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?HE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOCH DE D AUG CST 1, ISM. 1M North Maia Street ...J_ANDERSON, 8. C. W. W. 8MOAK. Editor sad Bos. Mgr I* M. GLENN.City Editor PHELPS 8AS8EEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. ES. ADAMS. Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Entered according to Act of Con gress as Second Class Mall Matter at tho PoatoQlce at Anderson, 8. O Member of Associated Press sod Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic Servio?. TELEPHONIES Editorial and Business Office.321 Job Printing .693-L SUBSCRIPTION BATES Sem I-Weekly On? Year .11.60 Gil Months .76 Daily One Yesr . .16.00 Els Months . 2.60 Three Months .... 126 The Intelligencer Is delivered by carriers in the city. If you tall to got your paper regularly please notify ve. Opposite your naroo on the label of your paper ls printed date to which our paper is psld. AU checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o o THOUGHT FOR TODAY o o -;- o o Blessed is he that con sid- a o ereth the poor. o o o, ? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO The Weather. South Carolina: Fair and continu ed cold Wednesday and Thursday. <"Is lt cold enough tor your* Wonder what Santa will bring Old Man DeCampT Carra?as .evidently doean't believe that Uncle Som will fight Anderson haa aa yet no problem of the unemployed. May ahe. not have. "You eui do better In Anderson" well, why dont you? Anderson will soon have a new postmaster, but the old ono has bees a good one. Next year the slogan will be "Sell a porker," instead of tho one used this year. -U^~_?j Self-Den lal Day does not mean to tell atorlea. Really a doy tor this pur pose is not needed for some folks. Bi-annual sessions of the legisla ture? Not much, semi-annual is bet* ter in South Carolina. Governor Blease says he is not go ing to empty the penitentiary Christ mas. That might throw some of his "friends" out of a job, eh? . Anyway the legislature will soon be lo session, and lt is well known what a great work they did a few weeks ago in saving the State.' "Burned at ninety-nine years" shows what a fine climate and healthy place Anderson la. This old colored woman would doubtless have lived many years longer hat for her acci dental death. OUR DAILY POEM o . ? ? e Oed Gira Us Mea. God give na man. The time demanda Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing honda; Men whom the lust of office does not kW; Men whom the spotte cf office caa nat bay. Mea who possess opinions and a will; Mea who hare honor; men who will not Be; Men who caa atoad before ? dema gogue And dam bis treacherous flatteries without winking; Tall men, sun-crowned, who Ure above the fag In pabilo duty and In private think lng! -J. O. KOLLAND. SELF-DENIAL DAY This IR tho day on which the peo ple v>f Anderson are asked to obBerv? a? Self-Denlal Day. We < ) not know Junt how wide-spread ls tiie interesi In this city, nor how inuny pernonf will observe it, but we do know thal lt would fill u long felt need at UK local Salvation Array headquarter? for funds with which to do some ol the wo k these self-denying worken want to do for those who need. Should every person who will spend a nickel or a dime today for what is really a luxury drop it into a Self-Denial box there would be many of theae mucli needed little mesBengers of cheer spietlng on a mission of relief. Let us all remember that, and If ponsibic put a few nickels and dimes into a box for those who nerd them more than we do for thoBo luxuries. How many "dopes'* will you drink today'; Put an equal amount in one of the boxci.'. How many ci; y rs will you smoke today? Put an equal amount into one of the boxcB. Make some ' self-denial. A COMWCNITY CHRISTMAS TRKF There are many little folks, we dare say, in Anderson who have never seen a real Christmas tree. They do not know the Joy of running into a roon: where a real, sure enough tree stand.' laden with gifts and resplendent in the bright decorations deftly woven among the branches, with many little tokens of loving thought from those who are able to give luxuriously There Ia no tragedy like that of an empty stocking on Christmas morn ing. Therefore. The Intelligencer li glad to learn that an effort is being made to have a community Christmas tree on the Court House square the evening before Christmas. We are glad because lt will give the little folks who cannot have one in theil homes a chance to see what a real tree looks like. We trust that those who will have the matter in hand will see ?u it that this tree will be one ol the prettiest thnt can be gotten, and that it will hare enough decoration!; and pretty little gew-gaws to make lt a dream of beauty. Then let there be a real Santa Claus there to pass out the gifts for the folks, and to add to the tun and enjoyment. Strange how the art of giving spreads, ls it not? Here was a com mittee appointed to give to the Bel gians, and to solicit gifts for the child ren across the sea. So interested did they become and so much enjoyment and pleasure did they get out of giv ing that they decided to extend theil sphere and give to those who need al home as welL We commend theil large hea'f^d generosity, and we trusl that the spirit will spread till there shall be in Anderson this Christmas tide one large family all sanely and soberly enjoying the birth ot' the Prince of Peace. Yes, let us have a Community Christmas Tree. ASS0SIATE1) CHA RITTES The movement looking to the or ganisation of an associated charitiei in Anderson ls to be commended. This is decidedly a step in the righi direction, and will give the people ol the city some assurance that those who ask alms are worthy. There li and should be a liberal spirit on th? part of the peopV of the ctiy in deal ing with those who are unfortunate The Intelligencer feels that there ii a personal obligation resting upon those who have to aid those who havi not. So we trust that the effort to or ganise such charitable persons into a club with well defined views and plant tor the speedy and sure relief ot those who need assistance, will meet with a hearty response among all our peo ple. NO CHIEF MONEY CHOP A gentlemen who has traveled con siderably in Virginia said yesterday that on a vielt through this state in his automobile he stopped at a fine old country home one day about the noon hour and that the owner would not allow him to depart tin after dinner Showing him around after they had dined, he saw so many things of In terest, and that seemed to be ready foi market, that he asked the fannel what hts chief money crop waa, and when lt came lo. Ho was told thal there was no chief money crop, and that .there was no special season foi him to make his salea. He had some thing to sell every month In the year always had ready cast* to pay foi what he wanted. Pw instance, then was then on the farm a flock ot SOI young turkeys that would be ready the farmer said, for Christmas market His apples were ready for soma el the months aa a marketable crop, and thea there waa hi* hags aad cattle sheep and horses. Every department Of his taras ?fas furnishing something for market. "Thu farmer,'* said the gentleman .Moe* not know that there ls any -wai Ia Europe, in so far as his recelpti are concerned. Aad this ls what An derson county farmers will have tc do bet ora they can be called iadepen dent and have ready money all the year. A good hog is worth more than a hale of cotton, and ls far easier to raise. How many pigs aro there In An derson county now, getting ready to take the place ol' a ka\? of cotton nest fall? SO DANOER We fear the able and attractive philosopher who writes plecea for Thc Fountain Inn Tribune, over in Lau rens County, has fired u shot that ?H a little too high. He has apparently made the pardonable error of assum ing that everyone ls as keen an ob server and analyst of the things of life us he himself ls. ThOBe who read his productions have no such misap prehensions. Unfortunately, there are few who can see as clearly and ex press their visions as attractively as The Tribune's philosopher, whose ar ticles are read with interest, no doubt, by the subscribers to that paper, and are frequently glvn much wider ap peal through reproduction lr. other papers. Hut the following from The Trib : une man ?H, we fear, going a little I too far. He saya: "There an ethical question that jsnnoyB me as Chrlstmaa approaches. Should one tell a child the time-hon ored, orthodox Ile about Santa Claus, I or is it better to tell the truth? "Imagine a world without Suint I Nick and lo! there Is half the ro mance gone out of childhood. "Dut, suppose one tells a child that I old Santa cornea at Chrlstmaa time, and that a little King was born in a manger at Christmas time, and sup pose the child later learns that the first half of the teaching was a lie, what will it think of the other half? "Will n child, cynical under new found sophistication, discard a pleas ant myth and cling to a wonderful I truth? I wonder. "lt ia the way of least resistance to I tell the old-fashioned lie. Santa 18 dear to children. It la pleasant and easy to gratify the childhood hunger for fairlea and princes and wonderful II magicians. "But then, vice is always more at tractive than virtue. Truth ls often drab and commonplace and a' lie aa often sparkles with enticing pleas ures. "What to do! Will aome Christian I mother who teachca her kiddles that Santa will come please accept a re tainer from oid Saint Nick and de I fend him in these columns?" Wc do not believe that there are many people who ever discarded the Christian faith because they learned the mythical nature of tho Santa Claus legend (the "orthodox ile," as The Tribune man harshly character (zea it). We confess that we never before heard the fear evoresaed that the disillusion aa to the Santa Claus myth might be accompanied by a dla belie' of the other CUrUiaiui story, that of the birth of Chriat. It re quires o mind auch aa that possessed by The Tribune writer to even con nect the two, and there are few minds, even in grown-ups, as incisive as his The mythical nature of the Santa Claua legend ?? kerned, yeera before there la any tendency to doubt tho other Christmas story, and we do not believe that the one shattering of faith haa any influence toward bring ing shout the other. Incidentally, it may be remarked that the atory of the first Christmas is not to be accepted aa a fact, but aa a belief-at least, so far aa the di vinity of the Chriat ia concerned. The moment that it can be proven as a fact, there ia no room for the exercise of faith, the cardinal principle of the Christian religion. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o GRiNS AND GROANS o o o OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Waater a Pair of Specs-It la said that a woman who looked as If she had been a long time in thia vale ot tears went Into an establishment where they tested and fitted the eyea and said: "I want % pair of specs." "This way," said the obliging clerk and he led her into a ruom that was fitted up for optical purposes. A small nervous looking man at once surrounded her. "Sit here," he said placing a chair for her and hanging up an A B. C card in front ot her. "fix jour eyes on that" "I ain't a goin' to have my picture took." said the woman tartly. "Coitally not madam, yon wish to renew you eyesight Just tell mo what you eoe on that card, ?-7-10. Do yon follow me?" "Just let me have my parasol and I'll toiler yo. I didn't come here to be made fun of. I kin read and write as good aa you kin. and count too. 1 want a pair of specs." "Exactly, but I should recommend eyeglasses, with such a nose as yours madam* "What's the matter with my nose, hey? If lt ain't mach of a nose, yon aiot got to loka fun al lt" "It's a beautiful noa?." said the op tician firmly, "and would adorn a hand soma pair of eyeglasses. Will you kindly look at this circle of lines? Do they all appear the same else?** "Fear tc be? thsy air all of a alas, no foolln' young maa.** "Certainly not madam; lt the cir cles appear to be the same site your eyes are not deformed." "DeformedI Oood gracious, who Glove*, just the right Styles for every mu For street and dress, $3.50; warm wools Bath Robes, Lounging certainly needs one ol pers $1. Se? our < robt?. Suit casca, Hand Bags a One of our mdestrw long remembered, trunks $5 and up. Umbrellas and Canes i brella* built especial! white handles $1 to Ladies Week-Sped Order by parcels post aid my eyes were deformed? If I ever leard of the like." ' " ' ' "You see. madam, we are compelled o teat the optic nerve, and determine f the person has presbyopia-" "No. slr, I am a Baptist, and I don't tay bere and be insulted-" "You misunderstand me. madam, if ou are afflicted with hypermopia in lither eye-" "Look here, young man," said tbe vornan fiercely, "? dare a-, y you think ron know a lot, . but 1 want a pair if specs; I ain't as young as 1 used o be and-" "Oh, yes," interrupted the rash optl :ian. "I sec you are getting old and-" Jut he never finished the sentence. rVhen the woman came out of the tore she was trying to straighten oat he ribs ot her parasol and mutter ug to herself: "Old, Indeed! I've rlned a |2 par isol, but I haven't lived all these long 'ears to be insulted by being called ?ld! I'll find some, hardware store /here they speak English to get my pees at! Old! the impertinent thing." At the Squag House. Simeon Ford, hotel man and huraor Bt, said in New York the other day: "New York's hotel's are the best in he world. They put even the hotels of .ondon, Paris and the Riviera to the dash. . "In fact, after a New York hotel .thor hotels seem like the Squag louse where a guest rang in the mid lie of tho night and said: ".'Landlord, thc roof's leaking. I'm Irenched.' "The landlord retired, and In a m? nent was back again arith a large washtub. , " 'Hero you are sir,' he said. 'We'll ust put this on your chest. When she's ull, ring again, or yell, and 111 have >n empty one ready.* "-Washington (tar. A Poor Substitute. During a financial panic a German armer went to a bank for som o Doney, according to the Kansas City Star. He was told that the bank wa* tot paying out money but was using ashler's checks. He could not under hand Oils and insisted on money. The officers took him 1 In hand one liter another, with little effect. At sgt the president tr.M his hand and ifter long and minmue explanation ome Inkling of the situation seemed o be dawning on the farmer's mind. r!uch encouraged, the president said: "You understand now how it is, lon't you, Mr. Schmidt?" "I fink I do," admitted Mr. Schmidt lt's like dis, ain't lt?, Yen my baby ?kes up at night and . vants some. Dllk I git him a milk ticket." Wouldn't Mar Appearance. One of the fair passengers of a achtlng party observed that the cap ai n wore an anxious look after m le tup to the machinery of the craft. ."What's the mater, captain?" she nqutre?. culicltiously. "The fact Is. responded the cantain n a low voice, "oar rudder's broken." "Oh. my. don't fret about 'hat." re narked the young woman consolingly. As it's under water nearly all the .imo no one will notice that."-Har* ter'a Magaxinc. Frees a Bastee*? Staadpoint. Rankin-Mrs. Umaon la advising all it h*r friends to take part in every utTraae parade that coma* off. royle-I didn't know abe waa la te er of equal suffrage. "She isn't tut shs ,1a strong for pa edes," * "X wondVr woy.? . "Her husband ls a corn doctor." - Tounge'^wn Telegram The Christmas Sto If it is a question of a prese we will answer the questio Santa Claus has turned the men's *i some shopping in New York for you offer. From our list we please tl Neckwear made from the very new York and London cravattings. that rival the rainbow, in individua mas boxes 25c to $1. kind to pass the glad hand. ? and every wear, everywhere. $1 to $3.50; auto styles $1 to 25c and 50c. Robes and house slippers-he F them. Robes $3 to $10; SKp combination bath and lounging nd Trunks are serviceable gifts, ctib?e trunks or bags will be Oses and bags $2.50 to $15; ure gifts for long service. Una ly for men, some with the new $5; Canes $1.50. ?al service for ladies. ; we prepay all charges.. THE 1915 BOY "I will be kind to dumb animals, as tigers, lions and elephants." (Stray cats and dogs, however, had better keep out of the neighborhood.) - oooooooooooooo o o o SIX AND TWENTY o o o oooooooooooooo PENDLETON, S, C. R. I The order of the day lan. Sunday was sitting by the Are and listen to the cold wind blow and hear the icy rain patter on the roof of the house, i We have ono thing in our section that we can all boast of; that's our wheat and oat crops. All of our farmers have something that they can be proud of. despite tbe low price of cotton; that te nearly all Of them have corn plenty. Misses Lola, Eva and Saphronia Richey spent last Saturday evening with Mrs. Mrs. El rod of Frankville, Anderson county. Mr. Charley Mullikin spent last Sunday afternoon with Mr. S. J. Rich ey. . i Miases Lee Elrod and Win Rogers of the Piercetown section was visiting in our section last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Mc Dow Mullikin mad?- a busi ness trip to Liberty last Saturday. Mr. 8. H. and 8. I. F/.chey made a business trip to Pendleton last Satur day. Messrs. J. S. and. Preston Richey and Mr. Lee Elrod of Piercetown, at tended a play at Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Elrod or Frankville last Saturday night. . . - The principal part of our farmers of this section has about completed the task of picking cotton. More rain, more rest! But don't stop to rest; see after your cow peas and Utter Uvam. Mr. J. S. Richey, who has purchased a grist mill of the Sullivan Hardware Co., will start his mill to running by Thursday or Friday. Our good people of this section is longing for Uncle "Sam" to soon! get his mill In opera tion for Its soxnrething that our sec tion greatly needs. Our ichool la preparing for a box party at the school house next Fri day night. AU and everybody has an invitation to attend. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Mullikin spent last Sunday with Mr. John Griffith of the Slabtown ?action.' Our Behool ls in a flourish lr.-,-;-con dition despite so much rainy weather. Subscribe for The Intelligencer end get the best pu bl tabed paper In ' the State. Much lo vp to The Intelligencer and lt8 dear editor. "Darling." he cried. "I swear by this grand tree whose, spreading branches shade us from the hest- by thia hobie tree I swear that X have never loved before." ~ The' girl smiled faintly, "rou al ways say such appropriate things." Dick." abe murmured "Thia te a chest nut tree." Penlope-Urium Umsom'a father ls the meanest man In town. Percival-What gives you that idea! "Uriah's teacher gave him a bean bs? the other day" "Oh. huh" "And whoa Uriah took lt home bia father used it make ?oup."- Tho Youngstown Telegram. 9 re for "Meris and Boys' Gifts' mt for a man, let us answer it for you as ?n for him of something for himself.y id boys' giift proposition over to us. We've done to make sure you get the best gifts the big city has to ic most exacting customers. est New Colors I Christ Hose to please him. qualities that appeal to every man. Everything from the service able staple at 10c to the luxurious silks and lisles priced up to $1. Holeproof Socks in beautiful holiday boxes, ready for giving. Six pairs, mercerized, guaranteed six months $1.50 a box. Three pairs, silk faced, guaranteed three months at $1.50 per box. Handkerchiefs-Is there anything more appropriate for gifts? Some special qualities in linen. With initials at 25c. Other qualities from 10c to 50c. Sealed packages. Fancy Vests are always appreciated for their useful ness. You can select a pleasing pattern from the right size $1 to $3.50. Shirts-For quality, richness and variety here's the unequaled showing. Shirts that are on the top wave of fashion. 50c to $3.50. The Store with a Conscience' v. . kia a Searchers for Real Musical and Artistic Worth in a Player-piano, find it in mo / Th!? instrument h=J all the devices that are necennary to make a Flayer-piano ''human," and on!y a little- practice it needed to produc? artistic results. . Many great artists and musicians have commented on the perfect mannerJul which the Autopiano does its work. You ctn convince yourself of its artistic qualities by call. lng at our ??ere today to see and hear this marvellous instrument. * tn Your old piano liken in exchange. Payments to salt your ooovenieaoo. C. A. HEED. PIANO & ORGAN CO., 115-117 N. Main St. PARAMOUNT THEATRE Today's Program. ? . 'RING AND THE BOOK' (Two Parta) - j . . . "FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS" \ "THE GREATER LOVE" 'DELAYING THE CHIEF" "HIS KID SISTER" ADMISSION, gc and 10c Coming Friday--Max Figman m "THE MAN ON THE BOX" HIGH GRADE MUSIC