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?HE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED-AUGUST 1, IN?. 126 North Main Street ANDERSON, S. C. W. W. SMOAK. Kditor and Hu?. Mgr D. WAT80N BELL.City Editor. PHELPS SASSEEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. E. ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Member of Associated Pro?? and Receiving Complete Daily Telegraphic Service, Entered according to Act of Con gou as Second Class Mall Matter at the Postofllce at Anderson, S. C Sl HSrilirTiON RATES Semi* Weekly One Year . .81x Moi is . Baily One Year . Six Months . Three Months . TELEPHONES Editorial and liutiaess Oillce.321 Job Print!-:; .?..693-L Tho Intolllgeni IT ls '?elivered by carriers In thc city, if you fail to get your paper regularly please notify us. Opposite your name on the label ot your paper ia printed date to which our paper is paid. Al1 checks and drafts should be drswn to The Anderson Intelligencer._ $1.50 .75 t?.00 2.50 1-25 oooooooooooooooooooo ONLY 36 More Shopping Drys Bet?r? X'ma*. e e c oooooooooooooooooooo The Weather. South Carolina: Fair and somewhat | warmer Wednesday; Thursday fair. THOUGHT FOR THE DAT When'er a noble deed is wrought, When'er ts spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; DO noble things, not dream them,'all day tong; And so make life, death, and that vast forever One grand s west song. . -Charlea Kingsley. THE KNOCKER'S PRATER Ths following is so good, .and is so ixiuch ?ike Borne people we know in a city not more than a thousand miles from Anderson, that it Is given foi what lt is worth. "Lord please dont let this town grow. I've been here for th ri ty years . and during thst tune I've fought every possible public improvement.. I've ; knocked everything and everybody, no Arm or individual bas established a business here without my doing all I could to put them out of business. ' I've lied about them, and would have stolen from them if I had the courage. I have done all I could to keep the town from growing and never have spoken a good word for it. I've knock ed bard and often. I've put ashes on the childrens' slide and I've made the | marchai stop the boys playing bell on my vacant lot. Whenever I saw anyone prospering or enjoying them selves I've started a reform to kill tho business or'spoil the fun. I don't want the young folks to stay in this ? town and I will do all I can by law,; rule and ordinance to drive them away. It pains me, O. Lord, to seo that in spite ot my knocking it is beginning to grow. Some day I fear I will be , called upon to put down sidewalks in front of my property ?nd who knows but that I may have to help keep up the.streets that run by my premises? j ThU, Lord, would be more than 1 could bear. It would cost me money, though all I have was made right here In this town: Then, too, more people might come If the town begins to grow, which would cause me to ?lose some of my pull. 1 ask therefore, to keep this town at a Standstill, that I may continue to be the chief. Amen. eeoeooooeeeeo e o OUR DAILY POEM e 0 o eeoeeooeeoooe Restless. 1 do not ask, I do not wish For perfect ca'm That wonder peace so white and still That passeth understanding by And holds in subtle leash the will some strange charm. I long for action-sharp and? fierce Come when lt may; TO' wear out striving In the stress Xs better far than Just to rest And drift on with the common press Prom day to day. ven were ono long 8abbath ?.once I comprehend How Lucifer, "the morning's son," In ?beer rebellion at the calm Struck haloed hosts, though he but won The miscreant's end. For only eyes, long tired ot 'earth, Mft to a ?ur; Only from daring hohtts there spring The dreams that crystallise in truth Only a Testlee? waring "rt&s Flies free and far. -Sara Beaumont Kennedy. NO LSF, TO WORRY The Intelligencer doe? not think that anything will be gulned at'this time by stirring up u great hullabaloo over the franchise matter. Kveryone will agree to this proposition, after a bit of thought, we are sure. The Southern Public Utilities Company either has a legul franchise to do bus iness in the city of Anderson, or it has not. It ls a matter that cannot he settled in the newspapers- nor can it be settled by stirring up a great deal ?if feeling on one side or the other. There seems to bo no way by which ordinary folks can decide which is right, and lt seems that there must he a lengthy, and perhaps, costly, law suit to self le the matter. The contention of The Intelligencer is simply this, thal what had all the ear marks of being a valid contract \VJ?3 entere<l Into a few months ago between the city of Anderson and the Southern Publie Utilities Company. Under the term;; o? this contract, as we understand them, each party was to do certain things. Up to now both have done the things they contracted to do. The Southern Public Utlitles Company was to do certain things specified in their contract with the city. In return' for what they did, the city was to do certain things, notable among which was to make certain payments at specified intervals. Thl6 the city through its agents, the city council- at a called meeting Monday night refused to do further, although lt bad been done before, even by tho present city council. Now, this act constitutes a breach of contract and the courts will doubtless be called in to decide the matter. That is all there la to it, except what one wiahes to surmise about lt. For instance, one may wish to hold the view that the City Council and thia company in entering into thia con tract are like two persons agreeing between themselves to do a certain thing, and that after one of them has done thc thing agreed to do. the oth er refuses to do the part the agree ment called upon him to perform. Now people are so constituted that one person, looking on, may conclude that there is a wrong done one of the par ties, while another will not see any wrong In it. So there you are. And all the persons may be entirely honest in their convictions. Tho Intelligencer doa not bold any brier for the Southern Public Utili ties Company< and we take the posi tion that the energies of our people can be directed to more advantage along constructive linea, than to be led to decry and perhaps to destroy what haa been done. It ls of a great deal more Importance what ls done under the glare of the lights of the white way, and we would much pre fer to lead a crusade to make the acta of the citizens auch that the white light of truth und purity can abine into their souls, than to lead one to destroy the evidences of our prosper ity, and that which beautifies. Let Qa make Anderson, indeed, "white" md "clean." so that we shall be proud of the light diffused by the "white way." , 'j._ HOW CITIES ARE MADE A station is a point on any railroad whore there is a cinder platform on one side of the track and an eleva tor on the other. The inhabitant? ol station operates the platform twice s day and the elevator three times In the year.. The remainder of hia time la spent in an effort to make a living for his family. It requires only two generations and continued good crept to attract a genet al atore, newspaper and a cemetery. The opera house, church, school and politician follow lr their order, after which the station has only to await the next census enumerator to get on the map in low er case letters and be referred to li the marginal index as a village. Thc village stage in municipal life ls thal era in.which the post office box num bers do not run higher than 276- and while the realdents point out a tele phone pole with more ?han ona cross arm aa evidence ot their right to re cognition in the commerlal world. An other twenty years, void of cyclonei ind conflagrations, generally develoi mch a feelings Of unrest that some thing more than matrimonial ties ii needed to bold the population to to jether and keep the municipal meta .norphoala handed in the right direc ion. The village board then meet? md orders a c-.y charter and the dee liny of City ia placed in the* bandi 9f Ita first mayor. Thia dignitary eith er ?tarta a "reform" of some kind and '.cilia the town faster, or he inaugu rates an aannal chautauqua* encour ages clean sports, harmless amuse .nenta to keep the young fellows in terested in their nsw etty and then bi tits back and ?ees the town grow nut than a politician's app?tits foi power. "What we want now ls peace.' That ls what the blind tigers wanted laat. week, ead they objected verj seriously to ail that agitation the! waa stirred up. Yea. that crowd -doei want peace, and wanta lt very badly -The Dally Malt Does our afternoon contemoorarj mean to say t:?at "that crow?' wen in favor of a clean city "last weekr K good recommendation, neighbor thanks. PREVENTING RAILROAD PROG RESS William A Law, formerly of Rpar tanburg. now vice president of the First National Hank of Philadelphia and president of the American Hank ers Association, addressing thc Phila delphia chapter of the American In stitute of Hanking In Philadelphia one day last week, said: "There is do doubt that in the past abuses crept into railroad manage ment to the detirment of shippers- and was necessary, but instead of sane regulation the Interstate Commerce Commission has attacked tho entire railroad interest with a ruthless hand, wit!?, the result that railroad business throughout the country has been strangled. Their finances seriously hampered, railroads have como to com p?ete standstill In the matter of con structive enterprise, and investors have almost completely lost confi dence, making further financing a grave question.. Within the next year tho railroads will be forced to pay off about $500,000.000 of their mort gage indebtedness, which, in view of the present situation they will prob ably bc unable to accomplish. "That the further prosperity of Lhe railroads might ho assured, it is nec essary that the Interstate Commerce Commission should realize that a freer hand must be given to railroad offi cials to proceed without unnecessary restrictions and that increased rates were a vital necessity to tho life of hiB enterprise." Does any one know, of any South [Carolina investor who would care to I buy $10,000 of the stock of a new ; railroad company that expects to build a line in this State? Does any holder of cotton care to exchange cotton, even at twelve cents a pound, for shares in railroad com panies? Does anybody in South Caro lina care to buy railroad shareB on any terms? To all these questions tho answer would be negative, yet villages, towns and districts are not lacking in South Carolina that are very eager that somebody build railroads-with some body else's money. South Carolinians willing and able to lend money on a farm mortgage or to buy a farm may still be found, even in a period of hard times-but they have no money to put in railroads, even if railroads be their immediate and urgent need. Before the European war ends, quantities of money will be made in the United States and some of it will seek Investment in the South. The construction of new road a in the South and the improvement of roads already In existence would be of con siderable benefit to Southern people. The South is by no means so well provided with adequate railroad facil ities aa the Northern and Central Western sections of the country are and, while cotton is now priced and labor is so low-priced, too the South more than any other section would be helped by railroad extension. But, Mr. Law says, the railroads have come to a complete standstill in the matter of constructive enterprise and that ls saying that no one in this part of the country will dispute. The railroads are curtailing their ex penses. Moreover, a considerable part of. our people are not disposed to lis ien when ute n?iu.m? c??up?iM?? nay they are too poor to reduce passenger fares. Everybody hereabouts insists that the railroads are fair game and nobody hereabouts would buy a rail road on any terras. We hold no brief for the railroads. We are content to direct attention to the fact aa declared by Mr. Law railroad construction is at a standstill. That ls not a healthy thing for the country, and, for the South in particu lar, it is most unhealthy.. ' "Live and let live' is a pretty good maxim, but, for some reason or other, the public has always ben unwilling tc r.l'.ov.' it to apply to the grose, that lay golden eggs.-The State. ABBEVILLE HITS THE TIGER Abbeville has taken hold of the ti ger proposition, and accord'ng to newspaper reports, she is cleaning them' up. This ls a good work. We are glad to know that she ha? Joined the crusade that ls being waged by Anderson and other towns In the State. We note with pleasure that the mayor of Columbia has been ask ed to take a hand- and Judging from his reply we take lt that he will soon get busy and look after the tigers in that city that are said to be open and defiant. * We hope that this is the beginning of law enforcement that will be most heartily entered into by every town In South Carolina, and that lt will be carried on until not only the blind tigers, but lawbreakers, of all descrip tions will see that tho only thing for them to do ls to toe the mark. There Ils no rason in the world why blind tigers should he allowed to carry on their nefarious business In any com* muulty. All that is necessary ls to give them to understand that those whose duty lt ls to enforce the law mean business, and they will close out Immediately. The rule hereto fore has been for the tigers when caught to Intimidate the witnesses, and got out without any trouble, and go right on with- their dirty work, but they have not been able to play this game In Andersen and Abbeville. They are running up against new propositions that they have not heed able to handle to their satisfaction. The Greenwood Journal. ?PH Shew 'Em, Bern ?Em.* Ive stopped the paper, yes I have, ? didn't like to do lt, But the editor he tot too smart, And I allow he'll rue lt I am a man wi o p*ys his debts. And will not be insulted. So when the editor gets smart I want to be consulted. I took the paper 'leven years And help him all I could, slr. Bet when lt comes to donnln' ma I didn't think he would, slr. Bot that hs did. and yon can net It ?mde me hot as thunder; I say* "I'll stop thst sheet. I will. If the doggone thing goes under." I hunted np the editor And fer his cunntn' caner I paid his 'LEVEN years and qaltt Vee, air, I stopped the paper. State "Ware Text of the Ad UH Just I'axf? Tli?* act to regulate th'- storage and grading '-f cotton ie now in effect. John L. Mclaurin. member of the state senate from Marlboro, IIUB been elected State warehouse comniia-, stoner. TliR salary is $:i,ooo :t >?'ar,*i with expenses. An appropriation of 115,000 IB provldf?d by thc bill to carry out it? provisions. Thu < ommiflsioner is authorised to lease warehouses and to appoiut .'clerks, officers and all necessaiy employes . . and fix (be salarien." Thc following la the u< t to regulato the storage, grading and marketing of cotton : "Whereas, owing to the war, there 1B a lack of ocean transportation and with the demoralization of the foreign market, whore two-thirds of our crop is consumed, it is unwise to force the stonie upon tho market under such conditions, and "Whereas. South Carolina will pro duce about 1.400.000 bales of cotton, costing about 10 cents' per pound, lt ls necessary in order to protect the peo ple of this state from an irreparable loss, to provide some general plan of warehousing, and to finance tho crop by converting cotton Into a negotiable Becurlty which will command respect in the money markets of the world: "Section I. Bo lt enacted by tue general assembly of the state of South Carolina, That within thc police pow ers of thc state and for the general welfare lhere is established, as herein after provided, a cotton warehouse system for the state of South Carolina. There ?hall be elected by the general assembly forthwith a suitable person, to be known as the Btate warehouse commissioner, whose salary shall be $3,000 per annum and who shall hold office for the term of two years or un til his successor ls elected by the gen eral assembly. And in case a vacancy ?hall occur while the general assem bly is not In session, the governor shall appoint a suitable person to lill such vacancy until the next meeting of the general assembly. "Se.*. 2. That the. warehouse com missioner shall accept as authoritative the standards and classifications of cotton established by thc Federal gov ernment "Sec. .3. The commissioner shall have the power to acquire property for the warehousing of cotton by lease: Provided, No refit shall be paid until the operating expenses of.such warehouse so leased have born paid from the income of the warehouse BO leased and in no case shall the Btate be responsible for any rent except from the income of such warehouse so leased In excess of operatiop expenses and may settle the terms upon which private or corporate warehouses may obtain the benefit ot State i operation. AOd lt shall be his especial duty to font Ar anrl Anrvinrav* th? or?>||nn nf I warehouses in the various towns in the several counties for operation un der tho terms of thia act, BO as to lo calice the storage of cotton so far as possible. "Provided, That the supervisor and county commissioners of Aiken, Sum ter, Bamberg, Greenwood and of Hampton, counties, may,., and, upon presentation of a petition signed by one-half of the said qualified electors, shall provide by lease, purchase, or construction warehouse facilities for at least one-third of the. average cot ton crop (during the pa?t five years of their respective counties. And tue said county supervisors and county commissioners are hereby authorized to uso the county ordinary funds,'or borrow the necessary funds as they deem most expedient. The warehouse facilities so provided may be leased by the county commissioners, on such terms as may be agreed apon between the contracting parties.'Or the super visors and county commissioners may, if they deem it more expedient, elect a warehouse manager and operajto the same warehouse facilities as a county ByBtcm, subject to the general ware house law of the state, and to such of the provisions of this act as may be applicable. , "See. 4. The said commissioner shall also have the power to sue or be sued In the courts under the civil code of South Carolina upon the same terms aa an individual or corporation, the action to be against or by him as rep resentative of the state, and not as an individual, except in case ot tort or neglect of duty, when the action shall be upon his bond. Snits may be brought in the. county of Richland or In the county In which the cause of action accrued; Provided, however, That the weights, classes and grades of cotton on storage are'nader this set only guaranteed by the atete hi favor of thoso who loan money or buy cot ton stored In warehouses; Provided, That cotton designated os 'lintern' shall not be received for storage under the provisions of this act: Provided, farther, That the state ehall not be responsible for such flnnctuationa In weight as representing ordinary cli matic conditions. The board, where folly satisfied as to the title to same,, shall receive for storage lint cotton properly baled, with an inspection tag showing that lt har .. been legally weighed and that a Federal or state inspector aa may hereafter .be urovtd ed has graded said cotton: There shall bs receipts Issued Tor gaeh cotton .hil der the seal and ta the hame ot the state Of South Carolina, stating loca tion ot warehouse, natte of manager, the mark on said bale, weight, grads and whether long or short staple, so aa to he able to deliver on surrender of receipt the identical cotton for which lt was given. The receipt for the cotton so stored to he transferable by written assignment and actual de livery and the cotton Which lt repre sents to be deliverable only on a phys ical representation ot the receipt, ?mich Ss to be marked "Canceled' when ?house Law n\ by the General AsHenibly. the cotton is taken from the ware house. Tiie sahl receipt carries abso lute title df the cotton, it being the duty of the officer accepting ?ame for storage by Inspection of the clerk's office to ascertain whether there are on file crop mortgages or liens for rent or laborers' liens, verbal or in writing, covering said cotton before he accepts same and Issued a receipt; Provided, however, That in case of all cotton deposited bcreiuunder any lien therton shall be and tako effect only aa of the dates of the execution there on, tiie registry laws of the state to the contrary notwithstanding. It shall be the duty of tho clerk of court or reg ister for conveyance?! of the respective counties to furnish without charge from his records a certificate aa to any liens and mortgages, upon re quest of the warehouse commissioner or officer under him charged with re sponsibility under this act. "Sec. 5. The grades, weights and Identification marks provided for in section 4 shall be evidenced by tags affixed to thc bale of cotton, and shall also bc branded on tho bagging with a stencil and ink, which tags shall be so designed that the brand 'South Carolina' will be unmistakable, tbe palmetto tree, with a bale of cotton lying at the roots and the shield of the state on either side. "Sec". 6. The commissioner in set tling the terms upon which cotton stored in local warehouses may be ! taken over, shall not operate any warehouse which does not pay ex penses, it being the declared purpose of this act to be self-sustaining and to operate at cost without profit to the state. ' "Sec. 7. The Btate warehouse board shall make an annual report to the general assembly setting forth, viz., 'A'-Number and location of each warehouse where cotton has been re ceived for storage by the state. 'B' Cotton on storage and that delivered on presentation of receipts *C-Mon eys ,-eceived and disbursed. i^Stefs. 8. The commissioner shall have the power to appoint clerks, offi cers and all necessary employes to carry dut the provisions of this act and fix the salaries of the same. He shall, to safeguard the interests of the state, require bond from such officers, clerks or employes for the faithful performance of their dutleB. He shall prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the intent and spirit of this act, to carry same into effect ?'.Sec. 9. The person elected under the first section of thia act.shall give a bond to the state of South Carolina tn the sum of $60,000 to guarantee the faithful performance of hie duties, the expense of said bond to be paid by this state, to be approved as other bonds for state officers. - "Sec. ?0. The -rorchcusc receipt books shall be designed by the com missioner and furnished the managers of each warehouse. Receipts must be numbered and the warehouse receiv ing such booka muni accuuiit tor each receipt. The receipts in such book may have the lithographed or engraved signature of the state warehouse com missioner, but the same shall be sign ed with pen and ink by the manager of the local warehouse. '.'Sec. ll. The manager of any ware house or any agent, employe or serv ant, who issues or aida in issuing a receipt for cotton, knowing that such cotton bas not been actually placed in the warehouse under the control of the manager thereof, shall be pun ished for each offense by imprison ment in the state penitentiary tor a period of five years or by a fine of not exceeding $5,000. "Sec. 12. Any manager, employee or servant who shall issue or aid in is suing a duplicate or additional receipt for cotton, knowing that the former receipt or any part thereof is out standing, shall be punished aa in the laws of thia state provided for forg ery; Provided, The party applying for a duplicate upon the representation that the original haa been lost or de stroyed give to the Btate warehouse commissioner an Indemnifying bond in an amount to fully cover any amount of loss or litigation that might result from the'issuance of the same. . "Sec. 13/ Any manager, employe, agent-or servant who shall under this act without the production of the re ceipt therefor oe who falla to mark anch receipt 'Canceled' on thi delivery of the cotton shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5 000 or im prisonment for more ?han five years or by both fine and imprisonment in tbe discretion of the court. "Sec. 14. Any parson who shall de posit or attempt to deposit cotton upas which a lien or mortgage exista, without notifying the manager of the warehouse, shall be punished by im prisonment for u period of not more than one year and a fine of not more than $1,000. "Sec. 15. It any particular section ot this act shall be held unconstitu tional, such holding shall not invali date any other portion thereof. "See. 10. It ls hereby declared that no debt or other liability Shall be cre ated against the state by reason ot tho lease or operation ot tbs warehouse Sp?tem, created by thia act, except aa by thia act provided. The warehouse commissioner being specifically for bidden to lease or take over any ware house where the revenue derived from asme ls not sufficient io pay tba ex penses of operation. I ?'Sec 1?. The commissioner shall i tasare and keep insured for its full value upon the- beat tarma obtained by individual or blankst policy, all cotton on sf ?rage. In case of loas be shall collect the Insurance due and pay the aame > ratably to those law fully entitled. The Insurance policies to be in the name of the state and tba premium collected from tbe owner of Take a Suits at $10 to $ merit---if they are Ev fabrics, skillfully mould* lines and faultless fit-s shape, give you faithful back for another Evans One more pointer-i select that suit and ovei Choose today and w The Si the cotton, the state to have a lien on the cotton for insurance and storage charges, the same as other public warehouses in the state. "Sec. 18. To put this act into imme diate effect, the sum of $15.000 be and the Same is hereby appropriated to he subject to the order of the state ware house commissioner. To be paid out on a warrant drawn by the comp troller general accompanied hy an itemized statement from the commis sioner, showing for what and to whom the Bald money ia to be paid. .J ?"SCI. ?m. Tu* woreliuuoB vyminuB sioner, when away from home in the discharge of his duties, shall ber paid his actual expenses, for which there shall be filed an itemised account, to accompany the warrant from i ' the comptroller general on the state treas urer. "Sec 20. The money appropriated by this act, and all Bums collected un der it, shall be held in the .state treas ury as a .separate fund for the pur poses of this act. "Sec. 21. All acts and parta of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. "Sec. 22. That this act shall take effect Immediately upon approval of the governor." But Few Caa Staad It HELENA, Mont., Nov. 10.-Advo cate? ot equal auftrage must wait a long time before they learn the fate of their cause In the Montana election last Tuesday. The official canvass will not be begun until the first Mon day in December, and meanwhile tho ballot boxes sealed tn a dozen conn ties without a tally on the suffrage vote must remain nnopened. OIL HE Barter* ld There is nothing more venient for these cool DUH You should have one. Anderson, S. C. Belton Pointer You can pay too lit tle for a suit-and you'll soon need an other. You can pay too P much and you'll want to discard it long before you've had your money's worth. 25 are a good invest ans quality. Splendid 3d into suits of graceful ?its that will keep their service and bring you Quilty Suit. now is a good time to .coat ear tomorrow. lore with a Conscience" War Dope Insurance Man Tells Agent* of the .Effect War Has on Risks for Insurance Companies. One ot the best known insurance agents in Anderson has sent out to ail representatives nf ht? ?mmn&ny ita this State, a very interesting letter dealing with business conditions in the State, as affected by the war, and advising that agents of the class most helped or hurt by thc war. In his 1st' ter the general agent here says: "Doubtless it has been your observa tion, as stated in thc bulletin, The number seriously affected by the war is far smaller than the majority of the people think' ana a careful study of conditions will show that. a large percentage of the citizens of our State, are just as well prepared, or better, to take Insurance than they were before." With the letter is enclosed a list of prospects, numbered 1. 2 and 3. Those being benefited by the war marked 1, those unaffected are marked 2 and the ones adversely affected are mark ed 3. So far as is known the list is correct except lt says that newspaper editors are helped by the war, where as no newspaper in the United States is being benefited, instead they are all losing money. FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS ?ea BACKACHE KIDNEYS ANO BL.AI-.OEH live the most heat (rom asl oil-No smoke-No r-By a patented device lek ls locked and remains ortable and con? lungs? Greenville, Se C. , S? C.