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?HEJWDERSSNJNTELLIGENCER BOUNCED AUGUST I, 18?C. i 126 North Main Htreet ANDERSON, S. C. W. W. 8M0AK, Editor aod BUB. Mgr D. WAT80.N BELL.City Editor. PHELPS SA88EEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. EL ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Altered aa second-class matter Ap ril 28, 1914, st the poet office at An derson, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. . SUBSCRIPTION BATES Semi-weekly One Year .$1.601 Six Months . .761 Datly One Year .16.00 Six Months . 2.50 Threo Months .1-26 TELEPHONES Editorial ?ind Business Office.321 Job Printing .693-L The Intnllisrncer ls delivered by carriers in thc city, li you fall to get your paper regularly please notify as. Opposite your name on the label of your paper is printed dato to which our paper is paid. Al' checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ONLY 48 Moro Shopping Days Before X'mas. The Weather. South Carolina: Fair Friday and Saturday. THOUGHT FOR THE DAT. Lives of great men* all remind us We csa make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. -dlenry W. Longfellow. lt ls a "grare" orouoo to call a man a dead one. TTuvu juu wurvn au cu wu y HMO U friend you usually havo a sticker, o The man who * .jrks fur himself gt tr paid in lila own coln. o Why will folks do things when they know better? That's tba patsie. -o A set of triplets may mako tue house ! look like a war had struck lt. but could not be called the triple entente. -o When a man makes rex cited mis-1 takes he loses confidence in himself j as rapidly as others do Dont spend all your time in teilta? what you are going to do. Save some cf it tc tc'! why you didn't do ii. Salvation ls on the free list but the easiest way to get the money ls j with some fake religion. o It seems ss If some men morry so as to take away the desire to do any thing but look after business. The man who married his second wife the day of hie first wife's funeral saved the trouble of changing his clothes once. The man who lets woman have bet own way and never talks back prob ably comes the nearest to understand ing her of any of them. o-? ?? We have heard arm sneer at ;he way I women waste talk ?nd then go booie and try to get the best of their wives ? tn an argument A woman has just got a Judgement j of $15,000 in a hreeeh-of -promise putt. ; She ia an old maid and moy figure tbst1 she.is mopey out st that --o When in doubt aa to a hefner to say aosBSthlng that wont do you any par ticular good, yon won't lose anything by not saying it. o You cant Judge accurately during j the'first few months of a young cou ole's married life which -rae ls going | to be the boss. -o-' A great big 260-pound man appears painfully out of place irving to act comfortable drinking tea s^ a ladies' If a mae had to liva la tba house ss muck as a woman, he wouldn't hold lae screen door open when talking to someone outside. We hear so mach about young sem en marrying old men Just to get them in their coffins and get their coffers. It would be interesting to know why young men dont marry old women fox the sante reason. ~~ ? :_. THE COTTOX HOM? BILL For some days The Intelligencer hus refrained from commenting on the proposed bond bill, which originally contemplated a bond issue of $25,000. 000 to buy or lend on cotton. This was later changed to $35,000,000, and at one time it Kenned that this would be passed. Now the latest amendment lias changed the issue to $24,000,000, and tills will doubtless be passed and sub mitted to the voters of the State at the general election next Tuesday. It is absurd tv> think that there Is any wisdom in submitting a matter of such grave concern to the voters of the State after only four days of notice. Not one half the people of the State are subscribers to the dally newspapers, and nearly every county newspaper in the State has been is sued the last time before the lection Tuesday. So if tile legislature should pass this hill, and it should hu sent out to be voted on next Tuesday, lhere will be thousands of votes of unin formed voters cast either for or against the measure. The following editorials appeared in The News and Courier und The State: Legislating Millions in ,1 Igt him. (The NewB and Courier.) This is Friday. Next Tuesday the general election will be held. It is stated that the people of South Caro Una will be called on ut that time, four days hence, including today-to vote on the most Important financial tran saction which has never been before them.' It is proposed tc issue millions of dollars of bonds. Just how many millions nobody knows as yet. Just how they are to be issued is yet to be letermined. For what purpose they are to be used Is another matter about which we are still to be enlightened. The Senate wants to make it $35.000, 000 and buy cotton outright at 10 cents a pound. The House wants to make lt $24,000,000 and lend money on cotton at 9 cents a pound: There are a great many d?tails, of course. The House and the Senate aro not agreed about those either. Still, both bodies are bent on doing something and doing it quick. What's $11.000,000 more or less? What's a cent a pound more or less? What difference does lt make whether the State owns the cotton it puts out its money for or is merely geing to hold lt for an Indefinite peri od-say five years or ten years or twenty years or any other trifling per iod of time? The people are calling for action, or some of the Legislators think they are, and so they must have lt, regardless of cost. And the Gen aral Assembly has at least two whole days lu which to tlx up the matter. The voters to whom it ls to be referred for ra tl tl cat ion will have 'at least un o th? er day In which to consider lt. Who aaid snan iud cm ont? Out with the lag gard! (The State.) Four Days: Tweniy-Fonr Millions. Should ,u bill proposing that an issue of State bonds io the amount of $35,000,000 or $24,000,000 be present ed to the people to reject or ratify be enacted and approved this evening, he evening of Thursday, October 29. it would be manifestly impossible to Inform the voters generally and fully so that they might vote intelligently upon lt next Tuesday. If the'General Assembly would thrust tho responsibility of the Issue .?pon the people, lt owes the people reasonable opportunity to know what i hey are about when they go to the polis. An interesting v. lection of cotton bond plans have been offered in the M?nerai Assembly. Gentlemen of stu irous habits have doubtless kept ap vlth the faiea of the several me??..ur 38-which have differed widely in most if their features. Probably more than half the voters of the State aro not readers of dally newspapers. It is already too late for (he weekly newspapers to carry to their readers full information of a* important action that the Legislature may take before election dey To ask the voters to pass upon ti te wisdom and propriety of a great State bond issue next Tuesday ls to ask the n eat majority of them to vote upon lt with their eyes shut Will the General Assembly trifle with the people ir. relation to the most radical and the most momentous fiscal issue proposed in South Carolina in itali a century' It there be any member of tho Gen oral Assembly who believes that it will 'io practicable to inform the majority if the voters of the State the terms >f a bond bill not yet enacted in a period of four days, including Sun lay, it is to be hoped that he will JO declare publicly and couple with his declaration another of his faith in twentieth century .miracles. Ordinarily the General Assembly would give to the people nine or ten months at least to study the terms of a bond Issue of a million dollars. Shall they, have only four days to con sider a twenty-four million dollar issue? ANOTHER DAT Another day has passed, sad the leg* al battle between those who are ac cused .ot engaging In the aale of alco holic liquors Illegally, and the City of Anderson continues. Yesterday, af ter the conflict, lt waa found that the City had scored another victory. A jury of hia peera had aaid that J. B Derrick waa guilty of violating the law v>f the state and the ordinance of the City of Anderson. Today this con flict will be continued, and another [, bat tia fought atong pretty much the same linea. According to the program mapped out this will continue for several weeks to come, unless some method can he fallen upon to expedite matters. All of thia ia costing the city heav ily in expenses, and it is costin.? the defendants also heavily. Tho expenses of tbe City are being paid by its tax payers. an<l a certain part of lt comes out of your pocket, Mr. Business Man, Mr. Professional Man, and Mr. Labor ing Man. Therefore, you see lt conies horne to you, whether or not you think HO, and you n...at feel lt. Would it not be better for this money to be used in paving the street* of the city, or in improving the public property in somo manner'.' Would lt not be better If this money could be given to the schools of Hie city, or to the V. M. C. A.? The Salvation Army ls an organization which needs help In the good work it is doing, relieving suffering caused. In a large measure on account of the Arong doing which cannes this expen d? turo. Mr. Business Man and Tuxpayer. whoever you be, you see this ls a busi ness niatier and comes home to you. You are affected whether sir not you wish to admit it. Now that you see his connection plainly, what are you "uing to do about lt? Aside from any moral consideration there ls ample reason for you to be concerned from i business view point. Is it or not to your interest to "clean up" Anderson yourselves and prevent a repetition of fhls expensive house cleaning by out dders? Everyone admits the need for .i good cleaning sud hundreds of good '?Itizens are praying for the succeBB of thiB crusade. This ?B the way lt affects the gen eral public In reference to the finan cial aspect. And, even granting that it ias been profitable to the traffickers in this illegal liquor sale, they have heavy expenses in a time like this. Unless they have been unduly suc cessful and have had a long run of "good luck" they, too, are hard hit. Lawyers do not work for fun, and there are many expenses to be met in getting ready for court and carrying np the cases to the higher courts. Then there are the fines to be paid. So the question is prompted: Mr. Blind Tiger, does it pay you? The above is an argument based on the "biiBlnesB" Bide of the question. There ls an equally strong s ppeal on the moral side. Never bas tb ere been a more sorrowful aspect t .ian that of a man being tried in court foi an al leged offense. Think of the good name of the man that will be tarnished. Think of his wife and children who must share with him in the sufferings and anguish. Think of the future of the man and of his loved ones. It is sad and should make the offender pause before repeating the offense, or would-be offender think twice before omni; ting the deed. Think of thc wauled energies and the life that has been lost to good deeeds. How will he be remembered after he is dead? For the goo? accoo?piiahments or for thc evil done Strong men should help those who are going wrong in -this way to cor rect their evil ways. If you buy liquor won't you stop it? Do you not See bow you have contributed to his misery and unhappiness? Can you not do without the little indulgence of your appetites? Yes, these are some of the ways to look at the matter. They may sound siiiy sad out of place, bu: chink c: them and see If they are not human. We would help the offenders and give them a boost. When you hear a man say ho doesn't care for compliments. It's a pretty safe bet that he wants you to say you admire him for that o They ssy much ot the chicken fri cssse is made of rabbits. Well what ot it? The rabbit ls cleauer than ibo chicken. Hop to lt. ? O' When soldiers mobilise the long "o" Is used. When I. W. W.'s mobilize, pronounce the "o" the same as in mob. o It is reported that Canada has some half million more women than men. That's almost too much ot a good thing. -o It makes you feel grouchy yourself to be always finding fan H with some one. It's much better for your own health to only talk of those for w..om yon cen say ?something good. When you see the words 'Paid Ad vertising" under a reading notice you can malu up your mind M.at tho man for whose benefit lt was lun had enough appreciation of the value of newspaper space to ott it to pay for lt or else ran up against a newspaper awn who refused to be pres ^-agented, o ? An erudite Italian wo baa malo a study of such things says that the longer the tail the leos Intelligence the animal baa We ha7e seen some people who if this statement lias any scientific foundation ought to have de . veloped a. caudal ap pendan ge that they1 could wrap around the neck (tu or five times and have enough left to tie a four-in-hand tie io front. ? We Hope Not. ."Wer will undoubtedly influence tell styles. Many picturesque cos tames are aeon in the field. Those Highlanders, for Instance" ?'Gosh, I hope our women folks amt going to take to knits." oooooooooouoooonocoo o o o OUB DAILY POEM o o ? oooooooooouooooo o?o o Ail Quirt Aloin: ihr l'otouiiic. "All quiet ulong the Potomac," they| say; Except now and then a htray picket I IB allot, aa ho walk:* on his beat to j and fro, Hy a rillemau bid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing-a private or two now] and then Will not count in the news of the| battle; Not un officer lost-only one of the] men, Moaning out, all alone, tho death | rattle." All quiet along the I'otomac tonight, Where the soldier? He peacefully dreaming; Their tenta in the rays of the clear autumn moon. Or the light of the watch-Are, are gleaming. ! A tremendous sigh of the gentle night wind Through the forest leaves soflty 1B j creeping; While starn up above, with their glit tering eyes, Keep guard, for the army is sleep ing. There'll only the sound of the lone1 sentry's tread. As he tramps from the rock to the I fountain, . j And thinks o? the two in the low trun die bed Far away in the cot on the moun tain. His musket falls slack; his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender AB he mutters a prayer for the child , dren asleep, For their mother-may heaven dc fend her! ?Tlte moon seems to shine just as brightly as then. That night, when the tove yet un spoken Leaped up to his lips-when low murmured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken j Then drawing hts sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are well ing, And gathers bis gun closer up to its place. As if to koon down the heart-swell lng. He passes the fountain, the blasted | pine tree, .. Tlic footstep ls lagging and weary: Yet onward he goes, through th? broad belt of light, Toward the shade of the forest sr dreary. Hark! Was it the night-wind that rustled the leaves? Y.Y.a it ?UUUU?B??. au wondrously flashing? It looked like a rifle.-"Ha! Mary good-bye "..??it?' Thc red life-bit d is ebbing and plashing. All quiet along the Potomac tonight; No Bound 8a 'c the rush of tho river; While soft falls tho dew on thc face of the deadi The picket's off'duty forever. o o o o o o a o o o o o o o MARK TWAIN'S FRAYER o o O o O O O o o o o o o o o o Ton thousand chaplains, rabbis. Protestant clergymen. Catholic priests and priests of tho Russian Greek church are on their knees at th!? mo men t.all praying for "victory." All are earnest and sincere, be-, Reving that God should help them, and help especially to kill tho other fllow, annihilate him, and give his land and his life to the troops for whom tho devout one ia praying. Very Interesting, in this day of pray ing for victory ia a quotation from Mark Twain in an address delivered by Dr. Henry Neuman before thc Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture: A few years before, his death Mark Twain wrote an article entitled "The War Prayor." It describes how a regiment gatherers in a church before it departs for war and prays for vic tory. As the prayer .concludes, a white-robed stranger' enters the church and says: "I have been sent by the Almighty to tell you that He will grant your petition if you desire *. arter I havo explained to you Ita fu.. import. You are aaklng for more than ycru seem to be aware of. You have prayed aloud for victory, oiyer your foea, but listen to the unspoken part or your prayer and ask yourself if this is what you desire." , . ? . - Then the stranger speaks aloud these implications ot their words: "O Lord, help us to tear tho sol-, diers ot the foe to bloody Shreds with our shells; help ns to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms ot their patriot dead;' help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hur ricane ot fire; help us to wring the hearts of their anoffending widows with unavailing grief. Blast their hopes blight their lives, water their way with their taara." If those that MD. realised what they are praying for there would be fewer prayers for'victory Just now. The Georgian. Fouled' Paragraphe. -wt*--- UH?' Chicago Nowa "l 1 . Bat many a mern who haa a red nose is not guilty. v A henpecked husband reminds us of a has-been reenter. It a woman ls good looking, she can easily fool a saan without brains Foresight is including the alimony when counting the cost ot getting mar ried. ??<?' A woman's idea? Of a good Sghr^ 'de pends on whether it is her own or a rivara ! ??y5 - ' >'.' ; \ I oooooooooooooooooo] o o o Letter From the People. o o oj OOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOO The Mutier Traffic Editor Tho Intelligencer. Ymir timely editorial in thia morn ing's paper was an utterance of which every citizen of this fair town should be truly proud. The time has come when hte lines aro drawn and tho hattie iu on. Every man must either line up with the forces of right and contribute his little mite toward thc suppression nf wrong, or oise by his silence give tacit consent to tho cor rupting influences -dtli which we aro contending*, lt is cady a reflection on our own peopn to be forced to semi off to a detective agency for men to come into our midst and catch liquor seller? within a bow-shot of ? he palace of Justice. If there were not a great many of the male popu lation willing for this *jort of thing to I exist, such u state of things would be| ?nipossible. Even if our officers re fused or failed to do their duty in such cases, there ls a way to get rid of them and fill their places with men who aro made of botter stuff. I um not throwing the blame on diem, for I know how difficult it is ior an officer to get evidence sufficient io convict. Tho law-breakers are watching for tho officers that can not | fooled, scared nor bought. While they v>oast of their open methods and ?arlessne88, there ls always some one I on the lookout for the ones that must needs be reckoned with. I do certain- I ly commend the administration for mo efforts now being put fourth for' .lie suppression of the tra Hie in liquor that most subtle as well as most deadly poison known to sain or sin ner. I also realize tftat the admin istration will be powerless unless tue representative men of this place stand uohlnd them. The ministerial asso ciation lias always stood for law en rorcement along all Unes. I believe that every law should eith er be enforced or repealed at once. The greatest menace to the boys and I ?;irlri of our day ia the open dlsre- [ ...ard of the laws that aro on the sta Liite books of the city or State. The | july way to. cultivate a spirit of rev erent respect for law and order is to ior tho thinking people to each and every one, consider himself or herself, ss tho case may be, a committee of ono to obey the law and see that every jthor person makes an honest effort io do the same. I have ever favor ed this .stand. One of the defendants who is under indictment for sell ing whiskey so many limes in this city, took to task for the part I was flaying several weeks ago. This was uecause I found two drunken men be hind his place and nearly two barrels of beer in an old shed behind hts cafe, and proceeded to send a policeman own to investigate. He actually used j a few curse words to me about it. j That happened some time early in (thc ....... i *-<? recs!] th** A"*n I also reported him for having on hand soverat barrels ot beer and some whiskey, a mon til or two later, but as nothing came of lt ? was about to become of the opinlou that the liquor law and the "Sunday" law bad fallen in the same ditch. I sincerely hope that both of theso laws will be pull ed out together. I am sorry to see iny good law buried alive. It seems worse to have two or more ot them .juried In one and the same grave. Were a man sure that he would not I ioave any descendants to reap tho fruits of his folly, he could not still ' afford to rivet such a curse as the j legal or illegal liquor traffic on the! accks of his neighbors':-* children. Even the doctors have decided that] it I? sn ?Qtntttspted evil. They have; decided that lt In nnither a food ncr a medicine. It ls a poison pure and ! ?imple. It ls worse than strlchnine >r morphine, or even tho dealy arsenic, because lt destroys both body and soul together. It destroys tho home, j ?very drunkard can tell you what it does with the soul. As long as "Anderson ls my town," T will be ready to do all In my power j to make it the best town in the South ern States. A CITIZEN. October Offerings. Tho chestnut of October time has charms that never fall, While many celebrate In rhymne the brown October ale. But of the things that gladden man as autumn slides by There's nothing more delightful than the golden pumpkin pie. To cider 'some address a song con ceived in Jocund mood. Persimmons aa they come along are really very good. But nothing from the field or dell,| j that mortals ever try Can be considered to excel the golden pumpkin pie. t Highbrow Enthusiasm. "Did you witness the World's I series?" 'Yea. and it waa great to hear those cultured Boston fans rooting in polysyllables.' Moser Wasted. "That young -millionaire saya be holds you in the kindest remem brance. He saya lt was at a party given by you that he proposed to his wife." "The affair has unpleasant remin iscences for me. That was a very ex pensive party and I gave lt in the ex pectation that he was going to pro pose to one of my girls." Fewness ef Things. The berries in a shortcake are At most timos very few. But they hi fewness can't compare With oysters in a stew. . Quite True, "Machinery excels tn many point* The mousetrap has more patience tba", the cat." "Yeer* "And while the horse stands ad jmlrably, the automobile does co even setter." Before you "economize" by buying cheap clothes, make sure the maker didn't econo mize on QUALITY. There's no way yet discover ed by which good clothes, good style and good quality can be had for less than they're worth. $10 to $25, properly placed, buys the very best values in clothes today. When you pay less you lose more in, wear than you save in price. Our clothes at these prices represent our idea of helping our customers to the most for their money, and helping ourselves to their permanent patronage. Order by parcel post. We prepay all charges. "The Stan wah m Cmadtnct frr&KISH CRUISES ?OSI?A?i?iS THE RUSSIAN SEAPORT (Continued From First Page.) The same thing is going on to the eastward where tlte Germans are pushing their long-promised attack tow; rd Verdun. In all of these at tacks prisoners and guns nre being lost by one side or the other. In Poland Where'the Austrians and Germans are retiring before trash .Russian armies, something more de cisive has occurred. Having a week ago driven back the German right ad vancing on Warsaw, the Russians now have struck - * their center, southwest - of *he Polish capital and according to the Petrograd report, have broken the resistance of the last units of the armies trying to main tain themselves north of the Pllitza river. The Russian cavalry baa re occupied Radom, where many men and guns and much war material has been captured. On the east Pressinn frontier, along ! which line the Germans tool the of fensive, both sides lay claim to sue l?ese. . ; In South Africa -the situation ap I pears more favorable. General Louie I Botha, tho premier, is ai the head of the army- operating against the re bellious commands under Generals Beyers and DeWet, while loyal com manders. Dutch and English, are gath ering in the remnants of the com mands of which Lieutenant Colonel Maiitz was leader until he was wounded and fled across the German border. With the presence, of German mines off tho north -coast of Ireland, which made it necessary today for the steam er Olympic to put into a north of Ire land port,, London newspapers- are asking that the admiralty take more vigorous measures to prevent eonUh* uatics of thin -(Owing ot mines, it Is believed that vessels flying neutral flags are responsible for these minen. The papers also are urging that Btronger measure-, be taken to rid the country of spies, whose presence 4s proved by the capture of a man on tlie nortli shore of the Firth of Froth operating a flashlight apparatus. The report that Germans have In vaded the Portuguese colony of An gola lacks confirmation. , Laughter Alda Digestion. Laughter is a most healthful exer tion; lt ls one cf .he greatest helps to digestion with which I am acquainted; and the custom prevalent among onr forefathers, ot exciting it at table by jesters and buffoons, waa founded on true medical principles.-Hufeland. A Heater That's Distinctive Han't a atm that stands head and shoulders above the usual HEATERS. It is built better and looks better. It baa many features that no other HEATER offers-features that mean greater heating power, moro durability, lower Moore's Air-Tight Heaters Yo? ?nil quickly toa that Moore's HEATERS gre? yo? more for your Cona ?gal Itt oh you. Sullivan Hardware Go. S.C, Belton, S. 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