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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-21

columbia State
DO the people of South Carolina
realize that II the values Of farms
and homes and stores had dropped as
much In the last seven years as has
the value OF cotton mills, the state
would be In the midst of panic?
Do they realize that the owners Of
mill shares In this state are poorer
by millions on millions Of dollars than
they were seven years ago?
One does not hear much OF it be-
cause owners of mill shares usually
own ether properties-they are we'll
to-dO people. We could name half q
dozen mills In South Carolina in
which the investors have lost from
three to five millions Of dollars in late
years.
Share holders have lost money even
In the prosperous milis There are
mills paying regularly per cent and
the share won't sell for their par
value.
Whenever We hear q mill whistle
sound before daylight. especially In
the winter time. we think Of what a
hard life the mill workers ia. BY
the way. the man blowing under the
July sun while we write has no easy
job COnfidcntially, nine or ten hours
In an office in July isn't pleasant.
Conditions in the mills ought to be
improved. OF that there Is no doubt.
1t is also not to be denied that they
have been greatly improved in the last
twenty years. W 4
We wish that the mill hours were
shorter and that no children worked
in the mills. The State favors. and
urges the raising of the age limit for
child labor IN all Industries In South
Carolina. g -,
But do we want the mills destroy ed
Would that help the mill peOple2 DO
they want to be driven back to the
farms or thrown on the world, without
employment
Yondcr Is mill employing some
Massachusetts, North Carolina and
hundreds of people. 1t is making
goods in competition with the mills OF
Pennsylyania-bu that Is not all. 1t
must meet the competition Of mills In
Japan.
England, Germany, China, India and
the rivalry u-iween II South Caro-
lima mill and one in England is just as
sharp as that between Grocer Jones
and Grocer Smith whose stores are on
opposite corners.
We can't make mill laws for North
Carolian when we make them for
South Carolina.
We have pointed to mill legislation
that ought to be enacted; there are re-
forms which we heartily favor and
shall work for--5but suppose we enact
legislation that Will close the doors of
the mill. is the mill. worker helped?
"Yes," some one says. "even though
the mill is forced into bankruptcy
somebody Will buy It and run It,"
How does some one" know? An in
dustry will survive bankruptcies and
reorganfzations-but not too many of
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-21
ENROLMENT is NECEsSAR.

Enrolment be IS close Tuesday, July IS. White dem
ocratS Fl years of (or those who will that age be-
fore the succeeding General cecton), who have been resi-
dents Of the State and Of the county for six
mols prior 'c succeeding general election and of the
club district 90 day prior the first primary following their
offer to enroll entitled to enroll in the book Of their club
district to vote i'll the primary election, provided they
citizens of the United States and Of South Carolina
Democrats who wish to enroll in order vote in the
primary elections present themselves in person before
the of the club before the person having custody
the book Of the club district in which they reside. They
sign the roll giving their full name age, occupation
and place Of residence
In the applicant for enrolment is unable to write,
he make his the book Of the club district in
which he resides and the person having custody Of the book
will put his name the club roll.
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WILL GO TO AsIAT.c WATERS
Ensign Hadden Geer Has Been VISIT,
Ing Home In Belt0n.

Bolton, July 18.-Ensign and Mrs..
Hadden Geer, who have been spending
the past month in Relton, left Friday
for Landrum and Jonesville to visit
relatives for a few days. after which
Mr.. Geer will leave for cruise oftwos
years In Asiatic waters. He will GO
by way OF New: Orleans to attend tho
marriage OF classmate and from
there there to San Francisco from
which point he will sail. He has not
yet been informed as to what ship hes
Will do duty on, but the assignment.
Will be made on reaching San Fran
cisco.
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How Schoe!s Can Help.

Farm and Fireside.
In q certain rural school in Cook
county. Illinois. parcel post club"
has been organized. The boys and
girls bring their eggs. green corn. rad
ishes butter and other produce to
school. put the goods in hampers. and
ship by parcel post to Il select list Of
customers In the city. Thcy keep the
records OF this club as art Cf the
school exercises. They figure the
profits and the losses. Ten years
from now this new agency ofttraps-
portation will have heen pretty we'll
developed
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LET US HELP OUR NEIGHB0Rs.

]. w. RothrOck. farm demonstrator
for Anderson. county. has returned
from trip over q portion of the coun-
ty visited by hail. This is the section
between Pendleton and Anderson. out
toward Portman.
The forms OF Mrs. Fred c. Brown.
Ir, w. K. Sharpe and others were
found to Lave received severe dam
ag, the young cotton being ruined be-
yond recovery and the old cotton be-
ing seriously retarded aud perhaps
killed. OF i.aG0 acres it Is probably
ahnt 800 will produce nothing.
News wns received hero yesterday
that Congressman Wyatt Aiken had
introduced in congress resolution
to provide $4,000 IL so much be nces-
sary. for the benefit of the hail storm
sufferers in this county.
Tho Anderson. county farmers who
have lost SO heavily-and some have
lost their all in the why of growing
crops-are not beggars. They are true
blue citizens and are game through
and through.
But 1t does seem that when such
IN unusual end destructive storm
Genes upon. them. they should be as
tisted to get started again. Some OF
them live on mortgaged lands. What
a splendid thing It would be II the
'olders OF the mortgages would waive
the interest or portion thereof.
Some will need nothing but seed
End Fertilizer for nowing peas or some
other SUCH crop. We trust that the
people OF Anderson will deal gener-
ously with these people and will aid
them 10 get started again. We. sug-
gest that there. be an open discussion
Of this matter at tie grain festival
next Tgesday. trades DAY. when It 50
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Casey at TIE Pay Window.

NeW fOrk American. ~
When mighty Casey was enjoined the
town was plunged In gloom,
Tho grandstand and the hleachc..ss
55un were lonely as o tomb.
The gate receipts are absent now, the
magnate In despair.
For no ono cares to see a. game II Ca
sey isn't there.
But somewhere in this favored land
the lights are shining bright,
And Casey fingers there. and gets a
shine on every night.
For, though they shoe him from the
field and will not let him play.
He doesn't care whoop as long as
Casey draws his pay.
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Feeding Alfalfa to Horses.

II Is NOT well to feed alfalfa hay III
too large quantities to brood mares
caution should be tukon, according to
and this IL q matter In which pre-
Clemson College. Horses tend to be.
come hloated II allowed to overfeed on
alfalfa hay. especially. 4 fthe hay % Id
q more or less Creep stags, II fe ak
ways advisable when alfalfa hay. Id ;tp
be fed to horses to allow the aitaifa to
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We trust the mill managers and
mill operatives in Greenville will con-
tinne to get along well together.
When the pay roll stops everybody
feels It.
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1t can be taken for granted that the
man who ''cusses" the newspapers has
had some OF his meanness told OF by
the newspapers at some time or 9TH
er.
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BY Proxy.

Pity the nd!gswailed the profess
sional beggar. 81 ;
"But you are not blind, J. said the
passerby. pausing: y -. !,
"No, sir but my bid grandmother
Is, replied the pfofeasi6nai beggar.
Sim doing this for her Judge. =
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Al tho Top and Hottom.

OF all the people In Europe the
French have the fsWest children and
ths' '1f1ss - EdG2s, y go & ' '.ss IS s
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II merchants will take hold Of the
parcels post right. there will never
be any dead letter office for them.
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49,
HUmeDody ought to i¥t way to
.e1 caH watefhsioas.
81 Grape i6t0s.' tS9 dri ks that made
thsSwhite house famouA
sls sss -, sa; ss.;s yI,t,--o-
Ohe thing eabout hot wave-feels
i So good afterlt' is over
l'irddG Mo.
Did one Gfthsi dog days get bya This
is q year OF many, surprises.
~ si,G1 ,r--.tro----
Thank goodness, there Is but one
more month q q I thls campaign.
G sts $50 ,TTvo--
The home II Of, the rice president
/ should be called 1.-THE Shelf"
Tangoing-dis good training for
"cooning the lSg"'at picnics.
The earaylbina. desnt get the hook
worm. but the greedy flsh does.
ssW.si-n
Money ttlks-but talks In whisper
xhep slss NJ Il!sssAla llaa plates is in sight.
S3ys.f 4is..,r--Q-
Sherman anti-trust law does not
prohibit cUrher on pie-political
s. ntaS 80 s,h
J: =, ~. & ltun rdi Es
The world. ia growing incredulous.
& No man believes a. ssign reading "fresh
paint" e2''t'9'i .
. Gen.. Banquet ;is the subject OF a
4 good many paragraphs since Hucrta
took to cuver.'Fi. ~
The Townville vestibule Ia truck
line and all SORTS Of a line. and it is
!, doing the BUSINESS.
81 .ts t-O
Ssa The principal thing for each voter
is 70 Onroll--and then commence
picking candidates.
& y it.. -
L 1t ia rare thaI an honest man has
scomplaint of 4, mistreatment at the
hands OF newspapers.
One thing about! It. when tho sun.
s.is smashing SHOP windows. things are
quilt ut home Yof' !AYhile.
& a. hotel is a place where q fellow
swaps 'dollars fqE ,apa arters-and that's
4 inst the way. ha .seAl. !. .,:= .:::: .t, a. s
ms sDs Smith f5dnd the cotton ex-
Ssichange almost sAss sfnvincible and quite
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expected that 4 large crowd of farm
ers will be In the city.
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The Weather.

Washington. July 1S.-Forecnst :
South Carolina-PartIyc cloudy Sunday
and Monday. -
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/, 1 Ain, Content

Happy the man that. when his day Is
done,
Lies down to sleep with nothing OF
regret
The battle he has fight may not be
The fame he sought be jus.
Ing yet!i
Folding at last his hands upon nis
breast,
Happy Ia he. II nuary I'D iore-spent.
He ssnks int: :::cc ..:::::. c::::-:::! :::s,
Breathing only these words: Il am
content"
Eugene Field.
Enroll at -oace.--.
Enroll your. full name.
aaloot the MHEe
Dental parlors mex. to ~ irawing
HamrS Ouch. nH *.
living Tbs. bee Ttald s -hee.
IS. IS 4 agas. .slEnGs ~: Pei Frs'
= IS
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-21

The earAyi bird. desn't get the hook
worm. bu{ the greedy flsh does.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-21

/ Money tflksbut talks In whisper
whsa ths N ill!ssl lan 3 plates is in sight.
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One thing sabout q hot wave-feels
SO good after ait' is over
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-21

Now chat Macrta has gone, did he
aaloot the haee
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Did one 0f'thhe dog days get by3 This
is o year Of mapy. surprises.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-10
COUNCIL NAMES
ASSESSORS FOR
Current PERIOD
new BOARD is JUST NAMED
Sherlock, White And Will.
ford Selected

Messrs. C. ]. Sherlock, c. ]. White
ard P. B. Williford will constitute the
board of city tax assessors for the cur
rent year, these gentlemen having been
selected by city council at the recent
meeting of that body. All of them
have had former experience in this
important work, and are we'll qualified
to discharge the duties incumbent.
With the county-at-large showing such
substantial gains in property valuation,
the greater. portion of which is found
in the city of Americus, it is a fair as
sumption that the work of the board
of city assessors will be as thorough
and rich in results as that of the coun-
tvs tax equalizers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-10
TOM HUDSON NOW PREDICTS
THE ELECTION Of FIELDER

Atlanta, Ga, July 9.-Of tremen
dous import to the yet greater sue
cess of the candidacy of Hon. Thomas
S. Fielder in his race for the United
States senate, is the unstinted and ad-
mirable support that is being given
him by Hon. Thomas G. Hudson, for
merly commissioner of agriculture.
No man in Georgia has a larger
acquaintance or stronger personal
following than Mr.. Hudson, and when
the thousands of friends from one end
OF the state to the other learn of his
advocacy of MIR. Felder's election, !;
includes host of them to active work
in his behalf
Col. Hudson has been steering clear
CT politics for more than two years,
yet he has kept in close touch with
the people all of the time. He has
been interesting himself in the cam
paign OF no other candidate, though
he has been giving his splendid sup
port to MIR. Fielder since his announce
ment.
Col. Hudson has been mixing with
the boys" in the Kimball lobby for
several days, and it is his candid opiN-
ion, based upon inquiries from ali
sections of the state that Mr.. Fedei
is far in the lead today and gathering
increased strength as the primary ap-
proaches.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-10
CROPS RIDDLED
and DESTROYED
by HAILSTONES
CAN'T Be REPLANTED NOW
All Cotton and Corn Literally
Destroyed

Mr.. G. R. Ferguson, whose plantation
below DeSoto, just across the Lee line,
was visited by most destructive hail
storm Monday night last, was in Amer
icus yesterday, and reported the de-
struction of a very large portion Of
his crops as complete. MIR. Ferguson
exhibited here yesterday several stalks
corn and cotton, which were whipped
to frazzle, as samples of his former
crop, now utterly worthless. Every
vestige of foliage, and even the bark
was beaten off the cotton, while corn
STALKS were beaten into ribbons and
pulp. In the woods the leaves and
tender bark were beaten from young
trees by the pelting hailstones, which
were as large as walnuts and covered
the ground to a depth of several inches
Mr.. Ferguson had several inches. Mr.
+ tcrguson had several valuable mules
Killed by his stockade falling upon
them during the fury of the storm. His
property loss, it is estimated, will ex-
coed $4,000.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-10
HOUSE PARTY IS ENDED
and FAIR GUESTS DEPART
Pleasant Occasion in Ameri'
Gus Has Ended

With the departure of her five at
tractive house guests yesterday, the
delightful party, of which Mrs. Frank
Harold has been hostess during ten
days, is but a pleasant memory to Sc
cial Americus. Mrs. Harrold's visitors
were Misses Rachel Nunnally and Lou
Use Walker, of Monroe, Ca; Miss Ma
talie Bocock, of Athens; Miss Cora
Brown, of Marietta, and Miss Ruth
Reed, of Atlanta. AS guests of Mrs
Harold, the visit of these attractive
and popular society girls was one con-
tinuous round of gaiety and pleasures
with the dinners, dances and similar
occasions arranged in their honor, and
it may be said in all truth that nc
house party of the season could have
been more thoroughly enjoyable, Ul
guests more congenial and charming
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-10
COUNTY bridge
over MUCKALEE
IS PROGRESSING
PROCESS NOW IS TEDIOUS
Completion in Six Weeks Is
Expected

With the smaller concrete bridge,
that spanning Town creek, tributary
of Muckalee creek, already completed,
the contractors, Messrs. J. H. Scruggs
and C. E. Ard, are concentrating all Of
their forces and energies upon the
main structure, that now being built
over Muckalee, and hope to have the
work completed within the specified
time, or soon thereafter. The COLI
tractors still have to their credit h
month in which to complete the two
bridges.
The main bridge-that spanning
Muckalee-will exceed one hundred
feet in length, and will be solid
structure of steel and concrete. Work
of this character is, necessarily, SLOW 4,
but the contractors hope to complete
II U6lUI6 AuSuSI IOIu.
There will be five piers in this main
bridge, and of this number three have
been completed, it was said yesterday.
The two remaining piers are in mid
stream, and expensive cofferdams had
to be constructed before solid foun-
dation, far below the creek bottom,
could be reached. When this founda-
ton is made satisfactory the work will
progress more rapidly. Clerk ]. A,
Pinkston, of the county commissioners,
thinks it will be finished late in Au-
gust.
The two bridges will cost Sumter
county more than $4,000 in the ag
gregate They are near the point
where two important highways, tue
Plains and Smithville roads, converge,
and it is highly important that the
Muckalee bridge be completed and
opened to travel by the time the cot
ton crop begins to be marketed, else
the farmers who bring their cotton to
Americus will be seriously inconven-
fenced, in the opinion of many people
here.
1t is true that temporary wooden
bridges over both Town creek and
Muckalee have suficed during the
summer months, but the heavy wagon
hauling of the fall season will require
more substantial bridges, and work
upon the new ones should be COM
pleted with all haste.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-10
Georgia Leads
Income Tax

Atlanta, July Georgia leads every
state in the South, except Louisiana,
in the amount of her income taxes,
showing that the state has an unus-
ual number of folk whose income runs
to more than $4,000 for bachelors and
$4,000 for married men.
The figures were given out by Col
lector A. o. Blalock. He announced
that corporation and individual in
come taxes would reach $5O0,OO0 and
that this would lead every Dixie state
except Louisiana, which is but slightly
ahead.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-10
BUSINESS GOOD,
DECLARES FORD;
AUTOMOBILE man
so Tells The PRESIDENT
Is Optimistic On Trade Con-
ditiOnS

Washington, D. c., July 8. - Opt
mistic views of business conditions
were presented to President Wilson
today by Henry Ford, the Detroi;
manufacturer, during an hours con-
ference at the white house. Mr.. Ford
told the president he saw no great
evidences of any sort of business de-
preston, psychological or otherwise
and said that in his opinion business
was getting better all the time.
There is absolutely nothing wrong
with business" Mr.. Ford told the
president. THE only trouble is that
some people seem pessimistic. If
everyone would only cheer up and at
tend to business this calamity talk
would stop Immediately"
The president and Mr.. Ford discuss
ed the trust bills in a general way as
we'll as the business situation. On
cials close to the president said ne
was greatly encouraged by his talk
with Mr.. Ford, and that he had been
further strengthened in his determi-
nation to push the trust program dur
ing the present session of congress.
Mr.. Ford refused to discuss his
call, saying that talk of business de-
preston was unworthy of denial.
The delegation of Chicago business
men who conferred with President
Wilson yesterday talked today on thu
same subject with Chairman Covington
|of the house commerce committee,
Chairman Newlands, of the senate in =.
terstate commerce committee, and
Chairman Overman, of the judiciary
committee, proposing what they con-
slider nevessary changes in the anti
trust bills.
Representative Covington told them
President Wilson had said to him he
wished to meet big business half way
in consideration of the trust program
and wanted to be fair in every way.
Mr.. Covington promised to take their
suggestions under consideration and
lay his opinions before the president,
and the house commerce committee.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-10
EXPECTED RUSH TO CLAIM
OLD JOBS WAS LACk|NS

Pittsburg, Pa, July S.-The ex.
pected rush of strikers to claim old
jobs at the plants of the Westinghouse
companies did not take place this
morning, although hundred or more
in the electric shops. State troopers
and strike pickets were everywhere,
but they experienced no difficulty in
maintaining order. Leaders of the men
declared the new workers were
brought from other points, but the CON-
pany employees said they were from the
ranks of the strikerc.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-10
CAMP PAIGN CLUB
Was ORGANIZED
HERE THURSDAY
in INTEREST OF HOKE smith
Friends of Senator Are Alive
To Situation

Friends Of Senator Hoke Smith are
IaliVe to the situation in Sumter, and
to the end of safeguarding his polit.
ical interests in the present campaign
a Hoke Smith club was organized here
last evening, and officers elected. Per-
manent headquarters were establish.
ed in the Windsor hotel block, on
Jackson street, and the club is in a
state of ample preparedness for any
eventuality that might arise.
The meeting yesterday was called to
order by Rev. ]. A. Thomas as tenn
porary chairman. In the election O.!
officers, which followed Immediately
Capt. NJ. B. Council was unanimously
elected president and Mr.. H. T. Bivins
secretary.
President Council, upon assuming
he chair, stated briefly the object o.
the organization, and read an appre-
ciative letter from Senator Smith en-
dorsing the suggestion of a Sumter
county campaign club, believing, as he
did, that it would have a beneficial ef-
feet not only in Sumter, but in the
surrounding territory as well.
The club will maintain permanent
headquarters in the store room next
to Tillman & Browns shoe store, with
Secretary Bivins in charge daily.
Friends of Senator Smith are invited
to call there at any time and discuss
the campaign. Citizens of Sumter are
invited to call and register their names
as members of the club, or authorize
some friend to register for them in a
book there provided.
Several hundred names have been
registered already and others will be
added rapidly. Campaign literature
will he supplied there, while there are
daily papers on file for the use of
friends who will call to read up on
the progress of the campaign. Visitors
from other counties and localities will
be welc comed there.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-10
MUST ACCOUNT FOR
SEVEN MILLIONS

New York, July 9.-William Rookie
feller, brother of John D., James H
Jourdan, E. R. Chapman and D. G.
Leggett, directors of the Brooklyn
Union Gas company, have been order
ed to appear in court today for ex-
animation in the suit brought by Col
Thomas Read, majority stockholder,
for an accounting of $1,000, ,444 in pro-
fits earned by the company. Mr.. Rea
claims this money is dominated by
Standard Oil interests to his detri-
ment and that of other stockholders
Mr.. Rockefeller and the other defend
ants have denied the charges.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-10
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS
CONVENE

Decatur, Ill, July 9.-The state
convention of the rural mail carriers
is being held in this city today, and
one of the two important matters
w ..Ich will be taken up for discus
sion is that of hard roads" This is
considered a subject of unusual inter
est since the Tice good roads law has
been held to be constitutional. One
of the Oldest rural mail carriers, Fred
swartz. of Danville, will be one OF
the speakers on this subject