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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER
Founded AugUHt 1, I860.
North Main Stret
AJRNI>I-HSON, 8. C.
WILLIAM HANKS. Editor
W. W. SMOAK_HuHlneas Manager
Entered as second-class matter Ap
ril 28, 1914, at tho poBt ofllco at An
derson, Soul M Carolina, under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
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TELEPHONESs
Editor!** .327
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Job Priming.693-L
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The Weather.
Washington, July 29,?Forecast:
South Carol fejw-Gonerally fair Thurs
day and Friday; light to moderate
variable winds.
'.' DAILY THOUGHT
nrri i_ .
Weigh not so much what men
say as what they prove. Remem
ber that truth is simple and nak
ed and needs not invective to ap
niirol h?r ?' '" T5r!??'?" ? Sir
Philip Sidney.
Riot at Mexican bull fight. Dull
was too small.. Oh, Teddy.
o
'The danger of having good govern
ment may always be averted.
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Mr, lluerta will get no more R. S.
V. P. "notes" from this country.
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When tho small boy has his big sis
ter's coat of tan, mother calls it dirt.
When President Wilson is inter
viewed about Mexico, 'the i importers
talk very freely.
j/ri vjih??
en a child writes or spells well,
iMllU?d' thing is regarded as
.eccentric tljoso day a.
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Harry Thaw was for a long time
Canada's most prosperous industry.
Where is he now?
Another bod feature of these for
eign wars is trying to pronounce some
of tbeoutlnndish names.
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Corn roasts and elam bakes are in
season on the seashore. Also mos
quitoes and stingamarces.
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. Reciprocity. If we have an exhibit
at San Francisco, tho monoy will
come back to Carolina.
, Tito delight of being president of
Mexico consists in being able to
amend the constitution at any tune.
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j The college^ jp.ro not- doing their
work. Ther <lS a scarcity of good
u?&eu??! pitchers this year.
West Virginia boy jilted by girl,
eloped wUn her sister. He was de
termined to get the mother-in-law.
Blue lights on Mars. No, that's not
a signa} I to I us, but a celebration of
s baseball victory.
: U't;;tJl ' 0
It requires more sense to be a good
; tanner than it does to succeed in any
other line of business.
A judge out in California has ruled
- that it Is a wife's duty to toll her hus
/ band all She knows. Poor cnap.
V" -o
"What Is the" State? Notnmg. I am
IT. " The people be hanged. That is
. tho way of jome people. , ,,
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- Chickens for frying would be so
:} much more'delightful in union un
derwear than.in the prevailing style
of'feathers, <? . tX f
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' The reason why women skip about
so tho pages , of their letters Is be
cause thoy wish to prolong tho en
, joyment of the recipient.
o
! Zulu Prince says that football Is too
'%'*J?\\tq$Mfo'for. his country. Hts people
profer light recreation?an elephant
hont followed by a stowj of mission,
arles In season. I . Vk Hi
. -fe? ;
We call : especial attention; to- the:
' Auatro-Servian war story and 11 lus-1
?ri**?ss on other 'pases o? this issue.
We will endeavor to present to our
readers constantly instructive views
and ; raapa and tho Associated Press
dja$^hes tell the rest
' ' Copenhagen will bold an automobile
*h???ij*?ofc iha .world, this month.
A FINE SENTIMENT
The editor of The Intelligencer Is In
receipt of a letter which is of a per
sonal nature but Is so filled with fine
sentiment that he will take the liber
ty to publish It with the hope that it
may he an inspiration to others in
Anderson county. The letter is from
J. Mack King, county supervisor of
Anderson county, and reads as fol
lows:
' * Perhaps it will he of Intoi .-st
to you to know thai I have conclue -d
arrangements to place my daughter
again with the institution which Is the
best asset that Anderson county pos
rcssob, namely Anderson college.
Unfortunately for the young lady, ns
well as myself, she was loft mother
less five year^ ago, and knowing as I
do the Importance at this day and In
this age of the greatest need, "brain
training." commonly called "educa
tion," I determined to leave my mark
on the face of time by giving an edu
cation as far as possible to the family
with which God bus endowed me.
"Hut I leurncd long ago about
'ways and means.' When I looked
around I found through your good1
odices thai we hud the combination
right here, 'made In Anderson.' My
daughter has developed In many ways
under the cureful tutelage at Ander
son College?physically, intellectually
and all along the Une, and I desire to
say here and now to you through you
to others, that Anderson college Is
the place for our girls and when we
fall to cooperate with the good peo
ple who are at the heud of this in
stitution wo are, perhaps innocently,
neglecting that which m the fu{u"e,
means more for Anderson county than
all other things combined. Let us go
to work and help this great work by
encouraging our people-to send their |
girls to this great home institution
and I feel tl^it In the yca^s to corao
wo will see the fruits of our labors In
the educated and refined-womanhood
that will praise their parents' good
judgment for endowing them with
an Anderson college education.'
"I desire thus publicly to cxpresB
my thanks to my friends and my last
ing gratitude to the faculty and of
ficers of Anderson college for the in
terest thus shown in my motherless
daughter. Assuring them of my car
nest desire to be of any service that I
possib! can to the institution,
I am most sincerely,
"j. Mack King."
Anderson county annually furnishes
enough girls, tp College:? in other cit
ies, and other states to fill the dormi-"
torlos of Anderson college * to run
ning over. Wo would not be a prose
lyter, but we would like to suggest
timidly to the good people of this
section that Anderson college 1b no
experiment, but a fixture, a superb in
stitution, at once the surprise and the
Joy of all who love advancement of
education. At tho head or this insti
tution today 1b a man of Christian
character and courage, ot nigh order
of intellect and a teacher born. H1b
great heart Is throbbing with love for
his splendid mission, and the young
girlr. of the state who come under his
care and under the teaching of him
self and associates will be all the bet
ter In Intellect, In development and In
soul a>i In Christian womanhood for
having attended Anderson college.
THE ENROLLMENT HEAVY
S. Dean Pearman, chairman of the
county democratic executive com ml t
teo, stated yesterday that the club
rolls are In coming In. Ho had receiv
ed 18 yesterday, and each club roll
shows nearly If not quite as many
names as the polling list of two years
ago.
In some clubs the enrollment ex
ceeds the number of names on the.
polling list of 1912.
Friends of the members of the re
cent state democratic convention
claimed that they needed no defense
and that the enrollment would be
their vindication. Mr. Pearman says
that tlu liu'i.atlons axv that the to
tal enrollment will bo considerably
over 7,600, while the ro?? lost pri
mary waa 8,000. In fact the differ
ence may be smaller than that whon
all the lists are in. The above esti
mate'Is conservative.
Governor Btease charged at Green
wood that the floating gangs of non
resident employes on railroad con
dI.m^IIa^ ...Mataa^J U??-?- ?
. .. ..^ ...... .. v.. ........... v. Miua y^ttn?
ago. The new rules cut them ou-..
The anti-administration people
have claimed all the time that non
residents who moved Into the state
just before the last primary were per
mitted to vote for Gov. Blease. Any
auch possibility as that ta eliminated,
if any hing of the kind ever did oc
cur/
Therefore, It appears at present?
wo' emphasize that?for the future
may- cause a. revision : of opinion?
but at this time it appears that the
rules, adopted by tho last state con.
vent ion are In the aggregate ?aie and
fair. They give the opportunity .for
an election for homefolka, by home
folks, and none but, homcfolks.
^eL.tniBi^UisXv^e?.cpmmittw?_ In
checking up the lists will be Uberal,
RA TE DECISION \
WAY TO R/
Commerce Commission Will Dcix
ness Basis?No General
Washington, July '2'i.?It is so gen
erally conceded that the decision of
the interstate commerce commission
on the proposed udvunee In freight
rates will be adverse to the railroads
that it is doubtful if the railroad.*
themselves are setting any store by
the prospects.
I'nless all Indications fail, it pro
mises tube the most important rullngl
the commission lias ever made?im
portant in the fact that it will prevent
any large increase in public burdens
by tho railroads, but principally im
portant in that it is expected to cause
far reaching reforms in railroad
methods and operations. It Is ex
pected to tell the railroads that they
must ho run upon business princi
ples, for business purposes, and not as
adjuncts to the stock market, to be
used for stock manipulation.
The roads, it is believed, will be se
verely censured for some of their
practices, and will be told how they
can obtain increased revenue by the
diminution of special service per
formed for favored shippers.
The decision, in fact, will bo largely
a review of general railroad conditions
throughout the eastern territory, com
bined with advice from the commis
sion as to the best method of remedy
ing had conditions.
Would Scatter Industries.
It Is believed that one part of it
will deal especially with the present
concentration of industries in the lar
ger cities, and will recommend that
these industries be scattered along
the lines in the smaller towns, thus
enabling the railroads''to handle their
business without the congestion, delay
and expense incidental to city termin
als; aiding the Industries in reducing
their overhead charges and the cost
of their properties, and assisting the
employes of the industries to lower
inv- cost or liVlug and raising *t?
standard by placing them in smaller
communltites, where living expenses
are not so high, where fresh air,can
'ju had for them und their families,
und where they can devejop the higher
imt'nor^ 0f life denied them In crowd
ed city quarters.
Distribution of traffic and industry
undoubtedly will be one of the main
themes for discussion In the report,
and the carriers and industries will
be urged to co-operate In this distri
bution for their mutual advantage.
Th3 railroads reached the conclus
ion weeks ago that the commission
would not grant their request for a 5
per cent horizontal increase in rates,
amounting to more than $r>0,000,000 a
year.
Representatives of the carriers
schooled by railroad attorneys, assert
ad that it the increase were not grant
ed quickly, the roads would go on the
TafeVa all * over ' the ' country and one
line after another would be forced in
to bankruptcy.
The bearings were concluded the
fair and straightforward, and that no
technicalities will be resorted to.
Wo are informed that Charleston,
whero there has been so much elec
tion scandal, is operating under a
much more stringent law?passed by
the legislature and not by the conven
tion. And other states are reported
to be operating under primary rules ;
equally as exacting as ours.
All in all, it appears that the en
rollment plan In this state, while just
a little hit more cumbersome than the
old slipshod way, and Is not at all
perfect, is yet a good thing for every
body and gives good protection to the
honest vote.
YKGGING THE SOIL
BruaklDg up the soil with the use
of dynamite is not understood. Some
people scoff at It because they, can ont
see how dynamite Imparts any fertili
ty to the soil. And it does not. - But
there is one thing it does do; it wakes
up the old lazy soli and makes it go
hustling, Just, as applying a galvanic
battery to an old tramp will make him
Jump.
Switzerland, perhaps the greatest,
agricultural country in the world,
for its opportunities, is using dyna
mite extensively and experiments in
the United States and Tight, here in
Anderson county have been very suc
cessful and productive.
The department of agriculture in
Switzerland has set about the matter,
systematically. It has been proved
that fruit trees planted in the soil
prepared by dynamite explosions o'io
prolific- Sometimes it Is necessary to
use force to break Into the storehouse
of riches of the miserly soil and to
put the r????cnt wealth Sato circula
tion.
This la an excellent means of
breaking up hard soil aad making
"worn out" land astonishingly fertile.
The earth is a skull. . The soil Is- the
loose ekln on top of the skull, or is
disintegrated rock resting upon the
skull. The fertility of the.lsoll de
pends upon chemical elements in the
outer covering to nourish plant life. -
Constant rains wash away some of
thesb chemicals and the maturity of
crop after crop exhausts others. But
down on ?he hard pan is the accumu
lation of chemical elements, too deep
under the crust for the" tender roots
of tho plants to attain. Somo up-to
date 'farmers use tractor plows to.
break u^ this hard pan and to give the
roots a chance to stretch thomsolvcs
VILL POINT
ULROAD REFORM
land That .Lines Be Kurt on Busi- j
1 Advance to Be Granted
latter part of April. In their closing
arguments the railroad attorney!)
again stated that delay meant dost rue-1
tion for many lines.
All through May pressure was
brought to bear on the commission to
hasten the decision. Creator pressure
was brought In June. Then the rail
roads began to look around and found
they weren't so badly off as they
thought. They took the hints thrown
out by the commiBloners and their
ne* earnings began to show a relative
increase.
Crop conditions throughout the
country, never more favorable than
thiB year, began to shed optimism on
the railroads and within the last few
weeks the carriers, which had laid off
many men during the progress of the
rate hearings, began to hire- them
back; they placed orders for new
rails; they gave orders for new equip
ment, and they began running their
shops overtime in many instances to
put their rolling stock in shape to
handle the crops.
Hallroads to Jfect Conditions.
Conditions, have improved^ so* that
the prices of those stocks which have
not been fundamentally undermined
by watering have shown steady im
provement.
The delay of the commission con
vinced the railroad operators that
their please for an immediate increase,
because of the precarlousness of their
conditions, had* gone uncountenaneed.
They set about to meet conditions as|
they are.
The decision, however, will point
out the way to groat benefits for the
carriers. Through the elimination of
free services alone, the carriers In the
ear.tern territory will be enabled to
save almost as many millions annual
ly as they hoped to obtain "through the|
? per cent horizontal incrennn.
A more scientJle bundling of their
expenditures for new equipment and
their expenditures- for repairs ou old
equipment will add millions
their savings and thus; increase their
net earnings relatively. The commis
sion will emphatically insist that tea
roads take care of their "cripples"
during the dull season, instead of let
ting them pile up on miles of side
tracks until the ruBh 'season strikes
them, when an attempt is made to put
them all through the Shops in a hurry.
The commission will point out that
the roads, should also devoto their at
tention to keeping their tracks and
rights of way In-repair during the off
season in traffic.
The decision has been wrltton for|
several days. All of the commission
ers now have copies of it. Its con
tents have Jo%n known in a/, general
way for s?ve?L weeks past, and per
sons fan: iliai$&rth -the^^toarSrefc, assert
there will be-Sk? diurry-at all when.: it
Is finally madeikTlpwnvxto the general
public. x'
and grab hold of the' chemicals in the |
soil.
Wo have hardly scratched tho sur
face of the earth. ^No plow can go
deep enough to do the work of a dy
namite cartridge. Plant one of these
cartridges two or three feet below the
surface and it will overturn the soil,
pulverize it and release the chdmlcal
agencies to give food to plant ilfe.
The cartridges, when placed 12 to 201
feet-apart, will tear .up a whole "field'
in Buch a manner that it will not I
egain need euch'heroic treatment forj
five or six y ears,.hut the newly pul
verized soil will keep on yielding up
it chemical constituents until another
such treatment is needed.
Chemical fertiliser may be needed
at times, and even so, witl be found
to take hold instantly and to sink |
down to the roots and not to leach)
and evaporate on top of the ground.
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"WHAT CONSTITUTES SUCCESSr|
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- "He has achieved BUCcesB who
has lived welt, laughed often and
. much; who has gained the re
spect of intelligent men and the
love of little children; 'who has
filled SH niche and accomplished
his .; who haa left the world
belt -ham ho found It, whether
by an improved' poppy,' a perfect
poem or a rescued soul; who has
never lacked. appreciation of
earth's beauty or. failed to ex
press it; who has alwaysr looked
for th? bee*; in'others'and'given
the best he had; whose life was
an inspiration; ;whose memory Is
a benedlctron.^Mrs; X JV Stan
ley, Lincoln, Kan. _
This doflnltion, won tho $250 prize,
offered somo .timcj (( jago.-.by .a, Boston
firm for the best answer to the above
question. Can you. .beat,, it? We
doubt it? W$&?'*'
*A? ii??rr aK?BLTE
Immense Gathering;, at .Funeral. InI
Dublin, Ireland.
Dublin, July ?29.-^-More
persons star
eat Ini the. i_
tho funeral oEthe'thnfb persons killed
last Sunu^y^hsiilWK > KWa uown
Scot?sh border?rs pred into a mob
during a; gun rvnnhvg exploit by; ta?
Irish nationalist Tr&Bqgccra. All shops
were closed. The, mayor; the city
council '.aid jpt^eriaubHc bodies and
battalions or nationalist vohiatshrs
participated tn the procession; which
was a mile and, a'half long,
A recently pal&hted wood screw car-1
ries a snarp.blade under the.U^d.to
ream out a placet? ?oc^tes|h?,\head.|
ANDERSON TO MUH
SOI MEW TERRITORY
NOW AFTER A PART OF
ABBEVILLE
DONALDS SECTION
People Living There Do Not L0ce|
Idea of Becoming Attached To
County of Greenwood
Sometime ago an agitation was
started to effect a change, by which
the portion of Abbeville county known
as Donald's township would become
a part of Groenwood county. For
sometime it seemed that this deal
had gone through and that the split-up
would occur, but a few days ago op
position to such a move was develop
ed, people living In the northern half
of the district refusing to agree to the
proposition. The southern, half of the
district wanted to become a part of
Greenwood and the northern half ob
jected and there the matter stood un
til yesterday, when :ertnla,. citizens
living in the northern Itfirtelephoned
to Anderson and asked If Anderson
would assits. in the undertaking to
have them made Into a part of Ander
3on county If they would state a prop
osition. They said that they were
very ready to leave Abbeville county
for Anderson county but it did not
care to do so for Crecn^epdl-county
It naturally follows tlj^U^'-Anderson
will be glad of tho oppQrtunity'jto ac
quire the territory. U. ":<*r*"?
Following their conversation with,
the interested parties the Anderson
chamber of commerce went to work
on plans for making the scheme feasi
ble. It was agreed that a meeting of
all the Interested parties would bo
held ?t Dcna?d= en Friday at C'.SC
o'clock, at which time Greenwood citi
zens will be present, citizens from
both the northern section and south
ern section cf the district under discus
sion will be present and people from
Honen Path, who are also greatly in
terested in the deal will be present.
The chamber of commerce announced
yesterday afternoon that James D.
Hammett, chairman of I the executive
committee, had appointed J. K. Hood,
Jas. N. Pearman and T. Frank Wat
kins, as a committee to represent An
derson at the meeting., ' Porter A.
Whaley, secretary of \ib.e Anderson
chamber of commerce, will also be at
the meeting and he will assure" the
people of the northorn section of Don
alds township that Anderson county
will be very glad to have them become
citizens.
Mr. Whaley Bald yesterday that this
ia one of the most fertile sections of I
Abbeville county and that if Anderson
can obtain it it will bo a> great stroke
of business 'for this conntyi, He says
that if convincing arjruftnenftl Vill have
any effect that the people will come
across and agree to Join Anderson be
cause he and his committee iwlll pr?s-,
ent Irrefutable argumentai when they
appear at the meeting. The Ander
son representatives will. \leave this
city at 2:15 Friday afternoon.
People In all sections of; the ccunty
trust that no hitch may occur in the
plans and it would seem,.how that
none can turn up and that' the new
territory wiii be acqnirea.
HAIL SUFFERERS
ARE GIVEN ADVICE
Want F*ymer? la Ha2 Dis
Plant Cotton Land In Peas If
Crop Has Been Rained
"If those Anderson county farmere
suffering the most loss from the re
cent severe hall. storm a JyLUi plant
their land in peas they Wfrree Bur
prised to learn next year - Chat they
lost mighty little" said a''well-known
farmer yesterday. ?Jt^^tlL
J. W. Rothrock, county demonstra
tion agent, said yesterday, ?3at he was
urging every farmer/ l?)kvrWeifl he
found a tract where the' hall had com
pie tel y ruined (the cotton, coolant the
land In early maturing J peas, peas
ready to cut within 60 to '40 days and
he la sure that they will be in much
better shape than they now even hope
for.
An effort has been made to have the
government furnish tree to the farm
ers of the stricken district a quantity
of peas for planting and a telegram
was also sent to Congressman Aiken,
asking' that ho lend hia alrt in getting
some selected seed for the farmers
of this section. eManwhile, Anderson
plantera can'get. all the peas they
want,, right here at home, from* a lo
cal seedsman.
The agricultural confmU?ee of the
chamber of commerce is trying to get
the fanners to make experiment with
growing Irish potatoes on a large
scale which has been devastated by
the hall. The committee r?alit?s that
growing Irish potatoes requires a
certain amount of expert knowledge,
but the commit tea also figures that
ec*n though the f armera made : noth
ing from tba potato ero]
their experience would M valuable,
and would enable them to get a rao
ney-maklnjy^li^^r Ka^AtiM
A nmnbeSFbl the tarrW
look on the proposition ^rith ?t
are thinking of trying tno latter plan,
pie..vy8I4dFlac8
MR. TAN W?CK BACK IN TEXAS
O. Van Wyck, Jr? of VJ^^Staff of the
Associated Pr^v wii\ ieave : *kls
morning to resume his. uipiJeAJaltb .the I
Dallas office of this /ir->at newspaper
ses
If you have a crop of Ap
ples you should have a
Cider Mill and Pres
?S
Our's are the good kind .
and the prices we are mak
ing on them will please you.
Sullivan
Hardware Co.
Anderson, S. C. Belton, S, C.
Anderson City
Is "My Town"
Anderson County
Is "My County"
What About
Anderson College ?
We Have Buggies
conning hi almost every day the
litest shipment being a car of
?columbus?
Come in and let na show them.
They are 1914 Models.
We have a nice line of Pony
baggies.
J. S FOWLER
M?B??Km
Enjoy the security and
prestige of being affili?t- : '
? ed With ah institution ' ^ ]
. . .that ' . , ; r . m
Has "Uncle S^/' For a
We solicit y?^r business
and are prepared to fully
take care of your inter
;
% ests
\^Citiz&iB Rational Bank
Capital j5lS0,?p0 Surplus ;$3 5,000
Institution.- Mr, Van Wyck has been
apend?hg Beveral days In the city with
WiCparenta. and be has been. Receiv
ing a cordial wolcomo from the people
in Anderson cb?mty.' Mr. Van Wyok
is one of the reporters for'the'A*. P. at
DallaB and Is an ablo-young newspa
per man.
