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feu?ew August 1, 1800. IM North Malu Htret ANDERSON, He C. WILLIAH BANKS. Editor W. W. 8M0AK_Business Manager Entered According to Act of Con gress as Second Clans Mall Matter at the Postofflce at Anderson, 8 C. Member of Associated Press and Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic ?fries._ Semi - Weekly edition-$1.60 per Teer. Daily edition-$5.00 per annum; ff.GO for Six Months; $1.26 for Three Months IN ADVANCE. A isivr circulation than any other newspaper In this Congressional Dis trict. T?L?.""t'?i~8s Editorial.327 Basis?!?? O.Uce.'321 Joh Priming.693-L Local News .827 Society Nowt.821 The Intelligencer in delivered hy carriers In *bo city, if you fall K get yonr psper regularly please notify CS. Opposite your name on le'jel Of your paper ls p rn ted date to wr len four paper ls paid. Ali checks and drafts should bs drawn to The Ander son Intelligencer. Th? Weather. Washington, Sept ll.-Forecast: South Carolina: Showers Saturday; Sunday partly cloudy and wansee. THOUGHT FOB THE DAY When a blt of sunshine hits ye After passin' ot a cloud When a fit of laughter gits ye An* yer spine's a feelln' proud; At a soul that'B fealln' blue. For the mlnit that ye Ping it, It's . boomerang to you. -Captain Jack Crawford, o Buy a bale. Make lt a million. . September morn needs some clothes now. '. The German army haa had a spray of Farts green. o There Is no recall with reference tb railroad commissioners. -o ? ? ?? The Kaiser doesn't hesitate to shout gbout the du tn-dura bullet .Prto? of cotton will be forgotten when the circus comes to town, o The Carnegie library matter Is re ferred to The Hague peace commis sion. Col. E. J. Watson made an exhaus tive address on cotton in Greenwood yesterday. -o If the South quita raising cotton, the boll weevil wiii say ihat war U that Sherman thing. O - Gov. Blease might burry up that ex tra, session or all the cotton wtll be turned to dog tall. The war has reduced the cost of bacco, bot that's no reson for a fel low to learn to smoke -o ? The klddoes needed the vacation to Strengthen them for carrying so ma ny books to schooi. Wei,, hard times Is no stranger to us, although we'll be dinged busted If he hasn't worn out his welcome. The educational institutions must struggle against adversity, but fiery' trials prove the value of the metal. ! -o It Isn't often that a person haa a chance to buy 7% cents cotton for 10 cents. Take a chance, try your luck. . ??? o ? CoL Roosevelt will permit himself to he.nominated for president An other reason for continuing Mr. Wilson in office. Now that the weather is cooler. It isn't realty necessary for "vawdeveal" artists to see bow near nothing they can wear. -o Whatever else may be said of the new democratic primary rules, there hujf't all the row over tho outcome ot the election. ifj? -o The gas-electric service seems to h? the very thing between Anderson and Walhalla. The novelty has worn off hut the patronage basnt --o . .The extra sessiou of the legislature might center medals of honor upon some of oar parolee who were treated na mean by oar wicked stats. M . O Th?? paper will pnbllah tomorrow a very Interesting letter from a mem ber cf the board of trustees of the library. Everybody should read lt T1IK COTTON SITUATION As we said a few days ago, the South must take hold of the cotton situation herself. Congress can hard ly be depended upon to do anything. The visit to Washington of Charles S. barrett, national president of thc Cotton Farmers' Union. indicates rather strongly that congress ls dis posed to do nothing, because it would establish a precedent which might be dangerous. There is one difference, however, between cotton and wheat, and cotton and canned salmon. Cotton may be troublesome but it will not spoil and more nearly ap proaches an Indestructible article for legal tender titan anything else except the precious metals. The only way congress necms dis posed to aid the South ls in the mat ter of making tho currency more elas tic, or more liberal. Dispatches from Washington say thai. Senator Hoke Smith has im pressed the senators with the situ ation in the South and has showed just how serious ls the crisis. lie read an amendment which he will propose to the Aldrich-Vreeland cur rency law that the law be so liberal ized as to enable state banks and trust companies to receive and issue emer gency currency. Under the present law only national banks can Issue cur rency and several hundred state banks tn South Carolina are deprived of tho privilege. In tho meantime we recur to our original proposition. It will require days, perhaps weeks, for congress to give favorable action upon this bill. It has now been proposed for i^arly six weeks. On the other hand our state legislature will not meet for ? month, and there is no guarantee or even assurance that any remedial lawB will be passed. Aa we have Indicated before, the assets are here-and what is needed is the cash. Along this line we quote rrom Bradstreet's weekly review of trade: It ls conceded that fundamental conditions are sound, crops being of excellent volume, and that ulti mately crop money will make it self felt. But on the other hand high ratos for money check enter prises. Now ls the time for financial cen ters north to come to the aid of the South. There are so many demands for loans, however, that money com mands a price, Just aa cotton would if there wai a great and insistent de mand for it, and we could not look for cotton owners to cut the price on cotton to help tho manufacturera any more than we can look for tho money owners to eut the price on a purely philanthropic basis. Therefore, we say again, the South must solve her own problems and we must not waste any more time. The fields are whitening and the crop must bo picked. Labor has been high re cently, on account of so much con struction work and lt will be difficult to get labor to understand that wages cannot be as high as heretofore. In view of these circumstances wo think that the strong men of Anderson county should get together and form an organisation, and stand together. We again call upon the banking hous os of the city to tako the lead and suggest that the city council and the chamber of commerce and the farmers' union call a mass meeting. The South must handle her own problems, and NOW ls the time to start. i FOR THE SPEAKERSHIP One of the interesting developments of the recent primaries is-tho nomina tion of Jae. A. Hoyt to the legisla ture. Mr. Hoyt is an avowed candi date for speaker of the house. An other aspirant for thst high and hon orable office lb George W. Dick of Sumter. The retiring speaker ls Men del Li. Smith ol Camden, ono of the most brilliant men who haa ever held a gavel In an assemblage In this state. Dr. Dick ls at present chairman ot the committee on ways and means, the ranking position on the floor of the house and. as a matter of fact, a plice offering a greater field for use fulness, opportunity and service than the speakership. Da . Dich has been one of Sumter's representatives for at least a decade. He is e. warm friend ot Richard I. Manning \nd was large ly instrumental In the Manning elec tion. Mr. Hoyt ls "an Anderson boy". His father was one of Ure founders of this paper, and for a number of years conddcted the Anderson Intelligencer. Col. Hoyt was the choice of the prob I' biUonlsts for governor and was de feated by the old state dispensary. Jas. A- Hoyt, the younger, bsa had a successful newspaper career, is president of the National Bank of Colombia and for tlx years was clerk ot the house of representatives. While not having had experience cn the floor of the house, hut position as c?erk, fitted hto emteanUy toxbe a presiding officer. Mr. Hoyt was pres ident of the last democratic ??tate con vention. His ?TlendB urge that he can not as a new member become chair man of the ways and means commit tee, br.' that he lias a chance to be come speaker. Dr. Dick is one of th?' most lovable as well as best loved men in the state, and If he seeks the position of speak er, it will not be easy lo keep him from being elected. There aro numerous candidates for the office of clerk of the house. REBATING WOULD FOLLOW At tlrst glance the declaration of Commit doner McMaster seems to be sound and patriotic. Hut a closer consideration make us doubt the wis dom of his opinion on the proposi tion to receive cotton In lieu of cash in payment of insurance premiums. "1 seo no reason," says Mr. Mc Master, "why the insurance compa nies aud agents should not accept cotton on a ten cent basis in payment of premiums on insurance. "There Is good reason." he contin ues, "to believe that cotton will prob ably be worth more than that, espec ially If the crop of next year can he reduced in size as compared with tho past production. At any "rte the ex egencieB of the case and the general methods of doing business of today seem to warrant me in saying that there is no violation of the law in agents and insurance companies ac cepting thc cotton on a ten cents bas lf for payment of premiums. The objection that may be mado to Mr. McMa8ter's ruiing ls that under the law it would not affect renewals, we belhNve. while to accept cotton at a higher price than Its market value would inevitably lead to rebating to get new business, and the standard and substantial companies could not engage in that kind of wild cat bus iness. While Mr. McMaster*3 pur pose is no doubt laudable, yet he should be more definite in his ruling or revoke lt. FOR CODE COMMISSIONER The friends of Curran Cooley, mem ber of the Andei eon bar, are proposing his name for the position of code com fnissloner of South Carolina. Andrew J. Bethea, tho present commissioner, will become lieutenant governor next January. The duties of code commissioner ure Just such as Mr. Cooley ls quali fied for. The commissioner takes the acts passed by the general assembly and prepares them for publication in' book form. Furthermore at the end o! every period of ten ye&i-s the acts passed within those ten years are as sembled and compiled and together with the general statutes then existing are formed into a code of laws for the guidance of the courts. This is a particular ' and exacting work and a trained and educated at torney, ns well as a person of literary tastes, for frequently the misplacing of a comma might mean the changing of a law. Mr. Cooley is an A. M. as well aa an A. B. graduate of the State university and he has had sever al years in the offices of Bonham, Wat kins & Allen He 1B being put forward by the,Anderson bar. OFFICIAL NEWS OF BIG BATTLE (Continued From Page One> Kluck as weil as the army of General von Buelow falling back before our troops. "It was the region included be tween tho plsteau to tho north of Sezanne and Vitry-LeFraneois that the most desperate fighting occurred. In this region there havo been oper ating, besides the left wing d( the army of General von Buelow, the army of Saxony and a part of the army commanded by the Prince of Wurtemberg. The German's have tried to break our center by repeated and violent attacks. Our success on thc plateau to the north of Sezanne en. nb'.ed us. in our turn, to take ?he of fensive end last night the enemy stopped fighting on the front between the Marsh of St Gond and tha Sora mesona district and fell beek in the region west of Vltry-LeFrancols. "On the Ornatn river, as* between the Argonno forest and the river Muse, where tile armies of the Prince of Wurtemberg and tho Crown Prince ot Germany wera operating, fighting was still going on with alternate ad vances and retreats but. without any great change in the situation "Thus the drat phase of the battle of the Marne ie turning ont In favor of the allied armies, since the Ger dau right wing and center at .prosom are lu retreat "On our right the situation re mains without notable change in the Vosges and around Nancy, which the Germans have tried to bombard with long range gunn. ' "The general situation thus ha? been completely transformed during the last two days both from strategic and tactical points of view. Not only nave our troops stopped the Germans' march, which they thought was a vic torious one, bat the enemy bsa fallen bach before ns at nearly every point" Petrograd says that the Russians bave succeeded in separating the Aus trian left Ting from Its main body near Tontas* orr and Ra wa. In Russian Tl'HHS WILL BE WITHIN BIGHTS Continued From Page Ouc.) Mil*/ in the Ottoman empire an here, t of ore,, if .not safer, according te a statement tonight by ojclul Munif ii**>. Turkish consul gene il at New York. . .This 1H u rase of Turkey lukin? over her own country," he said. "And j nilli Turkey In chara?' of her own country the result will he that Anu ri cnn? nnd otlter foreigners ?fill be ab solute!) saie.'' I FOREIGN FIRMS~ ARE ALL RIGHT Anderson Men Get Information From Insurance Companies About Foreign Companies Since Hie war soar?' arose In Rurope i and the financial outlook for foreign I countries became so gloomy, a nuni- < ber of Anderson people have become t somewhat concerned over the ques- i Hon of whether or not insurance car- t tied with foreign countries was ab- ' solutely dependable. G. IL Geiger of i the firm of Geiger & Wolfe of Ander, t son determined to lind out for himself and he accordingly wrote the follow- ] lng letter to P. H. McMaster. insur- < ance commissioner for South Caro- i lina: , "Dear Sir: Please let mo know if i you consider fire insurance wrltton In < an English company safe. What nt- ? feet do you think the war in that "O'tntry will have on insurance com- < ponies? I have a policy in a Liverpool < 3nd Edinburgh company and hnve felt < some uceaslnees about it." < In reply to that letter, Mr. MeMas- t ter wrote to the Anderson man as fol- i lows : ( "You nocd have absolutely no fear ] of the unfety of your policy In an Eng- j lish company. All foreign companies ? stand entirely on the nssets which are held In America. Ko consideration ( whatever is given to their foreign av- < sets. Practically though a company ? retains its English name it ls for !.\e , purpose of insurance In this country ; m American company. ( .Very.truly. . i "F. H. McMaSteri "Insurance Commissioner." j QUICK RETURNS j IN HOG RAISING ! Livestock Man Advises Farmers of ' Anderson County That Th? Is < Way to Solve Problems _ ? ? According to J. O. Williams, live- ? stock demonstrator for CIen0Bon Col- : lege and the United Staten depart- ' ment of agriculture, the way for the c farmers of Soutl. ?Carolina to over- l come the present financial stringency is by raiding more hog*;' -Mr.-Wilr- 1 liasms ls* enthusiastic over hlr plan < and he told a representative of The i Intelligencer that this will prove to be ' tho explanation of the farmer's tren- < bles If the farmer will but consent to i try tho plan. A . { < Mr. Williams han mailed out hun~ ' dreds ct letters vsMhln tho past Week, t touching' on this aubject, a copy of < which follows: ""x "Owing to the present crisis brought i about by the European war. I think it < ls Imperative that the farmers of this t state turn their attention toward some phase of livestock production on thc farm that will assure them of an in come in the rear future. "I do not know of'anything that would be more adaptable to this sec tion of the state, or surer of quick re turns, than the production of hogs on tho farm, which can bo done with very little outlay of money and on a small acreage of land. I am encloseing a pamphlet showing what returns eau be expected from 'a ?mall herd of hogs within a year's time, the ligures being based on a ten y oar average. "I would heartily recommend that all farmers start In the production of hogs, on a small stale at least, as coon as possible, and I will be glad to co-operate with you in every way pos sible towards this end. "Very truly yours, "J. C. William?, "Livestock Demonstrator.'' JNO. WOOD SEES A LIGHT AHEAD Writes Anderson from Roanoke, Va., Saying that Country Needs "To Hold Head Up." In the words of one Anderson man, I "lt ls indeed most refreshing to hoar any words cf optimism. mst at this ; time, when every neighbor oi every hand I? yelling "hard times.' Cowerer, the calamity howlers may come and they, may go. but John' Wood, well known to Anderson people, ls not In that class. In writing a letter to a friend In Anderson, Mr. Wood says that all this country> needs is to "sit tight with heads op." Mr. Wood was formerly secretary Of. the Greenville-, Ohs naher ol. com merce, and later secretary of the SpartanbUTg chamber of commdree. Hts letter to Anderson says In part: .7 have a sort of *feeling that all these things are going tb be worked out and while the shoe may pinch us temporarily, the faatmrces Of our country are too great and money too enormous to permit a long period of depression and If ww alt tight and hold Cir beads up. wo will bave a pertoe: of jmendous prosperity. Meanwhile en courage the planting of every square foot of land tn Anderson county In eora* sort efXfecd stuff that wtfl come on the market as quickly as possible." .. Bemlln, la Austria, ?croas the river from Belgrade, baa been taken by the . v . ?;. ' . :?>??????' ' ' FRIENDS OF INSTITUTION ARE TRYING TO MAKE PLANS THE AGREEMENT Thc City Contracted With Mr. Carnegie To Maintain the 1 Institution _ I Tho action of the etty council in de-1 dining to make- an appropriation for; the public library wns variously dis-! cussed yesterday. Mayor Codfr y de clared that the council has heavy re- ! ^ponsibillties, but that the members j ire amenable io argument ?nd are willing to receive information on any matter in which the citizens are Inter ested. Tho Intelligencer ls? informed by \frs. Rufus Fant, president, that the civic association bas not taken any position on this matter. The Intelli gencer received its information from members of tho association who stat ed that the ladies disapproved of the ictlon of council. At a meeting of the educational committee of the Anderson chamber ?f commerce Saturday this matter ivas brought up. Tho members of the committee feared that the library ?venid have to be closed and wore con cerned over tlie proposition of getting funds to meet the expenses. The ex penses of the library include pay for] Hie libra;mn, lights, water, janitor, ?tc. At the meeting Friday a general iiscussion was indulged in, during which the members* of the committee stressed tho fact that the library is me of Anderson's chief possessions md that it is- invaluable to the stu dents of the city and to Hie business vien of the city. They al"o took up a cow feature of the ci?e. tba* it would pat Andprron in -i verv undesirable light, sinee the city ls morally bound, icecrding to this commltt-v, to make tho appropriation, according to the erins' of agreement with Mr. Carnegie, Tho following, taken from the min ites nf a trustees' meeting, held when he library project was under way, .vas cited In support of this conten ion : "Mr. Carnegie agreed to give 817 - iOO to pay for library building provid !d, the etty council would pledge an mnual appropriation of 10 per cent ir'$1.750, for support funds. That ann was pledged tn nccordnnee there with at a meeting or etty council held ?n 16th of April. 1907 and Mr. Carne lio was so advised. ''Upon completion of tho library luilding- it waa ascertained the cost if same was approximately $1,200 nore, making 18.700. Mr. Carnagie ?vas advised of this fact and finally .onsented to give the additional $1,200 provided the city council would in 'roase the pledge by $120 additional innually-which agreement waa met it a council meeting held on the 10th >f March 1906." After considering the matter in ali ts phases and engaging in a lenghty Iiscussion as to what might be done, ho following resolution was adopted: "Resolved. That the committee on Minc at ion ot ! the chamber of coin nerce, feeling concerned as to tho fu uro of the Carnegie library, hereby ix presses its hope that the trustees if the library and the city council .viii be able to devise a plan whereby he library may be enabled to con. Inue its very excellent services to he community. It is realized that he present council ls laboring under tome temporary extraordinary ex penses In the city government bnt reel iure a wav may be found to handle me s-ltuaUon without compromising he future of the library." SOUTH SHOULD HELP IN CRISIS Government Will Aid As Much, As Possible in Financing the Crop (By Associated Press.) ?Washington, Sept. ll.-After long ?nsideralion federal officials decided lot to approve the valorization plans 0 aid cotton producers to meet un isual conditions caused by the Euro, .can war. The treasury department ins announced Its determination to iccept warehouse receipts as a basis or additional national bank currency; mt friends of. a plan for valorization if the cotton crop have not succeeded n convincing government officials if ita desirability. Officials who have studied thc situ* dion feel that any. remedy to be taken les In the cotton men themselves and n the state legislatures. Some of hese students believe valorization of 1 part of the present crop hy tho cot* on producing ?rtates Ut ?at?x-'Iy feas* ble and would prove helpful. The idea s held here among government exv lerts also that state legislatura*? vbere abie, should pass teglsiation to (mit the crop next year end for sue-' :eedtng yearn If desired. . It was pointed out today that fur ber federal measures to aid the cot* on men might bric-g down on the gov (raiment a demand fixait other sec ions for similar assistance Thoa* amiliar with conditions in thc south tay lt has been demenstrtade for 'ears that a reduction, th the amount if the crop would work np hardship, tut h^ to the advantage of the pro? lucers. Past efforts to insure such a eduction have tailed and the chief tope uow (rtslstion which #ouW tax bv*Tptd*u?*?n. ?WM n.uJi Here's the knife that goes with each boys suit' bought at this store. As a result of the extra effort put into our boys* department, we're a lit tle '.chesty" over our boys' suits; he'll feel ..chesty" in one of them. Norfolk and double breasted suits in fabrics we are proud to have bear our label. Suits $3.50 to $12.50. Featuring the ever good blue serges at all the prices. Let us furnish the boy's school outfit and he'll be fit out right. Order by Paree) Poet. We prepay all chargea. .Tl* Start ats* ? Gwxfcnc* The Day In Congress Washington, Sept. ll.-House met at noon. Debate was continued on the gen eral land leasing bill Ways and means committee com pleted war revenue bill to be intro duced *omorrow. Increase of income tax and lower ing of exemption-proposed in bill in troduced by representativa Rucker of Missouri. Adjourned at 4:45 until noon Sat urday. Senate met at ll a. m. Debate war. continued on amend ments to liberalize tho bank law. Expenses of interdtatef commerce commission investigation of oil pipe lines approved by committee if In vestigation is ordered. Commerce committee * continued pruning rivers and harbors bill. Passed amendments to Vreeland^ Aldrich currency act to enable wider?, distribution of emergent/ currency. Recessed at 5:30 until ll a, m. Sat urday. * - NEW CLUB ORGANIZED Petersburg, Virginia Citizens Organ ixe a "Buy a Bale of Cotton Club" (By Associated Presiy.) Petersburg, Va., Sept. ll:-Leading merchants and cltlsens of this city have organized a "Buy a Bale of Cot ton Club." The cotton upon delivery vin be transferred to trustees, who will have clear title. Power is vested in them to dispose of it aa they deem advantageous to the owners. The cot tob is paid for and it ia expected shortly to be stored to local ware houses. A newspaper dispatch reports a por tion of the Giurr.zn army in Belgium in dire starb., for want of food sup plies. There Are Several Stares in Ander son So Good Thai They Could Use Double Their Advertising Space and Make it Pay! The Better the Store Service, the Better the Adver tising Pays. The Poorer the Store Service--the Less Said about ii the Better. , Publicity Good for any Good Propiakion, and just as surely Bad for a Bod one. One of the most important phases of a Good Store service to the public is it^ Store Nowa. This should be complete :n detail, absolutely honest ?nd frank in all its statements, and told in as interesting manner as possible. Tell your patron? 'n detail, about every selling event,. every bargain offered, about styles, ?nd.new gooda; ?> riving. If Half Enough Advertising Wfll Pay-Double Huit Amount WUJ Pay st Nice Dividend. The intelligencer will carry your message into the homes of the people who spend the mcnev.^nd there is where you-want your representative-a W?M yordad ad vertisement. SASSEEN, tlie Ad Maa,