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JBE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER Pounded August 1, 1860. SJ* North Main Htrct ANDERSON, 8. ?. WILLIAM RANKS. Editor W. W. 8MOAK_Huslness Munager Entered According to Act of Con gress as Second (Muss Mall Matter at th? Postofilce at Anderson, 8. (i. Kember of Associated I'resB and Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic ) ?arrice. Berni-Weekly edition-11.60 per] Toar. Dally edition- $5.00 per annum; 9160 for Sis Mouths; $1.25 for Three Months. IN ADVANCE. A larger circtihiUuti than any other I eow??;.?i,. : In (?ii., . 'uugreBsluual Dla-j tfkt Ti: 1.1: i'll ll > KS: Bditorlal.827 BOB:r.?"? Ottlce. ' 821 Job Priming.C93-L Local N"Ws .327 Society New? . . .. .321 The Intelligencer I? delivered by carriers In 'an ?:!??..? ir you fall to get your paper rogilla* ly [.I.'use notify us. Opposite your haine nn label Cf your paper ls prut, il date to which your paper is pild. All checks And drafts should oe drawn to The Ander son Intelligencer. The Weather Washington, Aug. 24.-Forecast: South Carolina-Pair Tuesday and Wednesday local showers. Happy returns. ' Vote early, but not often. Keep kool and kollected and kalin. What will Anderdon county -do to day? That rain came at the very best kind of time ' I, The silent vote, like John Lit be decisive; ? ? ,'0" ? ? He who prognosticate; now will be laughed at tho day after. Japan, a heathen nation, has joined in the war to spread christianity. j If your candidate doesn't win, don't worry. His .time may come again. Vote early, before the campaign olanderer gets around your way. ;',-o- \: Sorghum 'lasses will be ripe by next week. That's one consolation. This is a country of free speech. But the ?vise DISH markets his talk. ? _i_o If the government needs more mon ey, let lt go into tho movie business. Governor BlenBe 1B right. Let no money or liquor be used In thia elec tion. European censors are respectfully requested to keep their hands off the election returns. Keep a stiff upper Up and vote for tho candidate of your choice If he gets but one vote. A visitor said yesterday that our "great white way",.ls the best public Improvement In Anderson. Tho laundry of The Hague will nev et get Europe's war smeared linen to look as good as new. . It ls time for the starting of the ! nest campaign in Georgia. Elections I are only'a few years hence. 1 It ls not for the victors to boast, nor for the defeated to be hitter. We are all citizens of one great state. One of Anderson's new Industries which deserves to succeed is a roller mill which Ia turning out a first class product. John A. Austin saw the agent of j Santa Clads In New York and he sends word to the little folks that J bo wlll.be around as usual. ??O'' Every election precinct In this - county is Urged to 'phone the office of Tho Intelligencer as soon as there ls J any news. . The war In Europe fa making , a terrible toll of lives and money, and the time will come when a civilised World will revolt against this. . ....'O' ?' Tho jingoes who wanted Woodrow | Wilson to fight Mexico are now pleas ed, to know that this country had tho j good luck ?to escape war. . -_o The European powers wtro "hocked .when th a United States let those bad little '-boys In Mexico scratch each . others' faces.' Now Just look Ja& Eu gbee^ ' . .._j. THE ELECTION RETURNS Tlie people of Anderson will tonight he given the election returns just as they ure displayed in ult larg?; eitles. The Intelligencer takes thu liberty lo throw a bouquet at itself and to nay that this is enterprising. It has been ur ranged at considerable coal and will require u lol of time, truuhle und wor ry. Hut we are pleased to give and to do for the pleasure and gratification of the people of Anderson. From Hie county, the returns will be 'phoned in from euch box UH P.OOII UK th)* tickets ure counted. The mana ger* of election have promised lo see to this. However, lt will he at least H o'clock before any idea may Lu- ob tained us to the trend of affairs in the county. From the state capital trained cor respondents will keep thia paper post ed ut frequent intervals of the news received nt democratic headquarters there. The election two years ugo was HO close that lt was nut for nearly .'16 hours thut lt was decided definite ly who had won the nomination for governor. We do not, of course, know whut tho count will show this year, but this naper will dlspluy bulletins until a late hour tonight. The bulletins will be flashed from a moving picture machine upon a can vas stretched across the front of the Ligon & .Lo-'dbetter store on North Main street opposite the office of The Intelligencer. Thc Intelligencer hhs but one re quest to make and that is that visi tors will not crowd into the office. This is one night upon which every nr i will have difficult and exacting " to do-handling and adding flg and wo would appreciate lt very ? if the dorks engaged in the ; are not disturbed by visitors. All returns will be flashed upon the bulletin board aa fu.-t aa they aro re ceived. This paper wishes again to congrat ulate the people of the county upon the quiet campalgu and upon the lack of feeling displayed und to express the wish further that, every thing may. pass off equally BB smoothly-although to night will give lots of people a chance to cheer a great deal. May the best man win and the peo ple be happy io their choice. A WONDERFUL RECORD Tho ?arm institutes conducted by the experts of Clemson college t\ls sum mer have been the greatest successes in the history of the work in this state. W. W. Long of Clemson college, the government representative in charge of the demonstration work in this state, said yesterday to a reporter for The Intelligencer that he is in tensely gratified at the amount of in terest shown "Had lt not been for the war," he said. "South Carolina next year would lead the entire country along the At lantic seaboard in the amount of vetch and othor leguminous crops planted to the soil. I believe we would have 250,000 acres if we could get the seed." As ls well known, vetch and othor cover crops are native to Russia and tho seed cannot now be obtained fo- tho fal) sowing but son e A tule ry on county farmers have been wise enough to save their vetch seed and they will surely put everything that they ho/e Into vetch and oats and rye this win ter. Five years ago there wero hardly 5,000 acres in the ?tate glvon to vetch and auch soil stimulating crops, but the remarkable progress that has been made speaV.s well for the Intelli gence of the farmers as well as for the confidence the public has in the work of Clemson college. - FOR HOOD ROADS It ls entirely practicable by thor ough organization, wise economy and ca raf a l forethought, and without In creasing the burdens of the people, to carry out a scheme of publie Improve ment consisting of the establishment of good roads and thorough drainage. BO that every class and community of the people may have an equal share of them. Such a system of improve ment would not merely add to the co ventence, prosperity, and wealth of the people, but would be a constant and growing source of lacrease of the tux ib!.* basis of the state. We have made a cote of some fore casts that we have heard, and we haye a lot <_tf curiosity to know what some oe our weather-wise politicians do or do not know. . '.'Vi" '. .v.Y,C--'-.\>':-V'v''.2^?t * >v CLEMSON IN ANDERSON Prest. \v. M. Riggs of Clemson col log? yesterday implied that if a move-' meat Hhuuld ever arise to vote Clem son into Anderson county it would not be opposed by bim. There are several good reasons why it would benefit An derson county to leave Clemson within the geographical eon ll ties of the stale, some being sentimental, others being business reasons. There was au election on this prop osition once und ii failed by JiiBt one vote. Dr. Riggs states that he did not know anything of the election until after it was over and others were in a similar situai Im1. Hut he believes now that If the matter was brought up the election would carry. And it can bu voted upon now for th? four year's limitation bas expired. This will be a good time to start something in the way of road improve ment for Anderson, for with the far mers' institute in Clemson all of next August and with the Southeastern (Jrntn festival in Anderson during thu third week of August, the roud would he "kept hot" between the two places. AT HALF MAST A few days ago Postmaster Cochran displayed at "half mast" the flag on thc United States postoffice, in honor of the memory of the noble woman who was the wife of nur much loved president. Everybody knew that some one was dead, some person of distinc tion. This murk of respect showed it, but why? There are not many who know the origin of this custom. Tho salute to the mun that is passing. The Toronto Mail and Express says that since flags were used In th? war it hus been custom to have the flag of the superior .ar conquering nation above that of the inferior or vanquished. When an ar my found Itself hopelessly beaton, lt hauled it? flag down far enough for the flag of the victors to ' d placed above it on tho same pole. This was a token not only of submission, but of respect. In those days when u famous soldier die, flags were lowered out of respect to lil.? memory. Thc custom long ago passed from purely military usage to public life of all kinds, the flag flying at half mast being a sign that the dead man was worthy of respect. Tho space left above lt for the flag of the great conquerer of all-the angel of death There ls no reason for the public to get disheartened over the price of cotton. Agencies are at work to pro tect the South. AU of the information that Th? In telligencer receives tonight will be given to the public. Re patient and don't annoy the clerks In the office, trying to add figures. Tote for Tripp for County Treasurer. ooooooooooooooooooo o o o THE CANDIDATES o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Following candidates to be voted for TueBday : , For United Stares senato-Q? L. Bleaie L. D. Jenninga, W. P. Pollock and E. D. Smith. For Congress First District-E. J. Dennis and R. S. Whaley. Second District-James F. Ryrnes and II. M. Mlxon. Third District-Wyatt Aiken. F. H. Dominick, F. S. Evans and John A. Horton Fourth District-T. C. Duncan, los. T. Johnson and 8. J. Nicholls. Fifth District-D. E. Finley and W. F. Stevenson. Sixth District-A. L. Hamer, J. E. El 1er be and J. W. Ra? sd al e. Soven th District-A. F. Lever. For Governor- . Lowndes J. .Browning, John G. CUnkscales. R. A. Cooper, John T. Duncan. William C. Irby, Jr., Richard I. Manning, J. B. A. M ul lally. John Q. Richards, Charle? Carroll Simms, Charles A. Smith Mendel L. Smith Lleutenan: Governor-A. .J. Bethea, William M. Hamer, J. A. Hunter and H. F. Kelley. - For Secretary of Staten-R. M. MC Cown. For Comptroller General-A. W.sj Jones and J. A. Summersqtt. For State Treasurer-S. T; Carter. | For Adjutant Ceneral-W. W. Moore and M. C. Willis; For State Superintendent of Educa tion-J. E. S wea lin g en. For Attorney General-A. G. Brice sud Thoa. H. Peeplep For Commissioner of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries-E. J. Wat son". . For railroad Commissioner-James Cansler. Geo. W. Fairey, C. D. Fort ner, Frank Sbealey, John H. Wharton and W. 1. Witherspoon. For Solicitor 12th Circuit-L. M. Qasque. Toto fa? Tripp for County Treasurer. VOTE FOR . . ?. > JAS. A. SUMMERSET*' FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL Tile; following letter from Dr. L. A I Mser will no doubt be o? intense In terest to all ultisens who are in fa- \ vor of educatlob of the musses In South Carolina. The letter wan written to a friend of Dr. D. D Wallace, of Wofford Col lege, ut whose request it ls publish ed: Dear Slr: My work has token tue Into the fol. lowing - counties-Aiken, Chester. Darlington, Williamsburg. Florence, Lexington, Berkeley. Union, Green wood. Greenville, puru of Chester field, Suluda, Edgeficld and Barn well, lu every county have found the amount of illiteracy to be appalling. In Lexington county two yeurs ago, u white woman who lived within one mile of a school told me that neither she nor her husband could read or write. Her children, eight in number, and never been to school 1 was told by her when I gave her medicine with printed directions I asked her to get her neighbors to reud the directions und shu told me a family of negroe's lived near und she could get one of them to read the directions for her. Could anything be more mortifying to a white citizen of South Carolina? Two months ago ut Munetta, in Ai ken county, I found the white school cloyed and the negro school running. When 1 asked why thir? va3 I was told that the public school funds for the negroes had been exhausted two months previous but they were now running the school on private sub scriptions. In another county I found ? this same conditio^. The negroes were paying the teacher ten cents per week for each child. In Clarendon county this week I was told by a trustee of a school dla. trlct that tlie white schools in his dis trict the past year had seventeen-pu* pits and me negro school bad one hundred and twenty-seven. >.. HO also told me that the negro school ran only three, months und the white echoui seven, but when the negro school closed a night school was opened by them and ls still'.-in session. To this night school are going grown negro men and women and ten cents per capita is charged each week by the teacher. o o o o o O O O O o o o o o o o D MOSBY'N MEN o a .0 ooooocoooooou Fifty years ago* today a company of Col John 3. Mosby's rangers came upon a party of the Fifth Michigan Cavalry, engaged' in executing orders to destroy Confederate property, near Berryville in the Shenandoah valley, attaked and o vor whelmed, them and gave no quarter. This savage Incident of the war was an inevitable consequence of conditions prevailing in the valley. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, acting un. 1er ordered from General Grant issued tinder military necessity, was carry, lng fire and the sword into the valley Grant's object waa to destroy all crops, livestock and other supplies that might bo of value to tba army or the enemy, nader General Jubal A. Early, that was opcratlong against Sheridan-. Col. Mosby, at the head of a small band of irregular troops, termed by the Confederates partisan rangers and by the Federals guerrillas, was pper-l at li: g in the rear of Sheridan's army. By dodging back and .forth through the passes of the Blue Ridge Moun ain range and acrosB the Shenandoah Mosby was enabled to strike many Btinging blows at the Federals and to escape when pursued. HIB wethod of warfare was n?t con sidered by the Federals in accordance with military rules HO was terre _d an outlaw, and Gen. O rant had Issued orders (op August 16), that his men be hanged without trial whenever caught. A later order directed' that all male, citizens in the -region' where Mosby operated be 'arrested, since Mosby's men, when not In the saddle, passed.as peaceful cltrMni.'' '.' These orders, the stern measures sf the Federals in . h.?r>ilhg .?upplWrfi, ?nd Mosby's sucesses-:hls most re zent being the cap tur* of a part .of, Sheridan's wagon tr?in, .with about 260 prisoners and 06 animals.. pear CUB ed a Bpirlt of savage reprisal In jot h sides, which found expression. tn ' the shooting down., without quarter, )f tho cavalrymen whom ' Meany's TOOPS encountered on August 19. . Mosby Recrosses Mountains. Sheridan's orders for the .burning >f grain and supplies were being'car ried out in the vielnty of BerryvlU? ?y details from the cavalry division ander Gen Wesley Merritt. j While the Federal? cavalry ? officers >xecuted their orders conscientiously, ind In the main guarded houses and .heir inmates, they felt themselves luatlflod in punishing inhabitants sus. iee ted ot aiding or harboring Mos jy's men, On the other h and. Mosby hold, bim leif to be the avenger of the chilena ?bout Berryville. and after hi3 suc cessful raid against Sheridan's-wag ina, and the disposition of hhvyHtitt 1er In Londoun count, east of tho mountains, he recrossed tho BIuo Ridge and the Shenandoah-Ilia lat ter as Castleman's Perry-and diW lng his. command abo ot 300. m?n into three ' companies started to seek* the Federal cavalry details. ViH2U*| As the rangers' crossed the river it night they encountered a picket ot the Fifth,Miphlgaa^lrtrtmpnt A.fuel lado laid One. of them dead and an? other Wounded upon tho bank.. Two nore'-yere captured. The picket was . thus wiped out o . Riding next morning toward RerVy rilt?.along the turnpike, the range? tamed Into a byroad, known as the Shepherds Min road.-Wheresthey heard r Ignorance Io Berkeley * county at one school j where no school was lu BeBBion In, November, 1 asked how long the Behool waa and a trustee told me that lt ran only THREE WEEKS the year before Some time ago a father with his sixteen-year-old son came into my office.- The boy. a lad with a good in telligent face, had the misfortune to have his right hand cut off three years ago. Neither the father nor son could read or write. 1 asked the father why he did not aend his boy to school -they lived within a stone's throw of the school house. I tried to explain to him that this boy with only a left arm could never hope to make a liv. lng on the farm as a laborer and that benefit to lilui in supporting himself some education - would be of great in some other way He replied, "Well, I don't know. I just haven't done it." The boy was decently dressed and it was a session of tho year when very little work was being done on the farm. I I could cite hundred.! and hundreds of just such cases. Those I have men. ' Honed all refer to rural ucboolo I have not touched on the conditions in I ? he towns and in the mills. My work . ?is largely among the rural district*. In mill villages we find the condl-1 I Hons just aa bad or, worse. Little boys i from six to twelve years of age ulay ! 1 be Been any day In the week smoking ! cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and shooting craps around the stations I and on the streets It seems to be con- 1 sidered as a matter of course, and is taken aa an every day event-which it is. I Compulsory education is not need-. ed for the negro. I have cited exam- ' pies to show you how determined they ? are accomplishing this without our public school aid. Compulsory educa tion 1B needed for the white man who is too sorry and Indolent to send his children to school but prefers to keep them at home and In Ignorance In or der that they may make the living and allow them to sit around and do nothing. i Are we going to allow this thing to go on, or will we say like Cain ct old,. "Am I my brother's keeper?" L A. RISER. tre Yankees were engaged in burning property. I As they neared the residence of William Sowers a column of smoke confirmed their information. The house burners, whom they found at the barn, corncrlbs, grainhouse and the farm or Col. Ben Morgan. Already haystacks were destroyed and the house was la flames. This work was being done by a detail of 50 men from the Fifth MlCMg?n^-of" which Col Russell A. Alger was commander-as an act of retailiation for attacks um Federal pickets. A part of the detail Whs about the house when the Rangers; numbering about 100, rode furiously up, charg ing them. Takeb by'surprise, the Fed. eral cavalrymen, most of whom were dismounted, could make little resist ance. Thc:' broke and fled ia confu sion. . The only way wai through a gsp In a stone ' wall, through wheh but one horse could pass at a time While crowding about this gap the] Federals were ridden down by thc Ringers. They tried to run along the ?vail, but were, overtaken and those not. shot down surrendered. In every instance the men who surrendered were Bhot \lbwn. * When the Rangers rode off they left 13 dead and two mortally wound ed men among the score or more who had fallen' by the wall. The rest of the Federals had escaped. Accusations of Cruelty. As a-result of this affair Cen. Sher idan determined' to carry out a se. vere program against the ' residents of the valley who gave aid .or comfort to Mosby. Householders between the army's rear and the mountains - were now never free of apprehension. They attributed their harsh treatment to natural ruthlessness In the Yankees. Their reports of the activities of the Federals were filled with bitter ac cusations. The events about Bens ville here described in part fixed the men of Sheridan's cavalry in their minds aa thieves and oppressor's A distinction between military necessity and unrestrained license does'not ap pear to hove been made by all the Federal troopers from the evidence presented by the residents of that sec tion of the valley. ^ . To - what degree these accusations were-true lt 's not needful to Inquire BO years ai ar the event, but the con ditions that gave rise to them display the brutality ot war in a light that brings out by contrast the blessings of peace. (Copyright, 191*, by Assocluoed Lit erary Press.) i . . UNION MEETING .. Of District No. S et the Snulda Ass<>. Oatie* Will Be Held at Poise*. Programme of Union . meeting number S, Saluda Association, ts be held with , the Tabernacle ?> Baptist church, pelter, beginning Saturday night before the fifth Sunday.at .7:45. Devotional exercises, conducted by J. M. Alexander, 8.15 First Query. What does the Bible teach as to tbs relation of the pastor to the church; and tho church to the v-is tor? ? Opened by W. W. Leathers. V Sunday, 9:45 a. m., cong and praise Ber vice by J. H. HUI. 10:15, What is the best method of arousing Interest on tba part of tbs church members in-tho.Snoday school work? Opened by H. C. Martin. Open We're on the last lap of this great Clearance sale Seven more days of this unprecednted value-giving and our Mid-Summer Clear ance passes into history. It's not without an idea of your profit that we urge you to get some of the many good things of fered-they're really priced greatly under value. Men's & Young Men's Suits ?25.00 Suits now reduced to ....$19.75 $22.50 Suits now reduced to. 17.25 $20.00 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 r?duced to. 9.75 $10.00 Suits now reduced to. 7.5o Boys' Suits Reduced $ 3.50 and $3.00 Boy's Suits now . .S2.50 4.50 and 4.00 Boy's Suits now . . 3.25 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 Same reductions on Men's Odd Trousers as on Boys' Suits. This store is full of purse ticklers now. If you really like to economize without sacrificing quality this store should be iirst in your mind. Send us your Mail Orders. We prepay all charges. SP>0T CAS/i CLOTHE "The Store with a Conscience* "We Have A beautiful lot on the corner of N. McDuffie and Greenville Street that we are offering very cheap. Now is your chance to buy a lot close in at a very small cost. We also have a nice business lot on N. Main Street that we will sell cheap. J. FURMAN EVANS CO. Evans Building :: Anderson S. C. Buy Your Diamond Now < Diamonds are expected to advance in price before Christ mas by those who^re in touch with the market. So, il you are thinking of buying, now .is the lime. Our prices , are right and we sell perlect goods only. John M. Hubbard & Cb. Where Quality a AKvayaHigher than Price. FRENCH ARE REPULSED; HEAVY LOSSES REPORTED BY OPPOSING ARMIES (Continued 'frond[-PageOne.) ' parts of the national territory will suffer from events of which'they wiH be the theatre. . ( "The ordeal ls inevitable, but terhporary. Thus detachments of German cavalry belonging to an unattached division operating on. the extreme right tove pehetarted to Rbubad (six miles north of Lille) and; Tourcoing district, which are defended only by territorial res?r. :: "Our vaUant peopie will known hdV to find courage to support this trial, with unfailing faith in fina! suedes* which is not to be doubt ed. In telm'g the country th? whole truli, the government and fti???l tary authorities give it the strongest "pf opt of their absolute confidence . W Victory, which depends only our perseverance An.i t??*adty/?;