LIGENCER TED I860. taornlog except ndereoa Intelllgen Whltoer Street, Au INTELLIC ENCEU sdsys end Fridays second-class mattel Jkt Ute post office al Carolina, under thc 1879. PRESS DISPATCHER .321 r?CBIPTtOIf BATES ?'"[ DAILY J at/ear.$5.oo "Months ..... 2.50 ec Months . 1.2n \ Meath.42 . Week .10 SEMI-WEEKLY esr , atbs .$1.00 . .76 Intelligencer ls delivered by L in the city, at the printed label on your ?? The date thereon shows when iscriptlon expire*. Notice date >I carefully, and If not correct uotify vs at once, .critters desiring the address of '.aper changed, will please stato ir communication both the old 'w addressee. insure prompt delivery, com 's cf non-delivery in the city (Berson; should be made to tho - allon D^partm^nt- before 9 a. m. ^aj$Afttt4tiB sentfal once, ficks and drafts should bo ??gjff tbs Anderson Intelligencer. ADVEBTi?KG~ |wfli bc furnished on eppllca cdvertislng discontinued ex written order. ntelllgencer will publish brief ional letters on subjects of Interest when they aro ac ted by the names and ad . of the author a and are not of tsuatory nature. Anonymous alca tiona will not be noticed. H$ manuscripts will not be re order to avoid delays on account raonal absence, letteis to The Agencer intended for publica!lot? i'.d not be addressed to sny Indi? l connected with the paper, but ;;y to The^ Intelligencer. 'WEDNESDAY, MAY 26. 1015. . ??^Bave^wjtb. .us. again thc com ??iencernent "orations." -o Av revoir, Banker?, you are IT^with ?any ot ua nowadays. -. The Rubicon has b*ca crossed ?g?'n, but ?? >?i Rome ia free. A study In colors: "Future Btac'it for Auto Demon White." Beer and Vaudeville Called Negro's f oes.-Headline. B.?# about a raaor and "bones?" Italy draws the first blood, but old von Hindet.berg has not yet arrived on the scene. What a P ie op war prices .,c-n releed) olives. An ordinance is Chicago to ouila lt cod?d be wjprse. lity to .tack on Man ..(California. Milk and W?." suppose ora, we'll ;S stuff be ings to elect eats have evi tr calendara should have 'a door again another plum Federal tree t time the district was grown extensively in so we suppose that tho other U'o powers of received one so ^ na?) J?i at last: has e >an battle front s hi? brother, ibo: wah woand? TH t. Il A Nhl HS MEETING. Th?1 meeting and mingling togelhei . of bankers or members of any on? t profession, su< ii au the mee' ng ol UH bunkers of Group No. \, douth Caro lina Hanker? Association, held In (bl i city yeaterdSy! is a great help t< thone min ami ls something that [ ought to be Indulged in oftener by ? those of every occupation. In thu era, marked by the organisation of .those of every trade or vocation, it behooved ali to get togrther for the purpose of studying and discussing tbe varlotiH problems which confront the people today. AH was admirably discussed at the banquet last evening, organizations are not for tin- purpose of trying to butch up imnic scheme to try to "beat the other fellow out" BO to speak, but are for the purpose of making every man better equipped to do the work bo hon chosen. We are glud that thc bankers were in the city yesterday, and we thank them for ,the nice thing ) they Baid ubout our city and county. Ander son lo always ready and willing to entertain organizations who cnn boast of such a set of gentlemen. WAR'S GREATEST RESULT. What will be the mont significant resulta of the war In Kuropc IB a thought that han occupied large space in tho mind of tho Htudcnt who linn attempted to pierce the smoke of bar tle with his mind's eye and see the world as lt will bc when thc terrible conflict now raging han abated and the fury of the nations has been turned into the pursuit of things peaceful and humane. As wc stated some time since, the thought of geographical changer? that will come as a result of the war is an engaging one. Now that Italy has entered the lints, this problem ts en larged, BB lt is generally agreed that ?his nation has gone Into Uie war for what she can get out of lt in thc na ture of additional territory. Changea that will take place in the forma of government, and there most surely will Ue,',lfj.'.?till another en gaging line of thought. But wc havu lt from an Atlanta divine, the Rev. H. M. DuBoBe. pastor of the First Methodist church of that city, thai neither tho geographical nor tho gov ernmental changes to be brought about will be the most significant ro aults of the war. The "new world consciousness" that wilt come out of the conflict in. in the opinion ot this minister, to be the most signi ficant result. In- a sermon last Sunday, we are told. Dr. DUBOBC analyzed the war. pointed out what must be the Inevi table results as to political changes, and concluded by saying. "A new world thought character ised by a new consciousness must come," he said. "A unlvers?i rever ence must fruit from thia world con sciousness. Will this war leave tho vVi?d where lt will feel a true humil iation and express a true penitence for tho pride, the arrogance, and tho hate of Ita year?? If Christ be not fully accepted and -enthroned in tho world's heart, all tts suffering will be In vain: lt's victories will turn to de af?ate." , , An to tho political changea he fore sees, Dr. DUHOBO said: ' ? "A new Serbo-Slavlc empire will rise out of the eastern provinces ?if the dismembered Austrian empire and the existing Serbian States; there ( will be a new Bulgarian power; a i now Greek power, Including the an- i clent Ionian shores and isles; the j restoration of the long-lapsed Jew ish integrity in Palestine; the restor ation cf Constantinople a* a Chris tian capital; a realignment of the Teutonic people Into one homogene ous Stat?.; the political reorganiza tion of Russia; the repatriation of all separated French people; the restor ation ot the. lost Italian provinces, and the establishment moro firmly of England in the primacy of the seas." PANAMA.PACIEIC EXHIBIT. "Prosperity Statistics" as given in the National W. C. T. exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition show many things of Interest to Did Student ot economics. For instaneei li?t there -re twenty automobiles ftx> every ona hundred farmers In dry Kansas, while there If but ono to every one hundred farmers in wet Missouri. Th9 Jape? ness bcM cast in bronze, made entire ly bf tha' pipes of the thousands of maa who giving, up umoklog eon fcibuted t>- r pipes to _Mps Mary PRESS CC Marron! AN ? Prophet. (Charlotte Observer. ? t When Marconi got lo talking about Bandin ^telegrams witltr>ut stir- use of wires the country wa:* Inclined Dot to believe him. but Hilt;*- who had given thought to Edison's accomplishment in th? field of Invention were pre pared to look for almost anything. But with all our faith In modern In ventive genius, we are inclined to balk at Mar ?on l's promise o fa trick hy the uno of which one may Bee through a brick or stone wall. Mar coni, however, says he lo at work on a ramara that will make a wall tran. parent, and the world should be pa tlrnt. The King has called Marconi to return to Italy. He ls a reserve officer In tho engineering corpa of the Italian army, and evidently he doei; not exp?ct much of a war. aa bc raya lie may complete hin engagament in Italy aril return to the United States by September. And the people ?sill join The Observer in the hope that Marconi will prove a:> Rood a war prophet as a prophet of Invention. An Indianapolis Incident. (Thc State.) The im m. or policemen Is to keep the peace-not to shoot male factors except in emergencies-when it ls ueceo-ary. for example, to saw life. In nome of the groat rltieo. London notably, policemen arc ont armed with pistol's. Respect for law 1? uni versal la Great Britain ntid the police otlicer seldom needs moro than his night estick. < In thin country the policeman muet have hts piutol, but that is all (IK; more reason that he should be trained not to use it unless there la no other I alternative consistent with public, i safety. Entirely too ma'iy men arc < slaughtered by policemen, constables I ind deputy sheriffs In the I'nlted 1 Stater,. i In Indianapolis two or three days iigo two or three negroes were fight ing- Wliicn policemen arrived tho negroes resisted arrested. Although I lh0 negroes were on the ground sruf- | fling, n shot wau flrrd by an otllcer t ?nd one "f ?hem wan killed. I ( There In no moro excuse for the | killing of a negro by policemen In a < Southern city than In a great North- : Rrn town. Buch aa Indianapolis la. ( Indeed, the behavior, generally, of ? negroes ls far better In the South ! than in the North. t ?MMENT Church Advertising, (Charlotte Observer, i Tho Klrst Presbyterian church of Charlotte owns space lu each Satur day morning Observer in which it adv? rtises the morning and evening services for ?li?' following ?Jay. The advertisements yesterday gave the Rub jeris which will be discussed by Doc tor Rolston, the pastor, and there was also Information about the musical features. Kor years past this same r,iati? r has been customarily ghen In the local columns of the pape-, u custom that hail become common place through long usage Th?' church news carri) d in th?? form ?f an advertisement har, the advantage of thc better emphasis, lt I? more direct and the better calculated to hold attention ar I mak?? an Impres sion. We have no doubt that through Ihi^; new method The shipbuilding yat ls nt F'ore Riv er. Mass.. ha turned out ten sub marin? ; for Gnat Britain in five months. At that rate. American slilp yards, private and public, could pro vide us with several dozen modern submarines in six months' iim<\ if they were needed. We could take over those British boats, ton. lu an emer gency Just as the British suvbrnment irproni la'i I ami paid for forelgn iwned vessel-: of v.ar that were build' lng or waiting for delivery In her shipyards when tho war broke out. As mattem stand, we may regard :hose ten submarines as a potential -eserve of our own navy. They .ouldn't bc delivered to Great Hri aln anyhow, during the war. without ?ioln'.lng our neutrality-which lo, al *cady, pretty badly strained. Our Crippled .Snhmnrhtes. (Charleston Host.)) With one of our few submarines on :he floor of the Pnclfht at Honolulu ?nd three broken down or run afoul luring the first two day:; of the war ;amo in which the fleet ls engaged 3ff the N'ew Knuland coast; lt looks is if there mav have been more in the marges bv critics before the congres llonal committee last session than Secretary Daniels has been willing to ?How. Text of the Formal Declaration of War Presented by Italy to Austria-Hungary The Duke of Avarua. Italian Ambassador to Austria, presented Monday afternoon to Baron von Burlan, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign'Minister ?re following declaration of war: Vienna. May 23. 1915. Conformably with the orders of Hie MojeBty the King. H?B august Sov ereign, the,undersigned Ambassador of Italy has the bonor to deliver to His Excellency, the Foreign Minister of Auatrla-Rungai/. the following com-' municat lon : "Declaration has been made, as from the fourth of this month, to the Im perial and Royal Government of the grav. motives for which Italy, con fidently In her good right, proclaimed anni ,ed and henceforth without effect her treaty of alliance with Austria-Hungary, which was violated by the Im perial and Royal Government, and resumed her liberty of action in this re aped. "The Government of the King, firmly resolved to provide by all means at Its disposal for safeguarding Italian rights ?nd interests, cannot fail in its duty to take against every existing and future menace measures which events Impose upon it for the fulfillment of national aspirations. "HIB Majesty the Knlg declares that he considers himself from tomorrow In a Btate of war with Austria-Hungary." The undersigned has the honor to make known at the same time to His Excellency, the Foreign Minister, that passports will be placed thin very day at the disposal of tho Imperial and Royal Ambassador at Rome, and he will be obliged to HIB Excellency if be will kindly have his passports handed to him. . AVARNA. < Commute Frank's Sentence to Life Imprisonment (Atlanta ourn??. ) I Every doubt in his (?vor wa? rejected, while To whatever t T?reme* nf puum Hie popular j the babiest trifle* nenin,' him were welcome,! ininti may be swpet, renton eventually regain* ( arid magnified. The chief and. indeed, the ita sway: after the wind and the cart quake and only considerable witness of the prosecution the fire there (way* opeaba "a ?till, email waa a ne ero of criminal record, who implicated roiee.'" lt ia in Ulis ?pint that the people h unreif in the crime that he charged to Frank. ?f Gem tia have rome to consider the cane ot Ott thia negro's unsupported testimony. Frank. Leo M. Frank. They are thinking quietly and waa convicted, [>rofundly of thia man who stands in the deep- Furthermore, the atmosph?re within and wing, shadow cf death. They look hark upon without the courtroom wa? such a? to make Ilia trial, which wa? conducted amid the frowns a fair trial impossible. The Jury v?* con *nd clamor of a packed courtroom and the fronted with row upon row of onlookers who schon of 'a threatening crowd upon th? 5 vented, sometimes in noisy outbreaks, their ep ?treet; ?nd remembering, they ask, "Wa* kt proval of tho prosecution and their hostility to po*rihl? that Justice could then he done?" They ?ard the defendant. The street? about ?he recall that in the subsequent reviews of hi* care courthouse were thronged with an ominous by higher courts c|ue*tiom nf regal proc?dure crowd, and it i* a matter fo common know alone were pss.ied upon. They reabre that the ledge that in the closing boura of the trial the nwenttal evidence and the broad merita of hi? case was carried over from Saturday afternoon cause have been presented to only one Jury, until the following Monday as a precaution ?nd that a Jury which rat under the glare and against violence. It i? no reflection upon the heat of mob consciouanes*. Poudetmg these gentlemen of the Jury tn say that theae condi things, fair-minded people a*k. "Can our State tiona influenced the verdict. They were In sfford. in honor amt just ire. to hang a man fluenced unconsciously, no doubt: but unron who really has not been convicted and whose scious influences are the mont subtle and the hlood. if rte be Innocent, will rest upon our moat potent of all. Only superhuman strength heads in trcgie Md everlasting ahame*" could hive resisted th? prejudice and passion Thu? th? publie think?; but there is onlv ttM *wchgrge?l **** ?nal from beginning one power that can act a* reason and cornaient* '<* *oe' now require: and that power ia vested la tba Tb* P'wMk?? Judge himself dedans! after eested in the State Board ot Pardon* and the *aT<1* ,rom lhe b*nch th?< be ?ai uot coo Orrrernor. It ?a for the Board to recommend v,nrH of u" defendant's iStti but in as much and for MM Governor to determine whether " *M ?0,*br **? province to pa?? Prank ehalt ba hanged tor a. ?im? of which upo? ,h" ?>. refused lo net the verdict . he has not bern prmred guilty and of which AnA *? thi" ho"r- 110 ?*"*. h*? reviewed mans- believe him innotent. or be granted a ?" which Fr?nk w"? convicted, comrmrtatton to life imprisonment. Upon their Tn* rm* hT bee? Mnwaled twine to the n drruion depends Mt only tho life of ? man pttmt court ?' i>CCEl* T* ***** *? th? Mi bus th? good name and integrity of a com- prp,ne four< ?' the Untad State?, but in every mcnwaalth. butane* tba question* considered ami decide) -,_, . , .. ,.,"_, , ., ??ra wkoU? question* of law and of legal prn TTf "TT **? * obture. It ls noWrthy that even on these awning Into wtjittanKood ?ra? o*jrrfer*d my?- p?Mta ww orrong dltaeiiting ^.U.-T?H tort?- * "f *T both thc State and I th* Unit??) Stat** raspean. u Z*^x ^L?T?m* ^"^ll^ eon*. Ba* th. eJl-Wtant fact ts tasTtTe There's never any hitch in getting your money back if our clothes fail to give satisfaction. . Yet in all of last year not more than half dozen noys' suits were returned" to us, the while hundreds of other suits were "hitching to wagons," "climbing trees," and "playing ball." But service isn't all that goes into our boys' clothes. The designers give just as much care to perfecting our styles for boys as (hey do our styles for men. Who will gainsay that boys' clothing such as ours isn't the truest sort of economy: Boys' Suits from $3.50 to $12.50. "Tot S?m.wOh ? Gamete** ENGLAND'S These are the days ot the big gun nf ponderous ordinance on land and ? 'ea. Yet, curious to say. half a cen tury ago England produced a weapon which threw a projectile greater In i weight and larger in diameter than , any which has been made since. I The story of the giant :t6-lnch mor- , tars of 18.rif)-.r>8, which threw a ball 36- , inches in iiamcter and a ton in weight ( is full of details of extraordinary in- , terest. lt ia a etory. too. of trumph j and failure, in the face of all the dif ficulties of new experience. England waa at war In the Crimes. ( A great Prime Minister was at the , head of the government In the per- | son of Lord Palmerston, and to him | went an engineer, Robert Mallet, with , ils proposal for the construction of a { huge mortar with walch to help the ( allies. Thc Inventor made good his case. , and, with characteristic energy. Pal- ,< .nerston addresse da letter to the. Lieu- . ?enant general of the ordinance In the , following termo: \ "I am co fully satisfied with the , probable success of Mr. Mallet'o , 3chcmc that I am willing to take up- j on myself, ac first minister of the j crown, the full responsibility of car- . rying lt Into execution; and I, lhere- , fore, request that you will, without , thc slightest delay, take thc necessary , steps for thc Imm?diate construction of two mortars upon the plan propos- , ed. . . .The time ls an essential , clement In this matter, and months , 'lave already been lost in needless hes- , Hatton." i Thia letter . aa written on May 1, 1S5?. and six uays later the firm of Mare, of Blackwell, submitted their tender to supply two mortars, built ' to the specification drawn by Mr. I Mallet. Tho firm promised to deliver < tho mortars within ten weeko of the receipt of the order at a cost of $24,- i 500 each, including the mortar beds. I If thc weight of the mortars" exceeded 1 35 tons each, they were to receive further payment at the rate of S70? I per ton. The board of ordinance had < been given sufficient impetus in the ; matter by Lord Palmerston's letter, and Messrs. Marc's offer.was accept- i ed on tho following day. Constructional Delny. Sad to relate, however, the hugo 1 weapons were not completed until a < year after the termination of. the ' Crimean war. Instead of 10 w.eeks. the time occupied In construction was < no lesa than 96 weeks, and the mortars were not delivered until - May, 1&E6. ? The delay was due partly to the bank- 1 ruptcy of the contracting firm, but mainly to the unexpected difficulties 1 encountered in the constructional < work. When they were complete.the 1 two mortars were the combined work , of three different firms. I Each of the Mallet 36-Inch mortars 1 weighed no less than 42 tons, and had < a length of nearly 13 feet. Beside a < modern 13.5-lnch naval gun, weigh-, i lng some SO tons and measuring moro | than 50 feet in length, these flgureo | may not sound very extraordinary,, i ? ? ? *. WIT AND HUMOR. ? ' ? _* Wonder Why. A mule waa in the act of kicking Uncle Pat Snyder In front of the blacksmith shop, but when he turned and looked at him right hard, the animal immad lately Jumped the fence and hurried off across the field. Altamount (Mo.) Times. What a Girt Caa Do. One of the authorities recently >?t? asked whether a girl can love two men at the same time. 1 .oh,?bly not. But eke can glvo a sufficiently ?lfo like imitation of the passion to too both of the naen.-Topeka Capital. ?ferm?t Bereft MASSIVE 36 but we have to remember the r>0 yearn which have passed since th) laya of these wonderful old pieces of Ordinance. The moitarn were said to be the 'irst embodying lhe principle of "ring ed structure" in ordinance, and were milt up aa follows: Tho base, car rying the trunnions-the cylindrical projections which are supported by tho cheeks of the carriage-was or ^ant iron. 30 Inches thick and welgh ng seven and a half ions. The wrought lrim breech pl ?ce was 70 inches long aud. weighed seven ons. This was streusthened exter lally by two layers of wrought iron loops and a heavy ring. Into tho creech piece was bored the powder matnber. 48 1-2 Inches deep; this was *ored from 14 inches to D Inches in liamcter. The body itself consisted of three mmpound rings of wrought iron. ?**?.' ishlng with a solid ring at the mux rio. These compound ringa consls sisted of 31, 10 and ll hoops, respec :ively, the first mentioned being next o the breech piece, where the great ;st powder stre33e3 were flt. Thc argent hoop employed was 67 inches in diameter, the smallest 40 laches, ro give additional strength six wrought iron bolts, nearly square In section, ran from the ring at tbo nuzzle to tho cast iron base. Tho mortar bed. to which the mon ster weapon waa attached, was pro-, ?Mded with a screw arrangement which allowed the mortar to be ele vated at any angle from 40 degrees to >0 degrees. Cast-iron Shells. With tho'mortars 50 shells were de livered, these being contracted for at the rate of $80 per ton. The shells ?vere spherical and of cast iron. They were cast over coreB consisting of two hemispheres, in which the burst ing charge could be accommodated. Each shell was provided with a fuse. Mr. Mallet had calculated. that ?t bursting charge ot 480 pounds of pow der could be used with the shell in ictual warfare. At practice sand and sawdust occupied the space within the hemispheres. Much delay was experienced before the tri?is of the new ordinance could be ? carried out, and it was . then de cided that only one mortar should be used. The other mortar constructed was never fired, and was afterward erected at the Royal Arsenal, Wool wich, where it remains to thia day in object ot much interest to the visi tor. Plumstead Marshes were selected aa the venue of the trials. Those privi leged to wltoesa the tiring were much impressed by the ponderous, but ma jestic, flight of the great one-ton balls through the air. The velocity of the buge shelis was in the n?lghborhood sf but .300 feet or 400 feet per second. io that their flight could be readily followed. The trajectories of Ute projectiles resembled in a marked de gree those of trench howitzers such is tho German Vmlnenwerter." which fr * + + fr . ? fr ODDS AND ENDS. * fr ? -fr ?#++* ?.*'>?+<. ? ? ?fr There are no trades or guilds in iceland, every man being compelled to depend upon his own skill tor his supplies. The natives make theil', jwn shoes, shoe their own horeses and manufacturo their saddles. Tho humb of the buffalo ie not a ?sss of fat. but Is formed by neural spines in length fully double those m domestic cattle, and by the huge muscles which lie alongside, and fill Ip the angle between -th*se neural Iplnca and the fish. The thread of the silkworm ls one thousandth part ot an inch In diam eter. By miana of a secret process a 'ench j scientist^ convierte flowers. i-JNCH GUN are being U3ed in the great conflict on the Continent. Preparations for the frialB were not complete until October 15, 1857. The platform for the accommodation of the mortar cost $750, and the fonda tion of Dartford gravel, which it was found necessary to make to receive the platfnrm. cOBt $1,500. Firing was carried out on four days, extending over a period of moro tnan nine months. The delay was due to mishaps with th? mortar; for In stance, after the fifth round was fired repairs costing $250 and taking two months to carry out had to be effect ed. Details of some of tho rounds fired arc interesting and may now be given. The trials opened cautiously. The first round was fired with a modest charge of 10 pounds of powder, but the shell weighed 2376 pounds. The cleiUtlon given to 'the mortar was 48 degrees 20 minutes and a range of 870 yards was .obtained. The shell was afterward found entire at a depth o fslx and one-half feet to whlcn lt hal penetrated in tho soft ground of tre marshes. The second round v. aa fired with i charge of 20 pounds of powder. Th j elevation was the same as with the first round and the 2362-ppund shell covered 900 yards in 13 seconds. This shell was not found after digging down 12 feet, and it was impossible to lo cate it then, even with a nine-foot probe. Shell Holes 80 Feet Beep. Altogether 19 rounds were fired, but only the first shell fired was actually located. Colonel Walpole, the com manding engineer, was of opinion that the majority had burled themselves fully 30 feet below the surface. And there they remain to this day. It was estimated that to recover the weighty globes would have entailed an expen diture-of not lesa than 21 pounds apiece. Tho greatest range obtained with the mortar was at the 19th and last round, fired with a charge of 80 pounds of powder. The 2395-pound shell attained a range of 2759 yards; that 1B a little over one and a half miles, lu 23 jeconds, at 45-degree ele vation. With this large charge the mortar recoiled only 15 Inches. The heaviest shell fired at the trials was one weighing 2986 pounds; lt had a range ot just under Che mlle. Such ls a short account of one of the most remarkable products of ar tillery genius In England. Circum stances prevented the actual employ ment of the huge mortars In warfare, but, as a celebrated artillery officer, the late General Lefroy, remarked: "Few will doubt that 'If the mortars had been completed tn time, and Lord Palmerston's intention to send one to t!?j Baltic and another to the Black Sea had been carried ont (and designs for mortar rafts had been actually prepared by Mr. Mallet.) lt would have been perceived that a new power* had entered the European areas." ? IN MOVIE LAND. * ? * ?+*+*?*+*+?+*******?>?? Victoria Fordo, tho dainty fun* maker of Al Christie's Nesto Come dy company, celebrated ber nine" tcenta birthday last Wednesday-that ls, her friends celebrated lt for her by giving ber a surprise party st her hom? in Hollywood. About seventy five film favorites, Universel and otherwise, ' were present and a wary enjoyable evening was pissed. Maurie? Costello hae grown weary of hia erstwhile pleasant task of being a VUagraph hero. Hts new debut will be la "The Heart ot-Jim ?Brice." The horrors of war are. tb'be taken lo movies for the Unlvsraal som pans by Phillip Klein, son of Charle? ^?rtnTM the s?ay wright, wfcc MUtad for KM ?bia mooth arm? v - arnera* and m. lotter ?rota it Wneon.