austria, across the river fro.? Belgrade, has been taken by. Usg Servians. -.' ii^yllB^ipiaNgMtMa THE PUBLIC LIBRARY 1ST BE KEPT OPEN FRIENDS OF INSTITUTION ARE TRYING TO MAKE PLANS THF AGREEMENT The City Contracted With Mr. Carnegie To Maintain the Institution The action of the city council in de. dining to make an appropriation for the public library was variously dis cussed yesterday. Mayor Godfrey de clared that the council has heavy re sponsibilities, hut that the members are amenable to argument and are willing to receive information on any matter in which the citizens are inter ested. Tho Intelligencer is> informed by Mrs. Rufus Font, president, that the civic association has not taken any position on this matter. The Intelli gencer received ita information from members of the association who stat ed that the ladies disapproved of the action of council. At n meeting of the educational committee of the Anderson chamber of commerce Saturday this matter was brought up. The members o? the committee feared that thc library would have to be closed and were con cerned over the proposition of getting ?ftindg to meet the expenses. The ex penses of the library include pay for the librarian, ligiits, water, janitor, etc. At thc meeting Friday a general discussion was indulged in, during which the members of the committee stressed the fact that tito library ls one of Anderson's chief possessions and that it is- invaluable to tho stu dents of the city and to the business men of the city. They also look up a GOW feature of the case, tha' it would Vit Anderson in a verv undesirable light since the city is morally bound, according to this committee, to rat.ko the appropriation, according to Ibo termy of agreement with Mr. Carneirle. The following, taken from the min utes of a trustees' meeting, held wi. en the library project was under way, was cited in support of thig conten tion: "Mr. Carnegie afc ?oe 1 to give $17 r>00 to pav for Mbr^:; 'mikline, provid ed, the city council would pledge an annual appropriation of 10 per cent, or $1,750. for support funds. That ?tum waa pledged In accordance there with at a meeting of city council held on 16th of April. 1907 and Mr. Carne gie was so advised. ''Upon completion of the library bulhMefc4^^rse^8cevtai?ei?-th?-?tAt 1 of same was approximately'"?1;2?0 .. more, making 18.700. Mr. Carmv'c: was advised of this fact and finally ! VG??3C!?C? io give the additionni ?1,200 provided the city council wr.uld in crease the pledge, by $120 r.ddltlcnal annually-which agreement was met %t a council meeting held jn the ?Oth biMarch 1908." 1 Ai*er considering thc matter in' all its phases and engaging in a lenghty , discussion as to *nat might he done, the following resolution was adopted: : "Rc;: jived. That the committee "on 1 education of tho chamber of com- < moree, feeling concerned as to tho fu ture of the Carnegio library, hereby I expresaos its hope that tho trustees i of the library and the city council < will be able to devise a plan wnereby the library may be enabled to con<- i tinue its very excellent services to tho community. It ls realized that the prob mt council ls laboring under i some temporary extraordinary ex penses In the city government but feel- < sure a way may be found to handle 1 .the situation Without compromising i the'future of the library." S?UTH SHOULD HELP IN CRISIS I Government Will Aid Aa Much. As Possible in Financing the Crop (By Associated Press.) 'Washington, Sept. ll.V-After long consideration federal officiais decided not to approve the valorisation pinna to aid cotton producers to meet un usual conditions caused by the Euro pean war. - The treasury department has announced its determination to accept warehouse receipts as a basis ror additional national bank currency, but friends, ot a plan for valorization of the cotton crop have not succeeded in convincing government officials of ita desirability. Officials who have studied the situ ation feel that any remedy to be taken Hes in the cotton men; themselves and In the state legislatures. Some of these students believe valorization of a?part of the present crop by. the cot ton producing states ta entirely feas ible and would prove helpful. The Idea ls held here among government ex perta also that state legislatures, where able, should ^pasa legislation to limit the-iftip next;iyeaT and for sM^ coedlng years* !f desired. . It vf as pointed ont today that fur aer federal measures to aid the cot n men might hringTdown on the gov ernment a demand from other sec tions for similar aesl?tSace. . Those ??millar with conditions In the sooth fey lt hag been dfSpar?trUo> for years that a reduction." la the amount of the crop would work ao hardship, hut bo to the advantage of the pro ducers. Past efforts to maure such a reduction have failed and the chief hope now ht in legislation which .Would tax overprcdnctlon. \ 1 Here's knife that goes with each boys suit bought at this store. As a result of the extra effort put into our boys' department, we're a lit tle -"chesty" over our boys' suits; he'll feel "chesty" in one of them. Norfolk and double breasted suits, in fabrics we are proud to have bear our label. Suits $3.50 to $12.50. Featuring the ever good blue serges at all the prices. Let us furnish the boy's school outfit and he'll be fit out right. Order by Parcel Peat. We prepay all chargea. .Tie Stan telA a The Day k Congress Washington, Sept. ll.-House ince at noon. Debate was continued on the gen eral land leasing bill Wa y a and means committee com pleted war revenue bill to be infro luced tomorrow. Increase of income tax and lower ing of exemption proposed in bill in troduced by representative H?cker )f Missouri. Adjourned at 4:45 until noon Sat urday. Senate met at ll a. m. Debate was continued on amend nents to liberalize tho bank law. Expenses of interstate} commerce commission investigation of oil ?ipe thies approved by committee if in vestigation fa ordered. Commerce committee continued mining rivera and harbors bill. Passed amendments to Vreeland Aldrich currency act to enable.? wider distribution o? emergency currency. Recessed at 6:30 until ll r, m. Sat urday. . NEW CLUB ORGANIZED Petersburg, Virginia Citizens Organise a "Buy a Bale of Cotton Club" (By Associated Prest?.) Petersburg, Va., Uept. ll.-Leading merchants and citizens of this city have organized a "Buy a Bale of Cot ton Club." The cotton upon delivery will be transferred to trustees, who will have clear title. Power is vested in them to dispose of it ss they deem advantageous to the owners. The cot ton is paid for and it ls expected shortly to be stored in local ware houses. A newspaper dispatch reports a por tion of the German army in Belgium > in dire starks for want of food sup plies. i ll There Are Several Stores in Ander son So Good That They Could Use Double Their Advertising Space and Make It Pay! The Better the Store Service, the Better She Acive ? .?-?- ss_ ".MIR * ?jr v. The Poorer the Store Service-the Less Said about it the Better. Publicity b Good for sony Good Fropb?tion, and just ar, surely Bad for a Bad one. /""i- ~ "<T AU._L tJ??*~~t*~~? -1_- . _ M l . m.. wm. ut tut. tt.uo? kmyiji tum pncijcjj ul a VsOOO JCOtC service to the public is its. Store News. This Should be complete in detail, absolutely honest and frank in all its statements, and told in as interesting manner as possible. Tell your patrons in detail, about every selling event, ?very bargain offered, about styles, and new geto?t ar riving. . If Half Enough Advertising Will Pay-Double That Amount Will Pay a Nice Dividend. The Intelligencer will carry your message into the homes of the people who spend the money, and there is where you want your representative-a well worded ad vertisement. ? SASSEENj the Ad Man. j