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To insure prompt delivery, com plaints of non-delivery In the city sf Andeftoft; should bo msde to the Circulation'Department before 9 a. m. and a oppy will be*, sent at once. All ahecks and 'drafts should be drawnjfo The Anderson Intelligencer. ADVERTISING Rates will be furnished on applica tion. No ti advertising discontinued ex cept on written order. The Intelligencer will publish brief and rational letters on subjects of general Interest when they are ac companied by the names snd ad ifteases of the authors and aro not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous commun lea tiona will not be noticed. Rejected manuscripts will n< ? be re turned. In order to avoid delays on account af personal abs en co, letters to The Intelligencer intended for publication should not be addressed to any indi vidual connected with the paper, but ?Imply to The Intelligencer._ WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 4. 1915. WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy Thursday and Fri day. "iSomething About the Chigger." Yep, a Itching bump. -Ch Some of those days we will know tho truth about Warsaw. Wonder who are the candidates for president in Haiti. o All thlB talk about 'innall grain" al most makes us wish we bad "Four Hoses," -o Having pud up with Gaffney Just ns long ns he could, and being unable to get out of tbero any other way. a prisoner lu the county Jail ovor there committed suicidu. -o son doesn't need a "home week" to get lxer sons and s back kure- They Just can't y. ?-o ? ? A (Jls'putch says the Italians and Austrians fought with bayonets, knives and teeth. They still have Jawbones to resort- to. A man accused of having three Wives In olght months Jumped from a bridge in Philadelphia. Perfectly excussble. The'State's paragrapher Temu'rka that in San Francisco all thc pretty girls aro kissing the Liberty Dell and he wishes lie were the bell. -^o The 'government bus changed .the namefcoX the York vii le postoffice to j Yu. K.g Watson Heil changed thc name ! of theatewn weeks and weeks ago. Atlsmfa politicians ai.?d lawbreakers have suppressed Police Chief Beavers In ran'.,' but they can never suppress the principles for which he fought -io.. The captain of a Lake Superior | steamer reports encountering a snow storm. Maybe that's the "cold day in August" wo've talked about so much. --o Buming oil has been added to tho 1er rora of the poisonous bomb?n the trench fighting long the western front How the "Happy Hunting Ground" must rim: with shouts of derisive laughter from American'. Redskins whose 'barbarous" (?) custom of tomahawking and scalping their vic tims form one of the most blood curdling peges of our histories. AKM.s l.uOAItt.O KOK MEXICO. Tho next step lu our treatment of Mexico ti expected to I??' un embargo on thc shipment ot arum from tlx United stat*/' In ?li*- present Bltuu Llon, such ..ii eniburgo would accom plish u double purpose. ' r'lrst, lt would nuke it harder for Hie Moxlcun fa? Hons io carry on their fruitless warfare, and would thus 1 rIv. ? them, possibly, to compose their djffcn nc?* and udopi u pence plan Second, n would deprive tile war ring element? of tho power to make .i strone resistance in case \v<- W?T? obliged later to send an army of paci fication into thc country. Mexico makes very little of Its own ammunition, and apnjaruntly none of Its own rillen or cannon. Since the European war benin th?- revolution isis have boen dependent almost en tirely on American munition factor l< s The loaders have been allowed to Import arms and ammunition from the United State;-' after a brief om bargo during a period when war with us seemed Imminent- In the expecta tion that they would fight it out alni brinn tho various revolutionary move ments to a definite conclusion. That hope has failed. Jn spite of the warning niven them by President Wilson, Hu- fuerlonul leader? are as lar apart as evcx& with nobody pos sessing enough power to establish a stable government. The sooner we clap the lld on by Cutting off th? ir fighting supplies, the betterror every body concerned. Such un action will, of course, bu Baized upon by pro-Uorinau enthus iasts us ii precedent for st opp Inn tho export of anns and ammunition to the atlles. There *j no parallel" between thc two cases. In Mexico we are not dealing with a responsible govern ment. There ls none then- to deal with. And even if we assume govern mental rights on thc part of the rev olutlonary leaders, there ls no dis crlmintlon In an embargo, beoauee lt bus th'J same effect on ull. On tin other hand, to stop the export of arm < to Europe nt this time would, as everybody knows, be un act delib erately favorable to Germany. Aus tria and Turkey and hostile to the nations who now enjoy access to our markets won by tholr navies. , A "COMMISSION PLAN" FAILURE. ^Tho commission form of govern ment gets a black eye In Nashville, where the system has broken down and the bankrupt city has gone into tho hand of a recover. lt would be Interesting to know precisely how much of the disaster Is due to the commission idea, how much to the indvldual commissioners and how much to the citizens In gen eral. Tho presumption ls that the chief trouble will . be found with Nashville's cltisenaj$jp M??Kh its peo ple's civic nptlrlt. their interest In municipal uffulru and tholr conscien tious attention to them. It's a truism that an Intelligent, alert body of citizens can make al most any system o? government work, while tb" best system ever devised is (mund to fall if the people merely turn over .their public business to it and then ignore-.it. No plan and no set of offtcaln will work automatically, grinding out good government. Good government is tho product of everlasting public solje.ltude. ABOLISHING THE "SKEKTEKS." Thi*y ore really UOlng lt In New Jersey. The famous "man-eating Jer sey skeeter" may be extinct In a'few years. Th!? season, being particularly rainy, has .boen favorable for the In seotB. but they have been decimated nevertheless by the scientific and hcfrolc methods of ?the mosquito squad. Thore is hope of getting rid of them, even In the Bait marshes. The slaught er Involved may be imagined from the tuet that 3.000 mosquitoes mey bo born in ono square foot ot stagnant water, every ten days or so, and there aro 20,000 acres ot salt marsh land land in thc Hackonsack valley alone. Draining has been done on a vast scale'. A moiton feet of ditches have been dug in the meadows around Elizabeth, and 4,500 acres havo been ditched in Union county. A marshy ?trip along the coast from south of the Shrewsbury to Bernegal bay has been virtually cleared of the pest. Altogether, 300,00 acres of salt marsh, 463 square miles has been definitely "de-pkeetored." The coBt ls repaid many times Over, not only In added comfort to the in habitants but in the appreciation of real estate values. The damage still done is estimated at $4,000,000 a year; the Jump in value of fertile land now tenanted only by mosquitoes would add that much in taxes alohe <if the land were redeemed. The virtual elimination of mosquitoes from north ern New Jersey has cost about $500, C00 in three years. They could be ex terminated in the southern part of the state, the Inspectora say. for the same amount, or less. 't's u paying proposition. and doubtless:* there's Ju>t us Mg u propor tion of profit in it for any less pest r< d community in any part of thc country, that will d:> the noceHsnry draining and of I MIK- And if New Jer sey, with ?th tremendous handicap, ?:m "dc-skooter" Itself, what excuse have other tales for not doing so? M( ONSISTKNt Y." In the matter of Governor .Manning declining to offer a reward for the ap pr< h< nslon of the slayer of an old while man in Anderson several month ago. when city council had al ready offered a reward of $51-0 and the county sheriff a reward of $100. and In offering u reward of $50 for K- arrest of u negro who slew u white mnii in a remote section of Ab beville copnty und who escaped Into alioth) r State, when there were co sewards offered by others, the gov ernor's critics charge that he bas com mitted tile "sin" of Inconsistency. Th? y contend that Inasmuch as he refused to offer a reward for the ap prehension of a murderer in one In ? stance, he should refuse to offer a reward for tho apprehension of a murderer in a Inter Instance, regard less of any ami all circumstances sur rounding either ?-ase. Circumstances do not slier cases, with the governor's erith . The pearl of tho great price --"consiotency"- must be enshrined as a deity and rigorously worshipped on any and all occasions, regardless Of circumstances. Circumstances hive no part in any case. "Con tstencj ; must be the guiding star. A murderer sentenced to death in the electric chair hus bis case brought before the governor on a plea for clemency. There are no ground' whatsoever for extending clemency in this ease, and the governor, confident of his position, declines to interfere with the order of the court. The mur derer goes to the chair and pays th?' penalty. loiter another criminal sentenced to electrocution for murder has bbs case brought before the governor and a plea is maile for clemency. The arguments for the exercise of execu tive clemency in the case are sound and convincing, and the governor would be fully justified in repudiating tho action of the court that ordered the prisoner put to death. The gov ernor would like to exercise the-par doning power in this case, but to do so would give rise to churges of "In consistency." so he declines to inter fere. No matter about thc "circum stances," for they have no part In the connlderation of any cnHe. That jewel of great price-"consistency"- must he zealously guarded ut all costs. The governor refused to oller a re ward in the Dodd murder case, be must refuse to offer a reward In thc Abbeville murder ease. He must do that to bo "consistent." Circum stances do not'enter Into the consid eration of the case nt oil. The gov ernor refused to extend clemency in the case, of one murderer sentenced to death; he must refuse to Interfere in n later case. The governor must do this to bc "consistent." Circum stances have no place In the consid eration of the matter at all. "Consis tency" ls the word! Aw, so dig a well! Senator^ Jim Ham Lewis predicts that Russia, Germany. Jnpan and China will sonic-time be arrayed In (arms against the United .States. What sort of u jingo would you call Jim Ham? A Texas mob burned a negro at the stake a few days ago. and this in a country at peace. Little grounds wi have for condemning^. Europeans for tho atrocities of their war. I "Sntunet" ls scheduled to climb the hotel herc this afternoon, but Satan to doing stunts ia our midst all tho time. . 4 -WT |j?~- 1 11 ?--?s-g-r-- ^ J A LINE! o' D O P E J Manager Beaty of the local South ern Bell Telephone com pst? y stated yesterday that the recent storms had caused them a little inconvenience but they were (trying to get all of the 'phones working again as soon as possible. Thc t ectrical storr., on Sat urday rdght did some damage and all of this bad not been repaired before the one on Tuesday afternoon did come more. Ur. Beaty stated that ?he patrons lu Anderson were very considerate and see m ed to ai prec?ate the situa tion the company was in whoo the etty is visited by frequent electrical storms, and for this he said he was ? very grateful. .?<.?: --o Tho storm on Tuusday afternoon ' JW! ?onie damage to tho -Southern ' Public Utilities Company'? wires und this was the eau??- of some of thc light and i<owor trouble which follow- ! pd. Tho Southern Power Company'? lines between here and Bcttou wer? put out of commission for a short Lime us ulso wires leading to and 'rom Abbeville and Greenwood. Satanet, the "Virginia Daredevil/', who hus thrilled 'thousands by climb lng the sides of high buildings, will .five a demonstrartflon lu re this oven- i mg at 7 ofclock when he will KO upi he walls of the Hotel Chiquola build-' lng, My fashion. He will make U?e' ascent by means of the rougli sur race of .the structure and promises toi : limb to the top of thc building Within i very few minutes. The public is expected to witness the exhibition and lt is expected that hundreds will slather on the plaza ai the appointed Jmo. Mr. tv. E. Barnett stated last night that approximately 1.1,000 square yards of asphalt surface were put town yesterday on West Market '.treet. Tho asphalt plant was run ning tine and everything was in good irder. Showers during the day hin dered the work a little at times but otherwise there was no room for om plaint. The crossing at the C. ^ W. C. rail way tracks has beeu lowered und this; norning the work of laying the con-' >-n-to basu down there v^.ll begin, rhe Southern Paving company will reach this point a,bout Saturday and t is thought that this work will be completed by that time. The people who have seen Uio fin ished work on West Whittier street are very proud of it and are real an xious to have thc entire street finish ed as soon as possible. The neighboring town of Greenwood las voted on a bond issue for $100. )00, by a lauge majority. Several ivoeks ago the mayor ol that city and ionic of tho other officials came to anderson to view Uie work herc and fated at the time tbajt the issue ot paving bonds would be voted on in :he near future Abbeville ls oxpect 3d to fall in line within a short time ind do like Anderson and Greenwood have done regarding Uris matter, i o \ special meeting of tho city coun c.l will be held tal*, morning,-a*. 9 u'clqck for the purpose of adopting ordinances providing for tho issuance of the paving certificates. -O ? '. Manager Plnkston stated ' yesterday Mint the vaudeville troupe which was duo to have appeared at the Palmetto '.his week had been located in North "arollna. It seems that after' getting charge of their baggage and enough money advanced for railroad fare to Ander son they decided they were tired of the road and wanted to quit. . They accordingly dis^unded and no doubt, like plenty of others at this time of the year, are taking a rest in tho mountains of North Carolina. A Foolish Accusation. (Columbia Record.) The Greenville Poidmont in the course of an editorial under the cap tion "The Law Unto Themselves." while discuss-ing the defense of the moonshtneor. the mob and others who tako the law Into their own hands, makes this observation: .The governor of the State is a man of high character, imbued wth unsel fish impulses, desirous 'of serving hts State. His heurt is touched nt the suffering he sees in thi State Institu tion. He feels he must relieve this by employing officers ot the greatest skill, to whom compensation greater than allowed by law muet be paid. It is true Che law forbids his doing so, and when ho does it, both he and lits appointees violate the law which each has sworn to maintain. He pleads "Humanity." He also is "a law unto himself." We must express our surprise. Surely the Piedmont did not bear the remarkable address of .Governor Man ning at Chick Spring? but n few weeks ago. There are good people in South Carolina who did not under stand the governor's action in the cane referred to and bad crttkise-l it. Among them were some'of his close CrienoS. But the statement by Governor Manning at Chick Springs cleared all doubts from the minds' of those who ?rere disposed to be fair. The Rec ord ?6 not a partisan, of Gov.Mannlng and occasionally we see' things for which we think he should be reproved. Not- that they are wrong, but because they are not politic. But when we think of the good that thia man is do ing for the State we-.cannot refrain from taking Issue with the Greenville Piedmont. No law has Governor Maiming broken. The State:of Sooth Caro lina .ias paid Dr. Williams no more than the nealary specified tn the act. Governor Manning knows lt would re 5 ul re no ordinary maa to reorganize, revivify and rehumanise ; the State hospital. DfT Williams waa not an applicant for thc piada. His private practice was paying bim more than lie ts now receiving. And in- glv'ng up that practice he removed :u>v#elt Crom bis profession, and wben In tue Don't Be Like Mr. Snap ! He always came *yeek after next for the special bargains offered week before last. Today (not tomorrow or day after tomorrow) is the BEST time for you to get here. $2.50 and $3 Men's Trousers now $1.75 3.50 and $3 Men's Trousers now 2.45 4.50 and $4 Men's Trousers now 2.95 5.00 Men's Trousers now 3.75 6.50 and $6 Men's Trousers now 4.45 $1.50 Manhattan Shirts now 1.50 Adjusto Shirts now 2.00 Manhattan Shirts how 3.50 Silk Manhattan Shirts 3.50 Silk Eclipse Shirts $1.15 1.15 1.50 2.65 2.65 By Mail Prepaid-Delivery Guaranteed i teoun k? of time bo may wish to return, j it will not be rcudily thal be will j pick up tile clientele that be threw away to come to the call of the State of South Carolina. And for what end? To be abused hy a great many people who conduct themselves as If they should be limier bis official care. . Tile Charleston Medical College pays lecturers, for about 9 months of easy work salaries ranging as high us $4,000 a y wir; there are numerous physicians in South Carolina earning more titan $10,000 a year. Railroads and other corporations in this State pay mere attorneys handsome salaries for looking ufter their business and protecting them from "ambulance cbasCr L" Governor manning, realiz ing the penuriousness of the Statte, which demands the best service of ber sons and gives but poor recom pense, called this young man to the colors-and Fred Williams is malting good. He will earn, has already earn- I cd, In paltry dollar ? and cents more by far than his salary, and he is start ing a revolution for the sake of bu- . man Hy, perhaps for the saving of souls as well as of bodies nud minds. And it was not the State's money which Governor Manning agreed to pay to Hr. Williams. It ls the per sonal fund of Richard I. Manning, ac cumulated through a life of common seine and business foresight combin ed with activity, honesty, fair dealing and clean living. He saw the wretch edness, the suffering, the degradation of the i nm ? es of the State hospital, and bis heart war wrung. Ho dctcr mini d that thoir sufferings should be alleviated if it wero within his power to accomplish it. U is a great straining of the Eng lish language to say that Gov. Man ning h.is broken the laws of (South Carolina in this instance, it this bo the measure by which his administra tion ls to be gauged, we think the peo ple of South Carolina should rise and short the Long Meter Doxology lu praise and thankfulness But there are other credits opposite his name. South Carolina will be a better State for Richard I. Manning Having been governor. Thc State Hospital will be a better inmitution for C. Fred Williams hav ing been superintendent. Tlie people of South Carolina will be u bottor people for showing more of humanity to tHe mentally detract ed who iiavc b i.n reatcd so ill, even as erindnais. Ko law has < rn broken. A lot of people are dov ppolnted because Gov ernor Manning is keeping campaign promises or striving manfully to do so .and becau&e the administration is making, good In real achievement, and that is about all there is In the case. ... . PARIS MOUNTAIN NEGRO KILLED BY LIGHTNING Greenville, Aug. 4.-Converse Tinsley, sn eighteen or twepty-year cld negro boy, was struck by lightn ing and Instantly killed yesterday- af ternoon about 3 o'clock on Paris Mountain. The Incident occurred at the borne ot. Mr. Thomas Davis, who was TlnBlcy's employer. Tinsley had just left the servant's quarters and had stepped on tho porch of Mr. Davis' residence when the fatal bolt struck him. DR. Pt ?TE AT TO PREACH Will FiU Pulpit at First Baptist Dur ing August. lt was announced yesterday that Dr. Edwin M. fotest would fill the pulpit, at the First Baptist .church during the monCi of August. br. Poteat is not s stranger in Anderson and the members of this church as well aa the people generally are con gratulating themselves on securing him to preach here this month. BsBSaBHt^BS^^BSBBBSv HIL PICNIC WAS A BIG SUCCESS \bout 2,00 People Were Peresent and Several Splendid Speeches Were Made. Tho Carswell reunion passed off very quietly yesterday and thc day was very 'enjoyable/ Sherill Ashley stated yesterday afternoon that the order was good'and that 'there was no show of any disturbance at any time. Strange to say, thc attendance was not half as large as it usually ls, only about between 1,500 and 2, D00 being present. Among the speakers before dinner were Messrs. E. Marion Rucker, A. H. Bagnall and Frairk Watkins. All of these delivered able and appro priate speeches which wore favorably received. Mr. W. P. Shaw was the speaker of the afternoon and for nearly an hour he entertained a large crowd with reminiscences of tin; war. He was a member of Company F and re viewed the history of the company and went over their battles, much to the delight of those present. The stand and seats were not large enough to accommodate all of the crowd and the others spent the day In regular picnic fashion. SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL GARDEN ASSOCIATION The South Carolina School Garden association was organized at Win throp College the last week of Sum mer School. This association is part of the national association; of which Mr. V. E. Kilpatrick of Now York is president. This national association has an association in nearly every state In the union. The next nation al meeting will be held at San Fran cisco, Cal.. August 18-20. The South Carolina Stats association will bo represented by its president, Prof. Chas. R. Weeks of Winthrop college. Prof. Weeks has a place on the pro gram August 20th. The object of this association is .to encourage school gardens, or what in most instances is better for South .Carolina, home gar dens supervised by the teacher. The object ls not only to encourage more' and better gardens but to vitalise the school work by connecting it with real outside wofk. Besides the pres ident, six vice president? were elect ed, representing ?I? *?etic-ns cf thc state; Miss Maggie Carlington, An-: derson, S. C.. Miss Julia Ford. Mc coll, 8. C., Miss Margaret Harrison, Duncan, S. C., Miss Stella Kittles, Garnett, S. C., Miss Annie Alford, Camden, S. C., Miss Elisabeth Hay. Edgewood, S. C., secretary, Miss Sida Morgan, Springfield, S. fi.: treasurer. MBss Corinne Blount, Gar nett, S. C. Anyone interested in the organiza tion of a garden association in lier school, and who would like the help and cooperation of others interested in the same work would do well te write to one of the vice presidents nearest them or the secretary or to the president at Winthrop college. It Ut the ambition of this association to sid in making or readapting garden bulletins suitable for the condltons of our schools and our condtloas. ?erj Hot ta Atlanta. Atlanta, Aug. 4.-Numerous - pros trations f/om th? beat were reported among the more closely populated dis tricts ot Atlanta yesterday afternoon sod this morning, bat there were no. deaths directly traceable to this cause. ATLANTA HAS MANY WEEK-END TRAGEDIES Lack of Refined Amusements for Working People Advanced as Possible Cause. Atlanta, Aug*. 4.-Tho fact that the week-end which has Just passed In Atlanta witnessed one murder, one suicide, aud two attempted suicides between Saturday -noon and Monday, . v morning, was aerred1 to^dlrect-atten tion to the peculiar fact that in this ? ti city such attempts occur much more frequently daring^ Saturday -afternoon aud Sunday ^tBau' al shy ?ether timo during the week-that', is among the class of people generally termed "working people." A number of Atlantians, and some of them prominent church people and social workers, have advurtced the theory, startling at fli-st blush that one of the causes of thc pl:onomona Ss the pitiful lack o? amusement fa cilities for working poople in Atlanta particularly over Sunday. "I wouldn't venture it as a posi tive statement, but I will say that I , believe it extremely likely tbht if At ' lauta had Sunday theatre!, .and Sun day movies and Sunday baseball, or some other wholesome forms of Sunday amusement at least two of the affairs which dccurrui during the past week-end might have been averted" said a prominent Atlantiau yesterday. ' . "People who have tho good fortune to be a little bettor off financially . ' and in a worldly wny have their country clubs ai:-.l other places to go , to on Sundays which aro shut to nine-tenths of the city's population. , e They can play golf, ahd sit sp, ibo terrace and sip their drinks and lis- -? ten to the music, or they can spend the tune riding over the hills and far X away in their automobil ??s . ' "They never stop to think what a pitiful problem ls presented to the averago Atlanta working girl, parti cularly when she- ls a good girl. All week long she tolls in the s'oro or , office, and when Sunday comes, the only time when she could enjoy a little relaxation and amusement, all places of clean amusement are clos ed to her. it is no wonder that, be ing idle and having no place to go, she sits down and begins to brood over her misfortunes, and sometimes when life seems too utterly forlorn ?Su weary ?he tries to end lt all. GREENVILLE'S NEW JAIL Will Be One of Finest In this Part'af ! ? Country-Beady Nov. 1st. I ?j Greenville, Aug. 4.-Joseph T. Lawrence, architect,"state dtoday that the new Jail building would be toady for occupancy about Nov. 1st. When this jail ls completed Greenville coun ty will have one of tba most up-to date and safest Jails to bo found in the country, lt being modern In ?very detail. The building is being made 'if hydraulic pressed brick and will ?>e trimmed with limestone. The roo)' will be of red Spanish tilo. It will be absolutely vermin and fireproof. ALABAMA HOUSE MAY IMPEACH SECY. OT STAT* Montgomery. Ala., -Aug. 1.-Thc hnus?, Judiciary committee fbls morn ing vtote* to recommend th? filing of articles of Impeachment against Sec retary of State Pnrlfoy. It is alleged thatxhe paid his opponent Jn the last election to withdraw, pnrlfoy. bsB held a stat? onie? since 18*0. SMHR^MBVHBBRHH