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WE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED AUGUST L 1840. Iii Nerta Mala Stree* ANDERSON, 8. C. W. W. 8M0AK. Editor and Bat. Mgr L. M. GLENN.City Editor PHELPS 8A88EEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. M, ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Member ot Associated Preta and ReceiTing Complete Dally Telegraphic Servios. I Entered according to Act of Con gress as Second Claaa Mall Matter at tba Postofllce at Anderson, 8. C* ? TELEPHONES Editorial and Bualnasa Office.821 Job Printing .C93-L| SUBSCRIPTION BATES Seml-Weekly 009.Tear .11.601 Six Months . .751 Bally One Tear .te.OO .Ix Months . 2.G0 Three Months .... 1-85 The Intelligencer la delivered by carriers In tlie city, if you fall to get your paper regularly please notify j ce. Opposite your name on the label ot your ??aper la printed date to which our papar la paid. Al* checks ead drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intel li jencer. fl-1-'-v ! ONLY Sj i 14 ? . Hora Shopping . 0 *** . J Dare . * HafrrfT mr*_ . 0 j name A nw?*. 9 I.. The Weather. Aa I m .. . South Carolina: Partly cloudy Wed? nesday; Thursday fair and colder. BE, LIKE GERMANY, PREPARED. Irrespective ot what one thinks about the right and wrong of Uta pres ent gigantic struggle In Europe, one I fact, stands out pressaient, sud that, ia tho that that of all the nations engag ed in the war, Germany was most ready for it- waa tully prepared. There ls a lesson, to be learned from this fact, and lt ls an Important one fan our people, We do not mean by thia that we should spend vast suma I of money for war preparations, but we should gat, reerty to take advant age of our oppon unities. ? The people of An larson county, and tba Piedmont at 1 Arge, can learn a j leeson from Germany's prepared ness. There are thousands of acree of grain pleated) this year, and In a i verr few months will be ready tor the market. And t: con county farm er? and those of adjoining counties will need a market for their surplus ?rain, or it hid ?s well bot be plant ed. The Ir?sou: Anderson needs a grain elevator. The effort now being in Ade to organ IBO a stock company to t,rect.thts elevator should be crowned with success, not next yeer, or when times are better, but now. It Would be * lasting reproach to the people of this section if the market thus comes next, summer sad there la no place whore the grain of the county can be marketed. Deleye are dang?roue, so act now, and aend tn your subscription to Secretary waa* ley. TH . WHERh IS YOUR COTTONf Mr. Farmer, where baa your cot ban .?rizu buring Ute last ten days ot rala y weather T Has lt been under a sh*d. off tbs ground, where the staple has no* been wet bad damaged by coming In contact with the wet ground? It lt baa yon will get from three to nra doliere more par' hals tor lt. Wo dare sar that the cost to the farmers of Anderson county from damaged cotton due to carelessness and neglect up to now ls not less thsn 850,000, and perhaps a great deal sjjp*. He* much better to bare It ator e?&A S?te warehouse and tnaured Mr- Farmer, where la your cotton? BELGIANS Poor little Belgisn children I Poor iW^Xmerlcan children! We are sor ry* tor oil ot you. and we wftah we could giro each of you a very happy Christmas with s, tall s*oohing. Bat If any are to go lacking, should lt be .hs tittle one across the seas or the one at your door? Ob, the tragedy ot em empty stocking I How awful to the Uttls heart! wfcoie^oys were not ia Bead's Knd, and who koowa Gie tfa Sfttglaae, nrovtded there are not, as Claude Orares says, "some little Belgians at beebe." Bat. let as help them anyway, after we hs?e Siled Cae stockiagja at ourjsttsjrrfft OIR BLOODY UH OUI? It IB high time that the people of Anderdon county aroused themselves and, If poRPlbl'*, put a stop to the reckless disregard of human life. Two homicides and an assault with Intent to kill lu as many weekH, ls a fear ful record for one county. True there seems to be some cause for some of the killings, but there la law suppos ed to be adequate to cover tno?i cases. The homicide at Helton seems to have been Justifiable from the standpoint of our accepted code of morals; the shooting at Pelter less so- not enough for the taking of a human life, if the reports of the killing are true; that at Pendleton was without many extenu ating circumstances, as brought out at the coroner's inquest. Three communities, each of which ranks high as a center of education and Christian citizenship, now nre red with human blood. The Intelligencer deplores the ten dency of the times as indicated by such tragedies. Let us hope there will be a return to saner and safer liv ing and that the taking of human life will cease, most particularly in An derson county. FORMING A NEW COUNTY. The formation of a new county ls a very serious matter, and it is one that should be entered Into only after most carefully weighlngtheadvantages and the benefits to be gained, as well as the evils to be escaped by the sec tions seceding from the mother coun ties. The movement to cut Greenwood, Abbeville, and Edgefteld counties to form the proposed McDuffie county ls one of importance to the Piedmont section, and we trust those who favor the new county will not blind them selves to the struggle ahead. A Bmall and veak county starting off with a probable debt for public buildings, etc., at this time ls not a very promis ing outlook. But if the majority of the citizens wish this, they are the ones to be pleased and not thone whose county; ls not affected. Let up "?ope if the election carries, that .the baby county will be a big success from the start WE ARE NOT BEGGARS, That businesj conditions are im proving everywhere is self-evident The temporary set back due to toe interruption of the business world, caused by the disarrangement of the markets ot the world, was to be ex pected, but the country is rapidly be coming reconciled to this difference, and to the necessity for changes in handling the bastases affaira of the country. New markets have been, and are being sought, and new avenues opened for American thrift. Only the South has been so bord confidence; The Manufacturer's Re ars Imaginary, and ceased by leek of confidence. The manufacturers' Re cord deplores tho "begging attitude" in which the South has been pieced, and attributed much of this to politic ians who h. ve been doping the peo ple, and making grand stand plays In the interest' ot future elections. This Southern Journal says: "Cotton la now beginning to move. Farmers are beginn'ug to Bell; for eign spinners end Am erican spinners are beginning to hay. the financial situation throughout tm South ls eas ing np, snd men sro oms. more turn ing their thoughts swsy L om stagna tion in trade to a determination to de velop trade. Pessimism has g.'ven wsy to optimism. The South has caught Its second wind. It has been quicken ed by the cotton situstlon snd the world-wide conditions brought on by war. to livelier thought thea for many years, and in every avenue of life, from the highest to tbe lowest, men are thinking more, ead more, and on brooder lines, than for many yeera. Msny of them are thiwMng more than they have ever thought before. The whole mente! activity of the South is being quickened, end out of this will come a vast amount of good. One ot the results will, be the larger de velopment df diversified agriculture in the cotton. growing states. One will bo greater economy lothedeveleptnent of business Interests. Ons will be tue development of a general spirit ot economy which will ba of infinite val ue to every Interest in the South. This spirit will not lessen energy, but ic will quicken energy. It will lessen waste and develop thrift. It will tre mendously increase the South's pow er, to develop Its own resources. It wu. stir farmers sad merchants and bank ers and manufacturers to doing many things for their own good which will lead to the broadest development ot the South,' as well es to their Individ ual prosperity." The editor ot the Manufacturers'Re cord has been making a five weeks' tour of the South, meeting every clsss of the people, ead he says that the temporary loss which the South has sustained will ultimately prove one of the greatest blessings ever bestowed upon lt, for out of this condition will develop e mental and physics! activity whick will produce amazing results In the advancement ot the life of the South. Continuing, he says: "Let no one outside for a moment imagine that th? Benth ls la poverty or that the Beats will he halted ls its materiel advancement. The Sooth la not tn poverty. It is amazingly wau off. and only temporarily bas its flaan ciel strength been tie? ny ny reason of its Inability to realize on one of th? world's best assets-a crop of cotton that has for some years brought into Ibis section a bllllon. dollars or more ? year. This cotton :s now becoming like the stocks and bords of Wall street, a tangible asset wm, whtcn men are able to meet obligations, giv ing to all the ramifications of DUI?I aesB the inspiration needed to stir nuil quicken business life. "Every business concern in - this country that has been doing buslneus In the south, cr has expected to ao business in that growing section, DUght to recognize the situation anu fully realize that the halting was but For a moment, and tflat out of Ibis temporary crisis will come a greatei, i more progressive, a more energetic ?nd u richer South. Every man in the South ought tu iraw new inspiration from the pres ent conditions and have a stronger Faith in his own section in the way In which it can meet every emergency. Every man in this section with qulca .n. il energy of mind and body should jo forward with broader plans tor the advancement of bis own interests whether they be agricultural, commet - :lin. financial or Industrial. The lesson taught hy the effect ui the war will be worth to the South many times its cost. No one for a moment need be disturbed by the Tact that temporarily the lesson was u somewhat drastic one. Every emer gency met or every new crisis faced and conquered means a broader man ?nd a broader country. The South lias met tho crista; it has met the responsibility of the hour, and it will move forward to mightier achieve ments than six months ago would have been deemed possible to expect for years to come. The voice of the awakening South ls heard clear and distinct: Forward-March !'* Other Southern writers are equally optimistic. Douglas F. Conley, a bank er and real estate man of Tampa. Fla.. Bays : "I see nothing in the near future but encouragement for the South. The entire United States has enjoyed a greater dem; id and better prices for its products, with the sole exception of cottr ., than ever before in Its his tory. Now, the warring nations of eu rope agree to admit cotton practical ly into all ports; even Oermuny prom ises not to moleta cotton cargoes through her waters for Russian ports. Therefore relief Is in sight for the good cotton grower, who has without real good reason, been loy lng sym pathy snd protection u.id receiving help from oven the general govern ment. "Provided the financiers and politi cians of this country will rise above personalities snd grasp the greatness of the opportunity this country now has to become not only the bankers, but the merchants of the world, . . . . . we are on the verge of tn? greatest era of prosperity the United States has ever seen, snd I hope soon thst the "Made In U. S. A." will be as well known throughout the world ss "Made lo Germany" formerly was. COLLEGE PRESS ASSOCIATION COLUMBIA, Dec, 8.-'rho annual convention of the South Carolina Col lege Press Association which was held here at the University of South Carolina thia week was one of the most successful and profitable ever held by the association. Several prom inent speakers delivered Instructive addresses, while Journalists, of ex perience read papers before the ses sion of the convention. By no means the least' enjoyable were the social features of the convention; an infor mal reception Thursday afternoon by Dr. and Mrs. Currclt. snd a reception st the College for Women Thursday night. Friday night the annual ban quet, a very pretentious affale, was held at the Jefferson Hotel and fol lowed by a dance in the University gymnasium. At a meeting thia week of the advis ory board of the University athletic association, H. E. Danner. a law stu dent from Beaufort and captain of the basketball sq usu, waa. elected foot tall manager for the 1918 season, E. 8. Gumbrell of Belton, and a mem ber of the senior clasa were elected managers , ot the track team.. Mr. Guy Gunter, a former star. athJete. was choaen alumni manager. Block letters were conferred upon the stars of thia season. The Eu ph rad lan and Clarlsophtc literary soclatfe^ will, within the course of the next few days, hold the preliminaries to select men to rep resent them tn the annual debating contest for the gold medal offered hy Hr. W. J. Roddey, of Rook Hill. Tne query ls, "Resolved, That lt ls to the beat Interest of the South to eliminate totally the cotton crop in 1915." The debate always arouses keen Interest and a strong but generous rivalry be tween the members of the two liter ary societies. The finals will be held In the University chapel Tuesday eve ning, December 16. "After praising the wine they sell us vine* gar. Thus runs an - old Spanish proverb. That's not the way with us? We praise die result value of our want ads. And we sell you taUoid public ity that sparkles with real value. PETITION COUNCIL TO ACCEPT MILL STREETS ANDERSON COTTON MILLS ASKS CITY TO TAKE OVER VILLAGE STREETS OTHER MATTERS Of Importance Considered by City Fathers at Regular Meeting Last Night City council In regular session last night transacted u considerable amount of routine business and con sidered a few new matters, the most Important of which was a petition from President James D. Hammett of the Anderbon Cotton Milla that the city take over the streets covering the mill village. The petition waa pre sented by Alderman Carter, who of fered a motion that the matter be re ferred to council as a whole and that they visit the mill village for the pur pose of inspecting the st roc ts and acting upon the matter then and there. The motion was carried. The streets which the city is peti tioned to take over .are: "A" street from King to "B.? "BH from Glenn to Mill. "C" from King to Olvan. "D" from Glenn to Mill. "E" from Glenn to Mill. "F" from King to Kelly. "G" from Kelly to Ligon property. "HM from Kelly to Ligon property. "I" from Kelly to Ligon property. Mill from "B" ia "F." Kelly from "E" to "I." Abattoir Mutter. The next matter of importance con sidered by council was that of the ab attoir proposition. As generally known, the contract under which the present abattoir ls being operated ex pires February 15, and if the city is to go into the business itself must take some action in the matter. May or Godfrey read a communication from the Federal government in which it waa stated that plans and specifi cations for a model abattoir had been forwarded, at the request of Con sressman Aiken, who was asked by Mayor Godfrey some time ago to se cure such Information for the city council. The eommunlcation also stated under what conditions the Fed eral government would aid cities in operating abattoirs. Thc matter was referred to a committee consisting'of the mayor snd Aldermen Dobbins, Carter, Barton and King with in structions to work tb* nutter out and report back to council. '1 ''sW Te Regulate Baying. Another imnortsnt. transaction by council waa the promulgation of an order that hereafter, i three officials ci the city-the clerk, the city engineer and the street overseer-r-ahould give written orders for all purchases mada for the city, and thai any etnoloye ot the city purchasing any article with out a written order from one of these oficiala shall have faa Item charged to his personal account. Improvements Ordered. Alderman Barton of the police com mittee presented recommendations from the committee - that certain changes \ in the chiefs office at once chief of police in order that it may be made more private, that the ca oaclty of the guard house be enlarged by the erecting of a small annex for th9 housing of white prisoners and that tho city provide the d?partaient with a patrol wagon, black maria or hurry wagon, or whatever name the vehtcle Is known. Council instructed the committee to carry out the changes in the cheif'a office at once and requested that the matter of the cost of the RU ard house improvements and the petrol wagon be Investigated and reported upon Utter,. Minor Matters Up. A motion by Alderman Dobbins that the payment of aU bills varlf.ed by the auditing committee be author ised and that payment of those bills not verified by the commute be defer red. Alderman Spearman brought to the attention of council that the secre tary of the board of health was work ing without renumeration for hie ser vices. sad council voted to pay him $50 annually and furnish him with stationery and stamps for carrying on the work of the office. ' Upon motion of Alderman Dobbins, the rules of council were suspended ind the ordinance governing thr lo cation ot gasoline hydrants In tho city was adopted. The question ot whether the city would permit lunch stands, peanuts fdaids. fruit sunda and the like to continue to opeirt*'on the streets of the city waa brought It was de cided to leave the disposition of this question to the sanitation committee, to determine whether the places should be operated from the stand point of sanitation, and to the chief of police to determine their location. The licensee granted these places are to he at all times subject to revoca tion without notice. The city engineer was authorised to conduct certain invostigstloae ee to property lines alon gPiedmcnt street, property lines along* Piedmont street. The question of Axing a sanitation tax for the year 1915 was brought be fore council, but upon motion of Al derman Carter the matter was car ried over to the next meeting of coun cil: Before adjournment connell decid ed that hereafter all retornar?an ser vices tor the city wnald be performed by th? Inspecte:. Billa for services of thia character <*s? ny acother party wera referred to the sanitation com mittee t-JT approval. The city clerk wan authorised - to make certain refende off taxes to par ties who have been overcharged.- this having been recommended by the city board of assessors. ...... As a matter of fact, men often receive presents which are appreciat ed only in the note of thanks. "Why couldn't it have been something to wear," is a familiar grouch about Christmas time. You can be sure of every article selected with us; our stocks are all chosen for their likeableness as well as practical service. Two Suggestions you can use Ties are things the masculine taste Will ap^ prec?ate, lt's an education in color to ex amine our cravattings-a proof of good judgment to present one and a sign of good taste to wear one. Handsome holiday boxes for each tie, Soc, 75c, Si. A tie, handkerchief and pair of hose to match will show thought as well as good taste-he needs them all. There are new ideas here in this combination. In beautiful boxes for the season. A choice gift at St, $1.50 and S2.50. You will, of course, inplude socks.in your list of gifts for men. There's troth ing better if you give the wearable kind. We suggest Holeproof on ""count of their tone and quality. Three pairs, in elaborate Christmas box, guaran teed three months, M.50 a box. Six pairs, similarly boxed, guaranteed six months, $1.50 a box. * * * i Order by pare?is post; we prepay all chargea. The Christmas. Store for Men's and Boys' Gifts. ts The Store with a Conscience ANNUAL CONVENTION OF STATE BAPTISTS! Special to Thc Intrllijenor?. CHARLESTON, Dec. 8.-The ninety fourth session of the Baptist State .convention convened at the Citadel Square church this morning. Opening exercises by Rev. E. P. Jones ot New berry. Dr. Z. T. Cody of Greenville was elected president; T. T. Hyde, v>f Charleston and P. N. K. Bailey, or Greenwood, rice presidents; Revs. Chas. A. Jones, Bennettsvlllo; Edw. S. Reaves, Honea Path; W. E Wilkin son, Greenville, secretary, C. B. Bono j of Laurens, treasurer. Welcomed by T. T. Hyde and Rev. C. C. Coleman, pastor. Response Rev. A. T." Jamison of Greenwood. Visitors and new pastors welcomed. The convention sermon by Rev. ?. E. Burts ot Columbia on "Christian Solicitude" was a masterly and im-1 t"/i essive discourse. Report of foreign missions by Rev. E. 8. Alderman of] Spartanburg. Address by Rev. R. A. ndsdell. Judson Central represents? , tlve" South Carolins Baptists given $92,000 to thin fund. A masterly and scholarly address was delivered by Dr. J. P. Loove, home secretary Vor for eign mission board. An address .was delivered by John Lake, miss'onary to China. Reports of boards referred to com mittees and laymen'a work and home missions occupied the remainder bf the morning. Enrollment normal. The convention adopted a resolution requesting the state to establish a home for wayward and delinquent girls. The ministers conference is in session this after noon. oooooooooooeooeouu e Lu? BAILY POEM ooooooooooooooooooo THE MAN WHO WINS, j The man who wins ls au average man Not built on anr particular plan. Not bleat * any particular luck. Just steady sAd, sanest and full .of j pluck. When asked a question,.he does not] "Guess," He knows, and answers "no" ot "yes.1 When set a task that the rest can't do ?He buckles down till he's put RV . through. Three things he'y learned; that the) man who tries, Finds favor ia his employers eyes; I That lt nays to know more than one thing well; That lt doesn't pay all he knowe to taU. So he works and waits, till one Sse day There's a better Job, with bigger pay. And the. men who shirked whenever j they could Are bossed by the men whose work made good. For Ute man who wins le the man who works. Who neither labor nor trouble shirks. Who uses his hands, hui heed.'hfa eyes The man who wins Is the man who tries. -The Optimist BETA HA OP THE MIGHTY BATTLED (CONTINUED PROM PAO g ONE.) - contour, and the Uno. Details of these mighty beith have to he written. The gea'! that there has been fearful slaughter and intense suffering from the cold comas lass about UM total of the in ? formation recorred. The Germans claim they are Pur suing Russians south sad eeedajHpi;aC Leds. Several American i iifriM?si dents .were with . the Russian anny whan the battle broke, but nothing has been heard irosa them for. several days, stridently they, are under. Um hand of a strict eonsotshlp "The Proof of the Pudding's Io the Eating" Yesterday B. X. Wyatt, the hustling Coal Dealer who ls selling good coal at $5.00 a toa, came Into the Intelligencer offlee and said: "Advertising certainly does pay; I have already gotten ?officient re* rums fron the little adTertlalng which I hare done la your paper to convince me of that.*' \ Yesterday afternoon, Mr. H. G. Lore, the Real Estate agent with offices orer Hubbard's Jewelry store came In, and said: "You cer tainly told ate the truth, advertising In the Intelligencer has already paid ste a alee dividend on my investment with yoa; I hare not yet decided bat I ssa contemplating doubling my advertising space with you nerl months*.-.--. . These ar? httf*aann>lM does; these compliments cane voluntarily; we were not ''trading last* as the ladles nseU to do. ? ?- . ??* C J* fe' . ' "Come on In, the water's fine"! Sasseen. the Ad Man. British military experto insist that three quarters ot the best material of the German army has been held in the western theatre of the war throughout the campaign and that troops opposing tbs Russians consist principally of ! second line organizations. The French officiai report tonight I announces thal the German? i j have, i made" a violent attack on the Allies at St. Eloy, south of Ypres, which was repulsed. This may mean a renewal of the German attempt to batter through the allied linee., Elsewhere _ .. _--J^TT I ? ---?-g tn the weat there have been only local engagements. . ? Austrian and Servian reports con tin oe to claim success for their re spective sides.' ' Servia reports a vlc toy in the northeast front. with nearly' 2,000 prisoners. ' 'Vienna says the Austrian advance .sputfy Qf .Bel tronl'theoa^Ue fields, the of ficially announced illness ot the Ger man emperor . lu Berlin I from bron chial catarrh, with fever, ls the most Inrurantlncr. ri Awn nf th? ifa?v. * ' The simple? strong, hard-hitting, accurate shooting kind. Such Rifles make happy boys. 9%r Bows amd Arrows Just what every boy wants. Get one for your ?boy, y,t 'At M J , , ? t fl J A. it ? HM 1IEC0. m, S.C, Creerle, S. C., Belton, S. C. an