THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER
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THE WEATHER
Washington, Feb. 10.?Forecast:?
South Carolina?Fair and somewhat !
colder Wednesday; Thursday fair.
Dally Thought.
In politics and in religion, it so
happons inat we have loss charity
for those who bellove in the half of
our creed than for those who'deny
the whole of it?Cotton.
Anderson Is My Town?The whole |
M+im Sunday gshCC! COCTCStlCU.
A lot of this asylum business
sounds like eras y Ulk.
The Congressional Record Is a
valentine, a la comique, all the year
around.
The oity council will "tighten up"
on the blue laws. Buy your cigars]
on Saturday.
"Fussy" Woodruff la in towo.|
(Thafe^
graph In
Welcome to a great church town,
delegates. Anderson is proud of her
Sunday Schools.
The Anderson High School basket
ball team Is there with the winning |
scores this year.
. "No valentine tor me," says Wil
liam J. . "And I was sure expecting]
one from .Champ C."
The value of the 8. 8. Convention!
to Anderses' Wil! be its spiritual up
lift Will we get It or will we miss'
Itf.
Mr. Villa, please hurry up and end
the war. We don't want anything to
disturb our attention from the box
scores.
Please, Mr. Mayor, do some extra
stunts In the way of getting streets
in good condition tor the big parade
Friday.
Wilt Borne one pleaso explain why|
the small boy is so much more regu
lar on Lu nday School Just hofnm j
Christmas?
We wish to congratulate council
on the personnel of the city board
(\t h? t?h. a *r?tt?r board cculi set
have been found.
Mayor Holleman, last call to put
the streets In good order. A few
loads of sawdust, please, in front of
the Baptist church.
From treasurer of the Press Axso*
riat!."vri to c-???co?vr o? tue income j
tax would have been more of a civil |
service promotion for Mr. Sims.
/ J. Mack King was not out looking
fer. th?t 5?r^rv??or"a oi??co, nut now
{Jut he has it. he wishes to have it
cr.,7;^h w ?v ouuio tonsiruciive
work- _\m**nm
Jas. W. Oaborne who la conducting
the Su'ser-Murphy graft inquiry in
New York, is a Charlotte basa for
whom Mecklenburg's titles are clear.
A? a district attorney for New York]
be sent Mollneaux to prison.
The Mexican g?n?rais "interned"
as captives in Texas, have all the
pfoeourea of home, except, the ogees
t'osa, as their playful killings are
called.
Of coarse it ts net Sabbath desecra
tion tor a rich man to Joy ride oh
Sunday or to travel on the cars. But
for a poor ?an to hire a livery rig
for a little fresh air?horrors!
THE SI'MiAV SCHOOL
The Sunday Mnl In the United
States may he acknowledged ?b a
most efficient means of Imparting re
ligious instructing to the young, a
most effective recruiting agency for
the church where ^be teaching is done
by loyal pcrKonfAsTaincd in that work.
Some denominations were not bo
ready to accept the Sunday School,
deeming it safest*" for children to be
taught around the fumily altar, or
from the sacred dcBk, by the man of
God, trained in theology and in
church history.
Hut, thhnks to the printing press
and to the great schools of Instruc
tion, there are today found in the
Sunday Schools teachers!as capable
and as well Informed as some of the
men of the pulpit. The Sunday
School passed the experimental stage
more than 75 years uty>. There was
a Sunday School in Norwich, Conn.,
as early as 1675. Plymouth, Mans,
and Newton, Long Island. There was
one In Pennsylvania in 1740.
One of the earliest, perhaps the
earliest establishment of a Sunday
School ,'n ihe south, was by Bishop
Asbury in Hanover county, Virginia,
in 1786. In 1790 the "Flrstday So
ciety" was formed in Philadelphia to
give religious lnstitactlon to poor
children. This society employed paid
teachers and in 1800 had 2.000 sub
scribers. Boston and New York soon
after started a similar organization.
The negroes hail had their Sunday
Schools since 1793 when Kate Fergu
son, a black woman, organized tiiem
In New York. Manrgwuihern preach
ers, before the war, taught their
slaves the Bible on Sundays. The late
Dr. Glrardeau, the most eloquent
man the Soutdofn Presbyterian
church has produced and a profound
scholar, taught and preached to the
siaves in Charleston, and his example
under those conditions and circum
stances as a missionary Is being
pointed to these days in certain ar
guments.
The spreading of the organization
of the Sunday Schools in this county
has been carried out by means of the
field secretaries. .Most states have
their interdenominational State asso
ciations. The first National con
vention was held in New York in
1832. At the last^uational conven
tion 2,200 delegat?Pwero present.
In 1873 a ptsm^or uniform Bible
lessons was formally Inaugurated
and these lessons Btcr being adopted
; by Canada and England were called
"International." While each denoml
millions must ha^atudylng .the same
lessons each Sunday. The modern
Sunday School seeks to reach all
ages, from Infanjjf to adult The
"Cradle Roll" inSudes children of
throe years. Then la a home depart
ment for invalids? and others who
cannot attend and there are over
500.000 on its rolls.
The Amorlcafi'' Sunday School
union war organised in 1824. We have
cot the latest Statistics hut as tftea
of the immensity of the work can bo
gp.thered from ^"s"!??-* "following: It has
circulated $15.000,000 worth of liter
ature; has published 1,000 volumes;
in the last ten years, has organised
25,000 Sunday Schoo*"! >wlth 976.000
members. Its benevolent work cost
M&l rvrtA *.??...?II ? T.Li 1 ..n.nltn,-,
if-.*.*>,V.'U EIUUUail,t, IW QUIUIUUUUh
1911, was 14.948.000 pupils; 1,677,000
teachers and officers skid 176,000
Sunday Schools.
Great is the work and blessed, is
the future of the Supjlpy Schools.
NATIVE OF^IdIbBSON
The editor of the Intelligencer Tiaa
beHved in the sprmiaa drag and those
persons in Anderson county who have
used it know that line drag is a good
thing. It has done good work in this
county. In fact, wMtover others may
say, the split log dr?K first usvd
in Anderson county?.'. Col. Jno. C.
Stribllng, who is .well known as one
of the -most progressive farmers in
the state, used the split log drag some
18 or 20 years agcacl
He had a drag made to level the
surface of his brich yard near Pendle
ton. and so Well olcased was be with
the work that he ; tried It on the
roads with splendid beneficial ef
fect. Like that other Anderson man
and Inventor. Col. Jno. V. Stribllng,
?he trcrksd out Ibo principle or the
differential .gear rwhlch has made
?OUThl* Ihn CT?*V'Sntthni.?klle Inriiin
try. Col. Jno. C. Stribllng has per
mitted another, Mr. King, of Indiana,
I to get the pralseffor the split log
I '. Whoever Invented or devised this
contrivance, wO thins] it Is what the
roads need. One of them costs hut
about It. Thert?fWe1many of them in
ihe county now. We believe every
farmer should have 'one or more and
drag alt the roads on his place. In
ibat way Anderson county will have
the beat roads in the state.
Just after a raja,,when the ground
Is ton wet to be wwed, and the stock
c.vn be use? rotjfeothlng else, -e-?d
be a goodtlme % n?e the drag. The
mai being thick and gummy can be
polled into the- holes and units and
packed firm by&he application of su?
I * '
fit-lent weight. Drags are made by
many hardware people, but the home
made kind i? guud enuugh.
That the drag has met with great
favor elsewhere Is well konwn. The
Spartauburg Herald thus describes
its use in that county:
"The split Iok drag is doing the
work In Spartauburg coutny. The ef
ficiency of this Hlmple device for road
Improvement may be demonstrated
on several road* leading out of the
city, hut of course, the Howard Gap
rond, where the drag has been used
longest, Im the best example to be
found We doubt that there is a bet
ter clay road in South Carolina than
that?and its splendid condition is
due to the luaintainance of the drag.
"We believe this a great system of
road working and that It has come to
stay?provided, and this is most im
portant, it provcH economical. it
should be the cheapest means of
working roi.ds and If the men in
charge of the various sections wl'l
keep an eye on the expense and hold
that down as low as possible, not to
allow the road to nufter, there will
never be any departure from the drag
antl Section system and tho roads of
this county will be good the year
around. Keep -down expense, and
keep up the road. That's the slogan.
ST. VALENTINE
What has become of the young
fellows and girls who used to post
each other those lacey, mushy, lovey
dovey valentines on Feb. 14? Per
haps they are still doing it, but the
St. Valentine doings of the present
time seem to be more of a kldlet af
fair.
With what anxious heart the youth
of 12 to 18 yearB of age used to wel
come the coming of the anniversary! J
With what discriminating care he j
selected a gorgeous display of Cupid
emblems to please his lady love!
With what beating heart he dropped
it behind the post office!
And at the country school there
was the exchange of missives at the
! old hollow stump. With pictures of
I Cupids and of hearts pierced with
I darts of love, these valentines were
then wortth their weight in gold. In
I the days of Chaucer and Shakespeare,
Valentino day was a day for betrothui '
and was marked by the -giving of pre
sents. This usage grew out of the
fairy legends that on this day the
birds chose their mates.
Folks, let's cut out all of this poli
tical mess in South Carolina. The
rest of the world is holding Its nose.
BEY. JOHN F. TINES *
l'aster? First Baptist Choren
Anderson, 8. C.
j
> BEY; J; SPEAKS
Pastor St. John's Methodist Church
Anderson, S. C
DUCK SEASON
SOON CLOSES
After Feb. 16& !? Will Be Unlaw
ful to KOI Ducks in Ander
son County
After the 16th of this month It will
be unlawful to shoot ducks in South
Carolina and those Anderson county
people who violate thts law .will be
subject to a .fine of $90 or Imprison
ment, or both, in tho discretion of the
court. This ir.formation, is obtained
from a lctor sent out by the Biologi
cal surev?y of the department of agri
culture and & nnny nf wkUh h?, bee?
received by The inteligencer.
The same communication also calls
attention to the fact that migratory
insect-cnttng birds are protected by
the federal law. This applies to robins
and meadow larks, both of which come
under tho provisions of the federal
statutes. These birds are regarded
as valuable to agriculture as their
food consists largely ot I?suc?b Injur
ious t? field crops.
'Kconomy of material was the ex
planation of the erection of a house in
Los Angeles In which njcry part was
made ot concrete In the same forms
they would have been ft made of wood,
then hailed or wired together.
Instead of the rigid planes used on
most aeroplanes two Austrian invent
ors have equipped their air craft with
circular planes revolving In opposite
directions 300 or more times a minute.
MR. AIKEN SPEAKS
ON IMMIGRATION
Before National House of Repre
sentatives When Bill Was
Considered
Washington, Feb. 10.?Whiie the
Immigration bill was being considered
In tho House, Representative Aiken
made a speech which, though short,
explained very clearly the attitude of
the people of South Carolina on the
immigration question. Mr. Aiken
said:
Mx. Speaker, while the section of
country that 1 have the honor to rep
resent has not aa yet been affected by
undesirable Immigrants, the future
may hold greater dangers from un
restricted immigration there than In
any other section of the southland, or
perhaps of the United States.
South Carolina ta the second cot
ton-munufacturlng state in the Union.
The people who operate the mills are
our neighbors and friends, bone of
our bone and flesh of ou/ flesh. They
are descended from the sturdy racea
of northern Europe and their tore
fathers helped to wreBt the country
from British tyranny. Our people
may not be spoken of In terms of
caste or class. We are one people,
loving the country that we have built
up from savage wilds, respecting the
laws'of the land, growing in wealth,
and looking ever forward for better
things, intellectually and morally.
Mr. Speaker, we do not want these ;
ideal social and business conditions
to be disturbed by the influx of a lot
of undesirable foreigners. Already
cortain sections of this country bare
been overrun by k large foreign ele
ment, so large that foreign ideal?
and foreign Issues have displaced true
American principles, and fed and fos
tered socialism and anarchy.
Of courte, I would not close the
door absolutely against the intelli
gent, well-meaning immigrant. This
would be inconsistent with the prin
ciples on "which this government was
founded. Furthermore, such a step
would not only be impracticable but
impossible. The comity of nations re
quires that our. alien laws be reason
able, as the lawa, of other cations
must be reasonable toward us.
If England should enact a law pro
hibiting any American from taking up
residence within her borders, ~"c
would meet the Insult with arms. But
England may very reasonably pro
hibit the lame, the blind, the insane,
the pauper, the anarch int. yes, and the
Illiterate, of this country from, be
coming citizens of her domain. And
why? Because they become a charge,
n t? > Km t.MM .?uu...kl- mL_..
? uv MW, uv.wj. v iiu-^iiniuj/. i kZKJJT
become eU?tarbcrs- of the peace. They
become tools in the hands of design
ing man--to drive honest .labor out of
employment. This country, then,
should^npt<permit the Illiterate hordes
of Eurppo to delve our own good peo
ple oui of employment.
The one znalmifleature ht ; which the
bill unUerrdiscueetoa' differs from thtr
pr????L ?w*t ?a -tine ?-?n?i.Crt i??it?f cC>' ;
and 1n|my judgment tais is one of the
strongest.feature jf,tbe<bill. The in
telligent*, ^foreigner is/Oat willing to
work at starvation wages, Jt la the
llllterate.i'class, those who have not
the indulgence to d?pend on their
wits, who could be herded like cattle
Into out: > factories- to drive, our home
labor that we qted to dread, most.
And I may add further, tbat it Is the
illiterate class -of foreigners from
whom" our foreign criminals come.
1 live in s ?oetios z-" ths country
where fully half the people are ne
groes. The crime for which ao many
negroes pay the death penalty outside
the law Is accountable, I believe, in
large measure to the illiteracy of that
race. Negroes with a smattering of
education commit forgeries, but .they
rarely assault white women. It is a
question with our people, then,
whether it in better to educate the ne
gro and elevate the character of this
offense or. leave him an.ignorant brute
prone to that greatest offense which
meana his death at the hands of the
comes with hlsideas of anarchy and
There is nothing so sacred to the
southern white man as the honor of
the southern white woman; and be
lieving that In giving the negro some
education, are lessen his brutal ten
d.ascies, or we at lest; ir.crcast hia
dread of certain vengeance, we have
written a 3*mlll school tax In our con
stitution, the proceeds, of which we
divide with that race. Now, this bur
den is on ua. The nearo ? ?? put ??
the south by the hand of destiny.
Shall we look for further burdens by
admitting the illiterate foreigner, who
ocmes with his Ideas of anarchy and
Immorality to mix' with and contam
inate our purer American citizenship?
It has been said If a lion ate beef
and pork and lamb it all became lion,
and a critic.wisely replied that if the
lion ate spoiled beef. pork, and lamb
he would likely be a sick :ion. Just
so, if this country takes In the worth
Jess foreign element tbat Is yearly
Vomited from Europe, there will be
congestion In our o**i*s ??d anarchy
and crime on every hand.
I repeat that tWa country should
never close Its doors to the upright,
hc^Uhj, intelligent loreignere, and I
may add that this country will grow
less and less attractive to the better
element or foreigners as the country
itself grows older and more like the
mother countries. Free lands are ' a
thing of the past here, and foreign
fermera of tho type that have built
up the mighty wiut, cow that the
Panama canal is opened, will seeh
homes In the Temperate Zone of
South America.
The Ignorant laborer and the city
drone are the < lusses of people who
will seek to come Ui ever-increasing
numbers; and If we would preserve
our Institutions, If we wovld preserve
ourselves and our children In the
heritage they tiave carved out of the
Y.-::acmr,se, we must- raise the bars
against the worthless torolgn ?lement.
A sanitary gnard *a? been iavesteA
to prevent persona handling spigot
outlets.
VARIOUS MATTERS
BEFORE COUNCIL
? New Board of Health Wae
Elected Last
Night
The meeting of council wee- at
tended by a number or interested par
ties and several of these appeared be
fore council. Representing the Board
"f Health, Dr. J. P. Ducketi appeared
and asked that council reduce tub
number of the Board from 10 to five
and accept hiB resignation as a mem
ber of the board. This action' was
taken and tbe following new mem
bers of the board, to serve from five
years for the first named to one year
for the last named, were announced
hy the mayor: Dr. Frank Ashmore,
chairman; Dr. W. H. Nardln, Dr. B.
A. Henry, F. B. Cray ton and A. H.
Dagnall.
Recorder Russell appeared before
the body and stated to tbe council
that he would like to bave a little
more right cf discretion granted him
by the council He said that the same
offense might vary in gravity in two
cases. He also discussed present
conditions, saying that council should
go on record as being opposed to
lawlessness, r.hen so much, lawless
ness Jand crime is going on in the
State* and men being liberated by
high officials every day. in tbe year.
He also asked for- instructions rela
tive to "putting the lid on" on Sun
days. Council considered his first
reuest, that of more discretion in the
trial of cases and made the minimum
fine that might be Imposed by the
recorder, one dollarv i J-*-JB**#<BWB8
Dr. Duckett asked council to make
certain improvements on Kennedy
street; Dr. Acker asked tbat im
provements be made on streets ad
jacent to certain of his property;
Alderman Carter presented a petition
asking tbat certain drainage work be
done in his ward; Alderman El more
secured some additional lights and
hydrants tor his ward; Alderman
Spearman also secured additional
lights. The matter of doing addition
al . paving on certain streets was con
sidered and passed to the street com
mittee for action.
S. D. Boykln, who has had in
charge the city clock, tendered hiB
resignation and his son, A. C. Boy
kin, was selected to fill tbe position,
j jt wee the sense of council that sstr
I hands be bought for the city clock
I and certain Improvements made upon
it if the county would pay one-halt of
the expense connected with this un
dertaking.
Mayor Holleman announced that he
had appointed City Health Officer
Pom h hoi l n? o rfoiooot; ,q *k? Sani
tation Con ;ntlon which meets In Co
lumbia on March 12 and 13 and ask
ed that council defray th|? officer's
expenses to. Columbia lor this con
vention. (Favorable action was taken
on this suggestion.
Various ether routine matters were
attendit to.followlhg whioh the coun
-oil went4?to oaecaUve aosoloav^
If you knew how deter
mined we are to make a
real clea n-.u p of this
stock, you'd appreciate
better the values we're
offering in men's suits
and overcoats.
$27.50
25.00
22.50
20.00
18.00
15.00
12.50
10.00
Values
Values
Values
Values
Values
Values
Values
Values
$20.00
18.75
17 25
14.75
13.75
11.50
9.75
7.50
You'll find our offerings
in boys' suits and over
coats and .men's odd
trousers no less interest
ing, y
"The Store With a Conscience."
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