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ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER
- FOUNDED AUGUST 1, 1660.
140 West Whittier Street.
ANDERSON, S. C.
W. 8H?AK. Editor and Bus. Mgr.
DAMS.Managing Editor
Mt, GLENN.City Editor
FKcoa'H bASSttiiiN.A?veriiH?UK ?iaua?tfi
T. B, QODFitEY.Circulation Manager.
Entered as second-class matter April 28, 1914, at '
the poet office at Anderson, South Carolina, under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
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IVIE WEATHER.
Sooth Carolina:
ably rain.
Fair Saturdiiy; Munday prob?
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ve OUR DAILY POEM. o
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I ooooooooooooonooooonosooooon
ff?!H* " - More Troth Than. Poetry.
If ever you weary of bearing your load
As life you go travelling through,
Ile sure that the mun Just behind on the road
Will offer to bear if for you.
And while you lie down by thc murmuring rill,
'Neath the shady sweet-scented woods; .
He'll carry it up to tho top of the hill
And collect what ls duo on the goods.
If over you feel that you gladly would shirk
The task that is Bet for the day,
Some fellow will offer to take on your work
While you go your own chosen way.
IIo'll toll, while you go to tho game or the track
Unmindful ot labor br pelf
?Q\x'A Und that your friend, by tho time you
get back,
landed your job for himself
And
ere always is someone to help you along, v^'
On whom you may trustingly lean
footsteps are steady, whose shoulders are
strong
ie^ tho pace, seems a little foo keen.
He'll eave you thc trouble of making your fight.
And when tbe twelfth hour has Strock
He'll calmly encamp on success's far height
Where you mit ht h?ve- been, it you'd stuck.
-JAMBS J. MONTAGUE.
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The Sooth Carolina Sphinx-Cole. L.
Moat ot this war \news" ls simply war views.
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It is not trouble to tell how a ballet dancer
stunde
Let the good work cf registering for the bond
election go on.
"Tho American stoamer Grcenbrler." Somethlftg
sticky about that name, eh?
A ballet dancer is about the only person we know
of who gets anything by kicking.
Theso notes passing between Uncle 8am and
John Boll are not wtlhout interest.
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, We ..ce by the dispatches there is a town In Rus
sian Poland named . Prasasnysx. How did you pro
nounce lt?
Some poet has referred to the submarine hs the
?ho?,? of tho sea. It molds the fate ot many dread
naughts ot tho sea.
Wonder if the movie producers are on the firing
line out in Utah where those Pteute Indiana and the
palefaces are fighting.
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"Two days coarse In domestic science." We be
lieve that's the length of tenn some cooks took,
judging by their cooking.
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"Choir of 1,800 Voices Drives Home Hymn?. "
tioadllne. We suppose that choir leader will have
be called a choir driver.
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no United States senate seems to bo a dellb
?ve body judging ?rom the manner ft has de
liberately prolonged this session.
Au exchange complains that Governor Manning
bee been in office a month and has not yet selected
any colonels. Ot all hts errors.(?) that one cornea
nearer-being a virtue.
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Wo have a hunch that that telegram from Gov
ernor Manning to Mayor Grace on law enforce
menv in Charleston ls but a forerunner ot inter
esting developments in the near future.
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Greenvlle has a candidate for sheriff In 1916 nam
ed Mooney. He'? the fellow who eroat?tf a sensa
tion at the last Democratic convention by . almost
licking a Kow Jersey bose who attempted to In
,f erf ere with th? parade ot the South Carolina del?
gatton ?bone i?e convention hall with their Wilso*
SK. A'H TAXEN INCREASED 6 TENTH.
It may be. that there are persons in the county
who will oppose the proposed bond issue for lack'
of information. We desire to give a few facts as
to this matter which will furnish food for thought,
at least. That this county if financially able to
have good roads Is evident from a study of the tax
able orcoertv as shown bv the books of tim county
auditor. Anderson County has property valued at
113,500,705. Ot this amount $5,738,090 is real es
tate and 17,768,615 is personal property. The total
airfount of taxes assessed against this property for
1914 was $267,379.16.
There are some other Interesting fucts about the
assessed valuation of property in tills county. The
total taxable value of the cotton mills and the cot
ton oil mills in the county ls $3,691,925, and they
pay taxes to the amount of $70,895.53. In and near
the city of Anderson the cotton mills ar,, assessed
at $1,407,315, and pay tuxes to the amount of $30,
267.28.
There was to be expenden un tho roads of the
county last year $61.013.36, divide 1 into the follow
ing: Public roads, $38.327: roads and bridges, $22,
716.36.
The proposed bond issue of $750,000 bears in
terest at 5 per cent. The amount of this interest
will be $37,500. There ls to bo provided a sinking
fund of $7,500 per year. To raise this interest and
the sinking fund will require a 3 mills levy addi
tional, if all of this ls to be raised by a special levy.
It would seem, however, that lt would be equitable
for a portion of this money to be taken from the
road fund, for the amount of work to be done on
the roads after this permanent improvement has
been made will be reduced to a minimum. Of this
amount tho cotton mills and the cotton oil mills
will pay approximately one-third. The railroads of
tho county are assessed at $924,220, and this will
further reduce the amount of the taxes to be paid
by the peuple of the county at large. Taking off
the taxes to bo paid by the cities and towns in the
county which will not receive any of the fund, lt
will be found that the people who will seceive the
most and the direct benefit from 'he good roads
will not pay as much as one-half of the cost of se
curing them..
The Intelligencer is a great believer In concrete
Illustrations to show how much a property owner
will havo to pay to secure this 260 or 300 miles o'
Rood roads in the county. Let us take the case of
Mr. A. who returns for taxation 10 acres of land a*
$7 per acre, or *70, and $115 of personal property
making a total ot $185. (This ls the property of a
tax payers as shown on the auditor's books.) His
taxes wilk bo increased just $.05 or he will pay the
price of a cigar per year for the privilege of driving
^r riding over 300 milos of macadam roads. Will
ho not save it in one trip to the county seat, or to
his market, to say nothing of the convenience and
pleasure of having a good road to use in going to
church cr to see bis neighbor on Sunday. Let us
take the case of the man who pays tar.es on $1.000.1
If tho bond issue carries he will pay an annual tax
towards the cost of the roads of Just $3. What man
ls there who will withhold thia amount of support
from securing that which would increase hts prop
erty values, his comfort and convenience. Why, he
pays that much for a pair ot shoes. So if it is a
question of saving $3 per year let him do without a
pair of shoes, or in the case ot Mr. A. ono dope will
pay his taxes for a year.
So, if there be opposition to having the bond is
R5S lt win have? io bo on other than financial
grounds, and unless tho other reasons are better
than thia one, it "will be suicidal for anyone to vote
against bavin; a better system of roads. We must
not stand In the way of this great need for the
county on auch grounds as these. Optimism and
confidence in the future are essential and will pay
big returns. Let us not oppose this forward step
except for the best of reasons. Let us hear from
rou. and discuss this most important matter.
THE PIEDMONT FAIR AM? ANDERSON.
What faint voice Is that we hear coming
from the direction of Anderson about getting
up a fair to be called the Piedmont fair to be
held In. Anderson this fall. Liston again.
It cornea from The Dally Intelligencer. Why,
neighbor, we are surprised that you are sp
far behind the times or that your memory ls
so very short. Do you not know that the ? -
Piedmont Fair la an established institution,
and that lt was held in Greenwood last fall?
Why Brother Sm oak, you .attended, and a
large number of Anderson people. We are -
counting on having you with uk airain this
fall to a bigger and a better Piedmont Fair.
"My Town" will have to do better than
this, lt may have a fair, and we hope that lt
will, but it can not be the Piedmont Fair.
Surely this voice that we heard from "My.
ToWn" ta the voice of some one who wss
dreaming. Wake up man. Wo are wide
awake In Greenwood and so Is the Peldment
Fair. "Even Belton can beat that kind ot
Ulk.
And the worst of lt all is that the editor
ot The Intelligencer went back home 'and
wrote nearly a halt page about .the Piedmont
Fair held in Greenwood lest October.
The arbore ls from The Greenwood Journal, and
Tho Intelligencer had the same thing to contend
with last year about the Co-called "Peidmont Fair."
Greenwood ts so Jealous ot Anderson that abe
dreams dreams about the things she fears Ander
son might, attempt. Of course, we shall not call
our fair the Piedmont Fair, but we ?aid that Ander
ion should stage the "greatest Piedmont Fair here
this year .that bas ever been staged In the Pied
mont." And Anderson can do this, and call lt
simply "Fair." or "Anderson Fair." or any old
thing. "A ross by any other name will smell as
sweet," and if there ever mould be a fair held at
Anderson, the little show at Greenwood would bare
to beat it for the tall timber.
Yes. the editor of The Intelligencer was at tb?
last little show held at Greenwood In October ot
last year, and w? were struck by oas thin? that at
tracted the attention or every ona who knew IL j
and that was what a mighty small fair It would j
have been If Anderson had not furnished so many
of the exhibits, and so much of the crowd.
We are going to have a fair here that will eclipse
anything In the Piedmont, and we are not going to j
crow so much about lt, but simply do it, and we
he.c nnA now extend a cordial invitation to Brother
Gardner to attend and see a fair what is a fair, We j
shall try to have lt in time to lend the Greenwood
folks a few exhibits to keep the buildings and the
show ring from being so tare. We have a new
slogan for "My Town" now and lt ls 'You can do]
better in Anderson." k t .
GOVERNOR MA NN IN (?'8 ULTIM ATI'M.
Governor Manning is beginning to get his guns
ready for th? attack on lawlessness in Charleston.
He has given the authorities of the City by the Sea|
ample opportunity for enforcement of the law
down there, and they have not availed themselves
of the chance to redeem the good nama of the old
city. Now, the governor will show them that in
South Carolina once more the law ls supreme. As
he said to Mayor Grace: "Neither you nor I ar?
responsible for the laws on the statute books, but
we are both charged with enforcing them. Our
duty is plain." What a grand thing if all the city j
and county officials everywhere would realize this I
truth, and see that the lawB are enforced without I
fear or favor. It must be done or we shall suffer j
in loss of life and property, and in the forfeiture
of the respect good people everywhere have for us
and our institutions.
Governor Manning expects every official to per
form his*full duty, whether or not it be a high or
a low official. That he intends to compel this may
be inferred by his refusal to offer a reward for the j
slayer of Mr. Dodd. If the desire to perform one's
duty is not a sufficient incentive to causc officials
to hunt down criminals, the governor's office will
not supply an artiflcal incentive in a sum of money
offered as a reward. "Our duty ls plain," would be
a fine motto for every official, and we would like
to seo it generally adopted t's such. Governor
Manning has accepted it as his motto, and appears j
determined to stick to It Others may do well to |
emulate bis example.
CURIOUS PERFORMANCE.
And now we have the rather unique spectacle of
a band of masked men going about in the interest ]
of good order and law enforcement. A company of
fifty marched Into a church In Hopkins County,
and delivered a dictum concerning the proper re
gard for public worship and established Institu- (
tidns in general. It appears that certain hoodlums
in the county have been given to unseemly conduct
in and about the church, add thea? good, religious
citizens-all dressed for the occasion-rode forth
to crusade In tho name'of tit'- temple. They came
with masks and threats, led by a dashing, out
spoken leader; they lacked none of the pomp and .
trappings that we have come to associate with their 5
picturesque brothers on the other side of the argu- 1
ment. Thus equipped they marched boldly into the ,
church, past the trembling worshippers, and from <
the pulpit announced their intentions toward any i
who persisted hereafter in disturbing services. I
It is not just clear why these crusaders thought i
lt necessary to resort to a make-lip. A plain, op?a
faced rr?test from a citizens' committee of fifty ,
wou?- have boen a .convincing and commendable .
evidence' of the temper of the community In this ?
matter. Something of the worthiness of their pur- 1
pose behind the mask, sad the visage presented by 1
the affair, on the whole, ls ugly and a little men- !
acing. Disturbance of public worship is an oniaiMiih ?
of which the law takes note; and these braver j pr- j
ita could have appealed to and cooperated witl the
authorities in correcting the trouble at the I lop- 1
kins County church. It ls Just ; possible tfipj the '
methods they- adopted, however successful tn this '
present incident, will not be found to have -on- 3
tributed anything to the community's respec for ^
law and order, In genera]-The Courier Jouriwi. <
MANNING OPPOSED TO REWARDS. \
We believe that tba refusal of Governor Mai Bing
to offer a reward for the party or parties gui ty of *
murdering tn aged storekeeper in Anderson.' oon
ty will bave the approval of most ot those whv atop '
to give the matter thought, lt is true that Aere
may be cases where the ends of justice 'ca t be ,
promoted by such means, as, for example,: rhere .<
some notorious criminal ia known to have m 1 the '
State. In a case of that sort a reward r .lg t ac- '
compllsh something of value by stimulating', tollce
officers throughout a wide territory to look k&i for
tho fugitive. In tho present case, howeveM it ls
scarcely possible that the guilty party or parties
can have gone very far from the scene of the
crime. Indeed, in the resolution adopted iv the
city connell ot Anderson asking 'the govi Sin to
offer a reward it waa suggested that the opjlct in
view waa to make" Ute amount sufficiently hjjfto "to
attract detectives from national agencies.** |Such
a policy ts a doubtful one at best If ;he; woc-wrs
chosen by the people to attend to such dams are
incapable of performing their work lntelllg*Illy it
would be Vetter to em eloy a trained detectjvfc out
fight un?? ?ay him for N? time regardless Lt re
salta. The reward plan ls u^Mly dangefols for
more reasons than one. It may tempt drovaafof th?
worst kind ot detectives to give their attAfHH
a case, and not infrequently there are mei
kind who would not hesitate to manufacture
dence so that lt will comply with the ternis bf the
reward, which Invariably require "evidencfl^HB
?let" Governor Manning is right The t&tig for!
the people t? do ia to insist upon peace ?*f?l* who j
are competent to perform their duties and ?en sae]
that they dp perform them.-The News and fir.
A NEIGHBOR.
A representative from Andersen ConntyMBHB
cently asked by a gentleman from Charle
question "What *.a the altitude of Ander
which the representative replied at once:
way yander."-The Abbeville Press and
Berne cAmic opera chorus gu'.c show Mj
aad acme costumes snow comic opera. cho?|
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"Dentists Having Fine Time ta Thia
-Headline. Evidently not looking do
month
Those of you who have worn an Evans Fifteen can better appreciate
your opportunity here now when you understand that $X0?95
these suits of peerless quality are now selling at.
But here's the complete list of all suits
$10.00 Men's Suits and Overcoats now
$12,50 Men's Suits and Overcoats now
$15.00 Men's Suits and Overcoats now
$18.00 Men's Suits and Overcoats now
$20.00 Men's Suits and Overcoats now
$22.50 Men's Suits and Overcoats now
$25.00 Men's Suits and Overcoats now
and overcoats:
$ 6.95
8.95
$1C95
\ $12.95
v $14.95
$16.95
$17.95
Reductions no less interesting on all men's trousers, shoes, seasona
ble underwear, wool shirts, sweaters and all boys' suits and overcoats
The Store with a Conscience'
REFUSED TO
OFFER REWARD
Governor Manning Reiterates
Policy That Officers Are
Elected to Enforce Law
.COLUMBIA, Feb. 26.-Governor
Manning mad0 it known early Thurs
ley that he would not accede to the
-equest of Mayor J. H. Godfrey, of
Anderson, to supplement with an offer
>f a reward of $250 the reward . of I
1600 offered by the city of Anderson
'or apprehension and conviction of I
.he assassin of Thomas M. Dodd, .an
iged citizen of Anderson.
In bis letter to Mayor Godfrey, Gov- I
irnor Manning explained his inability I
o offer a reward for thia slayer by I
?eiterating bia policy that the officers I
>f the law were elected to enforce the I
aws, and the apprehension of the I
ilayer of Mr.' Dodd devolved upon the I
:ounty and city officials of Anderson. I
The governor's observation was that I
?? limn mi ur u mu m hart "beeqaael
oo common." j
Governor Manning explained that]
bte was orach opposed to government
?y detectives, when discussing the re
nnest of Mayor Godfrey to order State {
beieoUvea to investigate the killing.!
it waa observed by the governor that
the offering of rewards for the arrest
>f criminals has become odious tn the !
people because of past excesses'' ia j
this regard, and) be malo it plain he
tina reached a determination not toi
resort to detective government save]
eben such action becomes' ef last re-?
ort
ffixpfeising regret that he could not]
?rant tba requested reward. Governor
Manning stated he felt "certain that]
rou are '*dly capable of handling tho
?lt?aUc- ? ? also think that the
re ry nbV>.t "eward offered by your
sity wil'i ?>?lng forth the offorta of In
dependent detective agencies."
REY. JOHN T. LEWIS
PASSED TO BEYOND
???pito ef Finteas* Oldest and Best
Known CKIsees.
PICKEN8, Feb. 25.--Weaaeaday af
ternoon about 5 o'clock the spirit ot
Ber. John T. Lewis, one of Picken s
counties oldest and best known citi
zens parsed to the great beyond.
Mr. Lewis died at the home <K bia
dangfeter, Mrs. Ben T. T><*1 M in
ibis cHy. He waa 78 years it aga
and had been sick several'weeks pre
ceeding bia death.
The funeral services were conduct
ed at the home, Thursday, by Ber.
E. V. Babb, of Easley, S. C. After
which the body waa carried to Moun
tain Grove church and interred there
In tho presence of a large gathering
of relatives and friends, with Mason
ic honors.
Mr. Lewis W/j an ordained minis
ter of the Baptist denomination, also
h r.mxon. He leaves besides his
widoW. the following children to
mourn his death: Messrs. W. G> "B."
and Frank, of Picken*; J. j. cf
Anderson county, and Rev. Wade H.
Lewis, ot M. -E. Conference, located
of Tionea Pain, Mrs.
of Centrai and Mrs. L
ly Be Several Weeks B*
BajMen*? Cee?i vive*
of habeas corpus to Leo M. Frank,
under death sentence for the murder
of Mary Pungun, were concluded be
fore the United States supreme court
today. A decision, probably will not
be given for at least several weeks.
Should thc supreme court affirm
the decision of the lower federal
court no legal obstacle, it ls said,
would stand.in the way of carrying
out tin death sentence. If the ruling
is reversed, counsel for Frank and
the butte told the court the case must
go huck to the district court for the
taking of evidence on ' which the alle
gations for the petition for.the writ
were based.
F. auk's attorneys Informed tba
court that should the writ be jrranted
Frank could he tried again under the
pandlng Indictment. The State'?
counsel questioned this assertion.
Louis Marshall, of New York, on
behalf of Frank, contend?! that the
trial court lost Jurisdiction over the
prisoner because of mob violence dur
ing the trial and because of Frank's
abr.ancc through "coercion" b.' tho
trial Jti?sa vhen tho vardlct :was an
roun?ed. Both sides agreed that the
truth of the allegations of mob vio
lence and of sbaence under coercion
? were^achaiftr^ lhe.f.nurr. hut psaaaifls.
?4 for" ?earing 'ty.Xh? 'lomar Cuui t^tF
the supreme court held, as a matter
of law, assuming the allegation? w??a
true, that Frank was entitled to t^
writ Notwifhatanding this mit;
aides at times argued the truth of.
the allegations, until at last Chief
Justice White suggested to Solicitor
Dorsey that he was wasting his time.
Attorney General drice, for the
State, urged that Frank's petition
I showed that the question of mob vio
lence had been passed upon by the
trial court and hy the Ge.rgia . su
preme coori and that both had lound
there had been Re each disorder as
interfered with Frank's right*.
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OM ?lory ea Each Side.
N0W? YORK, Feb. 2?.-Ta? steam
ship City of Savannah, of'the Havan
nah line, ls to be leaded with cotton
for Germany and as a protection
against German submarines the has a
big Amerlc.au flag pointed on each aide
that will be illuminated at night.
The City tri Savannah is on rout*
for Wilmington, ft C., where she will
load ?P.??G balea for Fotterdam.
CUT TJUB OUT SOW
It you don't want lt today, you nts;
next week. Send thia advertisement
?ad 5 .cents io Foley & Co., Chicago, ]
IR? TvrRog your name and address j
clearly. Yon receive la return Atm* j
trial packages-Foley's lipaey andi
croup and grippe; Foley Kidney
Pilis, tor weak or disordered kidney!
or bladder; Foley Cathartic Taoists-,
a pleasant wholusoite and cleansing
pur, attve, inst tho thing !o? winter's
sluggish howats and torpid liver.
These well known standard remedies
for sale by fSvans' Pharmacy. ;
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-ISKSiCA'S ?RSA i
Announce Members of Commotion.
CHARLESTON, W. ,Va., Feb. 26.
Governor H. D. Hatfield today an
nounced the new members of tba Vir
ginia debt commission for thia State.
The legislature recently passed a
measure reducing the commission
from ll to Ave members. ; Besides the
governor, as ez-offlcio member, the
new commission will comprise W. D.
Ord, of Landgraf, and Judge John W.
Mason, of Fairmont, Republicans, and
R. E. TalbOtt, of Philippi, and Septi
mus Hall, of New Martinsville, Demo
crats.
[COSTIVE BOWELS,
HEADACHE, COLDS.
TAKE CASCAREIS
No Headache, Soar Stomach,
Bad Cold or Constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box now.
Furred tongue, Bad Golds, tndtges
ciogged^^vels *~ whi^h^ca^w * your
stomach, to become filled with undi*
gestad 'food, which sours and far*
ti^ta like garbage in a swill barrel.
That's tad first step to unt^.nu^Ry
-Indigestion, fou! gasea,oad breath,
reliow akin, montai fears, everything
that is horrible and nauseating. A
Cascaret tonight will give your con
stipated bowels a thorough cleansing
and straighten you out by morning.
They work while you sleep-a 10-cent
ber from your druggist will keep you
feeling good for months. Millions 01
mea ?nd wcsscs a 'C?SS??** ??OW
and thea to keep their stomach, liver
and bowal* regulated, and never
know a miserable moment JDont fol
get the children-their little naJ??ff
seed * good, gentle cleansms, toe.
That is a secondary consid?ration.
The first Question ls, What butcher7
You are not sure ot getting a iVash,
tender Juicy steak from an ?arel Sabio
butcher.
You must bo sure:'' if you are sure
of your butcher, you are stre of your
mest. Our customers rei)' on us .for
being choice, down to tba bast cnn ce
of meat, evatt if that ounce ic over
weight.
J. N. Lindsey. J
Phones fingal
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