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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED AUGUST 1, 1860. 140 Weit Whittier Street. ANDERSON, S. C. W. W. SMOAK. Editor and Bus. Mgr. E. ADAMS.Managing Editor L. M. GLENN.< ity Editor PHELPS S A SSH BN.Advertising Manager T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Manager. Entereil an HCCOUd-claBS matter April 28, 1914, at thc post office at Auderaon, South Carolina, under the Act of Murch 3, 1S79._ Mem her of Associated Press and Receiving Corn il lete Dally Telegraphic Service._ TELEPHONES Editorial and business Office.321 Job Printing. ..C93-L SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE. Bolly. Semi-weekly. One Year.$5.00 One year.$1.50 Six Months.2.50 Bight Months. .. 1.00 Three Months. .. 1.25 Four Months.50 The Intelligencer Is delivered by carriers In the city. If you fall to get your paper regularly ph ase notify us. Opposite your name on the label of your paper ls printed date to which our paper ls paid. All check? and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O (. O ll I? O O O O O O o O o o THOUGHT FOR THF BAY. o O i> O O 0 O O O O O O O O O o o o O 0 o o o o o o o o o u ? "A-word is but a breath of air, 'Tis heard or spoken without care! Yet words in fierce profusion hurled Upset the history of the world." THE wt: AT ii i; H. Soul li Carolina: Fair Saturday and Sunday, cold er. Something not to worry about-thc weather. If tho English get hold, of Werner Horn he will get tho hook. Wonder if Werner Horn will blow about ?'.hat he has done. A dispatch says Greece Is mobilizing. They should guard against a slip up. s Ought Germany Be Humbled By War? asks a Icu Mine. Foolish question. Villa proclaims himself president., of Mexico. Proving it is another thing, old man. When- a count tells an heiress he can't live with out her, tho gink ls speaking the truth. -o We hope Jup. Plavins will stick arouud until we have that bond election for street paving. Do you seo anyone's "Italian hand" pulling tho airings around the office of the attorney general? -o Prof. Arctomys Monax. sometimes referred to as 'Ground Hog, hasn't been proven an. absolute Uar feet i A mau named Haliday committed suicide In Jail y at Hartsvllle. One vacation from which he will not return. -o- , A merchant in a North Carolina town named j ; Balm bas failed. Tho cerdltors will find little balm in that . I A big water tank ls to bo erected In Spartanburg. Folk over there must bc getting ready to Install | fe bath tubs. Cold and Sllvi-r aro Very Scant In Alsace-Hcad-| line. First intimation we havo had that we'ro llv f lng in Alsace. -r-O We have worried so much about thc weather and Hg it has d?nn so little good we've Just decided to not | worry any more. -o An appropriation of $500 for agricultural work in ge Anderson County ls a wise Investment on the part | of the delegation. If lt will bo of any comfort to those magistrates I ?Basho lost out on reappointment, wo will say that lt j ^i.Ja all In the game. i:>;- "Bo Sellers, Not BuycrB." advises an editor. Most I of us would have to buy something before we would | have anything for Bale. p; . April 9 has boen designated as "bird day" In ! South Carolina. Unless a goose ls in that class] ? some folks will bo slighted. -o Bj*-The more shell fire our brethren across the pond Indulge in now the more of fha* kind spelled with- | but the *'s" they will receive hereafter. --o With Editor James H. Moore and Rev. Len G. Broughton both tn Knoxville, we venture to predict ] . there'll be warm times In that quarter some day. .'?-O' Farmers In Anderson County got together-not In person but by agreement-and dragged fifteen miles ot road. That's good community spirit.-Newberry Observer. W o are sorry for tits magistrates who -yere not recommended tor reappointment, but then lt ls best io have been a ledge and lost tban never to have been a ledge at all. ;\* . ' '?fisF-f ' ' <?<?"<> A dispatch says the lower house has killed .the land commission bill. That must have been The State s "landschaftabund" bill spoken of some days Might hove known a MU with thnt name oonUin't hAVP cot ion by. The Retired Farmer HY ELBERT III'BB A RU. Of all the mental misery that comes to mortals I know nothing quite so tragic as Hutt of thc retired fanner -and the people who have to live with him. (Jet enough retired farmers in a town and they will start a melancholia shop. A prosperous farming community seems hound to produce a few of these malcontents. Thc very beau ty and fertility of the soil make it possible for a man to save up a little money, move t i town and live a life of gossip and growl. A fariner who farms is line, hut a retired larmer is tierce. The town to avoid is the town made up of re tired fanners. In years agouc I used to hear men say, "I intend to make my pile and retire from business and enjoy myself." I am glud to know that anyone today who makes this remark ls regarded as hooked for the bughouse. The man who does not enjoy himself in his busi ness will never know what happiness ls. The limit of rest is very soon reached, and then misery follows fast. Well did Iago wail: "My occupation! My occu pation's gone!" When your occupation 1? gon?'. you lind better throw your cosmic grlpsuck overboard and Jump overboard after it. Lack of occupation is not rest; a mind quite idle is a mind distressed. We must arrange our work so BE to get a little rest every day. But toe much rest is almost as had as too much food. The Idea of devoting the balance of your lifo to rest is a beckon for Charon's mudscow. . . * Retired farmers arc a blot, and a blight on the civic prospects of any town. The farmer works hard until he is 50. 55 or GO. He han a few thousand dollars in the bank. Thc mortgage has been cleared off. He has an oppor tunity to rent his place. ??. his children will man age lt for him. He buys a house in town, turns his farra over to the boys or to renters and looks for ward to a long life of leisurely enjoyment. His habit to life ls to be up at 5 o'clock in the morning, feed horses, pigs, cattle and chickens, do ing his chores, looking after a great number of de tails that have to have his personal attention. Tired and worn with this multiplicity of things to look after, he decides lo throw up the whole Job, and he does. Now he can get up any time that he wishes. He can Ile abed until noon. There are no chores, no responsibilities, no horses unfed, no cattle moon* lng for him to come and minister to them. -His occupation ls gone. His soul becomes corroded with discontent. He wanders around from the grocery to the post office, then to the blacksmith shop. TI? stops and masticates the textiles. But the joy has gone out of life and his existence becomes one gradual, growing growl. Luckily for the world, such men do not last long. The man who huts is the man who sticks to his Joh. WE hi.O; LD RA ?Sc i'LENTY Or' FOODSTUFFS. If the farmers of the South needed a lesson re garding diversification of crops, or the raising ot foodstuffs, the present situation should be sufficient. Hero we have an overproduction of cotton, with a resultant low price, and a terrible European war, which necessitates our feeding not only the non combatants but the very armies of these nations at war. This has already ruo the prices of foodstuffs up almost out of reach of the laboring classes. And if the war ceased today, the United States Would have to feed these people for a year, or more until they, could . get their affairs adjusted suf ficiently to enable them to prepare their crops, plant, and harvest them. Remember this-that if the war stopped today, this country would have to feed them for another year at least.. . And if the prices of foodstuffs continue to rise, what will the non-producer of foodstuffs do about meeting tho high prices of the necessities of Ute, unless the government places a limit to the prices to be charged In this country. The moral for the farmers of this section ls tb raise as large a crop of foodstuffs as ls possible, putting in every acre available. TO HELP SOUTH CAROLINA'S ILLITERATES. Judging by the reports which reach us from Co lumbia, we are fearful that the Swcaringcn county unit compulsory education bill may not become a law at this session of the legislature. There, semes co bo q?ii? m n umlief r-Z d Iff or rut plans for strfraplng out illiteracy, and lt the law makers could settle on soy on? plan, no doubt it would pass easily : but if the friends of education In the legislature fall out among themselves aa to the beat means Of accomplishing their, object and be come divided, ute enemies of compulsory education will defeat the bill Just as certain as day-follows night With South Carolina standing next to the bottom tn the list of States In illiteracy, lt would bs a cry ing shame for this Swearlngen county unit bill to tsil to pass. This law gives each county the right to decide whether they want compulsory education In th*lr county or not,-and that to our mind appears fair. ? ' From the latest figures obtainable, there are only F/FTBRN illiterate children to each thousand chil dren tn the United States, but In this State it ls es timated that at the present time there are EIGHTY FIVE: Illiterate children out of every thousand chil dren ot school age. Do you wish to help the eaut<? of these Illiterate children? . \ lt so, write or wire your representative and sena tor TODAY, asking them not only to vote for the Swearlngen bill, but to WORK for lt until it ls pas mm^i^i - . . . TUT F A KM DEMONSTRATION AGENT. The county adviser, county Agent, ur farm bureau movement as it is variously called ls receiving wide spread attention throughout the United States and Canada nd thc prestige it now has and the prog ress lt <s making indicates it will only be a ?hort time until every county in the country will be af fected by it. There are now 214 county advisers In the Northern States. There are AW in the province ( f Ontario willie in the South in a different form county men are working in nearly 800 counties. It ls worthy of note that no county with a farmers or ganization back of lt has dispensed with the cer vices of a man, once one has been employed. The forerunner of this movement can be traced back ten years to a few counties in Texas and Louisiana where men were.employ.ed to teach bet ter methods of farming in the face of boll weevil conditions. Although this work was kindergarten In its nature ns compared with that being done by the county men In Illinois, lt has been productive of much good. With the support of the federal gov ernment, the general educational board and the local people, lt spread throughout the South until now most count ?es have county agents. Alabama with one hundred and two counties has one hundred and two county men. The men flr3t used In the South were usually prnctlcal farmers with an ordinary educa tion, who carried to the farmers the lines of work planned by the leaders of the'demonstration work. This work consisted in giving instructions and mak ing demonstrations in growing acre plot3 of corn, cotton or other crops. As the movement progressed from "year to year, other lines were takeb up and as far as possible better men werg secured. Now in many cases well trained college men with wide experience in agriculture are being employed and tho work is being placed on the highest possible plane as fast as it is feasible to do so. 1 The county work in the east had Us beginning 1 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania in 190G. A. B. ROSB cooperated with about 65 farmers for three, j years doing this entirely at his own expense. Or March 1, 1910. he was employed by the office ol I farm management as an experiment to find out what effect such a man would have on agricultural conditions. On the first of July 1910, he was co operating with 218 farmers and a year later with 741 farmers. Most of his preliminary work was done in Bedford County, tnt extended Into all ad joining counties. . Following thc appointment of Mr. Ross In Bed ford County, the work had Us next development In Broome County. New York and from those two counties, it has spread throughout the Northern States. A county should he fully prepared before placing a man In the field. Much trouble will be avoided if this policy ls pursued. The work should be planned for at least three years. One-year's time ls too short to make a fair trial. By thu end of three years, it well handled, the results will be such it will have established itself with the, people. The adviser should be a college trained man or its equivalent with thorough practical experience in farming and of good personality. The simply of such men ls not over abundant. These men should nave training In soils, as soil fertility is fundamen tal lo successful iui iuing. To carry the work farthest, an adviser should have training in both solis ?nd livestock or some other line adapted to the agriculture of tho county. Tho work should be planned to meet the most im portant problems within a county, i < When ques tioned as to what these problems are,' farmers have included the following In their replies: Soil fer tility: higher yields of crops; hov.' to make a suc cess of alfalfa; smut tn grains; Increased produc tion from cows; hog cholera; bow to prevent fail ures of red clover; how to organise .the farm to make lt pay better; what crops,to grow when clover falls and bow; what kind of machinery to buy for certain purposes;, when ls a silo needed and what kind; what to do with the farm orchard; sweet clover gro-.'tng; what crops to grow' and In what proportions in a given system of livestock farming; how to tile drain a marsh; how to grow vetch on sandy land; how to market the crops better; the tenant question; poor labor conditions; what type of farming to follow; how to grow clover seed; in sect injuries; better roads; what to do with billy land; how'to feed livestock; etc. These and many others serve to show, the pres sing needs. AB a solution to some of these problems there ls information in South Carolina which If ap plied would not only keep the soils from wearing out but would In most essen Increase the fertility. It would practically double the average yield of cotton, corn. oats, wheat and clover;'lt would put successful fields of alfalfa on the greater percent age of farms; lt would produce much better seed and eliminate the smut In grains; lt would Increase the production and profit of cows; lt would elimi nate 90 per cent of the losses from hog cholera; lt would Increase the certainty of red clover, and give a hotter need crop; it would syrtematize the farm in auch a way the labor, stock and machinery would be better utilized, thereby Increasing the profits, te would enable farmers to grow soy beano and cow peas when clover falls; so on down the Hst, there is Information available which if ?nnu*d would mean Immense profits to thc farmers. Ono of the chief functions of the adviser 1ft to bring this Information to the farmer in workable form He himself gets the facts from hts practical experience In- farming,' his college training, the de partment of agriculture, the experiment stations, his contact with the farmers, and varions other sources. He Is tot supposed to know it all, how ever. Ho musv frequently call on the department of agriculture and the experiment stations, and when there ure important problems he cannot handle, it is his business to put the specialist and the farmer In touch with each ether. He must also aid in'directing agricultural movements, such as alfalfa campaigns, organis?tes to control hog cholera and others. The above ls a brief summary of the work which ls being done by farm demonstration agents, and which Anderson County needs. - This ls oar reason fer being so Insistent thai ocr legislative delega, tien provide means for supplying this county with tho services of such a mah as W. t>. Garrison. DEMOCRATS ARE MORE HOPEFUL (CONTINUED PROM PAGE ONE.) gresslve Republicans, for support in that plan. Few of the Democratic leaders have now much hope of breaking the Re publican filibuster, however, and there were many rumors today that the bili might he laid aside after another week of strenuous efforts to pass it and appropriation measures taken up. Today tho senate was enlivened oy speeches of insurgent and regular Democrats rehearsing the revolt over the bill. Senators Hardwick and Var daman defended their positions in revolting, and assailed Senator Stone for his attack on them. Senator James again criticised Xhe insurgent Democrats, particularly arraigning lita colleague, Senator Camden, "The senator from Mississippi, Mr. Vp'-iaman, declares, we wen? to the Republicans as well as they." said Senator James. "There are two kinds I of Republicans. The difference is that you went to the standpatters while we went to the Progressives for aid, but not until, like a shot from a submtir?ue, you fired upon our party. "The senator from Kentucky, my colleague, maintain is pledged to support this bill, and I wish he would [come back to his party. I am wlll [ lng to put my arms around bim and pray with him to get back into the Democratic party." Senator James read from a cam paign speech by Senator Camden in which the latter was quoted as say ing that, if elected, he would "uphold the hands of President Wilson." "What the senator from Kentucky imean't, it now seems," Senator James i asserted, "was that he would hold up I the president's hands while the Re publican party tied them." Senator James also read from a speech made by Mr. Hardwick last year when he was a member of the 'house. The speech was aimed, Seua I tor James said, nt Speaker Clark, who opposed the administration's effort to pass the Panama Canal tolls repeal, ?and Mr. Hardwick addressed hirascl? i to "those wbo had deserted the ad ministration," declaring they had I "stabbed tho party in the back." Senator James asked the Republi- ; I cans when their sudden fear that President Wilson would thrust the country into war had come to them. For two years, he said, Repuhlcan senators had attacked the president because of his policy of watchful waiting in Mexico. President Wilson, he said, waa the greatest advocate of peace, "since the Prince ot Peace was on earth." "It's not a war between man and man that you fear," he said, "but var on the confiscatory rates charg ed by the shipping combine upou American commerce." EYES OF WORLD NOW ON WARSAW (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) mans alternate with those of- the Russians under an artillery fire whose violence has never been exceeded. In the-meantime the Russian" are making slow progress in East Prus sia and are withstanding J the at attempts of the Austro-German forces to take the offensive on the River Nlda in southern Poland and on the Dunajec River in Galicia. The Aus trians admit the loss of Tarnow, Galicia, an important center, Russian possession' of which insures the'main line of communications tn Western Galicia. In the midst of the .snows of thu Carpathians the two armies still arc contending for tbe passes which lead In.o Hungary. The Austro-Oernian forces drove the Russians back from] the passes which they had occupied on their extreme right west of Dukla Pass, but elsewhere the Russians claim to he making progress, or, ot any rate, to be holding their own. Artillery engagements and a few small Infantry attacks make up the sum of the operations In the west. There ?re indication? hpwever. that tho Allies are preparing- the way for an offensive In the Arras region, wbere their artillery bas been busy and where they have captured Ger man trenches. Ian the Argonne re gion, too. the French claim to have improved their position. The failure of the Turks in their preliminary attack on the Sues Canal gives sstisfaction to England, as lt is felt that territorial and AUstral aslon troops engaged thera hav* prov ed their metal. Military men .express the belief that the Turkish attack was in the nature of a feeler and that an organised ws&uK will ?.? delivered when the Turks collect their, malu strength within striking distance. Cor respondents ot Csiro say that a wann reception awaits lt from the ?hips and trGe?nany's threatened submarine i.tfcVodA of England and Ireland still occupies the public both here and in neutral countries auch as Holland and Scandinavia, which bave ?~P?r *?1 Hh'PPtag interests. It Is being tak en calmly by ship owner?, wha arel ?roiTsed'that. the aimlralty-will, wk? steps to contenu* lt and art reorind ed that K lt were possible the Ger mans before this would have s?u?k transports taking troops to France | . ..' WINTKR iHrtTBMSS WO?K In summer tho work of elimli iting poisons and acids from the Mood ls helped by perspiration. In cold weath er with little out door work or exer cise to cause sweating, the kinney? have to do double work. Foley Kid ney Pill* help overworked, weak and diseased kidneys to filter and cast out ot the blood the waste matter that cantos pains lo aide? or back, rheu matism, lumbago, stiffness ot joint?. sore m?Vdea ?nd other Ills resulting from Improper elimination. Evans Phtfwcy: THINKS GB ONLY .shippers But Little Alarmed and \ Steamships Between Nei French (By Associatnl Pre??.) LONDON. Feb. 6-While theGernian threat of a blockade had created a great wave of indignation among the newspapers and the public, it is re garded hy many high officials as a bluff; It I? claimed that with her small number of war vessels, Germany can not make the blockade effective and it is argued that bad Germany been able to Interfere with British transports oarrying troops to France she already would have done so. Shippers appear to feel little alarm. At Lloyd's underwriters viewed the threat calmly and made little change in the war risk rates. Inquiries at Liverpool. Glasgow and otber ports show that no change in contemplated in sailing schedules, most o? the companies saying Jt ls their intention to carry on business as usual unless stopped by admiralty or ders. -Great interest ls shown in' the ques tion of how neutral countries will view the threat and extensive extracts from comments in American and other newspapers are published here. Little Effect on Shipping. THE HAGUE, Feb. 5.-(via London. 11:30 p. m.)-Although Germany's notice concerning the danger to mer chant shipping in British waters has not called out much comment In the Dutch press, diplomats and business men are discussing it With animation. In shipping circles it ls declared that the notice will have slight effect on Dutch vessels, most of which are expected to continue their voyage ac cording to schedule, although' some ships may take the risks, especially liners engaged in East Indian traffic, which would be greatly inconvenienc ed it compelled to abandon their ori ginal routes. In diplomatic and other circles the view is expressed that thc notice is ABANDON UNION STATION CINCINNATI. O., Feb. 5.-Railroads entering Cincinnati prepared tonight to abandon the Union station tomor row . because of a predicted flood stage of 55 feet. Passenger traffic will be handled through suburban sta tions, bnt fHeight movements will not be interfered with seriously. Thirty-eight coal barges, mest of them loaded, tore from their moor ings today and were swept down the flooded Ohio. The government snag boat E. A. Woodruff and several shan ty boats -were caught by the barges and swept before them. Some of Gie shanty boats sank and their men and women occupants had ' narrow es capea. ' >;..: Highest in Half Century. LONDON. Feb. 5.-Wheat sold at 60 shillings a quarter on the Lincoln corn market .today, the highest price In upwards of half a century. Has Csed Chamberlain's Cough Re medy for 20 Tears. "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy bas been used In my household ? for the past twenty years. I began giving lt to my children when /they were small. As a quick relief for cioup, whooping cough, and ordinary colds, lt has no equal. Being free from opium and other harmful drugs, I never felt afraid to give lt to the children. I have recommended lt to a large num ber of friends and neighbors, who have used lt and speak highly of lt," writes Mrs. Mary Minke, Short s vii le, N, Y. Obtainable everywhere. IRMANY BLUFFING rVUl Not Affect Movements of ft York and British ?nd Ports. aimed principally at Teasels carrying supplies from America, whose con stant arrival with cargoes from coun tries allied against Germany ls said to have aroused the greatest indigna tion in that country. The Dutch government thus far has declined to express an opinion. " Possibilities of Serious Risk. NEW YORK. Feb.. 5.-Representa tives of shipping companies expressed belief today that the German admiral ty communication declaring waters around Great Britain and Ireland, In cluding the entire English Channel, a war zone after February 18, would not affect movements of steamships between New York and British and French, ports. Some agent* admitted there was a possibility of serious risk, but no one was inclined to believe there was anything to call for diplo matic action by neutral governments. Germany Mest be Punished. LONDON. Feb. 5.-The Dally Tele graph in an editorial today considers Germany's declaration of the waters around Great Britain and Ireland and the coast ot France and The Nether lands as naval war zones to be proof of the economical pressure the Brit ish fleet is exercising and that "the German ship of state is on its beam ends." "We could, of course," says The Dally Telegraph, "make reprisais, for we possess twice as many under-wat er craft as Germany; but we could not descend to such a depth of In famy. The German proclamation con sists of empty words, but lt ls self revealing and Germany must be .pun ished for this threat of frightfulness. We >'.re convinced that any action In this direction the British government, for and on behm! of the Allies, may take, will receive the support of the civilized world." NEW HIGH RECORD MADE IN WHEAT May Option Climbs to $1.67 Something Like Selling Stun, pede Ensues. (By Associated Fus?.) CHICAGO, Feb. 5,-Wheat advanced swiftly today to a new! high record war price. It only took a brief'time for the May option to reach 81.68 1-2, a jump of 2 8-8 cents compared with last'night The pr?viou? top notch quotation was on February 3 -SI 66. Most of the trading today, however, was in July delivery, tn which tho upturn was not quite so radical. Something like a selling stampede ensued after May wheat BM climbed to SI.67. Seaboard offers to resell wheat in Chicago surprised hulls and there was also an element ot de pression in the fact ihat corn was cot keeping pace upward- with wheat. The result was a sudden drop ot more than ". cents from top figures attained by wheat Ordered te Watch For Johnson. EL PASO, Tex.. Fib. 5 -Immigra tion authorities along the Internation al border have received instructions from Washington to watch for Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, and to apprehend him should be attempt to pass through the United States to Juarez, where he la expected tn fight Jess Willard March 6. PARAMOUNT THEATRE TODAY HAZEL DAWN in "ONE OF OUR GIRLS" Open at 10:30 A. M. EVERY DAY A PARAMOUNT FEATURE "if you owned a Goose that laid golden eggs? wouldn't you insure her if you **ad." MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY M. M. MATTISON, General Agent, C. W. WEBB, District Agent J. J. TROWBRIDGE, Special Agent