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HENDERSON IN?ELU8ENCER FODKDKD AUS?BT 1, ISM. I o v Nort!? Hain Street ANDERSON, 8. C yt,.i , i, .. i, -, W. W. 8MOAK, Editor and Bas. Mgr U M. OLENN.City Editor I PHELPS SA88EEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. E. ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Hamper et Associated Presa and Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic | Itervloe., --- .Entered according to Act of Con gress as Second Class Mali Matter at th? Postofflce at Anderson, 8. O 5 TELEPHONES Editorial and Business Office.821 lob Printing .693-Lj ?. SUBSCRIPTION BATES Semiweekly One Tear .11.60 Bis Months. .76 Dan One-Teer . .16.00 Six Months .2.60 Three. Months .1-25 m m > - 1 1 1 ? The Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers In the city. If you fall to Set your paper regularly please notify us. Opposite your name on tho label of your paper ls printed dato to which 'JUT paper ls paid. All checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ene o o to opoeeoooeoooo % ONLY r ? ? I ^9 i Z ? ? . . * More Shoppia? ' J vD?Ur* . ff . .' .,. Before X'mas. / J ' feveee ee es e e se ene e e ?0 The Weather. South Carolina: Partly cloudy T^??4ay^and 'Friday ; light to mod erate variable widda ' ; THOUGHT FOR THE D Ax True wdrth consists in being, not In seeming; in doing cac? day that goea hy earns little good, not in dreaming of great things to do bye and bye. \JS9K:' -Whittler f Heohde* war tag. .-o Whew! This rain is fine for the . the 'way, how was ths aftermath of ?he Selwyn banquet? $^ J?'.?la>?!t lime for Ha*ry Thaw to ?f?fa<Y.t> . ? : O'- 1 Now we will have to ask when he ts miking about It a man tells us wmethtng about "before the war." -o-' The trouble with the war, so far as I we are concerned, ls that business ??neutral. c^What' wo wagt to know ls this: ?foea the grain" elevator carry the JMle Of grain up any? if ?o; ?hy net hays a cotton elevator? i,h hi esUElglW that South Carolina iVh^lJlliSPl^o a year for whiskey. , ( ibmebody else certainly must have g?lten our angla. Ths . fault wV find with the kaiser ls, (walt, leta' consult our Muse) He'a th? follow? SO we're told, who started this here war news. It ls like finding the Isst peanut In I the bag rotten to feel good all day and . then read som? ot this dad blasted . / war news and business conditions at night. ' Somebody pinch Col. Bill Gardner, tor lt ls evident that he ls nodding. He wanta td know why the gralr rsm peignera dont tel! me people what do with tb4,graln after lt ts har i The Kaiser davao it: '.War "War tax. .:J%ar dogn/%> Wer na peace \%&!fr on Cupid. , War correspondents. " ^wsr Nswa*" *??.- .rn Q f It Is n sorry citisen who would ^mls? paving is Anderson; if h?thnce seen the streeu In th?, eon tflea they ara now la, with mad six Indues deep where there baa been any iravetmg. Anderson should hare miles ef paved streets. The mad tax ts much ][aj?$er'. than the paving tax could possibly ba. We trust another winter ??*U see Anderson with at le* st ten talles' of" paving. J a conference ot lead consider s sei et tag ? of Europe." st ales lunch." , sat tba lunch. Let ' IT IS TO LAUGH Governor Hlease bas appointed Eu gene L. Klbler as State detective to go to Charlenton and be present at the races, seeing if he can discover any evidence of gambling, etc. Thc following sentence appears at the close of thc letters he has written Attorney General 1'eeples about the appointment: "However, pieaso un derstand that I do not propose to make of myself a 'spy' or 'informer,' nor will any other respectable gen tlemen do HO." The newspapers have heralded the fact that Mr. Klbler has I been appointed a detective to discover the evidences of gambling at the rsce meet, and, with this notice, of course j the bookmakers will arrange their j gambling so that Mr. Klbler can catch them openly and not as a "spy" 1 or "Informer," which of course would not he "gentlemanly." This is about the same as If a detective instructed to catch alleged blind tigers Bhould print a badgo in large letters saying "I am a detective and will report all persons I catch selling liquor." Of | course the race track gamblers will not make any effort to find out who Mr. Klbler is, and he will have an easy timo "catching" them. It is to laugh. TWO FARMERS There ls a merchant In a neighbor-1 lng city who thia year had two cus tomers. Of course he had ur?re than two customers, but for the purpose of this editorial, two are enough. One of these customers was a poor little one horse farmer who made a small crop, but who purchased the necessary sup plies for his family during the year from this merchant. The other was] what ono calls a prosperous farmer Who had broad acres, and who ls rated as Al in Bradstreet or Dunn. This farmer also purchased supplies from thia merchant. Fall carno, and paying time. The one-horse farmer bvought the merchant every pound of his cot ton, and when his cotton crop was exhausted he went to the merchant and said: "I have brought you all my cotton, which is not enough to pay you in fulL I still have some corp | .and a horse, somo hogs and a cow. Now it there is not any arrangement I' can make which will be entirely satisfactory to you, I will bring you some corn, and turn over my horse and cow, and all I have to you." The other farmer did not bother to come to see the merchant, but when* he was seen by the merchant he did not even discosa the matter with him. Although I he had not paid the merchant a cent, j he exclaimed : "Me sell cotton at the present price? No, Indeed, I shall not do anything of the kind." Are these two farmers types, or are I there others like tb emt Which of I these, think you, kind reader, ls the I honest man, and which will be held in ] highest esteem hy the business world T ! IS TUE SOUTH A BEGGAR? Everywhere one hears comments on the unfortunate attitude that the South has been placed In, on account of the apparent desire to appeal' for ? outside aid when the adverse condi tions brought about by the war be gan to affect her people. The other j sections of thc country have the Ideal that tho South Is composed of beggars, which ls, of course, not true, and is j being resented by all true Southern ers, The "buy a bale" movement has | reacted against the South and has i proven a veritable boomerang. Not enough cotton was purchased at this price to do any body any good, and it gave the rest of tho country tue ex cuse they needed to knock the South, ano' tkey have taken full advantage ot the condition brought about by this philanthropic movement Editor Powell, ot the Clearwater Evening Run, a little paper published in a Florida town Ot three thousand souls, has Ute following to say re la-1 Uve to "The South Praying Itself to Death:" . Years ago I was sent over to Hono lulu to write a piece about annexing those pea green islands to Ute United States. The reason my paper gave mo the assignment waa that I was so mil and lean that they felt that the cannibals would pass me np While snoop?tng around Molakal one day I ran into a bunch ot kanakas who were performing a strange rita Upon Inquiry I learned that there had been no death In the community for somo Mme, nor a birth for that matter, and a native feaat, or luau was needed I They had to have their social doings I and church socials were not yet pop ular. So tii?y were praying a good able-bodied cittsen to death. "And strange to say the fellow laid down and died. That's Ul? trouble with Ute South right now. Excuse fer a FaaeraL They are praying themselves to deem. The peach crop couldn't he killed by a frost, the boll weevil would not boll, and there ls such a fine de mand for cora and steel ead sugar and dyestuffs and chemicals, and so on. and so the fool people hit on the Eu ropean war as an excuse to make a funeral. All this talk of hard times le mere ly, mental. Cotton, ' they say. ls low, yet Ute price of a little ball of cotton tain? hap risen since Ute war from I cents to 8 cents. If cotton geo. much lower the price will probably be twelve cents. The reason ot the in crease ot price la because there ere Ferrero Thinks Sure To L Noted Italian Historian ] Conflict Will Lead to D Who Will Drag Eur (Hy Guglielmo Ferrero, thc eminent historian.) At tho time the European war broke out tlic majority of the people thought that the upheaval was too big to last long. "In three month-.;." it was stat ed, "war will bo over, for the simple I reason that it can not last longer." It was owing to this belief that the fear caused by tho war to all of us waa allayed. More than three months havo elaps ed and today evou tho most optimistic j must admit that wo are only at the beginning of the very beginning. The rapid invasion of France, which seem ed to be tho Germans' plan, ha? been checked. But after three months of' fighting neither side succeeds in re-j pulsing thc adversary. Likewise on the Russian border and on the borders of tho two German empires Get mann and Russians, Rus sians and Austrians have fought for | two months. It is "now the ono and now the other that advance, but ! neither seems able to make a decisivo j Btep forward. V, ar Then and Now. How far away back the heroic times | aro when the longest campaign last-1 cd only two months, and the times when the armies came face to face, felt each other with a few gunshots, and ii? ay io Ute ?lUtck thal decided i the day! They went at each other on horseback or on foot, with the sword, the lance or tho bayonet, and from j dawn to sunset they fought for a de cisive result Would the heroes of the empire and I of the revolution do the same today?! What would Kellerman, or Desaix, or Maurat or Ney' do? Today th.\ battle fields appear empty. Trenches follow trenches as far as the eye can reach, on plain? or hills, for hundreds of milos. Now and then a rising column of smoke betrays the guns, vomiting their shells, and back of the guns some men crawling rapidly away. The days go by, the guns continue to roar, and tho men .omaln hidden In their trencehs, suffering from cold and1 hunger, mowed down by diseases more than by fire, without knowing what they are doing, what is hap pening/small particles of an immense] and Incomprehensible whole. Some 20 years ago there flourished in Europe a school which thought and taught that the desdllneea of modern weapons and tho sises of the armies would make war impossible-or very short The most famous of these writers was Block, tho Russian bank er, whose book, it was at the time said, persuaded the Cxar to Invite tho European nations to The Hague con gress in order to resch na understand ing on tho question of dlsarmam mt This theory was undoubtedly wrong I If the word "impossible" was taken In Ita precise meaning. Unfortunately, | the facts have proved that in the year somo millions of bales of distressed cotton at six to eight cents a pound, and lt is a shame <-J work that nice fleecy staple Into twine. It would spoil a hard tinvs story. Then some well meaning philan thropist started a Buy-a-Bale move ment and relegated all cf us to the poor house, and drove capital from tho South. This badge of poverty ls a dis grace to a country which rose from the civil war stronger than ever. The trouble ls all of our own mak ing; And the trouble will right itself, and the South will emerge from tho present crisis a new South. The situ ation ls a blessing in disguise. It will put hundreds of good farmers on their farms Instead ot living In town so their daughters can dance the tango and play bridge. They will take their i old place at tho helm and make the vast acres blossom- like the rose. They will raise corn and potatoes and hay and hogs and cattle and mules and chickens, and uso the cotton crop, as ^velvet' Cared of Cotton Balslng. Here in South Florida, in this charming place where the gulf breeses temper the winds in winter and cool them in summer, we used to raise cotton, six to eight feet high, and bals it hi sacks twslve feet long, and shin it ta Ceder Keys. Bot we got cored. We then turned our at tention to citrus fruits, and the tressa ! of 1895 came along and wiped Flori- i da almost off the map. But the people remained. They got thawed oat They didnt daunt a badge of povervy over | the world. They didn't paar the hat around. They got out and dug. They 1 hagan planting citrus trees and cel ery, rind potatoes, and all manner ot j traits and vegetables. And it ls a | different Florida today. In Clearwater we don't even think hard times. The banks have not put the clamps on sane speculation. Real esiaitt is brisker today than o'er be fore More than $16,000 of farms sold this day as I write. Traveling men come here to spend the Sunday to, br?hten them up. And why ts thia thu?-because we haven't tried co pray ourselves to death. We are sort of Christian scientists in business. A TURNING POINT Tba first of the coming year should prove a time of unusual importance in the United States. Almost alwiys there ls a disposition on the part of business to loosen "aiter the first of tba year." For some weeks | psst there have been many efforts made to awaken man to the fact that this country ls not financially ruined. These efforts have not been without area, but their effects are held more War Is a& Two Years Fears Hatred Stirred by estruction of Germany, ope Down in Crash. of our Lord 1914 lt in not impossible for a maddened government to de clare not one but eeveral wars in a few days, to compel the largest na tions of Europe to call under the col ors every ablo man and send them to exterminate each other with rifles and pune, in belgium and Champagne, Prussia and Cali?la and Poland. Tiie methods wherewith the Ger mans are conducting the war opera tions, tho continuous violation of in ternational treaties, tho destruction of cities snd villages, the levy of war tributes have maddened the Allies. Ritter Hatred Stirred. This sentiment ls too human for us to wonder at the complete way lt fills tho heart of Frenchmon and English men alike. And while this bitter hatred Inflamos the souls of the Al lies, it looks as If Germany was doini; her utmost to Increase the provoca tion, os if her mind were Ulled with a craving for destruction. Let ns not deceive ourselves. If this war continues a month or two longer, with increav.d bitterness. France and England will exact tho complete destruction of the German empire; they will not permit even its memory to survive. It Is easy, then, to predict the future awaiting Europej The two German empires will be certainly beaten, inasmuch AR the coalition I? by far the strongest, and has at Its disposal reserves im mensely superior, But how long will lt take? The results of the war to day are not favorable to Germany, as Germany has attempted a triple of fensive, in Belgium, France and Rus sia, with reckless audacity. But the day Germany should be forced to defend herself in her own hearth against foes from whom she knows, after what has happened, she can expect neither mercy nor quar ter, her task would become Infinitely easier, and the situation, with' its ad vantages, and disadvantages, would, in a certain measure, be inverted. And how long would; war then last with these colossal armlos so slow in accomplishing their.'task? Ready for 80 Years War. "Even 20 years, if necessary," was the courageous answer of The Lon don Times. A large numbc of Eng lishmen d/ not believe lt will be nec ees., ry to renew the tits 'c efforts of Napoleon's 'time; but e< i the most optimistic admit theVwa can not last less than two years. This ls Just what'Is required tb ruin Europe, her Industries, her commerce, her Intellectual life, the governments which rule her, to oblit?rate tho tra dition left intact by the. revolution ary spirit characterizing our age. Is this, indeed, the future ?tarincr at us. in the Old World? I would like to an swer In the n ega the, but I can't summon up enough courage to do lt. Germany will fnU, but .1 fear she will drag Europe in her ruin, or less In obeyancc, awaiting tho flrBt of the year. There, is no real reason why men should be reticent pending the coming In, 1916, but they are, just the same. Tho thing for us all to do, there fore, ls to turn over a new business leaf when tho old year ls ending. Get rid of this psychological depres sion, and the actual depression will be less. Tho past few mouths have convinced the country that starvations ls not faced, some of the politicians to the Contrary notwithstanding. This fact should be very generally recognised by tho first of the year, and then, having recognised it. the nation should soe a resewed Interest tn business. Pay up, lt . yen can, and go on about your business on as llboral ' a scale aa possible. Free your miad from fear' which is based on some vague rumor or Upon the psychological effect of gloom. Take cognisance of actual conditions, and forget those conditions which are. merely; imagined.-Greenville Dally News. oOOOooooooooVeooooo e OVB RAIL* POEM a e - . p oooeoOeoo oaeseeeeeo The Giri of the Farm. The girl ot the farm-God bless her! ; God bless her cheerful face, (And thes ong that tripe from'her rosy Hps. As she tolls with a willing grace, . God bless her bright eyes, smiling. . Aglow with a wondrous charm, And her voice, so aweet and cheery* God bless the girl ut tho fanni The girl of the farm-God bless her? God bless her wliUng^hands. .That never shirk the hourly work Which the good o? '.be farm de manda tin spite of the many duties . That tax her brain sad ann, She still has tune to be happy This precious girt of the farm. The girl of the farm-God bless her! God keep her loving heart Free from the faintest heart . Of pride and gulle ead ark *Make her triumph always O'er sorrow and tefl and hana. And all the world will love her. As we love the giri et the farm. -Lydia M. Dunham O'Neil. - On Mis Gaari, "Ribbed velvet will bs worn this year." remarked Ere, "Do I have to lone-any more ribs?", demanded Adam. , If you want to bag a few things as well as a bag, make a little rush of your own be fore the general rash. Today here are a few of our special attractions: Walking sticks. Silk Umbrellas. Gloves, for the wheel and for the "whoa," some are knit and some are not, some are kid and some are cape, some are fur and all are fine, for Christmas presents at this time, $1 to $3.50. Hand Bags and Suit Cases, $1 to $12.50. Trunks, $5 up. Ht Sam mah . .Comdex* 00 0 000000000000 30 o o o GRAINS AND GROANS o ? o ooooooooooooooooo The Thanksgiving Turkey. Dur fAthr>rn nn?rt tn hive tn finn ' The family turkey. Home-fattened on thc place was ho. Puffed up and perky. Town In the lot he'd strut about ? and wander gaily. And all the kids would amble out To see him daily. . They loved to watch the bird get fat On daily forage. Wo have no simple Joys like that; Ours is in storage. ' Not Just Yet. "Why doesn't Congress investigate this European war?" "Nol.ody in congress cares for that sort of Junket" Handy to Borrow From. * Tho office girl supplants tho boy. The boy was not a pet. But now and then you miss him when You want a cigarette. ; MOVIK8 WILL SHOW TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION Bed Cross Seal Sale to.be Aided by] Motion Picture oh Tuberculosis in Children; As an aid in the Red Cross Christ mas Seal aale and the Anti-Tube reu-1 losis campaign, a motion picture deal. lng with the problem of tuberculosis in children baa been prepared by Thomas A. Edison, a?d beginning next week it will be shown throughout the country. The film was produced In cooperation with the National Asso ciation for the Study and Prevention j of Tuberculosis. Tho plot of the picture, which is eu-1 titled "The Temple of Moloch," SB j laid- in a ?mail village, the chief in dustries of which are some potteries, owned by Harrison Pratt Ho also owns a group of dilapidated tene ments, in which most of his employes live. Dr. Jordan, health officer of the village, le struck with the prevalence of tuberculosis and on investigation finds that the unsanitary working con ditions in the Pratt potteries, togeth er with the unhealthy state of the tenement homes of the workmen have most to do with tho spread of the dis ease. He cells the matter to the at tention of Pratt, who rebuffs him and | tells him lt bj no use to'try to do any thing in the matter. Meanwhile Dr. Jordan has fallen in love with Eloise, tho daughter of Har rison Pratt, and ' ene bas become in terested In his work, particularly that at the pr?ventorium for children from tuberculous families. Three times Jor dan appeals to Pratt, and each, time he I? rebuffed. Final!, In despair be tween his love for Eloise and his duty, ho exposes the conditions he has dis covered through articles in the news paper* In which he calls the Pratt potteries and tenements a modern "Temple of Moloch," in that they feed young children to the God of Greed. When Eloise, who ls ignorant of con-1 di Uons in the factory, sees the. paper j abe immediately resents what she con siders au Insult-to her father and re-] turnf* her engagement ring to Vr*\ Jordan. A week later Pratt's daughter and I son are found tb have tuberculosis. ! Wfesn Erle Swanson, a foremer em ploye of Pratt's, who had been dis charged because he had contracted "potter's rot" In the mills and waa no longer able to work, hears of it, he exults over the calamity, .v Uch be views as a sort of personal vengeance. He musters all of his strength and ?Umu?a away to the trau home, WHero Eloise and her brother are taking the cure fpr tuberculosis on the porch Mid there denounces Pratt, gloating over him and telling him that his eon and daughter wwM originally Infected aa young children by Cora Swanson, when she served as nurse-gt'l for th? Pratts several years ago. So struck to Pratt by this denunciation and Ute graphie story ot Swanson, which is affirmed by Dr. Jordan, that.' he de cides to clean up conditions in hts pot teries and tenements at once. The story ends with a Christmas scene, la which the engagement ring ia returned to the hand ot ?loise, and Dr. Jordan receives aa a" present a liberal check tor the employment ot visiting nurses, the establishment ot open air school o and other anU-tabai culoels agencies la the loam. . '.. . . .' ? . . THE PLEASURE OF TOING YOUE CHRISTMAS SH?PPMG NOW . It wOJ be s siitiafnctioji to yon to dor?te a UtUo while every day, from now on, to thinking of the most appropriate Christmas gift for you to give to this friend or that, and to contemplate an ever Increasing array of neatly betlssned packages ??Jd by to wait the coming of Christmas. Every day from BOW' on the numbers of such shoppers wUI In? crease until the "peak of the load" Is reached just before Christmas. But the early comers will find .T These Superb Stocks at their best. Many a untune thing that cannot be replaced, once lt Sis sold. ? Whole groups of merchandise, coming from sbroad, which Will hardly be duplicated. Less hurry in shopping, hence better attention. Besides the unselfish satisfaction in puking things vastly cag ier for the sales people, ihe delivery, and the whole store service. Watch The Intelligencer's every Issue for Important Xmas sug gestions from the Anderson merchants, . ' *' j: "? . ' ' ,. J i , .1 ? ' .'<. t . '4.'^>v.:,' - -'^??:* Y V 8?88EEN, The Ad Man. Let me scud you FREE PERFUME Writs today for a feating boalla of ED: PINAUD'S LILAC Tho world's Stott BHSSSS pw fuuMi ??very drop as tweet Sa tb? living blossom. For handkerchief, atomizer and bi th. Fine after shaving. All tho value ts in thc pertume--you dont pay extra for a fancy bottle. Th'-- Quality ls wonderful. Th? price only 75c. (Soe). Send 4^ for tbjslltUe botUt-enoush forfiOhaodki?rchJcis. Wrlto today. PARFUMERIE ED. PINAUD, Department M. ?). PINAUD BUILDING NEW YORK The GIFT That Barleriidejal Neaten Aftsr tbs COMFORT for everybody a gift that is useful, from cellar to garret.. So be sore anti mark down BARLER SMOKELESS vraa. nw? a K*I\ on your UinRa. maa list. There is nothing like a BARLER for helping you out of bed' on m winter morning, light lt sur?M five minutes you have an abtmcmnt supply o! clean, odor less heat. ' Anderson, S. C. Greenville. S. C. Mott. & C.