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DECLARES THAT THE WORK)] BEEN UNDESIRABLE POLICY OF ADM NOT TO INJUI Tb* Antagonism Between Business Declares. Business Methods Tb? 1 Washington, Jan. 20.-President : Wilson personally laid before a joint! Session of Congress today the fundn asantal principies Of the Democratic administration's program for dealing wk? trusts and "big business" The President presented the CASS, he said, "as it lies in the thought of th? coun try," reiterating "that private mo aopoly is indefensible and intolera ble?'1 and declaring that conscientious bas mess men throughout tbs notion would not be satisfied until practices sow, deprecated by publie opinion as restraints of trade and commerce Were corrected. '.We are now about to write the additional articles of our constitution sf peace." ?aid the President, "the peses that is honor and freedom and prosperity." Besides suggestlnr the scope of legislation, the President made s per sonal ' appeal for an atmosphere of ??jpsndliness ?nd co-operation in Con HHT'ffhiU handling the problem. "The antagonism" he said, "be iween DUBinesB ana guvormunn. ia over. We are now about to- give ex pression to ?the beSt Judgment of Am?rica, to what we know to be thc business c?nscionce end honor of the latid. Tbs government and business men hrs reedy to met each other half way in a common effort to 'aware, business method? with both S?Hftc ' opinion and th? law." ""'The chief points which the Pr?si dant singled ont as a basis for legis lation wore: Effectual prohibition of the in ^^Bokir.g of tho directorates of ^^?grations-banks, railroads, in-J dustrial, commercial and public ser vice bo ctn ,3. ",**?' A law tb confer upon the Int*r romraerce Commission th a superintend and regulate ?cia! operations by which} are henceforth to bs sup-} the money they need for -proper development and im transportation facilities. ' The iado it clear that "tho ?apsrlty of the railroad and thc .NWssperlty bf the country arti inncp arably connected" in this- regard. ?>. Definition- of "the many hart ;ful restraints of trade" by sxplicit /?^W^i?n-f sunnlemontary to tho Sherman law. " ;4. The creation of a Commission te aid the courts and ta act as . eisaring house of information in helping huskies to conform with thc law. , ey.. - Provision of penalties and pun ishments tb fall upon individuals re sponsible for unlawful business prac tises. .Prohibition ef soldi ng comps - I.atula suggestion that the voting cf individuals holding shares (reps corporations might bc & ' ivingi. to private kidivhUgnl* to found suits for redress end judgments-provan In it suits, and providing that limitations should run -only i of conclusion of th? gov ammertf s action, gentlemen of the Congress ?n my report ^on the ?.Ute of thc ^"f?OWHWfr*** the privilege o' reading to you on th? 1st of Decem ber last, J. ventured to reserve for sow ?sema opportuns to t^rw^ o thai e^sasy lesfislation, .which . absorbed rtert?on and ths, attinytor'pf ^.-tepntpy in Bfcembes, fypMfutot ' ??sad efl but also because opinion . /aiorfts-, to. be c?os.ri??. ?b?"t us -sdir. dtn^?a? rsBid'ty in. thia. >tber. great of-the us^?nd. in -regar?n to^^^variobl ?tMias^by which,thty .have been ar Iriming to a clear ?nd all but uni .:t*f**t agreement io anticipation. af ?br fetlon, ai? if by way of prepara tion,? making th? way easisr to see andtttsier to s*t cwt. upon with coafl ' ***** **J* wheel eonfaslon of CCV?H ^K$*?*n'*(M Hv atmosphere'like everything rise; ?nd the .ntrnsepaerp Iof a^ttrtOodASiontsnd mutts?^las?r tt&dibg which we now breaths with ? ? n^ueh rsfreshmant ls matter of Ii ?cor?, congratulation. It ought to .leaks' oar task vary nrxeh tess diffl '^lA^^^T^^TS? ***** ** *ou!d IZTir^^"^" Tm JiWVW VWI15VU av CO?l tsasa tc net amidst th? atmosphere a?L suspicion and antagonism which has so long made it imj>ossibl? to vita dtipao ftes*. Con ,Sissseessful, Ja always,ih?i embodiment of convincing expert iso, and of the mature publie opin MGS OF "BIG BUSINESS HAVE AND INDEFENSIBLE. INISTRATION IE BUT CORRECT and Government I? Over, He Must Be Squared With 'uaw. ion which finally springs out of thatt experience. Legislation is a 'busi- [1 ness of interpretation, not of origina-? ' tion; and it is now plain what tin!; opinion is to which we must give ef fect in this mstter. It is not recent or hasty opinion. It springs out of I the experience of a whole generation, j1 It has clarified itself by long contest. : and those who for a long time batled j with it and sought to change it are now frankly and honorably yialdiri : . to it and seeking to conform their 1 actions to it. The great business men who or- : ganixed and financed monopoly and those who administered it in actual 1 every-day. transactions heve year 1 nfter year?" until now, either denied 11 its existence or justified it as noces- ! nary for the effective maintenance J and development of th* vast business y processes of the count ry in tho mod- 1 .?rn circumstances of trade ;:nd man- ' .-facture and fl?nr?fce; but all tho ' while opinion has made hood agains4: thom. Tho average business man 1 J wutiiKcu ui.a (.na wnjrj? Ul u uv riv j are also the ways of peace and th< ways of success as weil; snd ct Inst ' the masters of business on the great ? scale have begun to yield their pre- ' terence rind purpose, perhaps their ? iudgment also, in honorable surren- ' der. ' What we are purposing to do c therefore, is, happily, not to hamper \ or interfere with business as enlight ened business men prefer to do it, or * in any sense to put it under the ban. f ?he antagonism between business , und government is over. Wo are ' now about to give er presi?n to the . liest huainean iudsrment of America, ' to what we know to bo thc business f ?nscienes and hdhof' of tho land. J; The government and business men : are rcudy to meet each other half * way in a common sffort to square e ffiainess methods with both -public ? opinion and the law. Tb* h+m*. t?- 1 lormed men of the business world]7 condemn tho .method* and processes jl snd consequences of monopoly aa we Jj rondemn them; and the instinctive ? judgment o' the vast rnsjority o* 7. ?usiness mon everywhere goes wi tn 1 them. We shall now be their spokes- ~ men. That 1a* th* strength of our . position end the *9re propfcat? ofl_ what will ensue when our reasonable '1 work is dane. ; Whon serious contests ends, whsn ? " nen unite1 in opinion and purpose, ' hose who are to change their ways ?, rf business J0fn?s; 'with th<?e who i isk for the change, it is possible to ?, fffect it in tbs way in which brodent > nd thoughtful and > patriotic men ? vould wish to see it brought about. !: vith as few, es slight, as" easy anc! Z impie business readjust m eu ta as j? Miscible .in the drcumstancee, noth- ' ng torn up by tho roots, no Barta ,', ant-asunder which can be left in " vholeeome combination. Fortunately. io measures of sweeping or novel '! hange are necessary. It will be un- ,j lerstood that our object is not to un- l! ettie business er anywhere serlouslv o break its established . courses .. .thwart On the contrary, we desire w he laws we an now about to pass to " m ihm bulwarks and safeguards of ?? ndustry against the fore? that have ., listurbed it. What we have to do an be doa? ;ia m new spirit, in J houghtful moderation, without rev- 'M lution af any untoward kind; Z We are all .greed that "privat Monopoly is indefcnsibla and intblor- ,-f hie,''and our programme is founded bi pon that conviction. It will be a <>T omfrehensive but not a radical? or m naceeptsblo programme and these ?t re; its items, the carngo* which pinion' deliberately sanctions and ta ar whieh busine** watt?. V ,a .lt waits with acquiesesnce; In the . rst place, for lawn which wfll'-effee-^ M ?? Hy prohibit and prevent each tn arloekings of the personnel of the m {rectors of great corporations- ? a)t|cs and railroads, industrial* ?om- w icrrial, and publie eerviee bodiiv- ft s, tn effect result in mskifc KK>S? ch ra borrow end those who i db J prac- m eally one and th?, same, those who Uh ill ?nd those who buy ,but tha .j?mc vb srsens trading with one andthejnn- br er different names and in diff?rent ?n :>mbins tiona, and those who affc:t i'n r compete in fact pirtnya -ar. a vr.?g- -,v nra ef nome whola field of business ?c uflWent tims should be^ajlowed',of m ??rss, in, "wa?cn io err oct these a? unges of orgartttation without in- j* ^vsnien?aiw?d?a??usioyi. ti. Bach a.proWbiticij will work -nar* m, iore.<taavan'a*i?/-aiB>!rstieo ro-d b -?t >rre*ti*g theeerious evil ave arisen because, for exar." ran Whtr^hsve been the dir^Uak ?teit? pf th* great investment banks o. paa uanrped the place which be- wi riment worf?ng"irT i?s~own~be?oof. j* ; wfu bring new reen, new energies, th new spirit of -initiative, new.bipod, th fte the management* of our croat seines* mif??m. It ^vill *op?n ?? ne?d of industrial development ?f jd origination to ?coree of men who ~ ?v? beam obliged to seer* ?rhea II? B 11 VJ ? V I Ub. I their abilities entitled them to direct It will immensely hearten the young men coming on und will ^-eatly en rich thc business activities of tho whole country. , Ir. the second place, busin gs m??n ns well as those who direct public affairs now recognize, and recognize, with painful clearness, the great | harm and injustice which has been done to many, if not all, of the great railroad systems of the country by the way in which they hsve been fi nanced and their own diptinctive in terests subordinated to the interest* of the men who financed them and ot Other' business enterprises which those men wished to promote. Thc country is ready, therefore, to accept, find accept with relief us wejl as ap proval, a lnw which will confer upon thc Interstate Commerce. Commis sion tho power to .superintend and regulate the financial operations by which the railroads are henceforth to be supplied with the money for th<>' proner development to meet tho rap idly crrowimr requirements of tho rountry for increased and imoroved facilities of transportation. We ern rint postpon? action in this matter without lesvirg the railroads ex posed to many serious handicaps and hnraHs; and the prosnerity of the railroads and the prosperity of the i jr.utry I re ir.--.rpar1nbiy Connected. rjr?on tV? question tho^e who are chiefly responsible for tho actual management md onorntion of th railroads have snoken very plainly md very errriesiiy, with a purpoc?; ve ought to be quick 'to accent. lt trill be one *t?p, ar.tl a very impor tant oi:e. toward th* necessary ???>r.:i .nt'-on of the business of production 'rom ihr husino! o' transportation. The burine*." of V-*c country awaits ilr.o. hns lon? awaited and noa cvf >Ar?j KJJJJJ^.J. :* -.?..I J _tj*_t 'urtbe" md more explicit; legislative Jefirition of the policy and meaning .f tb? existing pr.t'truvt law. Notti ng h^mper? business like rmc;>vtain ;y. Nothing daunts or discourage? t like the necessity to take chances, ?'ron the risk if fal1 !ng under tb ?ondenination of the law before it .an make surs just what the law i'. 3t?rfl/!y wo are sufficiently farr,:'l!r,r vlth the actual pro^sre* sr-.d meth ids of monopoly nnd of the many lurtful restrain* s of trade to make lefinit.'on possible, at any rete np to he limit* of what experience has low ahundnnlly disclosed, can be ex dicitly and item by item forbidden ty statute in such terms SB will prac icsHy eliminnre uncertainty, the law tself and the penalty being rnadt qually plain. And the business men of tho coun ry desire something moro ?v>o,? Hut no menace of legnf process in these istter.i be made explicit and intel igible. They desire the advice, the eflnite guidance and information rhica can bs supplied by an admin istrative body, an interstate trade ommission. Tho opinion of the country would iistantly approve of such a commis ion. lt would not wish to see lt mnowered to make terms with mo opoly or in any sort to az urne- control of business, as if thr oveWiment mide itself rosoonsiblo. I demands such a commission only s an indispensable instrument of iformation and publicity, as a touring house for the facts hy 'hieh both the public mind Rnd the in nagora of great business under lings should be guided, and as an lstrumentality for doing justice to usines* where the processes of thu >urts or the natural forces of cor ^ct'or. outside the courts are tande ante to adjust the romedy to the rong in a way that will meet'nll io equities and circumstances of thr lae. Producing industries, for example, hi ch have passed the point up to iJJ Ai5cnb["rti.ftT1 m?y he consistent itn M? puullc ?rrcRrest and the frts >m of trade, can not always be dis Kted into their component units as isdfly as railroad companies or milar organizations err. be. Their ssolution by Ordinary legal proc?s ay oftentlrnoi mvo'W financial con ?quences likely to overwhelm tho curity market and bring anon it, .eskdown and confusion. Thero ,?, ight to bo an administrative com-1 iasioii capable of directing and l??*nf. w*h 'corrective precesses. . SSS."* *id 6f th? courts but also f independent suggestion, if necta ry. Inn ouch an our objoet and thc * .** ??r *?tion in th?se mattera to ?sst business half way in it* jasaos of . self-correction snd dis rb.'** legitimate- course as little a* ?ssible, we ourrht to sse to iv and ? judgment of practical and sajra crus men of affairs everywhere r>uld applaud us if we did see4o it i!iti ?*"altio* *nd punishments Ould faJI, not upon business itself, it upon the Individ ?r b who use thc strumentelitios ?f Y?nmcrz to do, ing.s vraie a public pa)i<rv ?tv? seen*1' is*r.e. s pricrice condemn. Everv tof business is" done at the eoro 2,1,1 upon the- iuiative ot setno certslnable pen-on or group of ?fjons. Thea, thocld be held indi WbalTy resoonsible and the puniss ant ?Jeu?,.?U. upon thom, not on the buslncst organization of h they make, illegal use. lt lld oe one cf the main objects of c legi.dation to divest such parson* their corporste cloak and dosi mEaaSUHL, With those wfoa rio jnwrant, their corporations, but i* ^ ?eHberate intention break e law. Business men the country rough wcnW, I am euro, applaud if ve vcro to Uks effectual steps .*. thct the officers and director' great business bodies were or? ate* from bringing them 'end the rs-"rr I ',u??n?sB of thc country into dtsrc end danger. I <v.her questions remcin which w.ll I u?d . .ry thoughtful and practical II eat ment. Enterprise?, in these I modern day? of great individual for ! tunea, arc oftentimes interlocker. ; ! not only by being under the control j of the same directors, but by the fact that the greater part of their corpo- j 1 m?e stock ia owU?d by a single per? ' on or group of persons who are inj Lome way intimately related in in-1 |te*e?t. Wc ara agreed, 1 take it, j j i hat holding companies should-bel I -rohibitcd, but wh??t of tho control- j liiig pvivhte ownership of individua] ? ; or actually cooperative groups of tn- j i dividual*.? Sh?fll thc privitc owners I <?f capital Ktock be suffered to bo themselves in effect holding ' compa ides? Wo do not wish, I suppose, : to forbid the purchase of stocks Ly i cny person wno pleases lo buy then"1. ! in quantities os ho can afford, or in any way arbitrarily to limit the sale of -tock to bona fide purchasers. Shall we require tb. owners of 'tock, when their voting power in teveral companies which ought to be independent of one another would constitute actual control, to maicc election in which of them they will exercise their right to vote? This (uestion I venture for your consid ration. There is another mater in which Imperative considerations of justice rd fairplay suggest thoughtful remedial action. Not only do many nf the combinations effected or currht to be effected in the industrial vo'ld work an injustice upon the public in general; they also directly and seriously injure the individuals ho arc put out of business in ono inifair way or another by the many dislodging and exterminating forces of combination. I hope that we shall *>rree in giving private individuels who claim to have been i injured hy these processes the right to found their surta for redress upon the facts ;:id ?udements proved and entered in Knits by the government where tho rovemmsnt has upon its own initia i?ve sued the combinations com "inined of rind won its suit, and that the Htatute of limitations ph:?11 bo uffc ed to ron against such liti'?:ir.?: -?ra the date of the conclusion of tho govnrnm'ont?? action. Tt i'? lol /i. that tho private litigar.t 'hould be obliged to set up and cstab 'i?h ii?cuin the facia which the gov rnment has proved. Be can not nf "Vd, he has not the power, to make u^e of such processes of inquiry as the government has Command of. Thus shall individual justice be done while tho processes of business are -wtifiad rtnd squared with the gan ??rrA co' ree. I har? *u, the esas before you, no lo . as ii lien in your own mind, as t lies in tho thought of the country. What must every candid man say mt tho suggestions I have laid before you, of the plain obligations of which 1 have reminded yod? That these are new things for which the coun try fa no* pre^rsd* Mo' but that they are' the 'W?'things, now famll av, and nrust of course bs under taken if v,'e are to-squar? our IR vs with the thought, smd desire of the country. ? Until 'these things are .Inn? CO"J"C^-t:=?r. CTTO che country crsr will be . unsatisfied They are- in there things our mentors and colleagues. Wa ?re now about to write the additional articles of our constitution of peace, the peace that is honor and freedom and prosperity. AXRKBSOJ? HART? TO GET"TO""* But Br. Tan Ber Yeer Wishes to Call it tils Town. Dr. Frank E. Van der Veer, brother >f Mrs. Reed Mlllor, has been spending everal days In Anderson.on account of ?.he family mimbn or Heed Miller'* olkn. Dr. Van dor Veer is tho dlr. rict examiner for the: Bquitablo Ufe laurance company and has several tates-under bis eupervision,'but thi3 s hts first visit to Anderson. He -will eave wita reluctance thts morning, al bough he declares ho bad hard enough Imo getting her?. "Do you know th?t I got into Green vood in tho dead ??oura of tho night nd trudged up to Mr. Branson's nice tttle hotel only U- b? told that it was nil up ?nd then went down to the tiley hotel and hud1 the same bad uek, oxcopi. t??i i ?rsa permitted to leepon a matting lH;ith**.parloT.., .Anderson should be closer to At enta, You should have that interur ban railroad running into your city," ie said. "And I propose to pull for 1 from this time on. Another thins have found to your disadvantage," e said, " is the fact that your, post ?te* has such. Inaura. . ' St -does ' seem Kat there hould be a better postal enrico. Living In shitty- ; I was dis ppcinted to find that t ?mid.not dis-, etch 'from ' this office afte rdark a ?reel which I had lutgsd dp to the of Dr. Tan der Veer was overwhelmed ?tb the ch armin g hoaplUnir ?xieod d by Reed Miller?? relatives. He said e had never enjoyes"* visit of the ..?rae length ^.nywb*>re el^e a? he bcd i'la one. Ile ls ^itiWhat'Of a draw ?ig room slerrjht of-hand perfonner, nd he wan made to do a number of ctunts" while Or-or^e Miller and Reed rere writing new.."TW|r,'*round tbe logan "Ander'-on Ig;^ [Town. ? , ' JfA'jt1' BIRTH f> Vs^Wr avocation hy tutber-lhsff at TeteTass) Th? sor.? or Led ibis,dey,* ) Oodv th*, giver *^*ai, bounty, ll -Stand around th*:festive board 'in namo to honor, thiag adored. Bless this our 4*7/ iur eurpos* holy sask*. That loyalty and troth assy Folk?? in its wake. iMMt AU. ??..Ll;. lay the. gocdnoea-ever be. To us. th? children of the ranks lt foretaste et eternity. Bl*** tv* a*m* ai ta?, dd from hi? noble life and true. His ?ons way *v*r faithful h*> * loyalty te coan try due.'* ?' . . .??.!? * # *. .y * * y .y. # # ^ * SPORTS * 1 ... .* ; y. * y. y y. y. y. y. 4; i Chicago, .lan. 20.-Development* In ; the newest baseball war left both j sidos-the aggressive outlaws of the I Federal Leaaiie and .'orsranizort h?11M confident <>: BUCCC&S. Predictions thnt I tho new league would ?ive up the gho-t i-i b short (ima mode by President Johnson of thc '.nirrtcua '*.?<>.. . anti President M'?V.iy, of the ? .N'allouais. L;:'.U of pr? parution in a number of towns, although the opening of ? t!:o btmron is les3 thar three- months ; away, war given as a leading reason i<>" prophets who expect the Feder?is' end soon. Meantime the owners of the Feda. league there waa a busy scent all day. Among the visitors were Russell Ford and Ed Swoony, tb c JJaw York. Yanks j battery, both of whom were closeted with Jo? Tinker ?na&vger -of the Chicago club, sad President Vvoegman ! of the local cTub for some time. Whether either or botli of them had signed contracts with the Federal* was not announced. Howard Cannitz the former Pittsburg pitcher, traded to the Philadelphia Nationals, had a private discussion with "Doc" Geesler * he; Pittsburg manager. Despite reports that Kllllfer, of the Philadelphia Nationals, and Kirk Patrick, of Brooklyn, had not signed ??rtracts with the Federal, President Gilmore this afternoon exhibited the contracts signed . by these men. Thirty-three -major league players have signed with the league, he said, and eight of them having joined tho new organisation since Saturday. Infielders McCarthy, of Pittsburg, wa? a caller at' the -office-early itali evening and conferred, with Tinker Felix Choulnard. formerly of the Chicago Americans, and later with Des? Moines, also consulted with ttie Federal Leaguers sad intinwti<d that he would st rn thc contract with them. Wthtea rB>enn?u. National Langue umpire, this afternoon Sighed a" throe year contract'with'the Fdd?a.. Pe"on more umpire?, of high ola*? arc on their way here 10 falk fafRh thc boasts^ Gilmore said. Wo?jjliman rAnpntnrt tOiir?V L:iat I?O would stand by the new league,'and saki that since the stormy meeting of Saturday he wa? aure it would bc a success. In this connection Proa. Murphy claimed to have information that Weeghman'e pnoteat at the moating against "carrying thr*? dubs" resulted m a verbal attack on bim that "created Wounds rfcat can hardly'bs healed." ZM?EB?A7PS COTTA A fT. Chicago, Jan. 20.- Zimmerman signed a three year contract at au annual salary of 17.000 to play tv.ro base for the:Chicago . National lj*r.gqe. club. The cow coi.-.rac* ' ta for the ?eapoS* ui V.t? io li?'.'. Ms preecut contract holding c*rr tc-the-coming season. 1 ht? tormo - were n^t 1 given, but wer o told by a friend of the great Greensboro, N. C., Jun. 2?-Ai a meeting her? of xi preseptstlves of tho ?Ix cinh? in th<? S?rth carolina Baseball iv.;.vuu\. .1 .-.:.<-dule for tho J l?l? season wak mir-pied. The seaton opens April 2". and closet- Sept. 9 The adieduje provittea fer three game? ser)e<i . t> leeton ' Salem opens 11XR| aeaann at i?r<'.n?bcru; HalrhU?. ' a? Durham. a ;d Cw: '.?.to at Asheville, teated represchtiitlng -.hose BIT to'wna eomi>osing Iii? leagued :nn Ai AM WWI-:. "Von ?'au't J'Jay In,My Back Yard." fh;tr?ottrsvUle,; iXkik t .JetV -JO/-'Alt Athletic rpiai?o?a, 'w,*-cen tho Pig i.'mW.Hty bf V'iiiiinla or.d Georgetown ( nivor-?)ty will be broken off, was tho atu:o:rai erucnt made today by Albert retort, chairman Ml the. faculty committee on kthi*t!< - 'N?wa of fie orrak ?aa not wholly nncvpected lt ia th* third ames. Virginia and Georgetown ma ! i relations in .t.h'.-h. .?n that?time c-eoLi. Institution has won seven football gapi?a and two Usa hn\c resulted. D??NT FfiAU I'l TlAVs t/aii'wu, ??u. tr? T .?mm mum ?.;??li i Association ia not suffering seriously jj from Fuderftl League raid*, aCvordi?gifi to taftiratctton wh*eh 1 etched Pfeajtffl Calviaeton "here today. 'A-tolegrtBW sata tho Louisville c.'tih ind ?e-niT<tW signed contracte from all but . tv. o jj players, ^one of whom^afl ?greed tb jj In th a Anyc^lsjlon ^ii^&^M^'fuiip . . y f. ' ? <r SM V'-CJ .. . I rrik I 'E depend upon advertising to attract your patronage \?7? foltr nnrin S rv** ?t W iv, J ?rf * ? . -V quality of the coai to lolti it. .x.f.u.ni/?i, JAflllMX ?I, 1914 .Vi GOOD FOR TWENTY-inVE. VOTOS IN THE ANDERSON DAl??T ?N TELLIGENCER POPULARITY CON TEST. <!:?n?li'Jate? ?amo Yon may send la aa many of these free ballots ?s yo? caa got, each one . will < ??i!ni iw?"?ty-ilvy votes. j This ir?e ballot must r?:acli thrcoiitcst office not ?at?f than Jan. 24, #14. J_NV YOU) Af TEH JAKUABT, 24, 1914._ ~ ? . .... _ ... '.- i._i IE PHILO? SIE IWas supposed " to trans mute the baser hetals in- id to gold. Today we call il efficiency. Efficiency is iAe result of i !knowing how, and of do ing the best you know how. We could do our work cheaper, but we won't. We would do pur g work better, but we ? j M I, IBBISSEY LiiSBER BG. " -.wmmwr;8.$v ... You people that have had idle pianos in your homes, think of the possibilities that a PLAYER PIANO opens to you. You can have the music that you like, play it when you want it, and play it like you want it. You can ?>ay anything from the simplest popular air, to the most difficult passage from Chopin, without knowing a note bf music. We wiii take your om Piano in exchange pn a PLAYER PIANO, and you can pay the balance on easy terms. COME IN AND LET US DEMONSTRATE THE PLAYER PIANO TO YOU , 1 " 1 - C. A. Reed Piano ?nd Organ Company 115-117 North Main Street/ Anderson, S. C. IS ' ; < rr.v)e. i;^h>i v ,.f s/.ov \-\.I?O\ ? Ucm ;t jjl ! great problem with most merchants, L e.,- lighting. Ihcga ISM I - la a \V9v which vi?? disnlavthe MERCHANDISE nnJ nnt ?I* Ijfur. LIGHTING FIXTUHOS. While thc fighting fixtures are absolutely, necessary, for the proper lighting af the *tB display they should be de signed to place the' light on the Jd goods r.rni not in, the e . es of persons looking in the -?-in- Mm National X-r?ay rejectors, are designed . exclusively fll . for winda** u|htf^ ?Jg Did r?u ?tar natlca our Mlactrh- St?gnt No douht yoa bava. Most fTv^dy;aaj pb?c^i U^ Hn-i roost ev*ryboa^$j?^ *>gn?. ^t^?fi^W^-?f ??an :.: po-?pla who can -poritJ/.'ar/. ra re *mr*rta*a^,#*a*'Sear alga at a ir Why nr,t ma^R.airaWva cito^iTi ^'b? r^^bered~^r^Ctiw*Bou^ to draw tran?^atrac tiva ^noiigp;w\la?j5ita'yrrtir '<tenfr<< : io b? . i^en^itt^t?f?i?e^m eu?usjh to show people that you wish te attract tiiem-that ya? a-:* u;. <h?'r Attr-sntirtn ?Tiri lr?.j.> \V?wWd iiket<- Tr*ii; Ke ?yl . 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