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THE INTELLIGENCER! MrrkABLISHBP 18?. Published ?very morning except Mondsy by 'ibo Anderson Jr elllgen eor nt 140 West Whltner .rest. An derson, 8. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdsys and Fridays Lb M. GLENN....Editor and Manager Entered ss second-class matter April 28, 1914, at the post office st anderson. South Carolina, under the ant ot March 8, 187?. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES telephone .821 SUBNCBIPTION BATEH DAILY On? Year .15.00 Biz Months . 2.60 Three Months .1.25 On? Month. .42 On? Week .* .10 SEMI-WEEKLY On? Year .81.60 Biz Months . .76 ' Th? Intelligencer ls delivered by sarvlera in the etty. Look at thc printed label on your paper. The date thereon shows when th? subscription espirea Notice dste oa label carefully, and ll not correct fleas? notify UM at once. Subscribers desiring the address of I their paper changed, will please state | tn their communication both the old and new addressee. To insure prompt delivery, com plaint? of non-delivery In the city af Anderson should bs msde to the Circulation Department before 9 a* m. aad a copy will be sent at ono?. All checks and drafts ahould ne drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer ABYKBTISI9G Batea will bs tarnished on appUea Ko til advertising dtoecmtlnned ss sept ra written order. Th? Intelligencer wMl publish brief j ?ad rational letters on subjects of] general Interest when they ar? ac ?ntnpanled by the nam?? ?nd ad dresses of the authors end are aot ot a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will dot be noticed Rejected manuscripts will not be ro tunded. fix order co ?void delays on account af. personal absence, letters to The intelligencer Intended tor publication should not bo addressed to any indi vidual connected with th? paper, bat simply to The Intelilgenoer. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1D15. By the way, what rosultcd from the | Eastland investigation? Cover- crop? are universally popu lar ?bout here these nights. Elimination ot Poo Mill crossing 1.31 still n llvo topic in Greenville. Join the "Sell-a-Balo Movement' and pay up somo of those anoint ac counts. Wonder where,,tho calamity howlers aro roosting while thtr price of cot ton ls soaring. That Mb. ne8ota man who killed his wife and children, shot hts mother-in law and wounded four . citizens and then shot himself ls our Idea of a dan gerous man.--Spartanhurg Journal. With tho emphasis on the dangerous. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., ls getting a lot of free advertising by living and working with the miners in .his Colo rado mines. -o If you Indulged In the "Buy-a-Balo" comedy and still have lt on your hands, nows a mighty good time to turn it loose. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. ls on a trip to Colorado. Johnnlo Isn't out any thing, for gasoline has gone up in the last few days. In Australia tho birds have no song and tho flowers have no scont But -ve bet the women are not without vanity and the men without greed. -o If Carranxa would only come ont from behind that shest of whiskers and let President-Wilson get a good look at him. Woody might change Ma op'nton ot tho old greaser. We see by the Spartanhurg papers they have a family over there named I'irosheeta. And ere understand they get biasing mad when Ute paragraph ers attempt to play on their names. A dollar hill pasted in the window of un Anderson Arm's place of busi ucpp waa stolon the other day. It la possible that tho fellow taking lt ls Innocent of soy wrong doing. There ore plenty of mea' living in Anderson o don't kuo\7 what a dollar looks like.- -Bpartanburg Herald. Quito hi. Bro., we don't use such small I^^Ke of paper." KEEPING IT ?OIMJ. The meeting of members and direc tora of the Chamber Of Commerce and ali interested bunlne?? men not al ready connected with the body, which ' waa held last evening for the purpose j of discussing re-orgunizatlon and other malters pertaining to the wei-1 fare of the Chamber of Commerce, was attended by some twelve or four-1 teen persons, five of these being dlrec- ! tors. Thb. is no indication, wo be lieve, tbat tlie business men of An derdon have lost interest in the fu-' turo welfare of the commercial organ-j Izatlon which has been an instrument ' of uni' li good for the city In tho past; and we believe that when the rauk aud file of the people learn that the directora are determinnd to employ a secretary and keep the organization alive they will revive their lagging In terest and rally to tho uupport of tho Chamber of Commerce. It was decided that a local citizen would be engaged to give a portion of hin lime to looking after the affairs of tho organization. Tho gentleman tho directors have in mind for the place ls a most excellent ono for such a position and lt would be fortunate for the org.inlzution and fortunate' for Anderson's business interests were he to agree to accept the offer. The directors were wise to decide to continue the work of the Chamber of Commerce. It would bo most un fortunate to disband the organization I at this time. Prospects for a most prosperous season were never bright er, a season during.- which Anderson gives promise of doing much grow ing. The completion of the stroet pav ing work will seo, we believe, the In auguration of an era of general pros perity for the city-substantial in creases in real estate values, the de velopment of slde-stroet proper/, etc. A live Chamber of Commorco could do much toward "keeping tho ball rolling," for example, taking up thc matter of securing an Increase in the city's limitation for issuing bonds from eight to fifteen percent of the taxable value of property. There is much work ahead for a Chamber of Commorco In Anderson, and tho deter mination of the members last night to keep tho organisation going waa a wise move. MR. F ll FT WE LIAS CARD. Elsewhere on this pago appears n communication from Mr. J. J. Pretwell following up- bia previous discussion of the local cotton market as com pared with prices on tho markets at Hartwell, Lavonla, Seneca, Wcstmlns- j ter and other nearby towns. ' We realize it smacks of childish ness, to well informed people, for The Intelligencer to koop on disclaim ing responsibility for statements con tained in communications, but there continues to come to our ears criti cisms of this paper for permitting Mr. Fretwcll to exorcise the privilege of free spoech und the right to be heard through the press. So we suppose we will havo to reiterate that a news paper cannot close Its columns to a responsible person who desires to discuss briefly rationally and in de corous language any subject of gen eral interest. A newspaper would bo committing suicide to attempt to throttle a man who asked to bo heard as Mr. Pretwell is asking. , We realise that the subject he dis cusses ls not a very pleasing one to persons who disagree with him, but tho best The Intelligencer can do ls to again extend an Invitation to those who would see 'Mr. Fretwcll silenced to come forward and answer him through Ute same medium. The Intel ligencer does not feel called upon to wage war against him. It la not our light. Rut wo would like to know the truth about all tills "tempest tn a teapot," and we hope the truth whether lt cornea from Mr. Fretwell or from those who differ with bim-will prevail. USURY* A member of. tba Federal Reservo Roard, speaking at Raleigh, present ed those facts regarding southern In terest rates: Thero are several national banks In Alabama whoso maximum rates of In terest averages 16 per cent. One of them has lent money at 34. per cent and another at 60 per cont In Arkan sas one bank reports a loan at Bo per cent, and' one at 60 per cent and an other at 120 per cent. Eleven Georgia banka have an average maximum of 80 per cent, av?rai Taxaa banka have j reported loans at more than 100 peri cent interest Theas rates, of course aro excep- ' Monal, oven In Georgia, Alamba andi Texaa. Bot the fact that they are' possible ls In itself humiliating lo tho Son th and a big hindrance t? south-1 ora - prosperity. It ls obvious that ? there aro hankers who,take advan-' tags of tho extremity of cotton plant- ' ors and business men to exact usury of which reputable bankers should be ashamed. If it ls argued that the interest is proportional in thcBe casca to the risk, the answer is that good bank ing method? and morals do not tol erate such risks. If the cause ls the Heartily of money in those sections, there ls something wrong with our new reglonul banking system. With tile quantity of money available In ibo United .States, it is moderate to say thaf no man who 1H entitled to bor row money ought to pay more than 12 per cent for it. In fact, with a proper banking system, including a rural credit scheme, 6 or 8 per cent would be probably a reasonable maximum. WOMEN CRIMINALS. New light on women of vicious or criminal tendencies is given In a re port submitted by Katherine D. Davis, corrective commlHsioner of New York. She has careful tests made of 100 wo men Inmates of the workhouse on Blackwell's Island, according to the BInot-Slmon sys', m for gauging men tal development. Of thone 100 prisoners, it appeared that eighteen wore mentally less than soven years old. Forty nine had. minds of moral children of seven to nine years. Twenty-five mature wo-1 men were between nine and ten years old In mental development. Only four out of tho hundred passed the tests for fifteen-year-olds. In other v/ordu, these women, with the possible exception of 4 per cent, I wore not intelligent, free agents. ? They were simply defectives-cases of arrested development, not reBpon siblo for their plight; weaklings whom society should look after and perhaps keep locked up, but should not condemn. And thc erperts say that most '.vernon of the submerged class como in tho same category. They are nol wicked women, but helpless children; not criminals, but patients. BRITISH RESTRAINT OF TRADE Fae LS anti documents printed by tho New York World show that Great Britain Is carrying her German block ade Into America. Not content ever with holding up illegally American cargoes to neutral countries, she is seeking to control our exports at their source. It appears from documont?"*y evl denco that England is wielding a club over our manufacturers. She forbids thcmjto sell to any foreign purchaser outs do of. England. France and Rus sia, or to sell to any American pur chaser who might do so. This remarkable embargo ls enforc ed through England's control of raw materials. We need crudo rubber, tin, wool, ferro-monganese and other n ater?ale in fanufactures that make up a great bulk of our present export trado. And tho British government through its trade representatives sees to It that tho American manufacturer cannot buy the things he notus un less he signs an agreement giving > British buyers a monopoly of all his output not consumed herc at home. Wu. . it comes to cotton, tho same result ls said to be accomplished by a blacklist. Americans with cotton to sell sro obliged to sign similar agree ments to aell to nobody but citizens pf thc Allied countries. It they re fuse, no cotton Is bought from them by the British, French or Russians. There are two ugly phases of this business. One ls the extension to American soil of a blockade that ought to be confined to German porta. Thc other'ls the forcible limitation by the British government of American export trade for the benefit ot British exporters. Whether tho Utter ls intentional or not, the system works, in practice, to the advantage of British commerce, at tho cost to our own. Both phases ot the matter represent gross abuse of Britain's sea power. We do not allow our own corpora tions to restrain trade In any such ways. Must we allow Great Britain to do it? Mr. Bryan ia in favor of peace at any price, but when he makes a peace talk be names the price. NOT SUBSIDIZED Charges That Jase Addams , ia Oar* aegis Agent (Jailed RidiealSns. (Chicago Dispatch. > Meads ot Miss Jane Addams, ac cused by Frank Divan of New York before the American Lyceum asso ciation of having been subsidised hy tho Cantaste Peace Foundation, have como quickly to her defense. Ice charge waa characterized aa ridicu lous. .if Mts? Addams Is subsidised then ovary speaker, lyceum or otherwise, is also guilty." said A. W. Kllefoth. secretary of th? Church Peace union, the latest Ornegl endowment. "No one speaks of their health," continued Mr. Kllefoth. "If tb? ly ceum depended altoge'Jier on tts own bankrupt within six months." ******+*************** ? * ? MK. FKKTWKLL 0\ < OTTO* ? ? MAUKKT ill KSTIOV * + ? ? ? ?******************* Editor Intelligencer: I left Anderson this morning travel ing we?t about 23 to ZO miles. I saw no cotton headed towards Anderson. In fact, all tho cotton 1 saw was going in the opposite direction 1 have not been able to get tho Li vonia and Hartwell ruarirrs today. Westminster ls paying lt l-l rents today. Don't you think that th? papers In Anderson county, whic? claim to bc such great friends of the farmer, should print daily the market from all over this country, so thc farmers um he well posted and ran determine for themselves whether to sell cotton in Anderson or elsewhere? A? It is the farmer drives his cotton nu the sanare without knowln what the mar ket is in Abbe\flle. Greenwood, Sene ca. Westminster, Lavonia and Hart well. The best plan, to sell cotton is to run lt through the warehouse, or at least that has been the plan i have adopted for several years, and find It very satisfactory. Very truly yours, J. J. Fret well. September 23, 1915. Mr. Fretwell's question relative to | tile cotton market quotations from other towns of this state and Georgia | being printed in tho daily newspapers of tho county is a legitimate one and mcrlle a respectful answer. The In telligencer can speak only for Itself, our answer being that an arrange ment Uko thia presents difficulties-| such as securing reliable paid rep - vsentatlves In each of the towns who .vould file the reports dally, telegraph tolls, etc.-which we feel UIIB paper would not be warranted in attempting to surmount.-Ed. Intelligencer. Wea3!ior Forecast:.-Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday. . -o Among thc Anderson boys at Tho citadel In Charleston this year ls Mr. Charles E. Daniel and he writes a very interesting letter to the Line O' Dopo man about the college's opening and the outlook for the football team. Ho also tells of a freshman quartette I which In to bo formed Including three Anderson boys. His letter In part] follows: "We had tho formal opening, this morning, Sept. 21, and 143 old boys reported for duty. One hundred and two freshmen reported last Saturday which makes the total enrollment of 245, tho second largest in the history of the Citadel. We expect to have tho most prosperous season ever known. "In the freshman cass are men from t exas. California, i Idaho. Mon tana. Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Il linois, South Dakota, Massachusetts, Florida ul all of the states nearby. We have the most promising athletic ; material in the new class that any class has ever had. We have several husky mon from the "rata," out for football and everyone who looks at our team says, 'I feel for Clemson and Carolina.' The two most promising freshmen are Henderson from Florida and Edens from Pennsylvania. Both ot these men arefast and have good records as football, baseball, basket ball and track men. "AU ot tho Anderson men are get ting alone line. A rat quartette has been formed and throe from Anderson were mustered Into service aa fol lows: Robinson, tenor; Bruce, sopra no and Sellgman, baritone. "The Citadel has been honored hy I again being designated as the best] military college in the south. "Send us The Intelligencer for we| need it like money from home." -o Cotton in Andoraon .. yesterday j bronght ll cents to ll 1-4 and ll 1-2, and there was a steady nm of wagons on the square nearly all day long. The cotton bringing 111-4 and 111-2 waa longer staple than the other and this caused these prices to be paid tor IL .v -o ? ??We hate with us Miss Georgia Honea of Atlanta, Ga., a graduate from Mme. Clayton's . parlor of chrtpodr. manicuring, hairdressing, shampooing and massaging," stated Mr. "W. E. Baysor of the Raysor barber shop yesterday afternoon. "Miso Honea has had a number of years ex perience and is indeed a true artist in this work. She solicita' the patro nage ot all the ladles. gMgagementa will be mada by telephot o (Soe ls located In a room Just left of the lobby, of tho Ligon ft Anette* bunding.' ? . '-o "Mr. J. Allen P--nlth, 3r" presidsnt I of the National bach of Abbeville i* oas of the most successful farmers] ned business men I know," stated Mr. Forman Smith yesterday. -"Ha re quires everyone of his' tenants' to PERFECTION in stylish head wear is here for you in Evans special shapes and shades and qualities that in every instance exceed the standard. Numerous coloring, shapes and dimensions to be found here at $2, $3, $3.50, $4, $5. The season's favorite high crown, roll brim soft hat-the '-Event" a wonder for t?? 4 quality and style Featherweight soft hats in pearl, greens, browns, grays. An exclusive style feature Cl CH here at ?pJ.tJtl Wonderful productions in the newest shapes and shades. Large as sortment. Evans <M quality at v? Hats with B-O-E assurance of satisfaction $2, $3, $3 50, $4, $5 The Store with a Conscience" 'plant each year five acros of corn and ' five of oats in connection with their regular cotton crops. He allows 1 wheat to be optional vith them. This man also uses crimson clover to ob tain nitrogen for his soil and ls get ting it sowed over all of his cultivat ed lands. His experience with crim son clover is that he gets tho best result*- by sowing around October 1. Many cf our farmers in this county sow too early." o ??? Evans Pharmacy No. 'A ut this city havo hoon notified mat they received a $r>.00 prize In ?ho no'.tonal window dlsplax contest of the Ladles Home Journal put on by the Curtis Publish ing company. Mr. Harvey Todd de serves the credit for arranging the display. -o In connection with another article carried in The Intelligencer thia morning about St Mary's hospital now being completed, lt might,bo stat ed that Walter H. Keeso and company sold Dr. Breedln the china and silver- ^ ware for the hospital. Mr. Keeso Btated yesterday that the china was1 decorated with black and -white and was the very latest thing. The silver waro was the celebrated Rogers. Automobiles driven by Mr. T. Fradk ' Watkins and Mr. Lee G. Holleman! had a collision on McDuffte street at . Calhoun street last night No one was injured and the cars only re ceived slight damages. o Miss Frances Finley, daughter of Congressman Finley, has arrived in Anderson and will have charge of the community work at the Riverside and Toxaway Mills this winter. Miss Fin ley bas been a visitor In Anderson on several occasions and is well known here. The work which she will do at the Riverside and Toxatray Mills ls like that carried on at the Brogon Mill and ls under the supervision of Miss Frazier of Winthrop College. Supt. Craney. Mayor Godfrey, City Engineer Sanders and MT. E. M. Scott went to Willi&mHton yesterday after noon to visit the stone quarry from which the crushed stone ls obtained for the concrete work in the street paving. One day last week the crash er at the quarry waa put out ot com BUly Lyon, the popular North aialn street Jeweler haa a very neat an ar tistic window display tn his pretty show window today In the shapo ot the word "Service," spelled ont with Shaeffcr Fountain pens. It ls very neat and effective. mission and for this reason there has been some delay in tho work in An derson. The Anderson party were Informed yesterday afternoon that the new, part* for the crasher were eStv peeled to arrive this morning and that the machino would bo running in a very short time. ?? ? o ? ? ? ' The Griffin pharmacy at WilUam stan waa entered by aa unknown per son on Tuesday night and 35 pounds Of candy stolon. Besides thu nothing else was taken besides the cash reg ister key. Yesterday an Anderson man who had been fe Wtlllamston, stated that 25 pounds of. the candy natl been found under a stack of pea vine hay. A new place for storing candy in this section. MILL LIFE" REVIEV "What purports to be au l.-upa.tiai review of the trouble at Brogan mi!l* appears in the current issue oi "SHU , Lifo," a weekly newspaper published in Greenville and edited by Peter Hollis, formerly secretary Of tlie Monaghan Mills Y. M. C. Y , ami latter in charge of the wolf aro Hork for the entire group of mills consti tuting tho Parker Cotton mills mer ger. The article is said to have been written by an Impartial lavestigator who sought to get thc op J-H rives viewpoint in the strlko. Tt,ie Intelli gencer ls unable lo vouch for :no ac curacy of thstatements contained in the artic lo and publishes it for vhat it ls worth'. Tho article is as follows: Tho strike now on at Pr?gen mills., is tho direct result of labor unionism Thc mill management dooa not ?:are to recognize the union; the opera tives ask that Tour men discharged either directly or indlro u'y as thuy j believe beeanaa of nnior affiliations, j bu reinstated, and that lb? rish.t 'o. organize be r recognized.' 'fii^ opera* . ti.es ask, fu?>h> rmoro, t.':a? there bc ., no discrimination against union men. ? Tue Textile '.Yorkers of America I have about ,our hundred ncmbcra j at Hrogon mills. In the sevt ral mills' of the Anderson vicinity, there is an aggregate of about pne tiuousand members of this organization, which is a branch of the American Federa tion of Labor. As related by union olhcials. tho circumstances whicu are substantial- j ly as follows: An operativo named Smith, asked , a girl to Join Ute union. This girl reported that Mr. Smith tried to Co erce her, threatening foot she would [ lose her. Jqb. if she did not join. The i girl's story ?B denied by other opera tives. Mr. Smith was discharged and the union, believing he lost his position because of his activity in be half of organized labor sent a "griev ance committee" from, the spinning room to talk with due mill manage- j ment. This committee asked that I Mr. Smith be re-instated. The per-' sonal of tho grievance committee was aa follows: Bass Hilliard, R. O. FranrUn and John Thompson. The three men were subsequently dis charged for "interfering with the company's business," as their friends relate the incident. They called upon one of the officials of tho mill after work hours in an effort to have Mr. Smith re-instated. Following Gio dlBchargo of t*?<i committee, the operatives struck. This action was not called for by the ? ??**?+*?**+?++*+**+*? ? ? ? NOT NBAS 80 BAD 4 ? ? ?o?otovmm*?***?m The Anderson Daily Intelligencer says that Tho Daily Journal is throwing fits over the cotton market situation in Greenwood. The es teemed Intelligencer waa never worse mistaken. Tho Journal ls as calm aa a May morning; for this is not the first timo that we have heard this kind ot talk and we do not expect it to be the last. We join The Intelligencer most heartily in Ulm following deliverance: "It's a pity someone doesn't como forward and show-up this cotton market bugaboo-if lt , is such-and thus put an end to the old row Which has been bobbing up regularly for the past decade or longer." This ls Jost what The Daily Jour nal asked two gentlemen who were talking about the situation to do. but they both shook their heads and respectfully declined. The columns at this newspaper are wide open, roll the people what ls the matter if you know. It la due them that rou-do so Some one says there ls a >llck that IS keeping down de mar ket. Tell us who and where, thia jllcfc ls. Is it located ia Anderson, Qreenvllle, Abbeville, Greenwood ot VS BROGON STRIKE national body; it was taken by tho Brogon c-n-j/loyees, on their own in itiative. Jome seemed to bc of tho (opinion tihat they coull get a strlko benefit fund, but this seems to bo n mistake, as the strike was not or dered by the higher union ollicials. Towever, Caere has been some pro vision made for the opening ot a commissary for the operatives. Tho strikers have discussed the possi bility of their being ejected from the company's houses, but state Ktat liti gation which they would institute, would consume several months, and that in tile meantime, tiey can, by putting up a bond "lufticlent to guar antee rent stave o.v the ejection. MisB Kelleher, a national organ izer of tho American Federation of Labor, is lu charge of the situation. She has advised against any sem blance of disorder. Sae and other leaders are desirous that the strike be settled, and state that their sole demand ls for tao reinslatUrg of tho grievance committee, and Mr. Smith, os individuals, if the company does not caro to treat with them as rep resentatives of the union. There seems to be no disorder whatever contemplated. It ls said that at rite beginning of Lae strlko some of the younger men 'bad sticks, though t o-ratlves deny tint tiey in tended making violent use of them. Sunday afternoon the mill vii s /o presented a quiet aspect, and all operatives were of one accord in say ing that no disorder would be indul ged In. A picket ls maintainer about tho mill. Union officials explained tho presence of the picket on two grounds; first, in order to protect tho property, and second, in order that any operatives seeking to enter the mill for the purpose cf working, might be dissuaded, If tills could be done In a peaceful way. The union officials stated positively that the pickets would not use any power, save that of argument, in trying to keep workers out of tho mill. Tlie strikers state that they are prepared for a long idleness, if nec essary; while the mill management, prior to the strike, bad posted no tices stating that the plant would close down on the 27th of September as it was running at a loss. . There ls no question of wages, or of work hours or of working con ditions involved. Th point of dif ference is in regard to unionism,: , The above imperfect review ?ffftfie *, situation was made by an impartial j Investigator who sougLt td get tho operatives' Viewpoint in thin strike. where? Is there any secret about it? Are you so bound up that -yo.i can not espose 'the thing ?^~GrMn wood Journal. ' One ea Uncle. Bachelor uncles of little girls aro very interesting people, according to Tiie Cleveland Plain Dealer, but they often find perservos amusement in teaching their nieces shocking things to say as a surpr.*j to parents. Uncle Horace told Jane to go to her Daddy and say: "Papa, I want a rpony.of brandy." But Jane refused, this time. "I don't need lt," she Bald. "I've got a tricycle." Aa Echo of Militancy. . Eminent Woman Surgeon, who Is siso en ardent suffragist (to wounded guardsman.)-Do you know, you Zace is singularly familial, to me. . I've beeu trying to remember w-Tcre - we'"? met before. Guardsman-Well, mum, bygones be bygones.' I was a polee constable -Loudon Punch. Teacher-"Harold, you're, failed in ?very question in geography thia norning. Don't you study your les ions?" Harold-f'So*m 1 heard you tay t'other day dat de map o' dt ivortd would be char/;ed by de war, so 1 though I'd wall till lt's all sei ned.".-Jodee.