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TUE ANDERSON INTELLIBENCER FOUNDED AU??BT 1, 1860. 12? North Hain Street. ANDERSON, 8. C W. W. 8MOAK, Editor and Bas. Mgr L. M. GLENN.City Edltor PHELPS 8ASSEEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. E. ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Entered aa second-class matter Ap ril 28, 1914, at the poet office at An derson, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3,1879. TELEPHONES Editorial and Business Office.82i Job Printing .693-L BUBSCBIPTIOX BATES SemMYeckly One Year .$1.50 Six Months .75 Daily One Year .$5.00 Six Months .2.50 Three Mont lis . .. 1-25 The Intelligencer is delivered by carriers lu the city. If you fail to get your paper regularly please notify us. Opposite your name on the label.of your paper is printed date to which our paper is paid. Ai' checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. oooooooooooooooooooo I ONLY I 9 a e o ' More Shopping e J Days * Before X'maa. % o ? e * oooooooooooooooooooo The Weather. South Carolina: ? Fair Tuesday, colder on tho coast; 'Wednesday fair. Thought For the Day. A falso friend is worse than an op/ii enemy. THE COURAGE OF EDISON There Is a lesson for the farmers and business men of the South In the magnificent courage displayed by Thomas A. Edison, the great inventor, whose great plant was destroyed by fire last Wednesday night. He did not sit down and complain. But ho got busy immediately, and was Impa tient for the embers to cool that he might begin rebuilding. He said it was only a temporary sot-bach. Is this not the spirit for a man to have In'the face of adversity? With] such determination the farmers and business men of the South will build a greater success out of their appar ent failure. They will, do not fear, for we have somo Thomas A. Edtsons in Anderson county and in South Caro lina who will build largor fortunes] than ever this year. The following is from the Colum bia Record: "I'm arAtty well burned out just | now, boys," said Thomas A. Edison, { 6? years old. to the newspaper re portera as he stood looking upon the fire which dnstroved his xreat plant at West Orange, N. J., Wednesday night, "bW I'll start alt over tomor row. There'll be some rapid mobilis ing here, when 'this debris cools off and is cleared away. I'll go right to work to build the plant over again. It is Just a temporary set-back; don't forget that." The fire covered almost a square mile of ground, causing a property Iobs of $7,000.000, all of which except $2,000,000 insurance Mr. Edison will have to bear: It was not alone the. money value of the property, bnt the' -results of years vjf the labor of his brain that will make demands on the Bands of his life now rapidly running out to replace, that were swept away and yet Mr. Edison spoke cheerfully and with a smile- of starting all over again. Is it any wonder that a man with such courage, faith and determination should have succeeded in the large : measure that ii&s fallen to the great Inventor PROHIBITION AND WOMAN'S SUF. FRAGE. - The determination of Congress to vote on tho question of submitting prohibition and woman's suffrage tv> amendments to the Constitution, will bo the cause of nation-wide interest at tats time. There will be much in terest in Congress ou these questions, and the life of the congressman be tween now and the Urne the matter comes to a vote, will not be cue of ; ease. If the members of Congress non suit the ?vident trend of .these issues In their home states, there is little uuui-v ui mi pa-mage oi notn tnese acte.'There has never been so insist ent demand, for nation-wide prohibi tion, ' states realize that unless Con gress comes to their aid and allows tho people to say if they want prohibi tion to be notion*Wide, that much of their local legislation will be render ed of nv> effect. By'all means, let the peopio vote on these questlonk. Barely , wo shall profit, too, by the stand taken by tho Czar of Russia in ban lab in g liquor from Russia, IS TU KHK A SANTA CI, A KSI This is the season when the kiddies are inn-rested in writing their letters to Santa Claus, making known their desires as to what shall he placed in their stockings on the interesting night of the year to childhood. It is a beautiful custom?a modern develop ment of the Santa, Cluus tradition that means so much to children, old und young. Tho first hatch of letters to Santa Claus always to bring to the minds of many what Is perhaps the most fam ous literary production ever elicited by such a letter. Many "answers" there have been, but tho one which was printed a number of years ago in the New York Sun, and widely credit ed to the editor, Mr. Dana, bus be come a classic. Mr. Dana was not, however, the author of this particu lar editorial. It was written by a com paratively obscure editorial writer for The Sun, a Mr. Church, who died some five or six years ago. It should he explained, rather, that the letter from "Virginia" was not addressed to Santa Claus, but wus ruther on in quiry of the editor as to whether or not7there was ?und Is?a Santa Claus. The editorial reply was as fol lows: "Yes, Virginia, thorc is a Santa Claus. He exists us certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist ; and you know that they abound and give to your lifo its highest beauty and Joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would go as dreary as if there woro no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable ? lits world except in sense and sight. The eter nal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe In fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, hut that is no proof that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things In the world aro those that neither child ren nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing upon the lawn? Of course not; but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagino all the wonders that are ungoen and unseeable in the world. You may tear apart the baby's rattle to see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the un seen world* which not the strongest mau, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear aprrt. Only, faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah! Virginia, in all this world thore is nothing else real and abiding. The glorious fiMl moon would not be bo beautiful ; the bright ly twinkling stars would be cold and dim, the grand old sun would not yield so much light and warmth. No, no, if our beautiful world could be so greatly disillusioned, so bereft of childish fancy and allurement, then all would be very, very sad. ' Yes, Virginia, Santa Claus will come this Christmas as usual to all the hopeful, faithful loving children of dear old New York; they must never doubt bis existence, but ever trust and believe in him while their little hearts are warm and young, tender and true. Ho comes on this one special visit to all fatthf-.i, confiding child ren who regularly expect him once each year. It takes Santa Claus nearly all the year to collect these Christmas presents before the well known happy day they are given out to the hopeful and expecant. ? musi ieii yuu turn re peat to you: It is an old, old story. And yet it is ever new, The story of good Santa Claus Who will ever llvo for you. No, Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and be lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. NO MORE LIQUOR FOR THEM K)ne by one the avenues for man to succeed are being hedged in ?aalr>st the drinker of intoxicants. Commis sioner McMaster has perhaps gone further than anyone in South Caro lina, and his ruling will cause wldc nrpn;* cor" m on d. Industrial lnsuranco companies do ing business in this state were warn - ed Friday by Test .mce Commissioner McMaster that licenses of all their agents using intoxicants or drugs to excess would bo revoked upon com plaint. Tli > commissioner stated in the warning letter '.hat "the rule will be made absolute." The letter follows: "To the Industrial Companies: . "Dear Sirs: Please inform each of your agents that hereafter no man who drinks whiskey or uses any oth er drug to excess when on or off Ms work will be licensed an an Indus trial insurance ar.ent. The women and children and wives of the poor people who usually carry Industrial insurance policies are entitled to com plete protection from any man. who uses whiskey or any other drink. "The rule Is to be made absolute, ~hcriCTcr z :t.z~ ?cics his posi-o tron on account of the use of whis - key or any other drink, be will not be relicensed until he is able to bring to this department an affidavit show-1 iog that he has not been intoxicated I or under the influence of liquor fori at least six months.1*. . -x^ii^?. i WHY THIS AGITATION? A rumor that will not down on the streets of the city Ib to the effect that an effort will shortly he made to have City Council enjoined from making further payment on the contract en tered into between the city of Ander son und the Southern Public Utilities Company, it is also rumored that (hero is an agreement among four of the councilmen that the city will pay tho expenses of the private citizen who acts as the cat's paw to pull out the chestnuts of those members who are unalterably opposed to the fran chise. The rumor has even gone ho far as to say that the. pupers are now being drawn and that In a few days an effort will be made to secure an injunction. These may all be tumors, but they are like Hamlet's ghost, "They will not down." Now. this will be another conflict, if such steps arc taken. It will mean that the city Council will try to do by indirection what they have failed to do by direction, and the people of Anderson will r_t stund for this any moro than the) ould stand for the City Council's annulment of the con tract made by a former Council. If any citizen wiHhes to enter such suit, let him be prepared to pay his own expenses and tho costs of such liti gation. The Intelligencer does not be lieve that Council will undertake any such foolish thing as to pay tho ex peiiHOK of this suit. What right, if you please, has the Southern Public Utilities Company to pay for being sued? What right have the great ma jority of the citizens of Anderson who are opposed to all this agitation, and who arc satisfied, both as t" the legal ity and to the right -of the franchise contract, to be made to pay a private individual, who ban some personal grievance, perchance, to enter suit against what they believe to be right? It is utter nonsense, and we put any such individual on notice that he, or they, ore laying up for themselves a burdensome suit, and one they will have to pay for finally. Why all this agitation? It has been demonstrated that the people are sat isfied on the franchise matter, and that it is legal there Is abundant law to sustain, so why this continued agi tation? Is it to drive capital away from Anderson? This will be the ef fect if it Is kept up longer. There ia no demand for any action, s*o far as we can learn. The Intelligencer pub lished a number of Interviews of per sons in all walks of life, and they I were asked If they had heard of any demand for tho matter to be tested at this time. They all said they had heard of no demand, and frankly, we can S learn of no demand outside of a few j persons who aro constitutionally ? not applied legally?opposed to It or other progressive measures. ' "LET THE HEATHEN~RAGE.W Poor little Willie Hearst has had hie force of hired brains to search the recorded words of George Washing ton for the language therein contain ed which can most easily be miscon strued into something opposed to what President Wilson stands for. Mr. Wil son Is the latest and perhaps the best biographer or George Washington, and no doubt read all that the Hearst hired braina have discovered, and he has read it with an understanding auch as Mr. Hearst's millions multi plied could not hire o? prostitute, j After all these months of Mr. Wil son's administration, about, the only thing that the Hearst hired hunted have been, able to discover in Wash ington's writings, capable of being dtetci ??d in the usual Hearst way into meaning something that Washington never meant, is the following touch ing "prcparedneas" for war, about which the Steel Truat and the Powder Trust and their like are so much ex ercised. The quotation is from Presi dent Washington's message, to Con gress .In 1793, Just four years after the United States of America had be come a nation, and when it was of about tho Btrength and dignity lof one of tho Central American lepublica of the present time: "There is no rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we de - sire ta avoid Insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, une of the most powerful In struments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." - This is the sentiment of Washing ton which the Hearst popurs say Mr. i Wilsen opposes. Let us see. '. The rank that Mr. -Washington de clared was ."due to tho United States" has long since been attained and far surpassed. Even Washington never itrenmpil nf a nation ?ueh na via Ko?? ?of a nation as strong and self-roll ant, and particularly as self-controll ed, as the United States Is In 1914. The "reputation of weakness" that Mr. Washington feared was avoided because there were nv> Hearsts in those days to stir- up, especially abroad, - tho idea.' thai. the United States was weak by preaching "un preparedness" dsy after day st vari ance with the facts. If we acquire "a reputation for weakness" In tho twen tieth century It will be because of the misinformation that the Hearst papers and their kind have been purveying to their readers, wit Ich contain a Inr ger proportion of ignorant and vic ious men of the Czolgocz type than the readers of any other newspapers in the world. "If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it." says Wash ington a century and a quarter ago. It will be noted that he did not use the term "avenge." To repel an In sult is to prevent it. No Insult was ever "repelled" by force. The re pelling of insultB may he achieved most effectively by avoiding an of fensive attitude toward others, and by avoiding braggadocio?two things of which the Hearst mind is apparently incapable of conception. But the United States under Woodrow Wilson Is k?s likely to have any insults to repel or avenge thai were the head of tl nation a man whom Hearat wouh pprove. "If we desire to secu.*e peace, one of the most powerful im ? rurnents of our rising prosperity, it n.'ip. be known that we are at all times ready for war." says Washington. To those words, of course, Mr. Wilson holds hearty assent, though he would prob ably improve the expression by ad ding "if war is ntK-essary." It has been known of all men that wo are ready for war if war is necessary, but the vuporliigs of the Jingoes have pos sibly led some weakminded folk to bellevo that we are "unprepared." If any foreign nation is fool enough to to so misled, and to undertake a hos tile action against the United States because it believes the Hearst rot that we are unprepared to take care of our selves, the nation will have Mr. Hearst and his kind to thank for an oth*?r absurd and unnecessary war, as they were responsible for .that of 1898. But "there Is hope." The dignified manner In which Mr. Wilson Ignores the jingoes is the surest way to get them to go to extremes; and the way to have a calf?or a Jackass?hang himself is to give hini plenty of rope. The jingoes are getting plenty of rope, and there is hope that they will soon make their own propaganda appear as ridiculous as in fact it is. * YES, BUT WASN'T IT ANDERSON! One of the Anderson newspapers has seen fit to rise up and rear all over the York News because of the recent editorial published fn this pa per under the caption of "Prosecution or Persecution." The: editor of The In telligencer remdrkH that the article must have boon written about Ander son and goes on with a lengthy , de fense of the ctiy for taking the steps It did in regard to the blind tiger situation. It is truly remarkable that the article "must" have referred Anderson. Of course Anderson Is the only city of any size or prominence in the Stato and naturally any editor must straigh-way bei drawn and quar tered or hung up by the heels and be nibbled to death by young ducks it he dared to write an editorial about any other city. He must have Anderson in mind; it is not conceivable, that he could be thinking of Columbia or Greenville or Spartanburg. No, Mr. Editor,-everything you see in the York News will not necessarily refer to Anderson?even if it is "My Town."?York News. ooooooooooooooooooo o OUR DAILY. POEM n o o ooooooooooooooooooo Insplrtilon. Chisel in hand stood a sculptor boy. With his marble block before him: And his face lit up with smile of joy As an angel dream passed o'er him. He carved that dream on the yielding stone With many a sharp incision; In heaven's- own light: the sculptor shone, : i - ? f? - ys ^ j He caught that angel vision. ' "Sculptors of life aro.we. as we stand, With our lives u&carved before ns; Waiting the hour when, at God's com mand. ' , . Our life dream passes o'er us. Let us ?ftrye !t tf-?m on the yielding stone, With many a aharb incision- - Its heavenly beauty, shall bo our own Our lives, that angel vision." ?Bishop Doane. Great Discovery. Scientist?Some of tho grandest in ventions of the age bave been the re sult, of accidental,discoveries. Fair Lady?I-can really believe It. Why. T made an important, discovery myself, and it was th6 purest acpldcnt, too. Scientist-?May I 'ask what It was Fair Lady?Why. I found that, by keeping a bottle of ink bandy a foun tain pen can be used just the 'same as shy other pen?without the bother and mesa of filling it?Philadelphia Ledger. _... .'. ... .. TommT'8 Jok<>. ",, His nsmo was Tommy, and h? came home from school Ir.r.h'.r.? sc dorSfs the* mouth that mother risked ?hlm se verely what was Uie matter. Out or bis little trousers, bocket he fished a note from the teach-rr which saidt rrom?*?y :hM'/-.been . a very nMiRhtv boy. Pleaao hav> a serious talk with him." " "What did yon dor aoked mother " Nothing." nobbed Tommy. "She asked a question..and I was ihe omy one who could answer itr -H'm.- murmured: mother. "^Pnat was the questlonf* <L . , "Who put the dead mouse In bor deak drawsrr answered Tommy. Philadelphia Record. Nine More Shopping Days Before Christ mas?The Importance of Today Use the days while you are unhurried?it makes Christmas shopping a pleasure instead of a task; your judgment is clearer, and there are so many gifts not bom of desperation. Visit the store iotay?it is better for you. better for us; the stocks arc fullest now, the human machine runs easier now than when under the strain of the last days. In buying presents for men, young men and boys, you'll find us able to give you a lot of help. We've lots of things for men** gifts; things boys like, too, masculine things, costing from 25c to A FEW SUGGESTIONS WORTH WHILE % $25. N'cchwcar .25c to 01 ( lores .25c to $3J?0 Handkerchiefs .10c to 50c _ Silk Handkerchiefs .25c to $1.00 Silk Mufliers . .50c to $2JW? Hose .10c to $1.00 lloleproof Socks $1.50 ho* Silk Socks .. BOe to $1.00 pair Caff Buttons .2,*>e to $1 pair Shirt Studs .25c to .?Oc Stick Pins.2?c to l/.O Shirts ......Vic to $.1.50 Collars_15c each, $1.50 doz. Cuffs .25c pair Suspenders .25c to 60c Caps .25c to $1.50 (toilers .lOo to 50c (ones .$1.50 Umbrellas .$14)0 to $5.00 Hand Bags .$1.50 to $15.00 Suit Canes.$1.00 to $1540 Pajamas .$140 to $2.50 Suit Bath Robes.$340 to $10.00 House Slippers.$1.00 to $1.50 Men's Suits $10 to $25; Overcoats $10 to $25. Boys' Suits $3.50 to $12.50;' Overcoats $3.50 to $7.50. Men's Rain Coats $3 to $15; Boys' $2.50 too $5. Men's Shoes $3.50 to $6.50; HaU $1.50 to $5. Ladies' Week?Week of Special Service for Ladies The Christmas Store for Men's and Boy's Gifts Order by Parcel Post. We Prepay all Charges. ' >li B The Store With a Conscience" Uncle Dai Christmas By universal consent, Christmas is the season of greatest Joy. Whether it is the snowbound fishery of Norway, the boundless prairies of Russia, the vine-covered hills of Italy, the manu facturing centers of America or the balmy isles of the southern seas, Christmas everywhere reigna supreme. However great may be our poverty, or severe our sufferings, or heavy our burdens, Christmas comes to put a new smile into the heart and a new smile upon the (ace and. remind us that life may be filled with Joy. Heaven thought that earth-might not rpaiivA tjio greatness of its *^c"session so it sent on angel host from the very' presence or '.he throne, and whose vo cation was. :o chant the. Sintherns .of praise; to announce to men that they were to receive a great Joy. The'mes sage fell u;>on the ears of humble shepherds whose hearts so ached be cause of tho experiences vjf life that they hastened to the cradle where. In-, finite Joy was born. A star gleamed forth the good news into the Far East to some wise men, who mounted their comols and came on their Jour ney to the manger; and when- the child was first brought Into the tem ple on aged saint named Simeon look ed upon his face and caught from him the Joy celestial and exclaimed In rap ture: Now let test Thou Thy servant depart in peace!" .' ?' We have'manv ??sttvAis, ?nd reach has ub o-ccibI fignlhrance, but Christmas is the festival of jo*. There are great days which we> observe in memory of some great national ovent, or when we think again of some t reat heroic leader, or when we offer thanks to God for the year's bounties, or when we pause to adjust ourselves to the dawn of O new year,but above all tow ers, hrlstmos, sa t brings to every clime, nation, class, and individual, its message. of Joy* Richter Bays that Joys aro our wings. Can we estimate the loss to the world it Christmas did not bring to us these wings by which things soar to higher and nobler things in character and service? Take Christmas from tho calendar and at onco man sinks into the slough of despond; he becomes the slave of his appetite and passion s ; bis life will bo nothing more than a gloomy prison bouse, and he will be tho creators of uls blind f??? *h?t leads htm ever on into uncertainty. Bat since Christmas Is here man can attune his heart to. the note of Joy. To the nations of the world this Joy insy come through the message of peace and good will. This means the end of war and of bloodshed. Of all tho practices amour men none is so foolish as war. It ?s especially unjustl u?ut? tu iu?i ?uy ut ?p??uum ?Vin s?tlon. Looking at the past ws know that questions decided by the greatest exhibition of force were, very often not decided Justly. There la no conscience or Justice in the conclusion gained by a euporlor le's Letter force. And it is folly to declare that war is necesBary at certain periods of a nation's life to inspire patriot ism. When peace continues for a con siderable period some say that appre ciation of country dies. Must a man destroy the house in which he lives, at intervals, therefore, in order to keep himself from becoming unappre c'.i.tlve of the blessings which it af fords? A little poem in one of our news papers a short while ago expressed the thought that if war with Mexico should issue, and <only one son should go forth and give his life, that the SOrfOW ~ canned by ihtit ?me aacriGce was greater than the value of a thous and Mexicans Praise is due to our Secretary Bry an for his efforts in-behalf of a cessa tion, of navy building . May we hope that war Bhall speedily become a thing of the past, and that peace may pre I vail from one end v>f the v orld to the I lother. That is the message of Christ mas. ! Have you received tue Christmas joy, and are you passing it on to oth ers? vl-Wig'S I "Man was not made to mourn," but to be filled with - a great Joy. > It was .man who,' wrote the' dirge. God would i have our souls filled with His anth em 8 of praise, There are no clrcum st%aces of li.e when Ood does not offer Hi3 gladness to the heart, and this will inspire ns to the higher and lof tier things ot character and service. Wo are always to count It joy when we fall into tem^iatlon, knowing that* by auch' testings the services of the p-ul I are strengthened. We are to consider lit Joy'when trouble overtakes us, for it works out for us a far more exceed ing weight o'. glory. With Joy also are vo to near the other shore a because {we depart to be with, our Master, wllch is tjr better. - Vho Christmas joy should be with ua, 6ingir.g its way Into our hearts in aU to a experiences' of life. . Air? for the Beat. All's for the best! Bo sanguine and cheerful. Trouble and sorrow are friends Id disguise; Nothing but Folly goes faithless, i d fearful, Courage forever Is happy and wise; A?"o for ?no best, if man 'would but know it, Providence 'wishes ua all to be blest. Heaven la gracious and?all's for the best! : i And In the midst .ot your dangers o errors Trust like a child, while you strive like a man; Providence reigns, from 'the East to - the west; And, by both wisdom and mercy sur rounded, Hope and be happy that all's for the bestl The writer had planned to purchase a $35.00 suit of clothes this winter, but for personal reasons has decided to treat himself to a 25 cent cap in stead. The tariff on stockings will help to keep them up. At any rate, no matte;* how hard the new tariff may he on some of us, we feel grateful that Max Cray ton and I didn't have'to cay any iacome tax. The suffragettes' holiday sentiment: Peace vm earth, good will toward men; and votes for women. Cotton Whiskers, which will prevail to a large extent next week, have their faults, hut they have this ad vantage ovor other whiskers; They are sanitary. A lawyer la one who protects you against robbers by taking away the temptation. It Is not so much th? thing'that is done or the thing that1 is-sait! that matters; but the way of doing or say ing it. In' everything there is a time for silenco and a time for speech. Oppor tunity makes' the' Samt as much as it makes the thief. A man is as God mado him, heart and brain. You have never seen ugliness in a happy face. I have no praise tor the mi m who drinks?I have less for the mm who does drink then hollows prohibition. Brutal Pa. Gervangellne Dorklns stood before 1er father?her face flushed with hap piness and pride, eays the Washington Star. And he's asked me. to marry him. rather! I can't tell you how happy and proud I sin to have won tho love sf auch a man. You know him, don't you, father, and you like him?" The happy girl laid her cheek, dooming with love and cochineal, on tier long-anfferlng parents Bhoulder. "Oh, yes." answered* tb? old gentle nan, hoping his coat wouldn't be tallied. "1 know him aU right But ass he any money to marry on??. "MoneyT Why, father, darling, look it the lovely diamond rln* he has rriven me!". $T ja, I have noticed li. That's what [ mean ?has he any money loft*"' THE 1915 BOY "l will not take s^. mother's cur ant Jelly from the pantry without wrmlsslon.N (Her raspberry. jam is 100& enough for mo.