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M ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED AUGUST 1, 18?0. ls? North Malo Street ANDERSON, 8. C W. W. SMOAK, Editor and But. Mgr i L. M. GLENN.City Editor PHJS5LPB BA SS KEN, Advertising Mgr i T. B. GODKP.EY.Circulation Mgr. EL ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Member of Associated Presa and Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic 8? mee. Entered according to Act of Con gres i as Second Class Mall Matter at the Postofllce at Anderson, 8. C TELEPHONES Editorial and Business Office.321 Joh Printing .\.693-L SUBSCRJI'TION BATES Semi-Wee kif. One Teer .$1.60 Biz Monto. ..%. .76 Dally One Tear.15.00 Slr Months . .2.60 Three Months .1-26 Tho Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers In the city. It you tall to get your paper regularly please notify ea. Opposite your name on the label of your paper Is printed date to which our paper ls paid. Al* checks ead drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ONLY 23 *> Mors Itioptthig" S Dmr* e Before X'sstaa, : ' ?eeooooeoooooo Wv The Weather. -South Carolina: Rain Saturday; Sunday *f*lr and colder. OHS DAILY THOUGHT. The Sin of Silence. To uln. by silence, when We should > protest, i 3feke*. cowards out of men. I The human race bas climbed on pro? M-teat j '". Bed no voice been raised against in I Jostles. Ignorance, and lust, The Inquisition yet would serve the And guillotines decide our lcr.st dis putes. The few. who dare mest ^peak and j 5P*e* agMlB Tu right the wrong of many. ?-gil* wheeler Wilcox. NOT NOW, Brother. ; The Anderson Intelligencer is glad i that lt .ives In Anderson and not Greenville or Bparaanburg. not to J mention Greenwood." Which shows . ; you J?W tearfully bottled up from a I railroad standpoint Anderson rosily I is.-Greenwood Journal. . ee e OUR DAILY POEM i TPPERARY. (At the other end of the long, long road.) Who ls it stands at the full o' the door? Mary O'Pay. Mother O'Fay. An' what ia she watching an' waiting ^.wf^^ Ocb, atone but her soul can say. There's a list in Ute postoffice long an' Mack, With, tidings bsd, and wotul sad; The names ot the hoy* who'll ne'er f coane heck, An' one ls her darling lao. We showed her the Hat; hut she can tot read. ; So we told her true, yee. we told her true. Her old eyes stared till they'd almost Meed. An* sa* swore that none ot us knew. She's waiting now for Father O'Toole, : Till no goes her way at the noon of 1 day.- .'. . She's slmperln white-the poor old fool, For she knows what the pr lest*! 1 say. i- i s e . i Who I* lt sprawls opon the end At tho ?reek o' day? Ifs Mlcksl ? ?Tu?: His eye? glare up to the wall ot God, And halt of his head is Mown away. What ls he doing in that ?trange pince, Torn and shred, and murdered dead? Hes? single* the psalm ot the fishtin* . race . A8 hie so.'? roars wide o'erhead. Me killed taree foam on before ha tell (Ocb. tho toll be'd Uko, and the akulla he'd break!) And he shrieked like a soul escaped crom hell As ha died fer the Sassenach's sake. Who shall we blame fer the awful thing For the blood that: nowa and tho heart-wrung throes? Kaiser or Osar, statesman or Klagt i Och, heave lt to Him who knows? - ,,. -New York Timas, THF FRANCHISE CONTRACT In this iHMue of The Intelligencer will be found the legal documents relative to the granting of the fran chise by the city to the Southern Pub lic Utilities Company. The Interest of the people bas been aroused to such pitch that we feel they will wel come this opportunity to read and study this franchise and note for themselves its provisions. Of course the rank and file of the readers of this newspaper will not be able to de cide upon their own knowledge whether or not it is a valid or legal franchise, bnt they can come to an opinion as to the matter -of the city's having made a sood bargain or a bad one. One thing it will be well to bear in mind is that lt ls necessary for the city to grant a franchise to, or enter Into a contract with, some company or individual to furnish water and lights for the city's use, unless the city ls prepared to exercise its option to purchase the plant of this com pany, or to erect one jf its own. So If the Southern Public Utilities com pany is a responsible concern, and the contract ls aa good as could be obtained from any other company, and this company performs its part of the contract (which it has done, and more) then the opposition to lt, on the part of any considerable num ber of the citizens, seems unfounded and opposed to reason. The question of the legality of the franchise will have to be determined by the proper tribunal, it seems, but that doen not prevent citizens from having sn opinion as to the moral and business obligation of the city under the terms ot tho ordinance-! drawn for, and adopted by, a duly elected Council. And this-is the point The Intelligencer would stress, and the point we hsve stressed. In fsct it I? about the only point to the whole thing. On this matter, we are of the opinion .that our people are agreed. .Meanwhile, let the people read, dis* cuss and study the franchise. WILL NOT ORGANIZE The Intelligencer sdmits a feeling ot some disappointment that the de cision was reached not to attempt to organise a league among the good people of the city for the purpose of assisting in the maintenance of law and order, and creating, a sentiment j to keep the city clean and pure mor ally. We feel that this decision Ia a I step backward, and that those who reached thia decision will one tay re gret that such step was taken.' True, there are many good people of the city who will stand for law and order, but such an organisation as was con templated would have added many earnest men te tao ranks, and have been a bulwark for the right in the ?city. Of course, if it were to be used for furthering the political ambitions of anyone, or to he used in any nf many ways that might be mentioned that'.would not stand the foll light of day, then it were better that it die before lt waa horn. The Intelligencer does not feel that i it was standing sponsor tn any sense ot the term for this movement to or ganise a league, and lt the committee who had the matter in charge saw fit to kill the movement, we feel sure j that ita death was due to the acts of j its friends. ACCURACY OF A. P. NEWS , ?? Tho accuracy of the newe service ot j the Associated Press is often com mented upon, and lt Is known that.! there ls no other single news gath ering agency that approaches thia aa to the. amount of newe gathered and the accuracy of what ls given. Ia so far aa ls humanly possible, every item ls verified before given to tho public Wo carry in thia Issue a story.of! the arrest ot a telegraph operator who waa caught stealing the news fi om the A. P. wire. His bond waa1 fixed at #5.009 which goes to show how serious tho authorities con?M*r the offense. Attention is cr.lied to this matter so that our rea/.era may rest assured that the news ?*rvcd them each morn ing ls as foll a.t<* aa accurate aa it ia possible for it to be. Then lt ls given the subscribers of this paper fresh from wires which encircle the globe. Those who read their paper before breakfast each morning can feet assured that they have the latest and most accurate news available. Typographical errors sometimes cause one to 'say just the opp>ite of what ls Intended. The omission ot one little word in an editorial y*e-? Sgrday made a statement which would, aot have been believed even lt nedo In earnest It waa this:. "And with Governor Manning aa chief executive we have no tear that thia or any other1 law will be enforced." The ommission of the little word "not" before "be enforced" changed our meaning entirety. What we wished to say waa that with Governor Manning aa governor that these laws would be strictly enforced. _ _, GIKLK TOMATO CLUB WOHK Tnt Anderson delegation did the proper thing when they agreed to in clude in the budget providing for Anderson county expenses an appro* prlatlon for starting the girls toma to dub work in this county. Now that this ha? been done, there only re mains the selection of an expert to Introduce this work, and place it among the first of Anderson county'? pursuits. We feel sure that the girls of this county can grow as many tb matoes on one-tenth of an aero as those of any county in the South, and given the opportunity and tho incen tive, they wilt do so. One other movement that should go hand In band with this is the boya corn clubs, and we trust that the boys of the county will see to it that they are not outdone by the girls. There should be several of these demonstration plots over the county, and the boys will, we are sure, do their part in this great movement, of educating boys into men farmers. NO USE FOR DIVISION The division of the South Carolina Conference Into two sections, strikes us as being one of the most useless, not to say foolish, things that could engaged the attention of the General Conference, or of the present Confer ence now In session at Sumter. We are perhaps not so well posted on this move as we should be, but looking at it from a common sense point of view, it would seem that to divide the South Carolina conference will be to multiply the problema. This is not ?so large a conference aa to be un*, wieldly, nor are our people divided In spirit or tn fact. Such division of conference would, it occurs to UB, be the cause of dissensions. We deplore this division and doubt its wisdom. TO THE 101 FREED CONVICTS: The 101 convicts not free Wednes. day by Governor Blease, we would urge to return to the ranks of the law-abiding and endeavor to provo themselves good citizens. Prove by your acts that the Governor did not make a mistake In turning you out of prison, or absolving you from the pen alty of the law as inflicted by a jury of your peers and the legally consti tuted officials of your county. It la reasonably sure if you do not behave and should get back behind the walls that the next time you will stay there till your sentence ls out, unless your appeal for clemency ia based upon very meritoroua grounds. We make cn especial appeal to; th? ten who were liberated from Ander son county: 'Th?r?? ls aft ttbundance for you to do as law abiding citizens, and If you prove by your future lifo that you were cured of your crime dis ease, h ten we are glad your are at case, then we are glad you are at and proper pursuits, and a life crown ed with peace and friends. A STRONG ADVOCATE In enumerating the daily news papa pe ra of the Piedmont which are now warm supporters ot the prohibi tion movement, the name of tho Greenwood Journal waa not mention ed. There ia no paper in the State more outspoken in its advocacy of this movement for State-wide prohi bition than ia the Journal. Of course nearly every weekly end semi-weekly newspaper In the State la an ardent advocate of prohibition. They are so much nearer to the people lt would seem, than are the large dallies. The Greenwood Journal Is making a ' strong fight for state-wide prohi bition, and misses no opportunity to koop the opposing papers straight, as the following editorial will show: The failure ot. Mr. Featherstone, the prohibition candidate for gover nor, to be elected in 1910 la laid to the prohibitionists by a certain news paper because of their violence against the people who were for li quor. That ls a mistake, lt was Ute attacks of .that newsnape*- upon Mr. Feather stone In this first primary coupled with its advocacy of him In the second primary and Ute fearful denunciation ot Mr. Blease. This un merciful onslaught of word* accom panied with cartoons turned many a vote for Blease. Persons who were not in favor ot him resented lt and rame to hts support Bat. this is all ovar now and there ls no use tn Ute same paper abusing prohibitionists at this time because they ask fdr a respectful hearing. .They ere net madmen as some would have na believe, bat solid sensible people who ere Just as mach Inter ested In lew sod -ordar. and In th* education of the massena as are some ! -? .J.j. - on n. vt -msw! In them? " ?" THIN ?li A RE BRIGHTENING Common sense and optimism are very much needed Just now In adjust ing our business affairs to the chang ed conditions confronting the busi ness world. The following short sen tences epitomise the matter so clear ly thai lt is appended : "To comment at length on the busi ness situation is to waste time. Ve all know that the European war made It Impossible to. do what otherwise would have been easy of accomplleh asent "No1 ute crying over that. You and we-are not at faqlt. We didn't start (Vf ayor Rigging, cf Waco. Tex., in Hi? Cotton Suit. Mayor J. W. Riggns, of Weco, Tex., ward Governor Colqultt of Texas got waa tho first public official in (bo ' a suit, and then United Staes Sena United Statea to come forth In'a suit tor Morris' Sheppard got one. The made wholly of cotton. His was, senator said he would wear his in made of white'duck. Shortly after-; Texas during December. the war*. You and we can't stop our affairs just because the rulers of Eu rope want to fight. Wc must read just them and go ahead-, "Things are brightening. A big lot of crop money- biggest in our His tory- ia beginning to triekle through the channels of .trade,. Heavy orders from foreign countries avu .stimulat ing manufacturing. Railroads are be ginning to buy steel products again. This month the. new reserve basks will let loose $400,000,000 ot extra money for commercial use. All this will help." . . . . HOLlUNi; COTTON . -rr For n number of years all of us have plead, with ?f?e farmers to hold their cotton off ,tne market when tho price waa low.( This year i?c farsfors ar? hooding that advice, and as a consequence, business has gone to pot and prac tically every business house in this town is suffering. In a few in stances the suffering is acuto, and unless the farmers, loosen up .within ' thirty days .there will probably be at least three business fsiiures in Foun tain Inn. ?sj The situation is .squarely up to the farmer. He is the chap who makes good times and bad,times.. When ' the farmer sells ' his crops and pays off the merchant who fur nishes hiui with *ur?oii?t* during Lae yeai', and then buy. winter clothes and other necessities and luxuries, the merchants are enabled to take up their notes at the banka, and.the banks get In shape to make new loans for the fe!'.cv.'ir.s year. When for any reason the farmer docs not pay his supply MU, : and does not buy other goods, the mer chants cannot meet .their bank notes -and - the hanks must either collect those notes or go out of business If either of the Jf juntala Inn banka should lose the rooney it has loaned to merchants, it would close its doors. And yet the merchants, can't meet those notes unless the farmers pay up. What, then, is to bc done? There ls only.OPS honorable solu tion, lb the merchant to blame be cause cotton is low? Assuredly not. Then why try to make him stand your loss? You, the farmer, took the full risk when you planted this year's cotton crop. Yon did not. say to the mer chant this snrtng: ",f cotton brings ? "nsAsI t.rt^u th?? ?iii! 1 Will -?**V yuU. for your goods." You took\his gooda in good faith, placing yourself un der tull obligation to pay when due, even though the- -paying mode mat ters hard for yo?? By What .system of reasoning thea, aaa you ease your conscience when the mcrchsnt faces bankruptcy for lack of the money tied up in balee, of cotton io yout front yard? /What a maa justly owes he stolid pay, If U takes the . hide off. No cot ton raiser wishes to bo an object Of charity. But if he be a, man, then why not beer his burdetts,' like, a . man, pocket his loss,/pay. hts just debts ard tr-r' fnr ha;?>?- sn?!* riait tjmf? There sro th-'oto ? wiro cannot pay. Creditors Thc any bowels of humanity understand these case^ and will make the necessary con cessions. I am speaking only of those who could pay-- who h-.vc bales Vif cotton piled in the yard ari yet refuse, to do the square and manly thing. No poverty nor hardship can just ify crookedness. If a man must starve, then let, Mn starve like a gentlemen, without whine. As a matter ot fact no one will starve, or even suffer. Those who cannot pay tn fail can secure more time hy coming forward now. with ali they eau possibly spr-re. The farmer has the wrong . Idea ot merchandising. He thinks lt a sure and easy way to weeta. But lt isn't Merchandising ot? a credit basis, ls about tko moot uncertain :',v . ;'"J-?? graft' In the world. One of my friends who went -out of business this year h?s Borne three thousand dollars out among farmers who promised to "pay In the fall." There in one concern in town that has out about twenty thous and dollars. If they don't collect, they'll "bust" If all men who get credit were square men, merchandising would be a fine game. But there . are scores of sorry, tricky dead beats, and. there are other scores who talk mighty s-.)ft until they get a bill of goods, and talk mighty Independent after wards.-Fountain Inn Tribune. ? i ; j ~ i LAWLESS Jt'STlC V The lynching of Dillard .Vileon by a mob composed of citizens of Shiloh township, Sumter count;,' and ad jacent sections of Florencio, and Clar endon counties was the exercise of lawless justice by an excited and out raged* community that will be approv ed und justified by a majority of thc people.-of Sumter county and the state at large.' This being a fact that we must admit, regardless of our firm ly rooted conviction that lynch law ls never justified in a country that has courts, an ' honest judiciary add a predominant sentiment in favor of the suppression of crfme and the punish ment of criminals, it is almost a waste of time to discuss the Dillard Wilson case, save in general terms for the purpose of making clear reasons for declining to approve lynch law la any circumstances, no matter how hein ous the crime or. how positive the f.W. \?l .Ul; f^tCWb KJl lilt T11.1IH1 UL I.U3 mob.' There was no question of the guilt ot Dillard Wilson. His. crime waa brought home tb him and fasten ed upon him by a chain of circumstan tial evidence stronger, more positive and more, convincing than that usual ly adduced from the. testimony of eye witnesses of ' a crime. He waa posi tively identified by tho little son ot the woman whom he murdered. He finally confessed hi" guilt, removing the last shred of doubt if doubt ex isted In. the minda ot anyone. Tho case against' him was clear, positive. Irrefutable. Hia life was forfeited for his ghastly crime. All *^.at remained was the time and manner of his exe cution. Had he neon left to be dealt with by law through Ute orderly pro cedure of the courts a speedy trial was guaranteed and hts ' punishment certain..All that eWiileed aoeiaty **km ?jr sliO????! ?*>*R; !? tr>^ ?*nf?.i*fv6mj^> O?* law and the punishment of crim?n ala This was assured In the case of Dillard Wilson, but the in?., -L him ts death, yielding to the heat and passion of toe moment lost sight Ot Ute ' duty that each and every law abiding citizen owes to himself and. his State to uphold tt/.e courts and aid in all ways, possible, and in all cir cumstances the " orderly enforcement pt law. They took tho law into their own hands and enforced, swift jus tice tn a lawless manner'. Th'oy did no injustice to Dillard Wilson. They klled hin), but his life was already forfeited, and tn killing him they did h?nj ti/} ?3f?*C3g. The VTTOI?^ S? community in particular, and to soci ety In general irs the visen and s??. rant disregard nf. law .The effect of the lynching of Dillard Wilson did not end when the mob had satisfied Its veqgence.bY riddling his-bodv with bullets: Thh k lttpg of Dillard Wilson was a reversion to lawlessness ia mses, -and a breaking af tasrtaw* that divide law and Order from lawless ness sod violence. Therein Hes tao danger In ivneh law:: th<reln li?s the wrongfulness of . resorting to rough1 and ready iustlc* whait thor* ure courts astat-'ished for the. trisl i?Ud punishment of crim?nala. The kil ling of u self-confessed murderer, whose clothlna: reeked with the blood nt.his vicCim, is a undi thing in com parison wHh the wrong done the pub lie conscience. The man who partici pated in the lynching of Dillard Wil son will aaa lt essy -to jaettfjr the -B BL ^ 0 j/fl ll We always hand you t' s proper hat for your face. Oar huge stock affords you an opportunity to see your self under all the new ideas. Special Stetsons in su preme styles, $3.60 to $5; B-0-E? Special $3 Hats are wonderful values; Evans $2 Special, the unrivaled hat at its price. All with our steel lined guarantee of satisfaction or your money back. ? ? ? killing of a murderer, but bow ca\ tbey Justify tbe violation of law that their act entailed when they assumed the function of public executioners? -The Sumter Daily Item. TIMES HAVE CHANGED. A few days ago on a train coming out of Savannah, Ga., a passenger in a Pullman car was seised with chills and fever. The conductor on the train first tried to find a doctor on the train failing In which he decided to try to get some:whiskey and give the sick man until they could get him to his destination. He went through every coach in the train and asked every passenger but could not find a drop of whiskey on the train. Only a few years back this conduc tor could not havo had' to have made inquiries of over two or three pas- ! sengers before finding some booze, for nearly every other traveler you met carried some along with him, But times have changed. ' The. business world4s knocking booze out Of com mission where sentiment has failed. The business man of today doesn't want a drinking man Jn his employ, ia iact he woa'fc h??*-2 hicz- .Esch jaar see? the number ot emi>?oyera who decline to have drunkards increase. Whiskey ls doomed the country over. It ls now merely a question of time until its demise.-The Greenville Piedmont NO FAILURES HERE. Parties who fall in Anderson now have to go to Greenville to have their business wound up, the office, of ref eree in bankruptcy at Anderson hav ing been abolished.-Snartanburg Journal. Th ero is a very, good reason why this office should be abolished at An derson. There has not. been a busi ness failure in Anderson in a very long time, and lt waa too expensive to maintain an office which was never used. Can the City of Distress say ns much? EXPECTS JC?CH OF HIM. D. Watson Bell, who has been city editor of The Anderson Intelligencer since the establishment, hes resigned to take charge of The York Nowa Mr. Bell ls a most capable young "news ?" STer man and wo expect much of im and The News?. He Hos our best Journal. "IR" BUT IT MAY COME TRUE. If tbB dispensaries of Union were close?' ont and the $160,000 a year thruwn away therein were invested in ?rain elevators it would build a $10, 000 elevator and equip ono in ir? counties In the State. Union county, together with the considerable con tribution made by contiguous coun ties, could build a grain elevator and equip the plant every month in the year and then have considerable working capital upon which to oper ate.-The Union Times. LIKE FIGHTING COCKS. Those Anderson papers ought to quit their scrapping, although- we must confess that ...lng in Anderson IB " calculated to iiake a man feel in a fighting humor.--Spartanburg Jour nal. Condensed Isesenger Schedule PIEDMONT & NORTHERN RAILtTAY COMPANY. Effective November 8th, 1014, .- Anderson? g. -Cv ? - Departure s No. 30. C;40 a. m. No. 32 .................. T:80a. m. No. 3? ..... :.;....'. .iv 10:25 a. m. No.,ae ..........um* m. $?2-,,,,v.yfes?'* i m No. 40. 3:40 p. m. 1?. t?*.W..-.S'; 4:46 p. m. Na 44 .........ii/..... 6:25 p. m. Nor?? ...c.r.;.;T...;... t:36p. m (. Limited trains.)- . C. V. PALMER, Gen. Pass. Agt., Greenville. S.iC Arrivals No. 31 ., . No. 33? , No. 35 . No. 37 . No. 39 . No. 41 . No. 43 . No. 46 . NO, 47 . . 8:46 a m. 11:36 a. m. 1:30 p. m. . 3:20 p. m. 4:46 D. m. . 6:50 p. m. 7:30 p. m. . 9:40 p. m. 10:60 p. m. .. ?. ' ? 1 B r v ? ; 1 Sanitary Plumbing Your health and that of your family de mands the installation of a System of Plumbings that is strictly sanitary. We em ploy only experienced and reliable plumb ers. We are in a position to serve you ?n a satisfactory, manner. i v * t j # Sullivan Hardware Co. rri^f ^ Anderson, S. C. -.-'?- r-. - ' .II II i i