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?tiE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED A cu CST i. isa*, lit West Whltner Street, ANDERMON, S. t. W. W. SMOAK, Editor and Bas. Mgr E. ADAMS.Managing KM it or. kV M. GLENN.City Editor PHELPS BASSKEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY,.. .Circulation Mgr. Entered as second-class matter Ap ril 28, 1914, at tho post office at An derson, South Carolina, under the Act ot March 3, 1879. Member of Associated Tresa and Receiving Complete Dully Telegraphic Service. TELEPHONER E<*'torIal and Business Office.821 Job Printing .693-L SUBSCRIPTION BATES Semi-weekly- ' One Tear .fl.6u Six Months .76 Daily One Tear .55.00 Six Months . 2,50 Three Months. 1 25 The Intelligencer is delirered by carriers in the city. If you fail to get you. naper regularly please notify aa. Opposite your name on the label of your paper ls printed date to which our paper ls paid. AU checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. Tho -.lilied fleet is making htsh of the forts of Turkey. "There's moro in Dill Taft than any body has suspected." After eating, we suppose? An Atlanta burglar stole, ' among ml? r thing thing?, a canary. He's a j hird of a thief. lt might be a good Idea to keep that split log drag out near the road where lt,will be handy. -* Husband, Afraid of Wife, Asks j Divorce.-If he really means it, and j doesn't obtain one,' Lawsy help him. - The family Jewels will have to make way In thc strong-box tor th" groc eries if prices oLfoodstuffa riso much more. . -0 A good many family trees are shady.-Columbia ?tato. And tho heads ot a good many families are block heads. > Whether a criminal always returns j to the scene of tho crime depends of ten upon the ability of the ?police to apprehend him. Women's skirts are to be much1 shorter thts year. But lt will take Just aa much of tho7 long green to buy them as before. -o- . The tard, of Stratford on Avon said .there are sermons In stone.?. Yes, sometimes a brickbat is a f.no thing with which to drive home a truth. A Kentuckian has been made direc tor of the mint J what thc ?..erage Kentuckian doesn't know about the mint is overbalanced by his knowl edge of julep. "Lots or men are interested In noth ing but .ho money they make," Says Thomas A. Edison. We newspaper j men, Tom, aro more interested In the ] money we don't make. ? ? o - Anderson now haa a/handsome new theatre. We bot "East Lynr*v* would play to a packed house there.-York Nows. Wc haven't heard of Yorkvlllc raving over its.grand opera. -o . Price ot Ice is Going Up As Spring I Arrives.-Headline. What chilling j hews, anu oh, such a comforting (?) thought, since we have got to buy| more coal before thia winter is over. A Nebraska farmer wants a pretty girl arrested aa a witch because his eon can't keep away from ker. What he should resort to ls a marriage license and a preacher, not the sheriff and a warrant. That fellow in New York who was arrested for throwing a bond) into the midst of a church congregation ought to know that throwing bombs into tho congregation is a right enjoyen by the pastors , and no others. A Chicago girl specifies that her! future husband "must not chew, | smoke, drink, gamble, swear, play I cards,' dance, or objects to washing the supper dishes; must stay at home every night, live within his Income, and be a devout Christian.'' Well, thatjkind of a girl certainly deserves that hind of a man.-Columbia State.' She either has a cute wey of saying she tw never going t<" get married, or she f* * mighty fair way to die a spinster. MEW MAY CRY "PEACE? PEACE/* We think that a luedlaUy. board mould be appointed to try and bring ?boot peace between tho Anderson Intelligencer and the Greenwood ronrnal.-York K- i 80MK PARDONABLE MINIS KO j ( M AXION. it lu expected perhaps that there : be all klndH of runiurH as to thc proposed bond issue and UH provis-1 lons. For this reason we have pub llehed the law a? it waa finally planed and approved by the KO vernor. The man who does not read any news paper and has to take his information from common talk ls likely to get a very hazy idea of the proposition, and lt would he well for the road com IU?H.-IOII to have a number of pamphlets printed giving the exact wording of tho law and some more data on the taxes, and tho methods to bo employ ed to raise the money with which to puy the Interest and provide the sink ing fund railed for In the act. For instance, we have been told that tile opinion seems to prevail that every man .will have to pay an addi tional road tax of $3 whether he owns nny property or not. This is not true, for the man who pa."?, .tho tax is the man who owns the property. If Mr. A. returns for taxation, as many of our citizens do, only a few dollars for household goods-say $20-then his tax would be Increased one cent for every three and one-third dollars on which he pays taxes. If Mr. A. pays on $20 his taxes will be six cents more each year. If he pays on $100 his tax would hy thirty cents more each year. If he pays on $500 his tax would be $1.50 each year. If ho pays on $1,000 his tax would be $3 more each year. So it is the man1 with thc property who will pay the taxes. We have shown that tho people 'of the cities and towns, the corporations, railroads, etc.. pay 70 per cent of all the taxes of the county, and that the people of the -rural districts will pay only 30 per cent of all tho taxes. So thc argument that is being used that the farmer;; will bear the burden of tho taxes for tho bond Issue ia not true. He will bear approximately 30 per cent of tho burden, and the other Intcreata of the county will tear the rest. In other words tho taxes might be represented by a log ten feet long, the farmer will carry 3 feet of it and the other Interests of tho county will carry 7 feet! What we fall to under I stand ia that there should he any op poaltloh at all in tho rural districts on any such proposition. ^ Union County ls going to have an election on a bond Issue of $200,000 just a week after the olectlon in An derson County, and Editor Rice of the Union Times says: I Now, human nature la very human. Don't you And lt ao, brother? And are we not all very much alike? I believe so. Let us get down to brass tacks. Let's take things as they are. Will this bond issue hurt the poor man? I am going to put myself rn the shoes ot the poor man. (Strange to say the shoes flt very ?veil, too.) Let's say I am a very very poor man, right down at the bottom. (Truth is. I am mighty nigh right there.) Well. Rice, very poor man. what objection to the bond 1s I sue? Why, none; I am selfish j enough i. !x rr'.liing to let the prop erty owners build tho roads"/ I am glad to have them build them. I want good roads even for walking purposes, to say nothing ot the oc caslonsl use I may have for them for riding purposes. I will have lit tle of tho taxes to pay. I will have aa much right to use the road as will tho ten thousand dollar automobile man have to'use lt. In fact more right, for If the automobile gives me any "sass." I will go to the courts and I will stand a better chance to v in, for I am In the majority. More than that, I'll get some of the $200.000 of the money that will be turned loose for labor; for, being's very poor man, I must be a laboring man. Yea, Lice, the very poor man will, if he uses shrewd judgment, vote for bonds for good toads. He would act with poor judgment If he did not for selfish reasons. Again, let's put on the shoes ot Ibo great middle class, not very poor; not very rich-Just in reasonably good circumstances. (Whether the ahoea fit or not. let's suppose they do.) Well, Rice, the moderately cir cumstanced man, owns a small farm; or, a small merchandise establish ment or a 'one-horse" newspaper (in debt or oui) ; or, a small dalry; or, email truck farm; or, a beef market; or, a chicken farm-never mind which -whatever lt is Rice owns, assessed at about 11.000, and worth-Ha? or three times that. Now, from a self sh standpoint: Does Rice, the moderate ly circumstanced man have any kick ?against the bond Issue? Not on your ; life! Ita would be kicking against fortune. In the first place it will not cost me over $2 per year. I've got no "kick coming." for lt will put more than that In my pocket every year. How? Wbyr when I hauled the pro ducts from'my farm to market, when I get more people to come to my atore, when I get mere 91 subscriptions, when 1 And better roads to drive my dalry wagon over, when I bring my vegetables to town in a buggy with one mule (instead of using a wagon ithd two mules), when 1 go out after cattle to furnish beef In my market, when I fetch eggs to town, why no matter who 1 sui. or what my activi ties, being a moderately well-off In dividual, I wttl get more than lt will coat me. Yow can Just put it In your pips and smoke it, I a tr. for good ro?da. Yes. slr! X am tor good roads. iVeli. ? will now put on. another pair of shoes: I, Rice, am a ?ich man. (aaa! the shoe does not flt, hut I'll Wt ar it for argument's sake, any w. y). Rice the rich r?an, what have yon to say? Do you find any selfish reason fov voting for bonds for good roa.ii.? Lcl'e ?ev, k will am live very long. If I leave a fortune, leave ii 1 iiiuHl, or I must upend nome, if I ?un to get any personal pleasure out of it. -Yes, I um willing to be taxed to get tlie roads. I get more real pleas ure out of ii good auto apln than any ihiiiK I think of. (KxeuHe me, the auto ls sort of new to me-I am rich only in imagination.) I like to hear the hum of the engine. I like the sen aatiOfll of the drive up hill and down dill it's fine. (I did not know how good lt wns until I got on the rich shoes?. Fine it Is- yea. I. Rice the rich man, will vote for bonds. I ara sel fl nh enough to want some benefit from the money I have accumulated. I am alco selfish enough to feel that If I leave my children all my wealth tiley slit;Ltld help pay for these good roads. Yes, I feel that to be about right. I nm middle-aged; soon will not need good roads. If I were going to live always, I'd be willing, for selfish reas-onv, to pay\ the * whole thing. I'd hate to think r had always to live and yet had no way to get de liverance from the mud. Yes, I will for selfish reasons, vote -for bonds. Moreover, I often have business trips to neighboring towns and cities. I find lt will pay me and be a great con venience to me, as well, vo have good ronds for quick automobile trips. THIS PRACTICE 8H01TD STOP. '?Ve do not know tho new Federal Judge, Hon. Joseph T. Johnson, and he doubtless is ? man well fitted for the position to which ho has been solccted. Dut we do not approve of the practice of creating positions and filling them from the creating power. There has been entirely too much of this kind of thing In South Carollra politics, and there should be a stop put to.it. It ls not right for positions to be created and then filled by those creating the position from their own number. Had thcro been no attorney In the district capable of filling thc position but Mr. Johnson, then we would have nothing to nay. Dut he has been honored as few men have been and had been elevated to the high position of congressman, not for the purpose of having himself elected to a Judgeship, for which he has been working several terms of congress, we understand, but ho was elected to rep resent his district In qongress. He nhould have stuck to his job till re tired by the people who put him there, or till his term waa out and he vol untarily retired. It would be welTfor thero to be some iron clad laws pre venting JUBt thia thing whether or not 1* ho attempted in tho Stato or In the nation. CITY BOND ISSUE CERTAIN. That the bond issne will carry In the city on tho 16th Inst., ls a foregone conclusion, and if those who know anything about the views of those reg istering, lt ls all over but the shouting. We feel sure that those Interested enough to register, will maintain that interest till they have deposited their ballot in tho election box vm the day of the election. Many an election has been lost because of Indifference, and , we trust that there shall be none of j thu in Anderson. It is a good rule, also not to count your chickens be fore they are hatched, and the votes for the bond Issue will not count t<U they are voted and counted. The In telligencer urgea every holder of a certificate not to forget the ?sf and not to^put off voting. PULL DOWN OR BUILD UPI The editor of the Spartanburg Her old has been ruminating on the ef forts ot some people to tear down rather tbsn to build up., und he has tho following very well' thought out arguments to present as to why one should not attempt to pull down the efforts of those who are trying to build up: f It has been said several times re cently in our presence thst there la developing aa a characteristic of the people of Sparenburg a dlspos.tlon to pull down rather than to build up. Thia is a/plied not to our material progress, but to the community atti tude toward individuals. Lack' of loy alty is whet they term lt. and they add that it ls growing into a commun ity trait. Instances are mentioned In whieh the people of the city hf ire failed to appreciate anility of especial aptness shown by persons for a*given work, done In their midst. Inntead of rewarding merit, it ia said we re ject lt. find fault with the individual ahowlng lt, and in due time the ssid individual moves on. It ts written tilit, Unto him that hath shall be given. But in Spar tanburg there ia * dlAjosltton tb pull down and take away from him oven that hsth that which he gives promise of having. If we are going; to have a great city and exert aa influence ta, the upbuilding of South Carolina, we must have Individuals who have suc ceeded and who are in position to render their community s. ?vice ot the highest sort. ' The tann who has lt in him to suc ceed does not respond In an atmos phere of that aort. He either succeeds tn spite of opposition and becofaeo, year by yeer, more and more out of sympathy with hts surrounding, , or he moves . on to more hopeful, en couraging and Inspiring company. The best way to kill any community ia to "^stablish a habit of pulling down every man who begins to do things or shows any disposition to do things ;.worth while. "THE WEATHER? Fahr Saturday orator near tab i coast* ?aaaay- rah*. Good Roads Proposed Bond Issue $75i / March 3( Road Commissioner B. M. Aull.Autun , J. M. Uroyles....Townvylle > H. F. Cely.Piedmont Paul It. Earle.Anderson, lt. F. D.I W. Frank McGee. 14.127,899 IN ROADS New York State Has Appropriat ed $1,000,000,000 for Im proved Highways In 1911 Georgia road building hy countlcB and convict labor furnished by the State, in dollars amounted to $4,127,899. The average COB' per mile of public roads was $49.10, or $1.68 per inhabitant. Georgia has no highway commis sion or State engineer, nor does thc State directly engage in road con struction except to furnish the State convicts. In 1911, 4,744 convicts wero employed in road construction work. Tho State, however, has what is known as an advisory board of the Geological Survey, composed ot- the elective officers of the State and a Geologist Department in charge of a State Geologist. This department col lects statistical information relative lo-the public roads and highways of the State. The 1912 report., tho last available, shows that out of a public road mile age in Georgia of 83,896, there have within the last few jfcars been built seven miles of sholl, thirty-five miles of macadam, 235 miles ">t roads sur faced with gravel and chen, and 4, 077 ipiles surfaced with sand-clay mixtures. i Novada has no highway department and contributes nothing toward the building of roads. In 1911 thc legis lature appropriated $20,000 for road work to bc done by convict labor and a road was built between Carson City, the capital, and Reno, li 1913 the legislature preprinted $60,000 to be uticd In the construction of 1.100 miles of "good roads," but Governor Oddie vetoed it because the appropriation was so utterly insufficient to construct the mileage of roads the legislature had in contemplation, although road building In Nevada ls made relatively cheap by the reason of thc natural climatic and soil conditions. x A a nual Automobile Tex. West Virginia bas constructed no roads from State funds only. In 1909 tho legislature created a State road department and made ? levy ot 1 cent per $100 valuation. Political condi tions changed and the following ses sion of \he legislature abolished the law and prorated the money raised By tax to the various counties, creat ing a State road bureau and chief road a State road bureau and chief road engineer under the control of the State University, which bureau has advisory authority over all public roads within the State. An annual automobile tax of $10 ls collected. Permanent road building materials used In West Virginia ls brick, con crete, tarvla. bituminous, penetration macadam, bltulithic and- water-bound macadam. The latter is m"V. univer sally used there on account of its ranging from only $60 to $3,000 per mile. New York State originally begun its direct road work by the creation of a / highway commission. of three, and providing for a bond issue of $50, 000,000 to be used in road construction. In 1913 the legislature abolished the three-headed commission and substi tuted in its place a single commission er, and provided plans for 'tao direct appropriation of another $50.000,000 to be used In further construction of highways, making s total .thus far provided of a round $1,000.000.000, all ot which has not yet been spent . he newer New York has divided the? State Into nine divisions ' and places a division engineer Sn active supervision of the work and main tenance In each division. New York's Plan of Operation. ? Highways are classified as "State Highways." being those constructed solely st State expense; ''county, high ways," constructed jointly hy 8tate, covnty and town; "town highways." constructed by the towns with tho aid o? the State. The highway commis sioner receives a salary ot $10,000 per year. The first deputy receives $6,000. tho second and third deputies $5,000 each. Other employes receive correspondingly proportionate com pensation. The nine division engi neers each receive $4.000 per annum. The law requires the appointaient, of a county road 'superintendent, and also a town superintendent of high ways'. The duties ot these officers are to supervise and maintain the ronds, highways and streets, bridges and culverts within their respective jurisdictions. The SUte ls building a system ot cardinal tr?nk line and market roads at Its own expense. It contributes to the building or roads by the counties and town? based upon assessable values per mlle of road. - The law also provides for the nee of convicts and prison labor. The first deputy commissioner is in charge of construction work, the second of maintenance and repairs, the third of town highways. State and county highways com contract tots*. ?,??s miles. Plans are made tor con puting ?,$00 additional niles. State AWI finn in feiernd Colorado has laid oat a njoaseal ny*? Department >,000 Election to be Held I ), 1915. s Provided in Act: J. S. Fowler.Anderson C. E. Harper.Monea Path J. Mack King, Supervisor.Belton Ross Mitchell .Belton ... Iva tem of primary State roads of 5,000 miles and about 30,000 miles of coun ty roads. She has neither made direct appropriation nor issued bonds for road work, but at the time of her ad- j mission he union by congressional grant, bc M) acree of land became public property, the proceeds.of which were to be used In internal improve ments, and tho income from thc sale and rental of thone landa la being ex pended by the State highways com missioner for permanent road im provement. By a State aid plan she contributed to each county an amount equal to that expended by the county on what are classed "secondary roads," primary roads being a part of the 5.000 miles State highway system and first to be improved. The highway department is in charge of a State highway commis sioner and an advisory board, or com mission, of five members, one from each of five districts of the State. The quite usual specifications, rules and regulations' as to authority over pub lic roads is in effect. There is an automobile and motorcycle license fee based upon horsepower, running from a minimum of'$2,50 up. The commis sioner receives an annual compensa tion of $3,000 and serves for four years. The secretary of the advisory board must he a civil engineer and receives $2,000. The advisory board receive no compensation, except trav eling and other expenso while attend ing to duties of office. Better results might be expected,- however, should the board be paid per diem and ex pense. The State expended about $600,000 in 11)13 for road improve ment. In the "Old Dominion.** The Old Dominion State, by legisla, tive appropriation from the general funds, sets aside approximately half a million dollars annually for the construction of public highways. The roads are built on a county aid plan, whereby the county Ia required to expend an amount equal to that con tributed by the State. Convicts are worked on the roads and $145,000 per annum ls appropriated for the main tenance of the State convict board force. Sixty thousand dollars per year is required to maintain the Vir ginia State highway department, at 3ie head of which is a State high ay commissioner, appointed by the governor for a six-year term. The remaining three members of the com mission are deans of the engineering departments of the Unlveraity of Vir ginia, Virginia Military Institute and Virginia A. & M. College. Their highway department WSB or ganised <n 1906. Since that time the State has paid'one-half the expense of1 construction of 2,916 miles of hard surface road and 170 bridgea. Of this 855 miles ot read and 90 bridges have hc-en built during 1914. The St"'.o receives from a license tax on automobiles, about $115,000 per an num, which now goes into construc tion work, but which is to be shortly set sslde for maintenance work. I STE BESTING SERVICE YESTERDAY AFTEROOX An excellent program waa enjoyed hy those wira attended the service held at the Baptist church yester day afternoon, in connection with the week of prayer being observed by the ladies of the missionary society. Mrs. ?. S. Minor led this meeting on "Cuba snd the Canal Zone." Cuba long dominated hy Spain bas been under Catholic influence and the people aro in the grip of ignorance, superstition, and vice. Southern Baptists have been fortunate in se curing a good stronghold there and tho work is advancing under the wise leadership of Superintendent McCall. The Canal Zone ls now a strategic point and the needs of thia field were laid upon the hearts of the women. A greet treat is in store for thoje Who attend the clostng meeting this afternoon. Three vital problems of home mission work will be presented; the negroes, the Immigration and the Indians. Th? girls of the church Y. W. A. and the College Y. W. A. will lead and the girls ot the Christian growth club will close with a real Indian demonstration. This is the in B?hering meeting when the offering r home mission work will he tak en. Ev?ry woman ia urged to come and by her presence, prayer, and of fering make this'afternoon a fitting close of a week la which God has richly blessed us. Stories wi 1 be told to the children:by Mrs. 4. O. Sanders. WOKEN ORRYTLLE SL E. CHURCH Requested ta Meei .at Charca Keri Saaday Afternoon. The members ot W. M. S. ot the Orrvtlle M. E. church request the presence ot every lsdy member of the Orrvllle M. at church, br Methodist Included, at the church ai 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon March 7. Hoping each and every one of you will accept this as a apeclaj invita tion as we hare business of impor tance to (ilacusa. W. M. 8. Orrville M. E. O. Proper Treatment For BJUeasness. For a lona time Miss Lula Skelton. Churchvllle. Nf. Y., wss bilious and had sick headache and dlzsy spells. Chamberlain's Tablets were the only thing that g??* her r*nr>*?*at relier. Obtainable everywhere. .WHEN you spend your money and get about fifty per cent, more money's worth than you pay for you're sure to be satisfied. That's what you get here at this sale now, but this sale is on the last lap, only seven more days. Men's Suits All $10.00 Suits now reduced to All $12.50 Suits.now reduced to All $15.00 Suits now reduced to All $18.00 Suits now reduced to All $20.00 Suits now reduced to All $22.50 Suits now reduced to All $25.00 Suits now reduced to $6.95 $8.95 $10.95 $12.95 $14.95 $16.95 $17.95 The Store with a Conscience* SOMETHING GOOD AT PARAMOUNT "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch* Secured for This Afternoon and Evening ? "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch" will be thc attraction at the Paramount theatre Saturday afternoon and ev ening. ' Those persons who go to see "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch."! by Mrs. Burton Harrison will find a wel come relief from the sameness sad the crudeness and tho obviodsness that too often, alas, are found In mo tion pictures. This ls a superior pro duction, and it will be encouraging tb th-? firm and 8tesdfast bel1overs~ln the future of the picturo play as a substitute fe - regular playb. Wc cannot Imvo too many films ot tbi3 character. The public is always ready to accord such picture a hearty welcome. lt certainly does all that could be asked, and e^n as much as the stage version of tbe same play did, and (his without depending on action to carry it through. For, in reality, there is very little actipn In the entire four reels, but there bi development and this is the Important things after all. The story never drags, it moves for ward continuously, but the progress is in the interplay of characters upon each other. Now the great difficulty in a picture of this kind ls in making it com prehensible without overloading lt with sub-titles. Th!? difficulty hhs been met and overcome by casting in the several parts players of rare in telligence ' and grasp, who | never fail to make the spectator understand their feelings and the thoughts, and yet can never express them by word of month. When the whole power of tho play Iles in the emotional clash of characters the highest order of his trionic ability is required to reveal this on the screen. But not. a point ls missed, and.the credit tor the achievement belongs to the players. First and foremost is Henrietta Crosman, who makes ber initial appearance in pictures. But _ y^V^ T 39*4* rf. - MEAT BARGAIN SALES. For heaven's sake, child, STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! There 1B reason in all things. Think for a minute, that terrible foot and mouth disease. Buy the home raised meats and no other at any price. Buy from j LILY WHITE MARKET \ Phones 694 and 695 On Whltner St. near' new opera house her long experience as an emotional actress fist ber eminently to delineate the character of the wlfe who ls di vorced and comes .back to see Hie daughter that has been taken away frora her. Sho ls nd'.y superb in the quiet re straint and ?V calm, dignity with which st. ?. "jfo$? a Part that a lesBer . actress wo? id have been sorely tempt ed to clothe with fierce and fiery out bursts ot Indignation and tears of righteous sorrow. But Miss Cross man's understanding is too fine to give vent to such melodramatic metit ods.' and ahe ls justified because she succeeds In making the character per fectly intelligible. Following Miss Crosman's lead, th? other players are always carefully re strained, never violent or stormy, even In the most tense and dramatic momonts of the play. y In fact the play moves wita this quiet dignity that ls entirely at va riance with the feelings of the char acters, and yet ls entirely in keeping with the air of good breeding that pervades * the home from which tho first wife ls forced by tba actions ot a loveless husband. PARAMOUNT THEATRE / TODAY SPECIAL CHILDREN'S PROGRAM ~ FROM 19 A. M. TO 1 P. M. ADMISSION FREE TO ALL CHILDREN AT I P. M. TUE FIRST REEL OF "The UawekoEie (fas. Hatch" V w??S go on/ This features HENRIETTA CROSMAN and HAROLD LOCKWOOD COMING MONDAY-"Tba Etas; sad the Man.* TUESDAY-*Th* (?ri of the Caldea West." WEDNESDAY-?The Bett?? Maa.* ? L Admission 5: ?nd 10c. High Grad? Musk.