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In her In- ? ? tercourse with foreign na- ? ? tions may she slways be lu ? ? the right; but our country, * ? right or wrong." * + Stephen Decatur. ? ? * A fellow rnns In debt and crawls out, never vice versa. Some folks can stay drunk mir. tty long time on a gallon a month. The June brldeB are not the only ones getting showered these days. A large spot has appeared on the sun, we hesr. Maybe that'a Italy's place. Bet you couldn't find a French dancing master who would teach the german. If old man Annan his could read some of these wsr reports he would roll over In his grave. o The doyll ls always willing to take a dare from a daredevil, for he wilt get him sooner or later. . ? The fly doesn't seem to be worry tag himself about all the unfriendly attacks that are made on him. If >fanilly closets were used a little more for prayer there would not be skeletons la-ao many et them We see where a Georgian aged 10S yearn ls osad. That's an awfully long time to have to live In Georgia. The goinsa e BO regarded by the Mexicans. We teed not regard Mexican opinion too leriotiBly in such matters-any way. ve shall not-and If Mr. Wilson has ound a formula under which he can aka effective measure to put an end o the anarchy below the Rio Grande, here will be no disposition to quibble iver terms. It would seem. Uiough. hat much better seasons than the iresent might have been found for ?leaning up Mexico. If we bad gone ibout the business a year ago we mould have had lt pretty well brough by now, and we should also lave In hand a hard and well trained irniy for any other emergencies we night have to meet. There is contolatlon in the thought hat if Prsemsyl ls taken the captors tannot give lt any name that ls hard ir to pronounce. ANDERSON REAL ESTATE. Ten real estate transfers in the :ity of Anderson, recorded in the iud Kora office during the month of .tay, shows that they brought a total if $41,450.00. or an average of $4. 145.00 per lot. Of course there Is no way we eau ret at the average size of these lots without a great dear of trouble, but udglug from the average siso of a ot, this means that dirt ls worth lomethlng in Anderson. These fig tree also speak well for tho business ronrVtimB, for although there Was bo S (tr? veal estate transaction, there /ere a number of smaller ones. This neans that people are buying for tho mrposo of betiding, In one sense ot he word, and means that Anderson s really a city ot progress. The black sheep of the family la ?ften ute .feat.-Annlston Star. Among the Russian national dances, leading the german haa at least a tem porary prominence.-Washington Post.' AFTER THIS WAR (Chicago Tribune.) After war had been declared in Europe and pacifist theorists had been compelled to retreat from their poaitlon that a general war was "humanly Impossible" they have been basing their opposition to preparedness on the theory that the world will be so war weary and so exhausted when peace is made that we need fear no aggression. This theory limps obviously when directed ot the case of Japan, so an c lab?rate effort to reveal Japan as a nation of saintlike uuselflfishn?!s^ has tieen made, though that too, has now been somewhat rebuffed by events. The pacifist prophet and doctrinaire is not, however, our concern. More important is the Judgment of Buch a man as the late Admiral Mohan, who before he died expressed the opinion that Europe would be sick of war for many years after the present conflict. Tbl? Hurely IB at least a probability, and there 1B no question that America will work to make lt as near a cer tainty as is possible in this world. But whether a federation for peace, with a reliable machinery for pacific adjustment of international differences and a partial disarmament, can be brought about ?THJBI depend entirely upon events which no one but a pacifist theorizer would predict at this stage-events in volving a more complete breakdown of the European system and a more complete break with the past than seems now at all likely. But if no constructive and institutional changes for thc assurance of peace ere accomplished, may we not rely nt least upon such a moral revulsion and cheer material exhaustion that war will become impossible for a generation at least? A suggestive comment on this theory of the exhaustive effects of war is made by Prof. R. M. Johnston of Harvard in a small but very interesting book which we should like every American, and especially every congressman, to read at this time-"Arms and the Race" (the Century company). Holland, Prof. Johnston pointa out, "sustained one of the most desolating wars recorded in modern history, and a war that lasted, with scarcely an in terruption, for no less than forty years (1568-1G09). TowardB the close of the conflict success, coupled with maritime preponderance, inclined to the Dutch arms. Hardly had lt terminated when the Dutch people displayed such extraordinary energy as perhaps no European State has ever equaled. Almost immediately they captured the carrying trade of Europe and devel oped a commercial civilization that was the wonder and envy of all their neighbors. Three years before the truce of 1609 it was already reckoned that the Dutch had three ships to the English one, while half a century later Colbert Btated that there were about twenty Dutch ships to every French one. Their cities throve as none other in Europe. Their art rivaled that of Italy ind Spain and France. With^Grotlus they founded systematic international law. With Spinoza a little later they founded the philosophy of materialism." Prof. Johnston's explanation ls that "thc energy generated by war. the confidence engendered by success, and the adaptability and resourcefulness taught by military enterprise far offset debit that may come from the loss ot a percentage of the young male population." "Successful war," he as serts, "even of such prolonged and devastating character as the Dutch war for Independence, hs the sure forerunner of a vigorous period of expansion;" and he adds: "For modern instances of the rule we need seek no further than our own northern StateB after the civil war or Germany after the war of 1870." Historic parallels need cautious handling, but American statesmanship and the American nation, whose will controls lt, will tempt disaster If In spite of the leBBona of history and the warnings of preseut experience they assume that the European complex Is now to be resolved In unending peace and an equilibrium established for the first time in the history of the world. Such a felicitous outcome is imaginable. It is not in the least probable. ? * ? ABOUT THE STATE. ? ? ? **?**??+?*+*?*?**?*?*? Rural Telephone. A number of farmers have gotten together and organized a telephone company to build a line from Lake City to Hemingway, by way of Sin gle. This will be a great convenience. With the rural route, parcel post and telephone thc country ls in close touch with towns and experience little incon venience by reason of distance.-Lake City News. Irish Potatoes Hart. It became apparent recently that the Irish, potato crop In some sections of the county would he cut off first by the drouth and next by the sudden floods. The Myrtle Beach Fa '?JIB Company, seem to be the hardest hit, as they planted for 15,000 barrels and will get but about 1,000 barrels. This unprecedented bad luck will have Ita effect on the business conditiona st this season of the year.-Horry Her ald. Mr. E. B. Mc Bachern brings The Herald what he says is the largest cotton stalk ever grown in Dili m county. It ls, of course, a last year's stalk. In a good state of preservation. It measures six Inches in circumfer ence and has the proportions of s small tree. Mr. McEachern also brought along several stalks of ehest taken from a field on his place. The heads measure six inchea In length and are well developed.-Dillon Her ald. Boa BRI Escaped. Joe, the three-year-old son, and Au* na. the live-year-old daughter of Dep uty Sheriff J. E. Jones were desper ately sick not long ago from eating shake strawberries. Jack and Hugh Bradley were sick for several days re cently and also from the same'cause. The Bradley boys and our son Bill, went down tn the rear of Foster Barn well's lot and found a vine there. Son Bill only ate those with "fur" on them, as he says those without "fur" have been licked by the snakes and poison ed. Jack and Hugh ate both kinds and were poisoned while Bill escaped. Bill got his Information from that great student of nature. J hm Coleman. -Abbeville Press and Banner. l-800R?l-aiet Te wsw "clinkers wanted some dims of a quiet town for the 'lld Oaken Bucket' series. So he seat a couple of mea with a machine to Nubbins' Cornera. They stayed threre a week." "Welir "NotMaz moved.ClevelaBd Plate Dealer. RIESS CC Let Him Conies*. (Charlotte Observer.) There ls no doubt about the tact that Charles A. Becker, under sen tence to die in the electric < chair during the week of July 12, has se crets locked In his breast that would be o ftremendous importance in New York criminal circles. Thero ls a hop? expressed in some quarters that he will decide lo reveal these secrets, but thea.- hopea are possibly not so strong as the feara entertained by others that he might do so. Beck er, it ls said, has made up his mind not to consent to an appeal based on mercy, but he is will in; io make u confession, if his life may be nnvod therf-by. (?overno.- Whitman should strike tho bargu'i. The revelations which Becker might make would Justly that ac?'.ir Becked:- version of the killing ot Merman Rosenthal would be worth naving. Facts Overrule Mr. Dnulels. (Chicago Tribune.) Having ruo hts wllclal head into un mistakable and notorious prooi of th? unsatisfactory' 'condition af our sub marines. S?cr?tai y Daniels announce a thorough investie, it lin At n hearing be'jre the house naval committee during the last session Commander Sterling had the courages to tell that body that only one sub marine was fit for service. Secre tary Daniels is now catching up with the facta. Meanwhile he has heen giving forth the optimistic buncombs which may be good pol?tica at times but ls not patriotism. It is to be boped the next congress will meet with a determination, asDlBted by rous public opinion, to put official optimism aside, to unmuzzle the experts now kept silent by department orders in spired by an idiotic ostrich policy, and to give the navy all the legisla tion it ls shown to need, not in the view of Mr..Daniels but according to the knowledge of the men who will be called upon bo sail a,ul fight our ships If the American public is not blind it has seen what efficiency and readi ??*+***??+*+????*?+* + * .> ? ? Or DS AND ENDS. * ? ? To wash discolored embroidery, place In a vessel with cold water, bit!** ed, but not too deep, and with the lu Ice of a lemon. Boll for half an hour, and afterwards rinse in cold ?rater and dry in fresh air. Bread should never be covered with i cloth when taken from the oven, but laid on the Bide and allowed to be tten? perfectly cold, then kept in a siosely covered tin box without any wrappings. During the war with the Turks ia 1907. Sir John Duckworth succeeded in tatting to Constantinople despit the tact that his wooden vessels were as laileVr by th? Turks with Btone cannon Dalia so great that two men were re laired to roll one of them up? plank. .The Dardanelles are about 33 miles long. In places they are some lour or ive miles across, but In one place,, the Marrows, Urey are only 1,300 yards. Wie average width ls about three niles. One Inch of rain equals 101 tons to ike acre. In'New Caledonia heads of,infants ire squeesed Into different shapes, the Caces oC boys being lengthened to oak like warriors av?i the girls' faces nada oval by pressing up the chin. No matter how old a Cossack is hs >e!ongt to the reserve forces ot the, Nat km al Defense'' Itt Russia, and, lt \ *eoetred, acooa&pantes his sons and jrandsonB to battle. Nine years ago the Duke ot Con laught waa made.,? Prussian field oarshel. )MMENT ness pitted against .unreadiness and muddling can achieve. It has Been what easy going optimism covering unpreparedness costs, and lt will de mand of the next congress that its negligence and incompetence make way for action under the guidance of men who know. Civilian Ministers. (Philadelphia Record.) Obviously the position of a civilian secretary o< war or secretary of the navy is a v..y delicate one during a war. If he would not handicap the service at the head of which he 1B, he must exercise his functions in the most general way. He cannot safe interfere much with the performance of his duties by the commander of an army or of a fleet, who Ts, in a legal tense, his subordluate. He can B >eak with authority on the political considerations controlling one opera tion instead of anther. He may rec mmend officers to the president for high commands, but even here he must act largely under the advice of pro fessionals. He can hardly undertake to plan a campaign, for his own knowledge of ofilcera must be scanty and bis ability to Judge of their qual ifications very limited. His main duty is that of getting the necessary appropriations and convincing con gress and the country that adequate results aro obtained for 'ho invest ment. Great Britain installed its most dis tinguished military commander in tts war office at the outset of the war. It left a civilian at the head of the navy, but the navy has it snaval lords as well as its first lord, who 1B a mem ber of parliament. The management of the navy has not been brilliant, lt has been In the Judgment of some observers, incompetent, tl may be suspected that the civilian has inter fered too much with the management of the service. If the present agita tion for a reorganization of tho cabi net shall result in making Lord Fish er first lord of the admiralty,, the step will be entirely analogous to that by which Lord Kitchener became the secretary of state for war. ? FUNNYGRAPHS ? * + t*ft*->*4t*v*tv**tt**4>4> Spaghetti and sauer kraut will make an awful mix up.-Tampa Tribune. Give two men ten beers aplce and a little space at the end of a bar and they will hold a cabinet meeting and tell tho European powers where to get off.-Clnclnnnatl Enquirer. The entrance of Italy luto the war will give Germany a squint at a scrap of paper fro ma new angle.-Boston Transci Ipt. "When woman gets the ballot," pre dicts t. writer, "everything will be hustle and bustle." Are they coming back in style?-Wilmington Dispatch. Mexico, however, will hardly ever break into the Hst ot nations too prond to fight.-Detroit Free Fans. Nothing get sa woman madder than to Insinuate that she doesn't use but ter in her conking.-Ohio State Jour nal. - The thought of all these cathedrals In Italy must make the Teutonic month fairly water.-^Boston Tran script. Germany declares her army won't erse Switzerland to fight Italy. So loes Switzerland.- Philadelphia North american. Reports that the kaiser ls mad sug gest that everybody else In Europa teems to be ba a similar condition. IR rm Ingham Ledger. ''Petrograd on Setback. "-headHne. ?Vom psst achievements as a bluffer, we would much prefer to hi iii Totti) trad on poker.-Raleigh Times.