The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, September 22, 1914, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
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LONG ^pCTjED SHIPMENT
HAS ARRIVED
is IN NEW YORK
Manufacturers In Anderson Coun
ty Elated Ovar News that ene
'Cargo Had Arrived
The best news that has reached
the cotton manufacturers of Ander
son in a long time ls the item announ
ing the arrival of thc steamer Rotter
dam in New York with a cargo of dyt
Btuffa. A local representative of a
big dye'concern has received Official
notification- of tho arrival of the first
cargo exported since the beginning of
the war. '
The Rotterdam belongs to the Hol
land-American line, a neutral com
pany, and came from, the Netherlands.
Her cargo is not an usually large
one, but the reason its arrival Is hail
ed with delight is that it furnishes
evidence that the American mills may
be supplied with dyestuffs after all,
regardless of the war.
The question of securing dyes has
been the moat serlouB problem that
the war has brought to the mill men.
It was feared - that the supply would
be absolutely cut off for an indefinite
period, and plans have already been
made by many miles to turn their
attention exclusively to manufactur
ai; white stuffs Until the European
situation is cleared up. But if dyes
can be shipped through Holland in
neutral bottoms the supply in this
country can be kept at least,measur
ably adequate hud the mill men will
be delivered from revolutionizing their
entiro business.
The dye men explain that the hope
. lessness of manufacturing our own
dyes in this country 1B hot "due to
any lack bf chemical knowledge ntl
technical skill but simply to the fact
that tbe German dyestuffs are all by
products produced as sido lines in
the manufacture 'of other things.
Such being the case they can be pro
duced at a very low cost-a cost so
low that American manufacturers of ]
dyestuffs exclusively could never hope i
to compete witb lt .
Most of the patents of the processes
have long ago run out but Ute German
manufacturerai 'have-. ' such binding!
agreemtns, whereby one factory fur
nishes what another lack's, that it'Ia
next to impossible for any outsider
tc 'Contest their absolute B?pxemBcy
of the market With any hope of finan
cial success. It might be done while
the war lasts,, bu* once, peuce comee
the . American , dye manufacturers
would,,.find, themselves io, A..hopeless]
position,.
WAR TO BE FELT
FOR A LONG TIME]
Boston Banking House Shows
Some of the Evil Effects cf
. War
Tho Bank of .Anderson1 has received
from the First National Bank of Boa-,
ton.a very interesting and illuminat
ing weekly letter discusing fn? ef
fects of the foreign' .war, AVnong
other things Occurs this statement:
. "Prom the b, u&lness view-point there
exists 'the-nope' that partial disbar
ment may follow the struggle, result
ing iri thc. releasing of the : people of
Europe, J h. Borne degree, froth exces
sive burdens "in wa? taxevand mili
tary service, and the greater concen
tration of governments upon the prog
ress iii ' industry and Commerce, rainer
( thah upon the problems of war. s
One effect Of tho war qn thia ..coun
try v bas to db with ' the sharp restric
tion which tho war must impose, for
a long lime,* upon the foreign invest-,
\ ment? bf >the leading Europ?en Coun
tries, estimated to'have^vbra'gfe^nbti
far from ?me bhlf billions of dollars an
nually/ Thili' will affect the "United
States in. various-ways;' through In
ability-,to sell our own ' ?et?url?es In
the foreign markets, through the com
petition of tho other countries foreur1
o wn ! capital and thr?ugh- the curtail?;
meht Of tho d?ffaand for certain of our
. goods .due tb . tho restriction iii the
development of the hewer countries.
v?yeatufra n&nter extensiyoly in the
manufadturo bf textile*, le?ther, W
per, . chemical*, -eseentially. New Sag
land ; industries-ae . weB as into a
bost of. othor products r^'lheB? ?frfc
Stuffs .come, almost entirely from Ger
many p?d tbe supply, haturally, since
the war, began, has ben' poetically cut
off. Furthermore. ' e>en when com>
munication. with G?rmhuy ha3 beeb TV
, establtshed. it; is hy np meaps certain;
tba?th?.p>^ reliev
ed. 'Tho surplus stock bf dyestuffs oh
hand in Germany- is not krtowni hhd<
with th? ^maft-pc^?^rloW in arm* it
is probable that adequate production
v win not,be resumed for 'some time; to
hijve.'JesS than S5 t^lr?ent oX.th'e fv>rV?:
?T??ibls ai ino p?ant ' tho rest being
, ; a| war .
mk. WALTON Til a^ii??itrfen TO.
... '?',"' - . . - . BAY. . .
Jr. (From Sunday's Daily intelligencer )
-Tlie.'fud?i^Trsr^^^
Thomas, C. Walton are to he tiela
!thia afternoon St? "o'clock Mr. Wat?
' . toa Aia\% 'EVI Aa? nir^itii??" . o<*n
and people r?f ?naernon^w?re alib?k?d
to learn yesterday nSornln* that thin
good man had pBi??d away. Rev., i;
> \;Hail*r. Gibbony, paster ot Grace BpiS
? copal church,, ot which Mr. Walton
Tf, ?**?: t?;bn1cer,> ' now o? h|s -M, to
rap?r^i" Abd Will V?tich ^h? *M* ??
ti trw to conduct the fnherat ??rvlces
/'-.this afternoon. - ' . ..- ; .'. . ..-:..;" ' ?;'
JOHN ESKEW DIED YESTER
DAY MORNING
WAS A GOOD MAN
Had Done Yean of Service For]
State and . Country and Wa?
Beloved Everywhere
Prom Friday's Dally.
Unusual' regret will be occasioned
over the announcement that John Es
kcw is dead. All over Anderson coun
ty this man was known ami respected
and admired and the news ci his death
will occasion sorrow.
.Mr. Bskew has been ill for a bout
IC weeks but his condition did not be
come serious until Monday. From that
time on he steadily grew weaker and
the end came yesterday morning at
6 o'clock.
Mr. Eskew was 73 vears of age, was
av Confederate veteran, was chairman
of the county pension board and had
always boen active In the various un
dertakings of his county and State.
John Eskew was the fifth child of
Katherine and Elliot. Eskew and was
born- in Anderson county. \ He wan
married oh December 18GG to Amanda
E. Burris, the ceremony being eriorm
ed by Rev. William Waters, To them
three children were born and one of
these i?? now living. In 1865 Mr. Es
kew Joined Prospect Baptist church
and later he became a member of Old
Salem Baptist church by letter. He
was aj ways interested In the church
work and the Sunday School wonk of
thc community and he was a tower of
strength in the church undertakings.
He was a great lover of music and it
was largely thought his efforts that
the Anderson County Singing Associ
ation has been kept alive.
During the War Between the States
.Mr.' Eskew was a member of Company
D, Orr's regiment and . he was a gal
lant soldlbV throughout the long con
flict. It has been said of him by his
comrades that he was absolutely
fearless and that a better soldier nev
er shouldered a gun than John Es
kew. ;! "
Mr. Eskew is survived by his wife,
one son, J. Thomas Eskew. three
brothers, J.. William Eskew, Joseph
.Ai'i Esk?w. and "S. Lawrence Eskew
and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Hutchison.
V^Th'e funeral is to take' place Vihls
"morning nt the home n't ll o'clock,
fellowed by the interment in the fam
ily: cemetery The funeral services
win be conducted by Rev. J. D. Coving
ton; of Greenville, assisted by* Rev.
O. L. Martin and Mri Eskew's nephews
will' be' the active pall-bearersT They
aro: W. S :Hd^-hiac-n, Alvin lisksw.
Johnnie' Esk?w| Willie Eskew. L% T.
Campbell Und Walter Hpmbree. Camp
Stephen' D. Lee, United Confederate
Veterana, will attend lu a body and
they will ail act as honorary ^pall
; bearers.
Mr. Eskew enjoyed ? reputation all
qveKAnderson county as being a good
man in every sense of .the word. He
was generous to a degree almost to
a fault 'and nb stranger was ever
turned away from his door. By his
many acts of kindness he will always
? be remembered IQ Anderson.
lp BEING PLANNED
The Chamber of Commerce Has
the Matter Under. Con?
? siueranon *r%
An important meeting of the Trades
Exf?h8??h; ??mmfttee ot the chamber
of. C?fcmerce was. held last evening.
Chairman B. O. Evans? presiding, and
Committeemen \. R, J. Ramer, T. L
Cely, W, S. Ramsey, and L. G?lsb?rg,
being,present, also the secretary, and
Phejps Sasseen, advertising manager
or. The Intelligencer, the latter by re
quest and invita;tioii\ .
^'.The' matter of holding.? merchant
wide spring festival in- Anderson n?rl
year WAS"' cohsldere'd abd "Mr. Sasseen
made an address oh the matter*to tho
opmmtttee, It is very likely thai; it
wi|l ie deeded to tiold such a festival
although the'secretary waa instructed
to secure farther information before
thev"matter would be finally decided,
porotips""at 'the heit meeting:
? '. Mr.' R?maoy ' favors' n'6ldi?g-a spring
festival-in the nclgboOrbbod pf Easter
boxt V?ar, arid; MK Cely''favors a p?hh
t? have every'store lh Anderson in the
ed ?pt B^' thht n??t yea> an -jblti&raCei
spring festlvaY '?caK'< bp-held1 here. *." !
; The comfnttt?e"?ntlorsed the "Buy'-a!
l?W^?vcment abd: l?Bu?d a ?riet?al?
statement on the cotton situation asl
MfiOT^elsowhore in Thc Intelligen-1
^rnmUt?e ;a^?r^rtb?VWb>.j
otrrt of alt'huslh?as men h. Anderson.
. ' Motion '-!- Vag?Vttn??tmouhfy carried
hsnkin g the Anderson 'COttnty' Farht
h.rt ?ntoa ??r a?pb?htin?ht ot
lat : committee consisting of Messrs
<V A'> Burns. W A.: Watson. T. T
Wakefield,. J. B. Watson and H. Oj
Summers to co-operate in tho., buy-arj
bale movement. \
Secretary Whaler : w*s? instructed Jo j
wiirsvrwsttu*~Crrxsatani XUOUOR?I - ri.
Anderson of the Onarjeston, & . Wes-i
tem Carolina railroad /with regard to j
passenger s?rvlc? into this city.
Committee endorsed plans of V tho
farmers to hold ?'poultry show In An
dersen in October or Kovirthberr the
nuartor? or the e???ociaHon to be>giren
for the' same. Al! other heecn?.:m
sistance was. promised/
THE FERTILIZER LAWS
MAY RECEIVE CHANGES
ON ACCOUNT OF SHORTAGE
OF GERMAN POTASH
USE MORE SEED
Is the Advice Given By Some-]
Who Regard It As a
Substitute
Columbia, S. C., Sept IC-It looks
as if thc legislature when it meets
next in oxtr.t, session is going to have
to do something in regard to the read
justment of the fertilizer laws to meet
the situation caused -by the cutting off
of the German supply of potash. A
few days , ago Commissioner Wannon
of the State Department of Agricul
ture received from Commissioner Kolb
of Alabama a letter in which Capt.
Kolb Bald:
"Thc war in Europe has to a great
extent cut off the supply of potash that
has heretofore entered largely into the
making of a. complete fertilizer. The
factories are up against it as the lawS
of our State (and I presume other
states have *>fnHliafu lawB)rprovide
that a complete fertilizer shall ' not
contain leasV than . 14 per . cent of
available plant food; that 1B: Soluble
phosphoric acid, nitrogen, potash. If
the lawB are to bc complied with some
relief must be given to thc factories.
Therefore I write to ask your opinion
of calling a meeting of the .Commis
sioners of Agriculture) of the South
ern state?, to meet at the capitol in
Montgomery at some early date yet
to be Axed so that this, question can
be discussed and If possible arrange
some feasible plan whereby the fer
tilizer factories may not be penalized.
Mr. Watson has replied to Commis
sioner Kolb stating that the enforce
ment of the fertilizer laws in this State
do not come under his Jurisdiction and
stating that'he; will call the matter to
the attention i of the State Fertilizer
Board. .
Soon aftpr the reply to Mr. Kol b's
letter was written' the following letter
was received by the Commissioner
from Mr. H. A. Ltgon, President of the
Fairforest Cotton Oil Company, Fair
forcst, 8. C., which also refers to the
samo matters and indicates that some
legislative action would be necessary
to meet the situation: ii
"As the legislature will be convened
Very sOOn , we .b?g permission to cnn
your attention td the condition of the
fertilizer business and hope yon will
use your endeavor to have the matter
adjusted in ? practical way, if the same
appeals to you. As you well know it :
will probably not be, possible t?"'get I
sufficient ?rf?nih' for ?er???a?r phrpcA
do, and we suggest that the'old law
be so changed as to enable manufac
tories tc vske a otandurd fertilizer out
of saed ?-'.idmeal add eliminate the pet
potash can be obtained from the meat
ash ingredient?, only getting what
This 5?IH enhance* th? value to %ht>
farmers of theil*'meal br rather hold
the price -up fr?mT great" depreciation ;
and lt Will become almost'a necessity
for some measure of this kind to be
adopted, as we c&xriot make a stan
dard fertilizer with *the required
amount of potash for next year, unless
the present law ts- changed." The law
we think might bc changed to. meet
the 8peciel condition that prevails this
year. We" 7ould also suggest that the
Backs be reduced fromt'twonundred
pounds to one hundred pounds, to en
able us to! use the old meal backs and
not have to buy new fertilizer sacks,
the - prl'jo. of -which 1B almost prohibi
tive. All of this would not entail any
more hardships on the tanner, and it
really ise?ms that we ought to do
something tb get together in a practi
cal way s dcb a-year as thiB, ns it will
be to" tho b?BX? advantage, to use what
Wo have on hand." ; . '
CIRCUS COMING
, HERE OCTOBER 8]
G^wdy Posters Goc^ Uoy Giving
moth Shov/ to Be Seen'
- ? > ; " : - ' - ^
The circus : ls coming!
That tr?hi?h?b'riir 'cftV * whichIH In It
self, is h ^delight tb man, woman "and1
chtTd, with 'it?i??ehshti thatyilft??f-?*
large aa ; housea, to th?V 'Vo?nWBteirei:
Its Vafrrirtttrm'WIie^
acts in mid-air, and its' various Hide
shows hr widmen, y* bearded ladies, i
glantr?nd -midgets; Is to mak?ite **p*
pVardnco < in this city on Thursday*.'
For years the Ringling Brothers',
liircus has boen the delight Of Ameri
can audiences and spectators. It has
t?fcfe fb?en J?y the hearts bf the
young tolte.v tn^w tho nante "Ring
ling" ha? developed, into ? household
word, i Many hew unique features^are
promisod this y?&r, and a "biggpr ev
erything" ia tne elcgan., "
Preceding the circus program'prop
er;, a "stupendous s**Macl?, <''?o!osum
ana tho Queen *ot Shaba" *M be pre;
sen ted. This mammoth production Vis
735 horse? ano a- patin ot soo, dancing
girls/ h*\ entire train is necessary to
transport'th? scenc-ry. costumes, pror j
portie? and tho largest stage in the
world. .....
>The maru?geri? is made up 'of deiit
MMk'of forest*' firth, and junjp*&H?I&
?".? ?vS vago?,ii b??pnantB represent- ?
i?t y on Ttggt?gatb; weight of ?88,000 j
tons, 32 canilla "broken to harness and j
a nursery ot ftld HjtUejtomtcU?fc? that,
ore ever under the - watchful eye -of j
Ui'clr ferocious, mot hew.
.?The^irftht?r-4^*ri>#- is tn^e up of
startling European and American nov-*
eltioT; The Iilbyds, England's great
en Hdesi: tho ??altranis, 4aroM?*5vll
ISSUE fl CHALLENGE
SECOND REGIMENT THROWS
DOWN GAUNTLET
A SPLENDID BAND
Anderson Band Wanta Chance To:
Show What It Can Do At Com
mg State Fair
'It-Is probable that the directors
of thc Sooth Carolina fair associ
ation will' meet within the next tow
days for the purpose of selecting the'
bands to furnish thc music for the ;
Fair which 18 to be hold this year du
ring the latter part of October.
Among the applicants to be consid
ered is the second regiment band of
Orr mill in Anderson and it ls said
that this band will be one of the
strongest contenders for the honor.
Director Hendrickson yesterday en- j
Hated the hld of some .of the influen
tial business men of the city and al
so the Anderson chamber of commerec
and took steps which, will put the J
Second Regiment band in the run-1
ning. . .
Director Yarborough, ^ when he fill-1
ed that position on tbs hand, closed
a contract with the State fair ofll
cieis far this well known band to
serve during, the faif and it ts under
stood that nt that time the local band
furnished better 'taU3lc than tho vis
itors to tho fair had ever enjoyed be
fore.
It -ls believed that the local band
has a good chance to'win out and Di
rector Hendrickson is so confident
that this band could do as well as any
other band In the state, that he has
issued a challenge in: which he says
that ho will enter a contest with any
Other bond or bands of the state und
let it be decided .which, ls the host
organization. The director stipulates
that "every band entering the contest
put in the sum of $50 and then after
the judges have reached a decision
that the winning band .get the entire
amount of the "not."
? Anderson people ,, wofVld Uko very
much to .seO the Second Regiment
band win out and tboy .^o confident
that the local men can do as well as
any band to bc found in. South Car
olina. , .
o e o o. o. 000,0 o o- o
o 'ivA VEWS. .ve'
o . . ?>.? -:- .?. -o
o ooo o o 0 0^0 o cVo!
.iwaf ??i^t?^$^^^r%^??i^ High
School wm open -next Monday'With
Prof. Clirj-D. Coleman as principal.
and tht . following teachers: Miss
Kate RampyV ot> Hodges ; Miss Nannie
Pearson, of Woodruff< Miss Nelie Wy
att, of Eaoley; Miss Thompson of Sen
eca; MISS Howell, ol Westminster;
Mrs. Sudio Wright, of Hartsvllle. and
Mis Annie Halford of Blackville.
'? At an election held hero Tuesday, s.
E. Leverett .Was elected intendent over
S. S. McKee, by? a yote'of 61 to 1?,
Wardens were also elected as follows:
W. R. Lewis, W,. P. Cook, M. Al Chap
man and P. C. Jackson.
Rev. S.'J. Hood- hus returned from
a visit to friends in Troy and Due
West '
Mrs. < W. Wiles, Mn?. W. Frank* Mc
Gee and Mrs. J. E. Watson were shop
ping in Anderson Thursday.- - Wi
; Mrs. J. Homer Oymont died Thurs
day afternoon after an illness of $eVr
aral woeks. She was before her mar
riage Miss Georgia Sutherland, daugh
ter of the late Augustus Sutherland.
She is survived by nor huilinnd; three'
sons and three daughters. " Mrs. Oy
ment was? a consistent member of
Union church at which pince she was j
buried on Friday.. The -services' were
conducted by her pastor, Rev. H. W.
Stone.
Mrs. S. J. Hood wh? has been Spend
ing several weeks .in Gastonia ?nd
Charlotte has returned home.
Tbb manx friends of Mrs. T.-Jtt. Watt
'will be glad to know that '?he- ha? rei
turned- from the" -Anderson hospital
Wry much improved.
. Miss Helen. Leverett is spending fe
*sw" days 1n ?faT? with her ''grabd
parents. Mr. tttiMre.' J. B. Lev?fetf, f
Mr. -Crouth Jackson left tnfc-w??k
ofr Arlando and other points in
Florid?.
I Dr. J. N.'Land ?nd wife bf SUrr.
were her?^for a short while Thursday
with rebtt?r?s".
"Dr. A. L/grbethjers bf Anderson WAS
in town. Friday on professional busi
no*p. . ? ';.... ':: :.'..:.... ^ . ;.-Vs":; -
Mr. 3?Ai Cook, bf Anderson Was n
butfbhjM^i|drjft,ri-tbietwee^
Mr. J. t? Harley of Ellenton was th?
guest a few daya . ibis week of bis
friend Mr T.; Miller,
steamer ts lioag FaJrt.T>?e~Ke: TTe'wS'j
Received as to whe^bouts.
fBy' Associated Pres*.) '.
; ' New> Yo?Tr/; B?pV 18.^C0hccrn- OVifr
Im^^^nW^f Xtie steamer Ka
tabdin .which- left Georgetown; '8. ; c..
September 12 tole5 New York, and ls
ii&&f?<itLWl!**r&- expressed by shbr
bwhersi': 'thh Atlantic Coas^.-: number
Oorporati?ri, ibnight. Nb Word has
been ;/recHre>;:,from Norfolk.; Cope
Henry, dr 4^ other;point,- along the
eiiwr-"T&Ww;!?? .?!??'l*PC??e?.' -
- ? . . " -
l,?r*omon and horsewomen from over
fte-?ea>'tlA^
tiots; tho Mijarfes sensational swing
ing wlrWferormurs-; l>b>log t?tf wfc*
tl?ng kangaroo?; three' troupe* of
statue rrortrea and dog? nf snowy white;
und tysuy other st?rttlng features Are
the'lhd?ccmentn nf tho big show-JiilA
SUGGESTIONS IDE
FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS
RURAL SUPERVISORS ARE
HARD AT WORK
MISS HITEIS PLAN
Working Together with Miss G ar
lington Here, Work Will be
Accomplished in Country
Miss Mary Eva Hit?, president of
the state rural improvement associa
tion ?.nd Miss Maggie J. Garlington,
supervisor or rural schools for An- I
derson county, are working on plans i
for the advancement of their under
takings in the rural districts in this*
county. With Miss Hite and Miss
Garlington working in conjunction
|f is believed that the already splen
did country schools of Anderson'will
have reached a higher stage gf perice,
tion by^the end of the present school
session than over before. >
School !m pro vc m ont Plant).
Now that tho many rural schools
of the state aro beginning their year's
work, it ls well to call attention to (
3ome of the plans of the South Caro
lint school improvement association
Tliis organization stands for tho
minimum school term of 7 months, a
local tax in every district, the en
rollment of every child of school age,
the recular auenaaiice o? every pupil
at least ono teacher to every 50 pupils
modern buildings with modern equip
ment, and hearty co-operation be
tween the home und the school.
It is along these lines that tho
president ot the association in co
operation with the county superinten
dent of education and the county or
ganizer, has worked ono week in each
of the following counties-Darlington,
Kershaw, Cherokee, Lexington, Oco
nec, Abbeville, Fairfield and Edge
Held. lt is indeed gratifying to find
such keen interest shown in the bet
terment of "the country schools* as has .
been found in these 8 counties,
1. FAIR EXHIBIT.-At the state -
fair next month there will bo an edu
cational exhibit under tho manage
ment of the school improvement as
sociation. This display, will consist,
of the county exhibits from Laurens,
Newberry, Dorchester, Kershaw, Oco
nee. Anderson and possibly other
counties, together with a booth fitted
up as.a model school room"with-ideal
equipment. Though this is the first
attempt at ah exhibit bf thia kind,-yet
\here ls every reason to believe the
.lt w!ll prov? one of ibo mast taior
es-ting features of the fair.
2. CLEAN-UP DAY^''Cr???n--.?p
Day" observed in the schools" M
South Carolina last year^eorved as a
great . factor in the improvement ot,
educational conditions.. Again, this
year, we will observe ''Clean-Up iiayj
in the schools on the first Friday in
November. ' Every comnrnnlty, every,
board of trustees, and every teacher
should co-operate in observing thia
day as early in the session as prac
tlcable.
3. ->-PFtfZES-Through tho support
of the state department of education,
tho school improvement association,
i3 able to offer $1,250 lu prizes' to bo
awarded in 1914. This amount has
beeb'divided into 40 prizes jmd will
be given to tho "schools ot the state
showing the greatest amount of . im
provement/ during the given length bf
time; There wil be 10 first prizes
bf ISO each, and 30 second prizes of
325 each. . R?gulations governing thc
award of these prizes .??. as follows:
. - improvement must oe made be
tween Oct. i, 1913 and Dec 'lt 1914.
??, 2.''- Only rural schools' eau c?mbete
for these prizos.1 Districts? barred by
the state'-high school a?t Or by thc
state graded school act ere Ineligible
10 ent?r the contest.
.yVj.' Priseswill bC-Sv/afdcd by tlio
state osecotiVo committee bf . the
school improvement association im
mediately after tho. entries close.. .
4. All applications mest bo sent
"through tho, county supe^ntphdent
11 education'/ tie rural school super,
visor, ; br the county ' organizer of
shoo! improvement associations.
5. Prizes, will bp awarded In checks
sent fro?! the office bf the state su
peHht?n'd?nVof^au^ttbn'*tb' tho coun
ty sbp?r??tendehtf dr 1 edueairbh The
mori?y will be ddpofelfe-d to ?tho c?ed?t
bf the district in1 Which ' 'the prize
winning sphool Ur tbcated. This
money' m?st b? ?pent fur thb'turtaer
improvement lol the "school .winning it.
? ? ' All reports rob St be made'on the
printed blanks .tarnished by tho
school improvement Association.
VV- In making fcppjfcat?dn 'for a
prize,'the clean-up. day score card, a
photograph, and any evidence -of im
provements should accompany the
regular prize score card. P
Last y?ar in : response to our ot
ter of prizes we received applica
tions1 Irons 147 schools, whose'valu
ation ; ot improvements aggregated
?297,799 Bp; Ia it too mucli to'hos?
?ur at least a BO per cent indrasaethis
^(Signed) MARY EVA HITE,
Pres. S. :C. School 'Imp. . A??'n.
STAGED ix imwinsotfAiff (
Athlete*Vf?ll rontpete ??r ?^mbi?p.
V?hlp I* the Wttsbwrg ot ?he Heath. 1
^mingham,' Ata., Sept, i?^The
American ch?mpIonsMp. for all round
athlellCg .?H?? v OT*""-d"?t'*|sTT??r.ie? in' Blf
mlhgtfem tomorrow where thl?' v?aVs
meet of the Amateur Athletic Union is
to behefd; ? ? ' >: v'' *
T?A', track tfnd - field . events, are
scheduled, ffr? mhmtes . apart, .ami
each contestant most take part In
eVery .event, the winner-of tho high*
m^nutaper bf. potnt* to be declared
. ho champion. Many, athlete* ni
Vend y are hore tp participate,
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;on
?s "My Towri
Anderson County
is "My County"
What About
Anderson College ?
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Some ono recently remarked that it
was astonishing how. hard some men
were willing to work in order to make
a dishonest, living. The field of rural
credit is already producing a number
of examples. Certain companies ure
actively", at work promising farmers
cheaper money than anybody else ls
able 4.0 get on equally good security.
Tho eagerness with which some aro
accepting the bait is one indication
of.tho need there In for a sound sys
tem of rural credit. It IB not Wholly
thc fault of the farmer who is taken
in. ' ? great deal of mental energy,
combined with marvelous skill, ls ex
pended in pre par lng soulf compel lin R
circulars which seem to promise the
farmer everything, but really proralso
him- nothing.'If a's much thought and
skill wore exercised In trying to con
vert sinners, we should bo very near
tho millennium.
Stripped of verbage . and words
which darken rather thaw enlighten,
the scheme ia essentially as follows:
Buenba Company offers ; to lend you
morrey on goo* security nt. pay. 3 per
cent intr?s"ceU to ?lioiv you ip r?
pay* the ???n fn?easy"monthly- install-']
monta bb 'the ambulation *? plan".' Thia
sounds alluring, andi if you are not
too persistent in asking what you are
to get and-when you are to get it,.you
sign an application for a loan on
these favorable terms. In a-few days
you resolve from ouch ? company a
contract ,ior~ tho', loan for which you
applied. Tho contract Which #)U 're-'
celve is duly signed, by tho. officers
of the company. Then yob realize that
the application signed by you and the
contract signed by the officers of. the
company together constitute a valid
contract, .?nd that you are now in for
"Vi : " ' .:. ' , ' .,, " '.
Under the terms of the contract you
are tb bogjn at once paying off the
debt 'of, say, ?1.000 at the rate of ?10
a month, but you; have opt #ot your
$l,ooo yet. Moreover, you.da not know
just when you will go lt. Tim obly
thies you know is '.that you have **o*
to go. right on paying Sio a. month.
Vou have, however, \he promise that
w hen over the - company bas the monoy
to spare, you-will get your loan'. An
other wyy o?. saying the same thing
is that when your turn comes, you
will get it This means that such a
company has not got tho money now,
and that there are.several other gen
tlemen whose turns come before
yours. AB fast, as .th? company gets
money it lends U out tb these'.men
?fecb In his turin. When your turn
comes, .if the company lasts that long,
you will get your money.
Now, where does this kind of com
pany get tho money which it ia .going
to. lend to you and the other gentle
men who have signed these contracts?
Why^ lt. gets it ftwrn you and those
same gentleman, and from no ono
else. Speaking to all of you collective-;
ly, It says. In effect't "Gentlemen,, this
company has no money of its own, but
lt you will .pay your money into ita
treasury, wo will, then bo glad to lend
ii. back to you, if'yob will give good
sociirity, on very favorable .terms, in
deed."; . . . ..
it such a company ceased getting
aew Contracts, If co?ld "not lend -you
yoiir thousand dollars until you had
paid in n thousand. It. has no other
Sobrce of Income; and. lt can not ejfo
ate something out of nothing. If it con
tinues to' get v^yf" -, contracts ratler
yours, then it can take thc money paid
In" by thoae who follow ybu.to lend to
those .who precedo you. . in this way
your f?iri) baa^.-c?me"b^'?cr?&'''yo?\'h?^.
pah4 in. quite the fdit amonot Which
rou expect to borrow. But those who
follow.roujwili have to walt' still
{opgor'oh that account If haw appll
feant? sh'o??d' nigh. up rapidly And in
largo numbers, ahd begin -pacing their
good money. ? into' tho cOmpsjry, . Jhb
uompany may thee be Abl0 to giva you
root loan tolerably?:?afiy,/V\jBut.-;U??at
?aly, "postpones the ovil day, Those
vim follow yon lu such numbers, will
ahv?rto walt longer and longer, unless
the applicants should continue |u
t< sting, in a geometrical ratio. Cut
tho longer this sort of thing goes on
?l?e greater .Viii be the smash when ii
it?UlPi'. . fe
.^t'nfeail"you ha v? boeninitiated into
ift{{ mysteries of geometrical prasttvs
??on y?h may imagine tyftt this tort
of thing can go on indefinitely, but f
yon will take your lead pencil nnd fig
n'y awhile you wih find that in nrifor
that von may ?rel vnur loan,..within A:
y'.?tr there mtist ba ?bout i<tihnc? As .
mi.-ny applicants yent* aButhero
were this. In order that they-.may? got
their loans within A year, thoro must
bo 10 timos as many1 applicants the
following year as next year, and so
on indefinitely. Now, if there Ure 1,
000 applicants walting for lohn? thin
year, In 10 years there would have io
be, ot this rate, 10,000,000,000)000 how
contracts in the tenth year. This Ia
nearly seven thousand times the pres
ent population of tho earth. ','
Hut if you and all tho appllcij
willing to wait fivo years'
loans it would onl take 1,
contracts in tho tenth year
th? company going. Ey,tho thirteenth'
year there would hnvo to bo S, 19-',000
new applications. There aro about Oj
500,000-farms In tho United Staten* !ir.
there-were several companies like thia
operatihg on pur farmers, you can abo .
that tho- competitionaraoug them
'".v?hid, uv inst- iii?a, ?ilotas ; .vv'i?vt'
.might bo called'severo. . i ; -
Hut why mince matters? Evorvono
wbo ?as ever studied, the question
knows perfectly well tbpi this sort or
business,, ls destlrted to failure
Thor? ar? only''two!possible cobditlonn
under which lt can possibly last, anVl
both these conditions assume a degree
of foolishness^'On . tho part of; -Im
American farmer '1of which eyon ?nm
worst. enemy would not ''accuse' wm
One IS that be will be willir#;nn ?On,-*
siderablo numbers, ^^tont?^p^
MB montnly installments , into tim
treasury of;the c^pAny until bo/hao
actually , ?aid Sn aa touch
J^ctato b^orrbw back. A sr>y,iflgS,bApk.
Wyb?u b?'u?ti?f because it would BiJoW
him interest on what he pays itt, and
wb?h he draws dut what ha bas tfaid
in," li? doeB not have tb payi-aby.iritor
feit, not.Sven 3>ofvcerrt/Th?(Oth?ri!rA(
?tat co many et those who begin pay
ing in their month.lv ?nut?timowu?. k*?m
got.tired of their bargain 'aM~:quf?'aV
to enable < the' .cont?auV to -takei their
htoney 'And make loans to tho few who
stick to it If ? otit Of eVory io whb
pay in money 'stop before' they1 -get
their lohne, tho comfcany tony then
make Ita leans within' a reasonable
ttme tp" the troublesome ono who
sticke to them.'Under nb other ^?bdl
t"?n wbatt?i-br 'ebb .'such a company
last many years'.. Oho can pre'dfet its
failure with the ?ante cert??hty '.th?'t
ono can predict the d?ath of a numan
being. In neither case CSn Ono"'predict -
the ,day and hour, b that the"event'
itself will occur 1 3 a namable
period is absolutely' certain.
Iff JuBtead of. paying ?10 a^month
into the treasury of one of''these oora
panies, one. .were 'to depbs.it''.-^t'O/'fi'
month In a savings bfm?, which wonJd
allow, him Interest month ,by:;month
on all hiB deposits,, the'following tabto
shows wh?t ho would ' hate, to his
f .r? a,t tbe end^of each year..,
PR?N?'WtT?,^,.
CHECK FOR $1,000
>tfy .rt? ?irfi?UM*$tfr*i :
Southern Road ^o^ ^p^rexia.
tion of lo?g Service kendered
By
In recog?jtio? tjof 'th? love ' and
splendid /AilrbAd Aervlte, bf Cap^ Wil
liam o. feciith, offtctals of the ??'uth
^n,ikr.oad . yes^rday?,presented' .{tj$?>?
smith with'
presentatlqnr was mau'oto'c^pt SnilthV
Widow at Walhall^an^ it took h*o en
tirely by. surprise aa. she hid receiv-'
ed np intimaron of 'such a^tbtng.
? .The,, voucher/ acepmpanying, ^tb?
'^to^^^.^^P$f??^"i**r''
presentation read; , . aftATUITY, tn
tff^ripi*, .of the JoOg;; ef?cieot ?nd
?f^^Wff*'^??.-^^^Vb^?^uaFiMc
extending oy.er j^.-?erf?d. of ,?ity y^rs,
^hp^wAbbbo?rAM
service bs conductor, Columbia divi
sion, with an. uhbltftnlshed,: record on
'JAnuory' t. lOi?." N ? .
; It .ls ftndors'tood that tii?-appropti*
^^/^Jw0^ " r "sr?|rSlr?-ifc^f,- '^?$^?^????c^i?^^ ?
byv;.W; .K. Wore??re.' who ; wis a llf^ '
long friend br Cabt/ 8jOUn? c