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M ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER!
founded A uguie. 1, 1H4H).
1M North Muln Htret
ANDERSON, S. C.
WILLIAM HA SK S. Editor
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The Went lier.
Washington, August H.--Forecast:
South Carolina-Local thundershow
ers Wednesday ami probably Thurs
day, except fair near coast.
DAILY THOUGHT.
Then take this honey for the bitterest
cup;
There is no failure save In giving up;
No real fall so long ns ono still tries,
Por deeming setbacks make the
strong man wise.
There's no defeat in truth, suvo from
within ;
Unless you're beaten there, you're
bound to win.
-Farm and Home.
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, Hike, der Kaiser.
tu -?
English lion; Russian bear; Ger
man-goat?
?How is everything in the city of]
Tours, France?
Money is thc backbone of war, as |
Well as thc sinews.
No doubt VII lum thinks he is the]
Liege lord of war.
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Rhymes-Liege. Biege; Meuse, the]
deuce; Kaiser. Un sir.
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"You don't cut much ice" 5? taken
as a compliment by the ice man.
No memory cultivation can make a 1
woman remember how old she ls.
An aviator ftytng over the ocean ]
will be able to keep in the swim.
What's in a name? There ls al
United States senator named Works.
W. P. Beard, tho big bull moose,]
calls John Richards "a blot on i
Bleaselsm."
" If Italy goes to war with Germany,
Caruso will never sing any moro from
Wagner. ThankB.
\ Waterloo 1B between Liege and the I
Brltlih channel. The Germaus had
bet jr not come too ff r.
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Gen. Chigoe has been making an ac- ]
tire campaign and many picnic battle
fields have found him victor.
^What will become of the Monroe
doctrine If der kaiser should happen
to win in Ibis war?
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? Now that tho constitutionalists have
tho City of Mexico, we wish to knew
ff'anybody evur gave a su loot to our
flag.
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Any of our readers know of Lake
City. 8. C.? Well that wayside place
sold $100.000 worth of tobacco this
year.
To bave the excellent climate that
lt has, Switzerland ls wrong In nam
ing ono of her principal cities
"Berne.*
While Hoke Smith ls tn Washington,
he bas 14 campaign orators stumping
Georgia for him. Is Little Joe Brown
as skeorful as that?
--o
. r Judgo Julius Boggs is ardent, as
airy young convert ta. But some of us
who have been working for compul
sory school attendance for a dozen
years believe that the best way to get
results, is by a gradual process.
We believe that nearly every county
In tho state will show on tho new
club'rolla a larger number ot names
than were on the club rolla two yeara
ago. Then what of tho charge that
the state convention robbed tho peo
ple? Any sensible man knows the
answer and knows tbat the people are
protected aa they have never been.
"II. A I." ON THU KA lt M.
During the last two or Hirer years
there lias been much discussion with
reference to "land loan hank.-" plan
ned on thc system in ICtiropean coun
try. These ure in fact nothing more
nor less than building and loan . (im
punies, ami it wi- had in the I'll it ed
Slates a building and loan plan for
fiuuiicitig tie- flinns. Un- country
would be a great dial better oil than
il is, just a* tia- building and loan
notably Charlotte, N. c.
Mr. D. A Tompkins, ot Charlotte,
who ls ?me of tin- greatest bell?-vers in
tlu> building ami loan plan tor cities,
bas declared bis advocacy ol the
building ami, thuin plan for fat ms.
After pointing out thal lb? people
henelitted in the towns an- th?- clerks
and tin- mechanics, and their purpose
ls to save money anil build, lie con
cludes thai with proper encourage
ment the purpose of the tenant farm
ers would be to save money and lo
buy ami improve farms.
How many farms then- are in Hie
stat?? of South Carolina Unit are earn
ing nothing lu-cause then' is no way
to Induce tenants to occupy the tall
inn down cabins and the owners of
Hu- farms ?in- unable to build new
tenant houses! These and other such
deplorable conditions might be reme
died.
There is absolutely no legislation
necessary to start one of these insti
tutions, writes Mr. Tompkins. Killy
farmers lu the country can organize
any time, and without any further
law than a clerk of the court charter.
They can either have a secretary and
treasurer of their own or they can get
some banking institution in town to
keep their books for them. The mem
bers of these societies save their
money and then loan il to their mem
bers as they need lt, precisely as Hie
building and loan does with its mem
bers. The building and loan might
be called a "?-aVings and building as
sociations." These farmer land loan
hanks might equally be called "sav
ings and farm Improvement associa
tions." Some European governments,
after the furmers" banks succeeded
wonderfully, have aprpoprlated some
sums of money to loan through these
Institutions. Hut this is a semblan
for politics sake. The real work of
the land loan bank is like Hie work of
our building and loan association, not
in the least aided bv government at
all.
There would be an advantage In
dealing with some commercial bank,
In that they could get money on short
loans through the bunk to loan to
members until they look in enough
money of their own to loan. There
fore, there ls nothing in the world
necessary to be done except for '20. :10
or 50 furmers to organize a land loan
credit society and make their ar
rangements to have their books and
money kept and then go ahead.
Perhaps some day some enterpris
ing farmers and a good enterprising
bank will get together ou this subject
and start the ball in motion. The
building and loan associations gener
ally have about 700,000.000 of accum
ulated money. This ls the money of
the clerks and mechanics aggregated
throughout Hie country. If the farm
ers bad $700,000,000 accumulated it
would make u vast difference to the
agricultural Interests of this country.
NEW ADMINISTRATION.
It ls private citizen Leo G. Holle
man today. He is a citizen of whom
this city should be proud, for the
whole state of South Carolina knows
him and is proud of him. He has
made a good record ns mayor, and
bud he been less of a mau and more
of a politician he -would be acclaimed
even more enthusiastically than he
ls.
He has been honorable nnd manly
In the discharge of his duties; he has
loved the city and Us Interests; he
has been Immovable when once his
mind was made up as to the proper
thing to do for the good of the com
munity. He has tired of tho cares
and responsibilities and thankless
ness of tho work, and has been glad
to relinquish the burden.
Mayor Godfrey will give the city a
good administration. Ile is well pre
pared for the duties of the otllee. His
long training in the newspaper field
in addition to hts more definite train
ing lu tho otllee of city clerk give bimi
tho foundation upon which to make
his administration active, progressive
and successful. This paper will be
found supporting every progressive
move of the new council and will do
so with earnestness and pleasure, and
we would like to see all of the
citizens of Anderson cooperate with
Mayor Godfrey and tho new council.
The new aldermen, some of them
not new to the service, will give a
good account of themselves, we feel
quito sure. Messrs. Harton, Carter
and Spearman have served In '-nundi
before ?nd the now members. Messrs.
King. Tate and Dobbins, aro success
ful and active young business men.
This present city council hn-s an op
portunity. Wo hope that lt will have
the vision to appreciate the future to
the fullest, and we believe that the
greatest era of prosperity and devel
opment of Anderson is nt hand. It
can come only by cooperation. We
trust that tho city council, the cham
ber of commerce and the civicasso
clatlon and the newspapers and all
citizens of Anderson will stand to
gether fi" right and progress and the
making <>i u bigger ?uni butter and
mon- beautiful city.
Tu whirl) thia newspaper Blunda
committed.
The Limit
Thc limb is reached almost every
day in some things, ll has bee? in
Iii?' ful lowing:
Tin automobile drivers of Anderson
are rapidly becoming criminally nog
ligenl in iii.- handling ot' their auto
mobiles. Au elderly gentleiiuin started
lo croKjj North Main street yesterday
and as a car flashed hy him. going at
th)- rale ol' about Iii miles an hour,
hu hastily jumped hack, his ?ace
showing Hutt be was bailly frightened.
Instead of hoing sorry for him the two
youths in the machine actually Jeered
ami hooted at tittil as they drove on.
Tin y should both be arr? sled. Isn't
such conn the limit?
liver sc * an automobile with l.mio|
tin cans in the tonneau'.' Well, they
wer?- herc yesterday. Henry Martin,
probably ono of the la-si known far
iin-rs in the county, evidently ap
preciates the fact that lhere is no use
In letting perfectly good fruit go io]
waste and so he yesterday drove
Into town and purchased all the .tin
cans ho could find. Ile will have
plenty ol fruit this winter when his|
neighbors KO hungry. And by the way,
isn't just the thought of some people
yon know having 1 .non cans of fruit
ono,inh to make you believe the limit]
has been raised?
One of the best known farmers in|
Hie lower part of Anderson county
was in linnea Path yesterday. This
citizen is a solid, substantial man and]
he is perfectly holtest, but ho is not
educated. Yesterday he walked Into a
lionel) Path store, called the clerk to
one Hide and said: "Jim. you hay? al
ways been honest in your dealings
with mc and 1 want you to tell mc the
I rut h about a question I am going lol
utk you." Th" clerk replied that lie|
would do so. whereupon his (pies.
Honor said: "Well, 1 have seen in the
newspapers that a war ls going on In
Germany but ain't that just a pack of
lies, started by the newspapers HO
that they can beat Mease?" Now ls
that (he limit?
Referring again to Hint question of
leans-not necessarily tin cans-r.
I motto says: Success comes In cans
failures in can'ta.- Limit.
A near-polltlclun was standing on a
street corner last night, wanting to
bot even money that u well known
candidate will go to the United
Slates senate. When another man of
fered to cover his money the bettor
explained that he was merely want
ing to bet his favorite would be in tho
second race. A case of cold feet is
about as near as you cnn como to the
limit isn't lt?
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Starr, S. C., Aug. li.-Kev. J.
Harley returned to his home In Spar-1
tanburg this morning after having
preached inornin gund evening for a]
Week al the Starr Methodist church.
The proteurU'led services of tito j
Ilaptlst church will begin, next Sun
[ day morning and continue a week
Rev. J. L. Vasa, pastor of the church,|
will do the preaching.
Miss'Hertha Mowles from Lowndes-1
ville, ls spending a while with bet
consni. Mrs. Prue Hickman.
. Miss Sue Anderson, of Anderson. is|
1 spending thia week with her friends,
[Misaoa Claudia and Billia Herron.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Howman, of I
Lowhdesvllle, spent Sunday here at
the home of their cousins. Mr. anu|
Mrs. A. H. Herron.
Dr. and Mrs. .1. N. Land were
called to Elberton, Go.. Saturday, to
attend the funeral of their cousin,
Mrs. John Fooso.
Mrs. G. E. Banister, with her lit
tle son, Floraln. from Greenwood, isl
spending thia month at tho home nf|
her pastor. Mr. and Mrs. M. II. Mo
I Gee.
Marguerite Duckworth, ti Airler
son, la spending awhile irttil Mr lit-|
tie friend, Louis'-' Thompson
Miss Greta Hall, o? Iva. ia halting |
her friend. Misa Claudia Herron.
The Starr baseball team went to
j Townvllle Friday afternoon for a
game against the Townvllle team,
j The Starr team won tho games.
Lift le Alberta Witherspoon, o?
Holland's Store, has been visiting
friends here.
Mr. Claud Marlin mid two daugh
ters, I rom UL-lt on, came over in their
j touring car und spent Sunday with
I relatives licre.
Mlaa Mary Poole, accompanied by
her visitor. Miss Lucy McPhail. weut
to Iva Saturday to spend a while at
tho home of Mr. and Mrs. F.riost
Leverett.
Mia? Maud Erskine, from Pilzer.
spent part of last wee!, hero with
lier friend. .Mrs. A. ?. Herron.
Tho annual picnic of the Raptist
I Sunday school will bo curried out on"
[next Thursday at McGee's bridge.
Mr. Robert Mathews returned to his
homo in Wlnnsboro, nftor having
I spent a week with bia family here.
Mr. John McCalla. with Mrs. John
Linder, and little Alice I/.nder. of
?LowndoKville, vlB?ted friendf. hero thc
[past week.
Miss Mary Howie's house party
thls week is composed of the follow
ing young ladies: Misses Latina
Watt. Essie Russy, of Anderson; Ma
bel Reid, Hettie Jackson, of Iva, and
Izetta Pruitt. Miss Rowle has issued
invitation? to an "At Home" tills
evening from S:30 to 11:30 in honor
of her guests.
BELGIUM AND
LUXEMBURG
Two Border Stafos Figuring
In Europe's War.
BOTH ARE FIGHTING FIELDS,
In Time? Past Gcnorals Ghoae 7hem a?
Battlegrounds-Napoleon fYiot Wel
lington'? Great Army In Belgium.
Fact? About Theso Monarchies o'
Interest to tho Gener.-il Public-The
Little Duchy, a Highway Por Troops,
ls Ruled fr'* the Grand Duchess Ma
rie Adelaide and lb Supposedly Neu
tral Territory.
BK LG I UM ami Luxemburg ?re
two localities <.i strategic Im
portance In tho pr?sent Kum
pean disturban* ;.?:. Both boialei
on countries Immediately coiicouucd
and are pledged to be neutral, but Ger
many invaded Luxemburg ut ttte out
set of host! I Ith?, and the Kaiser's otb
eials of state iiotllli tl Belgium that ?lie
could ex poet like treatment.
lt was this militant announcement
tba! caused ??real Urti a In to plan tu
plunge Into Hm war ami lo ask parlia
ment for a wur fund of !?r.'_\"?.000,(K>0.
Belgium bas been a storm co?ter in
many Ku topean wars, itt few of which
she was au active factor. lier plains
and valleys have been chosen against
her will by European goiiectlls OB
grounds on which to decide their quur
iels by force of arms. Tho whole
world kilowa lt was in Belgium, nt
Waterloo, that Napoleon and Welling
ton clashed In their momentous death
grapple, resulting in the shattering of
the Corsloan's drouin
Tacts About Belgium.
Belgium, a kingdom, bas u total area
of 11,373 square miles and a popnilution
(at the census of 15)10) of 7.5115.750.
There are nine provinces-Antwerp,
Brabunt. Flanders (IO. and W.), Liege,
Halmiut. Limburg, Luxemburg and
Namur. Bmissels (with suburb!!, 035,
8013 Inhabitants) ls the capital.
Other towns with over lOOyvjO In
habitants aro Antwerp, thc chief port
(320.G40. exclusive of suburbs); Ghent
(103,141)) and Liege (174.7C.S).
Its great harbor and commercial en
trepot is Antwerp, a strongly fortified
city on the Scheldt. The other har
bors are Ostend. Nicupurt. Blanken
berg and Zeebrugge. > , >
J French and Flemish nre the joint
official languages, but while French, ls
the language ofIfth^^PiftT.'eiaBses
Flemish ls spoken by the majority,
preponderating in Flanders. Limburg
and Brabant, including Antwerp. Near
ly all the inhabitants are at least nomi
nally Human Catholics.
Belgian Government.
The Belgian constitution of 1831
jointly vests the legislative power in
the king, tho sonnte and the chamber
of representatives. . -The 110 senators
(with the exception of twenty-seven
elected by thc provincial councils) and
100 representatives are elected by the
people, the former for eight, the latter
for four years. Universal male suffrage,
with plural voting up to three votes
by property and educational qualifica
tions, was introduced by the electoral
law of 1804. proportional representa
tion being secured by an net of 1900.
Thc united constituencies numbered
1,007.010 voters, with 2,710,851 votes
RJjjj
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PST
j PATHS *gj
WAK MA? Of CENTRAL EUE
BELGIUM ANO
In 1010-11. There are tn addition
representative provincial and com
munal councils, elected on a somewhat
more liberal franchise, .
Belgium bas a frontier of 831 miles
and ls bounded on the north and east
by the Netherlands (2GS miles), on the
south and west by France (381. miles),
j on the east by Germany (sixty miles)
and the grand duchy of Luxemburg
(eighty miles), with a seaboard of forty
two miles. 1
? The Meuse and itr. tributary, tba
8ambre, divido it Into two distinct
regions, that in the west being gen?,
emily level and fertile, while tbo table;
land of tho Ardennes, in tho east, bas
for tbs most part a poor sou.
The "polders" near the const, wbicb?
me protected by dikes against doods,],
tover an area of 103 Bqttnre miles. Tho |
highest liill. Baroque Mullel, rises to
a height of 2,2:10 feet, but the mean
elevation of the whole country does
not exceed "?.''.u feet.
Tin' principal rivera are tho Scheldt
(l&cnut) and thc Maas (Meuse). Brus- ?
sela has a moan temperature of 50 j
degrees R (summer, OJ degrees; win- >
ter, 07 degrees).
Antwerp is tho principal fortress,
iiud Liege and Namur aro also forti
ficd, forming "totes-de-ponf on tlio
lino of the Menso, which was planned
us a defense against the violation of
neutrality hy either France or Ger
many, ilelgium has no navy.
The army numbers 200,000 men and
was ordered mobilized hy Albert, king
of the Belgians, when Germany invad
ed Belgium.
Commerce.
Belgium ls essentially a mnnufnctnr
liij; count ry. and lt ls largely depend- I
eut upon for?-1 gu sunnites ror its food.
Photo by American Tress Association.
AI IIKHT, KINO OF TIIE UELOIAN&
Tue mineral kingdom yields coal (1000,
23,517.500 tonsi. Iron (1?09. !Jk'?.!JS0
tons), zinc, lead and copper.
The leading industries uro collieries,
qunrries and metallurgic (Mous. Clinr- !
leroi. Liege, Namur. Ilaluaut oud Bra- i
hntit). glass textiles iVorvfersi, lace
(Brussels, Mechlin. Bruges, etc.). Hour
anil starch mills, sugar, distilleries, ,
breweries, etc.
Luxemburg In Detail.
The grand duchy of Luxemburg, j
cunnii though it is. lins witnessed many !
exciting times. Its recent seizure by ;
thc Germans ns n gateway to French .
territory was not tho first time when
armed outsiders dominated Its fair do
mains. Luxemburg ls one of the
beauty spots of eastern Europe.
In the great continental wars of the
;>ast the martini tread of tinnies has
frequently resounded in thc hills and j
dales of the little duchy, and tn the
Napoleonic wars tho French con un aud
er frequently used it as a thorough- .
fare northwestward into Prussia.
The ruler of Luxemburg ls tho.
Grund Duchess Mn rio Adelaide, who
succeeded to tho title Feb. 20, 1012.
Tho minister of state is M. Eyschen.
Wnr, In Old Confederation.
Luxemburg is bounded by Germany,
Belgium and France. It formed part
of the Germanic confederation, 1815
OPE SHOWING LOCATiO* Of
LUXEMBURG.
60, mid ls still Included In the German
Koli verein. ? .!.-..
In 18(17 the treaty of London declar*
cd lt n neutral territory under the
sovereignty of the king of the Netber
Innds. on whose decease, Nov. 23, 1800,
lt rtassed to thc Duke of Nassau.
The area ia- OOO square miles. The
population In 1010 was 250,880, nearly
all Unman Catholics.
The principality ls rich tn Iron ore.
Tho revenue In 1012 was 18.000.137
francs: expenditure. 20.020.710 francs*,
debt. .Inn. 1. 1012. 12.000.000 francs.
There oro 328 miles of rallwny.
The army mun hers n"bout 300 men.
The capital, Luxemburg ,(population
20,8l8i ts a dismantled fdrtress. '
Yes, we've cut a fat slice
off the figure. Summer
suits and suits for all
year wear; all colors,
grass, blues and fancy
mixtures.
If healthy savings look
good to you don't wait
-there are hundreds of
them but the live wires
get the biggest choice.
Mai's Suits
$10.00 Snits now $ 7.50
?12.50 Suits now $ 0.75
$15.00 Suits now $11.50
$18.00 Suits now $13.75
$20.00 Suits now $ 14.75
$22.50 Suits now $ 1 7.25
$25.00 Suits now $10.75
Men's Trousers
Really there is nothing
which can add more to
the nicity of your ap
pearance than a pair of
these-economy too.
$3.50 and S3 00 - - $2 50
$4.50 and $4 00 - . $3 25
$5.00.$3 75
$?.50an $6.00 - - $4 50
$8.00 and $7.50 - - $5 00
$9.00 and $8.50 - - $6 00
Boy's Suits
Same reduction as Men's
Odd Trousers.
Men's Oxfords
Reduced the limit for
quality merchandise.
Manhattan Shirts
Your annual shirt oppor
tunity now. Better not
wait.
Order by Parcel Post.
We prepay all charges.
mTbe Stan tt?t?i a Comdencr
