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?HE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER
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ANDERSON, S. C
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Be Carefal What Toa Say.
In speaking of a person's faults.
Pray don't forget your -own:
Remember, those with homes of glass
Should seldom throw n stone.
If we have nothing else to do
Than talk of those who sin,
'Tis better to commence et home,
And from that point begin.
We have no right to judge a man
Until he's fairly tried.
Should we not like his company,
We know the world ls wide.
Some may have faults-and who have
not.
Tho old aa well as young
Perhaps we may, for aught we know,
Have fifty to their one.
I'll toll you of a better pian,
And find it works full well
To try my own defects to cure
Ere others' faults to tell;
And though I sometimes hope to be
No worse than some I know.
My own shortcomings bid me let
The faults of others go.
Then let us all, when we begin
To slander friend ir foe.
Think of Ute harm one word may do
To thote wo little know; .
Remember, curse? sometimes, like
Our chickens, "roost at home;"
Don't speak of others' faults until
"We have none of'our own.
?NB THOUSAND AT ST. JOHNS
TODAY.
An effort has been made by the
pastor. Rev. John W. Speaker and Ute
officoro ot his church to have one
thousand persons in attendance to
day at their Easter Sunday school
service.
This could be easily done, if his
people woald enter heartily and glad
ly Into the spirit of the occasion,
which we truly hope they will.
Soma may look on these rally day
occasions as mero spurts that soon
pass and leave no beneficial results
behind. Wo do not by any means
agreo with them. They do good. They
do lasting good.,!
They show first what a church can
do, if it would. And that ls worth a
great deal. TO realize-that we are
living tar below our possibilities in
any line of endeavor ls tho first step
in the way of doing better. For a
congregation to see one thousand per-'
sons present on any one day makes
many a one realise, that the church
can and should do better In the way
of attendance. than lt does st all
times.
Then the big attendance bring out
some who are lukewarm and have
perhaps been Indifferent for sometime.
And when they come and get a wann
welcomu and are once more Identified
with the cause they feel better them
selves and make others happloi.
Easter marks the opening up of the
spring season and no doubt many who
come out today will find lt easier to
keep coming. *i*
Rev. J, W. Speake has done a no
table work wherever he has labored.
Bethel church, Rpartanburg, ia one
ot thc most aggressive churches in
the Upper South Carolina Conference.
There are hundreds of yoong men
and women who have made that their
church home. And that church **??
set going on Hs upward way largely
through the lahourloas work of Mr;
Speake. who was pastor tncre for four
yeaTB.
HU . work at St. J,ohns has nlro
been htyh class. Htrpreaehe* to
congr?gations, the various depart -
m* ni.- ot tlx; church aro well organiz
ed and active, and Mr. Spca kc's in
fluence is felt throughout the city of
Anderson for good. He deserves to
see one thousand- yes more than a
thousand-at St. John's today. And
we believe they will be there.
No Sunday school has a more de
voted superintendent, nor a more
eurnest and loyal leader than O. M.
Heard, who is always "on the Job,"
and who will rejoice at today's large
attendance.
HIT STEADY IN THE BOAT.
President Woodrow Wilson addres
sed tho Baltimore Conference of the
Southern Melhodist church which was
in session in Washington, D. C., last
week. One v)f the things he said waa
this, "I value the churches of this
country as I would value everything
else that makes for the stability of
our morai, processes. There are a
groat many people-not so many that
they give rae any particular concern
but nevertheless a great many people,
who in the language of the day, are
trying hard 'to rock the boat.' The
boat is too big for them to rock. They
are of such light material that they
cannot rock it very much, but they
are going through .the motions, and
it ls Just as well for them to look
around once in a while and see the
great steadfast body of self-possessed
Americans not to be hurried into any
unconsidered line of action, sore that
when you are right you can be calm,
sure that when the quarrel la none
of yours, you can be impartial, sure
that the men who spend their pas
sion most will move tho body politic
least, and that the reaction will not
be upon the great body of American
citizens but upon themselves."
Some who are trying to make the
great American ship of State rock are
doing so because they have gun powder
to seil and if Uncle Sam entered the
.war, he would be a big buyer and
would pay cash for his ammunition.
Others are doing so,.because their
sympathies are emphatically for one
side or the other in the big war and <
their hope is that the United States
would help, that 'side.
The suggestion has been made hy
one of the New York papers that this
class of people, the boat rockers,
ought to be investigated hy the gov
ernment.
Bat there ure "still others, who do j
so innocently, those who possess weak
or immature minda and are easily
thrown 'into a panic. These are to
be pitied more than blamed. 1
But the moral lesson that the presi
dent calls bur thought to is a per
fectly clear one. Much depends In
ovt ry nation .on that class of men who
have the mental and moral capacity :
to 'alt steady In the boat/ And es- j
pectally is that so, when we are lu a
crisis as we are now.
This is a temp?raient of mind that
all men ought to ulm at. The age of 1
deacreUon or self contrai connot be j
Axed by the number o? years that one (
has lived. It comes to some much
sooner than to others. To some it
seem? never to come at all. Some 1
minds' seem always to be weak and j
immature'.' Others develop Into men
of poise and self control rapidly.
The old Romans required the boys, 1
whose minds were vet uneducated to j
wear a scarlet-boi'dored gown, but (
ph reaching the age of discretion, they 1
were accounted as men and were re- 1
quired to wear a plain black gown.
With us we have no distinctions in J
dress to mark oft tho immature from >
the mature. t
Bat in all nations, the progress and j
the stability of things depend upon j
the number who, mentally and moral
ly know how to sit steady in the boat, f
^ s
SUPPORT THE ORPHANAHE. ?
Thore are a nurabar ot orphanages 1
In the South, and alf. of. these a;e do- Jj
lag a great work ic the way of pr ovid- f
lng for destitute orphan children, j
These institutions mast not be ai- >
lowed to suffer for scarcity ot food I
?nd other supplies. Sven if provisions J
are high, there ls an abundance of
money in the country. Judging from f
th? recent bank reports. There can 1
be no better 1. iveatmen*. of money 1
than to give freely and liberally to j
the care and moral training of des- i
tltute children. It wJU pay a hundred !
fold. N~r i
The largest and oldest orphanage !
in Booth Carolina la the Thornwell .,
Orphanage, located at Clinton and un- s
der the control of that, grand old i
Christian gentleman. Rev. Wm. P.
Jacobs, D. D., who now has 360 or- J
phans under his care. It certainly t
requires 4a large quantity. of food to t
supply that number of lamatea. Re- *
cently this orphanage has Issued a 1
most urgent appeal for help, and yon ,
could not contribute to a more worthy i
luatitutlon. Our fellow-townsman. 1
Mr. C. C. Langston, wno ls a devoted
friend ot Dr. Jacobs and the orphan- j
age, will gltdly receive any con tribu ?
Unn, any article or any sum of mosey, '
however ?mall that any of our readers 1
may desire to make to t als orphanage !
'?V?? prompts*-forward tt. I ?
An Easter
"I think of the gardf
And lu?ju- to ra7 hear
Let ns be thankful for thia da
storied past take our mead of hop
Let us, In memory of One who 1
in return.
Let us feel the Joy of lb Inp thr
lire. ?
Let us have just enongh of this
what we hare.
Let us appreciate sorrow euou
those who are In distress.
Let us learn to help hear the t
lng their shoulders with our own,
Let us know only enough of si
the dangers of Its paths.
Let UH take care for the preset
with Him whose resurrection we
Let ns live each day, so that ?
from strife and all entangling ob
Let ns, on this dar, make the i
a symphony of Ufe, and though
the future will be sweet In UK lai
Henderson, Ky., April 12, 1914.
Plan of A Sm
Garden for
Office of Information, U. S
Dept. of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, Apr? 3.-A small
backyard garden 7.1 fbet long and 50
fete wide, particularly suitable for
gardeners in Southern cities, has
been planned by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture's specialist. In
a previous article a pian was shown,
for a half-acre garden; the present"
suggestion is made for those who
have not the room for such an exten
sive patch, but desire to hu ve a sup
ply of vegetables for the home.
Provision has been mad? in the
plan for a hotbed, cold frame, and
open seed beds running the length of
the garden; also for an asparagus
bed and a rhubarb or perennial herb
bed. The other vegetables are planted
in rows running across the width,
and the suggested order in which
the various kinds mtght appear, and
in which' later crops might follow Ss
given herewith. i
Lettuce, radishes followed by
celery. ->.
Onions followed by celery.
Parsnips followed by celery.
Carrots followed by kale.
Beets followed by kale.
Pea;;-Early varieties followed by
Pall cabbage.
Peas-Late varieties followed by
Pall cabbage.
Beans followed by Fall potatoes.
Cabbage 'followed by Fall potatoes.
Cauliflower, Kohl-Rabis followed
;>y Fall potatoes.
Tomatoes followed by Spinach. ,
Eggplants, peppers followed by ,
spinach. |
encumbers followed by turnips. ,
Muskmelons or squash followed by ,
urnips.
Burly potatoes followed by Fall \
)eana.
Sweet corn followed by Fall pea?. .
In the above plan, the first two \
?ow8 a% devoted one to lettuce and ,
me to 'adishes, the two crops to bo ,
olio wed later "by celery. The next' t
bree rewa- are devoted to onions ,
rom seed sown in place and are to ,
>e followed later by celery. <
The next two rows' are demoted to (
>arsnips to be followed later by eel- ,
?ry and the next two rows are de- (
roted to carrots, to be followed In \
ho autumn by kale. The next three ,
-ows are to be devoted to garden ,
>eets sown in sucesslon and followed (
n the autumn by a crop of kale. j
The next twp rows, which are 3 (
eet apart, are to be devoted tc early t
varieties of peas, the first sown about t
i week before the second row and f
ifter the crops dre removed the land j
* to be devoted to autumn cabbage. ,
Pwo additional rows are to be sown t
o lat? peas planted In the same or- j
[er as the first and also followed by
LUtumn cabbage. The pea patch ad
oins three rows devoted to beans, j
vhich are to be followed oy autumn j
totatoes. The next, two rows r*re de- <
roted to cabbage, followed in the {
LUtumn by potatoes. ?
The next row is devoted to caul i - t
lo-cr or kohl-rabi, to be fellowed ,
u the autumn by potatoes. The. next j
wo rows are devoted to tomatoes tied e
o stakes, and after the tomatoes f
lave been .harvested. Ute laud ls sown
p. spinach. The next row ia devoted ;
>artly to eggplants and partly to pop
kura to be followed biter In the aea
on hy spinach. The next row, which
s six feet ?rom the eggplants, ls de- ,
fot od to cucumbers to be followed .
liter the cucumbers are harvested by ?
m autumn crop of turnips. . ,
The next row is 8 feet from the cu- .
:omb?rs and ls devoted to musk- ?
nolana or aaoashes, followed by tur- ,
tips tn the aututnn. The-next 2 rows ,
ire devoted to early potatoes, follow- ,
td by autumn sown beans, and th? (
text t?ree rows are given over to ;
sweet corn, planted one row each ,
week after the proper aeason for -
planting haa arrived and to be fo'
lowed in the autumn by peas. I
Where the distance between the ,
rows ls leas than two feet, hand cul- ,
dvatlon with a wheel hoe is contem
plated. If ? hand cultivator or wheel \
aoe is not available, the rewa should j
be at least 2 feet apart to give sum- ,
nient space for the horse- cultivator. ,
Straight lines should be followed, nc <
matter what method of culture ls us
. Offering
>n after the rain
t cone? pluging."
y and from the treasury o' Hs
>e for the futnre.
lian arisen, give, expecting nothincr.
ough Him who died that we might
world's goods to he satisfied ? Vu
git to he nble to sympathize with
? unions of others without burden?
In to enable ns to warn others of
it, and let tue past and future he
observe.
e may have a manner of life free;
ligations.
ibnve an EASTER OFFERING, us
the recompense may seem small
Tress of peace.
CYRUS viitAHAM.
Lall Backyard
the South
ed.
Of course, the plan is only sug
gestive, and each giower will have
to advise additional plans to suit his
own conditions. Among the things
that particularly mu?t be considered
In each specific case is the location
of the garden. In this connection the
question of proximity to the house
should be given first consideration.
As the work of caring for the garden
is usually done in spare time, the
location selected should be as near
the house as possible. A slope to : the
south or southeast is usually prefer
able, because here the soil warms up j
early in the spring, which permits'
early planting and stimul?tes the
early growth of crops. Practically
any type of soil can be used for the
garden, but a sandy loam is to be
preferred.
Good drainage is of prime impor
tance. The land ' should havo suffi
cient fall to drain off surplus water
during heavy rains, but the fall
should not bo so great aa to wash
the soil. If the land near the house
ls level, artificial drainage should be
employed. Open ditches or tile drains
will be " satisfactory. On lovel land
that is not artificially drafted it is
necessary to plant on ridges or In
beds to prevent drowning the crops
during wet wea th-sr. The ridges or
beds should bo as wide and flat as
conditions wdll " allow, for narrow,
sharp' ridges dry*ftut quickly.
. Succession of Crops.
In planning the 'location of crops,
consideration should - be given to the
matter of succession, in order that
the land may be occupied as large
i, part of the time:as possible. It is
not advisable to have a second plant
ing of the same crop or a closely re
lated crop follow the first. Cabbage
should not follow cauliflower, brus
sels sprouts, mustard, or kale, fer
many of the same diseases and in- 1
leets affect all of these crops. To- *1
uatoes, egg-plants, and peppers
should not follow each other. In the
llagram this point has been consid
ered in planning a succession of
:rops. In some sections three or four
irops can be grown on the same land ' '
;ach year, while In other sections
:wo crops are all that can be grown
0 advantage. When a crop is har-1 '
rested early in the season and it ls ( '
mt. practicable to plant another r?g
?t able for two or three months, the
and -may be planted to cowpeas QT
:rlmson clover. For example, after
1 crop of early cabbage it may not be
leslrable u> plant another wgotable,
trop until late sum ?ncr or autumn. "
n this case- it would be desirable tb
tow cewpeas or crimson clover, to be
ur tier" under in preparation for the j '
all crcu.
Rotation af Crops.
Rotation of crops is as important
n growing vegetables as in growing
leid crops, and the same principles
:an be applied- Crop rotation is Im
portant, in checking diseases and In
lecte and in keeping the, bolt in good ,-.
condition. 'Where dl'-ase- are very j
?evere, 'Hie same crop should not bc
lbw ted continuously , on Hie same
irea. rotation of .crops ls one ot the
tafeguards against soil infection. j <
IM>KIIMAN BARTON
MAKEH SATEMENT
(CJONTINtTED FROM- PAGE ONE.)
:----^--j,
h? soon ?s I could'get my affairs
u shape I went to my<-eBnnWAi
tide, and Friday night succeeded tn
?lacing him In a hospital in Atlanta. )
i was so anxious to get back to An- ?
tenon that I did not walt to see him
>peratcd ott Saturday -morning. So I
:ruat this Will appease any curiosity
that may basts existed as to why r
iave been Oat et the city atece this
trouble at etty council meeting last!
Wednesday 'trfternoon.
"As to tba insinuations fiat havel
l>een made with reference ic* Mr. John- f J
ion's bid haying a*** opened, I vii:
?tafe that last Monday morning while
I was at city hall Mr. Johnson ap? I
troached me and said. .'Here iS'iinyJi
t?M on the city barn and the set off
plann which your committee furnish
ed me to Agar*} on,' or words to that j i
affect.
"I came on down to my office,'' con
.You'll see straw hats on
every hand after today.
We've gathered the hats
you'll look best under; cor
rect in style to a fraction of
an inch but free from freak
ish fancies.
Jhere's a fit for every head
in our adjustable stiff
straws.
Straw hats from #1.50 to
$7.50.
Stetson's $3.50 to $5.
Evans' Specials $2 to $3.
As for Spring footwear
Here are some beauties.
You'll find, among others, a
liberal display of English
oxfords in black and mahog
any calf.
Prices $3.50 to $6.
tinned Alderman Barton, "and dr?p- '
ped the stuff given me by Mr. John
son upon a table. The bid was rolled
up Inside the plans, and I recall that
as I dropped the plans on the table
they unrolled and the envelope con
taining Mr. Johnson's bid fell out. I
took my pencil and wrote acroas his
envelope 'bid on city barn' and left
it there among other papers on my
desk. If that, envelope was opened?
it was done by some one else, and
not by me.
"That I had no idea of how much
Mr. Pruitt would bid on the barn is
shown by the feet that I furnished
another contractor, Mr. Guest, data
on which to base his bid for the
barn; and my own estimate to Mr.
Guest was 12,495. When the bids
were opened last Tuesday night. Mr.
Pruitt's bid was shown to be $2,265..
Now if I was lined Up with Mr.
Pruitt, r,r if I had opened Mr. John
son's bid and then told Mr. Pruitt
what to make his bid, I would' have
shown mighty little sense in telling
him to submit a bid which was $230
lower than my own estimate which
I furnished for Mr. Guest.
'As for the statement by City En
gineer Sanders at the council meet
ing that he observed me on the night
bids were opened gather up the en
velopes in which bids were submitted
(with the exception ot the envelope
that contained the Johnson bid, which
ho had slipped out from among the
others and kept) and throw them in
tho fire. This insinuation is absolutely
untrue. But suppose I bed done such
a thing as this, .wouldn't T have been
a fool to burn up all envelopes ex
cept the very one that contalued the
Johnson bid, which they Insinuate
was tampered with?
"City Engineer Sanders seemed to
try to make capital out ot the fact
that I -vilowed the Johnson bid and
the Prr ^t bid to be turned over to
me per. ?hally instead of requesting
them to. take their bids and turn them
iver to the city.-clerk. Well, Alder
man Tate, who ia a member of the
nuns ''city barn committee,' had bids
turned ever to him and he kept them
in his store until the committee met'
And yet we .hear the -city engineer
tay nothing about anybody but Al-r
lorman Barton receiving bids.
"On last Tuesday morning I had
some conversation with Mr. Pruitt'
I told him that I thought the man
who got tue contract for etty barb
would have to bid under $2,3Q0. I
sad heard '.f intimated on the street
that someone was going to bid $2,300,
>n the barn, and I hadan idea lt was.
Mr. JOe Hembree who waa going tc,
make this bid. When I made this re
mark to Mr. Pruitt lt waa said lu
i Joking sort of way, and with no in
tention of influencing him In his bid.
As a matter o* fact, 1 had no idea
what Mr. Pruitt was going to bid.
"When Mr. Pruitt came to my of
&co and said he was going to chat ge
tils bid, I told him that that was his
privilege. He did not tell me What
tila original ?gures were, how what
he waa geing to make his new bid.
He said something about having fig
ured in 5 per cent and I told him
that it waa my aim to get as low bids
ss possible and get the work don?,
roe* the .city as cheaply as I could.
When Mr. Pruitt made the change ia
Ids bid I waa not in the room. When
I came back Into the room he hedi
mrde tb,- change in his bid, sealed dp
ht? envelope and placed lt on my j
ieak.
"I realise now that I acted imprud
ent at tho council meeting last Wed-i
nesdsy afternoon, bot I don't think j
anyone can blame' me when they un
derstand thc circumstances. Council
wss in session that day -from noon t
to 2 o'clock selling the paving bondi j
?nd as we left the- council otaMM
it waa. announced that there would br ?
a special meeting at 3 o'clock. I badi
to hastie ts get dinner, go by my of- j
Ree and get back to the city hall li
that -short time,
'.T had not been giren the slightest
Intimation as to what the object cf
the meeting was, though I understate1 ;
other members o? council bad been
i?md<. acquainted with the. object of
th'e meeting. When the session open
sd at 3 o'clock, there was Mr. John
ion, UKI city engineer and ethers who4!
hud been brought in to try and fas-!
ten something upon me. As I said,
I had not been told of the ob
ject of the meeting; and when the
session opened Mr. Johnson took the
floor anf. immediately began making
insinuating statements that I had tam
pered with his bid. The affair struck
me with the suddenness ot a light
ning stroke, and when I saw what
was very evidently a cut and dried
affair to show me up before the pub
lic in a bad light I lost my temper
and caused Mr. Johnson and myself
to come to blows. But I hardly think
I am to be blamed Tor this. Why
wasn't I given some novice as to the
object of the meeting as well as oth
er aldermen? If charges were to be
preferred against me, why wasn't I
told about lt and given an opportuni
ty of defending myself. I was not
prepared for any star chamber pro
ceedings, and this ls what caused me
to become angered.
"In conclusion, I will say that I
came to this town without anything.
I have been lu business here for 37
years, and have established myself
here, raised up roy family and con
ducted myself af a respectable citi
zen. Does it Bland to reason that at
this late day in my life I would
stoop to a mean, dirty little act that
would not net me $50, if I sold Mr.
Pruitt his material, and in so doing
ruin myself, my business and cast a
cloud upon my family?"
Announcement
Beginning Monday, we will open
our doors for business as before our.
recent fire.
We have not, as yet, received settle-*
ment from the insurance companies,
but we will not sell any damaged
goods until this settlement is made.
R.W.Trihhle
"The Up-to-Date Clothier"
-1
"Majestic"
H A M S
-We have just received another shipment
of these delicious hams, and judging from
previous results, it will be "first come first
served." This is the ham that makes that
good old fashioned re<J gravy ; the kind that
every member of the family enjoys, so place
your orders early, please.
Anderso? Cash Grocery Cc.
