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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED ISO?. Publiahed every morning except Monday by The Andoraon Intelligen cer at 140 Wost Wbllner Street, An derson, S. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN_Editor and Manager Entered UH tiecond-class mattor April 28, 1914, at the post offlco at Anderson, South (.'urollno, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Telephone.321 SUBSCRIPTION BATES DAILY One Year.$5.00 Six Months_:. 2.G0 Three Months. 1.25 Ono Month.\'l Ono Week.10 SEMI-WEEKLY Ono Year.$1.50 Six Months....75 Tho Intelligencer is delivered by1 carriers in tho city. ? Look at tho printed label on your paper. Tho dato thereon shows when the subscription expires. 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Anonymous commu>4catlons will not be noticed, it eject ed manuscripts will not be re turned. . iVi In order to avoid delays on account ot personal abseuce, letters to Tho Intelligencer- intended for publication should .not be addressed to any Indi- j vidual 'connected ' with: tho paper,. but simply to ,Tho Intelligencer. , :.' j " SATl))^^ grew ou't~cT~iho fact that u w?m?? o. hond Is stamped on our coinn, Once upoh a time there wai a col lege graduate who. get him a job and did hot "acc?ptfa position?*v Tc show you that there ls; ri^t&nfcS ip, u name, look at that town ii, . J% nerry county named Prosp?rlt --~o It .Mr. Ford becomes .much more '-threatening in his manner? we'll bave,S to. esl' his ship tho " Dreadnaught of j ' Ptaoi. j ^Repres?nta?lvo Wolfe forgot to in-. elude in his batch of bills ono provid ing for be-ennial sessions of the leg iir*a:ure. j -.\;-7-rro-- ? j All talk.ecems to bp cheap except pea e e., t a 11;, | and,. this. ls ; bringing . a. car tain diatln^ulbhed statesman a fat. little^ purse each night ho lectures. 'Vv } . $i ".-P-. .' . Su ?>poBo tha^nifce: Uttlp peace ?party ; ? should bo Interned : aomewhere In ''Europe and St Andrew Bethen fallad to g|t homo; In time for the meeting of tile legislature? A headline says the president lu on a speaking tour. That's an unfor tunate expression, as. the president's 'speeches aro usually short and to the point, . It would have been fino for Mll-j ify.v wa?^e? to have captured the Demo-j J j eratic convention,; out then one. can! f:-sometimes manage io make out on tho St'LOuls brew. I j. Owing; to pr?valiling'a^les;,i?t does :..'. not require a Columbus to discover .'.:. that {some limbs are only . twigs. News and.^a?rt^^ i?lld Lady of Broad.. ?treet Would wctuld.haye thunk It? ittn?n?r?. war stocks haye ' been , 'booing . io ; 8t?^'*^ ; ?rtent ;tbat . the ..Toktp^ temporarily suapended : to stop', 'tba W?d speculation. But .We haven't heard of any* Japai. >He munition fae tortes being blowj. .hp or any Jap anesereships burned at sea or any Japanese financiers shot, or any sub Bidizod propaganda*; te atop the export of m?Vl?pfca't?^'^t?ssli^y/Ar?:there no patriots in Japan willing, to save that eouutry ivom the iniquity ot helping "THE ODOH OF JIONE?" Tho federal Judge who sentenced tlic conspirators of the Hamburg American lino for falsifying clearance papers did well in imposing a prison tenn rather than a money fine. As lil" judge remarked In passing sen ! lonee, "The less odor of money there la in this case, the hotter." I Ills remark waa all the moro ap ' proprlate because of the odor of money which already attached to the ca.-c, and which lia? made a very bud smell in this countr*' sine; ibo war began. ' Jv appear', from evidence collected by tho government that $2,500,000 of (.'orman money was devoted to sup pl) lng tho Heu raiders from American ports, In ways that Involved tho breaking of our shipping laws und j compromised our neutrality In tho I eyes of tho world. It would have I been a almplo matter for tho offenders ? to pay a few thousand dollars' Rao out. of tho liberal German funds that are presumably still at their disposal, j And such a penalty would have cn I cmiraged them and their government I in persisting in their bland assump tion that money cun Imy anything in America. Tho prospect of a year and I a half in tho penitentiary, with the disgrace inseparable from arch a so journ, must bring home to every man involved, and to his superiors at Washington and Berlin, the serious ness of their conduct . Tho total amount expended in Ger-' many's interest in this country dur ing tho past year is said to have been $27,000,000, most of it apparently ob tained from American sources. Nearly half of that fund Is alleged to have boon devoted to financing a now Mexi can revolution beaded by Geni Huerta,. which waa meant to embroil thia country with Mexico in case tho German controversy became more se rious. That plot was foiled by tho government catching Huerta and shutting him up In Jail. About $3, 000,000 moro of German expenditures are responsible for the many strikes. Cree and explosions' in munition plants and the efforts to destroy war shipments and merchant vessels. An other $3,000,000 or so wont for pub licity work, a large share of fy being paid in salaries'to> the street orator? who hnvo worked BO - faithfully In Germany's behalf in nearly every im portan t oliy of ; tito United States'.;H?eW . 'wgcjh of tho German .lahiK^^b^a^ei'fl have baatt rjp?a?d : for,/their bitter ani^ i??Voyod -attacks cn our; government, j I and pcopio ia not known,! but there; j too. lhere has been a st "ron g "odor of money." \ . <? \ , Foreign- aggression, domestic trea son and subsidized conspiracy must, not bp .handled on ti money . basia. They should be dealt with on lao -only ?asis that off era a hopo of stamping ut the plague and Vindicating ?Ameri . can honor.-rt; wi rt and euro personal I punishment tor all guilty men. ' Ll III: HAL BIBLE TEACHING An unusual situation has doveloped in a Baptist training school In Chi cago. There is a critical controversy nycr ihn < inn sit! on of Bible interpreta tion. Ordinarily In such*Institutions tho Instruction is not modern enough ; to satisfy the students, in this caso, ?lt is the students who aro finding fault bc cause tho teaching in too lib eral. 1 They don't Vant :Adam, " jonah/ Sampson.,' Job and Lot's' wife"'treated aa "unhistorical" in accordance with tho higher, criUobim." *>Thfty<>|JM&H On. bellovlng, that thefo>really was a first man named Adam who lived in the Garden of j Elden ; that Jonah was swallowed J>y^ a j whale v ondv preserved miraculously as tho Qo?d Bock says: that. Sampson was a sure-enough israeli tish hero instead of a solar myth; that Lot's wlfo did turn to ? pillar oft salt, and Job KU rf or ed from real hoitu ut tho instigation bf Satan. These students are not mere chil dren. They ara young men and wo men training for; missionaries. Neith er do .they, represent .any. particular conservative' community. They come ^ from 'every section of the United States, and most of them are from tho 'presumably liberal-minded west. Thoy [tako the matter so seriously 'that ' many of them have < announced their Intention to leave the school anteas their1 Instruction is brought into har mony with old-fashioned' literalness in the interpretation of Scripture. - Ah obser vcr hardly ; knous What ^..taake. of thia. Can' lt be that the present genoration la beginning . to ffcW?ng back ,to tho religious orthodoxy of our Rrandfathers? \",.'-"M WORSE TB AH PACIFISTS f^flrho ; Worst enemies of Amerlc ^raparainess are tho Jingoes Wn? 4*0 clamoring for an ImmetiiM standing a^iy : an<l.a: navy big enough to defy Euglaud'a v: There ls no prospect bl ct agr?as sanctioning such militarism, and the mere advocacy ot snell costly programs tends to turn thc public uguinst legitimate in creat-OB. Th? most moderate armament will be expensive enough. The estimates for the administration program call for $2U.C00,O0O for the navy and $102,300,000 for tho army for tho next j Oneal year. That ls a jump of $124, 000.000 lu expenditures for the nu de nal defense. Tho total ?um asked for. $363.800, 000. -ls $00.000,000 more than this country over raised from tariff rev enuer In one year. It is nearly us muclf ?is the military and naval ex penditures of cither Creal Britain or Germany the year before thc war. lt is f ir more than France spent for de- J fens?' in that year, even while she was preparing for the Inevitable clash | willi Gormuny. It. IH nearly three | times as much ns Jnpan spent on armament In ibo year 1914-15. It is going to bu hard enough to persuade thc people and their con- j fcressmon to stand for tho $300,000, 000 to $400.000,000 needed for a mid dle-of-the-road program of defense, without scaring them into blind paclf-1 ism by urging an armament policy that call for more than half a bil lon a year, half of which would have to bo raised by special taxes. Dr. Jas. R. Kinard and Mr. F. M. Barnet te left yesterday morning fori Greenville to attend the State Bap tist convention. The board of edu cation met yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock and these gentlemen were to appear before it. City Council held n special meet ing last evening to give first reading j to the license ordinance for the year | 101G. No other business was trans I acted. --o Tho public ls again asked td remem ber that the Junior Pbllathea class j of tho First Baptist church will serve oysters in the vacant atore room next to Tolly's this' afternoon from 12 to ? 3 o'clock'and from 6 to 9. In addition to oysters, . sandwiches ot various j j kinds will be served. li'. j ' ' '.. ??: M The many friends of Mr. Jack Mul- ? lino' will bo interested to learn that Ijio has been appointed manager of I the , Greenville branch of the Fiske Rubber Tire .company, which' covers tho territory of wester fi North and South Carolina. Mr. Mullins has been with the Liggett and Meyers Tobac co company. for some time and has been a frequent visitor to this city. He Bays that ho will still Continue to include Anderson In his new work. The force of hands which has been employed by the Southern Public Util ities company for the past few'days j lu placing a eldo track on the Brogoni Mill car line, . will finish their work j this afternoon. This track is locat ed on I street and will be used when! the now cars arrive, which- will be] sometime about the middle of Jan uary' ? ' ii .- . !"9 ... U The Palmetto Riflemen ?are now lo cated in their armory quarters on the second floor of the Evans building on North Main street, they having mov ed from' their old place in th?^T?wnv Ber?d building on Karlo street Th? company now' baa ' large and roomy quarters, weil. equipped, and, they'wilt prove very satisfactory. ' > --o At the suggestion of Prof. G. W. Cutunbors, principal ot the Kennedy 'street school. .the . boys in the manual training department are making ali of their, old broken toys into new ones, these to ho given to llttlo chil dren .whose parents will not be able to buy these things Christmas. Lots of children have broken toys at home which are worthless, but which could In a'little time be repaired or made into something else. Tho tova tn tho Kennedy s treet achoo i are idep t at tbU kind of work * and will doubtless : gladden many a' little fellow's heart lat Christmas time. j Many, are expected to be present this morning to attend tbs meeting ot the Anderson county delegation which was announced some, time ago. tiupt Fwenringen will be present; and the i;ueotlug wlU ' be called to .Gr?a? at 10 Jtfcl??k, / . ..' :V . "'. In thjfl column yesterday morning R wa B ann mince d_ that Mrs,- P. & Cote* man ol.Kaoxyifte.. Tenn.,^Vw?s.' d?*o> Thia shoul d ha Ve, been M r.; Coleman since lt wes ho Instesd of bis wife The Line O' .Dope wad was stand- ] lng on thc street corner yesterday afternoon, not Idle, for he was pat iently waiting for a man up on top of Hie court house steeple to fall off so ho would liave a good story for this morning's paper. However, lt seem ed that tho chancea of thc man falling were rather few, and KO he glanced down the street. A sight which he beheld caused h'm to think for a moment that he had been suddenly transported to New York and was looking down Broadway, for what he saw wore (?ve r.martly dressed young Indies ((lining down the street, each ono tarrying a wal'.clng cane. However, as the::e ladies came nearer, ho.saw that they were acquaintances of his, and he realized that ho was still in thc Electric.etty. Yes, these young ladies claim they have organized a Cane or Corn Stalk club, and that they will have regular i:sct-.ting. They steic-? that they pur chased the canes yesterday morning and were going to "Rush" them. Now of course thc habit of the wo men carrying canes has been in I vogue in New York and other large cities of tlio north for some time, and last winter nearly all of the tourists who came south sported a cane. How ever, this ls a new fad In Anderson and will doubtless prove very popu lar. It 1H a good ' ono too; because nothing is moro noticed in a city by u visitor th^n the styles. It is hoped that thin club will admit new mem bers, which of course will bo tho case. These girls have named their canes, but thc Lino O' Dope man dares not prl'it them for he is too modest. Just watch the young men of the city go to sporting "sticks" within tho next few weeks. -o Nearly all of the merchants have j slp.nid the potitlon to elbso their j stores on Friday night, Christmas I Eve, and to remain closed until the folWwlng Tuesday morning. This action ls commendable because no one I needs rest moro than ' the clerks and members of the office force. . "?' o' ', .' Gasoline tanks are proving quite] popular in Anderson since the ordi nance restricting them' on thc main j Btreots was rescinded. Tho latest, one! ls located in front of the Red Cross' Drug store. V; The. ginning reports. for Anderson | county show that 51,804 bales of cot ton haye beeb ginned this'.'year' ns j compared with '49;oij^qst 'yeer .to tho samo date, Dec .L }.?TJila:ls. an-in? crease of nearly 3,000 bales. . Lest' year tho crop in this county-was very short, but this year H is getting back; to normal, especially when the gov ernment's estimate yesterday gives] tho cntlro production ?this-year, as-a! little over 11,000,000 bales, a decrease ! of nearly 4,000,000 from .last year's ! crops-. - ' >*.Uli7: y -:-i-\j ipUkt HOW BRO AD WA \M ;V IE WS ?T "You've Got to Hand It to Ford," Says First Nighter. 'Manager of a Broadway theatre I am in favor of ponde.' but . I think Mr. Ford's plan is foolish.. .Broadway "FlrBt Nlg?ter"-You've | got to hand it to Ford, :poace will have to como some time, and if it ? comes insu!:: of two years.this follow, will claim the credit.. i? . Theatrical Manager--"Regardless of i -whether Mr. Ford's plan lias ?u im mediate result it will -ba - worth while doing - if lt gets peoplo .talking atout peace. ., English . Actor-Both' Mr.: Bryan' and Mr. Ford aro uraoubte?y'. Biri care, but lt's unfortunate for the rest ol.OuV.Americans that/these; tw.v'm?n do BlichfoblhTi things.';'" Doorman at a .Broadway Thea'.er- i iThO; f?sople 'Who comenta HbW'think | n's a ?big' Joke by what''they'say. ' Scotch 'Fress Agent-^Wonderf ?1 trip, bot a. lidlculou'a.' .Well Known 'Man "About .Town They say Mr. Ford his an "inside? I tip" from hiav. norman secretary that peace ls close at ?rand arid ! wouldn't be a blt surprised if that was Mic an swer. .". ..''.,: .Broadway Cynic-Do you think | two squirrels will bo?enou'gh. to go around?/ V Forty-second Street Bartenders Hope Ford raaken gopdi; ao we. \ can, I iget some more real imported beer. ? Sunday SUnrBather in ' . Batte/y | Phrlc-d*m sorry for . "Henry" and '.'William." Only certain kinduro! nuts appeal ," to ' squirrels ; .^Visitor to. the ' J???Wuin^Tjat ? peace advocates ero like tho ' seal o swimming around tho Kbig '/ tank^ theyv? en their wayV-jb^Vt^ dpril know where they're going. :' Staten Island Commoter?rI. have always understood tb??? .was some thing wrong with the'^mechanism of tho Ford machino. \ ?; ? - / [ Steamship Man-Don't forgot >*. tfie Oscar ! lt brought ; "Doe*' Cook hore. Passenger in .a Brpji&wiy Troliey Barnum. out^Barniimed. ? It's ; enough to make IP. T. rise itt his'grave. Visitor to tho Statue ot Liberty Ford wore a fur- coat prepared for cold reception.. ^ : Marine Engineer-It'* nigeria thing tho Oscar ha* two screW?; lilford ap ; irently tia* oa? loose. V Superintendent of a' Downtown Of 09 Building-What happened ?to leceful "An??f\ i baTO?'t beard a .peep from Carnegie through tt. ?li.*-r fcJH 3H |f?j3RISTMA ^Kj?G?BTlONi ^^^^^i, ^^^^^ ??^^^ Ties are things the m ing that's a real educa Handkerchiefs will il large. Plain and ini You'll of course give ; the wearable kind. 1 Luggage of the rignt 1 you the kind that's al Bags #5 to $15; Suit ( The C THE OLDEST HALE New York Finn Hus Biro of Cotton Ginned Prior to 1802. The Intelligencer Is In receipt of. a circular letter from Mr. Walton Storm, of tho big New York cotton firm of Johnston, Storm and company. 27 William street, In reforenco to the oldest bale of cotton in the world. There may ba some old bale, with a Qlstory. stored away somowhero In this country an i wo print the letter as a matter of possible interest. Tho letter follows: Mr. ' Theodore Price in his paper, Commerce & Flnanco (which moat cotton people subscribe to,) -has re cently started a discussion in refer ence to the oldest bale, In tho world. While this discussion does not affect our present market,,, lt fis pf Interest not ; only to . the cq.ton j trade -but to ? nortUorn .investors and people outside ol the. cotton belt, In that It shows V?e imperishable qualities pf cot'.on and tho -Investment possibilities that cotton gives, as the only commodity ot its kind in tho world tl ?at can ba 'held .Indefinitely without deteidbra tion." ' We have in car possession n. sam ple of a balo ginned ia 1862. - This cotton was picked by ^lavo l?bor. gih ned and. placed in a ventilated barn and kept there for Q number of years. At tho death or tho owne>.- it was plac ed in 'a local warehouse in South Carolina by the son of the raiser, and (:as been held by him largely out ot sentiment to hts father's memory. Wo are very anxious to find older bales if they exist, and if you have or know of a bale that wac ginned prior io. 1862, it would be of very great in terest to tho cotton" world to know of it, to know when it was ginned, whether cultivated' by slavo labor, why it waa held and such other d?-> tails as would be of interest, to hie general public. The ^idea indiscussing a matter bf this; kind is largely to int?irest .b?opde in tho cotton market I, If tte ^st. and. the north, purely, from a- speculative standpoint, realized .the tremendous postCbilitlcs of t.-iylng andfY?fc0tdlnjg cotton -the! .benefit would accrue ear tlrely to the south.''" Every caVnpaign of education which, will _.;o^v people the many advantages ' of. cotton',. not Only from a contract ,s*!andpolnt fahd ia carrying ; contracta- there ls ho In terest, . warehouse\- or in au rauco charge, but simply a commission of four hundredths ? -,of a cont per pound,) but from an actual stand p?lnt will help the southerner,; and as a southerner,',the '.writer naturally t rna the interest of his home land, at heart. .? We. thorefore ask bur frien3s to idviso us if they know of any old bale that ls still in existence, and it possible,- to send ns a small sample ! ot the cotton and arllttlo history. of j whoa it waa. ginned and-why it -yas I held so long.: . The .benefit wiix^isc-. crue to the south and full credit will bo given to you If yea can place suT? ia touch .wiifA; any oUcbale., y ' . ? : ?Wm :: 1 -r ' -' . ..; - ... The Other Way, Round," : "While out for a walk, Pat and Mike' saw an ; animal in a troe, relates Lon" don Answers. "Sure" now:? said Pat, *T niver, saw a rabbit np a tree before. " . ThaVa- no rabbit,'?, replied Mlke>i "FilZa,; thin, abd Til show ye a?; lt Io." replied Pat Indignantly, ns h*;' wearied to climb the tree. Bu: that animal was a small as? vory fierce . wildcat, and pres?nVy teuere came ?o Mike's .ears sounds bf c wiVd combat au dnhouta tor help. "Pat, Pat" he called oat, "shall I come wp an blip-'?J??^'???ftljSjS;ttiM??i^r^ jaches cafct? ? hollow voice, whish : ?aid: - VFaitt* ao;l; lwl,f?r:. klvca'e ^?ako} ?orae op an*. klip, me to l^i^nsg?t^i A S a matter of fa< presents which ; in the note of thank have been something iar grouch about Chr You can be^$?re of < with us; our stocks ai likableness as well as asculine taste will apprec Ltion in colorings, 25c up. ll a need any time and Haled, 10c to 50c. some socks, there's nothin rhey're here dollar to a dil dnd makes a most pleasi? t home in any company. ?ases $2.50 to #15. hristmas Store for Men's and Boys* "The Store with a i Hitchcock's Satire. Raymond Hitchcock is, of course, l an incorrigible joker; quita unable ? under any circumstances to refrain from his bit of flin, says The Na tional Monthly. While in BoBton recently Mr. Hitchcock had occasion to . patronize ono of the trolley cars there, which ba boarded with a friend. The con ductor. In charge of the car was an extremely Blim, boyish fellow, whose chm was absolutely guiltless of any hal.', and whose rosy checks pro claimed his country origin. ".Did you ever Bee B?ch a youngj conductor?" queried the actor of his friend. "That's right," replied the '? other, "look? like a more boy, doesn't he?"' "He does, Indeed," announced . ,Mr. Hitchcock, narrowly scrutinizing the conductor as he drew near. He then appeared, more youthfal .? Mien 'before, although that would seem incredible. "Ara 1 yom the -regular, ..conductor queried Hitchcock,*;,.affecting:-ln- > tense interest in the matter. ' . ' /. "Yes, slr/.. replied, , the youth. r "Then permit' me to soy thal, yon ara ' the. youngest ! conductor 7 \ eypr saw. Why, you don't appear any older,than my friond's son here. He 's 17." "Yon don't say so?" queried., the conductor^, slightly fussed, and in a testy tone. Then in a gruff voice, "Fares, please,". . . "May I ask you Just ono question," ? queried Mr. Hitchcock, aft?r the/fares' had been paid, ''Yes, but please make ,.it short;' I'm' busy" retorted the conductor. . "What ? would like to . know, said Hitchcock, "is this; were you born on this, trip?" , Watched Iiis Own Coal Stolen. Defective John' Watson, of ''.New York, was going Aome at an carly hour in tho morning when fte saw two men, each carrying a * bag ; of coal which .ov?d?ntly "had eenie frein some yiace 'noaif nv, saya -The 'Path finder; His sus^l?ns1 aroused - 'lie satd:' "Witera did You get that .coal?" j "From n':e janitor bf the. ^part m?at 'Hbnse down there/' answered On?-of ; the'coal-burdened feilovt?...; '?? '.^aj?sb'n blew hl? p?lice whl??'e?( abd who:vJW pollceraati appeared dtre^t?d h/a? to'arrest tho ,-twb men. "tyiji you; mixe' a 1 cbmpl?mt?"' f" k?d" th?'cautious policeman, mind I of the requirements of -tho law in eli mattera. - ? "You don't ne?i any complaint," declared the detective. >."W?il, .I'm ncc going to take' any .riiCts," ti 15 policeman asserted. "If you will appear against the fellows 111 mn 'tm in." "I'll do nothing bf the^kind. Why sh?u?d'. If lt's not my coal:" j Th?. polfoeman allowed tho men to go .their way and Detective Watson went on home. Boon after tie entered mic iivusu.' '?a wuu luiiuiicu, mr um in "the. world were yob -doing In the ' cellar .shoveling" coal ht thia time in ' .'"Shoveling coal?" said .'Watson, Then thinking of thepoa} that ' Mt?>"had- bought tho ^y - ?Jow^Sfc Btole' ! down to; cellar "for a look and a largo-part' bf tho pile ha d y?dthhed :t, men often receive are appreciated only s. "Why'couldn't it to wear," is a famil istmas time. 2very article selected re all chosen for their ; practical service. iate. Here's a show the assortments are ig better if you give ne. ig gift; we'll shov/ Trunks $5 to $18; > . , * Gifts. ; \-t .... . ^ '?'"> . .' .t?."?.- ..>;J'tC .V, ' conscience '. -b-if'ftj? ... ! .1n-?.i! ??. . . . . '?!:;)....:;.. -.. .il.' : W ?.U t. ALWAYS VOTE WRONG . . ? fi Greatest Progressive Movements Have Hod Strong Opposition. On almost any question a . very, large number of 'the people would vote wrong-wrong, as history would prove. Thus,about half of Philadel phia's respectable ' citizens strongly opposed th?' Declaration of Independ ence. Very near ly j half the people lu tho 13 statcB voted against tho consti tution under which we .have lived for 121 years and which we now reserve. Patrick Henry, james Monroe and. , '?cores of leaders ,declared lt would ', lead to a kingdom". Half tho people . of the country were.led to believe tho'.'!*.'. United | States bank was' a. political^;!'" . moni'ter and so';.jackson handed the rcpubljc .over. to' a "system of corrupt , state banksj. ,Far more than half the voter*.' ?f'..the ;United States voted &. ," agalLSt';,tne^hrst election of Lincoln. T\aL EV?r^"';sbig'.American ?lty;'..fought" against the introduction of :gas ?? a deadly nienace".When^ tho('.railroads,;'"' came, at ab'but tile 'same ' time, they ' (' were branded" hs Uib sure death bf a v gzcat.'p?rt bf the'pop'ulutlon. "Frank-" lin's lightning; jf'dds'VWere ridiculed by: comb aS' ''llghtfalng catchers." Tho trolley tars, only a scoro of years 1 ' agoi were pictured as BO many jug gernauts. The populace ? combated vaccination against smallpox, 'and It : - still: fights in-. India against scientific treatment of the bubonic, plague. Syracuse Tourhai. . ",' '. AMMONIA WILL BE SHIPPED British Gotera ment GIT<W Permission For Shipment. : Through'the Instrumentality of , Senator Simmons and . Congrensman- ' Godwin, who brought the matter to tho attention of the state department' nf tho United States, bio shipment of 1,500 tons ot sulphate of ammonia, valued at more than-$90,000 consign- V . 'ed from Glasgow, . Scotland,. to --the,. Acme Mixiafacturing company r of t Wilmington, -whichi; waa hold up.;by . ? .! tho 'British government,- has bfeca' or-.. ? dored released and ls ?duo to be ship- .. .y ped on.iTuesday of thia ?week on e';ei- >'. ' steamer Kylemohrj? This Information th* W?s contained in-o^ telegram to tho WTlmlngton ?concern -yesterday-:- from'<...?.>!. ' Hon. Robert -Lansing, .secretary - of state. ?div-;? .> '.. '- ...>:. ' ?eerrtary . Lansing.., tel?gfaphcd: a. . j copy'of a cablogram from the Amerl can; embassy tn London, stating'"fh&'t ; tho.cargo had been released for. ship- ' \ theht and would bb -shipped Tuo3day of this^.week, . Too Bri'^sh go?orn ment took'tho position that it was not V--'??'-! believed that lt wes actually required for American "bbnouthp'tloa. Immediately upon receipt bf thia In- ' ' formation, .. J . G, - McCormick. ' esq., , secretary aa.d; treasurer* of tho Aime ?Manufacturing company, on Novem ber 17 communicated with Senator ; simmons a^&eo'with Congressmen Q?dwin, assuming them that every ; pound would bo used in thc manufac ture .of .fertlliMrvand requosUVig feWt they- t?k?r up^W^ritatf?r wiih -the \ , state department.-- .Secabt* Sunmb?s - - at onbe wrot'e^a'/let??t' and the s*hie department sent?a tellatat?o the Anif.Tican embassy id Liverpool, r* qnerifeg-. that 'the cargo be released. Itt:* hdl?tag;??,?! ;tho shipment \ . - cam? m. foar'qnW&'blt of publicity ?atara^?wee^ks' axo eiid was the shh-, i Jefct'. of -considerable comment in W^hiagtbn.. : However,, lt; developed that fJab. r? wera notorious difficulties :. in the way and tho British 3OY?*:? Sbat'Waji ?hid enough to give hermia-:. ' i - oa/for ahtpnlnfe'aa soon as the pra ??V.assuraaces .Were given. plant- of .thc-' Acme -Mr^ar?ceurins cempeny at Acmo and is about Use carrying ba. their, operations . daring, ffift season ;?Ttie ammbhte^ while shin ^J^2?**?>" come via er^L-WUaittftoa Star; : J