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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED I860. Published every morning except Monday by The Anderson Intelligen cer at 140 Weet Whltner Street, An- I j derson, S. C. HEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER | Published Tuesday? and Fridays L. M. GLENN_Editor and Manager Entered as second-class matter April 28, 1914, at tba post omeo at Anderson, South Carolina, under the Act or March 3, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Telephons .821 SUBSCRIPTION BATES DAILY One Year .95.00 Six Months .2.C0 Three Months .1.26 One Month.42 On? Week . .10 SEMI-WEEKLY Ons Year .$1.50 I Six Months .75| , __________ I The Intelligencer ls delivered by sarrlers In the city. Look at the printed label on youri paper. The date thereon shows when tho subscription expires. Notice date I on label carefully, and if not correct I please notify ns at once. Subscribers desiring the address of I their paper changed, will please state j tn their communication both the old | and new addresses. 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CIVILIZATION OCR DESTROYF*> Dispatches from tho war front pub lished this morning mention the I burning of 500 Austrian soldiers when Italian artillerymen set fir? to am munition trains, a We have become quite familiar with I press dispatches telling of the uso of ] ^poisonous gas bombs ntong thc bat tle front, develish contrivances which explode and fill tho atmosphere with deadly fumos th t turn their victims ! blue, black and green in tho taco and j destroy their lungs within a little j while. A iew days since dispatches stated il,?; a Gormwn report had boon Inter cepted In transit and that the mes sage told of steps having been taken to poison tho water used for drinking purposes, by tho enemy. Mongin ago wo read of a German squadron uncuklng through a fog to the English coast and shelling three] undefended towns, killing many wo :. children and aged men. Stories >of Zeppelin? raining down deadly] bomba upon the he da of helpless wo men and children have become com ' mon. Stories of atrocities committed by aoldlera of the several nations en gaged in tho inhuman war aro so numerous as to weary ono with tho reading of them. Some of thom are ?rely beyond human comprehen sion In tho completeness rf their j horror. V Great things this war ls bringing] to our ken. And yet all thone na - tlons Arc tho offspring of oar so callad? Christian civilisation. What| s the matter? . Has civilization prov en a dismal failure, and, after theso| thouswas of years ot travail to per fect it is the croaturo of our beget-1 .? Ung to turn upon us and rend us? A STINGING RE BUSS W-e people of the South are nat illy "thin skinned" and resont cri ticism emanating oven within our own ranks. Dut when criticism comes from another section ot the country, and partlculasly from our friends of tho north, lt does not set so well with us. And when thu criticism from "Yankee land" happons to be prompt ed hy an outbreak ot lawlessness ot a particular kind which ls common lu the South, namely, that of lynch ing negree?; v for the .."unspeakable Tim?," our ire ls aroused nd wt twill ll all the more. These thoughts are prompted b> in editorial in tue Chicago Tribune vhlch is OIK- of the most scath ng denunciations awl stinging rc Mikes wi: havk) seen anywhere. Th? tame was prompted hy a erlme com nilled in a Texas town a few dayl ilnco, when a mob of white men burn .d at the stake a negro who w i barged with an attack upon a whit? roman. Tho editorial follows: A terrible eranie in Temple, Tex., has Just been followed by one still more atrocious. Neither crime is a stranger to th(. district of the south lu which il WUK perpetrated. The first occurs in every part of the world. The second, a substitution <f burning hy a mob for execution arter fair trial and condemnation under thc law is one which does not occur among any noubar barous people except In the American South. This fact ls thc d rkest stain on the good name of America. It burns red across tbc world. Wherever nows travels, the hor ror of Temple, Tex., will be known, as the horror years ago ot l'a ris, Tex., was known. Tho murder or ruvlshlng of women Is an offense thut stirs emotions deeper, pe rh ps. thnn any other in our nuture. That Justice should follow swiftly und terrible IB right. Hut whut fol lowed in Temple and what bas followed too often In thc south, ls an offense more heinous, moro demoralizing and vicious In Its in fluence than that which lt was assumed to punish. Not only ls this true beyond debate, but lt is also true that since tho latter offense ls recur rent as well as the former, fhn guilt of lt, thc shame of lt, falls upon tho community which tol erates Ita repetition. Texas is disgraced by it, and the south and the t'nlted States. All Amer ica suffers from it, as any ono knows who has read or heard tho frequent roference to the of fenso in the foreign press, in books, in the mouths of mon and women fanions or'obscure. It ls ono ot tho outstanding phcnoi mena of American society, a re proach against our social intelli gence, our respect for law or Jus tice, our huinapityH*>ur self-con trol. Against Im? neble rhetoric of our leaders, the enlightenment of our aims, the reality of our In stitutions, this red blotch of un reasoning, and unrestrained ani malism flames, ominous and un escapable. How can Texas, a proud com monwealth, how can America, with any shadow of self-respect, permit this crime to go on as it hasr year hy year, until lt is ad vertised the world over as an American institution? Is Texan so unable to cope with tho dregs ot Its own people that lt must per mit this unspeakable thing to Blinnie her and America again and again? Is Texan unable or un willing to cope with lt by legis lation and by efficient police ad ministration? Other communities have in their caro subject or backwart races of classes!. I They do nol tolerate such outbreaks of th? abysmal brute. What has Texai done to protect her women bet ter and to protect herself better' What Is she going to do? A European of distinction rc cently remarked to an Americar traveler: "Is it possible thai these communities think less o the offense against your womer than of tho pieasuro ot the nun i8hn\ent? How OIBO can a elvi lizod people permit these burn lugs and lynchings to occur?" It was a terrible indictment How aro we to face lt? But more Important still, how are wi to face our own conscience, ou own self-respect, while th! "American institution" endures While we aro in no wiso defond ie South In this practice, it wo ? well for the Chicago Tribuno i ir other critics of the north to Ul that lt was only a few years ; tat an Illinois mob was guilty of Tense against a negro almost if s bad as that committed by ex ans. Wo do not recall the i se facts leading up to the trou nt wo believe that the negro ?ged In a duel with a pollcon Hied tho policeman and was li .it wounded. Tho negro was ts i a hospital and later a mob '?J awn tho doors of the institution ragged the negro from the ope lg table, taking him out to a ne? pot and burning bim. The a rested a race riot and for weeks immunity was in an uproar erce that, if we remember ar! ie state militia had to be called As we stated, we do not cite ?eldent in defense of the South, afore our Chicago critic lands ot JO severely he should hark ba? Tuple of years or so and review irribk happening tn hts own at f he bad done this, and hat? t >e United St tes at large the oi t his vltroilc attack, instead of BC Lion of it-?he south-his chun would have carried i eight with us. ?Put the Chicago critic ls tell inf ?nth, even though he does not wt the beam from his own eye, tere is no getting away the I [ what ho says. There ls no Boys' Knee Pant Suits The B-O-E sturdy school suits have long been a favorite with a majority of mothers; there's an almost unlimited assortment, serges and worsteds in abundance" now. $ 3.50 and $3 Boys' Suits Now. j . . .$2.45 $ 4.50 and $4 Boys' Suits Now.$2.95 t 5.00 Boys' Suits Now. . . . A .... .$3.75 $ 6.50 and $6 Boys' Suits Now. ; . . .$4.45 $ 7.50 and $7 Boys' Suits Now. I . . .$4.95 $ 9.00 and $8.50 Boys' Suits NAW. .$5.95 $10.00 Boys' Suits Now.[ . . .$7.45 $12.50 and $11 Boys' Suits Now). . 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And there was never a time when the shirt was so much in evidence as this season; you will be here after your share of these Manhattans we know, men are always keen for these sales, j " ??750^Marih?ttan Snirts Now. .$t.l6" $1.50 Adjusto ?Shirts Now.$1.15 $2.00 Manhattan Shirts Now. .$1.50 $3.50 Manhattan Shirts Now . .$2.65 $3.50 Eclipse Silk Shirts Now. .$2.65 Men's Oxfords Reduced And this reduction comes just at a time that you can most appreciate it old ones about gone, several months of oxford weather ahead and now comes a new pair to bridge pver the balance of this season and start you off comfortably next spring1: ~ ^'gre^g-OAfui as f^cTw-at-r:?TO ryvf&TO' $4.00 Oxfords Now at. . .7. . . .$3.25 $4.50 Oxfords Now at.$3.45 $5.00\0xfords Now at. . $3>75 $6.00^)xfords Now at. .$4.90 Parcel Post and Express Char ges Prepaid Delivery Guar anteed on all Mail Orders puting the f;ct that the lynching evil la on the tncrcaso Tima was when white men lyncb'.d negroes for hut one crime alone-that against wo man-but now they are lynched for a misdemeanor. That's not a mere opinion, a? statistics will show. What we are going to do about this frightful custom, we dont know. We do not believe that any law can bo fashioned that will prevent the fury of a community breaking loose, as it does when a negro raakrs an attack upon a white woman; for ni .'aw Is stronger than the sentiment of the community behind lt, and when an oc c arenco of this kind takes pl ce, the major portion of the community's sen timent is lu approval of the course taken, and your law is a mere "scrap of paper.** We know of but ono possible solu tion for the evtl, and that is our people must be educated up to the point where they will realize that mob vio lence does not stop crime; that when a mob takes the law info ita own hands the community is the real suf ferer and not the victim of the mob's passion; that the brute who is string ap and riddled with shot has nothing at stake but life, and that that ls worth but !**tl? to him; that the immunity has eyerythloc nt stake-its self ra spcct, its enllghtment. Its regard for law and Its conscience. Bat the process of education is necessarily a slow one, so we sap* pose that for yet quite a while we will havo to submit to the shame ot these outbreaks of barbarism when degenerate negroes shuck off the veneer ot civilization and turp again brutee like their ancestors ''of the Jungles. FIBING OF BEAVE?? There are some who lament tue (Sot that Police Chief Beaven of Atlanta has* been fired, after trial on charges of"msurbord lection, inefficiency, etc., and say that the good people' should withdraw, their patronage of the city snd turn it over to those who like "open towns." We know nothing of the merits of the Beavers case, nor do we know anything shout Beavers, except .that some years sgo he made a determined effort to wipe ont Atlanta restrict ed dfMtrlct es* clean up Ure city generally. His efforts wets successful in a measure. He succeeded tn wip ing out the restricted district Insofar sa lt was a fixed or established In stitution, but he did not run the lewd women out of town, but scattered them threvshout the hotels, rooming houses and In dwellings In the rear* dentlal sections ot the city. He suc ceeded partially in ridding the city of other forma of Tice. Tho view taken by some that At lanta is going to the dorhnitlon bow wows because of the an Boating of the police f?ffe^ who perhaps bad become something of a tyrant, is not sound It would be a sad state of affairs if the moral welfare of any city rated upon the shoulders of any one toan aa police chief. The sentiment ot a majority ot the people of Atienta -hi whst will deter mine that city's stand on the aueition of morality.. If a majority of thw peo ?;Je want those thugs which Beavers Stood for they will have them, regard less of whether Beavers is chief of the police. If the people of Atlanta disapprove ct the action of the com mission In firing Beavers, the com mission will he brought to a reckon lag by the people ?ltd they Wilt be replaced by the Kind of ms? who will give Atlanta sgwh those things which Beavers fought for. Says aa American member of the rjrelga Legion in France, descrlblng modern warfare: "Go aad dig a dttck .in your back yard, hire a guy to fire off a big cannon In ytm?v ear at fre quent intervals sind He tn your ditch for ten months, day sad night, rabi or c hine, ?nd youl! get the Maa. The Anderson panoro had better watch out. Neither may get its re ward if this thing keeps up.-Green wood Journal. "Virtue ls Its own re ward," end, us the Anderson papers hare virtue, they are not looking for rewards, brother. Judging by their actions, citizens Hayti must be of the bay eating of animals. re imagine the Eastland inquiry raising of the F-4 will be letod about the esme vim e. EXCURSIO TO WASHINGTON, RICHM ANDBALT" Tia PIEOMONT & NOR' SEABOARD AIR L Wednesday, August 1 Washington From Greenville. .. .212.0?. Anderson.12.00. Belton.12.00. Hone? Path. .. 1S.00. FARES D, NORFOLK RAILWAY .WAY 1915. fimond Baltimore .1144)0 . 14.00 . 14.00 . it ?M From all other station.? between Orwnvilie and O fares will apply as shown from Oeses ville. Tickets on sale for all trains Wednesday, August to midnight, August 2*th, ISIS. Buy your tickets via the P & N lino and connect st Oreen wood. The short route to Richmond aad 1 toa and Baltimore. Ail-steel electrically lighted A service unexcelled. Let us make your reservation f C. S. ALLSN cod sams round trip With ratant limit seabc #rd ttmdted route to Wasalng and dining ?ara. lo.Mar cg er, qresavslK 8*42.