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IKE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED AUGUST 1, 184?. m Horth Main Street ANDERSON, S. C W. W. 8MOAK, Editor and Bus. Mgr L. M, GLENN.City Editor PHELPS 8ASSEEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. E. ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman, Entered according to Act ot Con grega aa Second Clase Mall Matter at ?he Poatofflce at Anderson, S. O Member of Aasoctated Presa and Receiving Complete Daily Telegraphic Berrica. TELEPHONES Editorial and Business Office.321 Job Printing .W3-L SUBSCRIPTION IL*.TES Senil-'tTeekJy Ooo Tear .11.60 Biz Months .76 Daily One Year .16.00 Bis Months.:.2.60 Three Months.... 1-16 The Intelligencer it delivered by carriers In the city. If you fall to get your paper regularly please notify as. Opposite your- name on the label ot your paper ls printed date to which our paper l's paid. Ali checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ooeooeoooooooooeoooo ? T.. ; i' ? ONLY ll . MOT? Shopping J Days J Before X'maa. The Weather. South Carolina: .Partly cloudy Sat urday; Sunday cloudy with probably local rains. . < - Thees** for the Day. Summer friends fsll of like leaves when the front? of misfortune come. THE REASON WHY A number of readers of The Intel ligencer wondered yesterday why it was that the story of the action of the City Council tn receding from its po sition nu the franchise matter was not carried by the morning paper. In jus tice, to bur readers, and to ourselves, we desire to state why we were not given this story. Our city editor called at the office ot the city clerk Thursday afternoon late and' inquired ot him after secur ing a number of Items of news, If thora were to be a meeting of Council Thursday night. He was assured that there was not to be any meeting. The meeting waa held, said to have* been an executive session, with only the members of council, the city clerk, City Attorney Sullivan and associate Attorney Cochrane present. At the conclusion of the mcetjn* Mayor God frey says that he remarked "Well, we will let the Daily Mail have this Story first tomorrow," sod ot course, nothing waa asid to The Intelligencer. Mayor Godfrey stated that the city clerk did not know of the meeting till near the closing hour. So It la evloent that The Intelligen cer was outwitted, om this occasion, but we contend that Ole failure to se cure this news'seary Vas not due to lack of diligence on the port of this newspaper. NO EXTRA SESSION LIKELY The warning icaued by Speaker Clark, to the effect that an extra ses sion of Congress will be Ute result of absences and unreasonable calls for a quorum, should be sufficient to stimu late the Democrats in the House to get down to business at once and to Join with tiie leaders, in the effort to pre vent filibustering and unnecessary ab senteeism. Of course Mr. Clark has no power to call an extra session, but he knows the parliamentary situation, and he knows the necessity for getting certain legislation, notably the appro priation bills, through before March 4. It ls freniip.iMy ??.? that a ssas who !a defeated for re-election in No? , varhber remains away from the short session remaining of his expiring .tprm. Knowing that he had to gat busy in private life after March 4, ha jsualty, or at least frequently, gets down to work about January 1, and does not bother himself shout the do ing? of Congress, further than to keep in touch with the pay roll. Thia year thora ara 57 Dem?crata who have not been re-elected, and no doubt the temptation is strong for SODS of them, i especially from a long distance, to re t maia away from Washington during the short session. It is not likely, however, that the absence of members, or the calling of a quorum for dilatory purposes, witt be so pronounced this whiter as to necessitate an extra session in the spring. ' TH FY lill) ltH.HT The Intelligencer desires lo con grat?late thoae members of City Council who were responsible for the adoption of the resolution to pay the Southern l'ubllc Utilities Company for service rendered, which payment was stopped hy a resolution adopted at a former meeting. We have contended all along that this was a business and moral obligation assumed by the city of Anderson when the old council en tered into a contract with the South ern Public Utilities Company, and that the aucceeding council had no right to set uside thin contract. Of course If any prlvute citizen wiBhes tn go into the courts to test the val idity of the contract, he Ima a perfect right to do so provided he payshisown expense? for the litigation. We felt suro that when the mem bers of th? City Council had time to think the matter over that they would arrive at tho same conclusion, and what is more, have the courage to say so. We commend them for their man hood and honesty of purpose In tak ing this stand. We somehow feel saf^r and more secure since we know that Council has done this, and has shown that lt ia made of the right stuff. We opine also that thc reaaon why In fu ture legislation will bo evident before action is taken, or the Council rom* mites iteslef. WILL IHK COTTON CLOTH Swift & Company will In future use cotton cloth for making the covering to baga for their products. ThlB will be welcomed ' by those who feel that many thouaands of bales of cotton ?an be used for this purpose by many of our large manufacturera. Let those businesses of the South patronizing auch concerna inalat that their gooda como covered w th cotton inatead of jute. I*: thia way they can help the cotton altuatlon. Swift & Company, realising fully the position of the 'Southern farmer, have adopted through their large Fer tiliser Interests In the South a new pian to relieve the cotton altuatlon. They are certainly doing their Bhare In helping the South by their large consumption of cotton cloth. Although already large uaeri of cotton, cotton aeed oil and other Southern producta, they are making thia year a special effort to Increase the uae of cotton goods in all depart ments of their numerous planta. Cotton haga, cotton sheetings, and cotton coveringa for meats are being substituted ' for other material when ever possible. An ordinary year'a requirements for this firm amounts to over ten million yards, and with their present "Help the South" policy their consumption of cotton gooda wilt he very largely Increased. One Item alone, that of ualng cot ton inatead of jute tankage preaa clothe, has added 300,000 yards to the Switft consumption. Thia ia surely a ahot in the right direction and one the South can ful ly appreciate. We hope that their ini tiative will atart the movement which will become oven more beneficial than the "Buy-a-Bals" propaganda. We could stand more big corpora tions Imbued with the public spirit ot Swift A Company. SOME POSTAL SAYINGS FIGURES A thirty per cent Increase in the to tal amount of postal savings within the past year ls announced by the po?tofflee department, aa well as a material increase in the alie of the average deposit. The total amount on deposit a year ago was about $33,000, 000, while at present the total is about 343.000,000. The average deposit has increased from about $102 to about $111. On their face these figures would seem to indicate two things In par ticular. First, lt ia apparent that the small depositors in the postal aavings banks-wealthy persons seldom make use of this plan of banking- have not as yet been very seriously affected, so far aa their aavings sro concerned, by the depression which hus visited the country since the beginning of the European war. No doubt there has not been sufficient time, however, for the foll effect of this catastrophe to have been reflected tn this way. Bot $4?,GvG,vvv tra deposit with the postof fices of the United States in small amounts, the property of small sav ers, ia a very considerable item, when I', ls noted that the savings deposit* of private banks have not been seri ously affected by the new system. In the second place, the increase in the site of the average deposit would Indicate that those who have begun using Ute postal aavings system have continued its use. and have made ac cumulate aa aa wall as received liter eat cr?dita. This means that the habit ot saving has been induced where, ap parently, lt did not exist before. And this alone ls sufficient justification for the existence of the parcel peat. It la a phase ot the government's servios to tao pabilo that ia likely to continue to grow in importance, sad to prove a Splendid investment tor both deposi tor and banker. MK. M A N N AND MK. CL A KK lt is a little odd. perhaps, that Mr. Jamen H. Mann, the Republican lead er of the nutional House of Repre sentatives, und Mr. Champ Claik. the Democratic Speaker of the 8ame body, should be HO Interested In .ach other's position In their respective parties as ha? been indicated by their utterances. It ls douhtrul, however, if either has done the other's political fortunes any good by his remarks. They are no doubt good personal friends and belong to a mutual ad miration society and this accounts for thc tender solicitude which each seems to entertain for the other's po litical fortune?. "When Mr. Clark was defeated by Mr. Wilson for the Democratia nom ination at Baltimore in 1912, there war. indignation in the ranko of a con siderable portion of the Democratic party very naturally but Mr. Mann, who had shortly before been an un successful candidate against Mr. Clark- for the Speakership, was ve hement in his criticism of the Demo crats for not having chosen Mr. Clark lo that high honor. Mr. Mann went so far aa to intimate that hy righta Mr. Clark ?hould have had the nomination and that it was not a fair ?li ai that the convention accorded him. The Democrats, however, ran their con vention without consultation with Mr. Mann as to Mr. Clark's fitness for the nomination and election to the pi esi dency." A- short time ago. Mr. Clark "re turned tho compliment" by declaring that if the Republicana were wise in 1911], they would nominate their House leader, James R. Mann, for Prealdent. Mr. Mann, the Speaker de clared, Waa a big enough man to be nominated and to be elected if he could get a big enough party behind him. Again it may bc remarked, how ever, that the Republicana will nom inate, the man who Beema to them moat available, without consulting or listening to the unsolicited advice of Mr. Clark. No doubt these good worda on the part of Mr. Mann and Mr. Clark for each other were meant with the beat intentions,. but .it .la not reasonable to suppose that, other thinga being equal aa between a given candidate for his party nomination and another member of the party, an Indoraement from the leader of the opposite party would be sufficient to tilt the scales unfavorably to the man so indorsed? EXPERT EN6?GE0 IO ! MAKE INVESTIGATION Charged That Southern Railroad Discriminated Against South ern Coal Operators. (Ry Associated Pren.) WASHINGTON. Dec. ll.-Further testimony of charges that the South ern Railroad discriminated against Southern coal operators and southern perts in favor of northern operators and northern porta, Including Nor folk, waa given before thc aenate aeb commlttee today by Frank G. Wright, an expert engaged by the committee to investigate conditions. Mr. Wright compared freight rates from east Tennessee, east Kentucky and southwestern Virginia coal fields to South Atlantic ports with those of Pennsylvania fields to New York, Phil adelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk, to support his claim that an effort had been made to bottle up independent coal operators of the Appalachian coal district. Coal rates from Ulis district to Norfolk. Charleston, Wilmington, Savannen and Jacksonville were quot ed at from $1.60 to $2.35 per ton, white rates from Pennsylvania fields to Phil adelphia. Baltimore. New York Nor folk and Charleston . were given at from $1.40 to $?.?0 per ton. Wright said the committee had a letter ahowing that since the Southern Railway acquired tho Virginia & Southwestern there was a divlrlon of rates allowing the Virginia * South western 72 1-2 cents a ton on business to North and South Carolina and east Georgia points delivered to the Southern at Bull Gap, 60 cents on business afterward delivered to the Atlantic Coast Linc and 50 cents on business for Ohio River points and St. Louis. "Where did the committee get these figures?" aaked A. P. Thom, coanael for the Southern. "From the department of Justice," said Wright "And where did the department of justice get them" he was asked. "From the files of toe Southern Railway," ha replied. Fight Far Hew Bett. NEW! ORLEANS, Dec ll.-A new belt to be contested for by bantam weight fighters will he offered by a local promoter, according to an nouncement here tonight. The pro moter tn bia announcement chargea that Kid Williame, cf Baltimore, ban tamweight champion, bas announced his intention ot entering the feather weight class and has declined to de fend his pr?sent title. THE 1915 BOY "J win not pnt pins In my dear teacher's chair." (Tacks will hart Just as mach, anyway.) AI.TOl?ETHEK TOO MUCH PfBLII'lTl --o (CONTJNUEtl PROM HAGE ONE.) Blon to emergencies during the Vert Cruz occupation which might have 1? to th?1 taking half the men off the At I an Mc fleet to Join the army in pro ceeding to the Mexican capital. Ii reply to a question as to the use o battleships where gunboats wouh hulllre for the naval necessities of tin situation, he said: "Vvr instance, when the first Mexl ?.an trouble occurred in January, 1913 we sent battleships to Mexico. Som? said the I'nited States should have 6ep gunboats and saved the battleships foi other purposes, but the gunboats wouh not have done as weil, if we had hat to hlockade all the Mexican ports, al the battleships would have been need ed. If we had gone to Mexico Cit j we would have had to take half th navfy with us." Asked If he agreed with the recom mendation of Captain Bristol. Ir charge of aviation, for a SI.OIHI.OOO ap propriatlon for airships, the secretar] said that was not too much, "if wi could get the aircraft" but it was toi much ns the airship situation stands. Captain Bristol had advised the com mittec that, from the best Informatloi available the United Slates had onl; 23 aeroplanes, including those pri vately owned, while France had ap proximately 22 dirigibles and 1,401 aeroplanes; russia 18 dirigibles nm 800 aeroplanes; Great Britain nine dir Igibles and 400 aeroplanes, and Uer many 40 dirigibles and 1,000 aero planes. Secretary Daniela said th< difficulty in this co tnt ry was that man ufacturers had not yet made an air craft suitable for the navy, ('huirina? Padgett intimated that the committei might later add a substantial sum ti the navy bill to provide for airship de velopment Secretary Daniels told the commit tee that tho naval war college ha< been greatly strengthened. He declar ed "the strongest thing in the navy i the practical instruction and techni cal training aboard ship. He sa;d lb? time was past when mor?? naval off. cers wanted shore o ?rt hs that, se) service. "If congress should pass a bill ti provide a considerable increase in thi number of submarines, you'd n? gia< of it, wouldn't you?" he was ai?l?d. "Yes, If lt wouldn't Interfer with ou: program. 1 wouldn't advocate, hew ever, an extravagant increasv / sub marines." He advised against building on: sea-going submarines than tho one au thorized last year nnd th?; one ask*?, this winter. "The sea-going submarino," he add cd, "is st?i an experiment." "We have tried to get a satifffactor; type of aircraft and' have failed."' th secretary saldf adding that tho ITnltei States is only at the commencement o aircraft development, Contract^ fo aircraft had been1 made in German; and France. He agreed that it lookei as if thc United States would have ti organise a department ot aviation "am build our own machines." Senator Weeks, in his speech to th senate, opposed agitation for specie investigation of military preparedness praised the strength and personnel o the navy and urged the organizatloi of an army reserve. "Anyone may learn about our mill tary or navjal establishment by read lng the reports of the secretaries o the departments and tho reporta, o those who are conducting* the difieren bureaus and branches ot the service. I Bald the senator. "In fact, there is and has been al together too publicity in sud matters. In my judgment We hav had a demonstration during the pres ent European war of the value of se crecy In conducting military opera tiona, and there Is no reason why wi should spread broadcast what we art doing or what preparations we havi made. 1 have no doubt every Europea] country is Informed In the most minub details of our condition both on lent and sea, and lt any change in ? oui methods is to be made it should-no be in the direction of greater publicity but should be to protect our operationi even In time of peace from scrutin: both at home and abroad." - "At this time," he continued. "I does not seem to me that lt is wist or prudent to take any action whlc. will change-our policy or add to om naval equipment except by an omnlbtii appropriation which can be expende*, under the direction of the genera board of the, navy, with the appro va of the secretary of the navy and th? president Based on the experience m the past, our naval establishment it in a class with thst of Germany an?! France and probably second caly u that of Great Britain." Senator Weeks maintained that tl? army was Insufficient and proposed lb reorganisation not ^r the purpose'o increasing the permanent act!*a armj but for the organization of a reservi coros which would make available large forces or train ?1 soldiers at al times. Through a reservo* system Sonatoi Weeks maintained that a much largei trained army could be maintained a less expenso than a permanent stand lng army now. In addition to the national resorvi force Senator Weeks would have fe similar reserve organised under th? State militias and urged laws to pro vide skilled military trainers for vol unteers. -_ BEST FOB KIDNEYS-SAT8 DOC TOR Dr. J. T. lt Neal. Greenville. So Car., says thst in his SO years of ex Parteaos bs has found no preparatloi for the kidneys equal to Foley Kldnej Pilla. Pain la back and hips ts ai indication of kidney trouble-a wara lag to build up the weakened kidneys make them vigorous, riding your bjorn of acids and poisons. Foley Kline] Pilla will help any caf c ot kKney ant bladder froublo not beyond the react of medicina In fido and $1.00 sises Sold ta your town by Evans Pharmacy COURT CONSIDERING THE [REQUEST FOR SURRENDER OF THAW Wanted in New Hampshire to An swer Indictment Charging Con spiracy to Obstruct Justice. (By Associated Pre'*.) WASHINGTON, Dec. ll.-The re quest of the State of New York for ex tradition of Harry K. Thaw from New Hampshire to answer an indictment charging conspiracy to obstruct Jus tice by escaping from Matteawan asy lum taken under consideration today by the United States Supreme Court after oral argument. Membera of the court asked Thaw's attorneys many* questions about "ar- . lous point? in their contentions. They j did not interrupt William Travers Je- t rome, during his argument that Thaw ? was a fugitive from justice nor chal lenging the argument of Franklyn Kennedy, deputy attorney general of New York, that the law under which Thaw waa committed to Matteawan af ter killing of Stanford White waa con stitutional. Chief Justice White asked his first question when Philander C. Knox, for merly secretary of state, appeared tor Thaw, argned that only those who had committed crimes could be extradited, and that New York court had held in Ave decisions that Thaw had commit ted no crime because he waa inaane. The chief justice suggested that a man might bc declared inaane one day and aane the next. Mr. Knox re plied that the presumption waa that Thaw remained inaane. William A. Stone, former governor of Pennsylvania, waa interrogated closely by most of the Judges during bis argument that the indictment of Thaw for conspiracy was not valid. Thc questions led Mr. Stone to the po sition that the indictment stated Thaw waa Inaane, ahowing on its face that he could not commit a crime. Rivers and Harbors Congress Adjourns (Dy AmncUUd FTMO WASHINGTON. Der. ll.-The Na tional Rivera and Harbors Congreso adjourned today after adoptlng,resoln tiona favoring the building of a com rehenalve system of water transpor t?t ion ( at an annual expenditures by the-government of not lesa than $50. 000,000. The resolutions also urge the continuing contract system." as tho best means of securing economy, efficiency and speed in construction of government work. . SENSIBLE Just the kind of gifts you si few hours use, but dependable of the best mei Something just gotten out ti Metal Wagons, V bi We select the best goods in their reaching us in perfect cone aise and aigrie you want at just tl Foot Balls, Stri ( A full line of REACH GOO any kind. Moat bon HM to practice < they have a chest of Took such Oneid The largest and moat com] Carving ? and luaiiJiiirs of othor kerns that SULLIVA1 Anderson, S. C. For a good practical Christi gifts for men and boys-gift offer opportunity to express of good will while giving soi and, consequently, probably Christinas. Ties, gloves, handkerchiefs, tons, shirt studs, stick pins, penders, caps, garters, cane suit cases, bath robes, pajan robes, trousers, underwear, sn and boys. The Christmas S\ and Boys .7ftt Sh* War Price? of Food 100 Year? Ago. ? History appears io be repeating it- ci self In mary ways Just now. A bun- p died years ago all Europe was at war p trying to hold back the Napoleonic flood of imperialism and militarism tl and prices of food were soaring much, tl as they are today. In tho unearthing tl of an old day-book kept by Abraham li Pickett, a store keeper of Edwards- b ville, Ul., a town which was at that g: time a center of fashion in the State, F an interesting side light is thrown on 2? the retail selling price of some of the U necessities of life In Illinois nearly a n hundred years ago. This document, aa quoted by the In- ? dustrial Grocer, and bearing the ini- * tial date of July 14, 1819, gives an n idea of what the men and women of fr Illinois bought the year after tho State was born and what they had to pay. One entry explains vViy wooden pegs were used instead of nails in tho buildings of houses and barns. Thc S] charge for 104 pounds of four-penny Q nails waa $30, or nearly 38 cents a a] pound. j j In 1819 beef and pork were 4 to C ti cents n pound a?d flour ?8 to $12 a p barrel..Corn waa worth 83 to' fio tents F a bushel and wheat $1. These cer- ai ealB dropped in thc market next year ni to 15 cents for corn nnd 37 cents for c wneat. > tl One entry shows that the housewife is had to pay Jt.25 for Ave pounds of si sugar. Another entry on the same'rc CHRISTA r?l want for your boya--not fragile merchandise that will give service ai Air Rifles te we can purchase. Strong and a Bows and Arrows his year. These will please any b elocipedes, Wheelb. les. Hand Cars. Etc. this line manufactured. We buy tl Ktioa. We have a large stock front heprice you want to pay. iking Bags, Base Bal I DS, Which are folly warranted eganu i Wists* .. Tool Chests carpentry. They can get a great ck a Community Silvers nieta Koo ever bfoaght to thia mark lets, Scissors, Pocket will make most accoptahle gifts* ttMWfeUBBBKAifcsnsMt .s?'?!"T M HARDW Belton, & C. ?as-here are sensible s which in their selection a most sincere sentiment mething sure to be useful doubly appreciated this mufflers, hose, cuff but shirt's, collars, cuffs, sus s, umbrellas, hand bags, las, house slippers, night lits and overcoats for men tore for M en9s r Gifts t toith m Conscience ay showed that one brand of sugar Dst 33 1-3 cents a pound und that pep or brought at retail 37 1-2 cents a bund. Items for wine scattered here and ?ere through the book indicate that ie beverage sold for $6 a gallon, and lat homemade brandies brought a ke return to the merchant. Empty ottlea were not thrown into alleys or arbage barrels a hundred years' ago. or a quart receptacle of this kind J cents was charged. In other words. ie bottle waa worth two-thirds an luch as the whiakey it held. One bridle cost $2, a pair of moc asina r.o cent?, seven panes of glass 1.31. a pltchev'87 1-2 cents, a dozen eedlea aa many cents, a teacaddy $1 Dd a pounds of tea $4.-Patton's lonthly. THIS-AND FIVE CENTS! DONT MISS THIS. Cut out this lip, enclose five cents to Foley & o., Chicago, 111., writing your name ad address clearly. You will receive i return a free trial package con Lining Foley'a Honey and Tar Com ound, for coughs, colds and croup; eley ii tun ey Pills, for pain in tides nd back, rheumatism, backache, .hid ey and bladder ailments; and Foley athartlc Tableta, a wholesome ? and ?oroughly cleansing cathartic, espec dly comforting to stoct persons. For ile in your town by Evans Phar lacy. , GIFTS toys thal will break after a i well as pleasure. -, - , :.' \ ; iccurate shooting. oy and every boy wants one. irrows. Automo kit ..: . ? .-.ri :v.\ '.>. tese goods ut carlota, insuring i which you caa select just the Us, Mitts, Etc. rt defects or inperfections of * ^3>5& '. . sal of pleasure in doing thai Sf J |?erChest of Tools. rvare t Cutlery AR?C0. Greenville, S. C.