IttE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED ALUliJT 1, 1860. bt? S?rth Main Street ANDERSON, ?. C. W. W. 8M0AK. Editor and Bus. Mgr I* IL GLENN.City Editor ] PHELPS SASSEEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GOOFIlEY.Circulation Mgr.! 8. ADAMS, Telegraph Editor andj Foreman. _-i? Entered according to Act of Con gres as Second Class Hall Matter- at the Postofflce at Anderson, 8. C* TELEPHONES Editorial and Business Office...... 1211 Job Printing .69I-L] SUBSCRIPTION BATES ge in!-Weekly One Tear .?1.6ol Bis Months .76 Daflj/ One Tear .$6.00 Six Mootbs . 2.60 Three Months . 1-25 The Intelligencer is delivered by carriers in tho city. If you fail to ! get your paper regularly please notify | US. Opposite your name on tho label of your paper is printed date.to which our paper is paid. Alt cheeks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ? Ald't long *tll ground hog dsy. : Regular swine slaughtering weather. Let us hope there will 'be no nuts in tho hew crop of colonels. ?c-? ; Elimination is the. watchword in Mexican affairs just now. o H's great fun watchtas your paper every morning to see who is Mexico's latest president j 0 1 " Didn't hear-of anyone being de nounced as a liar or a scoundrel from Columbia yesterday. Caption of Spartanburg H^.-aid edi torial: "Watch Spartanburg grow." ?Smaller? ) Greenvlllo's new master in equ Is named Inmau. Yea, .In?man1 ybu \ v;?ir^ugbtera Ke^p Birthday ot Lde" roads a headline keeping (to thepi boIvoa) " birthdaysi comes natural. . 'k . { ' ' -Should' you hear of pur ?ew.gover nor out nutting, Just put it down" he-*n but' looking for colonele. ty And t?ne. Ahdr-Carnegie leslfits tljat ho wishes to die poo.* 'Pears to *u; he's' Using it ou> in wishing. A howl has been raised in Chicago on account' ot cruelty to hens, c h teil en hearted folk. -: \ 1 ?o? Col. Ebblo Watson probably figures that the ."gospel of grain" will bring him a benediction of grain. . / .-o? Now that Col. Ebbio Watson has undergone successfully the strain of jpia inauguration, .we shall expect to hear morp of the ''Gospel ot Grain." The fellow who says. "I had rather be right than president" is thinking of this job in Mexico. And the White House baby ha? beim named after its own father. Now we chall always know tho nahio of the .president's aon-hvlaw,. ? Jj < -?- ? ? ' J Vote.fof the bond tefiuc. reg'nrdloDs ' of your liken'or dislikes' for the. city administration. ^ ' \ " jj _/ - -iA V -rP-^? ' .v j A few grains of' wisdom can ' run through that grain elovator proposi tion now might be better thin sever al grains later on. o . Tho enow king wanted to cover An derson with a mantle of white mighty I bad, but when he saw how much ma terial it would take to bide this mud ho threw up the Job. ; A movement bas been started . In Mexico to eliminate both Carranze. aW VtHu That 'process of, ?limina wion btdvOjair to continue until every ' aatlve ot the republic has been bah lshet. _ .(About tune we thought the Mexican Saddle ended-bore comes a report t a movement baa been b tar tod lo '' eliminate'both Car ran aa and Villa. ' The waltzing around contlnuoth. . -{ ' ""- >;.. r^^ -. -.V,", j ; ; T?lAnnirhftR atnta a mnvrmnnt , ha I under way to el imlno to both Car ran |a and Villa. That word eliminate his many meanings In Mexico. . For In stance, Madero .was.eliminated. i tf ; '"''.utS 11 1 , w It appears that ; Greenville voters ] nave *vojed $60,00? for courte hous Improvements. ? uVtie Improvement In ;, -?; law observance would "not bo so bad for our 'sitter county: ' ft' .' ' If you don't like some member of ^$>sing eonwtstion don't vote the bond Issue; but sav0 that >ud ca^t it: ftgalnst that. man &^;i?$f^^ - THE PAVING COMMISSION In the news columns jut The Intel ligencer this morning, is printed an Interview with u taxpayer who con tends that the paving commissioners should be elected by popular vote and not appointed by city council . He Hpeaks of Hum, or rather of thosei-pun-j cil n^Bt?btrAo?i tf><> commission, gsl 'self-appointed authorities" The per son Interviewed Bees defeat of the pro posed bond Issue,, unless the matter of selecting the payjlsg commissioners I Is placed lp the-hpndH of the. people-' The Interview Ih printed for what it Is worth, and not as any Indication of how The Intelligencer feels on that score. Of our own position on this matter wo will Bpeak at some later day. There are two sides of the question of the wisdom of naming the paving commissioners by popular vote. For the sake of argument, taking the side of the man who is opposed to th0 com missioners being chosen by popular J vote, let us ask the one who would have tbeso coramitteemen chosen by ballot of the people what assurance have you that In selecting a commis sion by popular vote you would elect men nrore competent to discharge the duties of paving commissioners and men, sow more,acceptable to tho free holders at large than a majority of those constituting the board recently appointe^? .. . ? You might'say that the majority of the people chose the commissioners so elected, and that the voice of the majority should rule. Well enough in principle, but wo know of instances where tho majority makes had choices. Thero are Borrte questions which have to ho decld??'by popular vote, because it Is Impracticable to dispose of them otherwise. If a paving commission has been selected which''is not acceptable In Its entirety to the people, we believe | that It is not too late for 'changes to be made; and that objectionable mem bers of the commission can be Induced (o withdraw and their plac?e filled by men who will be acceptable to all the people. All of .which brings us to make the point that.if you.are not-pleased with , ?:i the members'.of the paving' com mission,- do not sit silent, and then re cord yOUr'disapproval of the person-' uel of the committee by voting against | the bond Issue. If yqty 'do that,' thf-n you are shooting at one object but hit i inmother; or you are firing at the member of the commission whom you don't' like hut killing tho bond Issue. THE GRAIN ELEVATOR In thtr morning's Issue of The In telllgtn?er Is printed an extract irojp u bulletin issued by Prof. W. W. Lou,;, !)!uv agent of the Farmers' Corpor ative Pcmonstratlon Work, In Wh'ch he voices the. opinion thru grain ele vators, aro not needed In'this Button of the country Just at this time. ?n the other hand, be advises the erection of mills for the manufacturing of our wheat into flour and the establishment of com ali?nera tor putting our corn Into marketable shape. The Intelligencer does not care at this time to espouBe the cause of tho elevator, nor say anything that would tend to hinder the movement which seems to have-been fairly well start ed here jlooklng toward the erection of such'a plant. The committee of the Chamber- of Commerce which Is in-' vc8tlgatlng the advisability of this venture in all probability knows.what[ It Is about. But, we can no? rest?t the tempi a-j lion to call the committee's attention to the words of Prof., Long, and ask thst they be given earnest consider ation. Old. we-not know the state agent to be the intensely practical man that he is, we would probably not be so ready to ask the committee to give his views, their most careful attention. Within the past two or . three de cades Anderson has had numerous I enterprises that were more or less j along the line of an innovation when ; they started. We have in mind a shoe factory, hosiery mills, suspender fac tories, handkerchief and shirt factor ies and others that have long since, ceased to exist. New enterprises are, of course, always good for a town, or at least sq. long asIthey keep1 'going. We would liko to see a grain.eleva tor erected here, but we would regret a vast deal more to see one that had been started "go wider" later on in In starting any now enterprise In ? community fye should look).- far ahead, and far to cither aide and; in fact, in all directions, including both Up.and down, and give a great deal of study to *hot?&terpriBO ho would I Inaugurate, to determine if he can make changes in. ?nq?Hj?as that are Ukcly tu be brought about that have k. bearing on the success of that which he undertakes. Wo trust the committee will give dees thought to tho grain elevator proposition before they deciio finally to erect Buch a alans?here?. ;?v^r- **->- .'?.>- '. >>. THOSE ROMAN ROADS The reports of the Italian earth quake include the news that roads built 2,000 years ago by the Romans of the empire were badly damaged by the upheaval. A considerable part or the wisdom of the Romans was their recognition of the importance of roads In the scheme of military strategy. The transportation uf troops by other means. wnsH.Lh.cn unknown on laud. Nowadays roads are still of great im portance as a means of moving troops, but oven more necessary as a means A moving freight.. Modern Europe has saved millions of dollars hauling farm products'to market over roads made twenty cen turies ago by Home. The example has been u sutlieient hint to the wise and modern European nations have spent Immense sums for systems of public roads which compare favorably with Un- i'-omun roads and are built at less expense becai'/e of improved meth ods. Nowhere has a county unit system of roud building, or Its equivalent, re sulted in a solution of the road prob lem. Thp Roman empire, the British empire, the German empire and the French republic provide good ex amples of the reduction of the farm er's freight bills, the increase of tho business of railroads and the increase of pleasure travel by vehicle through the agency of funds luld out for mak ing smooth highways. The British have put down first-rate macadam highways as far away an Ceylon, In dia, and; the Straits; Settlements, and the Singhalese pensant "can haul twice as much with his ox cart and go twice ks. far, in a day as he could In the days wlied'his country was an In dependent kingdom. The Roman roads were made expen sively at a time-when it-was consider ed necess?ry to put down u large amount of stone as a foundation be fore laving the crushed stone as a sur face. The discovery of macadam, that crushed stone laid upon tho earth would "bind" under the wear of traf fic and form a compact mass, pat a new aspect upon roadmaklng. but graft and lncompetency In Ameri ca, especially where counties have been the roadbullding units, have of ten combined to make roads as ex pensive an ttuise of the Romans with out giving them the wearing quali ties. Roman road builderb would, in alii probability, bavo been hanged by their thumbs, boiled in oil, or per forated with white-hot iron bars if they had wanted money as it is wasted in this county. Local I. self-govern ment Is a great thing, but there are times .when,It falls to-get results that would be easily accomplished by an Hiltrammeled tyrant.. THE EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY . As. the evidence accumulates of tho Widespread destruction wrought by the earthquake in" Italy,:it Js ce^p to he easily the worst seismic disaster except Messina that modern Europe has known. Extending from below Naples to 'Ferrure, 't has'rocked the kingdom,from its .'".heel", to the Po, and as respects the range of its de atructlvoposs . it has apparently ex ceeded ' any earthquake in Italy of which there Is record. The convulsion of nature of which the ancient Ro mans stood in dread''ims now curious ly come to pass, to the terror of their descendants, and. ominously enough* from' the point of vl?w of the super stitious, at the very tf me of the world's greatest cataclysm of war. Whether 50.000 persons have been killed and injured or double or half that number, the total Iobs of Hfe Is' destined to attain' proportions that would to staggering it it were not for the confusion'of mind caused by ob vious comparisons with the loss of life through human passion on Europe's battlefields. As it is; it occurs under conditions that accentuate raan'b greater destructlveness than nature's both. In the taking of human life and the levelling of historic monuments. For against the havoc in Italy there U .the devastation in Belgium. . The clvlllted ' world, while regret ting, the dead in the earthquake, may rejoice that'Rome was spared a worse visitation' than by ,Goth or; Vandal. Italy herself will have cause for s atis faction if this "act of God" tips the scale of indecision, and keeps the na tion/frotai 86iagtto*heedleas war. Her calamity at home, with its havoc com parable to that of WAT, is enough to engago all 'bei1 attention.?Kew York W'0r,d* e oooooooooooooooooo a OUR DAILY POEM o o o oo o 0 0 oooocoooooooo Tlw Things We Do. (By Margaret E. Sangster.) It Isn't the thing you do,.dear; It's the thing you leave undone Which gives you a bit of heartache At the setting of the sun. The ..tender word forgotten, - j The letter you di? not write, The flower you might bave sent, dear, Are your haunting ghosts to-night. The atotie you might haVe lifted ! Out of a brother's way. The. bit of heartsome counsel You were hurried too much to say, The loving, touch of tho hand, dear. The gentle and winsome tone. That you had no tims nor thought tor. With troubles enough of..your own. the little acts of kiudn?sg, " : ~ .So casljy out of mind; Those- chances to be angels Which everyone may find? They come In night and silence?, I Bach chill, reproachful wraith- ) When hope Is fatnt and flagging And a blight haa droppec on faith. For lite la all too short,. dear, - [ And Sorrow is all too a^entY ' " So suffer our groat compaBsica . - That tarvlea until too late; ' And it's not the thing you .do. dear jjlt'a the thing yon leavo tuid?n?. Which gives you the bit of heartache * At tho sattln? of tho -aim.- r COUNTY'S FUME WIDE ON GBniN PR0DUCIS8 PERSONS FROM OTHER STATEs'pESIRE TO ?CME HERE AND SETTLE--? ) A . PROPOSITION Looking to the Erection of Grain ! Elevator Came in Yester day. That the fame uf Anderson County as a grain growing section is wide spread and that people throughout the country know or the proposition on foot here to erect a grain elevator for the handling of the grain that is to he produced in this county, is evident from letters which came to the Cham ber of Commerce from persons desir ing to look into the elevator project which business men and farmers of this city and county have in mind. The last letter of this kind came in yesterday morning from North Caro lina, and read;; as follows: Hope Mills. Ni C. Jan. 18, 1915. Mr. Porter A. Whaley, Anderspn, S.. ?. Dear .Mr/ Whaley: I have hot heard anything from you in some time in re gard to Anderson elevator and flour mill project/ I am much, interested In this, and am very much in hopes that we can get together on this mat ter. I feel .yory sure.that I should like very much to get in -business with you and to livo in your city. If there is anything I can do to be of service to you in getting up the stock or helping to organize and get the bus iness on foot, I Rhould he very glad to render you and your town this ser vice. As you knqv:? wheat as a commer cial product "fluctuates rapidly at times, often jumping from one ex treme to another in a few hours, and takes a man of .practical experience and well balanced judgment to handle the business successfully at such times. I should be very glad to hear furth er from you in' regard to this mat ter. Trusting that all Is well with you and wishing for 'you and your city a year of good business, attended with prosperity and^?very success, I beg to remain, i > . "tUCVi Yours most respectfully, t. . ., J. A. FOWLER,) ?1 "tit._ 8888888 8 8 88 88 8 88 8 , 8 8 FAIR PLAY NEWS 8 8 8 : 8 8 8 8 8 8/8 ? 8.8.8 88888 The home of Mr. and Mrs. W. >T. Marct'was saddened Monday when they received alelegram'from Lees biirg.. Fl?i, that "tli.etr' d?iighter, Mrs. Laura Davidson,,had. passed away af ter' a' short- IHhfws '6fV acute Indiges tion. .Mr. Davidson > had gone to Florida' for1 Mrs. Davidson's health and had . been there . "several months. Last week Mrs. Ataret received a let ter from Mrs. Davidson stating that she was now hav|ng perfect health arid the next was a telegram stating that she was dead.. Her body was brought to her" Old home near Fair Play and Interment was made at Beaverdam Baptist church: ' Mrs, B. H. G lymph ana son, Alen, npent Tuesday night with her son, J. S. Glymph. < ' MisB Saille Woolen entertained a few young people. Friday evening. Several games .or-r?ok -were played and the evening/-was pleasantly en joyed by all present. Mr. J- H. Pullen", who has recently moved to Lavohta, Ga., was back in our midst Mondai".. Mr. John McClure of pear Ander son was a" business visitor at Fair Phsiy Friday. , ' Miss Docia Wooten ?pent Thursday night with Mr. aifd Mrs-' Woon Mason. ' Misses Blanche Maret and Clelia Moore spent Friday night with'Misses Saille and Docia Wboten. ' Mrs. J, S. H?VWni ?f;Westminster, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. iL Glymph, recently- h i*. Prof. Sheldon was in Walhalla Monday on business; f}'. ... i* i\ Mr. Earl Maret ?! Leesburg. Fla., attended the funeral of his 'sister, Mrs. Laura Davidson." Tho health or the community is very good at this writing. Pennsylvania Governor Urges Local Option HARRISBURQ, VfC. ' Jan.. -9.?Mar tin G. Brumbaugh, who was inaugu rated governor ' qt Pennsylvania to day, urged In hfcs address;tb? enact ment of a county local'option law. ."'Th? peoplV j Ot, ^IhU > common" wealth.**, he said, "have ? perfect right t6 .decide for themselves whether or not,intoxicating liquors kJio.11 he sold In their several counties'.- LeV?'thIs vexed question be taken from partisan control and given directly to the peo ple. They will solve it better than we can.". Sees Possibility of Blessing in War (By A?l ft?;), .mbiA^APOLitendr,j*h. Mtofiu. Ham H. Tatt, adWesslng the Indiana l?gislature here today, predicted that good ulUmatelyjW^nJ^?eanlt^fnr.jthe ? ?ahf, ft' can **? a possible Wes tn that it may be ,lhe mcano of . log about - th?.?eUlonwUL M: a" international dfa?uter>1n tW Tutor* through an International court of arbl OFFERS 3,000 BUSHELS OATS JONE DELIVERY MERCHANT OF THE COUN TRY WRITES THAT HE HAS THE GOODS RICHARDS BACK Matter of Closing Up Details of Grain Proposition Now Up. Although no local grain clevMor company or grain handling concern has been organized, the Chamber of Commerce lias received a letter, ad dressed to the "Anderson Grain Ele vator Company,*' in which the writer expresses a wish to contract or sell for June delivery some 3,000 bushels of oats. The writer of the letter is a dealer in general merchandise and fertilizers who has an establishment In the country. As soon as a grain elevator company has been, formally organized here, the communication will he turned over to the Draper au thorities, who will probably make some roply to the inquirer... The writer of the letter .asks tor a bid on his oats, and states that he will have them for sale and. la going to sell them somewhere. (y?< it.: ?*oesn*t make much difference where. In this connection It will be of- In?? terest to know that Mr. E. H. Richards' of Willow City, N. D., who came here t0 consult local business men and farmers with reference to a grain ele vator proposition and who has prac tically agreed to subscribe to the cap ita! stock of one and manage it, is back from Columbia, where he went several days ago on a sight-seeing and business trip combined. It is probable that a grain elevator company will be formally organized In the next few days anda charter ap plied for. It is tho intention of those behind the proposition to have work on the erection of the grain elevator under way by early spring. ooooooooooooooooo o o o HONEA PATH SCHOOL o o o ooooooooooooooooo Next Tuesday being the birthday of Robert b. Lee, Rev. Edward S. Reaves has kindly Consented to' give us a short-talk in chapel on the life and character of that noble veteran. Miss'Julia Moffatt spent the latter part of last week at her home in Due West. . Cadet It; E. Gaines of Clemson Col lege, who was unable to return to his studies after the Christmas holidays, on account of illness, is getting along nicely and hopes to be able to resume his studios within a few weeks. Last Friday, afternoon Miss Curtis Harper delightfully entertained her. music pupilB and their mothers at a public meeting given at her home on Harper avenue. After a delightful music program .was rendered the guests were ushered into the dining room where a delicious bourse of sandwiches and tea was served. . Friday being the usual day for the meeting of our literary society the following program was rendered: Debate?Resolved: That George Washington wan a greater man than Woodr?w Wilson is. AJnrmative: Gladys Dugan, Horace Johnson, ChVrJie Gambrell; negative: Frances Shirley. Essay?Lydia Shirley. Music?Hattio Bertha Shirley. Reading?Sibyl Traynbam. Current Events?Charlie Cannon. J?kes-^-Henry I Branyon. Recitation?Bertha Dunlap. . The following is the honor roll for the month ending January 8: First Grade?Joe Shirley Anderson, M. A. Kay, Latlmer McKenzie, Mae .Leach. Elizabeth.Monroe, Nelle Roper, 'Do: Is Wilsons /Thomas- Granger Bran yon. Second Grade-^Helen ...-Alien, Ray Banister, Eva Brock, Edith Ca' iham, Rox Callaham, Marvin La time' " ^rry McKenzie, Roy Martin. Eleano Mat ttson, Maille Monroe, Mary Elinore Moore, Dorothy Shirley, flugh Steph ens. ' ' ' VV >' I- . Third -Grader-Margaret AuBtin," Mary. Harper. Luna Moore,. Margaret Monroe, Marie > Reaves... Geneviave Sharpe, William ?llnkscal?s, James Latimer. ' j Fourth Grade?KaUileen .Brock. Fifth Grade-4WilHam Bagwell, toa B?achem, Cleo Bowie, Ellen. ,Bowlo, Leon Brock, Otto; Brock, Jamie Camp bell, Herbert Dunlap, Verhon Kay, Elixa, McK?nSle. ,Bmma Jftuth Moore.; Sixth crrade^Mamie Luclle Cllnk scalos; E*he^ DaVhu Ella Florence; Harper, Joe Minsen, Leland Moore, Seventh Grade^-j-Bennet t Austttv, N*ello Clement, John Dunlap, Ida Kay, Howard Eeaves, Mary Cannon. Eighth Grade?Lillt? Beard, Inez Brock. Luclle Dounatd. Lydia Shirley, Sibyl . Traynbanv Henry Branyon, Luthor Erwin? Malcomb .Erwin. Gor don Gainst. Charlie Gambrell. Ans?t Pinson. '5-'^ Ninth Grad?T-?*^t"* percals. .. /. i 10 yards best 10c ?Qr* t-leafehing.. OeVl* 5oc avooI serge, blue, or OQ^? black, per yard.. S 1.50 bed spread, sale QCJ-^ price. rgains, which we haven't ie and look them over. NS & CO. ? For Bargains. COUNTY MAPS MAY BE HAD FOR? SUM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AR RANGES TO GET THEM FROM GOVERNMENT 20 CENTS EACH Rural Route Map May Be Had of Third Assistant P. M. General. Through activities of the Chamber of Commerce arrangements have been per fer toil where the demand fori offi cial maps of Anderson County 'may bo bad from the government for the nominal sum of 20 cent^. Some days * ago the - Chamber; of Commerce took up with Senr.tor E. D. Smith the matter of procuring an of ficial map from the department of ag riculture, which could be ustd as .a basis for projecting.a new county map. Such a map could be bad from the department, and plans were under consideration for turning the matter over to a competent engineer in' or der that he might proceed with the making of the map. A letter. from the fourth assistant postmaster gen eral, however, reveals a plan whereby maps of the county can be secured at far less cost than maps could be made by a local engineer and sold to those desiring them. The fourth/ assistant postmaster general wrlteB Secretary Por ter A. Whaley of the Chamber of Commerce that a rural route map of Anderson County can be furnished anyone desiring them for the actual cost of printing.and ten.per cent; ad ditional, as authorized by law. Maps of this description may be had for 20 cents each. AH remittances for these maps should be made by postal monoy order, payable to the third assistant postmaster general, division -,\ 'of; fi nance, Washington, D. C. Postage stamps and personal checks can"' not be accepted in payment for the neaps'. SUNDAY SERVICES ! Rer. 8. Vf^anner HI Preach Three Tinea.-- .< 3? Next Sunday morning the Rev, S. W. Danner, pastor of. Bethel church. will conduct services in this church at 11 o'clock. Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock sharp. h ft will conduct services at Provldeno? church. , Sunday evening', at 7:30 o'clock he will preach at Bethel church. AH of fleers of the church are urged to be present at these services as matters of special inter cat are to bo oor/sldercd. .