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r desiree to thank Ute kiad words 4a ? . > e have 1 in th?? work for any i ;? may galo from it, but/ teated bf. a desire ti ^stance to those who hf/c ? who'have uaony to f^-figm. We have not fished jiflshand do it all, an Van in >?' extended our r,ftemoon temporary to assist in giving pub o some ot the work we have wish?! to-do, aid what o?dofl in doing, waa i?fort and relief to rew?fd was the jSg the grati cen helped, thrj??? tn ','ontrlbutrd ls fund, and Of 'tipr substance, ministered personally to unfortunate. The thaiiV- of The tiigencer'is du?, OD i we wish pub ' to cckaowledg*. thc unselfish . tireless work done by Mr. and .{, Miss Anna Berget i purrah. These hav< tat In taking the ot iS&,-&J.ftii^JpO& people cf the city many, hearts have, been lightenec Its of cheer and succor. flB^B?fl?pKlf.cr welcomes -the or ?of a permunent relief asso . wo trust they will be abb f much good for the peo 4 a sorely need hein. There ii a?ift-fbr any person with a groud r, work, and the organize ^fl^^H^Hfrfeelve tho earnest cooper ^H^^BBKtersons. We wish it to cal ^|H|Hfi3Htewspaper for any aid tha .AVflHHNpeD through its columns, ^H|^mp?ric which can be dono b; ? r of Its force. Every man ud boy connected with tbl iper have taken a keen Interes f a W^??S?-work of relier> u"d near! J ' ?RrQe ot t,10m R'ven o' nieans an M ? Bind have shown heartfelt syra E^H^w*'M those who have gotten th o( leaving things at this of fie HHBl to continue to do BO. we shal BnflflflHBe'"pleasure in turning what the ?flare with us over to thc proper rei Bnssntatlves of this work, or wo shal Dpispense it direct as we are in s true! ^BH^BaKed to do. Everyone should have ^Blhahd in this great work, and wo trui there shall be'a ready response to th fdemands mode for the wherewith! to do good. We should remember tin the wheel of fortune ts constantl turning', and tomorrow those who u dey sro prosperous may be unfortu: fr pt ate and dependent upon the good pet *ff?nc pie for subsistence. Therefore, we wi tJJ"*^. \? ??r.vr been favored should not iors< HBfig^'T; these who have been melted by rr.: % fortunes. ? SHR? ' ?'-.? *? ?' ' HassVflT ? THE ?CBASITY BALL" ?Hfl^H^^DH^BBe seas.- > . - ? . I ^l|M every f While there are those who will cot HBr demn the "charity ball" given la night for vue purpose of raising fun* * |0Hpp Clemen- for tho relief of some of the sufferft 0, HHpras when tn the etty, there remains this fa \j& Hw a acaro that a good many dollars will be tur ^HBo?bt if it ed over to the Anderson Belief Ass jfl |Eay, dation which would not otherwise AV IF* ; given for this purpose. We suspe 1 Tzn Hr ye9terday D? inat tht} d(>ilar given from this sour I* ^Hj[:vHt negro' will purchase just as large a bag . ?HSurtenburg jail flour or as many pounds of meat .^That's one tuns any other dollar. While lt ls true tb JHEn?d a ?M>g= those persons should have made t ?B?- "* contributions anyway, they would r ^^Hpa thing from the in many cases have done so. It ls 1 ??StSBb it was reported posclMe to have the world as pure s BSfrg' m Champagne, "good" aa we would like for lt to 1 Kfctous, hut you know but the little "goodness" some neb] IBMS happen when have, according to some standar HBt^tnto a thing like eliould not be prevented from flndl Hg ita outlet, and performing- the m - . . sion all good should hare. Thereto ^^^HEpi?d how the oth- yt commend the motive ot those vi BBS Democratic women last .ught contributed by . this mei BS < president Wilson to to tha relief, of the needy oana s BE' of a constitutione). 7?1 hardly question the way the p ?gru^-wide St?1**,**T S to let one ot their ****** ,8 ^ 5JpB?.T ** A cd so mnch had & ?he ne?? of w SHgp?^1^ ts bs im- Tt*t U "^j* h*hv<>ve? ?ny of ui ^Bf to ?teal when W??LD IT BK BETTERl pongs of hunger_ th?nlt OoeV few if Tho senttccsi ta f*.?cr ot pr?h . through I ti on is increasing at a rapid rate, J hould not bo J tho people of-8outh Carolina ^TJK poorjeagerly awaiting the action of the 1 ^^^^^Hfeprisouu? jisiaturo which will grant the pr iof voting on the question ot m State wholly dry. That ' fl ' in favor of vol fl flfl|^fl|ll':.i' ?: ? .aro in a targe majo S I^?flSBBSHH&.bt^l. and the tfane .ve this to he ti ^?8 fl^^tflfljpmojgt persuaded the ^ft^??E? ???a^BpP'^^^ t ^4 m*k trt?lalati)*> ^HPfl* rather than . mit. waga a biter fl dui I uor (tris is the weak point In the argument I against prohibition, and we are eure | it ?rf one of the strongest arguments tor prohibition. That agency which wiil corrupt an electorate, will de stroy more than lt will ere? 'e. A RACE RIOT As a rule race riots are participated in by the worst elements of the two rodes involved. The worst element j of the white race figures in a riot] which is reported in a South Carolina village near the Georgia line The correspondant at Fair Play says: "Trouble between the races has been brewing for 'dayB, und came to a head when x white man, said to be Woodrow Campbell, and George Gib son, a young negro, quarreled over Gibson's attentions to a mullato wo man. Negroes sided with Gibson, and In;", night thc friends of Campbell iormed a mob and took lom Springht, a negro, across the Savannah River into Georgia and gave him a terrible beating. * ''Gibson and bis father, Green Gib son, arrived on the bridge in a bug gy and demanded that the bridge be cleared of the mob so Gist they might pass. Walking to the buggy, one of the men said to young Gibson: " 'Von ure the one we want.' "Gibson was pulled from the buggy. He resisted and escaped. The escape only infuriated the mob more. Ho was chased and after a time caught. Then he was beaten to death." There follows a melodramatic ac count of the brewing and breaking of a general battle between whites and negroes, in which there occurs a pa thetic incident, the killing of the aged j father of Gibson, who was shot in the back and beaten to death with his own gun after he had made a stand behind a bridge. Everyone in the Sou th. who is fa miliar with the more sordir aspects of life knows what type of white man is .a negro's rival for the affections of a .mulatto woman. It will surprise many persona to find that iu any American community, lr rever be-, j nighted or debased, such a white mea could beat up a following and cause a race riot. The village of Fairplay surely the irony of late gave it Gie name-bobs into prominece after a lifetime of obscurity only to attract attention to the ugly fact that a crea ture, however, debased and outcast, Ands men of his race who will side with him because he is white, or be cause they want an excuse for a brawl with negroes. Uplift societies have probed and treated such social ulcers as those fo'.nd lu the more squalid sections of Ne*- York's East Side. The South Carolina village of Fairplay ts remote, and it aa yet un pr ohed and unre deemed. There are doubtless more pleasing aspects of Fairplay than that Which ir brought to attention by the race riot, but they have not been ad vertised.-Courier Journal. Tho Yorkville Enquirer waa 60 years old on Jan. 1. Three score, ls j a long life for a newspaper in South ! Carolina. Few arme that old. It is 053 c-S ?i? bes; ?tliir than thc daily ? papers in Gie whole country from ev ery standpoint Typographically, lt j ls a model.-Greenville Piedmont! Amen, brother. -. o o a a ooooooooooooooo OUR DAILY POEM I TBE BLUE BACK SPELLER (By Miss Fannie E. Heck.) "Shampoo, slr?" T-d been mighty busy plowln', j Wlien there .came a half a peck Of letters, sent from Raleigh, And asking me, direct. Th come and take a band with them At s pe! Un' In a bea. For helpin' On a set of folks j They call the Y. Ml C. I'd been a famous speller _ Xu the days of Old Lang syne. But Gist waa thirty years ago. And ? hardly thought to shine; Bat Charlie Cook said "Risk lt," And I wasn't loth to show That the good old Blue Back Speller Is one thing that I know. The house Was well-nigh crowded . When Gie time came for the bes, And. after some persuadi?', There came up elong with me M. D. and D. D. doctors And M. At's follys score. As? ~?!tors and teachers. Aaa oi lavvyers several more. '= . Twas funny Glen tc see 'em As the hard words came like hall. .A peusia* andV.a stammerhV And n-ttirnin' almost pale. ... But, li-?Ti lt all came to cse Uko IC used .to long ago. . I And I saw the Blue. Back .Speller, (iWiUt each long and even row. Abd I-gars .'*m with Gie. column, j The plate, the side. Gie page.. For i sa*- -.hose words like faces Of old frien-la that do not .age: But those learned folks kent Aropptn' Like the leave* ?S ?ur tree. And at last there wasn't standlu* But a Dr D.1 np with toe. And there came a poser, And Gie doctor be went dorn, And a shout went up that startled * Half Gie sleepy folks tn town Buildklii't care for prises The thing Giat made me glad Wag te ?own 'em witif the Blee Back I studied when a lad. Dalias, N C., Dee. 3. litf. YoaGaTftft O O 0-0 0 . 0 O O- O' P 0 0 O O O 6 4 0 O ? o LETTER8 FROM THE 'PKOPIE o o. , 0 OOoOOOOOO?OOOOO 0 0 o o i Reader's* Comments. Dear Mr. Editor: In reading the morning! paper I no tice that in speaking of tho meeting of the governors of the Anderson Re lief Association last night you say no names were mentioned of those who have been aiding in this most commendable work, and it occurred to me that the name of the Anderson Daily Intelligencer should have been mentioned, forceably and with expres sions of gratitude and appreciation for such an aid. This ls the opinion of all who are interested in this noble work. The Intelligencer was the first to como forward and offer its office as a repository to receive contributions and has been acting as a bureau of relief. Not only in this way, but giv ing its columns to make known any need" that has- come to Us nofice abd urging a response from the generous public such as the .Anderson public has always been in time of trouble of any kind. I am sure it was not an in tentional Blight on the part-of the governors but only an oversight that they will be the first, gladly, to cor rect. In the mantime. allow me to say all honor and praise Is due the Ander son Intelligencer in this great and good work, from one who reads and admires your good paper. A READER. STATE FARMER To the Press of the State: Some weeks ago there appeared in the National Feld, the weekly farm paper owned by the National Farm ers' Union, a circular letter sent out by a Dallos hardware firm urging their retail stores lo demand of the farmers that they sell cotton and pay their accounts, so that the retailer could pay the wholesaler and so on. ?President Lewis of the Te.as State Farmers' Union answered this circu lar letter effectively when he said "Why is the farmer picked out as the only one who is to sell bis wares at coBt or below to keep trade moving?" It was announced that a New York [firm was so -much pleased, with this circular that they would send'out ten thousand copies In the east; of coure without the answer of the Texas Far mers' Union. A Charleston newspa per published it and perhaps other papers In the State also. From the standpoint of the merchant it sounds like good advice. Taking up the circular Mr Kanouf, a hardware salesman of Florence, I am informed, has -published several letters giving farmers "down the coun try" for not selling their cotton and paying their debts. Ono of his. pet sentiments Is "Farmers, what: would you do if notices were posted saying -No goods sold, after .Jan. 1st, 1016. except for cash?" ile then proceeds io read a good lecture of .?bout three* rcurtbs" of a column to the farmers on the peed to them of being honest, etc. When I read his first , letter, I was disposed to be provoked at what ap peared to be a part of a conspiracy of the Texas hardware house to force the far mor B to r ?lfico cotton to maintain the credit, and standing of merchants. But when Mr. Knout re peated and I -saw how -seriously he took himself it became amusing ,'. I wonder it he has considered what would happen, if the merchants could bp persuaded to put up such a sign? Well, in the first place they would not live lip lo lt thirty days. With al most nothing being sold along about the last week In January a farmer would go to town and the merchant that' he usually bought goods from would say "Mr. Blank, cont? lu and leV me sell you something." "No, I have no money." "Well that doesn t apply to you, when ever you want anything come In and get lt. We know you are all right." The larmer would say "Well, I believe I do need a pair of plow lines; lt is rather trying to plow with grapevlu??." And eu . the credit system would be In full swing again for Mr. Blank weald-only he one the thousands of farmers, ap proached lu the Bame woy. . But just suppose for sjgumcnt that I the merchants would live up to such ja. plan. Business would be reduced First Business. Now, young s*eetiern*E; tbe ?f*% BO? tegs- busis.isi. te >s talKc =? aftsr ie holidays is the orgauiation ot a I fest Infield.-Sparuuburg Herald. \OIWUSV6B ?IT*. 'Nlneteen-fixr.?*? will bring you } nothing. Jt w.'? ; simply give you the I opportunity of ?Teing scmethlnr your reif.'* .That ia ti?.vrey'The?W?shlag ton Reporter pute-lt. -Ass*, well puta |*lt.-Augusta- Chronicle. - ? > Rlght^VB?sther, . 4 What does W. W. S m oak?" a num ! ber cf papers ari aAlrigt' He doesn't snack*, at aii.-Spartanburg Journal. Waler ta Hades! .-Cotton lg selllag at JO cents per I pound la Germany. That's, all- right, t get-the cotton there if you can," >?*e Weiterbore Preaanad-Staad. I Wilson is opening a w^rW ivtile Piedmont. S' UNION NEWS I more than half. Nearly all the book- , keepera would lose their jobs. Half , the clerkB would be discharged. Mr. , Kimo ii ? would be one of the. salesmen ? to lose his job or his territory would | be more than doubled to take the | place of some other good man who | would have to se?k other employment. , None of these men could get work as ? carpenters or builders, for these | trades would be discharging men. , They could not get work on the freight trains, for the railroads would have , to lay off their crews part of the tiru?-, ; Owing to the scarcity of traveling ? salesmen and other travelers some . passenger trains would be dlsconrln- , ued. Those clerks, bookkeepers, sales- . men, masons, carpenters, etc, ?ould < not even get jobs as section hands j for fewer trains and lighter ones j would mean less repair to tracks and ( road bed and section men would bc , laid off to still further increase army t of the unemployed. jj What could they do? I am afraid , our friend, Mr. Kanouf and bia friends | would have to try taking,up some ot ] the unimproved lands that are such \ a source of annoyance to our worthy , commissioner of agriculture, and the ? progressive boards of trade of our cities,'aided and abetted by the edit ors of our metropolitan ' dallies who ore clamoring for Belgian farmers to show us nativcb. how, to farm. Me thinks by the time om* Tfietfd h?d i cleared a pipe? of land- grubbed, and {1 drained lt; built a modest settle- I ment, \ ought stock and .implements, | peed and.' fertilizers, even'lt he did: i not uBo anything hut- ground lime- i stone and legumes to put his land.. In i shape for. cotton and''corn, that he j would want not 10 or-15 eehts for his i cotton, but 20 or 25 cents, and he" | would tell his many advisers to mind | their own business, he would sell i when he had a profit, or they could jj 'take it from him by forces. '. i " If there'were np Credit production ? would be so restlcted that in spit o' i of these' accessions to the ranks. ot i tho farmers every form product Wohld' : be higher and the farmers who .would , be prepared -to farm aa we ought l J'would be ?nelover." Wh?t a grand*! thing lt would be for the 'farmers If the merchants would only, take Mr..1 Honours advice. While the swarms* of people who would ?:>e thrown out ot employment were wrestling wira the problem of suhduelng-nature toi make something to live on and to Bell ?ut of tho soil, sometimes a most i recalcitrant, and contrary soil. Great*., ?j because lt would at one stroke of tue pen emancipate, us from the burdens of supporting, so, many. people wno profit by our unbusinesslike methods. Yes, it wwii** be great" for Us 'after head charges usut ra<\-e. tho? half, thoso who remained. In.tho mercantile business would he able? to ?rr? uS. ai collar's worth of goods tor. a dollar, \ lnate?d ot Sly ceatsworU^f goods J and fifty cents worth ot service as tai the case now. In the decoration of puposes ot Gse Firu"'?;..' ?Jn?un ls "To i abolish the credit a^*?orts=^a KTS- ! ??r*?.** I ?<~? 3-~~, wi. K?&vti?' ,i?b| right hand? ot fellowship as . the ' beet ? abolitionist of my acqualntafat?s. But let ***y craayrr?former intra* [ duce o bill td make it a misdemeanor | for any -on-hant or salesman io soil J any article from newspaper subscrJp-1 .jons to t?tict?bft p?owc ou* crettit and { eur triam? amt advisors would hean thc lobby tri protest against'hay siren restrictive law. "It Would ruin boa*--i ness." f? isah ?nfr?agtrncat ste per-! ional liberty, the rtgh^ torda hualneaSt according to the dictates, or cachi Lon's cont*etene**v *te>*--An?V the bill I K? tl? rW?K?lfe3a*^a3S? ser ny tay alrose svenor ??ne/me'rcn&nt'j t - 4ha!t*mbSt alramdr?bls dusen, tho de . finquent subscriber- one- the farmer lenced by the pnmeter of men in the trcantile business and the number Gie rf J J -, ? -<-?? - ' ? vj, *? ; ..? . - - - mn - T&is* step -down* on> pr: you want-to step up* -of ?it. -Every style Ls represe: your mind's made up of an overcoat you wa ly find it here. If yoi you want, this is a m study the proposition. $20.00 Men's Overcoats now 18.00 Men's Overcoats nov l5.00,Meu's Overcoats now 10.00 M.en's Overcoats nov .Twenty per cent redu overcoats. "Th* Sic n the trade or - professions* nave i sought land. Mciver Williamson in a series of articles in 1912 in the Southern Cultivator brought out this nvaslon of .the farms by merchants, loctors, lawyers, stablemen and rail road men as responsible for th-a bump- i jr crop of cotton in 1911. He protest ed then against this Invasion of the 'arm, as soon as the farmers had put arming on a profitable basis. This ar iete is my feeble protest against tho LIL ne ii chirle.-; of a system that has cn 'iched the traders and impoverished iie producers undertaking to dictate low the producers shall market their :ropB. While I was writing the above I vas called to the phone and. offered tome goods payable next October, jnce long ago a clothing clerk said 'Let me sell you something on ac :ount" I asked why? His reply was 'BecauBo when you open an account ron will buy something every time rou come to town." Three or four imes in my life I have been refused :redit for something that I needed ? cry much, but it-was good for inc, md Uko many another can say "If [ had never bought anything .except what. I could pay either in cash or barter, I would be worth much more." tf. Mr. Konouf wanta to reform tue ne:^hants' way of doing business, I wish him. well, for it would help us ; farmers, to reform ourselves, E.NW. DEBBS. President 3. C. Farmers' Union. . , ... - I do dot think I can better further j the ends ?rugut by thc. Mullins local Farmers' Union than to give out the letter below from Mr- N. A- McMil lan touching t'Ci need of a better sys tem of grading and marketing -tobac co. I trust that the friends of reform I st Kingstree, Lake City, Hemingway, j Manning, Sumter, TimmonaviUe, Flor ece, Darlington, Olanta . and other I points will communicate with Mr. Mc- | Millan at Mullins and send such peti tions as they get signed both to him j ind to. the chairman of their county lelegatlons in, the legislature. The 1 petition which I am asked to circulate cal?? for a.law tb require all tobacco | L'Xv ept scrap to be graded before of-1 Cered od warehouse floor, and to fix sale of warehouse charges same as In North Carolina. E. W. DABBS, (President S. C. Farmers' Union. "Mullins, S. C., Dec. 26, 1914? Hr. E. W. Dobbs, Mayesvllle, S. C "Dear'Sir. The enclosed clippings srlll explain what bur Union is trying to do. I am writing to you with the (rope of enlisting yean co-operation, ror I realize that-to effect the-propos .V .'??: si 'S'4> TODAY'S?! "THE ?RO?N 2 Beel " MIDST WOODU 'CUPID TURNS 4-Reels Comino Thursday 1 of "The Exploits of , Pearl White arid; Arnol j" est serial ever produce 'Fritfav: Edward . Money." ew^iaJhV who have been, week with her p R. & Sherard, left in Anderson. Mr. John Kepnedy of -pent the w$6fc-end with Mrs. W. Frank McGee. Mr. David Kennedy of Tray .0 from a ?hort ?isitl ativ^a here. Miss Sarah Gillelsra. loft for Anderson where She goes , ,f ? ice comes1 just ?wrien and_\take i^d v^nibge rited in our stock'. If on the special kind int, you'll most like l've no idea of what ighty good place to $16.00 , 14.40 1200 ? 8.00 ction on all Boys' n.wPJi.a^?otmioic? cd change in marketing tobacco wo will have opposition. Though I am not looking for any great fight from any resident warehouseman. They feel like the time la ripe for a change, wheth er they will admit it or not. But tho majority of the warehouses are run by men who have interest in other markets and the change would inter fere with their plan. With our present method of selling tobacco, no ware houseman can possibly prevent con-" siderable damage to good grades of tobacco, when offered for sal? un graded and untied at crowded eales so common alf over this state. If ours is the best method, it is very strange that no one else has found lt out. Wo are getting up a great many petitions. In Marion county and in I lorry and Dillon. We would like for you to help us get In touch with prominent farm ers at Kingsree, Lake City, Florence. TimmonBVllle and Darlington. Thank ing you in advance for any sugges tions, and I* trust an article for the press, I am, j Yours sincerely, j N. A. MCMILLAN. Condensed Passenger Schedule PIEDMONT & NORTHERN BAIL WAT COMPANY. Effective November 8th, 1914. -' Anderson, 8. C. Arrivals Ko. 81.8:45 a. m. No. 33* ..........i 11:35 a. m. No. 85. 1:30 p. m. No. 87 . 3:20 p. m. No. 3t-....4:45 p. m. No. 41.5:50 p. m. No. 43.,4.,.7:80 p. m. No. 45. 9:40 p.m. No. 47. 10:60 p. m. Departures No. GO. 6:40 a. m. No. 32,......;......:_7:80 a. m. No. 34 . 10:25 a. m. No. 86. 11:65 a, m. No. 88.2:10 p. m. No. 40. 3:40*p. m. No. 42? .4:45 p. m. No. 44'. 6:25 p. m. : Ko. ?C.....8:85 p. m. (* Limited trains.) a V. PALMER, Gen. Pass. Agt, Greenville. 8. C. 5nr?rj A H if ivw-r ?-*a%<-ura. MASTER' VNO SHADOWS" THE TABLlBS" ?-4. tye-first insiailment Elaine", featuring 4 Daly. The great |dv r\br?Ies in "Ready