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THEANDERSONIN?ELUGENCER FOUNDED AUWL'ST 1, 1860. 12a North Malo Streot ANDEH80N, S. C. W. W. SMOAK. Editor und Bus. Mgr D. WATSO?tf' li&.L.City Editor. PHELPS SASSEEN, Advertising Mgr T. 13. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. E. ADAMS, reiegrapn Editor and Foreman. Member ot Associated Press and Receiving Completo Dally Telegrapblo Service. Entered according to Act of Con gress as Second Class Mail Matter at tbe PoHtolQca at Anderson, S. C* Sl'M&CRirTION RATES flewKWoeklr* One Year .^.l?.Jl?.., Six Months .... Daily One Year . Six'Months . Three Montlia . TELEPHONES Editorial and ?usin?es Office.321 Job Printing .693-L The Intelligencer la delivered by carriers In tito city, if you fall to get your papor regularly please notify tts. Opposite your numo on the label of your paper is printed date to which our paper 1B paid. Al1 checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. WHO IS TO BLAME It is natural that thone who are effected by the financial stringency existing at thlB time should endeavor to And a place where the blame for it can be placed. It ls also natural and to be expected that In placing, thin blame many innocent factors will come In for a anare of tho censure. It may be that one feels the blame ex ists where it most hurts the business of the man or concern affected. For Instance it may be that the banker will feel that the co rr cap enden t bank which Insists on Its paper being paid, ls largely to blame for not being able to extend the full Une of credit to customers who expect it. On the. other hand the farmer who has cotton to sell may feel there would be no neces sity for the financial stringency wera lt not that the banks Insist on pay ment of paper due. The feeling is goneral that almost everyone ls more or less responsible for the cry of hard times heard all around. The truth of the matter ls that no one in the South Is to blame for the present crisis in the business ~ror-M. li is just one of those unfor tunate things that ie upon us and can not.be "shooed" off. True, in handling lt there wilt be mistakes made. The former will, In many cases, not do the thing he will later find to have been the best thing to do. hTe merch ant, vhs banker, the jobber, the work er In any line, will later find that he has done things that were better left endone, and said things that were bet ter left unsaid. When one finds that the labor ho has performed ls not bringins the returns ho has hoped, and that lona stares him In the fact, it ls hard to be kind and charitable to ward all his fellowmen, especially if lie feels, that somewhere, somehow, some of his former friends and neigh bors are .responsible for his Tun'of hard luck. . ft The Intelligencer would preach tr* gospel of tolerance, and good will. Let hs all ho lu?t in our criticism and true ia our deal inga with our fellowmen. There should ^be no feeling of harsh ness or Intolerance among any ot otif . people. We should stand together at all times, and especially now. Every class of our people, no matter what th?ir occupation, social or financial standing, ia essential to the success of every other class. The farmer feeds us all, and stands as a bulwark in all times, but it ls just as essential for the farmer's succer to have someone - to buy his produc ?J fi is for the other classes to have him to buy from. We confess we cannot see the neces sity for tho financial stringency now prevalent over the country. With a bumper srop, it wonld seem that men who Work are being punished for their thrift. With moro money In cir culation then ever 1ST fore, and the government Stohdlrfg ready to issue more as^w?e'd, it' dVtybtlesa appears to many 'fjbat' the ba aka are responsi ble tor the.condition of affairs. ' Tho banks, as a wholo tie have much to do. wit*? .the condition oi the mdney market, .but they intnrn are Just as dependen* y pon, others ar. the poor cotton farpjer,;)s upon tho local oana. The little, bank can no.' more control tho situation-thah the little merchant, the situation ''than- "the ' little mer. .>;?|?A^^&rA^N^]ati??s^r. - the . lit. V^^WMM8v?er. ' tn fact the lo ? ?tal; t^^a^lietnapsi as hard hit ae Voy of ojiK) people. They* must meet their pbilg?itlons just ss individuals. :f?*$i^r\W*?;-?b til? large centers have ait advance^. th?3$r rate ot inter fiisst, . and payii^wils lsrge rate de creases the amount -made by the local bank, yst'we have not heard of a bank down '?)t?^^!jri^tt:?ht?r/nto to the Socal borrower. Depositors ara draw $1.60 .75 ?5.00 , 2.50 , 1-25 lng out their money, and at this sea non of the year when bank deposits are going up usually, they are now go ing down. Their iuture usefulness in thc community d?pends upon the way they meet their obligations, Just as thc future financial standing of the individual depends upon the way he meets his obligations. Hut, we hold no brief for any bank or banker, and thu above ls said only as justice to those institutions which mean so much for the growth and development of the country at all times. The bank may be compared to the little boy's de finition of a lie-"A very present help in time of trouble." Dut, we arenot despondent over thc situation. There ls a future. Tho sun will rise on a bright tomorrow, and we Bball feel better for the little "hostlsement we are now receiving. Wo shall at least appreciate our good fortune when, it comes. The farmers of the county and tho South will learn to diversify their crops and to livo independently of Germany, Franco or Russia, no matter how much they may "scrap." Let us turn our faces to tho sunrise of tomorrow, and looking in to the grey of the approaching duwn, forget the shadows of the sunset, und the winds of adversity that howled during the night. Renew hope and courage, do the best wo can, and leave results to Him who dlspcnseth all things. WE THANK MB. BARNETT. The editor of The Intelligencer de sires to thank our Six and Twenty correspondent for the kind way ic which he wolcomes UB to our new Meld as editor. We trust that he along with all out- readers, will In deed give us the right hand of fellow ship, and help us boost for Andersor county, and the Piedmont sectirn ol South Carolina. Such kind words gc a long ways toward lightening th? work of being editor of a newspaper At best this ls a trying position t< fill, and one where the knocks an usually more than the boosts. The difference between an editoi and a private citizen is that the edi tor hos ni ways to express his opinion whether or not they will bo populai while the private citizen can kee] his mouth shut If he finds there wll be opposition to what bo ls going ti say. Consequently, while the edito may have many persons agi eeln with him In views expressed, and wh would express themselves the sam way were they to edit a paper, ye they remain silent and he must recelv 'the knocks. Then there are anothe classes of citizens, not numerous, bu yet plentiful, who wish to use an edi tor to pull their chestnuts out of th fire and save their fingers. Then ther is that other kind who does agre with an editor, but who are perfectl willing that he shall have the rigt to an opinion and do not get offene ed because their views are not th VIOWB of the paper, and who desire t help In the fight for better things. T this latter class Mr. Barnett belong and he deserves nothing but commet dation for the manly way he has < saying what he baa to say wlthoi bitterness,. Yes, we may differ polit t-ai iy, but what's the use? Two y cai from now thore will not be any di ierences of opinion, and besides v ara not running a political organ, ai tho views of the editor are of no mot consequence than the views of ai other private citizen. We thank the correspondent for h kind words, and we wish to ask th all others who have a good word fi the county and for the work The li teiligencer Is trying to do, to como < with it Let us make Anderson conn second to none in the State, and Tl Intelligencer the best, paper in tl State. We can if you will do your pa as Hr. Barnett la going to do his. It your paper, you know, and not th of the editor. You can make lt a fa tor for good, or you can neutralise 1 Influence by your Indifference and o position. Which position will y take? Can we not count on you? . _ -o TBE COTTON QUESTION. - The ono Important Question befa the peoplo ot this state now is as the reduction of the cotton acreai or the total elimination of the cr nest year. Tho text of the bili inti in ced by the select committee Mond provides for the reduction of the cr to six acres to each plow. Now com a dispatch from Columbia stating tl tho efforts now are to have a bill eliminate tho entire crop paosed. . We must confess to a blt of shep cl sm as to the constitutionality of ell ar of these.laws, and. even.it constli Uonal, to the'expediency of their pi sage ot this time. ' This ls too radi? a step and one which wo are sure t farmers themselves-we mean t large majority of them, tho nm farmer-KIO not v i sb to have taken. - Talk about interfering with 1 personal liberty of a man, we wot ask what ls this if not taking aw the entire right ot a man to do aa pleases with what ls his own. It wot be a diff?rent , matter If there w< som? police, regulation attached this planting cotton, which would fact ?he health br personal safety thc people of a community, hut there 1B nothing injurious to the health of a community in a large crop of cot ton, ami the ou ly person effected 1B th? farmer himself who growB tho cotton. Then if it should prove legal and constitutional, would not thu legisla ture have the sume right to pass laws restricting other work. Why not then limit the number of acres of corn or oats, or thc number of hogs or cows a farmer should own? Why not re utrlct the number of pairs of shoes the merchant shall sell, ur the number of papers The Intelligencer Bhall IBBUC each morning? Au a farmer owing and paying taxes on my farm, I would want thc right to plant any crop I please, and as much or as little of it as I choose, and I would not think the legislature had any right to restrict me In so doiug. If my personal interests would he best nerved by planting 20 acres of cotton to each plow, then I would feel that I had a perfect right to plant 20 acres. If I felt on the other hand that I should plant no cotton, then I would feel that I should have the same right to plant no cotton. In other words, I should want thu right of eminent do main over my farm, and I would re sent any Interference with that right whether or not it should bc by an In dividual or a State. Now. The Intelligencer feels that (his view ls one that will be taken by at least nine out of every ten farmers In the cotton growing belt, and for thc simple reason that lt ls right, Gover nor Slaton. of Georgia, also a large cotton growing State, announced that I he would not call his legislature to ! ??ether in special session because as a I lawyer he would not ask it to pass a law which he considers unconstitu tional, and which his Attorney Gen eral also considers unconstitutional. Governor Staion Is not alone In this opinion, but is backed up by legal opin ion of other able lawyers. So, In our humble opinion, should the present session of the legislature pass this law, it will mean a lengthy and er pensive litigation to determine the constitutionality of the law, and should lt be declared constitutional, then endless litigation to enforce it. ! We seriously doubt the wisdom of any I law attempting to legislate on the matter of cotton at this time. Rather than a law, let common sense and reason dictate what the farmer shall do In this matter. The Intelligencer trusts that, law or no law, there shall be a great reduction of cotton acreage for next year. Let there bo more attention to grain, hogs, cattle, poultry and other small pro ducts of the farm. -o Timely suggestion-the clock. O I The battle that ls on In the city of Beans grows worm. The clubs of Columbia seem to be in the bad with the city authorities. Make everything you attempt a can ning demonstration. Men of mark make more than a I scratch. -o Anderson is My Town. What's I yours?. Kipling said, "A fool there was-." And he Is still with us, Kip. -r-o A Rustem Bey had his say ?nd went ?away. .Tis true. All fools that rock the [boat are not drowned. Tis pity. If you haven't a man side job, you I are doing yourself a great injustice. No, it 1B neve* so bad that it couldn't bo worse. T. R. might have been a woman, and a suffragette. Utter nonsense*-T. R." and Cap*n Hobson. -The State. They sure do pal. ?-o -> difference whether lt Is shaved or not, keep that Hp of yours stiff. Cut off the needless expense. Stop throwing perfectly good shoes at the feline songster of the back fence. May be that you have seen old man llard-tlmc-talk. Aa Col. Ed. DsCamp says, he ls "common clay." If you cant help a thing along, don't binder lt. Get in tho swim or you may bo drowned. lt ls about time for somebody to dig np the yellow peril of California again. o Wouldn't lt be ni to to have some of these caen who started this scrap to lead the armies Into battle? * ? If Spartanburg ls "The city of Suc cess," we don't, see any use tn rubbing lt tn. - It may be that the Richland county sheriff wanted to put Ringling Broth ers circus in his watch charm. COTTON ACCEPTED FOR FINE. Judge George E. Prince, of this city, has a remarkable intel lect, and he usually hits the bull's eye on every time in his decisions, and in his utterances on public questions. Everyone is familiar with Iiis clear cut and logical conclusions on the common school sys tem in the State, and the duty of a parent towards his children in the matter of giving them educational advantages. Many a charge to the grand juriesj of the courts over which he has presided will be rcmmbered lcng after-his honor has ceased to preside over the courts of thc State. Now he conics oui with a brand new idea, and in keep ing with the "Buy-a-Bale" movment, one which will undoubtedly be .invel in its application. Over in Saluda a man was convicted of as :mlt and battery and fined SlOO by Judge Prince. The defendants counsel complained that their client was a poor man, and had to de jnd on the sale of his cotton to pay the debt. Judge Prince im mediately announced that the court would accept 1,000 pounds of .utton in lien of the fine. It Is still undecided what effect this will have mi the crimes of Saluda county in the future. A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE. When President W. W. Finley of the Southern Railway Com pany died, th? South felt that it has lost a valuable friend and "an auk idvocate. This was true, for Mr. Finley was always battling for the upbuilding of his native Squth. The results of his far seeing policy n the live stock industry. There was a feeling of sadness and loss to this section felt when the news of President Finley's death was Hashed over the country. , But there is never a man so important that someone may not lake his place, however great a blow to one's vanity this thought may occasion. Such was the case when Fairfax Harrison stepped, into the place made vacant by the death of his predecessor. He has tilled it. The true greatness of the man can be seen in a decision of his just made public. He has voluntarily reduced his own,salary twenty per cent, and asked that all other officials having a salary of s 2,5?0 or over do likewise, in varying proportions. This voluntary reduction will not be much in prooprtion to the entire salary roll of the railway system, butJfs principle is the same, and shows the un selfishness of trie man. v "BUY COTTON GOODS AND HELP THE SOUTH." The Intelligencer's'advocacy of the National Cotton Goods week is responsible for th interest manifested in so laudable an enterprise. j Yesterday this movement started here, and already there is, much - talk of the great amount of cotton goods being sold by tile dry goods merchants of the city. And the week has but just started Before it ends there vVHI doubtless thousands of dollars worth of cottn goods sold ver the counters of our merchants, and tU'&e will be given an impetus to the move ment which will be hard to stop. The Intelligencer believes that there is room for the consump tion of much, of our surplus crop right at home, if our people will only wear cotton goods. In addition to the use ot cotton goods for clothing there are many other uses to which cottori may be put, and these uses are being made of the staple. For in stance, the T. Q. Anderson Baggirtg and Tie Company, of Anderson, is making and shipping large quanities of cotton bags for the use of cotton seed oil mills in putting up their meal. There is absolutely no sense in importing material for making these bags when the South has such a surplus cotton'crop. - Other fertilizer should ?lso be put up in cotton b^Js^&nd^wefsee no reason why all the South Carolina fertilizer faetones' should'not place orders for their entire output. The cotton itself should be put up in cotton bagging., By all means let the South, at least show its apprciation of its best and almost its only money crop* by using as much' of it at hme as it possibly can. All "honot^o, the young ladies who are serving this week in the interest of the fl?tton'goods movement in Anderson. "Buy Cotton Goods and Help the South" should be emblazoned on our escutcheons I But by ali mear? let? xis'BU Y COTTON GOODS IN THE SOUTH. Along with the'grain proposition,j Ah, happy Atlanta! You have how would it do to put several acres dug up Leo Frank and Jim Cor in alfalfa? % j . ' \ ley again and you have a sigh of ? . o, jj contentment When farming in South Carolina ;-?"~~~"* fails, there is something wrong with Nine times out* often the man he man, not< thfLJana. ? who-tells the fellows about what , -o-r- . a sweet little wife he has, will go The grain elevatoria coming. Now nome anfj cnase tng family ghost t's up to you to get something to put from the closet because there was in it too much soda in the biscuits. -'-?h-- ? -lo- -.. We are auspicious in the beginning Sounds funny doesn't it. Seh ahout Henry Ford's ViBit to the white ator McLaurin has persuaded House. Now the President is an own- Texas to "plant no. cotton," and er of a "high henry." . Marlboro county, the , home of --o-;- the Senator wants only a fifty per Don't UBten to tho mocking bird, cent decrease. Pipe the one who has something new. . --? to suggest when the plans are being ~ Fellow citizens, let's get behind made. ' Ahls paving proposition and-push -o?r- . . I the dust off the man-out'of An Ask for something " made in An-jrjerson, anyway. Man may be derson." The next best is "made in (made of dust, but he is . very care U. S. A." Don't say America-lt takes ful'to avoid such low kith and kin. tn too much territory. ; - -o--' '.--4-. The Germans have taken ?nt If you don't ilks,, the way thing's ? werp. Seems to us that it would are going on in the world, you inquire ' be a very undesirable piece of pro into your own conduct ??nd eeo if any perty, Since they will have tO Sit nprovement can br spade .there. down on it and stay there forever . . ''fen-' '.. _ and ever in order to keep it. Reed Miller, tho famoua South Caro- -r-o Una tenor, ls making a tour ot the Another comet is visable iii the state. He is one of "our brrr." joys, heavens, and it is about time for a native of "My ,?bwn." somebody to rise up and prophesy xo , , Hhe..'end of the earth. Prophets if the thing'won't pull, jien pmm tome and prophets go, mit. Noah IL Grease the wheels v i li some of has held the undisputable record the oil of your tank; and you Viii get for a couple thousand years. there. Your, head wasn't designed as an {y <. " j" ' ? bm^r-'yiUj-^ ornament. .'. jgjjgj^^ggggggggggg^gf' .'-r?.." ? . . . The Boston X?rave's 'get ou?r ; ' ' -^?|?S? goat-also the-^eletJc's.'. 'V ? . " . ^^^^^^^^^^|' Nine-tenths of Anderson is "op- .; : ft^^^^^if^^^S "* v portunities. One-tenth is you. Bmm?n^ -fry <%&*mm What shaii the wHp.ie,p$f lllll^^ I J^^SB "Forgive us our deb)s as . we " ' : ! forgive our .debtors." ls .that, a ' ?M^^|^M.' y. * prayer for peace !t depends. ." MJH^^|fg Old man, wfierev was,that boy \ '* W^SBgtS^^l^m < &i of yours last night? It is a pr?t- WsSSSm^^^^m? : ty safe bet tl^t h? ir? . as good ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ At any rate, iii wasn't an An- ? ' " 1 '1 " derson merchant-who stopped ad- one1 of tho cowgirls * with the ioi vertislhr that he^fliighl go fish- Ranch, corning to Andaran TOesday, lng.:-<?:'- . October *7. i Jffi^cT $5 certainly buys the great est shoe value in Anderson at this store. The enormous assortment of pleasing styles in extreme and conservative lasts is partly responsible for our large early Fall business. Shoe styles and prices for every man-$3.50, $4, $4.50, $5 to $6.50. Here are special leathers for the wet days. They're bet ter for you than a health policy. They discount your doctor's bill. >. Order by parcel post. We prepay all charges. t "Tte Stan.t??)i ajkrodaxx AMERICAN RED CROSS ARE G?VEN A HEARTY WELCOME ON RUSSIAN SOIL. Petrograd, via London, Oct- 12. 1:55 p. m.-The American Red CTOSB detachment, reinforced by 36 members of the Russian manltary corps, will proceed to Kiev Tuesday to -assume charge of a hospital containing two hundred beds. This number later will be increased to seven hundred. The Americans pronounce the F.ussian equipment and technique high class. ; The Russian Red Cross is adding to ?the Americans.five car loads pf sup j plies, beds,' linen, and drugs. The 'Americans have boen given a warm welcome and have been escort ed to the emperor's walting room, where they wero welcomed by Count BobrnskyV chief of the Russian Red Cross; as the only foreign Red Cioas Corps sent to Russia. - Russian officials attach importance to the American expedition as likely to add to the cordial relations bn tween the two countries. The Amer ican surgeons probably will be eqm. ped with Rus sinn uniforms so .n*?t they can escape being made the tar gets Of unthinking soldiers. John K. Anil, Editor. It is understood that John K. Aull, Oov. Blease's private secretary, will be editor ot The Commonwealth, the new paper Which has been capitalised at 125,000. The first issue will be published just before or soon after the Legislature convenes in January. The paper will be owned?by a Stock company, the shares to be only $5 each. It was learned that stock ls being' taken in all parts of the state. The plan is to permit no stockholder to own more than 50 shares.-Green wood Journal. "Buy.a.Bale.of.Cotton." kansas City, Mb., Oct- 12.-Charles D. Jones, Nashville, Tenn., president of tho Gram Dealers' National Asso ciation, in annual convention here to day, urged every Tanner . and every dealer in grain producing States to Join the "buy-a-bale-of-motton" move ment. < . Joining the "buy-a-baleiof-cotton" movement does not mean, giving away 950, but rather investing that sum with an opportunity to make good Interest j.on the iuTcatmeni," be Bald. I- ~~~^?^*T^*'ii ia being" demonstrate d every Ii ia the. most economical for the progressive, up Uvdate I armar to use in Ullin* his tfrcroMndWood ^ They rare fumista^ IlYwi.sKtiu)iBtrr:m:ouratCBniE? Liy an Anderson, S. C., Belton, S'. C., .Greenyii?ei, S. C.