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HENDERSON INTELLIGENCER1 fsaaded A agu ft 1, 1800. Ul Harth Mala Stret AHDEK80N, 8. C. WILLIAM BANKS. Editor W. W. 8MOAK_Business Manager Entered According to Act of Con grats ss Second CISSB Mall Matter st tbs Fostofflce st Anderson, 8. C. Member of Associated Press and Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic ?errie*. _ Semi - Weekly edition-$1.60 per u**i?y edition-$5.00 per aumin; $2.50 for Sis Months; $1.25 for Th.ea IN ADVANCE. A larger c'-culatlon than any other) newspaper in this Congressional Dis trict. TELEPHONES! ?ditorlul. 8271 Baa'.r???? Othes.' $21 Job Printing.693-L j Local News.327 Society News.821 The Intelligencer in delivered by .arri?re in ?be city, if you fail to| tat your paper regularly please notif" .s, Opposite your name on labs: of your paper ls prntod date to which Ioar paper ls paid. All checks and drafts should bs drawn to Tho Ander son Intelligencer. Tho Weather. Washington, Sept. 10.-Forecast:' Sooth Carolina-Fair and somewhat I warmer Friday; Saturday cloudy. Belton li well boosted, and well ll may be. The great white way and the great dirty streets. ?i o The dogs of war should be hoarse j from so much barking. o Not even our argus-eyed police oftl-1 cars can -?atch* Sherlock. , Some ex-notary publics now feel that they may comte back. , The Pee Dee country got nearly I $2,000,000 CASH out of tobacco this ? year. There''; nothing in a name. York county baa a legislator whose name ls Nunn. It used to be the decent thing for a defeated candidate to congratulate bis opponent. The governor called the legislature to meet a month hence. War may be over by that time. "Cotton la Kins", but like some Eu ropean kings it will have to become j more democratic -o--:~ .Gee, how the candidate for county office two years hence are beginning to feel around already. That old game of "deadening tim ber" for friends in the campaign will take a recess for two years. "Austria will ana for peace," says a news story. Sakes alive, can't they ' get peace without suing for it? i i o ? It is to be hoped that when a nation j saes tor peace that the court will not | take forever to hand down a decision. Five thousand dollars put Into cir culation in Columbia on cotton. Wei need something like that In Anderson, j ? o There were 1.975 votes cast in thal second primary In the city ot Ander son and adjacent mill villages. Some) town. Wo have heard of a lot of splendid crops betwen Westminster and Wal halla, reputed to be about the best in be state. We tmst that this new legislative delegation will put through a bill for a commission form of government for j Anderson. Also, Mr. Cherry goes to the legis lature from York county. He got nj good vote at Clover, Fodder, and oth er points, no doubt. If "Marse Robert" Lee had hod os many asen st Richmond os boa been captured in one battle In Europe, the War ot Secession might be fi progress yat. -o ,Chicco'e ward in Charleston gave Mr. Manning's opponent a majority of j ISO. Yet Blease In his "fran aong" allegad that Mr. Mauling waa sup-] ported by the lawt-sss element. -o Just a month to a day from election j to eirena day. Campaign (Grape I Juice* will have a fitting Substitute, Circus Lemonade. .O-" ? ?hxtost time to change when the , weather man says "Fair and Warmer" tomorrow. THE PUBLIC LI II ti A KY Wc <lo not approve of tho tone of tho letter of Mr. Broyles. Anderson ts not nearly the uncouth place that ho Imagines. Tho editor of th's pa per lia? about us wide and as inti mate an acquaintance of the ?tate as has our correspondent, and wo wish to give testimony to the effect thnt An derson hos about as much real refine ment and literary culture as any ether city in the state. There is a lot of ve neer and superficiality sometimes that is taken for culture, but Anderson bus the substantial kind. We agree with Mr. Broyles that the public library must be maintained, but we are not uuick to criticise the city council until all of the facts are known. These gentlemen have some serious problems to puzzle over and until they show an unwillingness to consult with and to defer to the think ing people, we are not ready to con demn ?heir action. It may be that thc council would like to have some representation in the matter of pur chasing reading matter. We understand tna? the library as sociation officially, the Civic associa tion and other organizations will ap peal to council to recon?inT its ac tion. We feel sure that council will hear the petitioners and will do what is right. Anderson is essentially a city jf homes and of homo life, and on the book shelves in the homes of this city will be found tho answer to Mr. Broy les' letter. But it is true that we need a public library for those who cannot buy books. The public library should be a place of community inter est. > COTTON FOR PREMIUMS A matter which hos been puzzling a number of people ls the legality of accepting cotton yarn in payment of life insurance. There Is said to be state law against accepting anything except legal tender in payment of In surance, and Fred, W. Felkel, general agent of the Atlantic Life Insurance Company, has made inquiry of the state insurance commissioner, F. H. Mc Linster, who has replied as follows: "? Bee no reason why the insurance Companies and agents should not ac cept cotton on a ten per cent basis in payment of premiums on insurance. "There ls good reason to believe that cotton will probably bo worth moro than that, especially if the crop of next year can be reduced In size as compared with the past production. At any rate the exigencies of the case and the general methods of doing bus iness of today seem, to warrant me In saying that there ir. no violation of the law in agents and Insurance compa nies accepting tho cotton on a tes per cent basis for payment of pre miums." . ThiB may be of great help to the people of the state, for Insurance ls on? form ot investment that should not be allowed to etop, and the man who cannot pay his premiums Is Indeed the creature of misfortune. The general agents and local ' ag* tata who are financially able might do all they could to assist a policy holder, hut In coses where there ls no money to be bsd, even their good In tentions in th3 matter might be ot no use. AN OBJECT LESON Now here's a man kicking In Pitta burgh about the high coat of-what? Yes, watermelons. And there ls a lot sf good, hard, horse sense In what he says, ard a lot of truth' in the deduc tions from his moralising. Here la what the correspondent writes the Ga lette: Sir: The following Incident re lating to thc "high cost ot living" came to the writer's knowledge. A certain man ordered a carload of watermelons in the South. It ls sold that the car contained 1,400, for which the producer received ?40, not quite 3 cents apiece, for v. ..ich price he had to plant, culti vate and haul the melons to the esr and no doubt load them. The freight on the car from loading point to destination was $114. To tal cr*t to shipper $154. He sold them for *2?0 20 cent: s-'i'-rcc his profit being $126. The retailer sold for 40 cents apiece. So that $660 was realised by the varions re tailers therefrom .or a profit of $280. The producer seems to have been the goat as usual. He has little to do in the high cost of living. . . * . . This ia along the i me we hove been poaching upon. The greatest encou ragement that can be given to agricul ture is profitable prices for farm pro tects. There ls no pestilence like low prices. And experience? should teach that when a certain product fetches a low price one year, there ls no sense In -tutting the market with lt another rear. li la a pitiful alght to witness tbs tenant who has worked hard see hla rear's efforts go to naught. There la me answer, diversification of the crops md organisation for the purpose of narketing. The middleman gets the profit because he doss the marketing tor tko farmer. "Bl V A HALE" Tko movement lo "Muy a Halo" lu gaining strength in BO DIO sections of thu ?tate. A regular state organiza tion has been perfected In Columbia. Tho executive committee consists of August Kohn, chairman; T. B. Stack hotiHe, A. Mason Gibbes, J. S. Huff man. B. W. Ravenel and W. C. Mul lins. The committee has sont to the edi tor of The Intelligencer thc follow ing call to the citizens of Anderson, explaining thc purpure of the organi zation: "The South has got to help itself to Koine extent in th?' present situation. lt will not do to sacrifice our cotton crop. There is no usc for us to argue with the buyers as to what cotton is worth. "There was organized In Columbia yesterday a Ten t'eut? Vet P?nnd Cot ton Association. The purpose of this organization ls to get our home peopiu as well as those who are Interested In South Carolina to buy for cash strict middling cotton at 10 cents per pound, and, and then have the buyer hold it for a year or aa long a timo aa may bo necessary for the cotton to be actually worth that price on the market. "It might be worth our while to bear in mind that the average price ot cotton for the past five years has boen more than 12 cents per pound. Those who actualy buy cotton for the good I of our state on this 10 cents per pound basia are not likely to lose money and are actually going to render a great Bervlce to the farming interests. "Tho purpose of the association ls to buy cotton from those who aro In need of cash with which to pay for the picking, the baling of cotton and 'h. necessities of life, and not buy from thoBo who are themselves able to bold tho cottou. "Wo have already had some expe rience in Columbia, and bought on the flrat day of tho movement one hun dred balea of cotton, which, as you appreciate, has put not less than $5, 000 into circulation. T*'a la the circu lation of real money . doing un told good. We have no desire, nor would we be able to handle from Co lumbia a state-wide movement of this kind, but we wish to impress upon you the actual good that can be ac complished in Anderson without hurt to any ono, and to urge the practica bility of the "Buy a Bale of Cotton" movement. "If there ls any information or any suggestion, as a result of our actual 1 experien ce that we can offer you, it will be OUT pleasure to serve you In any way possible, but the point that we wish to urge 1B prompt action, and the orsr&nizetion of mir?? ?. movement tn your county, which will be of very material assistance at this timo." SAM WOLFE GOT UN \ There was about as much genuine ? pleasure in Anderson yesterday over tho success of Sam Wolfe aa there has ' been over anything else that has hap- ( pened lately. His opponent has been i In the house four years, and tho people of Anderson wished to Bee Sam Wolfe j given a chance. Partisanship ran so high two years . ago that some ot the assets of thc 1 county were wasted, and Sam Wolfe 1 and other men of mental calibre and ? particular fitness were left at homo, snd by a good, healty majority ot something like 1,590 to 2,500 votes. This year it was regarded aa a for lorn hop? when Mr. Wolfe announced his candidacy and hla friends were gratified when he got into the second race, and they made a strong pull for him. Mr. Wolfe ia reserved almost to tho point of timidity, hut ls a well In formed, determined young man, and will give a good account of himself in the legislature. Anderson baa a strong delegation, a strong representative body of men. CENSORSHIP SCORED Irish Leader Says that Complete De of ".'.ir SriOulw Be Gi ?CM to America. London, Sept. 10.-The official press bureau and censorship again were under tire tn the house ot commons tonight, several members complaining that the accounts of the British fight ing were too meagre and that the re sult was that false news detrimental to England became current in neutral countries, T. P. O'Connor, the Irish leader, pleaded for a complete reform In the cable censorship. Ho said no public In the v.'orld should be so well and so adequately Informed with regard to the causes ot the war, the Incidents of the war and thc principles of the war as the public of the United States, and especially In view of the tact that strenuous and extensive efforts were being modo to poison public minds there. Francis Dyke Acland. Parti?-aentary under secretary of foreign affairs of fice, said that steps were bing taken to Insure that reliable news was dis* patches promptly to neutral powers. C?ri of Thanks. Asa Hall Wishes to thank the vot ers of Anderson county for their votas in fi rat and second primary. WOUNDED BELG ? 10H. by Amorlcan PrcsH Association. Picture made in St. Jenn's hospital. E NO VERDICT IN MURDER CASE Jury Huns' Up In Case of Will Belcher, Charged With Murder, and Mistrial Is Result After having deliberated for about niue hodrs, when they were summoned by Judgo Memminger lust night at ll o'clock and asked if they had been able to reach a verdict in the case of Will Belcher charged with murder, the jurors reported that they had noL Tho case was a bard fought one from the start to the finish, lt was called Wednesday and consumed the timo of the court from early morning until adjournment Wednesday evening. It was again taken up yesterday morning and lasted until after the noon recess, whan it went to the jury. Tho Jury reported at G o'clock that they could reach no verdict and were sent back by Judge Memminger nqd then deliberated until ll o'clock when they were aga'n called out and dis missed. It was .reported that the Jury was equally divided, six and six. and that there was no chance of roach ing an agreement. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Mr. Broyles Thinks Council Should Olve Its Support. I will greatly appreciate the kind ness If you will allow me space'in your paper to protest against the action of city oouncll in withdrawing its annual appropriation to the library. In the first place Anderson serious ly needs to encourage every kind ot Intellectual or cultural influence. Tho writer has traveled over the State'of South Carolina thoroughly and he feels, quite sure that considering the' rela tive size of the city. Anderson ls Ute most backward town in artistic mat tera in the state. Lecturers of Inter national reputation h?vb spoh^ut'th? collego in the past two years'to au diences which many cities 'much ?maller than Anderson would have been ashamed of. T?15 Jew timed tnat tho peopia nf Che city have had opportunities to see real ly first'class dramatic offerings, the seats have not been half taken. An. example of the utter lack of appreci ation shown for splendid acting and play-wrltlng was the small crowd that mended tho performance, of "Bunty Pulls the String." played here winter before last. Another example was the lack of attendance at the lecture giv en at the college, about the same time, hy Dr. Southwick, president of the Emerson school of Oratory, the lead ing school of its kind in the United States. The library offers the people of thc ?ity who care for higher things than the dollar, an opportunity to .gratify their tastes, and instead of cutting, off this valuable aid to them, every effort ihculd bs made by the city and the lo .al papers toward influencing more people to take an Interest In Intelect ual improvement. Our citizens spend thousands of dollars a year to send their sons and daughters away to col lege, but Instead of putting every aid :lose at hand for these college boys ind girls to continue training their Pralns, the city fathers take away from Jieia the only chance most of them' lave of getting reading matter that is ' tultable for them to read. Good books cou too much to be < >ought In any numbera by or iva tc cit-* I zens, but every man tn Anderson tjf pay for at least one book through tijtm ' Mon, this book to he deposited In the library where any and all may have the benefit of reading it. But asido from the unjust tvent ilen t given the people of the'city who :are to read by practically closing ibo library, the council refuses to puk.? rn appropriation which they are bound in honor.to make. * The original agreement waa that.the ity to bulbi the library; thereby seeping hla half of the mutual agree neut to the letter. The city, coun cil can honorably do nothing lesa. The original agreement was that the .ity was .to appropriate annually a ont h of the cost of tho building for be support of the library. There iboald be .a law in the state reuulrinar m?! council to carry out pledges of briner councils, if they cannot be rusted to carry them out of the>v own iccord. The city fathers are se*ting i bcd ?raxcple to the citizens in thus tasting aside their obligations when a lme ot temporary : rain on the Ureas i ry comes. I must cv that I read the ist ot Aldermen voting to cancel tho tppropriatlon with a ?gnat deal of surprise. There were one or two oem be rs ot whom I personally expect ed utterly different conduct, and in bia statement I do not speak alone, laving ulked thc matter of the tonto* ?utting of the appropriation over with isveral prominent citltens of the city. The people of the town and especially he many ladies who read tho library Kinks, are going to resent thia na rlee action cf the council. FRANK E. BROYLES. tnderson, Sept 10, 1914. IAN SOLDIERS (russels, after the lighting at Liege. EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE ?Continued From Paue One.) been levied for the present year, or for the next succeeding year, whereby all of our citizens and especially our farmers and working men. should be afforded BOIIIC relief "in view of these represente lions and of my own investigation into the condition of affairs. I now declare that such' an extraordinary occasion exists in the state as requires and warrants the exercise of the constitutional powers vested in me, in convening the general assembly in extra session, to consider the present condition and elate of our common weah li, and to paj?K such laws af.' it may, within the exercise of its legislative power, as will afford a remedy and reitet to all citizens from the present situation and which will probably continue for some time. "Now. therefore, I, governor of the State of South Carolina, in pursuance of the power conferred upon me by I the constitution of the state of South Carolina and on account of the extra ordinary occasion which has occur red, and which is contemplated by the institution of this state. Article IV, Section 16, do hereby convene the gen eral assembly of the state of South Carolina In extra session at 12 o'clock m., on the 6th day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1914, at the capital In tho city of Columbia, for tho con Bldcration a of matters hcrelnabove stated, and to pass such laws as in their good judgment may be necessary and proper for the relief of the citi zens of our state." END OF WAR SOT IS SIGHT (Continued from Page Or.? > pression of the hope that the rules of warfare laid down by The Hague con ventions will be binding on all bellig erents. The answer may refer to tho president's standing offer of media. tim?. Observers in elosc touch wi ?li thu white house thought tonight the fir ht course to be tho most likely, merely scRncwiedsioK the message. It was} said tho feeling was general among the officials that the present was the time to press for peace with prospects ot success-. ' "Wc haven't gotten to the point," said Secretary Brynn today in re sponse to a question, "wnere we can take up the subject of mediation.*' "Every one wanta peace," remark ed Ambassador iusserand, of France, as he waa leaving the state depart ment, "but now lt 1B war." Thc ambassador said that as a re sult of the protest of Emperor Wil liam ho had been authorized to in form President Wilson that no bul lets whatsoever not approved by The Hague conference either have been used by" the French soldiers or would be used ,n spite of any provocation. Treaties Will Be Signed. In tho midst of the diplomatic chaos In Europe. Great Britain, France, Spain and China, lt became known to day, have agreed with the United States on .tho text of treaties to be signed in a few days, They provide for the investigation by a commission for a period of ono year or more of all international disputes that may arlso (between those countries, a old ' the United States. One effect of the sign ing ot the treaties would be to pre Vent this country from being suddenly prawn Into the European war over neutrality questions or other unex pected diffioultuies. BODIES FOUND Young Couple Relied Together Jump? ed Into Lake Monday. (By Associated Press.) Charlotte. N. C.. Sept. 10.-The .bod ies of CL B. Howell and Lizzie Griffin, 18, of B?onroe, N, C.; ir.?ny wore re covered from a ??"ice herc hi' which, belted together, they jumped Monday night. Starch was made for the bod ies after the police yesterday found clothing and a noto which Indicated the couple had planned to commit culcido. , Addltonal Casualties. .London, Sept. m.-Aanitionr.i urtu lah casualties up to seven wore of ficially announced today as follows: Officers killed. 10; wounded 68; miss ing. 61; men killed* 61; wounded, MO; missing. 2,883. Acute Indigestion/ "I was annoyed tor ovojr a year hy attacks of acute Indigestion, followed hy constipation," writed Mrs. M. J. Gallagher, Geneva, N./Y.. "I tried everything that waa recommended to me for this complaint! but nothing did be much good until about four months ago I saw Chamberlain's Tab leta advertised and procurad a bot tle of them from our druggist. I soon realised that I bad gotten tho right thing for they helped mo at once. Since taking two bottles of them I caa sat heartily without any bad et Sold hy all deniers. Yes, this is pointed right at you, if you have a boy. This is the time. It's the store and the stock to find everything new and correct in School Suits. Norfolk and double breasted suits in fabrics we are proud to have bear our label. As a result of the extra effort put into our boys' department, we're a lit tle "chesty" of the won derful qualities, neat patterns and perfect fit ting tailoring. We'll take special prick- in show ing you the numerous new things. Suits $3.50 to $12.50. Sizes 4 to 18. All cut full. Raincoats $2.50 to $7.50. Everything Yor the boy's school outfit, and he'll be fit out right. A handsome gift knife free with each bo3's' suit. Order by Parcel Post' Wa prepay all charges. .Ti* Stan mah m Camden* Sip by sip here's pure ^1 enjoyment-ox>l com fort-a satisfied thirst -a contented palate. Whene/er you tee an Arrow think of Coca-Cola. Dematut the aennlne by fan i Ni*kn?ioe? eticouf?^ oub?Ut?Uon. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY ATLANTA, OA. tr*