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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER j geanded August 1, 1860. DM North Mulo Stret AN PE lt SON, 8. C. WILLIAM HANKS.Editor W. W. SMOAK_ Business Manager Entered AccordlnK to Act of Con gress aa Second Cluss Mail Mattor at tho Poatofilco at Andoraon, S. C. Member of Associated PrcBB und Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic Service. Berni - WeeVly edition-91.60 per lew Ikil'.y edition 15 00 per annum; ?3.EQ for Sis Momba ; $1.26 for Three M on th 3 IN ADVANCE. A larger circulation than any other newspaper in this Congressional Dis trict. TELEPHONES! Editorial. 827] BtUrinss? Oiltce ... .. .' 321 Job Printing.693-L I Local News.327 [ Society NewB.321 Tbe Intelligencer ls delivered by ecriers In ?he city. If you fail to Stt your paper regularly please notify ns. Opposite your name on label cS-'Vour paper is prnted date to which foar paper ls paid. All checke and drafts aborld be drawn to The Ander ten Intelligencer. The Weather i Washington, Aug. 20-Forecast: South Carolina, local thundershow-1 ers FfhTay and probably Saturday. DAILY THOUGHT If .We could right the wrong we've dbne tn life, Correct the years of wanton waste und | ?>'t\f sin, If we could free our lonsclenco from * Ita strife, Small need for words to say: "lt! might have been." -George E. Anderson. Water melon season is almost over. ? ? -o Landslide for Stn Uh. One In Geor gia. > Will Villa surrender his job as tax I collector? ' i The mao who really needs a strong pull ls the dentist. 1 The Salvation Army never mobil ises for blood.' The flag on the peace palace at The Hague ls at half mast. ' -o Making a new record-keeping thc same conk for 12 months. ?Dentists should help a town. They ] keep on plugging. Up to now no ultimatums have been sent by China. Cipriano Castro muBt envy the Eu ropeans their warlike situation. ' Solution of the trust problem ap pears to be dissolution. The de facto government in Mexico) follows the de funct o. Big Bill King. la. one man who can say, thtu he wears no man's collar. -o- I Democratic congressmen are prov ing that they are something else be sides pork barrel heroes. Why ls the German army like Sher man's? Because lt la laying waste by bombs (bums). -o- - An election without betting, and wtlhout liquor may come Borne ot these days. ."Home, Sweet Home" must have sounded good to Americans stranded In Europe. At any rate the menace to the Pan ards, canal is removed by the war In Europe. ? -o Are you willing to contribute a dol lar tot a scholarship fund tor VJ dorsdn college? There-ls much constructive Ieglsls t!a? ,ti>-bo done, aud lt ls Important to hdve men of wisdom. . ? o ? ? - Why should tho cost of sugar be lr?rhCT when it ls,likely to flood the . marketa? 4 I ff 'yfl ? ' 'Q' .. ftowe^er, -tJejrmany trained and of . J??ered tlie Turkish army and lt got Hoked. -e &1<?''?T#e' German army reminds us of ?Srant. Can sparc a few thousand ?^'then have sotco. AN TO ELIMINATION Som?' twelve year? UKO there wa? an election for the United Staten Kennte in thin Htate In which quite a number of the candidates represented thu Identical things that the others did. We neall among the strong men of thal race Hie late John J. Ileiiipllill, one of (he most brilliant meu that this state lias ever had lu congress; the lalo William Billot, also a very strong man; Col. (!<'o. Johnstone of Newberry I lian whom (his stale hu? had few men more gifted; and fol. I), s. Hen derson! Aiken. AH u result these four gentlemen divided into four parts a vote that vould have gone lo any one of I hem. None of them got Into the sec ond nu e. Norie of them has ever been heard from in politics, and willi all due respect to Hie dead, this campaign was th?' cud of their political careers. The people of the Btate called upon some one or two of them to withdraw. Koch was impressed with the fact that he could win. and all were deter mined tn go to the-flnish. Tho very same condition confronts us today. Six men are in the race for governor who represent nearly the 'tame Ideals. Hy all six remaining in the race the possibility ls that all six will go down in defeat. If not, it will not be the fault of the candidates, but the people themselves may have to take the matter into their own hands. At any rate, if these six lose out, they will be gone forever. If some of them should suy that they will ask their friends to concentrate on some one man of the six, the future is full of possibilities tu the mun who will make a sacrlllce today We have hesitated to touch upon this delicate ami dangerous subject, hoping until the very last that some thing would occur to unravel the situ ation, and no expression of ours can chango these self centered candidates. But in lids connection we wish to hold up to them the following pro phetic letter from Senator Nells Christensen, one of the party of the six, a man who hus stood the Are and is willing to keep on standing it; no matter how disheartened may be the blind political folly of some people. The Senator writes: It is astonishing that, '.'elimination" and "concentrating" candidates and "concentration" denouncing can didates for governorship do not sse tho sorry figure they cut. . i Because, for sooth, men here, there, and every where, singly and by meeting, and ed itors in their papers, cry out, "United wo stand, divided we foll." these can didates rage up the hustings. Danger universally admitted, proved by sim ple arithmetic. Certain os six divided by three ls more than seven divided by alx, so certain looms the outcome of the vote Tuesday week. Reduce the alx to three, to two, to one, and ni: ls safe. The six solemnly affirm from sea i board to mountains "We are the peo I pie's champions, foesof their foes, mightily striving to redeem our state ?from disgrace." Each admits tho danger springing from too numerous candidates, acknowledging the arith metic But suggests, however, cour teously, that patriots stund aside for the cause, and Bee their rage. No remedy for him that necessitates his taking his name from the ticket. The causo is sacred, tho danger to the cause is Imminent .but above all comes the sacred right of the candi dato to run, oven If running means ruin to the cause. We the 70.000 aro told to stand aside, we and our cause, while these six engage in fratricidal strife. It we but raise our voice in warning, ex postulation, suggestion of self sacri fice, we are denounced In bitterest terms. By what divino right do these self appointed seekers for o til ce speak? By what right, divine or earthly, do these men, greedy for governorship, presume to tell the 70,000 friends of decency. "There 8hall be no concen tration?" Self elimination-concen tration hy the candidates-was their duty, and might have been their ev erlasting glory. Be it said to their everlasting cred it. Two of the seven-Manning and Cllnkscalos-have agreed from the first to submit their candidacies to any represen'atlvo body of the votera for law and order, and to retire if that should be their verdict. The oth er four may denounce concentration, may prevent lt; ono may by lucky chance win the vote, but '.he winning will bo recognized by all as a gam bler's winning where all waa staked jon the turning of a die.- If the dice ! fall wrong, execration will be the por tion of the four-denunciation by a people who see that their certainty of success made a gambler's chance by Belt-nominated seekers for a govern orship. Prance has the greatest air navy except that it did cost 250 lives to get lt <**tabltahed. The new city council bas a lino op portunity to enforco vagrancy laws This war may stop the unusual building campaign in Anderson-but lt took a.war to do lt. -P-; Many a politician who declares tor Justice would ran out of tho state If he saw lt coming. ; The campcJgn . ls . over. Now may the election got by Just as peacefully. PAN AMERICAN AMITY Thc (liHpOHHIoti to look toward j South Americ a for closer commercial ties and a more voluminous ex change of products ls nothing new. For several years there has been lu th?; United States a definite effort lo get into closer relations with the re publics of Central and South Ameri ca. This bus been promoted through societies lu New York, New Orleans and Washington. As it were the Uni ted States bas been introduced to tho sister republics and the acquaintance is ripening rnpidly. Tlie bulk of commerce of the re publics south of us bas been going to Ru rope. There are several natural reasons. One ls that the countries were peopled by settlers from Latin Europe, or southern Europe and there ls more of a natural ullinity. Second, tlie European countries have the commercial steamship lines. Third, the southern republics have always been somewhat diffident toward, and Just a little bit suspicious of the Uni ted States. Frequent changes in the personnel of the government at Wash ington have made it impassible to gauge absolutely the inclination of the American people with reference to "imperialism." Hut our failure com mercially, in the Philipines, and the menace pf our holding there with ref erence to our national integrity is such that tlie world now knows that the United States is likely never again '.^? seek or to accept territory. " Tho crisis in Europe has made the way clear for the United States to start a whirlwind campaign in South America. "Advertising" pays. Now ls the time to advertise in South Amer ica, to let those people know that this nation is alike a producer and u con sumer. lt appears to us that within ten years the United States should become the greatest of all world powers and that the South, producer of cottou, having a monopoly of the atnpie, should become the richest part or America. LOWNDES J. BROWNING Lowndes J. Browning, candidate for governor will speak at Toxaway mill tonight at 7 o'clock and at Anderson mills at 8 o'clock. The public ls in vited. Mr. Browning was for years a member of the legislature from Un ion county and served for a portion of that time as chairman cf the ways aud means committee, a most impor tant assignment which he filled with ability even in the most trying circum stances. Mr. Browning ls u mun of the keenest sense of honor, of the highest integrity and of comprehensive grasp upon the conditions nf this state, and his address this evening will be well I worth hearing. The limited time giv ! en to candidates in thc state campaign ?did not permit a man to present him self or his cause as it should be. THINKING FOR THEMSELVES. A noble cid Carolinian who was about to leave the state he loved and the people whom he loved, a man who had received every "toner that hts state could confer, a man who fought to uphold tue law. and in three wars had shed his blood and had risked his life on many of his country's battle fields, a man who had nothing to ask of the people, said with his face turned to Ute Betting sun. "The peo ple are right ot heart. At times they may be led bsUay by faise ideals and fictitious appeals, hut four times out | of five they are right, and alway*? they are right when left to think for themselves." Tills waa a big and sound philoso phy. The people's hearts are right.' They want that which ls good for their homes, for their love c. ones. In the election which we are facing next Tuesday, we are willing to submit the Issues to the people. We believe that they are thinking. There have been few demonstrations of excitement. There seems to be little definite idea of the sentiment of the people, be cause the silent, honest, thinking ele ment, the fhnnlng class especially, seems to be figuring the situation for itself and not being putted around by the nose by the leaders ot any clique or faction. We believe that the people of the state resent dictation and the claim that they are easily led around by tho nose, and lt appears that the people In this election are doing their own seeing and observing and thinking. Partisan appeals and the harangue of the demagogue are not falling upon willing ears. The people realise that there ls such a thing as herding them and riding them Into office-and leaving them hitched outside.-The people are not stirred now aa they have been at times. They are In a receptive, think ing mood- The Intelligencer believes in certain men and In the views they advocate, but It does not wish tu dic tate to the men of the slate for whom they should vote. Wu bave our choice and have a good reason for It, but If any reader chooses a different man, ho has our respect and best wi.hes. We will not favor a solid "party" ticket. The principle thing to be remembered is that wc are all members of a big family. Sometimes we may fall out about the tilings the family needs, but after it is all over we are members of tin sume family, Just the same. We urge, however, I bat every man who can write should make out his own ticket and ullow no mau to lead him around by the nose, and we be lie e this will be done ibis year. Clinkscales If Dr. John (i. Clinkscales should be elected governor, Anderson county might make a claim to him, for while I he was born in Abbeville county, which hau produced so many distin guished sons. Dr. Clinkscales spent his youth in Anderson county. He has taught In Coluni?M. Clemson and Wofl'ord colleges ami is a mail of va ried experience. The following sketch of Dr. Clinkscales was found in an old copy of The Intelligencer, 18U6, and is reproduced here as it is I of so much interest; I. Prof. John Q. Clinascalos of Clem son college was born on the farm lu Abbeville county May '?H. 1855. He ?lived there until ho was ll years of ?age, attendit).; the country schools. His mother then moved to Williams ton where young Clinkscales was pre pared for college. He entered Wof ford college in the fall of 1S72. gradu ating with distinction in IN ni. After ?leaving college he taught school in .Spar tan bur g cq'unty for :i years. He then moved back to Williamston and was in the merchandise business for 4 yearB. Professor Clinkscales was elected school commissioner of Anderson county and held the office for two terms, resigning before the expira tion of the second term to accept a professorship in the .Columbia Female College. When Clemson was es tablished he was elected associate professor of mathematics. In Janu j ary last, he was made full professor, which position he still holds with j great credit to himself and to Clemson college. ! Prof. Clinkscales, .was a lieutenant ! colonel on Gov. Hagood's staff, and In j 1886, was elected a lay delegate to the i General conference ?of the Methodist ] church of Richmond . Everybody In Anderson county knows of the good work that Prof. Cilnkscales has done for the school during his terra of office as school commissioner. He began the educa tional department of The Intelligencer which has become so popular all over the Stale. By this means the school system was largely *>; benefitted, and the credit is due Prof., Clinkscales for! what be has done in this direction. He is a member of the Clinkscales ' family which has become so closely j related to the progress ?and develop-"' ment of Anderson county. Personal ly, he Is a man or high moral stand ing and Integrity, always ready at any time to help his fellow-man. He en joys the distinction of being one of the j most popular professors at Clemson college, which in itself means a great deal. TRIBUTE OF LOVE. Ii : Among those who havo passed to I the great beyond, the name of Mrs. W. IB. Hawkins deserves special mention I worthy to be placed.In th? calendar of Godfa truest and best saints. She wau the wife a worthy Baptist minis ter. Rov. W. B. Hawkins, eAa a wife rho was true and affectionate, as a mother she was kind and loving, aa a neighbor abe was peaceful and hos pitable. Her devotion to her family was great In eterifico and love. By j precept and example sha .taught her] children to love and reverence Goo. and walk In the way of truth and piety. She has left to ber devoted husband three loving sons and two affectionate daughters-a \ legacy life of charity and faith. I can never forget the love she lavished upon me when I felt so desolate and homeless-. I Her memory to me will ever be as the fragrance of the sweetest flowers, treasured In my heart as priceless. We shall ace her again when Christ] shall come In glory, our glorified lov ed one shall arise to meet Him "Bear I lng her sheaths" with her. 'A precious one from .Us Js gone A voice we loved ls "stilled, IA place 1ST vacant in our home, Which can never be filled." A Friend. Iva, S. C. CAMPAIGN Y AB?; NAILED I Tin se .'Who Know Br. I Cl Ink .eales] . Know It I? Absurd. I Editor ot The Intelligencer. Several days s ga there appeared Jp the Columbia Record* itu. article .Ly. a Mise Bass of Florence In which abe stated that Dr. Clinkscales was being run tor governor by the-whiskey men. With your permission I would like tb. state that Prof., Clinkscales has ex pressed himself vrey clearly as td his position on the subject of whiskey and prohibition. Ha,has stated that personally ro ls otmosad to^hlskey. in anv shape or form hut that ho does not advocate a state-wide prohibition law. Ho elands for the enforcement of the present ^M^}^. Anderson. 8. C.,' Aug. 20, 1914 Can't possibly exaggerate the importance of this Semi Annual Clearance and Removal Sale. We can prove anything we say-It's the most wonderful sale in our history. The purchases you make here now will be the best in all your experience. Suppose you make out a list of your wants at the former and the sale prices, you'll see then how handsomely you are paid for your prompt action. Men's and Young Men's Suits r,25.oo Suits now reduced to ....$19.75 $22.50 Suits now reduced to. 17.25 S20.00 Suits now reduced to. 14.75 S 18.00 Suits now reduced to. 13.75 $15.00 Suits now reduced to. 11.50 $12.50 Suits now reduced to. 9.75 $10.0Q,Suits now reduced to. 7.50 Meris Odd Trousers $2.5o and S2.00 Odd Trousers ' 3.50 and 3.00 Odd Trousers 4.50 and 4.00 Odd Trousers 5.00 Odd Trousers 6.50 and 6.00 Odd Trousers 8.00 and 7.50 Odd Trousers 9.00 and 8.50 Odd Trousers $1.75 2.50 3.25 3.75 l.So 5.00 O.oo Boys' Suits S 3.50 and $3.00 Boy's Suits now . .$2.50 4.50 and 4.00 Boy's Suits now . . 3.2 5 i. 5.00 Boy's Suits now . . 3.75 6.50 and 6.00 Boy's Suits now .. 4.50 8.00 and 7.50 Boy's Suits now . . 5.00 9.00 and 8.50 Boy's Suits now . . 6.00 10.00 Boy's Suits now..*... 7.50 12.50 Boy's Suits now. 9.75 Men's Oxfords Our oxfords are noted for their comfort, style and wear. $6.00 Hanan Oxfords.$4.75 5.50 Hanan Oxfords. . 4.25, 5.00 Howard & Foster.*. . . . 3.75 4.00 Howard & Foster. 3.25 3.50 Snow Oxfords. 2.75 MANHATTAN SHIRTS Notwithstanding the wonderful sale we've had on these popular shirts, our stock still furnishes you a wonderful selection. Really the stock will seem complete. ? ; " * ^ Sw $1.50 Manhattan Shirts reduced lo.$1.15 1.50 Ad justo Shirts reduced to. 1.15 1.50 Eclipse Shirts reduced to. 1.15 2.00 Manhattan Shirts reduced to ...... . 1.50 3.50 Silk Manhattan Shirts reduced to ... . 2.65 Send us your Mail Orders. til We prepay all charges. The Store with a Conscience NO LIQUOR The Law ed Dr ELECTIONS and the Punishment Io Thal a Candidate Most of the Race. Karly 10 thc ! eumnier Governor Blease offsr ed Hg re ward of $S ,000 for evidence td convict 10 persons of vio lations ot, the, election laws. This proclamation w'aW printed In Tho In telllgencorj j '// Thia paper j bes repeatedly \called attention, to the fact that one'viola tion Ot these law? . is to bet on tho elections.' Thia ,ts punishable by a fine of WOP. ! Another violation - of. the election laws ls to UBB -liquor in elections. We have heard that there waa quite a lot of drinking here on Ute day that the candidates for ?rtata. offices spoke and that liner was given away The object of thia publication ls merely to put the people on notice as to whaf the law ls rather than to maka complaint er what has happened. ? T ? >. The election law of 1905 states in Section it - - . ? Seetfca 1. Be it enacted hy the General Assembly of South Caro lina i At or before any political ( primary election held by any po litical party? organisation er as sociation, fer the purpose of choosing candidates for ornee, or the eleeUon . of delegates to con ventlons, In this State, any per. son who shall, hy threats or nay other fora of intimidation, or by the payment, delivery or promise of morney, er other article of ... T??ss, procsrs o? ci?sf, . pr?salas .': er premise or endeavor to pro cure, another to vote' for or again t any particular candidate ia sash election, or who shall, fort each coustderaiJon, offer te so vote, shall bo gtUlty of a misde meanor. V Section 2 of the above act provides Uiat f-very candidate must . file a pledge, and that failure to do ao wii} result in that candidate's name being thrown out of the election. Thfc pledge which the candidate must sign is as follows, in part, "I hereby nledge that M ' will .mt give nor spend money, or use Intoxicating liquors for the pur ine of obtaining or influencing votes and that I shall, at the con clusion of the campaign and be fore tbe primary elections, render to the Clerk of Court or (Secre tary of'State SB hereinbefore pro- . vided) under oath, an itemised atatement or all money spent or provided by me during the cam- ,\ paign," etc. Section 8 of the act provides that the penalty for violation of the proy visions of this act shall not bo less than $100. or more tb an $(?00. There is a special act with reference to per jury. . Glonn Simpson of Starr was among i the business visitors to spund yester day In the city. 'S. D. McAllister ot Poller was In I Anderson yesterday for a tow bou^o. J. B. Smith of Lowndes ville' spent, [part of-yesterday, in the city. ti. H. Cobb, Lon and Ransom Cobb and Charles Reed of Hartwell, Qa., oro in the city, the guest ot C. N. Sanders. . Perry Taylor of Hartwell, Ci/spent a te\t v hours i ri the city yesterday.