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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1916.
WEATHER rOUCASI
Fair Sunday and probably Mon
day.
Oil! iDuoce ts on the run.
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Speaking of the high cost of living,
? grand opera coat In Uruguay costa
til.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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,
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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,.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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
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be made fire proof aa far aa possible.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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Over* ming
"Do yoa thiiifc she will ever marry
anybodyV
"Anybody. "-Judge.