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M ANDERSON'l?ELLIGENSER IM North Maia Street ANDERSON, 8. C. WILLIAM BANKS, . - Editor W. W. SM OAK, - Business Manager *, Entered According to Act of COB* frats aa Second Class Hall Matter at Ice Pestofflce at Ande-sos? S* ?* Fabllifaed Every Momias Bzetfi Monday StssL Weekly Edition OB Taessay aa? FrMav Mornln?? Dally Edition-SUN per annan; fl&fiO for Six Months) I1& for Three stealths. Semi. Weekly Edition - ILM per ABBS ai ; 75 cents for Six Mo? tai j M sta for FOOT Months. Hf ADVANCB t Member of the Assoclsted Preis and ! Deceit lng Complete Daily Telegraphic .arrice. A larger Circulation Thaa Any Oth er Newspaper Ia This Ce agr?as leaal District. fha Intelligencer la deltrered by ? earrlers ia the city. If yon fall to i gat poor paper regularly please notify Iii. Opposite your name on label .?your paper ls printed date to which ?Wir paper la paid. All checks and i?rafts should be drawn to The An Intelligencer. - The Weather. Washington; March 2.-Forecast: \ Bou th Carolina- Fair and warmer I Tuesday ; also Wednesday. '. Dally Thought. We rise by the things that are 'neath our feet; By whet we have mastered of good and of gain; the pride departed und the pas sions slain. And the vanquished Ills .that we hourly meet. -John O. Holland. Anderson ls My Town March stormed in militantly. :. ' Even Charleston ls bragging; about :eolu weather. Kg Legislature did not meet Monday. ,;? Thanks, cold wave. 'ft?e only law In Mexico is Villa. Hile'Bays obey" the law. The bridge between Joy and sorrow ;m riot so long after all. ;; Oh, you water pipes. You made a ^Garrison finish in the ninth Inning. - j! Since the dance craze the demand ?Bh overalls and aprons seems to be fWy quiet. Viuch depends upon the outcome of ^?tt railroad meeting In Abbeville HHtaesday. -~ C& Tlie object nf th? wide skirts ls for :lu- dip dance, and not to facilitate ^Hfrn work. I Whoever thought that the ground Mit business was run J In thc ground |ean think again. pjThey muBt be preparing for an elec In St. Louis. A shipment of 36, l.eggs has just arrived. , ie Idle and disorderly habit. or ting spring poetry will follow this ipt cold wave, we fear. ;.'Ruh. 'rah, 'rah, for the niue Ridge 1 its banner contribution to the lamber ot Commerce fund. Don't seek alms from the man who to pay his income tax. Rather lld you be charitable. ^Abbeville will surely have a candi Igte for lieutenant governor, though I Ire don't know whose day lt ls today. ?The democratic party ls having the Icking qt good weather to season ie crops. We hope the tariff will ; Tile Columbia State telits of un auto ^Hpe running against H tree "where] nie to a sudden stop." Sounds very ^^Efnabln. Anderson .ls proud of the record of t Cochran, recently United district attorney. He was mer but straight. ? The ball players are trying out tn practice, and yet the Asso Press keeps sending stuff about HKnese and Mexico. The Second regiment band would to get a settlement with the state, r that the regimental adjutant baa mored up to colonel. Judging from the number ot busl ^B;men whom he faced. President | ptrisx Harrison must think that An rirson Is larger than Charleston. i are .116 people from Spartan-1 the Stat? Hospital for the In Thls is proof conclusive that] agVreaa to\lIve la Spartanburg. FIVE KOO? M I N. lt IK to bc regretted tb^tiic live di rectors of Hie Chamber of commerce who wi re re-elected will auburn Unir r?signation? to a called meeting of tim memberahip. The entire l>ourd has worked ax a unit darin;; thc year Just ended, and there bus never boen u bunking institution or a ntannfac tur ing enterprise or other industry In this city whose dire? tof?'??t<' bjj?n more pun? tuai In their atiendan* <. or more loyal and more united in devo tion to tit** stn <.?.?? itt the ".!:'.!;-r!ak!:;g than tb?' nine members ofythc Ander son Chamber of t'oauuerajl lia ve been for thc past year. Tin- decision ot these flve '.genth - men. however, is said to bc in keeping with the spirit of thc plan o^ft'glual organization a year ago. Rotation in Ohle?- WIIB decided upon, and .. a< u meeting of the <itlz?'ns. very largely attended, it was decided to ? l?ot the directors from the floor. Now that.thc year IR out, the five who -drew die one-year terniB say that if they accept re-election lt will mean thud they will have served three years by? the time their new terms expire. While they feel Hint they have in the flrM year received valuable training"*'for1" civic work, yet they feel also that* they would be recreant, to, theft", dtfgy a? citizens if tltey did not use that ex perience for the bu liding bp-i of the city, and they wish to see new blood infused into the directorate. These (Ive retiring members wilt-?work for the Chamber of Commerce^ Just as hard a? If they were again actively In harness. * .. This decision on the part of these gentlemen was arrived at {the day af ter the annual meeting, but they agreed to make no announcement of it. until they could submit their wishes to the entire board.. ffl?''mem bers who wish to retire emphasized the fact at the meeting yesterday that the work of the year had been most pleasant, and that tlfWj Would find great zest In takingj ft'TO (again, but they will not be loafers when new hien are put Into their places. The work of these Ave men hah- -bees* val uable. The fruits will not appear for months, and perhaps years, but the foundations have been laid'with great care and much skill. Mr. Farmer ls the chalrrnati of the committee on railway extension. His committee has undertaking^ on hand that will not! come to a R?aft for some time, fie baa worked ..indefatigably, and Anderson bas* no citizen who ls more progressive, or who has done more for the public good in the last year than Mr. Farmer. Mr. B. O. Evans ls the chairman of the trades day committee. The work of thia committee will never be fully appreciated. Mr. Evans ,and Mr. W. R Osborne gave much of the time" that was valuable to them . In their business In planning thirtg^'t'o try to bring the city and the county ' closer together. Mr. W. W. Sullivan is chairman of the committee on transportation, to which must be given a great deal of thc credit for pulling through -the big deal by which the city shewed tho development which the Charleston and Western Carolina will put through this spring. The value of this committee in the undertaking was no small factor. Thc committee has done a great deal for the city in other ways, saving In freights vWore than the actual cost of therOti?mber of Commerce for a whole ye,ar. ?Capt. Ramer, for the civic commit tee, and Mayor liolleman, for the en tertainment committee, have al8p done work in a quiet way which has had good effect and will bear fruit in the months to coin?. Each of these di rectors named, while serving aa chair man of a big committee, has also given valued service to the directorate as a whole. It speaks well for the city of An derson when these ?^ilemen are willing to step down and to le\"othera take the places of honor and respon sibility while they will ".ssUme the,o.b ligation to work Just as bard in the ranks as they did as directoral . We trust that the new men to be elected will be aa thorough]/ repre sentative and as hard workers aa these, and that if possible .some ol these gentlemen who have their hands in the work may be retained,pa theil respective subcommittee?.. AM TO VOTEtH FOR WOMEN. The women, the dear things. nnv< been abusing the democratic majoritj in congress - a great deal" re< cent ly on account of the action of th? caucus in objecting to a constitution al amendment 'that would make wo man's suffrage universal. .The caucui took the position that'thfs^'ia^a^mat ! ter for Ute states and not for con' ?ress. i The women had been In Washing ton for som?* time prosecuting a rig orous campaign for the creating of i committee on suffrage ead they be came incensed when the caucus-refus ed and asked this'unanawohlbte quos two: !.w ' ,; 1 "Why. ahoold woman suffrage . Ix forced on uny ?tate that doet; nut want it? < utidor compel* tin- statement, even at the risk or seeming ungallant, that' some of the women who pleaded, ca joled and threatened must have made themselves ridiculous and must have injured their cause. They interfered with nal ional legislation and secured nothing hut publicity Titey should he satisfied' with the in creasing number of ?tates getting equal -iliffruge, for this indicates the sure, though slow spread of the prop? uganda. Hut unless u state wishes it. why should congress Interfere? And how, ?iiu? congress hus estab lished a precedent, why not repeul the Hth uud lath amendments? Con gress will let the states settle the right of women to vote, why not let th?- states suy whether or not the ne groes should he given privileges of citizenship? ls tit?; educated, intelli gent, magnificent white woman no more in Hie sight of congress than a race of people who ure incapacitated for governing, as time has proved? We submit tliut the logic of the an swer of congress is that the amend ments should be repealed and the states given the right to say what they wish. As we have recently pointed out. the" 14th amendment says that "no state shall make or enforce uny law which shall ubridge the privilege or immunity of citizens of the United States." Wliy not repeal that and be consis tent, gentlemen of congress? The 15th amendment says: "The right of cltlreri of the United States to vote shall not he denied or abridg ed by the United State? or by any state on account of ruce, color or pre vious condition nf servitude." We submit that woman's servitude is not a previous condition. We are not arguing her case, for woman can talk for herself-and does. But we we see no consistency in giving a black man rights of citizenship higher than those of women who have been the power and inspiration of thia gov-' ernment for 125 years. FEUCBAL Al? FOR ROAD? Our good friend. Barnett from;'Three and-Twenty Is opposed to the govern ment giving $25,000,000 for the',build ing of good roads. We enjoy getting letters auch as this, that discuss mat ters of Interest to .the people and we agree with our correspondent;, " al though we dlflet with him aa dp pew pointa,, j j$ I Our objection is to the insufficiency of the bill. The author, Mr. fihackel ford, of Missouri, has provided1 for three classes of roads: A-To be surfaced with macad?m, concrete or brick. B-With gravel or sand clay. " C-\ well crowned earth road. The impend'!?res of federal '"?nenoy are limited aa follows: Class A to $60 per mile; B to $30 per mlle; C to $15 per mile. We arc not opposed.to the govern ment doing anything that will give service and results, but this appears ta be throwing money away. Mr. Shackelford admits that the amount per nitlb bi small, 'but federal aid of this kind would stimulate. Yes, lt would-just about as much as a pin scratch woul iujure a rhinoceros. We see nothing harmful in the prin ciple pf the government aldtftg In the construction of. roads, but the pittance would Indeed be a waste ot ntoney. Suppose the bill wore enacted into law. Anderson County would get on ly about $15.000 for 500 miles of pub lic roads. We urcr.ow spending about $45,000 a year for the maintenance of a chain gang to repair roads', abd bridges. We believe from what we can hear, that the results are just about as.good as could be expected. It is the system that ls wrong. We need half a million dollars to spend on 500 miles ot road. It. would re quire an average of $1,000 a mlle to make permanent good roads in this county. Some would require less, some more per mlle. We believe that the cheapest and easiest way is* to isaue halt n million dollars of bonds. The interest nit these bonds would not be much more than the present direct appropriation, and if we bad thc money to do permanent construc tion work, we would be called on lesa frequently to spend money on repairs. If the government would take a coun ty's bonds ai say, 2 per cent interest, for a long tena of years", lt would dV> more toward* h-hRdlrtt roads than by frittering aw^%Jtt?,?00,OMr, over the whole United States; when that amount hj not sufficient for the State of South Car?tida alone. We favor the principle o? the gov ernment assisting In bunding good roads. TOfrfviflputy, has built many postofficos and strengthened many po litic?: fences-now we would like'to see poet roads and some real benefit to the farmers for marketing their products. But we fear this bill Is too weak. A FORWARD STEP. We congratulate Mr. P. M. Barnett on the progressive move made by the Y. M. C. A. In deciding to iwue a monthly public at ion for tin: mill ? \vork?TH. There ?re no better people ' in the world than the mill worker?. ' "'hey ure.just like other people. . There 1? no difference and no ?anse ; and no n-ason for s?gr?gation. The I object ol tliiK publication will !)<. to ' give inspiration and encouragement j and earnestness to the young people , in tile mill communities. Every true : citizen of Anderson wlil rejoice in this'1 work and wil^be giod to see it *.?V?., ' ceed. t Fij . ."a Mr. I). H. Minis. Who lias been as-, sfsting Mr; ?t?rnolt'' in the generar work of, the V. M. (\ A., yesterday be?1 j r u.higjMfp^k UH iii; id secretary m tin cotton mill ?communities of Anderson. ThiB is unother great'work, one which will he of great and lasting good, and ia in the hands of a trained man whose heart is warm for humanity. The work ?H similar to that in the cen- j Irai V. M. t". A. and will be taken to the young men in the mill communi ties. .Mr. Minis hud a fine reception yesterday. The Opening of the "aterurhiui. Sparlanburg Herald. The Herald believes the opening of j the Interurban railway between Hpar tanburg and (JrtfenvUle should be tin 1 y J i ind appropriately' edlebratod as the) important-event it will be In the'de- < vclnpmehl ?f 'this '?tft'ion of thVconn-1' try, bur IfVo-dr1'Judgment it should take : on the naturi'Of a barbecue br open- I air^nteTtainment, which could he en- i loyeti by the .public1 more generally : than would''be'th? c?aso with a dinner 1 or banquet. Thet? 'are s?vertil rea sons for eelebratmg:' sUch an'went, i Socially lt ls a good'thing f?r the peo- ' pie of any HectlOh!,ot|'the countrv to j ' get together to t'?W?vet and'under-j : Rtand the significance or'the ma tu rial j: progress and tb feel the inspiration or local prid;; in such achievement; edu-| catioually it is a good thing for the' people to see and know just what IB, being done in the way of improving: and perfecting the transportation fa-J; cilitlcs or thc country. A trip over] this neto electric linc will be'a liber al education to som ? folks who have novar seen a road just such as it is, with low grades, wide curves an-J heavy rails, all built to carry electric cms for handling freight. Tho chler object of the celebration, however, from our: ow&.,selfish point o fvldw, is to mnkeiknowc. to the I coiiut ry abroad thaii'Bueh.a aline or road has been adddd.so.t?rfe transporta tioi facilities,ot Sgartaribuxg ?nd that all the Hedmoa* ee^rttoaa&ft 8oiittt Car WRITER VERY INTER ESTING?ArtTI?'?lE;: )?<. vauR. qtitvo?ijmi i irlr mm is?d ot This rai lije et has both a moral and financial appltc?ito^.'^^'Su^?s'a U .litej (g del ermin jd. got ny tljl^MRSM it of our possessions. _but by the 'manner in j which we use them, . lt ls lamentably true that there .ar? .' powerful , farces within and all about lis going to waste. Time. opportuwtlPH unimproved, ener gy, and sometimes money may be men tioned aa common examples. # But an example which ls not sp com monly considered is waste lands. It ls a fact that-even those who have' no I practical knowledge of rarmdng are aware that something is radically de fective. Figures and plain, every day conditions about us proclaim that fact While the methods- employed, . in1 farming are constantly improving and while the average cash income or far mers has been estjuialed at ?640, be sides rrulU fuel, .^egetables,^^.! yet there ls still great .room for .approve ment. Figures from the agricultural department t^ow. that, while tho price of farm products advanced during j 191 12, yet the producer actually received leas.mopey)for his. labor than he! had received previously, ... Th?...question naturally arises," whet received; ?he in crease?" * Every, farmer will tell you that he pays dearly for his mulea and ror grain ,and hoy, .when he ^loes not raifie these at home. .A magasine writer, com paging thc more advanced European nations with the United States, says that these na tions put the farmer before the man ufacturera, while here the reverte ls true. This writer says that waste is greatly responsible for present day conditions in-this country whUe Euro pean nations are more economical. lu Europe farmers can borrow mon ey at 4 per cent according, to this writer. Such a low rate of interest sounds strange to an American. But we should rejoice that a better- day is dawning for American runners in thia respect ? comparison of'the average yield per acre in the. United States wltn that of othci0h?tions shows ohr yield to be the ldwest' or any civilized nation The figures follow: Germany, tr, bushels; The Netherlands, ;?3 bushel*: England, 2&' "bushels;1 Trance, SO bush* 'ClS; ibid the United States, i-f1 bushels. We h&vo the soil, the brain and U the other sasentials of success ; and V'is ftonre'd that Our rarmers will determine 'to'.fehaAge 'these figures; and they can. If they will. Intensive farming ls becoming ipofe' popular every year,.and the question ag to how fermera ban best sue receiving more attention. A maga zine writer has defined the successful larme" a:: "Thc man who can take out of tne soil all . that the soil la capa ble Of produalng without impoverish ing lt" And herein. I believe lies poe difficulty, in at least some sect'ono of| this country. W,? nave many . lar.d owner* ' who have left their furms In the hands of men wac know. l(t*?e, if anything, concerning v\at it take* io Impoverish soil. Th i land r Vders themselves.gre in thj city ca ^ ;;? )lina ls now served by an iterurban .ne si fond to none in tilts eountry or i'iosd. A celebration would pro luim this tuet as nothing else would, int' we should bold that celebration ts a sort of formal announcement to i'.e world that we are making great it* des in the dove.opment, of our part n the country. . - . < ? We would suggest that this c?l?bra it .. be held some tini.. i:i April or May, ufter thc road is (q good running jicer, and"tt""can be made the occa :'0'?'*T vWtifTroni oair -sfisn?s " ?? ;:ret?vilrt-,,,-Andersoh.' ?oftM; XJreen .vood and other points along the line hat are thus given better rail connec tion wlfti m' Let's'h?v?'a?l'the Pled \ithru.visit Spartan*>urg, on that day: Lei the noonie ?e*> tile new ro?.d. travel over .-ft'-and enjoy a day's outing. The Asylum Investigation. dewberry Herald and News. The report of the committee to in vestigate the affairs of the state hos pital 'or the Insane is published in mother column. It seems to us to ba i lair and impartial Anding from the Evidence and the facts as they exist U the institution and the committee ia? pointed out the real trouble for lie friction in tile management of the lsylum an* the rules laid down in a it toi u ti on offered for adoption by the k&itdature, if carried out by those who may be in charge of the institu tion, will go far toward making peaco ind doiug away with friction. Two other matters suggested by thc [.omitilttee have been greatly needed, rh* physicians to be resident at thc UM inn ion and to give their 1 entire time to the patients and a business manage tv-KO to ?peak, who will look ifter Ure buying and the material in leresis. Thc committe also recommends tho continuance of tho work at State Park. It is too late now for any provision to be made for tills for tire .present year, but the state will be the loser by ?topping the work. We m?st believe that the members did not realize how much moneyi had already been Invest ed in thu work and how much it would roKt u> disorganizing the forces and lha loab of equipment. The work could have been continued at less cost now i -an if it should be discontinued for a year. Another mistake made by. those who were in favor of continuing the devel opment was to connect the develop niei.t with the sale of the property in Columbia. Thc two propositions arel entirely distinct and one should not* IM mad > 1.1 pendent on the other. ' , State Labor Commissioner I Mc-T Laughlin, of California, ig enforcing' the law requiring the - labelling ot shoddy goods, so AB to avoid deception. | HUT YOU bau klug? ni^can^^?j(o}*e a i v tim like. and. v orat or a ', some a*-e Idlo. Thf Aqn^.idjte?i.Uia-'-.aiL. hut i > ci fiy instances his laud io bel ngimpovnrlah rd every yeer, while the renter siarcf ly makes ends meet. Suppose, on the other hand said landlord and others of i his clas's should either rid himself of. extra burdens, by cutting his lands in-, to smaller farms to be sold to desira-| bte home seekers, or by moving upon lt himself. In either case cutting tinto small farms would Oe u wise volution, ? AH a writer has wei sala, after ail, it is thc human equation ' taut plays- tlie| greatebf part in determining whether! tarn lng is a success or not. "Naturel presents weeds to the man who dreams, ! rind poid to the man who toils. There are certain changes of occu-j patton that I believe would provo l em. lit ?al to all concerned. If those who cannot succeed on the farm should engage in work more" suited to their talent and if many now engaged inj profesional work, and who could farm Intelligently, would turn their brains! an dtlieir banda in the direction of ag-j ricuUurol pursuit, marked improve ment would probably result. . it is surprising indeed what bas ac cording to reports been accomplished on small farms. Th? February num ber of Comfort Magasina contains a' number of these* instances. Among lien* may mentioned an Ar-j kansas mah who is 3aid to be making a good living on one acre of land. Hy intensive and diversified farming thc owner koepa something growing on ev ery inch of his acres the y??r around. He raises vegetables in abundance., and has chickens and two cows. He aver ages 830 a year for Ms calves, and a considerably sum bi realized from thc ?sale of butter. He says all the land ?he will ever want is a five acre farm [Which when properly Axed, be says will make any family a good living. From an acre near New Cumberland, Pa, a farmer received In one year $454 from the salo Of early tomatoes, and ? like amount from an acre and a half of the latter crop. One and one-bait acres planted in strawberries put Into the owner's pocket $465, while be real ized from' an acre planted In cabbage about S300. The English arQ said to raise SOO bushels of potatoes on sn acre of land that has been planted for cenutrles, while in thia country only 90' bushels are said to be raised on virgin soi). Another point to be considered In this conntry. Secretary of the Inter ior Lane, who haa Inspected certain lands west of the Mlrfsourl river, fays the government could profitably spend lb tetf-yearv-'a hundred million donara tfbr doing the<w?rk Indicated above. He would have the lands thus Unproved, cut into farms bf from 30 to.00 acres ta'M'U'OW.'tfy* these- J?nds could be madewVrtittuce enough1 to??'??f. tko nation. In Glenn county. California, one acre of irrigated land is ,said to have gtren its owner a good Alvina fori a<i years, with a considerable surplus. The above figures have been given from those who seem to be in a posi tion to know. Of course I could not vouch for their truth In every detail; but If our farmers will study them, and will determine to plant fewer acree, cultivate them wisely, have bette,- pastures an draise , their own stock, and grain. w0 win have fewer middle men, lesa speculation and bet times. ,' ? ittti :? hi 1 U3 ? Wi Let us hand you these two spring belfries to top off your dome in correct style. . Our light weight Stetson ;derbyl?3.50. Our indispensable soi c hats-Stetson $3,50, $4, and $5. Evans! Specials $2 and $3.' _ . * . rtu; i ..-!..?$.*>. ..>'>' Jt : Ahead with everything for a man's hea:dwear. Jn Spring Suits our shqwing is a sight worth seeing. "Thc Store With ir Conscience.*? ? . . . UM) li -. il" K *v?f-.}'.j/. Ii-.* ;!?, <? r .-.(?' l^irffcViT) ..-.>. . i V . ' 1 ' " i. ? i.'.'T . . ??.?i. : i ?t . MK? ... ,\. i -'lun.v ... ?. . ill'. ? I A. "JMWVKV ?..'.:?* c ?vii.:: ?i..- . I? , OH* Iii ii; \ i'j't ?1 ri Mit. SALE of THOMPSON'S 42 Thompr on Corsets, Regular Price $1.50 SOCIAL THIS WEEK i Vir! mam jrv . . ..?-**.%*T^si^*.?r* These Numbers Will be Discontinued; iii ~s .A. . . New Vehicles of every description keep ^ttiiiiig in ev?*ry day* Our stock of Harness, Whips and Robes is the finest ever. We also have soine JSxtra H<*0?H? ^Males' and Horses on hand; come and see them. J. S. FOWLER ANDERSON. : SOUTH CAROLINA