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THE INTELLIGENCER' jg iige?wjgm im. Published over y mornius except Monday by The Anderson Intelligen cer at 140 West Whjtner Street, An derson, 8. 0. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELL1GENCHB Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN....Editor and Manager ?Intered ts second-class matter : April 28, 1914, at tho post offlco at Andorson, South Carolina, under the Act of March 8, 187?. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHED ->.i i i i> i.i II ?. Telephone...8X1 BPEBCBIFTlOa BATES DAILY On? Tear.88.00 Bia Months .,.8.80 ?Threo Montis ................. 1.86 Ona Month. .48 One Weak ?..#........... MI-U JO SEMI-WEEKLY Ona Tear.81.601 VU Montis .76 The Intelligencer le delivered by ?arriera in the etty. Look at tho printed label ou your I ?.por. The date thereon shown when I - the subscription expires. Notice date I sn label carefully, and lt not corrootj M w?se notify us at once. Subscrlbors desiring the address of ; their paper changad, will please state tu their communication both the old '.and new addresses. 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NOVEMBER 6, 1916. j fl i i i j 'innrnmrntwrnimkamrnrnfmrni Reports of big harvests of sweet | potatoes ?iii soon he in order. ' '.'* " i v . Isn't it .aWut. tirao for some mprd| peace talk to. got in the ali", Wo haven't counted 'cm, but We heard somebody say there were only 48 ahopplng days'uno* '-Xmas. Kentucky has its night -Uluru while in oilier states they'are known as Joy ridors, 1 Tbankgiving in almost upon us and I tho' Aill?s have' rot delivered that dressing for Turkey.. -o Now where'-s the follow who boasts ' of caking hlB cold plungo every k morning? . ?..... Tho Italians, from, this distance, ?flcm to be. redeeming Trent and Trieste JuBt about as fast a? tho Brit? ?H?i aro redeeming .Belgium. Tho president Of China is tho; fath er of 31 children. : How would the Joh,of president ,ot China suit Booker, ' we .wohder? In Charleston county thv'fe is: a por.tofllco named Lamb, but it is said thai tho pcoplo living thereabout aro .thing but lamln In their d?posi tion?. ! The unklsscd g!rl might not bo so ready-,-, to bonat ahout It wore sho td patdio long enough to reflect that erhnr-a, she had a face that no ono ?nijd> wau^'t,o. ! < careas . after. that j /.o' ?:[' Tho new Serbian, ce pl tal is Tchatc ha?t. Tnat would wem to . bo defense ehnugh for. any country, but tho Ger m-Ana . - have ; ;. captured /cities , v/lth namesif Suit ?a ?; fOTK.dable. From tho operations of General rancho Viiln, in and around Arizona, JV appear?.thatJnsiead of the .United .'es Interveuiug : Mexico decided to inbdirVene in ?td United es.vv. ,.; :0&?apa??se'1 statesman touring..this country issy s thai idpAn ls delighted that the United ?fetes fs &o\o$ to '^cr?^X an M ?mr position among theworld powevr. N'o writ's up. to the Germans to li JFK IN SUMA N<'ti AM) FA UM L0AN8 Thut was a very interesting adver mcnt that Mr, W- M. Mattlaon, general agent of Tho Mutual Benefit Lire In surance Company for tho State of South Carollnu, publluhed in this paper Home days ago. The total premium^ collections of that company in thc State of South Carollnu for the years. 1812 to 1014, Inclusive, waa $1,632,029.00, and for tho Hame period' lil? company dls burw.d in South Carolina $2,317,429.00, or $004,799.00 moro than it had re ceived in collections from this utate. How did lt do lt? ' It IK interesting to note thut during that period tho company paid death claims, dlvidend? and cash values to itu policyholder of $777,047.00. It paid taxes amounting to $34,218.00, und paid physicians und agency ex penses of $214;9?3.00, and hence the balance of its South Carolina dls hurHcmentB for that period, amount ing to $1,291,000.00, represonts loam; mado to South Carolina people. In cluding loaro; oh p?jlcies, tho Mu tual Benefit's total Investmente in South Carolina at this timo amount, in round ligures, to $2,500,000.00 This shows that this company, which stood-tho test of the Bovere in vestigation through which insurance companios were put aorao years ago wlthou'/un advorso criticism, ls a be liever In South Carolina securities, us woll as in the great number of citi zens In thin state whoso lives it in sures. Ono item of ito loans that it is Ity tereBting to note ls that this com pany has invested nearly a million dollars In mortgages,/of real estate In 8ou(h -Car?llndJ itt seems that thlB big company nos been ono of tho lead ers in lending money direct to the people on land as security. Iii this connection, it appears from tho Insurance Commissioner's office that various insurance, companies had loaned $770,861.00 on. '.'mortgages of real cn triton In Anderson County up to Juno 30th,'' last, and from an investi gation of,tho rccordn, it appoarB that Tho MututH -Behoflfc ,0Ufe Insurance Company hos mado moi o, farm loans In this county than any oilier com pany, and that its loam; amount to nearly OB much as all others Com bi nc a, and, that, notwithstanding ."warn and nunora ot . war," lt Is steadily lending'tts* funds to the sub stantial and' progressive . farmers of this county; and we are informed that there is net a dollar of'AaBt due ln terest ofe' yif of-tts fa&j$<o$p.s, either !n 'Anderson County^ t>r 'In this sec tion of the state. That speaks volumes for the class of men who have bor rowed from this company, f ir it would seora that' ^jr-raan who can meet lil.? obligations under conditions unexpectedly induced by the great European wnr would'be ablo to meet bis obligations under any. circum stances. Loans of. thia .klndV^are,uk great help In developing; ''^? i? fo\mi|ig in tercala of Ahe codntry^for tho reason that it. enables tho energetic, pro gressive young men to borrow money for a term of years at a roduced rate with which to buy and ,improve a !<*UNI ,4-'^a?W,-A.-^iLi? -i-h?tr? a... i.-... . ? mnoMOT* IHVIJ TT tl\J UB,C already gotten ? start to . Increase thatp : hnlritnna .i ttfid ad il tn thftir wealth. It is said that tills com pany considera loans made to efficient and brainy farmers' on lands receiv ing the . heneflt of.- their . personal supervision as of the best pf: securi ties, and" will not 'lem*1 on any oth?r Class ot real. es^atOj? j? Itis well un derstood ,fh^ outt|ldh:^prap8niea will not lend ra excess of oho-balf of the estimated value of a farm, and hence it is easy to. understand why, tho best fie raclera c?nsldor' loans on high clasB farms to ?flrst^??s*-f?r??ors as the best kind, o^. security,The bor rower has a- clear margin as large as tho sum borrowed, of larger.. It ia a great thing , for t!he State of South Carolina, and Anderson County Ip partfQutar, tq have d great insurance comp'ray doldg, busine is in our midst, ?o^dnlyTin?uriny the Uvea of our, pe?ple? day ot death, hut meantime loading tho funds that it hold.? for the- purpose of pay ing Its. ' deaiu^ ^^.^kit, to tho splendid ? men .-who .do - so much to b?}]ld dp-d' 'eoddtry and moko It pros? per?usr-?aw??^^^ whp bono /trf-t&e country,T' . Mr. Mattlnon representa v great company,' antt^^^, av. tremendous .a^ov?t of s^??^&e in force- in Boura i^roma, .regdrdlng which In his recent advertisement he had thia to say: ??ar! policyholders ^aydja|.? tested-Uieir .B&^a^ion in such sun ;?tUuc??$is^>:-%ayif,;,^t 'the; company's business lu this state hUa Increased yea*" ty year, until on January ?tli njiwotrated to within a M A Kl Nf j Ut'AISDHMEN ISEtiUlAliS Every friend of the National Ouard is pleased with the present tendency to give that useful and patriotic body the recognition it deserves. The guardsmen have had a long, hard struggle against publtc indif ference, lack of funds and actual dis crimination against them on tho part of employers. Dut all that is rapidly chnnging, with tho new interest in military matters inspired by the de mand for better national defense. The secretary of war has taken a stand which, if maintained, will give tho militia vastly increased prestige. He announces that, as part of (he ad ministration's plans for reorganiza tion of the army, he propoaca to give tlic national guardsmen the atativ of regular soldiers. Any militia detach ment, if his plan goos through, may be taken over just as lt Is, tho of ficers keeping their commands, and every member, whether officer or pri vate, having tho title and salary pre scribed for tho regular army. All this is excel'?nt There ls an other reform, however, which has been tentatively suggested and might be oven more fruitful of good results. The chiof stumbling block ot the na tional guard has always been thc liability ot guardsmen to servo as police in suppressing riots, putting down strikes, etc. The frequent use of the militia in labor disputes has given labor organizations a strong prejudice agalnBt lt, and that preju dice Interferes seriously with the proper developmont of the militia aa an adequate auxiliary to tho regular army. Tho opposition of union labor has co-operated with the natural ob jection of most .citizens to such du ties, and thus kept down tho enlist ment. Nothing, porhaps, would do more to ralBe tho militia to real honor and popularity than the elimination of this disagreeable function. It has boen charged, with consider able appearance of truth, that the uso of the militia in labo disputes 1B unconstitutional anyhow. The fed eral constitution says merely that "the congress shall have power to provide foe calling forth the militia to executo the laws of the Union, sup press insurrections and repel in vasions." It ls held that the various states have simply got into the habit of diverting the national guard from its lawful work. It this is the case, it ls a strong legal .argument added to . tho argument of. human nature and common sense. I In any event, the necessary police 'Work might moro appropriately bo done by other bodies organised de finitely as state police, after the. models of such organisations tn Penn sylvania and New York. (JETTING BID OF DOPE , j - Excellent results have already been obtained tinder tho Harris act paused by the last congress for regulating j the traffic in habit-forming drags. ' The effort to curb tho evil hsB natur ally been most successful in the states that have enacted laws sup plementing the national law. New York, whoso drastlo Boylan law has j now been offectlve for nearly a year, la congratulating itself on tho efficacy of the ?uu'uiu system/of regulation. , In New York City alone more than I 700. r rm vic t Innii hay? bO?n Obtained I since January 1 for violations of this law, which forbids the sale of any habit-forming drug without the num bered and recorded prescription of a registered physician. Many unscrup ulous druggists who formerly made big profits by supplying "dope" to all comers , have , been put out, of busi ness. Great numbera of vendors who secretly furnished the deadly drugs to denizens ot tho under*world, and multiplied tho harm by tempting novices Into tho drug bondage, hayo been, given salutary frunishment And better still, thousands of victims most of whom had become "dopa (lends" ignorantly or accidentally, have been sent to hospitals for treat ment, at public expense 'if they/ could iiot afford to pay for it, and redeemed from this most wretched of alaverlee. It ls possible still for those -Who ''know the ropes" to get "dope," But tho activity ot the police "dopa squad" has so restricted tho ililclt drug traffic in Now York that1 cocaine, which two yean ago could bo bought onj tho street for twenty-five cents a "deck,", now, costa. the stealthy, pur chaser $G, and twenty-five cent*v worth, of heroin . or morphine when similar? ly bought Without ? ^prescription cont* q*%fmp?fcmtb% ??-that' few y?*i0fc tims are treated, and the old habitues aro gradually discovered, rounded up and given curative treatment ! The evil exists in every state and perhaps In every city in tk? .country, and is said to bo especially menacing ia prohibition communities The hal> ? lt^ii uatialiy acquired Innocently, and once fastened on Ita .vjct?ja; ls al thoi you buy in satisfaction, tions; you fi or not; "mo yours. There are no vak suits at $15 and a You can get an idea oi yalue to be had in the? they would measure u standard were they pi It's our policy to give our every .Over-value j lot of suits is one of th your advantage. Suit and young men at. . . Always the ut $10, $15, $18 Men's Shoes You find here shoes meet your every idea ol a shoe ought to be. shoe department is with a very complete ing of splendid sho many different styles a1 $3.50 to $6.50. , We believe, you will b ticularly interested ii showing1 of Snow she blacks and tans ; butto lace, box or English Our shoe experience t< they're, tyitfrout ; ?2 an equal at'/ ? ;.;. . ^ ' * ... . .??'.-, rn . .. . . .". . t ' rr. di-Vf :?'..'. '.> ?.' ff '?. . s-.-;;-- .iiw?i,v?'.?:r/fp'Ti/\'.... .?i ?5 . , . -;)'. ; lill;' M .-? :r wo -.???.vos/:... i i..- : ... .<:.- . . "'hil i ?.. .... .? -K/U.. >.? ir:st Impossible to get rid ot without J tho use ot drastic measures. It per meates all classes of!society and all | ages and occupations to a far great er degree than the ''general public! suspects?, li would be . p*, blessing to the nation if every state im ilm.Uui??ij would adopt and c-afdrcc a Boylan] law. ,' THE EMBEZZLING TOUMSTS It is notorious that, American citi zens regard Uncle 8am. os . an. easy j mark. And yet lt seems ao If patriot- ? ?sai, decency and pii^;?fdjutudd eughti to impel those whom Unc?a Sapi help-j ed home when the war started- to pay back the money advanced 'them. . ? ( ? JThe Hst of delinquents, .recently, j made' public by the rfoderal - treasury department Ima givon the ?s?t?ntry1 a sho sk. It the citizens tliu:i pilloried ore not ashamed of f th?i?selvas, the nation is ashamed ol . them. . It was the nation tha.t provided Alic i money. Tho stranded tourists were in Europe for their own business or pleasure; it waa an act ot gratuitous, benevo lence for the nation tn >I?hd- them funda to bring them.$V<^ advances were accepted; ut?' Joans. But Jtt. necniB that a croat xnrmy ctlizcns, even while promising 16 * repay them, really regarded them as gifts, ?.fho1 moat, ahameful tiling abput it is that BO many hundreds of the tourists ?aro fictitious ^?/f^^lf?? Their action was plain ombezr.icnnent. : The committee thnt didhursed - the ? $2,750,000 provided 'ty. con^frcas; may have' been careless, but: it.hard ' to bo careful In such an emergency. : The eommltteo trusted tn American honor-4-With; tho result, that ' Uncle Sam ie ont several hundred thousand dollar?, and will he far less willing ^dz(:;^e"tq'he.lp.' eftlsenav in^i3Iat^e88, There ia no undue pressure or un? j ple^ni^^ . rec notice we say, ag oughly understood-th this good B-O-E store s ?without any reservatio nd out by wearing the j ney cheerfully refunded les any where to equ 518. : the amount of extra, se suits when we say p to the B-O-E quality -iced at least $3 more, you the advantage of purchase of which this ie best for s for men most in quality and sty ] $20, $25. ?rn ; that f what .Our ready show es in tfrom e par ci our >es in h and lasts, ?lls us ?50 Men's We've prover again that our without a peer; sortmerits, exi and always a service. Stets vored shapes coloring, in fa find here excli up. Evans Specials styles and si greens, tans, They're knov wonderful wi tieSi Prices at and ... .. .. . .. v? The Store LO i th - ognlzo the obligation and want to pay when they can; but-tue others, richly deserve having their nantes . printed and having suits brought against them. A LINE o' DOPE Weather Forecast--South Carolina: P?lr Friday and Saturday. ' . Boone Cary, the young man -TOno has recently been employed "at the Cigar (Stand of Hotel Chlquola is at home, suffering from an attack of ap pendicitis. Mr. Cary wont to Ms homo last ,w?ek and complained of not feel ing weill Ho grow worse, very rap-1 idly and the physicians stated he;bad a severe attack of appendicitis. It was,not deemed necessary to operate. Sir. Cary ia doing nicely. . -'.?... .' \\^:.:''%'!'i:i?<''\~ Harrison A. Foster, recently j Mr recommended by the county* delega tion for magistrate ot Brushy Creek; township; has w^T^^h^\\?pi^ttfcr.j ment :ft?f?i'? governor Manning* ] Tho) appointment of : Mr. Foster was mudo ] to fill a vacancy caused by the death; cf Mr. J. D. vSiUo&; ' Coternor *M&n? j tiing inade fud other aspointniec^^y Oils time, ??m?ug M? Thomas"?*Me ^?o?-?:ot BIsbopville,a? Bpecla? judge 1 tor tho ' co?rt '< at, general sesiona -nt j greenwood. yl?er Judge v Spain /frb? Ia j ?U iii his ? home and - is unable. to prer j side. Fr\ u>da of Mr. Harry A. Dargan ] wad Misa Lucille Smith,. both formerly ai Andean, will besur^rlee^ to i leam that they were married Wedn^. ?ay at. Qrerhvllie. ^Isa^flmith a| ain and again-we at we mean to have atisfying to you. We ns; without any statute goods .whether they're s I" is as much for our si Lal these men's an j '. ; . " . ' " . . ' - ? .Another evidence of th power of this store is foi at $18. We offer you, \ in every instance would for less than about fiv bought them underprice is passed on to you. No antee satisfaction with s ues as these. For m young men, at. . . ... . . . le in men's and young r Hats 1 i again and hat section is ; unlimited as breme values . painstaking on's most fa and shades, ict, you may isively, $3.50 ? in duplicate lades; blues, gun metal. m for their, ?aring \ f wm I We pre present many i fore OJ elastic canton: wool, ^ rics. All uni? success heavily points * two-pie i and . m niece of Mr. Winston Smith, county auditor, and for several montbB was Employed in Mr. Bmith'a office. ' Mr. Darjpjs is a brother to Sirs.- : W. P. Cox and ?Mr. C. C. Dargan of thia city. I "the wedding was a very quiet one ? nd was a complete nu rp rise to mont : Neal's Creek church Sunday . after noon atT 3:30 o'clock. Tho publi? .Is ] cordially invited to be present. -c S William T.. McCfiure, E. E. Mahoney, ;j>. J. Hicks and^R. E. Keys are to be tried bri* change j* ofi peonage 10 the jJaltecV State? federal court in Green wood. ' today. ". Tt'iy isyer? /arrested soinV time apo, and were taken: ' to Greenville by the United 'States of ficer. Here they were required to ? put . up a bond of $5,000 each. The iCharges of . peonage were . brought against these men Curtly alter the triai of Mr. McClure arid ot i i e rs of the Fair Play suction for rioting during; last December, they hoing ; charged .With; tho death bf Tom Splghts, a, negro. The trial was eat for yes tor-, flay .mornmg} bot ^ Un Had :?.8fafcis %itt<K'ri?y, declared, tue.eourt.wna about.j ?.a ? dny behind ' with tho work and: the j caso would hove to bb postponed, un til today. There is quite * bit ot in terest'tri thia, carie; and sbyer?X. ^ri derson people owent to Greenwood yesterday to alt cn d. the tria*. . i. , ; ?t?i^'-'?<w^ iV?fjietory Profebsor-r-Why Middle Ages known ns . tjalfwti* ',-. ' . .. * ' i. <WJee FTC8?;-Because thoro sb many knightB.-"Wisconsin Spins. ' -\ gdidf penman-"Have yob finisher story you were working ont" ...w Wrl?^'Oh^y?B??'-..^, -fe . ?senra3n-"Ha^ it tfiieppy ending? WrJgbt^'aura! ; i've sold ' .Yonkers Statesman. want it everything guarantee of limit? latisfactory ake as for d young men's e wonderful buying and in the suit values we think, values that be hard to duplicate e dollars more; we d and the advantage wonder we can guar uch val en and nen's suits at . t?k Bisk /..fl Underwear sent in underwear for : and winter wear, new ideas never be ttered you. Doubly knit ..goods*' fleeced 5^dotton,,.cotton and Wbl and linen fab 'if,;. ' -.v .;.<;..:;';:..;; : ; v^, :: ?n suits with the most ful closed c r o t h, reinforced" ?t ali of strain. One and ?ce suits, $6.50, $3.50, Ri f eCfe ? i |? - MB8. TOM THUMB IS 74 Celebrates By Dedicating Boulder io Revolutionary Aucestor? . Countess Lav Jr. 5 r> Msgr*, better, known as Mrs. Tom Thumb, observ?e) the seventy-fourth anniversary of. her birth at her- homo -iri ' warrentov?? t?day: Many j relatives. and fr'c^^ called.1 Afiidn trot?; her.-.hiru. d\h s er van cc tho Countess dedicated : boulder in memory , of her ancestor, Robard Warren , of. Revolutionary There was an orchestra in attend [ ance and addresses . were I made bf Thomas Weston of Boston, who re cently wrote the history of lYIkldle borb;'/George' W-i Stetson and Harry Lebaron Bampton, '.bptlu.Of .; Middl?lr boro. Tho couutoes/j herself ' gaye'';$a'? short ''vetch *>f- her work and * th?, roasd^for piping 'th? 'b???der to bo dedie? d. ; - >.J(\ : ' -:--rr---r~r-: .., i Jakoma's? Spouting Dragon. ' , ^Richmond; Tim?s-Diapatch;) Oklahoma's 'latest wonder' is .it spouting drag?n that runs along tho tracks 'lot Oklahoma's principal rail road. The; dragon blasts, burns and scatters anything in its way: Pruna" rily; tt,was..constructed, to clear .th? tracks, ot . weeds and noxious plant/, hu> it' is pVrrormlrig a further1 serV Vle?. ' ,:. _: '-V I ; Oklahoma abounds in . snakes arid other creeping terrors; and .these gather along tho .. tracks, and ; sun /hemselvea arid fright en the cition |ry..;* Wb?i-;the dragon cornea dow* ttb'e road spouting fire, lt Bfla. these repines lilgh in air and, by specially ! constructea - ^tiachfaer^tv: aete the .riaHes ??- fire. When. lt- ic known I that -Jthe, dragon ia to^htve ha outing, [Okl^emja s?^ety iia?se,v ?f cbt?r?e, and , watches tho mil aeration that b?ais any prairie tb^t over reddened thb skies.pf nej'^Wtrbyirig. element Of this ?ragbnv ? gsa generated from gaso line,''end there ia nothing like lt in l^wner ?tate; if, an Oklahon&|fij[tf dian can't get hlsv/'it^ ?V?ater'?. fr?h| tho kovcrnmont agent on tho reE?r? : he,- wraps hh? blankst about "5 ???BT wat and waitan fo rtft?J opting dragon. It haa'ihe ?ame afc %as 'jure ' watery* ^axcept that lt '* ,l?av? a"heaa?cJ^e, . . '