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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED Al (il ST I, IMO. 126 Norm Main Street ANDERSON, 8. C. W. W. 8M0AK, Editor and Hu?. Mgr D. WATSON BE&L..city Editor. PHELPS 8ASSRW, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. KV ADAMS. Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Member of Associated Press and Receiving Complete Daily Telegraphic Service. Entered according to Act of Con gress as Second Class Mull Matter at the Postomce at Anderson, S. C SUBSCRIPTION HATES Semi-weekly One Year .$l.f>0 Six Months .75 Dally One Year .$5.00 Six Months . 2.50 Three Months .... 1-25 TELEPHONES Editorial and llusluesB Office.321 Job Printing .693-L The Intelligencer la delivered by carriers in the elly. If you fail to get your paper'regularly please notify tts. Opposite your namo on the labs! of your paper 1B printed date to which our paper ls paid. Al1 checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. _ WHO IS TO BLAME It ls natural that those who are affected by the financial stringency existing at this time should endeavor to And a place where the blame for it can bo placed. It is also natural and to be ?expected that In placing this blame many Innocent factors will come in for a share of the censure. It may be thrl une feels the blame ex ists wheto It most hurts the business of the man or concern affected. For Instance lt may be that the bankor Will feel that the correspondent bank which insists on its paper being paid, is largely to blame for not being able to extend the full' line of credit to customers who expect lt. On 'tho other hand . the ' farmer ' who has cotton to sell may tesl there would be no neces sity for the financial stringency wer? ft not that the banka insist on pay ment ot paper due. . The feeling is general that almost overyone ls more or less responsible for the cry of hard times heard all around. The truthjsf the matter is that no one in the wouth is to blame for tho present crisis In, the business world. It Is Just one of those unfor tunate thtngs titat ls upon us and can not bo "shooed" off. True, In handling it there will bs mistakes made. The tanner will, In many casos, not do the thing he will later find to have been the best thing to do. h To merch ant, the banker, the Jobber, the work er in any line, will later find that he has dons things that were better lett undone? and said things that were bet ter left unsaid. When ono finds that the labor he has performed is not bringing the returns he has hoped, and that less'Stares him la Uta fae* lt Is hard to be kind and charitable to ward all bis fellowmen, especially If he feels that somewhere, somehow, some of his former friends and neigh bors, are responsible for his run of hard luck. The Intelligencer would preach the gospel of tolerance, and good will. Let pa all be Just in our criticism and true m our dealings' With our fellowmen. There should be no feeling of harsh . ness or Intolerance among any of our people. We should stand together at all times, and especially now. Every class of our people, no matter what . their occupation, social or financial Standing, is essential to tho success of every other class. The farmer feeds us all, and stands as a bulwark In all times, but lt ls Just as essential for the farmer's success to have someone to buy his products as lt is for the Other classes to have him to buy f rom. ; We confess we cannot see the neces sity for the financial stringency now prevalent over the country. With a bumper crop, lt would seem that men who work are being punished for their thrift. With more money In cir culation than ever before, and the government standing ready to Issue more aa needed, il aoubtless appears to many that the banks are responsi ble for the condition 'of affairs. The banka, as a whole do have much to do with the condition of tho money market, but they in turn are Jult aa dependent upon others as the poor cotton farmer ls upon the local bank. The lltfile bank can no more control the situation than the little merchant, the situation than) the little mer chant, ?ho little farmer, the lit tle manufacturer', a , In fact the lo cal beaks are perhaps as hard hit as .{hay of * our people. They must meet ; their obligations- 'Just as Individuals. The great banks? tn the Urge cantors1 have all advanced their rate af Inter est, and paying .this large rate de sase the amcaa{ made by the local .'.'Isaak, yet we have not heard of a tnnk 1 flown South raising their rate to the .borrower. Depositors are draw iiii' out their nioner, ano at thin nea lon of tb? year when bank deposits an; going up usually, they aro now go lan down. Their futuro usefulness in the community depends upon the way they meei their obligations, Ju?l a? the future financial standing ot the individual depends U|M)II the way ho meets his obligations. Hut. we hold io brief tor any bank or banker, and the above lu Haid only aa Justice lo .luise inst ii iii ions which mean HO much for tho growth und development of the country at all timou. The bank may he compared to the little boy's do rmit lon of a Ho-"A very present help in Unie of trouble." Hut, we urenot despondent over the situation. There ia a future. The ?un will rlHc on a bright tomorrow, and we ahall feel better for the little chastisement we are now receiving. We ?hall at least appreciate our ?ood fortune when it comes. The farmers of the county and the South will learn to diversify their crops and to live Independently of Germany. France or Russia, no matter how much they may "scrap." Let UB turn our faces to the sunrise of tomorrow, and looking in to thc groy of tho approaching dawn, forget the shadows of the sunset, and the winds of adversity that howled during the night. Renew hope and courage, do the best wo can, and leave results to Him who dispenBcth all things. -o WK THANK MR. BARNETT. Tho editor of Tho Intelligencer de sires to thank our Six and Twenty correspondent for the kind way in which he welcomes us to our new field as editor. We tru?t that he, along, with all our readers, will In deed give us the right hand of fellow ship, and help us boost for Anderson county, and the Piedmont section of South Carolina. Such kind words go i. long ways toward lightening the work of being editor of a newspaper. At best thia is a trying position to AU, and one where the knocks are usually more than the boosts. Tho difference between an editor and a private citizen is that the edi tor has always to express his opinions whether or not they will be popular while the private citizen can keep his mouth shut lt he Ands there will be opposition to what he is going to say. Consequently, while the editor may have many persons agreeing with him in views expressed, and who would express themselves the same way were they to edit a paper, yet they remain silent and he must receive the knocks. Then there are another classes of citizens, not numerous, but vet plentiful, who wish to uso an edi tor to pull their chestnuts out of tho 3re and save their fingers. Then there is that other kind who does agree with an editor, but who are perfectly willing that he shall have tho right to an opinion and do not get offend ed because their viewB aro not tr _ views of tho paper, and who desire to help in the fight for better things. To this latter class Mr. Barnett belongs, and he deserves nothing but commen dation for the manly way he has of saying what he bas to ' say without ? bitterness. Yea. wo may differ politi cally, but what's the uso? Two years from now there will not bo any dlf , forencos of- opinion, and besides we aro nbt running a political organ, and tho views of the editor are of no more ' c?nsequenco than tho views of any I other private citizen. We thsnk the correspondent for his kind words, and wo wish to ask that)] all others who have' a good word for tho county and for the work The In telligencer I) trying to do, to come on .vith lt. Let us make Anderson county second to none in the State, and The Intelligencer the best paper in the j State. We can if you will do your part I as Mr. Barnett ls going to do his. It ls your paper, you know, and not that of tho editor. You can make it a fac tor for good, or you can neutralize its influence by your Indifference and op I position. Which position will you take? Can we not count on you? -o Anderson ia My Town. What's | yours? n. Kipling said, "A fool there | was-." And he is still with us, Kip. A Rustem Bey hr 1 his say and went j away. -o 'Tis true. All fools that rock the boat are not drowned. Tis pity. No, lt ls never so bad that lt couldn't be worse. T. R. might have ] been a woman, and a auftraget to. i " Oi Utter nonsense-T. It. and Cap'n j Hobson. -The State. They sure do I oak ? 'O' ? > difference whether ' it ie I sha red or not, keep that Hp ot yours [tim. * .-0 Cut off the needless expense. Stop [throwing perfectly good shoes et oic 'feline songster of the back fence, o Hay be that you have seen old man I Hard-time-tall.. Aa Col. Ed. DsCamp says, he ls "common clay." If you can't help a tiling along, lou t binder it. Get in thi: awim or you may Ix- drowned. -o if 1H about time for Hoinei>ody to jig up th?- yellow peril of California ?Kain. Wouldn't it be nice to have some of these men who started this scrap to lead the armies Into battle? We are suspicious In the lice ?nu ?ur, about Henry Ford's visit to the White House. Now the President is au own er of a "high henry." Don't listen to the mocking bird. Pipe the one who has sometliing new to su/wst when the plans are being made. Heed Miller, the famous South Caro lina tenor, Is making a tour of the State. He is one of "our own" boys, ii native of "My Town." If Hie thing won't pull, then push lt. Orease the wheels with some of the oil of your tank and you will get there. Your head wasn't designed as an ornament. ooooooooooooooooooj o o' o THE PROBLEM. ol o o 1)000000 0 000000000 We stand today in the stress of j a great problem everybody is looking for a remedy and looking the wrong way; looking to weak man for aid. The thing to do is this, seek ye the Kingdom of Heaven and our needs will be supplied. We stand in a period which is the culmination of ages] of experience, which should be and is in some respects greatly to the world's profit, especially to that part of the world which has been favored) directly and indi rectly with the light of divine truth. Christendom, wfiose re sponsibility for the stewardship of advantage, is consequently very great. God holds men accounta ble not only for what'they know but for what they might know if they would apply their hearts un to instruction for the lessons] which experience is designed to j teach and if men fail to heed the lessons bf experience or wilfully neglect or spurn its precepts they must suffer the consequence. Be fore so-called Christendom lies the open history of all the past as well as the divinely inspired revelation and what lessons they contain. Lessons of experience, of wisdom, of knowledge, of grace and of warning by giving heed to the experiences of pre ceding generations along the various lines of hum?.n~industry, political economy, etc. We might better our conditions, but until wc can trust Jesus with our souls it will be hard times for us when all the proud and selfish people are brought down where God wants them to bc, then the world will see the silver lining and then we will not have to be asking weak man's advice. It is the days of vengeance, it is God's way, not our way. They can buy a bale and prop this place and on the other side will need a prop) and so it is with weak blind men. Get your spiritual eyes open and then you can see God's great great plan. There is a divinity that shapes | our ends. Rough hew them how we will. Mankind in general is uncon scious of the Lord's interest. In this battle all seem to rely on ! themselves* their organization, numbers, etc. None will be more ! surprised than the great ones present controllers who are going about to establish a plan of their Osvn for the Lord. To these the work of the Lord will be a strange work'.-Isa. 28:21-22. The civil powers of Christen dom have been warned time and Igain and again and empires and kingdoms have fallen with the weight of their own corruption and even, today if th? powers that be would hearken, they might hear, a last warning of God's in spired prophet saying, "Be wise now[ therefore O ye kings, be in structed ye judges of the earth, serve the Lord with fear and re joice with trembling, kiss the son lest he be angry and ye perish from the wav, when his wrath Isl kindled but a little.-Isa. 2:io 12. i-5. ! hope these few lines may* help some one. MRS. TEXIE THACKSON, V Boston, S. C. ll_WHOM DO WE SUPPORT?_ 1 WHAT if we should go to one of our local storekeepers and say: "Here ls a ten-dollar bill; I want you to buy for mo such-and-such an article, made so-and-so, this color, that size, and deliver it to me at your couvenleuce-say 30 day8." Along comes another townsman, and another, still another, until 50 of us, all living here In our community, shall have placed in the hands of the storekeeper a sum amounting to a thousand dollars, wfcth similar instructions. We would then have treated our local storekeeper with the same liberal ity as we, who have been buying of the mail order houses, have treated these monopolistic concerna. We would have then supplied him with cash capital sufficient to buy .what we ordered and give him a fair profit on his deal. Yes. wo would thus enable him to take a trip to the city, buy from the manufacturers the articles desired, ship ti.om to us. spend a day or two enjoying himself If be so pleased, am! leavo him a fair percentage of profit over and above the cost of the articles and bia expenses. DO WE DO THIS? YES. WE DO-NOT. But this ls exactly what we do with tho mall order man In the big city. We send bim tho rooney In advance. He has the use of our cash for the purchase of his merchandise. Ile sends us whatever he chooses and If we do not like lt we can whistle for our money. He takes our money and buys that which we have ordered. Then he may take a trip to Europe If he so wishes, all at our expense. Few of us realize that we, the people outside tho big cities, furnish the capital for the conduct of the big mall order houses. We do not stop to think that it is our money which Is building those great? structures which aro the pride of Chicago and ooma other cities. We do notistop to consider that we are the capitalists who are supplying tho sinews of var against our own local business men. JUST THINK OF IT-DIVIDENDS OP FIFTEEN MILLIONS OF DOL LARS PAID TO THE BIO MEN IN THE MAIL ORDER BUSINESS A8 A PROFIT EACH YEAR ON OUR MONEY. We send the cash in advance to them. They require practically no In vestment except for the printing of their catalogs and other stationery. They are doing their business on the money which we, poor, deluded country dwellers, send to them, when wo are only cutting our own throats and help ing to diminish the prestige and strength of our local tradesmen. What would bo the result If we should hand our dollars, In advance, to our local storekeepers and give them the same chance to make profitB, with out Investment? What would be the effect on our community? lt would mean prosperity for us all. lt would mean more taxes to be paid by our business men, improvements of . a municipal character, better school facilities, better street lighting, better paving, etc. Of course, our local storekeepers do not expect us to do business In this way. Yet why should we not? We do lt with the mall order houses and when we are fooled wo take our medicine because we are ashamed to let our friends know hpw we have been buncoed. But we should do this-we should give sil of our business to those men who have made their investments In our town, who are trying to build up the community, who arc paying the taxes and who are helping us to increase the value of our real estate holdings. We all know that the value of our houses and lots, here in town, will be increased as the community advances In prosperity, and the only way fer the corr.munl to advance Is for our busi ness men to do sn increased business. WE SHOULD PATRONIZE THE MEN WHO ARE TRYINO TO HELP OURSELVES. We all hope to advance. We all hope to become prosperous. When we buy from the mall order house we are helping monopoly to put our storekeepers out of basined. When we Bend a dollar to the big city. Instead of spending it at home, we are depriving our children of some of the opportunities for education which they are entitled to. Let us spend our dollars here at home, with the merchants who are .try ing to keep up the schools and other local advantages which we cannot have for our children unless we have a prosperous community. Let us not forget that the mall order man does not pay any of our taxes tn this town. The taxes are paid by the local .business men, at least the greater proportion, and the more business we do with them, the more taxes they must pay. LET US WAKE UP TO A CONSIDERATION OP OUR BEST IN LET US SUPPORT THOSE WHO HELP US. AND OUR CHILDREN. Fire Truck Report Says That the City is Cotf sidering Buying New Engine for the Department. While it mav he ?10 days, or possibly 40 days, before any action is taken it ls now a positive fact that the city of Andorson will shortly place an order for a combination engine to add to the city's fire equipment. The new appa ratus will consist of a fire engine pump and an arrangement for carry ing additional, hose and it is believed that the fire department's effective ness will be Increased hy about i?0 per cent when the nuw machine is pur chased. The public is a wara of the fact that members of the fire committee of city council have been conducting an in vestigation for the last few weeks into the equipment possessed by other cities and several members of the committee h%ve visited other cities and have seen the fire engine in ac tion. . In discussing thc matter, one mem ber of council said yesterday that, ho was heartily lu favor of. buying the new machine, and while he could not foreseo what action the fire commit tee might take he Was convinced ol the fact that tho new engine would be In use in less than two months: CATTLE SHOW AT PIEDMONT FAIR Finest Cattle in the Stale W?? Be Shown During Meeting. You will wonder why people in this Boctlon have ever talked about the war and- hard times when you visit the cattle department of the Pied mont Fkir. ' ? The secretary states that he already has the assurance that there will be some of the finest cattle in South Carolina shown at the fair. The Piedmont section baa already deter mined that this shall no longer be thought of as a one crop country. With this In ' mind the farmers are turning some of their cultivatable landa to pasture, seeding these lands to grasses and clover and raising as fine cattle as any country can boast of- There are al randy a number ot fine registered herds of Red Poll, that beautiful dual purpose cow; of Aber deen Angus, the black, butt-headed beef cow; of the Hereford, the white .aced beef cow; of,.the jersey, Ayr fculre and ' other pare / bred cattle. Enough owncrt, ot catt)* have been heard frota to assay* a fine cattle show and competition in all the classes will be keen IRON TAIL TELLS QF BIG HORK MASSACRE WARRIOR KNOWS INSIDE OF BATTLE "BLANKET" INDIAN "Sitting Bull" Played Minor Pert, According to Indian With 101 Ranch. "Sitting Dull'' was a statesman and not a warrior. He never went on the warpath,- and he wasn't in tho Big Horn battle, except at the very edge of lt These aro tho statements made by Iron Tail, a Sioux chief himself, and who, as a boy, participated In the Big Horn massacre. If you do not be lieve that the tales of Sitting Bull's ravages .are largely myths. Iron Tall, through his interpreters, will tell you himself on Tuesday, October 27, af ternoon i r evening, for ho will be here then with his tribe of one hun dred and one red men with the 101 Branch Real Wild West for two per formances at Anderson. Iron Tall ls one of the best known "blanket" Indians of the present day. His feature? are so typical of the Ked rare that the Government selected him as the model for the Indian head on the new Hu ff alo nickel. He is an old roan, but he describes his healthy condition to the wayr of living of his forefathers. The Indian chief- says he can recall his grandmother strapping ulm to her back and - carving - him across the Missouri river, when she was sixty years old, and he challeng es women of today who oro not hal? that age to do the same with their own children. White men, according to Iron Tai?L often ask him, after he hag walked j through the snow and fighting the wind and blizzards of the Sioux -res ervation In North Dakota with his arms and chest bare, "How ^o you stand lt? Aren't you .cold on the chest?" and his reply ia always, ?"Are you cold on the face7** It Is eil In get ting used to lt. Iron Tail'slittle granddaughter "Lit tle Sunsb!ne" plunged Into White Bear Lake when she waa two yeera old strapped to her father's sack. At first she screamed and choked, but soon she got to like IL Now .abe de lights in going In swimming- on tb reservation tn hinter, and tba w4uter is cold In Dakota. "What we must de-:ls brirg ourselv es closer to nature if We want s heal thy mee," ls Little Sunshines advice to Indians and Americans, "and live i like Indiana." 3H?W ?rs* -1 Style is style whatever the age." For school and all round, every day wear, single and double-breasted nor folk suits are the recog nized styles. In overcoats the same fashion that prevails for men-that is, short and full, plenty of room for the boy to exercise and .grow. All sizes 4 to 18 years all boys' garments cut full for full service and comfort. Suits and overcoats $3.50 to $12.50. Hats $\, $1.50 and $2. A handsome gift knife free with each boys' . suit. ?. Order by parcel post. We prepay all charges. .TA? Start aOh m Gmetawr r^?^)ui?ed the Oliver I day-ami j??fk I Uce?is ?ike a, colt J^W^S? ? the bone? fee! mat w?y.i ^S?^^i/T^^m ? jbow do you auppotfl the mwi s^^Yd?fJT ?~^r-~ I [who has been holding the' i^fii^f^l Probably mighty well t*b?- ^&^I^?"I**^^SB fed wkb^biWt ?ad gUdl 2^ ute's alive. ^ ^ 1.1 He baa doa? man -work* ?^V'X fl lassa" simply becaoaa be osad an *?l?i iisffl CHEWER PL?>?. SL^T^ I JJVhy%Joni^ljyoa^os : ons of thesermen? iif^V^ ^?^^\\yo%Lmd^io ?how you the ploW^^atwwer Bj /N^B Iqasstiooa ? and?tolconvinco>ou that this, ia! the plow |? V ? Wy^lbuy? 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