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IKE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED AUGUST 1, l&W. 120 North Main Street ANDERSON, 8. C. W. W. 8M0AK, Editor and BUB. Mgr D. WATSON BE ld.City Editor. PHELPS SASSEEN, AdvertiHlng Mgr T B. "GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. E. ADAMS. Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Member of Aanoclated Press and Receiving Complete Daily Telegraphic Service. - Entered according to Act of Con gress as Second Claus Mail Mutter at the Foutoftlcc at Anderson, S. C bTBSCRIPTION KATES Semi-Weekly On* Year . Six Months . Dally One Year . Six Months . Three Month-* . ' ELEPKONEB Editorial mid Business Omeo.321 Job Printing .693-L The Intelligencer ia dolivored by carriers In the city. If you fail to get your paper regularly pleaso notify ua. Opposite your name on the label of your paper is printed date to which our paper ls paid. Al1 checks and drafts aoould be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. The Weather. South Carolina: Fair Thursday and Friday. , If you are not the boss, whose fault lt la? -o Get on the band wagon. Anderson' Isn't your town if you are a quitter. If you are nothing more than a ditch , digger, In heaven's name be a good one. ? -o - ' Everybody sympathizes with suc cess. And success is nothing more than r perfection in yonr work. * o Booker T.. Washington advises the negroes to "raise a pig." That sounds .Jil right, but where is the pig? o ,. If you are> one of the few who are doubtful about the Belton Fair; go over and see Jt for yourself next year, o - ' j "The Maw ?of the Hoer" may have been alright, in his day, but K's "the Man ot tar Minute" who ls the much 'desired article today. -r-o lt ls caBy enough to wish that you were the Plaident of the United Stat es but-Jfcou?u yvj'u hold the Job down il you had KT - By the way, whig ia your recre ation? Booze fighting and late boura, or a quiet evening with your family and friends? No, there la no demand for lazy ana. From the time of Adam, the world hes bad more or these things than they wanted. -o If you dont like the thin -, you are working nt, get out. Man la inconsist ent enough aa lt ls, but it you are trying to build something you utter ly despise, you aro inconsistency lt ? man's sise Job would make some thing' worth while out of some people we- know, but they can't AU a boy's .lae Job well enough to riae up from the small things. fi.no .76 ?5.00 -.00 , 1-25 o OUR DAILY POEM ? o o , The mao who wins ls ac average man Not built on any peculiar plan. Not bleat with any particular luck, JUst steady and earnest and full of pluck. When asked a question, he does not "gueaa," He knows, and answers "no" or "yes." When set a task that the rest can't do He buckles down UH he's put lt through. Three things he's learned; that the * nlan who trie*. Finde favor ia his employer's eyea; That it aays-to know.-nore than one thing well; That it doesn't pay all he knowa to ten. So he works and walu, till one fine day There's a better Job with bigger pay, And. the men who shrieked whenever they could Are bossed by the men whose work made good. . ?&Kxhe maa who w?ss i? *??.e ms? who works. , Who neither ?abor nor trouble shirks, Waa us** his hands, hi* head ; his eyes. The mas who wins ls Ute man who trise. -The Optimist TRoyal Bairne** X* autumn queen of sesson. now? Ker blandishments aliare. Sh? has same dalma,' we / ust allow She ?aafca the purple sure. War Item. One ot aha-? few good things we have hear? ab4?.'f*o war U that th? Apache* of Parla are being sent to . the front., TDK BELTON PAIR Tho Intelligencer desiree to take thin opportunity to congratulate the publie spirited citizens of Hi lton on the splendid fair held there yesterday. Too much cannot be said in praise of the put riot ht and unselfish way in which these citizens responded to the call for some of their time and of their means to make possible the hold ' lug of a fair each year. Not many communities in South Carolina, espe cially this year, would have given of their time and money as liberally UH -was don? by the people of Helton to give a one-day's fair. Hut this is the Anderson county spirit, ns shown In this section of the county. The splen did new school buildings and church es dotting the county from one side to the other, is further evidence that thin spirit exists. Ono cannot but think what arc the possibilities of a fair spirit such as was evidenced at Helton yesterday. Give these exhibitors a fair grounds and buildings in which to hold their fair, with accomodatlons for their poultry, liv?? stock and farm products, and there is no telling what can be accomplished. The intelligencer would like to see this fair spirit used and held as it ls in enthusiasm und loy alty to tho community. We realize that it will bo hard to do thlB without a permanent grounds and buildings, and lt the good people will pardon the presumption on the part of The IuttMigencer, we would suggest the organization of a fair association with sufficient capital stock to acquire grounds, erect buildings and equip them for holding a fair worthy the splendid support of' the people mak ing this and former fairs such a BUC oesB. Perhaps there ls someone who will grant lease for long time on 12 to ,15 acres of land In or near town. A capital stock of 15,000 wilt then be ample for erecting commodious build ings and stock pens for housing the exhibits. Then let there be an entrnce fee sufficient to pay at least the expen ses of holding the fair. While we are making suggestions as to thia matter, we would not over look that one relative to a great Pied mont fair for Anderson and adjoining counties. The location of this should be at the county seat, but there need ho no conflict in these two fairs. Let the Belton fair continue to be hetd jvery year as now, but earlier than the Piedmont fair, so that the exhibits may be brought on to the Piedmont fair as la being done thia year in .tending the exhibits to the State Fair. H. ]*. GE EB There was a note of sadness at Bet on yesterday ca account of the fact that Mr. H. M. Geer was not out mingling with his friends and enjoy ing tho splendid success of the fair, which institution 1B very near and lear to him. He has been one o', the leading spirits in tho organization and maintenance of this fair and has al ways been one of Its foremost con tributors and supporters. Though he was lying on his bed, stricken by a aevere malady and unable to sit up, lt was reported that he yearned to bo .\t the fair, and it was said that he announced to his nurse that ho was ;otng to get up and go to tho fair anyway. Out of respect for him, the band did not play when marching past the hotel, and the crowds that thronged theistrcets wero a blt moro quiet lt seemed than in other parts o? .he city. Thousands of persons looked ip sympathetically at the place, whero ie la walting for the' restoration of health, aud if the prayers of a people jan restore him, his recovery will he rapid and sure. EDITOR WAS TOO BUST. The absence of an editorial on the cotton situation, and on the war in Eu rope, may ie noticed in this issue of The Intelligencer, but the truth of the matter ia that we heve been too much Interested In thc Helton fair to note there is such a thing as an extra ses sion of the legislature or a war in Europe. And there seemed to be about .en thousand people In Belton yester day of the same opinion. Anyway the people of Anderson county are Just a hit too busy lo continue to bother with 'hese foreigu questions much longer, now that the "new" has woru off. The only discussion of thia matter we heard yesterday was when going to Belton on the train a young farmer remarked that In his opinion the far mers were In a blamed eight better condition, or would be alx months from now than many small merchante and business men would be. He said tbey were not going to starve, and In six months they would have another crop ready for tho market, and that !s his section th? farmers were plant ing more email grain than ever before. We thought: "Young roan, you are a philosopher of th? right kind. May your tribe Increase." How can you defeat such optimism as this? And what ts the use to editorialize such thinkers? Useful Game. "European .golf courses on account of the war,' are being planted to po tatoes." "A game approximating galf might be evolved. Twosomes . end four somes could go around the course with hoes." EPISCOPAL WORKERS HEAR ?!SGUSS!0?S SECOND DAY OF GREEN VILLE CONVOCATION AUXILARY WORK Celebration of The Holy Euchar ist Marked Opening of the Morning Session. The first meeting of the Woman's: auxiliary of tho Episcopal church, for thia district, was held yesterday morning with Grace church in An derson In connection with the Green ville convocation. The celebration of the Holy Euch arist, conducted by Rev. J. Haller Glhhony, rector of Grace church, and assisted by the Dea nof the con vocation. Rev. A. Pl Mitchel), marked the opening of the day's exercises. Mr. Gibbony spoke on tho subject, "Wc Would See Jesus." and although lila address was brief it made a great impression upon tho audience. Following the conclusion of this service the auxiliary was called to order by the president of the regu ! lar order of business wai begun. I The body was welcomed to Grace ihurch hy .Mr. Gibbony and a similar welcome was delivered on the part of the dean in behalf of the convoca tion. A few preliminary remarkB wore made by the president of the auxil iary and the opening announcements were made, following which the ques tion of how an adult auxiliary class ?should bc conducted was taken up and discussed at length. This proved to be quite a feature of the morning service as did the discussion yester day alternoon along the same line, relating to the manner in which to conduct the class for children. Following tho conclusion oj.' the morning service yesterday, members of the auxiliary were entertained at 1:30 o'clock at a delightful luncheon, tendered them at the home of Mrs. R. C. Webb. This was a very pleasant Jeature of the occasion. The afternoon session was full of interesting discussions and every member present gained some help ful and valuable knowledge from the suggestions and Ideas advanced by other members. One of the decided features of the .lay for thc Women's Auxiliary was the annual sermon, preached to that body last night by Rev. Charles W. 3oyd. rector of the Church of Our Saviour, of Rock Hill. Mr. Boyd, is one of tho best known ministers in the State and ho has a wide reputa tion as an able speaker. He is a pul dt orator of real ability and his et on last night was pronounced a ?ii ist er piece. Mr. Boyd. dealt at length on the work being dono by the members of the auxiliary and he complimented tho earnest, workers on what they are accomplishing. Tho sermon last night wus attend ed by a large number of visitors, as veli as Episcopal ians, and Dr. Boj*** address was very interesting to them all. The people of the city are taking a great interest in tho proceedings of the body now in session and are at tending all of the services open to 'he nub!ic. oooooooooo o o o GRAINS AND GROANS o o o oooooooooo A Persistent Shopper. My wife la fond of shopping; She very aeldow stops. When days aro tine she's right In line Cavorting through tho shops. And when the days are rainy And she ls all alene, The "ada" she reads and then pro ceeds To shop by telephone. Hopelessly Ont of IL v "Mrs. Wombat has decided not to be a candidate for -omeo after all." "Why ls that?" "She has no new fall hut to cast Into the ring." Feminine Finance. "My wife hopes to make us all rich lu time." "How so?" "She saw mining stock advertised at 1 cent a share and she Invested a nickol." Pass Defense BUL HAVANA Oct. 21.-The Cuban senate today passed almost unani mously the so-called national eco nomic defense bill which recently pansnrt the house of representatives. [ j The msot Important clauses of thaJ bill provide for the Issue of a na- j I tlonal coinage; the giving of prem iums for the cultivation of tobacco; authorise the president to Issue bonds for $5,000,000; provide for tho | relief of agricultural laborers and consolidate the regular army and ru ral guard. Great Battle Ragtag. BOFjDEAUX, FRANCE. Oct 21. (6:30 p. m.)-Dispatches received hare this afternoon indicate that a great battle ls raging between Lille and Ostend. The messages added that the situation ot Ute Allies w satisfactory thus far.. The time is here when the hens are demanding more food. It will pay to feed well now, though you are not getting many eggs. Letters From The Soiith Can 12 t)o Them Both d rt. KD ITO K : In view of tho fact thal you have .ailed attention to tli< plan to re- < levo the cotton aituution submitted i iy me in September ii?1 published j .y your naper at that lime, I be? ? o way that lil??r development;! bave ? 'orced me ?o tl'? conclusion thai if < be colton acreage for 1915 is cur, < md ?e most decidedly advocate the ; loing of this by legislation, it should ; lie not less ?han f-i per cent, indeed the more wu .Uudv the conditions lite | nore we are inclined to the opinion hat to eliminate cotton nuoth-jr year I antirciy would b? tue best thine lo lo, but extrem? ( n li Vc-* this < might meet with sog leus objection^ The writer ha-j f -r many year--, fa- ; vorod diversified farnri'g. nni many jf our Anderson mm er? will remem ber a falk tnat ho made in the >:oui?t house befo.'o ono ?.f their meetings ulong thia line some years ago. Ho took the trouble in preparing this i tnlk to Rather statistics as to what our county bought in corn. Hour, outs, meats, mules and other products; then showed what wo got for our cotton, and as lt were struck a bal ance, showing thttt it took Ibo pro ceeds of the cotton crop, practically, to pay for these other things We were buying. Since that time our /armers have gone a long step in the direction of diversified farming, and eacli year there has been a grow ing disposition to make the farm self-supporting. Some months ago before there were any war clouds and when the out look on every side, from a business standpoint, was bright ind hopeful, one mom-"..; before rising from his bed thia thought crossed ihe mind of tho writer "The country that leeds the world ii str.>je.ir than the one that clotr-?s it." Then im mediately came the answering 'bought "Dut the South can do ooth, un 1 thus become the strongest country in the world." "With? our splendid climate, length of season and fertile soil, our water powers and industrial development that must grow out of them, and our nturdy citizenship, lt seems to us that eventually the South, and especially the Piedmont section of lite South,, will come to be the garden "spot of the United States. So, away with pessimism and gloomy apprehensions for it may be that, the loss we arc having to sus' tain on cotton will teach- ua the great le.-.son thal the South has been too j dependent on cotton, andi lead us to I grow other crops with tho some in terest and zeal thatjwe have bestow ed on cotton. B. P. MAULDIN. ill CONFERENCE WITHOUT RESULTS Bankers Identified With $150, 000,000 Cotton Pool Hold Another Meeting. (By Associated Press.) NEW Y?FJK, Oct. 21.-Another con-1 ference of bankers identified with the proposed $150,000,000 cotton pool In tended tr. case financial conditions in the South was heidi here today, but without definite results. It ls understood the latest plan calls for two classes of warehouse certificates. One is to be taken hy banks of the North and West on tho basis of cotton at four and one-half cents a pound; the other Is to be ac cepted by Southern bankers on the basis of' six cents cotton. Several local banking institutions have pledged themselves to some cot ton relief movement and stand ready to subscribe one-third, $50,000,000, if a pion acceptable to all Interests can be formulated. K01 Reduction Bill. AUSTIN, TEXAS, Oct, 2l.-<lovor nor O. B. Colqultt sent a Anni mes aago to the extra session of the Tex as legislature today stating he be lieves a moratorium now ia the only wav to save Tts a? farmers from ruin os a result of the cotton situation. He added that he does not expect tho ex tra session to pass such a law. Tho extra session called to con sider cotton relief hos killed cot ton acreage reduction proposals and a bill to establish a central State back with $20.000,000 capital. Pro per itl on s to adjourn the session to morrow are under way. This ls tue second extra session, the .first having enacted a cotton warehouse law whereby the 8tate backa warehouse receipts. Saperflnous Adornment. "You can't paint the Illy." "Plenty of girls are trying ft, though."_ W?LL DISCUSS HOW/ BANKERS CAIN ?By A??cclat#d Pr*aa.) WASHINGTON, Oct m 21.- How American bankers caa meet their ob ligations , in England cdthout actual gold shipments will be discussed at a conference hers Friday between Sir George Parish and Basil B. Blanket, representatives of th? English treas ury, and the Federal Reserve Board, Secretary McAdoo and New York bankers. Announcement was made day of the meeting. It was understood here'tonight that American officials hope they can find some method of postponing gobi, pey i The People Should Produce What Others Need WW. EDITOR: The present conditions, growing jut of tile low pri?e- of cotton-and he problems which thone conditions present, bring to my mind a conver sation I had once with ?fol. W. S. ?Mekens. a fine old citizen of our county, unknown perhaps to the pres ent general inn. but well known to and respected by thoso of older years. We were sitting one day on his piazza when tho conversation turned on tho situation which oo?nfrontetl, Lito country at the close of tho Civil War: a condition well known! to both Df us, ns we bad lived through it. He remarked that he discovered soon after the war that the people had gone wild on the subject of planting cotton. Thereupon he determined that he would raise what his neigh- j hors did not. So he planted corn, wheat, oats and peas, and raised pigs, eoltB, sheep and cattle. He always had something to . sell which his neighbors didn't have-and so bc prospered---while his neighbors who planted cotton had hard Ihnes. Tim lesson is obvious. It may seem an Imncrtinence on riiy part to be advising the farmers what they should do-hut I thought, that, per haps, this object lesson )n.ight be ot some value. Your3 truly, M. L. BONHAM. DECLINED TO GO OR SEND DELEGATE Commission Called on Gen. Car ranzan and Invited Him to At tend Convention. r (By Associated Press. WASHINGTON. Oct 21.-Prompt withdrawal of American forces at Vera Cruz was foreshadowed today by the Aguas Calientes conference's approval of American requests that Mexicans who served the United States there be given protection. Other desired guarantees also were approved by the Mexican conference. The state department received word that the convention had in structed General Carranza to com ply with the American government's requests. He will issue a proclama tion covering the various points in volved. lt is not known Ju3t when thc troops and ships will be ordered from Vera Cruz, but lt was. Intimat ed that the action of the United States would, be taken Irrespective of tiie deliberations of the convention on tho question of a provisional gov ernment. Reports tbnt General Villa had moved an army within threatening distance of .Ute convention were not credited by administration officials. Carrnnzii Declines. MEXICO CITY. Cot. 21.-General Obregon headed a commission today which called on General Carranza and invited him to attend the Aguas Callentes convention and sign an agreement to abide by its decisions. General Carranza declined to go or ...end a delegate. He" reserved the righi io approvo or disapprove the ?nai actB . or the cpnventlon, main taining that the sovereign power of the state rests with him alone until his successor as head of tho govern ment is elected. Asks Safety For Delegates. EL PASO, TEXAS. Oct. 21.-Gen eral Obregon. a? head of the Carran ga commission, bas presented a res olution before the Aguas Callentes conventian asking for guarantees fe* ? afct y for all delegates and recom mending that the convention be re moved to "a safer place." This information was received tb-i day in an official message from Mex ico City confirming the fears of the Carranza government i that its - dele-* gates either have been arrested or threatened with imprisonment by the Villa faction. 'DOUGLAS, . ARIZ., Oct. 21.-Efforts of the Aguas Callentes peace confer ence to ectf hostilities between Gen eral Hill and Governor Maytorena failed today. General Hill, lt w.u said., refused to recognise the au? thority of the convention. His rea son, according to General Sosa, the mediator, was that the convention was subject to the dictates of Villa (Sosa left Hill's h?f.i*?*i?.??- -i T FALL FASHIONS We've mobilized all the new styles for men. To fortify yourself against old winter barricade, yourself, inside our clothes. - r? ^rua Suits $10.00 to $25. Shoes $3.50 to $6.50. Hats $2 to $5. Shirts 50c to $3.50. Underwear 50c up. All true to the banner of econo my- ' 1 i ?- Order by parcel' post We prepay all charges. "TitStan with a Caradene* Nb Taxes Through Senator Sullivan, Hail Sufferers Here Will fee Re lieved of Payment. most considerable loss from the hail storms lived in the Long Branch sec tion and in Martin, Hall and Varenna townships. They will all appreciate the action of the Anderson county Sen ator. Some days ago Guy Norris, a well known Anderson county farmer and other farmers of thc county took up with the members of the House from Anderson county the question-of re lieving the tax payers in the portion of the county damaged by the severe hail storms of this year from the payment ! of taxes. Mr. Norris wrote tb repre sentative Hall and asked his assist ance in the matter, but received no promise of encouragement. Yesterday Mr. Norris received the following let ter from Senator G. W. Sullivan : October 18, 1914. Mr. Guy Norris, Andorson, S. C. Dear Slr: A bill came to the Senate from tho H-ouue, relieving the tax payers of Laurens county from the payment of taxes this year in' the section where int? va OJ/L? *? >. * \ dc G* roye vi Iii* ? !. I though as soon as I read tho bill, of you and a few other Anderson County citizens having your crops ruined this year, so I added Anderson county peo ple. I remember reading In an Ander son paper that you, Mr. Parker and Mr. Mcbean and others were victims of ?ho storm. It seem? ?hst our dele gation in the House did not think of you when the bill was being discussed over thero but my action takes care of you as to State and County taxes, all except the Constitutional tax and any special school tax. You can let treasurer know and Inform all who were Injured by the hail. / Yours truly, G. W. SULLIVAN. A majority of those suffering the Horses Wanted. I will be at the Fretwell Company's stables Thursday. Oct. 22, to buy 200 horses. A E. Arnold. Our College Gate Closed. Dr. Klnard wishes us to say that he finds it necessary to closo ono of the college gates on Sunday. Thia is done for the best interest of the institution. _ Reduce Your Cost of Liv ing By Buying Flour At a Very Low Fig ure. Having bought quite a quanti ty of "Rising Sun" flour (which by the way is an excellent fancy patent flour) before the advance, we are yet prepared to seii you this excellent flour at ONLY SS.25 in barrel lots as long as our present supply lasts. We have the celebrated "White Rose" line of coffees, teas, spices and canned goods, etc., besides many other good things and our prices are right, too. J. M. McC?WN Brown-Watson Building. Phone No. 22. I Tba Standard for Three Generation? I ?TATHER. SON Vend CPAN?S?N : Each hes teamed to Know and appreciate tho euportor value ot the Oliver'Chilled Plows ov2Horty^ea*Ta toendf0** 'tSa? *** m*rtU* ' Ssh- &nutrjzw* t^va* besn^aeovkioaw^atal TrtE OLIVER CHILLED PLOW WORKS of SOOTH Oliver Chilled Plows and Repairs stand Br*t and ior?nio*i for oxewiitxtte*. chirab?fcy. ?oe teten, toatfwwartng, .tyS^ZoTi^SSKk rumana quattuo*. It nvMAtnoetytn yourpoofcat ? and bettorcreps from now enif you wiC dentelo do Tour %-ork wttfa tn* OUVER CHIUUID PLOW. COMB IN AMD TAJLK TM? MATTS* OVtt* Sullivan Hardware Company Anderson, S. C., Belton, S. C.*, Greenville, S. G? ISBSBMOaSMj^K