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TSE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED AUCIUMT I, 18M. lit .North Main Mroet ANDEttHO.N, H. C. W. W 8M0AK, Kditor and Ba*. Mgr L. M. OLENN.ri ty Editor PHELPS 8AS8KKN, Advertising Mgr T. H. GODFREY.Circulation Algr. EL ADAMS. Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Entered as second-class matter Ap ril 28. 1914, at tho post office at An derson, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3. 1879. Member of Associated Press ?nd Receiving Complete Daily Telegrapnlc Service. TELrTHONIiS . Editorial and Business Office.321 Job Printing .693-L St VStHiriUM U116? 8? Bil? Weekly One Tesr .ll.Co Hz Months.75 Dally One Year .$6.00 Biz Moutb' . 2.60 Three Months .... 1 25 The Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers In the city. If you fall to get your paper regularly plcaso notify ni. Opposite your nanto ou the label of your paper ld printed date to which our paper Is paid. Al1 checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. Thfi Wost her. South Carolina: Fair, slightly warm er Saturday; Sunday fair. FOH HTKKET PAYIXG If it conld be known that Ander son would spend $200,000 in street paving in the near future, it would go a long way towards making for a better feeling of security on the part bf the people ot the city. In ad dition to this it would be an oppor tunity for tho poor people of tho city to secure employment when a Job counts for something. It would al?o mean a great saving for the city on account of the cheapness of construc tion. Thia applies with equal force to a bond issue for roads In the county. Well, one day of 1916 ls done. .The weather man mado a good be ginning yesterday If no one elso did. o Did you get a good start yesterday, bravo soul? Wonder haw many of the Green wood Journal's New Year resolution! remained. unbroken ' at sundown Fri day. The water wagon had more patrons yesterday. than it will havo on any other day of the year. Wonder it Sparenburg foik have waked np to the fact that Christmas hat come,and gone? ?Everybody was glad to see the New Year, hut the col tego folk who are hero on vacation. The financial outlook isn't bother ing us half so much as tho financial inlook. A New York butcher found a dia mond In a turkey gizzard. That was a profitable crop. We know, of uno funeral where there wer?' ho mourners-when they laid poor old 1914 In his grave. -o-i- . Should the national house of repre sentatives fire a Cannon, there would Aiken. ? 0' Why should the English army be buying sweaters In America? Aren't the Germans making them sweat enough already? Tt doesn't necessarily follow that every fellow you hear humming "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" -knows what it means. o We sincerely hope that "the evil that men dp live after them, the good ls oft Interred with their bones" does not apply to years. The whitest frost seen in thia sec tion In years formed Thursday night. Old 1914 had a pretty shroud If there waa no weeping at his bier. . Did you pay your taxes before the old year died?-Greenville Piedmont. Naw, we waited and laid the money on bis eyes. ' " o. If Governor Binase ls pardoned as many times as he has pardoned there's no danger of anyone ever harboring nay til will toward htm. Skeleton for a poem entitled "Charge of tho Anderson Brigade Mud to the front ot them, mud to the rear ot them, mud beneath them, ker .plaah and kersplosh." If tboso fraud charges are proven (fte next house may fire a Cannon. Granville Piedmont. Had John P. draco proven similar charges tie would have harpooned a Whale- y. H KV. X ETTI, E'S FAREWELL With thc current ISHIM of Thc Soul hern Christian Adv?calo, Hw. s. A. Neille?, severs lils connection with thc pnp< r. turning it over m Rev, W. i). Kirkland who will he tin- new '-d Uor, The period of time in which Tho Southern christian Advocate has hcen e?lite?l and published hy Kev. S. A. Nettles has been an Important period for the Methodist church In South Carolina, ile has had anything hut a smooth sea for lils Journalistic caren , and then has been no lack of interest ing happening" In the rank;: of Metho dism. Deina a hurd fighter ami a gund writer, Ilcv. Nettles lias kept lila paper before thc public, and has contended for what he believed to h?> right, with fearlcsn nbllty. He ..mild Itavo ad opted :m easier and more popular course, hut stu b was not lils concep ? iioii oi citii>. The valedictory which Rev. Nettles hon written ls mild, and expresses his hcHt wlnhea for the new management, , und l'or the new publishers, as well as for the MeihodiNt church. His strongest opponents can scarcely lind anything in this farewell word which will bn criticized by them. Thus passes from the religious J press a man who ha? mad'1 a strong fight for what he believed to b<? right. Hu baa left bin impress upon South Carolina Methodism. lils successor. Kev. W. D. Kirkland, is s gifted and fluent writer, und tho f-jntlthepls of f?$ former (Hitor in many respects. That he will ably edit Tlie Advocate goes without saying, and tho conference ?-ould hardly have chos en a bi tter man to bring together the factions in the Methodist ranks. An derson is glad to have the privilege of publishing The Advocate. ANDERSON COUNTY'S EXPERT While lt is almost reasonably sure that tho Anderson county delegation 1 will authorize tho expenditure of the $800 asked for by Hon. W. W| Long to supplement bis fund for a county farm demonstration agent, lt would have been better for the assurance to have been given definitely at the meeting held hero Thursday. Similar requests were made by Mr. Long of the Greenville and Spartanbnrg dele gations and they immediately sub scribed the amount asked for, so their expert farm demonstration agents I have been assigned, and they will Immediately go to work. Tho work In Anderson . 'unity ls just as important as it is in Greenville or Spartanbnrg counties, and we should have Just as good a man. ' . We were Informed by Mr. Long that ho had an exceptionally good man whom he could place In Anderson county, if the delegation acted favor ably upon his petition. Since this was not done, we doubt whether or not Mr. LOHK w??i bo abie io -xeep this export for Anderson county, if some joteex county takes advantage of this ' proportion. Let us hope that the de lay by tho delegation will not work to the detriment of the , agricultural work in Anderson county. So import* ant is thia work and this decision by tho delegation that The Intelligencer hopes some way may be had by which the delegation ran be polled before the meeting of the legislature. It this cannot be done, wc trust Mr. Long will hold og from sending the expert he has in view to another county. Anderson county cannot be behind another county in mattera pertaining to her agricultural development. THE EXTENSION OK TAX PAY MENT. The extenslou of time for tho pay ment of taxes without penalty came aa a great surprise to tho people. The announcement coming as it did the night before the penalty was to be added, did noi prevent the payment of the taxes of those who wished to avoid the one per cent penalty. There fore, the amount of taxes collected ls as large ns it would have been should the penalty have been added. The people who could not have paid aayway will be the ones benefltted and lt is doubtful If any loss will be sustained by the State by this ex tension, while it will amount to a con siderable saving for tho poor people of thc State. A headline says "German Recruits Drilled at Liege." Some of the regu lars had a few holes drilled through them at that same place not long since. oooooooooooaeoooooo o PAINTS THE EVILS OF e o DRINK HABIT . o o ' " o Charlotte News. I have read with interest lately, tn The News, several articles along tho line of the drink habit ?nd ita evils. I have seen so much of thia etil, and am so much In sympathy - with the temperance cause, that I can he silent no longer, but aak the Privileg? of saying a few words through these columns. While I have only been a resident ot Charlotte for a few months I find here, the same weakness, lntcmper PRESS COMMENT O PROTEST 1 IXXN'DOX, Jan. 1. - The Saturday Review describes President Wilson's note protesting against thc liritisli attitude toward Americao shipping as .a document from a candid friend who, Just bwatiso ho fs a friend, can say things which ?>etween strangers would be regarded as having too mugil an edge." Tho Review does not think it should be impossible for two govcrninentH who have no wish t-.i lind causes for takln? tho offensive, to reconcile their points of view. The position of a belligerent with respect to command of the sea. say? this paper, is different, even when neutral governments arc friends. But his position is determined absolutely by tho fact thal England hae that ?-on: Imand of the sen, and .'cannot surren der her right to use lt for defeat ol [thu enemy by any means sanctioned under International law." Unfortunately, the Review contin ues, it is necessary to niterfere with the custom of neutral countries of sel ling in the dearest markets, but there is evidence thal Hritaln will "strain to meet every reasonable complaint and make the yoke of thc trident as litfht as is compatible wilta the objects . of the British navy." The .Nation says: "We confess the feeling some re gret a? this form of American, note' We wish lt had been somewhat dif ferently cxpresed ami despatched in accordance with the accustomed way -we will not say of diplomacy, but of a friendly correspondence. "There are two ways ot'conducting a controversy of public Interest. A man may give his correspondent the sole benefit of his mind, or he may turn a missive into a missile hy des-, patching one copy of it to the prona' at or before the hour of its receipt by the person immediaely concerned. It appears the American state depart ment chose the later course, but there is no call to turn an error of tact Into one of substance. "For the rest there la no deeply serious cause for complaint. It was inevitable that a nation not at war should fall to understand the difficul ties of one that is, especially when the interests of belligerent and neu tral conflict." The Nation says the waT, to some ance, among my fellow men that ex ists everywhere I have been. While I am optimistic along these lines, believing the temperance cause to be gaining ground, there is far more of this evil, all around us, thar, is desirable. Ono of our great men, I believe It was George Washington, said: "La bor to keep alive In your heart the* little spark of celestial fire, called conscience." If any sane man woulu heed the dictates of bis conscience, he would abstain at all times, from anything that would Intoxicate. Any man who denies thin statement, ls either a fool or Is trying to deceive himself. If I was a Demosthenes in oratory^ I would spend thc remainder of my life, or gain the cause in trying to persuade my fellows to abstain xrohi drenching their throats with thia. dum. nable dist il I ment of hell. It is beyond the power of Imagina tion, to concede the extent cf poverty crime and degredatlon. heaped 'around the footstool of this frightful mon ster, strone drink. It ucllates not to take for its vic tims the first of our land. It garners in from the pride and hope of our ris ing generations. It was only a short time ago, the writer was accosted by a bright young mon, in.thc bloom of youth, the pride of his mother's fond heart. He was drunk, and asked me not to tell his mother, for he said. "She does not know I drink." He was going ba?* to a dark place to take one more drink. I tried to dissuade him but he said he had promised a friend ? take one more and he would have to do so. Whiskey had robbed him ol lils reason. How many more ho took l do not know. Flee from this monster yying men. and older, rich and poor; all whe mould have contentment, peace ont' love in this life, and that to come. Or If you will take to yourself shame, dis grace, sin aud death: help to pile up that ever growing mass of crime, drunkenness. poverty and murder, suffering children, ruined wives add heart-broken mothers, all to stare yon In the face in a day to come, when you will fully awake to see what you could have seen, before it was toe late. O. Li. DeYoung. COS N*. Allen St.. Charlotte. N. C. eoooooooooooooooooo s OCR DAILY POEM 2 . . o eoooooooooooooooooo A Soldier's Heart. Where is the heart of a soldier. His Mi ou ght. hir hope, and his dream. When the rifles ring and the bullets sing I And the flashing sabers gleam? - Oh. not on the field of battle, 1 Bot far and far away. His heart ls' living the old, old hopes. While his sword ia r*d ?a the f&fl Where ls Ute heart of a soldier. And what do ta? bugles wake. And what doe? ike roar of the can mean When the hyis beneath them shake? ?Oh, not for him th? glory. And the dash and crash of war, ?But his hean Is away on^a r?ision say When they hoar no cannon roar! And there ls the heart ot a soldier A little hom? on the hill, A white-faced woman,, a little child. That stand hy the window sill; N AMERICA'S M GREAT BRITAIN extent, is ono of ?conomie exhaustion, but more one of ammunition, which it declare? already 1? approaching the period of deterioration. Tho Allies, it adds, think lt ea?entliil to prevent ma terlulri of war. especially copper and antimony from reaching the German army, but that the risht of search is not the perfect instrument for this, as it Implies the overhauling Ot cargoes and the detention, delay und dctorlor aion of perishable goods. It adds taut If the United States is hostile on the merits of the war the process must -appear to be an unmitigated nuisance, hut If thc I'nlted States sympathizes with the Allies, she must be conscious of a divided mind. She has her own trade interests to consider, lt declares, and a!?.? is interested ?n ur?ng??K ihe war to an end, and to a right end. Tho Nation says each party owes a duty to the other. Ii expresses doubt It' a serious attempt has been made to curtail Germany's fowl bjupply and says lt hopes that no food will be stopped unless it is destined for thc army. The newspaper considers the enormous Italian Imports of copper probably have bqen due ot war prepar ations. French Tress Comment. PARIS, Jan. 1.- Extensive com ments on the American note to the British government are appearing In th? French press. It ls agreed that no danger exists of a rupture of the ex cellent relations beiveen the United States and England, France ant! Bus- i Bia. America, lt is said, of all nations would avoid any unjust policy. Sever al newspapers say that President Wil don's own reference to the sharp practices employed by some Ameri can shippers appear to justify the precautionary measures which have been taken. Uermauy, the newspapers declare, has Inauguarted new methods or war tare, which are criticized severely. Because or these measures, it is as serted, lt has been necessary for the Allies to d?tend themselves vigorous ly, and all measures adopted have been dictated by necessity. The genet al opinion ls that there will be little difficulty In making sat isfactory explanations to the American government along ttroBe lines. A little song and a little prayer, j And a wonder in the face, And a "God save papa and bring him back i In the goodness of Thy grace!" And there is the heart of a soldier Not on the held of light, But steeped in the dream of a sad dened homo Where a window keeps Itc light, That a soldier's feet may keep the path And his way may homeward lead, When under tho Aug of the freedom land Ile has wrought- thc hero's deed. Yea, there ia Tho heart of n soldier, Where wife and baby ?re. Though his eyes and hts will may The light of the battle start Though his hand may awing the sa ber, And his bayonet'charge the foe,' The soldier's heart is away, away, In the home where they miss him so! -Baltimore News. , The Imposition on Honesty. The farcical character of tho col lection of the South Carolina State in* come tax receives renewed illustration In the results for 1914. Look at them: Richland County paya nearly five times ?as-much as l'hurle- ton ; five times as much as Spsrtannurg or An derdon and about twelve times as much as Oreen vi Ile. In the rich cotton producing coun ties or Marlboro,'.Dillon, Darlington and Calhoun there la not a man having a net income of $2,?01. and be it re membered that the payments for 1914 are based on the. Incomes for 1913 long before the a lump lu the price of cotton-if .the law has not been -ig nored. In Charleston, in one year, thc ag gregate payments dropped from $4,397 to $1,199. In the acme years they In creased In Richland. Yet, a rigid enforcement of the law would probably doable the collections In Richland. The South Carolina income tax law, ns administered, il no more than n method of Imposing on the exception ally conscientious frr the benefit of the less scrupulous. By it, South Car olina "holds up" those few of her well-to-do citixons who wish to rc? ?peet the law and, In effect, give? o bounty to those others who treat her law with contempt. A federal Income tax having been Imposed, the State tax ought to be re pealed sod a tax r?n inheritances should be substituted for lt. If lt be retained, the exemption should be re duced to $500. so that the tax would hil on all except laboring men who earn no more than a bare subsistence. Were the law fairly administered, certain Individual citisens In Charles ton would pay almost aa much aa th* whole county's present payment bnt Charleston doe? better than some other counties. Th* man who has paid the tax due on bis Income has a right co feel thai the payment ts a contribution to benevolence or charity and to look upon it as he does his other charities. He has made an unusual and excep tional contribution from which others of his fellow citizens equally Hablo to] the tax, under tbs law. reap moat of the profits.-The 8tatc. E O. Brana and little daughters. Hisses Lula, Nancy ?ad Virginia, were tn the city yesterday for a abort while, . - . --? S20.00 Men's Overcoats.. . . 18.00 Menjs Overcoats. . . 15.00 Men's Overcoats. . . 10.00 Men's Overcoats. .. You readily recognize the imr reduction just at this time, 1: insist that you come herc tod values. 20 per cen We Pre? oooooooooooooooo o _ o o ATLANTA LETTER o oooooooooooooooo ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 1.- Tho last'' doy ot the old year was marked is I Atlanta by an even dozen dicorce suits, which ranged from the trivial to the tragic in their allegations. One woman charged that her husband al- j ways called her up and told her to | have supper ready on time and then, after she cooked it, wouldn't come home until morning. Another alleged that her recreant spouse threw lighted lamp at her, only missing his aim because he was also "lit." - Several of the cases Involved prom* inent persons. The divorce courts havo] had one of the heaviest years in their j history, ano one of the Judges as cribes it to tangoes, automobiles and (he short skirt which, happily, are now going out ot fashion. Atlanta ls planning a big "Go to Church" day tor Sunday, when every person bi the city, and especially strangers, are urg?<( tc! attend at least one service and thus start the new year right. A great deal of pub licity ls being given the movement, and church members are working in person to spread the idea, add it ls believed the capacity of the churches ' will be severely taxed. Four dollars duty on two dollars worth of cigarettes seems high, but that's what an Albany, Ga., Splscopal minister must pay before he i can smoke -them according to the ruling ot Customs Collector Vivian O. Ram sey, of Atlanta, to whom the case came. Tb J rector's wife, traveling in Eu rope, sent him a' package of fine French cigarettes, and the government duty came to four dollars. An appeal was made, but the collector sees no way to reduce the fee. Several ? dosen young men were forced to celebrate New- Year's eve in their old clothes because they had handed-their new. suits to & slim, well dressed negro who said he represent ed a pressing clnb. The negro has not been seen since, nor have the clothes, though the police are rooking fdr. both. Senators Hoke Smith and Thomas W. Hsrdwlck will appear Monday be fore President Wilson to urge that Thomas S. Felder of Macon, Ga. be ap pointed to a place on the federal trade commission. It ls understood that the president has reached no decision with reference to the personnel of j tho commission which ts to he a new body recently authorised. Tho city of Atlanta Is better off than, most of her citizens, in that she start ed the new year today out ot debt, with a clean slate. Mayor Woodward announced thM when be wczi into of fice two years ago there was a debt j of $700,000 exclusive ot Interest, out standing, and that this has been clear ed away, despite the fact that the I state ewea the city about $70.000] from the school tax fund. Brooking Brown, whose case ls very like that ot the noted Thomas Edgar Stripling, ls now lu the Atlanta Jail! awaiting trial for the murder of] Thomas Boyer in Hancock county] twelve years ago. He escaped before f trial, and bas been living under an aasumed name In Texas, where he bad married and prospered. He waa recently discovered, a requisition ta* sued for htm, and today be was brought hack to. await trial. He will be kept In the Atlanta Jail until court la ready to try him ta Hancock at j the March term. Mrs. Henry Moseley of Lowndes- r ville Tras shopping Ja tba city yester-1 ** .. ... . .1 WE'fO beating down the prices. In the cold month of January we warm up trade and give you some hot bargains. Now it is our entire stocks of Overcoats and Man hattan Shirts. The more you buy at this sale the more you save. $16.00 14.40 . 12-00 . 8.00 )ortance of this .ut we want to lay and see the SI.50 Manhattan Shirts.$1.15 2.00 Manhattan Shirts.1-40 3.50 Manhattan Shirts.2.25 1.50 Adjusto Shirts.M5 For a man >vith an eye to the future and a taste for economy here's thc chance to buy three shirts for about the price of two. All the new features represented. t. Reduction on all Boys' Overcoats. pay Parcel Poet Charges On All Mail Orders. "The Store with a Conscience" PARAMOUNT THEATRE TODAY'S PROGRAM : A carefully selected program will be exhibited. We have today 8 films from which to select. Opens at 1 ;30 today. ' The regular children's program for today. Coming Tuesday, January 5th JOHN BARRYMORE m "The Man From Mexico" EGOTISM PERSONIFIED Why Don't You Follow Their Example ? - r. , .' ' '. ' - ? _____ Why do the manufacturers ot Quaker Oats. Royal Baking Powder, Ivorir Soap, Postum, Goodyear Tl'es, Gold Medal Flour, Pear's Soap, Mention's Talcum, Coca-Cola and many others, whoso product is just as familiar to you, continue to advertise their ware CONTI?TOALLY? If you are familiar with the prices of stock in sny ot these concerns, you are compelled to answer, "Because lt pays." Why? Because nothing succeeds like succ?s*, and the?o tre mendous concerns, with their wonderful organisations KNOW by actual experience, (TABULATED RETURNS from certain sec tions in which they were carrying advertising as against non-ad vertised territory) hence the world-wide newspaper advertfsing ot their product ALL THE TIME. They realise that this CONTINUOUS newspaper advertising ls their VERY LIFE. These big concerns spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for advertising, and if they were not ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that this advertising paid them a profit, they would ad vertlso NOW AND THEN, instead of DAILY. In a conversation recently with the sales manager of one of tho largest ot these big concerns on this same subject, he stated: "If a'concorn of the size of this were to cease adversing CON TINUALLY, for only a very short time, that concern's sales would receive a hlow that might prove fatal; tn tact, we consider our REGULAR. DAILY ADVERTISING BIMPLY AS TRADE IN SURANCE." Yon must COMPEL the Interest cf the buying people They are not interested In YOUR business unless you MAKE them in tertrsted. < The buyers FORGET about where to buy goods. Lots of people are moving in here, or new families are being crested by mainates. You can't compel the .Interest ot this comnnmitv with "NOW AND THEN- advert ming. u takes the CONSTANT AND PERSISTENT kind. SASSEEN, THE AD. MAN.