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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED 1860. Published every morning except Monday by The Anderson Intelligen cer at 140 West Whitner Street, An derson, 8. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN_Editor snd Manager Entered as second-class matter April 28, 1914, at the post office at Anderson, South Carolina, under the Act ot March 3. 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DI8PATCHE8 j Telephone .321 SUBSCRIPTION BATES DAILY One Year .15.00 Biz Months .2.60 Three Months .1.2G One Month.a.42 One Week .10 SEMI-WEEKLY One Year .$1.60 Biz Month.76 Th? Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers In the city. Look at tba pointed label on your paper. The dato thereon shows when the subscription expires. Notice date on label carefully, and If not correct please notify ns at once. Subscribers desiring tbs address of j their paper dinged, will please state In their communication both tbs old and new addresses. To Insnre prompt delivery, com plaints of non-delivery in tho city ot Anderson should be msde to the Circulation Department before 9 a. m. and a copy will be sent at once. All cheeks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ADVEBTI8IHQ Rates will be furnished on applica tion. No tf advertising discontinued ex cept on written order. The I?.*?!1!gencer will publish br!<;f j and rational letters on subjects of j general Interest when they are ac companied by the ?amos and ad dresses ot the authors and are not of ! g defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not oe re turned. In order to avoid delays on account I ?f personal absence, letters to The] Intelligencer Intended for publication should not be addressed to any Indi vidual connected with the paper, but j ?Imply to Tao Intelligencer._ FRIDAY, JULY 16. 1916. " WXATTEB FOBECAST Generally fair Friday and Satur day. First call for new aweot potato pto. It Isn't always thu tallest man who baa the longest thirst. The Art and Science of Rattling.- | Headline. The practice ia better. The war dispatches tell us that Prxasnysz has fallen, whatever that | ls. Now ls the time for all good men lo como to the aid of the bill collec tor. Somo folks could Uvo comfortably ] on what they waate trying to keep up appearances. We have often wondered If British Ambassador Spring-Rice ls fond of j Spring-onions. The C. W. Post millions aret o lie distributed. Thoro's a rennen-he died some time ago. An exchange remarks thablt pays to ? advertise and tho fellow who advor-| ttses ls usually ablo to pay. Greenwood's city council ls ronald ering going after a ga? plant. What's tho matter with the Journal? Tills weather doubtless ts Ano to bring out crops, but it brings out moat too much perspiration to suit us. . Dozen Crooks all Atlanta Can Boast.-Headline. Atlanta's so given to .boasting she boasts about her Crooks, eh? The one-piece bathing suit being al lowed this season, a lot of folks don't aee how they will be able to spend 'their vacation anywhere this side of the seashore. -o The Soul h Carolina prohibition workers haven't the only flying squad ron, some of those German squadrons bare been hot-footing lt lu the Hal tic with the Russians close behind. -o There are a few persona who delude themselves with the false Idea tant because they cancel a subscription to a newspaper they are hurting the pa per. They are doing nothing ot tba kind, but they are proving themselves to be Intolerant to the views and rights ot others.- Dalton, Os. Citizen (WK KA NZ A'S LAST CJIAM'Z. If (lon. Victoriano Blusterauzo Car ranza IM anything oV?e than a pom pous ni.i fool, lie now hus a chanto to prove it. Alore limn once he has thrown away a chance to restore peaco ano nave Mexico. He has done it hy petty and jealous quarrels with Iiis subordinates and associates ni tho revolutionary movement, and by tact less and arrogant behavior toward the United Statos and other foreign na tions. Now Carranza has another oppor tunity-hi? laHt. He is once more In possession of the Mexican capital, the chief Mexican port and the railroad joining them, and haB the strongest position and thc most prestige of any of the leaders. He could make peace Htiickly hy offor'ng to conciliate his enemies. He could obtain Hie morai . ...port of our government and public by proving himself a big-minded pat riot and an intelligent and practical ruler. Ho could gain and hold the supreme power in Mexico, bulwarked by the United States and the power ful Latin-American nations. Ho could savo his distracted country from ut ter ruin, rescue Iiis people from star vation and win undying glory. All that he needs to do is to show himself intelligent and tolerant-per sonally and officially a patriotic gen tleman. Is that too much to expect of tills querulous, obstinate old man? Or will Carranza seize his last chance, rise to his opportunity and save his unhappy country? ENFORCING OP INANCE. A policeman wan se? . yesterday to stop a wagon loaded with sand be cause the Mind was dropping from the wagon nnd failing on the streots. ThiB 1B in violation of an ordinance of city council and Chief 8ammons says that it haB to stop. The sand is not so bad but just at this time a great deal of crushed rock ls being hauled and those have sharp, jagged edges, which when scattered over the streets, play havoc with automobil? tires. Someono remarked yesterday that the ,sand was not hurting an thing and would, do more good than dar,age. Whether he ls right or not, the chief and his mon have to en force'all sections of the ordinance 1? regard to hauling so that they can haye the law on their side in regard to the stone. DANGEROUS "JOKES." Tho Augusta Chronicle on Wednes day morning published a marriage notice,-nnd tho next day it was found ont that the couple were not married and there was no truth in tho article. \t was not the papor'B error for the notice was received by them In writ ten form with the supposed groom's signature to lt. Now the Chronicle will receive nil kinds ot abuse for running the article, but whose fault was lt? When a news paper receives an article of newts with n signature generally below Is found tho following, "please do not use my name." The article 1B printed in good faith, but sometimes lt causes much trouble. Tn explaining the error yesterday tlie Chronicle stated that although, it bad not been discovered who wrote the article, or who forged tho name of the supposed groom, lt waa thought that it had been done by some of hts bcBt friends and that it was done for a joke. Further, lt was stated that when lt was leaia^d who did it. lt would be decide' as to the proper course of punishment to pursue. Not only has this "Joke." caused tho paper in which lb appeared much trouble, but will probably cause tho young lady and the young man much humiliation. It was not a Joke, but a mean contemptible pleco of deviltry and one that the writer ought to have to poy for in some way or other. When young men go to ??ch ex tremes as this for practical joking, some means must be found to bring them to their senses. They probably did not mean any harm and would not have dono it had they thought the mat ter would have taken the serious turn that lt has. It ls merely a case of nut thinking but onco before ailing and brings one back to the old saying, "Think twlco before you speak." Skipping the ropn is the most pop ular game possible on earth with crim inals condemned to hang. "Why I Married the Second Time." reads the headline of an article In an oxchange. Wo didn't read the article, but we suppose he did lt to punish himself for marrying the firs' time. Altogether Unsatisfactory. Richmond News Leader. The latest German note will prove altogether unsatisfactory to this country because Germany professes herself an advocate of the freedom of the seas and then calmly Proposes to- restrict tho freedom of American citizens and American ahina at sea. Amazing Increase of South's Grain Productiot Grain Crop This Year Exceeds in Value the Most Valuable Cotton Crop Ever Raised Special to The Intelligencer. Rainmore, July lt. The Manufacturers Record of thia week says: The grain crop of the Soul ii this year will exceed in value by several hun ?Ired million dollar? Hie total of the most valuable cotton crop ever produced by thia section. Thin remarkable fact IH due to an increase in grain production throughout Ibo South, whb h will demonstrate what .this section ia capable of doing in the development of diversified farming. According to the forecast of grain pro duction for the country, based on condltons July 1, the production of grnin in thc Southern States for thia year will be 1,540,000,000 bushels, or a gain or '.'?0,000,000 bushels over last year. If to the figures covering wheat, corn and oatB we properly add the rice crop o? 30.000,000 bushelB, the total graiu for tho South this year will be 1.">70,000,000 bushels, and as thia year's rice crop ex coeds by 6,000,000 butUiola last year's, we would have a total increase of grain in this section of 292,000.000 bustiels. The phenomenal situation IH all the more impressive when taken in cornice lion with the grain crop of the entire country. The estimated yield for the country for tho year, including rice, is 5,414, 000,000 bushels, or nn Increase of 490,000,000 bushela over 1914. Out of thia tota gain. H92.000.000 buHhels, or nealy 60 per cent., is due to the Increase in the South. The gain In this section will be nearly 23 per cent, over last year, na compared with only 5 1-2 per cent, for tho balance of the country. The actual gain In the South is 94,000,000 bushels greater than the Increase In the balance of the United States. These figure? are wonderfully significant of the ngrlcultur.il possibilities of the South, and thia increase in grain, which typl flea the Increase in foodstuffs generally, w?ll largely offset the adverse situa tion In cotton. In the South corn commands amuch higher figure than in the Weat, running of ten from 10 to 20 cents a bushel more than Western prices. On this basia, therefore, it is safe to estimate that the gralln crop? of the South will represent a gain of at least $260,000,000 over last year's figures. The gain by States shows a Bplondld expansion throughout the entire South, and for wheat, corn and oats combined is aa ?OIIOWB: Increase over 1914. States , Bushels. Alabama.'..,. 16,905.000 Arkansas. 23,591,000 Florida... 109,000 Georgia. 18,701,000 Kentucky. 22,375,000 Louisiana. 16,248,000 Maryland. ?3.231.000 Mississippi. 19,914,000 Missouri.?... 26,169.000 North Carolina. 503,000 Oklahoma..". 40,408,000 South Carolina. 8,782.000 Tennessee. 14,886.000 Texas. 58,695,000 Virginia!.'.'.'..'".'..".'..".'..*'.'..,. 18,243.000 ftei! Virginia.3.663.000 Total increase.v. ... :.2*M>21,000 Total increase in rice. 6,000,000 Total increase in grain. 292^01,000] .Decrease. Every Stato with thc exception of Maryland, whose wheat crop is short.l sharoB in this Increase grain production. Alabama shows a gain of nearly) 17.000,000 bUBhela; Arkansas, 23,500.000 bushels; Georgia. 18,70,000 bushels; Louisiana, 16.000.000 bushels; MlsslsBlppi, nearly 20,000,000 bushels; South Carolina, 8.700.000 bushels; Virginia. 18,200,000 bushelB, while Texas comes to the front with a gain of 58.600.000. and Oklahoma, 40,000,000 bushels. Every business interest in the South should feel thc vivifying influence of j this splendid grain crop. The South did not thia year turn its attention to grain as largely as it should have done, and at thc same time still further les sen ita cotton acreage, but it has muda a magnificent start, which indicates Ita lamost limitless opportunity for grain growing. In 1900 th? production nf wheat, corn and oats In the South was 911,000,000 bushels, compared with thia year's yield of 1,540,000,000. We have thus ad- ! vanced Ute production this year over 1900 by 630,000,000 bushels. . . Well may the South take heart and rejoice In this splendid showing of what lt can do In grain production. Even these figures can easily be doubled by the South when it give?, aa lt should do. proper attention to the Aridest diversifi cation of Its agriculture and to growing at home all of the foodstuffs needed for man ano' beast But looking beyond the South to the whole country we find that Nature Ima again blessed this land with abundant crops already harvested, and with the j promise of splendid crops now growing. If weather does not materially de- j crease the expected corn production, thlf year's crops will lar&ely exceed In value $10.000.000.000. The indications ol the United State?'Agricultural De partment shows a probable increase in the wheat production of 72,000,000 bushels; of corn, 141.000,000 bufshels; of oats, 268,000.000 bushels; of barley. 13,000,000 bushels, and of rice, 6.000.000 bushelB. The total figures on grain production, taking the estimate of the Agricultural Department for corn, with the understanding that it ls too carly yet for Anal figures, are as follows: 1915; July 1st. forecast. Bushels Winter wheat. 668,000.000 Spring wheat. 295.000,000 Corn. 2,814,000.000 Oats. 1,399,000.000 Barley. 208,000,000 Klee. 30,000.000 Final yield, 1914. Bushels. 685,000,000 2O6.000.0CO 2.673.000.000 1.141,000,000 195.000,000 24,000,000 Total. 6.414,000.000 4,924.000,000 With an indicated wheat yield of 963,000.000 bushels, which may. by fair weather conditions, be possibly enlarged to a better yield of spring w?ieat, and with an average increase for the entire country on July 1 of a fraction less than 26 cents per bushel higher price for wheat than on the same date in 1914, ' lt ia quite safe to count on thlsyear'swheat crop largely exceeding $1,000,000. 000. What the fluctuations may be during the coming 12 months it is not pos sible to forecast, by reason of the uncertainties of war, but that every bushel of wheat will be needed for domestic and foreign trade and at a very pro bable price to the ?armer admits of no question. Dr. Porgasen Improving. News from Mr. J. L. Pur gason yesterday, who ls at Dr. Kelly's san atorium In Baltimore stated be was improving very rapidly and would be able to return home tn a abort time. Off en Outing. Clifton McClure and Leo O'Donnell went to Greenville yesterday to join a Ip.rge party of Catholic Sunday school boys who are going for an outing to the mountains with Father E. A. Duff of 8t. Mary's, G reen viii s. Appendicitis Op?ration. Mr. Paul Willingham, of tho Spot Cash grocery compan|v waa operated en at the Anderson County Hospital yesterday for appendicitis-. He waa at tacked the day before and yesterday! lt was decided to perform the opera tion. He ls resting well. Robt. E. Lee Chapter. The Robt. E. Lee Chapter, U. D. C. will meet Friday afternoon at 6:30 at the library. The mernbers are asked to be present, rain or shine. Here are the Specials You're Especially Inter ested in Knowing About ! All Straw Hats Reduced. All shapes for men and young men; every thing from the freakish to the conservative. This is an absolute clearance. $2.50 and ?2 Straws now.$1.50 $3.00 Straw Hats now . ...$2.00 ?4.00 Straw flats now.$2.50 35.00 Panama Hats now.$3.75 ?3.50 Bankok Hats now.$2.50 An attractive showing of new light weight and cool color caps for men and boys 5uc to SI.50. Special Ties for Saturday. A special showing of wash ties made on the popular De Joinville shape, guaranteed col ors. Colors that are meeting with the sea sons approval. There are only two gross of these ties, they might not be duplicated this season. They are values manufactured to ^sell for 25c. For Saturday special 2 for.25c Hanan Oxfords at Cut Prices. We don't know of a shoe event that has ever met with more favorable comment than this selling of all odd lots of Hanan Oxfords in patents, tans and gun metals. The sizes are badly broken but there are some of all sizes nearly from 5 to to. Those of you who are hard to lit stand a good chance to lind your wants as there are extra narrow and extra wide lasts. Now selling at.$3.95 Special Sock Sale Saturday. \ For Saturday only we place on special sale about 52 dozen B-O-E Socks in blue, black, white, palm beach, and champagne. This lot is one of this seasons most popular hose due eto its light weight, lustre an? wear ing qualities. A quality we've always sold at 35c, 3 for $1. For Saturday only. . -25c Mail orders fulled and prepaid. 'Thu Store with-a Conscience Girl Swimmer of Eleven in Some of Her Feats. Idttle Florence McLauglln ot Phil adelphia, not yet eleven years of axe and perhaps the most wonderful child swimmer in the United Staten, ia now preparing to race some of the beat women swimmers in tho world over the classic cou iso of IC 3-5 miles from Chester to Philadelphia. These photographs show same of her training stunts in preparation for this remarkable effort. She ls shown practising Jiu Jitsu with Police Ser geant. Rodman, her trainer, ile be llevas she will gain strength for the effort i fi this kind of work. The photographs show that she ls an adept at wrestling as weil as swimming. The top picture shows the little girl after she has drawn the 180 pound policeman over her head and is kicking him over to a fall. The lower right hand picture shows her struggling fqr a hold by which she can throw him over her head, while in the other sho is shown with bonobreaklng hold on his arm whici. will compel him to turn over on his hack. last summer, she swam a shade under ten miles in fast time without turning a bair? and abo has grown stronger and speedier since. The plucky little miss, however, ls de termined that there shall be no ques tion of her hating accomplished the g.-uelllng task. Steps have already FLUNI BORER EDS ON INJURED TREES Orchardi&ts Recommended to Treat Damaged Stock as a Pre caution Against Pest. Waahi-'sion, July 16.-The Ameri can plum -borer, an insect which at tacks impartially lum, cherry, peach, and apple trees, has been found by investigators of tue United States de partment of agriculture, to confine it self entirely lo those trees which have received .some previous Injury. It ls, it is said, entirely unable to establish itself upon Vigorous, healthy, unin jured trees and for this reason, ex cept in occasional cases, is unlikely to become a pest of more than ordi nary importance. It Is frequently found, however, on apple trees which have suffered from collar blight. In order to prevent infestation by the American plum borer a profes sional paper of the United States de partment of agricnlbuto, Bulletin No. 261, recommends the precaution ot cutting sway the dead bark and paint ing the wounded area on all injured Jxecs with any non-Injurious tree paint. After the borer has once es tablished itself the cuttlng-out meth od ia the only one that can be fol lowed. When the proper conditions are present, the plum borer can do considerable damage, and lt ls there fore advisable to take precautions against it. The Last Straw. Three-year-old David had been un hsually unruly. He had received re primands, threats aad finally mild corporal punishment from his father. With wounded dignity David mounted the stairs to his mother' sr oom. "Mother, he said, in a voice ot ex asperation, I can't stand that husband, of yours much longer!"-August Wo man's Home Companion. been taken to secure the entry of some of tho crack girl exponents of aquatic endurance, and lt looks p? if the coming <*vent would be nm Ag the most Interesting ot the present outdoor season. The chubby Florence ls by no moans a novice at compution. Indeed, she baa defeated man*/ a full grown, rival at distances ranging between 8S0 yards and five milos in open events. " Last summer the tiny mermaid placed fourth ont of a represen tatt** held of twelve la 6 1-2 milo race for women In the Delaware river, and she covered 9 1*2 miles tn one con tinuous swim, a performance that several powerful earl experienced men failed to equal tn the champion ship race to Sandy Hook*