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MUDERSON INTELLIGENCER ?ODNDED A DO DST 1, 18?. 126 Koria Kala Street ANDERSON, S. C If. 8MOAK, Editor ?od Bus. Mgr GLENN.City Editor ^8 8AS8EEN. Advertising Mgr OODFKEY,_Circulation Mgr. Telegraph Editor and aa second-class matter Ap 1914, at the post office at An South Carolina, under the Act xch 3.1879. TELEPHONE? lal and Business Office.821 Tinting .693-L SUBSCRIPTION BATES Semi-weekly 'Year .11.60 Months .76 Dally tear .16.00 Months .2.60 roe Months . 125 Intelligencer ia delivered by in the city. It you fall to your paper regularly pleaae notify Opposite your name on the your paper ls printed date to oar paper la paid. Al* checks ?rafts should he drawn to Tbe >n Intelligencer. .ooooooooeooooooo e ONLY 9 More Shopping Days Before X'tnas. lane The Weather. Carolina: - Fair Tuesday, r on the coast; Wednesday fair. TnoaVht For the Day. friend ls worse than an op/ii COURAGE OF EDISON s ii a leason for the fermera islness men of the South in tho ?cent courage displayed by a A. Edison, the great Inventor, 'great plant was destroyed by ft Wednesday night. He did ( down and complain. But he ky Immediately, and waa Impa las* the embers to cool that he begin rebuilding. He said ?only a temporary set-back, lile not the spirit tor a man to ? the face of adversity? With letermination the farmers and ss nun of the South will build ter success ont of * heir appar lare. They will, do not fear, for ira some Thomas A. Edlsons in ton county and in South Caro* ?>o,.wlH build larger fortunes Metala year. Hollowing is from the Colum tty well burned out just said Thomas A Edlaon, old, to the newspaper re I, as he stood locking upon the llch destroyed his great plant Orange.. N. J., Wednesday "but 111 start all over tomor ?11 be some rapid mobilis when this debris cools off cleared away. I'll go right to build the plant over again, a temporary set-back; don't Hpt." covered almost a square /ground, causing a ptoperty 7.000,000, all of which except insurance Mr. Edison will ir. It waa not alone the ie of the property, but the of years of the labor of his 'that will make demands on the fa ot his life now rapidly running to replace, Uiat were swept away Mr. Edison apoke cheerfully a smile of starting all over any wonder that a man with faith ard determination ;.uave succeeded Ia the large that haa fallen to the great ION AND WOMAN'S SDT* FRAGE. j determination of Congress to -the question of submitting and woman's suffrage ip ants to the Constitution, will of nation-wide interest . There wilt be mach lin io Congress on these questions, life of the congressman be ana the time the matter ? a vote, will not ba. one bf i members of Congress aon ent trend of these issues Be states, there Is little paaaage of. both these haa never been oo insist for nation-wide prohib? realise that unless Con to their aid and allows r lo say if they waul prohlbi natlon-wide, that mack ot ion will bo render By all meena let the e on these questions Surely i profit, too. by the stand Ctar ot Russia in han from Russia, IS THERE A SANTA ('LAI'S { ThlH In the acus?n when the kiddies ire interested In writing their letters o Hanta Claus, making known their leslres as to v. hut shall tx* pluced In heir stockings on the interesting light of the year to childhood, lt is a jeautiful custom-a modern develop uent of the Hanta Claus tradition that ueans so much to children, old and i'OUUg. The first batch of letters to Santa Maus always to tiring to the minds of nany what is perhaps the most fam JUB literary production ever elicited .y such a letter. Many "anBwers" here have been, but the one which ,vas printed a number of years ago in .he New York Hun, and widely credit ed to tho editor. Mr. Dana, has be come a classic Mr. Dana wan not, However, the author of this particu ar editorial. It was written by a com paratively obscure editorial writer for The Hun, a Mr. Church, who died nome Uve or six years ago. It should be explained, rather, that the letter from 'Virginia" was not addressed to 9snta Claus, but was rather an in quiry of the editor as to whether or not there was -and ls-a Santa 'laus. The editorial reply was as fol lows: "Vi-s, Virginia, thero is a Santa Dlaus. Ho exists as certainly as love ?ind generosity and devotion exist; and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and loy. Alas! how dreary would be thc world if thore were no Hanta Claus It would ge as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would bc DO childlike faith then, no poetry, nt romance to make tolerable this work except in sense and sight. Tho eter nal light with which childhood fill: the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! Yoi might as well not believe in fairies You might get your papa to hire mei to watch in ali the chimnoys ot Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus but even if they did not see 8anU Claus coming down what would tha prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, bu that ls no proof that there is no Santa Claus. The moBt real things in tb world are those that neither child ren nor- men can see. Did you eve see fairies dancing upon the lawn Of course not; but that's no proo that they are not there. Nobody cai conceive or Imagine all the wonder that aro unseen and unseeable li the world. You may tear apart the baby's rattl to see what makes the noise ineid< but there ia a veli covering the un seen world which not the strongei man, nor even the united strength J all the strongest men that ever llvet could tear apart Only, faith, fane; poetry, love, romance can push ssld that curtain and view and picture th supernal beauty and glory beyond. 1 lt all real? Ahl Virginia, in all thl world there Is nothing else real an abiding. The glorious full moo would not be so beautiful; the brigb ly twinkling stars would be cold an dim. the grand old sun would n< yield sc uiuch '.??Lt and wsrmts. N no, If our beautiful world could be i greatly disillusioned, so bereft < childish fancy and allurement, thc all would be very, very sad. Yes, Virginia, Santa Claus will con tbHs Christmas as usual to s'l tl hopeful, faithful loving condren < dear old New York; they must nev? doubt his existence, but ever tm and believe In bim while their litt hearts are warm and young, tend? and true. He comes on this one spec! visit to all faithful, confiding chi! ren who regularly expect him on each year. It takes Santa claus near all the year to collect these Christini presents before the well known hap) day they aro given out to the hopef and expecant. I must tell you and r peat to you: It Is an old, old story, And yet it Is ever new, The story of good Santa Claus Who will ever live for you. No, Santa Claus! Thank God! lives, and he lives forever. A thousa: years from now, Virginia, nay t times ten thousand years from now, will continue to make glad the het of childhood. INO MORE LIQUOR FOR THEM - One by one the avenues for man succeed are being hedged in agait the drinker of Intoxicante. Comm stoner McMsater has perhaps gc further than anyone in South Ca: Una, and his ruling will cause wli spread commend. Industrial Insurance companies i lng business in this state were wa ed Friday by Insurance Commis* loi McMaster that licenses of all th agents using intoxicants or drugs excess would be revoked upon cc plaint. Tho commissioner slated the warning letter that "the rule v be made absolute." The letter follows: "To the Industrial Companies: "Dear Olrsr Please inform et of your agents that hereafter no n who drinks whiskey or uses any c er drug to excess when on or off work will be licensed as an Ind trial Insurance agent Tbs won sad children and wives of the p people who usually carry industi Insurance policies are entitled to et plete protection from any-man v uses whiskey or any other drink. "The rule .is to be mods absolt and whenever a man loses bis pot tion on account of the use of wi kay or any other drink, hs will be relicensed until he ia abl?. te bi to this department au affidavit ah lng that bs has not been intoxlcs or under the influence of liquor at least six months." _^ WHY THIS AGITATION! A rumor that will not down on tho st roots of the city IH to the effect that an effort will shortly he made to have City Council enjoined from making further payment on the contract en tered into between the city of Ander son and the Southern Public Utllltiea Company, lt is also rumored that there, ia an agreement among four of the councilmen that the city will pay the expenses of tho private citizen who act8 as the cat's paw to pull out the chestnuts of those memhers who are unalterably opposed to the fran chise. The rumor haa even gone BO far as to say that the papers are now being drawn and that in n few daya an effort will be made to secure an injunction. These may all be tumors, but they are like Hamlet's ghost, "They will not down." Now, thia will te another conflict, if auch steps are taken. It will mean that tho City Council will try to do by Indirection what they have failed to do by direction, and the people ot Anderson will not stand for this any more than they would Btand for the City Council's nnnulment of the con tract made by a former Council. If any citizen wishea to enter such ault, let him bo prepared to pay bia own expenses and the coats of auch liti gation. The Intelligencer does not be lieve that Council will undertake any auch foolish thing aa to pay the ex penses of thin ault. What right, if you please, has the Southern Public Utilities Company to pay for being Bued? What right have thc great ma jority of the citizens of Anderson who are opposed to all this agitation, and who are satisfied, both aa to the legal ity and to the right -of the franchise contract, to be made to pay a private individual, who haa some personal grievance, perchance, to enter sui) against what they believe to be right' It is utter nonsense, and wc put an> such individual -on notice that he, 01 they, are laying up for themselves 1 burdensome suit, and one they wil have to pay for Anally. Why all thia agitation? It haa beer demonstrated that the people are sat hided on tho franchise matter, ant that it la legal there ia abundant lav to sustain, BO why thia continued agi tation? Ia lt to drive capital a wa; from Anderson? Thia will be the cf feet If it is kept up longer. There ii no demand for any action,, so far a we can learn. The Intelligencer pub liahed a number of interviewa of per son8 In all walka of life, and the were asked If they had heard of an demand for the matter to be teated a thia time. They all said they had hear of no demand, and frankly, we ca learn of no demand outside of a fei pcraons who are constitutionally - oot applied legally-opposed to it c other progressive measures. ?LET THE li~EATHE?i~RAOE," Poor little Willie Hearst has ha his force of hired brains to search tl recorded words of George Waahini ton for the language therein contait ed which can moat easily be miacoi atrued into something opposed to whi President Wilson stands for. Mr. Wi son is the latest and perhaps the be biographer of George Waahlngto and no doubt read all that the Hear hired brains have discovered, and 1 has read lt with an understand!! such as Mr. Hearst's millions mull plied could not hiro ov prostitute. After all these months of Mr. WI son's administration, about the on thing that the Hearst hired hunte have been able to dis ?over in Was tngton's writings, capable of bell distorted In the usual Hearst way In meaning something that Washlogti never meant, ter -the fol to w tn g ' tone lng "preparedness" for war, abo , Whihh the Steel Trust and the Powd Trust and their like are so much e prcised. The quotation ls from Pre dent Washington's message ; to Cc gress In 1793, Just four years after t United States of America had t come, a nation, and when it waa about the strength and dignity one of the Central American ?epubll of tho present time: "There ls no rank due to the Unit States among nations, which will withheld, if not absolutely lost, the reputation ot weakness. If we < sire td avoid Insult, we must be al to repel lt; if we desire to sect peace, one of the most powerful struments of our rising prosperity, must be known that wa are at times ready for war." This ls the sentiment ot Wash Ii ton which the Hearst papers say 1 Wilson opposes. Let us see. The rank that Mr. Washington .< e?ared waa "due to the United Stab haa long since "./oca attained and 1 surpassed. Even Washington ne1 dreamed of a nation such as we hi -of a nation aa strong and aolf-r< ant, and particularly as self-contr< ed, aa the United States is ta ll The "reputation of weakness** tl Mr, Washington feared was avok because there were no Hearsts those days to stir up, especia abroad, the Idea that the Uni sutes waa weak hy preach tag "1 preparedness" day attar day at vi anea with the facts. If we acquire reputation tor weakness'* in the tw Goth century lt will he because ot I misinformation that thc Hearst papers am! their kind have been purveying to their readers, which contain a lar ger proportion of gnorant and vic ious men of the Czolgocz type than the readers of any other newspapers In the world. "If wc desire to avoid insuit, we must be able to repel it," says Wash ington a century and a quarter ago. It will be noted that he did not use the term "avenge." To repel an In sult is to prevent it. No insult was ever "repelled" by force. The re pelling of insults may he achieved most effectively by avoiding an of fensive, attitude toward -others, and by avoiding braggadoclo--two things of which the Hearst mind is apparently incapable of conception. Rut the United States under Woodrow Wilson is less likely to have any insults to repel or avenge than vere the head of the nation a man whom Hearst 'would approve. "If we desire to secure peace, oqe of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." says Washington. To those worda, of course, Mr. Wilson holds hearty assent, though he would prob ably improve thc expression by ad ding "if war is necessary." It has been known of ail men that we are ready for war if war is necessary, but the vaporings of tho jingoes have pos sibly lexi some wcakroinded folk to believe that we are "unprepared." If any foreign nation is fool enough to bs so misled, and to undertake a hos tile action against the United States I because it believes the Hearst rot that we ai e unprepared to take care of our selves, the nation will have Mr. Hearst and his kind to thank for an other absurd and unnecessary war, as they were responsible for that of 1898. But "there is hope." The dignified manner in which Mr. Wilson ignores the. Jingoes is the surest way to get them to go to extremes; and the way to have a calf-or a Jackass-hang himself is to give him plenty of rope. The Jingoes are getting plenty of rope, and there is hope that they will soon make their own propaganda appear as ridiculous as in fact lt ls. YES? BUT WASN'T IT ANDERSON I One of the Anderson newspapers haa seen flt to rise up and rear all over the York News because of the recent editorial published in this pa per under the caption -of "Prosecution or Persecution." The editor of The In telligenccr remarks that the article must have been written about Ander son and goes on with a lengthy de fense of the ctiy for taking the bteps it did in regard to the blind tiger situation. It is truly remarkable that the article "must" have referred to Anderson. Of course Anderson ls the only city of any sise or prominence In th.* State and nainra?ly any editor must stralgh-way be drawn and quar tered or hung np by the heels and be nibbled to death by young ducks If he dared to write sn editorial about any other city. He must hare Anderson in mind; lt is not conceivable that he could be thinking of Columbia or Greenville or Spai tanburg. No, Mr. Editor, everything you see In the York News will not necessarily refer to Anderson-even If lt is "My Town."-York News. 00O000OOO0OQ0 0O0OO OUR DAILY POEM n o O O O O O . o O O OOQOOoOOO Inspiration. ? Chisel In hand stood a sculptor boy. With his marble block before him: I And his face lit up with smile of Joy As an angel dream passed o'er him. j He carved that dream on the yielding stone With many a sharp Incision; ?In heaven's own light the sculptor shone, - ~~.^???-.. ?----.? - He caught that angel vision. "Sculptors of Jlfe awftfe, fa| Wieland, With our lives undaTved before ns; Waiting the hour when, at God's com* maud. ,.,'MI \-Mf ' Our life dream nettes ct'lr bs. I Let us carve It then* on Uno yielding stone. With many a sharp incision: Its heavenly beauty shall be our $wn Our lives, that angel vision. -Bishop Deane. Oreel Discovery. Scientist-Some of the grandest in ! ventlons of the age have been the Mk? I suit of accidental discoveries. Pair Lady-I can really believe IL Why. I made an Important discovery myself, and lt waa the purest accident, too. Scientist-Mar I 'ask waaf lt was Pair Lady-Why. I found that by ktrcpinK a bottle or ink handy'a foun tain pen can be used Just the same as any other pen-without the bother sad mess of filling it--Philadelphia Ledger. ? Tomstv's Jake, His name was Tomnsv, and he came home from ?chool looking so down in the mouth that mother asked Mm se verely what waa tbs matter. Out of his little trousers pocket he fished a note from the teacher which said: "Tommy bas besa a very naughty boy. Please haft a serious talk with him." "What did you der asked mother. "Nothing," sobbed Tommy. "She aaked a question, and I was the eely OB? who could auswsr lt" "H'm." murmured mother. "What waa tba question t" "Who put the dead mouse jIn bsr desk drawer t* answered Tommy.-" Philadelphia Record, ? . Nine More Shopping Days Before Christ mas-The Importance of Today Use the days while you sure unhurried-it makes Christmas shopping a pleasure instead of n task; your judgment is clearer, and there are so many gifts not bora of desperation. Visit the store today-it is better for yon, better for aa; the stocka are fullest now i the human machine runs easier now than when under the strain of the last days. In buying presents for men, young men and boys, you'll find us able to give you a lot of help. We've lots of things for men's gifts; things boys like, too, masculine things, costing from 25c to $25. ..'r A FEW SUGGESTIONS WORTH WHILE Neckwear.24c to $1 Olores .Soc to ?3?0 Handkerchiefs .10c to 60e Silk Handkerchiefs .25c to $1.00 Silk Mufflers.50c to $i50 Hose .10c to $1.00 Holepreof Socks $1.50 box Silk Socks .. 50c to $1.00 pair Cuff Bottons .25c to $1 pair Shirt Studs .25c to 50e Stick Pins .25e to 1.50 Shirts.50r to $.150 Collars.15c each, $1.50 doz. Cuffs .25c pair Suspenders .25c to 50c Cops.25c to $1.50 Garters .10c to 50c Canes .$1.50 Umbrellas .$1.00 lo $5.00 Hand Bags .$1.50 to $15.00 Suit Cases.$1.00 to $15J>0 Pajamas .$1.00 to $2?0 Suit Bath Robes.$&00 to $10.00 Honse Slippers.$1.00 to $1.50 Men's Suits $10 to $25; Overcoats $10 to $25. Boys' Suits $3.50 to $12.50; Overcoats $3.50 to $7.50. Men's Rain Coats $3 to $15; Boys' $2.50 too $5. ^ Men's Shoes $3.50 to $6.50; Hats $1.50 to $5. ~.; , Ladies* Week-Week of Special Service for Ladies The Christmas Store for Men's and Boy's Gifts Order by Parcel Post. We Prepay all Charges. The Store with a Conscience' tc Uncle Dat Christmas. By universal consent, Christmas is ;ho season of greatest joy. Whether it Is the snowbound fishery ot Norway, the boundless prairies of Russia, the rine-covered hills of Italy, the manu facturing centers of America or the balmy Isles of the southern seas, Christmas everywhere reigns supreme. However great may be our poverty, or severe our sufferings, or heavy our burdens, Christmas comea to put .a new smile into the heart and a nev smile upon the ince ana remind us that life may be filled with joy. Heaven thought that earth might not realise the greatness of ita possession, so lt sent on angel host from the very presence of the throne and whose vo cation was to chant the anthems of praise; to announce to men that they were to receive a great joy. The mes- ! sage fell upon the ears ot humble shepherds whose hearts so ached be cause of the experiences of Ute tbSt they hastened to the cradle where in finite joy was born. A star gleamed forth- tha good -newe 'lute--the--Par East io BOOM wise mea? who mounted their camels and came on their jour uey to the manger; and when the child was first b .ought into .the tem ple an aged saint named Simeon look ed upon his face and catight from him the joy celestial and exclaimed lb rap ture: Now leitest Thon Thy servant depart In peace!" We have many festivals, and each baa Its special significance, but Christmas ts the festival ot joy. There sire great days which we observe in memory of some great national event, or when we think again of some great heroic leader, or when we offer thanks to Qed for the year's bounties, or when we pause to adjust ourselves to the dawn at o new y ear .but above all tow ers, hristmas, ss t. brings to every clime, nation, clsss, and Individual. Its message of }ox Richter says that joys are our wings. Can we estimate the lose to the world if Christmas did not bring to us these wings by which things soar to higher sud nobler things In v?iaracter sud servicer Take Christmas from the calendar and at once man sinks into the slough ot despond ; he becomes the slave ot his appetite and passions; als Ute will be nothing more than a gloomy prison boase, and be will be the creature of bis blind late that leads hun ever oa Into uncertainty. But since Christmas is here man'can Utune his heart to the note of joy. To the nations of the world this joy amy come through the message of peace and good will. This means the tad of war end ot bloodshed. Ci ?ll lbs practices among men none Ss so rooltsh aa war. It is especially unjusti fiable in thU day ot splendid civili sation. Looking at the past we know thai questions decided by the greatest Exhibition of force were very often sot decided justly. There ls no conscience or justice in the conclusion gamed by a superior le's Letter I force. And lt ls folly- to declare that I war ls necessary at certain periods j of a nation'? life to Inspire patriot ism. When peace continu?e for a con-, slderable period some say that appre ciation of country dies. Must a mah destroy the house in which he lives, at. intervals, therefore, In order to keep himself from becoming unappre ciative of the blessings which lt af fords? A little poem in one of our news papers a short while ago expressed the thought that if war with Mexico should issue, and only one son should go forth and give his life, that the HOI row caused by that one sacrifice was greater than the value of a thous and Mexicans Praise ls due to our Secretary Bry an for his efforts in behalf of a cessa tion of 1 navy building May we hope that wer shall speedily become a thing of *he past, and that peace may.pre vail from one end of the world to the lothcr. That ls the message of Christ mas. Have you received the Christmas Joy, and are you passing lt on to v>th era? , * 4*)VfB >' "Man was not made to moura," but to be filled with a great Joy. It was man who ?rote the dirge. God would have our souls filled with His anth ems of pralae. There sure no circum stances of Ute when God does not offer His gladness to the heart, and thia will inspire ua to the higher and lof tier things of character and service. We are always to count it Joy when we fall into temptation, knowing that by such testings the services of.the soul are strengthened. We are to consider lt Joy when trouble overtake? vs, for lt works out for us a far more exceed ing weight of glory. With Joy also ara we to near the other shores because we depart to be with oar Master, which is far better. The Christmas Joy should be with un, singing" Its way into our hearts in all the experiences of life. All's 1er tao Best. All's for the heat! Be sanguine and cheerful, Trouble and sorrow are friends in disguise; Nothing but Folly goes faithless and ' fearful. Courage forever is, happy and wise; . All's for th* best, If saan would but know It, Providence wishes us all to be blest. Heaven la gracious and-alla for the bea? /. j And in the midst of your dangers or errors Trust like a child, while you strive like a man; Providence reigns, from toe Bast to the Weat; And, hy both wisdom and mercy" sur rounded, Hope and be nappy that all's for tit? best! Tho writer had planned te parchase a $35,00 suit of clothes this winter, bat tor personal reasons has decided to treat himself to a 25 cent cap in stead. The tariff on stockings will,help-to keep them op. ? At any rote, no matter how hard the new tariff may be on some of us, we feel grateful that Max Crayton and I didn't have to pay any income tax. The suffragettes' holiday sentiment: Peace on earth, good will toward men; and votes for women. Cotton whiskers, which will prevail to a large extent next week, have their faults; t"U they have this ad vantage over other whiskers; They are sanitary. A lawyer is one who protects you against robbers by taking away the temptation. It is dat so much the* tiing that ls done or the thing * Os?t rik said that mattere, but tho way.of doing or say ing it. , . In everything there ia a time for silence and a time for speech. Oppor tunity makes' the saint aa much as it makes the thief. A man Is as God mado him, heart and brain. You have never seen ugliness in a happr fae*. I h we no praise for the man who drinks-I have leas for the man who dc?* drink then hollows prohibition. Bretni Pa. Gervangellne Dorklns stood before her father-her face flushed with hap piness and pride, says the Washington Star. "And he's asked me. to marry him. father! I can't toll von how happy and proud I nm to have won the love of such a man. Ton know him, don't you, father, and you like him?" . The happy girl laid her cheek, blooming with love and cochineal, on her long-auffering parents shoulder. "Oh. yea," answered! the old gentle man, honing his coat wouldn't be stained. "I know him all i-tgutr^t nae he any money to marry on?* ff "Money? Why, father, darling, look at the lovely diamond ring he bas given me!" ' "Tea. ? have noticed It That's wist I mean-nae he any money loft*" _-?-. [THE 1915 BOY , *I will not take my mother's cur rant Jelly from th* pantry without permission." (Her raspberry jam la good enough for mo. . ?J?a*sT?8BH?rs^XVti^KSfle