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Cheer up, Just suppose lt was twice as hot. Someone evidently has forgotten to start the ice famine cry. o Speaking of yarn mills, what's tho matter wltli thu war correspondents? ' o We imagine old Huerta finds little bliss' in being imprisoned in Fort Bliss. The more it begins to look Uko war the fainter grows tho howl of tho jingo. -o Como to think of it. Germany ls really nicu to. allow us to uso the Panama Canal. * War aeroplanes arc being called sky llectB. Wonder If their drivers aro called sky pilots? Fear of being held up hy those ban dits operating in thc west will ^atiBo many a new.- paper man to call off lita trip to Frisco. Yeggmen Crack Standard Oil Safo. -Headline. Somehow wo can't stir UP ab y vast amount of sorrow over that incident. Interest Drops With Wife Out of Thaw case.-Headline. Elim?nate- Ute *woroan in thc caso" frrm any case and the same will be true. ? ... o Believing that President Wilson is eui.rely competent to handle thc situa tion growing out ot tho Gcrmun note, we shall refrain from offering sug g?rions. ? o lt may bc truo that all things come to him who waits, but considering tho number of things not worth walting for, you can't blame a follow for go ing out after what he wants. The hint that Thaw will sue for divorce if ho wins but in his sauity test caso almost makes us> wish ho wiR bo placed back In Mattewan. Who wants to see the Thaw family linen cashed again in the courts? Stranger Ulinga havo happen od than that in a couple of weeba W. J. Bryan will bo addressing monster re cruiting ma? meetings.-The 'State. And then the redoubtable Col. After math' casting aside the typewriter, paetcpot and scissors for a rifle, a pair of running shoes and a canteen. THF PLFTIIOHIC FA lt M hit. Tlio American farmer has no causo for complaint, evi n if Mic grain pricu level ls a small fraction of a per ?eut below thc seven-year avorage for this lime of year. As matters stand, it is about enc per ci nt higher than u j year ago. ami in any event the cnor- i mons volume of all the principal crops will more than counteract any pos- . slble lowering of prices. Hie government's crop report for i July l Indicated Hie greatest agricuL 1 taral output in our history, or in tho ' hUtory of any country. Wheat is ex . peeled to total 063,000,000 bushels, i which is about 70,000,000 bushels more than last year, and more than one third of thc world's 1914 production Corn is expected to reach thc 2,814. 000 mark, which has been surpassed three times in our own history, bul which Is more corn than tile entire world produced last year. Oats, If it reaches 1,390,000,000 bushels, will be ( los.- to our highest murk, made in 1912, and will be 44 per cent of the world s output a year ago. Therd are no crop failures what ever. The condition of nil crops to gether, ou July I, was 2.3 per cent ubov the average for ten years. It's great for the farmer, great for the merchant, great for the railroads und great for thc general public. Re inforced by the growing boom in tho iron and steel industries, and bul warked by the general shortage of Brain In Europe, lt insures nt least mic lat year after the lean ones. THE ?ELI OF OF LAWS. ".I had a count made not long ago in tho Library of Congres?" says Elihu Hoot, "of the number of lawB that had been passed in five years ending December 1, 1913. I found that more than 62.000 laws bad been passed by congress and the State legislatures in this country in tliut live years, nod I found that there lind been reported during Hint five years and published In 630 volumes of reports of thc courts more than 65,000 decisions of courts of last resort In this country. Now, not even Mr. Clioate knows them all by heart. How can you conduct your business and keep out of Jail?" How can any man, whether In busi ness or not. keep out of jail, with' those 112,000 laws. and 05,000 court decisions on his trail, reinforced by the hundreds of thousands of laws und decisions of-other years? Per haps the reason is the very fact hinted at by Mr. Hoot-that no human being eau possibly keep track bf them. Anybody would think that the legal profession, in sheer despair at trying to keep up with*legislation and court decisions, would try to curb tho out put, limiting tho scope of legislation to essential thing:?, and reforming out semi-legiBlatlvu judicial system. AMERICA* TEA. The recent death of Dr. Charles ?. Shepard has? attracted attention to bis unique agricultural achievement. Ho had succeeded in doing something that tho experts of the government had long attempted without BUCCCBS-the domestication of the tea plant. On his South Carolina plantation ho not only made tho exotic herb live and ?jifow, hut made lt commercially prof itaiile. lils yearly production was about 15,000 pounds. That isn't much compared to tho 91,000,0*0 pounds we import from rrcrs certain privileges. Tho Ameri tan people are not asking favors or ?privileges" from the German or oth ir governments. Ignore* Principle. 3t. Louis Globe-Democrat. Thc German nott. evades responsi bility for the Lusitania, or rather, hifts it and ignores the principle In volved In its destruction upon which be American note laid stress. The measures of regulation proposed >y Germany are irrelevant. To con ant to such regulations without a lefinlte understanding as to the prin ilplos would make associates in thc iolation of international law. A Convenient shift. Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer. Thc Knited States makes a demand md Germany discusses in reply the Wickedness of here enemies. . .The nost pleasing feature of thc note ls lie apparently sincere expression of Headship Tor the United States. Not Conclusive. 'oin;;.bus Ohio Stntc Journal. Germany's answer to President iVIlson's second note ls not conclusive ind satisfactory.We hope 'resident Wilson will not see enough n Germany's rcplly to draw us into he conflict owr so little, but if ho loes we feel sur0 that he secs the ?ight of it. Angry With Url tain. Milwaukee Sentinel, As a specific reply to specific re luests, it is more open and satisfac ory than the evasive anil cavaller ike ilritlsb memorandum in reply lo American protests against what is virtually an cmbnrgo on American somme ree. Evades Kcal Issue. 3eattle (Wash.) Post-Intelligencer. Von Jagow politely evading C e -cal issue, presents Germany's case strongly. Gcrmnny craves thia sa lon's friendship and respects thu \morlcau flag. This is manifest, lenee an uiulerstandin:; should bu .cached without diplomatic breach. Shocking to Just. Denver (Col.) i'ost. Germany's reply to America's dc mind in reference to submarine wa - 'are will be shocking to all who love peace and right and Justice. lier lemands aro that Germany must BUr iMvc, though it be necessary to de ?troy the entire world. Amusing and Disappointing, Charleston New? and Courier. Tho German governments' reply [j.orokes utter amazement, keen dis appointment and grave anxiety, lt s probably well within tho limits of Tilth to say that the crisis with which this country ls face to face ls tow even more acuto than it was Im mediately after tho sinking of tho Lusitania. The country has com pleto confidence ia the president. I jet j3 leave it to him to point the way insuring him that if peace with honor s impossible. America is with bira, Mimo what may. Two Courses Open. Pittsburgh Gazctto-Ttmes. Cnder the circumstances it les dlf Icult to see how President Wilson :an refrain from doing one or two binga: Either communicate. In posl lvo terms, a final request that Ger nany comply with tho repr?senta'* lons maile in the noto of May 13, md await violation of these, If any here be. to determine his next step >r elim discontinue diplomatic rela lonB with Germa.iy until euch timo is its attitude is adjusted in liar ?or, y with American rights. Does the Country Accept This I Ula ii ta (Ga.) Constitution. While. tho Gorman problem ls caching a stage wherein it ? now teems Its solution will readily be ound, a far moro serious situation onfronta us in the attitude of Lug an d toward neutral commerce. . .. . . As Between the German and Eng? Ish situations, the latter is now evi dently the moro serious and the more iel i ca te of the tWO. Mildest of Words. Heany (N. Y.) Evening Journal. "Unsatisfactory" ls the mildest vord that can be used, to characterise he German government's reply. A Flat Denial. Vnsblngton Star. It may as well bc recognized that ho German answers to these Ameri can notes constitute a flat denial of ho American demands. Tho German ftvernineai has been asked whether n German Answer In Its relation with thia government and ita citizens, it proposes to con duct itself in a manner befitting a civilized nation, subjec t to ami re gardful of internat ional law. To this plain question a negativ?' an swer nan been received. Insolent Hud Evasive. Chicago Journal. The dorman note is one or the most insolent and evusive ever addressed by the government of on? groat na tion to that of another, lt falls to offer any reparation or apology for tile killing of Americans on the Lusi tania and other vessels. Clearly "tile jingo. Hevenlfow brand of states manship." ls in control. It remains lo be seen whether'President Wilson can discover any peaceful method of making such Jingoes respect Ameri can rights. Offensively Insinuating. I tost?n Transcript. Without equivocation and with a politeness offensively insinuating, lieriuany rejects each and all of our demands and attempts to bargain w ith respect to the future. . .. . What right have we to retain a seat among the self-respecting nations of the world if we abandon our dead to their fate and bargain with the murderers for the safety of our living? Holies For Peace. Cincinnati Times-Star. Not by any stretch of the imagina tion can the latest German note be described as meeting thu chief de mands made by thc American gov ernment.However, as long as Germany does not actually persist in the course it was following nt tho time of Hie sinking of thc Falaba, the Gulf light and the Lusitania there remains hope that any dispute will bo kept within the bounds of diplo matic negotiations. Ignores Demands. Augusta (Ga.) Herald. Tile Gorman note is deceitful, eva sive and unsatisfactory. It ignores every essential, demand of America. It is an insult to Intelligence, human ity and civilization. A Selfish Chante. i'ol ma hu.s (Oil ?o) Dispatch. To tho American appeal in the in terest of a wide humanity tho note offers some concessions that impute to us mero solfishuess. Ways are offered, by adopting which Ameri cans can bc safe at sea. willie thc slaughter of other noncombatants goesc on. . . . . Germany tells the Cnlted States how it cnn escape. But it is sometimes worse to escape than to suffer. , The Total Foult. Philadelphia K Wiling UuHctin. The fatal faull in Germany's reply to the American neto ls that this Is no disavowal of tho assault ou tito. Lusitania. . . . '.There can be no satisfactory seulement of the issue and friendly relations can not perma nently continue unless there shall be expatiation lu sumo form. Can't be Accepted. Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. Tlio reply can not but be regarded as unsatisfactory and Its pro posals will be regarded as impossible of acceptance. Plain In Spirit. Chicago Abenpost. Tho Gorman unswer to the Amer ican note of June 10 is friendly anti firm. As an answer to tho demands made by our administration the Jtpto is what was expected-unsatisfactory. In form lt is more of a justification of the German standpoint and an ap peal to the American lovo of Justlco than an answer to the American note. In spirit, however, lt is an answer, and u plain one at that. Must Maintain Stund. Seaatlo (Wash.) Times. America's stand is clearly defined. The country must maintain lt. We have no fear that the president will ylold. Calls For Action. Now York Evening Post The German reply will require ac tion by our government. This need not be hasty, but It should he defi nite. That tho president can retreat from his position, that certain acts of kin Gorman government arc the acts of an International outlaw, ls incon ceivable. How best to maintain that position is now the grave duty laid upon him. Astounding Proposals. Worcester (Mass.) Gazette. The noto bristles With an ego that Is suprome-lt is staggering. . . .It ts not a reply to the American note. It is an astounding4 array ot un heard of proposals which the United States must and will reject In their entirety. .?Germany Meets Us More Than Half Way.? St. Poul Volks Zeitung. The new German'note 1? a gov. emmental guarantee of safety to all Americans who croea the Atlantic in vessels properly flying the American flag. However, if American cltlxens prefer to enter the dangerous war sone in a belligerent vessel carrying a cargo of arms and ammunition to tho allies, Hie German government declines to protect such foolhardi ness. Goon Things In Laurens. There la one thing certain, and that ; is: Laurens County has? something to i eat. Never have wa seen before so ; ?nany farmers bringing In chickens, canteloupcs, watermelons, fruits and i vegetables of all kinds ss now. Though the bottom should fall out i of the cotton market the people of j Laurens are not geing to starve. | There ls quite a contrast In this conn- i ty tn Ulla respect now and a year ago: j -Dublltt Courier. * ? * ODDS AND ENDS. ? * * A Critique. Col. Georgo Harvey said at a ban que;. In his honor In New York: "We editor^ Uko criticism, especial ly when it is of the very favorable kbid that T'vc received this evening. "But not all criticism is favorable, even for the most successful editors. A good many editors, in fact, often And themselves in tho position of the rich old broker whose little grand-niece said: "'Uncle, how. long do people live?" " 'The natural span of man's life,' thc un ule answered, "ls, as the Good Book tells up, three score years and ten. "Oh, then, you'll live to be 140, won't you, uncle? "Tho old man looked around the room crowded with relatives and laughed heartily. "Why, no," ho said. 'Why no. How you make that out?" "Isn't lt t-ue, then,' said the little girl, isn't it true what mamma says about you living a double ife.'" Washington Star. , Contributory Negligence. Aunt llosa, who bad presided in the kitchen for many years and was a person of high privilege in the family, came into the library in a highly flus trated state, wiping her fat hands upon her apron, says the Literary Di gest, she was painly both distressed and indignant. She addressed herself without proamblo to the master ot the llOUHC. ? "Mister Willie," she said,. "please, sub,Men' me $15, suh. Dey done 'rest my boy 'Rastus ag'ln. Doy got him shel up in ho jail, an' dey 'fuse to let him out 'lessen I paya bali." "What has thc lazy rascal been do ing, Aunt Rosa?" "He ain't done nothln' 'tall, Mister Wilo-nothln' 'tal, sub. De boy was Jest a settln' on do do' step wiv a knife in bis ban,' an* a onory nigger come by, and fell on lt, and rip hioself opon -dat's all, sub." -Bible Names for Warships. The custom of giving Bible names to men-of-war at one time p.availed extensively in tue British nary. Tho Goliath, however, which was sunk iri tho Dardanelles recently, waa the only battleship which had a Blblcal appel lation. Tb* names are chiefly pagan, like Hercu.c, or adjectival, Uko Au dacious. In the seventeenth century, how ever, the British naval fleet Included vessels named Abraham, Benjamin, Ephriam, John the Baptist, Jonathan, King David, Ruth and Solomon. In Nelson's time there was both an Adam and Ere and an Eden, but by then the use of Qiblcal names for engines of destruction began to be out ot favor. At a still earlier date the practice waa very much moro common. One war ship, commissioned in the time of Henry VIII, bore the name of Christ, and among the flinting fleet of Henry V's time were shlpa named Jesus. Holy Ghost, Peter, Paul and Paternoster. ? ,"I tell you." said Pat, "tho old friends are the best, after all, and, what's more, I can prove lt." "How aro you going to prove lt?" "Whore will you find a new friend that bas shtud by ye aa long aa tho ould ones have?"-Chicago ?tetad. It Wan His Chelea, Bobble and Elsie were told that there' were two apples on the tables for them. Belag taught to consider Bach other Brat, Bobble said: "Take roar choice, Elate." "No," said Elsie, "you take your choice." Bach kept insisting that the other lake first choice, but finally Elsie broke the deadlock by taking thc big test apple. Instantly Bobble's eyes lashed and ho exclaimed wrathfully, Pat thaw back and uke your obeloe." -Boston Transcript. Special O iYes, we've split the p Straws," Sennits, Mac Panamas. Head this way for he; field. $2.30 and $2. Straw I $3.00 Straw Hats now $4.00 Straw Hats now $5.00 Panama Hats n( All the talk and argun not make an ill fitting "Comfort first" is thc man. Here's a lot of which we've cut the pi but includes tans, gun but not all sizes of ead in any leather it's a mc tionfor you. All takei Hanan stock, now. . .. (Array and Navy Journal.) The arrest of Huerta and thc threat to prosecute his alleged financial backers is another Indication of thc present atUt;:de of the administration toward the former president of Mex ico. On the assumption that Huerta was a disturbing element in Mexico he waa forced out of the coutry, and it was given out at the.state depart ment that the Carranza-Vllla faction would Bhortly reBtore peace. Later when there was a break between Car ranza anl Villa tho latter received thc support of thc administration and was heralded as a second Washing, ton. When Carranza appeared to have tho upper hand a statement came from the president which was construed In some quarters as a threat of .intervention. More recent ly Villa seems to be becoming strong er and nothing 4s being heard of thc purpose of the administration to as sume a more aggressive attitude In dealing with tho Mexican troubled. Its entire attitude seems to amount to a declaration that nono of the leaders of the Mexican factions will be tolerated with thc exception of Vil la. If this government intends io pros ecute the financial backers of Huerta, fairness and neutrality in dealing with thc different factions would ap pear to call for similar treatment of the Villa and Carranza Juntas. No one will seriously contend that Villa and Carranza are without financial support from this country. If the secret service of th government will take the trouble r watch the Villa and Carranza agents ss closely ss they have Huerta and his friends they will discover that both factions have financial backers hero. Both factions maintain headquarters in Washington and New York, and their ABOUT Tl Wheat Does Well. , H. R. Merritt, of Yor's, Route 3, has just finished threshing his wheat crop for tills season and 4B tmmenselly pleased over the result. Mr. Merritt had sown only four bushels of whest and from this planting ho made a to tal of 103 bushels. There are a num ber ot splendid wheat crops in the Philadelphia section whero Mr. Mer ritt Uvea.-York News. Receipts Increased. It ls a matter for congratulation and of special -pride o ntho part bf Postmaster George D. HaHev and his assistants that the Greenwood oflice is ono of the VJ ry few In the state that did not show a decrease in re ceipts at the end of the last fiscal year as compared with the year be fore on account of the European wat. Instead of showing a decrease ' the postoffico here made an Increase of over tl.000 while lu a number of eitles of equal size the decrease was as much as $5,000.-G reen wood Jour nal. Pumpkins sad ('aeambers. Dr. R G. Sloan, ot Little River, ts somewhat of a wonder when it comes to farming. A couple of years ago he raised a pumpkin vine, that bore something like'one hundred of the de licious fruit, sud covered about one eighth of an acre. Last week, he i sent Uv the county fane demonstra tion ofnbe two mammoth cucumbers? one weighing -Ave pounds and Ava i ounces, and the other four pounds and ten ounces. These .?cukes" were per fect in every Way and were without doubt the oO"*l If not tho superior of any In tbe ??tate.--Conway Field. - Fire Equipment. Last week the ?mall fire proof building In rear of the town hall was altered and enlarged, In order to .TU Sim HUERTA offerings rice on all our "Split kinaws, Bankoks and idquarters in the hat nats now . . . .$1.50 .$2.00 . .$2.50 Dw.$3.75 lent in the world will shoe comfortable, motto of our shoe Hanan oxfords on ice. The lot is small metals and patents, i. If your size is here )ney saving proposi n from our regular $6 ..$3.95 SfD MEXICO agents talk wUb. authority on events that are transpiring in Mexico. If it ls a crime for Huerta to start another revolution in the United States, why, it is asked, should Carranza and Vil la forces be allowed to conduct their propaganda from this country? Many Americans acquainted with conditions in Mexico have more faith in the ability of Huerta to establish a stable govcrnmont than any of the other leaders. At least he could do as well as Villa if he bad the moral support of the administration. Every one acknowledges that what ls needed in Mexico ls a strong dictator, and Huerta sizes up to these specifica tions better than any of the other loaders. Of course, no one who has any knowledge of Mexican afTairs considers seriously any probability of establishing a real republic in Mexi co. Not over 15 or