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THE INTELLIGENCER B&VABLI8?ED 1819. FnbllJlitd cvory morning exo6pt tooday by Tlie Anderson Intolllgen wv at 140 West Whitner Street, An dr/ '?on, S. 0. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesday? and Fridays L. M. GLENN....Editor and Manager Entered ae second-class matter Agrll 2?, 1914, at tho post office at Anderson, South Carolina, nader the Act of Marr-h ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES (telephone.821 SI^HCBIPTIOI? RATES DAILY One Year .86.00 Six Months .,. 8.60 SS?sfi i?cn?u? . 1.2G One Month.48 Ona Week ..* JO SEMI-WEEKLY On? Year .11.60 fis Months .76 The Intelligencer ls delivered hy ?arriero tn the city. Look at the printed label on your viper. Tho dato thereon shows when tbs oubscrlption expires. Notice date ea label carefully, and If not correct please notify ns at once. Subscriber* desiring the address of their paper changed, will please state tn their communication both tho old and now addresses. Vo insure prompt dollvery, tom ulslnts of non-delivery in thi city ut Anderson should be maila to thc Circulation Department before 9 a. m. and a copy will be sent et once. All chocks and droits should be flrawn to The Ahdorsoa Intelligencer ADVEBTIftlNG Rates will ba tarnlskrd ea atPlisp 63c n. No ti advertiling AlsoontlnnW ax* seat os written order. The Intelligencer will publish brief : and rational totters on subjects of genoral in ter cat whon they are ae fompanled by the names and ad ehesasen of tho authors snd are not of a. defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed dejected manuscripts vrtll not bs re turned. ? In order to avoid dolsya os account at personal absence, letters to The Intelligencer Intended for publication should not bs addressed to any indi vidual connected with the paper, but .imply to Tho Intelligencer. fi FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22. 1916. It tho president can't make Lan sing, how w|>l McAdoo? . ."Wb're none; too good, tb-stuff tho ballot box-for tho Jubileo Queen. Tho motto pf tho canning club girls is: "Eat what you can and can what you can't." ? . ip\ ) i , - As wo go to press crowds aro pouring into tho city to attend the an nual flub fry. o . '. . Jn .-remitting flue afte* , fine tho ...mayor of .Columbia must, have boon feeling that way.' . ; Charleston ought to chantre the numo of her water front to tho As \' Sault and Battery.' . Tho women IniNeW Jersey lost, tholr -^flgKt^ but thay had, tho. satisfaction ot proBBiug the men might tight. , Nelthor.Roosovclt nor Taft can win ^.ovor Wilson'^n?xi?iyear, nor do1 wo bo lievo that any other lie public an. As the November election approach iv;#?? ;wo'.unUerstaud ,tIu;t tho .Democra tlc candidato itor 'govornor of Missis f.ipid reola' moro contient of olec . .Hon."' . ?' Mr. Mollen of Now Haven fame haB turned Btato'S evidence against his ..former .friends, who now. have a chanco to ropoat a profltaUo trick by ':",t,ni! ? Wo>o In luck again. Tho sun carno : wit just In timo to keep ua from .?awning, our shoos to buy. a pair of imveu-Inaguo boots to step over, the muddy places. ; . In Germany the people ;are drivlns , ' littiis '.into ia: statue >t Von Hindeu vyoerg. but tho' Russians aro not. doing no well !With their hammering oyfer on ?}??? the eastern?frcnUyty?^ For the lifo of us wo can't under* .stand why a r?an with seven.daugh ters' s^ get confused when put on the witness stand sud subjected ?o a searchhi.Vcf?sa^xamina?on. ; Tho president -ha* dsc??red an cm . ; bnrgo on tho shipment- bf .arma and . ammunition to 'Mexico. If he WiU go ? step further; and put an embargo ibu. rovoialion?, the Job will be com A TAX ON INHERITANCES There ls a growing sentiment in th!:-, country that no tux ought to he levied on -what a man earns ?y the sweat of his brow or hy the labor of hit; mind, hut that all taxes should h? v. Imposed ou Inheritances und no un* earned Incomes. There ls something in this. The burdens of taxation are increasing everywhere, in nation, lu state and county, und In municipal government, and the problem ls to prevent the poor and struggling citi zen from being ground to powder un der tho wee's of an unbalanced social and political order. Taxation should foll lightly, if at all, on the gains of thrift and indus try, but it should apply more heav ily to the gains of chance or inheri tance. Labor, mental und manual, should lie permitted to produce to its utmost the fruits that mankind must possess and enjoy in order to reach higher levels of social and spiritual development, and lt cannot progress ulong safe and natural lines if eter nally hampered and crippled by an overload of taxation. South Carolina ls one of the few plates that has no Inheritance tax. Our neighbor to the north has a rather weak law, but when tho death of Q(.o w. Vanderbilt occurred nt Ashevlllo the state's receipts from his estate nmounted to about a hundred thousand dollars. In New York, ac cording to the hotter schedule-of the cmplro Btate, tho. inheritance tax or this estato would have boen about four hundred thousand dollars. Tho ' rate of taxation on moderate incomes Is very small. It progressen In an Increasing ratio OB tho estate heroines largor, and only on tho limit ed class whoso fortunes are swollen to unsafe proportions docs lt fall with heavy forco. An Inheritance, tax wisely framed Is a just and equitable tax, and wo hope to seo thia state adopt lt for tho DTO fit of the struggling citizen who has heretofore burne moro tlmn his share ot the burdens of government. THE COUNTY DEMONSTRATION AGENT When tho county delegation last winter decided to make a small ap propriation to holp pay the salary of the county farm demonstration agent, we thought they did a wise and. neces sary thing, and from the results that have so far been achieved lt ls our opinion that no money of tho county ls opont to better advantage than the mere pittance that goes from the public treasury to his. support. Tho very foundation mono of our growth aa a people is laid upon the Amorican farm. Tho Amorican farm er is carrying the world upon hts shoulders, and any help that will make his burdon lighter and make him'a moro 'contented" aud' a more successful producer deserves public support and endorsement.' Wo be lieve that the d?monstration agent is proving a real helper in the solution of .many of the problems of the farm, and wo believe that his efforts will add thousands of dollars this year to tho material wealth ot tho people of tho county. '* If you hear any one disposed . to criticize.tho work, you might stop and figure up for him tho proportion of tho cost that1 comes out of his pocket. Suppose a man ia worth (Ivo thousand dollars-and this 'la many times tho total wealth of the average farmery.pr other citizens-upon which his assess ment tor taxation Is around one thou sand dollars. Thia man 'a iax for the support of'the d?monstration work would bo about four cents as near as wo can figure, lt. . Certainly no pro gressive citizen would hiele on paying this pitiful !suni for . V work; that means greator wealth) and'mhro con tented homes on;the.farro. Ono bf tho principal factors in the marvelous growth of the agricultural wost has boen the employment of demonstration ngentu .who knew their business and who could -cooperate with the growers of corn and Whflttt and other farm products and produce tho goods. The samo' liberal policy employed in the South ^.beginning to accomplish splendid ^results, and wo hopo to see .-the experiment now be ing made in. AwierMtt:Je/iynty . given .liberal support', ano*^' ? ^ncehV^ement until lt has ' a w fair an'dT impartial trial. That it Will attceeed In every senBo, wo have not the slightest doubt ;\ "" r ' ' ' WORK FOB THE, CHILDREN ? ?T., i' i,v j . '.'.- ' Child labor aa tho term is used in industrial cntori'iriBo?,. Je not desir able, and tho laws ot the states have placed varying Ifaiitatlobs^tnion ita employment . -. --.v- . But th? children shcuU? UO?JJS Idle, and, there sra-many activities around rae home In Which a child could eli-, gags to his own profit and happiness, pr. Claxton of the United States de p ?tment of, ?ducation says . that : if ono third of our thirteen million school children were to engage in thc cultivation of back yards, vacant lots, and other available places of small area, they would add the ?um of two hundred million dollars to the nation al wealth each year. They could do thiB and at the same time stay in ?chool three or four years longer than moat of them can do now before tliey aro forced to go out into the world aa breadwinners. Thia kind of work will develop the child's mind and body. It will give him a practical aide of education ulong with the oilier aide that he lcarnu from mere hooka. It will make him a resourceful person, self-reliant and more ,iblo to take care of himself In case misfortune should deprive him of the Huypct of father or mother. Cul off ii small square In your back yard or in your garden and tell that boy or girl to try thc experiment. It's dollars to doughnuts that the child will teach you a few -vholcaome les sons und have Desidia a snug little sum with which to start a savings account. IMHKKf'T TAXATION Wc had something to say tho other day tn rcRnrd to the Injustice put up on the pcoplo by thc- feo system In public oilice. Since then wo have read that tho sheriff and thc probate judge In Jefferson county. Alabama, each get about thirty-five thousand dollars out of their offices, while in Fulton county, Georgia, mnny of tho county ofllclalB re?oive an average of ono thousnnd dollars a month nnd often more. There IB no doubt whatever that thc peoplo would not stand for such exorbitant ?nlarica If tho money wero paid directly out of tho tax fund nnd not by tho constant drain of feos from their pockets. If theso salaries wore paid by direct taxation, a revolution would follow at tho next election and remedial l?gislation would be adopt ed placing all salaried officers on nn equal footing and giving each a rea sonable wage for BerviceB rendered to the public. ' It lr; because the salaries corns from indirect taxation that tho people do not see that they are hoing taxed at all. While a man may go for i long time and never have to pay a jingle fee to a public official, hiB time will come Booner or lator and he will In- tho end pay his full share of the burden. Conditions hero are not like those we have cited, but even in our coun ty Balarles are grossly unequal. Whether tho fee. system ls ever abol ished or not-and we think it ought to be-we believo that the people would Bndorse an Increase In the compensa tion paid the county superintendent of education nnd the supervisor. These are administrative offices, and . upon tho efficiency and constructivo ability of the m cu1 v.dio fill them much of tho county's progress and development depend. A HOWL FROM TEXAS We hear a groat deal these days ihout tho lack ot diversification in the raising of farm products, but It das boon left to a Texas lecturer to draw un a sweeping bill of indictment against the man of tho plow. Ho de livered himself In this mighty strain if accusation: . "The average Texas farmer is awakened"by a Connecticut clock but tons his Chicago suspenders to his Detroit overalls, puts on a pair of moes made in Cleveland, washes in i Pittsburgh basin, uses Cincinnati map, dries on a cotton towel made In S'ew Hampshire, Bits down to a Grand Rapids table, eats breakfast food 'rom Battle Creek, blncuits made from Minnesota flour, Kansas City bacon And Indiana grits, tried in Omaho lard, on a St. Louis>?ove, buys irish ?io tu toes grown in Mich'vim and can ned fruit put up in California, sea soned with Rhode .Island opir.es; fills ?Is pipo .with Rente ?ky tobacco, puts >n hts hat made in Philadelphia, har nesses his Missouri mum, fed on Iowa uorn, with New Tronc harneBST'and down his farm.. which is covered with ? Massachusetts, mortgage,. with an Indiana plow. At night be crawls un ter a New Jersey blanket and ia kept iwako by ? dog. peculiarly a Texas product, and wonders why he ls so ooor." ,; . Moral: If you really desire to wold the county home, practice more diversification in what you raise and less in what yod buy. : We can't say that we ra vor the government buying; all the telegraph ind telephone lines. The' army of aire pullers la big enough'already, j . .. ?-. ??? ~" Sven if foreign money continues ta depreciate, they won't Insult us by sending us a .bunch of lt. We draw the line only on Mexican currency becauso our warehouse facilities are A LINE o' D O P E Weather Forecast-Local rains Fri day; Saturday probably fair. Air. Archie Todd ?slated yesterday that he had sold six or seven Ford touring cars nov/, and being out of them temporarily, he was awaiting a shipment daily. Mr. Todd being ask ed why tho Ford people were behind with their orders lu thia uectlon at this time stated that it wus because the Ford manufacturing peoplo cal culated on manufacturing so many carB each year, and each agency had to contr?ct for so many cars In ad vance, and when an agency had re ceived ita allotment, there were no more cars to bo had unless some other agency fell down on the num ber he had contracted > for. The good prices for cotton and other farm pro ducts throughout Ulis section was also another reaHon for the increase in sales of this popular vehicle. Mr. Todd stated that he wa? expecting a shipment every day,, -o~ Mr. John Linley, tho livest "Live Wiro" of North Anderson and other nearby torritory Btated yesterday that he and his associates were corking on plans to pr?vido tho grounds for baseball, football and all out door sports at some point in or near North Anderson, and that nt on early late. This will >rovo vyor acceptible to a g-?at mu peoplo in Anderson, be cause th baseball and football groundB at tho old Buena Vista park arc to be plowed up within tho next few weeks. This will bo another at tractive featuro for North Anderson, for it will provide a community play ground for all tho children in that suburban section. Special Train Tonight.. Announcement wno made last night at tho offices of the P. & N. Lines that a special train ,wo,uh} be run out of Anderson to Greenwood tonight after the performances at the Ander son theatre and the circus. The train will be held for the crowds who at tend these performances, and will en able many peoplo tb' attend {.either one of these showo. 'This will be a' great accommodation. .'?' and. will, bo, greatly appreciated by.tho jotrons. of tho road. v i-',ul Mr. C. E. Trlbble tholinsurance man has moved Into his new home In North Anderson. His house twas completed j this week, and he and bia family mov ed in yesterday, wher^ they will be j glad to welcome their nm ny, friend H .In their new, pretty h?rne. ' This new homo IS situated on 'flfb'ith Avenue ! next door to. tho nonie of Prof. Parks. -O Sm . . Mr. Rhett Parker of Porker & Bolt was Bhowlng some beautiful' Indian automobile blankets yesterday, and Incidentally selling a few of them, too. These blankets aro said to be all the range just now; they aro extremely pretty willi their bright colors and being mada ot a fine grade of . wool they will prove quito warm and com for-tablo to the occupants of autos during the cold weather,-,. . .. , . About four o'clock yesterday after noon just after tho C. '& *?. C. train had pulled into Anderson' there was a I 3? z'\y stream of negroes- and whites, ttr meandering down'^tow'ard . tho?j square. They wero dressed lu'all tho colors of the rainbow and., .a,.-.-.few others also. Being ashed tho ?reason for such a crowd, one ot them answer ed: "We heard that, there., were so many people coming to, the circus to morrow wo decided to come early so as to get a seat." Well, if they como In like, that tho day before $he circus, there will 'be "some crowd".hero to day to see tho elephant and eat pea nuts and drink red lemonade, Managor PlnkBton stated yesterday that he knew a big crowd .waa going to bo hore, today and '^a*?n'e! h?d^twd awfu|ly good shown for tho day, that ho', had'.' engaged ? two : ?- extra . good "spielers" and he was *go!np' toi phiy a continuous performancei ^m 15:30, in tho morn until late at night, ., Almost-on every band yesterday, you could hear groups ?& m?n.^idler cussing tho, action of the chamber bf commerce directors at their meeting Wednesday afternoonV. at''Which meet ing they decided tu collect tho dues from the members who had failed to pay up, and then "put it up" to; the people of tho town aa_ to whether or not ?ndrrson sauted a chamber of commerce. It was the censes o? opinion ?of those expressing themselves that An derson could not afford, to do. away with ber,chamber of commerce. That I -:?:'::/:-:: The "AMERICAN" Here is a B-O-E model that embodies all the points of fashion without going to extremes; back slightly traced; fronts cut away and rounded at bot tom; natural shoulders; soft rolling lapels. There is sweeping over this entire country today a more wholesome r?: gard for the American dollar-and therein you will find the reason why, season by season, more people are coming into this store for our clothes, for the bigger money's worth they know awaits them here at $10, $15, $18, $20, $25. Men who "don't know just what they want," who like to look around first, are just as welcome here as if they come with money in their hands. We thinkourgoodsaresuchrealv?l?ethat they'll convince any of you, when you look, that here's the one store for you. ii , r ? <: .ii ... . -?. ? j y *-^*' m@?mmmm it bad accomplished too much good; that while it hod possibly made some mistakes, that, in the main, it had ac complished a great deal for the town. In thia day and time when tuero is as much competition between towns' and cities as there is between individuals a commercial organization is as nec essary to a town as a city council or board of aldermen. -o From the grapevine rumors as to tlie amount pf fish and "booze" that has arrived in Anderson for the cir cus, the citizens of , Anderson may prepare to meet Ash and whiskey in "deodorized". form at. every ' step to day. 'There will be many a jag from the whiskey and many a caso of sick ness from the combination ot whis key and fish. Some'"'reports \bad lt that there had boen e!g7ity five -bar rels of fish, and an express car load of booze received here .within the past three days.' . . ? ,-jp-r~7~- . ' - -Stoat Muzzle Jersey Chickens, 1 (From The New York Herald.) The hens that haye roosted around Bayonne, N., J., for -yearn -galling' a light cackle when in the humor aad laying nothing except plan ss for the future' ,arev. to be brought up sharp by~ tho yldstlc laws of Now Jersey. ? 'Commlsstoner 'Mara ot Bay onne, j hge evolved an amendment which* s?Jil wake coop indolence . a, capita| crime,..apd the. chicken .fan ciers ot tho. city, ore delighted; An ordtriancei providing for tho lifo conduct of chickens within Ute borders of Bayonne lod to the amend? mont tor the protection of the Sols owners of tho feathered idlers. The ordinance called^hftokysWckan; Wi ora' to^Ohtafh licenses- if? . ??fr. * ?ed ?oopB -within the^;oUyrllm|t^an4fOT07 vldadr;iaatallX chicken*,' ?*4*$|Mg? moody"; St? garrulous, be muaato^Mht; til: io .o'clock ' to^toe?morning. '?? </omralGnloner Mara contends that if the city ls abel to" control every thing,,regardlnig'chickens 1 Ii ahpjuoV aar, um e the responsibility for their' adequate production ot eggs and, al-' low rebates /-when ; hens, thoroughly equipped for the^ wVrk. refase vto^lsj*. them. . ?\i;,^^^^^SWS^^^t^M Thew! ls ono body, and on? spirit j evan as ul?o y tte vrero calle^.^g^MW Sepe' Of your calling; ono ?&rd, ene faith,- ono baptism, ono (Sod .?MM thet- hf all, who is over all, and thtougho all, and tn all-Eph. 4:4 f.-8 6, ?V-- ? ; . /*.^J?<lB Former Chines To U. S? Qi Shanghai, Sopt. 31^- (Associated PFOBB Correspondence)'-Dr. Wu Tlng fang, the formor Chinese minister to Die United staten, although he plans to live to be 160 yours old, now 'con fiders himself out of pubic life, and for tho next aeventy-flyo y?ars will be juBt an onlooker, regardless wheth er-the Chinese Republic- 1B turned back into an Empire. "The folks up at Peking are run ning things. They haven't asked my advice and they probably wouldn't act on it . if I gaye lt." said Dr. Wu, when, ask jd for his comments on the monarchial movement. "in m j recent book, on America ? I told what X thought about the Amerl can government,' the Chinese govern ment .and goyor^nments in general.' T couldn't say 'any moro than'I said in that book and' I haven't changed my mind since t- wrote IL" the venerable diplomat continued. ''.-..' Dr. Wu's book called, "America. Through tho Spectacles of an''Orieri tal. Diplomat/*. contains a chapter re-. Wotvlng raonarchlal and republican, forms of government in detail. He says: "lt may. he pertinently asked w'iy China has become a republic, .sinoe from time'.immemorial-, she has had a monarchial form of /govern ment Tne~answor is that tho condi tions and circumstances in China aro peculiar,' and are different from those prevailing in;Japan and other-corni Wies. In Japan It is claimed .that tho empire was" founded jby the ?? ?r?i. em - ?iorbr, "JJimmu 'Tennby 66? B> C., and )#\t the dy.jasty f?unded by him" has continued over-since; -lt Js well known that ; the. Chtuese imp?rial family is ofjKonchu origin;, The Chingidysaity waa founded in 1644 by C?iaQ.uest, not by, succession. Upon the. recent over throw of the Manuchxi .dynasty it was found Very dl?cult'to-fludl?^Chiues?, however popular : and abl?,;.whd' pos sessed the legal right bf vsQ?ce?'dlne; to" tho throne. Jealously and: pro vipch>1 feelings placed this ent?e? Mon absolutely beyond discusion^DiS agreemonts, frictions, and constant o|i(Jtv wars would have ensued If any attempt had beeb made '. to establish a 'Chinese dynasty. :\..,An'o^?r;.-'iMti:4s. that ?1 larga ih? irii??i gent people bf China were disgusted with the syBtom ot > monarchial gov ernment Thus it will be seen that for tho sake bf the pe?ce and ^welfafb o? tho nation there -waa no other cours? ,for the people but to take a long Jimp and to establish the pr?iv* eat repablic. Tho low of ovolution se Minister lits Public Life has been- vory nctivtly at work in China, and no doubt it .will, be for Uer ultimate good! and th oro for o for the benefit of all mankind, ^dhlna is now an infant topublic, but she will grow into a healthy and strong youth." /.'J-: ". "T" The heme o' Dr. ^Vu is a,modern granite house, located in a. lnngo'wall ed garden, ? rich. rin palms" and'> luxur iant tropical flowers. At the -lodge gate a tall sikh, wearing a read tur ban, greets visitors' and* bids the drivers to proceed along .tho gravel lcd road'leading to the port-c?cTiersTC?nk ed with potted plants of varloLn col I ors: The en tran co leads, int?, ?a ?Wido j halli At one irtdo of this .ls&rAYu'a study; at the: other a largo dorking room', furnished . in beautiful S)*ack wood pieces ot Chinese design?/'and with white walls roHevc4Ui* a?fk bad^ nora bearing mquotations.' .from the' Chinese 'classics.- In tho ?ont?r ot the I oom fe a great, r??nd'itabti/'of ; black wood with .mottled -marble- toi>. Dr. Wq and The Associated,Freqs,Vcorres pondent sat at -thiai drlnkitigrtri .while tho statesman 'discusbdV^iaV future plan: ? "I shall , devoid .the reStCpf my life to iterary w,*lrl.,HL*baV^ some books in Chinese .?h^mraational subjects^- I arn m,uch interrajgnin a better syotera ot schools, forth&'ioun "You, still' cling to your vegetarian principles?" . " " / "Ob, yon, ? bays found tho r-ecret of hts-l.th. No' liquornor tobacco for me, , and no ment. One learns, how to Uve sanely aa one, advances' in year a.". ..Abd you plan tb makSj Shanghai your permanent heine?*' '" ';' A-"Oh, yes, at least for't'hn pr?nent , I am happier here.. than anywhere elis. After, my - long yearn abroad I - returned Jo peking: still \vith:eathus innm and new Meas "wWcn:i ds*lre;to , abo put into effect in China. But I round the ' atmosphere of Peking too conservative. Tho ?f?lela!? thoro liv- . cd too .much out cf tho >?rorld c??V-; i rents, and were too unwilling te con Bider new ideas. I chose Shanghai J as ra> present home bec?tiiu?? ?. is ~ 'cosmopolitan. There are'people boro . from'. aU'over the .world and from all over China.; It la a busy commercial , center, a. clearing hbftse-:! for modern > thc^ehi ?;-.T? find inspiration h?re.^nd I ara' happy in watcblKs 'China, work/ '.-4 ont n government under whip?rX she., will bo abie to develop her ?n?tless rosourcco.: