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IHE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER i FOUNDED AUGUST 1, 1868. L. 1M North Main Street ANDERSON, S. C. W. W. 8MOAK, Editor and Bos. Mgr Sis M. GLENN.City Editor PHELPS 8A8SEEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. KL ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Member of Associated Press and Receiving Complete Daily Telegraphic Service. ?Entered according to Act ot Con gress as Second Class Mall Matter et the Postofflce at Anderson, 8. O TELEPHONES Editorial sod Business Offlee.821 Job Printing .693-L SUBSCRIPTION RATES Semi-weekly* Csa Tsar .11.50 Sta Months .75 Daily One Teer .15.00 Six Months .2.50 Three Months . 1*26 The Intelligencer is delirered by carriers tn the city, lt you fall to get roar paper regularly piesse notify as. Opposite your name on the label et your paper is printed date to which oar paper ls said. All checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ONLY 0 0 0 0 0 teclea' ?d?se' . t . MOM Shopping 0 .?. ? ^ . ; Op. ; WV-*! 'fLfliri.' T*?f ' . ?iv?; . usiuta A naas* ^ 1 ? : ?eeeeeeeoeeeeoeeeoo-o ?i?.? -ri' ? '--i-i-i-.ri- 11-.Hin..., lae Weather. " South Carolina: Rain Sunday; Mon day fair. I THE COTTON CONTROVERSY Tbs .following is taken from a nor ther^ newspaper and gives the view down South in reference to the cot ton crop: st* ' .."There'is no let-up in the contro versy over what to do wlLh the cotton pusi'.e. Efforts in restraint \>f trade ead to boost prices in a natural mo nopoly are still persisted in, and the country is treated to a spectacle af fecting a vest region which, if st temped elsewhere would invite prose cution, hnt tn this instance is passed over hythe authorities. In fact the letter are more disposed to push the game along than to. stop lt. there be ing, for once, ? considerable differ ence between tweedledee and tweed le dern. The impression North has ben that the Bouth is united on the cotton prob lem, but such appears not to he the cass. There ls a aide other than the pleater's. A sample of the manner in which this is* nresented ls found in the circular letter of a wholesale hardware house located at Ft. Worth. Texas. This firm objects to the farm er's claim that he onght to have 10 cents for cotton because lt costs that mitch s pound to raise and says many growers became rich, or at least in dependent, producing lt at 7 cents. Then the agriculturist ls reminded that be ls better off than formerly, for says the circular, aa to the farm er:1. He bnye a hoe for 60 cents that used to cost 75 cents. .< He buys a file at 15c that used to cost sse; Ile buys' a single* tree at 3Gc that used ta cost 50c > -He buys a sweep at 8 cents that ?sea te cost 16 cents per pound. ,Ho hoya a plier et 75 cents thst fried to cost $2. He buys nalia et 4c thst used to cost 6c per pound. ?>. Ks buys wiro at 3 1-2 cents that used ,to cost 10 cents per pound. I bays hames at 60c thst used to ?05.. fe haye tracee at 45c that used to 75c fe nays too for picking where he d to pay 61. C. fe borrows money at 8 to 10 pei cent where he need to pey 12 to 15 per cent. & And while prlcee for articles which <{Be us?s have decreased the earner is further: estie wheat at ti that used to fe selle oats at 60c to need to brin He.sells corn at 75c thst used to bring 16c. ? hey at $14 that used to sells iff Kaya at $2.25 ead some I 84 that need to bring 60c He seltk chickens at $840 that used to sell at 61.2*. " He sella a horse et 81.50 to 8228 that seed to sell (rem 860 to 6108. The purpose of nm tetter ls ta urge merchants end bankers that they in. hist apon cotton raisers selling at least a yert of their supply at cur rent prices, on the ground that they are actually epeculating with some, body else's money. The result is an emberrasment to the entire business community, the whole machinery ol wtdch baa been stopped. That 10 cast tniy-e-bele movement, in which th? administration joined,, has hart' the situation end preyed a sorry dela tion* THE CITY ATTORNEY'S "BROADSIDE" On the 9th of November thc City Council of Anderson was called in extra ordinary session to "adopt" the report of City Attorney Sullivai.. who for two months had been working on the matter of deciding whether or not the franchise-contract which had been entered into between tr?e City of Ander son and the Southern Public Utilities Company, was or not legal and valid. Mr. Sullivan was ono of the city attorneys under tho former Council which granted the franchise, and allowed the Council to pass the franchise with out once advising it that the proposed franchise was not valid, although he later received a fes for his extra work in thc matter. Later an election was held and a new Council was elected. Mr. Sullivan was this time made cole attorney for tho city. Almost immediately he was commissioned to institute search to ascertain if the franchise-contract was legal ind valid. He accepted this commission, and although he had been one of the city at torneys and had received a fee for his work on the identical matter, ho Lrought in an opinion after two months, advising tho new council that the contract entered Into by the former Council was not legal and was invalid. Acting upon this advice, the present Council. November 9. 1914, passed a re solution refusing to make further payment under the franchise. The fran chise had been granted Feb. 10, 1914. Between that date and tho date the City Council received tho report of the City Attorney, the Southern Public Utilities Company had performed every agreement of its contract, and more than it agreed to do, expending many thousands of dollars in so doing. The Intelligencer had the temerity to contend that it was not right for the City Attornev to have taken the commission to investigate this matter and report that the franchise was invalid after having been the City Attor ney under the previous administration and not having then advised Council as to its Invalidity. We also contended that lt was not right for the pre sent City Council to virtually repudiate the action of the former Council. Because of this contention The Intelligencer waa branded as a "tool of the corporation." This waa denied by The. Intelligencer, and the author of the charge will state that there was no mistake as to what was meant when the charge was denied. ? Since that time there has been much said in "ho Intelligencer by ad vocates of both aides, including several articles from the City Attorney, Capt. H. H. Watkins. President Z. V. Taylor. "Subscriber," Col. J. V. Strib bling, and several editorial comments by the editor. Much space has been given both sides without charge, and this newspaper has tried to be abso lutely fair In handling the controversies, and wo believe we have been so. In today's issue City Attorney Sullivan takes several columns more to make a further defense of his position and reply to some of the attacks made upor. bim. In this reply he says some very unkind and unwarranted things about each of his "opponents", If we moy so term them.. Wo shall allow Capt. Watkins, Mr. Elmore and Mr. Mattlson to make their own reply to his charges against them, except we shall make a brief statement as to certain charges made by him as to Mr. Mattlson which ls necessary because of his connection with this newspaper and because it ls due him. The charge that Mr. Mattlson has directed the policy of this newspaper In the recent controversy ls unfounded in fact Mr. Mattlson ls one ot the most high toned and clean gentlemen the editor of The Intelligencer has ever known. He ia also one of the most Interested and public spirit ed citizens Anderson has within her borders. He ls Incapable ot conniving, a* the City Attorney so insidiously Insinuates, at the passage of the fran chise, and la too high toned a gentleman to attempt to Influence the editor of The Intelligencer la hrs policy towards the franchise matter. He has noyer by expressed or implied suggestion tried to Influence the editorial utterances of this paper on the franchise matter, nor on the recent discussion had over it* in so far as the present editor is concerned, nor do we believe he did when Col. Banks wss editor. So the statement, "the president ot the Anderson Intelligencer Company, Mr. M. M. Mattlson, who bas been permitted to direct the policy of his pa per as to the franchise and has directed it with deliberate partisanship from the beginning until now", ls false, and the further Veiled insinuations against him are equally so, and we defy the City Attorney to produce one scintilla ot proof In support of his statements. As to the charge that The Intelligencer has been unfair to the City At torney, we do not believe that such charge would be believed If we were to say nothing about lt. Every courtesy has been Bhown the City Attorney, though there have been times when we wouid have been excusd to have acted otherwise. He bas said many unkind things about the editor of this paper, and things that were unwarranted. Yet we have given him space to say anything he wished, allowed him to read proof on his articles, making corrections and additions, st the expense of valuable time, and we have dono this willingly because we wished to ne absolutely fair to him. and to give bim a square deal. We believe the readers ot this paper who have kept up with the discussion of these matters, will agree with us as to this. r The City Attorney lays much stress on ethics, and what Is corrccl ?rom the standpoint ot an ethical code. He upbraids The Intelligencer for not informing him that ft was going to publish an latei^egr from former Coun cilman Elmore. For the life of us, we cannot see .Jmherein we were called coon to Inform the City Attorney that Mr. Elmore had favored us with ah Interview. There waa nothing In thki interview that could no* with pro priety be said hy Mr. Elmore, and nothing of a .nature that should have caused us to furnish Mr. Sullivan with a copy of it, and request! a reply by him for the same Issue. In fact lt waa so much ih the nature of any oth ,.r communication that lt did not occur to either the editor or tho reporter who secured the Interview, although both are nowapaper men ot several years experience In handling just such mattera. Speaking ot ethics, along this line, suggests that it perhaps would not have been unethical for Mr. Sullivan, ss City Attorney, to have furnished the Southern Public Utilities Compon,* wiih a copy of his decision prior to its publication In the newspapers, or prior to Its being presented to the City Council. In order that thu company could have been represented at the] Council meeting, or at least tn the newspapers before a prejudice bad been created against the company. HU decision waa ostensibly completed abd at a called meeting of Council November 9, waa presented, and action taken by Council before anyone knew that ouch action bad been contemplated. Mr. Taylor states tn Ms article that thU opinion by the. City Attorney waa, received by him November ll. or two days after lt was presented to Coun cil, NOW, who waa more unethical, the City Attorney In withholding hU opinion from thia Compas y or The Intelligencer tn not informing hun that j aa Interview had hean obtained frora Mr. Kintore. Yoe, the Southern Puhllo Dtllltlea Company purchased several hundred coplea of The Intelligencer containing fcha articles of Capt Watkins and President Taylor, at exactly the same erica' and aa the same terms that City Attorney Sullivan could have secured sa equal number of coplea con taining any of bia articles, for this we have no explanation to offer, nor j apology to make. As to the City Attorney's refusing further to discuss the matter In the columna of Tho Intelligencer, we opine thai he will not discuss it la another paper, If the rule et newspaper ethles holds good tn Anderson aa we believe it does. Wo trust ho will not deprive our. readers ot the enjoyment his ar ticles gives them, to say nothing ot the amusement furnished the babies tn our homes. Wo opine, farther, thai hy tho time the echoes of the fire dies down which hU communication ta today's paper win call forth from the fortifications of thoo? attacked, he w?l hardly be able to bring his guns tato action again, tor we believe they will be Uko the siege gun? of the Germans, and will completely alinee his Mtite artillery. He will certain ly have to call tor .the reserves oommanded hy Col. John V. Btrlhhllng. and then some. When the etty Attorney* battery ia silenced lt will he time for a general peace congress, for he hi gifted in the art of talking much and savin* Kttlai ooooooooooooooooooo . o o OI R DAILY POEM o 0 o ouooooonoooooooooooo Unrecorded IlerolHsi. 1 watch her as ehe doue her little frock, - And seta the trim hat on her shape ly head, Her boot? and gloves are good-a girl must dress. Although her breakfast's simple tea and bread! Her big blune eyes aro trustful. There is hope Within her sweet young face, in manner, word, She's not cast down by failures or re buffs. Give up so soon? Why, that would be absurd I She sighs, of course, at times-what girl would not. Remembering the care-tree, happy days, The pleasant office, all the hum of work, While her deft finRers won her wage and praise? She was so joyful, helping toward the home, She. the first-born, a widowed mother's pride! The young children must bc clothed, schooled, fed. (God only knew what she herself denied!) Then came the war Great warehouses .?ero closed. All trade was paralyzed, tit? Street grew still, .??o 'ypists were required', Long weeks Bhe'8 vowed 'I'll And some work today! I must! I willi" Her little savings melted fast away. What soldier needs more pity in the field Than she, frail giri, who, seeking work, meets foes Despair, temptation- yet who will not yield? -New York Times. 00OOOO0OO0O30O0O0 ? ?! o Letter From the People. o o o 000 oo oooooooooooo Mr. Stribbling Writes Again. EDITOR THE INTELLIGENCER: I am pleased to note in your edi torial on the franchise question-is sue 28 instant-the following: "Let us get to the bottom of this thing and see what is right if possi ble." Thia fa substantially what' I have been asking for ever since the first wrong steps ?ere taken. And I now respectfully submit-for the peo ple's consideration-in support of what I had to say in your issue of 27 j instant-the folio-wing comment as to 'the franchise . ordinance-quoting therefrom: Ordinance granted the so-called j Southern Public "Utilities "Company, 1 Its 'successors and saslgns by Mayor ! Lee O. Holleman" acting against the I will of the people of the city of An ! ??taoa-ascumiukj" io grant to the [said company thc right to use "all I public places" of the city for the pur pose-among other things-of "sell- I lng, transmitting and distributing electrical energy;to and within the city of Anderson" and to its inhabi tants," etc . . ? "but nothing here in contained shall give the city any right io purchase the Portman Shoals plant or any portion thereof nor shall anything herein contained, be con strued to prohibit, the company from selling power in wholesale quantities to the inhabitants of said city of An derson;" . . . "provided, further, that said city shall not before pur chasing the electrical plant . . . directly or Indirectly enter into com petition with the company in the sale and distribution of electrical energy] to the inhabitants or said city, nor shall lt before purchasing the distri bution system . . . Install a sys tem for the lighting of Its streets. The matter quoted from the so called ordinance-an ordinance grant ed by the council only aod not approv ed by the people of the city-clearly shows Its purpose to be used as an Instrument in- tho hands of the water I power trust conspirators-In name of Southern Public Utilities Company to further their unlawful operations and purpose of complete' monopolisa tion of tho power resources of the Piedmont region of country. Respectfully, JNO. V. STRilBLlNG. November 28. 1814. THE GREAT 8TWGGIE FOR SUPREMACY I o ' (CONTINUED - PROM PAGE ONE) brought the Russin offensive to a standstill and inflicted heavy tosses. Farther south, and west of Novo Radomsko the Germans also claim to have repulsed the Rusutaua, while for the armies advancing to besiege Cra cow, the Russian--headquarters an nounces a "decl&We-success." In the Issi few days of fighting la this region the'' Russians, according to their official ?reports, captured about 16,000 man, 40 cannon, 20 em etine guns end some general staff offi cer?. ThU bettie, although considered In military circles here not aa important as thst around Leds, would open the ! way for the Russisns into Southern Silesia if they are successful. In the west the Allies are atlll walt ing for the new attack by the Ger mana, which has baan so long prom ised. All communication betwen Bel gium and Holland, has been stopped, so that ni thing authoritative can ba j learned of what the Germans are do ing. Reports continue, however, of largo German fovcha moving weet, some with boats end bridge mater ial. It ls believed in London that the ne:? s."empt of thc Germans will be made south of the Franco-Belgian border, perhaps In'the vicinity ot Af res. Following the report from Petro grad of damage inflicted on the Ger man fleet by ta* ?esalan* ta Septem ber, comes the sanouneenvmt through The Christmas Store for Men's and Boys' Gifts. The shadow of the Christmas tree is now looming up in the background. This is the store that put the clause in Santa Claus (the clause reade: Any present you may buy here can be changed or ex changed after Christmas.) But our talks today is on a question that bulks large with most men; that is-Overcoats. If it's the Balmacaan, styles la test decree, or the single-breast ed, knee-length Chesterfield, or the long storm coats, or the ever-good cravenette or anything good for this season, just rely on us. . At all prices, $10, $12.50, $15. $18, $20. $25, here are unusual garments. Suits $10 to $25. 'Tia Stow, m?h m Coudent* Paris that the German cruiser Her- j tha has born sunk near Liban. There also are rumoi-'; that the German battleship Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse | has been torpedoed in the Baltic. ; Both these reports lack confirmation. > The British admirallty, it is believ- I ed, has solved the mystery of the sow ing v>f mines off the north coast of Ireland. British ships have arrested two trawlers, one a Norwegian and tho other Danish, which made their headquarters at Fleetwood, on the English coast of the Irish Sen. on a charge ot having laid the mines which proved so disastrous to British and neutral shipping. It has ben suggest ed that these mines were laid by ves sels fiyi?g neutral flags, but it was hnrdly thought they were making a British port their headquarters. SOUTH CAROLINA IN TWO DISTRICTS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) Fitting school, Carlisle school and Lander College. Thc South Careara ?onfer??e? fdtall elect soven and t.'vj Upper South Car olina conference shall elect six of the 13 trustees ot columbia College. The South Caroll'.a conference sbail elect eight and tho Upper South Carolina conference sh.-.d elect seven of 15 trustees of Epworth orphanage. The Upper South Carolina conference shall elect four and the South Cniolioa con ference shall elect tbree of the seven trustees of tho Cokosr.ury Conference school. That the quota of trustees elective for each conference shalt be nominated at this time nnd by the present board of education cid elect ed for two years: thereaiter thc trus tees for each conference shall bo nom inated by the board ot education of tho conference *hey ar.? to represent and elected by ih? conference. Resolved, fourth, ?Jin- all properly held by the original South Carolina conference other th.vu hordn other wise provided for te he'd intact by the present board of tnnut.g*>re of Hu legal benefit equally and jointly of tbo two conferences unlit s?ch time as the two conferences shall be duly in corporated. When the two confer ences have been duly 'incorporated said ? property shall then be equally divided, or aa equally and legal re quirement* appear between the two conferences. Resolved, 'fifth, that a commission of three Methodist laymen from with in the bounds of each conference be appointed upon nomination- of tho board of managers of the present le gal conference to determine ail legal questions involved in making legal and proper transfers of property aa required by division of the confer ence, said commission to take auch steps as may be necessary to amend the charters of the several institu tions involved so aa to conform td the requirements ot ? the division. Recoived, sixth, that the presiding elders ct this session of conference aa a boird of nomination of hoards after the appointments for 1916 have been fixed and immediately before the announcement thereof bringa ia nominations for the several hoards required by each conference under the division. Resolved, seventh, that the South ern Christian Advocate shall be the organ of the two conferences, equally and jointly. The ?outher? Christison Advocate shall be controlled hod di rected by a board of eight managers, tour to be elected by each confer ence. Thia board shall be elected quadrennially upon nomination of the board ot education of each confer ence, and shall have' power to con tract for the publication of the paper, elect the editor and ne trustees of the conference, direct and control the affairs of the paper. Resolved, eighth, that the division of the South Carolina conference and all provisions aa to division herein made whall not go into effect until the announcement of the appointments for the respective conf?rence and the adjournment sine die of this session of the South Carolin? conference. fA^mWlarWMpjg X/09 ?SCTPfh 3s>uji-Ia^Aci^-Sw??fcMstsfBr A Lesson in Retail Mercantile Business as Demonstrated Last Week by the Peoples Furniture Co. f Question>-"How to sell TWENTY Kitchen Cabinets when having only FIFTEEN in stock." Answer :-"Advertise in the'Daily newspapers of An-, dersoa." . . SASSEEN, The Ad Man. Mr. J. A. McCullough at Orr Mills Today Hon. Josonh A. McCullough, of the Greenville bar and one of the best known and most eloquent speakers ot the State, will deliver the address at the meeting to be held at Orr Mills auditorium, at 3:30 o'clock this after noon, under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Mc Cullough's subject will be "A Down and Out." The general public, ladies included, are cordially Invited to at tend the service. Owing to the prominence of the speaker and his reputation as a gifted and forceful orator, it is probable that the Orr afllls auditorium will be crowded when ha speaks this after noon. Mr. McCullough has for years been prominently Identified with the Christian lits of Greenville, and ls al ways in demand aa a public speaker. The subject on which ho will apeak this afternoon is calculated to striko a popular .chord, and it 1B a safe ?.v sertion that his address will bo thoroughly interesting and beneficial. Violent Earth .Shock. PARIS, NOT. 28.-(7:27 p. m.) There wah a. violent earth shock In western Greece and the Ionian Is- . lands yesterday, according to iv Havas dispatch from Athens. The shock was particularly severe bet vee n the Is lands of Santa Maura and Corfu. Three deaths' have been reported. Considerable damage waa done to property. Ba- k Ia Washington. - . WASH! K OTON, Nov. 28.- President Wilson tatura ed here early today from Williamston, Mass., where he spent Thanksgiving day with his daughter, Mrs. P. B. Sayre, He drove at once to the White House._ Happy Thoughts XMAS 1914 ? WeU Christmas will soon be. herc afaia and the old problem confronta yon- "W"hat sewd! 1 We hove a salu* finn of Roches ter Solid Copper Nfcloal Worn fat whkh yoa can find mw? ?toa that acceptable gift. SEE OUR SHOW WINDOWS Sullivan Hardware Co*