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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED 1M60. Published every morning except Monday hy The Anderson Intelligen cer at 140 West Wbltner Stroet, An derson, 8. C. 8EMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN-Editor and Manager "Entered as second-class matter April 28, 1914, at tho post office at Anderson, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Telephone .321 SUBSCRIPTION KATES DAILY One Year .|6.00 Six Months. . 2.60 Three Months .1.26 One Month.42 Ona Week .10 if i SEMI-WEEKLY Ons. Year .$1.50 Six Mouths. .76 The Intelligencer ls delivered by farrier? in the city. Look at the printed lsbel on your paper. Hie date thereon shows when the subscription expires. Notice date on label carefully, and if not correct please notify us at once. Subscribers desiring the address of their paper changed, will please state In their communication both the old and new addresses. Tc insure prompt delivery, com plaints of non-delivery in the city sf Anderson 'should be made to the Circulation Department before 9 a. m. and a copy will be sent at once. All checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ADVERTISING Batas will be furnished on applica tion. No ti advertising discontinued ex cept on written order. The Intelligencer will pubPsh brief and rational letters on subjects of general Interest when they sre ac companied by the names and ad dresses of the authors and are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not be re turned. In order .to avoid delays on account St personal absence, letters to The Intelligencer intended for publication should not he addressed to any indi vidual connected with the paper, but simply to The Intelligencer._ THURSDAY. AUGUST 12, 1916. WEATHER FORECAST : Unsettled; probably showers; mod erato winds. Havo you rested up from your vo cation? "Money Talks." And BomotimcB lt puts a stop to talking. The mlsforltitio teller ls abroad In thailand predicting low priced cot ton. o "Water in Canal is Running Low." .- Headline In .Tho 8tato. Bob Gon jtalcb-should worry. --O 'mc Tho Russian Hear should not find Poles any obstacle in their feating it Out of that unhanpy land. o Wo- don't suppose old Noah ia wor rying to any great oxtent over the verdict of tho tablet-reading profes sor that the original skipper wau the ii;-, i to sin. , . Josephus Daniels declares tho bat tles of the futuro will be fought h electricity. Watch us light out. -GrccnvUlo Nowa. And UB go to ' sleep at tho nwltch. . d'* Many cities aro.,purchasing pul motors for service tin resuscitating li. rsonB overcome by gas. This hoing an off-year in politics, wc wfll not need ono in Anderson. --Or Tho race for congress in tho Fourth . district has narrowed down to a Spartanfourg man and a Greenville man. It's a cinch neither will get any votes in the other town. -o Cur idea of a note is the one sent by tho Canadian Pacific to the un married mon. In Its employ, "Your king needs you-we don't"-Green ville News. And o'h- ot a note. toa .For tho "eddyflcashun" of those whq may not know we rise to. say that there's nothing mysterious snout Greenville's postmaster thrashing tho sheriff of that c?Mmty. That postmas ter ia red headed.* One ot the secrets of the success ot thc German drive Into Poland ap pears to be the'' splendid- manner in which the troops ' wv; re ' provisioned. Wasn't it Napoleon who said that an army marches on Its bo?ly? A CORPORATION WITH A SOUL. In this ?lay when politicians, who haven't mentality enough lo dinoun* 'inc: Mons of an economic nature or suggest measures for Hie improve ment of tile institution? which we have Bet np umoiu us for the common good, hut must resort to clap-trap such UH rairiLg against so-called "bloodsucking corporations"-in or der to rouse their clientele's Interest ami applause, it 1? pleasing to lind a corporation which thone stump ur tIsis would udmit themselves has u soul. What dismay it must bring to hearts of these guardians of the rights of the dear people to know that there ls such n thing in South Carolina as "a corporation with a soul." How they must gnash their teeth ut the dlssein anatlon of this news throughout the hind. "A corporation with a soul." Think of it! Seriously though, from our stand point, there is a good piece of work willoh hu? boen done by thc Piedmont ?fc Northern Hallway Lines in tile in terests of ita employees that ought to be brought to the attention of the public general!/ Having a few min utes to spend in Greenville yester day, it was our pleasure to be Hliown through thc elegant quarters which the P. & N. bas fitted up for its em* poyecs on the top floor of tho mag nifiaient depot which it has erected in that city. At un expenditure of over a thous and dollar:', we were told by one conversant with tho facts, thc com pany has provided as comfortable and as elegant a rest room for its trainmen as anyone ever saw. As Btated, on tho top floor of the station building these quarters have been tit led up\. There are large lounging rooms, bed rooms, rending rooms, bath rooms, lockers and all other eonveniences appropriate to such a place. In the lounging room there arc a great number of large, comfortable leather rockers and chairs of otiier descriptions, several lounges, set fees, curd tables, crocinole boards, a self-playing piuno, big rugs, mirrors and pictures on the walls and other adornment*, that are fitting. In a large room adpoinlng the lounging room are a number of beds where the trainmen may spend the night in thc event they get In late and do not care to go to their regular stopping placeB. The bods are particularly comfortable, tho linen snow white, the room as tidy as the'"pest appointed'hotel room'any on o over saw. In another department there are shower bathe. Still another department ts' to be used for the read ing room, where all the newspapers and periodicals of importance will b? kept for tho entertainment and in struction of those who frequent tho room. Still another feature of the place is a long row of lockers, ono for each trainman, where the em ployees moy keep their best., clothes whilo they are out on the road. Upon coming in from a run, a trainman can go to thc rest room and have a bath, chango his clothes and go on about his leisure in a much more enjoyable fashion than . would be tho case otherwise. Or if he comes in lato on his run, and, for BOIUO reason, cannot get to his homo, there is a nice comfortable, bed where ho may spend tho night. All this ls under ono roof, on the top floor of the depot building." Thc rooms havo been painted and equip ped with an abundance of lighting ap paratus so that at night it is bri!li.un. by illuminated. There are 'BO many other elegant f?lures of these hand somely appointed rooms that one would weary of listening to an enum eration of all. It ls needless to Say that the trainmen are highly. appre ciative of tho Uioughttfulness of' the company in thus providing for th dr comfort. It goes a long way towart making their work more pleasant. Railroad life at Its best ls a rather hard life, and little attentions shown the employ?e? by the company do mnch toward lightening the load of dally toll and making enthusiastic and loyal friends o' them. TRADING WITH RUSSIA. It,is natural Uiat closer trade re lations would be established between Russia and thc United States. A steady stream of ships crossing the Atlantic to Archangel and the Pacific to Vladivostock, carrying munitions and other manufactures to Russia want cargoes for their return trip. And we need Russia's auger beet seed, fertiliser, hides, skins and mineral oils. The Husslan government has lifted tts embargo on the export of mer chandise to thia country, - which was never intended aa a discrimination against na but aa a precaution agalnrt the exports reaching her enemies by reshipment. That danger ls disposed of hy au arrangement by which our federal department ot coimrerce will be sponsor for tho legitimate con sumption of Itussfan goods which will 1?<- consigned to lt. We have never had any trude with Busala worth .spcuklng of. Our total import? from Russia and liberia in the year before the war were only $22,000.000, und our exports to thoso| count ri ea $31,000,000. The chief rea son IH that heretofore we have dealt I .vith Russia through Germany. Since the war began, our manufacturers I have'received orders for hundreds of| iiilllioiiH of dollars worth of ruilroad cars, steel rails, arms, ammunition, etc. Thc trade, in both directions, ls sure to expand enormously, covering a much wider range of goods. It wiil be long before Russia resumes hnr| old trude relations with Germany. She ls cager to do business with us, and is urging us to enter her markets Never was there a great, promising, I commercial field to be won with les-, effort. STATE SOVEREIGNTY. When Secretary Lansing wired the attorney general of Arizona usking j him to extend the reprieve of several .Mexicans condemned to death, "in view of tho political situation in Mex ico," he was bluntly Informed that "The United (States has no right to intercfe." That was quito true, though not precisely to the point. The federal government had not demanded a re prieve, hut asked it as a favor, In or der to facilitate certain delicate dip lomatic negotiations. And regardless of the merits of this particular case, the fact that the Arizona officials could with Impunity flout the United States government ls something In which few citizens outside the locality directly Interested will take any pride or satisfaction. It is the saino trouble that was ex perienced In California over the Jap anese land legislation. It is the same trouble that .occurred in Louisiana a few years ago when the Italian gov ernment, angered by the failure a-. Washington to obtain satisfaction for the killing of Bullan subjects, broke off diplomatic relations with this country. Our federal government ls supreme I In theory- It haB a monopoly of the power to make foreign treaties, but apparently lacks power to enforce them when they clash with state rights. Tho awkward situation is heritage ot the mutual jealousy of tho j thirteen' original States. The civil war was thought to havej disposed of the old State rights doc trine. And yet today States can, and j do assume the prerogatives of sov ereign governments in crises that en- j danger tho welfare of the nation. Though powerless to make treaties, | they may break them. Though un able to declare war, they may by their independent action, bring on war. It la an unpleasant and dangerous situation for a nation which prides Itself on keeping its word, and which has lately had much to say In con demnation ot treaty-breakers. A LINE DOPE Mr. and Mrs. IT. W. Trlbblo have gone to New York <w J to re tho former will look orcr thc northern markets and buy a supply of fall and winter goods. Mr. Trlbblo baa recently made some changes In the Interior of his store and will keep a more complete stock of clothing. W. S. Brcazeale, now with J. A. Mulllnax. merchant tailor, has gone to New York to buy fall and winter goods. Afr. Brcazeale will purchase a full Une ot the finest novelties in woolens and will bring hack with him two mon coat makers to add to his force of. help. Ho will make every garment right at home, just as he al ways baa. Mrs. Brcazeale accom panied Mr. Breazealo and will visit Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.* ? o The Woodmen picnic which waa to j have beeil held on Tuesday at Clem som College haa been postponed until Thursday of next week and will be a great meeting for the Woodmen of the bounties of Greenville, Anderson, Plckens and Oconoe counties. All Woodmen and their families are In vited to attend this meeting next] Thursday. v A number of the city officials and others went down to Camp Riverside at Hailey's Perry yesterday afternoon. Before supper they took a dip in the Savannah River and then sat down to one ot the fine suppers for which the camp is getting famous. They rc turned to the city late last night say ing that they had a most enjoyable tiree. o ? ? ? Mr. il. O. Evans, of B. O. Evans and company was among those going to New York yesterday. Mr. Evans also goes to buy a fall and winter supply of men und young men's clothing and furnishings. o At thu athletic champion.-hip meet held at San Francisco during the past week, the Central A. A. U. composed of teams of the central West, led. Tills meet was one of thc biggest ever held in the country and teams from all parts of the United States con tested. Ix; Hoy Campbell, of athletic fame at the University bf Chicago, ami an Anderson boy, won in the half mile run. In an account of the comest in Monday's Issue of the Chicago Trib une, the following appears: "Campbell's victory in the half mile, while not wholly unexpected, stumps the Maroon as a consistent performer. His time of 2:01 was not fast, bat the wind must have hindered the dis tance runners in the back stretch, as the time made in all the runs was nlow compared to the time registered in thc dashes and hurdls." Campbell aso won in the greatest track and Held meet which was ever held, at San Francisco. Thc Tribune also has the following in regard to his race: "Le Hoy Campboll of the University of Chicago won the half mile in a blanket finish from Huggins of Boston and -Eby of the C. A. A." t -o From reports received thia entire r.i ctlon of tbe State has beon visited by heavy showers during the pust 24 hours and nothing more welcome could have come. Seve. al days ago showers fell in various parts of thc county but they were not general and In some sections the crops were suf fering from the drought Heavy rains began falling in the city yesterday morning and continued throughout the day and into last night. --o The annual Bailey reunion, an event looked forward to with pleasure by numbers of people in the city and county of Anderson, was held yester day at thc residence of Mr. Balley Poole. About 200 were present As has always been- -tho euston, those attending were invitad to bring well filled baskets, ana *ro VddUion meats were barbecued on the grounds. These Balley barbecues ar,e .becoming famous In this section cf, the State and are considered one bf the be&i features of tho reunions, i i *???????????????VV*? * ? ? * + MR. ACKER'S STATEMENT + + . ? ++*?*+*+++*+->+*+++++ + + Editor Tho Intelligencer: In today's paper there appears an article headed "Dr. Acker Must Pay" which docs my son, Dr. H. 'H. Acker, a very serious Injustice. I feel that the city council must have misunder stood tho matter. It is true that Dr. Acker first ob tained permission from the mayor to use blocks for the drive to the back A I yard of his residence which ls my property. Afterwards ! asked thc authorities in charge if they had any more blocks to spare. I waa informed that I could have as many as I de sired and they were hauled ,by the j jetty and thrown in my yard. I un ! derstood the city wanted to. get rid lot them ns they were lb the way in the streets. The city engineer stated that the corner were knocked off of many of them and that th?* city had no use for ithem. I had no other use for them than for the underpinning. The blocks were hauled by the city and place! on my lot by its employees witht it any directions from me and in my absence. If the city can use the .blocks, I do not think they ought to be given to private parties, and neither my son, Dr. Acker, nor Thyself, have any de sire to obtain any special privilege from the city, but when the etty with its own teams hauls the ' blocks and places them on my premises, I do not think lt ought to be published to che world that Dr. Acker used them with out permis?,'on and must' pay for them. It Is true after the caty's teams stopped hauling. I again asked If I could use other blocks and waa gtven permission, and hauled two one horse loads. When Informed by the mayor, that I could not have them tor that purpose, I Immediately stopped, but many loads were hauled by the teams of the city aa I have stated, and I presume it waa known for what pur pose I was using them. H. H. Acker. August ll, 1915. The article appearing In yesterday's Intelligencer, to which Mr. Acker has reference, waa a true and unbiased O>? VW??Y ?--. report of the proceeding of the meet lag of the council in which this mat ter was discussed. If, as Mr. Aokcr says, this article docs Dr. Acker a se rious injustice, he will realize readily, of course, that The Intelligencer had no Intention of doing anyone an in justice. Our reporter was so anxious to present an accureate account of the matter he would not risk his own report but had the mayor himself to write out the account of that part of the meeting In which the matter con cerning Mr. Acker was discussed. As to the'merits of the controversy, Thc Intelligencer knows nothing. We morely gave a true account of th.?, discussion: of thra matter by city council. We are confident, however, that it is ll the result of a misunder standing, nd that the mattet1 will be adjusted to the complete satisfaction and to the cerdlt of all concerned. Reciprocity Southern Public Utilities Co. Mag azine. Reciprocity, as applied betweon na tions and in tho handling of affairs of world-interest, has long neon con sidered diplomacy of the highest type. In the affairs of men, as individuals, the doctrine ir made use of hourly, and there is n. man who is so self centered that ne cannot reasonably expect, sooner or - later, to be in the position to either return to his fel lowman a favor, or to feel the necessi ty of asking his associate to look upon bis proposition with a little more consideration than bs being given lt. ' Cities must needs work together for the common good, not only of the resi dents of that one particular etty, but for the botterment of the entire sec tion. There was a time not far past when a city felt that it was sufficient unto itself, and that the rural districts were entirely and wholly dependent upon the urban centers. But that is now past, and- the doctrine of re ciprocity is known to apply, and that city which plays fair with the produ cing olemcnt, on the farm, grows faster and most satisfactorily. And on the other hand, that country sec tion which realises that the city can and docs give > U many advantages, and seeks to repay in a fair deal In the matter of division, of taxes and distribution of common funds grows richer as the years go by, and if inhabitants become more contented and better satisfied and as a sequence are better citizens. Thus lt is in Svery walk ot life, and in every sphere of activity. Reci procity is a necessity. It ls no longer an untried theory. It is a doctrine the value of which is recognized tn commerce, politics, and even In re; tiglon. * When this undisputed fact ls taken Into consideration, and the action ot some communities toward corpora tions, which serve them for the sole and single purpose of making living conditions more tolerable, ls noted, lt- ls difficult indeed to arrive at their point of reasoning. . Just why a corporation should be compelled to pay taxes non everb* dollar's worth of its tangible - pre-* Kirty, when private individuals, own-' g aa much, which bring? In a much greater revenue, and serves tbs gen eral nolle In no particular, ls allow ed to escape with the payment of a nominal tax, is a question which eco nomist" debate, without any hope di deciding. Just why a man will laugh and pay the bill Tor damages when bis auto Over the whole you cannot spy save or better j economize than all odd trousers. Fa $2.50 and $2 M< 3.50 " $3 4.50 " $4 5.00 A 6.50 " $6 Foi $2 50 Boys* Kn( 2.00 44 1.75 M 1.50 44 1.00 44 .75 44 .50 44 -and they're s prepaid at the ss lt mobile hits another, and then bring In a bill for damages when he strikes a street railway car on Its own rails, ls an unsolved problem. Just why will a man who Is scrupu lously honest, and who stands lu the forefront In his community, count himself a nickle ahead when, for anv reason, the conductor on a aireot railroad train falls to lift his ticket? Just why people will urge a cor poration to spend thousands and thou sands of dollars in preparation to care for traille, and then apparently search for an excuse to fail to pat ronize this service, and make use of the equipment they requested, ls a question not yet been answered. And why will communities seek to Impo8" upon corporations con ditions under which they may be al lowed to operate, BO much more dras tic and difficult than would be re quired of individuals? Now If -eclprooity ls a good doc trine for the use of nations in dealing with each other on matters affecting the well-being of millions of people, and is sound judgment in the handling of affairs of vital interest between communities, then why should it not operate to the good of the greatest number when applied to the relations of corporations with tho people they serve? TAX ASSESSMENT" SYSTEM COSTLY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.) "In the matter of assessment ma chinery, we should face frankly thc fact that local administration is now a afilura and it is always certain to be such. Taxation ls a state not a municipal function. The logic of tho situation, therefore, requires state ad ministration with municipal tax levies rather than local administration with stato taxes super-imposed. "Many states are trying to improve inefficient local assessments whHe re taining the local assessor. In other words, the public ls paying one lot of officials good money to persuade or coerce another lot to obey the laws. This may be plitical expediency but it ts not good sense. Wisconsin has btu.:m 1600 local assessors getting Sn avenge of $200 each, th ?J rural lig uer being $50. From watching their work for ten years, I think lt to be literally trae that they never make a goori assessment except under the whip of central authority and this ?hip even did nbtjjo much good un til tl? regular assessment law was passed which *,ave it a lash. If the fcupervisors were given Urcrtlon of assessments made in their districts by subordinates of their own choosing, the n?t saving to the public would nut be lets *han $100,000 annually. > "Simplify our system ot govern ment, gire the public a ch an re un derstand its workings, centralize res ponsibility, and the energy nov beat ing again a*: dead walls and ? .roaring iUttlf out among the tangled thran.o's nf cur munt"'pl organisation wilt ho 'reed to i Ive us the better governed America to which our people are en titled and for which they are now pair? lng the full price. Tourists al ?Mqaoss. The following tourists wore regis tered'at the Hotel Chlquola last night: Mr. and Mrs. J. -Brown. Mrs. J. E. Slater, Miss Carr, F. H. Simpson, all of Montgomery, Ala. -i_ Bnrglars at Greenwood. Greenwood, Aug. ll-Burglsrs last night entered 'May Bros. store on Maxwell Avenue by breaking the lock on the back door and stole between $6 and $& In cash. The rain early thu morning covered the tracks and there is no clue. The robbers seem to have been satisfied with money as no goods have been missed. z sea of opportunity r a better chance to ;oods on Which to in this clearance of r Men ?n's Trousers $1.75 2.45 2.95 3.75 4.45 r Boys ee Pants Now $1.75 1.45 1.35 '* " 1.15 .75 .55 .35 ;ent by parcel post ame pric?s. b S-W.tsflJL? J?tedaca DEMUNSTRATES VALUE OF INVESTMENT LAW Georgia Law Protecting Investors Makes That State Attrac tive Field. Atlanta, Aug. ll.-The value and importance of the Georgia state laws protecting investments in general and non resident investors in particular, is being demonstrated at this time when on account of unsettled business conditions all over the world Investors aro iiBing unusual cation in the plac ing of funds. The Georgia laws, Which have the advantage of having been tried out and found permanently satisfactory, assure the careful prospective inves tor safety above every othor consid eration. The legal maximum rate of interest in Georgia is 8 per cent, and about half the money loaned on real estate security is placed at that rate, while other Investments yield generally speaking six to seven {.or cent inter William Hurd Hillyer, a prominent Atlanta financier, and a writer of na tional reputation on financial subjects Bald tn an Interview on the subject today. "It is a fact that in Georgia Interest rates on real estate security run about ono per rent higher, other things being equal, than lu tho east abd mid dle west. This is partly accounted for by the relative newness ot the country from an industrial standpoint and by tho - relative sparseness of population, but it is ? not wholly due to either of these causes. We must look for som collier factors to ac count for this result. "The solution is found in the pecu liar economic and legal conditions surrounding the mortgage loan mar ket in Georgia-conditions which have made this field perhaps the most at tractive to mortgage investor? of any available." British Ship Beached. London, Aug. ll.-The British steamer Rosalie Shields bound for San Francisco, baa been beached. The crew waa saved. Tho RusBlnn bark Balti-.e.r has been I sunk. The captain and sever mea" were saved. Clen. Auguste Reporten Killed. Washington. Aug. ll.-General Au guste With' 200 troops attacked ?St. Maro last Saturday and waa repulsed by the Haitian committee of safety. Admiral Caperton reports that Au guste and four of his followers we?-e killed. - 1 First Exchaageif monera. Petrograd; Aug. ll,--(Vlfc?London.* -Tho firat deU^et&ot %party ot 2.000 German p?&oH?t?i tf?'be ex changed, left here today fair Sweden by way of Finland. The/ikre -dis-' asbled for future military service by wounds. .ff Florida 3Taa Aeqnlited. Jaaper, Aug. IL--Wilmer Holtscn dorff was acquitted of the charge of being an accessory to Che murder- ot< Noah Yates today. Ben Holtxen dorff's case was aol proaaod... Pensacola, FM., Aug. The $400,000 hospital of th? Sister* nf Charity, now nearly completed, will begin to receive patienta during the coming week. Charleston, Aug. ll.-South <Caro lida's first bale of new cotton arrlv ! ed from Barnwell today an? brought fifteen cents.