THE INTELLIGENCER frrfABLIBHKD IHM. Published every morn lag except Monday by The Anderson Intelligen ter at 140 Went Whitaer Street, An derson. 8. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays lt. M. GLENN....Editor and Manager Entered as second-class matter April 28. 1914, at the post office at Anderson, South Carolina, under the Act of March i, 187?. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Telephone .....881 SUBSCRIPTION S4T?8 DAILY One Tear .88.00 Six Mouth* .8.60 Three Month* .^.1.25 One Month.48 On* Week. JLO 5 -WEEKLY On* Tear.81.80 Kz Months. .78 The Intelligencer la delivered by ?arri?re In the city. Look at the printed I***i on year paper. The (kite thereon shows whan the subscription expires. Notice date or. label carefully, and If not correct please notify us at ones. Subscribers desiring the addresa ot their paper changed, will please state in their communication both the old and new addresses. 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Poor littlo Sorb?a 1b the under dog of war. -o - ?bst?somewhere south of the Alps one Italian army. -o Andoraon county has boon raising cane this year. Tho output of 'las ses Is a record breaker. -o Japan cannot furnish Russia with all the shells'sho wants. Once upon a timo tho supply was vastly in ox ocsa of tho domande. It tho Invasion doesn't soon stop, tho reichstes may yet be compelled to pase a law against tho immigra tion of Russian prisoners. The State Fair will ba the best over this - year, they say, but the political slates manufactured there will not be used for public bulletin boards. o ?. Anxious young ladles should be in their seats promptly on timo this morning whun the mlnistor gives out the hymns. They might get ono. Th? Colone! i? mtsislng a mighty good chance to redeem himself. While the war Is raging in the East, he should renew hit. campaign for sim plified spelling. Colurr.bla Ms been gainfully silent here lately in regard to the state of cliy government in Charleston. Please apply to the man in the glass bouse, for the reason why. -c? This d?finition ot alibi from an old darkey beata the law books all hol low: "An alibi is swearin' you was at do prayer mee tin' where ycu wusn't in order to proye you wuan't at de crap game where you wus." -0-> We've had enough of tho Mexican bluff. But we need a little starna To end in ? puff this silly stuff So here's to old Carras ta! On second thought, se freely ad mit that this fa Villa-nous, but we im plore you, gentle reader, to suspend judgment ar.d to treat the verselet as you wouli a little lady. If you can't Zapata fondly on the hack, please dont raise a rough house and Huerta too much. SO EMCA Tbc editor sat io his uneasy chair and tried hard to reconcile the con flicting war stories screeching from tho pages of lifty-seven varieties of dally itownpapcrs, all of o deep yel low tint. Ah near an he could figuro it out, 9.97G.323 men had been killed and wounded in the last great battle, and the horror of it was teariug his tingling n?rvea to tatters. In Iii? lieep distress tho poor man ('.rank deeply of a sleep-producing cup, sweetly thinking that the vision of war could not follow li'.m into the peuecful realm of dreams. How weury he was, and how ourncstly he wanted to escupe for a few minut?e it no inon1' Hut before ho had been sawing wood for sixty neconds, a grim spec ter, with flowing white beard and piercing eye?, stepped out .'f nowhere and stood before him. "I am the alchemist," explained tho ! pector in a hollow voice, "who, for sixty centuries, has been engaged in analyzing the human emotions that underlie the battes of the world. Would you liko to know what war really Is?" Tho editor's Hps quivered In an ef fort to protest. . "I am busy with my analyste of the present war" the terrible old roan continued with a sad shako of his head. "It's a pity^* I didn't moot you fifteen montile ago, for then you could have gane away in a more char itablo frame of mind. Tho result to dato is s? 'eral degrees worse than It was at tho close of the last bloody struggle. Now, listen!" The strange man pulled a lever. ?nd a huge 'orne old and rusty and bi vn, slowly opened before him. He ad justed his glasses and read from the great book in a voice that thrilled tho editor and horrified him by turns with its savage tone of intensity?that startled him beyond power of speech by Its cold mathematical precision. "Suffering and sacrifico of Inno cent women and children; wanton slaughter of men whose lives ought to have been dovoted to the useful pur suits of peace; ruthless destruction of property; ambition, or lovo of fame and power; groed for gold, sometimes dignified under the term conquest; poverty; disease; pestilence; famine; Ignorance, vice; false pride, or sup posed wounded national honor; race prejudice; military glory; oppression of the poor; an endless burden of taxes?' ' Ho stopped and closed the book abruptly. "Enough! That, sir, is what war 1b made of, If my analysis of tho record from the fall of Adam to this year of disgrace is correct." Hastily tho editor footed up tho totals. "There must be somo mis take," ho suggosted timidly. "The total per c?nteges run up to only 99.9?." "Tho other elements are negligible quantities," tho specter explained. "They are hardly worth considering." "What for example, I pray you?" "Well, among them Is lovo of hu manity," he sighed, as he swung the huge volume back into placo. Just then Bome one seised the oditur and shook him till bis bones rattled. "Wake upt Wako up!" voices around him shrlllod excitedly. "An other battle's comln' in?a nuro crough whopper this time!" Thon tho editor know that, awako or nslccp. there coni*1 be no csuipo. Always it was war?war?WAR! And ho resigned his job just In time tu save himself from a padded cell Moral: Quit thinking about the war. You've got troubles enough at homo without having to borrow any from Europe. WHERE HOES CRIME BEGIN I A criminal Is a person who is re sponsible for crime, not necessarily one who baa been convicted In court and has suffered the prescribed pen alty of a broken law. Crime, though terribly realistic it may be in Us out ward manifestations, of violence and moral turpitude, is yet a subtle and elusive thing when reduced to the cMysis of cause and effect Where does crime begin? Is its origin al ways In the victim? The proportion of the human race that is inherently bad is infinitesimal. It is the aggregate of the small sins of society that canses more men and women to go wrong than fall as a re sult of Its glaring and forbid ?lng Isp ees from the moral law. A; some point or other In one's moral arma ment?at a time when the tide of re sistance is at low ebb?one or more of these little foxes of character may Inflict a deadly bite and set up an in fection that poisons the whole sys tem. There Is a multitude of things, big an 1 little, extending In ever varying ratifications Into all phases of life?condoned by society's stand ards as not particularly harmful la themselves?that surely undermine character and start the victim on the highway of low living and eventual crime. What, then, is a criminal? Is he not a person who st?nde as the proxi mate cause of crime, who seta in mo tion a train of circumstances that lead Inevitably to a logical result? The man in stripes may be the least guilty of all. lie must bear ills just share of the dishonor, but often he Is mere ly the dastardly agent of execution and not the principal who originated ie act. man, normally decent and a re mporter of the law. may be turned into a raving maniac by a drink of mean whiskey or by cocaine. A lurking weakness, easily controlled when mind and body are in their natural state, may be transformed into u frenzied and destructive passion. En roled by his awful crime, an unrea H. -ing and desperate public may take il r law Into their own hands and britig to -,' ' the majesty and su oi emucy of the courts of Justice. A thoiipand men by this one act may be come murderers, almost without ex ception unmolested and unstained in the eyes of their friends and sym pathizers. Who, think you, is the greatest criminal of them all? What about the man who sold the whiskey or cocaine in violation of law and thus committed the first act in the chain of lawless event -? It takes no chemist of human motives and emotions and responsibilities to determine the quan tum of guilt each unit in the tragedy has to boar. Some day an awakened public con fi '-nee will solve the problem justly. It is a big, throbbing, vital question, and in its application to human so ciety and Its unavoidable responsi bilities it is as puzzling to the mind o' the just and lightsoeking citizen .is the one propounded by Pilate ir. rly two thousand years ago. FIMES THAT NEVER GO OUT History records many strange ex amples of fires that are kept burning for long periods of time. The best known Instances aro those of pagan people who keep up perpetual fires as a religious rite. The "flve of ven geance," a custom of the vendetta in Sicily, is of a wholly different kind. I.i the Arctic regions fires are kept l.ur: ing sometimes for years upon the ' iiglc ground of utility. The oldest known fire In the world is that In a 'Buddhist temple near Bangkok, Slam, whicb has been burn ing without interruption for two cen turies. It is a religious rite. A priest Is always on guard to watch the sacr ed (flame. Every four years a new flame is kindled, but chls Is always lighted in the great brazier from, a brand of the old the. The life of a Grand Vizier in Per sia was onco saved by a Parsec trader, who discovered and exposed a plot to kill the royal official. In spite of tho fact that the Persiane aro Mohammedans and hold In contempt the fire-worshippers, a single flame has been kept burning continuously for seventy yean in honor of the humble trader. In inhabited lands within tho Arctic clr?lo flres have been known to burn for years. This, however, is not bo much a custom as It is a aimplo prac tice based on reasons of convenience because of tho scarcity of wood or kindling to produce Ignition Oil is tho maiu fuel of tho people of tho shows. In .Sicily It ime long been the cus tom of the vendetta to maintain the "fire of vengeance" until one's enemy hoc been slain. The criminal rec ords of that fiery island are full of Instances of.flres that woro kopt up for years until death overtook the un fortunate vict'm whose life had been marked for j^tructlon. , A NEW FUEL SUPPLY Scientists are not altogether in ac cord as to the extent and duration of the coal fields of the United SUtes, and often a solemn naming Is raised tnnt some day this vital fuel resource of our country may be exhausted. There Is, however, a promising sub stitute for cosi that has been general ly overlooked by the ..bile. This is peat. Peat Is a low-grade fuel, of more recent sad Imperfect vegetable origin than coal, and in Its natural states contabas but ten per cent of solid mat ter and ninety per cent of water. A practical difficulty In its ready, utili zation is encountered for this rea son, but scientific methods of prepar ing it for market by compression of tho crude pest into dried bricks for transportation and storage Is over coming this objection to ita commer cial exploitation. As coal Increases tn price, peat will doubtless come in to the prominence It deserves as a fuel supply In this country. .. In Europe peat has been fc:. nse for ages. Indeed, many of the old Latin writers during period of Caesar's invasions In northern Europe speak of the wonderful practice of the peo ple in the low countries of cutting tbc soggy blocks, drying them in the son uud open air and then using them for fuel. For centuries, since the inde terminate time when the forest? dis appeared, it has been the mainstay o the population of Ireland*- who uso l almost exclusively for lires. This re source of the Emerald Isle is worth to the inhabitants more than $30,000. 000 a year, an item that might well drain the struggling island beyond the limit of endurance if it had to buy its coal supply from the continent In Germany, Russia, Holland, and parts of France and Austria, peat has been ueed for ages by the pease, try. Large scattered areas o? peat are found in the Unfted States, especial ly In the northern tier of states in the latitude of New York. There r..'o also rich beds along the low Atlantic coast states, in Florida, Texas, and along tho Pacific coastal region. Experts have estimated that the peat beds of the United States cover in all about 11,000 square miles, with i/.n aggre gate supply of thirteen bilifon tons. When properly prepared for market it ought to bring around three dollars a ton, or a total of nearly forty bil lion dollars! Like coal, peat produces a number of valuable by-products. From it are obtained ammonia, tanning materials, brown dyes, etc, and experiments are under way looking to Its use as a source of alcohol and - fertilizers. Taken all in all, it le a most valuable, though neglected, resource Of the nat ural wealth of the United States and is hound to play an important part In the country's future progress and de velopment. * SOME INTERESTING FIGURES Brig. Gen. Francis Vlnton Greene. U. S. A. retired, gave some interesting figures regarding the European war in address delivered a few nights ago in New York. General Greene is an honor graduate of West Point of the class of 1870, and the author of many ctandard works on military history. He gave his hearers the benefit of what ho called an "intelligent guess" as to the casualties'of the war and submitted a table Showing the in crease of tho national indebtedness of the European belligerents. The in crease over 1914 .approximately is I $10,000.000.000. How much of this is war debt, of course, is problematical. The combined wealth of the Allies Is estimated at $204,000.000,000, while that of tho Teutonic Allies, with Tur key Included, is estimated at $108, 000,000,000. General Greene also discussed the changes in the art of warfare that bave mado the great struggle not only tho most frightful but also the most interesting from a military point of view, of any .war in history. Inci dentally the speaker Indicated -what Lin his own opinion Is required to make adequato the national-defense of the United States. In tho present deeado he said there had occurred more important changes in the art of warfare than in the pre vious fifty years, and in those fifty years more than in the five preceeding centuries; in other words, since the first use of gunpowder in warfare. What these changea in tho art of warfare mean is learned by a study of the tables of casualties, financial expenditures, etc., compiled by Gen eral Greene. One of these gives tho population, based on efflcial figures, of the various countries concerned in the war. Thine figures are taken from offictrd reports. Summarized, they show that ofi the'-Side, of the Al lies there ere in Europe ??, , people as compared with 122,200,000 population of the Teutonic nations and their ally, Turkey. The colonies of the Allies have a population or 472,500,000 people as compared with 52,800,000 In the colonies that now or did belong to Germany, Austria, and Turkey The total ' population upon which the Allies can draw Is 739.000, 000 as compared with 155,000.000 who owe allegiance to Emparer William, Frans oself, or the Sultan. L I 1 o' DQp>E ? ^Weatb^r'F^ eo?l Sunday; Monday slightly warm er and fair except .unsettled on boast. ' .'-4k?KuT ^-'- ?'? --O Anderson must be !r-. toi in the ease. Miss Bessoie, (mean ing Mrs. MeCaHa) came out anu -a??*- i ed what was the matter. I hear Mr. Jones say, "nothing except I've shot Uncle t?arry." Mr. Jones went on ho"oe. Ma and Jim and Elli Bee Asbury and Mose Me Gown and Lee Jones were there. his Rube X Harris, mark EUi Bee Ashury. Elli Bee Asbury, sworn, said: I was ia the house, where I had gone after some envelopes. I had Just left Dr. McCalla and had gone io th?> house. I heard two shots. I saw Mr. Jones when he came. Dr. McCalla waa In | the automobile house when Mr. Jonea came. They .were talking Justj before I left. went straight to the house for the envelopes. They were not mad at ca?h other In the auto house. I stood there, (meaning at There's no such thin, B-O-E customer, if we c There may be some dissatisfied; that they are not unsatisfied; ai the lengths we will go to be sun Many men think they're hard t slender men, short, "stocky" f here they have an idea that it ca If you're one of them, we'll sui and ability to fit you well; and \ sides. And you'll pay $10, $1 HATS FOR SMART DRESSERS Hats with a smartness that easily places them in a su preme position in hatdom. Styles and colors as varied as men's faces. Prices that suit all, $2, $3, S3.SO, $4, $5. The Sto tho kitchen door) and waited for tfjo envelopes. I came on out^eMnd Miss Bcsslo and heard Mr. Jones say that nothing was the matter oxcept he had shot Uncle Larry- Mr. Jones went on home. There were two hands In Che barn and two, four of here. EHI B. Asbury by bin mark. Mr. . II. Sexton. Mr. M. H. Sexton, being duly sworn testified: I got here at about 10 o'clock. Dr. McCalla was lying .rbrlit where he Is now, on the little cot insifio the garage. I examined tho ground and found blood on tho ground. Mr. Todd scrapedd this blood away and Mr. Sanders scrap ed about with a stick and found a bullet and a piece of the skull. The bullet was about a .45 It was an inca or two in the ground just under tho blood in front of the door. M. H. Sexton. J. Olin Sanders, being sworn Bald: I got here about 10 o'clock and I examined the sround where the blood emine wore. Mr. Todd scraped back the blood with a boo and I found tho bullet and tho piece Oi skull. I ex amined the clothes of tC-.e dead man but found no capon. His satchel containing hie pistol was in a buggy. I arrested Mr. Jones. He surrender ed to me a pistol with two of the cartridges exploded. The buggy was about 40 fcot from tho garage J. Olin Sanders. The Physicians. Drs. J. N. Land and J. R. Young, duly sworn, said: I examined the dead body of Dr. L. O. MCAUa and found the following: (1) pistol wound entering body in front two and 1-2 lochos to rig>..t of the median !!mj of body, immediately below right costal arch, ranging slightly up to left, pass ing through left lobe of liver and above mach and completely sever ing aorta at level c? junction of seventh and eighth /"jrsal vertebrae and loosing in muscics to loft of back bone. (2) Also bullet wound of bead, entering Just above right eyebrow and coming out back of head on rlgl it side. Wound of entry showed powder burns on face. Either of above wounds were sufficient to havo caus ed death. Tho examination of the body was made at the home of Dr. L. O. McCalla, in Anderson county. J. It. Young, M. D. ,J. N: Land, M. D. Tho tragedy caused deep consterna tion In tho little town of Starr. No ?-?-? ;i;cn in t!*;t section of ths cowut" are better known than Dr. McCu.Ha and Mr. Jones. The former has been a resident of Starr ever since he married Mrs. Bessie Allen, welch was in December, 1908. Tho former .v.as been living at Starr ?11 his life and had always spent a great part of his time with his aunt, Mrs. L. C. Mc Calia. Mr. Jones' home is situated Just a short distance from the beau tiful MteCaMa mansion and the two families have Always been rery inti mste. Not only did the affair awak en the people of Starr, however, bnt the entire country. People began to' gather soon from all directions try ing to learn what had caused the shooting. It was the general impres sion that both parties were on the best of terms wid everyone was surpris ed to hear of the trsgedy. Myw'erjr Sarrounrts Tragedy It appears Chat the coroner's In quest solved the how of tbe shooting to a great extent, but tho reason for the act Is unknown. Varied rumors were afloat yesterday morning bat investigation proved that r.one sf these were based on facts. Fcr-_i.au In the house of both parties were questioned closely, but acne revealed any thing tV.at would tend to shed light on the affair. Mr. Jones refuses t? make a statement beyond thr t he did the shooting and that ho has nothing further to give out. No weapons were found, in the dead man's pockets. The deputy sheriff found in Dr. McCalla's buggy a satchel contatale? a pistol, which was loaded, a bottle uf whiskey with the g as an unsatisfied :an help it. but in the.end we try to see id there's hardly any end to e of your satisfaction. o fit, stout men, very tall, igures; and until they come m't be done in ready clothes. prise you with our readiness ve'll give you smart style be 5, $18, $20, $25. FASHION FOOTWEAR As important as arc new shoes to any man's well dressing is this showing here of ours to you. They are far out of the ordinary in value, style and comfort. $3.50, $4, $4.50, $5, S6.50 re 'jjiih a Conscience" seal unbroken, and a few other email articles. Residents of Starr state that Dr. McCalla was down town just before the shooting and appeared In t .e best of humor. It appears that both men were perfectly sober. Dr. McCalla with his family were In Anderson Fri day night. Dr. McCalla was a native of Eden ton, Qa., and has been twico mar ried. He is survived by ono son. Lawrence Orr, Jr., who is a student at the University of Georgia and who is about IS years old. Funeral Arrangements. A tr-opi.one message from *8tarr last nl3.1t to The Intelligencer stated that Dr. McCalla's remains would bo taken to the McCalla burying rounds below Lowndeeville today for inter ment. The funeral party will leave Starr at 8 o'clock and the services will be held at the cemetery at 12 o'clock noon. Mr. Jones in Jail. Mr. Jones was brought to the coun ty Jail yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock. It is not yet known w'.iat efforts will be made to get bail .He was very quiet and composed last night, perfectly willing to talk about everyday affairs, but had nothing to say in regard to his trouble. WILSON OPENED SECOND GAME; RED SOX WON (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) litzell. Bancroft singled. Paskort out. Gardner to BobliUtell. No runs, ono hit, no errors. Seventh Inning. Boston?Gardner filed to Whlttrd. Barry singled. Thomas forced Barry at second. Mayer to Bancroft to Niehoff. Foster singled.' Thomas going to second. JanvrJn ran for Thomas. Hooper singled, bases full. Hen riehen sen batted for Scott. Hen i rikonsen poped to Lude rus. No runs, three hits, no errors. ? ! Philadelphia?Cady catering, Jah verin playing short. Cravath fanned. Lu erus filed to Hoopor, Whlttcd fouled to Cady. No runs, no hits, no errore. Eighth Inning. Boston?Speaker out. Luderus to Mayer; li obi It zeli filed to Cravath. Lowii out, Bancroft to Luderus. No runs, no hits, no errors. Philadelphia?Nlchon* out, Gardner, to Hoblltzell. Burns popped to Jan vrino. Mayer filed to Speaker. No Tuns, no hits, no errors. Ninth Inning. Boston?Gardner singled. Barry filed to Paskert. Janvrln ont Mayer to Luderus. Hooper fanned. Ono run. two hits, no errors. Philadelphia?Philadelphia failed to score. No runs. Advance ht Meat. Washington, Oct. 5.?Prices paid for meat products August if. to Sep tember in advanced half of ono per cant compared with average advance during the se.n.e period for five years of one per cent. The figures made Publio today, showed that the prices paid produca*s from tfte principal shops declined about 3.2-10 pev cent during September com paved wtUi tho average decline during the acme period for seven years ot J.?-m per cent. Aa Ultimatum. Milan, Oct. The Petrograd cor respondent of the Corrlsr Delia Sera says he has learned on good author ity that Bulgaria wilt send Serbia an ultimatum demanding a cession of Macedonia as preliminar yto*a de claration' ot war. ?-,-, , . '1 "When fir at he was married he need to, boast that his wife had' ?Uway of her own, "Well?" "Now he complains that sho haa her own way,"?Judge.