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l?? AnOERSON INTELLI6ENGEB FOL .M)F I) AUGUST 1, lbtt. 1)M >orlb Main Street AHOE?80N, S. t. W. W SMOAK. Editer ?ed Bas. Mgr L. M. GLENN.City Editor PHELPS SASSEEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. fi ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Entered according to Act of Con gress as Second Class Mail Matter at the Postoffice at Anderson, 8. C* Member of Associated Pres? and Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic Serries. TELEPHONES Editorial and Business Office.821 Job Printing .693-L SUBSCEJ1T10N BATES Semi-weekly OM Tear .91.60 Biz Months . .76 Bally One Year .96.00 Bis Months . 2.60 Three Months . 1-26 The Intelligencer !? delivered by carriers in the city. If you fall to get your paper regularly please notify vs. Opposite your name on the label of your paper ls printed date to which our paper ls paid. Al' ched s and drafts should be drawn to Tb* Anderson Intelligencer. The Weather. South Carolina: Rain Friday; Sat urday clearing and colder. Our Dally Thought. I hold lt truth, with him who singe To ono clear hsrp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. -Tennyson. Merry Christmas-second install ment o Merry Christmas to old Santa Claus, who always gives but never receives anything himself. -o Morry Christmas to the fellow who was tempted to do lt yesterday but didn't, for bis stomsch ls better off as well as his purse and hil morals. Merry Christmas to the stranger within our gates who is forced to spend tljis gladsome occasion separat ed from loved ones. -o Morry Christines to Governor-elect Manning, who is going to rocnthronr righteousness once moto in tho good .?lr Talmotto State. . Merry Chrifttmas to all those who should hove sent us Christmas pres ents but didn't, for we will take the will for the deed. Merry Christmas to the "ghost," who walked yesterday instead of walting until Saturday, when we would have had less use for the stuff. ? ' o-? Merry Christmas to those who knock ns and disagree with our poli cies, tor the former are but our boost ers and the latter are those from whom we can learn. . . ? .. e Merry Christmas to every member of th? families in Anderson who are up against lt this winter, tor we aro confident the good people of this city sro not going to hst you suffer. Merry Christmas to a gink we were about to forget-our old friend Doc Cook, who gave the newspapers more good, live dope tor the tune being than John saw. .a ? ' Merry Christmas to the horse.rac l?t; tang In Charleston, who will, up on the inauguration of the neat gover nor, like tba Arabs, fold.their teats and steal aa silently away. o ? Merry Christmas to tho cspk*yes of The Intelligencer who ure bending eyary effort to give the people of An derson city and county the best daily newspaper within their reach, o. {Merry Chris Unas to those kind souls who responded to The Intelli gencer's call for help for the "Bel gians In Anderson," sad may their caps ut joy; be running over, at this holy time. Merry Christmas to thee who are responsible for making "Peace on Barth. Good Will Toward Men" a mockery at Ulis time, and may they repeat for the misery they have sown broadcast over Und and seas, --O-. Merry Chxisjross to old Jupiter Pla* vlus who.Jtaa__ca.uasd our streets to become quagmires, snd may hs keep piling ap the mud until a bond tssuo for paving will need n<> ?yitaUon .to ma!? lt a go. -o- ? Merry Christmas to everybody, both treat and saudi, ead to every creep ing thing, sad ?M?, ii we sra the least, merry Christmas to ourselves, who have sat here pulling our hair through the bewitching midnight hour trying to think ot something to tay to make san stalls on this hallowed Christmas morn. GREET1>0M TO ALL Merry Christmas to everyone! May the day be one of unalloyed pleasure and gladness to every read er of The Intelligencer, and may they have cause to remember this as their happiest Christmas season. While thc clouds have been lowering, there h conHolation in tho thought that "be hind thc clouds is thc sun still shin ing," and this true in reality, no mat ter whether or not the clouds be real clouds from a weather point of view, or clouds of adversity. The Christmas season means that a Savior was born, and that it is a s-ason of beginning over again. There ls a chance for everyone to do better, and though thero may be gloom and sadness, this glad Christmas season will bring cheer and gladness if we read aright the message of the cen turies that have passed since the low ly shepherds wended their way over the desert In ~earch of the Christ child, paying homage to Him when found ev -n in a stable. So we trust wo shall not be ac cuser, of triteness when we aay in all sincerity: "Merry Christmas to all!" KEEP THEM WITH ?01' A lady who ls one of the thinkers In Anderson spoke recently of a mat ter which should be food for thought. She said that there are numbers of people who feel that they must cur tail their expenses, and that in order to do this it will be necessary to dis charge faithful employes. She thought lt would be well for persons so situ ated to endeavor to economise In other directions, and to hold on to their faithful helpers. This lady was speak Ing and thinking most particularly of servants in the homes of the well-to do. and she said that if nany of tbeae servants were discharged it would in crease the number who would be de pendent upon the community for sup port. The same may be true of business men and concerns employing a num ber *jf persons to do their work. It may seem that business does not war- ' rant keeping so many helpers, but it must be remembered that the finan cial depression will not last always, and that lt will not be long, In all probability, lill conditions will be re stored to normal, or nearly ao. So if those who haye faithful employee, who have proven themselves depend ul.I-.-, ead trustworthy, serving with an I oyo single to their employer's Inter eats, lt would seem that they should all Sink or swim together. So we would ask that those who are contemplating a reduction of ex penses after the holidays, think well of what this Anderson Isdy said, and If posible, hold on to their faithful ? :0- workers. 'MORE WHEAT*' SENDS COTTON UP There is something significant in the fact that every Southern State according to the census figur?e, baa very largely Increased Its acreage In winter wheat this year, and it ls in teresting to note that the Increase la largest in South Carolina, where it amounts to 300 per cent No doubt the splendid prices that are being re ceived for wheat thia season, togeth er with the conviction that the wheat fields of Russia are likely to ts bat tlefields during a year or more to frome, baa had a groat deal to .do with thia tendency in the South. Another factor, of course, ia the low price of cotton, and the forceful object lesson that has been afforded during the past few months ot the danger ot the one crop system of the South. The announcement of the census bureau of the large increase In wheat acreaseage In the South also had an effect upon the price of cotton, es pecially for future delivery. The finan cial page of the New York Time?, in referring to a slight advance In the price of cotton a day or two, car ried this significant statement: . "The turn in sentiment ls due chief ly to the showing made by the gov ernment report on ' the acreage tor Winter wheat published last Thurs day. This indicated that there had been a gain throughout the cotton states of 1,800.000 acres. Thia area la regarded aa lost to cotton and is taken aa aa evidence of reduction of cotton acreage." The tremendous crop ot cotton this year would have been almost certain, oven In the absence ot the war, to have caused a lowering ot the aver age price ot the last few years, and that lowering of the price would have had a tendency to cause a reduction In the crop in 1915. But the very ?sharp decline that has been experienced ts due chiefly, of course, to the war. The world':, demand for raw cotton baa been practically cut in half, and the foreign demand for several year? to coma ia going to be somewhat un certain. it ia written, the South shall not live by cotton alona, ont by avery gift that proceedeth from the lap ot boun tiful Nature, lt ia the duty ot the Southern farmers to accept the *e gifts, for our climate and our soil place thea within our easy reach. UP THE S Now, there were in the over their flock by night. And, Io, an angel of th* about them; and they were s And the angel ?aid unto joy, which shall be to all pe< Fer unto you is born thi And this shall be a sign i lying hi n manger And suddenly there was and saying, Glory to God in the hi| And it came to pass as I herds said one to another, come to pass, which the Lor And they came with hai And when they had seei concerning IIMS child. And all they that heard herds. But Mary kept all these And Mary said, My soul And my spirit hath rejoi For he hath regarded th generations shall call me blest For be that is mighty lu And his mercy is on the He hath showed streng tl hearts. He hath put down the n He hath filled the h?mg? He hath helped his ?erv fathers, to Abrahan., and to NO PAPER TOMORROW In order that thoso who are engaged In making The .Intelligencer may en joy the day a*, home without, thought ot having to return to their work. The Intelligencer will not be isued tomor row, but will appear again on Sunday morning. There will not me anyone we fell sure, who will not be willing to forego the pcleasuro of their paper tomorrow morning in order that those who make it may enjoy a peaceful and quiet Christmas with their loved ones not interrupted with thoughts ot work to bo done. Ftied DeCamp, of the Gaffney Ledger, bas a way of knocking out the rifts on cloudy days to get a glance at the glorious sunshine. Everything he writes is sunny. Read this one for the bluea. It was not selected, just the first one we glanced at un the editorial page of the Led ger: As we came down to the office yes terday morning, we mot not less than two hundred cherry-faced, bouyant American citlsens-male and female -on their way to the factory of in telligence, and there wasn't aa un kind expression on tho countenance of a single ono of them. Is there an/ wonder a man feely fit for a day's work when be starts out under such circumstances? Happiness walk ing v.- th Hope, and Laughter with Song, ls a scene flt for the Gods, and this c what greets us five dsys out of th. i week during the school term. We aie thankful our home is located ?here lt ls, If for no other reason than that we meet the children on their 'ray to school. ooofooooooooooooooo o OUR DAILY POEM a . a aoooooooooooooooooo A Christmas Carol. "What means this glory round our fest," The Magi mused, "more bright than morn?" And voices chanted clear and sweet, "Todsy the Prince of Peace ls born!" "What means What st.-r," the shep herds said, "That brightens through the rocky j O ?lent* And Angels answering overhead. Sang "Peace on earth, good will to men!" Tis eighteen hundred years and more Since those sweet oracles were dumb;' We walt for Him, like them ot yore; Alas, He seems so slow to come! . But it was sstd, tn words or gold No tims or sorrow ne'er shall dim, That little children might be bold In perfect trust to coma to. Him. All round about our feet shall shine A light like that the wise men saw, D? we our loving wills incline To that sweet life which ls the law. 80 shall we learn to understand The simple faith ot shepherds then, And cleaning kindly hand lu band. Bing, "Peace on earth, good will to mea!" And they who do their seels no vrong, But kee? at eve the faith of mora. Shall daily hear the angel song, 'Today Gie Prince of Peace la bom! \ONG OF THE A .aurie country shepherds abiding ii 5 Lord came upon them, and the gi ore afraid. them, Fear not; for, behold, I brin ?pies. i day in the city of David, a saviour unto you; Ye shall find the babe wi with the angel a multitude of the 1 (best, and on earth peace, good will the angels were gone away from tl Let us now go even unto Bethlehe d hath make known unto us. .te, and found Mary, and Joseph, an n it, they made known abroad the it wondered at those tilings which > things and pondered them in ber ! MARY'S SONG 1 doth magnify the Lord. ?ced in God my Saviour. ie low estate of his handmaiden; foi led. ?th done to me great things; and h< m that fear him from generation to i with bis arm; he hath scattered th< lighty from thrones, and exalted th y with good things; and the rich 1M ant Israel, .in remembrance of his i his seed forever. 0 t) O O O O O O O O ? o o o o u o o o e s o "A CONTINUAL CHRISTMAS." o O ? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" "Keeping Christmas" was tho old homely phrase we used In the country when I was growing up, and when they wish to speak of the observance of Christ's birthday, most people still uBe the term "keep Christmas" with the emphasis on the word "Christmas." Just cow we of The Progressive Farmer staff wish to uso thc same term but with the emphasis on the word "keep." Why can't we "keep" Christmas?. This is to say, why can't we have all the year round the spirit of happiness, of friendship, of thought- t fulness for others rather than thought. of self, and that .termer love for little children which ?3 so beautifully ex pressed tn our -mem on page 1-all ot which make v. Uris tm as the joyous per iod that, it is? Dr. Henry van Dyke' has brought out this thought very beautifully in one of his articles, but lt was more than a century ago that old Benjamin Franklin spoko to the same purpose in the following quaint paragraph: "Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure -vice, rio ambition cor rupt thee, no example sway thee, no persuasion move thee to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jolly, for a good conscious ts a continual Christ, mas." Becauso Bejamln Franklin's recipe for keeping Christmas, ts good, how ever, ls no reason for not giving Dr. van Dyke's also. Here lt ls: "Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and to re member what other people have done for you; to 'Ignore what the rorld owes you. and to think what you owe the world; to put your rights In the. background, and your duties in the middle distance, and your chances to do a little more than your duty in the foreground; to aee that your fellow men are just as real aa you are, and try to look behind their faces to their hearts, hungry for joy: to own that probably the only good reason for your existence ls not what you are going to get out of Ufo, but what you are going to put into lt; to close your book of complaints against the man agement of the universe, and* look around you for a place where you i can a?w a few seeds of happiness-I are you willing to do thean things! even for a dav? Then you can keep. Christmas.''-Clarence - Poe in The* Progressive Farmer.?. j THE 1915BOY t.? ? , "I.will not-(Ob, gee, that's enough.' Santa Claus has come and they say the good die young, and I want to live until I catch thai' red-headed boy on the next block who atuck his , tongue out at me yesterday!) Predict Defeat of | I Woman Suffrage Bill WASHINGTON. Deo. 24.-Demo cratic Leader Underwood predicted tonight thu the gfopossd constitu tional amendment for woman suffrage would be defeated In the house, prob ably by a two-thlrda vote, f "I shall vote against lt, and se wn: meat of the Democrats." said afr. Underwood. "The party, by caucus action, baa gone on record holding that woman suffrage, ilka prohibition, la a State issue." lt generally ls understood the suff rage resolution will be voted on some ? time ia January. 1 NGELS n the field, keeping watch ory of the Lord shone round ig you good tidings of great ', who is Christ the Lord, rapped in swaddling clothes. heavenly host praising God, I toward nen. bern into heaver*, the shep m, and see this thing that is d the babe lying in a manger, saying which was told them were told them by the Shep mri ? behold, from henceforth ail >ly is his name, generation. s proud in the conceit, of their . . ! ose of low degree. s hath sent simply away. mercy; As he spoke to our OOOOOOOOoOOOOOOOOOO o o o HOW TO HELP THE POOH o o o OOOOOOOOoOOOOOOOOOO lu these days of stress and need, which are so, largely because of the mental attitude of the people,' there are several things to be considered, lt seems to mc, in trying to decide how to be the most truly helpful to the greatest number of people. In the first place, if the* people who have money, would also have faith in God, they would not keep their mon ey out of circulation, but would would realize the truth of the proverb that "He that giveth to the poor, lendeth to tho Lord," and when a thing is loaned to Him, it ia airare repaid ma?y f?mes drer:* * In' the second' place, there are peo- j pie who are dismissing < employees, whether in business or as servants in the home when pome'of them are able to retain them and thus give them an opportunity to earn a living. If a woman who can aCyu afford a cook, gets frightened by the cry of "Hard Times," and dismisses her. ser vant she or someone else may bave| to help that same woman to keep her from want. Not only will employment keep people from want, but from be coming dependents and criminals. The old saying that "Prevention is better than cure" ls just ss true here aa in reference to disease. To help people to keep --ny and independent, goes a long way towards making them decent, self-respecting people. Of course, just as in the physical realm, when disease has come and lt ,?? too I late for prevention, a cure must be sought, and sometimes a palliative isl necessaary, so there are people that j are in such need that real, material things must be handed out to them; but let ns uee discretion and fi -"-p in the most practical way. lu ?\ rrj thing, let us try to live the G >*.lon Rule, giving employment where we j possibly can, and food and clothes where there is dire need. Mrs. A. L. Smothers. 18 .NO MYTH To the Editor of The 8tate: If the- Fountain Inn Tribune will think serle tsly for a while lt will see that Santa Claus is really no "myth," certainly not a He. To my miad leaching a child rightly about Santa Claus is one of the best j ways to prepare that.infant mind and heart for the understanding later of | God's greet gift to the world. My little seven year old daughter and I understand Santa Claus this way: "Because Qed so loved the world that Fe gave Hts only Son" a be***, to a woman for all the world, but couldn't leave that son here for ever. He left His spirit of love and giving in the hearts of the people and there ls more of that spirit at Christ mas time; so then we call lt Santa Clans. St Nicholas, etc. Nobody has over seen bim, because he ia a spirit (part of God) but somebody drew a picture ot how he, thought Santa Claus would look lt he could be seen, and we all think he would look IRte that; fat jolly and good. An mpreeslon ls made quicker, and more lasting on a child's mind through the sys than by| any other medium. Santa Clans (the spirit ot love and ! giving) has messengers ev<*rywhere] that Jeans ls known, making ?Itts and distributing them at Christmas time. We know that he does not crtne down the chimney, but we love to think cf1 his coming that way, because wa have tot!*-; taloa and we know that lova Itccrra no obstacle and can gat any where in my Mertons ways. Santa Claus ts no myth, he ia real, for he ls a gift from heaven for lit tle children, and to make this world nappier. Let us tell no Hes about him! One who believes ta Santa Claus. Conway.- Tho State. We wish yo the Season9! arid assure keen appre your good w ronage* SULL1 Hardwa Andersoi Greenvill Belton, PUBLIC CHRISTMAS CELEBRAT HELD TH (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) ly by lt. The commission merely fur nished the ship. A White Christmas. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-For tho first time in many years New York will have a "white Christmas." Christmas in the city, however, will be chiefly notable for the wide spread wave of charitable giving that has rolled over the metropolis. Prob ably never before have such wholesale preparations been made for feeding the needy, making happy the children of the poor and spreading generally the holiday spirit of cheer. Celebration.Held in Asylum. BEACON. N. Y., Dec. 14.--A unique Christmas celebration was held to night in the Matteawan State hospital for the criminal insane V7bere 350 inmates gathered about two Christmas trees and received more than 1,000 gifts sent oy relatives and friends. Motion pictures and music by an or chestra of inmates were part of tho program. Women patients will have a tree to morrow. There will be dancing, mo tlon pictures and music. Fond For Unemployed. I .? MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 24.-Several thousand persons braved a cold rain tonight te participate, in Memphis' sec : ond municipal Christmas eve celebra I tlon in Court Square. Gifts were dis I tributed to the poor children of the I city /rom a community Christmas tree provided- by the Jovian league. ! Approximately $2,000 was subscrib ed today to a fund for the unemployed. I being raised by a committee appointed by Mayor Crump. Sang For Travelers. BALTIMORE. Md., Dec. 24.-Carols were sung tonight around the com munity Christmas tree in front of the the singers visited railroad station? court kc ase here. Af ter wards.many of and sang for travelers. Practical charity waa more in evi dence today than ever before, and the illumination of residences tonight waa more general. -- v Newspaper Gives Toys. NEW! ORLEANS, Dec. 24.-More than 14,000 white children today hero I shared in the nineteenth annual dts 1 tribution of toys by a local paper. To morrow 6,000 negro children will be given presenta by a committee work ing tn conjunction with those who handled today's dsl tribut ion. Christmas Tree Fer Poer. MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 24.-Twenty fWo hundred poor children in Mobile PARAN! THE A Christmas Take ? party of friends to s< flower. " This is the Paramoui Open from 3 p. rn. to 10:3o p. n Every theatre which has rt for Return Dates. Admission onij Sature ^ Beginning at io o'clock a. tn. 'THE FOX Brim full of .Local Interest feat I m, heartly, s Greeting you of our dation of ill and pat [VAN re Co. i, s. c. le, S. C. S. C. IONS IROUGHOUT UNITED STATES County were guests of the people of Mobile today at a Christmas tree given in a local theatre. The Salva tion Army also distributed Christmas dinners for 2,500: Inmates of all charitable Institutions in Mobile will be fed by thc merchants of Mobile to morrow. Moving Fletares ut Penitentiary. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 24. Many cities and towns in Connecticut held municipal Christmas celebrations tonight. At the State prison in Wcth ersfleld tomorrow the prisoners will be treated to a moving picture exhibi tion for the first time in the history of ' the institution. . Basket Dinners For Poor. PHILADELPHIA, Dec .24.-Tho Volunteers of America gave 6,000 basket dinners to Philadelphia's poor today. The Salvation Army will dis tribute an equal number tomorrow. Community Christmas trees have been erected in many sections of tho city. Christians Charity. DALLAS. Tex.. Dec. 24.-Through out thc soutliwcst Christmas charity, in the form,of food and other neces rities, was distributed generally to- ' night. A' blanket of:snow covers the southern- half of Oklahoma and also* the Texas panhandle. Tourists Join in Celebration. WE8T PALM BEACH, Fla.. Dec. 24. -Hundreds of tourists Joined resi dents here tonight inrthe second an nual municipal Christmas celebration which was featured by tho singing of carols around a large Christmas tree. Freed of Arson Charge. CHICAGO. Dec. 24.-Joseph Fish, wealthy public fire insurance ad juster charged with arson, was ac quitted tonight by a jury. Fish, it waa charged, conspired in 1909-with David Korsbak, a confessed incendiary tc cause fires for which would act as Insurance adjuster. It waa said Fish would be placed on trial again In a few days on other indictments. Proof Positive! Mrs. Robimon. says Harper's Mag azine, was an extremely careful moth er, and had repeatedly cautioned her six-year-old daughter against handling any object that might contain germs. One day the little girl came In and said: "Mother, I am never going to play with my kitten any more, because she has genna on her." "Oh, no." replied her mother, "there are no germs on your kitten." "But mother," insisted the child, "t saw one." _' IOUNT 4TRE Suggestion it Margaret Clark in "Wild it's Paramount Production. ay . ... .?? in "Wildflower" has asked 7 5c and 10c < lay 1 HUNT' iring Col. Jim Roberts.