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THE INTELLIGENCER! KSTAIIIJSHKD 1800. Published every morning except | Monday by The Anderson Intelligen cer at KO West Wbltner 8treet, An derson, S. C. .SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays h. M. GLENN_Editor and Manager! Entered ' as second-class matter April 28, 1914, at tho post office at Anderson, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Telephone....331 . SUBSCRIPTION BATES DAILY One Year.$5.00 Six Months.2.60 Three Months. 1.85 One Month....k. .48 One Week..10 SEMI-WEEKLY Ons Year.$1.50 Six Months. .75 The Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers in the city. Look at tho printed label on your naper. The date thereon eb-?wa when tho subscription expires. Notice date and jebel carefully, and lt not corroct please notify us at once. Subscribers desiring the address ot their papor changed, will please state in their communication both the old and nsw addresses. 1 rfto insuro prompt delivery, corn It Mints of non-delivery in the city of Anderson should bo made to the Circulation Deportment before 0 a. m. and ii copy will be:sent at once. : AU checks and drafts should ba drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ADVERTISING Rates will bo'furnished on applica tion. No tf advertising discontinued ex cept on wjUiea order. ... SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1015. Merry .-.'Christmas! -.^Merry Christmas to -"both friend and , Merry ChVtatm^a t?f'ftho' ?ld folks at homo." Morry Christmas to all Tho Intollt eor's subscribers/ --a ..Mci ry Christmas to all those who Hpoll ii "Christmas;* and not "Xmas." '"' c . Christmas' to President Wll t oft and his bride, may they.always bo ab happy aa they ore now. Mdrry Christmas to the fellow who starts tba New.-.Year off by paying-us what im owes us. N : Merry Christmas t? tho bank that holds our note, may ' wo have np froublo catting it renewed. ;. vMevry Ckr^imas to tho folks who are provohted from spending this day with the folkB back home. ^ 'Morry; Chr?stm??* to tho ministers ot Anderdon, they oro the best to .be found lu any, town lu the .country. '. Merry Christmas to all our brethren or the Fourth l^suto, may they never be as poor as Andy. Carnegie now ls.' , Merry Christmas to nil, the Itara' In tho world, may they learn . oomcday that "the truth ?hall make you free," .Merry Christmas to all our adver tisers, we hope they 'have eni?ycd;ihe Uf!?it Chriatmas business ot their ?tVesj .'. 'p v',.;/;Q:'.,.,:,, Morry Christmas to tiie?'..street paying forces who have given de pas sable streets tor quagmires of a year ;.' ag?. . i Merry Christmas to the bill collec tor, who will como around a week j from today and knock the spots ont Ol J ail our Joy, j ^pfebrry Christmas to all tho pubiio.j ?mViala of Anderson etty and county* may thotr..troubles be lighter this your (lian before; . " ... ?, I M*rry Christmas.!^to.> our. ..farmer '-. f^loi?de, mRy^th^ttiwaya' wa??ow In ?;'.sttoa ;-'pr'asp?:^.i?a;;hto^ ' cowa^Ltiwiir. : . \joy this fait.' ? ; ; Merry Christmas to the folks . who /."are, Bpehd?c?it nV;?aHy taay:;tJi?y. got ! what's comb?jg is. tbsm? be it! liberty '.. nv imnlshraobt. ;. r Merry Christmas to,tlw "boys ia tho tr^chcf*,". weVe eorrjr.< Henry Jfftjrd % . .d?'lA't' make- Rood h?a/-bo*?t to hav<> }ua oai Ot them by today. .T^^f;l?wl?ti?.a?f'iy?lhw';'fdl?o,#f0"?I?O? s-r^rjti?-^?kj?:'?$>. tomorrow with a bead. THE Mimili A V Once upon a time, . long before .Christ wa? born, there were people in tho far north where tho ?now comes ec. ly and lies long upon tb? hills, tu whom winter WUK a hard and cruel time, summer soft and Joyful. These peoplo watched tho sun in Its progress with eager interest. When the time came for it to cross thc Ibm they wero very glad and held a win ter festival. They longed for Hummer and good crops, so, in the beat way they could, they tried to show the providence they worshipped what they hoped that it would do. They went out into the forest and got green trceB-the kind that stay green all year long. And they decked tlie trees with bits of bright color, imitating fruits and flowers that the gods might know their desire for thc green fruitful time. There came a year when a great teacher was boru Just after the sim had started cn tho hopeful part of its Journey. This teacher utter two thousand years ls worshipped by mil lion.'-: cf his followers, us tho Son of God. By millions of others He ls rev erenced os thc divinest of the sons of men. And on this, His birthday, Jew and Centilc, bond and free, unite to dc Him Honor. Because whatever one's dogma or lack or dogma, no one who has ever heard of Him now doubts that His was the gentlest, sweetest soul, H1B tlie wisest teaching, His the most beautiful vision for humanity of anyono who has ever walked the earth. And somehow, through thc chang ing customs of tho centuries, there Btill is kopt the old Norse custom of the green' and glowing treo with which to mark tlie turning of tho year, though now the treo celebrates the birthday of Jesus. Last year, with1 the world In tur moni it seemed tb many ? sort of mockery to celebrate tho birthday of Him who is called the ' Prince % Peace, 'rills year, with war and BU? ferlng spjken '. bf ' asv commonplace, it. may bo we have roached a truer in sight. For infinite Intelligence ls* Wiser than thc minds ot men. And as tho burn of tho ciilhV Who touches tho forbidden stove hurts, and Beams unjustly painful at the time, and yet Serves as a useful lesson l?rough the child's whole life, so war.and poverty and suffering of all kinds may bo the moana of tho whole world's growth. And lt's not Incongruous to dec orate tho Christmas tree, but moro fi>nn over fitting-> It bel pa us to be come os children-even, aa the Norse men in thc childhood of the race-to show with Joy and color and psmceful happiness what wo kopo may one day be tbe portion ot >U humanity. It ia easy to imagine that wise, tendor, Prluco of Peace viewing happily the joy of the children, glad that we oid or children ba ono day' at least, hold lils' vision of good-will to men. WAH AI?? POPULATION Tho destructive power pf war i>: greater in tho struggle ;riow going in Europe than it has ever heoa in tho history ot Uta world. Its effect in re ducing tho population of the warring countries has not been- confined to tho field of battle, but a compilation Dt vital- statistics 'gathered to Eng land'?'..oho wa "that the death rate at homo has been increased while the birth rate has been decreased. Tho official registry shows thnt In London alono thero has been a falling off pt moro than fifty thousand lu tho great; city'a population. Tho causo or this Hos at .the door of the war god. Tub?rculos}}?, hearth disease and cereb ral trouble?, which were Intensified by worry and excitement,: account for much of the Increased toll of death. Mea abd women pant, fifty years are falling off at an abnormal rate, ba bies aro not being 'opra feat enough; to make up the losses, and altogether tho effect of the war ?t homo is thin ning tho Pbpufction faster ?ban one might tbiu*^^^^^^^S?^S The flower pf tho manhood ; of tho countries at war is being merc?^Nf; withered and deatroyod on the field a^dln tho final roi./it.n?-.iK Ut mad.; oin*, the wm* pluto 'casualty .Halt* aro known; A the world will tremolo-.ai'tho horror of tho figure? vt wanton and uncles* de |^$tton. v }?/ KOCIKINO THE HAY Tp thoie who look upon Chrlstmat aa ? season of peape and goo<|. 'v?ili tb 'm?n~-w ihm regard the sfeiy are w^fully lackinj io th? visi?n of ita; fin? and ennobling aplrit-a peep into; the express; ofcl$ durina 4ho jpiflrt "week most have ?Ur re? a ieeli^ oi flc^ww over thb w*ivk> nesii of human'stooda rds abd' dosij-es ' .Col6b?fi?0 iho';&tih';of Christ, witi j-':^?^e,?_?fterv';p?e^age. of:;: meit j (tibor,'' gc4fig put .'l? ' ?}ji?fyj#k&t?[ kai scattering over city and county-what' its a Christmas like that but a chal lenge to pcaco and happiness? How ninny women will breathe their only sigh of relief when the day 'aas closed without a tragedy? How many chll dren will suffer the keen disappoint- j meat of empty stockings? Who can measure the toll sordid drink levies I upon tho Joys that should by rights | belong to mother and child? Perhaps out of many a gallon jug, j rising like soma ovil genius after thc cork Ss pulled, will leap the dripping j hand of Murder. Who knows? Thero ure Just two ways - to cele- \ brate Christmas and mo more. One ! can follow tho example of Him who! came into the world and made the day a benediction to mankind. Or, one \ can go to the other extreme and HU with Joy the heart of Satan. Between, these two wayH HOB the gulf that separates light from dark ness, Joy from sorrow, decency from shame. Which is the belter wpv? LO (Hi IN fi I OH WAHI) Christmas rather than thc first of j January marks the passing of the did and tho beginning of a new year, and I it is well at this season of peace and I rest to take stock and look to tho fu- ! turo for better things. The year Just gone has been per haps the hardest in a financial way of any for a generation. Last year tho* Southern cotton fanner auffered severe IOSSOB on account of the slump in the price of his product, and add ed to this misfortune tho war brought a train of other calamities entirely beyond his reckoning and his power to control. What affects tho farmer disastrously falls with moro or less crushing effect on us all, and all classes ot business have hod to walk thO plank of a. grilling financial dis ciplino such a's seldom comes to any | people ot peace with the world. :-The restoration, of the cotton mar-] ket to somotbihg like normal this fall1 saved the situation, and dur people generally are looking to the new year with more confident hopes and with ?brighter prospects of success and plenty. There has been through it all & commendable Bplrit of willingness to give and take-to extend a helping hand to the man struggling under tho j wolght. of unusual burdens-and sure-1 ly tlie display ot this kind of spirit i ought to bring our people Into closer] honda ot .sympathy and common in 'fercB'i ned aiarv-thenv oh the . roa&^wj the new year with a deeper and moro] ab lui ne sense of mutual confidence j and good feeling. : ..s, ".. .' -:>..?;<""-..:'.' .',v A LINE o'*'D' O P E urday colder at night; Sunday . fair j and much colder. Ono of tho mosl exciting, events of last, night occurred about 10 o'clock when the little stand erected tn the front of Evans'Pharmacy No. 2, and on which were'placed bundles-ct fire-' works, enmght fire."" In some man ner one of thc fuses Ort ono of the skyrockets became Ignited and . this blaze quickly spread to the others. As soon an the boys who. were sell 4ng tho aftScles saw what was hap panening, tho stand war- overturned. Tho flro Quickly spread to all ot tho fireworks and for several minutes the skyrockets wcro shooting in all di rections. .Luckily ncarlv all ot the! stock of goode wore located/beneath j tho stand, abd when U was overtur? cd, thia cleared the stock frohv tba j flr?. in all about |5 worth of ilre^j works were destroyed.. Tia horn parades were much - In favor las; night. About 10 o'clock" ? crowd'6t young meh aiarted it. and wier .'wu'; la - tuc' a?ght-, IUIM^JT" others joined them. The negroes took up the- style also and the horns were more of a nuisance than tb? fireworks. py?d automobiles with <ow bells tied to rear axles : were also in evidence. , SeyeraV prominent buBl?ees men' ??w^re he?r^ to. eay yes<Urday that next year they wer? going' td present a ^?^tton- to city counclti asking tba they take ^ttoc. id prohiWt th , shooting bf fireworks on.' the -streets ] itt the, fondness '.district et 'the city. ?tS^y r$-;-<< that -it''^ trade 'si?;-jb': tho peeplo will not :cbr?e ] down town'/att?iri?th'^ ls start , e^'ttp.. A^tn, atter the clerks havel Worked bard ''aii'v'da^'..o^d' fbr ^Vfcr*y ? d?ye :$reyie^^ have to put up with ''the 'nelso. Thia revlon ought to he taken. .:^e?*;- hre'works ara not allowed. in l^i^i*^ '? and As a result o?-a little difficulty In j tho F/?d Cross Drug ?tore last night, a young roan named Will Hanna was rather badly cut up ubout the head by another young man named Mc phail. Tho details of the affair could not be learned. Roth young men were arrested but gave bond. . ?' Hoog Hill bas been placed in the county Jail on iftto charge of stealing cotton. The cotton was atolen from the cotton houe// Of Mr. Dobbins who| lives near Dobbin's bridge.*,'The ne gro was arrested yesterday by Sheriff I Ashley. \CCii .> The ginning report of Anderson county shows ?that there have been .",(?,209 bales of cotton ginned In An derson county up to December ii, aa compared with 51,901 of last year. One must not judge from t/'vls, how-1 ever, that .no crop th!? year will be j large, lima tho oho lam year. . Ai j thhs same time last year. there was a lot of cotton still in thc fields to bo picked, but thie year, nearly all of it has been gathered and ginned. -;0 N. C. Burnus, W. T. W. Harrison and D; F. Carter have been selected managers for the scftool trustee elec tion which will bo held on the second Tuesday in January to fill the places of three of the trustees whose terms expire on that date. Mr. Q. A. Franklin, overseer of tho cloth room of the Orr Mills, ?as been appointed assistant superinten dent of the iRversIde and Toxaway mills, this announcement . having been made yesterday by ?Mr. Ben B. Gossott, president. Mr. Franklin is recognised ar; ono of-tho best.mill men la this jpart of the state and Mr.; Gossett is fortunate in securing his services. ? . The Line. O'Dope mon wishes each ah dovoryono a Merry Clirlstmns, ; A number, ot young people ot An derson will give -an Informal, dance J on hext Thursday'evening in the hall i above tho Anderson theatre. This is expected to be one of the most de lightful events of the- season.;-./';'.'/; Mr. iSloan Driscolls' orchestra has] oben ' Secured tb furnish tho \ music. This manager now bios a splendid[;five,] piece orchestra and* makes reasonable charges. ' Y-r-? ? .-? ?. .?' .. 3R?AK ?ETS TTME -J Di JM.1 -. ; In Whleh to Appear Before Supreme' ruinrt Justice.: UWTYvti?:;imi^iSS?tS?*m6ir: re quiring William. Jen nih gs 'Bryan, for mer secretary of et?te; to appear be fore a 8upr?mo"court*justtco and show j cause why he should' not be adjudged a subpoena waa today extended until January IS, when attorneys told Jus tice'Whitaker that Mr* Bryan had not j been within tao stat*, slno?' the order, j was issued some weekk'ago, ;> Mr,' Bryan. was ^subpoenaed to ap-1 paar'as a witness ?nt a libel suit brought hy Petros P. Tatanis against a Greek newspaper." Tho plaintiff, wished .-to,question'Mr; Bryan as to whether certain secrets of gunfire Control were divulged to officials of the- Greek, ; government -when two American . battleships; "were sold to Greece, . ' /StTQflESTS U?IiWllA-Ctf. CBAXQE *?'')vcmcut bri Foot tb Procure ? New %; ?? . '" Line. ^Pjtjoenix, Aria.. Dec. 24,^Anheuu6,e? aXent ls made beer today, thajj' thbre ts-? n movement to procure a change In'the boundary line between the :Vn-. Red States and Mexico by; extending the prepenU Uno directly west along 31 parallel rom lllthv meridian se as to take in tho northern part of tho Quit of CaUfbrbfa and a Lower ..Cali fornia.;..'. Bbdj Was Bladlcd. Ramer, : Tenn., - Dee> 24. -Bruce King, 30 years old. was found dead here, today near a railroad track with, six teen bullet holes in hip body. No clew has been j found lear.lug to ah arrest. -.- f.-, "?.?..??>,. I'o Loagthea Traeks. ??- 'Savannah, Deel 24,-*The Seaboard j Air Line within too next ew months will ?pond about $$0,000 between Sa v.mnnh and JachBonvifl?, Jepgthehlhg passing tracks. . '- 'ST'' ' Augusta, Ga. .' [To an?iPto?n the NORTH* . SO???H?> EAST, WI ' l^v??i '. No. 6 ? * . "3;3ZPoM Arrivas: H?V24 . ? Yli?SS AM, No? 5 ;.- ?? cs?ptmm SB That your Christina? may be a merry one, is the wish of each of us for all of you? ?M? &?3?$ms -':;.-8/.', We will foe closed Today and Monday, open Tuesday. ? 5 . 7 . r " HS MO; RS! To die Advertisers tereemngs: The season's spirit of good cheer'and fellowship brings us again the welcome opportunity to express our appreciation of. your friend ship., . < We heartily wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Ney; N;. Year full of happiness find prosperity. Sasseen, the Ad Man ."4 -*\?..?y -v- . * '* '' \ "s ". ' ' ? 'j;; v : 1 ^ > ms. ?ft Christmas is here again^ anct^d take this r#eans liS il of extending our sincere thanks;and ap^reitiatioi iii ^ px : to the puDiic foy th^r^generous patronage, aha tap:- - Y?^^?v:e^ lite tinier strive V !lW! t0 giv^; them the v?r^ - P ' that is possible fprthe pric^^pmissioncha^^^ !|K ; \;M???ger ?r^?t?^^ \ . . ?|::.> Theatres. , . - ::. p ?' ,. r J .. , .