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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER Fennded August 1, lim IM North Main Si rot AHDEBSONi 8. C WILLIAM HANKS. Editor W. W. SMOAK_Huslnoss Manager Entered According to Act of Con gress as Second Claus Mall Matter at UM PostoOice at Anderson, S. C. Member of Associated Press and Receiving Complote Dally Telegraphic Service. Semi - Weekly edition-$1.60 per Tear. Dally edition-$6.00 per annum; tJf.W for Six Months; $1.25 for Three Months. IN ADVANCH!. A urger circulation than any other newspaper in this Congressional Dis trict. TKUiilONKSi Editorial.827 Basinet Omeo".'321 Job Printing r..,jj.693-L Local News.827 Society News . .821 The Intelligencer ls delivered by car.dcr ? in 'he city. It you fall to get your paper retrularly please notify of your i.uir. i ruted dacelo which yoar paper In paid. All checks and Crafts should be drawn to The Ander son Iutfdllg?nrey. Tito Weather Washington, Sept. 22.-Forecast South Carolina: Partly cloudy Wednes day; Thursday local showers with somewhat lower temperatures. BAILY ?1HII (?HT Man's lifo is but a working day Who.?e tasks are set aright; A time to work, a time to pray. And then a quiet night. - Christian Rosctti. Buy a hale and store a bain. -o Buy a bolt of cotton cloth. Think of tho women of Europe. Horrors of war-supply of Imported beer exhausted. -o We would like to hear from Senator Tillman on the cotton situation. If Japan keeps on dropping shells j something may break in the China ] cabinet. Old Jupiter Pluvias haB showed his mighty hand In baseball, as woll as lr. war. " Anderson county can clothe and and feed for a year ovory citizen in her bounds. The State association of bankers might tell us how to handle this cotton -cro.1. -o Tho Increase in prices of farm pro ducts ha.-! kept pace with tho Increas ed cost of living. Talk about no dye In this country? What about the. nicotine stains on small boys' fingers. O'" ? Nations fight awfully hard to get peace. When they get it, what aro they going to do with lt? -o The control of tho mind over tho body bi wonderful. Teach childron to take tholr Ills-lightly. . ,l^.^.wlK^.W< i I lilia u.>>-. The . war dispatches . say little _ of the "smoke of battle" so wc suppose Jack Johnson ls playing 'poaum. The farmer can produce without or ganisation, hut to successfully mar ket he must unite with his neighbor. "Si -itt by a mine." And many a gold mine scheme han sunk tbe dol lars as the- Herman, floating mines do Hits i'h i ps. un The farmer cannot bo helped un til he organises and the government cannot help the farmer except through organisation ? Last year's hal .teeta, nil right and it is all right, but 'the tty "croaker says the dream of yesterday ls the night mare of today. ; -c- ? Old william Ppnn. aaiaj^fcoyo.Ja b^r. lt is wholesome for the body, and good for the minn."- Also th? pocket book. The sacrifice ' of the f?thers by which education wes made possible demands from the sons a duo appre ciation. ?a^loofS?ll? There ls more "Imported" Scotch whiskey .In New York today ,thva ever has been mad? lp Scotland. Some things even war can't stop. If Mr. Duko had put his cotton warehouse plan through, he would hare been a benefactor now-and to morrow there wouldn't be enough mean things lo say of bins. c ' I'O WF.lt ON THK F A lt M We liuvi' piten wondered why farm ers in a communis do not form Jolnet stock com pan leu and buy tractor plows to he operated m tho community ax the locomotive thresher is now used. Tin- only disadvantage might he Unit all Mi" owner- of the tractor plow might ask for its use at the Kaine time, just as soon as the ground eho'lld get "Juct right." But there are so many splendid rc .eult- from the use of thu tractor plows that any disadvantage coule? not long stand in the way. Trai tor en gines for general farm hauling and plowing are more generally in usc in Anderson county than in any other in the Southern :;tate^.. Nearly half of the farm tractors in use in this state ure owned and u-ed in Ander son county. Wade Drake and Dr. Met'alla were the pioneers, we be lieve. Wade Drake's greal success us n farmer this yer i? due to his using none but good seed atid hi- plowing the ground deep. He ttl*.' to get out of few acres that which othoi farm ers fall to get out of nearly twice the acreage- The great trouble In the South with reference to farm machin ery has been the lack of ?'are given to the Implements, but when a larm er buys a trai tor, he will surely keep it up. Any man who has 100 acres )r more under cultivation can lind plonty of tt e for a tractor. Many mules have been sold and the .mile market is going to be very high ;iext spring. It muy be poor econ omy for tho farmers to sell off too ?hauy of their mules until after they have sowed down about two-thirds of heir land In grain-and then they can jet along without mules and negroes also. The already high price of horses ls being accentuated every day by the number being sold out of the couritry for cavalry mounts to be used abroe'' The drain upon (hf American horse mpply will soon bes itch that wher 3ver possible mechanical contrivances will be used to do their work. Were wc to begin at once it would require five years to replenish the drain which the war has already made upon the horse supply of the world. Tho United States government depart ment of agriculture has estimated that it costs $75 to $80 per year to keep a horse, and In a study of horse util ity for a period covering six yenrs, lt waa found that he averaged only 3.14 hours of work per day as hts contri bution to losBenlng the high cost of living. In contrast with this lt was found that he ate up the entire ylold of >no out of every five acres which he iel ?a d to eu lt', vat e. It has been mown too thai for every hour he worked lt cost about 16 cents; where as a full horse power hour can be de livered by a high grade oil engine for iinly two cents per hour. In both cases, interest, fuel, food and depreciation being Included. Again, in plowing, a team of two !ior.-;es can plow only about two acres per day. ' In doing this they travel IC milos, which ls a good day's pull tor horses with a load. A ;-i..all tractor oh the other hand, tho kind which costs less than six horses, weighs less than six and with a capacity doing the work of twelve will plow fully that much In an hour or so. It will furthermore plow lt deeper and^kecp it up 24 hours each drvy until the work, is completed wlth o'-,: Jr?dlng, resting or growing thin. .While lt would not bo wise to dis pose of' brood maree- and blooded ?stock to satisfy the foreign buyers, in the end, perhaps, the increased prices .vhich tholr purchases will undoubt edly bring about will be beneficial In 'orclng thousands ot farmers to adopt a newer and more economical form of power. _/_._ WE SHOULD WORRY ? I When wo trot Hnwn ?? 1?rs;S tich", j why should we worry? In fact who should worry? Not the farmer. He realizes that all depend upon him and that ho will be treated with consideration. If anybody should worry lt ld the fer tiliser man and the merchant who i has overstocked. They .don't appear to be sitting up all night with Dull Care. Leaving aside the tremendous small grain crops and the larger than usual corn cTdPl* Wfha Irok at tho situ ation entally. A --set:; In the Hold-cotton nt 9 cnts and cotton seed at $16 per ton,'65,000 bales _$3,(165.000 Loans on farm labor, sup plies and fertltldors.2,500,000 FYofit os crop al present ?ricos.'.. 1,465,000 This profit would be reduced of course, by the cost of picking, ginning and .marketing, but at the present prices nobody Would be ruined. Tho farmor la the directing head and the operating hand of his busi ness. He combines, directs and carries . tail rcipodeioiMUoe. ? Wg?'* ^^'fi'-Wi1'. K ^ ?.' a nssfspa' a rVH'ffffli &iattA<wre?a>injej?j THINKS TO TA I.K A KO IT Times nre ?lull. That'? what some J folks Kay. Well, what ls botter in dui! tl tues thanvto discuss things. Thank goodness th?? elections ure over. I.et' have a rest from pol lt ICH tor awhile. .Vow we hear too much pessimism about the crops Tii?* farmers an- all ri?lit. Most! ;f them make enough for every man ! and animul on the piuco to be well cared for. no mutter what cotton brings- The pcsslml-m comes from sources where optimist! should (ind it** source; And lt Isn't from the far mers. They are sitting Bteady in the boat. Hut while timi's ure .'dull" and peo pie's mind- ure not distracted hy >>J lltieal nuisances, let ns discuss thiiiKs progressive. Building tue school community; farming clubs to rai.se poultry, ?aitle, -heep, etc.; forming dalry clubs. There are .many things that Anderson county needs in order to get tho l'est out of rural lite and rnrul conditions. Ami one of the prin ciple thing that might be discussed ls the need of a municipal market. We ventur?' to Hay (hut a local house for VnderBon county produce would save the housewives many a dollar and would put $iou,ouo a year into circu lation among the farmers and the wlvus. The Intelligencer for months has contended for a market here. Mr. W. W. Long, Congressman Lover and oili er brilliunl tuen who have appeared here before our chamber of commerce have stressed tho one great important point-the southern farmer has loam ed bow 'o produce prolific crops, but ho hus uot learned how to get them on the market properly J.ast winter the county farmers' un ion adopted a plan to nisi all a produce merket here. What has become of thi.se Intentions? There are specific benefits which wonld accrue from the proper main tenance of such un Institution in An derdon. If. would stimulate trade. It would encourage truck garden ing in this and neighboring counties. It would Buf uard public heolth by giving fresh and wholesome vegeta bles. It would encourage dairying and canning Industries. It would encourage stock raising and the kindred intorest3 growing therefrom. It would finally make this a fruit growing section by providing sales for the fruit. A public market would quicken the clty'd business life. It would afford the housewife and thc consumer a wider opportunity for buying. It would awaken a new dost ir. household economy. A public market won id >.o a civic ua - rt and would mnke Anderson a more desirable, place In which to live and would nt tract home ackers. The Quaker Oats Company will pack all of its feed in cotton cloth bags instead of Jute. Tempts us to eat cereals and be patriotic. By thc way, the late King Edward of England, was somjewhajt of a Scotchman himself- His motto was "Ich Dien"-which in English ls "I serve." Tho value of the farm err f * J" deter mined not only by tho amount of la bor necessary to produce them, but by having them on the market when "needed. COUNTY BOOKS ARE PREPARED Registration Boarr laking Prep arations For He 1 jae; of Gen eral Elecetion !n November inc Anderson c unty board of reg istration has be? ii in scsclon now for two days ind w"l continua in session throughout the l'.ay, getting ready for the general election r*hlch comos off in November. The registration boan! lias a tre mendous Job on hand, since they must arrange on the polling Hat over 2, 000 new names, those being the peo ple who have registered since the last general election and secured regis tration certificate?. AU told, there are almost 3,000.names to be trans ferred frosi the duplicate certificates to tho polling lists and this is a stu pendous job for three men to perform. Tho undertaking was begun Monday morning and the board was busy all day yesterday. It wilt probably be late this afternoon before the work Js finished JEWELS RETURNED. Xe Arrests 3ra*e ia Connect ion of Mysterious Disappearance of Jewels. Asheville. N. C.. Sept. ' 22.- Mrs. Henry M. Plagier, of New York, has recovered the tSO.onni Mark and diamond pendant which she lost hy accident or had stolen from her at a local hotel where she ls a guest. P-lvate detectives returned the jewel to Mrs. stagier, but the officers, and thc hotel management refused to RICY where the pendant was located. No arrests were made. . . . j. . i I 1 i .' .M '. ?. ? : ? '.ft,-J . I ? . . 1 . . .:? . . - . oooooooooooooo o * ? o WAR NEWS o o o oooooooooooooo Fighting on land hm given way as n nows fac tor to th? during raid on Hie Nort sea by five German submaries, which torpedo? ami un? three Brit ish armored cruisers thi Aboukir, the Crcaaey and the Hogue anil in turn lost two of their own a.miller under| the British guns. In Its daring, as reported by the British admirulity. tli< attack of the little plungers sui pa- td all manoeu vres of the present war. Of th.- ag gregate normal p?THi)iiii 'I of 2,205 men carried by the Bruisers, H IS estimat ed that only 700 were >uved. Mini!; the battle line i:? France, re purls Indicate that while the fighting is progressing, no greai gains have h en ii.ade by either side and that the crucial period is still i?? coin". The Russians, are n ported to have taken the fortified town of Jaroslau, on the San river, northwest of Przem ayl, from tho Austrian- und n Home dispatch credits th,.? Mont?n?grins with having, capturad Mian the Aus trians, Sarajevo, Capital <>i Bosnia. In Africa the British repulsed a Gor man attack in their territory, thc '?"lilians retreating witli losses- Gen eral Louis Botha, th- famous Boer general nnd now premier or tim Union of South Africa, has taken over su preme command of the Hritltrh opera tions against Germ tu Si ut h west Afri ca. It is reported Glut thc Krjne are again bombarding the important Aus trian seaport of Catte.ro in Dalamatia. Lord Kitchener, tho Brit iso war min ister, has apvroved a premonition for the formation of a Welch aim." corve. Another British anny list L?.OWS a large provortlon of officers among tho killed, wounded or missing. General French has (sued n further report on the British operations In France, bringing them up to Septem ber 19. The Hamburg-Am.-rican line steam er Spreewald, armed as an auxiliary cruiser, and twtf"Germa:i colliers have been coptured by the British cruiser Berwick In tho North Atlantic ocean. It is reported that a vessel of 12,000 tons has been sunk hy a mine In the North sea. AX Ali KI) M H Y ILL. Friends and Reuth cs of Mrs. Mary McAllister Jil" Mt. Carmel ure .-Alarmed. The Mouki Carmel correspondent of the August Chronic le-has* tito fol lowing account of thc illness o ono of the oldest citizens of Abbeville . oun ty: The many friends and relatives or Mrs,' Mary McAllister will he aggricv *d io know of her illness at Uer heme at 'Mount Carmel, Abbeville County. 3. C. .Mrs. McAlistcr Is the oldest .surviv ing motlier of a confederate veteran ] In South Carolina. Her eldest son, S. I G. McAllister, joined the Fir3t South j karolina Regiment in 1861. when 161 years old, and gave four years' serv ice to the lost cause Mrs. McAllister waa born at Bor deaux. S. C., August ll. 1S2L She ls I u daughter of Peter Cov?n one of. the I original Huguenot settler*-' of tho place Tn 1843 she married Thomas McAHs ! ter; io them twelve children were I born, i. Ino of whom are living. Eleven reached maturity. Her oldest BOO, C jo. McAllister, pass-iuK away on Sep tember 4th, at'the ago of 70. Sho has lljjog nine chic* n: Mrs. W. A. Lanier. Monterey. S C.; Mrs. T. Bnskn. Low .des vii le, S C; Mrs C M Richardson. Tuscaloosa, Ula.; Mr. John H. McAllister, Mount 1 Carmel. S C.; Mrs. .T. T Bryant. l Li Kn ey. 3 C; Mr. T A McAllister, j AugUBte. Ga.-. ' Mrs -PK -Btaeter Mount Carmel-.-s c.' 'Mrs. BM-?GV ?Blackwell. Cbumbla. s C. . Thero are 'thirty-nine grandchildren nnd twenty-four great-grandchildren I living. SCHOOLS AT IVA OPEN TUESDAY ' Prof. C. D. Coleman Is In Charge Th?. Veil"-G thoo i ?s Wen ; Attended Iva, - Sop*. 2?.-T'tc opening cxer-1 cUes of thh Iva High school wer* held this morning in tho'school audi torium with a largo crowd present, ent Short talks were made by Rev. S J. Hood, ftev H W'Stone and Mr? T. C. Jackton. Prof. C. ? coleman, the now prnci pap of the School then made a most Interesting and wide-awake talk in which he set forth his plans an? pur poses for the ensuing scholastic year. He expressed his belief in his assis tant teachers, urged regular ' atten dance upon, the part of the. pupils and cooperation or parants. Miss Maggie Darlington. Superin tendant of .the school improvement Association added mueb to tho ploas urt of thc occasion hy making a tiio*( interesting talk t othe patrons. Tho faculty for the years is compost ed of tho following teachers: Prof, CS D. Coleman. Miss Nannie Pearson! Miss Maggie Thompson. Miss Carrie KAWAII, Uua Kate Ra'.npey. Mss Nel ie7 WyV.'tt, Mrs. Sudie "wright and Miss Aanlo Halflrd. AL??NAK KKETWi The Lessor Alumnae As^laMfta will meit, friday afternoon at tout o'clock with Mrs, Caima Burris*. AH numbers are urged to be ptraent. A FULL DESCRIPTION OF FIGHTING GIVEN sive pr?par?t ions w^ro more exten sive than waa at tirst apparent. "To counterbalance these we took measures to economize our troops and io secure protection from the hostile artillery tire, which was fierce, and our men continued ?n improve their own entrenchments. The Germans lipmbanlr.-d our Hue nearly all day, ii-?nj; heavy Kims, brought no doubt, from Mauheuge, us well as those with the corps. "An attempt by part of our line to advance slightly wus unsuccessful, hut led to the withdrawal of part of the enemy's infantry an?' artillery. ."Further counter aitacks made dur ing thc night were beaten off. Hain ame towards evening and continued intermittently until 9 a. m. on the 1 tit h. <to some extent hampering the motor transport service. "Ut Wednesday the 16th, there was litio chunge In the situation opposite the Brittan; the enemy's bombardment continued throughout the morning and evening. Our artillery frie drove the defenders off of one of the salients of their position but th_-y returned In the evening. Forty? prisoners were taken by the Third division. "On Thursday, the 17th, tho situa tion remained essentially unchanged, l'he German heavy artillery lire was more active. "To convey some idea of the nature of the fightintr lt may be said that, alone; the greater part of our front Ire Germai.--' have been driven back from the forward slopes -rn tho north of the -'ver. Their infantry -?N? rodd ing strong lines of trenches'amongst iDid lion? thc edges of'the numerous woods which crown the slopes. These 'ronces are elaborately constructed and cleverly concealed " ? MANY WOl'NIIED Soldiers In" Austrian Capital Haie Infections Discuses (fly Associated Press.) Rome. Sept. 22.-Dispatches from Vienna, soy the Austrian capital is j crowded With wounded and with ..ol-1 .tflora returning from the war with in fectious diseases. This rendered ne-] crssary the construction of large camp hospitals' outside the city. A Vienna dispatch to the Giornale d'ltaHa nays that, according to the Zelt, Prince William of Wied is about, to abdicate thc Albanian throne and I li preparing a proclamation to the Al- j banian nation- Leter says the Zelt, will enter the army. Chamberlain's Liniment If you aTe ever troubled with aches, pains or soreness ot the muscles, you will appreciate the good qualities of ] ?Chamberlain's Liniment. Many suf erers from rheumatism and sciatica (lave used it with the best results. It ts especially valuable for lumbago, and lamo back. For salo by ail deal ers. _' (Continued From Fir*t Page.) Young/fnen's special styles are a prominent attraction in our hat department for fall. - Correct shapes in soft hats, including special novelty features for young fellows. Stetson's $3.50, $4 and $5. B. O. E. Special $3. Evans Special $2. Fail Caps, 25c, 50c, $1 and $1.50. Order by Parcel Poet. We prepay all charges. <.V.._?*. ... . ; H? Oi? October 1st We if 111 pest In onr of flee, end possibly print ?iii the newspapers, the pri?e el every an ea*, let ta Herta Anderson. ^?HK^I^?^ On January 1st * vv^ ^^^' And oa the first ?tay of Pach succeeding quarter jw, the prie? of every urisbl-1 lot wJU he AdTMeed 4 per eent. = ' ?^?^rL?? 4? In other words We will ffsamntee te ev^j pare baser af a let In Werth Andersen, that the lets we re tale will be systematically advanced ia pi iee r? least li'par rent, yearly for three years.