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EMBERSON INTELLIGENCER FOLN BEI? H (?I ST I, 18G0. ia? North Main Street ANDERSON, 8. C. W. \V. HMOAK, Fdhor ?nd HUB. MR." I). WATSON MELL.City Editor. I'll KU'S SASSKEN, Advertising Mgr T. Ii. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. E. ADAMS, Telegruph Editor mid Foreman. Member of Associated I'ross and Receiving Complete Daily Telegraphic Service. Entered according to Act of Con gress us Second Class .Mail Mutter at the i'OBtolficc at Anderson, S. C SrUSCHIFTTON BATES Semi-weekly Ono Year .$1.501 Six Months .7? Bully One Year .$5.00] Six Months . 2.501 Three Months .... 125 TELEPHONES Kditorial and Business Gillen.:-321 Job Printing .693-Ll Tho Intelligencer is delivered by carriers in tho city. If you fail to get your paper regularly please notify UH. Opposite your name on the label of your paper Is printed dato to which our paper ls paid. AH cheeks and drafts should be drawn to Thc Anderson Intelligencer. it t? -r"*r RIMED QUOTATIONS. - ?nbt ambition w?-je because 1 J sa 'ip -J ? tw a 9 T?ie"poth3 of glory lead but to .. tua?ravej -Gray. What ls ambition? Tis a glo rious cheat. 9 _?;.??!! Only destructive to the brave and great -Addison. What's all tho gandy glitter ot a crown? -Dryden. The way to bliss l!m not on >VJn - -Francis Qnarles. Well, anyway, Belton will have j a fair. -o-. Pre-New Year's resolution: Quit talking war and hard times. j mo* ttrfrf A?jrfifil?ee# ^ :rThe?fV?f? chicken tof j Lebanon ; bids fair to equal in renown thc -cedars-of foe Lebanon of old. ?ara'a*?a?yqs^??.Ygfri p ' Why not have mral police in Anderson county and try to put a stop to this fearful homicide rec ord'the county i's making. -o All hail the Anderson Poultry Association. We propose Lebanon "Schon! . Jmnrov?mwt Scc?cty ?O? h onward mJJ?tfcrship. Let's notA postpone taxes. While about it whv not remit them al tOgeLUi?1, arid pay the taxpayers baek**^at they paid in last year. Anderson's grain elevator al ready f?jfrps good. Let the farmers hav^CTougn?to fill it when it is completed, and tlie price of cotton will not worry them any longer. TrreCJfooIs^f Anderson coiin tv are safejn the hands of suctrn . l7rjt?y^oT"nW'aS"thr trustees W??6' assemlbled herc yesterday. They are interested in education and they also ?lo inora^tj^n' just orf^NG TAX EXTENSION. The Intelligencer trusts the special session of the legislature will not attempt to defer the pay ment of taxes". There is one mighty good reason why they shouid not do thi.>, and that is thc question of the schools. Without tax money there can be no school money,' and to' have to close the schools, especially of the rural districts, because of this failure to collect , taxes, would be folly. Taxes have to be paid, and to pay them will not create much more of a hardship one time than ani other. If postponed this year the payment will have to be post poned ri?xt year, or two payments of taxes will come together so near as to be a hardship, and where wm rm? money come from next year if it cannot be bad this year? V/ill times be so much bet ter next year? The action of the association ol trustees of Anderson county yes terday in adopting a resolution protesting against any extension of the time for paying taxes, wai timely and shows trie interest these* gentlemen have in the wei iSrjs^f the schotts of the county. Oar legislator? m\\ do wen io heed this act"ont, ^.Aia,.?*.-a? ANDERSON'S COTTON? GOODS WEEK. Little did Miss Genevieve Clark, tin: popular and talented daugh ter of the Speaker of the House, dream of the ramifications of the "Cotton doods" movement v hen she started it. However, since it has assumed its national scope,, instead of flinching from the re sponsibility of the movement she has bravely accepted the chair manship of thc committee, which, besides Miss Clark, Miss Callie Hoke Smith, daughter of Senator Hoke Smith of our neighboring state of Georgia, and Miss Lucy Burleson, daughter of thc post master general, and though this committee's mail has reached such proportions that it has to be hauled in two horse wagons, these noble women c- the South are standing up to their work like Trojans. The original "Buy a Bale of Cotton" has swept over the en tire country, and every kind and character of business has*?re sponded to its call, to buy one or more bales of cotton and "caify" their purchases (until the cotton market gets back/- to normal con ditions. '? 5y This movement had lb do only \vlth':raw cotton; yet >lincreas?d tfons?mptjou of CQTT?N C?)CIDS: will naturally" help -Hie cotton situation by increasjug .tucj. market for the raw cotton. After the ladies mentioned above had started thc "Cotton Goch" movement by appearing at social functions in evening gowns made of cotton, the plan of appealing to the consumers' of this entire country to make con certed and systematic efforts to increase the consumption of cot ton goods of every kind and char acter, was formulated and launch ed. Immediately it was taken up by the press of the entire United States and the Retail Merchants of the country saw thc advantages of the movetriehfc and prhfcraced it at once; in fact the movement as sumed'such gigantic national pro portions that no "live retailer rould b#d 4>?sttjry the, first in his towP Of city ?o em fcrace the ''Natiotral * Colton Goods" movement, so everybody soi aboard ihe "baud wugou." " ?verythii?g that is made of cot ton is included in this national movement; .and in quUe~a .num ber of rittest and towns, the ladies of certain? charitable societies dress up in cotton dresses and some act as "Floor-walkers" and! others as clerks, anrj tn other ca pacifies, first having made an rangement with the management of the store to receive a certain! per cent of the profits of thej weeks or days' sales for their so ciety. In almost every town, and] especially throughout the South, the society ladies have entered I into this movement with a great] deal of interest and enthusiasm. The merchants decorate their | stores and especially their show windows with bales of cotton, and the green plants bearing the leaves and bolls, with the manu factured products prominently displayed, too. As this is a sale feature thc! dis play throughout th$-?nthe store "should carry the prices jof the cot ton goods plainly and prominent ly displayed. A cotton goods style show could be featured here also if sufficient Interest was mani fest by the ladies of Anderson. " The ladies could hold a style sell jinrr ?r?n*<?<et hy h?V?Hg CSrtS??! cf ! the most popular young ladies stand as sponsors for ..tain dresses and then to sell as many of each kind of dress as possible; the winner, being the one whose dress sold the best. Anderson is particularly inter ested iii this "National Ctjtton Goods" movement, not only for its philanthropy, but because; An derson has NINETEEN BIG COTTON MILLS within her boundaries, whose total invest ment totals over $17,500,009.00, with a yearly output of fliT.jpO, 000.00; employing over 6^ Soo people \vhose yearly wages and eateries amount to almost ?3, 000,000.00. This is enough to arouse the selfish interests of Anderson,, so prepare to neet your friends and their friends at the "Nation*! Cot ton Goods Week" celebration In Anderson the week of Oct 12th to 17th.. Welcome the newly organized Ministerial Union of Anderson. The Intelligencer is with you. NO EXTREME LEGISLATION. Thc General Assembly of South Carolina meets today in special session, being called together by the Governor to devise means for thc relief of the people of the State in "these times of financial stringency." Just what is to be accomplished, or just what can be accomplished by this meeting remains to be seen. There are, oj course, numerous "plans" to lie put ?forward by this and that "statesman," "whose desire is to serve the "dear peepul," and inci dentally to get some glory for himself. The Intelligencer hopes that thc legislature will not go to any extreme measures nor pass any laws '.bat will bc the cause of gen eral dissatisfaction, nor whic? will create further .'actional or cliss feeling. The feeling of panic which was so prevalent when the war in Europe first started, is passing away, and a nure hopeful tone is pervading fae business world. The financial situation is. being cleared up without legisla tion. Whether or not any single state can pass a law which will be worth much to the people of a sin gle state, is a question which should be weighed grrvely by our .legislators before- being attempt jed..For instance The Intelligepce?, 'Mrtns^ne ??fij#<?m of. i?gisjat?p? IttokJJig tp 4urta$n?.'the acreage ?jfi.llie.^tt^^ci^p.^.iiiVUsss such legislation could be applied Jio [every coHon growing .state. And, even if it could apply to every cotton growing state, would the farmers o? ?hese states who arc accustomed to planting more cot ton than any other crop, be pre pared to produce and market other crops. Would there no.t be the same cry over production if all the farmers should raise too mud ? raitt? Where would thc surplus be sold? Would it pay better than cotton at a low price ? Understand, we are in favor of curtailing the cotton crop next year every acre that the good business judgment of the planters will dictate, or the combined judg ment of the business men abd the farmers. The Intelligencer favors ^planting eve^ry acre vb)fgVair|j crops wat can b* h^rvesto^ andi mar keted to advantage. We i.favor ?yery /armer's ?rowing Jotton bnly' as it surplusi crof>v and it would be better to growvhogs and caUle? wh?re thc "farmer h cfluip-v ped to handle the iive stock ques tion. But this means extra cost fur houseS and fencing, silos and .pure bred stock. Is the average farmer, with the present low price of cotton, able to build these fences and houses and buy the necessary steck for ?i?s ia nu? vv'iii the banks lend him money taking as a pledge a mortgage on his prospective live stock, or his sur-' tylus grain? The above are questions which should be pondered carefully by our legislators before they try to force by legislation the adoption of a "plan" which may look good On paper, but which may not work out practically. We trust the legislature may be able to devise some means for. the bettdrmient of the conditions of all our people, and as these measures are pro*, posed The,Intelligencer wHl favor 1 or oppose, as we believe they are for or against the best interests of I the people jn Sou^h Carolina.who ' need to be legislated for and ] helped by suetfj?ws. For the best article of three I hundred words pr less, written by 1 any white person, and submitted 1 to the Inteiiigencer before six ii o'clock P. M.. Tuesday. Oct. i 2th. a prize of a year's " subscription io the Daily Intelligencer will be given absolutely * free, and the winners name and essay will be published in the Int?lligencer Wednesday or Thursday, Oct. 14th, or 15th. This essay should treat of the loyalty of the home peopfe to one another in.tintes pf stress; ol' the duty of the merchants and 1 business men generally to assist the poorer farmers avd others in , distress1; of the farmers obligations : tb the merchants T .;d banks which they should endeavor to meet even though the effort cost them some sacrifices; of the moral obligations of the farmers and other consumers to patronize the home merchant at this time more than at any other? for the special reason that it is thc home ucrchant that we all cail on in time of distress, and not the mail order houses; the "''pull together" spirit of ail the people of the United Statse, as demonstrated !?y the "Buy a Bale" movement and other kindred plans for the ame ! - -, ?J . . . 1 1 ^" - . <----,----~ . '?>. "j-^ 3i . Ali* f n'v . ' ? k - "ij." ' ' A :,J; -? 7-. .... . , ' ? p: . . v, ?. The Million Dollar ^ Mystery Solved 1 . . . . .. "AOS"- # rc Thte Store With ? Conscience ?oration of'thc suffcling c iy the terrible war apir raging in Europe. The intelligencer wfil get lerson or persons tojread these] assays and judge whicj 'j :>ne, and the award '?$?{; icc?rdingly There are nb res than that you' must one side of the pa name and address iTrau or ?end in you trie time speci??ed; You do not have scriber of the Intell eligible to this cont your lead pencils, f typewriters, and wi it." May the best on' LIBERATING ns,? other c only on f^rt your Vainly, and "ort as by The Jewish pe world celebrated th pur, or New Year, t, race, so little tinders not of their blood, taken tremendous tecognition 'aerord natural for the Jews tered and gianni: reviled, drivep like yet a people whic* home, has preserv as a race and Ms its literature. The wealth is a syrnpto acleristic with" the J They realize ^hat they would bc the people on earth, fori lng together as a ra4i ? ace of ?the earth, homeless. The war in Europe h.as^?mahci-j jpatc4?,|hc Jews, who have. bfe?n ??tlon appr?akh-l m Ulandi ?H^H^BBy- the Czar addresses them as "My beloved Jews!" What a r invariable change this pK lnie. The kno? but now the rifle is placed, in thfeir hai??? for thc??? io ft ?hi for Russ land. In all ages the Jew has made a good, soldier- -wfceh he has had io. nu . . man Of peace, s yeaer* .ay, Aras WIM ?\ Iii thc War of the RevoIutioVi ft?trratmiesrin thc war ot sion there were itwsri Iftsvs in the' two ar Jewish citizens of thi S^h'sig?t?l h?nbr: distinction. Thc wi than to' uni f VOLUME 1, NUMBER 212 Weaklr, ErtaUIikei 1M0| DmDy, Jaa.lt, Itu, ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS 85.00 PER ANNUM