?flE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER
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ANDERSON, S. C.
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THOUGHT FOB THF SAT
Heaven is not reached at a single
.bound.
But we build the ladder by which we
'rite **?
From the lowly earth to the vaulted
skies.
And we TOOUP* to its summit' round
by round.
Tn-cu mil-. -rv...- .
There are about 70,000 more people
In the employ of the government than
there ware last year. That's where
some of the increased number ot op
timists come from.
It ia well to keep your shoulders
Dach and your head erect-but don't
carry lt so high in the air that you
can't sae your neighbors-Just carry
it high enough to overlook their
faults.
--o
The professor of an Illinois college
amy* that the much maligned skunk is
S&od to eat. Limburger is ?o have ser
ious competition.
February will have 29 days 24 ttm-1
es in this century-the largest poa-j
sible number. The fellow who arrang
es these things mutt have realised
that in thia hustling age we need all
i??.-? time we can get
asooooooooooo
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a OUR DAILY POEM o
a o
Dreams.
Bay that we dream! Our dreams have
woven
Truths that outface the burning
aun;
The lightnings' that we dreamed,
have sloven
Time, space, and linked all lauds in
one
Dreams I But their swift celestial fin
gers
Have knit the world with threads
of steel,
Till not remotest island lingera
Outpi.de the world's great common
weal. .
Dreams are they? But ye cannot stay
them.
Or thrust the dawn back for one
henri
Truth. Love and Justice lt you slay
them
Return with more than earthly
. power;
Strive, if ye will, to ?eal the foun
tains
That send the spring thro' leaf and
- anray;
' Thea-bid thia mightier movement
say.
It is tho Dawn! The Dawn! The Na
uens .
From Ernst to Weat have heard a
cry
Through all earth's blood-red gener
ations
By hate and slaughter climbed Urns
high.
Here-on this height -still to aspire,
One only path remains untrod?
Ona' path ot love and peace climbs
higher.
Make straight that highway for our
God!
-Alfred Noyes,
CLEAN FUTURE?
The ladles of the Civic Association
are to be commended for their stand
in reference to prohibiting objection
able pictures in the moving picture
?hows In the city. There is no factor
more educating than good moving pic
tures and the converse of the propo
sition ls equully true.
The power of suggestion to the
young mind through what is seen on
the screen is highly developed and
Impressions received by improper
pictures and improper vaudeville per
formances ure hard to overcome. The
Intelligencer is indeed glad to note
this movement on the part of the lad
ies, and ls alHo pleased that the man
agers of the moving picture show? in
Anderson so gracefully consented to
?Jo as they wished, although at per
haps a llnnnclul loan to themselves.
In this mutter, as in the blind tit..
proposition. The Intelligencer believ
es in upholding the hands of those
wiro desire to do right and we truKt
I hut the patronage of these theutres
will not fall off, but that the managers
.viii be fully Justified by their con
idence in the high moral tone of this
'foinmunity.
.HR. SULLIVAN'? LETTE lt.
It is extremely gratifying to The
intelligencer to note the amount of in
terest which ls being manifested in
i he crusade JuBt now. to make Ander
don a clean city. There wero those
vho predicted failure on the part of
i he forces of right who undertook the
. rusade against the forces of evil,
hut wo behove that subsequent events
have shown thom to have been mis
taken In the sentiment of the people
pf Anderson.
Tho Intelligencer has not shrunk
from performing Us full duty In these
premises and the presence of a news
paper having courage to be outspoken
against tho evil conditions which have
heretofore bean condoned by the press
in this city, has, wo believe- been a
factor in arousing this sentiment. . Of
courso thorc are those who will not
agree with the position taken by this
paper, and there are others^ doubtless,
who feel that as a newspaper we
might have done our duty without
espousing any cause. But The Intelli
gencer feels that a true newspaper
never hesitates to speak out and let
the people know where it stands.
The communication appearing else
where in this ittsue from -the pen of
'.hst fearless young attorney who has
been such a factor In bi in ping guilty
to punishment, is worth careful read
Intr Ona MnnM b?t Rdf???r? thc h!"h
stand taken by Mr. Sullivan and the
earnest and sincere desire he has to be
of service, not ont'" to the etty of An
derson, b??t tr? ??.- -.Tong doers who
come before him. That is indeed a
vood suggestion of his that volunteer
probation officers como forward and
take tho labor of looking after a hu
man being who professes repentance.
Many confirmed crlmluals could have
been saved a Ufe of crime had those
?who were in position to' do so lent
them even a little aid in getting a
start after having temporarily fallen.
Mr. Sullivan pertinently asks these
questions: "Did Myers start ss a
blind tigerV "What was he as a boy?"
"Who helped to 'straighten him out'?"
"What community did its duty by
him, or failed to do Its duty?" As so
well suggested by the city attorney,
there are others who are coming up
to take Myers place "unless we per
sistently, habitually and intelligently
use our money, our time and our
brain to prevent the growth of thoso
boys into men like Myers." Then fol
lows the suggestion of the movement
which has been favored by The Intel
ligencer, to organise a law and order
league tn Anderson.
Mr. Sullivan suggests some practi
cal ways in which the business roan
of the city can old in correcting those
evils. He suggests, for instance, that
the banks refuse to handle liquor
drifts, and that this law and order
league secure the co-ooeratlon of the
railroad and express ..omponies. Of
course the organization of such a lea
guo will cali for considerable effort
and perhaps some work that is dis
tasteful, but lt is worth while con
sidering the stake which ls being
fought for? If this organisation ts
effected and has as a result of Its la
bors the saving of one boy or young
man. is lt not worth tho price, pro
Tided that by he jenr hoyt
There aro practical results to bo
obtained by this organisation In spite
. the fsct that some contend such
thoughts are the dreams of sentimen
talista Anderson niust be made a
placo where boys cannot go wrong
and lt will be. if Ute parents of these
boys wish it to be.
FARMERS TAKE INITIATIVE
The farmers of Ingham county,
Michigan are considering the question
of erecting a canning factory of their
own at Lansing. They have become
convinced that such a plant wou?d
take care of Ute market surplus and
alee would make it possible to in
crease the acreage In that section ot
sweet corn, peas, heans and fruits of
alt kinda The men back ot Ute aro
Letters Fron,
THE < ITIZENK LEAGl'E
Editor Intelligencer:
I cannot refuse your request to
write something io favor of the organ
ization of a league of citizens to <..>
operate witii the city and county
legal authorities In the enforcement of
law und order, although quite busy
and therefore unahle to go carefully
into d?tails at this time.
I see so clearly the wonderful work
th.U can he accomplished that 1 must
ut least point out a few things that
can be done through Buch an organi
zatioo if niunatred wisely and In reul
earnest?
If you will thin', for n moment, you
will agree that law as now ad
ministered IH but _ crude instrument
of doubtful efficiency in the protection
of society. Cities are prohibited from
Inflicting in execess of u $100 fine or
AO days imprisonment in each case
and every offender lias his choice he
tween the line und imprisonment. This
is the only punishing weapon Ander
son hus today, the only rod tho city
can use to correct the wayward and In
corrigible.
Then we know that punishment is
not always effective. That some child
ren are not kept in the right way no
mutter how severely you lay on the
rod. This is true of offenders againBt
our laws r.nd yet under the present
system tliv.se of us who are fighting
hard to remember that offenders
against the law are human beings as
well as law-breakers, that they are all
Homehody's sons and somebody's child
ren, , fi ml thai we have no adequate
way to give them "another chance."
to try our kindness, probation and
other methods dictated by our con
sciences and religious teachings?
We need volunteer probation offi
cers. We need the man who will come
forward and take the responsibility
of looking after a human being who
professes repentance. The big busi
ness man, the banker, the merchant,
the lawyer, who will accept the super
vising care of a boy who may now be
brought back into the right path but
if left alone. If turned loose to go
hack to his old environment, will In
the years to come probably coBt you
time, money and perhaps the destruc
tion of your boy an dmlne, through
his operations as a "blind tiger" and
a "professional law-breaker."
Did Myers start as a blind tiger?
What was he as a boy? Who helped
to "straighten him out?" What com
munity did its duty by him or failed
to do Its duty?
Mr. Cotton Mill President. Mr.
Banker, Mr. Merchant, Mr. Profes
sional Man (to use the excellent figure
of personification so effectively util
ized by Thu Intelligencer) what do
you know or did you know about your
city criminal court before tbls cru
sade began?
Do you know that boys in their
teens are brought there practically
every week and that your thoughtful,
able and Christian Recorder and your
Imperfect but willing city attorney
STC ""Op!"" 1?? ?Vin ntl ail nw H for WftVB
and means to save them! What are
we to do with them? "Give them hell"
as one thoughtless citizen suggested.
Experience teaches that with boys at
loa..;, and frequently with men, the
bell of convict stripes u sua 5 ly results
in a worse boy and more trouble
through him for the community, for
you and mo, for your children and
mine. Prevention is now the dominant
effort of medical science and lt is the
best weapon in this community to
keep your city "clean" and to minim
ize the temptations for your sons and
daughters.
Who were Myers' most profitable
patrons? Boys or young men who by
ject have observed that whenever
canning factories have been located a
large home market haa been develop
ed and tue necessity of shipping avoid
ed or greatly reduced. Such factorlos
have proven to be boons to the rural
communities where they have been
placed. Without exception they have
given small farmers a chance at In- '
tenslfled farming and have afforded
a market for what the small grower
had to sell. There are about 200 grow
ers who supply the Lansing market
and they have found out that garden
ing ls a good business. Many ot Uiese
want to work on a larger scale and tor
that reason are in favor of a factory
to convert the surplus into a market
able product. The experiment will be
watched with interest, for the idea 1B
applicable to almost any part of thc
country.
The above is commended to the
consideration ot Anderson county
farmers.
DEMOCRATIC INSURGENCY
Already certain of the Republican
papers of the North have begun their
predictions that the Democratic ma
jority in the House *>f Representatives
which bas been cut down to about 30,
will find itself the victim of Insurgen
cy within Its own ranks. It ia argued
that the raajorit, ls comparatively so
small that little more than a doten
recalcitrants within tho party will be
able to' hold up legislation, and de
mand modifications of the plana of the
leaders.
The argumento ls rather specious.
At. first blush it would seem to bo
quite logical, hut lt ls entirely against
the facts of history, which are some
what better, In the discussion of po
litical possibilities, than mero surface
reasoning.
It is a tact that Republican Insur
gency waa born and came to ita fall
fruitage in a time when that parly
was overwhelmingly lu the majority.
Tho men who rose in their might and
overthrew Cannon and Canaonism
performed that notable task whee the
ty1
i The People
binti and business standing lind or
could get money to Bpend in his !
'.bole
Myers baa gone and that particu
lar evil place closed for a time but
are lhere no others, nov. mere boys,
who will take Myers" place unless we
do something efFectivt. unless we per
sistently, habitually and intelligently
use our money, our time and our
brains to prevent the growth and de
velopment of. those mere boys into
dangerous men like Myers!
What hhs this to do with a citizens
organization, you ask. This ls the
vital, fundamental work for auch an
organization and If we fail to do it
wo are partly and greatly responsible
for every evil that exists here in fu
ture.
I have a photograph jf a boy in my
desk where I am now writing and
when I look at it and see the pride
and hope in this boy's eyes and then
think and remember him as he was In
our city about a year ago-a dirty,
hopeless tramp at eighteen- with the
brand of the convict upon him, com
ing to me in rags because I gave him
a little human sympathy, because I sat
upon a dirty blanket in his cell and
talked to him and then took him out
without other bond than "his word of
honor" to come to see nie at my office,
when I remember that he came, when
I remember how thc community in n
sense lunn <I its back upon him. when
I remember the pitiful hurt in his
dog-like eyes when a busy, thought
>ss man refused him work with the
brutal remark: We have enough dam
ned convicts here now." when I re
member how I could get no help from
his father, himself a drunkard, when
l remember when lt seemed he must
drift back to the old ways and there
was no way out for him and God Al
mighty pointed out a way through the
discipline of the United States Army,
when I remember these things- men
women and children of my city, do
you "wonder that I long to pour out
my heart to my people, to my city, to
my friends and that I now cry out for
the wonderful help, the wonderful aid
of your time, your money, your splen
did brains and exhaust less sympathy?
This is the hour for a great awaken
ing, the hour to bury petty differences
of opinion as to methods and means,
the hour to sacrifice individual privi
leges for the common good, the hour
for extremists and liberalists to meet
on a common plane without bitter
ness but with the determination that
each man or woman will make a sac
rifice of privilege*, if not of principle
in order that the community at large
be permanently bettered In things
that count most. for real prosperity
and happiness.
There are other things such an or
ganization can do now. For example,
the banks of the city can and 1 believe
they will, aid us in breaking up the
trafile in liquors by refusing to handle
liquor drafts to well known "blind
tigers." One of them bas.already vol
untarily stopped handling such drafts.
The railroads of the city, the express
company, can be iof -great assistance
and I'believe will be If the matter ls
properly presented to them.
Such things as a citizens organisa
tion can handle much more effectively
than-city authorities who are burden
ed with so many phases o' the work.
No matter how vigilant the city ad
ministration, however determined,
persistent and effective' in the execu
tion of laws, there is always an im
mense work for Ute citizens at large.
Without such co-operation permanent
ref-" Its are impossible anywhere.
I apologize most humbly for this
icu.,, communication, but I couldn't
stop. very truly
G. CULLEN SULLIVAN.
party that had honored Cannon was
in compl?te control ot' every branch
of the government, and tho majority
of that party In Ute : louse Was sever
al times as large as that ot tho Demo
crats' will bc in thc next Congress.
The majority was unwieldy, Just as
was that ot the Democrats in the pres
ent Congress, which resulted In some
I notable schisms within its ranks. Go
! lng a little further back, the revolt
against Cleveland, which was nothing
more nor less Utan' a specie of in
surgency, came to its head when his
party had more than twice aa many
members of the House, as the opposi
tion could master. Th? -?volt headed
by Greely, immediately after the Civ
il War had ended, came when the
Dem?crata had little strength in Con
gress, and Greely's party was in such
absolute control that it was divided
against itself.
insurgency is the product of over
whelming majorities. A compact
working majority ls far less likely to
spilt Into hostile camps than ls a ma
jority practically as largo as the en
tiro opposition. The instinct of party
preservation is stronger when there is
party danger than when there is a
surplus bf party strength. There will
In all probability bo 'lesa insurgency
In the next Congress In the Democrat
ic ranks than there hes been in the
Congress whose lani session ls soon
to begin.
A Bid MISTAKE
The Greenville News, speaking of
the attempted suicide ia that city ot a
young man of twent~-one, . said:
"Friendless and without money, with
out anything that makes life worth
living."
The young man and The News both
make a very great mistake. A yoong
man of twenty-one, even without a
friend or a penny, has much to live
for, especially if he is living in this
"land of the free., and home of the
-.brave." Thousands of young men m
i Uko circumstances nave risen ont of
?their surroundings and mode useful,
I wealthy and distinguished cltisens.
Look at Benjamin Franklin, homeless
and friendless, walking tho streets ?f
Philadelphia eating a peace ot baker's
The Sure Pledge of Satisfaction
The old idea of good business was to do the other fellow. The
modern idea is to do for the other fellow-to make the transaction
as profitable for him as for yourself.. Modern business is built up,
not by getting all you can out of a customer, but by giving him
more than he expected.
To sell clothing that will make permanent customers for us by
giving permanent satisfaction to the wearer is both our aim and our
daily practice.
The steady progress of our business has come out through sensa
tional advertising of fictitious values but by the daily giving of
real values.
Our strong guarantee on every purchase made in this store is
simply this: The customer must be satisfied. To that end the
policy of our store, the efforts of our salesmen, the selection of
merchandise we sell, are all directed.
Steady, reliable diet makes the healthy body. Day by day per
formance of business duty builds up the business reputation. Our
growth has come through satisfied customers. We have no right
to succeed in any other way.
Fall and Winter Suite Are Now Selling.
"The Store with a Conscience"
bread which he had bought with his
last penny, and seo him later one of
tho greatest men America has ever
produced. Any young man of twenty
one with average health !B rich. There
is no other riches comparable to
youth.
This is a great country for the
yoong man. Opportunities are all
about him. If ho does not succeed, it is
his own fault. If he hasn't money, he
can earn it. If he hasn't friends, he
can make them. Diligence.is all he
needs. The Psalmist says, "Seest thou
a mac diligent in business; he. shall
not stand before mean men*; he shall
stand before Kings BenJ. Franklin,
poor boy, stood before kings. He rep
resented the government in the courts
of both Prance and England, aud was
the leading man of his time, not only
in diplomacy, but in art and literature.
Let the young Greenville man of
twenty-one take courage and a new
hold on life, and make a man of him
self. There are wonderful possibili
ties before him, if he will do his duty.
-Newberry Observer.
NO VIOLATION OF
ANTI.TRTJST LAWS
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(Continued From First Page.)
called Sherman act, the so-called
Clayton act and the trade commission
act)' would be violated in any respect
by the carrying out of a pian which
has been devised for guising and ad
ministering a fund of $135,000,000 to
be lent on the security of cotton. A
copy of the plan is attached hereto.
"Countries which take, annually
about 8,000.000 bales of American cot
ton-more tban.half the crop, are now
engaged In war. Trade between thc"
United States and those countries iii
some cases virtually has come to a
complete stop, and in others has been
seriously hindered. Foreign exchange
has been badly demoralized. In con
sequence of these extraordinary con
ditions, it has been impossible to ob ?
tsin in the usual ways the large
amount of cash reqnired to liquidate
the indebtedness incurred - in- th>
course ot raising and marketing the
cotton crop. *
"To meet this situation the.plan In
question has been proposed. It con
templates the making up by a syndi
cate, composed principally . ot banks
and bankers, o' a fund of $135,000,000
to be lent on tile security of cotton to
borrowers in the cotton growing
States, under the direction of a cen
tral committee, composed ef the in
dividual members of the federal re
serve beard and various auxiliary
commltteea.
"Nothing In the nature of price fix -
ing, restriction of production, division
of territory, or control of markets Is
Involved. Loans will be made Os free
ly to buyers of cotton aa to produc
ers. The members of the syndicate
will be perfectly free to make .other
?loans In any amount, to any persons
and on ?ny lawful terms. Borrow
ers will be Under no restraint what
ever aa to the 'price or the time at
which they may sell their cotton. Nor
will their free agency In borrowing
or. in not borrowing as they aee flt
and from whom they see flt in any
manner -he restricted. In short, the
plan simply provides the cash which
la imperatively required to liquidate
tho Indebtedness incurred Ip the
course of raising and marketing ; tho
cotton crop, but which can- not now
be obtained from the usual sources
ot supply because of the extraordinary
conditions prevailing in the money
market:, and in the trade of the
world.
"The amount of this1 fund is bar elk
more than one per cent, of the total
outstanding loans and discounts of ? proceeded rapidly today, and it was
banking institutions in the United ) said Ute market might be reopened
States and )? much less than the ?before November 16. the date set in
amount of cash usually employed in the quarantine order,
marketing the cotton crop. Nor would Reports were received today of ap
even this small part of the banking j pearances of the disease In four ad
capital of the United States become ditional illinois counties, although
impounded as a result of the plan; packers issued a statement that there
hut, upon being lent, would return at would be no occasion for rise In re
j once Into general circulation. tall meat prices, local meat retailers
"1 am unable to see how such a advanced prices from 1-2 to 2 cents
I plan could be thought to fall within a no und. They declared it was to
j the purview of the anti-trust laws. keep pace with wholesale prices.
"SmC??c?jr juma, montana, california, Kansas, Mts
I (Signed) "T. W. GREGORY, sissippi and Nebraska today tock
"Attbrney General." drastic action to protect themselves
---- - from Infection. Mississippi orders a
NO EFFECT ON MEAT PRICES ten-day. quarantine against outside
Continued Xr.-.tn PAK* one.? i cattle. CaliiornU, oidored rigid
.- ---:-I rules governing importations. Kan
woro infected but declared them free Bas proclaimed a quarantine against
from the disease. The State live stock shipments from the east. Montana
sanitary board will meet here Mon- barred all importations of shipments
day. . within tho State unless under the su
-~ I pervislon of federal inspectors and
\CHICAGO. Nov. 7-The disinfection Nebraska quarantined all animals
of the Union Stock Yards, quaran- shipped from Chicago since October
tined for foot and mouth disease, jt
GLUCK IVIILLS
We haye for sale 500 bushels Hancroft Prolific
Oats (graded seed) at .$1.00 per bushel.
When ginn?d on Ov* Special Gins, we buy at a
premium extra length staple cotton. Good st vie
Dalrymple and Texas Storm Proof are generally
worth a premium. >
We buy for cash or exchanee meal and hulls for
seed, orsell meal and hulls for cash.
ROBERT E. LIGON
General Manager
Majestic Ranges
The Range with a reputation.
Longest life, least fuel, most satisfac
tory service.
Treat your wife to a MAJESTIC Range
-nothing you could give her would add
so much to the pleasure of housekeeping.
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Anderson, S. C. Greenville, S. C.
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