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THE INTELLIGENCER _.. ?fl?AJaiSUKD IHN, Published every morning except Monday by 'the Anderson Intelligen cer et 140 Weet Wbltner Street, An derson, 8. 0. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdsys and Fridays L. M. GLENN_Editor and Manager Entered as second-class matter April 28, 1014, at the post office at Anderson, South Carolins, ander the Act ot March 3, 1870. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES ?Telephone .821 SUBSCRIPTION HATES DAILY One Year .16.00 Six'Months . 2.50 Thrive Months .1.26 One Mouth.42 One Week ..* .10 SEMI-WEEKLY One Year .11.60 Six Months .76 The Intelligencer bi delivered by ?arriera In the city. Look at the painted label on your paper. The date thereon shows when the subscription expires. Notice date ea label carefully, and If not correct f lease notify us at onee. Subscribers desiring tua address of their paper changed, will please state la their communication both the old and new addresses. To insure prompt delivery, com plaints ot non-delivery in the city sf Anderson should be mad t to the Circulation Department bef?te 9 a. m and a copy will be sent at once. All checks and drafts siould be drawn to Tbs Anderson Intelligencer ABYKMTlB'.Iiti ~ Sates will be furnished on aap]lea ?on. ' No tl advertising discontinued ex cept on written order. The Intelligencer will publish brief gad rational letters on subjects of general Interest when they are 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. j In order to avoid delays on account of personal absence, letters to The Intelligencer in'ended for publication should not be addressed to any Indi vidual connected with the paper, but stmpir to Tbs Intelligencer._ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1916. WEATHER rOUCASI Fair Sunday and probably Mon day. Oil! iDuoce ts on the run. . * --4H--' Speaking of the high cost of living, ? grand opera coat In Uruguay costa til. -o Rack to roadln,' 'ritin' and 'ritnmet'c tomorrow, future men and women of Anderson. What has become of tho old fash ioned woman who married a mun to reform s h Im. - o Carranca seems to be the stumbling block as well as the block head in Mex'co. The Caar may eat hts Thanksgiving dinner, after all. In Norlin-in a mili tary prison. -0 A. Colombia banker very wisely says "There is plenty. of money but you have to give something tor it." The weather bureau says a cold wave tla headed this way and due shortly. We'll have to feel lt to." be lieve lt. Germany and Austria are very ((lever explainers, and Uncle Sam ls a ? famous listener and still there are tunes when listening ceases to be a .virtue. -o First U was Dr. Dernburg. Now lt's Dr. Dumba. Who'll be the next foreign minister or renrosentativo to require a special passport across the Atlantic? j Grand Duke Nicholas, whe baa a sardonic sense of humor, will prob ably enjoy watching hts little cousin the Caar trying to drive- the Germans out of: Russia, _o_ Dispatches state that the Caar cap tured 17.900 Germana Curing the first week of his new Job aa head ot the Russian army and navy. Verily, the Little Father is some warrior,. --O--r Dr. Dumba, the Austrian ambass ador, says that ho may have to go back horns because "hts estate needa attention." Wonder if the estate of Yon Papen, the German military at tache involved In the Dumba expos urea, doesn't need a little locking at tar. BUILDING A CITY. Enough of the paving work has been completed to give An derson a sound object lesson in the value of substantial city building and to increase the desire for additional permanent im provement. The people of the city seem to entertain much the same feel ing towards the paving as a certain little boy had for the kind of delectable pies that mother used ts make. "If lhere is one thing in the world better than apple pie," de clared little Willie, "it is more apple pie!" The eily of Anderson has just helped itself to the last piece of pie on the plate and loosened its belt for a proper degree of ex pansion, lu other words, the city has reached the limit of its bonded indebtedness, and the pie plate will be carefully wiped, dried and tucked away in the cupboard for a spell unless Unless-what? ANDERSON HAS NO AMBITION TO STOP GROWING. The city couldn't stop if it tried, lt is as full of hustle and wholesome energy as an ambitious boy at the period when he finally shakes off his knee breeches. ITS OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN, AND THERE ARE IDEALS OF CITY BUILDING-IDEALS IN MORAL GROWTH AND IN MATERIAL IMPROVEMENT-WHICH IT IS IN A POSITION TO APPLY SUCCESSFULLY AND WITH FINE RESULTS UNDER SAFE GUIDANCE AND EF FICIENT LEADERSHIP. ANDERSON CAN ISSUE NO MORE BONDS FOR YEARS TO COME UNLESS THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATION IS INCREASED FROM EIGHT TO FIFTEEN PER CENT, as has already been done in Columbia, Kock Hill, Charleston, Flor ence, Georgetown, Greenville, Bennettsville, Darlington, Aiken, Camden, Cheraw, Clinton, Edgefiald and St. Matthews. The Constitution has also been amended so that the eight per cent limitation shall not apply to the bonded indebtdeness in any municipality for the purchase, establishment and maintenance of sewerage, waterworks or lighting plants. In the case of Ander son, under any circumstances, the city will always be free to buy or establish water or lighting plants if it so desires. That ques tion need not be considered here, as it does not offer complica tions in the event that the city desires to have wider latitude in going forward with improvements. Progress has its price, of course, and the rate of taxation must be kept within reasonable limits in order to allow the city freedom of grow?5i and in order to attract new people to come here and make their home. IT DOES NOT FOLLOW, HOWEVER, THAT INCEASING THE LIMITATION TO FIFTEEN PER CENT WOULD RAISE CITY TAXES. We believe that a wise, unsellish and capable mayor and board of aldermen would be able to pay the interest on new bonds with the savings from the old system of working the unimproved streets. In other words, the expense of maintenance of unimproved streets is a constant drain on the city treasury while the same streets paved and im proved would cost practically nothing for ordinary care and at tention. ! Mere material improvement, no matter now splendid and ex tensive it may be, is not going to make tb? kind of city we want Anderson to become. But material improvement, resting on the character and solid worth of its citizens, will give a sort of finishing touch a city needs to make it a vital force in the civic and commercial life of the State. The way to build a city is to continue a good work when once it is started. If the people of Anderson want more improve ments of the kind now being made, it will be necessary to have the general assembly at its next session, through the county dele gation, pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution increasing the limitation to fifteen per cent, lt will then be voted on at the general election in November, 1916. IF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT PASSES AND IS RATI FIED, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY WILL STILL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE, OF COURSE, OF VOTING ON ANY QUESTION OF ISSUING BONDS, AND NO FURTHER INDEBTEDNESS CAN BE CONTRACTED WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT EX PRESSED AT THE BALLOT BOX. At the last session of the general assembly an act was gassed giving the city of Anderson authority to assess abutting property owners. THIS WAS THE WISEST LOCAL ACT EVER ADOPTED FOR THE CITY, AND UNDER ITS OPERATION IT IS POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN THE MAXIMUM OF IMPROVE MENTS AT A MINIMUM OF PUBLIC EXPENSES. With the aid of this assessment act, an increase tn the consti tutional limitation from eight to fifteen per cent would enable the city to pave every ?street of importance. A dustless, mud less town is something of an asset from the standpoint of health as weft as a fconyenience and necessity freon a purely business view. [ The framers of the Constitution, in placing the limitation at eight percent, doubtless had in mind an assessment of all propv erty at its full valuation. Their intention, however, has been largely, nullified by the method of tax assessment now in vogue, which returns property at an average of one-fourth or less of its value. EIGHT PER CENT REALLY MEANS TWO PER CENT IN PRACTICAL APPLICATION, AND UNDER THE PRO POSED AMENDMENT FIFTEEN PER CENT WOULD BE LESS THAN HALF THE LIMITATION THE CONSTITUTION MAKERS REALLY INTENDED TO GIVE THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE STATE. The increase is a practical, business proposition. The people of the city ought to give tho m if it appeals to them as sound a ought to be taken before the me that the county delegation may j needed to put it into force of law DELAY NOW MEANS DELA We have made a good start, without interruption, for only t of our hopes and ambitions. A BIT OF EXPERT TESTIMONY. | Does prohibition prohibit? RR opponent? stoutly maintain that lt doo? not. but they do not Rive any "facts and Aggers" to prove their case, j Here IH a bit of testimony, of a' very expert and accurate character, from one who has suffered. The Southern Express Company has filed I with the State tax commission a peti tion for relief, among the allegations of their complaint th* following in-! tcrestlng statements are taken: "10. Protestant says that for nine months ending with March. 1915, this company's gross income from trans- j portation decreased J 1.348,832.20 ; its operating; income decreased 35 per cent. The factors which contributed to that have been: (1) parcel post; j (2) decreased rates; (3) business con ditions caused by the European war; .4) prohibition legislation. "12. The prohibition legislation in this State, enacted this year, has de-1 creased greatly the number of ship ments of H?uor; for. as this commis sion well knows, the limitation of a Kallon a month statute has vastly af-! fceted thc number of shipments of liquor into tho State." It ls to tho financial interest of the express company to handle liquor ! shipip?nts, but prohibition legislation ' is vni ?y cutting off Its revenue. What bettor evidence can bo produced to prove that prohibition has liquor on1 the run? TUESDAY'S ELECTION. Next Tuesday, the 14th of Septem ber, is election day in South Caro-, lina. Tho Issue is clear cut between pro hibition and tho maintenance of tho | present local option or dispensary, law. If prohibition carries, the re sult will mean a dry State from moun tain to seaboard. If prohibition fails to carry, the result will bc to leave ? tho counties Just as they are now. I Anderson will continue to be a dry county just ns she bas boen since the dispensary was voted out In 1905, no matter which way the election goes. Rut if the whiskey people triumph f.i the polls, there will surely be In augurated a movement In every dry county in the State to establish the dispensaries again, and that ls one vital reason Why tho friends of piobl bltion ought to turn out to a man and vote. The liquor evil cannot be localized. Because you feel secure now. Mr. Voter, is no guarantee that you will continue to be secure. It ls your duty to use your ballot for the promotion of your own peace and happiness and for that of your neighbor. Don't let work on the farm or in the shop between you and your duty to your State. "Sour greatest work, your highest duty, ls to cast your 'bal lot and cast lt RIGHT. . A LAND BANK FOR FARMERS. Missouri will vote on a constitu tional amendments this fall to estab lish a state land bank. The proposition is an Interesting one, and ita management will be watched by all the progressive inter ests of the country who are concerned about the building up and strengthen ing of the American farm. Its pur pose ls to give to farmers loans for thc purpose of increasing the produc tion of their land, making useful Im provements, paying ott liens or mort gages, or taking care ot part of the purchase price of '.and. The farmers will be able to get money nt the low est rate of interest the ?tate bank can arrange for, plus one half of one per ; cent, which goes into a reserve fund. I It will take a million donara to put the plan Into operation. The mort gages will be free from taxation, and thc low rate of interest the fermera ! will get will mean a big thing for tho development of agriculture In Mis souri. The loans will run from five to twenty-five years, and the whole plan ls but a practical modification of the rural credits system Walch haa been earned out very successfully in many i countries of tho world, j The farm is the foundation of all I prosperity, and tho fannftr ls the pow er behind Die throne in all things that j make for progress and development, j Everywhere, in state and nation, pro gressive legislation la being enacted for his benefit, because what helpa the I farmer ho'ps us all. atter serious consideration, and, nd wise, some concerted action eting of the general assembly so >ass whatever legislation may be FOR TWO MORE YEARS. Let the good work proceed hus can we build a city worthy THE ARABIC EXPLANATION. fiormaiiy has explained that the .Arabic turned, it intended to ram lils renae." The submarine commander, we are toi?*., "thought, when the Arab''- urned, lt intended to ram his *...>at," and so fired a torpedo in self protection. j Every American may judge for him self what the explanation ls worth. There was a time when we should ! haVe taken the few worda of the Ger j man government %nhenltatlngly at their face value, but experience has made lt seem advisable to use our ? own Judgment. I We can't forget that when the Lua I itanla waa sunk, Germany solemnly assured UH that the action of the nub marine captain wan justified because tho liner waa "armed." That plea, supported by affidavits submitted by Ambassador von Bernstorff, waa soon dropped. The moat important wit ness who testified to seeing the "guns" on the Lusitania has just pleaded guilty to perjury in a New York court. When the Arabic waa aunk a Brit ish strainer, the Dunnley, had just I been torpedoed and was Kinking. The captain of the Arabic, neeing tho Dun sley's plight, generously turned and ' steered toward her to save her crew. Nobody on tho Arabic, no far aa can bo learned, saw the submarine at all. If it was still above the water lt was hiding behind the Dunaley, and at a considerable distance from thc Arabic. Let the submarine experts Bay whether lt wan natural for the sub marine captain to think he waa bein? attacked, and whether discharging a I torpedo was his only means of self protection. j The submarine submerged until , only the periscope was above water,, then fired the fatal torpedo? A mere landlubber can't help asking this ' question: !? If the submarine captain didn't want to sink that liner, why dldn.'t ho" merely go a little deeper, submerging hts periscope, and an?ale away? ' Is that captain bluffing, or 1B the I German government bluffing, or what?! I A LINE I o' DOPE "With every gin in town, Excel sior Oil Mill, Farmers Oil Mill and. Peoples Oil Mill, ginning und furntsh ! lng bagging and Uea at $1.00 a bale, . fino crops, money at six per cent, the. formera may come into their own yet In this year of grace. It will help all of us," stated Mr. Brownlee of the Farmers and Merchants Bank and the Fanners Loan and Truat company yesterday. Mr. Brownlee said that his customers seem to appreciate the rata and they are going in the bank and getting money on their last year's cot ton. Tho two warehouses here have ? already 0,000 bales of old cotton stor I ed in them. Times have not really been so hard as most of us thought they were. -o "I am going to devote all my time to the cotton and fertiliser business,"! stated Mr. James T. Pearson yester ! day. "My office hi located over the ' store room now occupied by Flelsh j mann Broa, and my telephone number ; ia 201. I will be tn the cotton mar ket every day and am representing -two of the strongest concerns in the j country when it comes to buying cot ton." Mr. W. A. Gftmbrlll brought to the office of Mr. B. M. Byara yesterday a sample of what was intended io ( li ive homo made sorghum. He stated that Mr. Walter Barnadore of near .'Maddons Ford had what looked like j several acres of fine cane that he in tended to make into syrup. Friday they began the run ot the mill and all of the afternoon tried to cook sonia of the cane julee Into syrup bot lt would not make syrup. A sample was brought to the city. It baa a bitter taste and Mr. Uambrill stated that the smoke and fumes from the Juice made all who were nearby ill. It ls thought that the wrong Und of cane seed were planted. Miss Msggie Carlington has accept ed the position of haring charge of ?he community work at the William 0UR ex- 7s penence for it-men here at home hear the soft whisper of style as distinctly as the fellows who saunter in the sun shine along Fifth Avenue. That's why we feature the hats that have the style-Stetson Hats. And now, for Fall-a wonderful showing of Stetson Soft Hats, Der bies, Self - conforming Derbies-all the blocks and colors of the season -with the sure touch that you find at its best only in Stetson Hats. Come see them-try them on today. Stetsons #3.50, $4, $5. Evans Specials $2, $3. "Tie Stem u>Uh m Comdex?" Bton mills nntl while in the city yes terday sho stated that everything was getting along splendidly. A meeting was held there one night during the past week and the people Bhowed much interest in the community wel fare work and what was trying to he done. All are taking great interest in tho home garden work, especially. Mr. Frank Arnold of Anderson R. F. D. No. 7, was a visitor in tho city yesterday and told about a record he was making with the California black eye table pea. Mr. Arnold stated that he hud taken 1,140 poumi3 of the peas to the thresher and had received 900 pounds or 15 bushels, after they were '.threshed. This is a new pea for this section and ia reported to be the most prolific that can bo raised. From the return that Mr. Arnold got it seems that the report ls true. These peas sell at five cents a pound or $3.00 a bushel and are ready money at any ttme. -0 Mr. H. A. Caudle has Just finished installing a gasoline filling station on the corner of North -Main and West Earle street and is now ready to serve the trade. He stated yesterday that he would sell gasollno at the regular prices. He will also bando lubricating oils and greases. .-o "The street cara on outh Main street are now running to Hampton street," the passengers on the Gluck mill line will only have to walk two blocks In coming and going from town. In a few more dara the cars will be running through and through and there will] be no walking on that Une." Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Co rv ant and family of Atlanta, Ga., passed through j the city yesterday on their way to Asheville, N. C., th*v were making the trip in their Cadillac automobile. -o A commission has been applied for tho Plantera Bank of Starr, with a capital ot $10.000, the petitioners be ing Mr. ?. P. Vandtver of this city and Mr. C. C. Jones of Starr. No per manent organisation has yet been' made hut thia will very probably be dono during the coming week. ? o . Work will start some tune this week aa the large city barn which is to ben erected on the quarry property. Mr. Lige deer has charge of the work sad [t will be done by tho dsy. Mr Frank Bolt will have charge of? the brick work. Alderman Carter stated last bight that the foundation of the hullo ing would he built of concrete and rock sad the walls ot brick. It will rv be made fire proof aa far aa possible. .--O-; Mrs. Capt. Miller ot the Salvation Army, who was formerly located in this city, waa au interesting visitor in thc city, one day. during the past week. After leaving;, hore Mrs: Miller wont to Atlanta -but later waa trans ferred to Charlotte .where ahe ls now located. Mra. Miller stated that aha would probably get back to Anderson to spend a week later In the year. -?o At the Palmetto tills week will ap pear The Chea Davis Musical Comedy company, the company with ten peo ple, the Knickerbocker quartette and the one which holds '.he highest rec ord for attendance of any company that has ever played in this play house. Manager Pinkaton ntated yesterday that he was going ot take particular pains to see that tho people of the show conducted themselves properly while in Anderson. "If any notes aro sent back on the stage, the manager of the troupe will have Instructions to read out tho name and contenta of the note from the stage. I am deter mined to break up this nuisance." --o At tho present there arc three new buildings going np in North Anderson, all right near one another. They are the residence of Afr. H. P. Fitzgerald, ! manager of the Anderson Fertiliser ?company; residence for W.. Eugene Trlbblo and the hospital being built .by Dr. C. S. Breedln. The work on ' all is progressing nicely and they will soo" bo completed. -o Rasor's Tonsorial Parlors will make their Initial how to the public ot Anderson Tu?, ?day next In the vacant store room recently occupied, by the ?Spot Cash Grocery company in the I Lig?n & I<edbetter building. Prom the large diapir.'/ also contained In this issue it will easily be ee:-n that Mr. I Fusor lins planned a very metropoli tan barber shop and beauty parlor for Anderdon; one that she should, and probably will feel lastly proud of. It isn't often that ?rae; shes such a place as' this ts planned to be, In a town the size of .Anderson. Mr. Baser also plans to put in a manicurist If there are sufficient calls for one. While the magnificent fixtures and equipment that have been bought for thls^ptace Bare not yet arrived, the shop will be etoenea'to^ the public .Tuesday . next, [and thc now, furnishings, etc., will be put In place when they do arrive. 11? ? ? , ? >. ?* . Over* ming "Do yoa thiiifc she will ever marry anybodyV "Anybody. "-Judge.