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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCE! Founded 1860 1M North Vaia Street ANDERSON, 8. C. WILLIAM BANKS* . . Kiilo W? W. SMOAKf . Business Manage: ..?ste red According to Act of Con gre BB as Second Class Mall Matter a the FostoZBee at Anderson, 8. C Published Er er s Morning Excep Monday Senl-Weekly Edition ea Tuesday an? Friday Mornings Dally Edition-9^00 per annum fUO fer Six Months; $L2? for Tiirei Months. Semi-Weekly Edition - $LM pei Annnm* 76 cents for Six Months; ft cents for Four Months. IN ADVANCE ? - Member of the Associated Press am Receiving Complete Dally Telegraph! Derrire ?A larger Circulation Than Any Otb ir Newspaper io This Congressiona District. The Intelligencer is delivered bj carriers in tbs city. If you fail t< get your paper regularly please notifj ?8- nOpposite your name on labe af your paper is printed date to wblcl yeer paper is paid. All checks an< drafts should be drawn to Tue An demon Intelligencer. "Washington. Jan. 27.--Forecu.9t: Mouth Carolina-Fuir .wanner Wet] ncsdny; Thursday iucruuuLug cloud! nos?. DAILY THOKrJlT. The sweetest llvos ure those le dui; wed. Whoso deeds', both groat and ?mail Aro clo*'..vkniti ^IrautU o? on un 'bTORon thread Ti^lm. ? 1^.... .?..VI.- _ *. $ho world. u?ay Mound no trumpets, xinR no hells; Tho booh of Itfo tho shining recon retells. Thy love.shall c?'-?c its own beatl ludes '' ' Alter ita own life-working. A child' ?y*'^ "MSB Get on thy sighing Hps shall uiaki theo glad; A poor nurn ii?irvct? hy <li?n ?hnll innUi thee rich.-; , Amalea* maa heired by thee abai make thee strong; Thou shalt bo served thy self by ev ery. sense' Of service which thou renderest. -Elizabeth Barret Browning. By the way, .anybody heard of .lis ter Em Pankhurst recentlyt Reserved your seat for the oponins tag show in thai new theatre yet? If there fa one thing we can despise more than a hen-pecking wife it it a. han-pecked husband. fpt eev investigation snould be had. the origin of many divorce proceed ings might be. found with the "votes for wimmin" movement. And again we cnn give tban'ti thai we ?do not live In Columbia. That etty Ia to. have the distinguished pleasure of entertaining Evelyn Nes bit Thaw. . Qlre a dog a bad name and you may aa .well kill him. A newspaper man fell on the streets of a dispensary town a few nights ego and broke his leg. ' li the editorials written about the Mexican situation could be pasted to gether they would make a string lone ?hough to reach from Tirzah, S. C., to thc North Pole. We want lt undcrnood now, om nn/i ffti- nil timo that wc arc in favoi O?imsbbaU of no:nv kind for Ander jj?n during tho coming seawon, even if it hhs to bo old round cat. Andcroon people should welcome ihn opportunity presented thom to? niKht IA H splcadtd ono and tivy eliould not full lt? gr?u>p it. . And then again you know, thors might bo twicw u* many cumbers ol tl\o General " Ass<jmbly as is fortiui at?dy tho case. All of which goca to show that, things ore uovcr a.- bu;: as'thoy might be. Sparenburg is siding with Green wood in favor cf the Trolley league ia preference to the Georgia-Caro lina association. But then it has beer enr observation that what Spartan buri? doon not know about baseball would fill ? good, big volume. kaltee, lilas, tb.tt, the people ot An derdon should give thanks tor ia th< fattest** ? w# have ?he beat of healtl In the world. More people ute In oh< week. ?vcr tn Bpartanburg from drink rktuxn liquor than from all cause? combined in Anderson tn two months We cant ear that we hat? heart any. heart-breaking wall from th? women cf South Carolina over th? defeat of the South Carolina eena1 ??rrr??? ^??sre. We do not honest ?jr ncSfavo tam ino women o? Sou? Carolina want io rote. A IIA UK TREAT. ?By reason of the fact that he hats boen closely Identified with Anderson county people and the interests ot Andereon county Prof. John G. Clink scales will attract a large crowd te rj the missionary conference tonight, ri Th? fact that he la to ho one of the " I principal speakers Ortho evening will * j lend an interest to the occasion that 'l would otherwise ho lacking and those I people who had in charge the selec * tion of the sneakers did well in se curing this gifted man. ] Prof. Clinkscalea waa born in this section of the country, being a na ? tlve of Abbeville, li? has also been ; ! closely associated with Anderson ? county in a nuniber of ways, having lived at Williaraston at one time. At > that timo ho was io thc merchandis ing busiuesH, but later held the office j of school commissioner of Anderson "j county, niling that'position with hon 11 or and distinction. B 1 Everybody in Anderson county .1 knows what Prof. Clinkscales has meant to the cause of education and we believe that ho means fully aa much In Gie cause of mlssiona. Wt aro glad to welcoano Prof. Clinks back to Anderson, even if it is but for a night and we bespeak for him a largo audience when he delivers his splendid address at the conference to night. CAUSE FOR REJOICING. Anderson people may well reider over the result of the visit of tlve Anderson business men io Columbia Monday, The cityjR io i,c congratu lated upon theJSCCt that all indica tions now point to thu success of tin plan lo do Bowe >?jerrTtaiu nt work ill tile city und lo put lite ?itv of Au dorson Into better condition than it ts at tiie present time." We do not thiriir that Representa tive Hall Bhould be censured for asking the local ?d?l?gation to agree to bia amendmeatt It is only fair and proper that the people of Anderson have a right to vote on tho question o? ussessing abutting property for the purpose of peronancnt improvements mid if they do not>4"*nt it. they should not be forced to have it. but it ia Et: uv ntl i y underwood ;us being a fore gone conclusion ttjtt the peuple ot Anderson do favor such a measure and therefore, there's jaothing to fear from the question being put up to the people. * ' Those people ot the city cf Ander son who have the best interests of the city at heart will giVe thanks to the business men of Anderson and the city officials, who, by their, first visit to Columbia, made it possible for the city to take a forward, step, *?FABE~GKITEEI;E. There are some people in this state who ate workers, ?ho appreciate what work is. One,..oj. these Is Miss Grace W. Vandlver, general secretary ot the State Sunday School conven tion. Therefore we airedale the lollowing letter . from ,thls splendid worker and charming southern vc man. "I am delighted With the first num ber of the Anderson Intelligencer. I am sure the people of your county are to be congratulated on securing BO splendid a medium. I am much plcaa with tho g?nerons "write up" ot the convention. "From indications that indicate, it looks as if we are to have the great est convention in our history. The outside tulent far.iaicceods anylthing ww lune yet brought to the rttate Con v. i;tion. 1 hovotyA'vur seen, \ln all ?in,}- convention work, a liner spirit of cooperation than Anderson has ehoWn in working up this convention. I om eure you uro keeping things before the public l?caUcr. I nm eucloslng a cippy of a fctofy 1 ?un sending to Sf pow apopen? In South Carolina. ?Tbe?Wttg yoi tor y?ur fpieoilw i c Lite ration ai.? great tcryl?"* to the Association, I ant . Yourrt ipr tits..biggest convention >ut, Cfrace W. Vandlvor. "General Secretary." Sinee all this ?lk about COttUag politicians is being* heard, we would like to enquire aa t? .what bas becomo nf Coi. T. B. Butl?r** candidacy tor Lieutenant -Jovernor. CJl. Butler is the mayor of Gaffney and a well known politician. :oWe conaldor that ho would make a splendid official and if the puplpe ot tuet section -had as much energy os th$ should have they would see to lt that" Col. Butler offers for the place. 7341, Wc heard nu out lady make < a mighty wiso observation a day or so ago. Saying thatchers waa always something over whfjoh. to be glad/ she remarked: "Counteitnow I han't got hut two teeth but thank the Lord they hit'? w "We dont know whs'thjft. It was Sam Brock or Abe Martin said it, but it ia I all right at that: ?'Deint : .vSbte your il time trying to figure out why a black j hen lays a white egs-get^fhe egg!" i., No.14 Weeklgr, JBiWblisfaed 1860; Daflj, Jan. 18,1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $0.00 PER ANNUM. I GREAT CROWDS ATTEND MISSIONARY CONFERENCE (Continued fruin first page.) mendous retmlts which are Just now, bcconiiug ? v ident. \\ Ono of tito most MJTO addresses de livered during che owning waa that of Ur. T. W. Sionu, of Greenville, pastor of thc First Presbyterian church, nr. Sloan's subject ?waa "Stewardship" and lie bundled it it! a masterly manner. This was om feature ol the prugrani that local people i'ud not expected aud it was easily OJO of the features of tho oc casion. Dr. .Sloan tu an able man, a deei tlri.iker a splendid scholar, ami with 1% one of the moat entertaining ' talkers that the people o' Andersen havo over had an opportunity of hear I lng. His address made a great lm i pression. The meeting last night was closet with Prof. Gaines' address. "Tin Individual Responsibility in Wor?d Evangelixatlon." Anderson people had expected much of this gifted man and tiley were in no single respect dlsappoluted. Prof. Gaines has prob ably done ns much for the cause of mlsn'on* RS any other one man !n the United States und along tho lina of ? hs address last night he gave his j hearers much food for thought. Kc1 which is now being prosecuted all* showed how it is the duty of every man und woman to aid in this work over the world and pointed out Li?t it behooved no single one to shirk the duty more than another. Ho recalled the fact that lt ls the duty of every man to aid his brother und showed I that no man could fail to bo remiss i in hi? duty if he did uot lend a help I lng hand in spreading the mission ucase from coast to coast aud from country to country. Prof. Gaines was well rccetved and HOTrEST FIGHT OF PRESENT J5ES3ION i (Continued hom first )>?ge.) Miller, Munn, Moore Molloy, Murray.! N'clson, Odom, "Pyuit. Ready, Uiley.j Robertson, \\". S. Roger?*, lr.. Sapp.t W. W. Scott. Sherwood.. Stanley, i Strickland, Sturkle. Summers, Walk-j er, Warren. Welch. White. tViiitehwul. Wilburn, C. C. Wyche, 69. Debute on Measure. Thc Tight over the passage of Ute Fortner bill tak?*n dip out of it? or dt'h ycateidny nt U o'clock, was op ened 4>y speeches Jrom Mr. FOttaer, "Hr. J". Wi Ashley und Mr. Janies, all of whom urged ?t'?.i.pasapg'e of thc ? bill, chiefly on the ground that a*bite teachers iu negro schools made social equnltty. .?Hr. <-i.He{- 4A onngt-hurg. '-oppoKed thr pasfsge of the Mil on thc ground? :i.-.*t wW'e men nbotild. be allowed lbj arianngt negroes In their schools jus; as they managed thom in the fields. He auld, however, that he-would bc to favor of tho bill if lt prohibited white women from teaching In negro schools. Mr. barnwell of Charleston. In whose county abo\il 10 whli? wo-non teach in negro puhllt sciiools. "'said that he atirlbnicd the lao'< ot'frlcUon bot-wceu the rscts in the. lm?^eenntry to th?? fact that the negroes . w? re taught by white pcoplo carly Itt,life to respect th% white raco.. Mr. ?larn .woll dpsDoscd^he passage of the ?V*t-. ner ml?. . I Mr. Wyebo of Newberry spoke; agiUnst theitmssftgc of the bill: "Wno} ?hut tho. white*!*' he asked, "sba.lj teach the iw?gro his proper position." Mr. White 0? Clarendon, advocated; the naaaaae ol the bill sno Mr. Vand-< erh?rst of Charleston opposed it. j By a vote of 59 to 38 tho house re- . fused to ?Uike. out .tho enabling} words of the,ulll.'. ' m....ii..* J.- temi-4 ? narie. i The house refused by a. voto of oOj to 40 Ut ?free to tba amendment *x-| tho e people who heard him last! night felt that they had been moro ' th.in repaid for the part they badi taken in the conference merely bo-i canne of the fact that they had liad i an opportunity of hearing Dr. Gaines 1 speak : ! . ?" DR. K. M. PCTEAT Will address conference tonight j The prosrum for tonight is equally j ns Rood, if net liotter ld some respects ! than va? that of last night. 1 lad thc ; entire state been scoured no more able j men could have been found than the ? two ?vho will deliver, addresses to- ; night-Dr. E. M. Poteat and Prof. John G. Charcales. Both bf thone men are yell known to Andersen au dicaces dud thc church tonight will] hardly be able to accomodate thc . .crr-pting Charleston county from the "provisions of the Charleston bill. Then . H Charleston delegation started a illil'u^ier to obstruct tne passage of thc bill. Tiif delegation was ably sec ond c-u by several momibcrs of tho house :.nd thc bill hung riro for about an hour before lt finally pasRcd to third reudlng. Hy a rote nf Gi to ;i4 tho lioiitio rofuf ti to adopt tue amend meiut offered by Mr. Stanley of Horry. un advocate of the "hill, to nnkc. ? the measure apply to negro wallers, ue ?rro nurses in private homes,, negro ?icrvonts in hospitals, and negroes working in the samo establishments lu which white dome?are employed. *. To reduce tho bill *o an abturbtty, ?Mr, Rltt?>nbcrp of charleston offered ab amenrtr.H-nt prohibiting farmers to ?jirt? negri. laborers, which the house voted dirwn. Thc 'Lo? aiiivixtment providing .Th.il .tlie pro-.i irMi? of'this bill shall ; also apply to tin: intimacy of thc races in houses of ill ropuie" was passed by H vote of 10.0 to nothing. Then thc ill was passed to third reading, . it. r willoh the house ad journed until 10 o'clock tomorrow. A. D. O. Sen. Weston From Asylum Committee Wccia? Correspondence. Columbia. Jan. 2?.-Renator Weston today resigned from'the committee appointed from the senate to investi gate the j-mt.- Hospital fer the tn fceuo. He said that he hsd been shown a copy of a letter written by > Qovernor mease to President Smith of the senate charging that be ap peared as an attorney at u hearing before thc boord ot regonis of the asylum In. which on? ot the parties to bt> Investigated TVAS concerned. Senator Weston defied, that ha had appearvu us un attorney, alt nonga he admitted that he had 'been asked to do so? die said he went to tho board j people who will flock out to hear those Rpeft??ers. Thc mooting today is to open at 10:.10 o'clock this morning, when a general rouud-tahle discussion of mis sionary education will be led by Prof. E. II. Gaines. At this particular time there wll be an opportunity for all present to a-ivance their views nnd opinions concerning the beat methods to be followed in this particular line ot endeavor. This session will last throughout the morning, coming to ;i close shortly before iii?? uoon hour when a recess will take place. At 3:30 this afternoon the session wilt re-convene, the discussion of '.Missionary Finance" then being openod. This conference will be in charge1 of Kev. C J. Thompson and Jika -tho .morning session, no stereo typed form will be followed, the lay man being allowed to advance opin ions as to the proper procedure for the proper conduct of the work. At 7:30 o'clock the people of An ('orrion wfll have a rare treat present ed them, this being an address by Vrof. John G. Clinkscales of Wofford College at Spartanburg. Prof. Clink scales is one of the best known men lo say that he is without a peer in his in the state and lt ls no exaggeration particular lino of work, lt has been announced that Prof. Clinkscales will : peak on the subject "The Greater Efficiency.*'' Dr. E. M. Potent, president of Fur man University, will deliver the last address of the conference, hla subject being "Socialism/ of the Kingdom." Dr. Poteat is a fluent speaker and a man of extraordinary intellect and the Anderson people of more than pass ing interest. In short tonight; will be one of Anderson people and lt is presumed the red-letter daya of tho year for on ali Bides that it will he productive of much good not only in tho "city Of Anderson and in this county, but throughout the entire staf,o aa well. of regents/meeting as a member of the senate committee on penal and charitable Institutions to get Informa tion. The senator asked that bis Con duct in rpgnr'j to the matter bc in-! vestigated. President .-raiith has not yet ap pointed a successor to Senator Wes-' ton. Ai D. O. JUDGE SPEER WAS INDIGNANT (Continued from first page.) l^er ?hare and Its market Value ?lightly more then $110. The wit ness Faid Judge Speer's action wi? taken on a bill "which had no equity in lt.". and that through the .a'ppolnt iuc!it of receivers, . the Credit of* the comimny was completely destroyed. .Hore AdTer*e Testimony. Judge Speer'? alleged love of pub licity again wes touched upon today when. Gen. Meldrim testified that be bod .tried oases before Judge - Speer "on tho porch of tbe hotel at Mount .Airy, N. C.,' with an audience of la dies." The witness declared that tho majority of lawyers throughout the State "do not regard Judas Speer aa a fit judge.* W. M. Toomer, formerly an attor ney at Wayeross/Qe., said that Judge s^eer waa one of tbe moot humor? men he ever knew and* "goes vigo rously niter the, truth." He denied that Jogge Speer has terrorized, 'liento of bis lato pleading guilty of a | cbargr of peonage. Wi M. Mackel.,| an attorney, told tbe committee b&< considered Judge Ppeer uno* to be ai Judge." ' . /j Feg !s NerfcHt Hasfcer., j (Hy Associated Press.) Norfolk. Va , Jan. 27.-Ifaropton P.O*?* ??d i^cifctll * ? *.r^r-.T trr-* * - day enveloped In tb? tbickoet fog known bera in many years.. River trafUo waa paralysed fer a time, Superlatives don't do justice to this Overcoat clearance. Any advertisement we could write about would fall short of really describing ?ts merit-any claim we could make for it wouldn't be strong enough. Note these prices and let us show you the goods, you'll be sure to see a great advantage here for you now. $25.00 Overcoats . . . .$ 20.00 20.00 Overcoats .... 16.00 18.00 Overcoats _ 14.50 15 00 Overcoats _ 12.00 12.50 Overcoats .... 10.00 10.00 Overcoat? _ S.QO The Sture with a Conscience How About a Good Mule? i \ \ \ When we say good, we mean G-O-O-D. If you do not believe this COME AROUND and we will SHOW YOU THE GOODS, and at the RIGHT PRICES. We can sell you just as cheap as any one, and if you give us a trial we will prove this assertion. WE DO NOT SELL CROOKS, when we get hold of one, we load it on the Cars and ship it away and out of the country. We guarantee everything that we sell to be as represented. ORDERS SOLICITED I WE HAVE A BUYER on the market all the Itime who shipped us'a load to-day which is the best shown on the market this season. We have Kales weighing from 10?0 to 1200 pounds including several well match ed pairs, mostly maares. GOOD SMOOTH STUFF with lots of quality and finish. Come around and give us a look before buying, YOU MUST GET YOUR MON EY'S WORTH. , PRICES AND TERMS ALWAYS RIGHT Yours for Fair Dealing, The Fretwell Co. Valentines and Valentine Post Cards. Call and examine owr line Cox Stationery Company