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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED 1KC0 Published every morning except Monday by The Anderson Intelligen cer at 140 West Whltner Street, An uerson, S. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCES Published Tuesdays and Friduys L. M. GLENN. .Editor and Manager. ?-? ! Entered as Becond-cla3B mattet Ap- il 28, 1914, at the post office at ! Anderson, South Carolina, under the Act of March V, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Tclcphono. ..321 aUBBCBIFTltW B4TKS DAIL? Ono Year.$5.00] ! Six Months.2.50 j Three Months.1.-5 One Month.42 Ono Week.10 SEMI-WEEKLY Ono Year.. ...$1.50| Six Months.IT, The Intelligencer is delivered by rarrler in the city. Look at the printed label on your paper. The dato thereon shows when iho'subscription oxplres. Notice date I Mid label carefully, and if not correct j please uoti'y us at onoc. Subscribers dOBlr.'ng the address of their p?per 'j.ianged, will please state in their communication both the >dd and new addresses. . To insure prompt delivery, com tlaluts of non-delivery in the city' cf Anderson should be made to tl.e Circulation Dcpdrtm?nt befone 9 a. m. i.nd a copy will be sent at once. All checks and draft:, should ?e| drawn to Tho Anderson Intelligencer. ADVERTISING Rotes will be furnished on applica tion. No tf advertising discontinued 'ex cept on written order The Intelligencer will publish briof snd rational letters on subjects < f general interest when they are ac companied by the names and Ad dresses of tho authors and are not o*\ a defamatory nature. Anonymous) comimi ilcattons will not be noticed. Rejected maruscrlpts will not be rt- i turned. In order to avoid dolays on account of personal absence, letters to The Intolligoncer Intended for publication should not bo addressed to any indi vidual connected with tho paoor, but, simply to The Intelligencer. SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1016. . A drought is one way to reduce the .cotton crop. ; , \ , . . V Lots of people continue to; take | themselves seriously.", Yes, The. Spartnnburg Journal is j still being published daily. Lives of grenl^imen all remind uh, wo too can "live without working. When insulted nowadays our ready retort is: "I'll write you a noto about it." y S i - That "blanket p? fire", aboutVerdun must keep the "French rather hot in collar. h.v The. Columbia> > baseball team may I yet arrange a series with the New] York Giants. People Ion;; ago quit saving "Live nnd Learn." jli'?^?W "Earn and Barn and Live if S'ou .can/' Vv "Vhen the war in Eu;ope in over and Villa has been disposed or, there'll he] nothing to talk about, The Russian'Bear's growl seems tc he worse than his bite. Maybe,'though; he la lapping >itp absinthe in Parin. Wo would appreciate a suggestion as I to tho best way of going about greet ing a friend without saying "aln*t' it] 'iint*? . : ' " > ':.' ' ' ' ' '! * -\ not f" The Republicans'are now claimlngl that the Scott-Funiiton-Obregon. pact] is the outgrowth 'of t? - packed conven tion; '. ' . ' ; it strikes us that It's tltao Porshfng : qu?t beating about tho buah. . and bravsly '.'?^?X-il&rvvni?: ik&Vt^? "Bellev? U or, not," is mau said-tfcs oihet"day, "I'd" pack up Wnd go to the ;; y^i^S^id'-..for ' a three month'a . stay were I cot afraid of starving." ; ?;' .. ;'-' ' - ^'some sections- of the county it ,ts so infernal hot and dry. we ?r* : told, ttiatf a .rusty'.''Hasard was seen, to-sue-, contli to axh?UE?on, in an attempt to crawl across the road., Squthc?roljosv once had the idea bar:. stumps l^tt?^?tk' ..off, ;-bui":ws learn from reHtble/'screes'''.thatCttferS wilt vhe1 a '-targsr galaxy about the "A NMVHI'AI'EF STOBV I? a large nilddle-weBtern Pity v.lio;;e mayor lias recently removed th.: lid, with what 'many citizen? think ur<* uuforturiflte results, a nuuiher of club-women, who are also voters, de termined to find out for themselves whether the rumorH they had heeu hearing were true. So they organized a number of partie? to vhdt restau rants and danee-hallH, to see whether j th? liquor laws were being ouaerved,] and to take note, ofdhe general condi tions. It wuh not at all a performance of the Idle curious, eager for sensa tion, nor were those seeking tue knowledge u band of narrow-minded zealots. They won- not trying to "get something on" the political parly In power. They wore idmply women of many walks and occupotlonH, who wunted to know whether or not the city housekeeping in eprtaln respects was what It ought to bo. Some of the parties reported that conditions at the places they visited were all right. CUbers reported those they saw all wrong. Unofficial knowl places In between. Unofficial knowl edge of the investigation coming to ] the mayor?who, one would think, would have been glad to get the re port of disinterested citizens?he de nounced the wh^P affair ob a quest for notoriety. "... 'y wanted wbb a newspaper story," ho said. Just what is "a newspaper Btory?"] It is, where freedom of the pre?B is] secure, a report to the public of what| is going on around them. It Ib the appeol of facts to tbe court of public opinion. And publie opinion, while I mistaken sometimes, is in the Iong| run pretty wise. To be afraid or newspaper story means that one hna something to conceal. To Jeer at It shows contempt for the public. Tho newspaper story Is, in these days, the mont powerful tool of democracy. No dne can afford to despise it, for through it the people rule. H?RFEITING .FARMER WITH AID The organization of tho National Agricultural Society by a lot of Wall Street magnates for the encourage ment of forming may s?rve a good purpose, but . the federal government has a special department of agricul ture and'it has millions to spend ev ery year. The State governments have other departments liberally sup ported. * Altogether" tens of millions of dollars are spent every year under official auspices. What does this in fluential private organization hope to accomplish? Is there not danger of too much meddling- with tbe affairs of the. tiller of the soil? He needs advice but he Ib in peril of being de luged and submerged with a flood of indigestible theory. WHAT NO ONE CAN KM A PK "That place got a rich class of pat rons. They used to come down in au tomobiles. They came because they) could act thoro like they couldn't at] home, in iheir own set."?-Quoted from Chicago cabaret girl who tells why life disgusts her. Isn't It Queer how some-, people for-1 get ' their self-respect?away from] their own set? Isn't it'queerer how they will go) out of their way to find a place where] they can forget it? There are those who think they aro| perfectly independent of public opin ion; that thoy ore superior to gossip; that they are not bound by conven tions. In fact, these are pet thorlest of some of ,toe > mpst "advanced j thought!' of the time, All of Whtcbi queer things remind | us that the conventions have an anti que value as safeguards of charac-! ** ;, Conventions arc the result of the ex perience of successive generations of | "he men and women who have raised! the race from savaery to civilization. No wonder that people hide when] they want "to act like they couldn't at] home in then* own set." . Bat there is cue thing they will nev er be able to hide tr-a and that is? | their own disgust, of themselves.-. COkW?Nit?ATiON * -..-.v:...fi There uro many kicks these days, variously aimed; some rightly aimed and, some ** rong?y aimed, some Jus tifiable and many unjustifiable Bflt *Wlth the permission, of the editor of .-The Intelligencer I wish to register a kick, that, according to the opinion ?$0t??y citizens of this section.' is amply Just niable; md thai 1? la re gard to that certain stretch of road leading from Shirley's store section i to. Airiteraon. via' Carpenter's old \ifJ^a^above. namso piece of road jriss*':'tti)ltit '!lrecehiVy..\:eeesTdered one' of the main* Icartiag j roads into the c!tg-..v. pt; A?dsr*o?j and .; my conten tion hi^s >lways iveen that the'main leading roads.; Into ?te yarte I tOWUH and orties. should hare ?rsi^vip?w ernMe&a^iL^ t.lMt^-?jl?l^-jB^-^^ has been total abandonment, Judging from Its looks. It was my pleasure (?) to make llv?; successive trlpH over this road into the city of Anderson last week, and through the kindness of a friend, those trips were made In a Kord? (and I am sure un automobile wouldn't have helped mutters any. I You've read the poetic expression, no doubt, of the gentle undulating movement, etc. Our movements were undulating nil right, hut not tho gentle kind, For ten cents I'm told, one can visit or enter that "All Pool's" play house at Coney Island, N. V. and while In there, one Is subjected (o all kinds of fun-making, fool-making of one's self tricks, hut Coney Island hasn't much on this road. If you don't believe It, Jus: get In your Kord (or un aiitoiiiohile will do) und lake '.i trip over this road. I 'noticed about three weeks ago that the sup ervisor stated that be had spared no painc in making Urondwuy hill a IVrs't-cioSS road, etc, etc., and Just her? 1 would llko to remind our supervisor tlmt there aro more Broadway IiIIIb on Anderson county ro.-<ds than that leading from Helton and iionea Path; und that there ar? just as good citizens to travel them. So why is this inJuHi discrimination? We do not wish to be unfair in our criticisms, but to our own knowledge the upper road has been worked out thoroughly and the Broadway hill j on tho upper road has received sev era! special workings In Mie last few months, while the road leading from Shlley's store section has been left [ .lone to the weather. One of the main excuses for not working the roaJ 1 understand Is, be cause of tho traction engine which hauls sand over the road ?or street paving, which traffic covers only about half the distance of the road j named. I wonder what excuse Is offered for not working the other four miles? If one hill on the other road which is less than one-half mile In length Is of sufficient Importance to remove th'i entire force of convicts from an other Job In order to mend it, surely four miles of one of the first estab lished roads in Anderson county Is of sufficient importance to receive at least passing notice. We trust our supervisor will tako timo to consider his treatment of his constituents of the lower section in comparison to that accorded those of the upper section, and repent before it is finally and everlastingly too late. r?jspectfii'.ly, 'BILL SNIDER" 5 OME 1NGULAR TORIES MATCHES GROWING SCARCE (From Commercial Attache at The j Hague), , . Tho man'.liar tu re of matches is be coming difficult In Germany, owing to the lack or the proper wood. Pre vious to the war most of the wood for ma.eh sticks was imported from Russia. Russia. has difficulty in manufac turing matches for tho want of chem icals, which were formerly imported from Germany. The'heavy Import duty on matches Is therefore re moved, and this opens a 'large mar ket for foreign matches. Norway and Sweden are the only European countries not able t- man ufacture enough matches for do- ; mesli'c une and for nu export sur plus. THESE'TWIN'S OBDI.Y JOINER Rave Some Separate Organs? Rut . VAppnrcutljr Only .One. liter (From Tho Philadelphia Ledger) Physicians who attended the ses sion-of the P?diatrie Socletay of the Collego of Physicians were amazed .to see two Infant? Joined from Just below, the chin < Dr: J.. T..Rugh, pno of the membera, 'exhibited them and told of their birth in New Jersey *vree months ago, to healthy par ents, who have two "other normal children. They face one another and each has ? stomach and a heart, but ap parently they have only one'liver.. The arm's, hands, legs and feet are. normal. . ' <"''. .[: The physicians noted that ' the twins h?ve only'a'short time to live, though Dr. rijgh probably will ot^ temp.- to save the lives by operating. RfNNERJN BIBB'S HONOR Remariante Tribute Paid To le.tth ered Songster On Its Retirement (Osaka. Japan Cable Dispatch in Phllddelph'a North American.) A. celebrated Japanese singing bird known technically as the hush war-, bier, has Just gone Into retiromont, with honors auch as'are usually ac corded-famous human beings. A din ner was given in Its honor at 'the vHla of iti' owner, T. Tauafco, and many notable people were present. About 20 singing -birds .were there and gave a chorus of adieu for- their comrade, which has n-on prises at j every\ competition i N CLOTH OF MILKWEED. Investigators See 1'opsible -Industry , , Present.Useless Crop. (St.* .Paul, Minnn.v. Dispatch) Investigations are being conducted .by . Eastern textile manufacturers to determine whether ordinary > milk weed, such as r grown in ; Minncsota, can, be i profitably.' mftde.tnto, cloth:, ;:\ The ; St. ;Paui Association of Vam? mojcc is co-operating with the Hast Or? moti in the experiments. A sajtn pie of -.ho : fabric recently was,r*c?iv-i ?d by th? Industrial. promotion ?os?i ml.ttee. of the >Association of , Com 'iowrce. ' V.rBB*#eed grower mostly srqioad the /*fon*ir.of vl^e^,,add because of the numerous lukcr in. ,Miniic.Huta there Is an abundant: of the ift?d in this State. An offer of $10Tf a ton for the libor has been ntaile. It is the..helivf...of members of the Industrial commut?e that if the Indiiftry prove practicable and profitable the factories eventual ly would be lorated in this State. ASK KU FOR SILVKK HOLLARS Minister iietn |*|S5 In .Morning Serv ice I'ollect ion. (St. Units Dispatch) Notice was given recently by the Rev. Robert Morris, pastor of St. John's M. B. Church ui Edwardsvllle that the humble penny und the uoob structive nickel wquU be unwelcome In the collection at. lite morning serv ice. Only Kilver dollars wcr?/r?ahted, according to the ribtice. The congregation toolt heed, up parently, aB 1,166 silver do|llurs were rung rsotindlngly-down im the small table which stood in front of the pul pit. So imposing was the muss of silver that the cashier of one.of the Ed wards ville banks was appealed tp'J to open the vault during the noon hour and give the contribution safe keeping. .< MARKETS Local market 12.75. " New York .Market. Open High Low Close May.12.66 12.94 12.66 12.94 July.12.76 13.04 12.75 13.04 Oct.12.92 13.21 12.89 13.21 Dec.13.05 1.1.39 13.06 13.39 New York spots 13.05. Liverpool Markpt. Open Close May-June. .8.02 8.05 July-Aug.7.90 8.00 Oct-Nov. .. ..7.82 7.86 Sales 10,000. . Spots 8.20. City Candidates'Cards FOR MAYOR i hereby announce mynelf a candi- . date for re-elec'Mbn as mayor of the City of Anderson, subject to the rules j of the democratic primary election, j. H. GODFREY. ' i hereby announce myself a candi date for- Mayor for the City of Ander- j son, subject to the rules of the demo cratic primary election. WADE.' A. SANDERS. FOR ALDERMAN, WARD 1 1 hereby announce myself as candi-1 [dato for alderman ffom Ward 1, sub-' Ject to rules of th?,"city .democratic [primary election.. W. b; 'XtBiNson, i hereby announce' ' r.iyncl! as a candidate for Alderman from Ward L subject to the rules of the democratic primary election. ' >) C.'. W. McGee. i:i'- m _ FOR ALDERMA?9, WARD 2 l hereby announce myself a candi I date for re-election as alderman from Word 2, subject to the rules of the I democratic primary election. WALTER DOBrilMS. The friends of A. M. McFall hereby announce him as a candidate for al derman from Ward 2, subject to the] democratic city primary-- . ~FOR ALDERMAN WARD * I hereby announce myself'a: candi date for alderman from V/ard 3. sub ject to the rules of the j city demo-j cratlc primary election,;\,v ' , ERNEST DUGAN. I hereby announce myself a candi I date for rd-elect!oq as alderman from Ward 8, subject to the;, rules of tbe { I democratic primary election. CHAS. F. SPEARMAN. I hereby announce ray3elf a candi I date for alder man from Ward- 9. cub ic c t to the rulea of the c i f y democra; jttc primary .?lection. ..>;. a G. BRUCE. FOR ALDERMAN, WARD 4 I hereby announce myself a candi date for alderman from Ward .4. aub Ject to the rule3 of tho city domo-[ cratlo primary election. " ;' F, E. ALEXANDER. I hereby, announce myself a candi date for re-election as. alderman from Ward 4, subject to the roles and res* ulationb of the cityrtfrtm'ary, Johntatb, Dr. W; F. Aahmord,. .the peoples candidate announces himself candi date tor Alderman for Ward 4?aUV Ject to the Democratic '"W^**. FOR ALDERMAN, WARD S t hereby announce myself a eaadi date for: re^leetton as .alderman from Waifd 8, subject to-j^tetifAUi of;;the democratic primary elect!on. .;,.M;v;v.' : ./ a -i?, R. K?NCI. I "hereby aaoodncar / ?yMif: : aa'-^/a , candi?ste for. aldermen ' from. Wdmg|| subject-to th? Tnle8-'.c^:the-elty/^Kif?* ocratio primary. ^ -- ii.. -MEANS.' FOR ALDERMAN, WARD 6 locratlc primary election: Memorial Day IN war or peace, Memorial Day commemorates the he* roic valor of the men of Dixie. Whatever men may do hereafter in the cause of humanity and in the sacred name of patriotism, each recurrence of this day should be an occasion for a backward look at past he roisms and a forward look at future consecrations. In the meanwhile, we are here, doing our accustomed work; living our daily lives; the things we have to do* here and now, may be all of the service we shall be called upon to render. Our-first duty is to do the things assign* ed to us as well as we can. That's why we're trying to do our business of selling B-O-E clothes. It may seem a little prosaic, and Jacking, in heroic elements; but sometimes the finest thing a man can do, is to do the commonplace, prosaic thing with a high spirit. > / S%2 I The Store with a Conscience" REED MILLER ,EAD8 CflORFSL. IN S?Ntt "CAROLINA" AT FIRST SESSION CLUBS FEDERATION (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) erature department, Mrs. C. E. Glb hon, Charleston; paper, "Our Punk Among Scholars and Scientists," Mrs F. P. Dillon, the Century club. Char leston. (This paper has been chosen as the beBt submitted In t>tate Uter ary contest.f Address, "Mod?rn S6 clal Drama", Dr. Archibald Hender son, vice president of the Drama League of America, Chapel Hill, X C. ' " . , Part II?Music; report of s?ate chairman of music. Mrs. Thos. Dot terer; aria, "O Love^Lend Him Aid." tfrom- "Samson et Denllin (Siaint Sacnh), Mi". A. G. Blotcky; garden scene from 'Faust (Gounod,) "Per petuul Motion" (Bohra.) Miss Marie Epton; impromptu In B- fiat (Schu bert), Mrs. W. E. Lucas'. ?ntlirdrnl $?fjRi-^~ London, May 9 i-?For the first time in Its long history St., Paul's C?thed- : ral is considered safe from Are, ade quate) lire fighting -apparatus having been installed- alter four yedrs labor,1 the hydrants-being c?rfleB to the top _ of che famouB dome.-'-Although much ' iPrtigrees has b?en' ' roado Jowards making the edifice fireproof the work in thl* dlreotlpn .Will,'consume from ten to fifteen years.' Gr?at^ouantltles of inflammable, material nVve been removed from' the building, including the Wooden ^loerV'., of . the galleries. DIED 34 YEARS AGO?LIFE INSURANCE JUST PAID. WHY? REMARKABLE SETTLEMENT DURING the month of March the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company settled several policies under remarkable circumstances. On of these was on the life of Mr. Richard Wells, a lost policyholder, for whom the Com-, . pany has been-searching diligently for years. President Frelinghuysen, in his. annual report dated January 25, 1905, said: "On Septeipber 4th, 1865, Mr. Richard Wells, a resident of New York City, influree^ his life in this Company for $10,000 on the Twenty premium life plan. Mr. Wells did lot pay the premium due In 1868. but allowed the policy to lapse. By the terms of the policy it became a paid-up participating policy from September 4 th, 1868, for .01,COO, three-twentieths of the original amount. Mr. Wells v/an fifty-eight years of nge wboh he inVured with us In 1865. He paid the Company S2.lS7.Gf> in premiums, and has been credited with $1.765.56 In dividends, making a net cost of $422.04. He wan insured for $10,000 during th? first three years of thepollcy, and for $1,600 "during the jmst tbl^Jtav ? six years. As the record of the policy shows that the Insured would have reached /the.' V age* of ninety-six In September, 1903,. the company stood iready to pay TWr. w??ls or .lit a W< legal representatives the full amount of the paid bp policy, $L?00, together Wilh S&Tl.Of of unpaid dividends. ,Every effort has been made to discover the whereabouts of the in eared, butas yet no traceof hlnior his helrahas .bce^fo^nd.^^r.^f:'-. ,, This statement in the/?ompany's report resulted in renewed search throughout th6 country for, some trace of ML Wells; But all effoftSl?f ^-tinJeA ;. seemed to be unavailible. Finally,- in 1912, largely through'the eff?rts of^f? T. M. Searles, ?f the Chattanooga agency, the. Company teas abf?. '* some of Mr. Wells* heirs in Bj opklyn^'t^y; * :-.'if1he- search[Kad-i??v the . whole country, some of those interested hi the policy fraying veloped, in the state: of Washington; ; Since I9t2 the Comb> corresponding almost constantly with representatives of direct or in until, finally* on March 16,' \9i6, ihe Gojfnparty dat?r forwarded check for $ i ,805.97 In payment of rVol^ l\(? 6i Mr.. Richard Wells to the administratorI'xi'f the assi?neev. ^p^JifC^^^:' '' sqn of the insured.: It, was learned that the insuredf4ia^v died at' a|^?$|vKwf,^Vi: five ph Aprfl t6, 1?82*. It appearsthat no^^ oh? had ^n^ k?owledge\{h?f any giUtjp :du? febm' the' Mutual Benefft'to any heirs'of Mr. WelLs. V,-.c:' r M. M MAISON; Gfe^al Azetat ^WvWebb, District A^W -^yde S. Mattis?Rj Fxecutive 8pacjai