HIE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER F OL'M) LI) AUGUST 1, 18C0. 126 North Malu Street ANDERSON, S. C. W. W SMOAK, Editor and Bus. Mgr D. WATSON HELL.City Editor. PHELPS SASSEEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. E. ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Member of Associated Press and Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic | Service. Entered according to Act of Con gress as Second Class Mall Matter at the Post?nico at Anderson, S. O SUBSCRIPTION BATES Semi-Weekly Qpe Year .$1.601 Six Mouths .761 Dally One Year .$6,00 Six Months _. 2.50 Three Months .... 1-26 TELEPHONES Editorial und Husiness Odlce.321 Job Printing .693-Ll The Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers in the city. If you fail to get your paper regularly pieuse notify us. Opposite your name on the label of your paper ls printed date to -which our papor is paid. AP* checks and draftB should be drawn to Thc Anderson Intelligencer._ _ 0 o o o o o 0 O (! O o o o o o o o o o o . . ; ONLY -1 1 34 j ? More Shopping 0 ? o . Days ? . e ?' Before X'mas. J o c -o . ooooooqooocoooooooow ' The Weather. South Carolina: : Fair Friday ex cept rain extrem? west portion; Sat Thought For the Bay. The mill will never turn with the water thht has passed. POOR MAU. SERVICE Tho Tnielll?SEei!-- Trlahss io com mend tho move made last night at tho Directors meeting of the Chamber ot Commerce, condemning the present morning mall service Into Anderson. The Directors last night were all of the opinion that the present service Is entirely unsatisfactory and a detri ment to the business ot the city. AB things ar? nuw, the vast hulk of the mall for this city gets hero on tho morning train, and it is not dis tributed until between half paat nine and ten o'clock. This mall should bo herc by 8:80 to 9 o'clock at the very latest No city as large as Anderson can.afford'to have its mall tied up at a way station twenty or thirty miles away tor two honrs in the morning, so Inconveniencing the public that business people are forced to be from two to three hours behind in hand ling their correspondence. If the con dition were brought about hy extran eous conditions lt would be . bad jv-- : enough,'but" when mail for competi tive cities reaches them several hours before Anderson gets her mall, tho mall for this city, admittedly the bus test etty in the State, being tied up 'at a way Biatlon because of conditions not quito explainable, lt ls intolerable. : It simply .must be changed. The In telligencer therefore hopes the mat . ter will be handled promptly, even if it becomes necessary to send a com mittee to Washington. * ' ORGANIZED GOOD-Wi LL . Who can prescribo tho limits of the V '.usefulness ot tho farmers' clubs? They mirror tho new time In which we live and out of a Jealous suspicion, narrow, eelflsh past there growa a now .'order of neighborhood kindness, cour tasy sud geod wi:!. Thc Jackson Far mers' Club near Duluth has bought, noan organ!tallon, four and a half acres of land near a school house, and the club which organized primarily for co-operative marketing will ex p -.tend Ita usefulness as a social factor. A hall ground ls to bo a feature of tho Jackson Club park with a childs ten's play ground, swings and.Bimple equipment. A permanent building will ha erected.for special exhibitions of. community resonrceB and a laboratory .of human, friendliness. Now comors Will And o welcome In this house dedi v jested to thc glad hand and music and - montai exercise and a hotter t?mor SOUK QUESTIONS Tho desire of Thc Intelligencer IH not lo embarrass anyon)*, but un ull HldcB We hear people wondering why it is that the illegality or invalidity of tho fraiichhse granted to tho South ern Public Utilities Company wad not earlier discovered. Tho people who have thought of this thing ure won dering why some inkling of the inval idity of (lie franchise should not have been hud earlier, ut least during tho wooka, or months, lt was up for dis cussion before the last City Council. So, in order Unit this information tuny be given the people we desire to usk a few pointed questions, and we offer tito columns of The Intelligencer to the questioned for making reply. We assume that the present City Conn vii. Q, Cullen Sullivan, Esq., cun give the Information asked for, and we respect fully ask him to favor us with this In formation, if there are others'who de sire to be heard wc shall he pleased to give them space also. 1. If this franchise ls invalid' why did not the City Attorney so advise the City Council prior to the passage of the franchise? Or did thc City At torney so advise, und when? 2. Supposing that his opinion was not asked on this point, was he not employed as legal adviser of the City Council, and was not lt his duty to look into tho validity of the franchise und advise Council prior to its action in granting the franchise? 3. Did the City Council, or not, ap propriate several hundred dollars for purpose of additional remuneration to Wie City Attorney for additional ser vices rendered in connection with his work on tho franchise? % 4. Who prepared the contract be tween the City and the Southern Pub lic Utilities Company in reference to tho whito way? Why was not the mat ter of the validity of the contract or franchise gone into prior to the pre paration of this contract, and why was not tho Council advised then that it was invalid? 6. Suppose that the Supreme Court finds tho contract, or the franchise, Invalid, as has the City Attorney, what plan has the City Attorney for supplying the city with the necessary light and power? ; 6. Should this matter como to a vote, on what would tho people vote? 7. Suppose that the majority voto should be against the Southern Pub lic Utilities Company, and. the "fran chise" Bhould be lost, how could the city then obtain Un light and power? 8. What objection has the City At torney to the terms o? the franchise, and why? FOUR YOUNG HENJ* Sneering remarks have been made about the "four young men" who voted for the franohlso granted the South ern Public Utilities Company when the matter was up for discussion sev eral months ago. Thc four young men when so voting were clothed with the power of representatives, the author ity to voto thus being given them by a majority of their fellow citizens. Seeing with prophetic eye a vision of the future, they wished to perform a sacred and solemn duty, feeling that their vote was cast for the best in terests of the city who elevated them' to tho responsible position they oc cupied , on that occasion. They had seon Anderson when she waa in dark ness and they wished to giro her light. They had . seen Anderson when her dwellings and business houses were consumed by fiery flames, and they wished to prevent, in so far as pos sible? a recurrence of these catastro phes. They had seen Anderson when basin csa men did not wish to come hero to do. business because of lack of facilities which they votes were to bring to the ctly. They wished to secure for the city these added accom odatlons, so that oho might go out after other heeded improvement Pity lt is that these same fu>'.r ; c mg mon, or four others with" a . jqual clearness of vision of the fu j . e and the things that aro to be, e nid not occupy seats and cast votea for the people of th? ctly as did these sneer ed .at "four young men." A vast dif ference thero is in constructive and destructive legislation', and "these four young men"'were constructive in their votea NOBILITY OF WORK. Ali work, even cotton spinning, ? is coblo; work is alone nobie.-' Carlyle. Whatever ls wortA doing at ail Is worth doing well.-Earl of Chesterfield. We enjoy ourselves only In \ our work, our doing; and cur best doing is our best enjoy- j Ment-Jacobi. It ia better, to.wear out than ! to rust out-Bishop Horus. ' ' * Nothing is impossible to indas- ?> try.-Perlander. Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others: -Longfellow. , ' LO..-''.'' '['''<>'..- ? ''"'"i oooooooooooo 9 0 0171t DAILY POEM o DOO00OOOOO9O Duddy Knows. Let UH dry our tears now. laddie, Let UH put aside our woes; Let UH KO und talk to daddy, For I'm ?ure daddy known. Let UH take him what we've broken, Me lt heart or hope or toy. And the tale may hide unspoken. For bc used to be a boy. He has been through ull thc sorrows Of a lad ut nine or ton; He ha? seen the dawn of morrows When the Hun shone bright again; Iiis own heart has been nour breaking Oh, more times than I can tel1. And has often known the aching That u bay's heart knows so well. 1 am Hurc he well remembers In lils calomlur of days, When the boy-heart was December's, Though the sun and howers were May's. Ho huH lived a hoy's lifo laddie, And he knows just how it goes; Let us go and talk to daddy? For I'm sure Daddy knows. Let UH toll him all about lt, How tho sting of it ls there, And I have not any doubt it Will be easier to bear; For he's trodden every bay-way. He has fathomed every Joy. He IIOB traveled every highway In the wide world of a boy. He will put aside the worries That his day may follow through, For tho great heart of him hurries At the cull of help from you. He will help UB mend the broken Heart of ours, or hope, or toy, And the talc may bide unspoken For he used to bc a boy. i -YouthB' Companion. Appeal to Hank H and Express Com? panics. In a strong article in The Dally Intelligencer Mr. ?. Cullen Sullivan of that city pleads for the organi zation of a citizens league to handle conditions recently revealed through the crusade against the blind tigers In the city of Anderson. Among the Buggc8tlons made we were struck with the following: "Thoro are other things such an organization can do now. For ex ample, the bankB of the city can and I believe they will, aid UB In break ing up the traffic in liquors by refus ing to handle liquor drafts to well known "blind tigers." One of them has already voluntarily stopped j handling such draftB. The railroad? or, tho city, the express company, can he of great assistance and ? be lieve will be if the matter is proper ly presented to them." Wei believe that Mr. Sullivan has tho right Idea and one that we com mend to the citizen's of Greenwood. If they should organize and ask the banka not to handle drafts for per sons suspected nf selling whlrkey we are sure that they would readily consent to such a roques.. And, if the railroad and expresa companies were approached In the right way, we believe' that they would also lend their support to ?uch a movement Buslae8s of this kind ts profitable to no one, but it is entirely destructive both from a busioess standpoint and morally. Any thing of this kind debases, and destroys those who en gage In lt, os well as those who pa tronise. lt We are very decidedly of tho op inion that there ls plenty ot work to bo done in Greenwood nlong this line. Wo should .riot sit quietly down and let the tigers ply their dirty business. If some of the men who aro crying hard times would or ganise to stop this drain they would do a good deal in the way of better ing conditions.-Greenwood Dally Journal. APPROVED THE % SUGGESTION Plan to Make Stone Mountain a Memorial for Confederate Soldiers. (By Associated Press.) SAVANNAH Ga, Nov. 12-Approval of a suggestion that Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Ga.? be made Into a me morial to the Confederate soldiers was given here today In. resolutions ad opted by the Daughters of the Confed eracy at their annual general con vention. No further action, however, was taken. Mrs. Daisy McLaurln -Stevens, of Brandon, Miss., today ?was re-elected president-general of the organization All other officials were- re-elected with the exception v>t Mrs. Edward Carl Schnabel, of New Orleans, correspond lng secretary-general. She announced her ?caire to retire and Mrs. W. F. Baker, ot Savannah,: was. elected to succeed her. John Temple Gr?v?s. of New York and Atlanta, addressed the convention today, suggesting that Stone Mountain be mado a memorial to tho Southern soldier. In the war bot wen the States. Stone Mountain ls an Isolated, dome shaped granite rock, which has an altitude bf about'2.200 feet aboyo the level of the sea. On tho north side la a sheer declivity ' that rises or falls from BOO tn 1.000 fort, lt ia proposed to have engineers tut a projection 30. feet wide and 100 feet deep into this. Blde of the mountain and then have a sculptor chisel a heroic statue of the Confederate soldier In the nearost pos sible resemblance to Robert E. Lee, tho Confederate leader. Selection ot a convention city Sar 1915 Is expected to be made to mor row. Nashville, Tenn., and San Fran cisco are the. chief contenders. . , ... ...... ?v Million* of Wood Screw? Used. It ha* hecn estimated that 4,708,000, 000 wood screws are used tn tho United States each veer. o o o o o SPOKESMAN FOIt DELEGATION OF NEUKOES OFFENDS PRESIDENT (Continued From Fint Page.) tween the two races hefore segrega tion was begun. President Wilson listened to what they had to say und then told the dele gation that Trotter was losing conr trol of* his temper and that he (the president) would not discuss the mat ter further with him. After leaving the president's prl vu*_> ofllce Trotter, Maurice V. Spen cer and others of tho delegation de clared their talk had been "thorough ly disappointing." They declared they would hold a mass meeting in Wash ington Sunday to discuss the ques tion. Mr. Wilson, is understood to have told the committee the question was not a political one and that he would pot take lt up on political grounds. Trotter sahl In his addreaj that his committee did not como "aa wards looking for charity, but as full fledged American citizens, vouchsafed equality ot citizenship by the federal constitution. "Two years ago," Bald Trotter, "you were thought to be a second Abraham Lincoln,"-the president tried to in terrupt, asking that personalities be left out of the discussion. Trotter continued to speak and the president finally told him that If the organiza tion he represented wished to ap proach him again it must choose an other sj-OPman adding that he had enjoyed listening to the other mem bers of the committee, but that Trot ter's tone was offensive. The presi dent told Trotter that he was an American citizen as fully as anybody else, but that ho (Trotter) was the only American citizen who ever had come Into tho White House and ad dressed the president in such a tone and with such a background of pas sion. Here Trotter denied that he had any pasBion, but the president told him he had spoiled the .cause for whtc^i he had, . come and said ho expected those who professed lu be Christians to come to him in a Christian spirit. f The president spoke frankly, say ing that if the negro people had made a mistake in voting for him, '.hey ought to correct it, but that he would insist that politics ,? should net be brought Into tho question because it was not a political problem. With Borne emotion he declared he was not seeking ofllce and .that a man who sought the ofilco of the presidency was a fool for his pains, He spoke of the'intol?rable burden of the ofllce and of things which he had to do which were more than the human spirit could carry. Emphasizing that'he did not care in the least for the political considera tions involved. MrPwiIson urged that he wanted his auditors to understand that lt was a hum?H,'broblbn? and not a political nrr.hlom.': While tho Amer ican people wanted to' support the advancement of the' negro, the pr?si dent was sure .that,'.aa practical men; everybody kneW that there was "a rolnt at which friction ls apt ro oc cur. The question taust. be stripped of sentiment and viewed in its facts, because the facts got the better ot the individual whether one desired it or not ? ... i, : The president ;sajd , he. thought h's colleagues In the government depart ments were not trying, to put the nf gro at a .disadvantage, but-simply to make arrangements which would pre vent friction. He added that the ques tion involved was not a question of Intrinsic qualities, because all had bu man souls and were equal In that re spect, but! that for the present it was a question of economic policy wheth er the negro race Could do tho sainy things that the white race could di with equal efficiency. He Bald he thought the negroes were proving that, they could, -and thht everyone wished to help them so that they would not he so dependent, and that their condi tions of labor would ,bef bettered. The entire matter, however, . should > he treated with a recognition of tte dlfA acuities. Mr. Wilson said . he waa anxious to do what was. Just, and asked for more memoranda.from the committee aa to instances of segrega tion about which they complained.. . ALL WELL A?OARD NORTH CAROLINA ' -, ?: and happily responded. He said that the class had been an in spiration to the- entire school, and was an ally of all that was good. Mr. W. W. Smoak .referred to the efforts being made for a clean city in his remarks. . Mr.-Alex McBee, of Greenville, com plimented Anderson on her campaign to make a clean city. He 'stated that Greenville was also engaged in the good wark, and that be felt. their ef forts were being crowned with flue cess. Mr. McBee has been a regular attendant upon these annual banquets and accepted an Invitation tO bo' pres ent again next year. Rev. W. T. Belvia, pastor of the Or ville Methodist church, made an ear nest plea for accomplishment Hs liked the motto on the wall "Wo do Things," and' felt it an appropriate motto for the people of Anderson in their campaign for a clean city. Mr. A. S. Farmer was assigned the subject '"Tho Ladies," and his remarks were most appropriate and happy OP well as humorous. Ho proposed a ris ing vote of thanks to those who bod prepared the supper, and called for a rousing cheer, which was ' given, with a will. 1 Rev. j. W. Speaks urged those pres ent to make.their lives snch that they could consistently, call upon others to be clean. He felt that thia class had beeb an inspiration to him, and he hoped to see it accomplish great things. At the conclusion of Mr. Speake's, address. Mr. dribble moved that tho motto of the class bb "We Do Things." Greetings were lent to two of the absent members of. the class, who are away, on a search for health. Messrs. W. R. Osborne an/?. George Broyles. Mr. Ligon m ado a touching prayer for their early res toration to health. . President C. Ban Allen made a splendid plaiding officer und was happy Li his remarks between the speeches, usually convulsing the arn^ lenee with laughter at somo witty re mark. The opening and closing invo cations were by Rev. T. C. O'Dell, the presiding elder of this dletrlct . .-r-".. : ?'. Want Troops to Be Total Abstainers The Archbishop of Canterbury presid ed at a great mass meeting today when resolutions were adopted. calling . fdr national support of Field Marshal Kitchener's appeal tor assistance in keeping soldiers temperate. : ; The archbishop urged that as an example to the troops, all who wore not total abstainers become so at feast tor the period of the war. ? -f. ?? Mewl is??.-! It is in.men as U sells .where some times tLore is a vam of gold walch thc owner knows np* of.-Swift No Date Fixed For American Evacuation of Vera Cruz PRESIDENT UNWILLING TO WITHDRAW TROOPS UNTIL GUARANTEES TO WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT CAN BE ENFORCED ' (By Associated .Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-President Wilson and Secretary Bryan have de cided not to fix a date for the Ameri can evacuation of Vera Cruz until it id determined - which faction can dom inate that part of Mexico sufficiently to carry jut guarantees ashed by the United ' States ns ? a pre-requisite to withdrawal. ' General Candido Aguilar Is in com mand of troops in the immediate vi cinity of Vera Cruz and is believed loyal to General Carranza, who is in open conflict with the national con vention that declared General Eulalto Gutierres. provisional president ' ot Mexico. The president ls unwilling to with draw Gie troopB until the guarantee-? can be,enforced and until there ls np danger that some other faction will disclaim responsibility for negotia tions hitherto conducted with Carran za. The Washington government does not desire to interfere in the contro versy between the various military chieftains, but administration officials showed plainly today thc! rcbagrin at the fact that aeveral generals who wrote their names on the Mexican flag recently, pledging, their - .word to abide by. tho acts of the convention .at Aguas Calientes, bave refused to sunncrt General Gutierrez. The United States will continue Its custom of dealing with each element .that is In'de facto control of. a cer tain territory. Special aeents are ac companying Gutierrez, Villa and Car ranza. From all esme advices, today reflecting the uncertainty and doubt I which envelnoed the general situation, i Official advices, showed that Gener 1 al Carranza has moved to Cordoba for ? a lengthy stay. He ia understood to I have left Mexico City -because be doubted the loyalty of General Blan co, commander of troopB guarding the capital. When General Blanco start ed from Aguas Callentes for Mexico City he was arrested at Silan. by Gen eral Pablo Gonzales, who had been re garded as a Carranza supporter. Dis patches from Agu ap Callentes tonight saying Gonzales would ' stand : by. the convention vurs taken to mean that Blanco wovild be released and that the. two '.'mw' might, work tn harmony in the control cf Mexico City and the surrounding territory. If the report concerning Gonzales ia verified, It al ao will mean that Villa's big columna. which ?moved southward today, will have uninterrupted control of the ter ritory j between Aguas Calientes and Mexico City, leaving Carranza to op erate east of the Mexican capital. Dispatches given ' out hy 'Rafael Zubaran, Carranza's Washington rep resentative, say Generals Obregon, Bianco, Gonzales, Villareal, Hay and' others would support the' first chief. Zubaran gave ont'a telegram from Carranza announcing that hostilities had opened : between his forces and those r.f. tho. convention. Ask Aiitendment of $25(^000 Judgment (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, NovY 12.-Arguing that .the wrr-.ng? men \?ere convicted in the Dangury hatters case, Alton B. Parker and Frank L. Mulholland in a brief filed with the supreme* court today urged annulment of the. $252, OOu judgment imposed under the Sher man law upon 186 hat factory labor ers of Danbury, Norwalk and Bethel, Cohn. It was m this case that the su preme court several years ago decid ed a labor union was subject - to the terms of the Sherman law. Oyster Supper. ' The Phllathea class of the Central Presbyterian church ls to hold an oyster supper next Thursday night. The event.IB being very pleasantly anticipated. CITBOLAX. Users say it IB the Ideal, perfect laxative drink. Mr. M. J. Perkins Green Bay, ' Wis., Bays "I -have used pills, oils, salts, etc., bnt were all dla-, agreeable and unsatisfactory. 'In Clt rolax I have, found the ideal laxative drink." For sick headache, sour Bto maoh, lazy liver, congested bowels it ki the perfect laxative, and gives a thorough flush. Sensitive, delicate people, invalida and children 'find It easy to take and pleasant In action. Resulta . thoroughly satisfactory. Evana Pharmacy. . . . , Help to organize rural' life and make the country a better place In' which:to Uve.'-;vr-A'TV'i!il\^/',^;4 - , Prassare spring th front ot axle prevents heck wetght on horses SprhW o? b^ No axel through center of reel to wind trash,' Double edge knives gire twice tho service of aJagle edge. Av?es pins are not part ot, knife headahit;^ -when worn* at riight cost. .-- ' * , Wheels bav? staggered spokes nod h ubi havo hard oil caps. Andvaoo, 'S. C, a? "