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The Bulgarian king has gone Fin cetjean ono, better. -o Fer thc proofreader's sake lt ls to J be boped 'that war la the Balkans can he averted. lt Roosevelt should revise the na tional hymn, ho would begin, "My country, It ls met" A true noutral ls the bachelor who i sidesteps an Invitation to act as judge at a baby show. Missouri rlauds at the hoad In rais ing mules, WIBO old state! That's the only safo place to stand. . ' When Greeco calls her scattered sens to colors, the blind tigers colony in Charleston will have to call for re cruits. It's poor business to poke into other people's affairs-unless you are a lawyer. Thon, If you are on your jon. you get well paid for lt. Our idea of retributive justice is ?hen a roan gets hi the course of the plugged nickel be put in the Election plate the Sunday before. 'O' A man never knows how many| its he has until'he reads the con Utution, and he never knows howl ?W he has until ho tries to enjoy] tem. ! , j-'r --e Routh Carolina is a model marriage te, every^husbaod being strongly ttachod'to his wife. Ho Just simply ie to be. for there ls no legal way be detached. ', ??* ?i, American dollar will now buy more foreign money than at any time la our history. Bat what the poor consumer wants to know Is. Why won't lt buy more groceries and clothing? --o Old Aesop disguised the ass in the j foote with a Hon's akin, but the mod em college has hit^pon a cheaper awl more-practical plan. It accom "Ishes the same end with the aid ot pekin. Any boob trill give yon accurate In formation in the. art ot love-making wnd tell you just how to win a wife, but al {or marriage. Ebeneezer, you; belcher life you'll have to shift in gloriously for yourself. THE MIIADOW OK THE BUBttTANCK1 Th? Berry muddle In which Colum bia find? Itself bas stirred the good people of that eily to uctlon. What ever the rcBUlt of the Investigation may he, there in bound to be a bet ter moral and political atmosphere af ter it IB all over. But many people In Columbia and elsewhere arr- doubtless asking, "Why did ic happen?" Tho answer is easy enough. The forces cf evil in every city are always active and organized to per petuate i policy ot municipal govern ment that wit) give them tho largest men?ut'? of freedom to continue their violations of law, while tho forces of Mood wake up only now nnd then, win a victory or two, and calmly go back to sleep. Columbia's experiment in commis sion povernment has been of short duration. It has been long enough, however, to give thc new systm a fair trial, lhere is nothing wrong with I tho plan, an excellent one to be nure, I but thc delusion that many Columbia people fell lulu was a common one. They thought that commission gov ernment would cure all the Ula of thc body politic, ami. once having dis carded the tattered garment of old and donned the new with a great Ilourh h of fute und feathers, thoy set tled bsck Into a false security, think ing that all would go well in a kind of automatic fashion. As city management goes, Columbia bas been a well governed city. But the point we wish to make here ls that no city can set up a form nf government-commission, city man ager or any other '.ort-and expect to got the best results from tho mero form of lt. Bsck of any system Ile tho strength and character and hon esty of the men whom the people choose to administer the city's'- af fairs. Coed men will give good gov ern m ec?, under any system; and, con vente!/, bad men will give bad gov ernment r 1er any syBtem. lt ls i sad mistake to think tint commission government of Itself will protect a city. Those who look mere ly to tho shadow are bound to be pr?evnuMv disappointed; those who ooo hoyond tho shadow and regard Ihr substance of good government by electing the right -kind of men to of iico will get what they want because, os rotors, they aro always on tho job a bon election time comes and see to it that tho destructivo forces of their community aro kept in tho minority. V/'ether a city has commlsson gov ernment or not. it would do well to take to heart tho truth of Pope's oft quoted couplet: "For forms ot government let fools contest; That which is best administered 1B best." COLORED COTTON Tho cottou mills making print goods have suffered heavy financial losses on account of the war's inter ference with the shipment of dye stuffs, but, if tho experiments of A. W. Brabham of Olar, South Carolina, are successful, we may In future grow cotton of any natural color we desire. The production of cotton tinted by nature seems rather a revolutionary departure, but that it baa been done is an undisputed ?act. Chemical dyes aro Bald to be Injurious to the fabric ot cotton goods, and commercially lt is now -very hard to obtain dyestuffs in satisfactory quantities or of sat isfactory quality. There would be no danger of fading, of coarse, in the natural colors, and this is an advan tage also to be considered. Our Southern cotton ls all white, but In other parts ot the world where cotton in grown on a more or less limited seale lt ls of different tints. In Peru a cotton with a reddish lint ia grown; brown cotton la produced in Egypt, Peru and Hawaii; yellow cotton is grown in China, while India has a gray cotton. Down In Mexico thors is said to be a jetblack cotton, but this may be only a myth or a re flection of the darker political condi tions that prevail In the republic. Mr. Brabham claims that the dif ferent species wUl breed true to color jin whatever soil they may bo planted. Peculiarities of earth have nothing to do with the production of tinta. If ?the primary colors can be produced, 'then all-intermediate shades caa bs produced as well by cross-breeding. By breeding white sad red together, for Instance, a pink cotton would be produced, and so on with other shade? according to the fixed natural laws governing the blending of colors. The experiments being mads by Mr. Brabham have tho possibility of rev olutionising much ot the cotton manu facturing industry, and his work, if successful In a practical degree, may be aa Important as that accomplished by Lather Burbank- In other fields ot plant Ufa. SNOBS Did you ever walk down the street of a fine morning, in the free and easy manner of a plain, decent every day American citizen, and meet one of those fellows who looked down on yon with coldly arched eyebrow? and then bite off a frozen word or two au he passed IIIH greeting? You may have known bim UH intimately as one could since you played together at th? mud-pie stage of your childhood, and you know thut his demeanor toward you is in no wiso duo to the drubbing you gave him that day down by the "crick" when he insuited you with some supercilious remark about your folks. That. long, long ago, was sent by him to tho attie room of memory. Since you've grown up and attained the ago of pur?al discretion-no man ever reaches the full measure of lt, UH some wiseacres would have you believe-you've learned the plain, un varnlHhed truth. The poor fellow can no more change his manners or his opinion of others than a chame leon can regulato Iiis lines. You feel moro charitable, to him on that ac count, although you can't help a sneaking disposition to take hold of him and shake him as a terrier does a rat. He Is a rare bird-a Bnob-if you know what that means. You may be versed in the fine arts and skilled in ali tho selmces, and yet you may not really know what a snob is like un less you have seen one at CIOHO range ?-or unless you havo felt him-and then you'll never forget the type. A snob has no place in genuine Amorlcan ifc. Ile is an exotic, n hybrid creature, a cross between a mollycoddle and a run-to-seed aristo crat. Ile is a victim of old-world caste transplanted in a new-world democracy, whose spirit he can neither interprot nor appreciate Do you over. In a moment of weak ness induced by the applause of your frlet'ds for something unusual you have done, hnd yourself thinking that you are just a wee bit finer clay than other folks? Honestly now, do you? Well, if you have committed tho dead ly sin, you have set your foot in the path that lends straight to Snobland nnd you'd better revers? thc machin ery of your good common scr.se and take tho back track as rapidly as yon can before it ls everlastingly too late. Saint Paul had some very sensible things to say along this line, cau tioning every man "not to think more highly of himself than ho ought to I think," and so on In a vein ot rare wisdom and sound teaching and rich human experience. And th our own day Henry van Dyke more than any cue el?e has voiced the spirit of true Americanism when he said that "de mocracy means not that I am as good, as you ore, but that you are as good as I am." Remember that a snob, unlike a poet, can be uade by training and en vironment But, like the poet, ho ls usually born to hts fate. Turn the searchlight of truth Into your own life and see what the dark places will reveal. If you can stand up. honest ly and sincerely, with Paul or with van Dyke, you can cheerfully dismiss from your mind all fear about your self. You're no snob, bless your soul, and you havant a taint of the breed In you. THE ARMENIAN TRACI EDY In times gone by the atrocious Turk used to fall with fire and sword upon the peaceful Armenian and slay and pillage until a horrified world stayed hts bloody hand. The burning ambi tion In the heart of the Turk haa been extirpate the Armenian nation and thus wipe from Its bordera every remnant of Christianity. Hie present war hss (Ivon to the Turk the long desired opportunity to gratify his religious hatred. In tho name of Allrh his hand has been free to strike, ano there has been none to Intervene between him and his vic tim either with bayonet and bomb or with the peaceful weapons of civili zation. Turkey in all probability will he made to walk Ute plank of dismem bered snd disrupted nations after the war ls over, but In any event abe will have to her credit--or rather to her discredit-the satisfaction ot having sent the Christian Armenians on the long Journey that beams with death. It ls a grim and savage story. Tho Turks bars been frank enough to ad mit that the Armenian persecution la the first step In their plu to drive Christianity from the empire. Next will come the Greeks, the Jaws, and lastly the Amorican missionaries. "Turkey for the Turka" ls the nation al cry. Since tMay more than 360,000 Ar menians have been slaughtered or have died from starvation. The rem nant ls dwindling avery day. Some have gone Into un exile which munt end In starvation ca the desert or In a worse fate at thu bands of nomadic tribe? of Moslem?, and ali must face death eventually in some form or other unless tho policy of the Turkish government ls modified or changed ? completely. There is but ono power that can Bave the Armenians. Germany can hold tlie Turkish government lu check if she will, und it is to her national conscience that a helpless world | stands by and appeals. Dut will a national conscience that applauded the sinking of thc Lusitania be keen enough to appreciate the plight of tho Armenians? It looks like a hopeless case. A LINE o' DOPE Weather Forecast-Local rains TMrsday; Friday partly uloudy. Supt. J. II. Felton yesterday an nounced that Dr. John E. White would address thc meeting of tho County Yoachors association which is to hoi held on Saturday at noon. o The Piedmont and Northern will today make announcements in regard to special excursion rntee from Greenwood, .Spartanburg and Green ville on account of the Clemson Aubum football gamo which Is to be played in Anderson on October 16. These ratcB may bo good from Friday through Sunday, or rather week-end rates. -b It was not convenient to have the meeting of the committees which are to seo about plann for thc Clemson Auburn footbanl gamo last night and tho meeting was postponed. It is thougla that it will be held tills oven Ing. o Judge Ernest Moore will be the guest of honor at a dinner this even ing which will be served at the Elks club and which will bo.given by the members of the .4 -dorson County Bar association. This is a regular ovent during tito terms of thc court of com mon pleas. Tho committee in charge of tho affair consists of Messrs. K. P. Smith, T. P. Dickson and M. L. Bon l.Um. -o ??? . Col. Camufbcll, who lives a few ?miles cant of thu city, ls preparing to make a quite unique exhibit for Mr. I 8. M. Byars to take to the state fair in Columbia. Mr. Campbell la plan ning to build a little cabin out of ears of corn. He states that he intends to mako lt complete In every detail and ; Intends to win a prize with it. Mr. Byars in speaking of Mr. Camp bell's corn stated that he had some I with the largest ears he had Been this ?year. He will get about a dozen of these to take to the fair with him I among other exhibits. 'Mr. Byars is I anxious to get up a good display ot prolucts and will be glad to receive any contributions. i o Aa tho result of a touriBt running over and killing a cow with his uuto , mobilo lh Georgia, and also for break ing the spied limit In Elberton, Ga , he waa accosted by the police when ho reached this city and lt cost him exactly $35 before he got out ot town, $25 for the cow and $10 for breaking \ the speed law. The wires Were put Into UBS and telegrams' from the [ points ia Georgia informed the local police to aee the tourist.' Upon ar riving lu Anderson Officer Brown held up the driver of the car and extracted $35 according to instructions. The bad weather of the past few days has greatly Inconvenienced tho paving crows in the city and have caused them to be delayed with their work. Tbs weather forecasts predict cooler and1 fair weather and ? it is hoped that this will be the ease. Win ter is now coming on and the contrac tors are very anxious to go right] ahead with their work. -o Mr. Joe Galley of Iva was a busi ness .visitor In the city yesterday and stated that he never remembered see ing the tannera being In such a hurry to get their cotton crop gathered. He stated that In some placea nearly ali of the totten waa picked and that the crop was going to be ?hort. Mr. Galley was also proud of the rains] ?*fu b? Si?i?u ??iai fail iufSip? WS? now growing some. Mr. Martin Seltgman, the capable window trimmer and display artist at tho'Lessor company baa dona himself proud thia weak. Upon entering tho lad tea dress goot? side of the tv. store, if you will glace np toward f.e calling above tho dress goods section, yon will behold a very 'aeai and at tractive display of blaser coats, in faut B wool sweaters, bootees, baby dresses und baby cap?, sud infant cloaks, also silk sweaters for ladles and silk petticoats, together with some very pretty muslin underwear, 'bose goods are displayed in a very unusually clever manner; they are pinned to, or fastened to S(|uaro pieces of heavy card board, so that each piece of merchandise that is on dis play stands out tn bold relief. It is a very clever piece of work, and well worth seeing. -o Several penny scales have boen placed over the streets of the city and these arc causing unfavorable comment. Mayor Godfrey slated at the meeting of city council on Tues day afternoon that these scales would bavo to be moved and that be had SQ instructed thc man who bad them put up. Judge and Victim in Russian Munitions Row ^^^^^^ ^ t_ I ^w^HSaPISI fi SBL^SF*^ '^S* ? ? i^H^?s . *.'v " * < W\ HHl?*^\? '*' ' ' r . Bl General Nicholas Petroff. Ex-War Minister SoukhomllnofT. The loss of Warsaw and d?llela by tho Russians, duo, all experts in sist to the lack of munitions of wa by tlhe Russian armies, has resulted In a scandal which is tn bc aired at n military trial. In great liri tn in the lack of munitions, which bas caused the loss of thousands of British sol diers at tho front, has had no such re sult. General NicT.'.olrs Petroff has been appointed president of the superior court to try the high military officials who failed to Bupply the army. For mer Minister of War SoukbomiHnoT will bc one of tho first lo bo. tried by the court. He has been chiefly blamed for th'j failure %to equip thc army propel ly. Retain Sager Turi ti. Wa. ngton. Oct. 6.-Because of war conditions the administration will ask congress to retain the sugar tariff and emergency tax law, Sccre? tary McAdoo announced tonight. John 1). Jr., Inspertlng Ames. Son F.iise, Wyoming, Oct. C.-John D. Rockefeller, Jr., arrived, here to day to Inspect the Sun Rise iron mme of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com pany. Game Wardell For Hampton. Columbia, Oct. 6.-Governor Man ning has appointed J. K. Un;neon of Gifford in Hampton county as a game warden. J ' Cast Reside the Water. A lady whjp lives at Oyster bay, on going to her front door the other morning was startled to find a burly policeman preparing to ring, relates The New York Kvoning Post. "What do you wont?" she asked. "I'm sorry marm, but there's been a man committed suicide down there on the shore." "Oh, horrible!" broke In the lady, trembling. "And Tm mighty sorry to tell you that the coat he left behind him has your diusband's name in lt.* "Oh, oh!" shrieked tho lauy, and promptly fainted. But her Irish maid, who had a good head on her shoulders, even beofre she tried resuscitation called up her master's town office, and get ffie re assuring news that he was there safe and sound and doing business as usual. . And the lady speedily . recovered from her swoon. "It's had ono good effect," the hus band remarked later: "Jane doesn't give away my nice, comfortable old clothes quite as freely aa she used too." - j "Yes, I do," quoth Jane, "only I cut ! the name out ot the lining first.' Sanitary Precautions. "Hey. Moiks, and nhwat do you fink of these new sanitary drinking cupsr* ?'Sure, Pat and soon well have to seit on bur hands wi& an eye-drap per!"-Gargoyle. Longtf oreman (after protracted conversation )-Be yon one o' they G-armans, turf Visitor-Good gracious, no! Why?' Longshoreman-Well. you 'nant I asked If I wor thirsty 1-?London I Punch. Men who come here "just to look" are as welcome as those who come to buy; one usually leads to the other; but look all you want to and buy when you get ready. The values are famous; we mean to exceed your money's worth. Here are specially designed suits for men; models for young men; styles for "prep" and high school youngsters; clothes that in every instance stand supreme. #10, $15, $18, $20, $25, Complete showing of rainproof coats; rubberized, mackintosk, do?ble-texture, plain rubber fac ed;.lengths from extra short to extreme lengths. $5, $6, $7.50, $10, $15. Cravenetted Overcoats, $10 up. Water-resisting, comfort-bring ing,, taste reflecting shoes, $3.50, $4, $4.50, $5, $6.50. "The Sion with m Conda** MYSTERY SURROUNDS GREENVILLE MURDER Young White Woman Dead From Wounds-Three Held for the Killing. Greenville, Oct. 6.-An unfathomed j mystery'Rur rounds the strange cir cumstances in the Anding of the dead body et a young white woman known as^Minnie^ Brookshire, who, the coro ner's 'rory wa?- yesterdaj^t?ld stag gered Monday night interine home of Mrs. Lizzie' Pruitt, pear Lima, and six ? hours later died from a horrible wound in her side inflicted with a shot gun. Mrs. Pruitt her 20-year- ? old son, John, and Charlie Tapp, the j only occupants of the Pruitt home ; who seemed to know, anything of tho , tragedy, were brought to Greenville last night and lodged in Jail in face of the verdict of the coroners jury, which held thc young woman came to her death from wounds inflicted by a shot gun at the bands of the named persons. The accused protest their innocence, and insist that the woman declared on her death bed that, she had accidentally Bhot herself. The tragedy, which became known ' early yesterday morning in Cleve land township, fairly startled that community. Magistrate J. H. Cleve land, open' whose place the Pruitts live, despatched his constable, B. F. Couch, to tho scene. A.. sedulous search was instituted for tire facts in the case,-end as the investigation pro ceeded, circumstances grew sensa tional, but continued to mystify the authorities. I?osJgiiailon Necessary. London, Oct. 6.-A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Athens says Voeixelos in an Interview de clared the retaliation of the cabinet Monday inevitable because of the im possibility of rcconsitirfg tho pre mier';; iritcrprctatica ot Greece's treaty obligations toward Serbia, with the king's opinion on the Sub ject. H o formation of a coalition cabinet ls considered probablo, the dispatch adds. Athens, Oct. C.-After a confer ence with Kin? Constantine, premier Venizaloe returned ?to th? chamber or deputies and made ? statement ot the causes of disagreement, efl thea an nounced tho resignation of the entire cabinet. Sittings of the chamber.were euspended. U. S. WOULD USE ALL WIRELESS DURING WAR Commercial and Amateur Sta tions to Be Organized for Emergencies. Washington, Oct. 6.-AU commer cial and amateur wireless stattom: in tho United States are Boon to be or ganized by tlie navy department for immediate use in case of emergency by tho intelligence bureau of the navy dopartment. In the event of war, op erators all along the coast Unes will be instructed to listen in on any radio conversation within range ot.tho'.r in struments, the Intercepted message to he promptly reported to.the navy de partment. Arrangements will bc mad? by thc state, war and navy building here so that tho chief nf the navy op erations will he In close touch with all points In thc event of trouble. Wireless io being installed in the building. UK ST HOY KR REACHES TORT* INJURER MEN WILL RECOVER Now Port, IL L, Oct 6.-The de stroyer Cummings with two"' men burned In the explosion and fire at aea yesterday arrived here early .to day. Thc men were taken to tho na val hospital and will recover. ? The destroyer was slightly damaged hy an explosion of Cuel oil. Thc Hoot "which, put into Naragahsctt bay as ? part ot the defensive operations of the,-; war gamo sailed,during the night. ThHeetrlelans Strike Cronin?. Schnestady, N. Y., Oct. 6.^-The union workers in tho Lynn and.'Pitts field. Meseachusets and (ha Kort Wayne- Induna, plants of thc General Electric company may join tho ,,ton thousand strikers at the local plant tn thc demand tor an sight hour day. labor leaders reported, lt ls esti mated that sixty thousand men aro employed in the four plants. Luxembourg Eaters Proteol. Berlin, Oct. 6.-(Wireless*-Th? Overseas agency says . thq . grand duchy of Luxembourg has protested to the entente alliua against (ho re cent aeroplane attack on the pity.ot luxembourg. r Geiafeerg** Potato Chips Frosh, land Crisp Daily, Phone No. 733*