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THE ANQtflSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED AU? 1ST 1, 16?0. 126 North Main Street ANDERSON, 8. C. W. W. SMOAK, Kdltor and HUB. Mgr D. WATSON DELL.City Editor. PHELPS SASSEEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. E. ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Member of Associated Presa and Deceiving Complete Dally Telegraphic Service. Entered according to Act of Con gress as Second CISBB Mail Matter at the Postofflce at Anderson, S. C SUBSCRIPTION BATES Semi* Weekly One Year .tL?Ol Six Months .751 1I..I1V Ono Year .$5.00 Six Months . 2.50 Three Months. 1-25 TELEPHONES Editorial and Dullness omeo.321 Job Printing .T693-LI The Bit?lllgeneor is delivered by carriers ia. the city. If you fall to get your paper regularly please notify us. Opposite your name on the label of your paper is printed date to which our paper ls paid. Al1 checks and: drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. rrrr0 Peace on the whirring marts. Peace where the scholar thinks, the hunter roams, Peace, God of Peace! peace, pea J to all our fy lies. And peace ingall eui? hearts. -Henry Tlmrod A little ambition ls a very bad thing to have. * The hlg HUffy 1 are Very Beldon the1 big doers. You may b? ,? cit i ten alright, but you may a^fhVnnd?sIrabla kind. Oh yes, Inch will win. and luck Is | composed of more grit and hustle than any other result known. M K o Andersen is my town, Anderson Col- -j lege iS 'm^ college, and The Anderson theatre' ?k jn?jjro'theatre. It seems that most of the war prog nosticators have taken to the tali tim bers. .0 '?' No. there If apt much in a name. The maa who is named George Washing ton Jones may be a liar by profession. The football teams of South Carolina seem to be gqttlcg lt In the neck these days. . -o The, trouble1 with most reformers is than most of ; norn know more about ether people's business than they do their own\ * According, io our notion, it isn't the j iu???! farmer who has been blt so hard by :*hard times." It ls the small mer chant wbyQf WjtR^ suffer the most. Gee,,but. wouldn't you like to see the expression, on. the. face of the drun ken ??.t: wbgrn lone of the lady cops of Columbia lay* hand on him next week? Som'e'peopiwWeeni to think that .it ls alright to steal a couple of thousand dollars provided they can get away j With it The prices on the Columbia restau rant's bill of fare will assume an on aceount-vl-tne-war appearance next week. !? -. The legislature had a big wrangle the other day and it was all because one legislator said that he could send his am beer farther than anyone else. Most of the men who are alwaya walting for something to turn up haven't any other excuse for their lazi ness. We wish to give notice to the sleepy little villager* of Greenville. Spartan burg, Columbia and Charleston that lt ls now up to them to follow the ex ample set by "My Town" In the line ?t play houses. And to make a Atting thing more fitting it ls named "The Anderson." Joe Patton, Bob Gonzales, Harold Booker, and Elder Craine are plan ning a meeting a la room SIB some time during next month tn the Selwyn hotel in Charlotta. Well, you fellows needn't be so selfish with your little old okra, and buttermilk. An extra. \au*Mtm* wRt trarel to Cojombia next Week -to see th? three women policemen, appointed by May or' Griffith as special officers during the State*1 Fsrfr. The Columbia mayor oaf Ulnly has an eye for business, and hts drawing card cao be depended upon to bring people to the fair who would otherwise stay a wa** because -of ffcara^tMt,!'.' SPIN THE COTTON'. Home of tho dominent that lu made outside the cotton States on the "buy a-halo movement in the South is de cidedly interesting. The Now York Times printH an editorial in this con nection which it ls worth while to read. While Southerners are forced by the IOKIC of circumstances to disagree with Tlie Times' view, it is neverthe less easy to see that the editor of that paper is endeavoring to take a broad and logical view of the situation-a view which to him, no doubt, seems nearer to the correct one than those of the interested Southern editors. It is given for what lt may be worth, its caption being, "Spin the Cotton." "Nobody hus arisen anywhere to argue in public that the cotton plant ers shall not be assisted iti au emer gency which ls almost as much the country's as it ls their's. The only question is bow the assistance shall bo rendered in a manner which shall not do more harm than good, and with suitable economy of resource it a time when there ls a great need of economy. There are two fundamen tal faults of all proposals yet made. One is that it is proposed to take the cotton out of commerce on an art? llela! basis. Thc effort should be made to put the cotton into consumption, in order that its w eight shall not op pres the market, and In order that one of the blessings of nature shall be en toyed as widely as possible. The sec ond fault in the prodigality with which !t is proposed to use the resources of other people. The Treasury's funds are thought to be bottomless. Even th ?? bankers' $1 f.O.ooo.uoo fund proposes to allocate depositors' cash as though lt was free for that use, and as though less money might not be made to go further by other methods. To get tho cotton out of sight it must be put into cloth. The way to help the planter ls to help the ?pin ner. Spinners' takings stay taken. -They never trouble the market fur ther, imd the planter, seeing the sta ple di..appear, is encouraged to plant again. A natural or economic check to the production .of too much cotton is desirable, but the proposal to leg islate against the plant?a? of cotton ls an absurdity not flt to mention. A hint as to how the desired result can lie produced without the locking up of $150,000 1B afforded by the method used In England regarding the dead lock in the secrity market. The total engagement is not guaranteed, but one-quarter of it. If a syndicate nf those so ready to help the planters would guarantee one-quarter of tho legitimate borrowings upon the un picked crop thc credit market would bo unlocked It _ ight be that not even the quarter guarantee would be re luired when all the credits were liqui dated. The method of guarantee might be applied to spinners' purchases in i manner to encourage their buying and spinning. The Exchange being .dosed, they are, unable to "hedge" their purchase of fibre, and can make no calculations about their possible losses. A score of millions of guar antee against the fall of cotton to a price below a guaranteed minimum would enable the wheels to bo a tar tea 'ind assure the employment of an army before! which the planters dwindle to insignificance. "Meanwhile lt should be remember ed that reinforcements to the volun teers in behalf of the planters are ? ?omlng up. The world cannot get alone; Indefinitely without cotton. Not only is it a necessary of life, it is the base of many sorts of industry which can not be allowed to remain stagnant for reasons of wider application than the relief of the planters. There is as much reason for the British Govern ment or bankers to finance the mills ns there^ia for our government or bankers to finance our plantera. When tho Lancashire looms are idle there will be another cry of disasters drowning even that from our South. There will be similar conditions in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. BeT .'ore our government commits Itself alono to the absurdities and extrava gances suggested this side the water, there might be consid?ration of a Joint movement for the st renardita tion of cloth as well as of ..tapie. The increase of demand and consumption is better remedy than the reduction of supply. It is not true that there ls too much cotton. There is only too much for the maintenance of the price. Under normal conditions no attention should be paid to the price. I? is because conditions are not normal that it to necessary to steady tbs price in the interest of all interests, not'in the Interests of the planters particularly. Hut In the effort old landmarks of principle should be kept In sight so far aa possible. The greater the exigency the greater should be the economy of resources. Excess of ef fort and extravagance of means char acterise all proposals thus far. The sara proof ot it to that the unversal readiness that some plan shalt bo adopted has not led to agreement j pon any plat?. When the right plan to found there will be no difficulty about agreeing upon lt and finding the means for ito execution." . WOMEN AH POLICE OFFICE KS. * Th? news that the mayor of Colum bia baa appointed three women police men-pardon UB, policewomen- will como a? a shock to thune who have held that only men shall perform the police duties of the State. Rut The In telligencer hardly Bee? wherein there lieu argument against women being policemen-there we go again-police women, if they want to act in that capacity. And they will make good, too. We have seen great big, burly, bloodthirsty men become as lambs when they ?TOSS the threshold of their ?lumen and see the light of authority In the eye of their "better half." Sure, women can manage men individually, collectively or any other way. She can conquer him drunk or sober. But the ?reat trouble is going to come when these women police-women attempt to jontrol women offenders. Now, there will bo a battle for you that will make those in the neighborhood sit up and take notice. Will these police-women be attired in the regulation blue uni form, or will they wear only a helmet? Seriously, though. The Intelligencer dooB not believe there is anything wrong with women acting as police men, if they care to do so. They asso ciate with men in the home, t in the school, in tho store, in the mills and everywhere one sees man working a woman ls by his side. Sho was intend ed by the Creator ?vs man's helpmeet, and to be this truly she must do things men do. There will be men who will censure the appointment of women to perform the tasks that nen have been performing. Women will also censure them, but the critics mu.it admit that women as a rule perform their work with more fidelity and efficiency than men do, no matter what the task is, Let them vote, if they wish, and the men will see that conditions will be Improved. HE IM ?lt TI NO. THE WAR. A writer in the Philadelphia Public Ledger declares that "no other war was ever so carefuly reported as the present one, and never did the outside world know with such approximate truth the essential facts as they oc cur." The public has been to some ex tent inclined to criticise the service of the news-purveyor agencies of tho world in connection with the European war. especially at its beginning. Even to the present stage ot the conflict the meagreness of the dispatches and the uncertain statenisuts that are made by the correspondents are by no means satisfying to the American public. The charge that the news ls colored in favor of one or the other sides of the conflict, however, has not been repeated since the first stages of the war. We are' inclined to agree with the ob server whose opinion is quoted above. No other war of great proportions hSB occurred since the means of news gathering and news dissemination have been brought to their present per fection. It ?B true that the Boer war as? thc Russo-Japanese c????id were ot great importan'- and both occur red only Ave years ago; but neither ot them was In a country or territory where the reports could be given to the world promptly, and they wer J not so given. In the time of the great wars ot the last century-the Civil war of the sixties and the Franco-Prussian War of the seventies- the telegraph lng of news was infinitely small Uian at present, and the great newt gathering association, the AsuoclaUd Press, had, not been projected. The news was meagre and long delayed. Today, however, wthin a very few hours after the decisive operations of the war in Europe, reasonably ac curate detailed reports are being read by Americans in every hamlet of the United States. A is true that much of .he proceeding ls shrouded in secrecy, by the censorship and the desire of the military commandera to prevent their opponents from learning of their positions and movements. But so far as the people even of the countries en gaged are able to ,earn of the war's progress, we in America are informed, and iu ??ditton some of the larger newspapers have their own war cor espondents in Oie war xone, who man -e to get through some most inter esting reporta. The American has come to depend upon his newspaper to inform him as to current history, and it baa not tailed him in this great crista If he finds the news to some extent un reliable and Indefinite, and is inclined to be critical along these lines, lt ls largely because he haa been educated ly Ute newspapers to expect accura cy and reliabltty, and he does not stop to think of Ute difficulties of securing the exact facta from carefully con cealed war operations. And inciden tally it may be said that, contrary to the *?tt?r?! view, the handling of the war ssw? ?9 a v?ry heavy expense to the newspapers of the United States. While more papers are- sold, the ad ditional income from thia source is far abort of the added expense in cable tolls and war correspondents' salar ies. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o o OUB DAILY POEM o O o o o o o o o o o u o o o <> o o o o o o Th? Xoncjh'Ms Man. 18 there no secret place on the face of the earth Where charity dweileth, where virtue has Birth. Where bosoms in mercy and kindness will heave When the poor and the wretched shall ask and receive? Is there no place at all where a knock from the poor Will bring a kind angel to open the j door? Oh! search the wide world wherever you can. There is no open door for a moneyless man. Go, look in your hall where the chandelier's light ; Drives off with its splendor the dark ness of night. Where the rich hanging velvet, in shadowy fold. Sweeps gracefully down with its trim mings of gold; And mirrors of silver take up and renew. In long-lighted vistas, the wllderlng view Qo there at the banquet, and find if you can, A welcoming smile for a moneyless man. Go, look in yon church of the cloud reaching spire. Which gives to the bun his same look of red fire ; Where the arches and columns are goregous within, And the walls seem as pure as a soul without Bin; Walk down the long aisles, see the rich and the great, In the pomp and the pride of their worldly estate; Walk down in your patches, and find, if you can. Who openB a pew for a moneyless man. Go, look in the banks, where mammon has told His hundreds and thousands of silver and gold, Where, safe from the hands of the starving and poor, Lie piles upon piles of the glittering ore; Walk up to their counters-ah! there you may stay Till your limbs shall grow old and your hair shall grow grt.y, And you'll find at the ban!; not one of the clan With money to lend to a moneyless man. Go, look to your Judge, In his dark, flowing gown. With the scaleB wherein law weigheth equity down, Where he frowns on the weak and smiles on tho strong, And punishes right whilst he Justifies wrong Where Juries their lips to the Bible have laid To render a verdict they've already have made ; i , ?Go there in the courtroom, and find, if you eau Any law for the cause of a moneyless man. Then go to your hovel-no raven has fed The wife that has suffered too long for her bread; Kneel down by her pallet and kiss the death-frost. Prom the lips ot the angel your pov erty lost; Then turn in your agony upward to God And bless, while it smites you, the the chastening rod ; And you'll find at the end of your life's little span. There's a welcome above for-a mon eyless man. CORN LESSONS FOB COUNTRY SCHOOLS* For the benefit ot children in rural schools suggestions for a series of lessons on corn 'are about to be is sued by the department. The average .iroduction per acre of corn in the United States ls still below 28 bush els per acre despite the fact that in almost every section of the country yields of more than 100* bushels have been obtained. The difference indi cates in a measure the value of proper instruction in growing corn. The spread of boys' corn clubs a over the country baa Also emphasized the need of corn study In rural schools. The forthcoming bulletin contains outlines of 12 lessons covering such important pointa as the different kinds of corn, ways ot Judging corn, seed, corn-crop rotation, best kind of fertilisers, proper cultivation, and'the food value of the crop. Suggestions for the proper observance of corn day have received consideration. Rural-school teachers, especially In the great corn-growing states, will find the bulletin ? valuable aid lo the work ot stimulating in their charges a healthy interest in sound agriculture. This bulletin will be published un der the title of Farmers' Bulletin No. 617 "School Lessons on Corn," and copies will be sent free as long as the supply lasts. Petrograd Aglow Over Repulse of Germans (By Associated Presa) PETROGRAD, Oct. 24. (via London) -Petrograd is aglow ovt>r the report ed repulse of the Germana at Warsaw and in the vicinity of Ivangorod and the retreat of tte Austrians. . Military authorities, however, in stead or magnifying the Importance ot the German withdrawal, are prepar ing lor an attempt by the enemy to resume the aggresive. Russian rein forcements and ammunition trains are streaming toward. Warsaw and Ivan ^Dtapatches from Oraad Duke Nichol as, field commander of the Rubiden torces, declare th? struggle south of Prsemysl is of great Intensity. RingBs?I^B^BSsTt WASHINGTON HS 1 FOR THE SOUTH FAVORS FURTHERING "BUY A-BALE" . NO OUTSIDE HELP In Letter From Washington Trade Body, Statement is Made That to Boy ia Only Solution. According to a letter received In | Anderson Saturday, the Washington chamber of commerce believes that ] the people of the South will have work out their own salvation during the present financial stringency by aiding in every possible way the 'buy-a-bale" movement. Tho follow ing is the complete letter: To Business Men and Commercial I Organizations Interested in Aiding the South in the "Buy-a-Bale" | Movement : The conditions confronting the cot-1 I ton producers of the South is a na : ional problem. Cotton now in the | .elds represents values that will af reet every phase of business and fi nance and is JuBt as vital to the bank er and manufacturer, jobber and wholesaler, In the East and in the Weat, as tho South, and more vital it this time to these interests than to the producer himself, as to a great jxtent the producer has already re ceived the value of the staple in ad-1 vance of commodities and money. The "Buy-a-Bale7 movement has been greatly retarded by the persis tent rumors that Morgan and com inan y and other large financial insti tutions were arranging to finance ? adequate loans on 5,000,000 bales of cotton. These rumors have produced deadly resulta, as business leaders were of the opinion that the general purchase of cotton in small quanti lies would not be needed as tho sit I uation had been fully met. The j Southern Commercial congress, to ascertain the facts, telegraphed to Morgan and Company and was au thorized to deny the rumor. This I fact should be known throughout the Knited States as the exigency, more than ever demands the attention of I all parts of tho country in meeting 'his national problem. A great mistake has been made by I I many who have honestly sought to I lid the cotton movement: They have placed the funds for the purchase of cotton at ten*cents per pound with | business concerns who buy this cot ton from themselves, where they have | thousands of bales taken in on ac count or purchased in the market at j the prevailing price. This aid is of value, but in this emergency it does not reach the producers fur immed iate use in financing the further har vesting of his staple in the fields and In further liquida.mg his accounts' with merchants and which if not done will reach dp to every phase of business and finance. Funds rais ed for the pu.-chase of cotton should be placed with the clearing houses organized by commercial organisa tions in the South. The officials of these bodies will see chat the money ls placed where it will secure di rect results in aiding the producer I himself, and only in such cases where | the need actually existed. Senator Duncan IT, Fletcher, presc ient of the Southern Commercial con gress, makes the following announce-1 ment to commercial organizations in J Mic cotton States and to commercial bodies, business firma and individuals I lutside of the South, with respect to] the "Buy-a-Bale" movement: To the Commercial Oran izat ions of I the South: You are hereby urged to take im mediate steps for the organization of a committee or clearing house to be assigned the duty of handling the Durchase of cotton in your respective centers, with funds secured for this nurpose. Tho committee or clearing house should be chsrged with the responsibility of ascertaining the needs of cotton producers and pur chase cotton only where a real need oxists and endeavor to make ai wide a distribution of the available tunda as possible, in order to reach the masses of smaller producers of the staple. The vital need of the hour is to as sist in completing the harvesting of the present crop. Millions of bales are still In the field? a. J to a great extend Its value has already been advanced to the actual producers. The aim should be, therefore, to I ?each the producers for Immediate use In financing the further harvest ing of the cotton in the nelda and in enabling the farmer to further' liqui date his accounts with merchants, which, if done, will reach np to every phase of business and finance. With out a provision for the further har vesting of the crop the producers will be unable to meet their obligations and, therefore, will produce losses In every phase of business. Commercial organisation si that have] already organised clearing houses and ti cae that- take such action up on this advice are bamby urged to forward to the Southern Commercial congress, Washington, D. C., a com pleto statement of thc local plan of I organisation, giving the names of | the officials appointed for thia ser vice. Commercial organizations of | the South are urged to forward week ly reporta to Ute Southern Commer cial congress, .giving information aa to Uta number of bales that have been purchased, and the effect of the movement on the business life of the community. By receiving these re porta from all parts of the South tho Southern Commercial. congress will be enabled to tab?lete ? South-wide statement aad report On Ute results that have been attained. We're congratulating our selves that in bothlsoft hats and derbies we've such gen erous stocks. Everybody wants a derby we're here with all the latest blocks and many styles not found elsewhere. jfc, $3 [ and $3.50. Every year more men wear soft hats "in between times. " Here in all the pop ular shades, with contrast ing band if you want it. . Evans Special $2. B. O. E. Special $3. Stetsons $3.50, $4, $5 Fall Shoes! Lasts as smart as you want them-as com fortable as they make 'em. $3.50, $4, $5, $6. In the brick manufacturing business than any other n'aoo In the wide, wide world-BECAUSE your mod wont cost you anything -yon can get It from your shoes) collected, gathered, or har vested (which ever tem yon prefer) from the places where the street crossings oofht to be, OF COUBSE, If yon contemplate entering the brick Baking business yon will want to rote against the proposed street paving bond issue-otherwise, yon most assuredly will vote for the bond Issue.-SAS8EEN, the Ad Han. NOW LOOK OUT -FOR4. <- ?1 . Ours are the kinds that .aye rael bills ami maka * A Home comfortably heated day and night fe . th m ??lil mi m mi mm^mm mn?-*-* tit II me greatest tun wy ot winier ure. We have mern hi various styles and sanes. Sullivan Hardware Company ArHltrsoo, S. C., * Berten, S, C. Greenville, S. C. Hs^sHIBHDiiBBKlS^BEHlaSfiMSiS