The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-05


other hand city is unlovely, ii is
still the image OF the women and men
who dwell In It. We would no more
| disown Anderson, for instance. be-
cause It was not winsome than many
| parents disown child because it was
not pretty or attractive. But q city is
often more than a work Of art-if Is
also a miracle. That several millions
| Of people can dwell together in peace.
notwithstanding the difference of race
! and religion. Notwithstanding also
that they are one and all eagerly,
hotiy. even madly. trying to wrest
from each other life's prizes. of which
| there are not enough to go around or
! running rare in which ono mans
rise often means another's downfall
! one mans success another's failure
Is really stupendous achieven. ent.
A million years ago the fight for
life started in the vegetable Kingdom.
| and it Is every bit as merciless, today
as ever. The same is true Of the
struggle. for existence. among tine
animals. The big fishes In the sea live
| on the little ones. Life is q crime IN
the animal world. since 1t Is perpet-
ual by the martyrdom of the weak.
But, and this is the miracle, although
man, too. started like the vegetable
and the animal. by devouring his
weaker neighbOr, and while both ami
NAL and vegetable are still engaged In
q savage warfare as bloodstained as
| ever, tbs human struggle TOR existence
mas been greatly mitigated. One way
Of finding out about the morals of @
cOuhfry Is. by visiting its places of
amusement. How DO the Europeans
amuse themselves? What are the
plays they applaud? Jn France, for
instance. the best place 10 become &C.
quainted with the Francllman Is at
the theatre: II you would See tho
1 most Leautiful and gifted women of
! France you, VIII find them on the
stage. II you wou:o know what
France thinks. of art. of love, Of re-
iiE nl. se.' It's plays. The pest that
tile Fren.n genius croatcs sis - he
seen on the French stage, as also the
worst Both for the wit ami the wlcks.
edness OF the French mind. the stage
Is the maia outlet. Another medium
OF Information about the life and
/. ought q; people is me city papers.
r."r;. tll'. Taper thGv arr printed on,
as we'll ~ the type, t.ll tales. how
much mo-" the cha.'E :.:-:,of .te rcyvs
t'ey I,Li,:s One q; sh. things civil
4 .;,tion has not yet bees, able to give
even In our State is there single
daily which is not muzzled. There Is
nothing which does more to retard
the progress of ideas and to preserve
the coDwebs OF the past than the
shackied press. But the fact that IA
yet not in one of the centers of non
uiation on either side Of the Atlantic
ls there q free press Is not SO much
reflection upon the publishers as
II Is upon the reading public. But BY
the morals OF q country we rlean. the
resources OF country-its ability to
prevent wastage, to build up physical
ana mental tissue, to grapple with
the problems that arise to combat
Disease. 70 throw of error, to dis
cover new truths. and above ail, TO
surpass itself. s,
The morals of country, like its
crops, are q product. Instead of dur
being what onr morals have made rs.
our morals are what we have made
them. .st si !, Al '' !,
Within the next ninety days I hone
to meet and shake heartily the hand
or Fellowship Of every man In Ander-
son county, who voted for Cole T..
blease two years ago. Friends! Let
me say 10 .you-We'ii have 10 get to-
gether again and let's do tive won't
put up with the dirty; politics that Is
/ you? i ,s,, 8 3
We read in the newspapers where
two OF Anderson county representa-
ttyas. 8. A. Burns and Geos, M. Reed,
met with Fan accident ceiling In
their room fell In and mashed their
faces!rmpral--kee clean. gof s. cheap
boarding houses.4S ;iys.., ~ *. 80
/ q, Sam Ehitten eof Pendleton} 4 said,
Speaking bout .aEed people. .there:s
awoman in myatown' who says she is
i one: hundred. and sfonr years old We
asked tf she. remenbered dancing with
George, l.; WashIngto ton |? ?.!!sss esalN Then
she's q fraud.Ss = ..sssS - ;sxa;-, :.o.r
rs " !. rs,
tx Many, q. man; spends years To yet;
In the. EnJ!2ical swim only to f3put5
ter aro1nd and shout for a Afe pre-,
server. g. rs
Two roade lead out from poverty
i To ease and wealth galore,
/ And one Of them is Do without;
And: one sis Make Come More. sss.
We asked Tom Anderson ! ! IL ne,
didn't think the operatic primo iona
didn't have an unusually high y0iGef
i Y should say she had; replied Toni
NY seat cost me five dollars. & Ssll Ssl
Farmer asaf Andssrsoa county s..,uau safe
i getting tired of hetn s b3saed ana die
sassa Thy "a !, ttttle snnt
.hsa Ss1s as.,