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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED I860. Published every morning except Monday by The Anderson Intelligen cer at 140 West Whltner Street, An derson, S. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN-Editor snd Manager Entered as second-class matter April 28, 1014, at the post office at Anderson, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRE8S DISPATCHES Telephone .321 HUBSCRIPTION BATES DAILY Ons Year ...$6.00 Biz Months. 2.60 Three Months . 1.26 One Month .42 One Wjek .10 SEMI-WEEKLY One Year .$1.60 Biz Months .76 The Intelligencer li delivered by carriers In the city. Look at the ps luted label on your paper. The dato thereon shows when the subscription explies. Notice date on label carefully, and if not correct please notify us at once. Subscribers desiring the address of their paper changed, will please state In their communication both tho old and new addresses. To Insure prompt delivery, com plaints of non-delivery In the city of Anderson should be made to the Circulation Department before 9i.ni. and a copy will be sent at once. AR checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ADVERTISING Bates will be tarnished' on applica tion. No ti advertising discontinued ex cept on written order. The Intelligencer will p? Mah brief ind rational letters on subjects of general Interest when t? ty are ac companied hy the names and ad dresses of the authors and are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not he noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not be re turned. In order to avoid delays on account af personal absence, letters to The Intelligencer In ?end ed for publication should not be addressed to any indi vidual connected with the paper, hut ahnply to The Intelligencer. TUESDAY, JULY 27. 101T, WE ATTIE It FORECAST Fair Tuesday and probably Wednes day. Looks as though England has left Russia willi the bag to hold. -o The European war ls ono yoar old and a husky thing for ita age. -o Law Slips un on Banana Peddlers -Headline, i Uok piece of work. -o It seems that England is determin ed to save Warsaw even to tho last Russian. There's no disputing the fact that Russia Is doing ber share of the fighting. What's tho use worrying about rot ton, haven't we got Senator E. D Smtth to' look to? i -o Dispatches state that the Ameri can note to Germany ls pleasing to England. There's a reason. -o Someone has estimated that it cost 61 cents to stop nnd start a train. Small wonder some roads don't, pay dividends. Thc Federal Council of Germany Will punish dealers who raine prices unduly. Much of Germany we would like to seo in America, o British Determined to Wage War *o End.-lieodllno. Yep, she's tak ing hers -out In determlng whilo her colleagues aro taking it out in fight ing. -o When Wonnamaker proposed the purchase of Belgium for one hun dred billion dollars he evidently didn't intend Iettln/r any newspaper men in on the deal. According tro the estimated valua tion of the national wealth, the aver age American is worth $1,965. Polite way of telling a lot of us we are be low the avoragb. - A New York frbniiy has had a gran ta monument crccj*od over the grave of n pet monkey. The more we hear of soma folks dotitjrs the moro respect we have for monkwys. -cv The killing and bounding of those New JC.sey striker* toay have heir own fault Still, a? far as past ex perience counts for anything, there's nothing a New Jersey deputy sheriff find ? so much satisfaction in as shoot ing strikers. A Mil AM EFL'L HliillT. At a lat<> hour laut night a Brual 1 white boy, probably not io years o' age, straggled up from a back alley Kotnewliero and leaned against an electric light post In front of The In telligencer ??ffI?.?*. lila head and taco soaked In blood and hi bod> weak from the efTecta of a terrible beating which he said another boy had given him. He was as dirtv as the prover bial pig. had a face that looked none too promising, apparently had h id little if any schooling, and. to all ap pearances. wa? a typical had hoy. Ile told of u boy having caught him somewhere near the People's Htrcct bridge over the Blue Ridge Hallway and clubbed him in tho head with a rock. Ills head wa? Kwotlen from Heveral UIOWM having been dealt all around, und on one Bide wa? a deep gash from which blood had gushed. lt wa? a pitiable sight, to Hay the least. A few minutes after a physi cian had taken the chap awuy two other urchins, little fellows with hare feet and dirty ones at that, came up nut of the same alley and scamper ed along the street up, bound for goodncHH knows where. Late ut night, far past bed-lime, lights out and the streets deserted, and a condition of affair.! like that within one block of the square. In a great many cities they have a curfew law, which I? nothing more or less than an ordinance which prohibits children being on the streets after a certain hour ut night, unless accom panied by pnrents, guardian or elderly person or unless they have written permission from some person in authority to be out after the curfew hour. Wo don't know whethor An derson has such a statute or not. If it has It isn't enforced. If it hasn't such nn ordinance it ot* {ht to have. ThlH ls not tho flrBt instance we have noted nf children being on the streets at. unreasonable hours* It cnn be 6een any night. Little fellows scampering about the streets who ought to have been In bed by Bun down. Anderson owes it to these lit tle ones, her future citizens, to keep them off tho streets at unreasonable hours of the night. Pending the arrival of Germany's reply to tho last American note, Col. Henry Watterson is ransacking his Webrter In ncarch of some new adjec tives .with a sulphur and brimstone scent BOUQUET AND BRICKBAT. Anderson, S. C., July 24, 1015. My Dear Slr: Let mo congratulate you np your able editorial concerning the parody on tho Twenty-Third Psalm which serves to advertise a certain popnlar automobile. Thu advertisement was far from witty and was blasphemous. 1 regret tho publication of lt, and can but hope every ono will be as heartily disgusted with lt as I am. Your editorial was unusually p.trong and altogether unexpected from one whoso views ore HO un: nun I ns yours rn subject of amusements. Respectfully, R. (). Smith. Bro. Smith toss.-A a bouquet at U3 with ono hand and lets drive a brick bat at us with tho other. The for mer we appreciate especially, but wc aro not going to fall out with him about Ute latter. He ts> entitled to bis opinion about the subject, and wc re spect Bro. Smith individually. We do not expect every one to agree with us, und we aro not of tho kind who think that every fellow who does not. look nt a thing Uko wc do ls a "blooming" Idiot Tho last paragraph of Bro. Smith's communication arrests our attention. Says he, "Your editorial was juusual ly strong and altogether unexpected from one whose views are so unsound as yours on the subject of amuse ments/' By what process of rea soning Bro. Smith arrives at the con clusion that our views on harmless amusements precludes our having a profound respect for Holy Writ we do not know. Wo are enable to see that (here is any relation between our no tions about amusements and our love and respect for what is not only the Word of God but #'ie greatest liter ary production In the history of the world. Bro. Smith, disagreeing with our views on amusements, would Jump at conclusions and put us down aa blasphemous and without love or re spec* for tho sacredness of the Ribla And we believe he will agree with as that his conclusion was not a logical one. But, anyway, lt's too hot to have a controversy; so como down; Bro. Smith, and bring a watermelon. A Missouri dispatch stotts that a golfer's ball and a woodpecker collid ed In the air, killing the bird and ruining the pellet A lot of folks are "from Missouri" with regard ta that alleged fact VIOLEME AMI KIMItKICV Fussla ls still I.itally short nf am ?itu ii i i ion . And according to a story thai hus jost reached Washington, this /plight is hy no moans ?lu?' to thc traditional "Russian Unprepared ness." lt ls Bald that the facts, here tofore concealed hy Mw? Russian cen sors, are those: "Russia had many firf.t class arms and munition factories in operation, | especially in the vicinity of Petrograd, Moscow. Novgorod. Tflia. Odessa and Sebastopol, turtling OUt enough war supplies for her ordinary needs, and had accumulated a largo reserve sup ply. But ?luring the forty-eight hours preceding and following the declara tion of war against Russia these plans wor0 put out of business by incen diary fireu and dynamite explosiona. The Russians always have felt jut i - fled In crediting the destruction of their munitions pla??s at this critical perod in thor history to the work of German spies or through the tis,, of German money." It may be true or it may not. Tint the matter ls of unusual interest at this time, not only because of Rus sia's present sitation hut because of the problem that is becoming critical In the United States. Many ships sailing from or ports with war Bupnllcs have found bombs concealed on board, with tho obvious purpose of blowing thom up. Thorp have Ixu'n many explosions and fires recently In American munition fao> tories, and oven on American war ships. There has boon lately an epi demic of strikes in factories engaged in the production of various kind of contraband. Tho public does not y ot believe, and does not want to believe, that these outbreaks aro in any way simi lar to tho alleged campaign of de struction that has handicapped Rus sin. Samuel Gompers, president ol the Federation of Labor, has charged specifically that German money and influence aro responsible for some of the labor trouble in our munition >.? tories, hut every good American, what ever l i J sympathies, hopes that such charges can and will be disproved. Such alien activity, by arousing the nation to anger, would be sure in the long run to Injure the German cause rarther than benefit it, and would in volve our German sHlzenB in positive misfortune. German-Americans, for their own sake If not from motives of patriotism and good citizenship, should be thc first to protest against any such allen and criminal activity, and to demand the exposure and punishment of thc culprits if there arc found to be any In tho country. It ls not by such methods that tho war ls to be decided, or that the Amer ican munitions problem is to be solv ed. SHALL TUL U. 8. BUY BELGIUM; John Wanamaker has a beautiful scheme. He proposed lt at a moo:inf. of big business men in Philadelphie over which ho was presiding. He wants the United States to bu> Belgium. At first this takes one's breath away. Then Ute possibilities and ad vantages begin to unfold. Mr. Wana maker's plan 1B simply that tho Knit ed States should borrow about one hundred billion dollars. He think: that most American citizens would gladly loan money to the government for thlB purpose for five years wlthou; interest. This neat and moOest little sum ls t,o be used to purchase the freedom of Belgium from Germany. We would not exactly own lielglum, but merely have a friendly supervis ion over it while it is putting itself on its feet. Then Belgium would re pay us oud little hundred billions and be free and happy. It sounds logical enough. Owned by Germany, no sum of money, how ever great, would ev|er be powerful enough to redeem Belgium from German rule. But lt is quite con ceivable that Germany might sell the country outright to tho United States for a large enough sum. As far as Belgium and tho United States are concerned, it would simply be a loan, which it ls reasonable to suppose the Belgians would pay as promptly and cheerfully a? possible. Itopaying a loan to a friendly country which had helped k In time of need would be a very different psychological proposi tion from tolling to pay an indemnity to an enemy-at the end of which payment there would be only subjuga tion instead of liberty. Yes. {t's a beautiful scheme. But it ba? one serious flaw. It presupposes Gist Belgium, v..th the aid of the Allies, will not bo able to free heraolf from Germany. lt presupposes that Germany Is now the rightful owner of that outraged coun try. Americans, who,, according to Mr. Wanamaker, would ho so ready to loan their dollars wHhoat Interest fee tala noble ?parpoae. will, one may wall Imagine, think iiot only twice hut a KOO?] many time? before they will make themselves party to any sucli recognition of Germany's righi to the ownership of Belgium. And anyiiow, one hundred billions ls a good deal more than all the mon ey tlie i'nited States has got A LINE o' DOPE The following from the editorial colunia of the Atlanta Constitution of Sunday, entitled, "Dr. White's De parture," gives an Interesting amount of the high esteem in which Ander son's new pastor is held in that city: Atlanta loses one of ?KT ablest and most energetic workers in church and civic ranks In tho approaching depar ture of Rev. Dr. John E. White, whoso service of fifteen years here as pastor of the Second Baptist church has not only endeared him to the hearts of the congregation ho has served, but has brought him into friendly and efficient association with business men of all denominations In the work of building a bigger and bette- city. Dr. White will make his last" ap pearance today In the pulpit he has filled so long and ably, and Iiis depar ture for Anderson, S. C.. where ho goes to take charge of the Maptist church there, will be made the oc casion of a special farewell service. In which Baptists of other churches and members of many other denomina tions, including Lutheran, Episcopal, Methodist, Christian and Presbyterian, will join. This spontaneous union of denomi nations is a tribute seldom paid a parting pastor; it is an incident which tells its own story of the man. He has lived here to see Atlanta double in population; he has helped Atlanta to grow. Ile has seen Atlanta's churches more than double their membership: the Baptists alone have Increased 100 percent, and he ha sheen a primary and forceful factor In tho creation of that growth. He has achieved in his own particular sphere through a strong personality and power of ap peal; men have heard him and fol lowed because they believed in his sincerity and admired 'liis forceful conviction. In departing. Dr. White himself says of his residence in Atlanta: "I shall always cherish thc grateful memory of having shared In tho pro gress of the greatest and best city in tho south during? Chis remarkable period." It ls Just'ithe sort of senti ment which those? who know him would expect him lp carry with him. In all of hist' varied activities thought of the betterment of 'humanity has been uppermost. Not Only has his church been free to ail who would come, but Its doors have been open as a shelter and protection to the pen niless from the cold. He practiced as he preached that service rendered to a fellowman ls thc best service that cnn be rendered to God. The thought that will remain of him is that Atlanta is better for his having lived in it. In regretting his loso. Atlanta must congratulate An derson upon his acquisition. Yet he viii not bo so far awav ' 1 'his friends tere may count upon . occasional ..islt. A cordial welc> -to will always iwalt him whenever it pleases him to come. -o Treasurer Fred M. Burnett of An lerson College had an unusually 'eisy day of lt last Sunday. . In the forenoon he drove to Honen Path, vhere he delivered an address on "Christian Education" before thc Sun day school of the FirBt Baptist church, hi the afternoon he drove back to Anderson and out to Prospect church, where he spoke to the Sunday school it 3 o'clock. At both places Mr. Burnett made earnest appeals in be half of Christian education. At each place he closed his address by call ing attention to the fact that hero at \nderson was one of the finest schools or young women to be found In the land, and urged the parents to send their girls to school here. After his address at Prospect Mr. Burnett drove to Greenwood and spent tho night, meeting with certain partlos there yesterday morning for a confer ence. -o Over 3,500 bushels of Anderson county grown wheat has been made In to flour at the Harriss Milling com pany since operations began a short time ago. This means that people in this county have been supplied with over. 700 barrels of flour and at 16 per barrel, it means a saving to tho county of approximaely f4,200. Mr. Burnus sated yesterday that there was enough wheat at the mill to keep lt runing for the next ten days and that moro was coming In every day. He estimates the amount on hand now as 2,200 bushels. O' Mr. B. F. Pinson, manager of tho Standard Oil company tn this city, stated yesterday that <She company would move to their new* quarters In North Anderson as soon as Instruc tions wero received from headquar ers, which ought to ba some time thia week. The plant la now located In the Blue Ridge yards. w Mr. Mens, ono of the superinten dents ot the Southern Paying com pany, who is spending a few days In tho cltly, stated yesterday that the work of paviu? do streets here was being delayed V -.ause water pipes, gas pipes, etc., w u- not being put down fast enongh in front of the forces. He stated that the work on McDuffle street was not progressing as fast as lt ought because thean-pipe wore not down. He also stated that another South Maha streets as soon as tba Southern Public Utilities company got ern Public 1 Hincas eompeny got Micad with their work. The asphalt plant was standing Idle Manhattan Shifts At CutJPrices The Supreme Shirt Clearance of the Season Offering at great price concessions our entire stock of the famous Manhattan and other noted brands of shirts.* The finest qualities in percale, madras, pongee and silk fabrics. All styles from the staple negligees to the novel tiny tucks; soft double cuffs, ' laundered cuffs, silk bosoms, stiff bosoms, full dress with and without cuffs-shirts of all the newest designs for all wears. All Hi.50 Manhattan Shirts, including negligees in all the popular colors, whites and self stripes; laundered and sc$t double cuffs, stiff and pleated bosoms. Now ............ * All $2 Manhattan Shirts, including fancy negligees, whites and self stripes; laundered and soft double cuffs; pleated, tucked <M #$Q and stiff bosom. Every $2 shirt of any description, now ... * . All $3.50 Manhattan Silk and French Mercerized Shirts, all with soft double cuffs, adapted for all year wear and in fabrics $2,65 for service, now.? .. .. .. . Manhattan Union Suits Reduced All $1.50 Manhattan Union Suits. . . .... . .$1.15 All $2.00 Manhattan Union Suits.. ,.$1.50 The completeness of our shirt and union suit stocks insures a satis factory filling of all mail orders in all sizes, colors and styles. Par cel post prepaid. ? SPOT CASH. CLorp,^ The Store with. a Conscience yesterday because a car load ot a phlt, which was shipped several days ago, had not reached the city, lt was expected yesterday afternoon and the plant will be running thiB morning. The work of putting down the asphalt surface on part of West Market street ?rill start today. . Mrs. A. P. Ransom of WUUamston lias received a telegram ?rom her son. Mlle P. Ransom, who is employed In Chicago with the Western Electric company, stating that he was safe and well. Ho also stated that he ?utrnd fd going on the excursion f eat was to tmvo been ron but which ended tn thc torrible catastrophe in which over 1. )00 people were drowned and that he ii ad got on the second boat. Mr. Raa som has many friends In this city who were apprehensive as to hts safety since lt was known that lie was employed with the Western Electric company. They wilt to ?lad to l?wrn tStk he is aires and wetl. Mr. George E. Turner, commission nerchant, has brought suit "In lita '*n behalf and as trustee of the Na Jonal Fire Insurance company," igahvft the Blue Ridge Rallwky com pany, bacana* of lire loas suffered by hera, when the rr il way yarda, .'were iwept by flamee en' the evening of A gooda In' the Piedmont 6' North nay 4. . Mr. Turner carried a stock tm depot which waa destroyed. THRIFT If thrift does not come natural to you, cultivate it. RcaU*e the fact that every man who has a dollar put aside is a capi talist. , . We earnestly urge you to open an account v.-ith this ba.ik for any sum. Either a Checking or a Savings account, m ad dition to being convenient encourages you not to use your money except in a wise way. The prosperity you enjoy today does not guarantee yo? prosperity tomorrow. Changes in the business and industrial world may later on deprive you of your present measure of prosperity. We Pay Interest On Deposits. PEOPLES BANK* OF ANDERSON ---. ' ? ? In reply to a letter from Governor Manning in which he inquired If the county commissioners would assure Am that tney would pay $8 per day for two whiskey constables should he appoint them, the board or commis sioners wrote that they thought that U would be entailing an unnecessary expense on tho county to do so. Owing to'the fact that Anderson coun ty ls on the Savannah River and ls next to Georgia which increases the chances ,of violation of -, aaa ? liquor laws, Sheriff Ashl?y had asked the governor to appoint two constables when the constables were removed from the other counties ,?? ta* Stat* a short Ump ago.