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ff Intelligencer. I published every Wednesday. J. F. CLIHK80ALE8, \ F-DITOBS AND V. B. CllKBIIIIlti, S PBOPBIETOR8. 'UHii M S ; ONE YEAR, - - - - $1 ?0 SIX MONTHS, - - - ?5 WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1906. CL'RRYIMJ THE FAMILY HORSE. There are a great many varieties aud charaoters of horses. By 'at the ecarcoBt aud ana* most desirable va riety, however, is the family horse, ile is always docile and kind, and never kicks when his owner comes around to arrange his toilet and curry him down. Currying i? a most essen tial detail in the worth and value of all horses, but some horses take to it more kiudly than others, due to tho fact, wo suppose, that they are more careful in their habit* and require less real scrubbing; ?nd while they may be scrupulously neat in the selec tion of their bedding, it is often tho case that they are Btabulaled in the wrong stall by force of circumstances or by aooidont on their own part, in which case tho good old family horse does not rip and tear and try to kick the boarda off the roof, but rather leans to the cleansing process and mentally resolves never to do so again. But even though he may shinney on his own side as to his bedding and preserve the sheen of hie silken ooat from contamination with the filth of the stable, he is often reduced to the necessity of working in double harness and sometimes as a spike team. No matter bow neat he may be in his habits of bedding, the good, reliable old family horse always takes bis side of the road and makes no effort to shun the mud holes to the detriment of his partners and associates in har ness and. when currying time comeo, be takes his medicine without a snort. If he baa a loaf standing up spell and begins to feel his oats and yearns to get out in the lot sod run and esu ter around with the great unwashed throng of high step*:..rs and high kickers and unites with them in trying to get so muddy and filthy that the faithful hostler will become so dis couraged and dishesrtened at the hopelessness of the tssk before him that be will not attempt to curry any of tutu, he takes the lash adminis tered by his meeter in a philosophic tpirit and never attempts to kick bank or to snort and rear around like a young unbroken hronoho. If a horse is not curried down often he loses a great deal of his gloss, and depreci ates largely in value to his owner, be sides the deferred currying makes it harder to accomplish when it is un. ??ri?a?u iou is by far moro painful to tho horse than if he were curried frequently and with regularity, and it olio ins tills into his horsely ins ti note ft 'Wholesome respeot for cleanliness on his part and pride in his personal pul chritude. Some very good family horses are often ruined by leek of proper and timely grooming, so that the cessation of thst very necessary fnnetion gets him out of his wonted T.-V!i- _,_. ._._' ? davita vi oB!?wiMi.E3 ?MW S?tSvSS ?5 hie attire, and so when be is wanted to take part in a dress parade and it becomes necessary to curry him and to surry him hard he often kicks and nets ia a most desperate and intem perate manner. Interpreted into the language of mankind, be seems to say: "No, I'll he goldarued if yen shall put that surry eemb to ms, or to any of my friends and neighbors; we don* t seed it, we aro pure and unspot ted bod wholly without stain and blemish, and if anybody says we oint they nroi &eYs ?all.9' Awfully naughty ta the old family horse to talk that way, but it's ?he fault of the groom in not keeping him accustomed to the curry comb, and the groom should not deal harshly frith him, bot ah oui d resume hts duties with more' systematic regularity to prevent sueh immoderate outbursts from old Bob bin again. Lets of meo, and some aldermen, are like horses. They often kiek be fore they aro spurred, and sometimes waite longtime afterwardfo* *>fav orable opportunity to kick when their actions will seem to have more Justi fication. Alderman Ligon's attack en Thc Intelligencer in his speech Thursday night docs him little credit, for bc is placing himself in the alii tudc of apologist and" vindicator cf thc element against whom we made the implied charge last week of using public funds to improve their private property to thc detriment of tho pub lio intorosts and which we oharged wae a species of graft. We believo Mr. Ligon ia a member of the Streot Committee of tho Council, and as such is responsible, in a measure, for al- - lowing favoritism of this kind to be lavished out to certain interests while ot'jer cece?os of tho city received sparing and stinted attention, owing ,o the exhaustion of funds, on com paratively unimportant streets of thc city. He cannot escape responsibility for this condition by h..4 indignant denials that there has been favoritism shown members of tho council, for being a member of thc commit-co from winch the favoritism emanates, he cannot plead ignorance of tho con ditions that have prevailed, and which still prevail, and he therefore is fully responsible for his share in those con ditions. And while no one has ever charged or suspected Mr Lifjon of ac cepting personal favvia from the Council, and were it so, we would be the last to give credence to such a suspicion, knowing him to bo a man of the strictest integrity, he is either very ignorant of the workings of his committee, or the remarks attributed to him in his reoont speeeh were ut . tered in the frenzy of hysterical erup tion, or he fails io put the popular in terpretation on the word "graft." The published and verbal reports of th? meeting fail to show Mr. Ligon resenting the imputations made by ' Alderman Van Wyok corroborative of our charges not only elong this line, but regarding the favoritism aooepted by members of Counoil for themselves in the shaping of the license ordi nance, nor doee it appear that he con tradicted the statements of Alderman Veo Wyok as he was requested to do. The question naturally suggests it self: Why not? We have no fight whatever to wage on Mr. Ligon, for we admire his fight ing qualifias anil bis determination to carry 1 point, and hie honesty and fairness io doing BO, but we hope he will not pose longer aa an ignoramus on the workings of Oouneil, when it is recognised that he is the most po tent factor in the shaping 0? munici= pal legislation in that body; in fact, he is regarded by not a few as an au tocrat of the first water, to say noth ing of being the whole cheese, end without subscribing to this opinion wo ?ra fran*- ?0 say tbs* with the in fluence wielded by Mr. Ligon on his pliant oouneil he could do nothing else in loyalty to his friends there than to throw his personality between them and criticism, and thus purchase for them the immunity BO much de sired. Had he acted otherwise he would have been branded as the baseat ai ingrates, -sd so on? who knows Mr. Ligon would believe him euaoep tible of ina/a?tu?e to bia frienda. Strafige, ion't it, that Alderman Ligon is not trying to explain tho Voting io himself ? gniuivj f???? tu? publio funds of five dollars a meeting night without authority or precedent? Who aaya there ia no graft on Conn ell? The reoorda at the City Hall reed: "On motion of Alderman Ligon, ?ca??dad by Alderman Hollo^-^, re solved that the City Olerk be author ed to pay to eaoh Alderman $5.00 for each meeting. Carried." '? OUR POLICY. The Intelligencer intends to be strictly independent and fearless in ita editorial eonduet aid wishos itself understood aa the mouthpiece of no aaa or sot of men.. It proposes to bring publio servants wader tba lime light in all their publia nations, and while wo don't expect to adopt a muck rake policy, yet we do propose to speak plainly on the action* of publie officers and to criticise their actions when they fail to square with right principles. We propose also to maintain ao curacy and to make 00 critioiam that is not founded on fasts. If, in our eritieiama, specifications are desired and are demanded by the parlies criticised, wa stand ready at all times to come across with tba aedieiae. 80, if the parties interested do not want to take their medicine, they will ast be forced to do aa except by their ?wa antiene. Thia statement should need no ex planation, amt fer 2sar is aaey not be perfectly clear, wa will give aa ex> Last week we stated that oatirely too IL'u o li timo and money has bees | spent on comparatively unimportant streetu of thc city, and added that this being a spcoics of graft should be con- ? demoed by thc votera of the city. I Everyone who is conversant with af- i fairs in thc city will concede thc truth of this statement, but if the interested < parties care to come under the lime- 1 light all they have to do is to demand , the proof and specifications will bc | forthcoming. 1 THE FIELD IS OPEN. It is getting time that some atten tion ia being paid to the selection of a delegation to represent the county in the Senate and House of Represonta- ? ti ven. It is not a good and propitious sigo to seo so little disposition on tho part of good, compotent men to offer for these offices of trust and honor. , It shows the baneful effects of cheap ' politics on the political conditions of the oounty, in that few of the county's best men will consent to have their names bandied about by the class of professional politicians who infest the country and who thrive on the f Hh of their profession. If the oitizonB of every part of the oounty would give more intelligent thought to this phase of the question add would bring into prominence come of their best men who are qualified to serve the oounty and .-rho would do eo with credit to themselves and to the oounty, if they would secure the consent of such men to make the rsce and would go to work in esrnest for them so that it would not be necessary for those men to sac rifice too muoh of dignity in appearing to make an unseemly search for the office, if these things would be ar ranged by the friends of the men to be honored, and is oouid be made to appesr that the office is seeking thc man the dignity of Mic office would at onee be raised in the estimation of tbs very peoplo whom wc are desirous cf in toreo ti ug, and it would be some thing worth striving for, andas a con sequence the oo on ty would be repre seuted by men of weight and influence and who would add dignity to the position._ _ ANDERSON CANDIDATES. Anderson bas two candidates in the field for State offioes. Hon. James. M. Sullivan . a candidate for Rail road Commissioner and Col. M. P. Tribble is running for Seoretsry of Slate. Both of these gentlemen arc rr'l known ali over the State and aro very popular, and the people of An derson are counting on bath of them being elected-and you know it is almost impossible to defect anybody that comes from Anderson for she pro daces the best material. The reoprds of both of these candidates are so well ku own to thc people of the' State that lt is hardly neoessary for us to go into detnii cf to their ?iucii for thc zZzzz to whieh they aspire. IJ Mr. Sullivan's sound business quail-1 fio a tiona, and hie tireless way of push-J1 tog things entitles him to be thc new ' Railroad Commissioner., It is thc 1 duty of tuc people of thc Piedmont Bsotion, and especially thc people of ' Anderson, to work, push aa$ above 1 for Jim Ball ivan for Railroad Com missioner. If bc is clsoted Anderson wiii get beiier serf iee at .iu? baud? of ? the railroads. Now, let all work to- 1 getherand see that our candidate ic elected, Our motto should be: An dersen for Anderson and Anderson for Sullivan. k; Ashes been stated in this paper, Col. Tribble bas been at home ever sinos thc campaign opened suffering from a nervous weakness, and up to a few days ago waa confined to his homo, but hopes to join tba campaign in a few days, Despite this handicap hie friends believe thc people of South Carolina, for whom bc did to much ia thc days when be wea nosded and needed badly, will iuot forget him at the ballot box. ; ? \ '" [. "Thc people of thc State CSA never repay these gris sly old vets for their deeds of valor during thc stirring limes when Bampton and such mea is "Mitt" Tribble redeemed the 8 tate Prom radical rule. . ; > /U .; ? -yr . ;? r i ? ? m '?? 8 >>[.:?>? ?, At thc State convention of thc Bera! Letten Carriers, held at Lau rens July 4, it ie said that J. H. rThsrton, who is a Railroad Commis? doner and a candidate for re-election, ?Sered delegate s freo passes over tho .allroad te Peoria,il!. Thia ie another canoa why Hon. ?JV M. Sullivan ihould be thc c*xtIUib/>ad OoeajninV, loacr, ? ,..*. yd;\m?k$\ .v. v, Thc Best County is th* So?!??; The last iseue of the Southern ( ? j ivator, published io Atlanta, oontfw^a he following editorial article, which s highly appreciated: .'If we were asked to name the best .... . -. : _ . i . o_.L_1J _ ._ j'/uuiy lu lue uuutu, ?TO wuum &c vuvo reply, Anderson county, 8. C., be sause it presents tho strongcet combi nation of three of the most desirable features a county can possess, viz, well cultivated farms; a fine town and numerous factories. There is a great deal of good farming done in Anderson county, while tho town of Anderson ts a fine little city and there arc nine teen large cotton mills in the oounty, eleven being located near Andersou. Over seven of theso mills coat a mil lion of dollars and all of them aro fine. They give employment to thousands and make a market for all the produce tba Anderson county farmers raise. It takes agriculture and factories to build a good town and the three united give I 'bstantial prosperity to any section. W<3 want to see our southern farmers prosperous, and we wish them to in vest all their (spare oash-not in cot ton futures, but in warehouse, oil mills and cotton factories. A farmer with a double source of income, first from his farm and secondly from divi dends from his warehouse and factory stock will indeed be one of the inde pendent kind and one of the lords of creation. If our farmers wish to pros per most, let's have two licks at our staple instead of one. We rejoice in every cotton mill built io the South, but we rejoice more when it ia built by southern oapital. The Cultivator ia much appreciated in Anderson and our Anderson oounty friends are certainly held in high esteem, because they are worthy-by their work render* ed so." - ? ? II COI*. M. P. TBIBBLE Andersen* Cand?ante fer Secretary ef State. Below we ?ve a pretty fair picture of our fellow-townsman and candidate for Secretory of State, Col. M. P. Tribble. Reporta bave been circulated by some enemy of Col. Tribble to the effect that he bad sold bis vote in the legislature to Hub Evans. This Col. Tribble denounces as a lie and says that it wss circulated purely for the. purpose of iojuring him in bis race. People who too* ''Mitt'' Tribble would not begin to believe a esapaigs dander pf this nature. While some people wno are acquainted wita Cul. Tribble might differ with him on poli Lies, yet they know he is as fer from being bon?** as any man in the Pal netto State'. . j . :pi ag;;**; Despite the campaign liar, Colonel Tribble will almost certainly be ehe next Sseretaiy. of State. ;, .: ;| : ?. Col. Tribble was born in Laurens jess**; 8, C.. and was the eldest son sf the lat? John Allen Tribble, ? lead ing eitisen of that oounty. Hie early life was spent on the farra, where bs re-: nalned until the breaking cu* of the war when he immediately volunteered his service. Throughout the en tira straggle he was constantly ist hts post of duty, and was one of the bram? soldiers that ever went Into the ranka. He entered Company A? 3rd Rogiraeat, ander Captain Garli ogton, and % whioh was thoa known aa the State Guards. Cot Tribb?e served with this command for twelve months, and then ,waist with Company C. Holcomb's Legion, afterward* the fth Cavalry. He also served nader Hait Gary and Col. A. 0. Haskell. At &he seren days' fight he made application to the,ryer, de partment j to be detailed as a| ?fias, which wal prompt graated, sud ce continued at th is until the close of the war. Cot Xribble'a work in this lia* won lor. him comm en dat; on s fro m all of Ms enperior officers. /. ? m??W$ When the war ?losad he roturnad to Laurena ' county and b?can farming again. He continued tbis and to live la that enanty *o4U when fc* norada^ B??ton.i^'-i;v^': m m. : m Paring the stiring times and scenes of 76 ^^TAW?-^^mt^l terast ia the fight, end organised one Bastera Begiosa* cfMiUi?a, In 1880 ka wai elji?ti*j^ carved for two^ terms. That raaf, hi .hare ha hw sisee residsd. In^884 O?S ce, giving the best of satisfaction to &U with whom he bad to deal. In January, 1896, he was appointed postmaster to succeed W. F. Barr, de ceased, which position he held until McKinley waa elected. He has twice 'represented Anderson County in the Legislature and was ap pointed by Gov. Heyward to get up the Confederate rolls, which duty he faithfully performed. The Climate Around Seneca. There is a newspaper being publish ed at Seneoa by tho comprehensive title of "Farm and Factory" that de serves the warmest support not only from the class its title seems to sug gest as its gardians, but from the busi ness men of that growing little tews. Its last issue paints the joys and blandishments of life in that enchant ed dime in suoh gladsome and en ravishing notes that one catches the vi si oe of a new Aroadian and yearce to go to Seneca and go in washing in the "ozone laden breezes" that seem to stand shoe mouth deep all over the blessed place. Hear ?one pf the many reasons given by the Farm and Faotory for the faith that is in it in urging that every disease-raokod frame and tired body should at least pass through Seneca to hear those "ozone laden breezes descending in almost inaudible zephyr-sighs" from the mountain heights hard by. This one feature alone will be worth the price of ad* mis non*. Sixth: Unsurpassed healthfulness: near *he foot-hills of the mountains, on gently undulating ground, ehe ie ewept by the ozone laden breezes that descend in almost inaudible zepbyr eighs from heights four thousand feet above the miasmio-laden atmosphere of our eostal swamps. Bise aie and lassitude alike ftod a nemesis of healeh. is gleady noftsmitting pursuit pf them. Two Ihoauad Kilted la Banfe,' , San Salvador, July 16.-Saturday night the Salvadoran army again attacked the Guatemalan forcea at Platanarand obtained o victory over them. The Guatemalans suffered a loss of 9,000 men in the killed, wound ed and prisoners. The Guatemalan army whian inva ded by the war of Sante, Fe, was re pulsed bj th? Honduran army* Honduras is making common cause with Salvador. * TRYING TO HAKE PEACE. Panama, July 16.-United States Minister? Coombs, at Guatemala City, and Merry, at Ban Salvador, have ap Sroached, respectively, V Presidenta Obrera and Esc vel?n te a** endeavor to re-eatabliah peace between Guate mala and Salvador. President Cabre ra informed Mr. Coomba that he is willing to enter into negOMfttions for Dence nrovided the United States gov ernment will guarantee tS&t further hostilities against Guatamala will cease. . 'f. - "V?:?J Assistant Secretary of 8tate Bacon, on Saturday, cabled instructions tx? Mesera. Coomba and Merry to renew their efforts to establish permanent peace between Guatemala and Salva dor._ ? STATE mm. T*T7-"T- "V - A new Catholie Church will be erected at mahalla* fA < - H. C. Pat tillo, of- Columbia, has gotten a verdict for $22,500 against the Seaboard. . .' .- ?j. ti. ja?un??sjr, ? ??k?G?jr po Op erator, was found dead three miles from Sumter Friday. - The State- Board of Equalization is in session in Columbia trying to get property properly graded on the tax books, i . -? Jas. T. Barron, or* Colombia, is to be made a high officiai m ihe cqos tish rite Masons and will receive the order in the Stat?.v;; ^ ?,>>;??? ' ^JSrwio Crane, a boy of about 18, was rein ever ; at Walhalla Thursday afternoon hy tho Bia? Bidge freight train and died o! hie in j urica. Jee^n ? o^'egr* li vin? at BtahopviUe, bao Wi s?nteneca1 to the chain gang fer 150 days for failing ?s;xeei*??^ eeo of the Southern railway in Char a?ra. They were not arrested. . ..; -VW both negroes, who liv??#t#e miles from Darlington, got into m?^totf; lion beer h mole-and Bul| fa&l and titled to a fee of $75,000 for securing elaima for Cherokee Indians, has baen | held up from collecting the none account, ot some differences wit! Blankets and Comfortables Ii you want to secure some of the Extraordinary Bargains in Blankets and Comfortables do not terryv Frikes are eut in two. They wilt go rapidly. Bigger Bargains than ev?r inall of No matter how. many Sales you a*e invited to attend,.come here and com? pare? cr. '?. JULIUS H. WEIL & GO. ??8 Vanit? E?Wc THE"?RFOPEN Lumber Business ' w ali buders. /^?^pter?V : *. sss .'. Wm m ?' ' 1 1 '? 1 ? i i j. i i . II m i I, ? i I I I I ? I II , . . , . , , | | | BY CLINKSCALES ? CHESH??7 ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,1906. VOLUME XLII--NO. 5