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Another epoch in Georgia, the -peach crop has begun to move. The King of Greece seems to be the "sick man of Europe" Just now. -% What has become of the war which i Japan declared against Germany last ^tall? "Past due notes are very unsatis factory." Addressed to Kaiser Bill, signed Uncle Sam. All thia newspaper talk about thr naval, battle off the Atlantic coast makes us nervous. Vv'-f;. -fi --o-- : Unless one 1B accustomed to the i new steps i ho's apt to step on a lot of j new feet at the ball. -o We heard of a doctor who In pre scribing for a patient for "loss of j memory" required said patient to pay | , --Wadvance. Perhaps lt's a good thing after all society la so shallow for a good many people who wade about in lt would irat drowned. With so much news of vast impor ts in tho world today, the peraon ">a>bo tJoesn't read a dally newspaper is io bo pitied. th Carolina goea dry la the Httnbe^ election: there'll be a lot 1 newing in dispensary counties ^^He the stuff is bottled. : .- -? war locust ha? made its, ap rance on Georgia after an absence 3ff years. Which reminds us of friend the pine bark beetle. Bryan waa not Invited toi ag of Champ Clark's daugh At doesn't add anything to] chances for the presidential where au expert on] JE&aih'' advises throwing tooth bruah. Let him advise | the foot, tub and Col. Af ? ot Joy will be full to chamber of deputies Jay and indulged tn All of which may bat what's the matter few deputies at the ittng their enthusiasm <H ARRt PLE ENTENTE. The entrance of Haly Into the European war marked the beginning of thc Quadruple Entente, the most powerful alliance ever affected. When hie cgrccd with England. France and Russia not to concede u separate [Veace, another power wa? added to the combinat loi) which waa formerly known as the Triple Entente. England arid France hove Officially committed themselves to the destruc tion ol the militarism of Germany, HO Russia and Italy must now therefore fight for th? nam<' end. HELPING THE PEOPLE. The agreement reached by the rail roads of the Stat?- and ?ii. railroad commission in Columbia with refer ? Kine lo grain rates shows that tli?> railroads arc ready and willing to help the people. They became aware of the necessity of this lowering of the freight rate? for grain If South Carolina waa to Increase her grain products and have met th" situation fair and square. in doing this the railroads have a IMO done something that will he for their benefit. The railroads are al wuyn noxious to see new sections of country built np ?nd larder and bet ter yields of crops for it creates new possibilities Cor them. STRENGTH OF RL.VAMA. Much is being said right at this time about the chance of Rumania en tering ?he great World War. If she doc:; it will of courue be on the side of the Allies. A greil many people arc of the opinion that a little coun try like Rumania would not amount to anything, but. this Idea is er roneous. OWIng to the location of the country, its well trained army and tho fact that lt is practically self sustaining, its entrance in the war might play a great part. Germany realizes this nd, Uko Austria offered Italy concessions of land to keep out, .he ls doing the same. In regard to Rumania and the pos sibility of her entering Into the war, The Mew York Time?!has the follow ing to say: "The Teuton'o next most dangerous neighbor,*on the*point,of*turhftg"ene my, -ls Rum?nin. She, toe, bas nation al aspirations, a future to Beek In war, an army moro to hr feared for Its size than any other'In Europe, ...id an understanding with the nntl Germnn nlllcB to whom Italy has just gone over. Rumania will almost cer tainly follow suit. It will be a very serious matter for tho Germanic cause. Some critics who make no great difficulty of Italy's discounted and prepared for beforehand, are dubious about the effect of Rumania's ioinlng In. If she acted promptly lt would divide tho strength of tho Cer n?an allies, who would then have to 'ace all ways at once, being quite en circled. "Rumania lies like a crescent on the east of Austria-Hungary, and if her BOO or 600 miles of frontier should mange from neutral to enemy, then the combined frontiers of Germany .ind Austria-Hungary, all thc way wound, would be enemy frontiers, -.ave for a few miles of contact with Switzerland, and tho line between Holland and Germany. Switzerland hardly countn. as it occupies a place unique, entirely nurrounded by com batants, touching lines with Austria Germany, Franco and Italy, and her self at peace with all of them. "The Rumanian Army is thought to be one ot the most efficient in the world. The regular establishment in time of peace was so organized as to provide on call a field army of some what less than 300,000 men. Back ot that were trained reserves, and back of those all Rumanian manhood ot military age. They are a military people. Service in arms Is compul sory, and Its period ls tweets-one years. The potential military strength of the country, therefore, up to the point of exhaustion. Is limited only by the equipment available, and that has been rapidly Increased. Prob ably Rumania ls now In a position to release a highly trained, perfectly equipped army of more' than 500.000 men. with a great reserve in waiting, out of a total population nt 7 1-4 millions. "The country ls all the more for midable and efficient In war by rea son ot being self-sustaining In food. In normal times there ls a large ex portable surplus qt grain. For eome time after the beginning ot the war Germans were wont to say that if the food problem became acute Germany would go over and take Rumania. But taking H not so easy aow. and so far from Oermady reaching out acrooa Austria-Hungary to commandeer Ra mani's surplus ot food, it la not Im probable that she fears Rumania even more than ?he fears Italy, sot that Ronania ls stronger than Italy, but that abe occupies one of the wat's most strategic placea, physically, j economically, and chronologically" j THE LAST A (New York Times ) Competent judges ?if debate have always held that In (ho discussion with IliC wolf ?lie lamb had the bet ter of the argument. Upbraided lor muddying tho water ?if ?hu stream from w lili l? Hie wolf was drinking, ho replied, "Why,, how ran that bo, nineo my "drinking place ls further down "stream tuan your??" "Dill you molded my* ts! lier last summer." I st Hind Ihe wolf. 'Impossible, for I was not vi i born," was the lamb's answer. "Nevertheless," said the wolf. "I am going to eat you up." and lu- did. Germany's forensic methods an? tin ' cf tlx1 wolf From the beginning of thc wir ?di?' han made a pitiful showing in argument, hut her laut word is BO terribie that her opponents batte learned to bowan- or lt. Her j apologists Justified tho invasion of Belgium hy a variety of pleas. The neutrality treaty was not Mndini;. the French wer?, preparing to mareil through Belgium, her neutrality had been compromised by England; be sides, she herself had made war prepa rations plainly aimed af Cermany. Thone arguments all encountered de structive disproof. Meanwhile. Ger many had devoured Belgium-thc wolfe last argument. So the agents and defenders of Gcr many have contended that we must stop export Inn arm? and munitions to thc allie-,, [t wat unf loudly, it wan unheutral. Inhuman, and unworthy of a great nation at pe.,ee with Germany ? i Aguin thc argument failed altogether, I in law. iu morals, In every way. Coi- ? around the world when the torpedo | many'!) last argument waa heard ] from her submarino exploded against i the hull of the Lusitania. Ou-- dlplo- , 1 mata and our professors may have been worsted in tho debate, oho Booma , \ tu nay, hut we will chow you thal wo ; i know how to take tho award right in I the teeth of the Jury. j The German way with Italy ls the 1 same. Italy'.-, Justification for break- ! lng the alliance and going to war ia \ established by the .n ts of both Ger- 1 many and Austria. The treaty of 1 alliance did not call unon her to Join f her allier, since Iii? war was of their i beginning, and not for fhelr defense, l But if Austria was to secure gains or I advantages In the Balkans. Italy was r BRITISH C0AL1TI THAT WAS F The British Coalition Cabinet is made up of the following members: Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberan) Prime,. Minister and Fli nt lx>rd o? the Treasury 1-rfjrd Lansdowne (Unionist.) Min eral.) lord High Chancellor, suc ceeding Lu-d Beouchamp. Lord Curzon ot Kcdleston (Union lat,) Lord nf the Privy Seal, suc ceeding tho Marquis of Crewe. Reginald McKcnna (Liberal.) Chancellor of (he Exchequer, suc ceeding David Lloyd George. (Prob ably temporary.) Slr John A. Simon. (Liberal.) Secretary of State for Home Af fairs, uucceedlng Reginald Mc Kcnna. Si. Bil ward Grey (Liberal.) Sec .clary of State for Foreign AfTalrs. Andrew Bonar Law (Unionist.) Secretary for tho Colonies, suc ceeding liCwis Harcourt. J. Austen Chamberlain (Union ist.) Secretary for India, succcd ug the Marquis of Crewe. Lord Kitchener (Liberal, but In )fflce as a non-partisan.) Sec retary of State for War. ? ? ? 976J?96,0OO AT WAR. + ? ? ?+++?+*++*+?++*<?+***?? More than half the entire popula ion of tho world ls at war since Italy lao joined in the great European con 11 et, according to the figures com piled by expert statisticians. These show the entire population of he world as 1,721.426.00b and the lopulation of the countries engaged n hostilities as 976.296.000. The composite strength of the cal les ls given as 817.216.000, and that if the combined Teutons ls placed at L59.080.000. How the various belligerent coun :ries are giving their people to the var is shown in the following table: Allies. british Empire.422.000.000 france and colonies .. .. 94.000.000 in: ..ian Empire .. .. .. ..171.000.000 italy and colonies.36.800.000 Belgium and Kongo .. .. 23.000,000 tapan. 67.000,000 Serbia. 2.900,000 Montenegro. 516,000 Total.817.jl6.000 Tentons. berman Ampire. 78.000.000 kuatrla-Hn agery. 49.500.000 Turkey. 31,580,000 Total.159.080.000 ? ODDS AND ENDS. ? ? ? !?++**??+?+???????+* * 4> 4> One-sixth of the land surface of the clobe is occupied by the Russian em >lre. About ??00 words in the English angnage have no rhyme td them. The largest organ in the world ls in Ae Cathedral ot Seville. Spain. It ina 110 stope. The total number of kinds of pos tage stamps isued to date ls 27,448, of which 7,965 are apportioned to the Iritlsh empire, and 19,480 to the rest at the world. Two enc a halt million pigs were marketed ta Ireland last year. RGUMENT to have compensations. sii<' demanded them, lier allies hy tiicir prolonged negotiations in Home admitted the Jus tice of th?, demand. But thev would not grant all she asked, and she de clares war. Teutonic diplomacy failed ac,aln. and now if her resistance can h<- overcome Italy ?viii have lo submit to that ruthless process of German logic of which Belgium ls the pros trate victim. Venice, thc northern cities, r.ome Itself, we suppose ?viii share the fate of LoutUln, Liege, and Atnworp. Nothing but superior might it. arms can save the temples and the monuments of thc land that was the cradli- of the arts, the lauri In which the revival of letters began. Thc aged empcrlor of Austria, rages against his former allv. "Perfidy "whose like history doe- not know was committed : v the Kingdom of Italy against leith allies." he declare, and he sends his troops forth against this "new ami treacherous enemy in the south. " if would be better to leave perfidy and treachery out of thc riuesfion. Austria's record in history ls not so far beyond reproach that her sovereign can alford to throw utones. or epithets. "Where eau any 'man put his finder on the map and 'say. 'Mere Austria did good'?" asked Mr. Gladstone. Hut old score:; ?lo not ronnt. Italy's justification does not count, nothing counts against the grim Ictormination of the Teuton to make military imperialism supreme in Eu rope . It is no longor a question of suprcm ?cy for the Prussian idea. There are ;oo many liens in the path-England. Krance. Russia. Belgium, Serhla. and low Italy. With all her strength and ter forty years of preparation. Ger many is vastly overmatched, even vitM Austria and Turkey joining :ir orces to hers and already distri ;ed )>. their exertions. The strucsle ill pet he rude and bloody, it may he ) onged. But the ultimate ouestlon ? ill i" the term*. Germany must accept. The conclusive argument will be made iv the allies, and r-he will have to isten and assent. It will be thc good ortune and the salvation of the Ger nan acople that Germany's enemies n thc hour of peace will not be moved >y the Prussian spirit that knows no ncrcy. ON CABINET FORCED BY WAR David Lloyd-George (Liberal.) .Hoister of Munitions. Arthur J. Balfour (Unionist, 1 'ir t Ijord of tho Admiralty, auc .ee.dlng Windon Spencer Churchill. Walter Runclman (Liberal.) Pros dent of the Board of Trade. Walter Hume Long. (Unionist.) 'resident of the Local Government >3oard. succeeding Herbert Samuel. Winston Spencer (Churchill (Llb >raL) Chancellor of the Duchy of [.ancaster, succeeding Charles .'redericlt Guerney Masterman. Augustine Blrrcll (Liberal.) Chief Secretary for Ireland. Tilomas McKinno'i Wood (Llb iral.) Secretary for Scotland. Lord Selbourne (Liberal), PreBl lent for the Ronrd ot Agriculture. iucceedinR I .ord Lucas. Lewi" Harcourt (Liberal,) First 'ommlssloner of Works, succeed ng I^ord Emmott. Arthur Henderson (Labor.) Pres dent of the Board of Education. ucceediTg Joseph Albert Pease. Slr Edward Carson (Unionist) Mforney General, succeeding Sir fohn Allesbrook Simon. ? * ? ALLITERATION'S ARTFUL ? ? AID. * ? ? Sudden swallows swiftly skimming, Sunset's slowly speeding shade;, .livery songsters sweetly singing Summers soothing serenade, ?usan Simpson, strolled sedately, Strlfllng sobs, suppressing Gl^hs; . teeing Stephen Slocum.' stately She stooped, showing som*, sur prise. 5ay.' said iStephen, 'sweetest singer. Say. shall Stephen spoualevs stay? luann, seeming somewhat shyer. Showed submissiveness strlghtway. iummer's season slowly stretches Susan Sim; ion-Slocum she; >o she sighed some simple sketches iSoul sought soul successfully. lix September seasons swelter Six, sham reasons snow supplied iusan sat io sofa's shelter Six small S locum s side by side." ? ABOUT THE STATE. ? >??*??**+*?*++*+****?? Champion Shooter. Everybody interested in the State rrap Shootera' Tournament, which rill be held here June 15-16. will be ?lad to know that Homer Clark, cbam ilon of the United States will attcud. .Io will represent an arms concern, ?ho have given him permission to :ome to Greenwood and exhibit his kill as a marksman.-Greenwood Tournai. Street Cleaners. . Hereafter the street department lopes to be able to keep the streets so ?lean that you can sit down on them vlth a white Palm Beach suit on with out getting lt soiled. The new sweep er baa arrived, and so has a the new iprfnklor. The sprinkler baa a mod <vn steel tank and can be used much nore satisfactory than the old wood en sprinkler. With all ot this ma chinery on hand now .Commissioner lob naen saya there ls tao aaathly ex? :u?o tor not keeping the ciiy clean and ittractive. ? - Florence Time*. We're winners by big odds in the race ^ for quality, style and comfort in g_ ? shoes. 1 & ^JL?^ E S j When a shoe has been made as perfect as possible, good leather, skilled labor, l^u si ?^t?l dependable trimmings, then ths all r ' 'important thing is the style. It's here. ^^j^fj^^t^ Here's a $5 tan mahogany oxford that \r3&v > *s sure *? exc^e your admiration if you Cy*. m^jyc^%^ know style. Everything you can ex ?^^^^O^^ < PeC* *n s*loes *s Din^ into these, ^?? .j%fipf? " 1 1111111 Ancj there are many other kinds and prices too; our assortments are as large as our values. Blacks and tan?, button or lace. Oxfords, $3.50, $4, $4.50, $5, $6. "Tit Sim tt?A * Gwc?int? ? ? ? WIT AND HUMOR. * ? * +++vt>+????*??*++??* ? + . A Perennial Cat. It is really touching to go out Into the garltch. aa we suppose the Duke of Westminster calls it. and r,ee how tlie neighbors' cat loves her two hun dred and eighty-seventh kitten just as much as she did her first one."-Ohio State Journal. Bad Time to Pray for Bain. Quite a number of prayer se-v'ces for rain have been held In the drought section this year, which calls to mind a remark of the Rev. Levi Lee, a noted Primitive Baptist minis-* ter. When lt was suggested by his membership that he invoke Divine Power to send a Bhower, he Bald: "Brethren, I think this a very unfav orable time to pray for . r^itn: the moon Isn't right for lt."-Owensboro (Ky.) Inquirer. No Good .Wen There. We believe the Tennessee women md children are all right, but tho testimony of the newspapers of Nash ville is to the effect that all of the men are thieves, liars, and scoun drels.-Houston Post. Pisratorlal Humor. The two vacationers had fished an hour without a nibble to reward them for their patience. "At a time like this," said the first man. "old Izaak Walton would have indulged in philosophy. Have you anything philosophical on your mind that you might work off just now to relieve the monotony?" "Nothing but this," replied the other man. "I suppose it is by re fusing to bite and compelling fisher men to philosophize that'fish get the reputation of being bralnfood." Newark News. Why Not Forget Itt Musicians and song writers have organized with a view of preventing hotel orchestras and the like from playing for it. But why copyright or play some of the music anyhow? Atlanta, Journal. Cow With a Wooden Leff> A cow with a wooden leg passed through the Chicago stock yards: last week. Toothpicks furnished with tough beefstews.-St. Louis Globe Democrat Ought to Pay Something. ' There ls much controversy over the case of the Kansas woman who re cently was fined $14.80 for whipping a man. Eph Wiley says that, while the fine may have been exorbitant, be doubts whether the amusement of whipping a man should be entirely free.-Topeka Capital. At the Reception. "Alice, is really 'he. scrawniest girl among all our acqualnta ices." ?'Oh. I don't know. H's really neck and neck between her and Maud Simmons, I guess."-Boston Trans cript. Positifs Proof. "Is Smithson an intelligent, well informed man?" "Unusually so.' Ai a Juror he ts always rejected by the attorneys on both sides!"-Judge. Maa?. Inlier r. The sovereigns who pretend a pions aversion to bloodshed while ordering mobilisation are like chicken thieves who hold family prayers before re sorting to a henroost.-Louisville Courier Journal. Aa Alert Editer. Fashion Journals say the bustle ts coming back and will soon be a part of every stylishly dressed woman. Old paper" for ssle at this office. Magnolia (Ara.) News. Cele Blease. There are times whoo some ot ose South Carolinians believe that If Cole Blease had lived ta the days of Balaam he wo lld have been sad dled and ridden through Jeruselem. -Houston Post. ,..,." PRESS CC The Return of Prosperity. (New York World.) Of the rapid return ot prosperity there io every indication In the re porta from many Industrial centres. The testimony everywhere points the same way. Naturally at thia time the tendency io to emphasize the influence of war conditions abroad upon the revival of business in the United States. It ls eaoy to lay too much stress upon thiB phase of the situation. So-call ed war orders affect directly only a limited number of industries in this country. Over stimulation of certaii. parts of the national system of pro duction and exchange would he au uncertain way to the restoration of a generally healthy state of? business. It is a broader business recovery than this which ls recorded. The normal condition of thi3 coun try ls prosperity. It produces.and consumes on a scale of Its own that :alls for the activity of most of ita energies. It is one of the very few iielf-suffilcing countries in the world, :ind its resources are still developed. Even in spite of the war, industry and trade, with their adaption to new cir cumstances, should regain their pro per level In timo. They may regain it more quickly because Europe as a producer is largely idle and ls wast ing its strength and wealth in war, but we have every reason to trust in the future, because as a people apart tve are at peace and must feed and clothe and build for 100,000.000 Amer icans and their neighbors. Charles Fro li man's Funeral. (Ne#r York Times.) It seems a whim of fate that a man whose modesty of nature was dwelt upon by the Rev. Dr. Silverman In hts address, a man who ever in the course of a career ot continual activ ity kept his personality secluded from all but a few intimate friends and business acquaintances, should have Buch a funeral as Charles Froh man'B. ? public ceremonial which at tracted crowds that blocked traffic on Fifth avenue and assumed the pro portions of a public demonstration. Mr. FrOhman 'ras Instrumental In placing many ol bis contemporaries in the bright Ugh', of publicity, but he kept himself as far from the public gaze as his great responsibilities would permit. To be sure, much of the public interest In the funeral, which waa wholly devoid of pomp and show, was due to the extraordinary circumstances th which he met his death. But lt ls extremely doubtful If tn the vast assemblage crowding the Temple Kmanu-El there were many attracted by mere curiosity. Tears flowed freely. .The silent tribute of sorrow and respect was as noteworthy as the eloquence of the words that were spoken la apprecia tion of the affectionate regard of the people ot this city for a man who had served them well many years. Per haps Charles Frohman would have shrunk from the thought that such a demonstration would accompany the last rites over hie bier. But it was essential lo the circumstances, it was worthy and sincere. The Ancient LD A i tan ta. (Springfield Republican.) To the suggestion of The American Agriculturist that the word "Lusi tania" be adoptod Into all langnages to denote the "acme of human atroci ty." The New York Herald replies that this would be "rather unfair to ancient 'Lusitania." the territory of which ls now comprised in the new republic of Portugal." If The Her ald had gone farther Into history, It would have found a parallel tn the past that gives a certain kind of sup port to th? freakish, bat well mesn't, suggestion. In the Encyclopedia Britannica, ander the name Servias Sulplctus Galba, one reads that this Roman general and orator, who serv ed as praetor In farther Spalp In 151 B.C., "made himself Infamous by the treacherous murder of a number of Lusitaniens, with their wives and bhildren." For his misdeeds he waa brought to .rial in 140, but escaped )MMENT children before the people to gain their sympathy. Tne Lusitanlans were subdued by P. D. Crassus when he waa governor of Spain some sixty year3 later. Eventually, under Au gustus of Tiberius, when the goveru ment of Spain waB reorganized. Lusi tania was set apart as a province. It waB known as a fertilo and peaceful country, and it did include that terri tory which In the middle ages became the Kingdom of Portugal, though lt ls said that the Inhabitants of Portu gal are not descended from thc. an cient Lusitanians. All the Cunard steamships have been named after provinces or districts of the old Ro man empire, and ? melodious, rich sounding Latin names thoy have been, ending, as the public ls well aware, th -Ia." - - Respect For the Presidency. (New York World.) No Jury of American citizens, if it can find a way out. is ever likely to return a libel verdict against a form er president of thc United States. ThlB sentiment probably had more to do with the decision of the Jury at Syracuse than any evidence that was presented in court. On the whole, it is well that the American people feel that way toward the presidency. Jlen who have hold the offlco of president of the United States BometlmeB abuse their prk!- . leges. Sometimes they abuse the re spect that they* command by reason of the high place they once held. But the instances have been few.' Mr. Roosevelt is the worst example since the Civil War, but even Mr. Roose velt raav have learned a needed les son in restraint of speech by virtue of his experience at Syracuse. All American presidents baye been honest. All of them have been patrio tic according to their light. The country has a right to. respect the of fice, and if a man who has once been president falls at times to respect it, that ls no reason why the people should change their inspiring altitude toward the presidency itself. Amphibian Trafik a Crime. (Philadelphia Public Ledger.) The business divorce court ts some what less crowded than lt was a year or two ego, but it has not been vacated by any means. The latest decree which separates fond business part ners tears from the fostering breast Df railroads all their cherished steam ship lines. It will be a crime for any company to carry a ton of freight part of the way by land and part of the way on water. There is no of fense against a statute if a company carries that ton of coal 1000. miles by rall or 1000 miles' by water, but lt may not carry it 800 mites by rati and. 500 miles by water. Therefore, the Iniquity of this amphibian, traf fic betng established, the law com pels railroad companies to divorce themselves from, steamship lines which they have created ss an nujunci; of their transportation business. Perhaps the average man In America will derive some benefit from such a separation, but it ls not yet apparent how he will do so. Not one of the great business dissolutions has re sulted in any appreciable change, so far as the public can' measure. OH ls as dear as lt was before tho Stan dard was smashed to thirty-three bits. Tobacco la quite ss adulterated md Jost as expansivo-as it was before the American company was splintered into Its constituent parts. Anthra cite coal is not a pensy better or cheaper stace those celebrated di vorce esses of the Luckawanna and Lehigh Valley occurred. It is coat* lng no one a cent less to go to Cali fornia' since the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific were separated. Synchophantlc politicians howled themselves Into jobs by attacking big boniness and promising a trade mil-, leunlum when all ' business should again be made little. The volilicianw tot their offices, but the people han? ?ot y?t been blessed by any fruits from optan land where., every body receives a salary for minding the Due ness of others.