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1H? ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER " . FOUNDED AUGUST 1, KOO. 126 North .Main Street A N DL USO.N, H. C. W. W. SM OAK, Editor and Bus. Mgr D. WATSON DELL.City Editor, j PliKLi'S S?S3BBN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GOPPRBV.Circulation Mgr. K, ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Entered as second-class matter Ap ril 28, 1914, at (be post office at An derson, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION BATES Semiweekly. Ono Year .il.DOl Six Months .7C[ Hally One Veur .f?.00 Six Months . 2.50 Three Months .... 1-2& TELEPHONES' Editorial a: d Business Ofllco.321 Joh I'rltitlni; .G93-LI Tho littcil-geuc?r Is dullvered hy enrriern in the city. If you fall to get your poper regularly picoso notify us, Opposite your namo on thc label of your puper is piloted date to which our paper in paid. Al1 checks and drafts should ho drawn to Thc Anderson Intelligencer. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY We know so little of the hearts Tba:, everywhere at ou.il ut beat, So ilU. o ot the Inner live4, Of those whom day by day wo greet; Oh ! It behooves UR one and all, Gently to deal with thoso we meet. Gontly to deal and* gently to Judge With that divinest charity That thinks no evil but would seok The good in every soul to see, - Measuring not by what it ls, But' by thnt which it strives to be." Old Haying ravined: if you are happy it's-easy.to be good.' Silence In a woman may be con tempt lainer (ban consent. 0 . It's about tinto to get dur reforme Into some kind of form. Do something worth while ls often the cheapest kind of .pleasure. ? good hatting average may knock a ?sa oit. for scything Sb?t baseball ) Wonder why Booker was not in on ,''th.e game? You will observe that we are rest ing-today .from our usual cotton edi torial. It ls Sunday. Wonder if the sign on Belton's watch |ower will be able to get its "W back into commission by the 21st i, . ?, ;, O"-m Pollock went to Washington-won der If lt' was to pick put. his seat in. the Senate? Shooting crail? in a newspaper of flee ia rather a costly sport in "Tho City of Distress." . ? -o The person so losy that he is willing to Uve of? someone else ls little better than a cannibal. drastic action with those peoplo wno ride a freo horse to death. We honestly believe that too much to eat bas. caused as much misery as too little. It seems to us that some men get married to have someone upon whom to work o? their bile. It's not so much what a man earns j an the ratio of his salary to what he ' spends.'la living. Sometimes a man's conscience may : not bother him because if has wasted away from lack of exercise. TOcre>'<may bo some satisfaction In ricing above those around you but the troly"gi-??t take moro pleasure in rais ing others with thora. AVhon o young man gets to figuring, .. that two can llvo as cheaply as one, he probably ?as in mind pruning a whole lett from' hie- allowance for hon hons and flowers. A ^e?'ia young mon gives hts sweet heart silk stockings f?r a present the : .parentb -c^ for the ,v^efldin?. Wo-have heard that the latoBt fash ion edict ls that women's clothes mu? 11 conform "vvlth their' hSliv We've ' sees ^^J^^^J?^it f-!w???T' haven't got mitch bair: ; ?? bst^?si'-t Jis?^?^i>i!?hv; that .there' feiltty ot realising. themi ts wilt; pejut forth in Abtst ls near enough to ragf?ftaX reachtqgit - THE NOBILITY OF THE TE ACHI EB The time of thc year ima come for almost all the schools of tho State to open. Many of them have been In session for several weeks, and many others are opening their doors almost every Monday morning. This ?a true of the country schools, and M. oday morning, bright and early, then will bo au army of littlo feet marching to their respective schools to dip into tho fountain of knowledge. How eager ly these little tots Beek the knowledge of the books, and how earnestly they strive to "please teacher" and to "he a good hoy," or to "be a good girl;" And how important that tho guiding mind in those schools bo well inform ed and full of love of their work and thu love of chlldhoood. For many or tho lillie fellows, this will be tho be ginning of a new life, and new possi bilities. Like the traveler In some country whose Journey unfolds now and moro wonderful scenes, each sur passing the other In gradeur and lov lineaa, is thiB Journey In the land of letters for the little boy or girl ot tending school for tho first time. What ?B seen along tho Journey depends largely upon the wlBdoin and know ledge of tho guide. No more noble task has evor been assigned a man or woman ^t han leading Innocent child hood to know and understand the hid [ den mysteries of the alphabet and what lt leads to In life. Preparation for this great work is moBt essentlal. True teachers ure born not made, but thc art of teacbiug can be taught. It 1B therefore, most im portant that the teacher be prepared j to teach. How often does ono And 'hat thc teacher knows iittio of the true science of teaching, and flounders about in the schoolroom, and muk?s a failure. Indeed worse thia failure, Tor it is failure not only of htr?olf us a teacher, but of tho posslhl'ities In many caseB of tho minds entrusted to ? her care. ? THE BELTON FAIR. Tho Intelligencer hopes to see in a near futuro a big Piedmont Fair at I Anderson, embracing in its scope all of ?this and each of the adjoining corni ja. We would like to see lt an agri cultural and live' stock fair, and at tended by every person within a radius of Atty, miles. The good such a fair would do this section of the State can not be estimated. So, ist us ge? busy in this proposition and organize a fair of this acope In timo for next fall. But, in the meantime, let us all go to Belton next Wednesday and enjoy the day at Belton's fair. This is one of the most commendable movements we have heard of in the Piedmont section of South Carolina. Here is a commun ity so full of public spirit and civic pride that a fair is staged and a large list of premiums given, absolutely free. There ls .no charge for adm is I sion, and the hospitality of the peo ple of this progressive little city, with ts hundred trains daily, has become known far and wide. This ls the spir it that builds for the future, and gives that largo vision which makes for a [broad minded citizenship. This hard year wheu large counties have called off their county fairs on account of the ?inanelal stringency, even though nipportcd by patd admissions and en try fees, for Belton tc have TX*adc ihr 'arge preparations she has made, and to furnish the premiums and stand all the expenses, is a show of remarkable generosity. The promoters have spared no pains to advertise tho fair, Several .ours ot Anderson and adjoining coun ties havo been made aad literature distributed. All honor to the public 3p. ri tod citizens who have piomoted this fair. HOME AND SCHOOL GARDENING Announcement recently .has been ruado from Washington that the Unlt 2d States Pu ? eau of Education ts to ?take ur. the work of promoting home (and /"mool gardens. ? Commissioner. Claxton favors school marooning hocauso It develops habits ?sf inouatry and because it bringa "'an tpprccraticP of value and measured in terms of Iair-br abd a realization that ?very man and woman must make his [or ber living and contribute to tho woltara of the community. Experi ments have shown that, with proper direction, an average child can pro-' duce on an eighth of an.acre of land from $50 to $100 worth ot vegetables. Thia, pr. Claxton poluta out, "would ?dd more to the support of the fam ily than could be purchased with the' same child's wages working in factory ahop or mill." Also, he calls attention to the fact that "If children can con tribute to tho family's support while lu school, it will make it possible for them to attend Behool three or four years longer ihan they nov do." It ls the hope of the Bureau of Edu cation' that ultimately every city school will haye a teacher employed twelve months* in the year, who knows gar dening both in theorjr and In practice, during tho school year, according to the bureau's plan, -tho teacher would jive instruction in nature study, ele mentary science and gardening in the ; and In the afternoon would lens at tho homes ot the time to directing the garden work. All surplus vegetables and fruits -would he, by a co-operation method, either marketed first or canned and pre served for sale. Much progress already has been made in school gardening and thc principal difficulty that has been ex perienced in the expansion of the work has been the lack of definite and detailed Information on the subject. Ono of tho first things the Hureau o? Education will undertake to do ls to prepare and disseminate Instructions as to how to make and manage a gar den. In tilIH und in other ways tho hureuu will effectively supplement thc work of agricultural colleges and oth ir agencies. It is t|Uile us appropriate to teach burdening lu city schools us it is to teach agriculture In rural schools. There are many city people who have j yet to lea n thc possibilities of the garden, The best results in attain ing these possibilities can be secured hy educating the children In the art of "making things grow," GIVE REPORTERS A CHANCE Tell the newspapers when you have any news for them to print. Often one hears that newspapers "get things all hailed up," und I? it any wonder? Oft .:n when a reporter for a newspaper goes to a man for a blt of news he is rebuffed, or put off with one excuse or another, instead of being met frank ly and told all there is to the Item. Tho secretive person, when lt comes to giving news to the papers is usu ally the one who has complaints to make. Of course If the nev,,,paper man cannot get the facts as they are, and it is necessary to print something about the happening, and most news papers like to report occurrences when they occur, then a garbled report is the result. It ls a pretty safe rule to tell the newspaper man everything, and aBk him not to publish certain things which you wish to have omitted. Possessing all the facts a more intel ligent report can be written, and we have yet to learn of a trustworthy newspaper man who has ever giver, away a secret with which he has been trusted. Another thing, don't blame a news paper for not carrying a full story ot the happening at some special event when an Invitation- to li h^a been with held. Newspaper reporters always pre-. fer to have a report of an occurrence at first hand, rather than as told by some one else. The Intelligencer stri ves to carry all the news and as ac curately as lt ls possible for it to be told, and with these hints we trust we shall be able to get facts as accu rately as possible from thoso who can give out news. JUDGE PRINCE'S CHARGE, lt is nbt always that a circuit judge's charge is really worth while and time ly and forceful. Such cannot be the verdict of our Grand Jury and citizens who heard the charge of Judge Prince on Monday last His able and thor ough exposition of certain cond'tions existing throughout South Carolina, and the remedies he suggests for same ! should quickly ' arouse our people to their highest duty, and make certain to bring about a different and an im proved status of affairs. This awaken ing should be speedy along all the Hoes upon which he touched so that our children and children's children should not suffer as ail those have ls the past and as we of the.present still continue so to do. The things upon which ho specialized were good roads, compulsory education, misceg enation, ard blind tigers: He handed all these subjects with gloves off, sounding the marrow of our trouhlet along these Unes, and handing out remedial measures sud suggested leg islation that would place -us on a firm and solid foundation. We heartily thank Judge Prince in the name ' . of Bdgefield county for hja. patriotic, broad-gauged and .sound message to our Grand Jury, and respectfully re quest that he reduce same.to writing so that we may publish lt and broad cast lt and hammer It into tho' minds land hearts of our people, tr anting thh! ?witt, abd favorable action may. en sue.- Edgefleld Chronicle. .oo?ooooooooooooooooo u OUR DAILY POSH o o ooooooooooooooooooo Prallte. Let ua halt now, for a space in bur hurrying, Let us take time to look up and look out; Let ?B refuse tor a spell to be wor rying; Let us decline both to question and doubt It one goes caviling Hair-splitting, flaw-hunting-ready for j strlfe-T Ali iiio hool ylcasarels missed in the traveling. Onward through life. Just for today we will put away sor rowing Just for today not a toar shall be shed; Nor will wo fear anything, or go bor rowing Pain from the future by profitless cn Penalizing the Southern Farmer for Contributing to the Prosperity of the Country-An Interesting Sample of Economic Wisdom. One of the favorite boasts of this great country has been its con ti ol of the cotton-growing industry of the world. The great finan ciers of the country, perhaps-reluctantly have boen compelled, from lime to time, to admit thal COTTON has been the mainstay of our foreign trade. More than twenty years ago, the cotton growers violated eco nomic laws and produced more cotton than the world could absorb, with the result that cotton went to five cents per pound. The cotton growers learned their lesson, and adjusted themselves to conditions to such an extent that, for years past, the world has readily used the o; ops which they have grown at a reasonably fair price. The European war has dislocated business the world over. No class in any n?utral state has been hit so hard as the cotton farmers of our Southern States. They are in a pit, not of their own digging, from which they are absolutely unable to escape without outside help. The average man, viewing this situation, would conclude that the government of a Democratic nation, administered by a Demo cratic Party, WOULD FEEL IT A BOUNDED DUTY and ? privilege to go to the rescue of this great and valuable class of producters, who have (for the first time in their history) asked for help from the gov nment to which they have contributed so largely for three genera tions. But, and this is a very large BUT, the present Administration has been able to find no avenue through which to help. The President "fears" that it would nor be sound economics to help these producers. The Senate and House of Representatives part Iv share these fear*, and partly fear the President. Conference after conference has been held. Many large val?mes would be required to ?rint the nuggets of wisdom that have fallen from the lips of these statesmen. But the farmer CONTINUES TO SUFFER and is almost despairing. tj| The latest conference, convened in Washington on Monday, is . cmposed of goyernqrs, senators and congressmen. After two days ind one night of most earnest discussion, they can see but one way :ut-and that is lo tax the man on the verge of hunger for bread, despite the fact that he is clothing the world! The only dispute between these gentlemen is as to who shall do :l:e work of puting on this prorfibitive tax. One side.insists that 'hii Federal government must dc it. and thc other side insets that the Mates must do it. The administration, which' can find no precedent for helping the 'armer, can. (of course )>easily fine*, one for taxing him. Curious, when, one comes to think of it-this combined wisdom of the Democratic leaders of the countryv lt does not seem to have occurred to these? gentlemen that the government could have gone to the help of the farmer, thirty days ago for that matter, and have made as a part of the contract, or as one of the conditions bf grant ing the help, that,the farmer should cut his cotton acreage next year. That never occurred to them. Their proposition, boiled, down, is to REFUSE TO HELP HIM, but.to make him,cut his acreage under penalty of a fierce tax. In the meantime, the farmer has his crop on hand. The cotton seed oil men* taxing advantage of the farmer's need, have Cut in half the price of his codon seed. The American cutton mills are holding off the market, with a view of getting their supplies at a very low price. The foreign cotton milts are practical ly out of the market entirely. Suppose this taxation law, representing the sum of Democratic \ isdom,. should be passed. It would put the government in the at titude of saying:'"You worked hard. You produced good, crops, iou violated no economic law. 4 But.an unforseen contingency has arisen with which WE can not cope. We have given this profound thought, and we see but one remedy, and that is to T(AX YOU, if * ou persist in working ?hard and making good crops!" ' It is the first time that a government has penalized the peo ple who have contributed so enormously to the prosperity of the .un try. Some farmers m?y be, for the moment, deceived by this specious taxation proposition. But The Geoergia does not fear to predict that, if this proposition becomes law, every man who advo cated it will, in the next few years, be dammed, pent'cally, and buried under such1 sn avalanche of votes that Gabriel's hom will never resurrect him to political life! Of course, all of us understand that neither this law, nor any other bearing on tjhis matter, will be passed by this congress. Our .enators and representatives are simply running around, blindly seeking an avenue cf escape for.themselves, and hoping that they ca i fieceive or divert the attention of the people from the main issue. They may as well understand now as later that the attention of th? people will not be diverted, lt is a question of bread. People can not forget that. . ** \ Why can not these officials live up to their promises of relief, in which they were so prolific a short time back?, Tasting the joy that ts found just in rollicking Onward through tho fight Just for today all the illa that need bettering I We will oatt from our note book of mind ' I All that is good wo wit! mark by red-leUering; I Those things alone wa are seeking ta find.' I minga io oe on? v??T, I Pms over, whine over- pass them, I say!. Nothing la noted, save what we are glad oTsr This Is Praise Day. -Elia Wheeler "Wi icor ia Good Housekeeping. SEISMIC SHOCKS Di ?BECIAN P?OVDTCB Hundreds af Houses Overthrown nnd Man y Perseas Injured. LONDW, Oct 17.-A dispatch to tho Exchange Telegraph Company from Atamans says early today there were, continuous seismic shocks' in the Grecian provinces df Attica and Boeotia and Peloponnesus. At Thebes hundreds ci beueee were orfs??sf?srs and many persona injured. The shocks are conUnulng and have bee? felt in Athens. Av ^.ding? t? the advices reaching here, M. RopuuLs, th? Greek minister ot the Interlay !ef> Athen* at noon to Visit the pluma where the eart^^ke caused Ute f#oat serious damsite. Ai { VhalelP the fiama*? ta rennt tad to be ' "MONEY HACK" is stamp ed on every suit at this store. In fact, everything pur chased here and found un satisfactory may be returned and the full purchase price refunded. You'll never want to swap one.of these new Fall Suits for any plunkers. ? Never before such a combi nation of quality and style at such moderate prices. $10 to $25. i< Order by parcel post. We prepay all charges. ATTEMPT TO RECOVER WILL Of Martha Washington From J. P. Morgan WAI Be made By Virginia. Postpone Final Acton. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17:-The commis sioner's of various States'who are meeting here to draft uniform State laws today' postponed final action on the - uniform business incorporation act until nest year. Each section of the written by the conference and it was decided best to have the committee which bad prepared the act re-draft it for presentation at the next, annual meeting, (By Associated Press.) RICHMOND. Va.. Oct. 17.-Tho State of Virginia will ?ttsmpt to recover the wi?! of. Martha Washington from J. P. Morgan, of New York, it was announc ed today. Governor n??ify C. oiu?ft has instructed Attorney General J. G. Pollard to bring ault in the .federal courts for restitution, ot the document to the public records of .Fairfax coun ty. The '?fill w^ removed froni Virgin ia while Fairfax court-house was oc cupied by federal troops during the Civil war. Governor Stuart's instructions to the attorney general follow correspon dence between, the governor and Mr. Morgan in which thc governor, as di rected by tho general assembly, Bought to persuade .the holder of the will to return lt c i his own accord. ' . . 0,600 Americans Aboard. THE HAGUE, Oct. 16.-(by London, 6:3b 7?. m.)-The Rotterdam of the Holland- American line sailed early today with 2,600 Americans aboard. Among the i.uuo first class passengers were Mme. Semi ni ch and -' Geraldine Farrar^ Propose Purchase of Montecello i BOSTON, Oct, 17.-Resolutions ap proving the proposed purchase by the y United States of Montecello, the Thomas Jefferson home In Virginia, were adopted at a governor's meet ing of the National Society of Descen dants of the Signers of the Declara tion of Independence today: lt waa voted to hold the next annual con gress of the society in San Francis co in October, 1915. , The Standard for Three Generationa FATHER, SON and GRANDSON : Each ?tes learned to knew and appreciate th* .V ? superior value of the JEBE OLIVER CHILLED- PLOW WORKS et SfMTTM Oliver Chilled Plows and Repair* *&*m mwvvMM rm MATTER ?VE? ? HBia.'-JIM >mnt r ? ra ' ti a.? * m