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?HE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED 16(10. Published every morning except Monday by Tho Anderson Intclligen cor at 140 West Whittier Street, Au dersnn, S. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN... .Editor und Manager Entered as secondclauB matter April 28, 1!)14. ut tho post ofllco nt Anderson, South Carolina, under thu Act of March 3, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES ?elephone.321 SUBSCRIPTION HATES DAILY One Year.$5.00 Six Months. 2.50 Three Months. 1.25 Ono Month.4" Ono Week.10 SEMI-WEEKLY One Year.S1.C0 Six MonthB.75 Tho Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers in the city. Look at tho printed label on your paper. Tho dato thereon shows when tho subscription oxpircs. Notice dato and label carefully, and if not correct please notify us at euee. 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Rejected manuscripts will not bo re turned. , lu order to avoid delays oa account I ! bf personal nbBonco, letters to Tho intelligencer intended for publication f should not bo nddressed to any Indi vidual connected with tho paper, but] simply to Tho Intelligencer. ti | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1915. ! What w?ul?Tlliu ;bq. without mince fi plo? Detter. Ch??sU?i?a aboard the Ford ship j&ISwill find plenty of nuts on hand. ?'???v.-.-.-' v ? Too many cranks on the Ford ship - might turn the trip to no account. -- ; Queen Sophie soemo to be the secret of. the constant in King Constantine. Would you know a Byzantine Logothete it you met one in the road? _1?_ And now the war ia about to break about among the paciilcistB on Ford*3 ponce ship. ? And, in the meantime suppose you tell us tho name of the assassin who set tho European. in motion. Jans Behind Trouble in China. I Headline. Wsll. ?o had rather be ?. ii jiehind' troublo than in front of it. ? . 0 ? ' : . The State has ari editorial or "The Now Prosperity." A llttlo of the cid fashioned .kind would bo acceptable to y.%\ ns. . -o . . ?. ??: ? ',[*?? - A irian does not have to be a muslc ian to know good music anymore than] ; lio has to be a hen to know a good m eg?. -. '/i' ' . - At - Columbus the other day Presl-J dent Wilson shook honda with 7.000 j Wg-peopis. Must hnve hoon n gripping V .'bight. They are voting today on th?; pro posed McCormick county for tito sec ond '.time this year. Just seem to have thc habit. . WsMsMBr --rO yuan Shi Kal waa . twice offered! the cts^?T. ci Chlria before he accept j cd it. Which goes to -stiow ' that a j king can be modest. '-. -o~-; / it has beendmcrivoved that it'is no! i*W thing for a president to morry a j ,&?ow, Washington, Joffe'r?on, Madi tife. Filmore and Benjamin Harrison'! having embarked on tho sea of matrt-j moby with parin era who had salle the deep before. (JE NH KA LH V.N1? ADMIKALH Thc incomprehensible thing about our professional war experts I? thal j tho army Insists on ignoring t?io ex I Istenoo of thu navy omi the navy in I olats on Ignoring thc existence of Ute army. It is this fact that makes if necessary for civilian'branches of ourt government-congress nnd the execu tive department-to mediate between j thc two and adopt compromise plans. The national-defense report of the general army staff i? a Htriking ex ample. It calls for the creation of an effective, mobile fighting force of 1,500.000 mun. with ull the equipment required Tor so great an army, entail ing an expense for the first year of more than $500,000,000-live times our present army expenditure-and .1 cost of $310.000,000 n year thereafter. Tito price is, at first blush, appal ling. We may admit, however, that if the need is u real one no expense ls too great to pny for our ?afs?iy. Thc iim.iodi.ite miestion is, what ure the wur staff's reason for demanding so great un army? The military experts have figured out thut Gcrmnny und Austria, co-op erating In an attack on the United States, could land a fully equipped ex pedition of more than 1,000.000 men on our Atlantic const within six weeks, and thut Japan could lund 240.000 men on the Pacific coast in less than two months. Wc may waive tho question wheth er these figures are reasonable. It does seem absurd to a reasonably well Informed citizen to say that the muny hundreds or even thousands of ships needed to transport an army of 1, 000,000 soldiers with the vast quantity of munitions and supplies required for warfare in a foreign land under modern conditions could leave Ger man ports, croBB tho Atlantic and set all ashore In so Bhort a period as six WCC-UB, even with the best land ing facilities on tho Atlantic coast nt their disposal and no coast defense gunr firing a shot. But we must as sumo that tho army experts know what they aro talking about. That million teutons could como and land in six woek8, roady to conquer us, IP -wo had no navy That little "if" tho army?* experts blithely disregard. What do you suppose our navy warned monthn beforehand, would bo doiug whllo that vast armada wad steaming slowly across the Atlantic? What would all our submarines be do ing whllo those thousands of trans ports and supply ships were ap proaching our ports or lying at an chor for the landing? Tho army simply ignores the ocean, and shuts Its eyes to the biggest strategic fact of this war, which ls tho protection of England by its licet. Our navy IB and al ways must bo our first line ot defense. Even at present, though inferior to Germany's navy, it is superior to any squadron that Germany would dare send across the Atlantic while she has au enemy lett in Europe. With a navy bigger than Germany's-which we ought to have, and will have soon-r-what pos qiblo chance would that clumsy armada have of getting within strik ing db,tan ce of New York or making a landing with lighters on an ex posed coast? Tho Bttmc reasoning ap plies to Japan, whose whole fleet ls no stronger than tho squadron we shall soou have In the Pue'a-: alone. " Manifestly, If ono Branch of our na tional defense IB to bo greatly en larged, it should bo the navy, al though the naval exports ure nearly as one-eyed in their views as thc j army men. But-whatever plan ot. der fen se ls worked out, tho army and navy should bo considered as co ordinate branches bf defence, co-op erating in every particular. A rc tional system of adjustment would -...cop us from running into absurb ex tremes at the behest of either the gen orals or the admirals. ^ COM VI CT:} AS DEFENBESS At tor ney General Gregory reports that the construction work with which federal prisoners have been, oc cupied at Atlanta and Leavonworth is about completed, and eeks congress tor authority to utilise the prison; lober in making goods for/the govern ment. ? " Ho says tho prisons should bo reufct ered' self-sustaining it tho convicts were utilised in manufacturing furni ture, mai) bags, blankets, twine, etc.. for the poo tomeo department. As a part ot this system, lae advocates pay ing Um prisoners wages and sending, -their earnings to their families, If they have families. - :j7 : CougresB! may balk at this plan, ?LT though it's hard to SOD any good rea ison why men who are Imprisoned for breaking Oncle S?m's laws shouldn't mako things that 'Uncle Sam needs in his business, lt there IB any object tlonr 'howevdr, to- usihg- ?rlson labOT to produce pcetolfico supplies, there's ?HI uiiutlier Important department of gov ernineul activity whore such objec tiuoa could not hold. That 1H national defense pro pa nit iona. The need of great quantities of mil itary supplies ls recognized hy all the experts as ono of the primary re quisites of preparedness. The war college, as a part of Its proposed army systom, advocates spending $259,000, 000 for reserve materials and sup plies In the next llscal year. Even If the army ls not greatly increased, there will have to je a great accumu lation of such stores. Why, then shouldn't the federal re serve to help manufacture army sup plie?;. KLECTlMtTTY ON THF, KAHM An instructor In electrical engi neering in the Kansas Btate agricul tural college ls urging the general U?:O of electricity Tor lighting pur poses on thc faim. Most farmers, even In Kansas, are likely to regard the suggestion as impracticable. And yot, ns a matter of fact, an electric; lighting plant is within thc reach of j almost any fairly prosperous farmer In any part of the country. The Instructor In question teaches his students how to make for them Kelves an electric lighting outfit which costa comparatively little tor materials, and little to operate, un less the farmer ls so enamored that he wants to make a nocturnal Broad way of his furm. If there Is running water at hand, with enough fall to furnish motive power, tho problem is simple, and the cost of running tho plant when oneT Installed ls almost nothing. Where "white coal" ls not available, It ls possible to light Um house from Ptorngc batteries charged by windmill power, though this nicholl is less dependable and has not boon so thoroughly perfected. The slmplest-'plan for tho ordinary farmer who has neither waterfall nor practical knowledge of electricity ls to buy a ready-made plant of tho sort that is now coming into popularity. Tho power is furnished by a small gasoline engine which, onco started runs Indefinitely without attention. A complete plant, including engine, gen erator, battery and switchboard, can bo obtained for ns little as $134. fi costs moro than kerosene lamps, to be sure, but a well-to-do farmer nowadays will pay from three to ton times as much for an automobile and think nothing of it. And good light ing always pays for itself in comfort nnd convenience. Tho progress or civilization may be gauged pretty well by tho amount of artificial light peo ple uso. . . I A, LINE \ o' DOPE Weather Forecast-Fair and some* what colder Tuesday; . Wednesday fair; ?O' .?? At Tho Anderson theatre next Wed nesday will bo seen the most wonder ful motion plcturo that has ever beon exhibited in Anderson, and, with the exception of the celebrated "Birth ot a Nation."" the greatest photo play over exhibited. The performance is to be 'a benefit for tho Senior Philathea class nt" the First Presbyterian church. The title of the picture to bo shown is "Cabiria." Inasmuch as it would bo all but impossible to glvo er adequate description of this great pic ture, a few of tho' salient points will bo mentioned. To make this remark-i able exposition of ' silent drama re quired 7,000 actors, 20 elephants, hundreds of horses 14 months work and an expenditure bf something like $260,000. Cabirla tells a stirring and yet a beautiful story of war in the ancient days, before the daye of Christ. One ados how war was car ried on in those times, and ls given several vivid d?monstrations, such as the storming of a walled city by a horde of mighty limbed warriors who make use of battering rams, lmmer.se. tiling?., elephants end the like. It is before'the days ot gun/powder, and the fighting la ot the hand-to-hand kind, men fighting with spears, swords -and other such weapons. The warring empires are supposed to be those of Home and Carthage? and one sees Uie immense annies leaving oas country arid crossing the seas tb tho other, winding over shew clad mountains, with their vast trains of elephants, horses, et?i, .;and layln? siege tP tho other city iv is captured. Thero arc hundreds ot beautiful scenes throughout Vhs plcturo that beggar description. Throughout the entire play there runs a beautiful love story. ';: <?Several ?ndorsonians Wye seen1 tho picture elsewhere and declare lt most wonderful lu'every particular An Important meeting of the execu tive board of Saluda Baptist associa tion is called to be held in Anderson ut the FJrst- BaptlBt chureb on Mon thly, December tho 20th ?it ll o'clock. All tim members of the board ure urged to be present. Petitions to the Ktata mission board for help will bo passed upon at this meeting and all churches expecting to apply for aid should have their petitions in the hnndH of tho chairman of the board. Any one who bas any matter which mould como before thu bourd is ask ed to present it in person or in due form. The board a? fleeted at tho last meeting of thc association ls com posed as follows: E. S. Reeves, H. W. Stone. A. U. Shirley. John E. White. J. M. Paget, J. H. Branyon, R. ! W. Alexander, A. B. Campbell, E. P. Vundlvrr, H. B. Fant. J. T. Milford, J. J Smith W. B. Hawkins. o Thero will be an Important meet ing of Ruff Lodge, Ko. 240, A. F\ .M., this evening at 8 o'clock In the hall over the Anderson Cotton Mille street. Election of offlcera for the ensuing I year will ba thc order of business for ! tlic evening. Xotlcc of the meeting I was given yesterday by Secretary W. j li. Wright and Worshipful Mas ter C. C. Gason. Ail membera are re quested to be present at the meeting this evening. Among the many pretty show win dows of the city are the two of th? Columbia Tailoring Co., and while these windows arc rather small, thc two young gentlemen who run this business have made a very attractivo showing of their windows. Mr. Key reports that they are meeting with big sucoeBS on their' big Xmas sale, advertised exclusively in Thc Intelli gencer. Mr. Babb of Mnrchbanks & Babb stated yesterday to an intelligencer man that their engraver had stated to him Monday morning, that If they did not quit advertising that Gorham I silver that he wonM havo a lot extra work to do. This is something that waB advertised exclusively in tho i Intelligencer. --o Mr. E. H. Parks, the aged Jeweler of Anderson will reopen his store at an early dato and will Bell out what jewelry he has on band In a .short time. Some very attractive prices are being offered. Receipts or the Standard Warehouse for thin Bcason aro 11,298 bales, as eg? inst 13.081. bales this time last year. Thia shows a decrease of over 2,000 bales, but this of course does not Includu cotton bought direct by millB, or stored in other places. --o At thc meeting of the ritrectors of th? Citizen's National bank yes terday, an annual dividend of 8 per cent on tho capital of 1150,000 was declared. Only other matters of rou tlno were before tho" meeting. -o_ Manager Trowbridge of The Ander son-announced last'night that three performances of th?;celebrated photo play "Carbirla" wilt be given WednfeB day.- Inasmuch as it toko about three houri1 to show the picture, it 1B Impos sible to show lt inore^thun three times in an afternoon and evening. These performances wilt begin at 2:30, 5:30 and 8:30 o'clock. Manager PIn-kston ,of Tho Palmetto theatre announces in his usual space today a contest In which $10 In gold la tb be p'rl'e. Tho prize ls to go.to tho young lady who; most resembles the leading lady of the company showing there this week. Entrants In Ute contest are to send their photos tb the box office, either by mall or messenger, and they will be viewed by a committee consisting of Mayor Godfrey, Dock Allen and Judge Cox. Details of tho contest are announced in The Palmetto advertisement this morning. -o-.. Cen. M. L. Bonham has shown his appreciation of work done by the fire department in saving bia homo from damage by fire on Thursday night by the following open letter, addressed to Chief Jackson: Wv,?? Jackson, Esq., Chief Fire De partment, Anderson, S. C. My Dear Chief: I \v?ut to thank yon and through, your fine "fire lad dies" who did ov;cb. efficient service, in suppressing the fire ai my house jThxt'fSday.. night - your: ond'^ttlt? prompt work prevented what at one tone. threatened to be a eorlous f re. t ant very grateful to you and them for your:?ervice. ; I hope tho Christinas reason will bo tull of Joy and good cheer and that the coming year'Will bring tb you and them health, and prosperity. With kindest regards, I ara, Sincerely. Your <i. M. Xi- Bonham. YOU KNOW that thc it is in what it is not \ the point that this is a high class merchandi: lenee in stocks a'nd er Chrii must effect a compro they will not satisfy t tion Bath Robes and I sible utility; there's nc prices $3 to $10. Trunks, Traveling Suit Cases always pla nent role in well clio: gifts. Qualities mad the baggage smashe knocks, $5 and up; Cases $2.50 to $15. Men's Suit Boys' Suit: Shoes $3.5 Manhattan Christmas Open Evenings. Until Christ mas High Point school, between Honea. Patli and Belton will be the scene of an Old Fiddler's convention Thursday r.'ght. The public is cordially in vited ' to attend the convention and some good music is sure to be rend ered. A breakdown of the engine 133C was responsible for a delay of almost 5 hours in the east' bound passenger train reaching Anderson. Something about tho engine went wrong and lt was impossible to start on time. t At Anderson, another train was made nu, and left here on time. This made the trip from Anderson to Bel ton and return before the regular passenger train reached the city. Mail was brought to the city on the morn- i ing frleght train. . j -o- - i Delegates to the Southern Commer- j c'.nl congress at Charleston were ap- j pointed yesterday by Mayor Godfrey, i The delegates appointed by him were I members of tho local Masonic ledges , who are going to Charleston to at- ! tend the meeting of tho S. C. Grand j Lodge. Those appointed this morning were: Foster McConnell, W. A. Speer, T. F. Watkins, Dr. R. F. Dlvv?r and Dr. J. P. Duckett. i John Heaton, a white man about CO years of ago was struck by a switch" engine on the Blue Ridge yards yes terday morning and was painfully, but not seriously Injured. Mr. Heaton was walking near the tracke and Baw the engine coming up from behiud. He thought lt was on one track and crossed over to the other, but he was mistaken in the tracks, anw was con sequently struck by tho train. He was knocked to the ground, cut and pain fully bruised but not seriously hurt. -_o-- . A petition was received by the Lan der Alumni association recently.from Miss v Jane Addams, president of the ' association to bo signod by the local club, asking Pr?Rirt?nt Wilson lo do Rome thin g towards ending tho war. Thia petition was sighed at a recent meeting. At this meeting, Mrs. D. S. Vandlver waa chosen as tho - Ander-, son delegate to attend,tho meeting .of the commercial co rx gre -? B at Charles* ton; Copper lrJ?tes In paiijcr ? ?Berlin, 'Dec.'. 13 -German illus-j tratera and engravers are much oda-?' Cerned over Xhevossimllty that their ' original copper plates ruay> bp consid ered subject io expropriation along with' otho* copper supplies c? f te am'-/ pire. The association of Germ?n II- i lus trat or?.?; hastaken liteps to secura ! a definite ruling in (tho mather.' Tho j Standpoint ol the authorities is under-, stood xo;.ij(?. thas an engraved plate ] can bo considered na a work of-ax^ i only so long aa prints uro belog rAada ! from it for salo. ? : Grasshoppers : have their ears on ; their front legs. The great, green . grasshopper has vita ?ara -utder it? kneo: ? value of a holiday gift tc vhat it costs. For that r i quality store; nothing ri se. We offer you secur ithusiastic service. stmaa Gifts for Men and ? mise between beauty ai hose to whom the}' are ? -ounging Coats are beau )thing he'll appreciate 01 Bags and Among the y a promi- is an aime ;en lists of ment of th e to stand colorings ii rs hard $ 1 in gift b Bags and and handk and up. s $ 10 to $2 5 ; Overcoats $ s $3 to $10; Overcoats $3 Oto $6,50; Hats $2 to $5 i Shirts for ideal gifts $1.5 Store for Men's and B The Store with a ( HOW THE BEI) CROSS SEAL OBI GIN ATE B Anti-tuberculosis Borkers After $7'>0, OOO Fuml. Nearly $2,500,000 has boen rained hy Red Cross G.'.ristmas seals in the last seven years, acl yet many peoplo who will buy these holiday stickers at this eighth annual sale do not know how the charity stam> idea originated. . It was war that brought forth the I charity stamp-our Civil War or '61 to '65. Some of your giandmcUiers first played "post office*' with-stickers sim ilar to Red Cross seals 'way back ip 1862, when they conceived the idea ot Sellins stamps at fairs for th?'benefit of tho relief funds for tho soldiers* ihospitals in Brooklyn, Booton and elsewhere. Nearly $1,000,000 was rais ed in this way before 1865.' After the war :l"hls method of raising money was discontinued in this country for a gen eration, although it found voguo in Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark Norway, Russia, Sweden and other European countries. There are now sever?l thousands of different. typo3 of charity , stamps used in all parts of ?toa" world, as many as forty being used in Aus tria for children's hospitals alone? Stamps or Seals were first used to get monoy for the ahti-tuberculosis crusade In Norway and Sweden in 1904. To Jacob R?3, tho -woll known social worker of Now York, and to Jtfiss Emily P. Bissel, tho energetic eocretnry oi?;*ho Delaware. Fj:d cress, jointly belong the honor .ot originating cu? American Red Cross- Christmas a iiij Adopted Ey Motor C?J. lill ard Equi] ji^^ . Ford yjPffljyr." by experim?ntihj &a?4&ag plugs with whic j?rr** are.equipped, v/he ;fart??ry are best a quiremehts of ou ^The/^ampie?rjX" isoroy ; J #ny arnount of oil; without fc? compression charKber ?f.th^ p . point selling render it really oi Force Wo" cf l\? highest .qua ?"?.-,>:nickeVypack?ng gaskets carer /..,' d?partaient from ihe best grat treated, careful .workmanship brought- the ;ir1eq]uftd.:yo^:thts < : over i l .ooo plugVp?r :day af We carry plugs for all cari. :, Largest Auto Acct per Carolina. > anyone who receives eason we emphasize tere but high grade, ity in values, excel i ii * I Joys id utility-otherwise riven! Our. combina ty gifts with all pos r use more. Many \ smaller things, here )st unlimited assort e newer qualities and i neckwear, 25c, 50c, oxes. With silk hose erchiefs to match $1 10 to $20. to $7.50. .... Oto $3.50 foys' Gifts f If^ Open fc??l Evenings J) Until Christ conscience ?neaEnmauajjjjjjgmaoa^BaanBBiii MIIIIIHB- gi seal. In 1907 Mr. Wis's interest was aroused by the receipt of a Christinas tuberculosis stamp on a letter from Norway. Ho published an article about lils queer looking s?-a .np in the Out look and suggested some possible uses for it in this country. Miss Bissel? at oaco.saw an opportunity here and pre pared a stamp, from tho salo of which her.society realized $3,000 for tubercu losis work. So impressed was she-with this success that oho Induced f:o American Red Cross to tako up the sale in 1908 ca a national basis. With very-little organization and 7/ith hara ly any attempt at careful advertising the sale that ryear brought in ovof $135,000 for .-anti-tuberculosis work in various .parts! of "Jje United States.- Iii 1009, wlt?. more thorough organizar tloh, the sale wa3 increased to S230> 000, In 1910 to nearly $310,000 in IOU to over $330,000 and In 1912 to ov?r $400,000. In 1913 the salo was In creased to nearly $450.000 and last, year, in spite ot war'.and hard times, 22 per cent more, or 55,000,000 sealB were sold totaling $550.000 for tho an tl-tuberculosis war. . . ' . It ls-fliting "to; noto th?t.war, inhu man and cruel, <was the mother of the Rod Cross seaU and that now war for humanity against disease, brings it back to its fullest usefulness. Brnwlng the Line. "Imitation l3 thc sincerest flattery." "Maybe,' reulied Mr. Cumrox, "But I don't like to have a steno grapher ' copy my mistakes in gram mer."-Chicago Ledger. r The Ford as Stand ?meni.on Cars iSll is quoted from , in answer No. ; ing to be gained I with ?iffe?ent The make of h Ford engines n they leave the dapted to the re r niotor." gi reliable, well made in every ipression tight and will- stand iilihg dr shortdrcuitlng. The ?lug; together with the n?cull?r fcproof in action in the motor. lily, points of the manganese ully made in our owii -gftsket ie of asbestos and copperhead and excellent ,fdesign ; have. Bl?. type ; of; Champion plug; the present tim?^^^^^H sssory Dealer in Up? n,S.<V Ure^uville, % &