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?HE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED AUAU8T 1, 18C*. _ll? West Whllaer Stree*. .-i. 1KOER80N, 8. C. "=rS?" W. W. sMOAK, Editor and Due. Mgr g* M. GLENN.City Editor PHELPS SA?3SEEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY,....Circulation Mgr. Entered aa second-class matter Ap ril 28, 1914, at the post office at An der?on. South Carolina, under the Act ot March 3. 187?. Member of Aasociated Press) and Receiving Dally Telegraphic Sorvlce. TELEPHONES Editorial and Business Office.Ill I Job Printing .693-L SUBSCEIITI'IK BATES Semi-weekly One Tear .11.601 Biz Months . .75 DaDy One Tear .15.00 Bia Months . 2.60 TL/ree Months .... 1-36 The Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers In the city.. If you fall to get your paper regularly please notify us. Opposite your name on the label of your paper ls printed date to which your paper 1? paid. All checks and drafts should be drawn to Tb? Anderson Intelligencer. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o OCR DAILY POEM. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o e O o O () o TROUBLE. The earth ls big and rough and round. And floats in space just like a bub ble. Upon its surface may be found A lots of folks and Iota of trouble. The oceans are the big earth's eyes; The mountains make a thousand noses; Thc vales are cam, and I surmiso Its mouths ere when the earth quake closes. Sometimes I wonder if tho stars Are bothered by a host of creatures, ! And ships and teams and trolley cara All crawling 'round among their | features. I'd even like to try tho moon, She's so serene and calm and | quiet But then ahe may bc peopled soon Some billionaire ls sure to buy lt. The planeta al! aie big and rough And float in apace just Uko a bub ble; But each old orb where man is found Is JUHt alive with trouble, trouble. -Lurana Sheldon, in N. Y. Times. RAMBLING REFLECTIONS. After all people arc about tho j same in all essential particular?, which proves something or nothing aB ono looks at lt. Of course there are j a few little Idiosyncrasies which dif ferentiate tho people of one continu ity from those ot another. There may by the pronunciation of a word, or the peculiar meaning of a saying which is familiar to the people of one licet lon, but thom ure not many dif ferences in essentials-in character. One who hos lived in many com munities generally Ands pcoplo tu each ot them exactly liko somo they) kucw in the others. Who does not j for instance, know of a staunch far mer who think? and feels independ ently, caring not a flg for the opinion anyone has of him or tho way ho A <iors? Yes, there- ts one in your homo - community which is exactly Uko ono . in Uiat other community with which you aro familiar. We know several In Anderson County liko some we know in other counties, and they aro tho best people In the world. They are never in a hurry to arriv? at a conclusion, but once arrived at, they f stick to it Their estimate of a man ' is usually right, and hypocrites have littio placo in their good graces. They ' voto as they pica?o and allow no poli tician to lead them around by tho nose. But unfortunately, there la nn cther claas as numerous lo one sec lion as in another-the ne'er do well, tho shiftless and worthless, who sow not, either do they reap. This type and that cxlsC everywhere. The task of tho master mind in thia I modem tinta-1? to make these widely j diff?rant lypes ?var into ideal ciU ge ?a. The .- tendency ot modern life ts to create a public spirited clttxen who will lend or his time and talent to building up his community. Now there are wlfew men and women In \ every community who carry on Ita ? public functions. It the type of citi zen mentioned above happens to take . an interest in the welfare of nts com munity, then all it well, but If he hap- j pens to be "agin" progresa and pro grecsiro measures, then he is a prob lem to the reformer. But. there ia *- that other work which today la re ceiving ao much attention, and that ls * with the plastic mind of the child In school. Here Ia material ot the finest texture from which may be woven Ute hoblest of characters and the sweet eat influences. The hand ofV the) trainer must be skilled in the loom of churacter building, and if HO the flninhed product may be Been and admired of all men. Among the great teachers, an we have said before, ar? thc press, the pulpit and the ?ehool teacher. Their Influences will live on in the ages to come. What one readH ha? perhapH thc most laHtlng imprcHslou. What one n?es and hears also plays an Im portant part in character forming. So the preacher and the teacher should ?tildy to make of themnelves accep table models for the youth they are teaching. "What you are speaks BO loud I cannot hear what you Hay," said a WIHC writer. These thoughts are suggested by the cloHing of the .schools lu the rural diHtrictu of Hie State. How like their teachers thc pupils will try to be, and how Important 's that work they have been doln'-' Furthermore, the teach er will have a long rcBt from active work. Wisdom will dictate that shs will spend lt in preparation for her future work. She should bo better fitted to teach next session, and if there have been mistakes they should not be repeated next year. But, the work of the parent is of vastly more Importance than that of thc press, thc preacher or tho teacher. And, If these agenclcB need prcp(araion to write, to preach or to teach, what a vast deal of preparing should tho father and the mother make before undertaking to rear their children. Let all think of their duties and their responsibili ties, and be better men and better wo men, as well as better citizens. THE NEW NEW ?PAEH. Anderson has a nc newspaper. Tho Anderson Farmers Yribune ts the name selected for it by thc publish ers. There ls little in the first issue that indicates that lt ls to be a far mers' paper, but this will doubtless be tho exception to the rule of pub lishing a whole lot about how to raise pigs and calves as usually la done in purely agricultural papers. The idea ui the publishers is doubtless that they wish the farmers to subscribe to it. John B. Adger Mullally's name ap pears at the masthead as editor, and The Cheshlres, printers, as publish ers and proprietors. One notable feature of the first is sue which appeared Friday ls that lt contained no advertisements. This was a unique notion of tho publishers -to have one pafjer that carried no display advertisements. The paper will appear semi-weekly, and is an eight page, six column paper. SOME EVOLUTION THIS. Of course this is a white man'a country. Such a truism needs no comment anywhere, especially in tho South. But whllo it ls a white man's country, there aro 10,000,000 negroes, four-fifths of them being pure negro blood. .Most of these live down South, and aro coming Into contact with the white people every day and In most Industrial pursuits. At the close of tho lato war these negroes wero Just emancipated, and were ig norant and proportylcss, being thrown upon their own resources. Since then they have made progress! It is stated In statistical reports that 900,000 of them own their own farms, and one fourth their own homes. This has been somo evolution, and tf kept up lt will not be long till the percentages aro increased. There are two schools of thought In tho South as to this matter. Ono school holds that the ..egro should be kept in ? dependent position, and In Ignorance. They also hold that it would bo better for them to own no property. Th: other Behool holds that the negro has to bo reckoned, and has a bad Influence upon the com munity. One school holds that If the nngro la educated he is spoiled aa a producer; the other that bia efficiency ls Increased by education. This fact remains, however, that If the negro ls to be allowed to accumulate prop erty he should be allowed enough training and education to use tho power this gives him wisely and well. Even a dog ls enhanced In valus as he is given training, and tho right kind of training does not hurt any human being. , RAPID TRANSPORTATION. This ls the day of rapid transpor tation. The advent of the automo bile, the electric railway, the flying machine, the improved railway train, and now ot the Jitney hus, means that the Idea, of distance has been rele gated to thp rear. It matters less now where one lives than ever before. It the roads are good, one may live on the coast and frequent the mona tala resorts, or vice versa. One can n live ta the country and ea Joy pleasure* of etty life. Poaaoaal:?? automobile, or a Ford, one can defy distance. Perhaps the full value of all this time Having CHn hardly yet be ap preciated. The American In probably in HU? h a hurry that he hus not yet taken time to analyze the matter and see what Rood fortune really belong to bim in this modern method of transportation. We were discussing thc automobile with a physician re cently, and he asserted that if he had to go back to use of a horse and buggy again he would give up the practice of his profesaion. He stated that ho recalled the time when he had to keep two horses to do hts practice, and bc was always fatigued from long drives Then came the bicycle and he used to ride Into tin country for ten miles Now he wond ers how he ever was able to do either of these Btunts, and BO dependent is he upon the modern rapid transit of tlic automobile that he could not brook thc slow and tedious method of transportation of tho earlier years of his practice. The full enjoyment of these new devices for cutting out diBtanceB de pends upon the condition of thc roads, and wise is that section of South Carolina which realizes this and gctu ready first. Watch (*lreenvlllo ami Richland counties forge ahead now when they lead In thc construction of good roads. JAMES M'COWN ELECTROCUTED (CONTINUED FROM FAOE ONE.) McCown ran to the door and called for assistance. Mr. Roy E . I?IUTIHS and Mr. Tom Cox were eating' dinner In the pump house nearby, and both of them hurried to render asHlB tance. Mr. Burriss grabbed hold of the wire and wa? Knocked backward by fhe current. Mr. Cox was also slightly shocked. Mr. Harriss then called on Mr. Cox to grab hold of the wire and Jerk lt loose from the rosette on the celling nbove. This Mr. Cox did, and MTS. McCown and Mr. Rur rips were able to extinguish the flames on the young man on the floor. The electric light globe was found broken, probably ha\-?i" boen Hmash ed when young McCo*- was hurled to thc floor when Shocked. The young man had a cut place on hs forehead, which bled some, but lt ls thought this wound waa made when he foll to thc floor. Only 110 Volts. AB soon as the horrible tragedy was reported to the office of the South ern Public Uttll'ies company. Mr. H. A. Orr, manager of this branch, Superintendent R. T. Long, Mr. A. E Holman and Mr. S. O. Jackson Hur ried in an automobile to the Sybt place. They declared the voltage to have boon 110. The Insulation of the extension cord from the celling to tho globe was found intact ano In perfect condition. Rut, on unscrewing tho Bocket in which the globe was Bcrewed lt was found that the Insula tion on the thumb switch had been broken or worn and lt is presumed that this broken insulation caused the electrocution. A Bright Lad. Medical aid was summoned immed iately, but when the physician reached there the lad had been dead many minutes. All efforts to resuscitate thc lad were futile, though the physi cian and members of the family work ed hard. James waa an unusually bright lad and was popular with hts school mates and others with whom he caine in contact. Mr. S. A. McCown, father of tho young man, stated yesterday, that he went In tho basement room a few days ago and on handling the electric light ho felt a tinge of current and had warned htr boys to stay away from tho wires. Mr. McCown said he attributed his feeling tho electrici ty to the dampness in the basement. However, to guard against an accident Mr. McCown hung up the wire out of reach of the children. Probably some person had occasion to go in the basement during the last day or two and took down the wire. The Mc Cowns have been living at the Seybt place only a week last Thursday and Mr. McCown said that he has not had time to make a complete inspection of the - premises, especially with re gard tn tho wiring. BRYAN SPEAKS ON PUBLICITY Addressed Cit;/ Cfo? of Baltimore On "Rules l or New Voters." BALT!MORIE. April 24-- Publicity as essential to the honest adminis tration of government aa freedom of speech is to representative govern ment, Secretary of State Bryan told' the members ot the city club here today. The -secretary declared that tn the governments approach td per fection they are cooperative" In pro portion as they adjst with Justice the Joint burdens which are necessarily imposed and distributed with equity the Incidental benefits which come from the disbursement of the money which is raised by taxation." Mr. Bryan spoke on "Rules for the New Voter." Cargo Catto? for England. . BRUNSWICK. April 24.-The Brit lsr, steamer Nea tor ian sailed today With a cargo cf cotton for England. CUERO-COLA MEN ON TOUR Of INSPECTION L. H. Hatcher, "Grand-Daddy" of Popular Drink, and Other Officers Here. Messrs. L. H. Hatcher of Colum bus, Ga., known among his friends everywhere au the "granddaddy" of the Chero-C?la Company, accompanied by J. D. Fitzgerald of Sparlanburg. who is one of tue principle owners of the local ( hero-Cola plant, in addition to tho Laurens, Greenwood, Spartan burg. ''ol ii m bia and Augusta, Ga., 'liero-Cola plants, were in the city yesterday. These gent leinen had .'"Rt complet ed a trip around over the territory controlled by Mr. Fitzgerald, and they reported a splendid business, with prospects for a magnlficlent business this summer. Mr. Hatcher, in speak ing of the business of tho parent company at Columbus, Ga., stated that their business for the past threu months hud shown a great increase over the corresponding three months of last year, notwithstanding the war. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Hatcher is a little past forty summers and a corresponding number of win ters; one would hardly think so after conversing with him for Just a few moments. lie is chock full of op timism, good cheer, "pep' and every thing else that makes this world worth living to JuBt come into con tact with a real live one like Mr. Hatcher. WEEKLY REVIEW COTTON MARKET Favorable Weather Report and Planting Encourage Rc f S action. NEW YORK, April 24.-While there has been heavy realizing in cotton for past week, offerings have been readily absorbed on reactions of a little more than $1 a balo and prices made new high seasonal records during todays early trading, with October contracts at 10.92, while later nov crop de liveries worked well through the ll cent level. A favorable weekly weather report and reports of good progress with crop preparations and planting serv ed to encourage reactionary senti ment during the middle of the week and there was also heavy selling here for Liverpool account. This was supposed to be largely in the way of straddles and the .relatively steady ruling of old crop, Months in .tba face of increasing New Work stocks and reports of dimlnishng export baa ?"?cn partly attributed to shifting ot Liverpool short account to later de liveries. Local near month shorts, have also been covering, probably ap prehending that little cotton would be tendered on May In view of the 're cently prevailing later month pre miums, or that such tenders would be very promptly taken, by hanking in terests. These operations, combined with the better weather and talk ot im proving crop prospects, have resulted In some shrinking of the differences between months and talk of larger May deliveries, but there has been no general or actual selling against actual, the goodB market has been ac tiva and firmer, and while spot sales in southern markets have been small er, their quotations have been well maintained. Private advices from the south have been more conflicting on thc acreage prospects. Heavy ralas reported in the south west at the end of the week delaya in the new crop start and there were also reports of an increased demand frcin domeattc spinners. Flyer .Hakes New Record. PENSACOLA. Fla. April 24.-A. new world's record of altitude flight of 10.000 feet in a hydro-aeroplane waa mt'.de here late yesterday by Lieutenant P. N. L. r-.Minger ot the United States navy. The best pre vious record, also made by Bellinger, waa 6,200 feet, which wa amada nt Annapolis. ?THE DEM HOUSI FLY Time was when only the bald-ht now he strikes terror to the stoutcs out. We know him to be a dwell? disease, a spreader of plague and | from society and expelled from oui HO1 Screens, my dear, sir, Screens! i Wc also have Bronze, *Galvanizt cut to any size required. Sullivan Ha Anderson, S. C. Grccnvi Yoi Our merchandise view; our service satisfy our custon ed with the duty ests of the custom You will not we have put until you've ? ing quite a s men. They're mos And the varii business mei for the busir value for all Choice of pri WHOLESALE I ARRESTS (CONTINUED FROM FAOP ONE.) bottle of whiskey td a white man while they were looking on from their biding place. The white man who is said to have bought the whis key came to the /police station and said tr.at he woura appear as a wit ness against the negro, swearing that he did sell him the bottle of whis key. The police took from the white man a bottle of whiskey they allege was the one they saw the negro seir him. Is Moonshine Stuff. The bottle of whiskey In question was of the genuine moonshine brand, or rather the brand which one gets hold of nowadays, but noe tue so called good old kind that was given plenty of time in which to ferment and mature in wooden casks. Tne stuff was of a greenish color, some what smoky In appearance and full of tiny white particles. When the stop per was taken from the bottle and the nose) applied to the opening nuff said. An odor like that of a poor grade of kerosene and the sting of potash fumes greeted one's olfac tory nerves. Bond ls Fixed. Up until a late hour last night on ly one of the defendants, Lena Wil liams, had been able to give bond and secure her release. The chief of po lice fixed bond in each case at $100 cash or $200 paper. Just, when the cases will be called for trial in the recorder's court is not known. BRIGADIER GENERAL SCOTT WILL BECOME M AJOR GEN EBAL WASHINGTON, April 24.-d3rula dlcr General Scott, artillery chief of statt will be promoted to major gen eral Thursday when Major General Murray will retire for age. Colonel F. S. Strong, coast artillery at Char leston, S. C., becomes brigadier gen eral. D. A. H. Congress Adjourns. WASHINGTON. April 2'.-Tho twenty-fourth annual congress of Daughters ot the American Revolu tion, which haa been lo session here all week end?d today. Much of time today's session was devoted to fare well reception by Mrs. William Cum mings Story, pr?sident general to department delegates. Mrs.* Story announced that she would not be a candidate for re-election In 1917._ )LEY W??g? laded man feared the house fly t hearts. For we have found Mm if in filth, a "common carrier" of pestilence. He must be ostracised . homes! ' \nd we sell them ! id and Painted Screen Wire Cloth, trdivare Co. ?Ile, S. C Belton S. C. ir Satisfaction First is all chosen with that in all springs from a desire to ?ers; our salesf?rce is charg of caring first for the inter 1er. be able to fully appreciate the efforts forth to secure.the best values for you seen these suits which have been creat ensation recently among the young t unusual values at $15, $18, $20. sty is no smaller that's shown here for n. There's a business value to style less man and these suits are full of purposes. ces from $10 to $25. [!. . SPOT CASH CLUTHA Thc Store with a Conscience* Extract from letter of Mr. Henry Boyd, of New York of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. "Recently while in your city I went out to see your development (North Anderson) and I'want to congratulate you oh the satisfactory manner in which you are doing this worV.. We have decided to add North Anderson to our loaning section and you may take up the mat ter of loans with Mr. Glnn." This is the first instance in which The Equitable has consented to lend money on any suburban development. * LONG STAPLE COTTON We are in the market for LONG STAPLE COTTO 1 various lengths. Offers promptly made upon receipt of samples. JUDSON MILLS, Greenville, S. C '.PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. April 24.-, Untied States Sanator Pearces said oday Roosevelt orred yesterday In tinting on tho wttaeaa stand that ha .reventad Pearoaa*? election aa choir* maa ot the Republican national com. mlttee la 1W. Penrose aatd he wasn't a candidate then and didn't know he had been aufnfeated for tho? place.