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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER l'on mini August If, 1N60 1M North Mala Hired ANDERSON, H. C. WILLIAM HANKS - - Bdltor W. W BM OAK - Business Manager Entered According to Act of Con gress ns Second CIUHH Mail Matter at the Postofnco at Anderson. 8. C. Bernl-Weekly Edition-ll 60 per Year. Dally Edition-15.00 per annum; $2.60 for Six Mouths; 91.26 for Three Months. IN ADVANOB Member of tho Associated Press and Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic Berrico A large circulation than any other rewBpaper In this Congressional Dis trict riLEPIIONESt Editorial.127 Business Office ------ 121 Joh Printing.013-L Local News 127 Society News .... - 121 The Intelligencer la delivered by carrlerr. In the city If yon fall to get your paper regularly piesse notify ns. Opposite your name on label of your paper is printed date to which your paper la paid. All checks and drafts should bo drawn to The Ander son Intelligencer. The M euther. Washington, .lune ll Forecast: South Carolina Generally fair Thurs day and Friday, t Seneca seems to have caught Hie Atlanta distaste for detectives. -U Anderson people should send large delegations to the Clemson commence ment . Weather bureau seems to bc trying to win a pennant on accuracy in it:, forecasts. Sylvia Pankhurst says that she would th* on the steps ol' the house of commons. We commend the concluding para graph;; of our coi i espoudent from Punt's ('rove. -o lt would bo better If all vessels had nothing more than a sham rock to go up against. Costumes for seaside resorts ure giving more concern than "Is the wa ter warm enough for you." -o The Willie Way seems lo he receiv ing glowing tribute from friends in all purls of the State. The more battleships th? less light ing, seems to be the policy of tin democrat ic mimili isl rat ion. Seems to us thal loo many colleges have been robbing the cradle roll. Give the high school a chance. Two weeks hence the people of South Carolina will have a line on the political situation in thc state. A lot of annoyance ls being caused by this chap Carranza. Will thu Uni ted States be mude lo do as he says ail thu time? Every democrat should see that his name is on Hie club rolls. This is really not as much trouble as going to the polls to vote. Time for summer excursions is In definitely postponed until after thc rain puts Hie grass where it can be fought with the hoe. Wa are priming today the entire .TUlus of t hc democratic pari y and re commend that all democrats read the whole Hiing through. Before the campaign opens every candidate should make up his mimi to treat bis opponent fairly ami to ac cept the result in good gruie. Rev. S. A. Nettles seems to be on top technically, but lhere are some preachers who seem to mink Hie Ad vocate will suffer under his return. The Southern railway would do a big thing, by South Carolina by build ing the Hine Ridge road through at least as far us the apple orchards of North: Georgia. ..... . -o Ono.ot the militant suffragettes in England, nftcr knocking a man down with a hummer exclaimed that the Buffs had been too lady-like. She bad Just finished ruining a paintiug entitled "Love Wounded." ."Rock Hill man in town yesterday ?tewed 19 store buildings in course pf erection and grudgingly admit ted that Anderson is almost as good aa his town. His name is George, not "Washington, but Cowan. lil! I \ h I M: i O MT HI. M K One ol HM tir >I rilli - laugh! hy III*-ri lirra killi: into immuable newspaper I nou'spupci work is ?ol lo violai?1 a i m.mb le . III oft eli If arl liri ilk , inc I-i .i ic tt . gatherer I<I have Hmo; I lodi him mi hui,i,I ami thi n lu hi' un ahli tu publish lin m. ami tu sit si ll mu h. ?uni -. ?.? soil?! oilier |?u|n r in iii - r lin k tumble uv i a "story" A ha h a.i . lu ' ii iiursi'il for days , While Tl?' liiiclligoiioor !... ls a responsibility tu givi ii- renders Hu I news, wr also feel a pride ..1 ?ur pro ?.ssiun.il ri-pulall?n tu such an e.x !. nt thal v\i? Muuh1 rather suiter a ' in at'' un ?ii td in than to pulilisli ii ll lt? I < r > ir. lllli.staiH ? that would .'|i pear luise ami would hour . I. eil un ' i In- very fi? . Ul il Tin -.I.is "i'll.- Intelligencer learneil j thal Hie treasurer ol Amierson county has ii'iiili teil Iiis resignation lo Hie run i nur ol" ile Stale This paper was I rei|ile*)eil upon honor not tu pulilisli ?ile i 111 < i r 111111 iou. In making impiir*. about Hie maller -uni'- ut' the persons approached evidently "lipped i' uti' tu tie hu al afternoon piililicalion. ami :i . .i resiill ile- I rea sn rei- lodi Ile- c I porter im- Mic aloreiiieiilioited that he .Vollld talk Ol' th'- IllUller !.Illiilclire ? illly \s a result u!' that confidence t lu following lippeareil : ' i 'ol umhin, .lune It was learn ed Hus at'ternoii that Governor Hlease has r.h ed tie- resigna i lou of .M r i ' W Mi <;..? . : ri usin er of Ander:.un .uni n was saul I th.it Mr. Mel See asks fur inline I diuie acceptance. No ainioiiiice I ne ni has heen secured 1 rum Hie governor's ?llice a:, lu what ilts I position lo- will mal-' of Hie rosig i nation. li is understood hore Hiai Mr. Metier intends tu . nier into another business ami this is ile- cause of his resignal ion. lu .-oin'' manner our curiosity was ph]ned and we wired ll?- private sec retary of Hie governor ut the ?tine to tin following off?'i-l: .ilnl Un- ;?ov ernor's lillico imlay give out a story lon the resignation of tin- treasurer of Anderson county'.'" In reply wo received III? following: The Intelligencer, Anderson, s. c. Your wire No newspaper story given out Imlay on any maller today, as far as I know. John K. Aull. We know that the public is not in terested in Hie shop talk ami the oth er matters of newspaper ollices. Hui this is a limiter of deep significance to the newspapers trying to live up lu a professional standard. Wo would not have said these things hut for tho fad that some weeks ago the publication referred to made a false statement to the effect Unit The Intelligencer had obtained a certain bil of nows from tho county treasur er's otllce and had violated .Mr. Mollee's confidence. We iclt ut tho time like stigmatizing ino allegation in the. manner il deserved, but as tin- county treasurer himself repudiated the fling and requested thal nothing more ho said, we ?et it drop, j Wo wish lo say hero ami now thal The Intelligencer will ever tight to I earn and to deserve and to retain the coiilldeiiee of the people. We would. ?therefore like lo ask the question: Did j the purported story from Columbia published yesterday afternoon come from outside the city limits of Ander I son ? 'liiere is moro in this than the mere matter of a "beal" or a "loss" of ?i story, it is a matter of principle. If this story did liol originate in Co lumbia, why does it bear a Columbia I dale lino? Cost Script Since the above was written, The Intelligencer has receiv ed the following from ils Columbia correspondent. Mr. W. F. Caldwell. , The Intelligencer, Anderson. S. C. No resignal ion received here, so Mr. Aull announced. Governor Idease is in Charleston. 10:22 p. m. W. F. CALDWELL We believe that the case here is made unite plain. Tho Intelligencer does not wish lo he very severe in Ibis matter, but we wish for our readers to know thal wo try lo be careful In Hie selection and printing of news and fads, although newspapers, like In dividu?is, are prone to err and may be deceived by designing persons "riding" their columns. THU OLD t ilth Ht:l'A HTM HVI' We reproduce today from another paper an article written by thal sternly lover of Anderson. Andrew C. Todd. upon tho history of the tire depart ment of this city. This article is es pecially interesting as the firemen of tho eily have had hard work this year and their friends wish to se?- thom got a trip to the Slate nonvenlon ai Flor ence. What bas become of tho first horses of the Andeison tire department? That ts a question which some might not stop to think of often, but we saw one vesle-day. Dbl Charley. Ho had a bad sore on his side and tho j files wore bothering bim a groat deal ?This ono Hmo splendid old animal has ?done his part for Ibo protection of the city-but today lie is bm a sham bling old wreck. Are there any hu man prototypes? \MU:K.so> .11 KOKS J.uni. ?il th' roster ul jurors lo . i i vi* m Hi?' Anderson ronni.\ i min Illili tm ni luci) cou lil !>? misled wild ?iny rase This i (itiiil) has Mi? Ililli . i average m I h" slali* willi i ' ll r . ncc lo i hu rai I ii*, ini-Hie m e ?uni fear I |ii' law on i li?; p.tr* ol Mn til J II io rn Alni Ilia! i> oil?' ni Ho' tl.no' thai hus hi I pei! to m..lo- An I|I r -oh .1 p?i i-ai count v. I .a rai > divorce ili'posilion nt' wealthy you II |4 I Iowa ni l?ale against his witt'. Dorothy, gives ilelaileil descriptions .1 Swi'i'dhih punches. An Oakland Cal.. Inail arrested tor violating He- ?nilli laws, ajgueil til? cx II.-' th.ii Iw was in ?ni ?.fouinent with lus mot iii-r in -la w. whi Iiis ?if tenthill. :i distracted o H H o o o o o o o o o ci o o o o o a TO H A V IN COSfcRKSS O O O O O O O (I o o o Washingti Senate .Mi t at 11 .lill.! III. I) O O O O O 0 I'ay in inn Koreign nial ion ti i-ojpmitiee adopt-I . .ii lin' Southerlaiid res Mut iou to refer] the Panania lol!., ex ein; Ilion dispute to arhiirul ion. Interstate i.'oninier le committee lii'ard prominent railroad men on gov eruiiieni (ont roi of se ?urity issues. Senator Owen prepar ld a corrupt practices a i ami a {residential pri mary lull to he int indu jed shortly. I assed a resolutoih itil.iorizing the president to invite foi eign govern uieiils to tin- Nal ional Star Spangled Kalinor celebration a baltimore In Si -j Ictnher. Adjourned at (i:rj."i i j ni. to ll a. m. Thursday, I louse: Mit at ll a. ?in. Mhviilaiionus nilla rbnuidered under til- calendar W'ediiesd ly rule. Kejiresental iv?: .lonei j prepared new I'hilippine independent e bill and went lo the While Mouse tciconfer with thc president about it. j itcpri'scntativc Win \o made an un successfiil attempt to Ct aside the cal endar Wednesday rub and take up the anti trust bills. Consid?r?t ion of th Watkins bill to codify and revise tb Judiciary laws was taken up. Representative Sha p. Ohio, intro duced a resolution rec testing the pres id? nt to invite fore I gi governments to pa ri iel pate in Hu- In irnational con gress on education a Oakland, Calif. August l(i--*T. 11*15. Represntativc Maelonald. Michigan, introdu ed a bill to (reate.a national employment baromi r*nd make every poslollicc labor cM-h&ige. Mills introduced .b;J representatives Johnson of Washington, and Mrltton, of Illinois, to es?at *.. ?ionic for lep ers. ; Adjourned ?it ".riOpi. m. to ll a. m. Thursday. f (OK KIM MIMAS Married. Sunday A ay Ul, hy Rev. H. C. .Marl in at bis re Iden cg at Relton Mr. Walter Thomas and Miss Minnie Coker, both of Melto I. * ?ff ) -. m i ?^v {Vj.y: l'-'i .' ?s ? Machine embroidery flouncing in col ors on ?i cotton crape is beautifully de veloped In this afternoon frock for a fashionable Rummer toilet. The vogue for Milhun ls Indicated tn the skirt and the sash, which ls draped^generously down the back. Thc Wonderful Land of the Sky Government To Be Kept Perpe I Wi il i ?-Ii I'H Th?' lui* lligciu i r by I luna bl i.illi^ . A* li viii*- N C.. .lunn Tin recent liri : I.ni liv III?' I' S l'or''.-! H'SirVII t iou i 'oin m issioti io purchase from Mr Iburg?- W. Vamli-rliili SH.70?J ^C:L? ul !;;"<J tn-ar Ashville. .N. C., will soon malo- Ute I'll i ted Stales the own er ol a vast and beautiful forest in the heart of the Southern Appalach ian mountains, only Hi hours ride from Washington ami 13 from At lanta. lt Is believed that by next year eongrcr*; will convert it Into a national park to serve as a playground for the thirty-live million people to whom tin- railways make it accessible in u day's Journey. Its i liter is 17 miles in a Southwest direction from Ash ville from which its nearest point ir, only six miles distant. Containing 134 square miles, it formed the bulk of the land which the late ?eorge W. Vanderbilt acquired in thc past ?:> years in connection with hts princely Blltm?re House, the tlnest country place In" America. "Pisgah Forest." he called this cherished pos ession. and this name hus been adop ted hy tho commission. Conserved by the first sclent Hie forestry practiced m America, it is the finest and most extensive hardwood forest in thc East ern states, and it will be Hie largest are? owned hy Hie United States East of the Mississippi. Pisgah Forest in a princely domain of mighty mountains and crystal at i earns. Lacking the harten grand eur of Hie Rockies, it is a great green garden of wooded heights and grassy glades. Impenetrable thickets of rho dodendron and azalea making masses of bloom in spring and early summer. In its hounds are giant peaks, some grassy "balds." other balsam-clad domes, and rock capped summits with granite precipices sheltering bear and wolves, culminating in the sharp spire of Pisguh'8 pyramid 5757 feel above sea level. Abundant rainfall ensures luxuriant vegetation. Noble trees of poplar, oak, spruce, hemlock, balsam, hickory*, walnut, maple, birch, cover the slopes. A thousand high placed springs send their cold waters through ferny dells to form the. hastening streams. Cascading over, rockybot toms they foum against great bould ers, swirl iu dark pools, spread like a silver curtain on io ck . tables and plunge, as at Looking .Glass, sheer down for sixty feet. It is a land of singing brooks - and - white-crested streams. \ . /'.. . ' Game and fish abound In the forest. It is estimated that there are 3,000 deer, besides bear, wolves, foxes, rac coons, opossums, sqtrrel, rabbits, quail, wild turkey, native phesants and the descendants of the Chinese and English phesants with which it was stocked years ago. The clear, cool water is the native habitat of the speckled or mountain trout and in. the larger streams are the rainbow or California variety. Wardened relig iously for many years the trout are as plentiful as the ardent fisherman could desire. One may reach the heart of this wilderness in a two hour's ride from Ashville, and the greater part of it may be overlooked by u scenic road believed to be unequaled in America; a road nearly a mile in elevation and an automobile road at that. It was built by Mr. Vanderbilt exclusively for usc by his automobile In reaching his hunting lodge on one of tho "ears" of that "rat" which, as seen from Ashe HOPy NINETY SIX WAS THUS NAMED History of Old District und Its Fam ous Indian Legend. (Paper From Edgefield' Chapter.) The origin of names of various towns and places is of interest to us, being always a matter of more or leas curiosity and not less often quite a source of information. I feel that I can make no better Introductory re marks in connection herewith than by relating thc incident, very pathetic and touching, that gave rise to the name of the district of Ninety Six. Ninety Six derived its name from a strikingly peculiar, though to a cer tain extent, quite a natural occur rence; and all will Join in the opin ion hearing the story, that the name is both appropriate and suggestive. ' Many of the names of our States, towns, rivers, etc., are derived from the Indians, because they are almost Invariably very pretty names and be cause they preserve aboriginal history and legend. Ninety Six. however, ls of course of our own English language. The name arose from the legend of the beautiful devotion of an -1 milan malden to her white lover, an early settler, of that section; whose life, was In the hands nf her who loved him beat. The home of, this Indian, malden was some distance from that, of her lover, lt being near the subsequent lo cation ot Kort Prince George, and was known as Keoweo, an Indian village of the Cherokee tribe, hut lt was also In this same district. Chi quoi e. - for that was her name-having learned of a contemplated attack upon the small band of whites by the Indians, rode with the speed which only. love could have made TuSSmG; 1u?f|n advunco of the attacking Indians, covering the distance between Keoweo and the home of her lovor-96 miles- in 24 hours. The whites, rejoicing in Chi quola's bravery which saved them from destruction, named their set tlement Ninety-six-the distance of the memorable ride. Eighteen and Twenty-Three mlle creeks of the same Sold By Mrs. Vanderbilt to the j tually as a Playground for Nation ! [villi-, iii?- imagination pictures asl (-limbing io iii*' sharp summit of Pis gah, i I Til is road extends fruin thc end of Hie cornily macadam. L'O miles from ! lilli- eily, and ascends ^"lUU feet by al steady glade of 3 lo 7 per cent 7 miles | : io Un- lodge, ami then continues 10 : miles .ulong Pibguh ridge, lt circles j great peaks, hanging over PtCCp pre ; cipices and crests huigkts over 5000 ; feet high and then becomes almost ; level for several miles. The speeding cur unreels new scenic marvels each moment. In front, above, below, an ocean of greenery seems Ho rise and j fall as far as the eye ran see, to the ! dim blue of the Appalachian giants, the mass of Hie Great Smokies guard ing the Tennessee line, and North ward the dark pinnacle of Mt. Mitch ell.highest land East of the Rockies. Far below gleams the water-mirror ed face of a stone pinnacle that stands sentinel in the river valley and through tin- widening vista of encom j passing ridges shows the distant es ? carpnieut of the Glue Ridge, reaching from Georgia to Virginia. An extension of this road 12 to 15 inlier to Brevard would connect lt with tho slate road to Asheville, af fording a circling GO mlle ride. From it two roads lead down to the valleys where ure many miles of well graded roads along the streams which at slight expense could be converted,in to automobile highways. It ls tho plan of the Appalachian Park Asso ciation, whose head-quarters arc in Asheville, to have the government con vert the most suitable parts of the lands, which like this, lt acquires un der the terms of the "Weeks Act" for conserving the water supplies of navi gable streams, into national parks, and to connect these by automobile roads that they may bc easily acces sible to the people. These roads would link the various reserves in thc mountain sections of the South. It was the wish of Mr. Vanderbilt that the nation should become the owner of Pisgah Forest and last spring he offered lt to the Forest Res ervation Commission. 69.000 acres were priced at $5.75 an acre, this tract being subject to a contract which lie made two years previously with the Carr Lumber Company by which it could cut trees of u diameter over 1G inches, for which it was to pay him $12.00 an acre. 17,000 acres of virgin timber were offered at $17.00 an acre. The commissioners inspected the property in the carly part of June, 1913, but on returning to Washington decided not to buy. The generally ac cepted reason for their declination was their belief that Mr. Vanderbilt would preserve thc tract and thus the government would have the,essential advantages of a reserve without ppr- \ chase. The death of Mr. Vanderbilt in March showed the hazard of this plan. Individuals offered several dol lars an acre more for thc entire tr?ct than the price named to the connu s sion. Mrs. Vanderbilt wrote to the com mission the first of May that her hus band wished-the forest to be owned by - the nation and that price might not ho an obstacle to effecting li 1B wish she would sell the entire acreage at the price of $5.00 an acre. Thia repre sented a saving of $200,000 to the gov ernment and the commission accepted the proposition. There ls excepted from the sale, as there was by Mr. Vanderbilt's offer, 500 acres surround ing the hunting lodge. Neither offer included the 12,000 acres which form the Biltmore House property which under the terms of the will was in herited by fourteen year old Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt, the only child. section.deriva their names from this legend also. As shown by Chapman's history of Edgetield county. Ninety-Six was set tled about 1748. As early as 1734 this section was thinly settled with whites, and needing a fort for protection,, against the Indians, who continually massacrelng men women and chil dren and stealing horses and cattle, tbc colonists petitioned the parlia ment of Great Britain to build them a fort in this section. After years, of delay, however, the province bad ' to build this fort at.its own ci pense, and the council directed the purchase of land from the Indians with the or der that the fort be built as near the Indian town of Keowee as possible. Gov. Glenn bought the territory in 1753 and built the fort at Keowee, which was given the name of Fort Prince George, the land acquired by this purchase being-a pslrt of the Nine ty-Six district. Before the year 1785, Edgefleld county was a part cf the- Ninety-Six district, which included a large terri tory in the upper part of the State, and was ' by an act of the legislature, March 12. 1871. divided into the coun ties, afterwards called districts, of Edcefi'jld. Abbeville. Newberry, Lau rens, Union and Sparenburg. Previous to ita occupancy by white people it waa in possession of warlike tribes i of Indians, known as Chero kees, ir e. many years before any per manent settlements, the upper country, was '.ravorsel by roving traders wtu bought skins and furs from the In dians, making large pr,oflis by giving in ex eh ange a few worthless trink le ts. Buffaloes, hears, wolves,, etc., were as numerous then as a'juIrrels and rabbits arc now. Until after ?ha Rev olutionary war there was no Edgeflela -it - was Ninety-Bix district, Educa tion had noyer, been . neglected. Doubtless there has been individual neglect, .hut at all times, from the -ftTOt-Tretibarn? -thou* ^shn dnslrn an., .ed ucation could procure it. * One of the earliest teachers was Charles K. Johnson, a graduate of Yale, who was afterwards the founder of the Female college at Anderson. Thc village of Edgefleld was In corporated a town In 1880, the village was made the county seat in 1791 and the first court wac held here in 1792. / S?EINBLOCi? SMART crmnis S? Point this way .< d you'll find new spring suits and furnishings that will interest you if you are interested in making yourself look inter esting. The exact styles that are shown by the best New York stores. Loose fitting, medium and close fitting, trim suits-all the new colors, fabrics and patterns. $18, $20, $22.50 and $25 Order by Parcels PoBt. We prepay all charges. mTb* Sion ui?h a Coradme .?Vj V*?i .'<'. . ?June The 6th. Everybody Is Invited To F* I G PST I C Of The O a y o